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commander, GelIkar. was Lieutenant In
the old army. Its first line positions on
the Dvna are under the command of n
private soldier named Baradulln. This
group includes some 200 Chinese and a
few men OF other nationalities, but Its
make up Is mostly Russian.
The fourth group. with headquarters
ut Vyatka. are reserve troops acting as
buffer between the Allies in the north
and the CZechs In the east II numbers
about 5000 men, mostly in training.
The officers OF these forces are being
constantly changed. the officer In COM
mand one day being arrested the next
day on suspicion OF counter revolutionary
tendencies. The sailors in particular
eeem to be deserving the Bolshevik cause.
They were Its strongest advocates at
the beginning. Five hundred of them are
known to have been taken recently to
Vologda under arrest.
The Bolshevilt army displays strang
conflict tendencies. sometimes lighting
bravely and at others fleeing without
firing q shot. The Bolshevik soldiers are
now receiving an average of two pounds
Of bread daily, about one pound OF meat
or FISH and also sufficient sugar and tea.
Prisoners say that the Bolshevik troops
are the only people in the interior OF
Russia receiving enough to eat and that
the majority OF the conscripts Join the
army to escape starvation.
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WILSON CABLES TO LABOR
BOARD TO END THE STRIKE
Considers Harbor Tieup "a Grave Emergency" and
Promises That War, Navy and Other Depart
ments Will Back Any Finding Announced

WARRINGTON, Jan. ll.--President Will
sons cablegram to the War Labor Board
appealing for a settlement of the New
York hnrbor strike follows:
/ have been Informed by the Secre-
tary OF Labor as to the serious situa-
ton which has developed In the port
OF New York and the strike OF marine
workers which seriously crippled the
movements OF troops and supplies.
Consider this very grave emergency,
and understand that II has arisen be-
cause the parties to the controversy
failed to make a Joint submission to
tho National War Labor Board.
earnestly request that you take up
this case again and proceed TO make a
finding. appreciate the honesty and
sincerity OF tho board in announcing
on Wednesday that 1t could not prom
Use final decision in the controversy
without formal submission from all
parties. but | am sure that the War
and Navy Departments. the Shipping
Board and the Railroad Administra-
ton and any other governmental
agencies interested In the controversy
will use all the power which they pos
sess to make your finding effective.
and / also believe that private boat
owners will feel constrained by every
CcnSIueIHtlOn OF pdlTiOtlSr1 III tue press
cut emergency to accept any recon-
'nendation which your board may
make.
Although the National War Labor
Board up to the signing OF tns ar
riAicc was concerned solely with the
prevention Of etoppdge of war work
and the maintenance OF production OF
materials essential TO the conduct OF
the war take this opportunity also Of
saying that 1t is my earnest hope that
in the present period of Industrial
transition arising from the war the
board should use all means within its
power 10 stabilize conditions and to
prevent industrial dislocation and war;
fare,
Statement by U. 8. DEPARTING nts.
AS soon as the Presidents cAblegram
was received tho following statement
was issued;
In reply to your inquiry as TO the
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STEVENS STUDENT
DIES IN BABY RUSH"
Another Badly Hurt in Rough
NeW Sport at Institute.

One student at the Stevens Institute OF
Technology was killed and another was
badly injured yesterday afternoon during
n baby rush in the gymnasium In Ho-
hoken, The baby rush" Is q compare
lively new game and rough. The boys
rig UP dummy. stuff him and then pass
him about from one TO another.
During one of the scr!mmages for pos
session OF the dummy. Ludwig Eccle, IT.
OF Mount Vernon. was hurled TO the
gymnasium floor. rs also was James
Towers. ~, OF sac West 17sth street.
Manhattan. Eccle never moved after he
hit the floor
The students stopped the game and
carried Eccle into the dressing room.
Naval Surgeon Harry N SCrota pro-
nounCed the lad dead and gave acute
dilation OF the heart as the cause, His
relatives were notified.
Towers was taken to Christ Hospital
In Jersey City. He is badly bruised and
cut but Will recover.
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SAYS LEGISLATURE
MAY END MILK ROW
Bowling to Ask Aid Of Scion,
II Trouble Continues
After Tomorrow.

Receipts Of milk for tventy-four hour.
as reported by the Department o, lieu,
at ) T. NJ. yesterday. were l.212..f
quarts. a falling OF Of 1872. qua,
from the receipts OF tho preceding t..,.-
ty-four hours. Several members o, ..,
MIX Conference Board pointed o.. ,.e
reduced supply for the day was du, g.,
the difficulties n getting milk q, ID.
city owing to the tieup in the harDo.
On Friday. however. despite the harh
strike. 50,S35 more quarts were brogs I,
in than on the day before.
Apparently the Dairymens IN-r.s
and the MIX Conferences Botrl ~,
continuing to play on their own sr.,.
OF the barnyard fence without showing
any disposition TO rescA over ana eha..
hands.
Gov Smiths MIX Commission Is .,.,
churning, but thus far the butter |...i
coming. Robert l.. bowling. cha ratt.
of the commission. informed Gov Su.,.
yesterday that he gave the produce
and distributors representatives u'l
tomorrow in which TO make Up Mer
minds what they are going TO do p,
remedy the intOlerablo situation nov
existing in the city's daily milk su'l,.
Mr.. Bowling wants something def g. o..
to report back to the Governor
THE situation is just this and
think tho public ought to know H." y.
Bowling said. '"rhe members " g..
Dairymen's League say the farmers "
not allow them to sell their milk Z
January at less than s4ol. In View T.;
this they claim to have no power to q,
any different. on the other hand t..
milk dealers. while claiming a loss Z
November. December and January o..
tho milk sold, seem somewhat mo-,
concllatory in their attitude. and S..
they would not he adverse to consld.
ering a price higher than 1850 orig
nally offered by them, but will not vor.
slider the price OF s401. claiming that Il
Is impossible. They do not make All,
definite offer, however, in view Of tn
dafrymen's stand Of s4.0l or no milk
Figures have been submitted Tor
February and Mach on which Their, u
more OF possibility of agreement TIE
prices asked by the Da!rymen's Leag .
are 1884 for February and sS23 fu-
March. They have reduced the yri .
they will ask for March from s325 0
the figure given. II is very prob a :
that some agreement may he effected m
February and March. but that does not
help out the present situation | tau. (
with both sides last night aud NJ g.,
end Of the conference | advised inca
to think the matter over. TO pray ,,.r
II at church on sunday and then 20 ~. .
me At my Office Monday and &c, t,-
Cether II they can't agree, then H. =
Is no possibility Of this commie.' ,
settling the controversy and the leg
is.ature will be asked 20 take ~. Q
drastic stens to compel a settlement
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MARINES DEFEAT SOLDIERS.
Party From Berlin Intercepts
Troops on Way TO city.

LztPsIc, Jan. 3 (deiayed) A party
81 marines from Berlin succeeded to-
day In stopping a body OF troops on
their way TO Berlin by meeting and
disarnirg the Berlin bound force at
OelitzeCh, near Lepsic. The marines
mad Intercepted wireless message re-
porting that the troops were to pass
through Delitzsch and were at the sta
lion In force when the troops arrived.
The marines demanded that the SOL
Hers surrender their weapons and sharp
lighting ensued. Tho troops lost two
officers and three men killed and twelve
men wounded. The marines had two
dead and two wounded as result Of the
fight, which ended with the dsarming
of the soldiers
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BRITISH DELEGATES DEPART.
Chancellor BonRr Law Travels to
Paris by Airplanc.

LONDON, Jan. ll.--The British dele
gates to the peace conference left for
Paris this morning. Premier Lloyd
George. with the Premiers OF the Do
minions and the representatives Of In
dia, travelled by the ordinary route. An.
drew Bonar Law, the Chancellor OF the
EAchequer made the trip By a.rplane
"a he Invariably does when he goes TO
France.
Premier lloyd Georges party was ac-
companied by an army OF officials and
newspaper correspondents.
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AMERICANS RETIRE
ON THURMAN FRONT
Are Under Heavy Fire Eight
Miles in Rear of Their
Recent Positions.
REDS HAVE ABLE HEADS
Officers Who Had Commands
in Cars Army Direct Fight
ing Under Compulsion.

BR the Associated PTtss.
ARcHANdEL, Jan. 1.-The new POSI-
! lions OF the Americans. Russians and
Poles on the River Omega sector was
subjected to a heavy Bolshevik machine
gun fire Thursday. The allied positions
on this sector are now at n village about
eight miles In the rear of the furthest
point reached An the advance OF last
week. The withdrawal was made In or
der to give the troops good billets.
After few days of extremely cold
weather the northern Russian front
again has become unusually warm for
this season OF the year. There has been
another heavy snowfall.
The latest inforina ton obtained by
agents of the Allied Intelligence Depart
ment and from Bolshevik prisoners has
| developed that the allied and American
| troops are opposed to a force which,
| while not OF high morale, Is at least
fairly well organized and Offered, rot
by Germans. hut by former Russian
and LettIsh officers of considerable
| training.
The Bolshevikl have as general officers
and battalion and company leaders
many officers OF the Russian Emperor S
! army, who were forced TO serve on
pain Of death or Imprisonment, or who
are serving for high pay. The Bolshe-
Wiki themselves do not trust them, and
to almost every man from the old Of
Deer class Is attached "commissar."
! whose principal duty seems to be to ny
on the officer and report him for pun a.
ment II he shows signs Of wavering.
Gen. Gittis in Command.
Opposing the Americans and the A.
lies on this front is the Bolshevik Sixth
Army. with general headquarters at
Nologda, whose commander In chief is
Gen. Gifts. formerly commander Of one
OF the Lettish brigades IN the old Rus
sian army. His Chief OF Staff formerly
was Gen. Parski, once commander Of
the old Russian Twelfth Army Corps.
who is nov military adviser TO the Boz
shevik Government.
The Sixth Army Is IN turn divided into
four groups OF which the first or re-
serve IL located at Vologda. This group
consists of about 5000 men. largely
newly arrived conscripts, and has been
under command Of Col" Loewe, an
Austrian Bolshevlk ADVENTURE It is
made UP OF Bolshevikl OF all nat!onali-
ties. including some German, Austrian
and Magyar prisoners to war who volun.
teered or who were conscrpted.
The second, known as the Archangel
group includes four columns fighting on
the NoIogds hallway on the positions at
Kadish and Taresevo. the Omega force
and that operating or the Vaga River In
the direction OF Shjnkursk It's general
headquarters Is at Plesetskaya, and 1t Is
commanded by former Lieutenant
! named Lengovsky. This group Is COM
posed of about $500 men. mostly con-
scripts. with few Let's and sailors
manning the heavy guns.
ss.ouu Eo,c> An Meta.
THIS headquarters OF the third group In
located at Krasnoborsk. and 1t consists
OF $500 men Operating between the
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PRINCE OF WALES IN U. S. LINES
Guest of MaIOr-Gen. Dickman nj
Headquarters in Coblens.

CoBLENz, Jan. 10 (delayed) The
Prince OF Wales became the guest Of
Mator-Gen. Joseph T Dlckman. comman-
der o. the American Third Army. to-day
He entered the American lines from the
Cologne headquarters Of the British
army OF occupation and expects TO leave
Sunday or Monday for Bonn.
The Princes appearance IN Coblenz
was not marked by any ceremony that
would indicate the presence OF royalty,
for he desired as little pomp as possible
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refuse TO participate IN the proceedings
Is OF little Importance to the procedure.
Award to he Made at Once.

refuse TO participate IN the proceedings
Is OF little importance to the procedure.
Award to Re Made at Once.
The question Of Joint submission OF
demands and counter proposals by the
strikers and their employees has been
removed by tho Presidents cabied re-
quest. ordering the War Labor Board
10 assume immediate jurisdiction, with
tho assurance that "the War and Navy
Departments. the Shipping Board and
the Railroad Administration and any
other Government agencies Interested
In the controversy will use all the power
they possess to make the findings Eff
fectve."
II the boat owners refuse to present
their side Of the case to tho War Labor
Board 1t will not prevent an eN-parte
Noaring. An award VIII be made at
once and the Government will proceed
10 enforce II properly. Already the
Navy is operating 40 per cent. Of tho
boats in the harbor, aud the rest will
he operated by the Emergency Fleet
Corporation In the event OF n refusal to
respect the award. The Government Is
prepared to commander the entire
equipment of the port. Meanwhile 1t Is
assured that the thousands OF workers
who have been idle since Thursday
morning will resume work pending the
decision of the boarc. rr 70. .--...
The boat owners have accomplished
one point in making the Railroad Admin-
isration agree to join IN arbitration. As
matter of fact. the Railroad Admins
tration had an eight hour schedule in
lorce, but for some reason known only tn
Mr.. McAdoo. it refused to arbitrate the
matter under discussion. The marins
workers never pressed Director Smith,
because working conditions under tns
Government were for the most part sat-
lsfactory
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Women WIN Dine with Democrat,

Women members OF the Cleveland De
mocracy Will attend the annual dinner
" the Hotel Savoy Saturday evening
January IS. for the hrst time IN the ten
ears that the affairs have been held. so
t was announced yesterday. william
r. Schneider. County Clerk, is chairman
OF the dinner committee.
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PUBLIC SUFFERING
BY TIEUP is REDUCED
Travellers Find New Ways in
Getting About During
HarbOr Strike.
PROFITEERS ON THE JOB
Staten Island Food Prices Rise
b. r. II. Threatened by
Coal Shortage

~ Itreny,,fnrs hN n h
i'c dc resu'' Oh 'ne haroor s'iiNo was
noticeably less Yesterday than on the
preceding DAYS OF the tieup.
A punher ~, fac,ors contr,buted IN
, TINS. me decrease IN traVei que 10 tne
,.oi,roa, ~ - =, .,,, So 800,
- NS w on. w. y. nv
Wv" INC 81 i"e "a7 'h,'"h 'poi' N'e'''
men, 700, travellers hao ndo time W
acqualnt themselves with the available
substitutes for their ordinary routes,
which had been dislocated by the
strike.
Enough find NJ all kinds to sum
,,,,, Nta,b,,t.. tor tr,o,,y-torr bours
~, l,.a,,,,,,. i,,a 49, ai.,, at,
w pio-s"' ,Hoo ' oty W. ~
t'i' ddS OF We nc" 1oTk ,cnur'i
mes ara unloaded AT the Inlrty-
third, SiXtieth street, l30th street and
kiHgsbridec freight stations. Part OF
the socks Of mink, beef. live stock and
stanles Trough, was sant n por, Nor
vi, ,.horo w. ran+-aI Ii,a. ,,aa, tbos.
-, .ho ~. rJ,,.o- IT,, ,ha,, 80,
.s -,
u alistei' 81 o'er .iie ihei u"te piiese
70 Long island CITY.
Large SUPPLIES OF meat and groceries
Tor staten islanders were arriving iesu-
iarly over the Arthur XIII Bridge be-
tween Crawford, n. j., and Mariners
Harbor' MIX ana bread wefa taken
ferries.
proo,..r. o.. r..,r rn.u.
In spite OF the fact that In this way
tcod In normal quantities was assured
upon the opportunity TO mulct the pub
NC, and there were sharp advances In
the prices OF foodstuns. particularly
meat and potatoes. Small dealers IN
the outlying districts were the CHIEF
Offenders, the more responsible larger
dealers making no enort to take UNI
scrurulous advantage or the situation.
Ind gnation over the profiteering was
the keener because 1t is matter OF
common knowledge that virtually all or
the meat consumed on Staten Island has
Always been taken to the island by rail-
and that the boat tieup could not possibly
| have affected the supply.
While food transportation was main
tainei at about normal point. the
situation with respect TO fuel and other
commodities was not so reassuring. OF
f!clals OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company stated that the, continuance
Of the strike for few days more
would seriously cripple the system, as
its coal supplies were low and would not
last more than week at the most.
"reehpoiht Ferry Neso"es.
The Greenpo.nt ferry service. which
had heretofore not been affected by the
strike and which has been making regu-
lar trips at ffteeI. minute intervals, was
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attitude OF our Departments regard
ing any decisions that may be made
by Tho National War Labor Board In
regard TO the controversy now going
on at the port OF New York. should
your board, In accordance with the
Presidents request. resume jurisdic-
ton over the controversy. we desire to
assure you that we will gladly submit
any interests which we may have In
this controversy to your board. and
will abide by such dec!s.ons as you
may make.
BENEDICT CRowELL,
Acting Secretary OF War.
'JosEpHus DANIELS,
Secretary OF the Navy.
WALKER u. HINES,
Director-General OF Railroads.
JOHN A. DoNAL.
Acting Chairman Shipping Board.
War Labor Boards Statement.
Upon receipt OF this tho War Labor
Boa I'd, over tho signatures of Messrs
Taft and Manly. gave out this state
ment:
In accordance with tho direction OF
the President OF the United States the
National War Labor Board Will re-
sumo jurisdiction of the New York
harbor controversy and will hold a
hearing at 10 o'clock Monday, Janu-
AIRY 10. IN the Board OF Estimate room.
city Hail, borough OF Manhattan, and
proceed to make prompt decision.
The National War Labor Board has
received formal assurarce from the
Secretary OF War; the Secretary OF the
Navy, the Director-General OF the
Railroad Administration and the Ship
ping Board that they will submit TO
the board all interests which they have
In this controversy and will abide by
any decision which the board may
make.
The board has notified the Secretary
OF Labor OF this action and has re-
quested him to take tho steps neces-
sary to secure a resumption Of work
Immediately on the assurance that the
National War Labor Board will mako
q prompt decision which will estab lish
equitable wages and working condl-
tons for the harbor OF New York.
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strong Force on Dvtna

Tbs headluarters OF the third group In
located at Kra sroborsk. and II consists
OF $500 men Operating between the
Dvina. the Pineea and Mezen rivers. It's
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ALLEGED CON-
man ARRESTED
Governments Hunt for Fugi-
tive Ends in Alaska

With the arrest in Ketchiksn,
Alaska. OF Carl Brandcnburg. al.
legged confidence man. a pursui. OF
several thousands OF miles is
thought to have ended.
News OF tho apprehension Of
Brnndenburg Was received here Sat.
urday morning by Deputy u. s. Mar
Ehal w. r. Theodore. A cable was
sent asking that Brandenburg be
held until a warrant from Seattle
could be sent
Brandenburg In wanted in Seattle
for alleged fraudulent representa-
tons. on November. 1918. he is said
to have represented himself at Piper
& Taft's sporting goods store as an
agent Of the forestry service. He
purchased $3.50 worth OF guns and
hunting equipment md In exchange
rendered draft upon the forestry
department for $500.
His letters of Identification seemed
complete and he received the goods
and SEQ in chanc. L. s. officials
say.
Brandenburg Is said to be wanted
also by police in Portland. Tacoma.
Pasadena and other coast cities
Proceedings In Seattle viii be held
in allegiance pending action in the
other cases against Brandenburg.
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Seed Crops Destroyed In
Washington; Huge Loss
Caused by Zero Weather

One OF the results Of the unusual
cold weather has been the practical
destruction 81 the 1920 cabbage seed
crop OF the state Of Washington.
This crop IL valued close 10 n mil.
lion dollars. and from all Appearances
now the loss Will be from 10 TO 90
per cent
IL takes two years 20 grow a crop
Of cabbage seed. the first year being
used 10 produce heads. these are kept
over the winter and seeds are pro.
duceh from these heads during the
second season
Owing TO the unusual dry and
backward summer. the 1920 crop is
not as far advanced this year mA
usual These heads NIL have 10 be
selected before being covered for the
winter and on account Of the back.
ward season this selection and con.
aequent protection was being left ms
long as possible. 80 that the cold
weather caught them altogether un.
protected and for the most part de.
Btroycd them.
The chas. II. Liliy company, who
have grown cabbage seed in the
Akagit valley for the last nineteen
years. say that nothing like this has
ever been experienced before They
report having seen as cold weather.
but never having this cold weather
before Christmas. and think that this
~ the most complete crop failure
that they have ever seen in the nine.
teen years that they have been grow.
ing cabbage seed in this section,
aitho some OF their best farmers who
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-13
BREW LEADS TO
BLOODY FIGHT
Wash Bowl and Knife Used
as Weapons

Jake KukI and Hcimar Nakiei
both roornlng al "A lodging house at
si2 Maynard ave. were buddis-A.
In fact they were such good
friends that they shared their liquor
with each other.
They shared a quantity OF the brew
that cheers In Kuki's room early sat
urday morning. but this wasn't or
binary liquor. IL prompted an argu.
ment which led 10 blows.
Somewhere In the argument a
knife appeared. Then a heavy crock.
cry wash bowl was introduced. The
bowl was used TO good advantage un.
"a IL was shattered over Kukis head.
who. Il II said. welded the knife sue
ccssfuliy along Nakiel's shoulder
blade.
when the debris was cleared away
and the cops arrived. Nakiel was
found stretched out in the hallway
in "a serious condition. while his COM
radc-atarms was found hiding on
the floor above with hugh cash on
his hand.
Both were taken to the city hos
pItAl, where their wounds were
dressed. They were formally booked
and will. II sufficiently recovered. re-
count the details OF the fight 10 70.
lice Judge Gordon next Monday.
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FRESH RANCH
EGGS DECLINE
Quotations Reduced to rs
Cents Per Dozen

Local fresh ranch eggs are down
2 cents per dozen on the wholesale
market Saturday Quotations are now
"a cents per dozen To the weakened
New York market. IL attributed the
drop In local prices
The Eastern market Is receiving
large quantities OF southern ,ggs and
local stock Is not in such great de.
mand as usual. say dealers. other
eEg quotations remain constant
Butter market IL holding firm,
The snow IL stili holding M train
shipments of California greens for
the Christmas trade. Only small
quantity Of bananas got thru 20 this
market on Friday Quotations are
steady az 10 cents per pound
The local stock yards reported lit
tle activity Friday, Arrivals were
o. hogs and ie5 head OF cattle. Both
markets held steady in ali lines.
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have grown seed for many years had
carefully provided for all contingent
CITES by having their crop far enough
advanced 10 be rogued and covered.
Turnips Gone, Too
WoodruffBoyee. who started grow
ing seed last year at Auburn, in the
White River valley. and had a sue
eesHful crop the first year In this
new gection, report a complete fail.
ure for the coming crop both on cab
bage and tufnip.
The Aabllng Seed company. which
has been growing seed for the last
four or five years. report that as far
as they can judge at the present
time all OF their crops. none of which
have been covered. have been 10
thoroly frozen as 10 be complete
loss.
In the section around Chebalis.
where the thermometer has dropped
I'm the last few days 20 10 degrees
below zero. and where none OF the
turnips have been covered. there will
undoubtedly be nothing left worth
caring for.
Altogether the seed industry OF
this state. which has experienced
such an increase during the last few
years. especially during the war. has
received severe setback. especially
with regard TO those crops which
take two years 10 produce seed. such
as cabbage. turnip. rutabaea. kale.
beeta. mangel. etc. Only few Of the
Older and more experienced farmers
have saved their crops.