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Enough for as many men as you have
boots for" answered the boyish com
mandant with his terrible laugh.
They wanted high boots, the kind that
reach to the hips. All that were in town
the committee brought
I'VE need more food than the Widow
gives u.s." the .commandant said Dis
trict your town and order that cooked food
be brought us every day by some part Of
the town. Enough OF It, remember!
What we do not eat we can find place
for"
The next day the comm andant sent for
the committee.
His eyes looked like ice in midwinter.'
said my father when he came home.
1--WE want a flag" the commandant had
told them. your rotten town never dis
plays a flag You are traitors. Find flag
and place it over this house by three
o'clock. II you do not
He smiled in dreadful way and stroked
his sword,
A search was made in all the stores and
houses. There was not in all that town a
flag One woman lifted her dress and
showed yellow petticoat she wore.
Find some blue" she said, land we will
make the flag"
Blue and yellow are the colors Of the Boil.
shevist flag and, Of course, the flag we
were ordered to make had to be those
colors.
We ran from one house to another.
YES" said one woman who lived at the
edge o town, II have cushioned lined
with that shade Of blue"
She ran with the blue cushion to the
house OF the woman with the yellow petit
coat. Together they made the flag. The
committee carried II back and set 1t up,
by the commandments order, above the
house.
Every day for two weeks the soldiers
demanded something. The stores and
homes we're being stripped They were
like locusts, Everything that could be car.
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good deal of time with the soldiers. He
would not take me in because ! was jew
ess. Not one OF our wounded received
treatment in that hospital
My friends then took me TO my grand
mothers house. She was Ike one gone
mad. Her son had been killed before her
eyes. She had run away and hidden in an
orchard. There next morning she found my
little brother and my two little sisters.
They had slipped out by my father
just before the soldiers came breaking
through the window.
The next day my Jewish friends took me
TO the hospital at Kamenez-Podolsk. where
the numbering soldiers had come from. My
dress had dried upon my body with my
blood. | screamed terribly when they
tried to take II off 1t was torture.
The gangrene had begun to devour the
arm. 1t had to be cut off at the elbow.
Since that time | have always worn a cape.
| do not want the world to know me as
the girl who lost her arm in a pogrom.
II has perhaps occurred to you to ask
why the Jews are hated. and why, with the
mixture of races throughout Russia, Po-
land and the Balkan States. only the Jews
are bounded and murdered Your own dis
tinguished citizen, Mr.. Henry Morgentbau,
has partly answered the question ! will
quote him:
National feeling is irritated by what 4,
regarded as the alien character of the
great mass Of the Jewish population. This
is constantly brought home by the fact
that the majority Of the Jews affect q dis
tinctive dress, observe the Sabbath on
Saturday, conduct business on Sunday.
have separate dietary laws, wear long
boards and speak language of their own"
My father used TO say that another rea-
son lay in the fact that the Jews are trad
ors and merchants. They handle the prod
uct OF the Russian farmers or sheep rails
ers and so on around them. These stupid
people are always suspicious of the Jewish
merchant who, they think buys cheap and
sells dear"
Generally, the grim game Of the pogrom
is played at night. II is deed Of darkness
and seeks the cover Of the darkness. My
poor father said that a pogrom is always
pogrom, Just as a Jew IL always a Jew.
so long as there are Jews there will be
pogroms.
You never had pogrom In the United
States?
cannot believe I'll
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My father was gone all afternoon.
When he came back he said to my mother:
The committee gave them what they
wanted. In twenty minutes we had gath
cred and poured upon the table seventy
thousand rubles. Then the commandant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-16
Happens
During the
Orgy of
Robbery
and Murder
IL a pogromf

vvYHAT Is a pogrom1
NJ From time to time dis
" patches from various parts
of Russia tell briefly of a pogrom-
the rounding up of Jews for rob-
berry and murder.
But how a pogrom starts, who
it Is that organizes 1t, how many
take part in the pogrom, how the
footing is carried on and how the
progress of the pogrom moves
from robbery to murder and how
the killings are done-all these de-
tails are lacking from the brief
cable dispatches. The other day
among the immigrants who landed
in New York was a sad-eyed but
attractive young Jewess-sixteen-
year-old Rebecca Maladman. A
cape carefully hid the girls right
arm. The stump of that lost arm
was a souvenir of a pogrom in
raine. To a writer for this news
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dress and we I'M
unlocked the back
dOor and we were
starting to run.
I'VE will run to the
W DDS S." whispered
father. "Now, all"
Father swung the
door open. At the
same moment there
was q sound OF crash
ing glass. A soldier
had broken the win
dow with his gun. We
saw his body pushing
through II. Others
followed him.
The soldiers fired on
us. ! saw my father fell
MY older brother. Louis
who was behind him
fell at the next shot
Both were killed. Their
nv mother fell. She was
shot through the head
She never uttered 9
sound. There was d
smarting, singing pair
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said, And now we want
ten thousand more And
we went out and got
that. They see m e d
pleased. They were
going upstairs to bed
when we left. They
told the committee,
There are twenty-one
OF us to come in to-mor-
row morning
The next day the
committee was called
again and the COM
mandant said:
Bring us underwear.
w oolen underwear.
enough for two hun
dred men. Bring it
here within the hour"
All the stores and
houses were ransacked.
The street was filled
with a procession car
rying packages Of un.
derwear.
Good" said the
commandant, after he
had taken them. "Now.
tomorrow you will
bring us jewelry. Bring
us all the gold watches
and charms and all the
rings. Take the wed.
ding rings from the
wives hands or we will
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this
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
MOONEYP|CKEDFOR
CITY POSTMASTER
Administration Heads Agree to
Appoint Chief Clerk of
Department.

william NJ. Mooney; chief clerk OF
the Postoffice Department since
March 10, is slated to be postmaster
of Washington. This rs the announce
ment made today In Republican cir
cles close to the administration.
"Bilr Mooney as he is popularity
known in Washington Is one of the
best known amateur sportsmen in
the District and at one time was
amateur champion boxer of the
United States. He is an ardent fish-
erman and hunter and has on several
occasions hunted Wild turkeys in Vir-
ginia with George B. Christian, tr.,
private secretary to President Hard
ing. He is a personal friend Of the
private secretary and the Attorney
General and formerly lived in
Steubenville, Ohio.
Just how soon he will be named Is
not known, because Postmaster Gem
eral Hays has said on several occa-
sions that the present postmasters
would be allowed to serve out their
term. IL they were giving efficient
service. Postmaster Merritt o.
Chance, the incumbent Of the local
Office, has been indorsed on several
occasions by local business men, and
he. too. was formerly chief clerk of
the Postofice Department
Mr.. Mooney, who has been disburs-
ing clerk of the Postofn4 Depart
ment during about ten Years. frst
came to Washington about 1898, as
private secretary to Thomas b. Col
ter. then sixth auditor of the Treas
ury. During the Cleveland Admin
stration he took a civil service ex-
animation and was appointed clerk
in the division of finance OF the Post
office Department and later promoted
to chief clerk of the registry system
During the Roosevelt administration
he was made superintendent OF the
division OF supplies. from which place
the was transferred to disbursing
clerk.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
NEW YORK DIALECT
WORRIES REFORMER
Miss Perkins Goes on Trail of
'Gimme," "Lemme," and
Other Atrocities.

NEW YORK, March 31.-Miss Dag
mar Perkins. who is head OF the As
sociation for the Improvement Of
American Speech, is worried about
the way in which the language is de-
teriorating-at least, judging by the
way young America is employing IT
here in the big city.
Young boys and girls. especially in
New York and Brooklyn. say: Lem
me see IT," when they should say in
stead. permit me to look at it.
Then. again. you will hear ME fren's
awri." which. translated, means my
friend is all right"
In addition TO these popular ex-
pressions there is a great and grow
ing class, known as the "Gimmies." !"
The sweetheart will say to his adored
one: Gimme yer answer, kid" And
she will reply: "Ah. Ewan. Gimme
time to think IL over"
Miss Perkins says Gimme" Is New
York for "give me-" which is an i'm
perative form of verb "to give"
Then there are such terms as Alta
boy" which is an explanatory ex-
preston ineligible only to the youth
who infest the ball parks in the sum-
mer time.
The very '1isten" also rs often over
worked and used improperly. ac-
cording to the Perkins reformers
Quite frequently is is used as a mere
expletive, simply to attract attention
and is the common mode of salutation
employed by many phone girls. Not
infreauently IL is coupled with who
zizz,' a term that expresses an in
definite, not to say lazy interpreta-
tion OF someone's Identity.
Miss Perkins says that women es-
pecialy should hold feminine tones
and not initiate masculine voices.
"The aim OF the association for the
Improvement OF Speech" says Miss Per-
kins. Ns to endow an institute for
the Improvement of proper speech In
New York which will uphold the
standards Of American speech as the
French Academy has done for the
French language"
Miss Perkins Is special lecturer
at Harvard and a faculty member OF
the Universite Normale at Paris. Her
studio is in New York.
Miss Perkins has set a big task
for herself and her organization.
As "Whoizz" would say, "Some Job,
kid. some job"
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
TURKS IN RETREAT
ON ANAT0L FRONT
Greek Army Draws Nationalist
Forces Back rs Miles
in Offensive.

CONSTANT1NoPLE, March 80, via
London. March 31.-The Greek army
engaging the Turkish NationaIists on
the Anatolian front has advanced
seventy-hve miles since the offensive
was opened.
The Creek offensive as originally
planned was successfully tersninated
on Tuesday night, according to dis
patches received at Allied headquar-
ters today from the theater of hos
tilities.
The Turkish nationalist leaders ex.
plain that their retirement eastward
was made necessary by the numerical
superiority OF the Greeks. According
to the nationalists 1T was their plan
Of strategy to reduce the strength of
the advancing Greek army by retiring
knowing that the Greeks would have
to leave considerable forces in the
rear to garrison captured territory
and to defend the lines OF communica-
tion with their base at Smyrna
1t is declared by the nationalists
that "the situation Is unchanged"
since the Turkish army is still intact
and is in better position to offer
resistance since 1t IL much nearer its
base OF supplies. The Turks claim
that their situation, from a military
viewpoint, is improved, II anything.
1t is not known here whether the
Greeks plan another advance. II so
they must bring up, fresh supplies
from their base. The Turks claim
they are prepared to meet renewal
Of the offensive, but will not accept
battle until conditions are equalized."
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
VIVIAM TO SEE LODGE
AT EMBASSY FUNCTION

Frances envoy extraordinary, Rene
Viviani, will have further opportunity
tonight to Sound out" American sem
timent toward the League OF Nations
and international questions generally.
He will be the honor guest at a din
ner at the French embassy, which will
be attended by Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, chairman OF the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. and a number of
other Senators who are influential in
determining the foreign policies Of
the new Administration.
NJ Viviani. accompanied by the
French ambassador. went to Balti-
more today to attend the funeral Of
Cardinal Gibbons.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
P0PEPAYS TRIBUTE
TO DEAD PRELATE
Character of Cardinal Gibbons
ExtoIled In Official Mes.
sage from Vatican.

BALTIMORE. Nd, March s1-In
a message from Rome Pope Benedict
XIV, head Of the Catholic Church.
cxtols the work and character of
Cardinal Gibbons. The Pope's trib-
ute reads:
"The death of our dearest brother,
the cardinal-archbishop of Baltimore,
Is a great grief, not only for his
diocese and his country, but also
for the whole church. Cardinal
Gibbons was the living testimony of
the magnificent development and the
pcwerful organization which the
Catholic Church has attained in his
country. and for this reason he, more
than anybody else. could show to
the people marvellous fruits that the
church can produce for the good of
mankind, even in our time and not
w.thstanding numberless difficulties.
Cardinal Gibbons, excellent priest,
learned master, vigilant pastor. was
also an exemplary citizen, and by the
example Of preaching of Christian vir-
tues, In private as well as social life,
he contributed efficaciously to the
sound progress of his great country.
His memory. therefore, must be cher
ished with profound veneration, not
only by every Catholic, but also by
every citizen of the United States of
America" 81
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
ITALIAN
PLAN TO PAY j. S.
Press of Rome Attacks ConsoIi-
dation Scheme of Ricci
and ROlandi.

ROME. March 31.JA proposal that
Italy consolidate all her financial
obligations to the United States into
single loan to be paid in ninety
years provoked hostile comment in
the press today. The newspapers de-
clared that 1t was ridiculous that
Italy, the poorest OF the allied na-
tions, should offer to pay her war
debts before England or France.
The debt consolidation scheme was
said to have been worked out by
Senior Rolandi and Signor Ricci, the
italian ambassador to the United
States, who recently arrived in WASH
ington.
"Why," demanded the Corriere de la
Sera, should the Italian ambassador
at Washington, without consulting
his government, promise to pay sums
upon which Italy. even now, cannot
pay the interest?'
An explanation is expected from
Premier Giolitti and Count Sforza,
foreign minister.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
.T.R..ASKSNAv(
OIL INSURANCE
Assistant Secretary Favors Ad-
ditionaI Protection for Vast
US. Fuel Lands.

Acting Secretary Of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt believes the
Navy Department should have at
its disposal q sufficient acreage Of
oil lands to guarantee that Ameri-
can warships will never run short
Of fuel, regardless of what condi.
tions in the open market may be.
TAKE OUT OIL INSURANCE.
This does not nece ssariiy mean
that the Navy Department should go
into the oil business Immediately as
d producing concern" said Roose-
Welt today. 1T merely means that
the navy should take out insurance
against the eventuaiity of q world
shortage of oil.y 4E as ,.,
The Secretary's statement has
added Significance in view Of the
fact that tremendous pressure has
been brought to~bear upon the Navy
Department during the past two
years by private oil siBterests s,and
operators to induce It to throw tcpeA
to public exploitation thousands ~
acres of potential on iands which
the navy holds. in reserve. ~.
100000 ACRES REsERyE. it
Roosevelt is convinced the Navy
Department not only should retain
control Of its various oil tractse Ae-
gregating approximately 100000
acres, but also that II should take
additional protective measures IL de-
velopments in the world fuel oil
situation indicate the navy is likely
20 be Handicapped by a shortage.
Experts Of the United States
Geological Survey have estimated the
total recoverable content of the
Eavy's underground reserves At
/. l.465, 900. 900 barrels. Three OF the
five tracts held by the. navy are
petroleum reserves, located In Wy
oming. Utah, Nevada. and California,
and two other reserves of oil shale are
located in Colorado and Utah.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
SLAVE GIRLS STILL SOLD
IN TURKEY, is CHARGE

BALTIMORE, Nd. March 31.-"You
can go into the city Of Constantinople
any day of the week and buy a slave
girl for $40, SIS or S20," said Captain
George b. Hyde, who Is a national
speaker for the Near East Relief. ..
81 was perfectly astounded to read
Va the newspapers OF last Sunday that
here's only one harem left in Con-
tantinople, which Is maintained by a
renchman. I've just come from Tur-
". l was stationed In the town OF
,tsb for a year, engaged In the
Ninistration work connected with
feeding of thousands OF starving
mans, maintenance of hospitals
orphan asylums, and know
of I speak. ., ..' (,
story is bit OF propaganda
I by the Turks to make the
elieve there's a sweeping re-
ing place In Turkey. There
market right outside of
'ple where girls are sold.
private, but no measures
to insure privacy
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
RUSSIAN ROYALTY
JOINS BREAD Line
Former Princesses and Generals
Do MeniaI Tasks in Warsaw
Soup Kitchen.

WARSAW, March 31.-Forming ,ev-
cry day in front of the Orthodox
Church on Podwal street, in this city.
is the most remarkable bread line
in the world. and the persons in the
line are fed from q soup kitchen op-
Grated by perhaps the most unusual
personnel in the world.
Both bread line and personnel are
drawn from 1000 Russian refugees of
diplomats. high officials of the former
Russian Court, generals, land owners
and professors. ~ t~-f's1
Speaking OF this pathetic bread
line, Ludmila Lublinoff, head Of the
Russian relief work in Poland says:
"All of these refugees belong to the
ointelligensiA-' OF Intellectual class,
which was such a force under the
old regime in Russia. Professional
men constitute a large percentage of
the refugees. and they stand in a
long queue in the yard ut noon re-
gardless OF the weather, awaiting
their turn for their meal at the pub
lie kitchen.
"They not only take their dinners
at the public kitchen, but many of
them find occupation there. People
who a few years ago were very rich
and powerful in Russian court cir
cles are, today serving in the dining
room and kitchen as cooks and dish
washers and walters.
THE kitchen and dining room are
under the direction of members of
the refugee colony, assisted by the
American Red Cross. The manager of
the public kitchen is q former colonel
of the Russian Imperial Guard. The
manager OF the branch Kitchen in Os-
trow is a celebrated professor; the
controller is a count, former master
of ceremony of the Imperial Court.
As assistants he has a former Cab
met Minister and a former Governor.
Among the Mattresses, two bear
the title of princess, one of count
ess, one is the wife OF an admiral.
another the wife OF a general. Coffee
is poured by the wife OF a famous
general, assisted by a baroness ani
by the sister of a former governor
general.
Meal tickets are handed out by q
general. the woodshed Is in charge OF
former Judge of the Supreme
Court: the errand boy was once the
Lord Mayor of a south Russian city;
the pantry manager Is a famous ar
chitect. Two army officers, one
lawyer and professor comprise the fuel
brigade which cuts the wood for the
kitchen"
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
.SAYSU.S.BARS
WOMEN CHIEFS
Mrs. Gardner Advocates Civil
Service Revision Without
Regard to Sex.

Thorough and equitable reclassi-
6eation of the entire Civil Service
system on a strictly merit basis,
with legal provision for admins
tration without regard to sex, was
advocated today by Mrs. Helen
Hamilton Gardener, member of the
Civil Service Commission, before .
delegation from several women's
organizations and the Federal EN-
ployes' Union, No. 2, who sought
the commissioners aid to combat
alleged discrimination against wo-
men in the Federal service.
WOMAN MORE SUITABLE.
There is no question as to the ex-
istence of inequalities and discrim-
nations" Commissioner Gardener de-
clared. at seems to this Commission
that where women and men are
1t Is also plain that
for some positions women are more
suitable than men,"
Mrs. Gardener said she was thor
oughly familiar with the "blockndes"
against promotion of women as prac-
ticed in several Government depart
ments. The Commission is powerless
to prevent this discrimination. she
said, without the necessary Congress
sional authorization.
"The Civil Service Commission and
every member OF It, none. more ear
nestly than myself, are in accord With
the movement for equitable reclassi- =
.fication of the service" Commissioner
lGardener continued.
This, as / see II. Is the construc-
tive way to proceed to overcome the
inequalities. 1t Is the successful way
to work. and in view OF the fact that
women now have full citizenship, II is
tho course upon which we can conti-
IDENTIFY depend to correct inequalities
in the Civil Service.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
DR.. CRAFTS TOURS WEST
TO AROUSE u. S. MORALS

DIR. Wilbur +. Crafts. of Washing
ton, superintendent of the Interna-
tional Reform Bureau, is now, engaged
in a Western tour to arouse public
sentiment in behalf of moral meas
ures which will come before the new
Congress, according to an announce
ment here today.
DR.. Crafts Is meeting in Chicago
this afternoon with the intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, and tomor-
row he will visit national headquar-
ters of the w. c. T. u. in Evanston,
III. He will speak In Milwaukee on
April and 4. and will deliver other
addresses in Chicago, Detroit and
Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
EQUAL LR|GHTSPLEA
ANGERSDEMOCRATS
Senator Penrose Stirs Up Con-
troversy BY Stand in
Behalf of Negroes.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL
international News Service.

A far-reaching political effect is
predicted by both Republican and
Democratic leaders today top result
from the declaration Of Senator Boies
Penrose, member of the Republican
National Committee from Pennsyl-
vania, and titular Republican leader
OF that state, for equal rights" for
the negro.
Acting largely under orders from
renrose, the House of Representa-
tives at Harrisburg has just passed
a bill which provides that negroes in
Pennsylvania may patronize hotels,
cafes, Restaurants, educational insti-
tutions, and amusement places on
equal terms with whites. The meas
ure would severely penalize those who
own or conduct public utilities or
cacomodations" for refusing negroes
access to them, or for denying no
groes the same privileges accorded
whites.
Il communicated with my friends
at Harrisburg that l wanted the bill
passed." Penrose said. 81 believe the
time has come when our negro citi-
zens must no longer be denied those
rights as freemen which Is given them
by the Constitution. There must be
an end to the repression and discrim-
nation to which negroes are objected.
~ SEQ no reason why a negro should
be denied a cup OF coffee and a sand
witch in a light lunch cafe freauented
by whites just because his color hap
pens to be different from theirs. see
no reason why he should be turned
away from a hotel or a restaurant be-
cause he is not white. Surely he has
right to a place to eat and n place
to sleep"
Democratic Senators from the
Solid South" were swift in criti-
cising Penrose's utterances. While
most Of them declined to be quoted
for publication, several of them like
senator TON" Heflin, OF Alabama,
strongly condemned the equal
rights" idea advanced by the Penn
sylvania Senator. A number of
Ponrose's Republican colleagues ex-
pressed concern regarding the po-
htical effect his declaration would
nave.
Penrose insisted, however, he did
not have social equality" for the
negro in mind. He explained that
neither did the negro want social
equality" all he desired rs fair and
tust treatment in public places"