The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1922, Page 2

u : Fs & PAGE TWO VOLGA FAMINE NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS PAINTED Many More Thousands Would Doubtlessly Have Died, How- ever, But For U.S. Aid © CANNIBALISM REPORTED Death Rate, In a Few Cases, Has Reached as High As 65 Per Cent Samara, Russia, May 8—(The As- sociated Press)—Only a complete, careful census of the survivors would reveal the exact toll in human lives of the Volga famine of 1921-1922, but, terrible as has been the death rato during the ghastly winter just ended, it is now clear to the observer that the > great majority of the population has, some Way or another, managed to live through it. Estimates and predictions made last summer, that 5,000,000, 10,000,000 or even 15,000,000 of the Volga valley's population would die before spring un- less fed from abroad, and that several millions would die regardless of the assistance then being rushed toward them, are not borne out by the evi- dent facts that confronted the corres- pondent in a fortnight’s trip-through some of the worst affected’ districts at the worst period of the‘famine. ‘In some villages farthést. removed from the railways, where cannibalism has in some cases been resorted to by, the hunger-desperate population and the general suffering has been almost unimaginable to the western mind, the death rate has been 30, 40 and even as high as 65 per cent of the population. Famine such as this, how- ever, has been the. exception, rather than the rule, in Samara province. oubtles! many thousands would have died in every “volost,” or county, had not American and other aid been at hand for the children. The So- viet government as well as foreign or- ganizations has assisted the local.peas- ant authorities and has doled out its meager store of food in the com- munes which needed it most. But it now appears that it was the very nature, physical and mental, of the Volga peasant that enabled him to live through a year of stomach- gnawing hunger that would have taken much heavier toll among a population less inured to hardships from child- hood. i Hundreds of thousands of them have died in ‘Samara province which, before the famine, had a population of 2,700,000. Perhaps the death rate has been 10 or even 15 per cent, but the majority of the peasant stomachs have digested the clay, grass, weeds and other bread substitutes. «Even from the worst-stricken vil- lages, the peasants who came to the railway stations driving camels, hors- es and oxen attached to sleighs to be laden with; fpod:for their children, as a,whole appeared ruddy, strong and even smiling after a six months dict of atrocious bread subsNitutes that would have ‘put an American city COUNTESS By NEA Service. London, May 8—Now that Britain women have the ballot, seats in Par- lament and any number of magis- tracies, they're out for equal rights along another line—in the horse-rac- ing field! = 5 They're invading the last ditch held exclusively by mere man. ‘Women always have been interested in the races as spéctators. But now they’re appearing as owners of racing ty court to district court, and got a decision, deciding that the will made by Rechart bequeathing his property to her, was valid, The defendants, then appealed the supreme court. ; FAIR PLAY IS ASKED BY U.S Allied Reparations Commission to dweller in a hospital in a week and in the graveyard in a fortnight, Some of them, more canny than the others doubtless had saved and hid- den real grain to last them through the winter, but the majority of thos2 living underwent the ages-old test of the. survival of the physically fit- test and were helpéd through it by their fatalism that taught them not to worry over heir troubles. COUNTIES BURY THE HATCHET Old Claims Between Renville and Ward Counties Settled Minot, May. §—Renville and Ward counties « have,"buried the hatchet. There was afi itiformal ceremony at Mohall attended by the county officials of Renville county and Commissioners P. Vandenoever, Alfred Haldi, A. S. Spicher and Li F, Toftuer of the pres- ent/‘Ward county board, and Olaf Lok- ensgard, a former commissioner, to- gether with V. E. Stenersen, assistant state's attorney. +For 11°years the two counties have pattled, at least figuratively, to deter mine which should pay for the care of a public charge—Charles D, Graves, The dispute dates back to the date of the division of Ward county. Graves was a charge at that time. Being classed as a Jiability he was not claim- ef by the new county of Renville just formed. In one sense of the word the Renville county forces had the Point of vantage to the extent that ‘Ward county was caring for the man at the county farm. ‘The two ibaards got together yester- day and the claim of Ward county of ‘$4,000. was, compromised, Renville is- suing a warrant for $1,500 in favor of ‘Ward county and assuming liability for the care of the man, who is now re- ceiving treatment at St. Joseph’s hoz pital. The settioment makes unneces- sary litigation which loomed up as pos- sible as the only means of disposing of the matter. The records show that, while Graves:at one time held a claim at Grano, it appears that he disposed of this and moved from there. WARD CASE UP JUNE 2 «Minot, N. D., May 8.—An appeal ffom a verdict in favor of the plaintitt in the case of Mary Keller versus Pet- er Reichart, et al., from Ward county will be argued in the state supreme cpurt at Bismarck June 2. “The case originated in county court, when that court refused to recognize the will presented by Mary Keller, and which it was claimed was written and gigned by Reichart a short time before fe died in a Minot hospital leaving his estate to her, and not providing for his relatives. Miss Keller and Reichart are said to have been sweethearts. Working Against Us ‘Sofia, May 8.—American business men here complain tnat the members of the Allied Reparations Commission which contro]s the Bulgarian national budget and limits tne country’s ex- penditures are using their official po- sitions to further tne enterprises of their country and that discrimination is being practiced against the United States, The membership of the com- mission is limited now to British, French and Italians. The complaints become so emphatic lately that Charles Wilson, American minister, had to make representations to the commission on behalf of the United \States government. The Bulgarian government has shown a predilection for American in- dustrial concerns not only because of their businesslike methods, favorable prices and high quality of goods but ‘because the Bulgarians are anxious to cultivate closer relations with Amer- ica, for. which (Bulgarians have a strong sentimental attachment. Much regret is expressed that the United States is not represented or the Reparations Commission, because it is believed an American member could act as arbitrator in the many disputes that come before the Allied ‘Commissioners. . The American engineering firms, James, Stewart & Company, of New York, and MacDona\d & Company, of Chicago, Ihave offered to construct a MISS ROCHE HEADS BY ALICE ROHE The busiest woman/in New York— Who is she ? Josephine Roche. “Why? ‘Well, could a woman sit in a New York office surrounded by the prob- lems of ‘sixteen ° nationalities, her mental fingers on the pulse of each of them, without being almost as busy as half a dozen international confer- ences put together? This remarkable young woman, Vassar, A. .B.; Columbia, A. M.; chief probation officer and director of girls’ work in the juvenile court of Denver; inspector of amusements and policewoman of Denver; special investigator National consumers’ League and too many other titles representing public service to be enu- merated, is doing more to solve America’s so-called foreign problems than any other one individual in the United ‘States. Many Sections ,, Director of Foreign Language In- formation Gervice, she has not only worked out’ a perfectly co-ordinated system of interpreting Amdrica ‘to the alien and the alien to America, but she has, through practical proof of its vital need, secured financial ‘backing, Miss Roche of the headquarters gives one quite a travoled feeling. “The relatives of Reichart presented another will, made by Reichart before flie one which was ‘held by Miss Kel- ler. The plaintiff appealed from coun- “This is the Italian section,” she said,” and the Lithuanian, Czecho- slovak, Polish—” ‘With complete disregard of fron- | Jing to form an independent politicat || _ FOREIGN INFORMATION SERVICE ry personally ~ conducted tour by THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE “EQUAL RACING RIGHTS” NEW GOAL OF BRITISH WOMEN D OF WILTON stables. They’re training their own horses. They’re hiring jockeys and putting them in their own colors. Take the Countess of Wilton, for instancé, She has her own extensive stable of racers. Her jockeys are clothed in an attractive mauve with silver braid and silver cap. ‘Other prominent women racing én- thusiasts are Lady James Douglas, Lady Nelson, Lady Nunburnholme, Lady Cunliffe-Owen, Mrs. Hugh Peel and Mrs, Arthur James. number of grain elevators, harbor im- provements and other engineering works throughout Bulgaria and the government is ready to grant one or the other the contract, but there is 'said to be some opposition from the Reparations Commission which must Ibe overcome, DANISH GOVT, 18 GRITICIZED Claim Made That They Are Giv- ing Farmers Too Much ‘Copenhagen, May 8.—?rotection of the interests of the farmer has be- come as important an issue in the Danish Parliament as in the United States congress. On the one hand the government is being criticized by the trade unionists and some other political organizations jon the ground that the government is treating’ the farmers too jpaternally. On ‘the other hand the Danish Farm- ers’ Association, a strong organiza- iticn, is hectoring the government for not protecting-the farmers’ interests and for alleged failure to fulfill tl government's policy of strict economy in state affairs, The farmers’ association is threaten- arty unless the government takes care of their interests more satisfac- tory. As showing need of greater economy in government affairs is is pointed out that the Danish state railways—and nearly all'of the railways in (Denmark are owned by the government—show a net loss for the last, month of 38,400,-; 000 ‘kroner (about $7,680,000 at current rates of exchange.) Higher wages coupled with in- creased passenger fares and freight rates and state official management are Blamed here as the chief reasons for this costly result of allowing the ; state Lo own and operate the railways. | JOSEPHINE ROCHE tiers and boundaries we visited 16 nationalities, all represented by men and women of fine education. "~ \Bager to Learn ‘ “We. serve sixteen nationalities,” ‘Hungarian, Italian, Jewish, Jugo slav, Lithuanian, (Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish and Ukranian. “Assimilation cannot be forced on the immigrant,” continued Miss Roche. work out their, own problems of -ad- justment and they show a pathetic de- sire to be a part of rather than a problem of our life. “Our work ig divided into two ‘parts, making our laws apd life yn- derstandable to the foreign born and secondly, giving the native born an understanding of the problems, the in- justices done the foreign born.” in the work of which Miss Roche is director, but even the perfect sys- {tem does not overshadow the grea {human appeal. ON DYE STUFFS Also on Scientific Apparatus, Glassware and Better Grade Chemicals CALLED WAR INDUSTRIES Fargo, N. D., May 8.—America should protect the industries along scientific ines which sprung up dur- ing tho war period, Sidney H, Hull, professor of chemistry and physics at Fargo College said this morning in ad- dressing the members of the North Dakota Academy of Science here. He pleaded for a modified tariff on dye stuffs, scientific apparatus, glassware and better grade chemicals, These. industries had come to life diring the war period because they were needed, he said; they were still in need of some protection and it would be neither fair nor wise to force enter- prises, on which millions of dollars had been spent, out,of business or to put the country back where it was before the war as regards facilities for manufacturing these things. “I am not advocating a tariff which will allow building up of unfair prices,” he said, “but one which will give an opportunity for competition to spring up in this country between the companies; will allow the American companies to pay a decent wage and ‘Permit them to bujld up a fund of ters. nical knowledge by research.” (Mr. Hull told, first, how the pres- sure of wartime demand brought to life, dye, chemical and glass factories throughout the country until, he said, $150,000,000 to $200 490099 had heen in- vested in dye iidustries alone, He told how one printing ink company in ‘Cincinnati had gathered together a said Miss . Roche,” +:Qzechaslovak, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, 4 “The foreign born are best fitted to} Statistically there isn’t a loose end | PLEA MADE FOR ‘MODIFIED TARIFE) piece together bits ‘campaign after rea as given in a report by the Bureau, paper .of every issue is going the reader he wants. ‘The Tribune is a member of the A. B. C. Let us send you a copy of the latest report on our circulation and distribution. H | the Auditorium May 17, supports the theory that the lilting melodies and highly‘amusing comedy. lines of other days are possible of achievement in these days of jazz and shimmy dan- cing. This charming international fa- vorite now: being played all over the world was written by James Mont- fomery, author of the musical comedy success “Going Up.” The Vanderbilt Preducipg Company is bringing the who went to work without any prac- tical experience and built up formu- lae for the various pigments that go into the manufacture of the inks. This and other companies and the men who went into this line of work and had done so because of the crying need for the things they were to manufac- ture, the speaker said and tho money and time invested would be wasted if these industries were allowed to fail. ‘He declared that before the war vast quantities of coal tar and other by products that had been’ wasted, the jpew industries had to put to use. Thesa would again be wasted‘if the indus- The ‘success of “Irene,” the great- est of all musical comedies coming to staff of young university graduates, | piece direct from a two years run at the Vanderbilt Theater, New York, with the same cast that recently closed there. The company includes Patti Harrold ,who plays Irene O’Dare, (Erica Masckay, Booth Howard, How- ard Freeman, Jane Fearnley, Henry Coote, Luis? ‘Worthington, O'Hare, George P. Collins, Lou Ripley, ‘Helen DuBois, Marl Redding and Ted- dy McNamara, and a remarkable sing- ing and dancing chorus of great ‘beauty, - tries were given up. He declared that the laboratory and research end of these enterprises had already suf- fered because of adverse legislation and hard times and that it was es- pecially necessary to protect and pre- serve them. ! Department of . Agriculture is planning to introduce the chaulmoo- gra tree into the United States to as- Sure a permanent supply of the oil for ithe treatment of leprosy. The artificial flower ‘industry in England employs more than 10,000, persons. Hunch, Prejudice, or Logic? : - Which do YOU use in placing your advertising? Ursula; People Notice It. Drive Them Off with Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets A imply foe will oa ernarrae you 4.much longer if you get a package o| Dr. Edwards’ Olive fabets. The skin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets a few nights. 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