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1 Maud Tabor's Mother Accuses Virgo 1
of Causing Her Daughters Death
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Home Rule Plan for Ireland Meeting Opposition
VIRGO
CHARGE
j Mrs. Tabor Signs State
ment Containing Details
J of Daughter's Death
a
I LAWTON. Mich., Dec 23. A signed
tatemeut accusing Joseph Virgo, of
perform inc nn Illegal operation upon
I Jir.u'l Tabor, kis h.M n mailo by Mrs.
Sarah I Tabor. 80 years old. mother
m of th.' brilli ni lin-ui--' whose body;
4 was found in a trunk ;n the basement
I Bfherhonii' here, Assistant Proset utor
I Glenn Warner announced this morn-
fl i! :
fl I The statement is in direct, contra
diction to the story tdd bj the aped
1,1 I women at llir imp if i
Mrs. Tabor charges that. VirgO, who :
i fa married to M I bo about a
ear befnp- h : ippi irance In 1916,
pok her to a deserted farm I
jomewhrre in ihe n.ichbnrhood of!
lawton, k pi In there thre( daj -
I ind then brought her homo where she;
' Idled T a i ; i.l.s i hat Virgo
M Krammfl the body of bis wife Into
M frha ' turn her "hnpej
9 Des''" aMI 1 ' ' '' m'" the cellarj
Iftei Bhe bad pi bim fi om ship
1 ;nc Mi' " ou! of I n' Btati V rgO
His been In Id in the county jail at
Raw Paw nearly a month n a warrant
j thai :..!'.. in i; .! i
K At the Inquest he ienil an know!
: edee nt an i ion.
i Three Million I
" Silver DoOars j
1 1 Go to China
f-NKW York Dec. 23. Three mil
lion : it '. . I k r will ho shipped to
B China from San Francisco Christmas
j dty for the purpose of stabilizing far
886' exchange and c i.n- rv ;ne this;
aj puntry's suppl) nf gold, ii was an-i
onced here today. The shipment l
fceing made on Joint account by the
btemailnnal Banking corporation, the
ark-Union Foreign Banking corpora
nkin and the Asia Hanking corpora
t:on.
I Twelve million silver doll&rfl pre
poutly had been uuwaide.l to hina
I m private account, one of three mil
pn on November 25 and another of
je million on December l" The
priMnia; shipment, however, will be
Be first under the arrangement re
Otly made between the foreign bank
PS corporations and the government
accordance with which silver do!
tthae been procured against tender)
W current bind- from the free supply 1
arriej by ibe- guv., rninent in its gen-1
ra.l fund
J L -uu
Remarkable Sale
of Jewels For
rt'1
Christmas Gifts
1 r-
& HK'ai.O. n.-, A perl neck-
vh.,, - old for 1275,000. numbers
Baft gift8 C09t'nK froiu -('- '
J W.OOO, and many rincs and other
K:5fes of Jewelry purchased tor from
WJ'00" u according to fhl.-agn
htch ' '"' '"" -"n" '" n.ak. ihl-
M "n Un? ' " ' "nl riA, n,lr' producer
It ' argons are buying who never
6 KU5 br,fnre" nid one proprietor,
rK?fd P'-Tl'- who formerly bouKht $o
jMcurr links at. now buvine diamonds"
1 I 0FFICER COMMITS SUICIDE
CHlC.y.M ,, LI.,, tenant Col-
JWU Andr. v. W smith , V $ r.frtjlar
y ' h.rn- !.' t fe-t
I WJ' ri.Jn lio -pHrd tMay He had been il
lljor Kvcral monttis and entered the h-i5-i
jjPtal f'Jk' nne; from ncrvoui allrnc-ntr. nn-i
lfJLVjmniiV two weeks ago. Today while on
,t!lV TVall v 'tb mllltury policeman, tbt
rMP'ce'' roa.hrrj over, snat'hrd (lip plrtoi
nVni tho soldlcr'x liolwtrr nnd shot him-
V Mpj Smith, who hn been living In
itlB 1 ' I" nt hei husband, w
fr'J"r'"l Of the ,j,
CHIEF
Pershing to Spend Great
i Day With His Oldtime
Friends in Missouri
LACLEDE. Jo . Dec ZZ Warren
Pen hinc, lo years old. will sit down
'to dinner today in the old dining room
h e daddy used to eat hh Christmas
and Thanksgiving turkey, wa back
j yonder in the days when dad was War-1
ren's age. and ordinary' folks could af
ford turkey. Along with Warren at
the dinner table will be dad General
John J. IVrshing, you know and
v.int May Pershing, and the Governor
of Missouri and Mayor Allen of La
clerir. on whose grocery wagon dad
used to hook rides, and a few more
folks. Most of them will be folks who
knew the general when he was War
ren's age. and when full justice ha
been to the turkey and flxin's and pie.
General Pershing will step out on the
porch of the old house where he used
to live and address a few remarks to
the Linn county neighbors who are to
gather in the yard
Must Save Room for Pie.
Everybody at the dinner except
General Pershing can eat as much as
he pleases, but the general must rave
room for the dried apple pie like Aunt
Susan Hewitt. 78 years old, used to
bakt lor him. The visit to Aunt Susan,
who used to bake pies for John J.
Pt -hire. long before anybody ever
dreamed he would be a general, is an
imDOi tant part of the home-coming cel
ebration of the commander in chief of
the American expeditionary forces.
Lai lr le has planned a different sort
of day from any tho general has spent
for many vears It will be a day of
-'.iiKlnc hands with neighbors and
Howdy John" and "John. I had a boy
over yonder; you didn't happen to run
acresa him, did you?"
Where Laclede will put the visitors
nobody knows, probably in Brookfield
and LlnneuB and other nearby towns
But that is a matter that doesn't
trouble Laclede much. For Johnn
: bing la coming home; he tceis in
on the noon trfiin from St. Louis and
the railroad (even railroads have
heartB, it seems) has promised to
leave off the express today bo that
General Tershing will be sure to get
horn.' In time for dinner.
And for eight hours "Black J..tk"
win belong to th- modest town that
gave him birth.
Laclede's Historic Day.
This is Laclede's his'.oric day; for
years they will tell stories of "John
ny ' Pershing's home-coming, and what
ho said at dinner, and point out the
place "richt there's where he s'ood
when the governor pinned 'hat gold
medal on him that the state gave him "
Th' ceremony is to occur after dinm r
where the crowd on the lawn can :.
it.
At dinner a silver loving cup. bought
by old friends of the general, will b"
given him
Reception at City Hall. .
At 2:30 o'clock there will be B ro
cepilon at the city hall where overv
body who can get in will have a
eh mce to shake, the general's hand
and there is that scheduled visit to
Aunt Suaan Hewitt, for Aunt Susan is
bedridden now and cannot come to
the celebration. She has announced
that she wants a few minutes real visit
(With "Johnny" and a chance to watch
his face when he sees that dried apple
I pie. He used to pester her to death
for just such pies when Aunt Susan's
husband used to run the tavern It
was hard to tell which John Pershing
liked best. Aunt Susan says, those
dried apple pies, or Captain Jacob
Hewitt's stories of the civil war. La
clede is sure thOi.f yarns had some
thing to do with Pershing's deciding
to become a soldier.
While General Pershing's visit is be
ing steered by the welcoming commit
i tee, a committee of Laclede women
will entertain Miss May Pershing, the
'general's sister, and a crowd of the
'committee's sons will pump Warren
for a little inside information about
France and Just how his father beat
the Germans The visit ends at 8:41
p. m.. when the Pershlnc parly takes
a train for Lincoln. Neb., lo spend
Christmas.
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Exchange of Ratification
of Treaty Before End of;
Year Unlikely
PARIS. Dec 23. Exchange of
ratifications of the German peace
treaty before the end of th year is
considered in French official circles asj
imnollile This opinion was formed
today when the head of the German
delegation here announced that he
would be obliged to return to Berlin
to consult with the government on the
latest allied communication.
1 Secretary Dutasta, In accordance
with instructions from the suprenn
Council, accompanied th" silled
with a verbal communication in which
it ig understood he assured n L- i
ner that the allies recognized the
economic difficulties which might ex
ist in German and wished to take
them into account
If proof were given that errors h.:d
been made in the estimate of tloatingi
material now in Germany, upon which
the allies based their demands for
reparation for tHe sinking of the Ger
man ships at Scapa Flow, these de
rr.ands. Dutasta is understood to have
told the German plenipotentiary, would
! be reduced porportlonatel
Von Lersher expressed no opinion on
the document presented by Dutasta.
PARIS. Dec. 23. Paul Dutasta.
secretary of the peace conference,
handed Kurt von Lersner. head of the
I German delegation, the allied reply lo
;the last German note. Von Lersner
I emphasized that the departure for Ber
lin was in no wise a rupture of negotia
tions. VIENNA. Dee 6 The Austrian repuh
I lie Is passInK through " a state's rights '
crisis very "similar to ihnt which marked
1 an earlier stace of the American republic.
Provlnees are demanding B hlfrh doprcc CI
i Independence from the central gDVTnmeilt
' and in some of them such as the Tyroi
: and upper Austria and C lyrla. It nmo'inu
almost to complete autonomy. If their
I demands are cvcntuoJly granted ruom1.
the only thing that would be left to l.e
leentral government would he foreign i-c-I
Intions and the regulation of foreign Im
port and export traffic and limited tax
ation rw- el
DUTCH FACING
CRISIS IN AFTER
WAR PROBLEMS
THE HAGUE, Monday, Dec. 22
(Postwar defense problems close'iy al
lied ith the problem of the forma
(tion of the league of nations, have
I brought about what appears to bo a
'crisis in the Dutch government.
Closely following the resignation of
Jonkheer Bylevlld, minister of marine
last week. Alting van Guesan, minister
of war, announced his resignation to
jday when the Dutch states general
amended his warbudget and greatly re
duced the sums available for muni
tions.
: Socialists opposed the budget on the
; theory that the league of nations
I would end the necessity for large arm
aments. 1
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V LEAVES FOR U. S.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23 Norman
Hapgood. United States minister
to Denmark, arrived here on the
Steamship Frederick VIII today
: from Copenhagen He is on a
It) leave of absence, according to a
recent announcement by the slate
department. Another passenger
was Baroness Speck von Stern-
ber, widow of the former German
ambassador to Washington. The
baron. --. wa Mi-- Lillian M . v
Langham, of Louisville, K)
I
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KING'S SPECCH TO HOUSE O
LONDON, Dei 28 The house
of commons was prorogued today e
until February 10. The session
was formally closed t. the king's
?peeeh of prorogation.
"I rCgret,". said the king's :
speech, "that there is no improve-
ment in the unhappv conditions
prevailing in Russia and no lm- !
mediate prospect in that country
of the establishment of a const!-
tutional government which alone
can conduce to its permanent re
construction.
"M relations with my allies
during the great war remain of
the most friendly character and I
have every expectation that the
close end intimate co-operation
which led to the final victory' will
be long continued to the benefit
of all. !
"In August last my government
concluded with the Persian gov
ernment an agreement tending to
cement the ties of friendship be-
tween the two countries which
have so many interests in com
mon and to promote ihe welfare 4
and progress of Persia '
4" The king referred to the vl-it
of the Prince of Wales to Canada j
f and New Foundland which, he 4-
said, "filled my heart with feel-
4- ings of pride and satisfaction." -f
4- "He subsequently," continued the
king, "visited the United states
t America where he was greeted
with a warmth and kindline.-.
hich will, I am confident, haze
4- the happiest effect upon the re- 4-,
4 lations of !& Hritish empire and 4
4 thai great republic
4 Referring to India, the spendi
4 said thaL,a measure marking the
4- first stage of the- development
4- of a responsible government In 4
-- 'ndla has hi ervrae a law "T rep,
f vipon all my r.ubjects." continued 4-1
4- the speech, "to work together for 4-1
4 its Bticcese In a proclamation 4-j
4- which I am addressing to m vice- 4-'
4- roy and to the princes and the 4- J
4- people of India I am expressing 4
4- my hope that a harmonious pollti- 4-
4- cal life will be built up on ;he 4-1
4- foundations thus laid and I am 4
4 announcing my Intention of send- -f
4- ing the Prince of Wales to inaugu- 4
4 rate the new- constitution." 4
4 To the members of the house of 4-4-
commons the kin'; a e his
4- thanks for their provision during 4
4 the t year for the public ezpendl-
4- ture which had continued abnor
4- mal, largely exceeding the perma- 4-4-
nent and temporary revenue, and
4- he trusted that next year, with
4 the return of more normal condi- 4-4-
tions, he said (hat the lini sups 4-
4- would be taken toward the reduc
4- Don of the national debt. 4-
4 "The condition of our finances 4-
4 and the state of our credit con-
,4- tmue to occupy the serious at- 4-
4 tentlon ol my minister." he went 4
i 4- on 'Only by strict economy, both 4
4- in public and private expenditure 4
4- r.nd sustained by increased pro-
4 Juciiun, can the country maintain 4-
4 its historic position in commerce
1 4- and flnauce." 4
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Woman Rings for
Drink and Calls
Out Fire Department
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 Two hook
and ladder companies, three engine
companies, four deputy and battalion
' firo chiefs, a wagohload of police re
erves and an Insurance patrol were
sent dashing through the Streets of
tho upper West Side early today, all
because Mary Behen, aged 40, wanted
r drink f v hiskey.
Mary explained that she paid ?" to a
bootlegger for a quart and that ho
; failed to produce iL She couM not
: find a policeman so she decided to
nn,' for enc, but pulled ihe fire alarm
box by mistake. She was given a
drink of water in the police station.
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Crown Prince Is
to Spend Christmas
! With His Parents
AMERONGEN. Monday. Dec. 22
fBy the Associated Press ) Former
Crown Prince Frederick is coming to
Amerongen to spend Christmas He
will leave his home on the island ot
Wleringen Christmas eve. Interested
Dutch circles consider this visit evi
dence of a reconciliation between the
j former German emperor and his son.
A Christmas tree lor the erstwhile
'monarch was purchased last week and
many cifts tor the exiles have arrived
irom Germany. Frederick William on
ISaturdaj save a Christmas tree party
I at Wierlnen for thirty C.erman ehil
'dren, distrihutinc gifts of autographed
j photographs. j
Dffi
Awards of Naval De
corations to be Ex-
plained to Senate
: I
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 Sccre.a'y
Danlela today ordered u comprehend
report on award of naval decoratlonj
prepared for th- information of Chalrmnn '
Tag- of the senate naval committee. M
Will inelude all recommendations by Indi
viduals or by boards qnd the? aelion by
the boards ind by the secretary hints v
upon the recommendations
The order was Issued in response to
a request from Senator Page which ful
lowed criticism of the manner in v. hlc t j
come of the awards were dletrlbutoo.
Port of this criticism w.s made !v Rf it
Admiral Sims, who commanded Amerle in
naval forces overseas during the war.
Mr, Daniels declined lo comment on 'he
letter on the subject received by him
from Admiral Sims, further than to sav
that published exeerpts from the laltei
appeared to bo substantially correct al
though lie htd not had time to read the
communication carefully In the letter
Admiral Sims declined he decoration t
distinguished service medal tendcied to
him personally on the ground that in J is
tice had been done ;ome officers In tho
distribution of the awards
'When the list of recommendations
and awards Is made public." said Mr
Daniels :n reffering to the report to Lfl
sent to Sfn.itor Page. I have no do-ibt
the American p'ople will approve the
principle followed and the application ot
that principle."
Mr. Daniels added that the list ot
awards already made public was in no
w-ay final, that additions undoubtedly
would be made as more recent recon.
Imendatloni were taken up lor considera
tion and. It was not Impossible that somo
names might be removed from the pub
lished list.
"Just leecntly I received a letter from
the Hon H. C Page, chairman of the
nrval affairs of the senate. Mr Daniels
said, -requesting a copy of the so-cal'ej
Knight board recommendations of award.
"I called up Senator Page's office and
informed the secretary of his 'committor
that data was being collected and as soon
us It was realy I would tie pleased to fur
nish it to him.
"Directions have been given to prep3re
a statement concerning- the following In
! formation:
' 1 All recommendations for awards !i
admirals, captains and other rommandfr,
! officers.
"2 The action of the board upon nil
such recommendations .and Its comple'.-
report
"3 Th action taken by the depart
ment "As soon as this daLa is ready fit
must be collected literally from reams ot
recommendations) It will be sent to
Chairman Page and gh en to the public
"The board of awards did not approve
all of th- recommendations of the com
manding officers. The secretary did not
approve all the recommendations of the
board He udded names of officers nnn
enlisted men who had performed eon-
j splcuous sendee. The only way that fair
mindi-il men can Judge the wisdom of th
wards so far announced will be to com-
i pare the lists.
I "After every war there are of course
dlfrerence.s of opinion as to the awards
of distinction. I remember the criticism
that were voiced In the Ppanlsh-Amet!-can
war. After the landing at Vera Cn.z
many ni.d 'ls were awarded, so many in
fact, that th statement was often mad.
that no distinction was made between
distinguished and ordinary service. At
that time I approved without change the
recommendations submitted to me. ft
became my duty, at the closo of this war.
Imposed by :;ct of congress, to approve
the awarding of medals and distinctions,
and I resolved that action should be gov
erned by fixed principles and all In cer
tain classes should be recognized alike.
I was also resolved that most distin
guished honors should be awarded tho
who were In most peril and suffered most
and rendered the mort distinguished serv
ice. The awards so far announced fol
lowed IhU sound policy. The final ana
comple-te te.vt has not been approved, for
'rom recommendations were long di
la ed."
Repn tentative LufklBi R-publican.
-
British Press Favors 1
New Scheme tor Sett
Government ot Irish 1
. 1 1
LONDON. Dec. 23. Aside from enc
or two irreconcilable anti home :ul
newspaper, journals this morning cave,!
on the whole, a fa-. orable icec-piion .oi
th government's new scheme for iiish
self government None, however, ex
pressed genuine expectation of the sue-1
B of the plan.
While it is generally expect' d Ih.v
such a plan as Premier Lloyd G torgo
outlined yesterday- the fourth DOlho
rule measure to be presented Ui par-
llament -will be absolutely rejwtecl by
a lrge Bection of the Iri.-i1 peopta and
regarded with suspicion and dlsU l
by others, it r- hoped it wiU . scci pi
?d ana fairly tried
Daily News' Comment.
The Daily News, perhaps ihe most
thorough champion of home rule of
the London newspapers and a severe
critic of Premier Lloyd George and
the coalition government. Bays:
The government will give it Land
a greater degree of autonomy since It
sets up an Irish parliament and it
manifestly contemplates the probabi!
ity of a united Irish parliament In
the desperate situation in which Ire
land now stands, this offer so fai afl
Englishmen can judge, should not be
rejected out of hand, assuming it to
; be honc-ftly put forward."
Measure Appears Generous
i Belief that the bill otters the only
, possible way out of the Iri. h tangle la
j expressed by ihe Liberal Chronic le
j which says on the whole the measure
appears seneious.
The Daily Mail declr.res It to je a
better scheme than any previous gov
I ernment has produced and an honest
endeavor conceived with a single aim
of ministering to the good of Ireland
a . .
,
! Massachusetts, a member of the how
navil committee, announced today th;.r
I whetl congress reconvened ho would Intro
dure a resolution culling upon the now
I department for a report on changes mad.-;
by Secretary Daniels in awarding n?-
I decorations.
j "The resolution will ask for the ch.jng.
made b the secretary and the reasons tor I
j this arbitrary action. said Represent.--j
tlve Lufkln. I had hoped that tic.,
j whole action was the result of disip
j pointmc-nt of one or two officers who nad
i failed of recognition, coupled with the
, desire of certain newspapers to stir up
trouble. I am convinced, however, that
the matter Is more far-reacing. When KB
officer of the prominence and distinction
of Admiral Sims feels It necessary to dr.
cllne to receive the distinguished ser l
medal hlms. lf. and to repudiate the en
tire proceedings on the part of the sec
retary incident to the award I believe tho
time has come when the congress and
the people arc entitled to know the real J
facts "
ElEMENCEAll MAY
BE NEXT HEAD Of
FRENCH NATION
PARIS, Monday. Dec. 22. That Georgon
Clemence.au may be the next president ot
the French republic la the consensus ei
opinion In the chainbcr of deputies. Le
spite the premier's veto upon his candi
dacy, several members of tho chamNr
arc resolved to place his name to tho
fore and are positive they can couni
upon tho support of 150 members nrru
150 senator.
Gaston Vldal, II. nil Pate and Pier. 2
Raptell told The Associated Press till
uftcrnoon they would nominate M. Cleiu
enceau and sid they felt sure of aucccs
"It would be a strange Irony of fatV
RameJl said. ' if Raymond Poincaro should
be president of the council of minu.t rs
a few months after M. Clemenceau enU I
tho Elysecs Palace, but that Is Quite
within the order of events. We may have
M Clemenceau as president of the repub
lic and M. Polncare as premier."
President Poincaro refused to discus
this possibility this evening, saving
"Some one Is Joking. It Is not I."
.
ENGINEER COMMITS SUICIDE
LILLE, France, Dec. 22. The
engineer of a freight train which
ran into a passenger train today,
causing fifteen deaths, blew out
his brains with a revolver after
assisting injured passengers.
while maintaining the unity of the
British empire.
Representing the extreme unionist
position, the Morning Post says:
'It is a bad settlement bad for In
land because it doe.- not settle the
Irish question and bad for Great Brit
ain because it weakens the Un'tcJ
Kingdom."
Dublin Comment on' Bill
DUBLIN, Dec 28 In commenting
upon the speech made by Premier
Lloyd Qeorgs in the house of com
mons yesterday durlne which the
premier outlined the provisions of the
proposed Irish home rule bill, the Tree- !j f
mans Journal ays Mr. Lloyd George
"in ihe presence of ihe American am
bassador, but in the absence of every
representative of the majority of the
Irish people, explained to the house
his panacea for the Ills of Ireland." jji
"Even the few Irish Nationalist 'i.
members who have survived the prime !
minister's past treacheries and betray -pis,
absented themselves." the news- I j
paper continued. "They probably had
a forecast thai their gesture of con-
tempt would be warmly approved by i
the whole Irish nation and race As a Hi 'n
matter of fact 'hey were merely obey- ij tj
inc he command of their dead leader, i y
given when he and Ihey withdrew
from the bouse upon the tirst declara i
lion of the prime minister's intention I f
to permanently partition their coun- 1
!,r';" fl
Th'' Insh Tims soys that for many , i
j reasons "some good, some bad. some f
wise and some mr '." three-quarters of j
the Irish people will reject the bill
"Its principle ie hateful alike to thj
Unionists and Nationalists," the news- f
paper says '
ING
DffEAT
LONDON, Dev. 27. Tho troops -f Gen ;
cral Petlunt, anti-Bolshevik coin..).v
In the LTcrnlne. have been surrou:: " t "
by soviet forces in the vicinity of Berdlt I
chev, in the province of Kiev. M mlte
south of Zhitomir, according to a wire'OKt
dispatch fiont Moscow, received here to-
Great Offensive Planned
GENEVA, Monday. Dec 22 Prepara
tions for a great Rolshcvlk often ivi
against Poland next spring Is planned i- (
Leon Trotzky. soviet minister of wax
and marine of Russia, according to "a J
; Warsaw dispatch received by the T.'l.'. .
: ranlon News bureau here. Chlneto tr'.".r (I
who are being recruited at the ra'o of r"
i S.000 per day and trained in the BOfiol
school will aid In the campaign, it la Midi
! Ho Is quoted to the effect that he e
' Ueves Bolshevism to bo "firmly rooteo
end sprouting In China." where a Dot
shevik revolution Is expected BjunV.
! It Is declared Trotzky intends to UM m
Chinese In carrying out his project of
an Invasion of western Europe. .
Poland Offered Peace
LONDON. Dec. 23. M. Tchltcher H
Russian Bolshevik minister of forolg
affairs, has offered fo bcin Immediate
peace negotiations with Poland, ace -d- j
Ing to a wlraless dispatch from VotVtp
The rolls government was rcquostc.1 i
indicate the time and place it would like
the negotiations to open. 1
British Occupy Batoum
LONDON'. Dec. 23. British forcos
h.ivo occupied Batoum and Baku to pro
vent the Turks from penetrating th
Caucasus region, according to a Mo cow
win less dispatch.
Letts Atk Armistice
HELSINOI-'ORS, Dec. 23. The LVi-l.
government has decided to open 'co
nations with the soviet government ( te,
Russia, for an armistice, according :j
advices received here from Riga.