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VOIi. 2. No. 04.
THOMAS VILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1014.
•1 MO FEB ANNUM.
TO SIC
LOSt WHILE THE EBEHCH
HIJACKS IRE REPOLSEO
STATEMENTS SHOW THAT THE GERMAN BAND FOUOES HAVE
BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ATTACKING RUSSIANS AND IN RE
PELLING PIERCE ATTACKS OK THE ALLIES IN THE AIL
GONNE REGION—FRENCH C LAIM TO HAVE ADVANCED NEAR
RHEIMS AND INFLICTED SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
(By Associated Press.)
London, December 10.—This morn
ing's French official communica
tion deals with yesterday’s events on
the western battlo front. It says the
day passed quietly in Belgium and
near Cracow, Galicia, both Russian
wings were beaten back.
THREE SUNK AND OTHERS ARE GREATEST CROP IN THE COUN
PJUUU)
HUES IS 1914
EDISON WILL
HUILO PLANT
LOSS OK FIVE MILLION DOL-
BEING HOTLY PURSUED ALONG
COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA—
JAPANESE GET OFFICIAL
NOTE.
(By Associated Press.)
TRY'S HISTORY, SAYS THE;
CENSUS BUREAU — GREAT
GAINS IN SEVERAL STATES. I
LARS SUSTAINED BY LARGEST
MANUFACTURING enterprise
IN THAT SECTION OF COUN
TRY.
y
ii, s.
T OF THE
THE STRICTEST
or
STATEMENTS MADE THAT THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND ARMY
ARE ROTH TOTALLY UNFIT FOR WAR—DANIEIH SAYS IT IS
SECOND IN THE WORLD POWERS NOW—LATTER ALSO DIS
CI SSKS POSSIBILITIES OF DISARMAMENT.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, Dec. 10.—The De- [
Montevideo, Dec. 10.—Late wire- partment of Agriculture announced,
.Hy Associated Press.)
West Orange, N. J., Dec. 10.—
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 10.—llie In
quiry Into the American Nary's con
OFFICIAL GERMAN REPORT.
(By Associated Press.)
!f * received here. Indicate Joday that the total cotton produc- j when the (ire which swept over tenjdltiou was continued today In open
***a* w* 10 ® e,lu * n cru ** cr " Dresden,! tlon in the United States, during acreH of the manufacturing plant oflsesslon neforo the House Naval Al
and Nnrnberg, which escaped from the season of 1914-15, was 16.966.-i .
n „ n m Teds., niflrlat 0,8 battte " 1U * ^ BriUsh fl «* Tue8 '1100 bales. This Is the greatest crop the T “ A ' Edl8 °" Com <a " V Wa “ Lon,n “ ltB0 '
' ,?rlln ' Dec ' 10.—Todays official ^ whlch ^ German cruisers ln t h, country's history. extinguished early today,
also in the vicinity of Arras, but statement says: . Suhamhomt, Gnelsenau and Leipzig j By suites, the figures, in thousands 'inventory showed that eleven of tha
were rank, are still fleeing In the are
the Thomas A. Edison Companv, wanj Ialr8 committee. Secretary Daniels
•lurried * ,ns befin * nv,te d as one of the prin
cipal witnesses.
u follows: Virginia, 24; North eighteen buildings had been totally
direction of Port Santa Oruzo, and Carolina, 960r South Carolina. 1.-'destroyed while the others were
they are closely pursued by several 600: Georgia. 2.460: Florida. 7:l: i . , ,
, . j . .... more or less seriously damaged. The
.Alabama, 1,690; Mississippi, 1,274;
! Santa Cruze la on tno Argentine; Louisiana. 460; Texas, 4,660; Ar- 1088 approximates seven million dol-
coast, Just north of the Atlantic en- kansas, 1,040; Tennessee, 365; Mis- lara.
trance to the Straits of Magellan, isouri, 75; Oklahoma, 1,250; Call- Practically half of the seven thou-
It la also reported here today that fornia, 37; all others, 15.
the German auxiliary cruiser Prince'
Eitel, is cruising In the South At
lantic, and that she has aboard fif
teen hundred German soldiers.
JOGEPH SMITH IS DEAD
that further to the South, the French The A’lies' attacks In the Argonne
made steady advances, varying from have been repulsed; the Allies lost
two to six hundred yards. •' heavily. I
Near Rheims, llie French artillery j Ye3teruay, th na of the Allies' L ll- ttluti warships,
forced the Germans to evacuate sev- aeroplanes dropped ten bombs on
eral trenches, this evacuation being Krleburg, a town which is clearly
accomplished under a heavy French I outside of the range of operations.
Infantry Sre. In the region of Per-1 No serious damage was done, how-
thea, the Germans made several ever.
counter attacks, ail of which were I in Northern Poland, the Germans,
repulsed. _ I while advancing on the Vistula’s
The statement also says the French right back, took Pnaanysx by storm,
continue to advance |n all of the | Six hundred prisoners and some ma-
Argonne region, occupying new'chine guns were captured here. I
trenches and repulsing six German | The Russian attacks In Southern [e^gLISH WATCHING OUTCOME
attacks. j Poland have been repulsed. | OF’ CHASE WITH INTENSE
German* and Russians In INTEREST; FEW LOSSES.
Death Grasps.
The official Russian statement
shows there baa been a decrease in!
tho fighting In the East, which has j
been proceeding for almost a fort-1
n,g „ h L W, . th T*™ 6 *:™ r.TJ: : h r!l„ the . ‘ BrTtl.h ‘Tquadmn, after j the church's president.
sinking the German crulsera Scharn
sand employes, it is now estimated,
■will be Idle temporarily.
| Immediate steps were taken
i ward rebuilding the plant.
out today. It wuold be found thn:
our coast defenses have not suffi
cient ammunition for an hour’3
fighting."
The speaker then asked If the
President realized that there sre
only one hundred and twenty thou
sand militiamen in the whole na
tion; that twenty-three thousand
;of them did not report for annual
Inspection last year, and that nearly
half of them never appeared at a
rifle range last year.
Mr. Gardner then declared:
"Our officers and officials have
told ut that we lack men tor our
Was Known All Over Country a
President of Great Church Or
ganization—Sou Succeeds Him
SOUTH POLAND BATTLE
(By Associated Press.)
The members of the committee arc
still discussing Admiral Fletcher's
remarkable testimony, which was In
effect that, with the exception of
England, the United States Navy
could defend Itself against any
other nation's navy.
Secretary Daniels as a Witness
Secrotary Daniels told the com- .navy, for our coast defense and for
jmlttee; “I havo recommended this our army; that wo lack artillery and
*°~ year that we continue the normal ammunition for that artillery; that
Inaval construction, as was recom- wo lack great warships to tail the
j mended last year This Includes two seas, and little scouts to act as their
j dreadnoughts, six destroyers, eight eyes; that we have a sadly deficient
.or more submarines, one gunboat, undersea-, navy, and practically no
and on« oiler. President Wilson overhead fleet at all."
approves of 'this naval program." |
West Orange, X. J.. Dec. 10.—Fire I The Secretary characterized as
PLANT WAS INSURED FOR
$",000,000; LOSS, *9,000,000.
(By Associated Press.)
Independence, Mo., Dec. 10.—Jos-, wmt orange, n• j., uw. iv.—rire *“- sxirmo cuimvwiuva an »» STATEMENT OF NAVAT
NOW IN FAVOR OF GERMANS! London, Dec. 10.—The Brltlsheph Smith, President of the Ueor destroyed virtually the entire mair. | extravagant suggestion," that theic. ‘ STRENGTH NOT ISSUED
; naval victory in the South Atlantic, i gantzed' Church of the Latter Day plant of the Edison company hero |ought »o be one hundred submariues (By Ag , ocl auj<j Preaa J
'was the chief topic of discussion in'Saints, died hero today. Ian night, causing damages estl-|*nd fifty battles lips In the United Washington, Dec. 10. In order
England today. The last reports; Mr. Smith's ion succeeds him as mated at nearly 17,090,000, with :States Navy. H e said this ye»r. (that united States may observe
Be th In Central Poland, and In blatt print, today, the South Po-|T“. “““. after .the churoh's president, insurance that it is expected will re-1 the naval personnel had bee- lt , avowed , trlct neutrality in the
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Dec. 10.—According'
Galicia, the Germans are reported to land battle is developing favorably QnelBenau fBd w|th dred woMs.
"!duce the loss to approximately $0.-1 brought up to Its full strength
be attacking desperately, to pierce for the Germane and Austrians,
the strong Russian lines. Petrofirad The Russian forces, whioh were
000,000.
pulsed, with heavy German losses, cording to The Tugeblatt, have been
but Berlin says that. & the battle repulsed at both wings.
SOCIALIST VOTE
GERMAN WHO VOTED AGAINST
IT, BAYS PEOPLE DID NOT
WANT WAR, BUT THE MILI
TARY AUTHORITIES DID.
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Doc. 10.—Karl Lleb-
knecht, a Socialist member ol the
German Reichstag, who cast the
solitary rote against the German
war credit bill, explains his action
by saying that none of the people
affected desired the war. which was
not caused to promote the welfare
of German subjects. He says lt was
WE00H HILL
IS' STILL ILL
HIS ACTUAL CONDITION IS NOT
DEFINITELY KNOWN, ALTHO
OFFICIAL BULLETIN SAYS HE
18 UNARIiE TO LEAVE BED.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Decamber 10.—The re
ported serious lilness of Emperor
William continues to be variously de
scribed. Some dispatches say lt is
serious, perhaps .pneumonia, Wail*
others cay that he la suffering from
fever, chills and Influenza. All that
Is definitely known, beyond the brief
created by commen action of the official bulletin, which admitted that
German and Au*" 'an war parties, j he Is suffering from bronchial ca-
in secret dlplom. /, to intimidate tarrh, Is that be la unable to leave
their adversaries. his bed.
reinforced concrete buildings, which
-were supposed to be fireproof, was
uable scientific machinery under
the Immediate superintendence of
the Inventor, Thomas A. Edison.
this
““ '"“"“-I
Tho British public is anxiously I 'At 7:30 a. m. on December 8,! _. .
awaiting further news of thi, chase. ;«*• Scharnhorat, Oneiaenan, Nqrn-! b 7oek was tl e
British Ships Unscathed. }*«*. Leipzig anil Dresden were * ay ® d i ’ a h’®*] 1 waa l, “
Naval observers here, commenting j ”« ar tb ® Fa,kla “ d Hlandsby “l.a*.
on this naval battle, note that in i • British squadron under Vice Ad-
all the naval engagements of this,Frederick Sturdes.
war, that there has been a great j Two SIllps AW *Y- ....
disparity between the losses of del " An »®Mon followed. In the course . ,
victors and tho vanquished. When I wb l^h the Bcharnhorst, flying tlie
the British cruisers Monmouth anlj fl *S of Admiral Count von Spee, the ; :t,ooo Slay lie Idle.
Goodhope were sunk, their German i Onelsenan and I.elpxlg were sunk,
attackers were practically unscath- ■ The Dresden and Nurnberg made off
od. The same result Is true of the during the action and are being pur- , w °ra«m will be temporarily thrown
suei ],- {out of work because of the fire. In
"Two colliers also were captured. ***. about 7,000 persons were em-
"The vice admiral reports that Ployed at the plant, but as the stor-
BRITISH ADMIRALTY (MADE Uhe British casualties are very few a * e battery building across the
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. In number. » tr eet from the main plant was aav-
. . ,1 "Some survivors have been res- ed with other buildings nearby, it
London, Dec. 9. (10:10 p. m.)— 1
A British squadron, under Vice Ad
mlral Sir Frederick Sturdee, chief of
the war staff, engaged a German
squadron under Admiral Count von
Spee. off the Falkland islands In the
south Atlantic yesterday and won a
The Fecretary added tha’. he Is
asking Congress Ic authorize s re
serve of all ex-sailors of the Navy,
which, he said. In ten days lime
would produce twenty-five Hiensand
picked men for service.
An to Disarmament.
Secretary Daniels aatd he thought
universal disarmament was practlca-
European war. the Navy Department
will not Issue Its usual December
comparative statement of the war
ship tonnage of the world's princt
pal naval powers.
Instead, the Department today re
issued Its statement of last Jnlv,
when all the nations were at peace.
This showed that England led the
world In naval power. Germany
came second, and the United States
victorious British fleet In this in
stance.
,cued from the Gnelsenau
I Leipzig."
and
the w,, l he possible to keep somethlug
more than half the force employed.
• I Four firemen were injured fight-1
VPAN OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED; ing the blaze and were taken to a;
NONE OF ITS SHIPS INVOLVED | hospital.
_ Toklof^DecVlo!—The^Britlsh gnv-i “ A,tta >u**> 1 * m raore tluia t}
victory which la being' acclaimed 'eminent communicated to Japan to-i year ® of a f e ' 111 " tart al1 over ''® alu
throughout England. (day an official account of the sink-. tomorrow '’ 8al< * s ‘ r ' Edl8on ' am
The armored cruisers Scharnhorat ing, on December eighth, off tho pretty well burned out tonight, hut
ble. but only by an International
agreement. He said the United'third.
States would not be In a better pa j with the completion of vessels
sltlon to propose disarmament. If it Built and building, the July Brat
stopped Its navy.building program, statement puts France In third
It Is estimated that 3,000 men and He 8ald: Place and the United States fourth.
“I believe It would be a great mis
take If we were now to say that, be
cause we ".iope for universal dis
armament, that we should stop now.
We would be In a much bettor po
sltlon If we continued our naval con
struction than If we were to quit
now.”
HERRICK WANTS
TO MAKE MONET
! REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER
MAKES SPEECH IN HOUSE.
IRv Associated Press.i
Washington, Doc. 10.—Represen
tative Gardner addressed the House
today on his resolution for an in
vestigation of the nation's unpre-
paredness for war. Mr. Gardner
and Gnelsenau and the protected i Fakland Islands. In the South At , tomorrow there * 1U b0 1 mobilize-j said the President, In hi. address *o
crulsera Leipzig, three of the Oor-1Untie, of the German cruisers Le!p-; tlon Jere an< * tbc <lebr * 8 wil1
man warships that had menaced jslfi, 3charnhont and Gnelsenau, wiU' claared awa y- lf 11 la coo,fi<l sum "
British shipping, and part of the'a loss of about eighteen hundred 1 clentljr ' and 1 wlM B0 rlBht to work
squadron that sank the British cruts- [men. :'° reconstruct th > plant."
era Goodhope and Monmouth In tho | The official report did not mention.’ The Inventor expressed himset?
Congress, has sot up a "bogeyman of
straw:" that "If war were to break
Says It Costs Four Hundred Thou
sand to Remain in Paris, as the
United States Ambassador,
(By Associated Press.)
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 10.*—Myron
T. Herrick, former Ambassador t»
France, returned to his home here
today.
Mr. Horrick said he would havs
to earn some money, as his stay la
Paris had cost him four hundred
thousand dollars.
Pacific on November 1. were do-,the names of any British ships in Thus as he stood watching the flames
stroyed, while the cTUlsen Droadon this engagement. The Japanese Bek up building after building of
and Nurnberg, the two other vea-: Navy authorities say no advices have sis mammoth electrical plant, s'.art-
sels comprising the German squad-j been recalved from Japanese war-Jed. tt l» thought probably by an ex-
ron, mado off, and, according to [ships, which are known to be in I ■> -js*on in the Inspection building,
latest accounts, sre being pursued, [the southern waters. Consequently, en" of the smaller frame structures.
Two colliem were captured. it is assumed here that they did not "rids building was qulcl-ly a mass of
Victory An Important One. [take part in the sinking of the three • flan-e* and the ti-e spread .r.pldly
The annonneemont of this vie-[German cruisers. |u- other structures. Chemicals ir.
tory, which was the most Important | The British squadron In tho South some of the buildings made t ie fire
naval engagement of the war, except'Atlantic, according to information 'fighting extremely difficult. Explas-
thet off Heligoland, last August, [issued here, was recently reinforced .ic-ns occurred frequently. AV em-
was made tonight in a statement by by several vessels, which were armed pioyes at work lu various building-
the admiralty of less than one hun-1 with heavy calibre guns. escaped
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