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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
FRENCH TAKE REDOUBT
IN HAND TO HAND FIGHT
Official Account Of Recapture of Avocourt Describes
How Wave on Wave of Germans
Was Moved Down.

the German g%renadiers were unable to
penetrate.
"Our artillery kept UP an extremely
powerful screen of fire there for hours,
preventing reenforcements from reaching
the Germans and smashing the assail.
ants when they retreated.
After ten hours of fighting We re.
tanned %undisputed possession OF the re-
doubt. The enemy left heaps OF dead
and dying before our lines.
"But why Is 1t that we have to pay
for sue successes with the loss Of our
finest officers? The Lieutenant Colonel
who led the attack. an officer OF grea,
intelligence and fine courage. "A natural
leader OF men. vas struck dead will a
shell In the redoubt with a staff officer
by his side. after conducting the attack
with calm intrepidity.
IL had a son serving as n Second
Lieutenant in the same brigade. Tina,
evening the boy ~joyously approached the
Colonel and cried. Well, are you salts.
fed with father
THE Colonel. who had heard that the
boys father was killed. clasped him II
his arms and said.
MY poor boy -
Immediately. the son went To- tn,
redoubt and kept watch Owe hi.
fathers body"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
DENIES ZEPPELIN SECRECY.
A.uWtth Tells Com mem. Raid LOsses
Are Al Made Public.

l.oNroN. April l3.-Premier Asauith
to-day denied In the House Of Commons
that the number OF deaths in the Yep
'-lin raids on England had been kept
the public.
Noel - nbcrton-BlllinC asked whether
ur not IL was with the consent Of the
Government that the actual number ~
deaths from Zeppelin raids has been
withheld. The Premier retorted that
the exact number had been ascertained
by the police and published.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
RUSSIANS REPULsE TURKS.
Won uind~nburH Also beaten Back
In Attack On Bridge.
specioi cabi. Despatch 70 Tue ST.


l."Hi"S, April l3,-Turkish attempts
to retak" n vital sector OF the ues
Russian front. In Armenia broke down
under the Russian fire. according To- n
statement issued by the f~ctfograd war
Ofic" Tonight. h Turks used poison
gas In their attacks.
Another unsuccessful attack by Field
Marshal Won Hindenhurg's right wing
against the CNkull bridgehead. south
west OF Riga, a similar vain effort
around Lake Narotch and artillery .iuels
on the Dwir~k front are the only events
reported from the eastern front. The
statement follows:
In the Caucasus enemy attempts to
~r"capturc AN impor,sn, sector failed.
The enemy SPRAYED poisonous LIQUID
on US.
Tn tho western front. around the
Cxkull bridnchead. an enemy attach
wac repulscI. At ~Jacobstadt and
Dwinsk there Was artillery activity.
West Of Lake Narotch an enemy at
tack. after bombardment, was dis
i'ersed by our artillery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
AND PACKERS
SETTLE CARGO DISPUTE
Terms Satisfactory to Both Sides, Who Express Their
Appreciation of the Fairness
of Each Other.

Special Cable Despatch 10 The suS.
LONDON. April IA satisfactory set
Element of the meat packers a y was
reached to-day.
Gen Eyre Crewe, in behalf Of the
British Government. signed the settle
ment agreement at $50 tonight. The
terms annot now be made public. but
Chandler Anderson. representing the Ar
mour. Swift, Hammond and Morris in
t%erests. and Lloyd Griscom. representing
SulzberHer & Sons. state thee a satisfac-
tory basis was agreed upon.
They are both insistcnt In expressing
their appreciation Of the fairness with
which the negotiations were conducted
and the friendly consideration with
which their clients were treated.
The amount involved exceeded 60, 900,
900 $4,000. o00). OF which tho Suiz
berger Arm claims one-tenth. Mr.. Girls
com particularly wished to pay a tribut,
TO Mr.. Anderson. as the bulk of the bur
den has been on his shoulders
Tie correspondent of TIE SITS Is In
ormed that The settlement Is a create
aonievciient e negotiation thar wa.
the .Nlabama case. The ships involve,
numbered moro than sixty and the con
signments numbered thousands. The,
had either been siezed and detained II
the prize court or. in accordance will
the order in Council. promulgated OF
October -. 1914. All perishabie good
hSd been sold at auction. Others de
tanned in neutral countries Sill now b
released.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14

\ we'll trained solh.eT does MOI think
for himself. He will fight without a
murmur wherever his officer tells him TO.
The officer knows his soldiers will hold
q trench. no matter how hard II, IL. until
Vie tolls them To retreat. Tho unframed
or partly trained soldier does a lo' ot
thinking. He is always on the lookout
20 500 when his side is getting tho
worst of it. when that time comes he
leaves, officcr or no officer.
To mix partly trained men with well
trained men = the greatest mistake
there is IN battle. often II is necessar -
10 bold some part of n line at "A loss
In order 10 carry OUT a well planned bat
tie. Tho commanding officer knows he
has enough men there to hold the point.
Now this ~ what always happens
When til" partly trained men. who still
think for themselves, see that they are
getting the worst or The fight they re-
treat. and the we'll trained mcn who are
mixed In with them as Il matter Of
habit follow the rest when they alone
could have held the gap and prevented
the enemy from breaking the line and
threatening n flank movement. which
makes II necessary for the wholc line
TO fall back In defeat.
The officers OF the American army
and navy have been trying to teach
US that we must have trained men for
war and TO keep peace. Why do the
average Americans look upon them as
n sort of trust that should he fought
! and not supported? Had the North held
Fort Sumter and won the battle of Eull
Run the civil war would have been
over In a few months and not have
dragged on for four years.
I, too. thought We could laugh at the
world until | came" to Europe. spent
N...a ..4-,la La, .A. - th- Cl IN. a
and there being again mistaken for a
Russian. II was easy for me to feel ou,
the minds Of the business men.
Beware,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
NORTH SEA FIGHT EXPECTED.
The Frederik VIII. Rushed From
Kirk wall by Rrittsh-Brings I,IOI.

The Scandinavian American liner
Frederik VIII, In yesterday from
Copenhagen. Christiansand and Kirk
wall. brought l.l0l passengers, includ-
Ing more than 700 Scandinavian immi-
grants.
Cabin passengers reported that they
had heard while the liner was detained
by the British Admiralty at Kirkwall
that the English expected n combined
German naval and aerial attack along
the Scottish coast and were making
ready to meet Il. This In why tho de-
parture Of the liner from Kirkwali vas
expedited.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
SWISS VIEW or LOSSES.
Exprrt Thinks German CnsuaItiel
at Verdun Are roo 900.

PARIS. April L3.-Col. F'eyier. the Swiss
military expert. after a careful calcula-
tion based upon the latest iniormatioli.
estimates that Germany has employed
100000 men hus far before Nerdun. OF
whom 200. 0o0 arc now hots de combat.
II is, therefore. with the remaining 300.-
400. who possibly have been reinforced
recently. hat the new attacks are being
made. Concerning the German losses,
Col. Feyler writes
1T is certain that the first great at
lacks in February and March caused the
assailants very exceptional losses. II
Is probable that before Verdun. as at
ST. Priva; in 1870. the leaders under
estimated the defenders strength. espe-
,lally in cannon and machine guns"
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FRENCH LOSSES $50. 900.
berlin says Paris ExaGgerates Ger
man Casualties al Verdun.

BERLIN. via London. April 13.--It IL
stated here that the total French losses
in the fighting In the Verdun district to
date are estimated at 100000.
Regarding the German losses Il is
aid that the French statements placing
the German losses at 200. 900 are eN-
aggerations and hat the German casu-
alties are not in proportion to the i'm
portant gains made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
ACCUSES AMERICAN OFFICERS.
Count Won ReVentIOw Sa,s A..
tschcs let British Get Information.

>pecin 'uN3f UtADnffH 10 THE SIN,
i.oSpoN. April 1.-THE Geneva cor
respondent ~ the Daily Express tele-
graphs
count Won f~isv.n,lov. writing in the
bcVfSCh" TdJ,s:'itn1. attacks the
honor OF American officers and COM
i'iiius OF III. presence In Berlin and
Vienna OF American naval attaches.
while the Austrian and German attaches
ar, withdrawn from Washington.
HE considers that the American Of
fcers are M. we'll informed regarding
the present projects Of the German naval
authorities that by certain indiscre-
tons on the part OF the attaches the
English obtain information"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
Germans Heat on Russian

BERLIN. via London, April l3,-Army
Headquarters issued the following state.
ment regarding operations in the Fast:
South OF Narotch Lake the artillery
fire increased appreciably yesterday
afternoon, Attacks by detachments
OF he enemy east Of Baranovichi
were driven back by our advanced
posts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
AUSTRIA PRAYs FOR PEACE.
Cardinal Leads Royal Pilg rtmagc
10 Sanctuary Of 81. Mary.

SPECIAL F0bEe DrspdffA 70 THE SCN,
ROME. April l3.-Public prayers for
peace have been offered throughout Aus
tria. The example was set by Cardinal
PIN. archbishop Of Vienna. who headed
a pilgrimage to the sanctuary OF ~.
Mary Of Iell.
He was followed by IA crowd Of the
faithful. including the A~rchduchrss
Maria Theresa, tn. Archduchess Maria
aleria. the Archdukc Leopold Salvador.
his wife the Archduchess Blanche and
their children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
PICTURE POSTCARD EXHIBIT.
Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs. whitney and
Mrs. wharton show Collection.

PARIS. April l3,-American students
OF the Beaux Arts are holding an ex-
hibition at the Ritz Hotel of picture
postcards. the work OF artists and stu
dents during the war.
Mrs. william *. Vanderbilt, Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Edith
Wharton and Mrs. Blair Fairchild len,
collections, The committees work in
selling postcards in France and Amertu
has been "A boon ito many artists during
tne war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
REPORT A RUPTURE NEAR.
Y. y. Ftnsnciers In Paris Warned
Of PrObRb HE Break With RerItn.

Special 'db" D'spdfch 10 THE SuN.
PARIS, April l3.-THE SUNS CORE
spondent Is informed that two important
New York fnanciers visiting Paris re-
ceived cablegrams to-day urging their
immediate return.
One cablegram from n Arm in New
York says that a rupture with Germany
Is imminent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14

PARIS. April l3.-Ail.n Aaron Carton.
described as u New York engineer. some
months agI. with a partner. installed IN
Paris workshops for manufactures
scientific instruments for the Allies.
Carton went to Spain taking certain
plans and models and was arrested on
the frontier on complaint of his partncr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14

LoSpoS. April IA despatch from
Athens quotes the N"u Hciius as saving
that Turks p!llagcd and burned the Rus
sian monast.ries Of saint Andre. Saint
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
spain Tri-d 10 Buy G-rs,xn ships.
sptc.ai cati, D,spa,c, to rnr sr>

l.oSpoH. April I3-The Marquis de
Valdeglesias, a Spanish Senator who Is
visiting London. said to-day that spain
offered to buy the German ships in
termed IN Spanish harbors. Germany
refused 10 sell them. however.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
Munitions Men Fined for ~striLinx

Special cable Despatch 10 THE Sun.
LONDON, April I~3.--Sixty munition
workers we're fined An aggregate OF f23O
tI.I50) for striking because one OF
their leaders wss lately deported. One
American engineer was fined eco (SlOO).
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
GET HOOK.
reel Out British LINE and Ft1d
""""k'' Spot ImpPegnable.

special Gable Despdtch 10 TmE SuS.
LoNpoN. April 1.-THE Rotterdam
.orrspondent Of the Daily Mol, tcle-
s's,ppn'nS under yesterdays date, says!
Nm feeling out the strength Of the
''"'sh in the Ypres sector. the snsmy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14

NpT'IHT 'dOFT VtspVT" 7" INV NY
AMSTERDAM. April lat is reported
tina. the German authorities have ar
rested III Brussels Or. Doboek. Miss
Edith Cavell's principal associate in her
philanthropic work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14

Sp,cinl Cahl, D,.pntch 10 Tnn srH.

LoNpoS. April IA despatch from
Athens SAYS hat the proposal ~ tho
Allies to install a naval observation sta
ton a, Cape Colonna, Greece. has been
refused. but apparently tho refusal will
rot prevent the installation Of the sta
tiop.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
Four ships Were COndemued,

II will be recalled that four ships sent
10 the prize court werc condemned BY Sir
Samuel Evans, president Of the priz.,
court. IA year ago Intentions Of appeal
ing 10 the House OF Lords were then
considered.
Mr.. Anderson n Mr.. Griscom. in be-
half of their clients. arrived in January.
since when there have been daily nego-
tiations with a commission consisting OF
Sir George Cave. the Solic.tor-C;eneral ;
Frederick Leverton Harris in behalf OF
tn" Admiralty. Alan Anderson. for the
Board OF Trade Sir John Melior. Pro-
curaior-,;eneral. and Gen. Grove. in be-
half of the Foreign Ohice.
Til" delay III settlement was due 70
the tremendous mass of detail concern
in. every consignment. but both Mr..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
Sees WHOLE WORLD
AS ENEMY OF U. s.
American Physician Says We
Won't Have a Friend Left
After War.
BRITISH VERY HOSTILE
~ DIR. EUGENE r. nURD.

~PErRoGRAD. March s.-Before the war
commenced the average American knew
that 81. Petersburg. Moscow and Vladi-
vostot were cities in Russia. lie did
not know. however. whether Warsaw
was in Austria. Russia or Germany.
The average Russian officer has heard
Of New York. Chicago. Washington and
San Francisco. He supposes that Pres
ident Wilson Is President Of both North
and South America. The average SOL
der has only heard Of New York and
does not know whether 1t Is in North or
South America. The greater amount of
America Is under the control OF wild
tribes of Indians. Ninety per cent. or
the civilized people In America are either
Germans or Austiiars or their descend
ants. OF course New York and Penn
s.l,ania we're settled b. .he Dutch. who
IRE German sym!n;h,ze.s. Every one
VINO goes 10 America sends loi Of none!
D mo to his family. Therefore II Is n
very rich countr,
The Russian soldier - lighting to keep
ih' German from his hearth and to save
So hia and belgium from a IKE fate.
" is hu>ing his rifles from src'ica ~
so apiece. which is uVcr "a" ruhlcs.
whilc the cost IT making them nj home
= tweaty-siN and u half rullcs But
he mus, have NOR. rifles. ana Aperi-
cans are Tho only u.nn'. ,b,. have thorn
I, sell There Is oni, ono nrs, r,,es
nation thot will a,low i,s ci.izens IN no
murdered on tho high sea they ,e,, -
When This war .ud. sulJnni, nc l., a.,
all of Enron. viI, have IN ,,,u,e,se
,rn,y ~ well trained ,rI service hard.
onoi soldiers rhn, viii ,u mo ,r,rod
vi,h tho INNS, r,od.rr ,,,n,.nor,y -,
~, rf,re Al rur,,o r.i ho cn,...1
with ammunition f,c,orie. All ,hs y,li
wi'j no I'm iwar,caN ~, ,.,s, g. ~,
,b,rL : I.nrono ,,,, ha h. ,r,,r, '
..u.,.,.s u,s... .-.,.. 80.
When ! LETT the United Stale ~ he
scgipning of the war ' sailed froU N,n-
rouycr. u g., 20 Japan. tncn 20 V ,di-
NoStok. ! sailed on a Russian sh., ~
ship physician. While 'bearl shin At
Vancouver I was mistaken for a Rus
Sian officer who spoke good English.
There We're several plain clothes police
incu who were guarding the vessel. They
told me that they were not So keen on
going 10 Europe To- fight. but II There
WAS a war with the United States they
would all be glad 10 enlist.
when was In Petrograd one after
noon I was sitting at "A writing desk al
,h" hotel writing a letter Tbre. elderly
Englishmen approached and taking
seats commenced n discussion. The
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21
FOUND IN RESCUE-EULA
IN FOUR-F00T LEDGE OPENED TO-DAY

A most important, not to say start
ling, development was made this
morning in the Rescue-Eula mine. 1t
was the opening up of four foot
ledge of the best ore that has thus
far been found in the property. The
discovery was made 20 feet west of
the shaft on what is known as the
1850 level, which is an intermediate
at the bottom of the winze run from
the $50 level between the No. and
No. raises and short distance
from the face of the east drift. The
winze extends downward for 100 feet,
but is in reality only rs feet verti.
cally from the $50 drift. At point
SO feet down raise was lifted from
the winze at right angles and the
ledge, which had fiattened out, wa.
picked up, but did not show excep
tional values The winze was con
tinued and the drift. rather cross
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21

for having aided business, and out
lined the Republica program In so
doing he dealt chiefly with subjects
discussed in President Wilson's
speech of acceptance
The shipping bill was characterized
as "a menace, the sooner removed
the better" The Underwood tariff he
called a measure that must be
undone if we are to have a sure
basis of prosperity in this country"
He reiterated that the antitrust law
instead Of being clarified by defini-
tion had been made more uncertain" I"
Il must say" he declared, referring
to the Democratic party. after hav-
ing read several of their statutes
that they are the most wonderful
phrase-makers on record"
The federal reserve act, the nomi-
nee said. far from being Democratic
measure, pure and simple. was taken
in great part from material supplied
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21

cut, was run at the 1850 point in a
westerly direction. This morning 1T
encountered four feet of ore, a con
siderable portion of which shows
sylvanite, with particles of electrum.
A seam about half an inch in width
is almost pure petite, a form of
double telluride that is almost pure
gold. This seam is almost identical
to the one that was encountered on
the 1400 foot level of the Belmont,
800 feet west of the shaft, although
in the latter place the seam is about
six feet wide, with the petite so
scattered through 1t that the value
was cut down to 1913 ounces in gold
! with 20 ounces of silver. AT this
writing the assay of the Rescue-Euls
streak has not been completed. Act
ing superintendent Moore says tina
this development is the best showing
in the property.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21


MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept 2l.-
Charles Evans Hughes in his speech
here again last night outlined his
attitude toward the protection of
American rights as follows:
81 propose that we shall protect
and enforce American rights on land
and sea. propose that we shall
protect and enforce American rights
on land and sea without fear and
unflinchingly with respect to Ameri-
can lives, American property and
American commerce. We have no
unstated policies, no intrigues. We
stand four-squared to the world, rep
resenting the United States and its
interests and its interests alone, first,
last and all the time
Mr.. Hughes reference to American
rights was contained in speech in
which he made reply, one by one, to
what he termed Democratic claims
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21
BILLINGS CASE
NEARING THE END

tBy Associated Prcss.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21.-The
testimony in the Billings case was
concluded this morning and it was
announced that arguments would be-
gin this afternoon. The arguments
will continue probably through tomor-
row, when the case will be given the
jury probably late in the afternoon.
The defense put a number of
witnesses In rebuttal on the stand,
tending to prove that neither Billings,
Mooney or his wife were at the scene
of the explosion Billings reply to a
direct question If he was in the
Steuart and Mission streets block
when the explosion occurred was II
the negative.
The defense then rested the case
Two little girls and one little bo!
testified they saw Billings on th'
roof of 721 Market atreet.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21
COST Of living Will
Be WITHOUT PARALLEL

are virtually unanimous in forecast
of further increases in prices. which
already have advanced alarmingly
within the last year.
Food prices, 1t is said, vary accord
ing to quality and quantity, but Il is
the small purchaser at retail who
must pay most. Wholesalers say
canneries throughout the country
have informed them that fall and
winter deliveries will be only one
third normal. while the last vege-
table crop is said to be only half the
quantity expected.
Canned fruits will be 80 per cent
higher and canned vegetables are
expected by wholesalers to increase
20 per cent in price.
Paper bags in which the housewife
carries home her market purchases
have increased in cost from 95 cents
in wholesale lots to $1.55. This
advance is typical of all paper
products.
Cotton goods have advanced be-
tween rs and s5 per cent. Woolens
have kept pace with cottons. The
best lines Of women's shoes for fall
and winter will cost twice as much
as the same article last year. dealers
say.
Even collars. that two for a quarter
staple which men haye known for
generations, witt be thing Of the
past. Collars now have been adj
vanced to Is cents each. and the
laundries which have for years laun-
dered collars for two and half cents.
have announced that three cents each
| will be the future cost.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21
No Pussyooting Hughes Handling Foreign
He Unflinchingly Stands
Reinforcement of RIGHTS
Either on Land or on Sea

by Republican committee and a
draft of Republican bill
Whatever salvation from panic we
have had thus far is due to the
enlightened foresight of the Republi-
can party Mr.. Hughes said, in con-
nection with the extension of the Aid
rich act during the threatened finan-
cial depression in the early days of
the European war.
The child labor law, Mr.. Hughes
said, failed to protect hundreds of
thousands of children at work in
various states under Democratic ad-
ministration.
Call the roll of states" he said,
"and you will find that the states
where children are emancipated from
too early labor are Republican states
and that the states where child labor
still exists are under Democratic
control"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21
PR|MA DONNA
CANT TRAVEL
Thy Associated Press.)

Thy Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21.-Vigor-
our efforts are making here to bring
about action at Washington by the
State department looking to release
from Austria of Emma Destinn. grand
opera star, who is held in that coun.
try, according to advices from New
York. Austria refuses to grant pass
ports. She is scheduled to appear
here in leading part in Aida" by
the last of September.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-21

lBy Associated Press.D
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Nearly
million people have been made home
less by one of the greatest floods on
record in that section of China where
the American Red Cross already has
spent 100000 for flood protection
and where the $30,000,O00 loan for
reclamation work which was post
poned by the war was to have been
spent. Reports to the State depart
ment today from the American consul
at Nanking said the Hwai river had
inundated an area OF about 1000
square miles in Anhui province APP
peals for aid have been sent out All
the autumn crops were destroyed.
The food occurred in an alluvial
section where the north to south
passage of the Grand canal had
damned large lake and allowed