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J BIG PACKING PLANT AND STOCKYARDS I

HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO

I BE EXPENDED IN NEW WORK

II Buildings of Great Size to be Erected West of the Viaduct,

i and Stockyards of Most Modern Construction to be

Established on 70 Acres, of Ground Across Weber

I River Near Packing Houses Work Starts on

I Stockyards This Week Packing Plant

I Will Be Completed by October Em-

I . ployment for 500 Persons.

II On last Saturday evening, action

LJ -was taken by the principal stockhold

ers of the Ogden Packing & Provision

company authorizing the expenditure

of 300,000 in making improvements

on the company's plant west of the

viaduct on Twenty-fourth street, and

at the same time plans were complet

ed for the organizing of the Ogden

Union Stockyards Co.. with a capital

of $250,000, of which $100,000 is to be

expended immediately in the con

structing of modern stockyards on 70

acres of ground just west of the pack

'1 ing plant, across Weber river.

J These two expenditures mean that

Ogden is to be indisputably the pack

3 ing house and livestock center of the

1 west, as the packing plant will be en

ao larged to a capacity beyond anything

hej west of Omaha and the stockyards

bVL -will be the only elaborate yards of

ik the kind in all this region,

m Employment For Many.

ft With the building of packing houses

and yards, Ogden will give employ-

ment to 500 persons in the preparing

of meats for the market and stock

buyers representing all the large pack- ,

I ers in the United States will make

this their headquarters. There will

( be killed in the local plant 1000 hogs,

1 1500 sheep and 300 head of cattlo each

S day, representing in livestock and

3 dressed beef 47 carloads moving m

, and out of Ogden every 24 hours.

1 The 1000 hogs will require 12 cars;

the dressed product of 150,000 pounds,

7 cars.

The 1500 sheep will call for 6 cars;

in dressed form, 75,000 pounds, or 4

C3.rs

The 300 cattle will occupy 10 cars;

as dressed meat, 165,000 pounds, or

r S carB.

Railroad Traffic.

This traffic over the railroads en

tering Ogden will add to the import

I ance of this city as a shipping point.

', Work on the stockyards is to begin

before the end of this week. Concrete

floors are to cover the entiro area as

a sanitary measure and the very lat

1 est improvements will be made part

of the enclosures. When completed,

' the vards will be more modern than,

; those of Chicago. ' J

, Architect Coming.

I , An architect from Chicago Is to be

1 here not later than Saturday to plan

11' the new buildings to be erected by the

fa Packing company. One structure, to

UP1 be devoted exclusively to hogs, will

Hi be 100 feet wide, 200 feet long, five

; stories, with a tank house annex 40

3 ' feet by GO feet, five stories high, and

k in addition there will be a power

I house, with ammonia compressors, air

L compressors and boilers. 40 feet by 60

f feet, one and two stories.

?. All theBe buildings aro to be re-

l inforced concrete and the latest word

( In packing house construction Sani

, tatlon will be looked after with great

1 J detail, as all the plans must go jo

C" the bureau of animal industry In

K Washington before being finally ac

S cented, the government primarily de

8 manding facilities for cleanliness.

U By-Products of Plant.

B For efficiency, there will be no pack

B ing house in the United States better

B ' equipped. All the by-products hand led

S ir ? Chicago will be saved in the Ogden

tf plant an I more labor-saving, machln-

2 ?i ery will be installed than is to bo

I L? found in any of the older packing

J ll0AStdIning room and rest room for

k theomen employes of the establish-

! ' ment have been provided.

I The new site of the new buildings

r is directly to the north ol the present

', ffi Complete In October.

i Breaking of ground for the , big Din Id-

3 J ing should start early in April, and

ML the present expectations are the struc-

m tures wUl be occupied by October,

. this year. x .

t Street Car Extension.

By this time next year 500 persons

should be employed in the .new hog

K building alone. Two or three years

.- Trrn now may see over 1000 .persons

,' obtaining work in the plant across i the

.' viaduct, and they will be riding to

- and from work in street cars operat-

inr over the trestle across the rail

;; Sfd yards. At that tlme West Ogden

should have a population of not less

than 5000. .

Capailty Can Be Increased.

By building an "L" 100 feet by 100

feet; the new plant Is to c

structed that its capacity wl 11 .be in

creased three fold in the output of

IWThePrbuilQing8 now on tlie ground

' cover an area of 100 by. 160 fee .and

ai-e three and four stones. The iin

provements, It will be noted, 1H

eclipse the present structures.

i Witli these new expenditures, tne

Ogilen Packing & Provision company

i -ft-Ill represent an Investment of over

I $1,000,000.

L MARSHALL TO VOTE IN PRIMARY

H Chicago, March 6. Thomas R. Mar-

3PBhall, vice president of the United

lif States, who is visiting friends in

y ' Evanston, a suburb, itll be the guest

m i of honor today at a formal luncheon

m ' at tho University Club of Chicago, to

t, ' he attended only by intimate personal

' L Mends. Tonclght he jtfll address th

i

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Chicago Bar association, after which

he plans to leave for his home In Co

lumbia City, Indiana, to vote in the

presidential primaries tomorrow.

COLONEL HOUSE

VISITS WILSON

Reports to President Results

of Visit io Europe Praises

American Diplomats "

Aboard.

Washington, March 6. Colonel

E. M. House, who returned yesterday

from Europe, is understood to have

told President Wilson that he found

no more prospects for peace during

his recent visit to the capitals of

befllgerent nations than he did on his

"visit last spring.

Colonel House is understood to

have told the president there is con

stant danger in the negotiations with

Germany because of feeling there over

the submarine issue. Varying opin

ions over tho use of submarines exist

He told the president that the faction

favoring using submarines to the limit,

regardless of protests of neutrals is

a strong one and cannot be disregard

ed. Generally speaking, however, he

found no sympathy in favor of war

with the United States.

Washington, March 6. Colonel B.

M. House, who returned yesterday

after visiting Berlin, London and Par

is as a special envoy of President Wil

son, conferred with the president this

morning and told him of the results

of his mission. He plans to remain

here until tomorrow and then return

to New York.

Colonel Houso today parried ques

tions as to the status of the armed

ship controversy with the statement

that those in Washington know more

about the subject than he did. He

absolutely refused to discuss any pend

ing diplomatic questions or to com

ment on tho foreign situation.

When Colonel House left for Europe

reports were persistent that he went

abroad to investigate the peace situ

ation but that was emphatically de

nied by both president Wilson and

Secretary' Lansing.

It was understood today that Col

onel House expressed great admira

tion for the way American diplomats

abroad were carrying on their work.

He told the president in detail about

the state of public sentiment in Ger

many, France, and England and is

understood to have had much to say

on the Reeling in Germany In support

of the submarine policy.

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ZEPPELINS KILL

TWELVE I RAID

Airships Drop Bombs in Eng

land and Destroy Houses

and Kill and Injure Wom

en and Children.

Berlin, March 6. By wireless to

Sayvllle. The German admiralty an

nounces today that during last night's

air raid over Eng'land tho naval depot

at Hull was bombarded, the explosions

being observed to be effective. All

the airships returned despite violent

shelling.

London, March 6, 1:45 p. m.

Twelve persons wore killed and 33 in

jured in last night's Zeppelin raid.

Three Zeppelins took part In tho at

tack. This Information was given out

officially today.

Tho statement follows:

"The number of Zeppelins which

took part in last night's raid is now

believed to have been throe.

"After crossing the coast, the air

ships took various caurses, and from

the devious nature of their flight, ap

parently wore uncertain as to their

bearings. Tho area visited Included,

Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland,

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk,

Essex and Kent.

"As far as is known about forty

bombs were dropped altogether. The

casualties, so far ascertained amount

to:

"Killed 3 men, 4 women, 5 children;

injured 33.

"The material damage was: Two

terrace houses practically destroyed,

one office, one public house, a cafo,

and several shops partially destroyed

and a block of almshouses badly dam

' aged."

An official statement issued in Lon

I don last night said two hostile alr

jghips had crossed over the. northeast

cornerof England. At that time their

movements had not been defined

clearly.

The number of casualties reported

Is much smaller than that of the pre

vious Zeppelin raid in which 67 per

sons were killed and 117 injured.

The censor permits publication of a

few incidents In connection with the

Zeppelin raid. In one of the principal

areas viBited, a block of workmen's

dwellings was demolished1. A woman

and her four children, all under nine

years, were killed. The woman's huB

band was taken to a hospital In a ser

ious condition.

Aged Pensioner Killed.

In another locality a doctor's house

was destroyed but the doctor and his

family had left the building. In an

other case a pensioner ninety years

of age was burned to death in his

bed.

The bombs dropped by the aircraft

were some of them incendiary and

some explosive.

Unofficial reports state that two of

the dirigibles were seen passing over

Lincolnshire from inland towards the

coast. They dropped bombs, but It

is, believed they did little damage.

It is also reported that bombs were

dropped In tho east of Yorkshire, the

only damage being the breaking of

windows. In view of the large areas

Isited, it is thought there may have

been more than three Zeppelins.

Raiders Have Narrow Escape.

The raiders had a narrow escape

from being caught in a snowstorm In

a northern county.

Many trains from the north of Eng

land were late In reaching London,

having, remained stationary while the

raid was in progress.

In some counties official warning

of tho approach of the Zeppelins was

given and the usual precautions were

taken. A correspondent on the east

coast says the approach of the dirigi

bles from the northeast was heralded

from ships and that immediately aft

erward the sky was lighted by incen

diary bombs

EPIDEMIC IN

CHICAGO SCHOOL

Over 100 Cases of Typhoid in

South Side District as Result

of Contaminated City -Well.

Chicago, March G School children

in the Hyde Park district on the

South Side started"' to school this

morning with bottles and canteens

in their school bags as the result of

an effort of city hall officials to

stamp out the prevalence of typhoid

fever In that section.

More than 100 cases of typhoid. 24

of them among school children, have

been reported in the district In the

last few days as a result of contam

ination of a municipal well. Conse

quently city water for drinking pur

poses was shut off from public schools

1 nthe district and sixty men set at

work today cleaning and draining the

pipes in the school buildings.

All theatres and places of public

gathering ltf Elmhurst, another sub

urb, are closed because of a number

of cases of scarlet fever in that com

munity. no

FIRE DESTROYS

IOWA ELEVATOR

Company Loses 750,000 Bus

hels of Grain Loss Esti

mated at Million Dollars.

Peoria. Ills., March 6. Fire here to

day destroyed the Iowa elevator, own

ed by the Minneapolis and St. Louis

railroad, together with 750,000 bush

els of grain, largely the property of

S. C. Bartlett and company. The loss

is estimated at 51.000,000.

Tho efforts of the entire fire depart

ment were required to save surround

ing buildings. The fire threatened to

spread to the nearby distillery and

manufacturing district.

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II. S. DIPLOMAT

Olney Arnold, American Consul-General

at Cairo, on

Leave of Absence, An

swers Last Call.

Washington, March 6. Olney Ar

nold, American diplomatic agent and

consul-general at Cairo, Egypt, died

yesterday In n hospital at Lisbon,

Portugal. Advices to the state depart

ment from tho American consul there

told of his death, but did not state

tho cause.

Mr. Arnold was granted leavo of

abponce recently b5r the stato depart

ment and was on hlH way to the Unit

ed States. His home was In Province,

R, I. He had been In the government

service since September 1913. He was

52 years old.

At the time of Mr. Arnold's depart

ure from Cairo his conduct was under

Investigation on charges made by

American residents at Cairo, which

included unneutral utterances. It was

HOUSE DECIDES

ON SPECIAL ROLE

Debate on Armed Ship Resolu

tion Limited to Four Hours

Leaders Expect to Kill

McLemore Proposal.

Washington, March 6. The house

rules committee today decided upon

and will bring Into the house tomor

row a special rule for four hours' de

bate on the McLemore resolution

warning Americans off armed ships of

tho European belligerents. This ac

tion puts tho much discussed resolu

tion into a parliamentary position

where administration leaders are con

fident they can kill it.

WhPn Representative Gardner de

clared In the house today that there

should bo a clear vote on the subject,

Republican Leader Mann announced

he was against bringing the matter up

in the public at alL

"I have believed," said Mr. Mann,

"In letting the house attend to its

constitutional duties and letting the

president attend to his constitutional

duties."

Mann Takes Floor.

Tho houso resounded with cheers

when Mr, Mann fook the floor and as

Balled Americans who might involve

the country In war by traveling on

armed ships.

"I hope our citizens never will be

put to tho test of having to fight be

cause somo fool has Involved us by

entering upon a Joy ride," he shouted.

"The gentleman from Massachu

setts, Mr. Gardner," said Republican

Leader Mann, "haB charged that the

membership of the house In this mat

ter has been actuated, first by parti

san reasons, and second by fear of the

votes at home. The gentleman from

Massachusetts Is entitled to his opin

ion for himself but not for anyone else

on either side of the house. This Is

too grave a question for the patriotic

men of this house to be actuated by

baso motives as suggested by tho

gentlemen from Massachusetts."

The four hours debate on the Mc

Lemore resolution itself will be even

ly divided between the administration

forces and those opposed to it and

will be preceded by an hour and a

half of debate on the adoption of the

special rule -. -

Preliminary Victory For

Administration.

The rules committee's action today

is a preliminary victory for the ad

ministration forces.

Republicans on the rules committee

voted solidly against the special rulo

while the Democrats unanimously sup

ported It.

The special rule will provide that,

after tho four hours' debate, the Mc

Lemore resolution will bo before the

house for action. The program is to

table, as was done with the Gore reso

lution in the 'senate.

Washington, March 6. President

Wilson appealed directly to Represen

tative Bennett and Representative

Lenroot, Republican members of the

house rules' committee today, to con

sider tho armed ship issue without

partisan bias and assist in getting a

vote on a resolution warning Ameri

cans off armed ships. For an hour ho

discussed the foreign situation with

tlie two Republican juembors of the

committee and told of the necessity

of demonstrating that reports abroad

that the majority of congress was not

with him aro erroneous.

After the conference Mr.' Lenroot

said the Republicans had. no Inten

tion of bringing party considerations

into the issue. Both he and Mr. Ben

net rofused to discuss the details of

the conference They left the White

House to attend a mooting of the

rules' committee.

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FRENCH FORCES

Repulses of Germans Contin

ue Enemy May Be Easily

Disposed of Than

first Expected.

FRENCH STAND FIRM

Best Troops of Enemy, Hurled

Forward Without Regard to

Cost, Finally Fall Back.

Paris, March 6, 5.45 a. m. Yester

day was a good day for the French

at Verdun, according to information

received this morning und abllc con

fidence Is greatly strengthened by the

news of tho continued ropulseB of the

Gorman attacks. In military and po

litical circles llvelysatlsfactlon Is ox

pressed regarding the situation and

the opinion now begins to prevail that

the great efforts of the Germans will

be more easily disposed of than was

at first expected.

Having failed to make any impres

sion on the Douaumont position and

on Vaux, to its right, the Gorman

general staff determined to smash the

French left on the Vachcrauville

wood Cote-du-PoIvro position. With

out regard to cost, the beat troops

were hurled forward but with no

more success than elsewhere. Pomer

anians and what was left of the Bran

donburgers dashed themselves vain

ly against the French, who stood as

immovable as a rock wall.

As at. Vaux, tho qormanaXlnallieUi

back, leaving heaps of dead on the

ground. The Frnech infantry, sup

ported by their formidable artillery

which will never, henceforth, lack am

munition, showed themselves able to

resist every onslaught. On the left

bank of the Meuso, artillery on both

sides thundered all day, long. Tho

French infantry in that section had

little to do, but it remains there readv

for any eventuality, although tho mil

tary exports believe it Is extremely

douotful that the Germans will at

tempt to storm the Mort Homme key

position for to do so they must de

ploy over a plain a mile wide under

cross fire from tho heights around.

French Holding Outskirts.

It is chiefly the French artillery

which is Involved in the Wroevro fight

ing. The French hold the outskirts of

the village of Manheulles firmly and

have stopped all attempts of the Ger

mans to debouch In that direction.

An idea of tho relatively small per

centage of French casualties in tho

Verdun battle is considered as de

ductible from a statement made by

a lieutenant who has arrived here

wounded. "Our losses," he said, "are

comparatively slight. My regiment,

for instance, has only forty-seven kill

ed and thirty-five wounded. This is

small for a unit which has been act

ing as support and which was en

gaged in the most violent ql the fight

ing. French Inflicting Heavy Losses.

London. March 6, 11:40 a. m. The

Central News correspondent at The

Hague says dispatches received there

from the front show that the Germans

are making vigorous efforts to cap

ture Fort Tavannes, four in lies north

east of Verdun, but that tho French

are resisting them resolutely, inflict

inp heavy losses on tho atacks.

Stubborn fighting continues near

Verdun, the correspondent says. The

village of Vaux no longer exists.

More than 10,000 Germans carried out

an assault upon the French positions

at Vaux but, tho correspondent says,

wore repulsed with heavy losses, sev

eral German lines being swept away

bv the famous French 75's.

It is also said that twenty-seven

trainloads of German wounded have

left the Verdun battlefields for Ger

many. oo

SHOPMEN SI 10 BE

ADDRESSED W

EVANGELIST

Henry Ostrom, the evangelist con

ducting the United Christian cam

paign, spoko to two audiences yester

day at the Union tabernacle, the aft

ernoon crowd being composed entirely

of men and the evening audience

practically filling the bulldiug to its

capacity.

"Tho Every-day Man" was the sub

ject of the evangelist's address at

the men's meeting Dr. Ostrom said

that tho "every-day, all-around" man

was not only one interested and ad

vancing in commercial life, in men

talitv and In morality but also in

sentimentality and in religious life.

That such men believe in prayer, that

they have emotions and allow them

fair sway were beliefs expressed by

the minister.

Mayor A. R. Heywood presided at

the meeting and gave the introduc

tory address. He spoko of Dr. Os

trom as a teacher come to Ogden to

bring Instruction to Its citizens In

things moral and spiritual and com

mended the evangelist to a thorough

hearing by the citizens Special mu

sic was given by Albert Simpson

Heitz, Guy Rockey nad a men's

chorus.

In the evening, tho audience prac

tically filled tho building and there

was a continuance of the interest

shown in the religious services.

Rev. G. F. RasBwellor, chairman of

the committee planning for a men's

ret-together supper Tuesday evening,

announced that the event would bo at

the old Globe theatre building, the

spread being prepared and served by

men. L . .

Dr S W. Wherry Is to act as toast

master and there will be a symposium

of addresses, four minutes in length,

on "Tho Revival That Should Be.'

This will bo discussed from various

standpoints by Judge T. D. Johnson.

O A. Kennedy, Frank M Driggs, Dr.

e' P. Mills, J. R. Cooper, W. T.

pickott and Dr. Ostrom, the latter giv

ing a genoral review.

A aeries of afternoon meetings will

commonco tomorrow, being held at 3

o'clock in the tabernaclo. "Prayer,

the Much Discussed Subject," will be

the subject of these meetings. An all

day prayer service is being arranged

for Friday.

Dr. Ostrom addressed tho high

school students this morning. He is

to speak to the railroad shopmen at

noon Wednesday. On Thursday he

goes to Corinne.

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MISSIONARY HAS

RETURNED HOME

North Ogden, March G. Parley N.

Reynolds returned Sunday evening

from the Southern States Mission, en

joying good health and happy In tho

experiences J.hat have come to him

since his departure Dec. 10, 1913. and

his welcome home recoptlon will bo

given In the ward chapel, Thursday

evening, March 9th, and ho will give

IiIb report In Sacramont Meeting,

March .19 , Elder Isaac Campbell

preceding him just one week with his

report or labors In the British Mission,

from which he returned Fob. 27. 1

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SLASHING ATTACKS OF GERMAN I

INFANTRY AT VERDUN HALTED j I

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i H

Neither Side Reports Any Activity of Infantry Arm of Forces i H

Deadlock at Douaumont Continues French Bom- f M

bard German Positions in the Argonne Kaiser's i

Heavy Guns Still Roaring in the Woevre I ,l

Berlin Reports Capture of 1,000 Men. H

Paris, March G, 2:30 p. m. There

was no infantry fighting north of Ver

dun last night, the war office announc

ed today.

The statement follows:

"In the Argonne we hare bombard

ed different sections of the 'forest ot

Cheppy and the Malancourt-Avoncourt

road.

"North of Verdun the night passed

artillery action continued violently on

the left bank of the Meuse and Inter

mittently In the sector to the west of

Douaumont and In the Woevre.

"Our batteries have actively bom

barded the communications of the en

emy. The night was calm on the rest

of tho front."

Berlin, March 6, via London, 3:20

p. m. Capture of nearly one thousand

French near Verdun on Saturday and

Sunday was announced today by the

war office.

The statement follows:

"Western front: Lively mining duels

occurred northeast of Vermolles. Brit

ish infantry which delivered minor at

tacks on several occasions in this

neighborhood was repulsed by our

fire.

"On the eastern bank of the Meuse,

the day passed more quietly than pre

vious days. Nevertheless we captur

ed yesterday and the day before, dur

ing minor engagements, fourteen offi

cers and 934 men.

"Eastern and Balkan fronts: There

Is nothing to report," ,

Fighting on the Tigris.

London, March G, 10:30 a. m. An

Amsterdam dispatch to the Central

News says that, since February 21

heavy fighting has been in progress

between the relief forces of General

Aylmer on the Tigris and the Turklsli

troops, according to advices from Con

stantlnople. Especially severe fight

in ghas been taking place near the

town of Nasrle. The British have re

cently moved up a new Targe force to

proceed to the relief of General

Townshend at Kut-el-Amara.

Germans In Belgium.

London, March G, 1115 a. m. Im

portant movements of German troops

in Belgium are reported In a Central

News dispatch from The Hague. It

Is said information has reached The

Hague from Maestricht, Holland, that

40,000 German cavalry of the land

sturm are on thfr way to the front

near Ypres.

General Von Mcnges Dead.

London, March 5, 7:09 p. m. A Reu

ter dispatch from Amsterdam says

the death is announced at Breslau of

General von Menges. The genoral who

was 70 years old, distinguished him

self as commander of a reserve divi

sion. Constantinople, March 6, via Lon

don, 1:1S p. m. "There is nothing to

report from any front," the war of

fice announcement says today.

British Ship Sunk.

London, March G, 12:41 p. m. The

British steamship Masunda has been

sunk. All the members of tho crew

were saved.

The Masunda sailed from Bangkok.

Slam, on January 28 for England, and

arrived at Colombo, Caylon, on Febru

ary 7. Her movements since that time

have not been reported. She was 402

feet long- and of 4952 tons gross.

Merry Dance Continues.

Berlin, March 5, via London. March

G, 3:55 a. m. The Frankfurter Zei

tung commenting on the tabling of the

Gore resolution by tho senate, says:

""England's friends In Washington

have thereby received a blow which at

the very last, delays matters and

leads to a continuation of the merry

dance."

Review of War Situation.

The slashing attacks of the Gorman

Infantry In the Verdun region evident

ly have been suspended for tho time

being as neither of tho official state

ments of today mentions any activity

by the infantry arm, and the Berlin

statement notes a slackening in the

struggle. The deadlock in the Douau

mont region continues.

Today's official French bulletin

mentions tho bombardment by the

French of German positions in the

Argonno. The Germans continue

heavy bombardment of French posi

tions in the Woevre region.

Today's Berlin statement says near

ly one thousand French wore taken

prisoners Saturday and Sunday.

With the French center in the Dou

aumont sector apparently still hold

ing firmly togothor, tho Germans aro

again turning their attention to the

flankB of the French position around

the stronghold.

Inteuse artillery activity In the Woe

vre region was reported in the Paris

night bulletin, thcifire centering upon

the regions ot Haudomont and Fres

not, about ten miles southeast of Vei

dun. On the extreme French left,

across tho Meuse river, the heavy ar

tillery of the Teutons Is pounding tho

French defenses In Lo Mort Homme

region.

Meanwhilo the testing ofthe French,

strength by rurious assaults on the 'H

main defenses Is continuing. H

Correspondents who have been at i '

tho front, quote French military men H

as declaring that tho German achieve- ( I H

ments so far in the great battle for 'M

Verdun have resulted mere in restor- H

ing the lines to the positions they ocr H

cupied at the beginning of 1914, be-

fore the French, in a series of "local H

attacks began expanding the defensive H

area about tho fortress. H

Indications that the Germans may. H

bo planning another offensive jnbve- H

ment on the western front are contain- H

ed in reports from Dutch sources that

forty thousand German cavalrymen . '

are on their way to the battle, line H

near Ypres. H

In Armenia the Russians report con- H

tinulng their -pursuit of tho defeated H

Turks. Russian torpedo boats have ' H

bombarded Trebizond. H

The British otficlal report on the , H

last night's air raid over England i H

says twelve persons were killed and J H

33 injured. Three Zeppelins are be- H

lieved to have taken part in the at- j H

tack, which was over an area includ- H

ing eight counties. " I H

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SPANISH STEAMER ! I

GOES TO BOTTOM I

Strikes Rock Off Brazil and H

Sinks in Five Minutes H

Over Three Hundred Lost. H

FRENCH VESSEL AIDS

. Spanish Ship Standing By M

Survivors Are Taken Into M

Port Santos. M

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Santos, Brazil, March G. The Span- i H

Ish steamer Principe de Austurias ' H

has been sunk by stricking a rock. She ' H

went to the bottom in five minutes.. ' H

Eighty-six members of the crew and H

forty-seven passengers -have been H

brought to Santos. IH

The survivors were brought to H

Santos by the FrenchSteamer Viga. t H

A Spanish steamship is standing by. H

London, March G. A Lloyd's -dis- H

patch from Santos says that there H

were 33S passengers on the Principe H

de Asturlas and 107 members of the H

crew. Tho steamer was wrecked yes- H

terday. H

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NEW SECRETARY I

OF WAR NAMED I

Newton C. Baker, Former M

Mayor of Cleveland, Selected M

by President to Succeed ' M

Garrison. J H

Said to Be in Close Sympathy I H

With President's Policies H

Name to Go to Senate. H

Washington, March 6. Newton C. H

Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, jH

has been selected by President Wil- jH

son for secretary of war. IH

Mr. Baker's name had been men- H

tinned In connection with the 'pdsi- H

tion several times. He was offered H

a pluce when the cabinet was formed H

but declined. IH

Mr. Baker has accepted the posi- jH

tion and Is now arranging his affairs H

in Cloveland preparatory to coming to H

Washington to take up his duties. H

The selection of Mr. Baker is under- H

stood to have been discussed by Presl- M

dent Wilson with Colonel E. M. House H

soon after the latter's arrival hero H

this morning. M

When President Wilson was making H

up his cabinet in 1913 ho offered the jH

pla.ee of secretary of interior to Mr. H

Baker twice. M

Mr. Baker then was mayor of jH

Cloveland and declined for that rea- H

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REFRIGERATOR RATES UPHELD. H

Washington, March 6. Proposed in- H

creased refrigerator charges on canto- IH

loupes from western Colorado, New . IH

Mexico and Utah to destinations IH

throughout the greater part of tho IH

United States and Canada were found IH

justified today by the interstate com- M

merce commission. H

SEVEN SEAMEN DROWN. H

Deal, England, March 5, S:05 a. m. H

Sovon seamen of the Norwegian t H

steamer Egero are believed to have . H

been drowned when she sankter H

having boon struck by an unknown H

steamer near here. H

The Egcro was a vessel of l,S7d ton3 m

and was bu." iu-1SS3. H