The evening world. Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 2

Dum Minieterial Cabinet Ro longer existed. “Lo-day, on the third day of the revolution, the capital, where order is returning awiftiy, is completely in the hands of the Executive Cominittee of the Duma and of the troops which @ar- risoned rograd and numbere more than 30,000, which troops sup- port the revolution, Deputy Enge hard, Colonel of the ‘reat General Staff, has been appointed commandre of Petrograd by the committee. “Yesterday evening the committes issued proclamations to the popula tion, to the troops, railroads and banks asking them to resume thelr umal activities, “Deputy Gronski was chosen by the Duma committee for provisional management of the Petrograd Tele- graphic Agency. (This probably re- tere to the semi-official Russian News Agency.)” to This Mo information har been received from Petrograd for several weeks re- warding the attitude of Emperor 3 Aes, and it is not known ther he is at present in Petro- are, At the time of the assassination ot Gregory Rasputin, the Russian mystic, who was reputed to have ob- tatmed great influence in court cir- oles, Berlin reported that the Empe ror had dismissed Premier Trepoft on account of the killing of the monk and that he would take a firm stand ageinst the radical elements. ‘The last word from Petrograd con- cerning the Emperor was a cablo despatch on Jan. 30, saying that he would reosive the delegates to the Fntente conference in that cit CURED HIMSELF OF DRINKING Les Angeles Man Gives Out « Simp! GERMAN RETREAT ON SOMME FRONT sified Whole New British Line May Soon Be on Reverse Side of Bapaume Ridge. CLOSING IN ON THE CITY Outposts Now Only Few Hun- dred Yards From the Objective. LONDON, March 15.—Brig. Gen, Frederick B. Maurice, Chief Director of Military Operations at the Britieh War OMece, to-day declared that the withdrawal of the Germans from the Bucauoy line on the Somme front was taking place faster than antiol- pated nnd that the whole new line might soon be on the reverse side of the Bapaume Ridge. Reviewing the military situation, Brig. Gen. Maurice said: “The Germann are withdrawing from the Bucquoy lina even faster than T expected, and probably soon will give up entirely the forward slope of Bapaume ridge. “While these operations were on we wore keeping up minor actions until for this month our roll of German prisoners already totals a thousand But there «till are many trenches to pasa “Much Joose talk has been heard lately In regard to aerial supremacy Such supremacy can only be gained by actual battle, We won by such means during the Somme compaign, | Home R That Banished Hi: iekeimiuen Mr. Lees eg 34 lieaag ee Oe Grand Avenue, ngeles, Cali cured himself of the liquor habit with a simple home reci; In @ recent statement Mr. Smith said: “I took two ae riced treatments for the liquor atl both of which failed, I of the following simple recipe, which I tried. It quickly ban- fthed tay desire for ce and greatly benefited my health. To 8 ox. of wat and 20 grains of muriate of ammoni: a emnall box of Varlex Compound an 10 grains of ‘in. Take a teaspoon- ful three times a day. It is perfectly harmless and as it has no taste, color or smell it can be given secretly in coffee, tea, milk or in food. Any diruggist can put up this recipe at very little cost, and \t is @ wonderful remedy."—Advt. but the test this year has yet to come. The German figures must he taken with a grain of salt, as every time they drive one of our machines down they report It as a corpse.” It Is fully anticipated that the bat tle now drawing near will be the most sanguinary of all time, but the Allies are prepared for the sacrifice, what- ever its extent, that is essential to victory. No reliance is being placed in the plans for x simultaneous of- fensive from the Russian side, al- though such an offensive ts considered certain, =. “North of the Ancre Valley,” said last night’s officia] report, “our line ad- vanced on a froht @f over one and a half miles southwest and west of Bapaume, We so «made further Reci No Need! | The critical music New Edison asa re tunity to judge. THE EDI ‘T ommorrow— Marie Rappold Re-Creations The Edison Shop invites the music lovers of this city to attend this special Metropolitan Opera soprano’s voice. The NEW EDISON les to Change concert at its Edison's Re-Creations Can Be Made to Play All Makes of Records > world has repeatedly expressed its professional respect for the This concert will give you an oppor- 11:30 a.m, to 5:00 p.m. Easy Monthly Payments Arranged to Suit | rhe Phonograph Corp. of Manhatian, I 473 Fifth Avenue | tal Hall to hear Mr. of this great al musical instrument, Will you not come? SON SHOP | one Library DEVELOPS SPEED, on @ front of over 2,000 yards, MARINE CORPS MAN | uth of Achiet-le-Petit (further! GETS MEDAL OF HONOR | north) and oceupled @ thousand yards | FOR BIT OF HEROI: M of hontile trench southwest of Essarts, | Ba bed-bs northeast of Gommecourt (on the ex- treme northern wing of the British |\goveervorvrrvcevers battle front).” a ‘The rest of the official bulletin is! seve @ taken up with reports of raids at other | 2 3 points on the British from. and artil- | 4 ’ lery actions north of tho Somme, east | J $ of Arras, east of Armentieres and | % around Ypres. b ¢| “Tho British advance,” says a 3 quarters, “which was resumed on a front of nearly four miles directly | % it of Bapaume on Monday, rerulted b in devejoping a further stage of that | 4 open warfare which the British troops | #0 welcome after the wearisome | a monotony of trench life. 4 “The Germans covered their retreat | + with @ strong screen of rear guards, | % Jand although tne British patros came | @ into contact with these at many |? places, their object apparently was| + to avoid action as far as possibi This confirms the idea that the Ger- mans are doing thelr utmost to nus. band their strength for the future, The Germans are now holding a| $4, 9 040000008 line of about the same strength as Lerennenesanmae.n, that they h Just deserted, ang| WASHINGTON, March 16.—Ser- there, according to the correspon. |#eant Major Roswell Winans, ‘United dents at British Headquarters in| States Marine Corps, has been dec~ France, are taking breath while the |oTted with the Medal of Honor, the British push up and register their |Hishest award of merit given to guns on the new targets, The Brit. | American soldiers or sailors, He gets ih outposts are now before the im-|it for extraordinary heroism in @ defenses of apaume, and at |fight with rebels in Santo Domingo. ere Warn 4 few hundred} with the enemy only 160 yards The correspondents describe at|*W*y the machine gun which Winans length the positions abandoned py] Was operating suddenly jammed. He the Germans and state emphatically |stood up under heavy fire and calmly Reuter despatch from British head- | ts mi tary, but that the Germans were!and kept ‘t up till the rebels fled from | pounded out of them by the British |their trenches, thus saving many guns Ainerican lives, | treme Be be Tho Medal of Honor is seldom held tg given, and only in cases of more| said that the defenders ran away,|than ordinary merit. ving intaet the dugouts which the British artillery he red. Ex~ flosive charges and detonators which had been prepared for wrecking the positions were found by the British, The Germans sacrificed consider- able ammunition and supplies in thelr retreat, NEUTRAL PORTS NOT TO BAR ARMED AMERICAN SHIPS Atter | Sweden and Norway Have No Ob.| jection and Same Ruling Is Expected of Holland. COPENHAGEN, March 15 (via French Take Pr! " Surprise Attack, PARIS, March 15.—"East of the Oise a surprise attack which we made in the region of Moulin-Sous-Tout- vent enabled us to take prisoners, |London).—The right of American says to-day's official statement. “Sev. |@fMed merchantmen to enter neut eral German attacks on small French | ports of ropo is the subject of posts in the vicinity of Vinego, west | negotiations now being carried on by of Navarin arm, and in the Ar-/diplomatic representatives of the Sonne were broken up by our fire. United States. Dr. Maurice Egan, In the region of Maisons de Cham- | American Minister to Denmark, like Pagne there was rather spirited | his colleagues at other courts, took artillery fighting, without infantry |up the subject a number of days ago, | action,’ but as yet has received no. reply from the Danish Government Be popes ef! It is understood that among the Sy « e European neutrals Sweden and Nor- Jaroh 15 (via London).— way have no objection to use of their) The repulse of advances by the|ports by armed American merchant- French in the Monaatir and Ghiv.|men. Holland, which has barred bel- | ligerent armed merchantmen from its) harbors, 1s expected to extend the same rule to armed American vessels. ———- SODAS AND SHOW GIRLS LINKED AS TWIN DEMONS Boy Arrested Said to Have Admitted shell regions on the Macedonian front and by the British east of the Var- dar is announced in a Bulgarian offi- clal statement to-day, whioh reads: “The French launched repeated at- tacks against our positions west and jnorth of Monastir but were forced to retreat in. disorder “The French attempted to advance south of Ghivghell but were dispersed by our fire. “The British approached our post- tions east of the Vardar but were Thett of 8200 to Treat ObHELE wader a violent fire and Vaudeville Maids | = Isador Schneider, of No, 361 Miller ' ous is f No, 185j;avenue, a fourteen-year-old errand ) Saye Merlin, boy formerly essenger for Robe: BERLIN, March 15 (yla Sayville). Het jratien sara tly mt ones rench attacks against the German} avenue, according to Detectives positions on the slope of Hi!) 185, In| Conroy, Mulvey and Heher, who ars | the Champagne region, were repulsed | rested | him acknowledged yesterday by the German fire, says] that sods and show to-day's official statement girls wer The statement reads The detectives have been looking “Western Front: In the Cham-|for Isador since January 22, when he pagne, French attacks on tne north-|started for the Flatbush Hank with West slope of Hill 185, south of RI-| $200 deposit—and did not deposit pont, were not developed, under our annihilating fire. “Reconnoltering advances took place in the Somme sector and on th the day before | stole th y Isador told them, leville show wher autiful girls doing ¢ th swimining: west bank of the Meuse (Verdun re- fact, I waited around after the show, gion) where @ post held by the|but I couldn't make any impression French south of Cumieres wax cap-|ow them because { hadn't to tured by a dashing, energetic attack [entertain them. So L took first in. bre ylight. A number of prig-| chance and since then I've been fol- oners were brought in lowing the act around and giving ‘Eastern tro Near Vitoniez, on} them all the ice cream and stuff they | the Stokhod, and near Yamniea, soath | would eat | of the Dniester, enterprises of thrust ate ing detachments were carried out with full success.” More than 190} TWO ROBBERS SENTENCED. | prisoners and several machine guns | snesiags and mine throwers were brought ois Years in Vein back. seni Second Offender,|! "alian front: ‘The ns tempo Judge Mulqueen in General Session. verily maintained a stronger artillery Vco-day sentenced William Valonsky of | au, ‘This morning. a hoxt! Spring Valley, N. ¥.. to ten years in |tack in front of Castagnievizza was {Prison asx a seco nder for high repulsed, Our airmen bombarded | way ro and Christopher Stein camps ne hia confeased accomplice, to not more oat 6h ha n fourteen and @ half years and ves of Presba Lake and north « i lose than ale months, t ' Jlaunched strong forces for attacks, Wick President. of No They met with the same lack of s 140 William Stree ens as on the ing days the building Jar f wffered heavy confession and ing ’ on every package and on every tablet of Genuine Aspirin protects you against all counterfeits and substitutes, Look for “The Bayer “y Cross—Your Guaran- tee of Purity’ Sold in Pocket Boxes of 12, Bottles of 34 and Bottles of 100 mark “Aspirin” (Reg. U8. Pat. OMes) Is» at the mopoaceticacidoster of salicylionc ever mapuleetu: ‘Bayer-Tablets f of . Aspiri n ee) wy WEN SS la of the relia! SS W THE BVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, | France believes a speedy decision In MAROE 15, twat FRANCE SEES WAR'S. FINISH IF THE. 5, TAKES HAND INIT Action by America on This, Line Regarded as More Im- | troops portant Than All Battles. PARIS, March 15 (United Prese) the war rests with Washington | If the United States, to-day at the last line before war with Germany, crosses that line, and joins forces with the Allies against Germany, {t means a swift decision for the Entente. The ultimate victory, of whieh France is confident, will be hastened, For this reason the French Govern- ment to-day--twenty-four hours after report of the sinking of another American steamer—the Algonquin—tis most anxiously waiting for Washing ton'’s word. It regards America’ entry into the war of vastly ‘more importance than all forthcoming battles, These views may be regarded those of the French Government. The United Pr w authorized to stata them to-day as the opinion of high officials. Names of these vious reasons | thelr views reflects the attitude of the French Government itself, | These officials have not altered in) of more than 1,500 tone gross were sunk | »mplete confidence in| >¥ submarines’ or mini least their cc AL fill a vacancy when the Berlin staff e victory for France and her was depleted by the mobilization of | The French people are pre-| CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Gennan employees, He applied for Pared cheerfully to endure every sac-| Wits not changes from prarious closing Net | permission to return to the United rifice In uchieving this victory, But! i. Go mine, MG’ Je" Mut tml States after the rupture of relations. that cheerful spirit of sacrifice and | Am The War Office telephoned the R certainty of bellef in the future}? Can ia 2 | diator Company's office and inquired triumph does not lessen their reall-| 4m jie & Wenn *|if Henning held a responsible posi- zation that if America enters the war! Am “| tion, The reply was in the negative the victory will come sooner and the! Am. ot 12 |and his passport application was re- period of sacrifice will thus be short-|{™- ¥ bes * | turned. With America aligned with the tente tho issue morally and physi- cally will be decided, the French be- leve. decision will be the final overwhelm. | ing blow to Germany, both morally | and physicall U BOAT GREW LAUGHED AT PLIGHT OF VICTIMS WN ALGONQUIN SINKING Apparent Attempt Made to Destroy Lifeboats With Rain of Shells. | LONDON, March 15.—Luater reports of some of the details of the sinking of the American steamer Algonquin | aroused indignation here to-day, | Survivors’ stories showed the U| boat crew laughed at the plight of | i the survivors when they refused any aid 8 lifeboats The Alwens cwaw was almost “used up" when picked up, owing to twenty-seven hours’ strenuous pulling at the oars afloat. They insisted the submarine, Which was variously Identified as the U-38 and the U-39, sent a rain of shells at the Algonquin from a considerable distance, and seemed bent particularly on demolishing lite- boats by this salvo before approuch- ing near enough to finish off the in the sb towing vessel. Then promptly the Germans went aboard, hauled down the American en exploded bombs !n the me STEAMSHIP SAGAMORE = IS SUNK; HAD GUN FOR DEFENSE ABOARD BOSTON, Mareh 15.—Agents of the | Warren Li nnounced to-day that | they had reveived Indirect word that |the British steamer Sagamore, wh | sailed from Boston for Liver. | Poul had been sunk by a submarine, The Sagamore was in comm of jCapi. P, Cummings and had a crew lof fifty | | No passengers were on board and jonly two American citizens were understood to be among the crew. These were Michael Halloway and John both signed from Boste She currte general luding munitions for the | Govern and was armed aste with ad Vessel and were valued at $1,500,000 The agamore ted as 4 steel vessel of tons, bul in rogistered at Liverpool and |ship Company Limited | HOT SPRINGS ENTRIES. | HoT tne SPRINGS, entries for Ark to Mareh morrow’s 1 gion, 100 by (Restor Handicap pmlc ait ne on Ww owned by the White Diamond Steam- | “TURKS BEING DRIVEN OUT Retre: t Per the © Russi The “In OF PERSIA BY RUSSIANS ating Army of Sultan Pressed! o Within Ten Mile Turkish Border ROGRAD, March 15 (via Lon- The Turks are in retreat on ‘aucasian front, pursued by the! s, the War Office announ announcement follows: the direction of Sakkiz our pressing the retreating ‘Turke, i Sailor a are approaching toward Banu “In after days, the town of Kermanshah, | Pursuit of the Turks continues.” | Petrograd has been shut off trom | the outside world for several and first word received from that source since Mond The vigorous wider front in Persia than had been previously reported. ferred to as Banu probably ts Baneh, 180 miles northwest. of Kermanshah | and oniy about ten miles from the Turkigh border. It north by th 'y vance continue aeppemeniin |707 SHIPS DODGED U BOATS. that the evacuation was not volun-|ropaired the Kun, then resumed fire) personages cannot be given, for ob-| night March 11, 707 merchant ships of | Am, 7 | Andconda Mining A. 7. & 6, F Awan Am. W Tho Government betleves such | Heldxia Balt oh Het ne. W ‘oor fi Toray 7 terly able at re pany Di with Li ¥ General Motore (. Sloss-Sheffteld Steel and Iron Coin- year ended Nov. 30, surplus $1,- equal to 15.22 ‘per’ cent. earned n common stock, againat 1-70 p earned on same Bloc Otis Flevator Company. regular quar stock & preferied ter deduc of record Mare Homestake LOST the direction of Hamadan, an obstinate battle lasting two our troops took possession of | |many, ot days the foregoing despatch is the| "ere 4 member the oficial statement of sunk by Ing held ye oficial statement indicates a Russian offensive on a The town re- |vers of ia well to the! of the Turkish army eteated | the @ British in Mesopotamia, which be cut off if the Russian ad- u i TWO AMERICANS HELD PRISONERS INGERMAN CANPS Permission to Come COPBNHAGEN, March detention of two Americans in Ger- classed as a belligerent, is reported Norwegian ship Storskog which was | Norwegians and Danes who formed balance of ment have been released. The second America | gust Henning of Chicago, bookkeeper in the Berlin branch of the National | Wenderful Not Be Told Untit After nd Bookkeeper Refused Home. 15.— The ne of whom !s apparently james Moore, an American of the crew of the unarmed a German submarine, is be- in an internment camp, to- gether with three Russians and one| British subject, who were all mem- the Storskog’s crew. The the ship's comple- held is Au- British Advance Maees LONDON, March 15.—The British ine southwest of Doiran on the Mace- donian front has been advanced 1,000 yards over a front of 3,600 yards, says a despatch received from Saloniea to~ 4 ‘The British trenchei thus brought in places to within a couple © of hundred yards of the German- Bulgarian advanced line ‘The oper-* ation was carried out at night and met with no opposition. i bee large limousines which are a feature of New York traffic oc- cupy 108 square feet of | traffic space—only 64 | square feet less than the a bus which carries 44 , | passengers instead of a | possible five or six and an average of two and a half And, as in the limousine, there is al- ways a seat for every Radiator Company. Henning’s ap ‘That Many Merchantmen Entered) Diication for permission tc return to French Ports in One Week. America has been refused “for the PARIS, March 15.—An official state-| duration of the wa: ment issucd by the Admiralty to-day} The significance of Moore's case is says that during the week ending mid-|that he has been subjected to the fame treatment as captured belliger- But the unanimity of all nationalities, above 100 tons net and | ents, while all other neutrals on the ere er becee, ee ves-|Storskog have been permitted to In the samp period two French shipa|icave Germany, Henning was sent from Chicago to ® BRITISH HERO'S GREAT DEED IS KEPT SECRET Will Tale of Gallanti War Ends. S| LONDON, March 15.—No war mis | tery has aroused so much curiosity In + 4] the British public as the case of Com- | mander Gordon Campbell t the beginning of tho war be was Wool more t iy senior officer of an oid and smail de- hn 'Co. BF }? | stroyer, | Eastman 1'* | publishe % [died tact Mrs, Bit ("| stud ing, culture of summers Crown P. 4 CHICAGO WHEAT ANDO CORN; MARKET. wins ok July holiday. ait Be ; Weinewias's Mons, roe lew, Cigae peop 105% Jub 108" ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. cent in 1916, Mink Milk Mik Mill of $1.60 nd §1.25 on common, April 16 to stock of record M on preferred noth pay- hn divid and, Smelting Com surplus after equal to kK, com Jeral Mining year ended Dee, 31 dividends ent. ¢ $358:789 | ch Company, balance | t. | $2,680,120, equ to 16.53 capital stock, compared in 1916. amond N cent, on 7.10 per cent National Bank, dividend of berty + payavie April 2 to stock by) per cent Mining Co oo M1, Net earnings, § and equal t Han 1 it 80 W. 40th LOUIS BUSTANOBY Sale Ow UND AND REWARDS, wean Wiinores Theatre ani 808 sk 1 Bbkelk wre veg suiting ga writ ba very. case reward Pian te b) E DO NOT remember a W ber of novel creat NOVELTY KO EA |OCOL ‘ardbour SHIELD COVETED filled LATES oF but a year ago he was sud- March 16. er of John, Bastman. ago Daily Jourr night after prolonged ln stman interested in the modern languages and in farm ing gtlended courses in agri- at Purdue Universify. Her she passed on farm at t, Ind. wi of th wus her when the shamrock comes into its own, It together with many ple person on the | Fifth venue ° Bus A FEEBLE AGED WOMAN: Tells How Vinol Restored , Her Stren, th. In her eighty-second year Mrs, John Wickersham, of Russellville, Va, say was in a run-down, feeble condition and had lost flesh, A neighbor usked me to try Vinol, and after taking two bottles my strength returned; Tam gaining in tiesh, it has built up my health and I am feeling fine for « woman of my age, 50 € round and do my housework The reason Vinol was so successful in Mrs, Wickersham's case was be- cause it contains the very elements nevded to build her up. There is rthing like Vinol to give strengty | devly promoted oyer the heads of 700) and vitality to elderly people. rf * | we! lieutenant commandera and We will return your money if Vinol ig 4 | now it Is announced that he has won) fails to benefit you. At Liggett c Tl both the Victoria Cross and the Dis-| Riker-Hegeman Drug Stores and at 1% tinguished Service Order all drug stores that display the Vinol 4 May gence slat sow ¢ lea 3h An Admiralty autnority maid to-day: | Agency sizn. Also at the leading dew eh ‘ ay ‘ stores in all New York towns. —Advg# Bite + 4% | "We cannot say what be did, but it sn’ Sl was one of the most gallant ons ie $14 j iy 1°} man ever performed. When the oieD, " war is over it will be read ‘one of |BRONNEKANT. On Wednesday, Maren i 1 17, JOUN J. BRONNKANT, ’ the most thrilling stories ever told eae ‘ ne) But a he preser nom we can 6 ther's me, not even bint what it was Wetste 6 Island City, on Friday morning at 10 o'clock; thenee to St, Patrick's Cuuren, Interment, ‘s AN. -Un Wednesday, Maron 24, at hie residence, 1@ Boat SOth et. WiLL IAM VF. SUREMAN, beloved husband of , Blanch and Urother of the late Patrick's at 10 o'elock Cemetery, Buffalo, | i thedra Iuterment Holy Cross Satur e when we had one-quarter the num- toothson ek jure of presenting for this great day There is always a humorous ntal element in this Irish of old Erin are recalled friendships and associa- We are naturally prepared for both elements, the fun-loving well as tho SWEETS MADE FROM oe eM MILK TE, each vacked in # neat carton: Chocolate. Harps Chocolate’ Pipes Choco! Biahoos Chocolate Hats: each SHAPE. WITH of more serious thoughts and mii Friday ad will appear complete descri ds. In our RADE ASSORTED CHOCO- or Bon ® collection of superi up in bewatifully conveving wll th timent of Eri to of Poush Special for Friday, March 16 DEMS—At most ‘exe or Avsorted Count ere we have Straws. Brilliants, Jagive"’ shi m these are Goody ans Ing UD an Al assortment of Har, WE ALSO OFFER: at ia'eAd rasealnten: Ma tertiticats an an than D Loft ality more eet arlety ARCLAY STREET 4.80 vom cBat 10 om 289 BROADWAY, Brockiyn. Ci The s TULED CONFECTIONS of Novelty Sweets, have of beqati fully 206 BROADWAY 10 ote “Ty ‘i pm MOTH ST. @ Clones 13 LS 87 MARKET joses 11,30 P.M 23 WEST sTReeT t 10 p.m, 3b Ava m. Daily 8T.. Ni