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: te ts usual complomen: jy « Bae apo time 19 soraanbi et ‘The big train crushed _ Tan off to the side along 4M but the three rear cars | derailed cars were going to @gainst the partitions. “the dead and dying were found. Bec And identifying papers were in thelr never be completed. Parte of the ¥ Fa £ PETER LED TEE ber down. Aifred Fritzele, eompany, Was in the Toledo s! section of the eastbound tral: Fritvele, arrived here with him or from the berth clear d reed the smashed day coach. datheran Church of that city. trom minor injuries Dassengera who escaped unharmed tn railroad tracks. saw the boiler of the engine explode. section, told this story: “I was asleep when it happened window. for everybody to ‘set up.’ up bodily.” of one of the engines. Mann, Toledo, and the conductor, M. V. Mayor E. E. Foster of Amherst or- dered the fire bel! tolled for half an hour to wake up every resident to aid in the relief work. The Amherst Mire Department was the firet to ar- rive at the wreck scene. Fireman G. RB. Gillette of the department told tis story: “A great masa of wreckage met our eyes on that stretch of track. Big voaches were overturned like dren's toy trains. I helped the rest of our boys pull twenty women and men from car windows. The - woach on the first section of was burning. We put out the fii ma jiffy.” R. bi Turner, fireman on the first wection of No. 86, sald: Was such a fog that wo couldn't see sixty feet in front of us. T don't know whether Hess (the en- signals or not. could. Suddeniy we heard th whistle of the second section. Then there was a crash and the whole train seemed to_buckle up. ‘W. C. Bradley of Pittsburgh, sald: “A more hideous wreck could eoarcely be imagined. Up above the angine of the second division, mixed with the wreckage. were strewn the bodies of dead and injured, for the most part unclothed. Dr. Handy, Pittsburgh, said: “T was awake just before the wreck occurred, Our section had been go- ing very slowly. 1 think it stopped completely before the second mection ripped into us. There could have been no time to warn the Twentieth Century Limit for she came tea pd inte the wreckage less than two ye later. "gw. Kershaw of Summervilie, N. this story: "et wan in the second coach from the one that was smashed so badly. It Was tho most ghastly sight I’ ever z saw Aw 1 left the car 1 aaw a man pick up a Another man ap- le} DANGERS OF SKIN INFECTION » Lurk in All Eruptions and Abrasions Apply Poslam Promptly. 4 Any abrasion of t blister, rash, or open so! ons as a possible source of i leading to serious shin disease, : should be treated promptly win ‘oa iam, the antiseptic, healing rem “att dily shows its Ronee to kl le itching, fe by stopping gl tuehiog, = » akin scale, vith barber's itch germa soothing finry rene, nalt s, aeveney vas ite! ‘oxiam Soap, medi- | is an additional safe- infectional dangers. | a stamps to pier a ne a West e5th 5 id byyall Droggists. tard eguinst For trample ! Passengers were hurled aid rolled ot! of uit Many of the men as sooa as the Wappened dressed and worked with the tralnmen aud wnlajure Of the eastbound trains to aid in tie rescue work. Distressing stories are told by these workers of the condition Clevelan The Mayor put A. W. Baetz, an Amherst . dead and temporary morgues were established in the town. owned an automobile put it at the E mearby houses were thrown open for the rest and nursing of those suffering WOMAN WHO ESCAPED GAY! Phystolans reported that Mrs. Mary Maiston of Indianapolis, one of the child im one of the day coaches immediately after the wreck. Mrs, Adams Vilker and her daugiter, Maud, wlartied when the crash came, in their home less than fifty feet from the “I rushed to the windows,” Mrs, Vilker said “When the sudden light that came with the explosion had vanished, I could not see the wrecked train, eo dense was the fog.” Frank Provost, New York salesman, who .was in a sleeper on the first Before 1 could realize what had happened, the second crash came, when the Twentieth Century, running a few foet from us, hit our wreckage, | “Men and women in night clothes were scramUling about, dazed. heard cries, groans and screams, One man prayed aloud. But they were already up—they had been tossed ‘The body of one fireman, badly crushed, was found on top of the boiler Some of the members of the crews of the three trains involved in the wreck escaped with seratches and bruises, C. C. gineer of the Twentieth Century, craw after it had plunged four hundred fect along the ties. Wreck Ablaze When Firemen Came; » Thick Fog Around Scene of Death mas slammed what bad seugers verti and learned in which were in their shirteleever identification of some ma: Hes of three men and one woman were ause many Gollected in one basket by one party of workers, 50 hopelessly aaah that they will be buried together, unidentified. SAW WOMAN DIE AS WRECKAGE PINNED HER DOWN. A. Comensky, a Pittsburgh passenger on the limited, told of one wom- an who died while he was tearing away splintered boards which pinned a fire extinguisher coaches of the first as ng with De Ray was thrown 4 salesm down to the end of the « sleeper and temporarily stunned, He quickly recovered and with Fritzele aided the rescuers Word of the accident quickly spread through Amherst. Fire alarm bells were rung and city officials, headed by Mayor EB. reef parties. All the firemen of the town reported at the scene of the Wreck within a few minutes and quickly put out a fire which started in KE. Foster, beaded The first body to be identified was that of tie Rev. Gustay Waly! of several tines dee No. 53 Thaddeus Street, Detrott. pastor of the First Hungarian Evangelical 2.000 metres | German undertaker, in charge of the quarters Staff announced to-day Everybody who Committec's service, and ‘Rency E BIRTH TO CHILD. the Amheret wreck, gave birth to a leaped from their beds, | “Just as I looked out 1 The noise was terrific. I was hurled partly through the car | I I yelled wildly Robinson, Toledo, en- led uninjured from under his engine His fireman, Walter Burk, Buffalo, were also unhurt. proached me carrying a bundle done up in @ sheet, “What shall T do with this bundle he asked a trainman. ‘What's in it the trainman asked. ‘Arma and le, was tho reply. Another survivor then caine in, Me said the crash hurled him through @ window and aa he landed something hit him. It was hia Among those reported dead was Frank Gallagher of No. # Tart Street, Williamsburg, N. ¥. This report proved to be unfounded. peal ies KILLED AND INJURED. (Continued from First Page.) THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, GERMANS CLAIM BIG GAINS IN MALANCOURT BATTLE; FRENGH WIN AT AVOCOURT Berlin Report 8 Says Trenches 2.000 Meters Long Were Faken Yesterday FRENCH GE NE RAI DEAD. Paris Claims the Capture of 300 Yards of Trenches in the Avocourt Section BERLIN, March 2 (via London) French positions north of Malancourt ne a front wen stormed hy German Heads have troops, the [The above report probably ro. fers to the fighting mentioned {n the report given out last night by the Paris War Office, which said rand 3 o'clock the Germans launched a strong attack on our Haucourt-Malancourt front. ‘The muccessive waves of the assault were entirely repulsed with hoavy losses by our fire curtain and in fantry fire.” To-day's report from tho French War Office says there was no attack last night against positions at Haucourt and Malan- court.J Following ia the text of the Ger. man War Office report: “South of St. Kloi one of the Mine craters occupied by the Brit- ith was wrested from them as a result of a hand grenade engage - ment. “On the left bank of the Meuse our troops, with little loss to themselves, stormed French posi- tions north of Malancourt over a front of about 2,000 metres. They also penetrated into the north- Western portion of Malancourt. The French left én our hands 12 officers and 486 wounded men, one gun and four machine guns Examination of the prisoners taken, enabled us to confirm the belief that two more Franch di- vistons Ihave been brought into tlie fighting.” ——. FRENCH GENERAL, AFRICAN WAR HERO, PARIS, March 29.—Gen. Largeau, one of the youngeat French brigadiers, has been killed in action at Verdun. He distinguished himself in Afri expedition. French troops made an attack last night on Avocourt Wood, west of th: Mouse, where the German assault was made yesterday. The official state- ment to-day says the French carried part of the works which the Germans had constructed. The Germans made BOLTZ, W. H., West Haven, Conn., knee and back bruised BRADLY, W. C., Pittsburgh, heel injured, BRIGGS, F., Milwaukee, Wis. CAMERO} B. F, New Haven, Conn., bruised CASMER, address unknown, injured about the body. CROSS, MILTON O., Detroit, Mich. bruised. DON, 8. H., Haverhill, Mass., left leg and face injured. DOROY, AARON, bruised. GERAGHTY, F. C., Cleveland, 0. GREGG, CHARLES, Imperial, Penn., leg hurt. GRIFFIN, L. Ay Elkhart, Ind. bruised and suffering from shock. GROMACE, H., Chicago, bruised and cut about body and legs HEMEN, N, D., East Cleveland,| O., cut dy glass, HESS, HERBERT, Toledo, 0., en- gineer on second section train, No. 86, slightly bruised. HOLLOWAY, WILLIS E., Chicago, Ill, suffering from shock, JABPER, JACOB, Detroit, Mich,, cut about body, i KAVANAUGH, B. F., New Haven, | Conn., foot bruised IXBLLAR, ALBERT, Chicago, KOSROSH, TOHN, Homestead, Pa., leg broken KUKIE, Midland, Penn., suffering | trom shock Pittsburgh, beck | LASCOBICA, LOUIS, Cleveland, jhead and face cut | LAWRENCE, ADOLPH, Gary, Ind, LEFKOWITZ, Liew, LIESKIC, LYBA bruised. M'CORMICK, D. J, Cleveland, O cut by glave | MAHONEY, WILBUR, Toledo, 0. Cleveland. Vermillion, MANN, W. A, Toledo, O., face burned, right arm hurt and back sprained. | OBMAN, ABE, Cleveland, 0. bruised and lurt internally, proba- | biy fatally PATTERSON Mra, LOUIB, of Youngstown, ©., leg bruised. | PEABODY, D. D,, New Oriprns, Law| eastern corner of a fierce counter attack but wore driven back with heavy losses. They made no other effort to recover the! lost ground, Following is the text of the report of the French War Office: “In the Argonne District our bat- terles have bombarded the positions | of the Germans north of Haute Che- | vauchee and on the southern bound- ary of the wood of Cheppy. A fight with hand grenades, made in con- Junction with activity in the next sector, made it possible for us to make progress, particularly tu the! connecting trenchea of the enemy to the north of Avocourt. We also took several prisoners “To the west of the onemy last night made ne against our positions and Malancourt. The bombardment, assumed a certain intensity along our Meuse the front at Bethincourt, Le Mort Homme and Cumileres, ‘This morning, after u ” preparatory artillery fire, our tr delivered @ spirited attack aga the German positions in the wood of Avocourt. We occupted the south- thls wood for depth of more than 400 yards, as wel &@ an important work called the doubt of Avocourt which the Ger- mans had strongly fortified. Av) \yat and eudden counter attack di re- ivered by the enemy with a fresh brigade | whieh nnd ived on the days ago Was i |reene but a f 1 by us. The enemy aun oskes and left 50 pris. opera in our handw. neok strained. POREA, ALFRED, Detroit, Mich,, jinjured about body and legs. PRYMMER, GEORG 0.; bruined, TURNER, R, D.,, Elyria, fireman on second section of train No, 86, arm burt. VOLTZ, W. Cleveland, Hy West Haven, Conn,, | ,| injuries to knees and back. WESSELI, G, Chicago, arms and legs hurt, WINER, L.A, Chicago. Mi, sprained foot and ankle WRIGHT, ROBERT, linperial, Pa., ack and lead hurt Unidentified woman with her leg cut off, with initiala "J. W. HL" on her watch Two other unidentified women, | werlously hurt KILLED AT VERDUN| where he served with the Marchand! GAIN BY ITALIANS. IN 40-HOUR BATTLE ON GORIZIA FRONT Rome Reports That Austrians] Were Driven Back by Infantry Charges. | | ! ROME, March 29 (vio 1 lon).—| Ttalian infantry has ejected the Aus- trians f. ns « the heights | northw jorizia which were lost] to the A » Sunday, the W. ar] om snnounced to-day The oMetal) says | ate the heights of € w h lasted ed successful.y Afte concentrated rohmente at! \Grafenberg, v y had been| damaged by storms, the enemy opened an attack with a very impor- tant force on Sunday evening. Our troops offered obstinate resistance and i the masses of the enem 1 "In the talions ret ing with it “A very lively interchange of gun- fire continued throughout the suc- ceeding day, Our infantry began a counter attack in the evening and by moana of repeated charges, which us hand- fllkhting, one of our bat {about 100 yards, tak- bout 30 prisoners. centre, after furi were supported admirably by the artillery, retook by storm the poni- tions previously lost. We captured 302 prisoners, Including 11 officers, rifles and much ammunition and war material of all descriptions “The fourth enemy aeroplane brought down by our rifle fire landed yesterday near Vittorio. occupants were captured | Biockes Greek Island of Crete, Where Submariness Obtained Their Supplies. LONDON, March 29.—Ten | Warships have blockaded the north- | despite protests of the Greek Govern- ment, said Athens dispatches to-day A landing party discovered that taining Candia supplies on the Guilt > |MORE TIME FOR INQUIRY Jcisco Villa, haw fled in |mander at car Jat half price, | — ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. U.S. Industrial Alcohol preferred reg: ular quarterly d |pavaile” Aprit April i 1b to stock of Wertorn Union [1248 eurned sur after charges, $10, wh | eatial to. 1.19 hy | al ent stock compared 15.8 per on satne suck. previous yeur | rte Ra ‘ona earn: linge incre mF, cers noreased § tha wrose | inrreared. $ after tax ine wand $91 ‘ Chesapenk bas earnings | for. eiKht anod” "$6,089,421 | Net incren International Paper Co.—Regular quar- |terly dividend of % of 1 per cent preferred sto Grd of April ok two machine guns, a large number of | Both the | “A column of the enemy which was allied western coast of the Island of Crete, ON NEW YORK FINANCES > the hills near San Juan de Guad In the State of Durango. Owing to tho shortage of corn in | Torreon Gen. Trevino, military com- Monterey, has sent nine asia to be sold to the poor there ividond of 1% per cent., record graph Co.—In year with an payable April 16 to rec- Fieir of Croker Is Expected Soon, Report From Irish Home, Glencairn, | |Former Tammany Chief is 74 | and Wife, Indian Princess, 50 Years His Junior. r LONDON, March 29.—Tho stork is| ! Jencairn, the home | ¢ hard Croker, acc which has just bee ing to a rep received hi | Mr. and Mrs. WALL STREET. gradually iIrouds were urred 3 1-2 1 i4 frading was | Mexican | points | potr tay uh w | Prrewae MRS MR. AND CROKER R WAS K nd de _MALTED MILK was i partment 1916. Bu ynal si: uF wife die t Levico, PERSHING IS USING AILROAD OF CA HINC —_ _ : LONDON, March 29.—Prof. Ludwig WITH PERSHING | neckerca vative of Goraane at ae EFEP UP PRACTICE site of T hotone x Kinnon a 294, Se AT THE ARMY'S BASE| (ie cine of astronomy tn the Unies | convideraiie techn has’ Gon eee | SPECAL NOTICES | “ASK FOR and GET HORLICK’S THE ORIGINAL A ter Austria, after two dau of TO SOUTH S GRANDES. | ed ct early as poss! ALLIES TOSTRKE. BLOWS ON EVERY Phat | Will Be Outcome of War | Council in Paris. London Announces LONDON, Maron June the all simultaneous f designed to bring t to his knees and end the war | Christmas, This combined offensive [in London to-day, is | sult of the great war counc os which cloand at Parts 1 The allied forces may begin to move before the Crown Prince ceases the 9.—Hefore 4 armies blows on @ Katrer before the will end strike ali rats, it was hetd offensive movement at Verdun. The allied drives may be preceded by other nan attempts to break | the western front, i is bel Paris reported to- the of the erday northwest of V violence y rdun large There are persistent rumors that the Germans have used the long luil at Ventun to shift troops for a blow at some other | sector of the French front The Paris conference promised to remove one factor that aroused some {Ml feeling on the part of French and Itallan business tn Big ship- pers of France and Italy had plained that England, by boosting | shipping rates, was to some extent bleeding her own allies, It was prom- sed that a satisfactory adjustment of maritime rates will bo made as b pr! cist : SEVEN RUSSIAN ATTACKS vn} REPELLED BY GERMANS rests w rs nm ver | War Offices of ‘Berlin and Vienna Sequoya K -quar- 3 father's waa she Report Failure of Enemy to Lord M ar ys Make Gains. © of Hastings | BERLIN, March 29 «va London).- on | The concerni the war on the Rien front was ta- o| Sued to-day by the War off | “The Ru ot repeat + ——= jattacks in sectors yes. |terday, but continued during the da and night t fruitless effort Jot Narocz Lake. On seven oc jour troops repulsed the enemy, some- Nes at the point of bayonets, Professional activity tn ascénding throueh Valentina Valley] qozen specialties made prac no word had AilieAy: Cepate Un ee Wenlern curren |toward Val Piccolo was repulse a ket during the elal Repre Molodashnc” jour effective eunttre, Mois CRG ha carat Ase tare erning yuest for use , “Heavy rains and fox Interfered i sie ne Sealed The official Austrian statement with ariiliery work again | motive tive w eer na March 2% saya: tn the upper fsonzo zone, but and G Marine plies to) Gen “North of Hoyan (probably Bojana molished enemy posts at Mrzlivrh and| received scarcely less atten were indications | Bukowina) the Russians exploded made a direct hit on @ trench mortar.| oa wan active, wit from Gen, Pershing, throu mines and atiempted repeatedly RUE SUSGIEEs AeA O OG ROE atKH fteaats Funston, that t ry using rail- enter our positions. They were re- trenchment of the enemy in the oly toad * eedelie tent inccere in 0 ompelling the defenders} Maryland, am 4 ways i we tes district PB 4 y to @ usual @ora section, comp th Mar Ld he Rightly attack by the Russians tn the IRS ee fractionally, Mexic probably upon ; "Strip region of the front broke down, Zine stocks were loe ! lg to the fact that we exploded 10 ALLIED WARSHIPS } y part of the second hour, New ex in the foreground, Russian anirat held above: the clo c . artillery was active on the Hes ors Geni Tay held shove.the: oie ce |: 4 received |sarablan front and near Ollka S anges were amiall taken to Ri aken pou nls eed cath rket became ex urd from ¢ ere) 1 STEAMER STRIKES SHOAL. to Ald of Veesel on Hen and Chickens, 0 LEW Del, March 29.—An un- Identified steamer {# aground on the | Hen and Chickens Bhoals off the Del- -|aware Capes, Three coastguard crews have gone to the assistance of the vessel. —_—— e GERMAN FORCED TO RESIGN. chair and the position ef chiet of the “DUBLAN Mex ©O, most finportant observatory atation in t 29.—Machine gu acticn iy) Western’ Scotland Senate Continues Life of Leg- f : ane ioet eine Ke clanienta —————~»—-—_—— + : . * w re 2 i 8. 7 er Train Wreck Victim islative Committee Until i] inthe routine of the amp hore. | FOOD! "ints n Wr fetm Jan. 45 | By day and by night the loud purr ALBANY, March 2%.—The Senate | ated Mare ‘ ay v mously adopted Senato: eapon. | & FAilron’ south Casa to-day unanimou' Jopted Senator apon.|s rail K, south | of Case Brown's resolution continuing the life ine gun | annour | Hie home wae at! Jof the Brown Legislation Committee echine | Fort Hua 2 "lio investigate the finances of New ers - York ¢ until Jan. 15, 1917, Villistas during FUSSED, MAYBE. ——— as i poxition) eal Bridegroom, registering at VILLA GENERAL TAKES . since he was the McAlpin, wrote “Jerary f ot Dublan.| gity and wife.” g E are being | sad FLIGHT T0 DURANGO J | moved southward for the vanguard in| A | the chase — S| With a record of nun MONTER » Mex, March 29.—Gen. Fd | ee aut ng flights, and Ganutu Reyes, an adherent of Fran- A Rese pe eee RID FASHION MOLASSES Ran: chest, New Ori toothsome (on Ger ren!'16o nos when sou get candy bungry through the day and do not foel Uke laying out » half dol- FRONT AT ONCE This | 8 | | | | ! | SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW, These eweets sre, Broggord fi from the 0) Kettle iwi Ata Foine nalsoae set! me WE ALSO OFFER: | Rubber & Leather "SEVEN GERMAN AIRSHIPS MAKE RAID ON SALONICA Kill Iwenty Person: vund Thirt, or Forty Others, but Lose Two Machines, PAILS, March 29.—Twenty persons wero killed, between thirty and forty | wounded and two German aeroplanes were destroyed in the acrid raid ow « an offictal afternoon. Monday, issued here hiva on statement It reads “A squadron of seven German aero+ planes attempted to iAake a ratd om Salonica Monday, Ttelr purpose was to reach the warships anchored In the they woro obliged to give the # tho Freneit this harbor, but by this up lery ‘eof ators, two ines were de wn by the Ger- the deaths of brought wounds ubs thrown aviators cau ris), Mare nt of Sa. here, de of the acter simply as rman fright ntinidate the H* AVE you noticed the numbers shown on dhe bus signs? They are to let you see instant- distance, whether the bus you want ly, even at a is the first one coming or the next. Even the of heen considered on the Tifth enue Bus has sight of passengers “ BELL-ANS ‘Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package provesit. 25cat all bin MAJORS CEMENT OIEoO. KNOX.—On Tuenday, ime At his residence, 26 Kast 884 et, Cola EDWARD M. KNOX, tn his 75th year. Servic tron at St, James's Churoh, Mea« and Tint at. on Friday, Marots 1016, at 8 P.M. ~—On March 27, HINE, beloved mother of Bmff Brien and Bertha Stroasy aged 65 yea Funeral from her late residence, 24 Brooklyn, Thureday mero thence to Church ef All ay, and Thornton wm, mass will be sald for © of her woul. Inter + alvary Cemetery. UNDERTAKERS, “p10 are ur FRANK ECAMPBELL wise LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. Lost), diamond bar p4u datas : PERSONALS. HELP WANTED MALE. THURSDAY wo oodnens. i" be Fors Bo: Cc 200 BROADWAY ‘eat 7 Rh cs ee meta : islam