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«^"i " m wm ] i-wii. i The Weather Local Rains and Slightly Colder To* night Wednesday, Partly Clondy. Change of copy received after that time will be inserted on following date. VOL. XXVIII, So. 234. 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 The attractiveness and in fluence of your home is made or marred by the appearance of the floors, woodwork and furniture, more tg else, and their appearance de> : wholly upon Now is tho time to brighten op tho home-refinish shabby wood work, floor* or furniture. You cjrn do it yourself-eaiUy-vrtth per fect subcets. And no expenditure brings quite ao much satisfaction a* the few cent* spent In * ‘touching up" the home. > You can change the old oak dresser Into a any-the rusty looking porch rocker. Into a green, In fact, yoo can reflnHb the entire yoor taste with c The Iinlth That Ults With It an inexperienced person may produce a finish to match expensive hard woods. It Is easily applied, stains and finishes *11 In one application and works equally well on hard or soft wood. juTsnsting until yoa get s can of FIXALl and a brush in yoor hands. • V Fills at IB oteta wp le Oallse* at KLSO. —FOR btuE i»r- MASH-MILTON DRUG CO. Two Phones 105-106. LOUISVILLE VARNISH CO., UBMspIsScrMt e ’ I 10UISVHXE, JCV. 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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