La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1918, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTi tuTiDAY, .IAIvIvux 01, 1013 LA GRANDE EVE-SING GuSlCiiVEll I'AGE IliiwkE FORCED TO WORK IN KRUPP PUNT Deported Men and Prisoners Are Driven Into Slavery by Ger 1 - man Authorities. Hollander Tell How Deported Bel ' glana and French Prisoners of ' War Aro Compelled to Work , . -In Munitions Factory ; . . In Essen. By W. J. L. KIEHL. HCorrespondont of tho Chicago News.) The Hague, Holland. A Nutherlaud far who until four days ago was em fcloycd at Krupp's munltlou works In Essen, Germany, makes the startling Disclosure thut some 4,000 Hollanders jnre working at Essen In the munition jnnd war material factories. Most of jthese men get there through the machl inotlonB of what this "escaped" Hol lander calls "Seelcnerknufur" Cohen 14 Ossendegner of Rotterdam, who jseem to act as agents for supplying, totfrmany with greatly needed lubor. (EHghty or ninety men n day generally Qnd thflr way across the birder by jmeans of their ugents, lured by tho jprospect of very Mgh wages and good Sood. What they And In reality and bow next to impossible It is mado for ithem to return to their own country Is thus told In tho Hollander's words: No Return Pass Given, ! "Wben this linn of agents secured kny services they did not mention war fwork," he said. "I was given to under stand that field lnbor and trudo work was required. Also I was promised jthat I could return any Saturday to Iki) land to stay through Sunday. The promised wages were high and food (was said to be plentiful. I accepted, tuy pass was ready in a few moments, put I did not know that the signatures find vises required for my return to (Holland had been omitted, ns they nl jwaye are in the passes given by theso ftgeiits, no doubt because they know perfectly well that after n week In foermany no single Hollander would (over think of returning there uftcr his Week-end in Holland. ' "Soon after my entrance upon Ger keau soil at El ten, where I found sev eral compatriots like myself, wc were knet by on agent from an 'arbclts bu Bean.' who secured our services for phellmaklng at Krupp's by telling us thai food was good there and wages ry high. Ho sold that In other branches of labor food was but lndlf- Eut and the wages nothing like pp's, bo we men went to Essen. good the food was there you can (judge of by tho fact that my weight kvas reduced by 24 pounds while there, j - "Par breakfaBt we received two bBcas of bread without any butter or tat whatever. For dinner potato soup that left us hungry an hour aftor eating. Then in the evening again wo slices of bread like at breakfast. at the Hollander felt too 111 or feeblo io work the Germans simply took away Ills bed from under him to make him up. Oh, yes, thero is a doctor, but always diagnoses tho same. 'You Jton work If you don't work you won't teaf -nlcht arbolten nlcth ossen,' as jwa used to put It ' .T3ie laboters are housed by tho BOO together In barracks, which are but pnsumclently warmed and Imperfectly leaned. Typnus cinims many victims. !n the barracks where I was -housed found four men lying dead of typhus de my crib one morning. After a w days of this sort of tiling it Is not be wondered at that many Hollnnd- ps try in every way to get back to air country, although the vises on air passes are lacking. "If they are captured they are thrown Into prison for a fortnight on bread and water. If they survive they nre then drafted back to Krupp's, and set to work again. Production Is pushed to tho utmost. Numbers of sol diers are employed ns a change from khe front, and these men are so afraid of being again sent to the front that they would rather work themselves to death at Krupp's. Where Deported Belgians Work. "Deported Belgian nr.il ! h ?i pris oners of war also work at Krupp's. Discipline Is strictly enforced, and any Utterances of anti-German views are at once punished. "I got the Impression that Germany flung Itself like mad Into munition work as Its last card. But raw ma terial Is getting scarce, especially cop per. In Essen all copper faucets nnd the like had already been replaced by Iron and tin. Tho general idea In Ger many Is that the war can be prolonged at the utmost for another half year, so they nre employing their last forces for a supreme effort. . "Every evening nt Krupp's alarms Is made 'Fllcger Gcmeldct' airplanes reported. All lights nre then extin guished. This Is done so that we should not know wheu fl.vura really rarao to bombard the factories. No one Is allowed to talk of the damage done by allied bombs, nnd the newspapers nre enjoined to keep silence on these matters. Still, I can say that some damage has been done, although I can not say how much nor exactly where. On the other hand, stories likely to stimulate the energy of the people are (eagerly promulgated, such ns those of enormous submarines of drcadnancht type, of guns that can shoot 90 kilo meters that aro soon to be used against the allied armies." LEST WE FORGET TO DO OUR FART A i4fc Al jv -. ,f Jit 4 4 THEY toy, vho n com tack from Over There, that at night the troubled earth between the lines is carpeted with polo. They say (hat Death rides whistling in every wind, and, that the very mists art charged with awful torment. They say that of all things spent and squandered there young fwman lift it held leatt dear. 'It it not the pleasantest prospect for those of ut who yet can feel upon our lips tht pressure of our mother? good-by kiss. But, please God, our love of life is not so vrieed as lovt of right. In this renaissance of our country's valor, we who will edge the wedge of her assault make ealm acceptance of its aarW. For us the steel-swept trench, the stiffenfti eohl weariness, hardship, worse. For -you for whom we go, you millions safe at home what for yo ' WE SHALL HEED FOOD. Wt shall need care. We Au!l need clothes for our bodies and weapons our hands. "Wt shall need terribly and without failure supplies and equipment in a stream that is constant and never ending. From you who are our resource and reliance, who are tho heart and hop of that humanity or tfk wt imtj and since, jiiujI coma these things. I ..:... . : -V,iufiiMH:yi?L'i!lrf Signed) Citizen Soldier Xo. in?, MILITANT AND MILITARY vious week, but tho market continues active with a show of strength in some quarters. The cattle market continues steady to firm with the bulk of the offerings extending up to the high end of the quotations, About 50 per cent of the cattle offered for the day hat been high class stuff and about 50 per cent has been medium to low quality. The demand continues in excess of the sup ply nnd heavy increases in receipts would be handled without any disad vantage to shippers. The hog department is holding steady at the advanced prices offered the first of the weak. The top quality stuff for the mid-week shipment hag ueen light, but sales have been readily made, quality considered. The sheep department is receiving bnds of $15(315.50 on lambs, and not supply enough to fill the orders. Other sheep are holding steady at quoted prices. The following prices are current: CATTLE-rMedium to choice steers, $10.35llj "good to medium steers, $9.35(3)10.35; common to good steers, $7.75(5)9.25; choice cows and heifers, $7.75(a9; common to good cows and heifers, $6.507.75; canners, $36; bulls, $57.50; calves, $7.5011; stockcrs and feeders, SC9. iHOGS Prime light, $1C.101C.25; prime heavy, $i6.20gie.35; pigs, ?13. 7515j bulk, $10.20. SHEKP Western lambs, $15 15.' 50; valley lambs, $14.00 15; year lings, $13$13.50; wethers, $ 12.50 13; wes, $9G 11. , Court Notes Motion day in Circuit Court resulted as follows: Case of Wicks Bros. vs. W. W. Dill, demurrer to answer overruled. Case of James F. Wood vs. Asncs V. Wood; decree of divorce granted. Gertie Nettleton vs. Wm. Nettleton; decree of divorce granted. Lewis Bloom vs. Pacific States Fire Insurance Co.; demurrer to answer overruled. ." F. S. Bramwell vs. Arthur E. .fault;, dismissed. Farrant Glove Co. vs. L. B. Hyatt; dismissed. Sam Harris vs. K. Dyal; dismissed. La Grande Pharmacy vs. L. C. Ed wnrds; dismissed. Ray Logan vs. La Grande Pharm acy; dismissed. F. D. McCully vs. Elgin Commission Co.; dismissed. Julius Roesch vs. J. Christensen; dismissed. . City of La Grande vs. Clifford Des mond; dismissed. J. H. Barber vs. C. W. Vinccoro ot nl; demurrer sustained. . Mary Hoist vs. John A. Hoist; dis missed. George Kapellas vs. Frank Chatas; dismissed. John Melville vs. Zachariah Lilly, ct al; dismissed. Fred Matson vs. W. B. Bach, et al; dismissed. O.-W. R. & N.'Co. vs. W. Frasier, et al; dismissed. Ethel Roberson vs. Randall Rober son; dismissed. Cases Set for Trial .' Thomas Morphn yn, J. S. Johns ; set for February 4, Kate Lewis vs.. Joseph Ruttan; set for February 5. . State of Oregon vs. Luther Gciger, J', HUN TELLS OF TANK TERROR General In Tageblatt Recalls Hannibal Elephants as 8lmlle to Brltlih Maehlnsa, Berne, SwltxerlaniL Describing tho battle of Cambral to Gorman reader, Ltenleount General von Ardenne, ta the Tngcblatt says: "Thoso who fought In tho battle describe the Imposing Im pression made by the British tanks which preceded tho attack on the wid est front. As they advanced In masses, with very small Intervals between them, they reminded one of Hannibal's battle elephants or the sickle chariots of Pharaoh. The booming, rambling attack was accompanied or, rather, supported from the air by a veritable cloud ot battle aircraft, while closely pressed masses of Infantry and Bel4 artillery followed the Iron wall, three eavalry divisions bringing up the rear." Cove News Notes (Continued from Pago 2.) va8 73 years old nnd a pioneer resi dent of Covo. At one timo lib was sole owner of Thlof Valley. The deceased was plariHl beside tils JaOter,' t mid im)ihr-,- in Oov wniot'.ry.,. t Ailfir't l.in.'(i,. H W hi-'-: .i'ft: has rotuiueiV'but i,' ;.' i': .'.; proved. UNION RAISES $300 WAR Ft. Union went ovor tho top In tho Knights of Columbus drive, raising $300, Its full quota. Union can al ways be depended on to do nioro than Its share In all patriotic undertakings. m BELL" WBRCHm-OPAIMB"Eli"l This ordinarily pleasing youug per son Is shown In a costume that rathe! .startled all beholders. Tharo bar been many military fashions, bat nol one of them ever came near thU tor a militaristic appearance. This femlnln piece of apparel Is patterned In many waya after the uniform. The coat Ii more full, and the collar has long points, which are practically the onlj differences. Swinging from the shout dcrs Is a military cape that adds to tha style of the costume. The skirt li tight-fitting, so tight that when th wearer walks. It greatly resembles trousers. The hat Is bnllt on Royal flying corps line. The ootflt Is ex tremely nutty, and will make a soldlei girl of any wearer. .' Nuts Become Popular- - Seattle, Wash. Nut are populat food hero. The reason for the unpre cedented demand for nuts Is that lira. Catherine Davis, a nut packer In a Seattle nut plant, reported to the po lice that she believes she dropped her puree, containing $112 In currency and two diamond rings valued at about $100, into it can pi nata she was packing. ct al; set for February 6, State of Oregon vs. Scott Goodall; set for February 7. it wiMw L Here's a Palm Beach water nympn wno nas found a .rubber bath peg cap Dear to her heart's desire. It Is a Jaunty turban of sea grten PVr. mB4 tightly over the hair and heaped In becoming wave-' Mke teMs a-op her bead. A green rubber ea gull guaranteed to f'shed water like a duck" gerchss just above the sea nymph's brows. , VU elewr ereatloa la the newest Idea In the season's' new hath y awoprlste hat for a woman livdruplaue And Get TOUTLAND MARKET LETTER January 30, 1918 T!iniil fnr the mid-week market at the Portland Union stockyards ai somewhat heavier than for the pre-1 Subscribe For II t . . . ' - I I i ife il . ' United l J United I t United Press a i 8 IS 119 .. 4- ress Teiegraphic News. Press Foreign Correspondece. State News. News of La Grande and Vicinity. News of Union and Wallowa Counties. Newspaper Enterprise Association Cartoons and Comics. The Oregon Farmer.