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Newspaper Page TextOregon tllstorlcal Soo Public Auditorium WB Medfoed The Weather . Maximum yoiitcHlny.....,..tH Minimum today..... ...81 .. Tonight iiikI Wednesday l'ulr. hally Kourtcenth Yonr, 1'uriV-iiliiUi your. , MEDFOBD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919 NO. 2f Mail Tribune flfljiAl. BELA KUN .Troopi From Nearby Country Force Bolshevik Realms to Beslari Wild . Chaos , end Disorders ' Ensue Cichs Join Wtlh Rumanians In Vic- , torv Over Reds Bela Kun Emls- . sary of Lenlne, Formerly Visited ; Vlenrfa. His History. AMKTKIinAM. ' April 22. Tin, ltuiumriitn government bonded by llolu Kun Iiiim resigned under prca aurti of Hiimnniiin troona, according to n (liHpnii'li In I ho 1'enlrnl Now faun Vienna, uuolinir roporln rcocivi cd in tlmt cilv liv noriul until from Umbilici. Willi clmoa iii I'll ill to pro. vuil in Ihci llmiiriiriun capital. It in reported that Cwb forem have joined l ho RnmnniiiliN nml bnvo de feated tlio Hungarian miviol trnnpH. VIENNA.' April 22.-11.4 Kun. the Hungarian cmiiinttniHt lender, (whono downfall in reported in todnv'rt dis patches) first nttnttecd public notice ill Vienna in tlio (Iiivh of tlio deelnr ntibn of tlio (lyrmun-Aiitdrinn repub lic hero. Kun, wlio nppcnr not older thnn 2."i 'vour nml is n devoted ad mirer of I.inino nnd HolHlicviMii. mndo n Hiwtneiilnr iinpoti runi in lliin ounitul. Dnwwd in ft uniform with HtriiwM n)i It) h kIcovoh, indicating that Im wua u collcirt. Htitdcnt. he drove dnllv llirniiuli the xtrcU of Vienna, in mi open motor tnxi. din idiivinif n huge red flag nml invitimr the peoplo o form a roil guard for Ilia purposo of overthrowing tlio newlv formed republican government.' r .'; A Henl lUdatievtk Irt lif spooclicH Kun mild Hint the fact tint t the rmciulistic, leader IiikI shown their willinuncs to co-oporntc with tlio houi-gcoialo proved that Inbnr must tnko mutter in its own bnniU nnd tlmt it otilv milvntion would bo KiiviclUiii. Ilo succeeded nt the titno in guthcrinp1 n munll nriiiv wlili.li he nulled tho rod iriuird, , While the now republican govern ment win forming the national guard, Holn Kiiii'h red guard took-pnwioHKion of Hpmo of the lending newspapers Us mean of which ho believed 'ho could perMiindo tlio iimsnos to loin his pnrlv. In tlio meantime, the nolioo, however, hnd pllicod themselves nt tlio disposal of the newlv formed government, nnd llcln Kun' foreea wrro ousted nnd iomo of them arrested. Oiutod I'Yom Austria A fow day Inter tho new govern ment decided to pnl iv mooting .'nt the boitHfl of parliament, in the oourso of which representatives of oil parties offioinllv re'0u'ni7.pd (lorinun-AiiHlria na a republic. It wus oil thin Ocea nian that with the nNhlstiince of Iuk newly .formed rod' unnrcl. Itohi Kun tried to force li)K,wav into purlin ment and make, tlio louinliitorH hi priHoiicrrt whilu llio Iioiimo wiih in mon. Minn. Thero Mm ooiiHideraltle hIiooI imf nnd. hit, nllonipt .was f rust rated liv tho.iiutiomil uiiitrd of tho repub lic..' ,e ' Kun wi'ifi . promptly nrrosled nnd holnf u IluiiKiirinn nubjuot was ox polled from AiiHtriii. , Kimlinu' tlmt tho mnioritv of tho iminmph in Vienna refiiHod to accent his llolKliovik idciiB. ho took ndviiutimo of eondilioiw in llnnirarv. whero ho Nitcoocdcd in enr rvmir out It i h pIiiiih, CUT OFF GERMAN TALK ON TERMS ! OF PEACE MAY 15 ) - . v-:'. : ll'ARIR. April 22,- DiHOiission of the poiioo-termx . by tho, VersnillcsJ comtrcHH nllor tlio Uormiilm nro enil' od in will not ho . eoiltimicd lonitnr . limn May IB, tho Koho d l'nris toduV (loolart'H, Tho GormmiH will ho ro (iu i rod to Hiirn tlio peuno (iimditioiiH Hiibioot only to rati ricul ion by their (rnvornmont, tho iiIIioh not cnnKont- iiitr tlmt thoHo ' eoiulilionx hIiiiM bo sulimittod to n idebasoite, it ikIiIm. l'AHIfi.1 April 22; Vlllorio Orlan do, tho Italian premier, was aliHont tliiH morilinir when duliliorntionn were roHiimod nt the PnriH "Whilo ltouso." lrosulont Wilson nml Promiora Lloyd Qeoriro mid Clomonnoiin woro urosent, Tlio preNident nnd tho two promiors wont nirnin into tho JiiniinoNo nuos tions proNcntod by Baron Mnkino mid ViHeount Oliindn. which woro taken lip when tho deadlock over tho Ad nntifl (HiPHlion wiih reached vohler- Uy. , ' 3 U. S. NAVY PLANES WILL START OCEAN FLIGHT NEXT MONTH WAKIIINOTON,! April 22. Threo nuviil miupluneii, tho NC- I, NC-3 and KC-i, will attempt tho illKht aeron tho Atlantlo ooeun. Thoy will leavo Hock- 4 away Ilouch early noxl month, 4 but ao fur mi la known now, no doclHlon hah boon ronuhod na to wlielhor tho route will bo direct from Now Koundlund to Ireland or via tho Aiorea. Kuch plane la expected to carry a crow of flvo mon, will bo driven by four I.lhorly mo- tori of a total of lOuu homo- 4 power, and will carry aufflclont 4 itaaoleno to make atop on direct (lln)it unnocoaaary unloai atorma oratronn head wlnda are 4 encountered. : - 4 F OF E KAN' FIIANCISCO. April 22. Ar (loniit'! Ar-Ooiino! J'owder Kiver It 'cr Huck!" V'ainllv 'nt fimt came tho fumoiiK war erv of tho Olxt diviwion this niornimr over tho Ht ill walora of the bv. ThoiiKiiiulrt who were trnthored nt the forrv buildim.' In wwl nnd irt-eet tho :iu"lrd infunlrv nnd the :M7lh urtillurv - unilx coqinoHod of Sun FrnneiHooH own bodh. echoed the cry in n ronr of voices in which the hiith. clear note of mothem, HiHters nnd MWvetlienriN nil but dominated. Krom the ferry buildins to tho it root civic center. Market Htroot. call ed the heart and hoiiI of San I'Vun ciweo. wuh n ihiism of fluttering bunt inir nnd cordon of ereenft. From out of the Hide HtreetH of cnrlv niorn imr foir littlo familv crouiM hurried ferry-wnrd. They too, wcro nflutt tor. for thev wore on their wnv to meet their own particular bov back frnm out of the hideoiisnoss of rroneh nnd Iteluian ficldit of Hlnueh tcr. And dimly in tho foir ns thov sped down Market street thev bw tho vnnuunnl of the crowd liirinu tho irreut tlioroiiubfnre; thnnsnnds who had onntchod a hurried brenkfnHt in order to bo assured of a point of viintniro whenco to view tho liome eominir cily'n fiuhters for.liliertv and doPcnev. As tho forrv boot drew nearer, inuimed to tho auurd rails with its olive drab froiirht. the' boom of the famous wiir vrv. which has been run niinr from the prairies of tho northwest to Sodiili, bnomi'd nut like n snluto' of inins. '.luid if it did not rock the forrv- tower, it rocked the trreat thronir musxod there, for (he Police, hnd their bauds full koonimr tho oiisjcr crowd , from i hrenkinc Ihrouirli.f . - Tliroiiulioal tho cnrlv inornimr tho traiiH-bnv (Jerries ' poured -countless thousand into tho citv. Tho crowds dehoiiehinir from the ureal Uii'ori rerrv, swnrmed over nnd upon every point of vnntntre, until u erout, r.dor ful nrrnv of huninnitv redinted fo blocks from the terminus. 'Hod Cross nnd Wnr Ctiinp Comniuiiitv uirls. ra diant in newlv stnrehed uniforms waited in animalud flower and cii't liidon uroups for tho heroes to arrive, 5 FLIERS FOR FESTIVAL .'PORTLAND,' April 22 DIspatohos rocolred horo today from AVaahliiB' ton Btntod that ordora havo been sent by Colonel Milton Uavlaot the mili tary air sorvlco to tho commnndnut dT Mather flotd, Siicrnmonto, Calif dlroctliiK htm to bond four or five alr- phuioa to tho ltoao festival horo In June, according to Information com muntcntoi) to Senators McNary and Chumborluln todny, Colonel Davis furtlior liiBtructod the commandant of Mathor tlold that It would bo wIbo to Bond . two alrplnnes to Portland Bomo days uhoad of tho bin night far tho purpoBO, ho uid, oC "blazing tlio trail.". , . ActlnK Secretary of tho Navy TfooRovolt told Senator MoNary to as sure the Rose fostlval' mnnuKors that Bomo Bort of fighting oratt will be detailed to Portland harbor tor the big event, .''.' -y.--," "I cannot say what it will be, whe ther 'battleships, cruisers 'or submar lnos," Bald tho acting secretary, "but It will lin thoNiOHt wo nro nblo to nlvn o . , , ' , " , ...u i. , PRESIDENT TO E A NOTE ITALY Wilson to Make Statement Reaardina Italian Claims If Deadlock Is Not Broken Orlando and Sonnlno Leave Conference Peace Meeting Is Postponed. I'AIMS. April 22. Allhoiidi the Italian noncp conforcneo delevution made no official statement on the subiei.t, n member of the delegation told the Assooiiiti'd Press today that it considered it unless for tlio Italian deloL'ates to take part in further eon I'croneos unless the nllios wcro willins to irrnnt their reoiiehta. - I1Y TUT ASSOCIATKI) PftKSS. April 22. It is probable that the nc I1111I uioetinL' of the allied and German dulcL'ntc to nouotintc tlio immico treaty will not occur until April 28. as tho physical iinposNibilllv of hnv iuif tho ofi'icial draft of the treat v ready for presentation April 25 makes a postponement of the iruther- imr imperative. Cicrninnv In ready lo call for a plebiscite on the. trcutv, it is reported from Merlin. In tho meantime the Italian silua tion is n soiiri'O of much concern in Paris, Premier Orlando and For eiiin Minister Sonnino of Itulv nro iibscntinir themselves from the meet inir ofNtbo council of four. Whether this marks n virtual withdrawal of the Italiuns from the conference has not developed. President Wilson, still opposed to recoiniition of the Trentv of London, under which Itulv lavs claim to Fiiimn nnd. the Ilnluintinn poiihI. lias iironnred n statement on tho subject' which will be mnde pub lic if the deadlock continues, it is said. Revolution In Turkey . A revolution has broken out in Turkey jind a Soviet government hnR been net up. aeenrdinir to news dis patches nriL'inntilnr , in llnlshcvik ouarters in Odessa.. Constantinople is said to be under the rule of a Bol shevik eouimitlcc. Tho llunirnrinn soviet Government headed hv Iteln Kun is reported to bnvo fallen, Iliunnniun . forces Jid vaneiinr from the oast 'Jinvo been joined bv Czech troops, nnd the so viet nrrnv has suffered defeat, ao eordinir to advices. Szcks soldiers, representatives of a minor rnoe liv ine in the Trni)svlvnnion Alps, have deserted tlio soviet nrrnv nnd ioinod the Rumanians, it is said. Advices from Budapest indicnto that the so cial democrats will take over control. Thev are headed bv Sicmnnd Kunff. the commissioner of education in tho soviet cabinet. Olinos is reported to prevail in Budapest. Munich Soviet Falls r Tho soviet roirimc in Munich also tins crumbled, tho cud eomine Satur day, necordinir lo reports reaching London. ' ' - On tho Ural fnnt in Russin, forces under the command of tho Omsk A II Kussian uovernment bnvo acain de feated the Bolshoviki. . who are re treating. Dcmnrnlir.ntion in the Bol shoviki ranks is reported, and in tip. Vintkn irovcrnment the peasants have rovoltod aia;nst tho Lenino-Trot7.kv covernment. . THIROlEGONAT. CAMP LEWIS IS TACOMA. Wash., April' 22. Four offtcars and 70 mon of the 364th In fantry of tho Dlst division and 70 mon from the old Socond Washington nnd Third 'Oregon National Guard roglinonts 'havo arrived at Camp LowIb for demobilization. Included In tho J) 1st arrivals was Sergeant Jo soph Undorwood of Portland. ' Tho arrivals will dlsporso to their homes In northwest Btates., ; . , , . The former National' Guard troops wore 'divided half and half botweon Oregon and Washington. Thoy woro sent to France aB replacement units. Their first sorvlce was In tho 61st dlvlalnn and later they were placed with tho '20th. The men, reported they first wont over tho top last April 24 In the St. M thiol salient. They restod attar this offonslvo and on Juno 28 were called for duty at Cha toau Thierry. . On July 4 they re lieved marine unltB at, a cruolal time in that 'battle.' Thoy remained until July 28 and then rested until Sept embor 12 when thoy again entered the St. Mlhlol sector.. ' .1 ' The troops claim tho distinction of having gotio "over tho top more often than nny other uns from tho northwest, , . . U ABOU EUGENE FACULTY TO ' TOO JOE KNQWLES IN CAVE MAN STUNT ' EtrOKNK Ore, April 22. 4 Members of the faculty aclencit 4 4 group of the university will 4 4 transport themselves Into tho 4 4 atono age for a day, for purely 4 4 scientific purposca. In the near 4 4 future: In primitive aurrouhd- 4 4 Inga .deep In tha woods Sbme- 4 4 where near Eugene, they will 4 4 demonstrate bow ' cave men 4 4 lived, ' dressed, ate, ' cooked. 4 4 played and slept, it was stated' 4 4 today.'. ' 4 4 Tho exhibition will bo staged 4"nce 01 Associates rreas.j jne law 4 for tho benefit of members of a 4 1 providing for the nationalization of 4 club tamponed or about 12 men i women In northeast Russia has neon ''" . "KHy "d . upper 4 ; Blll,pellded ln on0 prov,nce as tho re- 4 two wocka to 'discuss questions 4 nt intercut nr. Wnr run t. 4 4 Smith, head of the, department. 4 Stockholm. .. Tho commissary of Via 4 ment of geology." Wm. Relied, a dlmlr has by decree appointed a com- 4 junior, and Booh us Wlnther, a 4' . . . , , , .,., . ' . mlttee of women who are to Inqulr a frrnnliAIM fniwlnnl will luim AB w 4 eave mon. - 4 4 The.tlmo and place la holng 4' 4 kept 'secret and no spectators 4 4 outside of regular club members 4 will be present. No motion plc- 4tures will be taken. 4 Stone knives and other Implo 4 ments of tho period will bo 4 taken from tho geology museum 4 4 to lie used In realistic portraval 4 4 of pre-hlatorlc conditions. .With 4 4 no matches, no stove, no pans, 4 4 ho flourno salt; the aboriginal 4 4 menu of .tho members of the 4 4 parly may have Its drawbacks, 4 4 but the members nro pledged to 4 4 cat It. . ' ' '".' , 4 4 ; ; . " ' ; ; ''- - 4 444 4444444444444 SECRET'TREATY No Action Will Be 'Taken Aaalnst Spirit of Leaque of Nations Se cret Defensive Pact With France (and Enoland in Question Confi dential Cable Sent to Washington. .WASHINGTON., April 22 Aijmlnn lstratlon officials were advised in a confidential cablegram from Farts today that In the consideration of problems confronting the peace con ference, such as Italy's Adriatic claims and the question of an alli ance to protect France from future aggression. President Wilson would take no action which might in the slightest degree jeopardize the League of Nations or conflict with Us 'fundamental principles. Tho 'message was a reply to a- Cablegram ot inquiry regarding the president's attitude toward a secret alliance which, according to certain Parts newspapers, ' contemplated " a spoclal defensive pact to be entered into by France, GreaJ Britain and the United States. , ' v7 The outcome of the apparent dead lock over Italy's Adriatic, claims Is awaited in official quarters here with evident anxiety. The situation as pictured In press dispatches Is re garded as serious, and there was no mossago from Paris yesterday or to day similar to those of, last week re porting gratifying , progress at ' the peace table. - The complete text of the revised covenant of' the League of .Nations was rocolved at tho Btato department todny by cable from Paris. . Aotlng Secretary Polk has asked the presi dent for directions' as to publication ot th6 document. ' . . " record Against ONE YEAR AGO TODAY (April 22, 1918) Two wodges in Allied linos threaten collapse of ' the Allied Western front. , - Germans ready to hit a third Mow from Ypres' to T?lieiins. ' , Hun' trench raids along the Ayre River nicnaco British lines. . . ' ' . Heavy German guns open' way for attack on the Homme River. ' . V. ,- ..'' , Small' American reenforccments arc training in . zones back of the fighting front. . : SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE VICTORY LOAN WHAT -YOU WOULD HAVE PAID FOR VIC TORY THEN. E Female Nationalization Suspended In , One Northeastern Province Girls , Abducted From Wealthy Families Manv Suicides Follows Ontv 2 Women Aaree to Reaulatlons. . LONDON, April 13. (Correspon dence of Associated Press.) The law "' Popular outcry, according to information reacning Lonaon irom 'nto operations of the law and mako a report with the least possible dolav: Thin action has been aooroved N PROTEST REGIME OF FREE LOVE IN RUSSIA , by the local soviet. I The Krasnaya Gazota publishes an ' account of the results of natlonaltza 4j tlon. The system provides that every 4 crirl nil machine the aee of 18 must register ber name, In the bureau of free love, after wnictt sue is compel led to select a partner from among men between -19 and 50 years old. The law, led to lamentable confusion, says the Gazota in "judicial notions as to- personal Inviolability." ;lrl Carried Off , , A few days after the Soviet's de cree, which women very generally Ig nored, two men known to nobody, arrived in tho town and seized two daughters of a , "well-known non bourgeoisie comrade'' declaring they had chosen them as wives, and that the girls, without further ceremony. must submit as they had not observ ed the registration rule.. 'Comrades Rablonosky and Gutrl kan. who sat as Judges on the claim decided the mon were right, and the girls wore carried off. - These hive not sine been heard-of by the village folk, , : .. . This, says the Gazcta, was done in the name' of the nationalization of women.';' ' . . Fj'i- ' k Suicides FoUow 5 Many other instances of the fan tastic operation of the law, not to speak of Its inhumanities, are-cited by the Gazeta. Enthasiasts for nat ionalization, naturally ill males, raid whole villages, seize young girls and demand proof that they are not over 18. As this proof is difficult to give, many of the girls. are carried off and there have been suicides and murders as a result In the town ot Kovrov a campaign without parallel since the trojan war was waged between the vengeful rel atives of an abducted nationalized girl and her -persecutors. , . Old Maids KcRfcitcr i Tn this town the -."register of nat ionalized women" was opened on De cember 1, but up to February i; only two women, both over 40' and noither of whom hnd over been married, regr Istered themselves as witling to ac cept the first husband the state sent along. , On the committee to revise the nationalization decree or to recom mend its complete abrogation is Mme. Vera Arkad.leff, a Bolshevik who commanded a detachment of women soldiers during the recent operations against Admiral Kotchak's army at Form. " She has. been twtce wounded APHIDES START OFFENSIVE ' ON HOOD RIVER TRUCK i HOOD KIVKR. : Oro.. April 22. Aphides in iilurminir numbers have rondo their appearance hero on vese tati.on nnd .Toliaeo. Truck enrdeners and victory cardencrs on vacant lots four a repetition of Inst' spring's ex poriencc, when the pests destroyed onrlv pens and other vccetablos. Lo cal rosebushes, already ' are fairlv swarminsr with the insects, and thev havo also rtppenred on pen vines. $50,000 FIRE SWEEPS KLAMATH FALLS; TWO LIVES REPORTED LOST 44444444444. 4 44 f 4 KLAMATH FALLS. ' Ore.. April 22. A fire nricinntine in 4 lUn rnur nf th Uov ttnfft tndftV 4 destroyed buildines coverine 4 Unt n blnelr in tho huninpHa sen- 4 linn anJ flAMtdil a InaB tfartmntifl 4 4 ,', ftlin.nnn. It una rumored that two persons were burned to1 death upstnini over the cnf but this was not confirmed. Scv- end buihlincs Were destroyed 4 nnd this loss was placed at $30. 000 while the loses of the on- eupnnts wcro said to bo about 4 vn nun - 4 4 . (Ittil.lin.ra dmirflj nr timtlv 4 damiiL'ed were the American 4 Tint,,) . Vnn'n Antnmnlnle fier- vice. IlHvenport'rt Jewelry' store. II. I. Ilammon's elothinir store 4 an.1 r. "fntHchpnbnclipr" see-" 4 hnj linn1 utnre 4 . - .. - : --4 4 4 44444 4 44 4 4444 LAWREVI' BY INTERIOR DEPT WASHINGTON. April 22. Feder al supervision of child labor abolish ed when the supreme cout last Year declared unconstitutional the existme child labor law. was re-established today under regulations, issued by the internal revenue bureau putting into effect the new revenue act's tax on child labor products. ' "' - ' The regulations interpret various provisions of the law.' which levies a tax of 10 per cent on net profits of any concern emplovuiir children nn der the specified (Hies. After April 25. when the new act becomes fully effective, the tax -will be assessed on the profits of nnv mine or ounrrv in which children under 16 vnrs of aee ara employed or any mill.ciiri nerv". workship or factory in which children under 14 years ore employed at anv time of the year. Boys' and girls' canning clubs recognized bv the department of agriculture are ex empted. : " ' . " ''':-. '- The law. provides that in none of the industries within the scope of the law. children within the ago limits may work more than eight hours a dav or more than six dnvs a week, or before 6 a. m. or after 7 p. m. with out assessment of the tax. The first taxable period is between April 25 and December 31 d this year, and the first return need not be made until March 1 next year. ; 1 ; PORTLAND," April '22". That Ore gon. Is doing more than any other section ot tho country they have vis ited in finding employment for re turned soldiers,- sailors and mnrlnes, was tlio assertion today at Captain B. C. Wemple and Lioutenant It. V. Laughlin', U.. S. - A.; who arrived in Portland from Washington, D. O., as special agents in the work ot placing discharged service men in employ ment. ; ; ,"''.' ' ' They left Washington, D. C, April 1,' stopping in every state, on the Journey west. Captain Wemple will proceed to California to establish western headquarters ot tho bureau for assisting in placing returned ser vice men In employment, and Lieu tenant Laughlin will make Portland his hoadquartors ot the northwest, district. ' , ' ' ' .. . ' :, a "The situation In Pdrtlahd is more encouraging than any othor city wo havo visited," said Captain Wemple. "Tho people here aro enthusiastic in helping returned service men in every way possible.". , ARMISTICE SAVED U. S. r AVIATOR FROM DEATH NJ5W YORK.'April 22.Miss Huzol Archibald of Seattle, AVash.i ono of manv Amerionn war workers arriv ing todnv on tho steamship Adriatic, declared the signing of the armistice saved the life of her brother, Norman, an aviator, who had boon captured bv the Germans nnd condemned to die on the day truce was declared. Miss Archibald was engaged in Y. M. C. .A. work. '- -" ... :: : .. . TURKEY IN HANDS OF SOVIETS Government Is Overthrown Bv Reds and Bolshevik Realme Is Establish ed Martial Law Proclaimed In In dia Allied 1 rooos Recapture VII-. , na and Force Bolshevik! to Retreat to Lake Region Near Petroqrad- Prisoners Captured.' '! PARIS. April r22.--A -revolution . has broken out hi Turkey and a so viet government'-has Veen, declared. A revolutionary committee has been established at Constntinople, aocord inir to a telegram received here from Kiev, quoting the Bolshevik represcn- tative at Odessa, who. soys that the Turkish consul there hns received of ficial announcement of the change in ffnvprnmftnt.;- . . v.1' ,f:''r' ;'- SIMLA. India.' April 20. Martial . law has been proclaimed in "the Ou ierat district. - "; . ' IMsordere in Lahore nnd in the dis trict north of Bombay have led to the declaration of martini law in a hum- : ber of localities. Ouiernt' is" in ' the northern part of the Bombay pres.' dencv, its principal cities being Surat. Ahmeddahad and Baroda. . . ' ' It has a population of more -than nine million.- ... : -, - ,. . VUna Recaptured . LONDON. April 22 -r-Tlie import ant citv of Viinn has been recaptured ' from the Bolsheviki. according to of ficial admission in a Russian wire- less disnntch. ; ' .'-"' i ' The Russian message "rends:- "The enemy attacked with, consid erable forces in'tno Vilna region. pierced our lines and occupied tho town J' : Allies Advance ! . ARCHANGEL,. Anril 2l'.' fBv the Associated Press. J Bv an advance of approximately 20 miles southward over a. road paralleling the Mar- . mansk railroad line, about 30 miles . to the east. Russian troops operating witt, the nllicrl Murmansk force have reached a point within easv striking:, distahce of Lake Onega which is con nected bv a chain of lakes and can-; , als with Potrograd. ' The advancing troops - attacked Voimosalraa. which is 30 miles east of Urosderoi on Aprd 17. nnd took tho village. Thev then pursued the Bol sheviki down the main rond toward Povienets. 'The cnemv mnile a stand at Petrovinki nnd Yam. but were at-, tacked. 28 of tho Bolsheviki being captured. - . ;:'.... U.S. FARMERS RUSH F( iB0NDS BYiWIRE WASHlNGTpN, April 23.-"A dis tinctive tone of optimism distinguish ed the scores of telegram that arrived at the treasury department today," , said an official review ot tho opening day of tho Victory Liberty loan caul- ; paign. ;: ; ' . ': '' - ' . Among the comments from chair- , men of federal reserve district organ izations were these: ! Cleveland: "Advanco pledges to tho loan much greater than in any, previous campaign " - , : Philadelphia: "Not one-tenth as . much enthusiasm has ever been shown In connection with a loan. ' ' Chicago:' "Reports from all states in this. district Indicate boundless en-.-thusiasrq. Most auspicious opening ever vouchsafed, any war loan in Chi cago.":. ' . -; .'. ' San Francisco: "Reports ; from thruout the district Indicnto plenty of enthusiasm.'' ; : f .;: Kansas City: "Four counties In tenth district s unofficially oversub scribed.. Several counties in Kansas and Missouri, homo of- !tfth diviHlnn, planning to reach quota by tlmo tho division roaches home." : ' "Tho indications woro." said tho : treasury review, "that tho residents . of locul Communities, attractod by the unusually generous terms of tho ,v loan and the high interest rata, were planning to invest heavier than ever before Many hunks, particularly In the central west, reported that far mers were calling them by telephone nnd urging that Victory notes be held . for them until thoy coulll reach town later In tho weok." : .