IECH AND READING IN BATTLE FOR FIRST PLACE; HAL CHASE ON TRIAL IN GOTHAM TODAY rSCH AND READING TIED IN BITTER BASKETBALL RACE rictory by York Tonight and Lebanon Tomorrow Would Break the Handcuffs; Cornplete Averages Up to Date I,HAGUE STANDING W. La. Pet. :h .. ... „ ~.... ... 2 0 1.000 iding ........... 3 0 1.000 lanon .. .. M .,,„ 2 1 .067 ■k 1 2 .333 entown .. .. ..... 1 4 .200 edton .... 0 2 .000 TONIGHT -Reading at York. TOMORROW NIGHT Tech at Lebanon. ould York win to-night and Lrfsb to-morrow night on their home !, Tech and Reading would be d from their tie for first place e Central Pennsylvania Basket- League and Lebanon will get the red position. However, both ing and Tech have a good chance tain the first position. Tech will to stop "Pos" Miller, and Read eems to be quite a bit better In play than the Yorkers, so that mid not be surprising to see the leaders retain their places for ler week. If Tech can win at non. it will mean that Lebanon me Position Team Games I-'ld Gls F1 Gls T'tl Av pr gm i Forward L ' 3 8 42 58 19.33 ley .... i• Forward Y 3 5 40 .50 16.67 j s t Forward R 3 13 21 47 15.67 man ....Guard T 2 5 18 t 28 14.00 eck Guard T 1 6 2 14 14.00 Iman .... —~ • Center R 3 20 0 40 13.33 Forward A 4 2 42 46 11.50 Guard L 3 13 0 26 8.67 eck .....Forward T 2 8 0 16 8.00 ichinski .....Guard S- 2 2 10 14 7.00 tian Forward R 2 1 11 13 6.50 Center • T 2 4 4 12 6.00 k Center T 2 5 0 10 5.00 rg Forward S 2 3 3 9 4.50 .....Forward S 2 3 2 8 4.00 sri ........... Center SI 2 0 4 4.00 e ...... '• Guard A 5 9 2 20 4.00 on Forward T 2 4 0 8 4.00 ms Forward R 3 6 0 12 4.00 i Guard T 2 4 0 8 4.00 r ............ Forward T 2 4 0 8 4.00 .....Center L 3 5. 0 10 3.33 Forward Y 3 5 0 10 3.33 mberg ....... Guard R 3 4 0 8 2.67 irup Forward A 4 5 0 10 2.50 n .....Guard R 2 2 0 4 2.00 y Forward SI 1 0 2 2.00 • n Guard A 5 4 2 10 2.00 .ughlin Center Y 3 2 0 4 1.33 K Gerard Y 3 2 0 4 1.33 ther Center A 4 2 0 4 1.00 Guard Y 3 1 0 2 0.67 ; Forward 1. 3 1 0 2 0.67 I Guard A 5 032 0.60 iener ......... Guard R 1 0 0 1) o[oo r Guard A 1 0 0 0 0.00 II Forward A 2 0 0 0 0.00 sr ........... Guard A 4 0 0 0 0.00 ...'.'Guard T 1 0 0 0 0.00 \ _ Guard p L 3 0 0 0 0.00 ooskl ........Guard S 2 0 0 0 0.00 Forward Y 1 0 0 0 0.00 rmp Hill Girls Score 91 Points on the Foe 0 games of basketball will be d in the High school gymna on Friday evening, January 31, ame to be played by the Camp lig Five and Royal Fire Corn five and the other by the High 1 girls and Oberlin High school > girls of Camp Hill have been ig at a lively clip thus far.this i, having scored 91 points to opponents' 35, and confident ntinuing their winning stride riday evening. treat blow to the team is the >f Miss Fry, a stellar forward ree goal thrower, who will be rally disqualified for about two i. As a result Miss Patterson >e shifted to left forward and tin Denison will throw free The team is having two prac this week, not especially for y's game, but for the game of lary 8 with Penn Hall at lletown Throws Hooks Deep Into Marietta ! Middletown High school bas il team won their first game 5 sdason, defeating the Mariet m on Tuesday evening, in the rink by the score of 40-18. lowing was the lineup: DLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL G. F. To'l. ly, f 6 0 12 f 4 0 8 hal, 5 0 10 e, g 0 0 0 al 20 0* 40 MARIETTA G. F. To'l.' rs, f 2 6 10 lan, f 1 0 2 .. . . 3 0 6 ich, g. 0 0 0 ch, g 0 0 al 6 6 18 Has Bill to Punish Anarchists diington, Jan. 30. Drastic iment for persons spreading ristio propaganda is provided bill introduced in the House day by Representative Farr, ennsylvania. Republican, and ed to tho Judlcia v Commit- The ' section of tho Federal lal code providing a maximum y of twenty years' hnprlson and SIO,OOO fine for persons g rebellion against the Gov nt would be amended to in "whoever shall wilfully by nee, writing, printing, publi or language spoken, urge, iu r advocate the overthrow and ction by force of tho Govern or the United States." * THURSDAY EVENING, has just about been eliminated from a chance for first place in the league. A glance at the averages, including all games played to date, shows that Quinn has jumped into first place as high individual scorer of the league. He has won the laurels chiefly through his ability to shoot fouls. Quinn and O'Keefe, of Allentown, are tie for the premier position from the fifteen-foot line, as each one has net ted the ball forty-two times from the free trial. When it comes to field goals, Friedman, the Heading center, leads the procession with twenty •two-pointers ip three games. Carl Beck broke into the scores last week and began with the toppy average of fourteen points for the game he played at a guard position. Beck stands fifth in the averages, and "Hennle" Kohlmnn, the other Tech defense lad, is fourth. They lead all the other guards from the standpoint of scoring. Generally speaking, all the Tech players stand well, but, be cause of the fact that Coach _Miller is using nine players in each game, the Maroon athletes really take part in just one-half of the game, while the official averages credit them with having been in the entire contest. The full data concerning the forty three players of the league Is as fol lows: Chambersburg which is considered one of the hardest games on the •Camp Hill schedule. The lineup for Friday evening will probably be: Patterson and Nailor, forwards; Captain Denison, center, and Smith and Bishop, guards. The girls' schedule for the remain der of the season, which has just been completed and which includes some very interesting games, fol lows: January 31, Oberlin High school at Camp Hill; February 8, Penn Hall, at Chambersburg; Feb ruary, 14, Palmyra High school at Palmyra; February 21, Steeltbn High school, at Camp Hill; Febru ary 28, Palmyra High school, at Camp Hill; March 7, Central High School, at Harrisburg; 'March 14, Middletown High school, at Camp Hill; March 21, Steelton High school, at Steelton; Middletown High school, at Middletown, date not yet set; March 28, Central High school, at Camp Hill. Villa and 500 Men Encamped 30 Miles South of Chihuahua El Paso, Texas, Jan. 30. —Fran- cisco Villa and 500 men were en camped thirty miles south of Chi huahua Oity yesterday, according to a telegram received here. A fed eral column was sent there by Gen eral Jesus Augustik Castro to attack Villa, according to the telegram. Officials and employes of American owned mines in the Cusihurischic district of Western Chihuahua are abandoning their praperties, fear ing a Villa attack. Hindenburg Wants to Get Ex-Kaiser Home By Associated Press Paris,' Jan. 30. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, according to the Echo De Paris, is endeavoring to bring about the return of former Emperor William aft#r the meet ing of the National Assembly. Lead ing German manufacturers in West phalia and said to be interested in the plan. The newspaper adds that the for mer Emperor wrote to Premier Ebert that he would accept what ever residence in Germany was as signed to him. Ebert is said to have replied that only the national assembly would be qualified to de cide the question. SENTENCES MURDERER Bedford, Pa., Jan. 30.—Judge Thomas F. Bailey yesterday sen tenced Rafaelli Giordani to a term of not less than six years nor more than eight years in the Western pen itentiary for the murder of Guy Insalacu, at Woodvale, this county, on January 2, 1918, and Sheriff Hod son conveyed his prisoner to that in stitution. SNOOItLES By Hungerford i &£ 1 K^ H£Be ') r-\ ! rzr^n .a v y. kmowED VOON-PER -FOC- I £.TES SoO?l£. "THAT SvuCLL ACTOR, -<• . AiaT HE A ( / H \ I 6'T SVED PER TO 0* A VAMPiRBI , rS ■ . a? (J A H£AD I PAMAOES. I*l jL 2&sr ' AMERICA GIVES RECOGNITION TO NEW POLISH RULE Lansing Sends Message to Padercwski, the New Premier Washington, Jan. 30. —Recogni- tion of the provisional government of Poland has been accorded by the American government, officials of the State Department said yester day in making public a message which Secretary I,ansing at Paris has sent by direction of President Wilson to Ignace Jan Paderewski, the new Polish prertier. Mr. Lansing congratulated Mr. Paderewski upon becoming head of the Polish government and said the United States would be glad to en tor into relations with the new Po lish state as soon as possible. Mr. Lansing's telegram follows: "The President of the United States directs me to extend to you as foreign minister and secretary of foreign affairs of the provisional Polish government its sincere wishes for your success in the high office which you have assumed and his earnest hope that the government of which you are a part will bring prosperity to the republic of Po land. "It is my privilege to extend to you at this time my personal greet ings and officially to assure you that it will be a source of gratification to enter into official relations with you at the earliest opportunity to render to your country such aid as is possible at this time as it enters upon a new cydle of independent life, will be in due accord with that spirit of friendliness which has in the past animated the American peo ple in their relations with your countrymen." Approve Plan to Keep Ypres as a Memorial of War London, Jan. 30.—The decision of the Belgian government to maintain Ypres, the scene of several battles between the British and the Ger mans, in its present condition as a permanent memorial, is endorsed heartily by British press and public opinion. "Ypres will be a memorial," says [the Westminster Gazette, "in which future generations may learn the horrors of war. There is nothing more impressive than the sight of the stricken city with the skeletons of its once wonderful buildings ris ing gaunt into the sky. In a sense there are few things more beautiful. To patch it cp would be impossible. Every one, therefore, Will welcome the decision that the remains of the old city shall be left intact instead of befng cleared away." Germany Still Has Organized Army of Over 300,000 Men Coblcnz, Jan. 30.—-According to estimates made by intelligence of ficers of the American Third army, based upqtn reports from all parts of Germany, the organized German army now located in various depots numbers from 300,000 to 500,000 men. The reports indicate that thes'e soldiers are of such morals that they hardly will be available for operations of any extent. The new volunteer army numbers between 100,000 and 300,000 men of doubtful morale as they have not yet been organized fully nor tested fairly. The volunteer army which is being organized for the purpose of Mopping Polish and Bolshevik inva sions of German territory has 40,000 men in the region, of Frankfort-on tlic-Oder. Majority Socialists in the Hun Assembly Fight Have Captured 98 Seats Bcrnc. Jan. 30.—Partial results i fro mthe Prussian elections show that the majority Socialists ahve won 9S seats in the new parliament; ! Independent Socialists, 21; Demo | crats, 44; Christian People's party, formerly the Centrists, 49; National Liberal, 11, and Conservatives, 21. These results seem bo indicate that there will not be a Socialist majority in the parliament. There are still 160 districts to be heard from. Emergency Deficiency Bill Passes the House Washington, Jan. 30. —Without a dissenting vote, the House last night passed the emergency deficiency bill with its rider repealing appropria tions of $7,179,1566,900 and authori ties of $8,221,029,290, made during the war for tho army and navy de partments. The House adopted an amendment by Representative Dyer, of Missouri, Republican, prohibiting expenditure of any part of the deficiency appro priation of $290,200,000 until all former government employes now in military service are restored to their old positions in the various govern ment departments. &KRRISBCRG TECEORXFS Hal Chase,' De Luxe First Baseman, on Trial Today For Gambling Hal Chase, greatest first baseman the game ever saw, was put on trial at New York to-day in National League headquarters, with President Heydler in the chair. Chase was suspended indefinitely by Manager Mathewson of Cincinnati last v Au gust. Mathewson made grave charges against Chase at the lime. John McGraw, manager of the New York Nationals, and William Perritt, a pitcher, have been request ed to attend the hearing as witness es. Though wanted by McGraw for the Giants, Chase is "in bad" in or ganized bail, lie is accused of bet ting against Cincinnati when he was playing on that team, anS Matty, himself, brought the charges. Chase will have every lee-way to get a par don and he expressed himself last night as sure of clearing himself. McGraw would use Hal "at first and for years it has been Chase's ambi tion to play on the Giants. There is no doubt that McGraw intends to part with the services of Walter Holke, who got "in bad" with the Giants' manager by jump ingv into a shipyard last season. There was talk of Holke being trad ed for Jake Daubert, and that deal is said to still be hanging fire. How ever, it is not likely "Our Uncle" Wilfcert Robinson will agree to such AROUND "THE BASES A couple of old codgers got into a quarrel and landed before the local magistrate. The loser, turning to his opponent in a combative frame of mind, cried: "I'll law you to the Circuit Court." "I'm willin', " said the other. "An" I'll law you to the Supreme Court." "I'll be thar." "An' I'll law to !" "My attorney 'll be there,' was the calm reply. Clilcago, Jan. 30. —Plans for an invasion of South America next fall by two teams of major league ball players were revived to-day by Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, who has just returned from several weeks' visit in Florida. Mr. Comskey sai,d he intended to take up the matter at once with John J. McCraw, manager of the Giants, and thought the trip could be start ed soon after the close of the world's series in October. Hindenburg Wants Kaiser to Hcturn To Gci-muny "O, highest, don't you realize Your holy, Christian name Will cello In the eorridors Of true Immortal fnine? 'T was lfiiulcnbcrg who said it But he knows well The Kaiser will not lie paged Kxccpt way down in Hell." SHOOT FOB BIG MONEY Malinnoy City, Pa., Jan. 30.. — John Mowrie, of Rocust Gap, and Boadman. of Rocustdale. were matched yesterday to shoot at 23 live birds for |d,o4>o on February 22, and Thomas Romas and John Kting, of Mahanoy City, will shoot at 15 birds for S6OO. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29.—Jack Hendricks, former manager of tlio' St. Routs Cardinals, will manage the Indianapolis American Association club this season, James C. McGil), owner of the club, announced last night. Terms of Hendricks' contract were not made public, -but he stated that he would receive a salary sub stantially more than when he mart* aged the Indianapolis club pre viously. Chicago, Jan. 30.—Hal Excell, 18- year-old trotter, which won purses and fame in his racing days, was killed by the police to-day at the request of his owner, "Old Black Joe" Murphy, himself widely known in racing years ago. The horse was the offspring of Prince Hal and Eva N„ and had been raised by Mur phy, who said the horse was so weak that he considered its destruction merciful. Murphy, a negro, started as a jockey more than forty-five years ago. Boston, Jan. 30.—George F. Stall ings, manager of the Boston National Reaguc baseball club, said last night" that he had just received a letter from Sergeant "Hank" Gowdy, say ing that he hoped to be released from his duties in France soon and ex pected to be back In this country In time to join the Braves on their spring training trip. GonWy expressed eagerness to get into baseball again. New York, Jan. 39. Patrick Moran, fofmer manager of the Phila delphia Nationals, left last night for Cincinnati, where he will confer to day with August Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati Nationals, in regard to an offer he has received to manage the Reds this year. Moran has signed a contract as coach with the New York Nationals, but Vice-President McGraw, on hear ing of the offer, declared he would be willing to cancel It,' In order not to prevent Moran fjom obtaining a better position. Seranton, l'a„ Jan. 30.—"HugAey" Jennings, manager of the Detroit Ti- ■'.l'.■■■ J) .'"I 'I HAT, CHASE a trade unless Squire Ebbets insists on it most strenuously. germ who is trying to land- Scranton a jfface in the International League, announced yesterday that he has ar ranged a conference with the Civic Bureau of the Board of Trade with a view of having that organization co operate in the efforts being put forth to revive professional baseball in t"his ctiy. The board will probably be asked to subscribe for at least half of the stcok in the proposed club, with local businessmen taking the balance, have volunteered to take a fifty per It is understood five Scranton men cent, interest if the Board of Trade can obtain subscriptions for the oth er half. Among the names suggested for manager of the team here if it is ad mitted to the International are: Pat sy Donovan, formerly of Boston; Billy Clymer, famous minor league manager; Johnny Evers, just home from France, and Clarence Rowland, deposecj manager of the White Sox. It is said the franchise now Tor sale by the Fultz circuit can be purchased for something like SI,OOO. Trade Between America and Japan Bound to Be Great, Jap Baron Says Chicago, Jan. 30.—Baron Kondo, president of the Nippon Yusea Kaisha Steamship Company of Jap an, stopped hero for a brief rest unci expected to leave to-day on his, way t othe Peace Conference at Farls. where he heads the Japanese advis ory committee on trade relations. "Trade between the United States and Japan and the entire Orient is bound to increase enormously," he said. "Million sof people of the Far East need all kinds of commodities acutely, and they are best supplied, from the United States. Political re-| lations between Japan and America are certain to be imjn-oved by the increase of trade relations." Each Yankee Division Is to Have 768 Rifles and 224 Machine Guns With the American Army of Oc cupation, Jan. 30.—The task of sup plying the eight divisions of the third American army with Browning machine gups and automatic rifleu was begun recently. The Brownings are to replace the machine guns and automatic rifles with which all the troops of the American expedition ary forces have been armed. For the army of occupation approximate ly one hundred and fifty freight cars will be required to transport the weapons from France to the occu pied territory. The division is to have 768 auto matic rifles and 224 machino guns. / .Strike Situation in . England Changes Little I.OIKIOII. Jan. 30. —The only ameli oration in the strike situation has been a concession by the employers of a 4 8-hour week to all road and transport workers, which resulted from a conference held yesterday. The Nottingham miners' strike bus been settled by the concession of the principal demands of the miners. On the Clyde the situation has grown worse, and there were storpiy scenes at Glasgow as a sequel to the refusal of the labor minister to intervene in the disputes. Thou sands of strikers paraded the streets and sent a deputation to the lord provost, watnlng him tlyjt unless he secured an answer to their'demands that the government intervene In tho dispute by Friday, unconstitu tional methods nyght be adopted. MAY POSTPONE NEXT LOAN DRIVE BECAUSE OF LENT Plan "Would Begin Campaign April 21 Instead of on April 6 ! Washington, Jan. 30.—Because the Lenten season this year does not end until April 20, the Treasury is considering postponing the opening of the next Liberty Loan campaign from April 6, as tentatively planned, to April 2lt A decision has not been reached. No attempt has been made as yet by Secretary Glass or his advisors to settle on tile interest rate or other terms of the ioan, it was stated offi cially yesterday. Whatever the terms may be, they will accord with the prinaiple of maintaining tjhe market price of preceding issues, officials declared. Bankers are urging the Treasury Ito make the interest rate on the j next loan 4% or 5 per cent., but j officials are inclined to keep it j lower if possible. U. S. Not to Change the Wheat Guarantee, Flour Dealers Assured .tow York. Jan. 30, Julius Barnes, president of the food ad ministration grain corporation, as sured Hour dealers and millers in a statement here yesterday that there would be no impairment during the present cyop year of flour prices de pendent upon the guaranteed price for wheat. He said the grain cor poration had no intention of resell ing below the standard buying price the stocks of wheat which it had accumulated. Mr. Barnes, who returned yester day after two months abroad "in the party of Federal Food Administra tor Hoover, said that reports had reached him of apprehension on the part of the millers, flour dealers and bakers that thegovernment might resell the wheat taken from the growers under the guaranteed basis —52.26 a bushel at Chicago—at a lower price level, thus resulting in a decline in flour prices, price level of wheat as at present The basis on which this feeling existed, said Mr. Barnes, seemed to be an impression that the world price level of wheat is at present ruling, was below the guaranteed price basis effective in America. Broadly speaking, he added, this was not true. World buyers, privileged to seek the cheapest sources of sup ply, he said, were still coming to America to purchase wheat and wheat flour because, ocean transpor tation and other conditions con sidered, the American price was still more attractive to them than the rates in the Argentine and Austra lian markets. Railroad Men Are Urged Not to Sell Their Liberty Bonds By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 30. Railroad employes are cautioned by Director General Mines not to sell Riberty J •Bonds below the current market price-, as published in newspapers, ' and were urged to retain the bonds if possible. employes find it nec essary to sell, hesaid, they should make arrangements with a local bank, which would charge only a small fee. The warning was prompt ed by reports trat Riberty Bond "scalpers" were dperatlng extensive ly among railway employes and oth er workmen. Says British Army in Rhine Will Be Smaller Than French or U. S. liondon, Jan. 30.—The British con tribution to the allied armies of oc cupation in the Rhineland, says the Times in an editorial, will be less numerically than that of either France or the United States, consid eration having been given to the pait played in the war by the British navy anti to British responsibilities In other parts of the world. "What we have been asked to do," the paper says, "will not involve the prolonged retention in the army of more than one in four of those serving at the beginning of Novern ber."-- Propose Erection of Memorials to Roosevelt / Washington, Jan. 30.—Erection of memorials to Theodore Roosevelt, was proposed in bills Introduced in the House yesterday by Representa tives Illcks, of New York, and Farr, of Pennsylvania, Republicans. The Hicks bill proposes construction in Washington of a museum of arts and history at a cost not greater than $5,000,000. Representative Farr would have a commission con sisting of the Secretaries of War and I Navy and the chairman of the Sen ate and House Library committees ! select a site and agree on plans for I a memorial costing $250,000. JANUARY 30, 1919. State College Five Was Mangled By Sweeney & Co., of Old Penn The Red and Bfue five last even ing carried on with Coach Bezdek's State College huskies, winning, 34- 13. State showed a decided,lack of knowledge of the intercollegiate rules, and protested to Referee Cart wright when MacMillan was ruled out of the game on four personal fouls, lie sty ted the team had never played according to the four per sonal-foul ruling. Led by "Mike" Sweeney who had two Held goals and 21 foul goals out of 2 8 tries to his credit, the Penn live walked away from the Penn State quintet. "Danny" McNichol, at guard, put up one of the best games of his career last night, playing a splendid floor game besides con tributing two field goals to his team's total. Stannard, at forward, also played a first-class game. He was in the game every minute of the play,-and his floor wot/, and accu rate passing kept the Red and Blue Say Laws Pending to Regulate Packers Are Unnecessary Washington, Jan. 30. —While Lou is P. Swift, president of Swift & Company, was being cross-examined yesterday before the' Senate agricul ture committee as to whether the five big packers bad combined co control meat prices and markets, Edward A. Cudahy, president of the Cudahy Packing Company, and T. E. Wilson, president of Wilson & Com pany, told the House Interstate Commerce committee, that pending legislation to regulat > the meat pack industry was unnecessary. Both Mr. Cudahy and Mr. Wilson said the investigation of the industry conducted by the Federal Trade Commission was unfair and M***d and that it should not be used as the basis for action by Congress. They declared that if a complete and im partial investigation had been made, the commission would have found that there" was no need for legisla tion. British Naval Men Are Given a Bonus I.ondon, Jan. 30. admiralty announces that pending the conclu sions of the committee of inquiry on the subject, it has been decided to_ increase the pay of all naval men, ranging from an extra shilling per day for ordinary seamen to six shit lings for captains and higher ranks, with similar increases to the royal marines. , This extra pay, it is declared, must bo regarded as a bonus, and not as representing an increase of the present pay, which may ultimately be considered a just and equitable remuneration. WILL CONTINUE STRIKE Buenos Aires, Jan. 30.—Leaders of the maritime workers announce that as a result of the failure of the recent negotiations between the strikers and employers they have or ganized to continue the port strike indeilnitely. Nine thousand martime workers are now out. PEASANTS DEFEATED lxmdon, Jan. 30.—An official wire less dispatch received from Russia tells of the defeat of the Ukranian peasant army by the Ukranian Sov iet forces and the occupation of Yek aterinoslav, capital of the govern ment of the same name in South Russia. * ... I The Peace Time Quality of I i King Oscar Cigars will be remembered long after the price, which conditions compel us to charge, has been forgotten. 7 c—worth it John C - Herman & Co. Makers # i continually on the jump. Besid** this he added two points to Penn's total by a beautiful field goal after taking a pass from McNichol. The game was fast and excitinc from the minute the whistle blew, and in spots the play became s* furious that numerous fouls wem called on both teams. Penn Stat* was the leading offender, having 30 fouls called on them throughout the 40 minutes of play, while Penn was not far behind, with 21 offenses. Por Penn, Sweeney and Mouradisn converted 22 out of the 30 fouls to the Red and Blue's credit, whtl* Ritts, Mullan, Friedman and Kil linger only succeeded in caging nin* out of their 21 tries at th* basket. The lineup included: Pennsylvania. Penn State. Stannard, f. Mullan, f. Sweeney, f. Ritts, f. Davis, c. AVolfe, e. Peck, g. Killinger, g. McNichol, g. MacMillan, g. Merchant Marine Now Biggest Question Declares Secretary of Navy Daniels | Baltimore, Jan. 30.—"Th* biggest , in the United State* tpdav is the merchant marine question," j said Secretary of the Navy Daniels : in an address here last night at the ' annual Eastern Shore banquet. The United States, Mr. Daniels declared, cannot afford to stop buildiag ships unless it wishes to withdraw lot* it* own national limits and surrender its shage of the trade and wealth of Ihe world to other countries. Mr. Daniels predicted that Antsri can yards in the future would build bigger ships with greater steaming radius than the cargo carried ®f to day and said they would be o( such | design as to call for smaller crews to handle them. Food Administration Will Have No Part in the Wheat Prices Washington, Jan. 30.—The food administration will have no part in carrying out the government's guar anteed price fo rthe 1918 and 1919 wheat and very probably will have passed out of existence before this year's crop is harvested, declares a statement by W. A. Glasgow, Jr., legal counsel for the administration. Mr. Glasgow was replying to con tentions by some members of the Senate that the bill sent to the Sen ate and House yesterday appropriat ing a billion nnd a quarter dollars to carry out the wheat price guar anty was an omnibus bill designed to continue the food administration in operation Bolsheviki Take Orenburg, Is Report Omsk, Siberia, Jan. 30.—Official advices received here are to thg, ef fect that Orenburg, capital of the government of Orenburg, on the right bank of the Ural river, has been occupied by the Bolsheviki. General Dutoff,. commander of the anti-Bolshevik, abandoned the town and retired in a northeasterlydirec tion. The Bolshevik control in Tashkent, capital of Russian Turkestan, has been overthrown through the defec tion of Commissioner Assipov, with whom two regiments of Bolshevik infantry and one of cavalry muti nied and seized the city and the railroad. 13
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