PART THREE
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PART THREE
AUTOMOBILE AND WANT AD
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VOL. XLIX NO. 33.
OMAHA, SUNDAY jMORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1920.
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Omahan Tells of Thrilling Personal Experiences With
Brutal Cossack Command During Siberian Occupation
Entire Austrian -Band Compelled to
Walk PlankInnocents Line Up
Against Wall and Shot by Dozens
Dr. Frank C. Secor of Omaha an Eye-Witness to Atrocities of Major Kalimkoff
at Khaborovsk, 700 Miles From Vladivostok Amusing Side to Siberian
Life Is Hard Work of Russian Aristocrat He Rises at Noon, Opens Store
From lto 4, Goes to Dinner and Eat3 From 5 to 10, Dresses Lavishly and At
tends Cabaret at 2 A. M.. Then Ba?k Home to Sleep Until Noon Every
body Lazy, and Nobody Works Wh:n There Is Anything to Eat, or On a
Holiday, With 150 Holidays Every Year, or Three Per Week.
The withdrawal of American and
Japanese troops from Siberia re
cently has been a subject of con
siderable comment in the press dis
patches. It will be recalled that the
Arnerican troops were sent to this
. far-away land during 1918 to aid the
Kussians in the organization of their
defenses against the bolshevik
forces and to back up the, Czecho
slovak army.
A recent dispatch from Tokio
read: "The council is reported to
have indorsed the cabinet decision
not to interfere further in the in
ternal affairs of Siberia and to ad
here strictly to the government's
declaration made when it entered
into its agreement with America in
Had Three Governments.
. The situation in Siberia during
1918 was confused, there being three
anti-bolshevik governments, all pro
cessing tnendsnip witn tne allies
and co-operating with the Czecho
Slovak army, at that time estimated
to be 100,000 strong. One of these
so-called government headquarters
in Siberia was located in Vladivos
tok, another at Omsk and the third
at Harbin.
Just .what the situation will be
when the American and Japanese
troops shall have been withdrawn
seems to be a matter of conjecture.
A recent news report from Wash
ington stated:
"General Semenoff with 14.000
Cossack irregulars will be left to
face the steady eastward advance
, of the bolshevik forces."
Dr. Frank C. Secor, 1908 Sahler
street, is watching the shifting
scenes in Siberia with considerable
interest, for he recently returned
from that country, where he served
with the American forces as a lieu
tenant. Aside from his military ex
perience, he gained ( much interest
ing knowledge of everyday affairs
of these people, who were on the
"ragged edge" of existence when
he was there. The' doctor took
many photographs while in Siberia
and has loaned a few for the
benefit of Bee readers,
A picture is reproduced herewith
of Major Kalimkoff, who com
manded a battalion of Cossacks at
Khabarovsk, which is about 700
miles from Vladivostok, on the Si
berian railroad. Kalimkoff was un
der General Semenoff and was of
the old Cossack guards. He prac
ticed such cruelties at Khabarovsk
and vicinity that even his own men
mutinied and he was forced to leave
"between two days" with a personal
guard of about 50 of his men.
Killed Entire Orchestra.
"There was a large Austrian
prison camp at Khabarovsk and I
remember that an Austrian orches
tra frequently came into the town
to play for the people. They were
tine musicians," said Dr. Secor. "It
was charged that Kalimkoff forced
every member of that orchestra to
walk a gangplank overlooking the
river and all were slitit. He killed
many innocent people on the charge
that they were bolshevists. As the
commanding officer in Khabarovsk,
Kalimkoff was supported by the
Americans and Japanese until his
acts became intolerable. He was
atrocious. lie was iii command of
about 800; Cossacks who mutined
when their pay had lapsed for three
or four months and their rations
consisted of soup three times a day.
The mutineers went to the Ameri
cans for protection."
The doctor related that when he
was in Siberia there were about
12,000 American troops between
Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, and
approximately 25,000 Japanese. The
bolshevists had a stronghold ' 50
miles from Khabarovsk, in the
mountains.
Omahan Tells Story.
Dr. Secor told the following little
story in connection with his experi
ences and observations while in
Siberia:
"Vladivostok, Siberia, is the base
of supply for the American expe
ditionary forces as well as for the
allied armies in- tne tar east, ine
city is 'cosmopolitan, with a popu
lation of about t'0,000 representing
nearly every nation in the world.
It is situated on the best natural
harbor of its kind, transports being
able to dock within 30 feet from the
shore at any point of the harbor.
It is well fortified and considered
impregnable from a military stand
point. This was confirmed during
the Russo-Japanese war. In that
time the Japanese cruisers laid in
waiting outside of the harbor for
months without an opportunity to
attack the city.
"Vladivostok is congested with
refugees, peasants, beggars and the
so-called aristocratic Russians who
were fortunate in escaping the
ravages of the bolsheviki.
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J J I If I a week- A Kf,ss'an 'ear nas niore wheat. The land is tilled mostly by j ,1 A 4
fj mmnm" -O-' I I than 150 holidays. the Manchurians. i i Ij
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j f 11 W. ; I 1 ties are : very unsanitary. Sewerage "Khabarovsk, a city of about 40,- f; "-'W U&J
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cossack offccr - if&eKA
and ordci are maintained by the
military representatives of the al
lies. Food is limited, but can be
obtained, providing the people are
willing to pay exorbitant prices.
Chinese pheasants, $2 to $3 each;
pork chops, $2; two eggs, 15 cents.
The lower class of people satisfy
their hunger with bread and tea,
which can be obtained at reasonable
prices. A large loaf of bread costs
10 to lo cents.
Flatten Tin Cans.
"The dwellings of the poor are
built of logs and covered with bat
tered tin cans picked out of refuse
heaps. These houses have one or
two rooms and shelter families of
eight to 10 children. Others that
are more helpless are contented to
live in caves. Work is considered
a folly and thev exert themselves
Law I only to subsist. Many pretend to
Mayor f rtha.bai&a&Jii
be beggars. Ine sotalln aristo
cratic Russian will dress lavishly,
attend the exclusive entertainment
the cabaret which opens at 2 a.
m., or retires . and sleeps till noon,
opens, his place of business at 1
p. m.j closes it at 4 p. m., and at
tends a social affair at 6 p. m., which
consists of a 12 to 14-course dinner,
and he consumes ; three to four
hours while eating and'flj'Hik.inff.
. "AH stores are closed 'on holidays,
which are frequent, sometimes three
a week. A Rlissian year has more
than 150 holidays.
"Public places and certain locali
ties are very unsanitary.' Sewerage
systems are practically unknown
and water cannot be used for
drinking without being sterilized
and it is unobtainable in public
places. Wearing apparel of the bet
ter materials is worn exclusively by
the favored few. The peasants wear
castoff clothing, patched with different-colored
materials, their limbs
frequently wrapped in gunny-sack
fabric as substitutes for shoes and
stockings.
"Modern conveniences are lim
ited. When I was in Vladivostok
there were about 10 automobiles and
10 street cars, and the city electric
lights gave poor service, and some
times none at all. The czar's and
Kerensky's currency is used, and
farther west the bolshevik currency
is hono -ed. There are numerous
ccunterfc.t notes in circulation. Rail
road trains are operated at about 10
miles per hour, and without sched
ules. Time seems to be a small con
sideration to the people in Siberia.
A train will be held several hours at
a station without any known reason.
These trains ruff through hundreds
of miles of fertile valley lands that
Slaughter of Innocents,
"Khabarovsk, a city of about 40,
000 people, where I was stationed, is
situated at the junction of the Amor
and Ussurri rivers, and is about 700
miles northwest of Vladivostok.
This city was in the path of the re
treating bolsheviki and was captured
by the Japanese, Cossack and Amer
ican armies. It was at this place
where Kalimkoff, the , notorious
marauder, proved to have-bolshevik
ideas, by killing his innocent prison
ers without a trial. He would line
his victims to meet their fate at the
hands of a firing squad. His actions
were brought to a stop by our com
mander, which caused comments
among the Russians in the vicinity,
and also among the Japanese army.
Kalimkoff's soldiers finally mutinied,
killing some of his staff officers.
They raided his ammunition stores
and carried away most of his sup
plies, Kalimkoff fleeing from the city
with a few of his men.
"The people of this vicinity con
sidered themselves more fortunate
because they were under the protec
tion of the Americans and Japanese.
The more peaceful element went
about their daily work industriously,
although the misery and suffering to
which they had been subjected was
depicted on their faces.
"I spent ' three months with the
Austro-Hungarian prisoners, of
which we had charge. More than
8,000 of these victims were in con
finement there for five years. They
related stories of almost unbelieva
ble misery. The Russians sent them
back of the lines and finally they felt
into the hands of the bolsheviki
Then they were recaptured by the
Russians, who i finally turned the
half-starved and poodly-clad victims
over to us."
Lower Standard of Morality Noticed
Among Modern Women by Many
Eager to Defend Feminine Failings
More Self-Discipline and Originality Needed Should Be Good Mixers Without
Being Mixed Elizabeth Sanford Pays High Tribute to A. K.'s "Heart Beats"
Dance Halls Are Seriously Attacked Charge Mothers More Interested in
Affairs of Nation Than of Home Denounce Desire to Be on Equal Footing
With Men.
Out jump defenders of the gentler
sex! And yet, careful perusal ot the
expressions of these defenders, will
reveal an insinuation that they too,
realize the tendency of modern wom
Sn to "slip" away from her oldtime,
secluded life, where she was protect
ed by modesty . and high walls of
convention, into a broader and freer
life, where she declares herself on
an equal footing with man.
Women have invaded public life.
.They have left the home for all lines
of business and professions, and in
making this step, they cannot help
but "slip" ever so little, from the
old worn paths of nicety, known to
their forebears.
At least, such proves to be the
general "between-the-line" opinion
of the majority of writers to the
"Are Our Women Slipping" forum.
Times Have Changed.
"I think that the 'standard of con
duct of the majority of our women
is being greatly lowered. In fact to
my estimation it has been lowered
more in the past 20 years than it has
been in the last two centuries.
, "In the olden days the majority
of women were contented to be a
good mother and housewife. Their
. husbands wooed and won them with
, a ouncn oi lines aim an uctaMuuai
box of candy. A wedding in those
days was a great event.
"Today the 'bird' with cash brings
nome tne game, ine women demand
jewelry, frills and foppery. This is
more than a man of ordinary means
can meet. Particularly since the war
the conduct of the majority has been
lowered. ( .
Demand Equal Footing.
"Women want to be on an equal
footing with men. They want to
do a man's work, they want to vote,
they want to smoke, they are willing
to take the responsibility of men. No
wonder they are slipping. Becoming
'pals' with their brothers in stores,
factories, mills, steel plants, and
other manual labor, where they are
not supposed to be found. They
should beat home where they be
long and not upon the streets the
greater part of the hours of the
day.'
"I do not blame women entirely,
but the friction caused by women
becoming 'pals' with their brothers
in the industries is bound to bring
evil. Few are the women that one
sees plainly, dressed without the
frills, paint and powder. The school
girls of today are likewise tempted
by the powder and paint A pretty,
innocent looking girl a thing of
the past
"Today women are more interest
ed if the affairs of the nation than
in the care of their children. The
Svomeu Attend parties, and clubs,
while the nurse stays at home with
the children. The washboard and
ironing board is a thing of tb past.
Now the family vVashing is aent to
the laundry and the "old man with
his "$25 per week" is the family
bank. The husband cannot afford
the frills that his wife craves. What
happens .
Beauty of Face and Form.
"The' wife goes out and works in
an office or factory to earn the
money that will buy her the unnec
essary luxuries that she looks for
ward to. Here at work she becomes
acquainted with' men, just 'friends.'
Is she slipping?
"Women's styles, are continually
changing with every season. Men's
styles have been practically the
same for centuries. What is the
cause of this? In the recent past
woman's low-heeled and round toe
shoes and slippers .were in style.
But why did they go out of style?
These are the only proper shoes for
women to wear.
"After church they go to a show
with men and stay up until all hours.
They give church parties -where sug
gestive dancing is allowed. I hardly
think our forefathers were misguid
ed, if they were, tire cases are few.
Women are both angels and 'four
flushers.' The new freedom bestowed
upon 'women is harming them, but
are they aware or do they turn a
deaf ear? Beauty of face and form
seems to prevail over beauty of soul.
. "L. .E. GEVENS."
Shocked and Astonished.
"Being one of "our women of to
day" and having thought a great
deal about the question I take up
the cudgels in defense of my sex.
"I have been shocked and as
tonished at some of the conversa
tions I have overheard between
young girls and boys and among
young girls, but T think that isthe
fault of t heir parents and their
home training. The parents of to
day are too lax. A little of the ld
discipline would do a lot of good.
Becoming "Pals" Helps.
"Becoming pals with their broth
ers does not undermine their morals.
It is good for them for in becoming
pals to their brothers, they learn
not to become silly, empty headed
flirts with other boys.
"Aboy likes and respects a girl
who can be a pal to him. If they
are made of the right stuff they
can withstand the sterner tempta
tions. "
"Our woman of today is growing
mentally bigger and reaching out
for greater things. She demands a
broader horizon than the woman of
yesterday..
-".Let the men t mend, their-; waya
and show the women ot their world
a little more courtesy, reverence
3nd devotion. A girl admires a fine,
manly man as much as ever. '
Most Becoming Clothes.
"Not all the women dress in
decently. If women dress sensibly
their clothes have never been so
becoming as they are today.
"Why is it no women founded
sects of Christendom? Because in
olden days she was looked down
upon as an inferior and did not have
a chance to develop her mentality.
We must admit there are some in
feriors in our sex as there are in
every plane of rlife, but to the aver
age girl, her ideals and achievements
we should take off our hats.'
"She has never been so independ
ent, sensible, healthy and happy. She
is wonderful for she 'is becoming a
thinker." A. READER."
A Tribute to "A. K."
"Women do not belong to the
weaker sex. In just so far as moral
courage is greater than physical
courage and spiritual strength
greater than physical strength,
woman is greater than man.
t "What father could bear the phys
ical strain of motherhood and at the
same time bear the agony of fear for
a darling son exposed to all the
evils of "No Man's Land," as so
many of our mothers have done
through some of the darkest hours
of the wa
"Beccu o woman feels her phys
ical weakness, she is driven to God
for strength of all kinds and He
never fails any individual who
throws the burden upon Him.
x "But the individual who trusts in
his or -her own strength is leaning
on a broken ree'd. You 'say that
young men used to worship women?
DID they?
"Not the kind of women that they
are associating with most today.
Their mothers would have locked
them in the attic and given them
bread and milk until they grew
strong enough to prefer decent com
panionship, f
"Our young men are just as ready
to worship the same kind of a wom
an they worshiped 20 years ago
whenever they pass the occasional
pedestal upon which she is perched.
Not so 'occasional' either.
"There are thousands of 'true blue'
women, universal mothers,, who
grieve so greatly over the tendency
of the times that they must sing
hymns and pray to keep their hearts
from breaking.
' " 'A. K.' God bless him, whoever
he is, has shown that he can appre
ciate the spirit of motherhood and
can help others to appreciate it
perhaps thinking of his own mother.
"And there it may be well to con
sider that no man can have more
than one 'real' mother, as we phrase
it, but may have many spiritual
mothers mothers who think.
"ELIZABETH SANFORD."
Cites Churches and Schools.
"For the really good girl of today,
I have the utmost respect, but I am
sure that the per' cent of good ones
is getting smaller and the bad ones
are increasing.
"I woqld say the large fault is
with tne individual, and the fathers
and mothers who allow their daugh
ters to dress in a manner to coax
the 'masher,' and in not knowing
where she goes.
Conditions have been getting
worse last in the last 10 years. You
will find these conditions in the
churches and the school rooms.
"I know of girls who are teaching
country schools who make weekly
trips to the nearby towns to spend
the week-end with 'gentlemen'
friends. I have known of cases where
delegates t6 Sunday schooLconven
tions spent night with 'gentlemen
friends.
"My cure for this is to' restrict
the public dance hall. I consider
it the most demoralizing influence
today. Also get to the hotel em
ployes, and if the police and the
parents watch the rest, I don't be
lieve many girls will slip, unless it
is their own will.
"H. G. SOMMERS,
"Grand Island. Neb."
Attacks Dance Halls.
"The prevailing immodest cos
tumes adopted by the women of to
day are certainly lowering their
standards of morality, Christian in
fluence, and I may not be far wrong
in saying, purity of character.
"Our divorce records are a dis
grace to our country. What is the
cause of the increasing number of
unhappy marriages?
"One reason is because the wives
and young mothers of the present
generation fail to preserve as a sa-
The Heavens In February
By WILLIAM F. RIGGE.
The present month enjoys the
privilege, which is rare for Febru
ary, of having five Sundays. This
happens once every 28 years when
the first day falls on a Sunday, and
the year is a leap year. This oc
curred only three times during the
last century, in 1824, 1852 and 1880,
and will happen only three times
during the present century, in 1920,
1948 and 1976. The long interval
of 40 years .from 1880 to 1920 is due
to the fact that 1900 was not a leap
year, so that the ordinary solarcycle
of ia years had to be readjusted.
A second distinction is that, un
less our summer time is again re
sisciated, the sun 'is slower this
month than at any other time dur
ing the year, being 38 minutes slow
of our clocks from the first to the
22d, as is shown in the moon col
umn. We may be able at times to
turn this fact to good advantage by
calling it midnight when our time
pieces show 12 or 12:38 just as we
like. On the 19th the sun enters
Pisces, the Fish, the last sign of
the Zodiac. ',
The planets, Jupiter, Saturn and
Mars, are coming into better posi
tions every night. On the 15th,
Jupiter rises at 4:35 V- m., Saturn at
6:56 and Mars at 11:37 p. m. Venus
is the morning star, and rises on
the 15th at 5:33 a. m. It is pretty
far south of east. Technically,
Jupiter becomes an evening star on
the second, and Saturn on the 27th,
because on those days, respectively,
they rise when the sun sets, and
are above the horizon more and
more every night after that at that
time.
The moon is in conjunction with
Jupiter on the 3d, with Saturn on
the 5th, with Mars on the 9th,
and with Venus on the 16th.
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cred institution, the sanctity of the
home and fireside.
"The lodge, club, and above-all,
the indecent dance hall, are unhap
pily, but too truly, taking the place
of the happy home.
"SARAH R). MILLIGASS,
' "Scribner, Neb."
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Americanism Depends Upon
Liberal Child Education
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Welfare, Declares Primary Supervisor of Council
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t MOON'S PHASES. '
Full moon on the 4th, 2:42 a. m.
Last quarter on the 11th, 2:4 p. ra.
First quarter on the 26th, 6:60 p. ra.
New moon on the 19th, 8:35 p. m.
Vanilla Extract Not an
Intoxicating Beverage
Larned. Kan.. Ian. 31. Accord
ing to a ruling here vanilla extract
is not intoxicating, and its sale as a
beverage is within the law.
The Alley Garage
Problems confronting boards of
education and school teachers, and
the future outlook of education, are
discussed by Edith Whitcomb, pri
mary .supervisor of the Council
Bluffs chools, because of her be
lief that the average citizen has
but a very superficial knowledge
of the conditions in the schools
, of his community.
"One hears, continually today of
the crying need for education," says
Miss Whitcomb. "More schools,
better equipment, special instruc
tors, are being demanded every
where until the casual onlooker
wonders what has caused all this
I agitation and why the school of
', his day does not suffice for the new
' generation. The answer to these
, questions lies in a survey of the
j place in our social, political, eco
i nomic and religious life during the
i last two decades. Most dt these
sweeping changes fell within the
span of those now living, and
history does not record a revolu
tion so extensive and complete.
"In the days of our grandmothers,
the home was the center of all forms
of industrial occupation. Clothing
was not only made in the home
but often the raw material was
produced on the farm. Lumber,
furniture, lights, foods, etc., were
products of the home or vicinity
and the entire industrial process of
production stood revealed to the
children.
Each Home a Unit.
"Population was largely scattered
and there was comparatively little
intercourse with the outside world.
Adequate methods of transportation
and communication were very lim
ited, books and newspapers were
scarce, and each home was primar
ily an independent unit wherein ex
perience and observation were ex
cellent teachers. There remained for
the public schools only instruction
in the three R's, reading, writing
and arithmetic, a responsibility
easily assumed by any person suf
ficiently versatile in those three
subjects, be he minister, lawyer or
farmer. The school years was short
and the school period covered only
a few years.
"What a contrast to the complex
daily life of the children of 1920
the citizens of tomorrow. A large
per cent oi tnem live in our cities,
elbow to elbow with hundreds of
other "future citizens" of all colors,
creeds, nationalities and ideals.
(Who knows that the playmate next
door is not secretlv tauurht to revere
the red flag of anarchy instead of
tne atars ana stripes f) Home ac
tivities have been reduced to the
minimum by inventions and manu
facturing enterprises until the mod
ern child knows almost nothing of
his daily dependence on the world
outside.
"His clothes come from the store.
drinking water from the faucet,
lights from the turning of a button
in the will. . Hit whole environment
is teeming with activities of whicn'
he comprehends little of their intent
or volition. The whole world has
become one individual unit. .
Mint of Reading.
"Superficial and unwholesome at
tractions are everywhere to allure
him and hold forth stronger induce
ments, to his plastic nature than a
congested home of three rooms, or
a mansion where he must play
alone. ,
. "Even many of the most sincere
and devoted parents neither under
stand the psychology of child na
ture nor the materials and books
that are best for his development
What must be done if we are to
bring out of this complex, confused
situation, the citizens of tomorrow,
men and women who will carry on
a greater warfare than one with
bayonet and machine gun? Never
has such wisdom, stability, sagacity
and nobility been displayed as the
next decade will demand.
"The recent war has urged upon?
us the vital need of more and better
education. But what is education?
Certainly not just the 'three Rs.'
Wherein can they develop stability,
sagacity, keen judgment, broad -vision?
They are but the crude
tools. Education is life life as full
and rich every day for the 3-year-old
as the youth 16 years old.
Work Has Only Begun.
"Just as the gardener daily ex
ercises all his wisdonnn the nurture
of the tiniest seedling if he would
produce the choicest bloom at ma
turity so must we bend all our
efforts now toward the right nur
ture of tomorrow's citizens. We
must develop strong, sane leaders;
we must give every inhabitant of
our country a broad education, train '
him. in sound independent thinking,
supply a clean, whelesome moral
atmosphere in which he can live and
make our country 100 per cent
American.
"This is the task of the whole
community, iot of a selected group
upon whom all the burdens can be
unloaded. It means that we must
have intelligent, clean, noble par
enthood; it means that we must
have communities 100 per cent faith
ful to the demands of child welfare;
it means that we must have the
craeam of today's intellect to nurture
our tomorrow's cities in that great
est ot an our institutions the melting-pot
of our country, the public
school.
Wonderful progress has been
made in the past decade, but the
work has only begun. Wo are just
learning the true meaning of edu
cation, and the true mission of the'
public school. Thousands of faith
ful, earnest workers have grasped
this vision and quietly, but surely,
are playing an unmeasurable part in
the great reconstruction of civiliza- "
tion. It remains with each individual
community to say how well her
youth of today shall be prepared tot
tomorrow' citizen,"