SHOT THAT KILLED RASPUTIN, IT WAS, AWAKENED RUSSIA
Charles Edward Russell Tells How An Infamous,
m Low-Lived, Fake Monk Became Power Behind the
'Czar's Throne; How He Plotted and Gained
Amazing Influence! How He Boasted Onoe Too
Often of Royal Conquests and Was Shot Down By
An Admirer of Grand Duchess Olga.
BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
(Copyright, 1917, by the Ncw«|hhxt lvnter|»rlpw U«>< i.ilinn.) ,
I don'l know anything that better HluHtrat.es the otter lunacy
A the old system in Itussia, the system the revolution scrapped for-
it forgets that sinister and historic figure. He has put in the shade
•ll the king's favorites that ever were written about. He played
a game that makes theirs look like matching pennies.
Men in all the ages to come will wonder as much about his fig
ure as about his almost incredible career.
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UK I4K>KKI> I,IKK A STAGE gVKNGAU
He was very tall, lank and somewhat swarthy, with long black
hair that he kept offensively oiledr and wore smoothed dowu on the
lop of his head. He had very long features, little black eyes of the
kind always described as beady, a lartje mouth and a prominent nose.
With his slickery hair and glittering eyes he must have strongly sug
gested the stage edition of Svengali. According to all accounts he
bad no charm of conversation nor of manner, and his Ignorance was
Its plain as his arrogance the instant he began to talk.
Altogether here was about the last man in the world that you
would think a self-respecting woman would have an amour with. Yet
it is related that over many intelligent and rather wise women he
I exercised an extraordinary power and over hundreds of others what
teemed like an uncanny fascination. All thighs usually accounted for
in Russia on the theory that he possessed some secret of hypnotism.
With the other unpleasant traits he was a famous booze-fighter.
Even after the prohibition of vodka he seemed always tq be well sup
plied with liquor, and % \vn the common belief among those that
observed him that he could stund more rum (han any other man in
Petrograd. When he was on a drinking bout he chose the moat dis
reputable companions and went on a wild bat that lasted for several
flays and wound up in the lowest dives of the city.
The police knew hlni well and feared him, for they had accurate
knowledge both of his power and remorseless use of it. When he came
In bis borrowed roft-s of a priesthood he had no right to claim, roar
tns and roistering, they stood aside and let him go. Any person that
Was with him was immune; if he were a criminal that the police had
long wanted, no one dared lay hands upon htm. He was a friend
of Rasputin, and K;t. ;>utii> was the all-powerful of Russia.
XTTTthk TIMK UK TRADED WITH GERMANY
AAI> HK OOIXDX'T BE I'I.MSHKII
■ It was not po&siUe that these things could last. All the time Lie
fconles Hi at happened by some chance to be still loyal to Russia were
hearing the stories of his trading with Germany, while the people at
large were gathering hatred for his cruelty.
There was only one class in the community that found anything
to approve in him. That was the revolutionary agitators. They used
him all about Russia as a /irst class example of the folly of mon
archy, and couldn't have had a better. They saw to it that his name
*nd needs became known thruout the land, and to this day the
. fomi< illustrated papers are using him as a text.
In a Russia where nobody, you might say, had a vote or a voice
|n the government there was no civilized way to get at such a crea
ture. There was no law that could be invoked against him. The
nnly real law was the will of the czar, and that was all for the
(Czarina, and the czarina was all for Rasputin.
| There was no way to counteract hi« Influence. He was
the only person the ocarina trusted or would really listen to. .
I inli-i- these ri>miliii"M>. thenetwas nothing for hia oppon
ents to do hut to kill him.
Oue night on his way home in winter he was shot at, the bullet
Piercing the back of the sleigh and missing him by a few Inches. Not
long after an assassin made his way into Rasputin's house and tried
to stab him. Several times, according, to the story, thugs lay In wait
for him to beat him up.
He escaped all these, and began to have the reputation of a
Charmed life. He must have taken little stock In that himself. Me
aow went about Petrograd with a body guard of picked men.
His fear* put no check upon his drunken tongue. When
he was pickled he used to talk about the czarina as he talked
about a drab. •
After a time he l>cgan to talk loosely about the tJi«-n
Grand l>uehe*« Olgm the czar'a oldest child, AND THAT,
IN Till BUD, inn FOR HIM.
The ex-grand duchess seems by all accounts to be a rather supe
rior young woman, considering the misfortunes of her birth and
bringing up. There was a young nobleman in Petrograd that had a
profound respect and admiration for her. When he learned that Ras
putin had boasted in a dive that before long he would have' her also
In his power, this young nobleman made up his mind that the time
had come to silence that ribald tongue and the task belonged to him.
He performed it conscientiously, and that was the end of Ras
putin.
It seemed as if with that shot the people woke up to the enor
tnlty of the whole degrading burden that cursed them and bowed
them to the ground.
In next article Mr. Russell will tell weird in
-1 side facts of how Rasputin was slain.
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I hootebold remedy for eczema and other, com- I B
I mon skin-troablet. It osaally itopa the itrhing I
I At (Mice and qtiickJy heala th« eruption. Doctors I
I prescribe Jt very widely. It alto makes an ex- I
I oaUaat dressing for bums, wound*, chafing*.
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I ikte. tlktv«aaan*fce(iva Rwlafil Soar. fl
ever, than Uie amazing story of
Itasputln.
Here was a moral Idiot, a
rrralmii of the most depraved
Insiiiirts ignorant, bestial, an
arrant knave and traitor, and yot
under Uie old oyatem ho came to
do the u< tuul ruler of all Kusnia.
He put men up and pulled
them down, determined policies,
held In his hand the nation's des
tinies.
His power was without limit
except his own fear of the assas
sin.
He proved the truth of the
old deticription of the Russian
government under czarlsm. It
was "a despotism tempered only
by assassination."
All the government was con
trolled by the czar, th« czar was
controlled by the czarina, the
czarina was controlled by Kas
putin.
Rasputin—this world will l>o
inn. h older than it is now before
In livniu 11,. had nut In 11... , I, 1..
Monday, Sept 17, 1917., .-THE TACOMA TIMEB- Paga Two
THE TIMES DAILY LAUGH-MAKERS
Doings of the Duffs
CHESTNUT CHARLIE
Squirrel Food
$1000 BILL; NABBED
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 17.—(Special to The Times.) —
The inherent improbability of the $1,000 bill caused Charles
M. Gallagher, former proprietor of the Antlers hotel, to spend a
night in the city jail. Gallagher bad two $1,000 bills. Ho wanted
change for on* of them. The police were called and he was whisked
off to Jail.
There was no report of the loss or theft of any $1,000 bill;
nothing to indicate that they were not as much Gallagher's property
as any $5 bill. Only one doesVt have $1,000 bills; it is unoonven
tional, almost financially sacreflgious to have them, and when a per
son has not only Site but two of the highly valuable bank notes, the
grief attendant thereto is mora than doubled. So off to jail went
Gallagher. . "
Gallagher, who says he Is the son of a multl-mllionalre oil and
peart fishery man of Sydney, Australia, first broke into the $1,000
bill limelight a.t the Washington hotel shortly after midnight Satur
day when he peeled one of the bills off a roll and asked for change.
The clerk called the police. Gallagher was released Sunday.
TO CERTIFY STRIKERS?
M nil.-.i Ir™ Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. —If the employes of the Union Iron
works strike, 800 of them may "have to go Into the army. J. J. Tynan,
general manager of the company, announced today that should the
strike be declared, he will be required to withdraw his application
to the district 'board for exemption of tbeee men on occupational
grounds. Nearly all of these men are otherwise eligible for army
service, he said.
MIRROR IS BAD LUCK
(I lillfd rrr«. lr»'<l Wlrrl
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 17. —A mirror today betrayed five Chi
nese into the hands of the police on a charge of conducting a lot
tery. Police gazing from the third floor of police headquarters into
the rooms of a building occupied by ChineM across the street »w a
mirror reflecting the game in full swing.
The officers watched the game several hour;, with the aid of
binoculars and then raided the place.
KNOCKS SUFFRAGE BILL
n niicd Pmmm iMued Wire.)
• INDIANAPOMB. Ind., Sept. 17.—The nine-tenths woman suf
frage bill passed by the last legislature was today held unconstitu
tional by Judge Roehford In Marion county superior court. It will be
appetJed to the supreme court. The Judge granted a permanent re
straining order preventing enforcement of the law.
ARMY POST BUS STATION'
A Large and Commodious Waiting Room,
10-MIM TK HURVKV—DAY AND NIGHT.
Cars Tor Special Service. Taxi*
Phone Main 2033. 9th and Commerce.
AH—TIIRY'RK ON THE HOMK STRETCH.
BALMY BENNY OIHJUT TO FEEL AT HOMIO
! I Here and Elsewhere
s.-.iulf cliosen as one of 19 cit
ien to have big reconstruction hos
pital to rehabilitate wounded sol
diers returning from Franco*
Mrs. Dye of MrKenna think* fine
saw Bennett StodVbrt, hunted for
alleged attack on Carbonado girl,
at her furmhous* door last Friday
morning.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY A
IHIMIXU CO. Main 417. ad*.
Henry Hall, logger at Onalatika,
has been given order for tallest
flag pole at Camp Lewis.
lii Duenwald'v pre|>are a box
for the boy, 1112 Broadway, adv.
Gorman censor Huppreoses pub
lication of three Berlin newspa
pers.
It. C. Arnold arcidentaUjr shoots
and kills his brother, William Ar
nold, mill owner, while two ara
hunting together near RoMburg,
Ore.
Actual work rontrilmted i>y
American- women to Red Cross
din-Ing last year has commercial
value of *36,600,G00, it is re
ported.
T>AUX
•Auto Counter Wagons,' #l.'4">
and up. Palace Hardware Co.,
1511 Pacific aye. adv.
President Wilson back in Wash
ington, D. C, after 10 days' vaca
tion on yacht Mayflower.
I Mil's quota to American lake
cantonment la completed by dis
trict exemption board.
Coast shipyards buy up locust.
trees in irrigated country east of
the Cascades to use for nails and
plus In wooden ships.
<;<>»«Tiim«»nt will let no more
contracts for wooden hulls, It is
learned.
Dr. Cozza, dentist, 203 Prarl
dent. adr.
\oi man Coleman, head of re
ligious and educational work at
Camp Lewis, speaks before Minis
terial Alliance at First Baptist
church at 2 p. m. Monday.
Shipment of 29,000 stub* of
sugar beet seed arrives in Van
couver to be distributed to all part*
of U. S.
/
Tho now U. 8. N. A. innuraiice
at Hoffirtetter's, 13th and Paoffic.
adv.
Frank Hughes, sfi, Sunday tfight
at limml hospital. Body removed
to L. M. Oaffney's awaiting funeral
arrangements.
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5N0T63 OP A. NEW
30N6 ANDBUOW3 1T
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SHAKE-UP IN
CITY OFFICES
Following the resignation of
Chief Deputy City Controler 11. U-.
Qonyea and Bookkeepy Edwlu
Clark, a complete change was
made in the controller's office
force Saturday.
J. M. Roberts was promoted to
Gonyea's place, and A. S. Hunger
ford was promoted to Clark's posi
tion. T. R. Bissell was trans
fpfrct] from the light and water
department to thu controller's of
fice, Miss Marie Blackwell, stenog-1
rapher, was promoted, to position
•f clerk, and Miss Caroline Ander
son was appointed stenographer.
3TUDENT OFFICERS
MAY HAVE TO HIKE I
11 ili-.i Prru I . -hi ill M'irr.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Vl. —
! Student officers at the rPesldio
training ramp who seek -coast
artillery commissions today faced;
the possibility of having to make
dally inarches to Fort Scott fort
their big gun training. Altho it|
wi* expected the men would be 1
quartered at tha fort, orders from 4
Washington have been received to
hold them at the Presidio and ho
far efforts to have the orders'
countermanded have met no re-1
sponge. Specialized artillery!
training U scheduled to begin Hgt-j
urdny. I
By Allmaiv
BLOSSER
By Ahem
SCHOOL
GARDEN
EXHIBIT
'Agricultural fairs will be held
in 23 Tacoma schools beginning
Thursday, Sept. 20. Each fair
will be held on one day only at
the school building. Most of
them will be open both afternoon
and evening. They ara under Ilia
geueral diroctlon' of M. O. Evans,
supervisor of garden work. The
public is invited to attend as many
of these fairs as possible.
Exhibits of vegetables grown by
the pupils, and fPliita and vegeta
bles, canned by them will be
shown at each fair. Several
schools will also have exhibits la
several different lines of "chil
dren's work including rabbit and
poultry raising, knitting, sewing,
art and manual training.
In most districts the prizes will
consist entirely of ribbons, but In
'some places small fash or mer
chandise prizes will ho given for
some clashes of exhibits The
Franklin srhool district commit
tee has raised $40 for pries and
will hold a fair for both school
punlls ;<nil ;ulult r^!iid"nts of the
district on the afternoon and
evening of Friday, Sept. 21.
The dates of the fairs are as
follows: Thursdays, Sept. 20.
■haraun, Washington, Lowell;
Friday, Sept. 11, Franklin. Tern
rilll. Park avenue; Monday, Sept.
J4, Mnnltou: Tuesday, Sopt. 25,
Mann, Whitman; Wednendajr,
S"pt. 26, Sheridan. Rogers, Roose
velt; Thursday, Sept. 27, Wlllard,
Irving, ICdison; Friday, Sept. 23, •
Longfellow, MrKinley; Tuesday,
Oct. 2, Central, Bryant, Orant;
Wednesday, Oct. 3, Logan, Joffer
son, Lincoln.
DROPSY
One.Week Fre»
Bliort breiitliin ; relieved in a few
' hours—-*w«lllitg, water and uria
l ii(4d removed In a fow d«y»—reg-
I ulafes liver, kldneyi and heart,
i Write for Kroe Trial Treatment.
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