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ITALIAN ARMY BEGINS ACTION ABOUT FIUME Military Works About Quarv nero Raided and Destroyer Shells Batteries of D'Annunzio on Island of Veglia. POET WANTS TO STAY

By .Associated Press) LONDON. Dec. 23. Military operations have been begun by Italian government troops against forces in and about Flume commanded by Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio. who refuses to

evacuate the city and permit Italy toitrolmen last night at roll call instruct put into operation the orovisions oflinS the to bring questionable char

the treaty of Rapallo. j acters to headquarters, and to hold Dispatches received here state that!Persons found late at night who could milltarv works along the line marking J not Sive a sood account of themselves, the frontier of the "regency of Quar-i Prosecutor Freeman said he knew nero" have been raided, and an Italian nothing of the order against dice playdestroyer Is said to have shelled D'An- j inS- He said that, dice games and nunzian batteries on the island of Veg-i Petty gambling are violations of the Ha. southwest of Fiume. ,aw and can be prosecuted. An attempt on the part of D'An- Last week Chief Wenger instructed

nunzio to seize control of the Montngna canal, running down the Dalmatian coast behind a screen of low islands has been foiled; Troops Driven, Back. Men dispatched to Castel Venier, northeast of Zara, a point which commands tiio southern entrance to the canal were forced to retreat some of them being captured and others disarmed. D'Anminzian legionaries which have been acting as garrison at Zara are said to have fled from the city. It is asserted that D'Annunzio plan ned to abandon Fiume and to land ! somewhere along the Dalmation coast. I wh;re he would raise the banner of revolt, hoping to create a situation wMch would nullify the treaty of Papallo. Scheme Frustrated. His scheme however is said to have been frustrated by government troops, which , have prevented the departure from the city of vessels loaded with ( legionaries Rome dispatches reflected a desire on the part of the Italian government to bring about the peaceful retirement of D'Annunzio from Fiume. It is reported that Duke of Aosta, the cousin of King Victor Emmanual, may go to Fiume and attempt to dissuade the poet-soldier from continuing his opposition to the Rapallo convention. .D'Annunzio has proclaimed that a state of war exists between his 'Fiume crovernment and Italy, and has forbidden the population of Fiume to leave the city, says a Rome dispatch to the Menanga Telegraph, quoting official advices. The proclamation says the Ontrnl News Rome corresDondent p.dds that anyone speaking against ) D'Annunzio is liable to be shot . ROME, Dec. 23. To all appearances, a state of war has been re-established along the Fiume front. Roads and railway tracks have been torn up, barb-f-d wire entanglements have been established and all telephone and telegraph wires leading into Fiume have been cut. Cyclists are rushing with orders to and fro between headquarters and the front lines and all strategic points are closely guarded by cavalry patrols. Everywhere along the frontier of the "regency of Quarnero," military lorries and automobiles may be seen driven at full speed from one point to another. General Caviglia, commander of the povernment troops around Fiume has j -issued manifestos mging his men to j pivc- evidence of their discipline and i loyalty. Captain Gabriels d' Annunzio on the other hand, i.s launching his appeals. He Is praising sailors of Italian Destroyers which recently took I heir ships over to the d'Annunzio Fide, and is inviting other Italian sol. dieis and sailors to follow their ex-

amine. j which Secretary Colby will arrive, outHe says ihat. the mutiny of tho ' 1L , ...j lco, nr.

sailors is worthy of imitation, and that his rebellion is a "holy war." SCHOOL CHILDREN BUY 15,000 XMAS SEALS School children of Richmond have purchased 15.000 Christmas seals through ihe Red Cross committees in the schools, it has been announced by Mis3 L'lla E. Payne, supervisor of the sale. Of this number 11,955 were bought by Junior Red Cross members in the elementary schools and Garf'eld. The sale netted $15. The seals sold in each school were as follows: Garfield 2.444; Baxter 1.535; Hibberd 1,404; Starr 1.000; Joseph Moore, 1,000; Warner 925; Finley 900; Sevastopol 900; Whitewater 850, and V'aile 671. None of (he seals included in these figures were gotten by the teachers but only by the school children. The sale in each grade school was directed by a teacher acting as representative of the Junior Red Cross. They were Baxter, Mildred Elliott; Hibberd, Alvina Steen; Starr, Otella Kimbell; Joseph Moore. Mrs. Ruth G. Nice; Warner. Ethel Wessel; Finley,

V l aJ? . o V ,'rf .r'lperate crimes had been reported. Elizabeth Foulke; Sevastopol, Dorothy i v j

McAlpin; Whitewater, Nora Murphy; and Vaile. Zona M. Grave. High school students went over the 3.000 mark in their sale of seals. The campaign there was conducted by Noyrrac girls under the direction of Miss Alice Laning. dean of girls, and S. B. Neff, in charge of the high school Red Cross. The sales at high school amounted to 130.45. INVITE MRS. M'SWINEY TO VISIT CHICAGO (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 23 The city council unanimously adopted a resolution inviting Mrs. Terence MacSwiney. widow of the late Lord Mayor of Cork to visit Chicago at its meeting yesterday. -

Dice Playing Placed Under Ban by Police Order Issued Wednesday

Law enforcement in Richmond took another turn Thursday when dice throwing in cigar stores, pool rooms and hotels was placed under the ban. - Chief of Police Wenger declined to discuss the campaign, but patrolmen ordered games suppressed Wednesday night in places where they had been operating. "We will work in our own way and do not desire publicity," was hi3 reply when he was asked today about the order. Chief Wenger later said he had issued the order. When Mayor Zimmerman was asked if he had given orders to the police department to Btop dice games, he said: "If I have anything to say, I will say it in the council chamber." Asked if he had consulted with Chief Wenger, the mayor said: "I am in constant consultation with the chiet and so I guess we know about it' A special order was delivered to paTWO BILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL DEFICIENCY SAYS SEC. HOUSTON (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. A gross deficiency in national fiscal transactions of $2,100,000,000 this fiscal and 51,500,000,000 for the next fiscal year was the forecast today by Secretary Houston in testimony before the sen ate finance committee which is considering the soldier bonus bill. The secretary said finances were in such shape that new sources of revenue must be found and no new burdens added to the treasuryInformation regarding the treasury s condition its ability to meet a draft ior adjusted compensauou asneu uy former service men, needs for tax revision, tariff questions the meeting of bond obligations and many other federal fiscal subjects was sought from Secretary Houston. The secretary was invited to appear today in continuance of the committee's hearings on the house bill for adjusting the war veterans compensation with a so-called bonus or other optional privileges. : -.--? Subjects not related to the bonus bill ' were planned for discussion by commitee members who desired to make the meeting with the secretary and occasion for a general exchange of views on the many economic questions before congress LENNARD RELEASED ON BOND OF $1,000 John I. Lennard. recently arrested and taken to Indianapolis by federal authorities, has been released on $1,000 bond pending further hearing, according to the statement of officials in the United States commissioner's office there. Lennard has not been indicted, but his case will be investigated by the federal grand jury within a few weeks, it was said. URUGUAY IS TO HONOR COLBY NEXT MONDAY j (Rr Associated Press) ! MONTEVIDlO, Uruguay. Dec. 23. Baiubridge Colby. United States secretary of state, is expected to arrive here Monday. Foreign Minister Bureo will meet tne Dattiesnip rionaa, on side the port aboard the cruiser Uru guay, to which Mr. Colby will be invited to transfer from the Florida. The honors of an ambassador will be given Secretary Colby by the garrison. President Brum will receive him In the government house immediately after his arrival and an afficial banquet will be tendered him the same night. Dr. Federico Henriquez Carbajal, former president of Santo Domingo, and his nephew, Max Henriquez Urena. the author, arrived here today at the head of a mission which will endeavor to promote intellectual intercourse between the Spanish speaking countries of America It is said they will make the occasion of Secretary Colby's visit an opportunity to initiate a campaign against the American occupation of Santo Domingo. Crime Wave in New York Shows Signs of Abating (By Associated P.-ess.) NEW York. Dec. 23. New York's crime wave seemed at noon today to have started rolling back into the sea, after having spent temporarily at least its strength on the beach of extraordinary police patrol. Detectives continued to "round up" suspicious charac ters, but by midday no unusually desWILL CELEBRATE MASS. ROME, Dec. 23.Pope Benedict has decided to celebrate midnight mass on Christmas eve in the Pontine chapel, thus resuming a custom abandoned while Leo XIII was pontiff. NO XMAS EDITION In conformity with an established custom not to print an issue on Christmas day, The Palladium will not appear on Saturday.

patrolmen to watch for minors found playing in pool rooms. One prosecution followed this order. While the Richmond police are beginning to insist on law enforcement, the police departments of almost all the cities of the United States are rounding up crooks and notorious persons. Some of them, it is believed, have escaped the metropolitan police and will try to ply their trade in the smaller cities.

EMERGENCY TARIFF DELAYED IN SENATE BY SENATOR HARRISON (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON Dc. 23. The first volley In the fight in the senate against the house emergency tariff bill was fired today by Senator Harrison, Democrat of Mississippi. When the measure was transmitted from the house he first demanded a roll call and then objected to the usual custom of dispensing with its reading, and thus ueiayea unm next wees iuo seuums of the bill to committee. ' Senator McCumber, Republican of Dakota, acting chairman of the finance committee said the bill would not be taken up by that committee next week. He added, however, that no hearings would be held. Expect Hot Fight. Despite the more than 100 majority by which the Fordney emergency tariff bill passed the house last night, many proponents of the measure today said they were almost convinced it would either be defeated or radically amended in the senate. Although party lines were largely swept aside in the vote in the house, which was 196 to 86, it was not believed this would occur in the senate, where the majority is smaller. The measure, designed to protect more than a score of agricultural products for a 10 months period,- was passed by the house after eight hours of heated debate, in which the opposition was led by Representative Henry T. Rainey, Democratic of Illinois. While a few Republicans supported his attack on the measure, more than a score of his own party joined the majority. FAIR WEATHER FOR XMAS IS PROMISED (By Associated Press?) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Generally fair weather for Christmas day, except snow around the Great Lakes and in the northern Rockies and rain on the Pacific coast, is promised by the weather man. East of the Mississippi river it will be cold, "not intense but -snappy," the forecaster said today, while zero temperatures will prevail in 'the northern part of the district between the big river and the Rocky mountains, A storm is bearing down on the Pacific states and will cfiuse rain all along that coast except, in southern California. SAYS TAXES CAUSE HOUSING SHORTAGE (By Associated rPress) WASHINGTON, Dec, 23 One great cause of the existing shortage in dwellings, Senator Calier, Republican, of New York, said in addressing the senate today, is the Jiigb rate of federal income tax. This. he declared was driving wealthy investors to place all their available funds, in tax exempt securities issued by municipalities, the states, and the national government and he suggested that congress meet the situation by mailing mortgages on dwelling houses tajc exempt to a reasonable figure. "I am informed that the Marshall I Field estate in Chicago and the Hetty Green estate, botb of which formerly loaned heavily on real estate, find their incomes from this source to be less than two per taent under taxation," Senator Calder said, "and they are diverting their capital funds to more lucrative invest! aents. Tax exempt securities during the last five years have increased from three billion doli lars to fourteen billion dollars. STATE DEPARTMENT AVERTS CONTROVERSY (By -Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. The state department. Intervened today in what threatened to tie a controversy between the BrUtish embassy and the senate committee investigating cable communication; over the question whether there is a British censorship of cable mepsajges to the United States originating in the British Isles. Lloyd George Demands Redaction of Estimates (Bt,f Associated Press) LONDOiX, Dec. 23. Estimates submitted by the Army and Navy departments hawe been returned by Premier Lloyd George as chairman of the cabinet's finance committee and he has instructed the departments to reduce their firures by more than one half says tho Daily Mail. Mr. JJoyd has directed that the total national expenditures for the coming year must be held as near 950,000 aji possible, the newspaper says. Senate Adjourns ' r (By Associated Press) ' W ASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Following thetholiday plan of the house, the senate, arranged today to adjourn until Mf ftday. f

SWEEPING CUT OF EXPENSES IS ADVOCATED Senator Frelinghuysen Indicates Reconstructive -Program to Effect Return to Constitutional Government. CHANGES DEMANDED

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. A sweeping "reconstructive program for the next administration to effect a return to "constitutional government" and to place the public administration on a "business live and efficient basis, was advocated in an address in the senate today by Senator Frelinghuysen, representative of New Jersey. If the Republican administration fails to do the things the people expect of it the senator declared, "they will turn on us as they have on the Democratic party." As immediate steps in the direction of cutting down governmnet expenditures Senator Frelinghuysen advocated reduction to a pre-war basis of the number of government employes: abolition of the bureau of war risk insurance and transference of its function to the pension office and establishment of public works and public welfare departments to eliminate duplication of work in governmental bureaus and to increase efficiency. Declaring that 96 percent of the ex-service men who took out insurance policies with the government had dropped them, the senator said the government could not conduct "an insurance business at a loss," and that it was a "fair conclusion that the war risk insurance bureau was a failure." Flays Practices. Pointing to the nation's progress in world trade and commerce as a result of the opportunities presented by the war. Senator Frelinghuysen declared these economic advantages could not be, held "unless we repeal unwise tariff laws and rescind unwholesome fiscal practices. American industry must be protected and fostreed by a "scientific tariff law" he said, along with a "scientific method of securing foreign trade." The senator declared he was "In hearty sympathy with pending tariff legislation to protect the farmer from failing crop practices, but said that other producers also were suffering from price eclines and that the farmer must not ask that bis prices be kept up and the price of articles he has to buy be brought down." He was op posed generally, he said, to keeping up "fictitious prices created during a I saturnalia of inflation. Favors Proposals. Discussing the question of mainten ance of naval forces as affecting the tax burden of all nations, the New Jersey senator declared it was impossible for this country to act alone in the matter of disarmament and that he was in favor of proposals to ureat Britain and Japan that their naval forces and ours be disarmed prorata." Turning to government finance, Senator Frelinghuysen advocated extension of the present sinking fund operations to cover the nation's floating indebtedness as well as its bonded war debt. Urges Remedies. "We should remedy 'our entire present fiscal arrangements," he said, "by taking the tax from small incomes, removing the excess profits tax and income surtaxes and at the same time time gain more revenue from a protective tariff and by a tax on manufacturers' sales. For rendering less complicated our entire fiscal afTairs the enactment of a budget system is vital." Asserting a need for inerpssprl fffi. ciency in the government departments, j senator frelinghuysen said the department of labor should be "reorganized and socialism eliminated," and the depatment of commerce "made an aggressive, reliable and efficient instrumentality for the development of trade and not an adjunct of the conslar service."

Disallowed Claims of Milton Bank Form Basis For

Creditors whose claims had been disallowed by Claude Kitterman, receiver for the Farmers' bank of Milton, filed suits in circuit court Thursday, in acI cordance with an order by the court which said that disallowed claims were to be declared as separate causes on the issue docket and to be disposed of according to law. The amounts named in the suits range from a few dollars into the thousands. The largest amount is that of the claim of County Treasurer Edward J. Weidner, who claimed $45,870. Claude Kitterman, receiver, is named as the defendant in all the JUDGE BOND DECIDES HISTORIC LAND CASE Decision in the case of Mary Sullivan vs. Alfred Henderson handed down by Judge Bond in circuit court Thursday morning, brought to a close a suit that had lasted 10 years, been argued in three counties, and had come up before two judges in this county. In his decision, Judge Bond, declared the defendant the owner of the property in dispute and the plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs of the suit The case started over the disputed ownership of some land valued at about $20,000 in Union county. The case had been argued . in Union, Fayette, and Wayne county courts. Major Stanford, an attorney from Liberty represented the defense.

Bank Depositors and Claimants ' of Milton to Urge Quick Action

MILTON, Ind.; Dec. 23. Depositors and claimants against the Farmers' Bank of Milton decided to take immediate steps to hasten the settlement of the claims against the bank, at a mass meeting held in Grange Hall, Wednesday night. A committee of depositors was appointed to hasten complete settlement of legal claims against the bank and receivership. The committee of five appointed to work with Receiver Claude S. Kitterman and Judge Bond is composed of Edgar Beeson, chairman. Dr. C. E. Deny, secretary, Albert Anderson, Clark Faucett, and Mrs. Mary Walker. Over 100 depositors and claimants were , present at the meeting with a large number of interested parties and stockholders in the defunct bank. -Address Gathering. Albert Anderson, of Richmond, formerly of Milton, and Attorney William Kelly, of Richmond, talked to the meeting advising them on the appointment of a committee. It was urged that the depositors had waited patiently that many were in need of the money, and that some steps should be taken to hasten action by the court and receiver.' Attorney Kelly stated that It was only natural that considerable time would elapse before the payment of claims on the bank. The poorly kept records and bad business condition of the bank, together with the fact that the validity of many claims filed were questioned, were given as cause for much of the delay. He told the claimants that they were protected by the stockholders and would ultimately re24 RUSS RADICALS SENT TO SOVIET LAND fBy Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Twenty-four confessed Russian communists, with the demeanor of pleasure tourists, were deportation passengers on the steamship Impeiator, sailing today for England, where they will be reshipped on the second '.eg of their long journey to Russia. The deportees, who were rounded up in raids last winter and had been at liberty on bail, allowed by Louis V. Post, assistant secretary of Labor, surrendered yesterday. Extra suits of clothes, overcoats, heavy woolen underwear and other heavy garments helped swell their bulky baggage. They were preparing, they said, for the rigors of Russian winters. Many, of them carried toys and oth er Christmas presents for relatives in! Russia. One carried a small , Christmas tree to be lighted at sea for the special benefit of two members of the party. DR. SIGILLIANOS SAYS HE IS ENVOY TO U. S. (By Associated Press) ATHENS, Dec. 23. Dr. Sicillianos, head of the political bureau of the fnrpiem office, said todav he has been j nominated minister to the United states. He stated he would go to America early in January. Dr. Sicillianos, who is 40 years old, ! several times was imprisoned by the ; Venizelists. He declared the Greeks were determined to lose all if necessary even their lives, to keep their king. TTrlwnrrl Pnnns Anipriran Minister. and Minr Martin C. Shallenbereer. miiharv attache called at the kinz's l alce today and signed their names on the visitor's book. They were accom - i.anied to the palace by the Brazilian minister, and it was explained that their action was inspired by politeness ind was not the result of instructions from Washington. WHITE MAN LYNCHED (By Associated Press) FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 23 Tom W. Vickery, a white man held on a charge of murder in connection with the killing Monday night of Policeman Jeff C. Couch, was taken from the county jail here shortly after midnight by a mob and hanged.. Several shots were fired into his body. Suits suits. The various claimants and the amounts claimed follow: C. W. Caldwell, $788.96; John Coyne, $2,890.10; Margie I. Frazee, $500; Will Hicks. $500; Emma B. Thornburg, $1,000; Samuel V. Thompson, $50; Edward Fink, $50; Robert Callaway, $1,606.87; J. W. Doddridge. $4,000; Edgar C. Denny, $100; Charles Callaway, $200; Malinda S. Barton, $479.80; Benjamin Miles, $50; Cora Kellam, $100; John Kellam, $100; Sarah Meehan, $200; Jesse Huddleston, $50; Ann Emma Moore, $1,021; II. R. Manlove, $50; J. Katherine Thompson, $50; Mary J. Borders, $37; Edna Squier, $128; Kirlin Bros. $1,468; Mrs. H. R. Manlove, $56; Charles Shank, $113.86; James Ferguson, $125: Milton Booster club, $915; Harry C. Murley, $393; Van Crawford, $408; Mina S. Clevenger, $50; Elmer Little, $.000; John T. Connell, $2 578; Robert A. Connell, $6,408, $1,350 and $404; John Faucett, $550; Watson Faucett, $784; Emma More, $725.14; Bankers Law Publishing company, $50; Mary Sills, $195; Hattle Sills, $168; Edward J. Weidner, $45,870 and $295; Doddridge-Beck company, $6,376. $2,500 and $10,000. "1 have nothing to say for publication In regard ato that matter said Claude Kitterman, when questioned Thursday as to why the claims of certain creditors had been disallowed. . There will be no deferred payment on the accounts of Sarah Hart, Anderson and Sons, Washington township and Wayne county, the receiver said Thursday. These claims were allowed with the others and through an error were published as slated for deferred payment.

- s -v ceive their money, bu the urged the formation of a committee to hasten settlement. Employ Expert Advice. An expert accountant and legal adviser will be employed on the case by the depositors according to the resolution adopted. The expenses of this expert advice will be shared pro rato by the claimants. All the books of the company will be gone over, and the reason for rejection of certain claims will be determined. The payment of 20 cents on the dollar declared by the receiver Wednesday, was not discussed at length by the depositors although they were advised to collect this amount as soon as possible. Their committee will work to bring about complete settlement of claims.' '

HERRIGK IS CALLED FOR CONSULTATION TO HARDING'S HOME (By Associated Press) MARION, O., Dec. 23 Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland, who was American ambassador at Paris during the early days of the World war, was called to Marion today by Presidentelect Harding to discuss the international peace plan to be put before the world by the coming administration. The conference is understood to have concerned particularly the experiences of Mr. Herrick abroad last summer when he made a tour of European capitals and talked with many leading statesmen. ' At that time it was reported that he was gathering information to aid Mr. Harding in perfecting his plan. Recently the former ambassador has been mentioned prominently as a possible choice for some Important post in the diplomatic service. Upham to Call Fred W. Upham of Chicago, treasurer of the Republican national committee, also was on Mr. Harding's calling list but it was said the visit concerned left-over financial matters connected with the recent campaign. While the president elect's conferences on the peace program are proceeding he has under consideration several proposals for a trip to the south during January. He said today that no action had been taken on any of the invitations received and that his plans probably would not be defi nitely r fixed until after the first of the year. He generally is expected to leave for some southern destination during January not to return .to Marion before the inauguration. NEW YORK, Dec. 23 Hope for the "consummation of such an association of nations as shall best promote peace on earth and good will among men" was expressed in a letter to Presidentelect Warren G. Harding from the board of managers of the Baptist foreign mission society, made public today. The letter greeted Senator Harding as the "first Baptist to be elected president", and contained pledges of support and co-operation. RESUME NEGOTIATIONS ON MINERS' DEMANDS PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. Representatives of the anthracite coal operators and mine workers resumed their ; conferences here today in an effort to i reacn an agreement on tne aemanas of the men for increased wage and other concessions. Negotiations have been in progress since early fall. At the last meeting in this city three weeks ago the operators refused virtually all the demands and it was indicated that an agreement was out of the question unless the workers made substantial concessions. On Dec. 11 the miners' scale committee instructed its sub-committee at a meeting in Hazleton to continue the conference with the operators until something definite is arrived at. No information was given out as to what concessions, if any, the miners are willing to accept. ASK POLICE PROTECTION. (By Associated Press.) MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23. Ramon P. Denagri. Mexican consul general in New York, has appealed to President Obregon for permission to employ special consulate police, declaring this step advisable in view of the wave of crime there. j Weather Forecast MOORE'S SPECIAL FORECAST The cold wave will control the weather for the next 2 hours at least, with falling temperature tonight. For Tonight, by the United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy in south and central: probably snow in extreme north portion tonight and Friday: colder tonight; strong west wind diminishing. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 47 Minimum ,. 33 Today Noon 25 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore. Partly cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Friday;' .colder tonight; probably near zero; continued cold; - Weather Conditions The great storm is sweeping eastward, the center now being over the eastern states, while another storm, over the south Atlantic states. The Intense cold wave now extends from the McKenzie valley, northwestern Canada, southward to Texas. -The zero line has reached Missouri and Kansas; lowest temperature being 24 below zero' over southwestern Canada. A third storm continues to develop over the Rocky Mountains.

RED FORCES CONCENTRATE ON GEORGIA Soviet Troops Prepare for Campaign Which Will Eliminate Republic From Map of Caucasus Region. offensivITplanned

(By Associated Press) TIFLIS, Dec. 23. Russian Bolshevik forces appear to be concentrating for a campaign which will eliminate the republic of Georgia from the map of the Caucasus region. Heavy soviet forces have been concentrated 'at Tuapse a port on the eastern shore of the Black sea and at Gagri,. a port still further to the southeast toward the Georgian frontier. Other Bolshevik detachments are reported at Kazak, southeast of Tiflis. while the tenth Bolshevik army which has been operating along the Armenian frontier, is said to have passed through Karakliss, moving toward the Georgian republic. Soviet troops along the frontier of Azerbajan planned an offensive early this month against Georgia but the move was countermanded upon advice from M. Shiemann, soviet representative here, who thought the moment for an offensive campaign had not arrived. Hope is entertained that the drive seemingly imminent at present may be postponed at the last moment. Has Been Tolerated. Independent Georgia has been tolerated by the Bolshevik! because of the trade advantages offered at Saturn which has been regarded in Moscow as a corridor which permitted the Bolshevik! to bring in supplies from Europe. Reliable information from Batom in dicates serious disturbances, the Georgian garrison there having revolted. This resulted in a panic and people stormed the ships in the harbor, seeking to escape before the arrival of Bolshevik! troops which were reported in the neighborhood. It is understood the allies regard the situation so serious that they have considered sending war ships to insure the evacuation of allies missions in Georgia. Train Service Reduced. The recent oil agreement concluded between Soviet Russia and Georgia has not been carried out, and as a consequence train service has been reduced to a strict minimum, involving a serious commercial crisis. Supplies are awaiting transport to towns suffering from shortage of food and prices of necessities of life have Increased to fantastic figures in many places. CIVIL WAR VETERAN BECOMES OHIO SOLON (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 23. Henry W. Frillman of Columbus, elected to the eighty-fourth Ohio general assembly from Franklin county, will be the only civil war veteran who will serve in that body. Probably he will be the last civil war fighter to sit as a member of the Ohio legislature, for the veterans are becoming fewer each year, and it hardly is likely that many others will care to enter into a campaign, with its physical exertions. For the last decade, civil war veterans have had meagre membership in the Ohio legislature. Their dwindling numbers among the ranks of Ohio law makers, it is asserted, has been mainly due to their own notion that they should be dropping out of politics. Mr. Frillman is in his seventy-seventh year. Is active and in good health. Since a lad of seven, Mr. Frillman has been a singer, and while serving in the Civil war, he sang in a quartet, to which General Grant listened more than once. When Grant was inaugurated president a second time, Mr. Frillman attended the inauguration as a member of the Republican Glee club fo Columbus. The president singled Frillman out. recognizing him as the lad who sang for him in the field. He invited the singer to dine with him at the white house. There was one Civil war veteran in the last general assembly. Senator H. C Ritter of Tippicanoe City, chairman of the senate finance committee. There were two Spanish war veterans and the same number of World War fighters. RAIL LINES GRANTED LOAN OF MILLIONS WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. A loan of $26,775,000 to the New York Central and seven subsidiary lines to help finance the purchase of new equipment and additions and betterments to cost $56,625,000 was approved today by the interstate commerce commission. The roads are to furnish $30,000,000 for this purpose and the fund will be ex pended jointly. The subsidiary lines of the New York Central to share in the loan are the Michigan Central, the Big Four, the Cincinnati Northern, the Toledo and Ohio Central, the Zanesville and Western, the Kanawha and Michigan railroad, and the Lake Erie and Western, OFFICIAL UNDER LINCOLN SUCCUMBS IN NEVADA (By Associated Press) , TONOPAH, Nev., Dec. 23. J. A. Nelson, second assistant treasurer of the United States under President Lincoln and a witness against the assassins of the martyred executive died yesterday while visiting here at the home of his daughter.. He was 85 years old and a native of Ohio. .