Evening star., 1922-04-06
RUSS Community
/ IN MISERY'S
Saratov Reported to Be In
!, tested With Contagious
: and Famine Stricken.

Misery of the worst type reigns su-
preme in Saratov, Russia; epidemics
OF all sorts of contagious diseases
have infested the country; the sur
yiyors are sinking down to barbar-
ism, and even an instance or cannl-
balism has been reported.
The foregoing are the outstanding
statements in letter received mere
under date of February 2S by EDWARD
c. MaGdeburger of the bureau OF en-
gineering. Navy Department ana VINO
lives at 1913 Rhode Island avenue
northwest. from the younger OF ms
two brothers. who are living in sara.
toy, in the famine-stricken area OF
that country
Text of Letter.
The letter says:
To-day / received your letter-was
very glad. indeed-reminded me tnat
tomorrow is my birthday. Among the
horrors of the day one forgets every
thing now. Our only food here is
.kolob'-you remember IT, no doubt:
they used to give 1t to the pigs, ana
even they would not always eat Ut II.
Note: 'Kolob' is the product OF sun
flower oil mills and represents the
meat and the inner shells of sun
flower seeds after they have oeen SUD-
jected to high pressure ana the OH
contained in them removed comes III
cakes about two feet square ana one
inch thick hard as a rock, ana mas
been largely exported to Germany as
stock feed. Saratov has number OF
these sunfiower oil mills, since a, large
acreage of the province is deNoteu ~
.s olive oil substitute. and the outer
shells are burnt in heating stoves
fed with a large hopper. Well even
this kolob on the market touas
brings 100000 rubles per poIa
(thirty-two pounds). ana all lne
wages 1 received in January amount
ed to $4,000 rubles. and received
considerably more than most peopie'
since / am assistant shop 1ore,ia -,
the local railroad shops ana fa nase
man is an old man, sickly ana oIteh
absent. That leaves lot or respon-
sibiIity on my shoulders.
Flour Cost Beyond Imagination.
"FIour-well. the price IS oeSono
imagination, and even shouio you pe
able to buy it, the stun naruiS
worth eating; ground rock' chdiN an
-.Iatnot is included in the mixture;
ra still live in the hope that you Will
send us some -four in the near future
Brother Alexander waited ana SUI
fered a long time with US, out nnaiis
left for a place where there Is preau
10 be had, and begged me not TO leave
The old homestead, but wait for his
assistance to arrive. He was Win US
eractIy one year. He. too, went often
hungry-the army quartermasteT iui
nished him one pound OF preau. Dut
he would not eat it, put NOUN VI fIs We
il home and share it with u.s. we
begged him to eat it-he was not
completely over the effects OF typhus
last wear. but he could not do It. ne
said it is two weeks already since
he left home on his way to Orsha. on
1;-1, I,o
received no news from him-God only
knows whether he reached his desi-
nation; he promised to send us some
flour Immediately
Misery of the worst type all around
us and the survivors sinking down 10
barharism Last night at the soviet
meeting, case of cannibaliSm was
reported 4 man killed his wife, cut
up the body, rendered some fat. and
used other parts for making SOUP.
his premises and even found so'ne
flour yet. He was arrested. natur-
ally, but before he came up for trial
he died in Jail. That IS one of the
features of the times we go through;
and oh, how many people have died
already-epidemics of all sorts of
contagious diseases all over the land.
Hopes They May Survive.
Pardon me, dear Edward; 1 really
did not mean to write you about all
the horrors of our famine-strickeR
land. 1 only hope to God that we viii
manage to survive and may meet. all
three again. cannot wish for any
thing better. For the present. let
me wish you all of the best: don't
worry about us, you have your own
family to support.
Kiss your children I also had
little baby boy. but he would rot live
with us. God bless him..
Mr. MagdeburEer's Statement.
In making public the letter Mr..
Magdeburger declared Secretary
Hoover stands ready to disburse food
from his warehouses in Saratov and
other cities "aS soon as he gets your
order to help. accompanied with a
remittance to cover the cost of food
stuffs."
Send money for Russian relief, he
said, to the American relief admins
tration. AZ Broadway. New York city.
He also called attention to the cam
pafgn now being carried on by the
Diatrict of Columbia Chapter of the
American Red Cross. for clothing and
shoes for men. women and children.
who are desperately in need of this
wearing apparel. The committee in
charge of this work has opened head
quarters at 1414 F. street and will re-
main open daily from 9 am. to 5 pm.
Until Saturday. Bundles will be call
I'D for If notice is sent to the chapter.
at 1G Jackson place, telephone Main
1910.