FRENCH WIPE OUT 40,000 JJERMANS Two Teuton Divisions An nihilated in Latest Verdun Drive ASSAULT LIKE INFERNO Crown Prince's Line Thrust Back More Than Three Miles By HENRY WOOD WITH TH: FRENCH AIUIY AT VKlt- PUN". Dec II. A roar that rocked thn Vsrth ami skj Mthln? volcano of (Ire nnd .smoke and an aiiranca of clockwork precision, etery man abreast hi fellow roldler ftlonr n front of Ore mllta this was Friday's French vic tor l Verdun. When the Inferno of nolss nnd flrehad died down, the French calculated they had wiped out two whole divisions of, Germane I0.0Q0 men The net result was thrusting taoJc" of tho German line mora than three mils from Bouvllle, Verdun'a laat detenu, from which point In July tho German were eecarated by only 800 yard Also, the rround taken was that over which the der taans for alx weeks had worked day and night intrenching; and fortlfylmt themselves. I witnessed thts great battle from one of tha highest forta behind the French line, a. rolnt of vantairo permitting a lew of the entire fhe-mlle front, from Vncheralnllla to beyond Hexonaux. Tho artillery prep aration, which had extended along thn en tire Verdun front to St Mlhlel, evidently punted the German. They expected nn attack aomewhero else, and, therefore were unabla to begin their barrago flro until tho French had swept up a goodly portion of Pepper Itldge. The French nssatilt was made with such precision that thn entire advanco of nearly two miles waa accomplished at n uniform, pre-established pace. Tho foot troops ad t a need under n perfect curtain ot artillery fire, with rifle and hand grcnado barrago starting at each atop This bar race vrlpod eut any German opposition hlcl) had en taped tho artillery, nnd tho Infantry never fell behind tho pre-established rate ot ad vance. The attack waa launched at 10 o'clock Friday morning It followed a day's terrific artillery preparation, culminating Just be fore the Infantry leaped from Its trenches Into such a Htcady roar that, combined with the unbroken rumble of scores of aeroplanes overhead, the air nnd earth literally trem bled and vibrated together. ""."hen tho French had swept up ft goodly portion of Feppor Itldge, thero was it straight lino of fine white mol;o to hb seen atone tho sldo of the ridge. Thero the grenade throwers went executing their bar rage fire whlto nwnltlng nn artillery curtain for their further ndxnnce. Then the line leaped forward nnd executed ft second irre sade barrage. All these barrago tires con tinued smoking In tho t, sticky nlr. Tho enllro slope of tha I'eppar Hldge was ribbed -with tiny whlto smoKlnrr lines, marking very ndtanco. As tho French troops nenred thn aum mlt of that height tho fury ot the battle In creased Innumerable rockets shot up sky ward as the different sections of the French attackers signaled aeroplanes of their ad vance. It looked llko a great 1 rotechnlcal display n glorified Fourth of July In America. Tho German barrage, which had opened at short range opposite Pepper Ttldgo slope. Itngthened ns tho French barrage ascended from the front side and the two curtains rf.tt at tho summit In n frightful Intermin gling of cxploslont that turned tho ontlro dge Into a seething, jjmoltlni: volcano. Vet a moment nfterward rockets shot 6 from the opposlto side jm,vo notice that .ho French had successfully passed this curtain nnd were descending on the opposlto side. Within an hour tho entire ridge wna captured. Then began a mad rare to the rear of the French lines by the dozen or so aeroplanes that had been fllng over the combatants Every nlator flew low and si fast as he could drle his machine. In tent on being tho first to drop the Joyful news of France's lctory over headquarters of the commanding general. While the French troops were sweeping ever Pepper Ridge others advanced on Va cheraullle, lying at the foot of the Pepper Valley, on tho Jleusc. They progressed In hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets nnd grenades, tho grenades' smoke marking the fighting line. The fighting was so fierce In the city that the tolume of some kind of hand grenades hurled by tho French Into collars and houses 'where Germans still resisted made It ap pear tha entire village was afire. Yet, when tie struggle waa oxer, tho French In con- EVJ0NIH& LBDaBU-PHIliADBLPHIA', MONDAY, BECBHBBB 18 1916 !!" 1? ' mftK clewed away, there waa not ft alni house an&m. OEttMAN VliW. FAILS With the lots of the IVpr-er Ridge the uermans turned almost their entire ar-v- f rr. "? ' t an effort to eheek th reneh adtanee Further east they shot an almost solid barrage, of proleetlles over Juvemoni, c hambrettM farms. llanlau roont and Reionvanv i Th;J,"Hnn artillery fire continued with incredible violence and. persistency dur ing the entim afternoon but It waa ap parent from the continued shortening of the range by the nmy that the French were advanoing along tho entire front unchecked The battle, began amid Intense oold. and with a dark, cloudy sky overhead, During the afternoon a driving, freeslnr rain came tip. which turned Into snow at night le eplte this consplraey of the elements, the French xallantly maintained their most advarieed positions nit through the night During tho helht ot the battle on the ground, a French aviator attneked n Ger man "sausage' (balloon) In front of Doiiau mont. Ho circled about the thlhg In the skv and suddenly the tUrk clouds were lighted up by n tnonatroti flash Then came a heavy black cloud of gas and smoke, flattening out about MO feet In tho air That was all that marked the spot where tho "sausage" had been. Abote. the Vic torlous nMator circled triumphantly about I'LANBS AID INFANTItr Aeroplanes contributed their part to thn struggle on the ground During the entire battle they new low behind the German llnea nnd gunned the fleeing eneriry who sought tu escape from tho French attack ers. General Nlvelle, new commander of Hit French arrrtiea In the north and northeast, witnessed Friday's battle his troops fare well to him During the afternoon General Jjlvells called In person to congratulate General Mangln, who esecuted the offensive and who has been In charge of the prepa rations since October. "Suffrage for Dead," Frenchman Proposes L'ontlnunl from fete One the opinions, the alms or their dead as they know Iholr loit voices and lost smiles They would accept nnd hold In sacred trust a power that would gto them the right of expression In ballot, the known opinions of their helot eil dead In directing, through whom nnd how should be gov erned tho laud for which they had died There Is not only Justice but gratitude In my Idea For without these hundreds of thousands of brnte dead France today would htto erased to evlst There la also a cry poesy In It. And there Is a reason most eminently practical . "For the first, each mother and sister and wlfo would feel that their dead live again In the thought of voting and the act of toting for them Can you not see the wife In her allent home considering her dead husband's remembered views upon things general, nnd guided by the Influenco ot this memory ns she religiously obiertcs her sacred proxy? FOR l5KAD KIN 'Tor tho second. Is It not possible, since human nature Is human nature, for future leglslnt'on nnd future legislator, future ofTI clal li any capacity of goternment. to be come, 1 won't nay ungrateful, but morn coldly disposed to tho Just appeal for munic ipal, departmental or governmental con sideration In the rare of a mere woman, tthord each nnd nil would be more likely to consider tha Interests ot such woman armed with the ballot of her soldier hus band, or brother, or son. lying dead some where In France? "And nov the most Important reason of all. the reason upon which my Idea of suffrage for the dead was formulated. There are cirtnln department! In thn north and easC tlrtually depopulated of men through the sjatem of mobilization which threw our main strength of resertes In front line of battle In 19 1 4 The system wan all right until German crime. In man ner of Intaslan, mada It necessary to send this vigor of France ngalnst almost cer tain death at thn beginning of thin war. "There are villages In the north and cast that supplied the ensemble of tho Twen tieth and Twenty-first Corps, for Instance, wiped out by the German method of war fare we have since learned to German dleadtantage. How will these villages be represented If the tote of their soldier dead Is not placed In the hands ot their wives, their sisters, their mothers, thesa women nt France aa brate and devoted to sacrificing In their several ways aa their brave 'and devoted and sacrificed dead In uniform? S0LDIKR3 WII.T. AGRKK "Hvery soldier (n Franco will support my contention. lJtery man In France would step aside to glte these lltlng women rep resentatives ,of tallnnt dead place In the voting booth. Neter In the history of Justice has a more Just proposal been offered for consideration by grateful legis lators of a brave people. And I do not believe any serious opposition will accrue, fop we French are, 'a, chivalrous people In race and temperament I expect confi dently, onco understood, suffrage for the Only- Prior to Istia $C own Jyt Kiiiii week mmm Come This HAVE the Thor delivered by your next wash day or send it to friend, wife or mother as a Christmas Gift. If you can't come, phone or write. Get your order in at once on these $5 terms. Public Lauidry Prices Are Going Up Electric WasMitsr Machine will do a good size washing in an hour. Guaranteed to coat no more than 3 cents an hour for elec tricity. Will wash anything. Put la your fine laces. tVah heavy blankets. Put In your table linen and bed linen, See all come out won derfully clean cleaner than you tan waah by the old way by hand. Clothes are not only washed, but wrung-. The Thor does all the work. Alc any of the 5QQ Philadelphia women who are using It, They will tell you how the Thor has ayed them money and work. You should accept this offer. Only $5 down, then 15 a month. CaU, phone or write today. Order Now tm Christmas Your order placed now can be held for Christmas delivery -on these special 15 terms, This is the chance to answer he puzzling gift question. The Thor surely makes a useful gm-- one that will be appreciated one that will be a constant,. remmuer of xne giver. iggEJEHa L l.L&meMki 1 iltfi I fy v y p dead wilt be welcomed aa a tribute to tho who hare mads their country's high place In the world of nations lastingly firm. '"Ot course, certain opposition to the lilea will develop There la always such in a certain quantity to any Idea, and particu larly an Idea that seems startling In tetsl". latlon. 1 expeet It nut t shall first ar peal to the vnlce and rupport of thre powerful Influences to whom all Franca la profoundly grateful 1 do riot mean to Infer general grntltuda toward these In t.uencea will become teM profound aa time goes on It trill only be less a part of the dally fari of our legislators and peo ple aa the wax-recedes Into the past. TO rrtKt'AHB I'BTtTtON "The views upon suffrage for the dead ot the living soldier of tho women ot France nnd the numberless French fam ilies In mourning must be tested now as one would feel a pulse. To that end I an Instituting a petition which will be ready for signatures presently at the Patriotic League In the Itue Salnte-Ahne. 1'arls. '1 reel it wlllybtcemo a monstrous pe tlt.ou In a very abort time Fortified with It arid with certain assured legislative sup port. I shall In due course present suffrage for the dead In the form of a proposed law In the Chamber of Deputies, the peti tion first, of course. It Involves all I havo outlined to you, with the addlt'.on that It Is not n plea for or entering wedge toward general aWrage for women For a gen eral consideration of this (juration the time Is not ripe 1 the broad sense In France. "I propose as a debt ot gratitude to the noble dead who uncoftlned lie by hundreds of thousands under the sol they hae de fended that they should still live In the Mtenslon of their oles to their women kind. It Is a Just and true proposal, alt the more i because a large part of the glorious courage of our soldiers Is Ihelra through directly Inherited or Inspired cour age and abnegation of tha women ot France, "For all classes and all opinions In the nation rushed equally with fervor t her defense. 8i all these clashes nnd opinions should In their existing numerical propor tion of August, 191 1, continue tt lle, not entirely become memories, but rather tan gibly evident through their beloved women In the direction ot the business ot the re public they died for." M. Ilarres first broached the Idea about the (rolx de flerre In n newspaper article published In l'arli Nmember IT, 1911. nnd saw It become a law In February. 1916, sided tu thH end by his eloquence nnd efforts. The Croix de Ouerre Is worn today, a, slmpla medal of bronie stispendrd from a band of red and green s'rtped ribbon, by many a allant soldier wbo could never have hoped to see his braery cited In an order of the da Issued by the supreme Ueneral commanding the armies of France Till: VAI.OII OF FltANCK It truly represents the valor of France as exemplified at the .Mnrne, at Verdun, on the Somme, nnd In a thousand minor con flicts As official nud public recognition and tribute to the bruo men without dis tinction ot caste or rank who hae blocked the German path with their bodies, tho Crulx de Uuerrn will live ns long aa time. Maurice Darres Is In middle life, n lean man of normal height. Ills brack hair and moustache arc sparse aud his gray ejes set far apart nn those of tho thinker. His ok'e In firm and of rare quality Chosen words flow from his lips In ttuent facility ot cultured expression As I rose to lenxo and Mr. Ilarres es corted me to the door leading to his gar den and tliu street, ha said earnestly; "Think and ou will see thai suffrage for the dead Is but rendering simple Jus tice toward the women who bravely sent them forth to fall " S000 Scientists to .Meet hi New York NKtt" YOUIv. Dec. 18. What probably will be the biggest gathering of scientists ever held will take plice Christmas week when the American Association for the Ad ancement of Kclence nnd fort) -seven other scientific bodies convene here, lletween GOOD and 10,000 scientific men and women will listen to the results of scientific effurt during the last yr." I'renchcr-Edltor Dies IIAQKUSTOWN, Md . Dec. IS The Itev. Oeurgo John Itoudabush, seventy, burgess of Hoonsboro, Washington County. Md , for fifteen ears editor ot Iioousboro Times and former presiding elder 6f Maryland United Ilrethren conference, died at Washington. GERMANS REACH MOLDAVIA GATES Virtually All of Dobrudja and Great "Wallacliia in Teuton Hands MORE BOOTY CAPTURED Brniln nnd Galntz Reported Evacuated by Russo- Rumaninns HK1U.1.V. Dec. I. Held Marshal von Maekensen'a army has reached the gates ot Moldavia, the only Kumanlan province remaining In the hand o the Itusto-rtumanlan forces. All of Dobrudja, except the forest region In the bend of the Danube, Is now In pos session of the (lerman-tlulgarlan and Turk ish troopr. Virtually alt of Great Watlachla has been overrun. The Itneso.Iluinanlans are re ported to have evacuated llrnlla and Galatx. West ot the lhueu-Ilemnlk load the Ger man allies are pushing toward the north east through the mountains, east of the road parallel progress Is being made across the lowlands,. During the last forty-eight hours vast Stores of fresh booty have fallen Into the hands of the German allies. It Include railway rolling arbek, live stock, food stuffs, grain, war materials and petroleum. It la reported that the seat of the Ku manlan (luvernmeut has been removed from Jassy to ttussla The Foreign Ortlce has been established In I'etrogradi the other branches are to be located at Kluv. It Is said II Is rumored that King Ferdinand, who Is rapidly becoming "the monarch without a country." will abdicate and go to Fug la nd Itusso-ltumanlan columns retrentlng to ward llralla. at the bend of the Danube, wore attacked by German air squadrons with successful result, the War orftVe an nounled today In Its statement of Human Ian operations. Tho general situation In ttumanla Is un changed In the Va Valley, nn the eastern fron tier ot Transylvania, there have been local engagements with varying success. The repulse of Itusslan attacks northwest ot l.usk and smith of Zborov was reported by tho War Ofllce. On tho Macedonian front there has tern, porarlly been lively firing along tho bend of the Cerna Ithrr. the War Ortlca stated I'KTHOOIIAD. Dec. tl Advance of Itusslan forces In the Car pathians vras announced In today's ofTlclal statement. The report said' Around the little 1'arsk our position was restored Iiit ot Glashutte we cap tured several heights, enemy counter altaiks being repulsed. RUSSIANS REORGANIZE RUMANIAN FORCES PA1UB. Dec. IS The Humanlan army has retreated to tha Itusslan frontier, where It Is being re organised by Itusslan and Ilumanlan offi cers, saya n dispatch to the Tetlt Farlslen Itusslan troops aro now holding tho Una In Itumanla. 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Mlaeol-tfBooaa. 4B rrut t at J 1 J UxXuila, 1 v?5 SSV G,P, Pr4nfn'a Son utSSSut -- W4 gf 9 , 'm& ln front, tha remnant of the original itu mantan armr tellred behind the Sereth Ultir 10 the sector ot Jassy, iwme of It going Into tlessarnbta in Itusslan prov ince) The Russians havo fortified Hhelr line between th Danube marshes and the sec tor of Iltmnlk to make n stand In front of the advancing Austro-Uermans. Ui3S7 GERMANS TAKEN BY FRENCH AT VERDUN .PARIS, Dec . Since the morning of December IB, Krehch troops on the Venlun front have captured ll.aST Oefman prisoners, the War Office announced today It la admitted that the dernvtna have been able to regain a footing on Cham brettes t'arm. northeast of Venlun, which the Kreneh captured last Friday. ' The r.ewly won positions of the Vrench on the T.ouvemont-rhnutbrette-Uei6iivuv line, wera heavily shelled by the Germans last night. Prisoners captured In the fighting on Sunday declare that the assaults or the l-rench were Irresistible. The Uefman Held orke and Underground fotts. which had been alrergthened by the Germans during ttelr months ot occupation, were sm'tehed by tcrrlflff bomlMirdments befoio tho rench Infantry dashed forward Much of the fighting look place In fog and semldsrkness and In the glare ot star shells Considering the Importance of the gains llio French losses wero smalt Most of them resulted from the fire of ih tlerman machine guns, which wer lugged up from deep dugouts when the French ennnonado ceased. All the newspapers ara filled with prftlss for tlenerat Nlvelle, tho successor to Gen eral Joffre, who celebrated hta promotion with n grand offensive on the Verdun front that la rolling tho Germans back to tho positions they occupied east of the Meusa before the Teutonic drive was opened last I ebruary. ' I1KRI.I.V. Dec II. 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