THE BEE : OMAHA. Tl'ESDAV. MAKCIT r,n. 1015.
GERHAH LOSSES ARE
HIGH IN CHAMPAGNE
French Declare They Took Eleren
TVi An a t l TtAjt am Tin a I
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Won in Twenty Days.
HAVE PLENTY OF ARTILLERY
CHALONS. SUR MARNE. Franc.
March .29. Eleven thousand Ger
man dead have been taken from the
trenches won by the French during
twenty days' fighting in the Cham
pagne country. The German louse,
Including prisoners and wounded, are
estimated at SO, 000. The German
watage. they say, has been two to
one compared with the French losses,
because the Germans would try to re
gain lost ground by counter-Attacks,
repeated again and again with obsti
nate courage.
It was In these counter assaults,
supported by relatively Inadequate
artillery and what the French officers
assert waa Inadequate morale,
against the allied troops, that so
tnany German soldiers have fallen.
The grave In which they are burled
by fifties and hundreds are thick
upon a narrow front of some fifteen
miles. y
Dally Kala drown.
For nearly a month now tha French, the
officer - declare, by the superiority of
their artillery of both large and small
caliber and by a certain Irresistible spirit,
tiava day by- dsr Rained ground, some
times a few hundred yards of trenches;
it ether days a mile ot fronts and
from three to flvs hundred yards deep.
Tha Germans are bringing up new eon-
tingenU steadily. They have had In ac
tion en Uiia section of th fighting Unas
during March five army corps, or about
COO, 00 men. Tat on tha evening of every
Uy tha French officers assart that-tha
French have held somewhat more of the
field than they did tha evening before.
Th Associated Press correspondent baa
been over th ground and found that this
Is what bss taken place: The -French ar
tillery, numerous and concentrated, st
times subdues tha German guns and tears
up parts of the German trenches by sus
tained shell fire. Then, at a moment sig
nalled by telephone, th guns eesse and
th men In th trenches, with reserves
crowded Into the approaches. Jump out
and make a quick run for the tranches
cppoMte. Then body to body fighting
finishes the attack.
Meantime a barrier of bursting shells
fcehlnd the German front Una prevents
reserves from coming up. This Is con
tinued until the raptured trenches are
put Into condition to resist anxaulta. These
aHianlts sometime are unsuccessful, hut
the remits from day to day apparently
have heen pains for the French.
The correspondent has been able to se-i
for himself the ground gained by the
French and to compare the positional oc
cupied months ago with those held to
day. t ae Marb Artillery.
The French commanders, who find the
courage and confidence of their troops
mounting with each success, express the
opinion that the Germans hnve been
somewhat disheartened by feeling . that j
r Tench attacks are successful anil that
their counter attacks, delivered with ad
mirable pluck, under the circumstances
have been useless.
The French are employing such quan
tities of artillery, nemly constructed end
of heavy field caliber, that they are able
to combine and concentrate the fire In a
way not seen before In thla war. The
French officers say their guns csn dom
inate the adversary's positions at any
time or place.
During the twenty days advance In the
Champagne region the French have used
l,600,0ro projectiles against plans occupied
by the Germans. All along this front
on heard narratives of deeds of Indi
vidual soldiers and of officers. Ther
was the Incident of Vandal, a master gun
ner. He was badly wounded at the same
time . as one of his fellow gunners.
Jacques. To a comrade, who waa trying
to bands: his wound. Vandal mid:
"I feel that I am dying. Seve Jacques."
Then' to a lieutenant, who wa arrang
ing to have him taken to tha rear, while
an enemy aeroplane Hew overhead, Van
dal said:
"Do not trouble about me. . Do not let
them see the batteryi Vive la Fiance:"
The next moment Vandal was dead.
Private GaJeskl. who was the tslk of
hlr company on March 7 and becauae of
his audacity and coolness tn the storming
f th trenches, fell on Msrch In an
assault upon Fo'rtln If HI. When picked
up, Galeskl asked:
"Did you carry the Fortln Hillf
I "Yes, w took it.", was the rep!v. and
Galeskl smiled and died on the stretcher.
Lieutenant Bcorchevlll fell mortally
wounded In the head near a German
trench, but continued to call out strongly
to his men : "On! On! Tour duty; yout
duty!"
Lleutepant Her sal de la Vlllemarqu
was fatally wounded in a trench under a
violent enfilading machine gun fire. He
shouted to the chief of his battalion:
"Goodby; I am dying. It Is for France!"
' Oeneral 'Joffre, the French commender-ln-chief,
has reviewed by brigade and di
vision the troops taking part In the Cham
pi .ne fighting. On ot the parades that
of a division was upon a stretch of fields
at a cross road called Nolrlleu, or Black
flpot Fifteen ' thousand men, Infantry,
artillery and cavalry, who have been dis
mounted to ' fight In the trenches, mere
assembled there.
Standing In front of ' each solidly-
msssed battalion were the one or two or
three men who were to be decorated with
the Cross of the Ionian ot Honor, or the
more precious Military Medal, which
many a general may not gain. The only
spectators were the military attaches
with the French army and five civilians.
Plxty-four buglers sounded the salute
and Oeneral Joffre came upon the field.
He had a word or two with tne com
manding general. Then he walked along
the lines and shook hands with each of
tho thirty men to be decorated and
pinned the cross or medal upon his breast.
Kills Sis .f.ermaaa.
One of the men, Mathleu Jouy. . had
been a sentinel at the entrance ot a cut
leading to the main line of trenches. He
fired upon Germans creeping up to s
surprise attack and killed six of them,
but was mounded In ' the srm by a
bayonet thrust of the seventn Uerman,
whom he killed, and was slashed on the
head by the sabre of a German officer,
whom he also killed. Jouy then re
treated and let his comrade, who had
been aroused by the shota, rcel the at
tack. He won tha military medal.
Georges Bastard was twice wounded
during a night charge, but sang the
"Marseillaise" to encourage his comrades,
his clear tenor voice rising above the
shots and the clanging of arms.
General Joffre, after attaching the
military medal to the breaat of a youth,
a private soldier whose name was not
sscertalned, put his arms around him and
kissed him on both cheeks and then
passed on. The boy remained strictly at
"attention," but tears were slowly falling
from his eyes when th touching cere
mony ended.
nltle Keea Sentinel.
Oolng on three legs behinti one of the
battalions, was a colllo dog, wounded! In'
one leg. He had been In every charge
and a keen sentinel on night duty.
The review finished with two regiments
of cavalry passing at full gallop before
General Joffre, thirty trumpeters sound
ing, th charge and the general stsndlng
st salute. General Joffre himself seemed
In perfect health. He was very tranquil
In bearing and smiled pleasantly in con
versation. ' ;
Th men In th army ere beginning to
look -upon him as the' most " eminent
soldier France has bad since Napoleon.
Qualities most frequently attributed to
him along the front are his will and
Judgment-
HIGHLY CHARGED
WIRE KILLS THREE
Broken Circuit Near Lot Angeles
Makei Trap that Nearfy Wipei
Out an Entire Family.
CHILDREN ARE BARELY SAVED
LOS ANGELES, Cel., March 29.
When Cornelius Valkhoff went out to
hs rabbit butch today to procure a
hare for a birthday dinner he stepped
into a water puddle as he touched
the latch of the hutch gate and fell
dead. An electric cable leading to a
nearby crematory had broken during
the nUxht and turned Its 2.200 volt
current Into the wire fence surround
ing the hutch. Later two others
were killed and three Injured.
Mrs. Valkhoff saw her husband
writhe and fall tn a contorted heap,
and rushed out to aid htm. She
stepped Into the puddle . as she
touched his hand, and fell across his
body dead.
, Harris 8k Inner, who occupied half of
the Valkhoff dwelling, waa the next to
Invade the fatal short circuit, bent on
rendering aid. and he. too, fell dead.
. The shrieks of Valkhoff's children. Anna
snd Agnes, who were uncomprehending
witnesses of the tragedy, attracted A. T.
Platen, a policemen. Platen entered the
bark yard Just ss the girls sped towsrd
the desdly water puddle, and snatching
their hair brtada, he Jerked them back to
safety. In doing so, however, he came
Into contact with the charged fence wire,
and was thrown twenty feet.
Mrs. Pklnner and another ' neighbor.
Miss Anna Mauch, were next to enter the
yaid. They also came Into alight con
tact with the fence wire and 'were seri
ously Injured by the resultant shock.
Platen managed to get to a telephone
snd notified th electric, company, which
shut off the current. Then the dead were
removed.
The hares In tho hutch were unhurt.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
DOWN IN SUBMARINE
LO ANGELES, Cal., March ."i.-Tsk-Ing
advantage of a stopover on the way
to "an Diego. Franklin D. Ronee' e't, as
sistant eecetary of the navy, boarded
the euhmsrlne K-7 st Pan Pedro today
and explored the harbor bottom, sixty
feet under water for a half an hour. He
wa aocompanied on the submarine trip
by Livingston Davis of Boston, and
Owen Winston of New York. The party
then boarded tha destroyer Faul Jones,
which took them to Pan Diego.
THOUSAND DOLLARS LOSS
FROM BLAZE AT MIDNIGHT
Fire st one minute sfter midnight at
S10 North Forty-first avenue did H.flno
damage to the frame residence owned by
Mies Helen Hlgglns and occupied by
Thomas G. Degan. The blase started In
a stairway where clothing was hanging.
JONES JAILED FOR THEFT '
OF A FEW LUMPS OF COAL
William Jones. Pcventh and Davennnri
streets, was arrested by Officer Pease of
the tnlon Pacific for the theft of coal
valued at 75 cents taken from a car at
Fiventh and Davenport streets. For this
offense Jones was sentenced to thirty
days In the county Jail.
MANY JOIN KODNTZE CHURCH
Confirmation Class of 163 it Taken
Into Membership by the Organ
ization on Palm Sunday.
RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP IS 1.745
COUNCIL RECOMMENDS
AUDITORIUM ORDINANCE
The city council committee of the whole
has recommended for ' passage Tuesday
morning the Auditorium bond ordinance
In the sum of Sl.'iO.nOn. It is proposed to
submit this proposition on May 4.
t'onld Not Walk With II hen mat ism.
A satisfied patient writer: "Sloan's
Liniment cured my rheumatism, am
grateful. I can now walk without pain."
Only 2nc. All druggists. Advertisement.
Confirmation exer.it -a st Konntse
Memotinl Lutheran i s'- . h on Palm Sun
day morning added a class of 163 to the
membership of the church. A most strik
ing feature of the sffair was the fact
that all but about twenty-five were over
IS years of age, and almost half of the
big cla?s were men. The class received a
five months' course of instruction from
the pastor. Rev. O. D. Baltzly, before
being confirmed.
A grandfather, his daughter, who Is
the mother of a family, and his youngest
son were among those received Into the
church during the Impressive service.
A total of 1.1S3 men, women and chil
dren have been taken Into the church
by Rev. Dr. Baltzly since he assumed
the duties of the pastorate less than four
years ago. He now has a class of
seventy-four adults Just completing a
short confirmation course, who will be
received Into the church Wednesday even
ing. Including this week's W new mem
bers, the total resident membership of
the church will be 1.745.
Rev. Dr. Baltsly's church is one of those
which will not suspend their regular
services when Billy Punday comes to
Omaha, as the pastdV believes In evan
gelization all the time, Instead of Just
during revivals. The largo choir of the
Kountse Memorial church sang special
music for the Palm Sunday confirmation,
including "The Palms," and "From the
Deep I Called."
At St. Mark's Lutheran church, the
pastor, Rev. Dr. L. Oroh, confirmed a
large class and received new members
Into the church. The church was beau
tifully decorated with palms and other
plants snd flowers nnd the chuir ren
dered special music lor the occasion.
Investors with monej reaj the Ue-i
Estate ads In The Bee. Advertise our
property for a qulcs im
BECK GETS CONTRACT FOR
BUILDING NEW HOTEL
Alex Beck hss been swarded the con
tract for the construction of the new
hotel building at Sixteenth snd Daven
port, to be built by real esetate Interest
and operated on a lease by Msjor E. E.
Pterrlcker and Walter J. Jsrdinc. Pter
ricker and Jardine are proprietors of tli'
St. James hotel. While the amount of th
contract is not made public. It Is under
stood that this to be a lrtl,000 building.
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REMOVE TELEPHONE POLES
ALONG SIXTEENTH STREET
Th telephone company has Just com
pleted an extension of Its underground
system along Sixteenth street, Cass to
Cuming streets, which Improvement will
result In th removal of unsightly poles.
Th electric light company has completed
a -similar Improvement along Farnam
street, Twentieth' ' to Twenty-eighth
streets. Poles are. being removed along
a portion of North Twenty-fourth street.
Put Play Apparatus
in Eight City Parks
Superintendent J. B, Hummel of th
parks and boulevards has started work
Installing play apparatus In eight psrks.
Each of the parks will have a set of
flying rings, trapes and vaulting stand
ards. He Is also starting on a new .prlnk
Ilng system In Miller park. The munici
pal, bathing house at Carter lake will be
enlarged during the spring.
BiF2ftMim9 Bam;- Dim Tir&dle
A grave complication which may have far-reaching consequences for this
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Bath Towels, extra heavy aud absorbent, double and
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It lbs. best rolled White lireakfxst
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Men's lOc Handkerchief
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