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3 DIE WHEN TRAIN HITS MACHINE AT GREENSFCRK Raymond Deeter, Young Bank Cashier, and Two Others Meet Death as Cars Crash into Automobile. TV0 KILLED INSTANTLY OREENSFORK, Ind., April 14. Two parsons were Instantly killed and third -was fatally injured here at 11:15 o'clock Sunday morning when Pennsylvania train No. 217, bound from Richmond to Chicago, struck an automobile at a crossing near this tation. The dead are: Raymond Deeter, 32 years old, cashier of the First National bank; Solomon Isaacs, 25 years old, laborer, and Cass Rose, 20 years old, all of this place. Rose died In the Newcastle hospital a short time after having reached the institution, being taken to Newcastle aboard the train that struck the machine. The accident occurred as Deeter. Isaacs, Rose and Charles Freeman, 18 years old, were driving north through Oreensfork, en. route to a farm north of here. Rose and Freeman, who were accompanying Deeter and Isaa cs merely for the ride, were seated on the running boards on each ide of the machine. The train, which does not stop at Greensfork ordinarily, was approaching the crossing at what witnesses say was a fast rate of. speed. Spectators say the engineer of the train had sounded the customary crossing whistle and that the electric warning bell at the crossing was ringing as the automobile bearing the four reached the point of intersection. Occupants Hurled Out. The train struck the motor car squarely, demolishing the machine and hurling its three occupants in all directions. Freeman, who was riding on the side of the car from which the train was approaching, jumped from the machine an Instant before the collifion. . He escaped unhurt. Deeter and Isaacs were thrown to the side of the track, but Rose was hurled some distance. Isaacs and Deeter died instantly. . Rose was placed aboard the "train and taken to Newcastle where he died a short time later. He succumbed to Internal injuries, although both legs were fractured, his arm was broken and he sustained a deep gash In the head. Deeter'a face was crushed and he was injured internally. His left ankle also was broken. Isaacs' head was split open, this injury causing his death instantaneously. The appear-! ance of the bodies of Deeter and Isaacs gave rise to the report that both men had been dragged some distance, but it was said today that the Impact of . the fall to the ground caused the peculiar abrasions about the body. Cause Matter of Conjecture. The cause of the accident is thus far a matter of speculation. It was raid that Freeman had said following the accident that Deeter, who was driving the car, heard the roar of the approaching train, but attempted to beat the train to the crossing. However, Freeman declares that such a report is untrue, but he is unable to give a reason why Deeter did not stop. The view of the crossing was not obstructed by a train of cars, as was reported Sunday afternoon. Deeter was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earland Deeter, who reside one and one-half miles north of Hagerstown. He is survived, besides the parents, by the widow, Mrs. Theodosla Deeter, formerly Miss Theodosia McDIvitt of this place. He formerly was telegraph operator at the Pennsylvania station here. He had been cashier of the First National bank about nine years. I)ceer also was a member of the K. of P. and Masonic lodges of Hagerstown. The funeral services will be conducted at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Christian church, the Rev. Charles Shultz of Newcastle, officiating. The place of burial had not been decided upon at a late hour thin afternoon. The funeral of Isaacs will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home here. Burial will be in the South cemetery. Isaacs is survived by the widow, Mrs. Laura T. Isaacs, the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Isaacs, and three small children. Ornery, Forest and Horace, all of this place. The body of Rose probably will be returned here for burial. His parents, former residents here, are now residing in the southern part of Kentucky. It was reported today that the death of Mrs. Charles Black, 40 years old, here Sunday r.oon was the result of 6hock following the accident. This was denied by relatives, however, who said that Mrs. Black knew nothing of the accident. Mrs. Black is survived by the husband, three daughters and two sons. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church. Inquest Is Held Dr. S. Edgar Bond, coroner of Wayne county, viewed the bodies and inspected the scene of the accident shortly after the tragedy. An official Inquest was held at the coroner's office in Richmond at 1 o'clock this afternoon, the coroner returning a verdict of "death by accident." The coroner said there wa3 no responsibility on the part of the railway company or its employes as a result of the accident

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Reavis Urges Greater U. S. Activity in Trade Rep. C. F. Reavis Representative Reavis of Nebraska, who has just returned from Panama, declares the sentiment of Americans there is strong against the apparent inactivity of the U. S. in South American commerce. He says America is allowing England to get a foothold on South American trade. England started to increase her trade there while the U. S. was transporting troops to the war. . CARL N. JUDKINS KILLED; SURVIVOR OF MANYWREGKS Express Messenger, Well Known Here, Meets Death in Cincinnati Accident. Carl N. Judkins, 62 years old. of Ft. Thomas, Ky., son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Marlatt of this city, was crushed to death between a car and a brick wall of the loading platform of the Adams Express company at Cincinnati, Saturday night. He had been an express messenger for thirtyseven years and had passed unscathed through some of the worst wrecks on the Pennsylvania railroad between Cincinnati and New York. No witnesses saw the accident. : It is. assumed that Jie. was hurled from the car when a switch engine backed into it. The body was . ground between the moving car and the wall. A switchman found Judkins unconscious, with a fractured skull and a Crushed chest, lying between the rails. He died in a Cincinnati hospital without regaining consciousness. The Masonic lodge, of which he was a member, will conduct services at Dayton, Ky., Tuesday evening and the body will be shipped to Richmond for burial in Earlham cemetery. A short service will be held at the grave Wednesday morning. A widow and a daughter survive. A son preceded him in death last January. Judkins was one' of the oldest and most trusted messengers in the service of the company. He was on the run between Cincinnati and Chicago for many years. Ctemenceau Eulogizes Work of 42nd Division (By Associated Press) BREST, Sunday, April 13 Vice Admiral Moreau, governor of Brest, reviewed the American 42nd (rainbow) division here today and read a letter to the assembled troops from Premier Clemenceau in which the achievements of the division were eulogized. Brigadier General George W. Read received from the vice ad miral the cravat of a commander of the Legion of Honor and several other officers were made chevaliers of the legion. Later there was a brilliant farewell reception to the American soldiers who are to embark for the United States. Supreme Court Upholds Kansas Pure Food Act (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 14. Provis ions of the Kansas pure food act authorizing the state board of health to make regulations for the enforcement of the act were upheld today by the supreme court in refusing to restrain the board from requiring the manufac turers of proprietary food . to state on the label the percentages of in gredients used by them. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight, warm er in south portion. Tuesday probtbly fair except rain in extreme east portion. Colder Tuesday. Today's Temperature. Noon 50 Yesterday. Maximum 51 Minimum 33 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore RAin and warmer tonight. Tues day rain and colder. Increasing south east winds will shift to westerly by Tuesday. General Conditions A storm over the plain states is now causing general rains over the central states and middle west, and heavy frosts were general Sunday morning over Wayne rountv. being almost one-eight of an tnrh nf ice in the ooen country. It has turned quite cold over Alaska, where it is 8 below zero at Nome,

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HOLDS AMENDED DRAFMNFERIOR Little Enthusiasm Shown Over Revised Covenant No Opposition to Doctrine. (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 14. The summary of the amended covenant of the league of nations evokes no enthusiasm in the London morning newspapers and It is declared by some commentators to be less satisfactory than the first draft. The Chronicle, for instance, points out certain points which it thinks make the new draft "distinctly and perhaps decisively inferior to the old." The newspaper condemns the policy of requiring unanimity for the decisions of both the council and assembly and also condemns the terms upon which the covenant may be amended and permission given any nation to withdraw on two years' notice. It regards the covenant as un harmed by the Monroe doctrine amendment, which it believes should facilitate the arhesion of the United States to the covenant. The Daily News, which is a warm champion of the principal of the league, sees danger in some of its provisions. It objects to the constitution of the new council, which, it says, "will manifestly be controlled by prominent representatives of the five great powers when they are in agreement," and it fails to see how the four representatives of the other powers chosen for the assembly can have much independence. The news paper does not express any great confidence in the efficacy of the league in any case. Sees No Improvement. The Labor newspaper, the Daily Herald, says the summary does not indicate much improvement on the original draft It declares that from a democratic viewpoint, "the league is still an alliance of Btates and not a union of peoples." The Post, which is an opponent of the league and a severe critic of President Wilson, refers ironically to the "New Garden of Eden" in which the '"Monroe Doctrine will take the place of the tree of knowledge of good and evil," referring to the "fruits of the western hemisphere being forever forbidden as signatories of the Attributing to President Wilson personally the features of the draft to which it most objects, the newspaner savs that "Dosterity will place him with Metternich and Castlereagh as one who-worked the confusion of other nations and the greatness of his own." It concludes- by declaring it monstrous that sucn a covenant should be signed without first fairly being considered by the public and parliament. TROTZKY ADMITS DEFEAT IN EAST 0 (By Associated Press) 1 nvnnN Anril 14. Leon Trotzky, the RnisTiAvi'ic minister of war and marine of Russia, admits defeat on the eastern front in a wireless message from Moscow which has been picked up here. The message reads: "All our efforts now must do aireciea n the onstprn front which is the only front upon which we have suffered defeats. We must send old and experienced troops to that quarter. It is absolutely necessary for us to capture Ekaterinburg, Perm and Ufa." Cambridge City Soldiers Companions Overseas And Return Together PAfnpmr.E r.TTY. Ind.. ADril 14. Harvey Slonicker and Charles Heck, who were sent to camp togetner iroin Cambridge City, over a year ago, stayed together during their ten months in France, part of It on the firing line, and discharged, came home together Saturday, an unusual record. The boys were in the 37th (Ohio) di vision. Harry Danner, another Cambridge hnv. is home for a few days, on fur lough from an eastern camp. He is still suffering from tne etrects oi gas. Bulgarian Police Fire on Greeks for Demonstrations (By Associated Press SALONIKI, Sunday, April 13.Greeks engaged in demonstrations near the city of Strumnitza have been fired upon by Bulgarian police sent from that place, according to reports reaching this city. No details as to the number of casualties have been learned. A large number of Greeks have been arrested for participating in new disorders in the region of Strumnitza and twenty have been sent in irons to Sofia, it Is said. Commission Grants Rate Increase to T. H. . & E. (By Assoi iated Press) WASHINGTON. April 14. The, Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern traction company was given permission today by the interstate commerce commission to file increased local fares applicable to interstate traffic. Serbians Deny Report Of Soviet Revolution (By Associated Press) . LONDON, April 14. Serbian officials in London today declared there was no truth in the report that revolution had broken out in Serbia. The latest official dispatches from Serbia report no unusual happenings there.

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Invents Bit That Will Bore Odd Shaped Holes C. H. Schmidgall at machine with his wonder drill and cloaeup of bit that bores square hole. Fourteen years ago C. H. Schmid gall of Peoria, 111., started to work on what was then considered a mechan leal impossibility, that was a bit that would bore a square hole. Two years ago he solved the problem. He has in vented one that will bore holes of any of the shapes shown on the panel on his machine above. On March 18 of this year he received the absolute patent on his devise and is now willing to have the world know about it VICTORY ISSUE IS LIMITED TO $4,500,000,000 Interest to be Percent, Glass AnnoUnced-Will Relied Oversubscription. TBy Associated 'Press) WASHINGTON, April 14. Terms of the Victory Liberty loan were announced Sunday by Secretary Glass, are as follows: Amount $4,500,000,000, over subscriptions to be rejected. Interest, 4 per cent for partially tax exempt notes, convertible into 3 per cent notes wholly tax exempt. Maturity, four years, with the treasury reserving the privilege of redeeming the notes in three years. The 3 per cent notes, to be issued later, also may be converted subsequently back into 4 per cent notes. The 4 per cent securities are to be exempt from state and local taxati onecxpet ETAOIN tion, excepting estate and inheritance taxes, and from normal rates of federal income taxes. The rate 3 per cent securities are exempt from all federal, state and local taxes except state and inheritance taxes. Last Liberty Loan The size of the loan was much smaller than bad been anticipated by most financial observers, who looked for an issue of about $6,000,000,000 in view of Secretary Glass' past statements that the loan would be five or six billions. This will be the last Liberty loan, Secretary Glass explained, although there will be other issues of government securities to finance belated war expenses. These will not be floated by popular campaigns. None of the past issues of Liberty bonds are convertible into Victory loan notes, and there are no specific provisions in the terms of the Victory issue serving directly to maintain market prices of past issues. STATE QUOTAS SMALLER. Quotas of most communities of loan will be three-fourths of the quotas in the fourth loan, the treasury explained today, since the $4,500,000,000 total of the Victory issue is threefourths of the $6,000,000,000 total of the fourth Issue. The goal assigned each community and state, is left, however, to the federal reserve district loan organization and is not determined by the treasury. In practically all cases, it was said, no change would be made by the dis trict organization in the proportionate tasks assigned each community in comparison with the fourth loan. Quotas of the twelve federal reserve districts are the same in percentage as in the last issue and consequently the amount for each will be threefourths of the share in the fourth loan drive. ' . Employment Sunday" To Be Held in Churches WASHINGTON, April 14. Churches throughout the country co-operating with the U. S. employment service, in finding work for discharged soldiers, will observe May 4 as "employment Sunday." From thousands of pulpits appeals will be made for aid In replacing men in industry. The idea originated with the Methodist committee on reconstruction at home and has been adopted by all protestant denominations represented In the federal council of churches.

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FEDERAL FORCES DEFEAT TROOPS OF SPARTACANS Soviet Soldiers Falling Back Before German Government Troops. (By Associated Press) BERLIN, April 14. A Dresden dispatch to the Vossiche Zeitung says that an assault by Soviet forces on the citadel in the Neustadt section of the city on the right bank of the Elbe, is expected. Frontier troops and soldiers from Pirna, eleven miles south east of Dresden, have established themselves near the Catholic church to defend the northern end of the Friedrich Augustus bridge. Some of the Jaegar and Grenadier troops are re ported to be unreliable, their arms having been distributed among the in surgents. Government troops sent against the Brunswick Soviet are reported today from Madgeburg to have come' into contact with the outposts of the Brunswick communist forces. The outposts fled before the advance of the government contingent. On Saturday night and Sunday morning, government troops at Dusseldorf attacked Spartacan forces entrenched in the Oberbilk quarter in the southeastern section of the city and after a violent bombardment with artillery and mine throwers ejected them. The majority of the Spartacans fled in the direction of Eller and the troops are no longer encountering serious resistance. Form Military Dictatorship A report from third army headquarters at Munich says that the garrison has established a military dictatorship in support of the Hoffman ministry, which the Soviet regime seeks to oust from office. Action to recover the capital from Soviet forces is progressing favorably, it is said. Dr. Adolf Lapp, who was appointed commissioner for foreign affairs in the Soviet cabinet on April 9, has been placed in an insane asylum, according to report. When his appointment to this office was announced, it wa3 said that he had on two occasions been confined to an asylum for megalomania. Dr. Levien, leader of the Independent Socialists, is believed to have fled, and sixteen Soviet leaders, including Herr Landauer, Herr Wagner and Herr Nuehaam, members of the Soviet ministry, are said to have been arrested. The Soviet congress was informed today that Georg Ledebour, who is confined in Moabit jail and whose release was demanded on March 30 by the Communist workmen's council, will not be liberated: Independent SoeiaUet - newspapers print an attack written by Ledebour, while in Jail, upon Herr Heine, Prussian minister of justice, accusing him of mistreating Spartacan prisoners in the Moabit jail. He declares himself in daily fear of being murdered and that Karl Radek's life was in constant jeopardy while he was in prison. Ledebour claims that he has heard groans of arrested Spartacan adherents, who, he says, were being "done to death in some hidden recess of the prison." He declares that he has also heard rifle shots, "indicating whole sale executions," there. NO SPECIAL SESSION OF STATE ASSEMBLY, GOVERNOR DECIDES (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, April 14. No speial session of the Indiana general assembly will be called. Gov. James B. Goodrich announced today, after he had talked with Ele Stansbury, attorney general and other state officials. The attorney general after studying the Beardsley law and the county unit road law concluded that the former repealed section II of the latter law and thus continues the authority of township trustees over township roads. Boche Prisoners in A.E.F. Blossom Out With Gold Chevrons (By Associated Prsss WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 14 The immense amount of work in constructing roads, building barracks, unloading and reloading the vast tonnage of supplies for the American army gave several prisoners of war in the Brest area the idea that they were worthy of recognition in the service of the A. E. F., and accordingly having finished six months of good hard work, these boches concluded that they were elig ible to wear a gold service chevron. They blossomed forth one day with a bright gold chevron glittering on the lower part of the left sleeve. It was wholly out of harmony with their general appearance, according to the sharp vision of the military police, who had charge of their surveillance. The "M. P." could not understand this hybrid embellishment, coupled with the large letters P. w." signifying "prisoners of war" on their backs. Fulfilling his duty, he inquired the purpose of this unauthorized dazzle on the left sleeve.. .The Docne expiamea his affiliation in the American army, but that did not satisfy the "M. P." Off came the chevrons with one strong rip. Lloyd George to Make Brief Stay in London (By Associated Preas) PARIS, April 14. Premier Lloyd George's trip home to England will be a brief one, according to the Petit Journal today. He will be back in Paris Friday to attend the peace conference proceedings, the newspaper says."

Nansen May Endeavor To Feed Hungry Russia Dr. Fridtjof Nansen Dr. Fridtjof Nansen has been requested by Herbert Hoover, director general of the interallied relief organization, to become chief of an inter national neutral commission to investigate the possibility of feeding Russia, on condition of the cessation of hostilities in that country. Dr. Nansen is head of the Norwegian food mission to the United States. The dispatch giving' this report came from Copenhagen and also states that $50,000,000 monthly will be required to carry out the program. BOND ISSUE TO INSURE PAYMENT OF GERMAN DEBT Issue of $20,000,000,000 Required Must Pay Five Bil lions in Cash. (By Associated Press) PARIS. April 14 Germany tinder the peace treaty must pay five billion dollars in cash or the equivalent in commodities-before--May.l. 1921- She must also issue immediately to the allied and associated governments interest bearing bonds, the exact amount of which will be determined later, according to the kind of money in which it must be payed. If the money is marks, the sum will be larger than 20 billion dollars at the rate of exchange before the war, but that is the general nominal sum. These two sums five billion dollars cash and twenty billion dollars in bond are not all that Germany will have to pay. They are the minimum. Germany also must obligate herself to pay other amounts for damage done, appropriate to her means, to be determined by mixed commission of representatives of the allied and associated governments and of Germany which shall report before May 1, 1921. Ministers Address Watson On League Constitution Tha Ministerial association in a meeting Monday heard the drafted let ter which was addressed to faenaior Tamna v. "Watsnn concerning its stand on the league of nations and approved of it At the last meeting of the association, the ministers discussed the Iaociia nrt expressed their aDDroval of the principle but were of the opin ion that the covenant snouia De changed. A committee appointed to write Senator Watson is composed of the Rev. E- E. Davis, chairman; J. J. Rae and A. F. Mitchell. Chairman Davis of the committee announced that nothing concerning the letter to Senator Watson would be made public until Watson had received the letter. The missive was approved by the ministers and will be sent either Monday or Tuesday. Australian Coal Owners To Increase Miners' Wage (By Associated Press) MELBOURNE, Sunday, April 13. It is stated that the coal owners have agreed to increase miners' wages 224 percent and that the commonwealth government, simultaneously has sanc tioned an Increase in tne price or coai. The premier of New South Wales oblorta tn thf new arrangement, saying it would cost New South Wales $100,000 annually. Acting .premier wait oi Australia, however, says that coal shortage is grave and opposition by New South Wales may result in the most serious diclocation of the industry Australia has ever seen. U. S. Supreme Court Acts on Dry Cases (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 14. In disposing of proceedings involving an Interpretation of the Georgia state prohibition law, the supreme court in ef fect today held that possession of in toxicating liquors in excess of the amount permitted by statute, even though lawfully acquired before its enatcment is prohibited under the law. Transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes through a dry state is not prohibited under the Reed prohibition amendment the supreme court held today in an opinion interpreting that act.

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PEACE HEADS TO MEET FOE DELEGATION BEFORE MAY Affairs Shaping Themselves Toward Final Action Japanese and French League May be Reconsidered. REVAMP FINANCE PLAN (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 14. The status of the American, Japanese, and French amendments to the covenant of the league of nations has been definitely established so far as the league of nations commission is concerned, with the American amendment concerning the Monroe doctrine, the only one to be given a place in the covenant by the commission. The French and Japanese, however, have both made . reservations which entitle them to renew, at a plenary session of the peac9 conference, the questions involved In these amendments so that the final decision is still open. As to the affairs of the peace conference as a whole, they are shaping themselves now with the league of nations question and nearly all the main points in the peace treaty virtually disposed of so that the data when the enemy delegates shall bo summoned to Versailles has been tentatively set The summoning of the peace congress as it will be called, instead of peace "conference" after the enemy delegates are admitted, will, according to the present understanding occur between April 26 and May 5. and it is considered not improbable that a definite date may be announced by Premier Lloyd George when he speaks before the British bouse of commons the coming Wednesday. To Permit Brief Discussion Indications are that the Germans will be given opportunity to discuss the peace terms before the congress. but that no extended discussion will be permitted, two weeks being suggested as the outside limit for the sessions to be held at Versailles. Thes sessions, It Is expected now, will be attended by President Wilson, who is said by those close to him, to feel that the progress mads toward concluding the peace is such that he will be able to remain for the'Tersailles meeting. " The chief question as regards the peace terms remaining to be settled now that the Sarre valley and reparations problem have been disposed in virtually all of their details, is that of the Rhine frontier. The council of four is likely mainly to occupy itself with this question during the present week, the debate probably centering the French contention for security from a military standpoint, the French ettltude being indicated as determined on this point It Is understood also to have been largely France's fears from a military standpoint of what mlrht happen should there be another Germas. attack that influenced her representatives in their sustained opposition to the Monroe doctrine amendment to the league of rations covenant Their argument was that if the Monroe doctrine principle were given an European application the effect might be that the United States might be kept from again coming to France's help in the event of future German bullience. Confers with Italians. The council of four did not meet this morning, Instead President Wilson had a long conference with Premier Orlando and other Italian leaders on the Adriatic problem, one of the last vital questions remaining to be discussed by the council. Premier Orlando recently suggested to the president the advisability of informal exchanges over the question of Fiume, and Italy's claim in the eastern Adriatic. President Wilson, in concurring with this suggestion, promised to give the matter his personal study. The conference today prabably was the outcome of this suggestion. REVAMP FINANCIAL TERMS PARIS, April 14. Alarmed by the result of the bye election at Hull last week, Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, according to the Echo de Paris, has persuaded the council .-if fntiT- fn rfva m n nmnlptplv thn fin ancial r1nn tn be Incomorated in the treaty of peace. Instead of a payment or 25,0UU,UUU,UUU irancs on account ana annual payments to he nxea ty a commiKainn. It has been decided to fix at once the amount which Germany will have to pay witnin 60 years, inis amount is kept secret, but it is indicator Yiv iha niTinawni that & figure of 250,000,000,000 francs has been agred upoA, which includes an war damages as well as the cost of pensions. Plebiscite To Be Held Tho wsimptit it is said, will last for 15 years, when a plebiscite will be held and in the event that the Inhabi tants elect to return to Germany, that nation will be obliged to buy back the minp navlne in gold. To CaiTT OUt this task would be no mean undertak ing, say the commentators, especially those of the echo de Paris, and Ls Journal, who declare it to be simply a repetition of the Tangier regime which they say, has been seen to be th equivalent of "most complete inertia." Neither are the critics satisfied with the plan for military occupation oi the left bank of the Rhine, although the methods to be followed have not been finally decided upon. It is stated in French quarters that this will bi entirely in the hands of French troopi who will guard the bridgeheads an railroad junction. In addition, then is to be a new thirty-mile neutral military zone on the right bank of tin river, it is said.