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The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
Botchkarepa Tells Hon Kerensky Aided s
Foundation Woman's Death Battalion;
Also Start of Campaign to Get Recruits
F amous Russian Heroine
Describes Early Strug-
giles to Organize Unit.
the Purpose of Which
Was to Shame Men Into
Action on Firing Line.
THIS STARTS THE SToKY.

In the summer Of rgl7, Maria
Botchksreva formed the Battalion
OF Death, a woman's fighting unit
In the Russian army. and thus q
peasant girl stepped into the IN
ternational hall of fame. This n
her story. In earlier installments
she told Of her childhood, of the
brutalities OF her married life, her
attempt to commit suicide to g.
cape a cruel husband. and her final
success in evading him. She told
OF her many molestations at the
hands Of of1ciale. soldiers and how
she was trapped in a house Of
shame by promises Of work In
desperation she attempted suicide
a second time. A man tntsrvened
She grew to like him and they lived
together by civil agreement Shs
lived happily with him for thres
years when a revolutonist sought
refuge at their home The political
refugee and husband ned when dis
covered by the authorities They
were caught N their night She and
her husband became separated. She
located him in a prison and set out
TO carry her appeal TO the governor.
Arriving in Siberia. the husband
was threatened with further exile
TO the most desolRte of prison
camps. Maria Botchkareva inter-
ceded and had to deal with a uber-
tine governor. Her husband was
given his liberty. but the price was
that she was drugEed and fhzmef
bv the governor. She attcn1peo
suicide by drinking poison When
the husband learned of the Outrage
he attempted to kill the governor.
for which act he was again ex-
He'd The husband grew to be q
worthless gambler. In a rage be at
one time hung bis wife, but she
was rescued in time TO save her
life. Maria BatchlCsreva could not
longer endure his brutality. Rum
blings OF the world war had
reached far of Siberia Maria de-
cided to leave her husband and en-
list She was rejected because she
was a woman. She appealed TO the
Gar. Her appeal was granted
She went to the front She was
decorated for rescuinE fifty wound
ed comrades under FIRE She was
wounded on several occasions.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

April the people of the United
the eleventh of November
ders to the wheel of endeavor We and sacrificed We
toled and fought We struggled whole hearted and well
toward the goal of victory We laid aside all other things
and concentrated winning the War became
chief and foremost business
We yet finished with it.
For this job only of manufacturing
tions of uniforms, ships supplies
and troops the Atlantic. 1t only of
So part of the The financial obligation began with
Jour entry into the But it did with the
of the armistice. 1t will boys been
turned their homes until Uncle Sam paid all of his
'AMERICAS-war bills
That is why Americans it to ourselves and
to lend dollars Fifth Liberty Loan
which FIRST VICTORY LOAN This will be last
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

the financing of this
Billions of dollars had to be because
France weakening and Britain
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
Curious Human Specimen Is President;
Lives Alone, Thinks Alone and Acts Alone;
His Force Deadly; Has Wisdom of Serpent

So Mr.. White, Statesman Journalist, Describes
Mr.. Wilson-Says He Is Having Fight of
His Life in Battle for international Re-
sponsibility and the Genuine Brotherhood
, of Man.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

CONTINUED on PAGE NINE
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15

little direct action" on their part might have secured for their members some useful footgear minus middle mans profits. and helped to keep boot prices generally within reasonable li1n'- it's.
 Among the numerous postbellum deficiencies we are threatened with a shortage of elephants, at any rate so far as South Africa is concerned. The last elephant in Zululand was recent ly killed: the herds of southern Rhod- esia have been eXterminated, and in the eastern Transvaa1 they are on the verge of extinction.
 It seems that the animals assume that the irregation canals are intended for their benefit, and in taking their baths destroy the banks and dams. The Indian elephant is an easily de- -mesticated beast. but his African bro ther does not share his doci1ity, and to this fact lies the difficulty of per sIading him to adopt more civilized habits.
 Plants have strange tastes. The geranium that throve on cold tea is less freakish in it's dietary than a grape vine which covered the back of a suburban house some years ago.
 The most stimulating nourishment given to this virile growth was sour milk. but soapy water and stale fish yielded almost equally good results.
 It came to be a family hahit to make dietetic experiments on the vine. which eventually succumbed to over stimu : Iation and died fruitless.-London
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when he tells her she realizes clearly that their marriage was dreadfal mistakes
 When a mans wife thrusts wed ding anniversary upon him he always behaves nicely about it if he is a nice man and enjoys seeing her pleasure in it, but he could live fifty eleven years a benedict without ever thinking of it recall those early days when struE- gled to ruin poor Johns existence with f1owery dates. I think I had hysterics the first year we were married when we had become engaged-and after that he led a hunted and a hagsard life The poor fellow was so afraid he was forgetting some date which I was ex- pectfng him to remember that he used to wake up in the middle of the night and dash around searching for a call endar; he would pause In the midst or a business conversation and begin counting on his fingers. If I ceased talking or smiling for an instant in the evening he turned pale and began scrambling through his brain to md what it was he could possibly have forgotten.
 Finally even in my benighted state, I noticed 1t and realized that John was going to wear himself to a shadow If | did not have mercy on him. told him to run along and be happy ana not bother any more about anniversaries. and since then he has led joyous life, brimming over wifh affection for me. even though he does act up like the mischief if forget and sugar his cof- fee or buy him a tie with red in it.
 Now. don't. for goodness sake. ever let Dick know he had fifth anniver- sary and forgot it. If you simply must let him realize his sin wait till he is good and mad at you about sofneth1nS which is really your fault and then spring it on him. He can't say word. Oh, there are heaps of things you can do with this overlooked anniversafy, much better than drowning it in tears and making husband feel like 90 cents on the spot
 .efhere seems to be something in what you say.' admitted the disconso- late one perI<ine up quite a bit. Any how. I'll wait till the bill for my new summer furs comes in before I remind him of it.'-Chicago News.
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The lady who has been married quite long time surveyed critically the young woman on whom she had dropped in casually.
 Either" she said. your husband has eloped with your worst enemy or your new gown doesn't fit-which is
 .sW-w-worse," sniffed the young woman. "He-he actually forgot that yesterday was our w-wwedding anni- versary--it was the fifth expect it's all over.''
 "Hm!" remarked the lady who has been married 8 long time. and laughed heartlessly. "Why shouldn't he forget it ?" she inquired. Don't you know it the inalienable right of man to disbur- den his mind of dates of anniversaries, pleasant or otherwise? Have you a large, crayon portrait of a real man, the kind that Scatters cigar ashes and steps on the cat and swears about 1t and such like tricks, going around for ming happily to himself as he softly clasps his hands. Pretty soon it will be Christmas-hooray. In just nine- teen days!' No. you have not.
 Unless there is so much tissue pa per and holly ribbon lying around home that a man has to swim in 1t, no doubt he forgets all about Christmas until o'clock the day before. when his stenographer asks for time off to shop-whereupon he groans, slams his desk shut and dashes out to buy for his wife something he can't afford and she doesn't want. The stenogra pher naturally doesn't remind him of we'd ding anniversaries and things, so of course he doesn't remember them unless his wife is the sort who looks at him appealing1y at breakfast and murmurs, Darling. do you know what day this is 2 throwing him into a men tai panic because no man alive ever remembers what day it is.
 t@ Tt doesn't mean that he has ceased to love his wife, so dry those tears, my child A woman can't love with out being sentimental: a man can. His wife may be the world and all to him and still he can yell downstairs at her to know what in Sam Hill she has done with his golf suit, or tell her brutally that she is getting wrinkles. Nothing makes woman more furious than to be told she is wrfnkling. And
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months old-were delivered into my hands, but all eventually died. Cows milk appears to give these creatures eventually an incurable diarrhoea, while all attempts at that early age to substitute for milk farinaceous sub stances have also resulted in a similar disease. I do not say that it is i'm possible to rtar young elephants by hand, for we have not made a suffi- very difficult. I therefore favor the plan of attempting to catch elephants of perhaps a year old, at which age they do not require milk as an exclu- sive diet. One specimen of this age was caught and was readily tanned, and for aught I know is still alive in ca caDtivity"
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AIR TRAVEL SAFETY.

Until the traveller can be assured that he will not be exposed to too much risk, air travel as a passenger cafrying proposition wilt appeal more tot the sporting spirit than to an swering the desire for a new and rapid system of transportation. One of the frst requirements to popularize air transportation will thus be the need off making it req sonably safe.
 That this stage has not yet been reaehed is indicated by. the recent fall of one of the big Caproni planes in Italy, with the death of it's fourteen passengers. Italy has been devoting mitch attention and making consid- er3ble progress in the use of air planes for passengers and freight, with the result that hundreds have made long trips in the Caproni planes, but this first fatal accident is likely to put somewhat of a damper onE the enthusiasm of those who chose th@ exhilirating air passage instead of the slower trains. At the same time it Twill be an incentive for the air. plane operators to hasten the day when an airplane jaunt may be taken with no more fear of the results than ars always incidental to other forms of ttravel.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
IF THIN AND NERVOUS, TRY
 PHOSPHATE
NothfnG Like Plain B12rO- FheBpAate tA Pnt on Firm. Healthy Ffesb ana to IAereAsk strength, Vig0f
 and Nerve F6fee.

When one stops to consider the host or thin people who are searching con thes may incrsSse thsis esn sy nsfa holfows. the rounding on of .pretrudink hesisr sSa attraetiyenesS. rae naif' ie is s0 s Won der that many and varied suggestions aleng this line appear from time to
 whiie pses,s sRessslrs Rsin' thinnes. might be n difersns inaivssasis # $ wsils phosphorus in the human system is s,sisn, E.esrimsssss n ssnass ssa and s onstrated beyond. question of doubt that a body defefent in phosph Srus sutssS syoas s,s sskg sa thin hi puSiished pSsi in IsSs. sna says that for the normal ndefitien of man is se- rioasly underestimatsd in many of our standard text books,
 this deficiency in phosphoras may now De met by the use of an organic paos- phats known thsoaEnont English Eng Through the assimilation of this phos- phates atsa by the nerve . tissue ah the ph4ss ss 1Dr amount 'aiI normally reauired bs nature soon produces welcome change in our body and mind Nerve tension dis ssr asa aas of sse7x an and abrupt angles becoming enveioped in glow of perfect health and beauty and the will and strength to be up and doing. It is sold by Lee & osgood in Norwieh and all good d@rugsigts; russ is unsurpassed for the relief of nerv- oasness, general debility, etc. those taking. it who do not desire to put on flesh should use extra care in avoidins fat-producinE foods.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Win Elephant Follow the Buffalo?


 Will the famous African elephanes soon be as extinct as is the buffalo Of the American plains?
 Cable dispatches state that the South African Cape council has de- cided to exterminate elephants, which are regarded as a menace to the farm CTS whose crops they despoil and whose employees they sometimes kill.
 Sir Harry Johnston. famous African authority, tells of his experience with African elephants in a communication to the National Geographic society which is quoted in bulletin from the society," as follows:
 "If after many years of trial the African elephant is pronounced to be hopeless as a domestic animal tand it should be remembered that most male African elephonts in captivity have shown themselves to be hopelessly | savage), then at least for it's maSnifi- cent ivory the creature is worth pre- serving as an asset to the state. If the Indian elephant shows himself to be more docile than the African e1e- phant, it must be remembered, on the other hand, that he is of very little value for his ivory.
 One day a baby elephant was pre- sented to me by an Uganda chief. It is sad thing to related but three men were killed in attempting to capture the first elephant. I had expressed a wish one day for some elephants to experiment with, in domestication. and the natives, with their usual desire to please me, were so ardent in their de- termination to gFatify my wish and so determined in their pursuit of the young elephant that the mother ele- phant knocked over and killed three of them. But finally they succeeded in their object, capturing the calf, and to my great surprise it trotted into camp behind one of the mem.
 This little creature was al tht time only four feet high. Tn two days it had become perfectly tame, and would
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follow human being as readily as his own mother It was easy enough to feed him with milk, because all that was required was a bottle with a long neck. This bottle was filled with COW s milk diluted with water, and poured dowE the elephants throat. Soon all that one had to do was to place the neck of the bottle in the elephant s mouth, and the intelligent creature wound its trunk around the neck of the bottle, tilted it up, and absorbed the contents. For several weeks the elephant throve and became most delightful pet. It would allow any one to ride on it's back, and seemed to take plea asufe and amusement in exer- else. It would find it's way through diverse passages into my sitting room, not upsetting or injuring anything but deftly smelling and examining objects of curiosity with it's trunk
 At the same time we had in cap tivity a young zebra, which was also to be the pioneer of a domesticated striped horse. These two orphans. the elephant and the zebra, became great ly attached to each other, though per haps there was more enthusiastic af- lection on the part of the elephant. the zebra at times getting a little bored with constant embraces. Alas and alacki both elephant and zebra died eventually from the unwhole- someness. to them. of cows milk.
 Several other elephants of the same age-that is to say, about four to six
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
HOPE FOR EUROPE


Somebody has exclaimed with more or less rapture over the plaudits that ought to be bestowed upon the afan who causes two blades Of grass ac- grow where only one grew before What, then, shall we say of the man 4Fho. in the midst of the present su- Perabundance of perpIexity, distrust, Efid general gloom producing, can cause some feeling of reassurance to seep into the system?
 s%-isten then to John D. Shanahan who has just returned from Europe where he has Eeen inspecting wheat growing conditions for the United States grain corpora tion. whose head is Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat director.
 Over 5.2o0 miles of European wheat seFritory were covered by MT. Shana- Aala and his party ir automobiles. starting from Paris and> travelling to Mt Cenis Pass in the Alps. thence across northern Italy, southeastern Europe, the Balkans. north through Fciand and into Russia. Returning, they passed through Szecho- S1ova- kia. Austria, Germany. Belgium, Hol- land and northern France.
 -eJt should be evident that Mir shan chan had 2 fairly inclusive opportu'- r1ty for observation end Cue credit
 
 honesty If his conclusions.
 This is what he says: When I left America. I had an idea. gathered from general reports, that all Europe was more or less a seething ca1dron of GEstress and anarchy and that things generally had gone to the dogs. It w&s, therefore, a source of constant surprise to me to find at least ninety npf cent. of the tillable acreage of ~-T~ tfftzers. unfavora ble season in some sEEtions, and the lack of proper tools 1sr tillage, will militate against normal production this acreage Tho disturbances on which the thoughts of our people have been con- ckntrated since the armistice are confined to a few congested centers seeh as Budapest and comparatively srsalI section in Eastern Galicia and Eastern Poland.
 t"The salvation of humanity genef ally in Europe during the armistice. I Eam convinced, was the food relief previded through American initiative. Broadly speaking. I think real dis trrss in Europe. as far as food grains arg concerned, will disappear after the present harvests. Some sections may need help before the harvests of 1920, but with improved distribution facili- tfes and better trade relations. inn psfts into Europe of food grains may beg confined largely tp. the customary importing countries"
 Tor this relief, thanks. Now with AAperiean wheat no longer expected to mFet the needs of the world, will the grain administration allow our com ing crop to go to a market, as far aE this country is concerned. at liberty to. work according to the law of sup ply of demand and thus deliver a dis tressing stab in the vitals to old MT. Ht C. L..
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
FLoUTiNe MAeNANiMlTY.

Magma ninity towards defeated foes is Christian virtue which can well be exercised by the victors, but gets little encouragement when 1t is re- ceived in the spirit manifested by the stiff necked Prussians. Lieut.. Gen eral Jan Christian Shuts is anxious that the allies should show a mag unanimous spirit towards those whose schemes for world dominion came to such a monumental collapse, but the Germans seem determined to hout the proffered olive branch.
 In return for the consideration which all would be willing to show it in this enlightened age, the un- regenerate German nation is supply ing military leaders for the Russian it came through the war undefeated, is discussing fresh plans of spreading kultur throughout the world. is fore ing it's schemes and policies uponSth interna tional labor conference. is re- fusing to deliver the material required by the terms of the armistice. is dis cussfng a new war. and apparently taking covert means to defeat the armistice arrangements to keep down the size of the German army.
 That might is right it is plainly ard of our defeated foes, who see only signs Of weakness in the manifesto tion of the finer clements of Ihumani- tarianism, worthy only of scorn and ridicule.
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no mean ability in the past, when we recall that Captain Joe Coshlan's "Me und Gott" poem forecasted by some twenty years the kaiser's idea of his alliance with the Almighty, and Com mander, now Admiral. Sims. predict ed precisely what happened later in the British American alliance. Each received a public and formal repri- mand for adding soothsaying to their navy lore.
 the seal of secrecy will be lifted from Admiral Rodman's speech. Rodman, who is the Kentuckian who jocularly asked King George to do little coal shoveling on an American dread naught, says it doesn't matter any way, but a waiting world has had it's curiosity whetted and would like to have it satisfied.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
STORIES OF THE WAR

French Decoration for 2sth Regiment. Correspondence of The Associated
 Press.)
 Decerations bestowed recently upon the 2Sth regiment, First division, by Marshal Petain included the second ergimental award of the Croix de Guerre with palm, which. in the French army. entitle the officers and fouragere. American officers say they believe it quite probable that author ity for the unit to wear the shoulder cord will be forthcoming from Wash ington in the near future
 All infantry regiments Of the First division have now received the Croix de Guerre with palm. the 18th and the 18th infantry being decorated this week at ceremonies at Coblenz. The 18th infantry received the award some
 The 10th, 18th and 18th field arti1- lery regiments of the Third division also received from Marshal Petain col : lective citations amounting to the dec eration of the colors of those regi- ments with the Croix de Guerre with gold star. The regiInentAl colors were not available for the occasion, as they had not been brought back from Paris. where they were used in the victory parade on July fl.
 At the ceremonies in Coblenz the highest award of commander of the Legion of Honor was received from Marshal Petaif bv Major General Ed ward T. McGlachlin. formerly acting commander Of the American forces in Germany. and Brisadier General Frs nl< E. Bamford of the First division. The title of officer of the Legion of Honor was also bestowed upon Major General Robert L. Howe, Brieadier General Fred W. Sladen, Colonel Halstead Dorey and Colonel Frank J. Morrow, all of the Third division.
 It's. better to hustle for dollar than it is to indulge in a pipe dream of a
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
TO CHECK AUTO THIEVES.

Time was when horse stealing ranked as a capital crime and the horse thief received swift and sum mary punishment. Now that the au- tomoDile has replaced the horse to such a large extent, the automobile thief has stepped into the shoes of the horse thief, without, however, be- ing made tc feel the serious nature of his crime.
 So rapidly are thefts of automobiles growing in number that it is becom- ing appa1 ent tfat more effective means than now exist need to be de- vised to put check to this form of crime, which has grown to practical industry in the larger cities. In New York one day this week the record was twelve oars. valued at s2o, 900, stolen. There is good reason to be- lieve that there are organized bands of thieves who make automobile steal ing their speciality and have every facility at hand for the transforma- ton and rapid disposal Of stolen cars so asxto make detection difficult. Could the total of cars stolen each day be known. the number would doubtless be startling.
 Doubtless the carelessness of many owners helps in the promotion of many thefts. if not acting as a real invitation, but even the careful owner may loose a car, so well have the auto thieves worked out their plans for rlying their business. Nevertheless, there should be more effective checks devised for these modern bandits and this is aimed at in a bill shortly to be introduced by Congressman McKiniry. l. provides for q bureau in the depart ment of justice to act as a central agency for license registration by all the states md an exchange fer infor- nation concerning thefts of cars. The business of stealing cars is interstate and such bureau should be great helD.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-15
FRECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly spets.
 How to Remove Easily

Here's chance, Miss Freckle- face to try 4 remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable concern that 1t will' not cost you a penny unless it. removes the freckles; while if 1t does give you a clear complexion the ex- pense is trifiing.
 Simply get an ounce of Othine- double strength - from any druggist and few applications should show you how easy 1t is to rid yourself Of the homely freckles and get a bcauti- full complexion. Rarely Is more than one ounce needed for the worst case.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine as this strength is sold under guarantee s.of money narit if 1t fails to remove freckles.