The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1916, Page 1

WILL ARRAIGN GI FINAL Gbe [*Cirontation Books Open to Aln”| _ oom eit Ra NEW YORK, Prese (The New York Wortd). PRICE ONE PRICE ONE OENT. “SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, bh aah | TOWNS GOT HIS $5,000 FEE SXGNERINSWiLD "« Objectiv of the Great French Fortress City ‘of Verdun, of Drive Led by German Crown Prince WEATHER—Cloudy to-night and Sundays colder. NAL EDITION [*Cireutation Books Open to Alt.”| Open to All.” 12 PAGES VERDUN UNDER ATTACK AT FOUR POINTS: KAISER SEES FORT TAKEN BY STORM © ‘PRICE ONE CENT. —— Mt FROM INFERBOROUGH AFTER GAYNOR SWUNG TO CONTRACT y Lawyer Says ye Work From | DEPRESSION OF STOCKS 1909 to 1910—Was SENDS WHEAT DOWN” Paid i in 1912. Prices in Chica GILLESPIE Is DEFIANT. go Market Drop Five | Cents on Heavy Stop ak sie Dat = en | Loss Selling Wont'tGive Up Books That) iicaco, rev, 98.—Wwhear values May Show “Slush Fund” and jbroke about 5 cents a bushel to-day ‘on account of depression in the New Is Ordered Before Senate. AND HEAD-ON CRASH = INJURES 6; 2 DYING Driver Tossed Out by Bump From Freight, Locomotive Races Onto Next Track. SMASH 1ES IN TO. ANOTHER. | Fireman Ignorant of Trouble Until He Is Hurled Down Embankment. nm were injured and Sg ora one had a culous escape from |York atock market Apparently mony death in a se! of remarkable ac- yore traders here jumped at the vonclusion | siuente involving three locomotives | ‘Thomas H. Gillespie, the son of T. A. |that the Wall Street declines pointed 7 to increased’ ten ath naj in the yards of the Lehigh Valley} Gillespie, the contractor who built the | f° Mmereased asion over the jplat | F i lof Germany for attacks on armed! Rallroad la Jersey City early to-day. | third tracks on the “L' on a 5 per : | é : , |merehant vessel The injured are Charles Ge en-| cent. profit basis, is to be arraigned! tay wheat dropped to $1.13%— a8] gineer of locomotive No. va hefore the bar of the Senate in Al-Jagainst 81.18% at yesterday's finivi.! Bedford, his fireman: V ‘Train-| bapy next week and charged with Heavy stop-loss selling took place. jer, flugman; Arti Koons, brake- contempt. Thie course was decided, MINNEAPOLIS, Peb, %6,—Wheat) man; William Caldwell, conductor, | prices broke me than 6 cents.a/)and John Kugier, engineer of looo-j oMMthIs afternoon after Mr. Gitlompio! Pe to-day following receipt of «| mative No. had, vetyecd to surrendee; to the} report n Nad been cap-| Geter and Bedford are believer to Thompwen, Legisiative Committee db: nans, May wheat,|be fatally burt, fajuiies réeérds which will sow what became | Which 117%, yesterday, fare serious. . They 6 ite Jer of $818,000 which the Gillespie con-| Slsed om @ range te day™1.10% to |aoy City Hos cern has sent to Pittsburgh in tel EA nae J whic Sioae aticared for at the offices of th past two years. 10, ere t | pan i ae ‘The yellow dog fund is supposed to 4 ‘i Li ve No, 1666 Was bucking be hidden away in this $518,000. When nigh Valley yards at 3 Mr GMlespie was asked tor the rec- | GHICAGO MAYOR, FEARING «: morning to piel: up Ay rds to-day he refused to submit Engineer Kugler way toaning Uhem to the committ DEATH ASKS PROTECTION : far out of hiy window dn the right tor examination, sayi ’ jside of the cab and his fireman, Joun : one yor Was leaning out on th advice of counsel.” After the com: | ry eit aa Pet hreatened by Politica mies, | site aulttee bad adjourned until next Weu- | 1 by Political HM mi : if nesday, Chairman ‘Thompson, Coun- i pson Calls on Police of Tows sh = 1e_ shore ssl Frank Moss aud Assistant Dis for any rd, SHADE Bas (2, Ponuayivania trae “tet Attorney Leslie Tompkins met ree z clone beside acks of t - CHICAGO, Feb. 26.—A» the result! Leli 3 H we thes te eetiaider the case of Mr. Citlespie. | .~F! eb. 26.—As the result! Lehigh Valley. Kugler says that ju lof threats he s have been made] as the front of his locomotive reached Refusal to deliver papers or : t , etn against his life, Mayor Willlam Hale Sane ords demanded by a legisiative Vhompson has asked Chief of Pollce Rai!-| + mittee is an offense axainst the) peviey for a bodyguard. The Mayor eee Penal Code. But, inasmuch as te | ayy sree ete ‘ ; ourse to the Penal. Code would m+ / sumably because of his « valve much time and presen’ Mr. |the campaign for tho coming eet | Giesple with all sorts of grounds | ; . P delay, 1t was decided to ier the| Police Chief Healey announced ho knew t Kuwie a} enate deal with im, The Senate! had reiiable information of a plot], ne Me Pld aa ‘tow we | ‘ag’ power to commit Mr. Gillespie |against the Mayor's life © fail forthwith if it be shown that he ts. in contempt of that body. ‘The District Attorney has promised 1#@o all in his power to further the werk of the committee in getting at Thompson's «adminietration under five again to-day as the ing of charges of “salary splitting’ in the Department of Public Wel- | fare was continued by the Ger- was hear- the truth, and it is reported that hej vice Conmussi Mrs. F wilt call ® Special a Jury to Who accused her for inake an investigation of ihe mon Mrs. Louise Osborne (Continued on Second Page.) — COMMISSION'S DOCTOR TO EXAMINE WILLARD head of t the salary her story bi 1 departinent, of splitting wae to ¢ Dy iaplet the commission, THREE BRITISH SHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM | | To Make Sure Rublic Won't Be : Fooled, Says *Wenck—All Cone |One of the Vess the Steamer, are) tracts to Be Passed Upon. Southford, Was Su in North \ pennit of the State Boxing Com- | Sea—13 Lives Lost. mission, Chairman Frederick A.| LONDON, Feb, 26.—The British Wonck today senf word to Joas|Stetmer Southford has been sunk tn thé North Sea, Four were drowned. The British steamers Denaby Tummel! have also been sunk, with a probable loss of nine lives, The Denaby's crew was Five survivors of the Tummel, was sunk ‘Thursday two died wit others aro miss of her crew Willard that he would have to sub- bit to a physical examination to- day at the hands of Dr, Joseph M. Creamer, supervising physician of the commlsston. Chairman Wenck sald that the epinmission wished to be satisfied ‘Urat the public was not being in any way fooled, and that the champion's welght and condition were of vital interest to\the boxing Commissioners, Ta addition, Chairman Wenck caused to be summoned for Monday, ‘Tex Rickard, the promoter, Willard and members of the show .cerpora- Mop. in order that all contracts and, 4-agréements may be acen by the com- | whi were landed, uut a few hours. Seven ng. Tho Donaby displaced 2,987 tone and was owned and rogistered at Glasgow The Tummel was a 581 ton steamor from Hull WHPPLING, Web. £6,—-Wile » > mission. “It js sislsted by the Chale. | Yam Miu, fifteen years old, 18 dead at his home in Moundaville, near here, \}.p man dit \eil arrangements for the} fom “injuries teoelved in a fooibasi t Pwfighy pe-conpummatod only after! caine three years ago, According to hay aye ee Passed on by the) phyaici the boy suffered a dislocated 4 jon, kidney a¢ a result of being kicked. } engineer was jarred out of the » thrott 1666 tward pic into up speed, the yards. wild; at h and ran onto the| a wit) westbound track. On thie track, speeding slong at es un hour, was loco- hauling one car and vound west for fire the | with rear lights showing, was not seen by | rnirts -five miles hou most on them | approaching hea jun men on No. untii it was ale Berbert had seen the | ght, but supposed | tit was on ano 00 late |track. The two engines ran toge with a crash that was heard % milo arow | At the pi wi ocourred the Lé are on an embanioneal, Portusate the two locomot were go inter-| llocked by the. force of t | that they remained parti ‘alls and instead of swinging out- lw urd to the edge of the embankment |wwung the: other way across the east | | bound track. Berbort had ng time to jump pe-| tore the crash, but when the loco, | motiver collided he was ot from the After Football| window of the cab and landed half, #!so, wav down tue side on the embank- ment In a@ soft pile of cinders, eheking up and « few scratches were higs_worst (njuries, For_a tong time it was ‘bellé that Kugler’s body was in the wr¢ ago, a8 Berbort insisted that the gincer Was in the cab at the tine of ‘the collision, “| i= ' | 3 A g ee on eee ee ee ee HPODESES FOSIEEOLOVDEDI TO HLETE ODES F 12 | | | wide open. \" in are be PODS DODS-6 HE = Mate casbay ante ane UNO ws weve gPOode Ot bev o4 bh « Seeeeseoars Noarly @ score of forts form the dite. dafeises of the this War ihe Germans iraré beta 5 as i ; 9 “ OF ORD ERE EEE HOO de Oda OE eluug to apture “FRENCH ARMY ORIEN BACK ON THE VERDUN-METZ ROAD, BERLIN OFFICIALLY REPORTS Capture ofFort deDouaumontClaimed by Germans, but Paris War Office Says Effort Failed “Notwith- standing Repeated Attacks and Tremendous Slaughter.” FRENCH MAKE GAINS ON CHAMPAGNE FRONT BERLIN: .vla London), Feb, 26.—The following official announce- ment was made to-day at the German army headquarters; “The armored Fort de Douaumont, the northeastern comer pillarvof city. It was captured by the G after a Verdun since September, 1914 the permangpt main line fortifications of the stronghold of Vetdun, was stege of three weeks. | Iyster ronch it, ta PRON Ser _____ |stormed yesterday afterqoort by the Twenty-fourth , Regiment : Bran- 4 ~~ {dent Infantry and isinow firmly int Gerinanthands.” + . “hb ” ITALIAN TROOPS *~ (De Douaumont is one of the eleven’ forts Which’ constitute the Q EVACUATE DURAZZ0' outer defenses of Verdun on tho east side of the Meuse River. | There are seven similar forts on the west side of the river. Fort ie ais ; de Douaumont {s about six miles northeast of Verdum and the } Rome Admits That King’s Forces! *tartnest away in that direction, Have Been Forced Out ot [Its capture is the fitst break In the line of Verdut and Afbanian Port, | Indicates that the French have been driven from the ai y forti- ROME, Ketn $6 Gla Paci fied heights protecting Verdun from tbe north and are beim forced é Diitaaso: “an Ny eee back upon the city ttself.] ssid or ort on Adriatic Sea, had t A later official statement to-day says considerable advances havg been, 4 ‘Lansing Hears of Proposal!’ weuated by tie Ltaitan troops is) made east of the Meuse in the region north of Verdun, in the presence of t Bearing on Rights of Amer- |“"Mr. vansing said to-day there was | An ol ot ay: Emperor Willidm ica in Se Travel Jno intention of trar se they The Italian brite at Durasao | | The War Oftice also uniiounced the capture of the hills southwest * ca rt wea Havel. | gotiations to Berlin to be condu rwerniment having iett |of the village of Louvemont and the fortified positions to the east thereof. ’ WASHINGTON, Fob. 24.--The nit. |Dniween Ambas geht aa Resistance of the French broke down on the Woevre Plain along 8 Tianeine lesdianb ih ‘ has been com-/the entire front to Marphoville (Marcheville-en.Woevre), south of the may discuss the question | abroad, and reit ne road from Paris to Metz. “We are pursuing the retreating enemy,” ¢ Deol 4| Devartinen ’ the statement says, pavp ay « 1 gre awina tahtBar a. arent ne | fr ‘anol w PONT 60. .'S PROFIT | (The high road from Parts to Metz referred to runs through Ver- ta fe 4 seca ‘ j dun, passing slightly to the southeast. It is crossed at a paint about son |: ‘aised aInpaign W dy "4 scsi # advice m Berlin | y ish ot ren ious assurances for FOR 1915 $55,500,000 fifteen miles east of Verdur by the Germen line, bending southward yi Fish oki aber stick «| the ytof Americans travelling Financial Statement St inaraase in the salfeht to St. Mihiel. It is along thie front that the Germans vo forecast a propora | : ePartieh nancial Statement Shgws: Inerease are now attacking, as distinct from the sector to the north of Verdun, discussion by Germany which ¢ lhe the situation ir ese ar of $51,000,000 Over Gains over which the first onslaught was made. Verdun 1s thus being as- rmament permitted under by the f Previous Year. | sailed simulaneously from the north, northeast, east and southeast Intergational law as defensive had ve De Sionte war for The town referred to in the German statement as marking the ome wi e@ advent bagel ar Anufacturers were show: southern end of the portion of the French front which hae been ‘the su : uate t eport of the du Pont sroken is probably Marcheville-en-Woeyre, This town is just south Until the ques: » sais Mr, | He aioe ingest ar mt tea : wile on a5, taned of the Paris-Metw highway, It is thirteen miles east of Verdun and Be Lansing regards i: as prems Bente cetvarcank tae. pf ‘ the same distance ‘below Douaumgnt.} ' 4 s eee HT eee eee ee eneivaly keclnat mari ye bavi Ae The French foreés in the Champagne have made an attack on the ¥. of ti tente allies, to which! ‘They are coming by maii and soc- | , div som. | German positions south of St, Marie-a-Py. The Berlin War Office state- Secretary Lansing suggested disarma- ; : ne was $55,500,000, a» in-|ment to-day says the French penetrated the first German trenches over a ment of merchant ships, replied to- belie ie Slaid Larrtvie! bite bs hil the Anan- | distance of about 250 yards, nl > he : A Pro hecy ! it was announced by the German War Office today that the report Aith vansing HM (| 6 ) ed to 6 of tho re p sibilthad GUNS TO ROAR F FOR | WHITMAN, | of the capture of the village of Champneuville, in the Verdun sector, re- nowe: earned that {i was : sca aad ted vosterduy, was based on erroneous information. Clyne iota Big Military Sho art of vree| POF cl tale O08 sony Oo Pansy, Oe mee. 3,564 WORLD “ ” ADS.- Darednesn Meeting In Beaato, nen teery ner 1,408 Mort Than AL 6 OTHER} ' was pointed out int Htallan tinern | TO NOU Tian aon, tae vere an German Papers Give - Warning give pledges not uae their arina- ADDED TOGETHER! milit y ment, except tor defense, when clear- | ggg wc f participate N ot to Expect Too Much at Verdun ng from Americar. ports bole aaa n his hotel to} : The State Depa nent had xp 168 - oe i aes Riaeee mili ve etd. | ZURICH (via udon), Feb. 26.—German newspapers received by all tes COMBINED silt eA Ee nie RET |here adimit that heavy losses are being sustained in the Verdun offensive ’ n 464 WORLD Bt SINESS OPPORTU-| guns frod by @ detachmen’ of the toca!! AND WARN THE PUBLIC AGAINST: TRAVAGANT HOPES i Phin the Baudiy daa | Phe Frankfurter Zeitung declare the German regiments are ations vn. Tribune and Press Cot MILLS CLOSED BY FLOOD. y f tire.” day to divcuss with Vv - a te 4 agreeing on) li ts ventured that ihe same World aa ML ae ayo na W ia tion warning yertsing eadership will be maintained PLAINI" ELD, Conn, Feb, 36 Heavy French Admit Further Losses ; mericans to stay off armed ships ott . Avoda in tho lowlands here. ‘The lower | Piatt callerse Amarisaeeonent va THE BIG huge of tne ‘anton are savmernes | = Ql to Mention Fall of Big Fort {warned in a resolution that still as- SUNDAY WORLD ‘fave all ng rapidly al . tial wy verted their lega © to passage! TO-MORROW! He Drenthe te seis Mane £08 PARIS, Feb, 26.—The Germans are continuing their violent at I on armed merchantn He would meaner is i te aa scnteta Een down. save been compelled |tacxs north of Verdun without regard to their sacrifices. The War Of- 1 reakiast ¢ wih Dy complete an } " 1. ' ‘ Wy. repolucien,: enter the | "Se-morrow morning without copy i, agar fice announced this afternoon that the German attacks in the region of Quesiton of offensive and defo FY dan World’ witt AOPY HasWive Chtef Dios at Hompatend,| . ; re Armament, seeking to name the cali poe pee iepare oie Pr il lp soning World.) ;Dougumont, east of the Meuse, had failed, notwithstanding repeated al- bre of guns that should be regarded! portunities to work, ‘ire, buy, sel, bid oi Feel pach fare * tacks and tremendous slaughter as offensive armament ; ent, hange, &c Hempstead and u former Qhief of the The French official report carrigs no confirmation of the German With the apperent quieting dowa Si the N W d V7 ri tre ment, died at one : 7 ‘ of the situation in Congress, the sub- | %9Y fe Necessary Wort to Your} j,:f + from heart trouble. fl» was|report of the capture of Douaumont, Ai the same time the statement marine oriais abifts back to the: ne- Newsdealer To-Day / oe Oe ROE thal the French have taken up new positions indicates that the French