davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Capture Negro Wanted for Murder

Dublin, Ga. Aug. 16.-Hubert Cum
minEs. negro, for whom a reward of
1900 was offered early in July after
he was alleged to have killed Ray
mond Cannon, young white farmer,
near here. has been captured in
Welch. W. Va. according 10 a teIe-
gram received here today.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
DROWNED GIRLS FATHER
GIVES COURT EVIDENCE
OF COLLEGE MANS GUILT
Donald Fether, Cornell Freshman, Son of
Rich Californian, Center of Dramatic
Scene as He Is Held for First Degree Muir
der for Death of Pretty Hazel Crance.

Ithaca y Y, Aug I6-Donald w Feher dapper voung
Cornell University student charged with numbering sweetheart
T8year-old Hazel GRANGE wcd percepby Justice Of
the Peace Henry Williams held him uv
Tompkins County rcnsndng him to Jail without bail
The decision rendered after dramatic
engaged IN wangc which legal etiquette straininc
and friends the STUDENT anticipating his release left
the courtroom and orankcd their
umph back 70 the campus
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Rumanians VIII Remain.

Paris. Aug. with the extreme
heat of Paris ~ affecting mem
,ers Of the Peace Conference, fnclud-
ng the americans in their palm beach
.uits. the Ruranian situation has def
Initelv passed into the note and coun-
.er-note stage. with no evident inten-
ion on the part Of the Peace Con-
ference to force the Rumanians to
cave Budapest Immediately. Nor
saye the RUmanians manifested any
Jesire to do so. despite the new pres
r,re being brought to bear by the
-zecho-SIovaks. Serbians and ItaI-
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
British Labor Leader
Is Coming to America

New York. Aug. 1s.-Arthur Houdor-
son. Britain's trade union leader and
head Of the British Labor Party. will
come TO America in October for A
country-UAde lecture tour. 1t was an
nounced tonight by committee or
the American Labor Party. O Us
said Henderson planned to visit all
the leading industrial centers.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Trousers Damaging Evidence.

Trousers Damaging Evidence.
In holding Fether for Ih, Grand jury
in connection with the death Of the
beautiful young girl on tho night Of
July 70. Justice Williams said.
According to tho evidence before
me there has hrcn no testimony that
anyone other than Fethor handled the
trousers found in CayuGa Lake Thurs
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Find 1900 Bags Sugar Hoarded.

Boston, Aug. 16.-Nearly 1900 bags
of boarded flour were seized here to-
day by Department of Justice agents
at the plant of the Market Ware
house Company in South Boston, it
became known tonight
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Archduke Joseph Says
He Is Not a Royalist

BudaI est, Aug. 14-Archduke Joseph,
scion of the HapsburE house, and die
tator of Hungary. emphasized in an
Interview today that he was not
working in the interests of royalism." "
Joseph declared his functions would
end with the election of the national
assembly, which would decide the
future form of government. Hungary $
first task, he said, was to obtain
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17

N0NT1NUED ON rAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
The Net Circulation of the Washington Herald Yesterday Was 1856
THE WEATHER

Today and probably tomorrow-Local
lowers and thunderstorms. Highest tenn
erature yesterday, 81; lowest, 68.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
MORE WASHINGTON NEWS

--is printed every day in The washinrt,
Herald than in all other local papers
addition, you get ALL the telegraph nev
worth while.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

recently received in England and
France, respectively, and treating Of
the conditions Of life Of the former
intellectual workers of Russia under
the Soviet regime. The first letter is
addressed to Professor Rostovtseff,
of Oxford University, by friend of
his, former editor of a Socialist
magazine. 1t reads:
Il was at last able to escape from
the Socialist Millennium How ter
rible life had become during the last
months / was at Petrograd you may
judge from the fact that compared
with 1t the time when you we're still
there seemed quite pleasant. Last
autumn we we're turned out of our
fiat and ordered to live in the base
mcnt Of the same house 1t had pre-
viously been occupied by some Red
army men, who, finding 1. too dark,
damp and filthy, decided that we. as
bourgeois. should be put into that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

get up before dawn to search
lor provisions for myself and the
children. Once I managed to obtain a
little flour through the Writer'S So
clety,' which was founded by the Writ
ers Union for obtaining provisions.
VI. o. christensen "a writer and nub-
hclst) Is chairman and H. E. ETros "a
publlcist) secretary. I myself do all the
housework, cooking and washing. The
zhlikins are in the same position.
John ON. J. 2hilkin was a Socialist
member Of the first Duma) washes his
own clothes. The other day l sent NV
little girl 20 get some -four at the
writers shop on the smolensky
Boulevard. We thought we should be
the only ones, but there were quite q
lot of our literary friends. We saw
Marina Tzvetaiev Gan author and
even the sun-God Balmont Ga we'll
known Russian poet) himself.
Our dear friend DR.. K. has died Of
starvation, his mother dying the dav
before. We have also learned of the
deaths Of Professors Vesselovsky, A. F.
fortunatoP and the lawyer Sakharog
Our turn will probably come next On
the other hand, the Futurists Maiakov-
sky, Tatlin, c. D., and others are rean-
ing a golden harvest Their works are
purchased by the museums at fabu-
lous prices; and, moreover, Tatlin has
received half million rubles from
the Bolsheviks for encouraging the
arts; Of course, no one will control the
expenditure. My dear friend, do not
wish to return TO Moscow; that citv.
as we'll as Petrograd is doomed to per-
ditlon. BETTER wear sackcloth, wooden
shoes. and live in some dark corner
than endure the fortunes of famine we
are suffering from. Our souls are
filled with despair. for there IS not a
single ray of light, no hope Car tho
future, and 1t seems as If our eaeNly
existence must end in darkness"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

Beaumarchais. Chekhov, at tho end Of
the nineteenth century, wrote artistic
short stories, In which, at any rate,
there Is no laudation Of the Czarist
regime. Among the books to be con-
flscated as 'corrupting the soul of the
revolutionary proletariat' are the
works Of Dostoievski. The Possessed
and The Brothers Karamazov.' This
decree reminds ono Of the medimval
lnqulsition. with It's Index Librorum
Prohibtorum. At the same time the
Bolsheviki very cleverly pretend to
be the most advanced reformers. Hold
Ing stone and a sword In their hands.
they have managed to persuade the
whole world that they arc proffering
bread and the palm branch Of peace"
1.-THE London Daily Telegraph"
publishes two extracts from letters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19


Bernstein. Bernstein consented to
explain its workings. He said that
there are about $50 students. some
Of whom are women, and that the
school is open five nights in the
week from to 10 o'clock. The pupils
pay 10 cents q lesson. The lesson
lasts an hour, and the teachers, four
in number, are paid $3.50 an hour.
The pupils elect committee Of
three, who supervise the school in
general, but, since elections are held
every two weeks, their authority is
short lived. The teachers have no
authority, and are "invted' by the
students to teach. There are four
classes in all, and the most elemen-
tary subjects are taught. Bern
stein explained that there are no
entrance requirements, as most of
these men are illiterate, and that the
two subjects generally taught are
>he reading and writing of Rus
sian, and simple arithmetic. Ad-
vanced students are taught a little
geometry and algebra, sometimes
elementary history and literature,
and "even culture"
This is democratic school,"
said Bernstein seriously. "and the
pupils are taught what they want
to learn. When ten pupils decide
that they want to learn a certain
subject, let US say history, we get
teacher for them. That's how it
works in this school-the pupils de-
eide for themselves and are not
dependent in this regard upon their
teachers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19
Since the Bolsheviki Are Determined to Pair
Everything Red, Russian Art Is Doomed

them SEQ tho world through Bolshevik
eyes. For this purpose all obstacles
must be removed. Tho first obstacles
to this spiritual enslavement are books,
the thoughts given TO mankind by
great men. And, with their usual d.
rectness, tho Bosheviki have decided
to withdraw from circulation all books
that are harmful from a Communistc
point Of view. Naturally the Gospels
were the first to suffer. Tho basic
principle of Bolshevism being Man
Is an enemy TO man. they fear the
Gospel as the devil fears holy water.
But they did not venture to abolish
the Gospels at once. They first pro-
hibited the Issue Of new editions. In
number 1870 Of the 'Zaria,' socialistic
paper. published in Omsk, there 10 a
notice to the effect that the Council
Of the Peoples Com mssaries has
passed decree that all religious and
moral books should be withdrawn from
libraries and private houses and burned.
The decree goes on to say that tho
same fate awaits books that are coun-
ter-revolutionary and represent the
Ideals Of the bourgeoisie. including the
works Of Karamzin. Krylov. Griboje.
dov. Ostrovski and Chekhov. Karamzin
was an historian of the beginning Of
the nineteenth century; Krylov Is the
Russian Lafontaine. who hourished
about the Same time: Gr!bojcdov and
Ostrovski are two OF the most cele-
brated drumatsts Of tho flrst half OF
the nineteenth century. Gribojedov's
famous comedy. 'Cleverness a Misfort-
une, Is a satire as brilliant al any Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

lea
hopping his face. which was per-
spring very freely from the effort
which his speech apparently en-
tailed, he led the way into a small
room filed with small tables around
which sat some fifteen or twenty
men eating chcesecake and drink
ing tea. A fat, stoid looking fell
low sat at the far end of the room
behind large, rough table, on
which were grouped in an attempt
at artistry various species Of doubt
full cake and cigarettes. He refused
to talk, but motioned significantly
to his wares. Asked number of
questions, he refused to answer, ex-
cept to say in cultural tones
Dunno" dunno"
"He what you call stupid" said
the writer's guide, che only know
eat"
The men at the tables were clad
in shabby clothes and wore their
hats. usually awry, on their heads.
and conversed in loud tones. One
fellow, Il type found usually In the
books Of the famous Russian nov
elist, Maxim Gorky, was, according
to the guide, telling tales Of his
"hoboing" experiences and sheer
ing at the city people. The others
listened intently, never missing a
word and the looks of awe and
wonderment on their faces as the
hobo" between bites Of cake and
long sips of tea, told of his travels,
were more than amusing.
On the second and third floors
the guide showed the writer the
classroom in which the "tavarischi"
received their schooling. and the Of
flee Of workman and Peasant"
which was, just now, quite deserted.
This paper, the writer learned, Is a
new propaganda sheet, extremely
radical in its contents and said to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19
H1LE the apologists Of
Bolshevism maintain that

Russia offers hitherto undreamed-of
possibilities to the development Of
the liberal arts, their opponents
strive to adduce proof that Lenin-
ism either stiles altogether the
manifestations of the human spirit
in the literary and artistic as well
as the political field, or else de-
grades them into mere tools Of its
own propaganda. The following
article printed In recent number
Of THE New Europe" the British
weekly of international politics,
sheds light on the literary side of
the question from the point of
view of anti Bolshevists. 1t Is en-
titled The Bolshevik Crusade
Against Russian Literature" and
runs:
Tho Russian Liberation Committee
In No. 22 Of Its bulletins, published a
specially Instructive note upon the at
tltude Of the Soviet government toward
Russian literature. The Spanish and
Roman TnQuisitions used to be regard
ed as tho supreme instance Of intel
lectual intolerance, only rivalled BY
tho destruction Of the library Of Alex
andria- Future historians will demon
strate that, In this respect, the record
has passed TO tho proletarlan dicta-
tors Of Moscow
Tho Boshev.h want to remodel
people after their own fashion, TO make
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19
Hoo 1T Came about

By persistent questioning the
writer was able to learn later tina.
same evening from one of the off,
Gals of the Federation how the Rus
sian Peoples House came 10 be OF.
gained. 1t appears that two years
ago the radical groups in the local
Russian colony called d convention.
This was the second convention Of
its kind, as one had been held pre-
viously. 1t was called to discuss tho
relationship of Russians in this coun-
try to the CONSUMPTION act, and also
means by which they might-thoss
who so desired-return to their na-
tive land, Russia.
The convention was composed Of
clements representing all forms Of
radical opinion, chiefly revolution
airy, and also anarchistic, but with
out defined or clear policy on any
one subject. Individual Russian So
cialists left the convention because
they thought it too radical and were
unable to control it. After mum.
Der of sessions were held an organl-
cation resulted therefrom which was
christened the Russian Workers
Soviets."
Now, the elements that formed
these "Soviets" are not at all partl-
sans Of L. c. A. K. Martens, the head
of the Russian Soviet Bureau in TINS
country, known to some as the Boz
shevik Ambassador. They are IN
no way connected with Martens or
his bureau, and do not approve OF "
because it is not sufficiently radical
1t was explained by officials Of the
Soviet Bureau that they knew noth'
ing of the workings of the Russian
Peoples House and were not ac'
quainted with its leaders.
The writer also learned that the
Union of Russian Workers donll-
mates these "Soviets.' The officials
who explained all this said that the
programme of the Russian Peoples
House is purely educational in us
scope. Further than that he would
say nothing.
As the writer made his way down
stairs he passed the same large room
and glanced quickly within. ms
time another person was at the
piano, feeling out with one finger .
simple Russian folksong. Two OF
three others sang loudly and Win
&reat fervor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

box Of vermin,' while they took our
fiat. They ordered me to gather up
my things and move in two hours
time. So the children and | were COM
PEELED to live in a dark cellar with
leaky walls, down which the water
streamed continually. while the dry
places were infested with bugs and
wood-lice. The price of wood being
excessively high and the cold intense,
we were obliged to heat the stove with
our furniture, manuscripts and even
books. 1t is impossible to find suitable
words to describe this nightmare exist
ence. had to get up at daybreak and
run off to market to stand in. queues
to get our rations of frozen herring.
potatoes or salt fish. Then I would
come home to make the coffee made
out Of the sunhower-see husks, which
we took without any milk, sugar or
bread. After this l was at my Office
till about o'clock. then hurried home
to cook our food, wash up, etc, and
finally, toward 8 o'clock, felt so utterly
done up that / could neither speak nor
move. On Sundays, by way Of q holi-
day rest, did the washing for myself
and the children. BY December be-
gan splitting blood, and in the mornings
my hands and feet used to get so swol
len from cold and starvation that |
could scarcely move. I got 80 weak
that my mind could only dwell on the
desire for rest, no matter how or where.
and did not even care If it we're for
ever"
The second letter, from Moscow,
received at Paris, was written by
we'll known authoress, k:
81 cannot describe what life in Mos
COW means now. not only to children.
but to grownup people nlso; 1t Is not
life but agony, continual obsession;
ono Is pcrpctually haunted by the
dream Of piece Of bread and butter,
OF bread and salt, Of u glass Of milk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19
Inmates Do Not
Approve of
Martens and
His Bureau.
Because They
Aren't Radical
Enough!

day and in a country where !, !.
not spoken.
Because" he explained, eths,
intend to go back to Russia vhos
the blockade is lifted. Thew wor.
to be prepared SO that they will
not have any difficulty getting into
the swing of things when they %,
there. You see, although they speat
Russian, they can neither read nov
write it, and they want to be prs
pared"
ut is said that anarchism and s,m.
liar doctrines are taught in III.
schools that true?" he was asked
tits not" he replied quickly
This is a non-partisan school. and
these men are not anarchists, Thes.
men may hold certain political be.
liefs, but they do not get them hers
Most Of them are machinists who
work all day and sacrifice their
nights to the study Of their nativa
tongue"
The writer was invited to visit
q few Of the classrooms. The room,
are very small and low ceilinged
filled with long, low and very worn
benches. On the benches sat tho
students, closely squeezed together
with their hats tightly drawn over
their heads, listening eagerly to
the teacher. At the front Of the
room stood the teacher, explaining
the lesson slowly in Russian. Now
and then one Of the students would
rise and debate with the teacher as
to the accuracy of his explanation
in this case it was a mathematical
problem-but he was hUshed by the
others, who would glare angrily at
him for interrupting. Often they
would be called to the chalked-up
blackboard to demonstrate prob
lem in simple mathematics, and,
though some went readily, the ma
jority were either hesitant or re-
luctan, and sometimes ashamed to
stand before their mates as being
erudite and learned. On the whole
they looked like simple, credulous
fellows who were learning with dif
ficulty and with much more effor,
than they spent IN doing their day.
work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19
HeaYtbYOken?

DROKEN hearts are being mended
~ In Russia now-not the hearts
shattered by unfortunate romances.
but the valvular organs pierced by
knives. Time mends the first kind
and the skilled surgeon Zelder can be
depended on to operate successfully
on the knife-torn heart.
Dr. Zelder has q little hospital a.
Obuchow. Thirty-onc persons brought
to the hospital with hearts pierced
and slashcd by knife wounds have sue
cessfully had their organs repaired
and have recovered entirely, to all ap-
pcarances, from their remarkable ex-
periences. Ono patient has lived seven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

years and shows no sigma Of having
been affected by the heart wound and
subsequent sewing up.
Tho patients were all put under the
influence Of ether very soon after the
injury. part Of the chest wall was re-
moved, the heart lifted from its bed
and stitches quickly introduced be-
tween pusations. Tho bony chest
wall over the heart was not put back
into place, that organ being left pro-
tccted only by skin and muscle. This
was done to give the heart room to
expand and to prevent adhesions from
embarrassing the hearts action.--Topeko
Capitok
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

there is true translation filed with
the postmaster Of New York on
October 8, as required by the Act Of
October, 1917" Evidently the Fed
eral authorities are acquainted with
it's contents.
On the fourth floor are q few
rooms used for storage purposes
books and pamphlets-also as the Of
fees Of the federation. These were
vacant at the time, and the guide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

then signifed that there was "no
more see," as the school was in SEES
sion only in the evening, and then
led the way downstairs.
Asked on the way down what kind
Of school it was, he said: "Good
school--Soviet run-very cheap"
And much more impossible Of tran
scription, for English letters are In
capable Of transcribing his language.
He kindly showed me the way out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19

have fluctuating circulation Of
from 5000 to 10000 readers.
In the issue the day following the
clash with the police on lower Fifth
Avenue it carried a picture of
the Russians parading up Fifth
Avenue, and leader in which the
police were compared with the Co.'S
sacks Of the old czaristic regime in
Russia. At its head, printed In
English, runs the assurance that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-19
Ran,shackle

The house itself is an inconspic-
uous, ramshackle, four story affair
and stands opposite the huge Edi-
son Company building on the same
street. The dirty stone steps are
dusty and unswept; the entrance
hall is incomparably filthy, as Is the
remainder of the building; the air
within Is smelly and close. and the
light exceedingly poor.
Suspicious glances greeted the
writer as he entered a long, barren,
barn!ke room immediately adJoin-
ing the entrance hall. A number Of
camp chairs were scattered care
lessly through the room, on which
sprawled roughly clad men. one Of
whom was snoring; and in the cor
ner a very worn upright piano at
which sat large, bony Russian SOL
EMMY pounding out funereal
Slavic melody.
"Tavarisch7" demanded alight,
baldheaded fellow who darted
quickly toward the writer with sus-
picion.
The writer explained that he was
not "tavarisch." which is Russian
fer comrade, and that ne just wanted
to Ind out what sort Of place the
Russian Peoples House is. The man
looked blankly about him for a mo-
ment, and then motioned to a tall
ewarthy fellow who had been watch.
Ing curlously. "A whispered consul
tation was held by the two In Rus
sian. the word "bourgeoisie" being
frequently spoken by them. Tn,
utter was evidently suspected Of
being an enemy of the "proletariat.
Il spik English" announced the
tai fellow finally. what you want7'
He was told. and, as a gracious
grin slowly spread over his face. the
man said that he would be glad to
show the "comrade" around the
houge- Just then a noise arose
toward the front Of the room, and
one " group Of five men who had
been citing and talking together got
mp. and, accom- panied unconsciously
On tho piano by the musician, who
mad played all the while, detained
dramatically in Russian. The volun-