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ST. ELOI c SIC
Writish Won PositiOn On uiEh
Iround Overlooking Lines.

LoNuor, March 31.--1hc corrcspoud-
| Ont at the Daily Nail at British head
qua rtcrs in France describes tho action
at 81. Eloi on March - as having been
more Of Importance than is supericially
apparent.
"a valuable position was gained" he
says, consisting Of rising ground which
overlooked the British communication
trenches. The British lose was small
and the German loss very great. the lat
ter being due mainly to the artillery
and bomb throwers.
1T Is "A remarkable fact that during
the whole Of the hight not "a single Ger
man aeroplane WAS allowed 10 APP
| preach
Thc correspondent writes enthusiast
cally IT the dash and zest OF the men.
The men complained" ne says. that
the Germans, IN some positions wouldn't
tight and surrendered too soon. Never
theless there WAS much hard fighting.
Some German iombers held Their ground
well for hours and the German artii-
lcrv was good"
The correspondent records several in.
cidents Of tho lighting. In one Of these
a British section advancing wss cri'i-
caily 'nenaced by a German machine
gun. 4 British slbaltern and one sol.
,ii.r ran forward and attacked with
bombs. wr.cking the gun and KUN.
III. gunncrs. ~ another point Of TN.
Ugh, two men went iStray III \ German
diagonal trench which was almost nv
occupied. hut led Ear hack INTO one OF
the principal communication trenches,
where they met u number az 'icrmaus
one Il the British ~uiiic.r- threw bombs
whit. the utll, fired his revolver over
tho formers shoulder. \ majority g:
IN. Germans ran back. &, few surrendered
and the trench was cleared. only "n"
Irl'ou VA wounded
" another POINT, an officer found two
men OF the Northumberland fusiliers.
their rifles thrown on IN. ground. night
ing for the possession ot a German pris-
oncr. whom both claimed. TIL" prison.
was watching with amusement
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GAVE RUSSIANS POWER.
~P"1tNHu"n. War Minister, solved
Munitions Problem, Then 0u,,.

lpNte ftspd' - 10 Inv SlN
o LONDON. March 30.-Thc Tetrograd
correspondent of the Ddiiy Mad telc-
graphs:
"fh" resignation Of Cen. poliyanorr
as Minister ~ War H. generally re.
GREETED here. lie worked very hard for
- good purpose and resigned partly ow
ing Ia the strain which hc found, as Gen.
Gailieni found In France. too severe 10
be borne long 10y men advanced In
years. TIL" leading rcf,.~i
the general opinion ~ IN. hubble th.,
zen. P~oli,anofs services 10 Russia and
the Allies demand I've highest prais.
and gratitude.
lie took Office wA.lc the Russian
army was rc'reating because of lack of
munitions. lie l-u,es Office with IN.
Russian troops standing firm and even
making local advances and go well sup.
Piled that ~" shell cis.~ are marked
Don't spare Ne.
The record Of Gen. Shuvaieff. Gen.
~IoliNanon su"cesso. inspires conn.
dence. lie has kept the army well
clothed aud fed His career Is almost
who'll administrative. lac has never seen
att.N" service. This 10 rather To- his ad.
vantage, as the post of War Minister
reeds a hus nessllA. orgdiizer. not I,
soldier, all stratcgl" questions being I'm
'he hands of III" G.n.-al stan"
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DISASTER SEEN IN
LONG CLYDE STRIKE
Government Urged to strive
Quickly 10 End Workers
Growing Discomfort.
spec,a, cabie b,.pa,cs =, Trrs So

loNpoN, March 81 rT~riday,.-Thc
Daily Mati'S Glasgow correspondent ,ol,-
graphs that since the deportation II IA"
ringleaicrs {, very considerable uumhc-
OF the strikers IN III, Glide munitions
fac,ori.s have broke away fl"u tlr.
domination Of the clyde workers COM
mittce and have resumed work.
TIT men arrested "n Thursday. promi-
nent locally as Socialists. are MaNton.
4 schoolmaSt.r, who Is chairman of the
Independent Labor party of scotland,
and Ma"dougal, su ~ tho former
provost of pollorhsh1ws. II IL under
stood that they are accused u uttering
in~cendiary sree'ncs ~iucl,lnc muni,lon
worker, to strlk"
Mr., Burton, secretary OF ia, Glasgow
branch of the \malga matcd society Of
Engineers, IL quoted as saying:
THE clyde munitions area H. absolute
~ seething with Dissatisfaction. We are
working our hardest and doing our best
To straighlen out matters. We are de
terininsd that whatever happens w will
maintain our official position. The am
tiCations al the EXISTING troubl. are nu-
merous and involved. but whatever Is To
be done must hc done quickly Tor the
sake OF the national safety. The Gov
IN must act al once ar trouble will
he piled on trouble and bring disaster.
only hall Il dozen shops AT present
,..,od a., ia. ,I,'I r'o'''' AZ,
o,,.Iu,n,. a.. '. u""' '''s"h'
.,,n,na,h" .ut - '"""e no" '"r
~" D. - ah',"'
80. "'' '""' ."' I'~ls''""crH
&c.,. '',"''' ""FN'rs com
49, ''P"'n"' "'h' como oi tltnh
%n's "'"'p -, we Ntha'sarla'"d En.
snn , 'u ,n"' 'u'N va" started
on sou'I' inrs WIN Il view TO helping
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TURKS In CALLIPOLI
SENT TO ARMENIA
Russians Say Enemy Has Re-
Inducements From tho
Dardancllcs Front.
WHOLE LINE STRONGER

Spec'df tdbfe Desp1frh 10 TiE So
LONDON. March 3o.-Thc first indica-
ton that the hard pressed Turkish army
IN northern Armenia has at length re-
ccived rcenforccments Is contained in
An official statement issued at Pctro-
grad Tonight. which says that in the
coastal region north of Erxerum. whore
the Russians arc trying to gain control
OF the Armenian l%it,oral, Il Turkish revi-
inent (which fought u, C;allipoli' was
defeated. 40 prisoners, including sew
cnty officers. falling into Russian hands.
The belief that more than one force
OF seasoned veterans has at length
reached the Armenian theatre IL
strengthened by the further statement In
to-night's Russian report that II Turkish
organization was disiodgcd northwest
OF Mush.' In this region the Russians
occupied "A convent.
~Petrograd several weeks ago an
nounced the occupation of Bitlis, the i'm
portant city IN the Armenian Taurus. on
me roads TO Syria. Mesopotamia and
ferslh. Ritlis lies siNty-i,c miles south
east OF Mush. and II had been presumed
AhhTuE Was toIf-
lIletely cleared OF the Turks.
The ottnmans nov opposing tho Rus.
SANS northwest of Iush are, therefore.
believed To be "A relief force cent hv
rield Marshal Won der Goltz to prevent
Il Russian dash into Mcsopo,amia.
Such a force. If strong enough. pre-
SCENTS a considerable rncrac. to tho CEN
ire of the Grand Duke Nicholss's army.
making 1t DANGEROUS for the let. wing to
separate itself 10 any considerable de-
gree IRON tho centre. as the Turk nigh,
drive a wedge through the centre and
cut of the southern army. Tho Rus.
sian statement follows
On the Caucasus littoral front We
captured 20 officers and 100 mon of ,
turkish regiment which Tough, at
Gallipoii.
northwest of Mush We dislodgeJ tho
ene'ny and occupied "a convent at
Tchanki ktlis>ou.
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specia, Cable Despatch 10 TUT sus.

LONDON. March 30.-1he Main Com
wireless despatch received here to-day
from Berlin. has agreed that Ger
many's sea- warfare shall he carried
through by every mean most instru-
mental in obtaining a successful issue
Of the war Tho committee reached
its decision unanimously.
The despatch adds that 1, was cspc-
cially emphasized In the discussion that
any interference with the authorities
was far from the purpose of the authors
OF the recent motion regarding the con-
duct of submarine warfare. In reply
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Iiollweg said
that he recognized the motives which
prompted the movers Of the resolution.
Besides the Imperial Chancellor. .Ad.
m!raI Won CaIelle. head of the Ad-
miralty. and Dr. Solf. Secretary for the
Colonies. look part in the discussion.
South German newspapers, according
to Bern dispatches, say debate Is likely
to result In "A vote Of confidence for
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Iioliweg.
All parties introduced submarine mo-
tons. Tho centristS and Conservatives
slightly modified theirs and may formu.
late n Joint compromise motion which II
Ii believed that the Government will nc.
cert. The Radical psrty's motion, while
demanding that everything be done 10
insure a decisive and durable victory on
sea Az we'll AZ on land. s,ipulates tina,
submarine activities be restricted IN
enemy vessels.
The Centris,s demanded that all >.s-
sells. including neutral vessels. whether
armed or unsrined. he torpedoed. 1, is
regarded AS unlikely tina, m. .uhie,,
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EVIDENCE ALL IN.
OfHriHl Report Of UOulOxnc In
>rstigntion >cnt to Washington.

paRis, March 3O.--Ii-u,. H.. I.
Smith. one OF the attaches of the Amer
lean Embassy, Who Was sent TO Bou-
lognc to investigate" the attack ON the
Channel Steamer SUSSEX, returned to-
night with u report on the SUSSEX, lie
brought a personal letter to Alnbassa-
dor SHARP from irof. !. Mark Baldwin,
who says that his daughter, Elizabeth,
IL somewhat better and that he hopes
that her life may be saved. Lieut.,
Smiths report was cubled 10 Washing
ton immediately. III. embassy refusing
10 disclose its contents.
Tho report of Capt. Moufet Of the
Sussex reached the embassy to-day from
the Frrnch Ministry Of Marine through
the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, The
embassy cahled 1t to Washington. The
captain confirms the interviews he has
given and his statements 10 passengers
that he il certain tho vessel WAS sunk
by a torpedo,
Capt. Mouffet says:
"a pcrccived about $50 o'clock tho
wake of "A torpedo about $50 yards Ia
port. immediately ordered the helm
30 degrees to starboard. and in order
To acc' lcratc tlc manruvre ordered
the stoppage of the starhoard engine,
which was Immediately done. Not
withs,anding all my efforts could
not avoid the proiectilc. which hit the
now of the Sussex on "a line with the
foremast and produced "a formidabl.
explosion. carrying away all the front
OF the Vessel w to the first alright
bulkhead,'
The embassy pas now taken the dep
ositions oi all availahic witnesses.
The death of Enrique ,iranados. the
Spanish colnpos,r, who waa returninc
from New York, where he supervised
the production of his opera "Goyes-
cas-" IL confirmed.
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AIR FIGHTS FREQUENT
In BALKAN War ZONE
French Report Series of Via.
tories Over Gcrmans-\r.
tillcry Active.
Sp.eisi cable bespa,ch 10 tn, ;,

FN'' W. 'okL'' ~ " -
PARIS. March 30.--Thc War Oii., ..
sued Tonight u detailed acoouu, OF ,,
operations of tho army Of tho ORION, 10,
Macedonia. Except for minor f~on,.
skirmishes these operations wcic ron.
fined TO aerial activity. both Frcu,. sra
German aNiafurs making daily taHi, 81.
lowed by many air battles. Tho f..or.
states that the German a%r,ill.ry T. ,c.
tive along the whole front. FolinWIr. %,
the official statement:
During the first days of Mar, 'rc-.
WAS complete ca'n,. ON March o. 'i.-,
was ~ certain amount of activity. ,bt
Germans having located the ircur'
forces approaching the frouiltr .ou,l
of GuevghelL on March IL au or,r.
detachment established itself a. Man.
kovo. II was driven of ON illo ro,.
lowing day. ON March ~ - I,pp.',
threw bombs upon Kara Buruuu. io.o
or which caused any damage. co March
30 our artillery bombarded = ho,,u.
frontier encampment and on IL" an
the railway stations Of Mrzcri. and
Guevgheli.
ION the sanc day a group . tuc,,v.
three Of our acroplaues throw shell
upon enemy works at Nolvv~i. T. ne
course Of the operation "ut - ~
pilots was hi, by "A projectlic and
into Lake Dorian. Another VA com
PEELED tn descend. but returned io ou-
lines after burning hls Machine.
ION March 20 a battl. hc'wrn- .
Fokkcr aeruplane and our u,ru 10,
ended in the same Manner. =. rcprsa
for this an Albatruss mdchr, ras
brought down by one OF our 80 tupi..,.
Ono tho same night our sguadrol 80 o,
proJcctiles oil the neiny ctrlp u, Nj.
g%ori,za. ON March q important n o.,
of British cavalry "~tabliIicl tIsr.
selves near our advanced dettrnuun NJ.
"On March IS Salonica wa hor.
bardel ny an aerial squadron TNor'r
Greek civilians we're Killed and iWtn'v.
five others were injured. our machines
set out to pursue the enemi. hrirg'nr
down three machines. On MARI - ,
| group Of French cavalry am, ~ 90.
tact viii an enemy troop at tluI'i oH
Greek territory. The Germans We, mn
to Hight.
Along the entire front tho G,-'-a'
artillery is developing great |t"'.'l''
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SHIPS UNSAFE
Twenty sunk siuce March Were
Not Warned.
SPECIAL cable De,patch 10 Tur So.

LONDON, March 3o.--Thc officials arc
much impressed by the high percentage
OF successful German attacks against
British vessels en- route to or from Amer
lea, all OF which. in accordance with
the wishes Of the American Government.
are unarm.d. II Is asserted that IL the
Bcrwindalc. i,ngiishman, Fcnaybridgc
and Manchester Engineer had carried
defensive armament they probably would
have escaped.
Twenty British ships have been sunk
by mines or submarines since the new
German submarine war opened March |.
The reports received show that no
vessel IN the recent submarine activity
received any warning whatever. and no
chanc" WAS given to the crews TO escape.
Fragments Of a torpedo found aboard
the SUSSEX VIII bc furnished to the
American authorities. probably through
the Paris Embassy.
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BRITISH FRONT ACTIVE.
GcrmHn ROmh Throw Reach
tratrr East ~ ~. Eliot.

IoNpoN. March 20.-The following re-
port from British Headquarters m
France ~as ISSUED tonight Icy tnc Of
iicidl press bureau:
To-day there Ms artillery irtv.iy
north Of SoIcheI and south - - Elui
and about Wioltjc and Ro-s'ush'.
Hostile bnG.p thr"Wsrs succeeded ~
reaching the east'rnnnst uf the
~craters at -. Eloi.
South ~ t.,siuglc. ate q BON
bardmeni, - snal! party - the enemy
tried to l-aN" their irtu"l,o tgt were
Immediately driven back 10y our nyc.
one Of our reroplaucs sent cut ..s-
t"rdaN l. missing.
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DANISH MAIL NOT HELD UP.
Oscar ~. 10 IL at ktrkwnu with.
out From Writish.

The ScandinaNiiu- American liner rs
ear II. arrived Yesterday from ,op,u-
hagen. CAPT llrnlol surprised the
British authorities bv putting in al
Eirhwill without waiting ~ h. sum
mcu,d IL u cruiser. explaining that hc
had been instructed 10y the owners 10
submit his vessel for iusp.ctior.
No mail or passengers were taken
OF and after three days tho oscar II,
went on, Shr Wts held M outside Kirk.
wall, but explained that she had already
h.'n passed,
There w'r" nftecu ,irst cabin pas
scug"rs ou board, with nt,v-eN second
class and "la st"crigo passengers.
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Loco HRRs az Mail Lost,

LoNpnN. March 80 When TN. steam.
ship Sussex was damaged IN the Eng
lish 'harn.l about i."Uo bags OF mail
for ExS pit. India and Austraii, NScro
lost. P"sinIaster- General Samuels, an
nounccd In the Hous. Of Commons to-
day. The French mails we're taken off
~ safety.
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IioMr, March During the aerial
raid ON Monday by Austrian aero
plahes over the Venetian provinces fuur
nia'hinrs wcr" brought down. according
I" official reports, Eight Austrian OH
GERS we're taken PRISONERS. Small dam
age Mas done hN the attacking aero
planes. II * stated, and few were
wounded by bombs.
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LuSpuS. MIrrh 30.-Tho British
steamship Dlai'nl. ~ 49, tons. hps
been sunk In" lradem Was Last Sc
ported ~ having arrived At Msrscilles
on February - from I'cuarth. Wal,s.
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SURVIVORS IN PERIL.
I MrriraW Fireman Tells of rItRht
az Eagle. Points rev.

- EtNsrow y, VIA London. March go
Joseph Gleason eff Boston. a fireman on
tho British steamship Eagle Point. sunk
ny u submarine, said to-day he was in
an open boat with twenty-onc other sur
Nivors for seven hours In a freezing
north"aster and a heavy sea. The sur
vivors were Suing thigh decp In water
and had no chance to save their belong
ingS.
The american Consul has taken ilea-
scn'S testimony.
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>poc,ai cable Deynd''t q Tn SIS
P~rrHoURAp, VIA London, March so
The first ANA second classes OF the mill.
tia have tsrn called To- tn, rolors.
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f'oIr pE f'nAScE, Martinique. March 20
An earthquake occurred h"r' 1t II
O'Clock this morning. y" damage "a.
dome.
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LuNpuS. March "o-Thc steamship
Miuncapolis. which was t"rpodoed last
week M tho Mediterranean, san "n
TUESDAY. according 80 II dcspa'ca from
Msltu.
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ordered TO Amcrica.

the outbreak Of the war was in
Berlin. As a Captain on the n-serye lis,
] Immediately reported for duty. I was
told, however, to come To hits country
and rcpor, to Capt. Won Tapen. | did
10. received instructions from him. hui,
what those orders were Is a secret which
] cannot diyulge."
Presently the conversation was ended
by the arrival OF George ~Franken,haler
Of Levy Il Frankenthaler. 81 Liberty
street, attorney for Capt Tauscher. The
lawyer protested against the search of
the offices and Immediately made ar.
rangenients for ban and for the arraign-
ment
Capt. Tauscher. accompanied by his
lawyer and his captors, appeared at the
Federal Building shortly before 4
o'clock. liz wore ID soft hat. carried
a cane with d much battered silver
head and was warmly wrapped In an
overcoat and a gray silk muller. His
green how tie matched tho green s,rip.
81 his shirt. and with his bristling mus.
tache and his little goatee he presented
an unusual appearance as he sat in
the Commissioners room. Jaiuitily he
lighted u cigarette, and AZ he was ar
raigned before the Commissioner he took
long whins OF II.
You have read the complaiut?' aues-
TONED the Commissioner. The Iawy,r
said he had, and the Captain made "A
dramatic flourish with his cigaret,e,
II presume You waive the reading of
the complaint The Captain bowed and
shook the ashes from his cigarette. Ad-
lonrnm.nt Of two weeks Was taken. and
"r' "o"'. representing the Government.
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new ONSLAUGHTS OF
GERMANS REPULSED
Continued from First Pdoe.

night Of March 1890 two Frencn
aviatora bombarded the railroad sta.
ton at Maiziercs-les-Mc,z seven miles
north Of Metz.
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asked that mo bail he set at &c5.000.
Il submit that the bail is entirely
too high" objected Frankenthaler. This
defendant Is we'll known and Is per
manently established In this community.
] think hat the nxing Of such a high
bail wou,l tend to iniurc him In the
community. would he unjust. Further
more. he is innocent and Is not impli-
Gated In any way. lie has 40 guilty
knowledge Of this alleged enterprise"
This Is a serious offence returned
the Commissioner "and In the case OF
Paul koenig, accused of u similar Of
fence. you may remember. I set the bail
at $25 200. do not think the bail Is
cxorbitant. for the charge at this time
IL specially serious
Banker I1astcns 20 Ala.
The Commissioner WAS emphatic. the
lawyer became silent S,nd Capt. Tatscher
shrugged his shoulders. The matter was
ended. Mr.. Wood informed the court
that the case was under investigation
by the Grand Jury.
The Captain walked into the United
States Marshal's office while the bail
bond. furnished by the National Surety
Company. was being prepared. At that
moment Alexander konta, n banker,
rushed into the building, anxious TO
see that his friend received proper AS
sistancc us to bail. capt. Tauschcr
shook hands warmly with him. thanked
him. and then turned to thank the Fed
cral agents for their. courteous treat-
incnt.
You were most courteous to U.S. he
was told.
"Ycs. I surely gave YOU every assist
ancc when you came to me Tn regard
TO tho Won parsn checks" laughed the
Captain.
TIL defendant was asked II he had a
statement TO make. lie replied that he
had not one Of the reporters. speaking
to Frankenthaler, refc red To Capt Tau-
scher as "A Jolly. cheerful gentleman
and to that the Captain said:
But this Is "A serious matter
Frankenthaler said that Capt Tauschsr
II innocent Of the charge and hat a
statement might be given out to-day.
Capt. Tauscher has been under
surveillance by the Department of Jus
ticc and the secret service for months.
lie has been questioned on various Inn
portant matters that have developed
and in which he might be presumed TO
have an interested knowledge lie al
ways has been apparently most frank
The authorities knew Of his friendship
for Capt. Won rapen and that the two
men frequently conferred. That he
should have been engaged in alleged de-
structivc plots Within 80 short u time
after the outbreak 81 the war and
especially after hts return from Ger
many or the Noordcrdyk on August 81.
1914. is regarded as pointing TO the War
Intelligence ONice In Berlin.
The authorities hint that capt
Tauschcr retired from the plans for de-
structive work within II short time.
After a time Raul ko.nir. alleged bus
mess manager OF Gcrmany's spy sys-
TEN in this country. too charge. ac-
cording to Federal Information. 81 the
German reseryists picked for ticklish
Jobs. banded money to them n gave
them instructions rcce we'd by him from
mel higher up.