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THK EVENING WORLD, MUNDAY; MAROB Hay Ke eet ns ENGLIGH CRUISER DAMAGED, [ALLNGHT BATE, PLY SUNDAY ge FRENCHSHPOUTOF ACTION, SAVAGE Inca | SAYS THE BERLIN WIRELESS ns scr melas om French, Driven From Three ; Lines, Rout Foes in British Admiralty Denies Claims of, = “unter Charges. the Turks and Declares the Dar- danelles Forts Are Still Being Shelled at Long Range. LONDON, March 8 (United Press).—It is announced by the Turi War Office in a statement sent here by wireless from Bertin that a French cruiser was put out of action and an English cruiser badly dam- aged during the Sunday afternoon bombardment of the Dardanelles. Berlin declared that unofficial reports confirmed the Turkish claims Turkish shells exploded on the deck of the French warship, killing many of her crew, - : Sho steamed slowly out of the fight- t ing line with her upper works in 3|fames. The Turkish statement fol- 5 owe: , “During Sunday afternoon the ene- NEW BRITISH RULE” = PUTS. COTTON’ CONTRBARD UST Embassy Issues Statement Set- ting Forth the Conditions of Shipments. Sag rH iil Hi or ate f “Fore Titir H HS il zs i ! EF 4 Hi Barred From the College Buildings, He Talks to Stu- dents in Church, i Hs ip f ge if F f : i | i i if WASHINGTON, March §%-The British .Embassy to-day announced | that cargoes of cotton consigned to German or Austrian porte éhall no longer be permitted to proceed by the British patrolling fleet. In « A statement dealing with the cotton FIGHT HAND TO HAND.|/HOW HE MAKES SERMON. Struggle in Darkness and|Loads His Gun With All Sorts Rain, With Both Sides of Explosives-and Pulls Losing Heavily. the Tyiggep. cangots ef celia wreaanel 1¢ HEE ' : ports, can go forward under certala PARIS, March 8.—How a furious (Special to ‘The Brening World.) restrictions. ; German attack at Notre Damo de|- PRINCETON, N. J., March's—Al.| But in effect the Embassy, th ith Lorette. was turned into a defeat in| though he was not allowed to speak| **atement, places cotton, heretofore which 3,000 Germans fell is described | in any of the University buildings on| %0t interfered with, in the tontraband in the Petit Parisien by one of the] account of the opposition of President | !5*- THs 1s the first offtetal decth> combatants. Hibben and .the university authori. ration supporting England’s blockade “German mines blew in our first line of trenches. Before the echoes of ‘ a ih declaration, and it ts expected that ft will form the basis for the first con- crete protest by the United States. © ties, Rev. Billy Sunday to-day man- aged to deliver a message to the fe explosion had died away @n| students of Princeton Theological ) Thaw came into court from with a Sheriffs guard, He pres at oH i i au! 2? E it t Eisiz hh E’ger syegtll He i E i fi i Mo 0O-DEPENDANTS ALL _ MATE AT TRIAL. ra H. Thompson was the first ESS: 5 win, a hi trict, suddenly looked contrite and a trifle apprehensive. Abraham Levy, not hitherto in the Yer, former: dancer the regular panel for ‘riminal Branch of the Supreme Court, were called one by one and dismissed from that kept obtruding ives were not unlike the first scattering shota of a battle. ONLY FIVE CHALLENGES FOR vee . DEFENDANTS. 3 3 3 3 @ * asked Mr. Raphael innocently. ‘here were many smiles at his an- swer, and Harry Thaw chuckled bea nd Laman covered his n aid of wned in tor, of . 660 West One Hundred and Sev- enty-ninth Street, was called after th Court had excused Bertrand Para. dis, ‘he ron et wien on raga ee as.o juror.and was. wi y the instructions of the Court as to the Inw and there was no reneon why he should not act fairly as a juror. He was sworn in as juror No, Christopher Schults, a luce deal- or of NO. 153 West Ninety-second Street, said he had sat as a juror in tojall kinds of cases, but never in a case iy five ito~ nf be. used by the gntire Li ce “Paige decided that’ ” thi could have only five ‘among tem, ir. ‘Promised ‘they woul harmo! Peas aa Bich ga it mat did not ability to abide by the instructions of the court. Mr. Fitch said he had never acted as a juror before. Questioned by Mr. Btanchasia he said’ he Believed the aw. Rar Ing to ald in the esca; Thi 5 itanchfeld that in reality these men were charged with conspir- ba 4 frustrate the ends of justice. “Have you ever been advised that there was any ity in escaping & madhouse' asked | Mr. nehfiel Deputy. Xtoraey General Frank K. Cook objected to the question, but the objection was not ined by te Page, The talesman replied: “No,” “Would you hold it against any of these other defendants if, on the {Sdement of counsel, they should not the witness stand in their own behalf?" asked Owen Bohan. WHY’ NOT, IF HE HAD NOTHING TO CONCEAL? “Why, J should think that if a man noth to conceal hed take the cl x ee that that failure should not preju- dice you “I think #0,” sald Mr. Fitch with a smile. ‘Mr. Bohan pressed the challenge for prejudice and Mr. Fiton was ex- cused. Harry Thaw's mother smiled as if content. Thaw himself loo! ploaped, and began whispering with ex-Judge O'Brien, atl, Frank F, Bailey, a salesman, of No. 2314 Broad was the aecond talea- man. He said that he believed he could be a fair juror and would fol- low the instructions of the Court. All defend: ’ were satisfied wit! the ans ven by Mr, Bailey, an he was sworn at 11.89 o'clock the firat juror, Mr. Bailey, by virtue of being the first juror chosen. will act as foreman of the jury, He is married and has several children, ile is about, forty i re old, to spare, with brown axel eyes that waxe keenly through big glasses. He bears a certain re- semblance to President Wilson. Charles B, Caskey, Me accountant, of No, ington Avenue, was the third tales. man, Mr, Caskey waa accepted by all concerned, and sworn in as the second juror. SALESMAN HAD FORMED NO OPINION IN CASI William P. Price, & salesman, of 118 West Eleventh Street, was the next talesman called. He had read of the case of Thaw. but had formed no opinion, Mr. Price w: sworn iy as Juror No. He. ts. bachelor, about thirty-five. John B. Lunger, wice-president, No. 166 Broadway and living at No. 925 Park Avenue, declared that he has . convictions in this case that we interfere with his service as a He was excused, Raphacl, forty-one, a . 600 West One Hundred venth St: declared t, oy that he had ed no opinion in tho | ¢ and he could decide in which Thaw was interested. ad formed no opinion of the “meri! if the Thaw case and had never di cussed it. He was chosen and too! the fifth chair in the jury box. kinao! buil John C, a ‘est One Hundred. and treet, ald that’ on siz previews cevasi: he shad served as a ites efor challenged him. ra! fainhart, a real eatate dealer? 6f No, 217 West One Hundred| nd ro Street, was ehoden juror. -Ha,i¢ fifty. years nd married, on Mackall, thirty, 'a writer, of 10 West One Hundred and ity-second Street, said he be- leved he could Lod all feeling asid: nd render a purely inteVectual ver. dict. He was accepted as the sev enth juror. LOS BY GERMANS IVOSEESBATLE CLAM FROM PAR War Office Admits Kaiser’s Troops Won in the Open- ing Encounter. PARIS, March & (via London to the Associated Press).—The War Office gave out the following statement thia| tions afternoon: “Progress reported at different points in the Champagne eection is hed | enhanced, At the end of the day we gaptured trenches to the northweat of Souain, The captured trenches between Perth a number officers, “In the région of the Heights of} the Meuse our heavy artillery, a: cording to prisoners, seriously dam~- aged a 43-centimotre gun recently placed in position by the Germans. This gun had o dismantled and sent to the reattttoe repairs, Four of the gun crew were killed and seven wounded, “In Lorraine we progressed north~ west of Bandonviller, “In ‘the Vosges, at Reichackerkopt, ne made a violent counter. attack late Sunday afternoon. the moment they were able to footing on the ri but furious hand-to-hand fight our ri men drove them back and finally re- mained masters, The losses sustained by the enemy were extremely heavy. “In upper Alsace, southw; of the Maillway @tation at Burnhay tack attempted against our ddvanced positions was dispersed by the fire of our infantry.” — Clark Geta His Committee, jar March 8.--Speaker ment of 3 Gai of prisoners, ‘including f id he had found ita eh members to serve, nd Beausejour rep- Tesent 400 to 500 metres. We ay my's cruisers, including the Majestic and Irresistible, b. mbarded the inner forts of the Dardanelles. They suf- fered heavy damage. } “A French cruiser was wane ns ection, An Bnglish cfuiser wa ly @amaged. The enemy . within a few “hours and The Turkish batteries suff no damage of any description.” Was British Admiralty officers denied the claims of the Turks. They as- serted that the latest official de- spatches from Vice-Admiral Garden reported the allied fleet bombarding the forts long range, outside the fire of the forts. Shelling of the Asiatic city of Smyrna has been resumed by the British Hast Indian fleet, according to Athens despatches to-day. Rear-. 1- miral Peiree’s equadron has been re- tnforced by a French warship and. a flotiia of smaller craft, including mine sweepers, and te pouring an in- cessant fire upon the Turkish land batteries. Nearly all civilians in Smyrna, a relty of 200,000, have fled to the hills, Athens reported. Part of the 26,000 troops in the Smyrna garrison are throwing up intrenchmentse behind the city to guard the Smyrna-Con- | stantinople railway. From the Gulf of Saros, the big guns of the Queen Elisabeth, directed by aviators, were hurling it | Ni masses of metal against Fort ja- hr, when the last reports reached the Admiralty. - Her shells, screaming across seven miles of flat peninsula land, were ploughing into the rear batteries of the Turkish fortress. Inside the strait the modern Turkish 4 fortifications are malataining a stub- born defense, the Admiralty admitted to-day. It was for this reason that the Queen Elisabeth was assigned to make an indirect attack from the Gulf of Baros. . Late Cospatches indicate that the situation in Constantinople Is becom- ing increasingly serious, Hundreds have fled from the Gallipoll Peninsula and the Asiatic side of the strait in terror to the capital, ‘The posi.‘on of all Christians, even the Germans, is precarious. There is Great fear of @ massacre. Telegra)..ing from Cairo, the Datly Mall correspondent says: “During retreat of the Turke after the recent Sues operations the, German officers had an open conflict with their allies and 800 of the latter Were killed in @ eingi utcome of the in- oly war will prove rat victims of Moslem fa- naticiam will be German officers, who “Enver Pasko ts in Constantinople: inver @ is in Con inople. Bo is the Sultan, altho prepara. have ween completed for a hasty removal of the Government. ——_— WHEAT UP 8 POINTS IW CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO, March 8.—Foreign buy- ing, associated with reporte that Greece, Italy and other countries might suddenly take a hand in the ‘war had much to do to-day with caus- ing a big advance in the price of wheat. The chief upturn was in the May delivery, which rose 83-8, @ bushel to $1.49 1-2, as compared with $1.411-8 on Saturday night. The bulk of business, however, was in the July option, yhich scored a gain of 41-2 ona to $1.19 1-2, WASHINGTON, March 8.-—-Wheat remaining on farma March 1 of the 1914 crop, the ulture announced to-day. About 0.7 per cent. of the 1914 crop will be shipped out of coun: where grown. pineal OE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC, RELEASED BY BRITISH, REACHES ROTTERDAM, BOSTON, March 8.—The American wteamship cific, which bad been | detained by the British authorities at Deal, Begins, reached Rotterdam, her destination, according to a cable- gram received here to-day. She will discharge her cargo of) cotton immediately and then proceed | for her return trip, 17.2 per cent. Department of ON NEW OFFENSE TOWARD WARSAW Shifts the Fighting Into South- east Poland—Big Battlé on the Pilica, PETROGRAD, March &—The Ger-| mans have taken a viglent ¢ffensi im southeast Poland, the war office admitted to-day. For the frst time) in three weeks the region around Opoesno and Tomasof is being shik- by the boom of big guns. The right wing of Mackensen's army {west of Watsaw 1. delivering infantry at- tacke against thé Russian, pogitions, The y's threat along the Pilica has into a big battle, over- ihadowing for the instant othér oper- ations in Poland. At least two Ger- man army corps are reported to be engaged. The opposing forces are in close Berets continue to make pri ress over the swamps, has 'bébn no news from the Stanislaus or pproaching Usernowits for the last twenty-four hours. Despatches from Bast Galicia were most concerned with the fighting south of the Dukla Pass and north of thi where the Austrians are delivering a weries of attacks. The fighting has been particularly violent along the San, west of Smoinik. ‘via London to The German Mice this report on the fighting in Poland: “To the south of Augustowo Rus- sian attacks failed with heavy losses wot jemy. The fighting has been resumed in the vicinity of Loma. To the west of Praasnyss and east of Plock ‘the Russians have made sev- han ‘unsuccessful assaults upon our ea. “German troops have repulsed two Russian night attacks at Rawa. Russian advances from the vicinity of Nowomlesto ’@ not been suc- cessful. In the subsequent fighting we took 1,500 prisoners.” oo fait, ‘wasr| OLD ABDUL HAMID II. SAID TO HAVE ESCAPED LONDON, March 8—The “Sick Man of Europe” is free again, ac- cording to a Central News despatch late this afternoon from Bucharest. Abdul Hamid I, Bucharest cabled, has escaped from prison, has sur- rounded himself with leaders of the, Old Turk party and plans a dramatic return to the Turkish capital from which he was ingloriously expelled alx years ago. ‘The message is unconfirmed from any other source. Government offi- pi speculated on the possibility that Sultan who once baffled shrewd- eat diplomate and kept Bi turmoll may play a m for pe allies by forcing Turkey to sue for peace, Bince wo was forctbly removed from the throne on April 27, , Abdul Hamid has dropped out of sight. Last week it was hinted in Govern- ment circles here that British diplo- mats had eecretly been negotiating with leaders of the old Old Turks Reports from many sources have in- dicated ular rere in Constal amounted to 153,903,000 ‘bushels, or| #! be an act in cai ly staged plans of the Old Turks to regain control of the Government. There’s only one best—hence only one grade of ‘Kose CEYLON TEA wenden theks Whe a Paand | pieces fired as rapidly as they could © Lupkef Pass, | fr avalanche of the enemy poured down and forched the French Into the sec- ond line of trenches after a fierce hand to hand struggle. The Germans suddenly raked these trenghes with machine guns, forcing our men back into the third line, from which they were drawn to a more defensible po- sition In the rear aftér another bayo- net battle. “In no way demoralized, our men spent the night preparing to win back the lost positions, which the enemy strengthened with sandbags. Our ar- tillery was placed in position and at dawn the ‘3-Inchers’ open shells burst in our old trench: our heavy artillery joined in, “The din became appalling. Church. simplicity. Our be loaded. After hours of this the guns stopped and our \infantry bounded forward, crouching on their hands and knees. The Germans fired volley after volley with quick-firers, but our men took the third lin The second line was well sand- bagged and filled with Germans. Our artillery then began again to drop shells on the Germans with mathemat- eal precision. Fifty yards from us we could see them blown into the alr. “The second night fell and we could eee nothing, for the sky was covered with heavy clouds from which rain poured in torrents. In spite of this: our Infantry resumed the attack and in a splendid charge reached the second line. It was a fearful struggle in the dark, Shaken by our charge the Germans fied toward the holes which had been made by their mines. “The French again dashed fo. rd. In the darkness the Germans struck tically around them, often killing their own men. After a few minutes of carnage they fled for their own positio! leaving the ground covered with dead and wounded and 160 pris- oners in our hands. “Dawn revealed a terrifying sight. Everywhere the Germans lay, many with rifles clasped in their stiffened hands aa if about to fire again, They paid dearly for their attack, for 3,000 of them fell under our fire. Their losses were three times greater than ours, although we had to deliver three counter attac! the. bibfe. bible, S. Court Rules Ag Virgini WASHINGTON, March 8.—The W Virginia two-cent passenger rate wai annulled as unconstitutional to-day by the Supreme Court as to the business of the Norfolk and Western Railway Com- pany. In announcing the Court's decision Justice Hughes said: “In making a reasonable adjust ment of the carrier's charges th State is under no obligation to secure the same rate.of return froin each of the two principal business, passenger and froight, but | m the State may not select either of these departments for arbitrary con- trol. It Is apparent, from,every point | f ot view, that this record“permits t the statutory rate at most affords a very narrow margin over the cost of | s the traffic. It is clear that by the re- duction in rates the company is forced to carry passengers, if not at or below cost, with merely a nominal reward, co ering the volume of the traffic affected.” Its." t State of its hole. ‘The Stellw 8 by ngulation. "Accords partment. ot ertised Spectals are on sale at all our stores, Extra 19c Special for Monda QRENORLE CREAMED W. ni rte le dainty, is comprised sandwiched between two big, plump Grenoble Walnuts, presented in three delightful flavors— regular 24c and Tuesday Cream Chocolate, Van. and Maple. Our Note our special price for Monday ‘uesday. Seminary at-the First Presbyterian The evangelist motored up from Philadelphia in company with his sec- retary and trainer, about 10 o'clock, There were 1,500 persons at the meeting. Mr. Sunday told how to make up a ¢ermon, the most necessary essential being clearness and a-simple outline —so simple that it would be as easy to follow it as a hay wago' He advised the seminarians not to try to be Dan Websters, but to al- ways have an outline of what they purposed preaching and to cling ta arriving here “Don't use a sledge hammer in try- ing to driye a tack,” he urged. way to move a mountain is to begin with a grain of sand. Cold-hearted- ness is one of the greatest barriere to success in the ministry.” + Self-concett: was another great hin- drance to a pastor's work. Self-con- ceited men were all right and happy as long as they could stand. in the pul- pit and do all the talking, but they were no good, otherwise. Sunday came out strong the mogern advanced “higher criti- clam’ of the bible, and he praised the seminary for the stand it took on this question and for its past history. He said that he ‘had met only two Princeten seminary men who had beén ulitrie to the orthodox belief in There was one minister who had preactied some of the higher criticism each Sunday and kept ad- ding to ft until one day a member of his congregation came to him with a Oh opening it he found inside only the picture of the devil. “The Lord has no more use for a milk and water preacher than for an old elder,” he said in declaring that what he liked about a bantam rooster was the spurs with which he backed al up his arguments, t He said that he had started out by filling sermons up with big words from the dictionary and long winded articles from the encyclopedias, but he found that it took no effect. ——>_—_. \. he loaded his gun with barbed wire, TWO CENT FARE RATE voID. dynamite, ipecac, brimatone and nails, and since then the feathers had been flying and the gang bad been hunting ——— VACCINATION IS ABSOLVED. Did Net Kill Stellwagea Boy, Say Health Men. The Health Department to-day of- cially declared that six-year-old Nathan II. Stellwagen of Richmond Hil! did not die of polsoning resulting from vaceina- tion, and that there is no evidence that departments of | vaccination ptayed any part in his ill- yn boy was vaccinated 01 teaith Department inapec- to the records of the De- lealth,” says the official tatement, “the same vaccine that was Used on the Stellwagon boy wed by the same Inspector on thirty children at the same time wit and +++e++eePOUND BOX The British declaration say: 1 cotton for which contracts of nd freight engagements had al- ready been, made before Marcii.2 to be allowed free passage (or bought at contract price if stopped) to ne tral ports omly provided ship salt n later than March 3: Simuar trea! ment to be accorded to all ectton i sured before March 2 provided it put on board not later than March 16: “All shipments of cotton’ claiming the above protection, to be declared efore sailing and documents pvro- duced to, and certifiates obtained from consular officers or other au- thority fixed by the government, Ships or cargoes consigned to ene- my‘ rts will not be allowed to pro- cee ——————_—_ Veteran River Captain Dead. ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 8—Capt. ” Aaron B. Hall, for more than half a century in charge of steamboats on the Mississippi River and an intimate. friend of Matk Twain, Is ae aged eighty-nine years, due to blood poisoning resulting a an injury to his foot suffered in a fall ten days ago. During the Civil War Capt, Hall was in charge of the river transportation of Union troops from St. Louis to the South. re KEEP URIG ACID. OUT OF JONTS Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to Eat Less Meat and < Take Salts. Rheumatism is easier to avoid than to cure, states » well-known authority. ER ieecoey leet 3 av Cos ; eat meat, but drink plenty of good wate Rheumatism a direct result work, become weak and fail to eliminate the uric which keeps accumulating and - ing through the system, eventually set- Merl in joints and ape n iffness, soreness and pain matism. At the first twinge of ri get from an: ounces of Jad Salts; a ful Yn a glass of water and breakfast each ‘This is said te stimulating the kidneys tion, thus ridding t! impurities. jad Salt é ; : i i blood THE WEATHER Forecast: HUBBARD.—JAMES V. HUBBARD, 16 years, beloved som of Peter 3; the late Blisabeth Hubberd, at his resi: dence, 164 est 90th ct, New York City. Funeral from bis late residence, Tues * day, March ®, at 10 A. M.; +