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or shirt. But liked him all the more
for that, for it was this warm heart
in him that had rescued me from
death. We vowed to be faithful to
each other forever. And l entered
upon my duties as a housewife.
The barn in which we were going
to live was filled with rubbish, and had
never been cleaned. l applied myself
studiously to make it habitable. II
was not an easy task, but ! finally
succeeded. We received a gift of one
hundred rubles from Yasha's par
ents. and decided to establish BUTCH
er shop of our own. We got some
lumber and built small store. Then
Yasha bought three cows and the two
of us led them to the slaughter house,
where I learned how to butcher.
Yasha ran the shop. l was the first
woman butcher in that locality.
One summer day, while walking in
the street, I saw some boys peddling
ice cream. had learned how to make
ice cream during my apprenticeship
with Nastasia Leontievna. It occur.
red to me that could make ice cream
to sell. Finding out from the boys
how much they paid for it, offered
them lower price and a better cream
and asked them to come for it the next
day. I Immediately returned home
and bought milk from Yasha's mother,
who offered to give it free to me upon
| learning the purpose for which it was
! intended The ice cream 1 prepared
was. happily, very good, and it sold
quickly. During the summer I
earned two or three rubles daily from
this source.
led life of toll and peace with
Yasha for about three years. Every
morning l would get up at six o'clock
and go with him to the slaughter
house. Then all day l would spend
at home. There were always many
poor people. mostly women and chill
dren, stranded in our town, which was
the junction of a railway and river
line. They would wander about the
streets, begging for bread and shelter.
The larger part of them would land
in our barn home. At times they
would fill the cabin completely. sleep
ing in rows on the floor. Frequently
they were sick. l fed them, washed
them, tended to their children.
Yasha would often demonstrate
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him, as his capture would mean his
death. The unexpected guest was no
less a person than the revolutionary
slayer of a notorious Russian Gov.
ernor.
Yasha proceeded to remove our bed
from its corner. He next removed n
board In the lower part of the wall,
revealing. to my great astonishment.
deep cavity in the ground under
meath. Our visitor was invited to make
himself comfortable there. The board
was replaced and tho bed restored to
its former position. Yasha and went
to bed.
We had barely put out the light
many feet around the house. followed
by loud knocks at the door. The po.
lice were therel My heart was in
my mouth, but I feigned sleep while
Yasha opened the door. He had pre-
viously given me his revolver to hide
and I concealed 1t in my bvsom. The
search continued for nearly two hours.
was dragged out Of bed, and every
thing in the house was turned upside
down.
We denied any knowledge of n po-
litical fugitive. but the sheriff took
Yasha along with him. However. he
was released a couple of hours later.
Upon his return Yasha let the man
out of the secret hole, supplied him
with peasant clothes and food, har-
messed our horse and drove away with
him before dawn, instructing me to
answer to all inquiries by saying that
he had gone to buy cattle.
On the outskirts of tho town a
policeman, emerging from some dive in
semiintoxicated state, observed
Yasha driving by. He attached little
significance to the fact at the time,
but when he reported for duty in the
morning and learned of the fugitive,
he told that he had seen Yasha leave
town with a stranger. I was doing
some washing when the house was
again surrounded by police.
Where is your husband?" the
sheriff inquired, flercely.
Gone to buy cattle" replied.
"Odievaisya! Dress.) he rang out
angrily. ] pleaded innocence, but in a
terrible voice he informed me that
I was under arrest.
was taken to the detective bureau,
where mddle-aged man, who walked
very gently, and seemed very mindful
OF my comfort, entered into a conver.
sation with me and even invited me to
tea, which invitation I refused. He
went about his work very subtly,. and
I was nearly caught when he asked
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READ THIS FIRST

In the early summer of 1917 the
world was thrilled by a news item
from Petrograd announcing the for
NATION by one Maria BotchkareVa
of a woman's fighting unit under
the name Of THE Battalion OF
Death" With this announcement
an obscure Russian peasant girl
made her debut in the international
hall of fame. This Is her story told
by herself. The first installment
told of her early childhood. While
still a child she became helper In a
little village store. At fifteen she
became dissatisfied with her lot and
procured a position as domestic IN a
well-to-do family. where the son OF
the house wins her heart and then
deserts her. She marries man ir
her own class, who beats her, and
she leaves him. He finds her work
ing on a ship in Barnaul and she
tries 10 commit suicide by Jumping
into the river. She Is rescued and
in the hospital is reconciled to her
husband. But his promises are not
kept and she again leaves him. FOR
a wear she works as foreman or
concrete gang, at the end OF which
time her health failed. A woman,
posing as her friend, proves to be a
white SLAYER. Maria escapes, wan
ders the streets and prays for
guidance.
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Same day for Usoyie. whence I had>
to walk to Alexandrovsk,
1t was late in the autumn Of 1915, (,
I started out with little food, andfl
was soon exhausted. 1t was not an
easy task to get TO Alexandrovsk.
The road lay across river and;
through an island, connected by fer.N'
ries.
On the way I made the acquaint
ance Of a woman, Avdotia Ivanovna
Kitova, who was also bound for the
prison. Her husband was there toon /.
and she told me why. He was drunh :
when the dog.catcher came to take
away his favorite dog, and he shot ,
the dog-catcher; now he was SEM
fenced to exile, and she had decided 4
to go along with him, with her two
children, who were in Irkutsk.
fcONTINIrED TOMORROW
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THEN READ THIS

r RESOLVED to return to Anna Pc
= trovna after my prayer. I thought
she had been so kind at first that II
1 begged her to let me work for her
rs a servant she would agree. Before
entering her house 1 went into the
little grocery store nearby, and posing
as the new servant Of Anna Petrovna,
who was a customer of the place, got
a small bottle of essence of vinegar.
However, the solicitude for my safety
angered me, and resented Anna Pc.
troyna's caresses. 1 locked myself up
in my room, getting ready TO poison
myself with the essence.
As ] was saying my last prayers
there was knock at the door.
who is it," I asked sharply. The
reply was:
II am that young man whom you
saw two days ago in the parlor. I
want to help you. realize that you
are not girl Of that sort. Pray,
open the door and let me talk to
you"
I naturally thought that this was
another trap and answered wrath.
fully: You are a villain! You are
all villains. What do you want with
me? What have 1 done to deserve
torture and starvation? If L fall into
your hands it will be only when am
dead. am, going to drink this poison
corpse"
The man got excited. He ran out
into the yard, raised an alarm and
dragging several people with him
shouted Of my threat to take poison
A large crowd had collected around
the house, and he forced the window
Of my room from the outside and
jumped in. Selling the glass Of es
/sence, he threw It out of the window
cursing Anna Petrovna and he,
house. He made every effort to calm
me. expressing his admiration for my
courage and virtue. His professions
of sincerity and friendship were sc
convincing that I yielded to his invi
tation to go with him to the hom,
OF his parents.
My savior, who was a handsome
young man Of about twenty.four, was
Yakov Buk. He was man of edu
cation, having studied at high schoo
for some time. His father was {
butcher. ! was well received by hi,
family, fed, dressed and given a rest
They were kind and hospitable people
Yakov. or Yasha, as he was calleC
intimately, took especial care of me
He loved me, and it was not loni
before he declared that he could no
live without me.
was also attracted toward him
He knew Of my previous marriage an,
( civil agreement, without the sanction
of the Church, a very common mod
OF marriage in Russia OF late years
because OF the difficulty in obtaining
divorce. consented to his pre-
posal. on condition that he tell me tn
reason for his living in a small bar
in the back yard. apart from the fam
ily. He agreed.
"when was twenty" he begar
pmy father was in the business O
supplying meat TO several army reg
ments- He was a partner in a firm
I and was assisted by my brothers an
myself, Considering me the most II
k1ustrious and reliable Of his sons. h
ufrusted mo once with 10000 ruble
20 to buy cattle. Most OF tn
>ney did not belong to him.
~ the t1eiu was drawn into
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" oman Soldier Continues
Gripping Narrative OF
Extraordinary Expert
ences That Made Her
Ready for the Rough,
Hard W ork of the
Trenches
Takes Up Life With Man
Who Loses Liberty Be-
cause OF the Assistance
He Cites Political Fugi-
tues and Suffers With
Him

fCopyrioht, 1919, By Frederick A. Stokes co..
This story. told by Maria Botchkareva and
translated and Transcribed by Isaac Don
levine is published by Frederick A. Stokes
Company under the title of "Yashka.'D
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on Monday. the school children of
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been haunting him.
you've got me wrong. miss" he
said. I'm Sergeant Johnson"
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Prohosed MlsiIe lie slept.
One iS-infentrx isergeant, badly
wounded i'm action in Argonne, did not
really come tou till he awoke one
morning in snowy bed in distant
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Stars and Stripes.
Are you feeling better. Lieutenant
Johnson ?" she asked.
He thought that over for a while
and then decided the voice was not
part of the strange dream that hao
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-18

Immediately following Tie landing OF
y the =. =. Dante -NliChicri. Italian Trans-
port. at l'!vr I. Jersey ,fty.. E"Ster-
day. with the majority of th'' boys
of ,h, 6Ist l. :. Coast Artillery. t"ic-
grams fru;a ;:rH boys started I" pour
in to relatives and friends in the Wheel
ing dist-lrt and many mothers. fathers.
swecthea-tS. sisters and brothers w"pt
for joy TO think that thei: loved ones
were back again in tho good old u. :.
in good health. for practically every
telegram boy" III" statement mat we
arc we'll and happy Il was day
for Trj"lcins;. ard had the boys been
~ah,, 20 have been AZ home last even
ing there would have h""a some cele-
bra;i"a.
Th" lads were taken from the PIER
upon landing 10 barracks ut Camp Up
ton. where they were Placed IN quar-
tiers and we've given chance TO take
a much needed rest. I'll" boys were III
great spirits. and according to word
received were given great ovation
upon their arrival They Will be- taken
70 Camp Sherman. Ohio. where they
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VigorousMen
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landing at Brest, France. The division
was first stationed at Castiliion- There
are 2T6 boys on the list that went from
the local district but II is understood
that some of the boys are in the b4th
division. which IL also on the way
home at the present time
The boys will likely he sent over
the PENNSYLVANIA via Harrisburg. AL
toona and Pittsburgh to Columbus, and
then down TO Camp Sherman. and 1t
Is not likely that they will pass
through the city of Wheeling on their
way to be mustered out, but no doubt
they will be mustered out Il few days
after reaching camp.
Gigantic Celebration Planned.
II arrangements can be made gigan-
tic celebration will be held for the boys
upon their arrival in the city. The
Wheeling Chamber OF Commerce. the
Rotary Club, Kiwans Club. city Off
Gals, county officials and many Of tho
lodges and fratcrnal societies VIII also
likely get behind the movement and
put it over the top. a conference will
be held today, following which teie-
grams will be sent to the war DEPART
nent asking II It is possible TO nave
the boys return to the city IN a BODY
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Call vy|heeHng's Hotels Crowded?
You Should Try 10 Get Room in Paris
OVER l5,4oo HOTELS AND BOOMING
HOUSES AND EVERY 0HE OF
THEM FILLED.
wheeling Boys Coming Home Say That
It Is Relief to Get Back TO
the "States.'

Though Paris has 1900 hotels and
! roominG houses, with IN additional
| $500 m the immediate suburbs. room
| is hardly to BE- had At the present time
! for love or money" said Charles VIII
/ iams of Woodsdale. upon his arrival
! in the city last evening from New York
! city, where he landed a few days ago
on his way home from France.
| Tho French government has tact
! fully Invited every body WHO was COM
! irg 10 the Peace Conference merely out
! Of curiosity 10 please come at some
/ other time. Orders have been issued
, By the French consular and diplomatic
| officers all over the world To wise pass
! ports for Paris only for persons who
, can demonstrate that they have some
serious necessity for coming
Many of the largest hotels have been
| used as hospitals ever since the begin
! ming Of the war; n few arc used as
| ministries and under ministries of teh
! French government. such as aviation
and munitions, and more recently sew
! rral have been take mover by the Amer
lean Red Cross. the Y. NJ. c. A., Y w.
| c.. A., Knights Of Columbus and various
| departments Of the administrative Of
fees Of the American expeditionary
! force.
| Most Of the hotels thus taken have
| been the largest and most. exclusive IN
Paris those that before the war catered
to the wcalthiest travellers. who have
| been staying home since 1914. How
ever. all the hotels thus accounted for
| probably do not exceed forty or fifty
! in number.
| A more serious element in the situa-
. ton Is the hundreds of thousands OF
refugees from Belgium. Northern
France. Serbia. Italy and other invad-
cd countries, many Of whom have been
making their homes in Paris sonce the
| beginning of the war. While 1t is now
| possible for these TO return to their
| homes. most Of them prefer to remain
| in Paris, where they are sure of getting
enough to cat. until materials can be
J had frr rebuilding their homes. These
, people I'LL up several thousand Of the
, hotels and rooming houses.
: Then there arc At all times about
: 5000 French officers. S.0nO American
/ officers and big runtiug"nts of English,
! Belgian. Italian and Serbian officers in
; TariS on leave.
J Recently the situation for these has
become 10 acute that society has
been organized among the wealthiest
! French families to place rooms in
| homes at the disposal Of American Of
I tlccrs OH leave.
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will hc mustered out. according to TO-
ports. and no doubt will roach their
homes within the next week or ten
days.
The Dante AliShlcri sailed from Ror-
deaux. France. on February 4th. \
pleasant trip was experienced by the
mon. who had great time on their
way across the pond. The 6lst left
the United States on july Sth. and were
put TO work at drilling. digging in their
big guns and doing practice work along
the coast for several weeks, after
which they were taken up to the re-
serve line. where they were ouarterca
when the armistice was finally signed.
Left Wheeling December 2oth-
: The boys OF the 61st were sent from
this city on December 20. 1917. They
were first trained at Camp screven,
Ga. where they were given real test
and proved their worth as real sol
diers. After six months they were sent
to Canp Upton and with one Of tho big
convoys were shipped across the pond
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WHEELING BOYS
Continued from Page one)

a machine gun bullet wound received
in his left les: during tho fighting
around Chalcau rhicrry last July and
tho other for wounds in the left arm
received when II" was struck by pieces
Of i high cNpl"s.y" shell In the Ar
runnr forest in September.
Lieut.. Frank Mulberry. Of kcnosha.
Nls.. wur. tn" French war cross award
cd after his raiding party had captured
seventy Germans; in the champagne DIS
tract last September.
WASIIINGTON. I'2h. f7.--'Thr trans
tort lIIur is du" al E"u' York F"bru-
nry - with about '."rh mon uf the
3l1ih supply IraIr. tn" "lTth trench
mortar battery and tn" 18th Iicld sig
unI battalion G. In" !@nd tr"crnl divl-
Si,l Tho troops Hr" ir ~ ~,'nti":@tl To
various. cl,r,S for standardization. The
vessel Also carr! Il ""!"r"I casual
company itr New York.
Whn WAR department also annuunc-
cI tina; ,hr hnI;!"%hip New Mexico.
which ~ conveying ilf. FrcSId"uIlai
yI,;, G"uri;" Washington. has aboard ii
,nsu.I army "f Chicago. Sh" Is due at
New York. February 20.
-Four ojh'r transports each carrying
from 1wn ,n % casual officers and me-
HAY" sailed from France. The Scwalls
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west VIRGINIA BOY
-
HONORED BY PERSHING

The commander in chief. in the name
Of the president. has awarded the
DISTINGUISHED service cross TO the fol-
lowing for the acts OF extraordinary
heroism described after their names:
Private Lester Rsiaes, Company Z.
3o9th machine gun battalion. y. 8. No.
,43o050. For extraordinary hcroism IN
action near Grandpre. France. October
2s-Novcmbcr .. 1918. During the I'VE
days Of operations Private Ratnee
worked without hesitation. carrying
messages through constant shell nrc'
and acting as guide for ration parties.
his information at all times proving
most valuable and accurate. Home AZ
dress. Mrs. Ollie Raines, R. F. D: No.
2. box S. Ripley. ". Va
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Point and .tbanSarc2 arc due ut New
York February Is and the Gooulland
and The West HosoiS.e at Newport
New: March >.
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.ly blended with the soprano voices OF
dozens Of women
An unusually good program has been
arranged for tonight's services by Supt.
G. W. Cory. Miss Emma T. Helms. sup:
crintendent Of the Kings Daughteef
Day nursery, will deliver the message
She Is one Of the most impressive ana
interesting women speakers in this conn
munity. The special music will be FUR
nished by the Emmanuel Baptist chufch
full choir, while some Of the members OF
the assembly Of singers will render solos
and duets During the past several
weeks the chapel Of the mission has:
been crowded every night. Mr.. Cory
said that IL the crowds continue to ~
crease he will have to enlarge the quay
tiers.