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Show wEsMm Arrives 1 From Scene of War "iBis rrrtiMl us a Spy mill Win W '.out to be Sciilcnced (o Ilnncsl. -SB'hujFrcnrh (.'rop. lB Serernl Pleasant Grove men arc in liK European War zone. Win. Har- iSfr son or Mayor Hnrvoy, Is In Gcr- Hjny mid nothing ban I)ccn licnrd of L 8CC ,ht" WIir bP8nn' JU",Ua -hst Is I" Switzerland and no tidings UHjve come from him. ljjB'Thl3 week Louis L. Drlggs, who luH.lt arrived from Germany and la 1IKW on his way homo to Idaho, spent lKcveral days vlsltlngi his relatives In -iKjjgjnt Grove. He left Germany bo. iH)K the war broke out nnd took a miVook excursion tour through Austria, "Hwnany, Italy. nd Switzerland and "Irted for I'arls August 4th. Here tK w(,ero Ills war experience com- r,l?Beiiced. " M'rylngto get from Basel, Switzerland, !c )B, parj9 was a most dimcult undcr- I I'mHi, with every train chnrtered for v!""Be purpose of hauling soldiers to the """crown frontier. Ba-On the first day of my trip to Paris gent. rode on soven different trains, somc- Les in the conches nnd sometimes h!H box cars. The only troublo I cn- Buntercd wns nt the stations, wbero a "tHers and civilians demanded my snK'port, I do not speak French, but all could make them understand that luuSns trying to get out of tho country nriA Araerlen and that I wbb n tourist, T V"l they let me alone. rhon.U((,r i i,ati left Troycs, however, -Shicli was about 1 p. in. August C. rv iSiVe French army olllcera entered ' M( box car In which I was riding and i H,0Xc me. Oae of them motioned me TABdHto a comer and the other two wont IFTLHrough my suit cases nnd duirfped - Hit ever) tiling. They found nothing II T:Mt a map of Kurope with my Itlner-D.' Itlner-D.' Hf in Germany marked In red Ink. Hilj Interested them greatly and they Hpt It. I had determined .not to grjYHeak any German to anyone,, but UBW surprised me so that I answered Hi their questions in Gorman. 'When we came to Roumllly they Holc me off and marched mo around t'O, tHnearly every govcrnincnt building H town, My two suit cases were fcrched many times, nnd flnnlly I EpBi put Into an auto and takeli 25 flH to Sczunue, Where I was put 0 a barrucks yard with somo 100 'illans, alout six Austrlnns nnd four C0ttHJtrnians, all prisoners of war. We Butt armed guards over us, nnd slept FAUK straw and were fed on bread and -rBat?r. ."1 saw no brutal treatment of these 'tiwners, but tho guards wore cer-" cer-" 'Blaiy not well disposed towards us. Bi old German and a little boy wore 1 "Hven what appeared to mo unueccs-rBrlIy unueccs-rBrlIy unkind trcatmont, but were not .tually hurt. On the morning of Au-UbiHist Au-UbiHist 7, they lined us up In fours and JjBo guards marched up and down tt "Bjlth drawn revolvers. Thoy waved inlttlBfeia at us and mnnnged to convey . . (S)( idea that wo must keep in lino Hd not try any funny work, or wo iijiAiHonM be shot. Tho Itnllnns nil hnd luBidr goods In gunny sacks and pro-, pro-, MjHited such n ragged nppcaranco that vlBr0U,d not ncl" lin,Rlll"B though I inI Hjas a prisoner mysolf. .iS "Alter the revolver dcmonstiatlon ' B rodo to Troycs, whero I was taken lBom the procession and niiule to un- MTtand that I was nt llborty. Thoy hB4 me on a train for I'arls. 1 made Be trip from Haslu In seventy hours , )Vlt generally takes ulno. During the aniB-Mhat I was a prisoner they hnd wlitantly refused to pay tho slight-nvt slight-nvt attention to my American pnss-jort. pnss-jort. It was said that tho prisoners rBwe put to work harvostlnrc rvops. Ore(H"In Fori8 everything was dlsorgan ;d. Americans wore not allowed tc TV the city without permission vom tho chief of police, nnd whou this !,-!? given tho tlmo, routo nnd trains 'te taken were also specified. I have JlUMjlQce heard that charges of brutality ,j, e been made ngnlnst the Gorman w. MPs' by tho French. Whllo In Paris 'Hi? m,88,onarIes told mo of Germans ... rio were nnturnllzed Frnncbincn nud -tre established In business for yoars '-''"g mobbed on tho streets nnd their H1Mlop loolt,(1 Somo wore killed and '!?' lnJ,lre(. nnd nearly all had lost -"Jjf Property by violence. H lfie Pal'ers nil enrrled Ilnmboynut iBlnnes In which tho German nrno " atcn continually by small for fV'M i 1-'rcllt''1 I waited two days li H"' a,,d had to borrow money from ..'lstl0larkH to get out on, as I could Hff notliliiK on my Swiss and Gonnai' rai'jrre,icy After many delays In get "!loli(i I HiuUly got a boat nnd yoMeu to Knglnnd, whoro I was ablt ,,m fiioiiRh on my Swiss money tt '2rl!aMaKn 1,om'1' ;M ine offlcers of tho lJaltlc, on which Mfe crossed the Atlnntlc, seemed In Jnunl ffnr that wo would bo pick- "I1 Run boats and thoy crowdei' iL f,cnm nI,d took overy prcenu "' At night, all of tho portholcr 'hi!,, """'wted so lights would not 'at"! ro,1Rhl ""ll wo ll0l,rly Buft0 nliiBril!10 s,C01'nBo waH filled with Am- biiII?' .mm,y of wl, wp'-'1 rWi aiH' fKw7, ,Q ll' Hlopa thoy fed us on n-'Bhii. . w,l ll1"1 inouoy wore uu- iBliL . m ""ythliiB bettor. The n. ,i e.ro wnhed about onco a dnj '.iriwii0 kn,u'8 "1 forks woro not lBt w ' 0,,,ly wll'ctl wltl ll wct r"B iRrf.iW expoilouco for somo- and ! eal hwilBhliiB for others. |