The Washington herald., 1918-01-15
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Amsterdam, Jan. 1L-The Bavarian
legislature has ordered the closing Of
crenatories on account OF the scarcity
Of coal.
!, Melbourne. Australia. Jan. 1.-THE
Sydney Times announces Premier
william Morris Hughes will 90 TO
England in March to consult with
Lloyd George and the allied govern
ments on war problems and postwar
matters.
ST. Joseph. No. Ian- H.-Paul Con-
rad, whom the police say declares he
is q cousin OF Kaiser William. has
been turned over to Federal authori-
ties here. Conrad was arrested last
week for having made -anti-American
remarks. 1t is said he will be in
termed.
Bogota, Jan. l4.-Martial law has
been declared in the departments on
the Atlantic coast on account Of
strikes. The Colombian government is
confident that order will be restored
soon. The strikes have no political
significance and the remainder Of the
country is quiet
Boston, Jan. H-It costs the con-
sumer, So. 100000 a year to have his
goods delivered from grocery stores,
markets and dry goods stores, Robert
W. Merrick, emergency district direc-
tor in the Federal service. told a food
conservation conference of the State
Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Stockholm. Jan. 4.-ofhcfal statistics
on the cost of the necessaries of life
in Stockholm during December show
an increase of seventeen per cent
over November, and 10 per cent as
compared with July. 1874 The mu-
nicipaiity il granting aawar bonus
OF sixty-seven per cent for municipal
laborers.
Amsterdam, Jan. A-According to
the LokaIanzeiger, of Berlin. a meet
ing of the crown council was to be
held in Berlin Sunday in which Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, Gen. Won
Ludendorff and the German Crown
Prince were to take part
Baltimore. Jan. 1.-THE Rev. James
Frederick Barker. Il years Of age. a
retired clergyman Of the Baptist
Church. and father of Or. Lewellys
F. Barker, of the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. is dead in the home Of his son.
Death was due to pneumonia.
Halmeren. England, Jan. H-The
latest officisl reports show that many
perished in the explosion in a mine
pit here. OF the 2G7 in the pit. eighty
seven have been rescued alive and
twenty-three bodies have been found.
Thre is only slender hope that any
of those still entombed can survive.
An Atlantic Port, Jan. l4-Arrange-
ments have been announced for the
sending of 10000 bushels of oaIs from
this port TO France within a short
time. Part of the grain already is
l.stored in elevators here. The steam
ship which will carry the consign-
ment will be the first to leave this
port with a full cargo of grain in
| many months.
Copenhagen, JAM IA RumsniaI
Socialist leader named Nakousky has
arrived in Petrograd to discuss the
possibility Of a revolution against KinE
Ferdinand, OF Rumania, and the mon-
archist government. a Petrograd dis.
/ patch to the Svenska Dagbladet, OF
Stockholm. reports Mr.. Nakousky ia
said to have been invited to Petro-
grad by Nikolyai Lenine, BoIshivik
Premier.
Petrograd, Jan. 1.-THE executiv,
Committee OF the peasants deputies
has passed a resolution urging the
Council of Workmen's and Sailors
Deputies to order the removal OF En-
peror Nicholas and his family from
Tobolsk to Petrograd or Kronstadt
The council is asked TO place the one
! time imperial family on trial before
! revolutionary tribunal at either OF
these cities.