The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-12
JOAN
!. Of. ARC WAC|NG
!: FREEDOM s WAR

MTw~Y0RK, June 1l.--Mariona KRIS,
h-rMRs- lithuanian, born in the mining
.Hown Of P1teston. Pa. is LithuAnlr'S
loan OF Arc. Her father was coal
y1utnsr.-and recently she was asked b.
II kShxxnfa 90 go 10 Paris as one ~ the
styo women representing her nation
Her Rrmor Is the shining CONSCIOUSNESS
OF seaS-sacrtfice. Her vision came TO nor
when she.~Was 10 years old. and since
that day she has kept before her the
Lithuanian flag She has thought ma
Sabored only for her couutrym"n, here
and Ia their oppressed mothcriand on,
%. tho Baltic Sea
One nflfion -oc~Siartona's cnuncryrucn
live IN America FTfty-slx thousand "
them lived unhappily IN her own mining
town. But not as unhappily as they
had lived IN Europe under Russian. Ger
man ana Polish oppression
It was on the picture OF these stall
AWart mems stunted lives In the coal
,inirea. and ,on the oft-patnted picture
rNoR the worse misery from which these
,nnen.Shad fled for freedom in America,
,E1at lfttle lithuanian girl grew up.
q. g. Support Needed
IHIAnanta.is' asking the world to rev
.loRraza 10 Independence which IL 'rNs
S1ested. from Russia England has coy
BSnhed oo,,acknowtedge It's independ"''J
fepchffcan. government Americas sup
Port is necessary 70 strengthen It's
claims a4->the peace conference.
Mzr1pn. or Mary. a. she likes 20 b"
feA1ed tSEa. tempcstuous, temp"raWeUtat
creature. hEnEhtng one mlrut" for the
Hheer 3cy~of living. and a. another IN
xsans- ShrnhA4ns with great resolves md
hopes
And Mary GfngA 1t Is her voice
which has ltfted her from the depths
OF the coal rnine country. She sang
ono evening al a church festival for me
poor miners whose sad faces showed
their difficult livcs-lircs that ware
made MP of Ions day OF working. poor
food and heavy sleeping. And the
pleasure which her singing gave TO these
miners showed hcr the way to arUuse
her countrymen from thciE apathy.
: At INST she sang only in church and
charity festivals. For Lithuanian girls
do not usually adopt public professors
She lived In a bare little home, in Inc
: cherries town that was made up "r
miners and coal mines. Her father was
miner. And her mother was one ~
mat type Of women so comm ton 70 her
race-sturdy. courageous and bearing
on her shoulders the burden Of national
culture and enthusiasm
Studied Mining.
She went 70 school with her other
Lithuanian friends. And she went down !
, into the coal mines 70 study mining and
: learn about strata and veins, cages and ,
gas Descending 10 the lowest depths ,
: In the shaking cage. she resolved % get !
away from the coal niH'. and NOT -
live the life OF women who's" thoughts .
/ Ind whose men are imprisoned with tho (
coal during the long dark days.
She learned cooking and h""S"Hold
care. She studied St"auEraphi. roo. hat .
she might use Il IN cr-. = med. Mad .
she studied music S"rt"aS.S. y Er'.'.. .
IonS and bitter BATH" WIS f"u-ht tr- B
fore her parents wcuId consent ?" iH's
departure from custom. Friends 1srf
low partshioners raised ;h"ir brow Hal
lifted their voices IN protest. Sat Mbc! q,
was inspired and ad1waTt.
-, She sang 70 thc l.iih&a"jHrs ~ tn"ir ;
home land. She INSPIRED ih'lu w+h IA .
ctionai hope, Sh" rH-awak"G"i th'.r
skJuuabertng enthuSIasrrs. In Nn'"r;"N
they had forgotten 70 S'RE. ~" taWEh' .
khem again. and she sumu!Tc@ tH"ir
dove for beauty. This MAS Ia, beg y
ming.
- 1oes 70 Demand Freedom.
r And now the dar pt Lithuanian !nd"-
~pendence has corr" LH,huaNia Is dc
Inandtng its freedom. Festivals. "a ::
rades. petitions are being circulated Il
throughout America BY Lithuanian resi-
dents here. II
!. And Mariona KRIS IS going 70 Paris
as one OF tho two women representa-
gives OF the Lithuanian national council,
whose headquarters is in Washington
TO help in the exposition OF IAthuanAa'S
N ffA boundary rights Ljthuania1s
are looking 10 little Mary kiz!s- with
'She laughing heart and serious intent
20 lead her nation TO it's freedom
. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
> Yerdict Of involuntary EDanSiauEhtprl