Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-13 | Page 1 | Railroad Labor Board Named by Wilson

1 ' $ & & fli ' ' fli ; i I ii - MywoFy. Premier Protests Fact That Colored Troops Guard jv Goethe's House AIDING GERMANS CAUSING TROUBLE! Former Theatre Man Heads Group Which Plans Big Arson Campaign BERLIN, April 13. The killing of Paul de Mott. of Patcrson, N. J., shot recently at Wesel. is caustically commented com-mented upon lodny by the independent indepen-dent Socialist Die Frelhcit. Ii describes de-scribes the incident as a case of "murder "mur-der by the soldiery, who obviously w.ere afraid the higher court would .an- uul the death sentence." , Reports stated that de Molt was, shot dead by a sentry while trying to, escape from the prison at Wesel where he was being held under death sentence, sen-tence, the cause for which was not stated. An investigation was ordered by the foreign office immediately upon receipt of the report. ASSEMBLY MEETS. BERLIN,. April 12. (By the Associ-j aled Press.) The national assembly re-opeiiecl today with Lord Kilmar-j nock, the British charge d'affaires, and, other diplomatic representatives pres-; ent. The proceedings began with a! Ftrong protest from President Fehreu-bach Fehreu-bach against the allied commission in I preventing the upper Silesian deputies1 from attending the assembly. Herr, Fehrenbach denounced the entente for this "encroachment on the rights of the German people's representatives." Premier Mueller spoke strongly, against the action of the French in the Rhine: region, saying ".Senegalese are! quartered in Frankfort and are guard-! Ing Goethe's bouse." Then. reyiewjngj (he events in the Ruhr region be said I that in the confusion following thoi Knpp uprising the Ruhr workers were unable to recognize whether they weroi faced by loyal or disloyal troops. J BAND OF RAIDERS. 1 PLAUEN, April 12. (By the Assoc!-1 ated Press.) Owing to the energy ofl the Saxon government against Max Hoelz, communist leader and former lecturer in a motion picture theatre, Hoelz and his band of marauders have disappeared and their whereabouts is unknown. They cut telegraph and! telephone wires leading from Plauen. Prior to his departure, Hoelz had sought to Inaugurate a great campaign of arson. He distributed placards calling' call-ing' for destruction of all public buildings build-ings and residences of the propeilied .e classes on appearance of the Reich- swehr. Only factories and banks were to be excepted. Before quitting his headquarters at Falkensten, near Plauen, Hoelz, an- " gered at the refusal of the Plauen business busi-ness community to submit to his levy o a half million marks, had his raiders raid-ers descend upon Plauen. They compelled com-pelled all cafe and restaurant guests y to give up their money, invaded resi-jg resi-jg dences of wealthy citizens, rifled a -fl eafe or two. Local Stores Looted. At Falkenstein the band looted local si ores and set fire to five large villas. The inmates were given ten minutes to leave. The furniture and wood! v.'osk inside was then soaked with ben-j zine and the torch applied.. The build-' ijigs were destroyed. Hoelz meanwhile had marshaled 300! followers in the courtyard of the castle cas-tle and at 3 a. in. Sunday the band moved out, some on foot and others in fifteen requisitioned automobiles. The expectation of Hoelz that the working community would support him was dashed by a vote of the Vogt- land workers. Their ballot was -11,000 to 26,000 against a strike.