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captain howard Price Kings.
more, U. S. Signal Corps, photo.
graphic unit, OF the North urai>
front with the czechs "wlndinq
up" pictures
1t was not until they finally. reached
Vladivostok. that they were taken in
charge by the American Red Cross,
bathed, fed and as comfortably clothed
as the scanty supply made possible.
But even at Vladivostok the authori-.
ties were afraid to allow them to rex
main aud so they were shunted off again
to another. ever -receding destination.
When 1 next heard of them they were
started insthe direction they had come:
from !; and the last word about them
was that nobody knew what had become,
Of them. Their train ha6 entirely dis
appeared. Trains in that district have
, a way Of being blown up now Apd
/ then, although soldiers Of the allied ma
tions are garrisoned in boxcars at many
points along the line.
. O0e OF LnS lutSfeSSiuS -tAAu6S We eAW
before we reached Hardin, Manchuria,
was a herd of, Siberian -camels, with
double humps.
We arrived at Harbin the night the
armistice was signed. Our train re-
mained there two days distributing.
some clothes. /At the cabarets the news
of Germany's surrender was celebrated
gleefully and vodka, the Russian
whisky, was used plentifully to pledge
long life to democracy, America, the
Csecho- Slovak Government and the
loved ones at home"
In Hardin vodka is abundant and
reasonably cheap. while across the Dor
der, in Siberia, where it is taboo BY
law, there b little Of It. aud what cam
be got Of it at all costs the equivalent
Of -. a pint.
There wera three other Americans In
our party When we entered one o. the
cabarets wst Mere. greeted by some
ALH = w. E#L ID N EMG
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by side with the Allies against the
Germans. In May, 1918, shortly after
the French Government had arranged
for these Czechs to come to the western
fighting front, they were en- route by
rail for France when the Kerepsky gov
eminent in Russia fell. The Bolsheviki
who came into power promised them
safe conduct through Siberia if they
; would lay down their arms. This they
did.
At Chilearbinsk a troop train Of
Czechs pulled into, the station at the
same time as a train of Austrian pris-
oners. The two trains occupied adjoin-
ing tracks.
Pilgrimage Of the Czechs
The occupants of these trains jeered
at n another and n exasperated
Austrian finally threw the leg of a stove
at a Czech, killing him. A fight ensued
and some were killed on both sides.
The town government, which had be-
come Bolshevik, investigated and threw
some of the Czech soldiers into prison.
; A delegation was sent to the prison
to demonstrate, and they, too, were con-
fined. The Czecho- Slovaks then, with
sticks and stones and a few hand
grenades, captured the town. AT the
same time a message from Trotzky and
Lenine, the Bolshevik leaders, to stop
the Czecho- Slovaks' passage toward
Trance, was telegraphed from town to
town along the railroad line. The Boil
sheviki accordingly attacked these men
who, unarmed as they were. at-drst US
tanned considerable losses, but eventually
by taking toYns and thus acquiring arms
and ammunition, fought their way west
to the Urals, NOT stopping until they
met the Red army At sumura, west of
that mountain range. And now they are
firmly intrencheG in all the immense
area east from their headquarters at
Ekaterinburg a. far as to y~ladivistok
or the seaboard, q distance Of more than
6O0O miles.S d,
And now that the Red menace has
been cleared out OF that territory, 1t has
been announced that the American en-
gineers, known as the Russian railway
service, 1t the head Of which is John F.
Stevens, will resume the work Of re-
constructing the badly battered trans;
Siberian railroad. From Yladivostok to
Omsk, some $500 miles, II Is but q
single track road. From Omsk to Pet
rosrad 1t y double track.
Until the Csecho -Slovaku under Cen
sral Gaida took Ekaterinburg the for
msr car and his family were kept con-
fined ~ tie Bolshsvik u the palace
Theysars-siid to have besn subjected 10
many indignitiss. When the town was
no longer tenable. the Bolsheviki. nm
able or unwilling to tai. alons their im-
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perial prisoners, conducted them to the
cellar of the palace and shot them. 1t
is said that the shots were fired while
the victims were kneeling to implors
mercy.
The bullets. it is said, were then dug
out of the wall, leaving hideous big
holes in the plastering. This, it is
alleged, was done to destroy evidence
of the crime. The bodies are said to
lave been burned. The present gov.
ernment is investigating. =
During their captivity the former
z and his family were subjected to
violent anG inhuman treatment. They
were fed coarse food and the czarina
and her daughters were mistreated in q
%barbarous manner by the Bolshevik SOL
diers.
The accompanying photographs were
made by permission Of the Czecho-
Slovaks in Ekaterinburg, and though no
positive proof of the assassination Of
the Romanoff family is known, all evil
dence points to! that conclusion. Ons
of the photographs shows the house as
it looks at present, another depicts it
as it looked in July, 1917, a high
stockade built around the estate.
Evidence is shown that the car slept
on the floor of the parlor. In the room
occupied by the czarina was a bed,
while the daughters in another room
slept on the floor. In the photograph
showing the room occupied by the
daughters, the debris in the middle q
the floor was taken from the stove
shown in the picture by the investigat-
ing committee during their search for
papers. 4
Supposed Death Room Sealed
The room in the cellar where the
execution is alleged to have been com
mitted is now sealed. The plaster on
the wall shows where rife bullets pene-
trated, and almost conclusive proof that
a group of people were fired upon after
being placed before, the wall. It 10
known that when the abdicating car
was captured by the Bolsheyiks he was
taken to Tobolsk, Russia. Later when:
there was a possibility Of Ekaterinburt
becoming 4 western headquarters Of Ne
Bolsheviks, the car and family were
taken there. 3
It lisa matter Of general understand
ing today in Ekaterinburg that the Rol-
sheviki, fearing to execute the Roman
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oners. They were al from the sumura
front and were in III most deploraible
state. Originally there had been $500
of them, but during. the four months
that they had been shifted from station
to station, without adequate flood,
scantily clothed ya6d packed forty
TO aAbox car, without heat and in inde-
scribable filth, moresthhan 1000 Of them
had died. Typhua, Sensendered by filth,
had'carriedE Of many Of them.
The only means Of subsistence Of
these unfortunate prisoners was what
was given to them BY sympathetic Rus.
SLAMS at each station. They had been
shifted about for more than 5000 miles.
each town protesting that there was
neither roomSnors subsistence ssfBcient to
20 around and that there Was danger
'0f m epidemic from prisoners amoug
wheaa typhus had clained so many
victims.
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Czecho- Slovakss who were seated about
a table in the center of the room. AL
though strangers, they invited us to a
drink and would not take no" for an
answer. We had been taking soft"
drinks, but they insisted that the occa-
sion demanded at least one toast with
wine, and I'VE finally yielded to their
good natured and insistent entreaties.
Officers and soldiers of all %nationali-
ties, accompanied by women of all ma
tionalities, raised their glasses together
with us us we drank the toast proposed
by our Czecho- Slovak hosts. America
and Americans are popular in that re.
gion.
We passed through K%rasnogansk,
Chita and Irkutsk, spending a whole
day travelling along Lake Baikal, and
finally reached Omsk. Admiral Kol-
chak had proclaimed himself dictator
of all the Russias at that city only a
few days before our train arrived
there.
The new Russian army under Kol-
chak is better equipped than any for
mer regiments have been, but the SOL
diers are mostly boys, many of them
scarcely more than twelve years old.
Most of the railroad men, workmen
generally and by far the biggest per-
centage Of the people in the Omsk' and
Ekaterinburg districts are Bolsheviks
or sympathizers. At any rate, very
little Bolshevik propaganda is needed
to win: over the radical Socialists and
others there, to whom the equal distri-
button of-land appeals mighty strongly.
Apparently few are capable of thinking
for themselves or seeing beneath the
surface and are easily carried of their
feet when the question Of free land is
broichede.
Thousands Clamor for Food
At Chilearbinsk typhus is raging.
Sixty Eve per cent of those who are
stricken die. At the railroad station
there hundreds of persons sleep on the
floor and .stairways as closely packed 81
:sardines in q box. Trainloads Of frozen
bodies arrive frequently, and many per
sons areiT.taken to.the hospital suffering
from frozen feet, which means .ampu.
tation. 2sg
Thousands upon thousands have been
furnished with food and clothing BY the
Red Gross, which also supplies the hos
pitfalls with medicine. But It ~ like
pouring water into the sands Of the,
desert-the proposition b % large and.
the suffering 90 great. And the Rms
SLAMS senetally do not seem toebs ap.
preciative.
The C1echo- slovaks struck their Arst
independent blow Sorliberty' at Chilears
binsk. Eighty thousand Of them de-
serted ftcm the Austrian army sarlys Ia
1915 and Ned ieto Russia to Asht sids
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Daughters Of the roya, Russian
family occupied this room. They
slept on the floor. the debris in
the center OF the floor wac taken
out Of the stoye shown In the pic
ture by the Investigating commit.
tee In the hope Of finding docu.
ments Of Importance
details tohich tend to confirm the story
of the tragic end of the unfortunate
car and his family. He also made pho
tographs of the rooms of the palace in
Ekaterinb burg, in ,ohich the GEAR and his
beloved ones Oere kept IN confinement, i
and of the cellar M .,ohich they are said
to haze been put to death
KINGsMoRE. S. G., u. s. A.
$1,000 cases of typhus had been re-
putted.
Part Of the supplies were unloaded at :
.Omsk; the rest was sent on toward
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After months spent III the r-,ucxed
'egions of Siberia between Tladivostok
md Ekaterinburg, Captain Hopard
orioe Kingsmore,' of the signal corps.~
D. 8. A., has Just returned, bringing
'ato and photographs achicA are said to
Ae of priceless palue to the United States
1orernmeMt.
IN the tollowing article, one of the
most interesting war documents that
savc come ont Il the Far East aud
wobably also ~ of the most authentic,
Taptaim K%ingsmorc gives publicity for
heIs first time to an intimate. close up
ito of coHdtions qn4 svektstoondsfn-
a. ,chich, Heretofore ssoe xavestceeised
,ere hints ortat best only n,eager out
inc reports. - s
He tells, for instance. of the qchieue.~
uent of so, 600 Czecho- SlouaEs, who,
tter' deserving from III, KKtated Austrian
vmv, put up apseries off, ,fghtas qlmost
more amazing than that of the 10, 900
T7,;eeks of antiquity, rhose WONDERFUL
'ctreat through hundreds of miles of
hostile country constitutes the theme Of
Y%enophon's famous "Anabasis.s"' The
Csecho- Slovak heroes of ,okons Captain
Kingsmore speaks not only fought their
oay through a thousand miles. of cue
mics, but, tcith no other ,ceapons than
their fists, sticks, stones aud aitey3hand
grenades, captured entire ~cities,y thus
acquiring the necessary arms. for CON-
plotting heir conquests over opposing
Bolshevik armies.
Captain Kingsmore.adl also brings fresh
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rioom in house at Ekaterinburs, Russia, tina:
"as occupied by the exarina during her cap.
tiVity. The room remained we'll furnished,
as shown when the photographer visited It
after the tracaa~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-09

By CAPTAIN HOWARD PRICE.
Tn NOVEMBER, 1918, + boarded a
I Red Cross train at v~ladiyostok bound
or Ekatcrinburg, distance Of 5000
niles. The train was made up of
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
xor1cE OF RATIFICATION roR U. 6. PATENT N Survey No. .3449
 Serial No. 042466 N N

St United States Land Office
 Phoenix. Arizona, July IS. isis pursuance of shapter 6 of Title xxXII of the Revised Statutes of the United CHRISTIAN |. HOFFMAN. MRS. BER- address is Chloride. Arizona. and MA THAN W. TARR, Trustee. whose post office address is t025 Central Building, 9th and, Main sts., Los Angeles, Cali feet on the MERCHANT lode. bearing gold ard silver the same being APO feet in 2 N ss deg. .2 min w. aireStion; ; |, ana 1,l Iectio1 from the discovery shaf. thereon, said lode embraced in Mineral Survey s.s SS st4s snd rpa % sitSsts os Sec in ss the f IS w.. in wallapai Mining. District: County of Mohave. State of Arizona, and described by the official plat and by the Rsss9 d nStes o 4n s ntsa a ss sass eGe aod MERcHANT fS LODE. SURVEY No s44s ,Beginning at the s. " Ger. No. l. %hsnsf ys anS # the N cof R. t9 IS sss W $ R. T M sesg.s ft. @tSe su suunapproyed N cor: be. tween Secs. 33 and 34, T. 24 N. R. IS w w ssaTs snsnce E % deg deg Ss m min it. to the N w Cor. No. 2: thenceS. 62 deg. 52 min. E. 1900 it. to the N. p. Cor No. 3: thence s. 2e deg. 03 min. w. e02.60 it, to the s. F. Cor No 4; thence N. 62 deg. 52 min. W. 1900 fit. ta the s. W. Cor. No 1. the place of beginning.
 There are no known adjoining claims.
 There are TO known clsIms conflicting with said MERCHANT lode
 The area of said MERCHANT lode is 20.592 acres.
 The amended notice of location of said lode Is recorded in the office of the Recorder of said Mohave County. Ariz.. in Book "SS' of Mining Claims, at page
 J. l.. IRVINE. Register. First Insertion July 2e. 1919
 Last Insertion Sent. 27 1919 10t-up
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
SUMMONS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF Mo HAVE COUNTY. STATE OF AHl. t. GRACE F. JONES. Plaintiff. q & THOMAS L. JONES, Defendant In the Name of the State of Arizona to THOMAS L. JONES. Defendant.
 Greeting:
 You Are Hereby Summoned and re. ouired to appear in an action brought against you by the aboys named Mpha, plain. ,,s County, State of Arizona, and answer the Complaint thersin filed with the as said County. within twenty days after the service upon you of this Summons; If served in this said County, or in all other cases within thirty days, there after. the times above mentioned being being ment by default will be taken against you. 4. Superior Court of Mohave County. state of Arizona. this first day of July; 1913.
 (SeaO J. T, MORGAN, Clerk of said Superior Court. First insertion July 5.
 Last insertion August ?.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
LEGAL NOTICES

D. 1919. personally appeared G. w. Gib- son, known to be the president of the Pawva Mining Company, and M. James known to me to be the Secretary of said corporation, and whose names as such officers are subscribed to the foregoing instrument on behalf of said corporation. and each of them acknowledged to me that they executed the same on behalf of said corporation for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in the certificate first above written.
 (Notarial Sea)
 E. E. ARMOCH.
 Notary Public in and for the Coun-
 ty of Mohave, State of Arizona. My commission expires January IS, 1923.
 Filed in the office of the Arizona Cor. poration Commission this i7th day of Aug. A. D. 1919 at 10:00 A. M. at re- quest of B. B. ARMOUR, whose post office address is Kingman, Ariz. ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMIS- i. By AMOS A. BETTs,
 Ltr' Chairman. First insertion Aug. 16.
 Last insertion Sept. 20.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
MINE WARNING NOTICE

To Whom It May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Schuylkill mine a recorded in book 1 of dssd.: at rsga 652. st .ssq.. and the Schuylkill mill sits e recorded In book l2 of deeds, ct pags 7S2 st aso. the Schenectady mining claim as rs corded in book of deeds at page sH st sso.' and the Silver Hill group of mining claims. oonsitting of the Sonoma. Valley View and Silver Bell mining claims. and the Silver Bel! mill site claim. as recorded in book IA of deeds, at pages 2e3 to 268. inclusive. records of Mohavs County. Arizona. to which records refersncs is hereby made for <nors compisss description of said property. are being workso under lease and option. and that neither the eaid mines, mining claims or mill site of buildings, machinery. implements. fixtures or improvemsnts made or to be made thereon or therein, or any property of the Southweetdn Mining and Reduction company, or the stce.- holders thereof, will oe liable or respon;isle for any labor material or debt contracted or injuries sustained by any employer or empioys in working or improving said propsrtiss sne that no employer or employe h the agent of the owner for any purpose. and that all opex. stivss enSaee in such services at their own Iisk. and that no debt or claim of espe ts valid against said mines. mining claims o' procerty Or the owners thereof.
 THE SOUTHWESTERN MINING kE' '. DUCTTON COMPANY.
 |, Bx GEO. W. THE1SS. Sse'y. FRED W. THEIss. .l
 First insertion June 20. 1918.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
NOTICE OF APPRECIATION FOR
 U. g. PATENT
Survey No. 3400
 Serial No. 042465
United States Land

United States Land Office
 Phoenix. Arizona, July IS. 1919
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that in pursuance of Chapter 6 of Title XXXII of the Revised Statutes of the United States. and the Acts amendatorv thereof CHRISTIAN L.. HOFFMAN MRS. BFR- TINA J. HOFFMAN, whose postoffice address Is Chloride Arizona. and MA THAN W. TARR, Trustee, whose post office address is 1925 Central Building 9th and Main Sts., Los Angeles. Cali fornia. have made application to the United States for patent for 1900 linear feet on the BIG BOY lode bearing gold and silver. the same being 735.24 feet In a S. 12 deg. 30 min. F.. direction. and 764.76 feet fin 2 N. 12 deg. 30 min. w. direction from the discovery shaft there on, with surface ground of 500 feet in width on said lode embraced in Mineral Survey s s. So sToo; sa and sitpste 1s w in the \ R. M. in Wallapai Mining District County of Mohave, State of Arizona and described by the official plat and by the field notes on file in the office of the Register of the United States Land
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
SHERIFF'S SALE Notice of Sale of Real Estate Under EA Execution .

LII Foster, Plaintiff. .at
 VS. | Oatman Secret Pass Gold Mines Com-
 pany, a Corporation, Defendant.
 By virtue of an execution issued out of the Superior Court of the Coun- sty of Mohave, State of Arizona, wherein L. H. Foster, plaintiff, and Oatman Secret Pass Gold Mines Com pany, defendant, upon a judgment rendered the 18th day of June, A. D. 1919, for the sum of One Hundred Eff teen ($115.00) Dollars, United States gold coin, besides cost and interest, l have levied upon all the right, title, claim and interest of said defendant Oatman Secret Pass Gold Mines Com panyI of, in and to the following de- scribed real estate, to-wit: s
 Fraction Trail Mining claim, record ed in Book PIP, pages 403-404;
 Montana No. 1 Mining claim, re- corded in Book PIP, pages 4O6-407;
 Montana No. Mining claim, re- corded in Book PIP, page 407;
 Camp Fraction No. Mining claim, recorded in Book RR, page 107;
 Camp Fraction No. 2 Mining claim, recorded in Book RR, page 108;
 Butte No. Mining claim, recorded in Book PIP, pages 404-405; ,g
 Butte No. 2 Mining claim, recorded in Book PIP, pages 405-406;
 Wolf Mining claim, recorded in Book PIP, page 40S; and
 Richmond Mining claim, recorded in Book PIP, page 40s.. N
 Public notice is hereby given that l will, on Monday, the 8th day of Sep tember, A. D. 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, in front of the court house door of the County of Mohave, sell at public auction, for United States gold coin, all right, title, claim and interest of said defendant, Oat- man Secret Pass Gold Mines Go. of, in and to the above described proper ty, or so much thereof as may be nec- essafy to raise sufficient money to satisfy said judgement, with interest and costs, etc., to the highest and best bidder,
 W. P. MAHONEY !.
 Sheriff By Jas. Curtin. " 4
 Deputy Sheriff
 Dated August 16, 1919. 4, First insertion Aug. 16. Last insertion Sept. 6. ',,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
LEGAL NOTICE
VIVIAN MINING COMPANY
Principal Place of Business sos Mer- chants National Bank Building, Los Angeles, California.

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Directors of the said Company, held on the 9th day of Aug ust, 1919, an assessment of two cents per share was levied upon the out standing stock of the corporation, payable to E. A. Olson, Secretary of the said Company, at its office, 908 Merchants National Bank Building, Los Angeles, California, on or before September 10th, 1919. Any stock up- on which the said assessment shall remain unpaid on the said 10th day of September, 1919, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc- ton at the said office, and unless pay ment is made before will be sold on the 1st day of October, 1919 at 10 o'clock A. M. at said office, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising and expenses of sale. .ir-. tN' ,I. ,rr E. A, OLSEN,
 Secretary, Vivian Mining Com-
 pany, ,9O8 Merchants National
 Bank Bldg, Los Angeles, Cali
 fornia." rEsa. .Nf .t z
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
LEGAL NOTICES
,ffice at Phoenix, Arizona, as follows,

fB1e BOY LODE SURVEY NO. s4oo
 Beginning at the N. E. Cor. No. l. whence the Sec. Cor. to Secs. 3. 4, 3S and ls4. T. 23 N, R. IS w, c. & s. R. B. & M; bears N: AS deg: S4 min; B: sss.o7 to s. E. Cor. No. 9: thence 8. sl deg. IS min. W. 6s0.2s it.. to g. W: Cor. Nos. identical with N. end center Survey No. 1273 A, VALLEY VIEW lode, claimant uIndknown; thenGe N; 12 deg", 30 min: ". S1 deg, l5 min. B. 5SO2s it. to N. E. Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning;
 Adjoining claim, as shown by the plat of Survey. is the VALLEY VIEW lode. Survey No. 1273 A.
 There are no known claims conflicting with said BIG BOY lode.
 The area of said BIG BOY lode is 19.940 acres.
 The amended notice of location of said lode is recorded in the office of the Recorder of said Mohave County, Ariz.. in Book "ss'' of Mining Claims. at pages POI, POP. t
 " J. L. IRWIN. Register First Insertion July 26, 1919
 Last insertion Oct. 25.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-23
LEGAL NOTICES

flee for one year or until their suc,ess- ors are elected and have qualified. Such officers as may be provided For by the Board of Directors shall hold office at the pleasure of said Board, who shall also prescribe the duties. qualifications and compensation of such officers. tIn- til the first annual meeting, the follow ing named persons shall serve in the of- fees named. President, Anson H. Smith; Vice President, Sumner H. Beech- CT; Secretary Treasurer, J. H. Smith; Field Manager, J. s. Hulet; Board of Di- rectors, Anson H. Smith, Sumner F. Beecher, J. H. Smith, J. s. Hulet, O. c. Gruninger, w. G. Damon, Charles Bour- quin, H. E. Lang and w. B. Dunlap.
 ARTICLE EIGHT
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or, contingent, ot which this corporation shall at any time subject itself is the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ARTICLE NINE
 The private property of the stock. holders of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from any and all liability for corporate debts.
 ARTICLE TEN
 These Articles of Incorporation may be amended by the vote of majority of the outstanding stock at any regular annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any special meeting thereof called for that purpose.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this