Dayton tribune., May 21, 1920, Image 7

DESTITUTE SEEKING RELIEF IN JERUSALEM
CABINET WOMEN DO THEIR OWN MARKETING
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Forced by Hit, ever-Increasing co»i of living, members of Waslilnglon'« ofhclsi fumily uro doing Hi”*» own mar-
knlng. Photograph shows left to right: Mra. David HouatMi. wife of the secretary of the treasury; Mr». Bobbins,
wife of tin, former United lltatas minister to Chile, and Mia. Cory N. Grayson, wife of the president's physician.
Admiral Grayson, purchunlng meat for their table» nt a »lull In the Central market, Washington, D. C.
NOTED RUSSIANS
SLAIN ON YACHT
Finding of Bodies Reveals One of
Most Mysterious Tragedies
of Black Sea.
FLED FROM THE BOLSHEYIKI
On Board the Yacht Were Found 14e
000,000 Rublee In Gold, Paper and
Jewels— King of Roumanla la
Puehing Inveitigation.
Buchore»t.—The discovery on the
yacht Ostrara, stranded nt Bullna In
one of the mouth» of the Dauulie. of
the I,mile» of 11 noted Itusslun men
uml women, each »hot through the
head, and not a living person on
board, ha» presented to the Itouinaul-
nn nuthorltlv» oue of the most mys­
terious tragedies In the Illnek M .
The bodice have been Identified a»
those of member» of the noted Itua-
nlnn fumllles of Fnlafelu ami Skn,low-
akl. The Fulzfeliis were descendants
of German Mennonlte colonists who
aettled In the province of Kherson at
the Invitation of the ItilKshili goverz
ment.
W ater In the Cabin.
The discovery wn» made by soldiers,
who, when they went aboard the help-
lean yacht, found the cabin half filled
with water and tho I t I hh II cm floating
around. On laiard the yacht were 14,-
(MMJ.tXW ruble» In gold and paper, and
Jewel».
Koine money and valuables'
were found to be inlawing when rec­
ord» of the victim» were checked up.
but the amount was apparently »mall
compared to the fund» and valuable»
lef* aboard.
The elder Felzfeln »till grouped a
pistol in hla hand when hla body w - um
found, nml whether the party commit-
ted suicide or ware murdered la n
quesllon that remain» unanswered,
and It I* believed that the solution of
how the families met their death may
never lie known.
An Investigation la being mnde by
file Itoumnnlnn authorities. aided by
Ituailan friend» of the two fninllles.
All llmt la known 1» Hint the two fam­
ilies (led their eat a tea to Odetoin. and
when the holshevlkl arrived there In
February put their belonging» on
board the yacht, which waa then towed
by n Ituaalan »tennier bound for Con-
atanxa.
The tow ropes broke several times,
owing to severe atomi», and finally
the steamer lost the yacht altogether
and proceeded to Conataasa.
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Drift» at Mercy of Storm.
It 1» believed that Inter, while the
yacht drifted nt the mercy of the
storm, the refugee», six men and live
Black Caskets Now
Reported Out of Style •
women, hecume exhuiiNted from the
cold wave« breaking over the vessel
and from lack of food.
Uuahlo to manage the yacht, the
party made a despairing effort to put
It u»hore on the desolate beach nenr
Kulltiu. There they »ureccded In
luunehlng »mail boat», hut lloumnnlnu
guard«, under strict order« to permit
no landing through feur of the holshe-
vlkl, ordered them to return to the
vessel.
It appears that some coast flahennen
offered a rescue when the vckm >| la-gun
selHIng, owing to (lie consequent
pounding of the heavy sea», but sol­
diers prevented. That wn» the last
known of the vessel until It »Iranded
King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of
Itoumunln have taken a great Interest
In the Investigation, especially because
when the royal family was driven Into
exile ami (he capital removed to Jussy,
tho king and queen were offered the
magnificent home of the Fclxfeins,
across the ItcsNurablnn bonier.
3 ,0 0 0 M en Join
A r m y W e e k ly
SOLDIERS NOW LEARN TRADES
i
COLLECT RELICS
OF LOST RACE
Interesting Material Unearthed
in Ruins Near Aztec,
New Mexico.
LIVED IN COMMUNITY HOUSE
Customs of Prehistoric People Are
Learned From tho Varioue Ob­
ject! Discovered— Ornaments
Practically Untouched by
Time.
New York.—Temporarily displayed
In the west corridor of the American
Museum of N atural History, on the
first floor, can bo seen some Interest­
ing relics of n lost race— the prehis­
toric people who* built and lived In the
great community dwelling, now in
ruins, nenr Aztec, N. M., which Mr.
Earl 11. Morris ha» for the past three
years been exploring and restoring for
the American museum. Mr. Morris
has gathered a great deal of material
whieb will in time be placed on per­
manent exhibition. But the six shelves
lu tho corridor give an Iden of the na­
ture of the objects which have been
found nml of (he customs to which
they testify.
Here, outlasting their wenrers by
REVOLUTION RAGES IN GUATEMALA
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Revolutionists In Guatemala have formed a new government with Carlos
Herrera as president. Tho picture shows tho American consulate lu Guate­
mala City, and the U. S. 8. Tacoma which hna gone to Guatemala to protect
American Interests. The Intest reports received In Washington nre that Pres­
ident Estrndn Cabrera and hla army have eurrehdered to the Unionist forces.
The provisional government has given pledges to secure the safety of the for­
mer president. Order Is being maintained In the city.
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Hun Francisco.— To be hurled
Moliuitiuiedun women and Christians, all hungry, rugged ; children and beggars, gathered at the relief headquar­
In a black coffln Isn't stylish.
ters opposite David's tower In Jerusalem, to receive food and clothing.
Pale pink, cerise, old roee,
blue, lavender, purple and white
emergency, must be maintained at
— these colors are most In de­
over peace-time strength. The Eighth
mand nowadays, says W. H.
Infantry, stationed at Coblenz and on
Vincent, cm ket manufacturer
the right bank of the Rhine, has 115
here for 30 years. Not more
officers and 2,950 men. The Fiftieth
than one person In twenty pre­
Infantry, also In Germany, has 75 offi­
fers the somber black, according
cers and 2,330 men. Just back from
to Vincent.
Siberia, the Thirty-first Infantry has
“Sometimes we get un order
89 officers and 3,100 men. The Twen­
for a striped coffin, or a green
ty-fourth Infantry, along the border
one," Vincent asserted. “The
portuultles aside from fatigue duty,
At Present Rate of Enlistment drill,
in New Mexico, has 52 officers and
color usually It In accordance
guard duty and “bunk fatigue.”
3,485 men.
with the last wish of the de­
the 254,000 Personnel Will
In the "new army” men In all branches
W ith the Infantry only at 75 per
ceased."
of the service not In the field have op­
Soon Be Filled.
cent of authorized strength, and the
Almost every variety of coffin
portunity to learn trades of their own
necessity of maintaining a number of
now sells for five times the price
selection.
regiments above a peace time basis,
of a few years ago, Vincent said. :
Following
demobilization,
when
many regiments are fa r below the
The strictly modern hermetic«!-
thousands of men chose to remain In average strength, particularly the reg­
ly scaled bronze casket brings
the service, few recruits were obtained iments back from France and made
12,000 wholesale.
by recruiting depots. The recruiting
Vincent bus a caller how and
M ilitary Organization Becoming Vast service overlapped to some extent, par­ up when they returned, of casuals,
of replacements and men enlisted only
then who choses Ills own coffin. :
Trade School— “ Earn While You
ties sent out by regiments and divi­
for the emergency. The famous First
“Usually It Is an old man who
Learn” la Popular— New Re­
sions allocated to certain states com­ division, now at Camp Taylor, Ky„
thinks his relatives won't prop­
cruiting Policy.
peting with established recruiting sta­ has only 5,000 officers and men. The
erly look after his burial," said
tions. Then the new system of voca­ men of all the infantry regiments of
Vincent,
Washington.— Surmounting the In- , tional training was Instituted, followed
this division wear the French four-
roads of demobilization, the recruiting by a drive for recruits beginning the
ragere looped over the le ft shoulder.
campaign begun early this year has middle of last January, and the re­
The present strengths of these regi­
brought the total strength of the reg­ cruiting service was properly co-ordi­ ments are as follows: Sixteenth Infan­
ular army to within 35,000 of the 254,- nated.
try. 35 officers 642 m en; Eighteenth
000 personnel aut orized under the na­
Enlistments rose from 1,800 for the infantry, 37 officers, 680 men; Twen­
tional defense act of 1916, according week ending January 24 to 2,800 ac­ ty-sixth Infantry, 33 officers, <H9 m en;
to latest war department figures. I f ceptances weekly the latter part of Twenty-eighth Infantry, 34 officers,
the present rate of enlistment Is main­ March. A t present one-third of the
626 men.
tained throughout the year, and nearly army may be enlisted for one year,
Some W a - Divisions.
3,000 men are being accepted week­ about 85,000 men. Add to this 55,000
Down at Camp Travis, Texas, Is the
ly, It will more than balance losses three-year enlistments expiring annu­
Second division, which had the heav­
through expired enllRtmenta, furlough ally and the total number of men leav­
iest casualties of any division In
centuries, are sandals woven of yucca to the reserve ana other causes,
ing the service annually Is 140,000, fig­ France, and took one-quarter of the
leaf, yucca filler and cotton, and here
Mo«t of these enlistments, recruiting uring on the authorized strength of
the very pattern boards over which officers report, nre by men anxious to 254.000 under the national defense act. prisoners and nrtlllery captured hv
the sandals were made. Here, prac­ take advantage of the army’s voca­ The present rate of enlistment should the A. E. F. The marine brigade Is
tically untouched by time, are orna­ tional education, an “earn while you yield 145,000 annually, a surplus of no longer with this organization, and
no Infantry brigade has yet been as­
ments of shell cut Into disks, and learn” system, to flt a soldier for a 5,000 over expiring enlistments.
signed to Its plice. The total strength
beads of turquoise and of shell. There trade by the time he leaves the army.
“The campaign begun January 19 of of the Second division Is 211 officers
are arrow points of Jus|»er, bone awls
Last year 75,000 men were accepted this year has been successful In every and 2,050 enlisted men. Like the First
und needies and fragments of painted who never before had been In the
respect,” said M aj. Samuel A. Green­ division, the Infantry regiments of the
wood— ceremonial boards, doubtless.
service. Nearly half of the enlisted well of the recruiting publicity bureau, Second are proud wearers of the
The basketry Is of two types—-colled men are going to school, and the army which sends out recruiting leaflets to
fourragere. The Ninth Infantry, which
and twilled—some of It in un excellent I» becoming not a "university In kha­ all army recruiting stations.
"The fought In China and took the village
stnte of preservation. Then there are ki," but a vast m ilitary trade school.
personal contact work of the general of Vaux In a brilliant attack In the
cylindrical netted disks padded with
Much of the Instruction In technical recruiting service and the parties sent Chateau T hierry sector, has 8 offi­
corn husks. These ore a puzzle to the subjects Is-given not by officers, but out by allocated organizations followed
cers and 372 men. The Twenty-third
museum's Investigators. Some one ad­ by civilian teachers, lent to the army the same instructions. They did not
Infantry, which fought alongside of
vanced the theory that they might In many cases by corporations desir­ beg for recruits, they did not offer to
tho Ninth In 1812, In the C ivil w ar and
have been used as snow shoes, but the ous of employing trained men at the send men around the world on a Cook’s
In France, has 39 officers and 337
small size and unsuitable shape of expiration of their enlistment. The tour, and they did not tell prospective
men.
some of the specimens secin to refute war department has received communi­ recruits they would be fought for by
The Third division, which fought at
that supposition. A wooden cradle- cations from concerns who have sent eager employers offering fabulous sal­
the Marne, St. Mlhlel and the Argonne-
board with its curiously placed head- untrained applicants for employment aries. They received Imperative or­
Meuse, has ¿13 officers and 2,795 en­
piece nccounts for the flattened skulls to the army for n year’s enlistment ders that under no circumstances must
listed men at Camp Pike, Ark.
The
typical of all the skeletons of this an­ nnd trade Instruction with promises of they ’oversell’ the army's attractions
Thirty-eighth infantry, which repulsed
cient civilization which have been re­ Jobs at the end of tlieir service.
to obtain a recruit; they were told that six German regiments and took 000
covered. A pIHow of matting stuffed
Farmers, musicians, stenographers, the army wanted a very high class of prisoners at the Mnrne In July, 1918,
with corn husks, mid some human re­
masons, bookkeepers, pharmacists, me­ young men, men who would appreci­ has 36 officers and 312 men. The T h ir­
mains wrapped In matting and show­
chanics of all kinds, wireless nnd tele­ ate nnd take advantage of the training tieth Infantry, which stormed H ill 204,
ing the method of burial complete the
graph operators, printers, gas engine and at the same time make the kind west of Chateau Thierry, has 47 offi­
miscellaneous portion of the collec­
ex-vrls, even embnltners, are among of soldiers that should represent our cers and 228 men.
O f the other In­
tion.
the vocations taught. In large canton­ country,
fantry regiments of the Third division,
Specimens of Pottery.
“A t the beginning of the campaign the Fourth has 39 officers and 352 men,
ments barracks nre being transformed
The rest of the exhibit is given over Into machine shops, laboratories and many civilian organizations offered
and the Seventh 34 officers and 278
to pottery. The specimens are of white, school rooms. A t Camp Podge, la., their assistance.
Chambers of com­ men.
red and black, and Include cooking where the Fourth division Is stationed, merce, Rotnry clnbs, American Legion
The Fourth division, thrust Into ac­
und eating utensils. The designs— not there Is a 200-acre farm where nrmy posts. Veterans of Foreign Wnrs, min­ tion for the first time re a r Chateau
as advanced In conception us some students do practical work In agricul­ isters’ associations nnd others did val­ Thierry, Is stationed at Camp Dodge.
oilier of our antique southwestern lo t­ ture nnd stock raising under the di­ uable work In arranging meetings Iowa, with 245 officers and 1,577 en­
tery, nre, however, frequently skill­ rection of Dean C. B., Waldron of the where their own members nnd officers listed men. Strengths of Its Infantry
fully executed.
For tho most pnrt North Dakota agricultural college,
of the recruiting service explained the regiments are: Thirty-ninth, 31 offi­
pnlntcd In black, or, less often, In red,
A committee from the Chicago plans for the new nrmy. Governors cers, 136 men; Forty-seventh. 33 offi­
they are sometimes clearly tnkei. from Church federation visited Camp Grant, and mnyors Issued proclamations call­ cers, 133 m en; Fifty-eighth, 31 officers,
textile designs, sometimes mnde up of Illinois, the home of the Sixth dlvl- ing attention to army activities In their 120 men; Fifty-ninth, 31 officers, 133
free-hand curved Hues such as would slon-^the “Sightseeing Sixth,” ns Its states nnd cities, and In many eases men.
not have been practicable In textiles, members In France called their divi­ set aside special dates ns “Army
In battle for the first time at St.
or, occasionally consist of crude ani­ sion, which hiked from one sector to weeks.’ ”
Mlhlel, the F ifth division Is at Camp
mal representations.
An Interesting another without getting Into action.
Many branches of the service are Gordon, Georgia, with 206 officers and
broken mug shows a hollow bottom In The committee Inspected the division’s over their authorized strength, pend­ 2,186 enlisted men. The Sixth divi­
which little pellets of clny had been schools nnd returned to Chlcngo, re­ ing possible Increase by congressional sion, which boasts of having done
placed so ns to produce n rattle. The porting, "the aim of those who have action. The motor transport corps, more hiking than any other A. E. F.
cross-markings on the edges of the this work In chnrge Is to train men the need of which was demonstrated division, is now nt Camp Grant, with
bowls and drinking vessels are very so effectively that nt tlie end of their In the war, Is 100 per cent above au­ 277 officers and 8,227 enlisted men.
characteristic of the pottery taken three years In the army they cannot thorized strength. Chemical warfare The Seventh division, which arrived
from this vicinity. Most Interesting afford to re-enllst."
122 per cent, medical department 150 In France In time to hold the left
among these relics Is the colled pot­
per cent, quartermaster corps 112 bank of the Moselle river until the
Teaching Pharmacy to Men,
tery— mnde by rolling long strips of
At Camp Pike, Ark., the home per cent, nnd signal corps 126 per cent. armistice, Is at Camp Funston, Knnsns,
clny nml winding them round anil
stntlon of the Third division, which Offsetting this surplus, the Infantry Is numbering 243 officers nnd 2,246 men.
round In the desired shape, as Is done
The total strength of the seven tac­
won Its spurs nt the Mnrne, n building but 75 per cent of authorized strength,
in colled basketry. In the pottery of
has been erected to bonne the school cnvalry 81 per cent, field artillery 71 tical divisions now stationed In this
this sort the innrk of tho shaping
of chemistry. Training In the dispens­ per cent nnd coast nrtlllefy 52 per country, each of which would have a
(humb enn be plainly seen, and was
wartim e strength of 28,000, Is 20,770
ing and manufacture of drugs will be cent.
frequently used to produce n wave
Strength of Combat Units.
officers and men.
given, nlso Instruction In the use of
pattern which often nttulned to a very
Restoration of the nrmy to a peace­
the microscope for the detection of Im­
pleasing development.
Gives T ili It Hurts.
purities In drugs. Students who show time basis shows many apparent d if­
New Castle, Ky.— A case of rare
tho necessary proficiency will he giv­ ferences In the strength of combat
Travels 2,705,500 Miles.
en speelnl tutoring for the examina­ units such ns Infnntry regiments. The unselfishness has been brought to light
national defense net provides for 65 In­ here. When the families of Noah Pet­
Jamaica, L. I.— After n continuous tions of the Arknnsns stnte board.
Formerly, to learn a trade In the fantry regiments, Including the Porto tit nnd Dave Roberls, nenr Flat Rock,
service of 54 years on the Long Island
railroad James I). Itiislimore, a con­ nrmy, a man had to be assigned to Rican regiment, totaling 88,000 men, were 111 and no help came, their food
ductor, retired. He traveled 2,750,500 the ordnance or signal corps, the nlr an average of 1,350 to the regiment. gave out. Qulntis Razos, himself poor,
miles, never missed a train and re­ service or motor transport corps. Sol­ During the war an Infanfry regiment supplied their larder until hla, too,
ported for duty on 10,970 mornings diers In such combat branches of the numbered over 3,000 men, and some was bare, nnd he himself faced starv­
service as the Infantry had few op- Infantry regiments, because of the ation.
during hla career.