Whole Country Shocked When
News Flashes to Every Sec
tion—Reports Indicated That
v Teddy Was Getting Better.
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By United Press.
Oyster Bay, Jan. 7.—Colonel Theo
lore Roosevelt died in his sleep at 4:15
t’clock Monday morning.
The end came when there was no
me in the room but his vaiet.
The following statement was given
out by Dr. G. W. Faller, of Oyster Bay,
the physician who last saw the Colonel:
"Colonel Roosevelt retired at 12
s'clock last night feeling much better.
At 4:15 o’clock this morning he simply
ceased to breathe. Death was caused
probably by a pulmonary embolisslon.”
This pulmonary emDolisslon, Dr. Fal
icr explained, is a blood clot upon one
»f the arteries of the lungs.
At the time of his death the only per
■ons in the. house at Sagamore Hill
were Colonel Roosevelt, his wife and
the servants.
Colonel Roosevelt spent Sunday eve
ning reading, conversing with Mrs.
Roosevelt and chatting with Dr. Faller,
who left him apparently much improved
ind in excellent spirits. He also dic
tated a number of letters. Despite his
recent return from the hospital where
he was confined for weeks by an at
tack of sciatica, with painful compli
cations, he had much of his old vigor.
Appeared Well.
Dr. Falter saw Colonel Roosevelt last
at 11 o’clock Sunday evening. He made
% call at 8 o’clock during which Roose
velt appeared so well that he refused to
fliscuss his illness. At 11 o’clock the
ioctor was summoned. Roosevelt told
him he was suffering considerable pain
In his legs, having trouble with his
breath and that he “had a feeling that
his heart would stop beating.”
Dr. Faller examined his lungs and
heart and found nothing wrong with
them. Before the physician left Roose
velt felt much better and was In his
old spirits again.
After he retired at midnight Mrs.
Roosevelt entered the bedroom about 2
a. m. She found her husband sleeping.
However she felt very nervous, so
called Amos, the colored attendant, and
asked him to remain by the bed during
the rest of the night. Amos said he
listened to Roosevelt’s breathing which
•was normal, until about 4:15 a. ni.,
when it suddenly became irregular,
then quietly stopped. This was accom
panied by the slight convulsions of the
features, which passed immediately.
Amos alone witnessed Colonel Roose
velt's death.
When the nurse, Evelyn Thoms, of
the Polyclinic Hospital, New York, en
tered the bedroom, Roosevelt was lying
on his left side, arms folded loosely
across his chest, eyes closed as if still
asleep.
His Last Barber.
John Gerard was the last barber to
shave the Colonel. He was called to
the house Sunday morning. Roosevelt
asked him to be sure and return Mon
day. Gerard today said the former
president w'as in jovial spirits laughing
and joking during the shaving, in
spite of the rheumatism which had
caused his right hand to swell.
Services at the church will be held
at 2 p. m. No reservations for any
organizations will be made. The church
Is small, with seats only for 500 per
sons.
It was learned that Roosevelt re
cently had two teeth extracted in an
•ffort to halt the ravages of inflam
matory rheumatism which caused him
. hours of suffering.
S Rev. George E. Talmadge who will
conduct the services is a nephew of
Dr. Talmadge, well known Brooklyn
preacher. He said this afternoon the
ceremony will be simply the Episcopal
burial ritual.
The hymns had not been selected by
the members of the family, he said.
There will be no sermon.
The hour for the Roosevelt funeral
was officially announced today as 12:45
p. m. Wednesday at Christ Episcopal
Church, here.
Bebore the funeral at Christ church
there will be a service at the house.
The family wants no flowers to be sent
by outsiders, and desires that the serv
ices, both at the home and in the
church, be private.
Mrs. Richard Derby, daughter of the
Colonel, has started from Aiken, S. C.
W. Rmlen Roosevelt, a cousin, was
among arrivals at Sagamore Hill dur
ing the morning. Others were Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, a sister; Theodore
D. Robinson, a nephew; Joseph Bishop,
of New York, an old friend; and Elon
__ H. Hooker, former treasurer of the
progressive party. Cablegrams were
dispatched to-Kermit Roosevelt, who is
In France, and to Theodore, jr., who is
with the Americans in Germany.
The place where Colonel Roosevelt
will be buried was picked out by him
■elf years ago. It is not far from Saga
more Hill.
un Haturaay me colonel dictated
two editorials. This was his last work.
Secretary Arrives.
The nurse was at the house because
Roosevelt was suffering from an at
tack of inflammatory rheumatism
which was very severe in his right
hand. This attack developed last
Wednesday. Miss Josephine Striker,
his secretary, was one of the first to
arrive here. She had been notified of
the end early this morning by Mrs.
i Roosevelt.
r Ate Well, Slept Well.
On the day before Christmas, when
Colonel Roosevelt left the hospital here
to spend the holiday in Oyster Bay,
Miss Strieker, in speaking of his con
dition, said he was in slight pain at
Intervals, but apparently was far from
being seriously ill. On the Sunday
previous to his departure for home he
had dictated articles for the Kansas
City star and other publications from
11 a. m. until 2 p. m. lie ate well and
slept like a child.
So marked had been his improve
ment at the hospital that Mrs. Roose
velt, who at the beginning remained
with her husband continuously, was
Importuned by him to rest. She went
to Oyster Bay. returning two or three
times a week to visH him and bring
White House Flag
At Half Mast as
Roosevelt Tribute
Washington, Jan. 7.—Flags were at
half mast at the White House capitol
and all public buildings today upon
the announcement of the death of
Colonel Roosevelt, and in respect to
the memory of the former president
and commanderlnchlef Secretary Dan
iels and General March ordered flags
at half mast on every ship and shore
station of the navy and at every army
post and camp at home and abroad.
him table delicacies, of which he was
especially fond.
Tests Showed Man of 40.
Two separate blood tests had been
made at the hospital, one by Dr. Rich
ards and the other by Dr. Hartwell,
each of which confirmed the diagnosis
of the other. These tests, it was said,
indicated that the Colonel was entirely
free from any organic disease, and that
his only trouble was the inflamatory
rheumatism. This ailment was only
pronounced in his left leg, but at times
it affected one of his hands and arms.
Blood pressure tests, it was said,
showed that the patient had arteries
of a man of 40 instead of 60 years.
The Colonel was planning a trip to
Europe to visit Quentin's grave. This
trip was to be made as soon as he had
sufficiently recovered his health. The
death of Quentin was a severe shock
to Roosevelt, and is believed to have
hastened his end.
Archie Roosevelt, another son, was
wounded by shrapnel on the Toul front
and was decorated with the French
war cross as he lay on the operating
table. This cross was Colonel Roose
velt’s most prized possession.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr„ was gassed
during the fighting at Cantigny.
Kermit Roosevelt fought with both
British and American armies. Colonel
Roosevelt was lpoking forward to a re
union of the whole family when all his
boys returned from the war.
Two Daughters.
He had two daughters, Alice, daughter
of his first wife, married Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati,
Ohio. Ethel married Dr. Richard
Derby.
Roosevelt was for many years con
tributing editor of the, Outlook, and
later to the Metropolitan Magazine.
Lately he had been writing for the
Kansas City Star.
As an explorer he gained considerable
fame. The River of Doubt in South
America was mapped by him. Im
mediately after leaving the presidency,
he went on a big game hunting trip to
Africa, where the natives called him
"Bwana Twombo.” He wrote a number
of books on big game hunting and out
door life and died in the midst of his
trophies.
The Rough Riders,
The first claim to national fame by
Roosevelt came when he organized and
took to Cuba the famous Roosevelt’s
Rough Riders. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, now in command of a division of
the Unl’ted States army, helped him or
ganize this-command. General Wood
at that time was a surgeon in the army.
It was largely the result of the work
of this regiment at the battle of San
Juan Hill that Roosevelt return to New
York a popular hero. He was elected
governor of New York in 1899, just
after the close of the Spanish-American
war, and in 1900 was elected vice presi
dent of the United States, with Presi
dent McKinley.
Becomes President.
On September 14. 1901, Roosevelt be
came president on President McKin
ley’s assassination.
On November 8, 1904, Roosevelt was
elected president by the largest popu
lar majority ever given a candidate.
In 1912, after he had retired from
the presidency, he announced his can
didacy to succeed William Howard
Taft. He became the candidate of the
progressive party, which he organized
at Chicago after the republican party
had declined to accept him as its can
didate. His popularity and grip on the
people was such that, even opposed to
the two old line parties, he polled a
tremendous vote, being defeated by
Woodrow Wilson. Taft was third.
Attempt on Life.
j It was during this campaign that
Roosevelt narrowly escaped death when
a bullet intended for hint by John
j Schrank, in Milwaukee, struck the case
containing his spectacles and was de
! fleeted from his lungs through his
shoulder. His health has been poor
since the attack. Schrank was sent to
a Wisconsin asylum.
j As police commissioner of the city
of New York, Roosevelt made a rec
ord in cleaning up things, braving
dangers no one ever had dared be
| fore him in order to sweep the city
clean.
I Twice Married.
He was twice married, the first time
' to Alice Hathaway Lee, daughter of
| George Cabot Lee. She died in 1884.
' His second wife was Edith Kermit
Carow, daughter of Charles Carow,
i of New York, whom he married in
1886. She survived him.
One son. Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt,
was shot down in an airplane on the
western front last June.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
Washington, D. C\, Jan. 6.—Congress
and the supreme court today halted
! their activities for the day in honor of
j the memory of Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
j House and Senate appointed commit
i tees to attend the funeral of the former
I president and in brief sessions marked
! by expressions of grief, paid halting
; but eloquent tributes to his life.
In the Senate, Senator Lodge, Mas
I sachusetts, republican leader, was
! forced by his emotion to suspend a brief
speech concerning Roosevelt. His
voice broke, his eyes iilled- and he sat
| down with the statement:
“There is nothing owere I can say.”
j Vice President Marshall appointed
; this committee to attend the funeral:
| Senators Lodge, Martin (Virginia),
j Wadsworth, Calder, Johnson (Califor
1 nia), Knox, Kellogg, Poindexter, Curtis,
: Harding. Saulabury, Chamberlain,
i Underwood, Reed and Simmons.
In addressing the supreme court, At
torney General Gregory' spoke in a
husky voice that hardly could be heard
behind the first few rows of seats.
George Wyler is held by the Norfolk,
Va., police for the Chicago authorities
on suspicion he Is Jean Crones, who at
tempted poisoning of 200 guests at •
banquet In Chicago In 1916.
L
j Roosevelt’s Last Message Is a
Strong Plea for Americanism
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By United Press.
New York, 'Jan. 7.—Colonel
Rooseveit’s last message to tiie
American people was a plea to con
tinue the fight for Americanism.
It was delivered at the All
American benefit concert, given by
the American Defense Society, in
the Hippodrome last night. It was
read by Henry C. Quimby. a trus
tee of the society, because of the
Colonel’s indisposition.
“1 cannot be with you, and so all
I can do is wish you Godspeed,”
the message said.
’’There must be no sagging back
in the fight for Americanism, mere
ly because the war is over. There
are plenty of persons who have
already made the assertion that
they believe the American people
have a short memory and that they
intend to revive all the foreign as
sociations which most directely in
terfere with the complete Ameri
canization of our people.
“Our principle in this matter
should be absolutely simple. In
the first place we should Insist
that If the Immigrant who comes
here in good faith become an Am
erican and assimilates himself to
us, he shall be treated on an ex
act equality with everyone else for
it la an outrage to discriminate
against any sucli men because of
creed, birthplace or origin.
Must Be American.
“But this is predicated upon the
man's becoming In fact an Amer
ican and nothing but an American.
But If he tries .to keep segregated
with men of his own origin and
separate from the rest of America,
then he Isn't doing his part as an
American.
“There can be no divided alle
giance here. Any man who says
he la an American, but something
else also, Isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag,
the American flag, and this ex
cludes the red flag, which symbo
lizes all wars against liberty and
civilization Just as much as It ex
cludes any foreign flag of a nation
to which we are hosHl-.
But One Lsnjuage.
“We have r'l'im for but one lan
guage here, and that Is the English
language, ar we Intend to see that
the < ruir'.ble turns our people out
as Americans, of American nation
ality. and not as dwellers In a
polyglot boarding house; and We
have room for but one soul loyalty,
and that Is loyalty to the Ameri
can people."
PEACE IN NIEXIC1
No Agreement In United Revolt
Against Carranza—Speak
ers Advocate
Caution.
By United Press.
El Paso, Tex., —an. 7.—No agreement
to participate in an armed movement to
overthrow the Carranza government in
Mexico was reported at a meeting of
600 Mexican refugees in the court house
here Sunday afternoon. Speakers ad
vised against civil warfare and urged
that delegates should be sent to Car
ranza, Villa, Zapata and other faction
leaders to plead with them for guaran
tees for the safe return of expatriated
Mexicans and for restoration of peace
in Mexico.
An organization with these objects,
known as the Alllanza Liberal De Mex
icanos, has established headuarters In
New York city with branches in sev
eral southern American cities.
Among the Mexicans who addressed
the meeting were Felipe Cervantes, for
mer Zapatista; John Medina, former
chief of staff with Francisco Villa;
Manuel Landa, former Diaz military
commander, and Hilario Lozaya, once
governor of the state of Durango.
BILLSUBMinED
Representative Bear, of North
Dakota, Would Aid the Re
turning Soldiers—Hits
Bolshevism.
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Washington, Jan. 7.—Representative
Baer, of North Dakota, introduced in
congress today a bill for a new depart
ment of education and human welfare.
Not only does the bill provide for the
centralization of the educational activ
ities of the federal government, but it
establishes a bureau of self help edu
cation. The purpose is to co-operate
with cities, counties and states through
their chief educational officer in order
to solve unemployment. It is aimed at
preventing spread of bolshevism. The
bill contemplates aid in the education
of returned soldiers as one of its fea
tures.
NEW ORDER FOR COMBATS
Those With Dependents Will Be Dis
charged First.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 7.—Commanders of
combat divisions in the United States
were authorized to day to discharge
first from their forces those whose al
lotment papers show they have de
pendents, and second, such men as
would be affected adversely in obtain
ing civil employment as a result of be
ing held further in service.
100.000 MORE BOYS SOON
Psrshing Indicates That More Will Be
Sent Home.
By United Press.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 7.—General
Pershing has notified the war depart
ment that he expects before March 1,
to ussign to early convoy 100,000 com
bat troops in addition to the 375,000
troops now on the priority list.
. With tonnage now in sight the war
department expected to bring home
200.000 troops this month and to main
tain that rate hereafter.
In these circumstances the 30th, 37th
and 91st divisions and the Second corps
headquarters, the latest units on the
priority list, should be on the seas be
fore March 1.
ZERO DROPS ON YANKEES
Severs Cold Envelops Positions Oc
cupied In Russia.
By Associated Press.
With the American Forces on the
Dvina Front (Sunday) Jan. 5.—Below
zero weather descended today on this
front with the American forces still
holding the territory gained in last
week’s offensive, when the village of
Kadish v/as recaptured. The head
quarters’ report today announced the
military aitiiatlon unchanged. _ ^
STOPF|GHTING
Reach Agreement Concerning
Posen—Earlier Reports
Show Polish
Advances.
Amsterdam, Jan. 7.—The airdrome at
Lawlca, near the city of Posen, was
stormed on Sunday by Polish troops,
according to a dispatch from Posen.
The German garrison and all the air
planes were captured after a fight.
By United Press.
Rotterdam. Jan. 7.—Poles and Ger
mans have agreed to cease hostilities,
following a meeting at Hohenzalza, ac
cording to the Berliner Zeltung Amml
tag.
The newspaper said the meeting was
held Thursday between representatives
of the Poles and delegates from Hohen
zalza, Posen, Bromberg and Gnesen.
OCCUPY STATION.
Berlin, Sunday, June 5.—Polish troops
have occupied the railway station at
Chroschnik, four miles from Bentschen,
and have sent an ultimatum to the Ger
man commander In the latter place,
demanding that he surrender. The de
mand has been refused, according to
•the Tagblatt.
(Bentschen is near the boundary be
tween the provinces of Posen and
Brandenburg, and is about 43 miles
southwest of Posen.)
Capture of Bentschen by the Poles
would be most serious for Berlin and
all of northern Germany. Its loss would
cut communication between Berlin and
Silesia and would render the provision
ing of northern Germany difficult. The
cabinet completed Its consideration of
the Polish situation today and directed
the ministry of war to take the neces
sary technical steps to strengthen the
eastern frontiers. When preparations
have been completed, the cabinet will
probably appeal to the people to form
a volunteer army to protect the Ger
man borders.
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LEAVES BERLIN.
Copenhagen, Jan. 7.—M. Radek, Rus
sian bolshevist envoy to Germany, has
left Berlin, according to an official
announcement received from that city
today.
Another dispatch said that police,
President Eichorn, bolshevist appointee,
had been removed from office by the
German cabinet and had been succeed
ed by Herr Ernst, managing director
of the socialist organ, Vorwaerts.
POLE CLINGS TO
Paderewski Encounters Snag
on His Arrival at Warsaw—
Interview Is Unsatis
factory.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw, Saturday, Jan. 4.—Ignace
Jan Paderewski has found Gen. Joseph
! PUsudski, the Polish military dictator,
will not give up his authority In Poland
at the present time. The two Polish
leaders have had an Interview which, it
Is indicated, was unsatisfactory. He is
said to have borne messages from the
allies to the effect that the Pilsudski
government is no’t to be recognized as
it represents less than one-tenth of the
people.
General Pilsudski Is said to have flat
ly refused to form a new cabinet and
Pnderewski has announced that he will
be unable to work with PUsudski.
FORD CONTESTS ELECTION
Lavish Expenditure of Money Ground
Papers Indicate.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 6.—In a peti
tion received today by Vice President
Marshall and laid before the Senate,
Henry Ford, democratic candidate for
United States Senator who was defeat
ed on the face of returns by Thurman
N. Newberry, republican, gave formal
notice of a contest of the Senate seat
and asked for a recount of the ballots.
Excessive use of money In New
berry's campaign, Intimidation of vot
ers, improper rejection of ballots,
"flagrant violation" of Michigan elec
tion laws, and many other charges were
made by Mr. Fqrd In his petition.
i LEN'BEh j NOW ._ilEGED
Fait Is I mminint Eecaces «f ths Lack
of Food.
By United Press.
Amsterdam. Jnn. 8.—Ukrainian for
oesnre besieging Lemberg, the fall of
which Is imminent becuuse of the lack
of food, according to an agency dis
patch received here today.
Possession of Lemberg has been dis
puted by tiro Poles and Ukrainians
for some time. The Poles seized ths
city'several weeks ago.”
IN UP DIM
Reported That Six German
Newspapers of Berlin News
Agency Are
Seized.
By Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Jan. 8.—The Spartacus
group Sunday evening made another
attempt to seize the reins of power in
Berlin and occupied the office of ths
Wolff bureau, the semiofficial news
agency.
The last telegram received here from
the Wolff bureau announced the seiz
ure of its office.
Private advices say that the Sparta
cusans occupied the offices of half a
dozen big newspapers, including ths
Socialist Vorwaerts.
Allege Seizure.
Amsterdam, Jan. 6.—A coup d'etat
took place in Berlin yesterday, it is be
lieved here on the basis of advices
from Berlin today.
There has been intimation that an
overturn of some sort in the German
capital was expected Saturday.
A telegram from Berlin today says
that the offices of the Wolff bureau,
the semiofficial news agency, was oc
cupied Sunday evening, but it does not
state by whom the seizure was made.
FEAR EXPLOITATION.
Berlin. Jan. 5.—(delayed.) —Bolshe
vism in Germany is. In general, an in
tellectual movement, with practically
no violence as compared with the Rus
sian variety.
This form of radicalism is slowly
gaining ground In Germany. The rea
sons for this can be summed up as fol
lows:
First, Russian funds are being spent
freely by agitators among the workmen
and soldiers.
Second, there Is a growing fear that
entente capitalism intends to exploit
Germany.
Third, unemployment and lack of
food continues.
Are Easily Influenced.
Men out of work and deserters from
the army and navy who are finding It
increasingly difficult to get enough to
eat, are easily Influenced by the bol
shevists. Most of the followers of Karl
Liebknecht, the recognized leader of the
movement, are to be found in Berlin,
Bremen and a few industrial districts
in the Rhineland and Silesia.
It is impossible to obtain actual fig
ures as to the number of bolshevists
in Germany, but the nominations of
Spartaeusians (German bolshevists) as
candidates for the national elections In
dicate they are In a very small minority.
Has Not Indicated Attitude
Toward Treaty Relative
to the Eastern
Adriatic.
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By Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 6.—The attitude of the
United States toward the treaty be
tween Italy and France. Great Britain
and Russia relative to the Eastern
coast of the Adriatic, has not been
clearly -defined as far as known. In
stating the line to which the Austrian
troops must retire the armistice out
lined the frontier as it is defined in the
treaty. This was accepted by the in
terallied .conference but it is under
stooEi that Col. E. M. House, the Ameri
can representative, stated that the des
ignation of frontier as it stood in the
treaty between the four nations, was
not to be taken as expression of any
position by the United States on that
treaty.
Tlie same situation was again pre
sented when American warships par
ticipated carrying out of the i;r .,1
clauses of the armistice with Austria.
The occupation of ports was marie
largely under the supervision of the
Italian navy, which had a large number
of warships along the eastern side ol
tho Adriatic. The Jugo Slav element
there manifested some opposition, but
owing to the delicacy of the issues in
volved tho question of America's atti
tude one way or the other, was de
ferred.
Italy the Trentino.
Article four of the treaty provides
that the future treaty of penes will give J
to Italy - the Trentino, the whole f-f
southern Tyrol, the cities of Trieste.
Gorlzia and Gindlsca. the province of
Istria and the Istria Islands.
Article five gives Dalmatia and the
Dalmatian islands to Italy. Other ar
ticles deal with Albania and zon-s in
Asiatic Turkey, in case of Turkey being
broken up.
MUST RELAX!_ THE VIEW
Open the Way For Food to Germany
the Program.
Washington. D. C., Jan. 6.—Tho state
department let it be known today that
it believes economic rest.- ctions against
Germany must he relaxed if indemni
ties are to be paid by that nation.
At the same time the view was ex
pressed that the block a 1 • may be lifted
before the peace t \y is ac'ually
signed,
s
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RESISTANCE TO
GUARDS FEEBLE
Bolshevist Armies In Russia
Winning at Many Points,
Alarms London—German Sol
diers Hungry Refuse to Fight.
By United Press.
London, Jan. 6.—With the bolshevist
Armies winning additional victories
practically everywhere reports wers
received from several sources today in
dicating a let down of allied and Ger
man resistance to them.
According to the Express the British
light cruiser squadron will be with
drawn from the Esthonlan coast within
a few days because of danger from thft
Ice. The squadron, however, will pa
trol the Baltic as far as Danzig.
A Tokio dispatch said the war of
fice has announced that 34,000 Jap
anese troops will be withdrawn from
Siberia, and that hereafter only the
smallest possible force will be main
tained there.
German troope have retreated to ft
new position several kilometers from
Riga, abandoning 1,000 German sol
diers in that city, according to a Berlin
dispatch. The. dispatch said that the
German cabinet had conferred with
the German central council of soviete
regarding the situation on the Russian
frontier.
Cities Captured.
Well equipped bolshevist forces have
captured Walk and Wenden, according
to a Riga dispatch to the Berlin Vos
(4tsche Zeltung. This dispatch said the
German troops in the Baltic province*
are practically out of provisions and
Are refusing to fight.
Declaring they wish to return home
immediately, soldiers defending the
railways are said to be deserting, ren
dering orderly retirement of the Ger
man forces Impossible.
Bolshevist Report.
The bolshevist communique received
from Moscow by wireless today said: $
"The Ukrainian council's troops have
captured Basy. Red guards captured
Novogtirdok. Ukrainian red guard*
captured Homel. It Is reported from
Narva that red guards are advancing
and annihilating the white guards who
landed recently.
"In the region of Reval and Riga the
bolshevist offensive continues. W*
have captured the Novo-Svenchany
station. Ulyanovka, Osipov and a se
ries of villages along the Ufa-Sterllt
amak highway. Near Perm the enemy
occupied Ryzu.”
APPROACHING VILNA.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw, Thursday, Jan. 2.—Bolshe
vist forces are In the outskirts of Vll
na and have occupied towns on the
railway between Minsk and Brest
Litovsk, according to reports. The bol
shevlsts are burning, robbing and mur
dering peasants as they advance.
Locomotives and cars are being
brought westward from the path of the
bolshevlst forces by the retiring Ger
mans.
FIGHTING NEAR LEMBERG.
Copenhagen, Jan. 6.—Fighting has
occurred during the last few days
around Lemberg where Ukrainian
troops are making progress and are
bombarding the city according to Vien
na advices to the'Polltiken. The elec
trical works at Lemberg have been de
stroyed and considerable other dam
age has been done.
A POST WAR LABOR FUND
Gompers Declares Situation Today Is
Equal to Winning War.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan, 6.—Discussing re
construction problems before the Sen
ate committee on education and labor
today Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
paid the people of the United States
would not countenance a condition of
industrial stagnation after the war.
“There can be no repetition in ths
United States of the same conditions
that prevailed in 1893 and 1894, when
pien and women were hungry for the
want of employment," he added.
“The problem to be met at this
time," he said, “is as great as the
problem of winning the war."
Mr. Gompers said he would sail
Wednesday for Europe to be on hand
at the peace conference.
Mr. Gompers said he understood that
the British government had under con
sideration a plan to make allowances
to soldiers between the time of their
demobilization and their reception into
industry as a means of meeting one of
the post war problems in that country.
REMOVE LIMIT_ON BUTTER
Profit Ruling of Food Administration Is
Lifted In Order.
By United Press.
•as Moines. la.. Jan. 6.—With thn
food administration ruling that cream
eries need not confine their profits on
butter to 3t4 per cent the meeting of
the Iowa Creamery Managers’ Associa
tion scheduled for Waterloo nest
Thursday, has been called off.
This was announced by W. B. Barney,
state food and dairy commissioner, who
received the order on the profits today.
The meeting was called to discuss the
possibility of removing the restrictions
on profits.
BRITISH DENY ULTIMATUM
Refute Story That Warning Wai Sent
Baltio Hun Leader.
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By Associated Press.
London. Friday. Jan. 3.—The foreign
office denies that a British ultimatum'
has been sent to the German com
mander in the Baltic region as has been
reported. It also declares It has had
no reports of tho landins of large
British forces In the Baltic provinces.
Carey Resigns.
Washington. Jan. 4.—Edward F.
Carey resigned today as chairman of
the ports and harbors commission of
the United States shipping board.