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prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express, . Ship in a dry
condition. Always enclose an itemized list of contents with name
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to accompany shipment.
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WEDNESDAY
GERMAN DELEGATION LEADER
REFUSES TO DELIVER
LIST OF WAR CRIMINALS
Paris, Feb. 4—Von Lessener, the
head of the dennan pence delegation
here, refused today to transmit to Ber
lin the Allied list of persons guilty of
war crimes and the accompanying
note demanding their extradition from
the list and note to the Foreign otfiee
shortly after it was deliovered to him
and also transmitted to the Foreign
< »fllee a note announcing his resign.i
tion as president of the German peace
Von Lessener Refused Delivery of Al
lied List in Defiance of Order*.
Berlin, Feb. 4—The German For
I.essenor, head of the German mission
it Paris, has been relieved owing to
iis refusal to transmit to Berlin the
Vllied list of persons charged with
war crimes. The Foreign office
statement says Von Lessener received
• •xplicit orders to transmit the Allied
government note on extradition to his
government hut refused to do so.
BRITISH SOVEREIGNS
TAKE BIG FLOP
New York. Feb. 4—The greatest
single drop in exchange value of the
British pound sterling since the p^s
'*nt decline in foreign exchange began,
was made today when the British
lay and dropped to $3.20 at noon.
GERMAN BEGGARS WEARING
AMERICAN ARMY OVERCOATS
Berlin. Feb. 4—Regulation United
States army uniforms are appearing
in great numbers on. Filter Pen L‘n
•-■ans but Germans. Questions by
Xnierican presN representatives dis
vhere they wore furnished free cloth -
:ng by an association in charge of re
habilitation needs. The returned
Get mans, aided by this distinguished
RIGGS TO ASK FOR
CONSTABULARY TO FIGHT
ALASKA RADICALS
Washington. Feb. 4—Governor
Riggs of Alaska has announced his in
tention to ask congress to provide for
the establishment of a constabulary in
Alaska to curb the activities of radi
cals who threaten to demoralize In
dustry in the southern sections of the
BOLSHEVIKI AGREE TO ESTHON
IAN INDEPENDENCE
London, Feb. 4—Soviet Russia has
agreed to give unreserved recognition
to the independence of Esthonia un
der the terms of the peace agreement
reached between the two nations a
few days ago, according to Esthon
ian advices reaching Copenhagen.
The Bolsheviki efforts to conquer the
Esthonians failed in every respect and
the former were facing a strong re
taliation by the Esthonians witli the
coming spring.
WELL KNOWN SHIPPING MAN
AND ENTIRE FAMILY
DEAD FROM FLU
San Francisco. Fob. 4—C.P. Pun
nan, for many years head of the pas
senger traffic department of the for
mer Pacific Coast Sfleamship Comr
pany and well known in Alaska, also
his wife and grown son, Kirk Dun
nan. all died here from influenza with
in the past thirty six hours.
CLEMENCEAU WARNED TO STAY
AWAY FROM EGYPT BY
NATIONALIST
Geneva.' Switzerland, Feb. 4—An
Egyptian Nationalist leader named
Poc Abdul, who is at. present in Gen
eva, stated today that he has address
ed a telegram to former premier
Clemenceau requesting him not to
enter Egypt on his contemplated Med
iterranean tour or else to leave the
country as soon as possible. Other
wise, the telegram says, his life would
be In danger owing to the refusal of
Clemenceau to present the Egyptian
claims to independence to the Peace
Conference.
CHJCHHTgftSfJMJB
LENINE CHARGES FRANCE AND
ENGLAND SEEKING EXPLOI
TATION OF RUSSIA
Berlin, Fel». I A defiant wireless
imrusage sent m<t by lyenini. head
of tin- Russian Bolsheviki. has been
picked up by Moscow ;in<l relayed to
Berlin. In It Ismine charges that
France and England are endeavoring
through commercial negotiations to
make Russia a trade eolon> to bo ex -
plotted la them. ' In concluding the
message the Soviet leaden^ says:
“We put down the counter revolu
tion and now must r« pel nn in vast -n
of French and Fnglish money.”
REPORTED SOCIAL REVOLUTION
ARIES IN CONTROL OF
VLADIVOSTOK
Washington, Feb. 4—Social rf'vo
iutionnrios have taken control of Vla
divostok. Siberia. Secretary of War
Baker was toda\ advised in a cable
gram from tieneral <Staves, comman
der of the American fore s in Siberia.
WILSON HAS NARROW ESCAPE
FROM FLU
Washington. Feb. 4th—President
Wilson has had ;• very narrow escape
from influenza, the White House let
AMERICAN RELIEF WORKERS
MURDERED IN SYRIA
Washington. Feb. I — The murder
of three American relief workers in
Syria was reported to the State De
partment. today by American officials
SOVIET RUSSIA ASKS
FOR TRADE WITH U S
Washington. Feb. I—Soviet Russia
today asked for the opening of trade
with the I'nited States. The over
tures were made by Martens, the So
viet representative, before the senate
Foreign Relations sub-committee.
Martens said there have already been
negotiations regarding peace* between
Soviet-Russia and the Fnfled States.
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THURSDAY
CRISIS APPROACHING BETWEEN
ALLIES AND GERMANS OVER
LERSNER ACTION
Paris, Feb. 5- The relations be
tween the Allied powers and Germany
seem to be approaching a crisis as a
result of the refusal of Von Lersner.
the German Pence Commission head,
to forw i I to Berlin the nanu s of th
German- whose • xtiaditlon is de
manded i.v the Entente powers. Th •
situation is lent an added seriousness
owing t' Von Gersner's action finding
an ee'io in the attitude of the Berlin
cabinet, which is reported in London
dispatches to have escaped through
Gustav, Voske, the German Minister
"f Defense. According to the Lon
don reports, the attitude of the* Ger
man eahinet is plainly defiant to the
Von Lersner, who resigned from the
Gorman peace delegation rather than
forward tlie list of those wanted by
the Allies to Berlin, departed fur tie
German < apitnl last night.
German Minister Declares Extradition
Of Much Wanted Germans
Impossible
London, Feb. 5—“The surrender of
those men. even eventually, is impos
sible." said Gustavo No.ske. German
| Minister >.f Defense, when interviewed
I by the London Daily Mail's Berlin eor
| respondent regarding the Allied do
| Germans charged with war crimes. I
"This demand," Noske declared, "is an
act of revenge worse than Shylock’s.
Suppose I succeeded in getting these
men arrested," he continued, "do you
think the train taking them to Franc*
would bo allowed to cross the frontier? )
And if a crowd hold up the train.”
he proceeded vehemently, “do you
think I could order Germans shot
down so other Germans should he
handed over to the revenge of their
German Cabinet Declare* Extraditions
Impossible
Berlin. Thursday—At the conclu
sion of tonight’s cabinet session. :i
member <>f the government announced
that the minister's were unanimous in
I * led; i ri n III:.| I ho surrender of the
j men demamb*I l>y the Allies In the
• official list received hero. or in in
1 other extradition lift. was physical
I impossibility.
i Germany Will Send Note to Allies on
. . Extradition Demand
London. Feh. 5—Herman advices
from Merlin via the Exchang- Tele
trj,,,h tonight say the Herman cabinet
has decided to send another note to
Hu- Allies calling attention to the con
tlc extradition of the Hermans de
manded f. i trial by th. \llics for w.,r
|t'rlmeS'_*
i FIGHTING BETWEEN JAPS AND
j SIBERIANS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP
Washington. Feb. 5- Fighting be
tween the Social revolutionary force
and the Japanese troops in Siberia i
expected to develop at any time, nc
' "filing to State Departtnent advices
reaching Washington today. Th
■lash s expected sonu-wluir in the
Siberian area between Irkutsk and
Vladivostok. Reports reached the
department yesterday to the effee
that S •vial revolutionaries h > I t.-.k-n
control of Vladivostok. In the over,
•f this report being correct, it is be
lieved the Japanese forces between
Vladivostok and Irkutsk hav<* been
caught between two fires and will
have to tight their way out.
DECLARES U S. CO-OPERATED
WITH SOVIETS IN OVER
THROW CZAR'S GOV’T
Washington, Feb. 5—'•Officials of
the I'nited States co-operated active
ly with the Russian Soviet govern
ment in conducting propaganda de
signed to undermine the imperial gov
ernment of Russia," declared Soviet
ambassador Martens today before the
Senate committee engaged in the in
\ « stig.ition of the alleged Bolshevist
propaganda in this qguntry. Mar
tens named Raymond Robbins, for
merly one ->f the American I ted Cross
representatives in Russia, as one of
the American’s engag'd in the pro.
government and also several agent,
of the Committee on Public inform i
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