The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 25, 1922, Page PAGE 5, Image 6
'HE LAST D?YS
OFTHE CZAR"
Is Title of: Newly Published
^Book Which Tells of the
Murder of Czar
Ekaterinburg:, Russia. Jan. 10?
.4?y the Associated Press)?A Bol
shevist account of ihe execution of
ihe late Emperor Nicholas and his
. family which took place here on
'? the night of July ::6. 1918, has been
made public in a pamphlet written
\ by P. Bykoff, former chairman of
the Ekaterinburg Soviet.
f-v*-lt was inspired by the Commun
ist opinion that the story of the
execution should be told from, the
Bolshevist side. But apparently it
;^ dfd not meet with the approval of
.the higher officials for, although it
* was pujblished in the closing days
- of 1921, it was immediately with
drawn from circulation- The book
.. was printed by the state printing
department of the Ural district
government in this city andrgives a
general review of the labor revolu
*tjpn xn the Urals. The last chapter"
io. it records the emperor's death
and is entitled, "The Last,Days of
. Hie Czar."
The book was obviously censored
carefully before i:: was published
as it lacks many details of the exe
cution which ordinarily would have j
. been given by eye witnesses. It at- j
* tempts to justify the execution by j
explaining that the Orenburg Cos
sacks .were then threatening Ekat- j
erinburg from the south: the |
Czechoslovak forces were pressing I
" in from the cast and letters had j
been received showing that plots 1
were being formed to deliver the j
? imperial family^to the counter-rev- ?
clutionists. Two extracts from let
ters are quoted as evidence of the
exstence of these plots.
kt Accordng to BykofTs account the
Ia*;t words of the emperor when he j
and hs family were lde unexpected- ;
ly into the basement of their pris- j
- on and told that all the Romanoffs j
; must die, were: "But are we not to
~ taken anywhere?" .
The empress and her four daugh
ters (the Grand Duchess Qlga, Ta
tiana. Anastasia and Marie) and
the little Czarevitch and the re
maining members of the house
hold of 11. were so stunned that they !
J said nothing when Avdieff. the |
commandant of the house ordered j
them to line up against the base- j
meat wail and pronounced the sen- ;
tence.
Bykoff says that a firing squad of .
f5ur shot the former imperial.fam- |
ily with revolvers. The identity or
the, members of the execution squad !
is not revealed. {
The pamphlet places the respon- j
sibiiity for the execution of the!
Romanoffs directly upon the Ural j
dsitrict. soviet which decided early i
r" in.July, 1918. that the Czar and j
:' his family must die and entrusted!
the execution of the sentence and j
- the destroying of the bodies of j
Peter Ermakef?, an old workmt.n of!
the Upper-Issetsky Works. ?
Avdieff,. commandant of the ?
house, read the sentence, accord- ,
rag to Bykoff's .story, and there j
were only four witnesses. But it;
|a not indicated whether Avdieff j
shot or even witnessed the death j
o? the imperial family.
. There were no statements in!
?: fekofTs account which indicate that;
the.Ural district soviet carried out j
the execution under direct orders
from Moscow.
- The Romanoffs were in their or-'
dinary clothing when shot. It was j
no; their custom to retire nntil :
long after 10 o'clock at night. Con- j
s^Hiuontly all were still dressed
when the ill-fated group of 11 was
unexpectedly ordered to thv base
mcnt and shot.
BykofTs story says the guards^
outside the house and the public:
: were kept in ignorance of the;
shooting by a noisy-automobile out-j
side which drowned the pistol re-:
ports.
* At one o'clock the next morning j
the 11 bodies were secretly rcmiov-l
cd from the house and ta^ken to a j
neighboring wood. There the
. clothing was removed. The bodies,
were .burned first and Hv-n the'
clothing. JBykoE says the jewels'
and fragments of jewelry which ;
Admiral Kolchak's officers later,
claimed' to have found in tju> ashes j
^verc probably concealed ia the
clothing and overlooked oy the i
men who disposed of the bodies.
In addition to .the Czar and!
Czarina Alexandra and their four
' daughters and one son. the persons
who met death in the basement
were Prince Dolgoroukoff. Dr. Bod
kin, who was physician to the Ro
manoffs, a lady-in-waiting and a
man who was nurse to the Czare
vitch. The names of the last two |
are not given in Bykoff's pamphlet.
Grand Duke Michael, brother of
the. late Czar, was shot at Perm
fci July. 131S. according to By
koff's account, and the ('rand
Dukes Sergius Mikhailovit? h. Igor
Konstantine-itch. Konstantin Kon
stantinovitch and Ivan Konstantin
mitch were killed about the same
time at Alapaievsky. north of Eka
terinburg. These members of tin
Romanoff family had previously
l^een held as prisoners in Ekaterin
burg, but were transferred because
of the uncertain position of Eka
terinbrrg with the approach of th<
Czechoslovaks.
Swedish Prince Sent to luily for
Health.
Stockholm, Feb. 2. ? Prince
William has been ordered by his
fhysician to leave for southern
Italy to recover his health which
v as badly shaken by fever contract
ed in the course of his hunting and
scientific expedition into Central
Africa. This, however, did not stop
the royal scientist and big game
hunter from filling engagements
to lecture before the students and
faculty of Lund University, Swed
en, and the University of Copen
hagen. He had promised to deliv
er the lectures, and this he did.
^hen left for Italy.
For that matter, the proof of the
janitor is in the heating.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
! National Field Secretary To
Be in Sumter, Monday,
March 13th
I -
i Miss Edith M. Kempthorne, na
: tional hold secretary of Camp Fire
I Girls, an organization of 150.000
; members between the ages of 12
and 20, will arrive in Sumter on
[Monday. March 13th. She will
' stop at the Imperial Hotel.
Miss Kempthorne will be the
i chief speaker at a public meeting
j to be held that evening to which
! all are invited. Miss Kempthorne
1 [
will talk on "The Aim and Scope |
of Camp Fire and the Girl." There
voll be a council tiro in addition j
round which the Camp Fire Guard- j
ians of Sumter will sit. For the !
first time, Sumter will see her I
Camp Fire Girls in ceremonial cos- [
tume.
An exhibition of Camp Fire |
handicraft will be another feature j
of this meeting.
Miss Sallie Rembcrt of 109 X. |
Washington street, will be chair- j
man of the meeting.
Swedish Diplomat Reports Startling ;
Famine Conditions.
Stockholm, Feb. 1.?Sweden's
Premier, Hjalmar Branting has re- 1
ceived a telegram from Consul Gen
eral Ekstrand. head of the Swed
ish Relief Commission at Samaria.
Russia, telling of cannibalism in ,
the Volga famine district, previous- ;
ly reported by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen.
He says.
"The terrible sufferings of the j
population here forces me to ad- !
dress a flaming'.appeal to Sweden's 1
government ana people to help still i
more in lighting one of the cruel- I
est and worst disasters in the his- J
tory of humanly. There are places
in the famine district where the
people endure such misery that it j
leads to dementia. Corpses have 1
already been eaten. They are now i
beginning to kill people to eat
them. In spite of Sweden's pres
ent difficulties I beseech the Riks
dag in the nanu- of human chari
ty to grant the support requested.
"The reward will come."
A report from the Swedish Re
lief Expedition announces that
19.000 people daily are being fed
in the Swedish public kitchens in
the famine district. Fieid hospi
tals have also been established in
the villages of the same district.
The head of 'the expedition ex
presses his hopes in sufficient sup
port from home is forthcoming to
increase the number of people fed
daily up to 40.000 The cattle in the
district are dying from starvation
in large numbers every day and
have decreased since J'.'Ja from
about 35.000 to 7.500.
Egypt Dissatisfied With British.
Alexandria. Egypt. .Tan. 27.?
England appears entirely to have
lost the good-will of the Egyptians,
both individually and collectively,
as a resul', of the failure of the
[Anglo-Egyptian negotiations for a
treaty and ihe refusal of the Brit
ish government to withdraw troops
from this country.
Egypt is again quiet after tin
failure- of the revolution in De
cember and tourists may now come
; and go withour fear of danger, but
I Egypt is not in normal cnodition.
Marshal law is enforced and many
[newspapers, including the leading
English daily, the Egyptian <'<;?
i zett?-. have been suspended for the
! publication of criticisms of the pol
icy of the i;riti>!: government.
The Egyptians arc resentful over
Iwhat they characterize "of
i fensivc language" of memorasti
! dum sen' by General Alien-by. the
j British iiigh Commissioner, to
j Sultan .notifying him that Egypt
was a link in the British Empire
? and that her troops could i.oi be
withdrawn.
Egyptians are indignant also over
the arrest and banishment ol
Zaghloul Pasha and other Nation
alist leaders and <-.v.dingly ansrrj
[over th?- deaths inflicted during the
Christmas revolt; ion.
In order to '-vent Zaghloul's
followers from u.ing that indispen
sib!e weapon of modern revolutions,
money. Lord A lien by has issued a
military decree directing tht* no
bank of Egypt shall pay out any
'funds belonging to Zaghloul Pasha.
;or to tin- Nationalist party, o;* whh-h
he is president, without the per
mission of the High Commissioner.
Again we ask the phone company
for a book showing the wroitg
numbers to <-all to g, ; the i ighi
ones.
Bryan started running for the
senate early: but perhaps li- .i
long way io run.
"FUNERAL"
TOO SOON
Man Shows Up Years After
Skeleton is Found
Ozark. Ark.. Feb. 21.-1:110
Terry, who suddenly disappeared
from his home neai here fifteen
years ago. for whose "murder" two
men were indicted and tried several
times, each trial resulting in a hung
jury, and whose "funeral" was held
years ago. died yesterday at his
home near Charleston, Franklin
County.
Alter he bad been missing more
than twelve years Terry Avas found
in a sanitarium and was brought to
bis former home, where he died.
Terry was a saw mill employee. He
drew his wages one afternoon and
disappeared. Some time later a
skeleton was discovered near the
saw mill wheie he had been em
ployed. It was "positively identi
fied" by relatives and Terry's fu
neral was held. The owner of the
mill and another employee were
tried several times on charges of
killing Terry, and it was more than
i wo years before they were acquit
ted.
Yellow Fever Eradication in Ecqua
dor.
Bloomington, Ind.. Feb. 11?Yel
low fever, the scourge of South
America for centuries, lias been
eradicated from Guayaquil on the
coast of Ecquador, according to an
announcement received heyc. by Dr.
Carl H. Eigenmann, head of the
department of zoology of Indiana
University and an authority in
South American fishes, from the
Sanitary Commission of Ecuador.
The? announcement was accompa
nied by specimens of litte- fishes
discovered for the prevention of
the disease, with a request that
they l>e classified and that the "in
formation be g!% -n 'row ti.iXn col
lected in various Indiana Univer
sity expeditions of South America
as to where these fishes are to be
found. The fishes have been, iden
tified and detailed information has
been forwarded which will enable
other South American countries to
locate tin* fishes and use them in
dealing death l a the yellow fever
mosquito.
Yellow fever is carried from one
person to another by a mosquito
which lives in the barrels in which
the natives of South America keep
their drinking water. Each family
has kept its own supply of yellow
fever carriers, so to speak, and
many times ports of the west
coast have been closed against
ships on account of outbreaks of
yellow fever. Recently the Sani
tary Commission of Ecuador be
gan experiments with various fish
es which would cat the mosquitoes
in tlie barrels. Some fishes ate
the "wigglers" which develop into
mosquitos. and it was found that
two fishes, called "chalacos" and
"huaijas" by the natives, did the
work effectively.
The "chalacos" is found every
where along the tropical part of
the Pacific coast and will be avail
able for mosquito control along
with, the entire danger zone from
Peru to Caljfornia. others of the
same species is found in similar
situations over the entire danger
zone in the West Indies and hot
Atlantic coast.
The second species. called
"iiuaijas" would be even better
able t(? control the situation than
tii" ''chalacos" if it did not have
tile habit of jumping out of tin
barrels. This fish is con lined to
freshwater from Central Equador
to Central Peru, according to the
records of the Indiana University
expeditions.
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Urges Women to Vote.
To the Editor of Tin- State:
Our women of South Carolina
have always done their duty in ev
ery deserving cause, when called
upon. During our last war our wo
men did their "bit." by assisting in
every wa> with the various drives
for the sale of war savings stamps
and Liberty bonds and in aiding
the numerous organizations for
helping our soldiers who were fight
ing on the front. Whenever and
wherever our women could be of
assistance to our government and
our people they have come to the
from and done their duty.
Today ihe war is over, but peace
still has its duties to perform, and
tin- need today is even greater in
sonn- instances than during; the
war. Our coming election promises
to be quite an interesting one. as
it seems that various questions of
utmost importance to our state
and to our people are to be decid
ed. Personally, I have never been
an advocate of woman suffrage,
but now that we have the fran
chise I ihirik it is nut only the priv
ilege but the solemn duty of every
woman who has the welfare of her
country and her people a? heart 10
lay aside that cloak of false "re
finement" and register her name
among the registered voters of
her county. When the time for
election comes if sue does not feel
i: her duty to go to the polls and
east her ballot tne registering of
her name among the voters can do
her no barm, but, on the .other
hand, if she feels ?aal she can do
her "bit-' for h?*r government and
for the uplift of her community
then she lias the privilege of go
ing to tic- polls and casting her bal
lot for what is right and just. If
our right thinking women good
soiiFid Christian character do not
come to tie- front and cast their
bailors for what is right and jus:
r !i< ri woman suffrage is going to )?>?
one <?:' the v. to st curse.- our country
has ever, known. If you have not
already regisu red do so ai once so
thai wh -n 'lo- time comes to vole
you '..!!! be I..- qualified to vote,
w b< I her you do so or not.
.v South Carolina Woman."
Successful wife: Any woman
whu ?an manag?- to look awed
while her husband i- doin?, hi:
selling bragging.
SUMMER EX
CURSION RATES
Southern Railway Announces
Reduction to Mountain and
Seashore Resorts
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 21.?
General Passenger Agent II. F
Gary of the Southern Railway Sys
tem announced here today that the
Southern will put on round trip
tourist rates to mountain and sea
shore resorts for the coming sum
mer season, eight per cent Of the
double one way fare which is n
very substantial reduction under
the tourist fares in effect last sum
mer. For example where the one
way fare is ten dollars the round
trip rate this summer will be six
teen dollars, last year the round trip
rate would have been eighteen dol
lars plus one dollar forty-four cents
war tax, making a total of nineteen
dollars forty-four cents. These
rale.-; will apply from all stations to
all mountain and seashore resorts
reached by the Southern and are
expected to have a great effect in
stimulating tourist travel.
Red Revolution in Persia Subdued.
Moscow. Jan. 22.?Ehsanulla. the
chief of the red revolutionary
movement of Persia, who last June
made a daring raid that all but suc
ceeded in capturing Teheran, has
escaped the Shah's Cossacks and is
now here.
"The people's struggle against
the Shah and the feudal landlords
has failed. There'll be no more."
he said. His comrade leaders in the
revolution were killed.
Ehsanulla is rated the most pic
turesque figure of all the bandit
and revolutionary leaders of the
Middle East.
Educatctl and daring, for It!
y. ars he has fought the established
order in Persia. His long hair ami
shaggy beard are known to thou
sands of Persian peasants.
lie is known as the Karl Marx
of Persia, but in many ways re
sembles Makno. the peasant leader
of South Russia. He has never
been captured, though he has talc
en part in every armed struggle
of Persia since 1905. lie might
now be master of Teheran, and of
Persia but for quarrels between
two of his associate leaders, Kut
chik and Haiuar.
With a peasant army strengthen
ed by Russian Communists, he
struck from Rcsokt to Teheran,
while many of the Shah's ."iu.UOa
troops were putting down risings at
Tabriz and at Horoshan. and was
within 35 miles of Teheran when
a betrayal in his own ranks gave
news of his whereabouts and forc
ed his retreat.
'"After the Anglo-Russian treaty,
by which both nations agreed to
leave Persia alone." said Elianulla>
"I realized that the Sayyid Zia-u
Din government was a reversion to
the- old, corrupt law of the feu
dalists, each of whom is a sort of a
little Shah, and that the rule, of the
combined peasantry and educated
class wottld go under, perhaps for
ever, unless I made u last despor
ate effort.
"So I got together a few thou
sand peasant soldiery and by se
cret paths and rapid marching
tried to reach Teheran. The Cos
1 racks of the Shah began to attack
me and the Russian Communists
with me lost heart. I fought until
I was surrounded and then retreat
ed.
"An Englishman no longer dares
to go into .Vorth Persia, but this
is not much satisfaction for nie
since they will again control in
Teheran. My pity is for me tin
poor peasants. I built schools and
hospitals for them.
"There need be no fear that
Persia will join the Pan-Islamic
union projected by Envcr Pasha.
The Islamic religion has ruined the
Orient ami we have no desire to
fern: a union that would again
place us in subjection to the
Turks."
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Gypsies, Invade Parts of Germany.
Berlin. Jan. 21*.?North and Fast
Hanover. from Oldenburg to
Brunswick, have been invaded by
an army .' gypsies, traveling in
bands comprising sometimes lau
wagons and camping in fields and
woods. They invade the market
places in towns and on market
days crowd out German vendors.
The authorities in the several
communities are faxed beyond their
resources to control these hordes
and prevent them from beating the
Germans in trades, at which they
are adepts. Members of the Reich
stag have asked the government
what steps were to he taken to
drive out or control the unwelcome
guests.
Wln-ie they have come from the
authorities do not know, but many
of ihem are rich, travel in state in
luxurious -wagons, equipped with
rich oriental rugs and line furnish
ings, and ice-boxes in which there
are always supplies of good wines,
liquors and costly champagnes.
.Men of these gypsy bunds have
adopted modern European apparel,
bul the women cling to ihe quaint
and picturesque original costumes.
The young girls are beautiful.
Communities through which the
invaders pass usually are cleaned
out through trade, purchase, or
theft, although it is next to impos
sible to fix crimes upon the gj*p
sics.
Railroad asks ['. y. for $31.000.
When did our government ?;<> back
under railroad control".'
Some auto owners think a street
car ought to turn up an alley when
it sees : hem coming.
'!'!*?? proper time to buy more coal
seems to have been last fall.
Paris. "Xothmg-Xothing" gown
was probably named when a man's
wife asked him what he was look
ing at.
Time lie >; it ^- nearly By lij'uc
RUSSO-JAPA
NESE WAR
Trotzky Compains of Japanese
Encroachments
Moscow, Jan. 23.?The possibility
of a new Russo-Japanese war. j?e
eause of mutual encroachments in
the Far East, has In-.-on:,' a sub
ject of diseussion: in military cir
cles here because of the shipment
of army physicians and large num
bers of ollicers for troop training
I purposes to Chita (Siberia) and
other points. Also troops s.object
10 discharge at the expiration of
service terms arc being held.
George Chitchcrin, Soviet
j Minister uf Foreign Atiairs, has
sent many notes to the Japanese,
none of which appears lo evoke an
acknowledgment.
Leon Trotzky in his speech at
the Ninth Ail-Soviet Congress,
plainly slated that Russia could not
indefinitely endure the advance of
Japanese troops on territory of its
ally, the Far Eastern Republic.
He iiad reference, in particular, to
i the menace to Chita from Mon
; golia, by Japanese.
; It is felt here that Russia will
j not and cannot enter into any real
! war with Japan, partly because of
the great distance from Moscow
; and also the lack of food Co: any
j large bodies of troops, but that in
the spring 'here' may be more ad;
\ vance guard skirmishes.
Tri the meanwhile, the weapon
of Russia will continue to be prop
aganda against Japanese militar
ism by working through the Third
internationale- among the Soeial
] ists and Communists of Japan,
Korea. Mongolia and China.
I This is the main purpose of the
l forthcoming congress here of Far
Kast.-rn Peoples. Many inspired ar
i tides continue to appear in the
.Moscow press in. an effort to show
that the interests, of Russia and the
j United States are identical, as re
' la ted to Japan. "
At the Armament Conference in
; Washington Karon Shidchara, made
j a statement declaring that-Japan
: had no territorial designs in Rus
sia and giving assurances that Jap
! anesc troops would be withdrawn
. as soon '6.< a stable government
: could be established there.
Baron Uchida. "the Japanese For
! eign Minister, had announced to
i the Japanese Diet a few days be
! fore that Japan intended lo evacu
' ate Russian territory as soon as
! guarantees could "be given for the
! safety of the lives and property of
j their nationals,
j No date when this could be ac
complished was suggested in the
j Japanese statement to the Washi
j ington conference. Secretary
; Hughes announced in the confer
, ence, that these Japanese assurances
i were taken to mean that Japan did
! not seek through her military oper
ation in Siberid"fo impair the rights
! of the Russian people in any re
[ speck.> . .
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Norway Extends Territorial Sea
fane.
Copenhagen. Feb. 2.?Norway
undertook a short time ago to cx
? lend her territorial waters to ten
?miles (instead of three miles) in
fan endeavor to cope with the or
jganized and ever-increasing smug
gling of spirits into the country,
j . The extension meant that all
[ships venturing inside the territor
ial waters were subject to searcn
bv Norwegian customs cflicers em
powered lo confiscate any cargo oi
spirits a ad under certain circum
stances, authorized to seize the ship.
Roth Denmark and Sweden have
protested against the Norwegian
extension of her territorial waters,
and certain other powers nave noti
fied the Norwegian government
that they wiil not tolerate any
search of ships Hying thier Hags
and engaged in bona tide trade.
These protests have resulted in
an amendment to the new Norwe
gian law on territorial waters to
the effect that only ships anchoring
within the teu mile limit are .sub
ject to search.
Fraternal ist to Stage Rig Conven
tion.
Chicago, Feh. tu.?More than
eight million members of the fra
ternal beneficiary system of this
country and Canada will Ire repre
sented at a meeting of the National
Fraternal Congress of America
when it convenes here February 20
for a :j-day session, in addition,
the Kratern Society Law Association
will meet on February 2'2. Fra
trnal legal authorities wiil be pres
ent to discuss their phases of this
work and the Press Section of the
National Fraternal Congress ol
America will convene.
Most important will be the meet
ing of the Presidents" Section, over
which H. J. Dunn, of Chicago will
preside. Insurance commissioners
of Iowa and Illinois will address
Lhe meeting, and there will be ad
dresses and talks by W. A'.'. Bry
ant. Karras <'i!y. M<>.; Henri Loy.
Montreal. Canada: W. E. Futeh.
Cleveland. <>.: Owen West. .Mrs.
Frances Buel.l Olson, St. Paul.
Minn.: Walter Basye Rochester,
N. V.: Miss Bin a M. West; Port
Huron. Mi'h.: A. C. McLean. Sha
ron. Pa.; and D. A. Helpman. To
ledo, 6.
important addresses at the sce
iN'tarios" meeting will be made by
W. C. Futeh. Cleveland. (>.: George
l>yre Eld ridge. Boston. .Mas.-.: E.
A. Myers. Toledo. <>.: R. L. Blo.l
eeti. Madison. Wis.: E. L. F.alz.
Mason City. Ja : Orrin Thompson,
Net nah. Wis., and others.
Physicians arc looking for the
most beautiful back in America.
What aboul the come-back-?
-
Divorcing armament is about the
on I; way to keep Mars from ha v
ing custody of the children.
"Congress doesn't approve con
cessions in Russia." Congress
provides its own sessions of con.
-o-o?>
When a woman speaks of her
new -nil ihese days you don't knov\
if she has nuht or brought one.
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A small percentage of southern farmers
obtained n bale of cotton per acre last year.
Plenty ot fertilizer plus hard work overcame
the boll weevil, crop diseases and adverse
weather conditions?and made money for
them.
This year it will not he a question of
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Swift's R^d Steer Fertilizers are backed
by the Swift reputation, maintained for
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The famous Red Steer bag shown above
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buying fertilizer.
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1 Communist Parly Elect Two Wo
men.
Moscow. Jan. 29.?Only two wo
i men were elected members of the
I Central Executive Committee, the
: real governing body of Soviet Rus
i sia, at the last All-Russian Soviet
congress recently held here.
The two women members are
; X. K. Oulianova, wife of Prem.ier
! Lenine and President of the Chief
: Political and Educational Commis
j sion. who is active in organizing
women's Communist organizations,
'and Mme. Alexandra Kollantry.
? who formerly was minister of the
Commissar of Social Welfare.
The committee has SSO mem
bers. Among thorn are Rela Kun.
who was leader of the Communist
movement in Hungary; G. E.
Zinovieft and Karl Radek, all three
I of whom are especially active in
the affairs of the Third Internat
ionale.
The great attention that Moscow
is paying to the Ukraine, which is
: daily becoming more independent
I in its altitude and takes its orders
I less and less from Moscow, was in
1 dicated by the election to the Cen
tral Executive Committee of three
, Ukrainians. They were Rakowsky,
I president of the Ukraine republic:
i Manuclsky, the Ukrainian Commis
: sar ?*?>r Agriculture, and Skrybnik,
!'Ukrainian Commissar of Home Af
i fair.-.
All the other well-known Bolshe
vist loaders were returned to mem
bership on the committee. Among
tin- number were Premier Lenine,
i Leon Trotzky. General Budcnny,
cavalry leader; George V. Chicher
in. commissar of Koerign Affairs;
L. B. Krassin. Commissar of For
i eign Trade: J. V. Stalin. Commissar
t of .National Minorities: and Leo
Kameneff. President of the Moscow
So\ iet.
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>' Hal Tests <^uaP*iy Street Car
Mot orificii.
rf??vv psychological tests, employ
ed to sele?'l . '.reet car niotormcn of
Berlin, are reducing operating costs
and accidents is tald in the March
issue of Popular Science Monthly.
Before the men tire entrusted
with cars. they must prove that
their visual and muscular reac
tions are iitticker than those of the
normal man. Standing on practice
platforms resembling the platform
ol ;t rar. the candidates undergo
rigid examinations.
Everj conceivable emergency is
reproduced, such as breakage,
electric shocks, and accidents. The
actions, of tie- novices in meeting
such emergencies and the time it
takes them to respond are careful
ly* recorded.
At Last Outdoor Sleepers Can Keep
Heads Warm
Outdoor sleeping is likely to he
more popular with the use of a
r.ewly designed electrically heated
;>;t<i keep the sealp warm: for?
particularly ir: the damp air and
changing temperatures of spring?
ii is sometimes difficult to sleep
comfortably without putting the
head under the bed clothes.
To fill this need, the new electric
pad. described in the March issue
popular Science Monthly, is
shaped for the head and designed
so that the temperature never rises
enough !<> injure the hair. The
conection cord is attached to any
el? etrie-light socket.
The plan to abolish money was
probably started by some female
communist who discovered it made
.i bulge in her stocking.
"A s;ood man is hard t-> find."'
\ v everyone. " Xot a< hard as
,i Lao one. says the police.
DEATH RATE
HAS DECREASED
Washington. Feb. 21?The death
rate in country decreased to 1006
per hundred thousand of population
in lt-20, according to the census bu
reau.
Government Sues in Columbia
Postoflice Case.
Columbia. Feb. 21.?Tin- case of
I the government against TV. M. Max
well and the Globe Indemnity Co..
involving the contract for comple
tion of the Columbia post office
I within the time specified in he
; original contract for the consfruc
j tion of the post office, is to come
i to court at the .March term of fed
I oral court in Florence, starting
I March 14th. The amount involved
I is $120,000.
' Mr. Maxwell is < n the Pacific
[coast. He had a contract with the
?government before the war started
for the erection of the new post of
fiee iii Columbia After the speci
fied time had lapsed and the build
'? ing was not completed, the govern
I ment let another contract and a
j different firm completed the struc
f iire. The Globe company were
I bondsmen for the contractor.
Bf by Left in Boom of Columbia
I Boaitling lfousc.
Columbia. Feb. 21.?A three-i
weeks .-Id baby was today turned
over to the city detention home, the
infant having been found at a
boarding house on one of the city's
best streets. A couple called at the
hoarding house Sunday and ar
ranged to rent a room. They took
the room immediately. The lady
I who owns the home went for
I ah automobile ride, and when
! she came back the couple was gone,
hut site found tiie baby in the r om.
I She turned it over to the police.
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i
! Xcw Fossil Discoveries in Kentucky
I Lexington. Ky.. Feb. 11?Dis
| covery of the remains of a mam
[moth of prehistoric days at Pig
' Bone Lick has furnished fresh
trail for scientific research, accord
| ing to Prof. A.M. Miller, head of
: the department of geology of the
I University of Kentucky. The
state':; licks and caves contain a
(larger variety of mammalian re
mains, including those of pre-his
i toric Juan, than are to be found
; in other states, he says.
Tit, jawbone of an Indian, skel
eton of bears and wolves all of
!'which lived maity hundreds of
years a^o. are among the recent I
discoveries in the state. Mr. Miller
says. These relics were unearthed
on the Breck Smith farm, on the,
old Frankfort pike.
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Richmond. Feb. 22. ? James
Brown Potter, the father of Mrs.
Fifi Potte*- Stillman. of New York,
died suddenly at the home of
Frank Powers here today.
Eat, drink and be merry and to
morrow you will have to reduce.
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Chicago says she has only 10.000
criminals. Lots of her jail birds
must be south, for the winter.
One argument against cheek-sto
eheek dancing is that by midnight
all have the same complexion.
L may not he a hard winter 'en
at times we feel pretty shaky.
Little brown jug ano little town
jug .-.re never empty the same day.
Russia claims we owe her Sev
ern! million rubles. That's almost
Why Lawyers Arc.
I? a man were to give another
an orange he would simply say.
"I give you this orange," but when
the transaction, is intrusted .to.,the
hand? of a lawyer,to put in writing,
he adopts this form: *T hereby
give and convey to you. ail and
singular, my.estate and interests,
right, title, claim and advantage of
and in said orange, together .with
all of its rind, juice, pulp and pits,
and- all rigjus Und advantages
therein, with full power to bite, cut,
suck and otherwise eat the same,
or give the same with or without
the rind skin' juice, pulp or pits,
anything hereinbefore or herein
after or in any other deed or deeds,
instrument or instruments of what
ever nature or kind whatsoever to
the contrary in any wise, n?ih
withstattding."?Latkin News.
An attorney was examining a wit
ness and chanced to ask him about
the character of the dead man who
figured in the case, to which the
witness replied: ? . .
"lie was a man without blame,
beloved and respected by ail. pure
in all his thoughts and?"
"How did you learn that?" de
manded the judge.
"I read it on his tombstone." was
the disconcerting reply.?World
Recorder.
A Georgia politician. Ions: in the
pubiie eye. is quoted as having con
tributed the following jest to the
b>ng list of "railroad jokes":
"One day." said he. "I was wait
ing for a train. One hour,, two
hours, three hours passed, but no
Irani. Just as I was about to make
arrangements lor a vehicle to drive
me to the next town, the station
agent said:
"I wouldn't go to that trouble,
sir. That train will be along* coon
now."
"What makes you think so?'
"Well." he said. 'I'm pretty cer
tain it will. Here comes the con
ductor's dog now." ? De Laval
Mo nt tily.
Mr. Goodsoh?Cadger tells a piti
ful hard-luck story.
Mr. Pstuhge?Yes. it's quite a
.ouching talc.?Retail Ledger.
The Boy Scouts were telling their
scoutmaster of some of the good
turns they had done during th" last
week. He was having this done for
the benefit of one of the city
school teachers who was visiting
the meeting. One of the' little
scouts said. "I helped an old lady
across the s; rect." . .
The next little scout looked at
the visiting teacher, who happened
to be Ids teacher, and who also was
in the early thirties. "I brought my
teacher a pitcher of well water
irh' t: she was not feeling well." he
-old the scoutmaster.
The teacher smiled. "Why didn't
Vou say you helped another old
lady'."' .she asked.
The retort that came back stag
gered her. The little scout aid
sweetly, "A scout is courteous:" -
Indianapolis News.
it was a big cotton manufactur
ing t<>wn in Lancashire, where a
revival service had been held. At
the close the minister called upon
all those who wished to go to
Heaven to stand up. All rose to
their feet with the exception ? f
Hi"' vr>png man.
"Don't you want to go to Heaven,
my friend?" asked the preacher.
"Oh. aye. T want to go. rect
enough.' the young fellow replied.
"'?iu n*vi wi' this trip.**?London
Tit-Bits.,
Twinkle, twinkte, movie star:
how we wonder what you arc.