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The Washington herald., 1921-06-11

NR. CONNECTICUT AVE. MCKINLEY
sT.-One Of finest homes In G. c.: $4,000
Moor 4 Hill. Woodward Building.
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IENIFER nr. Jrsssmine st. New. rms
b. ami. rm. for gar. imm. poss..
sle. 500 WA. K. HARTUNG. Southern Bldg.
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ST, Mr. 18th sT.-12 room, and !
baths: ST.. 500.
Moore & Hill. Woodward Building.
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QUINCY. Mr.. 83RD. rm. b.. So. $50.
easy terms. DAVIS q STEELE. 1870 n.
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QUINCY ST. Red brk.. COL, 10 rms. 5
b., ami. S2J.O0O. WM. K. HARTUNG.
. ISouthern RldF.
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HARVARD ST. Nk. 18th ST. E. ".
rooms and bath; ami: Pear garage
Price. $4,000. II. L. RUST. 9l2 18th ct.
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Mt PLnAsANT-o roonss and paun; orr /;
a. E.; cor. house; $4,000.
McEeever & GOss. 1905 ! st. NV NJ 1852
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iTTH ST. nr. PIX. rd.: IL T. a b; anil;
Sl2O00. VIM. S. Phillips. 1909 y. Y. ave
NV Main es
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NR 18TH NEWTON Sis, rms q b,
5 b~d-rms. 81. SO. STONE a FAIRFAx
I342 n Y ave n 2332
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81. 800. sr & b.. deep lot. Sr Ontario I'd
and Kalorama I'd. Rent S35. Colored.
Mandler- -Brodt q Co.. s2T New York ave. NV.
18TH ST. mr. Columbia I'd; or 4 b; anil;
$4,000. VIM. s. Phillips. l40e y. Y. ave
NV lain 9s
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MI. CONN. AVE. 4 N. HAMPTON ST.
An str. bung.; 10 rooms; det.; $1l. 500.
Moore &, Hill. Woodward Building.
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IRVING ST. JUST Off CONNECTICUT
AyE.-lI rooms and = baths; Sls.50l.
Moore a Hill. Woodward BuiIdipg.
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ONTARIO RID. Mn. EUCLID ST. 10 room,
and bath. h.-w h.: reasonable terms. Pr1es.
sll OOO H. l.. RUST 9I2 18th St
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HAMILTON ST. NR. 18TH ST. y. ".
rms. and b. bungalow: ami; vacant. Il
T.. RUST. al2 18th St
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COLUMBIA RD. Ma. 18TH 81. v. ". II
rooms baths. all m1dcrn Improvements
Price. $4,000. II. L. RUST. 9l2 18th OF
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

great business, Of gayety and fash
ion. A pail hung over the famous
thoroughfare. The hand of death
seemed to be resting upon it. Most
OF the stores were closed, barricaded
with boards. Others that were still
oren yawned at the passerby with
their empty windows. Now and then
lone cabman would wind his way
in and out Of the various intersec-
tio,s. Huge piles Of dirt and snow
graced the edges of the pavements.
The niasma Of Bolshevism polluted
the very air. was glad when l
reached the corner of the Nevsky
and and the Fontanka and turned
toward the home of Mr.. March.
Looking about me carefully but
unostentatiously and convincing my
self that the street was clear l en-
tered Mr.. March's house. was con-
fronted at the door by a man who
might and might not have been the
porter. He let me in, closed the door
behind him, locked It and placing
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

they had chosen that spot because
it was completely open and was the
least likely to be watched. We shook
hands and, taking a large drink OF
whisky from my flask, jumped into
the boat and was off.
"On coming very close to the
Russian side ! found difficulty in
pushing my boat because of the ice
that had formed along the bank.
Realizing I had little time to lose,
abandoned my boat and made the
bank across the ice. The noise, how
ever, attracted the Red patrols. My
Finn friends on the other side Of the
river saw them running out Of their
cottage with rifles in their hands
and shouted to me:
"'Run for your life!'
II scrambled up on the bank, and
seeing the lights aglow brightly IN
the Red cottage l ran for my life
across the meadow. When half
way across / lay down and watched
the Reds run toward the bank. ]
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

himself in front of it asked in stern
voice:
Whom do you want?'
81 want to see Mr.. March, I re-
piled calmly. "Can you tell me the
number of his fat?'
Il knew we'll the number of his
fiat, but thought it advisable to pre-
tend ignorance on this point, in order
not to show any close association
with him in case of trouble, which /,
Of course, by this time suspected.
My expectations proved correct.
Mr.. March is not here, beloved
the man. He is arrested and his
fat is sealed. Do you know anything
about him.
"My first impulse was to faunt
my paper before him, showing that l
was an official in the service of the
Extraordinary Commission. On Sec
ond thought, however, I realized it
would have been a serious mistake
for me to do that, for as an official Of
the Extraordinary Commission call
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
SIR PAUL DUKES BoIsheuist acorker speaking to
~ UULdgers SOUlet Russia

ing on March I should have known
that he had been arrested, if his ar
rest were really fact.
4 don't know him and never saw
him in my life,' l said, instead. But
was sent here by friend of his to
give him this little parcel
Here I produced a parcel con-
tanning some handkerchiefs and a
pair of socks, virtually the only bag
gage I brought with me into Russia.
He left this at the house of a
friend in Alexandrovsk the other
night I added. OF course, if he
has been arrested l will take it back.
The man, who was undoubtedly
an agent of the Extraordinary Com
mission, eyed me uspiciously for a
moment or two, and said:
"'Well, then, you had better
leave it.
II left the parcel and he let me
out into the street.
Later, l discovered that there
had been a raid on March's house
shortly before my arrival, that Mrs.
March, his wife, was arrested, but
that he himself escaped by running
out the back door and jumping over
fence.
"That night I stayed at the home
of my second officer friend, who
had offered me the hospitality of his
place when I met him in Viborg. He
himself had not yet returned.
presented myself at the door of his
house and was met by the house
keeper. She was very suspicious
and refused to let ME in. When |
mentioned the name of her master
and said l was friend of his every
thing went we'll. I was received
into the house and grew so friendly
with the occupants that | was able
to tell them next morning that |
was an Englishman and had come
to Petrograd on important govern
ment business.
"On the third day of my stay at
the house sheet of paper was
found slipped under the door, ad-
dressed to Paviol Pavlovitch, my
Russian Christian name and patro-
nymic. The note said:
"'You can meet March after din
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Back as a Volunteer

Butterfly opposed to the Bolshe-
VA and regarding them. as the real
'0uh'er revolutionists, Dukes vol
4a'eered to go into Soviet Russia
~ November, 1918, after he had
as'eady ~ left the country, and take
s4afge of the British Intelligence
Sss'lce. This was soon after the
murder of Captain Cromie, the
laval attacha of the British EN-
OsSsy in Petrograd, by the Bolshe-
- ..A' His offer was accepted by
N's authorities in London and he
:, ss' out for Finland, reaching the
-asso-Finnish frontier.
Let Dukes himself tell how he
uttered Soviet Russia and his first
~pefiences on arrival:
IN November, 1918, found N.Y.
',n at the Finnish town of Viborc.
,sS' ,y'e 70 the Russian frontier. MY
scs was to enter Soviet Russia
- british intelligence officer. Ny
- s'ance had to be made in secret,
ss0lse, as far as the actual cross-
INTO Soviet territory was con-
.ss1eo' Once on Soviet territory. /
- Y ns ready to play . part that
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
His First Day

Zone Of the frst things OBJ
served when I came out Of the Fin
land station was an old man lean
ing up against a gutter pipe, sob
bing. I stopped.
What's the matter, old MANI
I asked. why are you weeping?
"'1 am cold and hungry, replied
the old man. For three days I
have had nothing to eat
II pushed a 4O-ruble note into
his hands. He looked at the money,
then at me, and said:
Thank you, but what's the
good Of this money? Where shall I
get bread?'
II gave him a small loaf which I
had brought along from Finland and
passed on.
my first destination was the home
of Mr.. March, who lived on the Fon-
tanka, street close to the Anitch-
kin Palace. Walking up the Nevsky
Il thought / would be feast likely
to attract attention by walking ra-
ther than by riding-I looked at the
half-deserted, disheveled street, once
the glory Of Petrograd, the street of
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

of the
n certf tesays
signdu seals"
the rhe1d:
the
by
the
mobile Division the With MI
n
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THIS is q certificate, forced.

411O ~o " UCeIttjtCUte, jOTye0,
representing Sir Paul
Dukes to be IN the service of
the Extraordinary Commits
sion. 1t is auritten on q letter.
head of the Chief Commlssnr
of the Central Erecutiue
Committee Of the Petrogrdd
Soviet of Worhmen's and
Red Guards Deputies, dated
November Is, 1918. 1t 2uas
this certificate that aOas pro-
vlded for SIR Paul Dukes
arhen he first entered Soviet
Russia from Finland. 1t
bears his picture, IN the dis
guise he aUore on that occa-
sion, and says:
"This is given to Joseph
A fir e n Il o IN certifcatiom
that he is employed by the
Chief Commissar of the Gen.
t1aI Executive Committee of
the Petrograd Soviet of
Worhmem's and Red Guards
Deputies IN the capacity of
office clerk, a0hich fact is con-
frmed by the appended sig
natures and photograph"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Shot 500 as Revenge

after the murder of Uritsky, the
Bolshevist chief of police of Petro-
grad, five hundred so-called bour-
geois prisoners were shot at one
stroke, without trial, as a measure
of revenge. These prisoners had
nothing to do with the assassination
of Uritsky. They consisted of off,
GERS, teachers, professors, coopera-
tors and workmen. There were also
number of women among them. A
further list of FIVE hundred was puh-
hshed IN the official Bolshevist press
with the warning that they would be
shot at the first attempted assassi-
nation of Bolshevist comnissar
Indeed, the Extraordinary Conn
mission IS all-powerful. The Boil
shevist regime, basing itself soleIv
on force and violence, must either
XIII or be killed. 1t leaves no room
Tor the functioning of the normal
civilized impulses and agencies of
human existence. The Bolshevik;
XIII because they are towards, be-
cause they know that they are hated
and detested by the people and that
some day the people Will rise an.
hurl them into oblivion. 1t is fear
OF their own skins that prompts the
bolsheviki in their indiscriminate
and unprecedented terror. 1t is a
regime that lives solely by the sword
and by the sword it shall perish.
That this is SO is indicated in the
latest news of popular uprisings in
Russia"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

" NE of the most fascinating
4 chapters in the history of the
Russian revolution has been
fritten by young Englishman, now
bnly in his thirties, Paul Dukes.
Dukes spent eighteen months in
Soviet Russia. When as a member
bf the Red army he was to be sent
% the Eastern front he deserted in
Pie winter Of last year, crossed into
tattland, and for six months fol-
lowed the Polish armies and peasant
lsurrections in the region of Mozir,
thus penetrating again into Soviet
fsrritory
With the crushing of the peasant
FevOlts by the 3olsheviki Dukes
teturned to England and is now on
I lecture tour in this country. On
his return to England he was
fnighted for his services.
| Price on His Head
| Dukes has been outlawed b. the
fOlshevik government and the
kgents of the notorious Extraordi-
fary Commission, maddened by
fheir inability 20 effect his cap
Pure, have finally issued decree
permitting any Russian citizen
catching Dukes on Soviet territory
70 shoot him on the spot. He was
accused by the Bolshevik authori-
pes Of being personally responsible
fOr many disorders and uprisings
an Soviet Russia and of being the
ghead Of the counter revolutionary
aconsplracies which have given the
SBOlsheviki so much trouble within
|the last two years.
Dukes denies emphatically that
lhe ever engaged in any conspiracies
against the Bolshevist government
|and says that his entire activity in
Russia was confined to gathering
Information.
A member of distinguished
British family, Dukes was virtually
brought up in Russia. He lived
aere for twelve years, studied at
one of the Russian universities and
ailer a course in the Petrograd
Oonservatoire became assistant to
.ae director of the celebrated
@arinsky Theater. He speaks and
whites Russian fluently.
Alter the outbreak of the war in
1sl4, Dukes was appointed a men,
uer Of the Anglo-Russian commits
won and served with great credit
uuflng the war. On the outbreak
VI the revolution in 1917, Dukes,
VINO had close connections with
evolutionary circles in the Rus
''ah capital, joined the rebellion
aaa participated in the street
usaung which resulted in the over
'Tow Of the Car.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Into Red Russia

ION November "a found myself
IN little cottage on the bank of the
River Sestra, separating Finland
from Russia. The cottage belonged
to some Finnish patrols. They were
friends Of the two Russian officers
and were engaged in smuggling but
ter and Finnish money into Petro-
grad. They fixed me up with q
paper which was precise replica of
the papers held by employees Of the
Extraordinary Commission, purport-
ing ME to be an official in the Office
of the chief commissar of the
Extraordinary Commission in Petro-
grad.
"At 8 o'clock next morning we set
out from the cottage and walked ST.
lently for mile up the river, until
we came to a ramshackle house on
the Finnish side. Here the patrols
dragged out a small boat from be-
hind some bushes, to the stern Of
which there was attached a long
rope, and let it silently into the
water. They put long pile inside
and told me to push myself across
to the Russian side, saying they
would drag the boat in after me by
the rope.
Beware they said, of that cot
tage you see on the other side. There
are the Red patrols. God help you
if they see you
"The Russian bank consisted Of
meadow, the only open place along
the river, and / asked my patrols
why they had chosen that open spot
as my landing place, instead of d.
recting me to the woods. They said
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

heard them fire two shots at the
Finnish side, but the Firms made no
reply. In about five minutes the
Reds retired to their cottage. All
was still and I proceeded. After
jumping across some fences and
ether barriers / found myself at an
old deserted house, close to an open
road. concealed myself in the
house until daybreak and then
boldly walked toward the frontier
railway station Of Bielo-Ostroff and
presented my papers. They were.
examined carefully by the station
commissar, who approved them after
asking me many questions, and gave
me permission to proceed to Petro
grad.
"As an employee Of the Extraor-
dinary Commission l, of course,
travelled first class. Disguised In
workers jacket, black leather
breeches, fur cap with a tassel on
top and scarf, I resembled many
Of the other workers travelling in
the same train and reached the Fin
land station in Petrograd after 8
short ride. On arrival at the station
my papers were again examined, al
though this time in a rather cursory
manner, and / passed out into streets
with throb.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
|CIR PAUL DUKES as q
~ Bolshevist. one Of his
many disguises
By Joseph Shaplen

brow Sir Paul Dukes British
II Intelligence officer, liued for
kehtesn months in Petrograd. Mos
kpr ard other Russian centers, posed
b On official Of the Extraordinary
kormission, became member of the
Parograd Sorief, aoorked in q nrat-
Etion factory. Joined the Red army,
fca an extensive Intelligence ser,Ice
fr his government, end in the face
h grave danger Of almost certain
aphsre and srec'ttion gathered rul-
Ebls material on conditions in the
bnd Of Lsnine ana Trotzky. A friend
Ind colleague Of his aoas captured
snd shot.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
CIR PAUL DUKES, for
- merly head of the Eng
hsh Secret Serr5ce IN SoUiet
Russia

difficult recently as the Bolsheviki,
rot trusting the lower employees,
took to changing the personnel Of
subordinates every month or so and
are finally utilizing only Chinese as
the staff of guards.
"The usual method Of interroga-
ton consists in asking the victim a
series Of questions over and over
again. The answers are checked up
carefully. In case the authorities
feel that the victim was really guilty
Of acts of counter-revolution meth
DDS of torture are applied to elicit
the desired information.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
English Spy Penetrates Councils of Soyiets
," ra~ Ju$ as the Agent the British Secret Disgusting
ooe lenme and lndz SgekE9eda His

would give me q free road to Pc
trograd.
II set out to look for such assist
ance as was necessary to facilitate
the execution Of my aim. Fortu-
nately. l encountered at Viborr two
Russian officers who had been col
laborators Of Captain Cromie. I
told them of my plan and they glad
iy agreed to help me. One Of them
undertook to precede me to Petro-
grad and warn an English friend of
mine, to whom I will refer az Mr.
March, of my forthcoming arrival.
l had never met March before, but
l knew that he was a friend of
Captain Cromie. The other Rus
sian officer offered me the hospi-
tality of his home in Petrograd
where he had left q housekeeper
and servort
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

(Next Sunday Sir Paul Dukes rcin
tell how he became member Of thu
Communist Party, munitions
'corker, guest of the Soviet and q
soldier in the Red army.)
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

ner between and 6 p. m. on the
third bench from the iron gate in
the Summer Garden. He will be
blowing his nose continually with a
red handkerchief. You can meet
me at the Fifth Soviet eating house
on the Nevsky'
'"The note was signed 'Melnikoff, ,
the pseudonym of the first officer
who preceded me.
Plotting an Escape
II met March and he told me the
story of his escape. He said that
his wife was arrested, that he was
being logged by agents of the Ex-
traordinary Commission, and that
it was essential that he flee cross
the frontier.
Il made it my first object to OBJ
tain the release of Mrs. March.
did this with the aid of a former Sc
cret service official of the Car to
whom | was introduced by March
and who had also been in the serv-
ice of Captain Cromie and was
now school Inspector under the
Bolsheviki. | will refer to him as
Romanoff. An initial payment of
10000 rubles sufficed to prepare the
way for bribing the petty officers
Of the Extraordinary Commission
guards, sentries, etc.
Mrs. March was kept in a room
with sixty other prisoners. They
were huddled together amid inde-
scribable filth and slept on wooden
sbunks. The place of detention was
the famous, or Infamous, 'Goroch-
ovaya, No. q formerly the city
prefecture and now the place of
the Bolshevist inquisition in Petro-
grad and house Of preliminary incar-
ceration. All prisoners are first
taken for Interrogation to 'Goroch-
ovaya Dva,' as the Russians call it.
The place has since the advent of
the Bolsheviki acquired the reputa-
ton Of house of blood and tears
Some day, when the full story of
'Gorochovaya Dva' is written it will
eclipse the most grewsome tales of
the torture chambers Of the Middle
Ages.
"All prisoners, especially Mrs.
March, were subjected to daily in.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Torture Resorted To

when | was in the Communist
party l made the acquaintance of a
commissar who boasted of his connec-
ton with 'Gorochovaya Dva,' where
he was an investigator. Two of my
assistants, having obtained bottle
of vodka one day, got him drunk and
persuaded him to tell of some of the
methods at 'Gorochovaya Dva.' He
said that in case the authorities felt
that victim was concealing some
thing from them they would apply
methods of torture. The torture con-
sisted in the rapid and consistent
firing of revolvers in the vicinity Of
the place Of Interrogation, the feed
ing of a prisoner for days on moth
ing but salt herrings, but refusing
to give him water to drink, fogging
and the application Of redhot needles
to the quick of the fingers.
"'It got so on my nerves. said
this Communist testify, that I gave
up that job and became a profess
sional agitator'
ut was as professional agitator
that I knew this neophyte of Boil
shevism.
During strikes the Extraordinary
Commission sends agents into the
factories to detect he strike leaders
and at election time a strict watch
is kept upon the workers to mark
such as do not vote for the Com
munist candidates.
THE Extraordinary Commission
is the strongest civil institution in
Russia. There are many instances
when it overrode the DEGREES of the
central government. A prominent
instance was the execution Of four
former grand dukes, cousins of the
Car, in the summer of 1919. They
were Paul Alexandrovitch, George
Michailovitch, Nicholas Michalovitch
and Dmitri Konstantinovitch. The
four were executed in the fortress Of
SITS. Peter and Paul, in Petrograd,
on orders of the Extraordinary Com
mission on the night preceding the
day appointed for their trial by the
central government. They we're shot
and buried in common grave by a
party Of Lettish rifemen and Chi
reese
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-13
TRANSPORTING TOMORROW.
Greenhlll Traps VIII be Scene of
Many Special Contests.

Local trapshooting celebrities are
preparing for big evening on Thurs
day at the Greenhill traps. when the
club will stage the first of their series
of twilight shoots. Cy Morgan, Della
wares State champion at single tar
gets, will be on hand and will hold a
three-cornered match with l.. ID. Will
lis and George Simon.
While that event will prove TO be
the stellar event of the day, and will
bring out both shooters and their
friends TO view the match, a number
of other contests scheduled will make
the day a big one. No set program
has been arranged. nor will there be
trophies for the successful contestants
but challenges are flowing pro and
con and every shooter on the grounds
will be prepared and ready TO test
his ability in a special contest.
The doctors have arranged squad
and each one of them is confident
that he will finish high gun in the
event. Shooting commences at p. m.
and viii stop when it is too dark to
see the flying target. A number of
beginners are also arranging to be on
hand and everybody wishing to test
their luck and skill are urged to
come out and make their first try.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-13
sO DECISION on SWEEPER.
Street and Sewer Directors Have Not
Agreed 10 Purchase Machine.

No decision has been reached by
the directors Of the Street and Sewer
Department relative To the purchase
OF a street cleaning machine which
has been offered TO the city BY the
manufacturing company. The original
plan Of the builders was to permit the
city 70 pay for the cleaner out or
the savings they claimed il could show
over the present system in effect here
bur when the terms Of the contract
were drawn up this clause was not in
the shape the directors desired il. The
agreement was returned to the build
ers with the statement that the de-
partment would not consider a plIr
chase with the understanding that paw
ment be made on delivery.
The building company then agreed
10 allow the city 10 pay for the ap-
paratus out Of the savings as original
~ proposed. This is the status Of
the case at the present time but it is
understood the directors are favor
able 10 the acquisition of the sweeper
and that they will. within a short
time. decide to take il over for use
on the streets here.