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Show Inn rciiirjiift'il T T 1 1 tilli1 10 It in viow nf il use by Hut L'iivi'niin"iif in tin rrs(iiv:it inn of i:ns:i;i. Must uf 1 1 to (.'nli'l. hiiWi'Vi"'. v:is ilispln v.'il in ruins ;unl inputs, iiih! its rxliiliil inn w:is inoant to inspiri' rnnl'iili'iiri' in the ability of 'lie jMv.TmiHMU to tiuuiiiv solve of Its it! i ii 11 'ili a t V i!it I'atiuns. HAS VAST STORE OF COLD Nearly a Million and a Half Pounds of the Precious Metal at Kolchak's Command. Soniriliinj of the Arabian Xifrlits, n memory perhaps of Ali I'.aha when he diseove'vil the treasuro cave, is suggested sug-gested tiy the story of Kolehair.'s fjoM supply ami 1 1 io visit of inspection hy foreign correspondents tinder the guidance guid-ance of the Omsk government's minister min-ister of finance. About l.-J-Ki.UOO pounds avoirdupois of gold: such is said to he the reserve of the Kolchak government at Omsk. Its' value In American money is placed at ahout $-l73,0UO.0OU. "In one room there were about thirty tables loaded down with gold in all forms, refpiisitioned by the bolshevik! from the people. . . . Conspicuous Con-spicuous In this lot was a set of solid gold dishes, formerly the property of Mr. Tereschtschenko, one of the wealthiest wealth-iest of the Russian nobility." The set of gold dishes. In the upheaval of Russia, Rus-sia, had passed through several hands before falling to the bolsheviki. and eventually to the Omsk government: and at least, one. of the possible heirs |