The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-08

and counted the single pieces. to the lumber Of twenty-three. He told me
 hat these were all the right ears oi iermaus whom be had shot, and Inc meant to carry them home as tro- lhies of victory
 A second man took from his trous- PTS @ head Of red hair and a stubble )f beard; it has been severed from Inc neck diagonaliy- He said it was
 he head of Q German soldier he had shot. The eyes were half open and ull of sand.
 Here follows an extract from court martial and examinations of Ernest Baldeweg. a reservist in In- .antry Regiment No. S5, which reads
 On the night of Sept. 6. 1914. about o'clock, my comrades captured six pr seven Turcocs. We found in the rockets of one of them about six fin- gers with rings on them. Another car rled in his knapsack Q human head that had been cut off, He quietly al- lowed us to take everything else from him. but offered resistance when the head was taken.
 There Is also on record an extract from the diary of a French soldier or Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 285 who fell to the northwest of Lievin The translation reads:
 Showed Trophes Proudly
 Tuesday 10 (November)
 We so into the third line. or more correctly said, to rest. This morning ] cleaned our quarters. together with my comrades. spent almost the whole day by cleaning myself Once Hindu comes along by horseback he keeps in his feedbag the ears of boches (Germons). He takes pleas ure in showing them to us French men. and he is as happy as a God.
 The German authorities. according to the official report. are also in pos session of a number Of letters writ ten by French soldiers and found up- on their bodies after they had fallen In battle. Many of these letters have been photographed and the facsIm Hes were inspected by The World representative.
 One of the saddest reports is that taken from the testimony given be- lore a Court martial of the War min 'stry. military department for the in vestigation of breaches in the laws of war, by volunteer George Wolf Of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No 21l. His statement reads in part:
 ] belonged to the third company or The Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 2f1, and toward 9 o'clock in the even. Ing of Oct. 25. 1914. was wounded lightly in the hand at a barn near Dixmude. ! went into the barn to bind up my wound. While l was en- gagged in wrapping the bandage on my hand I was suddenly seized from behind by Zouave and hurled to tho l ground. At that moment three other zouaves came up and jumped on me l | distinctly recognized their dark l complexion. their red turbans and ex ceeding wide trousers.
 I was not able to note more thar this, as the whole incident occurred with lightning-llke rapldity One Of he men drew a knife from his pack. ,t and stabbed me with 1t In the -lght eye. while the other three were Aoldlng me. I felt at once a horrible -aln. as if my whole face were being -ullt open. and I lost consciousness When awoke after time the four men were gone. ! recalled at oncr .he occurrence. felt at my eyes. snd 'ound to my horror that my left evc had run out too. As ! felt very tired ny down and fell asleep. Before do Ing SO ] put my second package Of 5andage upon my eyes.
 A very remarkable document con -a.ns tbe sworn statement Of MlsF ,lma schunke of Dobelin. Germany vho appeared as Q witness before tho 0oyal Lower Court. The official TO oort says that she testified to tho maItreatment of women prisoners.