'Wv yv a; , T i 11," t . tf"d EVENING PTJBlfto; EDtJERPJHlLIiPHlA; 'iSiOTtfl jE4 CES ?:) Ffl?iVG SQK4Z) WITH GROUP OF RUSSIAN OFFICERS tHe Is Stood Up in a Field 5 l Ql ,.!, Whom thn k jwbv" " " - f' Bodies of Hundreds of W$ Other Victims Lie Just liitA ... m n 11 ficre 1 hey tell ? Mj&itOopvrtoM. lt. tv FrtdtrUU A. Slokts Co.) iri-) Striken Company under th till or Mtey "Tashka.-J W :tm ..:-.' . an kw """-- . .. - -..,, tne xiantuiuu nnd n. ceasant slrl thus stepped into the International THIS STARTS THE STORY -r !,- .iimmpr nf 1917 Maria '' -r...t.lnA.ff fftrmpd Hm of Death, a woman's nghtlns unit m rvf.Bf, , 'Russian army. J -lV- UlUO tVCH"- "- -..--. . i riXHS. hh of fame, xms y; ," &ci-4.ri' earlier installments sne iuiu. . KJ 'i ni'-i- , . - un,ih tn nr Tit i TittfrfamnH or nor uiuiuiwwu, ..- brutalities of her marriedlo ana ot s: A l- flffl$3& her wishto become Tn .oldler.. Sho W&mi?' told of battles fought nnd won and flisaWKU Ii 7l. .t.mnn,ii(m nf the Husslan 1l?rhb,S2 Mrr Czar, it was iu ""' " -----J& Minn that the battalion was formed, but it was not entirely successful. At last the soldiers force tho women to disband and Botchkareva returns ta her home. Some time later she is elnt for by officers In Petrograd Ota satisfied with the way the Bolshe vlsts are running the Government nnd dispatched on a special mission Uo General Kornllov. On her way tack she is captured by Keds. AND HERE IT CONTINUES A II, IP I had only known It before, A I would have had you shot in company with those- fifteen officers I' ll addressed me. "I would not have the heart to shoot at my own brothers, soldier or officer," I remarKea. "Eh, you" are singing already, V Bolshevist cabinet From left to right, Zlotowski, Michallov, Lynochalsky, Leon Trotsky, (General Nurawow and Nogin. .The others are unidentified When 1 was led Inside thero went up a cry: "Botchkareva! How did you get here? Coming from KornllovV" "No," I answered, "I was on my way to Kislovodsk." There were about forty men In the car, the larger part officers. Among the later were two generals. They were terribly shocked at my nppoar anco among them. When my con voys left, the prisoners talked more freely. To some of them I even told tho truth, that I had actually been to Kornllov. None of them gave mo uny hope. All were resigned to death. One of tho generals was an old man. j Ho beckoned to me and 1 sat down beside him. j "I have a daughter like you." he said sadly, putting his aim around my , shoulders. "I had heard of your brave , deeds and came to love you ns much j hB ' as my own girl, lint I never expectea 1 tn inont vnll hpro. In this death-trap. . , . ,., j i ..-. ... . ..turned on me. "We Know your num. jsn't It dreadrur.' Hero we are, an vi fiiit in nil " I declared, "you are not , us, the best men of the country, being , "All in all, ioi. i executed, tormented, crushed by the fostter than the officers of the old gavng(j mob Jf ,( wen on,y for the regime." j good of llussla! But Ilussla Is per- "Silence!" he commanded, angrily. Ishlng at this very momont. Perhaps Ir, Ti-Hh th pom- VOU will mic juu jci. jiicn jwu ..... group. Those remaining kissed me farewell. Tho parting among tho men was alone sufficient to pierce one's heart. "Well, we will follow you in an hour or two," thoso who wero left behind said bravely. After I took my boots off I removed the Icon from my neck and fell before It on my knees. "Why should I die each a death?" I cried. "For threo years I have suf fered for my country. Is this shame ful end to be my reward? Havo mercy, Holy Mother! If not for the sake of humble Maria, then for the sake of my dcstltuto old mother and my aged father! Have mercy!" Here I collapsed completely and be came hysterical. After a few moments an officer ap proached me, put his hand on my shoulder, and Eald: Jj WJktrXilU; &i JMV9i l ' -Y . - , - r if: tWht, r .V , $tC: t N -' l,-. 'Ufi, "rt. H' ll"A , "T6U are a Russian officer1. Wo dying for a rlghteoun cause. Be strong and die as It behooves on offi cer to die!" I made a superhuman effort to con trol myself, Tho tears stopped. I aroso arid announced to the guards: "I am ready." Wo wero led oul from the car, ali of us in our undergarments. A few hundred feet away was the field of slaughter. There were hundreds upon hundreds of human bodies heaped there. As we approached tho place the figure of Pugatchov, marching about with a trlumphunt face, came into sight. He was In charge of the firing squad, composed of about 100 I men, some of whom were sailors, oiners soiaiers ana oiners urcancu ua Red Guards. We wero surrounded and taken to ward a slight elevation of ground, and placed in a. line with our backs to ward tho hill. Thero were corpses behind us In front of us to our left to our right, at our very feet. There were at least a thousand of them. The scene was a,' horror of horrors. The poisonous odors were choking us. The executioners did not Beem to mind it so much. They were used to them. I was placed at the ixtfento right of the line. Next to me vraa the old general. Thero wero twenty of us altogether, "We are waiting' for the commit tee," Pugatchov explained tho delay in tho proceedings. "What a pleasure!" he rubbed h'ls hands, laughing, "We have awoman today." "Ah, yes," he added, turning to us all, "you can write letters homo and ask that your bodies be sent there for burial, if you wish. Or you can ask for other favors." The suspense of waitinir was as , cruel as anything else about the place. Every officer's- face wore an exproa Ion of implacable' hatred for that brute of a man, Pugatchov. Never hav6 I seen, a 'more bloodthirsty per vert. I did not think that such a man was to bo found In Ilutsla. The waiting wore me out soon and I fell again on my knees, praying to the little icon and crying to Heaven: "GdU, when have I sinned to earn such fi. death? Why should 1 dlo like a dog, without burial, without a Driest. with no funeral7 And who will take care of my mother?, She will expire wnen sne learns oi my enu." Tho Bolshevik soldiers broke out laughing. My pleading touched their sense Of humor. They joked and made merry. (TO BE CONTINUED) "FIRST TO FIGHT" MAN DEAD Tinkliaui, Who Led First Con tingciif, Victim of Pneumonia N'w York. April E. Edward Isley LTInkhnm, of Montcln.tr, N. J., who com manded tne first' tlghtlnr unit of Ameri cans to carry- the American flag to the French war front in May, ' 1417, and Inter was commissioned, an ensign In the United States naval aviation service, died of pneumonia at Ravenna, Italy, on March 30, It was learned today. . Tlnkham's contingent which bore the Stars and stripes to the front wos com posed mainly of Cornell undergraduates and departed for the fighting lines armed with carbines and uniformed In khaki. && ..- .,'! an, A hiiiti ciartes in Munich- and other parts of Bavaria was the formation here yesterday of the "Council of Kml- ? ration," under the auspices of the ieague of South American Emigrants. Many people are preparing to leave the cities nnd settle In the rural districts or In other German states. Tho freight houses hero are over flowing with household goods which cannot be transported on account of the shortage of rolling stock. The activity of the authorities In billeting soldiers and other government employes and Civilians also has Induced many per sons to leave Aiumcn. "REDS" CAUSE EXODUS Emigration arid Movement to Country Among the Germans Munich, April . B, (By A. P.) A further mantfestatibn of the movement which Is spreading among many of the l II ! WOUU BAMffl HATS0I& Gcrmnn-Ajistnan .Assembly PaNM f Bill, Including Confiscation' , Copenhagen, April E. (By A. P.) i . Tho Oerman-Austrlan National Assam. blyhas passed the bill Introduced March 'ill 27 to banish members of the Hap ramuy ana connscate tnetr cording to Vienna. advices. , Other bills, doing; away with certain J, titles of nobility and abollshlnr capital.)'! ftleo have bean paaggfl. - ,jr$j -.. .1, , ag C73KNOX EIGHT DOLLARS A New Soft Hat for Spring ' Distinctive in appearance and, of course, the quality is typically B lay lock St Blynn, in other ' words, the best. W afso carry a complete tin of tmart halt and cap for boys of all agts V 1528 CfceXiutSt " is.- H. IVJ. m fc.3' u-AJ M Mi I 'ill !; ,;ji R Petrukhln came 'mlttee at that instant. "I beg you not to yell," ho turned to Pugatchov, feeling more confident With tho committeemen at his back. "She Is in our hands now, and we will do Justice. It 13 for us to decide if she is guilty. Icave her alone." avenge us. . . . I broke down, convulsed with sobs, and leaned against the general's shoul der. The old warrior could not re strain himself either and wept with me. . . . Tho other officers suddenly sang out In a chorus. They sang from despair, in an effort to keep from collapsing. There were only ten Jurors within l cried long anu mueny. i pra eu reach. The other two members were f0lvom,vOUeId' 8UStaln her?" T np absent and the ten, being In the pealed to Heaven. "She will be forced to go begging In lier out age it J, am jAH l ,... J..at.ln1 ,n arm nn mllh ttlA KV l'J 'work. rPs. S.. ..,-.. .i i ii,.. . Sf .nciiier vu iiiiu net t;uiik u hu, j I will not let her get out of here f f alive!" Pugatchov declared. "What SA am I?" he added. "I am no enemy les-sj' . either." ISjjfSr? However, this threat worked in my m.a mi , ,.j fvf iAw. latui, txa 11. luuu IWfa pride. They were not to be overridden fetsfeg like that. Pugatchov demanded that I Jrjjj .be searched. ei "fiease, i. am at your disposal," I SrsffSS'" .IBla ,DUt oeore you go aueau l want WAjK put to death. Life became very precious to me, the same life that I had exposed to a hundred perils. I I did noUwant to die an Infamous death. I to. He on the field unburied, food for 1 carrion crowe. ' "Why haven't you allowed me to die from an enemy's bullet?" I asked 113'""? to- hand over to you this package (if WjnjS, uioney. iiiere are iu.uuu ruDies in it, feg? .former adjutant, to enable me to take m; we cure ui ine springs, l Kept mis noney intact, because I hoped to re- &; turn it to her upon reaching the i& ' J ' favor, as it touched the committee's ' 0f God. "How have I deserved being butchered by the hands of my own people?" Tho door swung open. About forty soldiers filed In. The leader had a list of names in his hand. "Botchkareva!" he called out first. Somehow my heart leaped with Joy. I thought I would be released. But the ofllcers immediately disillusioned me w'lth the statement that it was a call for execution. I stepped forward and answered: "I am here!" "Razdlevaysla!" (undress). The order stupefied me. I remained motionless. Some soldiers came up, pushed me forward and repeated the order several times. I awoke at last and began to undress. Tho old general's name was read off the list next. Then a number of other ofllcers ware called out. Each of them was ordered to cast off his uniform and remain in his undergarments. The Bolsheviks needed all the uni forms they could get, and this was such an inexpensive way of obtaining them! Tears streamed down my cheeks. The old general was near me. "Don't cry!" he urged me. "We will die together." Not all the prisoners were in our 'Caucasus.' 7i The money had In reality been AjfiF 'in the future. '7 j 4-ae vaiuaDie package was taken teit v'U',away without much questioning. I Elf n " l'" oroerea to unuress com RSN. ' tDletelv. Petrukhln nrnlo.teri air,.f Kf -A It, but Pueatchov lnslstpfl. Tho hi.. pute was settled by a vote, the majority being for the undressing. The search was painstaking, but yielded nothing. There was thn ttrUM r tO KlSlOVOdsk. thn Wtnn frnm T,.l 4 "' Jatuyeva, a little bottle of holy water. $? 'Biven to me by my sister Nadla. and a Oe i"-""""! preseniea to me before leav . .lng for the front'by one of the patron. oa vk mo uattanon. "Ah, now we have got it!" ex claimed Pugatchov, seizing the hal lowed bag. "There Is the letter from Kornllov!" The pad was ripped open nnd a Bcrv, , PaPer was taken out on which a Psalm had been written In a woman s hand. I declared that the sin of tearing it open would fall iOn their heads and that I would not bew it up again. One of the soldiers obtained a needle and thread and eewed the bag; together. ,fIrl mart-iT-iAvx n t. .. gv.V .,....i v . , "le committee ex. IKi&tc- cused themselves for belno- rni.irain. r ed to have me searched in such a ' -mauner. "What will you do with me now?" I asked. "We will have you shot!" answered Pugatchov. "What for?" I demanded in despair. The beast did not reply. He Bmlled. Petrukhln was afraid to defend ine too much, lest he be suspected tor glvlnc aid to a snv. W nrfr,,l In '! Work indlrectlv for mo hv iniiunMn HJ'.A-. . , .7.'- , - ....w,.w,..F P'tSf vU1Bl committeemen individually. It Player Rolls 2g5n, IW 15,00"to aelect from ALT. THE IATEST HITS 3 Ideal or Pianostyle, $1 Open Etenlnm to 10 Mtf 2"? declded that the case be submit .T - t-f- to the commander-in-chief. Sab-1 lf;?9on'JhemoUon of Petrukhln. This was &w. '- --.- oiu,o u iuitiii;aiaie ex- fSBv""0". out tne expectation among' tho Mi, .men was that my death wan nertnln. v JfliAJTfNevertheless. I was Drofoundlv irmto. owv; tm iu jretruKnin ror his humane attl KftV f5 "de. He was a man of rare qualities, mWP7 ."'""? anong jjoisheviks he was almost thrfifi'f.rs uniaue IwWtMV - y18 ordered to a railroad carriage usea as a Jail for captured officers and other prisoners. It was a death cham ber. Nobody escapedallve from there. 0 Br Germantowh Ave? M I l'hlla.'n lllrgfBtTalklnr vitelline Store jfeHARDW00Dfc Wlv ' 1 I 1 I mw AAt m mmx rj-U; ym-r- f t .1 tfff Ml, .lihrna han ft -;? I ?"' - 'iw w? IS IDEAL- (For the Hands -0O4ip2Sa.OutintS3AfiOa,T)cum3Ro. SmiidI Maria mailed frw br'0mUisr, Dipt. L, BasWa."! 'TheSTAVDAlffir .Which Olhcrs Are Jadd All lumber restrictions are now re moved, so that we can offer the same service and quality of woods as here tofore, and ptfve your orders imme diate attention. The small hqme where single floors are to be "hard wooded" receives as much care from us as the largest order. PINKERTON 3034 West York St .".". v ii-4 ' ,so . McCLEES GALLERIES ,1507 Walnut Street T FTlitRS WANTED $35.00 Per Week to. Right Men GILDERS WANTED 20 Above Unfcm Wages OiiGCount of the unusual activity in the picture ?.: .:; i:!:;:!i: ifilii : ' ''' ::':':!: li:i ill Eiiiii !::!; ::i!t!ii Ii: i !'i if-'l lijliijljillljiijijjjli! iiiili ni-iiii ! i ! iiiS! liiiiii! i i! i i i ffltefflBw1 !:!:i;i LClCmillca One of the Eminent Men of Your Profession a scientist, educator and practitioner said to us, "You have unquestionably developed the, best dentifrice that is made, but please avoid the mis take of every other dentifrice manufacturer don't ask and expect dentists to sell it for you." This same gentleman, who practices and teaches at a" great dental school in Philadelphia, has given invaluable aid to our chemists, keeping them posted on the latest results of scientific research and suggesting modifications of our formula. A New York Dentist of whom you all think highly because of his valuable contributions to your science, also has checked un our ex. perimental work and in his own laboratory has worked out a number of difficult problems we have encountered. We fully appreciate the ethical standards of your pro fession and we have no purpose to enlist your aid in the marketing of Mennen's Cream Dentifrice, but we do want you to judge the scientific theory on which our Dentifrice is based and to know how sincerely we have tried to pro duce a Dentifrice in accord with the most advanced thought of dentistry. We hada pretty good dentifrice formula several years ago nothing remarkable, but fully as good as any other dentifrice. It wasn't good enough to be called Mennen's. An unbroken rule of ours is to place the name "Mennen" only on products which are needed and which are essentially better than nnv- thing else made. Mennen Talcum took the place of starchy powders which, were harmful to a baby's skin. Mennen Shaving Cream introduced a radically hew type of shaving soap that has become the favorite with millions of men. Mennen's wonderful Kora-Konia supplies the only satisfactory treatment for chafing, severe skin irri tations and baby rashes. We could not employ .a dentifrice formula which did not measure up to tht3 Mennen stand ard of essential superiority. About four years ago we learned that the dental pro fession had been startled by and had accepted a revolu tionary, radical principle which affected trie entire practice of dentistry. This principle was based upon the researches and discoveries of H. P. Pickerill, M. D., Ch. B., M D. S. (Birmingham), L. D. 6. (England), which related to the entire field of dental science bodily conditions affecting the mouth the influence of teeth on general health and the proper dentifrice to be used for a natural preser vation of the teeth. therefore interferes with Nature's method of protecting: the teeth. Inasmuch as analysis showed that practically all the popular, well advertised dentifrices were either strongly alkaline or were merely, candy-flavored compounds, it seemed to us that the House of Mennen would be doing a service to the public by producing a modern, scientific ally correct dentifrice.- Our bigf . the Dne which"our chemists aided by a nrnWpm number of dental scientists who rank as proDiem leaders of your profession, have success fully solved, was to produce a non-alkaline dentifrice which would clean, whiten and polish, the teeth without scouring or grinding them; which would break down tartar formations and mucin "plaques" and which would stimu late a flow of saliva for a long time. Considered purely as a cleansing and polishing agent, we believe you will class Mennen's Cream Dentifrice as superior to anything that has been offered to the public. The breaking down of tartar formations and "plaques" is accomplished efficaciously by ingredients of recognized value for this purpose. Mennen Cream Dentifrice intro duces into the mouth a fruit acid in solid form which only dissolves in contact with water and does not, asis so often the case, break down and combine with the other ingredi ents to form a sodium salt and thus defeat its purpose. This fruit acid exerts a stimulating influence on the salivary glands and increases the flow and alkalinity of saliva. Mennen's Cream Dentifrice has a 20 content of alcohol, serving as an antiseptic deodorant and conditioner of the gums. Aromatic oils add to. the pleasure of using Mennen's and leave a-pleasant and refreshing after-taste. V Mennen's is not a cure-all It is PickerilPs great book "The Prevention of Dental Caries and Oral Sepsis," which' has truided us in In presenting Mennen's Cream Dentifrice to the public, we shall make no fraudulent claim that it cures diseases of the mouth or gums, such as pyorrhea or acid in the mouth. We shall not offer Mennen's as a substitute for regular and frequent visits to a good dentist. We shall simply claim that Mennen's effectively cleanses, whitens and polishes the teeth; that it breaks down and prevents tartar formations and mucin "plaques"; and that it aids Nature to preserve teeth by increasing the secretion, flow ohd alkalinity of saliva, which is Nature's agent for neutralizing the acids of food decay. We shall claim that Mennen's Cream Dentifrice is a radical advance over practically all other dentifrices, which are honestly, but wrongly compounded on the alka line theory which Dr. Pickerill has so convincingly exploded. No uninvited c sha11 not folIow & U8Ual custom ..mMi - of sending samples to Dentists in hopes samples thattheywllfeeldblteatedtodistribute I:!:!:: ''is; ;i.:;:i:ii::iii:i::::S: 5::::::::?.::::::: :' :ji:::i:i:i:iiSii:::i-::i iii-i iiiii i ii;:::;:::::!;:::!:;::-!!::!::!! Sii!iiiiii!iiiiiiiii l!iyi!i!i:f::i!i:!i:':!:iiii:ii:!ii:i l'i:!i:l!:!l:i:yi!iii:il!:!i:!!lii:ljiji ::l!::ii!ii::i!i!ii:!:ii!:i:!:!:!i VI ll , ..SKfJ Ml $$ Mi If! -n n rn working- out our present formula. As you know. ?em amon2 their patients; but it will, of course, be a Dr. PlrlrrJH ..nlr. k- k c ni.. ' pleasure to send a full size tube to any dentist who desires T ;.; . 7 " " "" Munc to give MennenVa personal trial. couTflow n?r.T8 udy fih that a If any of your patients expressman interest in Mennen copious How or saliva will neutralize the acids Cream Dentifrice and have difficulty, in finding it at drug of food decay; and second: that a strongly stores, because of its recent introduction to the trade, we alkaline dentifrice checks the flow of saliva U supply em tiirdugh you. Aside -from that, we ask ...J ...J- - 1 l 1. . .8auv nothing of the dental profession, except a friendly interest and tends to paralyze the salivary glands, and in our Endeavor to give to the public 1 - l f) an honest Dentifrice '(TEAM KUX Mennen pre.m .Dehtrlfic. cott. 38 -cent., and tho tube U imaMer than man, dentfrlcii co.ilnr 25 c4nti. but Mannan'i vru m.d. ' daliver a result mnA n. flf mI... ""-' .we icei our men are enuuea 10 inis advance. . ,, . . ., .- .,. .4. .. . frfezy. i.iwv5v. .rt'f'tVJa; "-SAtyj,,m kttfnmwQfc.xm
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