Wl " "fflhWT'' irr, i M ! BYEKIKO PUBLIC LMDGBR PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAKCH S, 1019 "TTTTrtt U I I s? It r BOTCHKAREVA, twice $adly injured, SPENDS NINE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL Many Hardships and Diffi culties Attend Her Re turn to Her Regiment, but She Is Given Won derful Reception When She Arrives There (Copuriohi, 1)19, by titderick . tstokss ( o J (Thl ilon, (old hv Murla llotchknrcca anil IrnmlalM unci trAnftrrIh.il b hnar lion XeWnt la publlihfd In I'cilnirlv A Htokc Company undfr the title of ' nshl ) THIS STARTS THE STORY When in 1917 Mnrla IlotcbUarei'a formed the Tlatlnlion of Death, a woman's fighting unit, the world was thrilled and a peasant girl stepped Into the International hall of fame. Here sho tells her own story. The first Installments told of her child hood and marriage. 1'orced to loa e her husband because of his JcaltTusj, sho Joins an Infantry regiment. She sees fighting, Is decorated for bra- ery and is snocKed to see signs or treachery among tho higher ofllceis of the Ilusslan command. She was seerely wounded In tho battle of Poslo y. AND HERE IT CONTINUES rpHE bos were Jubilant. "Yasbliu alive! God speed ott to recovery Yashka!" I could only teply In .1 whisper. They took me to the first aid station, cleansed mv wound and dressed it. I suffered much Then I was sent on to Moscow, where T laj In the Ekaterlna Hospital, ward No L'i) I was lonely In the hospital, wliete I spent neaily three months. The other patients would h.ie had their IH MtssMw mart J '& v,JP$!iifflW MjaaiWWteBBawBmiiitMwiiwjiiiiiii iiuiiiBmoiiMiwaBtSMat I caught mo at the very last moment I would undoubtedly ha'o gone oer. I That Journey on the train as the .sjmbol of the rountn's condition In, he winter of 1910 The government muhlner was breaking down The oldlers had lost faith In theli su lci lorn, and the view that the were 'jqlng led to slaughter bv the thou mils prevailed In many nilntls. Itu mors flew thick ill J fust. The old sol dlers were killed off and the freh drafts were Impatient for the end of the war The spirit of 1914 was no moie i t ,, , i ' 7 In Kiev 1 hod to obtain infot motion the Hand ana Lonnnana- ft, to the location of my regiment it , ..it u was now near the town of Ileres d' I HIS Medal OII Her techko. In my absence the bos had advanced firteen vcrsts xne tram from Kiev was n so bad ciowded' and offered nothing but standing room At stations we hent out u few soldiers to nil our kettles with Hot water Tin men could seldom get In and out through the entrances. o lliey useu the windows The train passed Dinner With Officers Inter rupted by Comrades Who Wished to Shake Her by Breast ciowded and there was onlj itandlng ( loom r On the platform mv attention was attracted to a poor woman with a musing babj in her aims, another tot ii.rnnirii y.iiitnmir and Zhmeilnka on j t nn the Hoot and a girl of obout flvo tle ua tt) l,ut7k There I changed iiiuiKiiiK tin to ner sitiri. aii iiib to n branch load goit.g li tne siaiiou woman r propcrt was packed In n Vetha, within thirtv versts of out po- slngle bag, The children were crjlng siti0n for bread the woman tried to calm it na, mudj on the road to tho ' them, evidently In dread of something front Overhead flew whole (locks of tt touched my heait to watch this nrpianM, raining bombs I got ued little group and J offeted some biead (0 them In the afternoon there was to the children. n downpout, and I was thorough!) Then the womun imitlded in me the soaked Dead tired, with water cause for her fear. She had no mone.v streaming fruiu mv clothes, 1 at rived and no ticket and evpected to be put In the evening within llvn versts of off at the net station She was the the first line There was a regimental wife of a soldier from a village in Ocr- suppl) tialn camping on both sides of man hands and was. now hound for a the road. 1 approached u sentr) with town 3000 vcrsts away, where she had the question" some relatives Something slmpl) had "What regiment is billeted here to be done for this woman I made an 'Tho Twent) -eighth PolotsK llegl- anneal to the soldiers that filled the ment. tar, but they did not uspond Immo- I dlntel). I "She is the wife of u soldier of one like )ou,' 1 said, 'Suppose she were the wife of one of )ou! For all vou know, the wives of some of ou here i mav be flottlng about the counti) In ....if . . "'""' , . " r crans of the tegiment tnnn storus a slmllut state Come, let us get off n,,out me , ,N1(S mUen to ,1C colonel .. . , . ..J.I. 4n, ' " in M ueart ie;ip?u mh jw. - - j soldier did not recognize me He was, a new man Hut the bos must have told him of m "I nm Yashka," I said That was a piss Thev all knew the name and had lieaiil ftom the vet erans of the tegiment mnnv storlts iteipmm?mBt!2sa&tt r.ENHiL nnusir.ov at the net stutlon, go to the station master and request fot hei permission to go to her destination The soklleis isoftened nnd helped me to take the woman uml her belongings off the train at the net stop We In lommand of the stinplv tialn u funn) old thai) who kisM-d me on both cheeks and Jumped about, (lap ping his hands and shouting, ' Yashka' Vnshku'" He was kind heat ted and imme illnlelv became solicitous foi me He ,iuhn, ,.. fftnAtt.a njinaid from luimp. , t. ,. .... ..... ., ., , ... . . - , .. .... went to the station nioster. who e' . ,o.iU.a w. ,..,c ,..v. - --- i u was a niiiacie .miu i on nm uiuiiks tne end ot si inonuis spent HI tne , , ... . , , , , ., , , ., j i. ,..1.1.. but nobody . visited me. nobody sent to God with all the feiv or that 1 could , hospital I was agtin In possession of ',1lalnci1 , hat h? cou d do , ",t,1,l"K , ' P'omptl) f'' ;'' '' anything to me March, April. Mav , command ' all mv families lu matter and sent us to the mill a new outfit and had the bath, used came and went In the monotony of Qne dl; ivomm bv the name of ,d,v commandment I went along b) the ottkeis. piepired foi me. uein ward No. 20. niiaUr.onedaMiithp,C? -. .... . with the woman. de,ened bv the sol- nnd In he new un foun I ' 'f beginning of June I was declated fit mf , ,ralrlle(l mj mllld , ,Bln Sl.c IIpjow, lUr eimet llle!H',ilm ,a',,l',oa.nl ,h,e tr?1" "Mbte Tl ire wern seve.l other of lice, s at again to return to the fighting line foi lllUallll,lll(, ot tlmt Mne ns mm: moinhig on which I was taken and tltd mil wish to miss !- 7h .hw nml nil were S to re in" My regiment was Just then being I had he! shown to m) bod Hut as 1 1 iW the mllltar) medltjl com T ie .minnndanl icpeated the woids '" -" " ', e gi ilr;e,Inrt transferred to the Uitk fiont. On was ,)ellm))H ,,, onh paUet m the mNsion I wnsiuaverv Jollv devilish of the station master He bad n. tight ''p, ' ,tni some so dleis could not .Tnnn 50 T p.mirlit trii with it. The , ,1 .1,.,. i,.i ,, , ii,, ,,,i , or,i, , ,1 i i. ,., . . i... I-,; ...... .i... to piovlde her with it mllitarv pass. "'""'' " .""... ,' ",.'. ...., i ...i.. ."..,... ".;.!; ., .,i,al ""'r. ."."": "".:..:": "..:. ,"..:. ."""... ".""." """ "'-""'V ""J' t, ..m lestrain tneir uesire to MWKv '""i-- JKCtJllklull Huuium nic v.- ". , no p.llieis OOP Iclll 1111 mine liuw Jii that of the pievlous eoi T was ous i .... .... .i1P , ,n s,ht. lutio showered with ft ult and sweets. I he ,iti ed heisclf us Hie tuotlui or hie soldiers wete In a hnppv mood The ,lall of u ,ompanv Of coutse 1 Germans had Just been dtiven back at Knew htf pan well lie was a student this sector by Genetal Btusllov foi iUefote the wai and vuluntetied ns au scores of versts. The countt) was undet-ofllcei cilssciossed by their evacuated P'i "Stenan has lust wiltlen me about but the sun Mowed watmh In my he -ald tlons. Here nnd there eneni) corpses were still unburled. Our men though overj0)ed, were woin out bv forced inarches and the long put suit tt was mldsummei. and the heat n nrostratlnir We marched on vou," Mad line vavlluv.i said, "itiglug me to look vou up On to tne Kknteilna Hosplt il "Sashka ' he vvriUs hiMit .is I was led Into the large loom in whli li alioul JU0 othei patients a waited iMimlnutlon and word her husband is probablv now. at this whethci thev would l senl home or veiv moment going Into battle to do lonsldcreil lit In l,.e utiuned to the fend the countt), while vou. safe and fiont well-fed In the ie.tr here, won't even The iluilitiidii of the i oiumlsstiiu take care of his wife and children It h.is 11 "piimuiI v mi i,i , .. ,i is au outrage Look at the woman he leached the natni of Mutia notch- s,le llee('' medical attentlrfh and lier with me llverv now and then there ' No tight' ' I ecl timed beside in) . would be n mielt knock at the door elf. 'She Is the wife of u soldier and and In answer to the colonel's qties- Hon "Who's there" a plaintive voice mav I be allowed to 'Mie Is tonelv there, nnd I want vou to do lor ltd as much as vou would tin foi me for she mil visit our K,,eWl . thought It a mistake and ohlldien nie sturved lOireited It to M.nin liotihkarev Hv that name I vwis tilled out of the ciowd 'ltd (lit i ii il 'in' limitless) the eti tint luvvkd the otdei that was given lo even so'dlei awaltiii-' dlsi hai ge lune 21 a distance of fifloen verts .slie,i nn life onto and lnd been like and stopped for Jest. There weie a godmother to the bovs hue She Is many prostrations among us and we a decent patilotlc voting vvomin mil felt too fatigued to go on, but the m Intel -t in hei is but that of n commander pia)ed us to keep going, comrade foi she Is ft soldiei and u ntomlslng a test in the trenches It brave and galltnt soldiei ' He praised was twentv eists to the fiont line vou so much d tiling, that mv hej.it atfd vve inade It on the same div. Justjvent out to vou Mav God bliss As we marched along we observed on . on both sides ot the toad that ciops She bi ought me some dtlntles and that had not been lestroved b) the we bee hup fi lends Immedijtelv. I .. i., n,mip, n.pre tltienlnc. The told hei all about hei 'on mid our flchtlng line i.in neai a village called life in the tienches She wept unci ..Whv did vou undiess " Dubova Kortthma. We found It, its " , W '' -" ' "Itlle, cxcellom, neighborhood a manoi hastily ltf bv ""thmcii to n w bpir o ; no B "',,, ,lllIer, wlthnIlt ,ull.slto , L'r."?' S.'lffo orl'tlnt a e'ba.t.Ul, she lived'. ..!;. .. cattH", towi, potatoes uim umci .. That night we had a reai tovai. We occupied abandoned Genutn trenches It was not the time foi rest. The arllllei) opened up early in tho evening and boomed letselesslv thtoughout the night. It tould mean nothing but nn immediate attack. e were not deceived At 4 In the morn ing we tecelved woul mat tne iier up and di ess, e- m mi elm nntHl.li ts nf tin i itv Hei bus " well Hum l.nnri ii.iu nsslst ml Miuieilntendent tit i imp the onler a fattoiv and thev occupied small 'How about the elimination but tomfoitnlile dwelling In keeping ctllemv ' 1 ipiled us 1 put Willi then means uiiia .viiiMinuMia .onus on heiself was a woman of nniddle-age modestl) diissed and of gentle m peataiice She hid a man led diugh tei, Tonitchka, and another von a vnnili of nbotit seventeen, who was t would s i Ilttellenc v see Yashka ' In time quite a number of comrades were admitted into the house One pait of it w is occupied 1 the owner . a widow with a voting daughter I1 ......... !.. ..!.l.l . Itl. 11, a 1 to- mill In . ...1 .. Iw. ... .. . I.. ..t. . I .. , "I'rill IIHT IMKll. ,,,.,, HH7 ...... ...... ... inn nini uic ,.uu -iiaiiuj jmicu (,e morning started out to tlie fiont the commandant sonie of out lompinies were in to 1 will snow vou who I am I an- seive and tnv progress became a swered taking off mv medals and cioss tiiumphtl Jourmv I was feasttd on and showing him mv ceitilliatf M the wuv anil given evenl ovations ii.iu h.a pmiii"ii tiin.i.1 in i. ,,,ni...i I nresented mvself lo the com I walked up dettimlnedh and thiew tn demand Justice for the helpless wife mundei of the legiment, who invited olf mv clothes f ,. si.np. me to dine that afternoon with the rebuilt HUH Sl.lll llllilirliininiiij .in The imnnuindant turuel awn) and nistenseof an undei-orllier leceivlng went out There was nothing to be such an Invitation In the hlstorv of done but make a collection made the regiment At dinner the com nt) wn) Into the first class waiting miinder totsted me telling the hlstor loom which was filled with tinkers of mv service with the tegiment and and well to do pissengcis. took in) cap wishing me m mv mine )cais of such in in) hand and went the lounds beg- service glng for a poor soldlei's wife When M the conclusion he pinned i cioss t got tluotuh theie wue eight) mbles f tlio thhd degiee on mv bietst in the tap With this monev I went matked with a pencil three strip, s on ' .... - 1.,,..l.1y..i ttaltn - ,1111 nt I tt IS rtlA f,l to the command mt again, tinned t " l""1' l".'" i"""""ik '"," ovei to him vvlth a lequest that he piovlde accommodations for the woman and her chitdicn. who dM not know how to epuss hei gratitude to me The next tialn pulled in. I nevei before saw one o packed. There 1 ' womur went up fioni u couple I of hundied thtoats followed bv un out buist of laughter that shook the bulld I lug 'Hip niPinbeis of the commission wue too .unaed foi winds 'What the devil'" tiled the jeneial mil I I re 'I hat's all light You are obsspi! " In view of the seriousness of the wound 1 nail sustained the tommls. mans had leu men pusinuim .nm nign scnuoi siuiiem. started for our side At this moment fiiend buovel up in) spit Its and our beloved commnnder. Cirisliminov, )m tovei pionessed As I grad was struck to the ground. He was uaIj ,eB,,ined full contiol of mv mus wounded AVe attended to him quick!) cies nw neives I teased the doctoi sion orfeieil me ii couple of incmtlisi col,i,i i)e no thought of getting Inside the giatle of senioi undPi ofllcer The staff ciowded mound me, pressing m hands, praising tne and expressing their best wishes I was profound!) shaken with this demonstration of sin cere appreciation and affection on the put of the ofllceis This was mv re waid for all the suffeilng I hnd un dergone oa hnd him dispatched to the teal There was no time to waste. e met the advancing Geimans b icpeated voile) s. and when the) nppioiched our positions we climbed out and charged them vvlth fied bajonets. Suddenly a. terrific explosion deaf ened me, and I fell to the ground A German shell had come m w.t), a shell 1 shall never fot get. as pait of it X still c.nry in my bod) T felt teirlfic pains In mv back I sometimes "Well doctoi." I would si) to him f nm irnllip" 111 Will- .Itrnlll " ' 'o no" he would answer "teie 'euulne delight !i was so pleisant will be no moie wat foi vou to be In a home ni,alii eat home food golubushl-a" and he nuclei the tare or a woman I woiuleietl w bethei I re ill) would who became lo me a second mothei be able to letuiu to the front There lib packages foi m)sef and Stepan wns that fragment of shell vet In ni) ind the blessings of the whole famll) bod) The doctor would not extract following me I ,pft Moscow fiom the It He advised me to await complete Vlkolilev Station The train was lecovei) and have It lemoveil at sonip eave out I declined the oppnitunlt) t c n The nn!) qiaec available was And It was a rewind eiv much .ilicl lequested to be -cat to the fiont on the top of a coach There were woith while Whit did I cue for a n a lew da)s Supplied with fifteen plent) of passeimeis ev'en theie With wound In the spine nnd u four months' 'utiles unci it idllroad ticket, I left the the aid of some soldiers I climbed to p,tral)sls If this was the return tlmt niuiiiuJs of the hospital and went to the top, wliete I spent two da) s and I received for mv sacrifice' Tienches llitla MuAlmnvmi who had Invited two nights It was Impossible to set itllled with bloodv corpses held no hor- mo pievlouslj to -t.i) with hcT for a off at evei) station to take n walk, ror for tne then No Man's Land while It was u sta.v of short duia i;v en for the tea we bad to send Rmls- seemed rjuite an attractive plate in lion, lasting onlj tluee dajs but of 'mules, und our food consisted of that which to spend a da with a bleeding and lue.ii Accidents weie not uncommon On the verv loof on which I trtveled a man fell asleep and rolled off. being tilled liihtunti) I inmost suffeied n similar fate, escaping b) a hair's bietdth I begun to doze and drifted to the edge, and had not n sold' Ictr The scieecn or shells and the whistle of bullets piestnted them selves like music to m) lm tglnatltm Ah life was not so bleak and futile after all It had Its moments, of bliss that compensated for )cais of torment und mlscrv i (TO Hi: CONTINUED) ?oVghSnPoung!,C t "a irat jS, W fc,,,,,1 "SSS soldiers Then I lapsed into """ lS"e!.Xn and still cuti v with mo sclousness. They carried me to a dress. ' "h"n The slightest in Ing station The wound was so se-l ' ctne!1 me to HUffe, f.om It jlous thut the plDslclan In chaige did "!h" ,lotti not believe that I could survive. I was , ,ud t( ,edln to ulk as lf j ,uu placed In an ambulance and taken to-llpvcr tnas,1P(l ti,at ,,it before 1 LutzK. I required electiical tieat- WUH not 8UcceBSfi t the fhst at ments. but the Lutzk hospitals were tem.)ti Having asked the doctoi for not supplied with the necessary appa- a ,,. ()f cllltcilrs, i tiied to Mand I latus. It was decided to send me to up blIt fcll j,ack weakened and help I Kiev. My condition, however, was so css lnto the ,eu 'ri,0 attend mts. grave that for three da)s the doctors ,0wevei, placed me In u wheel chair i considered It dangerous to move me. auj took me out Into the gtiden This' Tn Kiev the flow of wounded was movement gave me deep h itlsfactlon ( so great that I was compelled to lie onte. In the absence of in) attendant in the stieet on a stretcher for a cou- i tried to stand up alone and make a nie ot hours before I was taken to u step It was ver) painful, but I main hOBPltal I was informed after an j talned m) balance, and teais of Jou X-ray examination, that a fragment of ' came streaming down mr cheeks r shell was Imbedded In my body nnd was Jubilant asked lf 1 wished an operation to have It was onlv a week later, howevei ' It removed. I could not Imagine living that 1 was peiniittecl l the doctoi to, v with a Plec6 of shell In mv flesh, and walk a little, supported b) the at m Tenuested its removal. Whethci be- Uendants I!ut I made onl en s eps I S".qUo?lmy lonaitlon or for, some beaming w ,1, t..un.Pl. n. nak ng omcr reason, me HurKcu.. ....- , , u,,la)sc(1 JIld fnlme.l The I elded no .to operate; .and told me that alarmed and called the.il I vvoud have to be scnt cither to let- stiucted them to bell rograo or iu "T 7i.pi,i; a 'more cautious In the future Mv lm As I was given the choice. I decided "L0enu.nt was, neveitheless, steadv.i on Moscow, Decause i mm i"'"c and a touple of weeks later I vvnH uhlo spring months of the jear In tho Eka- t(j wa xatuially I did not ftel sure tcrlna Hospital there. of my egH at first, they trembled nnd The wound In the spine parol) zed seeme(i h0 weak Ciradu.il) the) re me, to such an extent that I could not canea their foimcr strength and at move even a finger. I lay in the Mos " cow Hospital hovering between lire and death for some weeks, resembling! a log more than a human body, unlv my mind was actlv e and my heart full I of pain. . J Every day I was massaged, can led on a stretcher and bathed. Then the physician would attend me, probing i my wound with1 Iodine, and ti eating It vvlth electricity, after which I was bathed again and my wound dressed 'This dally procedure was a torture I that could not be paralleled, in spite I of the moiphine Injected Into me. There was little peace In the ward In1 which I was kept. All the beds weie occupied by sei lous cases, and the groans and moans must have (cached to heaven. Tour months I lay paialzed, never expecting to recover. My food con slated of milk and kasha, fed to me by an attendant. Death would have been a welcome visitor on many a gray day. It seemed so futile, so hopeless ' to continue alive In such a state, but the doctor, who was a Jew, and a man of sterling heart, would uotglve up hope. He persisted In his dally grind, praising my stoicism and encouraging i me with kind words. His faith wasl finally ro warded. At tho end of four months I began to feel life circulating In my inanimate body. My fingers could move! What a Joy that was! In a few dnvs I could turn my head a bit nnd sfetch mv Him. It wns so ma've'o'is. th's -'nt'-nal re surreotlo i of m" lifeless nr-"iiM To be ible lo close n-v !i"e" a four months ot nunv vtli-llllns. To n in a B knee that had be We handle only the very Best Coal Satisfied customers for SO ears. 2240 lbs. to ever; ton for 30 years. Our busi ness has increased from S000 tons a year to 150,000 tons. We Serve You Right NEW PRICES Egg Coal $10.30 Nut Coal Stove Coal Pea Coal . .$10.65 .$10.55 . $9.05 Owen Letters1 Sons t arpat Coal Yard in Phita. lm'.,,..,: it was ! Ticmcn ;v ' immm 1 piitlnn tq hriiiliB ,i. I-Uil. suo K I'j.i ii n torpid so tons' i ihiiwm n Not every one kriows that thousands oj air-cooled aeroplane engines were used during the war. They represented big advances in air-cooling, many of which are adaptable to the automobile engine. The first results are shown at space 4 1 Phdadelphia Automobile Show The Holmes-Philadelphia Company 441 North Broad Sired Philadelphia i KHJlB WHAT IS GUMMING THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRY? Wages Stop when work ceases. The really important questions to be considered. Production first, then better conditions. Malicious mis statements and ignorant lies. Prosperity will never come while the wheels of industry do not turn. . It doesn't matter what stops them when they stop, production stops; work must cease; money cannot be earned. Under present conditions, the most important things to consider are: Whether the demands of the men and women are fair and just; whether the Managements are able to meet these de mands. And what concerns Men and Management alike is: How will the granting of these demands affect the tex tile industry? If these demands are granted, will the workers' condition be bettered? Will he or she make more money? If we are going to lay a solid founda tion for permanent future prosperity, the most ital thing to do right now is: START TO WORK AND KEEP AT .WORK Production must come first in order to reduce the cost of li ing. The wheels must start and keep on turning, so that .money can start and keep on circulating. Any decrease in Produc tion, raises prices and lessens the alue of the dollar in your pocket. "Do not listen to the Paid Agitators and Bolshe ists enemies both of the stead) , conscientious, dependable Worker and of the Management these agitators are trying to sow discord and hatred by malicious mis-statement or ignorant lies. Don't let them shout or bully or wheedle )ou out of our job! Don't let their influence build up a bar rier between you and vour ments. Manage- Get together and work together. The MEN and MANAGEMENTS must get together and work together and stick together. The MANAGEMENTS are willing! We belice the MEN and Women are willing! THE MEN AXD MANAGEMENTS . ' TEXTILE COUNCIL has been formed so that all" engaged in the tex tile business, no matter whether the) work at a loom or at a desk, can learn to know the desires, rights, aims, ambitions and responsibilities of their fellow-workers. It is a co-operative mo ement, de signed to put the textile industry on a basis where all will be prosperous, content and happy; where all will combine to make Philadelphia a larger and more profitable Textile Center. It can be done. It will be done MEN & MANAGEMENTS TEXTILE CO '. O. Hox No. 693, Philadelphia Post Office r ii n n H -;- 1 1 l lCIL I i i,tJpW"w( - i . JLp W ? S - Sid LAif "i 4 " "" A