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a SL SR . Daily Times 1he Oshawa Da Reformer Ry OSHAWA, ONTARIO, RSDAY, APRIL 19, 1928 1 | DEMAR AGAIN ey | WINS BOSTON MARATHON Clarence Demar Winner in Annual Nunning Event Victorious WAS CANADIAN Number of Entries Totals 241--Demar Sets New Record (By Associated Press) Boston, April 19. -- Clarence Demar, 39-year-old Melrase prints er, won the Boston Marathon to- day for the sixth time, Pressed hard most of the way by Joie Ray, veteran middle distance runner attempting the marathon distance for the first time, Demar ran a steady race and was out ahead all the way after pulling. Boston, Mass.,, April 19,--Unit- ed States long distance runners face stiff opposition from 24 Cana- dians in the 82nd annual Boston Marathon which will he run today. Clarence Demar, who has won it five times, is the outstanding fa- vorite, Under ideal weather conditions, 841 of 285 entries in the 43nd annual Boston Athletic Association Marathon let the starting line at Hopkington at twelve o'clock noon. The sky was overcast but the roads were 'dry. At South Framington, about five miles from the start, William Simons, Needham Heights Pass, { 5 Way in the lead. He had covered the distance in 81 minutes, twen- ty seconds, almost a, minute faster then last year's time, ¢ and Willlam Witton, Philadelphia, were close hehind, William Taylor, Sydney Mines, was fourth and Billy Reynolds, Galt, ninth, Out af the ruck of 241 starters, Jimmy Hesigan was second, De- mar"s time was 2.37.0745, a new mark for the course, SUPREME COURT SESSIONS COSTLY According to Figures Fur- nished By Miss McKay, County Treasurer -- (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 19.--~The Spring As- sizes of the Supreme Court held here last week from Tuesday, April 10 to Saturday, April 14, cost Ontario County a considerable sum of money accordingg to figures supplied to The Times by the country treasurer, Miss E. A. McKay. The 14 grand jurors received an amount of $145.30 inchid- ing mileage, expenses and fees, The 48 petit jurors were paid $1,024.80, while the wages of the constables Jotplled $105.65, These figures do not include the crown witnesses, all of whom have not been compensated, AA portion of the witnesses' fees is borne by the provincial government. The court sessions this spring were continued until Saturday which is unusual in the history of the local court house. The fact that it was necessary to hold the petit juries from Tuesday until Saturday ac- counts for the large sum credited to them. The juries tried one civil ac- tion and three criminal cases. SIX FINED FOR VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS Six citizens of 'the city paid fines in police court this morning for violations of traffic regula- tions. Charles Johnson paid $10 and costs for reckless driving, in other words, exceeding a speed of 40 miles per hour which, Magis- trate Hind pointed out, is still reckless driving in spite of the raised speed limit, Peter Halkenna paid #1 and costs for passing the stop sign at King and Simcoe streets, while Walter Brom, Joseph Welsh, L. L. Corrin and Wm. J. Locke paid similar fines for minor breaches of traffic bylaws. : JAPANESE CABINET SEND TROOPS TO TOKIO © (By Cable Despatch) - Tokyo, April 19. -- Because of an increasing seri of the situation in Shantung since the Chinese Nationalists started their Spripg drive, the Japanese Cabin- ot today decided to send addition- al troops there, Demar. | Flight of Relief Plane From Detroit Postponed Bernt Balcher and Floyd Bennett, Who Will Aid 'Bremen" Wait for Neces- sary Adjustments to Their Plane -- Will Start Flight Tomorrow Detroit, Mich., April 19.-- Bernt Balchen, who with Floyd Bennett, Plans to pilot relief plane to the aid of German trans-Atlantic Monoplane "Bremen," damage and isolated on Greenly Island, announ- ced today that the flight probably would be postponed until tomorrow because of necessary minor adjusts ments to the relief plant. ------------ WAIT FOR REPAIRS Murraybay, April 19--Major Fitz« maurice, who landed here yesterday following the trip from Greenly Is- land, arose at ten o'clock this morn. ing after a good night's rest. There was no activity here today, it being necessary to walt for the Bremen spare parts which are due tonight by train from Quebec. FLIERS TO CONTINUE Lake Steagnes, Que. April 19-- That the three fliers would fly in the Bremen to New York as soon as repairs were effected, was stated by Major Fitzmaurice, Irish member of trans-Atlantic flight here yesterday. MRS. KOEHL SAILS FOR N.Y, Mrs, Hermann Koehl, wife of Cap- tain Koehl, sailed for New York to- day aboard the steamer 'Dresden to join her flier husband. "Dresden" will touch at Cobh and will pick up Mrs, James Fitzmaurice, wife of Major Fitmaurice. Port Perry Man Becomes Govenor of Anti-Bolshevik Leader Grows Much Weaker (By Cable Despatch) Brussels, April 19, -- Baron Peter Wrangel, one of the leaders who failed in the counter revolu- tionary fight against the Bolshe- vists, was growing weaker today after a bad night, LODGE HAS RED LETTER NIGHT Daughters of England En- tertain Grand: Lodge Officers On Tuesday night in the Sons of Englapd Hall, The Daughters of England had as guests the Most Grand Worthy President, Sister Poulter and Grand Worthy Past President, Sister Noabes, also two Brothers from Lodge Mistletoe, To- ronto, The 'work was put on by the Degree Team with Sister Cordon as Captain, Five candidates were in- itiated and welcomed into the Lodge, after which the Worthy President Sister Hall asked the Grand Lodge officers for short addresses, Sister Poulter gave an interesting talk on the progress of the Lodges she had visited and encouraged "Empress of India," Oshawa, to go forward and next year to be able to compete with other Lodges for the fla gdonated by the Grand Lodge for the one secur- ing the most members. She also complimented the Lodge on their De- gree team, Sister Noabes also spoke in a few well chosen words as to cveryone living pp to their promise and being true "Daughters of Eng- land" to any one who was lonely and necding a kind word, not only to those of our own Lodge but to others, Refreshments were served, consisting of ice cream and cake hy the social committee. WHIST DRIVE WAS PLEASING EVENT Last evening a whist drive was held at the home of Mrs. W. Cull- ing, Bruce street, inaid of the Canadian Legion. Mrs. W. Cul- ling received a' dozen spoons in a case for first prize; Mrs. 8. Gutsole won a ten-pound bag of sugar as second ladies' prize while Mrs. Gledill caried off a half doz- es goblets as third prize. Mr. G. Drice won the gentlemen's first prize and received a davenport. Mr, L. Kellar carried off second prize, while Mrs. Foote, filling in, won third prize. After the prizes were awarded, the hostess served lunch and the -party broke up shortly after. KING GEORGE'S ENTRY WINS RACE FROM 17 New Market, Eng., April 19.-- King George won his first race of the season today, his three-year-old Scuttle capturing the Brandon Handicap over nine furlongs from seventeen others, y 4 THugh Lucas Succeeds Mr. County Jail Stiner Who Was Obliged to Retire on Account of Ill Health -- Mrs, Lucas Will Officiate as Matron (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 19,--Mr, Hugh Lucas, of Port Perry, will be the new governor of the county jail here in place of Mr, Stiner who has found it necessary to give up his position on account of ill health, Mrs. Lucas will be matron as Mrs, Stiner acted In that cap- acity while her husband was gov- ergor, Although Mr, Lucas was recently sworn in to office by Sheriff Pax. ton hie has not yet arrived at the jail but is expected to assume his new duties shortly, Mr, Stiner moved out of the governor's resid- ence last week intending to return to Uxbridge where he formerly resided, His condition however be- came suddenly aggravated and he has been critically 1l at the home of his daughter, Mrs, W, H, Ken- nedy, Brock street south, During his term of office Mr, Stiner performed his duties con- scientously and as a servant of the county was highly respected, Under his direction the jail ,was conduct ed on an efficient and economical basis while he always paid strict attention to. the welfare of the prisoners, Several months ago he suffered a bad fall as a result of which he sustained a lame knee and other injuries which make it impossible for him to continue as governor, BARON WRANGEL REPORTED DYING Brussels, April 18.--Baron Peter Wrangel, one-time commander-in- chief of the counter-revolutionary armies which fought the Bolshe- vists, Is gravely ill, latest reports saying that he is sinking slowly, The Baron passed a sleepless night, but inasmuch as he slept over 8 stretch of 30 hours during Sunday and Monday, his doctors reported that his condition had remained stationary, but most weak. They sald that he might live for several days. He retains full control of his faculties. General Wrangel served as an officer during the Great War, com~ manding a division of Cossacks. He was one of the first to join Ka- ledin against the Bolshevists, and later was appointed com r-in- chief. His forces met with id. erable success for a time, but even- tually lost everything. ONE KILLED IN RECENT DISASTROUS FIRE (By Cable Despatch) Toyo, April 19. -- One person was killed and 2 hundred burned or injured in a fire which swept the city of Hirosaki yesterday, ac- cording to press despatches. One thousand buildings were destroy- | Writing P , Sleep ing, Were I ion (By Associated Press) New York, April 19.--Baron Von Huenfeld in a signed, copyrighted story in the New -York American today discloses that all three mem- bers of the crow of monoplane "Bre- men" frequently were deceived by what they believed to be villages along the Labrador coast, but which proved to be Igments of their weary . Routine eyes and brains. Ugitil the fog banks of Newfound- lagd were reached, he said, the trip was uneventful and he had back iu COUNSEL WAS SURE PUPLIC MISINFORMED In Regard to the Phrasing of Statements Towards the Court IN CURRIE CASE Judge States He Was Under No Delusion Concerning Remark (By Canadian Press) Cobourg, April 19. --The state- ment by Mr, Justice Rose, trial judge in the $50,000 libel action of Sir Arthur Currie against W, Preston and F. Wilson to Frank Regan, defense counsel, featured the opening of. the proceedings and some pf His Lordship's remarks during the day might be led to be- lieve that the counsel was uninten- tionally offensive towards the court, "You knew I was not under any such delusion," said His Lordship, "I had a reporter turn up his notes of what was said and T found that this, taken with its contents, was simply that I thought the phrasing f of your statement with regard to the admissibility of dence was unfortunate, that your statement as phrased contained an implication of the supposition that the reason for my ruling was not what you thought it should have been. It went no further than that," coninued His Lordship, "I make this statement now so that avy misapprehension may be corrected. 1 meraly thought that your remark had been unfortunate- ly phrased." SURPRISE COUPLE ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR WEDDING On Monday evening about 35 friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John Mc. Cullough, Courtice, to surprise them on the occasion of their fif- teenth wedding anniversary, Mr, and Mrs, McCullough evidenced great surprise, The entertaiment of the evening took the form of a euchre party. Mrs, F, Bradley won the ladies' first prize, the second was captured by Mrs. W. Lynn, while Ms, H. Thompson was gives the consolation prize, The men's first prize was awarded to Mr, R. Bradjey; the second to Mr, C, Brad- ley and the consolation prize went to Mr, J. McCullough, During the serving of the Junch an anniversary cake with fifteen cadles was brought in. An address was read and a tray of silver pre- sented to Mr. and Mrs. McCullough, The host responded to the address thanking his. friends for the gift. The guests then joined in sipging "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," After a old time sing song the party broke up, Holy Trinity Women's Auxiliary Meets The weekly meeting of the Wo- men's Auxiliary of the Holy Trinity church, South Oshawa, held at the e of Mrs, Crowle, was well at- tended. The afternoon was spent in sewing, preparatory to a furture sale of work. Refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Crowle, Mrs, Holt and Mrs, Turner, The meeting next Tuesday, April 24, will be held at the home of Mrs, Turner, 114 Stacey avenue. ----------pa---------- ROOSTER STEALS RIDE A Tichborpe rooster has set a precedent in Kingston, it is be- lieved, by being the first of its species to steal a ride on a freight train. Paid was wait- ing, but the bird chose to come to riding in the most per- flous spot he could find. When the rest of the birds were being lodded at Tichborne the rooster made his escapes When the train started the bird was still missing. About three o'clock yesterday morning workmen in the roundhouse at Kingston were startled by a rooster crowing. A diligent search was made, but the bird could mot be located. Still the crowing comtinued. Later in the morning when the engine from Tichborne was taken out to the turn table the mystery was solved. Then one of the workers diseov- ered what had been a white rooster sitting triumphantly on one of the trucks of the eagine tender. the planc a greater part of the time slecping when he could, sometimes | writing poetry and sometimes wom- ( dering what would ultimately hapoes | to them. A Lo WEATHER Nonthwesterly gales, be- coming much colder. Saow- flurries, a ak = certain 'evi | Floor Falls in at Paris Market, No More Tripe (By Associated Press) Paris, April 19.--Tripe, the taxi cab driver's delight, dis- appeared from Pars menus today because the bottom dropped out of the market yesterday. A hundred tons of ancient flooring at Les Halles, the sanctorum of bird, beast and fish, fell through into the basement of public markets. The tripe depart- ment practically suspended operations for 24 hours, 40,000 LOSS IN OIL TANK EXPLOSION Imperial Oil Company's Farm at Lethbridge Scene of Terrific Disaster MAN BLOWN 75 FEET Was on Top of 25,000 Bar. rel Tank When Explosion Occurred (By Canadian Press) Lethbridge, Alta., April 19,-- Forty thousand dollars damage was caused last night when a 25,- 000 barrel tank in the Imperial Ofl Company's farm at Coutte, Alta,, exploded, I, Coover, guag- er, who was on the tank when the explosion occurred, was blown 75 feet and seriously injured, SEVEN JAPANESE CHILDREN DROWNED WHEN BOAT ROCKS (By Canadian Press) Vancouver, B.C., April 19.--Sev. en Japanese children were drowned in the Fraser River near here Mon- day when a fishing boat nearly cap- sized, Thirteen of the children were thrown into the water but six of them were rescued, The victims were from three to ten years old, 'DAMAGE OF $25 WHEN FIRE STARTS IN ROOF OF HOUSE Approximately $25 damage was done in a fire which broke out in the roof at 437 Albert street last ey- ening. A spark from a passing train apparently' caused the blaze which the city fire department cxtinguish- ed with two gallon cans of chemi- cals, The alarm was received hy telephone at 6.15 pan. F. Gerrard owns the residence, which is tenant- ed by D. Luckhurst, PRISONER CLAIMS HE COMMITTED MURDER (By Associated Press) Somerville, N. J., April 19.--Al- though disinclined to believe the confession of the prisoner in the El Rano, Okla., jail that he was the slayer of Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills near here in September, 1922, authorities today prepared to make a thorough in- vestigation. Elwin Allen held in Oklahoma City, said he killed the couple with the aid of his common law wife. CHINESE ARMIES IN NORTH MAKE RETREAT BEFORE ONSLAUGHT (By Cable Despatch) Pekin, April 19. -- The collapse of the Shantung defense before the onslaught of the Nationalicts who recently opened the drive on Peking has caused the retreat of the Northern armies on all frouis, TWO SERIOUS FIRES OCCUR WITHIN WEEK (By Staff sastrous fires within a week have caused a comsiderable amount of damage to property im this town. The first fire, which took place on Tuesday, destroyed the residence of Albert Gives, on Elgin street, with much joss. The fire tonight with losses amounting in all to some $900 greatly increases the to- tal. Im both instances, however, the fires have been kept in control Reporter) Bowmanville, April 18.--Two di-|ed 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. p Call Officer to Court The production of the original message to the Canadian Corps no- tifying the force that the Armis. tice had been signed and would take effect at 11 a.m, on November 11, 1918, was sought by Frank Re- gan, counsel for defence, at the resumption today of the hearing of General Sip Arthur Currie's fifty thousand dollar libel suit against W. T. R, Preston and F, .W. Wil. son, "Messages Not Similar Mr, Regan, contending that cop- fes of the message produced from Ottawa were not exactly similar to the original, called Eytcn Walbur- ton, Kingston, newspaper reporter, to the stand, Mr, Walburton had obtained from the Kingston man, now serving in perpranent militia, the actual message as received hy the Kingston man's unit, He de- clined to give the name of .this man, Mr. Justice Rose saying he could not give protection against possible proceedings for infringe ment of the Military Secrets Act, Mr, Preston urged that this man be revealed owing to the great im- portance of the matter but W, N, Tilley, K,C., counsel for the plain- tiff, pointed out that the officer who actually despatched the original message was no farther away than Toronto, : Call Officer It was agreed to call this officer, named Caldow, At the opening today His Lord- ship took the opportunity to cor- rect the impression that Mr. Regan might have spoken offensively dur- ing yesterday's sittings. He had merely observed that the phrasing of a question by Mr, Regard was "unfortunate", Relevancy or otherwise of many of the questions recorded in this examination was the subject of con- glderable discussion. His Lordship ruled out a large number of these questions, The whole interchange arose out of the admission of Sir Arthur Currie in the examination for discovery that there had been "an enormous waste of life during the war', Mr, Tilley declared Sir Arthur admitted the truth of the sentence In the article complained of, which was that there had been an enormous waste of human life that could have been avoided. Mr, Regan attempted to express to the court something relating to the Joss of life at Paschendaele, when Mr. Tilley arose, "I am sorry to say that I think Mr. Regan is making remarks just for the jury. He is making remarks that are pot fair and he has been doing it all the time," Mr. Regan, "I don't think Mr. Tilley should make that state- ment." Mr. Tilley, "He bas been doing it all the time." His Lordship, "It lends itself to that interpretation". The breeze passed over and the hall he con- tinued to read from the examina- tion record. Orders which gave rise to opera- tions between Valenciennes and Mons were read from the report and interrogations to General Currie by Mr. Regan quoted. These were of 2 highly military character and showed the nature of orders issued to the Canadian Corps commander by the general officer commanding the First Army. These orders show- ed that instructions were issued from day to day to continue the ad- vance towards a certain line. The Canadian Corps being ordered to "the high ground east and morth- east of Mons sending mounted troops and edvance guards forward to keep touch with the enemy south of the canal due centre." Casuaities Recorded Questions of the casualties from day to day were recorded and the general movement of troops review- At 12.55 court adjourned until 2.10 p. m. : Col. Archer Duguid, of Ottawa, was the first witness called when the trail of Sir Arthur Currie's fif- ty thousand dollar W. T. R. Preston and F. Wilson was resumed today. Col. Duguid was asked by Mr. Regan to produce "priority order" of the Canadian Corps, November 11, 1918. The witness produced sufficiently to retard the furious- | noes and prevent sureading. Asealy part of the order and said the ORIGINAL MESSAGE OF ARMISTICE SOUGHT Counsel Contends Copies of Peace Order Produced From ~ Ottawa Not Exactly Similar Reporter Called to Stand Declines to Give Name of Man || Who Obtained Actual Message of Armistice Sent to Canadian Corps at "Mons" -- Declared Protection from Military Infringements Act Not Certain -- Of- ficer Who Despatched Message Now in Toronto--Will (By Canadian Press)' document might well have been de- stroyed in the field. The Armistice message of the First Army to the Canadian Corps was as follows: To Canadian Corps--C232--11th --From first army--Time 07.00, Hostilitles will cease at 11:00 on November 11. Troops will stand on line reached at that. hour, which will be reported to army headqpar- ters, Defensive precautions will ba maintained. There will be no Inter- course of any description with the enemy, Further instructions will follow. Addressed 7th, 8th, and 22nd, Canadian Corps and 1st Bri- gade R., A. IF." Repeated all con- cerned." Just before the Armistice the message was read, Mr, Tilley asked if there had been any messages sent by the Canadian Corps as early as 6.05 a.m, November 11, The witness said there had not, 'Is the earliest message you see trace of 6.40 am?" "Yes." Distribution of the priority mes- sage to subordinate formations was taken up, Counsel sought to show that a copy of the armistice message in the offilial records was not a correct representation of the original message. Eyton Walburton, Kingston, was called to the stand and asked it he had seen the original docu- ment of the armistice message, He replied in the affirmative, The man who had this document was still serving in the perman- ent force, He had his name in confidence and it might get him into troublé under the Military, Secrets Act to divulge it, Mr, Regan: "Then what was the same of this man? We have got to bring him here." Witness: "If he could have the portection of this court," His Lord ship: *I can't tect him." Mr. Regan: "How get the document?' His Lordship: *I don't know." Mr. Regan pressed the necessity of securing the document, for the original showed that it was sign- ed at 6,05 a.m,------, & difference of forty minutes, Allowing interchange between the counsel and the court, Mr, Re- gan told Mr. Walburton to in- form his friend in Kingston that he had nothing to fear, for he had as much right to the document as thousands of other soldiers throughout the country, The witness thought he might be able to get the documents. Mr. Preston urged that ft was of vital importance that the docu- ment be produced. He asked if His Lordship could mot give Col. Orde, Judge Advocate, authority to get the protection of the Min- ister of National Defence om be- half of the man who was in pos- session of the original document. His Lordship declined to do this, After some discussion it was found that Mr. Caldow, who had signed the Armistice message, was in Toronto and was available, Mr. Tilley could not give the pame of the man who signed the second mesasge. Robert Hill, Port Hope, said he entered "Mons" at seyen-twenty on the morning of the eleventh. The unit met no opposition. He saw some dead Canadian soldiers --two or three--lying between the houses. Asked with regard to his feelings on the hearing of the Armistice, he asked Mr. Re- gan to appreciate what he would have felt if he had been fighting for two or three years and knew the war was over. Following this, the counsel for the plaintiff gave Mr. Regan the address of Mr. Caldow in Toron- to. The court then resumed the reading of examination for discov- ery. pros= are we to NEW PARTY IN PARIS AROUSES OPPOSITION (By Cable Despatch) aris, April 19.--A party similar to that of the United Farmers in Canada has been ofrmed in Can- tal County and is causing a great deal of disguiet among the regu- lar political groups im the pres: est general election for a Cham- ber of Deputies. , Animals Effect Escape on Boat Causing Mutiny (By Associated Press) New York, April 19--The steamship "Ecuador" arriv. ed from South America af- ter one of the roughest trips ever made, The roughness was not due to the weather, - There was a lot of monkey business aloft. Same of the cargo of a thousand pare rots, three hundred mons keys, five hundred love birds, 26 flamingoes and 24 sloths escaped, BULGARIA ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKES Believe Tremors More Dis. astrous Than Saturday Shocks { (By Canadian Press) Sofia, Bulgaria, April 19--South« ern Bulgaria was panic stricken tos day after stories of earthquakes which have been shaking the re- gion since Saturday, 'Details are lacking, but it is believed that trem. ors last night were more disastrous than those which resulted in 26 deaths Saturday, GIVEN CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Judge Ward's First Claims in Accident Case--Re- fuses Counterclaims (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 19.--In the Divi~ sion Court on Tuesday, His Honor Judge Ruddy heard the aftermath of an auto accident which occurred on the Provincial Highway near the subway on Dundas street east, Whitby, last Christmas eve, when an action, Lane vs. James Boddy Sr., and James Boddy, Jr. father and son, of Whitby, was settled by His Honor, Lane, who was represented by W, H. Kennedy, of Whitby, claimed that he crashed into Boddy's car parked 50 feet west of the subway on the night before Christmas, He alleged that the parked machipe had no tail light, The younger Boddy admitted parking the mas chine in this position as he ran out of gas while driving west into Whitby, When the accident oceurs red he was away buying gasoline. He stated, however, that his rear light was burning. Lane asked judgment for $33.60 and an emount for loss of the use of his car after it was damaged, James Boddy and son filed a coun. ter claim for $167 for damage suse tained by their machine in the se- cident. Judge Ruddy allowed the plaintift's first claim byt dismissed his second claim and also the coun- ter claim. D. A. J. Swanson, of Oshawa, was acting for the defend, ants. RUBBER RESTRICTION WILL SOON BE LIFTED (By Cable Despatch) London, April 19. -- Presiding at the general meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd., Sir Eric Geddes said the death of rubber restrice promised tion and hoped that it would meve er be resuscitated. JUDGE McNAMARA ON LIQUOR BOARD Toronto, April 19.--His Honor John M. McNamara, county judge of Renfrew, will succeed Hon. R. J. Manion, M.P., on the Liguor Control Board of Ontario, resigns ing from the bench for that pure pose, at the solicitation of Premier Ferguson. He is to visit the board today and afterwards will arrange with Dr. Manion as to when he will enter upon his mew duties. The cabled report that Trotsky, at his place of exile. had been shog | by a former eouemy has been de- {nied by Moscow, but it might be {better to have Trotsky deny it.