Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1918, Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918 PRISONERS TELL BELGIAN GIRLS OF HUN CRUELTY ON COMING BACK Revolting Practices Indulged in by Enemy im Driving Allied Captives to Suffering and Death By CAPTAIN R. P. P. ROWE of the British Army (Written for United Press.) LONDON, (By Mail.)—The Ger- mans, ‘apart fram the crimes they have committed in Belgium and on the high seas, in the late war spe- cialized in a particularly revolting form of cruelty. Whe proofs of their purposeful torture of prisoners, part- ly to get the utmost work possible out ef them and partly,.it would seem, simply to destroy life or physique in an enemy, provide a record that would have keen incredible before 1914, Thousands of English, French, Italian and. Russian prisoners of war have been deliberately done to death by a° combination of overwork and starvation. Under the fire of ‘their fellow-countrymen’s guns, they have been driven in gangs like ves to! labor on their enemy's defenses. | When hardly able to move thru weak- ness they have been beaten or stab- bed with bayonets to forde them to further effort, One of the German ‘methods with} Russiah prisoners has been to hang them by their wrists to a stake with their feet off the ground. Of this very literal form of crucifixion there { is overwhelming evidence. It is, in| fact, a eommon practice to suspend prisoners thus for hours at a time. Eventually, insensible, with their wrists terribly lacerated, they are eut dawn, Even when rope is used to bind them it would seem the ex- tremity of torture, but according to the Igtest accounts wire is often sub- stitited. A Russian prisoner, who recently escaped from Germany, af- ter being worked for nearly three years behind the German lines in France, gave. evidence of this devel- | opment'in his official examination. jt ARE PUNISHED FOR FLIRTING Hair Is Shorn for Making Love! to Huns in Reviving ; ishment of Middle Ages for Disloyal Women } BRUGES, Dee. 18.—(Oorrespond-} ence of The Associated Press)—~An ancient form of punishment in favor! in the Middle Ages has been adopted, in Belgium for Belgian women who were too friendly toward the German! > known that this method plied in at least one other scenes attending the application this punishment has been hoisterous. i Corporal Jinehment is visited up- on the pro-Germans among the Bek gian men, but few of these wyaited the wrath of the Belgian invaders. They decamped before the reoccupied the cities and towns which had been held under German domina- ion, Such cases as these have been re- markably few. The wonder is that there have not been more. The pre= W fi T lj, FIGHTS THE portion of renegades is so small as te eo Ve te reflect greater glory on peor little Belgium. As a whole, the civil population of Belgium has remained wonderfully “ 5 administration, they were enabled ed LIGENSES IN STATE govern themsclves while the German} ing. It enabled them to endure phys, | jis ical privations, suffer death and re- Ae Soy. Oe eae German governors, Von Bissing, and 0f the state to be presented to the his successor “Von Falkenhayn, who’ different boards af commissioners, from the Flemish and to poison the for.1919 and present the following wells of Belgium's patriotism, loyal. By their system of communal was deluding himself that he was rul-| sist the insidious propaganda of the | ireulating patitians in every cowsiy attempted to separate the Waloons against the issuange of liquar licenses inNersaclety, te etraticrtin, a 11| &rgument: That the beat interests of By Getting Sta rted [eis PRICE OF WOOLENS 10 Salesmen for the great woolen mills of the.country, who are reach- ing Casper are urging those who buy woolen fabrics to stack up now, and fare sounding the warning that the price of weolens will go up from 15 | to 25 per eent of their present prices | after January 1, according to state- ments from local tailor shops. "OWDER RIVER YELL = TAKE FLIGHT JAN, FIRST’ RINGS OUT IN YANK With the advance that the sales-' DEST WHITE NATIVE OF WYOMING 1S DEAD | HYATTVILLE, Wyo.— Although Mrs. Susan Brisnet Luman, the oldest ) white native of Wyonting, who is dead (here at the age of 82 years, residea | for 60 years in the same locality she | nevertheless during that period resid. |ed im five territories and one state. U | then an American fur company post region now known as Wyoming. |that time Fort Laramie was in ¢ | territory of Missouri. In 1854 DEVOE PAINTS elsewhere. 353 North Beech SEAT ee LINES AS WAR. ENDS SHERIDAN, Wyo—A letter ‘has come to his mother from Gerald Dun- can, who is with the American Ex- peditionary force and has been in France since November, 1917. The letter was written just after the sign- ing of the armistice. Young Duncan says that while the din «? battle hae She was born in i236 at Fort Laramie| STOVES STOVES STOVES Let us show you our line ot Stoves and Heaters before you buy We can save you money. Natrona Lumber Co. LET US FIGURE YOUR BILL Buy War Savings Stamps— WE SELL THEM |bame a portion of the Territory af Nebraska, in 1863 me a part o> the territory of Idahe, in 1864 was in- cluded in the Territory of North Da | kota. in 1868’ was assigned tothe Ter- (7, | ritory of Wyoming, and in 1690 cam {under the jurisdiction of the State or 'Wyoming. Boundary readjustments during the §d4-year period ited made Mrs. Luman, who mean } Was residing in the same pla cessively a resident of each of the territories and the state nanied. Seay Se BAKE SALE SATURDAY The Ladies of the Altar and Rosary | which was the first settlement in the! Society will hold a bake sale tomor- | Av| row afternocn at the Casper Storage he} Grocery. Everything good to eat at it be-} this sale. it BUILDERS’ HARDWARE Phone 528 Rig Timbers be given access to the registration | the county will thereby he servea,| cards exeept they are previously so that the judges of the district courts | authorized by the provost marshal | of this state have repeatedly declarea general, and the local board has been liquor causes the greatest per cent of | so notified. Requests for such access | all crime and misery: that our state. should be transmitted: to the provost | must be made safe and clean for thi | marshal general thru the draft exec- | return of our soldiers and sailors, and | The whole of his examination is in- teresting, but much of it may not be repreduced. His powers of obser- vation and clearness of judgment formation to giy@ of more than or- dinary value. From this it may be men are predicting in woolen woods from the mills, the price of custom- made clothes will also take a leap, in as much as the custom tailoring establishments will be compelled to pay the same price for their stocks! ceased that while he was writing the noise was denfening and above the | shouts of “Le guerre ost finis,” can) be heard the familiar. old yell of [ “Powder River.” Young Duncan also adds that as a were such that he had military in- deduced that his perfectly straight- forward an? unimpassioned state- ments concerning his own treatment and that 6f other prisoners may also be accepted without reservation, There is little in the “evidence that} has not been reported. again and again except the substitution of wire for yope in “erucifixion.” When this prisoner’s party arrived | at the western front in 1915 it was one of the first batches to be put to work under fire, At first the men refused. As a measure of cgercion they were beaten with rifle butts, pricked* with bayonets, and deprived of foad. A smal? number of them, who still remained obdurate, were at last sent back 15 kilometers to weave ; ‘ pe Grey Felt, have padded wool revetments, gabions, ete. At a later he Fort Casper Chapter No. 4, pi ‘ : I h d } stage they were marched forward one af tha Nastenn oentiahes 9 (By Dr. Franklin Duane) | inner sole and soft mule skin et t em sprea again, and when they refused to work were once more attacked with rifle butts and bayonets. Finally they were surrounded by a detachment of cavalry, who pricked them with their lances, struck them with butt ends, and fode over them with their horses, At last they had to yield. Such treatment as this was only a small part of their summerings. In spite of the excessive work, to which they were driven like cattle, they were given less than~the modicum of, food reasonable for subsistence. Their total diet consisted of 400 grams of bread per day, turnip and pwater for dinner, and coffee for their breakfast and. supper. They were never given meat and never even j potatoes. Over-work combined with| Mrs. Alice Cook, conductress; Mrs.| If you have any of such symptoms | MEN’. VERETT semi-starvation reduced them to utter! Anna Leeper, associate conductress;} 4% chines, pase! pemseee | Se pe feebleness and in appearance to that} Mrs. Louise Keefe, secretary; Mrs. | eae ‘act, ang ie, ee to ‘tating | 4 ; Th Will Enijo It. of walking skeletons. But toil was|Emma Sturgeon, trossurer. Mrs. | Festlessenss, weakness, - or irritating}. Chown in Oxford ey JOY never remitted. In the case of prisoners refusing to work on the enemy’s defenses, bar- barous ‘punishments were fre FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETI- | minutes. Thoroughly loosen the soft felt; all have | bw quay inflicted. ~ Holes a meter TION FOR DECREE OF bowels with some such mild and non-| flexible leather | It is sweet, pure and clean. Not | deep were dug and filled with water DISTRIBUTION irritating physic as Dr. Pierge’s wool-lined soles. A | h and ‘the meft were made to, stand iit/nni. State of Wyoming, Pleasant Pillets. Drink principally ful aiff that will touched by hand in manufacture or them for hours. But the worst devilry County of Natrona,—ss. of hot lemonade and then cover up useful gi jat wi : i bers 3! glee he Ripsied Br IN THE DISTRICT COURT | with plenty of clothes in bed so as|f warm the heart as packing. i oner whose report is here chronicle SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT | to get a good sweat/ When sweating t! P ¥— \K sf sletsiled ceseripiog oF us| In, the Matter of the is reo and the fever reduced take a “ os the It is delicious and wholesome. It p ice aseapplied to himself. 4 ESTATE OF MIK) URPHY, | dose of twe Anuric Tablets every $3. 00 i) had attempted to Leauge 9 nae Baas M \four hours, followed by Grint 9 aes e betters the bread. ii! caught. As a punishment he was tied NOTICE IS HEREB VEN to| least a or two of hot water. A . : ‘ to a tree for-three hours. His wrists] an wreditord of and all ether persons | Anurie Eablets help quickly to ee-|) THE CAVALIER Swift's Premium Oleomargarine | Were twisted behind his back and) paving an interest in the estate of |lieve the soreness of the muscles and This attractive bound with thin wire to the tree. Thin wire was then drawn tightly below his knees, the loose root on which he was standing was kieked“@away and he was left hanging by his wrists. After three hours he lost consciousness, was lowered to the ground, and was caned on his feet untjl he came to life again. Forthwith he was dragged to the #uardhouse, where he remained in a dark cell for 22 days on bread and water, Only once, on the 12th day, was he allowed to ascend temporarily te the light. On the expiration of his sentence he was put to work with others, They worked 15 hours daily, 10 at heavy labor and 5 on lighter work in garrison. eee rer MAY LICENSE BUSINESS LINGLE, Wyo.—Lingle business houses may be licensed in order to help pay the city’s expense for the first year of its life. The intention of the city fathers is not to make the license a heavy one, but. to secure a small sum to aid the city treasury. utive, whe should make recommenda- tion of action he believes proper or desirable. , | “The greatest care must be taken to see that access be given to any} society or organization except for} and in behalf of some public benefit ” FATHERLESS CHILD I ADOPTED BY EASTERN STAR, ELECTION HELO night at the Masonie Temple to elect officers for the coming year and to tramsact other business brot before the members. One fatherless child of France was adopted for a year by the order, and a service flag pre- sented by J. S. Mechling was accept- ed. The service flag contains seven stars and was graciously received by the members. A joint installation of officers elected will be held Thursday even- ing, December 26, at the Masonic Temple, when the Masonic order will also participate in the ceremonies. The Eastern Star elective officers in- clude Mrs. Frances Kleber, worthy matron; John Heaty, worthy patron; Mrs. Lena Hawks, associate matron; that the small tailors will be obliged to pay. that the people of the different coun. | ties stated at the polls at the last elec-| tion their opposition to the saloon, | i sie YANKS CARRY MORE MESS | | PARIS.— (By Mail,)—-A new 1918! model of messkit was issued just prior to the end of the fighting. It created more interest along the lines | of the Amerigan Expeditionary } Forges, than the news that Germany | had asked for an armistice, Deapite} rossible objections from Mx, Hoover, | the new messtin helds mare than ever. TO AVOID AND RELIEVE IN- FLUENZA eon ts Many people have been frightened | oy what they have read or heard of influenza. @ more you efar the! disease, the surer you are to get it.| Go right about your business and | forget it. As the disease is spread principally by contact thru sneezing, coughing or spittin gm,any health au- thorities have advised that every one wear a gauze, which is daily washed a nsdaturated with a‘one to five hun-| dred solution of zine sulphate in water, and then dried before wearing over the nose and mouth. You should avoid crowds, common drink- ing cups and public towels. Keep your strength up by taking lots of} exercise in the open air and plenty of | nourishing foad. | toe. Spegial .__ wide or narrow toe. Special Lillie Townsend, Mrs. Matilda Sven- dson and Oscar Hiestand, trustees. NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF | Mike Murphy} deceased, that A. T. Phillips, administrator of gaid estate has presented and filed his final ac- count and report of his administra- tion and petition for decree of dis- tribution of said estate, with the; Clerk of the District Court above named, where the creditors of gnd any one interested in said estate may examine said account, report and pe- tition and file objections thereto at any time within thirty days after the 22nd day of November, 1918, that being the date of the last publication of this notice, and if no such objec- tions are filed within the time afore- said the undersigned administrator of said estate will make final settlement of said estate on the 23rd day of December, 1918, or as soon thereaf- ter as said matter may be heard. Dated this 21st day of November, A. D., 1918, A. T. “PHILLIPS, Administrator of the Estate of Mike Murphy, Deceased Pub. Nov. 22, 28; Dec, 6, 18, 1918. f plain and help the kidneys flush pyt liron-tonic tablet called “Irontic” or |Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, cough, give up work at once and go_ to bed. This will save your strength} to help avercome the disease. Put} your feet in hot water for fifteen grey, Marine blue, black and maroon, bones from which most patients com- Slipper in Oxford grey felt, with a” h a ned - turned the poisons. To relieve nasal, obstructions and excessive discharge from the nase, frobably nothing is better than such | a mild, soothing, antiseptic wash as Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. It will give great relief. Employed as a gargle, in same strength as made up for use in the nose, and a hot as ean be borne, it quickly arrests soreness and dryness in the throat. Influenza weakens the patient’s resistance to disease, so that there is danger of bronchitis and pneumonia developing. 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