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CZARINA BURNED TO
DEATH. LONDON TOLD
Daughters and Grand Ouch.
esses Also Perish.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE SuN.
Copyright. 1918: all rights reserved.

LoNpoS. Sept, ls.-Further informa-
ton Of a confirmatory nature REGARDING
the assa assination Of the former Empress
of Russia and her daughters has reached
London.
This report is &c 'he effect that fol-
lowing the Staying of the former Car
by Lettish soldiers at Ekaterinberg by
order OF the local Soviet, the CzarinI
and her daughters and two Grand
Duchesses. not OF Russian birth but who
had married into the royal family. were
taken to a town about 100 miles TO the
north.
Some weeks later the house in which
they lived under guard was discovered
to be in flames and the next morning
the bodies OF the royal prisoners were
found in the ruins. They were identi-
ied by a person who had known the
'lctims before their captivity,
The Dowager Empress of Russia.
mother of the last Gear. has reached
Austria safely, according TOD q report
received from Copenhagen.
The sun., 1918-09-20

Continued on Second Pags.
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Continued on Third Pd0e.
The sun., 1918-09-20
ny HERBERT BAILEY.

Special Cabls Despatch to The suS from tn
London Times Serrice.
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barely eighteen. Only one
member of the family knew
him. This member was Katherine,
q sentimentalist.
Katherine was always doing odd
things and adopting new proteges.
She had picked up the sailor boy
on the street and had brought him
home to dinner because he looked
lonesome" she privately explained
The family received the sailor
boy with outward warmth, but
with some inward reservations,
For all the family knew, he might
turn out another Of Hates fall
ures."
Some Of the family's reserve per
ished in the moment Of the sailors
first smile 1t was a charming
smile, shy, boyish, wistful. His
manner was charming, too-yery
simple, very natural.
Suddenly the members Of the
family realized that the sailor was
taking the same chance they we're,
and was taking it in a fine sport
ing spirit II was quite possible,
they now saw, that he might not
like them They began to hope
that he would like them.
Becoming Attached.
The sailor boy did like them.
That was soon clear. There was
warm frisndliness in his frank
brown eyes as they turned from
face to face. There was something
touching in his delighted glance
around the big living room, in his
longing look at the crowded book
shelves"
81 wish / could be turned loose
in here for a whole day." he said.
In the few moments before din
ner was announced he strolAd
around the room and looked at
the books and the pictures, stop
ping occasionally, touching a vol
ume now and then with an accus-
toned hand. Several much-dis-
cussed books lay on the reading
table. He barely glanced at them
Suddenly he bounced on a book
whose new paper jacket had not
yet been removed.
"Oh!" he cried. Here's his
latest oneI l haven't read this
yet"
His manner subtly implied that
he had read all the others. The
family began to feel deep inter
est in that sailor boy.
Dinner was announced In the
dining room he punctliOusly drew
out the chair of the mother of the
family, then took the seat assigned
him, next to her. For the next
ten minutes he gave all his atten-
ton to the old lady. She beamed
on him. The two were fast
friends.
The family observed with regret
that he was eating very sparing-
". They wanted TO see him enjoy
a good meal. He observed their
disappointment.
"I've got to be pretty careful"
he explained with his wide, boyish
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peared. He liked the commander
and all the fellows. They were
the best in the service.
And people were so good to
them. Why, at Christmas time
perfect strangers had sent them
not only boxes but Christmas
stockings filed with candy and
smokes"
at was nice to find something
in our stockings besides cold, wet
feet!" he added, simply. The
family began to love the sailor
boy.
Speaking of feet" he went on
zone Of our fellows got box with
a pair of fine wool socks in it
He was awfully glad to get them
He put them right on. All that
day his left foot hurt him. He
didn't know what was the matter,
and he didn't have time to take
off his shoe.
The pain got worse and worse.
That night WREN he took of his
new left sock he field something
inside o. it. He pulled it out. It
was a crumpled-up piece of thick
writing paper. On it was writ
ten: God bless your tired, aching
feet!"
Winning Them.
By this time the family really
loved that sailor boy. He was do
ing most of the talking now, and
everybody was glad to listen.
His hardest work at first, it
seemed, had been his first watch
in the crow's-nest." The climb up
there was so long, and he was so
high when he got there. When
the ship rolled badly he could "al-
most scoop up the sea" with his
hands. And his knees were giving
way under him and he was
scared stiff"
But of course one gets used to
it." he added cheerfully. after
the first time l didn't mind it
much"
But the sailor boy made his big
gest hit in the last five minutes OF
his visit. Something was said
about sending him a box.
That's awfully good of you," he
said but if you don't mind,
there's something I'd like better.
You see, I've got everything l
need. My family keeps me sup
piled. But there's one fellow on
the ship that has never had a
thing. He hasn't any folks, and
no one else remembers him. I'll
give you his name. If you'd send
him a box he'd think it was the
greatest thing that ever hap
pened."
With his little peajacket but
toned up around his neck and his
little round hat in his hand, the
sailor boy was saying good night.
I've had an awfully good time"
he said, with his nice grin.
lie had no suspicion that he had
given the family IAN awfully good
time" too.
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ELIZABETH JORDAN'S ARTICLE
Sentimental Katherine Picked Many Failures But When She Brought Home Lovely Looking Sailor Boy She Did the
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grin. 'I'm only o6t of the hos
pital today. I've had appendi-
citis."
1t was easy to start him off
after that. He was taking the
midnight train "home" for a ten
days furlough. Everyone had
been so good to him. at the hos
pital, he said. The doctors were
great, and the nurses were simply
dandy" But the prime sport, it
appeared, was to watch the other
fellows come out of the ether
after their operations.
"Some of them sing" said the
sailor boy, land some of them
pray, and some of them swear.
Most Of 'em are pretty funny. One
fellow preached a sermon. We've
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called him the sky pilot ever
since Another chap cried and
cried. He's Baby Nine now"
What did you do?" some one
asked.
The sailor boy hesitated. A
deep flush covered his face to the
roots of his hair. For the first
time his ease of manner deserted
him.
"Why-I-I-well-they said I
i talked about a grill" he STAN
mered. $3.50 now they call
me 'Lothario!"
The family began to like the
sailor boy very much indeed.
From the hospital the conversa-
ton turned to his ship. The life
there was mighty jolly, it ap-
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was going to write something for
this column about Mothers Day.
Just as l was sitting down to write
It, in came the office boy with q
letter marked Heard and Seen Edi-
tor-Rush" It was from A. P.
HEINY, 4s6 R street northwest, and
arrived here Just a little too late for
yesterday, but 1t does very we'll for
this, the afternoon. Of Mothers Day:
"on my way up here met . lot
Of fellows, some young, some old,
and they all had q smile.
"All at once noticed that little
tri-color bouquet they were wearing.
1 saw an old fellow pay . dollar for
one. He went away with q smile I
thought he had stolen from the girl
who sold the flowers.
"After l got my bouquet for =
small dime I found the smile con-
tagious."
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What would you tell the children the members Of your
family interested in naming the modern wonders of
the world about two thousand years after Anper made
out his list?
You would name the steam engine wireless teegraphy
telephone, printing press, flying machine, submarine
There six What would you choose for the seventh?
Is it the spinning jenny that freed women from the LOOM
or the sewing machine that freed her from the needle?
Is it the Bessemer process that makes steel cheap?
Is it the gas engine that created the automobile?
Is photography that carries the human eye to every
corner of the globe and tells the truth?
Is the marvellous moving picture simple device that
takes advantage of the fact that light times
around the world in second fast that print
the only the motion of actors body but the
fight Of a bullet at the cannon mouth?
Nothing could be more useful to an intelligent American
family and especially to children in their teens than the
discussion of mans accomplishments Point the boys
and girls that what seemed great two thousand years ago
and supplied Anpaer with his famous epigram about the
wonders seems only childish to
While speak of ''the ancents'' should remem-
Der that Bacon says 1--WE the ancents Those that
when the world ancient look Antipaters
wonders as we look at the mud pies made by children
at play.
The ages of glorious and of perfect Justice that
to follow this earth will look upon and 'won-
ders-fying machine, wireless telegraph submarine etc
as the works of children just learning to think.
Men that are to come will consider this planet merely
resting point for their feet apartment in which to live
of Importance to them than your front yard to
you.
As your real interests all outside of your own front
gate the interests of the to will be outside this
little earth
Their brain and thought will deal with the universe in
which the earth is grain of sand
What "seVen wonders" will they enumerate when
they shall have learned why and how the are sent on
their journeys whence the derives its lasting power
what laws regulate the birth of solar systems within the
great nebuae? What life thought evolution? What
the need of creating universe with all its struggling
and suffering? And what is to be THE great wonder that
viii explain all, to ntellects fully developed?
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Also saw Mrs. Smith sell tri.
colors to distinguished bankers Ike
CHARLES B. LYDDANE.
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Did NICK ALTRocK say:

ForsdH ct haee dim nlentinisss
jGvGbit?
s. E. N-f you will pardon The
sarcastic remarks about MulIany's
back room publicists will tell the
truth about our friend Godwin's
heading. have studied the letters
in front Of churches, read carefully
Chinese and Greek menu cards, look
ed at labels on cologne bottles, con-
suited three good sign-psinters, and
l don't know what 1t all means yet.
But I'll take a chance and place
my money on NICK ALTR0CK.
]. d. II.
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Going up Fourteenth street on my
way to see ED STEWART at the De-
partment OF Justice, I tried to get by
without purchasing more tri-eolors,
but nothing doing.
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A Bad Accident Two Years ArS
From Just Such 4 Cause.
Thursday morning, May 2, twelve
passengers rode on the running
board Of an open car Of the Mt.
Pleasant line bound downtown.
Other cars Of that line and the
Georgetown lines had as many or
more running board passengers
each What has become Of the reg
ulation, which resulted from a dread
full accident near the baseball park
two years ago? On the same ear
which carried twelve on its running
board, six passengers were in every
seat CONSTRUCTED for five passen-
gers), and from three to five stand
ing between seats.
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This little bit Of writing got me
all excited about the Mothers Day
Tri-color, so that when I went out
Of the Munsey building q fair young
damsel was able to empty me Of
coins in order to pin q tri-color upon
the left lapel
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MRS. HAL SMITH, at Fourteenth
and G streets, was selling little tri-
colors so industriously that I simply
couldn't help emptying myself Of
further cash
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DENNIS UPSoN paid a dollar
for one.
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He introduced me to a young fell
low named CHAPMAN.
THAT is B0WIE'S son." said
Tom, "and a chip Of the old block.
There's nothing the old man won't
do that the boy won't try"
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HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

and watched the little river erafs. out
Tor their owners pleasure, a. they psased
pro and con- as Rastus would say. I
was sorry to note that q number OF .hese
little boats failed to display the STAR
and Stripes Would It not Be an sxeel-
lent idea for the officers Of the corIn-
THAN Yacht Club and similar orFaniEa.
lions 70 request all owners Of such cram
70 clsplay me national emblem consplcp.
ousiy when they put out TO sea-"
WILLIAM MEYERS, Of the SOL
diers' Home, does not approve o
the scheme Of melting up Frederick
the Great to be made into way
medals. He says no man who has
been in the thick Of fighting wants
to adon his breast with enemy me-
terial.
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TOM HUME, wearing his green
searchlight necktie bought q tricolor.
And looked like a rainbow, be-
lieve me.
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More About Those Phone Rooks.

Il have been reading about the
trouble in finding the telephone book
in the Woodward Building and the
idea has just occurred to me that
as a last resort one might carry
a telephone book with him.
Naturally this would be some
what inconvenient, but, Of course.
we hope we will not have TO do
that.
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z. W. PIERCE, of the Woodward
Building, says:
A MRS. NJ. L. SPILLMAN, from
Sarasota, Fla, was in my office yes
terday and told me that in the local
ity OF Sarasota hundreds Of acres
Of celery, cabbage, Strawberries, and
other garden truck" were being
plowed under for the reason that no
cars were available for shipping the
produce 10 Northern markets. Also,
there are more than ten thousand
acres Of absolute waste land in the
vicinity of Washington in both Vir-
ginia and Maryland that will not be
tarmed at all this year because Of
the entire inability Of the Depart
ment Of Labor to furnish the labor
ers necessary to do the work.
These platforms that have been
laid at the street car stops down.
town are al right as far as they 20,
but think how much better they
would be if they had roofs.
What do you think Of the scheme
OF using a large number to indicate
the route that a street car intends
to follow? The present small signs
on the cars are invisible a half
block away
TIM RING, IA A street northeast,
makes d friendly inquiry as to who
remembers the CIGARETTES"
These great big omnibuses were
drawn by horses (this was twenty
or twenty-five years ago). They were
ouilt like the present sightseeing
car and were designed to traverse
the city streets without laying
tracks.
The scheme did not work, some
how, but Tim says a lot Of good
Washingtonians still have "carrette"
stock.
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Also NoRBoRNE ROBINSON.
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And FRANK ]. sTRYKER
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Well, got as far on my errands
as the Federal Trade Commission
without buying more trieolors be
cause wearing one on each coat
lapel makes the girls hesitate about
asking you to decorate yourself any
further.
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7 TIE was a very young sailor
barely eighteen. Only one
member of the family knew
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further.
And in the Federal Trade Com
mission JOHN WALSH, the COM
missions special counsel, said that In
the Bohemian community where he
once lived in Wisconsin, any man be-
decked with fancy tricolors as was
would be accused Of having been to
a wedding.
Thence to lunch, where discussed
with FRED STECKMAN the Gut
zon Borglum charges and the aero
plane situation.
Fred said he had never heard Of
Gutzon before.
It hurt my feelings because l had
been swelled with pride ever since
Gutzon began to get into print, be-
cause l had a feeling / was sort Of
connected with him, on account Of
my brother having rented a studio
from him il New York
After lunch I found Mrs Smith and
her husband, HAL. standing at Four
teenth and G streets talking about
the sale OF tri-colors. Mrs. Smith
had taken in a bushel Of money.
CHARLES D. WARNER, the Chris
tan Science Monitor man, was talk
ing with them, and sure enough, he
hadn't been talking long before a
young woman espied his empty
lapel and nailed him.
Does Washington Honor the Flag?
LOUIS DARRELL marched be-
hind the American flag Thursday
afternoon in the Knights Templar
parade. The route lay between
Thirteenth street and New York ave
nue. and st. Thomas Church, and
during that time Louis says he saw
only a FEW people salute the flag.
Among those charged with fail
ure to salute, says Louis, are an ad-
miral, a lieutenant in the navy,
many army ieutenants, and untold
numbers of civilians.
AT EuCeSlLu aIlu sJTeeIS Lncre
is a drug store whose windows are
filled with Liberty Bond parade pic
lures.
You'll have 20 take a microscope
to find anyone saluting the flag.
A hurried inspection by your
humble servant saows a Boy Scout
at attention when the flag passed in
one picture; and that's about all.
From Alexandria, Va, which
boasts of memories of patriots dat
ing back before the Revolution, comes
this information and suggestion from
REGINALD DE UFFORD:
"On Wednesday night a young French
officer and young woman who had just
left the National Theater. in your charm
ing city. passed one OF our young naval
officers strOlling along in the op-
poste direction. The Frenchman SaIutes
in dignified fashion. Our young officer.
with his cap stuck on the back OF his
head and his right hand buried in the
pocket Of his trousers. returned the
salute with a nOnchalant wave Of his
LEFT HAND. Was this quite courteous
and according to Hoyle?"
Last Sunday afternoon ! stood On one
Of the wharyes OF this now busy port
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Only Thoughts and Science Last
What Men Do With Their Hands Today and Call
Wonderful Is Childish Tomorrow.

The real wonder of wonders is the brains power work
ing through science producing miracles that live forever
scientific truth outliyes the pyramids column of mar
ble sword of steel
And in the thought there power than in all the
worlds armies hatreds, and ambitions.
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A hurried inspection by your
humble servant saows a Boy Scout
at attention when the flag passed in
one picture; and that's about all.
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The Observer in The Herald said
that the car companies should not
be censured for the behavior of their
employees. ] agree with him entirely,
the companies have enough TO an
swer for as things now stand with
out being held for the crimes of
their creations. And the WRECO,
of course, should not be held resDon-
sible for the peculiar behavior Of
their Mr.. King.
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"CHAS E. REED,
1905 East Capitol street"

Several months ago I was in
duced to advertise in the Telephone
Directory, and as a special induce
ment was told that an EXTRA
o. edition would be issued at
that time in March so l must RUSH
the copy so as to catch the SPECIAL
EXTRA FREE EDITION. | did
and-I am still using a copy on
which the date Of issue Is November
s, 1917. II seems to me that the
only thing that reaches me regularly
from the said company is the bill"
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And MELVIN HAZEN.
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About two hundred years before the birth of Christ,
Antpater of Sidon first made list of the worlds seven
wonders
They were-as he enumerated them the walls OF Baby
on-now gone The statue of Zeu chief god by Phydias
of Olympia The hanging gardens of Babylon The great
bronze statue called the Colossus of Rhodes foot
stretched legs The pyramids of Egypt built by Egyptian
kings for their tombs The mausoleum built by King Mau
soeus hold his corpse and the wonderful Temple Of Ar
tennis at Ephesus.
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Special Notice: ] have Just been
informed by my shop boy that yes
terday a man came with an armful
Of new telephone books and had my
place listed 1920 d street north
wesD. but would not leave one as
this number was listed as under the
name of some Government depart
ment, and the evidence Of a tele-
phone and many different advertise
ments in the classified ads would not
induce. him to part with same. I
WONDER WHEN THE PEOPLE OF
WASHINGTON WILL SEE THE
LIGHT OF DAY? ]. H."
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At Fifteenth and F streets there
is a drug store whose windows are
filled with Liberty Bond parade pic
lures.
You'll have 20 take a microscope
to find anyone saluting the flag.
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And in the Federal Trade Com
mission JOHN WALSH, the COM
missions special counsel, said that In
the Bohemian community where he
once lived in Wisconsin, any man be-
decked with fancy tricolors as / was
would be accused Of having been to
a wedding.
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Among those charged with fail
ure to salute, says Louis, are an ad-
miral, a lieutenant in the navy,
many army ieutenants, and untold
numbers of civilians.
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Thence to lunch, where I discussed
with FRED STECKMAN the Gut
ION Borglum charges and the aero
plane situation.
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In the days of Antpater the works of mans mind
being small the works of his hands seemed big. Painfully
hundreds of thousands of men raised the pyramids.
Slowly ancient workers carved the face Of the huge
sphinx with the Ethiopian features teaching US that the
black race was great race long ages ago.
The king declared his grandeur by doing something
BIG
Now the big thing isn't size or brute force, but
THOUGHT which is created inside of human skull in
the thin layer of gray matter outside of the white brain sub
stance.
The greatest idea scientific truth is created in part
Of the human mind small that you could put it the
head of pin.
THAT Is ONE OF THE WORLDS PERMANENT
SEVEN WONDERS.