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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1918)
r PATJE STX MTTDFCyRD MAIL TKTBUXE, MEDFORn, OREGOX. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER-2.1. 1918 GERMAN HOT Nil N PRISON CAMPS 10 DEATH, ALLIED HUN WARNING POSTER. Pitiable Conditions Amonq Prisoners Liberated bv Germany Since Sion ina of Armistice Thousands Die on Way Back Men in Deplorable State of Raaaedness and Hunaer, LONDON, Not. 23. Pliable con ditioDB among British prisoners of "war who have been liberated by the Germans since the signing of the ar mistice aro described by Router's correspondent at French headquar ters. Thousands of these men, most ly British, are entering France daily. The correspondent writes: "I have never seen human beings in such a state of raggedness, hunger and misery. When the camp at For bach, 38 miles east of Men, as well as those elsovhere, was broken up, the prisoners, most of whom were cap tured during the March offensive, were told to clear out and seek help from their allies. They started to walk the fifty or sixty miles to the allied linos, but were given no food and had no money. They were In shameful rags, the soles dropping off their boots. Some wore cloggs and no socks. Many I Me by Wayside. "They lft the prison camps In droves of hundreds In charge of Ger man officers and soldiers who had deserted. The weather was very cold and many died by the roadside "Within a few miles from friends. When the survivors entered the French lines, French soldiers who wore hardened war heroes were hor rified to see men in such a plight. It was not doubted that this suffering waa Intentionally imposed upon the British prisoners, for other nation alities aro agreed that British were treated worse than the other prison ers at all German camps." A further report of Sir Robert Younger'b committee dealing with the treatment of liritinh prisoners In the coal and snlt mines of Germany, gives harrowing details of brutal treatment by the Germans. This report says: j "From testimony scarcely a month! old. It Is evident that there In no sign ' of Improvement whatever in the treatment of prbtoners In Germany. This diRgruco Is open and flagrant and the only poHslble Inference Is that Berlin deliberately approves of It. There Is no doubt that work in the mines Is Inflicted as punishment.) Here Is an extract from a letter dat ed Mny 20, last, from a British pri vate soldier: I Look Like Bend Men. " We have had little to eat sinro we left Ilametn. Two of our number, have gone to the hospital with brok en arms and the remainder are suf fering from cuts on their heads and bruises as tho result of floggings they received at the last place. I fell In a faint unable to work any longer last Saturday and the man In charge, a civilian, kicked me back into my sonses and kept me down in the mine IB hours after all my gang had gone up. If you could only see the hoys here! They all look like dead men. They are worked to death." To scores of men who have given evidence concerning the mining ramps, kicks, blown and insults be came a part of the normal routine. It is Impossible to say how many prisoners lives were sacrificed for until more evidence is given by men who have been set freo, tho exact condition must remain In obscurity. ARHIANGKL. Oct. 22. (Corres pond e nee of the Associated Press.) "Kusin is fast bleeding to death through n men of terror which is worse than that of the French revolu tion, and it is time the nations of the earth same here to put down one of the world's urea test evils," President Nicholas Teehuikovskv of the urovis i on ft 1 government of the north, told a corres (ion dent of the Associated Press today. "Jt is no longer a question of poli ties," he continued. "Inside the Uol sheviki lines the situation is worse than the Frencu reiira of terror. Vic tims executed now must be counted bv tho tenjfof thousands. AH hair split ting political reasons aside, the world must know that the Bukhcviks are no ioncer cwn a partv, but are now merelv a rom of men determined to hold what ihev seized bv the merci less slaughter of those who oppose them. "It is now onlv the question of put ting down an evil. Persons cseaping from Moscow, Petrograd and Vologda and reaching here bring indisputable stories of the executions. The situa tion seen s hevoml the control of some Bol.sheviki leaders who themselves are revolting nt the bloodshed." President Tsehaikovskv said he recently cabled to President Wilson tin: iu g the iimuediute dispatch of more troops. "Nothing can bring Itusia out of this chaox until the BoUheviki tor. rr has been quashed bv the force ol anus," said Tsehaikovskv. "The force now here i unable to do this quicklv. Meanwhile hundreds are dy ing dailv. "The world must understand that Holshevikism, like imperialism, is a foe to democracy. It is in Russia a mere dictator-hip. a group ol men holding swnv bv force of anus. Thev seize everv straw, falsifying logic to iustifv themselves. As an example, thev now declare that the proposed Icngue of nations is onlv another scheme to give power to the bour geowc against the working men." "Perhaps the world will niiturnllv ask what Russia is doing to help her self." said Tsehaikovskv, "and I can onlv answer that we are doing our best. A recent example is the reor ganization of the Government of the North. Now everv party and everv clasM is represented. Forgetting poli tic. thev are turning their efforts to ward putting down the Bolheviki evil. We are initializing our forces, but the allies must help." President Tsehaikovskv is a social ist. . RFMMN IN MMYlLUlf IIL.III! Ull 111 I tlWUI WASHINGTON. Nov. 2X Plans of the war department. Secretary Ba ker said today, calr for the reduction of tho American expeditionary forces to a point where thev will eonstitutc approximately in divisions, or about half the present strength Further reductions mil be made hevoml that point if it is found that the situa tion warrants. NKW YORK, Nov. 2.1. A conspir acy to uso tho mails to defraud in vestors of mlllloiiH of dollars through the snlo of stork of the Tuxpan Star Oil corporation Is cllnged by the gov ernment in a complaint on which Louis RoumnnKnac, head of tho com pany, John Bryant, a director, and Henry Kalb, a broker, wero arraign ed before a I'niied Slates commis sioner today aTter their a mm l here. Federal authorities wanted than 'Jl.Oon,(mo shares of Tuxnam stork already had been di.puM t from j(l cents to 1 .. a -hare. Tho sale wen nuo!e, arenrding to the goveninifiit's eomplmtit. on the lopre-enlatmn- that tin rpor.ilnm ovwied il gu-liers in Mexico. Tho nil wells deserihed in the rompniiv's hales lileratui-e are not owned bv lite corporation. Tinted Slates A-M-tant District Attorney A-mun .-aid. Influcnut -Ln Grippo The present Influenza Is now known to be our old famitinr la grippe Foley's Honey and Tar Is Just what every sufferer from Influenra or la grlppo needs now. It covers the rough Inflamed throat with a sooth ing healing coating, clears away tho mucus, stops the tickling and rough ing;, eases the tightness and heavy Itreathlng. Imv and night, keep Fo ley's Honey nud Tar handy, n gives ease, warmth and comfort from the very first dope. Buy it now. For sale by'Medford Pharmacy. LONDON. Nov. J:t. - A BiiliMi squadron is going to Wilheimshnven. the Daily Mail savs it uiidrrMniuIs, to take over the German ships which have not vet left there to be surren dered to the allies. 65TH ARTILLERY RELEASED. (Continued from page one.) yesterday with lli.000 sack- eoiitin mc .it i.". 110(1 packages. In addition to tho 'J.OIMt.OOtl pi.ekngo.s wlm-h the n nn v will handle, authority ha- bren eiwn (he Red t'rs- to -end from "P. OtiO to tiO.Oitn more lor men who do not receive the pack nut1.- M'ut to them, or who have no one at home to re member them. Thirteen Tank PlvWIim. General March tli-eloed that there are in Kraii-'r li Ameri' iin tank bat tit lion equipped with the Fivtirh lijnt tie of tank and t'onr training coin-Minr- cuuiiMted w it li the I'ntih heavv tpe, Thc-e are among the urn's which can he -pared at an earlv dale. They include the :HM. :U) ;ni.'(, .tiiti. ;vv. ;t-Jt. ;vjr. :v:k ;mk ;ui. ;t.ij. -M 1 and iU'tlh battalion and the :17M. 177, :7S nrd ;i7,.th training battalion-. (truer. 'I M:n It deferred an-criig all um'-tioi:- to the re or-.-aina-tion o! lh" rcnli r nnuv unl:l tho bill which tho general staff t- preparing has hern aonr.ed hud before emigres. He -md. h vt-r. that then are tu ;M orP men inw nt Jhc armv hound In the hie h-t'iieul. Those, he -.u l. v !1 I,.. I'tiii-luietit eont tat 1 w 000 men who in it it ,1 alioit of the w r.r, w ill b eept where thvv ic culist. i M l.-.r ni i 1.1 :.. their lc !.m TOP.- lot thr d-ir-i.-l.-a-.,.! ex. head of the armv which had won thut ! pence bv its sacrifice. Two divisions r uf the HclLTiin annv. oceupvins: some- j tiling like 1" mile of rouiln marched in the procession, accompanied bv ) battalions of French, American and British troops, with nrtillerv. The prcession was far down the (iheni road while the front was passim i down the Rue Rovale. I Story of Celebration. "The nv w:w n'i'l-s'in;mcr. Manv airplanes turned a silver linine to the sun as thev plaved funtastie tricks hii:h in the blue. Others let drop streamers on the crowd. Tverv window, lmlconv. roof and street kiosk was packed over the whole route. ''The people on the balconies had provided themselves with numerous minature flans and chrysanthemums that thev rained down eontinuallv. The crowd was impassable nt the Port lie Klamlers hours before th( kiiiu's arrival. 'Musical people burst into the nn tional sonr at auv promptiut: or ut none at all. "At one place ."0n voune women, m soprano chorus, sani: the Belgian sons. Sear their auv company stood a pathetic yroi:p of as mnnv wound ed men." With Medford trade Is Medford made At various points behind the German lines the allied troops are finding this poster on the trees and posts and buildings, giving warning of danger from allied air raids. It reads. "Here you can be seen by enemy Dyers. Don't stop your vehicles here." LOST IN WAR NFAV YOIiK. Nov. 23. Fifteen donm.-hips iiirLTeiratinsr L'Oli.TO'J lto.--. tons, were lo.-t bv the C unard line ilurinir the period of the war, it was Icnrned lwre todnv. Of these, alt ex cept two wero classed as war losses. havinjr been sunk' bv torpedoes or mines. The Campania and t lie As- aniu were lost through accidents. The tonnaiie sunk represents approx- iinatelv one-half of that possessed bv the line at the outbreak of the war in li14. Nearly nil of the Canard liners were well known Atlantic "rev- hounds, the larLr'-t of which was the Lu-itaiiiu. torpedued May 7, l!H). The Anchor line, a subsidiary ol the eijiiipanv. ul.-o lost heaviJv, eii:ht hips. ineludiiiL' the 14. it lit ton Tns- eatiiu. lallinir victims to the tierinan i denradatioiw. tho total tonnage loss of this line bcini: (i". -1SS. EXPORT MICTIONS 1L JIHOD RIVKR. Ore.. Xov. 23. A. K. Woolpert, local manacer of the Dan Wuille eompanv. received the fol lowing telecram from Dan Wuille, who is now in London : '"Import restrictions cn apples to day removed bv British Government subject to price fix in i;. K.xport all vou can.'' The Dan AVuille comimnv has 50 ear loads at New York owaitinir ship ment and :0 here, while the IIoou River Apple Growers association has about 7UI car loads available lor export. Local L'rowers and shippers are confident that the liltimr of the em ha"uo will mean much higher prices for "apples. KING ENTERS BRUSSELS (Continued from page one.) and varied a crowd so carried awav by a tumult of fervor. I'ut a modern nrtillerv barrage into terms of de liht and vou have some inditferent measure of the concentrated cestaev of people who feel that their release I from enpthitv coincident with the birth of the millenium. The roval familv stood fr the re turn ol' peace, The kin-- was nt the rpORTI.AND. Ore.. Nov. 23. Con tinuance of the l.oval Legion oi I.oj:- cers and I.uinbcriiiin. with its 130, 000 memlter-hip in (hcon. Wash- inutun and Northern Idaho, as n means of harnionim emplovers and emidoves in attainini: etficient lum ber urodiietioti and avoiding the pread f I. W. W. doetnuo. wa ad- ; vocated todav bv Iiritadies General ( Unco 1'. 1 hsipie. co'iimandini: the spruce production divi-ion ol the inn v. J While bo ha-, no farther official; inter -l in t ne or-a nin torn w hi' li to-tcred. (ii-ncral Di-mie deelareo he i- willing to a--i-t u. niakim: the' leuioii a iicrmaiH iit in -I it nt ion ol ; oa'o ti:ne-. A nicetiicj o! delr-.'a'e-! f the oraiu.'.alion wi'l he called in i tho ::i ;ir I ulnre to e;- rrv out plans ' tor pCMliJUH'llcV. I The House of Big Features Saturday Night Show. 7 o'clock until midnight. The Sunshine ( irl it June Caprice In "The Heart of Romance" l'o- Corned t StHiriiiK Tm Mix Path N'rus. NKW YORK. Nov. A strike' by nic:n!'or!i oe thp Cnited Carpentorf ! an it .loinors of America and of the, Marine Wood Workers of the port of j Now York, totalling many thousand men. In protest ninM the r-euiion I next month oT Thomas J. .Mooiiey. j tho'alifoiniii labor leader eonie:ed of nrirdcr, li..s 1'ccn rejoin en (bd by doci;nit ft 4m forty ltrooKln noj.l worKer" uniutif, ai-corduit: to an an- noiinrement todav v their wr iary. v J . li -iin miM, Ha i.i JOHNSON l"..r DIAMONDS Y invite a i nnii;irisnii jl' iuaht y ,-i nil I'l i.-c. Sunday and Monday Clara Kimball Young In "The Savage Woman" Whnt .r.iM siiriicK woman fli In a li..-.iau ball-room? Soe Mis Vounc in her latest ami most Itr.cresiint: role. Miilc. I'anc ThcatiT On hcKtra. AiluiiMtion: Atltilt, i'ne; chil TODAY ONLY Bert Lytell -IN- "No Man's Land" ADVENTUROUS AND THRILLING REPLETE WITH EXCITEMENT Harold Lloyd--"Out Stepin" Scenic "On CarribeanS hores" lit, lMiu.rr-Jtir . .1 a i MATINEE 2:15 EVENING 7:159:00 SPECIAL MUSIC AT 2 AND 7 ZTEGFELD FOLLIES AVendling SMILES Kobcrts KYIvA Strong EVERYTHING IS PEACHES DOWN IX GEORGA Clark lllllli 1 Page Theatre, Wednesday Eve. Nov. 27 j 1 IjVAJI; UUlUYYOJVl 1 World's Greatest Piano Virtuoso Assisted by Margurite Hughes, Violinist 1 Godowsky Stands the Highest in His Line of Any Artist Ever Visiting Medford, Prices: $1.50, $1.00 75c, , Management of Geo. Andrews 50c I Contrary to the opinion of some we are still doing business at 310 East "Main. We will, however move to our new location soon and if you desire to Take Advantage of the Discounts now being given which have applied since the fire, you will have to do so at once. All prices will be regular when we move. We Have Some Special Bargains in Damaged Clothing and Furnishings. Model Clothing Co. WelHave Gonen a Strictly Cash Basis and Will Make It Worth Uur While Til
