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w. d. Childs, for many years CHIEF
representative Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in Russia, ID dead
Of starvation in Petrograd.
The situation at Kadish on the Arch.
angel front Is more satisfactory for the
moment, according to an official state
nent issued by the British war office
Reports from Omsk state that the
Russian government there has accept.
ed an offer from Japan Of men. money
and arms to settle the Bolsheyiki iii.
ficulties. II
The Dutch steamer Rick, Rotter-
dam to Bergen. struck mine and
sank three miles Oft the Norwegian
coast. The crew was saved and has
landed at Christianstad.
The French dreadnought Morayau
has been driven ashore at Sebastopol
In snOwstorm. At last accounts It
seemed doubtfu whether the big war.
ship could be saved from destruction.
The Poles have refused the German
demand to withdraw troops from the
Posen province, but ON the contrary,
have CARED all Poles of military age
to the colors to defend that territory.
Germany Is preparing to raise
large loan In the United States as soon
as peace IL signed, says n Geneva dis
patch. The money IL to he used TO
pay for expected raw materials from
allied countries.
Admiral Vlsconnt Jellicoe's book on
the naval operations of the war which
Is now published settles at last the
mystery Of Lord Kltchener's death
by stating that the cruiser Hampshire
sank after striking moored mine Of
the type laid by the German U-boats.
The Havas agency gives ont state
ment by viscounl Chindu. the Japan.
ese ambassador TO. Greos Britain. who
now is representing Ills country at
the peace conference In Paris. declar.
Ing the reports to be untrue that Jap.
an has exercised pressure on china
10 restrain the action Of the Chinese
delegation to the conference.
Few large cities Of the countries
that were engaged In the war have
been less affected by II than the IN.
cient capital of Greece. Free entirely
from the menace OF air raids and hos
tile b0mbardment, and participating
actively In the war for comparatively
only short time. Athens IL today In
all essential features exactly as It
was In pre-war days.
The program Of the new German
government, which has just been pub
lIshed at. Berlin, includes equal rights
for men and women, the improvement
Of the educational system, cOnscriptiOn
along democratic lines to establish II
peoples army, rationing at maximum
prices Of food and necessaries Of life,
care Of the wounded and the families
OF those killed during the war, the no.
cialization Of all Industries ripe for
such treatment, particularly the coal
and iron mines, and considerable addi-
iiOns TO Income taxes.
SPORT
The Navy wresllers had walkovev
Ut Annapolis defeating the University
OF Pennsylvania team by u score Of
81 to D.
Wladek Zbyszko, Polish wrestling
champion, defeated Arvid Anderson OF
Boston IN two straight falls Of 70 and
. minutes each respectively, at st.
Louis.
Alfredo de Or0, the Cuban cue ex-
pert from New York, wrested the
three-cushion billiard championship
from Augic kieckkhefcr Of Chicago by
winning the third block Of their lJO-
point match.
West Philadelphia High school set
q new American interscb0lastic record
in the SOO-yard relay race at the six
ieenth annual national lnterscholastic
swimming championships, University
Ct Pennsylvania pool. making the dis
lnnce In = minutes and s. 4-5 seconds
and clipping their own mark made In
1915.
GENERAL
Careful survey NJ food prices cover.
Ing a period Of thirty days shows the
high cost Of living has taken It's first
big drop.
Charged with the embezxlement ol
$4,000, j. =. Swarlz. cashier Of The
Park bank of Pittsburg, which wa,
closed by the state examiner, Is III
Merry hospital In an unconscious and
deliriouS condition.
A world shortage OF gasoline waits
just around the corner for the motor.
propelled world, according 10 Mark J..
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