THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY. SK1TKMHEK 21. IMS .1 Turkish Woman Denounces Hun Barbarism Written By 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.) ''I 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) - o - -- - ' - - - i - 1 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 - .. (t.,, 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 "t.tttttttt TTTTTTT1 'TTT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T-rrTT T t T T t T t t 1 1 1 1 t t We will here It d&Z 4. 3 ri "S" j sii' WE WILL HAVE ON DISPLAY ii veriana vars IN ALL THEIR COLORS-AND BEAUTY ALSO THAT WONDERFUL 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 I racks 1 4- 8 8 0 A V UQ Vw0 Almost next to impossible' to obtain this truck today but once in your possession you will never part with it it The Most Practical Truck Iiv Government Tests rdson Ti factors The most talked about tractor on the market, and it makes good. The Fordson Tractor just cannot keen 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 Corner State and Front Sis Elbert Thompson, Manager Salem, Oregon l ilAAll Al... 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 - cup 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. CALL TOE CLASS ONE U EAELT OCTObJ lu tint i'l . t 4 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 cuE: !",d rrb'1 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 i u. vii'iu iliako up n war exhibit at the Salem I Oliver J. Lclirun, Wtiodkrn' ..i.i-- ir . v .... - 1 " II. .....lie'. 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. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY - Untold Sateru. ISilivrton -- Siiiiiui l ll.ittciihcrg, Mt. AohI i "o-Wrcii K. Afatliuey, Silvorton i 2ii l.ii.lwig E. MH siivfrtoa 3 1 here i., H special call fur ive J istianls for sptviul service at Fort H Howell, TheV(will leave about tie of tla iminlh.-'-WoiiJljiiru hM euf. JIWmM, 7T Wfc HWW mU !! Ill .Wi-f I' hiI. :wmbiii tmtg-.j.K.au MtAJKsJi M.-i ja. wm a mmmn Why Batteries Wear On There are two reasons; the natural wear that goes of slowly, and the rapid wear that's clue to abuse, as w' you Spin-spin-spin--a cold motor. Let the plates starve for want of charge. Forget to add distilled water. You exDect natural wear in batteries as much as you in tires but if your tire was flat you wouldn't keep ruM ning on it. Drive around this way, and we'll tell you how you've ibffj treating that battery, and how you can postpone its aSe-, . ' Ask for our booklet, "A Mark With a Meaning For Yotfj -it tells what's back of the Willard Mark. We carry a full stock of Bone Dry Batteries-everyj as BRAND NEW as the day it left the factory, don't have to WAIT for a new battery aim juu. -the battery is new when you buy it. Auto Electric Shop Degge & Burrell pnone w 418 Court him i ml rrnmii nil Ml I '"ri"r" -n lib n Mirtwi Job Department IslBusyallthe Time. It eoes to prove that curm and prices satisfy the users good Printing