New Culture Is
Dream of Reds
MISS EMILY FARNUM
BOSTON STREETS CONGESTED BY CAR STRIKE
Huge Sums are Expended by the Morosoff palace were held weekly
competitive soirees, which M. Lunntch-
Bolshevists to Promote
arsky and even ‘our mighty Illtch’
(I. e., Lenine) did not shrink from at
Their Propaganda.
SEE WEIRD EFFECTS IN ART
Democratized Paintings are Splashes
of Color That Outdo the Work of
Cubists— Newspapers and
Books are Scarce.
tending, though tl»e ordeul for Lenine,
who is a cultivated man, must have
been hard. Bolshevik poets read aloud
their verses, and bolshevik puinters
showed how hopelessly they hud left
post-impressionists, cubists and ex
pressionists behind. Two of their
paintings shown to me at Stockholm
were mere splashes of color, framed in
zigzags of common tar.
Many Papers Suspended.
London ‘T’roietnrlanlzing Russian “Tlie plight of proletarian culture
culture, Is one of the tasks attended has grown markedly worse during the
to by the bolshevik government of Le- lust few mouths, mainly owing to lack
idne and Trotzky. What this process of paper. In Petrograd, instead of
consists of is told by the Copenhagen nine newspapers, there have appeared
correspondent of the London Morning since April 1 only five. The bolshevik
Post. He says:
propaganda Is still turning out many
If the bolshevik system, as seems thin political pamphlets, some of which
likely, disappears altogether from Rus 1 have seen; but book publishing has
sia during the present summer, a curi almost entirely ceased; and the best
ous experiment in ‘culture’ thereby known Itusslun novelists, Aiulreyeff,
Streets und sidewalks in Boston are congested by persons walking or riding to work in any sort of conveyance
will be brought to an end. Beyond Kurpin and Merezhkovsky, are begin Miss Emily Farnum of New York
doubt nine-tenths of bolshevism is ning the publication of their writings city, for many years connected with during the car strike, which has tied up transportation.
common murder and plunder—the bol with Bonnier of Stockholm. The In the department of commerce, has been
shevik dictator, Zlnovilieff, In a speech ability to produce books at home will nnmed chief of the appointment divi
of May 10, admitted that ‘three-quar certainly continue for years.”
sion for the 1920 census.
APACHES HOLD THEIR LAST TRIBAL MEETING
ters of the 140,OCX) soviet officials care
only for their own pockets,' but the
other tenth is honest funaticlsin with
the customury foundation of delusions.
‘‘One delusion is thnt there can be a
specific ‘proletarian culture.’ Last
month the Moscow provincial soviet
(in the Intervals of shooting old men
and boys whose kinsmen of service age
refused to fight) set about organizing
blograph and graphophone entertain
her offer of about $125,000 the pro
ments in the villages, ‘at which,' says Aunt Reimburses Gotham Lieu of
the Krasnaya Gazetta, ‘In addition to tenant for Money His Uncle ceedings will he dropped.
Had Never Qualified.
showing plctorlaily and screaming
Mr. Quinn’s report states thnt Lieu
stridently the infamies of our former
Squandered.
tenant Dechert’s mother, Lillian F.
foes, we are providing renl proletarian
Dechert, died in Connecticut in 1898,
education, art, science, philosophy, his
and named Flanagan, her brother, t t
tory.’ It Is culture stamped with the
executor under her will and guardian
Irresistible ‘proletkult’ mark. This VICTIM
OF
CONFIDENCE
of her son. The referee states that
‘proletkult,’ a word concocted by
he never qualified as the guardian Of
Lunatcharsky, Is the official name of a
his nephew in New York and had ro
slate department with headquarters In Share In Estate of Grandmother
Catherine street, Petrogrnd, and In the Misappropriated by Former Con authority to receive property here as
his guardian.
Moscow Morosoff palace. The con gressman— Nephew Accepts Set
The accounting of the executors to
cocted word goes with Sovnarcom (for
tlement After Court Action.
which Lleutennet Dechert objected
Council of People’s Commissaries),
Glavsakhar (for chief sugar monop New York.—As the result of n set was filed in 1910, and stated that the
entire residuary estnte of Mrs. Flana
oly), Sovdep, and other barbarous
announced, Jnmes F. Dechert, gan had been distributed In 1900 among The remaining members of the famed Apache tribe, COO in number, hekl their lust encampment at Mesculera. N. M„
neologisms which, with bolshevism, tlement
who served ns a lieutenant In France, four beneficiaries, each of whom was recently. The tribe was once the most feared and populou s of Indian groups In the West. The ceremonies this year
have enriched the language of Tur- will
receive $125,000 ns his share of the entitled to $113,000. The share allot
genleff and Tolstoy.
estnte of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah ted to Lieutenant Dechert consisted of took the form of ceremonial dances, feasting and other exorcises dear to the heart of the redman.
Millions Expended on Cult.
Flanagan, who died in 1900, al mortgages for $54,000, $40,000 and $19,-
‘‘The commissariat of education, J. though
Ida uncle, De W itt C. Flana 000 respectively. Mrs. Shannon Joined MADE FROM CARTRIDGE SILK
over which Lunatcharsky presides, gan, formerly
a congressman from New in tl.is accounting.
DIRIGIBLE EXPLODES; THIRTEEN KILLED
spent in 1018 2,900,000,000 roubles Jersey and original
promoter of the
(nominally $1,450,000,000), and the es Cape Cod canal, misappropriated
his GAMBLERS SET UP ‘REPUBLIC’
timates of its expenditure for the first share of $113,000 In his grandmoth
half of 1019 alone amount to 4,007,000,- er’s
estate.
000 roubles, nominally about 00 per
Halted on Way to Present Demands
cent more thnn the whole nunual bud The settlement under which the pay
for Recognition to the
ment
is
to
be
mnde
by
his
nunt,
Mrs.
get before the war. Of the first men Gertrude E. Shannon of 121 Madison
King of Italy.
tioned sum over 250,000,000 roubles, nvenue, follows the report of John
the Kraynaya Gazetta says, was Quinn, named In 1910 ns referee to Geneva.—An Interesting situation
on the encouragement of literature and hear objections by Lieutenant Dechert has arisen at Campione, the Italian
the arts, ‘that is, of the specific artis in the accounting by Mrs. Shnnnon, Monte Carlo, near I.ugnno.
tic and literary forms which are glor and
At the Instance of the Swiss author
Flanagan, his uncle, ns execu ities
iously known as ‘proletkult.’ Thus art tors Mr.
the Italian government closed the
under
his
grandmother’s
will.
and literature are violently democra
gambling
plnce recently, whereupon
Takes Testimony Two Years.
tized.
the residents, consisting of several
‘‘During the whole of Inst winter, In Mr. Quinn took testimony In the case hundred male voters, declared Cam
for two years In order to determine the
an independent republic, with
accountability of Mrs. Shnnnon for the pione
the
object
of reopening the Casino,
acts of her brother, and finally de which, during
months of Its
cided thnt the decisions In simllnr existence, mnde the n few
Fortune Teller Takes
profit
reported to
cases compelled him to hold that both be more thnn n million dollars.
Long Trip She Predicted
Mrs. Shannon and Mr. Flanagan chief shareholders were Austrians. The
should necount for Lieutenant Dech
Kansas City, Mo.—“Mister, ert’s $113,000, with interest since A delegation, hended by the mayor,
with n petition and proclamation, was
you ore going on a long, long
.
the way to Rome to Interview the
Journey," said Allle Rico, n for 1000
Counsel for Mrs. Shannon objected on
king when stopped at the Itnlinn fron
tune teller, to Detective Harry
to
the
liability
ruling
against
her
on
The delegation was sent home;
Arthur.
the ground that she had ncted Inno tier.
the
papers
were seized and the dele
"I want company; come with
cently and had been guilty only of gates were threatened
with nrrest.
me to police headquarters," Ar blind
trust
In
her
brother,
but
before
thur told Allle.
the
attorneys
for
Lieutenant
Dechert
In police court Allle was fined had presented n decree to the surro WIRELESS THROUGH EARTH
$200 and costs. She was given gate
directing the payment of the $113,-
a stay on condition she close up 000 with
13 years’ Interest, overtures Naval Officer Makes Discoveries Which
her establishment.
for a settlement were mnde, and as n
W ill Revolutionize
result of the acceptance by her nephew
Radiography.
San Diego, Cal.,—Radiography will
Below, the Go dyeor blimp, which exploded above the loop district of
revolutionized by transmission
WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF FISH THIS IS? be
Chicago
nnd fell into a bank, killing ten bank employees nnd three members
through the earth and water, instead
of the crew. Above, the skylight of the bank building through which the
of the air ns the result of discoveries
mnde at a little experiment station lo The ordnnnce bureau of the war de blimp crashed.
cated on a barge in San Diego bay, It partment Is offering to the dress goods
Is predicted by Lieut. A. A. Morton of trade 18,000,000 yards of material
STEAMSHIP GRAMPIAN HITS AN ICEBERG
the navy radio laboratory at Mare Is
will be a complete novelty to mi
land, who conducted the experiments. which
It Is a special silk mnde for
First proof of the success of the new lady.
wrapping
cartridge bags, of a quality
method of rndlo transmission through which should
two or three
the earth, it was revealed, was mnde dollars a yard. retail To for prove
that the
when the United States navy depart cloth In suitable for dress goods.
ment sent a message from the Anhapo- E. E. Garrison bad a dress made Col.
Its station to the British admiralty fitted to his secretary. Here it Is. and
thnt the dirigible R-34 had been sight
ed off the Amerlcnn coast.
Should Be Careful.
Lieutenant Morton was at his Instru Every spring
in Venice the ques
ments, heard the message and copied tion arises : "Shall
the bathing suits
it in its entirety, he said.
be censured?” They were discussing
the m atter nt the Woman’s club the
LIVE HIGH ON STRIKE BONUS other night nnd one prim member
said:
Genoa Longshoremen Get $6.50 D a y -
"Really, I do think that the pres
ent costumes nre rather underdone.
Hire Underlings at $2
to Do Work.
I know they are better for swimming
and all that, but you never know who
Genoa.—Genoa longshoremen recent sees you under the water, with all
ly converted themselves In twenty-four these submarines about.”
hours from striking workmen to em
The Canadian Faciflc steamship Grampian In St. John's harbor with her
ployers oi labor.
An' Ever*thing.
bows stove in ns a result of striking an Iceberg. No damage wns done under
They obtained through the strike a Martha, "h e 1« about ready to finish the water line. Tbe Grampian steamed under her own power from Cape Race,
day wage rate of $0.50 and the follow her kindergarten, had roen the circus j where it hit the berg, back to St. John's.
ing day hired other men for their Jobs parade, and, at dinner, was telling her |
at $2 a day. thereafter living easy Uvea father of the wonderful sights. “An’,
Bricks are being manufactured I
on the remaining $4.50 for eight hour« papa, I saw one o’ those grea', grea'
TRADE BRIEFS
the United Kingdom at the rate of 4(
management of the $2-a-day underling. big potnmusses; an' a whole lot o’
Instances of strike winning with sub- shepherds (papa's questions developed January is the wheat harvesting sen- 000,000 a week.
The Co-operative Wholesale socle!
sequent subletting of Jobs according to she meant leopards) an’ white m ens; son of Australia.
Huge and unknown fish caught by mackerel fishers In a net at Torbay, the Genoa idea have been prevalent an* some elephants playin' crack the Sheep are used ns beasts of burden of Manchester, England, has decld«
England. It was IS feet long and was of a species unknown to tbe fishermen, during the Intermittent labor troubles whip, hoi’ o’ each other's tails; an'— in northern India and carry 20-pound that Its employees, numbering 30.00
should Join Dudes unions.
being a sort of cross between the man-eating shark and the gentle dolphin.
throughout Italy.
Returned Yank
Given $125,000