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Frank Williams, R. Creighton, G W. Doans, C. w. Anderson and FranA l.. Knight all et Anchorage left on tn, Alameda this morning.
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,. Wm. Carrie assistant Chief Engin eer of the Alaskan Railway Commis sion who accompanied Colonel Near o Seward from Anchorage will re turn to that place today.
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Colonel Fred Nears. Barndollar and
 ar. and Mrs. charsss Mason of the Alaskan Railroad Commission left 4his morning qp the 8. s. Alameda. Col. onel Mears will go to Washington D. c. on buainess connected with the com. pletion q ths Nasksa Railroad.
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CHARGES UNJUsTIFIED

PORT au Prince, Haiti,- Dec, Z
 - 4 total of 1442 Hatiens have been killed since the beginning of the inten- slve campaign against bandits started .wo years ago. This total included ten uaci Jes alleged to have been killed by corporal Lang and Sergeant Williams. to the testimony lib all but ten fell during the 298 battles to the testimony of the mt .tary authorities who insist that Cd pnel Barnetts charges of indiscrhmi- nate killings was unjustified. '
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Duncan Cooper and J. M. Kyle cam in on the last Limited from Cooper landing. They are stopping at tn, dotel Seward.
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Mir. Brayford and family from An. :horage will go south on the Watson tor ninety day trip.
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SAN FRANCISCO, pse.AM Trsnspscific vessels lesphs.ees - Orient ysstera.y wses pssiaa ss~ pect .'s,s,nsrrs with | sse tsg -. tue North Fneifie aseSl No w6S1i1fo yet posted.
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JIM. Meyers of the Bureau of Pulp licroads left .his morning for Ketchi- kan on a business trip. Mir. Meyers will return in a few weeks. =
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HARDING COMPLETES . INSPECTION TRIP

CRISTOBAL, Dec., 2- Preziden, elect Harding completed the inspection of the Panama Canal yesterday MT. and Mrs. Harding took a ride on a Laval sea pane. both lett later on ra. Steamer fasslores for the Unlteu oLareS. E
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K. l.. Peterson and c. R. Peck old timers from the interior are at the Seward.
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MT. Park Garrison and wife frol Xetchikan are staying at the Sewart
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John Lindquist. aas snpisye ef ths Alsskan Engineering eoianisaisn. sta. toned t Eika, commisesd sAitids receDtly, his body being fosn4 nsat. ing in Ship creek just above AeNally $ Maitland's dock.
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HEAD SUTHERLAND = TELEGRAPH FLASHES FROM THE
 V RADIO. 7, sj

Concise news digest transmitted Oy the Associated Press. :.
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C;,as. Wagner and wife, Geo. H Miller and J. c. Jacobson are all re gistered at the Seward ) chorage. They will go south on the Watson.
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SEWARD SNAPSHOTS

Mrs. Al Roberts of Roosevelt came n on the Flier to do her Christmas h shopping. She is staying at the Seward n Hotel
 C;,as. Wagner and wife, Geo. H Miller and J. c. Jacobson are all re Ii gistered at the Seward n chorage. They will go south on the Watson.
 Professor H. c. Parker, Mt Nc Kinley mining man is stopping at the Seward. He will return to Anchorage on the next train.
  e COMMITTEES FOR THE COMMUN-
 ITY CHRISTMAS TREE. : Program:-- The Public School Teachers and Mrs. . Mathison. Finanee:-  s The Sswa1d. Gatexaxsa Elaia. lIasliss,, Naxes:- t Thelma Ellsworth. , Tree:- t Harry Hoben Decorating:- 0 Ralph Reed, Chairman Gle will select his helpers) D Purchasing Nuts, candy, supplies, etc., - Mrs. Borgen, : Mrs. Sexton. Purchasing:- Presents for children.
 Mrs. Crefting,
 Mrs. Br00la' ..>--.i..kR
 Mrs. Estes, e Mrs. Shellhorn, = Mrs. skeen '- Mrs. Orlander, Mrs. Graft,
 ,Mrs. Anderson,
 Mrs. Kay,
 Mrs. Nelson,
 Assisting Santa Claus to distribute all presents:- n Mrs. Ellsworth, Chairman (She will select her helpers)
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Professor Savage, for 15 years connected with the University of H. linois, left Anchorage short time ago for the Chickaloon coal. fields to superuse a geological survey of the mine for Secretary Daniels.
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Mrs. Al Roberts of Roosevelt came n on the Flier to do her Christmas shopping. She is staying at the Seward Hotel.
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Dave MutcAier oA
 the1overland.,
 Livingston Wernecke of the Tread well Co; came 4o~Seward. on the last -.,.5T from Anchorage. MT. Wernecke has been in the Nixon Fork country for the past few weeks attending to business connected with the options Of the Treadwell Co.,, on property in that district. MT. Wernecke will return to the Nixon country in the Springwi tn Mrs. Wernecke. He reports good pro- spects and says that considerable de- velopment work will be done next sea-
 George Johahsen, the Hunker King is staying at the Overland
 Harry Steele, publisher of the Cor dova Times returned to that place this morning on the Alameda. MT. Steele is an old Alaskan who has mushed the myriad trails of the Territory for more than twenty years. He is very opto- mistic regarding the future of Alaska.
 Dr. and Mrs. Woodhouse of An chorage are guests of the Seward Ho- 'e'' .s<.
 E. R. Mcfarland of Anchorage is registered At the Seward. :. j. Alvah Flames, the Territorial dis strict post office inspector returned to Cc-dova on the Alameda
 Arthur H. Miller of Anchorage came over on the last Flier. He is staying at the Seward. . .s''r =. % '@T.,W. Hartley and wife of Anchor !aee' are guests of the Seward Hotel. ,,, Ed. Christianson and wife are also .t the Seward from Anchorage. ', Mrs. c. T. Hill wife of Lieutenant Hill of the Navy Coal Commission is . guest of the Seward Hotel. She is going out for the Christmas Holidays.
 Mrs. Dora Williams an old time AL askan from Fairbanks is stopping at ths Seward.
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Professor H. C. Parker, Mt. Nc Kinley mining man is stopping at the Seward. He will return to Anchorage on the next train.
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Dr. J. H. Romig was a passengei on the Alameda this morning. Dr. Ro mig will visit with friends in Califor. mia and other places for few weeks He will return in January.
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AT THE HOTELS

AT THE HOTELS :. Martin Graham of kolric~ which {. ;s farther north than any other town in Alaska is registered at the over land Hotel:
 IT Chisholm, the genial and wolf liked commercial traveller went S0u'" on the Alameda.
 Iathrop, the Movie ing was a pass .neer on the Alameda, south bound. =, Little Miss Coombs is staylng a' the Overland, She journeyed alt the way from Seattle alone and will go to Anchorage on to,norrow's train where she will join her folks.
 MT. E. A. Sieter, the we'll known ,ewler of Fairbanks is stopping at the Overland withshis wife.
 lee J. Dalton, from the Kantishna coaatry is at the Overland. taeS sz. >Aa,-s .-.s a..,;' .,
 MrssE. H. Riley from Iditarod is saasaa6 the Qserleed Hotel
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j. J.s J. Dalton, from the Kantishna
 eoaatry is. at the Overland
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70,
 MrsE. H. Riley from 1ditarod is | s,aaa,se the QEerleed Hotel
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Seward the Ideal Tourist . Town of Alaska. Hunting . Eishing and Scenery Best ' . in the Territory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-11
CHAPTER XIV
Market MilCaSter

THE haunt Of well informed men
which Spargo had in view when he
turned out of the Watchman Office la
well hidden from ordinary sight and
knowledge in one of those Fleet stree
courts the like of which is not else
where in the world. Only certain fol-
knew of it. 1t was, of course, a club
otherwise it would not have been wha
It was. 1t is the simplest thing in life
IN England, at any rate, to form a clu'
Of congenial spirits. You get so many
OF your choice friends and acuuaint
anres to gather round you; you register
yourselves under name of your own
choosing, you take house and furnish
II according to your means and your
taste; you comply with the very easy
iet'er OF the law, and there you are
heep within that easy letter, and you
can 90 what you please ON your ow,
premises. 1t is much more agreeable to
nave a small paradise of your own of
ISls r description than to lounge about
Fleet street bars.
Inc particular club to which Spargo
pent MS steps was called the Octoneu-
mehol' Who evolved this extraordinary
ssomoination of Latin and Greek was a
aark mystery: there it was, however, on
stiny brass plate when you once reached
ne portals. The portals were gained by
devious ways. You turned out of Fleet
street by an alley SO narrow that it
seemed as if you might suddenly find
walls. ''o "ANien'
Ihen you suddenly dived down an
o o.met alley ana found yourself in small
court, with high walls around you and
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Saying this, Crooked Nose dashed of
helter .,skelter through the woods. But
he hadn't gone ten steps before Peggy
and Billy dashed off after him.
wait, Crooked Nose" cried Peggy.
"We will go with you and help you win
the fair young damsel. Then when you
marry her, there will be no danger of
Fierce Fangs and Belinda, the cook,
trying to force you to marry me-"
Crooked Nose stopped short and new
hope flashed into his eyes. THAT is
true. Getting married to the fair young
Gamsel is The safest way to escape from
the plot Of my uncle and mother" Then
Crooked Nose pondered a moment. "But
perhaps the fair young damsel will not
have me when she sees my twisted nose.
have wooed her secretly from afar,
singing songs to her from distance,
but she has never looked upon my face. "
Peggy thought to herself that if the
fair damScl could see the handsome eyes
and smiling, gentle mouth of Crooked
Nose before she saw his nose, she would
fall so deeply in love with him that she
wouldn' I mind the only ugly part of his
face. And so she told Crooked Nose
Billy called to Balky Sam, and they
were prepared to set out for the home
Of the fair damsel, when suddenly Giant
Fierce Fangs, carrying on his shoulder
Belinda, the cook, and her basket of
cans. burst through the woods.
Now | have .you," he shouted.
grasping Peggy with one hand and
Crooked Nose with the other.
Garry them to the parson, and we
Will have the wedding over with at
once screamed Belinda, the cook.
Giant Fierce Fangs lifted Peggy end
Crooked Nose as easily as though they
had been dolls and strode back the way
he had come. He might have gotten
away with them, but just then Billy
whispered into one of Balky Sans big
ears, and Belky Sam made jump for
the giant. Balky Sam opened his big
mouth and took a sharp nip out Of
Fierce Fangs's leg. Fierce Fangs yelled
and dropped Peggy and Crooked Nose
70 the ground, at the same time spilling
Belinda and her cans off his shoulder.
AS he hoped around on one leg, Billy
boosted Peggy and Crooked Nose upon
Balky Sans back and climbed up him
self. Then away they went swiftly
through the woods.
(Tomorroio ioiH be told how Peggy
plans. for Crooked Nose 10 ioin he
fair damsel.
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AMI HERE 1T CONTINUES

AND HEtNE II SO-'
uuE object to which he pointed was
| o-snall, oblong piece of thin, much
,rorn silver, about the size of a rail-
Wv Wv ticket. On one side of it was
Wat VIA seemed to be heraldic device or
snat. of arms. almost obiterated BY
ruhbing; on the other. similarly worn
down BY friction, was the figure of n
horse.
"That's a curious object. remarked
Snargo, picking it up. Il never saw
ANYTHING like that before. What can
II be-" ,. ,.,;aa
of tbe sort either" said Rathbury.
Hsome old token, | should say. Now
his photo. Ah--you see, the photog-
ranher's rOl name and address have been
horn away or broken off-there's moth
Inc left but just two letters of what's
spTparcntly T been the name of the town
see. Er-that's all there is. por-
trait of baby, ehF'
Spargo gave. what might have been
called in anybody else but him cas-
ual glance at the baby $ nOrtrait.
He picked up the silver ticket again
and turned it over and over.
"Look here, Rathbury," he said
"Let me take this silver thing. I know
where can find out what it is. At least,
think ] do
"All right" agreed the detective,
"but take the greatest care Of it. and
don't tell soul that we found it in thi
box. you know. No connection with the
Marbury case, Spargo. remember
"Oh, all right said Spargo. Trust
me"
He put the silver ticket in his pocket
and went back to the Office, wonder in
about this singular find. And when he
had written his article that evening, and
seen a ploof of it, Spargo went into
Fleet street intent on seeking peculiar
information,
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,fTomorroio ioiH be told hop Peggy
plans for Crooked Nose 10 0in the
fair damsel.)
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DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
BLUE EYES AND CROOKED NOSE

Peggy and Billy, in Morieland, are
fHnnlng arcGy so Peggy ioiH not hare
70 marry the dpdrt, Crooked Nose.
lHeU come upon u youth loith hand
scme eyes and smiling mouth iCho is
ntdhg IN a tree. TO their surprise
,Mev learn that he is Crooked Nose
hmselt.J
The Secret of Crooked Nose
CROOKED NOSE, the dwarf, looked
sadly at Peggy and Billy out of his
handsome blue eyes.
NOW that you have seen my twisted
nose, and know who I am, why don t
you run away?" he asked.
>. But Peggy and Billy had no inten-
eloa OF running away. They had ex-
E.vSed Crooked Nose to be an ugly, evil
n.ue person, and now that they had
tSuau MIN to be very nice, except for
s ss twisted nose, they could see no rea-
''a a,IIo Ior fleeing from him.
we are not going to run away be-
Ssuse onn we saw your handsome blue eyes
,. Suu smiling, gentle mouth before we
10" your twisted nose, and we like you
tb ~ spite OF it, said Billy. Peggy felt
ba,S ss same way. but suddenly she remem-
d. thdt Fierce Fangs and Belinda,
@ Me COOK, were trying to force her to
t marry Crooked Nose. She didn't want
10 fo, marry marry him. She was far too young
ss,a les, like you, Crooked Nose" she
yo~ % but l couldn't think of marrying
srS sOS =. my age. II 1 should marry you
nrinnnd' T H. when l grew up noble young
hr hSee should come along to claim me
sOrrn a'S bride, then we'd ali be very, very
h.srGG "rGGoked Nose stared at her as he
nsrrr rp these words. "Why should /
smils' you = he asked with a puzzled
al he. Then the smile fed and he looked
tione a.aiMX1,o,usly as he changed the qucs- :
less vo,, Why should l marry you un-
land YOU are Peggy, princess of Bird
force, WI mnom my uncle and mother would
'T'GsSy aI sighed as she answered him !:
whom NJ ptieggy, princess of Birdland,
cook wpli1s rieree Fangs and Belinda, the
i'T would force you to we'd"
crook"d | must flee from you" cried
.ea .tor ~. Nose in a despairing voice
wtle III vJi,IInoqgh you are very lovely
Mir yon, smi, l have lost my heart To a
Win her, spIs dnmsel, and unless I can
days, ~ ! viii stay bachelor all my
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The young lady across the way
says we don't take the risks they
used to take in the old days and
nobody ever thought of putting
anti-skid chains on a sleigh, no
matter how bad the traffic condi-
tions were.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
ENROUTE HOME.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.- Information has been received at Red Cross headquarters to the effect that over a thousand Austrian and Hungarian war prisoners, recently liberated from Siberian prisons, have started for home on foot, clad in the remnants of their uniforms of 1914. The Bolshevik authorities have made no provisions for feeding the unfortunates, and American re- lief societies and churches have launched campaign for three mill ion dollars to assist the former pris- oners on their 4,000-mile tramp
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
AUSTRIA ID JOIN LEAGUE AT EARLY
 DATE IS REPORT

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.- According to reports received in this city, Austria and possibly Hun gary will be admitted as members of the League of Nations at the first summer meeting of that body And it is learned from high sources that Germany, Bulgaria, and possi- bly Turkey are to be admitted at the second summer session, the date of which has not yet been fixed definitely.
 It is reported that it is the inten- tion of the Allies to re-establish political and commercial relations with the former enemy countries, and they have decided to use the league as the shortest route to the end desired.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
TANANA ICE MOVES
 IN FRONT OF TOWN

The nual breakup, the big spring sporting event in Interior Alaska, occurred at Nenana yester- day morning at II AT, that being the official time recorded at the commission power-house by the movement of the flag which had been placed on the river ice oppo site Warehouse No. 1. As is the case almost every spring, the sheet of ice in front of town moved down stream several hundred feet and then stopped, to await the general breakup, which may occur at any time now, and which promises to be more than usually spectacular,
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12

Five" consisting of Joe Fischer, Al Clarno, Tom Martinich, E. l.. Laugh lin and Charles Bergman, each guessed II :45, and the money will be divided equally between the two, Mir. Schmidt getting half and the Big Five" the other half
 The next closest guess was Ii :5O, Tom Smith, of the Southern, and A. c. Brabant each having marked their tickets with that time. O. M. Jackson, of the Portland, guessed 11:43, Sam Beatty II AZ, Mrs. Cora Hill 11:41, and George Hupprich and Joe Leferrie were next in line with II :59 The winning tickets were numbered 597, marked by Mir. Schmidt, and 1,s46, marked by the Big Five.
 Ed Parks won the $5 minute pool at the Portland, drawing down $500 for his lucky guess. The $l minute pools at the Portland were won by Harry Carr, Tom Mathews and w. w. Kroll.
 The baseball consolation pool was won by Sam Beatty. The winner takes 60 percent of the money and the remainder goes to the baseball committee.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12

SEATTLE, May 2.-Lieutenant- Colonel Alfred H. Brooks, former head of the geological survey; Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general, and Harry Y. Saint, mem Der of the United States Shipping board, who were appointed at the request of Secretary of the Interior John Barton Payne as special committee to investigate Alaskan conditions in connection with the plan to create a development board to represent the Federal Govern ment in the Territory, arrived in this city on Saturday for the pur- pose of holding public hearings, and began their work immediately.
 The committee brought data with them from the capital, and also the reports of previous committees who investigated Alaskan conditions. In announcing the plans of the com mittee, Or" Brooks explained that they sought merely concrete sugges- tions on means of improvement de- sired. The members of the com mittee, he said, would not visit Alaska "What little information we would gain by trip to Alaska" /" he explained, "is already in hand fourfold in complete reports"
 The purpose of the committeeman in visiting Seattle, Or" Brooks stated further, was to confer with Government officials, including the
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
CANADA ID GIVE SOLDIERS CHANCE
 10 LOCATE GOLD

VICTORIA, B. C., May 12.-The department of mines and industries has submitted proposition to the provincial government that will give employment to number of re- turned soldiers and at the same time furnish the opportunity for the exploration of British Columbia mineral areas.
 The plan is to grubstake "A par ties of two men each, one to be a returned soldier and the other a mining engineer. They are to be furnished with supplies and funds sufficient to keep them in the hills for certain period, where they will conduct systematic search for minerals.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
OPPOSE SOVIET.

SEATTLE, May 12.-The Seattle Chamber of Commerce is vigorously opposing the recognition of the Rus sian soviet, through trading or in any other form, the action of the chamber being the result of infor- nation received from the Siberian coast to the effect that Americans would be required henceforth to deal directly with the soviet au- thorities.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
REBELS OF MEXICO
 PUT CARRANZA OUT

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.- The state department is in receipt of an official telegram from Vera Cruz in which it is announced that President Carranza has vacated the Mexican capital and that the city is now under the complete control of General Obregon. The informa tion reached Vera Cruz by wireless from Mexico City.
 The Sonora revolutionist head quarters here report the fall of Nueva Laredo, after brief strug-
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
10 HAVE
 GREAT NEW HOTEL

CHICAGO, May 12.-This city is to have the largest hotel in the world, according to plans which were made public today. The struc- ture will be composed of five units and will occupy three entire blocks and have four thousand rooms.
 A feature of the hotel will be the installation of 400 kitchenettes for guests desiring to prepare their own meals, and another feature will be a modern theater, with seating capacity of 2,500. One of the units, 16 stories high, will be for the ex- elusive occupancy of bachelors.
 The cost will cost $15,000,000.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
PROTECT AMERICANS.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.- A resolution requesting the Presi- dent to send warships and marines to Batum, on the Black sea, to give protection to American lives and property in that region, has been reported unanimously by the senate foreign relations committee.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12

owing to the heavy ice.
 The fact that the movement of the ice occurred so near the noon hour led many people to believe that the whistle, which sounded the alarm, was in reality the noon whis- tie, and few were on hand to wit ness the action of the ice.
 Immediately following the move ment of the ice, the ice pool com mittee, consisting of Ed Cronin, Bur dette Tunison and Martin Nash, can vassed the guesses and announced the winners of the big pool, which will be divided several ways this year. Carl Schmidt. and the "Big
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
CHICAGO MARKETS
 RECORD ADVANCES

CHICAGO, May 1,.-There was a decided upward tendency in all cereal and provision prices on the local exchange last week, the week ending with corn, oats and provi- sions much higher than the previous week. Quotations on Saturday were referred to as famine prices.
 The advance in corn for the week reached 1872 cents, oats scared from 212 to 512 during the week, and there was general rise in all provisions.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12

the census bureau today, the popu- lation of Spokane has decreased two -tenths of one per cent during the past ten years. The present is 104,204.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12

J. A. Haney, who was one of the first flu patients in Nenana and who went to Fairbanks as soon as he was able to travel, returned from the upper town yesterday. He re- ports having had relapse after leaving Nenana. but is quite well again.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
ODESSA OCCUPIED.

PARIS, May 12.-The Ukrainian press bureau reports that the city of Odessa has been taken from the Bolsheviki forces and is now occu- pied by Petlura, commander of the Ukrainian troops.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-12
DREADNAUCHT ENROUTE.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.-- The dreadnaught Oklahoma has been ordered to proceed to Key West for possible duty in Mexican waters. The warship is taking full com plement of marines from League island.