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jMEDFO'TCfl MATE TTHWSnE, MFDFOftT). OT?KnONT. RATTTJDAY. .TUT.Y 23. 1917
LOCAL TROOPS
LEAVE 1DF0RD
SuNDAYMORNING
Company Seven to Entrain at 9
o'clock Tomorrow for Fort Colum
bia Entire City Expected to Turn
Out and Give Boys a Farewell
Sendoff Ashland Troops Go.
Tip I he People of Med ford:
T'lmurrnw, Sunday, at On.
tn., tin Seventh compiiny leaves
Medliird for Kurt Columbia. I
am sure tliat every mini, ivma-
nil and child in Mcdl'ind aT-
cinles why they are (ioiiijr and
what they are sncrifiriiij; to no
In war at this time. The least
we .can do is to show our up-
precintion of these, our hoys,
by fpvinir (hem nil enthusiastic
and tiriind farewell. 1 therefore
reipiest that everv man, wouiiin,
boy and fiirl in Med ford iro ,'o
the train tomorrow inoriiiiur and
hid our hoys a fond pood-hye.
(Sinned) (;. K. (1ATKN.
Mayor.
4
The Sevenlh "oiiipany will leave
Medford tomorrow morning at 9
o'eloek on a siecinl military train
for Fort Columbia, where it will be
mustered into the federal Kervice.
These orders, reeeived this noon by
Captain A. J. Vunee, was welcome
news to the soldiers and their rela
tives anil friends, ns it ended nil
anxiety and guesswork as to the ex
act time of departure. '
All Med ford and vicinity is expect
ed to turn out at The Southern Pa-'
eific deHit Sunday moraiii); to bid
the soldiers flodsieed and ifive them
n fittinjr farewell demonstration.
While no formal program lias been
prepared, the farewell reception is
expected to be urcut one, and one
ralculntcd to warm the hearts of the
soldiers.
Ashland Comiuiny Also.
The special military train will
leave Ashland at 8:'J0 a. in. and will
take on board there the Ashland com
pany of the artillery corps. The
Seventh company will inarch to the
depot here about 8 :.H) o'clock in or
der to give plenty of lime for fare
well visits between the soldiers and
their relatives and friends.
Marly this forenoon the Seventh
company bad all its stale and fed
eral equipment either stored or ship
ped in accordance with instructions
itml W'ns ready to entrain on nn
hour's notice. The orders to depart
at !l a. m. Sunday were received by
Captain Vance from Colonel W. K.
llis, in chaise of the coast defense
of the Columbia river.
Somo of the members of Hie com
pany pit their first tusle of disci
pline in the federal service this inoiu
inir. Five who were absent from I he
moriiim: roll call today were assigned
lo kitchen oliee duty for one week.
Another soldier was ordered to
liili'hcn police duty for three days for
talking in the ranks. A corporal who
lives out of town was reduced to the
ranks for hcine; mixed up in a dis
turbance Friday evcniicj. l'rivat
l'land It. N'oe wn- promoted to tb
vacant corporal -hip.
Ignite l.thiury ion:ltcd.
The Seventh company will enter
the war with a iiiiiuiuhcciit huge lib-
raiy, as citi.ens rcsNiiilcil iiutiiii.
ly to the reipicsl tor hook- for tin
library.
The fan well reception yien by the
Medford Kits Inst niuht lit their elnb
bouse to the members of the Seventh
coinpiinv w as a most cu.iovablc i vent
and the soldiers will ever have
warm spot in their hcaiN for the
IMks because of the courtcsv inn;
pood will cxlclntcd.
From tM o'clock until iiiidtiicht
the ivj club house was crowded with
the soldiers mid their ladies and Kiss
and their ladles. I'mbublv the ino-1
popular place was the laive ball
rooin, where there was dancim; al!
eveniiiir to music by an orchestra. A
fine luncheon was also served in tin
liiiseuieiit tliruoiil the reception hours
for the cucsts. There was no forma!
program or .speeches, much to the de
light of all.
However, there was one big enter
tniliiiiciit feat me of which the crowd
colli. I not cot enough. It furn
ished bv li.ibcrt Allbiight, who i
fiinird in the amusement world lis
Oklahoma Itob, high-cliis, singer mid
entertainer, well known on the big
tiniB vaudeville circuits. Mr, All
bright, who is the uncst of his brother-in-law.
It. (!. Wurthingtoii, enter
tained with songs, and stories and rc
bpouded lo uiiuii rous cm ores.
COCCHI ADMITS
L
WITH A STICK
Italian Murderer of Ruth Crtiger
Gives Details of Crime in Confes
sionBrutal Attack Followed by
Blow Girl Died Fightinfl for Her
Honor Wants to Be Killed.
HOl.OOXA, Italy, July 28. The
text, of the statements made hv Al
fredo Cuechi during. various interro
gations of the prisoner by Judge
Zaceoiii was received by ('ocelli's
counsel, Attorney Venturini, todav.
There were eight of these interlocu
tions between June 15 and July 20,
and the record of Iheni covers nine
tvH'writlen paves.
On the first day, the record shows,
('ocelli denied the c'iine, claiming
that the reason he left New York was
because of his wife's jealousy and
the quarrels to which that led, al
though he admitted that lie had
harpened a pair of skates for Until
Cruder. On the second day he begun
by declaring that the girl came to
his shop in company with two Ital
ians who were not known to him and
who ordered him to leave, lie doing
so and they remaining in the room.
Under cross-ipicstioniiig by Judge
Zaceoiii, however, Coechi began to
weep, and holding his bend in l;'s
hands, declared:
Story of Murder.
"It is true, 1 killed her. For a
week I had been constantly ipiarrel
inif with my wife. This day, the
llttli, when I ate my midday men!
nt home I drank five glasses of wine
to make me forget tnv family trou
bles. In a nervous condition I wen
to my shop about 1:20 o'clock, when
there I found the girl; she was very
beautiful, and I lost my head. Wlie-i
she went to the rear of the sho:i to
get her skates, without seeing mi., I
bnrred the street door with a block
of wood, so that no one could open
it from the outside. Then I started
Itreinliruce the girl, hut she was very
strong and threw me backwards. I
tried again and .succeeded, despite
her resistance.
"I picked her up and dropiied her
into the repair room below through a
square door, feet first, holding her by
the head and shiwldcirs. All Tie
while she was screaming Toiicc!
l'olicel' She fell about twelve teet
below, striking a motorcycle side car
on her side, but was not hurt. I
jumped after her, she being again
on her feet, fighting and resisting
with all her power. I remember that
before dropping her liolow I said to
her: Tlcnse say nothing, ns I have
two boys,' but she continued shriek
ing for the police, although I do not
believe anv one heard her.
Killed With Stick.
''When I joined her in the lower
Minn in y head was gone. I tried
again to embrace and kiss her, but
again did not succeed, she was so
strong. I remember she was of iark
complexion ami stout of body, also
that her hat fell off when I first at
tempted to embrace her.
"Finally, exasperated by her re
sistance, I grabbed in my left band
a stick of heavy wood n yard long
and struck her twice or three limes
acro-s the back of the neck, holdi
her with my right band. She
groaned and sank down, her nead
bathed ill blood.
''Horribly frightened and sorrv, I
would have killed myself had 1 had
a revolver. Kvpecting to be disci
crcu in any moment, i ,,ok the yet
warm body and dragged it inti n
box in the left hand comer of the
room,''
hi declares he killed lintli
Cmger VM, j,. n,. WiinI, t),
loin the Italian iirmv and lie kil'id
battle.
CniCACO. July I.. - The desth of
llahy llolllntser. the liopelehnly de
formed Infant whose life a physician
ref imej to nave in November IMS. Is
believed to have !crn responsible tor
the death yesterday of Mrs. Anna lto.
liner, the baby'a mother,
"After tb bab.i's death," nald Al
len Hollinser. "my w ife fell Into a set
lied melancholy and wasted away. If
ever a woman died of a broken heart,
she did "
The Haby llolliimer rase attracted
attention thruoiit the country. Ttie
physician asserted that if the child's
life had been prolonged by an Itera
tion It would probably have been an
Imbecile and so crippled by physical
defects as to have been a btitden to
Itself and others.
KILL! G1R
SOLDIER BOYS
Rl AMERICA
MAIN
Hard Training Brings Out a Marked
Degree of Efficiency in Young Of
ficers Feeling in France That
New Officers Should Not Be Held
in United States.
Associated Press Dlspatc.
WITH TIIK AMKIilCAK FOHPF.S
IX FHAN'CK, July 28. The hard
training which the American troops
are now undergoing is bringing out
u marked degree of efficiency in
young officers who recently joined
the army, having undergone trainiug
at I'lattsburg or at oilier camps.
liegnlar nmiy officers are particu
larly struck by the enthusiasm with
which these men have plunged into
their work. They declare that the
quality of these men sets nt rest any
doubt us to the high standard of
leadership in America's vast new
army.
The colonel of one of the old-line
American regiments, standing today
watching the work of one of his bat
talions in which ninny reserve offi
cers arc serving, exclaimed:
'They are simply splemlid! I
cannot say enough about them. I
have never seen n finer class of
young officers anywhere. With very
little preliminary guidance they have
shown themselves; capable of taking
over enire direction of the bnttalion.
They have brought to their Work not
only much of the technique of pro
fessional soldiers, but the high mor-
nle and enthusiasm of men who have
been attracted to military service by
naturul inclination."
Needed in Fmnce Xow.
The colonel further expressed
wlmt seems to be the opinion of most
officers already here, that ns many
of these officers from the training
campsl as can possibly be spared
should be sent to France at the ear
liest Hissible date to undergo intens
ive training in the actual war zone;
also to have exiH'rience in the
trenches So that they will be fitted
to act as instructors to the American
troops as they are landed. There is
a feeling that the young officers
should not be lield in America until
the regiments to which it is promis
ed to assign them are actually form
ed, but should come in advance of
their regiment so that thev can di
rect the final training of their men
here.
The men of the expeditionary
forces have settled down into the
routine of the new training very
quickly and are progressing ns rap
idly lis their officers exiiected. They
are up at .' o'clock in the morning
mid reach the training grounds not
Inter than 7:l"i, drilling and digging
without interruption until 11:3(1. Af
ter half an hour for lunch and an
otln hour for rest, they drill again
from 1 until 4 :.'10 o'clock. The men
lunch in the field, having sandwiches
ami other cold rations prepared for
them before they leave camp each
morning. The French soldiers who
ii iv trainiug the Americans rest from
11 to 2 o'clock. They have field
kitchens and eat a hot mid. lav meal.
Skill in llomli-Throwing.
As was lo be cxcctcd, American
soldiers imve taken naturally to
bomb-throwing. They like that part
of the daily program liettcr than any
other. When ,lhev arc not burling
dummy metal missile, thev may be
seen practicing with heavy stones,
dummy shell holes having been enn
slrnited as targets. The Americans
are wondci fully accurate and the
French instructors are iimaxcd nt
their skill, so easily acquired. This,
of course, is due largely to baseball
training, although bombs are thrown
with n straight ami swing quite dif
leront from the eilmw motion of the
baseball pitcher.
Word was received, froui bclul
qiiurleiM today that the ecdi, lun
acy force field bakery will be in op
eration within the next few days,
supplying the soldiers with home
made'' American bread. They have
hern living thus far on the regula
tion French war bread.
licprcscntalivrs of the Salvation
iinuy arrived at headquarters today
and will soon make arrangements to
hold meetings in the various billeting
a rcu.
VISIT OF AMERICAN FLEET
PLEASES BUENOS AIRES
' 1UKNOS, Aires. July 2i.--Tlic
chamber of deputies umiuiiuottsly.
adopted a resolution to inlortn the
('lilted States congress nf its satis
faction at the Wsil f the American
squadron, saying it iiiniiilefed at the
same lime the solidarity of the two
couuliiis.
THIRD YEAR OF GREAT WORLD WAR
CLOSES WITH RESULTS OF CONFLICT
IN FAVOR OF
(Continued trom rage On.)
which aroused world-wide lndlgna-1
tion. The British claimed capture of
nearly 5000 prisoners In the three
months of this German retirement- for
a depth of from five to 15 miles along
a front of about 40 miles.
ISrltish Offensive.
In April the British transferred
their offensive northeast of Arras,
forcing Von Hindenburg to redistrib
ute his forces along a 15-mile front.
Canadians played a historic part In
this fighting. Monchy-le-Preux was
taken; and Vlmy Itidge was captured
after one of the worlds' bloodiest bat
tles. Canadians held the ridge against
desperate counter-attacks. This suc
cess east of Arras turned Hlnden
burg's northern pivot, and British
critics regarded it as the greatest in
the history of British arms in the
present war. This offensive, contin
ued, placed the British astride the
Hindenburg line, and the Germans re
tired to positions a mile or two west
of the Drocoiirt-Queant line. These
they bald as the third year closed.
Meanwhile the battles of Cham
paign and the Aisne had been carried
on toy the French, who in April cap
tured Auberive. In the first days of
Champaign offensive, one of the
greatest struggles of the war, the
Germans sustained an estimated loss
of 100,000 killed, wounded and taken
prisoners thru their desperate defen
sive operations. Fighting in these re
gions continues after three months,
during which the French have ad
vanced from one to five miles along a
50-mlle front. The present French
line runs from northwest of Soissous,
thru Rheims to Auberive.
300,000 Casualties.
In June, 1917, the British began an
attack on Messines and Wyschaete in
an effort to straighten out the Ypres
salient. Again British flyers domi
nated the air. The British had spent
an entire year mining the earth for
this offensive, which was begun with
an explosion so terrific that ft was
heard In London. Beyond Messines,
for two miles east and northeast, the
British won and consolidated ground.
captured more than 7400 prisoners
and great stores of artillery. Gaining
every objective, they placed them
selves astride the Ypres Comines ca
nal, having advanced three miles on
an eight-mile front. Portuguese and
Belgian troops aided in this offensive.
In recent days the fighting there had
heen confined to raiding operations.
It is estimated that during April,
May and June the Germans suffered
350.000 casualties on the western
front.
The Russians, having In June of
1916 begun an offensive from the Pri-
pe marshes to the Rumanian frontier
speedily captured Czernowitz and the
rest of Biikowlna, together with Bro-
dy In Gnlicia, and In August they en
tered Stanlslaii for the third time In
the war. These operations forced the
Austro-Gcrmans to relinquish lines
they hud held turnout the winter of
1915-1916.
The llulicz bridgehead fell in Sep
tember, but tho subsequent advance
on Lemherg was not prosecuted be
cause the plight of- Rumania demand
ed the transfer of Russian troops to
aid their Balkan ally.
Hussinn Offensive.
After the Russian revolution, the
Russians made a feint to advance on
I'lnsk. to cover the actual operations
resumed In July against I.emberg
This latter front extended 1SH miles
Known as "Regiments July First.'
these troops, reinvigorated by the
consciousness of political liberty, con
founded German military prophets
by the magnitude and extent of their
offensive.
Led by Alexander Kerensky, minis
ter of war. and observed by American
army officers, the "Regiments July
First'' forced the Teutons to evacuate
Hrzer.any, and they captured many
important positions, including terrain
west and south of Mallei town and
strongly defended positions northwest
of Stanlslaii. On July 11 Hallrt was
taken, thus smashing the Austro-Ger-man
front between Ilrzezany and the
Carpathians.
This Russian operation broadened
by mid-July, so that It extended from
the Gulf of Riga to the Rumanian
front, a distance of S00 miles. The
Germans were rcportetd to be rushthi
troops from tho Italian and French
fronts. Widespread enthusiasm was
created thruout Russia, and the moral
I effect on the other entente powers
1 as tremendous.
Itiisstnn Collapse.
Before the third year closed, how
ever. Russias offensive colb-.nsed
German spies, anarchists, peace fanat
ics and other agitators succeeded In
destroying the morale of some of the
Russian troopt In Gallcia, where a re
treat became necessary when unit af
ter unit refused lo obey erdcrs.
THE ENTENTE ALLIES
Brzezany, Hallcz, Tarnopol, Stanls.
lau and Kalomea were lost, together
J with all the remaining ground gained
during the offensive. The Russians
surrendered many prisoners, heavy
guns and an abundance of supplies
and ammunition.
The death penalty was invoked as a
check to further Insubordination and
the provisional government Intro
duced a policy of "blood and Iron" in
an effort to avert disaster.
South of the Carpathians and' in
the Vllna region there was little dis
affection among the Russian troops.
Italy's Offensive. ,
Italy, declaring war against Ger
many on August 28, began a more
vigorous prosecution of her earlier
offensive against Austria.
With dramatic .swiftness the third
army, under the duke of Aosta,
stunned and captured Gori.ia, hith
erto considered impregnable. By
January J. the Italians had captured
121)0 square miles.
After u winter of artillery duels,
Italy resumed her offensive on the
Carso front in the campaign toward
Trieste. Within ft month the Aus
trian lines were broken from Cas
tagnnvizza to the sea. Italy inflict
ed losses of 8",U(I0 on the Aiistrians
and lost heavily herself. Austria
hurried reinforcements from the
Russian front.
In the Trentitno tiic Italians took
the offensive in June, and utter ter
rific fighting captured the Austrian
positions on Monte Ortigara and Ag
nello Puss. These they were forced
to relinquish, however, in the face
of Austrian counter-ut tacks.
In tho Haitians.
In the Balkans the year's military
development saw the occupation of
Rumania by the Teutons a gain of
great economic value because of the
oil and grain fields. The Rumanian
army, reformed, is co-operating wtih
the Russians, .mid arc now engaged
in a heavy offensive against the cen
tral powers and their allies.
Bulgaria won successes of moder
ate importance, including the capture
.of the Grecian port of Kavalii.
The newly equipied Serbian army
arrived lit Saloniki in August mid
began nn offensive which won Os
trovo, on the road to Jlqnastir. This
offensive, resumed in the spring with
the co-operation of entente nnd Ven
izclist troops, won Monastir and
Cernn.
in Greece the military- moves of the
entente forces included u blocka lc of
Greece and temporary French occu
pation of Alliens.
A brilliant British campaign in
Mesopotamia accomplished the cap
ture of Knt-cl-Amara, in February;
and of Bagdad, terminus of the Ber-lin-to-Bagdad
railway, in Mirch.
The capture of Bagdad had a. deepi
moral eneci in me viricni, particu
larly in Arabia, where many natives
revolted from Turkish rule.
Russians operating in Persia took
Hamadan: and further north, ini
Turkish Armenia, Russians captured j
Van.
Naval Operations Quiet. !
In the Holy Land the British op-1
ened a'new era in the history of the
east. Their advance has cairied
them nearly to Gaza. Their otijee
tive is Jerusalem, which the Turks
were reported in June to have partly
evacuated.
F.xocpt for submarine oierntiiins,
naval writers have found little to en-(-Tue
their attention during the past
year.
Germany continued to rely on U
boats. This policy led to unrestrict
ed warfare which drew the United
States into the conflict.
U-boats destroyed an estimated
gross tonnage of more than 4.110,
tlrtfl during the year. This included
J.tllill.OUO Hying the British ting sunk
from February 2.'i to Julv 1.
America's destroyer flotilla arriv
ed in Briti-h waters in May. With
out the loss of a ship or n man.
American warhi(H convoyed the
first American troops to France. Two
submnrine attacks were made on the
tr.itisHrts. At least one U-bont was
-link. American warships took over
from British and French vessels the
patrol of American coasts. Brazil
ndded her navy to ours in South
American waters.
Cities from Bagdad to London
baie been subjo'ted to raids, notable
attacks being those by German Zcn
H'lins and airplanes on London. In
four attacks on Kngland in May.
June and July. 2.S7 persons Were kil
cd and S.t7 injured.
hc-y unnr cwnnm
Dtnnlt EucAtyptu "Dlntmtnt
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FRENCH REGARD
WAR SITUATION
IMPROVED
Wherever German Lines Have
. Changed It Has Been Toward Ger
manyGerman Losses for Year
1,200,000 Wastage During Three
Months 150,000 Each Month.
PARIS, July 28. The military sit
uation of the entente allies on the
western front at the end of the third
year of the war is regarded by com
petent authorities here as actually
better than it was a year ago and
enormously better prospectively by
reason of the Intervention of the Uni
ted States.
The big change in tho relative posi
tion of the allies was brought about
by the evacuation of a part of France
By the Germans. This retirement
which was announced in Germany as
a trategieal retirement, made with
the object of attaining a superior
fighting position, has turned out to
have been simply a retreat so that the
CenmCn lines might he shortened and
held by fewer divisions.
Movo Toward Germany.
Wherever the lines have moved on
the west they have moved toward Ger
many. The allies measure their suc
cess not by the ground gained but by
the fact that the Germans have had to
endure shock after shock and In doing
so have lost. -
The German reserves In the belief
of French authorities, have diminish
ed during the year by about 1,200.000
or at an average rate of 100.000 a
month. The German wastage during
Power
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'Power is developed by thought by consistently laying
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In business, the man who Is financially on a sound
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We have many s ich men as depositors, who have been
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a And we ae always glad to welcome new ones. "
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Ask local agent for particular.
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April, Muy and June la placed at Uy.'
ward of 150,000 a month, the casual--ties
rising during May. according t"
German admissions, to 170,000 not
counting those slightly wounded who
may be able to return to service.
Russian Cause Worry.
Th situation on the Russian front
I,.. - l ,lAnn .nilMrn Hill 1 I- .
1H a luunti Ul U'Sli " wv t IS
not regarded here as possiuie lor Ger
many to snare many more troops from
the eastern front for action on tha
westorn front than already nave been
hrnueht un: hence It is believed here
that under the worst possible circum
stances the fighting power of Ger
manny cannot be greatly increased on
this front.
Prance and Great Britain count
nnon the American army to be in on-
eratlon under more favorable circum
stances than In any spring since the
war began. The British army In
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