One of the leading provision stores was' swindled out of some $400 worth of gods in a novel manner. A telephone message was received purporting to have come from Mr. Yatsunsky, the Office Manager of the Railway Administration, to ito his house a number of good things for a supper party] including Caviar, fole gras, game pies, as well as wines and liqueurs. 'A careful selection was made by the proprietor and just before the store closed youth was despatched with the goods. 'The goods were received by a Russian at a house in New-Town and a receipt was given to the youth who returned te the store. An hour passed, when the provision-dealer decided to ring up Mr. Yatsunsky to ask him' whether the goods were to his liking. The answer received, how. ever, flabbergasted the man, Mr. Yatsunsky stating he had never ordered any goods nor " received any, nor did he live at the address to which they had been sent. 'The matter was immediately placed in the hands of the police, who the next day arrested three young'
8 and recovered a part of The remainder had] and drunk by them in some friends who had spent a most pleasant time the evening before, Two of the accused were formerly employees of the provision mer~ chant, and had decided to play] this trick on their employer, bearing the man a grudge for having] dismissed them.
The interview that the special] correspondent of the "Japan Advertiser" had some little time ago with the General Manager of the R,, Comrade Ivanoff, and which was refut it appeared in the paper by both the Tass} Agency and Mr. Kopp, the Soviet Envoy to Japan, was" republished here by the Zarya. No sooner had it appeared, than it was refuted ty the General Manager who said he had only given an interview to the correspondent of a Boston paper, and that he had never been interviewed by any correspondent] of the "Japan Advertiser." This caused the white organ "Rusky Golos" to have ya dig General Manager, by 4 that either he had been teo much champagne when voiced his sor that the correspondent was romancing, but that the latter was hardly likely, seeing the responsible position he held and that other interviews had been then the "Zarya" has published the statement Mr, Beech sent to the an Advertiser" from Manila early shows that the interview did take place and that a prominent official of the Railway Administration, who was a perfect jowledge of' English acted ai interpreter.
Comrade Ivanoff has since remained silent, and it is perfectly well Known here that he is very much the Japanese the Taonanfu-Ts when he gave strict ord imber and other material for its construction should under circumstances be transported over the C, E.R.
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