The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
RUSS WAITS ALLOWED
ENTER UNITED STATES
/ WARDS OF ADMIRAL M'CULLY
TEMPORARILY ADMITTED
TO THIS COUNTRY.
TOTS WILL BE EDUCATED
Bachelor Naval Officer Talks of His
Charges. Nikoli Found in Trenches
AS Mascot For Soldiers. Boasts of
Killing Two Reds.

Killing Two Reds.
| WASHINGTON, D. C.-Having
obtained from the. labor department
an order for temporary admission of
the seven Russian children he has tent
atively adopted, Rear Admiral New
ton A. McCully, former American
| high commissioner at Sebastopoi, left
tonight for New York to get the chill
dren now at Ellis island and bring
them here. He said he would deposit
the $4,000 bond required in the case
of each of the children as assurance
that they will not become public
charges.
Admiral McCu1ly plans to keep the
children here until their right to re-
main in the United States has been
fully established. Afterwards he will
take them to his boyhood home in
Anderson, S. c., to introduce them to
his mother, who will assume tempo
rary charge while the officer is re-
furnishing and remodeling his Wash
ington home for their residence.
Admiral McCully said he intended
to adopt the children formally if there
was no leg1a bar. He had attended,
he said, to all legal matters in Russia
connected. with being given custody
of the children. No difficulty was en-
countered, he said, because of the ter
rible conditions in the region in which
the children were living.
Thousands of Similar Cases.
These children are but isolated cas-
es among hundreds of thousands OF
cases" he said Il did not carefully
select these seven, but when | came
laway | decided that | should do
something and | took the first | came
to. There were three others | wanted
to bring, but one was tubercular and
| | knew would not he admitted. In an
other case the mother gave her con-
sent to my adoption of the children
and at the last moment withdrew 1t,
and in the third case the mother con-
scented, but the father refused.
| What are your plans for the future
of the children?" he was asked.
| well" was the reply, being
bachelor you can imagine II took rae
some time to get my nerve UP to go
through with this affair Now that |
am started | like it better every min
ute"
The admiral said he had called
"faini1v council to meet at Anderson,
and added:
Il hope that my niece will take over
| the big lob of supplying the necessary
| feminine influence in their lives.
To Remain Father" to Them.
1T is my intention to give them an
all around education. When they are
old enough | shall give them the op..
portunity to return to Russia, and II
| thew care to stay that will be their
privilege; if not, they will OF course
| return to me- | intend always to re-
main father to them, although thus
far thev haven't gotten to the point
OF calling me by the paternal name.
They call me uncle, and | am well
satisfied that it is that way for the
present, for all these swift develop
ments are rather startling for bach
elor who has spent much of his life
at sea-"
/ Admiral McCu1ly said that l2-year
old Nikoli was found in the trenches
on the Wrangel front, acting as
mascot for the soldiers. He was COW
cred with verlnin and dirt, but boast
ed proudly of having killed two boil
sheviki The admiral was not inclined
to place much credence in the youths
bloodthirsty account Loudmila Man
etzkaya, an 11-year-old girl, first
caught the admirals attention when
he visited an orphanage at Yelta. He
was captivated by the girls smile and
charm OF manner, he. said, while Nina
| Furninan, 5 years old, he declared
was very bright and cheerful" with
capable manner and great ability at
looking after the other children. Eu-
genia Selifanova, 10, was mother" to
the party, the officer said.
Admiral McCully, who is So, has
been on duty in Russian and nearby
waters five years and upon his arrival
today in Washington conferred with
Secretary Daniels.