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and arms to settle the Bolsheviki diff.
ficulties.
The Dutch steamer Rick, Rotter-
dam to Bergen, struck a mine and
sank three miles off . the Norwegian
coast. The crew was saved and has
landed at Christianstad.
The Poles have refused the German
demand to withdraw troops from the
Posen province, but on the contrary,
have called all Poles If military age
to the cOlors t o defend that territory.
King Alfonso of Spain has definite
ly decided to visit South America, ac-
cording to reports. He will go to
Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio
Janeiro, it is said, but the date of the
voyage has not yet peer fixed.
British air raids upon German towns
and military detectives during the
last twelve months of the war We're
nearly five times as numerous as the
total number of air raids made by
Germany over Great Britain during
more than four years of war.
Admiral Viscount Jellicoe's book on
the naval operations of the war which
is now published settles at last the
mystery of Lord Kitchener's death
by stating that the cruiser Hampshire
sank after striking a moored mine of
the type laid by the German U-boats.
At a conference between British
manufacturers, British importers and
representatives, of American shoe
manufacturers an agreement has been
reached by which American and Brit
ish firms dealing in boots a5iyl shoes
can start competition on an equal
basis.
Christian Donhauser, the German
aviator who shot down Lieut.. Quentin
Roosevelt I've the German lines on
the western front, was killed Jan. IL
last, according to word from Ben
Braker, who was stationed at a flying
field in Germany and who claims to
have witnessed the death of the Ger
man.
1.-The strength of Britain move
ment" a national temperance organ
i~aztion, has sent to President Wilson
and the people of the United States
a message of co~ngratulation on "the
Aatilitdtioh VI Liz liuuoI pIOlilDlllOh
amendment to the constitution, the
greatest legislative act since the days
of Lincoln"
The HavaS agency gives out a state
ment by Viscount Chinda, the Japan
csc ambassador to Great Britain, who
now is representing his country at
the peace conference in Paris, declar-
ing the reports to be untrue that jap
an has exercised pressure on China
to 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 it than the an
Gent capital of Greece. Free entirely
from the menace of air raids and hos
tile bombardment, and participating
actively in the war for comparatively
only a short time, Athens is today in
all essential features exactly as it
was in pre-war days.
SPORT
President Charles A. Comiskey an
nounced that the Chicago American
League baseball team will train at
GllutIdi Nclio, LEANS, tllo ySui. Liz
team will leave Chicago March 81.
With the signing of Il Detroit con-
tract by Catcher Edward Ainsmith,
President Navin of the local American
League Club announced the uncondi-
tional release of Catcher Eddie Spen-
GER.
Binland, 2:O3%, winner of the
Pennsylvania at Lexington last fall,
sold for $4,000 at Springfield, Ohio,
being purchased by w. ]. Myers. Bin
land will be raced again this year by
Trainer Frank Hendrick.
Ed Lewis of Lexington, KY, chal-
lenger for the heavyweight wrestling
championship and Joe Stecher of
Dodge, Neb., the former champion,
are matched to meet in a finish con-
test at Chicago March 8 for a purse
of $4,000.
GENERAL
Careful survey of food prices cover
ing a period of thirty days shows the
high cost of living has taken its first
big drop.
A world shortage of gasoline waits