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Route of
COMFORT
SERVICE
SAFETY
To Yoko* Territory. Atlln DlWrfet. I»twio» AIM**.
During tie winter season ct 1917-18 our regular tf*J* «er
rtce will be maintained North nd Bouti Bound tistw&aa Skag
waj aad Whltehorse, trains lesrt»j both terminal* oa TueBdayi
aad Fridays. ( «*i • jfc." ,! ' \r ^
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our through Mali, Passenger ud Freight Serrtce will be
operated betweea Whlteborae lud Dawacm, affording ©Te<ly po»
■lble facility for comfortable w1at«r travel by msui of a
THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED STAGE AND AUTOMOBILE LINE.
For full information apply to
c. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Department
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
A. F. ZIPF
Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash
Whits Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 40.
Every Tuesday and Friday
No 1. X. Bound No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Cl««9 I lrt Class
8:80 ft. m. I.eaves 8KAGWAY Arrive® 3:50 p. m.
11:03 a. m. " WHITE PASS Leave* 2:20 p. m.
11:45 a. m " LOO CABIN . " 1:80 p. *u
12:40 p. m. " u BENNETT n 12:00 p. m.
2:20 p. in. " ~ CARCBOSS " 10:48 a. m.
4: SO p. m. Arrive* WHIIEHORSE " 8:00 a. m.
Pnasenger* rudat be at depot In time to hare Baggage In
spected and checked. Inspection la (topped SO Minute* before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of baggage wiU be checked free with each full
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TELLS OF TORTURES METED OUT
TO WAR PRISONERS IN GERMANY
Belgian Describes How Guards, Chosen Especially for Their Bru
tality, Beat Helpless Captives Into Insensibility—Many Are
; Worked to Death Under Horrible Conditions— Food
j Intentionally Is Made Revolting.
Ths *»act conditions of prisoners of
war In Germany ara told In all their
revolting particulars In a atatement Is
sued by the Belgian legation at Wash
ington, D. C. Introducing the subject
nuttter, the legation atatement aaya:
"The Information cornea from a Bel
gian soldier, whom we must here call
■imply D , who was taken prisoner
at Namur August 33,1914, was Intern
ed August 28 at Munsterlager, Han
orer, and remained there until the be
ginning of January, 1917, at which
time he was transferred to the camp
«( Soltau."
The statement declares that the ver
acity of D has been established
and then glv.js his statement in full.
Extracts from It follow:
"At the beginning," aaya D ,
"the brutality af our oversews was ex
treme. The chief of the camp waa a
general who did not do anything. His
aid-de-camp, MaJ. von Valentine, a
brother of the private adviser of Wil
liam n, nsed to Insult us every time
he came to see us, and be excited his
subordinates Against us.
Soma Tortured to Oaath.
"His subordinates naturally were
■ot tender, to begin with, and the bad
treatment they made us endure was
shocking. For the least lack of disci
pline they made us undergo the pun
ishment of the post. A certain ser
geant major took a malignant Joy In
making the sufferer get up on the box
placed against the post, tying his vic
tim and then removing the box. The
■an would remain hanging. Several
•f the prisoners died as a result of
this treatment. . . .
"In April, 1916, new Instructions
were sent to the camps. I have seen
them with my own eyes. They en
joined upon the commanders of the
eamps to utilize the prisoners as mach
as possible and to send them to the
'kommandos'—farms, factories or
mines—as they were needed, without
distinction, even those whom the Ger
mans called 'Geblldete Teute,' edu
cated people.
In August, 1916, further Instructions
were seat all the chiefs of detach
ments, or 'kommando' heads, connect
ed with the Munsterlager prison
camps. These Instructions declared
that the prisoners did not do enough
work, and that by some means or ether
the amount must be increased.
Even the III Force* to Work.
"Against those who did not work
•Bough proceedings should be taken as
follows: 9
"1. By not delivering mall to them;
showing It to them, but not letting
them have It.
"2. If this should not succeed, hold
tog back their parcels from home, yet
letting them see the parcels.
"S. By employing force, using the
butts of rifles, though without wound
ing the prisoners and making them in
capable of working.
*•4. If withholding letters and par
cels, If forcible treatment and beating
them with rifle butts do not succeed,
then by shooting.
"The consequence of such orders,
given to soldiers naturally brutal and
to noncommissioned officers especially
chosen for the job, was bound to be
a fresh outburst of savage treatment.
"At the beginning of March, 1917,
still more urgent Instructions from
Berlin reached the camps. Without
distinction of sge, rank or aptitude,
the prisoners who were still In the
camps and occupied in various serv- i
Ices—clerical, postal, express, taking
care of the yards, barracks and kitch
ens—Indeed, all private soldiers, were
t* be sent to 'kommamlos' and their
placas were to be takixi by non-com
missioned officers. . . . Even the
lick were to work according to their
itrength, and not to b« admitted to
hospitals or Infirmaries unless they
were really quite Incapable of working.
When cured they were t« go back to
work the next day."
Working Sixteen Hour* a Day.
The statement then tails of bow;
prisoner! suffering from serious and
painful diseases were made to do the
hardest kind of labor Id the "kom
mandos." The statement continues r
"The prisoners who work on farms,
tike those in camps, mines and fac
tories, are fed on turnips, nettles,
barley gruel and Indian cornmeal al
most exclusively. Practically all po
tatoes have been requisitioned. The
orders are that the hours of labor shall
be determined by the farmers. In sum
mer the prisoners work 14, 15, and
»tco 16 hours a day."
D tells of the severe labor the
prisoners have to perform In loading
ind unloading vessels, generally un
loading Swedish ores and loading coal;
men who are suffering from disease,
tar (one with tuberculosis, driven to
heartbreaking tasks long hours every
Hay- Then the statement tells about
conditions in the salt mines. It says:
"An increasing number of prisoners
ire being put to work in the salt'
mines. The salt is used today espe
iially for the manufacture of suffo
rattag gases. The galleries are at i
depths which vary from about 650
to 2,300 fet. The heat is so great
that the men work absolutely naked
wcept for wooden shoes. The sweat
trips from their bodies. The air Is
Kt St to breathy being full qf polsjn- j
ous vapors which bring on an Irre
sistible drowsiness.
Guard* Chosen for Cruelty.
"At the end of a few months the la
borers break out with persistent bolls
and incurable running sores, the
slightest scratch often developing Into
a deepening wound, which grows
larger and larger. The fate of the
captives employed In these mines is
horrible and would excite pity even In
their guards if the authorities had not
been so cunning as to appoint for this
office soldiers and noncommissioned
officers of well-tested 'energy.'
"The chief of the detachment la a
German noncommissioned officer
whom the prisoners have nicknamed
'the Crocodile.' He is a regular giant,
hideously deformed, but of enormous
strength. His hands, elbows, shoul
ders, knees and ankles are all out of
shape. His face is bestial and bears,
like his body, the characteristics of a
criminal. Not a day passes but that
he strikes the prisoners. To do this,
he takes the victim to his own room,
shuts and locks the door, places his
watch on the table—for the time of
the torture, Ave, ten or fifteen minutes
—is fixed beforehand. Then he falls
to with his fists, his booted feet and
even sometimes a bayonet. When his
victim has fainted the 'Crocodile'
opens the door and kicks him out.
, "Anyone who complains of being ill
Is thrown from his bed and beaten
for a long time with the butts of rifles
by guards under the 'Crocodile's' or
ders. On December 10, 1916, the Ger
mans treated four English prisoners
In this way, beating them until they
had lost consciousness. Then they
carried them into the mine, where they
were left until they had dug or loaded
their quota of carloads of salt.
Injured Men Unattended.
"Thin mine Is such a hell that some
of the prixoners, Id order to be let out
of It have not hesitated to mutilate
themselves. The Germans, fearing
these acts might be repeated, decided
to leave all wounded men without
treatment for three weeks, whether
their Injuries were voluntary or not."
The statement says that accidents
are very frequent In these mines, and
that the most elementary precautions
are neglected and every week the local
newspapers tell of some catastrophe
in the mines in which 10, 20 or 30 pris
oners have been killed.
D also tells in detail of the work
the prisoners have to do In the
marshes and swamps, and say that In
inme of the swamp "kommandos" the
conditions are as horrible as the mines,
and especially mentions the Teufel
moor swamp, which Is supplied from
the prison camp at Hameln, In the
province of Hanover. He says:
Food It Revolting.
"At Teufelmoor the prisoners are
fed especially with food made for them
of bran, chopped straw and other sub
stances of which the nature is not
known. The soup is Intentionally made
of stinking material and Intentionally
debilitating. Blows with the butts of
rifles are dealt for no reason whatso
ever. They must toll without respite.
Under this treatment they rapidly
waste away. Some hold out for two
months. Some try to find ways to kill
themselves.
"When a prisoner reports himself as
ill and his claim Is disallowed the ser
geant major condemns him to fill a
200-gallon vat with a sardine box,
brlntrlur tV water from a pump about
"Found Money"
"It's just as if I found 90c," said many people as they cashed
their Liberty Bond Interest Coupons. They've had their first
demonstration of the rewards of saving, of THRIFT. UNCLE
SAM wants to help you get the Thrift Habit—a habit that will
help you through life. He has issued the W. S.S. You can
start with a quaiter. 25c buys a Thrift Stamp, 16 Thrift Stamps
plus 13c buys a W. S. S. In 1923 a W. S. S. is worth $5.00 The
interest is at 4 per cent, compounded quarterly. One of the best
and safest investments possible.
Buy Thrift Stamp* and W. S. S.
They Make Money For You. They Save Money For You
They Help Uncle Sam Win The War
BUY THEM AT THE POST OFFICE, OR ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S OFFICE
ThU Sp«« Contribut«J by Th. Okily Alubo
"Garden Sass' W
Star— "Whe«t for SoUicr B«p*
250'feet Blstarftr T5'Joirrgnma'he u
constantly watched by a- guard, who
beats him and Insult* him at his pleas
ure. Another punishment very fre
quently employed consists In making
prisoners run at full speed around the
camp with sacks full of stones on
their heads. Every 00 feet the victim
must stop, put down the sack In the
mud, then lift It U his head again, be
gin to run once more, and «o on, over
and over."
PAYS FOR STOLEN COAL
Took It When He Needed It and
Send# Stampe. <
Half a hundred Tiffin, 0., citizens
who "confiscated" coal from the Penn
sylvania railroad were compelled to
settle for the coal when affidavits were
filed against them after Pennsylvania
police got the evidence. |
One man decided to go to Jail rather
than settle, and he went
The Big Four men had boasted
their coal had not been disturbed. This
morning when the Big Four agent
opened his mall he found a letter which'
read: I
"Inclosed find 25 cents In stamps for
coal which I stole from your road dur
ing the cold snap. It hurts my con
science and I cannot sleep, but I need
ed the coal and I took It because I
couldn't buy any. I am a Christian
gentleman nnd feel that I most settle
In order to ease up my conscience.'! I
The stamps are now being used to!
forward Big Four mall out of Tiffin.}
Record Coal Mining.
The American Coal and Mining com-,
pany of Blcknell, Ind., broke the
world's record one day recently when'
5,916 tons of coal were hoisted In eight
hours. The record was held previous-)
ly by the Superior Coal company of.
Gillespie, 111., which hoisted 5,550 tong.j
Height Zeppelins Can Reach.
Basing his statement on accurate
measurements of a Zeppelin that was
brought down In England last Octo
ber, on known facts regarding the lift
ing power of hydrogen gas, on the
state of the barometer during the
flight, on the temperatures of the air
recorded In th airship's log, Jhadoo
Jahoz writes In Aeronautics as fol
lows:
"It would appear from the foregoing
that the latest type of Zeppelin is de
signed to be able to attain a height of
17,000 to 18,000 feet when over Its ob
jective and after dropping Its bombs,
but Is capable of going even higher
under stress of circumstances and at
the risk of sulTerlng some slight flam
age on returning to Its base. These
conclusions accord well with Mr. War
ner Allen's statements that these air
ships 'are built with a view to flying
between 16,000 and 18,000 feet' Of
course, on a short flight they could go
higher, In view of the reduced quanti
ty of petrol to be earrled."
All discriminating people So to
Keller Bros, for loe cream and oth
er fountain drlaJcs. tt
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
j
If you want to buy a home or buy
any property that I have for tale
that suits you 1 can offer you
Some Bargains
DON'T FORGET that 1 .cfl
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KSTA BLISHED 1897
THE BEST PROOF
Skagway Citizens Cannot Doubt It«
Doan'a Kidney PUls -ware u*ed—
They brought benefit
Time has strengthened the evi
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L. Bauer, 203 S. Delmas Ate-,
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told they were the best medicine to
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otuor kidm/ey trouble. They rr*
moved the pala and distress and I
have never had a return of the
complaint." (Statement given O®*
tober 23, 1912.)
THE RESULTS LASTER.
On May 22, 1916 Mr. Bauer said:
"My cure has proven to be a p«r
maueut one. I never stop praislftg
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