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TELLS BRITISH LOSSES.
sinking Of Two Battlcships Cost
IL Iiyes-sO Wen NissinR.

NV''T"T '""'' ""P"'||
LoSpoS. May 3o.-The latest official
dvices received by ia" Admiralty re-
garding the recent losses in the OAR
danelles give eleven men killed ana
missing will the battleship
Triumph and two killed and forty"'even
missing with the battleship Majestic.
The Triumph was torpedoed on May Is.
the Majestic. OH May -.
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''VRlES FALSE, SAYS RIDDER.
"'"re> w." II Not Making Supplies
Tor Use Of Allies.

IN ,',nsn R'dtcr iss"ed a statement
a'.ht IN which he declared that
Nm "m s'or''s wrich tended 10 connect
,,. WIN ih" '~rdnufacture OF war ma
snsnS, ana supplies f9r the Allies were
"r.."','! ana unqual,hed.y false"
tina INTO national T|ypesettinG Ma
4, tU'ian},' n" said. which Is in
"a anus %; % receiver and with the
s.y.s Vi N'".h nave nothing what
M, 10 d' directly OF indirectly. de-
ssa ns' II Is making any war ma
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sp-~iai Cobi. D,sporch 10 Tuv

Special Cobh D1spofch 10 TUT sr~
GENOA. via Rome. May 3O.-Sever
Austrian steamers with an aggregate
,onnage OF 26,973 and valued at more
than S,2o0,oo0 have been seized here
M their crews !nterned.
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JAPAN THANKS CHURCHILL
sp,cloi CohI, Despatch 10 Tuv 81,

LONDON. May 30.-R Yashlro, the
Nrfr"sN M'nis'"r Of Marine, has sou,
n cablegram 10 Winston spencer Church
I'll. former First Lord Of the Admiralty,
expressing appreciation OF ,he cordiality
extended TO the Japanese navy during
Mr.. Churchin's service,
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SERBIA DECORATES Upton.
Gives Him Highest Honor .
Can BcstOxv on Foreigner.
Sper'd cahie Despatch to THE sr>

LoNpoN, May 29.--The Serbian Gov
srnmen. has created Str Thomas Upton.
who took his yacht 20 Serbia with
nurses and medical supplies. a grand
commander OF Saint Sava which Is the
fer upon a foreigner,
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DRIVE ON;
GINA SPESSA TAKEN,
LUSERNA REDUCED
,ustrians Aid in Destruction
of Their own Fort by
the Invaders.
Expect TURKS TO SUE
FOR SEPARATE PEACE
,,,c.a, cssic Desoatch to Tnr sr>.

poNr. Nav 80. The invasion Of the
,.,r,ino by the Italian forces is being
,-s.sed Oh both frontiers. The Austrians
A.. apparen,ly making little II any re-
,,,ance. II d, believed here that Aus
,rta has been unable to spare men from
~. eastern theatre of war TO defend the
-vrol passes and that any troops she
has In that cg,on are concentrated in
IRON, for the defence Of the capital OF
no, mart Of italia lrredenta."
The Italian forces are accompanied by
,a,v batteries Of mountain artillery
.~d those guns have done effective work
gains, the rewIy constructed Austrian
'sr,a,,tIous IN the border heights. The
.,,ack i be ng pushed with success in
no district north of Nicenza, practically
M the masses on the eastern frontier of
10 Tren,ino being in the hands of
ne italians, preparatory TO a general
,dv,rce into the cnemy's territory.
ON the lsonzo River the Italians are
,-s,rizirr the positions occupied on the
,sht bank and preparations are being
made for the advance on Goritz and
cradlscd.
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lu.crnn surrenders.

The official communicate issued by
Ne italian War Office to-day is as fol-
lows:
TN the Trentino frontier-in the
Ciudicafia Nallcy-the Italians occu-
NED the important position of Gina
spesst, near Storo. ON the high
plateau o. Nsiago our artillery seri-
ouslv damaged the armored fort OF
Luscrna. which hoisted the white nag.
Seeing this. the Austrian forts at Bel
yedsre directed a furious fire against
Iuserua. completing the destruction.
The recently completed works OF
yezzena Hill were entirely demolished
bv our artillery and afterward occu-
pied by our infantry. which subse-
o%uently advanced as far as the village
Of Vezzeua. which the Austrians
abandoned precipitately. our losses
we're slisht.
IN the Cadore region we occupied
The Cortlna d'Ampezzo and the Tie
Crorl passes and all the neighborins
valley
on the Friuli frontier the Austrians
for a long time have been reinforcing
their armament with many pieces Of
artillery Of medium calibre. ON the
LEI, bank of the IsonZo they hold
strongly several points dominating the
passage of IN" river. We occupied
positions on the right shore. protect
Ing our advance toward Goritz.
Heavy rains have swollen the river
e exceptional volume. but our troops
continue their steady advance with
grea. yigor and in splendid spirit.
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BIG CUBAN SUGAR EXPORTS.


HAVANA, May 30.-This years sugar
exports already o 10 $4,000. 900.
Cuba's exports for tho entire
year OF 1914 were Sl02, 03+, 900,
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cons.dc'ahl" interest attaches 10 the
peculiar diplomatic situation existing
'e;v,r9 lii.y and Austria's allies, Ger
many ,rd Tlri' Although the Kaiser
'.cl.el Prince Won Buelow when war
-5s lge'."od AGAINST Austria the Ger
ran COY 'ru,ut has taken no action
toward hcst!li'ies. The Otto
.rlr AMI. ~sIdpr, Niby iicy. is still here
and sad to-day that ne has received
N |r.t.u'jious TO leave Rome
Who u was understood bcfors the
'e,.1rt'.ou ~ war that Italy would inn
red'at is 'lke part in the operations
%ssa.as; che parddnelles. no troops have
u yet bet cent 10 the east.
II would surprise nobody here 10
learn that Turkey has decided TO make
a separate ueuce with the Allies. which
would enable Italy to direct all her
.o!ceS against Austria.
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OMcers' AtHdayIt.

1.-THE affidavit Of tho officers OF tho
bureau Of inquiry. translated from the
French. as forwarded by Mr.. McCor-
mick. ~follows1
w the undersigned. the chief Of
:he ! ureau OF inquiry Of the army stan.
1.ieut.-Col. P~ecchanoff his assistant.
Capt. ChapochnikoN the surgeon OF
tie guard battalion. mson tho in
terpreter Of the bureau of inquiry. Capt.
roppf. and Lieut.. Dieterle OF the Ger
man army 'Nin'h regiment campaign
mnrtirsb. do attest to having seen the
soldier forfri Panasuk Of the province
OF FourSai and village of vosncslenskoe.
who was arrested on March : by Ger
mar troop. between M~ychinetz and
Hpraele. We attest that a portion Of
ms right ear had been severed by some
= ~ of weapon IN such a manner tina,
only the mall part next 20 the head
rem. ms.
according to rauasuk's testimony.
u" Nts conducted under escort March
I" Rcsiug. on the following day be-
ing questioned by an officer with No. 8
on mis- shoulde: straps. After vainly
attempting To f,rCe him to peak and
also TO induce him to enter into Ger
nhnys service. the said officer. seizing
. pair OF shears, began to snin off his
ear IN small sections. Then Panasuk
was ordered under arrest.
90 the 9th he was again summoned
4" appear. a soldier OF the sanitary
corps ,with a red cross and No. So
on hus straps Went thu ugh the same
nlera'ion with the shears rs on the
previous occasion Throwing q dirty
rag at him will the comment OF doing
MS W bandaring Of his mutilated
ear, this officer had him taken 10 the
guard house.
"Prohting h. the small numbers OF
his escort. Panasuk succeeded in e.
Gaping. hiding in a nearby {, rest. After
Wandering three or four days In the
woods he fell in with some Of our troops
md was conducted by them 10 Iomjs.
where he IL now under the doctors care
"1.iEuT,-col. PECCHANoFr.
CAPT. tuAPo~I NIKoFr.
DIR. IRA MsoN.
CAPT. IL SECOND PoPoFr,
LIEUT.. pIETERLE
"LOMJA, March is. 1916"
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Tortured with Scissors.

under officers spoke in Polish. When he
refused TO answer they spoke in Rus
sian. Second. a Lieutenant called him
a spy.
@. What happened next? 4. He said
they had a right TO treat hin as a spy
but that neither Russians nor Germans
had a right 20 torture a prisoner. Then
the officer OF high RAM ordered in Ger
man that scissors be brought. a young
officer took them from among the
papers on the table. tPanasuk demon
strated that the scissors were a little
longer thar his index finger) They
said. TELL He replied. 81 viii not"
Then a stan Lieutenant took the lobe
Ct his right ear in the left hand, and,
raising IN" scissors. said. "If you don't
tell | cut lie replied. II will not
tell" Their the Lieutenant with a quick
motion cut on the lobe of the ear.
q After he had cut of the lobe did
he ask any more question:" A. The
same man then said. Tell or We will do
more He replied, 81 will not" Then
one under officer took him by the 'wo
hands and another took his head. The
Lieutenant then cut a slice from The
back Of his ear quickly.
q. Was heir manner brutal 4.
When first arrested they treated him
pleasantly and offered cigarettes. But
when he refused to answer questions
their attitude became angry and re-
maine 20. In all they cu' four slices
from his ear at intervals of about ten
minutes, during which they questioned
and threatened him After that the man
who had cut the ear seized his nose
and twisted II, and at the same time
punched him IN the jaw so hard that
he could hardly eat for nearly two
weeks afterward,
@ Wha: time did cutting begin" A..
About 10 u. VI.
q. What followed \. Two soldiers
of the Twenty-second Regiment Infantry
remained with him the others left.
Q Did officers say anything before
leaving" \. Some words in German he
did not understand. And pat on the
floor near his feet.
O What next? a. Before leaving
another officer threw him a rag about
six feet long and two feet wide and he
wrapped his bleeding ears, nose and
mouth in II.
alone with them? A. They looked f~ercely
at him. hut said and did nothing,
From T~OrmcntOrS
. what nexto \. Then an officer
and two soldiers took him down a mar
low street. They hurried him and on"
struck him in the back with the butt
OF a rife. lie pretended to he hur, and
staggered a few steps, then ird.rg a
fence ON his left he jumped Il. because
he knew there was a wood IN that
direction. lie ran into another fence
and climbed that and ran 10 the woods.
lie heard the soldiers take the ~bayoneis
off their rifles and heard them fire Just
before ne reached the woods. He did
not near the bullets whistle.
A.. -- --I-A
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USED SCISSORS
TO TORTURE, SAYS VICTIM
Ear Cut Off Bit by Bit, Russian Sergeant Swears, When
as Prisoner, He Refused to Tell Whereabouts of
T~roops-Escaped From Tormentors.

ear. A.. Lieutenant. medium height.
stout. small mustache. reddish mus
tache. reddish hair.
81 can confirm that I stated the plain
ruth.
~"(Signed) PoRriRt PANAsrK."
April 20. 1915.
Such Is the story OF Panasuk. told
to me by the one cared hero standing
In the respectful attitude OF a Russian
non-commissloned officer before his SUI
periors.
That he had shown a patriotism OF
the purest flame. a courage u~ncqualled
by any Of the epauletted officers pres
ent that he had been given five medals
OF honor by his commander in chief. had
made no visible impression upon the
moujik sergeant.
Made Good I~mprcssioa.
My Interrogation was carried on
through interpreters. and of curse I
could not understand his words. but
] eyed him narrowly to detect any eN-
preston OF bo%astfulness or deceit. and
! changed tho sequence OF my questions
over In different form. as he affidavit
shows, In my best endeavor to expose
falsehood II am there was.
The OF the witness was simple
and painstaking. He illustrated the way
In which his hands were held and his
ear was cut. and when after his exam
nation ] haA people present impersonate
MS prosecutors his demonstration was
exactly the same as before.
| first learned OF this unfortunate in
dlridual from the Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholaievitch in his private car at the
general stan headquarters. He asked
me TO go TO the hospital in Warsaw
where Panasuk h d recently arrived
and examine him. I went there. and on
the same day Panasuk a been sent
to Tsarskoe Selo to be presented to the
Emperor.
From there I went to the corps head
quarters to which he had been brought
Immediately after his escape and saw
his original affidavit in Russian. OF
which ] have forwarded the attested
translation into French.
The soldier Panasuk was a spy and
his life was forfeit to his captors. ac-
cording to the laws OF war, hut the
torture OF a helpless prisoner is a
hideous crime agains; the civilized
world, and I for ole hope that his arts
tocratic torturers may survive the dan
gers of battle to be hanged ina felon's
prison.
In this connection I am glad 10 re-
member the principle OF war established
by our army that peace creates no bar
and that the statute OF limitations does
not run against crimes contrary to the
laws OF war.
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Soldiers story.


I obtained Panasuk's story by a
method of questions and " His
story as told in that form to me Is as
follows:
.. Your name: A. Porhri Gerasim-
ovitch Panasuk.
.. Born? A. Government kief. Coun-
~ Ta~raschanse.
y. Age? A. %.
q. Rank? A. Sergeant. 1Ilst Infan-
try.
q. What doing when captured? A.
Scout In civil, arrested by Lieutenant
and four soldiers.
=. Where taken? A. Headquarters
cavalry regiment at Rosoki.
-. When? A. March IL lRussian)
between 5 and . i. NJ.
-. What was first thing they did?
A. offered money for information.
q. What questions asked? A. They
asked whereabouts various regiments .
First siberian army corps. Second
Turkestan corps. Second Caucasian
corps, Fifth army corps Nineteenth
army corps, Fourth army corps. ST.
berian.
Q Were these corps rear there? A.
They were near there.
. Wha, answer did he give? A. He
said he knew nothing about 1t and was
moi a soldier.
.. Then what did they do" A. They
TOLD him hat If ne told them they
would release HIM II not they would
torture him TO death.
.. Who were present" A. /. An Of
ficer in epaulets. whom tho soldiers
treated with great Difference. with white
shoulder belt and reglmental number
seven on round epaulets, Lieutenant Of
the General star. .. Ten Licutenan;s
of the SeversN REGIMEN. 3. A Red
Cross officer. with No. 81 on his ~epaulets.
1. Two soldier with guns.
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ny ROBERT u. MCCORMICK.
1915. by III, Chicago Tribune

coDyriokf 1915. by the Chicago Tribune.
~PErRoGRAD, May 4.-The following
story OF the torture by German Of
hcers of a Russian soldier in civilian
clothes was told to me through an in
terpreter by the victim himself.
He told me that almost all OF his
right ear was cut of with a pair Of
shears.
The interview with the soldier took
place in the library OF the Prince OF
Oldenberg's hospital yesterday Mon
day. May 81. beginning at 3 p. NJ.
Franklin A.. Gaylord and +. NJ. Course
translated my questions into Russian
and the answers into English. Donald
c. Thompson. the photographer. was
another person present at the inter-
view.
The victim was Porfiri Panasuk. SER
He was acting as a scout in civil
Cpy) when arrested by the Germans.
AT the conclusion OF my interview with
him his answers were again read to
Panasuk in Russian, verified and sworn
to by him.
The truth OF Panasuk's story is fur
Their attested by an Affidavit which fol-
lows at the end OF ,his story. signed
by members of the bureau OF inquiry
of the Russian Army Staff and by
Lieut.. Dieterle of the German army. who
was present when Panasuk gave his
testimony before the bureau OF inquiry
at Lomja.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-02
Eugene Fields Varied Career.

Eugene Field, newspaper writer and
poet, was born (date not exactly au
thenticated in some biographies) No
vember 7, 1885, at Amherst, Mass. His
father was a lawyer of some distinc-
tion and was one of the counsel in the
famous bred Scott slave case. His
mother died when he was a child and
he was placed in care of Miss French.
a cousin. At the age of eighteen he
entered Williams college. but, his
father dying soon after, his guardian
placed him in Knox college at Gales
burg, ILL.,, and later he went to the Uni
versity of Missouri. In 1871 he
knocked about" for few months in
Europe, and then for several years
was reporter, manager and editor for
newspapers in st. Louis, Kansas City
and Denver. Later he was for years
on the staff of the Chicago Evening
News, until his death In 1895. He
wrote volumes of heart-appealine
verse, his child poems especially being
widely copied. He was possessed CT a
notable library in which there were
many rare and costly volumes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-02
Market for Apples and Prunes.

The people of Norway usually de-
pend on the Norwegian apple crop and
the Servian prune crop for the greater
part of their winter fruit supply, Dur
ing the present season the apple CROP
in Norway is very light, being practi
cally a failure; Servia, being at war
will be unable to supply prunes.
These conditions furnish an oppor
tunity for American exporters Of
fruits to find large market this sea
son in Norway for dried and greer
apples and prunes, says Consul Gen
eral Michael ]. Hendrick, Christiania
While American fruits. both green ant
dried, are largely sold in Norway
none we're heretofore imported direct
ly from the United States, wholesale
dealers in Hamburg, Germany, through
local agents, furnishing the supply.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-02
The Crop Situation.

Now that the hints on the husband
ing of food have been scattered
broadcast, one is reminded of those
old days when watchful care was
necessary to be exercised to make
it go the round of the harvests. In the
sixteenth century, for instance. a lean
year meant sacrifices for all. A great
scarcity of victuals il the seasons
of 1862 and 1863 prompted a typical
move of the authorities of England.
Parliament then stepped in and or
dered all persons of whatever degree
to thresh their corn and dispose of 1t
at once. Disobediencc meant confisca-
ton. Any stack found standing in the
middle of July became the property Of
the government. An act thus put in
force held good until succeeding harry
ests had balanced stocks. In addition,
the authorities looked to the welfare
of TIL coming crop. A miscreant who
manned beast, broke a pillow or de-
stroyed growing corn was liable to a
death punishment.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-02
.L|MPY STRUCK OIL
BY BELLE MATTisoN LoWRiE.

Copyright. 1914. by w. G. Chapman)
Rather gruesome work, | should
fancy" observed Mr.. Ronald Dare.
Il cannot see how you can ever
smile or speak above a whisper with
such ominous surroundings" supple
mented Miss Eva Dare, sister of the
first speaker. with a pretty little
SILVER of dread.
She drew slightly closer to Brock
Wilton as she spoke. and he was
pleased with this appeal to his pro-
tection-thrilled, too, at the presence
of that bright young face and the ten
der spirit that inspired 1t with truth
fulness and trust
Dynamite is harmless as -four when
handled judiciously." explained Brock.
and went on to tell the visitors of the
plant, of its uses and power. When
they had departed he cast lingering
look after the graceful young woman
who seemed really concerned in his
unpleasant environment Then, sigh
Ing deeply as though over the sepul-
ture Of a faded hope, he returned to
the little stone building of which he
had been given charge.
The Vulcan company quarried a
form of tungsten and ground it In
their great mill for distribution to q
large clientele. Brock had studied
chemistry and had secured his pres
ent position about year ago. His
| duty was to keep up the stock anC
hand it out for use and to make analy
ses of the various mill runs
The position did not pay a very
| princely salary, but Brock WAS glaC
to accept it. He had come from the
city, where he was working his way
through medical school, to find hil
father and mother in deplorable con
dition. There had been traces of OF
discovered in the district, and hi
father had caught the speculative
fever. Brock found that he had ex
pended all his money and had rul
deeply in debt to have a we'll dug OIL
the little barren farm tract. Half tn
proposed boring work done, the oil
mans funds had given out, oil findin
prospects generally had receded, an
Brock had to pitch in to save his ia
theirs credit and support the fan
lily.
Poorly paid, the plant on a tread
mill system with it's manager a tyre
to continue the pleasant friendly az
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-02
Limpy Ted Had "struck oiI.v

workmanship of Miss Dare, the
daughter of a comparatively wealthy
man. He sat musing over the situa-
tior when there came a messengerfr from
the main office of the plant
"Mr. Boyd, the manager, wishes to
see YOU" the newcomer informed
Brock, who closed and locked the door
the presence of his employer, whom
he found pacing the floor of his lux
uriously furnished office in rather a
distracted way.
Wilton" spoke the manager in his
accustomed sharp and mandatory
voice, "do you recall reporting miss
ing package of dynamite last week?"
Perfectly" assented Brock Some
one sneaked into the powder house
while l was busy with the men, and
missed 50-pound package of the ex-
plosive an hour later"
mo trace of the theft"
None. l cannot see why any one
should steal dynamite, certainly none
of our men, for they have all they
need to use legitimately."
DO you think this connects with
the theft?" suddenly and rather anx
iously inquired the manager.
AS he spoke he extended soileo
creased fragment of paper to Brock
Across its face in pencil was scrawled
the words:
81 got the dinimit look ut I'm
going to get evin."
Il found that pushed under the
door of my office. first thing thil
morning" explained Boyd. What d.
you think of it?"
A crank or a sensation monger,
should say replied Brock. II would
pay no attention to it,"
But l fear that the dynamite ant
the threat connect" said the man
ager. You know some OF the EN-
ployees we have discharged from tim'
to time have been surly, menacing an,
vicious"
But nothing ever came of it," sub
mitted Brock Il will keep this IL
mind. though. and pursue an investi
CATION"
That afternoon at quitting time. q