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MEDFORD, OREGON, BAUIM)AY, JAKUAltY 11, 1010
NO. 218
Ma
lt
UEBKNECHT
LOSES L1FE1N
STREET FIGHT
Swrtacan Leader and Orqtinlzer of
Revolution Reported Killed In Ber
lin Battles but Report Not Con
firmed Radicals Attempt Seizure
of Rhine Cities Dusseldorf Re
ported Captured Government
' Forces Control Situation.
LONDON, Jim, 1 1. TI Berlin
correspondent of II; livening News
tn)0Krnililiii( unilor Thursday's iliilti
tlttalurcMi Hut ho had heard from n
moot rullalilu source (hut Dr. Lliib
knaolit hod boon killed during mivaro
lunchlnii rum fighting nour Ilia build,
lug of Ilia Tageblnlt, Llebkilcrhl was
r..iuiif.ul lA hnvii liAnn nhiit thru, till.
heart. '
No confirmation of this report Is
obtainable In London.
London, Jan. 11. Dr. Kn uii.
knochl. tho Bpunnran leader Iti lir
ninny, w killed during mrwt flghi
lug 011 Thursday evening, according
to Copenhagen dispatch Jo (Iiv Kx
clianK Telegraph company.
Hevcral dispatches from I ho Aiwo-
elated Proas corrtmpoiidoiilit III llerlln
(llnd Friday up to 8 o'clock In the
uflornoon mid reeolvod hero thin mor-
nluK rontnlnod no mention of the re
ported death of Dr. Llobknceht. The
dlspatche. In fact, do not mrer, to
happening In Merlin, hut deul with
oventi In tlio province or with prusn
comment. Nothing definite In known
hers a to what Friday's duvulnp
monls In Berlin renlly worn.
In Itliluo i'ltli-H
' Delayed Amsterdam ndvlcea dated
Thursday contuln reports of furthur
activity by tlio. Kpuniuiufu III the
Ithlnn towns. They apparently con
Irol Dussuldorf, where aeverul prom
Inant persons wore arrested while
many olhora fled across the Ithlno,
The Muanater Aiizelgur reporla ripitr-
tacans atormed the prison In .Muuna-
Jor and aot free 170 criminals.
Al M,ulhulm. during n big dotnon
atratlon of atrlkura on Wvtlnnaduy
1lie atrlkora seized nil newspaper
buildings and Issued tho (ioncrnl An
xelger tho next morning na the Ited
Flag. Thoy forbade (ho Issuance of
nil tho other nowapupora.
Tho private residence In Mullielni
of Leo Hllitnua, tho Industrial miig
nale. waa onterod and ransacked by a
mob which waa later dispersed by tho
police.
Control munition
IX) N DON, Friday, Jun. 10.-t-C1ov-ernmont
forcea control tho altuatlon
In Hurl I n ao far na the-center of tho
elty la concerned but In tout advices
Rlvo no Inillcallon of what hua luen
accomplished towarda clearing . tho
Spartacnna Trom outlyliiK districts
. l.oynl troopa nro being reinforced
and tho armliiK of voliintiiurs willing
to rlak tholr Uvea to down tlm llol
ahevlata la In progress.'
Tho Hpartucun foreea hnvo occu
pled a number of gua iilnnta, oleclrlc
powor houaea und witter works In
vurloua parla of tho city. '
A bullet laat night atruck the cna
Ing of a window In a room occupied
by llrlgadlor tlenornl Ilurrlea, head
of tho Amortcan commission.
LLOYD GEORGE DUE
: IN PARIS TONIGHT
PARIS, Jim. 11.. (Bv 'llio' Asso
ciated I'i'ons.) David Llovd George,
the British prepiiur, will.rcni'h Puris
tonight ti'oin London, it was iiiiiiouiio
cd loclu.v, Arlliiir J. lliilloiii', lorek'n
Heeretiirv. will uri'ivo Smuliiy nioiii-
Hit:. .'
(lonuritl (lonforuiincs ninonir Mm al
lied HtiitCHincu iisHeiubled licre will he
lielrl diirintr next week iliul I hero pes
Hibly mnv-lio n mueliiiuf ot llie.iieni'e
conl'oroni'o itHelf bofuro tlio week'
end.
OCCASIONAL RAINS
: FOR COMING WEEK
t
WASHlMflTOJJ. .Lin. 1 1 Weather
lirodiotinnH I'or Mm week hoKiiuiinc
Afondnv isKiiod bv Mm weiilliet' biirenu
loduv iii';
I'licil'io SI (i I o : Normal liv.inmn
liiri'M;. nitselMcd won I her nml occur
ftiouul nthi9.
CIEMEUIA
BE PRESIDENT OF
PEACE IE1G
Allies Agree to Make Premier of
France Permanent Presiding Offi
cerBritish Deleoates to Confer
ence Leave London Wilton Busy
On Minor Matters.
I'AltlH, Jan. 1 1 . tlcorifea Clemen
conn, premier ot franco, will ba the
poriiiuiieiit prealdent ot tits Inter
allied peace oonferanca aa a mark of
proper tribute to tho premier of tlio
country In which tho conforonca la
held. Prealdent Wllaon ajid , tho
American delegntca have OKrvod to
lila appointment, which la by couunou
coimont of all the delotsalca.
' LOX'liDV .luii 11 The llrltlah
doloitiitea to the peace conference left
for I'urtH Ihla moriilnu. ,' 1'remler
Lloyd-tleoriie with the promlora of
ttia tloiittiiloiiM anil the reDreaonta-
1lva,of India, travaled by the ordin
ary route. Andrew llonar Law niuiie
the trip by airplane.
I'rCKldeiit Krepa lluay
I'AIMS. Jim. II. While President
WiImhi Iihm wuited for the oucniti
I' ri.nverHiitiiiiiri with the ii'cmicr of
the allied nation. Iiuh Iiiih been tie
vidine hiniM'lf to the Hone hlndv of
the food niliiiitiou. the acute (location
nl' di'iiiiiliilixintiiui mid the extent to
ivliieh he will Millport the clnmix it in
eieete( Itnlv will miikc lit the ticnce
cotiure-i. Americiin iiartirupntum in
allied iiitervenliiin ill Kiihmii und I'o
land mid oilier ciiiititrit'H, und the Hid
"heviiit tniu'eincnt" lire problem nt
loolied upon iik piiriimoutit nt Ihia
time. ' .
It is iiinleraloiul Mr. WiIniih lim m
furiui'd Premier (frluiiiln of ltulv u
In hii tittitiidv relative to Italian iih
liimlioiw oiimI of the Adriatic, lie in
not I'Mieetcd to improve Italian dom
ination ol' tho Adiinliu but ho .will
liroluiblv Niippiirt 1 1 a I V K demand t lint
licr i,iilerti cmit lie mnde mife from
inililiirv Mireiit.i. '
ImhhI Slliintlou
There U u eoltnterul tHHiie ill con
nection with the food Mtuution which
vitallv eimriTiiH the economic ituii
lioii in the 1'nilcd Slalcn. und which
has not iih vet been fuliv worked out.
I.urue eiuitari'lN for food Miinilics in
the I'niled Slnlcx were eiincelled very
tecentlv Iiv Priince und Ureul Uril-
iiiii. r ranee, niter coiiiiin; to an mi-
derstnniliiiL' nl' the fuel t Suit American
I'lirmcrK had been apurrcd to food
production Iiv the proutiNC thai their
crop would Kiirelv be marketed tit
ifinid tirieen wan willimr lo renew nouie
ot I bene cunt riietii, but lleuoliations
with (Ireat Britain have not so tail
been successful. If the llritish eon
I rael h I'liiinol be continued, it is plain
to oxpci'lH here Mint Rome oilier mur
l.ut must be found I'or tho iinuieiiNe
oilimtilies of fooilMnl't'H produced in
the I lilted States. 1
. Kxporls to nutilrnl emitilrics tniiv
o'llen it wnv for reliviua tlio situation.
To that end neuotiiitions lire under
wnv for n purlin! Veliixtition of Hie
blockiple.
37TH1NGINEERS
E
CODLKXZ, Thiiraday, Jaii. 9 (By
Aaaocliitod Preaa.) Tho 37th EngP
neera, coualatlng of 1600 picked elec
trical und mochiinlcal oxporta from
every atuto ot tho union and com
manded by Colonel Albert Pierce of
1C u it CHuro, Wla., hna boon ordered
buck to America. Tho 37th la the
f lint roKlmcnt hi tho Third army to
bo ordered homo. Company 10 ot
the :i 7 1 1 1 claims to be tho first forco
of Americana to cross tho lthlno. Ita
inoiiibora ci-osHod,al Cobloius Decem
ber 7. J ' .
POSTAL INJUNCTION
SUIT IS Dl:
NKW YOHK. .Tiuu It. Tlio iiiiune
lion suit lmmulit bv Mid ('imimoiviiil
Cable conipniiv und the Ooniinereiiil
Pacific: Cable eompniiv nciiinsl Post
musler (Uiiierul Iliirlesoii lo restrnin
him friini litliina over for the itovein
ineiit their respective enblo lines has
been dismissed bv Pedernl Judite
Learned Hum!.' .
The court 'm decision was based on
Mm content inn of the' Pnilcd States
dislricl. iilliiriiov Mini' Mie I'oui'l was
wilhoiil lui'isdiclion in I lie case, in
asmuch us Hie action was undertak
en bv d 'resilient Wilson iih an execu
lU'Q net i'or win' pnrposos,
Hines Named to
Succeed McAdoo y
as Railroad Chief,
Assistant Railroad Director Appoint'
ed Olrector General Bv President
Will Continue McAdoTs 'Policies
and A'ks Support of Railroad Em
ployes and Public.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.Walkor
D. HI ii i InuuHiiraied hla admlnlntrn-
tlun with a atatement aaying that
with tho war over tho fovernmant'a
duty waa to rondor aduijuato trana
portutlon aervlco at reaaonabto coat,
and calling upon all railroad men to
co-operate In accompllahlng the tak.
Ho aald when called before tho aen
alo committee conaldcrlng railroad
leglalatlon ha would endeavor to
point out the dlandvantagea of gov
ernment operation for n period of
only 21 months after peucs and
would urge h( flvo-yoar extension
plan or a tptlck return ot the roada to
their ownera.
t'Ht-riei-K on Old l'ollclr
"From the flrat day of government
control of rullroada," anld Mr. nines.
I have been a part of Mr. McAdoo'a
administration und It wll! bo my pur-
poae aa director-general to carry for
ward the policies be has ao ably put
Into effect fidelity to the public In
toreat, a aqunre deal for labor with
not only an ungrudging, but a sincere
and cordial recognition of Ita part
nership in the railroad enterprise,
and fair treatment for the ownera ot
railroad proporty and for thoae with
whom the rullroada bavo . business
dealing.
I'll ill tho sinning ot the armistice
tho government's flrat railroad duty
waa to run llio railroads to win the
war, but now thai tlio war ta won.
the government's railroad job-la to
render an adequate and convenient
transportation aervlco at reaaonable
cost. There can bo no greater civic
triumph In time of peace than the
performance of a auoresatul transpor
tation aervlco for the 10,000.000
producer, conaumera and travelers
In this couatry. To participate In
tlio achievement ot tills great object
I Invito all tho great railroad officers
und employes with whom I havo had
tho great privilege of cooperating in
their splendid war work."
E AS FAST
AS IN ENGLAND
WASHINGTON, Jun. It. Demob
ilization of tho American urmv. Oen
erul .March, chief of stuff, said to
dav is proceeding ut u ruto which
ciimpnrulive figures) show to be more
than twice us fust lis the Hritish de
mobilization. Actual figures up to
Jununry 10 of men discliiuircd from
the .American urmv show u total of
lll):t,8H!l.
Jlritish diseliarued to Junuurv 7,
numbered !ju2,6."tt. Auierieiin offi
cers to the number of 47.08 liuvc
been rotunied to etvil life, while on
January 7 the llritish hud discharg
ed oulv y.O.'iS officers.
American troops scheduled fur de
mobilization now nuiubur .l.l.'il.OUO,
iiicludiiu: Dli.DUO men who netiuillv
have returned from overseas, but not
itieliidinir units designated for re
turn or on their wuv home.
(.lenerul March todnv made puhlie a
report from the American military at
tache nt Arc lutimcl on operations in
Northern liussiii dm inn .December
mid Mm eurlv duvf this montli. in
dienttmr Mutt life situation wus re-
curded iis sntislnctory both from mili-
turv and sanitni'V standpoints.
The chief of stuff said he hud. no
confirmation of reports that llritish
forces were beitur withdrawn from the
Arcliuimel sector. ,
The nllnelie's report. shoiveil Mmt
operations uiideituken in Deeeinher
were for the purpose of eopsulidat
iiiir the Anicricnn and allied lines for
winter ocenpiition und nlso to break
up Holslieviki concentrations on Mie
front south of Ari'hamiel
OF
IN TWELVE STATES
" .
WASIUNOTOX, Jun. tl. Twelve
slulus, t'aliforniii, ('olorado. Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, lown. Misoitri, Mon
tana, North Dakota, Oicuon and I'tal
reporled a surtilus of coniiuiui In-
bor lo the department of labor this
week, as compared Willi .seven the
week previous,
UNSIGHTLY SCARS
MAR BEAUTIFUL
BUENOS AIRES
BUENOS AIRES. Jan1. 11. The
straight thoroughfares and beautiful
plazaa of Iluenoa Aires, famed aa one
of the world's moat beautiful cities,
have In two daya become unsightly
scars because of tbe workingmen'a
atrlke. The city now haa the appear
ance ot a place stricken with pestil
ence.
One can atand at the street cross
ing and looking In any direction aee
rusty car tracks and the sidewalks
made unpleasant with garbage. The
piaws are lltterediwltu. papex o
vehicles are to be seen.
The city la funerally quiet. The
sound of a footfall startles the ear.
This hush is emphasized by tbe warb-
llugs of the song birds In tbe plaza
tree-tops, r ' '
Occasionally a great noise heralds
the approach ot an automobile patrol
or mounted soldiers wbo rush thru
the streets, the weapons of tbe forces
of law and order at tbe alert.
The next moment a requisitioned
taxlcab may dash -by carrying half
drosaed and disheveled strike agita
tors. ,
On either side of the car are bare
headed nion with red flags. Ribbons
ot the same color Btream from the
windshield. ' The Individuals within
the car Invariably are costless, hat-
loss, unwashed and bushy-headed. All
appear to be Russians and bear no
resemblance to the Spaniards. Ar
gentinians or Italians who compose
the bulk ot the laboring class In this
country. ,
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 10. An
order naming F. B. Connors, ot Chi
cago, receiver ot the Spokane and In
land Empire Railway company, was
filed In united States district court
here todny. In the absence' of Fed
eral Judge Ritdkin from the city,
order was issued at Tacomn yester
day by Distrtet Judge E. E. Cirehman.
The receiver was appointed on pe-
tlon of attorneys for the First Trust
and Savings Bank of Chicago, holder
of a trust doed as security for a bond
issue of S4, 036, 000 made In .190.6.
Foreclosure proceedings under the
trust deed nlso wore filed In federal
court here today, demanding the
payment of $11,1188,000 unpaid prin
cipal and accrued Interest., ;
The doed covers the entire hold
ings of the Spokane and Inland Em
pire Hallway company, consisting of
n street car system In this city and
Interurbnn lines running thru eas
torn Washington and northern Idaho.
"Decreasing revenue makes It Im
possible to pay Interest on our bond
Issue any longer," said Waldo G.
Paine, vice-president arid general
manager of the company today. '
OREGON! AN RELEASED
FROM GERMAN PRISON
WASHINGTON, Jnn. ll'.ivnr Sa
viiln jii, Kerry, Ore., has been released
from n Herman prison Anw and re
turned to France, the war department
hnnounui4 todtiyi .
mD C CPTD P IMCQ
I Ul LLLU I IiiU l NiLO
ABOUT SPOKANE ROOSEVELT'S WILL
3000 SOLDIERS
E
51
Many Units of Infantry and Machine
Gun Battalions Leave France
. Hospital Ship Mercv Brinalno 400
Wounded Several Sanitary Trains
Included. -
WA8HLVCTON, Jan. 1L -Sailing
of five transport and the hospital
ship Mercy from Krance with approx
imately 3000 officers and men was
announced today by the war depart
ment. They will arrive at New York
as follows:
1'uelila and Wllhelmlna, January
17: Ilamden and General UoethalB,
January 21: Ice King, January 2.
and the Mercy, January 20.
On the Pueblo are six casual com
panies, two officers and !-0 men
each and 15 officers apd C07 men in
headquarters and companies A, I), L
and L) of tbe 53rd ammunition train.
The casual companies are numbers
113, composed of New Yorkers, 416,
Waahlngtonlans. 421 and 436, Ohio-
ans, 22. Marylandera and Texans 426.
. . Jinny I'nlta Kent Home
The .General Goethals carries two
divisional training cadres or skele
ton organizations. There are eight
otflcera and tit men from the divis
ional beadqnartera and train, 67lh
and. 68th infantry brigades, 125th
126 lb, 127th macbine gun battalions,
133rd, 13tth. 135th, 13Gth Infantry
regiments, 109th Infantry train head
quarters and the military police of
tbe 34th division assigned to Camp
Grant for demobilization. From the
Sith there are 27 officers and 288
men, from the divisional headquar
ters, 309th headquarters detachment
and. train., 323th 326th. 327th ma
chine "gun. battalions, 333rd, 334th
335th,r 336th Infantry reglmenta,
309th sanitary train and headquar
ters, field hospitals 334 and 336 and
ambulance companies 334 and 336,
assigned to Camp Taylor. '
The Goethals also carries the 311th
sanitary train. 19 officers and 4
men going to Camp Grant, the units
Included being ambulance companies
341, 342 and 343 and field hospitals
341. 342 and 344.
The Ice King carries two air ser
vice officers. " '
The Hamden carries casual com
pany 'No. 12, South Dakota, and a
few sick and wounded. ".
Aboard Wllhelmlna
; The AVllhetmlna is bringing at
tachments from sanitary train No.
109 of the 34th division. Including
field hospitals 133, 134, 135 and 136
and the corresponding ambulance
companies routed to Camp Grant and
another cadre from the 86th division,
composed of two officers and 63 men
from the 331st, 332nd, 333rd and
334th machine gun battalions, and
the 341st, S42nd, 343rd and 344th
Infantry,, likewise assigned to Camp
Grant.. Headquarters 139th field
artillery, 1 0 officers and 61 men,
ordered to Camp Taylor, complete
tho Wllhelmlna list..
On board the Mercy are four hun
dred sick and wounded to be sent to
various hospitals.
FILED FOR PROBATE
MINEOLA. N. Y., Jan. 11. The
will of Theodore Roosevelt; filed to
day, divides a trust fund of $60,000
Into equal shares for each of his chil
dren, bequeaths wedding presents
given at the marriage of his first
wife to his daughter Alice, and the
residue of his estate estimated at
$500,000, to tho exemtors of the will
In trust. , 1 i
The executors are directed to ap-pr-the
Income ot the estate to the
use ot his widow and authorizes Mrs
Roosevelt to dtepose ot the principal
ot the trust to his children "In bucd
shares and portions, and either abso
lutely or upon any trust or limitation
respectively, as she shall declare.
In the event that .Mrs. Roosevelt
fnils to moke such testamentary dis
position of the principal, it is ber
itiieathed to his children.
. Mrsi Roosevelt, Theodora Roose
velt, Jr,., and George Emlen Roose
velt' are named as executors. The
will is-datcd December 13, 1912.
TEN DOLLARS A TON
' FOR SUGAR BEETS
DKN-VER; Colo.. Jiin. It. The
Great Western Susar compnnv todnv
fixed the price lor the MID sfianr
licet crop nt $10 n ton, tins beiiur the
same scale paid to the beet growers
for tho 1019 crop.
SAIL FOR HUM
RANSPORTS
HARBOR STRIKE
E
OF PRESIDENT
Wilson Cables Reouest to War Labor
Board to Take Charae Marine
Workers to Return to Work. Leav
Ina Issue to Arbitration Boat
Owners May Refuse. , . J
WASHINGTON, Jif, tt, Art of'
flclal reauest has been 8fht to tho
striking harbor boatmen of New" fork;
to return to work pending action uf
the war labor board, which President
Wilson asked by cable today to de
cide the controversy. Officials think
the strike will be over before tonight.
itanresentatlves ot the war and
navy debartments, the railroad ad
ministration and the shipping boara
decided upon this policy.
.Tninf Chairman William Jl. Tnft
und llusil M. Munlv iinnoimceil llli"
afternoon that tnewnr labor board
would resume inrisfiii-tion in tlieseon
troversv nt the president's reouest.
und would hold u hennnffot the Aew
York t'itv Hull Monday moritins -at
10 o'clock. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Presl
dent Wilson today cabled a request
to the war labor board to take up
again tbe case of the marine workers)
strike in New York and proceed to
make a finding.
The president said he was sure the
war and nary departments, the ship
ping board and railroad administra
tion would use every power to make
the finding effective and that he was
confident also that private boat own.
era would feel constrained by patriot
ism to accept the board's recommen
dations.
Basil M. Manly, Joint chairman of
tbe war labor board.wltb William H.
Taft said today the board would take
un the president's request-at once,
but he was not sure a quorum could
be mustered for action before Mon
'day. :-.
The board also was requested by
the president to use all means within
Its power to stabilize conditions gen
erally during the present period of
Industrial transition arising from the
war. .
. '"We have been reniiv at all times to
submit our ease to arbitration," said
Presidytit Deluhuntv of the union.
"If the wnr labor board is instructed
to make a findimr and if the govern
ment will enforce it. I feel that I nm
roicins the sentiments of nil the men
when I suv that thev will be willins to
accept whatever decision the war la
bor board makes."
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Officers of
the Slorlne Workers Affiliation an
nounced today that they stood ready
to abide by any ruling ot the war ta
bor board made In response to Presi
dent Wilson's cabled request for ac
tion to terminate the harbor strike;
An Intimation that the Boat Own
ers' association would adhere to Us
refusal to submit to the war labor
board in Its dispute with the striking
harbor workers, was contained in n
statement today by Its council, com
menting on the cabled Instructions ot
President Wilson - (
GUILTY CONSCIENCE
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. The Intoler
able spectre of guilt, kept secret for
four years, flayed Millard H. Cutter
into a public confession todny thaw
he had forged bonds of an aggregate
value of halt a million dollars. Un
til Christmas not even his. wife had
suspected that their life ot ease had
been paid for by hex husband's dis
honor and peace-of conscience. But
then the knowledge of his undiscov
ered crime drove uini to unburden
his mind to the young woman with
whom he had eloped nine years ago,
That night the two planned their fu
ture. It was determined that as soon
aa Mrs. Cutter could arrange to open
her art studio jand to become self-
supporting. Cutter would surrender
himself to the police.
Cutter's next act was to give him
self up to the police. Formal .com
plaint was made against him by the
Chicago Title and Trust company
which had loaned him $100,000 on
forged bonds. , -
39 BILLION CIGARETTES
PRODUCED IN AMERICA
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Thirtv
iiino billion eignrettes were produced
in the I'niled States lust veur. This
represents four times as mnnv eignr
ettes as were produced seven years
HRO.
NDEDBYACTiON
BRITISH PROPOSE
FRENCH REJECT
RUSSIAN TRUCE
Proposal to Secure Cessation of Hos-,
tilitles in Russia and Factional
Peace Vetoed Bv French Who Re
fuse Anv Recognition to Present
Anarchistic Reaime. t
PARIS, Jan. 11. The British ov-
ernmtiit recently submitted to Franco
A proposition involving nn effort ti
otain n truce in Russia wbii-li if suc-i
cessffil would have led to the admis
sion of Bolsheviki soviet. Kussiiur
Kovernmenfr to the pence conterencc,
ncordins to n statement niuiie today
by Stephen Pietioii, the French for-
eiim minister. . ' -. - ' :
T he foreiim minister declares in
his statement tbe position of tlio
French sovemment to anv plitn whicli
would cive the present Bolsheviki re
cline in Russia unv -recognition wlmt-.:
... . . . . a. ti i
ever, me "enminni retinue oi iwi
sheviki," he insists, does not entitle)
them to recognition ns n regular gov
ernment and Prance wn.s resolved
trt "Continue treating the soviet organ
ization nn an enemy. :
Truce Proposed
PARIS. Jan. 11. It is Understood,
on 'best authority Hint Jiegotiotion
arc under wov between the allies look-- ,
ing to possible representation ot all
parties of Russia at the peace con
gress. It is understood thut the ad
missions of these delegates would
be on tbe condition, that a truce be
tween them be declared nnil accepted
during the period covered bv peace,
negotiations. - ',. . .
France refuses to recognize the
Bolsheviki in anv form.
This message would invite nil these
governments, and nil Russiun.partics,
completely 'to cease hostilities, vio
lence and reprisals and establish .
peace both among euehvpther and WJt li
the neighboring -slates. TW"trtH"N.
would be renuested for the duration
of the peace conference.one of the...
ends of which is to re-establtsh pence
in Russia and the neighboring coun
tries and bring the desired succor to
the suffering populations. '
' Americans Ignorant
PARIS. ,Jun. 11. The Americun
delegates to the eaee conference dis
cluimed todnv anv knowledge of anvi
such proposition from Great Britain.
regarding Russia! ns that to which
Foreign Minister Pichon has replied.
Thev state that there has been no
clinnge in the American position rc
gnriUng Russia, which contemplate
only the maintenance of protective
measures, with no aggressive action.
Thev admit, however, the possibility
of exchanges confined to Great Brit
ain and France. ' ' .' .
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STEAMER GASTALIA
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 11. Tho
steamship Castalla reported by wire-
less this morning that she was sink
ing fast 65 miles south oPCanso and
called for immediate assistance. "
She is believed to be the American
steamship Castalla.. a092 tons gross,
operated by tbe shipping board.
There is a British steamship Castaiia -of
6396 tons.
The steamship Bergensfjord and
War Frtgan reported they were rush
ing to the Castalia's assistance, the
Bergensfjord -being 170 miles away.
The latter is an lS-knot boat. The
wireless received was as follows:
'S. O. S. Castaiia, 44.40 north, 80
west, sinking fast. Conditions criti
cal shape. Drifting east. Want as
sistance immediately."
ALLIED FORCES IN
AUCHAXGELi Friday, : Jim. '10. V
(By the Associated Press.) Tho new
position!- of the" Americans, Russians
nml Poles on the River Onega sector
were subjected to a heavy Bolshe
viki machine gun fire Thursday. Tho
allied positions oh this sector now
are nt a village about eight miles in
the rear of the furthest point reached
in the advance of lust Week. The
withdrawal was made in order to give
the troops good billets. .,.:
After a few dnvs of extremely cold
weather, the northern Russian front
bus become unusually warm for this
senson of the year. There bus been,
unulher heavy suowIh!!, ,; '