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V -.a- -- -Oi . . V WEATHER. pOOU MERCHANDISE doesn't ' M . seek publicity" it evades., it. Buy ' advertised goods' because they are best. , . , Fair Monday; Tuesday fair, some what cooler. . ; F01TNDE Star 1867 ; - YOL,XCIXKO. 165. BA GDAD, CM MESOPOTAMIA STEADY Capture of Historic City Snatters IRQ ixci..a uicaui ui ' jlU- minion in Near East EN. MAUDE THE CONQUEROR Brings to a Climax One of the Most Dramatic and Pictur esque Phases of the War ' OPERATION BEGUN IN 1915 News Comes as Tremendous Wel come by British Public London, Marclr 11. General rederiek Stanly Maude, in com mand of the Entente forces in Mesopotamia, telegraphed today the welcome news for. the British of the Occupation early this morn-"! in? of the city of Bagdad, the chief Turkish city in Mesopota mia and formerly the capital of the empire of the Caliphs. No Details Given No details of the capture have yet Deen received, uenerax Mauaes story . -. I 5 . of the operations carrying events only up iu oaiuiuj( . mviuuiB wiwa.-uw British, after effecting a. surprise cross- 113, 114U U11CU LlltJ . A Lit UtXlIV LU J within three miles of Bagdad." It is J evident, however, that the Turks have, been unable to offer any serious resis tance since the fall of Kut-El-Amara. They were said to be hurriedly sum-' monir.g reinforcements from other the atres or tne war Duttne stances . to-j be covered were so great that addition- al forces were unable to arrive-in time ; io save me ancient city wnicn, atter' Mecca. occuDied first nlace in the Mo- hammeaan mind. ne fall of Bagdad, . besides ending berman nopes of near eastern-domin- j ion, based on a Berlin-Bagdad-railway. will reverberate throughout the Mo hommedan empires and. it . is believed will more than rehabilitate. British prestige in the far east, damaged by the earlier loss of Kut-El-Amara. Perhaps no more welcome news could come at a time when-the British public ior the first time, owing to the. subma- nne war is beginning to feel the ef- lects of the war in a greatly reduced food supply besides be'iner thrown into depression by the revelations of the I Dardanelles report. ' Further news must be awaited before ; it Is known whether General Maude made import ant captures of Turkish troops or guns, either before" or at Gagdad. Apparently the occupation was ef fected without resistanceand with only slight lossts. Even if the Turks sue eeeded in extricating all- their forces, he loss of Bagdad is a grave blow to them. " Bagdad has been the base :for all J-urk!Sh operations in Persia. Up to within ;i. few clays ago the Turks oc "JPied about 30,000 square miles of Per- wntory, but with the Russians pressmg them closely from Kirman- ces w hich would soon compel - the -ui n-isn " tory. evacuation of Persian terrN CLIMAXES OXE OF MOST DRAMATIC PHASES OF -WAR! tl, h capture marks the climax tPrne f the most dramatic "and pic reSque phases of the world war The which 'has fallen to ritish arms tha? ! present to a, past so distant M-tn 13 Bemi-fabulous. The known iiioi th f Ba8'cl?itl reaches back fpj ohM 1 four thusand years to the zar Ty tiiacs of King Nebuchadnez crim Hab-'lon'"a quay built by the niei'-P i 1 monarcn still existing sub finot the Tisris. Within its pre- the t "6 also Ptands the tombs of y-zci -e7lsh PrPliets Joshua, Ezra and ; '"'fil.and the well of Daniel, had po, a Et0r the Babylonian dynasty Paf f-e' to be more than a memory t;c H'1 rose splendor as the artis ranit i ry scientific and religious sreat i f the world- The heart of the , islamic empire of the Caliphs tiirJ. reas of years, it was known Ci,rvEhout the world.: y ana Was the as. "The Glorious tip p- i lue sce"e oi tne rantas- nr. ii . ... - Potei 't V OT 'laroun-AI-Rashid, the niorlr-' whose magnificence, is : r im "alizea in the Arabian . Nights." Tn u Had 2'00.OO Population with ' R c- Bagdad was credited Pot!,.a I)0Pu!ation of 2,000.000 and wagnviM for in articles adopted by the wpni c first c'ty in the world in j I T1 a,ul c J te .Caiipns bef ;"ns the decline of , a-s successive! commerce. With the fall fore the Turkish sul- f Bagdad commenced. Mori ely the nrev of Turks. Tartars and Persians hut it Jiot untiI 1S36 that the city became ?iro jftiL oi tne . TurKisn em- Tt ,Mlfc Rritish campaign against Bag- AneiT'V opened-early in 1915 when an rar r nruan f0Ice under Major-Gen-f.a . narles Vere Ferrers Townshend Ouk trei1 at the head of the Persian Ti. "nfl "oved rapidly up the Tigris. n-a .,rin:a'y' object of, the expedition the Keeure the valuable oil wells in LKion ut the mouth' of the Tigris, v-yntinued on Page Eight) FALLS ADVANCE OF er of uv Score Killed ThatW In the City Practically Everything Demolished in Path Two Blocks Wide and Ten Blocks Long Within Period of About Five Minutes. ' ' Two Companies of Militia Ordered Out to Police the City Bodies Buried Newcastle, Ind., March 11. More than a score were killed and 150 injured, some probably fatally, in the tornado wlftch wrecked more than 300 homes in this city late this afternoon. The damage-was roughly estimated tonight at $1,000,000, but may even exceed that figure. The storm swept over the city in a southeasterly direction,1 demolish ing practically every thine in a natr almost two blocks wide and more than ten blocks long. For several hours the city was entirely out olt from commun ication. - j Appeals for. help were sent . out by Mayor Leb Watkins and Governor Good rich was asked to send troops to police the city, which is in ! darkness tonieht owing to the demolition of the power; The exact humber of dead mav not . imw, piatu - nallw rll 'V ln9t .L m i , n. uuuira urns tar louna nave been du& out of the wreckage of their uuus, . xne searcn tonignt, was ham- Pered by darkness but with the com-! Early , tonight the list of identified dead totals ten and there were seven ' other bodies in the morcrue. bUt it was said-several bodies had been found in various ' sections of the wrecked: dis-j trict and taken into.nw.rby residences not damaged by the storm.- ' ; -Confusion, and Disorder. -Confusion, and disorder I followed in I tie path ot the storms ThOsfe-wTSo-" ?sf- ' : ;ca,T)ed injury and death ran wildlv about streets, women and children cry-1 ing - and wringing their hands and-men no- oWi ssn, .: pi,. Anati' i settled down and began the work of ! rescue, digging in the ruins of their homes for missing mjembers of their families. Only two or . three bodies were found in the streets. For several- hours Ahe. town was en tirelyr cut off from outside communica- I uon. Traction cars couia not run into the city because of the demolished pow er house and even the roads were block ed in practically all directions with fallen - trees and telephone poles. As isoon as possible calls for help were sent" out by Mayor Lei) Watkins, who J urban cars out of this city are running I started In to organize the rescue work.Jonly to Springpott and it is understood arted- About Five Minutes. 'Although, the skies had beeh threat ening during the early afternoon there was little warning of the approaching tornado. - A huge funnel-shaped cloud suddenly approached in the west, hang ing low and sweeping toward the city. Groups Of persons in the streets began seeking shelter, men and .women run. ning 'wildly' through the streets. The tornado "lasted only about five minutes and was followed by a hard rain which also stopped in" a few minutes. " One witness Of the tornado, who was driving with his family of four in an automobile; reached a point in the court ' ' : " ' , . . .--U-fi' nit JSffllia ELECTED BY REGORO-eRUGVOTE Only Few Scattering Ballots Were Cast Against Him Mexican Election Passe Oft- Without Disorder -Carramsa . to be First Constitutional President Since 1H. . Mexico City, March U uenerai ve- nustiano Carranza , was toaay- eiecieo. president of Mexico by what is believed to have been the largest vote ever oast in the republic. i 3 . Although the voters ad the. privilege of writing in or declaring any name they desired,' General Carranza received all but a few scattered ballots. The vote cast runs all the Way from several hundred thousand to a million. . ,' The presidential election today was constitutional assembly which met at Queretaro. Many of the oia residents declare? that this ' was the first real election' ever held in the country. Re ports from various parts of the repub lic indicate that there was no disturb ance or' intimidation. . . : ' Although. there was no opposition for the presidency, the congressional conT tests were- bitterly: fought. The cam palgn j lasted until the nearly hours of this morning and the streets were lit: tered with dodgers and hand bills. Con-, ditions at the polls throughout, the dis trict were orderly and, troops were not in evidence, the soldiers casting their votes in their barrack.- &e Mexico will now have a, const! tution - - Continu4 on Parge Two) a WILMrN"GT BEFORETHE THE BRITISH in Tornado recks Over 300 Homes Newcastle! Ind. Deep in the Ruins. house square when the storm struck. The man and his family sought shelter in an excavation for a new building. Crouching in mud and water knee deep they remained there until the storm 1 1 -!- 1 i T ' ' v ' . 1 After the storm had passed hundreds I of persons rushed to the Southside to I aid in the res wnri I Tho strptc ! were filled with wreckage of houses ! and tangled wires. LIST OF" 21 PERSONS WHO ARE KNOWS TO HAVE PERISHED Newcastle. Ind., March 11. Twenty- uno are Known io nave oeen Kiiiea, sev-i eral are missing, more than a hundred i persons were injured, some i fatally, and Prop"ty damage, to' the extent ot .- pected to approve of the military, eco 000,000, was the toll of a tornado which, nomic and civic preparations for de- this afternoon onun. newranuu euui njr aucr o u uwcn ! The dead are: Everett Dunlap. Ber- nice Davis. Orris Davis. James Neilis. cwiiiuj' u um. jveuiuts, uray uavis, - r T l t j- , I rs. jonn iavis, motner oiuray Lavis U... Davis. soV of Gray Davis- Mrs. Arcnie Fletcher, ... . Haler, young daughter of John Haler; ..L.Razer, 12- daughter of Mrs. Williamson:. . Newton, Bernice Day, .' June Day, Mrs. j Marv E. Williams. Mrs. Vera Hiererins. daughter of Mrs. Williams; Ernest Wa--j terman,-aged 6; Two men and one toy . r . unidentmed. Among the missing are -William Da- j vis, J. w . McLane ana 4 two sons, Mrs. W Newton, .William, Lowery. THE TOWN IS GONE -SAYS V .1 . MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Muncie, Ind., March 11. A report M tit fm v.,.h. ' stated, that . 39 persons were known to ! have been killed by' the tornado which 'j struck Newcastle late this; 'afternoon. -( Mayor Roll.in Bunch received a mes sage, from Mayor Leb Watkins, of New castle early tonight stating: . "The town is. gone Send all the help you can." Company G. of this city, and a num ber of nol icemen are beine rushed to ' NewcasUe. All the ambulanees in the j city and about 25 physicians also have departed for the stricken towm" Inter- here that the traction power plant at Newcastle was demolished. TWO CHILDREN KILLED AND . MAN PERHAPS FATALLY HURT Richmond, Ind., March 11. Two chil dren were killed and a man was prob ably fatally injured in a tornado which hit Wane county late today. - The storm spent its force just south of Hagerstown, this county, j where two children of Ernest Graves were killed. The children were killed when a brick house was demolished.. ! Ora Smith, a farmer in. that neigh (Continued on Page -Tro) MAY PERMIT II WHO uuie if E Is Opinion of Some Expert Law yers as to the Reed Law Is Pointed Oat That the Recently En acted "Bone . Dry . Measure Only . . Prohibits MShlpmentM Into Prohibition States. , lopeciai oiar j.eiegra.m.j uus3 iy. v xi.-xu f.uv yym- lion of ,sohe of the most expert lawyers 'of the Department of" Justice, there is nothing In the Reed, "bone ! dry" law which prevents individuals from perT sonally carrying whisHey into dry terj ritory. The Star correspondent; today consulted some of the bost.. lawyers in Congress and also high officials in the Department, of Justice and it is prac tically the , unanimous opinion , that persons living in dry' territory may, so far as the" Reed law is concerned, go to Baltimore (that Is about tne only place a, man will be able 'to get a drink after the end of this year) and bring back whiskey for his own personal use. If he violates the North Carolina quart law, for instance, that is a mat ter .which the State' authorities must handle. The Reed law does not go but side of the authority; of tie shipment in Interstate commerce and expert law yers, declare a man carrying! whiskey into dry territory "for his own use doe& not violate this most radical; law fever enacted by' Gongre$3.. -; ; The Department of . Justices l"Wve,rt will vigorously pros.ecute those - who ; (Continued' onN Page Two) CARRY ROM If 111 , T. CKQ PAY -MORNING, MARCH 12, 1917 DEFINE ATTITUDE Over Hundred Labor Leaders to Meet in Washington Today -to Ratify Statement . CONTENTS ARE NOT KNOWN Expected to Give Approval . of Mili tary, Economic and Civic,. Prep artlons For the Defenie of the Nation. '. Washington, March 11. The execu tive counsel of ' the American Fed eration of Labor's committee tonight completed- a statement : of the ' federa tion's attitude toward National de fense problems, to be presented tomor row to a conference; of more than 100 labor leaders for ratification. .: ' The statement is jsaid to be f avor- i a-ble to some activa preparedness steps. Ti . - " . adoption is expected but not with-. out considerable discussion: The meet- inff was. called a week, :ago, by Preaic aciit tromyers, oi ioe xf eaerauon, and is said to be the first meeting ever held in this country to formulate labor's atti-I tude toward National-defense : More than 3.000.000 American Whe-i earners will be represented. .-?. : - The statement as drawn kv I executive committee, which has been ini session for three ' dava . v fense ; in defens terms A-nv t,4 I- - - ' ' J urvviilV declarations on ' such nimotiinc oe imi 111 Z " i 'V10. De Ie" rjav " expressed the belief that the-e would be no action taken- on details of any suggenred National defense pro Heads of llo National nrHrrfitinn grams. hood heads are expected ito- attend the' meeting. N. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMAN-AMERICAN CRISIS. Government Ref ds t Aniwer Ones. rnmcnc neiiut xm AMmrr Ohm. i tions ReKardinr Nr iolley. lcatt . SQVernmnVliftyi'nirIaliounced ''its decision to proceedlvith the arming of mfercharitm tZfnHL.- t . ., "eundullnen lmenamg to go to ii.u- rope in deflance of Germany's ruthless i submarine, campaign, no further details on the -situation, were g given out todayr Many interesting questions relating to the new polcy remained unanswered. 'The only statement authorized, was that nothing will be done by the govern ment except in strict accord with in- ternational law. ; . , - Because of reports, of bad food-con- dltions in Rlrm);v .;, . f n . u. ' to .the- Entente Allies and other news looked upon as unfavorable to .the Cen tral Powers, - some : officials considered further ; peace suggestions from Ger many as among the possibilities. President Wilson, although, practical ly recovered from '-'the cold which kept him in bed most of last' week, remain- ed indoors all day. PROBIINNT MEN PLEDGE . SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENT New.' York, March, 11. Governors Edge of New Jersey, and Holcolmb, of Connecticut, former President Roose velt, Assistant .Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Major-General Leonard Wood, Flihu Root J? Pi Morgan; Mayor Mltchelr W. " Murray 1 Crane, Robert Bacon and others of prominence attend ed a dinner given 'here tonight by Cor nelius N. Bliss, at which they pledged themselves to support the National ad ministration in any measures that may become necessary for. the protection of American interests and the hohor of the " flag in the present international crisis. . . J '. - . . . ' The dinner, which was informal, was arranged by. Mr. Bliss' from .patriotic motives," it was said. " There was a dis cussion of preparedness but no definite program was outlined. Governor Whltr man was unable td attend. : ' " s ' GEN. PERSHfJSGVTO INSPECT , r BORDER CAMPS AT LAREDO San Antonio, Texas March' ;iit. Major-General v Pershing, '" commander of the Southern . Department ; 'of the army, and members of hia' staff,' left hre tonight for Laredo, Texas, to in spect border encampments in that district.' It is belieVe'd also that in line' with. his recent yislt to. Matamoros. and, exchange of courtesis with Mexican of ficials, General Pershing's mission par-' takes of diplomatic "as well as military significance. Reports from border points indicate considerable Improvement in the 'direction ; of more friendly rela tions as, a result of ?General" Pershink's recent visit ' to the Brownsville. dis trict. . :' ' ' . ';'"'. ! '."'.. : ' : JUDGE REFUSES TO ACCEPT ; " VERDICT OIVEN - ON SUNDAY Memphis, Tenn.; March, 11.-Holding that a-ve'rdicjf,could hot be legally ren dered on Sunday,- Judge Harsh, of the Sttelby county , criminal ' court,' today refused ' to allow- the" jury which tried Jes j'Edgihgton, :a - former . criminal court judge, v accused of -accepting' a bribe, t'o - report ' case findings and or dered - the jury -held ' until he opening of court -tomorrow, . ": ', 1 -jj. . " : ; "Edgtngton was Impeached and ' re m6Ved from office Jafter a hearing, be fore .- a special : session -of the Tennes see' legislature . last year. ON PREPAREDNESS VALUE OF NORTH CAROLINA PRODUCTS INCREASED OVER 33 PER CENT IN FIVE YEARS Census of Manufactures Taken in 1914 Shows Total Valuation of $289,411,981, With $253,841,808 Capital Invested in 5,507 .! Establishments of All Kinds Population of the State for the Same Year Was 2,339,000. Washington, -March 11. North Car olina's population was 2,339,000 and. the value of products of ;-- hen? ldastries, ?289t411,987 in 1914, according to the census, of . manufactures made in that year b,y the United States Bureau of Census and just made public here in pamphlet form. The value of her pro ducts increased 33.6 per cent in the five year period. Persons engaged in industry in the State numbered 151,335, an -increase of 13.4 per cent and wages and salaries amounted to $56,282,679, an , increase of 36.4 per cent. Capital invested was $253,841,808 in 5,507 es tablishments of all kinds. Capital in creased 16.9 per cent and the number of . establishments 11.7 per cent,. Ma terials used in mairofactures amounted 'to ?16?,941,971, an increase of 39.5 per cent, and value added by manufacture was '5H9.470.016, an increase of 25 iper ceTlt oyer 1909" ' ! iae - i en Leaains umes There were ten cities each having a population in 1914 of more than 10,- 600 inhabitants. They were Asheville, i jnarioiie, 'jjurnam, jreensDoro, r ign j Point, ; Nevir Bern, - Raleigh, " Rocky ; Mount,' Wilmington and Winston-Sal em. " Those cities, whose aggregate population in that year formed 8.9 per cent of the estimated total population mw- v v - r TT.jft fn XKTnrAr UTi OTHER MEMBERS SELECTED President Has Practteally '- Completed Nominations and They Will ".. Possibly be Sent to the Sen ' " ' ate Today. Washington, March 11. President Wilson practically 'has -completed sel ection of 'the tariff commission and the nominations probably will .be sent td the Senate during the present special session possibly tomorrow. ' v . Prof. Frank W. Taussis, of Harvard University, will be chairman of .the commission and ' has ' obtained leave from ' Harvard until'-September 1, 1918. He i is an .authority on economics and has . written extensively on the, tariff. , Daniel G. Roper, another member ex pected to be nominated , by . the Presi dent,', has had practical, experience in dealing with the tariff. After serving in ' the South - Carolina legislature, he became clerk of the Senate interstate commerce committee and . then became identified -with the Census Bureau In the collection of cotton statistics, mak ing atrip to Europe - to, study the question. When the present tariff law was -framed he was connected .with the House -ways and "means committee as an authority on statistics. v Until last fall .he : was . first assistant postmaster general. . ; William Kent, a member ; of the House until March 4, probably will be another member. He was born in Chicago but has lived most of his life in California. He has-been extensive ly identified . with banking and other form of business. He was elected to one Congress as an insurgent Repub lican and for .two terms as an indep endent. During the last campaign he supported Presidents Wilson. Among the other members under con-, sideration is E. P. Costigan of Denver, a lawyer. He was originally a Repub lican but in 1912 ind again in 1914 was the Progressive candidate for gov ernor of Colorado. Prof. Irving Fisher of -Yale also has been mentioned., , ; E. JE. Pratt, chief of the bureau ' of foreign and domestic commerce of the commerce shipment," has also been men tioned in connection with a place on the commission, as has Miss Ida Tar bell, a writer. It is understood, how ever,! that Miss Tarbell refused td consider the position. ; The commission-will be composed of six members, not more than three of whom can belong to one party. Its duties will be to study all phases of the tariff question and report to Congress.'-..- -;; - - ' - . ' RIGHTING IS RENEWED IN -- VICINITY OF SANTIAGO t Washington, - March 11. Further fightin-g : In. the vicinity of Santiago, Ctiba", arid ' the- burning of '-additional sugar cane were "reported to the State Department today In a dispatch from Consul-Griffith. Th'e fighting is at some distance from "the city and "the govern ment: troops are thought to have secur ed such control of the "situation that tnei-e will be no attack on the 5SA -American, marines iff the.'city.- The losses to the sugar cane so far are not though to he heavy. . :. - ' v , ; " PROF. TAUSSIS TO HEAD TARIFF BOARD of North Carolina, reported 34.9 per cent of the; State's manufactured pro ducts, j "In" total ! population," says the re port, "North Carolina ranked sixteenth among the states in 1910; and in den sity of. population it ranked twentieth with 45.3 inhabitants per" square mife, the corresponding figure for 1900 be ing 38.9. ! " Railway Mileage "The steam-railway mileage in 1914 was 5,419 and the electric-railway mil eage in 1912 was 171. In addition, the transportation facilities provided by the harbors and navigable rivers of the State are important factors in the fur therance 'of its ; manufacturing and commercial 'interests. "The natural resources of North Carolina, which are of great importance have a, marked influence in the estab lishment and growth of many indus tries. Some of the materials used in manufacturing, such as cotton, cereals, tobacco, timber, phosphate rock, and kaolin are; produced - in large quan tities. The Appalachian forests, more than 5,000 square miles in extent, furnish-an abundance of material for sawmills and paper vand- pulp mills. The water power of the State is used extensively j in generating electric en ergy, which is transmitted to distances as great as 210 miles, ' "Agriculture is the leading industry The total value of all farm crops 'in (Continued on Page Eight) GERARD AD PARTY Voyage of Liner Infanta Isabel Across the Atlantic Was : J Without Incident HAD PEARS FDR FEW DAYS Apprehension . Over U-Boats Vanished . After Passing Azores Ex-Envoy Deellne To Be Interviewed By Newspaper Men. , Havanna, March,. 11. James W. Ger ard, former; ! American . ambassador to Germany, and his party arrived at Hav ana' this morning from Co runna, Spain, on board the Spanish steamship Infan ta Isabel. Mr. Gerard will leave here. Monday morning at 10 o'clock for Key West, Fla, on board the steamship Gov ernor Cobb. " i The voyage of -the Infanta Isabel, which began at Corunna under threat ening auspices, was without incident. There had been apprehension before embarking, at the. Spanish port, be cause of the submarine menace not Withstanding that . the Infanta Isabel is a neutral ship. She carried more than 1,600 Spanish emigrants, and Ger many, is known to be anxious to maintain- friendly relations with Spain. . Anxiety of the ambassadorial party increased when one day out upon the receipt of a wireless message announc ing the sinking .of the Cunard liner' La-' conia. Air apprehension vanished after the ship passed the Azores, and last Friday night the lights of the Baha mas were picked up. The Infanta Isabel arrived off Morro Castle about 3 o'clock this morning in a dense ! fog and remained three miles off shore until signalled oy Morro Castle at 6 o'clock. She then entered the harbor. All the passengers were in the best of health, j : Many launches came out to. the ship, the occupants greeting Mr. Gerard, who stood at the rail. At- 9 o'clock newspaper men saw the ex-ambassador, who greeted Jthem pleasantly but re fused to make any statement. He re ceived from them the information that' President Wilson' had decided to arm American merchant ships. I William E. Gonzales American min ister to- Cuba, accompanied by Guiller mo r Patterson, assistant secretary of the Cuba state department, and Lieu tenant Colonel ,:' Edmund Wittenmyer, American military attache, went on board to welcome Mr. Gerard. The di plomatic - party disembarked at the Esplanada De Gaballaria in a govern ment launch and went to the Ameri can legation. This afternoon Dr. P. Devine, secretary . of " state, paid ,hls respects to Mr. Gerard and accompan ied him to the races. ' - Among - the passengers on the In fanta Isabel were most of the . former members of the American embassy in Berlin. Besides Mr. and Mrs.' Gerard they included' Commander Walter R. Gherardi, naval attache, and his fam ily; George Rives, second - secretary, and his family, and attaches Herman Oelrichs, Li thgow Osborne and Graf ton W. Minot private secretary to the ex-ambassador, and his ' family: The passengers refused to be ques tioned regarding conditions In Germany but it was learned that the food situa tion was serious - in the large cities, while ;, supplies" .were" sufficient in the smaller ;- towns. No . member - of . the party wotild be quoted regarding - the military situation. - . WHOIiE ffETATBER 39,884 TOLL OF SO IS PLACED AT r Included in This Figure Are the Men Killed, Wounded, Cap- ' tured or Missing ALLIES GREATEST LOSERS Entente Losses Are Given as 6,318, 900 and Those of Central Powers as 3,384,800 Washington, March 11. More than 10,000,000 men are recorded as killed, wounded, captured or missing in the European war in the first complete tab ulation of official and authenticated semi-official reports of the various bel ligerents received here. " Among the military proper 4,441,200 are reported dead; 2,598,500 wounded and 2,564,500 captured and missing., Among Civilians, especially on the Rus sian and. Balkan fronts and in Armenia, another 400,000 are figured as either dead or wounded through the war. The figures are admittedly-only ap proximately and in some instances nec essarily several weeks old. They are not called exact in any sense but give a fairly reliable picture of the war's results of the various belligerents, which are certainly minimum figures, and then on a caret ui e-checking with all available information. . The Comparative Losses The" entente's los is are given as 6, 318,900 as against 3,84,800 for the cen tral empires. One reason for the great "discrepancy, between" the two is be lieved ;to be the relative unprepared ness of the' entente, the disastrous re- -treats in France at the - beginning -of the war, in Russia from the Mazurian lakes and the Carpathians, and in Ru--mania. . -'. . The - entente's , dead tota.1 . 290,400 against, 1,550,800 for the central ;em " pires; the entente's wounded total 1,? 676,500 against 922,000 for thenr ene m.es; and. their captured -and missing 1,652,500 against 912,000 for the cen-, tral , empires. These losses are based . on the assumption that in Germany 90 per cent, of the total - wounded re turn to the front and 80 per cent, in all the other countries.- . Russia Heaviest Loser. Russia is infinitely the heaviest loser so far, with a grand total of 8,084,200 men. The bulk of these losses occur red in the Mazurian lake disaster and the two retreats from the Carpathians when prisoners were taken by the tens of thousands. Moreover, lack of com munications and hospital facilities has made the death rate in Russia extra ordinarily high. Their dead total 1,--500,000, their wounded , 784,200 and their prisoners 800,000, which is said to be much lower than the probable num- k ber. - France has "suffered the second high est casualties .with a total of 1,810,000, largely because of the early retreat to the Marne and the terrific losses in the ' defense of Verdun. Her dead total 870,000; her. wounded 540,800 and her missing, and captured 400,000, though, this last figure is believe here to Le improbably high. England's Total Far Belo England's total falls far below, be ing one-third - France's and one-sixth Russia's, owing, of course, to her late -sending of a continental army. From, now on, however, her losses are ex pected to- keep fairly close to those 4 of the French, who have seriously tfye drain on man power. England's total comes to ,515,400, with 205,400 dead; 102,500 wounded and : 107,500 captured and missing., '; Rumania, though entering the war only last summer, has lost half a mll lion men through her fatal, attempt to clos sinto Transylvania when the cen- tral powers were1 outflanking her through Dobrudja. , Her dead are giv en as. 100,000; her wounded. as 150,000 and her captured and missing about 250,000. I Italy has bfcen saved from extreme casualties through the impossibility of open operations on her mountainous frontiers. Her total reaches 209,000, including. 15,000 dead;. 149,000 wound ed and 55,000 capture and missing. -'Belgium an Serbia, the two small states overrun by the German machine, after desperate resistance, .both lost heavily lin proportion to population. Belgium's casualties, come to .112,000,' with 50,000 dead; 22,000 wounded and 40,000 captured and missing.; Serbia's , dead come to 60,000 an her wounded ta 28,000, making -a total of 88,000, with the" number ; of missing - and ; captured large but unknown. ' - Teutonic Casualties - 1 Germany, among the central empires, is' given as by far- the largest' loser. Her total casualties are 1,585,200, -br v 235,000 less than France's. . Her - dead como 893,200, which is slightly high er than Franee's, while her wounded are set at 450,000 and her captured and missing 245,000, proportionately the lowest of-the nations. Germany, be-v cause of her fighting on interior lines ' without having ' suffered a-' bloody re treat, and with a highly efficient medi cal service, has lost very few in cap tured and wounded but her offensives ' have led her Into heavy losses in dead.. -Nearly one-third of her losse's are estU mated to have been suffered around Verdun.' ' - - :-' . ;' 'j Austria is only slightly less heavier a loser than Germany with a total 'of 1,369,100. Her dead, how eVer," only nuln ber 523,100 and her wounded 365,000 . V . (Continued on Pase Two) FAR AROUND 10 000.000 I I v I - v t.r k
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