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"THE MORNING STARr WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY TEBltUAHY 25,4921., EIGHT i 1 tJ;; BLOOD OF HIS WIFE IS ON CHIEFS OF SOVIET American Schwartz, Former En thusiastic Bolshevist, Adds to His Stories BERLIN". Feb. 5. (By Associated press). Bolshevik prison methods lack all elements of decency and . civilization-, says M. Schwartz. California so cialist and labor leader who with his wife was thrown into bolshevist pris ons in Moscow for four months after he had failed voice approval of the bolshevist government. His wife died WILD AND WANTON WASTE AND BR1VA TION IN VIENNA Side By Side One Sees Starvation and Extravagance Without "f Limit; But Viennese Declare That in the Gay and Giddy , Cabarets There Is Never a Native, That the Spenders Are Alien Profiteers . : ,' . , ' - t ' . .. " - 1 VIENNA. Jan. 251 (By. Associated-f event is one' at the state operafor the Press). Vulgar display of extrava gance in food and clothing: is a nightly picture at1 the gay restanrants .here while only a few blocks away hungry and scantily-clothed persons are being pqorly fed in community kitchens. Vis itors to Vienna' are shocked by this of the effects of a hunger strike start-! paradoxical . economic condition. Others ed while in prison, as he has made are either haraenea to me coniraaic known in previous statements "My first two months In prison were the worst," Mr. Schwartz said after ar riving in'Berlin. "My wife, who could not speak a word of any language but English, was taken from me. I did not know whether she was in the same prison, or what had become of her. I could not set a word of satisfaction from- any of the prison officials. "There was a small peephole in the door of my cell which opened into the main corridor. This h; over it and there was tory sights or, in, their inability to alter either extreme, can their eyes to them. . . Crowded the'aters and operas at tre mendously advanced prices, ' concerts sold out in advance, masked ball following-masked ball in an endless riot against the coming of Lent, cabarets whose risque dancers would bring out the police in New Tork and where nothing to drink but wine is served, cafes and restaurants . with never an a little slide i emptv tableV not a room to be had In sign in Bus-1 the bis: hotels whose prices go. up such looking Riar, wn.rnine- the inmates of the cell ! from week to week that Is one pic that they would be plated' in solitary . ture. On its reverse, foreign- relief confinement if thfcy peeked out into t straining itself and demanding unceas the corridor. ' ' -ling contributions in aid of a suffering The town of Fairfield wanted the plat Osborn had picked out, and sought an injunction preventing the' latter town from moving in. kludge Hartley at Xenia, however, the other- day dis solved the : injunction, and as ' far as anyone knows now, there Is-nothipg to prevent 'Osborn from changing . ita location. . , The new Osborn -will nearly adjoin Fairfield.; Probably Fairfield's jealousy win extend so far that it -will crowd to :Its windows' when Neighbor Osborn's goods start ; to move in and criticise them. Maybe it, will sniff disdainfully . at -the -color of some of Osborn's build- benefit of the ers and musicians. The boxes, longitna-t if it had to do th since sold, went for from SO.OOO; to 28,- ; tainly wouldn't rnve 000 crowns each and sfngle tickets of : tnmgs. , , admission for 2,000 crowns. i i ' Osborn's people are enthusiastic 20.000 Crowns Equal $30 s" '.about their town, and feel .a -new lease. Even in depreciated Austrian cur- on . life for it,i when it' gets moved.' rency 20,000 crowns represents about Business ( men and officials are busily 30-perfectly -good American dollars or j Planning 'ways and means to bring new a' good many balanced .ration meals '. industries, and start the building of, a only shut I suah as Americans are giving Vienna's ; larger And more modern town. children. , ! " ' An; expert is- being sought to su- Much of the. money thus, spent comes j pervise the plattinjr of the new, site, from the wild speculation' on the stocto which is to start March 1. Three con exchange that has' followed he con- j cerns are seeking the job of removing stantly fluctuating crown, and from: Osborn. A contract is to" be - awarded wide open speculation in foreign j soon. Plans now provide for the lay monies, theoretically prohibited but in I ing of railroad tracks between Os full operation in cafes and restaurants i bom's old and new home, arid trans and well covered private offices. i porting the buildings and dwellings One American told the correspondent i on specially built railroad cars that in the Black Exchange, a little street- where these operators gather and trade, he saw one man with $200,- 000, 'American money, and who admlt- "Many times a i&y footsteps passed the door. Sometimes there were light steps and I . imagined women were Donulace In Austria it is the custom on New Year's eve to bring squealing suckling passing. To the horror oi otner men in ; pigs to public dining rooms ana me the cell with me, I occasionally moved j rej ribbon w ith which they are deco the slide the least bit in the hope of'rated Is distributed in bits to guests as srettiner a erlimDseiof mv poor wife. I tait?man for the cofnine year. The became bolder and.bolder. The corridor'! was so dark It: was difficult to recog nize the people who were passing. "Finally, in sheer desperation, I newsDaners report that in one fashion able resort a woman seized the pig and bathed it" in a cooler full of wine. Other 'women caught-the original Idea pushed the slide fat back one day when anj. imitated it to the cost of many light ' footsteps were audible. To my horror the eye of, the guard almost touched mine, He opened the door and asked me if I could read Russian. I admitted I could and explained to him that my anxiety about my wife was responsible for the violation of regula tions. . "I was immediately taken to a dark cell in the cellar. It was full of hungry rats. Water and sewer pipes ran all around the walls and there was so much gas that I felt I was choking. I ; began pounding on the door but the guard warned me not to and' threat ened to put ma into a still lower cell If I didn't keep quiet. "At the end of three hours I was so badly overcome by the gas that I , poundedon the door in desperation and asktd to s?e th . orntiissar who was in charge of the p.-iaon. The guard was apparently uneasy about nr.y co:ic'iticn and ca.led the commissar. "I told the oommlsstr'my anxiety bottles. That restaurant, incidentally, has had its license suspended for con stant violation of the food and closing regulations. !( X Real An stria a There Viennese claim that in all these re sorts where display and expenditure BIDDLE SENIORS OX STRIKE Special to The Star) CHARLOTTE, Feb. 24. Because a ted he had made 1,000,000 crowns a day member., of the class was supended for on speculation. Insubordination today, 100 members of The possibilities of this money mar-j the senior class at Biddle university, ket are made plain in one week's crown 'negro school, this city, refused' to at quotations against dollars. Private tend classes and are still on strike, sales werev made on "Wednesday at 800 : Rev. D. McCrorey, president, has not crowns to the dollar. The market ' yielded to the strikers. It is the first closed on Saturday with dollars at 632. trouble ever had at the university. Fluctuations in the stock market of thousands of crowns per share are DWVCirt A XTC T A PVTMfl commonplace. ' Men with foreign money, smuggled in and out of other countries as the exchange rate varies, fatten on speculation and for them all Vienna is the mecca. KIXG SFimiTS A MINORITY REPORT OX NAVAL B1ILD1XG We are constantly warned against the danger of allowing colds to de velop. Mayr's Pine Needle Balm ap plied' to the nose at the first sugges tion of a cold will check it almost im mediately. This stimulating pine frag rance Is so soothing and healing that catarrh, and colds of the head, nose WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. rPursuance f.and throat clear quickly when it is by the United States of its present j vised. Keep up your health by always ni nffei. ' having on hand a tube of Mayr's Pine of the mo3t vulgar kind are evidenced j '&reat( 'if not insuperable obstacles," j Needle Balm and apply freely. This not one real Austrian can be found, jto the consummation of an Interna- refreshing1 pine forest essence clears that they have not the money. Theyjfonaj agreement for disarmament, J the nasal passages and promotes nor say they are supported by the horde I Ssnator King. Democrat, UtahS declared ' mal breathing. Sold in two sizes 30c of profiteers of every race and every ; ln a minority renort filed todav on the I and 60c tubes. Free trial by writing nationality that infest and infect the 'Borah resolution directing the senate I George H. Mayr, 219 W. Austin Ave Cly- naval committee to reDort on the advia- A recent demonstration of the popu- ! ability of suspending naval construc lace is acknowledged to have been in- . tion for a period of six months; spired by this prodigal display of ex- j Taking issue with the majority com trayagance and ready money on the mittee report which Opposed any part of this small element of the popu- suspension of building. Senator King lction. J declared the mapority apparently held The workingmen demand the govern-i the opinion that the "war tatght no ment shall suppress profiteering and ( lesson except that savagery and sangu eliminate, the sheba (profiteering ' inary struggles are eternal and that wholesaler or middleman) and the ; moral forces in the world are too feeble about my wite and asked him if he i sieicnanaier umcu iraaerj in an cr-. to- establish and usher in a regin of would not have peeped through the!fort to lower the daily mounting cost j righteousness andp eace." hole under the same condition. He was ' Hying, else they will undertake to j The majority opinion that the TSat tnoved by my apneal and asked me if do so on their own account. They car- tleship still remains the backbone of , I would promise not to repeat the of-! rle1 a miniature gallows in a recent naval powers and that any suspension fense if he let me back into my bid ' demonstration. j.of majir ship construction would place jell, r The authorities and thoughtful Ausj ; this nation at a disadvantage. Senator - "You may be sure I promised, and t . trlans acknowledge that this- superfl-'; King declared, was based solely in ' I kept ray promise. I had companions ; clal froth of extravagance and display i views of the navy general board which, j in my old cell and there 4 weren't any I Is doinc: great harm to the city and ihe .he said, was based solely on views of rats and cas there. I can't tell you i country. Casual travelers who spend a 'the navy general board which, he: how horrible it is to be confined alone, j tew. days in the inner city, visit these showed a "slavish adherence to tho ' Even if one's companions "have no com- gorgeous resorts and see the high-class ; past" and a total disregard of the war s 1 raon language, human companionship ' restaurants crowded at every meal, tea lessons as to the probable future de- makes a cell more endurable. Solitary ; dances in the afternoon, exceptionally , velopment of air craft and submarines ' confinement, such as my. wife endured well dressed men and women.and theyThe report advocated completion of- for two months, is the most . horrible display or furs ana jewels and articles nve Datuesnips and one battle cruiser I Chicago. Mayr's Pine Needle Balm is for sale by Robert R- Bellamy and druggists everywhere. (Adv.) HALL fc WILLIAMS' PRESSING CLUB Henry Hall, Prop. . Sanitary Steam Prewttnte Cleaning;, Dyeing and Repairing Ladles' Work a Specialty Work Called for and Delivered Phone 1531 415 South Seventh Street Shave. Bathe and Shampoo with one S oap. Cuticura Qrtfcnt BtmylmtbetMriftcnutrtyTmaanbmwiBa. punishment that can be inflicted. ' "Think of a cultivated, refined Amer ican woman. being treated as she was by the ybolshevists! It. is no wonder of luxury in the shop windows, proba-; of the 1916 program and suspension off bly unexcelled In any. capital, are hard ; building on' eleven other major ships of " to convince that beneath this veneer lies widespread Wvation and. in cer- that her constitution was so under-1 tain strata bitter suffering. mined by her jail, experiences that she died shortly after we were released. But her blood Is on the hands of Le nine and Trbtzky and Chltcherin (for eign minister). She appealed to them the program. A WHOLE TOWS IS TO MOVE JLLV 1 ACCORDING TO PLAX America, Feed Children, Some 400.000 children i are beinar fed one nourishing meal a day by Ameri- u&iitmN, o., Feb. 24. On July 1 if; can charity. Through American aid Present plans are followed out. this the hospitals are being refurnished towniof 250 buildings and dwellings ! repeatedly for a hearing and so did L ! with long- absent necessities. Nearly! will gather up its belongings, pack up! She finally effected ourrelease by her 200.000 Austrian children are charity its buildings and start moving a mile! hunger strike, but her strength was s Suests In other countries. Indeed, the I and a half distant. Motion pictare not sufficient to survive the awful i charity of all non-suffering peoples tscameras will crrind away, preserving, agony she endured." 1AVS REDUCTIOX IX WAGES IMPERATIVE IX SHIPYARDS ( being extended bountifully to this' the unique record of a whole PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24. The At alntic Coast Shipbuilders association, at a meeting here, elected Clarence S. King secretary to succeed .Henry C. Hunter of New York, who has been appointed counsel. Mr. King an nounced the removal of the associa tion's general offices from New York to Philadelphia. The association com prises substantially al the large- ship yards on tho. Atlantic seaboard pnl guff, of Mexico. ' t Mr. King will continue as secretary of the Atlantic coast shipbuilding Jn dustrial board established at the close of the war by agreement between shipyard, owners and international labor unions to adjust all questions pertaining to rates of labor, hours of work and conditions of employment. immediate waie readjustments ar j imperative, if the shipbuilding industry I said in discussing the association's labor policy Virtually every shipyard m the east -wil: have, reduced wages of employes at least 10 per cent by March 1 or soon thereafter, he said. " country regardless of creed or race, and all investigators who dig deeply into conditions. ' acknowledge it is needed; ' ' But not;.iqfreq'uently the visitor, es pecially the American, when he is told this, azes on the evidence of wealth and well-being about him and remarks that it might be well to spend some of this money at borne Instead of de manding aid from other lands. One answer: is that this phase of Vienna life brings money in and keeps it cir culating. Another Is that the tempera ment of a people must be considered. The billboards are filled with an nouncements 01 reaouts (masitea or fancy dress balls). Wine Is always' aarvo1 at thaea affairs 'at vmIaas Among those about to occur, the star town 1 sliding away on railroad tracks Osborn has to move, because of the 1 danger from flood in the Miami valley It had its troubles finding a new home,; as most house hunters do these days. I mm mmmmm Ht. .Ir' I.odse. Xo. 1, A. V. A A. M. 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