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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-27
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EYEWITNESS TELLS
ACCOUNT OF MURDER
OF RUSSIAN LEADER


PARIS, Jan. ga vivid picture OIL
the circumstances of the murder, by
Infatuated Bolsheviki og General Duk-
honoin, formerly Commander-in-Chlef
of the Russian army, is given by the
Petrodgrad correspondent of the Matln'
who apparently was an eyewitness OF
the tragedy. According to his stor!
Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheyik COM
mander-in-chief, edeavored to save
General Dukhonoin from the mob, but
his efforts were unayailing and the
Russian commander was struck down
by a sailor and then run through with
dozen bayonets.
The murder took place after the
Bolsheviki had captured the head
quarters of the Russian army at Mo-
hilev and followed General Dukhonin's
refusal to request the German army
official to enter into an armistice with
the Bolsheviki. The general was on
board a train when the mob surround
ed him. According to the Matin's
correspondent the general appeared at
the window of a railway carriage.
Throw us your epaulettes!" shrek
ed tn soldiers, cor wen kill you" and
they snouldered their rifles.
Krylenko begged the general to give
way to them, but Dukhonin refused.
They can 90 to the deuce he cried.
Let them kill me-"
A bullet whistledby, breaking the
window, then a second General Odin-
tzeff went up to Dukhonin and gently
took off his epaulettes. They were
thrown to the mob and were quickly
torn to pieces, and for a moment he
thought he was saved. Then a hand
full of sailors jumped into the carriage.
They seized Dukhonin by the should
ers and pushed him to the end Of the
coach and then on 10 the platform. Kry-
lenko ran after them. The generals
appearance caused a great uproar.
Kill him right out!" they cried.
"Kerensky and Korniloff got off. Men
like him must be killed at once"
AS the mob pushed closer and closer
upon the general, Krylenko stormed
and shouted, but no one took any
notice With a single blow the gem
eral was struck down by tall sailor
from the rebel cruiser Aurora. Duk-
honnig got on his feet again once,
his face streaming with blood. He
tried to speak but a dozen bayontes
we're run through him, and then blows
and kicks were rained upon his body.
The sailors fought for his cloth
ing tearing it away from him. The
corpse, stripped bare, was set up
against a railway carriage and the
mob, laughing like madmen, started a
gruesome game. Sailors, Red Guards,
and soldiers made snow and mud balls
and flung them at the generals head.
Il could no longer look on" writes
the Mathis correspondent, "and dash
ed back into the carriage, where
found Krylenko sitting in a corner, his
face in his hands. When he lifted
his head / saw he was pale as death.
Look at them he said in whisper.
There's no holding them in now. /
and all the rest OF US must come TO the
same end.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-27
To Prevent The Grip.

Colds cause Grip-LAXATIYE
BROMO QUININT Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bromo
Quinine." e. w. GROPE'S signature
on box, zoe. adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-27

New York city hospitals face def
cit of 81 600, 900, due to increased cost
o. living and lessened contributions
due to the war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12

stpulations. The Bolshevik government has con
ssnty endeavored stir up revolutionary ferments
in the non-Russian territories, while Germany has
flooded Russia with propaganda radiating from the
German embassy Moscow. The recent assassina-
tion of that arch schemer Count Mirbach, the Ger
ambassador, well termed 'Germany's master
spider reveals Russian resentment at these Teutonic
practices"
1t would follow that if Germany be
forced give up the parts of Russia she has seized
need worry great deal about Bolsheviksm
That movement is dangerous to the world only as it
is under German influence, With that influence
moved it will affect only Russia itself. and the out
side world will be quite satisfied let the Russians
work out their own salvation, and try any social,
economic, and political experiments they desire
They may evolve something better than our
own systems. At all events, it is for Russians to
say how they will be governed, and what sort Of
economic and industrial structure they will build
upon the ruins of czardom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
An Abundant Supply.

Not record crop, but really good one, fifty
describes the yield of American grain fields for
1918.
1t hoped that billion bushels of wheat
would be garnered so as to meet home needs and
that of the allied world, but shall probably have
to rest satisfied with approximately 91s,OOO,OOO
bushels And for this should be profoundly CRATE
full.
This total is than ever had prior to the
bumper year of 1915 and when taken into consider
alton with largely increased yield other coun-
tries and the loyal observance by all the American
people of the conservation requested under the
Hoover plan, the sustenance of our allies and our
population is assured.
The deficiency as compared with last year of more
than 900 bushels had caused some uneasiness
but the fear is almost entirely removed by the fact
that though the years yield is less superiority
the quality is very marked
1t will be of great satisfaction to all to
know that mercantile fleet will soon be on
their way the Atlantic laden with this golden
grain for the feeding of soldiers and those of
noble allies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
A Normal Appetite.
NOTED


That fat folks eat too much IS
truth which demands iteration and
reiteration, because SO many fat
folks doubt it. They base their
doubts on a perfectly obvious fact,
namely, that q. good many skinny
folks have enormous appetites.
Nevertheless no one would get
fat If he did not eat too much. l
do not care how little he thinks he
eats or how much less he eats than
some one else who is a veritable
bag of bones. Increase of weight
over the normal for the individu-
ais age and height is positive proof
that he eats more than he can uti-
lie in his daily work and play, or
rather than he does utilize The
excess, or at least part of it, is
stored as superfuous fat.
A little superfuous fat is a good
thing Push it along A little too
much is a handicap. Slough it off.
Fatty tissue is ordinary connect
i've tissue, such as holds us togeth-
er, but with the cells bloated with
fat globules. These bloated cells
are no account-slacker cells.
They do no useful work, but they
have to be carried around and kept
warm and fed and watered the
same as good patriotic tissue cells.
/ Recently when l suggested a ra-
tioning system based on individual
weight, taxing the fat mans ration
| to subsidiZe the undernOurished in
dividuaI, some fat reader filed a
very angry protest with the edi-
! tOrs-but the protest was unsigned,
so nObody>took it seriously.
| To judge the capacity of your ap-
I petite by the appetite of your
neighbor is a great mistake, for you
fail to consider the neighbours men
tai or physical activities, which
may burn up much more pabulum
than you are burning day by day
Skinny folks, as a rue, are active,
restless, nervous, busy creatures,
/ even when they have nothing to do
/ till tomorrow. Fat folks are gen
orally lying about somewhere or
/ sitting. They have a constitution
al antipathy to unnecessary physi-
cal or mental exertion, quite the
| opposite to skinny folks. This
amounts to an accusation of lazi-
ness, / suppose. Well, let it go.
Fat folks ARE lazy, take them by
and large.
Look at the experience of re
/ cruits in the army. The fat boys
soon begin to train down to rea-
sonable proportions, while the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
With Other Editors
An Historic Newspaper "Sfp."

One of the most curious breaks" of newspaper
history is still having its echoes in New York
When the last Austrian peace plea was presented
that for a secret and non-binding conference.-the
New York Times, to the horror of everybody, came
out with smashing editorial demanding its accep-
lance by the United States. The editorial was a
complete departure from the war policy of the
Times since the very day that the kaiser broke the
peace of Europe 1t seemed different in style toe
1t was emphatic to the point of brutality 1t said
that unless President Wilson accepted Austr1ass
effort end the he would stand out in history
responsible for the murder of thousands
of soldiers
The world astonshed. The Times of course
occupies the position of Americas greatest news
paper, in the estimation of London and Paris For
eign opinion accepts the Yankee equivalent OF
the London Times. When the London Chronicle on
Monday morning credited the New York Times with
this bludgeoning demand for a cave-in to Austria
neither England nor France knew what to make of
it. Germany naturally howled with joy and grabbed
the editorial choicest bit of peace propa
ganda.
At once the Times began TO hear from its readers
Angry letters flowed in upon it. Irate kilograms
Cancelled subscriptions Its circulation fell off and
that of the New York Tribune and other papers
which capitalized the matter went up.
Undoubtedly. it sheer blunder one Of those
nexplicable slips that even in the bestregu-
lated machinery. There are a hundred and one in
side" and fantastic stories explaining the editorial
but none of them seems worthy of credence. The
Times has repeatedly disowned the sentiments ex-
pressed in that remarkable peace pronouncement,
and its whole record is strongly the other way
that do not believe that the episode can really
hurt its standing.
The editorial, believe, will soon be forgotten.
to be revived only when newspaper men gather to
talk the strange slips" that have marked the
history Of American journaIism.-Chicago Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
Household Hints

Hot Pot of Sleeps Heart (from
above menu)-One sleeps heart
Qarge), two tablespoons small
sage or tapioca, vegetables, such
as carrots, turnips, onions and a
few outside leaves of celery or
artichokeS or sprout tops, or both,
one parsnip, four potatoes, one and
One-half pints of water. Soak the
sarge or tapioca in a cup of cold
water, scrub and prepare vegeta-
bles. The artichokes should be
we'll washed, scrubbed and scrap
ed under cold water and then Sic
ed or cut into quarters; the par
ships in the same way as carrots.
The potatoes should be steamed
or boiled for a few minutes, then
the skin removed, and if small, cut
in half, if large, slice them about
one and one-quarter inch thick.
Wash the heart well, cutting ii
in quarters first of all; then cut
each quarter into three slices. Put
the slices of heart and vegetables
in layers in the jar or hot-pot, or
a basin or tin if you have no hot
pot, putting the sage or tapioca
anu pepper anu salt DCtN cen pour
over water, place on the lid or a
creased paper. Put into the oven
which should be fairly hot to be-
gin with; allow to cook slowly
from two and one-half hours tC
three hours.
The potatoes should be put on
top of the hOt-pot or jar just about
che hour before dinner time, the pa
per or lid to be removed about hall
an hour before serving to allow
the potatoes to brown.
Fairy Gingerbread-One-haIf cup
butter, one cup brown sugar, one
half cup milk, one and seven-eighths
cups bread -four, one teaspoon bak-
ing powder, two teaspoons ginger.
Cream the butter, add gradually
the sugar, then the milk very slow
/ ly. Sift together thoroughly the
-four, baking powder and ginger
and add to the mixture. Spread
thin with a broad-bladed knife or
/ a butteTed inverted dripping pan
/ Bake in a moderate oven. Cut il
squares before removing from the
] fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
RECALLED TO LIFE.
By Ralph Hamilton.

q direct that my property be
sold for an amount not less than
thirty thousand dollars"
There was a tiutter among aunts,
cousins, nepheWs and nieces OF
Griffith Tenby, deceased, his last
will and testament" 1t was a tidy
sum, if not too prOmiscuously scat
tered Expectant benefciaries be-
gan to calculate mentally.
The proceeds from such sale, +"
read on the dry-v0iced lawyer, TO
be divided into four parts. Those
of my relatives who are young,
prosperous and in good health are
able to shift for themselves. My
four spinster aunts are dependent
on circumstances. and each is to
receive one-fourth of the amount
acquired from such sale | direct
that receipts in full be given to all
those who owe me money"
Many a struggling soul blessed
Griffith TCnby that night He shad
been a friend to everybody II was
TO his energy and financial coopera
ton that a free library had been
established When the question oOf
the town high school came up he
had donated pleasant and conven-
lent site He had followed a lofty
purpose in forgiving his debtors,
knowing that liquidation for them
would be hardship.
There was one who had wept sor-
roWfully when the news came that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12

Struck BY R0ck-Struck on the
head by a rock thrown by some un-
known assailant, Estes Lee, Il, re
siding on Jersey Ridge road, was
perhaps fatally injured near Fulton
avenue and Christie street at $50
Thursday evening. Lee was with
his two brothers, Omar and Law
renee. The rock, accurately
thrown. struck Estes on the head.
He fell to the ground, partially I'M
conscious. His brothers aided him
in reaching the Office Of DR.. Dunn,
where an examination revealed a
bad fracture of the skull. The in
jured man was taken to Mercy hos
pital.
Auto Strikes GirI-Struck by an
automobile driven by william Nc
Mann. COL Belle avenue. as she
alighted from a street car yesteF-
day morning, Grace Swartout, p,
2319 Davenport avenue, was ser
iOusIy injured. She is in Mercy
hospital. The accident occurred at
East River street and Forest road.
The girl had just aIighted from a
BettendOrf car. There is no road
way on the right side Of the car
tracks at this point, and Miss
SWartout walked around the front
of the car. At Mercy hospital.
where she was rushed afIer the az
cident, Miss Swartout was found to
be suffering with a broken left
limb, and other bruises and cuts
about the head and body. Her con
ditIon is said to be serious.
Mistakes Man-That his arrest
was due to mistaken identity, was
the defense put up by G. f. Long,
steward of the Arsenal Workers
club, when he appeared in police
court yesterday morning TO answer
a charge of assault and battery
Florence Lind, who caused his ar
rest, claimed that a man answering
to Linds description slapped her
on the back and then lodged into
the doorway Of The club as she
walked by yesterday morning.
Youths Rob TiIl-After sending
the librarian upstairs for a book
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12

Apropos of the publicity being given to the
depredations Of German soldiers, the following Incl
dent is particularly brutal: A company Of German
soldiers who had been most Hospitality entertained
by some French during the period of the
German occupation, upon learning of the approach
of the British troops turned their kind benefactors
into the streets and there and then completely
destroyed their homes and all their belongings
Such dastardly acts SAVIOR more of barbarians than
that of the inhabitants of land that boasts of its
"kutur." Shall such ffendish work pass, and be
forgotten? Most assuredly not. The day of reck-
oning and restitution is far off
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12

identifying him, and judged from
the abrasion on his head that some
heavy blow had made his senses alb
normal. Wayne gave il out that he
had been employed to care for his
placed the cost AZ $25 a week, and
every Saturday night took that
amount as his rightful own.
Thus life went on for Griffith
Tenby for nearly year and d half
His self-appoiuted guardian was
taken i'll one day. Dying. the man
confessed to the physician what he
had done. He handed him what
was left Of Tenby's money. The
physician, Interested IN the case,
had Tenby removed to a private
hospital, expanding the money re-
CURED, and one day his patient,
after an operation on his skull.
came back TO normal The doctor
gave him the residue of the money
and Griffith Tenby started for his
old home
1t was about s o'clock i'm the cv-
ening when he lett the train. a
large hat we'll obscuring his face.
As he crossed the public square he
noticed that a drinking fountain
had been put in place since he left
The electric lights gliutcd across a
copper plate surrounding II, and
he read: Memorial by grateful
citizens" and his name and a re-
cital of his public activities In be
hair OF the community Two stroll
lcrs passed by
Yes, it Was Miss Ward who paid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
A Noble Band.


During the earlier days of the war a large num-
Der of Russian women were impeiled by the great
need Of their country to form themselves into a
military unit which bore the name the battalion OF
death; their heroism and devotion TO the cause OF
freedom won for them lasting fame Urged by
spirit equally noble physicians and surgeons
Of many lands are doing splendid work in waging
warfare against the injury and disease which follow
in the wake of war. Groups of medical women have
1,een active and efficient all through these dread
four years and collectively these noble bands are
spoken OF as the battalion of life because of their
efforts TO overcome death the battlefield and il
the trenches.
The story Of the Scottish women physicians is
now widely known and yet it is well to remember
those earliest attempts in view Of the more general
and elaborate work done since 1914. The Scottish
womens hospitals were founded in October, 1914,
and their unit was made ready for Belgium in 10
DAYS They had the lowest death rate from typhoid
of any army hospital in country. and excel
lent was the work done that the authorities
quested these doctors to return and take
charge of a British army hospital in London with
over five hundred beds.
Proof is ample that of all the armies are
ready to be taken care of by women physicians On
one occasion IS operations were performed by women
doctors in q hours A French medical officer,
speaking of a Polish woman in charge of 1OS beds
in French military hospital said: She is the
abIest physician on my staff" In Europe 10 hos
ptaIs varying from to 500 beds fully stated
by women and the gavest cases have been entrusted
to them
1t is therefore not surprising that American WON
en- physicians and surgeons have felt the call to ser
vice and given in a recent number Of
The Forum by DR.. Rosalie Morton tells the inspir-
ing story An organization has been formed, and
already many women doctors work in Europe
The attitude of the medical authorities in France
and America is thoroughly cordial, and there is
therefore a splendid prospect of work to be done
for the sufferers in devastated Europe The article
nov mentioned is full of the deepest interest, es-
pecially TO women, though also to all readers and
the conclusion of tells something of the noble aims
of this true battalion of life:
The American Womens hospitals wish to estab-
-Iish at once hospital in Serbia and one in France
They are fitted and eager to alike for SOL
ders and for civilians inspection of civic
sanitary conditions the conduct of the base hos
pitaI from the care Of refugee children the
of expectant mothers.
THE need of physicians from this country ire
mendous. Both military and civil conditions in Eu-
rope demand large numbers OF finest doctors
The of civil relief is being almost exclusively
put in hands of doctors so as leave the
men free for military service But in the past three
and half years of the war the work of many WON
en- physicians of all countries has proved to the
world that the woman doctor has also place in
caring for sick and wounded soldiers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12

Mr.. Tenby was among the missing
in a great hotel fire. Adelia Ward
passed a woeful night, thinking Of
the noble friend who had aided her
at the darkest hour of her life She
was only 25, but she had become a
working business woman. She
had started a small department
store in OTville, engulfing all her
means. She arrived at point
where she must go bankrupt or OBJ
tain new liquid capital Tenby, the
friend to everybody, had come to
her rescue. He had advanced her
sufficient to reestablish herself, and
now had wiped the slate clean, and
this grateful, graceful woman for a
year wore a black ribbon at her
fair white throat and told no one
why.
Griffith Tenby was not dead. He
had escaped from the burning hotel
down a fire escape. Twelve feet
from the ground he fell. An hour
later, wandering about aimlessly
lie had reached a WretChed howell
sat down on its doorstep and fell
asleep. He awoke new self, a
I placid being, with all his past blot
! ted out from memory and acquies
cent in all that the occupant OF the
/ hui for two years thereafter sug
1 gested to him
This was Abel Wayne, q wretch
ed old man, whose pipe and liquor
/ were the very acme OF existence
( He was not criminal, but when he
/ found nearly two thousand dollars
in Tenby's pockets and no papers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
ORD@ md
DISCORDS
PEACE IN avERSE LIBRE.'


The war will soon be over,
There is no question about that.
But the U. s. won't do things hasty,
And there'u be no peace till we
know where were at.
The kaiser is losing his backbone,
But one wouldn't wonder at that.
Since the L. S. soldiers came over
All that can be seen of the Hun Is
his back
At midnight. when the whistles
blew and sirens screeched,
While drums were beating and bon
fires illumined the sky,
thought that already the Dove OIL
Peace
Had swiftly flown by.
Not as yet, however,
Has the matter been "clinched,
And | wouldn't feel satisfied
Until the kaiser had been "pinched.
Berlin should be in ashes
Before the L. S. is through,
For l cannot help but think of the
destruction
That the Germans subjected the
other countries to.
However, the matter rests solely
With the leaders of our land,
And if they see fit to have peace
I wouldn't kick ito beat the band. y
For our boys will then be free
To return to Our Land of Liberty,
No more to fight the willy Hun
How happy we all will be.
RUTH CARLSON,
1925 Seventh avenue.