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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
PROSPECTIVE RESTRICTION OF
GRAIN MOVEMENT CAUSES
HIGHER PRICES.
LIBERAL RECEIPTS
CAUSE EARLY BREAK
Oats Show Strength AS Result OF Sea-
board Bidding, and After Uncertain
Start Prices Score Substantial Gains
Provisions Advance With Hogs,
AItho Buying is Not Aggressive.
Movement Causes Higher Prices.

Movement Causes Higher Prices.
Chicago, March ls.-Corn developed
much strength today influenced by
the prospects that the ideal weather
would tend to restrict the handling Of
grain from farms. Liberal receipts
here gave only a transient advantage
to the bears. Opening prices, which
were unchanged to Is cent off, with
March at s1.e1% and May at s1.24B
to $1.25, were followed by a material
upturn all around.
Assertions that the rush OF corn to
market was about over helped later
to sustain prices. The close was I'M
settled, n to g and 4 cents net high
er, with March at s1.27h and May at
$1.25 to s1.252..
Oats.
Seaboard bidding pqrt the oats mar
ket on the upgrade. After opening =
cent lower to y cent higher, with May
at S41s to S47s cents, prices scored
substantial gains.
Provisions.
Provisions rose with hogs. Buying,
however, was not OF an aggressive
sort.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Range of Chicago Grain Prices

Corn-March opened at 1.27S; high
est, 1871: lowest. 1878 closed,
1.271s; May opened at 1.24N: highest,
1926; lowest 1.247s; closed. 1.253s.
Oats-March opened at s.; highest,
90%; lowest, SIS; closed, 9014; May
opened at S415; highest, S67s; lowest,
S41s; closed, S67s.
Pork-May opened at 1897: highest,
$3.50; lowest, 47.s7; closed, 1850.
Lard-May opened at 1855; highest,
a6.10: lowest, e5.s2; closed, 2S.10; July
opened at $3.50 highest, 2615; lowest,
25.92; closed, 26.15.
Ribs-May opened at Pass ;highes.,
24.S2; lowest, 24.50: closed, 24S2; July
opened at 24.97; highest, 25.17; lowest,
9492; closed 25.l7
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Social Structure and Criminal.

1t Is herculean task to bring about
reform in the administration Of the
criminal law. But the dawn of bet
ter day IS at hand. 1t Is becoming more
generally understood that the criminal
is one Of the by-products Of an evil So
cial system, and that In the improve
ment Of our social structure will be
found the solution Of the problem of
the Observation-Disclosures Karlin In the
Humanitarian,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19

New York. March 10.
Butter-Weak; receipts, 11,407 tubs;
creamery specials, 4194112; creamery
extras. 4012; extra frsts, 391a G40;
extra seconds, 3S939.
Cheese-Unsettled; receipts, $50
boxes; state whole milk fresh special,
white or colorl !. 391a.
Egg-Barely steady, receipts, a.
lis cases; fresh gathered selected ex-
tras, 4S; extra drsts, IL; hrsts 41G
az; seconds, 5000.
Poultry-Alive, strong: dressed,
quiet; chickens, 27d34; fowls, 1895;
turkeys, % ass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
PronerIx Sized up.

eyes" remarked conceited young
bachelor, II have the greatest admira-
ton for the fair sex, but never ex-
pect to marry-oh. dear, no." I'm
deed" lady remarked. 'Then / nm
to understand that you not only ad-
mire women, but you have q sincere re-
rard for them ms we'll"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Iron Rust.

Few stains are so obstinate as iron
rust is. They may, however, be re-
moved from delicate fabrics by cover
ing the spot thickly with cream tartar,
then twisting the cloth to keep the tar
tar on the spot itself. Put that part
into a pan Of cold water, bring gradu-
ally to boiling point, and afterwards
rinse in the usual way.-EXchange.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Trees and lIohtnino.

There is strange superstition rel
alive to the liability of certain trees
being struck by lightning. All kinds OF
ideas have been advanced along these
lines. The ancient Romans believed
that the mulberry, laurel peach, larch
and box trees were lightning proof.
Not few foresters of modern times
are Of the opinion that certain trees are
more or less liable to destruction by
lightning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Aay and Straw.

Chicago. March 1s-Hay-Timothy
in good supply and demand. Prairie
in light demand and liberal supply.
Choice timothy. s3O@31; No. /, 500
80; No .. ses @29; No. 8, s2sGe7. Kan
sas, Oklahoma. Iowa and Nebraska
prairie-Choice. s21622: No. 1, s196
90: No. ., s1791s; No. 8. SIS 316. Illi-
nois, Indiana and Wisconsin feeding
prairie. So OF. Packing, s12.50613.
Straw-Rye, s12613 oat s10611;
wheat 500 1880.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
CHICAGO Produce.

Chicago, March To-
Butter-Lower; creamery, SSQ41.
Eggs-Unsetti receipts, 19l6S
cases; at mark, cases included Say;
ordinary firsts. $685.; frsts, So.
Poultry-Alive, unchanged; young
ROSTERS, IS.
Pork-Cash, nominal.
Lard-Cash, 26.O2026.10.
Rihs-Cash. 2400G24.41.
Rye-No. 2, 2.S0G2.Sl.
Barley. so 42.00.
Timothy-5. 90 q 500.
Clover-2S.0OQ3l00
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Earth's Temperature.

The temperature of the earth APP
pears to increase from the outer sur
face downward at the rate Of one de-
gree Fahrenheit for every so to gu
feet, and at the relatively short dis
lance of few miles the temperature
must be exceedingly high.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Polite Music Teacher,

How DO you like your new music
MASTER" "He is very nice, polite
young man. When I made mistake
yesterday he said: Pray, madamoi'
selle, why do you take so much pains
to improve upon Beethoven?-Le Fl.
caro-.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19

Square Deal Needed for Humorists.
Let US be fair. If a man didn't hog
all his change for his personal COM
forts, and went $3.50 with his wife, the
joke about her frisking his pockets at
night would soon die for want Of nour.
ishment.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Hadn't Looked for That.

when we bought dear little Bobby
the electric flashlight he had been
begging for so long," says a mother,
I'VE never anticipated that the first
time we had company he would hold
1t up to the guests ear and say: oh,
I just want to see If your ear Is
clean""
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
s.itt!
Daily Thought.

The meaning of music goes deep.
Who is there that in logical words can
express the effect that music has on
us? A kind of inarticulate. unfathom-
able speech, which leads us to the edge
of the infinite and let's US for q moment
gaze into that.-Carlyle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
The RothschIIds,

OF course any attempt by an out
slider at estimating the wealth Of the
Rothschiids must be & the nature Of
a guess, but there are excellent rea-
sons for concluding that the family
Is worth at least s1,400,000, 900.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
New Source Of Asbestos.

An enormous amount of asbestos Is
being found ii the Prieska district,
Cape Colony, and thousands Of bags
are now being shipped to England. It
Is said to be of very good quality.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
cents up; No. 2 white, 80; standard
81 y; No. 8 white, 90@92; No. white
90Q90la.
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN,

X; NO, white, 9OQ92; NO. Whlle'
90@901a.
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN,
st. Louis, March 10.
Corn-No. ., 1863; No. 3, 1880 100;
No. 4. 1.35Q1.4O; No. 5. $50; No. yell
low. $50; No. 8 yellow, 1.5S11.65: No.
yellow, 1.35 6146; No. yellow l.25 q
l.S0: No 6 yellow. l.20; sample yellow,
los; No. white, 1853; No. 3 white,
1900 1866; No. white, l.40Gl50; No
white, LAO.
Oats--No. 5 white, 91ls 692ia; No.
white. s1k @91A; No. ., S9@S91s No.
mixed. ssh.
MILWAUKEE CASH GRAIN.
Milwaukee. March 10.
Corn-Ten to fifteen cents higher,
No. white, 1S5d14O; No. yellow
$50 a 1.55; No. 5 yellow. 1856 a 1.45 No.
yellow, 1oo@1.23; No. mixed. l.5o
61.55; No. mixed, .36a1.45; No. 6
mixed l,SO@1.33.
oats-Three cents higher, No. )
white, 92a921a No. white OK a q
Barley--No. 8, 1.9OG1.95; No 4 1.SO
61oS.
Rye-One cent higher: No. ?, 2.19;
No. 3, 265.
OMAHA CASH GRAIN
Omaha. March 10.
Corn-No. white. l.70I1.75; No.
white, 1.6o9165; No. white 1.4o6
155; No white. 1.35 q las; sample
white, 12561.35; No. 8 yellow, 1.513
80; No. yellow, 1.i061.54; No.
yellow, 1.S5@145; No. 6 yellow, 1850
40; sample yellow, 1.10a1.2o; No. 8
mi 4 i.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Cooperative Association Prosper,.

The year; business just closed for
the Humboldt Farmers Cooperative
Association shows that the concern is
one o. the largest and most substan-,
,iol OF Us kind in the state. over $780,
o0G 'Sc':h Of grain, Goa. feed and 9TH
er materials being handle. at profit
Of SOMETHING less than az cents on
TIE do.ar.
Based On it's small capital alone,
the years profits would put the
big published earnings Of the ma
tional corporations to shame, 80 the
local association cleaned up s13,7S6,
almost 1873 per cent, on it's $4,000
capital, or 46 per cent on it's capital
and $4,000 working surplus. Stock
holders were again paid rs per cent
dividends, and this year ar. extra stock
dividend Of 200 per cent, leaving for
the increased capital surplus Of
sI, 900, out OF which taxes and other
items viii be paid.
Buying On d steadily rising mar
ket, good management and a small
profit on an immense turnover made
1917 a banner year.
The association was organized
about fifteen years ago, at which
time stockholders came in with no
great enthusiasm. but rather as
patriotic community duty.
Officers and> directors were prac-
tically all reelected, the officers
being: President, Robert Savers;
secretary. Levi Wilcox; manager. G.
A. Arnold.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Chicago Potato Market,

Chicago, March 10.
Potatoes-Unch
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
bulk-1.15@1.3O.
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan,
sacks-1. 2O91.25.
Receipts-54 cars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Chicago Horse Market.

Chicago March 19.-The trade in
horses was rather active, the receipts
being small, and there was a fair
number Of buyers on hand. The trade,
while centered largely on the auction,
was rather strong at the private sales,
and on the whole the market was bet
ter than the past two weeks.
The quantity Of the horses offered
was fairly good and the buyers took
them readily at steady prices.
Receipts OF horses for yesterday
were estimated at 500 head, compared
with 99S last week, 359 a year ago and
1,s45 two years ago.
Poor Choice
to good. to extra
Drafters 5 to 8
years old. 1850 to
1850 pounds ....$1s5 62oo $225@2ss
Loggers ......... 10000 2oo@225
Feeders (extra
weights) ........ 10000 21o@24o
Saddlers ........... 756i50 175@301
Drivers .......... 75@135 175@20o
Western. branded. 25@ SO 65G100
Farm chunks ...... 60G140 10000
Express Gull aged
sound), 1880 to
1850 pounds 49,. 750175 2o0021e
Wagon good.
1850 pounds -. 75@15o 1ss@Do
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Goserty's seth and 10th
MARKET SALE
in their sale pavilion At
FEARING, IOWA
"a BIG TWO DAY EVENT.
FRI, March z; Sat-, March q

"s~' VI" ~ outs) UlulV vi ~
beginning at 10 o'clock each day
HORSES AND MULES, HARNESS
AND 5UGGIEs Will Be Sold the Firs.
Day.
We have some good horses and
mules now listed and more are CON-
ing. One good jack years old. No
charge for listing horses unless they
are sold.
CATTLE AND HOES, SHEEP,
POULTRY and Farm Machinery ana
Household Goods Will Be Sold the
Second Day.
Forty head Of cattle already listed 4
and will have lot more. Two good
Hereford bulls. Also have a good
bunch Of brood sows listed for thisj
sale. A lot of good farm machinery.
HORSES FRIDAY AND CATTLE
SATURDAY
We will have buyers for horses, cat
tie and everything.
List what you wish to sell early a.
it will be big sale and all property.
will be sold as listed. Remember tad
dates, horses Friday and cattle Sa;ur1
day.
Best Cattle Markete in Central lows
D. N. and r. a. COG ERTY
Auctioneers and Managers
~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
chicaeo Cash Grain Close.

NI!CtLSO, MATCH 1T
Corn-No. . yellow, nominal; No. 5
yellow. nominal; No. 4 yellow, 1.25G
las; No. 5 yellow, lis al 40; No. s
yellow, 1.0o@1.3o.
oats-No. white, s14 @ss; stand
ard, a2@931a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Scotch Thrift,

McSparran Qeaving home)-Noo,
Janet, dinna forget to max leetle San.
dy TAX his glasses off when he's ma
lookin' at nothing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19

Well, They Don't Know Any!
Men quarrel and fight about their
opinions, never about facts.-Chicago
News
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Don't Throw Away Eco Profits.

You can't eat your cake and have
it-but You can poach your eggs and
eat the hen later. Appreciation of this
fact, the poultry specialists Of the Unit :
ed States department of agriculture
say will add 100000 900 eggs to our
food supply this year without reducing
our supply of chicken meat. Investi-
gators have found that because poul-
try brings two cents pound more in
winter than in late spring, many farm
ers in the South have been throwing
away valuable egg profits just to get
eight cents more per hen. They be-
Heve that if farmers will keep their
laying hens and sell their eggs and
then market the birds in the late
spring. they will not only add to the
food supply but actually increase their
profits fifty cents per hen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19

down. working the powder we'll into
the feathers, giving special attention
to region around the vent and under
the wings. The powder should also
be sprinkled in the nest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
Few Cases Of Hog Cholera.

DR.. r. e. Christopher will have ac-
tive charge Of all hog cholera control
work in northern Iowa. DR.. T. M.
Bayler who has been in charge Of this
work left Waterloo for Springfield III.
DR.. Christopher will not have an as
sistant on account Of the fact that the
disease has been greatly reduced since
the work started.
OF the cases in the district there
is one case Of hog cholera in Cedar
township in Benton county. Thirty
hogs have the disease.
No cholera is reported in Black
Hawk. Grundy, Dubuque, Della
ware, Buchanan or Fayette coun-
ties.
One case is reported at Clutter in
Tama county. Thirty hogs out Of
herd Of sixty are reported ill with
this disease. DR.. Christopher stated
Saturday afternoon that the work Of
vaccination and other preventative
methods would now start in earnest
with the approach of spring.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
The Best way.

When argument meets ignorance It
might as well turn back.-Los Angeles
Express.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19

Open. High. Low. Close. Close
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-19
New York Produce

ReCelpts-54 cars.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
RUSSIANS MAKE
 EFFORT RESIST
 CUSTOMS GUARD
tASSociated rressl

fbSSOctated rreSSl
 NORFOLK, Va, Mar. 13.-Trouble between customs guards and the crew of Russians on board the Russian steamer Omak in this port was mar rowly averted by the timely inter- vention of the harbor police tonight. The guards had been stationed on the vessel by local customs officials who also ordered the removal of the crew.
 After fifty-four of the crew had been removed, a portion of them came back on board at the command of the captain. They were then heavily armed. and for a short time it seemed that pitched battle could not be prevented.
 Customs officials. seeing the dan- ger. sent in a call for assistance, and a detachment of harbor police came to the rescue. The guards, with the assistance of the police, disarmed tho crew, and they were taken ashore. The vessel is now in control of the customs guards and no further trouble is anticipated.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
FORMER YANKEE
 DIPLOMAT DEAD
Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 13.- Charles Page Bryan, formerly Am. erican ambassador to Japan, died here this morning after a short ill ness at the age of 61 years. He was a native of Chicago, where he lived during his youth, going west in his early manhood.
 He entered politics early and was a member of the Colorado state as- sembly for one term. He made sev- eral tours of Europe in the interests of the Chicago exposition and again took up his residence in Illinois, go. ing to the state assembly from 1888 to 1897. In 1897 he was sent to China as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, and to Bra gil in the same capacity in 1898 In 1902 he was sent to Switzerland as American minister, and to Portu- gal in the same position in 1903. From Portugal he was transferred to Belgium as minister and from there went to Japan as ambassador.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
FISH DISPUTES
 SETTLED UNTIL
 WAR IS CLOSED
(AsSociated PreSsI

OTTAWA, Mar. 13.-Minister of Marine Ballantyne announced this af- ternoon that the fisheries disputes of long standing between America and Canada have been settled. The settlement is not yet made upon a permanent basis, but will hold over until the war is ended.
 Under the agreement entered into all American vessels may enter or clear from Canadian ports without requiring licenses, as has heretofore been required. Permission to do so was recently accorded Canadian fish ing vessels by an order issued by Secretary Redfeld of the United States.
 The agreement is effective immedi- ately and is entered into by both nations as part of the increased food production campaign. A con vention of Canadian interests and officials with American interests is to be held in Seattle early next month. and it is believed that basis for a permanent settlement will be arrived at at that time.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
LABOR DESIRES HELP RUSSIANS,
 SAYS. C0MPERS
(ASSOciated Pressl

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 13.- Supplementing the recent message of President Wilson to the Russian peo- pie, on behalf of the American Ali ance for Labor, Its president, Samuel Gompers, sent a message of sym pathy for the Russian people to the soviet which begins it's session at Moscow tomorrow. The message Is of the same general tone as that of the President, and assures the Rus sians of the assistance and interest of American labor
 He eXhorted them to keep up their struggle for freedom and said: "The American people are pained by ev- cry blow struck at Russia's freedom as they would be at blows struck at their own liberty. Americans want to know how they can help the Russians in the great struggle" |"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
FOURTEEN MORE GERMAN PLANES
 DRIVEN DOWN BY BRITISH OVER
 GERMAN LINES; STORES DAMAGED
Associated Press)

LONDON, Mar Ohicia-Wednesday British air planes dropped ten tons of bombs the munon works and military barracks at Freiburg Germany The British armen dropped low the plants and despite the fire O. the German anarcraft guns launched large numbers of highly explosive bombs
 Great damage is known to have been done The bar racks occupied by troops, and large numbers of them killed and wounded.
 At Bruges three tons of bombs dropped on the docks, destroying much property and damaging submarine bases.
 Tuesday thirteen and one-half tons of bombs dropped on railroad siding at Reva number of loaded with materials being afre and destroyed East of St. Quentin several large intuition depots were bombed with telling effect On Tuesday night British air men dropped of bombs on German bies filled with troops at Lille and Cambrai.
 The total of the operations for Wednesday shows that fourteen German planes were downed in flames and eight others driven down behind their own lines out of control
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
N0N.IMP0RTANT INDUSTRIES TO
 HELP ON FARMS
Agricultural Department Outlines Plan For Increasing Production of Farmers by Supplying Bad-
 ly Needed Labor
Associated Pressl


 WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. l3.-Colonel Clarence Ousey assistant secretary of agriculture told the agricultural committee this afternoon that it will be abso lute necessary close all of the less essential industries in many places for period of less than fifteen days ill the spring to enable the workmen go the farms. It is planned furnish thousands of aborers to farmers in this
 It is expected that there will be criticism to this proposal but the opposition is not expected to result in material change The government has been making thor ough study of the matter and experiments of this tried in several localities last year These were uniformly successful and resulted in substantial increase of production wherever tried.
 The department of agriculture is in receipt of many appeals for aid from farmers throughout the country in which IS asserted that the Presidents pleas increased production cannot be met unless they procure laborer to help them get the crops planted
 For this it has been decided that the workers in industries situated within easy reach of farming ocal ties will be of more service their country assisting the farmers their spring work than in their accustomed places The fact that these workers inexperienced will not make great difference seens according to Mr. Ousey since of the spring work does require trained farm aborers and easily be accomplished by green hands
 This campaign will be carried out under the direction of the department of agriculture and industries whose output of importance the conduct of the will be molesed. Many of the of industries which will be affected have been approached and in hearty accord with the proposal.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
RUSSIA FREED FROM MONARCHY
 TWELVE MONTHS
"A seociated PreSsp

tASFOClato0 treSSb
 PETROGRAD. Mar 13.-Work in all government offices throughout northern Russia was suspended to- day and special holiday was de- clared as celebration of the first anniversary of the Russian revolu- tion. There was an absolute lack of public demonstrations, and the day passed off with no unusual incl dents.
 Deplorable as conditions were at the time of the overthrow of the Romanoff dynasty, Russia is today in far worse plight. At that time her armies. although undergoing many privations, were at least par tially efficient, and her honor as a nation without stain.
 Today she stands on the brink of the disgrace of the betrayal of her allies. Tomorrow may decide whether or not the only organized govern ment in the country will submit to degrading terms from the enemy.
 During the year at least two gov ernments have failed and their lead CTS lived their brief lives and sunk into oblivion The third government is tottering upon the edge of ruin, and Russia, disorganized. split into factions and in the throes of civil war, has failed to advance. She has been deprived of much terri tory, and additional territorial de- mands threaten to reduce her to a vassal of Germany. Poland has been lost. South Russia has organized a separate government unafflliated with Petrograd, and has received the rec ognition of the central powers. Cour- land is in the hands of the enemy. Livonia and Esthonia are largely overrun. and even Petrograd itself is threatened with immediate cap. ture.
 MEETING POSTPONED
 PETROGRAD, Mar 13.-The open ing of the soviet. which was set for today at Moscow. has been post poned until tomorrow. Delegates from all northern Russia and Siberia are assembling at Moscow today and preparing for the fight which is sure to develop over the ratification of the German peace terms which have been signed by the Bolsheviki gov ernment. The final decision is eX- tremely uncertain.