EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, MARCH G, 1016. 0 PLUS BLOOD PRRNAL HORROR OF TRENCH WAR irt,t.h. Slush.- Disease SDeath,andYetSol- W dier Bmnea Sean'iliad OP WOES i LU. winter trench is f little Rat muti- woes H. shatter! salvos, 3 I?""8' .Im death i . ftnniici nib tt-5 pSL l,tm ".1..1 'a -nervasivu w.e w'";- , - Drenched, soaKcu, rf to tho skin and boyond; rtddert w ' ' . nnrSC(i Jn clay. Ow coWd with mud, pistol Si" Sf of putty and muffler Tttdpie about a muddy neck. !', Time s not in all this tt"..- iilnrSS. 'Plop' BO tllO jrtijninB " - .....Jt .. nlo our wiuih rivers. as,ta,'.- B ELLEN ADAIR V-. .1- ..M.lly for KiMtn l.rtxirn .jKv-ooV, Fob- 22. There's ono hind of F? rVlilch 18 Just as praiseworthy WXif 7.L. n-i,i'Hio irtuck of tho JVn ho trail" Suc1' S"ar'an c ttn! It Roes even farther. Today I hlliVnli of a Trillion hospital, :Vte.ooUuponJ.fC..nnf,lefor,. KBlW "' ..... nmnnnlncc. anil yet. SKBKrSNSmber 46 a bad bayonrt case 8i.mttr Rlrl-Ifo hurried up to the bed (Kjniprnur ..; nne habv and i''ML. frlL-ht." said IS 110 W. .i.chi.,l iind twlitcd face. SfoV John, jou're tody." shobroathed. iSmlnK tho babies nasiiiy, ". ..., M&ttt Wil of that reunion seemed to iElFwlSnant memories In Number 42. a rStr? Scotsman who had suffered badly PJvTAnond whoao fenturca had also been iMl -.t.,i nut of all recognition. :... ..iA i.. mv nlfl missus tin In 5?v" J h. eg i,i. "Sav any thins you but don't lay It on too thtcU. else j tare her down hero to sco what I'm iMM jES' KATrtinnAi. wick." llpr 4ereit wife?" I suggested, for a WJrftt on your life !" said tho cautious IMSK i n.r nuts anything to begin K you don't know my missus. I can .". . . , ,.. mn.u vnn nun ni ....... i,..l nhn don't like no nonsense! "a(e her that I hope this will nnd her or well, aa It leas mo In the pink, and It this ln-a 5-shllllne order and say fssaafort'lo set herself something: lor nor gK&ar, and I ain't killed yet and don't sKtitrto be: and tell nor to kiss mo kiub tee and HKc tnai, you kiiuw. Anything else? ' It.,.. ,oh. tel her she can pray TffcJniUr for me, but she needn't Bet house .iKtWi kneo or n. dislocated ankle dolns It. (j, and put 'Your arcecuonnie nusuuuu V not Tour lovln' husband' she'd (rir that wasn't me and put a P. S. to tfMlhir jou wrote H anu 10 excuso mm 'Kites." .femmy certainly nan an oau way in atrtislns himself sometimes. Lfee that lonp-nosed chap In the bed i there?" salfl ono warrior cheerfully. tfouj-ht shoulder to shoulder with him it'Loos at tho big charge. Ho waB th.1t Ited"that his, eyes stuck out far enough ira,fowl to roost on them. As for me. teeth were playing uome. aweei tin Jumping like a bloomln' Morse codo imanuus. g THOSE "TIN MZZIKS " iThe Ford automobile must now divide m honor of one of Us titles with a certain vWulnt shell, now known as the "Tin ifmictier jnih dawn," snld one soldier, deserlb- jme commencement oi a ngiu, -wo rj a report like a thousand thundet- pa rolled Into one. It was only Lizzie srailfoi a low B " fAnntfijtt. cnMlnr ltnrl nnmft IlirntM-lt n ipiM'Ntlth arliUlons and my nenes'l era! Llmaiiyoii Sanders f4e1es of narrow escapes Being badly Heavy Reinforcements for Both Hides flWwpded while the Germans advanced, hn left behind, was taken prisoner and 's aoout to do snot when a German otll emftd him, HIh wounds were attended lJ ml he as nut In a. demolished cottnee vUfc sentry guarding him tooa. However, the English recaptured e.Pbllt!on. On his wav In thp linsH tho wjlawe ho was In was "strafed," he 'tffli the sole survivor. A ImnHnnrt IHw picked hlni un ns lin Inv. linlf- P??Ious. and nut him on a fresh iron, ThU Benin ivnit nlipllnil nnrl Itin Wi!er ihout ou.t Into the road. There " icr iiireo nours until Help came. fifSchlmr a liosnltnl nt lnot l. w-, i-nl- iwur.along famously, when tho hospital ii wa shelled. So they packed him LlO London, na n nnoolhln anfa onnt Jiu many --Iclssltudes, But even 'J the bombs followed blithely. Zep- ss oh urn root of tho house In which lu ana amaBhed all the windows. OPTIMISM Or SOLDIKItS. SO hO decMf.fl in ,nn, A Inln n l.n.nl.cll QieZeppS Will aura ret nn nm " , li- "ted with much comnlaccncv. "But wr . what's life without a little ex- ODllmlsm Of th HrlMol, IFnmM I. Praable. althniitrb n.tht.w ahm i cW ppailln&- than trench life In winter. !Iv "!l,er trench ,a a 1ttIe I1ad ot aK,,, ,ll one man. "malor nnd minor irom -irench-foof to rat-swarms. BnatfnrlnD. anLtn . Su Cr a,niien death, to downright mEnJlri.fS" dread nionotony of days, sKtLvv Vzon but rotting sandbags, no SEtJ , ' a hooded plain broken with iK? it S', an(J lngly festoons of wire. J,1' Obtain even such a peep as this, aBSSS S?"ded comrades have to be 'M from loopholes with the bay- Eta!t!!r,,M epl of W. this under- m. . ' wua- ae'P mud In un- seas; a moral depressant of 'i VieraB.1. n1.niitarl.i. n. - j Itml. .il i '" u longer aiTB, lHti.Ci C . nuroej vo Know i mm7A, h r.,vers ot mad had on the liLi IS!on!.wara- wh1 Bcorea of mt flrhUrs bli hi wi.. ... i wf' W iloughs of Poland ! Imatrlne naze ditches running from the to. the North r ,,;,. ' .i.v. SHH1 ot me "P to the V?. .IT half-freezing mud! I ii-u 1 mwi vi r range, 1. & OhU . "" uur men, xor "" o wseeds up and down our 7" they are optimistic through It Raw march winds "ttai iiT'S,B,,,IU' n"nl PfP- i. U iT. ' "" ai IM una iffiWISLLYN'S . BUndr' Pru 8tor Cis'nul Street r -. i.vta. fttL Iri the trench floors tho rnett stick fast, their boots are sucked toff, the heavy Flanders mud drags tho very strength out of them, yet the wounded fellow who drops In It can lantth at his own flounder Ings and at the queer antics of tho sur geon who stems the Btlcky tide with his precious Instruments and dressings held high over his head. Bravo men. theso doctors! Lieutenant Mailing, V. C, worked for 26 hours with out ono single pause, attending to 300 wounded men Until a high explosive burst over his head, burled him deep In the debris nnd blew his last group of patients Into ntoms. "I'm drenched, soaked nnd sodden to the skin and beyond," writes n young officer. "Sly pockets are wet, my hand'? encased In clay ns though I were taking a plaster cast. All I possess Is ruined; my very money Is a wad of paper, dirty and stained. My dug-out shines nhd drips In watery candle-light. My breeches are coated with mud, my pistol case a mere mass of putty, and my muffler a mud plo about a muddy neck. . ' "My watch stopped long ago. And time Itself Is not, In all this crushing wctnoBs. Plop! go the rats Into our winding rhcrs. 'Bang I go tho shells. 'Whlr-r-r' and 'crash' with fountnlni of metal and mud nnd bloodl My men don't care. They Bhlvcr In tho rain and bitter wind, watching the parapets crumblo and fall In So wet, poor lads: so grimy and enked with this awful clay dangeroui stuff to lmo carried Into even a superficial wound, such an (ljlng gravel may Inflict " Yet through It nil theso men can smile, nnd croak "Quack, quack," ns they waddle through seas of slush and mud to tho day's terrific fighting. SLAVSlOMBARD TREBIZOND FROM THE BLACK SEA Turkish Craft in Asia Minor Port Destroyed by Shell Fire CZAR'S SHIPS UNDAMAGED Head of Moslem Church Threat ens to Resign Ottomans Tired of War PHTROGHAD, March . Itusslau wnrshlpi have bombarded Tre blzotid, Turkey's Important fortified port In Asia Minor on tho Black Sea, the Ad. mlfalty announced today. Several Turkish ships In the harbor wero destroyed by shells from tho vessels, which withdrew after accomplishing their mission. None of the attacking vessels was dam aged, though the Turkish land bntterlei replied energetically to the bombard ment. The Mohammedan holy war, from which Turkey expected great things, has proved a failure, says tho Homo wireless It Is reported that many Mussulman prtestH aro carrying on a violent agita tion against a continuation of tho conflict. The Shclk-UMslam, head of tho Mo hammedan creed, threatens to resign The seriousness with which the Turkish military authorities egnrd tho continued Busslnn ndanco In Armenia nnd Persia Is Indicated In a dispatch from Borne, uhlch says: "Tho Turkish troops concentrated at nuslchuk, on the Bulgarian sldo of tho DanUb" frontier between Bulgaria and Rumania, have been summoned to Con stantinople, whence they are to be rushed to Armenia under the commnrtd of Gen- Meanwhile," the dispatch adds, "the I Bulgarians have withdrawn from Albania. wnero operuuous ure m uueyance, since, besides the threatened entry of Rumania Into the conflict, with a possible lnaslon of Bulgaria, tho Austrlans and Germans fear an Anglo-French offensUo from So lonlca." BRITISH RELIEF COLUMN XEARS KDT; SMITES TURKS in Mesopatamia r- LONDON'. March 6. Heavy fighting Is In pi ogress In Meso potamia between Turkish troops and the forces trying to rellee the British soldiers tiesleged In Kut-el-Amara. This is admit ted In Constantinople advices Tha British relief- expedition received large iclnforcements on February 21 and Bhortly afterward launched Its attempt to move forward. A Cairo dispatch to the Glornale d'ltulla of Rome Htate.s that British avi ator hooutH hate reported tho evacuation of Pnlestlne nnd l.yblu by Turkish troops, whoso leaders hao abandoned any Idea of invading Kgypt. Reports a few days ago stated that a Turkish relief force had been collected at Mosul to relieve tho hard-pressed army In Armenia, and It was said that General yon Sanders was in command of this force. 1 ' ma nffMBrw " The irl with, a 3 "So clear sKin wins If you, too, are embarrassed by a pimply, blotchy, unsightly com plexion, just try Resinol Soap reg ularly for a week and see if if does not make a blessed difference in your skin. In severe cases a little R.esinol Ointment should also be f 'esinoi 100,000 GERMANS SACRIFICED AT VERDUN, SAYS NORTHCLIFFE Heavy Price Paid by Kaiser in Drives at French Key Fortress Uncounted Thousands Lying Dead on Battlefield j " - By LORD NORTHCLIFFE LONDON. March 6. It Is kliown that Germany Intended nn attack, but a premature spring seemed to dry tho ground sufficiently tri accelerate tho plans Blx weeks Hut deserters gave Information more than usually vnluable, and tho French were fully prepared So far tho Germans hae been effectively checked, with losses hard to exaggerate, while tho FretiNi losses aro really trifling, I Interrogated scores of prisoners be longing to overy corps engaged Their ac counts agree everywhere tho loBses be yond anything known heforo Thus the German 3d and 18th Corps wero entirely UBed up. Tho 7th Reserve lost a half and tho lBth three-quarters of their strength. Tho 113th DUIslon nnd the 6th Rcservo Corps nnd Bnvnrlnn 1st DUIston were nil "used up," while tho later reinforce ments suffered equally. GERMAN'S LOSH 100,000 The most consenatlvo total estimate of tho losses surpnsscs one-third of tho forces actually engaged In tho front lines, or moro thnn 100,000 of Germany's picked troops Tho sudden change In tho weather dam aged the German plans. N'ovcr did the wounded surfer so terribly. Imagine tho Froneh horror when their lookouts, trying to save tho living nmong tho Gorman masses covering tho plateau's slopes, found nil had been frozen stiff by ley wind. As I approached tho battle two things struck mo: First, tho hugo quantity of nil kinds of supply wagons J second, tho ter rific thunder ot tho cannonnde, far sur passing anything I hnd heard In other battles. I looked across tho city, which tho enemy Is making a second Yprcs, to ward Fort Douaumont that gunlesa fort, so magnified by tho Germans, whoso cap ture tho French headquartors regard ns a "simple episode of tho glvo and tnko of war." Tho day was fine, and dcsplto tho hor rible carnago, tho character of the ground forces me to descrlbo this as a beautiful battle. Dcsplto tho cannonade, birds wero Blnging nnd Red Cross ambulances and motor convoys wound oor a picturesque road. Wo counted 20 convoya of 100 wagons each, on one road alone. It Is not only Germans who know how to utilize tho automobile, tinnsport. I lunched at tho simple headquarters with Genoral Petaln, who drank tea with his brief meal. Ho discussed tho battlo as though only nn Interested spectator. Ho looks llko Lord Roberts, though larger built. He spoko with great Interest of Australians, Canadians and tho growth of tho British army. Both ho and his staff were remarlcablo by their completo lack of excitement. At another gathering of offlcero tho talk touched upon tho question whether tho British would attack now to relievo tho Verdun pressure. Tho opinion mostly was adverse, but the French evidently feel our army has reached tho point of being ablo to bear England's full share, in fu turo operations. Tho French ofllcers agree that Verdun's vnluo was chlerly moral. They were confldent the lino would hold, even It tho fortress fell. RECRUITS ARE PUNY. But If neutrals could seo the poor qual ity of tho .German soldiers they would bo more Impressed than by the fall ot Ver dun. "What a pity your Highlanders can't meet them In fair light; It would end the war In a month," said a French cap tain as wo passed a group of wretched, puny prisoners. Germany must be near the end of her tether when Ave feet. four-Inch, narrow chested youths are members of an elite corps like tho Third or Fifth Berlin army corps. Some young prisoners had had only ten weeks' training before going to the front. Some who came from Flanders after a shott rest were -old, "Wo send you ngalnst the kindly French Instead of the frightful English." All were dazed, and Just ablo to rejolco that they escaped alive. All agreed that no enthusiasm was left In the Germany army, and that let ters from homo wero Invariably gloomy. Their boots wero the only good thing about them, and show tho need of further tightening tho blockade. Tho real lesson of tho Verdun battle Is that tho French, with comparatlely small losses In men and ground, r,epulsed forces originally three to one stronger. Here Is tho disposition of the German aimles on February 21, when the battle began: On their extreme right was the Tth Resero Corps, consisting of the 2d Lnndwehr nnd tho 11th and 12th Ketone Divisions In tho order named. During tho battlo tho 11th was relieved by tho 22d Reseive STRONG AT C1JNTRE. Next facing tho French northeast ot Verdun came the nth Reserve Division, with the 7th Reserve Corps nnd the 11th Bavarian Reserve Division as supports. These troops formed the light of the enemy's central force. Next came tho 18th Corps, the Del and 15th Corps and the Bavarian 1st Dhlsion In order named used. Resinol Soap helps to make red, rough hands and arms soft and white, and to keep the hair healthy and free from dandruff. Contains no free alkali. Rtilnol Soap and. Ointment heal tcitou and almilar Un-erupuon and uaually atop Uchln tutanUr- Samplea free, Dept 7-K, Rfitnol, Baltimore, Md. a SoGP South of Ktnln, In tho Woevre, were the 6th Lnndwehr Division nnd tho tth Army Corps, nnd, lastly, tho 3d Bavarian Corps opposite Frcsnes. By March 3 tho Germnns hnd brought tho linth Reserve Division to replace tho used-up 3d Army Corps, nnd other corps wero relieved hy units not yet known. v Tho French are now confldent that they havo mado concentrations of men nnd ma terial aurtlclent to repel tho strongest at tacks. Bombardment by unlimited heavy guns may lend to tho abandoning of out lying and thinly held positions, but tho defense of the central plateau will bo un flinching Though tho French withdrawal may hno Induced tho Germans to think thoy aro demoralized, thoy havo now real ized their mistake Verdun Is not likely to fall, nnd nothing leads ono to suppose that tho spirit nnd stamina of tho cnomy nro equal to dlstooglng tho French from their present formidable, positions. CZAR'S TROOPS RENEW OFFENSE M LONG FRONT Big Mine Battle Won by Russians Eight Miles From Dvinsk ACTION ON DNIESTER PETROORAD, March G. 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