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GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY AFfERNOON, NOVEMBER 19, 1919
J. I.. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
VOLUME 4~NUMBER 69
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FOR BRAVERY
AND DEVOTION
'On The War Fields of France or
Elsewhere," Medals Will Be Pre
sented Y. M. C- A. Workers.
Associated Press
DETROIT, Nov. 19—Medals for
bravery and devotion on the war
fields of France or elsewhere will be
presented to eight Young Men's
Christian Association workers in the
fortieth international Y.
M. C. A.,;
convention which opened here today,
Award of these medals was made '
some time ago. The presentat on will
be made before an audience of 5.000
delegates from Canada, the United j
States and its island possessions.
The golden cross of officer of the
Royal Order of the Redeemer will be
presented to Elwood S. Brown, head
of the Y. M. C. A. athletic work in
France; and Wilbur A. Reynolds, of
Detroit; athletic worker with the 5th
and 6th marines .part of the Second
division of the United States army,
These crosses were conferred on them
by King Alexander of Greece in re
cognition of their work with the Allies
armies.
French war crosses
awarded by
Marshal Petain for courage and gal
lantry under fire will be presented to
Richard G. Shreve, Rochester, N. Y.;
Carl D. Lytle, North Brookfield,
Mass.; Rev. J. Mandeville Baker,
Uniontown, Pa.; Thomas W. Wilber,
New Britain, Conn.; W. R. Farmer,'
Pittsburg, Pa.; and Rev. Mercer G.
Leaders in industry, education and
the church will oarticipate in the con
vention. Hcyw to make the Y. M. C.
A. an agency for keeping young men
in country districts where they can
help to produce the food of the nation
and the world is one of the important
questions for consideratior This will j
be discussed by Colonel Clarence D.
Ousley, Assistant Secretary of Ag
riculture, who will endeavor to ex
plain how to make country-life at
tractive.
Other questions to be considered
include old age pensions for paid
workers of the association, for which
it is proposed to raise $3,740,000 ex-;
tension of the association to other'
Johnston, Baltimore, Md.
in industrv • starnDin? out of !
Bolshevism; a^sLlatlo/of* the Me,'»
of the armies into civil life, and
The work of
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lands; possibility of employing wo
men secretaries; stabilizzation of the
men
similar problems.
Americanization in industrial centers,
including the use of moving pictures
in the plan, also will be given atten
tion.
The convention is to close the even- ;
ing of November 23 with 50 evan
gelistic meetings in churches of Dé- ,
troit.
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Gunboat Was Kept
Busy All Night
Associated press
LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 19—A Por
tugeuse gunboat was kept busy all
night recently trying to sink an Am
erican steamer built of concrete. The
vessel, the Milton, 3000 tons, from.
New York with a cargo of coal caught
fire when lying in the river Tagus.
The whole vessel was ablaze in less
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than half an hour. It was feared that
the anchor chains might snap and the
ship be carried away and set other
ships on fire so it was decided to de
stroy the ship by gunfire.
After the gunboat had fired 189
shells at her, the Milton slowly heel
ed over and disappeared from view.
Lisbon's population turned out in their;,
thousands to witness the impressive
sight.
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Pastors Endorse Home
For Business Women
The ministers of the city have giv
en their hearty endorsement to the
campaign which has been launched in
Greenwood for $50,000 to purchase a
lot and erect a home for the business
women of the city. The ministers
have assured the committee in charge
that they will aid in every way pos
sible to further the movement.
The campaign will be handled by a
Board of Directors, composed of prom
inent citizens of Greenwood. Com
mittees are now being appointed to
look after the soliciting. It is hop
ed to have the fund of $50,000 raised
by Christmas.
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ing a Big Six Studebaker car. Th
best value on the market for th
price. Call Schilling Auto Co. fo
demonstration.
Auto accidents must be avoided—
Thermoid brake lining and Sparton
honk—Let us equip your car! \
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PHONE 992.
GERMANY DAZED
BY THE DEMANDS
And Requirements Entente Military:
And Naval Commissions For Hous- I
ing Their Super* isicnal Forces. j
Associated Press
BERLIN, Nov. 19—Germany is
fairly dazed by the demands and re
quirements of the Entente military;
and naval commissions for the hous-;
ing of the supervisional forces, which j
according to the peace
have their headquarters at the seat'
of the German government, and place
sub-commissions at any desired point
in Germany.
The Entente has given notice that
Berlin, and ten sub-commissions
other points. It demands, from Ber
lin, hotel accomodations comprising
treaty, may
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it will send a chief commission to
to
500 rooms, housing for 300 non-com- :
missioned officers and men, and gar
age facilities for 60 automobiles,
These are the requirements for the
army and naval forces.
Entente
For the air forces the
wants 200 rooms in a hotel, 100 office
.housing for 450 persons, and
for 60 automobiles. The
rooms
garage space
figures look large to Germans for
guests at all the big hotels even now
are happy to be able to creep into a
bathroom and snatch some sleep.
The ( uncil of States has decided
that th money agreed upon to fur
nish qu
sions,
enough.
for the Entente mis
marks, was not
It is however, rooms, hotels,
dwellings, more than money, which is
worrying the government,
Another hotel has been confiscated
for the air division. That, however,
leaves a big gap between what can be
supplied and what is demanded,
government may perhaps heed the j
many suggestions made recently for;
using various former royal and prin- j
ce ly castles, which would relieve the!
strain on the
Berlin hotels,
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Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 19—Bolshevtsn j
has not obtained so strong a hold in
Denmark as it has in Norway, writes
a Copenhagen correspondent of the 1
widely-read British weekly, Common;
In Denmark the Syndicalists I
strive to play much the same role as
do the Left-Socialists in Norway who j
^proted to be supporters of the 1
Russian brand of Socialism.
"The Syndicalists however, make
show in the Danish Prali'ament,"
the
already overstrained
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BOLSHEVISM IN
DENMARK HAS NOT
Sense.
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says the corrspondent.
riots in Copenhagen last November,
when the Grontory district in the
center of the city was wrecked and
many scores of civilians and police-;
men were injured ,there has been a
tendency to regard them as a mere;
anarchist rabble. But. as everywhere
. r Scandinavia , their power over the
earnerg . g Rreater than tbeir
^ strength and they have suc _
Uy a ainst the Associa-^
q{ Trades Unions which has a
majority behind it, in bringing
longed strikes .
„ The Danigh Syndicalists> by vio .
ent attacks on the Majority Socialist
and denunciation of its leaders
, d u- u
Staunmg and Borgbjerg, have gained
a certain pull among the wage earo
ers.
The Syndicalists' connection with
the Russian Bolsheviki has been re
peatedly indicated. This gave
cabinet a good excuse for repression
so that arrests, press prosecutions
and expu'sions take place on a scale
inconceivable in Sweden or Norway
where the Left-Socialists have the
rank of recognized parties.
"Further, the Danish employers
are not helpless. They are threaten
ing, a great lock-out and declare that
if the wages demanded costs beyond
a certain point, they will cease man
ufacturing altogether and will in fu
ture make their profits by importing
and selling cheaper foreign goods."
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CHANGE SCARCE
NOW IN MEXICO
The Most Persistent Phrase Encoun
tered By Buying Public Now Is
"No Hay Cambio."
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The result is that cambio or :
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change has disappeared and persons
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from brokers . Most mer chants re
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fuse to make small sales if they are
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forced'to give change, asserting they
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would lose money in the transaction,
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P eso P iece (gold) is practically " se 'j
^ as money in stores or ca es w en ;
the purchase is for a small amount,
mi g ht as well be broke as have
an azteca complained an American
who was hungry and could not find
a ca f e t° change his gold. Later he
hit upon a unique scheme.
posited his azteca with
proprietor and proceeded to eat
intervals until he had no more credit,
which with prevailing prices was not
a l° n g time.
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19—The most
persistent phrase encountered by the
buying public in Mexico at present is
there is no
"No hay cambio,"
change." The silver in the Mexican
peso, fifty-cent piece and the smaller
coins, is worth more than the face
value of the coin so this money has
been hoarded by many persons and
sold for their silver content.
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Gertz Store Was
Robbed Last Nigbt
Gertz general merchandise
store was robb u ed
several hundred dollars worth of
goods last night The manager be
heves that tha thief was loc , ked
the store at closing time and made
his esca Pf Wltb hls booty throu e h tb e
rear window.
Ladies wearing apparel, mens
shoes and smts are among the artl '
des missing
The police have no clue to the theft
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The Christmas Seal
Campaign Organized
Mr. P. R. McCambridge, the State
Campaign Director of the Mississippi
Tubercular Association ,was in Green
wood yesterday and assisted in the
organization of the Leflore County
Christmas Seal Association.
A large number of our citizens who
are interested in the work, consented
to take up this work and the names
of the various committees will be an
nounced later in these columns.
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So. Cotton Division
Organized In Miss.
A Mississippi Division of the Am
erican Cotton Association was formed
at a meeting held in Jackson yester
day ,the following officers being nam
ed: J. W. McGrath of Brookhaven,
president; George W. Covington of
Hazlehurst, first vice president; Oscar
F. Bledsoe, Jr., of Leflore County,
second vice president; Howard S.
Williams of Hattiesburg, secretary
t and publicity directors; J. M. Harts
field of Jackson treasurer.
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BIG INCREASE
CITY VALUATION
-Officials Declare This Was Necessary
—Protests Filed With Commis
sioners last Night.
The assessed valuation of property
in Greenwood has been raised by the
City Commissioners about 36 per cent
over last year. Twenty five protes
tants filed objections last night at a
meeting of the commissioners of the
city and these protests will be consid
ered by the City Commissioners at the
first meeting in December.
In response to a query as to why
the increase in the assessed valuation
had been made, Mayor E. V. Hugh
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ston stated that it was costing the
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city fur more to operäte now tnun
Piously. "Property has neatly in
creas « d "? ^ al " e " said May °/ Hugh '
stop, "and the tax assessment was m
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creased in proportion. The city is now
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paying $3.00 per day for common la
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oThÄk has
advanced from $ 15.00 a thousand to
between $21.00 and $24.00 per thous
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
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Open High Low Close C ose
35.60 36.15 35.00 36.15;35.60,
33.85 34.56 33.00 34.36!33.851
32.00 32.72 31.15 32.52 32.00
Dec. -
Jan. *
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Closed 52 to 55 up.
New York Spots 39.15—50 up.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET!
Prev.
Open High Low Close C os
36.11 36.55|35.20j36.55|35.92
34.10 34.70j 33.20j 34.57j 34.01
Dec.
Jan.
Mar. - - 32.25 32.86|31.50j32.8l|32.20
Closed 56 to 63 up.
New Orleans Spots 39.00—25 down
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MISSISSIPPI—Fair Wednesday and
Thursday; mild to moderate north and
northeast winds.
TEMPERATURE—Highest, 57 de
grees; at 7 a. m., 42 degrees ;precipi
tation 0.0; river gauge 19.6; rise in
24 hours 0.1.,
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AUTO TIRES FOR SHOES
Most Miles Per Dollai* ' slogan for
rubber tires finds assiduous beckers
in Mexico City, "where, according to
newspaper reports, tires are wont to
take up duty on the feet of the
"pelado"—the poorer class of native
—after they have done their 8,00
miles or more on the automobile o
his patron. Six out of ten such nati
▼es in tiie capital of the revolution
loving republic will have pieces of ol
rubber fabric bound round their fee
with a thong, it is said, if they hav
foot covering at all.
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If you want one of the very best
values in an automobile for less than
$3,000.00 just try the Big Six Stude
baker. Schilling Auto do., can make
immediate
COAL SHORTAGE
MENACE GROWS
Probably Further Reduce Passenger
Service and Shut Down Non-Es
sential Industries.
Associated Press
CHICAGO, Nov. 19—The growing
menace of the coal situation today
was a subject for further discussion
by Walker D. Hines, director general
of the railroads and the seven region
al directors here.
The possible action discussed, in
cluded further reduction in passenger
trains and the shutting off of coal
from the non-essential industries.
General Hines indicated he would
issue a statement after the conference
meanwhile reports from virtually all
sources were of the vanishing supply
of coal and the miners remained firm
in disposition to await the announce
ment of an agreement in Washington,
where there is apparently a dead lock
in the miners and operators confer- j
enee.
General Hines indicated no general j
freight embargo would be considered 1
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Exhibits Spirit
Of Reciprocity
Associated Press
OSWESTRY,
19—Be
Eng., Nov.
cause Germans raised no objections
to the erection of memorials to Brit
ish soldiers in German cemeteries, the
Oswestry District Council has decid
ed to permit the building of a memor
ial to German soldiers buried in a
military cemetery here.
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GREENWOOD THEATRE SATUR
DAY.
Vampire .bathing girl, bride and
gay young widow. That is the re
pertoire of Julian Eltinge, foremost
feminine impersonator.
As a vampire Eltinge is said to out
do the most vampish vamp of the
films. Eltinge's appearance as a bride
is featured by a solo, "The Bride,"
whifch he composed himself,
bridal gown was designed by New
York artists and is said to be one of
the most perfect creations of its kind
ever worn on the stage. Eltinge learn
ed the trick of the bathing girl by
studying the "peaches" what adorn
the beach at Venice. His appearance
as the gay young widow is made by
Eltinge during the playlet entitled
His night at the Club.
The Eltinge show at the Greenwood
Theatre Saturday night includes a
big dance number starring Majorie
Carville, a Los Angeles girl, and
Marionne.
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ed a fifty dollar radiator.
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BLANK FORMS—Rent, Share am
Lease Contracts; Abstract Blanks
Notice of Protest; Promissory Notes
Cel ateral Notes; Nurses Records;
Posted Sign Cards, For Sale and For
Rent Sign Cards at The Daily Com
monwealth Office.
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PEOPLE OF U.S.
WILL GET COAL
Garfield Says People Will Not Be;
Prevented From Getting Coal As
Long As The Government Lasts.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—Speak
ing with the authority of President
Wilson's Cabinet, Fuel Administra
tor Garfield today told the represen
tatives of the bituminous coal opera
tors and minei's that "the people of
the United States needed coal and
must have coal," and as long as the
government of the United States
lasts ,they will not be prevented - from
getting it "by anything the operators
or miners may do."
The scale committee of the central
competitive field went - into executive
session to consider the wage contract
after hearing Garfield's statement.
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Yudenitch's Troops
Join The Bolsheviki
Associated Press
Nov.
19—Mon
HELSINGFORS,
day)—It is reported here tonight that
20,000 troops of YudenitcHs North
western Army has gone over to the
Bolsheviki.
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Houses Take Place
Of Fortifications ;
Associated Press
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19—Apartment;
houses, private homes and in some in-!
stances factories and other institu-1
tions of a commercial nature are
planned for the future on the ground 1
in and near Mayence occupied at pre
sent by old German fortifications. The
task of dismantling and destroying
the twelve forts in the vicinity of
Mayence began several weeks ago, the
work being done by Germans under
supervision of the French army of oc
cupation. The work will require a
MAYENCE, Nov.
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From Tuberculosis In Miss. Caused
Almost $2.000,000 Decrease In
The State's Earning Power
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JACKSON, MISS., Nov. 19—Esti-|
victim of tuber
mating that every
culosis is capable of making $12.00 a
,the three ;
week of $624.00 a year
thousand deaths from this disease in
Mississippi last year caused almost
a two-million' dollar decrease in the
The ex
earning power of the state,
act figure, computed by a well tested
plan, is $1,872,000.
To prevent this economic, as well as
human loss, the Mississippi Tubercu
losis Association will offer for sale
December 1-11 upward of $208,000
worth of Christmas seals, the pro
ceeds to go toward aiding the suff
white plague" already
'erers of the
known, toward finding other cases,
of education
toward a campaign
against the dangers of the disease
and toward paying the expenses
visiting nurses who will travel oyer
the state and give relief to the af
of
Çllîffpr«* From
Vienna femiers rrom
TilC xCSt Ol Beggars
flicted.
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Associated Press
VIENNA, Nov. 19—This place is!
suffering from a daily increasing
of beggars. M^hile a few are crippled ;
soldiers by "far the greater part of ;
the swarms that haunt the thorough- !
fares are civilians, men, women and (
children of all ages, from tiny bare- ;
footed ragged tots to old men and old
women. Women with babies in arms
and other clutching at their skirts,,
little girls and little boys of school
age and old persons parade the side
walks in the hotel and cafe districts;
and pass in steady streams through
the restaurants and cafes. Some are,
licensed, but they are few. The Vien
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Claim s To Bring The
Dead Back To Life
Associated Press
RANGOON, India, Nov. 19—The;
Ranjrjoon Times has published details
of tlie claim of a Burmese woman doc-,
bring the dead back to life.!
The; woman states that when revivi
fieÄ the dead person has a new mind
ansF Letter features but the treatment
must be continued for a month. .
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tor to
ASKS REJECTION
OF RESERVATIONS
President Advises Senators To Vote
Against Treaty With Amendments
—Lodge Makes Statement.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—A decis
ion of the Democratic friends of the
treaty to vote against the treaty rat
ification if the resolution containing
the Lodge reservations is reaffirmed
was made at the Conference of the
Democrats today. Senator Hitchcock
said enough Democrats had agreed to
vo t e against the Lodge resolution to
insure its defeat. No compromise
plan has been drafted, but it has been
suggested that a committee be ap
pointed after the prospective defeat
of the Lodge resolution to confer
with the Republicans.
Debate Begins.
WASHINGTON,
Nov. 19—Immed
iately after the Senate met today,
Senator Lodge formally presented the
resolution for the ratification of the
peace treaty, containing the fifteen
reservations adopted by the majority
of the Senate. At the outset Senator
Lodge asked for the unanimous con
sent for the immediate vote on the
unqualified ratification, but Senator
Hitchcock said the Democrats pre
fered to wait until Senator Lodge's
resolution was voted on. Debate on
ator Robinson was among the sena
tors who spoke in opposition to the
Lodge resolution.
the Lodge resolution then began. Sen
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—Presi
dent Wilson in a letter laid before the
committee of administration Senate
forces today, advised the administra
tion senators to vote against the rati
fication of the peace treaty with the
Foreign Relations Committee reserva
tions attached.
The committee's program, the Presi
dent wrote, would prove not ratifi
cation "but rather for the nullifica
tion of the treaty." The conference
was called to decide upon final ad
ministration tactics in the fight for
ratification, which is expected to come
to an end today or tomorrow.
After the President's letter was
read, there are indications that unless
a com p rom i se is effected the admin
Oration senators would line up solid
*y a ^ ainst the ratification.
SAYS SENATE WON'T OBEY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—Republi
can Leader Lodge in a formal state
ment today .predicted the senate
would "not obey orders" of President
Wilson in regard to the peace treaty,
"The senate has equal power and re
sponsibility with the President in
said Senator Lodge.
making treaties,
"It will not in my opinion, obey the
orders of the President.
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Loss In Fire At Iuka
Estimated At $25,000
postoffice and three other buildings
at Iuka ,Miss., last night was estima
ted today at $25,000, according to ad
vices received here,
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. 19—Loss as
a result of fire which destroyed the
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The Court Of Appeals
Stays Injunction
Associated Press
19—The United
Nov.
BOSTON,
States Circuit Court of Appeals today
issued orders staying the execution of
the preliminary injun ction granted by
j udge Brown restraining the Federal
j officials of Rhode Island from en
forceing the Volstead prohibition act.
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pest^Xry Assassinate
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Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 19—An attempt to
assassinate Admiral Kolchak, head of
the All-Russian government was, re
ported in a w i re less dispatch from
jvf oscow . a hand grenade was thrown
him
twe j ve WO unded.
Six soldiers were killed and
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JJ. g. Peace Delegates
i Sail For Home Soon
ish delegation will probably leave
: about the same time.
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Associated Press
PARIS, Nov. 19—The American
delegation to the peace conference
, will sail for home December 5th or
! 6th, it was learned tçday. The Brit-