The evening world. Newspaper, March 15, 1915, Page 2

must be aeiich peek > ele = GROUND THEY LOST, ont, | use of or Prise Court. | reais | INFRESH RESH ATTACK French War Off Office Claims They Even Made an Addi- tional Advance, THE BATTLE IS STILL ON. ‘yeaset | German Belgians Keep Germans Busy faite bak in aurea are sents at the Bend of the Yser Canal. PARIS, March 16.—(United Press.) —A new attack has been Wirected oo eee | tthe by Gen. French, commanding the = terme court we ern to be ee eto a Britiah forces, according to official rovided “despatches from the battle front to-~ yin ‘win day. The English have abandoned T, iois that the first Bri whieh an Ea og temporarily thelr offensive cast of Neuve Chapelle and have begun en energetic assault on the Germag | trenches south of Ypren. than| It Was admitted at the War Office h attacks yester- y afternoon were not successful pede English were driven back in the tish or region of St. Eloi, but returning to 4 diac pees in| the assault during last night, they t=) drove the Germans trom the lost ter- eee je. Ca gg of | Geapatches were filed early to-day, ritery and registered a slight advance. The fighting was continuing when the with the opposing forces clashing in io the & sorlen of desperate charges, The enemy has been unable to send reinforcements from Dixmude. In Kept the Gafinene busy bys eatae of yo o attacks in the bend of the Yser. German forces yesterday afternoon maade another attempt to recapture, Jost und between de Paris ang jante, in the Argonne. They were driven off, ertin, Seperss Galo. Over British BERLIN, March 15 (By w' ° +s to Gayville, L. 1.).—The German War Office Beal gave out the following attack on Yin heights south % Ypres, ocoupied by British h troops head —— JAPAN RUSHES MORE TROOPS TO MANCHURIA, BUT LOOKS FOR PEACE. TOKIO, Japan, March 15.—The firet contingent of treepe has started fer Mane.uria. ins elf peter te- Be Noord te tes 7 BS Wamenatian Ran" Rall- Sens fetal dl caditcd. GIVE CONSTANTINOPLE TO THE BELGIANS, SAYS A FRENCH HISTORIAN. | fe PARIS, March 15.—That Constant. | € nople be given to Belgium at the end of the war was the novel suggestion made to-day by M. Joah Finot, one of the leading historical and political writers of France. “Belgium has rendered tremendous service to civilization,” said Finot, oun avautwe WORLD, MONDAY, MABOE 15, 19 “Circus Dare-Devil of the Air’’ RUSSIANS BLOCK GERMAN ADVANCE : N NORTH POLAND : Kaiser's. Army wae Powe x New Attack on Stronghold of Przasnysz. BERLIN CLAIMS GAIN. Announces 5,400 Prisoners Taken From the Czar in Northern Poland. PETROGRAD, March 15.~The Ger- man advance upon Przasnyss from the north bes been halted, at least tem- porarily, by the defeat of German de- tachments from Miawa. The Grand | Duke's armies, manoeuvring over the roads west of Praagnyes, appear te have blocked the attempt of Gen, Francois to unite his forces with those of the enemy in front of Praas- yas, | But @ new battle for possession of Preasnyss cannot be long delayed, ‘The Germans are in large force both ‘There has been a lull in the fighting elsewhere in Poland, but important battles are developing in the Car- | Pathians. Southeast of Stanisiau the Austrians have renewed their tempts to reach the Dniester, but have been beaten off, half way between Useok and Preemysl, the Austrians encountered serious “Awa Dito deme tnt || thelr movement depénde upon the Around Praagnyss there bave heen several sanguinary encounters tn the lost forty-eight hours. Strong Rus- @ian attacks eer hog northeast of LINCOLN DOCTORS FlGHT RUM RATION FOR BRITISH SOLDIER Call It Harmful and Urge Pro- hibition Like Russia’s Dur- ing the War. LONDON, March 8 (Correspondence Of the Associated Press).—Opposition to the action of the War Office in sup- plying rations of rum to the British troops at the front is manifest in many sections of the British press. Although the War Office in defense of ite action stated that the allowance of rum was regarded by the military Quthorities as a medicinal supply rather than a part of the food ration, @ large part of the demand for the abolition of the alcoholic ration com from the medical profession. A round dosen physicians, all of thein leaders in their profession, were sign- era of @ recent appeal to the Govern- ment to follow the lead of Russia in abolishing absolutely the sale of spir- there in| !tuous liquors in Great Britain for the duration of the war. Speaking in behalf of the Army Med- foal Corps, Capt. Bir Victor Horsley, a well-known medical leader, contrib- utes an article to the current issue of. the British Medical Journal. “All medical scientists now know that, although alcohol produces a temporary flush on the surface of the akin, this ig due to @ rush of blood ito GU the arteries slackened by alco- nol, and that the excess of blood thus @riven to the surface loses its heat, and on returning to the interior, . lehilied by such exposure, inevitably “by halting the German armics, To | ive her Constantinople and some of the surrounding territory would be merited soomrrane. It would solve the problem of what to do with the ‘Turkish capital, which will surely be in the hands of the allies at the end of the war, The Ly re then be declared 78 the protection of all the civilised “4 tions of the world A ET PARSONS IN SCOTLAND FORM HOME GUARD AND MAKE READY TO FIGHT. GLASGOW, March 8 (correspond- ence of Associated Press).—Pwenty- five miltant parsons of the Church of Scotland, the United Free Church and the Congregational Church have or- sed « Ministers’ Corps for Home rsyman, who is an old volua- as drill instructor, ican Church most of the bishops have refused to magetion tl enlistment of ng. bishop of Canterbury, primate ot ¥ En land, believes the clergymen should Temain hon combatants. Yet there are & Number serving at the front and jn training camps. ot SIXTY GREEK FAMILIES SLAIN BY THE TURKS, REPORT FROM ATHENS. ATHENS, March 15 (United Press). Musselman soldiers have massacred sixty Greek families in the village of Yemari, according to reports reach- ing bere to-day from towns near the lowers the body temperature. “Although regulations say the rum fe only issued by order of the com- manding oMfcer on recommendation the medical officer, the spirit is no part of the medical stores, but is in the cemmissariat with the food sup- “The epirit drinking habit in the Britioh army was Grat contracted “Im the American Civil War, when MoClellan's army on the bank of the Potomac endured several weeks uf gevere hardships in trenches, it was determined to issue spirit rations, but after one month the rations were- withdrawn because the men were the worse for it, the medical officers re- porting that the ration had increased the men’s ailments and was ‘nothing but an unmitigated evil.’ “In the present war the authorities have contracted for the supply of over 600,000 gallons of rum, of which more than half has already been sont to France. The War Office has gone from bad to worse by a new con- ceasion of rum to raw recruits in at home. my professional reputation on my declaration that rum causes lous of tance to cold and is a cause of chilliness, misery and frost- It also causes loss of resistance pneumonia, dysen- Killed in Flight at Panama Fair BEACHEY. FALL OF SMYRNA NEAR; NEW ATTACK ON DARDANELLES Allies Renew Attempt to Cut Turks’ tions at Bulair. IN, March 15 (United Presse). —The fall of Smyrna before the end of the week was predicted in Athens slespatches received here to- More warships have been sent to reinforce Rear Admiral Peirse, whose squadron le smashing away at the Turkish forts. The Smyrna garrison is re- ported to be preparing to evacuate. Meanwhile another attack on the Dardanelles forts has been begun from inside the strait. Mine sweep- ers, whose work Was hampered by the fire from Turkish land forces on the European side, have resumed clearing the entrance under ition of French cruisers, Beveral allied battleships steamed into the strait early Sunday, accord- ing to Athens despatches, and their ahelle are again pounding the land batteries. The attempt to selse the isthmus above Bulair and cut the line of communication from Constantinople to the European forts has been re- newed. The super-dreadnought Queen Elisabeth, supported by several cruls- era, a ing the enemy's batteries from the Gulf of Baros. Part of the allied expeditionary forces en route to the Dardanel 48 will be landed near Bulair, ‘It is believed at Athens, if the Queen Elizabeth suc- rae: in silencing Bulair’s guns, ches from Sofla to-day broth more reports of panicky Co ditions in Constantinople, declared it has been positively cold: ed by the Turkish Government to re- move the capital to Eski Sbehr in ane ¥ piger h 16 (Associated Press)-Phe vas Agency publishes the following despatch from Athens: “News reaching here from _ Con- stantinople sets forth that the Young Turks are beginning to find their po- Hews diMficult and are preparing for rhe Germans, a great number of whom have sent their families to places of safety, continue their efforts to convince the Turks that the Dar- danelles are impr but the in- habitants, worrie o Marmora and of the Bosphorus to see if any hostile fleet is in sight. “The Sultan Selim, formerly the German cruteer in, is out of tere shere r] armor een i day to’ ave been caused by a Turkish mine, —__—_——— 13 SHIPS SUNK SO FAR BY KRONPRINZ WILHELM, RECENT CAPTIVES SAY. RIO JANEIRO, March 16.--Th German auxiliary crulser Kronprins Wilhelm, which has aboard 600 Ger- man sailors, has sunk thirteen vea- gels since she began her raid on com- , accord to the passengers end crew of "hh French steamer Guadeloupe, who were taken to Per- nerabues by the British steamer Churchill, The Guadeloupe was sent to the ‘ithelm "| pottom by the Bear te INNEW MONOPLANE WILL AVOIO WAR DEAGHEY' DEATH. TTALANS HOPEFUL "aro eur LAD TO DEFEETS | THAT AUSTRANS J It Tei.ds to Put Amert can Newspapers on Plane With “Reptile Press of Europe,” WASHINGTON, March 15.—Protest gainst the “tendency of Government al investigations to place the news- Daring Aviator falar Kept Promise Auutetative Dig Made That | papers of the country under a sort of Not to Fall on Crowd at Exposition. BAN FRANCISCO, March 15.— Structural defects in his new Taube monoplane, not inability to control the craft, are believed by local avia- tors to have been responsible for the @eath of Lincoln Beachey, who, while fying over the Panama-Pacific Ex- |Pesition grounds yesterday, fell into \@an Francisco Bay and was drowned. ; The wings of the aeroplane had crumpled under the dicular glide of 2,000 feet. He was jenaeeee into the machine, Yesterday was the first time | Boachey had made a public flight in |the new monopiane, his previous ‘flights here having been in a biplane, over which he had perfect control, The aviator was ‘extremely grave as he took his seat im the machine and, according to his mechanisians, he seemed to have a premonition of trouble, but was determined to please the crowd of 60,000, Beachey’e aged mother, Mrs. Amy Beachey, who lives in this city, col- lapsed when told of her son's death, and is under the case of physicians. HAD PROMISED NOT TO FALL ON EXPOSITION CROWD. Beachey made the statement sev~ eral days ago that if he should find himeelf falling, he would head his machine out to sea, so as not to fall on the Exposition crowd. He kept his word, his fall into the bay being about fifty yards from shore. ‘The body was found by a sailor on the battleship Oregon, who made two was not told of his death until to-day. She believed he had been only injured, Hillary Beachey, a brother of the aviator, witnessed the tragedy from the deck of the Crook. That Beachey was atill alive when he struck the water and had suffered no major injury as @ result of the fall, except a broken leg, was the opinion expressed by Dr, Devid F. Stafford, autopsy surgeon, who ex- amined the body at the morgue to- day. ‘The face, said Dr, Stafford, discol- ored from choking and strangling, in- | (, dicated that death was due tu drown- ing, and cuts on the aviators hands were taken to indicate that he had made desperate efforts to release himself from the mesh of twisted wires and rods in which he was en- tangled. WAS® TRYING THE “LAST THING - IN FLYING.” The monoplane was a German Taube which Beachey had chosen to fly, instead of his biplane which he had used, believing that with it he vertical flight, the “last » It was @ craft of ywae not only the most dar- ing of the American aviators, but was considered utical Gielen a the moet suf yar ts ts country because alr. In May pith nes he flew over the Capitol ‘Wasi mont’ and his ree Barney O! he aalled aver Niagara La sic in an aeroplane id in an automodi eat tracted attention, all over the coun- try. He was often called the show- man of the alr because of his abil! to keep up @ string of ot sunts, had many falls, but they did net oo + 7 October $31 0 den tee cles tes Toot at 1918, he wi, Pian off who * ore ing * fim ho wi BAD diane wi ir cle- Pages and made his first fi at Gaxle ‘when. he wi s only el een zenre ae ‘That was in a email jon, oy ene he retired from the in ve 6 @ reason | z paving no responsible for the a ee nine aviators bedeed had tried to omu- late him. Hi Ri last winter that nore ane 008 persons had seen as divorced Mrs. May ee was a fornia, girl, a Ittle more than a year ago. B. Woot @ rehiiig Women, Men Being at the t+ ront, LONDON, March 15,—Lady Ran- doiph Churchill has replaced her male servants who have enlisted for the war by “war maids,” who perform the duties of butler and footman. They are dressed in uni- forms the upper portions of which resemble footman’s dress and the lower @ parlor maid's. LS nl Ne diiwest grades coufuse the But one, the best, in this you find, Rose | ington; the next | i ] aalstance to the Concessions Demanded Have Been Rejected. ROME, March 15 (Associated Press). —The report thas Francis Joseph, Em- peror of Austria, had absolutely re- Jected the idea of any territorial con- ceasions to Italy bas been given au- thoritative denigl- The situation inthis regard seems to be that the tittle Austria is re- luctantly disposéd to concede Is inade- quate compared to: what Italy would accept. Premier Salandra spoke briefly in the Chamber of Deputies to-day on this subject. His remarks ere preted as meaning that the efforts to induce Austria to. make concessions to Italy are proceeding under the guidance of Prince von Buelow, the German Ambassador to Italy. Alexander, Crown Prince of Serbia, haa arrived in Rome, where he will be a guest of King Victor Emmanuel. He deavoring to recover from the effects of his wound. It is the opinion of his doctors that the Crown Prince will not be able to resuine his military.duties for several months. The: Chamber to-day approved by 334 votes against 340 bill for the eco- nomi¢g and military defense of the State. This méasure enforces heavy penalties against lonage. Thie afternoon some Republicans attempted to hold a meeting in honor of the riot and revolutionist Maz- sini. Grenadiers with. fixed bayonets catsed them to dispense, whereupon A eld cried: “Down with Aus- The Demonstrants then made their way to the Garibaldi Statue, by toay eK | number of fiery speeches, critic! Germany and expressing cympathy with Belgium, wore Geliveres: YOUTH OF 72 SENTENCED TO DIE IN SING SING Confessed Killing His Man for Rob- bery, but It Was Found He Was Hirea to Do It. William ‘Ftack,:.twenty-two years old, weg.condemned to die by Justice in in the Crimina}«Court to-day. The execution is to take place in the electric chair in Sing Sing the week beginning April .26, Flack smiled stoically as he heard the sentence, He held out his hands to be shackled. + “What's the use of talkin: Outside the court room door John Flack, father of Hesiveuth a on his knees and muttered 9 Flack shot and kill rino at No. 634 Street, April 9, 10914. and sald the killing was done for rob- bery. Later a girl, Louisa Macaluso, confessed she had killed Marino, claiming he had tried to make a “white sinve” out of her. 8h ward testified against Flack. said Flack had killed Marino at the inatigation of her lover, A: lo Leg- glo, who was jealou: Marino. Loeg- gio ie awaiting trial, eters GIFT OF FRANCIS SAYRE JR. ROMB, Ge,, March 15.—A check for $5 from. President Wilson's grandson has been received by the Berry School, with thi letter: “Williametown, Mass., March 7, 1915. “MY DEAR MISS BERRY: Inclosed pleaze find a check for $5 from Francis Sayre jr. 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