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THE HORRORS OFWAR IN RUSSIA
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POLISH PEASANTS FORCED TO FIGHTFOR A HATED RULER
SOLDIERS KILL THEIR FAMILIES
Rather Than Leave Them to a WorseThan Death Fathers and Lovers MurderTheir Loved Ones Before Leaving for theFront Stirring Appeal of a Polish Woman-to All American Mothers
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New York 0n a dark stormynight in October Stanislaus Mazurowskileft his humble home in southern Po-
land and swam the Vistula riverSandomfera oh the border betweenRussia and Austria In this manner heescaped military service inarmy in Manchuria and started on hislong journey to America
Concealed in a tightly sealed rubbercase Mazurowski carried with him aletter to the American people from aPolish woman of noble birth His capture with that letter in his possessionwould have meant death not only tohimself as a deserter but death also tothe fair woman for whom he was act-Ing as messenger Knowing this everypossible precaution was taken that he
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ernment never receives the sanction andmandate of the people The governmentacts Russia is silent It is false thatRussia is Russia Russia is Poland Fin-land Lithuania Armenia GeorgiaRussians are Tartars Kurds Yakutsand other peoples harnessed under theyoke of despotism
It is false that necessity compels Russia to the war The moral necessity wasto evacuate Manchuria a time set byherself It is false that the interests ofRussia required a further occupation
Not the interest of the people is hereat stake but the interest of a handfulof titled and untitled parasites whosend the people to massacre and to be
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Its vitals You now see only defeatson land and sea we look upon misery that crushes millions-
It is not enough that our brothers areperishing by thousands in a foreignlandj paying with their blood for theperfidy of that government which torefrom them their freedom and theirfatherland Our people are brought tothe last stage of misery Tens of thousands without work fathers who cannot feed their children walk the streetsof Warsaw and Lodz
Yet there is not enough misfortuneMobilization is announced Another40000 victims are drafted from Poland
the land of graves and crossesSavage Despair
You cannot imagine the savage deoverpowers the masses torn
from the plow from the hearth fromwife and children If we are going toperish let us perish in our own countryLet us die by the hands of those who
our enemies is the cry of the reserves The very stones cry out whenthey take us They clamor to the
of Warsaw We are not going to defend Russia Our country is here
You do not know that women throwthemselves under the of thetrains that carry their relations to thefar east that cases of sudden deathand madness occur every day that inPultusk Czanstochowa and Lodz soldiers fired into the people and killedmany In Gostynin when the order wasgiven to decimate the resisting reservesthe colonel Dzwonkowski a Pole shothimself in front of his regiment-
In Kutnow the women maddenedwith despair threw themselves upon ineRussian officers then knelt upon thetracks raising their hands and callingthe vengeance of Heaven upon the czar
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cshould escape the vigilance of thearmy and police but the precau
tions would have all proven fruitlesshad it not been for his own powers ofendurance his determination to escapemilitary service for a hated ruler andthe assistance of a devoted wife whomanaged to throw the officers off thescent until her husband should be wellover the Austrian boundary
Tie rubber package carried byMazurowski on that night contained amessage to the newspapers of AmericaWhich they were aske6 to give to themothers of America It tells of presentconditions in stricken Poland of husbands ordered to the front
leave their families to suffer killthem before joining their regiments oflovers who rather than leave their
c sweethearts to become the prey ofHiicentious army officers kill them andthen themselves It tells of conditions
Vrs6 revolting and so terrible that it isalmost impossible for the enlightened
of flits free land to bjlieye themand yet this assertsthey
The AppealHer letter to American mothers isas
followsWhen several years ago at wish
of Czar Nicholas II the first peaceconference gathered at The Hague itwas received by the friends of humani-ty with applause It seemed to heraldthe dawn of a new era We Poles aloneknew that the whole project of Mura
was a fabrication to mislead thecivilized nations The czar announcedpeace but in his own land there wasno cessation of strife At the time otthe conference half the provinces wereunder martial rule and how while a
second conference is about to take placenot this time on the initiative of a
despot but of an elected leader of theAmerican people Russia unmasked isconducting in the far east such a devas-
tating unnecessary war as isunparal-eled in history
a war it is a massacre AllScientific and technical progress intend
ed for the increase of the power of thehuman race is being used for the workof devastation A hail of bullets cov-
ers whole regiments Battlefields areso thickly strewn that it is necessaryto burn the bodies or to place the dyingand the dead in one grave New regiments of victims crowd from all portions
of that great country which Russiaclaims to hail by order of their su-
periors the peaceloving czar
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massacred in order to protect theirmonetary speculations forests landsmines and railroad grants
It is false that defenders not of thecountry but of fdrcibly annexed landsgo to death eagerly and die in the ecstasyof patriotism
In the first lines of battle are placednot Russians but peoples persecuted bythe Russians Poles Jews FinlandersOur brother Poles constituted 40 per-cent of the first Manchurian armyAmid the groans and prayers of thedying our Polish tongue was heard onall the bloody battlefields It filled thedarkened earth with curses for the per-petrator ot this devastation
Opposed to the Waris false that vpluntary contribu-
tions are given by the Pores Thesevoluntary contributions are deducted
from the salaries pf officials withouttheir consent obtained from citizensby threats They knew the moneywould disappear into the pockets of of-
ficial thieves who fattened on the hardearnings of theJRussian people Today
says they do not call to frontfathers of families That is only writ-ten for you of Europe and AmericaThey take widowers with large familiesof small children One of these mencalled to the service hung his threesmall children and reported the fact tothe military authorities There was noone with whom to leave them
Another called to the ranks on theday of the death of his wife who lefthim a twoyearold baby and a newborn infant took an ax and killed thechildren and placed them in the coffinwith their mother Another man whencalled to the army killed his wife hischildren and himself
Groans ofWe see it all at close range We hear
the moans of agony see the miseryand oppression of the people and we aretold that the is going to last longvery long
How many graves then does theczar demand The czars governmentasserts that he has enough wretchedvictims to exhaust the accumulation of
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the Russian papers report that a heroreceived a decoration for courage
on had not eyena shirton which to pin the symbol It is falsethat the injured rise from their bedsand rush into the lines eager to fightagain The have thenione s appropriated for the purposearestolen
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A Polish woman protests against thisiniquitous determination She calls notin the name of a clique orin the name peasantwho threw themselves under the carwheels in the name of those motherswho with their little children ariphruethelpless into the streets inthose who suffer weep and
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To you free people I direct my vfpeal How long will the principles othumanity be the laughingstock of tri-umphant militarism How long weto measure culture by the improvement-of deadly weapons
To American MothersWomen of all nations let your moth
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Killed His Wife Bather Than LeaveHer Alone
Your homes are not surrounded bygendarmes and spies You can movethe consciences of your brothers youcan demand that they put an end tothis horrible massacre which sets onthe twentieth century in its infancy abrand of shame
If you will not do this if our voicerouses no response then there are nolonger any human beings there is only-a silent unpeopled desert on whichhyenas dwell Then the proposed
of is like the first acomedy a profanation a deri-
sion of the untold misery of a wretchedpeople
AWKWARD DINING IN JAPAN
The First Meal Partaken Of by anAmerican There Is
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If its first Japanese dinner yourehaying a dreadfully hard time In thefirst place writes Bertha Runkle inChild Life in China and Japan you
must sit on the floor for they dont haveany chairs in Japan You kneel downand then turn toes in till onelaps over the other and then you sitback between your heels At first youare quite proud to find how well you doit and you dont think its so very uncomfortable But pretty soon you getcramped and your legs ache as if youhad toothache in them You dont sayanything because you think that if theJapanese can sit this way all day longyou ought to be able to stand it a fewminutes Finally both you feetgotpsleepand then you cant bear it ainbment longer and you have to get up and stampround the room to drive the prickles ouof your feet and all the dancing girlsgiggle at you This isnt your only trouble either All you have to eat with is a
Impair of chopsticks and youre in terroryou spill something on the dainty
white matting floor the floor of aJapanese house isnt just the floor itsthe chairs and sofas and tables and bedsas well At home it would be mortifying enough to go out to dinner and spillsomething on the floor but in Japanwhere people sit and sleep on the floorit seems even worse So you are unhappytill your little nesan who is the waitressand almost as prettily dressed as thedancing girls but not quite comeslaughing to your aid and Shows you howtohold your chopsticks After youmanage nicely the rice and the omeletbut the fish and the chicken you cantcontrive to shred apart without dropping your chppsticks all the time Sobetween dances the maiko little girlsabout 12 years old kneel down besideyou and help you They cant keep fromgiggling at awkwardness but youdont mind you just giggle too andeverybody giggles and has a lovelytime
TOLD OF BALDHEADEDt MEN
They More Hair ThanMen with Hair Says a
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The secretive taciturn barber wasfinally induced to talk the Providence Journal He remarked Ive noticed one peculiarity about my customers that I could never quite explainThe less hair a man has the more at-
tention hepays to itreal estate agent who
comes in here nearly every week for ahair cut and1 if I shaved him cleanthe back of his collar to his foreheadyoud never know that IdHes got a short light colored fringethat plays around under the rim of thishat like the soft fluffy fringe you seeon those shawls the women weartheir shoulders but youd think to hearhim that he could braid it and doin coils Wants me to be particular andtrim it close the neck and around theears I humor him of course I takea handful of somebody elses hair andsprinkle it on the cloth I him andthen I snip the air gently for tejaor 15
minutes and make a great ado when Iwhisk him off
And when he leaves the chair andsays he mustnt let it grow so long again-
I say it was pretty long I hope theLord will forgive me Nine out everyten of the bald heads are that way butmen whove got plenty of hair will keepaway from here until they look like theedges of an oldfashioned hayloft Itscurious anda fysaidrlnever ooulaccount for it Vf 4
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THE FIFTYEIGHTH CONGRESS
v Second Session
Washington Jan 10 Senate After the passage of the omnibus claimsbill and January 28 for the de
of addresses in of thelatex Hoar the senate devoted
rest of the day to the statehoodbill Mr Mogaa spoke for two hoursagainst the bill
House The house adopted the senate resolution providing among otherthings for the holding of the inauguralball in the pension building On avive voce vote the resolution was lostbut a roll call enabled those favorable-to the pension building proposition tomuster their strength and pass itSpeaker Cannon and several of therepublican leaders recorded themselves as to the idea ofthe Employment of the pension build-ing for the purpose of inaugural ball
Washington Jan 11 The senateTuesday continued consideration ofthe joint statehood bill the chief accomplshment being the acceptance ofmost of amendments suggested by thecommittee on Indian affairs Speecheswere made by Stewart andNewlands the former advocating anamendment for the protection of theinterests of the Indians in Indian Ter-ritory and the latter favoring limitation of the area of lands to be sold toindividuals The bill for the reim-bursement of American sealers forlosses under the seizures in Beringsea also was considered but a votewas not reached
The session of the house was givenover almost entirely to discussion ofthe bill reported by the committee onbanking and currency to improve curency conditions A sudden interest-in the measure seemed to develop asevidenced by the large membershippresent throughout the day Democratic opposition was dissipat-ed by the adoption of an amendmentoffered by Mr Williams Miss providing that government deposits shallbe made only on competitive bids Fi-
nal action on the bill was not takenThe impreachment charges on whichJudge Charles Swayne will be triedwere presented just before adjournment and notice was given by MrPalmer Pa chairman of the com-
mittee of seven which prepared themthat he would take the matter up
FREDERICK THE GREAT STATUE
An Attempt to Destroy or Deface ItWas
Washington Jan 11 Somewhat ofa sensation was caused in this city bythe discovery of what appeared to bea definite and serious attempt to blow-up or deface the statue of Frederickthe Great given to the United Statesby Emperor William of Germany anderected in the arsenal grounds nearthe army yar college on the Potomacriver water front It was believed atfirst that a crank had made a real
at destruction of the statue butafter a careful investigation tlie polire officials say the material used wagIncapable of producing damaging fejsuits A hole in the soft mud aboutsix inches deep by six inches wide and12 inches long 13 shattered windowpanes in nearby buildings and five orsix splotches of yellow clay on asmany granite steps summed up thedamage done by the bomb which hadbeen placed on a high picket fencesurrounding the statue An analysisand examination of the bomb showsthe substance used had not sufficientstrength to wreck the fence
A tiny section of cigar box with ah-
equalfytfny piece of burnt candle fast-ened in the bottom also was found
VICE PRESIDENTS SALARY
It Will Be Increased From 8000 To10622
Washington Jan 11 Senator Cullom reported to the senate the legis-
lative executive and judicialas amended by the
on appropriations The totalcarried by the bill as reported O
192962 increase of 434772 overthe amount appropriated by the bll aspassed byj The appropriation for the compen
of the vice president has beenincreased from 10622 to cov-
er the period from the day SenatorFairbanks fis inaugurated to the endof the fiscal year The house appro
oneyears salary only ntjgV-
lecting to provide full fiscal
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wo American Soldiers Killed amiSeveral Wounded
Manila Jan 11 Word reached Ma-
nila of an engagement on January 8
on the Island of LieutTames J Jewell and a private of the14th United States cavalry was killed
Second Lieut Ashbrook of the 17thinfantry Capt Halstead Dorey of theFourth United Sfates infantry LieutRichartlsdn of cavalry andseveral privates were among thewounded The engagement was withrebel Moros The fortress where thefight occiinieflj was takenand demol
Will Prosecute thePetersburg Jan trench
nilitary attache just returned fromhe far east expressed the firmest conIdence that despite the reversesered by the Russians on land and sea
would prosecute the to a sue
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Levi P Mortons Gift
former vice president qf the Unitid States and governor York
is the giver of the contribuion to the fund for the completion ofhe cathedral of Sb John the Divine
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CONDENSED NEWS
Jamea Devlne 46 years oldknown lawyer and nearly 20 years agrn
a celebrated baseball pitcher Hied afeSyracuse N Y
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The Hedden block occupied bydepartment store company was
by fire at New Albany IncLt
Loss 60000 with 30000 insuranceThe Standard Oil Co reduced this
price of Indiana oil three cents Tttofpresent selling price is 90 cents
Police Judge T J McHugh wellknown in Kentucky politics died sud-
denly of rheumatism at Henderson
KyThe25th anniversary of
ing of the Chicago Press club was cel-
ebrated there with a banquet in thO106 Madison street Ir
THE YELLOW PERIL r
Baron Suyamatsu Says It Is Senseless
Mischievous Agitation
London Jan Suyamatsuformer minister of the interior of Ja-pan and soninlaw of the Itoaddressing the Central Asianof London discussed lengthily the so1called Yellow peril He said it wa3a senseless mischievous agitationThe basis principle of Chinese civillzation was essentially and Ja-pan only aspired to press onward inthe same path of civilization as thecountries of the west He was in aposition to declare positively in thename of Japan that when the presentwar was ended Japan would Honestlyand faithfully pursue a policy of peace
China Cancelled ConcessionsParis Jan 12 The foreign office
has received a dispatch Shang-hai that China has
all the concessions of leadingBritish firms for building the railroadfrom Swatowto Chao Ghou and hasregranted the concession to Japanese
Russian Quakers ComingNew York Jan 12 Two hundred
Russian Quakers are coming to thiscountry to establish a permanent colony Los Angeles Cal accordingto P A Deamens who claims to havebeen at one time a captain in one otthe Russian regiments
Killed His Family land HimselfChicago Jan 12 With a pistol anl
razor John Miller killed his wife andinfant daughter Annie fatally woimded another daughter Martha two andonehalf years old and then aftershooting himself through the breastcut his throat
German Miners StrikeBerlin Jan 100000 min-
ers of the Westphalian district havestruck A meeting of union leaderswill be held on determinewhether the strike shall be made
They expect financial aid frontother unions
Death of Ado John MatthewsNew York Jan 12 John Matthews-
an actor who for a time was held as asuspect in connection with the
his boarding hot iiThicitthews was Wilkes Booths roommate
Peace and Prosperity in ColombiaWashington 12 Ra-
fael Reyes of Colombia in a cable-gram receivedby Mr Triata second
secretary the Colombia legationsays that that country has entered onan era of peace and prosperity-
A Heavy Fall of SnowEl Paso Tex Jan cattle
sections of Texas New Mexico andArizona have been visited by theheaviest and most general snpMallknown in many years A good
assured for the coming year
Steeple Painters Heap j
Dubuque la Jan 12 James Murnhy a steeple painter crazed r by litj
or jumped from the of thec6urthouse to the first balcony andunaccountably c escaped dath Henay recover
T he Hearings Will Be in Public
Paris Jan 12 2Ui internafTonal-omiiiissidn appointed to inquire intohtTNbltn Sealncidefit Hsu d afornial
statement that the hearings of wittesses would take public
1 THE MARKETSv ii v
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Live StockCincinnati Jan 11 Cattle Heavy
4855 fair to good4g475 butcher steers extra 475io good to choice 44s5 heifersxtra 425 good to choice 360 G-tilP TOws extra 325350 goodlioic 285325 Calves Fair to
ppd light 650750 tiogs Gooi-o choice packers and butchers 48T
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