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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
MOTHERSSPEND
OWN FUNDS ON
SCHOOLS
Conditions Here Deplorable,
Parent Teachers Body Is
Informed.

Practically every progressive step
in school house Improvement is be-
ing taken by the Congress Of
Mothers and Parent-T eacfer Asso.
ciations," declared Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter, president Of that Organiza-
ton, in addressing the membership
in the New Ebbftt Hotel late yester-
day.
Members declared that in prefer
ence to waiting for the school
authorities to act the various asso-
toration OF delapidated school build
ings.
Mrs. Francis H. Young said the
parent-teachers of the Brooklapd
school bought forty tons Of sand to
spread over the bruising cinders in
the school yard, and spent it's organi-
zation's funds to install sanitary
drinking fountains in the school
during a recent diphtheria scare.
Scores Conduit school.
Conditions at the Conduit road
school were Understandable, according
to Mrs. r. T. Shull and Mrs. K. HI.
Logan, delegates The school lacks
lights and running water, and the
children use iavatOry detached
from the school building.
Teachers at the school bought
athletic supplies for the pupils, when
their patience with the authorities
came to an end, 1t was said.
Mrs. William Wolff Smith told OF
plans for community motion picture
sho(s in the four CrandalI neigh
borhOod theaters on January 80 and
81. Activities OF the parent -teacheI
associations and similar organiza
tons viii be shown by movies and
slides.
To Stage Mass Meeting.
Mrs. Rafter announced that the
organization would have q section
in the mass meeting in Central
High School auditorium January al
to arouse public interest In District
schools.
Mrs. George Fraser urged the
| members to support the associations
in reconstructing clothing for needy
children and furnishing them with
shoes and rubbers. Need for q
workshop was pronounced, she said.
Mrs. Rafter told the members she
wanted a large delegation to attend
the national convention of the Con.
gress Of Mothers in Louisville, KY,
April %.
"By large attendance, we Dis.
trict women can bring the needs
of the District schools before the
mothers OF America, = she declared
This is a great opportunity for
Voteless citizens. There's no reason
to stick our heads in the sand and
say that we can't get q vote. We
must show the country why we
should haye q vote"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
HUSBAND STAGES DRY
RAID" 70 DESERT WIFE

4. MILTON. Del, Jan. .17.-Etaging a
lake prnhlbition raid. b member OF
the Bohemian colony near Milton got
800 from his wife, who kept the
household purse. and departed for
Florida without having to take his
family with him.
Fake dry agents recently raided
the home, and placed both Nhe hus-
band and wife under arrest. For
500 they agreed to release them
until the next day. The wife paid
the money, which the alleged agents
turned over to the husband shortly
afterward and with which he financed
his disappearance.
The men who assisted him were
well paid with several gallons Of APP
pie brandy which they found IN the
house.
The woman is afraid to make in.
quiries because of the fact that she
has been operating q still for some
time and she does not want any real
prohibition agents shopping around.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
BAL IMoRE 1o3 YEARS
OLD, MAY CELEBRATE

BALTIMORE, Jan. 17.-Baltimore
will celebrate it's one hundred and
ninety-third birthday next Tuesday.
A correspondent signing himself
"Old Citizen" yesterday wrote Mayor
Broening, suggesting it be proclaim
ed a municipal holiday in honor of
the anniversary.
"If 1t happened to be the two hun
dredth anniversary Of the city we
would have holiday and a big cele-
bration," the mayor said, "but it
hardly would be worth while to have
a holiday when we are but 1913 years
old, although that is some age and
a record of which to be proud"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
SPRAINED ANKLE STOPS
TRINITY CHURCH CLOCK

NEW YORK, Jan. ia sprained
ankle stopped the clock OF Trinity
Church for an hour and a minute
this morning
Wall Street was worried when the
hands reached 500 and stayed there,
for Wall Street regulates its watch
by the steeple clock. Investigations
showed that the regular winder had
met with an accident and the clock
had run down.
A substitute had the clock ticking
again at 1910.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
STEALS GROCER'S BILLS
AND REALIZES ON THEM

YONKERS, N. Y, Jan. PIPER.
haps Anthony Manuel has hit upon
an untrodden way OF petty crime.
At any rate, the following WIS
his custom, 1t WAS charged by Max
upon whose complaint Manuel WAB
arraigned in City Court.
Klein, calling at an early hour,
slipped bills for goods beneath the
doors of customers. Manuel dog.
ging his steps, retrieved them.
Later, Klein said, Manuel presented
the bills and got the money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Is Creating New and Greater
Standards Of Value GIVING

the moving old warehouse
Prices that speak louder than words IN cur entire
stock draicay reduced the newest most fashion
able merchandise floors addition these nsatona
that
will meet with entire approval.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

ThOusands If parents are asking
Themselves, "Wkere can I find q trust
.OOrthy laxative ahGt anyone in th q:
faHiy can use sOhsn eonstigoted2"
/ oil. TGS cE0 Id i pro;ids Ss !" ESeral frs:
sample bottle, sufficient for an adequate
test, Write me 'chere 70 send Z:
Addtess Dr.. W. b. Coldacell, 615
Warrington st., Monticello. Illinois.
Do e noaDi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

might be safe for
herself may do in
jury TO an infant.
You viii find that
Il the little one
cries and doesn't
want to play that
its bowels are con-
stipated. First
look carefully to
the diet and give
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

the child one-half teaspoonful Of
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
You viii then see results In q
few hours. You viii not have to
force it on babies or children:
they actually ask for it, it is 50
pleasant-tasting and free from
gripping.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin il
q compound of Egyptian SIENNA
and pepsin with agreeable aroma
tics. The ingredients are stated
on the package. 1t Is a mild,
gentle vegetable laxative that ev-
eryonefnds effective and pleasant.
It's better for you and yours than
purgatives, coal-tar drugs, or salt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

waters and powders, which may
concentrate the blood and dry up
the skin; or mercurial caIomel,
which may salivate and loosen
the teeth.
Use q safe laxative like Syrup
Pepsin, and especially for the
children, for invalids. growing
girls, nursing mothers, elderly
people, and persons recently oper-
ated upon who need bowel action
with the least strain. Mrs. Lillian
Bennington Of Woodruff, S. c.,
always gives her children DR..
Caldwen's Syrup Pepsin, and
Mrs. A. E. Blondin of Muskegon,
Mich, will not have any other
laxative in her home. Your
druggist win supply you, and il
only costs q cent q dose. Try it.
In constipation, colo, biliousness,
HatuIency, headaches, and 20
break up fevers and colds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Syrup Pepsin LOUed
By Hosts of Babies

HALL Q tsasposnfal VIII make q frsliul
younsster happy and playful
THE mother has her choice Of
i many remedies for her baby's
minor ills, but sheshould be care
full which remedy she selects lest
she do the child harm. What
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Outfit
Headquarters

We specialize in complete
outfits Of every description,
and where both parties are
employed during the day Sc
lections can be made even
ings. Merely phone Main
$3.50 for appointment.
, 1923-03-11

I was forced to go through that ex-
~perience. and It has left an indellble
mark upon my memory. Among the
prisoners Cell No. 10 was known by
no other name but "ante-chamber OF
the grave" We were brought to this
terrible cell under heavy guard at
about Z in the evening. Scarcely had
we found time to look around when
the door bolt scraped. the hinges
creaked and the prison authorities,
accompanied by the keepers, entered.
How many of you are here?" the
chief asked the starosta, casting a
glance about the cell.
"Sixty-seven persons"
How, ~sixty-seven? The grave has
been dug for ninctyi" the chief
drawled calmly, almost lazily, although
in surprise.
Then followed the nightmare Of
those endless. long hours of expecta-
tlon OF death. A priest among the
prisoners had by some miracle sue
ceeded in retaining his pectoral cross;
he put 1t on. sank 20 his knees and
commenced to pray. Many of us, and
a Communist among them. followed
his example. Here and there some
one was weeping. AT the same time
the sounds Of an untuned plano
reached us. playing some trite valses
alternated with dashing. merry Rus
sian songs, only adding to the burdens
of our heavy hearts. This was the
music rehearsal of the proletarlan cul-
ture club installed in the former prison
chapel alongside our cell.
At . in the evening the attendant,
Prokopenko. informed us through the
loophole that we could calmly go to
d; there would be n 20 executions that
night, as President Kotlarenko of tho
Cheka, had left Yekaterinodar. The
only ones to be shot, and Thai only
o-morrcw. would be the prisoners of
the Special Division. And really, al
o o'clock the mex evening. we heard
in the corridors the tramp of n great
number OF feet, and from time TO time
there would be furious swearing and
, 1923-03-11

will save your life" The automobile
passes beyond the city limits. down to
the Kuban River. Here they compel
Shestakov to dig his own grave; prep
arations r being made for his exc
cution, n at last a volley is fired at
him. but with blank cartridges. Then
again an automobile ride. again those
diabolical suggestions. and again blank
volleys. This is repeated several times.
The last time such a torture was in
hicted on him was when he was al
ready in the death cell. Half crazed,
the victim finally yielded. naming some
people: he did not sleep all night long,
weeping spells alternating with laugh
ter. He seemed to believe thai he
woul soon be set free. and wrote
about 1t joyously to his wife. who was
imprisoned in the women's cell. On
the following evening. however, the
22d OF December. he was shot. His
wife also vas shot. and even the
owner of the house he had lived in,
the Greek subject, Grammatikopulo. n
man who had absolutely nothing to do
with the Shestakov ease. except that
Shestalsov. in his capacity of physician
modified by the Soviet Government,
had requisitioned and occupied a room
in his house. and that by official Soviet
orderi
The conditions OF confinement in
the death cell are in themselves but
another form of this mental torture.
, 1923-03-11
1000 PRISONERS KILLED
IN A DAY BY THE CHEKA

merits of the case, by the authorized
representative and 'collegium" Cudi-
cial tribunal) OF the Cheka. The
latter then affixes its stamp, ITO be
shot, or 40 be deported 20 forced
labor for five or ten years, all de-
pending upon the opinion formed by a
given Investigator. And this practi-
cally exhausts the whole equipment of
Bolshevist justice.
1t would be superfuous here to re-
peat that this primitive dispensation
of justice, with the whole country in
a state of general outlawry and ter
rorization, affords unlimited scope to
the most unbridled arbitrariness.
Physical as well as mental torture
is applied. The following method is
in vogue at -he Yekaterinodar Che
lsa:
The victim is stretched out on the
floor. Two husky Cheka agents
strain at his head. and two others at
his shoulders, stretching the muscles
Of his neck. a fifth agent keeps
pounding his neck with some iron in
strument. mostly n revolver handle.
The neck gets swollen n blood is
streaming from mouth and nose. The
pain is excruciating. 1t ought to be
pointed out herr that such tortures
are inflicted only upon the more inn
portant "counterrevolutionists" i'm
plicated in some dangerous organiza-
ton which the Cheka is anxious to
, 1923-03-11
Wrangel's Land
ing Was Signal
to Kill All in Jails
Save Those Who
Only Violated the
Curfew Law

A 6osT of the persons accused
MI of being counter revolu-
VI tionists are shot. No am
nesty applies to their cases. After
the amnesty in honor of the third
anniversary of the November revo-
luton had been proclaimed u
prisoners at the Yekaterinodar Che
ka and Special Division were be-
ing shot as usual. This. however. did
not stop the official Bolshevist scribes
from publishing a number OF leading
and other articles in the local Red Flag
lying brazingly about the alleged char
ity and humanity OF the Soviet Gov
eminent in proclaiming an amnesty
and applying it extensively 10 all its
enemies.
From August. 1920. up to February.
1921, about 5000 persons were exc
cuted at the Yekaterinodar prison
alone. The largest number were exc
cuted during the month of August,
when that landing was made by
Wrangel in the Kuban. The order is
of the Cheka reads: THE cells Of
the Cheka are to be shot" The re-
monstrance of one of the Cheka Of
hcials. Kosolapov. that there were
many prisoners not yet examined. and
that many of these had been arrested
accidentally for appearing on the
streets after s o'clock in The evening,
contrary to an ordinance, met with
this reply: Pick these out and shoot
the rest"
, 1923-03-11
Mixup Over Some Clothes
Brings Torture to Woman

Dombrovskaia. a school mistress,
was one OF those tortured in a single
cell. Her crime consisted in having
been found. during a house search, in
the possession of n valise of officers
clothes. left with her by a relative
who had been an officer and happened
to pass through the city as long ago
as the Denikin occupation. To his
crime D-ombrovskaia confessed frankly.
the Cheka had also a report that
she was concealing some articles OF
gold received from n relative, a Gem
eral. And that was sufficient for her
TO be subjected to torture. First of all
she was violated. After hat she was
tortured to max her tell where
the gold was concealed. First they
slashed her nude body with a knife,
then they pinched her finger tips with
fiat jawed pincers. Suffering agonies
Of pain, covered with blood, the I'M
fortunate girl named some spot in the
barn of house No. IS Medvedevskaia
street. where she lived. At . in the
evening November 6 she was shot. and
an hour later n careful search was
made by the Cheka agents at the spot
she had indicated. with the result, It
e1AAAo AAA~ tA'E 1NE 1A1RofNAta a
gold bracelet and several gold rings.
In the stanitsa of Caucasskaia they
use an iron glove to torture the pris-
oners. This consists of n heavy piece
of iron studded on the inside with
small nails, and is put OF the hand of
the victim. When this heavy glove
is struck a blow 1t not only causes
pain by its sheer weight. but also
Ir..-.t.. A., Nu.I nth Eta -,r...-a..a
little nails, causing terribly painful
sores which soon begin to tester,
Among others. Jonas Yefremovich
Leliavin was subjected to this method
OF torture to make him disclose the
hiding place of some gold and Car
rubles he was alleged to have con-
cealed. In Armavir n head band is
used for torture. This consists OF ar
ordinary belt. with screw and bolt at
the ends. 1t is put around the fore
head and screwed tighter M tighter,
until the pain becomes unbearable.
Apart from physical torture there Is
mental torture. So. for instance. in
tho case of DR.. Shestakov. In his note
book the address of an officer OF the
General Staff in MOSCOW was discov-
cred. and he was then suspected OF
being n mcfnDe OF the COUNTER reVo-
lutionary organization in the Red
Army. Shestakov denied this. The
result was that he was put to mental
torture. consisting of tho following
procedure:
on evenings when the weather was
good. when Yekaterinodar was more
lively than usual. when one OF its
main Observation-Disclosures thronged
and everything YVES hustle and hustle
and making life attractive. the Cheka
agents would take Shestakov on auto
mobile rides through the main street
and toll him: "LooIS. o nice Il is
to live, how many joys life offers. You
are n young man. only 25 OF
age. Reveal your organization and you
, 1923-03-11
Radiators Steam Keeps
Boys Toy Engine
Going.

The Inventive genius Of Henry Sub
bulbs came to his assistance again the
other day. Henry's small boy had been
confined to the house with a cold. and
many were tho means Inc ruses en-
ployed to keep him content. When a
kindly neighbor gave the youngster a
small stationary steam engine Henry
rejoiced no less than the child. But
by the next noon he a changed his
mind.
Fire for the small engine was pro-
vided by an alcohol burner. which,
as the child kept he engine constantly
running. necessitated Henry's rising
often to keep the flame ~replenlshed.
Eventually his Idea took birth.
Unscrewing the valve OF his sizzling
house radiator he connected by means
of n small rubber tube the engine to the
escaping steam. Results were satisfae-
tory. and Henry was lett 20 read his
paper N peace.
, 1923-03-11
Too Busy to Read, Girl
Gets P~redigested
News

For some time the filing clerk bad
noticed tina one of the men in the offSs
always clipped the morning papers. HS
did II so methodically and so regularly
that II made the clerk curious. So he
asked him about It.
"Why?" he repeated. "well. I'll tell
you. A young girl friend of mine seldom
reads the papers. She's usually so
rushed when she gets up in the morning
that she doesn't ave a chance. She
works In n building not far from home
and 80 doesn't ride in the subway. As
she has "A responsible job she doesn't
have time to read the papers during thu
day. So she asks me to cut out any
thing that might interest her. As our
tastes are In common. the things ! e'i
out usually are what 4ha wants in tie
matter OF news."
, 1923-03-11

First come those who play In COM
parative silence, obeylng every written
and unwrltten law and rule of etiquette.
graveiv announcing the bids. slapplng
down the cards systematically. taking
the whole proceeding as the most seri-
Gus In the universe. Second is the
scrappy. noisy group. usually consisting
of husbands and wives or sisters and
brothers..
why did you do thls?" why did
you do that?" you know hearts were
trump why didn't you take me
out?'' and such expressions compose the
popular refrain as the tricks noun up.
The third subdivision 10 the gossipy
group. generally made UP entirely of
women. They start out bravely enough.
but between bids: "Oh, / say. did you
know Marian S. got her dlvorce?" Yes.
yes. What a shame Then Marlan's
, 1923-03-11

affnirs are discussed until finally some
one notices the cards and the chatterers
drift back into bidding.
So the ever ready topics of servant-
tits and foo formulas and fashions
take up long intervals between deals
and the game moves along indinerently
until it's time for refreshments.
So. surely it's the persons who do
play bridge and not the fascinating
game itself that drives the third group
OF serious directors to keep on object
ing TO being drawn into the clique that
draws up nightly. or weekly. to the
splndly. green felt covered tables. In
rooms whore cigarette smoke draws a
kindly veil over features that look less
lovely than they are as women frown
n pout and men appear anxious as
they shuttle and sort the cards.
, 1923-03-11

unearth. This form Of torture was
applied in the case of officer Terekhov,
who. by the way. was at that time al
ready insane, for he only kept laugh
ing during the ordeal, thereby incens-
Ing his tormentors to fury. Another
victim was citizen Axiutin. afterward
shot.
, 1923-03-11
Bridge Divides Society Into 3 Parts
They Either Play Game Well or Badly or They Sit
Around and Refuse to Learn.

All society these days is divided into three pars-those who play
bridge we'll, those who play bridge badly and those who sit around saying
they're not interested and don't ever want to learn to play. And among
those who play for love n for money or just for prizes, there are again
, 1923-03-11
Program of Nine
Points Offered as
a Solution to
Deliver Europe
from the SHARES
That Hold Her
Painless Death
for Commission
Recon- mended
by Crosby, Who
Points Out Dis
turbances It Has
BY OSCAR T. CROSBY.

that. in some important respects. the
treaty must be modified. If the al
lied councils are divided, as at pres
ent, we must have a continuation of
the present strain.
Tho Treaty of Versailles in general
seems to contemplate an uninter-
rupted exercise of abnormal func-
lions by the commissions which 1t
created. but, in this case. as II pre-
scient of the future. it points the way
toward n destruction of ono OF It's
most powerful progeny. In paragraph
2, Annex IL. Chapter VIII. we read:
Each Government represented on
the commission shall have the right
to withdraw therefrom upon twelve
months notice filed with the COM
mission and confirmed in the course
of the six months after the date OF the
original notice"
Here is a charter of dissolution.
1t is in the same subdivision Of the
treaty which describes the organiza-
ton Of the commission. an organiza-
ton which. by the way. has never
been strictly completed. We were to
name one of the full powered dele
gates. The other States thus priv
LEGGED were Great Britain. France
and Italy. Japan. Belgium and the
Serb-Croate Serbian States were au-
thorized 10 name delegates having
limited voting powers. TIE child was
born minus the American fraction of
its body. And now the detection of
Great Britain and Italy would para
lyze the organism for general pur-
poses. Indeed, mere abstention from
- - -~l f--at rrNtlI rrA-
vent positive action on a number of
important matters for which the
treaty requires unanimity in the
rommieai0n