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5; y.nvr-No. sol Prie, Fivecnts OGDEN CITYr UTAhT THURSDAY E VENING DECEMBER 181919 LAST EDITION 4 P. M.
J Grocery Trust of
Big Five Packers
t to Be Dissolved
Bide Lines Involving Investments of Many Millions to Come
Under U. S. Court Decree Packers Claim New Regime
Will Have Little Effect on Their Business
Separate Firms Will be Organized I
V CHICAGO, Dec. 18 A dozen or
lore side lines of ihe Chicago moat
icker involving investment of
p-anv m j 1 1 1 1 1 oi dollars will be dis
posed of under the stipulated decree
toon to be entered in the United States
Erort at Washington on motion of
Ctorney General Palmer.
F While representatives of the pack-
tn tod.v. decimed lo discuss the de
bits of the decree under which the
tackers today declined to discuss ihe
Ctatls of the decree undci which the
Lclcers In the future will bo required
h confine 'he business activities to
Ke produc ion of meat, poultry, hutter,
tic an. c he - ii If. trin .1 f rr.m
Ijn authoritative source that, the out
line of the plan had been agreed upon.
J Among the lines of business from
ibich It is srud ihe packers wdl be
ordered to withdraw under the- stipu
lated court decree are the following:
Leather, canned fruits and veget
JHbles, soap, cleansing powders, groc
Bries, fertilizers, ( iid storage, fish
I Hjjrigerator car lines cereals clue,
iporting coods and the control of
Rockyards.
i Representative.- of packers express
tfce '.r- ' h? i ui'il.T ih" pre pi -.-ci plan
Ihey mi?ht conllnue to manufacture
pip and fertiliser as they are natural
products of the meat packing Industry,
lome doubt ws expressed as to !
ivhether eleanring powders is an an
'imal product, i me num .p of the.'
poposed re-organization. It is said. Is
prevent the packers from engaging
tho wholesale grocery business
fStrift and company already have seg-
feftted its Sen, Mi American and us
RrHan m hi outness, its fruit and
Vegetable canning industry and its,
inufacture of leather Wilson and
fcnpany recently disposed ol i
MOlesale grocer, lir.es to a New York
firm
; CHh'ACO. Dec IS. Dissolul ion of
fce wholesale grocery inteeesl ol the
aig five" packers would not serious
ly affect any of them, Louis F. Swift,
ktad of Swift & Co. today, in discuss
m a report that A Mitchell Palmer,
united Stales attorney general, would
announce todnj or tomorrow an agree
ment for the packers to dissolve their
Interests except those involved in the
production ot meat, poultry, eggs and
lieese. The meat canning, soap ruak
itp -nd fertilizer -lib ! i n . - smild not
be affected, Mr Swift said
Tanning interests ot Swift ft Co.
ere dissolved last summer, Mr Swift
liid. when a new corporation known
National Leather was formed.
Of the other members of the group
known as the big five" Wilson and
btapany announced some time ago
tfcat it bad disposed of It;, branches
f industry affiliated with the whole-'
mt grocery business and Armour &
o.,6everal weeks ago were reported
jo have begun arranging a plan look-;
kg to segregation and separate financ
P of Its more than 100 subsidiarv !
Properties.
II I knew nothing about the state
Kent that the paekc rs . ss nted to this
Jwree because of assurance that the
prominent would win its dissolution
W" against die United States Steel
Corporation," Mr Swift continued. "I
ve never hoard of any such report.
"I am unable to comment on the r-f-fct
this decision or ultimatum will
Mje upon food prices Whether they
mfil be decreased or 50 -. : I i hi-ii'r n
V r bi si en.
II Tills decision probably means that
IKy packers must discontinue their
nolesale grocery interests.
J Since the re port, d decision enjoins
W'ng hi food products other man the
J4"" of m. at. i. rtihz. 1 oap mak
and canning side lines cannot be
fleeted
WOf course this announcement cau
Mt r ff ci th. a- 1 .011 ..1 'ockholders
m 1 may elect to buy stock in Lhc 1 1
paizations to be formed out of the dis
Flutionw' Later Mr Swift ,.: a formal - ;
sod
'Referring to the decree in question,
F jt and compan;. have already made'
I absolution of their leather busi ,
Ps as well us the ownership of Lib
Wf McNeil and Libby. (a fruit and
f1 canning subsidiary ) and also
- pjr packing houses in Souih America!
F Australia and hav b en tntii ipat-
I g.Mmething of this kind for some
ur earuingt? will not be unfaor
affvcied as the lines prohibited
lt f n'" be. 11 .,,M-c!ally profitable.
I CJ! I eivc U i r" ' available cash
j C,, fr 'be real meal business and
f allied products."
I COMPROMISE IS PLANNED.
- A&HIXGT0N. Dec. 18.- Negotia
i rJ8 between the meat packers and
P 80Vcmincnt, ii became known to
Kth n ' ho?n gomg m for some time
ML?1"0 objeel ol compromising the
fc. usl fro, ecu t ion whit 1. Si Btill in
I V?ge of raio Jury Investigation.
I Alan ""'''--rs'ood that, one of the
1 t cnslderc,l ,, the withdrawal of
'Jklrl r'r" froni y(U' l,nr,? BU " the
fW JtJ;-Hb' cnnnri business. It is un-
J
derstoori that the packers represented
that they already had bejrun withdraw
ing from the grocery business and
were willing to carry the plan still fur
ther.
Plans also h&l e been under consid
oration b. some of the packers for the
separation of their corporations into,
separate entities somewhat such as'
the Standard Oil and American Tobac I
co companies accepted after the su
I premc court's dissolution decrees.
NO AGREEMENT REACHED.
WASHINGTON. Dee IS. Assistant
Attorney General Garvin with whom'
ithe packers' counsel conferred, said
'there would be no statement until late
I today indicating that a settlement
1 might be immineni Attorney General
Palmer said. howeer, no affreemeni
had yet been reached.
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D'Annunzio Troops j
I to Return to Italy
j to Rejoin Army
FIUME, Wednesday, Dec 17. Com-j
. mander Rizzo, chief of the d'Annunzlan
navy, discussing the possible evacua
tion of Fiume, said today that Captain,
d'Annunzlo's. troops would be taken 1
back to Italy and would be permitted
to rejoin the army without punish
: ment. Answering those askinc for thei
retention of the present garrison of 1
Flume under Captain d'Annunzio. he
said d'Annunzio could not remain with
the uarrlson for a general would be
sent to command it.
"D'Annunzio ha? been more than a
king." said Rizzo, "and he cannot be
allow ed to serve under a general sent I
I by the Italian government."
i Other speakers urging the brigading
Of half the present garrison with the
same number of regulars A large
number of officers and men wish to
remain in the garrison here und r
present conditions where they are liv
ing an easier life and receive three or
four times the pay given them in the
regular Italian armj .
Sinn Fein Order ,
! Wil Not Accept
Home Rule Plan
LONDON. Dec 18. The National'
party in the house of commons has
given notice of a molion on the Irish
question reading as follows:
"The house, in view of the ;'act that
the Sinn Fein organization has made
it abundantly clear that it will not ac
cept any form of home rule retaining I
the sovereign powers of the govern !
ment at Westminster, declines to pro
ceed with legislation which cannot be
acceptable 10 any considerable sec j
tlon of opinion in Ireland and calls I
upon ihe government to enforce law
and order in that country "
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Cold Wave in East
WASHINGTON. Dec 18. The low
eat temperature reported to the weath
er bureau was 22 below at Northfield.
Vermont, while the next was 20 below
at ('anion, N Y.
Zero temperature was registered in
ew York City; at Boston it was c
below: at Albany 8 below and at Buf
folo 2 below
Philadelphia and Atlantic City
showed 4 above; Baltimore 8 above
and Washington lo above
While the cold wave east of the Mis
dsdppi is a severe one, it was said
at the weather bureau thai no temper
ature records were broken even for
(his early in the season
While the weather will moderate
somewhat tonight, the official fore
caster said cold weather would con
tinue for the present and lhat the out
look was for snow flurries in the mid
dle Atlantic and New England states,
the upper Ohio valley, Tennessee, the
south Atlantic and east Gulf states to
night, and tomorrow
Cold weather continues generally
over the west plateau, but compara
tively mild temperatures preai oer
the west Gulf states and on the east
ern slope of the Rocky mountains.
ECONOMY SALES URGED.
NEW YORK. Dec 17 The govern
ment's proposal that dry goods retail
ers hold "economy" sales during Janu
jary and February to aid in reducing
Ithe cost of living, was endorsed at a
meeting today of retailers and sales
I managers, called by the National Re
tail Drygoods association. Merchants
from various parts of the country at
tended and pledged cooperation tn the
government in every possible way.
WOMEN
Organization to Batter
Down Prices in j
Illinois
CHICAGO. Dec. IS. Women ofi
Illinois will lead the campaign against
the hiph ro-l of li 111" wnmnn is'
I to take charge of the entire state or
5anlzation being formed to batter
down prices Her power, it is said.
Will he even greater than those of
Major A. A. Sprague, fair price com
missioner for the state.
Mrs. Maude R Turley, organizer of
the woman's division, issued her first
communication to the women of the
state today.
I "Stop buying," she said. "Refuse to
: pay luxury prices and unreasonable
costs for ih. common foodstuffs.
"Buy only what is absolute! neces
! sary now.
"Stop eating dollar a dozen eggs and
j ninety-cent butter .
"Postpone purchase of the fur coat
jand expensive suit for the present and J
watch prices tumble.
I "You are ninety per cent of the pur 1
chasing power in Illinois. You see
that power this minut. and watch the!
results which you carry out your other 1
plans
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CONCAVE MOTION
j HCTliRFSfMN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. A con
cave motion picture screen that may
revolutionize the movies was tried out
at a local theater this morning It Is
said to ghe an effect Of a third dimen
sion an appearance of thickness or
depth that relieves eye-slraln. A
group of scienii-ts witnessed the ex
periment I Dr. Louis Pech. head of the facul
'( of medicine at the University of
1 Montpelier. France, the inventor, su
pervised the. exhibition. Dr Pech as
cribes the relief from eye strain to his
; belief that the e . functions normalh
jv.hen it sees things of three dimen
sions e en if the appe. '.ranee of the
1 third dimension is an illusion
Naturalist Leaves to
1 Film Strange Tribes
in Darkest Africa
OAKLAND. Calif.. Dec. 18. H. A.
1 Snow, Oakland naturalist accom
panied by his son, Sidney Snow, Don
ald Key eg. a writer, and Frank S. Wil
ion n cameraman, are on their way
1 from San Francisco to collect big
I game specimen? and film obscure na
tlve uibe.; in Africa and Asia for the
Oakland public museum. They sailed
(yesterday on the Ventura for Sydney,
j In 'Africa they will Join Leslie
I Simpson, and Kenneth Qulnan, both
'Oakland men, who have been on that
continent since May. preparing the
'expedition that the resi will join at
t ape Town.
! They purpose lo traverse Africa
'from the cape to Ihe Soudan, terminal
ling their Journey by q boat trip down
!the whole length of the Nile Tie 1 C6
1 lie' expect to enter Asiu, returning to
Ithe United States by way of Siberia.
I The y hope to obtain specimens of the
I Mancburian tiger
The party expects to be gone two
.years and to travel 30,000 miles
Snow's collection of 50,000 birds'
eggs is said to be the largest in the
I w orld.
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COST OF RESTORATION.
PARIS', Dec is. (Havas.)
Louis Locheur, minister of recon- -f
st ruction who recently told the
chamber of deputies lhat he es
tlmated ihe cost of restoring drv- 4
4- aiStated regions would be 66.000.-
000,600 francs, actually figures
the amount necessary to bo 130,-
000,000,000 francs, according to
the Matin
f frrf Vrirf f if t
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LINER DELAYED FOUR DAYS. f
- NEW YORK. Dec 18 The 4
f steamship Rotterdam arrived -f
v- here today from Rotterdam Bou-
4 logne and Plymouth. The vessel 4
f was delayed four days by tempes-
tuous weather 'in mid Atlantic,
which severely shook up Its 1300
4 passengers. The ship pitched and 4-4-
rolled so violently at one time 4
4 lhat a passenger's leg was broken -4
4 against the side of his cabin
The Rotterdam brought a nota- 4
4 ble passenger list, including the -f
wife and daughter of President 4-4-
Menocsl of Cuba Candido Ag-
4- uilar, former Mexican minister 4
4- and several othei Mexican dlplo- 4
4 mats who have been abroad on 4-4-
"a secret mission" for the Car-
4 ranza government, F J. Schuszle.
4- former American consul at Mu 4
v- nich, State Senator Clairton R. 4-4-
Lusk, chairman of the legislative
4- committee which has been inves- 4-4-
tigatlng seditious activities here .
4- Prince Alfredo Hohenlohe. of Po- 4-4-
land, and his family; Dr. H. P 4-4-
Dekaliter, consul general of The 4-4-
Netherlands to Mexico it. and 4
4- Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, 4
4- who returns to this country after 4-4-
having escorted King Albert and 4-4-
Queen Elizabeth back to Belgium 4-4-
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BUYERS OF U. S. j
MONEY MAKING
HIGHPROMTS
DETROIT, Mich.. Dee IS Buyers
in Windsor, Ont., across the Doiroii
rivei from this city, of American
money, are making high profits, ac
cording to a leading Windsor banker,
who declares 1 hot 85 per cent of the
approximately $250,000 that mon.'d.
joes to Windsor from here is bought
at a arc-'iuiu.iFjy
A sign displayed in a Windsor store
window this week reads: 'American
money bought here; highest prices
I paid." the dealers price being 7 per
cen'ti Chartered banks less than a
I block away w ere taking all offerings
at 8 per cent, It was stated. Retail
stores advertise In the newspapers
that they allow 7 per cent on American
currency while street car conductors
are making handsome profits.
Canadian holder., of American Lib
erty bonds quoted below par nre de
c lar. d to be selling their bonds in De
troit lor American money, which the)
.resell in Windsor at a profit, to make
I up their losses. In Detroit theie is
j a 10 per cent discount on Canadian
.mono) and manv refuse it entlrel
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American Soldiers
Will Be Red Cross
Yuletide Guests
PARIS We dnesday, Dec. 17. Amer
ican officers and enlisted men who
will spend Yuletide in Paris will be
tbc guests "f the American Red Cross
during the Christmas festivities An
Old fashioned parly will be held on
Christmas afternoon. Santa Claus pre-.--
ding at a huge c'hnsimas tree to distribute-
gifts and packages lrom Amor
ica.
PRISON
Carlisle Returns to the
Wyoming Warden in
! Jovial Spirit
RAWLINS. Wyo . Dec. 18. --"Hello.
jBill."
' Hnnvlv lnr.
These were (he greetings exchanged
between Warden Brine and William
Carlisle when the lattei was returned
early todav to the Wyoming peniten
tiary after a period of liberty extend
ing oer several weeks following hiR
escape from that institution in Novem
ber. During the time that Carlisle
was at liberty he held up a L"nion Pa
cific train and was finally shot and
captured two weeks ago by the sheriff
who was pursuing him.
Carlisle told the prison authorities
today that he was feeling fine with the
exception that the wound in his lung
bothered him somewhat. He also told
Warden Brine that he had reformed,
as he had managed to pass through
Medicine Bow, Wyo , the scene of his
late Bi train robbery, without repeatinc
the offense against the Union Pa
cific. The bandit will be placed In the pris
nn hospital uhfll 1' recovers from ihe
effects of his wound and he will then
be assigned to duty In the shirt factors
Following his sensational escape1
from the penitentiary November 15,1
after he had had his fellow prisoners 1
nail him up in a box of shirts whic h
I w as being sent outside the prison. Car
lisle held up a Union Pacific passen
ger train near Medicine Bow, Wyo.
several days after his escape and then
; took to the wild country in the north-1
least of the state. He was trailed for
! several weeks bv several posses of of
ficers and finally captured by Sheriff
Roach of Plait county after being shot
through the lunt:. He was returned
to the penitentiary to serve out the
remainder of the life sentence which
resulted from his conviction on a train
robberv charge in ihe spring of 191rt.
Carlisle has been in a hospital at
Douglas, Wyo., since his captur.
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WAVE OF CRIME.
4
4 BERNE, Switzerland. Dec 18.4-4-
Reports of a fresh wave of 4-4-
pogroms in the districts of the 4
4 Ukraine occupied by General Den- 4-'4-
ikine's forces are printed b the 4-14-
Lemberg newspaper Gasotta
14- Wiscrowka, according to Lorn
4- b. ig advices today The newspa- 4
(4 per declares that about 6000
4- Jews were killed in Yekaterino- 4-
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Call for Democrats
to Select Leader
I to Succeed Martin
1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. A call
I for Democratic senators for Saturday
I to select a leader to succeed the late
; Senator Martin of Yirglnia was issued
todaj by Senator Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, who is contesting with Sen
ator Underwood of Alabama for the
place
Settlement of the contest between
Senator Hitchcock, the acting Demo
cratic leader and chief spokesman for
the administration in the treaty fight,
and Senator Underwood, former!)
'Democratic, leader in the house, is the
I only business to come before tbe con
ference. The outcome of the contest
was said to be in doubt
Friends of Senator Underwood inti
mated today that they might endeavor
lo postpone a vote until after the holi
days when the full Democratic mem
bership is expected to be present. The
Alabama senator's supporters also
were said to desire disposition of the
treaty before tho leadership election
so that the qeustion of endorsing Sen
ator Hitchcock's management of the
treaty might not bo an issue.
Hitchcock Confident of Winning.
The action of Senator Hitchcock,
who is vice-chairman of the Demo
cratic conference, in issuing the call,
indicated to his friends that he felt
confident of winning
Some senators said the leadership
I contest might have considerable bear
ing on the immediate outcome of the
treaty controversy. Senators Hitch
cock and Underwood have differed re
garding future progress, the former
and the latter agreeing to accept as a
la.-t alternative tho plan of Senator'
Knox. Republican, Pennsylvania, to
ratify the treaty except tho league of
I nations' covenant, which would be left
for future consideration.
Underwood's Friends Peeved.
It has been said at the White House
that irrespective of the outcome of the
leadership contest, Senator Hitchcock
will continue as the administration
leader in the tight. Some; of Senator
Underwood's iriends were outspoken in
criticizing Senator Hitchcock's call.
"It's an outrage," said Senator Har
rison, of Mississippi. "Up to now
Hitchcock forces have been urging
that tho conference be postponed until
after the treaty is settled and also un
til more Democratic senators are in
town There are nearly half of a doz
en of Mr. Underwood's trlenda absent
now who cannot get back in time."
A compromise) was suggested in some
quarters today proposing that Senator
Hitchcock be made leader and Mr. Un-
dorwood vice-chairman or assistant
leader of the Democratic conference, a
position which would give Mr. Under
wood management of many Important
measure s
BUDGET1
I
Appropriations, Except
I Navy and Postoffice,
to be Pared Down
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 All gener
al appropriation- for lf21 will be
''nirr.rl ,.r.i-n 1 11 'U'rorilonfr. v i f V ctrirl
I est economy,' except the postoffice
and naval departments, the estimates
of which are less than for the pr--bi nl
year, Majority Leader Mondell, Wyom
ing, told the bouse toda) when the
'first urgent deficiency bill of this se a-
j son was brought up Greatest reduc
tions would be made in the army and
j fortifications' e stimates, he said, the
and the latter (117,703,830, an increase
former request totalling $982,800,020
and the latter $117,793,330. an increase
of more than (106,000,000 over Hie
present appropriation
The balance of estimated liabilities
over assets. Mr. Mondell said, is $3.
050,308,574. Estimates of expenditures,
he said, would suggest excessiveness.
Total estimated receipts for this
year, he said, are $f., $35,850,000.
1 "These official estimates of the re-
iceipis on account of Interest on our
(loans of nearly (10,000,000,000 to for
eign governments This interest, if
'paid, without Increase our receipts and
lighten our burdens for the year by
.nearly $500,000,000."
I 1-uncling or interei on torogn obl
igations for two or three years would
I increase foreign loans at least two
billion dollars above the present tig
I ure, Mr. Mondell said
j "The fact that such action has been
taken by the secretary of the trcas
I ury," he explained, "reduces our in-
comes or increases our outlays half a
billion dollars annuall "
I Congress should cut the estimates
at least a billion dollars and refuse
(every request which is not imperative,
'he added No provisions tor Increased
pay for officers of the army or Davy
or the nurses' corps, nor estimates for
I loans, bonuses or development projects
j benefiting ex-service men are made in
any of the appropriation bills.
"It is for congress to determine,''
he continued, "what is to be done in
tall these matters but in arriving at
j that determination let us remember
that we have passed the period, under
the stimulant of war enthusiasm, we
eor'd spend billions without a thought
'as to where the money was to tome
from, who was to pay it or when it was
to be paid
"The coming fiscal year will wit
1 ness the culmination of the growing
'burdens of the war's aftermath. It pre
IsentS financial problems as serious in
i their way as any wc met during the
period of the war. We cannot in
I crease taxes. We should not issue
bonds We have no alternative but
j to economize to the limit."
Scapa Flow Flpet
Question is Again
Before Council
PARISj Dec. IS. The question of
the compensation Germain should
make for the sinking of the Scapa
Flow fleet was again before the su
premo council todav Louis Locheur.
minister of reconstruction, and Georges
Leygues, the minister of marine, of
the French cabinet, made reports on
the discussions, that had taken place
between the allied and German ex
perts over the compensation problem
Several propositions were presented
to the council, but no definite decision
was reached.
One more boundary question wa6
settled by the council today when it
delineated tho frontier between Gallcla
and Bukowlna.
The council met at the French mln
latry of foreign affairs with Jules Cam
bone presiding in the absence of
Premier Clemenceau.
Chancellor Renner of Austria having
secured action by the council for the
relief of the Austrian people, will leave
Paris this evening.
No meeting was set for today be
tween tho allied representatives and
the German experts on shipping af
fairs. PARIS. Dec, 18. (Havas.) German
delegates are said by the newspapers
to have furnished the allies proof that
Germany cannot deliver all the harbor
and dock material demanded in the
protocol to the peace treaty. Allied
experts are said to be disposed to con
sider a counter proposition whl b
would reduce the amount of 300,000
tons.
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BATTLE
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Montenegra Opens Fighf 'jf
Against Occupation of
I Their Territory
PARIS, Dec. 18. Fighting by the
Montenegrin people against the Serb
ian orcunafion occurred around Cet-
t in jo between December 1 and Decem
ber 12, it is declared in a communique
of the foreign minister of Montenegro.
The iatement states that the Serbians
i placed women and children in front of
them to prevent the Montenegrins de
fending themselves I
The government of "Montenegro has
reiterated Its protest against Serbian
occupation.
ON WAY TO SIBERIA.
NBW YORK, Dec. IS. The vet
(cran revolutionary, Nicholas Tchaik
ovsky, will arrive in New York from
Paris In a week or ten days on his way
to Siberia where he has accepted an
important post under the all-Russian
eovernment, It was announced today,
jj'or more than two years ho was head
ot the provisional government In Arcb
j angel.'
Tchaikovsky, who is about 70 yeai3
old, was the founder of the Tchaik
ovsky circle, composed of Russian "in
Itelliaentia" who?e oblect is to co
mong the people, "teach them to read ij j
;and write, spread good books among
; them and give them the ideal of a bet
i ter social order." The circle, it is j
said, played tin important pari in thu '
I Russian revolutionary movement of I
i the seventies. I
BALTIC STATES CONFERENCE.
DORPAT, Wednesday, Dec. 17. The j
conference ot Baltic states' represent?.- 1
I fives who have been attempting to
1 bring about peace in the Baltic region, '
was postponed tonight In order to give
.111 opportunity lor M. Poska, th
Esthonian foreign minister, to present
to his government a new proposal of
the soviet Russian government on
' frontiers. J
The new proposal was brount from
Moscow by ceneral Kostyaev, one qf
i the Bolshevik delegates.
BELA KUN ON TRIAL.
BUDAPEST. Monday. Dec. 15. -
I Bela Kun, former communist dictator
I or Hungary, although still In Austria,
i was placed on triaThere today on the
specific charge of abetting in the J';
murder of Artillery Captain Franz
Mildner of the- Ludovica military
academy Joint defendants with Bela
Kun are Joseph Dinnyes and a man
named Olarie, who are charged with
I the actual crime. j
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Earthquake Shocks
I Cause Excitement I
in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, Wednesday. Dec. 17
Earthquake shocks at 6 o'clock to
night caused some excitement amonc
the people following the publication
of numerous reports that the end oi
the world was due today. No damage
resulted although the shocks wer
more severe than those commonly felt
In Mexico City.
In spue of the excitement ther
were no disorders.
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Christmas Steamer Ij
i Has Narrow Escape 1
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 18. The
transport Great Northern, bound for
Vladivostok with 1,400 troops and
Christmas packages for the American
forces in Siberia, struck a submerged
obstruction of unknown description 163
miles off Vladivostok, according to
wireless advices received here toda,
but no damage was done the holida
gifts. The Great Northern was pro
ceeding under its own steam to Maui
vostok, said reports received by army
transport service officials.
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TO RETURN CANTEEN MONEY.
OTTAWA. Ont., Dec. 18. Canada's
share of the profits of the canteen ss
tem of the British expeditionary forces
amounts to $35,000,000, it was learned
today. As all the money recerved by
the canteens came from the pockets of
Canadian soldiers who saw service, a
movement has been started to turn
the money back to the soldiers.