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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Copyright. 1913, by Curtis Brown.)

Copyright. 1913, by Curtis Brown.)
X n OsCOw. September 2T.-tSpecial)
MI Esoterio Moscow is soaked with
drugs. The whole wealthy West
End which lies between the university
and the Dorogomyseh suburb. spends its
days consuming and injecting cocaine
and morphia. and indulging in orgies of
"Sulphurism." This sounds somewhat
exaggerated, but it is the conclusion
drawn fdom recent revelations. From
the evidence given and the reports of doc
tors it would seem that only cabmen,
muzhiks and yard dvonills escape the gem
eral craze and that the whole "Intelli-
gentsya. covering everyone who reads,
writes and has a black coat to pawn, is
made up of drug maniacs. No wonder the
harvest of Moscow doctors grows rapidly;
no wonder the annual doubling of the
crop of suicide and crime.
Out of this state of affairs a strange
and sinister woman emerges In Arbat.
in Kaloshin Lane lived. till last Decem-
ber the Caucasus princess, Trina Dem
bizzi, who boasted the bizarre title Ser
nistiya Imperatritsa"-the Birthstone EN-
press. The empress was an expert in the
science and practice of drug-taking, and
the use of drugs in society; she cultivated
only drug-manacs society. and she COM
piled a privately printed book called Me
moirs of a Morphinist," which contained
list of 40 Moscow men and 800 women
of wealth and position, who were given
40 drug taking. The princess was wholly
perverse and unnatural She described
morphinism as "a glorious crime which
feeble mans laws cannot check; and
she further revelled in the scandals and
tragedies which newspapers daily report
rs a result of the cocaine and morphia
craze. She kept track of every suicide
in good society, and set herself to ferret
out the cause always, said Kozhevni-
koff's lawyer, under the suspicion that
her goddess. Morphia, was the source of
the tragedy" And when she found out
that this was indeed so, she went deeply
Veiled to the victims funeral, or sent
wreath of violets inscribed, where thou
has gone we shall soon follow"
The Drug -Maniacs' club, founded by
Princess Dembizzi, had so members, who
met once a month, and recounted their
individual joys and torments. The more
important experiences were written down
and analyzed by doctors-of whom there
were nine among the so members. The
princess had a fine library on toxicology,
and she paid for books on drug-taking
by Erlenmeyer, Demetrescu Idiguer, Jen-
nngs and other medical men, being trans
lated into Russian and circulated among
friends. Her abnormal mind is shown
by the fact that she took no delight In
surreptitious literature which praised
drug taking (of this Russia produces vast
quantities), she sought out writers who
exposed the folly and misery of the habit,
and the more they raved and menaced
with ruin in this world and the next the
more their writings pleased the queer
princess.
The great exploit of the Dernbizzi CO.
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ceives good many articles of attire in
the way of hats. parasols.. gloves, ETC..
in the form of presents from different
relatives.
The princess has beautifully jeweled
handled parasol that was a present to
her from the German Empress and every
birthday Queen alexandra sends among
other gifts a box containing dozen pairs
of gloves.
Up to last year the princess's wardrobe
was looked after by her mothers chief
dresser, Miss Selby, but now her royal
highness has a maid of her own.
Two of the most extravagantly clad
young girls in the world arev the two
young Grand Duchesses, Titiana and
Marie Of Russia, the younger daughters
of the Gar. An order for frocks for the
two young duchesses was placed couple
OF years ago with West End firm in
London, which specializes in children s
frocks and caters for the extremely we'll
to-do only, the price of the frocks aver
aged SIS each. Two Of the frocks were
made of real Irish lace and cost $40
each.
But not only do the young duchesses
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Esoterie Mosco,o a Drug-Soaked City

Opium and morphla taking are more or
less common in the army. dispute is
proceeding as to the extent of this. NJ.
Jadrinsky, a Novgored proprietor who
served 10 years ago in the Pavlovsi1y
guard regiment, says that in his days he
knew in one battalion seven officers who
were given to drugs He declines to say
which of the three battalions. He adds
that while cocainism is unknown among
soldiers 1t is particularly common with
"one-year volunteers" that is soldiers
who by virtue of their secondary educa-
ton escape with a single years service
under privileged conditions. Doctors of
the st. Petersburg Military Medical acad-
emy deny these charges. DR.. PavIoff, one
of the most authoritative, says that they
are exaggerated. Not one one-year vol
unteef out of 1900 takes drugs. and there
are probably no drug takers at all in the
guards regiments. "The trouble Is alco-
hol.' Shortly after this denial an Off
Ger named Kiselin. serving in a Narva
chasseur battalion, committed suicide.
Inquiry proved that in state of general
moral perversion, the result of morphin-
ism, he had stolen money from the regi-
mental treasury and committed suicide in
despair.
Government circles well realize the ex-
tent of the drug plague. The matter was
twice up before the third Duma When
10 years ago M. Witte planned to make
a state monopoly out of drugs and med
icines of all kinds, he was in part actu-
ated by a desire to fight morphinism His
motive here was similar to the motives
which brought about the monopolization
of vodka. The government, reasoned
Witte. could make money out of drink
and at the same time 1t would be able
to combat intemperance. Similarly, if 1t
monopolized drugs 1t would secure the
whole retail profit from the sale of NOR
pliia and cocaine to unqualified persons.
Witte. In one of his annual reports, noted
that in the southwestern provinces Vol
hynia. Tchernigoff and Kieff, the sale OF
morphia had increased sevenfold in a few
years. n. A. Maklakoff, late governor of
Tchernigoff and now minister of the inte-
rior was the first bureaucrat to make bold
war on drug-maniacs. As the law gave
him no authority to do this he boldly put
in force provision of the reinforced Sc
curly ordinances under which he had
the right to prohibit social gatherings ..of
undesirable political color" Maklakofi
forbade meetings of the Tchernigoff club
"Stohastiye' which was composed OF
local high officials and rich men whose
political reliability underlay no doubt
When threatened with an appeal to the
Senate, Maklakoff explained that he sus-
pected the club was an opium den and
that drug taking even among loyal cit
liens leads to moral perversion and
therefore. might easily lead to anti-gov-
ernmental propaganda The opium
fields knew that this reasoning was bad
III law, but they feared social exposure
and the appeal was allowed to drop.
In unofficial society the danger men
aced by the drug plague is well under
stood. Attempts have been made to bring
moral influence to bear on students
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COUNT wITTE

0OQIsl VIII Il
Who once tried to enact law maxi
ing the sale of drugs state crime in
Russia with the object of restricting
their use.
the kleptomaniac girl jumped over the
parapet and crushed herself on the ice
beneath. In her pocket was found A
wonderful, fantastic recipe for taking DIFF
ferent drugs in different combinations
All over West Moscow are so-ealled
"Paradises, where the drug-maniacs
meet. and where they are attended by
underground DOCTORS Underground
doctors are students who have failed to
get through examinations, or doctors de-
prived for offences of the right of prac-
ticing. In addition many recognized med
ical men take drugs and help drug takers.
Underground doctors are genial inventors
in the bringing of joy and degradation.
Among university students morphinism is
almost universal Strongest of all is the
movement in the new university of Kazan,
founded by the late P. A. Stoypin. There
is irony in this, as Stolypin had a horror
of drug -maniacs and on becoming min
lister of the interior he cleared out of his
chancelory four notorious drug fiends,
and sent them to remote administrative
posts where drugs are hard to get The
prevalence of drug taking among the
general well-to-do public is shown by
chronological records In 1S70-1SS0 crimes
and suicides due to drugs increased 10 per
cent; in 1900-1910 by lis per cent. The
sharp increase in recent years Is ascribed
to the depression of post-revolutionary
days. The failure Of the political move
uent of 1904-6 drove many to dissipation,
and generally had a demoralzing effect
upon educated society.
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versal suffrage bill, which was in the So
cialist interest. could not be possibly
passed. The result was the summonng
of general socialist congress at Zwolle.
Here it appeared that the large towns
with the exception of Utrecht were
against socialists under any conditions
becoming ministers, while the small
towns and the country took the oppo-
site view. The intransingeants won by
a small majority. German socialists,
especially Karl Kautsky, the brain OF
the intransigeants," had influence in
this decision. The chief thinkers of thu
Dutch party favored Troelstra's view
and the socialist writer PIeger pro-
claimed that "A party which rejects the
offer of little power will never enjoy
great power; and bourgeois parties will
never be able to work alone
The Danish socialists during the past
month have been faced with similar
problem, and have come to similar
decision. As in Holland, a general
election put power into the hands of
parties which could not do without social
ist help. The government parties
under Held Klaus Bernstein entered
the election with 81 seats and came
out with "A; the Right party was
practically wiped out; the radicals
who started with 20 seats won IL more
and the socialist party rose in strength
from "a to 32. AS in Holland the cab
met resigned King Christian held
counsel both with Herr zahle the lead
er of the radicals. and Herr Stauning
the leader of the socialists. The adj
vice of both was that the Bertsen gov
ernment remain in power but Herr
Christensen, who ia Denrnarks most
powerful politician, advised that the re-
ui Of f,s.k
over by the radicals and socialists
This made the socialist Stauning, as
leader of the largest LEFT" party, cam
didate for the premiership. This Is
the first time on record that a socialist
has been offered the premiership in any
monarchical state. Stauning refused the
offer; again advised the King to keep the
Berntsen cabinet. and If that could not
be done. offered socialist support to the
other democratic parties In forming a
coalition cabinet The radical party ap-
proved Of the coalition notion, and 1t ap-
peared that the socialists would pledge
themselves to positive work. This plan
was broken up by Herr Christiansen on
behalf of the Left party. For second
time the socialists were given the chance
OF forming a wholly socialist cabinet. The
answer Of Herr Stauning was to accept
the principle that socialists might become
ministers. He declared, however,. that
until the socialists had an absolute ma
jcrity in the chamber they could not
form a cabinet. The real cause was the
dread of party difference. Angry attacks
were made on Herr Staining for harbor-
ing the idea. In the end Stauning agreed
that the socialists would support a cab
met under control Of the radical leader,
Herr zahle. but that they would not Join
4. Or take responsibility for its acts. To
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terie was the invention OF 'Sulphurism."
Sulphurism is the chronic alternate taking
of different drugs. Princess Dembizzi
was a victim, or as she put 1t, 'trium-
phator,'' in this business. She described
the torments in the transition stage from
one drug to another as worse than the
pains of giving up the drug habit, but
added that 1.-The reaction was worth the
torment" At Christmas she got melan-
cholia because her favorite poodle died.
and she took poison. She left $115,000 the
drug-maniac library, a dozen poems and
the weirdest collection of unnatural art
and furniture that ever eye has seen. Her
taste in art was for the shoclSingly ugly
pictures of the pessimist artist Zhukoff,
who delights to picture humanity being
sucked dry by vampires or crushed un-
der Juggernaut wheels, and copies of his,
ugiiest productions hung over her bed.
She had a smoking room with furniture of
contorted shapes. resembling, says a
friend, "lignified cripples.' The furni-
ture was made by the kieff art student,
Vaevoled Kachetin. who died at the age
of % from voluntary saturnism, that is.
from lead poisoning purposely inflicted,
I'm ORDER as he said in crazy will,
ito gain at least one sharp sensation in
the desert of life"
The case of Nadezhda Egoroff is typi-
cal of those who fell under the malign in
fluence of this weird princess. Mile.
Egoroff was the good looking daughter of
the leather merchant, Feodor Egoroff.
She fell year ago under the perverse in
fluence of Princess Dembizzi. In one win
ter she suddenly grew old; her hair turned
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phurism." In February last Mile. Egoroff
drove to a small jewelers. store in the
Zamoskvaretsche asked the jeweler the
time, and tried to pilfer silver chain
worth 81. The salesman detected her, got
with her on sledge and told the driver
to make for the nearest police station.
While crossing the Moslkva river bridge
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gray, her teeth fen out, and her power
of speech was deranged. She became an
old woman. Doctors could do nothing
for her. One ingenious physician was so
by her mysterious disease that
he gave 1t a new name, and reported on it
as something unexampled to a Moscow
medical congress. The cause was Sui
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
The Bread Lines Twin

from the st. Louis Republic.
can you imagine anything worse than
the bread liner
How about waiting for shave behind
the Fellows that always pick out satur-
day night to get their hair outf'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-31
WHITE HOUSE RELICS.
Some From Tyler and Van Buren, Ad-
ministratiOns Added to Collection.

Washington, Oct. Slater a search
covering several years, Mrs. Abbey
Baker. in charge of the White House
collection of historic relics, today placed
in the cabinets, household relics of the
administrations of Presidents Tyler
and Van Buren," Mrs. Wilson has ia
ken a deep interest in the collection
which includes dishes and personal eff
fects used by former occupants of the
house and has expressed her thanks
to the donors.
The President Tyler relic was the
gift of Mrs. William NJ. Ellis of Shaws-
vile, Va, and is a dinner plate, one
of set especially priced by President
Tyler. In addition, Judge ID. Gardiner
Tyler, son of the president, who lives
in Sturgeon Point, Va, has advised
Mrs Baker that he is sending two silver
fruit baskets which were used in the
White House and which were rescued
from the ashes of the Tyler home when
it was burned after the surrender of
Richmond in the civil war.
Mrs. Helen Singleton Green of Col
umbia, S. c., furnished the Van Buren,
relic, handsomely engraved silver
ware pitcher, a gift from Benjamin
F. Butler to the president. Mrs. Green
received the pitcher from her aunt,
who was the wife of President Van
Buren's son and who for two years
served as mistress of the White House,
President Van Buren, being a Widower.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago, Oct. 31-WHEAT-Wheat bulged
today owing to predictions that world S
shipments would be light, there were also
unfavorable reports from British sources
in regard to the Argentine crop outlook
although cable dispatches from Buenos
Ayres to Chicago firms said the only fear
was concerning frost in the near future.
Advices from linda gave no hope of sup
plies for export. Opening prices here A@
sc higher with a subsequent addition
hardening of values.
Decided reaction ensued the result of
free selling because of increased BELIEF
that the Argentine yield would be up to
the average Tie close, nevertheless, was
steady at a shade to sc net advance.
CORN-Better weather and easier for
eign quotations eased corn but the market
later rallied with wheat. First sales
which ranged from 6@14c decline to a
shade advance were followed by rise all
around to yesterdays close or well above.
There was a sharp descent later when
wheat took the down turn. The close was
steady, 1sG14c to 5sG34c under last night
OATS-Despite a vigorous attack by
bears the oats. market climbed from the
outset. Offerings were promptly taken.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. weakened on
account of a setback in the hog market.
Earliest transactions varied from I'M
changed figures to TIC off, but later show
ed a recovery.
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GEN. BOOTH ARRIVES.
First Visit of Salvation Army Leader
to America.

New York, Oct 31.-William Booth, who
succeeded his father as head of The Sal
walton Army, arrived in New York today
on his first visit to America He will go
direct to Winnipeg and Toronto and will
then return to the United States, stopping
first at Chicago.
The general was a little under the
weather during the trip over and re-
manned in his state room. He is 81 years
old. For years he was his fathers chlef
lieutenant.
General Booth was visibly annoyed
when reporters asked him if he ex-
pected to visit his brother, Darlington
Booth head of the Volunteers of Amer
lea, from whom he has long been
estranged.
45lsI saw my brother when he was last
in England he said, and 1 expect to
see him here soon. AS to an alliance
between the armies, 1 cannot say. 1
don't know how my brother would take
to such Il suggestion. If my brother
would seek such an alliance, would
gladly entertain it, but have not given
the matter any thought as yet.
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Count Okuma.

Referring to the American-Japanese
controversy, Count Okuma declared
that the problem was a vast One-that
its solution depended upon patience
and endurance as well as diplomatic
tact. The United States, he said, would
remain a difficult problem, not only to
Japan but to the whole of Europe.
Great Britain has been time and
again annoyed by the naughty and
eccentric manner in which America be-
HAYES herself he said. THE arbitra-
ton and Panama tolls problem are the
latest illustrations.
What makes the matter more trou-
blesome is the tempestuous and iras-
chile mood of the American people.
One moment they rise and rage like
madmen and in the next drop to nom
chaIance."
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OAKLAND NOTES.

Mrs. E. A. Peters of Michigan avenue
has returned from Williamstown, kan,
The Oakland Forestry club will give
tnelr annual Halloween party tonight for
the members and their families at the H.
c. Taylor home, 232 Michigan avenue.
Miss Elizabeth Bannon is i'll at her
home on Oakland avenue with an attack
of tonsilitis.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ralstin of Win
field avenue have received word of the
serious accident to their granddaughter
Katherine at Hastings, Neb. Miss Ralstin
was thrown from a horse and is suffering
with broken limb.
George Borst has returned to his home
in Mechanicsville. o., after a short visit
with his brother Fred Borst and family
on Poplar street.
Mrs. w. Thornburg will entertain the
Wild Rose Embroidery clue rext Tuesday
afternoon at her home on Poplar street.
Mrs a. ]. Folks of Wabash avenue has
returned from Silver Lake. where she
spent the past week with her daughter
Ind family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Stackelback and
family, after a two years residence in
Holton. Kan, have returned to Oakland
and are at home at 303 Forest avenue.
At the pageant parade to be given to-
night at the First NJ. E. church under
o the city the Oakland NJ. e. church will
represent China, the various churches
over the city having some country to rep
resent. The Oakland ladies have been
fortunate in securing some original cos
tunes which DR. Ensign. son of DR.. and
from China, where he has been mis-
sionary for several years. The Oakland
ladies who will take part tonight are:
way, Mrs. Mott, Mrs. knight. Mrs. Leary,
Miss Beatrice Peak, Miss Aileen Peak,
Mrs. Clyde Slawson. Miss Ethel Maggie,
Miss .,liidred Williams Miss Faye Knox,
Miss Valeria Maver, Miss Edith Edmonds,
Miss Hazel Euler. Miss Florence Kessel-
ring Miss Ella Kesselring. Miss Edith
Cater Mr.. Warren Mott, Helen Neiswan-
ger and Miss Velma Slawson.S This PROM
Uses to be an extremely interesting and
unique entertainment and over one hur-
d~e5 Oakland people are expected to at
tend.
Miss Ada Caulk of -Arter avenue and
her mother have moved to the J. G. Pad
dock home on East Seward avenue.
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MURPHY IS CALLED.
Tammany Boss Is Wanted as a Wit
ness i'm Graft Investigation.

New York, Oct. 31.-Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
was among the witnesses cited to ap-
pear at the socalled John Doe pro-
ceedings into the charges of corrup-
ton against Tammany made by John
A. Hennessy in recent speeches in be-
half of the fusion ticket in the mayor
atty campaign. The hearing, set for
late this afternoon before Chief Mag
istrate McAdoo, concerns mainly the
allegations as to campaign contr1bu-
tions
Every person whose name has been
mentioned by Mr. Hennessy," said the
district attorney today, lis apt to be
called" Mr.. Hennessy's little black
book also will be put evidence. Inc
investigation will be thorough. Hen
messy has given the district attorney a
list of about fifty names. Among
them it was said were those of Arthur
A. Mclean, treasurer of the Demo-
cratic state committee, and a promi-
nent New York hOtelkeeper. They
will be asked about contributions
which Hennessy says were made for
campaign purposes but never official
ly reported.
A statement was expected late today
from Stephen J. Stilwell, the convict
state senator in Sing Sing, excerpts
from whose alleged confession have
been banded about during the cam
paign. In statement issued late last
night he said he had never made
charges against Murphy, and he added
that this evening he would issue a
sworn statement as to just what oc-
Cured when he held conferences with
Hennessy and others. 81 have no con-
fession to make involving any man or
men in public office" he insisted.
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SHE INHERITS $4,000.
Had Been Working in Lodging
House Three Years.

Providence, Oct. 31.-Through the
medium of newspapers, Miss Tessle
Michael. who has been working as
housekeeper in lodging house here
for more than three years, has learned
that she is heir to $4,000 left by her
father, a farmer who, recently died in
Belgium. Nothing was known of the
girls whereabouts by her relatives and
she did not know of her fathers death
until she read in the papers today that
the money was awaiting her.
Miss Michael said that while living
with her grandfather in Kiev, Russia,
she married soldier who went away to
war a few hours after the ceremony
and never came back. She came to
this country in 1908 and after an I'M
successful venture in the restaurant
business, went to work as a cook and
afterwards a housekeeper.
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General Allen Is Hurt.

Washington, Oct 31.-Brigadier Cen
eral Charles ]. Allen, retired, is suf-
fering today from bruises and severe
shock sustained in a collision with an
automobile late last night 1t is not
believed he is seriously hurt. The Off
Ger, who is 81 years old, was on his
way to his hotel when big touring
car struck him just as he stepped
from a curbing. The chauffeur hurried
him to a hospital where he was given
attention. General Allen declined to
permit the arrest of the autoist.
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New WayerIy High School.

Waverly, Oct. 31.-The addition
and remodeling work on the high
school is progressing nicely. The con-
tractors expect to finish by Christmas.
The old part of the building only is
being used at present, which makes it
very crowded. Two classes attend
school during the morning hours and
two during the afternoon.