The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1920, Page 2

{ } { i } ‘TOOK PART IN RED REVOLT Cay og? PAGE TWO BISMARCK: DAILY. TRIBUNE MONDAY, JULY 26, 1920 “ARREST ENDS A DARING CAREER Max Hoelz Establishes Com- munist Regime With Series of Bold Rascalities. Brigand Boasted of Touching Off World Uprising From Seat of Government—Seized Mansions and Burned. Them Be- fore Quitting. Rerlin.—The arrest of Max Hoelz Bereral days ago. in Bohemia, closes one;of, the most-romantic chapters in the history of revolutionary Germany. It is-also one of the most significant chapters, for {t shows how communist doctrines work out practically when held by a criminal of exceedingly er- ratic mind; how far some of the Ger- man working classes will go in making common cause with a common robber, if he but-throw the charmed “halo of socialism about his head, and how weak socialist government -is in deal- ing with such a. situation. Hoelz suddenly appeared upon the German firmament at the time of the Kapp adventure and he was ,60on, Tegistere@’ by, newspapers as a star of the first magnitude. But he had a. previous history. Last year he had played aiprominent part in Spartacist turbulence in the Vogtland, ‘as the southern;;part of: Saxony is called. When the military. moved into .the region atid the situation grew serious Hoelr, decamped jn good, time, leaving his follotyers in the lurch. ‘These lat- ter werd:captured and were in prison since thn, awaiting trial: toward the end.of March. Hoelz was meanwhile living in concealment somewhere in northern Germany. But his opportunity to rehabilitate himself arrived when Kapp held sway in’ Berlin. At ‘Plauen, chief town of the Vogtland—noted for its manufac- tures of lace and, embrojderies—the Reichswehr, -or- national troops showed signs ef wavering: and. going over to Kapp. This caused trouble with the working:population. and a clash seemed. inevitable. But the mill: tary was withdrawn. That was Hoelz's opportunity. He was apparently hold- ing himself-in readiness jugt behind the-scenes, for the next night ‘he ap- peared in Plauen, . ~ " Frees. Followere in. Prieon. Gathering together a handful of hig former followers—they. still had faith in°-hini, for. the man ‘has a-dangerous' sift of voluble and flery rhetoric—he stormed the prisop the next morning at dawm and Mberated his 18-accom- plices of last year, Then they betook themselves’ to the prosecuting, attor- ney, hauled him, out of: bed: and de- manded:the documents in the cases: against these liberated prisoners. He was not able at once to produce them, and so they carried him off as hostage to Falkenstein, a town about 15 miles to the east. Here Hoelz seized the old castle of Baron Trutzler von Falkenstein, dismissed the baron, and made it hig, seat, of government for the following four, weeks. By the aft- ernoon the prosecuting attorney had thought better of the matter and had the documents produced. Hoelz burned them in his presence and then dis- charged his hostage, Then Hoelz. inaugurated his, com- munist regime. with a series of bigh- handed rascalities., He diamigsed city officials or drove. them ,out of town. He levied upon:manufacturers and re- quisitioneit their automobiles, Mount- ed in thesehe and his chosen band: made ‘incursions upon neigh- boring towns,. making people think that the, far-off period. of robber bar-, ons, had returned. He organized ‘his little army--and--bad his little. scrim- mages with such opposition as pre- sented itself in his way. With 120 of his band on..automobile trucks he went: to Markneykirchen—famous for the manufacture of violins—disarmed the home guards: after, a little fight, and then liberated the Sparticist pris- oners in jail there. Incidentally -he carried off 100,000. marks, “as, pledge that the arms would be delivered up,” he aid. Made Threats of Slaughter. ‘Wherever he went he breathed cut threatenings ‘of slaughter. .His procia- mations teemed with ‘expressions like “will be shot.” Hoelz delighted in strong talk, in giving himself the airs of a bloody! bandit; but he was; not half.so bad as his talk. In fact, there was a quality of mercy in his rascalities, ..Once ‘he had the Muntch-Berlin express train held up and searched by his band, but they .harmed nobody and apparently took nobody's .purse, though one re- port said so. ‘They. were evidently looking for. somebody, and when ‘they heard that. several passengers who looked suspicious had got off and gone to the leading hétel they went there and. searched it. One of the guests was correspond: ent of a Leipsic newspaper. ‘They. ar- rested him and took him off to Falken- stein because they found on him a notebook containing the substance of a news report which he-had telephoned to his paper. In the castle‘at Falken- atein he found two young university men who had been held .in captivity for more than a week, waiting for some: kind friend to pay the 20,000 marks ransom’ demanded for them:by {Hoels.. aS PS ' Warned Tender Hearts, ; As Hoelz grew in fame and renown ‘a8 an outlaw he found that he was touching many tender female hearts with bis deeds of courage. He was flooded ayiih Tettei's tii Ynhoyed his virtuous soul, Finally, he (> sya A Bs 0 had printed In heavy type In the Falk- |- enstein Auzeiger a notice warning “all Women that unmarried and married women per- sons, upon puln of heavy fines and the publication of their names, against tempting hin with love letters and less obvious allurements:” He was a mar: ried man, the notice concluded, and che | “energetically forbade” this ludiseriw- | inate love-making. While Hoelz wus amazing ull Ger many and the world with the boldness of his robberies and impresgments, the was equally thei its su- Saxon ..government cause of amazement through pineness, Herr Gradnauer, the sociul- ist minister-president of Saxony, at first did nothing whatever against Hoelz, and lnter-explained that he had hoped, the workmen, would, themselves take measures to. restore. order or, falling In that, would come and ask the goyernment for troops, As late as April 3, about two weeks after Hoels began his “reign,” Gradnauer was still calling upon the various “action com mittees” rhat, had been formed in the larger tgwns of the Vogtland to “see; to it that, the unconstitutional state of things instituted by the communist Hoelz.in the Vogtland be remedied as speedily as possible.” If this were not done jp the very, next: days, this pro+! nouncement. went on, the governmeni “would be compelled in the general in- terests, of the state to restore legal conditions avith. all the ‘power at its disposal.” Workmen Ordered to Arm. At the same time news from Chem- nitz, which. Jies near the Vogtland, was to the effect that Gradnauer had prom- ised no; troops should be sent for the present,:.and was: depending upon the Chemnits. executive committee -(of the | socialist, organizations): to negotiate with the “action .committees” in the. Vogtland .to, put;a speedy, .end. to Hoelz’s. Goings.. This..statement wat made at a-general meeting of the shop. councils pf, Chemnitz, whereupon;a res- olution was adopted calling for .arm- ing the,workmen and declaring that a general, strike would :be.praclaimed: at the first.attempt of the government to send, troops through Chemnitz...The executive Committee had promised sev- eral daye before this that it would set! tle the‘Vogtland troubles by peaceable mieans, and Minister Gradnauer: was still promising mitd treatment for Hoelz and his gang. ‘This attitude -of organized, labor at Ghemnitz corresponded to the attitude of the more extreme socialists else- where. The independent socialists q?ther excused or openly encouraged Hoelz, Their leading organ at Dres- den declared that the workmen would nesist ‘an anmed intervention by every possible means, and “the-responsibility would fall with full weight upon the government. And the Fretheit, the pational/organ of:that party, saw. noth- ing, worse in Hoelz’s doings. than a breach of party. discipline. He was “acting :contrary to the Interests -of the, revolutionary proletariat.” “Pro- letarian, campaigns,” this organ con- unuved, “require closed’ ranks at the battle front, ohedlence ta general or-| ders; and all dancing out of one’s turn teans weakening and hurting the rev- olutionary struggle.” Decide to Fight Bandit, Finally) about three weeks after Hoelz had heen in possession at Fal- kensteln, Gradnauer decided with ex- treme -reluctance, that he would have|+ to ask)(he Berlin, government to send the -Reichswehr against the maraud- er. His hopes that the. workmen fr the -Vogtland would come and‘ say: “The. thing can’t be one without the Reichsiehr,” had not. been realized An attempt was made by Plauen work men, indeed, to shake Holz, but with- gut, suceess at first... The action com-{ mittee there called four big meetings; at which:a-resolution agalust him was | to he .proposed; but Hoelz himself! | boldly appeared at the meetings, and by means of his usual flery harangues defeated the:.resolutions, As the traops began, to,-moye, how- |, ever, the Inboring people began to as sert themselves, At Chemnitz, the decision of ‘the shop councils. to call neral strike In. support of Hoelz, was nullified by a iarge majority ona general vote of the entire laboring population; and about the same time. A conference of the communists (it Chemaitz voted to, expel him from their.party. On-the other hand, about the time when the troops were drawing ithelr net around Vogtland..a— con: (ference of socialists at Gera, attendec by delegates from: many -Thuringtat towns, voted unanimously to demand jthat the troops be recalled, otherwise ito. declare a-general strike for all Ger- many. ‘Hoped to Make Escape. But the troops gradually gathered around the Vogtland, coming in with many apologies and explanations on the part of’ the Dresden governmen: and the general, Airplanes were sent in, advance to scatter, handbills designed gently to soothe the fears of the workmen. Moreover, a civil commissioner was sent along with the troops to restrain their thirst to kill on sight Hoelz and his band. Hoelz ‘scented the danger from afar, but he made good use of the few days of grace still left him. He did not remotely. dream -of making a stand against the troops. When they were still several days’ march from Falken- stein he shifted ‘his headquarters over to the little town of Klingenthal, which lies {mmediately on the -Bohemiar frontier. ” On the. last day of his stay at Klingenthal he made-hay in two ways. He sent a detachment of his ‘forces once more into Plauen to raise money by going into the leading restaurants and emptying the pockets not only of guests, but even of waiters. Then at Klingenthal, he summoned fifteen of the leading manufacturers to; a con- ference at the town hall, demanded of them 1,000,000 marks before nightfall, and locked them up as hostages till it should be produced. Later he decided to Jet them go out and make their ngements to obtain the money. At) ,doubtful. what his fate will be; but Gue Varican Crores WNOER THE DIRECTION OF MAESTRO. RAFFAELE Casino Casirais WHO OCCCULIEG Twe CENTER OF TNR PICTURE. ANGELO bi SANT) SiS~ PRESIDENT. OF THE PONTIFICAL INETITUTE OF MGHE SACRED MWSIC, ROME the ‘appointed hour they ret counted out the money for him on the big center table, Burns Mansions Before Quitting. Before quitting Falkenstein Hoelz had set fire to the mansions of five; leading manufacturers, after he had been mulcting them for several weeks to meet the expenses of his “army.” He also ordered the detachment that went to Plauen to rob the restaurants, that they also burn several fine villas there, but. this was apparently not done;. the valiant band: contenting themselves instead with pillaging sev- eral homes. . Asthe troops ‘closed in on the scene of war they began to make captures of Hoelz’s Red guards, all stuffed with stolen money. There was a sort of skirmish somewhere, in which Hoelz was engaged until things grew too hot him.. The. official report records the fact that his automobile was, cap- tured, containing his: hat; but that Hoelz himself escaped, “ostensibly in woman’s clothing.” He -succeéded’ in’ some way in ‘get- ting: across the frontier, which was probably: not very hard to do, as it is a wooded,’ semi-mountainous region. Several’ days later the Czechs arrested him at: Marienbad; and now he is to be brought back to Germany for trial. If a military court tries him it is not more probably he will be brought be- fore a civil tribunal. In that event he inay- get five, perhaps even ten years in the penitentiary. CHANGES LOVE OVER NIGHT . Mile. Emilliene Romey of Paris was wooed so successfully by Sergeant Ray Hewlett of Findlay, O., late of the A. E. F., that she consented a few weeks ago to come to him in America., Hew- lett provided passage for her and was at the pier in New York to meet her when the ship arrived. He met her all right, but on the arm of Nicola Raspa, a tenor of Brookline, with whom she had fallen in love on the voyage from France. STEERS VICTIMS OF SHARKS Eight Hundred Stampede at Havané ‘The oldest white oak in Dedham. Mass., bearing the distinction of hav- ing been selected as suitable matertal rlds Famous Vatican Choirs ain visit us. _ aii Charles are believed to have perfshed Sanitary officers, who inspected the vessel on its arrival Saturday, were alarmed when they found 130 dea¢ steersyin the hold of the ship. To) avoid possible danger to the people of the city they ordered the captain of the St. Charles to put to sea and throw the carcasses overboard. While the crew was engaged in this task the steers on board stampeded. H ¢ > Qaveneveneicene! AND THE VATICAN. Long Life Signs. It 1s said to be possible to distin- guish a long-lived person from one who will not last~so long at sight. Are you going to live long? First, according to well-known an- thority, says London Answers, the primary. conditions of longevity are that the lungs, heart, digestive organs and brains should ‘all-be long. If such be the case the trunk will be long and the limbs comparatively short. A good indication of longevity, It Is + Rock, Perfect Shape of i Mule’s Head, Is Found ¢ : ? { White Plains, N. Y.—A $ rock which is a perfect mule’s ¢ head ‘in shape syas found by 2 workmen. in’ a* quarry’ on’ the farm.of John,Emmke, near here, 3 the other’ day. ¢ Whe rock was uncovered while y stone for the construction of } a dam -was being gotten out. 4 Emmke has refused many offers ; for the curiosity. Gane eeenierlenenceceniese tone eicort en encoianesen 108 O 800 On8H8 Tipperary Skull Found in Ohio. , Jackson, O.—A bullet fired by a man he was trying to arrest struck Sher-} iff William J. Davis squarely in the forehead, but turned off without pene- trating. The shérif€ found four Rich- mond (Ind.) men in a hotel at-2 a, m. with a quart of booze. After flooring the sheriff with a shot, they escaped. A Native Flashlight. The native’s view of the English oc- cupation in Egypt seldom gets inte print. In Mr, Wilfrid Blunt's recent book, “Gordon at Khartum,” there tg a refreshing if somewhat’ irreverent ex-1 ception that, however, dates back to the days before the great English sol- dier’s fate was sealed. iby the delay of the relief expedition at Metemme, Gordon approached all mundane matters from the point of: view of an old Hebrew prophet, going to the Scrip- tures to find all necessary direction both for his temporal and for his eter- nal needs. This profound mysticism had another side, according to Nubar, the frative critics referred to above. “Yes,” said Nubar, “General Gordon reads the Bible all the morning—and then he gets up and hangs a man.” Deadly Enemy of Fruit Trees. A famillar pest is the tent caterplt- lar, which is very destructive to all fruit trees. The reddish brown moth lays Its eggs in the form of incomplete belts on the ‘smaller branches, each} belt or packet consisting of hundreds of tiny eggs glued together and cov- ered with varnishlike substance, says the. These eggs hatch early in the spring | and American = Forestiy Magazine. the young caterpillars make their way to the nearest ‘fork, where they spin a little tent of silk. to pro- tect them. “They work ott from the tent, feeding on the leaves and adding to the tent as they need. more room. ‘If there are many colonies working on | External or Internal, Blind. or a tree they soon strip It-of leaves, | Oak in Hall of Fame. for the frigate that still lies at anchor off Charlestown—Old_ Tronsides—has been nominated for a place in. the hall of fame for trees being compiled by the American Forestry association of Washington, D.C, The amount of- fered was $70, but the offer was fe | fused because the owner's wife, Mrs. William Avery, greatly admired the tree and prevailed upon her husband to spare it. This was ubout 1798 and Leap Into Sea Off Moro Caatle. * Havana, Cuba.—Hundreds of fine: Steers stampeded on board the Amer ican steamer St. Charles outside of Ha vana harbor and after creating a pank on board the ship plunged into the sea. where they became the prey of. the sharks that infest the waters off More castle. Except for a comparative few that swam ashore and. aré now wan: dering, about in the suburbs of this city, all the 800 steers.on the. St Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. said, ‘is Jong hand with short fingers, which ‘are not stumpy at the ends. Blue, hazel or: brown eyes, too, are said ‘to denote a long life. Another sign—large, open and free ‘nostrils which denote large lungs! If-you are a long Hyver, you will ap pear tall, when seated and short in standing. Your brain, we are also told, will be deeply seated, as por- trayed by the orifice of the ear being low. S Women seem to ontlive men,-for It has been recorded that from birth to ten yearg of age male death rate has exceeded the, female. He Needs a. Ducking, A New York shoe dealer with a perverted sense of humor stands to lose a lot of friends because of the “clever” advertising idea he has placed in effect. In his: show-window he has placed a number of shoes, every one different from the other. Signs an- nouncing such prices as $4, $5 and $6 are attached to each shoe. The joker lies in the fact that when the would-be customer goes: in and asks to see-a certain shoe he is informed that the price is “that much for one shoe.”—Exchange. ee Nearly 83,000 motor cars were sent abroad during 1919, representing 4.2 ver cent of the total American output for the year. 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One story that Sir William Whittall tells shows how unquestionably even the wisest ‘Turks attributed the triumphs of western invention to magic and di- abolism. ze During the Crimean war, says Sir William, the first telegraph was estab- lished in Turkey. This wonderful in- vention created tremendous astonish- ment among the Turks, who were quite unable to understand. its workings. Among, the more intelligent the discus- sions were not concerning.the scientific principles that lay behind it but wheth- er it was a good or a bad thing for humanity. To solve the question it.-was at last decided to have a full’ debate by the ulema of the province:of Smyrna, over which at that time a very wise old mul- lah presided. - The’ meeting, was held and) fierce was the contention. Half the ulema declared that the telegraph was a good thing, because it.quickened communications; the other half. assert- ed that. it could not be good, because it was an invention of the devil. There seemed to:be no way of arriv- ing at a conclusion, when some of the Turks perceived that their chief, the old mullah, had not yet expressed an opinion. Both parties, therefore, ea- gerly pressed him for his ciew on the subject and agreed to abide by his de- cision, The old: mullah, replied: “My children, the telegraph ds a good thing.” in “What!” said: the ‘conservatives: in- dignantly. “Do you mean that it is not a work of the devil?” “Oh, yes,” repifed the.old man, “As- suredly it is a work of his; but why fe you-so dull of understanding, my children? Can't. you see that if the devil is occupied going up and down the wires with each message sent he will have less time to trouble us mor- tals on earth below?” . All the ulema acknowledged the wis- dom- of their chief—Turkish Stories and Parables, Arabs Bow to Airplanes, Some of the most modern kinds of warfare have been, used in regions where modern ‘civilization had hardly penetrated before., It.is an interest- ing fact that the Arab, who had re- mained - unconquered whif& all . the great empires of the world. rose and fell, is at last, succumbing before the airplane. He has never, admitted al- legiance to anyone but Allah and him- self, and has threatened the lines of communication of all -the empires— | Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman and ‘British. Even at the height of their poaver they could not overtake his swift horses when he returned to the desert after a raid, But even the Arab horse has no chance against the airplane. British planes are now sble to protect all parts of the line from Suez to India. The French haye been using aviators whose nerves went to pieces on the western front.to chase the wild -tribes- men in the interior of Algeria. And the “Mad Mullah,” when recently he holy war, was routed by an expedition of British and Italians, who used both airplanes and tanks, Cock-fighting is as popular in Cuba as baseball is in America. ‘Havana normally handles a greater foreign tonnage than any other port hemisphere, in the western except New York. SANITARY OLD SOLDIERS THE FACTS i | Heroes of ’60. Want Public to Know How Much Good Tanlac Has Done at Old Soldiers’ Home i ;~ So many of the old “Vets” out at the Soldier's Home in Leavenworth have’ been benefited by ‘lanlac. late- ly that ‘they decided the fact.ougnt > to 'be made, public. The call for volunteers to report the matter was quickly answered: by J. F. Johnson and C. 4. Ostrander, each seventy-four years of age,. and David M. 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