Evening journal., 1917-09-06
DEPUTY CHARGES AUSTRIANs
PRACTICE ATROCITIES EVEN
ON THEIR OWN MEN.

~ AAAA~AN VNAN MAHNs
The Vienna Arbeterzeltung, an Aus
irian labor paper, quotes Max Winter.
a deputy in the Austrian Rcichsrai. as
accusing Austrian officers in a speech
IN The parliament Of committing atroci-
ties upon their own men
"On the testimony Of most reliable
witnesses, I lay before The minister Of
defense an account OF recent occur
rences in Battery 3 OF the Field Arlll-
lery at Nimlau, near Olmutz.
The battery commander, Lieutenant
Baron Non lloefern, ordered an subal-
terms to begin the day by administer
ing sound thrashlng 10 the men. The
lieutenant himself started the opera
tions by boxing the ears OF a number
OF soldiers.
ION the arrival Of the company at
Dobrcczin, 10 was found there was a
shortage OF 20 rations. Lieutenant
Baron Won Hoefern thereupon mus
tered the whole battery and at his or
ders the subQlterns thrashed the sol
dlers with dos whips until they dis
closed who had consumed double ra-
tions. Several OF the men collapsed and
fen 70 the ground unconscious during
the incessant whipping. whereupon
Lieutenant Baron Won lloefcrn kicked
them as they lay and another officer
boxed their ears.
"1he next procedure consisted IN
binding ~ men with thick ropes TO the
Top Of railway truck whence they
remained hanging for two hours. This
punishment was inflicted by order OF
Lieutenant Carl kattlnger and while
The men were hanging the wagon was
guarded by scntrics so that tho popu-
lation could not see what was going
on"
MAKE GERMAN FARMERS
BOOST NEW WAR LOAN.
The Frankfort zeltung learns from
Berlin that a meeting was held recent
~ between the directors OF the Hoichs-
penk and tho principal representatives
uf German agriculture 20 discuss the
measures 70 be taken IN order TO place
on broader basis the work of col
ieoting for the next war loan, which
Is TO be Issued "at the end OF Septem-
Der something must be done, Il
seems, TO counteract decisiveiy the
spread OF reports hostile 90 the Father
land. which have found favorable
soil precisely IN peasant circles, and
which aim at preventing agricullurlsts
rom contributing TO the war loan"
The helchsbank urgently recon-
mended that q memorial should be
presented by the representatives OF
agricultural interests, begglng the mill
tary authorities TO release sufficient
men Tor the work Of collecting, so long
as II lasts. a greater use, it was urged
must be made Of people already called
up Tor auxiliary service. Further.
measures were agreed upon FOR rem
uering competition between the public
savings banks and the credit institr-
lions in collecting Tor the new loan
imposslble. Country officials Of all Kind
are 20 take a much moro enerCetlc
part in the work than they have hiih.
eriO done
PUNISH SECRET
CREAM TIpPLING.
The Office concerned with keeping an
eye on foOd-pr0flteering Is taking Wig
orous action against Berlin restaurants
which infringe the manifold regtila-
tions bearing upon the supply or food
20 the public. The latest restaurant 10
get into trouble IS Killers. 62 Inter
den Linden, and the restaurant has
bccn closed, The cellar OF more than
10000 bottles has been placed under
seal and the proprietor has been ar
rested. He Is accused not only OF sell
ing fresh vegetables shove the MAXI
mum price fixed by regulation. but of
allowing TO be drunk on his premises
milk containing cream, which should
properly only be allowed TO individuals
under medical certificate, to- Infants.
end to expectant mothers. It appears
that the source Of this secret drlnsing
was some cows on the proprlelor's
farm near Potsdam. Another restaur-
ant. In the Dorotheen-strasse. has been
closed because there were found on
the premises four and a half hundred
weight OF beef unstamped by an IN
spector. lclb. Of butter. sob. of roast
cd coffee. and COO eggs. which had
been secretly bought at prices above
The legal limit
bERMAN MAYOR HAS
tI>sE OF nj kfOn.
ne Prussian town m AltVasser has
rrNeiopet humorous hureomaster.
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