The evening world. Newspaper, February 29, 1916, Page 2

— Tie work EE Te inate fds Bathe cla THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1916 KAISER WATCHED BATT FOR SIK HOURS IN STORM ——+$e———— Stories of Terrific Combat Told by Survivors— Mines Exploded in Woods Filled With Adder tlt 29.- on a hill four miles north of Fort Douau- for ix hours the bloody struggle for pos- nding PARIS, Feb. mont, Kaiser Wilhelm watched session of the fort, according to stories told by German prisoners. A raw wind blew sheets of rain and snow across the eminence and staff officers urged the Emperor, on account of bis recent illness, not to expose himself. Despite their entr ties he held to his post, field glass in band and protected by a great storm-proof coat, until the Branden- burgers charged into the French positions - ‘The Douaumont guns did frightful | kuns planning to silence the French fxecution before they all saan a ae by German howitzers. Battalion French is comparatively small. battalion of German troops © shell-fire on both sides has been isappeared from sight as big shells so intense that groups of soldiers, cut tore their fronts: off and surrounded, have been cut to were ail almost | In the village of Douaumont aNl) pinceg Hefore they could make thetr to th | of surrender. A French on the plain outside the fort, : in| and Germans are now striking flerce hand-to-hand combats over piles of dead bodies, Craters blown ¢, by the great German shells are filled) ,, | way enemy's lines with offers rench soldier who has returned Verdun tells about a trick we ed on the G ne in Caures with corpses, Wounded men have! wooig vei : been crushed down and smothered ‘o the north of Verdun,” he said, under the weight of cadavers. Ger- little beyond Beaumont, lies man and French dead are mingled inl G ures Wood, It was a point to piles, mantled by the echt le which the Germans devoted special The slaughter north o! epper! attention and therefore everything Heights equals that around Dovau- | mont. Every foot of fiat land 4p-| Co aition ay ponsibl proaching tho ridge oe “While our infantry on the fringe by French Li el r. teady ‘ereakine of the wood held off the enemy, 4) irepect boy lity go wad by do.| lieutenant of engineers and his men over a a fending themeeives behind parapets|™A4e their final preparations in the wood, which had been carefully mine} of @ead bodies could the Germans a hope to advance through infantry| beforehand. When all was ready the actions. They aro bringing up new| 'Mfantry fell back, and the Germ: convinced that our men were olting.| tore after them in the woods, yelling | exultantly “When the last | safe Frenchman was out of the wood on the other some one posted near Beaumont | pressed a button, There was a heavy and trees mingle: with bodies shot into the alr, Virtually every man | of the enemy in the wood had been! killed. A combatant who was in one of the | most advanced trenches early in the | battle gives his experiences as follows: HOT WATER ThE BEST LIVER AND BOWEL MEDICINE side | boon va iv “At dawn we recelved orders to Says glass of hot water be-| 0. que trench and to retire to a fore breakfast washes | strong position in tho Vaux woods in front of Douaumont. Bending low we retired the four five kilometeres through the snow without much loss, poisons from system. over. ing tid Once in the new trneches we could tletivestly woe * har not hear one another speak, so reat importance outede Pesan beenuse the skip | W#* the noise of the cannonading, and ite, not orb impurities into| When we looked through the peri- chtag it health, while | scopes we could caly seo heavy clouds ihe pores Lam gf the ten yards of bowels} of smoke shutting the sky, with Jets of fire flashing through the snow- | felt the sunvressed emo- tion so much that at last we all burst ovt singing, and vet none of us could 4 Word spoken, even by himself, “ten and women are urged to drink rach morning, before breakfast. glass of hot ter with a teaspoonful of | limestone phosphate in it, as a harmless means of helping to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels ‘Then we saw the Germans coming the previous dey's indigestible mat They were h masses that | sour bile and toxins, looked flock of sheep. | When our speak pod cleansing, sweetening and purifying th entire alimentary canal before putt more food into the stomach. grist as soap and hot water cleanse | and freshen the skin, so hot water | and limestone phosphate act on the but. thes by fresh patches guns opened fire and we had to cover our eara with reve cranes. ith bad b anything that was handy the noise! who wake up with bad breath, | was so tremendous, [ had no feellngn , uasty taste ave wor thoughts, only a sort of buszing coated tongue, dull, aching bead, sallow complexi and vertigo, When night came on lomach; others who are subj: d the flares lighted up the fleld the is attacks = or constipation, ‘ seemed to be quite close, should obtain « quarter pound of |! n optical illusion, T limestone phospdute nt the drug store, wivanced very bravely, waving their “\rifles or leaping as they passed over This will cost very little but is suffi-| tho hoapw of dead. 1 was knocker cient to demonstrate the value of ine‘! by a side Those who continue it |{})sken. are assured of pro- jy destroyed ed pon both in regard to tunately met an armored automo health and appearance.—Advt which took moe to Verdu For Old People Vinol Creates Strength because it contains the very elements shell and my arm was As the treneh was complete: needed to replace weakness with “vength, viz: Beef and Cod Liver Peptones, Iron and Manganese Pep- Yonates, Glycerophosphates, ete, with «mild tonic wine. This is a splendid combination to restore strength, vital- ity and vigor. A Splendid Modern Tonic is always sold with a definite guarantee to return the purchaser's | money if it fails to give satisfaction. For sale at Riker-Hegeman and Lig at all Greater New York drug stores this sign ———. P. S.-— There is a Vinol drug store town. ver you liv Look thi i stores that and display ——> your own was done to give them as good a re-! ' ured the barbed | I crawled away and for- | ‘Map. of the War Zone Around Fortress of Verdun, Showing New Towns Reported in German Hands Victorious Force From Erzerum Approaches. | PETROGRAD, Feb, 20—The Turks are hastily evacuating the important Black Sea port of Trebizond and neighboring cities before tho Russian advance, according to Tiflis despatches FT OF aie “ama FT.OE Bois BOURRAS 5 @ FT CHOISEL® oes ST. MICHEL. BLANZ EE @ MooLaiNViLLe VERDU! | day. he evacuation of Trebizond was FT. DES SARTELLES Y \ = "i FT. OU Roz: NT i | made necessary by the approach of Pt DE La CHAUM £5. oR \ C4 Rh | two Russian forees, one moving weat- 4 +d EGRET mit : | Ward along the shores of the Black Bea, through Riseh, and the other in o northwesterly direotion from Erzer- um, An official tement from the War Office, Saturday night, said the , Ergerum troops were within 60 mil of Trebizond, Unofficial reports hav | placed the second attacking army | about the same distance from Trebi- fond on the Black Sea coast, Or. DHAOPAINVILLE = raved f CHAM PRON LES EPA! ers } jou Gag DE DucNy comBres 9 \ FT. DE GENICOURT ‘Trebizond lies 120 miles northwi of the fortress of Erzerum, recently occupied by the Russian: ind is the capital of a vilayet of the \ Herlin to-day reported new advances along a front! Ward to Manheulles, three and @ half miles further on, | approximately: twelve miles in length, stretching from| the taking of which was announced to-day by the Ger-' The city #tands on @ plateau, sur- | y ' s, and thence to Champlon, three miles to the south- rounded by an old wall. It is an im- Dieppe, seven miles northeast of Verduu and three miles | ™&n* ane y ise : i ‘ Jeast, another town captured in the German advance. portant trading centre and has a miles due east of Dovaumont, to Champlon, thirtee| yerween Manhaculles and Champlon lies the city of; Population of about forty thousand. miles southeast of Verdun Xenophon and the Ten Thousand | Fresne, which is held by the French, who last night re- * ; - rrr From Dieppe the line runs to Abaucourt, some two] ported the repulse of two attacks on their positions bith a Mehieaya, retreat, reac miles southwest, and thence directly south to Blanzee,| there. Alaucourt is on the high road from Verdun to; td Ld bat | -_—>__— dina two oan a half Lidl ls ns = KNGHT TALKS FRENCH ADMIT NEW LOSSES; CAPTURE. OF IRRITATING HALTS PASSAGE OF FIVE TOWNS CLAIMED BY GERMANS OF GES BL POLICIES 0 OF U. . (rain fom Pt Pat | Claim He Would “Say Some } village is under their tire. Following is the text of their report: thing in Senate’ oes Meas- “To the h of Verdun the bombardment has continued ~, . hinted Uilanaty AIRE ; ure Back to Committee ee | Country Hes tise. More Than Any} Other Nation and Needs Big Navy, Says s Admiral. \ “In the sector to the east of the Meuse last night there was a resumption of the previous violent local attacks, particularly in the vicinity of the village of Douaumont, where the fight Ing came to hand-to-haud encounters, resulting in the driving back of the enemy by our troops. “In the Woevre district the Germans were successful after an | AIBANY j by Senator Feb, 29.—A bill introduced | | Horton, intended to pro- for two add! | WASHINGTON, Feb, 29.—"“The | United States is maintaining more pol- | ictes irritating to ther countries than | onal Judges in Dist nth Judicia or final pas: , Senate to- intense preparatory artillery fire in gaining possession of the vil- , was recom to the Suriciary | jany other nation ni the world, Rear lage of Manheulles. An immediate counter attack on our part nittee after a bitter fight, in Admiral Knight, President of the) jrought us back to the westera boundary of this village, which we nich the oppoxition was led by Sen- Navy War College, tof’ the House i \ jator George F. Thompao: | Naval Committee to-day, in support of now hold under our fire. steers AE | “In Lorraine the enemy was successful in penetrating several small sections of our advance trenches, but they were almost im- mediately driven out of these positions. his recommendation that no time ‘be lost in building the strongest navy in world. |no chance had be jand persons interested in the | the {District to voice their opposition to} | “To defend the Monroe Doctrine and “There is nothing to report from the remainder of the front” [440 jiu), control of the Panama Canal; main It is claimed that French troops now entirely surround Fort de Dou-| «there a things t tain an open door in na and en-| {to i is bi” ‘Thi force Asiatic exclusto.” he said, “the y ought to be fleet should be equal to or greater ne: sald In the commities room. If the {than Great Britain's.” | WALL STREET ‘SEMTE EXTENDS. suppor his measure don't per- Other world events, the Admiral | a its recommittal T will say those declared, made it seem probable that! gs right here because I am go- at the close of the European w r| ing to say them somewhere.” various forelgn powers, —believin. Sai THOMPSON INQUIRY “I suppose that the gentleman froin | that (hese American policies conflict) in \ trading ther e gi as not been consulted as t with their interests, might declare | eral rec from. h is na I be selec Minority for the ader Wagner sail refore, desire to help him, and sec cond the motion to recommit the bill until the majority members can [reach an amicabie agreenunt ly did not to they would not longer accept them, He declined to discuss the erations, other than avowed national) policies, the peace the ships, consia- FOR FOUR MONTHS: (Continued from First Page) of the nation was in from outside ack, and that the — q | who are to receive the positions.” peril way growing as the end of the| lcommittee of the Legislative Jotnt) 9. bh te | , | After much argument the bill was war abroad grows nea { Committee, suid that he| b f ‘ recommitted by unanimous consent, | Admiral Knight's statements were oj Would answer questions about the |TSCOn ee oy tn Smet aw the drawn out by Representative Calla- | i" | accounts and sive such testimony as ae ean theo Hea) way, Who insisted he could see no |was required he would not surren-|8¥ for hearing the opposition danger to justify a race for naval Jder hte accounts themselves to the| PEP ag AER , | : HN 8 ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. in any way menaced?” hel 4 custody of the committee or {ts ez- Amr Bee Hank Note | ports 815, sh B my opinion, we are,” aaid Ane ‘The ‘Thompson Committee has tong [earned | oni n E with 3.22 per rar egilens ‘desired possession of these Gittespte | 3.a8"y : poo } part ficials of the Internati 1 Nic | “I wish to be e-cused from answer- books in order to learn something locthiieie OF tue eterna onal Nicke} jing that question.’ it about amounts sent from this city to|fouss of Commons at Ottawa by a “1 would like to 1 somebody who |the 's Pittsbi ice d neg |Weatern imeinber, The denial states | would anawer it,” aald Representa if | the firm's Pittebureh ottes during the leas than $00 shares are owned estoy erry Rist eae wg time it was superintending the third- |{n "Germany and Avetria and ‘there is | set for completing this great fleet, the 4) [tracking of the elevated road: absolutely no ‘e! atrol of the | date when this thing will break? 21 When Mr, Gillespie went before the pean | “1 don't be e it will break at ail %] sub-committee, consisting of Assem.| Calumet, & Hecle declared a quare | i ae: Be areraaa Sal Hie: AG w'iblyman Feinberg and Perley Morse,| (erly dividend of $15. rr | the expert accountant, he was accom-| Reading second preferred sold at 43, i “ tts accom: | Nat, and a new high for the year, ND L ASSAILS anied by his counsel, Paul 1, Cra-|UP 37 and ® ee alee ia since lent vath. Monday. id Mr, Gillespie took the same posl-} International Paper Co. for year | WILSON’S POLICY He held Perley 1916, earned balance equal to 5.44 per cent’ on. preferred stock, compared with 6.07 in 1914 tion he did two weeks aj in bis hand the papers whic 4 Morse had demanded to se but he Le eae Trying to Force His Bill Warning refused to let Mr. Morse see them, scCanapenke & Oblo, gi pe earnlnge Americans Not to Sail on Armed We can account for every dotiar | $5,068,016, inereased 78, went to Pittsburgh.” sald Ships, He Hits President. WASHINGTON, Feb, 29.--Repri “You can't put a tag on @ dollar," | 7 sentative Mondell of Wyoming, Re- 18 |retorted Morse, “We want to see publican, in a speech to the House to- is |those papers.” fay assailed the Administration's for- | M* ae ¢ | T i] Mr. Gllespte persisted in hie rety me amend. the Outer a ign to the time when annual tam Per) aball by deemed t curmbrances, Furtiier. potice is jeign policy and urged the passage of his bill, stil in committee, to warn S |nowever, and the sub-comm| 8 ‘make its full report to the full com- leans from taking passage on ve to-morrow at which time, th | Hearing igo # i ‘ rors rehuntinen question of proceeding against Mr, [ou ‘Thum Mi #t 10.90 o'clock n understand how the thought Gillespie for contempt will be taken} pia, city Mall New vor, Feb 2. 1916, less and heedless, the uninformed or i} JOBD PURROT MITVAEL emotional,” Mr, Mondell said, ‘might up. Mi George W, Young, the ex-director | Interborugh who first testified the Thompson Committee of 00,000 slush fund in the ele- railroad third-tracking con-| j throw hats into the air at aay bom tic declaration that the rights of ericans E | without reR: } brought it forth or to which it | intended to apply “But when any BANKRUPTCY SALE, _ | mitiok disque youge. & pul Aes ve the eae pt Pena CDi Fidig wlitte caaiaced phy one fully informed wh R ; " tracts, has returned to New York. | HONG ee iningeaide Drive, contends that an American citizen has Hotel Nether- wt tion tis’ evenin; ight which should not be denied, His apartment in the Hote rae Nal Woeelit ies 0 he Jeurtalled or ubridged, to travel on a hand, which was held for him uring | 10 6. ak ony an ship armed to fight, purposed to fight, ‘his absence, was occupted to-day. A| tran” sds neti of he alee set | proposing to fight and bound into the * | man who answered the telephone at | (re a Sekula" KeSolh | ceaGoeR Oe War SE kis iopeeut tine frat anawered, “Who wants to speak | & compelled to believe that the one #0 to Mr. Young?’ then returned pres- TOMORINK and insisting 1s either play ently and sald, “He ts not 1m." Lost “thes eather, “tro cplivarinent ee oo L~) neg Me ted i Lae! fora art fer reture ; tives siilomobile in land 1 0 wnat lashed Beture to “ie al honor ox bryan alae ue ROMO QUIN: ure 0 LOX. Be, — Ades, Mr. Young teletraphed last week from Palin Beach that be would re: turn to testify further, and the com- nittee expects to hear him to-morrow morning. ms mo questions Lost error ener Tae TN a or | me | | judge. | upon | TURKS EVACUATE. TRAINS DERAILED TREBIZOND BEFORE | IN “L” SMASH AT ~ RUSSIAN ADVANCE} CHATHAM SQUARE Flee From Black St Black Sea Port as|TWo Try to Make Make the Same only one, James MoClear, of No, 300 | Seventy-second Street, Brooklyn, was reported hurt. me name.|The sidewalks below were covered linches deep with splintered gia: Avenue elevated trains at Chatham Bquare at two minutes before 7 o'clock to-day hurled one of them on Its side against the houses adjacent to the structure at C.atham Square and Catherine Street and turned the| Abright child often seems dull other over against the shelter of the Chatham Square station. according to the motormen, traffic was diverted to the Third Ave- nue Line by the Thirty-fourth Street ee roborated by any of the other pwit~ first hint from any source that the bie Peninsular and Oriental liner was not the victim of a mine, as had been reported. After Forbes testified the inques' was adjourned until to-morrow, pend ing an inquiry tnto this new phase of the Maloja’s sinking. The Maloja wi k two miles off Dover Sunday and other steamer rushing to her assistance, also was sent to the bottom. No English mines had been laid in the region off Dover, and it was believed that the liner had struck a mine laid either by a German sifbmarine or by a German ship disguised under neutral colors. Switch at Same Time— Traffic in Confusion. A collision of nearly empty Second if its eyesight is imperfect. A train from City Hail, ot which| “His teacher believed he Rene Hoyne of No. 356 Bast One| needed glasses,” is quite a Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street was motorman, crossing from the Park ey Soy te ree Row tracks to the Second Avenue| ©? line, rammed a train from South| to us for examination. Ferry, heading into the same switch. This is enoouraging, I in that ‘There was a confusion of signals,| it shows the intellectual su- periority of the present teacher to the “school-master” of fifty years ago. esc of deestire crenight, 80 se it, and when it is sable to secure the service of an (a registered [Pea ne ria out charge—there is surely n good reason why your child's eyesight should be neg! Of the Sfteen men in the two traing He was cut by flying The others made their way he seats to the station platform shuttle lines. |The | Third Avenue We have prescribed resting trains were thrown into confusion and fi - were badly overcrowded: for several | glasses for children’s use dur (MALOJA TORPEDOED, | All power on the Second Avenue Line was cut off between Chatham Square and Thirty-fourth Street. The [the | | hours. jAt Inge Sunday torpedo was the sensational testimony offered | nesses att ing school hours and home study only in hundreds of cases where the improvement in the child’s progress was noticeable almost immediately. ‘ Harris Glasses—if required —cost from $2 upward, ee CLAIMS est He Disputes General Beliet That Liner Lost With 155 Lives Had Struck a Mine, DOVER, England, Feb. 2.—That liner Maloja, sunk off Dover with a loss of 155 lives was 1 and did not strike a mine, Nassau Bi near Joho St. 1406 Bt. Nicholas Ave., bet. 160th & 181gt. at the coroner's inquest to-day by | chief Omicer Forbes. 1001 Broadway, near Willough Forbes's statement was not cor- iton St.. opposite A. & 8, B'kiys. -day's session. It was the 488 Broad St.. next to Strause Oo,, Newark TO-DAY, Tuesday, Feb. 29th 100,000 Brand New j Shining Pennies Fresh from the U. S. Mint will be distrib- uted to our patrons. You will receive one with every pound box of LOFT CAN- DY purhased. 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