South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 104, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 13 April 1920 — Page 12

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An Intimate Sketch of That Far Off Snow Covered Land1

Where the American Soldier Keeps Guard. Copj right, lit International Sjndlrate. fjHnx on fcad thought ofiu.se of the Allies to be sent acrosa the tf ll Siheria lt hxs rcralle,i the 1 I'-icific and landed at Vladivostok. JN iorror or suffering aociated : Naturally this brought our soldier. VV with lt for up until quite re- ; who aro stlll policinff thia cnd of Rus. c r.tly the average American connect- fcja cd S.bcria with the dc-solato barren j Immense Country fron quartera of the political exiles , Jun bcfore outbre.ak. cf tho war of Ituslj. The moat harrowing and I:,.!a bt.;an tQ tncoura(fC iramlpra. heartrending stories have come from ! iCn to her As utin rinnv a,i -

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eral mayor or governor of a certain, section Jut in Russia. Pur.r.i; the coldest part of the winter the farmer take? his cattle into the hut wi:h and as there 1 no air the cior becomes unbearable, an! thre i .sure to be flckne In the f.inii'.y and uu.i!'.y .several dath if the Vinter is pirticularlv severe. Hut the S.bcr:ar.s

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era and ot the hard.ship-5 they must , wheat miht be raised. It Is the vastendure. The public mind wu kept to j new of S;bena which fairly overoccuplcd With thfj dreadful talcs whelms one when it Is discussed for that littJo attention was paid to the; while lt belongs to Russia it embraces interesting part of the country, to its j more than one-half the area of the rieht, to It possibilities if its ast j entire F.mpire 4.83 1.8S2 square mlle.. r(-ourcea were developed- The soii in j more than one and one-half times as certain portions is quite fertile and ' great ai that of the United States exconstitutes one of the preat sources of j rluMve of Alaska. While practically wheat which was supplied by the Uus-lall belong to Ru.la it i.s divided pofian Implre. In ILs bills are mlneral.s. ; liticallv into four irovrrnrnrnt Ir.

the mines will be opened

derful trans-Siberian railway began in ! Moscow. 1S91 and completed eleven years later1 The climate of Siberia has little to

The won- where they are loaded on the train for One day's Journey eastward brings .ored picture book.? are offered to

us to thft cltv cf Tomsk, not on th i richten the cheerless homes of the

Siberian residents. Women quat j

about in the fnnw outside the huts

the extent and riches of whi.h are kuh-k, Tobolsk. Tomsk. Yeniseisk andinition and other military supplies

unaacoverea ana inase minos wnicti'Mx provinrp?. Amur. Kamrhata. Primare In working order are being: only orskaya. Sakhalin. Transbaikalia and lialf developed. Yakutsk. About ninety per cent, of Now that furs aro so h!ch the in-! the population are of Russian origin, ducement to trap the animals which j yh others are of Chinese. Korean and abound In that country i.s grt at. I Japaner descent. The present war ha.s already broucht j Tho history of Siberia Is 50 closely a great change to Siberia, First, there i linked with Russia that lt Feems to be

Ls no longer any Siberian exile for political prisoners and the majority of those who were there have returned

could be obtalnea from the United States when the port at Archangel was closed. In 1915 over $45.000.000 worth of poods was sent to Russia by way of Vladivostok and the transSiberian railroad. Kven before the war the freight travel of goods to and from the United

just an episode in Russian history for'State3 was po Rreat that the Consular

it has belonged to Russia since them4 in Moscow had to be changed

covering a distance of 5. 4SI milts and recommend lt for the summers are

costing J172.525.000 will give a Impetus to agriculture.

(if'at Railway j 't never raln.s but snow and snows This railroad proved of great im-!untu th Preat whito stilir.esA of the portance to Russia during the war. asjlard Is so great that few people outit was the only route by which ammu- sid,' of the natives can live there and

keep from going !r.ane.

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Siberian railroad, but on a

sand recommend lt for the summers are ! This city is known as the city of;about in the now outside the hu.s j Amerlcan .because it is at this "Queen Os, fresh ;short and very hot while the winters I orgies and education, an there is a unl- ,ffering second hand goods for' sale jof the Kas... that 0,.r tovu .oncsi le TLJ jare long and .severe but dry, that is, jveraity of no little merit where there an(l they sell little they are often j of thp rritilh -Tommies-' kr-fp guard f,' -

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days jf Ivan the Terrible, and seems to hnic como to that country through the ."f venture, exploration, settlement and development ty t lie Russian people. While thousands of acres of its land aro 'tin uncultivated and many

to that of a Consul General In order that the business might be properly handled. The four great rivers of the country are the Obi. Yenisee. Lena and Amur and with their tributaries they afford

to Kusl. to a freedom which at present etns to be on a nr with an exile in 8ib-rta. Mutuary nevelty hxs made eitle. .Ions- h? Sibfi-tn railway which Ktrctcbei fram Mo-ccw In central Ru-r-a. to Vladivostok, the r'acity of Siberia, -whleli hr.s bcorre uti Important seaport as ell as ri'Iway depot, tor the exigencies cf wa.r coutd mue.h of the amniur.ition and war mr,-

titrlai ecl from this country for tho ito produce heavy crops and many ofifrom interior to certain points

are hundreds of students and dance . re-mem nereu Dy tne prosperous passerhall. and cabaret shows which would Thore is al-o one part of the be closed In the United State? five mln- market devoted to trie sale of Siberian utes after they had opened, but some- Ponies. thing must be done to amuse the peo-' f course, some mention of the pie. and men whose nhows were too l?rf at Lake Ralkal must be mentioned

Omsk is the agricultural center of! vile for Taris seem to have settled for thi-s body of water is the real

here. The hotels are very like the ! beauty spot of Siberia. With greit hotels of Russia, about as uncomfort- ' -now capped mountains cn one side, able as they can be made. They have j her shore carpeted with mow as far no running water In the rooms and as tho eye can see her turbulent wavery little In the pitchers and after alters present a pretty picture. It will few days stay in one th-i traveler jbe remembered that some years ago comes to the conclusion that cleanli- the carcass of a mastodon wns found

medicine" without a murmur. If he feels the least illness he goes to bed and stays there until his family rou'es him out or he dies. Iurmg the old regime he wa,s little less than a slave and generation after Kener at on have

grown up m this manner. ii:e war is 'sure to make a change and th-e por ; down troddm people mav come into j their own wn everything 1 finally settled. One great thing may b said I of th peasantry of Siberia they are (not criminal? for there 1 rarely a j robbery or murder in the country

these always occur In th citir. Vladixovtok Rat Vladivostok Is perhaps the most interesting i-f all S:br ; i to the

an i cive the'.r nl! to brlt.ir about a world of peace. Vladivostok was sot-

about 2,000 squaro miles and haa a population of about 100.000. It ls one of the coming cities of Siberia. It has Ions' shop lined streets, the Cathedral of St. Nichola.'. three libraries, a large number of schools, a large theatre und several cabaret shows which are more or less questionable In their performance. The railway platforms are always filled with American agricultural machinery for the Russians, who emigrated here before the war and have learned the value of the American harvester a machine which can be

thousands of acres of swamp land ab-(about 30.000 miles of Interior navlga-

solutcly unfit for cultivation yet onjtion. At present there are over 400 seen In all parts of Siberia. In fact, the whole during the next ten years ; steamers on these waters and they 'Omsk is the Chicago of Siberia In its

its products will amour to mil! I on . ca rrv a large amount of freight from The great wheat fields will be made 'the railway and bring the products

exports, skins, hide,?, meat and buiter. In one year 12.25 0 sables alone were tent to the great fur market In Leipsic.

td by traders a hundred years co. Rjilt on the slopes of several hills it overlooks a magnificent lan 1 locked harbor large enough to shelter nny navy in thft world. It has a fortre which cost Russia (Including graft) $150.000.000. The lat war ha.s caused the town to grow suddenly and from a pre-war population of SO.öOO hxs ?rown to at last twice that number. The streets have been beautified, fir.

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ness In a Siberian hotel is not next j'n the ice along the shore of the lake j ,0r;s have ben opened and the

to uodliness. but next to impossible, j an,i tno explorer is saia to nave actuSomehow the very curlousness of the ally tasted the meat of the pre-hlstoric place makes it Interesting and the animal which seems to prove the traveler Ls willing to even put up with j theory of cold storage being a real the various kinds of cockroaches ' preservation.

which parade about the bed room walls. The market on the banks of the river at Tomsk Is wonderful in its

Village Life Naturally Siberia has many villages where the real .'ife of the people can be seen, but to those who hae

way little wooden huts, hundreds of traveled in Russia thy will seem littheia where all sorts of gilded ware, j tie different. The houses are built bright colored knickkracks and col-'of logs with few windows which are

(American automobile can b seen cn

any street. The Y. M. C. A. and the Knlghtg of Columbus have established headquarters for our boys who are so far away and have dory? much to drive away the homesickness of this white siVnrp of tho Siberian winter which is now on. "It's a place to make money all right." said one returned soldier, "but you will die of homesickness before you get horrv to spen it."

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HOLIDAY-MAKING AROUSES SOVIETS

Ku.-ian Government Threatens Drastic Action Unless Practice Ceases at Once.

LONDON". April 12. The Russian soviet government lias threatened to put the workshops of the northern railways under martial law to put an end to what it calls the "crime" .f the workers in wasting time in holiday-making, according to a wireless message from Moscow. The government asserts that l.oOO working days were thus lust in one n.or.th and that "the railway men are arranging ti have two das of idleness each wek at a time when miliums of people are hungering and w h-u ii is impossible to transport bread, owing to lack of railway en;iu s." It notifies the idlers that they will either hive to make up f.r tho time "of which the repul li " has been robbed" or receive full penalty undei martial law. The iiifvace iued by the government is loaded "Shame comrades." and deel ires Rusi.i cannot ,n i'i saHatioti from foreigner-? out m;u--i J'.icht hr cwn internal Morkade in order to "end the ruinous e : 1 . 1 i -;p!i of thirds, oonqm r huri'.T and saw the soU't i public."

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An celent view of the harbor at Vladivostok, which has been occupied by Japanese troops after hours of severe -fighting. All Russians have h en disarmed, while some have already b"- n arrested and deported. The 'Japanese imperial flag is il ing in place of the Russian tnsign from all government bell.Iincs.

RLOOMINGTON, Ind.. April 12. Men students at Indiana university have grown careless In tipping their hats as a mark of respect to women. Miss Ruth Liuer. co-ed editor, of the Daily student, the school newspaper, cliarud in a recent editorial. Miss Lauer's editorial followed publication of an item said to have been written by a young man tu-, dent, saying that hat tipping was one of several "make-believe cavalhr mockeries." Miss Agnes L Wellü. dean of women, h is endorsed the co-e-d's editorial. "I think that people are divided into definite clashes, according to manners." Miss Wells snid. "If they are courteous, their courteousnes.s puts thorn in the well-bred class. Possibly the denatured military saute which seems to have taken the place of hat tipping, i.s due to army training many of the men have received. At any rate, men at Indiana univerity have grown exceedingly careless about tipping their hats to worm n."

NEW YORK. Mayor Hylan has added to his laurels. Bricklayers made' him an honorary member of their union.

Miss Marcaret p.urke. daughter of .Mr. and Mr-. J. A. Uurko, U. Umhth St.. and Waldo Rronson were quietly marri'd Saturday afternoon at the court house. Following the ceremony a wedding dinr.er was served to tho immediate faintly at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. l!ro!i.nn. Miner st. Mr. and Mrs Rrons.m will resale in South l aid The m eting of the Women's Rihle

eins scheduled to tne et Wednesday j

aftornoon has been postponed unto the close ot the Feb Jom- ri.al meet in cs. Mr. and M; A. K S.oman. Thirteenth s.. , n;, rtaoo ,( with a dinner of M .'Vets S.sridiy in honor if their r.epliev. il Lymoi.d Nie! ot Niles. Mich., and Miss Sophia Wittner of. South iu r.d. whose n. iiTi i-:e took r'-o e in South Rend Mon

day. .Mr. iiud Mrs. John N. lb of I California w re owt of tewn gaets j iwing to the i;,d j, :-.. s' , :;:-s j

nil 6ervnas ;:t the M ; !-.u:aii hae been cir.o 11 d for ih;s w, . k. The scheilule for t!:e i inr::i!.; pr:-et met-tir.gs b.ave not i n .;i:.i:-.c d by the com mitt 1 e Mr. anil Mis. C.rl S o. k:n 1:5 ar in Detroit. Mi- h . tor a f. d - Mrs. John Fr ra k of F:'....t.o bttril called her by t!. .-. : :.- i '.- ress of )i, r f it: r-.n-i.. v. . W Frriek. N. S.t!i The , ,.-.d.ti.-n f" Mi.-. I'.ril Straub, v. h 1. ,s b. t. ... r.-.ois'.y ill at the bo"...- of ii.r ;..-;!.:. t. Mis llliam S--ho, k. S .t): st . t- ; t-t ue . k, is 1 . 1 . ; r 1 - I to.j.t J. L. 1 -i "I "' . 1 a -;.':! the w e. k M.'b M v. and iimr Far), Iii- ' !- Mr. and M: - W. h.-.m S.-l, nt.-r. Jr.. and e'au.h'.. r. Mr and Mrs Harry Henne aiid li.r.uhit r of Chi

cago .ure guests of Mr. an. I Mrs. William Si buster. Smith st. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Frown and son. Cläre'..'-, spent Sunday with Mr. und ilrs. C. A. Frown at Rolling 1 'rp iri . Twins, a -on and daughter, werer 1 1 ;i;.. - at the home ef Mr. and Ali. orn:. m Krider, (Ireeiilav. ii a . Walt;- Frusperu-er. who was called lit ! I' b;. tlie batii of Iiis u'l'andtnothii. Mrs. i'l;n.. . has h fr fur hhhe no- at e Verado Springs. Mrs. Fi r..-p re; ir.d daughte r will 11i.iair. la re uiitil Jun- 1. K( UtRF.RS lil.OW SAUL. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aj.ril 12. Robbers ee -a red f.'JMiii when they blew the s.tfe in tile office f t!)' Wi-stern Oil Co. he r-. The- robbe ry was d'.sroerd ti'dav.

V1EXA MAKE UP TO

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VIFNNA. April 12. Pe ople of j

this city are beginning to find out what they have bei n eating in various imitation foods. Fxpcrts who have invest is;at'l the cemposition

f ce-rtain foodstuffs now n e;tle , liae re poitetl that egg substitutes aro made' l..rgdy of Hour. that j "liar i'Usages." leolovt'd by thel Viennese. .11' baseil on wheat dis-1

so'.veel and seasoned and that some che-e-s. is a pre-paration of iotats mildew -d to L'-t the- pripe-r taste. Tir.nd h'rso meat is t!ie latest "delicacy" to appear in the shops.

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