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THE MORNING OKtGOXIATT. WEDNESDAY, 3IAY 10, 1916. TERRIFIC BATTLE RAGING AT VERDUN FAIR STUDENTS OF PREPAREDNESS AWAITING INSPECTION BY PRESIDENT AT CHEVT CHASE CAMP, WASHINGTON, D. C. Store Opens Daily at 8 :30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. store Closes Daily at ":30 P. 51. Saturday's at 6 P. 51. 2 ". V " - " - "1 v 5 Days May Elapse Before Issue of Most Desperate Combat of War Is Decided. REPORTS ARE AT VARIANCE Assault Launched . by Germans o Friday, and I'rcnch Observers Believe Height of Its Fury Ha? Not Been-Keached. LUXDON', May 9. (Special.) The In tensity of the fightins at Hill 304 has not diminished. Both the French and the Germans tonight assert the ad vantage. As in the critical days at Touaumont and La Mort Homme, the Paris and Berlin reports concerning the battle have now reached a flat con tradiction in terms. It may be several days before the real situation is estab lished. Rivaling even the intensity of the last assault west of the Meuse, when the Germans attacked for more than a hundred hours without cessation, this newest thrust at Hill 304 has spared nothing that might make It successful. Height of Firing Not Attained. It began and in the opinion of French observers it has not yet reached its crest. Three separate assaults were launched last night against the battered but unbroken lines by which the French held the hill. Paris asserts that all three were repulsed with heavy losses to the Germans. Berlin says that fresh trenches were captured south of Hau- court and that those taken yesterday are still firmly held. Observers are inclined to be skeptical concerning German possession of the crest of Hill 304. Berlin for days made Fimilar assertions with regard to Le Mort Homme, when their only justifi cation was the capture of trenches on the northern slope. The possession of Hartmanns Weiler- Itopf in the Vosges was also the- sub-' jct of dispute until the French settled the question by inviting neutral cor respondents to verify their contentions. Possession of Hill Matters Little. Titular possession of the hill really little matters now. It is a "no man's land, seared of every living thing and hammered into a shapeless mass through the incessant bombardment of the past two months. Against it. the Germans have brought to bear the weight of hundreds of their heaviest guns. They have abandoned the method of shelling the entire Ver dun front us.ed in the last assault be fore launching the infantry, and gone back to the earlier plan of concentra tion on a particular objective without attempting to disguise it. The French have met the attacks wun new dispositions aisu. x reiicnes. especially first line trenches, could not' stand tor a moment against the ava- lum-liii if ch.lla thnt itV eon nniirfH on Hill 304. The French, therefore, no lonerer depend on them. Instead the "chief reliance now is on machine guns, served from separately-constructed uriflofirrrtiin r? fiheltet-p. and on the new automatic French rifle. Two of these in the hands of ordinary soldiers are now the equal of a mitrailleuse. New Weapons Prove Deadly. Tn the assaults last night these new weapons showed up with especial dead liness. As the German columns de bouched from the ravines by which thev sought to gain the crest, they were met not merely with a hail of bullets but with a perfect sheet of steel. Many of the regiments, Paris asserts, lost as high as 60 per cent of their effectives in one charge alone. liast of the Jleuse fighting of the fame desperate character is going on. Berlin asserts that French attempts to capture the ground taken at the Thiaumor.t farm have been repulsed with the loss of 375 men and nine machine guns. Paris, on the other hand, asserts that much of the terri tory lost in this sector has been re gained. y-: -. ' ' y'r -.' : '.Y .' . ,.T. -y: ' . : . .. a......v - f"-,-... . .... . ... .... . .-:. t N. T. Pacifiq Phone : MarshaU 5080 'NBS MORRiSQi The IMost in Value, the J5est in Quality- Home Phone: A 2112 , Careful Buying Housekeepers Will Quickly Trofit by This Sale of New Curtains and Curtain Materials You will find it a pleasure to select from the splendid offerings ar ranged for this sale. Varieties are extensive, qualities reliable, and prices considerably reduced. New Scrims at 15 Yd. 18c and 20c Grades Imitation Hemstitched, open work border and colored border styles in white, cream and ecru. Scrims regularly eold at 18c and 20c a yard, priced for IP This Sale at ....XO New Scrims at 19c Yd. Best 23c Grade Over 50 different styles in open work and colored bordered pat terns. They come in white, cream and ecru and are selling resrularly at 25c a yard. 1 Q This Sale at JLI7C NEW CURTAINS AT $1.48 PAIR Qualities to $2.25 Notting ham Lace, Bungalow Net and Scrim Curtains In white, cream and ecru. All desirable new styles in qualities regularly sold at $1.75, $2 and $2.25 a pair. This Sale $1.4ft NEW CRETONNES AT 19 YARD Best 25c Grade About 25 different styles in light, medium and dark-colored patterns suit able for draperies, box coverings, cushions, etc. Best 25c grade, reduced for This Sale to 19? Copyright by G. V. Buck, Wash. D. C. From Underwood & Underwood. GIRLS VP TO SALUTE THE PRESIDENT IPO.V HIS ARRIVAL TO INSPECT THE CAMP. Daughters of 1916 have rallied to the call. 4he camp has an enrollment of 1000 young- women from all th principal cities in the United States. It is called the National Service School, the first of Its kind in the country. The tents are pitched in a 10-acre field, griven for this" purpose by Senator Francis Kewlands. of Nevada. The camp is near the fashionable Columbia and Chevy Chase clubs. 3 GENERALS TAKEN Turks Estimate Prisoners and Booty Captured at Kut. Arms and Ammunition Dropped Into' Tigris Being Recovered Con stantinople Keports Victory to East of Suez Canal. BERLIN, May 9. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) The official Turkish report of May 8 says that three British Generals, in addition to General Townshend, the commanding officer, were captured at Kut-el-Amara, The statement also gives a delayed report of a defeat of the British in Southern Arabia near Aden. The statement says: 'Artillery duels occurred in the region of Felahie (on the Tigris River) In addition to General Townshend. we captured at Kut-el-Amara General Povna. commander of the Sixth In fantry Division: General Dabmack, commander of the Sixteenth brigade; General Hamilton, commander of the Seventeenth brigade; Colonel Evans, commander of the Eighteenth brigade. HARBOR BILL IS FOUGHT . Senator Kcnjon Seeks Lump Sum ot $10,000,000 as Substitute. WASHINGTON". May 9. Senator Ken yon besan a fight on the $43,000,000 river and harbors bill in the Senate today, urging the substitution ot resolution appropriating JJ.000,000 to ne expended at the discretion or tno AVar Department for river and harbor work during the coming year. He insisted that the bill was extrava pant and that most of its items could not be defended, even in normal times. $100 BID MADE FOR SEATS (Continued From F1r?t Pane,) '-th regular price of $50 a ticket. This wiil make grood the money that it cost . to brinx the convention to Chicagro. No offers of fancy prices will have jiny effect on me. I've got no political debts to pay. The tickets are strictly a business proposition and win. be ban tiled as such." Workmen Preparing Coltncum. Down at the Coliseum work of get ting the his hall in shape for the con vention continued today at top speed The force of workmen was Increased -and the Coliseum and annex were both scenes of activity. "William P. Stone, serg-eant-at-arms of the National committee, expects to -be able to open his offices in the Annex Thursday- At that time the rooms to "bo occupied by Chairman Hilles and Secretary Oleason will be ready. Mr. Stone's secretary, James E. Godwin, Baltimore, will arrive In Chicago to nun-row to remain until after the con vention. HALF OF OFFICERS HINDUS and an officer named Smith, com mander of artillery. The number of officers made prisoner is 551. of whom half are Europeans and half Hindus. Of the soldiers, captured, 25 per cent are Europeans and the" remainder Hindus." Sunken Arms Recovered. "We have found up to the present time 40 cannon, 20 machine suns and nearly 5000 rifles. We also took a large amount o ammunition, one large ship, one sma'i ship, four automobiles and three aeioplanes. Arms and am munitions which were dropped into the Tigris are being recovered by us. '"Durintr the last engagements near Quatia and Divar (In Egypt east of the Suez Canal), we captured 240 pack mules, 120 camels. 67 tents, two ma chine guns, 100 rifles and ammunition and food supplies. "On March 10 a detachment of the enemy attempted an attack on our position north of Sheikh Osman (near Aden) and was repulsed. On March lo and IS a Turkish detachment made a surprise attack on the position of the enemy near A mad, northeast of Shiekh Csman. Battle Lanta Two Bonn. "The enemy retired after a battle of two hours. The losses of the enemy were seven officers and more than 300 men killed or wounded. The Turkish losses were 130." LONDON, May 9. An official an nouncement made here today says the total number of pick and wounded evacuated from Kut-el-Amara has reached 1073 and that a hospital ship started May 8 to bring the last party to the headquarters of the Tigris corps. "On May 7. one of our machines en gaged a hostile monoplane," the state ment says. "Our machine was forced to descend owing to a perforated petro tank. It succeeded in reaching our lines. Both the pilot and the observer were unhurt." GOAL PROBE LIKELY Threat Made if Wage Advance Is Passed on With Excess. COMMISSION WILL ACT OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS B German. ERLiIN". May 9. (Via wireless to Sayville, X. Y.) The text of today's official statement is: In connection with our success at Hill 204 we took, south of Termiten Hill, south of Haucourt. several trenches by storm. Attempts by the enemy to recapture with strontr forces the terrain lost on Hill 304 failed. The enemy's losses were heavy. Other attacks by the French on the east bank of the Meuse, in the district of Thiaumont farm, were equally un successful. The number of French tak en prisoner there increased to three officers and 375 men, besides 16 wound ed. Nine machine guns also were taken. On other parts of the western front there were only a few patrol enter prises, which proved successful for the Germans." Monte Nero our hardy patrols descended from Vrata to the Lepenja torrent and threw bombs on enemy positions. "Near the -church of San Martlno del Carso the night of the 7th, the enemy exploded mines, causing some damage in one of our communication trenches and the collapse of a portion of his own trenches. We successfully ex ploded mines southwest of San Martlno and completed the destruction of en emy lines by the intensity of our ar tillery fire." French. PARIS. May 9. The official commu nication issued tonight reads: "In Champaigne our artillery shelled the trenches and batteries of the Ger mans north of Ville-Hur-Tourbe. and the enemy communications in -the re gion of Homme-py. "On the left bank of the Meuse the bombardment was less intense. In the course of the day an enemy attack against a trench west of Hill 304 was stopped short by our curtain of fire, and was not able to debouch. "Latest reports show that in the night of May 8-9 the Germans launched.! in the region of Hill 30 inree very violent attacks, whlch were carried out by heavy effectives one. reported in the communication of this morning, neainst our positions on Hill 287; an other against our trenches northeast of Hill 304, and the last against the wood to the west. All these attacks, broker, by our Are, cost the adversaries serious losses. "Our batteries took under their Are revictualling convoys and enemy de tachments on the road between Essey and Bayonville, northwest ot ront-a Mousson." 1HE French and German forces to the , northwest of Verdun apparently. for the moment at least, are deadlocked. the Germans being unable to advance farther and French attempts to expel the invaders from captured positions being unavailing. To the east and northeast of Verdun, where respec tively .violent infantry attacks and bombardments have characterized the recent fighting, only intermittent can nonading is now going on. Tne only infantry engagement re ported anywhere along the French front was launched by the Germans against a French trench to the west of Hill 304. The French. however. Drought into .play their curtain of fire and the Germans were unable to de bouch. Russian. The new welt edge COLLAR E. P. IDC CO., kcr. TROT, C. T. rETROSRAD, via London, May 9. The following official communication was Issued today: "The Germans have again bombarded the Ikskull bridcthead. On the Dvina near Jacobstadt, our artillery dispersed enemv workins parties. "Caucasus front In the direction of Erzingan during the course of the day, the Turks made stubborn but unsuc cessful attacks on our positions. Hav ing suffered crushing losses, the enemy toward evening abandoned tne oiien sive. "In the direction of Diarbekr we dis lodged the Turks from the chain of mountains extending south of the re- crion of Mush. "In the directicn of Bagdad, after dislodging the enemy from fortified positions, we threw them back west ward and caotured in the course of the pursuit, another field gun." Italian. ROME, via London. May 9. The War Office communication issued. today says: "Artillery actions continue along the whole front, although they have been hindered to some extent by adverse weather. "In the Tofana zone, northwest of the third summit, one of our detach ments occupied art important position at an altitude of 2S35 meters. On the Tuesday's War Moves The shelling by the Germans of the Russians at the Ikskull bridgehead on the eastern battle line, which has been in progress for many days, still con tinues. There has been artillery activ ity on various other sectors of the Russian front, but no infantry maneu vers of importance have been reported. Circulars Announcing Increase of Price to Ttetailers Approved. Range Said to Be 15 to 50 Cents a Ton. WASHINGTON. May 9. The Federal Trade Commission announced today that If there were any further advance in the price of anthracite the Commis slon would take up with the Depart ment of Justice the question of an in vestigation of the anthracite industry. The department had suggested the in quiry if prices are raised following the wage advance just given to anthracite workers. The Commission made public in con nectior with its announcement a letter replying to the department's sugges tton. for an investigation. This tui tion, signed by Attorney-General Greg' ory, called attention to price Increases that have followed other wage ad vances in the past. It added: "In view of these facts, I take the liberty of suggesting that if the ad vance in wages Just agreed on shall be followed, as in the past, by an In crease in the price of coal to the con sumers, the Federal Trade Commission under authority of section 6 of the act creating it, institute & searching inves tigation into the operations and ac counts of the great producing com panies for the purpose of ascertaining all the facts on which such increase in price may be based, including the rela tion between any increase in the cost of production due to advance of wages and the Increase of profits caused by the increase in price. The Trade Commission replied: "If the situation should develop as you suggest, the commission will be glad to take the matter up with you further with a view to making such investiga tion as the publlo Interest may re quire. s 'It has been brought out tn various legal proceedings against the anthra cite roads." said the Attorney-General. 'that on similar occasions in the past when wagea have been advanced the railroad companies, on the pretext of increasing prices for the purpose of meeting the increased cost of produc ing, resulting from higher wages, have made much greater increases than were necessary for that purpose. NEW YORK, May 9. Circulars an nouncing advances In the wholesale price of anthracite have been approved by anthracite operators, it was learned here today, and the plan tonight was to send circulars to retail dealer to morrow. The increases, which, according to one circular, range from 15 cents a ton for egg to SO cents a ton for pea coal follow the announcement by the oper ators that they would advance th price of coal to meet the additional cost of wage Increases and other ad justments recently allowed the miners. The Russians in Armenia, however. have put down with heavy casualties. stubborn Turkish attack and south eastward in the region of Hush, driven the Ottoman forces from their defenses in a mountain chain. In addition, the Russians operating westward from the Persian frontier toward Bagdad, have dislodged the Turks from fortified positions and driven them further west ward. The Gorizla bridgehead and the re gion around San Martino in the Austro Italian theater have been heavily bom barded. At San Martino, Vienna as serfs that tho Italians suffered heavy losses through tne explosion of an Aus trian mine. Bombardments have fea tured the fighting on the other sectors of this front. Dispatches received in Paris from Saloniii are to the effect that there has ben wigorous artillery activitv on the Macedonian iront. Seml-officia advices from Berlin say that the Turks are rapidly constructing a railroad through the desert preparatory to an other advance on Egypt. Texas Republicans Vninstractcd. DALLAS. Tex.. May 9. Texas Demo cratic county conventions today uni formly indorsed President Wilson and Instructed for his renommation. Re. publicans gave no instructions as to President, but instructed generally for H. F. McGregor, said to be opposed to Theodore Roosevelt, for National com mitieeman from Texas. An electric process is biny tried 1a Run sia for th wnufirtur of jold leaf, here loxore mtai oniy dj nana. Coos and Curry Have Mail Thoubles MARSH FIELD, Or.. May 9. (Spe clal.) When the Willamette - Pacifl Railway was opened and mail route in Coos and Curry counties wer changed, difficulties followed for sev eral weeks, mall for Port Orford being delayed for as long as five successtv days. The mall is now routed by wa of Bandon from Coquille, and T. B. Davidson contracted to give a round trip daily between Bandon and Port Orford by automobile. This worked well until the rainy weather came on and the contractor had then to resort to team and wagon for getting the re ceipts through to Port Orford. Sweden's national income for 3915 was In xrif or tnat or 1W14 POSLAM HALTS SKINDISEASE Arrests Eczema's Progress, Soothes and Heals Quickly. Ready to relieve your skin trouTjl now. lust when you need its help. 1 Poslam. the efficient remedy. Quickes ior use wnn tne sKin breaks out 1 any form. For pimples, eczema, rashei its healing power should bring about noticeable Improvement after very brief treatment. Itching: stops. Inflam mation is allayed. Its benefits are all out of proportion to Its trifling cost Moreover. Poslam is safe to use; can not Injure the most delicate skin. Poslam Soap, which contains Poslam i the tonic soap for use on the mhu dally, for toilet and bath. For sample, send 4c stamps to Emer gency Laboratories. 32 West !5th St. New York City, told by all druggULs. 3 Specials Women's Silk Hosiery Silk Boot Hose At 35c These fine heavy fiber silk boot Stockings are of unusual merit they are durable, perfect fit ting and especially desirable for Spring wear. They come in all sizes in black and white at, the pair 3o Pure Silk Hose At 85c One of the best-known makes of women's fine pure silk Stock ings, shown in all the new and staple colors in a great variety of striped styles. All sizes, es pecially priced for this sale at, pair 8of New Two-Tone Silk Hosiery 50c Pr. Exceptionally attractive values in the new Two-tone Silk Hosiery. the latest shades. They ar high-class stockings, made with high-spliced heel and double toe. Cl. All sizes. A Silk Stocking of extra fine quality at, the pair J V( All desirable color combinations in Out-of-the-Ordinary Values in Muslin Skirts 98c Values to 52 See Third-St. 'Window We are offering an extraordinary special on Muslin Underskirts. All new models received within the last two weeks. A huge showing of embroidery styles, beautiful imported Swiss, hand-loom, cambric and batiste em broideries; some with deep embroidery flounce, others with deep flounce with embroidery insertion and edge to match. Also a big line of lace models, flounce trimmed, with rows of fine Piatt and German Val. insertions, with edge to match. All these Skirts are extra well made and cut on the new wide circular model and finished with cambric under flounce and QO dust ruffle. Regular values to 2, special .JOC RAILS LAID It! DESERT BERLIN HEARS TURKS PREPARE SEW ADVANCE OX EGYPT. British Aeroplanes Are Attacking Rail. road and Dropping; Bomba o Worker Port Said Vlalted. BERLIN (via wireless to Eayville. N. Y.), May 9. Preparations for another advance on Egypt are being made by the Turks, the Overseas News Agency reports. The construction of a railroad throuirh the desert is being- advanced rapidly, according to' Constantinople dispatches." the news agency says. "In view of their defeat at uuatla. and tne possibility or another surprise attacK, the British are conducting aeroplane raids constantly along; the front east of tne canal, with the Intention of de stroying the railroad. The native irioes nave oeen aeepiy Impressed by the recent British fail ure. LONDON. May 9. A Reuter dispatch from Cairo says that two hostile aero planes dropped eight bombs on Port Said Monday morningr. Three civilians were wounded and the attackers were driven off by fire from anti-aircraft suns. There was no prooerty damage. 3000 Italian Officers Lost. BERLIN. May 9. (By wireless to RayVille, N. Y. The Italians have lost 3000 officers since the beginning of the war, according to private statistics compiled In Germany. This includes killed, wounded or m!lnar. Or these Diamonds The fineness of a diamond is determined by the color, brilliancy and perfection of cutting. All these qualities combine in every Feldenheimer diamond, establishing their right to the prestige at tained. We claim diamond superiority at fair, consistent prices guaranteeing every statement made. Jewelers Since 1868 . Washington Street, at Park officers, five were generals. 63 colonels, lot majors and 644 captains. ' STEAMSHIPWAITER LOSES Man Must Serve Sentence for Crime Committed at Sea. SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. (Special.) Harry Oliver, a steamship waiter, lost a long; fight today to keep out of the penitentiary when 'the United States Supreme Court refused to give him a hearing1 on conviction and sen tence to four years' imprisonment on McNeil Island for assault on Mrs. Mary K. Young, in 1914. on the steamship Beaver. Oliver was convicted in United State District Judge Dooling's court and af ter the United States Circuit Court of Appeals refused to give him a hearins on appeal, went to the Supreme Couru Aberdeen Postal rtcccipls Gain. ABERDEEN. W'aih, May 9. (Spe cial.) Receipts for the Aberdeen post office for the last quarter show an In' crease of about 0 per cent over thi receipts for- the same months In 191i. Tho total receipts for the quarter wer $8160. as against S5547 for the um months of last year. Thus the gain for th quarter ws :ij!M I-! . 1 111 ' !! 'i;;! ;ti 1 : ' : i i ! 1 1 - - i 5 1 : " ; - ! ! )" ! j :-' j ;; !, L:lhunli:l!.L.;i.k r1 JUST ARRIVED Clever New Boot Styles For dressy people white kid, white Sea Island, gray, chambray, and a full line-of rubber sole boots all sizes, but are selling fast. Footwear correct in style and color is more than ever an important part of milady's costume for this season. The shorter skirts make it necessary that the boots be in harmony with the costume and a delightful combination is the result. The newest leathers and colors are shown (tray kid, black kid, African brown kid, tan kid and Russia calf, white caifskin and white canvas. Prices Range $2.90, $3.40 $3.95 mm f29 4th St. ill xv 'a - eflUMioeS MIT. . . A bet. WasMintftoni b tr tore Alder