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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31
CdptiUeS of Huns
Endure Crue1tieS,
Toll and Hunger
Captured Soldiers Starved, Scantily Clothed
Worked Like Slaves, Abused, Exposed
to Deadly Diseases.

Extracted from information the condition of
allied prisoners in Germany just received by the Belgian gov
eminent Havre the following facts show with what inhu
anty prisoners of treated in PRISONS camps and
"kommandos" beyond the Rhine The information comes
from Belgian soldier whom must here call simply
D, who was taken prisoner at Namur August 2 1914,
was informed August g Nunsterlager ianover), and
remained there until the beginning Of January 1917, at
which time he was transferred to the camp at Sotau
At the beginning says this witness whose veracity has
been established the brutality Of overseers
IRENE The chief Of the camp general who did not
do anything. His aide de camp, Major Won Valentino
brother Of the private advisor Of William H. used to insult
every time he u.s. and excited his subordnaes
against us His subordnates naturally not tender
begin with The bad treatment which they made endure
shocking Forthe least lack Of discipline they made
undergo the punishment Of the post certain sergeant
major took malignant JOY in making the sufferer get up
the BOX placed against the post tying his VICTIM and
then removing the box. The would remain hanging
Several prisoners died result Of this treatment
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31

tab nj de end oh u trip has guilty
conscience dat will spoil his digestion.
"Ah know dey got shame IN der
hearts by de way dey sneak out when
Ah'm not looking.
The train had been supplied the
baggage was all loaded. but Sam kept
OIL,
"Yo' know eberybody lakes 10 feel
superior To eberybudy else. All 'ccpt
us Pullman cab poatnbs and when you
make Il puhson feel superior to cherry
body else he swells mp Wild Importance
and begins rattlin' hia money and
wondering what to do with 1t.
III nd be q. shame to lei n man re-
main in dat Condition It's dom him
a favah to let him get rid OF little
ob his coin. Makes him feel easy and
satisfied,
"Ail Aboard!'
EaWled the conductor and the
brakemen echoed 1t along the train.
"Ah won't insult and be1ittle no man
by refnsin' his appreciation oh my sub
vices.
And Mr.. MeAdoa-~if he's goin' K
be our boss~-hc amt goin' In change
human nature.
The train had started. Sam hastil,
pitched his stool aboard, clambered on
still mnmbiing to himself that tippinl
was % blessing To travellers,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31

worked were unusually grasping and
gave them too little TOO eat: prisoners
were sometimes iit-used some of The
s.utrieg and even the peasants strik
Is them. But on the whole. and
compared with what was to come later,
their LOT was endurabIe. As the block
AIDE Of Germany was prolonged. how
ever. The situation OF the farmers
changed. acquisitions became more
frequent and more pressing, and see
ing themselves deprived of the greater
part Of what they had reserved for
their personal use. they reduced to
| zero the share Of the prisoners
The prisoners who WORK on farms
like those in camps, mines and facto-
/ RES. are now fed on turnlps. Gettics.
! ba riley Cruel and fndian-corn meal al
most exclusively. Practically all To-
tatoes have been requisitioned. The
orders are that the hours Of labor
shall be determined hy the farmers. III
summer the prisoners work Il. Is and
even Il hours "A day. If a prisoner
protests. the peasant appeals TO the
sentry. who runs UP Hith his rifle and
soon imposes the will Of the master
Under such management the prisoners
break down very rapidly. The sen,
iiLEis are often men from the neares
village who have not performed aetig.
military service and are dressed up II
uniforms and set to guard prisoners
being relatives of the farmers VIII
work the captives or having captive
, OF their own. they often use thei
authority very hnrstly.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31
STYLE poiNr4.

Red cord lacings are ! novel hve.
touch on u dark suit g g
waistcoats in PARA are beng nlni6x
Of Roman striped ribbon.
Dotted Swiss - Uo9Nf -
rails that are In favor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31
All Prisoners Utilized.

AT the beginning of March, 1917. yet
more urgent instructions from Berlin
reached the camps. without distine-
ton of age. rank or aptitude, the pris-
oners who were still In the camps and
occupied in various services, clerical
postal, express, taking care of the
yards, barracks. end kitchens. all priv
ate soldiers, indeed, were to be sent to
komr1andos' and their places were to
be taken by commissioned offic-
ers. Only the iavaiids could remain in
the camps with these. Even the sies.
We're to work, according to their
strength and not be admitted into
hospitals and infirmaries unless they
Mere really quite incapable Of work
ing When cured. they were TO go
! back TO work the next day.
AT Soitau these orders were carried
out literally. and in a few days u,er
who had succeeded in finding inches II
the various services. or as we may
| say finding cover were replaced b,
non commissioned officers. and sen
away TO work. and with them all tn,
n.en OF weak constitution or affiictet
with chronic diseases, men who wer
acknowledged by the Germans them
selves TO be in this condition and a
such marked No. 3.
The prisoners. il should be said, ar
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31

marked. each one with number, In
dicatine the degree of his health and
strength. No. means good for any
work. No. 2. good for field labor; No
2. good for light work; No. 4, inca
pable of work. The men who wef"
marked No. at Munsteriagef reached
Soltau at the beginning Of April 1871
ard then, on the next day they were
sent 10 Emden where they We're en-
ployed in unloading vessels. Those
marked no. 3 at Soitau who mad De"n
sent in February to the camp AT
/ Hamelan, were shipped about the
same time to farms, and even to mines
and swamps. These men were those
! suffering from tuberculosis. heart
disease. bronchitis. asthma, hernia,
/ rheumatism and sciatiCa- The Ger
| mans are well aware of this. they ad-
mitted it when they gave them the
No. Z, but as the authorities demanded
laborers and s,ill more iaborers, II was
necessary to find Iaborers If healthy,
strong men had been on hand they
would have sent them, but since none
we're to be found. the sick were sent
How the Prisoners Work.
According to n statistical report
published in Germany. 50 per cent oi
the prisoners are now detached from
the camps 10 which they belong and
are working in kommandos. Three
fourths of these 30 per cent are as
signed TO agricultural tasks. TO iabol
} at sea ports. to salt and coal mines, Il
the draining OF marshes, and TO wosl
In factories and foundries.
Agricultural Tasks.
|; For a considerable time the pris
: oners working on farms We're fairi
/ weil off. Though they had To TO
E hard. they were at least nourished un
4 ii, the middle of 1915. receiving sui
g firiency OF bread. pork and potatoe
: l., those days even. there were reasoI
s for complaining. the men had TO wer
too hard; the food was badly prepares
e some Of the peasants for whom tbs
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31
Labor in Ssacorts.

Prisoners Who know trade, boiler
makers in particular. are at work in
the naval ship yards OF kiei, Wiiheims-
hafen Erlden and elsewhere. Others
load and unload vessels. generally
loading coal and unloading Swedish
ores. This work is of the hardest
kind. because the number of cubic
meters to be handled il fixed in adj
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31

yet letting them see the parcels.
by employing force, using the
butts of rifles, though without
wounding the prisoners and maxi
ing them incapable OF working
IF Withholding letters and par
cells, ii forcibIe treatment, and
beating them with the rifle butts
do not succeed, then by shooting.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31

The consequences of such orders,
given to soldiers naturally brutal. and
10 commissioned officers specially
chosen for this job was bound to be a
fresh outburst of savage treatment
Things grew worse. The author of the
trouble had no doubt foreseen 1t. but il
was necessary above all to get more
work from the prisoners. And this re-
suit was obtained, II was thus. for
example. that in the salt mines. where
"A prisoner had been formerly com
PEELED TO fill 10 cars, he now had to
fiji Is. and again, after little while, in
consequences perhaps Of new orders, 20
and later -. If the Germans require
II they will have TO 20 to %. The
same thing took place, and In the same
manner, in harbors. and railway sta.
tions, where ships and trains We're t,
he unioaded
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
COMPEL CABINET
MEMBER TO QUIT
AT Point of Revolver Bavarian
Minister Writes His
Resignation

Munich, Dec, 0, - A crowd of armed
soldiers went to the residence of the
Minister OF the INTERIOR on Friday
night, and after forcing an entrance,
demanded the Minister'S resignation.
which he conceded,
Revolutionists also stormed the
newspaper offices except one, They
withdrew several hours later at the
earnest request of the Baverlan Pre-
mler, Kurt Eisner who hurried to the
scene,
Herr Auer the minister whose
resignation was demanded, was given
two minutes to decide at the point of
revolver He was then forced to
put his resignation into writing, AT
first he wrote;
III have been overcome by about 400
armed men In my dwelling and fore
ed to resign the office of Minister of
the Interior l declare herewith that,
surrendering to force, lay down the
office of Minister of the Interior"
This did not satisfy the revolution
lists, who demanded a statement that
the resignation was voluntary. The
crowd was led by the former editor,
Erich Muehsan. They proceeded from
a communist meeting to the office of
the Bavarian Courier and appointed
a woman as editor of that newspaper,
They remained in the Courier office
until Premier Eisner went there with
a guard.
The Neuste NachrichteR was the
only Munich paper able to appear this
morning,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
SCIENCE GUSTS
THE ICE PLANT
Columbia University Discov-
ers Way to Increase Meat
Shipping

New York, Dec. .. - A new drying
process, by which meats and fish can
be kept indefinitely and then restored
to their former state Of freshness by
the application OF water and which. It
is believed, will increase the worlds
meat shipping capacity moro than
twelve times by doing away with the
need for refrigeration, has been per-
fected In the chemical engineering la
boratories at Columbia University, 1t
was announced last night.
During a period of comprehensive
tests" the statement said, meats that
had been dried and kept a year were
restored to their fresh state and serv-
ed in the homes of professors attached
to the laboratory. A shipment OF 500
pounds was sent to camp in the
South and served to the soldiers. Re-
ports received from the camp state
that those who ate the restored meat
failed to discover any difference be-
tween it and strictly fresh meat"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
WOMEN POINT TO
PART in WAR AS
RIGHT TO VOTE
Urge Equal Suffrage With
Men in Conducting AZ
fairs of Nation
BY associated Press

Washington, Dec, p,-Immediate
passage of the woman suffrage
amendment. In recognition OF the
services rendered by the women of
the country during the war, was
urged upon the Senate In resolu-
tion, passed at meeting here yes
terday called by the National wom-
an Suffrage Association, The efforts
of American women In support OF
the country's lighting forces were
described by q number of speakers.
including DIR. Anna Howard Shaw,
Mrs William Gibbs McAdoo, Mrs,
Josephus Daniels and Miss Jane
Delano, director OF the American
Red Cross.
Now the war Is won," DIR. Shaw
said. there lies before us a vaster
work than ever before and the CO.
operation and service of women is
necessary to its accomplishment"
Mrs. McAdoo said the history OF
American women during the war,
lis the last word, the direct and
conclusive proof OF their fitness for
self f-government,"
Mrs. Daniels asked IL American
women, after having helped so vital
ly to make the world safe for dem
ocracy, should not now be given a
greater opportunity through the
ballot to make It a safe place in
which TO rear the coming genera
tions of boys and girls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09

Armenians of Chicago adopted
resolutions asking the United States
Government in agreement with the
Allied powers, to have Armenia oc-
cupied at once by Allied and Ar
menian troops.
Liberty loan bonds to the amount
of 100000 have been purchased
by the Shah of Persia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
VASH DUNDOFF
ACQUITTED OF
MURDER CHARGE
Steelton Youth Freed by Jury
After Short De-
liberation

Jurers In the case of Vasii Dun
don, of steelton, charged with muir
der returned a Verdict of acquittal
Saturday evening, coming Into court
a little more than an hour after
Judge s, ], NJ, MoCarrell had eoni-
pleted hls charge,
As soon as the verdict was read
and Vasll was discharged the Jurors
left their places and came over to
him to shake hands and speak to
him, A number OF his friends who
were In court when the jury came
in about c.i0 o'clock on Saturday
evening also crowded around him.
Young Dundoft was charged with
shooting Blackberry" or James
Wylie, colored, as he was named in
the indictment.
Given Reception
Mr.. and Mrs Tascho Dundoff, an
uncle and an aunt OF Vasil, and his
father. John Dundoff. took the youth
to Steelton In the formers automo-
bile. Many of the boys friends had
learned the verdict by telephone and
when he arrived In the borough they
were waiting to receive him at his
uncie's home, 542 North Front
street. During the evening hundreds
Of residents OF the borough, among
them q number of businessmen who
knew the family, called to congratu-
late vasil. Some OF these men had
testified in his behalf earlier in the
day. Mrs. Dundoff, Vasil's mother.
who collapsed on Friday evening
when he took the stand, was great
ly improved yesterday when he re-
turned to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duntoff, the par
ents of the youth, conduct a grocery
store and meat market at Franklin
and Myers streets. On September 13
Blackberry" came into the place
and started an argument. When he
was put out of the store he attacked
Mr. Dundoff and then the boy shot
him as he was about to slash the
parent with a large knife. Self-de-
fense/was the plea made to the jury
by Oscar G. Wickersham and Will
liam H. Earnest, the attorneys for
Vasil, whose strenuous efforts to
save him from conviction. coupled
with the boys straightforward story
and the statements of many char
acter witnesses. did much it is be-
lieved in winning an acquittal.
Nasil, who Is only 20 years old,
to this county when his
parents came over about eight years
ago. They lived in Prlap. District of
Monastir, Macedonia, before COM
ing to this country with Tascho
Dundoff, Vavirs uncle. Tho youth
went to the borough schools, later
leaving to help his father in the
store. The Dundoffs are we'll known
in the borough and have many
friends there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
Untermyer Wires Senator
He Wants to Be Heard in
Hun Propaganda Inquiry
BY Associated Press

New York, Dec. 9.-Samuel Un-
termyer, who was mentioned by A.
Bruce Bielaski, of the Department
OF Justice in testimony before the
Senate committee investigating Ger
man propaganda in this country.
sent telegram last night to Senator
Overman, chairman of the commit
tee, saying he would be in Washing
ton Tuesday and asking permission
to appear as a witness then or at a
later date or be permitted to submit
a statement for the committee Nrec-
ord.
II request that meantime the
message said, 'there be noted my
respectful protest against the use
of your records as medium for
publicity pillorying and misrepre-
senting loyal and public spirited citi-
zens for having in 1915 Joined a
movement supported the authorities
for furnishing milk to starving Cor
man babies"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
SPROUL SEEKS
EFFICIENCY in
STATE OFFICES
VIII Reorganize Department
of Agriculture; He Discusses
Some Appointments

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, s,-Governor-
elect William e, Sproul speaking TO
newspapermen, indicates that he IN
tends 70 reorganize the State De-
partment OF Agriculture when he
goes into Office, He also confirmed
the report that he considered the
Workmen's Compensation Bureau
of sufficient Importance to be a
separate department by itself, with
enlarged functions, and that the
only possible obstacle that stood In
the way was a po.icy that might be
adopted by the Legislature of con-
solidating rather than separating
departments,
He also announced that Harry a.
Mackey would be asked to continue
as chairman of the Workmen
Compensation Bureau and Charles
j. Roney as manager OF tho state
Workmen's Insurance Board,
Apparently Senator Sproul has not
yet made up his mind on any OF the
other important commisstonerships,
He has been flooded with a deluge
of letters written by citizens, prom
inent and obscure, to indorse various
candidates for high posts, IL the
Governor elects mind is read clear.
" these letters of Endorsement
have bred in him only a state OF
weariness. From a man In MS Of
flee 1t was learned that in many In
stances these letters were proved
10 have been written under a sense
of obligation to the candidate, and
did not represent the real opinion
of the writer. II any of the can
didates are planning to have sent
an avalanche of letters In their IA
vor, a good tip to them would De
that il will do them more harm than
good.
Gives His Reasons.
The Governor-elect's views on the
Department of Agriculture came in
the midst of a discussion OF the
Dairy and Food Bureau, which Is
part of the department and which
Senator Sproul said should nm a
more important function than that
of collecting fines on delinquent
manufacturers and retailers, which
is all it is enabled to do now. But.
he said, it's fate is linked up with
that of the department OF which II
is a part He was asked If he in
tended to reorganize the depart
ment
u most assuredly do" he replied"
1T is one of the most important de-
partments of the state government
and that is where we hope to shine.
gether now with one thing super
imposed on another.
Il expect the food situation TO be
serious for some time. This depart
ment might have some such func-
ton as to encourage the farmer to
produce food. show him what Will
he most profitable for his market,
and instruct him in the best method
of handling the land he owns.
Then we would have different re-
suits from where a man goes over
his land with a shallow plow and
plants it in corn TO get about $40
an acre yearly. just because his
father did that before him. He
might get $500 an acre, with in
tensive farming applied to his own
problem.
Take Denmark, for instance.
That is a country scarcely larger in
population or area than the Stat
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
DIsCHARGED FROM SERVICE

MnryaNIIIe, Ia, DEC. y, : NHaTIes a.
section of the Students Army Trfain-
/ ing Corps at the University of Pitts
burgh, has been discharged from the
United States service and has return
ed to his home in this place.
Joseph T.. Rice, a second lieutenant
OF infantry, located at Camp Upton,
New York, has also been released from
the service. He was q son of the Rev.
$. l. Rice. who had been serving as
pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church
at the time when his son was COM
mIssioned, but removed several
months ag to Seven Stars. Adams
county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
soI,DTERs WRITE TO DAD

Paris, Dec. 9.-Three shipments of
home bound mail from the American
army totaling S.5OO.O0O letters left
France between November 26 and De-
cember 2. The previous weeks mail
numbered 100000 letters. The in
crease Is believed to be due to the
fathers letters" which the men in
the army had been asked to write on
November "a,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
FOR WEEKS A MILLIONAIRE

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 8. = -Four
weeks a millionaire, after a life of
hard work and poverty, Max A. An
derson is dead at Two Harbors, of
pneumonia. Anderson was overcome
when advised that a relative in
Sweden had died and left him more
than $1,00O,000. He received sew
eraI liberal advances on the estate
and spent 1t rapidly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
AMERICANS TO LEAVE HUNGARY

Berne. Dec. 9.-An American, Brit
ish and French citizens who were
living in Hungary during the war, are
now to be permitted to return to their
homes, according to an official Hun
garian message. The Hungarian
government, it is stated. will put a
special train at their service to con-
vey them from Budapest to the
Swiss frontier.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
AIR TRAVEL IN GERMANY

London, Dec. 9.-Air traffic has
been begun between some of the
largest German towns, advices
reaching here report. The airplanes
are carrying parcel post matter and
passengers. The fare per passenger
is two and one-half marks a kilo-
meter, or about four shillings mile.
The machines can fly at the rate of
so miles an hour.