The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1919-10-30

Ing the life out of the soviet govern.
ment. Deniklne kept up his advance
on Moscow, capturing Orel and other
important points. The army Of the
northwest under Yudenitch took Luga
and pressed on toward Petrograd,
whose fall was imminent. This army,
II was said. was working In close I'M
Outstanding with Admiral KOlchak
whose Siberian troops were pushing
the bolsheviki back to the European
border. These three commanders have
rejected all overtures from Germany,
maintaining their connection with the
allies.
An official dispatch from Archangel
said the North Russian forces were
pursuing the bOlsheviki In the direc-
ton Of Omega after occupying their
fortified positions along the railroad,
capturing guns and prisoners and de-
stroying an armored train. In fact,
they seem to be doing very well with
out the help of the British and Amer
lean troops that were withdrawn.
Meanwhile the British feet in the
Baltic was very busy. The supreme
council having declared blockade Of
all Russian bolshevik ports, a number
Of German vessels were seized. Then
the British warships moved on Kron.
stadt. After severe bombardment II
was evacuated by the bolsheviki and
the feet entered the harbOr. All neu.
tra) nations have been asked to join
Lieutenant D'AnnunzlO seems to
have adopted more yielding attitude
In regard to Fiume, which he still
holds. He has sent to Premier Gle
menceau an appeal to take the inltia
tive in obtaining from the allied gov
ernments a declaration making Fiumt
an open port. The present Italian plar
contemplates an Independent buffer
state ut Fiume with the extension Of
italian control. over the strip Of coas
from Fiume to Trieste so the new
state shall abut on Italian territor!
on that side and not be surrounded
by Jugo-Slavia influence. The dan
ger Of war over this problem Is fad
Ing. D'Annunzio sent word to Pari
that he had drafted a manifesto urgini
both Serbs and Italians to recognize
mutual national rights and to "main
, tain the bonds of brotherhood whicl
have been sealed by blood"
} Prices of food throughout the UNI
ted States have fallen almost rs pc
} cent, according to Attorney Geners
: Palmer. But housewives. also through
out the United States. are asking VIII!
II this is true. they are forced to pa
as much as ever or more when the
, visit the retail dealer.
The cost Of leather and of footwea
e has dropped 20 per cent since the mIt
3 die of August. says the president {
3 the National Boot and Shoe Monufa'
!. turers' association. But the consume
!. Is still paying exorbitant prices fC
Q his shoes. and the aforesaid presideI
a explains that the shoes now being maj
i ufactured at reduced cost will not /
/, marketed before next April.
e The tremendous hullnbaloo abor
J. reducing the cost Of living and punisl
y ing the profiteer has dwindled unit
l. II can scarcely be heard with the a
e Of a micrOphone. Just ut present Il
e consumer Is exercised about the sug;
e situation which promises to develC
=. into a famine with 25 cents n pour
d or more demanded for the smi
r amounts of sugar to be had. The d
& mestic output Is nowhere near enOug
and II seems most of the Cuban crop
going to Europe. Dealers blame o.
'e government for this condition becau
IN II limited the Wholesale price viii
n. European dealers were willing to p,
rs anything.
n The federal trade commission car
to bat again with another of Its repor
attacking the big packers, stating tn
ie now handle more than 200 food pre-
In ucts not related to the meat ind,
IN try and bid fair to dominate the who
Mt sale grocery trade. dividing the fl
~ among themselves.
n OF course the packers, this til
~ through Louis II. Swift, declared
he trade commissions figures were gre
ty ~ exaggerated and the conclusio
IT. based Oh them utterly absurd. As
mt ual the big Ave" can supply facts a
is figures 10 uphold their entire I'M
ly cence. hut for some reason the gene
in public has learned tn look askance
he the statistics these gentlemen pr0du
n This may be due to what the trade CO
N. mission calls "the maze and secrt
TX Of the packers methods of conduct
H. much Of his business"