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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. April S— Britis-i
Amba-sado** Read eg today denied
that Premier Lloyd George had sug
gested r cognition of Trotsky and
Lenin* .” There is no foundation for
. this report according to my official
advices.” said the Briti.h Ambassador.
BON FIR I
BY BOY SCOt’TS WHEN
PEACE TREVIY IS SIGN El*
NEW YORK . April 8— Boy Scouts
throughout the world plan to light
bonfire.' on the night that the pea*-e
treaty is signer!. The idea was M:g
ge-ted by Sir Baden Powell, head of
the Briti'h Scouts, but it is expected
that every country in the world alst»
will light fires fot the occasion.
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Rv Yssonated Pres*
IRAKIS, April N The drafting
he Li ue of Nations
ha> compb ted the work. The revise !
. : . . ■ . T1 < ■ v
a meeting of the comini sion today,
all members being present.
(’01 M IL or I MEETS
PARIS, April S— The Council of
four m-'ot litis morning at L’oy i
11 o'u i -i.'onco. he not yet having
ecovcred from his severe cold. Presi
dent Wilson v as not able to att»nd
the meeting but will attend a session
this afternoon which meets at the Par.
is White House.
RESPONSIBILITY OF WAR
PARIS, April S— The council of
the big f- ur is considering the re ?non.
.-ibiPty of the war including the ques
tion of a t'-ibuna! to try the Former
Kaiser and tin* Ciown Prince.
!’»\ Associated I’rrsa
NEW YORK. April 8— Frank W.
Woolworth, millionaire, proprietor of
a great chain of five, ten and fifteen
cent stores, owner of the Wool wort 1
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building in this city, died hero this
forenoon. Mr. Wool worth started a
sto e on a capital of fifty dollars. 10
years upro. Hi* profits last year reach
ed $$,000.000.
MUST SWAT
THE FLY
<* \<isoriatfd Pre..»
WASHINGTON. \pri) S-- The Sur
geon General's office ha? sent notices
to all camp surgeons to start enovg<>.
ic campaigns to exterminate the com
mon house fly at the various army
camps and stations.
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CONQI’EROR OF Tl'RK
TO COMM VXD IN EGYPT
CAIRO. April fc— General AMenby,
whose victory over the Turks in Pal
estine eliminated the Ottoman empire
as a factor in the war, and who was
recently appointed high commissioner
to Egypt and the Sudan, arrived hen?
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\v \TCH (H I! NKIGHISOR
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Australia has made war bond
buyinir compulsory. Rvory one of
the liriti h countries is still buy
»ncr, and France- France with her
industries laid waste* her farms *
devastated, her land shell blown,
and her homes destioyed- France ’
is buying short term bonds at de- "
creased rate of interest in small *
* amounts but frroat numbers
Rt?TH GARRISON’S TRIAL
SEATTLE. April 8— Ruth Garr
.-or. , IS yerr old slayer of Mrs. Gra<o
Storrs. will be placed on trial here on
May r>th.
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SKATING RECORD BROKEN
STO( KHOLM, April 8— V. Berg*
e«troem today skated ten miles in 81
minutes T1^ seconds, breaking* the
world’s record.
Hy Associated Press
\KW YORK, April 8-- The war
Popaitnn nt plans to r^ml a mission of
ton leading American educators to
Kiuo’m* to combat the possible sprea
of ltolshevikism in the army of oceu
pation. The educators will use til
league of Nations as the antidote.
••SILVER THREADS AMONG Til
CLACK".
( The mo l popular song in the arm
of occupation.)
Darling, i am coining back,
S Ivor tin cads among the black.
Now that peace in Europe nears,
I’ll bo back in seven years;
I’ll drop in on you some night
With my whi hors long and white.
Vos the was is over, dear,
And we are going home, 1 hear.
Home again with you once more,
Soy by nineteen twenty-four,
Om \ I thought by now I’d be
Sailing home across the sea.
Ha !; to whore you sit and pine.
Hut I'm tuck here on the Rhine.
You can hear the gang all curse,
“"V;. ; • be!!." but peace is worse.
V. h n ♦•’o next v ar comes around
In the front rank I’ll be found.
I' 1 rush in again . pell mcll,
Ycs 1 will, like holl, like hell.
H. W. JACKSON,
First Lieutenant.
Horn Castle Germany.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 8 Amo .
an .ship building has recovered !;>i;r
y from the temporary decline can- !
y the signing of the armistice. Unr
ig the year ending March 81st, P o
thousand and fifty six merchant ves
i*ls were built in the United State;.
h:my to pay bills
EVEN IF IT MEANS
JAIL FOR OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, I). C„ April 8
Ad ob gat sons of the War Dcpait
m nt will bp paid. Acting Secretary
* Crowell announced today, in spite of
the failure in Congress of the big de
ficiency appropriation .bill, carrying
fund-, to moc* claims amounting to
millions of dollars.
Payment of every obligation, Mr. ’
Crowell said, would involve the “shift- '
ing” of the department’s account to
a great degree. “We may all have to 1
go to jail.” he added, “but we will pav
every obligation of the department
when due.”
•3-018 LIBERTY AIRPLANES
AT FRONTON NOVEMBER 11
WASHINGTON, D. C. , April 8
Thoro were 3.018 Liberty airplanes in
•,n" on the western fi*ont and ready
for service on the day the armistice
signed, according to Major R.
•L Bates, of Detroit, Michigan, who
arrived in Washington to-day from
France.
Major Bates has been in command
of the principal American aviation
camp in France.
E
lly Associated PresfcT
NKW YORK, April s- Ifr.sM- m
\Yi 1 on’s transport (a vye \V;» ' iv.
ton sails for Drcst April 11th in t
of April 11th aero <l:i y to ol'i'Y ’ i
nouncemcnt made today. Pro d n:
W'l on may **c*'urn alvard t
po t. P i reported that \\ l>on nu
force early p' ace.
By Associated Pres-*
PARIS , April 8— An optomi *ic
expression prevails regarding the fav
orable settlement t> France of quo.
t:on•; of her security again t future
aggression and a neutral zone of the
left bank of the Rhine, also pait of
the right hank.
The Po*it Patisienne says that it
is believed tha* Premier Clemenceau's
view point regarding reparation from
Cermany and special indemnity far
nensians for cripples and widows will
be upheld.
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*“(»ENERAl<” COVEY PLANS
ANOTHER CRAZY HIKE"
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NEW YORK, April 8— “C,en
e:al Jacob Coxey, commander of *
* Coxey’s army of unemployed, *
which in 1^04 marched from the *
west to Washington , told the
Central Federal Union here that *
he is planning to call for a second *
* army, this time to he composed of *
"0 nor cent of the citizens of the * ,
1 nited States, to march to the *
capital to protest against national
prohibition. ♦
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FRENCH AVIATOR’S DUEL
FORBIDDEN BY THE POLICE
MAY OCCUR OVER OCEAN
PARIS, April 8— The Paris po’ic'
have taken a hand in the proposer
aerial duel between Leon Vaudecran'
and Robert Sehreeber, former arm.v
aviators*. The police give two rea-on
why the duel should not be held, nam^
!v, that dueling is forbidden and that
peonle below would be endangered.
It is suggested, however, that thr
a*nv<; might hod their duell over
the seas.
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It is thought that Fairbanks peo
ple will secure government deeds to
their property on the townsite next
spring.
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By Associated Press
< P H VGEN Ap il Berlin dis
pateiu..: sa. dial a political movemep*
of g impo ance mincn
; -n of Hamburg,
ii aid ti at H«>ilor H« »z an :
Fla f'!* nb i tv. S; a ta. an ioaders, ha\
.uiucoidod in mailing thcm.el
s of tn ... . d p .
to c<.avert the cnti;c legion bdwofi
H.* a; m* and Hua.buig into a Sovi t
Republic.
SULIM PIES MAKE ARRESTS
COPENHAGEN, April 8— Hai
Fandsbe £, Mini, tor of Ju Jr of the
t r ». eminent; (i n ral Von K!ei>t
an { the . taff of the Fourth Army, and
d tties Brandi and Filkel
ha . j 1 oca a 1 st <1 a' Ma Ip bur^ b
the £<>idie s stationed there. The
troops made the arrest.* out of s; m- j
pathy with the Independent Socialist*.
SOVIETS RULE AT Ml MCTI
XUREMBt’RG, April 8— A Soviet j
R public has been proclaimed at Muri
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j rh. The people received the news
*Tn y. Iviormous crowds are report
• 1 t * he in tire streets.
' OM1M.K \Ti:i) SITUATION
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MUNICH, April 8— A complete
c\v'T;Pce t’l om the old German Imper
-ti’l manifest in the Ebert*
M-hedmnnn government and a resum
ti«»n of l;’ otherly connection with
.1 and Hungary i* announced in
<• tmation of tnc new’ Soviet
. ov r/.n*frit.
DISSENSION'S HK’.AK out
HI.PUN. April 8— Dissensions are
anonp the Soviet leaders in
a and these are intensified by
tate of Seige at Munich.
PE \SANTS MENACE KIEV
DUD A PEST. April, 8— It is re
ported that the peasant forces are
menac’n;? Kiev. This afternoon they
are within a few miles of the city.
By Associated Press
NOGALES, April 8— Yaqui In
dians crossed the boundary near Son
ora, Mexico, into the United States
thi; forenoon and obtained a lar"e
amount of arms and ammunition, then
recrossed back into Mexico.
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FRANCE CANNOT YIELD
PARIS, April 8— The Matin do
dares that France cannot yield on the
quest;on of obtaining adequate repar
ation? from Germany and says a sat
isfactory arreement must be reached
on territoial questions.
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By Associated Brew
WASHINGTON, April 8— The De
pa ilmont of Agriculture today fore
casted that the largest crop of winter
wheat ever grown had been produced.
The yield is estimated to have come
from eight hundred and thirty seven
thousand acres and it is also estimat
ed that the wheat is worth one billion
eight hundred and ninety one million,
six hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars.
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CHARLES WENT OUT OF
THE COUNTRY IN STYLE
BASEL, April 8— Austrian news
papers report that the British author
ities provided a special tram for fhr*
trip of former Emperor Charles to
Switzerland. Col. Stmts and other
British officers accompanied the exil
ea emperor.
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