r:TIE TITRER
FOUR AMERCANS
OFF YARROWDALE
AT COPENHAGEN
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Physiciar.s and Vetenarians Released
After Four Months' Imprisonment
by Germany Reach Denmark, Pen
niless and Destitute Dramatic
Tale of Adventure and Hardship.
C'OPEXIIAOE.V, .March 2. Four
JAmericans from the steamer Yarrow-
Male, who have been prisoners In Ger
many for three months, arrived here
oday. They are Dr. John Duvis,
I'olumbus, Miss.; Orvllle MeKIni,
Watertown, X. Y.; Or. 11. 1). Snyder,
i iXorfolk, Vn., and Richard Zabrlske,
" jknKlewood, X. J.
. j The four men were practically des-
-itltute. The men reached here with
)only the clothes they stood in and
will, under the custom of the sea, be
Juiipported by the Ilrltlsh consul until
lit is U)ssll)le to send them homo.
j'J'liey owe their release beforei the
nenialnder of the seventy-two Ainor-
leans who were on the Yarrowdalo
,lo the fast, that as physicians or vet
irrimmans, they ranked as officers
(and wore confined in tho officers'
.'ramp at Karlsruhe. The horse ten
ders and sailors, who composed the
,' hulk of the American captives, are
still held In "quarantine," at tho
prison camp for enlisted men at Dul
hen.
Dramatic Tul of I'cril.
Tho four men left tho camp at
Karlsruhe on February 27 and trav
eled direct to Warnenmnde under es
cort, where, after being subjected to
Hie usual frontier search, they were
i put uboard a Danish ferry and left
1 to shift for themselves. The Danish
ypolice took charge of them upon
their arrival Mr Denmark, provided
them with quarters for tho nrght in
a hotel at fijedscr and gave them the
first hearty meal they had enjoyed
sinco lauding In Germany In Decern
ber. The next morning the Danish
authorities provided railroad trans
portation to Copenhagen.
Feiy- -more dramatic tales have
been brought forth by tho war than
tho story of adventure, hardship and
peril at sea, short ration on land and
the new danger from the sky which
was related by these four American
professional men to the Associated
Press correspondent. Snapped up
by the German raider In mid-ocean,
they cruised around for days while
the commerce destroyer was gather
ing further prizes. Then they made
the voyage in the Yarrowdale to
tSwinemueudo, under such condi
tions that they expected the ship's
seams to open and the vessel to sink
i' beneath them at any moment.
I Two Months in Prism Camp
They lived for more than two
vmonths in prison camps in Germany
Vjn the meager prison fare without
It'ood parcels which lighten the condi-
Jtions of existence of other prisoners
of war. They passed through air
plane attacks on Karlsruhe, during
(which bombs intended for the railroad
tatiou rained on all sides of their
imp. To cap the climax, they were
norant to the last whether they
.ere prisoners of war or neutrals in
tendon, whether their government
; las dome nnvthtllc to obtain their
loose or whether the 1'nited StatPH
lad not already entered the war. To
culil to their anxiety, their fellow
Americans from the Yarrowdale, at
the time when they left them at the
iN'euslrelitz camp to be transferred
with other officers from the captur
ed steamers, were in a state of com
plete destitution. They were Insuf
ficiently clothed, several having been
jvitbout shoes or overelothing during
the severe December cold and all were
weakening under the effect of these
conditions, although they were sub
stantially remedied when Ambassador
Gerard finaly succeeded in locating
them in the prison camp at Dulmen
Wlici the Four Are.
Those four men, however, had es
caped the ambassador's notice on ac
count of having been transferred to
the officers' camp at Karlsruhe. Dr.
Snyder, until recently a member of
the health department of Xew York
City, was captured aboard the British
steamship Voltaire, the first vessel
taken by the raider while he was re
turning to America from France. 3lr.
Zabrlskic was the veterinarian on the
steamship .Mount Temple, a Canadian
horse transport which lost three men
from shell fire. .Mr. Davis and Mr.
McKim were on the White Star liner
iGeorglc.
The recital of the Americans of
incidents concerning
tbvir rapture
nd their experiences on board the
raider Is one with uhiih American
eailers are familiar from the ac
counts of the Moewe and the Appani.
fThey were treated t irmly but cour
teously by the German officers. They
were confined in tho hold durlny i'.c.cuto thut your klood is impregnated
chase of each suecesHe prizo, won
dering anxiously whether tin- inti'i.ri
:ed vtrtini would in:v lit"' 'd
I perhaps send the ratik-r to the hoUom.
Capture nf Vturowl;il'.
There wns no losi of life except i'i
i the case of the Mount Temple, on
i which three Kreueh-Caiiudiiins ,wi o
' killed. Auother man was Injured,
his foot heliiK so badly maimled thut
j it was amputated on board the raider.
1 1'ntil they reached Swlnoniuende the
Americans had no Idea that they
'would be treated other than as neu-
trais. in fact the British officers
who were captured signed parole pa-
pers while on the raider, with the
understanding that they would be
placed on board the first neutral
steamer encountered for transship
ment to a home or a neutral port.
The capture of the Yarrowdalo with
her valuable cargo influenced the
German commander to change his In
tention and send the prisoners to a
German port on that vessel.
Aided by a heavy storm the run
to the entrance of the Baltic was
made undetected. Thenca they
steamed to Swincmucnde under Ger
man convoy. After a few days at
Swinemuende, the prisoners were
transferred to the camp at N'eustrc-
ilz, where they were -held for a month
in quarantine. Tho condition of
many of the Americans, including
horse handlers from the Georglc, was
deplorable. The horse handlers had
been accustomed to work on the low
er docks, which wore half nwash. In
bare feet and In underclothes. They
entered the boats In this condition.
Three Americans went without shoes
in thejinow for almost a month be
fore footwear was supplied. Others
would -have been little better off if
the captain of tho Yarrowdale had
not distributed all available clothing
aboard.
In lterliii 18 Hours.
Repeated attempts were made to
communicate with the American em
bassy but none of the messages
reached Mr. Gerard. After a month
all the men of tho rank of officers.
Including tho four Americans, were
transferred to Karlsruhe, and the
others to Dulmen.'
The journey to Karlsruhe required
52 hours. On the way from Neus
trelitz they were switched about for
18 hours in the yards at Berlin at a
time when Ambassador Gerard, whose
imperative instructions were to ascer
tain whether there were Amertcnns
among the Yarrowdale prisoners, was
bombarding the dilatory foreign of
fice with notes of Inquiry, Thoy were
almost starving when they arrived at
Karlsruhe. There they found that
the insufficient rations of Xcustrc
litz were succeeded by a steadily di
minishing diet which during the last
fortnight of their stay consisted, they
say, only a plate of thin soup, a
pound of bread and half a pound of
potatoes dally. They were allowed
monthly pay of sixty marks, from
which 54 marks was deducted for ra
tions, leaving six marks to pay for
coffee, tea and tobacco. What extra
money they had molted away in pur
chasing fish and other articles to
supplement their rations. According
ly they wero all out of funds when
they were notified of their release
on February 27.
Notwithstanding their unhappy
recollections of Karlsruhe, the Amer
icans praised the camp commander,
Major Schonebeck, and his assist
ant. Lieutenant Von Friesen, who did
everything in their power to lighten
the load of the prisoners.
These Americans were unable to
give a list of their countrymen from
the Yarrowdale. Every scrap of
paper, Including passports, was taken
from them. Dr. Davis said that on
the Georgic with them were 57 Amer
ican horsemen and two firemen.
I.nXDOX, Mulch 2. r.oid Krlli
I'lifl'c, the publisher, snicl in nil nd
drpss toilny licl'iirc the Anicrii-iin
.Luncheon club he und every nssur
nnce the HrilMi could I'innnce the
wnr, but thai he would welcome some
shil'liiu; of the enormous finnuciul
burden nnd would be i;hid if Auiciicn
-bowed some of its historic sympnthv
with Kntnce by benrini some of I he
crusbinsr linnnciiil strum which bnd
been imposed on her.
J.nrd Xorthcliffc nl-o snid be wns
cert ii in the nllics could win the wnr
by themselves, but Hint for innny sen
timcntul rensons "J would like to see
America in Hie wnr side by side with
us."
Rheumatism Should
Rheumatism in its early stages may
delude you into believing that it is a
disease of a purely local and tempo
rary nature. Bevond a slight numb-
I ness of the limbs and pains in the
joints or oacK, mere may oe no out-
nara inuicauoiia ul 11, uut 11 you an
not heed these warnings, or if you
rely upon liniments to cure you, it will
Jrrow rapidly worse until you have
Iheumatism in its most violent form.
These svmntoms. mild in the beirin-
nin but growing steadily worse, indi-
MI1ANN
GERMANY
1 M POLICY
German Foreign Secretary Says No
Backward Step Is Possible and Na
tion Must Use Its Sharpest Weap
onsCannot Help It If Neutrals
Have to Suffer.
UKHL1X, Tel). 28 (via wireless to
Snyvillo, March 2). In his address
In the reichstni; today in regard to re
lations between the 1'nitcd States and
Germany (a portion of which was re
ceived by cable yesterday). Foreign
Secretary Zilnmenuunn related the
circumst.iiiets of the attempt at con-tinuin-;
negotiations between the two
countries through ttie Swiss legation
at Washington, mid after saying it
was easy to understand that the gov
ernment endeavored lo avoid every
thing which might cause war with
America, continued:
"We examined the suggestions from
the Swiss minister from the stand
point of these considerations, From
the very outset we wero absolutely
certain that submarine warfare ought
lo be limited in no case and ill no
manner by concession on. our part.
Obviously our wish to come to an un
derstandlii Willi America can be ac
complished only in the event lliaf it is
possible without conflict with our
declaration of barred zones, which w e
arc firmly decided to maintain ngninst
pur enemies under nil circumstances.
Vsc Sharpest 'We-jipon,
"II was only after lone; considera
tion that we decided to use our sharp
est weapon. You know, of course, of
our negotiations with America and of
our honest and sincere, pence offer
and the jeering- rebuke of our enemies.
To our atlempl at reconciliation our
adversaries opposed their will lo an
nihilate us, and thus nothing was left
us but to lako up the last and best
weapon.
"After we took lliis decision obvi
ously no backward step was possible.
We regret Hint ileal nils . .have to suf
fer by it, but we cannot help Hint.
"From the standpoint of these con
siderations, I said in mv answer lo
America merely that flerninnv, now j
as before was ready lo uvgolinlo on
condition that establishment of ihej
burred zones against our enemies be
not impaired. We only hinted at our
readiness to enter into more detailed
negotiations with America in regard
to the admission of passenger ships."
Negotiations Kndcd.
."The Swiss minister at Washington
transmitted our communicalion," Sec
retary Zimniermnnn continued, "nnrl
iThcrcupon received from Mr. I.ansinu
a note in very polite terms. Mr. T.an
sing said he w as authorized by 'resi
dent Wilson to say that the govern
ment of the 1'nited States would very
gladly and willingly negotiate with
Germany if Germany cancelled her
decision of January 31. This being
absolutely impossible, the negotiations
had to be considered as a failure be
fore they really had been begun.''
NEW GOVERNOR NAMED '
BY CHARLES FOR GALICIA
AMSTEHDAir, March 2. A Vi
enna messiiKe lodny stntes lli.'il Km
peror .Charles has nppointcil (icncrul
Count Karl lluyn governor of (!nli
cin, replacing (icneral Von Diller.
C.lll OF THANKS.
Wo wish to thnnk those who bo
kindly helped and sympathized with
us In the loss of our beloved son and
brother nnd for tho beautiful floral
offerings.
irtS. EI.I.A MAIiailEITKR
MHS. HICKMAN KIN'O,
MIIS. LESLIE RODGEKS,
MRS. CARL COl-'EH,
.NIKS. AltTlirit I'OE,
MISS EMMA MAflREITER,
THOMAS, OEOIKif; AND
CARL MARGRKITKR.
. Him 'CiROCKKV CO.
You can buy the very Ijcst fresh
ranch cbks at Touts' Grocery lor 2;ic
dozen.
We have seed potatoes. Early
Sunrise. American Wonder and Net
led Clem.
Spot cash nnd no delivery.
Be Nipped In The Bud
with Uric Acid, which, if not eradi
cated, will contaminate your entire t
system. Tho results will bo racking
pains in the joints, muscles and limbs,
chronic stomach troubles ,and a slug
gish liver. ' ,
The only relief is in the restoration
of the blood to its normal, vigorous .
condition, which can be accomplished i
by taking S. S. S the unfailing I
remedy for rheumatic troubles. Our I
Medical Department is at the disposal
of all users of S. S. S. Swift .Specific
Co., 'M'J Swift Iluilding, Atlanta, Ua.
WtMhit'siluy ewniiiir, Maivh 7, (ho
Cir ivo flub of Phoenix ul'frr the
"liiunrsf (iirl," n tw,o-m't ope-ru.
This is thi' niot ambition iiiusu-nl
imiliTttikmj,' ever out on in llio coin
iiiumtv ami utlriirtiitg much attention
iiinont: loenl musu lovers. AUo this
will be the first performance on the
new hiiiU sehool stue. The story ol
the opera is briefly: O Humi San, n
little Japanese niaiil, is prepa i iny to
eelebntte her 18th birthday when she
hears invisible singers ebantin
"Stiyo Xarn," a sijn of misfortune in
Japan. Word then comes from her
father that he ennnot be present. Ae
foriliu to Japanese eustom, how
ever, lie semis n biril. "Tori-Kayo,"
lest Ins absence biin bad fortune. !
The day of the ceremonies, while the
household are at sieta, a party of
American yirls and their governess
wandered into the gnrdeu of O llonu
San's home. Here they arc surprised
by her quests. A perplexing situa
tion arises, hut the little Japanese
puts the Americans at their ease by
inviting them to the festivities. In
the midst of the ceremonies, Chnya,
tho maid, rushes in lo announeo the
mikado himself, who has been pre
vailed upon to ndd his august pres
ence to the occasion. Mr. and Mrs.
Saito of tho Med ford Art stoic have
assisted in the costuming and stage
setting, both of which promise lo be
unitue and unusually beautiful.
Millinery Opening
Saturday, March 3
Trimmed HATS Tailored
Incomparable Styles "
Miss Lounsbury
' Milliner
M. M. Department Store
' ;- 'I
Everything
SATURDAY-
Cauliflower, Spinach, Rhubarb,
Brussels Sprout, Carrots,
Green Onions
More of those big bunches of Lettuce
Smoked Salmon, 15c; Butter, 40c
Best Cheese in Medford
Always ln'ar in iniiul if you Maul in select your (!r
ccrics from a first -class stock, you must to Junes
the store fur iiiality and low prices.
First Store east of Park.
Jones' Cash Grocery
Hunters and anglers may buy their
licences at bargain rates between now
and May 1H, District (lame Warden
Driseoll announced yesterday.
The new law increasing the license
fee heeoines effective on that date,
but that does not deprive the .Kits
inan from doinjr his 1 il 7 rotl-uml-yun
stunts under the old rate if lie hur
ries. The present rales for either hunt
ing or fishiiiLT licenses are $1 per
year, while .'J is the rate for eombin
atiou hunting and fishing license. Af
ter May 21 the rate will he 1.:0 for
single licences and .fii for the eom
biuation.
More licen.-cs have been sold dur
ing I'Vbruary than during the same
month last year ly between l'JOO and
l."jl)0. It is expected that the revenue
of the fish and yame commission from
this source will be materially larger
than !a-t vear.
mmy ' m
MARLEY iy2 IN- DEVON 1V4 IN.
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Plione L,:il-
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mm.
W'-mz '
smoothest
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bacco just be
cause we call it so.
jyOME wasn't It is the smoothest
av built in a smoking tobacco be
day, neither was cause Gf ts two years
anything else rrifiiu,: : ' a
worth white. It
en
But
takes mo' than
two years to
build a tin of for
Velvet.
and
Dried Fruit
Now is the season for dried fruit.
Our stock is new and of good quality.
Peaches Black Figs Bulk Dates
Apricots White Figs Seedless Raisins
Petite Prunes Package Figs Seeded Raisins
Italian Prunes Package Dates Currants
Fresh Vegetables of all kinds.
PERSONAL ATTENTION PROMPT SERVICE
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PHONE 252
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Office and Warehouse opposite Mail Tribune.
1 I'lione 121
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TTELVRT
V isn't "the
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don't take our word
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