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ROME, Italy, Feb. 8.—In the course
of a long article in the Giornale d’ltalia
on the Bolshevist government in Petro
grad, M. Perwaukhine gives a detailed
and analytical account o£ Lenine's
career and character. Lenine. or to
give his real name, Ulianov. is the son
of a priest of the Greek church and
was brought up in Moscow. While he
was still a student at the university
he began, together with his eldest
brother, to spread Socialist propagan
da among the workmen. Both the
youths were arrested, hut while Le
nine got off scot free, his brother was
exiled to Siberia and perished at the
hands of his guards during an at
tempted escape on the way there.
From that time, the young Ulianov, or
Lenine, devoted himself entirely to
propaganda of the most extreme type.
He had among his friends the nick
name of Pugacew, in allusion to a fer
ocious rebel of the time of Catherine
11, whose career was devoted to a
savage attack against the state, so
ciety or order in any shape or form.
Lenine-Ulianov, M. Perwoukhine de
clares, is a second edition of this
famous rebel.
The danger of Lenine’s propaganda
was early detected by the Socialist,
George Plechanow, a follower of Marx,
who accused Lenine of being not a
Socialist, hut an anarchist. However,
Lenine attained a considerable degree
of success among the Petrograd work
men, especially among those of the big
metal works, the “Putelow” and the
"Obuehow.” The operatives in these
works have remained faithful to his
teaching during the intermediate 20
odd years, and when the revolution
broke out, they at once gave their un
conditional support to the anarchist
movement. During recent years, Len
ine, in order to avoid the persecutions
of the Russian political policy, went
to live ahrnad and snent most nf his
time in Switzerland, where he was the
official representative of the Russian
Socialist democratic party in the inter
nationalist organization. When war
broke out. Lenine summoned another
extremist to his side from Italy, the
revolutionary Socialist., Victor Cernow,
and with the help of the international
ist Swiss-German, Platton, Munzen
bers. Grimm. Greulich and others,
they both got into touch with the
governments of the central empires,
and it was from these governments
that they received the most enthusias
tic support, financial and otherwise,
for carrying on revolutionary propa
ganda among the Russian soldiers in
the prison camps, and in Russia itself.
This went on actually until the com
ing of the Russia revolution in March.
Then, with the help of Platton. Grimm,
Greulich, and his other Swiss friends,
Lenine formed the first detachment
of the Russian refugees, almost all of
them extremists, “the red advanced
guard” who, traveling by way of Ger
many, entered Petrograd in triumph
and from the first day of their arrival
began therir ill-fated propaganda
among the Petrograd workmen, try
ing to make them rise against the
provisional government. Lenine has
one simple fixed idea: “The time has
come for a world- wide social revolu
tion; it will come about, if the signal
for it is given, and in a little while
the whole world will be in the power
of the proletariat and humanity will
live happily ever after.” In pursuit of
this idea, Lenine openly affirms that
all means are permissible so long as
they serve to bring about the final ob
ject.
Lenine did not deny the accusations
brought against him by genuine So
cialists and by the whole Prussian
bourgeois press that in order to rouse
the rabble he accepted money from
Germany, but on several occasions he
published extremely violent articles in
which he said “for me and my friends
it is a matter of complete indifference
where the money comes from. Capital
belongs to the guilty burgeoisie who
are robbing the workers. Therefore
the w'orker has a sacred right to take
this money, w'herever he finds it and
to use it against the bourgeoisie.”
Directly after his arrival in Petro
grad, Lenine organized a regular army
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! corps, recruited from the lowest strata
of the population in the capital, and
including deserters, common criminals,
j fugitives from Siberia, ex-prisoners,
and bands of so-called anarchists.
After his return to Petrograd his
success with the Soviet was limited,
j Almost all the soldiers' delegates and
at least three-quarters of those of the
workers did not wish to listen to in
ternationalist propaganda nor to be
tray the allies and make a separate
peace with the Germans. The fa
I mous regiments of "Preobrajenski,"
' “Volinski,” “Litovski,” and the Cos
sacks were especially hostile to Le
i nine. If Kerensky’s provisional gov
ernment had had more real revolu
■ tionary energy, had recognized the
j danger represented by Lenine and bis
1 anarchist propaganda and realized
that the further progress of such
! propaganda might ruin Russia and put
her at the mercy of Germany, the nest
of conspirators who were hatching
.treason against the allies might, M.
Perwoukhine maintains, have been
destroyed.
Almost the whole of the Socialist
Revolutionary party demanded that
action should be taken against Lenine
and all the fighting party of the army
demanded bis punishment, but Ker
enskv, the slave of the Socialist for
mula, could not muster sufficient
courage and find the necessary energy
In the meantime Lenine, in possession
! of enormous sums furnished by Ger
' many through Genetski at Stockholm
and by Madame Suemenson at Petro
grad. recruited thousands of propa
gandists and founded "umbers of ex
tremist newspapers, spreading his
views, especially among the soldiers
Little by little even those famous
i regiments who had been so opposed
to him came under his influence.
M. Perwoukhine then goes on to
give the history of the victory of the
Bolshevik!. Tie tells, also. how. some
years ago, at a meeting cf Russian po
litical refugees in Berne, when the
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■under discussion and the whole meet
ing declared against it, Lenine pro
1 claimed himself in favoi of it. and in
answer to the objection that this was
contrary to the teaching of Marx and
| that he was no true Socialist. replied
j that it did not matter how future
I generations classified him. He should
1 use any means necessary to advance
the power of thn pro’^tariat, what
ever terrible ’•esults this might en
1 tail. Yet he had hardly arrived in
| Russia when he began a campaign
! for the abolition of Hie death penalty.
M Pedwoukhine accounts for the ap
parent contrdiction by explaining
that under the Russian empire, this
penalty was meted out to deserters,
traitors to their country, and suborn
ers of the people. The provisional
government abolished it, little fore
seeing the consequences, ’"hole bat
talions deserted openly, regiments
fraternized with the enemy, German
spies came into the country, numbers
of criminals ill-treated the defenseless
population. The people, together with
the sane part of the army, demanded
the punishment of the guilty; but the
application of the death penalty, more
than anything else, would have de
stroyed the basis of Bolsheviktsm and
Lenine opposed it with his utmost
force. This step has had all the de
sired results. Lenine is supported by
a number of deserters and common
crimlhals, and by all those who fear
to naswer for their crimes against
property, human life, the state, and
society.
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The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will hold their annual dinner
on Washington’s birthday, February
22, at Hegg’s hall, the proceeds of
which will go to the Red Cross.
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( By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Peb. 9.—A Berlin
| telegram says the Teutons have signed
| a peace compact with the Ukranian
| llada, which is the first peace signed
by any of the belligerents.
The Germans are trying to make
peace on the eastern fronts so that
they can get food across the frontiers.
EIGHT - HOUR HEARING
POSTPHONED ONE WEEK
Labor Interests of Anchorage Are Expected to
Strongly Oppose Suspension of Law
While Railroads Favor It
(Special to the Daily Times*
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 9—The hear
ing before Governor Strong of the mat
ter of suspension of the territoria
eight-hour law, which has been in pro
gress for several days, has been post
poned until February 15, in order tc
give an opportunity to labor delegate?
from Anchorage to be present ant
combat the proposal.
The White I’ass and Yukon ant
Copper River and Northwestern rail
roads and the fishing and mining in
terests claim that labor is scarce ir
Alaska, and they want to be allowed tt
work their employes overtime.
None of the interests mentioned is
asking for the abolition of the law.
They simply want a modification of
the measure to meet what they term
the present abnormal conditions.
The labor interests are opposed to
any change in the operation of the
statute, and especially object to allow
ing overtime.
Under the terms of the law the ter
ritorial executive is empowered to sus
pend the law's operation in cases of
emergency, and this already has been
done as it affects the fishing indus
try. This action was taken at the re
quest. of the food administration.
LIST OF DEAD
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—It is esti
] mated that one hundred and thirteen
j United States soldiers were lost when
the Tuseania was sunk. It is not ex
pected that more bodies will be found.
Trawlers are still searching for bod
i ies along the coasts, however.
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SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 9—Former Presi
dent Roosevelt is reported by his phy
i sicians to be improving.
TMIMMIB
FI IMF WORK
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(Special to Daily Times)
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—More than
.100 women have registered for the
war time training course for volun
teers being presented at the Hotel Bilt
more, in this city. This is the second
of a series of twelve lectures presented
under the auspices of the committee
on social welfare, together with the
extension department of Columbia uni
versity.
; Miss Mary Richmond, director of the
organization department of the Rus
sell Sage Foundation, will lecture on
"The Family as the Center of Social
Service.” Her discussion will cover
the following subjects: Friendly visit
ing in the home, child welfare, medical
social work and the home service of
the Red Cross.
At the completion of the course the
women will be placed in active volun
teer service by the committee on wom
en's work of Columbia university.
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CABLE BREAKS DOWN
AND NEWS IS SCARCE
Early this morning announcement
was made that the cable service was
interrupted somewhere between Se
attle and Sitka. As a consequence
the usual Associated Press service of
the Daily Times was not received.
Late in the afternoon communica
tion was opened up through the gov
ernment radio station, and a reduced
service was received.
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There was quite a heavy fall of
snow last night and this morning, thus
providing a little exercise for those
who were ambitious enough to shovel
"the beautiful” from their sidewalks
(By Associated Press)
MADRID, Feb. 9.—The Spanish
steamship Sebastian has been torpe
doed while en route from New York.
It is expected that the Spanish gov
ernment will immediately send a pro
test. to the Herman government, the
second within a few weeks.
The Berlin newspapers consider the
case as extremely serious.
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The .Junior Red Cross solicits con
tributions of the following articles:
Hid linen napkins or worn table
cloths.
Woi n hose—for gun cleaners.
Outgrown baby shirts and baby
hose. The latter must be in service
able condition.
Worn underwear of adults from
parts of which infant garment might
be cut.
Pieces of cloth, new or nearly so,
r"cm "hi h garments for children of
any age under 12 might he made.
Also remnants of cloth suitable for
service bags for soldiers in hospitals.
Remnants of yarn, any color.
Will those having any of the above
articles to spare kindly send them to
school by pupils, or notify any of the
teachers, who will send for them
FANNIE E. BRAYTON.
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BROOKS CELEBRATION
REMINDS OF OLD TIMES
Word has been brought to Fair
banks by recent, arrivals from Brooks
that there was a wholesale arrest at
that place lately for breaking the dry
law, says the Citizen. A bunch of
Brooks people got together in a res
taurant over there and started in to
have one of those ante-bellum, pre
January first celebrations that used
to help the saloon men pay their
bills, and were all relegated to the city
bastile by the vigilant Brooks deputy
marshal. When the restaurant was
raided and the pinch made one whole
keg (slightly diminished by the eve
ning's entertainment) and a number of
bottles of an ancient and formerly
popular vintage known as champagne
were discovered boldly and unblush
ingiy prominent in the foreground.
Those said to have been arrested
were: D. H. Cascaden, Georgei Ken
nedy Bill Kelly, Miss Elliott and one
other. The trial was due to be held
last Thursday, but as yet no word has
been received as to how it came out.
The official confirmation of the ar
rest has not been received yet by the
marshal’s office, but is probably com
ing over by mail.
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VISALIA, Cal., Feb. 8.—Mrs. Or-j
lean II. Howe, 35 years old, is to be 1
placed on trial for murder in this city
on March 18. She was arrested fol
lowing the shooting ol Will H. Brooks,
a Porterville, Cal., grower, In the
lobby of a Porterville hotel the after
noon of November 19, 1917. She was
charged with murder." When ques
tioned immediately after the shooting,
by the sheriff, into whose custody
Mrs. Howe gave herself, she is al
leged to have said: ‘‘He ruined my
life."
Brooks was seated in the lobby of
the hotel talking with several friends
and acquaintances when shot. Three j
bullets took effect, one of them pass
ing through his heart. He fell for
ward from the chair dead.
The state will seek to show that
Mrs. Howe left her apartments short
ly after noon on that day and went to
a sporting goods store, where she pur
chased a heavy caliber automatic re
volver, which she asked the clerk to
load for her. it is contended that sho
then went to the hotel, entered the
lobby and fired four shots at Brooks,
from a distance of four feet.
After Mrs. Howe was put in jail
I Olio luauu a utnuutu HULlUIlloill 111
i which she dated the inception of her
alleged trouble with Brooks as eleven
1 years ago. At that time, she said,
lirooks and her husband, W. C. Howe,
| were intimate friends. They had
grown up together. Shortly after her
j marriage, Mrs. Howe said, she accept
ed a dinner invitation from Brooks,
j They went to a well known San Fran
[ cisco cafe. At the close of the meal,
she declared, he insulted her. She re
fused his advances and, she said, a
few days later Brooks went to her
husband with the first of a series of
stories which reflected on her mor
ality. These stories, she said, were
told by Brooks, not only in San Fran
cisco but in Los Angeles and other
pars-t; of the state whe<-e she had ac
quaintances, with the result, accord
ing to the story, that she was shunned
by former friends.
Mrs. Howe is the owner of an or
ange grove near Porterville, to which
| property she gave her attention dur
ing a portion of the year. She went
to Porterville from her home in Oak
land early in October and shortly after
I her arrival, according to her story,
she found evidences that the malicious
stories reflecting on hor character
were still being told. Her mind, she
said, was a blank from the time she
bought the revolver in a Porterville
| store until the came to herself after
| being lodged in jail,
j For some years Mrs. Howe was
1 prominent socially in Oakland. Her
husband, \V. C. Howe, is representa
tive of an Eastern manufacturing con
cern and for some time prior to the
tragedy had been stationed in South
America. At the time of the shooting
he was making his home in Buenos
Aires. He was notified of his wife’s
arrest and the circumstances sur
rounding it and started immediately
for the United States, arriving in
time to be with his wife when she was
arraigned on Jan. 16.
Will H Brooks, the victim of the
shooting, was 50 years old. He was a
wealthy man and prominent in the
business and social life of the San
Joaquin valley and Southern Cali
fornia. He was a member of the Jon
athan and Country clubs of Los An
geles, as well as of the Masonic, Elks,
and Mystic Shrine lodges.
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The Junior Red Cross is engaged in
making a half dozen infant layettes
for refugees of France. This, in addi
tion to knitting, in which many of the
children are making progress. The
girls of the upper grades and high
school met this afternoon at the home
of Miss Edna Thawley to sew on the
layettes.
SUGGESTED FOR
JIM BARTLETT
At McCarthy, under six feet of
frozen ground, all that remains of the
earthly habitation of James Barkley,
known to every old-timer in this part
of Alaska as "Jimmy the Bear," lies
buried. How he got this pseudonym
no one seems to know, but in so far
as courage and endurance are con
cerned, Jimmy was well named. His
gentle and kindly disposition and
friendly atributes made the title a
misnomer in many ways, however
On the 30th day of December, 1310,
Jimmy, with a comrade, was smoth
ered in a snowslide on Porphyry
mountain His partner was taken over
the hill first and throwing aside can
lion, Jimmy plunged down the hiii
in an attempt to reach him. The
snow began to slide under his feet
and Jimmy gave up his own life. But
although the searching parties ivhi»
afterwards found the bodies learned
that Jimmy had no chance to help his
partner, who had been killed instant
ly, yet Jimtnv did not give his life in
vain. Long after the bodily husk has
returned to Mother Earth, the memory
of his heroic act will remain in the
minds of many Alaskans.
Such men as ‘‘Jimmy the Bear'
should not be forgotten. The plain
spruce board which marks bis grave
should be replaced with a stone which
should lie so marked as to be an in
spiration to those who will come in.
later years. Many a prospector,
weary, cold and wet, lias found the
traces of ‘‘Jimmy the Bear" at places
many miles from civilization, where
to his joy. he would find, well protect
ed from the weather, a neat pile ot
dry wood and on the trunk of some
near-by tree a blaze marked “‘Jinnnj
the Bear' stopped here -, 191—.
Weather very cold.”
The Times has been requested tc»
raise a fund for such a monument as
would be fitting to make the last,
camping place of “Jimmy the Bear.”
Send in your subscriptions, for which
acknowledgment will be made each
week. 1
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LITTLE STORIES OF ill *
FROM PARISIAN SOURCE
PARIS, Feb. 8.—A “national shoe”
has made its appearance in Paris unn.
the women have given it their ap
proval. “Economical but not too ugly
is the way it is described.
While the French women are not op
posed to wearing shoes of a uniform
pattern, the proposal that they wear
a national dress has raised a storm of
protest.
“Don't ask us,” pleads the Parisian
woman who has been the fashion
model of the world," to wear a nation
al dress—a uniform would be the cen
sor’s shears clipping the wings of
feminine taste. We French women
before all others realize the need for
economy and we bow smilingly before
the necessity for it. TJinit the amount
of goods, but allow us the liberty of
individuality in designing our gowns.’
Marry Cassatt, a well known Ameri
can artist who has made her home in
France for the last 20 years, lias in
vented surgical appliances for patients
suffering from fractures, which have
contributed to the comfort and re
covery of the wounded in Franco One
of the inventions is a hammock for a
fractured leg, with an arrangement
whereby a peculiarly accurate eoun
terbalance is made. It has a double
expansion splint with a spring attach
ment to prevent the foot from drop
ping. Another is an appliance for a
fractured arm, either in bed or walk
ing. and the third, a splint for dropped
wrist. Miss Cassatt is devoting her
self to war work.
KETCHIKAN FISH.
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 9.—Halibut,
17 l-8c; sable, 1c; red rock, 2c.