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LOW TEMPERATURES
 TIGHTENs ICE GORGE
RIVER MEN ARE NOW HOPEFUL THE GORGE WILL PASS OUT WITHOUT DOING MUCH
 DAMAGE,

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 1.-Reports tonight from Richardson's Landing about fifty miles above this city on the Mississippi river indicated that low temperatures last night and to- day had frightened the gorge there and practically stopped tho passage southWard of the heavy ice.
 A small quantity of lighter ice, which is being pushed under the gorge. is moving through tho local harbor, but is hot of sufficient yol- ume to endanger the fleets of vessels sheltered in Wolf river and in the canal on the Tennessee side of the river.
 Tho gorge at Osceoia, Ark, thirty miles north of Memphis. according to reports, still is holding fast.
 River men now are hopeful the ice in the gorges will be chopped up by the churning of the water behind the jams and reach the southern stretches of the river in such form as to cause little, if any damage.
 The guage here tonight indicates the river has fallen three inches since the stage was last taken.
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HUNGARIAN PREMIER
 ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
DECLARES HIS COUNTRY DOES NOT DESIRE coNoUEsTs AND
 IS SINCERE AND EARNEST.

Amsterdam, Feb. 1.-Dr Alexander Wekerle, Hungarian premier. in ad- dressing the diet today, declared "Om readiness for peace is sincere and earnest We never strove, noI do We desire now for conquests."
 We are ready 10 seek a just un- derstanding which will lead to last ing peace and the security of thai peace and of international agree ments.' Premier Wekerle, added. ac- cording to the advices reaching here from Budapest
 The Hungarian premier asserted thai the only conditions require, were that the integrity of his coun. ry's territory should remain unim- paired and that it should have lioert' to reeuiate is internal affairs H' continued:
 We will oppose attempts to sov dissension among us, but whether tn near future brings us peace or un avoida5le battle. it is certain we de sire to maintain our alliance witl Germany as one of the most effectiy, safeguards to peace"
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Argentine Recalls
 Attdche From Berlin
Break of the South American Re- public With Germany Seems
 to HaUe Come.

Buenos Aires, Fco 1-The ministe. of war has recalled Argentina's miH- tary attaches from Berlin and Vienna. In political circles his action is re- garded as significant and connected with the sinking of the Argentina steamship Ministro lrriendo January 26.
 The Argentina minister to France has confirmed the fact that the steamship was flying the Argentina flag when sunk The government had not announced by what authority the change of flags was made after leav- ing this country he vessel having sailed under the French flag -hut re- ports the sinking as an unfriendly act even the use of the home flag was unauthorized. The assumption in political circles here Is that Ger many does not intend to keep aei promises in regarc. to Argentina shipping
 The situation here is intense and the authorities are maintaining moro than their usual silence on the sub iect but several events at the gov ernmeut house late today led to the belief that the government at last i.
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upon the strikers under his jurisdic- ton.
 Under a more drastic state Of siece,' the commander informs tho public that he will suppress every at tempt a breaches of the peace with all means al his disposal He warns orderly citizens to take no part in public meetings and to avoid crowds and concludes by saying that if arms have to he used mo distinction can oe made between the disturbers of or der and those who are not taking part in such disturbances"
 In Russia the Bolsheviki have cap- tured the important Black Sea port of odessa and also the railway june tions of Orenburs, which lies near the AsiaJic frontier.
 In addition the Bolsheviki is con- tinuing its program of hostilites against Eumania. the revolutionary committee of the Black Sea fleet having confiscated number of mer- chant and other vessels in the Black Sea in order to hamper Rumania 8 commerce. On the other hand the Rumanians have taken the town of kishiney, capital Of Besserabia.
 In Finland the red guard every where is being defeated by the white guard, or is voluntarily surrendering or lying down arms The revolu- tionists, however, sill hold Helsing fors
 On the battle fronts the most i'm portant liahting has taken place in the northern Italian theatre Here the Austrians endeayored to evict the Italians from new positions on Monte nj Val Bela in the Asiago plateau sector, but were repulsed before they could reach the line of the defnders. Previously the Italians by quick stroke masterfuly carried out had pushed further forward their line in this region to the head of the Telago ! valley. The Austrian losses in the past few days fighting no, including the men made prisoner, are esti- mated between five and six thousand men
 On tho ether fronts the fighting continues to be carried out by small parties of infantry in raiding opera tions and by the big guns on both sides.
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waldemar Mueller. president of the

Waldemar Mueller. president of the Dresden bank, said:
 unrestricted warfare will cause the wholesale flight of neutrals from the war zone Their newspapers will abuse Germany but they will soon tire. The chief danger is the United States. but that danger will be less in preparations as Germany operates de oisively and ruthlessiy
 Bitter feeling in the Unitd States after the war is not worth consider ing because if Germany succeeds she can dictate terms 70 assure favored treatment for herself If on the other hand Germany throws away this op- portunity the passive approval of the United States will be of small prac tical value"
 Although experts differ as to tho prospects of war with the United States all agreed on the U-boat war On the third questions agreed that the internal situation demanded drastic remedy.
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COMPROMISE 0N THE
 BILL IS EFFECTED
word ia Sent From the White House That the President Did Not Desire to Interfere With the Interstate Commerce Commission In Fixing of Rates.

Washington, Feb. 1-Prospects of an early agreement in congress on the administration railroad bill frightened today when members of the senate interstate commercs commission re- turned from a white house conference with word that the president did not desire 10 have the interstate com merce commission deprived of It's rata making powers under government op- eration of tho carriers. Soon after the conference the committee wrote into the bill provisions limiting con- trol of railroads to eighteen months after the war and authorizing tho president to initiate rates subject to appeal to the interstate commerce. commission. This proposal which was adopted by vote of eleven to four was compromise of the committee's differences and eliminates the most serious obstacle to prompt enactment of the measure.
 The agreement was prepared by sub committee consisting of Senators Robinson and Townsend appointed to iron out the difficulties over the fix ing of a period for government op- eration and opposition to giving the president power to fix rates Those voting in favor of the compromise were: Senators smith, chairman, of South Carolina: Pomerine, Meyers, Robinson, Saulsbury. Thompson. Lewis and Underwood. democrats; and Townsend Watson and Kellogg. republicans. Those opposed were Senators Gore. democrat. and Cum mings, Poindexter and La Toilette, re- publicans.
 As finally approved the bill will provide that government control of transporta ion shall continue for
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ANARCHISTS CONVENTION
 HELD IN NEW YORK
PROTEST IS ENTERED AGAINST THE CONVICTION OF COLD MAN, BERKMAN AND OTHER
 ANARC LISTS.

New York, Feb. 1-The Bolshovki are in full control of the Russian colonial congress which opened here tonight with delegates present from all ports of the United States. Alex ander Berkman. who must go to prison tomorrow for opposing the se- lective service law was one of the leading figures
 The test of strength came with the election Of officers. Gregory Vein stein. editor of Novy Mir, a radical socialist publication. upon which Leon Trotzky was employed as an editorial writer when he was in this city, was elected president by a large majority. A Bolshevili also elected vice president
 The convention opened with the funeral dirge adopted by the Rus
 sians after the revolution. The chair
 man then read telegrams from social ist and social reyoutionist organi- cations in a dozen states wishing tht convention success.
 The second clash between the radi. calls and conservatives came with thu
 introduction by Naun Berkus, of tho Cleveland group of anarchists, of [ l resolution which declared: "The Russian colonial congress
 representing the Russian people ir America protests against the unjust verdict in the cases of Alexander
 Berkman, Emma Goldman, Baker and
 Kramer. and demands that they be
 freed and returned to Russia M. HoTwitz, one of the editors oi
 Novy Mir, declared the Russian was
 too mild He insisted that Berkman and the others should be freed with
 out deportation He said they had q
 right to live where they pleased. Another delegate thought Chaykih of Kansas City, should be included in the resolution
 President Weinstein said the com CON1TNT ED FROM PAGE FOUR
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preparing to take an important step. After an unusually long lapse of time the foreign office today replied to the notes of Peru and Uruguay which notified Argentina of their rupture oc relations with Germany and that of Brazil, informing Argentina of her sister countrys state of war with the central powers.
 Argentina in the three notes sent in reply expressed her approbation and warmest sympathy with the three other South American countries.
 The note to Brazil which was the most significant says that the Ar genuine government has followed all the phases of the causes which lead to this just resolution" and closes with an expression of homage to the Brazilian nation.
 These notes and the simultapeous revelations of the military attacks from Berlin and Vienna are regarded as indicating that the country is verging on a crisis in it's internationa rela ions. IL also was announced to day that an army officer who ha. been acting as correspondent in Der ] lin for La Nacion has been recalled by tae minister of war.
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New York, Feb l-With the mili- tary operations on all the major bat tie fronts continuing far below nor mal, the internal political situations in Germany. Russia and Finland are still to the fore in general interest
 In all three of these countries the turbulence Of the past few days in- volving constituted and defacto gov ernments on the one hand and the dis satisfied populations on the other still prevails
 In Germany although apparently numerous strikers throughout the empire thus far have failed to return 10 work. there seemingly has been a lessening in the tensity of the situa- ton: in Russia the internecine strife between tn Bolsheyih and counter revolutionary factions again has heightened while in Finland the strug gle between the white guard, repre- senting ths new government and the red guard. which is opposing it, goes on
 Prom Hungary comes a reiteration or sincere and earnest desire of that country for peace. made before tho dia by the prime minister
 The failure of German newspapers to arrive at the usual neutral points from which news of conditions in Ger many is disseminated, leaves a vel of uncertainty over the exact staus of affairs there Such adyices a' have come, however, tend 10 ind.- cate that the strike movement has reached it's greatest neigh, and now !s in the process of dwindlng This fact is ascri5ed to the seeming luke warmness of the labor leaders towart the movement and also in great part to the strong oppressive measure, adopted by the government
 Following close on the action ot the military commander in Hambur- declaring martial law, the command CT in chief in Brandenburg province in which Berlin is situated, has placed the hard hand of the mili.ary
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MOTHER WANTS HER B1Y
 RETURNED FROM MEXICO

Fl Paso. Tex, Feb. l-Assertine her son was a mere child when he joined the army. deserted and wenl to Mexico, Mrs w. L. Witt. of Lack ney. Texas, has written to Mayor Charles Davis asking his assistance in locating her son in Mexico Accord ing 10 the letter receiyd today The t7-year-old boy enlisted last April in cavalry regiment stationed here He deserted on September %. she added She received a letter from him dated al Colonia Dublan, Mexico, saying ha was a prisoner there and that one hundred dollars would obtain his re- lease.
 "I would rather trust my boy 10 any United States court martial than to
 he McNicans." she said
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HERMAN AND GOLDMAN
 ORDERED TO SURRENDER
MOVE IS IN PREPARATION TO THEIR BEING TAKEN TO
 FEDERAL PRISON.

New York. Feb. Judge Julius Nj. Mayer issued an order in federal court here today directing Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, anarchists, to surrender themselves to United States Marshall Mccarthy tomorrow morning.
 The defendants were released on tail after each had been sentenced 10 two years imprisonment and fine of $l0,O00 for conspiracy to interfere with the operation of the selective service law. The United States su- preme court affirmed the conviction and the order for their surrender to- morrow followed the filing today of the mandate of the highest court.
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Jassy, Rumania. Sunday Jan 2l.-- odessa was captured by the Bolshe- wiki Saturday night The Bolshevih troops are now in full control of that city
 Odessa is the most important city and seaport of Southern Russia and the fourth city of the empire in pop ulation. It is located in the govern ment of Kherson, 8 short distance east of the mouth of the Dnieper river, ninety miles southwest of kherson and about four hundred miles north of Constantinople The city is oi modern growth and well laid out and wears a west European rather than a Russian aspect The imperial new Russian university founded in 1865 is located here and had before the war more than two thousand students. Immense quantities of grain are ex- ported from this port as it is the natural outlet for the southwestern provinces of the empire. The last available census. that of 1901, gave the population as approximately 450,- 000 persons, of whom nearly one third were Jews.
 Kishiney, with a population in 1897 of about i09,000, is the chief center of Bessarabia for trade in grain, wool tallow. hides and tobacco. It is To- cated on the 3yk river S5 miles
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TWENTY. NINE INDICTED
 FOR DRAFT CONSPIRACY

Tyler, Tex, Feb. 1.-John Goode, a merchant of Van Sandt county. was indicted by the federal grand jury here today on charges of using abus
 i've language against President Will son and twenty-nine citizens of Raines county were charged in in dictments with conspiracy against the government and attempting to evade the draft law Goode's bond was placed al sl,000 and that of each or the other % at s2c00, and trial set for the April term of federal court
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WANT ANARCHIST HERMAN
 TRANSFERRED TO RUSSIA

New York, Feb 1--AleXander Berkmau, an anarchist, convicted of conspirins against the draft law and now on bail waiting to be taken 10 the Atlanta penitentiary, appeared this afternoon at the meeting of Rus sian socites here. Resolutions were in preparation asking that the gov ernment deport him 10 Russia instead of sending Eim to prison. Berkman's case had been recently the subject Of representations by the Bolsheyiki in Russia to Ambassador Francis
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for the eastern district of Texas at

for the eastern district of Texas at Tyler.
 Trial of the 29 Raines county de- fendants, according to the authorities probably will develop close relation ship between these cases and those of Farmers and Laborers Protective association in Texas several months ago and 10 the Working Class Union trials in Oklahoma.
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FLEE AT MONTGOMERY.

Moutgomcry Ala, Feb l-Fra here today of mde ermined origin practically destroyed the Windsor ho- tel causing loss estimated at S175,000. Benjamin Spratliug, a rail- road conductor, is believed to have perished in the flames
 Many guests had narrow escapes but Spratliug is he only one reported missinG
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CORN AND COTTON PRINCIPAL
 COMMODITIES ID RE MOVED
Cotton is to Be Shipped by Water 10 New England Mills, Some of Which Have Been Forced to Close on Ac. count of Lack of Material.

Washington. Feb 1.-Tearing scri- ous floods in the middle west and south within a few days the govern ment railroad administration today rushed empty cars westward from the eastern congestion area to provide for an emergency movement of corn 10 elevators and cotton to southern seaports for trans-shipment to. New England mills engaged on government orders.
 This was undertaken without any diminution ot efforts to transport coal from the mines to the consumption points, where today the fuel reserves were reported as near the zero mark as at any time within the last two weeks. Owing to the absence of snoNs today the steady work of clear ing tracks of accumulated ice piles. the movement of coal was slightly better and officials predicted slight improvement for the next few days. The danger of floods loomed large. however, with forecasts of warmer weather tomorrow for the middle west and the gradual eastward movement or he thawiug area The Ohio river alreadys flows through am ice gorge seventy miles long between Ohio and West Virginia and KenWcky accord ; ing to reports today to Director Gen eral McAdoo and a slight thaw over its nor herr watershed might send it into serious flood stage early next week and endanger railroad bridges. Other streams in the middle west and south already have overflowed and aEa still rising
 Special efforts are 10 he made 10 transport corn. much of which this year is soft and must reach eleva- tors in Kentucky After comforting
 today with a deleSation of grain mer- chants from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois railroad administration officials ar ranged to dispatch a number of empty cars to those states tomorrow to carry corn to St Louis, Chicago and other terminals where large elevators are maintained From the corn territory
 west of the Mississippi the movement of corn eastward will be continued.
 From St Louis, Memphis and other , points where there are large accumu- Iatious of cotton awaiting shipment 10 market between 50,0o0 and 100, DOC bales will be moved to south Atlantic
 and gulf ports within the next week on order of Director General McAdoa issued to C. H. Markham, regional di- 1 rec or for the south
 Ararnecmeuts have been made fol ships to carry the cotton to New
 England mills, some of which have been forced to close on account oi lack of material
 Edward w Chambers. traffic di- rector for the railroad admin saraton
 stimatd it would require l,700 cars tc
 move the cotton and the entire cargo
 space of about six cen ships, some oi
 which have been supplied by the ship ! ping board
 Satisfactory progress was reported during the day in the movement o
 export shipments of foods for the al
 lies to southern ports, to which they were diverted several days ago tC ! avoid the eastern rail and harbor con | geston.
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Odessa Captured By
 Bo1sheDiki Troops
Is the Most Important City and Seaport Of Southern
 Russia.

northwest of Odessa and thirty miles from the Rumanian border. The city presents little of interest outside of the motley composition of it's popula- ton which consists of Rumanians. Russians, Jews. Bulgarians. Germans. rartars and Gypsies. Wine culture an1 the growing of tobacco are the chief industries
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SITUATION IN
 GERMANY IS
 MUCH BETTER
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS FAIL TO ARRIVE AT THE USUAL
 NEUTRAL POINTS.
STRIKE MOVEMENT lS IN
 PROCESS OF DWIN0LING

On the Battle Fronts the Most Import ant Fighting Has Taken Place in Northern ltaly-Austrian Losses in Recent Fighting is Between 5000 and 6,0oo.
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CiRENBURG FALLS
 INTO 5oL LsiI EvikI HANDS

Petrograd. Feb. 1.-The Bolsheviki have captured Orenburg, capitol of tho government of Orenburg.
 Orenburg is situated on the right hank of the Urai river in European Russia, a short distance west of the Asiatic frontier It is railroad junction of considerable importance and also a manufacturing center.
 When General Kaledines, hetman of the Don Cossacis, aided by General Korniloff, started revolution against the Bolsheviki, General Dutoff was given command of that branch of the counter revolutionary army which was to proceed northeastward through Orenburg, capture Orenhurg City and thence go northward and endeavor to isolate European Russia from the food supplies of Asiatic Russia espe- cially Siberia
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" ATt1 EEK
 FORE ( A ST

Forecast for Arkansas: Saturday fair, not so cold in north and west portion; Sunday, fair, warmer.
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A FOR RENT 40 WILL PENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An sd in the Sentinel-Record is almost sure to bring a customer.
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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-19
A FITTING CELEBRATION.

The celebration here Sunday after
noon, July IA, was unusual and unique,
and yet how natural and fitting it was
that we should celebrate that day in
honor of our sister republic across the
seas.
One hundred and forty-two years
ago we gained our independence as a
nation. During the trying years just
preceding that glorius event, France
sent the beloved Lafayette to help
our Washington over here.
Thirteen years later, or in 1889, the
fall of the Bastille marked the begin
ming of independence for France. That
republic has had varied career, but
always in hearts of Frenchmen have
burned the fires of liberty and free
dom.
In 1914 Germany began a ruthless
war Of conquest, and aimed her ter
rible guns at the heart of France.
For while we hesitated, but thank
God for the cherished principles Of
freedom, liberty and democracy which
caused US to go to the rescue Of our
sister republic.
They have felt the brace Of our
strong arm in their darkest day. We
ire there now and there we shall stay
Intil the terrible Hun shall have been
obbed of his hellish power.
How fitting then that the two ma u
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-19
Is were assembled By the sOldisrs to

tiers were assembled BY the soldiers to
witness the scene.
''They lined up their victims in three
rows along the Sambre and tumbled
$50 Of them head over heels into the
river, killing those who tried to clingto
the bank. Only four or five escaped
by swimming. During the first execu-
ton the machine guns were trained on
the remaining lines. When the firing
had ceased that night there were more
than four hundred dead; their bodies
lying there, women, too, and children.
And the graves are there nearby, in
the cemetery, and the ages given are
from Is to a."
The part that these civilians play
ed in the war was to bring to the civil
lied world the realization of what it
would mean for German arms to con-
quer. In playing their part they gave