Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-23
MANY DISTRICTS
.' FACE STARVATION
Flour UnobtainabIe and One Pound OF
Sugar Monthly Is Allowed Each Per-
son-Esgs and Fresh Meat Distri-
buted Only to ChiIdren-Comnercial
Stasnaton Follows Breakdown OF
Railroads and Closing Of Banks.

! luton or the constituent dSSeHoiy e'ii"
the disappearance Of any immediate
ihope~oof reconciling the striving po-
litical parties. public attention in north
! Russia is centered on the bread short
age, the lack of practically, all food
stuffs the breakdown Of transporta-
! ton and the commercial stagnation as
the result Of the closing Of the banks.
Moscow, Petrograd and all the
larger cities of north Russia have little
bread The bread allowance in Petro-
grad today has been reduced to quar-
ter of a pound daily, and eggs are al
lowed only to children under years.
each child to have four eggs month:
The commission also has limited fresh
meat to children between the ages OF
3 to -, with a half pound monthly to
leach child.
Potatoes have been substituted for
bread at Novogrod and many other
places in north Russia but the cost is
equivalent to 1S cents pound in Pc
Itrograd and consequently the masses
can not buy them.
Passenger Trains Suspended.
"A general suspension Of passenger
trains began today in an effort to speed
transportation Of foodstuffs from ST.
IBERIA and from south Russia to the
north.
Members of the railway mems union
are remaining at their posts trying to
maintain transportation but locomotives
and cars are badly disabled and tracks
are hindered by masses Of wandering
soldiers from all parts Of the country
who persist that their trains be given
the right Of way. ..
The windows in many Of the pas
senger coaches have been broken to get
the air in crowded cars.
Former bank employees in Moscow
and Petrograd still refuse to-work un-
der direction of the Smolncy Institute.
Restrict Withdrawal Of Deposits.
Withdrawals on checks are limited
to 500 rubles to each deposition daily
and long lines form at the banks be-
cause of the long delays and difficult
tbs in getting money. ....,
Eolsheviki agents are opening de-
posit boxes and taking boarded paper
money and silver.
Street cars and lighting plants have
suspended operations frequently IN
Petrograd because Of the laclS of fuel
and when operating the cars are so
crowded by soldiers and refugees that
the rolling stock is broken down.
Soldiers and sailors have become
peddlers thruout north Russia and are
making excursions into the country and
returning to the cities with bread,
meat. tobacco and sugar. Altho the
city shops are without stocks the
streets are lined with soldiers Offering
food at high prices.
Flour Is UnobtainabIe.
Illuminating oil is not obtainable and
candles are selling at Is cents a
pound One pound of sugar is al
lowed each person a month, with a
card, costing % cents poundN but
sugar bought without card costs rs
cents. Flour is unobtainable at any
price. Dispatches from many points in
the Samara and Moscow districts re-
port starvation. -
Thousands marched yesterday In a
peaceful demonstration following tha
funeral services for NJ. Logvinoff, ST.
belTan member OF the constituent as
sembly, one Of the victims of the dem
unstrativns of last Friday.
Germans Repudiate Own Proposals. I
London, Jan. 2S.-A long Russian
statement dealing with the Brest-Li-
tovsk negotiations emphasizes the Ger
man refusal to give any sort Of guar
antee for the evacuation of occupied
\territory.
Tn such circumstances" says the
statement. "the words self determine
ton sound like mockery.''
The, statement asks what object the
Austro- Germans had on Dec. Is, IN re-
cognizing the principles of democratic
peace and adds:
THE same object followed by Lloyd
George, President Wilson and other
imper!alists"
After wordy speculation as to what
prompted the Germans to take this
course, the statement Continues:
"The signiicences Of the Brest-Li-
tovsk parleys are that they stripped
from German Imperialism ITS false coat,
temporarily borrowed from the demo-
cratic wardrobe. There Is nothing
more to be demanded from the par
leys." ~
NJ. Karakhan, secretary of the Rus
sian delegation at Brest- -Litovsk has
announced tina: the Russian delegation
has made an official protest to DIR. Won
Kuehlmann and Count Czernln regard
Ing the omission from ths official Ger