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OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918.
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BOARD TO
FIX COST
OF SUGAR
ROUMANIAN FAlLlRE IN WAR TRACED "
TO FATAL BL UNDER A T BU CHARES T
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Organization Created Pres
ident Wilson to Equalize
Prices and Regulate 1
Distribution.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 11; To
equalize the price of sugar to
the consumer, in the face of
prospects for an increase due
to a threatened shortage, and
to secure better distribution,
President Wilson today ere
ated the sugar equalization
beard, on recommendation of
FoocAdministrator Hoover.
The board will be incorpor
ated at $5,000,000, the capital
to be furnished by the presi
dent from his special war fund,
and wilj have authority to ac
quire, even at a loss to the gov
, eminent, the production of
,beet sugar factories that can
not under the present price of
beets be sold to the public at a
reasonable price, and other
high cost sugar.
This will be resold in the common
lot at the stabilized price, thus saving
considerable to the consumer.
ft t . 4 4 a
unices oi tne ooara win be in
Washington. Mr, Hoover has been
appointed chairman and George
Kolph sugar rector in the food ad
ministration here.
Entire Supply Under Control.
The United States now virtually
controls all sugar produced in the
s country as well as that imported,
through the international sugar com
mission, which organization controls
the domestic industry. .
' The directors ofjlie board are F.
commission,
Clarence Woolley of the war trade
board, Sugar Administrator George
Zabriskie, Theodore Whitemarsh and
William T, Glasgow, all of the food
administration. 4
An announcement by the food ad
ministration said the new organiza
tion is expected to facilitate joint deal
ing with the allies in foreign sugar
and the adjustment of differentials in
overseas freight rates. A small mar
giniJTprofit may be made on the low
cost of certain foreign sugar which i
may De purcnased, tnus securing
equalization of the price to the con
sumer on a lower level than would
otherwise be possible.
Prices May Increase.
"It is expected," the announcement
said, "that the price of sugar will
need to increase in the latter part of
the year in view of the increased costs
of overseas and internal railway rates
and in view of the higher costs of
production and manufacture of sugar,
particularly in the increased costs of
beets, bags and labor and transporta
tion. "By the creation of this board, how
ever, it will be possible to work out a
price for the public upwaf3s of 1 cent
a pound less than would be the case
if the price of sugar were advanced to
a price that will cover the high peaks
in cost from all quarters."
It was said at the food administra
tion that application for a charter
for the new sugar board was made
today in New Jersey.
Lieutenant Merrick
of Iowa Drives Down
Hun Plane in Flames
E, iUSCH FAMILf BUYS HUN BONDS
UVCMHILCU D 1 1 , - , . r 9
BREWER HAS
$1,000,000 OF
WAR PAPER
POLITICIANS
German and Bulgarian Armies
Might Have Been bagged in
Dobrudja, Genera! Von
Mackensen Declares
Bv Associated Press.
London, July 11. How the
Roumanian armies lost an op
portunity of annihilating the
German and Bulgarian armies
in the Dobrudja in 1916 is re
vealed in a confidential docu
ment which has just reached
the Associated Press from an
authoritative source in Rou
mania. The document contains an account
of a conversation between Field Mar
shal von Mackensen and the Rouman
ian military leaders which occurred
shortly after the Roumanian peace
treaties were signed. Von Macken
sen declared that the failure of the
Roumanians to press their advantage
in 1916 changed the whole course of
the war. He said that his entire armv
could easily have been pocketed and
compelled to surrender and this
might have, been followed by a sep
arate peace with Bulgaria which
would have separated Turkey from
her allies and changed the wholebal-
ance of power in the east.
Blunder at Bucharest.
The Roumanian failure, the memo
randum states, was due not to the
military leaders, but to the short
sightedness of the politicians at Bu
charest.
In September,. 1916V General Aver-
scu, commander-in-chief of the Rou
manian army and by far the ablest of
all the Roumanian gefierals, had taken
.an army of four divisions and had
crossed the Danube into the heart of
the enemy's country. He had fgmiri a
clear path into the heart of the German-Bulgarian
Dobrudja army, and
had penetrated 15 miles with, a view
to cutting off all their communica
tions and striking them from I the
rear. General Averscu s own position
ADVANCE
Aviators Drop Flowers As Body of Former
Mayor Mitchel Borne to Tomb in New York
4
AIRMEN HOVER
OVER CORTEGE OF
DEAD COMRADE
ADtylT GERRYMANDER MOVE
v FOR PARTISAN ADVANTAGE
Thousands View Remarkable
and Impressive Funeral
From Roofs, Windows
and Other Points.
By Associated Press. j
New York, July 11. Maj. John :
l'urroy Mitchel, soldier, statesman ,
and former mayor of New York, was
laid to rest today in Woodlawn cem
etery here, in the presence of 5,000
mourning citizens, after one of the
most remarkable and impressive
funerals ever held.
The obsequies were not only hon
ored by the presence of men prom
inent in world affairs, including for
mer President Roosevelt, Joseph P.
Tumulty, representing President Wil
son, envoys from the War and Navy
departments and official representa
tives of England, France, Italy, Japan,
Cuba and Persia, but 18 American
aviators in battle formation, as a
token of respect to their dead comrade-in-arms,
hovered over the funeral
cortege ' as it mjsved slowly vup Fifth
avenue to St. Pjjrick's cathedral and
thence to the cemetery.
Thousands of American beauty
roses, from the gardens of Mrs.
"(Coattaned an Par Two, Column .)
Military Aeronautics
Officers Must Qualify
To Serve as Pilots
Washington, July 11. Only of
ficers who have qualified as junior
military pilots will hereafter be
given appointments in the military
aeronautics division, under a rul
ing today by Major General Kenly,
director of the reorganized air
service. At present there are
many officers in the nonflying
branches of the service, which in
cludes all administrative and staff
work, and plans are afoot for re
quiring all officers now on such
duty in Washington to learn to fly.
A flying field now being estab
lished near the city probably will
be used for this purpose.
divisions of support and reinforce-
With the American Army in
France, July 11. American pursuit
planes today interrupted German ob
servation and photography work be
hind the American lines. Lieutenants
Edgar Tobin of San Antonio, Tex.,
and Edgar Jones of Chicago attacked
a biplane over Flirey at an altitude of
3,000 yards. They dove after him four
times, down, to 1,000 yards when he
feU over Thiaucourt.
Lt. Charles T. Merrick of Eldora.
Ia., attacked another biplane north of
Flirey. j The German went sliding
down en his win, and was reported
later by another American flyer as
having fallen in flames.
Pursuit planes also attacked" the en-,
emy's observation- balloons which I
X 1. t , . , . -
r were nasmy punea down
4
Miss Ella Morrison
Leaves Soon to Do Red
, Cross Work in France
Miss Ella K. MorrisSn of Wavne.
Neb., sister of Miss Estelte Morrison.
instructor in English at Central High
i uuaiuuu i.i . , . - ...
was safe, for behind him he had eight I v "?S A , 0Tae.a J? re?ort ,,n
reinforce- Jut" -iy oy juiy to ana to De
ready to sail within a week thereaf
ter to take up Red Cross canteen
work. Miss Morrison volunteered for
'the service some time ago and was
successful in passing the necessary
preliminary examinations. She will
pay her own expenses.
Miss Morrison has been instructor
in surgical dressings for the Red
Cross in the northeastern part of the
state for some time. She was edu
cated at the University of Nebraska
and in Europe She speaks French
fluently. She is the daughter of the
late John J. Morrison, Lincoln at
torney, and of the late Mrs. Ella K.
Morrison. Recently she has been
making her home with her sister
Mrs. J. Woodward Jones of Wayne
YANKEES BREAK
UP PATROL RAID
ON MARNE FRONT
French Rename Belleau Wbod
in Honor of U. S. Marines
Who : Stopped German -
Rush oh Paris. '
ments. including Serbian and Rou
manian troops of first quality.
Ordered to Withdraw,
But Averscu had neglected to cut
the wires which connected him with
the politicians in the Roumanian cap
ital, and he had only gotten 15 miles
beyond the Danube when there came
a peremptory order to withdraw his
forces. It was an absolute command
from the war cabinet. Averscu
tried to reason with hiY political
chieftains over a long distance tele
phone wire, and even threatened to
resign, but the politicians had decided
and refused to change the decision.
ihe cabinet, it appeared, felt that
there was danger of the German
armies on the other side of Roumania
the Carpathian front breaking
through and doing a great deal of
harm at a time when Averscu's army
was far afield. The politicians timidly
preferred a defensive oolicv to a dar
ing offensive and after a day 0 two
of delay, Averscu and his army with
drew from their commanding posi
tion in von Macken sen's rear and
retired back across the Danube.
Germans Puzzled at Maneuver.
The Germans were much puzzled
by this maneuver, and never were
able to secure. a satisfactory explana
tion of this withdrawal of their ene
my at the very moment when his
cause seemed won. Von Macken
sen was an old crc-war friend of
Averscu and knew the latter's abi!-
lties too well to underestimate them.
That was why von Mackensen
sought out Averscu during the peace
parleys a few weeks ago in Bucha
rest. "Why did you withdraw?" asked
von Mackensen. "If you had gone
forward 'you most certainly would
have bagged the whole of the Bul
garian ans German armies in the Dobrudja."
Arrange to Launch
18 Large Steel Ships
At 'Frisco Labor Day
San Francisco, July 11. Eighteen
large steel ships will be launched
here on Labor day, September 2,
if plans inade at a conference today
between Charles M. Schwab, di
rector general of the Emergency
Fleet corporation, and officers of
labor organizations are realized.
Approximately 100,000 tons of ship
ping would be added to the United
States marine by the projected
launchings.
Announcement of clans for the
Labor day launchings were made
after x the shipbuilding ' employes
pledged themselves to break all con
struction records.
"We have launched and are build
ing as many torpedo boats as were
included in all the principal navies
of the world at the beginning of
the war," said Mr. Schwab at an
army lunch, where he ate, from a
tin plate, "the-regulation soldier's
fare.
(By Associated Press.)
With the American Forces on.ihe
Marne, July 11. A large German
patrol which attempted to raid the
American trenches on the Marne
front this morning was broken up and
leuted in confusion. The Germans
left several dead, which aided the
Americans in establishing the identi
fication of new German units.
.The weather yesterday and today
did not permit of much airplane ob
servation. Artillery activity continues
below normal.
In recognition of the valiant serv
ices of the American troops when
they stopped the German rush on
l'ans in the second battle of the-f
Marne. capturing Bois De Belleau,
lomnig me merman machine gun
nests and establishing themselves in
commanding positions on the Marne
sector, the French authorities have of
hcially changed the name Bois de
Belleau to Bois de Brigade de la Ma
rine, and have ordered all maps
cnanpd accordingly.
A Paris dispatch July 3, said that
tne general commanding the French
army in the Bois de Belleau resrion
had announced that the wood here
after would be -known as the Bois des
.merican.
Five U. S. Planes Lost.
Berlin, Via Londou, July 11. Five
American airplanes of a squadron of
six which started out to rafd Cob
lentz fell into the hands of the--Ger-
nians, according to the announcement
from general headquarters today.
The crews were taken prisoner.
Majority Commissioner Also
Contend Disfranchisement of
. 6,000 Voters Necessitat
ed by Law Requirement.
Frankly basing on partisan motives
their gerrymander in rearranging the
county commissioner districts of
Douglas county, the democratic ma
jority of the commission neverthe
less insisted Thursday that its action
in practically disfranchising over
(,000 registered voters of district No.
o was necessitated by the require
ments of law.
"You can't blame us democratslor
favbring ourselves when we had the
opportunity." was the exnlanatinn
vouchsafed by the deniocratic county
commissioners when they were con
fronted by indignant protests from
all over the city. "The republicans
would have done the same thing in
our places. Besides, w gave Mc
Donald all that he wanted in the
way of changes in his district; so we
guess that the republicans have no
kick coming."
Commissioner Leo. Hoffman said:
"If we had left district No. 3, now
represented by Mr. Compton, as it
was, it would have consisted of 2,000
fewer voters than the other districts,
and district No. 5. which I now
represent, would have Ijad 2,000 votes
too many. Since the two dinf nVt
adjoin each other, and since th law
provides that each district must con
sist of contiguous territorv. the onlv
way out of the difficulty was to take
a slice off district No. 5 and add it
to district No. 3."
6,000 Voters Affected.
Figures of the elerti
sioner show, however, that over 6,000
registered voters are afTectctTby the
change. Over 4,000 of these voted
in the last election.
The territory changed consists of
(Continued on Vagt Two, Column Fire.)
Over Hundred Million Worth
Sold in This Country for
Propaganda and Pur
chase of Paperr.
Busch
By Associated Press.
New York, July 11. The
family of St. Louis bought $1,000,000
worth of the German war bonds which
the government bcfieves;wcre sold in
this country for propaganda and for
the purchase of the New York Even
ing Mail and other newspapers, ac
cording to a statement issued tonight
by Alfred L. Becker, deputy state
attorney general. Mr. Becker added
that probably more than $100,000,000
worth of the bonds had been sold in
the United States.
Mr. Becker emphasized the pofnt
that while the United States was still
neutral the imperial German govern
ment established a fund "to seduce
part of the American press with good
American gold, exchanged for mere
scraps of paper."
Many Americans, he said, invested
in the German bonds before this coun
try went to war in the same manner
that they ar.e now buvintr Lihprt
bonds, thinking that the money was
to be used legitimately for the pur
chase of munitions and war supplies,
and not suspecting that their dollars
were to be used against their own
country. 'T" v"" vw
U. S. Al OfHcer Buys Also,. '
Capt. David A. Henkes, who was
dismissed from the U. S. army by
LINE TO
HEIGHTS
Capture of Corcrand Strong
Positions in Vicinity Hinders
Hun Between Marne
and Aisne.
i
People of Germany !d
They Must Go Barefooted
London. July 11. "We warn you
to go barefooted," is a notice to the
Berlin public published by the Ger
man clothing department, as quoted
in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Amsterdam today.
- Tt. . , . .,
rccomnipnH in )in I t"e message bid the Associated Advertising Cluhs
Itaff. not Vitr lifXZff of the World Godspeed, at the con
t ? dtln.t,." , 1?L LL6;. PL? sion of their 14th annual conven-
- .v v.uiu. vi suing uai cwuicu.
Advertising Forces Pledge
Support to War Leaders
Bad Frost in Brazil
Washington, July 11. Tremendous
.damage" from frost in Brazil was re-
ported today in official dispatches. Un
f usual freezing temperatures in Sao
Paulo have ruined the young coffee
plantation and a majority of the
i plantations of sugar castor beans and
t Iruits are destroyed
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By Associated Press.
San Francisco, July 11. Charles M.
Schwab, director-general of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, arose
from a "trench mess" here todav to
tion.
The final day of the convention was
m the nature of a war demonstra
tion. It started vith the promulga
tion of a "war message to American
business," which pledged the adver
tising forces of the nation to get
squarely behind the war leaders and
use extreme endeavors to further the
successful prosecution of the strife.
In the selection of officers William
C. D'Arcy of St. Louis was returned
to the post of president. The ticket
prepared by the nominating com
mittee was carried throughout. Those
elected with Mr. D'Arcy were:
Vice presidents: George W. Hop
kins, New York; E. T. Meredith, Des
Moines; Sidney W. Wilson, Cleve
land; C. A. Fisher, Dallas; William
G. Rock, Toronto; Arthur G. New
meyer, New Orleans; F. W. Kellogg,
San Francisco; Charles Higham, Lon
don. England. Secretary-treasurer:
P. S. Florea, Indianapolis.
New Orleans was approved by the
convention as the next convention
citv.
The "Truth Trophy" for the most
effective truth advertising during the
year was awarded to Baltimore.
Woman and Two Men Dead
In Wisconsin Farm Tragedy
Waukesha., Wis., July 11. The
bodies of William Hille, his sister,
Edna, and Ernest Fenze were found
dead today at the Hille farm, near
here. Evidence of poisoning was
found in Miss Hille's body. Several
horses were found to have been shot.
Hille and his sister were about 60
years old. The details of the tragedy
are not known.
Coal Is Boosted 75c Per
Ton in Council Bluffs
Retail coal prices in Council Bluffs
have been raised from 70 to 75 cents
a ton. The raise goes into effect
at once, and covers all grades of
bituminous coal, the only kind now
available here. The increase was
ordered Thursday at a conference of
tne local dealers and members of the
fuel commission.
Plan Reception For
Japanese Red Cross
Mission Here Tonight
Nebraska officfals of the American
Red Cross, officers of the Omaha
chapter, uniformed women Red Cross
workers and members of women's am
bulance corps, will unite Friday even
ing in a patriotic demonstration in
honor of the Japanese Red Cross
commission, which stops in Omaha
Friday night between trains.
The commission is headed by
rnnce Yosnihisa tokugawa and is
escorted by William L. Keene, special
icprcscniauve oi tne American Red
Cross. The Japanese commission
landed recently at a Pacific port and
IS on its wav to France. Th mrtv
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win arrive in umana at V:JU p. m. on
the Union Pacific.
Pilot Returns Decorations
With Protest to tl - Kaiser
Chnstiania, July 11. Hans Olsen.
one of Norway's best known pilots,
who for years piloted the Ge-man era
oeror'n varhf-
I t ' TUiiiuct tl UI3C3
inNorwegian waters, has returned to
the German legation, the ntftoerous
decorations given him by the emperor.
He wrote the German mini:lr tU?t
the decorations were returned as a
protest airainst the shameful mnrrW
and cruel massacre of Norwio-ian
sailors, many of them his friends, by
German Submarines. While he had
appreciated the decorations, their
possession now gave him no feeling
but disgust.
court martial for wishim? to resign a
ter being sent to France and who was
sentenced to 25 years at Fort Leaven
worth, used part of his army pay to
nuy uerman bonds, according to Mr,
Becker. '
Mr. Becker said the monev rained
on the bonds was denositerl to th
credit oi Dr. Heinrich F. Albert and
Count Von Bernstorff and that thev
i t. . .. . r . . y
tncLKca oui irom me war loan funds
what money they needed for buying
newspapers.
i'r- i . ..... . .
ve nave not nnisneo witn our
examinations," he added. "All of the
evidence will go before the grand jury
ana ii is saie to assume that there will
be more arrests before we get
inrougn.
Admits $500,000 Investment.
St. Louis. Tulv 11. Auo-iiKt A
Busch, son of Mrs. Adolphus Busch,
Wnight declared the statement of
Altred L. Becker, deputy attorney
general of New York that the Busch
family had purchased $1,000,000 of
German war bonds, to be exaggerated
by half. t
"It is true" he said, "that I bought
$300,000 of the bonds througn ?. local
trust company about two years ago.
If I had had the least intimation that
the money was to be used for Gcrnvn
propaganda 1 would not have invest
ed a cent."
Government to Control
Supplies of Raw Wool
Washington. Tulv 11. To insure its
complete control over raw wool sup
plies the government is to take over
the importation of wool from Argen
tina, Uruguay and South Africa.
The war trade board announced to
night that after July 28 licenses for
the importation of wool from the
three countries, named will be issued
for the remainder of this vear onlv
to the quartermaster general of the
army.
There will not be sufficient wool.
the statement continued, to take care
of both civilian and military needs un
less some comprehensive clan is
adopted for purchasing and import
ing mc iicicssiry supplies.
Wife Who Disguised
Herself ' as Soldier
Dies in New Mexico
Douglas. Ariz., July 11. Mrs.
Hazel Carter, who last fall went
with an infantry regiment from
Douglas to France, disguised as a
soldier, died at Lordsburg, N. M..
today. Mrs. Carter's husband was
a corporal in the regiment with
which his wife went to Europe, and
still is in France. Her identity and
sex were not discovered until
shortly before the ship bearing the
troops reached itsdestination, and
she was sent back to the United
j States on a returning transport
Daily Rations In Vienna
Are Doled Out by Ounces
Amsterdam, July ll.The alarminir food situation in Vi
enna is described in a dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt from its
Vienna correspondent, who says :
"The daily rations per head are fixed at approximately
three ounces of bread and flour substitues, one ounce of meat,
less than a quarter ounce of fat, two and a half ounces of po
tatoes, three-quarters of an ounce of jam and a quarter of an
ounce of war coffee, making the total daily allowance seven
and three-quarter ounces."
The rations may be supplemented by recourse to secret
channels and by the payment of exorbitant prices, the corre
spondent declares.
For example, flour can be secured by paying the equivalent
of from $4.50 to $5 a pound; meat at from $5.75 to $7 and
norse flesh at $3,50 a pound. Meals at the middle class res
taurants cost $3.50.
By Associated Press.
French pressure along the
line from the Marne to the
Aisne, which began two weeks
ago as a series of local attacks,
has begun to yield results
which are appreciable when
viewed on the map. The town'
of Corey and strong positions
in that vicinity have been cap
tured by the slow, methodical
advance that has been the
source of much annovanca tr
the enemy for several days.
a "suit of the assaults made by
the French from Amhl eiiv. south a!
the Aisne to the hills south of Corey,
their line has been advanced to high,
ground which lends itself 'to defensive
operations and gives the French ob
servation points from which ihev n.,
see what is going on behind the Ger
man lines.
Dash for Paris Anticipated.
There has hcin mm r.in ...
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believing that when the Germans re
sume their offensive on the western
troilt thev will atlemnl- f,..i.
through between the Marne and
Aisne m a dash straight for Paris,
rur inis reason, the operations which
the J-rencli have carried out assume
.importance.
ooiltli of CorCV. the Cerm-m Kn '
extends slightly to the westward, but
it curves sharply eastward just beforo
it reaches the Clignon river, north
west of Chateau Thierry. From the
Uignon southward to the ; Marne
American forces have been improving
their positions in recent days and
acw have a strong line oppositions
running northward from Hill 204 ' '
sMflsr T"ierrr'
s Australians in Xction. -
On the British front Ac.i:.'
have been in action once more.pene- .
tratmg German positions and captur
ing prisoners. On the rest of the 1
mes held by the British there have
been the usual artillery duels and pa
trol engagements.
French and Italian detachments
are steadily pushing Austrian fasces
back along the' western , slopes of the
mountains thai parallel the coast of
Albania. They are reported north of
the important town of Berat and have ,
moved ahead in the hilly country to
the east. Vienna admits the allied
success in this quarter.
In the mountain sectors of the
northern Italian front, Auslrian units
which approached the Italian posi
Hons have been driven back
Bolsheviki Claim Victories.
iiOlshevikl fnrra hi . , ... '
battles with the Czecho-SIovaks in
European Russia, and an nffir.M
statement issued at Moscow claims
fll u The. !igh,t,ng aPPear t( have
oeen hardest in the rpm'nn t, ... .
and southeast of Petrograd, which '
may indicate that the Czecho-Slovaki '
have advanced from the Urals, where -they
have been reported art.'v. tn.
some weeks.
A Peking
aecho-Slovaks are in virtual control
ot all of western Siheria n.,
stretches of this country they have
triumphed over the bolshevik.. The
overthrow of the boleviki at Irkutsk
has been confirmed.
Muns Get Five U. S. Planes.
An. -official statement fmm r.-i:..
says that five of a squadron of six
American airplanes which started 6u t '
witn the intention nf hnmhi.. .1...
city of Coblenz fell into the Lands of
me vjcrmans.
oir George Cave Rritich t,,- .
retary, has announced in the house of
commons that the British government
will apply to the courts for an order C
to wind up the business of enemv
banks and make it impossible, for a "
Kw.u ui years arter the war, for n
enemy bank to be opened in England
In addition every male enemy alien
over 18 years old will be immediate-' '
y interned. Premier Lloyd George ,
in speaking on the subject has said
that the work will be carried out
fSTs"' y' ngorously and with
Muravieff Killed Himself, '
Says Russian Official Report
London, July 11. General Mura-.
vieff, .compander, of 4he Bolshevik
forces operating against the Czecho
slovaks, lias committed suicide, ac
cording &ah official Russian wire- .
less dispaloh, which says:
"He issued a false and treacherous
ordei'.Jo his troops and sought to
direct 'an offensive against the soviet
government of Russia. He ordered -sis
men to advance aeainst Mosrnw
and at the same time attacked the -town
of Simbirsk, in the Volga
region. The soviet troops, however, i
declined to obey his orders, and re
mained faithful to the Soviets' author- .
ity. Finding the troorja would nt
follow him in betravine the mnln. . "
tion, Traitor Muravieff shot himself." ' '
oeneral Muravieff, under the im 1
perial regime, was nolice insnrt
of Petrograd, with the rank of colonel
