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MEDFORD, OUEGOX, . FRJ DAY, -JANUARY 3,- 1919
NO. 241
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MEDFOKD
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Dull TblrtnUi TMUf.
ROME HEARTILY THOMASDEFENDS
GREETS WILSON' WILSON'S EFFORT
UPON ; ARRIVAL
President Received Bv Italy's Klna
and Queen While Immense Crowd
. Welcomes Him With 'Greatest En
thusiasm Busy Two Davs to Be
8pent Pope to Be Visited. '
HOME, Jan. 3. Prosldont Wilson
arrived In Homo ut 10:2b o'clock this
morning. Ho win recolvod ot the
station by King Victor Emmanuel
and Queen Helena, members of tho
government and representatives of
tho local authorities
Ah Immonso 'crowd welcomed tho
president with tho greatest onthusl-
nuiii,
Program fur Today
Tho program arranged for l'resl
(tout Wilson's entertainment today
Included a luncheon 1 wtili Queen
Mothor Marghnrlta. a rocoptlau 1iy
tho parliament and n atute dlnnor
with King Victor Wtnmanuel, follow
Init tho visit to th president of a
deputation from tho qulrlnul.
In tho eventiiR thn citizenship of
Homo will bo conferred upon tho
American executive.
On Hnturday thoro will bo a lunch
eon at tho American embassy In lion
or of tho prealdnnt. Thla also Is the
day let tor his visit to Pope Ilnnedlct
and for Ills reception to Protestant
bodies nt tho American Church, lie
will take dinner with tho court. The
president expects to leavo for Genoa
on Sunday nnd possibly will go to
Milan. On Monday ha will nrrlvo at
Turin, whore hn will make a short
visit, louring for Curls on .Monday
night.
''.' Welcome by People
PIBA., Thursday. Jun. 1 When
'sa wit rodchdd by llio.-iroldoiitl"l
. special train today Mr. Wilson and
Mi party bad retired. Count 1)1 Col
lero, Itullan ambassador at Washing
ton. and Thomas Nolson Pago, Amor.
loan ambassador to Italy, dosconded
to the station platform and conversed
with officials. Tho people have been
asked not to disturb tho president
ty choorlng when tho train pnssus
thru towns und cities.
Ilonflres In honor of Mr. Wilson
have been llghtod In ninny. plucos.
CAPELLE AND BLEY
SENT TO M NEILS
"I.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jim. 3. Robert
Capollo nnd Joseph L. Hlov. cnnfoKHcd
leadera In n rlol directed bv tho Clor
mnn government to provision German
warHi nt son from thin port in vio
lntion of American noiilrnlllv. wore
aiven 21 nnd 18 months respectively,
in the McNeil's slnnd federal poniten
tinrv bv United KtntOM Dint riot Judge
Van Klcot hero today. Cnpollo wiir
former ngont for the North Gcnnnn
I.lovd Htonmship uompnnv hero, Hlov
was n customs broker.
Tho KontonueH were to run concur
rently with sentences of 18 innntltH
inipoKod on Pniiello nnd .15 on Kiev In
the Hindu flommiiwv case wherein
thev were convicted of conspiring
with a number of Hindus in thin coun
try to overthrow British rulo in In
din,
BRITISH AVIATOR
FLIES 30,500 FEET
LONDON, Jun. 3,-rFlvintr a Brit
inli nirplnno nt Ipswich yoHtorduv,
Onptuin Long, established n new alti
tude record, renehinff n height of 30,
500 feet. Ohsorvod Blowers, who nc
enmpnniod Cnpiiin., Long, .collapsed
when his oxvgon bottle hroko, but re
covered, Holh men woro front billon
during tlicir flight.
: DAYTON. Ohio. Jan. 3. Cnnlnin
I!, W. Schroodor, an Aniortenn pilot
of tho Wilbur Wright aviator field
held tho nltitudo record just broken
bv Cn nl nm Long. He ronched nn
nltitudo of 128.000 foot on Soptembor
18, 1018, comma down near tiinton
Ohio. .
CHILEAN CONTINUES RIOTS
. AGAINST PERUVIANS
' LIMA. Peru, Jnn. 3,-rD'omonstrn
thins- uitninHt I'oruviluiH eontinuo in
Chile, according to unofficiul roporlH
received here, nnd stonmshipn nro ar
riving nl Mnllendo nnd Cnllno with
Uiiwy renivitin ruiufieus irotu uwo,
TO MAKE PEACE
Colorado Senator Predicts President
Will Astiult Himself Well at This
Critical Hour Quotes From Hamll
ton and Jefferson to Show Presl
dent's Power In Making Treaties.
WABHINOTON', Jnn. S. Senator
Thomas of Colorado, dnmocratlc
member of Ilia forolKn relations com
mitten, predtrtod today In the Konnto
that "ut this critical hour In our dip
lomatic history, President Wilson
would acquit himself well, and to the
iilllmnto satisfaction of his country
man.
Disclaiming any Intent to criticise
snnulora who have folt Impelled to
record their dlsiigroeincnt with the
president's oulllno of peace condl
lions, Bcnutor Thomas said ho ro
gurdod It us Incumbent upon those
who felt olharwlsa to niuko public
expression of their views lost It bo
gathered from tholr sllenco "that an
nouncements hitherto rocorded em
body tho common sentiment of tho
American seiiuto.
President's Power
Ho quoted at length from letters
nnd opinions by Alexander llnmllton,
Thomas Jefferson und others to show
that tho president's power in nogotl'
atlng treatloa Is made supreme by
tho constitution.
Tho senutor said ho was reluctant
to speak of economic barriers and
trade relations, "for In tho last nnl
ysls that Is tho real obstacle to an
nll-ombracliiK entente." lie added,
however, that ho cordially Indorsed
thn president's demands for "the re
moval as fur as possible of economic
harriers."
"Freedom of the seas," 8enator
Thomus said, "Is a vague and Indo
flnnlila term. 11 is noticeable that
the president declares for 'absolutn
freedom of navigation upon tho seas
ootsfdo or territorial wators, allko In
peace and wur.' "
IcnKUO of XntlollK
Kstabllshment or a league of Na
tions, Benator Thomas said, presents
a difficult problem. omo or mo
difficulties already havo bcon men
tioned by other senators, ho said, and
added that ho nood only mention
tho flnnnclnl 'burden nnd Its mothod
of distribution, Its Inclusion of the
vanquished nations, of llolshorlst
Hussla and tho Vatican."
I do not Any those difficulties aro
tnsiipornble," continued tho speaker.
hut I fool sure thul only time nnd
exporlence can surmount thorn. Thoy
will tax tho pntlanco and tho wisdom
of tho entente."
Senator Thomas said ho wns much
Impressed with tho suggestion of
Viscount Oroy, formor flrltlsh for-
olgn secretary, that tho victorious
longuo now In force be continued. It
Is amply compotont, the speaker said
to keep tho peace of tho world and It
mny ndmlt other tuitions to Its asso
ciation as tlmo nnd oxperlenco shall
dotormlno.
LONDON. Jun. 3. Reports from
flcmiun nnd Si'iindinnvinn sources of
Ilrilish naval activities in tho llnltic
provinces hnvo crcntcd n dciiiand bv
the Hritisli prows for n clcnr slutc
:liciit of the (rovcrnment's policy r
enrdinir lhissin.
Aocordinir lo the Deutsche Times
Zeitiini; (if Hcrlin, the Ilrilish liiive
presented un ultimatum to the fler
mun supreme command Unit the Ocr
mnn troops must not only prevent n
further ndvnnco bv tho llolsheviki,
hut nniHt relnko Vnlk nnd VI" ,fn.
If this order is not curried out the
German nowsimpnr snvs, tho entcnle
will niiirch into Ocriiniiiv.
Thoro is no eont'irinntiiui of these
reports from nnv official source, j
NITRATE OF SODA
Fi
As n result of experiments curried
on with nit rulo of sodu in Jackson
county for thn pnst two vcurs u arciit
mnnv farmers nro coinir to purchase
nilrnlo of sola for various crops tins
vonr. In order for this to eivo the
best returns it. should be .applied ill
Kclmmrv or cnrlv March, Tho farm
bureau oxpeets lo piirchnso iiilrnto of
sodur in Inriro nunnlVics nnd nnv
furnicr or fruit grower who expects lo
use this fertilizer should send Iheir
order in to Iho county iisent nt
onco, .
WITHOUT LOSS FROM
Tl
FlltR ISLAND, N. Y., .Inn. 3.
Klghluen hundred soldiers
had been removed from the
stranded transport Northern
Pacific ut 3 o'clock Oils after
noon, leaving 700 aboard, in
cluding tho most seriously
wounded, about 100 of them lit
ter cases, It Is hoped that a
calmer sou will permit the re
moval of theso tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. A
report from the army port sur-
goon at Now York received hero
lata today suld 2.19 litter cases
and 800 other wounded or sick
had boon removed from the
stranded transport Northern Pa
cific. The surgeon, said the re
maining E7G wounded on tho
ship would bo romovod tonight.
-
Ei
COVERS ENTIRE
EASTERN REGION
LINCOLN, Neb., Jun. 3. Nebras
ka today remained In the grip of the
cold -wnvo. Tomporaturos ranged
rrom 32 dcRroee below zero nt Valen
tine to 16 below at Omaha nnd Liu
coin.
Reports rocolvod horo today show
similar weathor conditions prevailing
In South Dakota and wastcrn Iowa
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. The wes
tern cold wnve spread southward to
day to tho gulf const and northwest
ward and oastward over the Appala
chian mountains with lndlcatious
that It would roach all parts of the
cast tonight and tomorrow. Its dur
ation will be brief.
Moor bond. Minn., with a minimum
rending of 34 dogrees bolow- zero,
held tho cold weather record In the
northwest.
The cold extended goncrnlly to tho
aotith, Jackson, Miss., reporting
foot of snow, the heaviest in twenty
years.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. Chlcagoans
scurried to their various vocations
today In a temperature of sevon do
grees bolow zero, with . assurance
from the weather forecaster that It
would bo colder beforo It toeenme
warmer. A stiff wind was blowing
from tho wost.
The health commissioner and oth
er physicians declared the cold
wouthcr had brought a lessening In
the number of Influenza cases.
PERMIT RUSSIANS
TO MAKEtVODKA
VLADIVOSTOK, January I. ny
Canadian Press, dolayod). Doglnning
tho Hussion Now Year the Kolchnk
government removes the prohibition
on manufacture and sale or voaxn
The nrohlhltlon was Imposed by for
mor Czar Nicholas at the beginning
of tho wur.
A llcenso system will bo adoptod
with high oxclse tnxos to rnlso monoy
to defrny the cost of tho now army
Millions of roil bios woro raised by
private subscription Docombor, 1J1
1918, army dny.
. Mobilization of hoys 19 and
20
years of ago and of officers bus beon
ordered for Jununry lu, isi.
FLU JAY POSTPONE
LEGISLATIVE SESSi
SALEM!, Ore.. 'Jan. 3. Governor
Withvcomlio. commenting on discus
siou ns lo what her or not tho session
of tho stuto legislature scheduled
lo besin Jnminrv LI. should ho post
poned on nccouul of tho Spanish in
flucnzu epidemic, snid toduv that
should tho stale hoard of health or
dvr tile postponement, he would buck
up the hoard. Tho governor did not
consider Iho situation sufficiently so
rious, however, lo warrant postpone
ment, Rognrdiiig his authority to postpone
tho session, Iho governor wns doubt
ful, llo thought it might bo neccs
snrv for the legislature to meet and
organize, und then adjourn nt ils own
tliscroliop,
OPMGWAR.
WITH GERMANY
.
Socialist Holds Germank Never At
tacked America Bv Sinkina Vessels
Favored Flalttlnq Only If Attack
ed nt Home Joined Pacifists in
Antil War Activities."
CHICAOO. Jan. .1. After being on
the witiiCNH stand fur throe diivx, the
exuminntion of Victor L. Ilcrser of
Milwaukee, who. with four other o-
oinlist (diicfs is on trial phnrsed witii
nonspinu'v to interfere with the'ev
ernmcnt's prOKCcutiim of the wnr. wun
concluded todnv.
Ilerzer was confronted with prncti-
cnllv every public-utterance, nlleced
bv the government to be seditious.
which ho has made " reeent' vc.irs.
nnd hiiiidreds of published anti-war
nrlicles, ' He wuh asked to explain u
number of statement., wlrch npnnr-
entlv be had forgotten ever huvi:i2
m a ilc.
The cross exnniinution bv Asi.-itnnt
District Attorney Klcminir uncovered
a iiiimbcr of surprises. While under
the ordeul llcmcr looked appenlihuly
nt .his uttiirneVH for protection, but
thev wer nniibie to stem the tide of
question by the itovcrniiient counsel
Only for Defensive War
Ilergcr looked tired und nervous
when he resumed the stand todnv
He complained of n headache nnd
asked to' he excused from reading
document. - .
Mr.l''lciuine rend from n speech bv
Renter in which he declared that in
the event of n wnr with Jupnn the
socialists of this nation would stund
by their countrv.to the Inst ditch. .
In other words, the socialists
would stand bv this countrv in u wur
with Japan, but not in n wur with Ger
many." i said the government oomi
sol... ..j. ti . :.i Y
No.-T mean that the socinlist:
would stand lV this countrv in u -wur
Willi nnv nnlion if our country were
allocked, replied Heiiier.
Do vou think Gcrmnuv nttncKed
this countrv when it sent submarines
to our eastern const nnd raided our
shippimit" nsked Mr. Flcmintr.
No. I don't." said the' wifntss.
"She was not attacked in the same
sense ns Rcliriiun."
Do vou think Rclsium was attack
ed bv llerninnvT"
Yes," said the witness. "I did not
approve tiennnnv s notions.
Illiln't Supiort President
Asked whether ho hud supported
President Wilson's policies in the waft
llcrccr said:
"lie chanced his mind so often it
wns impossible to follow him.- First
be was too proud to fight. Then he
wns re-elected president because he
kept us out of war. ronr months
Inter he plunged into wnr. Then he
gave us dozens of definite rensons
why we were nt war."
Referring to the refusal of Jhe
Milwaukee Lender to print nn adver
tisement of a patriotic rally ut which
Clarence Harrow -spoke, Rcrfior said
that the meetine- was nrrnnged bv
trades union lenders opposed to" so
cialism. - . j
"rinrence S. Dnrrow up to tlint
time had nlwnvs posed ns n big an
archist, "lid our enemies in Milwau
kee were Irving to nso him," siiid Her
der.. , . . .'.."?'
Rcrgcr admitted that the Siiciulists
eo-operuted with pacifists und .other
organizations opposed to the wnr. He
snid that in nil his nnti-wnr activities
ho never thought of , the possible ef
fect on the government's conduct of
the war.
NEW-YEAR'S RIOTING
BliRLl'N1, Jan. 3. (By Associated
Press). Munich newspapers ot this
morning's date received bore publish
reports of shooting In the streets of
that city New Year s eve.' Nine per
sons aro declared to have 'been
wounded. The accounts stuto that
tho ' rioters used hand grenades
ngninst tho police and throw dlmllar
missies ut tho front ot the Catholic
Society building. s '
The nowspnpers declare that great
numbers Of weapons are In the pos
session of the lawless elemont. "- -
RAILROAD CLAIM AGENT
M'KIRAHAN RTSIGNS OFFICE
SANFKANC1SCO Jan. iWTlio res
ignation of Merlin K. MeKirnhnn,
freight claims agent for tho J'nited
States railroad administration 'in- the
district west of Ogdcn nnd Kl Paso
and south of Ashlnnd, Ore.; trui niVi
nounccd here today. He entered pri
vate business toilu.v,
I OFCOURT BY KELLY
SALIW. Ore.. Jan, 3. Judge
Percy H. Kellv, of the circuit
court, held toduv that present
ments mnde bv the Marion coun
ty grand iurv against two gourds
nt the stale penitentiary did not
state facts sufficient to consti
tute a crime. This action, ne
cording to county officials, will
put nn end to the investigation
of the situation ut the peniten
tiary. The guards were nccimed
of conspiring with a convict to
obtain his parole for remunera
tion. :of
WASHINGTON. Jan. .'. Destruc
thin of. nil capital ships of tho Ger
many navy, surrendered to the al
lies, .was recommended to the house
nn' I J affairs committee todnv bv
Hoar .Admiral Hodmnn. who com
manded tho American fleet in the
North sen during the wnr.
Ho said the German ships would
not be needed, that they wero of dif
ferent types than those of the allies,
and that It would be a waste of
money to pay to maintain thom.
"During the wnr the combined
British and American fleets have had
such superiority over tho German
fleet that It dared not fight us." Ad
miral Rodman said. "If that suprem
acy could be maintained when the
Gorman fleet was in existence, what
would be the object in adding their
ships to our force when the danser
of their attacking us has been re
moved? "Furthermore, by the time Ger
many can build new ships and assln
become a competitor for the world's
largest fleet, these ships will have
become obsolete and would hare to
be thrown awny anyhow."
The admiral thought all the ves
sels except the capital ships should
be kept. "It would be foolish to sink
the submarines, destroyers and light
cruisers,"- he said, "as they will be
very. useful for years to come."
When news came from Paris re
cently that the American pence dele
gation was disposed to favor sinking
German' craft, the statement was
authorized here that President Wil
son regarded the plan as wholly un
desirable. -
StVEN CENT FARES
DENVER. Colo.. Jan. 3 Crowds
of men in'the stock vards district to
dnv continued small demonstrations
ngninst tho seven cent carfare now
being chnrged bv tho Denver lrnm
wav company. As a result, enr ser
vice on this line was suspended one
hour this morning. In one instance, n
crowd of men on their wnv to work
took possession of a cur from nnother
section of the eitv. 'diverted it from
its iisnnl route nnd rode themselves
to work.
Other lines in the e:.tv were running
noriuiillv. Dewey C. Hnilcv, eitv man
ager of public snl'etv, nnomieed if
there were nnv indication of further
demonstrations like those of last
night, when crowds of men nnd bovs
stopped the street cars, he would ask
the compnnv to return nil enr.s to
bums and 'abandon attempts to op
cruto. .
FARMERS SEEK TO
E
. SALEM, Jan.' 3. Goorgo Hilton
and 'other- farmers living between
.Medford nnd Central Point have filod
a complaint with the public service
commission ngninst the California
Oregon Power compnny and the Pa
cltlc Telophono & Telegraph company
alleging' tha). the power company re
fuses to extend Its wires so as to fur
nlsh -them with-an electric llghtlnf
service and the telephone company
refuses to permit the power compnny
to use Its poles on which to run the
electric -wire. The complainants ask
tho commission to require tho tele-
phono company to permit common
use. of Its poles.
ARMY S FUTURE
AWAITS SIGNING
OF PEACE PACT
Baker States That No Decision Has
Been Reached Bv War Department
Upon Question of Universal Mili
tary Service 700.000 Discharqed
Since Armistice Signed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. X No decis-
ion has been reached by the war de
partment jn the nue.stion of universal
military service. Secretary Raker to!;I
the house -military committee toduv
and he indicated that no definite pro
ject for n pcrmnnent military estab
lishment would be presented to con
gress until the peace conference had
concluded its work.
When nsked whether it would be
neccssnrv to keep n large turce in
Kurope for at least two years, the
secietarv said:
"We hope that is not true: we nrt
not planning for it."
" lie said 700.000 men had been u.s
charged from the army since the arm
isticc was signed and that another
million men would be discharged
within the next five weeks.
Army of Half a Million
Mr. Raker said that n bill author
izing u regular urmv of 500.000 men
to be raised bv voluntary enlistment
would be submitted shortly to con
grcss. . This army, he said, was in
the nature of a temporary military es
tablishment which would tide over the
period until peace is re-estnblLshed.
In repard to keeping the Hi nation
al cantonments und some of the na
tional guard camp sites. Mr. Baker
snid it wns his persunul judgment that
the cantonment sites should nil be
Purchased to be held for divisonnl
training centers for whatever army
the nation may decide to maintain
- Secretary Raker snid that Camp
Lewis, Washington, was undoubtedl v
destined to be used for. divisional
mobilization purposes.';--
I niversal military trninins wns
brought up bv Representative Kahu
of C'nlifornin. who will be chairman
of the committee when the repubh-1
cans organize the next house. 'Mr.
Kahn said the whole question of the
future of the cantonments seemed to
him to be involved with the permanent
military policy.
Is it the policy of the war de
partment, he asked, "to favor uni
versal military training?"
Await Peace Results
"The wnr department." Secretary
Rnker replied, "has no policy on that
subject. Personally. I do not be
lieve it would be wise to attempt to
settle the question of our permanent
army policy before the peace confer
ence has arrived at its conclusions."
Mr. Baker said it wiis proposed to
continue permanently the urmv rate
of pay fixed for the wnr period, prac
tically $1 n dav for privates.
Asked whether the war department
had anv information ns to the possi
bility of raising oOO.OOO men bv vol
untary enlistment, the secretary said
no definite information on that point
was available, but he added:
"I hnve n feeling, however, that if
the voluntary system is given a
chnnec to supply the pence time army.
with the very definite understanding
that the universal military obligation
will be enforced for nnv subsequent
wnr emergency, there is n stronq- likli
hood thnt the 500,000 volnnteers"cnn
be obtuined.""'
REJECT BANKERS PLAN
" WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. By unan
imous vote the senate military com
mittee today rejected Secretary Bak
er's recommendations tor legislation
to validate Informal war contracts
and authorize their adjustment 'by
the war department, nnd ordered fa
vorably reported Senator Hitchcock's
hill introduced yesterday legalizing
such contracts, but placing adjust
ment in tho hands of a non-interested
commission.
GERMANS PERMITTED
AT ELECTION
-
PA1US, Jan. !). Marshal Foch. no-
cording to tho Matin has given per
mission for the Germans in the oc
cupied Rhine provinces to nnrticipate
in the Gcrmnn elections, lie ulso will
allow freedom of the press arid free
dom nl assemblage ns far us compati
ble, wilh the iiKiintcnnucu of order.
EMBARGO UPON
EXPORT FREIGHT
MOVEMENTS
Local Conqested Conditions Causes
Regional Embarao' Unon Food and
Supplies for Eufooean Points at -.
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
Strike Complicates Situation.
WASHINGTON-, Jan. 3. When
notified today that as a result of of
ficial conferences at Xew York, re
gional embargoes had beon obtained
on export freight movements to New
York. Boston and Philadelphia, rail
road administration officials said the
action was caused by local congested .
conditions which might be remedied
In a week, and that it ought not to
interfere with the overseas move
ment ot supplies for American troops
and civilian relief.
While the embargoes are In effect
supplies for abroad will 'be routed
thru ports outside ot the congested
zone. ....
NEW YORK. Jnn. 3. Shipment of
all classes of freight, especially food
stuffs intended for American troops
abroad and Europe's starving people,
wns embargoed from' other parts of
the counirv through t he-ports of Bos
ton. Philadelphia and New York for
export bv order of the federal food
administration today.
Kood nnd supplies are accumulated
on the piers of New York to such nn
extent that it is impossible for it to
be hnndled or for cargo space to bo
provided ior its transportation
abroad. Similar conditions lire de
clared to exist in Boston nnd Phila
delphia, with tlie situation becoming
more serious. ' ' : '
Three principal causes are assign
ed. One is the strike of freight hnnd
lers. which was reported to be spread-,
ingtoiln v. Another wns n disposition -on
the part of the ship owners to put
their vessels in drvdock' upon beinar
relieved from the war strain, instead
of eontinuing the ships in trade. Still
another wns the holiday season with
cousequeut decrease in labor facili
ties regardless ot existing strike con
ditions. - ' ' .
It was declared that vessels for use
by the food administration had not
become' available in the tonnage that
had been expected. ' -
The embargo began yesterday on
shipments from Interior points to
New York over the New York Cen
tral railroad, due to tho strike by
freight handlers. . Today virtually
every pier here was affected. .
The freight handlers have been re
ceiving 42 cents an hour for a ten
hour day. Their demand now Is 50
cents an hour for an eight-hour day,
with tlmo and a half overtime pay
for tho 9th and 10th hours.
IKIL
BATTLE OF PERM
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Czecho
Slovnk und. co-operating Russian
troops are still holding all fronts in
the Ufa region, neeording to informa
tion reaching the state department to
day. English armored trains and
French troops were sent from Lfa to
support the extremo fronts. -
On December 20. Bolsheviki forces
broke through nt Binsk. 25 miles from
Ufa. Between the 25th nnd 28th. of
December the Siberian uriny at Form
had taken 31.000 prisoners, 120
guns, n lurgo number of machine
guns, 30 automobiles, nine armored
train snnd the entire Bolsheviki sup
ply truin. The entire loss of tlw
red nrmv is estimated ut bO.000.
The Russian commander in charge :
of the Siberian army was Lieut. Clen.
Pepilev, 28 venrs old. who was a pri
vate soldier when the European wur
begun. - ; : "
Swedish press reports from Hel
singfors . say grent cnthusiusin pre
vails there in support of the relief
enterprise for Esthonin, 10,000 voters
having registered und the first expe
dition having loft for Esthonin De
cember 30. Thousands of bourgeoiso .
Russian fugitives are arriving in Fin
land to enlist for nu offensive against
the Bolsheviki. '
Reports from Revul snv Esthoninn
ships bombarded and silenced encmv
butteries in the villages of Kolga and
Wnkko nnd deluchinepts landed und
cleared the peninsulas of Jiiminduii .
nnd Apershpn. ; '
Tho result of municipal elections at
Vladivostok December 20. wns n vic
tory for the non-socialist - clement
which ginned n lull minority of tho'
municipal council, ' ,