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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1917)
w ere nn everyday occurrence. Our gu ard s had o rd ers to kill on the spot anyone w ho lagged u pace behind on the Journey. O ften several w ere killed a t once, nnd th e re was no sep Escaped Prisoners Say There Is gated hy a governm ent com m ission, a ra te grave for th em —Ihe bodies w ere w hich o rd ered b e tte r food. Just throw n Into u ditch together and Insufficient Food for Sol T he food allow ance for th e G erm an covered. It wns all horrible to bo- people wns us follow s: F o r one person, hold. but o u r eyes eventually becam e diers and Civilians. one week, th re e pounds of bread , 80 hardened to the sig h t.’ gram s of b u tter, one egg, 2R0 gram s of "B ah, Mexsguene, und Zor are th ree m eat, f<0 gram s of sugar, 20 gram s of places never to be forgotten hy tis soup, one Hake of fat. T he people are A rm enians. I have visited them . Ho hungry all the tim e. T hey cun have you know w hat happened th ere a few po tato es and vegetables only when m ouths since? By th e order of the governor, AMf, n early one hundred Boya of Seventeen In T renches, De th ere is plenty. A special perm it Is req u ired fo r so- th ousand o f my b ro th ers w ere m u r clare RefuQeea Who R ecently eurlng clothes, and artic le s of uppnrel dered, m assacred hy arm ed C ircas R eached T his C ountry— M oth can only he obtained u fte r a u th o ritie s sians, e rs Are Vainly P rotesting. have determ ined they a re reully n eed "A t B osantl I saw six railw ay ed. T he soldiers fa re U tile b e tte r, re Ni'w Y ork.—G erm any Is reaching ceiving poor clothes, and food enough tru ck s of little A rm enian children be- •ho ra il of h e r resources. according to only when th e re Is an nbundunce. T he I lag disp atch ed ‘to un unknown destl- Muz Tnnni-nhnum nnd Jaco b Schurek, soldiers receive th ree pounds of b read i n ation.’ W hat had th ese little lnno- who a rriv e d hero a fte r escaping Into every four days when th e re Is euough j cents done to offend? W as It the H olland from G erm an firlson cam ps. to go around. T h ere Is p ractically no m ere fa c t of being ulive and being T he holncM of tile peiF p lu have lie e li milk and very little reul coffee. It Is sons and d a u g h te rs of our thrice un- I happy race? strip p ed of old m en and Imys for tlx* drunk black. W o n t T han th e Turk*. firing line, ngetf men and women are The people discount the effectiveness nt work an d m etala of all kinds a re of the U nited S ta te s In the w ar, th ese ¡ "T h e G erm an soldiers thnt one sees d isap p earin g , the escaped p riso n ers men who have Just re tu rn e d from G er Í around th e sta tio n s In Arm enia are any. m any believe. They adm it th a t th is generally o f a low typo, nnd not fa r be- T he tw o men m et each o th e r In H ol country bus food and m unitions, hut Í bind th e T u rk s In th e ir d isregard for land an d succeeded In reaching th is they a rc tau g h t th a t the A m erican sol the rig h ts of our people. T heir c ru elty Is n little d ifferen t from th a t of cou n try by stow ing aw ay on a ste a m diers do not am ount to much. the T u rk s, h u t th e difference Is only ship. Tnnnenhnum spent m ore th an one of kind. T he T urk, for exumple, tw o y ears In m ines and Intern m en t often resp ects ce rta in things which ru m p s a fte r he was forcefully tak en we have learn ed to associate w ith our Into G erm any from Itussln. lie says religious or racial b elie fs; the Germ nn th a t the O erniun people a re c o iu I iik to has no resp ect fo r an ything—nothing look upon victory as a lost hope und Is too sacred fo r his profane banda. a re so tired of w ar th a t th o u san d s ure T he T u rk freq u en tly used to show w ondering If It Is w orth while. som e resp ect and deference to the T h e cull to arm s has renched sev en upper class A rm enians, the educated teen-year-old hoys, an d m others nre vainly p ro testin g . T he enth u siasm of Armenian Reports Them More people, reg ard in g them ns p erh ap s capable of being useful even In n th e e a rlie r days of tho w ar Is lark in g . Merciless in Persecuting Ed T u rk ish dom inion. T he German, as T h e people a re th in to th e point of soon ns he a rriv ed here, pointed out em aciation hern use of scan ty ratio n s. ucated of His Race. the educated A rm enian ns the most T o lie fat Is alm ost a crim e, und to eat dangerous of all, nnd Instigated the m ore th an the governm ent allotm ent T u rk s Into organizing a ruthless p er Is som etim es p u n ish ab le by deuth. T h e secution of the Intellectual classes of people a re lirrom lng It ss uud less A rm enians. One day they su rro u n d stirre d hy optim istic governm ent a n ed th e offices of th e conservative nouncem ents. new sp ap er A sndum nrd, a rre ste d all W as Sm uggled A cross Border. They Have Let» R espect T han T urk» th e staff nnd d eported them, I know for Religious and Racial Custom« T annenhaum . a R ussian Jew , w as not w hither. W ill they ever re tu rn ? allow ed no freedom In G erm any. He of T heir Victim s — W ort« Who know s? bribed u wom an to sm uggle him acro ss T han D antes’ Inferno. “One day I w alked from a place tin- H utch border. In H olland he could w here th o u san d s o f Innocent women, o b tain no a u th o rity to leave (hut coun llom hay.—T he follow ing statem en t, girls, nnd children w ere bivouacked, try , although he had left his wife d es given to th e A ssociated IT ess by a suffering nnm eless m iseries. 1 w alk titu te In Itussln. H e met Schurek a t | B ritish officer now In a hospital here, ed aw ay because I could not b ear any tin* H ussion consulate, and u fte r un- p resen ts a vivid pictu re of th e suffer m ore to gaze upon them , and I cam e su ccessfully try in g to secu re ste a m ings undergone by the A rm enians, of to n hill w here I saw a little child. I sh ip p assag e th e p air boldly w alked w hich com paratively little flrst-hnnd wns In T u rk ish uniform . T he child ab o ard a Utter. T hey w ere u n c h a l Inform ation has h ith e rto been fu rth cam e n e a r mo and cried In T u rk ish : lenged and reached th is city hy wuy ’Give me fo r God’s sake n piece of com ing : of H alifax. T h eir e n tra n c e Into th is b read I F o r five days I hnve eaten "B efo re 1 got my wound In th e fight co u n try w as unknow n to Im m igration nothing hut th is.’ H e pointed to som e ing up beyond B agdad I enm e Into con «(ttrluls, hut they announced th e ir melon skin th a t had been left lying p resence, and a fte r an In v estigation ta c t on several occasions w ith a high by th e road. I answ ered him In A r ly educated A rm enian, who had es they w ere allow ed to rem ain. caped from th e T u rk s nnd wns being m enian, nnd th e poor hoy Jum ped Into To own a cat or dog In G erm any em ployed hy us ns nn In terp reter. my arm s, s a y in g : ‘A rt thou A rm e firings a line of J.'itS). Gold ltus dlsu|>- T he sto ries he told of th e Inhum ani n ian ?’ H e rem ained th e re fo r a m in p eared and very little nickel Is In evi ties Inflicted upon his com pntrlots ute, u tte rin g no o ther word. B ut I felt dence. P a p e r m oney Is used entirely , w ere so appalling th a t I m ade notes w arm te a rs falling down on my cheek. an d It Is p u l Into circu latio n hy th e of his conversations, nnd have a t “T h e w aters of the E u p h rates, the v ario u s sections of th e country. T ho tem pted here to reproduce them In snnds of th e deserts of M esopotam ia, K ru p p s Issue th e ir own money, w hich som ething like his own language so a re th e g raves of the w hole A rm enian Is redeem ed for fo<sl. I enn no longer weep. My th n t you enn get a t th e h e a rt of tb s nation. T unnenbnum w as throw n Into prison m an nnd realise w hat he nnd all edu te a rs have frozen In my eyes." fo r sta n d in g o u tsid e a ra ilro a d sta tio n cated A rm enians feel. T he In terp re w ultlng for n tra lu . H e wns ordered te r w as In C o nstantinople until tho end STEER SNAPS NECK IN FIELD to scrub his cell every m orning w ith o f Inst year, w hen he wns sen t to th e a cup of salt an d a pall of w ater. F o r fro n t w ith a p a rty of A rm enians, sev W isconsin Animal Chased, Becomes ft km 1 he received an ounce of hreud, eral of whom escaped." E ntangled In Growth and cereul coffee, bread crum bs and soup Is Killed. W orse T h an D ante’a Inferno. m ade of p o ta to peelings. T he In te rp re te r’s story follow s: P riso n ers B eaten F requently. A shland, W ls.—A sto ry ab o u t a “ W hat you hnve rend nnd h eard In u cam p w here T aim ebaum spent ; about A rm enia is not n h u n d red th p a rt s te e r th n t broke Its neck in a field of th re e m onths w ith F ren ch und Belglun of th e tru th . P a n te 's In ferno wns n a lfa lfa wns brought here by O tto Reg- p riso n ers wooden benches w ere th e heaven com pared w ith th e hell th n t Icln. beds, an d ro tte n bread , w ith potato- th e T u rk s hnve tnnde of my country, "T he ste e r had escaped from Its peel soup, w as th e food. T he men Som ething of th e nw ful rcn llty o f the pen nnd m adly dnshed fo r th e open w ere freq u en tly exam ined hy doctors, last tw elve m onths I have m yself seen field,” R egleln says. "W ith several an d often w ere m arched naked on In passing through on th e w ay to th e neighboring fnrm ers efforts w ere Miow-oovered giound for Ice w a te r fro n t. m ade to chase the anim al hack to Its b ath s. T hey w ere b eaten on th e slig h t "A t Aleppo th ere nre fo u r facto ries j q u a rte rs. est provocation. An epidem ic of chol In w hich, u n d er th e supervision o f de "E n rag ed because of Its being pur- e ra and typhoid broke out, nnd when ported A rm enians, tw o th ousand A r sued. It headed for n field of a lfa lfa It wns o v er th e su rv iv o rs w ere vacci m enian women nre being em ployed w hich had grown n early th re e feet nated. u n d e r te rrib le conditions. T he women high. T he ste e r becam e en tan g led in T h e G erm an soldiers nnd docto rs de n re all deportees. One of them said the vines. In Its fall the an im al’s se rte d th e cam p durin g th e epidem ic, to m e : ’On a h a lt du rin g o u r depor j neck w as broken. and p riso n ers w ere left to cure for th e ta tio n s I saw n gendarm e bury u sick "T h e nld of a large scythe w as found Hick. F inally th e cam p w as Investi wom an alive. Cold-blooded m urders n ecessary to reach the carcass. GERMANY AT END OF HER RESOURCES STARVE IN PRISON CAMPS GERMANS RIVAL TURKS IN CRUELTY NOTHING SACRED TO THEM j BARS UP TO GAMBLERS AT ARMY CANTONMENTS M em phis, Tonn.— C rap shoot ers, rn rtl sh a rp s an d o ilier nim ble-lingered g en try a re hnvtng n hart! tim e b reak in g Into the cam ps of w orking men estate Mailed at U nited S ta te s arm y can to n m en ts. In exam ining a p plicants for Jobs p ain s w ere ta k en to look Into th e c h a ra c ter of th e men. T h e exam iners In sev eral In stan ces found th n t tho ap p lic a n t w as not a w orker, but a gam bler. Six p rofessionals from M eniphls reached th e gov ern m en t c u n to n im n t n t L ittle Rock, W ithin nn h o u r a fte r th e ir a rriv a l they had a gam e "going." T h ey w ero deported. O th er can to n m en ts had tho sam e experience. M ore lim n 1,000,000 hides n re used an n u ally In tl" u p h o lsterin g of m otor car*. JAFFA NOW A HEAP OF RUINS T u rk s D epopulate and D estroy City of 40,000 People—Once P o rt for Jerusalem . w ith Jeru salem by a railw ay lin e 54 m iles long. B irds Ruin G ardens. M nrlettn, O.—B lackbirds by th e th o u san d s nre m aking th e ir hom es in M ound cem etery nnd nre d e v a sta tin g New Y’ork.—T he tow n of Jaffa In I'nlestlne. tho port of Jeru salem , v irtu w ar gard en s around this city. In or ally Is In ruins, according to Inform a d er to p u t th e birds to flight and se tion received from C airo, Egypt, hy cu re re lie f th e fire d e p artm en t is cnlied th e A m erican com m ittee fo r A rm enian out ench n ight nnd the hose Is tu rn e d on th e b ird s roosting In th e treesi nnd S yrian relief. Jaffu w as set on fire hy the T urks, Melt O rgan Pipes fo r S h e lls nnd n fte r m any buildings w ere dy n a P a ris.—B ohem ian p ap ers announce, m ited, o f villages nnd h am lets w ithin 12 m iles of Jnffn nothing rem ains but snys n disp atch to the Ila v a s agency from Bnsle, th n t A ustrian chu rch es as heaps of ru in s and ashes. "F rom n line extending th ree m iles well ns organ builders hnve been no n o rth of Jaffa to the Ju d e a n m oun tified th n t all organ pipes In all tain s, not nn In h ab itan t rem ains nor chu rch es of th e m onarchy will soon be a dw elling," says the m essage. "All requisitioned to fill the needs o f w ar governm ent records hnve been tak en In d u stries. to D am ascus and N ablus. T he people A g re a t ran g e of m o untains once ex sp ared from m assacre w ere exiled to ten d ed from th e easte rn end of L ak e I Icliron." Juffn form erly had a population es S u p erio r southw est to beyond th e M is tim ated nt betw een 20,000 and 40,000. souri river. In pinces th ey w ere • It contained several m osques, churches m ile high. W eather and volcanic actio n nnd convents, a hnannr, hospitals, ho w ore them down, the sea covered them tels nnd fine gardens. It Is connected and today they are p rairie. DAIRrSENIO SUFFER f RE(|CH |N ALGERIA Feed H old-up C auses C o n stern atio n i n weatem W a s h in g to n -H e rd s ----------------- Have More Troops in Oran Than .May lie Reduced as D irect R esu lt. A ny j o w n jn F r a n c e . P uyallup — E astern W ashington 1 3treet* Are Full of 8oldlers In P ic tu r farm ers, by holding up th e price of esque Costume*, Including Arab* hay, w ill force W estern W ashington in T heir Flow ing W hite fa rm e rs to re tre n c h to th e lim it, if not G arm ents. e n tire ly go o u t o f business, unless the | go v ern m en t step s in and controls T h ere a re m ore F ren ch soldiers to prices, is th e opinion o f H. L. Blanch- he seen In O ran th a n In any tow n In ard, head o f th e d airy in g d e p a rtm e n t F ran ce. T hose In F ra n c e ure a t the o f th e W estern W ashington E x p e ri-1 fro n t or ,n ,h e P ",n t* o t concen tratio n . , . „ . . n ear th e fro n t. T hey n re th e re rig h t m ental sta tio n . r ro m advices re- enough, „ ...... . . h . u . t , one , does ' not . see . them K„ _ — cently received from Y akim a he is led llt th e fro n t—because they nre In the to believe th a t E a ste rn W ashington is trenches. B ut In A lgeria It Is differ- using a stra n g le hold on com m unities ent. T he s tre e ts nre full of so ld ie rs; th a t do not produce enough feed to ho th e cafes, th e s tre e t cars, th e stores, the docks, the public gardens. T he of supply them selves. ficial figures give th e population of W hile th e p resen t conditions are O ran nt 130,00th To th e casual visito r likely to prove d isastro u s, Mr. B lanch th e re seem to he a t least h alf ns m any ard says fa rm e rs a re likely to profit by soldiers beshlF-s. th e ex p erien ce o f th e la s t tw o years And a re nU F rench F ren ch or , , , . . j F ren ch colonial, not allied troops, and o b tain supplies enough to la st the the casuali fam liiar array w in ter. A t th e P u y allu p Ice Cream types, th ere Is every kind of exotic com pany, one o f th e la rg e d ealers in fighting m an. Including native troops b u tte r fa t, th ey w ere of th e opinion from Indo-China, looking m ore like Ja p a n e se th an an y th in g else, and u n i th a t th e w o rst fall would be w ith the form ed ns ord in ary F rench colonials sm all d airym an, as th e la rg e r places of the line. T h ere a re th e zouaves, would supply them selves now. The w ith th e ir boggy red breeches and milk supply is now fa llin g ofT, due to khaki p u ttees now o’ days. Instead of th e d ry w eath er. P re se n t sour cream the w hite g o iters of th e old p arad e ¡ b sellin g a t 50 ce n ts and sw eet cream days before th e w ar. T h eir sh o rt, a t 60 cents, and m ilk is 35 ce n ts a g al black-braided Jackets, sashes nnd lon. T hese prices m ust rise d u rin g blouses, how ever, nre unchanged. th e w in ter, according to th e w holesale T h ere a re th e C h asseurs d’A frique— men. W hile consum ers w ill go w ith the A frican light cavalry—w ith sky- out b u tte r ra th e r th an pay m ore than blue uniform s nnd red fezes, th e m ost 50 ce n ts now, it is only a question of elegant of F ren ch m ilitary horsem en. tim e befo re th ey w ill have to pay M ore gorgeous, however, a re the m ore. The fa rm e r is n o t g e ttin g a ‘tira ille u rs,” th e sh arp sh o o ters, eq u al f a ir profit on his products, b u t i t w ill ly In sky-blue uniform s, faced w ith be th e consum er th a t w ill pay fo r th e ' ' uul . ,_ high p rice o f feed u ltim a te ly , is th e , ... , j - » t ■ , , _ 1 active serv ce th is m agnificence Is sup- verd ict o f th e w holesalers. , . f. ,, , " Mr. B lanchard believes th a t re- P»«nted by khnk and khaki fe z e . upaff tre n c h m e n t can ’t help b u t aid th e ^ I c h a s ta r and crescen t ln d lcate th a t dairym en. They w ill be unable to w earer Is a follow er o f th e p rophet, keep all th e ir c a ttle , and i t w ill be th e “ o r* c h a ra c teristic of th e co u ntry are poor producers th a t w ill be sacrificed, th e "sp n h ls"—M oham m edan troops, o f T hey w ear T h a t th e re will be a g re a t sla u g h te r fleered by F renchm en. flowing scarlet cloaks and th e soldiers th is w in te r w ith o u t g o v ern m en t con [ w ear tu rb a n s and n ativ e c o stu m e s; the tro l of feed prices is th e sta te m e n t re cently m ade by Dr. H. T. G raves, fo r officers, unequal to coping w ith th e tu rb an , co n ten t them selves w ith fezes, m erly s ta te v e te rin a ria n . j but sacrifice nothing of th e resp len d en t scarlet cloak. T he m ost p icturesque, nnd th e m ost num erous, a re th e i NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT! w ear th e flowing w hite garm ents, the Portland—Wheat—Bluestem, $2 per “bournous” of th e d esert. bushel; fortyfold, 11.98; club, $1.96; A t ten tim e any sunny a ftern o o n the red Russian, $1.93. B oulevard Seguln, th e p rin cip al s tre e t Flour—Patents, $11.20. of O ran, Is crow ded w ith th ese uni Millfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $37 form s, and m ore besides. T he te ra sse per ton; shorts, $40; middlings, 47; of th e Cafe C ontinental h a sn ’t a va rolled barley, $55 @5 7 ; rolled oats, cant table, and th e tab les cover th e $57. sidew alk alm ost to th e curb. T h ere Corn—Whole, $86 per ton; cracked, are no reg u latio n s about th e h o u rs a t $87. which d rin k s m ay be served In A lgeria, Hay—Buying prices, f. o. b. Port for the w ar Is f a r aw ay nnd th e garden land; Eastern Oregon tim othy, $27 of A frica Is fo r those who a re sen t to per ton; valley timothy, $23@25; al rest, to fo rg et th e w ar fo r a w hile, falfa, $22.50 @ 24; valley grain hay. for th e convalescents and fo r those $20; clover, $20; straw, $6.50. who stop a few days o r a few w eeks Butter — Cubes, extras, 44c; prime betw een service in M acedonia o r E gypt firsts, 42Jc. Jobbing prices: Prints, or w herever else th e w orld of w ar m ay extras, 47c; cartons, lc extra; butter- send them . fat, No 1, 46@48c. T h ere a re F ren ch sailo rs in O ran, Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re too, fo r O ran is F ra n c e ’s n e a re st n aval ceipts, 36c per dozen; Oregon ranch, p o rt to th e S tra its of G ib raltar, and candled, 38@39c; selects, 40c. the g reat a m p h ith e a te r h a rb o r so full Poultry — Hens, 16@17c per pound; of ships of com m erce, w hose e n la rg broilers, 20c; ducks, 12@13c; geese, | ed w harves a re piled w ith sta c k s of 7@8c; turkeys, live, 20@22c; dressed, g rain and acres of w ine casks, Is also 28@30c. tn im p o rtan t nnvnl base. Veal—Fancy, 15J@16c per pound. Pork—Fancy, 22c per pound. T he W ays of I t Vegetables—Tomatoes, 65(<i 75c per “L ife In my neighbor’s fam ily Is a crate; cabbage, 2l@2}c per pound; reg u lar see-saw affair." lettuce, $1.75@2.25 per crate; cucum "H ow is th a t? " bers, 40@50c per dozen; peppers, 6@ “E very tim e th e young m an se ttle s 7c per pound; beans, 7c; com, 30c per down, th e old m an se ttle s up." dozen. Potatoes—New Oregon, 21@2|c per Its C om pensation. pound; sweet potatoes, 4 $(it5c. “Money Is nothing b u t tro u b le.” Onions—Walla Walla, $1.50@1.60. “T h a t m ay be, b u t It is th e only kind Green Fruits — Cantaloupes, stand of tro u b le th a t Is h a rd to borrow .” ard, $1.50@2.75 per crate; peaches, 75c @ $1.00 per box; watermelons,! New T rees fo r Old. $1.75 per hundred; apples, $1@2.50 A skillful tre e surgeon h as succeed per box; plums, 75c@$1.50; pears, $2 ed In saving v aluable p e a r trees w hose ¡@2.25; grapes, $1.25@1.50 per crate; roots blight had destroyed, by g ra ftin g casabas, l]c per pound. to th e tru n k s h ealth y young suckers. Hops — 1916 crop, 21c per pound; T hese a re set In th e ground a b o u t the j 1917 contracts, 30@32c; fuggles, 40c. diseased trees, w hile th e u p p er ends Wool — Extra Oregon, fine, 50@60c are g ra fte d Into th e tru n k s. j per pound; coarse, 55@60c; valley, i 58@60c; mohair, long staple, 55c. Alone. Cascara Bark—New, 7Jc per pound; "A re you fond of yo u r w ife’s re la ! old, 8c. tives?” asked th e m an w ho acted as Cattle— if he really w an ted to know. Best beef steers..............$ 9.00@ 9.75 “ Say, old top, th a t’s h a rd ly a fa ir Good beef steers.............. 7.50@ 8.75 question, you know. You see, Pm th e Best beef cows................ 6.75@ 7.50 ->nly one she h as.” Ordinary to g o o d ............ 4.00@ 6.75 Best h e if e rs .................... 7.00@ 8.00 Defined. Bulls.................................. 4.00@ 6.75 “F a th e r, w h at Is a keynote speech?" C a lv e s.............................. 7.00@ 9.50 asked sonny. Stockers and fe e d e rs .... 4.50@ 7.25 "A keynote speech, my boy, Is th e Hogs— term a n ew spaper uses In describing Prime light h o g 9 ............. $16.75@17.00 nny public u tte ra n c e m ade by th e p a r Prime heavy h o g s .......... 16.50@16.75 tic u la r can d id a te It fav o rs.” P i g s .................................. 14.00@15.50 Bulk ................................. 17.00 P re fe rre d P erform ances. Sheep— Persoim Uy w e don’t ca re so m uch Western lambs................. $13.00@13.50 about t n ^ p h y sician s’ healing them Valley lambs.................... 11.75@12.50 selves, b u t we should lik e to see th e Yearlings.......................... I0.00@10.50 refo rm ers reform them selves.—O hio W ethers............................ 9.75@10.50 S ta te Jo u rn a l. E w e s .............................. .. 8.00@ 8.50 j