davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26

And all the while that I was making
ready for her. he made my inability to
go out with him an excuse for de-
bauch. And on. your Honor she
added, turning to the Judge with
catch in her voice, might after night
used to walk the floor, praying like
wicked woman that my baby might
die before 1t came into th@~-worid-be
cause / was afraid 1t would bear the
taint-would be born with that awful
devastating thirst"
ibid your husband ever strike you
when he was drunkT' Again Lang
don's voice held that warning note. but
now the prosecutor broke in sharply:
/ MAY it please the court, | protest
against this evidence. as irrelevant
AS being a palpable effort to arouse
sympathy towards the prisoner and
her mother and therefore a menace TO
the progress Of justice"
ION the contrary, your Honor"
Langdon took an eager step forward,
and there was a sharp thrill almost of
triumph in his voice as he spoke. sit
is my intention to prove by this testi-
mony that Mary Page, through pre-
natal influence, was born with so great
a horror of drink, as to induce, In her.
moments of temporary insanity even
when she was a little child And II
Mary Page fred the shot that killed
James Pollock she did so while suffer
ing from an attack Of depressed psy-
Ghosts TO which she has been subject
all her life"
The words spread like a fame
through the finder Of curiosity and
leapt from lip to lip not only through
the court itself. but spread by some
telepathic means to those lowering In
the corridor without. The defence was
known at last 1t was temporary in
sanity under a new and delightfully."-
erudite title.
It caught the prosecutor unawares.
He appreciated its cleverness, even
though he doubted it's honesty. 1t Or
fered an excuse for everything-th
shooting, the flight Mary's repeated
and historical assertions that she re
membered nothing except Pollock's en-
deayor to make her drink-but 1t was
so unexpected that he had no quick
parry for Langdon's appeal, and he
was not surprised when the Judge babe
the latter continue his questioning.
Mrs. Page. will repeat my former
question to you. Did your husband
ever strike you when he was drunk"
"Yes." The word was no more than
n whisper.
Did he ever strike you just before
your child was born z"
Yes" The answer came more quick
ly now, fercely. the mother dominant
above the wife.
win you tell US OF the Circumstance.
please?"
1T was one night when I had been
sitting up sewing. My husband came
home very drunk. He-he frightened
me and / ran from him. That infuriat.
ed him--he ran after me-nnd seized
me by the shoulder! Then-he-he
struck me. But he held me so tight
that my shoulder for days bore the I'm
print of his fingers in great bruise on
the flesh"
Have you ever seen another bruise
like that?'
yes"
'eWhere?" The question snapped out
brutally, and Mary. leaning forward.
stretched out one shaking hand toward
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26

@He doesn't know anything. i've
pumped him dry as powder
A discreet knock sounded, and the
hailiff put his head in at the door.
His Honor is ready to go into Court,
SIR be said; and with nod of relief
the prosecutor gathered up his papers.
Defence begins today, don't it7''
asked the detective as he left what
do you guess it's going to ber'
I'm not guessing anything" said the
District Attorney grimly, except that
his witnesses are going to have bad
time when they get into my hands"
Tell me something don't know
chuckled the detective with honest adj
miratlon. though after moments
pause he added behind his superiors
back, But Mary Page has got the
sympathy of the crowd at that by
gloryF'
She HAD won the the sympathy of
the spectators nowhere was no
doubt OF it, and the hostility that was
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26

holds up her lips to be kissed. and then
snuggles her puir head ir his shoulder.
and he knet there holdin' her"
You went up to them then. did you
nots"
We'll. you know that" answered the
scotchman with some scorn u went
up and | said. Can help you carry
the puir lassie home?' And he said.
No. | shall not move her till she has
rested Bit Then he wraps her In
his coat and sits watchin' her, but aft
er bit he says. She's been sleepin
sound, | can carry her now. and he
picks her up in his arms and starts
of"
Did Miss Page speak when she was
moYed?n
Yes; she said Am | still safe with
you. Philf' And be says. Yes. And
she SAYS, Oh wish / was dead--ex.
cept for you. dear. And he said. I
wish those who torture you were dead.
my darling. but I'm going to guard
you myself IN the future. Then. still
holdin' her IA bis arms and caryyin'
her careful like. he went of through
the trees,
no be Continued)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26

"l--I-sa~ her 90 mad before my very
eyOs!"
grateful glance from beneath her wet
lashes towards the prosecutor when
his curt,
mo questions" released Mrs. Page
from the stand and set her at liberty
to drag herself back to her quiet cor
ner.
She had laid bare all the tragedy OF
her married life for the sake of her
child: and what it had cost her to tell
SO calmly the story Of shame and
want and suffering and of the efforts
of the drunken father to sell his daugh-
ter to man she did not lOye-only
she herself knew. There was more
than one woman among the spectators
who could and did guess what If cost
her, and whose heart went out TO her
in pity.
Ii was, however, an unfinished story
that she had told. and the room WINS
vibrant With the nnspoken query.
Where did Mary gof" when Langdon
called his next witness:
@AAEAlAAGA AlAGA uGt
The burly Scotehman, with his deep
~ tanned face, his heavy beard and
rough clothes. was n striking contrast
to the delicate little witness who had
gone before him, and be surveyed the
Judge and jury with wary hostility
that under less tragic circumstances
would have won a smile from the spec
tators.
MACPHERSON. you are a woodsman.
are you not?"
Il am. sir"
where were you employed six years
ago."
Il was wurlSin' to the Paisley estate,
elearin' out the anld timber in the
woods" There was a hint Of Scot.
fish accent In his speech, though long
years in America had left It no more
than a burr. pleasantly suggestive OF
the wide woodland spaces among
which his life was spent
Did you ever see Miss Pager"
Yes. sir. She came tae the woods
often. She had a Iuve OF the wild
things Ia her heart. and I'd COON across
Der many times. sittin VIE book. or
Just dreamin' in the woods.
"MaeP herson, can yon remember the
last time that you saw Mary Page In
the woods Of the Paisley estate?''
I've guide memory" he answered
rebukingly. "and 1t was a time TO set
in anyene's mind Twas ON the night
Of the purity Jim Hanley give. up to
the ridge.
WIN you tell Us, please. what oc-
9urred on that nightfe
II had been tae the party and was
comm home. We had sat she lang It
were pretty late. and / says TO myself.
I'll ma 40 way round by the road but
straight through the woods | knew
them too well to lose my way. even In
the dark, | had COON almost to the
Hollow. which is like q bowl in the
middle OF the wood. when 7 heard
somebody singln Il came strange like
in the night. and ! am nae ashamed
TO say I was scared, so | stood-not
hidin', mind We, but waitin' tae see
what It was. Then seen figure ON
the other side Of the hollow coomin'
through the trees-all In white-and
wavin' it's arms. daft.like and singin'
and laughin' and cryin. all in one
Gould you see who It was T.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26

"Did your husband ever strike you
when he was drunk7s
her mother-in appeal or encourage
ment, it was hard to say which.
Upon the shoulder OF my babyl
When Mary was born the imprint OF
ave fingers, like purple bruises, showed
on her shoulder.
did they remain thereT"
mo. They faded as she grew Older"
did they ever recur7,'
Eyes. The FIRST time was when Mary
was five years old. Mr. Page had come
e-intoxicated-and was sitting IN
the library. Mary ran to him and be
took her on bis knee. Suddenly she
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26

klIUc NHileu hl9J got TITO my ahUoSs
writ so large on the faces for her at
the beginning now greeted the prose
cutor instead, and It was a hostility
that somehow was the more acute be-
cause the faces were so oddly familiar
SO familiar, In fact, that he had al
most spoken to one Of the men who sat
in the front row when he had passed
him In the corridor the day before.
The reporters seemed like old friends.
toe. and he noticed with grim little
smile that one OF the sob sisters had
on a new and very becoming hat, and
he wondered ironically whether it was
in honor of the defence or because the
day before one OF the star writer's on
big daily had changed his seat In
order to sit beside her.
There was an extra brislSness about
the newspaper group today, for to-
day the defence of Mary Page would
begin. Today Langdon must strip off
the mask of a smiling confidence and
show what lay behind it.
The mask, or at any rate the smile,
court, not with Mary. this time, but
with her mother. His hand was tuck
ed protectingy under the arm OF the
little gray haired woman. and his lips
were close to her ear as If he were
murmuring a final eneouragement-or a
final instruction!
Mary. too. was smiling. and silently
repeating:
To-day we will begin my defence.
Today Philip will start to set me freer'
And not even In her own heart would
she let herself contemplate the thorny
path that must be travelled before that
elusive freedom had struck the inyisi-
BILE gives from Off her wrists and
heart. Suddenly she heard the nrst
witness Of the day called.
Mrs. Anaie Pager
The frail little woman seemed to
have visibly shrunk when she took
her place in the witness-stand.
'Mrs. Page, how long ago was 1t
that you met the man who later be-
came your hushand?'
'sThirty-one years ago at Christmas
But It was some years before you
were married, was 1t noty'
YES"
"Whyr
Because of-of Mr.. Pages habits.
Ny parents insisted upon my breaking
the engagement"
But it was later renewedY'
eyes. he promised me that be
would stop drinking. and believed
God knows. a woman always believes
that-from a man"
win you tell us, please" Langdon's
voice was warning In its sharpness,
..as concisely as you can what hap
pened after your marriage?"
What happened" she said YEARLY,
SIS what happens 10 thousands OF wo-
men. We hadn't been married very
long before my husband began to
drink again. The-the-night that the
certainty that Mary was coming to us
from God came 70 me-he was out TIL
dawn and had to be brought home toe
drunk to even know where he was.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26
SYNOPSIS.

Mary Page, actress, is accused OF the
urder of James Pollock and is defended
her lover Philip Langdon. Pollock
8 intoxicated. At Mary's trial she
units she had the revolver, Her maid
Aftifies that Mary threatened Pollock
M It previously, and Mary's leading
n duplicates I.angdon. How Mary dis
peared from the scene OF the crime is a
Estery Brandon tells Of a strange hand
INT lie saw on Marys shoulder.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

|rannej: Ia drugi wystep przez
naczono Observation-Disclosures
pit. "Nad Przepascia' oba utwo
ry warrtosci nieposledniej okra-
szone obficic spiewami, tancami
Il t. p.
Ma czele instytucyi novel sta
nell pp. karol Wachtel i Ludwik
Kowalski - pierwszy, jake kie-
rownik artystyczny, drugi jake
zarzadca byznesowy: do czesci
muzycznej zaangazowano jake dy
rygenta p. Bronislawa Rybowia-
ka, muzyka zaszczytnie znanego.
w planie Teatru Freddy jest
dawanie przedstawien pc rozlicz-
nvch dzielnicach miasta Chicago,
oraz poza MEM, pc koloniach ma
szych i miastach okolicznych.W Via
domo nam, re dyrekcya zamie-
rzala pierwotnie wynajac ia sta
lie jakiS wiekszy teatr IA swe
przedstawienia, lecz warunki ola
wano wprost nie do przyjecia,
przeto chwycono sic drogi innej,
moze zreszta i szczesliwczej zor-
ganizowano sta}a liczna i dobra
trupe, PREY kt6rej pomocy be-
die MONA rych}o dawac pred
stawienia moe i kilka razy W ty-
godniu.
Celem ostatecznym Teatru Ere.
dry jest stworzenie Chicago
w}asnego odpowiedniego gmachu
teatralnego, wlasnej godnej swiq
tyni Suzuki Polskiej, kt6rej re-
prezentacye obiecuje nam daf
nova instytucya. Nalezy je:
szczerze zyczyt powodzenia.
Teatru porzadnego potrzeba W
Polonii Amerykanskiej cd daw
ma.
Maja ich kilka Niemcy Fran
cuzi. maja bardzo porzadny teat,
staly Czeci w Chicago: dlaczege
by Polacy ME mieli sic zdobyc III
swa wlasna Scene W pclni tycf
slow znaczenia?
Move przedsiebiorstwo ma byt
prowadzone Ia podstawach scislt
byznesowych, kierownistwo arty
styczne jego ma opinie juz wyro
bona i daje gwarancye pelnienis
powolania narodowej Sceny nf
obczyznie.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

kilkakrotnie karany "a znecanie
sic mad zolnierzami.
Otto przebieg i koniec ponurei
tragedy
Donosza z Opawy, jakoby W
pulku piechoty Z powodu powie--
szenia Pagacza panowalo slime.
wzburzenie. z polecenia komen-
danta pufku Gala kompania, maj
wiecej okazujaca niezadowolenia~
zostala internowana W koszarach~
poczem %zolnierzy stopniowo Wy
prowadzono i umieszczano W vie
zieniu garnizonowem. Podobno
wdrozono sledztwo W kierunku
zbrodni buntu. Wladze wojskowe,
traktuja te sprawe tax, jakby "a
strzelenie kapitana Schramka by
TO wynikiem ulozonego spisku.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28
PO zJEzDzlE.

Roczny Zjazd Polskiego Cen
tralnego komitetu Ratunkowego
w Ameryce, drugi z rzedu "a
poczatkowal nova ere W dzialal-
nosci wychodztwa %polskiego W
Ameryce ola Ojczyzny. Dzia}al-
nose ia dotychczas, jakkolwiek
nodejmowana ma zasadz uchwa-
lonych i przyjetych przez repre-
zentant6w wszystkich najpowaz--
niejszych t%utejszych organizacyi
polskich norm i regul - ME mia
la atoli czech tel bezwzglednej So
lidarnoSci i jednolitosci, jakich
ogrom zadan dzisiejszej chwili wy
maya. Me bylo tax jasno okres-
lonego planu dzlalania: ME bylo
tez dose silnych materyalnych
|podstaw, ktoreby pozwoli}y pow
ziete postanowienia bez zw}oki W
|czyn wprowadzic: ME by}o wre-
szcie tel zupelnej ufnosci wzajem
nej i r6wnomiernego wsp6ludzia-
III W wysi}kach do jednego te--
60 samego celu zmierza jacych.
Dzisiaj te wszystkie braki i ME
domagania naleza juz do przesz-
losci. Izba Zjazdu II stane}a W
zupefnosci ma wysokosci zadania.
podtrzymawszy BOWEN W calej
pelni autorytet p. c. X. r.. jake
powolanego do zycia i dzialania.
VIOLA zorganizowanego og6}u Wy
chodztwa. ''Zwiazku Zwiazkow''
majacego nieSc czynna ponce Oh
czyznie W ma szerszem tego s}owa
znaczeniu - przeprowadzi}a row.
noczeSnie racyonalny podzia( pra
cy, zatwierdzajac zorganizowanc
przez Wydziat Wykonawczy i ia
lezycie W m%ateryalne Srodki wy
posazone Wydzialy. jak reemigra
cyjny i narodowy. tudziez powo-
lujac do zycia instytucye organi-
zator6w, kt6rych zadaniem be-
die scentralizowac tax ,ratunko--
wa, jakotez polityczna i ekonomi-
czna akcye calego wychodztwa
przez organizowanie olbrzymiej
sieci lokalnych k6l i. komitetoiw
wszedzie tam, gdzie kolonie polls
kie istnieja i Ola sprawy ojczy-
stej pracowac pragna.
Wplynie to oczywiscie take
bardzo dodatnio ma podniesienie
ofiarnosci j rozszerzenie samej ak
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

wieziennej bluzie. T~owarzysz}y
mu kapelan wojskovy. umyslnie
przyby}y z krakowa, kt6ry juz
cd kilka godzin znajdowaf sic
PREY MIN, ably 60 przysposobic IA
ostatnia godzine. Pagacz zachowy
wal sic nadzwyczaj spokojnie.
Szedf trupio blady ia miejsce
stracenia PREY boku kapfana a
wargi szeptaly slowa modlitwy
"a kaplanem. Przedtem jeszcze
Pagacz wyspowiadat sic z budu-
:iaca poboznoScia i pokora. Pod
szubienica oczekiwal ma smutny
poch6d kat z dwoma pomocnika-
mi W bialych rekawiczkach. IL
myslnie z Wiednia sprowadzony
Pc %skonczonej egzekucyi officer
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 'zum Gebet :.
paru zolnierzy swiadkow zemdla-
10. a wtedy, gdy inni cucili zem--
dlonych towarzysz6w. lekarz
przystapil do zw}ok i pc d}uzszej
chwili sensational smierc. Ma
krvto cialo powieszonego bia}ym
welonem i wystawiono pod strata
przez godzine IA widok publicz--
ny.
Pagacz byl synem ubogich ro-
dzic6w zeStanislawowiec W pow.
bochenskim. Coco go blizej znali,
opowiadali, re byl nadzwyczaj
lasodnego usposobienia intelligent
ny. a tylko " ostatnich czasach
pill "a wiele re strapienia, IL tax
dlugo trzymaja go PREY wojsku,
a tam W domu rodzice ME NIGGA
sobie dac rady z gospodarstwem
l wtedy, kiedy sic napii = pre-
stall mad SODA panowac.
Nadporucznik Schramek, INA
ny powszechnie ze swej surowos-
ci. nielubianv przez oficerow, byl
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28
UCzMY .DZlECI NASzE CzYTAC, PISA(
movie Po PoLSKU.
UWAGI.
=: +: S-s.i&~

Niemcy chcicli zgniesc Rumu-.
ME "a jednym zamachem. Ostat-.
ME depesze jednak donosza, re
armia Mackcnsena zostala zupe}-.
ME odparta, a prawdopodobnie
otoczona. Takim wieSciom pony.
slnym ME MONA zawsze W zupel-
nosci dawac WARY, lecz W kaz-,
dym razie MONA przezornie H.
fac, re Niemcy ME przeprowadzi.
Ii swych planow.
Rumuhskie i roSyjskie wojska
SO liczebnie dosyc slime, azeby
mogly dotrzymac pola, a Rumu-.
mia ma przecicz W polu Swiezego
zo}nierza, o zen ami mowy bye
ME moe pc stronie Niemc6w.
Bulgarzy pojda W Shady Mem
cow i skoncza sromotna porazkq
DO spuszczali sic poczatkowo ma c
gromne posilki nicmicckie, tycl
zas ME NIGGA otrzymac, ponie-
waz Nicmcy zajeci SODA ma tyl,
terenach musza koniccznie bronit
swych ~w}asnych granic.
Austryacy take cofaja sic
pred napierajaca armia w}oska
Trzymaja sic pierwotnej polityk
swo,jej, mianowicie niszcza wszy
stko bezwzglednie, ably nieprzy
jaciel zastal tylko spustoszenie
ruiny.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

napady So mejako ostatnim wy
silkiem. Walk napowietrzne, "a
ciekle;jsze niz zwyklc trwa}y juz
Cd blizko miesiaca lecz ogranlcza-
iy sic do okop6w francuskich j
angiclskich. Rcasumuj ac te Wszy-
stkie napady napowietrzne, trze--
ba powicdziec, re skutki ich nledo
|pisuja kosztom podobnych Wycie.
GEEK i stratom kazdorazoWym, pc
niesionym przez Niemc6w.
Wog6le sytuacya wojcnna wy
|pada ca}kiem niekorzystnie ola
Niemcow: Ma wszystkich from
tach cofaja sic; ia morzu niema
prawie zadnej akcyi; o 1odzlacf
podwodnych wcale ME s}ychac.
.Jednem slovem Niemcy bronla
sic tylko lecz juz ME atakuj q, &C
pokazuje, zc silly ich wyczerpuJa
sic.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28
Stractuie zio|nierza Polaka.

W koszarach Il pu}ku p!echo--
ty W Opawie ma slasku austryac-
kim zaszed! v%ypadek, kt6r!y
0wszystkich zolnierzy przejsf DIRE
szczem. Oto W dnIu tym dokona-
no IA placu twiczen wyroku
Ssmierci przez powieszenie IA re-
zerwowym kapralu Is pu}ku. II
kompanii. Pagaczu.
Przyczyny tego badz co badz
|niezwyklego zdarzenia SO naste--
|pujace:
Dnia 10 marca +. b. W czasie
nocnych cwiczen W powrotnym
marszu doOpawy rezerwowy ka
pral Pagacz zastrzelif nadporucz
|nika Szramka. Mialo to bye zem-
sta "a zle obchodzenie sic nadpo
rucznika z z%olnierza a szczegol--
ME z rezerwistami. Nastepstwem
|tego bylo. re sad wojenny W Ofo
muncu skazal Pagacza ma kare
|smierci przez p~owieszenie. a W
dniu - marca " obecnoSci cafel
zalogi 13go pufku oraz oficerow
przvstapiono do wykonania wy
roku IA placu cwiczen PREY ko--
szarach.
Pagacz popelnii zbrodnie W ME
trzezwym stanie, albowiem W ow
fatality ola siebie dzien. pill "a
wiele. Pc wykonaniu zbrodnicze--
90 zamachu byl weso}.v. Nato-
mast Ma drugi dzien. gdy wy
trzezwial. PREY przesluchaniu
mdlal kilka razy. Do chwili wy
konania wyroku oczekiwano ula-
skawienia cd cesarza Franciszka.
atoli ulaskawienie ME nadesz}o.
Ostatnie chwile skazanego OBJ
fitowaly W mad wyraz wstrzasa-
lace momenty. Dzien pred egze-
kucya Pagacz prosil o zawiado--
|mienie rodziny. ale Mkt ME PREY
iechal. Napisal take pare listow
do rodzic6w, krewnych i przyja ia
ci6a i prosil o ieh doreczenie.
w dniu egzekuacyi o godzinie
6smej rano ~wyprewadzono go z
cell wieziennej pod silna strata
luz "zdegradowanego' " bia}ej
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

Pisma t~utejsze poda}y wiado--
mosci przykre, 0 ZwiazkowemKo
legium. Zarzad Kollegium naka-
zuje rzeczy tax ia wskros anty--
katolickie, re trudno i'm dac via
re. Rektor kollegium widocznie
ME chcia} zgodzic sic ma tie rzady
i usuna} sic. Szkoda najwieksza z
tego wyniknic ola samego kolle-
GUM, DO ostatecznie narod nasz
ME bedzie posyla( dzieci do zakla
du, W kt6rym panujc duch ME-
zgody i zaprzanstwa idei tych, ia
kt6rych nasz nar6d uros} i dzi-
sia.j jest jedna jedyna spojnia,
mozliwa dla cafcgo narodu, a ta
lest wiara katolicka.
Mona ME wierzyc:, MONA ma
wet g(osic innym swa niewiare
ale narzucac swe bczbozne, szkod-
live pomysly calej organizacyi
lest oznakiem bczczclnoSci bez-
przyk}adnej. Jczeli jest prawda
ze wiekszoSSc zwiazkowc6w So IA
tolikami, to dlaczcgo dzieja sic
takie rzeczy?
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

cyl ratunkowej, kt6ra dotad zbyt
ro~zstrzelona i rozdrobniona by1a,
choc w ostatnich czasach pred
Zjazdem i pod tym wzgledem dial
sic zauwazyc zwrot IA lepsze.
Wystarczy wspomniec "Towa--
'rzystwo Matek ola Dzieci' W
Chicago, ia czele kt6rego stoja
panic: Jadwiga Smulska, prezes--
ka i Anna Neumanowa, wicepreze
ska. Towarzystwo to istniejacc "a
|ledwie kilka miesiecy zebraFo i
ma rece P. c. K. r. zlozyfo W os-
tatnich dniach sierpnia $500.
|Gdyby W podobny sposob wziefy
Isle do piracy inne Towarzystwa i
komitety, to og6lna suma ofiarno-
Sci wychodztwa naszego wzros}a-
by wkr0tce W miliony.
Nieprawda bowiem jest, jako--
by o%fiarnosc nasza IA cele ratun-
kowe mniejsza byla cd ofiarnos-
Sci jakiejkolwiek innej narodowo
sci. Brak nam jedynie systemu W
tel piracy i dobrowolnego seen
tralizowania calej akcyi w jed
mem ognisku. Spodziewac sic ma
ley, re obecnie, skoro ostatni
Zjazd wykaza} pe}ne zaufanic ca
lego zorganizowanego og6fu wy
chodztwa do. P. c. K. r. i ME tyl
ko %podtrzymal jego autorytet.ale
ro~zszerzy1 %znacznie jego zakres
dziafalnosci, wszystkie organiza--
cye Towarzystwa Lokalne Komi
tety zechca zbierane przez siebie
fundusze ratunkowe przelewac
do jednej wsp6lnej kasy P. c. X.
R.. skad p~rzesylane one beda do
IGeneralnego Komitetu Ratunko--
wego W Szwajcaryi Z dokladnem
wyszczeg6lnieniem, lie kt6ra or
ganizac.ya. towarzystwo. ely ko--
mitet zlozy}y tax. jak to mialo
miejsce PREY przesy1ce "Daru
Sienkiewiczowskiego'' "a kt6ry.
chociaz wsp6lnie przez P. c. X.
R., przes}any - kazda organiza-
eva osobne pokwitowanie otrzy--
mafa. Skarbnikiem P. c. X. r. O.
brany zostal W mie:jsce dotych-
czasowego rs. FIR. Wojtalewicza.
OBJ. J. Magdziarz, kasyer Zw.Nar.
Pol.
Wszelkie ofiary %przesylac ma
ley. jak dawniej pod adresem
Polish Central Committee Of A.
merica, - 1909 n. Ashland ave-.
Chicago, III.
Henryk Setmajer, seH. P.c.K.R.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28
TEATR P0LSN I'M. FREDRY,

w Chicago zosta} zorganizowa-
ny Teatr Polski, I'M. Alexandra
hr. Freddy. Cd lat dawnych upra
gniona i nader potrzebna misty
tucya ia narodowa, rozpoczyna
dzie}alnosc swa dniem 1go
pazdziernika. Wystawiajac sztu--
Ike Korzeniowskiego pit. "Karpac
[cy G66rale'', W obsadzie nader sta
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28

Zeppeliny niemieckie urza6zily
napad nocny ma Londyn. Dotar--
}y co prawda do samej stolicy.
TO trzeci napad napowietrzny W
ostatmch trzech tygodniach.: DIVA
kolosy napowietrzne zostaly u
godzone smiertelnie i rt1nely ma
ziemie " plomieniach. TIE ostatnie
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-09-28


Jakesmy przepowiadali, Villa
ciagnie Z GAIA sifa ma p6}noc ku
Juarez. Grozi on, re teraz dopie--
70 ma seryo zabierze sic do sk6ry
Carranzy. Znamiennem jednak
jest, lie w zdobytym kraju otacza
szczeg6lna opieka Amerykan6w.
Fakt ten rzuca inne swiat}o Ma
te ostatnie napady ia miasto a.
merykanskic. Juz daWnO plsma
niekt6re podejrzywa}y obecny
rad meksykanski pod dow6dz-
TWEEN Carranzy 0 podstep. [ wca'
lie ME jest wykluczonem, re Car.
rama wiedzia1, a moe naWet IL
rzadzil te napady, zeby Vile ma.
|straszyc i uspokoic przynajmnicj
tymczasowo.
We Westinghouse urzednicy Ia
81 postanowili ME wierzyc w ivy
cieztWo Will. JeZeli IA mocy te-
90 przekonania ME uczynia zad-
nych przygotowan, by pospieszyt
Z pomoca wyprawie Pershinga W
Meksyku, to uwierza w pewne
niemile fakta, gdy bedzie zapoz-
no. Gaia polityka meksykanska
da sic okreslic frazesem "a p6zno