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Show Arrested by Bolsheviki in Siberia; General Korniloff R e p o r t ed Dead; Cossacks and Lenine Troops Continue Con-tinue Fighting at Kursk. MANY KILLED IN 3 DAYS' BATTLE Famine Reported by Government, of Moscow; Mos-cow; Former President of the Council of the 1 Kepubhc is Lodged in St. Paul Fortress. LONDON, Jan. 1. It is reported that the Bolsheviki have arrested the mem-berg mem-berg of the American railway mission at Irkutsk, Siberia, says a dispatch to the Ivxuhange Telegram from Petrograd. Another dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Tele-graph from Petrograd says there is an unconfirmed report that Lieutenant Genera? Gen-era? L. G. Korniloff, former commander in chief of the Russian armies, is dead. Battle Resumed. I'ETROGRAD, Dec. 31. The baLtle be-t be-t ween the Kaledines Cossacks and Bolsheviki Bol-sheviki troops has been resumed at Kursk, midway between Moscow and Jiostov-on-Don. Itis reported that there have been heavy casualties in the three days' fighting:. The Bolsheviki are reported to have occupied Toltuva, the scene of the historic his-toric battle between Peter the Great and Charles of Sweden. There is a famine in the government of Moscow. M. Avykentieff, former president of the council of the republic, has been arrested and taken to the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress. The United Stai e.s ra ilroad commission to the Russian government arrived in Fel-rograd Fel-rograd la5t .lime and until the recent Koisheviki (list urbancps had been actively c limited in assisting the Russian railways 1 out. of their operating difficulties. i Personnel of Mission. The personnel of the commission, which was officially announced, follows: John K. Stevens of New York, former. f t hicf engineer of the Panama canal, chair man; W. T... Parling of St. Paul, chief engineer en-gineer of the Northern Pacific railway; Henry Miller of St. Louis, former operating operat-ing vice prc.vftl.-nt of the Wabash railroad; i!rori;o (Ithhs of Philadelphia, former chief mechanical engineer of the Pennsylvania lines, and J. P. (Iriner of Baltimore, chief ci in Milt i up engineer of the Bat union? it-Ohio it-Ohio rallroail. ('luiirm.in Stevens had the rank of minister min-ister plenipotentiary to the Russian government, gov-ernment, but his appointment did not infringe in-fringe on the status of David K. Francis ol St. Ijouis, the A merican ambassador. A dispatch from Tokio, dated December Decem-ber L'T. said Mr. Stevens had arrived at Nagasaki, Japan. tJeeemher IS from Vladivostok Vlad-ivostok and that he had reserved the ac- ommndations of an entire hotel In Nagasaki Naga-saki for ;JJ0 members of his staff who .'iccompanied him. The dispatch also carried car-ried a statement from Mr. Stevens in which he declared his intention in return to Kussia with hi? staff and remain there if long: as they eou'd be of any assistance to I he Russian pocplc. Communication Irregular. WASHINGTON. .Ian. 1. No word from ol fieiul sources had reached the state department tonight regarding the reported nt rest of members of the American rail-w rail-w av mission ;i t 1 rkutsk. The depart -incut's communication with Russia has t'l-en very irregular, however, an. I officials offi-cials would not be surprised if t he report re-port w ere t rue. An Inquiry will be sent to American Ambassador Francis at Pet-ogt Pet-ogt ad ;i 1 once. Although several raiHvav units, each otnprising several hundred men. are in Siberia, to assist in improving conditions oi, the trans-Siberian railway, it is i.iouuhl that only a few could have been at Irkutsk. They probably are scattered in small detachments alone the entire n.ute. , There have been trequent rumors t h;i I i lie railway mission was about to with-yg' with-yg' draw and return to this country, but the ; si rile depart merit has indicated that the (Continued on Page Four.) BOLSHEVIKS HOLD ! in MIL ! Arrested in Siberia, Accord-1 ing to Report; General j Korniloff Said to j Be Dead. (Continued from Page One.) rum won Id he k-tf fit I heir pnsf h. ;mtl Ih.'.l iillllOMSll '' i i ) I I I I Mill Ml Hi.- Lubh--- i!Ki regime im vwrlih.Jh. ih.nc is mm dii-po-Mi Imu l r i mi hi il r I if u mi k oi r.t j! v ;i v re-MMhiiititnon re-MMhiiititnon h. kui i uiO. r ih- K-r.-nsky pr iVirtUili.i I ko ii'iiiiif nt. Tim Am'-rb jmi in ! .;i H ' I ' 1 1 m-i a I re-porlcd re-porlcd to Hi'- MHie i.-ari MH-nt l.isl W'f-.i-Tif.'liiy that OliarFs S. Smith, a in-- 1 1 1 t-r n; 1)h niilwav r 1 1 1 m o 1 1 . had f 1 1 arr-st.--i Ht Trhila, Sil-fi'l.i. hut hail h.-'u roUwfl iir'ltT a few hours, ol dftriiHon. Iviih'-r m-WH rlls.;ilch.-H from Lilfsin said tlial Mr. Hinllh hail h.Mii tit k i-u hi to mUodv while In company with M. Ou.st rouv; hot I', former am-sla n L mi ni.-u er i r;ilw;i y.s hi ItiiMMiit., who wa.s a rreth I iy t lie Holshe-vikl Holshe-vikl because ol' his a l l'l lia tiuu with the i u ncf h1 i n;i I ioveinnieiit. |