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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
Former Car and Czarina Have
No Gas, Electricity or
Bathroom.
FARE OF MOSTFRUGAL NATURE
Practically Condemned to the Life OF
Recluses--pauphters Allowed to
Come and Go Freely, but Son
is Closely Guarded.

Paris.--Though things Russian are
rather in disfavor just now, short
account of the life led by the Roma
motifs, the former imperial family, may
8prove Of interest.
Tobolsk has been called the "City Of
DEATH" its temperature rarely rising
above the freezing point. Most OF Its
houses are built Of wood, the one
where the imperial family lives being
one of the few brick buildings In that
part of the country. Its ground floor
is occupied by company of soldiers
installed there as guard. The two
upper floors, consisting of ID rooms
most simply furnished, constitute the
apartments Of colonel Romanoff."
There is neither running water nor
gas, neither electricity nor bathroom.
The servants are obliged to draw from
a nearby well the water needed for
household purposes. The rooms are
heated by brick ovens which burn
wood The largest room is not more
than 10 feet by 10 feet.
The windows of the house look out
on an unattractive landscape. There
is not even garden where the ex-
czar might dig and forget his bore
dom. A narrow balcony and court
yard inclosed by high brick walls fur
nish the only breathing spots for the
imperial prisoners.
Nicholas Romanoff and his wife aie
practically condemned to the lives of
recluses. Their sole outing consists in
attending mass at the cathedral Of the
Annunciation or at neighboring mon
astery or going TO the public baths,
where as a special favor the revolu-
tionary authorities permit them to
battle once a week. Whenever they go
out they are escorted by a platoon of
soldiers commanded by four officers of
the guard
The fare imposed upon the prisoners
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23

he is authorized to receive the visit Of
the revolutionary government permit
ted to accompany him in his exile
Count Frederiks and General Voyekov.
Nicholas Romanoff said recently to
General Voyekov in an accent of pro-
found resignation:
HAS my life not always been that
Of a prisoner? | do not regret my lost
power. All / ask is TO be allowed to
retire to Crimea, where / could live
surrounded by flowers. / feel more
than ever that would be peaceful and
happy as a simple citizen of repub-
lie"
His resignation in no wise Is shared
by the former Czarina Alexandra.
Nowadays Alexandra devotes herself
to her children whom she teaches not
TO resign themselves but to remember.
What makes her most indignant is that
she Is allowed neither to write nor re-
ceive letters that are not opened by
the revolutionary officers. She con-
stantly repeats to her daughters:
"Never forget what we are forced
to bear at the present moment"
If the grand duehesses are allowed
to come and go freely In the town
without the vexation of any surVeil'
lance, the same thing is not true of the
ex-czarevitch Prince Alexis, who is
Familiarity known as Alioscha, can go
out and play in the public parks when
ever he likes, but he is watched by
guards specially attached to his person.
The daughters of the former czar
lead a simple life. Grand Duchess
Olga the most serious of them all, mas
enrolled herself among the voluntary
nurses of military hospital to Whlch
are sent convalescents from Siberia
and where she conscientiously passes
several hours day.
Grand Duchess Marie has taken up
stenography and typewrlting to help
her father write his memoirs. But he
dictates nothing and writes nothing.
Sometimes he leans out of the only
window, which overlooks the town,
and watches his children when they go
for a walk. He wears the undress
uniform of a colonel of the PrevbaJen-
skys and puts on dignified air as
soon as he thinks he is being observed.
But when he thinks himself alone MS
back loses It's stiffness, he hides his
care-lined face In his hands and this
man, whose hair has turned quite
white. falls into melancholy brooding.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
CUTS COST OF CHILD BIRTH
Association In Boston Reduces Price
of Bringing Babies Into the
World to $25.

Boston.-'The cost of bringing babies
into the world in Boston has been re-
duced to $25. Hooverization
Mrs, William Lowell Putnam. the
only woman president of the American
Association for the Study and Proven.
tion of Infant Mortality, has fixed the
price through the establishment of a
prenatal and obstetrical clinic.
The expectant mother who pays s25
receives preliminary examination by
a physician with nurse assisting.
The woman is visited every ten days
by nurse and, after confinement, re-
celves the expert attention of the
physician and nurse until she Is entire
ly recovered.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
TELLS OF HUNS WORK
Invalided Sergeant Describes
Atrocities Committed in France.
Tndescrihable Brutality Revealed When
HIghlanders Capture Village Near
PIoughestreert Wood.

San co.-1ndescribable afro
cities, which even the brutal Hun
might not be thought capable of, were
committed in France recently and dis
covered when the valiant Seaforth
Highlanders captured small village
near Ploughestreert Wood, according
to Sergeant A. Goad of the Highland
ers, who has been invalided to Amer
lea with three wounds.
when we took the village / hap
pened to look into hut, still stand
ing among the ruins, and there saw
the most horrible sight that l have
yet seen in my war experience" Ser
geant Goad said
Against one wall was the dead
body of woman, her hands crossed
&bove her head and nailed to the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
Office Girl Efficient.

Kansas City, Mo.-Isabelle Chilean,
the first "oflice girl" to be employed at
the Missouri Pacific railway Offices
here, has so greatly excelled the use
fulness of the average office boy that
many other local Offices are preparing
to replace their boys with girls.
A marked decrease In the mortality
rate among grandmothers during the
opening weeks Of the baseball season
Is predicted.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23

wall by a spike. There were no other
wounds on her body-she must have
been left there to die from torture.
Opposite her. against the other
wall, was a little three-year-old child,
with its head impaled on a sharp hook
and its limp little body hanging down.
The two had doubtless been crucifed
at the same time and left alone to
watch each others death agonies.
Sergeant Goad said that some time
later the British took Ploughestreert
Wood, but were driven back Temporal
rlly, and when they recaptured it a
score Of wounded, whom they had been
unable to rescue, had been savagely
slain.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
.ROMANOFFS ARE PLAINLY HOUSED

is of the most frugal nature. Once ae-
customed to the delicate reflnements
of French cooking, they are forced to
be content with ordinary Russian
dishes: ping, sort of roll covered
with caviar; bortsch, a thick soup
made of beets and other vegetables;
kalacha. cheese paste.
The people Of Tobolsk show neither
hostility nor sympathy toward the ex-
He'd family. Life In the small town Is
consistently monotonous. The exist
ence Of the former emperor drags
along In drab sadness. Now and then
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23

Judge-Ever served jail sentence?
Witness-Yes, sab but rs retained
now an Twin private life.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
irresponsible Talk Is the Worst
Form of Enemy Pro-
paganda.
PEACE BRIDE TO BERLIN
Thousand Asses Loaded With Pure
Gold Reported to Be Sent--WiId
Tale Of Fight Between Two
kiltle Regiments.

London.--The most deadly form of
German propaganda in Great Britain
today Is the mouth to mouth rumor.
Wherever one goes, In clubs or restau-
rants, at the theater or In the railway
car, ones peace of mind will be ire
trievably shattered by some kindly in
tentioned stranger.
The keep of the London Tower has
been overcrowded with riddled corpses
to a positively unsanltary degree. Now
it will be AN airman of worldwide re-
nown. The next day an ex-lord chan
cellor of the realm will toe the line fol.
lowing him; King George will have his
Germanic extraction flung in his teeth,
and an ex-prime minister receive the
welcome news that he has sold the
country TO save his financial interests
in the enemy's country. Your true
propaganda is no respector of per-
sons.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
Quits Tobacco AZ Elnhtx.r,uo

Cleveland.-W. #. Adams started
chewing and smoking tobacco when he
was ten. Now, Civil war veteran of
eighty-two, he has quit using tobacco
In any form.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
OF Eastern Origin.

There was one story of distinct East
ern origin. Great Britain, ran the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
CONTROL BINDER Irvine
Food Administration Decides to NFIy
the Price to Farmers.

Washington, Jan. THE food adj
ministration has arranged to control
during 1918 the supply of binder Irvine
so important to farmers. particularly
those of the granger states. Reason
able priceS-tho not so low as former
ones-are expected.
An official announcement TODAY
says the food administrations ar
rangements will stabilize prices. ire
vent undue advances, eliminate waste
speculation and boarding and give the
product to the ultimate consumer at
the lowest price possible. 1t gives
warning, however, that high cost of
materials and reasonable differentjals
for manufacturing will not permit the
price to be as low as in former years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
BIRTHS REPORTED

Following are the births reported to
Miss Eta Covell. city clerk, in the last
week.
F. J. Cunningham and wife, 1905 Tyler
VIM: II. Fargo and wife. 167 Emmett St,
Jan l. boy-Wm. Everett.
Aleck Hapercorn and wife, $50 F. Gordon
ST., Dec. %, girl-Mary.
Frank NJ. Hamilton and wife, Tulsa.
OKLA, Dec 10. boy-Robt. Glenn.
Chas. n. Nordstrom and wife, 2T1 Elliott
St, Dec. -, boy-Chas. Clayton
Robt Jesse Phillips and wife, 90 Chan
der st, Dec. '2!, boy-Gregory Windall.
Fred A. Recob end wife, 1912 West First
ST. Jan. l, boy--Fred A, jr.
St. Dec. 16 boy-George
Henry Schaub anG wife. 215 Gordon ST.,
Dec 80. boy-George.
Robt Franklin Simons and wife Adams
St. Dec. Il. girl-Mable Maxine.
w b. Wolfe and wife, 1920 Mulvane st..
Jan 1, girl-Lois Edna
ST. Dec. -. girl.
Warren Harrison lnscho and wife. No. D
Franklin ave, Dec. %. girl.
Aug ]. Johns and wife, 1107 Buchanan
ST.. Dec. "a. girl
Jno- Lutjohan and wife. r. r. No. 4,
Soldier township, Dec. "A. boy.
Joe Mature and wife. 52S Sardou ave-,
VIM {. Shaw and wife, So5 ouinton
Blvd, Jan. 3, boy.
w c. Stuart and wife, r. r. No. s,
Edward D. seitz aud wife. Pauline. Kan,
Perle H Skinner and wife, 1900 West
/ Sixth St, Dec. B. boy.
Roy C. Thompson and wife, ZIG n. Van
| Buren, ST.. JAN T. boy.
| Oscar A. Adell and wife, 220S Buchanan
ST., Dec Is. girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
GETS own POISON
Intrigue He Used in Russia
Now Undermining Kaiser.
TrOtzky Is Trying To Demo-
cratize Germany, Too.

(Note: William G. Shepherd, United Press
staff correspondent recently returned from
Russia and by reason of his service particu-
larly qualified to analyze the situation there.
today wrote the following story for the
United Press)
Asheville, n. c., Jan. 1.-THE labor
outmaneuvered the autocratic govern
ment of Germany in the Brest-
Litovsk peace parleys.
1t has put the kaiser in the position
of trying to carry water on both Shout
ders.
Unwillingly or not, Trotzky and
Lenine are just at this time working
exactly in line with America in Presi-
dent Wilson's plans to encourage the
German people to throw off the yoke
of their autocratic masters.
Russia Poisoning Germany.
Russia's peace talk is poisoning Ger
many. 1t is poison gas that the
revolution that is now being blown
back on them. The Russians are
showing to the German democracy
that German autocracy is deceiving it.
They have shown that the kaiser is
not on the square.
Trotzky and Lenil had the ambi-
tious idea-going beyond President
Wilson's idea of the plain people
working out their own salvation-of
having these same plain people of all
nations get together and demand an
end of war. The German armiStice
was part of this plan The Russian
council of workmen and soldiers, rep
resenting as far as it was possible, the
plain people of Russia, thrust out its
hands toward the democracy of Ger
many
Got Only Mailed Fist.
They saw a hand extended from
Germany in the vague mists of Ger
man diplomacy. 1t was not a clearly
defined hand but the Russians graSped
it in the hope it might be that of
their democratic brothers in Germany.
Only a few days of negotiation
showed instead of having grasped the
hornyt hand of democracy, they had
shaken a hand bearing the gauntlet
of militarism- That handclasp is
reaching thru and beyond militarism
and kaiserism to the German com
mon people has been shattered
If there is German democracy,
such as the Russians hoped to en-
counter, it lies behind the stone wall
of the kaiser's militarism. Proof that
it exists is in the fact that the auto
Gratis are preventing Russians from
dropping pamphlets behind the Ger
man lines and that Foreign Minister
Won Kuehlmann will not permit Ger
man Socialists to go to Stockholm
officially with Russian Liberals
If Lenine and Trotzky can not
reach the German people now, they
must try to batter down the wall be-
tween them, and their German fell
lows.
In other words. they must again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07

Abraham Lincoln, the welder of the
nation and the worlds greatest
emancipation. is in Topeka in the
bronze and will from this afternoon.
henceforth and forever until time and
the elements have worked their will,
stand in stern majesty just east and
south of the east wing of the state
house.
The bronze figure of Abraham Lin
coin is the first effort of the citizens
of Topeka to place statues of the great
men of Kansas and of the United
States in the public parks and grounds
of the city. The effigy is the work
and the masterpiece of Sergeant Rob-
ert Merrell Gage, a young Topeka
scultor, who conceived the idea and
who carried out the work and fur
nished the impetus that aused the
people of Topeka to subscribe a suf-
ficient amount for the completion and
placing of the statue.
The final arrival and placing of the
bronze figure this afternoon represents
a period of more than three years de-
voted to study and work on the part
of Sergeant Gage. and entertainment
after entertainment by the club
women and the school children of To-
peka. Sergeant Gage arrived in To-
peka Saturday afternoon on a short
furlough from Camp Doniphan for the
express purpose of being in Topeka to
supervise and direct the ceremonies of
placing the statue. The ceremonies
will be simple at this time, and there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
WROTE ON QUESTIONABLE
DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLIES;
Then HE PAYS THE FIDDLER

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 7.-"Say,
Uncle" demanded party of masked
men to Macmillan Won Hoegen, "ani
add a Sam on the end.
Now say God bless Old Glory"
Won Hoegen did both. He kissed
the American flag but he couldn't sing
the Star Spangled Banner for his lips
were too swollen and his voice was
weak.
Won Hogen is New Ravens proud
German who wrote across his
QUESTIONABLE Deutschland Uber AL
lesi" and interpolated in it that he
had the doubtful honor of being an
American citizen and that he had an
overwhelming desire to see Germany
win the war.
The party called on him to induce
him to change his sentiments. He was
still in bed today from the pounding
he received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
ENEMY ALIEN BILL
Cobb and Stone Explain Its Workings
to c. of c. Members.

At the meeting of the Monday lunch
club at the Chamber OF Commerce
this noon the enemy alien bill was in
terpreted by S. E. Cobb and Robert
stone. Both of these men agreed
that in so far as the bill applied to
fire insurance contracts the passa ge
of the bill cancelled all rights of
enemy aliens in the United states to
collect on losses by fire.
In passing s. E. Cobb gave the de-
tails of the way the banks and finan-
cial institutions of the country are
forced, thru the provisions of the bill,
to confiscate all deposits made by
enemy aliens on notice by a United
States marshal or United States dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
FRETFUL BABIES
NEED a LAXATIVE

When your baby is cross and fretful
the chances are it is constipated and
that mild laxative is all that is neces-
sary to make it comfortable and happy.
Inactive bowels are the cause of as
much discomfort to children as to older
people, and unless the condition is
promptly relieved is very apt to develop
serious illness.
For children there is nothing that
syill act more easily than the combina-
ton of simple laxative herbs with pep
sin that is sold in drug stores under the
name of DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin.
1t does not grippe and is free from
opiate or narcotic drugs, is pleasant to
the taste, and positively effective; chill
dren like it and take it readily.
If you have never tried this simple.
inexpensive remedy, get a bottle of
DIR. CaIdwelrs Syrup Pepsin from your
druggist and have it in the house to use
the next time any of the children seem
out of sorts. A trial bottle can be OBJ
tanned. free of charge. by writing to
DIR. w. B. Caldwell, 456 Washington
ST., Monticello, Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
NOT JUST?
Coal Still Allows Excessive
Profits, Says Witness.
Claims Army Pays Twice What
r.. r. Gets 1t For.

w a h ng ton, Jan. 7.-Clifford
Thorne of Chicago who told the SEN
had made a study of the coal situation
in the last six months, declared gov
eminent price fixing had advanced
prices. that operators were making
excessive profits and that the public
did not have sufficient voice in gov
ernmental investigation to gain data
for price regulation.
Mr.. Thorne did not charge favorit-
ism in prices to the private consumer
of railroads and large public utilities,
Coal Co. at Ward. Ia, was selling one
hundred tons of coal daily to the gov
eminent at Camp Dodge at a price
fifty per cent greater than it was
charging for $50 tons of the same
kind of coal delivered to the Burling-
ton railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07
498 DRINKS HERE
That Was Total Number in
1917, Records Show.
Little More Than Half the
Number During 1916.
TRAFFIC ARRESTS NUMEROUS
Only One Murder in City Dur
ing Whole Year.
S5.7S9,49 in Fines Collected by
the City.

Arrests for drunkenness in 1917 in
Topeka numbered nearly one-haIf less
than arrests for the same offense in
1916, according to the annual report
of the Topeka police department com
pleted today by Carl Golf, chief of
detectives, and Mrs. Georgia Hall.
secretary to the police Judge. Drunk
enneSs in 1917 caused 49S arrests. IN
1916, 500 arrests. The bone dry law
was in effect eleven months during
1917.
The total number of arrests during
the year outnumbered those of the
two previous years. Golf stated today
that he hal not been asked to total all
arrests in 1916 so there is no definite
data on the number during that year.
But in 1915, the total arrests aggre-
gated 2,156 against total of 2,512 in
1917.
The increase in arrests is not caused
by corresponding increase in crime
in Topeka, officials point out. Rather,
it is a result of a more intensive cam
paign against law breaking, principal
ly the arrest of motorists for breaking
traffic regulations and the arrest of
car owners who failed to renew their
license tag. There were 146 arrests
for failure to renew or obtain auto
mobile licenses. Arrests for violation
of traffic ordinances numbered 256.
In past years arrests for such OffenSes
were few and far between.
Traffic Arrests Numerous.
Next to drunkenness violation of
traffic ordinances has been the most
common offense booked at police
headquarters. There was only one
murder in 1917 against four in 1916.
Raids have been conducted on
twenty-five disorderly houses, seven
teen girls have been arrested for street
walking. seventy-siX have been ar
rested for selling liquor. thirteen for
being slackers, fourteen for failure to
register and sixteen for deserving from
the army. The temptation to draw for
the third ace has been strong, the re-
| port would indicate. Gamblers ar
rested have numbered 1856.
Eighty-one have endeavored to
bring liquor into Topeka and have
been caught by the police. There have
been seven arrested for white slavery
and seven for assault upon women.
Migrants numbered only ninety-one.
Cash fines collected during the year
I have amounted to $5,789.49. Altho
January was the last mont before the
bone-dry law went into effect. the ar
rests that month were less than any
other month during the year, except
| ing March, November and December.
Whites Worst Offenders.
White men committed more offenses
than negroes or MeXicans. Negro
swomen outnumbered white women
| nearly two to one. The races and
sexes held the following batting aver
! a ua
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07

conclusion that the contention to that
effect is refuted by its mere state
ment."
History of the Case.
The decision resulted from the ap-
pears of thirteen cases growing out of
convictions under the Selective service
act, five coming from New York, three
from Ohio, four from Minnesota, and
one from Georgia. Constitutionality
of the act was made the basis for all
of the appeals.
The cases from New York were
those of Louis Kramer. Morris Becker,
Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk-
man, and Meyer Graubard. The first
four were convicted of attempting to
induce others of draft age not to reg
lister and an additional charge of
failure to register was made against
Kramer who was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment. Becker was SEN
fenced to one year and eight months
in Jail while Emma Goldman and
Bergman were ordered imprisoned
for two years and fined 5000 apiece.
one year sentence was given Grau-
bard for failing to register
Appeals from Several States.
Charles E. Ruthenberg, Albert Wag-
enknecht and Charles Baker were con-
victed in the Ohio federal district
court on a charge of inducing Alphon-
so ]. Schue not to register. Each was
sentenced to one year Imprisonment
in the Stark county workhouse at Can
ton, Ohio The Minnesota cases were
Grail, Otto and Walter Wangerin, in
dicted for failing to register and sem
fenced to serve one year each in the
Minnesota state reformatory. The
Georgia case was based on the refusal
of the federal district court to grant a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-07

writ of habeas corpus to Albert Jones,
a negro arrested and confined in Jail
for refusing to register on June 5.
In holding the law constitutional the
court took no action in those cases in
volving charges of conspiracy to pre-
vent the carrying out of the purposes
OF the law. These it was understood
will be taken up by the court later
That question is involved in the cases
of Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman, Louis Kramer and Morris
Becker, convicted in New York on the
same charge and the so-called Ohio
cases