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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
BERKSHIRE COUNTY LIVES UP TO ITS PATRIOTIC TRADIllO

Plumb, Quartermaster J. H. TIN,
Sergeant A. Mackie. The uni, v;p,
given n rousing send-oa By II. -
Gems Of Pittsfeld and n.isbh,..
towns, just as was given to Co.,
F, when it left for camp July k
men will assemble and march a,..s
the historic park Of the ei.v
the minute men, led by Ii. s,.s' ="
parson, Thomas Allen, went fo,,s !,
under the shadow Of its sr.., ~ i've
TO the battle of Bennington
the same spot marched away IA, ~
liant Allen Guard in 1851, in r.,,''
to President LincOln's first ,l -
troops, which, at Baltimore, ,h.I a.
first blood in the Civil War. r..
also romance mingles with hi,..
Memories Of Longfellow, Bryan, y,
the genial Autocrst are in,er.
with more remote and hI,s,.,
events. Names Of military import-s,.
goyne, Ethan Allen, Montcaln. :.
recalled. Closer TO this day and r,,.
alton the names Of Senator D,,.
William Plunkett and Others, 4wri,l,,
on history's page" come to mind /,
bued with this atmosphere, treas,
consecrated ground, is it any vo,,..
that the men Of Berkshire ar. !,
spending to their eountry's cal .
though inspired! Fresh, too, 4, .,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

and $4,000 to the war fund. Since
last June s3l 900 has been raised for
the ambulance corps, which is organ
lied with twelve ambulances, one
repair car, one touring car and three
motorcycles, each bearing the name
of the town or village which gave it.
Even the little village Of Richmond
gave a motorcycle.
The Berkshire Red Cross Ambulance
Unit No. Is received orders last week
to mobilize within a few days and
proceed by road to Fort Ethan Allen,
where they will be trained for five
weeks and then sent abroad. The
officers who have received commits
sions arc DR.. r. J. Carpenter, North
Adams; DR.. Thomas Littlewood, NJ.
II. Walker and Harry Tate, Of Pitts
field. The company numbers one hun
dred and nineteen. Among its non.
commissioned officers are First Ser
geant James Mcconnell, First Duty
Sergeant ]. Mcconnell, Sergeant 0. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

although they were proud OF their own
achievements. no obscure branch or
humble member must be forgotten.
zone OF our best workers is a little
Italian woman" said Mrs. T. c. Durant,
viee-ehairman Of the Great Darlington
branch Of the Red Cross. "She leaves her
family after working hard all day and
comes 20 the headquarters in the even
ings, where she makes more garments
probably than any other member, be-
ing an adept in this line of work. De
yotion 20 this great cause has swept
away all social distinctions, ] am glad
10 say" she continued. "Many women
who have heretofore given up the sum
mer season entirely 20 entertaining
have opened their houses this yesr
and fitted Up Red Cross rooms in which
their guests may work. Mrs. William
Hall Walker and her guests at Brook
side have been Of great assistance TO
the local branch here"
Others are now following this ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

throughout the country for the efficiency
which won for its Red Cross members
the loving cup at the National Red
Cross convention held at Washington
last year. The original county chap
ter was founded in 1905, with Judge
John C. Crosby as president. Inc
present executives, who include two
representatives from each town or vii
lage, are Arthur n. Cooley, chairman;
William II. Pritchard. vice-chairman;
DR.. Alfredo Wilmington, secretary and
treasurer. Adams and North Adams
are represented by William S. Smart,
Miss Jessica jerks and Mrs. 6. II.
Thompson; Williamstown by Mr.. and
Mrs. P. A. Chambers; Dalton. Charles
F. Sawyer and Mrs. w. Murray Crane;
Pittsfeld. George II. Tucker, the Rev.
Bernard Conaty, william H. Eaton, Dr.
Alfredo Wilmington; Lenox, Harris
Fahnestock, Mrs. II. II. Pease; Lee,
Willard F. Smith, Mrs. F. T. Robbins;
Stockbridge, DR.. Austen F. Riggs, Mrs.
Webster Miller; Great Darlington,
Mrs. c. T. Durant. J. H. c. Church;
Housatonic.. Mrs. T. G. Ramsdell. Miss
Caroline Andrus. Sheffeld; Richmond,
Mrs. lockwood Gibbs; Beckett, Mrs.
II. c. Shaw. DR.. Riggs, the famous
nerve specialist, and first commandant
OF the Berkshire Ambulance Corps,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

village has given eighteen men to the
Berkshire ambulance unit and fifty to
the National Guard, which has been re-
cruited from the Home Guard; large
proportion considering the population.
The Lenox branch Of the Red Cross is
doing Efficient work under the able
leadership of Miss Gertrude Parsons,
who is also on the Food Conservation
Committee, which conducts canning
classes at the Lenox High School kitch.
en- daily. These classes are also being
instructed by Miss B. G. Reese, n grad
uate Of economics at Framingbam.
The chairman OF the committee Is
Mrs. Roswell Curtis. Other members
are Mrs. ". =. s. Griswold, Mrs. II.
II. Pease and Mrs. George Mole. The
kitchen puts up an average OF 800
cans Of vegetables and fruit each
week This does not include jellies
and jams. Each Berkshire town is do
ing all and more than It's quota, making
It's relief organizations unequalled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

Honor, which bears the names 4,
first volunteers from the city u -
war, there stood a ragged pa
little boy, sturdy legs plan'ea ,...s
on the ground, his round re- re
countenance upturned, gazing o. =,
ly at the emblazOned inscriptions :. :,
mounted by the American eas's'
you want to be a fireman, 3 pos, -.
or a soldier, SOM" said the NAE
the Front, for whom the glOriss
are dimmed, and who, sOnewI ~. .
France and back of the hrins -, a,
Belgium and Germany last !'l ,r
many other children. gaunt 'no - ~
ing and terrified, quite un"s p
happy.go.Iueky little Yankee VIZ, ~,
had been quietly watching s M. Is
picture he wanted TO take .hrra
claimed the boy, looking W "a 10
AT his uuestioner. I'm gcln ,"slk
Gee, II | was a soldier noS, It'd y
GoopBY GERMANY" he sn Gu ".
he beat the air with his mss =
ed away among the tree"
charging upon an unseen ''~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Preparedness the Watchword at Pitts
field, Lenox and Neighboring
Towns

ample. Great Darlington has two
members Of unusual interest, Mrs. Ed
win Humphrey and Mrs. George
Church, both past seventy years of age,
but more active and efficient than many
Of the younger ones. Mrs. Church and
Mrs. Humphrey were also workers in
the Red Cross at the time of the Civil
War, and their "reminiscences would
make interesting reading for the pres
ent generation. Just as at Lenox,
where the school children are solving
the problem of food conservation by
their garden work and canning, so the
littlest girls" the barefoot boys"
the Fauntleroys and the small princesses
of the Gateway to the Berkshires" are
hammering for admittance TO the Red
Cross work and doing their bit, whether
il be running errands, mailing boxes,
tying up packages or making and selling
fudge for the cause. Great harrington
branch has several members under ten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
By Frances Fisher Byers

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Aug. 11.-From
the little village of Beckett, numbering
only 900 souls, who contributed $1,000
70 the war fund, to this city, "the Gem OF
the Berkshires," in all its pride of wealth
and power, the people Of the county
are living up TO Americas best tradi-
tions. They are giving their time
their money and, best Of all, themselves,
with a prodigality that would be almost
reckless were not their efforts to meet
the nations needs in the present world
crisis so perfectly organized and har-
monious. Pittsfeld and her neighbors,
Lenox, Great Darlington, Lee, North
Adams. Stockbridge, Dalton, Williams
town. Richmond, Beckett and other
towns. are setting an example of mill
tary preparedness and efficiency in re-
lief work that the entire country might
well follow. The county is a veritable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

has resigned to become head Of hos
pital which is being organized by the
government for the treatment Of ner-
vous disorders. To the work of DR..
Wilmington, Of Pittsfeld, one of the
best known women physicians in New
England, has been due largely the
financial success of the county Red
Cross chapter. Since 1905 ii has con-
tributed $4,000 to the national work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

years of age "whose services are of in
calculable value to the organization"
said Mrs. Stanley, widow Of the famous
electrical inventor, who is herself the
mother of nine sons and daughters.
Two Of Mrs. Stanley's sons are now in
service and the others will probably
enter later. Mrs. Durant has also sent
a son, who left for the front with the
first ambulance unit from Yale. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

Utopia Of brotherly love and co6pera-
ton. Here exist no petty jealousies
between branches of the Red Cross
chapter. only the most friendly rivalry.
Travelling about, everywhere l was
urged by the chairmen Of the various
committees and by civic and military
leaders TO give full credit to organiza-
tions other than those in which they
themselves were officially prominent;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

memory Is Pittsfeld's Liberty br
campaign, when the city broke 1
records by its contribution Of '2&
600, given in one hour on the 2Sh ~
Of May, after several weeks Of iris'
sive campaigning by l,40O OF It's %
lic-spirted citizens, both men o.
women, thus more than doubling n
quota.
In the park; before the Roll v
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

officers OF the new federal force could
be drawn.
With more than 100000 guardsmen
now on police duty and this number
being increasd every day. It was sug-
gested that the fill strength OF the
state forces misht be required for pro-
tection Of property within the United
States
Council Of Defense Active.
The council Of national defence and
Its civilian advisory commission were
in session again today at work upon
immediate mobilization of national rss
sources and industrial energies for
with Germany. -
Reports have been current 10, y %
time that additional cabinet r - ers
might be appointed to dir s. such
work In cooperation with - coun-
Gil. 1t has been said thai $ ecretary
OF munitions and q secrs of trans
portation might be cH -.
Daniel Willard. prg : 4 of the B. &
o. railroad, chairman the advisory
and Howard z. Coffin.
OF Detroit. commissioner in charge Of
munition preparation, have been sug-
gested as cabinet possibilities.
Peace Building Painted Yellow.
A national guardsman of the Third
District OF Columbia infantry. backed
by citizens, covered the front of the
headquarters Of the Emergency Peace
Federation here today with a coat OF
yellow paint today while other citizens
destroyed pacifst banners inside.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Definite Plans of War De.
partment Ready For
Submission.
FIRST CALL FOR MEN
TO INCLUDE 500, 900
Additional Half Million to Be Called
Later When First Are Ready For
Se.viee-lnerease to Be Built Around
Regular Army Units - National
Guardsmsn May Not Be Used Except
For Home Defense.

Washington, April 3.-Universal
compulsory military training leglsla-
ton was formally launched today in
the senate VIXEN Senator Chamberlain
introduced his amended bill providing
e., the training Of about 800; mon
Of 20 years Of age. and. Il. he presi-
dents discretion many tho;i sand; more
up TO % years of age. The bill was
y; fcrred to the proper committee
The definite plans of the war de-
partmenl are waiting to 60 forward
to congress when it is ready to re-
ceive them.
The first element Of the plan Pres
ident Wilson has already disclosed. 1t
is the assembling Of 100000 men un-
der a universal service system as an
addition to the regular army and ma
tional guard, which would provide a
total war force of 100000. It IL as
sumed that coincident with tho calling
out Of the new army orders to recruit
the regulars and guardsmen to full
strength will go out.
100000 on First Call.
ATI1y OlllCcIS pCliSNS oVV.VVV thS
maximum number they can undertake
to train at once. When the work has
proceeded few months. however. an
additional 500 900 could be called out
to be followed At, intervals OF a few
months by other similar incrementS
until total army Of the desired size
has been mustered.
The training of the first half million
will tax the personnel and machinery
Of the regular army to the limit. Even
with the provisional lists of officers
and the officers reserve corps to call
upon, there will be a shortage OF train
ing personnel.
Regular Army as Unit.
The units OF the regular army will
be vitality necessary to carry the work
forward. For that reason the sug
gestion that an expeditionary force be
sent to carry the flag into France as
symbol that the United States is def
nitely aligned against Germany in tho
world war met with cold reception
today among officers Of the general
staff
There Is much uncertainty as to the
use to which the national guard is to
be put under the new plan. The guard
forms the great reserve from which
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
STREAM OF EXILES
LEAVING SIBERIA

her release she fell i'll and now is in a
hospital
At Tyumen the correspondent met a
second trainload Of exiles from the
Irkutsk prison and penal settlements.
The crowds at the station cheered the
famous terrorist Amuikhin, who shot
and killed the chief Of the Petrograd-
Warsaw railway in 1905. His victim.
General Fuchloff. was about to kidnap
400 railroad strikers and send them to
Siberia. Amuilshin. who was introduced
to the correspondent as "a released jail
bird" said:
IT spent ten years in the Alexan-
drovska prison. This is the largest
convict Jail In Russia and contained
10000 ordinary criminals and about 500
political prisoners, mostly sentenced to
life, 'katroga,' the severest form Of
Russian punishment short Of death.
Tells Of Abuses.
II spent the first Ave years in the
So called probation class. with hands
and feet manacled and chained to a
wheelbarrow, which I had to take ev-
erywhere. In addition was repeated
ly flogged by order Of the governor.
IHo A6SlStdIIt kOSCTuOI NUI AA6 laC az
sence of his chief ordered daily flog-
gings for his own satisfaction.
"The badly overcrowded prison was
divided into dormitories, each Of which
was intended for thirty prisoners. but
which usually contained sixty or
eighty. half Of whom usually had con-
sumption or. rheumatism. The occu-
pants had Q secret organization and
communicated by means Of tapping.
Altho we also had means Of communi-
cation with the outside world We knew
nothing Of the revolution until the
morning Of our release. After our re-
lease we learned that the assistant
governor declared he would give n
farewell 'nogging' in order to prepare
my jail birds. for sweet liberty"
Among political prisoners is, Alex
ander Popoff. who was sentenced to
death for an alleged plot against the
emperor. charge which he declared
was fabrication by the police. Pop
of was chained BY the wrists and
ankles Ter tour years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

bites and one, who attempted flight "a
week before the revolution, had been
shot in the leg when he was recap
tured.
Appearance Spectacular.
The exiles had started west so hur-
riedly that they arrived in an extra .
ordinary variety Of incongruous garb.
Some wore new costumes which had
been supplied by sy1npathizers along
the route and some had handsome fur
overcoats covering their hideous jail
uniforms.
Among those who wore this latter
costumes was young millionaire aris-
tocrat, who had been sentenced to life
ten years ago for fomenting a revolu-
tionary mutiny in the Black sea fleet.
One man wore the gold braided uni
form tunic Of the dismissed governor
OF Irl1utsk under ragged and greasy
overcoat.
100000 Released.
The president of the exile reception
committee said there were probably al
together 100000 persons in Siberia who
had been released under the amnesty
measure OF the government. This num-
ber comprises political offenders, in
cluding terrorlsts, convicted after trial !;
persons suspected Of furthering revolu-
tionary propaganda and exiled without
trial by order Of the secret police gen.
darmerie or the minister Of the In
terror: finally, some tens OF thousands
Of peasants exiled without trial by
decrees of the village communal coun-
ellis. Many Of the latter will remain
In Siberia voluntarily. where conditions
of life and work are excellent under
the reform government.
One Of the largest convict settle
ments was at Yakuba in northeastern
Siberia, where about $4,000 exiles and
convicts lived.
Notorious Prisoners Freed.
y In the mining district many pris-
oners have been released. The frs,
to be freed was the famous Marie
Spiridonova, who killed colonel OF
gendarmes for torturing prisoners. She
herself was tortured and abused fol
seven days and then sentenced te
death by f1eId court martial. A1ts,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
INCREASE CUSTOMS GUARDS.
Three Hundred Additional Men or
Duty at New York Piers.

Duty at New York Piers.
New York. April 3--Every police
man in New York not on active patrol
reported this morning for reserve duty.
The force of customs guards at the
piers where the German merchantmen
have been Ted up was Increased To-
day from 400 to 100.
The news from Washington was an
T0unced las; night III many OF the the
aters, hotels and restaurante i, was
greeted with cheers and with the sing
ing of patriotic songs.
Orators who denounced the war were
dragged from a truck and one Of them
was beaten. One arrest was made.
One OF the most enthusiastic demon
strations took place In the Metropoli-
tan Opera House. James w. Gerard.
former ambassador to Germany. rose
in the box and led the audience In
three cheers for the president.
Fraule!n Ober, one Of the dozen Ger
man stars singing Tho Wife Of Bath, -
tainted and was carried from the
stage.
A large socialist meeting in Carnegie
hall burst into hoots and Kisses when
word Of the presidents action was re-
ceived.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
BRITAIN wtLcomEs US.
Nations Practical Entrance Into War
PIsasaa aRrsss.

NatlonS PrAettSat 8pSFahCe tnto war
PIsasss Prose.
London, April 3.-Under the heading
of Brothers In Arms" the Pail Mall
Gazette today says OF President VIII
sons speech:
'"rhe president frames the speech
in setting calculated to stir the deep
est emotion Of the American people.
The Russian revolution enables him
to commend it sto them as conflict
between the virtuessof democracy and
the crimes OF autocracy.
America has entered the war. Her
action will be welcome for the COM
munity Of spirit which she will fur
ther among the free nations Of the
world. It ID great satisfaction to be
Joined thus with Q nation carrying so
much Of our blood In q crusade worthy
Of its best traditious and ours"
The Globe says; German states
men have scornfully regarded the en-
trance Of the United States into the
war we can safely leave them to
find their mistakes Meanwhile we are
content to stand shoulder to shoulder
with the land Of the free in the great
est battle for freedom the world has
ever seen" III y. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Rescue Doubtful Owing t0
Heavy Seas and Stormy
Weather.
NINETEEN SURVIVORS i
LANDED AT BREST
Two Patrol Boats Continue Search Fer
Missing Sailors With Little Hope ef
Success = Sixteen Americans Mem.
bers Of crsw-Twsnty-four Of Crew
Of British Steamer Trsvoss Missins
British Freishter cannixaro Sunk.

Washington. April "a dispatch
from Ambassador Sharp, dated at
Paris. 3. m. yesterday. said nineteen
survivors from the Aztec were landed
yesterday afternoon at Brostr and
twenty -eight persons still were miss
ing and their rescue was doubtful be-
cause os the heavy sea and storm,
Ambassador Sharp cabled:
THE foreign office has Just informed
me that the American steamer Aztec
was torpedoed at 3 p. m last night
April -. far out at sea of the island
Of Ushant One boat from the steam-
er has been found with nineteen sur.
vivors who were landed this afternoon
yesterday at Brest. Twenty-eight
persons are missing and altho two pa
troll vessels are searching for them
the stormy condition Of the sea and
the weather render their rescue doubts
full.
Foreign office not informed a. to
names OF survivors. Will cable further
details as soon as possible"
Dispatches to the French embsssy
last night put the number missing e
eleven.
Americans in Grow.
Tho following were the Americana
among the crew and their addresses g
hled here with the United STATES sship-
ping commissioners: s Sss' h! ss''. s Y
l. J. Anderson, mate. Brooklyn.
@. G. Larkin. second mate WAse
Lynn. Mass.
r. ]. o'Brien, third mate, Passaic.
N. J.
B. Borjensen. engineer. Brooklyn.
Harry Larkin, engineer West Lynn.
Mass.
Herbert Collins, engineer. Winnings
ton, Del
Charles L. Rickson. engineer Brook.
lyn.
Chester T. Lee, steward San Franz
CISCO
Henry r. Long, messman, New
York.
Watson Sianey, radio operator, New
York.
Charles Kelly. Brooklyn.
Julian r. Macomber Honolulu.
Charles Pineapple. Honolulu.
Eklla Koaki, Hawaii.
Tato Davis. Hawaii.
Fl. K. Price. Hawaii.
Ship $50 Feet Long.
The Aztec. formerly owned by the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was
ship Of 1921 tons gross. It was
built in Newcastle. England. in 1894.
II was $40 feet long with beam OF
forty three feet.
The Oriental Navigation Company.
owner of the Aztec also owns the Or
leans. one Of the first American ves-
sells to run successfully Germany's
submarine blockade.
The Aztec carried n full cargo OF
foodstuffs and general supplies, valued
at more than 100000.