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i! Linton, N. D., March 5.
•vthe blood of two fellow, men rest*
ing on his head, Clarence White
.slept peacefully throughout the
night which ushered the second
.of his victims, R. S. Piatt, out of
the world, and this morning
seemed in good spirits, enjoyinj
a hearty breakfast and talking
freely with Sheriff Meinhoveir
and Staters Attorney Campbell:
regarding the shooting. He was
not informed of the death of
The double-slayer made a full
frank statement of the shooting
to State's Attorney Campbell
last night, bearing out .the facts
as prejsented in the-Tribune oit
Monday He and^ Slo&n sul
White had: been the closest
friends up to two months ago,
whgn Sloaii, the slayer claims,
made his first charges! against
White of intini»:^rith- aHaiE0l
ton yo'man,, These clutfjg^s w^re
frequently Repeated, said White
and becaime ipatiets bt common
iinowledg^. Monday .Sl^aii came
ih. with' the avowra^^%tei^ipa^.
t|on of having a settlehieht wijth
White, fife called White over to
his automobileV and tHe men Ex
changed perhaps 26 words when,,
|!pite alleges, Sloan called him
a vile name and declar$d his in
tentipn of trampling .' him into
»the ground. "I knew that with
One arm 1 would be no match for
Charlie,*' said Whitie "so 1 start
shooting/'.
1 White does not explain how he
.dhatfeed to have a gun in ltte pocket
When he went out to meet Slpan. The
slayer is,a southerner: and- ia• said' to
have niade a practice* of going arm
ed. He contend* that he acted clearly
in seif-defenae when he shot Piatt.
.Piatt, a half-brother of Sloan, wit
nessed the latter's murder and imme
diately-rushed to the Piatt home and
ret^rped with a gun, opening fire on
White Into the Hazeiton Mercantile
Co: and there exchanged more shots
with him. Piatts aim pit liciidi but
White, who is a well-known crack
shot, registered every one of the.-six
bullet?, in his revolver.
White does not claim* that was
buffering from a brain storm or
mental aberration or any unttsual ex
citement at the time/of the shooting.
in his own mind he is quite clearly
^bnvincfld that he was justified-in act
#ig as' he did that Sloan had gilreji
hin(' ample provocation iahd that^ iin
iithe final analysis, he acted 'in self-
p/bhably Vrlll not be possible
ito jive White his preliminary exam
ination inside of ten day.a," said 3$(t
Ca|neron» state's attorney tor Emmbns
county,* this morning. 'T have other
worh to do in the county which will
keep me fully occupied for' that length
of time. Unless White demands «n
earller hearing, it will not b^ held be
fore the middle of tha month. "Mr.
-White'a^ statement to me ia very cort»*
)plete. He claims that he acted in.both
tlinataneea in self-defmiae. The pris-
O&er does hot appear depresed. He
delivered himself up, and he is giv
Jitg the sherifit no trouble. No demon
i' stration of any kind was made when
we lett Hazeiton with White to bring
him to the county jail here."
i" Neither Sheriff Meinhover nor
State'a Attorney Oamefoh is willing
td reveal the identity of the women
in the case.
'.ti- v's-i'
Hazeltori Oivlded.
.White'and Sloan Partisans in Differ
ent Campa Today
Hazeiton, N.. D., March'•••§.—Haeel
ton's sympathies h%ve b^HBi divided
Ujri Monday's tragedy, whlSh is ^atUr
Mlly the one center Qf all eppversation.
(|day. News of the death of It.' '8.
jPfaU:, in the Bismarck lidspithl «arty
this morning, ^ras received hert with
:rg&$he regret. Probably up thr«e
iMn in Emmbns county' Were mors
'®$M.W.
INQUEST HELD OVER
FIRST OF VICTIMS
Jury Finds Wealthy Farmer
., Was Shot to Death— Bodies
to South Dakota
Gunman Insists That Slaying of Sloan Was Justified and
That He Endeavored to Save Piatt, Urging Him to
Put up His Gun and Keep Out,
Piatt until mid-forenoon, when
White expressed regret, but ikoL .. Win n«
consciousness of guilt. Swedish Government Will Be
popular than White and
jt hli! two victims, Charles P. Slttui and
iMr. flatt. White came hew frdtn
t^Outh DakoU with Stan twa years
iiq,, a^d always seemed: .# .methher
of the tamily untftvti^b inohths age,
when bad bl^od deteloped.
Piatt is survived by #^o^^ij«8dWy
white ,is^ sihfcit.,
(ConUnued on
WILL TAKE OVER
GERMAN COMPANIES' DOCKS
Washington, 0. $., March S.—
I 'President Wilson intends to take
I over,the Hamburg-American and
North-German Lloyd Steamship
I companies' wharves and docks at
I Hoboken, N. J., He arranged to
day with Senator Martin,'demo
erotic leader, for an amendment
to tha urgent deficiency appropria
tion bill giving him auch author
ity.
INN CAPITAL]
Asked to Furnish Safe Con-
duct to Tornea
250 OTHERS ARE AT ABQ
Government Doesn't Purpose to
Act Until Psychological
Moment Comes
LbYAL RUSSIANS ARE COY
London, Eng., March 5.—It is under
Stood that the Japanese government
if extremely well informed of the de
velopments in Siberia biit at present
8 adopting a policy of watchful wait
ing/ ,Japan la carefully avoiding ar
ousing the- antagonism of loyal Rus
sians, who, notwithstanding their dire
ne$d oiT «s8slsta|ice, appear to be ex
tremely sensitive of outside interfer
ence.:
Recognizing also that China is en
titled to consideration as a protector
of thelfrokiti^r aind which Japan does
hot afetually boMed, Japan, the dis
patch says, probably has agreed with
£hina oh a |lan for prompt coopera
tion.
YANKTON WINS S. D.
BASKET CHAMPIONSHIP
Yankton, S. D., March 5—tankton
won the state college basketball cham
pionship by defeating Sioux Falls col
lege 30 to. 20 last night. Yanktoii
stands 80 per cent, Huron 75. and
Siou/ Falls and Aberdeen below.
THE WEATHER I
..
For twenty-tour
noon Mar. 5.
Temperature at 7 a. m.
Temperature at noon
Highest yesterday ....
Lowest yesterday ......
Lowest last night ...
Precipitation .......
Highest wind velocity
\ippr North
tonight /and
hilht :,&hf
lS,A» li -.'A'1.
Firgo ...
wiiiiston
iBt Paul
Helena .V
Winnipeg
^'.qhlwiBo.
T/ 'Hi™
^a_ A'. -rt jil- ^V'tiKaai f^BBWi' 4»By tt-* |s t-rt*-- ,u!ll __*_• 111? lv ii__*4 .^VV fr* 'ni *i Aw 1 till .-• 'T. a1|1» 7 _'ja 'iv7. "i'l* «.•••• «,. .Wi? a.«1 L-
mem-
Stockholm, March '6.—iThe
bers of \the British, French and .Ital
ian embassies who jieft Petrograd last
week, are now at Heisingfors, accord
ing' to information, reaching the
American''legation hfere.The Swed
ish 'government will be. asked to use
k^ gqod offLces to se?ur6 a trdin to
carry the diplomats to Tornea^ on the:
^wedjsh-Finnis^ border.
"Two.hjiju'dract and fifty., dther.
ten^e najipj^Xs, it^cludlhg some Xmer
icaas^ aK' libvr at Abo, OIK th6:western
coast .of Finland.- They liave .been ad
vise'd!„ to attempt to reach territory
ui^der cbntrol of the Finnish- govern
ment-, as, Sweden will not' likelyVsend
ships to Abo.
hours ending at
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO, 02 f.'K C' BISMARCK, NORTH DAK TA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1918
4
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Forecast. 'S
Dakota:Generally fair
Wednesday colder to-
v'v
Lbi|«t':
Tempteratur^s.
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5%SBpK
GERMANS WITHfN 100
MILES OF PETROGRAD
London, March 5.—Narva, 100
miles southwest of Petrograd, haa
leen captured by the Germane
and the enemy ia reported to be
continuing hie advance on Petro
grad according to an Exchange
Telegraph diapatch. from Petro
grad dated Monday.
FARMERS' UNION
Big Agricultural Organization
Procures Ruling on Land
Loans /".v.
MONTGOMERY ON THE JOB
Tappen Man Looking After In
terests of Soil, Demand
cd Action
The Farmers' union lias
won another big victor^ for
the farmers of North Dako
ta in advices received today
by President R. J. J. Mont
gomery of Tappen to the
effect that the United
States farm loan hoard at
Washingtqfi has upheld, the
Farmers' Union's contention
that the Farm. Loan bank
at St.'Paul was acting out'
side its rights .in declining
to' make loans to North Da"
kota farmers who'had pro
cured state aid for the Pur
chase of seed and feed'Un
der the new bonding act
•The Farmers' Union .wasy
en- contemplated,''if^t:airiMdy eni!Qr^
at the expepse of ^orth Dakota Pre&
deiit \iontgpniery made a hurried trip
to Bismarck and insisted on action
from Assistant Attorney General
President Mbntgomery of the North
Dakota Farmers' uniom iny-the mean
time kept the wires hot.' "We'll carry
this fight. direct to Washington, if
heed be, with a thousand farmers to
back it up," said President Montgom
ery. "It is an injustice to the state
and an injury to the nation to hold up
farm loans at this- time when our farm
ers need every penny they can rake to
gether to enable them'to put in a 'win
the war crop.'
Today'a advices from. Washington
report another great Victory for this
aggressive farmer organization, North
ttakota a/rmers, through the Interces
sion of the Farmers' union, will not
be discriminated against In the matter
of Federal Farm, loans. The Farmers'
unon has enabled the North Dakota
farmer to make good his pledge to
Uncle Sam of a bumper- crop.
BISMARCK.COUNCIL
TO INITIATE CREW
Fifteen Candidates for U. C. T.
—Annual Election.
Bismarck council, United Commer
cial' Travelers, will hold1 its annual
election of Officers and an important
biisiness session, followed with a
smoker, Saturday evening. A class
of fifteen grip knights is to be initiat
ed. There will be eats, smokes, talks
and good cheer in abundance. Every
U.' C. T. in the jurisdiction is invit^l
a lid urged to attend.
WOMEN OF N. DAK.
MAY VOTE APRIL I
ATTY. ASSERTS
^Grand Forks,* iJ. t)., March 5.—That
Women may vote and are eligible for
offices, at .the city, election April 1. is
the opinion of City Attorney George
A.'Bangs, presented to the city council
Monday. The opinion which was giv
ent in "response to an inquiry, holds
that' a" 1917 session law confers the
right of* suffrage upon all women for
{presidential electors,' surveyors, con
stables and all offices of cities, villages
end towns, except police magistrates
and justices, of the*peace ,-
NO UNDERSTANDING WITH
JAMN SAYS LEWI8.
Washington, D. March 5.—
Dlacusaing reports qf 'possible ac
tion by Japan in Sihsrl^ .Senat^r
Lewis of Illinois, democratic whip,
in the senate today declared there
was no agreemeiit or ^nderati^id-
OwteddSiatea
S:
Secretary Keniston 4f Commer
cial Club GreetsConv«n
tion Detegal^
-f
TO BE BIGGESTI STATBJ
——--j?
Association Never jtlas Had
More Attractive Program
Nor Larger Crowd
"There aW th^e facto'rsin the cost
of production
Sot
to
Daniel V. Brennan. Brennan
immediately wired- to the .St.. Paul
land bank his interpretation of the
North Dakota seed and feed bonding
act, as it affected,the first- mortgage
security required' ..under the /federal
farm loan act for loans made by its
regional banks He also got' in"cb'm
muniaction with, Washington.
.v j., v, -,i ..'/y- ,1., vM* .•W9 v*i- «vwu «*U/ uiiici uiieiiuer.
discover t^at such discriminaition was the law is unfair an^. discriminating,
1
ALLIES AGREED
ON DETAILS OF
Uncle Sam in Accord with Euro
pean Entente on Neces^ty
of Intervention
London, March 5:—The Even*
Ing News aaya the question of
Japanese intervention in Siberia
haa been settled and that all the
allies as well as the United Statea
have agreed to immediate action
safeguarding the interests of the
powers.
U. 8. IN AGREEMENT.
Waahington, O. C., March 5.—
The United States now is in
agreement- with Japan, Great
Britain and the other co-belliger
ents on the principle of action in
Siberia, but the details remain to
be Wttrked out,. Thia became
known today af ihe cabinet met
with President Wilaon to discuss
•the Subject,'/
IK APRIL IS
Washington, D. C«,
5.—Annoancemeni of the
date of the next'draft is im
minent. The provost mar
shal general's office has pre
pared an 'Important an
nouncement/' which is. be
lieved to deal'with the time
and method of- summmting
the men wiU move to euiip
in Aprih Ptiilicatidn of thi,
annonncetnent held «a by
1
1
food cereals^-aeed,
soil and sale," said. Qejty-ge N. Ken
iston, secretary of the Bismarck Com
mercial club, in extending the Cap
Hal C^y's cordial ijw^l^me to
400
farmer grain dealer delegates to the
seventh annual convention of the
N'olrth Dakota associatldh, who filled
jt&e
main floor of the Auditorium at
the opening,^^sion .at^fi'^lock this
afternoon. iv..
''Any of them and all dt'theni are de
pendent each upon! the whir, and this
constitutes the only actual coopera
tion," continued the spppker. "You
do not care where ypu 'h^ the seed
if it is good. You do noMare where
you grow the grain J^ the soil is pro
ductive of -.your' crop ." 3^pu do not
care where you* sell, your product, if
the price is right, and %He,,transaction
legitimate and honest.
"Politics and business do not seem
to mix. An attempt to mix them cre
ates a. turgidv agit^ed mass, but the
two elfments never actually com-1
mipgle. Business requl^ ^nd should
have the protection of 'the law, which)
la\y should 'make some- very positive! o——™
deniands upoh business/ iEach.depend
ent on the ether-r-this is indeed ideal
ism, but, both business agtd the bar
agree that the bes£! interest of each
can only be conserved/by a fair and
full cooperation-. If business is.
un
fair, dishonest, the..law shpuld treat
it .jui Jt would any other offender. If
ti jBlioiiriict ^be-jr^ieaVedC'o^ me ^ded. The
farmers should .'organize, must organ
ize,- and must effect such an organiza
tion as will be fair to themselves and
permanent—fair to the productive!
capital which they employ, and fair to
the commm carrier who transports
hisgrain
"1 want to. congratulate the North
Dakota. Grain Dealers' association on
the fact their organization} and I
.H*Vrfaiwt^1-
-v.:: •,:»(•,•»
hope that, »very farm-owned elevator: jast week may be sent to Washing
in North Dakota will ride with you, ton. The weapon with several belts
and, like .an honest man, pay, its fare I of ammunition is now in possession of
for doing so.
"I would especially commend to you
the intelligent arid liberal spirit of oar
people jn support' of. the president of
the United States in conducting this
ttUlUliluW' till
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lUlttt).)
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UNFAIR METHODS CHARGED
AGAIN8T FERTILIZER CO.'S
Washington, D. C., March 5.—
Complaints Were issued today by
-the American Agricultural Chemi
cal Co., of Connecticut, and the
Brown Co. of New Jersey, charg
ing unfair methods in suppress
ing .competition in .the manufac
ture and sale of fertilizer.
TOUL HEROES
TO GET FIRST
U. S.IEDALS
Probable That American Decor
ated by Clemenceau Will Re
Further Honored
NAMES OF MEN PUBLISHED
Two Lieutenants, Two Sergeants
and Two Privates Recognized
By Premier
With the American Army
in France, Monday, March 4.
By the Associated Press.
The first Americans to win
the new American medals
for bravery in action prob
ably will be men who parti
'cipated in Friday's success
ful fight with the Germans
in the Toul ector. Among
inem, undOUDtedly, will be
sorne^ if not all, of the men
-Who were decorated yester-
day by Premier Clemenceau.
The fighting records of
.the various soldiers are
compiled and on these re
cords recommendations will
be made by the general com
mandingrthe division.^ The
data is telng gathered care
fully so as to make certain
that none will be honored
especially for simply doing
his duty.
The entire American expeditionary
force is waiting to see who among
them will be the first to get the first
American medals.
A German gun in perfect condition,
which was captured by the Americans
intelligence officers
"T ,•
aet^
Those Decorated.
It is now permissible to give the
names of the men decorated yesterday
by the premier. They are:
Lieutenant Joseph Canby, Brooklyn.
Y.
Lieutenant William Coleman,
Charleston, S. C.
Sergent Patrick Walsh, Detroit.
Sergent William Norton. Arkansas.
Private "Buddy" Pittman, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Private Alvin Soily, St. Louis.
The sergents have been in the army
for many years.
Both the privates distinguished
themselves by running through the
barrage l?id down by the Germans
during the raid and delivering mess
ages.
Lieutenants Canby and Coleman
went out into No Man's Land in day
light and each took a German prison
er. Sergent Norton killed a German
lieutenant and two soldiers. He was
challenged by the lieutenant to leave
his dugout and led out his men fight
ing. Sergent Walsh took command of
a detachment in front of the wire
when his captain was killed, and con
tinued the fight.
WITNESSES HOME
FROM GATE CITY
Hazen People Testified' as
Lincoln Day Disgrace
to
Hazen, N. D., March 5.—Witnesses
from the Expansion school district
who went to Fargo to testify before
the federal grand jury there as to the
Lincoln day depredations of sons of
German families in that vicinity, who
are alleged to have broken up a Lin
coln day program then in progress,
tearing down and trampling in the
mud an American flag and mutilating
a portrait of Lincoln, have returned
from the Gate City. *A hearing of
those implicated was held here be
fore a local justice of the peace, who
referred all of the evidence to the
federal grand jury. It is not known
that any indictments have been re
turned.
AMERICANS REPULSE
HUN8 IN LORRAINE.
Pari*, March 5.—A German at
tack last night on the trenchea
held by American forces In Lor
raine was repulsed, the French
official statement issued today an
nounced.. American patrols oper
a. .ting, in the,- same reghanv^tlie
statement eiMt) took a»MMMBitlt.
QerbaA j^lHNkrs.
'•^-••:v• -J*l. mfflBftfe#
«J»
«uaJL -AMbHL.
CONVENE
JAPAN ABSORBED IN
THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM
Tokio, March 2, via Shanghai
to London: By The Associated
Press.—The Russian situation is
completely absorbing the press
and the public. There have been
frequent meetings of the Japanese
cabinet, at which, doubtless, the
entire question was considered
most carefully with the full realiz
ation of the serious nature of the
responsibilities involved.
ONCEMOREOUR
SAMMIES SHOW
UPHUNFORCES
Germans Driven Back Last
Night After Sudden Attack
on American Front
TAKE SEVERAL PRISONERS
(Associated Press)
Once more, the American
troops, holding the sector east
of St. Mihiel, in French Lorraine
have proved themselves more
than a match for the Germans.
Another of. the'numerous sud
den' strokes the Germans on this
front .have' btetm launching "re
cently upon
?the
Besides repulsing the enemy
attack, the Americans on the
Lorraine front, were active in
patrol work in which they took
prisoners a number of (Hermans.
AMIDONHOLDS
JURY CLOSELY
TO INDICTMENT
Instructions of Federal Jurist
Reminiscent of Kate
O'Hare Claims
DISLOYALTY NOT AN ISSUE
Fargo, N. D., March 5.—The case of
the government against H«nry Von
Bank, president of a school district in
North Dakota, on trial here for viola
tion of the espionage act, was given
to the jury at 12:30 today after a mo
tion made by the defendant's counsel
that the case be taken from the jury
because the government had failed to
prove the offense charged in the in
dictment had been overruled by Fed
eral Judge Amidon.
In instructing the Jury, Judge Ami
don told them that they should de
termine what was the nature of the
language used by the defendant in his
statements, "that he would rather see
a pair of old trousers flying from the
school house flag pole than an Ameri
can flag," and whether the language
used by him was made with the delib
erate intent and purpose Of causihg
insubordination, mutiny, disloyalty, or
disregard of duty in the military and
naval forces of the United States. The
jury, he said, must not fnd the defend
ant guilty on the grounds of disloy
alty but guilty or not guilty of the par
ticular crime charged in the indict
ment.
GEORGE AND STEWART
PAY VISIT TO GATE
CITY COUNCIL U. C. T.
John L. George, grand councillor
for the Dakota-Minnesota domain of
the United Commercial Travelers, ?nd
Dan Stewart, past councillor t.f the
Gate City lodge, have returned from
Fargo, where on Saturday evening the
grand councillor paid a fdrmal visit to
Fargo Council No. 65. The Ladies'
auxiliary, a feature of the council
which has been well worked out in
,Fa^feo,. handled, the ^social .feature bf
Fargo,, nanaied, the social feature oi
tnet session, aptt the Bismatxh visit
ors report that the ladies mhde
success of it.
BRITISH, FRENCH AND ENGLISH
AMBASSADORS IN TOKIO ASK
GOVERNMENT TO USE FREE HAND
1
German Propaganda in Siberia Will Be Opposed as Orient
als See Fit—Military Stores at Vladivostok to Be
Guarded From the Huns
American posi
tion was driven in last night, ap
parently with considerable force
as the attack was one to'warrant
notice in today's French official
statement. It was met firmly
by the Americans, however, as
was last week's German thrust
in the same region,, and the ene
my was driven back.s
a
hufs
jtnui^pilljtfjjffctotttlf'"
Evil
Roumania Accepta.
Berlin announces officially that Rou
mania has acepted the German, armi
stice conditions. The peace negotia
tions were interrupted last week by
the sending of the previous armistice
and it was necessary to agree to a
new one before peace por parlours
could be continued.
In the Verdun sector, a French,sur
prise attack at the Calomne trenches
carried the attackers forward 60©
yards on a front of 1,200 yards to the,
German fourth line. The French took
150 prisoners. American artillery has
shelled effectively a large assemblage
of German troops in the sector north
west of Toul. The German artillery
fire, however, has slackened. consid
erably.
SIX TONS OF YARN
FOR THE LUCAS CQ.
Shipment Valued at $30,000- lb
Received by Big Stor^.
•.
Six tons of Red CrosB yarn. valued
at 30,000, Were received by the A.
Lucas Co. today for distribution
throughout the state. The Lucas Co.:
since the war began has handled for
the Red Cross units of. North DfttOt*'
many tens of thousands of .dollars*
worth of the approved yarns used In*
the manufacture of sweaters, mufflers^
sox, wristlets and other articles for
the boys in the trenches.
GERMAN AGENTS TRY
TO BLAME BELGtAKS
Washington, Mar. 5—How the Bel
gian people are defying their Genbfa
military masters in protesting against
the effort to separate Flanders from
the rest of Belgium and the deporta
tion of judges who souglit to inform
fere, is described in an official dis
patch received today at the Belgian
legion. This the Belgians construe'As
an official admission that the activtsta
are German agents.
SINN FEINERS ARRESTED
cattle ami iiiri
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Japan, reports indicate, will
act soon to protect Allied inter
ests in eastern Siberia. Briess
dispatches received in London*
say that the British, French and
Ital ian ambassadors in Tokio
have or will immediately ask the
Japanese government to take
whatever action it may consider
necessary to oppose German
stores at Vladivostok. It is
be
lieved in Washington that mili
tary activity by Japan is immi
nent.
Need for Japanese action has
been increased, it is felt, by the
signing of peace by the fiolshev
iki and German invasion of Fin
land. Also there are further re
ports of the hostile attitude-of
the Bolsheviki elehient ini'Siheria
as'well as of the thoujisahds. of
released AustrorGerman War
prisoners who have beefr ahned
and drilled A belated dispatch
from Pekin says that Russiah
forces are menacing the frontier
01 China, or eastern .TurkestoC
Turkish and German agSi^i
have been active ia this/teri#^^
attempting to arouse the l®*
hamntedans against the Ohifl&e
governments -V,
German Porriifilon.
Articles of the treaties sigMkl by
Russia and the icehtrai potoers do not
go .into detail, but German dominatfon
fthe territory taken from finasiaas
assured. Article 3, provides chat
Germany and Austria ahall be permit
ted to decide the fate, of the terri
tories "in the agreement with their
population." The new Russian fron
tier from the Gulf of Finland to the
Caspian sea is to be determined la
ter but Russia is to evacuate AnatojMa,
and surrender the provinces fiatouih'
Kars, Ervian—the remaining portions
of Ancient Armenia—t.o the Turks.
This territory has a combined area
of 20,000 square miles, and a popu
lation of more than l,6O0,OO4k
W^Ig Mj
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