SLAVS LAUNCH FRESH
DRIVE ON KOENIGSBERG
AFTER MEMEL CAPTURE
Russians in Fortified Bal
tic Seaport, Berlin Ad
mitsColumn Only 50
, Miles From East Prussia
Capital, Petrograd Says.
i
Belgian Troops, Under Person
al Command of King Albert,
Advance Along Yaer and Put
German Battery Out of Com
mission. In what may be strategically Inter
Jireted as a resumption of the Hlav
drive upon Koenlgsberg. capital of
East Prussia, the Czar's forcea have
occupied Memcl, chief oeaport of the
provlneo ami 91 miles from the capital.
Berlin today admitted the foe's occu
pation of Memel.
German forces are reported as re
aligning on the old front west of War
Baw. Vienna announces local victories In
the Carpathians at Smolnlk, and else
where. The Belgians, under the personal
Command of King Albert, put a Her
man battery out ot commission near
Dixmudo and advanced their positions
Along the Yscr, according to an official
French report. Near 1e Hassee the
Germans arc shelling the British pool
lions, but their attacks huve been re
pulsed. In the Champagne nnd Argonno vio
lent artillery duels arc In progress.
Russians occupy foe's
baltic skaimhit of mk3iel
Berlin Admits Capture of Importunt
East Prussia Strategic Centre.
HERLIN, March 20
The TVnr Otllco this afternoon olllclally
fconflrmed tho report that the German
seaport city of Memel is now occupied
by tho Itusslnns.
Momel Is tho northernmost sen port of
Germany. It hns a population of nearly
SO.OOO Inhabitants and Is the centre of the
Baltic trade In timber, pitch, hemp and
flax. It Is 90 miles from Koenlgsberg, to
which tho Slavs arc driving.
GEHMANS MASS TROOPS
ON OLD WARSAW FRONT
Shifting of Forces Marked West of
Polish Capital.
PETROCIRAD, March 21). German
forces are being massed on the old front
west of 'Warsaw.
Great Importance Is attached to the
general shifting of directions of tho
Ucrman attack In Poland, accompanied
by new concentrations of forces, which
has now become apparent. Although
fighting la still In progress to the north
of Przasnysz, tho Germans apparently
have abandoned their efforts to break
through the fortified line In tho north and
approach Warsaw from this direction.
They are transferring tjroops to the south
ern bank of the Vistula, presumably In
preparation for a resumption of the at
tuck along tho front to the west of War
saw, near tho Bzura River, where for
two months they vainly hammeied the
strong lino of Russian defenses which
separates them from the Polish capital.
CZAIl'S TROOPS 50 MILKS FROM
KOENKJSBERG STRONGHOLD
Resume Drive Against Prussia Capi
tal After Taking Memel.
PETROGRAD. March 20.
Russian troops have again crossed the
Ktetrtsn River In East Piussla, and ari
making a drive toward the German fort
ress of KoenlTsberg. according to official
advices received here today. The suc
cess of the operations In the Memol dis
trict. It was stated at the War Office,
convinced the General Stall that most of
the German troops in tho northern part
of East Prussia have been withdrawn
to other fronts and that the time Is
favorable to launch a now attack on
Koenlgsbcrg.
Iarso forces of Russian cavalry are
reported 0 miles from Koenlgsberg. In
vestment of that fortresa would permit
a continuation of tho flanking movement
now In progress along the Nlemen
Itlver, where 150.000 Russian troops are
VIENNA REPORTS VICTORIES
AT LUPKOAV AND SMOLNIK
Admits Strong Hostile Attacks at
Uszok Pass.
VIENNA. March 20. The War Office
reports that In the Carpathians, in the
region of l,upkow and Smolnlk, there Is
violent artillery fighting. A Russian night
ottack on the heights southwest of Iloll
erod was repulsed.
Strong hostile forces have attacked Aus
trian positions noith of Uzsok Pass. They
.were repulsed with severe IosstH.
In southeast Gallcia In the forenoon
there was fierce fighting, and numerous
BttackH by the enemy against the Aus
trian centre and left wing were unsuccess
ful. The enemy suffered heavy losses,
the field being covered with dead. Aus
trian forces captured five officers and 500
wen.
BELGIANS PUT GERMAN
GUNS OUT OF COMMISSION
King Albert With Troops That Re
pulse Invaders' Attacks.
PARIS, March 20.
Withdrawal of German troops from
the Yeer region In West Klanders to
reinforce the lines near Neuve Chapelle
Jn' northern France enabled the Bel
gian troops to gain an Important success
In Belgium. Before the attack King Al
bert went among Ida men and inspired
them to the highest pitch of fervor.
Belgian artillery, reinforced with
French guns, shelled the German batter
lea near Westende and Dixmudo vio
lently. A German battery planted In a
churchyard, near Dlxmude, was com
pletely put out of commission by Belgian
batteries.
The Germans' artillery, stationed be
tween the La Bassee canal and Beau
camps In France, la Bhelltng Neuve
Chapelle and Glvlnchy, where the British
bold positions.
ENGLISH POSITION TAKEN
AT LORETTE, SAYS BERLIN
French Trenches in Champagne Taken
by Germans.
BERLIN. March 20. The official re
port taUs that German troops have
made an advance In Flanders, c&pturlng
from the English a jiroup of houses on
tka outh slope of Lorette Heights, and
have also taken some French trenches in
Chsmpagne.
Fim-h attack In AUace have been
ruruiMd with heavy losses.
OFFICIAL BULLETINS
GERMAN
On the road between Wytschaete and
Yprefl, near St, Klol, tho Germans yes
terday took from the English a group
of houses on the south slope of
I.orctte heights In a position where tho
enemy has maintained himself since
the French forces were driven out.
In Champagne the day was generally
quiet, after the German troops had
taken some French trenched north of
Uealisejour at dawn.
Partial Fiench attacks north of
Verdun In the Woevrc plain and on
the cast edge of the Meine heights
near I'otnbles were repulsed. Tho
enemy suffered heavy losses
The French attempted several ad
vances ngaltit the German positions
at Helcliuckcr Kopf nnd held the
heavy losses under the German fire.
On the eastern float the day was
cuuipuiHtlVely itilet. Memcl bus lieeil
occupied by the Itusslnns.
FHKNCH
The day has been fairly quiet along
the greater part of thn flout In the
Valley of the Alsne there has been a
somen hat lively artillery duel.
In t'hampngiie before Hill 1KB, north
east of l,e Mesnll, the etieim. after
having Violently bombarded our posi
tions, delivered an Infaiitiy attack,
which was repulsed. The enetnj sus
tained heavy losses.
RUSSIAN
After a battle on tliu IcU bank ot
the Nlemen, we occupied Veysce. Our
cavalry pursued the Germans rehiring
on lleyne.
Ill the direction of Przasnysz and Os
trolenko, actions continue for posses
sion of Isolated villages and heights,
In tho Carpathians the enemy on the
IStli attacked fruitlessly our positions
on the front of Cenjnnvitze, Goillee,
lt(i)lt7n, lloilssknlii, nnd In the. direc
tion of Munkncs and Htry
AUSTRIAN
In the Carpathians, In the region of
I.opkow and Smolnlk. there is violent
artillery lighting. A Russian night nt
taclt on tho heights southwest of Uoll
grod was repulsed.
Strong hostile forces have attacked
our positions north of t'zsok l'as
They Were repulsed with severe losses.
In southeast Gallcia In the forenoon
of Thursday there was fierce fighting,
nnd numerous attacks by tho enemy
against our centre nnd left wing were
unsuccessful. The enemv suffered
henv losses, the field being covered
with dead. We enptured five ofllcers
nnd 500 men.
BLOCKADE MAY BE
ACCEPTED BY U. S.
Government to Protest Against
Interference With Intra
neutral Shipping.
WASHINGTON. March 20.
Tho Anglo-French contention that the
Allies huvo tho right to declare "Euio
pean waters nnd tho Mediterranean" a
blockade zone soon may he accepted, In
principle, by the United States. But this
Government will Insist that such block
ade must be directed only against car
goes and vessels Intended for German
ports. Interference with American com
merce, en route to or from neutral ports,
will be stienuously objected to.
The United States will suggest that the
Allies define exactly their radius of activ
ity. This would save neutrals embarrass
ment, as they would know that only
within Its limits would their vessels be In
danger of being detained.
Officials refused to estlmato the exact
Iost.es sustained thus far by American
commerce, but pointed out that the War
Risk Insurance Bureau, which hud been
Insuring overseus cargoes, is now doing
very little business.
The tlrst protest against the Illegal de
tention of an American vessel will bo
in tho case of the Marncas. from New
York, February 22, for Rotterdam and
Copenhagen.
This steamship, louded with packing
housu products, was tnken Into Kirk
wall, March 11, nnd has now been or
dered before a prize court nt Hull. Her
owners deny that there Is continband In
her cargo, und Ambassador Page, at
I,oudon, has been ordered to protest
against her seizure, on tho ground that
she was on tho way from ono neutral
port to nuother, and that her detention
Is unwarranted and high-handed.
Dutch Send Protest
THE HAGUE, March 20 The Dutch
Government's formal piotest against cer
tain provisions of the Allies' hlockade of
Germany affecting nciitials was transmit
ted simultaneously to the British and
French Governments today. It was of
ficially stated that the repurt that Hol
land was acting In conjunction with the
United States was untrue.
RUSSIAN FLEET MENACES
DEFENSES OF H0SIMI0RUS
PetroRrad Reports Rout of Turks Be
fore Erzerum.
LONDON. March 20. "It la olllclally
continued that a Russian squadron has
approached the northern purt of the Uos
phorus," Reuter's Petrograd correspond
ent reports. "The appearance of the
squadron caused a great panto In Con
stantinople." Occupation by the Russians of Archawa.
a Tutklsh port on the Black Sea, near
thn Russian border, through which the
Turks have been receiving supplies and
reinforcements, has caused an important
movement in the Caucasian campaign.
This Russian victory, together with the
continual pounding In the Valley of the
Tchoruk River, has caused the Turks to
beat a disorderly retreat toward Erzerum,
according to telegraphic reports from
Caucasus. The road between Archawa
and Choppa, to the eastward, was de
fended only after a series of stubborn
battles. The Russian advance created
a panic throughout the Tchoruk Valley,
and the Inhabitant tied to the mountains,
abandoning the villages.
9 RRITISU SHIPS TORPEDOED
BV ENEMV IN LAST WEEK
Admiralty Admits Heavy Loss From
Germany's Hunger War,
LONDON. March 20.
That the German bubmarlne campaign
against English shipping had been more
successful than was expected waa olll
clally admitted at the Admiralty today.
This admission came simultaneously with
an announcement that during the week
ended March IT eight British vessels had
been torpedoed and sunk by submarines.
These eight vessels had a total tonnage
of 22,636 tons. That most of 'them were
small vessels does not detract from the
fact that the under-water craft of the
German are being successful.
Tlw official announcement does not In
clude a record of the sinking of the
Glenartney. which was sent to the bot
tom on March 18, making nine ships sunk
In sight days.
Since the Germans began their sub
marina campaign on February 18, 33
English vs) have been sunk or badly
damaged by the submarines.
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THE MODERN SOLDIER WEARS A MUFF
......
I'hoto by Thompson.
These are soldiers of tlie German i.unusturm in winter quarters on tho Polish front. They keep their hands
warm with muffs supplied by the society women of the big German cities.
3 ALLIES' SHIPS SUNK;
750 MEN LOST
Continued from 1'uge. One
says a dispatch from Galllpoll. Theso
were picked up by a small Turkish boat.
(The ofllctal report Issued today by the
French War Otllco declares that CI of the
liouvet's crew were saved.)
"The Irresistible did not sink for some
time after it received tho damage that
finally sent It to the bottom. This gave
nn opportunity for most of lt crew of
"GO men to be rescved, but many lost
their lives when the ship look its Html
plunge."
BAD weather halts attack.
A Tenedoa dispatch says that i lx bat
tleships if entered the straits on Fri
day, hut on account of the bud weather
were unable to pursue operations. In
the afternoon British destroyers took n
number of bodies from tho hospital ship
and conveyed t'nom out to sea, wheie
they were hurled with full military
honors. While the burial ceremonies
wcro in progress, all the Hags of the
Meet were lowered to half mast.
The Admiralty today was at u loss to
explain the Turkish otllclal claim, wire
lessed lieie f i om Berlin, that the Ilouvct.
Irresistible and Ocean were "torpedoed."
While various reports have hud It that
the Turks hud mutinied guns along shore
from which toipedoes could be tired it was
considered certain that the wuiships did
not approach clone enough to shore to
make this form of nttuck pinctlcable.
DREADNOUGHT LEADS ATTACK.
Detailed stories of the bomburdnie.it
that resulted In the loss of the threo
battleships were received here, today.
Thev stated thut the superdreudnought
Queen Elizabeth led the way Into the
strait Thursday morning and that her
15-inch guns scored the moot notable hits.
Shortly before noon, one conespondeut
wired, a heavy projectile from the Queen
Elizabeth rxploded a powder magazine
In Chuniik foit, sending up a column uf
smoke hundreds of feet high.
Meanwhile the allied wuiships, cruis
ing In circles around the Queen Eliza
beth, continued an Incessant lire at the
forts on both sides ot the Btiait. One
conespondeut wired that a Turkish war
ship appeared In tho narrows near Fort
Kllld Bahr while tho engagement waa
In progress, but quickly disappeared
when a shower of fchells Hew about her.
At exactly 12.10 names and smoke were
suddenly discovered rising from tho Bou
vet. She quit tho Hue and moved In
toward shore, whllo other vessels put
over boats to take oft her crew.
Tho Irresistible was badly damaged and
afire before she was struck by the tor
pedoes. Several shells from Fort Kllld
Bahr exploded on her deck, and she
moved in toward tho Asiatic side, dis
appearing In a great cloud of smoke.
Tlie Ocean Is believed to have gone down
near the same spot.
Dispatches from Tenejos states that re
pairs are being rushed at full speed upon
the French battleship UuuloU und the
British dreadnought Inflexible, whose
forward control position whs struck by a
heavy fehell.
Though Bhockcd at the news of the
sinking of the three Allied battleships,
the English press for the most part took
the Dardanelles losses philosophically to
day. They had been prepared to learn of
serious reverses by previous warnings
from the Admiralty that the Dardanelles
could not be forced except at heavy cost.
CREDIT GIVEN GERMANS.
All the papers gave the Turks, hither
to held in contempt, credit for producing
one of the surprises of the war. Most
of the newspapers, however, were dis
posed to attribute, the loss of the three
battleships to German tactics. They as
serted that the Germans unquestionably
schooled the Turks In the use of float
ing mines that resulted In the destruc
tion of the Bouvet, Irresistible and
Ocean.
One paper, the Morning Post, even
went so far as to question whether the
allied fleet can force Its way to Con
stantinople, "Wo need not disguise from ourselves
that the Turks have dealt a heavy blow
to the allied squadron," said the Post.
"The losses serve to show that It Is
still an open question If ships can suc
cessfully dominate land batteries, which
have the advantage of being unsinkable.
But as the squadron Is persisting In the
attempt, we may still nave good hope
that tho operation will be successful, s-
LAND OPERATIONS NECESSARY
FOR DARDANELLES CONQUEST
Allies Enter Into "Constantinople Adventure" Without
Proper Preparation, Expert Declares Diversion of
Troops From Flanders Front Hardly Probable.
By J. W. P. MASON
NEW YORK. Match 20. Necessity for
serious land operations In co-operation
with the battleship bombardment of tho
Dardanelles Is now being suggested In
London. The delay in adopting this course,
as well ns the desultory nature of the
bombardment. Indicate that the Allies
have gone Into the Constantinople adven
ture without preparing In advance for
all eventualities.
It seems apparent thut tho campaign
bus been regarded from the tlrst as ex
perimental and an presenting possibilities
of difficulty or success not predictable
at tho start. There are leusons which
suggest that It has been judged necessary
In Paris and London to attempt to con
quer the Dardanelles with a minimum of
effort. Loudon's belief that an exhaus
tion of ammunition has caused tho bom
bardment to dwindle suggests this lntcr
pietutlon; so does the reluctunce of the
Allies to use a large Held forco against
the land defenses.
Severn! landing panlea have attempted
to secure permanent lodgments on tho
Galllpoll Peninsula and on the Asiatic
side ot the strait. But they have been too
weak for the purpose. Probably for the
most part they were marines sent ashore
from the warships. Turkish reports that
these detachments have been driven buck
peclally when It Is seconded by a strong
force on hind."
A dlsputch from Athens snys: "Fifty
two men, Including Boveral officers, were
killed on board tho British battleship In
lluxible In Thursday's battle with the
Dardanelles forts, according to a dis
patch received from Tenedos today."
CONFERENCE DECIDES TO FIGHT.
Another Athens dispatch says:
"At a conference ot admirals on board
the French battleship Suffren on Friday
It was decided to continue the attack
upon the Dardanelles forts from the sea.
The decision wus communicated to the
warships and received with acclamation.
Friday's operations were discontinued,
owing to a heavy gale."
PARIS, March SO.
The French Ministry of Marine an
nounced this afternoon that only 61 men
of the crew of about 630 aboard the bat
tleship Bouvet, sunk In the Dardanelles,
were rescued. Casualties aboard the
other French warships were slight, It was
announced.
BRITAIN'S WARSHIP LOSS, 26;
TOTAL FOR GERMANY, 40
A comparison of the British and Ger
man naval losses since the beginning of
the war shows that Great Britain has
lost 26 ships to the Germans' 40. Ger
many's battleship line Is still Intact, while
the British have lost five. The number
of cruisers lost Is the same, 12 on each
side. The list, with tonnage of each Ves
sel, follows!
British Audacious, first line battleship,
21,000 tons; Bulwark, battleship, 15,000 tons;
Formidable, battleship. 15,000 tons; Irre
sistible, battleship, 15,000 tons; Ocean, bat?
tleship, 12,950 tons; Good Hope, armored
cruiser, 11,100 tons; Warlor, armored crui
ser, 13,700 tons; Abouklr, armored cruiser,
12,200 tons; Hogue, armored cruiser, 12,200
tons; Cressy, armored cruiser, 12,200 tons;
Monmouth, armored cruiser, S800 tons;
Hawke, protected cruiser, 7600 tons;
Hermes, armored cruiser, (660 tons; Glou
cester, protected cruiser, 4900 tons; Fear
less, protected cruiser, 3300 tons; Path
finder, protected cruiser, 3000 tons; Am
phlon, protected cruiser, 2500 tons; Peg
asus, light cnilwr, 2125 tons. Laertes,
topedoboat destroyer, 960 tons; Druid, to-
IN THE TRENCHES
to their ships nre substantiated by the
lack of success thnt has attended the land
operations.
The Turks nre now muklng'ncw mlll
taiy concentrations to defond tho Darda
nelles foits against Held opciations. This
must mean that tho Constantinople au
thorities have received Information of the
movements of enemy transports. Athens
lias heard thnt nn nrmy corps Is on Its
way to tho Dardanelles from Smyrna. If
this news is true it probably means that
Pcrtev Pasha, Turkey's most brilliant
military leader, is being put In charge
of the Dardanelles land operations.
Pertov Pasha hns been In command of
the Smyrna military district since the
wur began. He Is understood to have
been held there for an emergency such us
tho present, tho Turkish authorities hav
ing resisted heavy picssuro to put him in
commnnd of tho Egyptian expedition.
Pertev Pasha made tho Smyrna troops
the finest in tho Turkish Empire und if
ho accompanies his corps to tho Darda
nelles the Allies will have, to some ex
tent at least, worthy foenien among their
Moluiinmedan enemies.
How strong a land forco the Allies can
employ In tho Dardanelles operations is
n dllllcult question. There Is need In
Franco and Flanders for every nvnlluble
man If an attempt is to be made to drive
tho Germans back to their own frontier.
Troops sent to tho Dardanelles, therefore,
must weaken the campaign In the west.
For this reason real danger exists that
economics will bo made and too few men
to subdue the Turks will bo sent to the
Levant.
pedobout destroyer, 7,3 tons; Phoenix,
torpedoboat destroyer, 770 tons; Speedy,
torpedoboat destioyer, M0 tons; Fish
guard II, schoolshlp; D-5, submarine; E-3.
submarine; Niger, torpedo guubout, 850
tons. Total tonnage, lfc,7W tons.
Geiman Bluecher, annul cd ciulser.
15,650 tons; Scharnhorst, urmored cruiser,
11,500 tons; Gnelsnau, armored cruiser,
11,500 tons; Yorck, urmored cruiser, 9350
tons; Magdeburg, cruiser, 4550 tons;
Kooln, protected cruiser, 4350 tons; Mulnz,
protected cruiser, 4350 tons; Dresden, pro.
tccted cruiser, 3592 tons; Emden, protected
cruiser, 3192 tons; Koenlgsberg, protected
cruiser, 3318 tons; Numbers, protected
cruiser, 3150 tons; Leipzig, protected crui
ser, 350 tons; Cormoran, gunboat, 1600
tons; Jaguar, gunboat, SS6 tons; litis, gun
boat, bW tons; Tiger, gunboat, m tons;
Luchs, gunboat, 8S0 tons; Mowe, gunboat
C50 tons; Planet, gunboat, C50 tons; lied
wig, gunboat; Von Wiseman, gunboat;
Cap Trafalgar, auxiliary cruiser. 20.000
tons; Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, aux
iliary cruiser, 14,390 tons; Comet, aux
iliary cruiser, 1157 tons; Panther, gunboat
S90 tons; Koenlngln Louise, mine layer
10,560 tons; submarines U-8, U-9 U.i
U-18 and U-21; destroyer, H-121; auxiliaries'
Itola, Rhlos, Bethnla, Markomannla'
Spreewald. Grecla. Pophella and Soden'
Total tonnage, 137,805 tons.
The Bouvet Is the first large French
vessel lost since the outbreak of the war
She was a battleship of 12.C07 tons. The
trench have also lost two submarines In
the Dardanelles, the Cane and the Sapqlr.
GEHMANS ADMIT 6000 LOSS
Berlin Contradicts British Claim of
Neuve Chapelle Casualties,
BERLIN (via Amsterdam), March 20
The War Ofllce officially announced t'o
day that ermun losess In the recent fight
ing at Nueve Chapelle totaled only 6000.
General French, British commander, In
an official report, estimated the German
losses at Neuve Chapelle "between 17.000
and 18,000."
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UNDERGROUND CITY
Soldiers on Fighting Line
Constantly Face Deadly
Peril and Are Compelled
to Endure Greatest of
Discomforts.
Hy PHIL RADER
i-oiiirmhl. 10!f. by tha t'nlteJ I're.
LONDON, March 1.
How does It feel to live In the trenches7
Here's a little recipe by which yotl
ran find out. Take a cold, damp cellar,
flood It with some three to six Inches
of almost Ice-cold mud. At a height of
live feet from the lloor stietch a tangle
of wires, turn nn electric current Into
the wires nnd let the voltage be so
heavy that every wire will be as deadly
as a third lull. Now blow Out the light,
crawl to the middle of tho floor In tho
dnrknes nnd stand erect, trusting to
blind luck that your bend won't touch
tho wire.
These charged wires, In the darkness,
represent the Invisible deadly trallB of
tho bullets thnt ily over your hend In
the trenches. Of course, If you wnut to
bu safe In the cellar, you can keep jour
hend down, but If you did that In the
trenches you would be neglecting your
duty It Is your duly, for Instance, to
lire eight bullets an hour If you nro
on guard. Wntchful eyes of officers will
discover whether you nre shooting Into
the nlr or whether you nre firing with
our nlm fixed on Oie enemy's trenches,
and a good sentinel Is supposed to raise
his head above the trench every 10 min
utes to see what Is going on outside.
PHILOSOPHER MISSES Ot'ESS.
Victor Chapman, a Harvard graduate,
who was with me In the trenches, was
something of a philosopher, nnd he used
to say, "The danger of bolng shot is very
small. The trull of a bullet Is very small,
the spnee around jou. as compared with
the trail of a bullet. Is as one million to
one, so the chances of being hit are In
that same proportion."
But It didn't work out with Chapman
nt nil. Ho was hit the very first day In
the nrm.
Tho trenches are nn underground city
filled with unspeakably dirty cltlzeni.
They aro In a tangle of sunken streots,
tho houses nre holes In the earth and
the streets, In my district, converged In
ono place, which Americans called "Long
ncrc Square," Into a very exclusive tri
angle, where all the officers lived. There
nro street signs, too, telling how to reach
this or thnt officer's hole In tho ground,
nnd now nnd then there are danger signs,
warning the passerby to keep his hend
low It was a two-mile Journey through
the trenches from our front to the rear
trench, and on tills Journoy one would
meet nnd pass many men. The soldiers
always speak to each other at such
meetings just as two men pass the time
of day on n country road. The lieutenant
Is virtually the Mayor of this underground
city, the sergeants might be likened to
policemen.
There Is trading under way, too. To
bacco Is the money and the storekeeper Is
tho chap who, ot any certain time, has
more of some one thing than he wants,
a less of nnother thnn ho needs, so thnt
every man Is a village keeper at one
time or another.
Do you want to go to a music hall?
There's sure to be a certain dugout some
where In the trenches where musical men
gather. Hi our trench George I'llard, n
Negro fiom Galveston, Tex., played won
derfully on a banjo with ono string, and
In our mud hut there was the music of
mouth oigans, nn accordion and Ullnrd's
banjo every night. The German trench
wits only 45 feet nwny from us at this
point, and they used to listen to us every
evening and cheer us.
TRENCH TOWN KEEPS BUSY.
There are many little tasks with which
the citizens of the trench town busy them
selves. You'll see a man clcunlng his
rifle, another will be rclloorlug his hut
with stinw, unother will be rigging a bot
tle on a stock for the Germans to shoot
nt, two or three may bo preparing a
dummy figure for a German target, an
other mnv be mat king his Initials in thn
side of tho trench by sticking his empH
cnitrldge shells Into tho earth. There ure
artists, too, In this strange colony. Al
most every day there was a wooden tomb
stone or two to prepaie. It was my duty
to decorate the tombstones with home
soit of design, and u Belgian named Dur
mino always did tho lettering. You might
find us almost any foienoon working
away with a idhot poker burning mimes
und decorations on u wooden cross which
wo had consti ucted out of nny pieces of
wood wo could find.
There were three Americans In my
machine-gun squad of 16 men; Eugene
Jacobs, who still owns a butcher shop
In Pawtucket, It. I.: Dr. Chapman, of
Now York, and myself, and on Thanks
giving Day wo nt ranged a feast In our
hut. Jose Aines, nn Argentinian, heard
ilmt we had picked up some stiay chick
ens nnd had shot a goose, and that
Jacobs was cooking them for some sort
of a banquet, and he Invited himself,
saying. "I know what Thanksgiving
Duv is and I'm Soutli American, so I
think I ought to come."
Tho other 12 men In the squad didn't
know what Thanksgiving Day waa, but
they knew chickens when they sirielled
them, so wo Invited them nil. Tho chick
en wus served out of a huge magnificent
old china bowl, which we had found In
the deserted house of the Mayor of a
small town near by. Chapman, who
knows antiques when he sees them, said
the bowl was at least 300 years old and
that he was going to take It home with
him when he left the trenches, but one
day, when we permitted five Infantry
men of a newly arrived division to sleep
In our hut a shell struck the roof, broke
the howl and killed five men. We left the
men nnd bowl burled In the caved-ln hut
and built a new house.
Big Toe Worth $4000
NEW YORK, March 20.-A Jury nt
Mlneola, L. I., yesterday decided that one
big toe on a workman's foot Is worth
40OO to him. A verdict for the amount
was awarded to Tony Nettell against the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, a car of which
Hue cut oft the toe,
lor tn bookUU sod full informa
tion call oo or addroia
V. M, Bail. O. A., 1020 Chctout St.
TtL Wshmt 136-337, VbUa,, !,
fcx 3S70.
PLOT TO DEPOSE fS
RUMORED FROM Rus
Anti-Gorman Section of rJ
Party Thrr.ntr.ne . S
m,.. n '"" w rrfliS
''i jwmtjuiur.
Rnmora of a conspiracy to it.
... u. ...loom. iMCIlOiaj II. arnlk.. i 'A
in his stead, his uncle. lh, S
Nicholas Nlcholayevltch, commM
chief of the llus.lan nrmle, Tm vM
in, rD i0, ,n a special article tmfc
In the Jewish Dally Forward, , 3S
publication, from Its ltti,an C0S
ent. "
According to the corre.ponacM . Jf
feud Is In progress between th, n. '
anu purely Russian contingent. .
court In Petrograd. The Gorman! I
nre very powerful In nntiiu.t . 7 a
..tml rrnl .. .. . an3 fo?
.... ...,u,.0, , enneavorlnr to .
upon the Czar to conclude W,..J,
Germany and satisfy himself .M.
annexation of Gallcia and vSL' & St
Russian contingent, however, , vulja
opposed to such a pla nnd hJ ffl
ened, so the minor savs, t0 tm. "M
Cznr and proclaim hi, Uncle rt
The latter Is M to bo vlol.tfiJI
to any peace plans at this time
It Is also said, the correspondent ffl
that a secret exchange ot note, hl 3
m, n,UHle.,s el,veen th0 CMr u'&t
German Emperor, the nature of wkM
Icnnu-n In V , ui..... "' "Weill,
" " """" i'"vneged few
Tho conespondeut Informs hi, .$1
paper thnt conditions In IIubsIh "
ns blight ns thoy nre reported to bi'tEr
tho nutocrncy l detei mined hi1"1.
Its rule, nnd that at a "cent 22S
the Duma tho mnlmii,, J VC. .'!''"' 'j
rose In protest ngnlnst a speech
was being delivered by M . Makitffi
Minister of the Interior. In hlri i
nld thnt the nnrB..V B h
, ..- Milium not A h
swerve from Its pnllev of "conserviii.,,.
The delegates mnde a drmonitntK
reply to this nnd M Mnklakorf w fJL,
to tennlnnte his speech it iS
nftcr M. Ooremlkln. the Preml., ." 3
floor nnd said that M Mnklakoft hism?
dontlv been tnken "too literally" thai iS
ennfllidiiii ,.,.nUo.l ,,.t ..i. .' lnat til
" """ wasrwtoni
EITEL'S CAPTIVES RESCUEpj
Marooned Men Found on Easter i
land by, Norse Captain, m
PANAMA. Mnreli !n Tk. ...', 9
ship Nordic has landed 23 EntUshSt
nnd IS Frenchmen hero. They had Ua&
taken off two birks which the Oonaft
raider Prim: Eltel Prlederlch sank uSI
had been left on Easter Island for t1
months.
The marooned men were rn,..i iJjl
thin lonely Island In the South racing
the skipper of tho Norwegian veaael htm.'
gered for fresh fruit and landed on lit
Island. -
GERMANY HAS STRAW BREAD''
BERLIN, March 20. Tho new itnt
bread, an Invention of Dr. Hana Frien.
enthul, from which much Is expectei la
thus described by tho Lokal Ameljeri
"With the flavor of the finest rye hreal
this straw bread Is remarkably rich to
nutritious elements. Two pounda of Ihi
straw flour contains 700 calories, l.J per
cent, of nlbtimen and 15 por cent, of nitroJ
genous mutter, besides a splendid proper.'
tlon of mineral salts." V
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SLAVS ADVANCE IN BUKOWINA"!
nuauiau v orcus ueponeQ 10 flaTIJJT
Abandoned Positions on Pruth a
ROME, March 20. A Bucharest diapileSl
to tho Messagero states that the Asia
tilaiis have abandoned their positions
along the I'ruth. ,j
Tho Russians have assumed the offtO'
slve In Bukowlna and are advanclnf.
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