THE MORNING OREGONI AN, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920 DEATH AIR SEEMS TO GRIP RUSSIA Suffering and Privation Are Fearfully Depressing. MILLIONS ENDURE AGONY Hista Soviet Official Flashes Along in Automobile AVhlle Poor Stumble in Streets. (Continued From First Pago.) thousand roubles our 20-minute drive from the station to the commissariat of foreign affairs cost us. As we still dispensed the roubles at the rate of IS to a dollar, this meant $80. Officially the czar rouble is worth no more than the soviet rouble.. One must find a clandestine money changer to obtain a more advan tageous exchange. One's first reaction to Moscow is confused. The city looks better and worse than one had pictured it. One has a momentary thrill at finding the street full of people, with sleighs and automobiles scurrying briskly to and fro, instead of that desolate emptiness which somehow has become engraved upon one's imagination. This feeling of relief soon gives way to intense depression, difficult of analysis, but none the less profound. One would achieve the same sensation perhaps by living in a cemetery. For death is in the air at Moscow. Kot the violent death fancied by those to whom a Bolshevik is primarily a murderer, but the intangible, inex orable death that goes with prolonged suffering and privation. One sees it in the dead-white faces of the people, in their lack-luster eyes, emaciated bodies, slow, stumbling gait. It seems to gaze down upon one from the an painted facades and unwashed win dows of the houses. It clutches one's throat when a skinny horse loses its footing, falls and does not rise again or when one passes the carcass of a dog sprawling in the snow banks along the gutter. People Endure Agony. I exaggerate, of course. But to drive home the picture of Moscow as I saw it a certain amount of exag geratlon is necessary. This I say flat ly without exaggeration: Of all the suffering I have witnessed throughout the war on the battlefields, among pitiful refugees of France and Bel gium, and in starving, beaten Ger many, none even approaches . the agony endured through months and years by many millions of the Rus sian people. The dirtiness that one senses rather than sees in Moscow's thoroughfares in chiefly due. I believe, to a rather peculiar factor. Successive Russian governments, the Soviets more than any other, have plastered the walls of Dunaings an over tne city witn an sorts of posters, placards and bul letins. There being no time or labor power sufficient to tear this matter down arter It has served its purpose. Lt re--T mains where lt is', growing constantly dirtier and more dog-eared, until some mw announcement is pasted over it. Torn and dirty white paper is about the most uncleanly . looking thing there is, and every Moscow street is literally lined with it. That which was to me the most de pressing single ingredient in the com position of the street scenes was the perpetual dragging of sleds laden with food or fuel on the part of virtually the satire population. When one can appreciate the fearful effort required to kep barely alive, these sleds with their pathetic little cargoes became a kind of symbol of the Russians' Cal Tary. I used to catch myself wonder ing how far that distinguished looking, white-haired old chap had to go to get the two loaves of black bread and six small logs tied onto his sled, or how long that hollow-eyed little mother carrying her baby In tier arms would have to live on the three sickly cabbages and tiny sacks of meal her sled bore. Antos Rend Silence. Mostly the streets are silent save for a dull shuffling of feet through the snow. Even the sleighs slide along noiselessly and only an occasional gutteral wail will be heard from an isvostchik signalling to pedestrians that it is coming. Silence is ripped asunder, however, when a soviet auto mobile or motor truck puts in an ap pearance. , Shrieking a frenzied warning on the noisest variety of siren horns, these machines flash along at a speed that would turn a New York traffic cop's hair gray. Those in the Juggernaut's path step wearily aside, inhaling the nauseating benzol fumes it leaves be hind without even a grimace of dis gust. Traveling on the people's busi ness a soviet car there are-no others t is supposed to go as fast as pos sible. I have mentioned the unwashed state of windows and the houses' need of paint. These deficiencies, together with the shabbiness of the people. contribute to the general dreariness of the streets, .which, incldentially look mora crowded than they really are, because folk mostly walk In the roadway because lt is kicked up by autos and horses' hoofs and is less slippery than the ice-coated side walks. Silk; Stockings Inlinown. The only well-dressed beings are the soldiers, whose overcoats and caps are as "smart" as those of any other army. The women are mostly enveloped in heavy fur coats and wear fur or woollen hats and thick felt or leather boots like the men. Rarely does one glimpse a skirt cut to a fashionable Parisian length, or rather, ) snortness. tugn-neeiea snoes are al most as unusual a sight as silk stock- ings and the latter are practically non-existent. A surprising number of shops were open, considering the tales that have been told about all commerce having been wiped out. Most of them were soviet stores, to patronize which a prospective purchaser, must have a card or special order. The private shops are all of the smaller variety, selling such wares as drugs, groceries, leather goods, mil linery, perfumery, books, objects d'art and knick-knacks. At night all save the principal squares and ' thorough fares are unllghted, but nevertheless they are thronged with pedestrians until after midnight. Indeed, between 11 and 12 they are more crowded than at most hours of the day, because of borne going theatergoers. There are far more theaters open and playing to full houses than there were in peace times. Doubtless the very strain of conditions under which they live drives Moscovites to seek temporary forgetfulness In the play houses, as humanity always does in a stressful period. Movies Are SovtetakL ' There are motion picture shows too, all Sovletski (nationalized) like the theaters ' and producing some mighty good films; grand' opera bal lets, concerts, both vocal and sym phonic and even a dance hall or two. From the station we repaired, as I have said, direct to the foreign of fice, which occupies a wing of the former Hotel Metropole, now the Sec ond Soviet House, on the Theater square beneath the Kremlin. We were welcomed in the most cbrdial fashion bv a little Jewish .function ary named Kantorovitch. Kantorovitch handed us a billeting order, supplied us with an escort to our domicile, and told us to have sup per and a good night's rest. We promptly hied up thither, to the tune of another 2000 roubles. The house in which we were lodged was one of two controlled by the for eign office. It was a magnificent mansion, practically a palace, "expro- i priated" from one of Moscow's mer- I chant princes. Kubes and I shared a huge room adjoining a gorgeous i bathroom and fitted with , electric lights, delightful furniture and every other comfort except heat. Tio Heat In Moscow Houses. During the first three weeks we dwelt there that house was heated only one day a week. The rest of the time the temperature was about one degree higher than outside, or about ten degrees Fahrenheit. I wore two suits of heavy underwear, two pairs of woollen socks, two sweaters, an army shirt, a heavy suit of clothing, thick boots, a fur overcoat, fur gloves, woollen muffler and a cap that covered my ears. Indoors the only thing I removed was the muffler and cap. Our house was conducted by a small woman with bobbed hair and a suspicious air, who was referred to as "the commandant." She had two servants, a babooshka who cooked, and a younger maid of all work to look after her dozen boarders. This pair, receiving the lowest Soviet wage of 1200 rubles a month out of which they had to buy food toiled as no servants I have ever seen in Europe or America would have done. They were on the Job at 8 A. M., and con stantly at it until 11 at" night, nor did they ever, as far as I could see, get a day off. Our first conflict with "the com mandant" arose over the very vital question of a hot bath recommended to us by Kantorovitch. She pro tested that there was not enough wood to heat the boiler. Bathing Supervised. "Besides," she added, "I must have an order signed by Lenine to give you a bath." This intelligence de cided us to do without a bath, neces sary though it. was-. The dinner provided for us on th evening of our arrival was typical of the one square meal we were thenceforward to receive daily. It consisted of cabbage soup, in which chemical analysis could have dlscov ered a trace of meat, plain boiled cabbage as second course, a glass tea with one spoonful of sugar and couple of slices of black bread, inter' larded with straws and other refuse. Sometimes In lieu of cabbage we had mashed potatoes. This is a full and faithful record of all the food we drew from Soviet sources at the Maly Haritonevski house. And being foreigners, and therefore objects of Russian hospital ty, we were living on the fat of the land. Only the red soldiers and pos sibly the people's commissaries at the Kremlin fared better than we. There Is an Electric Store At 211 Morrison, Near First Where Prices Are Lower Save 15c trie Light Globes $1.60 We have a 75-watt Nitro Lamp which will effectively replace a 100-watt Mazda Tungsten, saving about 25 per cent current Ask to see it. Electric Irons (complete with cord and stand) . . .$3.50 No. 14 House Wire (Saturday special) per foot. . . -2 Key Sockets (Saturday special) 50J Vt lb. 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Tour clogged nostrils open right up; the air passages of your head clear and you can oreatne ireeiy. no more 'hawking, snuffling, blowing, head ache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh disappears. Get a small .ottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air, passage of the bead, soothes the Inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes instantly. It's Just fine. Don't stay stuffed ap with a cold or nasty catarrh. Ad. -'. . - . . , . i SERVICE WANTS MEMBERS Community Organization Teams Work for Lead Place in Campaign Special effort is being made this week to Increase the membership of Community Service in Portland and to that end teams representing the various civic bodies have been in ttye field. Wednesday was Ad club day to help the drive and yesterday the Pro gressive Business Men put their shoulders to the wheel. Other teams are carrying on the work, including "army" and "navy' competitive teams of girls organized under Miss Kathleen Cockburn, head of the girls' department of Com munity Service. The Junior-Council of Jewish Women has also organized a team and other organizations are aiding in the movement. The membership campaign received particular encouragement yesterday through the arrival ih Portland of W. W. Pangburn, national director of Community Service, with headquar ters in New York, and Miss Nellie Joan Oiesen, field secretary for girls' work. The visitors were tendered i luncheon at the Portland hotel yester day noon at which members of the local organization were present. SUSPECT UNDER ARREST Authorities Will See if Charles White Is Man. Wanted. THE DALLES. Or., March 10. (Spe cial.) Charles White, suspected of shooting a night watchman at White Salmon, was arrested last night by Police Chief Frank Heater upon tele graphic instructions from Sheriff Ira Henderson of Klickitat county. . White was arrested when he stepped off the ferry after coming from White Salmon, to Grand Dalles by rail and thence across the river to this city. He is being held in the city Jail pending the arrival of au thorities from White Salmon, who will endeavor to determine whether he is the man wanted. Two other suspects were arrested here last night, one of them, George McCarty, was carrying a revolver, but his pal, Ray Buker, was unarmed. Both men proved their business and McCarty explained the possession of the gun, as he is a sheepherder. . Cbehalls Elks Let Contract. CHEHALIS, Wash, March 11. (Special.) Pat Manning, contractor, has been employed by the Elks' build ing committee to superintend con struction of the three-story Elks' building to be erected here by' Che halis lodge of Elk a It is planned to begin wrecking the old building on the site by April 1 and work will be rushed as rapidly as possible enee It begins. The building will cost 1100,000. i SALEM, Or.. March 11. (Special.) Before Governor Olcott will indorse or issue future proclamations calling upon the people of Oregon to give of their funds for foreign relief or to further the interests of home institu tions or organizations, it will be necessary to convince him or tne worthiness of the cause and import ance of the movement, according to a letter prepared by the executive to day and sent to Edward H. Egbert, chairman of the central committee for Russian relief. 'Undoubtedly there is much suffer ing in Russia," said the governor's letter, "and, fundamentally, there may be much merit in your plan for rais ing such funds. Because the people of this country during the war showed their inherent desire to assist In every worthy cause, there have errown ud like 1 ushrooms, Blnce the war, hundreds I oi organizations naving ior tneir soie purpose a desire to t obtain money from the people on the plea that such funds are to be used for philanthropic and charitable objects. It is time that this class of organizations be curbed and restricted. "We have numerous problems to grapple with here at home which will require the time, attention and money of our people. My suggestion would be to all of those who are launching movements for drives upon the pocketbooks. of the American people that they give very careful study to the present necessity of such plan. If scores of these movements were dis continued before they started more genuine good would be done than will be attained if they continue in all their multiplicity." - Sherman act under which the suits were brought. Officials explained that the four to-three decision, the vote in the steel trust case, could not be construed as meaning that that was the view of the high court on the Sherman law. The decision stated that the steel cor poration was not committing unlaw ful acts now, but officials pointed out that the department was left free to institute new proceedings if violations were discovered. MRS. GERMANUS IS DEAD Funeral Takes Place This Morning From Family Residence. Mrs. Carrie Germanus who died Tuesday, March 9, at her home, 792 Lovejoy street, was prominent In Portland in early days. She was born in Vancouver, Wash., in 1861, but her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Mayer, had settled! in Portland in 1852, and her father was the first president of the Temple Beth Israel in Port land. Surviving Mrs. Germanus is her husband, Dave Germanus and a son Harold of New York, also two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Meyerfelt and Mrs. Mike Jacob of San Francisco. Mrs. Ger manus was a charitable and active worker in the Council ' of Jewish Women. ' The funeral will be held from, the family residence today at 11 o'clock. ORATOR ENTERS CONTEST UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED I3f AXXCAL STATE EVENT. Fred Coley Will Speak at Forest Grove on Iiive Topic of In dustrial Patriotism. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, March 11. (Special.) Fretf Coley of Eugene, a senior in the university and a graduate of the Eugene Bible unl versity, will represent the University of Oregon in the annual state ora torical contest at Pacific university. Forest Grove, tomorrow night. Mr. Coley's subject, on which he won in the tryout here, is "Industrial Patriotism." The contest last year was won here by Albany college. During the last 12 years Oregon has won the gold medal and first place six times. R. W. Prescott, now professor of public speaking and coach of debate and oratory, was the winner in 1908. Since then the Oregon winners have been David Pickett. Carlton Spencer, Vic tor Morris. Walter Myers and Abe Rosenberg, who won in 1918. Two sets of Judges will be need- one to decide on thought and compo sition and the other on delivery. The judges on thought and composition will be H. S. Merriam, professor of English at the University of Montana; Irving E. Miller, professor of English at the Bellingham (Wash.) normal school, and A. R. Priest, professor of public- speaking at the University of Washington. Judges of delivery will be Frank H. Hilton, Portland attor ney; Dr. Joshua Stansfleld, pastor of the First Methodist church of Port land, and Right Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner, bishop oil the Episcopal dio cese of Oregon. CIVIC CLUBS ORGANIZED Neighborhood Plan at Aberdeen i Being Developed. ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 11. (Special.) At a meeting of residents and property owners of B and adjoin ing streets, A. E. Davies was elected president and Mrs. G. F. Messer, vice president and secretary of the B Street Improvement club, a branch of the Civic Improvement club, which is organizing neighborhood clubs throughout the city. Mrs. M. M. Stewart was appointed a Committee to form a Junior improve ment club among the children for the purpose of stimulating their interest in such work and securing their help in caring for the trees and flowers. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070, A 6095. Ji 1LB.NET WEIGHT You Don't Know Milk Until You've Tried the FILLS every milk need adequately and satis factorily and assures you pure, wholesome milk for every occasion. 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Grand Jury Investigation Starts Monday Under Direction of At- . torney-General and Assistants. SALEM. Or., March 11. (Special.) Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Co., to day were employed to audit the books of O. P. Hoff, state treasurer. and the work will start tomorrow. A. I Andrus, manager of the com pany, will be in personal charge of the audit. Because of the extent of the Investigation outlined, lt is not likely to be completed before the last of next week. ; The grand Jury Inquiry, however, probably will start Monday, accord ing: to announcement today. It will be in charge of Attorney-General Brown and his assistants. Although there have been many rumors re garding the treasurer's office during; the past few days, practically the entire probe will relate to the di rect charges that Mr. Hoff purchased securities for the state for which he is alleged to have paid the brokers excessive commissions and that some of these securities were bought at a figure above market quotations. No allegation has been made that any official or employe of the treas urer's office profited from the pur chase of the bonds. Neither has any one questioned the honesty or In tegrity of Mr. Hoff. Friends of Mr. Hoff who claim to be in touch with the affairs of his department say they are confident his accounts will be found correct, and that at most, any criticism of the grand Jury will center about the com missions paid for securities for the state. I College Demonstrator at Ohehalis. CHEHALIS, Wash., March 11. (Special.) Miss Bessie C. Bardsley of the Washington State college has been conducting a line of demonstration work among Lewis county women re cently. Last week Miss Bardsley con ducted a class in sewing In Salxer valley. This week at Ford's Trains grange hall a similar class Is being held. TWO INDIANS ARRESTED One, on I'arolc From Penitentiary, .'f ; ,irod of Forgery. LEW1STOX. Idaho, March 11. (Ppe rial.) Andy Bushman and Hugh Broncheau. the former a Umatilla and the latter a Nez Perce Indian, arrested yesterday on the charge of having stolen an automobile in Yakima, will have to answer to the charge of for gery, also. It Is alleged Bushman passed several worthless checks of 110. Bushman says he was formerly student at the Chemawa Indian srhnol near Salem, Or., and that rei-ently he was released from the Oregon peni tentiary on parole, having been mn tenred to rve from one to ten years for horse-tallng. Jhe Shirt With Comfort Points Small, seat tnnet t hips prevents ripping. Afxrthor f m mhv vob'U mat lulna raai- well as tea! comfort, (rest gecWnSsSjU fSfeis TRUSTS IT PERMITTED DECISION OF SUPREME COURT DOESN'T CHANGE POLICY. Attorney-General Says No . Weak ness Disclosed in Law Governing Salts Against Corporations. WASHINGTON. March 11. 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