2 - -'-'-" ' TIIE MORNING OKEGOXIAN. SATURDAY, FKDTIUARY 26, 1916.
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DRIVE IS UNABATED
French Assume Battle for
i Possession of Fortress May
Continue Fortnight.'
HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING
Jaier Said to Have Ordered Re-
liearsal Before launching Great
Offensive Defenders Are
Heavily 'Reinforced.
(Contlnafd Ftttti Flrat Page.)
had on the minds of the German people
lnce 1792. and the' consequent moral
value of Its fall to the Germans. This
psychological reason, In the Judgment
of high official critics, explained the
presence of Emperor William behind
the troops, and tne orders of the day
Issued to the army by the Crown Prince
and the generals. The French compare
the ground gained by the Germans In
the four days with twice that amount
taken by the French in the first two
days of their offensive In Champagne,
together with eight times the number
of prisoners.
The confidence of the French is un
shaken by the fierce attacks and the
bending in of the French line. The
military critic of the Temps reports
that heavy French reinforcements have
bc-n brought up.
Whole Brigade Annihilated.
Lieutenant-Colonel Leonce Roushet,
knottier military critic, relates a con
versation he had with a surgeon just
returned from Verdun. On February
22. during the present battle, the sur
geon saw an entire .brigade, which was
advancing in close order, caught by the
concentrated fire of French batteries
and annihilated in a few minutes.
The Petit Parislen's correspondent at
the front says that Emperor William,
prior to the lieginning of the attack,
ordered as an especial precaution that
a sort of dress rehearsal of the coming
attack be held. At a given signal, the
correspondent says, every infantryman
and gunner took the post assigned to
him In advance and the motions of a
general attack were gone through be
hind the lines. The Emperor seemingly
was satisfied and gave the word to be
gin the offensive on Saturday night.
The French losses are declared to be
insignificant in comparison with those
of the Germans.
French Well Sheltered.
The German artillery preparation,
which reached its height on Tuesday,
was of unparalleled violence. Every
inch of ground was searched out; every
point where it was thought guns might
exist was littered with shells, but the
'French infantry was so well sheltered
under the ground and the French guns
were so well hidden that when the
German batteries grew silent and the
German infantry advanced to the at
tack. Frenchmen sprang up from the
hole in the ground and opened a deadly
fire with machine guns, while shells
from the 75-millimeter guns flew over
head and mowed down wave after
wave of the Germans as they plodded
doggedly over the snow-covered
ground. k
The French defense, according to
military experts, has proved itself most
effective by inflicting appalling losses
on the Germans. Prisoners taken yes
terday stated that whole regiments
have been wiped out. It is expected,
however, that the Germans will return
to the charge with renewed fury, as
they desire to get within reach of the
forts. They are now within two miles
of that of Douaumont. within three
miles of that of Charny and about the
came distance of Vaux and Tavannes.
Jf they should succeed in their purpose
it would be at an enormous cost of life.
-LONDON MENACED, SAYS BRITON
Importance of Situation at Verdun
Is Emphasized.
LONDON, Feb. 25. The importance to
England of the battle raging around
Verdun was emphasized by Major Sir
Francis Lloyd, general officer com
manding the London district, in a
fipeech today at the opening of a mili
tary building at wimDieaon.
"In the great war wnicn is now pro
eeding." said General Lloyd, "every in
dividual must give up self absolutely.
ana all must unite in one bond to make
the war result in victory. To you real
ize thfct a fight is now going on for a
passage to Paris? The result will hang
in the balance until the Teuton is
driven ba"k. as I have confidence he
will be.
"But it once our allies' line is pierced
the way will be open to the French
capital, and if that capital is reached,
a ntw complexion would be put on the
whole face of the war and on our lives
nd being. A German success on the
French front would not merely mean
the loss of Paris, but would endanger
London."
General Lloyd administered a rebuke
to those Britons who. he declared, had
acquired the habit of fault-finding with
and criticising the work of their lead
ers. "You grumblers." said General Lloyd,
"are putting spokes in the wheels of
the war's progress. The people must
learn that it is necessary to carry dis
cipline into every corner of private life
and home Ufa to turn tho great struggle
into a victory."
BERLIN IS MORE CONFIDENT
Germans Say They Gained Wherever
Strong Effort Was Made.
BERLIN, Feb. 24. via London, Feb. 25.
The report of German gains north
ward of Verdun has strengthened the
feeling of confidence here in the out
come of future events. The news has
provoked no nottceable flurry in Ber
lin, where no flags have been exhib
ited. Naturally it Is Impossible to hazard &
iruoss whether the latest drive marks
the beginning of a great offensive or
is only a continuation of the "evident
feeling-out process of recent days.
Except as to the number of prisoners
taken, the victory of the Germans is
one-fourth as great as that achieved by
the entente allies In September, .where
three days" gunfire preceded the at
tack
To the gains northward of Verdun
must be added 800 yards taken by the
Germans southward of Ypres. February
14: S50 yards northward ot ypres irep
i-nnnr 19. 800 eastward of Souches Feb
ruary 21. and 700 yards westward of
Heidweiler on the day of the com
mencement of the Verdun advance.
These gains were preceded by large
"advancts at Vimy in January.
German officials say that the Ger
man gains have been scored at virtually
every point where an earnest effort
at advance was made and that in no
case has It been necessary to precede
the attack with a 72-hour cannonade,
such as preceded the September offen
sive of tho entente allies.
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MISS ELAINE ROSENTHAL LEFT. OF CHICAGO, SHAKING HANDS WITH MISS LOUISE WITHEUBEE, OF
NEW YORK (SOCIAL REGISTER), WHOM SHE DEFEATED,
alm Beach has charms other than bathing and Bal Masques. Society has paid more , than . P"11"1" 5"fnt
to the nroeress of the golf tourament for the woman's championship, held at Palm Beach. Miss Rosenthal, tne
WestlrS chlmpio, defeated Mrs.1! F. Ross. Century. 8 and 7. thereby llfZ?
snip. She turned in a card of 75. which is the record for the course, made by Miss Lillian Bird, of New York, three
years ago.
NAVY IS CRITICISED
Admiral Says Radical Reform
Is Necessary.
"SEA HABIT" IS DESIRABLE
Training of Young Boys Urged and
Polytechnic Education Declared
Lnsuited to Those Who Must
Command Fleets.
n-.cuivr.rnv Feb. 25. The United
States Navy's whole system of govern
ment and operation, from education of
officers to questions oi smp
i..n wa xharDly criticised De-
fore the House naval committee today
by Admiral Cameron McKae wins ow,
commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet
declared, a fully efficient fighting force
comparable to the British navy could
not be produced In BO year
Admiral wmsiow - " " V .
rnralta composed of active line
officers was a vital necessity. Today
he amplified this view, declaring the
system of education at Annapolis
Naval Academy was wrong,.
Midshipmen Are Advocated.
wr i ...tnrotlnn n T the old srade
'-'dAh'l?;rt4Et7!s8vears
enter iuq dci -- - -
of age. he said, spend two years in pre
liminary scnooung mhu.b. .w
sea to acquire the "sea habit f rom
actual contact with things oi tne
sea before completing uieir euuto.
ashore. The polytechnic education now
eiven miosnipmen v -utterly
unsuited, the Admiral declared,
to the training of men to handle ships
and combinations of ships at sea.
He could see no value to be gained
from making all Navy officers experts
. i mathftmntirR. and thought
in niguci ...v... ,
constructors, engineers and ordnance
experts snouia De iraraeo wu....io
and never be called on to command
ships.
Unfit Mnat Be Eliminates.
t- . u n Aav hnvl AntprpH 1he
i: i u i ii mi t J
academy, he said, a system of selection
should be applied to govern promotion,
.uninatinr men unfitted for the tiring.
nerve-racking tasks that would be
theirs in war.- ie aoaea tnac leiiow oi-
ncera buuuiu m-i--. ...... , .-
tions. and that a plan of this sort was
being worKea out uy mta a.vjr xciitu l-
iii ii t.
With opposing fleets sweeping toward
each other over the sea for an action
to be carried out at a speed of 20 knots
or more, the Admiral insisted, there
would be no time for hesitation by any
( He told how he trained a squadron
bf four dreadnoughts he commanded
two years ago um.ii mo uiueio wcio
carried out within six seconds of the
time no gate mcui, w iiiauviticiD w
1 11 & Lai iwi n - ...
thia hp declared. reDresented only
"encouraging progress" on the road
toward complete efficiency, and appli
cation of such intensive methods to
the fleet as a whole could never be
to command the Bhips because of fit
ness. DDL D I" a. V i yi ocuiunijf
. Asked bow many, flag ofllcers in the
Navy he thought were capable of de
velopment and complete fitness for high
command, the Admiral said:
"I do not think any of us in the
upper grades have had sufficient ex
perience to work up to our highest
efficiency."
He added that something might be
accomplished if several captains or
commanders were set aside and trained
for flag officers, the men best fitted
to be selected for actual commands.
The Admiral indicated he believed
that while American ships were stead
ilv improving' in design, it was doubt
ful whether they now equaled ships
abroad.
"I -have never said,"-he continued,
"that our fleet could not fight. It could
fight. It would fight." He added that
it was the whole system he attacked,
believing it could never produce effi
ciency of the fighting forces in men-
or ships.
Representative Britten sougnt to in
terject the question of what amount
of armament made a ship a war craft
as against a defensively armored mer
chantman. .
Merchantman Issue Brought l p.;
"I want to ascertain," he said in an
swer to Chairman Padgett's suggestion
that such discussion was not pertinent
to the committee's work, "just how
heavily a merchant ship would have
to be armed before the President of
the United States would warn Ameri
cans to keep off of her."
Representative Padgett suggested
that the President was better able to
answer that question than Admiral
Winslow.
Admiral Winslow said he 'had had
occasion recently to study the subject
and form an opinion. It was purely
a question of international law, how
ever, he added, and as such he thought
it unwise for him to discuss It puo
licly at this time.
When the examination of Admiral
Winslow was concluded the committee
adjourned to resume its hearings next
Monday.
PEK1N ADMITS DEFEAT
GOVERNMENT GARRISON FLEES
BEFORE ADVANCING REBELS.
Snlfu Garrison Surprised by 10,000
Tnnnaneite Revolutionists Said
to Command 40,000 Men.
pv.KfC. Jan. 26. (Correspondence
of tho Associated Press.) Official ac
knowledgment of the defeat of govern
ment troops by the Yunnan rebels on
the Sze-Chupn border was withheld
. si tnAav Hi-lion the State Depart
ment Issued a mandate denouncing Tsai
Ao, in which admission is maue mo-i.
the revolutionists surprised the regu
lar army and defeated a small garri
son. - ''
Information received in Pekin from
nr,h4n,RA Rnnrrpfl Rhows that the
Yunnanese, who descended on the city
of Suifu and capturea it. numDereu
about 10,000. The government garrison
at Suifu numbered about 4000, but
these troops left for the north several
days before 'the arrival of the Yunna
nese and consequently there was no
resistance to the entrance of the lat
ter. The fleeing government forces are
reported to have started north for
Tze-Chow.
Neutral military experts are of . the
i i t,a iha rAvnliitfnniRta ran
OPINIUU vile!. vw
probably put about 40,000 men into the
field.
Fllea Cured in S to 14 Days.
. i, Bi7n nTVTUr.NT
fallf to cure Itching. Blind. BleedlOK or Pnv-
CLUBMAN IS NIED
Musician Seeks Divorce From
Former Portland Woman.
CRUELTY ALSO CHARGED
Reginald Bassett Says Engineer
Traveled North to Woo Complain
ant's Wife, Telling Her Fam
ily He Wras Single Man.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. (Special.)
George H. Wilhelm. a civil engineer
widely known in club and social cir
cles on both sides of the bay, was
named in a divorce complaint filed here
today. Reginald Bassett, who filed the
suit, charged his wife, Rosina, with
extreme cruelty and desertion. .
Almost simultaneously with the ruing
of the document. Mrs. Wilhelm made
the announcement that she and her hus
band, who had been estranged for sev
eral weeks, had effected a reconcilia
tion and intended leaving for the East
on a brand-new honeymoon tonight.
In bringing suit against his wife.
Bassett alleges that the courtship of
her by Wilhelm alienated her affec
tions. Bassett declares that while he was
employed as a musician in an Oakland
theater, Mrs. Bassett and Wilhelm fre
quented cafes and restaurants in Oak
land and San Francisco and frequently
met at a friend's home.
According to the complaint, wilhelm
made costly presents to Mrs. Bassett
and took her on numerous motor rides.
It is charged that he made two trips to
Portland to see her when she was vls-
itine her parents in that city; that he
represented himself to her family as
a single man eager to marry her after
she had secured a divorce and that he
assisted her financially, after she had
returned from Portland, without the
knowledge of Bassett.
Bassett is a well-known musician and
composer. Mrs. Bassett was formerly
Rosina Mcintosh, of Portland, where
her father is port warden. She is a
strikingly beautiful girl and possessed
of a rare soprano voice.
Mrs. Bassett is said here to be at
the home of her parents In Portland.
Mrs. Bassett is the daughteV of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Mcintosh, 6221 Forty
seventh street Southeast. She is now
visiting at the home of her parents.
Mrs. Bassett refused to talk of the
case last night. Mr. Mcintosh Is port
warden and a ship liner, with offices in
the Lumber Exchange.
SWEDISH PEOPLE WARNED
Subjects Told to "Keep Oft Seas"
After February 29.
OMAHA, Feb. 25. P. A. Edqulat,
Swedish Vice-Consul here, received in
structions from his government today
to warn all Swedish subjects "to keep
off the seas" after. February 29, when
the order of the central powers of
Europe to sink armed merchant ships
without warning becomes effective.
The Vice-consul indicated tho Swed
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FISHER AMENDS COMPLAINT
Owner or Seized Trap Sues for Re
turn, of Money.
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 25. (Special.)
An amended complaint In the case of
Theodore Siverson against R. E. clan
i TTr.ni, Kwp.ftt was filed in the
IVU i . L r
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ZEPPELIN KILLS AMERICAN
Richard Canfield's Gambling Aide
Is Victim in Paris.
T?OSTON. Feb. 25. The death in Paris.
by a bomb dropped from a ZePPelin
of William-Dunn, ex-ass l-tt of R ch-
ean?erCpXsaat New YoX Saratoga and
hrbrotber-. Joseph J. Dunn, In
a better from-the British Consul at
PaThe letter said that Dunn was killed
while seated In a barber chair in a
Paris hotel January 23. and that John
,"1 who was with him. was in
?Sd Bott men were widely known
in sporting circles on both sides of the
Atlantic.
PORK DEARER IN BERLIN
Butchers Unable to Obtain Supplies
at Former Jf rtces.
.
RP-RXJN. Feb. 24. ivia London, Feb.
-55rhT magistracy of Berlin has
raised the maximum pork prices at the
request f the butchers of the city . who
are unable to secure swine at the exist-
inThernew prices run from 80 pfennigs
a nound for a head without Jowls to
a60Pnfennis for fresh hams, 150 pfen
nigs tor billy, shoulder and similar
cuff and 240 pfennigs for tenderloin
and cutlets Portions of dressed hog
which may be converted into sausage
have been further reduced.
Aron Indictment Sustained.
ROSEBURG. Or, Feb. 25. (Special.)
-Holding that the indictment returned
bv the grand jury against illiam Pla-
man. accusea 01 v.
Judge Coke has denied the demurrer
filed by anornej w. ----
The indictment was attacked on tho
grounds that the, charge preferred
against Plaman was not framed under
any particular
A vest of wasps will kill from 3000 to
Anon flies a day, but the one or two thoy
fnay miss till breed about 2:j.436.7S9 more
before the avengers can act back on the
job nest morning.
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JAPAN WILLING 10 SELL
RISSIA BELIEVED ABOUT TO
ACQUIRE LOST WARSHIPS,
Two Battleship, and Cruiser Involved
in Negotiations Now et Satis
factory Staue.
TOKIO, Feb. 25. Ruasian negotia
tions for the purchase from Japan of
warships which were captured in the
Russo-Japanese War, are reported to
be proceeding satisfactorily. The Soya,
the Tango and the Saiiami are said to
be the vessels which Russia desires to
purchase.
Russia would have bought warships
from Japan at the outbreak of the war.
in order to take part in the bombard
ment of TBing-Tau, the seaport on the
Chinese coast in the German territory
of Kiau-Chau. but the negotiations
which were then undertaken fel
through.
The Tango and the Sasaml are bat
tleships and the Soya a protected
cruiser. . ,
The Tango, formerly the. Russian
warship Poltava, was sunk at l'ort
Arthur and afterwards raised and re
paired. She is of 11.000 tons and has
a complement of 750 men. The i ha
gami, like the Tango, was built at
Petrograd and is of 13.500 tons, with a
complement of 732 men.
The Soya was built at Philadelphia
in 1S01 was sunk at Chemulpo in 1904
and raised and repaired in 1905. Bhe
has a displacement of ;0J tons.
STAMP DYESARE COMING
Prospect of Getting Sugar licet
Seed, However, Not Hopeful.
T,T7.rr tivt F.h 9i via. London. Feb. 25.
(Delayed' in transmission.) Through
the combined enons u
Embassy and Consulate, shipment ot
aniline dyes for the use of the LniteU
States Government in the production of
postage stamps and greenbacks has
been arranged. One small shipment al
ready has gone and others will follow
shortly.
Small private shipments of dyes have
until now reached only as far as Hol
land, where they have been detained.
Throuprh Krwin v. m-mim"".
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hut remember there is Only One
Oatl for full namo and look too this ignaturo on box
and the popular Colo-
clal attache here, efforts uro being
made to obtain for the L'nlt.d Mates
a supply Of sugar beet seed, but to
date the prospect Is not hopeful.
Extra values in tan and
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