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Newspaper Page TextMEDFOTID MATH TRTPUNTi. TrRDFORD, OT?E("iONT, TUESDAY, FKP.IilTARY 20, 1917. PA OK SEVEN" ENTIRE GERMAN PRESS SYSTEM REORGANIZED Teutons Upset News Bureau, After Attempt to Color Reports Huge Sums Spent to Influence Neutral Opinion Arbitrary Censors Re tained. UKUNE, Switzerland, Keb. 20. (From a staff correspondent of the Associated Press). According to statements made to the correspondent before his departure from Uorlin with former Ambassador Gerard, by public men in Germany, the German govern ment did not awake until long after the beginning of the war to the desir ability of making a favorablo impres sion on public opinion In neutral Countries, or at least of having its side of the case given a hearing in tho neutral press. An' outlay of un told hundrods of thousnnds of marks has sinoo been mado with tho employ ment of not inconsiderable staffs of officers and of men and with con stantly changing systems, In the ef fort to achieve the desired ends. ' Correspondents from neutral coun tries have experienced constant diffi culty since the beginning of the war in , attempting to report facts in an unbiased manner, in the thirtieth month of the war, Germany applied 1119 same newspaper methods to American, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Spanish newspapermen as In the first months. The censorship has been the main source of trouble, largely because it has been working at cross purposes with the very officials who have had it in their power to adjust the difficulties. Shortly after the outbreak of the war the foreign office mobilized con suls, who supposedly were familiar With foreign languages and installed (hem as censors. In reality few of them aro well versed in any language txcopt German. CCono of them has a.n$ conception of newspaper work or any military or political knowledge which gives especial qualification for the task.. Tho correspondents speed' lly! ennio into conflict with these ceii sofH and the government attempted to remedy the trouble. However, Its efforts consisted of opening up add! tlonal channels of news which the censors stopped. The foreign office created the so called central bureau for foreign scr vice, which flooded neutral countries with photographs and with literature written from the German standpoint. merely translated into Dutch, Swed ish or Rumanian. Tho constantly increasing nunibcr of correspondents in Gcrnuiny, all seeking an opportunity to see some thing of the war and to obtain news led to tho establishment of what was known as tho neutral war press bur eau. Theoretically this bureau was headed by Major Deutelmoscr, a man well qualified for the position, but he was so occupied with other things, he relegated this work to a subordinate. This bureau existed from October, 1915, until last summer. Vnder its auspice.1) correspondents traveled to various fronts, submitting all dis patches for censorship. It became ap parent quickly that the bureau was at odds with the foreign office. It stfught to secure Jurisdiction to cen sor everything written and while Its censors clashed with those in the for eign office, the correspondents got the worst of things. , As the weeks passed, the news papermon found It almost impossible to write of the interesting things they saw. Furthermore, the tendency of tho bureau was to send them to points on tho front, where they saw little of Importance. Kverything they did write was censored, In each In stance according to the individual Ideas of the man to whom the dis patch was referred. Correspondents of whatever nationality were not dis posed to protest at snppresion sf military Information, but they did in slst some degree of fairness be ap plied to their dispatches. Tho government eventually discov ered tho bureau- was not a success under Manager Deutclmoser's subor dinates and also that its own press bureau for German newspapers was not operated as it should be. In consequence the entire press system was reorganized. There was cheated a socalled mili tary department of the foreign offlep under Colonel von Haerten, a keen and wide-awake man, and Baron Plettenberg, both of whom have an understanding of foreign view points. They were ruled by the conviction that neutral correspondents them selves were the best Judges of what they desired. Colonel ,von llaerfn provided fa cilities for obtaining the economic as well as the military news Insistently asked for. and acted on suggestions made to him. INSIDE 0 C0L0RAD0 S FAMOUS PRISON I!y JACK CAltliGRRY. j DK-NVEK, Colo., Keb. 20. I have just "broken out'- of Colorado's fa mous penitentiary at Canon City. Two weeks ago I "broke In." During tho Interval I was n convict within prison walls, living the lift?, thinking tho thoughts and doing the work of a convict. From tho moment I entered the pen 1 learned that Colorado s prison system, famous througuotit tho na tion, is nut in the walls, but outside. The road-building camps, the prison farms, tho parolo system by which men can earn good money whllo serving out paroles, are tho real prison system of Colorado. IMuch spaco has been given Warden Thomas J. Tynan, head of Colorado's penitentiary, by the Ameri can press. Hut during tho eight years Tynan has been warden, thero never has been a story written from with in the prison walls. To get that story I prevailed upon a deputy sheriff to plot with me so I could be made a "convict." go to the penitentiary un- known to the officials, and write the. true story of how convicts aro ban- dled. I posed as a forger operating in a small Colorado town. I 111111 lu do, 110 toUl mu llc would j -Cpon my arrival at the pen I was,Kra"t '"' request. j Uirnort over to a guard who showed nie an iron cane where new prison ers -"fish.' the older convicts call i lul,l'ul i" iujiii iuikum uijuuuui nunueriui a piece 01 rou'i them are held while being searched. t,ie slx prison farms is sltuatfd. las there is In America today. I was told to place my hat upon the!Til0,e 1 fo"u convicts without al During the eight years Tynan lias floor and to put into it all the things Bard, working under the direction j been warden, I found, convicts have I carried in my pocket. They con sisted of a package of cigarettes, a pencil, and three dollars. Tho next day Warden Tynan visit ed me In my cell, lie advised me against smoking cigarettes. Thev worts the cause of 75 per cent of all sickness,' he added. Then he gave m-i a pipe purchased with his own money. Later I learned (lint he gave every cigarette smoker in the penitentiary a pipe In the hope of breaking him of the habit. After being searched I was taken to tho prison photograph gallery and "mugged." Next I received an out fit of prison clothing a pair of ' :..v. .:-..-:.-.,'1ti.'V.i' Thomas J. Tynan heavy dark trousers, a striped shift, and a hat; a suit of timlerclothins: n pair of heavy wool sox and a pair of liroKan shoes, all made nj convicts in the prison tailor shop. I was a "first grade prisoner." I lived within the prison walls, work ing in the sandstone quarry eight hours a day. At the end of the week my hands were blistered and sore. Kvery bone in my body ached day and night. The work was the hardest I hud ever done. At 5:-i a. m. I nroc and put on the coarse shirt and trousers, washed my face and hands in the running n uici .inn iiii-i i-in.ii i:t-ii is e(lll- hv... iiii-u iiviu iu in L-ii u i uMi &ieeu meat, bread and coffee. After that I worked five hours. Then I ate din ner. After dinner I worked three hours more, until ;i::iu. Then my time was my own until .1 p. m., when with the other convicts I ate supper went to my cell, and was locked in for the nigta. During my first nigh: as a convict I heard strange tappings on the wall of my cell, that sounded very much like the falling of huge drops of wat er against a hollow surface. The next day I learned this tap ping was the "prison wireless" by which convicts talk with each other at night. On my cell wall I found the alpha bet in rude characters. I immediate ly set to work learning it. The "wireless" is worked by pris oners' tapping upon the walls with spoons stolen from the dining room. The first story I heard over this "wireless" was that a convict named Illakeley had been sent to a prison farm as a "trusty" that day. The convict tapping the message was call ing Illakeley "lucky fellow." I made up my mind to become a "trusty" and go to a pr:son farm. But this I found Impossible. First I must prove myself wot thy in the eyes of the warden. I had not been th"re long enough for this. Snon I went to Warden Tynan. told htm how hcnnio a "convict,"! " AND RECEIVE WAGES IS TOLD BY WRITER WHO BECAME ONE . , -v. Well-fed ami Imppy convicts employed on the llntnlimr trail inail cuni ure net Kllal'.lcd and Hoik under un ovoi-i-cr who is nut al'liicil, (Inly two to live in tho camps lmvo escaiK'd. Thomas .1. Tynan, vnmlcii who cstalilislu-.l (he reward prixm system, nttentinn. an" balli 1 W11S 11 writer looking for "local color." 1 asked to be sent to i a 1'rlson farm. Instead of ordering. 1,18 lroin "ls oinee, as i unci expect-1 Thu next day I went to A vendule. j Colo., about 2U0 miles from the peni-1 of an unarmed foreman, cultivating G40 acres of the finest land in south eastern Colorado. After living with these men three i days I know that if I should look 1Iom ono (,nu 01 lll,fi Slale to too other I could not find 35 happier. bettor fed, better clothed individuals working on a farm. The only pleasure these men lacked that the other farmers in the neigh borhood enjoyed, one convict told me. HAWLEY ASKS 1 ! FOR CRATER LAKFj WASHINGTON. Keb. 20. Itepre- - sentative Tlawley appeared before the: "With tho sheddini; of blood theru house appropriations committee last is no remission of sin", was the text Thursday to present arguments in 'for the meeting Inst night. support of various appropriations de sired for his district in the sundry civil bill. He urged the appropria tion this session of $75,000 to com plete the road around the rim of Crater Lake, of which nine miles are yet to be built. Other Crater Lake appropriations ui'Btd were $7000 for a water system at Crater Lake Lodge and at the south and west entrances to the park; $B000 for a zig-zag trail from the lodge to the shore of tho lake; $2000 for a trail from tho rim to the lake at Kerr Notch; $."150 for trails to scenic spots, including one to Garfield Peak. In addition Mr. Hawley urged the following appropriations: Twenty five thousand dollars for fire protec tion of lands in thp Oregon & Cali fornia grant; $i!0.000 for aids to nav igation along the Pacific coast, nnd $75,000 for three new mine experi ment stations, ono of which he hopes o have located at Grants Pass. INVISIBLE INK PAIR NABBED IN NEW YORK iNKW YORK, Feb. 20. Agents of the department of justice arrested here last night two men charged with violating the federal law against carrying on a military enterprise against a fore'gi country. They are accused of c-:isplrin:, to obtain mili tary iniormati'in iii'Kngland to be sent to this country and then for warded to Gfc'-Tiiany. The men t,ase their names as AI-l-cr A. Sander and Charles W. Wun- nenberg Stnder. who Is old. is president of the Central Pow ers Var Films Kx br.nge In this cltv. Wunnenburg, foriy years oh', :s his assistant. Counsel lor the accused said louiuht that unnenburg has 'Cen a i.aturalied citizen of the 1nlleu la'es for tventy-flve years. According to William U. Offley, divisional superintendent of the de partincu of justice, the men are ac cused of sending to Great Drltaln ngents v ho obtal.i- i 'nformation of militaiv Importance v. hlf-li was trans-' mltted to this country In letters and packages written with Invisible Ink. This Information. It Is alleged, was deseminated in the I'niled States by agents of the cntrai powers, but chiefly to those of Germany. The Ink used In preparing the maps and other documents sent to this country deceived the flritish au thorities for some time, the federal agents said, because It does not be come visible under heat or when the letter is soaked In water but requires spe'ial chemical preparation SYSTEM BY WHICH was they could not attend the dance given on neighboring furms. From Aveudalo 1 went to the con- vici rouu-uutiding camp on Italniiow trail, in the heart of thu Itockles, on the crest of the snow-capped contlmm- tal divide. I traveled over ISUU miles of conviet-built roadway, without constructed 12,000 miles of roadway, saving millions of dollars to Colorado taxpayers, who pay but 30 cents a day fov the convict's labor. They work eight hours the stale required that from every convict; the balance of tho time is their own. Ty- nan is represented In these camps by an unarmed overseer, who is nil on- pert road builder, a foreman In charge of tho work. Krom prison statistics I learned T Jesus was more than a man, more than a teacher, yet more than a savious he was the Messiah of lfil'iU'l. j stead of one, as now. A good load The blood atonement of the Oldjfor each team is three tons, nnd Testament is taught lu every chap - ter, where sin is spoken of, a scarlet thread run through all of it. Not a hymn worth singing or one that has lived through a generation, but sings of the lllood of Christ, The man to whom the teaching of tho lllood Atonement is repulsive, Is an unsaved man, he he In the pulpit or in the pew. And if the New Testa ment (will) lie not sealed with Christ's blood it is of no force. Are you under the blood; if you are not, men you must near your own tiK, pasture and an effort will be sin; you must shed your own blood; ,,!,. lo i,t rl nor (heir owner to em but remember your blood is not!poy them in ore hauling, atonement, for if you give your body Thc returns rroiu the first car of to be burned or crucified it would ,.,, sollt t0 thc Tacoma smelter were avail you nothing for no promise I$;ii.-,ji, with a demand for more, spoken for such sacrifice. The w-ay . is God's; and Is to bo found only Ills book, (nine and get the blood cure, "Your your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as wool." It is the true gospel that is preached every night. Comu tonight and hear -Mr. Marshall on "Plavlng With Fire", or a "Fool's Amusement." MERGE TWO MEDFORD BUSINESS COLLEGES Prof. J. 11. .lanson, of the Medford Commercial college, has secured the services of Prof. W. 10, Shank, who recently announced the opening of the Paciric Business college, and the latter named school has been taken over by the M-dford Commercial col lege af 1 North Grape street. Mr. Shank will Instruct In the regular ,or,er his work has been difficult, business bran. hei taught in thc .Mecl-!,.xa,.tlnK .iim ,ell, ate. Ills conduct ford Commercial college and H' 'has been Hint of a soldier and he has bend every effort to help build up ( exemplified the high traditions of the the Medford college until It ls one of j Amc-rlcan army by his quick. Intclll the largest and best Institutions or pnt anrt , ff,.,iive. action. Through the kind on the coast. Prof. .lansen j,,,,, jt aM lh(, Kympathy between Gen is confident that the people of Med-jpra, .ns and thc department has lord, especially those of the business .f. cmi,pie an, n0 shadow or dls community, will heartily co-operate agreement has arisen, with the management In making tbej .., am ,i,.ppy K,0ved personally at Medrord Commercial college second I hiH ,,.ati) and led his loss to the to none In the west. j country is very great." " ' I 'Major General Pershing, v. ho has PERFECT BOWLING SCORE j br'n in rommand of tho K Paso difi- R0LLED BY MONTANA MAN irkt inre the withdrawal of tf.e j American exiwdfrion from , Meio, LKWISTOX. Mont., Feb. 20 K. I). automatically will nurrord to the dul awley of Lewivton on Joral alloyn to- ie? of comman icr of the ftoutiiern de nlyht rolled t wo mirceFsive same part men t until nn appointment tin with n total fsroro of .",H9. His flrnt j born made. Recently made a ntajor Hiore was a perfect Bcorfl of 200, his (general, he In the only nfMcer of that second nnd wilo..'' n,,, , ow m,f,iKnod to the depHitment. CONVICTS IRK neir Sallilu, I'.dinnilu. Thee men per cent of the (rustics nllmvc'.l wliicli has atiiuited ualliin-nidi' that about 1 per cent of the men sent to the penitentiary escape. From convicts I learned it is not their re- sped for their oath that keeps them from trying to got away; it Is the sys- tern of reward and punishment do- vired liy Tynun. During Hie convicts' spare time, I iminu, iney maue trinkets, lace, or baskets which they sell. Many earn sevrral hundred dollars a year. This privilege is another reward for doing the right thin With the money from the fuIo of these articles they are allowed to buy anything they wish. Warden Tynan's prison system, I learned within the prison walls. Is not i built on theory. Ills convicts are not allowed to rule themselves. lie is their ruler uud he lets them know It. I io bases his whole system on j "rewards for tho good, and punish- ' ment for the bud." IS iu an effort to secure !I0 teams to haul ore from the Blue Ledgo mine, Manager K. W, C'arnahan, Monday announced an im-reasc in the haulage ,..ilc f,.oln $7.:,o to $10 per ton. This wlu penult, If successful, shipping 'ti.PR nr four i-nra nf ore monthly, ln- j three days arc needed to make the trip. Owing to the slowness In moving the ore, tho lubor al tho mine ls handicapped, and as soon as tho ore moves more freely, the force will be Increased. Two conditions work gainst the hauling: the poor condi tion' of the road, and tho need of available horses for farm work, now coming on. It Is likely that soinu of the hauling will ho taken up by out side concerns on a whosale basis. One lot of 90 horses are running wild In GENERAL PERSHING , DnDnrD I i.nu nnn uunucn WASHINGTON, Keb. 20. .Major j General Funston's sudden deatli name as a great shock to high offlc jials of the army and to President j Wilson, lie was one of the dlstin jgulshed commanders of the service and one of whom greater things were expected in the fuiure. The youngest major general of the line, vigorous and apparently healthy, he bad been counted on by his superiors for many more years of in-live service. Secretary linker made this state ment: , "General Funston's death is a loss to the army pud a loss to the country. intriiiK thc trouble on the .Vesica U. S. WASHINGTON, Feb. 'JO. -Costa It lea's deposed president, Alfredo Gouale., wa assured by Secretary Lansing today that tho Tutted States would not recognize the government set up by General Tinoco, the Conner minister, who executed a bloodless coup several weeks r.go that sent the president to the American legation for refuge. Mr. Gonzales, had just arrived In Washington accompanied by Castro Qucseda, minister to tho United States who happened to be at home when the government was over thrown, lie called at tho state de partment to tell of his difficulties, and expects to see President Wilson later. Secretary Lansing told him the Vnited States did not accord rec ognition to governments deriving their power through revolt against constituted authorities, and General Tinoco could not expect to obtain de jure recognition even by having him self elected. Congressional elections have been called for some time in April, after it is understood an election for presi dent, will be held. WhHlher General Tinoco will be a candidate' haa not been announced. .Minister Queseda is still in char of the legation here, although tho 1'nited States necessarily Is dealing with the Tinoco regime as a de facto government. ROAD BONDS UP TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON SAI.K.M, Ore., Feb. 2C- The Joint conference eomiuUteo of tho Oregon housu and senate agreed early this morning on all disputed points in Die $0.000. unit road bond bill, submitting the proposal to u special election to be held Juno 4. 1917. Tho bill now goes to the governor. At 12:40 o'clock this morning both houses had completed their work and final ad Journincut was near. SA1.KM, Ore., Keb. 11). With nn amendment providing that it shall be referred to tho Voters at o special election tho houso bill piovldlnw for an inno of $(,01)0,000 worth of road improvement bonds passed tho senate Into today, and was returned to the house for consideration of ; the amendment. Doth houses of the leg islatnro cleared the decks this after noon for fast work, in the hope of bringing tho session to sine die ad journment tonight. Tho house today passed tho senate bill providing that a measure be re ferred to the voters providing for an expenditure of $2o0,0U0 by tho state for a home for dependent children A companion bill passed by both houses declared it the policy of thc state not to npproprlule money for the earo of dependent children other than those directly wards of the state. The measure is aimed to eut off appropriations for sectarian homes. GERMANY FOSTERS MERCHANT MARINE FLEET COPKNUAGKN, Keb. 20. Accord ing to the Cologne Gazette, n copy of which lias been received here, the reicbstag wilt appropriate ;:oo,(M0 ooo marks lor the support of sliij: building, the money to bo distributed among ship owners in proportion to their losses in ships daring the war in seizures or otherwise. The news paper says II ls Intended to eularg the German merchant fleet by I, ."mm) 000 tons. Good Old Home-Made $ Family Cough Remedy g Much Ilrlfrr tlnn Ihc Vnuiy .11 nil r K In il I ;nw 1 1 v nn il i hn ill)' rrf(inri'l. If vou mjiil.inrd the cunitive proper ticH of i-verv knmvn 'T-ixiv i I" cmr r..m...lv u.tiiM hiiliiii' llltC III llH'Ill all thi;Vur;ttie power that lien iu thin minplt liunie-inmii- i-oul'Ii nvrup ueii tuL-..u niilt u niiniili'M lit iti'i'mire. Get from ativ dni-'L'it 2 1 numc of TMnov f :i i t-iii worth i . Hour it into pint, bottle ii ml (ill the l-.ttlr with plum tframiiated ciii-'iir nvnip. 'I be l"tul cn-t IH Jlhollt .i4 eilltf II lid i.'ie Villi H lull pint of rtiiHv hetler nniyii fwup tbnn vou con in nuv n au -iimue on ..o, Tastes tdellMltlt uud never spoils This Pine. and Mii'iir "vrup prepara lion reti rt-'lit III the r)llle ol 11 Cull and uivi-H nlino.it i mined in te relief. It. luoHeti the ph let-til, stnp! the nn t Hi rout tiekle uud heiii- the wire, trn tuted iiifiiihmiie tliilt line the throiil chest find bronchial tube, so ''etitlv nnd en-ilv that it in i'llv Klon.hinir. A dnv'n uw will iimiiiIIv ovcrmnie the ordinary enuyh nnd for br-neUit h. (toiik wltitopitiLf coti'di and broiit ln.il asthma, there ix noMiirr.' better. Vinex in n most abmid' inie-uir.ited mm pound of t'eimiite nrwiiv pin' x trnet. combined ith jitttuirol n ml lia- been Used for finel nl iollt to bp k Up Hewn roUyhf. 4 'lo aoid diHUppoiiitment. be nun to vour dm:'". ii for , -l 1 oiine of Pine" with full direct inn. ('"n S'.eept anvtiiiti" ete. A L'lUirnnlie ot abnidiite HHtij-fii.-tioti or mniH v prompt Iv refunded, yoi with tbi itrcparntiuii. The Pine Cm, It. Wavne, Ind. GREAT TEST OF FUNSTON'S LIFE' AT VERA GRUZ When Vera Cruz was occupied, Major General Wood, chief of staff, immediiUelv selected Kunstou as tho logical man for the field command. very army officer expected thero on Id be fighting of the hard guer illa kind learned in the Philippine and every one agreed that when unston landed in Vera Cruz ho would start something." Hut when Kunstou unloaded his troops uud relieved the navy of pos session of the city, he learned that President W'ilon's orders were thero was to be no aggressive niovenients, that the army was to watch uud wait. l'he pressure on the little commander mi only be realized by those who ere with him in Vera Cruz in thoso ritical hours. Thousands of Amer icans thronged the city with the most extreme reports of conditions in tho interior and urged that tho army move on: enthusiasm for "finishing; tho job," was high among the young officers. The outposts were insulted,, even fired upon. American troops were kidnaped by the Moxlcans, ono soldier was killed and burned; the imps were raided by marauders. Kvery provocation to spur a fighting man to action was given, but Kunston never forgot his orders whatever his own emotions might have been. He held down the situation and Presi dent Wilson made him a major gen eral. General Na fart to, Mexican com mander, sent word to Kunstou that he was unable to control his troops. and they Intended to attack tho American force, and "drive them Into the sea." General Kuuston replied, If you can't control your soldiers, I euu. There was no attack. On the arrival of tho Kansas troopft from the Philippines unston wan presented with a sword, the gift of 1000 Kansans. Tho sword was said at thc lime to have been the hand somest gift of its kind evef given mi American war hero. On a recent visit lo Kansas he wart oiug over some of the country ,ln which ho spent his boyhood days and said to a companion of tho trlp: 1 surely made a fool of myself when 1 didn't stay on the farm." lie hesitated a moment and added: "Hut then think of tho fun I would havo missed." Hurrah ! How's This Cincinnati authority sayi corn dry up and lift out with fingers. ...H....W.H...l.Ht.........,..t.,....,M..iii .11. Hospital records show that every tlmo you cut a corn you Invite lock jaw or blood poison, which la noedleaG, nays a Cincinnati authority, who tolls you that a quarter ounce or a drug called frcozono can be obtained at lit tle cost from the drug storo but is sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You simply apply a few drona ot frcczonc on a tender, aching corn and soreness is instantly relieved. Short ly tno entire corn can be lifted out. root and all, without pain. Tins drug is sticky but dries at once and is claimed to Just shrivel up any corn wl'hout Inflaming or even Irri tating the surrounding tissue or skfo. Tf your wife wears high heels she wlllbogladtokuowoftll.il. expert , auto repairing $ E. N. Bunce ;; i'Im :tn7-i. 'i, AiK ft r, w Ml li., 3t iTVt "Hill ,1 -' I. it 4H ft ' iltll"""" THE HISTORIC Palace Hotel OF SAN FRANCISCO Located in the heart of the Business, Shopping and Theatre Districts OFFERS Rooms and Service j At rale s iinecpiallnl iu a hotel of its class Rates for Rooms From $2.00 UpwarJ "