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 When in need of any ' thing for your Bicycle See SCOTT 'The Cycle Man' He carries one of the largest stocks of Bicycle Supplies in the state and employs., expert., repair, men to do the work.. Bicycles Tires and Repairing 147 So. Commercial St. USED GAR BULLETIN ft S . u We have a large num ber of good used cars that we have priced right Two Dodge Tourings 1 ton Samson Truck (almost new) 2 Oakland Tourings Ford Sedan t u , 2 Ford Tourings Overland Model 90 2 Chevrolet Tourings Ford Bug Flanders Bug. . And Many Others TO I BROS. 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. 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