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THOMASVILLK, GEORGIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1016.
*6.00 PER ANNUM.
Germans Take Hill i
265 in Fight Around
Great French Fortress
FLANK MOVEMENT IS GAINING ACCESS TO MAIN FORTIFICA
TIONS IS SUCCESSFUL AND GERMANS ARE LOSING THOUSANDS
TO SATIATE OF THE KAISER (AND CROWS PRINCE — BER
LIN DECLARES STILL LARGER GUNS ARE NOW BOMBARDING
VERDUN BREASTWORKS —HINT AT ENGLISH PARTICIPATION
IN GREAT BATTLE COMES VIA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
The attack on Verdun has shitted gaged In hand to hand lnlantry
to the west today, and the Germans, clashes.
are now engaged in pounding their
way toward the fortress from be- PARTS WAR OFFICE HAS
yond the Meuse. They are slowly ADMITTED GAINS MADE BV
advancing along the railroad para!- GERMANS BEFORE VERDUN
telling the western bank of that (By Associated press.)
stream. | p ar is. March 7.—Hill No. Two Slx-
The Crown Prince’s troops last|ty-Five has been captured by a di
night took the village of Forges, by I vision of the German army, the War
assault. This Is nine miles north- Office anounces in its official state-
west of Verdun. They were pre- jn ient Issued here today,
vented from debouching against the The Germans, at the same time,
village of Cote de L’Oire, about a advanced along the railroad in the
mile to the South. neighborhood of Regnevllle, west of
Parts admits that the Germans, the river Meuse, being favored by
after a violent bombardment, forced : the violent bombardment .being ear
th eir way through Forges and along ried on there,
the railroad In toe vicinity of Reg- Heavy losses were inflicted on the
nevllle. Simultaneously, they took!Germans In the taking of Hill Two
Hill Number Two 3i*ty-Five, after Sixty-Five, and through the deter-
infferin* heavy losses. mined efforts of French artillery
Thla new Teutonic drive appar-1 and machine guns, the French hold
ently Is In the nature of a clearing | Bethincourt village and o the groves
operation, and Is probably indirect-1 east of the Wood-des-Corbeaux, and
ly aimed at the ultimate possession also the Wood Decumleres and the
of the dominating heights In this Heights of Cote-de-L'01e.
region. They have been hammer-1 Artillery fighting continues east
lng Le Mort Homme, and other ele- of the river Meuse, In the vicinity
vatlons west of the crescent line for of Bras and Hatdaumont as well as
WILL ENTER JOINT
ITS IT TO GET
SO STATED. IN HIS SPEECH AT BOSTON THIS MORNING BEFORE
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTY — APPEAL MADE FOR SUPPORT ON THE SECOND-
TERM IDEA AND HIS SERVICE DURING THE WAR AND AFTER
WARD — SPLENDID BAKU) CUE SERVED HUNDREDS WHO
WENT TO BOSTON — TWO HUNDRED FROM THOMASVILLE.
several days past.
Really Important Movement.
The present movement, if suc-
- cessful, also will straighten out
the battle line northwest of Verdun.
The line now curves sharply north
ward, from a point In the bend of
the river Meuse. The territory
here, some time ago, was reported
to be cleared of French troops.
The French lines further west ire
holding firm. They are In posses
sion of Bethincourt and all too near-
bly territory, and 3tlll occupy Cote-
de-L’Oie.
There Is still notpble artillery
activity along the Immediate front,
east of the Meuse river, ai well as
In the Woevre district, wlch It east
and southeast of the fortrets.
Berlin advices say that big guns,
In unprecedented numbers hsve been
brought up, and the firing of artil
lery around the stronghold Is de
scribed as never before equalled In
4,000,000 SheUs Exploded.
French artillery officers ■ ho par
ticipated In the Verdan battle esti
mate that during the first four davs
firhtlng the Germans discharged 2,-
000,000 shells, mpstly of heavy calt-
hro. The French probably fired as
many projectiles.
Nothing like such an expenditure
of munitions had been known be
fore, even In the Champagne attack.
The whole theory of operations was
to pulverise defenses at long range,
drive out or kill defenders and then
occupy the ground by massed Infan-
trv rushes, the principle of the de
fense was to search out heavy pieces
or the adversary with equally heavy
shells, withdraw from demolished
first line works and then, when at
tacking forces approached those de
serted trench webs on the run, to
catch them with multiplied enfilad
ing artillery and machine gun fire.
At times this fire was Suddenly sus-
oended and the attacking were en-
in the Woevre district In the Fresnes
section and In nearby villages.
The French artillery hie contin
ued its bombardment of the German
communication lines, west of the
river Meuse.
AUSTRALIAN REPORT SAYS
BRITISHERS AIDING THE
FRENCHMEN AT VERDUN.
(By Associated Press.)
London, March - 7.—A Melbourne
dispatch, published here today,
states that Minister of the Defense
Pearce has announced that an Aus
tralian siege brigade was fighting
at Verdun.
Thla la the first statement printed
here that the British forces are op
erating with the French there.
It has been reported that the Brit-
lsh artillery has been moved to
Verdnn and that it le doing great
esecutlon. It la not known, how
ever, iwhether the big gone, trans
ferred there are being manned by
British or French artillerymen.
20 BIO SHIPS
HAVE LEFT KIEL
A DELAYED MESSAGE COMES
FROM ROME, WISH THIS IN
TELLIGENCE — NO DETAILS
GIVEN IN BRIEF DISPATCH.
(By Associated Press.)
Rome, Italy, March 5.—(Delayed
In Transit by British Censors.)—
Twenty German dreadnaugbta have
loft Kid the German naval base on
the North Sea, acoordlng to semi
official Information received here to-
than anj
pendsi
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> You can change the old oak dresser Into a
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expensive hard woods. It Is easily applied, stains and finishes *11 In
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juTsnsting until yoa get s can of FIXALl and a brush in yoor hands.
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Today was Governor's and Thom-
asville day at the Boston Booster
Chautauqua and the Governor and
Thbmasvllle were there In full force.
Governor Harris, In the course of
his address, apaprently in direct con
tradiction to a former statement,
made the remark: ‘Til make
many speeches as he does. I'll meet
him on the hustings too, If he wants
to do It.”.
He throws out a very broad Invita
tion for the gentleman from Com
merce to Indulge In a joint deuate.
There were no' “IPs" and ‘‘and’s’'
about the hint; It was clear-cut and
Pointed.
The day was an ideal one and
many hundred Boston people and
visitors gathered at the tent at ten
thirty; when the exercises opened.
Mrs.. Fitspatrick began the exercises
•with a splendid talk of thirty min
utes, giving wholesome, sound, con
servative advice on the care and at
tention of the home, and the results
which could be attained from ser
ious attention to the problems there
of-
introduced by Judge Hopkins.
Judge Hopkins, strongly commend
ing the Governor, and urging Jilm
for the ballots of the people, intro
duced by Hon, N. E. Harris, who
spoko for about an hour.
He began by pleasantly second'
lng Mrs. Fitzpatrick suggestions and
adopting her speech »s his platform.
He then read a splendid tribute to
Ms mother and to Southern women.
Concluding this, ho launched Into
what he said was a campaign speech.
Stating that he had discovered that
Dr. Hardman had not said a harsh
or unkind word of Mm In a prev
ious speech, he had decided not to
say a harsh word about Dr. Hard-
man. He regretted t.ie fact that he
was forced to get out and campaign
so soon after taking the office, and
added that to properly attend to the
business of the State, as his oath
demanded, a man would have to
give his entire time to the office.
His “Platform."
His main campaign cards are two
terms and an appeal for aid to the
Confederate Veterans and their de
scendants. Governor Harris took
up some time telling that Georgia
had always given Its Governors two
terms, amending It with the state
ment that In the case of Smith and
Brown it had been shifted. He con
cluded that he didn’t ,want any
shifting In his; he was too old, he
said, for that.
He urged the co-operation and
support of the men who fought with
him tn the Civil war, and spoke at
length on the beauty of their valor
and heroism. One hundred acts on
the state law books, he said, were
due to him or were initiated by
him.
The question of the State Road
lease he only touched on casually,
giving no opinion and urging only a
'onslderatlon of the problem so that
advice could be given him In refer
ence to It. .He made the statement
that he had been gathering data for
two years to be able to Intelligently
”>d in the lease of the road and that
It he was turned down, this would
be lost to the State. He did not
say why It could not be given over
to his successor, or why It would
not be available. «
His Record Presented.
The Governor wanted to know If
'.he people wanted to turn him out
on his record as a soldier, a legis
lator, an educator or his moral char
acter. He came out firmly for com
pulsory education and pointed with
nrlde to the new prohibition law,
stating some few facts and statistics
af Georgia before the recent law
was enacted. He said that the City
ot Macon would never have been
able to run out whiskey, as It had
recently done, had it not been for
the new law, which la going to be
enforced after the first of May.
He laid he had approved the In
crease In pensions and added, by
way of parenthesis that he would
be glad If the State iwas able to dou-1
ble It. The State Is tn good finan
cial condition, and will be better, hh
said, as time goes on. He spoke out
clearly for the enforcement of law,
and urged the closer understanding
between the white and colored races
for, he said, that prejudice was the
IN PEACE PLAN
BUT FAILED, AND THERE IS
NOW TALK OF ORGANIZING A
PEACE LEAGUE WITHOUT THE
AID OR ASSISTANCE OF TH<
UNITED STATES.
0 House Backs Up
President By Vote
(By Associated Press.)
London, March 7.—Reuter’s Cop
enhagen correspondent says;
- . ... ..Li. . . i “A, dispatch to the Poltttken, from
cause of lynchings "Which are noth- Stockholm today, says that It Is
lng more t.ian war. | stated In political circles that the.
The Governor Is apparently In i Swedish government, on two sepa-
the best of health and he told tne j rate occasions 'has applied to the
people that he was as fit as the flrstj United States in an effort to" obtain
day he asked for the office in the for- j President Wilson's co-operation for
mer election. 'He h4d been out of concerted mediation towards peace.
of 271 to 13$ Today
McLEHORE RESOLUTION WILL BE SETTLED THIS AFTERNOON
LATE, TEST VOTE ON SPECIAL RULE SHOWING THAT THE
HOUSE IS UNITED IN SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT FOU
LED FIGHT FOR THE RESOLUTION WHICH REPUBLICANS SAY
IS UNNECESSARY AND OUT OF ORDER.
commission for twenty days since
June 25th, because of ill health. He
looked well and spoke clearly and
distinctly, receiving applause several
times during his address.
The Barbecue.
The Boston people; after the ad
dress by the Governor, presented to
the crowd a barbecue and picnic
lunch. It was one of the most suc
cessful affairs of the kind ever pull
ed off, there being entirely too
much for the crowd, and everything
was good, in great variety and serv
ed iwith despatch and eagerness by
beautiful young women of the town
There were In attendance two hun
dred or more people from Thomas-
vllle, In addition to those from oth
er sections of the countv.
Vashtl Girls ao With Governor.
The Boston Boosters came to
Thomasville this morning abont
eight thirty and by nine o'clock
were ready for toe ride to attend
the last day of the Chautauqua.
There were twenty-five Boston cars
and In the first was Governor Har
ris: Following him -were the mem
bers of the Moultrie band and then
the girls of the Vashtl school. The
procession left the city at nine
o'clock for Boston.
Prior to the departure, the cars
were lined up on Broad Street, and
the Moultrie band gave a concert.
This was delightful In every way.
and showed that Chtprlle Jennison
hasn't lost the art ofmaklng a good
hand by any means. -, .
The Thomasville people went at
almost every hour of the day, many
ears being ln> Boston during the
morning and afternoon.
“President Wilson, who already
In the early stage of the war, had
his offer rejected, the dispatch says,
declined to Join in any such move
ment, unless he was requested to
do so by at least one of the bellig
erents.
“It Is stated In Stockholm, and
other neutral capitals that the ques
tion is being discussed of forming a
mediation conference, without the
co-operation of the United States.”
(By Associated Press.) j *
\ Washington. March 7—In the lint : *
test vote, the Honse Administration ♦
forces today won on the armed ship ♦
question, 250 to 100. The House ♦
voted on the previous question, sbnt-, -
ting off all opportunity for further!*
nmendlmr the Upleninre resolution. *
PRESIDENT THOROUGHLY ♦
SATISFIED OVER RESULT
OF THE HOUSE VOTE. *
(By Associated Press) ♦
Washington, March 7.—Presl- ♦
amending the McLemore resolution. * dent Wilson remained In the -♦
The House then turned to a debate ♦ Cabinet room, with several -»
on the resolution liself. ! ♦ members of his cabinet, to hear ♦
The special rule was adopted by a. ♦ the result of the vote on the ♦
vote of 271 to 138.
Gardner, a Republican member ol . _ - . . . ..
tlie House, then spoke on the parlia- * '“''*** * c, ** r Administration *•
mentarv status of the resolution. Ho victory, he expressed satlsfao- ♦
previous question In the House.
Upon being told that the
' tlon.
IAIN IS '
VOTING TODAY
ON PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
PRIMARY — WILSON ON DEMO
CRATIC AND FAIRBANKS ON
REPUBLICAN TICKETS, ARE
UNOPPOSED.
(By Associated Press.)
Indianapolis, Ind., March 7.—The
voters ot Indiana are voting today
In a state-wide preeidentlal primary,
and the campaign is one of the
most spirited ever witnessed In thle
State.
s--Practically every -state and nat
ional office Is listed. Wilson and
Marshall are unopposed on the Dem
ocratic ticket. Charles w. Fair
banks Is unopposed for President on
the Republican ticket, and the Pro
gressives have no candidate
PRINCE WEDS
A PRINCESS OF THE HOUSE OF
HAPSBURG IF ARRANGEMENTS
CAN BE COMPLETED, SAY RE
PORTS.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, March 7.—A marriage is
being arranged between Prince Bo
ris, the eldest son or King Ferdi
nand, of Bulgaria, and heir to the
Bulgarian throne, and a princess of
the House' ot Hapsburg, the Austrian
ruling house, according to the Jour
nal Dei Balkans.
4$ SHOTS TO
SINK SHIP
SUBMARINE TAKES THAT MANY
TO SEND DOWN AN ITALIAN
STEAMER LOADER WITH CE
MENT.
(By Associated Press.)
Genoa, Italy. March 7 — Forty-five
shots from two 3-inch guns, aboard
an Austrian submarine, were re
quired to sink the Italian steamer
Glnva. according to Silvio poten-
xanl, her commander.
The Glava was sunk In the Medl-
IT IS BEING SETTLED TODAY BY
THE PEOPLE UPON A CONSTI
TUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO
THE PEOPLE.
(By Associated Press.)
R.Aland, Vermont, March 7.—The
question of whether state-wide pro
hibition. beginning May first, shall
supplant local option. Is being voted
on at annual town meetings In Ver
mont today.
Local option has been in effect
for thirteen years in this state, and
large vote on the question Is ex
pected in today’s election.
The last session of the Legisla
ture adopted the prohibition consti
tutional amendment, to be submit
ted to the voters of the state today
majorly vote for the amend
ment would again place Vermont In
the prohibition ranks, In which It
was listed for half a century, until
the year 1903.
terranean on March 1st. while en
route from Leghorn to Gr™*k ports
She had a cargo of cement and p
large passenger list. 'No attempt
was made to torpedo her, because of
the nature of her cargo.
The captain says he stopped
the first warning shot, but the sub
marine continued to fire. The sea
being calm, the passengers and crew
were transferred without any trou
ble. They were later picked up by
a passing British steamer, and tak
en to the Island of Milo.
mentary status of the resolution. He
declared that If It wanted to stand by
the President and two ex-prestdents,
the Honse would vote to sustain the .. _ ...
role and table the Mclieinore itso* President for a life-time. He
lution. has the support of both sides of
The vote to table the McLemore JJ?* chamber. He had ample ewp-
resolutlon is expected to be known JKJjLSJLid®
about six o’clock this evening. I V th ! „ t ?* r
llmtaan e< tMta < tadie!ued > the*resolin' * utem * nt of former President Taft!
IN FIERY SPEECH IN HOUSE, ; dr ®"'
POU UPHOLDS CONTENTION I A sub at President Wilson.
ADVANCED BY MR. WILSON. I “If this rule Is defeated, you will
(By Associated Press.) inot only send joy to the hearts of
Washington, March 7.—The House the People of a foreign capital, but
assembled at eleven o'clock for aa y °u stab your own President in the
all-Jay fight of the Administration ■ back " said Congressman Harrison,
'-reel t" i-'II the McLemore rosolu- * Democrat, of Mississippi,
tlon, -which has for Its purpose the' Representative Campbell, a Re-
•varrlng of Americans to stay off of Publican read a substitute he said
belligerent armed ships. he would propose if the motion and
Speaker Clark was In the chair debate on the rule did not carry, do
ns the presiding officer. After the, '“ring that American cltisens, “lr-
’ eadlng of the House journal. Acting ■ respective of their legal righto.
Chairman Pou, of the Rules com- ou * ht t0 refrain from taking paa-
mittee. submitted a special rule, un- “ ge 0D »rmed vessels of the belli*-
der which the debate will proceed. I eren 4, nations, except In case of lm-
The next business in order was, Peratlve necessity."
an hour and a half debate on the ".There la no great question of na-
rule itself. It this rule passes, as tlonal rights Involved,” said Rep-
)t doubtless will, four hours will be. resentative Campbell, ‘‘nor Is there
allowed for jhe debate on the reeo- : any great crisis Involving the honor
lution proper, which'has been re- of the United States,
ported with the recommendation "Docs any one content that an
that It be tabled. Each side will'/moricea citizen has a right to trav-
have two hoars for the debate. jel on an armed crutaer of a nattou
Unanimous consent for the debate'at -war? The President la asking
on the rule was obtained, and Mr. • Congress to assume diplomatic func-
Pou took the floor to open the figh.t tlon and declare to the world that
An outburst of applause greeted its oltlzens have a perfect right to
Mr. pou when he said; take passage on armed belligerent
A’l (he Imps of hell never | merchantmen. The European na
tions are fighting for their very exis
tence. Wo are quarreling with
those nations, merely to gratify the
desire of people to travel on armed
ships. This question never ought
il-vlsril a more infamous lie
than the declaration that has
been made that Woodrow Wil
son wants a war with Germany,
or any other nation.”
Mr. Pou, Bttacklng the resolution have been brought here.”
declared that It meant. In effect that lie then declared In -avor of a-
If an American citizen disregards vote on warning Americans off bel-
the warning, the United States gov- ligerent ships.
erriment will fold Its- hands. [ .
Is there a single red-blooded The Glen Arven Countrv Club di-
American citizen, in this House, or' rectors held a meeting last night.
In this.country, who wants to do at which time formal plans wer-
that?’’ he asked. (made to take over the lease on th«
It Is said President Wilson wants property, and begin actual work on
war. All the Imps of hell never de- the club. The House commfttee
vised a more Infamous charge. No was appointed, consisting of Mes-
man since Abraham Lincoln has gone srs. J. Watt, Will Cooper, R. S. Par-
through aueh a test as President dee, L. C. Busch ana P. C. Searcy.
Wilson has gone through with. In The grounds committee Is Messrs,
the last six months. He has tried J. B. Jemison, R. G. Mays, T. L.
to preserve peace. He would not Ross, Brown Cooper and Milner
sacrifice a single life to make him- Smith.
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