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IfEDFOTlT) MATH TRTBTTNT! lrEDFOTtT, OTCKCOX, FRTDAY, MAY 11. 1917.
TALE OF LITTLE
FRENCH TOWN
SEIZED BY HUNS
As Undefended as an Illinois Town.
It Was Bombarded by the Germans
and Good Old Mayor Odent, Be
loved and Benevolent, Shot by the
Pi ussian Captors of the City.
(By Clmrli'S IMvvnrcl rtunmll.)
WASHINGTON, Jlny 1. A lutti-r
fnuii Nenlix, in Franre, tells me the
work nf reslunnjr flic M tiwn, so
i'nr us it can ever lie restored, is now
tinder way.
lint, it niMs Hint no effort mid
no time will ever soften in the minds
of the people the reeolleetion of what
they went through, ntul hiivitnr heen
lit Seiilis I can well understand Hint.
It was a (iiief anil tjimiutly bean
tifitl plnee 2't miles north of Paris.
It liml 20,(11111 inhabitants, u pond
old Koman iiuiibitbeater, n wonderful
eatbednil, a prem of an old Norman
ebureh and an old man of u I'baraeler
so remarkable he was famous through
all that 'part of France unil miht
have stepped out. of it romance.
Store of Kiikciio Oilent,
This was Knircno Odent, the mayor,
nnd what made him not only celebrat
ed hut revered anil beloved was his
extraordinary kindness, gentleness
and active benevolence.
Tnst of his time was spent in lis
tening to the troubles of llis people.
He regarded them as bis children
and nil of them by a sweet and touch
ill.' custom, culled Mini 'lather."
They had fjoml reason.
He had been mayor when the chol
era swept Senlis years njio, nnd had
worked day and nifiht nmoiifr the sick.
His father had been mayor when
the rrussians invaded that region
ill 1870, and for connive, devotion
and steadfast wisdom had won the
reluctant admiration of the invaders.
At the end of Auirust, 1!I I, the
Prussian hordes came down aain.
Five miles north of Senlis is a lone
rise of urotiud, trending north ami
south. On Sept. 1 the (ieinians drew
up their artillery on thai ridfre, and
the first thiinr the startled people in
the town knew, the shells were falline;
nmoii them. The place was as ut
terly undefended ns l'nxton, III.
Nevertheless the (lermans haltered
nway at it. The 1 laue treaty they
had signed auainst such deviltries,
they had handily scrapped with the
rest.
Their target was Hie old cathedral.
People. Hid In Cellars.
The people bid in their cellars. All
day the bombardment went on. Ily
iiij-lit about one-fifth of the houses
had heeu dolrnvcd, 11 inhabitants
Killed and li- wounded. One of the
victims was a woman who crouched
in a corner id' her cellar Imhlinir her
baby. The old cathedra! was ir
reparahly hurl.
Old white-hailed Mayor Oilenl sat
nil day in his office and never hadired
ns the shells exploded around liim.
One landed in front of the door.
The next day the' Pru-siaas
laurelled in. Mayor Odent, erect.
calm, eouil s, stood in front of the
city hail and cave the city into the
hands of the Prus-inn coniniunihnaul.
n-kilii e.ili' idcralion fur Hie peaceful
inhabitants. This, I hi licw, is what
the pacifists think they think should
be done in the e:i--e of eveiv inva
sion. I invite their utieation I what
followed heic.
The Pni"iiin . Invkc . pi a al! the
stoles, look all the aoiuh. ot I'.uv Mil
lie, loaded them up.ui tr i.-l. . anil
started them louold (lel'inaiiv. Tllt
broke open ceiv dellin ui.d took
every hottle of wine and all the avail
aide food supplies, laeiintutie -hunt
injr aavhiiily that appeared to o 1,1
ll c I target.
lii luili of llospllaltlx,
At .'t o'eluek in the at'teianoa a
troop of thcin bloke into the tobacco
store kept by l.ollis SitiMUl at the
coiner of the line de la Keiptbhipie
nnd the line ielle de I'm is. Only
Ninmn nnd his falher-in-hitv, Keith,
ntied ,Nti, were in the place. The sol
diers staffed their pockets with all
the eiurars and tobacco tn the slum
nnd demanded wine.
Simon and the old man hastened
to put before them all the wine left
in the house. The soldiers drank
it. Then Ihcv look Simon and Keith
nnd slooil them nuinst the outsid
wall of the Ihhim- nnd praeli I on
them with their lilies. Thev killed
Simon, but Irl'l the old man still
bri'iitliinir. lie had ninny wounds
nnd lied four days in terrible ayonv.
Von have read similar things of the
jVpnehc.
.About 4 o'clock, bv older of the
roinniiindniiint, the soldiers lieuun to
fire Sculia. They did il sysleuinlival-
SENATE HEARS
OBJECTIONS TO
WAR TAX BILL
Public Hearings of Protests Under
Way Must Be Concluded Within
Week Objections to income Taxes
Recorded Want Elimination of
Taxation of Stock Dividends.
WASIIINfJTOX, May 11. Public
lic'iiniiL'H on tln war lax bill bcun
today before the ncnato fmnwe com
mittee. Attorneys mid other rcpro
I sciitativos of industries facing heavy
taxes under the bouse bill prole-iled
against inuny features.
Under a rule rest net intf tin num
ber and time, of witnesses, Chairman
Simmon planned to end the. hearings
next week. Briefs will be filed to
supplement oral arguments.
Kepuhheuus of the committee par
tieipated in the hearings today
and
will sit willi the democrats in nnicml
inir the house bill.
Objections to the income taxes on
stock dividends were made by Paul
I). Cravath, representing Itethtebem
Steel company stockholders; J. Krat.
of the Lnckn wanna Steel company
and Kdward W. Wakeley of the New
Jersey Public corporation,
rncqiml DiHlillnilion.
"We do not oppose any scheme of
fair distribution of these taxes, nor
tbe size of the tax burden nor the
surtaxes," said Mr. Cravath, "hut an
income lax on stock dividends before
their conversion into cash, is an un
fair and unciinl distribution."
Kxemption from income taxation
of stock dividends of subsidiary cor
porations, alrendy taxed, was urged
b the Lackawanna company.
Extra time was jrivon by the com-
miltee for the discussion ot excess
profits taxes.
Inclusion of good will in calculat
ing capital for assessing the excess
profits tax was proposed bv Joseph
S. Anrebach, representing the Wool-
worth company of New York.
1 jlmit Insurance TavcN.
I.iniitalion of excess profits tax on
capital and assets of foreign fire and
marine insurance companies ucluaMv
used in this. country was urged by
A. II. Thatcher of New York, repre
senting various foreign corporations.
lie urged I but the income from se
curities held by such companies
abroad and not used in their Ameri
can business should be exempt from
the tax.
"There arc many inequalities in
this hill, but t am going to vote for
it hecause I ant u lioninn and slaud
by the niajorily," said Mr. Kordney.
"The Civil war cost this nation
lim.WHI.UOO. yet during the scsmoii of
congress last winter nnu the extra
session including the loan of $:t, 0011,
000,000 to the nllies, we have taxed
the people l'J,;tH),0(IOtOlK. At a
dollar a minute day and night to
create a fund of $1,0(10,00(1,00(1 would
require 'JOtln v(ars. Multiply that by
1'J and see the enormous sum of
nutuey we are calling for from the
neonle of this country.
ly. Ily nightfall they had destroyed
l(l. buildings.
A ix Onlcred Shot.
At 7 o'clock old Kugeiie Odent, five
old wnikinynien and a boy were ar
retted and carried before (he com.
uiamlinaut. lie looked them over and
ordered Ihem shot.
1 went to Senlis not long after
'he Prussians had been driven out
of it by the battle of the Maine.
i d I saw their work and I took tes
timony of the survivors.
I Icll ou frankly that from that
litre on 1 have never read any of
ihc remarks of the blaspheming km-
it almiii his partnership with (iod.
1 have never read or heard id' "Kul
tnr.' 1 have never heard anyone In
to palliate the Prussian methods,
without seeing before me the black
ened ruins ot old Senlis and old Ku
gene Odent refusing to be blindfold
ed, standing creel before he ritle:
never without a feeling as if it bad
been my father thev had muidered
and my M-ter they had tortured and
lev citv thev had de-troved.
Now Summer's here
I want my
POST T0ASTIES
every day"
tX SAYS
Li
EMENT
Tho Medford Priming company lias
JiiBt furnished handsome commence
ment invltutlons to the .Medford hlKh
school, the I'hoenix high school and
the Laurelhurst school.
Tho order of tho senior class of the
Medford hfKh school was probably the
largest ever given by a school in
southern Oregon, amounting to 1G00
engraved invitations.
The Phoenix school, while not so
largo an order, lias sent out what
many claim i& tho prettiest commence
ment card ever Issued in the valley.
The Laurelhurst school, whilo not
quite so elaborate In design as the
larger schools, is sending out invila-
tions to the commencement exercises
that would lie a credit to any of the
larger schools.
The Phoenix school Is also getting
out its customary high school annual
which will bo off tho press the latter
part of May, and will make a book
around 75 pages printed on heavy.
plate paper, giving the pictures of the
class, faculty, banket ball team, and
other Interesting photographic reproductions.
Tho annual that was to have been
gotten out by the Medford high school
was abandoned on account of so many
of tho boys enlisting in tho army and
navy. . I
The jury in the case against Tom
Iiiirlel, accused of sellim; limior to
Reynold Muse, n Kliimulli Indian,
after nil nil nijrlit session came into
federal court Friday morning and
icioilcil lo .lutljie Wolvcrlim that it
had liccti impossible lo reach an
agreement and further thai the ini'in-
bcrs were hopelessly disagreed.
.Indue Wiilvertnii then dismissed t lie
jury. The case will be retried at n
later date, prubablv in Toi'tlnnd.
The case was given to the inrv
alioul " o'clock Thursday afternoon
and (lie disagreement was reported
into court at !) o'clock Friday morning.
After a new jury had been im
paneled. Friday forenoon by I'nited
Stales Marshal Montague, the trial
of the case against Huck Anderson
and A. W. Saunders was placed on
trial. They arc chartrcil with Imag
ing liiiuor onto the Klaniath reser
vation on January Fl last. F.x-,1udge
Webster, formerly circuit iuik'o of
Klainatli county, is defending the ac
cused.
MOTHERHOOD
WOMAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childless
Women.
AmonR the virtues of I.ydia E.
Pmkham's Vegetable Compound is the
ability to correct sterility in the
cases of many women. This fact is
Well established ns evidenced by tho
following letter and hundreds of others
we have published in these coluins.
Poplar Hluti, Mo. "1 want other
women to know what a blesi.ing I yOia
K. t'inkham 8 Vege
table Compound has
been to me. Wo
had always wanted
a baby in our homo
but I was in poor
health and not nble
to do my work. My
mother and hus
band both urped me
totry I.ydin K.Pink
ham'a Vegetable
Compound. I did
so. mv h.rnlth im
proved and I am now the mother of a
line baby frirl and do all mv own house
work."-Mm. Ai.ua R Ti'mmons, 216
Almond St, Poplar HlulT, Mo.
In many other home9, once childless,
there Bre now children because of the
fact that Fydia E Pinkham'a Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy and strong"
Write to the I.ydin E. Plnkham Modi,
cine Co., I.ynn, Mnss.. for advice it
will b cuntidciitiul and helpful.
il iiiiranii !
Howard's
Ashland-Klamath Falls
AUTO LINE
Daily Except Sunday.
Leaves Ashland 8. a. ni.
READ THIS, DECIDE
FOR YOURSELF
One would have hard work in try
ing to convince J. J. l'ellelt, whose
ranch is near Ashland, that there is
no money in sheep raising-. His set
tlement in Medford today with Wel
bom Hceson of Talent, who had help
ed him in his venture in sheep rais
ing, shows big possibilities in that
industry.
On June 10, l!)l(i, Mr. Beeson sold
to Mr. l'ellelt 50 ewes and fit) lambs
for $42.'), Itecson taking a mortgage
for the payment. Today Pel let t paid
Hecson ifiriti.lfi in final payment.
From the herd Pellet has sold .$:il(i
worth of. wool, and $172 worth of
mutton, and he still has 122 sheep
left.
Thus for his eleven months care
of the sheep he has .122 sheep and
$1)1.84 cash.
LEADERS PLEDGE SUPPORT
(Continued from page 1.)
day strengthens our confidence in tho
creative forces of the Russian people
and the greatness of Its future."
Alexander J. Guchkoff, provisional
minister of war and navy, in the
course of a speech whlc hwos received
with applause, said:
Pain Succeeds Joy.
"Unfortunately the nrst feeling of
radiant Joy evoked by the revolution
soon gave place to one of pain and
anxiety. The destruction of the old
forms of public life had been effected
more rapidly than had the creation of
new forms to replace them. It is es
pecially regrettable that the destruc
tion has touched the political and so
cial organization of the' country be
fore any life center has time to es
tablish itself and to carry out the
great creative work of regeneration.
"We know the conditions In which
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
proves it. 25c at all druggists.
our valiant army defended every foul
of Russian territory and how It still
Is carrying on a truly heroic but not
hopeless struggle. One more effort
and an effort by the whole country
mid the enemy will be beaten, but we
have got to know first of all whether
we can make this." I
With Medford trade Is Medford mado.
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Production and Conservation
CONCENTRATE your energies upon
both of the above. Careful using
of present resources is as important as
producing a maximum amount for the fu
ture. Economy In the one is linked to Ef
ficiency in the other. Connection with the
First National Bank will gain our co-operation
in producing. Use of our facili
ties will give you a system for conserving.
If you are not ablo to personally
I cnll upon us, open your hnviugs or
dapilal Checking account by Mail. Let us
st National Bank
MEDFORD OREGON
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MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED-
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MAIL OR EXPRESS PREPAID
PONGEE SILK
34-incli Imported Pongee Silk, a
very fine heavy grade, cheap today
at $1.00, very special RQ
a yard .". OwC
TheWoman's Store
14-22 NORTH CENTRAL
MEDFORD. OREGON
SCOTCH GINGHAMS
32-inch Fine Scotch Zephyr Ging
ham in fine plaids and stripes
very stylish this year, worth Ofl
25c, very special, yard vv
Spring' Clearance Sale of Coats and Suits
Every Spring Garment Must Go
y V
A few beautiful new Spring Suits in
good colors and sizes, sold up to
$25.00, to be closed out
at
$13.98
10 new Suites, some "La Vogue" styles
in navy,, green, gold and other colors,
real $:55.00 values, for
this sale onlv
10 Corduroy Coats in high colors,
sold up $15.00, to be closed
out at, each
Some new Silk Suits, very "chic'
styles, good colors.sold
as high as $40, for this sale...
"Women's New Spring Coats in the
new high shades, values ' CI A 00
up to $25, this sale $LU,V0
AVomen's New Spring Coats, good "Korrect Wool Skirts,
styles, sold up to $15.00,
(low, each
"Korrect" "Wash Skirts, made of
styles, made of all wool ma
terials, special, each
new spring
$4.98
Shrunk Linen Finish suit
ing, each
$2.98
May Sale of White
Wirthmor Waists
We are eager to have every
woman in this vicinity know of
Hie merits of the Withniore
"Waist. Four appealing new-
styles (Hi sale
here only at
each
toinorrov,'"sold
$1.00
WOMEN'S DRESSES
A new line of "Women's "Wool and
Silk Dresses from $10.00 up to $25
Now Going On
Welworth Waists
New Blouses that you will ad
mire and he-admired in. They
are not the common, ordinary
variety of blouses but blouses
of genuine worth and charac
ter, on sale, toinor-
White Corduroy
r(i-inches wide for
suits and separate
skirts, worth $1.00,
for this sale yd 75
White Dimity
"(i-inches wide for
Pajamas and Un
derwear, comets in
fancy checks,
special, yd 1S
White Crepe
Soft finish. suita
ble for Underwear,
rtli-inchos wide,
worth :5c, special
vd
row, each
Whits Voile3
in fancy stripes,
plaids and figures.
.'5(5 to 40 inches wide
real :5c values.
$2.00
98c
Corsets
Women's Front l.co
and Hack I.ace Corsets,
values up to $
on sale Sat
urday, at pair ..
Women's Uraisseres
made of Fine Muslin, Kin
broidery and Lace Trim
med, real .!e
values, sale
price
One lot of Muslin Under
wear ii pto $1.50
valued
now
Und erwear
10c
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39c
uder-
l ka
98c IS
Women's Fine Knit
Vests, good quali
tv, each
Women's Union Suits,
verv fine grade,
sptvial
Women's Hand Top
esls, Kavser
Brand,
special
Kavser 's Lisle and Silk
sts from 50" up to
$2.00 each.
29c vard
Gloves
Women's Lisle Thread
Gloves, all colors, worth
n.'.c
now pair
JAPANESE
SCARFS AND
SQUARES
Special, each, 69
Center pieces, I
special, each ....29
25c
Hand Bags
made of all leather fitted
with coin purse and mir
ror. $1.98 values, CI 1ft
now, each pilw
35c
Women's Washable
( 'lianioisctte Gloves in
white and colors, worth
S5c,
special, pair
69c
HANDKERCHIEFS
Misses and Women's
Handkerchiefs, 10c
val., now ea
5c'
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white and black
pair
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65c
EMBROIDERY
' Kdging. 10 inches wide,
very special,
vard
The Best Goods for the Price Always to be Found at Mann's
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