i
EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH
1916.
(SLAV VANGUARDS
' ONE DAY'S MARCH
FROM TREBIZOND
I nrntntA Arc a. a at ta tt
OF VAUX, SAYS PARIS
jjBig GJuns Dismantled and
Valuable Stores Removed
by Turks
1 BRITISH LOSE ON TIGRIS
Lack of Water Forces Relief
Column to Retire to Meso
potamia! River
PUTnOQItAP, March U.
The Turkish port of Treblzoml will be
mrrendered to the Itussluns with little or
Xio resistance, according to Ttflls lls-
patches today.
Ills' Runs In the hnrbor have been tllH-
mantled and nit the city's valuable Mores
, rom6Vcd. Russian vanguards nro now
within less than a day's march of the
clt-.
Tho Russian fleet Is liarrasslng the re
treating Turks by shelling tho roads lylnK
closo to tho Ulack Sea shore.
BEIUjiN. March II. Tho Ilrltlsh main
force In Mesopotamia .(General Aylmer's
' relief column) attacked tho Turkish troops
on tho right bank of the Tigris on March
!, and nftcr occupying part of the Turk-
l lsh trenches were ejected by a counter-
1 attack made by Turkish reserves, says it
I communication Issued last night by
I Turkish War Department.
Tho text of tho communication Is ns
'follows:
Tho British had approached slowly
to the ndvanced Turkish trenches un
til they were 200 yards distant. On
the morning of March S tho British
main force attacked from the right
bank of the Tigris. Tho engagement
kept up until sunset.
Tho Drltlsh temporarily uccupled
part of tile Turkish trenches, but they
were ejected by a counter-attack of
the Turkish reserves.
Tho British withdrew Into their for
mer positions and left In tho Turkish
trenches 2000 dead and largo quan
tities of arms and ammunition. Tim
Turkish losses were comparatively
light.
A communication Issued Thursday night
In London gave tho scene of this battle
,jbs Essln, about seven miles from Kut-el-Amara.
The British casualties wero de
clared small.
LONDON, March 11. The War Olllce
'last night made public the following com
munication concerning the lighting In
'Mesopotamia :
General Lake reports that General
Aylmor, who was operating March 8
from seven to eight miles from the
right bank of the Tigris Itlver, in
consequence of lack of water has
been obliged to full back on the river,
Iter having removed all his wounded.
Contlnneri from I'ntti One
numerous attacks mado upon tho rldgo of
tho fort.
"Tho Germans have made some prog
ress on tho slopes, but their efforts to
reach tho wlro entanglements extending
beforo tho fort were checked by our llro.
afiKLii woEVitn rosmoNS.
"In tho Woovre region tho bombnrd-
ment has continued very Intense In the
region of nix nnd Moulalnvlllo.
"In Lorralno our nrtllleiy Uro has In
flicted heavy damage upon German wolks
near Kmbcrmenll.
"tn tho Vosges our batteries hnvc been
very active In tho valley of tho Thur and
caRt of Thann."
French military experts declare that
the slight advance inndo by tho Germans
on Friday In Corbenux forest must bo
legarded ns a glatlng plet'o of tactical
folly when tho enormous price Is taken
Into consideration. It Is osllmnled thnt
the Germans Inst 10,000 men tn tho light"
Ing Hi Oorbeaux woods nnd elsewhero on
Friday.
One of the facts that stand out, as re-
gards tho operations around Verdun on
Friday, is tho fury and magnitude of tho
assaults of tho Germans against Corbenux
Forest. Tho German Crown I'rlnco iitiii
been using from B0O0 to COo men In un
effort to dislodge the French front tho
forest without success. Finally. In des
peration, ho launched a colossal attack
with 2B.000 of Ills brst troops against tho
Fiench lines after a violent bombardment
of six hours.
Tho most that this snormnus force was
nblo to accomplish In the face of the
French artillery and Infantry oppflfllni; It
was nn ndvnnce of from 2i0 to (WO yards
Into tho French lines along a front of
less than n mile.
Thi tinfpngn of Corbennx wood, which
tho j guards tho llnnk of tho French position
on tlooso hill, was directed by (leuorni
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ITALIANA N0N0STANTE
LA NEVE E LE PI0GGIE
Piccoli Scontri di Fanterin nolle
Vnlli Trentinc eel Azioni
d'Artijjlieria sUll'Isonzo
e sill Carso
I BULGARI PER LA PACE
RUfrlA LANDS TROOPS
, " FOR TREBIZOXI) ATTACK
Occupation Imminent U. S, Takes
Charge of Teuton Archives
, WASHINGTON. March 11. ltusslan
troops havo landed on tho Black Sea
j-tojmt of Asiatic Turkey and the orcupn-
- tf"H "-dispatch received yesterdny from
rth'e American Embassy at Constanti
nople.
, She Stats Department also was ad
vised that the American Consul at Tre
"plzond had taken over the archives of
"the German Consulate there, tho Ger
man Consul having left.
,1 "
Sweeney Directing Tailors' Strike
Management of the tailors' strike which
s now going on hero hus been turned over
by the Executive Committee of the Jour
neyman Tailors' Union to Thomas
Sweeney, international secretary of the
"union, who has come here from Chicago.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
3 WASHINGTON, March II.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey Fa)r and continued cold tonight;
Sunday fair and slightly warmer; mod
erate west and northwest winds becoming
.variable Sunday.
The northeastern storm Is moving out
over the Oulf of St. Lawrence this morn
ing, having caused light snow from Phil-
adelphla northward during the last 2t
hours. It has been followed by n de
cided drop In temperature In tho middle
Atlantic States and the Ohio basin. The
cold area moved in from die Dakotas and
Minnesota, and the temperatures are rls-
Jng rapidly In those districts. Fair weather
Is reported from virtually the entire
country this morning, with clear skies at
most places.
U. S. Weather llureau Bulletin
Kuuu-rn lime.
Obaervat'ona taken at h u
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Cincinnati. O. .. 2
flaveland. O,.. is
Denver, Col. , . . 38
rxtrolt. Mich.,. 14
Oalveaion. Tex. 4
HarrUburs. Pa. 22
Hatttraa N. c 38
Halifax. N. n. 8K
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Leg Comfort
Don't aufiir from Varlcoae Velna,
Leff I'lcerj. Weak Ankles. Swollen
lf. or other U trouble which
need conatant, certain aupport.
Corliss Laced Stocking
will mako you happy and eaay.
Throw away tortijrln- eUitlca or
troublom Oandagea. and forcat
hut trwutilea. - Corllaa Stocklnaa
mail o meaaure. without alaatlc,
wear tor many mootba. Waahable
and aanlury. luiht and durable
t"si; only II. TS each, or two for
llio same limb. 13.00. and you'd
alatliy nr much uuue for the aup
eort and eaae. t'att and ba meaa
ltr4 ttta or writa for atlf-meaa
yjmrnt blauk N'q. 19.
lloura a to 6 dilly; Bat. to 4.
We. alao make atulatulnai Ulta
im elaatlot to oraf.
Pfjuu-Cwluui LltabSpcdally ra
1211 -IS-13 FlUwi-t'Sl . HtUo 1
SU iitl. VU pbuut- Walsut K.
Castclnau, tho French chief f staff, and
' Ccneral I'etnln.
Tho Oermnn losses were enormous nnd
nil night long trains, tho cars of which
were painted ft blond red, sped hack
Inward Interior Germany laden with nude
corpses of soldiers, for cremation.
Tho Temps, basing tho statement upon
luforii atlon fiom a HPiulolIlclal source, In
dicates that the German losses hnvo aver
aged 10,000 it day during tho 20 days of
the battle.
Tho ruthless tactics of the l.'rnwn Prince
have turned tho Mouse valley into a bloody
shambles. French military men speal: of
tho German tactics ns "mere butchery" of
men.
Ffll'Nrtl HAVH MWN.
"Let the good work of tho Kronen troops
continue." writes Lieutenant Colonel
Iloussett, one of the foremost French mil
itary critics.
"After our adversary has been pushed to
the extreme disregard of human life by
stem necessity, soon the day Is coming
when he will not only bo unable to attack,
but his forces will have been so depleted,
ho will bo Incapable of resisting. Our
tactics permit of no such frightful butch
ery.
"Wo throw Into battle such forces ns
are necessary tn withstand tho shock,
keeping reserved Intact legions which will
sweep forward In linn I victory. In our
prudent opposition to the frown Prince's
maniacal fury I see the consummation of
our highest hopes."
I1KXY Ol'IlMA.V llKPOftT.
The olliclnl statement relative to tho
Germans' claim to have captured Fort
Vans pays:
"German ollleial dispatches of March fi
nlllrm that In u 'glorious night nttnek'
tho Posen reserve tegimeiit N'os. C and
10, under command of General (luretzky
C'ornltz, stormed the fort nt Vanx with a
number of adjacent formications.
"This nssertlon Is In overy way false.
At the very hour when the German report
arrived, the French staff found that tho
fort nt Vuux had not been attneked, and
that the soldiers guarding it wero calmly
at their posts.
"The same rnnimiuihuitlon nsserts
further (1) that Gerinnii troops iwe en
gaged In clearing French troops still le
nialning out of Corboaux Wood; (2) that
the Germans stormed the village of Vtiux.
i "These assertions are both untrue.
At the present moment tho enemy oc
cupies tho eastern extremity of I'orbeaux
Wood, tho greater part of which Is held
by us. (The night bulletin, givui above,
admits that since then the Germans havo
regained pait of the wood). Tho village
of Vaux, attacked dining tho night by
German troops, was vigorously defended
nnd remains in our hands. Tho German
Infantry, which succeedu 1 In getting into
the village, wero nil driven out at tho
point of tho ' tyonet.
falsi: statements.-
"It has been remarked that slnco tho
failuro of tho offenslvo against Verdun,
the German ollleial communications aro
full of falso statements. Thus when
the French troops withdrew from Fresnes
the German communication stated on
March 7 that 300 French prisoners had
been taken, and on March S that tho num
ber amounted to more than 700.
"Tho garrison of Fresnes was less than
70(1 altogether and was able to with
draw from tho village without groat dlf
llculty. In tho atack nn Forges, Ilegnie
vlllo and the Porbeanx Wood, tho Gor
mans declared that they captured C8 of
ficers and :!:!,-7 7 men, nil unwound. -d.
Tho garrisons of Forges and Itegnlevllln
were in all about COO men, and that la nil
the enemy could imssibly havo captured."
ltOMA. It Marso.
11 Mllil.tloro delta Gilerm pubbllravn
lerl eer.i II scgucnlo comunlcnto ufllclale
mitla ultiinzloiio alia fronto llnlo-austrlaca.
In base ill rnpporto del genet alo fadortia:
"Lo nostio iruppe cotitlnunno a lottarc
con II maltcmpo cho Impcdlscn opcrazlonl
Imporltttilt. N'ondlmono enso contlnuniio
la loro lenta o perslstcnto orTenslvii. Nolle
vlolnanze ill Cnstello Dante, In Vnl La
gnrlnn, o da Clterna. nella vnlle del Tor-
ragnolo, dno n Luscrnn, nell'nlla vnue
tlelt'ARtlPo, sullo nlluro dl Vczznnn, In Vnl
d'Assu, rd n Matter. In Val Sugnna, si
sotio a vu II iilccoll scontri dl fnnterla fa
Vorevoll n no!
"La nostra nrtlgllerla ha dcmollto
pareechl rlparl nemlcl noH'alta vnlle del
Solsera c nella vnlle del Folia, ed ha
rngglunto con I suol prolottlll truppo ne
mlche che ernim In marcla nella vnlle del
Coritetiza o sul Mnnto Nero.
"Nella y.otin del Medio Isonzo I'attlvltn'
del nostrl repartl oprrnntl sul Monte
Mrzll h.i obbllgato It nemlco a rlnforzaro
eon nltrl uomlnl le tiroprlo trlneeo che da
n I lorn smio stnle prcso dl mlrn dnlla
nostra artlglierla.
"Nelln Komi del Hiisso Isonzo II nemlco
ha splegnto una certn nttlvltn' dl nrtlgli
crln contro luoghl nbltatl. Ad cssa ha
rlspnsto la nostra nrtlgllerla con nn ben
dlrctto fuoco cho ragglunsn nncho truppo
nemlche In marcla stilPnltoplano del
Carso."
VI'HSO TIII5HIPONDA.
L'eeerclto itisao del Cnucaso contlnua
la sua nttlvltn' contro le forzo lurchu. La
llotta russu e' nttlvlsshna sulla costa del
Mar Nero o liombarda tuttl I repartl dl
truppe nemlcho cho trova sulla costa.
dell'Asia Allnore. trenl o trasportl. SI
erede die frit non molto t russl Fnrnnno
davantl it Treblsonda, da cul hoiio partite
lu truppe tedesche clio vi si travuviiuo o
cho si uspelta endra' ihvo biovo resls
tenzii. Intnnto u' fnlllta la siiorunza del
tedeschl dl provocare una guerra santa
nella Persia contro russl cd ingles!, ed
nnzi 11 pre&tigio ruiso lid regno dello sha
va. sempro plu' numentando dopo la vlt
torla dl Krzcrum.
GItmgono iul notlzle dl dlsscnsl nuslro
bulgaii In Albania. Sebbene I bulgarl
abhlaiio occupnto Klbassnn o Herat ed
abblano operiiln II collegnmento con lo
forze nustrlache, ad essl ' statu prolblto
dl eutraro In Uurazzo clio gll austrlaci
hnnno serbato o serbano per II prlncIpe dl
Wled.
SI dlco cho In segulto a do' I bulgarl
uuhlano mlnacclttto ill concluderc sepa
ratamente la paco ed hnnno rillutato dl
liarteciparo nll'aUneeo contro Salonlcco.
La vlsita recente ill ''eidln.tndo a Vienna
nvrebbo uvuto nppunto lo scopn di dls
culero circa la ipttstluno dl Durazzo. Ma
n (iiiesta vlslt.t il kaiser rlsposi con I'ln
vio del prlncipe ill Wled a Monnstlr. La
vittorla russu ill Krzeruin lm ngglunlo
iiiiovi inotivi ui dlssensl bulguro-teutonicl,
perche' lo truppo liircho che enino slato
concentrate sullo sponde del Danublo per
far fronto ad una posslhllo offeuslva da
parte del riimeul sono statu invltttu In Asia
Mlnnre. In tal modo la Ilulgarla ' statu
lasctata ora (ii;isl roinpletamcutu a mi'
stessa, avcudo la Germaula luvlato In
sue truppo In Turchla per linpediro una
posslblle rlvoluzlouo o massacrl dl ulll
clall tedeschl.
lLpopoIo Imlgaro minaccla apertamento
II le cho si e' rlfuglato n Gobutgo. Oul
si hanno Informnzlonl secondo cul la
sltuazlnne Innto In Turchl a clio In Ilul
garla u' allarnianto cd egentl bulgarl e
turchl si trovano gin' In Svlzzera per lnta
vularo trattatlve dl pace,
LA HATTAGMA HI VHIWUN.
I tedeschl attnecano ancora con grandl
forze e vlolentemento lo poslzlonl frau
cesl nella reglone del Hosco dl forbeaux,
a nord-ovest dl Verdun. Lanciano dlvl
Hlonl dopo division! nH'attaeco, h lo inasso
tedeseb'o sono decimate dal "75" e dallo
mitragllatrlel fraucesl.
lggl e' II ventesimo gloiuo delta bat
taglia cho o' ntata ed e' aucora la plu'
terrilille dl tutta la guerra europea, ma I
tedescbo sono nncora lontnnl dalla vittorla
nonostnnto 1 loro poderosi e vlolentl sforzl
Iier sloggiaro I difcnsorl dallo poslzlonl dl
1.0 .iiort llomino o del forto dl Vaux.
I crltlcl mllltarl francesl dlcono cho la
plccola avanzata fatta dal tedeschl veil
erdl', cloo' lerl, nella reglono dl Cor
beaux devo essero conslderata como un
csemplo dl follla di tattle! se si prendo In
conslderazlono II prezzo enormo a cul 1
tedeschl hanno pagato do' cho hanno gua
dagnnto. SI calcola tnfnttl cho nella sola
glornnta dl lerl I tedeschl hanno perduto
a forbeaux ed in nltrl settorl delta zona
di Verdun non mono di 10,000 uomlnl.
Ad un certo momento, dopo nver ten
tato Invauo di rlprendere II busco con at
taei hi fattt con forzo di una brigata dl
fanteria. II krunprlnz lanclo' all'attacco,
dopo del ore di bombardamento, 25,000
uoiiiini cho riusclrono appena ad avan
zaro per una dlstanza da 200 a 500 metrl
o cho furono declmatl dal fuoco deU'artl
glleria c- della fanteria francesl.
tasaxxissiuuiiiiiisattiiiaaiiisas
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California Congressman Seeks
Release of Vessel Taken Into
Falkland Island Port
WASHINVITON. Mnreli II.
Tlin Amorlrmi steanilili l'tltut, formerly
Hie Atexledii ntenmxlilp Mrtssatlnn, nnd tuiw
nivnei! Iiv Mmliteii & (lirlsleti.ooli. nf Knu
Krnitrlwu. lids been ritiltlretl Iiy tt tlrltlsli
rnilser mill litken In Port Slmitey, I'nlk- i
littitl Isliniils. I
Tile I'Mnn left Situ .'rancl.ro pome time ,
(t Bo with a ilnme.alle imiiko for the wpm ,
rntiPt of Kulltli Allierlen. She wns then '
lomleil xil Hi tillrate. vitliinhle In timiilt loi, -lnnmifnctnre,
for llnrlmtlos ntiil Mnr- '
llitltiuo, nnit left n Chilian iort I-'chruary
di Willi oitlers lo roal nt Tniiutl. mill
She never reaehed thnt port. '
Hciii-cseiilnllve Kahlt, of ('nllfortiln, re '
iiucstcil her release thruURli the Stnte l)r
tiarttnent today, lie nnld it cahle to her i
owners wn.i undated nnd did not loente
the scene of her capture. More than n yenr '
ttitn the Kdnu, then the .Mastatlati. had '
illlllrnlty In rlearliiK lioin Mexleo. ,sh..
tooh Aniorleati reRlstry In I Dili
No reason for her wlznre wuh Riven, hut '
II Is ttp.siiined the nntuii' of her carRo I
mused the capture.
r.KORf.H W. TWADDKIili'S WILL
l)lUIM)Si:SOF!ii!)(M)()0
EHttite Bcqupalhcd to Ilia Two Nieces
nnd u Nephew
$64,802.71) Charles W. Duane, 63,71.8J
Alexander VerayBS, $3334.83, and Fred
crick V, Mfttton, $27C8.01.
Jinn Fnially Stricken on Street Car
William Jllnnlch, 38 years old, 3421
Knorr Btrect, Tncony, who Is employed nt
the saw works of Henry Ulsston ft botis,
Inc., Tacony, was stricken with heart als
easo on a Kranktord car nt 7th street and
StontRotnery avenue last night He wns
rushed to the I,ehanon Hospital, but (lied
before reaching the hospital.
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An estate valued at Siin.OOO Is left lo
two nleeex and a nephew of the testator
by the will of (Iroi'RC V. Twaddell, 4 60 1
Ilallhnoro avenue, admitted to probate to
day by Itpitlstcr of Wills Sheelmn.
Oilier wills probntetl today wero those
of Nathan Dickey, who died at Pasadena,
('ill., leavliiR an estate valued at $50,000;
Mary K. Manuel. 727 HprlliR Garden
Hlror'ti $2rt,000: Charles KhhiRer, !l:i
.North Rtlt street, Jtl.OOO; Archibald lloyd,
1005 Inderal street. $10,700; William II.
Weaver, a 1 33 West ICstaiiRh street, $3000;
Aimlo II. llorden, 5207 IrvliiR strei't, $2700;
Amanda Sines. 421H Spruce street, $2100.
and Morltz llrellhaiipl. 3710 Wallace
htreet. $2000.
Tho personally of the estate of Mary
O. A. I-oiiRSticlh has been appraised at
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j mystery as calculating and cruel
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HpHOUSANDS of men and young men will
order these Suits and to relieve the
pressure of business that is bound to
come to Sixth & Mai'ket Streets we have opened
A Temporary Branch Store
in West Philadelphia at
19 South Fifty-second St
YOU CAN VIEW THE DISPLAY OF BEAUTIFUL
SUITINGS THERE READY FOR YOUR SELECTION.
This Weat Philadelphia store will be open every
business day up to 10 o'clock P. M. until Saturday,
March 25 (inclusive) for tho convenience of our
many friends among the men and young men of
West Philadelphia I
Waoamaker & Brown
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LEARN PREPAREDNESS
DURING YOUR VACATION
A Military Training Camp for the People
You and Your Boy May Learn Military Tactics, While Your Wife
and Daughter Can Receive Instruction in Field Nursing
Write Today for Your Copy of Free Book
A timely and Interesting book has just
been Isaued which tells of u plan whereby
tho entire family father, mother, son and
daughter may enjoy ull the usual ad
vantages of a summer seashore vacation,
with the option of acquiring through pri
vate enterprise practical Information on
all BUbjects relative tq military prepared
ness. Courses of Instruction iu the man
ual of arms, rifle practice, radlo-teleg-rapby,
aviation, navigation, mechanics of
gas engines. Held nursing, map making,
eta, are being, arranged for.
A site for 1000 tents und bungalows,
with a perfect bathing beach has been
secured on the Jersey coast. Housing
accommodations will be provided for
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boys, not located In the family camp, who
desire to take an active part In military
tump life.
If you desire for yourself and every
member of your family the advantages
of a .seashore vacation with the oppor
tunity of acquiring practical .information
and Instruction tn some specialized line
of preparedness; we would suggest that
you write to the Secretary, National Pre
paredness Encampment. Depu 33-A, Box
434. Philadelphia, Pa., and ask for a copy
of this free book on preparedness.
The Secretary of the Encampment will
be glad to get In touch with such mem
bers of the various defence, prepared
ness and emergency societies, whose ex-perteru-e
and co-operation might be mala
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