The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-22
WOMAN RAN BLOCADE.
Mrs, Kraytechenko Arrives nt Chefoo
 With Prince Radziwill.

Chefoo, Sept. 21.-( 7:30 P. M.)-Mrs. Anna Kravtchenko the English wife or A Russian army officer. who arrived here the night of Sept. 17. with Lieu tenant Prince Radziwill from Port Ar thur Is the first woman to run the blockade from the Russian stronghold since the Japanese. increased their vigilance to prevent egress from the port.
 Her trip was rendered extremely perilous because she came out with the prince and his companion. Lieu tenant Chirstoforoff, who carried mes sages from Lieutenant General Stoes- sel. the commander of Port Arthur to General Kuropatkin. Both of these officers were disguised and had they been captured by the Japanese they certainly would have been executed. Mrs. Kravtchenko who was so worn out and exhausted by her adventure that she was unable to see the cor respondent of the Associated Press un- til today. In an interview she spoke to him as follows We left Port Arthur at 8 o'clock the nigIE of September 16. There was 2 good wind and the moon was bright We were successful in avoiding the danger of the first Japanese blockad- ing line. We came up to the second
  Searchlights were flashed nall sides. but our junk was not discovered.
 We suddenly discovered ourselves close to another junk, with q Japanese crew on board. They presumably took us for pirates, but we outsailed them and drew away.
 At six o'clock the next morning we saw steamer coming our direction She had the appearance of a cruiser and I ferrih1xy ri 0h we saw the cruiser Prince Radziwill and Lieutenant Christoroff went below l stretched myself out on deck and covered myself with dirty blankets Chinese were lying at my feet and sides, and for nearly an hour although nearly smothered, I kept my position l never uttered more thankful praya, than when I was informed that the steamer We had seen was Red Cros, vessel and that her captain had no intention of overhauIing us.
 Wonderful things are being done by the staffs of the different hospitals at Port Arthur. who are assited by ladies There are thirty nurses for each 1000 patients. The ladies devote most of their time to the making of clothes for the soldiers, The laundry work is dore by the poor women and the wives of enlisted men. The sick and wounded q
 
 clothes. The laundry work has to be done in dreadful heat.
 There are no contagious diseases at Port Arthur, but many deaths are re- sulting from the bite of a large red headed fly. which feeds on the decom- posing corpses scattered over the bat tie fields. doctor who was bitten or the thumb by one of these flies instant. ly severed that member. He then had his an1nUtafa6 hnt hefora Ee poison had reached his heart. The To- suit of the bite was fatal.
 Every day in the week the bant plays at one of the hospitals. Int wounded men recover quickly from tn, wounds inflicted by Maxim projectile! and by the bullet of the Osaka rife but the wounds resulting from explo sive bullets are awful and recovery i impossible.
 The old town of Port Arthur is al most entirely wrecked. The streets ar filled with holes made by explodin, shells The loss of life in Port Arthu from the bombardment has been re markably small.
 "Once I counted fifty-seven Japanes shells fired at a Russian battery, no one of which reached its mark
 The Russian garrison is cheerful I would be impossible to imagine n bray CT or finer set of men. They retur from three days duty in the trenchc with songs on their Ilnps.
 Although many places in the rank are vacant. all the men have unlimite confidence in their power to hold th fortress against the enemy
 q assure you" Mrs Kravtchank said in conclusion to the correspondent that I believe Port Arthur will stan against the Japanese. I don't think th stronghold will fall