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HEAD OF BOIES
Succeeds Father. YYcrnz as
“Black Pope"—Wide Com
ment on Election
r.otnc February 11.—Father Lavloch
owski, a Russian Pole, today was elect
ed pencral of the Society of Jesus. In
succession to Father Francis Xavier
Wernz.
Father Ledochowskl’s election caused
much comment. Although the conclave
lor the election of the ‘ black pope
was surrounded by the greatest secrecy
It is known that strenuous efforts "ere.
made again to transfer the supreme
command of the powerful Societ> ol
Jesus into Latin hands.
The Spanish Father Martin was gen
rial of the Society of Jesus for many
years under Pope Leo and Pope Pius
X. When he was succeeded by Father
Wernz this was considered a great
tiumph for the German element. At the
time of Father VVcrnz’s election it is
said that Emperoi William sent con
gratulations.
New York, February 11.—Church au
** fhorities here furnished tonight the fol
lowing information regarding bather
Jicdocliowski. who was today elected
general of the Society of Jesus to suc
ceed Father Wernz:
Father Ledochowski was born < >cto- |
l er 7. 1866, a son ot Count Antony Led ;
ochowski. a cavalry officer in the Aus
trian army. The family came from
Russian Poland. His uncle was Cardinal
Ledochowski, prefect of the propaganda
in Rome
The hoy was a page in the Austrian
court of the late Empress Elizabeth,
lie succeeded in Vienna and at the end
of tin gymnasium course he won the
imperial 'prize, the highest honor. Ho
next studied law for one year and then
entered the seminary at Tarnow, Ga
licia, later studying at the German!
cum i.i Rome.
Wlodirnir entered the novitiate of the
Society of Jesus at Flaf&bies, Guiicla,
on September 24. 1889, and was or
dained t.o the pliesthood in June, • 894.
He became a member of the *taff of
writers in the Ulioa-Grodzko. !n 1898
Father Ledoehowskl became superior of
the Grodza and was well known as a
writer and preacher and is the author
• f a book of sermons and of articles
on sociology.
tin March 2.Y he took his las* vows
mill was appointed vice provincial of
the Society of Jesus for Poland. On
February 21, 1902. he was appointed
provincial for Poland. At the election
of Father Wernz as general of ilit* So
ciety of .L us. Father ledochowski is
said to have received 13 votes on the
first, and second ballots. He was elect
ed assistant to Father Wernz over the
following provinces: Netherlands, Hun
gary. Germany, Galicia. Belgium and
Austria
Fathei Wernz died August 20 in
Rome, a few hours after the death of
Pope Pius Anxiety over the war is
said to have hastened his end. Then
Father Fines, assistant Jesuit general
for France, was selected temporary
head of the order pending a formal
• lection.
Father Ledochowski formerly was
assistant general for Germany, lie is
a nephew of the late Cardinal Led
ochowsk'
COMPROMISE PLAN
IS PUT FORWARD BY
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
Cf on (In ucd from Pag.* One)
furring on a plan to devise a new shin
purchase bill. Senators Norris and Ken-'
yon. who yesterday deserted the adminis
tration forces, refused to vote for any mo
tion except one to adjourn. This left
opponents of the ship bill helpless, and
t hry were forced to mark time.
Senator Dodge spoke most of the after
noon, followed by ►Senator Newlnnds and
later by Senator Dillingham. At 6 o’clock
•Senator Dillingham yielded to Senator
O’Gorman, who moved that the Senate
take, a recess until tomorrow. Senator
Lea was on his feet at the time and
gained recognition to give notice of his
cloture rule.
Senator O’Gorman renewed his motion
and Majority Deader Kern moved that the
Senate adjourn. 'Phis wat* carried, 19 to
40 Five progressive* republican senators,
* um pi ins. < rawford. LaFollette, Norris
and Kenyon, voted to adjourn. All the
insurgVtt democrats • xeept Senator Var
danian voted against the motion. The is
sue clearly was on the cloture movement,
for if the Senate had recessed no cloture
rule could be in order tomorrow.
VAN DYKE DEMANDS
AN APOLOGY FROM
GERMAN OFFICERS
(Continued from Page One)
conferred them upon me. namely, the
government at Washington.”
No Further Trouble, Says Washington
Washington. February 11.—An undated
message received tonight at the state
department from Minister Van Dyke said
there was no further difficulty in getting
food to Duxemburg and that diplomatic
difiuutlies he had experienced did not
appear insuperable
The minister made no mention of any
protest concerning interference with his
■ ommunientions to Luxemburg and of
ficials assumed that while the situation
seemed to have been relieved, he might,
in wi theless, have decided to call tin* at
untion oi the department to the attitude
"i the German military commander at
Trier.
WILLIAM KELLY IS
KILLED AT SAWMILL
Huntsville. February 11.—(Special.Wil
liam Kelly, 50 years old, was killed at
William Hates' sawmill at Toney today,
"hen his clothing: caught in a sot-screw
in a shaft. His body was wheeled around
many times and each time his head
struck a piece of heavy machinery. Ills]
widow and several children survive.
—■ •———«•« ———
France Considers Prohibition
Paris. February 11.—(6:40 p. m l—The
w ('hamper o-f Deputies today discussed the
hill to prohibit rale of absinthe and sim
ilar liquors Deputy Adolpe (lirod op
posed the bill. Hr declared that alco
holism could not be effectively combatted
h.v the suppression of absinthe, lie also
offered statistics tending to show that
absinthe drinking was dangerous only
when the practice was abused.
Thirty-One Soldiers Drowned
Madrid, February 11.—(Via Paris, 5:55
p. m.)-—Thirty-one soldiers an\ a lieu
tenant were drowned In the Bay of Ar
zila. Mororo, when a bark w ith 100 sol •
filers on board stranded today.
CASTORIA
For Infant* and Children
In Um For Ovor 30 Years
Always bear* —^ —
Signature of «
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BILL TO AIR '
MANS ADOPTED
But House Affixes Amend
ment Refusing Appropria
tion for Maintenance
Montgomery, February 11.—(Special.)
The final bill called up In tbe house to
night was Representative Stewart’s meas
ure to appropriate $2000 for necessary re
pairs and permanent improvements on the
governor’s mansion and furnishings. The
bill was called up by Col. Sam Will John
of Dallas, who urged its passage.
Representative Weakley of Jefferson
said he did not think the state should ,
maintain a governor's mansion, but that j
Inasmuch as such is the case, the state
should keep the home in proper repairs.
Several members of the house spoke on
the merits of the bill, and much criti
cism was voiced regarding the use of
the annual maintenance fund of $2000 dur
ing the former administration.
Representative John offered an amend
ment providing that the appropriation of
$2000 should be in lieu of the annual ap
propriation of that amount. This amend
ment was adopted.
The bill then passed with a hare quorum
present.
Rills passed at the afternoon and night
sessions of the house were as follows:
By Mr. John—To appropriate $50,000 for
tick eradication in Alabama..
By Mr. Green To submit to the quali
fied electors of each of the ounties the
question of whether or not tlie work of
tick eradication shall he taken up in
said county, under the state live stock
sanitary board.
By Mr. Hubbard—To appropriate $15.<X)J
for the expenses of encampments, ma
neuvers. target practices, schools of in
struction and other expenses of the Ala
bama National Guard.
By Air. Weakley To prohibit the lend
ing of money on all lottery schemes.
The house tonight passed Representa
tive Tunstall’s bill providing for the em
ployment of f»ne of the clerks of the state
treasury department at a salary of $1ROO
per annum.
Another bill passed was the Henderson
measure providing for free transporta
tion of veterans to and from state and
national reunions.
RUSSIANS ATONE ARE
WITHSTANDING ARMS
OF THREE COUNTRIES
(Continued from 1‘jnju* One)
with his generals, Including Von Moltke \
who has retired after the first stages
of the war.
To Float Internal !.oans
Financial experts in Berlin are re
ported to be arranging to float another
internal loan of $1,250,000. It is said
that Russia, also contemplates floating
an Internal loan of $250,000,000.
In England the Increased cost of IIv
ing occupies the attention of the gov
ernment. and while Premier Asquith has
declined to assent to’the fixing of maxi
mum prices, steps are being taken to
improve the situation. The government,
is considering means to carry on
•i more stringent campaign against Ger
man trade.
A German submarine again has ap
peared <*IT the roast, of Holland, where
it attempted to torpedo the British
strainer Laertes, which, when ordered '
stop, hoisted the Dutch flag. A tor
prdn fired by the submarine, according
tu one report, passed along the steam
er’s side as she slipped away at full
speed and the submarine sent a shell
after her.
WAR SITUATION
RUSSIA
I'etrograd, February 11.-—The following
statement from tin* general staff of the
Kussian commander in chief was made,
public tonight:
“ft has been definitely established that'
the Germans are concentratng heavy
torces in East Prussia. These forces
iia.'e started an offensive, which they
are developing, especially in direction
of Wilkowszki (north of Augustowo) and
Lyek. The presence is reported of units
composed of new recruits from central
Germany.
“Our troops, keeping the enemy In
< heck, are retiring from the Mazurian
b-kes toward our frontier.
“On the right bank of the Vistula some
small encounters have taken place in the
direction of Mysclienetz, toward Ostro
lenka, and in the region of derpetz on
tin- Skrwar river.
“On the left bank of the Vistula there
have been only cannonades.
“In tlto Carpathians the enemy attacked
tu the west of Mezolabortch in the direc
tion of 'Iablonow, to the east of the
l zsok pass. We repulsed all these at
tacks and also a German offensive on the
heights of Koziouvka.
"We seized the heights hear Rabbe.
east of the Lupkow pass, after a violent
fight and captured as many as 1U00 pris
oners
FRANCE
Paris, February 11.—(10:40 p. in.)—The
following official communication wras is
aiitd by the war office tonight:
“The enemy has strongly bombarded
Nieuport and the banks of the Yser, but
has not done material damage. Our artil
lery has responded effectively.
“in the Argonne, in the region of Baga
telle. after a violent struggle by means
of bomb throwers, which continued
throughout the morning, a German at
tack was delivered at 1 o’clock in the
afternoon against the earthworks of
Marie Therese. It was carried out in line
bv columns of four along ijOO metres of
tin front, but was broken down by our
artillery and Infantry fire. The enemy
left a great number of dead.
“In the Vosges, south of the Chateau
I >« Lusse, and north of the Col de Salnte
Marie, in a sudden attack we occupied
a German trench. On several parts of
the front there has been spirited artillery
I engagements.’’
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Vienna. February 11. (Via London, 11:40 !
p. in.)—The following official statement
whs issued today:
“In Russian Poland and West G&1Lc1a,
with the exception of artillery enga ge
rm nts, nothing new has occurred. In the
sector west of the Uzsok pass Russian at
tacks and some partial advances were
repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy.
In the wooded mountains and in Ruko
wina we have made advances. Several
hundred prisoners and some machine
guns were captured.”
Steamer Colon Floated
San Francisco, February 11.—The steam
er Colon, driven on the bar at the en
trance of Topoiobampo harbor, Mexico,
three days ago, has been floated with the
aid of tlie British steamer Cotriana and
1 he Mexican steamer Korrigan. A dis
patch received here today said the Colon
was in Topoiobampo harbor with a heavy
list and her pumps going.
Artillery Duel in Alsace
Geneva, February 11.—(Via Paris. 2:30
p. rn.)—The most violent art' 'ery duel of
the war In AI pare commenced yesterday.
As a result of the battle an exodus of
German families from Muelhausen, Kol
mar and Strassburg has begun.
— I
TO DEFER ACTION
Yield to Petition Regarding
Tax Exemption of Water
Power Companies
Montgomery, February 11.-—(Special.I
The senate committee on finance and tax
ation tonight, in response to the oral pe
tition of representatives of the Ten
nessee River Improvement association,
agreed to defer action on reporting the
Judge bill eliminating taxation exemption
clauses regarding development of water
power until after the impending recess.
The session of the committee was held
in the ballroom of the Exchange hotel,
and the proceedings were among the most
interesting of the legislative session. At
least 25 speeches were made by promi
nent people who live In the Tennessee
valley and the committee, which had
agreed to report the bill favorably, was
visibly Impressed. The earnestness of the
delegation was so apparent that the ac
tion of the committee in deferlng the re
port was unanimous.
R. A. Mitchell of Gadsden hit the key
note when he told the committee to give
the association an opportunity to pre
sent its side of the case.
“And then.” he exclaimed, “If It Is!
found that, we have done any wrong, that
we are endeavoring to steal or corrupt.'
that we are doing anything save to be
stow by foreign capital a blessing on the
state of Alabama, why kick us out. Tf T
lose after an honest fight, 1 have no
complaint to make. But it goes hard when
I am licked without having been given
an opportunity to defend myself.”
W. W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa, C. W.
Ashcraft of Florence, Joseph N. Nathan
of Sheffield, Dr. ('amper of Florence.
Charles M. Sherrod of Moulton and others
addressed the committee.
When Chairman Hartwell announced
the decision to defer there were ringing
•cheers audible throughout, the hotel.
MUST SHOW TICKETS
TO OBTAIN BREAD
This Will Be Rule in Berlin
Restaurants After
February 22
Berlin. February 11.—(Via London, Feb
ruary 12. 1:65 a. m.)—Patrons of Beilin
restaurants after February 22 must bring
pocketful of rolls or a. bread ticket with
them, otherwise no bread will be obtain
able. This order was issued today to solve
the one really difficult problem in the
scheme for planing Berlin residents on a
two kilogram bread ration.
Arrangements for the issue of bread
tickets to households were made and the
authorities authorized hotels and board
ing houses to issue day tickets for, every
guest, registered.
I He newspapers, quick to grasp the
humorous features of the new' regulations.
Suggest that dinner invitations in the fu
ture bear alongside of the stereotyped "R.
S. V. P." the initials of the German
equivalent for “Bring bread with you."
Trading in bread tickets will be diffi
cult. as tickets are not transferable and
are good only for one week. Similar reg
ulations probably will he made for all
cities of over 26,000 population.
The Uokal Anzciger says a state reg
ulation of another essential of German
life Is impending. The Budesrath is con
sidering a law limiting the consumption
of malt to per cent of the present quan
tity permitted to be used and reducing
the beer production correspondingly. Bar
ley thus saved will be available for hu
man consumption as barley grits, or as
food for cattle.
CHILTON HIGH ~
BEATS BAPTISTS
Clatilon, February 11.—(Special.)
The Chilton County High school bas
ketball team defeated the Unity-Cliil
ton Baptist High school five on the
local’s ground by a score of 8 io 3.
The line-up was as follows:
Unity-Chilton Baptist High school:
H. Wright, right forward . 2
G. Fate, left forward . 4
< V Cook, center . 0
R. Wright, right guard . 0
R. Smith, left guard . 0
G
Chilton County High school:
\a . Jones, l ight forward . 0
M. Foshee. left forward . 2
C. Williams, right guard . 0
Burnett, left guard .. 4
H. PopwelL center . 2
8
Umpire* McAllister; referee, Foshee;
timekeeper. Martin; scorer. Kanjutzky;
time of halves. 20 minutes.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
TREASURER SAVED
Montgomery, February 11.—(Special.)
To the Kline bill, providing for the
abolition of the office of county treas
urer in every county in the state. Sen
ator Judge this afternoon secured tlv?
attachment of an amendment el'min
e.tlng Jefferson county. The understand
ing is that the Jefferson house delega
tion will concur in the amendment. The
indications, therefore, are that the
treasurer of Jefferson will remain in
force for an indefinite period. The bill
as amended will in all probability pas«.
German Baron on English Coast
Tendon, February 11.—(6:25 p. m.)—Sir
John Lonsdale, honorary secretary and
whip to the Irish unionist party, dis
closed in the House of Commons today
that Baron Von Bissing, a brother of
the German governor general of Belgium,
lias a residence at Hove, Sussex, from
which "signalling operations might easily
be carried on." Harold J. Tennant, un
der secretary of state for war. replied
that the baron was a naturalized British
subject and that Inquiries had found
nothing to justify the war office in de
manding his removal.
To Hear Charges Against Judge
Parkersburg, W. Va., February t.
Witnesses were summoned today to ap
pear here tomorrow' before a subcom
mittee of the national House of Repre
sentatives, which will hear charges
against Federal Judge A. G. Dayton, of
the northern district of West Virginia.
Judge Dayton and Ids counsel are ex
pected to reach here tonight and mem
bers of the committee are expected to
morrow a short time before the hearing
is scheduled to begin.
French Tax Ret urns
Paris, February 11. 4:15 p. m.—The tax
and customs returns for January 1915,
published today show a decrease of 27
per cent compared with an avepage de
ficiency of 44 per cent in the last five
1914.
Hundred Families Will Be
Located on Farms
Near Bolling
Greenville. February II.—i Special.)
Lajos Steiner and M. Gawansky of New
York and Chicago, two well known Hun
garian colonizers were In Greenville and
visited other parts of Butler county this
week. They came here for the purpose
of bringing a colony of 200 families or
Hungarians. They have made arrange
ments with S. E. Washburn of Bolling,
who Is connected with the Gulf States
Land company, to furnish these people
with farms that have been equipped with
stock, poultry, farming implements,
barns, residences, and everything, so that
the farm will be ready for occupancy and
tilling, upon the arrival of the purchaser.
All of these Hungarians are farmers,
and they have sufficient capital, It is ]
said, to begin without going into debt. I
The farms that will be bought are in the
southern part of the county near Bolling. ,
For the past three years, the many thou
sands of acres owned by the Gulf States
Land company have been cleared, drained,
and roads of the best kind nave been
built through this land.
The proposition Las been indorsed by
many Greenville merchants and business
men, Senator Winkler, Representatives
Thompson and Lazenby. Judge E. Perry
Thomas and Senator Frazer of Bullock
county. All of them have mrtt Steiner
and Gawansky.
Within a few weeks the families will
begin to arrive in Bolling.
MOUNTAIN CREEK
VETERANS MEET
Mountain Creek. February 11.—(Spe
cial.)—There was a regular meeting of
Camp 1711, U. C. V., today in the hall
of the auditorium building. The old
men turned out and an enjoyable hour
was .spent in listening to routine busi
ness.
Thomas E. Morehead reported tha'
the health of the veterans was good
and that the work of Improving the
grounds of the cemetery was wcli un
der way.
B. J. Hughes, the adjutant, reported
that, the finances of the camp were in
good condition.
RECESS TOMORROW
UNTIL TUESDAY
Montgomery, February 11.—(Special.)
The two legislative bodies this after
noon adopted a joint resolution pro
viding for a recess from tonight until
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, a re
cess from Saturday afternoon until
Tuesday at noon and a third recess
from Tuesday night until Thursday
morning. Adjournment for the split
session will not be taken, therctore.
until next Thursday afternoon. The
! legislature will recess from Saturday
until Tuesday in order to allow certain
members to go to th«‘ Mardi Gras cel
• bration at Mobile.
CITY ATTORNEY BACK
FROM MONTGOMERY
City Attorney Romaine Boyd lias re
turned from Montgomery where ho lias
been for several days working for bills
having in view the financial relief of
Birmingham. Among the bills was one
to repeal section 36-F of the revenue
code and a bill to require the Bir
mingham Waterworks company to pay
its back licenses taxes. The finance
committee of the senate has reported
favorably on both bills.
Viljoen Released on Bond
Bos Angeles, February 11.—General V.
J. Viljoen, who commanded a Boer army
in the South African war and who was
chief military adviser to Francisco Mn
dero in 1910, was released under bond
to appear on February 13. for cxamlna- i
tion on a charge of conspiracy. Viljoen, !
with others, are charged with recruiting!
men and assembling supplies in Ameri
can territory for military operations in
the Mexican territory of Lower Cali
fornia.
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Deaths and Funerals
Miss Vera Henlev
Clanton. February 11.—(Special.)—The re
mains of Miss Vera Henley, the young
lady whose clothing was sot on Are from
an open grate, were taken to her home
church community. Pleasant Grove, and
buried today. The attendance at the
funeral, which was prpached by the Rev.
O. W. Chalker. was composed of a large
number of relatives and friends.
E. B. Rainey
Gadsden. February 11.—(Special.)—Col.
E. B. Rainey, a retired business man and
manufacturer, died early this morning of
mer mgyor of Alexander City and con
mer mayor of Ala vender City and con
ducted a drug store there and had large
land interests. Sixteen years ago today
his wife died at Alexander City, and on
each anniversary he was in the habit
of devoting the entire day to meditation.
He was the uncle of Solicitor L. B. Rain
ey and is also survived by two brothers,
S. L. Rainey of Fort Payne and J. M.
Rainey of Sylacauga. The body will be
taken to Alexander City for burial.
Miss Evelyn Frost
Gadsden. February 11.—(Special.)—The
funeral of Miss Evelyn Frost will be con
ducted at Attalla at 2:30 o'clock tomor
row afternoon. Pallbearers have been
selected from her classmates of last year
at Etowah County High school. Miss
Frost died while in college at Randolph
Macon.
Clay Day
Selma, February 11.—(Special.)—Clay
Day, who was accidentally shot and
seriously wounded while out hunting
near his home at Ashby, Bibb c Minty,
last Thanksgiving day, died at a local
infirmary tonight. After the accident
the injured man was brought to Selma
for treatment and after lingering for
several weeks bis condition changed
for the worse. The remains will be
carried to his former home at Six
Miles Friday morning for intetinent.
Tie leaves several brothers ana other
lelatives to mourn his death.
JOHNS Undertaking Co.. Phone 1001
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mortgage on It that we will trade for
anything that you have thut is worth
$1750; house has 6 rooms, lot 75xJ40;
rents for $20 per month; will trade for
automobile, or anything else. Call or
phone Gillespie Realty Co., G15 Empire
Bldff. Phone 6338.
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Lake car Line. Woodlawn or West End;
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TRAVELING IN THE POLISH WAR AREA
By BAKOV LOMAX
•Bielostock, Poland, January -5. — (Spe
cial correspondence.)—From Vilna I
traveled to Bielostock. It took me 19
hours. It is only an eighth of the dis
tance from Petrograd to Warsaw, and a^
the whole distance in peace time takes
19 hours, you may imagine the trian’s
speed. The train goes like a German re
treat. It rushes off at a terrific, incred
ible speed, and you feel sure that it is
in a hurry. And then it stops for
hours. As retreating Germans when
they light rear guard actions. When you
are wondering whether it will ever
move again, it starts with a jerk at
10 miles an hour, flies swiftly for four
minutes, and then stops for four hours.
It stops at a dozen stations, and be
tween stations, and it stops particular
ly long at Grany, Grodno and Soolka.
Also it lingers an hour near the river
Suprasl just before entering this town.
Cause of these stoppages are artillery
and dinners. Trains with artillery are
going west by the score. The line is
doublet racked, but the trains go west
by both tracks, dud we dream in sid
ings while the artillery trains pass.
Such trains! Some of them 10 cars long.
drawn by two locomotives: all loaded
with guns, limers, ammunition wagons.
Most attractive are the ammunition
wagons; v-Jth. gristening. brass-rimmed
shells stuck in flat fronts as pins stick
in pin cushions. A soldier is seated on
the car beside each limber. Between
every six cars there is a car of some
thing mysterious packed in straw. Also
with a soldier. There is one passenger
carriage in each train, and in one train
there is a passenger car from the Fin
nish railroads. Seven such trains,
crawled past us. They extract terrible
energy and objurgations. Every depot
rings with jar of cars and cries of
“horosho” (Good!), “Tronut” (Start);
and the name “Ivan Alexeyevitch.” Ap
parently it needs a. whole train to t*ikc
a battery with limbers and ammunition.
With them are trains of artillerists.
Each with a kettle on his back. When
we stop at Grany, at Grodno, at Su
prasl river, the artillerists rush out
and fill their kettles with wrater. The
third bell rings and the artillery tram
bucks. A small, confused soldier boy
trips and his water kettle Mies out and
spills. The artillerists roar. Not a
shelled-to-bits Prussian 42 centimetre
mortar would couse more joy.
All this makes delay. But it is noth
ing to dinner. There are no dining cars
on the artillery trains, and men must
eat. Knowing that on the artillery posi- i
tions they will eat buckwheat kasha, I
the officers have their last farewell!
dinners in the depots. Between Y’ilna
and Blelostoc there are three dinners,
all ready when the train steams in, in
the “Buffet I Classa” with these dishes:
Siomga (smoked salmon).
Soldatski stehl (cabbage soup).
Zliarenaya utka (roast duck).
Kisel (red fruit glue).
Everyone eats this dinner thrice. X
general in a red-lined coat, with, a St.
George’s cross, is not satisfied with this,
and he delays the trains. At Grodno,
after he has eaten for half an hour, he
wipes his mouth, clanks his sword, and
rushes for the train. Then he suddenly
remembers something. The third (warn
ing) bell rings.
The general reopens the door of "Buf
I fet T Classa,” and shouts, “Mr. Station
master!”
in red forage cap. which he touches
twice, "hp comes the statiomnaser. The
general asks that the train be delayed
for five minutes as he has not suf
ficiently dined. The stationmaster sa
lutes. The general re-enters “Buffet I
Olassa” and starts dinner again,
smoked salmon and 10 other things.
The train waits. At the station nearest
Hielostack the general gets out, asks
the stationmaster to delay the train
and issues from “Buffet I Classa” wield
ing two sandlwches, each decked with
egg and sardine. A hungry passenger
who has had no dinner sees his chance
and rushes out. The third bell rings,
and the train pulls out.
Through Bielostock thunder the ar
tillery trains west. Eastward crawl
hospital trains. There is a beautiful
polished mahogany train marked “San
tary train of H. I. H., the Grand
Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna." It is the
foundation of pretty Grand Duchess
Tatiana, Nicholas Il’s second girl. The
train stops oposlte us and I see through
a lighted window an electric operating
room. A curly head lies on the op
erating table. A nurse pulls the bliitd.
The train crawls on. At the depot I
see 60 wounded men. All slightly
wounded; five out of six in the arms.
They are waiting for an ordinary train,
which will bring them to Vilna. "Give
us newspapers,’’ is their cry. They
come, they tell me, in exchange for the
“Novoye Vreniya,” from Czenstochowo
in South Poland, w'here they have been
fighting General Dankl. They are in
good spirits, kindly, generous, decent.
That in the fighting men does not sur
prise me. It is Europe’s noncombatants
who are ferocious, cowardly, hysteri
cal. w’ho vilify, lie and forge.
In Bielostock 1 put up at the “Hotel
of Countess Mielnicki.” Only in Poland
do ; on find these countossly hotels. The
countess is a considerable landed pro
prietor and she keeps the hotel In or
der that she may there sell the estate
eggs. She lias carefully curled black
hair atid a hatred of Jews. She says:
“There was a terrible massacre here
in June, 190$. Eighty Jews wrere killed.
Vingt-quatre Juifs! Serve them right.”
She says this with a Parisian accent.
That, too, is Polish. Bielostock Is a big
town, mostly made up of one-story
houses, full of people in the clothing—
old and new—trade. There are many
Jews, mostly good-looking, often with
fair hair and red beards. They wear
the dressing gown "khalat.” The Jews
know about the countess' anti-somite
hotel, but speak charitably of the coun
tess. Bielostock has not one decent din
ing place, but it has several dirty eat
ing halls which sell champagne at $7
n bottle. The town is dirty, mean and
tedious. It resembles the worst parts
of Manchester. Kna.
Bielostock is full of wounded, doctors,
Red Cross sisters. There are thousands
of men making soldiers’ overcoats with
extraordinarily long sleeves. In the
long sleeves the gloveless soldier with
draws his hands, and so he keeps them
warm. That hampers his aim with the
rifle Bielostock also makes soldiers’
boots; very good boots, and “portianki,"
oblong napkins which soldiers wear in
stead of socks. Also it makes “hasli
luiks" for keeping the ears from frost
bite Tramp, tramp, tramp down tin
street before the biggest boot factory
goes a regiment of third reserve men.
just called out. They are older and com
pare ill with the active regiments; also
witn first reserve men. But they have
good humor. Kvery Russian soldier
laughs. To Bielstock as to Vllna the
characteristic of war is "Intercsno!'’ ft's
interesting.
The medical association of Poland has
a hospital at. Bielostock. It is a big.
clean, three-storied building, with an au
tumnal garden and three gnarled oaks.
I knock at the door and inquire for Dr.
Gordon. Only in Scotland and in Polish
ghettos nourishes the Gordon clan. H*»
is a sharp-faced, stout, kindly Jew, who
abandoned a big practice In Warsaw in |
order to attend to wounded heroes. H*» j
tells me the clean hospital n month ago:
was a tenement house where Bielostock’s
.dirtiest beggars and thieves herded. Jt.s
I construction made it suitable for a hos
I pital. It was so dirty tiiat pessimists
said a year’s work would clean It. In
a week Dr. Gordon cleansed it, white
washed it and expelled its immemorial
odors.
In this hospital I saw 30 wounded, 32
of them with bad wounds. There is a
man—a hero, too—who has all his lower
jaw taken off by a shell, \ et he is likely
to live. His face is so terrible that no
one. except doctors and nurse, sees It.
There is the Cossack Piotr Alioshin, who
is alive though minus both legs Alioshin
lost his legs in an unexampled way. His
unit got into a melee with Austrian dra
goons. While Alioshin, his long lance
couched, charged ahead, Austrian swords
men slashed at his right and left, and
at the same time took off both legs. Ho
I fell off his horse, but he was recovered
alive. He owes his life to the horse. His
horse, with a bullet through the brain,
fell upon him, and the weight of its neck
upon his leg stumps stopped the* bleed
ing. Near him lies an infantryman with
the skin of his head and all his hair
burned off, the result of a shell. “He suf
fered,” says Dr. Gordon, “unheard of tor
ment. but though he groaned day and
night, he never complained. It was one
of those cases that Jmu feel tempted to
cure with a big dose of morphia. To do
that we have no right. Now the private
is better. His head may get back a kind
of skin, without hair. He will wear a
wig.”
I talked to the slightly wounded. They
have no notion of how, when, why they
were wounded, and can give no Idea of
their fights. Except a man in the smart
Chevalier Guard, who was shot in the
groin near Cracow. He says that the
Austrians then put two battalions out
of action. This was a surprise. The
light Austrian horse, he adds, is daring
and skilful.
After finishing the medical association's
hospital I make for the Jewish hospital.
Ali the patients are Jewish. The Jewish
question is a great question for Bielstock,
which is almost the Jewish capital of
Poland. The Jews take a great part In
the war and correspondingly suffer. At
first few fought. Russia aenda her Polish
regiments. In which there are many JewM.
t<> Siberia, for reasons of politics. When
the Siberian regiments and with them
the Polish regiments in Siberia were
brought west to check Hindenburg's
march on Warsaw, with them came 8000
of the Children of Israel. The Russian
nationalists, who cannot forget their Jew
balting zeal, said that the Jews would
not fight. They were as disalfscted as
the rest of Russia’s involuntary subjects.
In fact they fought splendidly.
I.ieutenant General Alexyeyeff, who has
himself been decorated lately for bold
leadership, says In a speech made at
Sklernlewtce: "Some of the bravest
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Dance Tonight
i Menu Service a la Carte
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1 Friday night dances from 10:4** until 12:30 o'clock.
" pancinjr Is permitted .n both the Indian Room and the
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Music by Klenk’s Orchestra
Florence Cafe
T. LEONARD HORART, BUT.
deeds in the war are. done by our Jews.”
Proof of that I see in the Jewish hos
pital, where is Private Moisei Kaplan, l
Jewish soldier of well known Polish fam
ily, who has four bullets in his body.
Kaplan h platoon, he last left of a shat
tered company, was surprised near
Skie.rniewict*. Germans on both sides out
flanked. The noncommissioned officer
was killed. Kaplan said fight. The
platoon seized a farm, and, firing out of
the windows., repelled and held at arm's
length thrice its number of Germans.
Then they made a dash. The dash seemed
bound to fall. As it started a Russian
percussion shell dispersed the German?,
and the dash succeeded. From the last
German volley Kaplan got four bullets.
Kaplan is a St. George Cavalier an t
Bielostock is proud of him. But Bielo
stock asks, will Poland s .lews be given
ordinary human rights and legal justifi
cation to live, now when they show them- j
selves Russia’s bravest defenders?
In this hospital is noncommissioned
officer Porphyry Alba, who lias a strange
tale. Porphyry is a hero, as a man so
named must be. He show's no wounds,
but squirms w'ith ague. rheumatism,
bronchitis and 10 other moisture and
watery ailments. Porphyry got his ills
from standing in a wet river, and shoot
ing Prussians. Porphyry and his infan
try company were in a trench on th*
Lower Bsura
The Germans sent men to reconnoitre
and snipe. They seized a copse on Porphy
ry’s company’s right, enfiladed the trench
and slew the captain, two lieutenants and
the senior sergeant. So Porphyry got the
command. Frosty ground and lack of
tools prevented Porphyry's men making
| better trenches or traverses. Porphyry
i had the noble notion of turning Into a
| fortress the iev Bsura itself. He and hl^
company (the 40 left) waded In, and wdth
only their heads and shoulders exposed,
sniped the Prussians in the trees. Afteq
10 minutes it was unbearably cold. Thl
Prussian sharpshooters aimed with saw
guinary surety at the soldiers’ dry head*
So Porphyry ordered the evacuation ol
the watery fort. The heroes returned tc
the trench and let themselves be mas
sacred. Half an hour later they were
relieved. Porphyry received influenza, the
St. George's cross and three other ail
ments. I asked him:
“Where did you get the4 droll idea o(
turning a river into a trench?”
“When I was a small boy, living In this
very street, other boys tormented me.
They nicknamed me ’Garlic’ and threw
stones. When stones were thrown I usee
to take refuge in the Bagnoka pond and
duck my head as they flew' past.”
At 10 on my first Bielostock night l
walked to the railroad depot. I expect
ed more artillery trains. Instead I saw
the train with the Finnish passenger car
Beside the car stood the statlonmastei
with his hand respectfully on his re<
forage cap, and before him stood th»
three-dinnered general with the red lininfl
to his coat. The coat flapped with emoH
tion. The general commanded: the staH
tion master said “Latino!” “Agreed!’’™
and gave orders. The artillery traiB
j bucked, backed and made way for anH
other. Swiftly the general dashed intfl
“Buffet T Classa." I bought the Petro
grad “Rietch.’’ and waited Ids returr
in 10 minutes out he came with a happ
face, and a sandwich in each hand, j
sandwich of transparent, pinky “siom
ga." Smoked salmon. I understood.
A moment later the artillery trai
clanged into the station again. The stn
tion master saluted. The general disai
peared. Hardly had the train vantslie
when into the station crawled a new Re
Cross train. A surgeon in a white ovei
all jumped out and gesticulated.
Such—from behind—Is war.
(Copyrighted, 1915. by Curtis Brown.)
Much Misery in Syria
Alexandria, Egypt, February 1
(Via London. II p. m.)— Refugees froi
Sytria report great misery there. T1
refugee committee here, now feedir
4800. The United States cruiser Ter
neBsee has done splendid work in train
porting persons fleeing from Slyria.
is reported here that Jaffa, a short ill
tance northwest of Jerusalem, was den
lated with flags last week on the o
casion of the “successful crossing of tl
Suez canal by the Turks."
Offers Another Hospital Unit
Washington, February 11.—The Aine;
can Red Cross tonight authorized the cf
fer of an additional hospital unit fl
service in France to care for wound!
soldiers. j