THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, : APRIL l'8, 1915.
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STANFORD WINS MET
FROM U. C. ATHLETES
; BY 2 POINT MARGIN
Robert Krohn, . Portland Boy,
' Tied for First Place in the
Pole Vault.
DISTANCE RACE FEATURE
Hollister of California looses Two
Mil sua After Wlnety
Yard lead.
Berkeley, Cal., April 17. (tT. P.)
The Athletes representing Leland
Stanford! Jr. university this afternoon
defeated the University of California
men 82 to sO; In the most exciting
dual track meet in the history of the
two . Institutions.- When, Sisson of
Stanford won the broad jump with a
leap of 22 feet and 9 inches, with
Templeton third, it brought to the
Cardinals the victory which -had been
hovering over both teams all after
noon.
Before the broad jump, the univer
sity teams were practically tied.
California had won the mile relay
race., the feature event of the meet,
by a margin of only half an inch.
Todd of the Blue and ""Gold, very ill.
: and with his head swathed In ban
dages, picked up seven yards in the
last lap of this event and won only
by (puhlng out his breast at the
tape.
, Sensations attended the two-mile
: run. Hollister of California had a
80-yard lead in the third lap. Wil
son, . the Cardinals' best bet in, this
event, attempted to close -the gap and
exhausted himself, dropping out of
. the race. Hollister, after a sensa
tional race, wilted In the eighth lap
and failed to place, veaaer or Cali
fornia winning out in a great sprint.
This was the twenty-second annual
meeting between the two schools. Cali
fornia has won 13 and Stanford 8,
one being a tie,
' Summaries.
One-mile run . Wilson (S.) won.
Aupperle (S.) second. Burgess (C.)
third; time, 4:30 3-5.
120-yard hurdles rPrfeble (C.) won,
Murray (S.) second. Temple (S.) third;
time, 1:52 2-6.
16-pound hammer tiirow Coolidge
(C.) won, Shattuck (C.J second, Wiley
(C.) third; distance, 156 feet. 5,
inches. .
100-yard dash Stanton (C.) won,
Lachmund (S.) second. Chrekeld (C.)
third; time, 10 1-5 seconds;
440-yard dash Chase (S.) won,
Cobb (C.) second, Woodruff
third; time, 60 3-5 seconds.
Two-mile run Vedder - (C.)
Lloyd C.) second, ' Chapman
.third; time 9:55 4-5.
. 880-yard run Bennett (S.)
won,
(S.)
won.
Beebe (O.) second. Cuendette (C.)
third; time, 1:5. - .
220-yard hurdles Murray (S.) won,
-Norton (&.) second, Hodge (C) third;
time, 24 4-5 seconds.
220-yard dash Stanton (C.) won,
Lachmund (8.) second. Murray (S).
third; time. 22 2-5 seconds.
One-mile relay race Won by Cali
fornia; time, 3:27.
High jump Templeton (S.) won;
height, 6 feet, thi inches. Eight Cali-
fornia and Stanford men tied for
second and third.
' Shot-put Caughey (S.) won, Bedan
(S.) second, Ldversedge (C.) third;
distance, 46 feet, 4 Vi inches.
. Broad jump Sisson (S.) won.
Maker (C.) second, Templeton (S.)
third; distance, 22 feet, 9 Inches.
Pole vault Krohn (S.) and Gibbs
(C.) tied for first; Graves, Prisbie
and Wright of California tied for
third. Height, 12 feet, 1 inch.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
"Big Six" Routed In Third.
New York, April 17. (U. P.) In
his first game this season, Matty, the
Giants' "old master," was not there
with the goods and was batted out of
the box In the third. Pitchers Stroud
and Rittsr followed 'Big Six" but
could not avail against the Phillies'
slugging. The Giants lost to the tune
f 7 to 1. Score: R. H. E.
Philadelphia ...... ....7 9 l
New Tork 1 8 6
Batteries Alexander and Killlfer;
Mathewson. Stroud. Rltter and Meyers.
-Chl Cubs Win In Ninth.
Chicago, April 17. (TJ. P.) Hug
gins scored on a wild pitch and
Bencher scored on Long's triple In the
ninth - and before the Cardinals could
be checked Dolan sent Long over with
a single and Dolan scored from second
on Butler's roller. It gave the Cubs
a 7-4 victory. Score: R. H. E.
St. Louis .7 10 I
Chicago 4 7 0
Batteries Niehaus, Salee and Glenn;
Zabel. Cheney, Vaughn and Archer.
' Braves Win First Contest.
Boston, April 17. (U. P.) "Little
Dick" Crutcher. the Braves' midget
twirler. held the Dodgers helpless this
afternoon while his teammates got to
AitcMson, his lanky opponent, in the
pinches and Boston won, 6 to 1:
Score: , R H. K.
Brooklyn 1 9 0
Boston 6 io 0
- Batteries Altchison, Ragan and Mc
Cartyj Crutcher, Strand and Gowdy.
Ixng Hits Win for Pirates.
Cincinnati. Ohio, April 17. (U. P.)
Brown, Southern League recruit,
pitched fwell ball for the Reds until
the eighth when Hinchman and Le
jeune .-broke in with long hits and
nosed out the Reds. Score: R. H. E.
Pittsburg 3 7 0
Cincinnati 2 10 1
Batteries: Adams, Mammaux and
Schang; Brown, Ames and Clarke.
Cliehalis High Wins.
Centralia, Wash.. April - 1 7. Clie
halis high school baseball team
was .slaughtered by Centralia this aft
ernoon in a game that was featured
by hard hitting of locals. The score
was-11 to 1, Chehalis tallying In the
ninth .through base on balls and errar.
Brown and Vangilder both register sd
home runs.
Hunter, in box for Centralia. had
Chehalis at his mercy the entire
route.
Score: R. H. E.
Chehalis 13 7
Centralia . .....11 12 4
Batteries Quick and Dellsle; Hun
ter and Salzer.
Amity Beats Mt, Angel.
Amity. Or.. April 17.-The Mt Angel
college was defeated by the Amity
high ; school team today, 6 to 0.
Brown, of the locals, fanned 16 bat
ters. The batteries! Mt.Anget.-eoh-Jer
and Beube.rt; Amity, R. Brown and
P. Brown. --..
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
Paolfie Coast Laaroe.
fm Angeles 13 .684
Kan UTaneUeo , 10 8 .554
Portland 8 .471
Oakland 8 IO -.444
Halt Lake 6 8 .42
Venice 6 10 .375
national League.
Philadelphia 3 O 1.000
New York , 2 2 .500
Chicago 2 2 .600
Cincinnati 2 2 .500
t'ittabnrg 2 2 .500
fit. Louis 2 2 J500
Boston i 1 2 .333
Brooklyn 1 3 .250
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Boston ....... ........... 21 .68T
WaaWnjtoa 2 2 , .600
ClCTelaad 2 .500
Chicago 2 2 .500
Detroit 2- 2 .300
St. Ixwla 2 2 .500
New York , . 2 2 .500
PUUdeliiiia 12 - -333
Fadaral Leaa-ua.
Brooklyn 5 1 833
Cbleago 1 .800
Kansaa Cy 3 - -671
Newark 4. 3 .571
Pittsburg - S 4 .429
Buffalo 2 4 .833
Baltimore 2 8 .218
St. liouls' I 4 ,200
American Association.
Louisville 3 O 1.000
Indianapolis 2 1 .667
Minneapolis . 2 1 .667
Kansas City 2 1 .667
St Paul 1 2 .833
Milwaukee 1 2 ,333
Cleveland 1 2 .333
Colunibun ; 0 3 ,000
PEANUT VENDER KILLS
FLOYD A. M'FARLAND
WITH A SCREWDRIVER
Dean of Bicycle Racers Is
Sabbed In Skull Near Eer;
Victim H'ad Wide Career.
New York, April 17. Floyd A. Mc
Farland, dean of bicycre racers and the
biggest figure In that branch of sports,
was fatally stabbed In the Velodrome,
a bicycle course at Newark, N. J., to
day, by a peanut "butcher." The wea
pon used was a screwdriver. McFar-
land died shortly after 9 o'clock to
night.
McFarland, a general manager of
the cycle ractng association, was in
charge of the Velodrome. Lantenberg
had the confectionery and peanut
etand.
Lantenberg was tacking up his sign
on the bleactters when- McFarland ar
rived at the track.
"What are you doing there. Get out
of that," yelled McFarland. Ianten
berg kept on with his wor&
"Stop tt, or you'll be stopped," Mc
Farland -continued, and then grabbed
th "butcher."
Lantenberg, a smaller man, had been
using a big screwdriver at his task.
This he thrust at Mc Far land's head
point blank.
The point of the screwdriver pene
trated the skull near McFarland's ear
and went into the brain.
McFarland was rushed to the city
hospital and Lantenberg was locked up.
McFarland in 17 years had raced
in every state and In most foreign
countries. He won nearly 1000 races
at all distances and triumphed also In
many six day races. Six years ago he
turned to promoting and was equally
successful. He was 88 years old and
was born in San Jose, Cal.
FEDERAL LEAGUE GAMES
Chief Bender Beaten Again.
Newark, N. J.. April 17. (TJ. P.)
The Newark newcomers tied for first
place today by beating Baltimore 5
to 1. The winners landed on Chief
Bender's shoots for 11 hits. Score:
R. H. EL
Baltimore l 6 1
Newark 5 11 1
Bender and Owens; Reulbach and
Rariden.
Timely Singles Win Game.
Pittsburg. April 17. (U. P) Time
ly bingles by the Pittfeds gave them
the game this afternoon, Kansas City
being beaten 4 to 1.
Pittsburg played errorless ball.
Score: R. H. E.
Kansas City ..1 8 1
Pittaburg .- 4. 9 0
Pittfeds Cullop, Fenning, Black
burn and Easterly; Allen, Kentzer and
Berry.
Bnffalo Lioees, in Eighth.
Buffalo, April 17-(U. P.) While
Pittaburg was taking a game today,
the Buff-feds lost to Brooklyn by a
score of 8 to 4 and dropped Into sixth
place. Buffalo led until, the eighth
when the leaders hopped on Lafitte's
slants for five runs. Score:
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 8 9 1
Buffalo 4 8 0
Batteries Lafitte, Seaton , and
Land; Schuls, Krapp, Ford andBalr.
Whales Beat Slonfeds.
St. Louis, April 17. (U. P.) The
Whales opened here today by winning
4 to 1.
Hendrlx, for the second time, this
week, pitched the Tlnkerers to vic
tory. Score: R. H. E.
Chicago 4 7 0
St. Louis . 1 5 3
Batteries Hendrix and Wilson,
Groom, Watson and Hartley.
American Association Results.
At Cleveland R. H. E.
Indianapolis 8 8 1
Cleveland ... - 561
Batteries Tipple. Mere and Gosset;
Collamore, Dilllnger and Bassler.
At Columbus-r-Lou
is villa ; . . . .
R. H. E.
.. 8.10
0
4
Columbus
.. 6' 8
Batteries Davis ana
Clemens;
Boothy and Colman. ' .
At Kansas City R. H. E.
St. Paul... 1 5 3
Kansas City...1- .......13 17 2
Batteries Gardner. Gipe and John
son, Marshall; Delhi and Giebel. -
At Milwaukee R. H. E.
Minneapolis 9 14 1
Milwaukee 3 7 1
Batteries Fiene M. Williams and
Sullivan; Slapntka, Griesel and
Hughes. r JtloA
. Texas League Results,
Dallas 5, Waco 3..
Houston 1, San Antonio fl. '
Galveston 1, Beaumont 3.
Fort Worthy 4, Shreveport 1.
Southern league Results.
Memphis 4, Chattanooga 1.
Mobile 4, Birmingham 3.
New Orleans 7. Atlanta 4. .
. Nashville 7. Little Rock 3.
Western Association Results.
Oklahoma City 3. Tulsa 1.
Sherman 10, Paris 6.
Tetiison . MoAlister 0.
Muskogee 6, Fort Smith 11.
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GREEN FILLY IS
FIRST IN HUNT
SCLUBS CHASE
Lady Ruby Wins n Her Very
First Start as Hunter in
Local Club Event. n
In her first race, Chester Murphy's
Lady Ruby, a 3-year-old filly, romped
away with a victory in the closed pa
per chase of the Portland Hunt club
yesterday. The green colt, which was
bred and trained by its owner, showed
good speed and cleared the hurdles
and Jumps without any difficulty.
She is by Rubo, Murphy's stallion,
and was trained about three months.
The trail was led by Mrs. Louis
Gerlinger and Mrs. H. Kerron over an
eight mile course, including three stiff
water Jumps arid seven hurdles. The
event started near Sly van and finished
near Garden Home.
Sheldon Volkman, riding Mike Wis
dom, was second and Dr. J. A. Cough
lin. on Kitty, was third.
Other riders In the chase were: Mrs.
Ralph Wilbur. Mrs. A. M, Cronin, Mrs.
James Murphy, Mrs. James Nicol, Miss
Gailbrlth, Miss Beck, Ed Kerr. A. M.
Cronin, Ralph Wilbur. W. Healy,
James Nicol, H. Kerron, H. B. Camp
bell and Howard Charlton.
There was a large crowd at the
finish. The next club event will be
stasred In about two weeks. The an
nual spring meeting of the club will
be staged In June.
americanTeague games
Lewis' Single Wins Game.
Washington, April 17. (U. P.)
Lewis' single, with Walter Johnson
pitching, in the ninth gave the Boston
Red Sox a 7 to 5 victory today. Boeh
Ung's wlldnees In the fourth and cost
ly error by Moehler in th inth
were the main factors In the Boston
scores Griffith was ejected for talk
ing. Score: R. H. E.
Boston ; ' t 8
Washington B 9 3
Batteries Foster, Shore and Cady;
Boehling, Johnson and Henry, Ain
smith. Mack's Team Routed in N. Y.
Philadelphia, April 17. (U. P.)
Connie Mack's once proud Athletics
gave away a game to Donovan's re
juvenated Yankees this afternoon. The
New Yorkers ran wild on the bases,
stealing nine and making most of the
12 bases on balls granted them by
generous rookie pitchers. The Ath
letics never had a chance with Mc
Hale. Score:
R. H. E.
New York '9 8 1
Philadelphia 1
Batteries McHale and Sweeney;
Wyckoff, Bressler, Harper and Lapp.
Gets Homer With Bases Pull.
St. Louis, Mo., April if. (U. P.
An idealistic climax wound up the
fourth of the Browns-Sox games when
Severold belted a homer in the last
half of the ninth with two out and
two and three on the batter, scoring
E. Walker, C Walker and Austin, and
winning the game. 4 to 3. Jasper gave
the Browns four hits and James gave
four. Score:
R. H. E.
Chicago 8 4 8
St. Louis i. 4 4 1
Batteries Jasper and Schalkj;
James, Leverens and Servoid. ,
Indians Are Whitewashed.
Detroit, Mich.. April 17. (U. P.)
Dubuc held the Indians safe this af
ternoon and Detroit was able to even
up the series with Cleveland. The
score was 6 to .0. Four Cl.evel&nders
connected safely with Dubuc's offer
ings. Score:
: 1-C 11. fci.
Cleveland ... .i- o 4 l
Detroit 6 io o
Batteries Morton, Bteen, coumbe
and .Egan, O'Neill; Dubuc and McKee.
MUTS AT BASEBALL PARK
Headed by the Firemen's Band, the
"Muts" will stage several stunts to
morrow afternoon on the vaugnn
Street grounds before the start of the
Portland-Venice game to advertise
their Monday night show.
Hap Hogan. the Venice boss, win be
Initiated as a member -of the "Muts."
' Pendleton Team Loses.
Pendleton, April ' 17. Bickie Wil
liams, former Jefferson high twirl
er, was Invincible here this afternoon
for U, A. hkhuik uw reniuewo
Blue Mountain team, the college boys
winning, 6 to 1. Williams let the lo
cals down with two hits. Mountain,
former Western Tri-Statef, was on
the mouhd for the locals, and pitched
good ball, save in the second.
Score: .R. H. E.
A. . 7 '1
Pendleton 1 2 2
Batteries Williams and Welier;
Mountain and Peterson.
A FRENCH VILLAGE IN ARTILLERY RANGE
France, is situated within the range
Fisk Commission Billet Lures
r. e; . X X tt at -
.Permanent Rights rroviaea
Spirited Contest Is On; War
ren's Selectton as Mem
ber Deemed Certain,
The most spirited contests that have
developed for appointment by the pres
ent administration are now going on
between applicants for peaces on the
state fish and game commission. In
eastern Oregon the contest Is between
S. D. Crowe of La Grande and Marion
Jack of Pendleton, and in this" part of
the state it is between George H. Kel
ly, a member of the present commis
sion, and I. N. Fleischner, both of
Portland.
It seems to be generally conceded
that Frank M, Warren, one of the big
fish cannerymen, will be appointed on
the commission. A while back it was
generally thought that L. E. Bean of
Eugene would be appointed, but his
name Is not so prominently men
tioned now. Warren has large fish
ing interests on the lower Columbia,
and also has some Interests on the
upper river.
Warren Being' Urged.
The organized sportsmen of Port
land are urging the appointment of
Warren and Fleischner as the weste.rn
Oregon members of the commission.
It is reported that Kelly is bringing
to bear On the governor all the poli
tical influence he can control. It is
said he is using his association with
R. A. Booth to this end.. However, It
Is reported that the Booth Influence is
not so strong with the governor, as
he remembers the manner in which the
Republican organisation devoted near
ly all of Its attention to Booth's cam
paign In the last eletcion and left
him, largely to shift for himself.
Another nam mentioned for the
place la W. F. McGregor of Astoria.
Over In eastern Oregon, from where
two members of the commission are to
be appointed, the politicians and poli
tical organization are lined up behind
Jack of Pendleton, while practically
all of the sportsmen of that . part of
the state ar urging the appointment
of Crowe. It is considered that C. F.
Stone of Klamath Falls, a member of
the present commission, will be re
appointed as one of the eastern Ore
gon members.
Governor's Pavor bought.
Under the new law, which will go
into effect May 22, the governot will
be th fifth member of the commis
sion.
Although the commission 1- sup-
poBed. under the law, to appoint the
state game warden and the master j
fish warden.
applicants for
thOSe
places, are assuming that Governor I
?,T- w li. I v h-
f! "lm P iDt! ' 'f: 1
in orHrifnf tl.i VtJl 5J m '
and are urging their claims upon him.
waArdenearehA "lTV rtfa
Wrrntr",t AU- f rf?3"?.T: :
liToTorPoAland, a K-"craton
Pendleton. Charles H. Fry of Beaver
ton,x Robert L. Adams of Portland and
others.
For master fish warden R. E. Clan
ton, who has held the position for sev
eral years, is considered likely, to be
reappointed. However, there are marfy
applicants for the place. Qn,j is C.
J. Huntley of Oregon City.
OREGON EVENS
UP SERIESWITH
DEFEAT OF U.-W.
k
Leader's Bad Luck Is Re
sponsible for Defeat of
Northerners. '
Seattle, Wash., April 17. (3. J.)
Oregon evened up the series here to
day, when they defeated Washington
two to ore.
Bryant started twirling for Wash
ington but only lasted ; two Innings
Foran pitched good ball after he went
in and allowed only one hit 1n sven
innings. t
: Tuerck did the pitching for Oreeon
and put up a good exhibition of Jaall
Eaeh pitoher got eight strike-outs."
Tuerck paired four men, Bryant two
and Foran one.
f Leader wss responsible for Wash
ington's defeat When he had a passed
ball in the second inning- and let Gor
man score in the ninth inning
: Washington had three men on bases
but could not tie the score.
' The lineup: .
; Oregon-rCornell 2b, Lieuallen c, L.
Bigbee rf,' Nelson tb, M. Bigbee 2b,
f Sheeny If, Gorman cf. Grebe ss.
Tuerclc p. .
: Washington Thompson If, McDer
mott lb. Howard 3b. Taylor cf. Wil
son rf. Leader c. Kmith ss, Bryant p,
Foran p, Graham 2 b.
raotogTai ttf conrteay or
o warring guns. Its fate is sn
sa
own
Last Legislature Changed
i Manner of Regulating
Franchises on Rivers,
That permanent fishing rights or
franchises on the Columbia river and
its tributaries will be granted under
the provisions of the law enacted by
mercial fishing In those streams, has
been brought out at recent meetings
of the state fish and game commis
sion. In the past the flh and game com
mission has followed the practice of
giving preference to applicants for
commercial fishing licenses, who have
established locations on the river, but
It is said this is the first time that any
provision has been Inserted In the lawa
that might uphold the practice If it
should be contested. In the new law
the provisions which are construed to
convey permanent franchises are
"backhanded" In their wording. They
read as follows:
"The failure to renew the license, or
make application therefor, for any
fishtrap, pound net, fish wheel, or lo
cation for other fixed appliance, in
any of the waters of this state on the
first day of April of any year, : shall
constitute abandonment of the loca
tion.
"Should the holder of any license
neglect to construct the appliance
called for by said license during two
consecutive seasons covered by bis li
cense, said location shall b deemed
abandoned." --
By reverse interpretation of these
provisions, it is pointed out that they
mean if a holder of a license does
make application for renewal before
April 1 and does provide the specified
appliances his license is in effect per
petual." The law was enacted with an emer
gency clause, so It went Into effect
Immediately after the governor signed
it. i A similar law has been enacted in
Washington, and congress has been
asked to ratify the act, which will
then become a treaty between the two
states and cannot be changed except
by the consent of both states. The bi
commercial fishermen have long de
sired such a provision.
Tndlaw Brings Suit.
The matter was emphasized at a re
cent meeting of the commission when
the applications of Seufert Bros, com
pany and Sam Williams, an Indian,
Te, were UJ) for consideration. For
I. .,m ",.,. ,,. h n a. xon.
trnv,. v..OMn th trt ov.V fish.
J K- a nnn nnfn.n Vi -n
lumbl
The Indian had been operating a
ral V- It was discovered that the
description in his license did not cor.
r d t th rlac he was located
SSSff Btheaa
then made application for a license
Ug to the correct description
The Indian held onto the place, and 4a
a result or nis scow Deing cut aarut
one night last season, he is now suing
Seufert Bros, for damages.
. This year both made application for
a license, the Indian having the cor
rect description this time.' The board
made a trip to The Dalles and after in
vestigation decided not to issue the li
cense to either applicant until the
courts decided who was entitled to It.
Modern Naval Guns
Not So Destructive
Marquis of Bristol Says Theories of
Experts Have Beea Xtefuted By
length of Sea Battles.
London, April 17. -The Marquis of
Bristol, president of the Society of
Naval Architects, speaking at the an
nual meeting of the organization, de
clared that it had been shown that
the experts wef e wrong in their theory
of modern armafnents.
"It Is a remarkable feature of the
present naval war that the engage
ments are protracted," said the mar
quis. "The experts declared that a
battle now would not last five min
utes once the range was found. On
the contrary most of the fights at
sea have lasted not for mjnutes, but
for hours. There are other determin
ing1 factors besides great gun power.
For instance, speed Is highly import
ant because it enables its possessor to
escape if he wishes or, if he desires
to fight, to select his position. - All
the i ships that have fought up to this
time have possessed a surprising pow
er of endurance."
. iii
Columbia Team Defeated.
Salem, Or, April 17. The Columbia
university baseball team of Portland
wasi defeated by the local high school
nine today, 4 to 3., i
For several 'years India has steadily
increased its production of coal, iron
and copper. -
department. Kaatmao Bdak company.
in this photograph.
CZAR'S MEN SPARE
TILSIT BUT DESTROY
Tl
General Bogdanor, In Com
mand of Russians, En
forces Discipline,
By Herbert Corey.
(Copyright.. lSlfa by Herbert Corey.)
Tilsit, Prussia, March 24. ItV like
heavenor Kansas to get to Tilsit.
It is a town 'of 60,000, with real beds
in it. and real food, and with an" elder
ly waiter whose feet break in the mid
dle, precisely like the dear ones at
home. It has a new and bright and
slppy look about it. like the wide
awake towns of bur middle west. Per
haps it seems all the better to us, be
cause we have seen the last of the des
olation left by the Cossack. We get
the scent of burning out of our nos
trils. .
Tilsit was held by the Russian, and,
escaped being looted and burned. Gen
eral Bogdanor, the Russian commander,
enforced discipline here. The men
were not allowed out after dark. More
than that. They were forced to keep
clean. The suffering this must have
occasioned Russian soldiers is dread
ful to think of. If the czar were real
ly acquainted with his people he would
abolish the knout as an instrument of
punishment. He would substitute
soap. .
Not all the people here escaped, of
course. j
"Have you seen Martha Jucknat of
RobkoJenr a Tilsit man asked us.
Robkojen, it appears, was one of the
little villages near by. It is no more.
The -Russian uniformed soldiers wiped
It out. Today there is not one stone
upon another there, we are told. Martha
Jucknat is a young married woman, 28
years old. .
"She was In town today," the Tilsit
man said.
Tilsit knows and honors her, because
of the slash of a sabre across her
cheek. Unfortunately, she had re
turned to what had been Robkojen be
fore we heard of her presence in town.
But from the ' superintendent of the
Kreiskrankenhaus. in which " hospital
she was a patient from November 25
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to December 8. we got her story.,
."She was alone in her home when
two Cossacks entered," said he. ."They
attacked her, of course. They attacked
almost every woman they found alone.
But Martha Jucknat is a sturdy aort.
She fought them off. Then she seised
a bar of firewood and attacked in her
turn. One Cossaek fled, blood stream
ing down his face. The other drew
his sabre and slashed her across the
cheek." J'i -,-- :
She fell to the floor unoonscious.
But even that courageous Cossack who
had used the sabre feared to further
attack this woman who fought.' Her
neighbors brought her to the hospital
for treatment.
Yesterday We managed a mild thrill,
even 'in this almost peaceful country.
It .is but 30 kilometres to Tauroggen.
where the . Russians are standing at
bay, and we drove out to get a glimpse
of the situation. We passed the
church of Pictupoenen. where 100 years
ago Queen Louise of Prussia took
refuge before that peace of Tilsit was
signed on a pontoon bridge In the
nearby river, between Napoleon and
the emperor of Russia. Two. days be
fore the Russians had been shelled
out of the picturesque old edifice.
Holes are gaping in Its walls and
roof. - ;..) ,.
"See," said Captain Tsschlrner, ,
A grenaten had fallen on a i grave.
It had so torn the mound that we
vandals, peering within, could see the
mouldering oofftn six feet under
ground. There was a frightful Irony
in the epitaph which the Rlttmeister
deciphered for us -a sermon In brief
upon war and man: "
"Ruhe Banff J ("May You Lie
Calm"). - i
Most unpleasantly cool, this Rltt
meister, in the face of distressing cir
cumstances. Over, at the left we saw
the smoke of burning villages. Even
as we looked new flames spurted up.
They ran along a ridge of land, as
though a prairie had been fired. The
Rlttmeister said the village was not
more than a mil away.
"It has been fired by the Russians,"
said he. "It could not have been done
by our men. There is no military rea
son for It, as far. as the Germans are
concerned, and we would not set fire
to German property.".
That seemed entirely probable. Fox
and I sat quiet and reflective. The
Rlttmeister continued:
"We might meet Russian patrol rid
ing through the country," said he. "In
that case we will have to fight, of
course. But you. gentlemen will not
fight. We will protect you."
As Fox had a camera and I had a
leakfng, fountain 1 pen, and no other
weapon, it seemed likely that we would
not fight. Upon inquiry It appeared
that .the Russian patrol usually con
sists of 40 men. Also that If they
sighted the car they would fire on it
from a distance.) It seemed unlikely
to us that they would distinguish be
tween non-combatants - and the three
soldiers in the car, under such condi
tions. , 1 i
"If only I had eaten that other
piece of ham this morning," mourned
Fox. ' '"'
Shots were heard at no great ,3is-
lance. xney came mingiy, wun a fort
of muffled clarity, precisely as the
strokes of a woodchopper ring through
the frosty air. We kept hearing shots
at a distance alii morning. But they
kept at a distance. All houses along
this road had been looted and then
burned. We came to a hamlet through
which an electric tramway ran. On
one of the ' posts j which supported the
feed wire an empty mealsack swung
in the breese. There seemed a cer
tain significance . In that sack, as
though It carried a message. We asked.
"From that pole a Cossack was
"hanged," said the grim resident we
addressed. "He had violated a girl
and because of that he was delayed
In his flight. We caught, him just be
fore the Germans soldiers-came."
There have been storHs that Cos
sacks ate being j executed summarily
for their crimes against every law of
God and man. I do not Know whether
they are true or not. There is a tale
that 200 were hanged in Lyck, and
that a firing squad is the brief mercy
they receive when they fall Into Ger
man hands. I do, not' know that these
stories are true.; . This empty sack,
floating in the breeze, la the one evi
dence I have seen.
' But if these stories are true I have
no hesitation In saying that this sum
mary punishment is merited. Cos
sacks are not soldiers. They 'rarely
fight.- They are not expected to fight.
Their work is to terrify the weak and
unprotected to carry the doctrine of
the "pogrom" to every undefended
farmhouse..
TOWN OF
10,000 is razed by
fleeing russia;;;
Not More Than 50 Roofs Arc
Left Untouched After Visit
of Czar's Forces. I
QUARTERS ARE VERY BAD
Correspondents Ztnd Accommodation t
j la Wake of Russian Troops Not All
! That Ceroid Be Sealreo.
lly Herbert Corey.
(Copyright, 1915, by Herbert Corey.)
Lyck, Prussia. March 12. Once 10.00 0
people lived In this town, j Ferhap
there were 40 Inhabitants here be
sides the soldiers when our freight
train crawled in at 1 o'clock In the
morning. Four days before the Rus
sian had been driven out. He left bin
sign manual on the town. I doubt i'
there are 60 roofs left untouched.
There are houses which did not burn
all these towns are built of stone and
brick and tile but In each, one we
entered there were proofs j that the
Russians had tried to burn thenvThvy
had ripped out the Interiors of the
houses and stores simply ripped them
out. It was as though one had pullel
the lining out of a sleeve. ' I took the
one bit of loot remaining. It was a
stained and defaced volume of Chau
cer, the poet of Canterbury. : I valued
It because it was the one -.book that
still held together In the wreck -of a
bookstore1, and because, perhaps, of a
certain irony I found in its associa
tions, t '.; .
"Do you live here?" Captain Steit
encron asked a party of peasants who
were making their way down the
street'. They were the first we hud
seen except soldiers after five hours
in Lyck. Two old men and three
youngish women, they were gailiiff
about curiously.
"Oh, no," they said. "We live in the
next village. We came in to see
Lyck."
A sight seeing tour, for all the world
like Broadway, with . a difference.
Steitencron asked them if the Russians
had abused any one in their Village.
"Oh, no," they said with simple
gratitude. "They treated us very nice
ly. They killed no one and they abused
no women. We were very ; grateful.
Of course, they took all we had."
Baaing Russian prisoners.
Having seen Lyck, we could believe
that. Further, we had had our flrt
glimpse of fresh caught Russian pris
oners. It had been at Vlddmlnnen the
night before. Our freight train hud
pulled up at a Station. -Fox and I were
dozing uneasily In the freight car,
which bad been converted into a pas
senger coach by the addition of a'
round, red-bellied stove and a few
benches. Windows had been cut in
the sides, too. but these trench trained
soldiers wanted to soak up all tho
heat they could. . The windows were
kept shut. The night was black as.
the Inside of a muff, and snowing. Wv
heard cries weird,- wordless cries
In the darkness. Through the tight
shut windows ve caught reflections
of glancing lights.
"There are 6600 Russian prisoners
out here," said Captain fiteitencron,
who had investigated. "Want a look?''
They, were herded up to a fetxe
which In other days keeps the Prus
sian populace from geting on to the
track, precisely as one might herd
cows. A few German soldiers of the
Landsturm guarded them. The torch
lights glinted on the fixed bayonets.;
The Russians were staring, dully 'at
us. Their faces bore no : emotion
whatever, except, perhaps, a stupid
curiosity. I counted a dozen varieties
of fur and sheepskin caps, all conical
and all dirty. Their brown clothes
seemed warm enough, but unsoldlttr
llke and sloppy. A stench a stench
as of animals, and yet worse than an
imalscame from them as they moved
uneasily in their places. Their cloth
ing was wet with the snow. Later
we learned to identify that as the
Russian odor. It does not vary
greatly. j
? Bad Baongh of Xusala.
Now came one of the Incredible co
incidences with which this war Is
filled. Next to the lnclosure in which
the privates were herded was -the yard
where the officers stood. They seemed
a fin lot of men, in the glare of the
torches. Most of them were tall. Many
of them had fine, kneen, intellectual
faces. There were others Who were
hardly above the level of the men. Hut
those nearest the fence were men at'
quality. Captain Steltenoron was born
of a family that has estates In tho
Russian Baltic provinces. He singled
out a clean-cut, high-headed man who
stood at the gate and bc-san j to .talk,
pretty soon they shook hands.
"Odd," said Stelteneron later. "Tbt
man's father gave me rny first com
munion when 1 was a boy. He is a
surgeon." I .
Bteitencron had assured htm that,
being a surgeon, he would be ex
changed. The other man had shaken ,
his head.
"I shall never return to Russia," said
he. "I have had enough.", - '
The leading families in the three
Baltic provinces Kurland, Llevland,
and Ksthland are all of German blood.
They were forced to serve in the Rus
sian army, of course. It is a note,
worthy fact that several of the bat
ter generals of Russia Rennenkampf
and Hlevers. for example are of Teu
tonic lineage.
To return to Lyck. We saw the
burned town and the burned t church
amljvaiched with Interested eyes th
return of a troop of tired Uhlans. All
night they had been snouting for Rus
sian stragglers. We were very sleepy.
Mot a Bed la Town.
Stelteneron came in to report that
no one even suspected the presence of
a bed in :the ruined town of Lyck, We
spread our sleeping bags down upon
the floor of the inner office, i It had
been scrubbed it had been fairly
ground by the Germans, but a sleep
ing bag elevates one's nose but a sllicht
distance above the boards that had
been darkened by Kusslan filth. HtUi,
we slept. 1 suffered slightly ,. from
Strangulation of the sleeping bag dur
ing the night. It crept up on nn when
I dozed and tried to attack me. Usu
ally X succeeded In throwing It off
to waken sniffling out on that awful
floofr Sometimes Fox had to rescue
mi.
. We got our breakfast of coffee and ,
war bread at the. officers' casino. The ,
Russian officers had used it. for their 1
eating place. It had only been cleaned
out after thern. Not sufficiently, It In
true, but enough to permit its use until ,
a more thorough cleaning could be ,
given. It may be that I am placing ,
too great emphasis on this Russlau
indifference to sanitation and do- '
cency. It doesn't seem possible to me. i
'Direct sunlight by its chemical ef
fects disintegrates the back of mirrors ,
In a comparatively short time.
PRUSSIAN
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