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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
Glorious Page in History.

The defense of Herbebois will GER
tainly remain one of the most glorious
pages in the annals of our regiment.
More than 5000 Germans came in sue
cessive waves to smash themselves
against our ranks. although we were
in lighting position of the most dis
advantageous kind. We voluntarily
abandoned the ground where hundreds
and hundreds of German corpses show
sufficiently how effective was our re-
sistance Neither the bombardment nor
the snow nor the difficulties of secur-
ing provisions nor fatigue could over
come the stubborn bravery of our in
fantry.
by thus holding firm in this corner
of Herbebos they for their part con-
tributed to win time for the arrival
of the necessary reserves and they
seriously interfered with the advance
of the Germans. II was sacrifices OF
this kind repeated at numerous points
on our front which held back the enc
my flood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
TAKEN INTO FIRM.
Realty Concern to Be Incorporated
% Norment, Smith & Fuller Co.

Clarence B. Norment. jr.. and C. Ash
Hoad Fuller have been made partners in
- rsal estate hrm Of Norment & Smith.
VAjch was established by Clarence F.
Aesmant in 1856. The firm soon is to be
1neeRporated under the name Of Norment.
Smith & Fuller Company. Larger
quarters are being fitted up by the firm
In the old Central National Bank build
ing. Jacob N. Belt, who has been asso-
a10tsd with Norment & Smith for twenty
seven y&ArS. ts to remain in charge Of
4A1EaS renting department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
ADOPTS T0RRENs SYSTEM.
Virginia Is the Thirteenth State to
Take Up Land Registration Plan.

Virginia has adopted the Torrens sys-
TEN Of land regist alton. This imme-
diately follows the passing Of a T'orrens
act by the senate Of New Jersey. Thir-
tsen OF the United States now have
Ierrens acts and the presumption is
for the adoption OF the Torrens system
By both New Jersey and by Pennsyl-
vania, where last year the voters over
whelmingly approved the system.
The bill passed by the Virginia
general assembly leaves execution of
the act to local option in the case Of
The cities and counties which were not
enumerated in the original measure as
passed. Communities not included in
the original bill can by a vote of the
people of the district become a party
70 the measure and thus receive its
hoosnts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
About 3, 100 Men Die.

AS the ministry of marine February %
announced that the number of survivors
Of the Provence disaster was estimated at
$40. it is indicated by the foregoing dis
patch that upward of $3.50 lives were lost.
1t was stated that on board the Pro-
vence were the staff of the Sd Colonial
Infantry Regiment. the Sd Battalion. the
I'd Company of the LIST Battalion the
I'd Machine Gun Company and one
extra company. in all nearly 1000 men
The loss of more than 3 1000 lives in the
sinking of the French auxiliary cruiser
Provence is the greatest ocean disaster of
modern times. Up to the present. the
largest number of lives ever lost in one
wreck was when the White Star liner I'll
tanic struck an iceberg off the Newfound-
land banks April IA, 1912. and sank with
a death loss of 1895. The rescued num-
bered TAB.
The French ministry of marine had
previously issued no statement as to
the number of persons on the Provence
when she went down. The vessel. how
ever, when in the transatlantic service
could carry 1850 persons. including the
crew, and it has been presumed that
as she was transporting troops between
ports not far apart she was carrying a
number of men larger than her normal
capacity.
Official Statement.
The official statement announcing the
sinking of the Provence said:
The French auxiliary cruiser Prov
ence IL $50 designated to distinguish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
DECLARES TIME is RIPE
FOR ANOTHER PENTEC0ST
Billy Sunday Faces the Smallest
Audience So Far in His Balti-
more Engagement.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March Another
pentecost-a revival where the church
is in one accord, where every one ID
right with God, and where the Master
is never sidetracked to let the devil
go first over the main line, is the great
need of today" Billy Sunday told his
audience in the Tabernacle yesterday
afternoon.
There never has been another re-
vival like that in Judea 1900 years
ago." declared Sunday. land there
never will be until the churches think
more of the Holy Spirit and less OF
the oyster soup. and more Of the pulpit
and less of the kitchen as means to
salvation"
Mr.. Sunday faced the smallest audi
ence of his Baltimore campaign at the
afternoon service. and it seemed to
have it's effect
Urges Larger Collections.
He said nothing about the size of the
crowd, but he did take occasion tc
knock" Baltimore about the size Of the
contributions at the services Thursday
These" he said. "totaled $3,259-just
$3.50 more than the corresponding day
in Trenton. N. j." cheer went UP at
this. but 1t was checked by the evan
gelists next words.
Trenton has about 100, 900 popula-
| tion.' he said. land Baltimore has
100000. Comparing the populations
and the sizes Of the two audiences
Baltimore should have given about six
times as much as Trenton. So, you
see. there's nothing to raise a big cheer
about. So let's hurry up and get the
money together to meet the expenses
incurred, SO we can put the tin plates
away and forget about them"
Night Talk to Students.
1t was to the young folk-students al
the various colleges and high schools
about the city-that Sunday spoke last
night. 1t was winning sermons
sermon with an appeal different from
those addressed to the older men and
women. OF course. there were the
usual vivid pictures of the region OF
fire and birthstone and its satanic
| monarch; but there were softer words
| and more appealing phrases. He ap-
pealed to the ambition of the young
men and women-and showed them
| that ambition" didn't only mean get.
| ting a good Job with fat pay, but thai
the greatest ambition was for heaven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
Night Talk to Students.
Harry Thaw's Divorce Suit Opened

PITTSBURGH. March 4-The hear
ing Of the suit for divorce brought by
Harry X. Thaw against his wife,
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. has been opened
here before master appointed by tho
court to hear the testimony. The hear
ings will be private and none of the
evidence will be made public. Mrs..
Thaw was not present when the case
opened and 1t was' learned that she
was not represented by counsel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
OFFICIAL EYEWITNESS TELLS
OF SLAUGHTER AT HERBEBOIS
Germans Charged Desperately in Assault
on Fort Douaumont, and Huge Shells
Fell Like Hailstones.

PARIS. March 1.-THE French official
scription of the defense of Herbebos,
three miles to the north of Fort Dou-
aumont. where the great battle of Yer
dun began twelve days ago:
ut was February y at 7:20 o'clock
in the morning that the Germans began
the preparation for their attack. They
Embossed a formidable artillery fire on
positions which they wished to cap
ture and shells of all calibers fell like
hail. from those of $50 miliimetres to
shells of 305 millimeters. 1t was t
veritable drum fire of an intensity I'M
known till now. and this drum fire
played by series of objective points
selected for attack. A zone 500 meters
broad and a kilometer deep. for ex-
ample. was pounded in such fashion
that the earth was plowed up on the
entire superficial extent in mathema-
teal fashion.
Little Gain First Day.
"Lacrymosal shells and sufrocating
gas shells were also employed by the
enemy to accentuate the moral effect.
However, despite this formidable rain
of projectiles. the Germans on the
first day succeeded only in entering our
first line of defense at Herbebois, and
taking small supporting work of the
line. 1t was a miserable result COM
pared with the mechanical effort and
the human effort which they had put
forth against our advanced line OF
resistance.
at was then that my regiment was
called upon to attack and to try to re-
capture the first line lost. When / say
line 1t must be understood that there
were only some chaotic elements Of
trenches and burrows torn up with
shell holes.
AT midnight, accordingly. on the
2lst the men were in position, and we
were rather happy at having at the
first moment of our appearance on the
ground taken sXty-three prisoners.
who seemed to be very glad not to
have to measure themselves against us
any further. They rubbed their hands
and seemed quite gay at the thoughts
of having ended their share in the war.
Among these prisoners was an officer
who. having tried to escape. was killed
by the sentry who was charged with
guarding them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
Attacks by Both Sides.

Our counter attack took place Feb
ruary % at 4:30 O'Clock in the morn
ing, but after a moment the Boches at
tackled again. No one had the ad-
vantage in this affair. Then during
the day there was on both sides an un-
ceasing struggle with hand grenades,
while some of our men strained every
effort, under the pain of the grenade
throwers. to consolidate our positions.
At this moment we no longer had any
natural shelter Herbebois is covered
with tree stumps, among which some
large trees stand up. On depth of
three to four hundred meters behind
is ordinary underground, but the Ger
mans had opened upon it terrible
outpouring of projectiles and the wood
at certain places was transformed into
d clearing. 1t was necessary to
maneuyer through this confusion by
climbing and crawling and to work and
raise barricades and to organize the
shell holes. 1t was showing, and
leave you to imagine the endurance
which our men showed in the circum-
stances.
During the course of the night of
February % the Germans renewed
their offensive. bombardment of
amazing violence and of mortal pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
OAK LAWN WELL ADAPTED
FOR USE AS PUBLIC PARK

of the Washington Board of Trade
several days ago. when he urged that
body to do everything in its power to
bring about an appropriation by Con-
gress which will permit the purchase
of the property for park purposes.
The Dean property, which is known
as Oak Lawn" is one of the largest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04

cision did not permit them, however. 10
advance an inch. When their infantry
in turn attempted to strike. our men
made them suffer sanguinary losses
1t was still worse during the day of the
23d After having once more copiously
rained shells on our lines. the Ger
mans sent against us at least the
equivalent of battalion. This attack
in a body excited to the highest degree
the valor of our men.
Termed "Veritable Massacre"
They sighted the Germans at fifty
meters, and under methodic volleys the
latter fell, bowling in terrible fashion.
1t was a veritable massacre.
Our 15-millimeters on their side, had
executed curtain fire. preventing the
enemy from retiring, and very few or
the assailants succeeded in getting TO
the rear. Almost all were left on the
field of battle. That did not prevent
the Germans from attacking US once
more during the course of the day. but
without any better success.
-Four of our grenadiers. posted at the
entrance of communication trench
which united our old firing trench, now
occupied by the Germans with sup
porting trench which We still held,
killed groups of the enemy fast as
they presented themselves. They car
ried on this work for more than TWEEN
ty hours.
During these fights was revealed
once more the warlike ardor OF the
French Despite the losses incurred
(almost ali exclusively from artillery
fire, for in the infantry engagements
we had constantly the upper hand).
their morale did not waver for mo-
ment. Our troopers Unanswered as
during field practice.
mistaken by the Slaughter.
They saw without a murmur their
comrades fall around them and they
continued their work as quietly as at
exercise. One has reason to be proud
of commanding such men.
AT AIS o'clock in the afternoon of
February %. while we had not retired
a single foot. order was given us TO
withdraw carefully, for the Wavrille
wood having been taken, we ran the
risk of being surrounded. We waited
for the night to come. Some of our
men. when they learned that we were
TO leave Herbebois protested asking
to be allowed to fight and die on the
spot. However. tactical reasons
obliged us to evacuate Herbebois and
we had to reckon with the general sit
uation.
The retirement order was executed
and we went to take A position in
front of the lie Chaume wood COM
munication with the units on our right
and left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04

Purchasing the Dean tract for use as
4 public park would be like buying
furnishing house for residence pur-
poses; 1t would be in readiness for oc-
cupancy from the very outset"
This statement was made by District
Commissioner Brownlow before the
committee on parks and reservations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-04
UPWARD OF $3.50 LIVES LOST ON
AUXILIARY CRUISER PROVENCE
French Ministry of Marine Says Nearly
1000 We're on Board Greatest
Sea Disaster in Modern Times.

PARIS March At has been announced the French
that there nearly board the
auxiliary Provence when she sunk
on February
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erty be purchased. The Dean estate is
willing to sell for $625,000. providing
the property is to be acquired by the
government for park purposes Offers
of s., 900. 900 and more. which have been
made by private individuals, have been
refused by the estate. it is reported.
Commissioner Brownlow told the
Board of Trade committee that he
has been reliably informed that unless
the property is purchased by the gov
eminent in the near future the Dean
estate probably will accept one of the
private offers which have been made.
The estate soon is to be divided. it Is
reported. and this will involve the sale
of the property.
Loss Of Barber Estate.
the ground probably will be utilized
for apartment sites. The beauty
of the stately oak trees which
now adorn the property would
be lost forever The Barber
estate east of 14th street was lost to
the city as a park because of the
refusal of Congress to appropriate for
its purchase. It has been built up with
apartment houses. Commissioner
Brownlow said that unless the people
of Washington unite in A movement
to bring about the acquisition of the
Dean property in the near future 1t
PROBABLY will be lost in the same way.
No Expense Involved.
Utilization Of the Dean property as a
public park would involve little or no
expense; it possesses all the requisites
of an ideal park, fine view over the
portion of the city to the south of it,
magnificent oak trees, well kept lawns
and road and walk ways. There Is one
roadway to the residence in the center
of the property from the Connecticut
avenue side and another winds it's way
down to the Florida avenue frontage.
The residence is large three-story
brick structure with mansard roof and
an addition in the rear. There also rs
stable on the property. Should the
property be acquired for use as park
the residence could be utilized az
civic center; a tearoom could be IN
stalled and refreshments and other
concessions could be housed there.
The day book., 1916-06-16
OF ALL sORTS-BO2
BASEBALL SPORTS OF
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
American League

w. L. Pct. WI. Pct.
CIevId. 80 10 .627IBoston. 26 "a 500
Wash'n q % $40 Chicago % Is .479
Detroit 27 "A .529lStLouis % % .44O
N.York 25 % .521I IPhfIa. is 81 1926
National League
w. L. Pct. WI. Pct.
Br'klyn % 16 .636 Boston. q % ATT
Phila. q 19 .587Cinc'ti. p p .449
N.York "A 21 .533Pittsb'h q 26 .447
Chicago Is % .4eO StLouis q 81 .4O4
The day book., 1916-06-16

Astronomical Note.-The "Cali-
fOrnia Comet" will not be seen in
the east this season.
For downright consistency you
gotta slip it to Hugh Jennings. He
couldn't see the Cleveland Indians
at the start of the season and now
he can't observe them with the aid
Of a microscope.
Dario Resta looks like the MoIIa
Bjurstedt Of auto racing pilots.
Having done road work steadily
for three years, Battling Levinsky
has worn out the sole Of his left foot,
which accounts for his absence from
the ring these days.
French heeIed shoes have been
barred from golf links. Lady golfers
won't enjoy their little old six-mile
walks any more.
Freddie WeIsh's manager says he
sees no reason why Freddie should
go all the way to BUenos Ayres and
box Benny Leonard for a "paltry
100000" PaItry $4,000? Ho!
Hum! Garcon dust the diamonds off
the terrapin!
The day book., 1916-06-16
RED SOX STILL GOOD BALL CLUB
EVEN WITHOUT SPEAKER
BY Mark Shields

BY Mark Shields
While they don't exactly resemble
worlds champion, the Boston Red
SOX cannot be indicted as weak sis
ters and there is much good baseball
left in the team, even with the de-
partUre Of iris Speaker to Cleveland.
The club still possesses a punch, and
Clarence Walker, who has replaced
Speaker in center field, covers con-
siderable ground and has a throwing
arm which is not second even to that
Of Speaker.
After watching the puny efforts of
Washington in it's endeavOrs with the
White SOx, it is hard to figure why
the Red Sox should be subordinate
to the club from the national capital
Some Of Carrigan's star pitchers
have not been performing up to their
press notices and this may be the
reason the team is in fifth place.
Neither Shore nor Foster have
done as much good pitching as they
did last year, but even in 1915 this
pair of worlds series stars were late
starters. Vean Gregg is improving
with his left-handed stuff and is now
worth a regular trial, which gives
Carrigan three good sOuthpaws, val
liable assets against such clubs as
the White SOx and Detroit
No team ever played a better de-
fensive game than the White SOx did
against he Carrigans in he opening
fray. Two men were shot dead at
the plate, and Weaver, Terry and Ed
Collins performed prodigies of valOr
on the infeld. Russell pitched fair
ball, but would have been scored on
long before the ninth inning if John
Collins and Hap FelsCh had not made
dandy throws to the plate to cut
down tallies.
Defensive work of high caIiber
has been the outstanding feature Of
the recent work of the South Siders.
The day book., 1916-06-16

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American LeagUe.-BOston 2, Chi
cagO 1; Detroit 5, Philadelphia 1;
Cleveland 3, New York 2; Washing
ton 1, st. Louis 0.
National League. - Brooklyn 2,
Chicago /; Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati
/; New York 5, st. Louis 2; Pitts
burgh 2, Boston 1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25
Motor Car WinsIn
Race Against Train
Run Of SEQ Niles ON High Gear Is
Dodge Cars Record.

News OF a record breaking trir
through the White mountains IN
which Dodge Brothers motor car
defeated the famous White noun
tain newspaper express has just been
received by Dodge Brothers.
C. s. Henshaw, Boston dealer
drove the car, and his telegram says
the $50 mile drive through the
mountains was made entirely on
high gear. The trip was made in
twelve hours and forty-eight min
utes, or an average Of twenty-eight
miles an hour.
The newspaper train is one Of The
fastest trains running out of Boston
but the Dodge car reached Breton
Woods, N. H., two hours ahead of
the limited in driving rainstorm.
Later heavy fog made fast going
dangerous.
The trip takes in most OF the
steep grades in the White Noun.
tains, including the famous Tug-of
War hill, Crawford Notch and Fran
coma Notch. The average altitude
in the mountains was 1900 feet
above sea-level.
An official observer from the Bay
State Automobile Club accompanied
Mr.. Henshaw on the trip. The car
was No. 213, on the the first car:
aurned out by Dodge Brothers. 4
had previously bee driven $4,000
miles
c. J. MOTT AUTO CO.,
Agents,
Abita Springs, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25
Swain S Show

The w. /. swain Show ~ coming
to Covington for one week openine
Sunday, April 2. Devotees Of higAl
class, refined amusement in Coyines
ton will have ample opportunity ~
indulge their artistic appetites n 8
sensational series OF throbs and|
thrills, laughing, music and Devil
derment for one solid week.
The shows embraced In the swan
repertoire this year are carefully se-2
lected from a collection OF the most
recent and conspicuous metropolltan
successes. They are diverse a.
theme and character ranging from
the snappy musical and comedy
dramas to the rugged Western plays
and the society sex dramas so muchs
in vogue with present day show
goers.
'The Minister'S Son." VIM q.
Patton's most peculiar comedy
drama: Father and Mother IN So
ciety," suggested by series OF car
toons now running in the big dailles;
."Old Arkansas the greatest OF Fred
Reynolds many great plays; ''ThorM1
and Orange Blossoms" dramatt-
zation of the famous novel OF the
same. name; "Helen's Experiences. IS
a beautiful story of the experiences
of a young girl trying unaided TO-
make an honest and honorable liv.s
ing. This play will bring to mind
the experiences Of the heroins In the
recent very successful story, Traffic
of Souls" As a special feature
1.-THE Virginian" has been secured.
After receiving hundreds of requests
Major Swain has secured Lady Aud,
ley's Secret" for a special SATURDAY.
matinee. Together with all Of the
above big productions "a Hidden
Hand will be presented and Il Co.
pecially pleasing to the class OF pso-
pie that love real melodrama.
Many novelties have been added
to this famous organization for this
season, the most conspicuous being
Captain Divolo, the Air Rider, who
will appear in most death defying.
sky-high series of thrills on Monday
night, absolutely free. This is with
out doubt the greatest act ever with 3
q tented amusement enterprise OF
this kind.
For this engagement only the price
Of admission has been reduced to ten
cents for children and fifteen cents
for adults. The enormous capacity
Of the big tent holding as It Will n
whole town makes 1t possible to pre-
sent such high classed performances
1T such cheap prices.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25
LUTHERAN SERVICES.

Abita Springs, first and third Sur
days of each month, at 1890 a. M,
every second Sunday at 700 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at $50
a. m Singing every Saturday at
2 p. %.
Vaudeville. second Sunday of each
month at 1880 q. M, In the Union
church building.
Bogalusa. fourth Sunday Of each
month. German ct 1000 q. M, and
English at 7:0V p. m. in the 7. NJ.
G. A. building.
Everybody Is cordially invited to
attend our services.
REV. O. w. LUECKE.
Pastor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25
COMMISSIONERS AND CLERKS
OF ELECTION.

Following are the clerks and com
missioners appointed to serve at the
general election to be held on April
IS, 1916:
Ward 1-Robt. Burns, J. C. Quilt
Der; Hypolite Koepp, commissioners
A. C.. Lyons. clerk. O. P. Goldate
watcher.
Ward 2. First Precinct-C. E
Taylor, Howard Burns. Mark Fitz.
gerald, commissioners. Sidney
Burns. clerk. Walter J. Allison
watcher.
Ward 2. Second Precinct-Nor.
man Core, John Bailey. Guy Willy
commissioners. j. D. McLain, clerk
Cliff Bailey, watcher.
Ward Sam Blossman, C. L.
Smith, Whit. Riggs, commissioners
P. S. Barelli, clerk. Il. B. Pruden
watcher.
Ward 4-Jas. Band, Herman Lev,
VIM. Peters, commissioners. Robt
Z. Smith. clerk. e. Baudot, watch
er.
Ward 5-Louis Grantham, Sam
Williams, Math Mizell, commission
ers. R. c. Cooper, clerk. Toulis
Depriest, watcher.
Ward 6-Dave Evans, A. H. Good.
ing, Grover Thomas. commissioners
T. c. Craddock. clerk. w. A. Bill.
DO, watcher.
Ward Ira Todd, G. H. gilbert.
son. Frank Phillips, commissioners.
A. J. Bokenhagen, clerk. Jas
Barringer, watcher.
Ward 8-R. B. Barnett, w. A.
Luther. Jas. Robert, commissioners
John Hager, clerk. il. Schneider
watcher.
Ward &C. C. Moore. J. NJ. OIL
yer, Chas. Moultes. commissioners.
Geo. Decker, clerk. Carl Neuhaus
err, watcher.
Ward los. E. Rayne, D. Dazet
Geo. Cook, commissioners. Sam
Bonomo. clerk. Ralph Abney
watcher.
Signed:
J. H. SMITH,
e. J. FREDERICK,
LOUIS GRANTHAM,
Supervisors Of Election.