THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
FRANCE ilILD
ITOI FOR ACT
Government Admits That
Two Officers1 Were Ex
ecuted Without Cause
SHOT WITHOUT TRIALS
Large Sums Paid fo Depen
dents of Dead Men,
Liber is Proven
-PARIS, Feb. 1. The French
rorernment has now done some
thing to a ton 5 for the unfortunate
error made in June, 1916, when
Lieutenants Herduln and Millant
were summarily, executed without
court - martial or ' any form of
Judgment, within 48 hours of the
retreat from Fort Douaomont, on
Verdun.
Louis Barthou, minister of war.
has written to Madame Herduln.
the widow.-Baylnr that v 100.000
.francs has been allotted to her as
clTil reparation, and 50,000 francs
hare been , similarly allotted to
the father of Lieutenant Millant
The tetter of the minister says
that the evidence given in a re
cent action that Madame Herduln
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FINDS ATTITUDE TOWARD FRANCE CHANGED.
,iiimiri imrity fi innMim.L i m mmt turn iuj n
:Mt- "ft
I V v i
Ml ROBBERS
ILL OPPOSED
Post Office Inspector Out
lines Protective Meth
ods Againt Thugs
MARINES ARE ACTIVE
Death and Imprisonment
Faces Bandits Who Cov
et Postal Treasure
Miss Anne Morgan plans sending expeditions of American women
to France thia summer to get first hand Information on the conditions
Obtaining there. This, of course, Is primarily In the jinterests of h
work for the devastated districts of the country. ;
had taken against a Paris news
paper for libel had made him re
examine - the petitions that she
had sent to him and his predeces
sor at the war office.
Officer Was Hero
'If this grievous event Is' to
bo Judged impartially," the letter
says, "It cannot be separated from
the tragic hours when the fate of
France was bound up in victory
before Verdun but it can only
have been brought about by a
mistaken application of the regu
lations. . Your husband, very
well noted and decorated with
the military medal during the
war, was a courageous officer,
whose name you and your little
son can bear with honor The
law does not permit revision of
ma case, out the government, on
my proposition, has decided to
award you civil' reparation." .
Madame Herduln and the eld
er Millant have accepted the gov
ernment's offer and so iar as they
are concerned this painful affair
Is now closed.
Gave Order to Fire
"When Herduln faced the firing
corps, he refused to have his eyes
covered and said a few words to
the squad, that it was their duty
to obey orders without question-
ng their Justice. Then he, him
self, gave the order to fire.
It was later proved that a mis
take had been made and that
neither officer had abandoned his
post, but as the order to execute
them had been given summarily
without the process of military
law, the authorities always insist
ed there was no means to revise
the judgment or exonerate the
victims of the error.
Last June a , Paris newspaper
published an article on the case
of the twa officers declaring that
tieraum had abandoned his post
and was an alcoholic. Madame
Herduln brought an action for de
famation alleglnr that such
charges Were untrue. She won
a verdict for 5,000 francs, where
upon the government utilized the
occasion to compensate the offi
cer's widow.
Insects Block Railroads
In Australian Railroads
3YDXEY, N. g. W., Feb. 1.
A plague of grasshoppers and ants
has descened upon South Austra
lia, holding up trains, making ex
istence miserably for inhabitants
and laying waste gardens and
fields of wheati oats and! other
grain, according to Information
reaching here.
Several freight trains on the
Rockburn line were held up sev
eral hours by myriads oC grass
hoppers on the ; rails, which pre
vented the driving wheels from
obtaining traction. Later passen
ger 'trains -were delayed by the
enormous number of ants on the
rails. I
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 1.
Robbing government trains is a
dangerous and unremunerative oc
cupation, according to Joe P.
Johnston, postoffice inspector
here in charge of the Kansas City
district. Mr. Johnston admits that
registered mail robberies have
been in distinct vogue recently,
but he insists that they do not
really offer the opportunity to get
rich quick that those who attempt
them believe exists.
Rather, says Mr. Johnston, they
offer ajwmarkable opportunity to
get kiJ4gcM)r sent to prison quick.
Then he recites the fates that have
overtaken-many mail bandits.
"They all get killed or sent to
prison in the long run," he re
marks, "and usually it isn't such
a very long run, either.
Military Protection,
j Robbing the mails, the veteran
post office inspector says, prob
ably will be less attractive than
ever since the government has sta
tioned marine guards on trains
carrying valuable mails, and pro
vided escorts of "devil dogs" for
mail trucks and guards for rooms
where mail is handled. The in
struction given the marines are
very expMcit. It is a guard's duty
to know who is authorized to han
dle mat!, and to allow no one else
to handle It. It is his duty to
know who is permitted in the
room or car where mail is han
dled and to permit no one else
there. It' Is his duty, in case any
one attempts to rob the mails, to
take that person, dead or alive, or
be able to show a satisfactory rea
son why. And the reason needs
to be a good one.
"Under Secretary Denby's or
ders" says Mr. Johnston, "about
tne only reason that Is considered
valid is that the bandit has killed
the marine first."
" .
. . . . . 1
fellows betieTe there is easy money
in large amounts to be had. That
is a mistake. Ordinarily the loot
obtained from registered sacks is
not easily negotiable, and the ban-
Ldit. even if he gets away with it.
gets a small proportion of the val
ue of the loot."
wek ago. He is survived by his
widow who was with him at tb
time of his death. Judge Weeka
was (1 years old.
rOISOXEK WORKS
New York Supreme Court
Justice Called by Death
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 3. Judge
Barton Sumter Weeks, Justice of
Ti,rp , k... , me supreme couri 01 me siaie
mere has been an epidemic of v vr . .ttlg. r,:-ml Hch
mail r6bberles recently." Mr.
Johnston continued. "I believe
the reason is that a lot of rouae
late tonight. He 'came to Miami
two weeks ago from New VorK
Citv and was taken ill about a
YAKIMA, Warn., Feb. 3. Fif
len dogs, mort of them regis
tered animals with t total estimat
ed at 71,000 have died in Yakima
in the past 24 houra from the ef
fects of strychnine poisoning ac
cording to police records. Police
are making strenuous efforts to
discover the poisoner.
Another thing, the average wife
cannot understand why her hus
band has In do so much of the
wort at the office ftf 0 Httle
pay. There are' some, things
woman tteTer learasv V - yy
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Monday, February 6
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Friday, February 10 .
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Monday, February 13
Tuesday, - February 14
Wednesday, February 15
Thursday. February 16
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Ends Saturday, February 18
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Blue and Red Handkerchiefs, 2 for 15c
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"Rain Test Pants, couole seit and knee
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Work Shoes, all leather . . .
12 Inch Pac, Welt Soles ...
16 Inch' high tops ;
Logger Shoes, medium weight
Brown English Shoes, welts
Plin toe Kid. cushion sole ..........
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timing oaf all or boys' shoes at cost
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$5.03
$35
. $3.05
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