The evening world. Newspaper, March 8, 1916, Page 1

“4 ! f P FRENC i cee tn oo ee al \ - > CH LOSE TWO VERDUN TOWNS AND 4,000 MEN AL EDITION Fe be EN Weather—Rain or snow probable to-night; Thureday fair, ANIL, EDITION i ‘Circulation Books Open to All. a | "PRICE ONE CENT. Corre Utne New Nork Worlds NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916. 16 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT. ERMANY TO MODIFY U-BOAT ORDER — IF ENGLAND, LIKE HER, OBEYS OLD LAW BG CAINS BY CROWN PRINCE WOMAN IS DEAD STRAUS WILL QUIT Perl Mn NEW MESSAGE FPO BERLIN ON BOTH WINGS AT VERDUN: rata "OMNIS gy eggs. DECLARES THERE 1 ND LAM 56 W est E leventh Street j Sents Asserlions Made by | ‘ ia ret oo 1% rested. \ Senator Thompson. SIGNS OF A. BEATING. WHITMAN WILL STICK. Berlin Reports Advance of Nearly! Two Miles on a Four-Mile Front - : saepe we Victim Was Nellie Kiernan,|@OVvernor Says He Wi al West of Meuse, and Further Suc- (117° Her Rooming | Witaw Nonnses From cess at Fresnes, to Southeast. Place Weeks Ago | the Senate. Suggestion Cocversl That United States Act for the Disarmament of Allies’ Merchant Ships—Injury to Neutrals a Reason for Reprisals. : BRITAIN SAID TO PROFIT BY STAND U. S. HAS TAKEN WASHINGTON, March &—The German G randum harded to-day to Secretary of State Lansing Charman Straus of the BERLIN, March 8.—Capture of and the Raben and Cumieres height to-day. Germans ¢ In the Woevre regir than 700 prisoners take [Despatches from Wondon earlier in the day admitted that Regneville, a strongly fortified village, was two-thirds surrounded " tea’ ‘edt dete! avens occupied by # man who calls himself] :or George F. Thompson's attack in| by the German troops. Its surrender within a few hours was fore: Or. éshawin Ko who used it| the State Senate on the conirmation| , casted. Lose of the village of Forges, u mile beyond Regneville, was as an office, The woman's arms and|%, Whitney and Chart Hervey as| admitied by the French yesterday. Tho two villages are soven Whee RIGSE MAAR, Baarted chee se" Come) aa and eight miles respectively sorthwest of Verdun and both are on = ‘ the west side of the (The French had admitted southeast of Verdun, but claimed to hay lage, According to the driven from the entire v wenty miles apart a Ss and Regne y the War Offi ad 58 officers. i to-day t he will resi to have the travis Ho Whitney, A sel Le Roy ‘T. Harkness and Deputy Engineer Daniel L, Turner of | be a Commission, — His} } Ht! statement was browsht out by sena- | s of See ed ten ca 1 led to a ¢ Investigation which brought snes uid more stant Coun enemy was driven out of F the body of a partially clad 1a memo- ount von Bere room of a ground floor ay torfl, outlined in detail its position in regard to armed ships, reviews events leading up to its decision to torpedo without warning all armed vat international law, as at presenf he use of submarines and expresses rnational prior to the war on the condition that Great Britain does ime Liws, | merchantmen ot its enemies, concede &! St and stupid from! or drugs was in| Sene constituted, makes no provision for attired in pa the effe ports int pson credits man and in same eoms to deny my cat a willingness to operate its submarines in accordance with i law. prevailin © front: window! being tement that I'm in t not violate que here who hold me int f their hands. 1 recession from that concessions rantum wa ‘ In some quarters the mem Germany's hitherto unbendable stand. The sugg sector, The total number o i was more than 4,000.) F ving i text of t tatement. giv it at Army Hea the es regarding the arming of merchant ships might result in the ouoWwiIng m he stitement given ov t 7 edd- quarter . uct lifying of the German order was taken to indicate that Germany hoped “On the leti bank of the Meuse, in order to improve Socretary id ime ef bringing the allies to agree jeol Harknes of merchantmen and permit of further discussion of the No, | Kurner nections wi nthe right bank o: e Cote de Talo: t we stormed Fre new German Iu Lern slope: Douaumont p ' below Beth and of the ) whips armed os- ————— » Tho memorandum says that evidence @ have been n+ Vand a depth of more and Regneville, as well as the heights of Raven and the Cumieres woods are in our possession, Counter- attacks by the French against the southern boundaries of these woods were repulsed with sanguinary losses, A great number of the velit Administration it since 1 held it a It was ubout Feb, 22 that D marine warfare . {im who bad ‘ben Hi ie d Into two departments mip iA what 1 Purina: fo the BHM Aa coupants in the captured positions perished, Fifty-eight officers fordtaincethaerat ct bine ely ire of B OME R | MN udor men were taken oner. Furthermore ten cannon and k & woman to bis rtmont 7 and ¢ avin ind set Toe previous declarations that sub- begun by Ger much other war material were captured. introduced her to the hallboys and to| In the Woovre district the enemy was driven out of the last mK ofw iaunityce soneodedt " \ ne | i ‘yhortt many tn repr the annour » Fre he vrisoners taken there wis in wife. { hai ii He 4 i | t us he ' alae New System ur eer for fee Of Grea tri min to ev Bee hg a ooera eid Be FOP TASTIER ba F ew : a se sinh fobs Mtrate! Cities of State Now I tore | eS r Wwadvous dropped bombs on the Villages to the nmediately d upon a debaneh HI 4 i HMA Atel ik ‘ HN oUhwts Levisliture Aims tor Reform, west af Verdin, which ar ied the « which continued until it was ended GP iikaree Ui i sh Aun epi o dears dead daca nee arerenensie aes by to-day'’s tragedy far eat ALBA M \ eae c an k - ‘ i | 1 London, but that inasmuch French Report Big Gun Battles; Tae a ee, [emaracter than Whitney, Harknoss| a malign a ui tn th HCREME Gh concise P 2 iad oi se aa reiting ae ae Holds Little Neck W Al ' Aneel 4 to conform with the te Claim Gains in Champagne j»«':« such men 4 ave boen| — Not Dictate L he inoyen itae Ss intenditowt liv the Laces clad 12 aires Ud eberie adae apar 8 was UN-| head of a , ' " PARIS, March 8.--Heavy artillery fighting continued throughout pares es Aen onenee tvece : neon . abilley a Alvena Molt an i : 1 ele ER r iniontd l=, OF hich Britain disre last night on both banks of the Meuse, the War Office reported this af- and the hall attendan zeter, but re t ‘ on eee kaw wom irae COMPLETE TEXT OF THE GER ternoon. The situation on the Verdun northern front remains une! sk ce mera dal volves upon the ¢ t a ' vay 9 wrvun : ; " p MAN MEMORANDUM The cannonade wa: lent norhwest arin, at about § o'slock this P ; ; ‘ | oT ; xt rr west bank ui the Meuse sermuans are believed to be preparing ? Ma - 1 tr N ' yun tor an attempt to capture nd Dead Man Hill a +h y ‘ ' , y b “In the Champ disiriet the region to the eust of " ee M ' : \ Maisons De Champa: Wo iaunehed an attack whieh placed us Gavartiunes b . NO ME NTION wT HAGUE i ’ nd \@ fn again in possession of the sect of trenches oceupied by the + Commid 4 Powers would tiferred on these | 6 euemy on the bt Mareh. In the course of this tighting we took uiding, but | ehie t i : “ be lin eighty-five prisoners, including three officers, and captured a ma- 4) ba ia and vow al sta apa chine gun, \ counter attack on the part of the enemy delivered a * | : litle later # t the positions we held was successtully repulsed aan Min I inv ' "In the region to Verdun no chunge bus been ye- i i a ; tina |g a nha <5 ‘ ' ported. During 1 tthe Germans continued {Ho f Lay ! their bombardment of our fro the weet of the river Meuse, but 1 ityd rtait r 1 without putting forward their infan iy a Dr. Benjanin Hf. Searing wiv = i ; t fi \ ( ; te “Our batteries responded with energy to the Ore of our adve “s No. 167 West | WHITMAN SAYS HELL i , ‘ Mal tay mé sel f and withou paries in this sector, as well as to the east of the Meuse, whete the is name if .; . sii al y sil ‘ ee « t artillery bombardinent has been intermittent ‘ j STICK TO THE NAME aN ‘ ‘ vont “There hus been very spirited artillery fighting in the Woevre 4 HE SENT TO SENATE “ De rauitons r t i nly ster We hare bombarded Blanzee, Grimaucourt and the euvirons of a ' ‘ ‘i Fresnes. b My ; A {re “An attack by the enemy against the railroad and the highway fi to Manheulles was checked by our curtain of fire and the activity - mnie aie | a 2 - ! | of the French infantry | sal of Murd Re arr rere ae Ws \ Ne It is reported here that the Ce aside 300,000 men to capture | ' Na | thy t etiaes M Verdun. Only 200,000 being employed up to yesterday, it was a ques: | to . = ; ! 1 \ ge mittiga ' Ns Manan Gutand. TRftes tion whether the remaining 100,000. w vik be used to make a sudden |¢ i pis ; ; ; n t ’ ' at a m Keenan: tet descent on some other part ot the French line in developi offensive | ( WISTEC ORUDS 9 TOW SIOEEEE CLI NEES ‘ Ae eer be x Peta Wied te : “ the ‘ehulveia ink against the fortress. The heavy att west of the es that) diet ot Ot Mtns a it Treat nt os ' t bole Wat RB Nao hana Obes ‘The contraband pro question no longer to be settled, | Sousa’ tor usa’ sgonde: *NO PUG! relabboas Badtieg he! oe The High School giris lovked at cack | town, badly decomposed Vented tay gas accumulating visions were systematically extended a