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CHINESE BANDITS LOOT TRAIN A|lD CAPTURE
 AMERICANS
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA ABOUT TO BE
 BROKEN OFF.

PEKING, May 7.-One foreigner was killed and 15O passengers were carried off when bandits held up the Shanghai-Peking express train on the Tientsin-Puyow railway near the Shanghai border
 Miss Lucy Aldrich of New York, a daughter of the late Senator of Rhode Island and sister-in-law of John Rockefeller, Jr., was among the pas sengers. Her fate is unknown.
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E0S ANGELES MANIAC KILLS SWEETHEART
 WHEN J|LTED
MURDERER HELPS PLACE BODY OF VICTIM IN AMBULANCE
 HE HAS CALLED

LOS ANGELES, May Ion se- cluded cliff in Elysian Park, Joseph Becker, a real estate salesman from Salt Lake, shot and killed Miss Jane B. Kelso, because she broke her en- gagement to marry him.
 He telephoned the police for an am- bulance later helping place her body in the vehicle.
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Relations Near Breakino Point

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Diplomatic relations between the United States and China have been brought to 8 breaking point as a result of the can ture of American citizens on the Shan tung border. The State department IS making. no effort to conceal the tenseness of the situation.
 Should Miss Aldrich be killed or done bodily harm by the bandits, it is expected that force of marines will be landed to pursue the bandits.
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SKULL PRIMITIVE MAN
 TURNS OUT BE FAKE

BUENOS AIRES, May "A con- mittee of scientists of Buenos Aires and La Platte Museums of Natural history examined the supposed skull of the tertiary period that was found recently in Patagonia, and announced that it is simply curiously shaped stone of no scientific value.
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CHINESE BANDITS ARE
 HELD IN BONDAGE

SHANGHAI, May 7.-Thirteen boys and girls between the ages of seven and twelve years were found bound and gagged inside lonely hut in charge of an aged woman The wo- man has been arrested and the dis covery clears up several recent kid napings.
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AMERICAN FLAG T00
 LONG ID BE ARTISTIC

WASHINGTON May 7-The Am erican flag is too long in proportion to it's width to be artistic and re- duction of 12 and one-tenth per cent in it's length measured on it's present standard has ben decided upon by the Fine Arts Commission, to be the most artistic proportion.
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Million Dollars Ransom

PEKING, May "A million dollars ransom is demanded by Chinese ban dits for the safe return of the foreign CTS, including many Americans, who were captured Sunday after their train was wrecked in the wilds near Lin Cheng. The demand for the ran som, was brought in from the ban dits by an aged Chinese.
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w. T. Gill, who for some time dur ing construction days acted as tele graph operator at Healy and Fair banks, was numbered among those who returned north yesterday. He left this morning for the interior tc assume position with the commis sion.
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WITH THE FISHING FLEET

Both the Baltic and Pouter are ly- ing at the city dock making ready fol another trip to the banks.
 The steam schooner Zapora arrived ill port Sunday to replenish it's water supply and to obtain provisions Leav- ing in the evening for the banks may go to Sitka to dispose of catch ot S0,000 pounds.
 The Alaska pulled into the San Juan dock last evening with 6O,OOO pounds of halibut.
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RIOTiNC IN VIENNA

VIENNA, May 7.-Violent rioting resulted last night when the police at tempted protection at meeting of reactionaries. The workers attacked the police with clubs, stones and oth- CT weapons. The police used swords. Thirty-eigth police were injured and 40 civilians.
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Bandits BeinQ Pursued

WASHINGTON, May "A small military force is pursuing the Chinese bandits who kidnaped several Ameri- cans and other foreigners from a train yesterday, according to a message re- ce1ved by the State department today rom United States Minister Schurmaa at Picking, who said that 2S out of 300 passengers were held as hostages by the bandits.
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CAMP BROKEN UP.

The logging camp which has been operating on Fourth of July creek across from the town has been broken up and all equipment will be moved to a new location for further use by the Resurrection Bay Lumber company The crew of the old camp will be en- ployed for the balance of the season in getting out timber in the new camp.
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COMPANY ASKS FOR
 EXTENSION FRANCHISE

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.-F. s. Samuels, assistant to the president of the Oceanic Steamship Company left for Washington today to endeavor to obtain an extension of the Govern ment mail subsidy and will propose that if the government will guaran- tee sufficient amount his company will build two liners with a speed oi Is knots.
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F. Luque, Ben Olson, V. Urbana, Antonio Flores and Noah Arnold com prise portion of the arrivals of the steamer Victoria. These men will leave within the next few days for the cannery at Kenai, where they will spend the season.
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NAVY BEATS PRINCETON

PRINCETON, N. J., May 7.-The Navy's varsity team defeated Prince ton and Harvard in the triangular re- gatta over Lake Carnegie yesterday leading Princeton by six lengths. liar yard was third. Harvard won the freshman race while the Navy was SocOnd
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Mr. and Mrs. Claud Collins, who fol the past two years have been sojourn ing in the interior were among those to arrive on the Victoria yesterday MT. Collins is identified with the Mt Mckinley Gold Mining company in the Kantishna district.
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Two Americans Shot By Bandits

PEKING, May 1.-Two Americans and one Englishman were reported shot when government troops attack ed the bandits. The latter had made human barricade of the prisoners, placing the foreigners in front of them, and defending themselves with return rifle fire in response to an at tack by soldiers.
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WILL DISCUSS TREATIES

BARCELONA, May 7.-The U. S. Chamber of Commerce in Spain has called a meeting of the principal importers of American goods for next Wednesday for the discussion of a projected commercial treaty between Spain and the United States.
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SCHOONER BOXER WILL
 SAIL FOR KUsk0kWIM

SEATTLE, May 7-The Bureau of Education's auxiliary powered schoon- CT Boxer will sail Thursday for Bris tol Bay, Kuskokwim river, Nunavik island, Hooper Bay, Nome and St. Lawrence Island.
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NEW OFFERING $4oo, ,ooo, ,ooo
 U. s. TREASURY NOTES

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Ending the first phase of refinancing the govern ment's wartime debt the treasury de- partment announces a new offering of $400, 100000 in treasury notes to con- plete resunding and retiring Victory notes.
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LEGION SMOKER TOMORROW

 Seward Post, American Legion, will tomorrow evening entertain its mem bers with smoker, the first of the season. It is urged that all legion naires be prompt in attending as many of the entertainment features will be we'll worth while.
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BRYAN AND HAYS ARE
 MODERATOR CANDIDATES

WASHINGTON May 7-William J. Bryan and Will Hays will likely be candidates for moderator of the Pres byterian church of the United States at a general assembly opening here on May IT.
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BATTLEsHlP CREW scAtpEp

LOS ANGELES, May 7.-Nine mem bers of the crew of the battleship New steam evaporator exploded yesterday. V. Peters, fireman third class died to- day; and six others are in a critical condition.
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YALE WINS FROM COLUMBIA

DERBY, Conn, May 7.-The lowly rated Yale crew, stroked by man with but two weeks experience scored over Columbia by three and quarter length and over Pennsylvania by two lengths here yesterday.
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DEMPSEY AND GIBBONS
 ID MEET JULY FOURTH

CHICAGO, May 7-Articles were signed today for meet between Jack Dempsey and Tom Gibbons for the heavyweight championship on July A.
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Women Been Released

LONDON, May 7.-All women in- cluding Miss Aldrich, a sister to Mrs. Rockefeller, Jr., captured by the Chi nese bandits, have been released, say Central News dispatches from Shang- hai.
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Dave Mutchler, Iditarod business man, was among those leaving for the Interior this morning following a win ter's visit in the states.
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MAKES RECORD RUN

SEATTLE, May 1.-The liner, Pres ident Jackson, made record run ol nine days, five hours and ten minutes from Yokohama to Victoria, it was an nounced here Saturday.
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Mrs. Harry A. Dedoyard left for Ne mana this morning to join her husband who will be employed by the commits sion on the dragline excavator.
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KING AND QUEEN ON VISIT
 LONDON, May 7.-The' King and Queen departed from Buckingham Palace today on an extended visit of state. This is their longest trip since the world war.
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BURDHAM, Eng, May 7.-English women golfers won the International championship in competition with the teams representing Ireland, Scotland and wales.
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Ed Berutto, bandmaster, arrived from Anchorage Sunday and will at once commence active work in drilling the members of the organization.
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. America and Britain Aroused

PEKING, May 7.-America and Bri- tain tonight intervened in behalf of American and British citizens kid naped by Chinese bandits Sunday.
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MINERS ENTOMBEc

TRINIDAD, Colo, May 7.-Nine men were entombed in the north slope Q: the Rocky Mountain Fuel companyss mine near Aguilar by an explosion late yesterday afternoon
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VOTES DOWN PROPOSAL

BRUSSELS, May 7.-The Belgium Council of Ministers unanimously vo- ted down the German separations proposals.
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John G. Brady, of the forestry ser vice, came to Seward yesterday after spending some time in gathering da- tum to the north.
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DEMPSEY GETS $500 ooo

CHICAGO, May 7.-Jack Dempsey will get $3OO,OO0 for risking his title against Tom Gibbons at Shelby, Mon- tana on July 4, according to a report here.
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HAVANA HAS RAILWAY WRECK
 HAVANA, May 7-Twenty-five were reported killed and more than fifty injured in a collision of trains The trains were rounding curse at high speed when they crashed together
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q Fair tonight and Tuesday ex- st cept probably rain Tuesday on ! E the coast and Susitna valley. {
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U. OF w. BEATS NAVY

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 7.-The University of West Virginia defeated the Navy at baseball here yesterday to 2,
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The steamer Starr was beached at high tide last night to permit the hull being cleaned and painted.
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E. J. Nicholson and Donald Phelps are the radio operators on the steam ship Victoria.
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H. s. Balderston, of the Bank oi Seward, was among those who arriv- ed from Anchorage yesterday
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NO FISH OFFERED

KETCHIKAN, May Fish prices. May fourth, fresh halibut, none offer ed on this date.
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ARRIVE IN ROME

ROME, May 7.-George and Mary o England arrived this afternoon.
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ouiMET DEFEATS WILLING

SANDWICH, May 7.-Ouimet de- feated Willing, 77 to 7S in their play off for the Royal St. Georges Cup.
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NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

The water on Third avenue south Of Adams will be turned off at o'clock this evening for repair work.
 JOHN NELSON, Supt
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e,ckARp SAILS S FOR ENGLAND

NEW YORK, May Hex Rickard fight promoter, sailed for England to- day in search of a British white hope
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ALAMEDA OUT OF KETcHIkAN
 The steamship Alameda sailed north from Ketchikan at S:3O this morning.
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ENGLISH GOLFERS WIN

Saturday Gateway. s per year.
, 1923-03-04
BARBARA kHhhP

Frau Ohne schatten," n daring opera
OF highly modern school. there is rea-
son for regarding her coming to Amer
lea with interest.
Barbara Kemp's introduction to
America through the medium OF nm
opera entirely unknown here. Mona
Lisa" in which abe will appear in tho
title role of ''the moonlike heroine. in
smoke-dim gown and hair OF suilen
red" bids fair to make her as much
discussed as the now celebrated Marie
Jeritza from Vienna. Giusoppi Bam-
boschek. conductor and musical secre-
tary OF the Metropolitan, classes her
as a truly great artist"
Mona Lisa is a new opera by Max
Won Schillings. the colorful music of
which is built about a libretto full of
medieval adventures and brilliant In
cidents. Frat Kemp is h creator Of
tho title role and her debut in It in
New York will be her first singing OF
II this season.
Miss Sulamith 1sh-Kishor OF 10
West 1llth street, magazine writer and
, 1923-03-04
LEAVE NO CRIME UNDONE AGAINST VICTIMS AHad

husband. The first thing the presi-
dent OF the executive committee did
was to requisition one-half OF the off,
GERS house and to occupy 1t himself.
Nevertheless even this failed to kindle
the affections of that beauty for the
Soviet dignitary. Certain measures
were thereupon taken to get rid of that
obstacle-her husband. As a former
officer. and therefore counter-revolu-
ZIONIST. he was sent to prison and shot.
Similar facts could be cited indeh-
nitely. They all follow the same pat
tern, proving one and the same thing,
4. e., the outlawed condition of the
population and the utterly irresponsi-
BILE power and a~rbitrariness OF the
Bolshevist authorities.
Not a few of the crimes committed
by Soviet officials were for purposes
OF personal enrichment. In the stan
lisa of Stavropolskaia. a health re-
sort, v. v. Ptashnikov, a consump-
tive. was spending the summer. As
he happened to own a few articles OF
gold and silver which appealed very
much to the proprietor OF the house
at which he was staying-a Cossacl
by the name of Zhintitz-the latter
sent in a report to the Cheka, telling
them that Ptashnikov was in commu-
nication with some anti-B olshevist
bands OF whites" and Green's
Ptashnikov and his wife were ar
rested. while their gold and silver re-
manned in the hands of Zhintitz. The
investigator. however, found nothing
against Ptashnikov. Encouraged, the
unfortunate victim committed the
blunder of reporting about the gold
and silver left in the hands of Zhin-
titz, That was sufficient for these ar
ticles to be confiscated from Zhintitz
and appropriated by the Cheka in
vestigator for his personal use. and
for Ptashnikov-so as to avoid all
further complications-to DO shot.
Needless to say. bribery on q
phenomenal scale fiourishes among
the Cheka agents as a result of these
conditions of utter irresponsibility.
Frequently people are left to rot in
Jail for no other purpose but to ex-
tort a substantial ransom from the
relatives or the victim himself. The
fate OF citizen L. may serve as an
illustration. This man was reputed
to possess great wealth and thus he
found himself frequently under ar
rest. Charges known to be absurdly
fictitious used to be brought against
him. and HI cases would end with
the payment of 200.0 900 to 800, 900
rubles; but as the exchange rate of
the ruble kept going steadily down
these ransom payments would be re-
adjusted until they would reach mil
lions Of rubles. After paying his
tribute" L. would be released, but
only to be rearrested a month or two
afterward.
concluded neat Sunday.)
, 1923-03-04
Old Pound Party
Now Pint Party
Dry Law Blamed for Social
Evolution.

"If folks aver ask you what has be-
come OF the old fashioned pound party,
tell them 1t has been replaced by the
UP to date pint party" said the maj
who has lived through both stages OF
entertainment. He recalls the days when
the pound party was the prevailing
mode In the matter of entertainment. In
that simple and uncomplicated age So
ella fevorites were pounded" on the
slightest -provocation.
1T things got a bit dull" he ex-
planned, somebody was sure to suggest
n pound party. They would decide the
Jones family would give 'em all a good
time. and so the thing would be ar
RANGED. On tho appointed evening the
guests would appear with bundles. pack
nges and bags, containing an endless
variety OF things to eat. and the party
would come on with great oclat.
THE evolution OF the custom into the
pint party was a result of the Volstead
law. The evolution wasn't so far
fetched after all. fer a pint's a pound
the world around. We learned that in
our school days. but none OF us ever ex-
pected to see the time to come when
the old fashioned pound would be trans
formed into the pint party OF to-day. to
which every guest contributes his OWE
pint OF forbidden beverage"
, 1923-03-04
Calls Nearsightedness
a Blessing in Theater

Most persons pity sufferers OF myopia.
which Is a blurrlns OF the vision
through nearsightcdness. But one VIC
tim OF the affection. a thentergoer. Gays
his nearsightedness is n distinct advan-
tagc.
Being a lover of beauty, when | 90
to the theater I like to see loveiineSs
all about me- he said. Now you
know that one of the ugliest things you
can look at is makeup mt close range.
Yet we all like to sit close enough TO
the stage to hear clearly.
Through my nearsiTftedness thu
Earishness of the paint is softened and
I see only n becoming glow on the
cheeks OF the players. When my friends
have told mo OF ~unbca1tiful things
which they have seen upon the stage I
have felt grateful that my eyes are
slightly dulled by my opia."
, 1923-03-04
COMING, A RIVAL TO
JERITZA

traveller. who halls from the borders
of Persia. has just arrived in New
York after a chat with Frau Kemp
whom she visited at her beautiful
Charlottonburg apartment. She found
the singer thrilling with the prospects
of her American venture.
Miss Ish-Kishor. who has heard the
opera. declares there is something
reminiscent of THE Jest" in the saw
agery of the plot of Mona Lisa" She
adds that 1t is pervaded by an at
mosphere of the Renaissance and that
it is n of those highly dramatic
pieces that keep one interested in the
story as well as in the singing.
The visitor found hat the prima
donna. who has aided largely in MAX
ing the opera famous. was quite sim
pie In her speech and appearance, ex-
cept for her magnificent eyes of dark
dove gray"
IT found her a practical person. She
poured coffee for me from a bright
brass urn and served a satisfying rich
pastry while declaiming on how hard
It is to purchase new furniture in
Berlin, everything being sold out. She
was more inclined to discuss with me
her Interpretation of Carmen which
at first caused a storm in Germany,
than to talk about Mona Lisa"
1t is deemed quite unlikely, incl
dentally. that Kemp will be asked to
give her Carmen at the Metropoli-
tan. but 1t is among the interesting
possibilities. just barely within the
realms Of chance for another season
lxr x-.o.r ~ .. ..1,rnIt.. olu-axvu Io-..1t.-
upon the internal economy OF the
opera house and how well Kemp
goes" with folk there.
Miss Ish-Kishor says that the mere
mention of Carmen struck fire in the
eyes OF Kemp, n fire not Of enthusiasm
but OF battle. The singer observed to
her:
II fought for years for my inter-
probation of Carmen. / had studied
Merimee's book and I determined to
follow out what I took to be the con-
ception in the authors mind. 1t did
not seem TO me that the traditional
idea of Carmen as a selfish ~coquette
did justice to her character.
80 I sang 1t as 1 thought Il ought
TO be sung. The director. the conduc-
tor and my Jose pleaded with me to
give the people the Carmen they were
accustomed to, and 1 had to promise
TO do It. but once on the stage & acted
instinctively just as 1 had estimated
Carmen.
"They were ready to call me off the
stage In the middle OF the perform
ance, they were so angry. But the
audience liked II. and gradually / won
the opera management around to my
viewpoint until they appiauded the
new Carmen as loudly as the old"
Frau Kemp declared that II she were
ever asked to sing Carmen by any
chance in New York she had no doubt
there would be soaring criticism In
some quarters. but a good proportion
of appreciation and approval from
others. She mentioned hat many
operate traditions in late years have
gone crashing down 10 oblivion"
No matter what else she sings here.
admirers Of Kemp think that her adj
vent at the Metropolitan will be not
the least interesting event OF recent
years.
, 1923-03-04
One Year in Czarist Prison Equal to But Month il
Boshevist One, Say Socialist Prisoners

Constituent Assembly. Sec. But why
were they shot7
In accordance with a telegram from
Moscow. S~aratov's quota of the All
Russian blood levy was to be sixty
notable representatives OF the bour-
geoisie, or persons with distinguished
names and regulations. This blood
levy vas executed with precision and
-thoroughness. The Saratov Cheka. in
levying. this Assessment" shot per-
sons who had previously been sem
fenced by this same Cheka to only a
few months OF forced abor. These
people were peacefully at work pre-
pairing firewood for the city in a
nearby forest Peacefully they re-
turned from work to their tents in the
evening. And in the night they were
taken out and shot down.
, 1923-03-04
Woman Victim Finds
Police Chief Is Decent

The unfortunate woman vas ar
rested In Yekaterinodar and taken to
the police for the purpose of being sent
back. As luck would have 1t. she
found the chief of police there-he had
once been n lawyer and was not a
Bolshevik-to be a personal acquailt-
nce and a decent man. This gave a
different turn to her case. She was
released and an investigation of Koso-
iapy's actions started; but this was
SOC stopped.
In the stanitsa of Pashkovskaia the
president of the Soviet executive COM
mittee had taken a liking for the wife
of a Cossack ~ex-oficer. N. This started
a series OF prosecutions against the
, 1923-03-04
Checklist Men Beat Prisoners to
Enforce Hard Boiled Servitude

To the Party Of Social Revolution
missionaries:
on the second OF October the Social
list prisoners in the Yaroslav Prison
were beaten by the Checklists sent down
from Moscow 10 Introduce the hard
OF penal seryltude.