Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-24
REDUCE ALLOWANCE.

KEDUCE ALLOWANCE.
But eggs are not obtainable at any
price.
The commission also has limited
fresh meat to children between the
ages of and IL, with half pound
monthly to each child. ..s.
Potatoes have been substituted for
bread at Novgorod and many other
places in north Russia, bu: the cost
Is equivalent to Is cents per pound
in Petrograd and consequently thu
masses Of the people cannot buy them
Since the dissolution of the CON
stituent assembly and the disappear
ance Of any immediate hope Of recon,
Cling the striving political parties
public attention in north Russia ID
centercd on the bread shortage, thu
lack of virtually all foodstuffs, thu
breakdown Of transportation and tha
commercial stagnation as the result
of the closing of the banks. T..
A general suspension of passengeJ
trains began today in All effort to
speed the transportation of foodstuffs
from Siberia and south Russia to the
north. ....
Railroads Are Crippled.
Members of the railway mems
unions are remaining at their posts
trying to maintain transportation, but
locomotives and cars are badly dis
abled and traffic is hindered by the
masses of wandering soldiers from
all sections of the country who in
sist that their trains have precedence
over freight. = ,.lg4s
Virtually all trains arriving at Pet
rograd are crowded with soldiers, the
windows in many of the passenger
coaches having been broken by the
passengers to get air.
Former bank employees in Moscow
and Petrograd still refuse to work
under the direction of the Smolny in
stitute. Withdrawals on checks are
limited to 500 rubles to each depositor
daily and long lines form at the banks
because OF the long delays and diff
culties in getting money.
Bolsheviki agents are opening safe
deposit boxes and confscatina
boarded gold and silver for the gov
ernment and turning boarded paper
money into current accounts for the
owners. .a
Street Cars Suspended. r.
Street cars and lighting plants have
suspended operations frequently in
Petrograd because of the lack of fuel,
and car lines, when operating, are so
crowded with soldiers and refugees
that much of the rolling stock i:
broken down.
In Moscow the car lines are in q
worse condition than here.
Soldiers and sailors have become
peddlers throughout north Russia and
are making excursions into the coun-
try and returning to the cities with
bread, meat, tobacco and sugar.
Although the city shops are with.
out stocks, the streets are lined with
soldiers offering supplies at high
prices. Illuminating oil is not obtain.
able in Petrograd and candles are sell,
ing at Is cents per pound. One pound
OF sugar is allowed each person
monthly by card. at % eena pei
pound, but sugar bought without a
card costs Is cents a pound. Flour
is unobtainable at any price and black
bread when bought with cards costs
) cents pound, when available. Dis.
patches from many points in the Sa.
mara and Moscow districts report
starvation.
Thousands marched yesterday in a
peaceful demonstration following the
funeral services for M. Logvinoff, Si-
berian member of the constituent as.
sembly, and the .ther victims of last
Fridays demonstration. The city was
quiet during the day, the holiday ami
versary of Bloody Sunday" January
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