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Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Thursday. tifterprl. Copy For Change Of Advertising must be handed in at office by 9 A. M. to insure insertion. Change of copy received after that time will be inserted on following date. 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. BRITISH LOSE MAN 7 TOILET WATERS. EXTRACTS. SOAPS. TALCUM POWDER, FACE CREAM, SHAVING CREAM, FACE POWDER. ROUGE, AND IN FACT ANYTHING THAT IS TO BE FOUND IN A FIRST CLASS LINE OF TOILET REQUISITES Mash - Milton Drug Co. 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. Adlers Gloves RECOGNIZED STANDARD OF QUALITY. We have them suitable for all occasions. Warm lined Auto Gloves, Gray and Tan. Kid for regular wear; wool gloves and boys Gauntletts. White kid for full dress. SMITH-HARLEY SHOE COMPANY Phone 33 116 So. Broad. Women who shop for men like to come here at Christ mas time 1 Because this is a man’s store, specializing in the things a man likes to wear. - Because here we’ve made a profession of stud> ing a man’s likes and dislikes. 3 Because we’re ready to ex change any merchandise that isn’t right in size, style, or pat tern, either before or after Christmas. 4 Because we’ll hold purchases made now until just before Christmas, and mail, express or deliver them so they’ll ar rive at the right time. 5 Because we’re ready with practical suggestions for gifts that will please any man. Louis Steyerman’s The Shop of Quality On The Corner,