Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — TO KILL DRUNKEN OFFICIALS [ARTICLE]

TO KILL DRUNKEN OFFICIALS

Bolshevik Government in Russia Decrees Drastic Punishment for Inebriates. Stockholm —A threat to punish Inebriety among bolshevik officials of high degree by death Is contained In a soviet decree printed Inflate issues of the Petrograd newspapers. The decree points out that drunkenness among such officials Is Increasing and proposes curative measures. If there do not prove effective, however. the offense. It Is threatened, will cause the infliction of the death penalty.