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GERMANS LAUNCH SECOND DRIVE AGAINST LINE NORTH OF VERDUN; MORANVILLE REPORTED CAPTURED

LONDON, March 3. Fighting with fury, the Germans havo launched another drive against the French position north of Ve rdun. The French war office announced today, that the German bombardment lasted, all night and that the Germans assaulted the French positions continually. Cruel louses were inflicted on the Germans, ,vat announced. Masses of German troops in close formation were hurled from time to time into the hurricane of fire. The advance line at Douauinont, has been penetrated but fighting of the utmost violence continues in that Bector. At Voux, the location of one of the forts in the Verdun girdle, the Germans drove forward persistently.'

It is reported at Geneva from a German source that Fort Moranville, one of the works defending Verdun on the east, hag been put practically out of commission, by the. German bombardment. The Germans UBed twelve and fifteen Inch guns against the fort, concentrating a heavy fire upon it for many hours. ' M t Fort Moranville is three miles -due east of Verdun, the same distance southeast of Fort Douaumont and two miles from Blanzee, which is now in German bands. i Using reinforcements brought from the east front and the Balkans, the Germans are again pressing against

the ' strong French positions on the heights of the Meuse, east of Verdun. An Amsterdam dispatch states that extensive movements of German troops are under way 1n Belgium. The frontier has been sealed by the German military authorities to prevent news of the German preparations from leaking out. Fleets of German aeroplanes are patrolling the West Flanders front to prevent air scouts of the allies from taking observations behind the German' lines. Losses sustained by the Germans in the great battle of Verdun which began twelve days ago were estimated today at from 110,000 to 120,000 men.

BERLIN, March 3. An important gain for the German troops attacking Verdun from the" northeast is - announced by the German war office. In the announcement issued today it is reported that the French have been driven from the village of Douaumont, where the Germans took one thousand prisoners. At the same time it is admitted that the English broke through a German position south of Ypres in West Flanders. The battle at Verdun is again raging with . the utmost intensity, the Germans delivering terrific attacks against the French position.

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MELPOLOER RESUMES ATTENDANCE OFFICE

With the resignation of Miss Nellie Oxley as city visiting health nurse, Superintendent Giles today appointed John Melpolder, secretary of the social service bureau to take over the truanck work which was heretofore done by Miss Oxley. Mr. Melpolder had charge of the wcrk prior to the

appointment of the visiting health

nurse and it is planned that the tru

ancy work be turned over to the health

nurse as soon as a successor is appointed.

DISCARDS ALIMONY; RELIC OF DARK AGES

FEAR OF DEFEAT INSPIRES ADVERTISING BY LYNCH: COMSTOCK RUNS STRONG

Judge D. W. Comstock of Richmond will close his campaign for the Republican nomination as representative in congress tomorrow, 'when he will deliver two addresses, at Greenfield in the afternoon, and at Webster, Wayne county, tomorrow evening, where a political rally is to be held. ' ' Questioned today regarding his candidacy, Judge Comstock said that within the last ten days he had campaigned through four counties of the district, completing his canvass, and from Information he had derived from various sources he is satisfied he will receive the congressional nomination at the primary election, next Tuesday.

CARMEN SYLVA DEAD; PNEUMONIA IS CAUSE

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CHICAGO, March 3. Crystal Eastman Benedict, suffragist, peace advocate and former member of the New York Industrial commission, practises wrhat she preaches. She is suing Wallace Benedict, electrical engineer, 'for divorce. In the suit she makes no demand for alimony. "Alimony is a relic of the dark ages," she declares.

Reuter's Bucharest correspondent ieports that the queen mother, Elizabeth of Roumania, answered the death angel's call.

Comstock is Confident. $

"I am not claiming I will carry every county, but I will not.be the least surprised if 1 carry every county with one exception. I will receive an impressive majority," the judge added. Comstock supporters in Richmond are confident that the recent deluge of Lynch advertising, appearing in practically every newspaper in the district, has been Inspired by the New Castle candidate's fear of an impending defeat. . The advertising campaign Lynch has been conducting in Henry county newspapers has been widely commented upon. Comstock supporters Interpret this to mean that Lynch has realized that he must put forth an heroic effort to prevent his home county from returning a Comstock majority. Today very interesting reports were received at Comstock headquarters in this city direct from Comstock supporters in New Castle. These reports are even more encouraging than those received a week ago, when Judge Comptock was informed that he would obtain a very satisfactory majority In Henry county. Former Henry county Progressives have repudiated the Lynch candidacy, these New Castle reports state, and Comstock, It is fur

ther reported, will obtain his full share of Henry county Republican votes. Bets have been posted in New Castle that Comstock will defeat Lynch in Henry county, it Is announced.

LONTZ CLOSES CANVASS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS; PARTY TURNS FROM GRAY

John M. Lontz, candidate for the Democratic nomination as representative in congress, practically closed his campaign today when he went to Hagerstown, his former home, to call upon his many friends living there. Lontz is confident that he will defeat Finly H. Gray in the Democratic congressional contest. He has made a very careful canvass of the district, and every where he has been he has received a most cordial reception. The anti-Gray sentiment among the Democratic voters is pronounced In every part of . the district. Methods Prove Boomerang. S .

The Connersville candidate is . re-1

WOMAN IS ARRESTED

NEWCASTLE, Ind., March 3. Mrs. Minnie Storey, who arrived here Saturday from Worchester, -lass., bringing her two children, a boy aged 9 and a girl aged 11, was arrested here today at request of the Worchester police who want her on a charge of kidnapping. Mrs. Storey says she will not return without requisition papers.

FRENCH SHIP SUNK

BORDEAUX, March 3. The French steamer Lakme is reported to have been sunk by a German submarine southwest of the Island of Dyeu. Six members of the crew are missing. The Lakme was a vessel of 3,117 tons and bailed from Dunkirk.

WASHINGTON, March 3. The senate today upheld the hand of President Wilson in the submarine-situation by an overwhelming vote of 68 to 14. It laid on the table without debate the resolution of Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, which, if adopted, would have withdrawn from American citizens the right to take passage on armed belligerent ships whether armed for offense or defense. Senator. Gore, author of the original resolution voted with the majority. Later it was explained that many of the senators considered the result more in the nature of a "Scotch verdict" than a straight out victory for the executive branch of government. They based this contention on the fact that at the last moment Senator Gore coupled with his original resolution a flat declaration that the destruction of an armed merchant ship with Americans on board would be a "cause of war." . Senators insisted that adoption of such a resolution, while warning Germany and Austria,

would have taken from the hands of the president any discretionary powers he might now possess. Because of this amendment which was acted on simultaneously with the original resolution several senators opposed to the president's submarine policy voted to lay the entire matter on the table and other senators, including Senator Smoot of Utah, leader of the Republicans, declined to vote. Probably not since the European crisis became acute has there been such a struggle for admission today. Every seat was filled, official and diplomatic Washington being well represented. The senate met at 11 o'clock, an hour earlier than usual, to get the necessary routine out of the way and clear the deck for action. Every member not ill or excused was in his seat and the tension was distinctly noticeable when Senator Stone, as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, secured recognition and moved that the senate proceed to the consideration of the Gore resolution. Every preparation had been made to. prevent debate. Senator Gore, although the author of the resolution, was refused permission to explain it, Senator James, Democrat, of Kentucky, being recognized by the chair to move to lay the Gore resolution on the table. Voting on the resolution began at 11:40. . Just before the roll. was ordered, Senator Gore had offered an amendment to his resolution to contain the warning that sinking of an armed merchant ship with Americans on board, "will be a cause of wrar," in that way warning Germany what the result will be. But the motion to table was applied to the amendment as well as to the original resolution. Senator Gore created a sensation too by voting against his resolution. Those who voted no were Senators Borah, Chamberlain, Clapp, Cummins, Falls, Gallinger, Gronna, Jones, LaFollette, McCumber, Norris, O'Gormon, Sherman and Werks. Tliose absent and refusing to vote were: Senators Brady, Ryan, Goss, Kenyon. Lippitt, Penrose, Robinson, Saulsbury, Shiveley, Smoot, Sutherland and Townsend. An hour before the senate met, corridors and galleries were thronged with a sensation seeking crowd. Many members of the House crowded in the rear of the senate floor. Secretary Lansing's family took seats in the front row of the diplomatic gallery.

UNAIDED DY ATTORNEY MRS. FIELD CONTESTS EJECTMENT PROCEEDINGS

Waving her hands before the court and shaking her fists at her opposing counsel, Mary A. Templeton Field, formerly of Washington, D. C, presented the statement of her case, examined, cross-examined and recross-examined witnesses and made her argument before Judge Fox this morning in circuit court. The scene was one that had never before been enacted Jin the Wayne circuit court, and so amused were the lawyers and court, attaches that Ahe court room was in an uproar as she began to lay down the law to Judge Fox. The woman came to Richmond several months ago and rented a suite of rooms in the Wayne flats, owned and managed by the Louck & Hill company. No sooner had she rented the suite than she placed an advertisement

in The Palladium that she had "rooms to rent." "I had about fifty applications for rooms," she told the court. Firm Cites Contract. It was aleged by the Louck & Hill company that the woman's contract stated specifically that the rooms could not be sub-let. She, however, refused to comply with the request to remove her belongings from the building, and an ejectment suit was brought against her in justice of the peace court. The case was appealed to the circuit court. Mrs. Field applied to several lawyers In Richmond for advice, but was informed that the contract was plain on the subject, and that she had no Continued On Page Twelve.

eOY LEARNS RAPIDLY.

ROCK PORT. Ind., March 3. Ernest Schumacher, 6, entered school last September not knowing the alphabet. He has gone through the primer, first, necond and third grades and is now ready for the fourth.

garded as a political adventurer by

the Democratic voters as a whole;

also they believe that his re-nomination will be equivalent to a Republican victory at the polls next November. A campaign of distortion of facts directed against Lontz by the Gray organization has acted as a boomerang in favor of Lontz, according to reports received from every section of the district. It is also apparent that 'the Gray organization of officer holders has not delivered the support expected of it. Ixmtz supporters in Richmond were Continued On Page Five.

FIRE WRECKS SCHOOL

CHICAGO, March 3. Fire of mysterious origin early today destroyed the Logan Manual Training school in Wilmette, a suburb. The school fire followed a series of smaller fires, all of them of undetermined origin. Residents of the suburb believe a fire bug is at work there. The loss on the school building was estimated at $10,000.

Weather Forecast

United States Report Fair tonight and Saturday. Slightly colder tonight.

Temperature. Noon 22

Maximum Minimum

Yesterday.

29 5

Local Forecast Some cloudiness but mostly fair tonight and Saturday. Temperature, not far below zero but above. General Conditions A series of storms has been crpssing the south part of the United States and as a result rain has occurred in the south. Snow in the north. Cold wave now centers near the Great Lakes. Temperatures 23 degrees below zero in North Dakota. Zero weather in Southern Nebraska.' It will remain cold tonight moderating slightly Saturday. Another storm has approached over the far west and will probably reach here soon. - v W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

M'DOWELL URGES CHURCH TO USE MODERN MEANS FOR ADVANCING CAUSE

An address by Bishop W. F. McDowell of Chicago, one of the most prominent Methodists, delivered before a crowd of people that taxed the capacity of the Grace M. E. church last night, closed the first district conference of the Richmond district of the North M. E. Conference after a two days' session. Speaks on Facilities. 4 : :

The distinguished speaker confined his remarks to a general Interpretation of modern facilities through which the cause of the church coulu be ad-

-3 Disoose of Minor Details.

The senators rose and stood In solemn silence as the chaplain prayed for guidance when the Senate convened. Senator Stone asked that the reading of the daily journal be suspended and the senate proceeded to clean up minor details or routine business. Senator Smith of Michigan, sought to present a petition In the form of a telegram relating ta the Gore resolution. He wanted it read, but Senator Stone objected and the petition went to the foreign relations committee. The tension was relieved by a hysterical laugh that swept floors and galleries when the senate received a report from tLe District of Columbia committee on a bill to close the barber shops of Washington on Sunday. Senator Stone took the floor. "I ask that the Senate joint resolution 14 be taken up," he said. Senator Gore jumped to his feet. "A question of personal privilege," he shouted. ; Senator McCumber halted the proceedings to present a proposed amendmert. Senator Stone sought to prevent the reading of the amendment which was in the nature of substitute but without result. The McCumber substitute reviewed the entire international situation. It stated that while Americans had the right to travel on belligerent ships, it was their duly not to exercise their rights. There was no possibility of action on the substitute. The Gore resolution was laid before the Senate at the request of Senator Stone. Senator James of Kentucky, moved to lay the motion on the table. In vain Senator Gore sought an opportunity to talk and clamored for the floor. Vice President Marshall said Gore could present an amendment buc cou'd not debate it. Thereupon the Oklahoma senator proposed an amendContinued On Page Twelve.

He declared he did not intend to discuss international or national affairs as they affect the country at large but Implied his feeling that the European war was wholly futile and unnecessary. . He jokingly referred to the national Continued on Page Twelve

CARMEN SYLVIA DEAD

BUCHAREST, March 3. The funeral of Queen Mother Elizabeth of Roumania, who died yesterday of pneumonia, will bs held Sunday. The queen mother, who was 73 years old,, was better known by her pen name of Carmen Sylvia, under which she produced many poems and essays.

HANGED FOR MURDER MEN KEEP SILENCE

HARTFORD, Conn., March 3. In a double execution, the second in seven years in Wethersfield prison, Isaac N. Williams, of Bridgeport, Conn., and Harry N. Roe, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., were banged here early today for tho murder of Hubert B. Case, merchant and county commissioner of Barkhamsted, November 25, 1914. Both men went to death without confessing guilt. Williams went first, a few minutes after midnight and was pronounced dead in thirteen minutes. Roe's hanging followed immediately and he was dead in 22 minutes.