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New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Way Up-With Apologies

he Way Op-With Apologies
Ilr. McAdoo became Gfsorneg for
tin: combination. Nosg it is proposed
to nacl:e HiN Hays the head Of aaother.
When Bill was lad
His heart was set
On getting . portfolio
In the Cabinet.
lie always kept
This design in view,
And one day he succeeded
Mr.. Cortelyou.
And when he'd served
His second term
They made him the attorney
For movie firm.
When VIII was boy,
He SAID. said he.
Il want to serve my country
AS the P. NJ. G."
He worked FOR the party
Tooth and nail,
And now he's the custodian
Of the u. S. Mail
Ana 50 they've asked him
To resign,
Ana be ne general manager
Of a film combine.
So children all
Who think you must
BE the principal director
Of a movie trust,
Avoid the pictures,
And prepare
To be the proud possessor
OF Cabinet chair.
And when you've gained
A statesman's fame,
They'll make you the panjandrum
OF the picture game.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

convention for one Of them to sift
through to the starred rounds.
They're merely the soil in which the
experts are seeded"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
So children all
One Of Our Difficulties

The pay-as-you-g policy is success
full enough, but some businesses can't
be made to go.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
Slaves 10 CnnNnntinnaliiY

From the Goshen IN. ~ Independent
Republican,
Pos imaster Charles Fitzpatrick expects the
sign. Post Office to arrive shortly
from Newport Ky When the sign arrives
it will be placed in front of the post office.
"Ii any trade or sect or race at
country' said Dr.. Wilbur =. Crafts,
head Of the international Reform
Bureau, "evcry good citizen should join
against such an effort We are be-
ginning to have misgivings as to
whether we are good citizen, and we
seldom say yes to any proposal to join
anything except, after dinner, the
lades-but We are willing to join
against the effort of the international
Reform Bureau to dominate anything
it seeks to dominate.
Tor instance, DR.. Crafts wants Con-
gress to pass bill prohibiting mar
riages for thirty days after the an
nouncement of an engagement, $50 it
viii be impossible for an actress to
get the son of a rich man drunk and
marry him before he gets SOBER" The
slur on the actress isn't worth COM
ment, though probably there are fifty
rich and poor mems sons who try,
usually without success, to get an
actress drunk enough to say Yes,
to one actress who tries to Ply with
Wine Rich Mans Son. And while, if
there were thirty day law, the per-
centage of divorces might decrease, on
the o. h. there mightn't be enough mar
riages to support a good healthy di-
vorce statistic on.
Awake and alert l seem never to see
The one whom I know is still waiting
for me.-From "Varicd Verses" by
Carter S. Cole
Can Mr.. Cole be the author of "They
Call 1t Dancing" from "The Music Box
Revue" wherein occurs the line "You
can see he and she rubbing noses?
Our favorite basketball player is Nat
Holman, who, take it FROM our au-
tlority The Tribune, "made eleven out
of eight baskets"
1T is the work of split second for
us to remember Mr.. Addison Sims and
the Rotary Club lunch in Seattle, but
if Mr.. David NJ. Roth will prove to us
that he can remember to buy pair
of garters when he needs 'en we'll take
dollars worth Of lessons in Ele-
mentary Mnemonics any time Mr.. Roth
has an hour to spare.
According to the Headline Writer'S
Union, Rum is the only intoxicant
there are any Runners of. SO Larry
isn't worried, for he doesn't like rum,
and is interested only in brandy run
ners, whisky runners, gin runners, YER
mouth runners and benedictine runners
To Check Bootegging. American
cross-head.
There's checking privilege worth
Something
LOST-Strayed or stolen, French Bull
dog (female); Reward, Kern Cedar
Knobs. Phone Bronxville 34S9. Since
inserting the above the dog has been
returned. Thank !-Bronxville Re-
view
Another variant of the valve-handle
wheeze.
Doug Fairbanks and Bill Hart have
done some great feats," writes Mar
jorie c. Diven, "but last night CChival-
rous Chivalry') I saw Eugene O'Brien
jump off dock at Fort Lee Ferry and
land in the Harlem River"
zone Wife Too Many; Marriage Is
Annulled' is Herald headline, offered
to any bachelor member of the Para
graphers' Union that cares to COM
ment on it,
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

Owned by New York Tribune ruc.. New York
Cooperation Puslishcd daily. Ogden Reid. Presi-
dent; q. yesnor Rogers Vice -rrsident: Helen
Rcxes REID. SECRETARY: r E, Maxaeld. TSeasurer
Address. Tribune Building. Isa Nsssa Street, New
xcsk. Telephone. Beeknan Sooo.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
Disillusion

Bill Hart's admirers are disap-
pointed to learn that he married his
wife in the ordinary fashion, instead
of stealing her out OF a desert cabin
and carrying her away on horseback.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

That We hasten to add, = at once
a more tolerant and a more superior
attitude than it seems. ','e cannot
speak for other planets, but the resi-
dent members Of the human race
haven't done much in their brief his
making class.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
RED CRUX.

Yesterdays American carried an es~
say on Comedy, whose last paragraph
read "And the fun makers have their
place in the world" Like most essays
on this theme, it is patronizing and
condescending. 1t seems to us that
the writer's of these essays are saying
to themselves, "If | didn't have more
important stuff to do, I'd take an after
noon off and write lot of funny stuff
myself" Now, the essayist can't get
any information about the subject, be-
cause he Is resistant and unyielding;
and when he interviews somebody who
has reputation for spoken or written
comedy, he doesn't quite trust him.
Good morning" says the interviewer.
Good morning" says the comedian.
"That isn't so funny" the interviewer
thinks to himself, "but there is
probably some hidden meaning there,
or slap at me, or at somebody else.
[ wonder what he really meant by
Good morning. | must be careful
what | say to this man"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

Autobiographical stuff, you say. In
measure. Slight as our reputation
is, and founded as it is on the sandy
soil of contributions, whenever we say
Eyes" to the query Busy" it precipi-
tatss a storm of merriment that our
most elaborate and spontaneous jests
do not unleash
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

As to the fun makers having their
place in the world, we are old and
gray and full Of sleep, and we are
leaning to the opinion that nobody but
world
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
GUARANTY

Entered at the Poston,ce at New York as Seeon'
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
You Can't Be Too Particular

Scrap, scrap, scrap with care
And let each nation scrap her share
Copyright by James J. Montsguo)
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
he Towcr
THE CLOIsTERED COP

TIE CLOISTERED COP
My candidate for the Roster of Dis
tinction:
Lem, ono third OF the police force
or suburban home village.
On rainy days he sanctions the cross
roads traffic
From the doorway of the storo
On the corner.
And whenever there is a dance or other
festivity in town,
He is usually to be found
In one of the closed ears
Parked outside
Asleep. RED CRUX.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

New York, Dec. 1s, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

from the Goshen On ~ Independent
Republican,
Posmaster Charles Fitzpatrick expects the
new sign. Post Office" to arrive shortly
from Newport, Ky. When the sign arrives
it will be placed in front of the post office.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-21

zone Wife Too Many; Marriage Is
Annulled" is a Herald headline. offered
to any bachelor member of the Para
graphers' Union that cares to COM
ment on it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Only 30 of 43 Wreck
Victims Identified

Porter, Ind, Feb. 2s.-With the
death list of last nights wreck fixed
at 43 only so victims had been
positively identified tonight. The
list follows:
HOWARD ARNOY, Cleveland,
MRS. EMMA BEvIER, Augusta,
Mich.
J. c. BEVIER. Augusta, Mich.
MRS; FLORENCE SEE, Mich
igan City, Ind.
PEARL CAVANAUGH, g.
adopted daughter OF Mrs. See.
MRS. LILLIAN BAEHR, Mich.
igan City. Ind.
ARTHUR E. ECKMAN, 2,
nephew of Mrs. Baeht.
JUSTIN COLLINS, London
Ont.
GORDON CAMPBELL, .Retel-
stoke, B. c.
CARL DE LAND, Elkhart Ind
fireman OF New York Central train
W, G. ENGLER. travelling TO De.
troit.
CLAUDE JOHNSON, Elkhsrt.
Ind, enginee- of New York Cen
tral train.
PETER CAIN. Regina, sssk
MRS BARNHART KRAMER
Michigan City, Ind.
MRS, FREDERICK SCHWElR
Michigan City. Ind.
Schweir.
Mr.. AND MRS. A.. II. VAN.
RIPPER, Michigan City, Ind.
]. w, BAKER. FL Paso. jill
MRS. SARAH MOSS. Denver,
Colo.
MISS FANNIE BALLoU, Kali
amazoo, Mich.
Mich.
MRS. RICHARD EVA, Jackson,
Mich.
/. A. HECK. Chicago.
FRANK WAYNE. Milwaukee,
Wis.
SAM LIVINGSTON. Chicago.
MRS. FLORENCE FLEMING,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mr.. AND MRS. JACK MuL-
Len. Crescent Cisy III.
ROY E, GREENWOOD. Kan
kakec. III,
Mrs. JUSTIN COLLINS, London.
Ont.
The revised list OF missing tonight
follows:
MISS JUNE CAMPBELL, (ad-
dress unknown.l
MRS. ]. L. MILLER, Michigan
City, Ind,
!. l.. MILLER Michigan City,
Ind.
MRS J McCREY, Chicago, Ill.
-McCRAY. Chicago. III.
-WOOLER, Detrit Mich.
MRS. {. II. GOLDSTEIN, De-
troit, Mich,
FRED LtGGETT. Niles Mich.
MRS. GEORGE Baker. Michigan
City Ipf
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Transportation
Act Is Under Fire
In Supreme Court
Forty.two States File Brief At
tacking Validity of Law
Oral Arguments 10 Be
Heard During Week,

-- u a F. =
Washington, Feb. 2S-rhe valid
ity of the transportation act was at
tackled today i'll a brief filed in the
supreme court by AZ states and de-
Tended by counsel for the railways.
The suit. the first of several
similar ones to reach the highest
court, was filed by the state of Wis
conIn but the attorneys general
and railway and public utilities eonr-
missions of 4l other states were per-
mitted to become parties to it.
Oral argument will be heard some
time this week if the court moves
through its calendar with the normal
speed.
The brief declared that as now
administered the act, by centering
all power over rates in the inter
state commerce commission, took
away from the states rights spe-
cihcally reserved to them by the fed
eral constitution.
The provisions for a fixed return
on railway investment was made the
basis for special attack as "un-
economic and unconstitutional" "
Emphasis also was directed to the
requirement that the commission
group several roads together and
make rates that would yield an ag-
gregate fixed return to all roads in
the group. This was alleged to place
a double burden" on shippers i'll
that it compelled them to support
poor and worthless roads" as we'll
as those which rendered legitimate
service.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Parole Board to
Consider 80 Cases
Probation Officer Will Select
Candidates for Hearing
March 9.

Lincoln, Feb. 2S. - Especial -
Thirty applications for parole will
come before the new state board of
pardons at its second monthly meet
ing at the Nebraska penitentiary
Wednesday, March 9. it is an
nounced by Chief Probation Officer
N. 7. Harmon.
The board left it to the probation
officer to select the candidates at
the coming hearing.
Only ! j paroles from among the
So applicants were granted as the
result of the first hearing.
While many paroles were with
held because minimum time had not
yet been served III the period for
which the men were sentenced, the
board took into consideration the
attitude of local county officials. If
these officials were silent or opposed
the parole, the board-refused i'll
most cases to shoulder the full bur
den of responsibility for a release.
The regular day for the next hear
ing is Tuesday, March 8, but it
has been put over day because
Governor Mex clvie, chairman of the
board, will not return in time from
the presidential inaugural cere-
monies in Washington, D. c. The
governor left Sunday, and will be
Joined Tuesday i'll Chicago by Mrs.
Mckelvie, who left Lincoln Mon
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
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invalid.
Court Rules.
Prosecutions of Profiteers by
Department of Justice Were
Unconstitutional, Supreme
Court Finds.
Many Cases Are Affected

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Sections OF
the Lever food control act under
which the Department Of Justice has
brought many actions for alleged
proflteering i'll necessities were de-
clared uncons stitutional today by the
supreme court. Chief Justice White
read the courts opinion.
Conviction of the l.. Cohen Gro
cery company of St. Louis i'll having
charged all unreasonable profit on
sales OF sugar was set aside by the
court.
In taking this action the court sus-
tanned DEGREES Of lower courts, which
had sustained demurrer to the in
dictment of the grocery concern. The
specific charge was that the defend
ant charged 5000 for SO pounds of
sugar, or at the rate OF more than
&c cents pound
The conviction OF the firm OF
Weeds Inc, of Binghamton, n. Y,
also was set aside. Chief Justice
White said the statute was 'as broad
as human imagination
Justices Brandeis and Pitney coli
Cured in the opinion. but dissenting
from the reasoning by which it was
reached"
Hundreds Of cases growing out of
the government campaign to reduce
the cost OF living are affected by the
opinion
Practically all attacks against the.
act were based on the ground it
violated the fifth amendment in that
it deprives the defendants Of their
property without due process of law.
Other arguments we're based on the
allegations that enactment of the
law October q, 1919. after hostilities
had ceased was not proper exercise
by congress of ite war powers.
1t also was argued that the sales
were intrastate and outside OF federal
jurisdiction,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
of Wife
Slayer in Court
As Trial Begins
Of 40 Jurors Called to Hear
Evidence in Lawson Case
% Are Excused Panel
Incomplete.

No jury was chosen Yesterday to
try Burnell Lawson. u, for wife
murder, despite a whole days inlt
paneling. OF 40 jurors called, %
were excused. A complete panel is
not expected before noon today.
The defendants mother, Mrs. Hope
Lawson OF Little Rock, Ark, made
her first appearance in court yes
terday afternoon.
Young Lawson did not see her
when he entered the court room.
but the mother caught at his sleeve
as he passed inside the railing.
Hello. Mons" cried the youth,
clasping her in quick embrace. He
shook hands with his aant, Mrs.
Hodge, then took his seat. He
smiled once afterwards at his mother
but thereafter did not even glance
in their direction.
Women made up large part OF
the afternoon court room. Peroxide
curls, rouge and not a little paint
characterized their class.
Whether the life led by Jeanette
Lawson, the dead woman, would
incline them to leniency toward the
prisoner was question put to each
juror by County Attorney Shotwell,
who will prosecute the case =
Lawson shot her January -, in
their apartment at the Hollywood.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Court Of Inquiry
ToProbe Sinking
OfU.S. DESTROYER
Fifteen Members of the Wool
sey Crew Are Still Missing
Libel Action Is
Asked.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-A naval
court of inquiry into the sinking OF
the United States destroyer Wool
scy by the steamer Steel Inventor
off Panama Saturday has >been
ordered by Admiral Hugh Rodman,
cor1mander-in-ch OF the Pacific
feet, The court will sit at Balboa,
Panama, dispatches TO the Navy de-
partment today said. and will investi-
gate every phase Of the collision
that resulted in the loss of the naval
vessel, the death of one enlisted man
and the injury Of several others.
About IS members of the crew OF
the Woolsey still were reported as
missing.
Secretary Daniels has telegraphed
Admiral Rodnan for more COM
plete report OF the details of the ac-
cident.
= Panama, Feb. 2s.-United States
naval authorities here have asked
A. {. Hindman, United States dis
trict attorney for the canal zone, to
bring a libel action against the
steamer Steel Inventor, which col
lided with the United States de-
stroyer Woolsey off Coiba island
Saturday morning. The Woolsey
sank almost Immediately after the
collision, and 10 sailors are believed
to have been drowned when the
ship went down. or killed when the
collision took place
Capt. ". G.. Turner OF the Steel
Inventor asserts the destroyer col
lided with his ship, striking it on
the port side of its bow.
The Steel Inventor reached Pa
mama last night, and Captain Turner
said he would recommend to the
United States Steel Products com
pany Of New York, owners of the
ship. that d libel action be brought
against the government. The col
lision occurred at | 80 ose4ock Sat
urday mornnig, IS miles off Coiba
:sland, which is l20 niles north of
Panama.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Payments to Railroads
Will Be Resumed at Once

Washington, Feb. 28.-Partial pay
rnents to the railroads from the gov
ernment guaraty fund @under the
Winslow act will be resumed when
the amounts claimed by the carriers
are certified to the treasury by the
Interstate Commerce commission
treasury officials said last night
Receipts from II Se treasury's last
issue OF certificates OF indebtedness.
officials said. has provided about
G,000,000 for the railroads, suffi-
cient to meet all certified payments
until March Is.
The problem OF meeting the pay
ments after March IS, treasury Off
cials arc understood to contend, is a
matter for the new administration.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Millions of.
Dollars to
Be eReleased.
Decision Declares Congress
Was Acting Within Rights
In Establishing Farmer
Relief System.
Bonds Exempt From Tax

Washington. Feb 2S.--The federal
\farm loan act was held constitutional
today by the supreme court. This
Is the act under which land banks
were established to extend loans to
farmers.
Millions of dollars in loans 10
farmers have been held up pending
a decision OF the court i'll this case,
which was brought by Charles w
smith stockholder in the Kansas
City Title aud Trust company, who
sought an injunction to restrain that
institution from investing its furds
II; bonds issued by the farm loan
banks.
DismissesS Injunction.
The court, in sustaining federal
court DEGREES dismissing Injunction
proceedings brought by Mr.. Smith.
also held that congress had the au-
thority 10 exempt the bonds OF the
b;'n<< from taxation
The court divided, 8 to. Justices
H.i'nes and McReynolds dissenting.
Justice Brandeis took no part in con-
side~ing the case Justice Holmes
and MsReynolds held that the
cause" should have been dismissed
by the court as being solely within
the scope OF the Missouri courts.
$so,o0o,ooO Held Up.
Farm loans aggregating more than
S5O,0O0,00O have been held up since
May, 1920, as result of the suit in
stituted by Charles Z. Smith. stock
holder in the Kansas City Title and
Trust company, to test the validity Of
the federal farm loan act Appica-
tons to this amount were pending
when Commissioner Lobdell an
nounced at a conference of farm loan
officials here that official approval
would be withheld pending a decision
CT the court.
Officials placed the total amount
.of loans to farmers held i'll abeyance
hy the suit at many times S50.000,0O0,
',owever. the receipt OF applications
having stopped with Commissioner
Lobdell's announcement. On March
|, 1920, the farm loan board reported
that SlS2, 2,So7 900 had been advanced
to 1884 farmers and that applica
tions from 17o7A persons then pend
ing totaled $47l 100000.
Heard on an Appeal.
The suit in the supreme court was
in the form OF an appeal from lower
court decisions refusing to issue an
injunction to restrain the Kansas City
Title and Trust company from i'll
vesting its funds in bonds issued by
(Tnrn to Page Two. Column Tiyc.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
All Bodies
Taken From
Mutilated Condition of Vic
Tins Made Accurate Count
OF Dead Hard, Coro-
ner Says.
Check Shows 81 Killed

Porter, Ind, Feb. 2S.-A complete
check up by railroad officials and
the coroner of the bodies in the
Chesterton Moreue at 9 o'clock to.
night revealed that there were NOT
more than 81 known dead in the
Michigan Central-New York Central
wreck last night.
The discrepancy between thir
count and the one of more than Al
previously announced by Coroner Fl.
O. Seipel was found to be due TO thu
mutilated condition of some of th,
dead. In some cases a body badly
mangled had been counted as two.
Coroner Seipel announced the fol-
lowing official tabuiation:
Bodies in Chestcrton Morgue, %
to 27. ...
Bodies removed from Chesterton
margue, s.
Bodies in Michieag City, 2.
Total dead, IS to 81.
Coroner Seipel said that it might
never be known exactly how many
were killed because of the way in
which some OF the bodies were
nangled
Some seven or eight OF the bodies,
badly mutilated, may never be identi-
fed. Much OF the wreckage had been
cleared away tonight.
Only one part of the debris re-
manned to be searched tomorrow
the twisted hulk of the New York
Central engine which tore through
the wooden Michigan Central pas
senger coach with such force that it
was buried several feet in the earth.
This had been partly undermined.
however. and it was thought all bod
les had been recovered.
Tonight al of the dead had been
taken to the little furniture store
morTue i'll Chesterton, one mile
awai, and the other two had been
removed to Michigan City. Ind.
Identification Slow.
Only half dozen bodies had been
taken from the Chesterton ,norgar,
the slow identification probably be-
ing responsible.
No statement had been made
public by the engineer and flrelnen
Of the Michigan Central train. They
escaped serious injury and went to
Niles, Mich, where they related their
stories to operating officers of the
road. The engineer later went to
his home in Jackson, Mich, it was
said.
lrainmen continued in their belief
that Joe Cook, substitute signal
Turn to Page Two, Column Two)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
Mail Robber on
Stand as Witness
Against Brother
Fred E. Poffenbasger Tells
Jury How He Concealed
Part Of Loot in $780,
600 Robbery.

81 srF - ss :
I Fred f. Poffenbarger, convicted OF
implication i'll the $3.5OO,0Oo Bur
lington mali train robbery and sen-
fenced to l8 years in the Fort Leav
enworth penitentiary, took the wit
ness stand in federal court at Couu-
Gil Bluffs yesterday afternoon, to
testify as government witness
against his brother. Clyde Poffen
barger. on trial for receiving and
concealing $6,850 of the mail rob-
berry loot.
Attorneys in the case began the
examination Of jurors at 2 yesterday
afternoon. Cylde's wife. pretty
blonde, kissed him as she took a
seat by his side at the counsel table.
Both listened attentively to the
questions and responses of the jurors
and occasionally held whispered
consultations with their attorney, ].
]. Hess.
The drawing OF the Jury was com-
pleted at 4. 1t consists of the fol
lowing mon: J. c. Monaghan OF
Vail, Art Randall of Dow City, Her
man Thompson of Atlantic, E. J.
Young of Atlantic. A. L. Anderson
OF Stanton. John A. Pithan OF
Boyer. Loren Reckner of Creston,
Ole Johnson of Kirkman, Royal F.
Tyler of NilIisoa. Frank Motz OF
Logan, John G. Buboltz of Massena
and r. F.sFreeman OF Shelby.
Loot Recovered.
Ed G. Moon, United States dis
trict attorney, made the opening
statement for the governmsnt. He
told the jury that $o,S5O in cur
rcncy was recovered by federal Of
ticials from an outdoor vault at the
Clyde Poifenbarger home and thai
Clyde, himself, directed them to the
place OF concealment and assisted
them in locating it.
The defense will be based upoi
the assertion that Clyde had nc
previous knowledge that the money
was concealed at his home and thai
the currency was placed in the
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-01
$4,000 Soviet Troops
Enter City Of TifGs

Constantinople, Feb. 2S--tBy the
Associated Press. )-Bolshevik troops
numbering about $4,000 entered
Tiflis Friday evening, it is said in
dispatch received here. For few
hours on, Friday there was consider
able looting i'll the city by local com,
munists. it is said, but late in the day
the soviet government began to re-
store order.
The anti-bolshevik government
proclaimed in Erivan, capital of Ar
menia. about two weeks ago. has
been ousted and a soviet republic re-
established.
Many members OF the anti-bolshe-
vik regime have been imprisoned
and the rest are said to be fleeing.