| Show RUSS DRINI BENZINE w STARVING HORSES r STRIPPED OF MEAT MEA T BY Y HUNGRY HORDE I I By Associated Pr Press ss WARSAW Feb eb Forty pounds of 01 wheat flour is being sold at Warsaw o rubles and sugar is 50 rubles pound with bo both h cornil corn corn- i s. s lr b v which fall I in n t l il are are stripped of flesh bero ethey i heyt are col cold Money Ioney is of liTte V value l and jewels and works ot of art bring little when traded Thefts In these lines are therefore infrequent In order to get food a trader must offer clothes Women refugees retus-ees from Moscow were recently held up at ItIs it is said and their clothing was stolen but the soldiers disdained to take a beautiful pearl necklace so that Its owner was able to sell the necklace here Fuel is so scarce that wooden houses In the suburbs have been torn down for fue fuel Fine furniture has also been used for the same purpose Stores have been closed by merchants but the soviet government has taken over some of the larger places of business where only are served Flower shops and hairdressers do a fine business about thirty of these places bein being open Leon the Bolshevik minister of 01 war and marine who is fastidious and has a special lady manicurist patronizes them Nikolai Lenine thE Bolshevik ll premier who is considered quite mad by some of his colleagues is iol the only prominent Bolshevik left who appears to live an austere life It Is related that his automobile got stalled in a snowdrift and at this moment footpads appeared and appropriated the I drivers driver's fur coat They also demanded Lenine's but he explained I am Lenine but the thieves retorted That is all right We know you dont don't object so long as we are comrades and then they made off Russia is beset by all kinds hinds ot of diseases typhus being particularly preValent Vodka Substitutes are being used and have a weakening effect on the people Kerosene and benzine are reported to be common drinks The large number of deaths in Moscow has led to a decree making the undertaking business a state monopoly DOG MEAT IS REAL LUXURY By Associated Press STOCKHOLM Feb 25 Stocks of cattle in Russia have decreased greatly and the animals that were too weak to do any work worl have been slaughtered according to reports made at a veterinary conference in Petrograd Petro- Petro grad as quoted by Bolshevik newspapers More than 50 per cent of the animals left in Bolshevik Russia it was added are affected with glanders and mange and these diseases are being spread among the people The newspaper say that dog meat Is purchased eagerly in in- Petrograd at 1 12 rubles a pound The Russian ruble before the war had ball a value ot of about 51 cents It is now rated at 12 cents but even at this dog meat would be selling for tor a pound |
