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MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES. TOWN MAIL, 3 month*, Daily Only, $1.60; Daily <& Sunday, $1.75. R. F. D. MAIL, 3 months, Daily only, $1.25; Daily S. Sunday, $1.50 VOLUME XXVI, No. 174 Bolshevism’s Greatest Horror—the “Nationalization” ot Women Peggy Hull Finds the Infamous Decree and Its Tragedy In a Tiny Siberian Town (By Peggy Hull.) With the Allied Armies In Northern Siberia. Pigs squealed, a hen cackled, a baby was crying. I turned over in my sleeping bag and opened my eyes trying to re member where I was It requires a lot of mental gymnastics to jump from a farm in Kansas to a village in Siberia which has just been besieged by the Bol sheviks. I accom plished it gradually as I took in my sur roundings. The room was fairly clean for a Russian housewife. The floor was bare but showed the sat isfying results of many scrubbings. pzccnr kuul The walls were un papered but bits of crocheted and em broidered pieces were tacked here and there, and a couple of colored pictures represented Russian festivals. An icon hung in the corner at the foot of my sleeping bag. It was smaller and less elaborate than the ones I had seen in the homes of wealthy Russians in Vlad ivostock. beds in Home almost A SIGN OF PLUTOCRACY. Two beds occupied one-half of the small room and l judged the other half was used as a living room. There was a round table covered with a gay cotton cloth of red green and yellow and a few trinkets of cheap china. I came to the conclusion that this peasant home was somewhat better off than the majority. The beds alone were almost a sign of plutocracy. An armful of hay and a few rags constitute the average peasant's sleeping quarters. A rap at a door interrupted my musings and i overheard an eloquent flow of Russian. Then a familiar voice said something in French and 1 knew Major G. P. Morton had come for me. I scrambled out of my bag, pulled on my boots and hustled into my tunic and I was dressed. It would be useless to comb my hair, because my fur cap cov ered it completely. The little old Russian woman who had been my hostess for the day was enter taining the major and a Russian officer In the kitchen. I discovered the pigs immediately. There was a large one and eight little ones. They nosed around the tiny room stopped on the major’s feet and the old pig tried to root him out of her way. A hen was setting on a nest of eggs in the corner and a baby was fast asleep on the brick stove! WOMAN TELLS STORY OF BOLSHEVIK TYRANNY. With the Russian officer acting as an interpreter, madam told us her story, which equaled in tyranny anything that ever occurred under the monarchy. At the first uprising of the Bolsheviks her husband had been visited by a com mittee and told to take up arms against the "bourgeouise” or die. He refused to fight against the people who had done nothing to incur his enmity. The committee went away and three days later madame, who had frantically searched for him throughout the village, found his body, face downwards in a little forest at the edge of the town. There was a bullet wound in his back. Throe sons had died on the eastern front during the first year of the war. The only one left had been on a trap ping expedition when his father was visited. l r pon his return the same com mittee called on him. It was either fight or be killed. He left his wife and baby with his mother. That was over a year ago and they had not heard from him. He was probably dead. And the daughter-in-law—where was she? For the first time the old lady's voice faltered. Tears welled up in the faded eyes and tumbled down her wrinkled cheeks. She brought from a ho* a folded paper and handed it to the Russian of ficer. He glanced but once at the printed Fage and his whole expression changed. had admired his laughing eyes and his debonair ways. They had vanished. For the first time in my life I looked upon a man with murder in his heart. BOLSHEVIK PROCLAMATION OF WOMAN'S ENSLAVEMENT. "It is a proclamation issued by the Bolsheviks,’’ he said, “they base their excuse for it upon the grounds that it represents the principles of true social ism This bit of paper destroys the sanctity of the home and the sacredness of motherhood. It uproots the ideals of civilization and puts us on even a lower plane than animals for they can choose their mates and fight to keep them.” Translated, the paper read as follows: "All women between the ages of 16 and whether married or single are to become/ the property of the state, Im mediately. "Each woman will receive 250 roubles per month for her services and will be available for four hours out of each 24. “No man will be permitted to remala with a woman longer than two hours. "In cases of prospective childbirth wo men will be released from service three months before confinement and for one month after. At the age of three months the child will be turned over to a home grovlded by the state in which it will e cared for by experienced nursee and reared as the state desires. "Married women who are within the age limit will not be exempt from ser vice and their husbands will be permit ted to visit them once a week ” There were many other provisions of which I cannot write and which the Rus sian officer refused to interpret. But I knew madame’s daughter-in-law had been swallowed up in this, the latest and greatest horror or all the horrors Inaug urated by the Bolsheviks Her baby began to cry. and madame hurried to the brick stove. Major Mor ton folded up my bedding roll and we went out of the little home painfully Yank’s Siberian Fight Togs ■:*‘ : £\ : * / ' VrvJE 4jf>' ** ■•7? ? r , - '*- r^*<f ** 'u'.'jHF **&*+■ r £* / | . Invalided Tank aeldlar* *«t of (ftb aria, showing the popular ■pHna fur K k uS."’AiSssr&*x , iss:i”•" ■»■&■’■- THE AUGUSTA HERALD « CENTS PER COPY. (UNITED PRESS.) conscious of our inability to offer one consoling word. You have read of the anarchistic and bolshevistic degrees enforcing "nationalization” of Russian women —making them sexual slaves, sub ject to the will of their autocratic masters. And perhaps you have heard these decrees denounced as "forgeries" gotten up by the allied governments to discredit the Lemne-Trotzky Bol shevik government. Well, Peggy Hull, American girl reporter and most noted of woman war-correspondents, found the same decree enforced in a tiny Siberian village which had passed into con trol of the Bolsheviks, and she sent to the Augusta Herald an exact copy of the decree signed by the "Saratov council of anarchists" which has previously appeared in these columns, and which, no matter by whom it was issued, has been used by the Bolsheviks to force wo men into unwilling "free-love,” E. ROOT URGES 1 DIVORCE FOR IRE TREATY—LEAGUE Washington.—Former Senator Root in a letter to Republican Leader Lodge of the senate, made public today, strongly urged separation of the league of na tions from the peace treaty, recommend ed adoption by the senate of the Knox separation resolution and favored adop tion by the senate of reservations to the peace treaty. The principal treaty reservations pro posed by Mr. Root relate to American action under Article 10, the territorial guarantee clause, the Monroe doctrine and for withdrawal of American from the league by its own action and with out consent of other nations. Mr. Root declared the Monroe doctrine clause ,4 erroneous in its description of the doctrine and ambiguous in its mean ing," while the new provision for with drawal leaves a doubt whether th<* na tions could not be kept “In the league indefinitely against our will." The ratification reservations recom mended by the former secretary were: "(1) In advising and commenting to the ratification of the said treaty the senate reserves aqd excludes from its con sent the tenth article of the covenant for th«> league of nations, as to which the senate refuses its consent. “(2) The senate consents to the rati fication of the said treaty reserving ar ticle 10 aforesaid with the understand ing that whenever two years’ notice of withdrawal from the league of nations shall have been given as provided In Article 10. no claim, charge or finding that international obligations or obliga tions under the covenant have not been fulfilled, will be deemed to render the two years' notice ineffectual or to keep the power giving the notice in the league after the expiration of the time speci fied In the notice. “(3) Inasmuch as in agreeing to be come a member of the league of nations, the United States of America is moved by no interest or wish to intrude upon or interfere with the political policy or International administration of any for eign state, and by no existing or an ticipated dangers in the ffairs of the American continents, but accedes to the wish of the European states that it shall join Its power to theirs for the preserva tion of general, peace, the senate con sents to the ratification of the said treaty, excepting Article 10 aforesaid, with the understanding that nothing therein contained' shall be construed to Imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional at titude towards purely American ques tions, or to require the submission of its policy regarding questions which it drains to be purely American questions, to the decision or recommendation of other powers.** ‘This reservation and tttes* expres sions of understanding,” wrote Mr Root, are tn accordance with lon*r established precedent in the makinp of treaties. Hhen incruded In the instrument of rati fication they will not require a reopen lnjr of negotiation but if none of the other signatories expr**ssly object to the ratification with such limitations, the stands as limited between the United States and the other powers. GEORGE C. NEWBERRY PRAISES NAVY LIFE Geo. C. Newberry, non of F. H. New berry. of the Merchants Bank, who has been in the Navy for the past two years i? “‘“lf tor a short furlough from the U. S. S. Nevada, stationed off Philadel phia. Mr Newberry now holds the rat ing of gunner's mate, and has visited many of the large ports of the world. .. Saturday Gunner Newberry visited the Naval recruiting station over the Dream land Theatre, and told several present of the benefits he had personally deriv ed from sea life, and of the many ad vantages the Navy offered Mr. Newberry said In part: "One could not buy the valuable experiences I have had dar ing my ‘cruise - In the U. S. Navy. It Is a most healthy life, also Thn Atlantic fleet is to visit this summer the Pacific Coast and the Hawalan Islands, and to those Joining now the opportunities of fered are unprecedented." THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMEITM* ONE PAPER IN MOT HOMtt> AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1919 Make This the Pleasantest Summer You’ve Ever Spent ! — lnvert in a Firelass Cookstovo, —A Hoover Electric Suction Sweeper, —An Eloctric Walking or Ironing Maonine, —An Electric Dishwashing Maohlne— Such an investment will bring splendid returns in health, time and money saved. Fashion Dictates That the silhouette must be slender and straight of line to be sm«r+. IS Tn the new Summer models give the perfect foundation for this youthful grace of Une. Two models that are ex quisite ex amples of L a. Vida art at $6.00 and SB.OO “Phone for your Fitting” White's— Second Floor. FOR MONDAY ONLY ARE THESE EXTREMELY LOW PRICES ON Household Linens and Wash Fabrics Sheets 72x99 Sheets, $2.00 me an value $ I iHd 81x99 Sheets, extra heavy, so np $2.65 value S4iZO 10x4 Isirkwood Sheeting, or Special - ...... /DC Cases 45x36 Hemmed Cases, 60c value, ir. for HOC 45x36 Hemstitched Cases, 60c an value „ 4UC Remnants Table Damask 2 to 4% yards in piece, value 75c to 85.00 yard. THREE QUARTERS MARKED PRICE DAMASK TABLE COVERS 54x70 Damask Table Covers, SI.OB • 4 in value, for 1.03 NAPKINS 17x17 Napkins, dice patterns, s< on 81-26 value, special at ) I lUll BATH TOWELS 43x23, extra heavy Bath Towels, (JQ 31.00 value, special OwC LONSDALE NAINSOOK. 36-inches wide, special 99p. WASH FABRICS Foulards, Tricotrinea, in attractive striped and floral effects and in solid col- qq ora, 81-60, 3L25 and 3L98 values . . UuC Fancy Voikos—in light and dark colors, In small dainty patterns, and Large no floral designs, values 85c and 31.00 D3C Figured Organdys, plaids, stripes, checks and flowered patterns, 69c and 76c in values 4“C Colocsd Voiles, all Tight colors. large and small values 50c, r,9r and an 76c. OilC Chaffin—in the newest, colors and oQ patterns, 32-in. wide, 50c value. diJC Gingham 32 Inchon wide, 50c value nn for 33C Novedty Whit* Voiles—Self plaids and stripe* and embroidered, value* to js 75e, for HjJC Velnen to 81.25 gg r ffbop Early Monday for these at such a saving. '//Mirr'«— main rtoM.) Continuing Our June Sale of Sewing Machines! At Price* in E ffect Only a* Long a* These Machines Last. SI.OO A we«k pays for any of them (Club Plan). Domestic “Sit Rite” Sewing Machines, (60.00 models, S4O RXCLU.IV. AOCNT. FOR BUTT.RICK PATTERN. HANDKER CHIEFS— A SALE! Handkerchiefs Make Dainty Graduation Gifts LOT No. 2. Novelty Hdkfs. Embroidered and hem stitched edges, in white and colors, 19c f C values I vC LOT No. 4. Hemstitched Lawn Handkerchiefs. Embroidered and cord ed. white and colors e 10c value DC LOT No. B—FINE SWIBS HANDKERCHIEFS—Mem stitched and daintily embroidered tn romeni, white and colors, 85c value c3C A Sale of Dainty Wash Frocks Offering Extraordinary Advantages in Price Ifff 1 A J\ Ja i V I QB fn Iw W A ' M $4.95 Linene, Gingham and Chambray Dresses, including a small number of White Voile and Dimity Frocks in solid colors with contrasting belts and pockets. All are smart new styles, just what one needs for morning wear on the vacation at mountain or shore, and are values up to $7.50 each. Other attractive Summer Voile Dresses - ....... .$12.75 and $16.50 Standard (Dfwonrtr»t>ow) $28.00 600 Dozen Handkerchiefs, for men, women and children. A special purchase on sale Monday at prices that are remarkably low. Come early Monday for these unusual values will attract many purchasers. Sale begins 9a. m. Sharp! 59c { LOT No. 5. Children’s Hdkfs. Hemstitched lawn, plain and colored embroider ed corners, regular 6c TT: 10c Gingham Dimity Voile and Linene. fectrve in styling, and are practical and eco nomical additions to the summer wardrobe. LOT No. L (0 dozen Madeira Handker chiefs, Pure Linen and hand, embroidered, a charming va riety of icrveiy design% values to lIiMV. LOT No. «. Men’s Hdlcf*. Of cambric with H-tn. hemstitched hems, reg ular 10c value, 25c 4 for /HITE’S— MAIN Finos) 1 A special purchase of about one hundred of these new Tub Frocks. Dresses which are simple and es- King Cabinet $36.00 Hemstitching and Picoting, 10c, 12c, and 15c yard—Needles and Parts for all sewing machines. lAMOCIATKD PPBBC) Buy all the Hand kerchiefs the fami ly will need while away on vacation, at this sale and SAVE! LOT No. 8. Hemstitched Lawn Handkerchiefs. Very sheer, corners em broidered in self in and colors, 16c vaL I UC LOT No. 7. Ladies’ Pure Linen Handkerchiefs. Soft finished sheer quality. 36c nr value tuC $14.95 A charming assortment of attract ive dresses of fine Voile, quaint flower patterns, candy stripes and bold foul ard designs make them particularly summery and smart. You’ll like these frocks; every one has some individual charm all its own. Singer (Dvnwn.tratton) $29.50 HOME EDITION OUR CLUB PLAN Permits of Easy Payments on Furni ture, and all Home Furnishings. Prices are the same as for cash with free fire protection while paying. Ask for intureßting details. Fine Quality Hair Goods Radically Reduced We have taken all our most desirable Switches and Transformations and marked them 26 per cent lamrer for immediate clearance. The shade aasortmtoiita are complete and In clude every color including gray. f„ 2 , 00 . v . alu “'.. $1.50 $6.00 values, d*o "I EL for / D SB.OO values, CP C GC for sPDsa/O White’s—Second Floor Jr /(fk J J\ \\ JfcaL iVyu'T A tmu Hr fit i it/ v i ~ wSM I/fy n i# ■if In a profusion of a winsome girlish models. Five Halma Machines $16.5(1