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J Violators of Prohibition Law to I
Be Promptly Brought to Trial I
NATION
I UNDER
1 DRY BAN
I Time Honored Early
Mornin? "Bracer" Is
Banished.
j BEER IS EXEMPT
Must Contain No More
Than 2 3-4 Per Cent
Alcohol.
WASHINGTON, July 1. The whole
nation awoke today to a realization of
prohibition. The banishment of he
"eye opener" at the bar. long ago for
, i gotten in many parts of the country,
I was all-embracing, ("inly those 'who
I had been provident enough to "stock
I up" in advance for the long drouth or
who could find solace in 2a per cent
brew were able to carry out the time
honored custom of starting the day
with an early morning "bracer."
j I Wartime prohibition, banning for
time oeing all distilled liquors and 1
leating in a cloud of doubt the future
of beer, was effective at midnight. Ex-
I eruption of beer from the list of for
bidden beverages came as a result of
rn eleventh hour announcement by
the department of justice that pending
decisions in present litigation to deter-j
mine whether a brew containing 23i
per cent of alcohol is Intoxicating, no
action would be taken toward stopping
the sale of beer containing no more
10 than that amount of alcohol.
Coming of Wilson Only Comfort.
Thus, pending COUrl decisions or ac-l
tion by congress defining intoxicating
beverages, sale of the lighter drinks
will be permitted in states in which
I i here are no regulatory laws until Jan
uary 16 when constitutional prohibi
l tion becomes effective. Other than
ibis, the only ray of comfort left the I
' anti-prohibitionists is the coming of
ithe time when President Wilson will
declare demobilization of the army
complete, which automatically would
suspend operation of the wartime act
untii January 16.
The action of the department of jus
tice last night in announcing there i
M nuuiu u- luiciirirui.'r wiiu me Pdltr
I of 2 per cent beer was a reversal of
H a stand taken in a statement issued '
M previously in the day for which there
was do explanation other than that
the department had "reversed" itself.
m Celebrating of the passing of the sa
- loon in many cities throughout the
country lasted until early this niron
4 ing, although the actual sale of liquors
'"Pped at midnight.
Only Sofc Drinks Sold.
NEW YORK, July 1 Open ban
where beverages of 2.75 per cent alco
holic content could be purchased b
i the drink, offered the only consola
tion obtainable in New York today to(
l the friends of bard liquor on the lirot
I day of wartime prohibition.
Cafes, resu'.urjnts, hotels and liquor
m stores in man) instances virtually de-'
pleted of theii stocks of "heavy j
liquids," when the law went Into ef-
f n at miduigM, notified their cisto-1
mers that until further notice the
) stronger varieties of beers, wines and i
liquors would not bo sold
Heavy buying of bottled goods for
private consumption in the dry days I
io come marital the passing of "hard'
1'quor."
Throughout the city the last few
hours of the unrestricted sale of all
beverages were ushered out without
much hilarity, but with considerable1
c'.rinking, as if to see how much could I
be consumed before the dry' period :
set in. Inside the popular hotels and1
restaurants the eelebrators bought
fast and lavishly and watched the
clocks.
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Many Drunken Men.
CHICAGO, July 1 Celebration of
the passing of liquor lasted long alter
midnight this morning, although sa
loons throughout the city closed I
promptly at the stroke of 12 o'clock
' According lo ihe police, more intoxl
"cated men eugaged in the revelry than
oatofore recorded in the annals of
' A urtment.
II s in the restaurants began dis-
j V ibout 1 o'clock, and taxlcabi
$L WjWUMl for the men and woiu-
gS. ad rpent the evening in
E"V OVPr ,ne departure of
lb uor. Women as well as men
'ages cl bottled goods.
0 l i-nd retail liquor huu
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FATAL
TRAIN
WRECK
Ten Killed and Many
Hurt in Rear-end Col-
lision on N. Y. Central.
DUNKIRK, N. Y, July l Eight
persons are known to be dead and
more than fort were injured in a rear
end collision between the second sec tion
cf train No. 41 and train No. 7.
'known as the "Westerner," at 2 20
o'clock this morning at the Third
street station here. All the fatalities
, occurred in the first passenger car
I of the rear train, the Westerner, when
its engine buckled back through a
i wooden express car.
Bight bodies were taken from the
wreckage and rescuers clearing the de.
, bris were working toward what they
believed to be two additional bodies.
Twenty persons, some seriously in
jured, were taken to the Brooks Me
morial hospital.
i As many more passengers were
! treated by local and out of town doc
tors and brought here on relief trains.
Train No. 41 left Buffalo at 12:01
o'clock The Westerner left a short
time later Railroad officials say No.
41 developed an overheated journal
and was delayed here. A flagman was
sent back, It Is claimed, but the West
erner did not cheek speed perceptibly
as It rushed into the Dunkirk yards,
eye witnesses say.
All the coaches of No. 41 were of
steel construction. The rear of the
last coach was badly battered av No.
7's engine knocked it from the track,
but the body remained Intact Three
other coaches of No. 41 were aJso
pushed from the rails but remained
upright.
When the tender and engine of the
Westerner buckled back through the
wooden express car and crashed into
a steel day coach, the first passenger
car on the train, the boiler explod. d.
fatally scalding Engineer Clifford and
Fireman Stolz.
The steel day coach of the West
erner was reduced to wreckage. The
next car. a sleeper, was partly wrecked
and many of the Injured were taken
from It.
DUNKIRK. N. Y.. July 1- Ten per
sons were killed and more than a score
were injured in a rear-end collision
between New York Central trains No.
7, known as the Westerner and the
second section of train No. 41, here
early today.
At 8 a m. there were seven bodies
at the morgue and It was said that
rescuing parties working in the wreck
age had located three more bodies.
Twenty injured were at the Brookx
Memorial hospital and many others
less severely hurt proceeded on their
journey after receiving surgical atten
tion at a temporary dressing station
near the wreck.
Both trains left Buffalo at one min
ute past midnitcht. train No. 41 having
the right of way, and this morning
both sections were ahead of train No.
7. The second section stopped here to
discharge passengers and was delayed
In getting under way again "y an over
heated Journal. Train No. 7 Is a
through express. Eye witnesses of the
accident sa that when the engine of
No. 7 plunged into the rear of the
standing cars its speed had diminished
only slightly. The rear coach was tele
scoped by No. 7 s engine and three
others were smashed.
Tramp Cause of Wreck.
WASHINGTON, July 1. An uniden
tified tramp, killed in the New York
Central railroad wreck at Dunkirk this
morning, was, according to reports to
the railroad aaministration, probably
the caue of the tragedy. The
mechanism controlling the flow of air
from the locomotive to the brakes on
the train was tound shut off, at the
placo where the tramp was riding.
reported their stocks fairly well de
picted from the rush of purchasers .if
bottled goods during Monday and last
night.
Funeral for John Barleycorn.
COLUMBUS, o. July 1. William
Jennings Bryan will be the chief fig
ure in the celebration of the funeral
of John Barleycorn at the Methodist
Centenary exposition here today. The
funeral procession will be headed by
the former secretary of state riding
a camel, 'the first and original prohi
bitionist," as Dr. AJonzo Wilson, direc
tor of special events at ihe exposition,
once termed the animal.
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The young lady across the Way says
they make books In smaller and more
convenient sizes than they used to and
she much prefers them to wider reading.
PREMIER
AGAIN
SEATED
Ullman Lands at Liban
and Resumes Control
of Letts
PARIS. June 30. After sitting in
refuge in an old boat in Libau harbor
since April 16, Premier I'ullmann,
I formerly an American university pro
cessor, landed triumphantly with his
cabinet at Libau on June 27. and re
sumed control of the Lettish govern
ment from which he had been dis
placed by a man named Needra, who
usurped the premiership with Ger
man support and who now is under
guard in a Libau hotel.
The description of Ullmann's return
to power is given in a dispatch re
ceived by Herbert Hoover, head of the
inter-allied relief organization
British and French officers joined
I in the celebration in honor of Pre
mier L'llmann's return. As the dilapi
dated craft approached the city bands
i played on the docks and children
i strewed the path with flowers as the
, old officials made their way to a gaily
decorated stand from which Premier
( L'llmann delivered an address. He
i thanked the allies for the support gjjr
' en Letvia and said thaT the 1 n fed
'states through the American relief ad
I ministration had saved thousands of;
Letts from starving.
1 Bolsheviki Suffer Defeat.
LONDON. July 1. It is added that'
the Bolsheviki suffered a severe defeat
at Kharkov. 130 miles south of Kursk,
and have also lost Ekaterlnoslav, 115
miles southwest of Kharkov.
Anti-Bolshevik Forces Advance.
LONDON, July 1. Anti-Bolshevik
forces are advancing against Kursk,
250 miles south of Moscow, and Vor
onezh, hoping to find a way to Mos
i cow, according t a Russian wireless
message quoting the official Bolshevik
j organ, Izvestia.
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PRES. WILSON
BRINGSTREATY
Will Deliver Document in
Person With Detailed
Statement to Congress.
ON BOARD THE U. S. S. GEORGE
WASHINGTON. June 3u President
Wilson was 357 miles out at noon to
J day. The George Washington was
'running sixteen knots an hour, which I
Indicates her arrival in port about
; Monday noon.
j It Is expected the presidential party
j will proceed direct to Washington.
I without stopping at New York and;
that the president's first official utter- 1
ance in America Is likely to be when
he in person will present before con-1
gress a detailed statement of the pro-1
IceedingS of the peace conferenc. He
carries with him copies of the treaty, j
President and Mrs Wilson are en-1
joying the- balmy air and sunny breeze '
of an ideal passage. They spent much I
of the day on the upper deck. The I
president wore his customary tweed
cap and Mrs. Wilson a blue tarn o'
shanter.
At 11 o'clock in the morninc the
alarm sounded for boat drill and the
president went through the maneuvers
with the rest, taking a place with his
wife and the others in a lifeboat. The
president complimented Captain Mc-!
Cauley on the smartness of his crew
in manning the boats and baring ev
erything prepared.
Polish Treaty Published.
PARIS, June 30. (By The Associ-I
ated I'ress.) The treaty which the en-'
tent powers and the United States
signed with Poland was made public
today.
Under It Poland agree to protect the
minorities against discrimination; as
. umes payment of such share of the
Russian debt as shall be assigned to
her by the inter-allied commision, and i
agrees to support important interna
tional postal, railway, telegraphic and'
miscellaneous conventions.
Board to Decide,
PARIS, Monday, June 30 It has
bi en decided to name an international
commission of fourteen members to
cive further examination to the diver
gent viewpoints of Belgium and Hoi'
land on questions affecting those coun
NEW NIGERIA GOV.
35 YEARS IN WILDS
H C CZFroj2JD -o
Clifford has been made gov
ernor of Nigeria He has spent 35
years In British colonial service In
the wildest parts of the world Ho
had adventurous experiences in
Pahang, served in the West In
dies, was in Ceylon for a number
of years and In 1912 .was made i
governor of the Gold Coast. He
has written everything from ro-
mance to Malay dictionaries.
tries which were raised before the!
peace conference.
I The German delegation has sen to
the conference a note Inquiring when
and where it will begin negotiations
regarding the application of the condi
tions agreed upon for the administra
tion of the left bank of the Rhine dur
ing the period of occupation.
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HOLLWEG TO BE
BRQUGHTBEFORE
- M TRIBUNAL
BERLIN. Monday, June 30 fPy
Th- Associated Press.) Dr. Theobald
von Betbmann-Hollweg, former Ger-!
man chancellor, offered on May 9, 1919.
to surrender himself for trial b the
allies, but withdrew the offer on the
tpecific request of the government
which at that time took the view that
Germans accused of causing the war
or of acts in violation of the rules of1
civilized warfare should be tried either
before a local court or German judges.
Now, however, after peace has been
signed and the Germans have agreed
to extradite persons whom the allies
desire, to place on trial, the action of
the former chancellor In offering to
surrender to the allies is looked upon
as purely personal. The government
does not object to his action as it is j
believed he Is one of those whom the
entente intends to bring before the
high tribunal.
PERSHING AWARDS CROSSES.
WASHINGTON, July 1 General
Pershing notified the war department,
today of the award of the distinguished
service cross to these men: Sergeant
Clifton Burnett. Pilgrim, Texas; Cor
poral George A. Carroll, Davenport,.
Iowa; Privates George Bulllan, Men
dota, Wash., J. H. Burchfield, Salem,
Ore., and Leroy Casingham, Rlngling, I
Ofla.
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PLAN TO WELCOME WILSON.
4
WASHINGTON. July 1. Ten-
tative plans for the welcoming of
President Wilson at New York
when he arrives on the George
Washington, probably Monday.
provided for part of the Atlantic
4 fleet to meet his ship and escort
her into port. The welcoming
committee will be aboard the
Pennsylvania, Admiral Wilson's
flagship.
li was said at the Whit? House
today that the president would
remain in New York only a short
time and that his address in re-.-f
sponse to the welcoming commit-
f tee would net embrace a discuss- f
ion of the treaty of peace and
the league of nations.
The president has not indicated
when he will submit th p.-;o
treaty to the senate, but officials
v here expect him lo do so either
next Tuesday or Wednesday. -f
4 JUDGE SUSTAINS DEMURRER.
4-
4 BALTIMORE. Md., July 1. I
f Judge John C. Rose ' 1 1 the I'nited f
States district court here today
sustained the demurrer to Ike in- -f
dictment against the Standard
Brewery. Incorporated, of Baltl-
f more, which charged the concern
y with manufacturing "a cereal bev-
e" containing at l( "no- -f
f hall ot one per cent of alcohol.
f The court ruled that the inanu-
facture of beer having an alco-
f holic content of pe.- cent could
be done only at the risk of the
brewer pending final decision bj
-f the higher courts.
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PLAN TO
RESCUE
PRINCE
-
German Counter-Revolutionists
Plan for Him
to Head Forces.
LONDON, July 1 German, counter
revolutionaries have a motor launch
In readiness to rescue the former Ger
man crown prince, Frederick William, I
wishing him to appear at the head of
the military forces in Germany, ac
cording to a Rotterdam dispatch to the
Dally Mail.
The Dutch queen, the dispatch a Ids, j
has sent her consort to persuade the
former princ-? mat it would be detji- i
mental to Holland, which granted him
hospitality, if he participated in a re
volt in Grmany
The former crown prince, according
to a wireless press dispatch from Am
sterdam, has renewed his lease on the
parsonage of Wierlngen for another
threo months.
Emperor Hears News.
AMERONGE... Saturday. June 28
(By The Associated Press.) News of
the signing of the treaty of peace at
Versailles was taken to Amerongen
castle tonight by the correspondent of
The Associated Press. The entourage
of the former German eniperor ap
peared to regard the event calmly be
cause they had been convinced that
the ceremony was inevitable, the for
mer emperor himself having received
i dispatch earlier in the day saying
that the German delegates had ar
rived at Versailles and would sign the
treaty.
It was Impossible to learn from those
In the castle and near the former em
peror how he bad received the news.
Troops Take Hamburg.
LONDON, July 1. Hamburg, whicn
has been in the possession of Sparta
cans and communists for a week, was
occupied at 5 o'clock this morning by
the government troops under General
on Let tow-Vorbeck The Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
reporting the occupation says there
was no lighting.
Aide Denies Story.
LONDON. July 1 The aide to the
former German crown prince at Wier
cngen emphatically denied during a
telephone conversation yesterday that
the crown prince had left the island,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch
received by Reuter's Limited.
A Brussels dispatch quoting an Am
sterdam telegram to the Soir. received
last night, stated that the former Ger
man crown prince escaped from the
island of Wierlngen on Sunday.
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NON-PARTISAN
WAR PROGRAM
IS INVESTIGATED
JACKSON. Minn , July 1. The war
program of the Non-Partlsan league,
withdrawn nearly two years ago In St. j
Paul was introduced today at the trial
of A. V. Townley, president of the Na-:
tional Non-Partisau league and Joseph
Gilbert, a leaguo organizer, who are
charged with conspiracy to commit
disloyalty.
The Minnesota supreme court some
time ago decided that the words used
in the pamphlet, which had been distri
buted by the Non-Partisan league were
not In themselves disloyal. The prose-,
Icution in the present case argued that
:they would attempt to show that this
pamphlet was one method used by the
league (o discourage aggressive parti
cipation in the war. Judge E C. Dean
ruled, after attorneys for the defense
objected to the Introduction of the
;pamphlet, that tin document had been
j referred to at the trial and that it
miuht be admitted as a slate exhibit
After the pamphlet was introduced
i in evidence the state called J. A.
Sayles. a Lakefield farmer, who testi
fied regarding the speech Gilbert made
at Lakefield n January 23, 1918. His
testimony was abou the same as that
of a half dozen state witnesses who
previously testified regarding the
same meeting.
It was expected that a recess would
be taken at noon until about four p. m.
so that some of the court officials may
attend the funeral this atternoon of
T J. Knox, a local member of the bar.
RAID ON
QUARTER
Montreal Police Seize
Tons of Bolshevist
Literature. !
MONTREAL. July 1 Tons of Bol-1
shevlst and Socialist literature were
seized In a ;ai.i on the foreign quar
ten of the city conducted early toft&y
by 130 patroimer under the direction
of Chlefof Vclice Belanger.
Reign of Terror
NEW YORK. June 30. A graphic,
ston.' of a rein of terror in Bolshevik:
Russia was iecited here tonight by
John A. Embry. American consul at !
Omsk, the sea: of the Kolchak govern
ment, who arrived here today on a
leave of absencc. Mr Embry declared
no language could adequately pictur;
the scenes of murder, violation of j
women, theft and arson which he had
seen personally, or had had described ,
to him by credible eye witnesses.
Mr. Embrv Packed his story, particu-i
larly that of thc ravage of the city of
Ufs, by photographs, many of which I
he declared he had taken himself and
which recorded appalling instances of
(wholesale buichery of men, women
and children.
Mr. Embry said he nad visited Ufa
Immediately yfter the Bolsheviki with
drew before Kolchak's forces. He
learned froti survivors of Bolshevik
occupation, he said, that the Bolshevik
soldiers had looted the entire city and
I then orsanizd a "government" cjn
'fisting of committees.
One of these committees, he de-'
dared, had ail members of the city
government iotu.ded up and ord red
irtually all of them shot.
Pupils at the Ufa high school ho
did not profess sympathy for the Bol
shevik were shot or put to work of
most desecrating character.
At Ossa. a city of about 30.000, Mr.
Ltnbry decla: u, two thousand bodies
were found on the outskirts when tne
snow melted.
Mr. Embry spoke highly of Admiral
Kolchak, predtct'ng he would lead
I Russia out of chaos and disorder and
then retire.
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MEXICO COMMITS
OVERT ACT OF
CONFISCATION
WASHINGTON. July 1 The Mexi
can government has committed an
overt act of confiscation in preventing
American oil well drillers to work on
lands owned by Amercan Individuals I
or companies by sending soldiers into
the fields and driving away the work
men, state department officials said
today. Complaint was made to the I
Mexcan government on April 2 of this
year, it was learned, against the re
fusal of the government to grant per
mits to the oil companies to drill. Noj
answer was received until after the i
Juarez incident. It was sd, and theni
President Carranza announced no per-1
mlts, provisional or otherwise, would
be granted until the companies had
complied with the Jaw. Compliance
with the law, it was said by state de- j
partment officials, would constitute
recognition by the companies that the
Mexican government owned the oil
lands.
The orders to the military forces to
prevent drilling by force of arms were
issued bv President Carranza last May
16. according to advices from Mexico
City today. The petroleum department i
Instructed the Mexican war depart-J
ment, by direct orders of Carranza, to !
use iny force necessary to prevent;
drilling without permit, although the i
lands on which drilling was done were
legally acquired by the present own
ers The war department transmitted the!
orders with specific directions as to
action to be taken by the soldiers to
the military commanders at Tampico
and Tuxpam and immediately com-
panies of soldiers were sent into the
fields. It was not known how many
drilling gangs were driven out of the
Oil fields by the soldiers, but two have
been reported and raids have been
made, according t official reports, on
the camps of oilier oil workers.
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ADMIRAL SWIFT DEAD.
NEWPORT, R. I., June 30. K r
Admiral William Swiff, 71. retired,
died at the naval hospital today after
a long illness.
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SALOONS
SELLING
WHISKEY
Atlantic City Bars Dis- I
pensing All Kinds of - I
Liquors. I
WASHINGTON. July 1. Test j
4- cases on the sale of beverages
containing more than one-half of j
4- one percent alcohor will be -
brought immediately by the de-
4 partment of Justice in all juris-
4- dictions where such cases are not
now pending 4 I
4 "We propose to make immedi- 4
4 ate arrests of persons who violate 4
4 the wartime prohibition law ac- 4 H
cording to our interpretation 4 ' 1
4 thereof," Attorney General Palm- 4
4 c- said today. "The department 4 j
4 does not Intend, however, to be j
4 swept off its feet the first day 4
that prohibition comes into effect. -We
will proceed in an orderly 4 I
4 fashion to establish whe.her in- 4
4 tozlcating beverages proscribed j
4 by the law Include those having 4
4 less thr.n 2 per cent alcohol." 4
NEW YORK, July 1. Saloonkeep
ers, restauranteurs and hotel men who
sell 2.75 per cent beer and light winw
do so at their risk, they were warned
today by Assistant United States At
torney Ben A Matthews, in charge of
federal criminal cases.
Investigators were said to be obtain- j
ing samples of beer and taking it tn
United States Attorney Francis G. Caf
fey s office, where It is analyzed and,
if found to contain more than 2 75 per
cent alcohol, a warrant is Issued at
once.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J , July 1
Practically every saloon in this resort
is open today and dispensing liquid re
freshments of all kinds. Whisky,
brandy, gin and any other sort of
liquor called for is served to patrons.
The exceptions are the beach front
hotels, all of which closed their bar
rooms with one exception. The whole
sale houses also are closed.
San Francisco Saloons Closed.
S N FRANCISCO. July 1. All sa
loons in San Francisco were closed
today . due not to the wartime prohi -bition
act, but to election day, upon
which sale of liquor is forbidden by
state law. Many liquor dealers have
announced their intention of re-opening
tomorrow for sale cl beverages
containing less than 2 per cent ot
alcohol.
San Francisco held carnival last
night. The police reported that the
crowds in most instances had been
orderly.
The owner of one of the best known
cafes advertised today his patrons will
be served with their own liquors Dy
paying a "corkage" charge.
500 Autos With Liquor.
DENVER, Colo.. July 1. Five hun
dred automobiles, three hundred of
which carried liquor, were stopped by
the state constabulary between Brigh
ton. Colo., and the Wyoming-Colorado
state line during the night and early
today. The drivers of the cars were
allowed on their way because of the
lack of adequate facilities to handle
offenders. About fifty cases of liquor,
In broken packages, were seized. The
automobiles were coming from Chey
enne, Wyo. A "bone dry" liquor law
was effective in Wyoming at midnight.
3000 SALOONS OPEN.
CHICAGO, July 1 More than 3000
of Chicago's 6000 saloons opened this
morning for the sale of soft drinks.
About 500 were converted into Ic
cream parlors and restaurants over
night. The supply of per cent
beer was practically exhausted In yes
terday's celebration and it was said
that the beverage was on sale today in
less than a score of places.
Saloon keepers were undecided what
course to follow and will be guided
largely by what action the brewers
take. The Chicago Brewers' associa
tion, through its president. William G.
Legner. said that it had not yet been
decided whether the manufacture of
2 per cent beer would be continued.
Further legal advice will be sought,
it is said, before a definite policy is
decided upon. .
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GERMANS EVACUATE RIGA.
COPENHAGEN. June 30. (By Tha
Associated Press.) Lettish troops are
sithin nine miles of Riga anfl the Ger
mans are evacuating the city, accord-
ing to a dispatch received by the Iet
Ush press bureau from Libau. H
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