Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1921)
EN PACS3 ' ACS KCHt DAILY EAST OREGOfclAN, PENDLETON. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1021. SEVEN AMERICANS HELD IN , RUSSIAN PRISONS ARE IN WORSE PLIGHT THAN WHEN CAPTURED fmmirmmimimimmmiMmHimHimmiwwmtmimmmiWijmiim J .iMuhiiiuHMUiiiwNumiMi.riiHiMiiimimuiUMil l!l!!ll!l!ll!l!!l!llll!!llllllllllll!!llll!lllll!ll!!Illl!!l!!!!!!lll"""M,"l,!"," H!iriHiMii'"iHiiiiMiiiiiiiii!iiiiitiMiM iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy uu- i illiliiliiilliliHIi II Life in Bolshevik Prison Camp is Matter of Physical Endur . ance Captain Cooper Says. JUttAV, Juu . (A. r.) The pllilht of ncven Americans, one of them a woman, hold liy the bolshevik! In prison on arimia chai'itca. Is worse tod.iy than at any time sliico they Hed Cross worker, Kilpatrlck is ac cused of hcing a injlllnry observer for the rutted Slates government. Kll Pjkliirk I accused of beinir a military observer for the I Tilted States Kovcrn- ment, Kilp.itrick and Cooper were pHMincrs together three months. Kil patrlck contend lu has never had n trial and that he has been denied the privilege of outside a.-wiatatice, , "lvlpalrick told me that he was en paired in humanitarian work in the Crimea us an official of the American lied Cress and that he carried an Am- were taken Into custody. In the ..pinion e rlrn iaR,port ,vl hm the S lttl" MorlV" C- -l-r, of Jck-ilo trave, , u fala.,tv of a welr.ire worker." Captain Cooper said. I "He said he fell that death would come wiih.n .the next few months if onviiie, Fla., who cm-aped recently from one of the ramps near Moscow. Captain Cooper at the time of hlsj u. ... cm,nu.-. oi impelled lo exist upon the ration is- cuiw.ko air so.uad.on of the Polish oy ,he authllrtte9 So fur army las know none of the Americans was Life in a bolshevik prison camp is n j receiving outside aid at the time I last limner of physical endurance a-i to the j heard of them and the condition of length of lime one is able lo hold on; teach, iiulcinar from what I heard from it compelled to live upon the food furnished by the Soviets, Captain time to time, was most pitiful. 'Kilpatrlck was in poor condition Cooper Mid. All of the Americans I when I savtiim last though still keep would have died long ago. Cooper be-jtm; up his nerve and he felt thorough ness. If it hadn't been for outside j ly confident that the American govern aul from Unit to time, , jnunt and the American Red Cross I would do all possible in his behalf. 1 was in the fa mo hospital with Haiehvood for a time and he lold me several times that he had been forced to siKn many papers, all written in even been translated to him." Cooper was charged with belnR a counter revolutionist and was a pris oner nine months. He escaped from Moscow- to Riga, traveling most of the distance on foot. MOUNTAIN RANGES COLLAPSE IN QUAKE Captain Cooper said he was on the verge of starvation several times, members of a British ralray mission who Were also prisoners coming to his rescue with food In one instance and nimlan, whu. not vii oiner occasions, eaiaoies naving been wnt him by foreign welfare or Kanlxationa. The food ration of the average camp follows: 6 Morning Imitation coffee, half pound black bread, spoonful sugar. Nooii Two spoonfuls cooked mush made of cereal resembling bird seed. Night Cup of hot soup. A small amount of potatoes and a piece of meat usually not larger than an egg, were served on an average of about twice a month. The black bread, according to Cooper, who, as an aviator with the First American army, was captured by the Germans during the Saint Mihie! drive, is far worse than the bread served by the Germans even during the last few weeks of the war. Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison, of Baltjnore. a writer, arrested nearly two years ago, ia in the prison where foreigners under investigation by the extraordinary commission are held. Conditions in this place are said by the prisoners to bo the worst of any prison in all Russia. Estey (unidentified) and William Flick, moving picture operators, were In the same prison near Moscow where Mrs. Harrison is confined. Thomas Hazelwood of San Francis co, a United States soldier captured in Siberia, waa in a prison hospital. Hazelwood has never been sentenced as ne lias been under medical treat ment most of the lime for frequent at tacks of illness. X P. Kalemantiano, a graduate of the University of Chicago, having been accused of king a spy, has been held nearly three years, most of this time having been in solitary confinement. Originally, KaJemamiano was sen tenced to be shot, Cooper heard, but later this was commuted to 20 years' Imprisonment and at last accounts the sentence had been reduced to five years, Kalemantiano claims that he went to Russia strictly in connection with business. Another American held by the bol shevikl is Royal C. Keely. a civil en gineer, arrested early last year after he had Completed an industrial survey of Russia for the soviet government. According to various persons who have come from Russia during the last year Keely was imprisoned be cause he aroused the wrath of the so viet by writing the "plain truth" in his reports, although they were sub mitted to no one excepting soviet au- I thoritles. Recent reports said Keelv! AMHERST, Muss., June 6. (A. P.) Commencement this year will have a double significance for graduates of the Massachusetts Agricultural- Col- lee-e for it will mnrlr tho Kfitl, nnHt.... ... .ue.iceu 10 two j ears' m- sary of the founding of the institution. I'.Y CHARLES EDWARD HOGl'E. 'United Press Staff Correspondent) SHANGHAI. (By Mall.) Whole mountain ranges colapsed and burled scores of villages and towns under a sea of loose soil, when Kansu prov ince was stricken by a series of earth quakes that began on December 16 and continued for more than a month. This is the word brought to Shanghai today by H. D. Hayes and J W. Hull, investigators for the United Interna tional Famine Relief Society. They have just completed a survey of the devastated area. So accurate estimate is made as to the number of lives lost but it is known that more than 200,000 were killed. The province has been so badly depopulated that it Is likely that artisans will be imported from neighboring .states to aid in the work of rehabilitation. Landslides have blocked many of the mountain streams and a fresh danger menaces the survivors of the earthquakes. The dammed streams and backing np in the gorges and forming huge lakes. Seepage has al ready begun at various places and the loose earth threatens to go out at any time. In scores of Instances the breaking of such a dam would mean the inundation of a valley and the death of the inhabitants, besides the probable starting of further landslides. T prison ment. The last American to was Em men Kilpatrick. of Uniontown, Pa., taken last fall in the Crimea where he had gone as an American ASPIRIN Name "Bajer" on Genuine Exercises particularly appropriate to arrested; the occasion are nlannrd fitio fnfi.,o will be the dedication on Sunday, June 12 of a memorial to the "Aggie" men who sacrificed their lives in the World War. Major General William M. Wright, V. R. A. formerly professor of military science and commandant at the College, will dedieate-the build ing, erected at a cost of J150,ono. The celebration will open on'june 10 which has been designated as "Citizen's Day." Alumni Day, Dedi cation Day. Anniversary Day and Commencement Day will follow in j order with Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace, Governor Cox, Ar thur W." Gilbert, state commissioner of Agriculture and others as speakers on the different days. Ueware: Unless you see Ihe name "Itayor" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin pre scribed by physicians for tyenty-one years and proved Kafe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer package for Colds. Headache. Neural gia, Rheumatism, Earache. Ti-olhache, I'liinUago. and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Rarer Tablets of Asp irin cost few cents. Drugiitt also sell lurKcr packages. Aspirin is the trade nmrk of liacr Manufacture of Mono ceticacidcsttT of Salicylicacld. Kills Actor fianavan's Transfer j CITY JSd COUNTRY BAUUNC. Nisht sr Day. fa. Pjcoc 378 AAA vii i; .iy it . 11 I' NOTICE My offiw will 1m; closed until Friday June 10. Dr. David 13. Hill Iff' I ' ' f i , . ' . . j' A ' w y J - r f - I: uesday Is Your FTP 1(0) Mo o 4 HYfl us iiJi 0 MHkaJw Turn Oregon needs the new homes and land de velopment which passage of the Soldier Relief Measure will mean to the state and the boys THEY DESERVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP AND OVERCOME THE ECONOMIC HANDI CAP INCURRED BY GOING TO WAR ST5.7A0 """" ji' "fe. A PARADE OF PROTEST REASONS WHY THE PEOPLE WILL AND SHOULD SUPPORT THE SOLDIERS' AND RELIEF BILL AID 1. 4. 5. The home and farm loans will cost the 6. TAXPAYERS NOTHING; the soldier pays 4 per cent interest and returns the principal; as a taxpayer he will pay more than the extra interest cost to the state. It will bring millions of dolars of new money into the state for farm develop ment. " It is sound social and economic policy; every soldier who takes the loan be comes a taxpayer, hence a more interest- 7. ed and intelligent citizen. ' It will relieve house congestion. It will stimulate buildiner. furnish new 8. work for labor, increase demand for house materials and home furnishings. A conservative estimate indicates that over $1,000,000 will come to Pendleton alone. It is SAFE, SANE and SOUND. It em bodies the experience of our present state and federal policy of farm loans. Every loan is secured by a first mort gage. The plan is safeguarded against speculators. ONLY EX-SERVICE, men and women can enjoy the benefits. Any transfer to others automatically terminates the privileges. It will help to solve unemployment, sta bilize labor and quiet industrial unrest. It helps to pay the big debt we owe to those who made secure for us our pres ent peace, happiness and security of property, at the risk and in many cases at the loss of their health, happiness and property. rctidlcton Tost, American Legion Mrs. Hnt-a Oaa. wft of .TbnvM fiolieeman. killed Edward 8. (Curly) Kensington, phot-play actor In Den. ver She ay sBe.ahot him In self defense, when he aeevated her on the treet to th ys'iy iptrftifij; , VOTE 302 X YES llljinntwtmNtiwiiiniHMwmHtmi 3 E3 3 If S 3 ! 1 IS C 3 C " St .X i I If If r I U i-f f 1 ST.. i i r C 3 I I ii b S C 3 s a II II i J r5 F c -z E3 E 3 1 1 f 1 r -j I 1 1 1 I! !! i i i. II if - 3 II i 1 n ii 1 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!!fl!!!!!!!!!!ll!!! lUUUUuUIUuiUIMIUUUIL