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Boost Ogdensburg By so doing you will eventually • make it a Bigger Ogdensburg y.j? fittr«!'''*,'e ai.l\i;rlisi!ig of the \pulling powers\ variety use the ••• ( TEN PAGES THIS NEWSPAPER IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ggdensbur* Dailv Journal T5st. 1855 OGDENSBURG, N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919. PRICE 3 CENTS WJiATHJHR—Cioudy and warmer day; Saturday fair.' RESTLESS OVER LACK OF ACTION [(Officials Believe Return of ' Roads Will Stabilize Labor <• Situation. L (By The Associated Press f WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—President I Wilson's proclamation to returning ?the railroads to private control March |i jl lends a new aspect to wage problems I now before Director General Hines. ' In the opinion of railroad adminis- tration officials the President's order should trancmiliae the labor situation inasmuch as the time of government control is extended by two full months. Union officers who have been pressing for a settlement of their de- mands before the roads went back, on I the supposition that the transfer | would be made on January 1, have not acknowledged how the proclamation .will affect their plans. The only :wage demands now before Mr. Hines are those of the 500,000 shoprneD, who :were refused a\ general increase of 25 !per cent last'summer. President Wil- ( son and the director general taking ithe position that the war cycle of ad- vancing wages and increasing living costs must come to an end. and the government be given a fair chace to compel a return to normal prices. • President Jewell and the executive ', council of the six shop craft recently 1 renewed their demands. They were 'asked to await an official report by Attorney General Palmer, since made public, of the trend ol prices. \Mr. Palmer's repoit showed that the customary upward march of prices daring the fall months had been much less .this year than in the past and ex- pressed the conviction that the next two months would show substantial results in reducing the inflation of liv- ' ing costs. It remains to be seen what views the President and the director general will take of the shopmen's le- newed demands for more money in .the light of the attorney general's statement. It is undei'stoocl the shop workers were represented to he growing rest- less over the lack of action on their demands. Demands of railroad cle' ks for more money now are before the board of railway wages and working conditions : which has not indicated when a report • to the director egneral may be ex- jpected. POLICE STOP? iSeekers of Freedom for Poli- | tica! Prisoners Changed Their Program. (By The Assoeiaroc! Prps? YORK, Dec. 25.—The Christ- mas celebration of the League for .' Amnesty for political prisoners met : with disaster when the police, sol- diers and irrate citizens broke it up. ! Several hundred men and women, placarded and single filed for their f \walk\ up Fifth avenue, dwindled to ' about 50 persons, divided into two '• wander bodies which found their way : to the parish house of the Church or i the Ascension after many hours of wandering. Church congregations emerged irom services at noon without finding the league carolers who were to sing for h -them in manacles and in prison garb. ALLIED ME u I Upon GENERAL PERSHING MAKES FRi for General Pershing since his recent stars at his hotel in Chicago. ENDS OF CHICAGO NEWSBOYS.—Every newsboy in, Chicago is strong visit to the Windy City. This phot o shows^the General with the young- n .(A'SEH PLAYS ROLE OF SA8TA GLAUS Texans Crosseil Into Mexico for Christmas Eve Beverages. (By The Associated Pr*>ss EL PASO, Dec. 23—Hundreds of El Pasoaiis and tourists who planned to visit Juarez, Mexieo.today, where liquors of all kinCs fan be bought were turnsd back ar tl-e internation- al bridge between the two cities. No temporary cne day pa*3port« were issued today and thv 1 only per- sons allowed to cross the- Rio CraarJo wers those holding permanent pass- ports giving permission lo enter Mexico on Sundays and holidays. Juarez saloon keepers paid oaEe pro- prietors had prepared for a Tjanu-sr Christmas day. Yesterday and latt n : .ght, before the international bridges were closfi<3. Saw macjy Americans cross to the Mrxican side for Christmas eve liq- uid refreshments and '-.aloons v\ Juarez did a rushing business. , (By The Associated Press) AMERONGSN, Dec. 25.—The former German crown prince Frederick reached here today to sp: j nd with his parents their Kieond Christmas in exile. J. B. Fan, {secretary of genera! af- fai:s of the Dutch government, Burgomaster Perehoom of vVier- ingen, mombei-s of the von Ben- tiri'-'.c family and some of the Amcongan functionaries were the guosts at a banquet this in the great hall of the lc castle. This v/as the cltaax cf a celebration arrang- ed by the former emperor per- sonally. A huge Chiistmas tree wan erected in the hall, and from this the former ruler dis- tributed gifts. FRAUDS MADE President Passed Christmas Quietly—Signed Edge OBy The Associated T WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. (An all day vigil at Trinity church ' downtown saw no demonstration there. Police' warnings of drastic ac- tion to be take-n, if attempts to vio- late\ tlie law Vere made, brought ' changes in the League's Christmas ; program, notably for omission, it i was said. ' Placards carried by the walkers were desti-oyed wholesale by the po- 1 lice and volunteer assistants. A num- ber \of arrests were made tor diso- bedience of police orders and con- stant interruption by police and civi- lians resulted in disrupting ttie pro- cession beyond all recognition witmn a epiarter of a mile oE its start. i PLUMBERS STRIKE AT | GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. j (By Thp Associated Tress\) j SCHENECTADY, Dec. 25.—The J entire forces of plumbers and steahi- fitters of the General Electric com- pany here went on strike yesterdav after disagreement with company •officials over the rate of pay for work done outside the plant. A worker employed at tlie shop scale of 7r> cents an hour refused to do a job in the residence of one of the work's executives for less than 90 cents, the city -rate. Suspension of the man was followed by a walkout yesterday. Important manufacturing may be de- layed if other shop hands reEuse to work that belongs to these The nat- ional capital officially and privately, spent a quiet Christmas. All depait- ments of the government were closed j j and Congress was in the midst of its ;' two weeks recess. Tha only official J act of the day was the signature bv i President Wilson 'of the Edge bill, passed by Congress just bin'ore tho; holiday recess bearan and designer! to ' (By Tne Asscciaved Press) G3NEVA, Dec. 25.—The avalanches which occurred at the mountain r:>- s/.-rls of Davos yesterday caused ter- i-or among i-esidents and visitors and rnsaltcd in a number of deaths in the v.Iiage itself. One huge -avalanche- 1 •ov,-:pt r down on a sanitarium, smash- ing: dooi-s and windows on the fust a'--<i second floors and killing a Rus- sian woman and her nurse and severely JnivHnr si°.veval others. Many wers- iir-prlsu.red in the upper f.owp. U'roDfh'uit. Hie night. H 1 is considered a miracle that the sanitarium did not promote American participation in foreign trade. With the exception ol' attaching us signature to the bill, th? President j rested, spending most o'c the fore- | noon in the \White House gra-tlen and eating Christmas dinner in his room. During the afternoon while Mrs. Wil- son drove out to present gifts to frijnds of the family and to children living along tha road to the country club where the Pre-sideu t before liis illness played golf, Mr. Wilson read the large number of Christmas mes- sages which lie received from all parts of the United States and abroad. CHICAGO MAN p An itner avaUintho Call on th? Kote 1 irxcs'«ior. killing two employees and d-.iing ranch. d:;mage. A third avalanche almost ovr-r Vr'heime.i the Pw^'ian Oermania. Five dead have been taken initn the buil'!- ins;, but it is feared lhat others \.re \onrie'.l Erto til- 1 vrHkas'p. One French invalid child had a miraculous escape, th'Uiith tho> r.iom in which i! lay v,-a:; almost liiled with sno'v. tlie cot Y.';t>4 lip'ouched. Six avulanclies swept down within an Jaonr, all leaving their natural bed from tlie Sehianorin Mountain, and carrying down telesraph and tele- phone wires. This is the first t;ree the avalanches' have taken (his route. \Blue Sky La.w\ Is Recom- rciended by CommiUe Headed by Hepburn. (By 'J'he Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Granting to the bankers department and attorney general jurisdiction over commercial transactions, with power to investi- gate- all deals a£ which complaint is made, is recommended to Governor Smith by the commission named by him to investigate legislation to check stock frauds. The commission, in its final report made public here tonight, also recom- mends that the attorney -general should have one or more special aides whose sole business it should be to familiarize themselves with commer- cial transactions. A majority report, submitted by Jnhn J. Pulley, New York banker, goes ovon further. It recommends that the governor immediately appoint a com- mission of lawyers on which four district attorneys of the state are rep- resented to revise the New York pen- al laws. \No' formula of words, no mathe- m->tir.!3l computations depending upon automatic operations can make an effi- cient trap to catch the crooked deal- er -\ declared the majority report. \What is needed is a flexible, fraud hunting state machinery, driven not by statute but by human intelligence and human -activity.\ A minority report, submitted by A. Barton Hepburn, recommends passage of a statute 'which will contain'two of the familiar figures of a blue sky law. First, a system of verified statistical j details with both civil and criminal I liabilities, and second, licensing of | every security dealer. Date of Ratification Depend*. Findings of Mission in Germany. OBy The Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 25.—The final datp of the repeatedly postponed exchange of ratification of the treaty, of Versail les now depends upon the speed with •which tli? allied missions in Germany can verify the German figures of available floating- dock tonnage de- mandpd by the Allies a 1 -; compensa- tion for the sinking of the German war shins at Scapa Flow, the Assoc- iated Press was informed J to this effiitt today. The Associated Press was so informed today at the head- quarters of the German peace dele- gation. Baron Von Lersner head of the German represen,tativ.e,s i said he thought this would take at least a fortnight, if not longer, in view of the difficulty of transportation in Germany and the details involved \v. verifying the figures. \A decided misunderstanding-is re ' fleeted in the Paris press during the past two days regarding my projected trip to Berlin which 1 subsequent^ abandoned,\ he said. \My object \wa? to hurry, rather than delay., tlis put ting of the Versailles treaty into effect. From Monday night unti\ Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock ' was deprived of any communicntioc with my government by either tele gram or telephone, in consequence ot which Berlin had, no knowledge 01 the Entente note or the verbal com munication given out on the sub.iec of M. Dutasta (Secretary of the Peace ConfevetKcsO until this morning 1 \Peace means the . repatriation o) our soldier prisoners in France, wht are obliged to spend Christina.* ir captivity though hostilities have beer suspended for more than a. year. \The fact that Herr Simons nr-ivei in Paris last Sunday to start nego t->tions : for putting the treaty intr. effect proved that we had no inten- tion to delay matters.\ Regarding the Entente's note, Bar on von Lersner said its tenor surpris eel him as it seemed so little in ac-oorcl with the progress of the negotiations Baron von Lersner asserted that according to the verbal comnmnica tion of M. Dutasta at the time of the delivery of. the note, the Entente made a diminution in the port ton nage demanded, conditional UPOI verification of Germany's claim that the Entente estimate of the harbor material available was erroneous. CLAIMS IRELAMB DEMOCRATIC WOMEN FORM NEW PARTY touch men. SILVER RE-MINTED (By The Associated Press! PHILADELPHIA.. Dec. 25.—Ten millions of dollars, all in silver, are being melte'd into silver bars at the. United States raint here. Later the bars are turned into dimes, quarter* and half dollars©. The government finds it cheaper to melt the dollars than to go into the market and buy silver, now selling at price in many years. the highest TO STUDY YELLOW FEPER. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 25.—Doctor Idehio Maguchi, Japanese bacterio- logist, is expected here shortly to make a study of the yellow fever. CBy The Associated Press\) ROCHESTER. Dsc. 25.—Rochester 1 detectives today arrested Edward Tinkerton, 24, Chicago, at the home of relatives five milps south of Bol- oomb, Ontario county. Ttokerton is wanted by the Chicago police on charges of murder in the first degree and attempted grand larceny. TRIES TO PROMOTE BOUT WITH PEMPSEY (By The Assopiared Pressl NEW YORK. Dee. 25.—D. B. Coclv ran, British fight promoter, arrived here today on the steamer Maureta- nia, piepared to offer substantial sums for staging a world's heavyweight ho:c- ing championship between. Georges Carpentier, champion of Europe, arid Jack Dempsey. (By Tho Associated NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—MnGlure's magazine has l)e»n bought by Herbevi Kaufman, po^t, author and editorial writer, it v/as announced tonight by Frederick L. Collins, president of the oomiiany, All the stock of McClure's Publication Inc. went to Mr. Kaufman in th» purchase, Mr. Collins said. air. Kaufman will be editor of the magazine, it was stated, and no other change is contemplated. TURKISH REBEL SLAIN. (By The Associated Pre*\.-i' ROME, Dec. 25.—Gsn^ral Mustapha Kemal, leader of the Turkish insur- gents in Auatolia and head of th\ Turkish Nationalist movement in Asi i Minor, l>as been assassinated. accord- Most of his work will be in the state Mug to a. Sm.vnui dispatch to the of Yucatan, \Tempo.\ SUCCESS OF LEAGUE . DEPENDS UPON WOMEN (By The Associated Press) LONDON, Dec, 25.—\The success of the League of Nations idea is de- pendent upon the intelligent coopera- tion of the women,\ . sa> s Miss A. Helen Ward in an ai tit-le in the Lpfgue, a periodical. Tlie writer suggests the organiza- tion of a Woman's Bureau of the League of Nations and that the wo- men should be appointed for their general fitness for the purpose of the League, rather than merely as ex- ppi-is in what are lyiown as \women's interests.\ Prominent Women Today Will Organize National Women's Party. fEv The Associated Press NEW YORK, Dec. 25—Organiza- of a national women's Democratic '<aity -will be begun at a. meeting to-' norrow of more than 100 prominent N'-'w York women, it was announced today. The call for the meeting was temed by Mrs, George H. Childs, ••resident of the Women's Democra- tic Club and Miss. Margaret Vale, a niece of President Wilson. According to the organizers, the new women's party will co-operate with the National Democratic organi- aation, and is to be regarded as \in no way a split in the Democratic ranks.\ Aniong the women -wlio have signi- fied their intention of being present are Elizabeth Marbury, Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. Sim- on Baruch, Mrs. William D. McAdoo and Ida Tarbell. DEMAND SUFFRAGE (By The Associated Press) TOKTO, Dec. 25.—Mass meetings are frequently held in Tokio and other c\Ues for the purpose of demanding reforms, more especially the granting of universal suffrage. A group of young men who formed the Young Men's Reconstruction As- sociation called on Premier Ham and asked his views on the question of universal suffrage. Mr. Hara replied that the question was so important that lie could not give an off-hand opinion. DEMAND EIGHT HOURS (By The Associated Press) TOKIO, X>ec. 25.—The street rail- way employes of Tokio are demanding an eight-hour day and will hold mass meetings to further theij- movement. S. S. McCkire Says Ireland \Most Prosperous Coun- try in the World.\ (By The Associated Press NEW YOEK, Dec. 25.—Samuel S. McClure, publisher, arrived here- to- day on the steamer Mauritania, after a three months visit to Ireland where he said he found a \Paradise.\ \Ireland is the most prosperous, comfortable and law abiding country in the world,\ said Mr. McClure. \Tlio people are ' well dressed and well housed. One has to read outside newspapers to learn of trouble and unsettled conditions there. \I found the Irish hanks have de- posits of more than 100,000,000 poundx and have been forced to form alli- ances with English banks ia order tc find an outlet for their money. There are 57000,000 head of cattle in Ireland or half-as many as in Canada. Ireland has exported as much food to Eng- land since 1913 as either tha< TJnite.l States or Argentina.\ Sir Ernest Harder Williams, Bng- l'.iih publisher also arrived on the Mauretania. Men Pounce Dowa Upcji TJiree Deputy Sheriffs, Wound- ing One of Them Duxring the Fight—Locked Guards in a Cell. (By The J^ssocid-Le-i 3rress> TOLEDO, O., Dee. 25.—Pour men, known to the police all over the coun- ry i's safe blowers and burglars, were delivered from the county jail here •aily today in an attack by six men upon thres deputy sheriffs,, one of whom was shot. The four men at large are Edward IVIeehan, ainvj D. F. Webb, 30, known latiunally as a aafe blower. A'bert Loach., safe buiglar, known to police under feix aliases. Leo Mitchell, with 11 aliases, sale blower. Frank Howard, alias Albert Johnson, uliKs Whitey, safe blower and burglar. M&ehau, on January 15. 1012, was entenced to 11 and one-half ye-ira at /or! Li. avonworth for post oiiiee rob- u i-ieo at Pauldihg. Ohb. The foilov;- va ycr Provident Tafl comniuttd his enience to three years. lie was ar- •c-stc3 h<?re for the mcid'n' ol James ,'Ifinion in a resort, was found guilty .-I! manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years. Loach was arrested here September 10 last fcr the robbery of -a silk store. Mitchell has served several terms in prison in different parts of the country, among which was one at Au- burn, N. Y., for the robbery oi' a jew- eliy stoia ai Rochester. He was await- ing trial here on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Howard was held as the result of a brawl in which a woman was killed. Howard was arrested here last Janu- ary S for Chicago authorities. He was returned there but jumped a $5,000 bond. In August, 1917, he was given 19 years in Sing Sing for holding up a New York .gambling resort. He serv- ed a part of the sentence and escap- ed. Six men visited the jail this morn- ing and said \Merry Christmas\ to the three deputies on guard. While one of the deputies was returning the greeting the men attacked the guards, locking them in a cell. In. the melee, Leo Noonan, a deputy, was shot through the left shoulder. Applicants fcr-Chrisinjas Din- ners at Missions Were Few. in>- Th.-. Arsuc-iiitcJ Pn .--s) NEW YORK. Dec.-. 25.—Clnismias- dinners went begging; on the Bv.verj .cnight. Roast tu:key with all v t 1 trimming;jV candy and mi<ic.-> pie i'CiUed to attract half so many lrtmgr; men as were served in former year? Thir, was attributed to prevailing pros- iHrity and prohibition. The famous Bov.'i-ry llir-;sion so.-ve. •~!y 400 persons, wheie in iV.aei •' J :UT' they have bewi called to uro- lc for at least l.r.00. Al Hadley' ' ,'sc-ue Hail less than 300 appeared .'•jr dinner. Jinny mission? did no .>• r nr e the usual C3irisiri:-v: repnst bf CKUse of the lack of applicants. The usual Chiistmas noon hour diu- !'M- jH The Mc-Auiey W\at?r Strsei Mis- a ; :in v.-as postponed until tonight he- -ause uf the luck ol\ applicants. X-: i man appearv! ai noon alihough 40' nounds of turkey and many good thiog-: nad bsen pi'eparecl. A i';w j y.-avs age it was not unusual for the m;:;;ion t( i'eed 1,500 but tonight fewer than Gl'i- hungry raen appeared. Outside tlie Bowery Chrisimas cheei was spread into many humble honies- •.;n ths Essl. Side .and pcorer ispciioiii: f.f Mew York by different organiza- tions, institutions and individuals. Chiistmas dinners and gifts were dis tributed to every needy family tha. c-ould be located. HARVARD PROFESSOR SEEKS NEW PLANET (By Tho Associated Press) CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec, 25.— Professor William H. Piekeriug at the Harvard Astronomys Observatory v.-lio is stationed at Mandeville. Janiiacia. is now engaged in search i'or the plan- et which is supposed by astronomers to exist outside Neptume and esti- \ mates that this undiscovered mem- ber of the solar system is some 5-3 tinies as far from the sun as is the earthy according to a statement made today by Professor Solon Bailey, act- ing .director of the Harvard Obser- vatory. IMPERIAL WIRELESS PLANS ASKED FOR (By The Associates Press LONDON, Dec. 25.—A committee under the chairmanship of Sir Henry Norman, member of Parliament, has been appointed to prepare a complete plan of imperial wireless communica- tions. The points to be considered sue what high power wireless stations the British Emp.ire should ultimate]? possess, the cost ol! each station, I he probable amount of traffic and revenue and the placing of stations reeom mended in their order of urgency. RESTRICTIONS DROPPED ' (By Thp Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 25.—British tourists may~once more visit Switzerland with- out furnishing personal and financial references and medical certificates hitherto required. Government Considering Sell ing 103 FoE'isaer German Passenger Ships. (Bv Thf Assciei;itei1 Jfrfrfsi WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—Thf Shipping Board has under consider- ation the sale of all former German passenger ships with thp stipulation that the. vessels be run un.l3r th-- American flag, it r.-as announced to- il isrb't. These vessels which wprp take- over by the government dnrinp; th. Avar total 103, a.^gregafing aptroxi- mutely 230,000 deadweight ions. No pry*.e has heen fixed for the shii^s but .$.°i->0 a tnn is sutrceKted as a prch s'ole valuation by high officials. ' Ti-f six ex Gsrman miners held b? the* Shipping Board i>enclii!s? Ill3 fma 1 determination of their status are noi inciudscl amoiik the vessels whicl; mav be. offered for sale. The decision of thp 'boa-rd not f.r T-ermit tbe use of liquor on govern- ment owned ships is expected bv shipping experts hers to make com- petition with privately owned vessel* practically impossible. NEW YORK CHURCH IREClf-WES FIN 5 \ GIFT i By The Assor-ialKl PI-PSS) NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.—Thref C'lu-istmas gifts aggregating $250,000 toward couxpletion of the Na=ve of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine were announced, today by Rt. Itev Charles Suraner Burch, Pro1?3t'.nt Episcopal Bishop of Kew York. Two of the gifts were i : or $100,000 each and the other for $50,000. The names of the donors were withheld. . \BLUFF SAYS MUNROE. (By The Associated Press) NEWARK. N. J.. Dec. 25.—The con- templated attack on the constitut : ou- ality of the jirohibition amendmfnt y--~terday by Governor-elect Edwards after he takes office Jan. 1, and his intention to induce the Legislature to legalize the sale of beer and light wines in \the state was clm.ra.ctoi ized today as a \bluff\ by G. How-land Munroe. attorney i'or the New Jersey Anti Saloon League, ,DsgEss.iaTses of Church Present Greetings to Pope at tile Vatican. (By The Associated Press) ROME, Wednesday, Dec. 24.—All of the cardinals present in Rome, the patriarch archbishop and ecclesiast- ical courts, gathered st the Vatican to- day to present their Chiistmas greet- ings 10 Pope Benedict. Cardinal Van- nut elli,- dean of the. Sacred College, ho 'loaded the visitors, delivered a \iort address voicing the sentiment of 's colleagues and himc-elf. The Pope epiied, reluming the. greetings and mailing the ujgent necessity I'or aid- .iK the poor ar.d children oi' -svar.vic- iU -. '. \The nec<--!?siiy for faiih,',' said the '..pe, \ia demonstrated by the innan- ';y of the efforts ctf those who vainly ry to give mankind peace and.welfare, •'• r-fi'.ir.-i or ignoring God. Peace 1 unni:t be ob'aiaed by the individual .rl : by mankind if there is no order •l bo'.h. Tilt-re.- is no'order without A acUnowlcrdsmeut pi' the dominion \ God nve\ Lis creniures.. \Order a'\.o requhas a, mastery of \'i.-it ovo v matter and a practical love u\ msn i'or his neiglibor. At present\ .here funnot he r.rrn? peace because r/der has beon subvaited by indivi- .Inls and by mankind. The moral miseries due to the v;ar are being ex- ploited by those who watch every op- portunity to affect moral order,\ \Today the spirit of independence has invaded all minds and leads them !o rebellion. Today there is \no shame 'a seeking amusements amidst the V'ifl' KIKI scmnvs oi' others and thev V- no limii to the dissipation of wealth' •in! ih-~> drying -up of the sources hi.'ient. All this shows that modern'- -viely has attempted to set itself •hove Cod, passing from liberty to olevaiu-e, l'rom tolerance to dmsion, •m division to conflict, to ostracism f God.\ IIOIZIY T mm (r.v The Associates Preps') GENEVA, Dec 25.—Preparations \or a great Bolshevik offensive is?ainst Poland next spring are being iiade by LPCII Trotzky, Soviet Minis-- '\er of War and Marine of Russia., ae- •'•Vciing to a \Vi'-ai-saw dispatch receiv- \-.1 by the X T krainian news bureau V-re.. Clihipse ti'oop,. who are beius nvruited at the rate of 8,000 a day.. and trained in the Soviet military school, -will aid in the campaign, it is said. Recent statements by Trotzky are aunted to the effect that he believes Bolshevism to he \firmly rooted and sprouting in- China,\ where a Bolshe- vik revolution is expected shortly, rt is declared Trotzky intends to \use riiinese in carrying out his project' o£ an invasion of Western Europe. CONDITION CHANGE. (By The Associated Press)' LONDON, Dee. 25.—A .tendency to- Yi-ard large combinations in busisess 'S becoming evident in. England. En- terprises hi wlvicli promoters'nave re- cently been effecting amalgamations are moving picture production, bank- ing, restaurant, baking and •confec- tionery businesses, \chain.\ cigkr and drug stores and shoe-making. ARMISTICE ARRANGED. (By The Associated Press) _ .. DORTAT. Wednesday, ' Dec. .25.— It was- officially announced tonight that the Esthonian and Bol.sheviki delegates in- conference'here had reached an agreement on the question r of frontier and military. guarantees'. • It was stated that they w-ould prob- ably sign what was designated as a \preliminary -armistice\ during tin? I' i j.;>A
