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THINK NEW MINES
HAVE SUNK SHIPS
British Believe Maloja and
Other Vessels Victims
of Fresh Sowing.
P, & 0. I INF.R DEATH
LIST REACHES 153
Italian. HospHtl Ship and Two
Other Stcaatn sent to the
RottoM During Oa\
Feh. 28. ihr at ? ti - at thl
ilar r. Oriental Lia? atcatner
?rut'-, n mire and >?anV
aoBBced to
? ? I treoae
II, ?if these
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a ??? mnm Mint tht Maloja ami
. .... ...'.. . B ?? tel ?iurins,
- at ? fraal
There It
4. 1 ,.-.. these
la etheei
liy advance?
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[all Gazette" i -z^--*
? aea op<<ratior-s may ?lrn.? Kngland
pertialoa of
I ?han hi?^ ye* bee-, ex
? . \ la trait*.
?arriving at nover
rpose of I -' ?oeitae.
vesttrday ?**?? a
clad, whicli ??s found
?ingei ' ?? Hie ehjM wai ?1 --
?-n] boot :in?i ?*.*-? taken
room After heii ?r
? - led at lu reteueri ti d
, the t at** for the im
Ihrre M??re !-hlp? Sunk.
?ere IBBk ???
,-, ?.r.. life of nine per
and r. i robable loss ??f tr.nr.y more.
? ?? Italian hoapitol ?hip
?truck
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ga, of
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? war.
rere lost
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luthford
F eight sa
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Inaareai e Kate? i.o 1 p.
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ted n ping
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gun ea?1
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ition than
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g th? treatmenl of arme.;
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g th?
BIG GUNS ACTIVE
ON ISONZO FRONT
lustrians I ell of Surprise Attack
on Sleepinc EflCay.
Feh. M T.
' ' . ? BjrS!
, front ?
i fire and "c aaional un?
: :i- ? . ? \. ?
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? : i bridgehead garriaoi
h?
ed irr thfir trend)
iek fort ?. i? prisoners
artillery preparation
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arara i el
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BRITI5H FORCES ROUT
TURKS ALONG TIGRIS
L?ama?e Moslem Camp and Put
I ???? to I light.
l he folloa ia| ???
? ? ? >er? rig the
Britisl
? . ? ?.
"On the Riornli. . ..i ?,i neral
the ene? ?..,--.
the 1 Igrls t.. make
' ? * arid at ?lie
*'-tne tint? to inflict th.' msximiim
d inia^-e. The enemy, taken
? heavily, and us? ful
ti Del by our a.io
?? column from
?d out again?! a i
ir mile? north <.l that
a" fled *""r ??.i:Ter;iia:
Our casualtiei wen
'-???ral Avlrner con: r.u.-d his oper- '
' xt day. vvit:i th- object Of
' ? a rorwur] poaition on the'
? ? ?,
?itioa tl Hannafa On
'? ot our aerr.planf?, fl? ?
to General ?rimer'? force
i? ' r '?" i flood may !
...x>
** turbanca betwaea Tart
? populate at \a.?f ,.
?ih'.ert th? ?
-idmen- ?f th.
'?- '.a ??? ,
RUSSIAN ?RWP DIVISION
ON WAY TOMESOP01 ?_M!A
P-tag, I tb. 28. Kr-t
er"| ? orrr?|?oiulrn! at H.?i
l?m, M.-iihIuiui. reports thai
a tiivi?ion ot Kvi??t.?n ItOOfM
i? ??n llir way to the Man
?hunan pnrl of Dalny to
enikirk their- on Japanr?
5tram?lnp< lor Mesopotamia.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE
23 GUNS WITH DURAZZO
Also Take lO.OtK) Rifles. Muni?
tions and Provisions. Is Report.
Berlin. Fet M ?hy ?rtl-ISM ta Saj
? ,'!e. \. T.). The sfllctal Austrian ItatS
nient ye.?teroay ??>? that by the capt?
?ji. of tha* Albanian port o?" l>ur?77.o the
Aastrlaas took twenty-three cannon, in?
eluding ?i? coar*' defence ?.uns; 10,000
nflc? ?and _ I arpa amonnt o?' artillery,
i . . a .,! pro? lalan;.
i he Bight .r Italians tram Du?
, il*.r r? or: >?.-. ?-as carried out
hastily, in ^rc??? disorder.
The te?.*. ol 'in official statsnsni fal
u ?? ?.
"Austro -Hungarian troops haw or
cipirri DurSIl?. Daring the forenoon
< r*e column, under tiie lire of the Ital?
ian?, advanced acroaa t!ir northern
isthmui to Portos, <;*. kilometre* north
..r" Durasse. Our troops, advancing
aero?, the outhi ? . were hin?
. ? ?e.: hi thi begin i : ? bj tl.o Italian
rv. but to nig ? imei o
I ? and
floatinj:, rei go ? ol I'u
ng back th< ! real
guards.
"AI lawi . \ ? o-Hnngai ian bat-,
.?.lion entere' tin* burning town."
Rome. Pek, tS. Tfcs evacuation of I
the port of Dnrasso, in Albania, Is r.aiil
bjf tl.o Italian presi ta h.ivc been in '
' accordante with plaBS ?onf? prepare.!, a-?
it had served i'* parpofM hj I base foi
it scuing the remainder o* the Serbian
, army. Italian militar- rtTort? on tha?
? de of the Adriatic will, it 1? declared,
">. directe?, to the asfeguarding of
\ , .. ? ? about eighty m'l?' *?v?i
? . -, itrategic value
?r< ati il imports
BROTHER OF ENVER
SLAIN BY BRITISH
lurkish War Ministers Kin
Killed in West Egypt.
I ondon, !'? b. ! - 1 he Agi I
Western Eg. i eh vouth African
.
IRc?
es to 1
!.. ..r i,. ? eral Sir Jol ? Max?
well, ? . f the British
..n Saturday ended ?n a
i foi i," thi
? o under *''r par
. ? ?.ll*r-r*..il..l >'f KUI . I1'"-. Li' '
, ' "
a?fi ..
? ? ill'-:. I
? ? Rarni.
, . * ? ? ;??
? under
- u
? . ? ? | t
.
i charge,
Ii
an! N'-in Hey was killed. The
left more than tv. red
? ?i rot iderl ? gn - d. In
i rl ?
' ' ? I "
JACK JOHNSON FORCED
OUT OF ENGLAND
Ex-Champion Will I eave for
South Amerita.
|r , . , ? T - 1 ' .??
; u rribune cor?
? ? ?. thai
?
America ni l :..? T'
not si official .
but m< t of an in) mation
?ne Home Office
?' le.?i ral
:li ? ss t) ec< ary un
? ' ??:. act.
WOOD CALLS GUARD FAILURE
I edoraliiatiOB ??nl? Hope of h?rpin?
Militia at I t.ll Mrength.
? ? ? \ t\
. ? idd
' cuiecr 'Social .. I Weal
Sti ? il. aat night, cla
' \.f 1 'nited State a? <. ?
? ? .ii..'? ? ? i iti unpre?
paradnos? for ?? nr
< n'.,.: ng the
"The nn. country never
? -y. .. Riieeea?, and j.- conatit I
be. It lia ? i.. ? : .
?.ght us. labor organisation! ?lurincr
and '.nir.i-: men eannol be re?
' ?v_r i inn' it would be !" :
? tu ;.i -??.i t..r volunteer! to be ri
? i than to ?attempt to trai
? tard iu th? volunteer
? ?
"i i .. ?? ? ?. government -. r th?
... ? ?
?. a fuli eomp i n.i i.- ??
', ' - ? ? . I ?-.-u.i Gen?
, ?ral Wood' om? m mi
flow meet ng t'aptaii
bina, U A. ?poke on "Field Porti?
'? catii , and Demolitions," tak?
?' g t?< r .." . ..:i v i.i a l.i- text.
A Five Cent Bi-eokfast in
five minutes ! What a boon
to the busy housekeeper I
Two Shredded Wheat Bis?
cuits, heated in the oven to
restore crispness and served
with hot milk, make a com?
plete, perfect meal, t-mpplving
all the strength needed fbr a
half day's work at a cost of
four or five cents. Th<? rich?
est man in America can buy
nothing better. Contains
more real nutriment than
meat or eggs and is more
easily digested. Made at
Niagara Falls. N. Y.
SENATE RATIFIES
HAYTIANTREATY
Mam. Republic Made
American Protectorate
by Convention.
FINANCES AND POLICE
UNDER U. S. CONTROL
territorial Integrity Guaranteed
and Development of Resources
io lie Undertaken.
WtlhingtOB, fth, L'*?. The Senate to
?lav unanimously ratilied th* tresty
with II?;, 11 ander which (he I'tute?!
State? Baauiuet a protectorate ovr the
turbultnt island republic. taking over
control of its im?neos and police, gum
.r<-?? iji>i ?ti territorial Integrit) tad
derttking to develop its resourc?
i iie treat) already hat been approved
bj t!ie l|j>!;an Congres?, ?rid its t"rm?
virtually are in operution under the
<>?? o' a -!r?':i? American t.innre e\.
peditioB.
This treaty wa? r.??j*otia!e?l last rear
with the D'Artigoemsv? government,
?et up after marines ami blue jacket?
under l>ar Admiral Capertoa ha?l put
e\ oiut ion \? h i eh overthre '
? ' Ibi an Guillaume, l > u i:
? It \ears Ha\ ' | had -r":.
? pri Identl ??eposed and nioi=i n '
them miiriieied or exiled. Guillaume
?rat ?Iracire?! from the Trench Legation
and killed. The possibility of I.uropean
intervention to protect foreign lives
and property and insure the payment
of foreign loans mths being; discussed
when the Ameritan tunes took chargo
of affairs on the island.
I . S. |o < ont nil finances.
The principal articles ol the coaren
tion proviilc for American ?uptrviaiOB
??ii.e- and the collection of cus
tomi, American lapervition of the
payment of the publi. debt, inquiry m
r.i the validity of existing dehts and
regulation of the eoatractiag at future
debts, policing of the republic by a
?? constabulary, oAcered for the
?? ?'- American ; Interreatioa by
the t nue?! stun*, if neceaaary, to pre
Order and for guaranteeing
Integrity and independence;
and d??.elopment of Haytisn resource?
under American auspices.
)? is ,? forth particularly tht I r
ta good
the llaytian gorernmet in proper
Bnd elR? ? i I dei i i pi ? i I ? ( I
ral " ' ? .i? and commercial re
- ource e ? , . ment of the
rej ,t'l:c on b olid
: u
u i?en firmal rat hare been
-?? Pre dent el Haytl will
nt, 01 nominal on by the Pi <
I'r. i ted St es. a general re
i may be i
.-:, re?oit e,
: . dutiet on im?
ano ? port accruing >>r Haytiai
:
ONE OF THF fiT^S BATTERING VKHWV
Tli" r.'-iih'li Skoda howitzer, which was used by the a_.rmani to annihilate
tha defences ot l.i?-..?- and Namur, i- reported to be in use epjainst the
V rrlun tints in the great Teuton offensive. The photograph shows Um
mortar elevated tu shell a position sixteen miles away.
: 12-INCH SKODA GUNS
BATTERING VERDUN
? nul luiii-i] from \*.%f I
during the l uropei ?rar i playing a
similar ro'e m the G i ssaaalt an
Verdun, a.cordin g ?.> reporl thai ha?e
leen received her''. T?e Skoda won its
reputatloa ?r- an ann.i
. icirr <>f Li?ge .ii'I Namur, whea from
? ,i .? .. ??* i-ii m i:i- s ?1 ?hrrw
^iiell.? into the citiei often ?u rapidly
? ? one ? is
The f>aturi' i.f these guns,*' said A.
Ru>*?ll Bond, mai aging editor ol ' I hi
Scientific American," yesterday, "
only :h>* terr?fii i ITe< I shall
- t.-. but their mobility. A Skads moi
lie red snd : ?mo? ed
to n point ol safety befor? the enemy
can reach it. Kar thai reason they can
be used a? ftejd piee? .
their fire on 1 mops
marching in do ? formation I? terrible.
Mai j ?'ho arc not hit bj fragmei I ai
? || int? n i air
l.rf-^ure ?r.l the g gaset
This wi true 1 Li? ge ind
Namur, bul al G et, Ant?
Vi erp a; il Pi tem ' I
FRENCH GUNS
MOW DOWN FOE
I un!iiiiieil from pas* '
mitrailleu* - nrere unchained on all
.-??I?' . The German expenditure- of
ammunition paased all imagination.
Nevar 1ms there been such a !?? a**
bardment since the beginning of l.os
tiliti?'-.
MOur oldiei going t., repair the
wir? va ?? reloped en nil tides by
explosions. 1!? theltered himself as
beat 1??* could in tin' traten made by
the ihella At lait h?: gained ?m
point whorr the B irr v as broken ami
rppatrcii it. Then ho theltered him
-.??If in a trench ?In?: by a mitrailleuse
ami waited for the storm to p.'
"Little by li'M?.- the (.trinan Are re?
laxed. I' ?ii> the supreme moment
The -iiink?' ami whit? d i I made by
earth ami snow pulverized by the
shell?, ?lowly ?lis^ipnted. R*>for? c
? ; ? ?.' a." a frightful anaeAamaS.
"A Httla liir-tunii' in front ol
tlicre hail been some suppmtit
tranchas. Kething reaa-U-Md
them. They lin? I been absolute
I? ailed. ll?r< tln-r?' roes vestigea
? pataprt, while ns tu berb-d wl
entaiitletnente, it was inpoeeible
discover a trace ?>f thotn.
Illiirlt Mn... 1 h?rgen A-f-M ???no?*.
"All had basa cut do ?n nr had i
appeared ander the earth the i i ??
Ing shall? had t h retira aa them. Tl
"arth ?ii a? ttiit aa though tli<*re ne.-.
had been sui*'i a tintiK ?- .< ??:.r., onai
? in" could believe biaiaelf on gr..'i'
rreebls ploughed sad barran ad ? ? ?
tot planting i reps.
"|n -i -i In the m II ? .-.
i'.n?<e? bogsn t<> siava evi
mantli at no? avhieh th
il ? ? -, bed rhey ? ? i ? lei i
?.-?. i..i? encina In ele t i ?? -
from 'i.e ene!i of I .
ngfel t.. gain the eresti by dite
???nul?
"It ii mir momeat ta ? I, \ e/ai
through lh? telephone to o.r batteiii
sad His dan.*.' commence?, rhs ? ii?
become? infernal. Dowa thire. betwe*
the ?wo ?real and an their lop?
several regiments pread out, but tt
tTAp? between ? iwrn are constantl* fill?
. arrival ?t froah elemei I
' ?'??,,. h. nr ?? long i hlstl? 01 - r 01
head? I' i? oui mint ?heil, i! fal
i'uirl.. m the mid I ". the ?.-i ma
. . . Wi lephom that th< rar.,
ia goad. Then ?here ?a a ?lei .
Khell?, which hur?t in (he enemy ran
"The position of the Germai -
critical. With our gla?se. ws ?an ?*
some of them flyiitsr. while othei
covered with earth and blood, leel I
?heiter themaelvei behind the wall o
dead. The tir?? *aa-.e I? rtped ou
rhere are piles oi" bodies OB all ?idea,
"Ilut Hlie.-idy a BOW wave appear;
? tries to make 'cad again -
nf steel. It cannot advance, I
,-i ound Our ire ?; i ?ci Ifli d am
projectilea begin again -i c rt i d
. througrl the German >an>? I
region is envelope*! in the thunder e
? ng ihella, with which i -
the sharp note of a aitra?l-UOO, tirnu
from the crest, the Germans seek V
capture
"Another German wave '\.rms, mor
formidable and more funou?. Th
Qermaas, ?warming like m'y come M
I despite our ?hell??. Our heart? ?tarn
?till. Will they succeed? No.
"At tills momeat our heavy artillery
?vhirh ha-: not yet been in action, begin I
to fire in a manner truly 'errifying
The hugs ihelii In exploding thro??
gtn at |e! of llame ,,:' all tides.
"The ra.ine ha? become ? veritablf
i volcano. One cannot, toll whether it
I il stot.es or men that are ?iiroun into
the air. Placel of the '. o.lie, now
i obstruct tl.e gully and form a barricade
before tin* Germana, who g c way and
seek .afety in flight.
I "Their iittiick, extraordinary a? it
violence and number?, ha? failed
after terrible losses, and our gui
?Hie by little lifl th<*;r t'ire to the '?? i
the rear, vhieh have
be? ?? ponerl? to ? lenes ours
Sevenl>-fl?M Take Hea\> Toll.
h soldier who had been invalided
home in the early day* of the war .?e
-rribed th? passage of the German?
through hi? ?illape of Malaneourt. Aa
he -poke his voice cunied the ring of
abaolute confidem e.
"They will t.e-er luir Verdun." he
?aid.
"Well iheltered, i watched the ar?
rival of the boche- r?? my village, Thcv
rame m solid ranks, without word,
loading a-;.? i ?loading then- nfle- with
ition 0 eventy?fives fell
amoi.g then and then the mitrailleusei
red into action. It was no torcer
R battalion. It na? 1 fe".- -.r^t'crr?
groups of men that one k?w torn by
a r?m of ihellt and bullets, ??(ueezing
close RRa:i??t taeh other ss though foi
mutual protect on.
"On the border of Mot.?faucon I saw
one of thete group? ditappear * ea<
blow, a* though tnej bad been wal
lowed m a marsh. <?ur ?mei!?; What
frightful ?rorh they did! Never
I rorget ,: ose fragment - of mai
being? I at fel itl fe? 11 Serei
can I fo get ? it ten " ? pi? ture
?i .. the b
Haumont ?"'I Semeogneux. i
of battle ara ghted a? though in full
day by star shells. Black maatet or
Germam advanced, protected by theii
artillery, trhila ours remained liltnt
I imagined our men had been ord? r '?
to fall back. But finally our artillar]
begun, and then the enemy ranxs wa?
vered, halted and disappeared.
"Our -?uns had waited until the <',er
mans were in ? little hollow, all ar?
ranged for the laassaer?'. W at ?
butchery the Crown Prince bad organ
i ted! In a little hollow, live hi.mired
vards by fifty, "here wer?' the bodies
of ??mi' tWO or three thousand (1er
man soldiers, who will never again tee
their Deateenland.
"No, the Germam will never have our
Verdun. They trill break their teeth
there. BoBIt house? will be destroyed.
That will end tht fine afTinr. We,
who know how to giv? our sons, .?hall
we ireep for e few fallen wallt? No.
The thin?; for us te de is to make the
beast pay ?tear for theae traataa do?
struct;? ?
Another refugee brought to Pans
rtt Story tf the bombardnient of
th? sity ef Verdun. Onee before the
Germans shtlltd tht eity, just to show
they could, tad for mont h I the-, have
been able to dt so with the gun? tl tl
had been brought up to tht Crown
Print
"Tat," he -aid. when questioned, "I
come from Verdun. Kverything left
o: my propertv I have la my bag."
He ?railed a little.
"But thai doeta'l mattei The
great thing - that rhough the Gar?
mam iaaj ihtll tht eity, thej eaa
.? .?? it.
"i is bombardmrnt wai a larpritt
Verdun Wo wore ro eon
loOBt that those who had left the eity
at the time of the ti rat bombardment
had corne back and bus'.ne??. took it*?
normal cours* So we felt veritable
eatoa.aaa.dBt when the tir.t ?hell? fell.
"Sunday was nuiet again, but Mon?
day we bad to .iccpt It that it trot
.. ?eriO'is ?ff?ir. Do not imaginar, how?
ever, that the streets were deserted.
rhera t ere ?'.m? men, ? ell oM one?,
? were desperare y attached to th"
-.?hich had -heiter?1'! them a!!
i |{v#a, ? hey i ? r. a' vat - ?o?l <>'
indomitahlt hope. \\?.> should ? ft
?'? ??-. ? said tap. i I '?' r. ni-?.i..ei| a ?
deaf to the official command* a 10 ly I
prayers of friends.
"l'ne military authorities ??. orke.i
ceaselessly that there ?.hou'd b- food
and shelter for all. Women and chil
, dren were first thought of. Thcr,. w?*
no more of caste; no neb, no poor, no
distinction of age ever.. Women ef
BlittOCraey carried the modest paek
a>T".s of 'lie . ?ry noor r\ arma already
'?? ?riced With bub:?'?. It ?h-i a verith
ble levell'ntr of all. What a ?chool la
war! Wednesday night, by litt.?
froups, we left what hud been Ver?
_BB.
STARVING GREEK
WOMEN ASK AID
Plead with Deputies to Rel?ese
Distress.
v ei Feh H Barefoot an I
rasrued women , n largv numb-r .
v. .ta bohies la am ?, proceeded from
the quart -,
yesterday te Parliament, ?topped la?
groin?.- Deputies an?l niea.de,| that th-?
( Kami er r? liei i l be diatrt
mobilisation of thi men and non-pay
ment of allowances to their fan i
Tl ere wai no dieorder, .-? '.?.ral at th"
Deputiet, moved bt the p tiful d
itratioB. tddretted the women, prom
iaing relief.
Attempt": are 'r>. c ??
ment to discredit ?he admmi 'ra'ion of
, > s-Premier Ven slot . ? ;>tanc?
i by Veal icios of th? ?
?ea' In the Chanther from Mytilea.?
irues a<i?ie,i ligniflcanct t.
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