THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY. SK1TKMHEK 21. IMS
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Turkish Woman Denounces Hun Barbarism
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Z0HE5H HA2JNOTJM NASSOTJHHY
would not believe tliat I was a Turk-1 Indian blacks and tbr.t they were vol
I ish vO:iian and would take me to bejuntecrs from the I'riti h l'ossossions of
t.erman Ateriean and would receive Em-land in the West Indians.
Germans Easily Insulted.
(I be daughter of a late governor ot a IW vMl n.deness. But I was insistant
Turkish province; she was studying in and finally induced my guide to pro
Berlin v.hen the great war broke out SlMlt mp to iho American. "I am a
and lias remained there until recent-j Turkish weman" I had started when
ly hen she succeeded in reaching Zu-, he said: ''tlood company."
rich, witorlaml, and from that jdaee
sAe sends these chapters exclusively
or this newnaper.)
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A Searching Test.
assure vou I am not a Oerman-
them at or.ee. And instantly there
eauia out of his bulging pocket more
than ten boxes. The officer restored the
stolen packages to their rightful owner.
Hut the American was still unsati.-fied.
They complained that there were more
to restore and that it was a practice
on 'he part of the guards to steal every
From there to the American camp
huts was about ten minutes walk. Dur
ing this walk the Herman officer agaiu
complained that he did net know ne- thing that American prisoner oi.taiu-
tlter to kite these Americans or to ad-. ed through frineds in Switzerland- At
mire them I snsges'.ed that he had ; the conclusion of the conrtovcrsy what
American woman ' He again inter-; better admire them -is the Germans . amazed in? the nt was that my of-
rupted -ne and demanded that I should have been lintinj? evervone during the , ficer Companion. rt mioMed the Amoi-
(Third and Last Installment)
iicer in charge of the American camn: Having passed the test on niy '"V was unnecessarily rmie. )lv friend the : there are no einaivitcs in (ieruiany
lie said, with apparent politeness: 1 he then tried me on my ,-w's". I; German officer is onlv the tvno of the , today mude of genuine tobacco,
"You consider it worth while to in-'passed the -second test and was told; present tlav Oc r mar. temperament; Germans Teel America Snatched Vic-
i repeat after him quickly the words: j last few years. He betrayed signs of j ieans to let him. purchase a few of tlie
'-j "( orrugator( Corborator, Corruptor. anger and he observed that my remark -cigarettes. The explanation is that
terview these Americans I warn you by him- 'You pass,'
evervone in Germany nowadays is be-
to be pre)ared to receive a rude re-! Tlus Amercian was not only witty, I having in that fashion. They have
ccption from them. They are a frivol-j he was actually funny and the German
ous lot of men and they will never be officer in charge admitted that he
serious. They will not tell you anything : was so.
that is valuable for us. I have tried it I Not A Good Man To Interview.
nd failed."
grown nbnortuatlv seusative
insulted verv easily.
Guards Steal Bread and Cigarettes.
The American would not permit nie huts sit nod I
I at once informed the officer in -the opportunity to interview him. He threatening .-bouts- These were being guards is the true reflections of
targe that I had, not aked for this i himself wished to lead the conversa-1 uttered fiom both sides in both Knglish , ,.llls wnu aro f u oli -1 - aiu'rv
cha
favor with the motive to extract val-1 tion mil dictate the subject. Before I
liable information and that 1 was not ' had a chai.ee to ask him questions he
engaged by the lierlin Intelligence wanted to know why it was that I was
bureau. I made it plain that I was sim-! not in my own country making ban
J'ly inspired by a desire to see these j dages.
Americans, as, in all my life, ! had not j 'l suppose the Armenians are not in
seen more than a dozen of these people a position to hill or wound ynur
nd they were Missionaries in Turkey, j Turks", hi said with cutting sarcasm.
American. Officers Prefer Fairness to i I showed no resentment and replied:
Favors. ' ''f suppose to you Americans the very
As we entered the yard grounds over sight of a Turkish citizen is a remind
roads which had been made by British i or of murder and massacre "
civilian war prisoners interned during! "Madame you need not feel so very
the early days of the war, I saw a I had about it, hereafter you will have
group of perhaps twenty men engaged ! your dear German allies to share the
in building a side road. I heard one of bad reputation of your nation,'' he ro
t hoi r number, w ho appeared to be their j turned sharply.
leader, shout: "Oh, come on. you are! 1 began to realize that 1 was no
not building a Roman road. Uncle Sam ; match to the cutting wit of the Amer
doesn 't have to pass over that road." ; ican. Occasionally his fellow prioners
The officer in charge informed me that , leaned against their digging imple
that man was a college man. He said ' meats and listened to the conversation
that when that man first came to the that was going on between their lead-;
ramp he tried to be friendly with hi in or and myself, and punctuated hisijno every word of it.
lut the 'arrogan:" American had smart sallies with sigiulicant smiles 'That hungry looking cur ate our
repulsed his advances with the rude and gratification. A-s we left the clever bread and stole our cigarette. Look
statement that he ''would prefer fair-! American I asked him it he could tell
ness to favors." me how long the war would last. His
The German officer complained that , reply was witty and significant and
these Americans' idea of humor was I it upset the good temper of my German
ralher peculiar. When he had asked him guide, who until then had maintained
why (he Americans always referred to, an aloof attitude. ,
their country as "fncle Sam'' this! Tlie American 's reply was: "Madame
man replied: 'Because when he gets I can not tell to a certainty how Ion,
j tory Frottn Their Grasp
i As we went through the irrouuds I
and feel , hcesn to r,-nli tlmf there was a strolls'
reason for the sharp mid biting wit
of the Amerienn misoners I had met.
As we entered the grounds where the flio place is miseraole beyond descrip-
iiearit louu voices ami tl0n nd the ntiito, ,- of the German
of all Ger-
nre luiiou- - antrrv at tne
and German; many of the Germans American nation for hnVin- ciilerel the
spoke Knglish 'and quite a few of the j wilr at the critical moment, snatching
Americans spoke good German. My aw;lv from tuc (ennan ,-mios the vic
German officer companion hastened to ' tory that, they claim, was within their
the place from which the shouts were ' absolute reach.
coming, end behind one of the huts, -iw;n ,v' visit to the nrison cntni)
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grounds I interviewed nearly sixty
that faced the oien space we came
upon ten German guards that had four
America as packed against the w ooden
side of the hut. On seeing the officer
suddenly appear on the spot the Ger
man guards stood at attention and the
one in charge addressed his superior
in a low tone. 1 had remained a few
metres distant and could not hear the
complaint figainst the Americans. After
hearing the German guard the offcier
ordered one of the Americans to ex-
American prisoners. 1 found them en
dowed with the some spirit a spirit
which I would term 'a deep hatred
of German ways and methods'', but
which the Germans themselves term
''American arrogance and rudeness."
Real Americans
After having gone through the camp
grounds 1 also learned that when Am
erican war prisoners were first brought
mad, he is a sun-of n-gun." And w hen the war w ill last, but I can tell vou to
the Gerfnu officer wanted to know : absolute certainty HOW it will end." rushing aside the German officer, ask
what, that meant the American soldier j As I left the group I heard the Am-led the American how it happened that
turned to a group of smiling soldiers ' reicans make remnrk.-rnbout me, one of j his hand was bleeding. He had accused
and remarked ''Nobody Home " The! which was; ''Say she is a peach." 1 1 one of his guards of stealing their eig
(fermaii officer was bitter in his de-j asked the German officer w hat that j nrettes ai,d bread and attempted to
iiunciation of the American conception I niennt but he shrugged nis shoulders ; fe.-siblv regain the booty. Thereupon
of wit as it was colonuial and it took j and confessed ignorance. It was not other guarls had attacked him and
him a few days to understand their j until some weeks later that I succeed- when other Americans joined the
replies. It took. him three days to findjed in learning that it was intended f or j "physical discussion" one of the
out what 'son-of-a-guii'' meant, j a compliment. , j guards tad attacked the Americans
"When I did find out it, was too late! We had proceeded about thirty or so, with his bayonet and while warding
to laugh." he complained. i metres when, as we passed by a group I off the thrust, he had cut his hand.
' I begged the German officer to fa-jof black prisoners 1 requested the Ger- German Officer Glad To Buy Tobacco
vor me with an introduction to that ,1111111 officer, to allow me to speak to) My officer companion then ordered
wian. lie maintained flint the American ! them. II 3 told me that they were West j tho stealer of the cigarettes to produce
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plain his side of the physical contro- , nnj i)(en m0(le t() Sl.,'ia,at0 the Ameri
versy that had been just interrupted. Cnns with Teutonic origin from those
The American's reply was loud and;wr,0 are of Anglican or other extrac
short; it was so loud that others in tions. But to the credit of those who
the camp grounds could not help hear- had Teutonic blood in their veins, these
advances failed- These men refused
special considerations offered to them
by their German guards, inspired by
the Berlin propaganda bureau.
On my return to Berlin I was honor
ed with visits from many prominent
Germans who wished to learn about the
exact morale of the American prison
ers. 1 was surprised to learn that there
were still thiukiug Germans in Berlin
who laid great Significance on the mor
ale of the Americans. They had been
made to believe that the Americana
had been driven to the war by their
pro-English president and that they
did not have their hearts set on it. My
report of my impressions was really
disquieting to my visitors.
German Propagandists Meet with a Cold
Reception
But notwithstanding their repeated
failures in their attempt to impress the
American prisoners with their propa
ganda, shortly after my visit to the
camps, the Berlin propaganda bureau
made one more attempt to convert them
which failed ignominously. These per-
bread and stole our cigarettes. Look
et," then turning to the German guard
whom lie was accusing he said, ' Vou
dirty thief, yon are a hell of a soldier,
you are."
As he pointed his hand to the cul
prit I saw that his hand was bleeding.
I could contain myself 110 longer. I
walked to the accusing American and
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Government Will
Not Use Mohair Supply
(fpital Journal Special Service)
Pallas. Ore., !Sept. 21. V. 8. Grant,
of this city, president of the National
Mohair Growers association, received'
word this week that because, of a dif
ficulty at the price fixing tuvetirg of j
the representatives of tho association'
and the government as to the price tuj
be l aid for the entire product of the
association the federal gowrnment will
not use mohair in the mimutactiiiv oi
army supplies, thus releasing tho J110-!
hair to the growers for disposal. At
the lir.etiug the growers wanted 8-"(
cent,, a pound for the product, a price I
that the government did not see lit to
pay ami the meeting ended without any
definite arrangements, the growers to
still have control of tK'ir own clips.
Fuller Withdraws Forest Patrol
W. V. Fuller of this city, district
supervising fire warden, has called in
all of the patrolmen employed by the'
1'olk County Forest Fire association,
the recent rains having dampened the'
wooilfj to such 1111 e.xtvnt that their ser
vices were no longer needed. Owing
to careful patroling of the timbered
section of the county this year by Mr.
Fuller's men very few fires haw ,uin
e, sufficient headway to do much dam
age, the only fires of consequence be
ing those! 11 and near the logging camps
in the wesKru part of the county and
which in most cases caught from burn
ing slavhings.
Cosper Appointed Deputy Treasurer
County treasurer A. V. ii. Snyder this
week appointed Harry B. Cosper of this
city deputy treasurer to take the plmv
of Miss l'auling Coad who has resigned
to take up studies at the I'niversity of
Oregon. Mr. Cosper is no new hand at
the work in the treasurer's (iff ice, hav
ing been employed in that office sever
al years ago
Polk Prune Dryer Burns
The A M. Fanning priiu, dryer locat
ed near Uullston, was totally destroyed
by fire the first of the week, together
with a quantity of prunes which had
not yet l.ven placed in tho tunnel; for
"Vying. The origin of the fire i a
mystery, but it is supposed to have
caught from overheating in the tunnels
during the drying process. This is tho
first instance of a fire in a prim? dryer
in this county this year, and a Mr.
Fanning is repurtvd to have had 110 in
surance on the building the loss will
be extremely heavy.
School Opening Again Postponed
Because of the immense prune crop in
this vicinity, the big 11111 jority of which
still remains unhnrvest' and reqtnres
the 'll'lp of school children, City Sup
erintendent V. I. Ford has decided to
put off the opening of he schools until
Monday, Sept. HO. A number of the
teachers are also helping hnrwKt the
big crop an,i unless their help in con
tinued the growers face a big loss as
help is impossible t0 secure at this lime
of the year.
Judge and Mrs. K. C. Kirkpnlrick
and Fred B. Wvst and son rim were
visitors at the Linn county fair nt
Scio, Wednesday. Judge Kirkpnlrick
spent a portion of Ms boyhood days nt
Scio and usually attend the fairs ench
year, renewing old acquaintances.
t. h. T:iv'is, a. former business man
of this city and now with the Y. M. 0.
A. at Camp Lvwis, is in the city this
week looking after business matters.
Mr. Davis exper-ts to be sent to France
nt an early dale.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Meyer and Mrs.
Merle Meyer, of Hobo, we're Dallas vis
itors this week. Mr. Meyer was form
erly assessor of Polk county.
Hon. Walter M. Fierce,- democratic
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quiet it will work at the fair. We have a train of 20 cars, each containing 7 Fordson Tractors on the
way to Salem. Come in and see our complete line of farm implements that go with the Fordson Tractor We
also have the Beeman Walking Tractor. The little tractor for the truck gardener or fruit grower.
V DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR ENTIRE DISPLAY AT THE FAIR
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Elbert Thompson, Manager
Salem, Oregon
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sons who had been 'ninsipierading ns
German-Americans and there are
quite a few of them visited the camps
for the purpose of lecturing to the
American prisoners them nn,1 iwcivi.,1
receptions which they will never for-
uu.uij. wo-ir lm nine, j hey were
the objects of mud balls, and derisive
ri'inui'Ks. tins was told to me by a-
(el-man otlicer who accompanied the
party to the camp.
I wish to relate one impression be
fore I close these chapters.
When in the'lalter part of March the
German armies marched victoriusly
through the allied line everywhere the
enthusiasm of the German masses that
let itself loose during the first days of
the war began to. make its appearance.
F or a few days loud talk of how vic
tory had once more reached their grasp
could be heard in the parlors of the
average German. But when about a
week later they learned that the Juice
paid was staggering they again became
Silent and criticism of tu! government
found expression. Alter those heavy bat
tics the relatives of these sobliecs who
were at the front begun to ask about
their men. The return of tremeidous
numbers of the wounded to Berlin hos
pitals told a tale that was ten fold
significant when the authorities be
gan to hide the casualty reports. And
whtn the days passed and no definite
end was obtained by the quick thrusts
01 the German armies at such great
sacrifices tho people grew still more
uneasy, until, at the time 1 left tier
niany, iJcrliu sank back to its fatalis
tic resignation nee mure.
Binee arriving at Zurich four days
ft (Yrt I 1. ..... I. 1 .
.ono una several visits from
people who are anxious to know what is
going on in Berlin in these davs My
report to them has been: "The atti
tude ot che German people towards the
war is ruled by the victories nnd do
teats of their armies on the battle
field. When their armies are victori
ous -they are what tfiov showed them
selves to be during tho early days of
the war. But ot. hearing of the small
est set b.vk of their armies on tho
Held they suddenly become critical of
their government "
And 1 may ndda few reverses en
countered by the German armies on
tne in-ill will soon revive again that
peace talk that disappeared after the
collapse of liussia and the defeats of
the ftnhan armies last year. The bar
ometre of the battlefieid is the true
uiciuioh ot the Ge(ri,i,n Ultiude
peace or war.
Fifty-Seventh Annual
Oresron Star p.l
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SALEM
September 23 to 28
Splendid exhibits; daily lectures and demonstr,
tions on food production and conservation- hi v
class amusements; attractions and entertainments'
an excellent racing card, ideal camping grounds and
best of accommodations for both exhibitors and vis
itors. A. H. LEA, Secy.- Manager
Salem, Oregon.
candidate for governor, Harvey Stark
weather and Col. Hubert .A. 'Miller,
prominent war horses of the stato dem
ocratic purty, were (looking after tiro
political affaira of said party in Italian
this week.
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FAIE WILL HAVE WAE TBOPHIES
l.n Grande. Or.. .Sept. 21 All war
trophies gleaned by members of the
l.a Grande hospitul. unit, and others in
France nnd sent to La Grande will
i 'V call ls uut for Ca .
t,u" ra"'P Wtw,(vT,
is it ami 7U,. Tl,efullwiglw
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fou'- J'' ,Am,' WwM j
1""-tt. .lacks,,,,, tiervais 3
30-1. I. Woinii, Aurora, 8. 5 i
W-Jess,. 10. HH,m WouJlluIl 3
i belaud M. tlooihvin A
M- --lames II. Mwrc, WoJImri J
l lleiirv 11. l.anih. Wn,.,,.i. . 3
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iliako up n war exhibit at the Salem I Oliver J. Lclirun, Wtiodkrn'
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state fair. Mrs. C. N. Buhner, president
of the army-navy auxiliary, which has
supplied sweutors, ditty luig and house
wives to over l-ilil I'nion county boys
now in service, will be in charge of th
exhibit.
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