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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX irEDFOT?D MATL TRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREflOX, THURSDAY, MAY f?, 1917. EDITH CAVELL NOLONEMARTYR 2 OTHERS DIED French Relief Worker Gives Further Particulars of German Atrocities; Refuge Cellars Made Graves for Non-Combatants 300 Executed Crucifixion Favorite Punishment. BY J1ME. PAUL ARCm.VARD. (French Relief and Red Cross Worker Now In the United States.) WASHINGTON, May 3. There Beems to be a general Impression In America that Edith Cavlll, the Kng llsh nurse exocnted by the Germans In llolglum, died alone, an isolated In stance of the butchery of women. Such Is not the case. Two other wonrcn wero condemned with her. (Notice of their approaching execu tion was published In the sumo proc lamation with that of Miss Cavcll and three men. The proclamation whb signed by General von Illsslns at Drusscls, Oc tober 12, 1915. I have a copy of the proclamation. The other women were Jeanne do Tlellcvlllo of Monttgnics, and Louise Thulllcs, professor at Lille. In many cities large numbers of non-combatants were put to death. in Noinony it is reliably reported that 300 Innocent people wero exe cuted. I Inquired during my trip through Lorrnlno, where I was within four miles of the French trenches, the meaning of a large cross with two cross pieces the Lorraine cross which I saw on numboi'B of ruined houses. Prefect Leon Mirman told'mo: "TIhwo crosses wore the Indicators of buildings that had reinforced cel lars; building In which the townspeo ple might take rofugo when the Gor man nppronched or cannonaded the town." Great numbers of children were killed by tho German flio. With the rostlossncss of childhood, thoy could not rumulu In the collars, and, ven turing forth for short breathing spells many of thorn rocelvcd mortal wounds or wore maimed for life. Cellars Vro r.rnvcai. Some of these collars of refuge ' proved tho graves of tho townspeople who flocked Inlo them. Gorman sol dlors shot all who gavo any appear ance of being alive. In one hospital I saw throe chil dren lying pitifully wounded. One boy's side was all cut open. Crucifixion scorned to be a favorite treatment of tho Gormnns for those, In uniform or out, who refusod to give them Information. In their advance through Lorraine thoy captured a French captain, who afterward was found nailed to a cross Prisoners were compelled to Insult their dead captain, whoso side had been ripped open as ho hung against tho cross. At Horinelsc-lo-Hon, M. Ilrucnrd and son wore merlcllcssly shot. Ills wife and daughter uflorwurd drowned themselves. Took Holier Supplies. Women in the territory recovered by the French told mo that tho Ger mans took possession of the flour sent by the American relief commission distributing to the populace tho In ferior flour, made in Germany, with which the army commissary was sup plied. Duo most touching IniUleiil oc curred In a hospital In central Franco. A nurse apprnai bed inc. saying: "Yon speak Kiigllsh, do you not?"' "Yes," 1 replied, and she led me to ti young American bo . son of a llrooktyn butcher, who. although know ing no word of French, cull: ted ns a private In the French nrmv. "Why did you do It?" I asked him 'localise," he replied, "1 believe tho French are f U; lit In H for freedom." SAN lTi'ANOISOO, May X Appli cu! ions of persons timl surgeons re siding in I lie 10 slates iiposiug the western department of the nrniy lor service in the mccliciil re-en corps will be received by Lieutenant Col onel Chnrlcs Lynch, 277 I'ine street, Sun I'ninoisco; Captain L. Mei-ler, Knurl h imd Hiondwuy, Ihis Angeles, imri Major William I.. Knecdler, C. S. A., retired, ('oriiiiinhi, Oil., it was niinounoo illoiluy. The applications will he liiinsmilled In Mu.ii.r-ticncr-nl Willinm hrgns, surgcon-llon-crai of the army at Washington. WORLD FAMOUS IN COMPRISE ITALIAN MISSION Representative of Every Element in Scientific, Political, Business and Social Life Prince of Reigning House, Two Members of Cabinet and Marconi, Wireless Inventor. WASHINGTON, May 3. Represen tative of every clement In tho politi cal, scientific, business and social Ufa of Italy Is the commission of distinguished Italians soon to land In America. As officially announced by the Italian embassy, the principal pur pose of the Italian government In sending the commission la to convey to tho American government and people some sense of tho Italian peo ple's deep gratitude to the Americans, not only for Joining with the en tente allies In the war, but for the many acts of charity and benevolence extended lo Italian soldiers since tho beginning of hostilities. Like the British and French com missions which preceded it, the Ital ians olso have other motives In com ing to America, such as tho extension to the American army and navy of the boncflt of experience acquired by the Italian army and navy during the war. To Proffer KxM'J'ioncos. Also tho Italian comlssloners are desirous of consulting freely with American oflclals regarding tho co operation In dealing with shipping and subsistence problems and the adjustment of rates of exchange and other vltul questions. The mission Includes a prince of tho Italian reigning house, Fordinan do I1 Snvolu. Gugllclmo Marconi, ln vontor of wireless telegraphy, two mombers of the cabinet, Enrico Ar lotta and Marquis Ilorsurelll and two Italian statesmen and publicists, Mr. Xlttl and Mr. Clufrelll. The hoad of the mission Is the Prince of the Udine, eldest Bon of the mayor of Genoa and first cousin to King Victor lCmmanuel. The prince Is captain In the royal navy, has taken an nctlvo part In tho war and has been awarded a medal of honor for deeds of personal daring and bravery. Ho Is 33 years old. .Mni'cont Coming. Mr. Marconi Is a Benator and also holds a commission in tho engineer ing corps. Knrlco Arloltn Is a well known fi nancier and membor of tho cabinet, holding the portfolio of minister of transportation. Marquis Lulgi Dorsnrolll Dl Rlf reddo Is under secretary of foreign affairs and has been a member of the bouse of representatives since 1S!)0. Francesco Saverlo Nlttl is known all over tho world to students of eco nomics, i lo has published many Im portant works on political science ami finance and ranks high among Italian statesmen. Augusto Ciuffelli also Is a repre sentative or the legislative branch of the Italian government at present, having been a member of tho house of representatives slnco lllOtl and sev eral times has been a member of the cabinet. TRAIN SERVICE CURTAILED (Continued from Tngo Ono.) my of trau-portalion. I Icrctoforc the railway lines have laken coal fTnm the ea.-l in Ihe Pacific const in steel ears iiml returned Hie cars empty. The railroad board had shippers put their coal in box cars mid these cars ue now being returned loaded with frci-lit. II caused some inconven ience in unloading but everybody con eetned patriotically agreed to the i halite. "We are now rushing coal from the central field to the northwest by way of the (ireal Lakes. All oilier freight goes oeaimi the coal. I call say I be lieve this means there will be no con I shortage in that region." AMERICA TO FEED WORLD. (Continued from page 1.) little children, giving life to thous ands of poor mothers, in keeping lit He homes together in the black shad ow of war. What will Hoover do ns World's Market M.iuj I'.vorv ounce of food will have to count. A lloovciijcd food world will be a wasteless food world. Those who know Hoover best say if In' is set lo f 1 (he world he will feed the world. Thrown up mil of scclu-ion two and a hull' eurs ago, straight to the top o' I he world -straight lo the greatest and hnmaiie-l la-k of nil Ki:i:i'iNi thi: woki.h alivl - Hoover will do what is to If dne. Ono of the main streets of Petrogincl is neio suuuu imiikuuou with filled cases and artillery behind which tho revolutionists fought... Note tho field gun in the opening of the barric ado and the red flag or the revolution ists flying aWivo it. LIBERTY LOAN 10 ALLIES OFFERED 10 AT (Continued from Page One.) loan" of I'll 7. The bonds will be dated July 1, 11)17, with interest pay able Kcmi-unnually, January 1 and July 1. The ninlurilics will he an nounced later . In accordance wilh the provisions of Ihe net, the bonds will be convertible into bonds hearing a higher rale of interest than three and one-hull' per cent if nny sub sequent bonds shall he issued at n higher rnte of interest before the ter mination of the war between the United Stales mid the German gov ernment. ' Offered at Par. "The 'liberty loan' will he offered nt par ns a popular subscription and ample opportunity will be given lo every ninn and woman in Hie 1'nited States who wishes to subscribe to secure an ubsolulelv safe investment, free from .federal, stntc or local tax ation, (except, of course, inheritance taxes.) 'The bonds will he in such denomination ns will put them with in the reach of every investor, llo tails ns to dcnomiiiiilion, redemptions, etc., hnvc not been fnlj.v worked out, but nn,-iouncement will he made in due season. "Subscript ions will be roVeivml'i until June IS, 1!17. The bonds will he ready for delivery July 1. Allot ments will bo made as rapidly al'ler' June li as possible. The details as to manner of payments for the bonds will be announced Inter. It is suf ficient to say at the moment thill payments will he arranged in such a way ns not to euuse inconvenience or disturbance, Jlcposils of funds will he tniiilc in ns large u number of banks throughout the country ns practicable and they will he with drawn ns gradually ns the rcipiire inents of the government will permit in order that the minimum umoiiul of money shall tit any one time be taken out of the channels of busi ness. i:i hango of Credits. "Since the grout hulk of the cred its to be ostuhlished lor the foreign governments is reiptirod to iiiake pur chases in this country, the operation will bo hugely a transfer of credits and should have a stimulating and helpful effect upon Ihe general busi ness and financial situation. "The in it in 1 issues bus been deter mined by Hie essential requirements of our own govefiiinont for Ihe con duct of Ihe war mid necessities of the foreign governments to which credit is being extended under Ihe provis ions of the net approved April -I. 1 SU 7. Alter having received advice and suggestions from bunkers, in vestment houses, business men nnil investors in nil purls of Hie country, I feel confident of Hie ability of the market to absorb rapidly and readily the L!,non,miO offering. "I'roin communications 1 have re ceived from every part of the country largo over subscriptions to the is sue seem beyond doubt. Unserve Hanks I'scd. "This is the largest single piece of financing ever undertaken hy Hie gov ernment of Ihe I'nited Slates and in order that ninple oppoiliiuities may In' gnen every one lo subscribe, 1 have decided to use the twelve federal reserve hank-, which are fiscal tigen-cic- of the go eminent, ns the central ngemy in each of the twelve federal iv-cnc districts for receiving the subscription-, for taking can of the detail- of deliveries of the bonds after allotment, and for handling the pay ments of subscript ions in sueb man ner as will best scrxe the general bus iness and linaucial situation. The BARRICADED STREET IN PETR0GRAD DURING THE REVOLUTION ASSAULT ON WIDE RIVERS AND HARBORS FRONT UNDER WAY BILL CONTAINS BIG IN NEW OFFENSIVE ITEM FOR COLUMBIA (Continued from Page One.) i I thus far are vague hut the British made progress in severaf directions, toward Frcsnoy ami Cherisy and al so toward lliillecourt, which is a point on the Ilindcnhurg line. The German!, counter attacked heavily noarGevrello and Loos. Those onslaughts wore dealt with satisfac torily by the Hritish gunners. Dust KiiveIoies Troops. HUITIS1I rlKADQUAUTERS IN FRA NCK, May H. Another of the continuing liritish attacks was launched against the Germans early this morning. Hard fighting" is in progress under n warm spring sun. There has been no rain for more than ten days now nnd the battlefields nt times are enveloped in dust. Ilrit itsh reinforcements moving along the muds toward Ihe front look like mill ers under heavy layers of chalk white powder. Reports from Hie buttle front are yet meager but it appears that satis factory progress is being made. The attack was on a wide front. At llull ecoiii't the British took another bile into the llindenbui'g line. This gnin is just north of its point of .junction wilh the Droeourt-Qiieunt switch. Gnod Progress Made. flood progress was also reported early in the direction of Cherisy and Kresnoy. Kresnoy is just east of Ar leux, which was captured Inst Fri day by the Canadians. These two villages having been looped about with iutrioute trench fortifications, form one of the strongest points of the Morioourl-Oppy-Guvrellq line running slightly southwest from Lens io Hie Sourie nnd being one of the lust of the older fixed positions pro tecting the llrocoiirt-Queant switch to the Hindeuburg line. The Mormons have delivered strong counter attacks at several places, principally against (iiivrcllc and toward Loos. At all the points attacked nnd counter-attacked heavy fighting is proceeding. r-'lvnch Slake Gains. l'AUIS, May 3. The French made an important gain on the Champagne lions, which were still being hold by llions, which was .-till being held by the (ierinaus in the new lines cast of Mont Hunt and capturing the German garrison of more than 11IKI men, the war office niiuoiiiieed. The statement tollows: "There was heavy artillery fight ing all along the front of the Choin-in-Oes-Damos, whore numerous pa trol encounters also occurred. "In Ihe Champagne wo repulsed tiermau tttaeks in the wood wast of Mont Coruillcl and on (lie heights east of Mont Haul. In the latter re gion we reduced an isolated German position which was still offering re sistance and captured the garrison of nine officers and 'Jit) men. "On the left bank of the Mouse our detachments penetrated Hie (lertnan trenches nt Avoeourl wood. Patrol encounters occurred on the right bank of the river near Hamloup and ller snnvau. There was intermittent ar tillery lighting at some points along this portion of the front, ospeeinlU in the sector of St. Mihiel." federal reserve hanks arc admirably citiipcd for thi- -erviee. "All banks, national, stale and tru-t companies, private hankers and bond house- will be authorized to re ceive siiliKrript ion-. While Ihe sub scriptions will be addressed to tlle -ecretary of the trca-ury and will In direct -iiti-eriptions to the govern ment, it is de-ired that they should be torn aided through the federal re serxc banks of the respective districts." WASHINGTON, May 3. The house rivers and harbors commission today resumed consideration of the j annual waterways appropriation bill based on war resolutions for mainte nance and continued improvement items. The tentative deficit Includes, in addition to the items already made public the following: Oregon: Coquille, Coos, Siuslaw and Yaqitlna rivers, Coos, Tillamook and Nehalem bays, maintenance and continuing improvement, $104,000; continuing improvement and mainte nance Columbia and lower Willamette rivers below Vancouver and Portland and mouth of Columbia, $1,285,000; completing Improvement of Willam ette around fulls at Oregon City, $80, 000; maintenance Willamette, Yam hill and other rivers, $48,300. Washington: Improvement Grays Harbor, $85,000. Puget Sound and tributaries, Olympla, Tacoma and Helllngbam harbors, etc., mainte nance $30,000; Improvement Lake Washington ship canal, $200,000. Alaska: Completing improvement Nome harbor, $105,000, Improvement ct moutt of Yukon, $45,000. California: Improvement Los An geles harbor $50,000; completing Im provements San Diego harbor, $85, 000; maintenance San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Objspo harbors, $45,000; maintenance San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Monterey and Humboldt harbors, Redwood, San Rn fael and Petaluma creeks, Napa river, San Pablo bay nnd Sulsun channel $287,500; continuing Improvement Oakland $92,000, improvement Rich mond $100,000; continuing Improve ment Humboldt harbor and ' bay $190,000. Hawaii: Improvement Honolulu $50,0110. continuing improvement $l.")il,0H0. OVATION FOR FRENCH MISSION (Continued from Pago Ono.) ialive Km.'. in on his arm, passed be fore (lift members of Marshal Jof fre's stuff. Knob of the officers, in cluding Colonel Jean Fabry, the "blue devil of France,'' first shook Miss Rankin's hand and then each bowed low- and kisseil it. The first savings bunk has progressed tep hy step steadfastly holding to the line of itiaivh till now, it is in tin- front rank of hanking institutions. It handles the savings of hundreds of well-to-do depositors. THE JACKSON COUNTY BANK L ESPIONAGE Bill E WASHINGTON, -May 3. Tho fight on the censorship section of the es pionage bill was resumed in the house today wl.h Indications that amendments would be made and a final vote taken possibly before night. In connection' with his announce ment that he would seek to have the measure amended so as to prohibit only the publication of specific in formation. Representative McCormick of Illinois declared that passage of the bill as drawn might exclude news about food speculation, typhoid In the army or car congestion. In a prepared statement, Representative McCormick declared that he had heard Secretary Daniels recently gave contracts for submarine chasers to brokers instead of ship builders and that contracts were not being carried out because of the failure of the brokers to obtain bonds and their Inability to get action by ship builders. Such information tho statement, continued, might be suppressed by tho proposed law. ALL NATIONAL PARKS OPENED FOR VISITORS WASHINGTON, May 3. All na tional parks will be open to visitors this year, ns usual, Secretary Lane announced today. His statement wasl prompted hy reports that the pinks would be (dosed. CHILI'S MINISTER AT BERLIN ASKS PASS0PRTS LONDON, May 3. The Chilean minister to Germany has demanded his passports, according to n Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. in the better LN from drinkin coffee. There are millions c4 former users drink Pos "There's FALL rSRRAWW Ees front, forward march, left, right, step ahead, keep the pace steadily, and firmly, till you reach your coveted goal the successful future. Don't falter. Steadfastness comes out ahead in the long run. Established 1888. E WASHINGTON', May 3. While members of the entente missions sbura the alarm of the American of ficials at tho growing inroads of the submarine menace, they do not re gard the situation as in any sense fatal. It means, in their view, a period of very great self-denial and further restrictions but they do not credit in the least nny opinion that it is certain to lead to starvation or the loss of the war. Thoy are count ing on ships, men and money from the United States and possibly Ameri can Inventive genius to outweigh (he U-boat terror. Critical as the allied situation is made to anear. alliod dinlomats say it is as nothing to the insuperable d(50 ficulty of Germany almost entirely hidden under the censorship. It is quite possible, they say, that Herbert C. Hoover's figures of eight een million catle in the central em pires are correct, but a-distribution of these and other supplies, is al most impossible when Germany's military necessities are so horribly overcrowding the railroads. WILSON TO MANAGE STANFORD ATHLETICS PALO ALTO, Hoy 3. Paul R. (Skin) Wilson of Portland, four time winner of annual mile races ngninst tho university of California, will be graduate manager of athletics of Lclnnd Stanford university for tho next two years announced .hc stu dent executive committee today after a meeting last night. Wilson will succeed K. C. ltehrons, who was man ager for three years. way hea. a Sea of You can put yourself in the same posi ion as any one of these depositors just hy making the first stop. 1 Jeposit $1 to open your account and watch your savings grow. Von ought to he in the rank and file of .he men who save their nionev.