~— ing about the condition
, murdering his
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itinerant ClIlSis \
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That's why every Nor-
walk home should read
The Sentinel.
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l8 Billillill
A . ill Illi Slili
thss'ss for the locumq Wits
'hrdsrer Mails Shock Ilse to
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flIlIll PHYSICIAN
lesions Doctor Says Act [Was
Sufficient to Bring on Delirium
Treats:
Bitillil‘li’uit'l‘. March it ~'i‘hal the
mental shock to Jason S. liaines.
WSW »
assootarso rnsas m. not. ALL um.»
“Clown“.
MHHODISII ,_
NEEDS I0 Bi
" Mollilllllliil
Iqsrtsst dilutions for the
usual Masses sad the
M y“ m. Conformal olIIIISIIEXMOIflIHlOWSI W
.SOU'rl-l antiwar." u .. WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 1916
W IV A "(HAL Will W OUR OWN 0 PIM‘I’OI. I
tutti CHIIIICII
minimum
;is suctsstul
flat-ii: Sslctlsssfthsrsrlsh
Watchers-ism
who still lost sou Til-ire
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when he killed his wife. Anna liuines.
was sufficient to canoe an attack of
the delirium tremcns. was the state-i
ment of Dr. Frank J. Gale of New-
town. a witness for the defense on the
stand yesterday during the cross
examination of State's Attorney (.‘um-
miugs in the murder trial on in the
superior court. Dr. Ultlr' wits testify»
of Ilaines
when he was arrested on ll charge at
wife. September 23
last.
The session of court yesterday aft.
ernoon was marked by the testimony
of witnesses as to the reputation 01'
Edward F. Rattlgan. one of the prin-
EN?)
witness called by the defense yester-
ddy «rattled that Hnines was addicted
to the use of liquor and was often
under its influence‘.
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of blunt
lliillli tut Illilliiilli
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M:tyor'(‘arl Axel Harstrom has cttll ‘
ed it meeting of the Board of Esllrl
mate for next Wednesday night. Ap-
propriations will be made for the llre‘
Part of this will be"
used for the fire alarm system. The
tiiain purpose of the meeting. however.
is to appropriate a sum of money for
the miscellaneous fund of the street
department. As a result of the de-;
flcieiicy in the snow-removal fund the
street department has been drawing
from the miscellaneous fund to take
care of the recent snow storms. i
lililllillillillcllllitlllli ‘
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The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Country Club Company data held last
nlgizt. Directors and officers were
elected. ‘ The usual 5 per cent.
dividend was declared. The stock-
holders elected the following direct~
ors: David H. hililer. Herbert it.
Smith. Joseph R. Taylor. Edwin 0.
Keeler. Frederick ii. Quintsrd. John
M’. Olmsted. Richard H. Golden. Mack
Roth and George L. Woodward. The
following were elected ofllcers: Presi-
dent—~Darid H. Miller; Vice-President
—llecbert R. Smith; Treasurer—John
\\'. Olmsted: Secretary—George L.
Woodward.
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'Dcpuly Sheriff Edward B. Doulens
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"last night closed the William Smith
pool and lunch room on East Wash
ington street by serving papers-of
attachment in a suit brought against
r. Smithby his mother. Mrs. W. B.
Attachment was node for'
wommo claimed to bsvc‘
W by the defendant.
A sum process suit against an.
readies ,
rout: At-
mun. biz-a mmovorjaas
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lilillll’s litmus;
til it llcttlsu
Smtudsst 6»de Dis-
sssm Sm Ilg‘ Chink Pro-
Nests
illiti tutti ill
I kill IIiII'S Illll
.fsssghssls leash lbs-aim
. minim Evsrylsdcr
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i Under the jouit auspices of The
' Vestry. the Woman's Guild. the Girls'
Friendly Society, the Choir. the Junior
tittititliit
Will is BLACK;
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statics sf Ills-I
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' NIAGARA FALLS. x“: March a.
t—r‘lrr followed an up ion on the
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Great achievements of any Christiiiui Guild. and the Young 'Men's (‘Nb- 0“ Elet‘lI'O'Ohf‘l‘lIN: CONN“! “or“! 5“"
lindy is of interest to all Christian
bodies. and indeed to all good citi-
zens. The Methodist Episcopal Church
is a factor in the nation's progressi
and in Christian civilisation. What it
does is of concern to the growth of
Christian faith and the building of
the Kingdom: Legislation counts for
much for or against a denomination's‘
usefulness. The legislative body of
the llethodist Episcopal Church is the
ieneral Conference. which meets onq
in four years. and. meets ls year in
Saralogn. N. i'.. in May. he church
at large is calling for radical chinus
and intelligent adaption to present
candida. The Now York East Coa-
forum—there are more than in
such conferences—meets in Stamford
early in April. Bishop 1.. H. W s‘on.
D. 0.. LL. D. will preside. ll hag
suggested that Rev. Dr. Goodenough.
district superintendent. of Stamford.
should write frlefIy of some matters
of greatest concenn that the Stamford
and Ssratoga Conferences may dis-
cuss for our citizens generally.
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‘IABUIIG RESIIIIIIIIIII
Only Isobar Frost Stat. Ilosso
to Vote Against lsblittg
WASHINGTON. March it.»~lteprc-
sentstlve Ebenezer .l. Hill was the
only member of the Connecticut dele~ I
gallon in the house to vote against
the tsbllng of the Mcbemore resolu»
tiott yesterday. While Hill. by his
vote. opposed the president. all of the
other members from Connecticut.
namely Representatives Glynn. Osltey.
Preston and Tllson. voted to stand
by the president. .. . ‘
On the first test vote on the pre-
virtue question .Connecticul Congress-
men R. P. Freeman and .l. P. Glynn
voted are with the majority. E. J.
Hill, P. Davis Oakey anti J.r Q. Til-
aon voted nay.
0n the final vote on the. motion
to. table the Mobemore resolution
warning America. off armed ships.
Freeman. Glynn. Oakey and Tilson
voted aye. lilll voted Nay.
titti statue
teem WI
\i'lNSTi-J'D. March 8.—Joseph Viz-
sinnl. 28 years old. was arrested here
today on mchsrgc of assaultwith in-
tent to kill Angelo Orrlcchio. at Tor-
rin’gtnn. early today. .Orricchlo is In
the county hospital here. in a serious
condition with s. bullet wound in the
back. .
Vlsslnnl was arrested while hiding
behind sothe‘csrs waiting for a train
on which. it is said, 'inmdcddo go
to Springfield. ans. 0 had walked
the ten miles from‘hmlagton to Win-
W . —
stad."'ai’ter the. _ » .
‘Monrding to the Wan police
‘ on tho stint,
sad followed a «not in which 0p
ricohiq ' a also named htriclt
Mal. the scum ssy.‘ claims that
of fiva
and tbs
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Trinity Church. an excellent vaude-
Ivillc entertainment was presented
last night at-‘Hoyt‘s Theatre. before
a packed house. singing. a sketch, a
.niinatrel show and fancy dancing
were the features of the evening’s
program which was thoroughly enjoy-
ed by the large audience.
The first number of the evening
was an overture by Miss Ethel Beck-
‘er and bound Greenwood. violin and
Irano. This selection was excellent-
i y rendered. and was enthusiastically
received by the audience.
I The first number of the entertain
:‘ment consisted of two sslectloas.
i,“Ths bit-usage of the Violet." and
“The Miller Wobing." by the Trin~
'lty Church holr. under the direction
tot B. J. Sims.
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IllIlllIll Milli [If
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I The annual meeting of the South
{Norwalk Club was held last evening.
lomccrs were elected. Amendments
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to-lhe Articles of Association. having
to do with the duties of the board of
{directors and the nominating commit-
;tee. were paspeJ. after slight changes
Iilld been made iii them. Samuel M.
:.\ller was again named for the presi-
'dency of the .lub last night. The
inomliiating committee. made up of
Wilfred 'Bodweli. S. S. Jarvis. C. H.
Pearce. J. E. Slater. ll. 1.. l.owndes.
George rl- Woodward. and E. I". Baker
Ipresented the following list oi" oi.
flcers. all of whom were elected:
President—Samuel hi. Aller.
Vice-President—Stephen S. Jarvis.
Secretary and Treasurer—Elblrt W.
Fitch.
Board of Directors—Matthew Cor-
bett. Harry W. Mather, Elmer E. Hen-
dricks, Joseph R. Taylor. J. E. Slater.
Frank J. Finnigan. John W Olmsted
on Charles H. Pearce. .
Council-Maurice H. Nuttiiig. He-
man C. Drake. F. ii. Quintsrd. Horace
:VR. Nash. H. E. Bates. Charles F
Kuch. D. H. Miller, a. 8. until, in
I B. Smith, E. F. Smith. A. N. Thcriauli
land E. F. Baker.
Auditors—Charles
:Georgc ‘F. ‘Foote.
E. Hoyt and
Elliiiill lll'ltilli toil
The regular monthly meeting of the
East Norwslk Improvement Associa-
tion was held yttterdny ernoon at
the home of Mm. H. C. . .1kc. on 3:.
John street. The relief committee
to two needy families and had secured
work for a widow. The school coin
mittcc provided during the past. rainy
and snowy days rubbers for several
worthy children. The garden commit~
too was appointed. Plan: will be for
mutated for the garden contest in
April. Ira. Marvin. ~who presided
overthc session osplslnnd in; the
test to make as good a showing as
possible. A letter was road from the
prehidont.illfrs..}i. J. Hipson. who has
Lee‘s very ill, and who is convalesc-
J‘i‘hs Library Oath-t Committee
willjsatahis whimsy with Mrs.
B. J. Thomas; ’V'MJVCBE. instead
“.mvlnfl. bowuds ,a
Elsi utwutctltitmtisv'
reported they had rendered assistance 9""
tion was in the library' cm“
Iforc 9 o‘clock today,
'to complete lip destruction of the
plant began last night, when several!
iegpiosions and be resultant Ire.) In»
iflicted damage Qstlmatcd at $150,000.
The explosion has heard for several
'Inlles around and across the Niagara
chtaract iti t‘nn‘is. when It caused a
:hsaty mobilisation of the militia‘
‘gusrdlng the frbnttcr. The police
i roped off the struts in the vicinity of
Ithe chemical pfint. as the In was:
Idriven toward c§micsla of a high can
iplosive nature 1, Tile firemen were
Iht‘lpleIJ to cut .wltb the spreading.
“Ire because ‘th mixing with the!
Incantati- otlvr or am
i flames.
i Dr. Hector It. l'arvslh. manager of
fthe company. issued a formal state-
i went today to the Meet that the plant
thud been "bombed.” .
I “i am." he said. "convinced the es-5
ipiusion in our plant was the result:
-of outside agencies. Careful investl-i
’gation has shown us the first exploI
Lsion was not such its would have oc-'
Icurred had chemicals stored in our.
buildings let go. I
“i believe a bomb with only s small:
amount of explosive was set 0! just;
inside the peroxidiil plant. the.slight
explosion that followed giving most'
of the cmployes it chance to escape;
The second explosion was also caused.
by s bomb. but those that followed.
were those of the stores of chemicals:
{in the plant." '
Dr. Carl'alh has asked the police to
Imske every effort to find the dyna-
vmlters.‘ He was making an inspection
of the plant when today's explosion
occurred. .\'0 one was injured. in the
initial explosion ia.tt.iiight one ilittn
iwas killed and another badly injured.
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, _ tilts liill cut;
”dominant-$25300:
sang. Minis m by;
Mo Baor—Fnilr Mi
‘suttu-u court “yum:
fears slusllssvtli
intstsssprmcssrt. '
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to the“
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* Judge Edwin H. (lager. at the Clvitl
Superior court yesterday afternoon
granted a non~sult motion in the long
fought out Watts case in which Sam-I
ucl A. Purdy of Westport. adminis-
trator of the estate of Sidncy‘fiatts
brought action against the latter:
soil. Stanley Watts. claiming that he}
took advantage of their close rein-.
tlonshlp audJnflnenccd the father at
transfer a deed of ~property in We - .
to him. The other relatives;
claimed that Stanley Watts had not‘
taken care of his father. Sidney. as
he had agreed to and had even al-
lowed him to commit. suicide. Ac-
tion was brought to...set aside the
deed; to the Westport. property and
damages of $25,009, ’
‘ \ Started in 1012. (
The. cine was entered upon,' the
doekctl‘, 9f the. court than three
lyears ago. The administrator tasked
to have the deed of the property set
aside unffiblailncd 025,006 damages:
The cape came to the jury and scv~
oral pissdla‘s and a verdict-was rt.
touted against the son. a motion to
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set aside the‘vcrtliot was dcsdsd‘ 59¢.
tilts; nit-m sits mun mi
Isdsssf Intros-it Iss this
its lost! I
illtl abuts cut
ll llli fllili nuts.
Mutated Firsslsss Gambian
that llsss $5,000 bangs—I
fully hssrsd ‘ !
”Klimt-SPORT, March 5. "Brilctcil;
t of the Nuifllfw have started because of an over illit'l Attorney Spellacy agreed.
heated "replace, a tire yesterday .ll'
and [hmypnpdi the heart out of the Golden Inii. ini -h Hh Hrll m degmdflms and
. Ellht'k Rock. just this side of the cizyffa‘u fun; “Tito“. My
ll .-and gate the firemen a hard:
fig during whicu two firemen squ
tiered lttceuted hands and many liur- against Roberts ma (‘oughlill in
rnwly escaped death when a t-liimtie)
ill the inside of lbi‘ plat-e collapicti,
and missed the firefighters by but a.
few inches. Norman Holden. pm
prieior ot’ the Inn. this alleciiotiii es I
tlmated the damage at sanitltl, nlll)l
Will 0f VERDIIN I8
features. They Ia
predate it later.
snow or rain tonight, probably new. m m
IllilNIi flIIll0lISll l0llll-
illllt‘i bilillill
0f _Il_Ii_Pi_ill0II uw
hthiq 60-5st lusts is b. 5.}
east—Olga In More! I
‘ Germans Second Attack I. :3-
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the Stronghsld b on a
. ilsch Larger Scale 1b.:
. the First, and can; ling]!
Made Regardless d "
Lives loci French an
NEW HAVEN. March a reThe trial; 42'
of three managers of branch houses of ‘
western beef packers on charges oil
violations of the federal meal inspec‘
tlon law, was set for May it) by Judge;
‘. s. Thomas in the L'nited States dig-gt
lricl court here ytaleriisy. Pleas oi
not guilty were t-nttrei through cilull-‘
gel by the defendants, who
with their companies are .I. ll. (‘ougli I
lin. manager of the (‘udahy Packing,
Company at Bridgepon; George l).
Roberts. manager for Morris Bi Co.
at Bridgeport. and John A. (‘rowe,.
manager for the (‘utlahy Company in:
New Haven. Samuel (‘nmpiier of this“
city. for the companies and the in-;
dividual defendant», asked that a dale'
be set ill May and United States Dis i
There are seventeen counts against:
Spellacy’
~laid he would go to trial on the Crow.“
complaint first. following with thouc‘
or-.
tier. .
In I ' .“- gallons are that ill: 1
nl inspection law has been violtiteti.‘
There is a difference of opinion 34 iii
the meaning of the law between the
department of agriculture and the le
to llsve
Trenches
ltccspllrd “—
jointly:
Iall day yesterday and is, now
The battle of Verdun develop»
ed both in intensity and in eaten
1raging along the line from Chops
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py in the Argonne to Fresncs in
the Woevrc. showing that. tho
second attack for the stronghold: ~ ‘
is to be made on a larger scab
than the first. So far. according
to the reports received here, its! .
IGcrmsns. by employing massu'
.of men without countin cost. ob- '
uined some slight galls to a.“
west of the Mouse and in tb-
Wocvrc. where they carriolzsi‘
Fresncs after a fierce strugglo. ‘ A" 3'
Desperate fighting is again go "
ing on on the left bank of tho
river. Following up the advanr
tage of yesterday, the German! ‘
s
can of with is covvml by hum-1L“ lglll department of the packing ciin-Igoing around the foot of the
The building is owned by l.. A.‘
Wally, ltirmcr priest of Illt.‘ SL'
GIeorge's Lithuanian Roman (‘titliolitl
church on Park avenue. '
Joins on Owner.
Mistsking reporters who were hur-
rying to the fire, for state police.
(lolden. who was on his way homo
and who did not know lost his prop
arty was on firs. jumped out of the
jilney at Colorado avenue and pro-
ceeded back to the center of the city.
thinking that be was playing a good
joke on the safe police. He wps re~
fused a liquor liosnse a short time
ago by the county commissioners, and
since that time has not kept any
liquor in the place. ~
When hp got into the jitney to
go to the inn. he heard one
reporter say: “it Is at the Golden
him. where they were refused a li-
cense a short time ago. There may be
someone we know in the place, that
can give us the information we want."
flolden looked tho pair ”or and de-
cided that they bololgatl to the state
police. Knowing that there was no
one at his lnmhc decided to allow
(Continued on Twelfth Pugs.)
Bli’illillli tutti
lill lllll nutrition
Mgr his Llslslt $0 little: in;
legslsst Bridgeport ossi-
pssy—lsw Enacted by last
Lsgldststs
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if the opinion held by Judge John
J. Walsh of the Common Pleas court.
criminal side. is sustained. the bill-
board license law passed by the last
general assembly will stand as being
unconstitutional." Judge Walsh haiio~
ed down the decision today in the
mascot the state against .lohn P.
Murphy of Bridgeport. manager of the
Bridgeport Bill Posting company.
Manager Murphy was arrested in
Bridgewrt last fall on the charge of
bill posting without a license. His
counsel. Culllnan and Culllnnn. flied
odemurrer to the complaint on the
ground that the statute under which
it was drawn. was , unconstitutional”
This demurrer was overruled in _‘the
City court and an appeal was taken
to the Common Pleas court.
The oasc'has been under considera-
tion for some time. It was in th as»
cure of a test for other cascs. no
demurrer claims that the» law lni'br-
fcrcs with individual rights asgunr‘
mined by the couhitution. Judge
Walsh sustains this view. ' '
'In repht to‘s question Prosecutort
liuxford of the Common Pleas court
said its hall not yet decided whether
he would appeal from .the decision
to the Supreme court. ‘
The Gsneral Assambly passed the
kiln "spouse to an urgent demand
menstruation casino! .blll poet-
sllmvsr the libio..rb[_ outside
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pservetkgsud s
cerns. The charges relate to ship-i
merit of meals from a house where
“processing" is done. thinugh inter-l
state commerce without reinapection.,
A " rocessing house" is the planti
call an Mcial house." where
meat Is prepared for the market by‘
curing or in the making-of uneagc.‘
The preparing of these meats is in the
“processing" as described by law.
These cases are the first to be brought ,
in the country and Mr. spellscy thinks‘
it will take three weeks to dispose of
them. indictments were found by'thei
grand jury last .week and the man-t
tigers were notified yesterday to come.
to'court. ,
The act of the inspectors of the dc.
partment of agriculture ill sclslng.f
under the provisions of the pure foodI
law, a shipment of oysters at the rail-_
road station here some Weeks ago.
was termed “highway robbery" by Al-
bert H. Barclay. counsel for oysterj
shippers here. in arguing a motion
before Judge Thomas to have the gov-I
ernment specify what porlion of the?
oysters were in a "dirty" condition;
and which had been obtained from,
"the filthy and polluted waters of:
New Haven harbor." I
Mr. Spellacy. in reply. read a let-
ter from the. department of agricul-'
lure stating that oyster shippers bsdl
been warned it year ago that oysters;
taken from the waters of New Haven;
Harbor were not fit for food. and he‘
said that Mr. Barclay’s contention was
far fetched. Judge Thomas directed;
.\ir. Barclay to submit a brief. l
calculi litisiol
mil utwuuité
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Although weather conditions served
to keep many members and friends
at'homc last evening, thm Concord
Division. No. 2. Sons of Temperancc.t
celebrated their seventy-second anni-l
versary it: an unusually fine manner.‘
Visitors from surrounding towns were
present. including Mrs. -Brinley. of
New Haven. a Grand Officer of the
organization. After'the regular bust-T
ness meeting. a social time \vas en-
joyed. with music being furnished by
an East Norwalk orchestra.
The following took part:
Address of, welcome by Mrs. P. M.
Wheeler; music by the Christ Church
orchestra. composed of Howard Angle-
man.‘Bartley Grifhn.‘ Frank Stunte-
vsnt and ,‘Miss Natalie Wheeler; (ad
dress by Mrs. 'Brlnlcy, Grand Worthy
Assoolate of West Haven; remarks
by Mrs. Crockett of Rowsyton; music
by the orchestra: remarks by lira. '
Guidsr. Miss Bertha Spicer. Mrs.
Frank and others; recitation by Ifrs.
Crockett; whistling solo by“ lira.
OscarCanlleld; more music when a
bountiful .supply 'of refreshments of
cake. coffee and sandwiches. were
. gcmcral good time was
snioycd by/sll. «nether solo blers.
Csaloid the Blocking Bird and an-
other-piece by the orchestra conclud-
'ed the evening's entertainment which
was enjoyed by all. The Division
unmounted. with.t‘helr presence. A
detention from W. C. Temperance
Union.“- prcscnh. ‘ ~
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wishes to .jh'sult all who tool1 part‘
slope wrich’servad than us 0. ',
mask. following the railroad '9" ‘.
entered chnicvillc. From that .
they launched fiftecn ' ‘
‘ against: Hill No. 265, so“ ‘
a of Cote dc I‘Oiqand ’ “ ..
it-Thus they control the loop"
of the Mouse within which rog'
gion the hill is located. flit »
French withdrew their right from " . ‘_
within the loop and it now recur.
on the Meusc above cm
This withdrawal from. so: "W. * t?‘
vsnced position on the left'bafl' '_'
became nccesssry. according' to 7-
the. military cspcrts'. in order to
maintain alignment with the po- ’3 "I
sitions on the right bank. quilts if“.
would have been difficultto held" ~'
the advanced point. which the . '
Germans could at. the samc'g'mq‘. , i
attack in front and on the flank. . ‘
Having thus obtained com~_ -
mand of the slopes leading to g
the principal French positional“ t!
which run from Bethlncourt‘bo’»;
Cote dc l’Oic by, the northeasterb‘
spur to Le Mort Hammond M
woods of Corbeaux and Comical; J
the Germans without losing a my
moment’s time hurled masses 0?? . .
infantry against these podium“
They gained a footing in thence,-
beau): wood. but Mere M,
attacks were repulsed with
losses. In this district centeri If
present the chief interest of M
battle and the supreme 0501105:
the German troops is awaited by
the French with confidence, .
they rely in the strength of their
defensive preparations. The new.-
pation of Fresncs is consul“
as of only secondary impo , ‘
since the position was an s
vsnccd one and not worth the int-
curring of heavy sacrifices to th-
fcnd. . .
Iii/the Champagne the French ‘3};
have recaptured portions of the L?
trenches lost on March 6, accorde-
ing to semi-official announcement
made in Paris today. >
The situation‘fibrth of Verdun
is unchanged. ‘ ‘ ' .
jacks Were made laahnight. til
$ouncemca says. Artill
ting con ' .l' '
. An agent «illicit?» the Ex ,
chance elem many rd-
portc rumors of the 49th of En~
1’ Pasha, Turkish Minister at)
arJut all efforts in confirmgoe
refute them have‘bcnc unavst'lsg.
. , The fofiowing gofficialm l_ ,
intent has been issued~ ,by e
klsh War Office: " ‘
“Demonstrations of saw
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