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The Brussels Post, 1918-9-26, Page 3HORRORS OF HUN 'FIFTEEN DAYS IN PRISON CAIVIPSI A GERMAN SUB THREE THOUSAND SUFFERING1l.=[;(1:1'C CAPTIVE TELLS OF A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. FROM DISEASE AT STh:NDAL. Hard'Imbor in Mines and Elsewhe Without Food Wrecking Con, siltation of Captives. Another hatch of British priaoners for repatria tlen has arrived from Germany, says a wur correspondent at Rotterdam ion Aug. 31.. It was corn - posed of thirty-six stretcher caee 116 men who were able to walk an three who were insane, 1 understan that on August Iti the Germans too from crippled men on the frontier th crutches they had used until then ant thus rendered thew more helpless. The men returning to -day cam from many camps and included a num ber who were captured last March From them I hoard many serious coin plaints of bad conditions In the Ger man camps. These applied to Zerbst Quedlinburg, Stendal and Wittenber among others. x One prisoner from the Stendal camps salt! 3000 British prisoners had been brought there at the end of May told the beginning of June, mostly suffering from dysentery and septic poisoning. They had been forced to work behind the German line on the shell dumps when the railways were under British shell fire. Starving at Stendal About 200 died soon after arriving at Stendal, several hundred of whom svereain a starving condition. While they sveae behind the line they march- ed to work six miles daily and back with virtually no 'food, This treat - meat lasted from the time of the cap- ture of. St. Quentin until their arrival in Stendal. My informant said a British doctor had reported these facts to the Dutch commissioners. From several camps come stories of the terrible sufferings undergone by our men while working in the mines with inadequate food. Unquestion- ably these abuses are wrecking the constitutions of many of our prison- ers. Two mines partieularly were mentioned, one the kali works at Bernberg and the other the Mar- guerite coal mine in the Merseberg distriet. Three men died in a fort- night from brutal treatment received in the latter, CONFIDENTIAL 'VOLUMES. The Well Kept Secrets of the Royal Navy. Signal books are not the only confi- dential volumes issued to the navy, though they are the ones most often mentioned. There are confidential books at out wireless, gunnery and torpedo matters, and volumes that are only isseed to commanding offi- cers, and are "not to be communi- cated to persons below that positions." The safe keeping of confidential bucks is impressed on everyone re- sponsible. Signal books are in con- stnnt use, of course, but they are kept in e special box, and the officer� of the watch has to satisfy himself 1 boll when he goes on duty and when he goes off that the books are in the box. Special chests are provided for other confidential volumes, and the keys of. these are issued only to the commanding officer. He gives a re- ceipt for them when the ship is put int:. commission. 'No keys are sup- plied fey big ships, one for the com- manding officer and one for the sec• and in command. When the com- mission ends the keys are tested by the naval store obiter at the dock- yard to see that they are correct, and they are then placed in sealed covers anti) the chests aro re -issued for an- other commission. The loss of a key must be reported to the Admiralty at once, and an in- cident of that sort—'rare enough fortunately—causes more commotion than would ten Zeppelin bombs in Whitehall. Coniidential books sometimes have to be desiroyed, either because they are obsolete or are worn out. A spe- cial Ceremony is provided for such an event. Two officers act as sacri- Odal priests and the books are burned to ashes. Before they are put in the furnace the titles and numbers have to be checked, registered, and certified, the names ramoved from the register kept by the ship, and the .feet of the destruction entered on another o+ge el the register, The Riglit Sword, A party of tourists were examining the curios in a little shop on a back street in a certain European city, The aged dealer, desirous of making a sale, picket! up an ancient -looking sword and said: "You see, my frieyvtids, this most wonderful sword, This is the sword that Balaam killed the ass with." "But," said one, "Belem didn't !till the ass; he only wished for a sword that he m101,1(111 her." "Well," said the dealer, "this is the one he.. wiehed fort„ Depth Charges Are the Terror of Su Crows, ;Says Captain of British Merchant Vessel. A thrilling story of fifteen day spent: in a German submarine, durhl whieh time the U-boat Attacked sev prat allied .the and wee in tur :mocked by allied destroyers, whit • drfepped depth charges threatonin d her destruction, was told by the cap d tain of a British merchant vessel wh 1t ha.ieiust. aeon released from a Germa e prison camp. u "My second ship was torpedoe without warning," he said, "Th a force of the explosion was so grea g submfuine vibrate from stein to stern. It was a depth eharge from the 1 cruiser, eThe effect on the crew Wit% eel. dent. All stood trembling, with faces blanched with tela•, not attempting to e•peak a word, eeapeeting a seemnd ehttr;rI the• r'•' of which migltC be the &atm.:ion of the boat without the slightest chance of escape. There= le no doelrt• ne le the htatc of that b crew, fin' it was not their tiret ex- perionee of a depth ehartre, and they had learned from others in the ser- vice what awful weapons they wrrc• in s the hands of skilled seamen, For g some athletes we waited* engines . were stopped and lull mensures were n taken to prevent giving away our h position. g Torpedoed an Oil Tanker, "Minutes seem like hours in such a situation. I must admit thnt I was n turning over in my mind whether I should ever see my family again. No d further explosions, however, took e place, and after lying some eighteen t fathoms deep fur a long time we coa- tinued on our voyage, "Late the following night there was considerable rejoicing in the sub- marine and the *talking machine's liveliest tunes were played. The Ger- mans had torpedoed an oil tanker, which, according to the commander, had sunk in thirty seconds. I could not help wondering at the makeup of men who could rejoice at such a thing, knowing that without giving them the slightest chance of defending them- selves or escaping; they had sent the sailors to their death. The next day we seemed to have got out of the track of steamships and I went into the conning tower and saw the offi- cers amusing themselves by shooting at gulls or at empty bottles. "Eventually the submarine arrived at Heligoland, and I was taken ashore and handed over to a military guard, mostly composed of Alsatians. My only food was a crust of bread and a piece of cheese and some very weak soup composed mainly of vegetables. After remaining there a day anti a half I was taken to Wilhelmshaven, where again there seemed to be a shortage of food, and afterward to I Brandenburg, a workingmen's camp, including all nationalities. "On Boxing Day I was transferred Eng - to Switzerland, and eventually was released and enabled v reach Eng- land•" One of the most daring ,feats in the waia—the bombing of Krupp's was carried out by a pilot nearly forty, yea•e of age, Who before the outbreak of hostilities had,ao flying or military experiehee, but was a peaeeflld'greeer in a Fxenei'i vltlaipe, that the bridge was wrecked and when i recovered from the shock I found the ship was sinking, None of the crew was injured; we were all able to get away in the boats. Ae we were in British waters and it tvas broad daylight, I did not fear but titet we would soon reach land, but hardly had we pulled clear of the sinking ship than the U-boat emerged. Life Aboard 11 -Boat. "The commander summoned us to his vessel and ordered me to go on board, After asking for details of my ship and cargo he told me to consider myself a prisoner and sent the boats away, I was at once taken below and the vessel dived. "I had arrived just in time for the I midday meal—stew with stringy meat, which was probably horseflesh, supplemented by small portions of sausage, with black bread. This tread, as the voyage progressed, became mil- dewed and uneatable, and then some bread of lighter color, which had been fkept in a hermetically sealed recep- I tacle, was served, out, but was even 1 more unpalatable than the black bread. "The other meals were breakfast and supper, at which coffee, made of burned barley and acorns, was served. The commander and officers of the U-boat fared the sane as the lower ratings, beat were able to supplement their allowances with tinned ham, etc. "Life on board the submarine was by no means pleasant. Forced as we were to keep below the surface to avoid the British war vessels, the boat sweated and all spare clothing became) saturated with moisture, while the atmosphere often became very foul and breathing difficult. While we were below the surface the crew would switch on a talking ma- chine. It was the band which played triumphantly when the U-boat got a victim. The sluicing of an innocent mercbantman gave that crew as much Joy as if they had sunk a war vessel. Effect of Depth Charge, "While I was on board we haci 'vic- tory music' on seven occasions, for six steamers were torpedoed and one sailing vessel sunk by gunfire, thirty- nine shells being necessary to do this. The U-boat also attacked several other steamers by gunfire during the voyage, but haci to submerge owing to the intervention of British war ves- sel "On the third day, just after the midday meal, I gathered that the U- boat was about to carry out an attack on a convoy which had been sighted. The boat approached under water for some distance and torpedoed a large steamer. Our *whereabouts were evi- dently detected (I was told) by a light cruiser, for we dived rapidly to a great depth. Hardly had the boat got on an even keel when we heard a tremendous explosion, which made the ---you hear it more and more when one is asked what he'll have for his morn- ing drink. Delightful aroma and taste,and free- dom from the dis- comforts that go with tea and toe. Nourishing health- ful, economical. NO WASTE at all -•- an important item these days. Give INSTANT POSTUM atrial. CANADA'S PAPER INDUSTRY Consumption of Pulp in the Dominion Has Increased Rapidly, The pulp and paper industry has expanded very rapidly in Canada during the past ten years, and it ap- pears that Canada is destined to be- come perhaps the leading country in the world in the manufacture of pulp and paper products from wood, This is largely because of our extensive nntural resources of waterpowers and suitable tree species. It is importan to point out the opportunities and responsibilities for Canadian engin eers in this technical industry. The consumption of paper increases so rapidly from year to year in the more highly developed countries that there is no indication of slaekemng de- velopment, at least for sone years to come. Canaria now has a total of about 00 mills, many of which are large and of modern deesign. The export figures for the calendar year 1916 show that pulpwood, wood pulp and paper have increased to nearly half of the total export value (ap- proximately $100,000,000) of all For- est products with the exception of the small proportion of specially manu- factured articles. The softwoods are the most im- portant species for papermaking, spruce and balsam flr acounting for the bulk of the woods used, with hem- lock, jacic pine, tamrack and other conifers coming into mora extensive use. Poplar and basswood represent- ing "soft hardwoods' are valuable for malting soda pulp and a variety of hardwoods such as birch and maple are used in smaller quantity. In 1916, the total reported pulpwood consumption amounted to 1,406,$36 cords with an average value of $6,71 per core]. In addition; Canada ex- ported 049,714 cords of pulpwood, which quantity has remained fairly constant for several years, while the consumption of pulpwood in Canada has rapidly'inereased. t My Servant. I ]deep a little servant Who has no feet to run, Yet in and out he's flying From morn till set of sun. No hands has he for working, But, oh, 'twoald puzzle you To worry through the sewing That tiny thing can do. I'm sure he does not grumble, For not a soul has heard This busy Hisao worker E'er say a fretful word, One eye he has, that's certain, But still he cannot see; He's dumb as any oyster;. Who can the servant be? You'll guess it in a animate, So I will have to tell— rt is my Little needle That does its work so well, A hoe should not be used in well eetabllshed Asparagus beds, '.Cake out; the weeds by hand. Enemrago growth by means of fertilizers load liquid DImime , ,A Great Nation's Tante y T11/.1711;4.1 Stams Govern - ment o ern - in mt h•e,y emacrtptcd the entire output of our c.a. fad, WicaIll ordertosupply the "Yanks" with Auto. Strop !tames as part rf their regular equipment. This tribute is worthy of your c<m•,ideratinn when next you send a package Oversews — your soldier's comfort i goer first thought—the AutuStrop, because of its automatic self -stropping device, is ' the ideal ra:.nr for his use, Price $5.00 At feeding store. everywhere A,• nonage will deliver "a utvSlro-p overseas by first eta. re;;rstercti n,ni1. AutoStrop Safety Razor Co., Llm[ted 83.87 Duke St., Toronto, Ont. 62-8-18 I WASTE IN WOOD •INDUSTRIES. By -Products May be Put to Numerous and Varied Uses. I Saw -mill waste amounts to about 40 per cent. of the original tree. The finished lumber, on the average, rep resents only from 30 to 36 per cent of the tree. New developments ii the utilization of wood waste are be ing made continually, but it is fals economy to handle waste unless th by-products industries can be earrie .1!'a9,mhiC>11I8 •+ T This is a Blip -ever affair, but may he opened at the shoulder if desired. Novelty peekete button on waist, 111e - call Pattern No. 8C,o.l, Girl's, Dress, In S size,e, (i to 14 years. Price, 16 cents. Khat If Mc itri:ain Done? wiutt lies Britain :lune? Kept the faith and fought the fight j Per the vena, ting right; j Chiva!1 a ly eunehed her lance In defence of Belgium, France. This ins, Britain done! e Wluit ha`+ Britain done? ("liven e,.,c ry aeventh son, met, the ehallcnge of the Hun; I iee•ed ]len• owe cut every field; Proud to di". too proud to yield. Thie hos Britain done! Wham: lies Britain done? Amity/reel every far-flung breeze Blown nerose the Seven Seas:-.- " %Neel) and ward sesame we keep Vigilsnee that never sleeps," Phis has Britain done! What. lute Britain done? On every front, her flag unfurled, Fought a world -war round the world; Then, when all is said and done, Ask her allies, ask the Hun, "What has Britain done?" What has Britain done? Per her slain Britannia weeps— She might boast who silence keeps. But, when all is done and said, Call the roll and count her dead, And know what she has done. LEMON JUICE IS FRECKLE REMOVER Glrlsl Make this cheap beauty lotion to clear and whiten your skin. Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well and you have a quarter pint of the hest freckle and tan lotion, anel complexion beauti- fier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drag store or toilet counter will sup• ply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face neck, arms) and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disappear and !tow clear, soft and white the skin be- comes. Yes! It is harmless. Not the Right Saint. MADE IN CANADA E .W. l LLE,TT CO. LTD. rosoige,c0.NADat ionit4 r MVNTftEAL t Save the Sugar. Save the waste. i 12,000,000 cups of tea, coffee and ;cocoa are used daily in Canada. If even an average of half a tea- spoonful of sugar per cup is left un- dissolved at the bottom of cups of these beverages the waste would be 120,000 lbs. of sugar daily. Use no more sugar than you need and stir your beverage until the sugar is entirely dissolved. It is estimated that about one-third of ail sugars used in the homes is used in tea and coffee. Think it over—how is it in your home? Is there a chance for saving? 133.11arA's Rini hent Cures Aanarafr, And the Sky Blue. Father ruefully gazed on his last dollar. "Money has wings and house rents make it fly," he said. I "Yes," answered his. fifteen -year» 'old son, "and some houses have wings, ' and I've seen many a house "You're smarter than your old dad, maybe, son, but I always thought that no part of a house except the chimney flue." MONEY ORDERS It is always sate to send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars costs three emits. Bill Off "Boarding" Hens. At least ten per cent, of the hens in Ontario are mere boarders, Prof. Graham told a meeting of agricultural repersentetives at the Ontario Agri- cultural College recently. He advised, that non -producers should be disposed i of. During the operations of the Bri-, fish Egyptian expeditionary force in Palestine a town to the south of Beer- sheha was captured, and in it a splen- did example of Mosaic pavement wasdiscovered. A chaplain of the forces was placed in charge of the excavation and in the course of the work some human bones were discovered. The padre was elated at the find and immediately wired to , his G. H. Q., saying: "have found bones of saint." A little while after the reply came tack: "Unable to trace Saint in ens- alty list. Obtain particulars of regi-. mental number and regiment from is identity dies" i b The separate blouse and skirt are u being recognized more widely as one of the essential costumes in the ward- h - robe. McCall Pattern No. 8477, Ladies' Waist, in 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust, and No. 3609, Ladies Skirt, in 7 sizes, 22 to 33 waist. Price, 20 cents each. , These patterns may be obtained' from your level McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 !loud St., Toronto, Dept. W. on eat a profit, Effective utilizatio calls for a variety of chemical an ; mechanical processes which must be , adapted to the form, species and quantity of wood waste available at any point, Slabs, edgings and trim- mings represent 16 to 17 per cent, of the tree. Among the more common uses are fuel, laths, box shooks, small slack cooperage, small wooden articles, kraft and sulphite pulp, excelsior, wood flour, wood wool and producer gas. Sawdust accounts for another 11 per cent., and is used to seine ex- tent for fuel, producer gas, briquettes, ' polishing metals, insulating, packing, betiding in stables, finer sweeping compounds, composition flooring blocks linoleum, improving clay soils, smoking meat and fish, blasting powd- ers, wood flour, plastics, porous bricks, mixing with mortar and concrete, dis- tillation, ethyl alcohol, oxalic acid and carborundum. Bark amounts to about 10 per cent, of the tree. It is usually used for fuel, although hemlock and oak barks are important in the tann- ing industry. A recent development is the use of spent hemlock bark for mixing to the extent of about 30 per cent, with rag stock in the manufac- ture of roofing felte. Experiments en its use in wall board, indurated pails, conduits and wall paper give promise of success, In the manufac- ture of epecial wood products a good deal of wood is lost, during seasoning, by decay due to poor methods of stor- age, and also by warping and splitt- ing. There is a large waste in con- verting wood into the desired shape for the finished article. Proper eo- ordination with plants malting email wooden articles brings about a great economy of material, Shavings find use as fuel and to some extent for packing, bedding, drying wet land and manufaeturing fibre board. Beech- wood ehavings are required in large quantity by vinegar factories, but this ie another case where specially cut \merle utually used instead of rely- ing on by-product wood from various plants. n e e d n d Hogs turned to pasture of even the best quality, such as rape or alfalfa,, cannot be expected to make setts -face tory gains unless grain or some other concentrate is provided. Pigs given three .pounds a day per 100 pounds est their weight --the feed being corn or Its equivalent—will not only pay for the cadre feeding, but Will yield a good return for the pasture that they consume. So good a return, in taut, that no better use for the acreage em- ployed man be found. 0 0 0 0 0 •0 0 0 0 0 o a LIFT YOUR St. Joseph, Levis, July 14, 1901 Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen, ' was batily Licked by my bursa last May, and after using several preparations on my leg uoth- ing would do. My leg was black as jet. I was lain up in bed for a fort- night and could not walls. After using three bottles of your MINARD'S LINI- CORNS o STENT I was perfectly cured, so that OFF WITH FINGERS I could stoat on the road. ADIES lV-A\TF;1) Tu L+U 1'i.A1N JOS DL'BES nal light sews t 1 h How to loosen a tender corn or callus so it lifts out c without pain. e--r•-o•—o---rr—w ea o e o e Let folks step on your feet here- after; wear shoes a size smaller if yon nice, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through yon, according to this Cincinnati authority, He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly re- lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drag dries at once and shuply shrivels up the corn or callus without even irritating the surrounding tissue. A small bottle of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's foot. If your druggist hasn't stocked this new drug yet, tell him to get a small bottle of freezone for you from his wholesale drug house. • CURING TUBERCULOSIS. Four Factors Essential in Fighting This Disease. The earlier tuberculosis is detected in an individual case, the greater are the possibilities of a cure. Therefore, help your friend, your neighbor, your relative, to recognize and treat this disease at the stall. The first essential for the treatment is rest until the disease has ceased progressing. The physician must de- termine when exercise should be re- sumed. The second is food in abun- dance until the lost weight has been regained, and u little more. The third is fresh air, indoors and out, but most of the time ont, in all seasons rand weathers. If the patient aleeps in- doors, the windows and the external door of his room, if there is one, should be open every night and all night. The :fourth is hope and determina- te% Tour chances for recovery will largely depend on your attitude of rated and willingness to make a de- termined effort to recover. Make your sacrifices at the beginning, *gnaws 7tfin.iment four gale °rem/Item reit SSALE i _ e:1,1, 1•;Qi'!:• I•Iile \:tG�',9 I and job printing Plant in Lust"rn Cqi t"rte, Insurun a carried $1.5,10, Will gv far $1,800 on quick vale, Box 69, ivils0n ruldishing Cm, Ltd., Toronto. ��T�:ENT,r �I,ry rarrlt FOR :Allo lerun. . Fill sell (Inti$2ntIo. Gr'W 'Wer orth doubloing e that nrm,nnt. Appic T. ii., , f, iIs,:.11 Publishing Co., Limit col. T.-1,, �:. a IsCE:ALAzotous • • ng a rnnta, w pie or Commercial Traveller, spare time, gond eats'. wurlc sent am tance, charges paid. Seed stanei' fur pur- ticulars. National Wanuftteturing Cont. puny, 11iortreal. Cool Under Fire, Ce esEnf T1.7Mullet, t.l'MPS. LeTrr., The major of a British battery ---a soldier of the regular army whilst on leave in London, met the wife o one of his subalterns. She was ver keen to know how her dear boy wa getting on, and particularly how h had shaped in the big push. "Tell me, major," she said, "wa Percy quite calm under fire?—was h perfectly cool?" f y s e e HITS RATS erns m,.. extern.l cured with- out pule by our honer U•exhnenL, ;redia us bel'nre Yn. 10te, Ill. 1-3011 in Sfedical Co,, hnhitu,i. Cnllh,gtvu0,1, Ont. WANTED EALT X "Coolt" eclieed the major, "lie was just splendid. Cool isn't the word for it. It was simply Arctic. At times I thought he would shiver," A2inartre Liniment Cures Anres, Eta, The Forerunner. Ex -Ambassador Gerard was talking about the German railroads. "They're in an awful state of re- pair," he said. "On my last train ride in Germany the jolting was so terrible that a joker said the ears had square wheels. "The German trains go very slow now, This is supposed to save wear and tear. There's a story about a man who waited all the afternoon at a German station for a train and then accosted the ticket agent hotly. " `slow about my train?' he said, 'It's seventeen hours overtime, have I got to wait here a week?' " 'Don't get smelted, sir,' said the ticket agent. 'The trahall be along right soon now. Isere ()eines the en- .gineer's dog.' " ` LTinorA'e rlrfinlent 33011eves Pleuralgia. Must be between 314,, and 5 ounces. 25c. each given. Ex, press collect to E. N. MACALI,UM, • 243 College St. Toronto Dandy Dusters. Use dusters which have been wrung out of solution of two tablespoonfuls of kerosene to a quart of water. Bang them up dripping and allow to dry. The use of these prepared dusters and an oiled mop and carpet sweeper will ! do a lot to keep the house in order with little effort. I We Say So. 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