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New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
Russian Officer Tells
Why Soldiers Killed .
Cruel Commanders

Russian officers opinion OF the ef-
s.. Of the revolution on the Russian
AMY was cabled 20 Abraham Cahan'
,si,or Of the Jewish "Daily Forward -
Yesterday by Nicolai Nakariakoh, a
noted revolutionist and former editor
a. Russian newspaper in this city.
Hs reveals that thousands of high Of
s,,rs Of the army were slaughtered by
their men at the outbreak of the revo-
luton.
YskariakoF. a refugee from Russia
unss the beginning Of the European
var conducted his newspaper in New
York under the name Of Ivan Ellert.
week alter the revolution started m
Russia he left this country, revealing
70 his friends for the first time his
true name.
Upon reaching Petrograd he was
welcomed by prominent revolutionary
leaders and introduced 70 the Council
q Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates.
They appointed him an officer OF the
Russian army and deputized him TO go
among the soldiers and agitate a con-
tnuance Of the war. He is strong
rro-war advocate and since he left
Perograd has visited almost every
army division.
His cablegram follows;
at has been revealed that immedi-
,tely after the outbreak Of the revolu-
hon in Petrograd many regiments
hlled some Of their leading generals
ard colonels. thus disorganizing vast
section Of the army. The officers who
drew upon themselves the wrath OF
Tie men were such as had enjoyed an
Undesirable reputation.
They had been known for their
cruelty and barbarity. Prior TO the
rsvoluion. drastic measures had been
Intensified by the old regime, making
the lie Of the rank and file utterly in
iolersble. The prevailing impression
vas that instead Of fighting Germany
tie Gar was fighting MS own people.
the old -egime sent whole divisions
Amos. unarned against German guns,
the result being frightful slaughter
without rhyme or reason. II looked
Ike crusade Of wholesale revenge
upon the discontented men Of the army
n,hsr than a war upon an outside en-
.ny. This WAS one Of the great causes
Ia. led 10 the revolution.
When the revolution broke out the
rrsrsls and colonels who had distln-
rsishsd themselves by their cruelty
we're among the first victims. The good
,s.sred officers. those who had treated
ts men properly. were all spared, and
re row treated with respect and afec-
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
Soldiers Inspect Correspon-
dence of Romanof Family
in Crimean Homes
80 Rifles Are Seized
Empress Dowager Protests
When Notes in Testament
Are Taken
Especial Correspondence o, The Tribunsl

London. June 23.-The Dowager En-
press Maria Feodorovna, mother Of the
ex-Czar, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolai-
witch and several other members of the
Romanoff family were subjected to a
search at their residences in the Cri-
mea. The search resulted from reports
that suspicious travellers from Yalta
were in communication with the Ro-
manoffs and that coup was being
planned by the royalists.
These reports, according to the
"Daily Telegraph" were brought to the
notice of the "Secret Commission of
the Sevastopol Central Military Com
mittee," and some members of this
body paid furtive visit to Yalta to
make inquiries. Two other members of
the commission were sent TO report to
the Provisional Government, from
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
Permits Ready for Aliens
In Eleven New York Counties

About IS per cent Of the enemy aliens
who sought permits TO live or work in
the barred zones in the Southern Dis
trict Of New York will receive them by
mail tomorrow. The rejected applica-
tions will be turned over 10 the De-
partment CT Justice for further inves-
tigation. The Southern District of New
York comprises the eleven Hudson
River counties below Albany.
Sixty-five thousand blanks were dis
tributed. but only 10000 applications
properly made out and indorsed were
received by Thomas d. Mccarthy, Unit
ed States Marshal.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

Japanese merchants worked for the ex-
tension Of their business and succeeded
in securing orders. The goods did not
arrive. however, and they have not only
lost their business but also their good
name-all because of the lack Of bot
toms. The effect OF the scarcity of bot
toms in the days before the Christmas
trade is especially serious. 1t would
affect the general American market
disastrously if there is no relief.
Some of the japanese merchants take
an extremely grave view OF the situa-
ton. As individuals. some Of them
have already negotiated for sailing
ships. TO help out. The whole proceed
ing, however, speaks eloquently Of
radically new and aggressive pro-
grsmme the japanese traders are in
augurating.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

were thirty rifles and three thousand
cartridges, captured from the enemy at
the front. 1t is said that the Empress
seemed 20 be in good health and spirits.
At Tchair, the Grand Duke OF Nikolai
Nikolaevitch himself helped the search
party, unlocking drawers, handing out
the papers, and Offering explanations
OF every document found. The stories
current proved 70 have been baseless
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
Lose Business and Standing
by Lack of Bottoms in
Service to America
To Ask Diet for Relief
Association Will Petition the
Navy for Use of
Transports
tBy a japanese CorrespondenO

San Francisco, June 30.-Japanese
exporters and importers who deal with
the American market have formed an
association with the object of getting
additional ships from the government.
At its May meeting the association
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07

hold aloft the torch that lights
the world to human liberty.
They will go in a holier cause
than that OF the Crusaders OF
old.
They will battle for the worlds
civilization.
Their struggle is not simply to
save human liberty and democ.
racy to mankind, but it is to
save all that makes life endura
BILE and existence worth while.
Their fight will be to save this
country and protect the women
and children here and save them
from the awful, the unspeakable
horrors Of the conquered por-
tlons of Belgium and France,
and from the depravity which
has made the streams OF Arme.
MIA red with the blood of Chris
tians, whose lives have been Chris
tian and because Mohamluedan-
ism is an eternal fght against
the gospel OF Christ.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
HOUSE PASSES FIRST OF
FOOD CONTROL BILLS
Provides For Survey OF Food Supply,
. Approprlates S14.77O.OOO.

ProvIdss For Survey OF Food Supply,
Appropriatss $14,770,00o.
Washington. Tho Administration
food survey bill, first Of the food con-
troll measures, was passed by the
House without { record vote. It 'ap.
propriates 81. no. 900 for an immediate
Investigation Of the country's food re-.
sources and for measures to stimulate
production. A similar bill is under d.
bate In the Senate.
The Agriculture Department expects
to present . fairly accurate estimate
Of food resources within three weeks
after the bill Is signed by the Presi.
dent, Secretary Houston said. Al
soon as the measure becomes ! law,
the Department will start its $1,000
employees and the 10000 voluntary
crop reporters to work on the ,inves.i.
CATION. The preliminary report to be
made within, the three. weeks will bs
supplemented with monthly reports
and probably by further complete
report within SIX months II necessary.
Material gathered will be turned
over to Herber c. Hoover. who was
named a. head Of the food admins.
trstion, a. soon as the pending regu.
aatory food measures becomes law.
In tho ,sWvsy bill, passed virtually
- It came, from the committee. Miss
Rankin. the, woman representative
from Montana. inserted an amend
ment which would require the Depart.
ment of Agriculture to use women in
tho survey work whenever practica.
ble. An amendment BY Represents
tive Mckenzie Of Illinois would make
oil persons employed under the bill
liable to military service, and another
would permit citizens to refuse to 90
more than 800 miles from their homes
or places Of business to testify Il Z
food inquiry
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
The Passing Of The Tramp.
Charlotte Observer.

With the winding upof the mil
tary registration on the night
OF June 5, one great American in
stitution-the tramp-wlll auto.
matically cease to exist. The ho-
DO will be q man without an oc-
cupation, for the Government is
going to take his occupation a.
way. For the period OF the war,
at least, the tramp will be un-
known to the country. Perhaps
in later years he may make his
eappearace slowly and by de.
grees, but it is unlikely that "the
profession will ever regain it's old
time prestige. The process by
which the elimination of t h e
elimination Of the tramp will be
brought about is OF the simplest
sort. On the day after the regis.
tration every man in the coun-
try must have an occupation.
The hobos use the railroads as
their channels of navigation.
They may make short detours
through the country roads, but
they always get back to the rails.
These knights of the road will
find conditions wonderfully chan.
ge1, SO far as their liberties and
privileges are concerned, rs soon
as the registration shall have
been completed, the tirstawaken-
ing coming when they encounter
the guards at the railroad bridg-
es and tunnels. The tramp will
be required to give an accountof
himself. Should he fail to make
satisfactory statement OF occu.
patton, destination, and things
of that kind, he will be invited to
accompany the guard to head.
quarters whence he will shortly
be escorted by the sheriff or dep
atty. He will find himself no lon.
ger q tramp but a prisoner OF
the Government, which will pro-
vide employment for him. The
operation of the law by which
the tramp finds himself relieved
OF his liberties will work to the
inclusion OF all other rovers out
of employment. The tourist a.
foot through the country must
have credentials of the proper
sort, or he will find his vacation
abruptly ended. The loafer in
town will also be caught. Ia fact,
the whole people will lwake to the
fact that the entire country is
under military rule. 1t will be u
new experience for the American
people, but one made necessary
by the rules OF war.
But will the tramp, once find
ing himself out OF u job by being
given work, ever have a desire
to revert to their former condi.
ton? Having felt the uplifting in.
fluence OF honest toll will there
be a return OF the rowing dispo-
sition when the privilege is once
more opened to him? These are
questions which remain to be an
swered by the tramp himself.
But we are of the opinion b a t
once having abolished the hobo
uf the United States Govern ment t
should take steps to insure the
permanent suppression OF this
individual. The opportunity will
be at hand with the conclusion OF
the war and the settling down by
the country to new conditions to
make the ban against the idler
Of permanent enforcement The
Charlotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
Proper Food or W eak Stom-
achH

The proper food for one man
may be oil wrong for another.
Every one should apopt q diet
suited to his aye nd occupation.
Those who bnve weak stOnachs
need tO l,e especially careful and
should eat slowly aud inaxtlcate
their food thoroughly. tits also
important that they keep their
bowels regular. When they be
coule cOllstipat ted ar when they
ferl dull and stupid AFTER eating.
they should take Cbamterlaln's
Tablets tU streng then the s'om.
Hch and move the bowels. They
Hre easy to take and pleasant in
effect.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07

OF our duty and our determina-
tion to create an efficient army,
we are bound, as a military ne
cessity, to do everything in our
power to promote the health and
conserve the vitality OF the men
in the training camps. l am de-
termined that our new training
camps, as we'll as the surround
ing zones within an effective ra-
dius, shall not be places of temp
tation and peril"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
- /. ! n u
Best Remedy Por whooping
Cough.

"Last winter when my little
boy had the whooping cough l
rave him Chamberlains Cough
Rsmemy," writer Mrs. j. B. Rob-
arts. East st. Louis, III. s"I'
kept bis cough loose and relieved
bin Of those dreadful couging
spells. ltis the only cough med.
irine { keep IN the housee hecauae
/ have the most confidence in it. :"
This remedy Vi also good for
code and Group. Il a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
RUSSIA FACING ~
!. ECONOMIC. RUIN
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS IS so ACUTE
THAT ONLY MIRACLE CAN
SAVE COUNTRY.
NAY BRING WAR TO 4 CLOSE
Demands Of Workmen So Enormous Il
sssms Impossible to Keep industrial
Wheels Turnlns.-MInIster Of r.
nance Speaks.

Petrograd, via London.-The indus.
trail crisis In Russia is 80 acute that,
according to recent utterance Of the
Minister Of Finance, M. Shingarof.
only q miracle can save the country
from economic ruin. The demands OF
the w0rkmen were 80 enormous, he
declared, that 1t seemed impossible to
keep the industrial wheels going for
any great length Of time.
Tho Socialist ministers at q recent
ministerial council said that the only
possibility they saw Of settling the
difficulty was to bring the war to q
close.
Neither the coalition Cabinet nor
tho newly appointed Commission to
regulate the difficulties between capi.
tai and labor has yet found q way to
settle the industrial crisis. The Com.
mission is composed Of the Ministers
Of Finance, trade and industry and
labor, but since there is a wide diver.
gence Of views between the Minister
Of Finance and the new Socialistic
Minister Of Labor. 1t seems probable
that this Commission will be confront.
cd with the same difficulties that at.
tended previous efforts at reconcilia-
ton. ''e
An Investigation Of the factory con.
ditions in Petrograd' leads to tho
alarming, but inevitable. conclusion
that unless the Government soon finds
. means Of adjusting the present DIFF.
6culties, most of the industrial enter.
prises working for National defense
will be compelled to close within q few
months. An investigation shows that
virtually the same difficulties prevail
in al the big factories in Petrograd
and apparently authenticated reports
from the Moscow, Donets and Ural dis
tricts indicate general disorganization.
In many Of the factories, the demands
BY the wworkmen for increased wages
are actually greater than the entire
profits Of the factories under the best
conditions Of production.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07

Reidsvile Review: Mr.. III. Rob-
erts, a prominent merchant far
mer of near Wentworth, was in
town Saturday and gave us a
call. He says the largest c o rn
crop ever before known has been
planted in his section this year.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
the SOLDIERS HOME.
Environment Of Army Camps Must Be-
Free from Liquor and Prostitutes.

tRVt0amsat ot Army Cam ps. Must BE
Free from Liquor aat Prostitutes.
Reports reaching the War De-
partment says a Washington
dispatch, indicate that the act
prohibiting the sale of liquor a.
bout military camps or to enlis.
ted men and officers in uniform
is being observed rigidly. Even
hotels and restaurants have re-
fused to serve liquor to guests of
army officers wearing the uniform
on the ground that such sale
would be to the officer, and would
make the management liable to
a fine OF not more than 81, 900
or not more than one years i'm
prisonment, or both, which the
act provides as penalty for vlo.
lations. The law forbids not on
ly sale but even possession OF H.
quor at any kind Of military club
or camps. A bill applying simi-
lar restrictions to the navy is
pending.
1t should give much satlsfac.
ton to the families and friends
OF young men going to the war
to know that the government is
making strenuous efforts to keep
the army camps clean and free
from immoral influences. Secre-
tary Of War Baker has appealed
to Governors of States for coop.
GRAFTON in. this matter, and he
makes it clear that unless the
State and local officers assist the
authorities OF the army in reno
wing improper influences from
the camp surroundings, he will
remove the camps from the State
where these conditions prevail
and this applies, says the Secre-
tary not only to the camps es.
tablished under Federal author.
ity, but to the more or less tenn.
porary mobilization points OF
the National Guard units. 1t
relates, too, to the large centers
through which soldiers will con.
stantly be passing. In asking
for this cooperation, the Sece-
tary says:
"Our responsibility in this mat
ter is not open to question. We
cannot allow the young men,
most Of whom will have been
drafted to service, to be surroun.
ded by a vicious and demoraliz-
ing environment, nor can we
leave anything un,lone which will
protect them from unhealthy in.
fiuences and crude forms of tempt
alton.
THE greater proportion OF this
force probably will be made up
OF young men who have not yet
become accustomed to contact
with either the saloon or the pros
titute, and who will be at that
plastic and generous period OF
life when questionable modes OF
indulgence easily serve as out.
let's for exuberant physical vital.
ity.
Not only have we an inescap.
able responsibly in this matter
to the families and communities
from which these young men are
selected, but from the standpoint
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-06-07
Race Riots II The North.


The migration OF tens of thou.
sands of negroes from the South
to the country north OF the Ma
son and Dixon Line has caused
and is causing some serious race
riots in thatcountry. Those who
in time past have observed the
attitude of the white working
man OF the north toward the col
ored workiDgman are not much
surprised at the news.
There have been riots in New
York and other cities, the latest
to be reported having occurred
at st. Louis. According to the
Associated Press story OF this H.
OF, a mob estimated at three
thousand persons, shouted their
determination to rid the city of
negroes imported to work in fac
tories and munitions plants,
swept throug the streets, attack
ing and beating negroes whelev-
er found. Several negroes are
said to have been injured so se-
verely that they probably will
die 1.-The mob stopped street cars
and interurban cars in it's search"
continues the story, land threa.
tened to storm the jail where at
least a score of negroes had been
taken for safekeeping. Ambulan-
ces made the rounds of the
streets where the mob had trav-
eled to pick up unconscious and
injured blacks and take them to
hospitals and temporary shell
ters. The police was helpless a.
gainst the mob"
For months Northern agents
have been securing the South for
negro laborers and have induced
tens of thousands OF them to
leave their employment and go
to different parte ..Of the North.
These agents have claimed that
there was a scarcity OF labor in
those parts, and have represented
to the negroes that they would
receive high wages, that their
hours of labor would be short,
and that their living conditions
would be excellent. But the pe-
groes have been deceived, and
they have been mobbed at sever
al places, either because they had
been imported to work for lower
wages than the whites demanded
or received, or because of the an
tipathy OF the Northern white for
the negro. In either case. the ne
gro would do we'll to avoid the
North.
There are many people at the
North who feel that they are call
ed upon to grieve over the alleg.
ed unhappy condition OF the ne.
gro in the South. Their sympa-
thy flows:out to him in unstint-
ed manner-so long as he does
not venture to invade the North.
These people are not the negroes
real friend, and he allows them
to mislead him. He becomes dis
satisfied with his condition and
goes North, only to f1ud that he
has not bettertd himself and that
he has not bettered himself ut
all. He does not understand that
bis Northern sympathizers are
less interested in his welfare than
in finding some excuse to criti.
else and slur the South.
Unfortunately, down South
they Inch .an occasional negro
for committing a heinous crime.
Up North they not only lynch
him when he commits such a
crime, but they mob him because
he wants to work for a living
Herald.Courier. ses
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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-11
heir departure for China in 1900.

their departure for China in 1900.
Whenever a national war breaks
out, TERRORISM becomes a necessary
military principle. General Won E.
Hartmann.
1.-THE city of Brussels, exclusive OF
its suburbs, has been punished by an
additional fine of 100000 francs on
account of the attack made upon a
German soldier by Ryckere, one of its
police officials Baron Won Luett-
WITT, governor of Brussels.
81 am thirsty; bring me some beer,
gin, rum" "If you lie to me l will
have you shot Immediately. These
sentences are taken from a phrase
book supplied to German soldiers, ac-
cording to Minister Brand Whitlock.
Zone cannot make war in senti-
mental fashion. The more pitiless the
conduct of the war, the more humane
il is in reality, for it will run its course
all the sooner. General Won Bern
hardi.
THE innocent must suffer with the
guilty. All this must not in
our eyes weigh as much as the life o.
a single one of our brave soldiers
the righteous accomplishment OF
duty is the emanation of a high kul-
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-11

War Times-PeOple will feel an in
clination to kick" over the wheatless
and meatless days, the postage in
crease, the tax on almost everything,
including picture shows, and now up
on the necessity of getting official
permission to buy larger or smaller
load of coal. But they will do we'll
to remember-and they will remem-
Der, and remembering, will forget to
"kick"-that these are war times"
and that we are just beginning to feel
the pressure that is going TO rapidly
grow greater and more personal in its
bearing. Everyone has had a theOret-
ical knowledge of what was coming
but the actual realization is not going
to be gained without a good many un-
pleasant shocks. But we are lin the
WAL" and as President Wilson said
in his recent address, Our present
and immediate task is to win, and
nothing shall turn us aside. Every
power and resource we possess is be-
ing devoted and will continue to be
devoted to that purpose until it is
achieved
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-11
PERSONALS

Judge f. A. Walters is in Boise at
tending to northside business in the
federal court.
Miss Elsie Melcher, from Anaheim,
California, is making an extended visit
here with her sisters, Misses Gertrude
and Alkaline.
Rev. ]. A. Schlichting and family
have removed to Rupert, where Mr..
S. has taken work in one of the coun-
ty offices.
Mr.. George Hislop and wife, who
have been spending some months here
in connection with Mr.. HIS consid-
cradle land interests, returned this
morning to their home in Chicago.
The return came sooner than planned
and suddenly, on account of the news
that their son, who had enlisted in
the aviation corps, was about to be
called to join the colors.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-11

In "The Hungry Heart Miss
Frederick has opportunities for
emotional acting not eQualled in
any OF her previous pictures. AS
Courtney Vaughan, she is first
bride. amazed at her husbands alb
sorption in things outside her
sphere and his refusal to admit that
she is capable of meeting him on
his own intellectual level; then a
wife in love with another man; a
tempestuOus woman, bitter at the
false part she must play in the
game of life; and last of all her
oine who renounces her past life
and enters a newer and better un-
derstanding with her husband, MAX
ing of her mistakes a ladder to a
happier life.