Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 36, 23 December 1919 — Page 8

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. -. TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1919. DROP !N PRICES NAVY OFFICER WINS NATION'S HIGHEST WAR HONOR FOR BRAVERY AS PRISONER FIELDS STILL ILLINOIS GOVEIORFr ; URGES ENFORCOIT OF LAW AND ORDER AUTOMATIC MAIL SORTER USED TO HELP HANTH.F CJTPISTMAS MAIL CONGESTION NEXT SPRING IS SEEN BY PALMER MENACE TO SHIPS IN THE NORTH SEA

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"J. WASHINGTON', Dec. 23 Expectation of a decline In retail food prices beginning between Jan. . 1 and March X wan expressed last night by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer, in a

etatement summing up the efforts of the government to date in forcing 'down the cost of living. . "The cost of living, already under " control," said the Attorney General. f1"can be reduced if every ono will -'- produce to his utmost, if those who . '-r buv and consume will save and elimi--IVnate extravagance, and if all honeHt persons will join with the department ltit Justice in stamping out profiteering and hoarding." Explaining that a downward trend in ' retail food prices ordinarily was T" shown during tho first two months of

a year, Mr. Palmer, said it was tne hope of the government "that this trend win be accelerated this year by the -campaign initiated by the governstent which Just now is coming well ' f under way." -" ' ; -' Retail Price Halt' Cited. TAJtJiougB etatisticsw compiled annus,Uy by-tKe government show that In .previous . years retail food prices increased during the fall months, Mr. Palmer said that since August this year' such prices bad been, maintained practically stationary. Only since October 22. when necessary amendments to tho Lever food control act-were passed, the attorney general's statement said, has it been possible to deal affectively with all cases of profiteering and hoarding. From Oct. 22 to date, 179 prosecutions have been instituted, and prosecutions ;;jnd seizures have covered 18 states, , it was added. h Due to co-operation among the gov- '" ernment and various retail merchants' associations, the statement said, prevailing profits of clothing should be 'reduced from 5 to 60 per cent. The statement, which was issued -wlth the authorisation of the governviment officials associated with the at-

T'torney general in the campaign tO force down living costs, inciuaea director General of Railroads Walker D. Hines. was considered in certain quar- :" tors to be a summary of the governments position in the face of the re- " cently renewed demands of railroad workers for in increase in pay. Moslly Personal K. OF C. DRIVE The raising of money by the Rich- " mond Knights of Columbus, in response to the appeal made by Cardinal i Mercier to the organization for finan cial aid in the restoration of the schools of Belgium, will be confined to the membership, according to L. T. McTigue, chairman. No definite sum has been named but it is hoped that $1,000 will be forwarded to the state lit adquaitors at Indianapolis. ARRANGE CELEBRATION Kcir.'. nationally known personage vi:i V: obtained as the principal .- rnv ihp "Wplcnmp Home" celei r. fir.:. tr- be held by St. Andrew's "Church. This celebration will also see " fie tyVir.s down of the service flag The v:--graiii ia to De given under :.'.is-p:c?s of the Young Men's Institute i' Ml in conjunction with other organizations cf the church. A committee :rom the Y. M. I. will meet with rep- " vesentatives from other organizations Sunday afternoon, and final arrange- "" ments made. evening at the church of tho Nazarene. by memDers or tne aunaay i school and church. Recitations, vocal " solos, duets, quartets and special piano numbers will be givon. A special offering will be taken at the meeting. The money will be used to pay on the $25 pledge to missions, recently made by the children. The program 'begins at 7:30 o'clock and the public ts invited. GIVE CANTATA. A cantata. "Glory. Peace and Good Will" will be given by the Sunday school of the Third Methodist church Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, at the church. The fourth grade of Falrview school, under the direction of Miss Perry, will give a playlet entitled "A Christmas of the Pine Trees." All members and friends of the church and Sunday school ere invited. RELIEF CORPS OFFICERS r - Recently elected officers of the Women's - Relief Corps who will be installed two weeks from next Thurs- " day, include the following: President, TZ Carrie Poinier; senior vice-president, ;: Mary Rogers; junior vice-president, J I Anna Wilkens; treasurer, Frances .! Davis; conductor, Flora Fenor; guard, ;j Wilda Ellis; chaplin, Emma Reid. 1 Other officers will be appointed by the president following installation. SWAYNE TO RETUnN S. E. Swayne will arrive in Richmond Christmas mornlDg after spending five days with his brother, Harry B. Swayne, of New York, who has l een ill of pneumonia. HOLD XMAS PROGRAMS Christmas programs were held in virtually all the county schools Tues - .1 ir o flpinnnn Tho full term in all

J ...... unv.i...v... ----- - - - - 1 - - 1 m.v.w 1 n nip, iu a icccui auuuuuuciueui county schools ended Tuesday when bandits who captured and held for;by the state department. Mrs. Hapj; the pupils were dismissed for the holi-' ransom Frederick Hugo, American ,ood and two children accompanied days. Schools will re open Jan. 5, j rancher, near Muzquiz, Mexico. Al- m Another passenger was Baroness

i when the spring term opens. ii SANTA VISITS "DAD" BACKLER Dad" Backler, of the "Y" dormi- ! ior, was visited by Santa Claus last it n:glit. Although Santas visit was a ii'. little early, he left "Dad" enough II'1 smokes to last at least a month, and a I brand new safety razor. The gifts 11 were from the other dormitory men. J! The1 men also supplied Backler with a Christmas tree and all the trimmings. l Williams Elected to be . : : Secretary of Committee C. O. Williams, county superlntendU'Vnt, was elected secretary of the state 1 text book committee, which met in J ; Indianapolis yesterday, ii; Representatives of various book manufacturers were given a hearing on the text book situation. Another meeting will be held January 15. Labor unions asked permission to come be- ' fore the committee and present their I argument. They will be granted a hearing next monrb. It is understood J' ftat the unions favor free text books. 9

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Lieut. E. 7. 'A. Isaacs and Vrs. Isaacs, photographed at Washington navy yard. . Lieut. E. V. M. Isaacs has been awarded the congressional medal by Navy Secretary Daniels for his part in the world war. Isaacs was an officer on board the U. S. S. President Lincoln when that boat was sunk by the U-90. He was taken on board the submarine as a prisoner. He obtained extremely valuable information regarding the movement of German s- bmarines and, escaping from a German prison camp after one unsuccessful attempt, he gave the information to the allied leaders. Lieutenant Isaacs is now a munitions inspector at the Washington navy yard.

COMMERCIAL AGENTS OF ALL NATIONS ARE KEEN FOR BUSINESS THE HAGUE, Dec. 23. Trade Conferences between bankers, merchants and salesmen cf the entente countries and central powers have succeeded the mysterious gatherings of spies in the hotels here and at Amsterdam. The iron, steel, shoes, ships and seal-! ing wax of commerce are the topics instead of the routes of submarines, troop chips and food ships. Whatever may bo the opinion in America, or England, or France, regarding resumption of business with Germany and Austria, the representatives of the business concerns of these countries show nothing but a keen desire for such trade at tho conferences here. Keen for Business. The other day, at one cf the Hague j hotels, the groups seated in the lobby, ; engaged in earnest conversation on mae sucjecis, mtiuueu. One English ship-owner, and direc tor of one of Germany's biggest TransAtlaniic lines. Two Belgian bankers and German automobile manufacturer. Three American traveling salesmen and a Hungarian general importer. All of them, so far as the corres pondent could judf" from tho fram ana Keen tor ous.ns HOUSES COMBINE. LONDON, Dec. 23. A tendency toward large combinations in business is becoming eviaem in uu. terpriscs in which the promoters have . T- 1 .1 T7 - . recenuy ucru vmjtuus mcw tions arc moving picture production, banking, restaurant, baking and confectionery businesses, "chain" cigar and drug stores and shoe making. MEXICO CALLED ON FOR PROTECTION WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Two separate cases involving protection of American lives were cited in representations to the Mexican govern...KinVi itient fnrwarrt from the state department yesterday through the American embassy at Mexico: City. Informed by the American consul at Mazatlan. Mexico, that the two imcrin saiw arrested there Nov-

ember 12 in connection with a street recruiting officer. Dollins has enlistfight were being held on "various ' ecl In tne radio service and will be as-

pretexts, the department immediately instructed Charge summerun, at Mexico City, to make representations to the Carranza government. No explanation was made by the consul in his report as to the nature of the "pretexts". Hugo Demand Forwarded The embassy at "Mexico City was directed in another dispatch to insist i that the Mexican government take : ctona toward the ai)Drehension of the

though official information that Hugo speck von Sternburg, widow of the had been released reached the depart- j former German ambassador to Washment several days ago, it was nc; Thft baroness was Miss T.n.

learned by officials until yesterday that he was liberated under a promise to pay $1,500 ransom within twelve days. ' DISABLED SHIP MAKES PORT (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The steamship "Princess May," which sent out S. O- S. calls last night 150 miles south of Sandy Hook, today was proceeding to New York under her own steam. A wireless message received here said that repairs had enabled the crew to pump out the flooded engine room. , ; REMOVES BODY. (By Associated , Press) CORUNA," Spain. Dec. 3. The American destroyer Thornton arrived here today to take the the United States the body of Corporal Thismorton, who was killed when ?n American ship was torpedoed off this port In 1917,

Raise $2,100 for Free

Veneral Clime in City More than $2,100 was subscribed for the free venereal clinic during the campaign which closed at noon Tuesday, says the final report made at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary club today. The matter was turned over to the committee, of which Piatt Robinson is chairman, for further consideration. Perry Becker, connected with the International Harvester company of St. Louis, was a visitor at the luncheon today BURGLARS CUT WALL IN LAWRENCE BANK (By Associated Press) IXDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23. Three attempts were made by burglars to break into the vault of the Lawrence State Bank, at Lawrence, a few miles from here, early today. Entrance first was gained to the bank building by removal of a panel from a rear door and the cutting into a brick wall surrounding the steel safe. Failing to gain entrance from this side, the robbers made a similar jttempt to enter from the opposite side of the vault compartment. The brick wall, however, was too thick for them. The final effort was made when the burglars climbed to the attic of the vault, making an unsuccessful at tempt to enter it from the top. The hole cut in the brick wall at the side of the safe was about fourteen inches squai. Members of the Eastern Star gave an entertainment last night in the Ma sonic hall on the second floor of the building &nd it ls the opinion of the bank officJals that thls Jevent whIch lasted until midnight, delayed the rob bers in their work. Local Recruiter Refuses Application of Briton Only naturalized citizens can enlist in the United States navy, according to J. F. McAdams, local recruiter. While stationed in Indianapolis McAdams was accosted by a former British sailor who tried to enlist in the United States navy. He had 11 years experience under the Union Jack and his discharge papers highly 'commended him. He also had a rating similar to a .chief petty officer the U S ULLiuiaia udu iu mm uuwu uia application. Frank F. Dollins, of Waverly, Ind., tne first recruit gamed ny tne new "t" lu DJCV-ia-1 DV-""1 Norman Hapgood Home on Leave of Absence NEW YORK, Dec. 23 Norman Haneood. United States minister to ; Denmark, arrived here on the steam Rhtn Frederick VTTI todav from r.on. j enhagen. He is on a leave of absence ! 4 lian May Langham -of Louisville, Ky. GIVEN MEDALS IN CORN GROWING CONTEST Roy Carson, "of . Liberty, and F. W. Boyle, of College Corner, Ohio, each won a gold medal as a result of producing more than 100 bushels of corn to an acre,, in a corn growing contest of the Indiana Corn Growers' association held at Lafayette, Ind., according to announcement made today. Carson produced 100.2 bushels and Boyle raised 103.2. W. H. Baker, of Lyons, Green county, won first prize, with an acreage of 118.2 bushels. ANTI-SOVIETS SURROUNDED LONDON, Dec. 23 The troops of General Petlura, anti-Bolshevik .commander in the Ukraine, have been surrounded by Soviet forces in the vicin ity of Berditchev, In the province of Kiev. 24 miles south of Votihmlr, according to a wireless dispatch from S feMosr-nw -received her todnv.

(By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 23. Until the Gerr mans complete the sweeping of mine fields they laid in the North Sea there will be considerable danger to shipping in waters adjacent to the British Isles, say . British and .American naval authorities. -Even after that work has ended, which will not be earlier than next summer, there will be some danger which, they predict, will gradually diminish. "The American barrage is swept as completely as is humanly possible," Admiral Harry S. Knapp, of the Amer

ican navy, said to The Associated Press correspondent. "After our area bad been pronounced ' 100 per cent clear we re-swept 860 square miles of it (about 15 per cent) and found only four more mines. These were at a buoyed spot where the sweepers believed they had missed some." "The greatest menace now," said Lieutenant Commander Benson, of the International Mine Destroying commit tee, "is the unswept German area. Un til that field has been cleared there will be a good many drifting mines about. Afterward there will be some danger but it will rapidly diminish as the elements destroy the effectiveness of the mines." Mines Destroyed. He said the committee accounted for mines as follows: Five per cent explode when laid, five per cent are defective, 10 per cent soon become useless through leakage and 60 per cent of the total number laid are destroyed by the different systems of sweeping employed by the British and Americans. Committee members believe that a great many of the other 30 per cent will be carried by the natural northward currents of the North Sea into Arctic ice packs and destroyed; others will go ashore on the Norwegian coast as have many already, a great many will become harmless through long presence in the water, and a certain number will be destroyed by patrols which the British navy still is maintaining. Also the British navy lias Just arm ed all merchantmen, except those calling at Irish ports, with high-velocity rifles that they may destroy any mine sighted. So many ships calling at Irish ports have been raided for arms that the admiralty believed it inadvisable to add to this danger. Two Irish fishing boats off Cork recently sighted a drifting mine. The captains mistook it for a cask of rum or wine and made a race for it. The winner was the loser. His boat was sunk. The Admiralty has had several reports of a drifting mine about 600 miles southeast of New York which oicers hope some of the newly-armed merchantmen will destroy if it has not already been rendered harmless by the elements. Merchant of Venice" Barred From Schools of Newark NEWARK, N. P., Dec. 23 Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" is to be dropped from the literature studies in Newark public schools, "because of its effect on the minds of non-Jewish children." In approving today a request that the play be banned, the board of edu cators' instructions committee asserted that its action was based neither! upon "the embarrassment which mav be caused Jewish students in the class, or upon thin skinned sensitiveness, but because non-Jewish chil - dren subconsciously will associate in their minds the Jew as Shakespeare portrayed him, with the Jew of to day." FRENCH INCREASE FARES ON RAILWAYS (By Associated Press) PARIS. Dec. 23. The cabinet today approved a bill for introduction in the chamber of deDUties nrovidine for tpmDorarv increases In both nRsnirpr anH freight rates with the object of reach - i ..ihuj i mn i- -. ing an equilibrium in 1920 between re ceipts and expenditures affecting all systems and meeting a deficit which amounts to more than two billion francs. It was stated that the fresh increases will be added to the advance of 25 f U,59,b-LW.iU rec,ko,ned on the basis of fares in force before the 1918 increase was effective. The tew increases contemplated in the bill amount to 45 per cent for third friL:nT,f: a 11- ' " JT , " k Jand 115 per cent for mr handise. Demand will be made by the government, it was slated, that the law be passed before the end of the year. Churches of Down-town District to Have Snecial Program, New Year's Eve Following the suggestion in the church federation program the following down-town churches will unite in a special service on New Years' eve, at the Grace Methodist church. The following is the tentative program: 7:30 Big Sing, in charge of Grace church choir; 8:00 "Spirit of tht New AmerlcE.." Prof. Leland Fish-

back; 8:45 "New Age Challenge to uroaencK, weanny residents or uanas. Youth.'f in charge of Mr. W. L. Wil-' Tex" ln thelr apartments at the Hotel son; 9:15 "Tho Old Year and the Knickerbocker early today, and escapNew ln Missionary Work," Mis: ed with $4,000 worth of jewelry. Two

Blanche Scott: 9:45 "Temperance Victories of the Year," S. E. Nicholson; "International Activities," Rev. Charles M. Woodman and L. E. Murray; 10:30 Fellowship Half Hour; ll:00-"New Year's Meditations," Dr. J. J. Rae; 11:30 Holy Communion; 12:00 New Year's Greetings. DISTRIBUTE FRUIT . PITTSBURGH. Dec. 23. A bag of candy and an orange will be the Christmas gift of many local relief committees to the children of striking steel workers ln this district. While the distribution will not be universal, it will be bo general as to bring cheer to . scores of little foreigners whose fathers answered tne call or the national steel strike committee and since, that time have been out. '

Rear view of the mail sorter and Vogt Lander, the inventor, operating keyboard. An automatic mail sorter to speed up the assembling of mail for dalivery routes and lock boxes is beine used at the center postoffice at Cincinnati. The machine works with a keyboard somewhat like a typesetting machine. The mail is placed, with faces out, on a run, shown in the background of the view above. The address is read by the operator, who presses a key which releases the letter onto an endless chain which carries it to the box for which it is intended. Vogt Lander, the inventor, is operating the machine.

"SPANISH SWINDLE" STILL ATTRACTIVE TO WEALTHY AMERICANS MADRID, Dec. 23 The "Spanish Swindle" has shown its head agsin.America has been inundated with letters from "a dying prisoner, persecutde v politcal enemies, only able to communicate with the outside world through the kindness of a prison chaplain." The writer of the letter claims relationship with the person addressed and explains that a valise containing valuables has been concealed outside of Spain, the contents to be left to an only daughter and the American relative. Should the American reply, he later receives a letter from "the chaplain" stating that the prisoner is dead and that a certain sum is required to re lease the prisoner's baggage, including the mysterious valise. Fortunately Vhen the correspondence reaches this r point the American relative usually becomes curious and as a result tne mbassy in Madrid and the consulates 4 i throughout Spain have a flood of correspondence on the subject, ! IQ other cases, the victim takes the ! 7ait without question and parts with his money, or even worse still goes to the expense of traveling to Spain to pay the required sum to release the valise and claim his share of the contents. In the latter case the swindler is generally brought to book for the cn.n.h u ., !!,.. a

the presence of a stranger looking for ' as made yesterday by William lost relatives arouses their suspicions. A- McClcllan, city judge, and he will Recently an American arrived in i deceive support from Clarence E. BenMadrid with a certified check to claim i adu,m- prosecuting attorney and fedhis share of a prisoner's estate. The i f ral fflcf.rs who are nre lnvestigatSpanish police put him in prison until Hn th lijuor cases. ' It is planned he could be convinced that he had 40 prt ,n Jail those who will not tell

?been the victim of a clever swindler, ! 11 took a11 the eloquence of an Amer - Iran ronsnl in Hn this and (ndncn thp Iran rrmsnl in An this anri Inrtnno tfco man to return home. RESTORE ALSACE. (By. Associated Press) STRASBOURG. Dec. 23. Ranid orb - tion of devastated areas of Alsace and

Lorraine. Seventy mi'lion francs al- who is now under a federal indictready have been expended on this ment and can not be found, confiswork. and seventy-five million more cated a quart of whiskey and about

three-fifths of the lard fit for cultiva - , tion has been made usable, and in Loraine reclamation of the table land and .meadows has been completed. Bul'ding construct'on also is proceeding rapidly and vil'ages and small towns, entlre'y cleared of rubbifh, have resumed their normal aspect. ENGINEER KILLS SELF (By Associated Press) LILLE. France, Dec. 23 The engineer of a freight train which ran into a passenger train today, causing fifteen deaths, blew out his brains with a revolver after assisting injured passengers. STEAL $4,000 JEWELRY (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Two burglars attacked Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius mn ;were arresiea later m me gnu room of the hotel. START PEACE TERMS. ' (By Associated Press) LONDON. Doc. 23. M. Tchitcherin, Russian Bolshevik minister of foreign affairs has offered to begin immediate peace negotiations with Poland, according, to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. The Polish government was, requested to indicate the time and place - it would like the negotiations to open. c . OCCUPY BATUM. (By Associated Press). "; LONDON, Dec. 23. British forces have ; occupied Batum and Batai . to prevent the Turks from . penetrating the "Caucasus, region, .according to a Moscow wireless' disnatch. Moscow wireless' dispatch. '

Christmas Trees Sell for 5 Cents in Chicago (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Christmas trees today sold for as little as five cents, "take your pick" in some places, and

the price ranged up to $1.65. with the evergreens still a drug on the market Reluctance of local representatives of Santa Claus to pay the $3 first demanded not only had driven down the price but resulted in 20,000 trees being distributed free and an additional 22 carloads being offered today. "Dealers had their trees here in plenty of time but retailers found that people remembered last year's high prices and were not buying," said B. A Little, assistant general claim agent of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in explaining why nearly a score of carloads of trees were not accented by the consignees. "The firms kept' holding the supply on the tracks waiting for higher prices. The higher prices did not show- up and with freight amounting to nearly $100 a day and demurrage mounting the wholesalers refused to accept the shipments. ORDERED TO DIVULGE SOURCE OF LIQUOR MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. 23 Every person arraigned in city court here on a charge of intoxication must explain where he obtr.ined the liquor with which he became intoxicated or receive the maximum penalty. This wnere i.ney Dougni liquor nere, , ' ' oelu A man giving his name as Jack Ama , j t . nr-v..v "era. a laAurau unver, ui naimsu, who said he had no difficulty in buy ing a quart of whiskey from a stranger for $17, was arrested with the liquor in his possession and will spend i eleven days in jail serving out a fine. ' Federal officers, who raided the operated by Liza Hughes, colored. : supposedly had changed ownership. and was thought to be operating as a poolroom. At tho home of Hugh Berry, the officers seized seventeen quarts of whiskey and two gallons of alcohol. AUSTRIA NEEDS MONEY (By Associated press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. United action by the allied and associated powers in refinancing Austria is the only way of saving that country from utter chaos and economic wreckage. ! Frank L. Polk, under secretary of state and head of the American peace delegation at Paris, said today on his return to Washington. The chief reasons for Austria's desperate situation. Mr Polk said, is that the arteries of commerce connecting Vienna with the rest of the world have been cut or paralyzed. He said that relief should not be furnished by any one nation, but should be purchased in by all. ASK ARBITRATION (By Associated Press) ' NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Resolutions urging the appointment by congress of a nonpartisan board of arbitrators to settle all industrial problems and to be clothed with binding powers have been adopted by the prohibition party Jpr New York county, it was announced today. , RECEIVES KNIGHTHOOD , LONDON, Dec. 23. Knighthood in the order of the British Empire has been conferred by King George upon Captain Ross Smith, the first aviator to complete an airplane flight from England to Australia. Captain Smith's brother, MacPherson Smith, who was the observer ln the recent successful flight, was accorded -the same honor.

NEW YORK. Dec 22. Governor Prank' O. . Lowden of Illinois last

, night appealed to ell citlos and towns in the United States to prepare thenv t selves to ,enforce law and order In their own communities, that tho well i being of the state and nation may be (preserved. Self-government must bej gin in the smallest units, he said, or It cannot exist in the larger communities. Any town that permits mob rale is weakening, not only. Itself, but the : fabric of the whole, nation. "The primary duty of every political division, no matter how small," he said, "is to keep its own bouse in order. Men aro too prone, in those days, when disorder threatens, to call for soldiers." Pilgrims Learn by Test. Governor Lowden was addressing the Forefathers' Dinner of the New England Society of New York. He said that the lesson learned by tho Pilgrim fathers in founding their settlements in the wilds, holds good today. Four years' experience showed them that a communistic state could not exist. They learned that any form of society in which the individual is not rewarded in propoition to bis merits, retards progress produces discontent, and ultimately must fall. They found that as the settlements grew local government must be continued In purely local affairs, but that the representative form must be adopted for the larger affairs. Gives Praise te Coolidge. "New England has shown that she has not lost her capacity for self government." Mr. Lowden added. "Massachusetts and Governor Calvin Cool

idge have proved to tho world that thev still cherish the lessons which f I

the Pilgrim Fathers taught. Though deserted by their own sworn protectors, the people of Massachusetts, under the inspiring leadership of Coovidge demonstrated their ability, and therefore their right, to rule them selves. Living Conditions are impossible in Odessa, Says English Worker (By Associated Press) BERWICK. Eng., Dec. 23. The cost of living in Odessa is about 300 times more than before the war, says Miss Russell, sister of the local food controller, who has just returned from that Russian city. She lived there for two and one-half years. A pair of boots, she says, cost from 2.000 to 3,000 rubles a year's salary and a dress was only to be had at a similar ruinous figure. In Odessa the day before she left the English pound was equivalent to 800 rubles Instead of less than 10 as in pre-war days. "The Bolsheviki," she explained, "are Communists and the principle of the Communists is everything for themselves and nothing for the rest. The others they say have had their turn, and they treat them with ruthless cruelty. Life for the educated people is utterly impossible. Those who have money are fast eating into their capital; those who have not are dying of starvation. That also is an expensive business, for the cost of coffins has reached a prohibitive figure." Secretary Daniels Orders Naval Decoration Report (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 Secretary Daniels today ordered a comprehensive report on award of naval decorations prepared for the information of Chairman Page, of the senate naval committee. It will include all recommendations by individuals or by boards and the action by the boards and by the secretary himself upon the recommendations. The order was issued in response to a request from Senator Page, which followed criticism of the manner in which some of the awards were distributed. Part of this criticism was made by Rear Admiral Sims who commanded American naval forces overseas during the war. Mr. Daniels declined to comment on the letter on the subject received by bim from Admiral Sims further than to say that published excerpts from the letter appeared to be substantially correct although he had not had time to read the communication carefully. In the letter Admiral Sims declined the decoration a distinguished service medal tendered to bim personally on the ground that injustice had been done some officers in the distribution of the awards. CHRISTMA8 MASS TO BE HELD IN RHEIM8 CATHEDRAL RHEIMS, Dec. 23. Mass will be celebrated Christmas morning in Rheims cathedral by Cardinal Lucon. Part of the fire swept, shell shattered

transcept has been arranged as y chapel, a wooden roof and glass win- A

dows having been placed In the great structure by the committee of historic monuments and the society of friends of the Cathedral at Rheims at an expense of more than $15,000. SUPPLIES PARTNERS. LONDON, Dec. 23. Supplying dance j partners at six pence each is one of the features at a hie rianeinr hail in j the West The large enciosure at this hall are reserved for girls wlthout partners. The male dancer is per mitted to take his choice for half an hour's dancing. DEAF MUTE WINS. - CAMBRIDGE, Eng., Dec. 23. A deaf mute. D. H. Gollon, or Trinity College, won his heat in the Colquohoun sculls racing on the Cam recently. He was guided ln part by a professional trainer on the bank by use of signs. Gollan was defeated in the finales. USE LABEL8 FOR COIN. LONDON. Dec. 23. Some British soldiers in Palestine used labels from jars of jam as money in purchasing goods from some of the natives there, says the Pall Mail Gazette. The scheme is said to have worked well untjl the plum and apple labels were presented to the bank for payment. DR. GROSVEKOIl City Light Bldg. ; 32 8. tth St.

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