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egaies to which are not divided up in
10 groups. He has invited II men to
be members of this new conference
and has asked them to meet in Wash
II gton on December /. The citizens
thus honored are:
Secretary Wilson Of the labor depart
ment; former United States Attorney
General Thomas W. Gregory; former
United States Acknowledgement George
| w. Wickersham former Food Admin
istrator Herbert c. Hoover, former
Secretary Oscar S. Straus of the COM
merce department; Henry NJ. Robin
sou of Pasadena, Cal. Prof. Frank
W. Taussig, former chairman of the
tariff commission: former Governor
Samuel W. Mccall Of Massachusetts !;
former Governor Martin II. Glynn Of
New York; former Governor Henry
G. Stuart Of Virginia; DIR. w. o.
Thompson of Ohio State university !;
Richard Hooker of Springfield, Mass,
George T. Slade of st. Paul; Julius
Rosenwald Of Chicago; Owen d. Young
Of New York city; ii. J. Waters Of
Manhattan, Kan. Stanley King OF Bos.
ton.
In his letter of invitation the presi-
dent says: 1T Is not expected that
you will denl directly with any con.
dltlon which exists today. but that
you may be fortunate enough to find
such ways as will avoid the repetition
OF these deplorable conditions"
The bolsheviki. while still ostenslbly
trying for peace with the Baltic M
lions and ultimately with the entente.
are scoring decided successes against
the Russian armies that oppose them.
k0lchak and his Siberian forces have
been driven further east and have Civ
en- up Omsk. the seat OF their govern
ment, and several other important cit.
les. The soviet commanders claim to
have captured $4,000 of Kolchak's men
at 0msk. General Deniklne also has
given ground before the bolshevlki in
southwestern Russia. The campaign
Of General Yudenitch against Petro-
grad has collapsed and after retreat
Ing to Esthonia he resigned his COM
mand In the effort to avoid internment
Of his troops by the Esthonians. Some
20,0O OF his men. It is reported,
Joined the bolshevik army.
In VladivOstok there was two days
rebellion headed by General Gaitla. AZ
ter bloody combats In the streets and
suburbs Gaida was wounded aud cap
tured and the revolt was quelled
D'Annunzio pulled on another spec
tacnlar stunt, which may or may not
mean anything. Leaving Flume, he
proceeded with some warships to
cara where amidst the plaudits of the
populace he formally added the Dial
matian coast to the Italian domain.
Spalato, he promised. should come next.
The general elections In France re-
suited in a great rout of the radicals.
They lost many seats In the chamber
and Clemenceau's victory was so pro-
nounced that his elevation to the pres
idency Of France is considered not un-
likely.
Real trouble with Mexico looms as a
result Of the arrest OF Consular Agent
jenkins at Puebla on charges connect
ed with his abduction and ransom. The
government warned Mexico that Jenk.
lns must he released and that any
further molestation Of him would "se-
rIously affect the relations between the
United States and Mexico. for which
the government of Mexico would as.
sumo sole responsibility The Mexi.
cans accused Jenkins Of collusion with,
the bandits who kidnapped him.
At the request of the government the
Supreme court Is exbediting Its hear
ing Of the cases for and against the
wartime prohibition act and the en-
forcement law. Arguments began
Thursday and the court promised an
early decision. In this connection II
was officially stated that the president
would make no move to rescind the
wartime prohibition act until peace
had been formally declared. II Is
now predicted that the wet" period,
IL there is any. will be very short.
Secretary Of the Treasury Glass has
entered the senate as successor to the
late Senator Martin Of Virginia. Mr..
Glass accepted the appointment on the
advice of President Wilson. 1t was
said his place at the head of the treas
ury would be filled by John SHELTON
Williams. whose appointment as CON
troller of the currency has not been
confirmed by the senate.