"w rrji f . re,, fcv- 1 Viy ft i ? lA u 1' w if, V T t- IKS TO MAKE BAGDAD STAND it. f i,i Prepared to Hold City at All Costs, Despite British Gains ! Wn a itr. W U WAU 'ft DUKE ADVANCES several miles In s rim nee their ly without a All for several LONDON, March 0. Turkish forces have concentrated before "1 lUirdad nnd are preparing to hold the ? Arabian Nlichti city at all cost. Dispatches j trt i r today Indicated that f i me now within a j,. . . i uenerai Ainuue s main lore , the rear plans and battle, llasdi da s. The rapid dv ui.ee 5T th Urltlsh up the Tigris has caused the panicky (light of many Mesopotamlan tribesmen who aided In the defeat of CJeneral Townshend's forces In the first march apalnst Hnndnd These forces have made no attempt to harass the advancing- BrHlsheiD The fnllnm nf the Turks to attempt a stand at Oteslphon, where the British met defeat In 1915, Is accepted here as liicllcaVtiiK that they cannot offer effective resistance at Bagdad. Cteslphon was strongly defended against attack from the south, but Its works were dismantled by the Turk"" who re treated without flrlns a shot. The Grand Duke Nicholas Is moving more and more rapid y down on the, Turks from J'ersla. His center has punned on from Asadabad. and in Monday the Russians marched Into the town of Jvangaer, an ad lance of forty miles from llamadan and the same distance from Kermanshah. Al ready the nusslan lines are being mar. shaled to attack the Bldcsartch pass, which alone bars tho routo to Kermanshah and the Mesopotamlan frontier. ttl'lll.lN March 3 The Turkish official statement na 'On the morning of March B two uritisti cavalry regiments, with sK nrmored auto mobiles and two gunboais, attacked Trom land and river our outposts wrst of Azlzle, eighty kilometers southeast of Bagdad The attack wa icpulsed with heavy losses We raptured one ofllcer and three men of the ranks "In thf nftcrnoon repeated attacks of British lnfantr were likewise without suc cess After having fulfilled their tasks our outposts during the 8th entered enemv trenches and returned back to their main position as ordered On March 7, on the Tigris front the British hesitated to approach our positions On the Slnal front (west of Jerusalem) British attempts to advance against our right wing were repulsed by our outposts A hostile air squadron bombarded Telel cheria, but caused no damage. Our anti aircraft guns shot down a hostile machine whose occupants were captured BERLIN ADMITS LOSS OF GROUND TO FRENCH UKW.I.V March 9 In violent fighting on the Champagne front French troops penetrated Isolated German trenches on Hill 1S, lint wero aft erward expelled b a German counter-at tack. It was officially announced today. As a result of the French attack, which was preceded by Intense artlllerylng, the French retained only a farm position sit uated oil lower ground West of Wyteschaete, German storming detachment penetrated an English posl tlon and returned with thirty seven prison ers, two machine guns and one mine .thrower. FtRE&CH WIN TRENCHES ON ONE-MILE FRONT , -, . ,IAnii5. March 9 A smashing blow struck by the French In the Champagne region jesterday re sulted In the capture of German positions on a front of nearl a mile to a depth of 600 to 800 jards. It was officially announced today. The Germans Immediate'- re-formed their ranks and shept back over the snow In a determined effort to recapture the lost posl f tions. The French repulsed these attacks with .hand grenades and the enemy retired, suffering" heavy losses, the War Office de- dared The fighting occurred on the front ejcendlng from Butte du Jlsnll to Malsson de Champagne On the northwestern front of Verdun a German attack In the Avocourt wood was repulsed, It was announced Special Session of Georgia Assembly ATLANTA. Ga , March 9 Governor Harris called a.npeclal session of the Geor gia Legislature o meet on March 20 to consider a 'bone-dry" bill and a deficit of J80.000 In the Confederate pension fund. Teuton Naval Officer Falls Into Plot Net Continued from rate One three ars and admitted visiting Cuba re cently, although he Insisted the visit was merely a tourist trip. Frltzen, who Is said to be a naval officer, was arrested at the home of Frank S Hart, a music dealer, for whom he worked as a farmer somo time ago. 1'rltzen had arrived esterday afternoon from San Francisco for a visit with Hart and he was arrested while asleep. He submitted calmly and Is held on charge of suspicion of a felony pending "further advices from Washington rnrrzi:.v maki:s statement "At no time was T an agent for the Ger man Government while I was In tho United States," said Frltzen "1 am not a rpy nnd never was one "At the outbreak of the European wa In August, 19H, 1 was In New York I am n captain In the German navy and I made every effort to get back to tho Fath erland but was unsuccessful "1 remained In New York for a few weeka after war was declared, Then I went to Havana because I thought It was better for a German to be there than In the United States It was not long ufler the outbreak of the war In Kurope that 1 was nhadoned l United Mates secret rervlce agents "In Deceinbei 1914 I tcturncd to .evv York nnd carl.v In lltit I came to California nnd w oi keel for Mi Hart 1 went back cast after a few months visit here and later to Cub-i ngnin "I'roin Cuba I went tt. Vera Ciuz In .lanuarj 1916 1 went to New Orleans and thence to California ngaln "While I have been In I.os Angeles I hnve made several trips tn Tin .hi ami In an effort to get to Mexico Cty "At the time of the uttemnt to destroy the Wellund Canal In December 1915 t was In New York and I ian prove nn alibi by German- meric.in friends who saw rne there "I don t know Weir von fgel CipUIn von Papen, Captain Boj-dl Hans Tauscher. Paul Koenlg lllchird llmll Lejendecker, Fred Letzler or George I'ucha ' m:ci:ii:t money ritow family Frltzen admitted he had received money several times f.om Gennjtn but Raid It came from his famllv which Is wealthv. He declired he would not tight extradition but would return to New York lmmcdlitely "1 had nothing to do with the Cuban re volt ' he told the reporters but I know there was crooked work somewhere In the elections nnd that was responsible for the uprising 1 'I knew the Department of Justice was after me, and thought I was a spv On sevetal occasions I uas accosted in New York as the German Ambassador " NEW YOBK Match 1 Captain Alfred 1'il'zen, arrested todaj In Los Angeles was Indicted here March 30, 1916, with Captain Franz von Papen, former German mllltarj attache, Wolf von Igel, former attache of the German embassv at Washington, and Captain Hans Tauscher The specific charge against Frltzen was compllcltj in a plot to blow up the Welland Canal Captain William M Oftlev local agent of the Department of Justice said Frltzcn's arrest was the lesult of months of work by Department of JuMlce agents He said Frltzen had succeeded In escaping from In dictment because he had received a 'tip about tent-four hours before nn nttempt was made tn arrest Arrangements are being made for bring ing Frltzen back to New York Immediately It Is understood He will be arraigned on the conspiracy charge It became known loda In connection with the art est of Frltzen that another German, who masqueraded as a Greek or a Turk, was Indicted In addition to those alreadv arrested for the canal plot BELLIN. March 9 Semiofficial denial was made here today Shirts 3 for $4 P T. WISE SAYS V Now, who the dickens would ex pect to cet a dollar back after hand ine a "V" for three fine shirts? Cuffs Attached or Detached A. R.Underdown's Sons Kubber Goods and Mn' FnrnUbtnjrt 202-204 Market St. rstabllshtd Bloc 1838 Aquamarine La Vallieres Our assortment is replete with attractive la vallieres set with aquamarines, the popu lar March birthstonc. Among these is a dainty la valliere with pierced green gold setting. It has a pear shaped aquamarine and small diamond with necklace $29. S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELEKS SILVERSMITHS Hi f FOUNDED 1858 DeweeS -ss Quality and Standard Famous Over Half Century White Afternoon Dresses , S29.50 to seo.oo (Tenrireitr and freno Ak Chin Aff-mnn., n,.,,.. : viru:. ...niuch favored.. Trimmed with- beaded bands and designs. Embroid " eredjm.beavy silk stitching. TJie styles are fascinating. .ReWment i ana yeutniumess are suggested in every line '- ; . HT&e Meadowbrwk" Hat . , 1 ,it J . sv r. " I . .A ' ?h mart"lsapfiy newsnbde!. Soft, fine JUiIan straw. Neatly . '.K.rbborfWUKj vfHhj eJMCUoif. Sand, Citron,' Gold, Army Blue, of reports that German consuls or othtr German agents have been actively engaged In stirring up trouble In Mexico. It was denied that German mory had been paid to .Villa to renew his activities against General Carrania or t0 menace American border cities. Officials declared It ridiculous to assert that Germany would encourage Villa, while at the same time proposing to General Carranza a defensive alliance against the United States The In ternal troubles in Mexico would nullify the effect of their efforts to obtain an ag gressive nlly, they said The Wilson Administration Is generally blamed by Germ-in officials for alleged dis closures of new Germnn "plots" nnd spy activities since tho publication of (he Zlm nermann letter. Reports of German ipy plots. It Is held here, nro being spread In the United States to gain support for President Wilson's aggressive stand against Germany. BRAZIL SEEKS SECRET WIRELESS OF GERMANS By II. B. ROBERTSON Bptclnl ( ofcfe rrilrr o Ihr Vnllril I'rcst ami f irntno i.rdocr. lUO Di: JAWimo March ) landestlne wlrelcKS stations on tho lira- rlllan lonst aro believed to he In operation bv Geinmns '-earthing Investigation by the Brazilian authorities to prevent viola tion of tiputr.illtv has resulted in this In teresting bit of deduction on the part of olflclals- On felirtinrv S theie wns nn engagement between llrltlsh warships nnd (lernnn ves sels off the island of Fernando de Noroohna. off the northern coast of Urazll Within a few houis after Inhabitant of this Islind reported peeing the flashes of big guns and hearing the i-innon idlng Ger man Interests In Itlo do Janeiro gave cir culation to a storv that the Hrltlsh irulser Amethjst had met thiee laldcrs off the coast nnd had been HiinK The storv was denied b the llritlsh Con iful No Information was obtainable from tho llnrlllnn Ministry of Marine Notwlth standing this the German Interests clt culated a verv circumstantial and detailed storj of the whole battle A weel. Inter about IVbruiuv 16 the Hrltlsh cruiser Glasgow put Intn port nnd from one of Its officers was obtained a storv of the sea engagement ijgrieitig In almost nil particulars with the report the Itlo German had tho iliv of the battle, except a to the Amethvst be Ihr mini. What has struck the Ur.irlll.in ofllclals with particular significance Is that the Germ ins were com plete ndvlsed regarding this battle on tho dav It occurred T he suspicion is therefoie falrlv well grounded that some German wireless station prompt reported It to German somces The fart that sin h wlrelens stations operated bv Germans could be depended upon to give possible se.i raiders Informa tion as to the sailings and ai rivals of Allied merchantmen at lirazlllin ports as well as furnish othei Information, has led to a redoubling of tho Government n efforts to find their location and force their dis mantling Special algnlfU hup Is ntt iched to the foregoing dispatch fiom Uracil In view of leporta from Washington legardlng a fiow ei fill wlielesa station in Mexico City giving direct connection with Germany TAXICAB QUABTET'S NUPTIAL EQUIPAGE Two Philadelphia Girls and Their "In tendeds" Motor to Elkton in Wee Sma' Hours , An elopement that had Its Inception In Philadelphia shortly 'after midnight ended In Klkton, Md, at 3 o'clock this morning, when a Philadelphia taxlcab landed at the Cecil County Court ofllce, containing 1M ward II, Phillips, New York, and Eliza beth Pohlamus, Philadelphia, nnd Klngilon Straw, Urooklyn, N. Y., and Mabel Cav anaugh, Philadelphia. At that hour the marriage license clerk was In dreamland and the quartet .waited at a local hotel until 7 o'clock when Deputy Clerk Vannort opened the office and Issued them the permit to marry. The Rev. George V, Jones was next aroused from his slumbers and performed the double cere mony, when they hurriedly teft (own for Philadelphia. Others procuring marriage licenses In Kllcton today were James U. Ball and Klva II. Spruce, Philadelphia: Howard I. Miller and Neda Swank. Shlckshlnny. Pa.; Wll Ham 11. Kjle, Wilmington, and Katherlne 1. Kcefe, New York; Oaton Swoope nnd Ruth Gutshall, Huntingdon, Pa. ; Lew Wal lace Kenney and Nellie M Neese. North east, Md , and I.'rvln R. Craig and Martha Talor. Karlvllle, Pa WILL LEAVE MISSOURI UNLESS STONE RESIGNS NHW YORK. March 5 Fnless Senator William J Stone, one of the little group of "willful Senators" who blocked President Wilson's armed neutral ity program retires from the Senate at once Missouri, the Senator's home State, Is going to lose n prominent resident MIhs llntrlett Stilton, of St. Joseph, Mo. u well-known suffrage worker, declared here todav that she Van not going to con tinue Jiving In Missouri if Senator Stone is allowed to remain In office "I love my State, but my country more," she said HOME AND SCHOOL BANQUET League Will Entertain Tonight at the William Pcnn 'I he Home nnd School League will hold its nmiunl banquet tonight at the William I'enn High School for Girls. Fifteenth and Wallace streets An address will be dor llvered bv Howard Nudd secretary of the Public Kducatlon Society In New York, and a discussion will follow Lenders in the discussion will be Superintendent Garber, hi assistant superintendents, George Wheeler Albert II Rauh nnd 1 heodorc L McDowell and seoreta'rv of the Hoard of IMucatlon William Dick There will be Mime storv telling b Miss Mabel Powers , Members of the Home nnd School League met at the school this afternoon foi a re ception before the dinner ReftiRe to Sing "The Fatherland" son H NORWALK Conn , March 1 When the high school pupils here were called upon to sing "The Fatherland" they levolted nnd many began "The htnr Spnngled Uanner" In opposition It has been decided to omit national anthems from the exercises hereafter mt r ING -sL The smartest, snap piest; high and low shoes in Philadelphia, and through Gcuting ad vance buying, only mark ed at a small advance over last jcar. For example the Ox ford js $7.75 only $1 more than last year jet at present valuo It should be three dollars higher. Remember, vnu can buy "King Kordovans" only at Oeuting's two stprcs. K,NQ "orcowon Spat-Oxford $7.75 MMPHBftsw. JssV" " t ' i '&i 'A ' W To Men With Small Feet If like "Very Good Eddie" your shoes are number "Th'ree" . or from there up to 0 'a you'll be glad to hear of our special small size men's calf shoes, snappy last and the rich dark mahogany shades at C At Both Stores 1230 Market Shoes and Stockings for the family rfM flisON0UrJO OYTIMC) fh Stores of Famous SKoie I Itk 1 19, So. nth A quick Ssrrlct Men's Shop Every Foot Proftsiionall Fitted Three Getting' Brother ' ' J"'-' ' y IbV -4 "FULL CREW" INCLUDES DINING CAR WAITER Superior Court Makes Important Ruling in Reversing Public Service Commission SCRANTON, Pa , March 9. The Superior Tourt, sitting here today, In an opinion written by Judge Hear, re Versed the action of the Public Service Commission in refusing to recognize as a member of the "full crew" a railroad em ploe who. In addition to assisting the con ductor, also looks after the comfort of pas sengers In a dining car. The decision wilt have a tremendous bearing on the Interpre tation of the "full crew" law throughout the State. Railroad emploes Insisted that the man In the dining car could not be recognized as a regular member of the crew. The hlghar court saju he la a member of the crew. In the case disposed of today the Balti more apd Ohio Railroad figured as the ap pellant. Identical facts were contained tn appeals filed by the Philadelphia and Read ing Railway Company and the Central Rail road of New Jersej "To hold therefore," said the court, "that It was a violation for the company to direct or permit this man to collect the meal fares In the dining car nnd look after tho comfort particularly of these passengers there assembled would bo n construction of It not ,alrly warranted either by Its language oi by the declaration of the In tention of the statute ns tho same appears In Its title" Judge Head's opinion reads Tho evidence was wholly barren of any Intimation thnt the manner In which this trnln was operated would tend to decrease the safet of either pissengers or emiloes It thus appears to us that thero was no vio lation cither of the letter or spirit of the statute Tho trnln was manned by the num ber of emploves named In the act. Hach one of them was fullv competent to perform the services Indicated by tho descriptive terniB of the statute, and all were under the Immediate order, direction and control of the conductor, who for the time being, was the authorized leprescntative of the operating companv, responsible for the safe operation of the train "We cannot close our eves to the slgnlfi cance of the fact, within tho common ob servation of the traveling thousands, that modern trains arc equipped wltli 'airbrakes' those first five minutes The aid you give right after the accident la the determining factor between life and death, health and permanent illness a phjslclan's bill and a huge Indemnity. In tn, guaranteed atandard cabinet there la ererrtblng to make thoae Ave min utes tount. And Ita recognition by lnapectora and underwriters loners compensation premiums Ita nine dollar coat la necllble compared with the suffering and compenaatlon It saves. ROBERT McNEIL Front and York Streets Vhlladelpbla, l'. under the control of the engineer. It Is he. not the brakeman, who controls tne speed Of the train. What, then, are the duties of a 'brakeman' since he no loryrer Is one 'who rakes' 7 " "The order of the Public Service Com-, mission Is reversed and set nslde and the record Is remitted to that body with direc tion to enter an order dismissing the com plaint, the appellee for costs" Thirty-two cases were disposed of by the Superior Court. Lower court decrees from Phlladelphfa were reversed In eleven Instances The complete list of opinions announced follows: Tir OM.ADVs McAdams vs Smith. Ph Udelphla netrrsed I.uks va Illatt Philadelphia. Ilcvrrard Forward va. Transit Compam, Philadelphia, neveraed Katate of IlofTert, Philadelphia, neveraed McAllister vs Heating Company, Philadelphia. Reversed ny judob roriTEni c'tno vs'Ilall, Someraet, fteveraed Michaels va Mlchaela, Philadelphia He- "wilson vs Pullman Company, Municipal Court. VVIIaon va Pullman Company, Municipal Court. Kcveraed Hr JUftat? HENDnnsoN: Hehultt vs Traction Ccimptnj, rhlu Affirmed ' '""si . uvrrfc is .icnriny, Huntingdon n White va White. Philadelphia. jVS" firmed ' wcente, qlumbi,7 jiT aiewart vs Stewart. Philadelphia ... nr Jitnfih itKAiit 'nt Unltlinore and Ohio va Publla f..i t ' mlaalon rteveraed " Servlc, k. 'I Philadelphia and rteadlng va Publl. . ' A Commission Itevarsed ' 'none ftf.' cencrai itaiiroacluompany va PnMi. l Coinmlaalon. Iteveratd ' ut,l f rck, J Commonwealth va Dietrich, BchuylkHi i ! city va Phllllpa, Philadelphia isi. llV JUDOt: KKPHAHT: l Attlfnet VVolf v Hank, Philadelphia n.T..-. . Holscher vs Htone AfTlrmpfl. Morris va rahey. Cheater, lly JUDOR TIlKXLRrt; Lumber) Company va Parry. Comoinv tn.7'? -. -nils l4IMil., Anirmed, ' rtillao.u,. flrmSd'" U owro(:,"' Municipal Cou,u 7 i ununraon Wolfe ftrm(1. k . Hnnntnal Commonwealth ttaratil. Malon vn Uhltner. 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