ijm v " M i .At' jV1 BVEXIXG PUBLIC LEDGER PHXDADELPHIA', WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1919 12 i 1 BO TCHKARE VA HAS MASS CELEBRA TED IN CA THEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SA VIOUR :0n the t ,-J State Day Church Are Severed i and Im pressivc Services Are Held in Commemoration of Her Miraculous Es cape From Death. I Kr JCnnunoht. HI!) bv frritritch i Itokri Co.) (Thin utorv. (old by ltrl tlottlikare ' ntin tmnlatd id tmnKcre'l bv tnanr Don I.vlnt. I nbllsh.1 In the rrrderlck piokn 'ampani under th title of THIS STARTS THE STORY In the summer of 1917 Marin J3otcliUarea formed the Battalion or ieatli, n woman's fighting unit iUp -In the llusslan armj . nhri u peasant Bui mus stepped into t interna tional hall of fnme. ThN la her story, In the earlier Installments she told of tBe hardships of het child hnod, tlier lnutalltles of her married life and the realization n her '-.Ish to hecome a soldier She told of battles fought and won and of the demoralization of the soldiers fo.iow Injr the overthrow of th Czar It was to shame the men Into uctloni that the uoman'H huttallou was formed. The battnlion hiu ome action, but was at least foired b the men to dNband Dnuhkn e.i later, at the Instance of Kussiaii ofheera In PetroRrad who weie dis satisfied with the wh.v the Roetn merit was belntr run undertook, a mission to Ueneral Kornllui, which wns clowned with sneress though accompanied bj main danijci v AiND HERE IT CONTIMrS Rearing a Message from M People rpHK Vasil!es weio the onlj people - 1 could KO to In Moscow The lived on the outsklits of the cit. I made an attempt to walk to theli house, but vvas too weak lo proceed more than two blocks Thcio was a incabman at the cm l. but he wanted twentj-fle lubles lo take me to m friends. t tried to bargain. offctiiiK fifteen, and he would not heai of It , Aa I liad no monr I tlnalb hhed the cab In the hope that Darli Maximovna would pa foi it The altei native was, to remain on the curb JIadame asllleva lecelved me us If I were her own daughtei She was oveiwhelmed with Joj at mv leleise I was too emaciated and worn out to itact full 'o mj miiaculous dclivci ance from the clutches of torture and - death I was served some light food, and Daiia Maximovna went about - ptcpailng a bath for me I had not .ltoliaiiccd m undeigdimcnts for sev f" K ' "Lord 3l!";l s,we,ie i"a:ssts8r' L -r-s-r . v 'Hk;! Kx &Jt .r : mt tBHHHHHHLV yET- " t 'H t Wyy? . m - t - ' v n -j? mm iaunHB'fi i .v "j . ttvj ;r L?vrmr . t ,i & ": i , 111 TilF PS I- 1W-t1BIIw i ? J' i P IBHSBtH iVMt ! jMnmMBK mif- - -.-i"S"BOBWisBBBK U-4whM.ua r - - -i-1 . ivi-an.it-t ii i -r . n -'--- "- vM-aw t .-W?irW tJ MMWIW once saved, on the eve or her execu tion. The execution vvaa postponed. She then nraved to U I divine olc6 Informed her that her nie would De spareu. erne voweu in offer public pravers In this cathedral In the event of her release. The Lord mercifully ci anted her freedom, and i she Is jiowliere to fulfill the vow" I mi. - , a ii I ..i ,. .1 n.. Oxiie pnesi men hskcu uie ueHiuu lu uiiiik lilt? ill' lu nc nimi. i"i" ror. It felt like a dream. The soldiers were actually cursing Bolshevism, de nouncing Lenlne and Trotskv. "How does It happen that jou all talk so sanely'" 1 asked. "Hecause the Geimans are movliiK on Moscow, and Lenlne and Tiotsky don't even snap their flnRers," came In answer. "A soldier has escaped od again, and a i 'ni Kiev and jusf teiegrapneci tnai ri hr thnt her he Oermans aie seizing Ilussians and sending them to Germany to help fight the Allies. Lenlne and Tiotsky told us thathe Allies were our ene mies. We now see that they are our friends. , Another soldier, who hud been home on leave, told of nn aimed lted Guard detachment that descended on his ll was led there, a mutmur went tnrougn aRe ot1e f,. dav aml roi,bed the the assembly. peasants of all the bread thev had, the "Lord! It's Uotthkareia'" product of their sweat and blood, ex es weie lit and for fifteen mln- posing them to starvation. avers of praise to the Lord, The people aie hungiv. tint's wily ead, glorifying His name the Join the Hed Guaid" one of the 1 leturned to the Vaslllevs by trol- . men lemaiked. "At least then they ley. On the car there wre manv sol- .get food and arms with which to plun- .diets, and again their conversation der. It Is getting so that one Is not chercd me up safe unless he belongs to the Ked A fine end we have come to! The "J; , . ,. , ... Dili WIIV UUni UU UU BUJIlf tiling . I addressed mvself to them. "Cvei.v where T see the people are aioused. but they do-nothing to overthtow the ke" "We have demanded more than once the resignation of Lenlne and Tiotsky. Theie were large majorities against them at several elections. But tiey itRFi on toe rvu ctiiara anu Keep vnem t uana waximov na s in mpu r , . - 'v. .C m The awakening of the Tins- k" lnon'l ln splte ,ot tne w"' J lei- had hen-iin! Ih People The peasants are almost lei uaci Deguns -it,t tumm Interior of the Catlio'tal of f.hri-t the Saviour li light ' ' es o v on aie beginning lo ice the the fict that 1 was penniless and I could not (uv foi the service. At (he iidlnir.il ini fellow i conclusion or tne communion tne u a ntn V month aio I wouldn't 'have talked.!'""' aniiouiiceu 'Theie has Just come heie a Chris tian woman, who had suffered greatly foi the country, and whose name Is known tluoughout the land A mira cle sived'her in a. desperate moment. '.-wl llutnnail In tm in n ai a n ml unlvt ,her an old fiiend, whose life she had !a'm,.,t t0 B?0 t0 beJ,'"1 f V t 'V' weeks, and mv hodv was blacket Sfjt lhaii It evet had been duilng mv life aClT in She trenches i? skin was In a Bt V. Iam.II.Ih nn...1ll.. f. ...v. mmtn rl.A to vou I was then the chaitman of n local Soviet Uut xee whit it all menus now We ewe being auested, "carched lobbed terrorized bv the Hed Gunnl me-tenarlcs I would mvself shoot Lenlne und Tiotskv foi tills outiageous tieatment nf the in vallds A montli ago I whs a fool but I see now tint 1 was nil wiong in mv ldens about vou -md uthei oppo nents of the Bolslieviki You me not an enemj of the people, but a ft lend" Accompanied bv a couple of -oldlers I walked awav One of them told me he had seen a gill of mine, thrown out of the home, begin begging. Mv heart pained at the thought but 1 was ab solute without mount" Wh-u could' I have done for her"' We reached the Geimans are moving neaiet and neai er. and here they aie shooting and attesting the people!" the men sad to one another. "Whv don t thev send the Red Guard to resist the enemv ? We are being sold to the Germans " TJils was my second encounter with sober-thinking soldiers In one dav. I arrived at Darla Maxlmov na's In high spirits sian soldier f had left my medals and croses ln IPetrogtad before starting out on the fateful en and. Hoi rowing some money from Madame Vasllleva, I went for them to Petrograd. The tallway car riage in which I traveled was packed with about 1G0 soldiers. But the.v weie no longer the cut-throats, the Incensed and levengeful uifHans of tin mnntlia n trn Tliox il Irl not I threaten Thev did not brag The kindness of their real souls had again uasserted Itself. They even made a "place for me. inviting- me to sit down. "Please, Madame Botchkarcva," thev said, 'take this seat." I "Thank vou, comrades," I answeicd "Xo, don't call us comrades imv more. It s disgraceful now. The torn ,rades ate at present fleeing from the front, when the Germans Uneaten One felt among friends. This com radeship was what endeared the Rus sian soldier to my heart. Not the comiadeship of the agitators, not the comradeship so loudly proclaimed in the Bolshevik manifestos and procla mations, but the true comradeship that made the tluee sears In the tienches the happiest of my life. That old spirit again lined the ah. it was After tne to n mnn against them ' The more reason vvh you should act," T said. "Something ought to be done'" i "What? Tell us what!"" Severn! wanted to know. ! "Kven to get together, for Instance,1 land le establish the fiont!' L, sug gested. I "We would, but we have nobody we can trust lo lead us. All our good people are fighting among themselves," they argued. "Besides, we would need arms nnd food." "But whom could we choose as our leader?" tho men persisted. "All our chiefs aie divided. Some ate leputed to be moiiatchlsts. Others are said to be exploiters of the poor laboring peo ple. Still others nte declared to be German ngents. Where could we find a man that would not belong to ono of these oi plher parties?" "What If I, for Instance, took charge and became jour leader?" I madu bold to ask. "Would j oil follow me?" "Yes, ves!" the cried "'We coujd trust vou. You aie a peasant joui self. But what could jou do?' "What could I do? You know that these scoundrels aie destioj'lng Rus sia. The Geimans are grasping every thing tliej can lay hold on. I would trj to lestoie the fiont'" "But how?" the.v quizzed, Heie the Idea of going to Ametlca otlginated in my mind. We had all heard that America was now one of the Allies . "What If I should go to America to ask there for help?" I venttned. "But If 1 did get theie and to the other Allies," I Insisted, "and tame back with an aimy ant equipment, would vou Join me then, and would jou have all jour fi lends tome with jou?" "Yes, we would! Yes! We know that jou could not be bought. You ate one of us!" they shouted. "In that event I will go to America!" I announced lesolutelj, there and then making up my mind to go. The sol diers wouldn't believe me. When we reached Petiograd and I parted ftom them affectionatelj'. with their bless ings following me. I did not forget to vvaim them to lemembcr their pledge upon hearing of my nnlval fiom for eign lands with troops. (CONTLVUEp TuMonrtow 'XDsmkfc. jrrt-l Ink Watarisl vJw, FoumlliPen jVs 1 Z2EZL 1 M $2.50 ImH and up fjS At r jm Deah&s Ifm io.. BHnWMHHBMMBHHMHi Held inthehands of menwho think and0an.itishelpinS greatly to solves the reconstructions problems of the world. T&adyto write instantly anywhcre L.E.Watermart Co. i9i Broadway NcwYofk Chicago BojtonSsnFrncJ5CO nightmare of the revolution and ter- , cerimjsHook i . i Vi ." '".'..' . .?..... ..,... .. 'Cathedral of Chi 1st the Savloui and ..r". ". ..' S :.".:. ' - ' .'..L-iVal."'.T I lemembeied the vow I had made to IC-ICUOC UKU .WU ,,,.. , ,, , . t. J l ., nn i c a I'liLriiv iiiiioi icitv-M 4ii t-wiii- rK tir r moment than my the" long hours of sleep following It were even moio we.cwne I doubt if sleep evet tasted sweetri to me. One could not remain' long as a guest hi Moscow in thoe caily dajs of .March, 1918 Strain lived avvaj fiom his home, u his parents dif fered shatplj Uh him on the politi cnl situation. The famllj consisted of Darla Maivaov na. her husband and the joungei- von. Tho daughter, Tonetchkawas married and lived t apart. ,7he three A aslliev s l eceiv ed AlWfty-1r'pound and one-eighth of biead' Tho weekly meat i at ion was a puuim and a half. 1 thereto, e promptly leallzed what a bin den I was bound i to be But I could not make up mv mind wheie to go and what to do. The Vaslllevs offeied to buv me a ticket home.' but the document 1 had from the Soldiers' Section was in itself a ticket. I recalled tha some of mj maimed iglMs had been sent to Moscow to be quartered in tho House of Invalid-. and thought of looking them up. I took o. walk to the citj. When I nppioached the block in w hich the House for Invalids was situated. I tt saw several crowds, laigelj composed -of soldiers, in the street. Holding 1 meetings of indignation As I l cached J th.plate I found a number of maimed boldlers, some of them without legs or arms, scattered about the fiont grounds. , On inquiiy I learned that the Bol shevist authorities had turned the ' hundreds of ciippled Inmates Into the ..- tnn.r n F ll.ani lnllllllnt- 1Y1 V girls, had already disappeared, some undoubtedly spreading out to beg, others gathered up by charitable peo ple and societies. But still a goodlj number remained, cijing. cursing, X-enlne and Trotskj. and asking pass rsby for food and shelter It was a pathetic sight The ciueltj of thn i order made one's blood boil. It was! nn order apparently piomulgatcd Just, .for the sake of ciueltj. The excuse1 that the government needed the build ing ceitalnly did not Justify the wan Ellin fti,n ... There'Nveie about two hundred sol idlers In the crowd, and I stopprd to --cr'.,ftAM n. clioti- rnn ersatlon. All of rajS1! J'them had been attracted to the place J . J bv the complaints of the evicted ln vallds. Their talk came as a levela- Wt I' tldn to me. Tliey were in a mutinous 17:. J state, atoused against uenine anu lft f ." V'... , i T.-o sovor.il linuis fcTj lingered about the various eroups, 3 3 Sometimes participating in the dis- memoiHtlon of mv miraculous escape fiom death I took leave of mv companions and enteied the chinch Theie weie about Hve or sl hundred people there On that verj daj, I believe, the oidet was piomulgated separating the church fiom the state All the devout mem bets of the Cathedial went to the communion beivlce that afternoon. I went to see the deacon in the ves trv und told him of the miracle that was vouchsafed me and the voiv I had made I did not full to mention )crim)S' in The only Sport Touring at the price America. It is the General Motors Corporation's newest light Six. Therefore you'd naturally expect it to be a little better than ordinary. $1295 Detroit. La Roche Brothers, Inc. 1214 North Broad St. J 9 i v- . t-v- J. r.UBBIUIIDt "? "See what jou have brought on c-y myour own acts. You have atrociously lA.i...n on.i willed M' officers, xou KMWve abandoned God and destrojed the rMif-liuiqh. Xow, this Is the lesult of SFTvoilr deeds." In some such manner f I addressed the men, anu uiey an I HWered something like this ? w holleved that bv overthrowing lour offlcers and the wealthy class we mould have plentj of bread and land. 'But now the factories are demolished 5 and theie Is no work. We are terror- ' .ri hv ih Red Guard which Is com- IA" t posed mostly of drunkards and cr ml I. itnaV. Ii t'iere are a"y onest soldiers 15 'in it. It Is because hunger and poverty fciE ' orce them to enlist In order to escape lt fiwtarvatlon, If we demand Justice nnd Ktb Bed hangmen. And all the, while ' 3- I. .nl-l ntn T II. n , the uermans are amui.v-iue niiv, - U VU. and nobody is sent to nam mem. jt, four real enemies i At these words I crossed rnjself, i -ihanking the Almighty for the deep J ihanse He had wrought In the minds t$ittno people. 'm The crowd became so demonstratlv e -v'iliat the authorities were notified and " ""? Jted Guard detachment was sent to 'uppres It. It arrived suddenly and - Jwr-flrlng a olley into the air warned "' u to dltperse, 'The gathering split -.;.. ami vanished from the street. A i iroup of about'ten soldiers, including & wyself, rushed Into a neighboring ' "V-ourtjard and continued the conversa- ij tlon thero behind the gates, 1 "''See. what J4u get now! If ou wre armed they would not dare to ' tit,oy like- thst. They made jou 'iirretidefour aims and now oppress yolbworse than the Czar. Who ever (ffhaai-d of a thousand invalids thrown ' -tH UW lie Street unoir iiib uiu re- Mtoo" I usked. -, iS7:jrWe,have beert,j6Id out. 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Whoever would drive a thoroughbred a smart car to see and a good companion to have should sit at the wheel of the Marmon. No ride that we know is ' , more inspiring. Won't you accept this invitation to try it? i6-Inch Wheel-base uoo Pounds Lighter Only 4. Grease Cups I NORDVKE & MARMON COMPANY, Indianapolis FANNING-MATHIS COMPANY 720 North4 Broad Corner of Brown 'V, . i The United States Government has asked the civic and business interests of all the big communities of the country to organize and promote ah "Own Your Home" campaign. In Philadelphia such a campaign has been organized and is indorsed by the Mayor, the Chamber of Commerce, the banks and trust companies, manufacturers, United Business Men's Associations, public service cor porations and the real estate interests of the city. AT the outset let it be thoroughly understood that the "Own Your Home" campaign the betrinnine- of a national "Own Your Home" movement an educational can is the beginning of a national "Own Your emphasize the advantages of owning a home, intended nor will it be so conducted. really canmaien to It is not an urge to buy a (home now It is not so ' YOU will be glad and willing to help spread the truth of home ownership if you Want to see Philadel phia's prosperity increase more business in all lines ; new industries locate here ; more stable labor conditions. You will join the "Own your Home" movement if you want Philadelphia to be cleaner, healthier, safer and more attractive and f you really want" to become a real part of Philadelphia a real eitifcen enjoying your full share of Philadelphia's social life. That's why you should knowjwhat the "Own Yoiiv Home" campaign really is why you shoulcj help make it' clear to others. How You Will Benefit - Aside from the better working conditions and increased prosperity that will be created by thisi'0vn Your Home" movement, you will benefit personally .if you 'make plans for owning a home yourself, now, or in the years to come. You will be setting up a safeguard for old age, an'd more' important still, you will be estab lishing"! real heritage for your family. ' N You will be making a place a permanent place for yourself 'in the social affairs of a desirable community. ' 'Yoi will be giving yourself the confidence that only property ownership can inspire, 'And you will be proving your good Disiness sense by saving rent. ( Write for Booktet-r"Ou;w Your Home Why?" Own Your Home Committee limit, 'Street Philadelphia , ' i'r 1126 I A ih ' V "i 4 vi vl .11 51 f) v- ' M 1 1 ,1 ' u, pcoupyinr our - !" f '' . WjK f. "?sJ''lSlr" v j. iffMbM1? rij . -vi "-. iii V 1 tff 'i ' "! oil, - 0 t A." ' 770 J"''. , r. -kw f v.?' tfct,. at 1 ; TK-Ur. . tftKW EWfcS
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