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Germans make Gains West and Southeast of Verdun WEATHER Cloudy to-night and Wednesday EDITON EDITION j "Circulation Books Open to All." J "Circulation Hooks Open to AJ1." 16 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT. lopjrlsht, 111 HI. br The I'reM ruMUhlnt Oi. (Tlip Srn YerU World). NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1916 PRICE ONE CENT. '1 " FINAL ft M TWO BIG VICTORIES FOR WILSON IN U-BOAT VOTES IN THE HOUSE CROWN PICE'S BIG GUNS NOW FORM A LI OF IRON HALF WAY ROUND FORTRESS. t I Germans Capture Hill 265, West oi Meuse River, After Violent Bom bardment and Seize Fresnes, Southeast r BERLIN, March 7 (via London). Tlic War Olfice announced io flay that tlic illagc of Wesnes, in the Woevre, southeast of Verdun, was Captured this morning by German. The French official bliitemciu iloct not admit the loss of l-'res-, nee, which Ib twelve miles southeast of Verdun, but admits an ftttfick at that point. J Following K the text of the Quarters: "Small Ornish detachments "Which penetrated jrstorday mi Irench northeast o' Vermclle. tvero driven out with bayonets after BtniliK .irtlllcrv prepuru lions. "In the Champaguo our puvtion am of Muisons-do-Chnmpag'i". tvhlc'1 thii I'rench occupied nil Feb II. was locapturcd lit n ni -ttUi' attack. Two olllcrrh nllil IS" (ami we i taken prisoners. "Following up the effect of im portant mining operations Iti th" Argonno. we pushed our position northeast uf I ..i Chaladu a llttlo ( (forward "In the Meue district tho at tillory, flro on thu wc.itcrn bank . of tho river again became more , Uvely. Hast of the river it was maintained at nud.uni iolenee. . Apart frufii engagements "f re connoitring par-.ins, nn hand-to-hand righting with the enemy I occurred 111 tlir VnHii d. strict tho Tillage of l-'rcsnc.s was wiplUH'd Iby Moral earl) thl.s morning. Tho 'reneh aro still holding a fow j louses on the western liouiidury of tho village. They lost moiu (than 300 prisoners. ; "One of our nlrithip.s last night (bombarded heavily railway estab tlshmcnts of IJar-lo-Uuc " 10SS OF HILL 265, WEST 01' THE MEUSE, A OMITTED IIY PA MS. rARIS, March ".Continuing their mash nuainst Verdun from the northwest, the cii-nnans have e.ip- lUrcu lull in ', near iiegnpviiu. me HT&r Ofllce admitted this afternoon in jjie following otllrial aniiounccmi lit : "In tho Artronne district en Vleuvors on the part of the nomj at Haute Chevaucheo to occupy n mln crater have been repulsed. "Our artillery haa continued its liombardment of the linos of com munication of the enemy to the !We!t of the Ulver Meuse. "Favored by an Intense honi ibirdment, (Serman troops have been able to advance along the railroad lino in the neighborhood of Hepnevllle. At the kuiup lllo nient the (lennaiiH delivered .1 very violent attach auuliiiu Mill !S'o. -li'i. An i ti i N ilivisloii looK iwirt In thw uianoeiiv . 'I'hey were Hiuvfhxful i it tiikiiu: poasei-. Mon of tic loll .a spiU' of Hie hcay !ini'i uillieted upon them hy tli' Mr' of our artllhr. and our maelilne jtiiiih. We are Iti pobsessioil of thu village of Iti-th-Incourt and the wrroA- to th- east of ttio Wood cle Corhi'iiux and tho Wood de t.'umlori!.! and I h J (Continued on Socond Pace.) of Fortress. report git en "ut u nm lleUvt-l1" THOMPSON FIGHTS TO KEEP WHITNEY OFF P. S. Tells Senate Present Secretary Is Unfit and Cites Testi mony to Prove It. (Special from a Staff Correspondent of Tho Evening World.) Al.ltANV. Mareli T. The uuestiou of the eontlrm.it ion or rejection of Travis II. Wh lne anil Charles S. IIerve as Public Serice C.'ommiH sloners is beinu threshed out beforo the I'inaiiee C'oniltllttre of the Kenato thiH afternoon. Thcio are many Sen ators In favor of conllrmlnff the ap pointments aa n. niattr of favor to tho Governor, but Senators George 1". Thompson and Uobcrt It. I.awson urc maklnf? a stout fUht npalnst it in the committee ami there Is u possi bility of carrylnf: the contest out on the floor of the Senate. "If tho Senate wants to iaio tho responsibility of mainline for Travis II. Whitney in tho face of li la record I us rieemtiir.v of tlio iMituio nrviee j Commission,' said Senator I honip- I son, "it may no so, inn u win niy I bo after all tho f.n tx are put before I it." The I'inanee Committee looU up the nue.itlon uftcr adjournment ot tie-S-Vnato, and Senator Thompson at once opened llio on Whltm j. I io showed tho commit teo transcripts of the testimony taken by tho Joint U'Blslatlvo Commltteo In New York .mil unfiled that Mr. Whitney had shown strong bias In favor of tho public hervlco corporations. Ho .liowed tho record In the case of I'redericU t Williams, n taxpayer who tiled tu flljoill the llrooklyu liiipul Transit Company from eon tllilllim tile third li'iU'lUni; r He Kulton Stnet h'valeU line in such a way as to shut mit light an 1 an j Horn the lower iloorij of th Ii .iim -i land almost mill the stores In ;i large ' dUtre-t. ! M'lu. VV'illiuiiiu .ii.ii'ue.illiiii fin .. . .ti Jiiiictiou nns ilen hmI by tin Suriiiim Couit on the giouud that there was no iIiiii or m.ip on DIm v.'ith the Pun. I.r Service CuiiiiniHhloi), anil tlierefm e IContlnued on Kourth I'ase ) BOARD LOVES SHOW GIRL BUI RAH RAH BOY CAN'TGETLICENSE Rich Dad Wires From San Francisco and Nips Harvard Lad's Romance. VOUCH ASKED TO AID. Youth Refused Permission to Wed Because He Can't Show Birth Certificate. No "show girl and Harvard boy" escapade having enlivened the public prints In some little time, Joccph Moody of San I'ranclsco is endeavor Ins to spring one upon an eager pub lic, he being the Harvard student hlmtetf, and tho girl in question he- W1,f Marion Parks of tho "Ulti Paradise" company. Voting Moody showed up at the , MntriaRo License Htircau yesterday aiternoon with the lady of Ma choice, but a friend of his had warned Chief crl Kdward Hart that tho young man Horn Harvard had seen too much of Ilroodway recently and that j all things considered It might bo best I not to Isni'' that license Just yet. Accordingly tho prospective brldc- groom was Informed that hu would ' have to show a birth certificate prov I ing h.mself to be of agi beforo the 'city would Issuo hi in tho neccssury license. Tho young man informed Chlof Clerk Hart that his father, 1'rcdcrlck H. Moody, was ono of the wealthiest men in Callfornlu, and from a wire which cauio to Headuuartors this morning It appears that at least ho In a man who moves quickly when ho Is after a certain result. Apparently tho paradise tho young couplo aro looking forward to will be dooldedly i "Illuo" from now on. Mr. Moody, oenlor, got .1 telegram yesterday from licnjamiii HoUman of I.ynbrook, I.. I., warning Jiltn that young Moody was aoouc to lot himself In for tho usual complica tions Incident upon n wedding with 0110 of tho merry-merry mannequins of a Hroadway musical show. HoUman Is advertising solicitor for a morning nowspapor and he spe cializes on restaurants. This keeps him out late ut night, and ho is eo familiar with tho haunts of the show girls that his tip on tho Harvard lad was genuine insldo nttitt. At any rato, tho Bhoe.k of this news about his on lifted Mr. Moody clear Into tlio otllee of Sin Trancisco'a chief of police, D. A. White. Chief White sent a wire to Inspte tor I'nurot, head of the New York Potcctlve lluroau, a-iking Nm to "In- 1 estigato tho filtuatlnii and Mop tho ! marriage at all hazards " SENATE GETS BAKER NOMINATION TO CABINET WASHINGTON, March 7. The nomination of .Newton D. rtaker, for mer Mayor of Cleveland, to ho Secre tary of War, was sent to tho Kcn.ito to-day. I ATTACKS STATE CENSUS. AI.1IAN V. .Mnirh 7-Thi- ihuige tint llie finite 1 liMK of I.I-.1 1 under the -npcrvii-ion 01 .time, taken I .sicretary of, I Stae Hugo, "is lllb d with Inai I'tiratlei,'- was iiiuih oh tin' llnor 111 the SenutH to il. i by ,-iiti.ttor I'.irsKell of lirnolilyn, I lie 101I1I llie Seeiefm ol tHate's (It;, nrej uivn Muni Cuunu a population of i.TtiH.ai::. .11,11 mm tn iioine census, taken about the siune time, gave th') ' r ouiity ,1 noiiulutlon of 1,'J1-,CHI. Under Barefooted Girls of Central Park, Braving Cold 1" :A 1 ,. :;j ' ; v " . '.. . ' -.1 r.J.. J.. . . .- t ' i t' B-R-R! READ ABOUT THIS 'nun'nFMrnT! FiGHT TO KEEP FOUR nAWPP IM PCWTDAI PADU bumuEJ!!iu nm m. IMmiQTPIAI RHAPIl LfnilUL 111 ULM I llflL I ruiii Miiuiunithm 1 ram mhuiki tor uie ui iiiuuumiii tu uumiiv AND YOU'LL SHIVER. TOO! 1 7 Six Little Maid. Ill i.lU' Tootsies Trip Over Snnw in Scant Attire. Six plvimp llttlo damsels from I ie Ix3 Angeles HI Kb School, led by their teacher, Miss Marian Morgan, gave a Spartan dancn In Central Park near Seventy-second Stiret 'e. day. A great crowd gntherxl and ntared and fflghcd in admiring pit -Tho girls wcro protected from 1 Ju icy winds by red hnir ribbons and ono pleo filmy sillvn re.d ioIi'k which reached all the way fruit it left alio older (mlsslhg tin- -ighi .1 J gether) almost half nay to tlioir in ', dimpled knee?. Tho sirh, who li.i , hriii torn n. tho country with Miss Morgan. exhIV Ulng lier ideals of Greek und lloinaii oauelng In schools and private liousei. are 1.0 shy and retiring they wouldn't 1 thtnlt of dancing in horrid, uls.tr rchtaurants. Hut thoy just couldn't teslst tho gay, out-door simplicity of Central l'ark at noon. Tho sharp crust on the snow cut their poor llttlo tootsies cruelly, but they smiled at tho sparrows and squirrels mi tho tos&od their arms about, and wen just too happy tor anything. A permit fur the merrymaking had been Issued h. the Mii; authoritiei.. on the grmind th.it it v. an ,1.1 i.i; tiolinl exhibition KW'I! the 1 haiilleiii of tlio long rows of cars whicu lnni the lawn udmltt'd ungrudgiiigis lli.r " ""3 " ' . ' ... . ............. IT. 1,1111.11 J. , 1, iriuii ,1,, 1,1,111 John Umnt I.ynim. tlm liroher. flu. mottling entered a jili-i of 11 ut KU.lt v before JudS'i AUton li.olen, in 11 United KtnteK Ul.ittli't I'Mirt. tu tin fc,c( indictment I vitstnrdav. ciiuroiin luiinu iii;uinM nun iii.-ulnM cliurglng hlui ulth eeiidu. i I inn k u'luimi to defraud under mi Tripping Over Snow and Ice (Specially Photographed by an Evening World Staff "1" "'"i''''y""'c'''"T" niiiiunitiim Trains Hmiihl tor Hie Vei.lun l imit Mmi AtuckcJ by Avi.itor Till; IIACI'C. Manh 7 Inie'i :i.r s'liiadroiih havo bombarded tax .V't. forts and German ammunition ti.'iu.i .en lonto to tin1 Voidnn front. . J . 'irding to adli-oa tecelvcd here in- day. I.ONIKi.V. March ".--T.ilrlefcli per- tins wotu killed In the Sunday night J.eppelln raid on Ihiglaud. uccordlng tu rcvlbed Ilgures ghua out to-day. Ninety bombs won- diupped. I' was staled that absolutely no milltuty pining was done. dspitn Herman Mt.,ti iiients 1t1.1t Urn Hull nawil b.iso wai damaged. . inunn ..r. r-n-rn ,nnr- LIQUOR NTERESTS LOSE FIRST FIGHT AT ALBANY M.liA.NV. Mure'i 7 i-e.ts lost no llr.'t .'11 oil I lie flooi of T 1 eir in- )ll Ml of th" fir nseitibly ,o-d.i uwlien me .Mi-Cue amendment 10 tho Talmago b.ll. iicieiiHing from igliten to twciu.wiuo th' ago limit uf ii rsons who may pun base liquor v. 1. defeated on u rising vote, .",7 to itf. Tin- McCui) ametidiii' iu uuuld havo in.tdo tho S.1I0 of Ihiuor to a minor ,1 uimdmueiinor only where tUu ills- iu iiB,,r Ln.iu 111. 1 11 1 f.'lin kin u.im lindfir mla twenty-one years or age Tho bill, 1 I.yon and l.ouis Wlard. William S. which would make it a violation of Itogers of Itochestur was also In 'the law oven though tin- dispenser ' eluded in til" respons bibty, though did nut Know the .,f the pur-1 he did not visit the district. All of ...1. 1 o.r ,.f tbesu L'ommisaioiicrs were appointed lU.ui, nn i,..,..im-. t aid ifidlng wltJiotit objection i CHURCHILL WARNING ABOUT GERMAN FLEET. I. lill, Mmh 7 ' '.) . .Hull 1 mi. 11. 1. r.jj r hi 1. r -.e Vd on illy, warned 1 u.niii ms tn. ,iiti nioon Hull tier, n. in ill adntiu!il u.g r atti nipt a tutil on Hngi ai t at jiiv mo'iient. "Wo must not assume t.iai (5ir niuii will bo content to allow her tlee. to reni.ilii Impotent." (aid Ciiiireluil. who left Ills leglment In 1 jhaft broke. Capt. Watson .ent out ills I'limders to poitttipjte m to-duy's tresn cslli and put out two nnohors. Th dibate. Itfic-Jt- c&mt foa Sunday mornlni. in Classic Dance Photographer.) HUM ANnTHFR TFRM I IIUIII I II1U I IILII I I II I Senatoi Lawsnn IJiing Up Diamond (andy l-'actury l-'ire Asrainst Them (Special from a Staff Correspond ent of The Evonlng World.) AI.HANY, March 7. A hard fight j against the confirmation of State 'industrial Commissioner!! Lynch. 1 ,yoni Wlard tnd Itogera was mad" j ,n t)( M( Committee on Klnanc- 'to-day by Senator Itnbert II. Mv. -0kiyn ,,,. kiue,. ..11. .i..yl then., mon In thn llln. 1111': ,io ,i. mond candy factory in North Hutii .Street. Brooklyn, l.ist Nnvcmher wos due. it was charged, to neglect of duty by memoes of the Industrial Commission. Conine-' Wugiu 1 liei,l an l!llle, 1 Into the death of tho twelve tire vie- 1 thus und the Jury found that the In iluslllal Commission was inutlu-ient and guilty of Tiegltot of duty because of their liilluni to enact piope-r rules' or legulatlnns to Nifeguanl the pen pie omp'oyed in tlic factory. 1 Tim iniiusiriiu 10m miss loners ueiu lesponslhle by the Coioner's Jut y are James M. l.yncn. i-iuwaru 1 .V....; el.lnl... I.-I OIIIIOH l.'VVO 1.11" ..Vftl.-l........ ... 1 year. Tin resolution to confirm . Mo m In oillre has come, up now, and l-iiliator li Kill IS detetmmed that tie Senate and the in'iipl" ,if th- Slat" shall know the fact. Vimelie W-rlev In 'lull. P 1 lUeuininlii A'lue'iu nf (he ' I.pe whl a bioWe down off '! Ibni Ia .-iti.m.i murtilnK. wus towel m- 1 ixitl I iluv bv the wie klnx tuit' Heie ue. Tne l ',0 jiisieiiigers fion .l.n k.nim l.le 1 iitel I'lorlOu reort weif ri.'.hu kIii.I 1 1 get iiHlmre i-upt I' -Viitsuu milil tie-, vemgl had In -n jiiml.l mnl durliiK i' lirale la.it Kihluv iMruig the greate' I purl of On- day the propeller was ta 1. 4 !. .satuidav'murntnif tlm thru ' VIZ . " REPUBLICANS STAND BY PRESIDENT IN FIRST REAL TEST IN CONGRESS Nineteen Democrats Vote Against Administration on First Roll Call, and Eight on the Second Warn ing Measure to Be Killed. FIRST TEST VOTE: 256 TO 160; SECOND TEST VOTE: 271 TO 138 'AiHI(i'l'C)N, March 7. shall not adviie Air.ei leans to abandon their rights to travel the seas on merchant ships armed for defense received sweeping endorsement in , the Hons: to-day in two test votes. In quick succession the House I numeration amendments to the McLemore warning resolution and then adopted the special rule lor consideration of tlie resolution itself, routing the opposition by votes of 2 to ICO About 0 o'clock this evening the table the McLemore resolution, and ijtwt) preliminary tets indicated that they would kill it by a substantial imijoritj. A debate on the resolution, which was to last four hours, I began atler the two test votes were taken. ('resident Wilson remained in the Cabinet Room with several mem 'bers of the Cabinet to hear tlw result of the first vote. He was told I that the result was a victory lor the Administration and expressed I VllUfrl.'flllll. Analysis of Test ' . . yT Votes intheHouse i i o.ioin o. .m .in.i.ys.s of the test : Miti 11 ttie lU'iive to-day FIRST TE8T VOTE. Favorinn the President 256 Apalnit the President 160 Majority for the President. ,. . 96 Tin majority voto was made up as follows: Democrat, 192 Republicans, 63 ; Pronresiivoi, 1, Total, 256, The minority vote was com. posed ofi Democrat, I9 Repub- licani. UJt Kronressivei, o, in- dependent, 1; Socialist, 1, Total. 160. Amonti the Democrats voting against the President were lh followiwj: Oailey of Pennsyl vania, friend of Dryani Buchanan of Illinois, former President of Labor's National Peace Council and under indictment in New York: Dale and Flynn ol Brook lyn. Cyclone Davis of Texas. Mc Lemore of Texas, author of the resolutions Slayeden of Texas, Chairman of the Rules Commit tee: Tavenner of Illinois, friend of Henry Ford. All tho Propressives, savo Mar tin of Louisiana, voted agamat tho President. Republicans who voted for the President included twelve up State Republicans from New York and three Republicans ofNew Jartey. The New Yorkers wero Dempsey, ot Lockport; Dunn, of Rochester; Fairchild, ot Oneontai Hamilton, of Ripley; Husted, of Perkskilli Ma;ie, of Syracuse; Mott. of Oswauoi Parker, of Salem: Piatt, 01 Poughkeepsie. Speaker Clark did not vote on aither of the first two roll calls. SECOND TEST VOTE. For the Administration 271 Auumst the Administration . 138 On this vote only eight Demo crats voted against the President. A.nonij them were Dale and Flynn of Biooklyn and Hamill of New Jcreey. Nicks of Lonii Island joined with the up-State Republicans on this vote, as did Bacbarach of New Jersey with his Republican col leagues in supportino the Preii. dsnt. President Wilson's stand that Congress rejected the proposal to allow anti-Ad- and 271 to 138 ropedively. Administration forces will move to the heavy votes they polled in the v Tho debate on the mlo wo.s at !:"" ""II." rj run 01 tlic llilirs uunlttea started 1 an uproar when he declared "All th imps of hell never devised a more infamous lie than the dsclar ; ation that has bten made that Presi dent Wilson wants war." Hopubllcan Leader Mann, In a ten minute speech pleadod thnt the House defeat 'the rule In order that the Mc Lemons resolution might be amended and a voto on n straight warning resolution obtained . Tho House assembled at II o'clock to-day for tho all-day fight of the) Administration forces to kill the Mc Lemore Resolution. Speaker Clark wnn tn the choir and Acting Chairman Pun of tho llules Ccinmlttco was In his seat ready to submit tho special tub under which the debate was to proccod. As noon as tlic Journal had bten icad Mr. I'ou offered the privileges resolution containing the special rule. Mr. I'ou asked unanimous consent for ninety minutes' debate on tho rule. Ttiere was no objection nnd the de bate began. Mr. I'ou took the floor to open th fight. PRESIDENT FOR WAR? "INFAM OUS LIEI" SAYS POU. Mr. I'ou attacked tho McLemore resolution at tlio outset. "It means, in effect, that If an Amorlcan disre gards a warning that the United States Government will fold Ms hands." said ho. "Is there a single red-blooded cltUen in this Housa or this country who wants to do that'.' "It is charced that the President wants war. All the imps of hell never devised more infamous charge. "No man, since Abraham Lincoln, has none through such a test as th President has gono through in the last six months. He has tried to pre serve peace. He would not sacrifice a single life to make himself Presi dent for a lifetime. "He has support of both sides of this chamber. He bit support en w the Mite (Inure tho number of Klngsl ilUmed name, l.ymsn entertd Miiiilai 'uiiiily Hepieent.un-eH 111 thn .Senate 1 j,leu last week, the Hist Indictment would remain eight t'nder the police I chamlng mlnusn of the malls lit re-(Iguri-K tho i-ountj n-ould Ih entltlcil tntorved tht rUht tn chini; hla plv in nine Sn:tori. vth casts. A ' 1 J