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Newspaper Page TextTHE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OHE. SAILTJULY. HINT, Sg.1913. m ) f A Second-Lieutenant Tells How H 3YlQY He Became Disgusted With the t Hun Fleet Is Preparing For The Final Desperate Dash XX HM4 TheDes MWMltR .11- 1 TT in une up and dim Up n on Enlist as a war saver in the great "army that stays at home'V-th gecond line of defense behind our boys in the first line trenches. The government has officially set Friday, June 28th, as National War Savings Day Be ready to step forward on that day and ijrove your patriotism You are summoned on Friday, June 28th, to "sign the pledge" to agree to invest in a definite amount of War Savings Stamps each month during 1918. W. S. 3. Cost $4.17 In Jun Worth $5.00 Jan. 1st, 1923 Be Ready to Go tha Limit Line Up and Sign Up on June 28tH 9 This Space 371 Court Street BUY YOUR SUMMER FURNITURE FROM MONEY TO BUY WAR SAVING ROAD INFORMATION FOR MOTORISTS AND CAMPERS Portland, Or-, Juno 19 This bulletin contains general information concern ing road conditions in or near the Na tional Forests of Oregon and Washing ton, based on data furnished by tlie field men of the Forest service. TAKE NO CHANCES WITH FIRE. Drop no btirning matches or tobacco. If you have a camp fire, build it away from logs, trees, or rotten wood. Scrape a clean strip around it" digging down t0 dirt. When you leave PUT IT OUT. IF NO WATEB IS AVAILABLE USE DIRT. OKECJON ROADS. Western Oregon. Willamette Valley-Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Open and in fair condi tion between Foster and Upper Soda. Closed between Upper Soda and summit of the Cascade mountains. A few wag ons have made this road between Upper 8oda and the summit, but it is unsafe for travel because of poor bridges. The river must be crossed by two fords, which are not very safe. Hebo-Neskowin Open and in fair condition entire length with sonie rough places. Tillamook-Willamina Open and in fair condition between Tillamook and WUlamina. The road is now in perman ent summer condition. Dead Indian, Open between Pelican Bay and Ashland; passable for auto bj making short detours around fallen Klamath Falls-Crater Lake Open be tween Klamath Falls and Headquarters camp; in poor condition. Crater Lake Road Open and in good condition from Medford to Headquar ters camp at Crater Lake. Closed Head quarters camp to rim of Lake on ac count of snow. This read is open for wagons at present and will probably be open for autos in three or four days, from Medford to Fort Klamath. Willamette Road Open between Eu pone and a point a few mile beyond Heal Skin Diseases It is unnecessary for you to suffer with eczema, blotches, ringworm, rashes and similar skin troubles. A little femo, ebtained at any drug store for 35c, or $1.00 for extra large bottle, and promptly applied will usually give Instant relief from Itching torture. It cleanses and soothes the skin and heals quickly and effectively most skin diseases. i Zemo la a wonderful, penetrating, dis appearing liquid and is soothing to the most delicate skin. It is not greasy, is easily applied and costs little, tet It today and saveell further distress. roe E. W.Rom Co, Cleveland. a YT June 28th NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS Contributed for the Winning of Oak Ridge. Closed to all vehicles bey ond this point. Columbia Hive Highway Open and in good condition, Portland to Cascade Locks. Closed for construction be tween Cascade Locks and Hood River. Auto travelers may ship cars between ascade Locks and Hood River either by rail or boat on week days. At Eagle Creek, 43 miles east of Portland on this road the Forest Service maintains a froo picnic and camp ground for the benefit of the public. Tables, benches, fire places and running water are available at this camp ground. MeKenzie Pass Road This road i open and in good condition from Eugene to the west boundary of the Cascade National Forest. Poor condition but passable from west boundary of the Forest to Sisters. Drain-Scottsburg Open and in good condition entire route. Klamath Falls-Bend (via Fort Klam ath) Open and in fair condition. Crescent City Bandon Coast Road Open and in fair condition entire route with some rough places. Grants Pass- Crescent City Open entire length and in good condition ex cept for a few rough places. Pacific Highway Open and in fair condition Roseburg to Grants Pass and Medford. In good condition Grants Pass to Wolf Creek. Barlow-Oak Grove Road, Open and in good condition Portland to Rhododen dron. Passable Rhododendron to Gov ernment camp, uiosea Dy snow anu wind falls between Government camp and forks of road near Clear Lake.Open but rough Clear Lake to Cedar Burn. Good condition Cedar Burn to Wapini- tia. EASTERN OREGON. Sparta- East Eagle Park Open and in cood condition entire route. Baker-Cornucopia Open and in good condition. Baker-Prairie City Open and passa ble for all vehicles but in poor condi tion. Milton-Tolleate Open and in good condition between Milton and Swing Hill. Closed by enow beyond Swing Hill. No detour possible. Hardman-Sprayr-Open and passable for machines, entire route. Prineville Mitchell Passable be tween Ochoco Station and Wheeler- Crook county line. Open snd excellent condition between county line and Bea ver Ranger station. Closed through Rridir Creek canvon. but passage may be made by detour through Meyers eanvon. Should be open now. WASHINGTON EOADS. Western Washington. Cascade Scenic Highway Open COMMITTEE the War by YOV GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY AT MOORE'S US AND STAMPS Phone 893 SAVE irom coast towns to ouuan; ciosea uo- twecn buitan and Tye for construction work; detour impossible. Sunset jlighway Open and in good condition f.om Seattle to Snuqualmio Pass to Lake Kescheius. Good condi tion Lak Koechelus to Easton and Cle Elum. Mud holes near the rass arc drv.ug rapidlv and road should be in good condition entire distance soon. 60 miles out of Seattle on this highway is tho Denny Creek camp grounds whero the lorcst Service maintains a free camp and picnic grounds equipped for the use of the public. Arlineton-Dernngton Road Road is cpen and 'n good condition Arlington to iortson. Fair condition Fortson to Darrington. Olympic Highway Open and in good condition between Olympia and Qpini- a-ilt Lane. Open and in fair condition Discoveryn Bay to 01 mpia. Good con- ition Fairholnuto Mora and Forks. EASTERN WASHINGTON. State Road No. 4 Qpen and in fair condition between Republlo and Ton- asket. " Blewctt Pass Highway Open and in poor condition Cle Elum to Wenatchce. State Road r.o. 10 Open and in good condition Entint to Pateros. Cle Eium and Eastern County Road Oven and in good condition. State Road Jo. 8 Open and in iair condition between Crescent and West em Boundary of Skamania county. This is an earth road, surfaced a portion of the way with gravel. OBITUARY NOTICE" Mrs. Catherine Steinbach died of par alysis, June 11, 1918, at th,, family resi dence north of Aurora. The deceased was born in Columbia county, Ohio, in 1834. She, with her-family, came to Ore gon as a member of the Aurora colony 1875, Mrs. Steinbach had many friends and was respected and honored by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her death five children: J. A. Steinbach of Hillsdale, Wm. Steinbach, Mrs. Kate Bccke, Mary Ann Steinbach and Mrs. Sophia Kei all of Aurora; one sister, Mrs. kmma Tirlch of Bethel, Mo., four brothers, John Milcy of Navinger, Mo., Wm. Miloy of Aurora, Henry Miley ol Portland and Frederick Miley of Greencastle, Mo.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Nunda Brown, of Bcaverton, Ernest Becke and Paloma Keil of Aurora; two great grandchildren Marvel and Harold Brown of Beaverton. Aurora Observer. Trouserettes may soon become quite fashionable not only for golf but the more substantial things of life such as berry picking, outings and even houseeleauing. Just at present they are to be seen mostly in the store display windows made of khaki and or ging hams, but as events ar moving along fprctty fast, an authority on tne situa tion nredicts that trouserettes, arter tne berry and outing season, may creep into town and soon become quit, "au rait" for tennis and golfing and also for reai work. (The author of these series, a "De serter," . Second lieutenant in me German Navy has escaped from Heligo land and now Is in Holland, sua from Amesterdam sends his thrilling accounts of what is going on behind the curtain at naval bases on the North Sea, In this instalment he states how the Ger mans combined sea ..forces will soon make desperate dash with a view of landing an army on the English Coast and attempting to get through the Al lied naval cordon a fleet of swift crui sers. On reaching the Atlantic these would raise havoc with the Allied mer chant ships. In the next instalment he will tell how he, himself, was sent to a punishment camp at William sham and how later he was transferred to Heligo land.) By the Second-Lieut. Herman Hadler. (Until rocently an officer in the Ger man Naval Station who HAS DESERT ED and is now in Holland.) Before many months the German High Sea Fleet will come out. Ger many's combined aea power will eomo out with a fury, beside which the fury with which her armies are now fighting in the western front- will pale. When that day comes every available vessel from the mine-laying submarine to the dreadnaiights, will make one gigantic dash. The fleet that sallies forth to sea will be composed of every availablo vessel that can float. The object of this desperatp dash which every Ger man naval officer admits is a torclorn hope is to reach, first the Atlantic Ocean, and then to spread all over tho world in a last .desperate, rutnless cam paign, that, should thoy succeed, will make the submarine ruthlcssness hither to practiced by our high command look like a child's play. Since the Jutland battle every dock and shipbuilding plant at Wilhelmshav- on, Cuxhaven, Bremenshaven and Kiel have been intensly busy building, re pairing and overhauling vessels of war for the purpose of making this coming supreme dash to the open sea a great success and a victoi. Kiel Canal Guarded. During the last three months before I left Heligoland the Kiel Canal was being guarded, and no civilian was per mitted within two miles of the entire length of the famous water-way. Every available war vesse(-and naval trans port has been transferred, through thfe Kiel Canal to the three great naval bas- pa Wilkilmahaven. Cuxhaven and Bre- menshavcn. For six weeks our combiu- , fl t. wen throueh rcneatcd series of maneuvres. It is not a secret from even the low est grade of our naval officers that the attempt to gain the open ocoan has two principal objects in view. While the first object is to reach the Atlantic Ocean, tho other, and more sinster oo ject, is to land an army on an Jinglisn coast. Where the landing will he is only known to the highost naval officers but the fact that there will Do a serious attempt to land a huge army in Eng land is no secret trom the rest or us, During the early days of the month of March two maneuvres were made in which hundreds of war vessel took part in addition to 200 naval transports. To Invade London. On board the 200 naval transports an army of 400,000 picked troops with their lighj equipment and 6,000 machine guns were to be risked to make a dash to tho English coast while the naval battle raged in the North Sea. It was reckon- d that even it hair or these navai transports reached their objective aS successfully landed an army of 200,000 picked men at a certain English coast it would quickly invade great tracks of land and within five days reach London. Behind thea-3 200 naval transports more than thirty other ships, loaded with munitions and heavy artillery, were sta tioned. As I have already stated, the maneuvers were repeated and in each became evident that although it was possible to rush a certain number of swift cruisers through the North Sea nnd round th0 Scottish coast, even with the most favorable turn of the battle no more than five per cent of the troops and munition-landen naval transports could reach the vicinity of tho English coast. How the Plan Fell Through. It was then decided that tho 200,000 men reaching the English Coast would not be a match against the defense bodies that could bo brought by the English to any threatened point. 1 or that reason it was decided that the troop-ships as well as the munition ships will be loaded and will await the turn of the coming North Sea battle These will not be risked until in tho judgment of tho higher command during a certain period of the coming battle it would be profitable or wise to order tne westward march of the awaiting trans ports. The joy of feeling fit and fresh -Tewards those who heed the laws of health and keep the habits regu lar with PHIS Sold Ewlr. la bex. 10c, ZSe. America's Entrance Changes Hun Invasion Plan. Before the entrance of America inte the war it was calculated that powerful as the combined Allied fleets might b in the North Sea ares, such dash wqtild permit a( least a dozen of out swift cruisers getting out into the At lantic. ' Once in the Atlantie these would not 01ly raise havoc with the allied merchant marine, but could easily capture naval stations in the West Indies and within two months hit up hundreds of our enemies' merchant vessels as raiders. It was common talk among the naval officers at Heligoland that ten swift cruisers reaching the At lantic would bring Mexico and man) other South American countries onto our side. But America's entrance into the war disarranged our original plan. It was reasoned that during the anticipated sea battle even should ten of our powerful and swift cruisers be sbl to rush thru the double or triple cordon of the Ang lo-French fleets, and gain the North- esrern coast of Scotland, since Ameri ca's entrance into the war, another cor don of American war ships would be en countered in the vicinity of the North of Ireland. After having engaged in a heavy battle in the North Sea against England's great armada, and after hav ing traversed great areas our escaped swift cruiser fleet would not be in a po sition to give battle to the fresh Ameri can fleet so near the Irish base. German Fleet Will Come Out Just the Same. But nevertheless, the attempts will be made. They plan to carry on the battle towards the coast of Scotland and after having crippled the British fleet then to turn to the west in full force and give battle to the Americans and during this last stage of the struggle to make the dash for the Atlantic. I have been told by several Dutch officers that such an attempt on the part of the German High command would be equal to sheer suicide. But to the average officer of our navy the adveuture is fraught with possibilities of winning a stupendous victory over the British sea might. Whenever I discussed this subject with the naval officers of Holland and several times with interned British of ficers, they agreed with me that Ger many might muke a last, desperate dash to the Atlantic, but could not see what the German High command could ex pect in the shape of compensation out of such a risky proposition. AStill Greater Reason. Few people outside our naval eirclcs understand that there is still a greater reason than the two reasons I have al ready mentioned for the coming dash of our armada tho reaching tho Atlan tic and the landing of a largo force on the English soil. The other, which is more important is political. Tho rcul reason that forced our com mand to cause the Jutland battlo was the same. The moral of our naval forces stationed at our five great bnses Wil helmahaven, Cuxhaven, Bremenshaven and Kiel is the sure process of deter ioration. It is no secret to our circles that our Admiralty is distrustful of our navnl personel. During the last two years and a half it was found necessary at intervals to shift the crews manning onr war ves sels for the purpose of making them strangers to each other. But do not misunderstand mo. The discontent is not Bhared by large numbers of the crew and there are very few among tho officers who oro inclined to find fault with the government. If, is among the common seamen that Jfolshovikism pre vails, and even thenTlicy are not ag gressive. With few exceptions the dis contentent8 are cowardly and at the most the danger from them is their pas siveness. "Germs" in German Rankfl. About a year ago, and especially after the Jutland battle, large numbers of raw recruits were brought into the ranks to take the place of tho heavy casualties suffered by us during that sea struggle. Those were the real men who. brought the germ of insubordination. In a short time and before the authorities had time to make provisions against their pro paganda, many Becret societies were formed, but the constant withdrawing of numbers from one base or war vessel to another rendered any anticipated danger from their activities futile. La ter, for a short time, our Admiralty grew so suspicious of the small dis contented element that most of the crews that manned cr war vessels were kept a great part of the time in bar racks on shore. For a long time it was the rule of the Admiralty to make land soldiers of marines or ship crews when ever they fell under suspicion. Even at this date the numbers of the discontent ed are comparatively small, but every day of Inaction is rapidly adding to their numberuT And Still Another Season. There is stil another 'reason why our fleet will come out and give battle in tht North Sea in the very near future. Until Russia s collapse we had with drawn men and heavy and light guns from our fleet in order that we could collect enough land armament to use against the. Anglo-French forces in the west. Since the collapse of Russia, in addition to what we have taken from the Russians we were enabled to trans fer our men and munitions from that front to the west. Naturally wo can now afford to spare these in attempting the mightiest sea battle that our higher command has ever waged against tne Allies in the North. Sea in the near fu ture. A Peep Behind the Curtain. Now that I have stated that our navy will come out and why she will come out 'or battle, let me take my readers behind the scenes at Kiev, Brcmcnshav en, Cnxhaven, Wilhelmshaven snd above - notwithstanding the fact that fifty per all Heligoland. Since the first day of sons had taken part in the mutiny. Aod the war I have been at these places on many occasions snd it would take sev eral volumes if I should attempt to write about all my experiences and ob servations. . During our recent Russian naval cam paign I was attached at Holtenau. I had just ended a tour months submar ine service in the Baltic Earlier in the war I saw submarine service in the North Sea, aud compared with that ser vice iu the Baltic it is like a pleasure trip. Yet St the end of that period I became such a physical wreek that along with nearly a hundred other men, officers and crew, I was landed at Holt au and after three weeks of hospital treatment, not having sufficiently re cuperated, I was coniissioned to trhin ne recruits for our submarines. Early in the war the recruits to this service were more than we could take care of, but as the months passed the volunteers no longer came forward and on the tenth month of tlte war it was decided to conscript men from our fleet. Submarine Service Unpopular. During my commission to train crews for our submarine service I found every conseript of the fifty men under my command was' an unwilling candidate From the beginning I realized thut my task was a hopeless one. I found my men so disinclined to serve in the sub marines that unless they were constant ly watched the were purposely making themselves unfit for the service. They stopped at nothing. Causing blood-poisoning in the fingers of their right hands, feigning insanity, damaging their eyesight by secreting tobacco under the lids and stuffing their ears with gum my substances for tho purpose of af fecting their hearing senses primarily ossential for every undersea crow are among the many methods by which candidates were rendering themselves unfit for the service. Reprimanded for Being ' 'Soft Hearted." At Hultcnan I was serving in the rank of a second-lieutenant and at ihe end of the fourth week of my commission was removed as punishment for having been lax in my duty. - My superior of ficer unburdened himself of a stern re primand and told me that I was too soft hearted and unfit to further serve the Fatherland iu that capacity. I ad mintted that I could not be as harsh as he with my men as my other brother-of ficers were and I welcomed the change. 1 agreed with linn that I waB soft-heart t aud in the mean time I called his attention to the fact that both in land and sea battles I had received injuries as well as medals. My superior officer, whereupon, informed me in a sarcastic tone that I was hotter obeying their commanding. it was then that the great transfer of our navy vessels from the Baltic Sea to Heligoland, through the Kiev canal had begun and on board the new Kais- crin I received my now commission ns a second-lieutenant. Game of Changing the Name of War Vessels. Incidentally let me remark hero that dining the last three years or so our higher command has repeatedly re named onr war vessels, and have also giv.-n the same name sometimes to no less than five different crafts of en tirely different types and displace ments. The object is not only to con fiiBO our enemies but it is also to con fuse our own personel. It is intended that with the exception of tho very highest naval officers no ono Bhould have a definite idea about our naval groups. This method of changing the name of the war vessels so frequently has, of course, been fraught with diffi culties. Ever insignia, designating the littine of each f hip hno been carefully removed, In tho interior of each ship mime plates on various armuments and pieces of furnltur,, which Wfc of cuurse mado of either copper or brass were ta ken and had become recognized war necessity. Hun's Disgust of Hun. As to the linen and otlier furnish ings of each ship it is a chaotic state. For instance, on board the ICoiserin I had napkins that had served on board different ships, my blanket was marked "Markgraff," my bed linen "Loth ringen" whiln my pillows bore the let tering of the "Nassau." At Friedru-hsort tho Kaiserin stood to the Northeast In order to receive a high admiralty official who had been on a visit to the Fort Herwarth, fort 1 and 2, which command the narrow passage of the canal below Kiel. Naturally a group of officers stood in salute to re ceive the high admiralty officer and no sooner was this ceremony over than I suddenly noticed that a group of per haps ten or twelve men,' one of whim I distinctly saw in a naval uniform, were being marched out of the vessel to the landing facing fort 2. I was naturally curious as to the meaning of this pro ees?iou. A fow hours later I learnt that theae men had taken part in a mutiny that took place at Kiev ten days before. The ringleaders, nearly fifty of the crow wero court-martialled and ten of them, including an officer were condemned to death. They wero brought over to t'ricdrichsort there to bo shot. Strange as it may seem to my readers, what amazed me the most was that only ten of them had been condemned to death what angered me tho most was that while the eourtmartial had condenmued fifty participants to death a certain ten were selected to be made an examp le of . Attempt to Block Kiev Canal A few miles further while passing Fort Vnter-Jagersburg we received signal to again stop where we took on board other naval officers who wens assigned to other vessels at western bas es. From one of these officers I learned that two weeks earlier a serious attempt had been made to block the canal be tween the Battery Corner on the right and Fort Rudendorph which protects the narrow path on the. left. A Danish steamer which ostensibly carried flout for us had bee mado to sink under suspicious circumstances. Although it is a fact that s vessel had sunk in the narrow path, it can not be true that it was a Danish steamer. More nrobablv it was one of our naval transports that was either sunk through an scident or was unk treacherously by its crew. Nevertheless our authorities were ut ilizing this incident to create keen feel ing of animosity followed with anger against Denmark. The admiralty, es pecially since the last three or four months is making every attempt to jus tify their acts against our little north ern neighbor. Such accumulated ani mosity would be available in suddenly attacking her, should the admiralty in tho future find it necessary to do so for any military advantage. Assigned to Punishment Camp. At Brunfbuttcl where the Kiel canal joins the River Elbe, my commanding officer informed me that I was assigned to shore duty at Cuxhaven. On the following day, in company with about twenty other officers I boarded tho des troyer No. 61, and reached Fort Kug elbnke which stands about five miles to the west of Cuxhaven. On landing I met an old comrade who In a very few words gave me an idea of what sort of a place I was about to reach and to what a horribl0 commission I was as signed, Three hours Inter I learnt that commission was to take charge of tho punishment barracks in which there were more than 80 offenders against discipline. Immediately I sought an in terview with the commandant and in formed him in terms unmistakable that I was unfit for such a task. "Not withstanding your own opinion of your fitjicss or unfitness you shall obey or ders," shouted tho commandaut heart lessly, Fur two weeks I was the nominal of ficor of rank of tho punishment bar racks. In those two weeks I convinced myself that we Germans Imd become in curable barbarians. I reasoned that a system that could make me treat Ger mans, our own people, ao brutally was also capable - of making us do what our enemies and teutrnls had accused us of doing at Belgium and other in vaded territories. Victims Went Insane. With tho exception of fifteen or twenty offenders at this barracks th rest were being punished for having taken part in spreading propaganda against tho government. Tho regula tion treatment schodulo was too harsh for me to follow or acquiesce in. After many attempts I tried to harden myself to administer punishment but at bight of the unspeakable misery of the vic tims I nearly fainted. I learned that my four precedessors had gono mad whllo at that post. At the days passed I begun to doubt my own sanity. And again I learned that throe otlier officers in charge of tho barracks had been mys teriously shot in tho back. Somo of these victims wero condemn ed to from five to thirty lashes on the bare back at the Intervals of .three or four days each. But iu every case the victims either went insauo or died af ter the first two or three punishments. There are othor methods of punishments which I dare not print for fear of of fending tho soul of my readers. But the German is Different. What brutalized us Germans still moro and embittered every heart that beheld these inhuman punishments was that whilo a group of unfortunates re ceived their punishments d company of men, sometimes numbering from 200 ' to 600, were always lined up to witness " the horrible scene. When I mentioned this to several Dutch officers they won dered why the German admiralty was so devoid of sense not to know that such scenes would embitter loyal soldiers and make them enemies of tho authorities. My Dutch friends are speaking from their knowledge ot their own people. It is not truo with our men. They have learned to live from day to day ia con stant terror of their superiors and tha spirit of resentment has been crushed long ago. (To be continued..) A letter from Lieutenant Rauch re ceived in Salem a few days ago said four companies of his regiment, his among them, would leave Camp Lewis Wednesday night for the east. Whilo thcro has been a number sent east from the camp recently those four compan ies were selected for special service, going over the Canadian Pacific and giving exhibition drills at points along the route. The idea is to awake enthus iasm and encourage enlistments among the Canadians. That Lieutenant Raueh has been selected for this service is a high compliment, and indicates that his and the other four companies excel in drill. As many stops will be mado the trip may require a couple of weeks. In these days of high prices it seems hardly possible that at one time the free lunch was an actuality. Happy days. I!