SATURDAY MORNINO. AUGUST 23, 1920
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
RED NAPOLEON
IS DEPOSED
Report Says Trotsky Has
Personally Taken Com
mand of Army
"WARSAW, Aug.. 26. GeneTal
Tucaatsehewski, known as the
"Soviet Napoleon,: ha been re
lieved of bis post as commander
in chief or the Bolshevik army oa
the Polish front because of his
failure to take Warsaw, accord
ing to reports published here.
Leon Trottky. Botsherik - min
ister of war and marine, has per
sonally taken command of the
army. It is reported by Bolshevik!
officers taken prisoner. '
! General " Tuchatschewski has
ksd a remarkable career in the
Russian army. He Is of noble
birth, and at the outbreak of the
world war was captured by the
Germans. Later he escaped and
resumed his place In the army.
rising to the rank of lieutenant.
When the soviet government was
established he was promoted and
rose to high command, being
credited with the defeat of Adj
miral Kolchak in ' Siberia and
General Deniklna in southern
Russia. He Is only 28 years old.
Reds Fire on Poles
from Hun Territory
PARIS. Aur. 27. Rnlahtviv
batteries stationed On PtPrmin anil
hare fired on Polish troops, says
a I'ousn oincial communique yes
terday. Tne statement follows:
"On the northern front in the
sectors, occupied by the first and
fifth armies, the situation is un
changed. During the process of
cleaning up territory between
Mlawa and Ciechanow. we made
3.000 prisoners, stragglers from
remnants of the Bolshevik troops.
"In the center1 of the front
there remain a few thousand Rus
sian troops who are retreating to
ward the German frontier, fight
ing desperately. In this sector we
noted that our troops were fired
upon from batteries and from ma
chine guns which Bolshevik
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STORM HINDERS
TRAP SHOOTING
Nic Aries Breaks 74 Birds
Straight bat Misses His
75th
CLEVELAND, Aug. 27. A e-
rere electrical stonn today marred
the hooting of the Grand Ameri
can handicap, tbo feature ereat
of the international shootin?
tournament.
Only five squads finished shoot
ing the kpecified 100 targets. Tne
hoot In? will be resumed tomor
rcw.
POL ALLOWKD TO LAXI)
LONDON, Aug. 27. News was
recelred from allied aoureeo 1
Danzig to the effect that the Polos
who recently returned to Dan tig
from tho United State but were
not permitted to
allowed to dUontbark a&4
proceed to their destination
Tho Red -&ea d tko MiJ
raaean are the aaltlest of ay ,
land, hare been Read the Classified
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used machinery, or furniture or office appliances.' People an t .
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vuujauiuu,wiyiic nepi us uui ui war.
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"On the.Kolno-Myszynlec road.
we captured .six cannon and ten
machine guns. In Kobryn Pass we
took 1,100 prisoners. - Inclading
full staff of the Bolshevik 37th
diTision. with four cannon and 12
machine guns.
"On the southern front, east of
LeonpoL bitter fighting is in prog
ress." .
With Pocket KnUe
"Babe" Rath Bitten By
; Insect Arm in Sling
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Instead
ot-appearing on-the diamond at
the-Polo grounds carrying a home
run- bat. Babe Ruth, champion
swatter of the' American league,
today showed himself to the fans
with his right ' arm bandaged.
Word Was soon spread that he had
been bitten by a poisonous insect
and that he was threatened with
blood poisoning.
Medical men said the -trouble.
while painful, was not lasting and
that it is to be expected that he
will be in the lineup tomorrow.
SPRINGFIELD. Or.. Aug. 27.
Vivien L. Dunten, 56. a farmer of
Camp .Creek. Lane county was
stabbed to death with a pocket
knife during aa altercation today
with William R. Elliott, a neigh
bor. Elliott surrendered to Sher
iff Stlckels. Tho Vnife penetrated
Dunteh'a heart. . Following a cor
oner's nquest here, - which
turned a verdict that Dunten
came to bis death in an alterca
tion with William R. Elliott." a
charge of manslaughter was
placed against Elliott. He was re
leased on $2500 ball. A widow
and seven children survive Dunten.
. IRISH ATTACK SOLDIERS.
DUBLIN. Aug. 27. A military
lorry was attacked today at Ca-
hermore. Tho driver was killed
and an officer and two privates
re- were wounded.
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Long Range Shooting
: From Ships Improved
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Far
ther details of nary target "prac
tices' conducted during the past
year, made public at the navy de
partment, show that while thej
snore, range name practice scores
were somewhat lower than a year
ago, the efficiency of the major
ships at long range practice under
simulated battle conditions was
greatly Improved. Firing by di
visions at ranges up to 20,000
yards, the battleship scores
showed an average merit of 33.76
this year as compared with 6.56 a
year ago.
In day firing at long ranges
for individual ships the average
merit this year was 44.46. the an
nouncement said, against 32.67
last year, an improvement of 139
per cent. The short range direct
or centralized control firing.
Showed an Improvement of 11
percent this year. The most pro
gress in gunnery was made by the
battleships, . the announcement
added.
War Loans Are Reduced
to $132,200,000 To Date
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.
Loans of the war finance corpora
tion have "been reduced $219,300.'
000 since it ceased making loans
and began liquidation of its at
fairs. The total outstanding loans
August 21 amounted to 1132.200.'
0O0. . according to figures made
public today by Managing Direc
tor McLean.
Advances to railroads which at
the highest point aggregated
$204,700,000, have been reduced
by repayment to $64,600,000. Vir
tually all of those outstanding
are call loans.
Bar Association Takes
v iVo Stand on League Issue
St. Louis. Mo Aug. ll. The
American bar association closed
its convention without taking ac
tion oa the report of the com"mit
tee on the league of nations.
Hampton L Carson of Philadel
phia, the outgoing president ex
plained that the league had be
come a "political question and
was therefore something on which
the bar association could not take
action. .
In an address at the closing
banquet tonight. Former Senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois
declared the presidential election
will be determined upon issues
which have no relations to the
United States and by voters who
have no thought of the welfare of
tb American people."
There are, "M re. Lewis explained
foreign voters "who will vote the
expression of grievance or gratl
fication of their fatherland as they
revenge or justify the world war
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