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THE MORXIJTG OEEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, APEIE 22, 1919. II STA T S RDUG HPETRDGRAD MS Tragedy Revealed by Writer in Russian Newspaper. CHILDREN HUNT GARBAGE OFFICER HOLDING CHER AMI. fclGEOX MESSENGER OF LOST BATTALION, HOME WITH D. S. C. Educated People Beg for Alms and Hang Around Public Eating Houses Gazing ritlously. T.OVDON. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Appalling Incidents of the tragedy of starvation in reiro-s-rad are revealed by a writer In the Knukoje Slovo, a newspaper published at Ubau. "Is life at retrograd really a ter rible as people and as the newspapers describe it?" he asks. "It Is difficult f ir me to answer this puestlon: dlf ftcult to return to the exciting; and fantastic moods evoked by hungry, hinilnnrf Pjttroarrad. "Educated people beg for alms In the streets and bans; around public eating houses Eazinc plteously Into the eyes of those who eat and waiting; rreedlly In case anyone should leave some mor sel hhlnd- "Children rum ma re In the refuse pits and ravenously devour heads or herrings aqd all the things despised ivtn by the hungry retrograd house wife, all the things undiscovered even by the lean, enfeebled Feirograd cats. OrkiMiUiM Boys Commit Marder. I will not tell of the terrible Judi cial proceedings where ten-year old dehumanised boya admit with sullen cynicism that they deliberately killed a little brother or sister who emou tered their lives and devoured all the bread rations. All these things made up the chronicle of daily happenings when we still had a press. "How do they live who have not be come wild beastsT They are all bun arr and hunger tortures thenTalL But each knows that all the others are huncry and that Is why no one speaks of his hunger. Human suffering has lost its individuality. Who will pity me If I nearly die of hunger when everyone is hungry himself? Every one will turn away and say in a curly voice: 'I. too. am dying.' "Men and women cease to complain. They drop in the streets through sheer starvation but you seldom hear any one complain about his hunger. Ms own torturing enervating hunger. They all pretend to be busy with their wonted affairs as though they bad come to an unspoken agreement, as though their customary existence were till going on and nothing had altered. Ihlldrra Live Little Feed. "A school girl Is running along with her bundle of books to catch an elec tric car. Her drees is hanging from her body, her little face has drawn to gether so that It is now about the else of a fist. She Is assuredly hungry, but she runs as she used to run in days long ago to catch the car as though she must run on and on. "On a garden path a little boy Is playing. His mother calls him and gives him a piece of bread made of some doubtful flour substitute. He eats It very carefully and collects all the crumbs and returns to his game. Nor does his mother groan or sigh but burridly takes from her little basket a worn stocking and mends it. Assuredly she has forgotten the re membrance of food yet she hurries on with her work. "You can feel a strain, an inhuman effort in the present daily life of Pelrograd. You feel that everything Is only held together by the power of imagination that may cease at any moment. "I'etroprad. the doomed city, a city sick to death. ! . " ., ..: .' S t . : - ' ' - ' ( . - C 1 -iill DRIFTING OF GS OF T Big Bergs Are Said to Follow No Set Course. EXPLORERS' LUCK IS CRUEL Members of Storkerson's Party Move Jorth, East and South, Finally Reaching Starting Point. SEATTLE, Wash. Arctic ice packs. in their driftlngs up around the top of the world, follow no set schedule and no particular route, according to Martin Kllian, a Seattle boy who was member of Storker Storkerson's ex ploration expedition which landed on the northern Ice off Alaska last spring In the hope that it would be carried west toward Siberia. Northern drifts played a cruel trick on the Btorkerson party, xnsceaa 01 carrying their ice pack west they moved the Ice north, then east, and finally south, eventually landing- the exDlorers but a comparatively short distance from Barter island, near their starting place. Kilian's sister. Miss Gudrin Kllian of Seattle, recently received a letter from her brother. The letter was writ ten from Barter island December 11th and was brought out by a Royal Northwest Mounted Police patrol sen north to the Arctic Ocean from Daw son. Y. T. While on the Ice, the members of the Storkerson expedition lived in tent and depended altogether on their rifles for food. "Plenty of polar bear and seals were found," Killlan said. At times the heat bothered them "Probably it sounds strange but it got so warm on that ice up Deyona tne Arctic circle that it was uncomfortable In the tent." the letter said. Vilhjamur Stefenson, returned Can a dlan Arctic explorer, planned the Storkerson ice drift. Stefansson hoped the ice would drift west to Siberia along a route that Stefansson s boat, the Karluk, was carried oy tne ice pack in 1914. Stefansson hoped to make the float himself but he became ill and turned the leadership over to Storkerson. his lieutenant. The Storkerson party landed on the ice pack In February, 1918. All sum mar long they drifted about under the midnight sun and rinauy lanaea xio vember 7, defeated but alive. Authori ties describe the trip one of the most in explora- 10 M. in Liberty park and it was the conclusion of action on the agree ment that the question of a six-hour day came up. Speakers pointed out that there is a general movement in world centers toward a six-hour day and urged its adoption as one of the best means of providing more jobs for men returned from service. The delegates elected last Friday to represent the union at the convention of district No. 44 were instructed to work and vote for the six-hour day. The union's delegates to the local metal trades and central labor coun cils were also instructed to begin work Immediately to further the Cause. UNION WITHDRAWS CLAIM Aid Given Washington County as First in Land to Get Quota. LA GRANDE, Or.. April 21. (Spe cial.) Union county's claims to being first in Oregon to go over the top in the victory loan drive have been with drawn by General Manager Kiddle to give undisputed and quick claims for Washington county to lead the United States. Lnion county's quota was un derwritten, technically speaking, Mr. Kiddle says, at the same hour tnat Washington's was. However, since Washington, being part of Oregon, is in line for nationa honors, Mr. Kiddle wishes it known Union will not stand-in the way, but still demands vehemently that he won give way for second place to anything or anybody. There was brisk buying today by the citizenship from underwriters. OFFICER HOLDI.XO CHER AMI. . , . . . . , r . .titles aescriDe tne trip one ox me n. Captain J. L. Carney of Pittsburg. Pa., is here seen with a pigeon, ''Cher Ami," I h nxi-iimm ventures whtw j ... j . i .ii...; i .. i. i .. i t , . i j I ' . wunu v a uicu ivi ujo uiaiiiiuiaucu ocrviLa tnna. iMng Mtlcr ills lauicicu tragic history OI Arct frame has gone to dust his memory will live in the pages of American history as I tion the pigeon that brought back to headquarters the plight of Colonel Whittlesey s I o. .a n with Mm lost battalion in the Argonne forest. The bird, which was an elusive target frTncy were Kilian Gus Maslk and two the German machine gurs. Is an exceedingly thin creature, blue, slate and white men named Knight and Gumaer. Masik in vuii. ii wo nun auiimu u)r mo man iiuiumg u, uo is in tumumiiu vi recently arrived at Fairbanks, Alaska, Company 1 of the pigeon eer ice. Throughout the bird's service on the western hi. th. front It made 14 flights and was finally discharged when a fragment of shell storkerson is believed to be on his way carried away a part of Its right leg. This mishap occurred during a flight from to ottawa to report to the Canadian ' ". unt i wnn u nuL.un.ant mrasosc " new wiium uib government, which financed the a out,, iuu nucu Ik uiguicu Bl 1L9 ucauuaiiuu iuy)ru vvcr nwiu " I ned ition. nt hlmH 1 f. .nr-f- V. . , . . ..Ill k ... r,,nf.J tai. H.n.ra 1 TTaVt 1 n 0- Icuilawu. on a tour of inspection, asked to see the wonderful creature and, after stroking Its head, stated that the bird should be well taken care of and sent to Washing ton upon its return. OREGON BOYS REACH CAMP paper man and of late with the Town ley organization. Is slated for the im migration commlsslonershlp at a sal ary of 13600 per year. SAUSAGES GREATLY LIKED V. M. C. A. Men With Czech Army Turning Out Tons of Food. CHELYABINSK. Russia. Kenneth Milter, formerly head of the John Hubs eetUement at New York city, ia now titrecttnff an American Young: Men's Christian Association enterprise at Che- liabinntc which in jrreatly appreciated hy the Cxecho-Siovalc troops. Having: lived in Bohemia, he knows what best pleases the Czech army and so he es tablished a sausage factory and bakery. The sausage factory ts turning: out tons of sausages and does a business of 300.000 rubles monthly. The work Is done by Zi German and Austrian pris oners. hi Terr day the bakery is making; S000 of the rolls so popular in Prague, Kverythlng is sold at cost. In this practical manner Mr. Miller has "made good" with the Bohemians and people generally. It mas at Cheliabinsk that the Cxecho-SIovak troops inaugurated their campaign against the Bolshevikl and Magyar RED CROSS GIVES RELIEF Montenegrins Tasting . Bccfits of American Charily. CETT1XJK. Montenegro. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) This little Balkan country has been tasting the benefits of American Red Cross relief work. Major Kdwin G. Dexter of New York and a staff of 45 assistants, including physicians and nurses, have been feeding the poor, caring for the sick and instituting American sanitary methods for several weeks. The results have evoked warm expressions of thanks from the govern ment. Relief stations have been estab lished at Cattaro. .Podgorttxa. Nitshlts and Cettlnje and several hundred tons of supplies have already been distrib uted to the need yand to the hospitala The American and Red Cross flags, which fly from the Red Cross mission's warehouse in this ancient and pictur esque city, have excited wide Interest among the Montenegrins. The members of the mission have been made the guests of the Montenegrin government. JOB IS GIVEN TO BROWN L' E-Xorth Dakota Defence Council Of ficial With Workmen's Bureau. BISMARCK. X. D. John B. Brown, former secretary of the state council of defense and before that labor expert for North rakota has been engaged as secretary of the workmen's compensa tion bureau, at a salary of JJ500 per year. Mr. Brown's appointment was made at the Initial meeting of the bureau when the members completed their preliminary organization. Secretary Brown comes from Wlscon-, sin. He has been In North Dakota' about two years, during which time he was a public appointee under the Town ley regime. With this appointment, three of the best appointive jobs at the disposal of Mr. Townley have been awarded to the tatter's aewspaperanen. Oliver S. Morris, former editor of the Nonpartisan leader, was given a berth under the Townley faction, as secretary of the Industrial commission at a salary of $3600. Walter Liggett, former St, Paul news- MISSIONARY FOUND GUILTY for Worker In Corca Sentenced 'Propaganda Activity. PTENG TANG, Corea. April 20. (By the Associated Press.) Rev. Ell M. Mowry of Mansfield, O., a Presbyterian missionary, was found guilty today of having permitted Coreans to use his premises here for disseminating propa ganda for Corean independence ' and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The decision was sppealed from by the missionary and he was admitted to bail. ShorUiorns Offered (or Sale. LA ORANOE. Or, April 21. (Spe cial.) More than 60 registered short horn cattle are already consigned to the La Grande shorthorn sale to be held here May X. the first of the kind In this Scores of Old Third Oregon and Sec ond Washington Reach Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., April 21. (Special.) After fighting through a dozen of the hottest battles of the war, 70 mem bers of the old 3d Oregon and 2d Wash ington national guard regiments -are back at Camp Lewis. They arrived in Teton, Payette and Oneida Counties group of 267 casuals gathered from First to Make Quota. many outfits in the army. I The 65 men of the 2d Washington BOISE. Idaho. April 21. (Special.) -nd the s--.. number from the Oregon The victory loan drive opened in Idaho reeiment wera transferred from the section. The quality of consignments offered is attracting northwest atten tion to the coming event, which marks a new epoch in registered cattle lor eastern Oregon. IDAHO COUNTIES REPORTING today with every indication of success. State headquarters officially credits Teton county with being the first to report It had raised its entire quota or $60,000. Payette and Oneida counties followed. The 111,000,000 quota as signed to the state is assured. The bulk of it win be raised today, "Volunteer day." Teton county reported to state head quarters at 10:30 o'clock this morning by long distance that its quota had been raised voluntarily. At 11:15 headquarters at Malad in Oneida county telegraphed It had "finished its job' and raised its quota of $90,000. 91st to the 31st division in December, 1917, and were sent across as replace ment troops. They fought in the Toul sector, at Chateau-Thierry, Verdun and St. MihieL Top Sergeant Joseph Un derwood. Portland, arrived at camp to day with four officers and 76 men, the advance guard of the 364th infantry, 91st division. FIRST PHOTO OF PRESIDENT- WILSON'S NEW GRANDSON AND NAMESAKE. llllllln ' IT? 74 ' "r 4 ' s. - S ' r, Underwood 4 f 'B - ' ' " y UndtrwoodAYj T OPERATORS AND MEN MEET Leadville Miners Out on Strike Pro pose Wage Compromise. r,EADVTLX,E, Colo., April 21. Lead ville business men tonight induced representatives of mining operators whose mines were closed yesterday by the strike of 1000 miners, to meet to night with a committee, of the newly organized miners' union to consider plans for a settlement of the wage dispute which caused the walkout. The miners, it is understood, will make a proposal to accept a S4 wage scale in place of the old 94.50 wage scale which the operators rejected last week. The operators' offer of 93.75 was refused. Virtually every mine in the district Is affected by the -strike. MAYOR'S SON MADE TARGET Crockett Rlddcll, Tacoma, Gets $95 Clerkship; Fight Is On. TACOMA, Wash.. April 21. (Special.) I That a special position has been created by Commissioner Ira Davisson of the Light and Water department to I give employment to Crockett Riddell, I son of Mayor Riddell, is charged by employes in the city hall coming under I the civil service. Young Riddell went to work today as bill collector for the water depart ment with a rating of second grade I clerk, according to Davisson. This po- I sition payB 995 a month. The position in itselr is specially I created, city hall employes claim and I will be fought vigorously by employes. BIG SPOKANE PLANT SOLD Original Cost Is $2,000,000 and Re ceiver's Sale Brings $400,000. SPOKANE, April 21. The plant of the Spokane Heat, Light & Power com pany here, built in 1915 at a cost of 92,000,000, was sold at receiver's sale here today for 9400.000. F. C. Paine. local banker representing eastern in terests, purchased the electrical equip ment for 9140,000, and E. P. Twohy, an attorney, bought the remainder of the property for 9250,000. The buyers de clined to divulge the identity of their clients. Bonds to the amount of 91.500,000 and preferred stock amounting to 9700,000 were sold by the company, almost en tirely in the east. v HUGE SWINDLES CHARGED Man Caught in Arkansas Accused of Many Thefts. DALLAS. Texas, April 21. A man known as T. J. Farnum, or J. T. Mur ray, arrested at Texarkana, Ark., yes terday, on charges of having swindled Houston, Texas, banks of 911.000, is accused of participation in a spectacu lar theft of gold from the steamer Humboldt, southbound from Alaska, in 1910, according to the private detective agency which caused his arrest. The detectives also accuse him or swindling banks in Denver, Col., and Tacoma, Wash., out of 932,000, and banks in Atlanta, Ga., out of 915,000. SLOGAN PRIZE IS AWARDED Berkeley Man- Winner in Twelfth Reserve District Contest. SAN FRANCISCO," April 21. E. S. Brown, Berkeley, was adjudged the winner today in the victory liberty loan slogan contest In the twelfth federal reserve district. "You bought bonds for war; now buy them for peace," was the winning contribution. Other slogan prizes went to Mrs. M. A. Collier, San Francisco; Mrs. J. D. Anderson, Ferndale, Wash.; Fred Emer son Brooks, Berkeley; Dr. A. W. Korinek, Portland, Or. STUDENT AVIATOR KILLED Airplane, Attempting Tail Spin, Buries Itself in Bog. WANTAGH, N. Y.. April 21. Private Otto W. Meyer, a student aviator at tached to the 357th aero squadron. whose home is in California, was killed odav and Sergeant Q. O. Burnett, a Kentuckian, was seriously injured when an airplace in which they were at tempting a tall spin over Lufberry field, fell 200 feet, burying itself in bog. "AcM-Mouth" Is Universal The next time you get into a crowd of thousands of people, con sider that 95 of all those men, women and children probably have ' 'Acid-Mouth, ' ' very likely includ ing yourself. For it is estimated that only 1 in 20 escapes ' 'Acid-Mouth, ' ' and it is believed to be the chief cause of toothache and tooth decay. Pebeco Tooth Paste both coun teracts and helps to prevent "Acid Mouth." It does so by stimulat ing the abundant, normal flow of saliva, which is alkaline and there fore the most natural and effective means of neutralizing unfavorable mouth acids. The scientific ingredients of Pebeco certainly tend to keep your whole mouth teeth, gums, and all in excellent order. Sold by druggists everywhere ft oca stan u oua bqwqTI TOOTH PASTE Counteracts ' 'Acid-Mouth ' ' Buy W. S. S. STRIKERS TD PRINT NOTES LABOR COUNCIL WILIj PROMISKS TO PAY. ISSUE This Is the first photograph taken of President Wilson's grandson and name sake. Wood row Wilson Sayre, who was born to Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, the young est daughter of the president. The little lad was born in the Jefferson hospital, Philadelphia. President Wilson paid his little grandson a visit last Tuesday, when be made a special stop at Philadelphia en route to New York prior to board! nr the George Washington Wednesday for France. Our photo shows little Wood row and his nurse. Miss Ruth Swisher, who proudly says that a sweeter and better-behaved baby was never born. Baby Sayre has a room of his own seat to the one ia which hi toother is resting Quietly and doins well. ADMIRAL ORDERED TO EAST I Commander in Pacific Fleet Goes to IN'aral War College, . " WASHINGTON. April 21. Rear Ad miral Clarence S. Williams has been de- tached from command of division No. 1 1 of the Pacific fleet and ordered to the I naval war college at Newport, R. I., as chief of staff. Naval orders published today also show that Captain Herbert G. Sparrow has been detached from the cruiser Chicago and assigned to duty at the war college. SIX-HOUR DAY IS AGITATED Seattle Boilermakers' Union Gives Voice to Xew Demands. SEATTLE, Wash.. April 21. (Spe cial.) Turning down the recent pro posed agreement submitted by ship yard employers to delegates from Se attle unions at Washington, D. C, the boilermakers' union, local 104, also voted unanimously this morning to at once begin agitating for a six-hour day In the shipyards. The members of .the union met at $400,000 PROFITS SHARED Willys Overland Company Employed Benefit From 50-50 Plan. TOLEDO, O., April 21. More than ,000 Willys-Overland company em ployes today received J400.000 in checks in the company's first distribution of the profits under thef 50-50 profit- sharing plan announced last January. State Hospital Workers Subscribe. TACOMA. Wash., April 21. Aa- ouncement this mornine- that the vic tory loan quota for Fort Seilacoom dis trict, adjoining Tacoma, would be $11, 000 was answered this afternoon from the western Washington hospital for the insane. The institution reported that 100 out of ISO employes had so far been seen, with subscriptions resulting mountine to $13,000. The aggregate monthly payroll of the 130 men is $7000. Admiral Benson Honored. WASHINGTON, April 21. Admiral William S. Benson, chief of naval operations, has been awarded the navy distinguished service medal by direc tion of President Wilson. Admiral Benson is now at Paris and presenta tion of the medal probably will not be made until his return to the United States. Escaped Convicts Caught. BOISE. Idaho, April 21. (Special.) Earl Haines and Albert Brink, who es caped from the Idaho penitentiary on the afternoon of April 11, are now In the county jail at Vale. They were captured Sunday evening when they put in an appearance at a sheep camp a few miles from the Malheur county seat. Money" to Be Used in Purchase of Food Will Be in Amounts of 1 Shilling and 10 Shillings. LIMERICK, Ireland, April 21. (By the Associated Press.) The general strike here incident to the proclama tion of Limerick as a military area, as umed a new and interesting phase to day when the finance commission of the Limerick trades and labor council an- ounced that it was preparing to issue ts own money in the form of one-shil ling and ten-shilling notes which would be used in the purchase of food for the 14,000 strikers. The money is called "strike treasury notes" and is secured by the stock of food which it is pro posed to purchase with the financial gifts reaching Limerick from other parts of Ireland and by the "integrity of the workers of Limerick." The notes are printed in different colors to show their denomination. They are inscribed as follows: "General strike against British mili tarism, April, 1919. The Limerick trades and labor council promise to pay bearer ten shillings. (Signed) limerick trades and labor council, Chairman, Treasurer." ASHLAND IS ENTHUSIASTIC Great Demonstration Staged by Citi zens Confident of Success. ASHLAND, Or., April 21. (Special.) The victory liberty loan drive opened in Ashland with a great burst of en thusiasm. The largest demonstration ever given in Ashland was staged in the downtown strets in the form of a parade, in which the school children, returned soldiers. Red Cross and can teen workers and practically all the motoring population of the city par ticipated. Stirring addresses were glvea by Rev. C. F. Koehler, Lieutenant Don ald M. Spencer, Lieutenant William M. Briggs, Heston Jones and other Ash land boys who have been overseas. As announced by A. Winter, chair man, the quota of Ashland is $75,000 and no doubt is entertained of success. Hotary Auxiliary Formed. TACOMA, Wash., April 21. More than 100 wome.i, wives of members of the Tacoma Rotary club, today formed an organization to be known as the Rotary club auxiliary. It will have for its pur pose, they state, the same object as that of the notary duo. rj0 f 'Aih ' 2 s S r t - - f yir 'J - Representative Johnson Delegate, SHELTON. Wash., "April 2lJ Repre sentative Johnson of Hoquiam, Wash announced here today that he intends to be in St. Louis May 8 In attendance at a national convention of veterans of the great war. Representative Jonnson has credentials from two soldiers' or ganizations of southwestern Washington. Train Porters Alleged Bootleggers. SPOKANE. ADril 21. M. Mannie and John Li Randolph, porters on the Mil waukee railroad, were arrested here to day and charged with bootlegging. The police allege they have been selling liquor to passengers on trains. WASHINGTON, April 21. Under a ruling of Major-General Menoher, di rector of the American army air serv ice, announced today, army tilers and planes cannot compete in exhibitions for purses and individual prizes. Dry slabwooa ana msiae wood, greea stamps, for cash. Holman Fuel Go Mala $53, A 5363. Adv. The Spring Rains Bring Grippe Thissort of weather brings-cokteand grippe. If it's just a common, cold people say, "there's no danger in that ! " But many a fatal sickness begins with a cold with vital ity weakened the system is ready for the Influenza germs. Begin early to ward off the attack. Purge the system of the toxins (poisons) by taking castor oil, or a vegetable laxative made of Mayapple, leaves of aloe, and jalap, rolled into sugar-coated pills and to be had at all drug stores as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. 4 If the cold starts with a cough, and it persists then some local treatment for this condition should be taken. A well known alterative extract which has been on the market for a great many years, and which has been highly recom mended by thousands of users, is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery. This tonic compound is composed of an extract of roots and herbs without alcohol, and has a soothing effect upon the mucous membrane, allays the irritation and at the same time works in the proper and reasonable way, at the seat of the trouble the stagnated or poisoned blood. " When troubled with indigestion or sour stomach take a few doses of Cham berlain's Tablets. They will invigorate your stomach, improve your digestion. Try it and see how much better you will feel after a few days treatment. These Tablets only cost 25 cents per bottle. 1