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VOIi. \xvni. No. 155.
THOMABVILLK, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBKIt 8. 1015.
$5.00 PER ANNUM.
T FIGHT
OAJ.I.INOEK, OF THE SENATE,
SAYS, UNLESS IT IS MADE PAR
TISAN MATTER I1Y SECRET
CAUCUS, THE REPUBLICANS
WILL SUPPORT MEASURE.
PEACE MRS
BE TAKE! UP
T
T 9,711,485
BEFORE IT WILL BE CONSIDER-
El) AM) MI ST COME FROM
HE LIJCE HE XT GOVKUXM EXT
SAID ASQUITH TODAY.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 8.—The Senate
Republicans will not make a parti
san fight on the Administration’s
National defense program, if it is
not framed by the Democrats in se
cret caucus, Senator Gallinger, the
Republican leader, told President
today.
The Republicans want the army
and navy strengthened, and they are
willing to co-operate with the Demo
crata to that end.
Xot a Purty Measure, Says Wilson
Later. Senator Gallinger said that
President Wilson told him he would
not approve of the Democratic cau
cus making the defense plans strict
ly a party measure.
Senator Gallinger frankly stated
that he tvad disagreed with the Pres
ident on his merchant marine plans,
and also the President’s plans for
raising the additional money needed
to take care of the preparedness
program. When the Administra
tion’s shipping bill is introduced.
Senator Gallinger said he will offer
a substitute.
The Republicans however, he add
ed, favored using the merchant ma
rine as a naval auxiliary.
Senator Gallinger said he advo
cated a bond issue, and opposed the
President’s internal taxation pro
gram.
LANSING WILL
SATISFY BILL
GERMANS XOT TO PRESS CASE,
LUT KAISER WILL PROBABLY
RECALL HIS PETS AT OXCK.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 8.—Secretary
of State Robert M. Lansing’s reply
to the request for the reasons for
the recall of Captains Bov-Ed and
Von Paper, probably will satisfy
Germany, Ambassador Bernstorlf
thinks.
The State Department has been
informed that these attaches w*ere
appointed personally by Emperor
WJlllam. and that lie. personally,
would probably order their with
drawal. Saturday is probably the
earliest date when an answer could
be received.
(By Associated Press.)
Umdon, Deo. 8.—“If proposals o*
a serious character for general pence
are put forward by the enemy gov
ernments, either directly, or through
a neutral power, they will first be
discussed by our Allied governments.
Until this contingency arises, we can
not give any further pledge.”
The foregoing statement was Pre-
ier Herbert II. A»qnJth”» reply. In
tbe House of Common stoday, to a
reqnest from Fhlltp Snowden, n no
dal 1st, fop a pledge that no propo*.
als for negotiations, bused on evac
uation of the conquered territory,
shall be rejected by the British gov-
eminent, with Parliament’s knowl
edge.
Premier Asquith then added:
“As soon as the proposals for
peace are put forward, it will be the
desire of th« government officials to
take Parliament into their confi
dence, at the earliest possible mo
ment.”
FRENCH LOSE
LONG TBENGH
TO DEC. FIRST
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, Dec. 8.—The capture of
a French position, of five hundred
yards, on Hill No. 193, some miles
north of 3ouain, in the Champagne
district, was announced today by
the Army Headquarters.
HONOLULU WANTS CONVENTION
Of the Republicans, ana they Have
Re.ised Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ana Chartered Two
Steamers.
(By Associated Pre^s.)
San Francisco, !)#*i». x.—Honolulu
ill endeavor to get the next Nat
ional Republican convention. The
island residents have pleiged the
sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars, in addition to preparing to
charter two special steamers to
carry delegates according to a state
ment made here today by Lorrin
Andrews, the Republican national
committeeman for the Hawaii terri
tory.
REPORTS OF THE CENSUS BU
REAU PUBLISHED THIS MORN
ING AT TEX O’CLOCK IN WASH
INGTON — LOWER THAN WAS
EXPECTED.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 8.—The sixth
cotton ginning report of the season,
compiled from reports of Census
Bureau correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt and Is
sued at 10 a. m., today announced
that 9,711,4 fi 5 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, of the
rowth of 1915, has been ginned
prior to December 1.
That compares with 13,073,386
bales, or 82.2 per cont. of the en-
Mre crop, ginned prior to December
1, last year; 12,088,412 bales, or
86.5 per cent, in 1913 and 11,854,-
541 bales, or 87.9 per cent in 1912.
The average quantity of cotton
ginned prior to December 1, In the
last ten years was 10,691,933 bales
or 83.4 per cent, of the crop.
Included in the ginners were
93.3bl round bales, compered with
Was American Steamer G
Sunk by the
Austrians? BIILSIB1S it
CONFLICT OF REPORTS LEAVES STATE DEPARTMENT IN GRAVE
DOUBT AS TO FATE OF STANDARD OIL COM PAN VS STEAMER
THE OOMMUNIPAW — ENGLAND REPORTS BOAT SAKE AT
ALEXANDRIA, ALTHO ITALIANS SAY IT HAS BEEN SUNK—
OTHER STEAMERS ARE REPORTED INVOLVED IN THE* HI IL
MARINE ACTIVITIES THIS WKEK IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
(Continued on Page 6.)
T
VARIOUS COMMITTEES ARK GET
TING THINGS IN SHAPE TO RE
SUME WORK ON FRIDAY AND
REGULAR BUSINESS BEGINS
THEN.
(By Associated Press.) . _ , . . . ,
Washington, Dec. s.—Congress I Communlpaw, which has
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 8.—The conflict
ing dispatches from Rome and Lon
don, regarding the American tanker
Communipaw. left officials here in
suspense.
Official advices from Ambassador
Thomas Nelson Page, at Rome, re-
ortlng that an American ship, “held
to have been the Standard Oil
steamer Communipaw,” had been
torpedoed and sunk, was received
during the foresoon by the State
Department.
Ambassador Page’s source of in
formation was not divulged. It is
thought likely that he had received
the same report as that transmitted I anxiously await
In the press dispatches of last night from the steamer
from Rome.
However, no confirmation of the
London news dispatch, reporting
that the vessel had fjfcljely arrived
et Alexandria, has. been received by
officials here.
RELIEVED COMMUNIPAW
IS UNHARMED.
■ (By Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 8.—An Alexan
dria. Egypt, dispatch, apparently
confirming Lloyd’s London report, to
the effect that the tanker Communi-
paw, was safe, was received today
by the Standard Oil office. The mesr
sage stated that the Communipaw
had arrived at Alexandria, 3unday,
and would sail for New York, on
Tuesday.
REPORT TO LLOYD'S.
(By Associated Press.)
.London, Dec. 8.—An Alexandria,
Egypt, dispatch, to'Lloyd's today,
says that the American steamer
been re-
which had
submarine.
LAVAIUERE
TOILET ARTICLES
AND
PERFUMES
Our Stock of LaValliere Perfumes
and Toilet Requisities is Complete
andjlncludes such a Line of Goods
we Could not enumerate all of
them here.
was not in session today, both hous
es having adjourned until Friday,
during which time a complete or
ganization of the working commit
tee will probably be completed.
In the meantime, the members of
both houses closely scrutinized Pres
ident Wilson’s message, which was
delivered to a joint session of the
House and Senate yesterday, short
ly after noon.
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AND IN FACT ANYTHING THAT IS TO BE FOUND IN
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105 TWO PHONES 106
(Bv Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 8.—The British lost
64 3 killed; 3,330 wounded, 594 un
accounted for, in addition to the
three hundred lost, since the re
treat began, in the Mesopotamian
campaign, J. Anton Chamberlain,
Secretary for India, told the House
toda>.
The speaker added that re-in
forcements were daily arriving al
the front.
CASK OF ALLEGRI) FIRE
BUGS WON’T HOLD WATER.
(By Associated Prepf '
St. Louis. Dec. 8.— The cases
against Harold G. Gilmore. Harry
fmel and Julius R. Borsh, charged
with an arson conspiracy, were dis
missed today by the Circuit attor
ney. A new grand Jury will invest’-
"ite the charges against the trio. It
is said.
ported sunk off the Tripoli coast by
a submarine, arrived at Alexandria,
Monday. It is now 'nferred that
possibly some confusion has arisen
regarding the Identity of the vessel
sunk. If the torpedoing of the Com
munipaw is later substantiated, she
must have discharged her cargo and
been on her way to another port,
when she was attacked.
In this connection, it is recalled
that the point, at which the Com
munipaw is reported to have been
sunk, corresponds closely to the po
sition of the American tanker Pe-
trolite when she was attacked by an
Austrian submarine Sunday.
The announcement from Rome,
telling of the “torpedoing of the'
Communipaw,” said she had been
sunk near Tobruk. Tripoli. The po
sition of the Potrolite was given as
“off the coast of Crete.” Crete, it
will be remembered, lies directly
north of Tripoli, and is about two
hundred miles from the African
coast.
OWNERS FIRST HEARD
DOTH VESSELS DTSTROVKI).
(Bv Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 8.—The Standard
Oil Company, owners of the Ameri
can Oil steamer Communipaw. which
as sunk by a submarine in the
Mediterarnean Sea. are today anx
iously awaiting news of the fate of
the steamer’s crew.
Captain Nordstrom and four en
gineers are Americans, according to
statement of David T. Warden,
manager of the Oil 3ompony’s ship
ping department. Other members
of the crew may have been Ameri
cans.
Sunk Off Tripoli.
Rome dispatches, saying that the
ill-fated ship was sunk near Tebruk,
Tripoli, said that no information
had been received there .-oncerTiJng
the fate of the crew.
An Athens utspaicn, ju«*t rec°i.ed
in London, sa. 1 a Greek torpedo
boat, responding to an appeal for
help, received Monday at Piraeus,
from an American ship
been torpedoed by a
found only wreckage.
Another Ship Shelled.
Tj«. Standard Oil officials also
further report
Potrolite, which
was shelled by in the Eastern Medi-
terraneon last Sunday by a subma
rine flying the Austrian flag. This
attack was reported by the comman
der of the United States steamer
Dea Moines, while anchored at Ca-
nea, Crete. It said one man was
hurt.
Situation Still a Puzzle.
It was impossible today to ascer
tain whether the wreckage found by
the Greek torpedo boat was that or
the Communipaw or another Ameri
can vessel.
Both the Communipaw and Petro-
lite were purchased by the Stand
ard Oil Company, from the German-
Amerlcan Petroleum Company, of
Germany, after the beginning of the
European war, with about twenty
other steamers. They were immed
iately transferred to American reg
istry and have been flying the
American flag ever since.
ANDST. LOUIS GETS
NEXT MEETING
TO .MAKE A SEVERE ASSAULT CHAMP CLARK HEADS FIGHT
ON THE FRENCH HOLDING A i
PORTION OF LOWER SERBIA—!
MONTENEGRINS MAKING VAL-I
IA NT FIGHT. 1
FOR THE MISSOURI CITY-JUNE
FOURTEENTH DATE SET FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVEN’-
TION.
( By Associated Pre*
London. Dec. 8.—It is
today that the bulk of thi
and Bulgarian armies ai
rapidly concentrated at t
p. j f By Associated Press.)
reported | Washington, Dec. 8.--St. Louis
German last night won the meeting place
e being I for the next session of the Demo-
given jeratic National Convention, and
June fourteenth was the date set.
The meetings of the committee
were harmonious. it completed its
work today, after placing itself on
record as favoring the re-nomina
tion and re-election of Woodrow
Wilson.
Champ Clark led the tight for St.
Louis.
The members of the executive com
mittee lunched with President Wil
son at the White House today.
SEAIK1IE
t
SINKING OF STEAMER
WITNESSED BY CAPTAIN.
(Bv Associated Press.)
Rome, Italy, Dec. s.—The search
by two steamers, one a Greek and|E Vpn .
the other an Italian, at the spot ; tremrl;
where the American steamer Oom-i Pncuni
point and that they are soon to be
sent in force against the Allies who
are holding the southeast corner of
Serbia Heavy fighting ha:« been *n
progress there for the last f#»w days.
Tlier# is no confirmation of the
hints, which have come from var
ious sources that the French have
been forced to definitely abandon
the •positions they have held since
the beginning of the Balkan cam
paign.
Situation Dangerous
The fall of Mohastir and the rapid
Southward progress of the German
and Bulgarian forces h'lVp placed
the northern wing of the French ex
pedition in a precarious situation,
and their withdrawal from tiie angle
formed by the Vardar and Carna riv
ers apparently has begun.
The constant arrival of fresh
forces and war materials at Salonika j
give ample evidence, however, that j\K.\lt OLD FORTS
the Allies have no intention of aban-
ing timir efforts.
Montenegrins Fight Doggedly.
Although the Germans have offi
cially announced the capture of the
fortress at Irek. Montenegro, the
pursuing Austrian and Bulgarian
aimies evidently are confronted with
a much harder task, on the Monte
negrin frontier, than elsewhere.
The Montenegrins continue to of
fer a spirited resistance and they
managed to check the invader* wher
ever possible by sharp counter at
tacks.
Tn Albania, the Serbians appear
incapable of organized resistance.
orderly retreat is made ex-
difficult as thp Serbians are
red with numbers of civil-
munipaw was sunk, lias tailed toj| an8 rn( j prisoners and. according to
reveal any sign of the tanker or. somo reports, they have bee
survivors. These steamers were;„ pon t, v the Albanians,
sent out from Tobruk. Bulgarians Forced Rack
The first word of tin
from the Captain of .i
said that, while eruis
ruk. he witnessed the
American steamer by
ELLA FLAGG Yi
sinking came i Latest dispatches say the
steamer who are bringing their 'heavy g^
»g near Tob- action in the Strumitza sect
sinking of the are causing the Bulgarians
\ submarine. , tire with heavy losses.
________ A buttle of largo proport h
• tween the Bulgarian and
Brithh troops appears :*en« ;
.the Slrumitza region.
'■Amur.
.UlimmiMi TO REDOUTS FROM
THE BATTLE FIELDS OF BEL
GIUM TODAY.
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam. Dec. 8.—Fort Cog-
nele, one of the most important fea
tures of the old defines of Namur
and Belgium, was completely de
stroyed today by an explosion, says
the newspaper Reho de Beige.
Eighty German soldiers were kill
ed by the explosion, the statement
says.
BIG FIRE IN LOUISVILLE
la* Resigned its Siipteriuteiidfiit ot j UARI
the (*ity Schools of Chicago, and j
Will Go West to Live.
ENUMERATES
VICTORY OVER BUG\KS.
(By Associated press, t
Paris. Dec. 8.—The French War
Seventli Avenue Hotel Burned and
Tun Were Burned to Death
and Ten Injured.
i By Associated Pre«s.)
Louisville. Ky.. Dec. 8.—Two peo
ple were burned to death and ten
others injured, one seriously, when
a tire, at an early hour today, part
ly destroyed the Seventh Avenue
hotel, one of the most popular hos-
tleries in the < ; ity
office report iss"p(l here this after
noon. regarding the hostilities in
Serbia, recites the driving back of a
Bulgarian attack at Demirkapou,
on th*> Vardar river, December fifth.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago. Dec. s. -.Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young, who has been closely iden
tifled with Chicago’s public schools
for the past fifty-three years, retir
ed today. She has been superinten
dent of the city public schools.
Mrs. Young is now seventy-one
years old. She plans to leave im
mediately for Southern California,
accompanied by Miss Laura Breton,
» has been her companion for
several years. She proposes to es
tablish her home in California.
Mrs. Young gave away many per
sonal belongings which she had re
ceived during .ier long tenure in
office. She presented tin* schools
1th photographs of many school
print ipals.
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3 Because we’re ready to ex
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