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EL PASO HERALD
SSIS IB CHEI
IlLIIfflTfLES; CHUE
German Government Issues Memorial Record Telling of
Specific Instances of Alleged Russian Brutality in
Eastern Prussia, Based on 80 Affidavits; Whole of
Eastern Prussia a Picture of "Devastation."
WSHINGTON, D. C Jane 1.
Citlnz specidc Instance of al
leged brutality ot Russian sol
dcrs m Kast Prussia count von Brn
sorff has made public the charges
xna'e by the German government n a
3Iemo-ial record" summarizing the
a-s set forth In SO affidavits.
M -der of young children vnntonly:
rJ pjt of men and women to tab'es
Ir ttcir tongrues until hey starved to
t eatli wholesale violations of young
R-tntn destruction by burning of 2d,
C30 buildings, plundering and destroy
ing of SO 000 homes and the wholesale
r-m-uprmg of nonconsbatants are some
of th charges made.
Vtrocitle Apnfnt Inhabitants
Te S'emorial record says m part
"The Rue 1 an trops have committed
ct c cities during the tresm war.
nirh are incompatible wth the lavs
c humanity and the 25toms of riv.li
xed nations, and which evidence the
a fter barbarism of their warfare.
Th atrocities were directed aganst
t?i , eaceful inhabitants of the occu-
ed German territory as well as
fiose German soldiers, who opposed
thrm m lawful combat and who had
th Tisfrrtane of being taken prisoners
by Them
"The documentary material shows
thst these are not isolated cases of
cruelty and deeds of violence for
atrocjties of the most bestial sort have
been comitted in so many places and
by so manv diferent divisons of troops
Trat undoubtedly a very srear part
cf the Russian army is permeated by a
spirit of inhuman savaerv.
Leave 'Hopeless Dei-nutation.
"The whole world that, owing to the
barbaric methods of warfare employed
y the Russians, Kast Prussia, once a
flourishing' country, m parts now ore
sezits a picture of hopeless devastation
and tha the peaceful inhabitants were ,
forced to flee and leave all their belong- :
irgs in older t- save themselves from
rssault and murder It has been of
f, dally ascertained that at the time t of
the first as well as the second invasion
cf E.it Prussia bj; the Russians, thou
sands of men. women and children were
carried off, thousands were murdered,
rlout 20 n00 buildings were demolished
or turned down; that during the second
invasion along, about 80,000 homes were
Tflundred and destroyed. The last Hus
sion expadition against Memel likewise
was nothing more than a savage raid.
accompamzed by atrocities of every
description.
People of W hole Commonly Beaten
"The moveable goods of the poor as
well as the wealthy were stolen, looted,
or wantoonly destroyed by the Russian
troops In every conceivable way. Men
and women had to give the covetous
soldiers their last coppers. The dwel
lings were searched often by one div
sion of troops after the other, each sol
dier taking whatever took his fancy.
Finally homes, farm buildings and
provisions were, without reason or pur
pose, destroyed by fire.
"The population, including women
and chiTdren, were illtreated on empty
pretexts or, without any reason what
S3 eier Ithough they did everything
to set sft the desires of the Russian
soldiers to lodgings and food. This
llltreatmc - was partially characterized
ty exquis te cruelty; for instance the
male population of an entire com
munity, the judge not excepted, were
beaten with whips and. threatened with
death. Fugitives were shot down -without
further ado.
"Above all, however, numerous citi
zens were murdered without any cause,
o'ten under terrible tortures or in pres
c nee of their relatives. Young men
were shot, not because they had com
mitted something, hut because they
were liable to military service. A
transport of fugitives was suddenly
attacked , the men were separated from
the -women and killed without pro
cedure of any kind. A chief forester,
escorting a troop of German convicts,
was taken prisoner by Russian troops.
brought before Gen Renenkaxnpf and
probably in accordance with that gen
eral's Infamous order to kill all Ger
man foresters, deliberately shot.
Children Killed; Parent ailed to Table,
"The brutal lust of the Russian sol
diers for murder did not stop even at
old men, women and children. The
murder, of a little girl, about 2 or 3
years old. is a particularly horrible in
stance. Revolting also is the case of an
entire family, which fell victim to the
lust of murder of Russian soldiers. The
man was spiked to the table, the child
to the door, the breasts of the wife
were cut off and her body eviscerated.
In another instance a man and his wife
were nailed by the tongue to a table, in
which position they perished of hunger
and loss of blood.
Attacks on "Women and ftlrls.
"Innumerable are the cases of bestial
attacks upon women and girls. Very
often these pitiable victims were vio
lated by several soldiers in succession,
-who in cases i fected them with
veneral diseases, women In advanced
stages of pregnant y were also abused
by the bestial soldiers, even women
over 70 years of age were not spared.
A little girt S years old, was violated
by two Russian soldiers In succession.
Officers also gave themselves up to
such misdeeds.
Prisoners of "War Brutally Treated,
"Other supplements disclose the
atrocities perpetrated on German pris
oners of war by Russian troops. Fre
quently those German soldiers taken
prisoner were robbed, spat upon or
other wise mistreated. A Russian of
ficer threatened German soldiers who
refused to betray their comrades with
death, and actually ordered one of them
shot. Russian troops placed German
prisoners in narrow pits before their
artillery positions with the evident in
tention of allowing them to be killed bv
German fire. Cossacks In riding past
German prisoners of war, cut off their
heads, or wounded them, or by chop
ping off their limbs mutilated them. A
t German prisoners was cruelly bound to
a sort oi treaamm ana leit to starve.
Three hussars were found hanged in a
barn -with their heads down and noes
and ears chopped off. so that they must
have died in frightful agony.
Flendih Torture Practiced.
"Neither did the Russian hordes hesi
tate at the mutilation and murder of
wounded German soldiers. Thus they
tore the bandages off the -wounded so
that they would bleed to death: pierced
out their eyes, cut off their tongues,
ears, fingers and feet of others, or
smashed in their skulls. In many in
stances the atrocities took on the very
character of fiendish torture. Thus a
prisoner, slightly -wounded, who was
panned to the -wooden floor of a ve
randa by a sword, which went through
his mouth, had the flesh stripped off
his entire forearms from the elbows
down, -while his fingers were cloven to
the -wrists; another, who had a fracture
of the skulL was bound to a calf in a
stable in such a way that the
animal would have to touch the un
covered brain with Its mouth at every
least movement.
Mot Terrible of U."
The most terrible thing of all.
though, is an order from the Russian
general staff, found on a Russian of
ficer of high rank, w.hich commanded
that all the male inhabitants able to
work from boys of 10 years upward, to
be driven before the storming columns;
this atrocious order, wherebv the Rus
sian commander in chief has placed his
name on the pillory for all time, -was
evidently made with the intention that
the German soldiers, in order to meet
the attack of the Russians, should have
to shoot down their own compatriots.
"The imperial German government
believes it should stigmatize before all
the world this barbarous behavior of
the Russian troops, defying as it does
every law of warfare and humanity,
and it hereby most vigorously and sol
emnly issues protest against these
atrocities, which are indeed the dis
grace of the 20th century.
BIT OFFICIALS
M Sli II
Five Policemen Are Let Out,
Four-Appointed; Motor
Bus Board Named.
A new superintendent of the water-
works, city attorney, city clerk and I
other city officials took office Taes- ,
day. IL P. Jackson succeeded W K
Race as superintendent of tne city
waterworks. At the same time I. J.
Locke took office as assistant super
intendent Ben Sherrod as bookkeeper
and Bradford Hardle as cashier.
W. B. Ware was sworn in as city
attorney to succeed Joseph M. Nealon
and C. W. Marshall was sworn in as
assistant city attorney to take Volney
Brown's place as prosecuting: attorney
in the police court. K- M. Iteed is the
new paving attorney in place of R C
Walshe. Jack Dawson took charge of
the city clerk's office, relieving C. W.
Fassett who has been appointed as
sistant county auditor.
Dr. I. J. Bush has been appointed
physician in charge of the isolation
hospital instead of Dr D II. Huffaker
New Motor Bon Bonril.
In compliance with the new motor
bus ordinance Frank B. Cooke and C
A. Stewart have been appointed mem
bers of the examining boards. They
will make an examination ot all auto
mobiles in public service and report
twice each month on their condition.
In addition Cooke will be automobile
permit clerk and Stewart will be a
traffic officer.
Five new policemen were appointed
Monday afternoon and four let out of
the police service. The new policemen
are R. M. Williaius. C. VT. Gillespie, J.
A. Hicks, J. E. Collard and Nat Hudson.
Those who were let out are J. F. Cap
linger. W. L. Johnson, R. Fridlc and
Eulogio Provincio.
Mexican War Veterans
r Pick
Exchange Gun For
For the past two weeks an average
of 56 Mexican laborers have been leav
ing here dally for railroad construc
tion camps in tho central western
states. Besides railroad work there
have tjeen a number of shipments of
-bo.r?rs to tho et sugar districts
of Colorado.
Employment agents report a good
demand for laborers throughout Iowa.
Nebraska, KanBas and the Dakotas. It
is stated that a large number of former
federal and "Colorado" soldiers are
among the gangs that are going east.
WILLIAM SHARP WILL GO
TO STUDENT ENCAMPMENT
TV Uliam Sharp, jr., son of William E.
Sharp, of the custom house, will attend
the students' military Instruction camp,
of the western departmenlt of the
United States army, to be held at th
Presidio, In San Francisco, from June
15 to August 1.
ThSA summit. Jvmm. fA. ,... .
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being held In different parts of the
country and it Is probable that a num
ber of El Paso boys will take advan
tage of the chance to attend the camp,
see the exposition and receive the bene
fit of military Instruction from army
officers.
Each applicant for admission to the
summer camp must deposit $22 30 with
the camp quartermaster Of this
amount $17.56 is for subsistence during
the camp and the remainder to be used
as a deposit for loss of government
property which will be returned at the
end of the camp If nothing Is lost or
broken. The students must purchase a
uniform for $7 if they do not own a
regulation uniform.
Applications for admission to the
summer camp at the Presidio are made
to CoL John C Graham, headquarters
of the western department. San Fran
cisco. Mr. Sharp will leave on June 22 and
will take the complete student camp
course.
The El Paso Ice and Refrigerator Co.
Maintains Its own delivery system.
Pure distilled water and Ice. Phones
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II
Promptly at Nine O'clock Wednesday Morning We Launch a
Sale of "Royal Society" Finished Pieces
500 Sample Show Pieces at o
Less Than Manufacturer s Cost A
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THE name "Royal Society" needs no introduc
tionit stands pre-eminent as the hall mark of
sterling perfection in art hand embroidery work.
We were fortunate in securing 500 sample show
pieces of this finished hand embroidered work, so
dear to every woman who delights in her home.
Every one of these samples is fresh, crisp and bright
as the day they were made.
"We have "divided these into six wonderful lots and
offer them to vou "Wednesday at LESS TEAS
ACTUAL MANUFACTURER'S COST.
Lots will occupy the entire center aisle, main floor,
and to all lovers of art needlework this sale will offer
the greatest values ever known to the El Paso buy
ing public.
NOTE Windows will be emptied "Wednesday morn
ing immediately before the sale begins. POSITIVE
LY NO RESERVATIONS FOR ANYONE.
T . -I Finished handem-Ji-tOV
A broidered guest
towels and full size combing
jackets, center pieces, boudoir
caps, laundry and fancy sewing
bags. Your choice of this lot
while they Qi
last ZfDC
T , r Finished handem
JLiOt Zt broidered sofa pil
lows, center pieces, children's
dresses, aprons, pin cushions
and fancy sewing bags. Choice
of this lot while they last,
only $1.40
Lot 3
Finished hand em
broidered sofa pil
lows, scarfs, centerpieces, chil
dren's dresses made of linen,
pique or repp; women's gowns,
waists, Kimonos, comrang jack
ets, dressing sac
ques, pin cushions
$2.45
T r A. Wonien's gowns,
XjU L y children's dresses,
made of pique; kimonos, scarfs
and center pieces. All hand
embroidered finished pieces in
the most desirable designs.
"While they last, -2 Qff
vour choice of lot PO.ZJ
T ;.. eL This great lot is
J-0 L D composed of hand
embroidered finished 36 inch
round, natural linen center
pieces, 45x45 inch scarfs and
sofa pillows. All very attrac
tive. Your choice (fcA Qrl
Lot 6
Last, but not least,
is lot six. A verv
attractive one made up of 36
inch white or natural linen
center pieces and sofa pillows.
Highest class work. Your
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:j ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY .
An Important Purchase and Sale of
232 Women's Light Weight Coat Suits
ONDAY morning we received 232 Light Weight Cloth Suits from two of New York's foremost de
signers, purchased during the past Aveek by our Mr. I. Weiss, now m New York, at prices that barely
cover the cost of workmanship, and in turn offer them to El Paso women at the same price concession.
NDEED fortunate is the woman that has deferred purchasing her coal suit, for now
she reaps the benefit of most unusual conditions, an opportunity to obtain a genuine
hand finished tailored suit at about one-third she would have paid for it six wees ago.
$15 to $25 Values for $8.95
TLEIE most marvelous collection both from style and value, that we
have ever offered. Beautiful tailored suits of finest all wool
serges, gabardines, poplins, hairline stripes and checked worsteds,
shepherd checks, vigoreaux, sharkskin, Palm Beach and other wanted
materials.
There are beautiful, dressy and smart belted styles in various coat
lengths, some with bound edges, lined with best quality peau de cygne.
The skirts are in the smartest pleated and flare effects. We are very
conservative in estimating the worth of these suits ju -
at $15 to $25. Women's and Misses' sizes. Choice SK M
Wednesday vy
See Window Displays on San Antonio Street
Buying Clothing
Is Made Easy For You at The "Popular"
YOU quickly determine you want a "Popular"
suit after you hare looked at it and tried it
on. The style effect and the appearance of the suit
upon you induces you to buy it.
The style is so clear and is in harmony with your
appearance and form that it creates good appear
ance and good looks.
The comfortable feelirur in wearing HART SCHAFF
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ing and the knowledge of how clothing should look
when worn.
Style goes all thru, including the exclusive patterns
in neat stripes. Tartan checks, large plaids, dark unl
light crey, plain effects, serees. worsteds in neat
cheeks everything that jou want in any color,
shade and pattern in worsteds, cassimeres and cheviots. Greater
satisfaction will be had this season than ever before in these
newer suits.
Practical
Economy
In These
Prices
$18.00 to $40.00
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The New Silk Effect
Sateen Shirts 95c
'"PHE latest colors and stripes in light weight
sateen shirts ,that are hard to detect from
the genuine silk. Made without coHar. coat
style, fastened with ball pearl buttons, soft
French cuffs. These shirts have been selling for
$1.50 regularly, but we bought a vast supply
of Mill End Fabrics and had them made up
especially for s by a high gxade shirt maker,
thus enabling us to offer 50 dozen Q
to the public at, your choice iOC
Nole We will shorten sleeves -o these sale
shirts at 10c per shirt
The Very New Things in
Mens Linen Collars
""WE are snowing the latest style in men's
pure linen, starched collars, made in
plain and Striped Madras styles with square
comers pearl button Knks that button
through well worked button holes under tie.
and holds the collar neatly in OfJ
place. A "CorKss-Cooa" product V
(Half Dozen. $1.40 One Dozen. $275)
Our Telephone Order Department h Equipped With Competent Operators and Experienced Shoppers to Fill Your Phone Orders