THE HUNTINGTON HERALD "HUNTINGTON OPPORTUNITY'S GATEWAY sixth INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1920. PRICE THREE CENTS NO. 60. GERMAN STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY THREE CORNERED REPORTS CONFLICTING ABOUT RESULTS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN FACTIONS The struggle for ently resolved itself into a tween the revolutionary ernment headed by President Violent fighting between was reported today from burg, Altona, Leipzig, and to be inevitable in Germany. Despite conflicting tween the revolutionary ment at Stuttgart, the one tempt to effect a compromise time being.
The most important activity of the Spartacists the confusion to intervene adding further pressure by Advices indicate that been fighting the Spartacists mined nature of the struggle bers of killed and wounded. able, but press dispatches of casualties all told. There are unconfirmed ernments have been proclaimed Hamburg, in northern western Prussia and in south The Von Kapp regime but its zone of authority is The Ebert regime has at Stuttgart tomorrow in an powers. London Has Confirmation. (By Service1 We have confirmation that a compromise has been reached betwen the rival German goveraments, the seoretary to Premier Lloyd George" announced today.
He added that the confirmation does not come from Germany. Paris Has Confirmation. (By International News Service.) London, March 16. The Central News correspondent at Paris is telegraphed today that Wilhelm Mayer, the German charge d'affaires, has recelved dispatches confirming the repotr that an agreement has been reached between the rival German governments. Ebert Denies It.
International News Stuttgart, March The constitutional: government refuses to negotiate with the heads of the revolutionary regime at Berlin, said an official announcement today. It follows in full: "The heads of the Berlin regime are trying to make the people believe they are negotiating. The constitutionalists refused to negotiate with Von Kapp." (By international News Servicel The Hague. March -The militarlets behind the von. Kapp: revolutionmovement at Berlin, prevented the chancellor from "making peace" with the old Ebert government, ac to information from Frankfort today.
According to this source von Kapp declared his readiness to make a conciliatory compromise with Ebert and Noske under pressure from the striking railway, men and other employes, but the army officers opposed. Want Von Kapp to Quit. (By International Newb Paris, March 16. -The old German government headed by President Friederich Ebert, now at Stuttgart, is demanding the unconditional resignation of Wolfgang von Kapp, chancellor of the revolutionary regime at Berlin, said 8 Havas dispatch from Stuttgart today. The Ebert cabinet has called a meeting of the national assembly Stuttgart tomorrow.
Compromise le Denied. International News Servicel Paris, March The German peace delegation in Paris today denied that a comprimse had been resched between the revolutionary government at Berlin and the old government headed by President Frederich Ebert at Stuttgart. Official advices were received from Stuttgart that Herr Ebert is "not considering negotiations with the Berlin regime. Conflicting reports were received here to the developments in Germany One. report was that Former Vice Chancellor Karl Helfferich has Y.W.C.A.
IS TO MAKE SURVEY CHAIRMEN FOR NINE SECTIONS OF WORK IN THE CITY. FOR SERVICE PROGRAM Y. W. C. A.
Expects to Have Organi. zation In Huntington Work. ing Through H. Y. W.
A. survey of conditions affecting young women and girls is to be made in Huntington under the direction of the national W. C. it was the town county department of and, nounced Tuesday, It is to be used as a basis on which program of service for girls may be worked out by the 'Y. W.
C. A. when it is organized in Huntington. The survey will consist of a study of educational, recreational, religious, industrial and moral conditions as they relate to girls and women. It will reveal the number of young women employed from home, average wage, average cost of living and other matters of vital importance, it was said.
The survey is being made through the co-operation of the advisory board and 'executive committee of the Huntington Young Women's Association. At a meeting, held recently at the library, chairmen of the nine sections of the survey were elected. The general chairman is- Mrs. Charles Ray mond and the nine sub-chairmen are, Josephine Kenower, Winifred Ticer, Anne Grayston, Metta Leedy, Dessie Wright, Ella Patterson, Ethel Moore, Mrs. T.
O. Priddy and Mrs. R. J. Robinson.
HUNTINGTON MAN IS NOW PICTURE PRODUCER FORMER, HIGH, SCHOOL BALL STAR IS NOW IN PARENTS LIVE HUNTINGTON That Huntington is represented in the galaxy of motion picture producers, is the gist of an article received by The Herald from Holly. wood, Where a number of large picture studios are located. The inan in question is Clarence E. Shurtleff, son of Mr. a and 1 Mrs.
W. C. Shurtleft of 6633 East High school, and 'he is head of C. E. Shurtlett, 8 company which has contracts for the production of films from the stories of Jack London and Peter B.
Kyne. as he is known to Huntington acquaintances, especially those of the high school days when he played tackle on the 1900 and 1901 high school teams, has acquired the nickname of "Jack" in his residence in Hollywood. He left Huntington shortly after graduating from high school twenty years ago, and has been seeking fame and fortune in a number of ventures. Some time ago he got into the motion picture production and as a result he has landed in January, this year, in southern California, the home of most of the moving picture corporations. At the present time the Shurtleff organization is working on its initial Jack London story, "Burnng Daylight" and "The Mutiny of the Elsinore" will follow soon.
The third release of the company will be Peter B. Kyne's story, "Kindred of the Dust," now running serially. FESLER TO SPEAK AT WABASH MEETING J. W. Fesler, of Indianapolis, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, will speak at Wabash Tuesday evening, at a meting at which he will make his keynote speech, it is announced, Several Huntington men are planning to attend the meeting to attend the meting to hear Mr.
Fesler. MILITARY TRAINING FOR WYOMING SCHOOL BOYS Cheyenne, March tary Araming fur puonG pupils here was made compulsory the other day. Now every physically fit boy of fourteen will be forced to do his bit at drill. three hours a week. The order was issted by the school board, CRANE PAINTS IDEAL ROOM GOOD PROGRAM OPENS THE "BET.
TER HOMES" INSTITUTE HERE. BRINGS ART TO EARTH Color Scheme of Room Worked Out Before Eyes of Audience-Aft. ernoon Hour Changed. Soft lights shedding their amber glow through the room and inter. mingling with the cherry red from fireplace, beauty and comfort combining to produce art, the soft music "Love's Old Sweet Song," coming with words, "Just a Song at Twilight, When the Lights are Low," formed wonderful "painting" by Ross Crane, heading the homes institute the Art Institute of Chicago, at initial program Monday night in high school auditorium.
Piece by piece Mr. Crane worked out the entire furnishings of the ing room before his audience showing how and why this piece of furniture should be in this psition, why other piece there, frequently placing them wrong and showing his audience in this living manner why they stinctively felt that the right way right. Through his talks, which were tensely human and reaching every one in the audience, he brought down from the soaring heights which it has been presumed to hold. With an intimate manner about his actions and talka, human at all times, Celine aid few speakers can a part of his audience turned the large gathering into a family party. A large painting above the fireplace was the keynote of picture and around it was painted the scene to The color scheme came into action and was worked out with the new pieces of furniture, one by one.
There came thre or four different kinds of chairs- differing widely their, character and appearance. Yet they were placed in an artistic manner which Mr. Crane designated the common-sense way--about the room, art and beauty came into being. Finally the entire picture was painted. Lights on the desk and floor lamps upon the stage in this painted room gave ilght.
The fireplace spread out cheerful, glow and soon music brought the last bit of art into the picture. Mr. Crane extended an invitation to his audience to come up on the stage and see the room he had furnished. The afternoon lectures of the course will be held at 3:30 o'clock instead of $2:30 as previously announced. This change was made to permit school teachers and pupils to attend.
The lecture Tuesday evening will be "Art vs. Aunt Malinda." In this lecture Mr. Crane tell how many things may be placed on the piano. Wednesday evening the subject will on home building and the lecture will be illustrated with an architectural exhibit. MRS.
WILLIAM COOK DIES OF SCARLET FEVER ENGLISH GIRL MARRIED AMERICAN WHO SERVED WITH CANADIANS. FUNERAL AT MARION WEDNESDAY Mrs. William Cook, age twenty-seven years, died at 11:30 o'clock Monday evening at the Huntington county hospital following an illness of scarlet fever. Mrs. Cook was born February 21, 1893, in Brighton, England, and was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Tomsett. On October 23, 1918, she was married in England to Mr. Cook who at that time was serving in the world war, having enlisted with the Canadian division. Surviving besides the husband 18 one infant son, Raymond Nelson; the parent; three sisters, Violet Marie Barringtean of Ordiff, Wales, Rosie and Hilda living at the family residence in England.
Funeral services will be held in Marion, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. Cook, 2320 West Seventh street with Elmer Ward oCle of Huntington officiating at the services. Interment will be in' Marion.
EDUCATIONAL BOARD WILL MEET FRIDAY The state board of education will hold a meeting next Friday at napolis, and because of it Clifford Funderburg, county superintendent, will not be in his office Friday and Saturday. It is expected that the meeting will last until Satur day. Mr. Funderburg went to fayette Tuesday morning to attend committee meeting of the board. HOHENZOLLERNS TO BE BARRED WASHINGTON EXPECTS RESTOR.
ATION OF EBERT REGIME IN SHORT TIME. FRENCH ARE FEARFUL Soviet Reported Proclaimed In Ruhr District--National Rail Strike la Ordered. (By Floyd. MacGriff. London, March -The allies are determined to prevent the restoration of any member of the family on the German throne or the "re-Prussianization" of Germany.
While this is known to be the attitude of the allied chancellors today, allied statesman will make ADy pronouncement on allied policy toward Germany. Nor will any decisive move 'be made' by the allied govern- I situation clarities. (By International News Washington, March official dispatch to the state department to day from Berlin declared that certain officiais are predicting that the present government has but a short time to live and that the Ebert government will be restored. The text of the message was not made public. International News Berlin, March special train was.
held in readiness here today to carry -Americans from Berlin in case the situation becomes acutely vated and, foreigners are placed in peril. (By International News Paris, March newspapers, in commenting on the German situation today, express fears that "no confidence can be placed in either of the rival governments in Germany." They urge that France immediately obtain other guarantees to safeguard her position on the Rhine. International News The Hague, March soviet republic has ben proclaimed in the Ruhr district of western Prussia, according to a report from Frankfort today. Working men to be establishing soviets at Bochum, Hamburg, and Altona. (A Copenhagen cablegram to the I.
N. S. said that German revolutionary troops have occupied Altona.) International News Servicel Amsterdam, March order ben issued at Berlin for tional railway strike to begin tonight, according to reports from that city. Hitherto the rail strike has tied up only parts of the country. The railway officials are said to be without workers.
LAN GROUND BREAKING FOR A NEW PARSONAGE Ground will be broken for the erection of the First Christian parsonage on South Jefferson street Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock. A short dedication service will be held a at that time in charge of the pastor and the church officials, who have issued an invitation to members and friends of the church to be present. PAVING PROPOSAL IS REFERRED TO COUNCIl In order to get the matter of the proposed pavement of part of South Jefferson street before the city council in a legal manner, the board of works Monday evening took further action on the petition. The board passed on the petition a second time by referring it to the city council for investigation and action BERLIN ULLU STREET FIGHTS supremacy in Germany has apparmighty three cornered fight beforces of Von Kapp, the old govEbert and the Spartacists. troops and armed workmen Berlin, Dresden, Essen, Frankfort.
Civil war appears reports as to the negotiations beregime and the Ebert governreliable indication is that the athas failed, at least for the phase of the situation now -18 the who have taken advantage with armed forces, meanwhile wide spread strikes. at every point where there has were involved. The deteris shown by the large Official figures are not availshow that there were hundreds reports that local -soviet govby the armed workers at Prussia, in Ruhr district of Germany. is still holding out in Berlin, said to be comparatively small. summoned the national assembly effort to regain its national been appointed foreign secretary the Kapp Another Was that von Kappa sign of despair -and was making all efforts to withdraw from a bad situa tion.
All the public buildings in Ber.In were said "to have been barricaded and were being held by big forces 01 troops. News WAS received from Coblenz that the Americans in Berlin were leaving the Hotel Adion, considering it unsafe to remain there any longer. Considerable excitement aroused by a report that Marshal Foch had sent an ultimatm to von Kapp giving him -eight hours to quit and threatening to send an army into Germany unless the demand was complied with, but the report was lated denied. Feeling is running high in the dis tricts of Germany occupied by allied troops, but there have been no disorders. Sympathetic strikes of twenty-four hors duration were called by the Ger man railway employes but the milltary trains maintained their regular schedules.
There are no street care running at Coblenz, headqarters of the American army of occupation. The labor element at Coblenz oppose the von Kapp regime and a demonstration was held at Cologne, headquarters of the British army of occupation. ANNOUNCES FIRST OF DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS SIX YEAR HIGH SCHOOL HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF a APPLICANTS. FIRST EXAMINATION ON MARCH 20 Diploma examinations for eighth grade pupils of the few remaining schools which are not included in. the six year high schools, will be held in March, April and May.
The examinations in March and April will be open to the pupils of the seven months schools. The pupils of schools having seven and one half and eight months are eligible to -compete in the April and May, examinations. The March -examinations will be held next Saturday at the William stret school building in this city and at the Jefferson Center school building in Jefferson township. The time and places for the April and May aminations will be announced later So far. as is known now the only place for the latter two will be in Hunting ton.
It is expected that from thirty to forty: pupils will take the first: examinations and from forty to fifty the sec. end two examinations. Before the six year high school plan was adopted the number rah into the hundreds and graduating classes of 200 or 300 were the rule. FOUR SOLDIERS DIE IN BARRACKS FIRE (By International News Service.) Washington, March in the barracks of the American forces in Siberia on March 6 resulted in the death of four men, the war department was advised today by General Graves, commander at Vladivostok. EDWIN HARTER 74, IS DEAD CAME TO HUNTINGTON IN 1887 TO ENTER THE LIVERY BUSINESS, WAS BORN IN WABASH Funeral Services To Be Held Thurs day Afternoon at the First Pres.
byterian Church. Edwin Harter, age seventy-four years, a Civil War veteran, died at 8:45 o'clock Tuesday morning at the residence, 960 North following a brief finess ral pneumonia. Mr. Harter wag born September 8, 1845 in Wabash county and was 'married September 5, 1872, to Miss Lucy M. Purviance.
Mr. and Mrs. Hatter moved from Wabash to Huntington 1887 and at that time he engaged in the livery business having bought the interest owned by H. M. Purviance.
Messrs. Harter: and Purviance built a barn where the Overland garage now stands. For a number of years Mr. Harter was manager of the old opera house opposite the postoffice, having engaged in this business until the opening of the new Huntington theater. Until a few years ago he was interested in the bill posting business throughout the county.
For several years he was manager of the Hunting. ten Fair association. He was at one time a member of the city council. When eighteen years of age Mr. Harter attended.
a military school in Fulton, Ind. The young man in company with his younger brother, Alfred, then sixteen years of age and some other boys attending the same school ran away from the institution to enlist. This broke up the school on account of the small number left in the school. The boys served during the last six months of the war. He was a member of the G.
A. R. and also a member of the Elks Lodge of Hunting. ton. besides the widow are four children, Miss Helen Harter of 'Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Lyle Harter of Indianapolis, Miss Jean Harter of New York, and Heber, Harter now in New York city.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Philip Matter of Marion, and Mrs. Emma Sweetzer of Indianapolis, and one brother, J. M. Harter of Wabash, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at 2. 'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence with the Rev. W. T. Angus of the First Presbyterian church officiating.
Interment will be to Mt. Hope cemetery, COMES FOR A VISIT; ILL OF INFLUENZA E. B. Rees of Logansport was confined to his bed at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Rees of East Franklin street, by an attack of influenza. Mr. Rees came to Huntington Saturday to visit and that evening after arriving was taken 111.
He expects to be up in two or three days. ASKS DIVORCE. Martha Slusser Monday fled suit in circuit court for divorce against Ira Slusser to whom she WAS married March 30, 1918, and from whom she was separated March 12, 1920. The plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman treatment and says that her husband has told her to leave the premises, and has failed to provide for her. The plaintiff asks for a diyorce and judg.
Iment of $500 alimony. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS ANC STRIKERS CLASH AND NINE WERE KILLED. OTHER CITIES SEETHE Liepzig, Frankfort, Dresden and Essen Report Troubles -Machine Guns' Used. International News Berlin, March fighting broke cut in Berlin during the Nine persons were killed in clashes between revolutionary soldiers crowds. The number of wounded not known.
The fighting started when supporting the Von Kapp revolutionary movement, began dispersing. crowds of strikers. The genral strike continues in swing. A crowd of Berlin workers rounded a detachment of sixty diers and disarmed them. Field Marshal von Hindenburg written a letter to Imperial Chancellor von Kapp advising him to draw his troops from the city and abide by the German constitution.
has sent another letter to President Ebert at Stuttgart informing him the communication to Von, Kapp advising Ebert to reach an Immediate compromise with Von Kapp on calling of a general election. The heads of the new government said they were continuing their tiations with the labor leaders hoped to end the general strike soon. Chancellor Kapp explained his lay in announcing the appointment a new cabinet by saying that negotiations with President Ebert were tinuning and that, the new ministry not be proclaimed until these negitiations ended. Aeroplanes from Stuggatt Dresden flew over the city dropping copies of a. proclamation signed people not to support the revolutionary regime International News The Hague, March 16.
-Fifty sons have been killed and 150 wounded in street fighting in Leipzig and Frankfort, according to a report the latter city this At Dresden the Spartacista stormed the postoffice building, but were feated by armed Socialists belonging to three different factions of the party. The Socialists at Dresden Joined with the Ebert troops and supported local police and the garrison soldiers in restoring order. Numerous violent encounters are 1 ported from South Germany where authorities generally are adhering the Ebert government. International News Paris, March has now broken out in the streets of Dresden. Saxony, between rival German political factions, according to news agency dispatches received here today.
The Bavarian army is reported have joined the revolutionary forces supporting the von Kapp regime. Fresh disorders are said to have broken out at Essen, south of the Krupp works, where many were killed and wounded. Disorders are spreading throughout the large rtowns of Saxony, the dispatch added. International News London, Mareh guns were used in street fighting in the Berlin suburbs during the night when number of persons were killed and wounded, said a Reuter dispatch from Berlin this afternoon. The dispatch said that there was an encounter at Schoenberg where a number of sons were killed.
International News Copenhagen, March German revolutionary troops have capture Altona, at suburb of Hamburg, and part. the port of Hamburg, according to information from that town today. Armed workers have occupied the public buildings before the troops occupied the public buildings before the troops occupied the town. Spartacists reported to be in control of all of city of Hamburg. International News Servicel Paris, March has been a fresh outbreak of fighting at Leipzig Germany, and a number of persons killed, according to a Havas dis.
patch from that city this afternoon. THE WEATHER Sun rise, sun set. 5:53. Forecast for Indiana- -Fair and colder tonight and Wednesday. night.
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