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BERT GOVERNMENT CALMY OVERTHROWN Counter-Revolution Now Going On In Germany. CAPITAL IS SEIZED New Government Proclaimed and Na tional Assembly Declared Dis solved Strike Called. Berlin. The government of Fried' rich Ebert, the socialist president of the German republic, was overthrown Saturday by a military coup d'etat. Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, one of the founders of the fatherland party and general director of the agricultural societies, has ousted Oustav Bauer, the chancellor, and in taking that office himself has temporarily assumed su preme direction of affairs. There are now two contending gov ernments in Germany, the new one under Chancellor Kapp at Berlin, the old one under President Ebert "at Dresden. Officials of the new government de clare that it is not reactionary or monarchist. The president of the old government and his ministers have Issued a proclamation calling upon the people to rise in a general strike as the only means of preventing the return of Wllhelm II. Berlin is occupied by the troops of the counter revolution to what num ber is not known and the movement is spreading rapidly throughout the provinces. Masses of troops and naval brigades with artillery have been brought into the capital to dominate the situation. Thus far there has been no outbreak and no bloodshed. Berlin. The Independent socialist party, with affiliated trades union and other organizations, has proclaimed a general strike throughout Germany. There was looting in some districts of Berlin Monday. The old German government has re moved from Dresden to Stuttgart. The workmen in the electric-power stations have struck and the surface cars and underground railways have been suspended. The water Bupply has been cut off. The bread shortage already Is causing concern. Sanguinary encounters between workmen and troops have occurred In Frankfort. During the fighting in Frankfort 15 persons were killed and 100 wounded, The police were compelled to leave the town In consequence of the mob seizing an arm depot, . A general strike has been called for in Breslau, Magdeburg, Nuremburg and Frankfort. Bavaria, Wurttemburg and Saxony have refused to acknowledge the new Berlin government. The troops of Bavaria and Wurttemburg have de clared their allegiance to their respec tive governments. According to private reports Kons tanln Fehrenbach, president of the na tional assembly, has arrived in Statt- gart and has called a meeting of the national assembly. The general strike is spreading all over Germany. It Is effective In Ber lln. All the cafes were closed. The socialist cabinet at Munich has retired and a bourgeoisie cabinet is being formed. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company from Hamburg, dated Saturday, states It Is reported from Kiel that the naval commander there has handed over the German fleet to the new Berlin government. Exiles Held Not Implicated. The Hague. Neither the formor em peror nor the crown price is Implicated in the overthrow of the German gov ernment, so far as can be learned here. The Associated Press was assured Sun day by an entirely reliable authority that both Amerongen castle, where the former emperor lives, and the island of Wleringen, where the former crown prince makes his residence, are al ready so closely guarded that it will be absolutely unnecessary for the Dutch government to take further measures to prevent Intrigue or their escape. Sacred Sign Crazes Man. Bandon, Or. George Johnson, a bachelor about 40 living at Port Orford, has been. taken to the asylum, a rav ing maniac. Johnson, apparently normal, was strolling along the beach at Port Orford when he discovered a beautiful agate. The stone con tained almost a perfect figure of a monument with a cross on top. He declared It was a sign of the second coming of Christ and from that mo meut on his mind became unbalanced. GERMANY'S COUNTER REVOLUTION FAILURE Berlin. The counter-revolution in Germany Monday night appeared to have reached the end of the road There was a strong probability that one government shortly would be in control and that President Ebert would come back to Berlin with his minis ters. A basis of agreement between the government set up by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp as chancellor and that of Presi dent Ebert was enunciated in a declar ation Issued by the present Berlin government. The announcement was made that negotiations toward a set tlement had been opened between the two governments at the instance of President Ebert and his associates There was, however, no direct con firmation of this from Ebert, who is understood to be at Stuttgart. Chancellor Kapp is agreeable to con tinuance of the "present imperial president," who is Frederich Ebert he renounces formation of a new min istry and places direction of affairs in the hands of the Under-Secretaries of state. The agreement as set forth by Chan cellor Kapp provided for a cabinet which shall include professional mln isters, or experts; elections within two months for members of the reichstag and the Prussian national assembly and subsequently an election for "im perial president" by the people until which time Ebert shall hold office. One significant clause In the pro nouncement Baid: "The new and old governments shall Issue a joint proc lamation that under present conditions a general strike is a crime against the German people." Herein lies the explanation of the proposed settlement, for the general strike has proved an effective weapon Germany already has felt its sinister effect, for the strike in Berlin and many other principal cities cut off supplies, transportation, light and heat. SENATE REAFFIRMS STAND ON TREATY Washington, D. C. The senate Mon day, by a vote of more than two to one, adopted the new article 10 reser vation framed by the republican lead ers, thereby reaffirming its disagree ment with President Wilson on the dominating issue of the peace treaty controversy. Its action ended, at least for the present, the efforts for a compromise that would Insure ratification, and the senate's decision was accepted gener ally as hastening the treaty toward another deadlock, from which it could be released only by a verdict at the polls next November. It was conceded that others prob ably would swing over on the ratifica tion rollcall, but administration lead ers, backed by a definite assurance that the new reservation was unaccept able to the president, evidenced no apprehension that their forces would dwindle beyond the danger point. The vote, 56 to 26, showed on its face a two-thirds majority for the re servation, but it by no means indicated that two-thirds would vote for ratifica tion on that basis. Included in the majority were irreconcilables, holding about a score of votes which on the ratification rollcall are expected to be cast against the treaty. "Big Five" Decree "Joke" Washington, D. C Arguments as to the validity and merits of the recent dissolution decree agreed upon by Attorney-General Palmer ' and the "big five" packers occupied most of Mon day's hearings before the house agri culture committee on legislation for regulating the packing Industry. Rep resentative Tincher, republican, Kan sas, said he regarded the decree as a "joke" and, referring to other anti trust proceedings against the packers, said "they have been dissolved so many times we'd like to see how they get around this one." Mandates Are Given Out London Premier Lloyd George Mon day in the house of commons an nounced that the following mandates had been allocated: German East Africa to Great Britain and Belgium; German Southwest Africa to the Union of South Africa; German possessions in the Paclflo ocean south of the equa tor, other than Samoa, to Australia; Samoa to New Zealand, and the Ger man islands north of the equator to Japan. Wife Proves Too Light. Los Angeles. C. E. Grapewln want ed to affix a clothesline to a building across an alley, so he ran a ladder out of a window, called his wife to stand on the Inner end and walked out to affix a hook. He walked a little too far; his weight overbalanced that of Mrs. Grapewin; her end of the ladder described a parabola out of the window and carried her with It and both of them hit the alley pave-meut HMD HAPPENINGS rtt f 17V 4 1 RobertJJCStead I 8 Ul UUIIIILI1I IILL ll II II H' i n I Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. For the purpose of boosting a nation wide campaign to "see America first," 20 hotel owners and managers from all parts of the west have gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The house subcommittee completed Its draft of the naval appropriation bill carrying approximately 1400,000,000. The bill was submitted to the full committee Monday. Return of 16 general officers to their regular rank Monday was announced by the war department. Secretary Baker said they would not result in any changes of command. The Kennedy mine at Jackson, Cal., a great gold producer, is being flooded In an effort to extinguish flames that started in the workings neat the 3300- foot level more than a week ago. Governor Holcomb of Connecticut has formally refused to call a special session of the Connecticut general as sembly. The session was sought to act on the woman suffrage amend ment. David Mayer, wealthy real estate man of Chicago, who paid for. Mary Garden's musical education, died Mon day at St. Augustine, Fla. Mr. Mayer, who was 69 years old, was born in Germany. Food relief for Armenia was assured Monday when the house passed over whelmingly a bill permitting the Uni ted States grain corporation to sell 5,000,000 barrels of soft wheat flour on long-term credits to Poland, Austria and Armenia. The shortage of domestic servants can be solved In part by importation of hundreds of trained girls now out of work in Denmark, Byron Uhl, act ing immigration commissioner, was in formed by C. E. Lexow, commissioner of records at New York. The Rocky mountain states were swept Sunday by a 60-mile gale which in places blew down telephone poles, uprooted trees and destroyed build ings. No deaths were reported. Tele phone and telegraph service was badly crippled, but restored before midnight. Henry Anthony Marsh, 3-year-old son of the late Henry Field and Miss Peggy Marsh, a chorus girl, will re ceive no share of the estate Marshall Field. Superior Judge Sullivan of Chi cago ruled that the boy is not entitled to the $2,000,000 share in a trust fund created by the merchant prince for his grandchildren, of whom Henry Field is one. Collective bargaining, better trans portation facilities and legislation af fecting grain interests were discussed in Chicago Monday at a conference of the Farmers' Grain Dealers' National association, purported to represent 4000 companies, with an investment of more than $80,000,000 in grain ele vators, coal houses, lumber yards and warehouses. A bill to abolish the office of post master-general and to provide for creation of a postal commission to di rect the business of the postoffice de partment is Introduced by Represen tative Igoe, democrat, Missouri. "The postoffice department should be ad ministered as a great business insti tution and removed from politics for ever," Mr. Igoe declared. Hundreds of dollars' worth of canned tomatoes and peas, bought from the army and offered for sale at a profit, were confiscated in a raid on grocery stores In New York by an armed squad led by Captain J. Peterson, who is fn charge of a retail store conducted by the army. The goods were sold by the army store, he said, on condition that they were for consumers' use only, and were seized because dealers had been profiteering In them. One of the most picturesque features of the varied outfit of the London po liceman, the old-fashioned oil dark lantern, is to give place to the electric flashlight. The London "bobby" has been accustomed when darkness fell to light his lamp and attach It to his belt at the back Bllghtly on the right side. It generated too much heat, was cumbersome and When a policeman en gaged in a scuffle with a criminal his clothing was generously sprinkled with kerosene. I Miowmcner i i Copyright by Harper A Brothers DAVE AND EDITH. Synopsis. David Elden, son of a drunken, shiftless ranchman,' al most a maverick of the foothills, Is breaking- bottles with hts pistol from bis running cayuse when the first automobile he has ever seen arrives and tips over, breaking the leg of Doctor Hardy but not Injur ing his beautiful daughter Irene. Davs rescues the injured man and brings a doctor from 40 miles away. Irene takes charge of- the housekeeping. Dave and Irene take many rides together and during her father's enforced stay they get well acquainted. They part with a kiss and an Implied promise. Dave's father dies and Dave goes to town to seek his fortune. A man named Conward teaches him his first les sons in city ways. Dave has a nar row escape, Is disgusted and turns over a new leaf. Fate brings him into contact with Melvln Duncan, who sees the Inherent good in the boy and welcomes him to his home, where he meet Edith, his host's pretty daughter. CHAPTER V Continued. Dave's energy and enthusiasm in the warehouse soon brought him pro motion from truck hand to shipping clerk, with an advance In wages to sixty-five dollars a month. He was prepared to remain In this position for some time, as he knew that promotion depends on many things besides abil ity. Mr. Duncan had warned him against the delusion that man is en tirely master of his destiny. But Dave was not to continue in the grocery trade. A few evenings later he was engaged In reading In the public library. Mr. Duncan had directed him Into the realm of fiction and poetry, and he was now feeling his way through "Hamlet." On the tvenlng In question an elderly man ingaged him in conversation. "You are a Shakespearean student, see?" "Not exactly. I read a little In the svenings." "I havs seen you here different times. Are you well acquainted with the town?' "Pretty well," said Dave, scenting that there might be a purpose in the questioning. "Working now?" Dave told him where he was em-' ployed. I am the editor of the Call," said the elderly man. "We need another man on the street; a reporter, you know. We pay twenty-five dollars a week for such a position. If you are Interested you might call at the office tomorrow." Dave hurried with his problem to Mr. Duncan. "I think I'd like the work," he said, "but I am not sure whether I can do It. My writing is rather wonderful." Mr. Duncan turned the matter over in his mind. "Yes," he said at length, "but I notice you are beginning to use the typewriter. When you learn that God gave you ten fingers, not two, you may make a typist. And there is nothing more worth while than being able to express yourself In English. They'll teach you that on a newspaper. I think I'd take it. "Not on account of the money," he continued, after a little. "You would probably soon be earning more in the wholesale business. Newspaper men are about the worst paid of all pro fessions. But it's the best training in the world, not for itself but as a step to something else. The training Is worth while, and it's the training you want. Take it". Dave explained his disadvantages to the editor of the Call. "I didn't want you to think," he said, with great frankness, "that because I was read ing Shakespeare I was a master of English. And I guess If I were to write up stuff In Hamlet's language I'd get canned for It." "We'd probably have a deputation from the Moral Reform league," said the editor with a dry smile. "Just the same, If you know Shakespeare you know English, and we'll soon break you Into the newspaper style." So almost before he knew it Dave was on the staff of the Call. His beat comprised the police court, fire depart ment, hotels and general pick-ups. Dave almost immediately found the need of acquaintanceships. The Iso lation of his boyhood had bred in him qualities of aloofness which had now to be overcome. He was not naturally a good "mixer j" he preferred his own company, but his own company would not bring hliu much news. So he set about deliberately to cultivate ac quaintance with the members of the police force and the lire brigade and the clerks in the hotels. And he had lu his character a quality of sincerity which gave him almost Instant admis sion Into their friendships. He had not suspected the charm of his own personality, and its discovery, feeding upon his new born enthusiasm for friendships, still further enriched the iiarm. As his acquaintance with the work of the police force increased Dave found his attitude toward moral prin ciples In need of frequent readjust ment By no means a Puritan, he had nevertheless two sterling qualities which so far had saved him from any , 1 very serious misstep. He practiced absolute honesty in all bis relation ships. . His 'father, drunken although he was in his later years, had never quite lost his sense of commercial up rightness, and Dave had Inherited the quality in full degree. And Reenle Hardy had come into his life just when he needed a girl like Reenle Hardy to come into his life. . . . He often thought of Reenle Hardy, and of her compact with him, and won dered what the end would be. He was glad he had met Reenle Hardy. She was an anchor about his soul. . . , And Edith Duncan. While the gradually deepening cur rent of Dave's life flowed through the channels of coal heaver, freight han dler, shipping clerk and reporter its waters were sweetened by the Inti mate relationship which developed be tween him and the members of the Duncan household. He continued his studies under Mr. Duncan's direc tions ; two, three, and even four nights In the week found him at work in the comfortable den, or, during the warm weather, on the screened porch that overlooked the family garden. . Mrs. Duncan, motherly, and yet not too motherly she might almost have been an older sister appealed to the young man as an Ideal of womanhood. Her soft, well-modulated voice seemed to him to express the perfect harmony of the perfect home, and underneath its even tones he caught glimpses ot a reserve of power and judgment not easily unbalanced. And as Dave's eyes would follow her the tragedy of his own orphaned life bore down upon him and he rebelled that he had been denied the start which such a mother could have given him. "I am twenty years behind myself," he would reflect, with a grim smile. "Never mind. I will do three men's work for the next ten, and then we will be even." And there was Edith Edith who had burst so unexpectedly upon his life that first evening in her father's home. He had not allowed himself any foolishness about Edith. It was "Well?" Queried the Girl, and There Was a Note In Her Voice That Sounded Strange to Him. evident Edith was pre-empted, Just as he was pre-empted, and the part of honor in his friend's house was to rec ognize the status quo. . . . Still, Mr. Allan Forsyth was unnecessarily self-assured. He might have made It less evident that he was within the enchanted circle while Dave remained outside. His complacence irritated Dave almost Into rivalry. But the bon camaraderie of Edith herself checked any adventure of that kind. She was of about the same figure as Reenle Hardy a little slighter per haps; and about the same age; and she had the same quick, frank eyes. And she sang wonderfully. He had never heard Reenle sing, but in some strange way he had formed a deep conviction that she would sing much as Edith sang. In love, as In religion, man Is forever setting up Idols to rep resent his Ideals and forever finding feet of clay. Dave was not long lu discovering that his engagement as coachman was a device, born of Mr. Duncan's kind ness, to enable him to accept instruc tion without feeling under obligation for It. When he made this discovery he smiled quietly to himself and pre tended not to have made it. To have acted otherwise would have seemed ungrateful to Mr. Duncan. And pres ently the drives began to have a strange attraction of themselves. When they drove in the two-seated buggy on Sunday afternoons the party usually comprised Mrs. Duncan and Edith, young Forsyth and Dav. Mr. Duncan was Interested in certain Sun day-afternoon meetings. It was Mrs. Duncan's custom to sit In the rear seat for Its better riding qualities, and It had a knack of falling about that Edith would ride in the front seat with the driver. She caused Forsyth to ride with her mother, ostensibly as a courtesy to that young gentleman a courtesy which, it may be conjec tured, was not fully appreciated. At first he accepted it with the good na ture of one who feels his position se cure, but gradually that good nature gave way to a certain testlness of spirit which he could not entirely con ceal. . . . The crisis was precipitated one fine Sunday in September, in the first year of Dave's newspaper experience. Dave Author of "Kitchener and Qther Poena " llhulroHons bt IRWIN MYERS called early and found Edith in a rid ing habit. , "Mother isindisposed,' as they say In the society page," she explained. "In other words, she doesn't wish to be bothered. So I thought we would ride today." "But there are only two horses," said Dave. "Well?" queried the girl, and there wns a note In her voice that sounded strange to hlra. "There are only two of us." "But Mr. Forsyth?" . "He Is not here. He may not come. Will you saddle the horses and let us get away?" It was evident to Dave that for some reuson Edith wished to evade Forsyth this afternoon. A lovers' quarrel, no doubt. That she had a preference for lil in and was reveullng it with the utmost frankness never occurred to his sturdy, honest mind. One of the delights of his companionship with Edith had been that it was a real com panionship. None of the limitations occasioned by any. sex consciousness hod narrowed the sphere of the frank friendship he felt for her. She was to him almost ns another man, yet In no sense masculine. Save for a certain tender delicacy which her womanhood inspired, he came and went with her as he might have done witli a man chum of his own age. And when she preferred to ride without Korsyth It did not occur to Elden that she preferred to ride with him. They were soon in the country, and Edith, lending, swung from the road to a bridle trail that followed the winding of the river. As her graceful figure drifted on ahead it seemed more than ever reminiscent of Reenle Hardy. What, rides they had had on those foothill trails! What dippings Into the great canyons! What adven tures Into the spruce forests! And how long ago it all seemed I This girl, riding ahead, suggestive in every curve and pose of Reenle Hardy. . . . His eyes were burning with loneliness. He knew he was dull that day, and Edith was particularly charming and vivacious. She coaxed him into con versation a dozen times, but he an swered hbsent-mindedly. At length she li'iipi'ii Onm her horse and seated herself, fiicins tin- river, on a fallen log. Without louiiing Imck she In dicated wlth her hand the space be side her, and Dave followed and sat down. "You aren't talking today," she said. "You don't quite do yourself justice. What's wrong?" ' - "Oh, nothing!" he answered, with a laugh, pulling himself together. "This September weather always gets me. I guess I have a streak of Indian ; It comes of being brought up on the ranges. And in September, after the first frosts have touched the foliage " He paused, as though it was not nec essary to say more. "Yes, I know," she said quietly. Then, with a queer little note of con fldence, "Don't apologize for it, Dave." "Apologize?" and his form straight ened. "Certainly not. . . . One doesn't apologize for nature, does he? . . . But it comes back in Septem ber." He smiled, and she thought the sub conscious in him was calling up the smell of fire in dry grass, or perhaps even the rumble of buffalo over the hills. And he knew he smiled because he had so completely misled her. . . . It was dusk when they started homeward. Forsyth was waiting for her. Dave scented stormy weather and excused himself early. "What does this mean?'' demanded Forsyth angrily as soon as Dave had gone. "Do you think I will take sec ond place to that that coal heaver?" "That Is not to his discredit," she said. "Straight from the corrals into good society," Forsyth sneered. Then she made no pretense of com posure. "If you have nothing more to urge against Mr. Elden perhaps you will go." Forsyth took his hat At the door he paused and turned, but she was al ready ostensibly Interested in a maga zine. He went out into the night. The week was a busy one with Dave and he had no opportunity to visit the Duncans. Friday Edith called him on the telephone. She asked an Inconse quential question about something which had appeared In the paper, and from that the talk drifted on until it turned on the point of their expedition of the previous Sunday. Dave never could account quite clearly how it hap pened, but when he hung up the re ceiver he knew he had asked her to ride with him again on Sunday, and she had accepted. He had ridden with her before, of course, but he had never asked her before. He felt tlmi a subtle change had come over their relation ship. The way of a maid with a man. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Nature mean necessity. Ballsy.
