President Determined That Congress Shall Not Embarrass firmed Ship Stand
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 42
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WILSON REPEATS
OPPOSITION TO
CONGRESS ACTING
ON ARMED SHIPS
Leaders in Conference Tell
Him If Warning Resolution
Is Now Introduced It
Would Be Passed Over His
Head by a 2 to 1 Vote;
President Determined That
Rights of Americans on the
Seas Must Be Upheld
GERMANY MAY POSTPONE
SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN
New Admiralty Order May
Not Become Effective Be
fore Middle of March or
April 1; Would Give U. S.
Much More Valuable
Time; Action in Congress
on Measure Unlikely
Washington. D. C., Feb. 25.—The j
fight in Congress over warning Ameri- •
sons off armed ships marked time to
day with the parliamentary situation!
and other developments favoring
President Wilson's position.
At an early morning conference with
House leaders the President was told j
that if resolutions to warn Americans j
could be forced to a vote now they j
would be passed in the House by a
majority of 1' 10 1.
President Wilson, nevertheless, firmly
and emphatically reiterated the un
yielding position he outlined last night
in his letter to Senator Stone. The
leaders went back to the House pre
pared to hold the situation in check
for the present at least.
Ex-Secretary Bryan's Influence came
openly into the fight to-day when ftcp
resentativc Bailey, of Pennsylvania,
gave out a telegram from Mr. Bryan
opposing the President's position and
supporting the agitation in Congress. ,
Eodgo With President
In the Senate Mr. I-odge, the rank- :
ing Republican of the foreign vela- j
tions committee, openly declared his I
support of the President's position. |
Senator Gore. Democrat, introdttced !
his resolution warning Americans, and
Senator Jones, Republican, introduced |
a resolution to require a break in
diplomatic relations to be referred to
Congress. There was no discussion.
The Cabinet discussed the situation j
thoroughly and officials said the mem- ,
hers were standing solidly behind the j
President.
Secretary Lansing said he had no
new information from Berlin, and i
while reports were discussed that Ger
many might postpone the operation
of the new submarine campaign, no
basis for them was disclosed.
The President was unshaken in his
position that Congress should take no
action embarrassing his contention
that the rights of Americans on the
seas must be upheld at any cost and
repeated what he had written last
night to Senator Stone.
The House leaders went away tell
ing the President nothing would be
done to-day but they ventured no pre
diction for the future. They admitted
that the situation was serious and
could not yet tell how far the senti
ment in Congress would be swayed by
the publication of the President's
views in his letter to Senator Stone.
May Postpone Campaign
When the conference was over,
Speaker Clark said there was a'rumor
that Germany would postpone the be
ginning of the new submarine cam
paign until April 1 or the middle of
.March. lie would not say whether
he got his information from the presi
dent.
"The sum and substance or the con
ference, Speaker Clark said, "outside
of an explanation made as to the tcm
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11l KKETT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Special to the Telegraph
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 25.—The name
of Klutcr J. Burkett, of Lincoln, form-
I'nited States Senator from Nebraska,
yesterday was formally filed, to be
placed nn the primary ballot as can
didate for the Republican nomination
for vice-president.
i THE WEATHER
For llfirrlftliiirK anil vicinity t right
rnln or «n«w, followed by Hear-
In k and nojim-v* lint colder weather
to-ulsht. with loweM tempera
ture iibmit 1!8 degree*; Saturday
partly cloudy.
For RaMtern PeniiM.vlvnnlnj Itnln or
«now, followed by clearing and
Moinewhat collier to-night; Satur
day partly overcaNl; strong
north it cat WIIHIK.
11l ver
The main rl%er and the lower part*
of lta main hrancbeM will prob
nbly rlae slightly. The upper por
tions and the principal branch?*
will remain nearly stationary. A
stage of about 4.0 feet IN Indi
cated for Harrlnhurg Saturday
morning.
tieneral Conditions
The storm that was central over
South Carolina, Thur M day morn
ing. has moved slowly northsnrd
with Increasing energy and mag
nitude and now covers nearly all
the eastern half of the country
with Its center near the \ Irg| n i a
Capes. Tt has caused rain in the
Inst twenty-four hours in the
South Atluntle States and Hnst
Tennessee, snow, rain or sleet in
the Ohio Valley, Middle Atlantic
snd Mew England State* and
over a part of the Lake Region.
Temperature: R a. m.. 34.
Sunt Rlnes. «:45 a. m.; Rfti, R:52
P. m. J '
Moon: l.ast quarter, February
•1:24 a. in.
Miver Wage: 4.4 feet above low
"Bter mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, IIH.
l.owest temperature, 27.
Mean temperature. 112.
.Normal temperature. 31.
BY CARRIER « TEXTS A. WEEK.
SIXGI.K COPIES a CKXTS.
EVANGELIST CAN
NOT TAKE PLACE
OF THE MINISTER
I'nited Evangelical Conference
Told of Need For Faith
ful Pastors
DISTRICT REPORTS READ
I
Healthy Growth in All Arms of
U. E. Church; Many
Accessions
That the t>rofessional evangelist!
never can do the work of the regular
preacher in bringing; men and women
into the church is the gist of a discus- I
sion of the question of evangelism in
the annual report of the Rev. W. F. -
Heil, former bishop, presiding elder j
of the Harrisburg district, to the East |
Pennsylvania Conference, in session In j
the Harris Street United Evangelical j
Church, Harris and Susquehanna!
streets.
The Rev. Dr. Heil points out that;
the traveling evangelist is a supple- |
tpentary aid of importance in this
work, but declares that, the real con
structive work of building up the
church must be done by faithful and
untiring ministers—men who not. only
seek the straying, but men who do
their utmost to keep the saved within
the fold as well.
Vrgcs Teaching of Sex Truths
Bowers Harnish, of Carlisle,
former publicity agent of Eebanon
Valley College, at Annville, and now i
State superintendent of the World's;
Purity Federation, addressed the con- .
ference on the question of teaching
; sex truths to children.
Mr. Harnish advocated that parents
; instruct their children in the truths of j
i life before they are laught the vile
1 and ugly aspects of these things by
| ill-taught companions.
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Passengers of Coastwise
Steamer Run Down in Fog
Transferred at Sea
By Associated Press
Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 25.—A1l oT the
passengers aboard the Merchants and
.Miners' liner Cretan, which was dam
aged in collision with a schooner
! early to-day fourteen miles from Cape ,
; Hatteras, were safely transferred to I
| the steamer Dorothy several hours i
i later, according to a radio message
1 received at the office of the Merchants
and Miners. The Cretan, with her
J captain and crew aboard and con
voyed by the Dorothy is slowly mak- i
ing her way to Norfolk. Iler bow Is
j stove in and she is otherwise dam
| aged. The condition of the schooner ;
was not known here.
The Cretan was bound from Phila
delphia for Savannah, Ga., when she I
! struck the schooner in a heavy fog.
j She immediately sent out wireless ,
i calls for assistance and' several ves- \
j sels responded, the Dorothy, the desti- •
nation of which was not given, being ,
ihe lirst to reach lier. It was be-;
lieved that the Cretan would be able
to make this port under her own \
power, her collision bulkhead evi- j
dently having saved her from foun
dering.
Twenty-eight on Hoard
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—The steam
ship Cretan sailed from here late
Wednesday night. There were twenty
eight passengers on board and a crew
of between forty and fifty men. The
passenger list is at the Baltimore of- :
lice of the Merchants and Miners' Line.
The Cretan carries a general cargo
and is commanded by Captain .T. R.
Wood, of Baltimore. Officials of the
steamship company here have no de
tails of the collision.
Pastor Entertains Choir of
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Special to the Telegraph
Medianiesburg. Pa., Feb. 25. —East
evening the Rev. 11. N. Fegley, pas
tor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church,
entertained the choir at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. ibacli. South Mar
ket street. After a short talk by Dj\
fegley, who has served the congrega
tion for the past 44 years, the com
pany enjoyed vocal and instrumental
music and games, and refreshments
were served.
NAVY FOI*<JHT DEAD MI'EE
Shelled as Submarine Gas Proved
Animal \ot ilors (In Combat
Special to the Telegraph
Eondon, Feb. 25. One of the fun
niest episodes of the war has come to
light as a result of an official report of
'an incident in the Mediterranean,
where a dead Texas mtile, floating feet
upward, was mistaken for a subma
j rinc.
An allied patrol vessel gave chase to
what was suspected to be an enemy
submarine, eventually sending a sheil
' into the supposed U-boat. The official
report of the incident gives the linal
results in these terms:
"On being hit, the enemy retaliated
with poisonous gases."
The incident caused no end of
amusement in naval circles.
URGK NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Special to the Telegraph
Danville. Pa.. Feb. 25.—Grangers
i from Northumberland, Union and
Montour counties met here yesterday
and in-'orscd the movement for the
abolition of the liquor traffic. A res
olution says: "We favor a nation
wide prohibition and suggest that our
granges request our members of Con
gress to use their influence and to
east their votes toward bringing about
this result."
POISON KILLS FISH
Special to the Telegraph
Eebanon, Pa.. Feb. 25.—Many tliou
; snnds of dead fish line the banks of
'Swalara c reek from n point below the
Forge dam, where the Quittapahllla
creek, which flows through the city,
joins llie Swatara waters. Not only
are fish kilted, but ducks, geese, chick
ens and cattle are reported to be sick
ened by the waters of the creek, the
surface of which is covered with a de-
I posit of greenish color.
IIARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1916
PROGRESS OF RUSSIANS THRUST TO SPLIT TURKEY IN TWAIN \
V, }
Vj BULGARI A.u
minor
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j \
"A" Point, near Trebizond which the Russians have reached in their advance against that town from Erzerum,
Jmf J r !, res f recent ' v captured, "B"' Eake .Van District, now wholly occupied by the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas.
The fall of the important town of Bitlis has been announced. "C" Diarbokr. about 100 miles from Bitlis and now
the objective of the Russians. Diarbekr is near the Bagdad Railway. "IV which the Russians intend to cut and
possession of. This would make hazardous the position of the Turkish forces fighting the British down
the Tigris and imperil their army in Persia. Success of this campaign would also make much loss difficult the Rus
sian progress toward Adana, the coveted "window" on the Mediterranean.
'SAVE THE BABY, I
SAVE THE NATION'
IS THE SLOGAN
Plans Laid For "Rabv Week"
in This City, March 15-18
Headquarters at Bowman's
GOOD SPEAKERS SECURED
Educational Nature of the Ex
hibit a Roon to Every
Mother in Harrisburg
Baby will come into his own for
four days in March, from the 15th to
the 18th, when the child'welfare con
ference. that will be observed all
over the country during the week
I preceding the local exhibit, will take
place in this city under the auspices I
of the Associated Aid Society, the
Visiting Nurses' Association and the j
City Health Bureau. "Baby Week"
I will be devoted to a series of pro
grams which will be carried out in a !
large space on the third floor of 1
! Bowman's store and will be mapped;
out with a view to educating the!
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Don't Spoon! Is Order
to Women Athletes
Special to the Telegraph
Madison, Wis., Feb. 25. The
honor system has been put Into effect
among the women of the State Uni
versity's co-ed athletic teams. Here
are some.of the rules:
Eive at the training table.
Must not go to more than one danc-
I ing party a week.
Nothing to be eaten between meals
except fruit, plain ice cream, crack
ers, white or graham, milk.
Must not eat hot breads, biscuits,
i tea, coffee, cake or any rich pastry.
Must not spoon.
Must not eat more than one pound
of candy a week.
Must cut out dormitory rarebits.
Must turn in at 10 o'clock each
night.
Must take one hour of exercise
each day. in addition to the regular
| team training period.
If the girls should be tempted and
fall they must report their violation
of the rules to Ihe physical director,
i The rules do not prescribe whether
the co-ed athlete who spoons must
name her partner.
Wheat Causes Surprise
by Advance at Opening
By Associated Press
Chicago, Feb. 25.—Instead of show
ling a fresh break in values the wheat
j market to-day surprised many traders
by the opening at an advance. Open
ing quotations, sl.lß to $1.19% for
May and $1.14 94 to $1.16*,4 for July,
were % to l%c higher than yester-
I day's finish.
The reason for the upturn seemed
|to be a reaction from the semi
j panicky selling of yesterday and
I optimism on the part of a majority
1 of dealers that some practical way out
of the difficulty with Germany would
|be found.
SUICIDE NOT CRONES
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 25. The police
I announced to-day that the man who
' committed suicide yesterday in New
| ark, N. J., was not Jean Crones, the
chef who attempted to poison Arch
bishop Mundelein and three hundred
guests at a banquet in Chicago.
j CONVENTION COMING HERE
Special to the Telegraph
Erie, Pa., Feb. 25.—The annual
convention of the Carpenters' State
Council ended yesterday. Harrisburg
was selected for the convention next
year.
11 EN 11V 11. SHEIP DEAD
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 25.—Henry
5 11. Sheip. founder and president of the
Henry 11. Sheip Company, cigar box
manufacturers, died here last night,
j ugsil 66.
CHURCH UNITES
WITH STATE IN
FIGHT ON HOTEL
Fred W. Ebel, Proprietor of
National, Arouses Two
Combined Foes
IN CAPITOL PARK ZONE
Commonwealth Takes Proper
ty—West Enders Re- . j
sists Removal
Church and State united to-day In |
resisting the appeal of Fred AV. Ebel, <
proprietor of the National Hotel, for I
the privilege of selling rum.
The State's fight was based on Ebel's !
effort to obtain a re-license of bis <
\ present hostelry at Fourth and State
streets on the' ground that the prop
■ erty has been taken over by the Com- !
j monwealtli for Capitol Park Esten- I
sion purposes and that Ebel is no 1
] longer a tenant.
] The Augsburg Lutheran Church
congregation and a host of citizens in
j the Eleventh ward fought Ebel's ap
[ plication for a new license at 1802 j
North Fourjth street—his hoped-for \
; location should the State defeat his
efforts to remain at Fourth and State |
[Continued on Page 22]
Penna. Steel Officers
Meet to Adjust Legal
End of Schwab Transfer
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—-A special
meeting of the officers, directors and
superintendents of plants of the Penn
sylvania Steel Company, Maryland
j Steel Company and its subsidiaries was
held this morning and adjourned at
1.30 this afternoon. After the meet
ing President Felton stated that, the
meeting was called to adjust legal
details preliminary to the company
being taken over by the Bethlehem
I Steel Company.
Justice Hughes Reiterates
Declaration That He Will
Not Run For President
By Associated Press
! New York, Feb. 25.—1n a letter to
! Henry A. Wise Wood, former member
I of Secretary Daniel's naval advisory
' board, made public here to-day,
United States Supreme Court Justice
Charles E. Hughes reiterates his
declaration that he Is not a candidate
i for the presidential nomination.
Next Two Army-Navy
Games on Polo Grounds
By Associated Press
West Point, N. Y., Feb. 26.—Lieut,
i Jatnes B. Crawford, secretary and
i treasurer of the Army Athletic Coun
! clt, announced to-day that the army
and navy football games this year and
in 1!• 07 will be played at the Polo
Grounds in New York.
4,000 CIIKER GOVERNOR
Special to the Telegraph
Detroit, Feb. 25.—At last night's
meeting four thousand educators
cheered Governor Brumbaugh, of
Pennsylvania, in his earnest plea for a
square deul to childhood and par
ticularly for the Pennsylvania Child
Labor law hailed here as the greatest
advance in education for half a cen
tury. He addressed the Board of
Commerce at noon to-day.
CUNNINGHAM TO SPEAK
Robert J. Cunningham. State High
way Commissioner, has accepted an
invitation to attend the William Penn
Highway Conference to be held in
Harrisburg March 27.
JIETKD MAN TAKES POISON
Special to the Telegraph
I Chester Pa., Feb. 25.—John S.
Deperinl. foreman at the Dupont
works at Carney's Point, entered a
i barroom here last evening and tool;
I poison. He said, bis sweetheart had
"jfone back on him." i
GIVE PEREMPTORY i
ORDERS TO TEST
19 ST. BRIDGE!
\
County Comniissoners Demand J
"Tryout" Monday by Fcrro- !
Concrete Co.
CONTRACTORS REFUSED J
1
'I rolley Car to Rc Used to De-, J
termine Carrying Capacity
of Structure
Peremptory orders to test out the
carrying: capacity of the new Nine- \
teenth street bridge across the Phila
delphia and Reading tracks on Mon
day, February 28, were issued this aft
] ernoon by the County Commissioners |
to the Ferro-Concrete Company, the '
; contractors.
The notification was sent in response i
i to the contracting company's refusal
to comply with the commissioners' re- I
quest on Wednesday lhat the con
i tractors make the required test. The j
i latter declare that the specifications
j do not require them to do this until I
I after the viewers appointed by the I
I court have passed on the structure.
In contracting circles rumors have :
■ been afloat, for some time as to just j
what caused the unusually big charge
| for "extras" on the structure.
Brewers Say Their
Records Are Destroyed,
During Federal Probe
Special to the Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 25.—A1l rec
! ords of the United States and the I
Pennsylvania Brewers' Association'
I previous to January 1, 191 (j, have been
! destroyed, according to testimony of
i fercd at the hearing late to-day in
| United States District Court on the'
I presentment of the Federal Grand
I Jury asking that three officials of,
those organizations be declared in
I contempt for failure to produce sub-I
I penaed records. Denial was made j
[that the records were destroyed after i
| the hnbpenas had been served on I
I Februaiy 1.
i The men named in the presenta- ]
tion are John P. Gardiner, of Phila
delphia, president and Kdwin A. j
! Schmidt, also of Philadelphia, treas
urer of the Pennsylvania Brewers' As
sociation, and Edwin A. Dembeck, of i
Jersey City, treasurer of the United
States Biewers' Association. All were j
called to the stand.
A Matter of Business
According to the men, each month ,
when the bank books are balanced,
the cancelled checks witn the check |
stubs are destroyed, leaving as the I
only record the amount of money
either association lias in the bank. It
also was testified that the minutes of
i meetings of the association always arc
prompt!) destroyed.
James P. Alulvlhill, vice-president
of the Independent Brewing Com
pany, who surrendered himself, at
the Federal Building after Govern
ment authorities had endeavored for j
over a week to serve him with a sub- j
penn, was the first witness.
Says One Battleship Can
Worst U. S. Pacific Fleet
Special to the Telegraph
Washington, Feb. 25.—"One good
battleship, under certain conditions,
ought to overcome all we've got in the
Pacific," Admiral Cameron Melt.
\ inslow, who is In supreme command
on the Pacific, told the House Naval j
committee. Pressed for further in
formation, the Admiral declared the 1
force under his command is entirely!
inadequate, even with all its reserves I
called out to meet any probable one
my.
Read Admiral Badger told the com
mittee that the United States navy |
would need, on a war basis, 102,815!
men to man the flcei which will be in
commission in 1917. His present
peace estimate of 67,000 men was for
| i!, 000 more men than recomnuended by!
J Secretary Daniels, the difference being
due chiefly to the Navy Board's esti
j mate that 50 per cent, of crews should
|be kept on reserve ships, as against
I Mr. Daniels' estimate of 40 per oent. |
FIREBUG MAY BE
FORMER CONVICT
POLICE THEORY
Hold Man on Entering Charge;
While Seeking Arson
Evidence
SEEK 11IS ACCOMPLICES
Gang of Youths and Roys on
Hill May Re. Rack of
Incendiarism
That Lewis Blouch, 1427 Vernon
stret, who was arrested on Wednes
day on an attempted robbery charge,
is connected with the series of incen
diary fires on Allison Hill, is the be
lief of a number of residents of that
section of the city, who with private
detectives and watesmen have been
working on the case.
Although Blouch was arrested on a
charge of attempting to force ail en
trance to the 801 l Brothers Manufac
turing Company plant early Monday
morning, ho is being held on this
charge until the police can gather
enough evidence against him and a
number of accomplices, to charge
them with arson.
More Arrests to Follow
Although nothing could be learned
definitely /rom the authorities about
the arrest, or the plans in rounding
up the firebugs, it is rumored that
more arrests will be made within a
few days.
Early Monday morning J. 1-1.
Eowery, 1705 Derry street, watchman
at the 801 l plant, saw a man trying
to gain entrance to the place. The
intruder, according to the watchman,
was trying to enter the room in
which highly inflammable supplies are
stored. The person trying to gain
an entrance was frightened away by
Eowery, who then reported to the
police department. On this infor
mation, it is said, Blouch was arrested
and committed to jail after he was
taken before Alderman Hilton.
In case Hie police cannot produce
enough evidence at the bearing to
have Blouch held for court, a charge
of furnishing liquor to minors will be
brought against the prisoner.
Great secrecy was maintained in
making the arrest. Instead of plac
ing Blouch's name on the docket at
| police headquarters, the information
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Pit mi
)ULDN'T IDENTIFY BLOUCH ?
g.—Lewis Blouch, charged with attempted J
; 801 l Brothers Manufacturing Compa
by the watchman and was released from this K
Id for a hearing charged with furnishing liquor A
ording to the police. 1
i |
?
, Harrisburg.—Hearing of the remonstrance agaii st the I
| l clicensing city will
; begin late thrs afternoon or early to-morrow morning.
;!> I
LABORER DROPS DEAD AT WORK
ii ' |
opped over dead from acute indigestion this ;'
' • mon
I V PORTUGUESE SEIZE EIGHT MORE SHIPS \)
| St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, Feb. 25.—Eight Ger- g k
l! man steamships lying in the harbor here were taken in f
| i ® charge yesterday by official* of the Portuguese government, j t
jj, U. S. TO PROBE SEIZURE OF SAILORS ' '
Washington, Feb. 25. —The United States to-day in- ! 1
j J i structed Ambassador Pag'e at London to make inquiries at ® '
1 j the British Foreign Office regarding the removal of thirty- I 'j
! , eight Germans, Austrians and Turks from the American • |i
*, steamship China in Asiatic water and to demand the re- j'j
lease of the prisoners if they were arrested on the high seas, 1!
1 as has been indicated. , i
< 1 CONFIRM FLETCHER NOMINATION ';
1 Washington, Feb. 25. The Senate to-day confirmed l
| • the nomination of Henry Prather Fletcher as ambassaclo: j
I to the government of Mexico. The vote was 49 to 16. I
< I CERTAIN THEY HAVE SWINDLER >
Washington, Feb. 25. Postal authorities announced
, to-day that they were satisfied that the man arrested la.,t • ►
; night at St. Petersburg, Fla., was John Grant Lyman, want- ]
. I ed in New York for using the mails to defraud, and esti- |{
mated at from $400,000 to $700,000 the amount he is alleged ■ I
1 to have obtained through his New York office and branches £
<', at Hanf9r4 and SpnngtKiQ, I
~ MARRIAGE LICENSES |
.Inhn Henry lanrmntt MII«I Virile Kelkrr L.chmnn, i'Hy.
.Jcame l.ffevrf /<»ok Keller, < amp Hill, timl Mnr.v lsll/ni'ct li Klnovrr.Jl
< |lllßbn|»lrr. ?
rtll mwu rfilrix» n tr\f\*mrnm \t\ft mm .
24 PAGES CITY EDITION
GERMAN WEDGE
IS NOW ALMOST
UNDER GUNS OF
GREAT FORTRESS
Forces of German Crown
Prince Pushing Forward
to Verdun Notwithstand
ing Tremendous Losses in
Dead and Wounded;
French Have Lost 10,000
Prisoners During Offensive
TEUTONS OCCUPY NINE
FORTIFIED VILLAGES
Lines Are Extended Along
Ridge Within Two Miles
of Outlying Defenses; Vic
torious Russians Have
Pushed Forty Miles West
of Erzerum on Heels of
Fleeing Turks
j In (heir driving offensive for Ver
dun the armies of the German Crown
: Prince have pushed a vasi wedge into
: the French lines north of the fortress
until (hey are almost under the guns
of some of the outlying forts and with
in live and a half miles of Verdun it
self.
In the sector stretching from Bra
bant to neauniont, where the heaviest
fighting has taken place the German
center already has battled its way
more than three miles south from
its former position. Both sides have
suffered tremendous losses in killed
and wounded during the fighting over
this ground, and the French have alsc
lost heavily in prisoners, Ihe bitter
now numbering more than ten thou
sand according to Berlin, the taking
.of 7,000 being announced to-day.
Occupy Nine Towns
In their southward drive the Crown
Prince's forces have captured no lesc
than nine villages and fortiiied farms,
successively occupying llaumont
Samongneux, Brabant, Ornes, Beau
mont, Chambrettes. Marmont, Fotel
late and Champneuville, while thei'
vanguard now occupied the ridge o.
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