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The Caucasian., 1919-11-16

:he letters with the Enclosures pinned
to them sent in lockca &oEes ~ the
proper office.
( Letters containing change - az
dress 20 to another group. These
changes are often implied rathee than
stated, and unfortunately are cot a.
ways legihe. Frequently tho writee
gives no address at all in ti@, letter.
Since the postmaster 20 the sural 4e-
livery carrier and everybody about tSe
village knows the writer so intimatels,
giving an address in Che letter seems
quite unnecessary to many whe write
and who sometimes, in spite of all ef
forts put forth to identify the case,
fail 10 receive an answer
Must Be copie&
Letters asking for information cit
more than one subject must se copieA,
that they may be referee TO the vw
rious sections whence the information
may be obtained Sometimes e,ree %
four copies musS sDe made, anR this
job keeps large group a tySists an4
clerks busy.
The letters which eontaa INSULT
cient information muse be run agaaR
the greas casd index identification files
for a number whicA will fix the i&en-
tity Of the man in sueseio@, whereupon
it is attached to thae mans pagers.
night force works from Gee 70 1ni&
night attaching aeV correspondence
to these papers, which are the original
Form lib and all letters reosivs0 con-
cerning the case.
But on other than these eases whes
checking of the files has to be done
the work is kept current day after
day. Except Oh Mondays, when two
days mail has accumulated, every
piece of mail received in the "a hours
preceding three o'clock has been
placed in manila folders, the folders
labeled and listed and trundled of In
big, bOxlike wheeled carrier to the
subsection to which it belongs, and
from these various sections the reply
goes back as quickly as is humanity
possible when the gigantic volume of
more than hundred thousand letters
daily is considered.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
MAPS BARREN COAST
AnsgisaS Explores %os:hsrs
Siss 90 she eontinenSo
easro9H Hoioe, aceomeaeie8 CnlS Sp
EsSores. o'akine Way 6asse
worS 90 eno.

Scatt9de HGs0.-4en aeericao aa-
pItoror 9Earoes Soito. Qormeols 8 eleme
0ee oo e0efanssone easoy, is working
ois way oae0waeel ON eooo along QNo
suute 90 tho 0oStoerV sim OF oHe G.a-
tiocns, actu,Sding too wHr0 received
osru,' ble expects go oeacA eNe sSu3-
con Gay cou'ote9 ana aosi!izas!oao some
8ine nenG summeg.
soorkos storkorsoao 0osmer9g e.e-
ono iS9 coaluan9 oo Gro .teoansso0
patty. who Sreive2 nero rucsnele feolos
ohe foV SoG9h. s.0 ohao 10000, go
oompanied Only ~ Ys&inGs, is 500.
oseiins siowis ones onaspino 2oieions
o9 tSIo coast siu.o 40 90 COOS. q
soSeocao u' eSo coas6 siaeD 90 Sicooria
g.anS, oeso otsfo'se UsloaapSeS os ooiss
shaSte1 by 0imo
SoiC@ 9nss visio aNe dNteeios Of STioe
PORTO 0ando Which, according 90 aQs
v0osts, Nao aevee See~ ex0looe6 Hy
white enoia Als explores. Vya1ero
an0 drappers who nave oouc0e0 Vic.
eoriS Gan8 Rav@ joulNeys8 along les
shores only, stefanssom found the
tribe OF "blond Esk:mes~ 10 Che We.
toria land country.
Noice has 40 ship sn8 Que Pew cup
plies. He depends almoss entirely
upon his gun for his living. etefans-
son, his former chief who Is noted
amongoexplorers as being able to live
off the barren white lands Of the
North, probably taught Noice how to
get about without carrying many sup
plies, "es-sEffsssgsg;ea4ss. 81 s'--sp ..,-.,.-
Noices parents live in Seattle. The
explorer is young in years, having
graduated from a high school here
about eight years ago. He went North
in 1912 with Capt. Louis Lane on the
schooner Polar Bear. When Stefans-
son bought the Polar Bear from Lane
N'oice shipped as a member Of the
crew. Later, when Stefansson de-
cided to return to the outside world,
Noice left the party and remained in
the North. His parents expect him to
return to Seattle next year.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
NEW GERMAN CAPITAL SEEN
6svsiN worried 1sse Seat o: Govern.
0neNS Be Shifted 20 the
Chine.


SsiiiA. GelenaNy-The Roersen Zef-
s,hg, one of the ahlest German news
papers. says the fate Of the CITY is
IN she balance and that it is. parhare.
700 !atc to save il from teeomiac
city - iii. second class, with y r.s-
mnFai 'f the capital and the iyity
IN Il business and political se TO
some Rnineland city. Ii f. .aeorv
that has been gaining croulG .atc,y
end IS causing Berlin II lose .eeu
Strikes have followed one another
10 aU endless succession Thl uncer-
sa.nty - the economic situation al
Taost led 10 a haycotfine # Berlin ss
-:e chief work .en.ar Of GERMANY. no
spite the hinge expense one industry
after another left Berlin for auieter
steadier fields.
Merchants, politicians and Industrial
leaders have predicted that the trana-
fer OF the assembly or reichstac woula
1nfiict severe blow on Berlin esna-
cfaily If it should lead to the ehoice
Of another capital.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
Hen Decides Own Case
in Court; Goes Home

Sharon, Pa.-Ownership of a
hen worth 81, alleged by a Sha-
ron man to have been stolen by
a neighbor, was decided by the
bird.
The neighbor, a woman. when
arraigned before Justice Hugh
Jones, declared the chicken be-
longed to her. Constable Harry
Calvin was directed by Justice
Jones to take the hen and re-
lease it some distance from the
homes Of the plaintiff and de-
fendant, who agreed to abide by
the decision of the bird.
The chicken strutted off to the
plaintiffs yard. The defendant
was compelled % pay $3.50 costs.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
0LD-TIME PRISON TO CLOSE
Reading Gao' in England, Where o.
car Wilde Wrote Ballads,
Abandoned.

London,-Reading Gaol is to be
closed. At present there are only FIVE
prisoners and no criminal has been
housed there since the war began.
They have been sent to Oxford in
stead.
The present building is about sew
enty years old. 1t was here that o.
car Wilde wrote the Ballad of Read.
ing GaOP' and part of "De Profundis."
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
!. 8. CRUSADE IS IN
ScsoSsSes '0o' s'ii'~ g S.hs
siohs &c gjSe %
ebos9eosheoao seies ICE aaas9e 9qenss
s'Nies SIsoue - Si7o ga::eS
Stateso
@ @-@9

S7iso9os shroesH go qgeScy
oe sGaioq Ts p e.lolo .o9 The 8rD.se,S
States Nealeh .ersice. asco9anss e,ii1 Ieo
ael8 in sirtual'S overy achooq iqq 10
eteunorg wl.oio ehe second onlouaq toulo
, oamenq 90 t0c onods.~ 9ealeh ofes 80
GENES 60 an eol,9 oh's ee9o"8 eeao.
shie was ehc sea0er,ono gna9s 81 e'lee
Coos. See,o ohc oSusaee vss orgaeiza3
a9@ whore she @ew Gn.rSaQleno osas
Sonopucoo 9he 90urnamon9 9elS
SimrYtaneoels9, ~ So ec Go9norD
Coy 20 esoha. hyons e-l,!e ore ope@in@
sq olle eeeno g. 80
g.ast seae, Oh 70 % eel:oo eSo o Sc
aelaq ;olses n,s9, ,ssoass seols 9oacoo
Soan3 ma9y ooa2osoo eSeluirese snS
'aaigHtso ceads Co edp eise1o saeio g.
o!es 07 Knights ta@neSet, tho sighesQ
oHsgeeo % HoIRr eo he oec@iyod 20 Pho
oeusadeeso Yn many sitias aHe sowss
scco9aios were held and On ehe Wess
orn coast Naiog 6.loyS pe~sonaqy gave
the fouS elbows" 90 Aundscds % "aie
2Hights." or boys ana girls who Aa6
faithfully performed IL health chores
for che entire tournaments and 50 bee
came knights banneret.
AZ che capitol IN Washington the
largest accolade of the crusade was
held, with Vice President Marshall act
ing as league master and comforting
the nonors on the candidates. The
steps OF the capitol building were
filed with children who had fought a
winning fight against disease.
There are 100000 children in the
crusade, and 1t is estimated that more
than Is per cent Of them will win hon.
ors in the tournament. By complet-
ing the IL health chores for the Is
weeks they will not only receive their
titles, but will win badges and pins
for the lesser ranks Of page and squire.
and gold and silver buttons for the
ranks Of knights and knights ban
neret. They will also win banners
showing their class has been 100 per
cent successful in the crusade.
This is one of the vital phases Of
the fight against the white plague,
which win be directly affected by the
success Of the countrywide campaign
of education now being conducted by
the National tuberculosis associar
tion. "a IA zzJ Il Il EsssS1's'=r,rsr~-
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
Grows Money.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Most anyone with
an ordinary knowledge Of agriculture
can raise potatoes, but It remained for
Miles D. Fry of this city to grow
money-real honest-to-goodness eur
rency-on potato plants.
Fry has garden just back OF his
home. Several days ago he brushed
the dirt away from one of the stalks
ito see how the potatoes were doing"
and mingled in with four fair-sized tu-
bers he found quarter, exactly like
the two Bit piece that Uncle Sam
coins.
Fry believes that had he let the vine
grow he would have had crop Of
dollar bills by fall.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16

General Jacob S. Coxey ST., Of
'Coxeys army fame, is the head Of the
newly organized National Initiative
and Referendum league, Inc, 1910,
the particular objects of which are:
To endeavor to secure the adoption
OF an amendment or amendments to
the Constitution of the United States
whereby federal legislation may be
enacted or constitutional amendments
may be adopted by the direct vote of
the people themselves by means of
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
Her SMILE IS
Her SAFEGUARD.
Are.ieae RED Cross Courier g.
% ''o'estes BY sanei's
IN gaiSaaS
EsgeS MANY 0!E;!cAo.ss
ll3o % 8sIka6 Gouoieo 8s eae greye
Simrie-~Yraseis 5ake ees to
Gus 46vSs % enc 8ntq:csee
Eaihanso

BucHaeostse2 Sew Tc,ae soee(
ssomalo. with % ssnileo dSog ond car
Seasheo aispaoce Soc, is d.rasiog So
hoooiso ooSS olo ISG're0adso doro5 eI
ooiSgese soo~' clad enor9easU Sasscs
en1 a!o she oahor hardshiSs t'es makc
pSo che suSssanoo af Sresa0eS}S sos 4
aa me 6'alkanso
Siho os sISso eIelo9 dtoenais, stoleqarss
NbreriaN ire elsu Sew Gors 9'ob'iC
aibraeyo 1Shs smildo % dheo famous
GSannss Sneils e'lae Gagree o.s esrauSh
aiS sNr6s of unexpected aoifiicuoties On a
country wheGe osYficDltiso oroo usaY
Yha9 smile decided che American Bed
Gross authorities % give I" her o 90
sitioD SIS courier. The 6oe is Cav-
sasian shepherd, half wolf, which ~as
given 90 Mrs. Grannis By ab sdmirinx
RoumaniaD peasant GomaD. Ana Che
dispatch bag contains saluable papers
for the American army and che BED
Cross which Mrs. Grannis delivers
from headquarters in Buchasest slI
oves the intricate Balkans.
ktfe Fap From Simple.
The life Of Balkan courier IL 4ar
from simple. Railroads have been de-
stroyed everywhere. Bridges are lying
In the beds of streams. Roads in
many districts are morasses of mud.
Through the mountain districts roam
bands of comitadji who prey upon lone
travellers.
Mrs. Grannis has braved her way
through everything. When she cannot
take a train she uses q donkey, a
camionette, a cart drawn by water
buffalo. She is familiar with narrow
gauge railways that threaten to roll
knows the wheeze and strain of a one
lunged river steamboat, painting
against q six-mile current. She can
cross q bridgeless stream on horse
back 6f with a fowboat ,''sa""-,-
And with the n6nchalance of a sub
way straphanger she drops from one
mountain top to another on the swing
ing aerial cables left behind by the
enemy armies Of occupation. 1-.~-~
Smile Takes Her Through.
She has has met bandits but invaria-
bly,, with her smile, with the ~. s."
on her uniform and her talent for tight
places, she has won through unmo-
Tested.
Mrs. Grannis' travels start at Bucha-
rest. The cities she makes" include
Belgrade, Sarajevo, Ragusa, Cettinje,
Podgoritza, Tirana, Scutari and Sa-
lonika. 1t does not matter to her. On
her latest trip she carried a letter
from the governor of Albania to Col.
Henry w. Anderson Of Richmond, Va,
Balkan commissioner for the Red
Cross, thanking the American people
for the relief work done in his country.
Her first work for the Red Cross
was with the bureau Of personnel in
Paris, where she labOred nights, days
and Sundays getting personnel off to
the front. She left Paris January 1,
1919, to join the Balkan commission,
and at length was permitted to take
the courier position which she insisted
on having.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
War Lid of Baccaraf.

Paris.-Baccarat is again allowed In
the clubs, since the ratification of the
peace treaty. As soon as the ban was
lifted a veritable frenzy of gambling
set In all over Europe. 1t is estimated
81 ,000, 100000 was won and lost in the
first night after the game was "
sumed.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
FOUND GOLD IN TRUNK
Boy Discovered Hidden Treasure
While Rummaging in Barn.

"F"S HV1'"INVF1I9 TT OA1Us
Under mass Of m0th-eaten wearing
apparel which he found in an old
trunk while rummaging about his faith
er's barn, PAM Smith, IL years old, OF
Huron, o., discovered cigar box con-
tanning $40 in gold, a gold watch and
bank certificate of deposit for LOO
Interest due on the certificate amount
ed to $3OS.
The trunk belonged to Thomas
Smith. an uncle Of the boys father.
who carried it with him from Missouri
ten years ago and put it in the barn
when he went to the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors home, where he later died.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
Ex.KAIsER CASTS FEAR ASIDE
wiz Dispense With Ouch State ~
lice st His New Aouss az
ooorR.

AmerongeN. Holland.-lt is reported
that the former German emperor hes
so far recovered from fears of mo-
lestation that when he moves into his
new house at Doom, the Dutch police.
who have been constantly on guani
about the Bentinck castle here since
his arrival, will be relieved Of duty
There are no walls or moats about the
house of Doorn, which is visible and
easy Of access from the main highway.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
Like the Service.

Junction City, Kan.-Evidently the
exmembers of the Seventh division,
regular unit, like the service. The di-
vision is being demobilized here SO
many of the men have re-enlisted that
something like 40 officers have been
ordered held here to command the re-
organizes units now being formed.
Practically half of those re-enlisting
are going back into their old units.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
Drink AGED Wine

Reading, Pa.-Alderman and Mrs
Oliver J. Wolff celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary the other day by
giving dinner to their children and
members of their families. There were
thirty-eight guests. One of the fea.
lures Of the event was the serving of
q pint Of wine fifty years old, which
was part of the wine served at their
marriage fifty years ago.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
WILL WAIT FOR HUSBAND
Russian Stowaway Arrived to Find
Soldier Spouse in Palestine.

t1uoSt&U SSo"o"0y rVItNC0 W tUtV
Soldier Spouse in Palestine.
Mrs Somveh Levin, % years old, a
stowaway on the steamship Mazama.
who recently arrived in the United
States from Russia to meet her hus-
band, discovered upon her arrival that
he was in Palestine with the Jewish
legion of the British army.
Two brothers of Mrs. Levin appear
ed at the dock and told the woman
that her husband was in the Holy
Land, but would soon return to the
United States. They Informed the Inn
migration board that they would care
for Mrs. Levin 10 their Brooklyn
home until Levin returned.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16
HANDLING WAR
RISK MAIL IS
GIGANTIC TASK
More Than 100000 Letters Are
Received Every Day.
WORK NIGHT AND DAY SHIFTS

Hearty Willingness to Conform to Re-
quirements Is Manifested in Letters
Received by the Hundreds of Thou
sands-identificatio of Gases often
Impossible Because Necessary lnfor-
nation Is Lackins-How Core
spondence Is Handled.
The Caucasian., 1919-11-16

Mike Gilhooley, worlds champion
stOwaway. is back in America. The
sixteen-year-old Belgian youth, who IL
determined to become an American. Is
now held at Ellis island for deporta-
ton. following his discovery as stow
away on his fifth trip to this country
in the last six months. As fast as the
United States authorities take Mike
from one steamship and send him back
home on another, the little Belgian
hides himself on the next vessel which
happens along and sets out for Amer
lea again.
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Alexander Cumberg, Russian
private secretary and inter
prefer for Robins

tain Bolsheviks as our "agents." But
they were not our "agents" They
were serving their own purposes.
Robins often saw how completely
Independent they could be.
Everything Trotzky did at Brest-
Litovsk, everything he did as COM
missioner of foreign affairs from
the time he took the office to the
time he left it, had really just one
essential aim: to make a Socialist
revolution in Germany, in order to
/ save the Russian Socialist revolution
by getting Russia's most dangerous
reighbor and Europe's most devel-
oped centre swung over from "capi-
talism" to the "co0perative COM
monwealth"
Robins saw Trotzky often during
the period of the Brest-Litovsk
negotiations. 1t was Trotzky's
climax. 1t was the beginning of his
partial decline. He was in his most
temperamental temper.
One midnight, at a meeting of the
executive committee of the All
Russian Congress of Soviets, he ap-
peared in the doorway pale and ex-
hausted and despairing. "The
armistice is gone," he said, General
Hoffman, refuses to agree not to
shift troops from the Eastern front
to the Western. We do not care for
the Allied governments. We are
under no obligations to the Allied
governments. But it would not be
a democratic peace if we allowed
that shifting. We will not allow it..
Never will we allow it. have de-
clared to General Hoffman, that we
! withdraw from the negotiations"
Almost in collapse he disappeared.
At 4 o'clock he returned. He was
fresh, in good color, cxuberant.
General Hoffman, has Yielded" he
cried. "He has agreed to our terms
against the shifting O.. troops. We
told him that otherwise we would adj
dress ourselves to the workingmen
of Germany"
This teYnperamentalism in speech
led to temperamentalsm in action.
Trotzky sometimes missed the facts
| of a situation in his passion for it's
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Next Day

They happened to be over soon,
They were over the very next day.
On the night Of that day-or, rather,
in the early morning Of the day
ensuing-at 2 a. m.--the Bolshcvists
attacked all twenty-six centres of
the anarchists in Moscow. They at
tackled with infantry, cavalry, ma
chine guns, cannon and tanks. They
settled the question whether the Boil
shevists or the anarchists were on
top in Russia. They killed fourteen
anarchists, wounded forty-two, capt
ured 600 and dispersed the rest,
They confscated their stores. Among
those stores was one exceedingly in
teresting entry. The Bolshevists
! laid their hands on it and increased
thereby both their military equip
ment and their diplomatic informa-
ton. It consisted Of a set Of ma
chine guns Of the newest German
pattern-a pattern so new, in fact,
that these were the first specimens
seen in Russia.
But the German support of the
anarchists was only, after all, to be
expected. 1t was in precise accord
ance with their favorite formula of
intrigue in Russia.
Trotzky was n-sighted-and
blind. He was blind to the greatest
necessity going. He was blind to
the necessity of Allied military
pressure on the Kaiser's armies.
His hatred of capitalism" blinded
him. If these "capitalistic" Allies
were physically victorious, said
Trotzky, they would make a "capi-
talistic" and anti-democratic Allied
peace, just as a victorious Kaiser
would make a "capitalistic" and
anti-democratic German peace.
Trotzky's propaganda campaign
against Germany sprang from no
impulse to help the Allies. 1t sprang
simply from an intense impulse to
help socialism.
Robins's view was: Here is a
man who is shooting with a power
full engine of propaganda at all
capitalism But the first 'capi=
talism' he can hit, and the only one
he can Immediately and effectively
hit, is the one right next door to
him on the map-Germany. For
heavens sake encourage him tc
shoot"
At First
This policy, for moment, we
thought good. The government al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
mother nstaen of Mr. Robins Fascinating Russian Ste

Washington, of its own motion,
thought it good. A considerable
sum of American money, out of
the Treasury of the United States,
came to Russia from Washington
and was spent, to Robins's knowledge,
in putting Bolshevik propaganda
into Germany. 1t was spent by the
American committee ON public in
formation. Part of it went through
the Russian revolutionary Bolshevik
propaganda bureau. The Germans
could accuse us of having used GER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

arguments. At Petrograd, in the
end, his leadership of the peace
treaty failed to hold the Soviet. At
Petrograd a greater realism than
his was wanted. But at Brest-
Litovsk, for Trotzky's purposes,
there came the hour when all of
Trotzky's qualities, bad as we'll as
good, had their accumulated social
list revolutionary use.
His objective at Brest-Litovsk
was the. German proletariat-
the same objective which he men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

written ott his ideas into twenty
one theses" as if he were giving a
course Of lectures in a college. Those
"twenty-one theses" were his rea-
sons for believing that Russia would
have to sign the peace. They were
crushing. But Lenine did not try
to crush with them at that meeting.
He spoke for only about twenty
minutes, and he spoke very much
without emphasis. He merely stated
his position. The Germans would ad-
vance; the Russian army would not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

we will. We will IN few days,
You will see."
"But why not now" said Robins.
"I'm going to tell you," said
Trotzky. "You have elections, 1 be-
lieve, in America. Well, we're having
elections in Russian Moscow
now. We are the party in power
We are being charged by many Of
our opponents with ruling by the
bayonet. Well, we are cautious. We
are not going to use bayonets during
the period Of these elections. for any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

ports and his theses and all hi, ....
lastic methods and manners had y.
hindered him perhaps thew h.,
helped him-becoming his n.,.,'
absolute realist and almost abso,.
ruler.
The Russian army was he,r,,.
and hopeless, yes. But could SON.
support be got from the A,l;ss,
Would the Allies promise to ;n,..
vene with help, with some so,, :,
help, if at Moscow the Russian &
VETS, instead of ratifying the pe,,s
should repudiate it?
A memorandum was written +,
it an inquiry was addressed IN q,
Allies. Their answer belongs II ~
third chapter of our diplomacy !.
revolutionary Russia. In this seco,s
chapter there was simply the menu
randum itself. 1t asked the A,v.,
what they would do in certain 81,
cumstances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
the ambassador would send some

the ambassador would send some
body to meet her. The ambassador
sent Mr.. Huntington and Mr.. john
son, and the woman told her story.
She had given a party to some
friends, at her house. There was
a knock at the door. A sailor stood
outside, with wine, in bottles, in a
sack. He wanted to sell it. 1t was
good wine, he said. He had got it,
he said, from the cellar of the Italian
embassy. And he went on to say:
"I'll soon have some more. We're