New Britain herald., 1917-08-22
TOOK UP WORK OF
 HER SLAIN HUSBAND
Vera Butchkaref Fills Gap in
 Line Caused by Death

We" Ofk, Aug. Z2.--lt was the death of her husband which ; promuted Vera .Butchkareff to enlist in the Russian army and eventually to organize the Women's Legion of Death of which she is commander and which achieved fame in a recent battle with the Germans according to facts received by the Russian infor- snation bureau here According to this information. Vera Butchkareff is ' young country woman who went to betrograd from her native village in tho province of Tomsk.
 Having learned in May. 1915, that her husband was dead on the German frontier. she made up her mind to continue the task which her husband began, and enlisted in the .5th Re- serve Corps of Tomsk.
 After a comparatively short train ing. she went to the front with a company that was 60 fill the ranks. Colonel Stubindorf enlisted her as regular in the 18th T'olotz! regiment. second army. For three months, Vera Butchkareff fought with rifle and on March s, 1916, was wounded in the leg under heavy ar tilery fire in battle which took place on Lake Naroch. The wound not Tiefstanaing, she remained at the front with her comrades who cap tured two lines of trenches and 1000 = prisoners.
 On March g. after the commander and 1he captain were killed, she led the soldiers in an attack which re- suited in victory for the Russians
 Attcrward she went to the Austrian frcnt and was wounded in her arm. vlii-: taking part in a counter charge inc Donhoyp Korchno3 Nevar- = ;neless, she retained her position in the army. But in the next charge she was wounded severely by fragment of shell. She was taken to the hospital where she remained for four months. Immediately upon recovery, she went to Petrograd and saw M. Rodzianko president of the Duma, to ask permission to organize a company s of women.
 Tn a recent interview, Vera Butch karefr said:
 TT saw the president of the Duma and obtained permission to form a womans company which is to leave for the front at once. We will set an example to the men soldiers, many of whom misunderstood the meaning of liberty. It is enough to point to the desertions, to the decentralization and ~ro all the undesirable phenomena that are responsible for the disorganiza- ton of our forces. I will sacrifice my life for my country and I am sure that I vii find followers among women. Woman's mission is not only to give life to man but it is also up to us women to teach men how to defend the newborn freedom
 England Must Count Her Pennies.
 London. July 20.-Warning that Great Britain could not go on spend ing money at the present rate with out serous disadvantage, was given recently in the House of Commons by Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer. The disadvantage, he said, would be realized more com pietely when the war was over than now So long as the government was raising funds for prosecution of the war by loans, Mir. Law told the House of Commons, the country was living in false atmosphere. The position after the end of the war, he predicted would require all the skill and ability which the government could exercise Nile added that he would like to have raised a larger proportion of the war expenditures by revenues, but he pointed out the dangers of excessive taxation.
 The government at present is financing the war, aside from aid re- ceived from the United States. by use of short term exchequer bonds and treasury bills. The latter are mount .xns rapidly and about f710,000,000 sterling of them are outstanding.
 Old Age Pension Increased.
 London, July 30.-O1d age pension CTS who hitherto have received five shillings a week pension will now be paid seven shillings and sixpense, the chancellor of the exchequer has an- founced.
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