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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
GREAT GERMAN LOSS
BY HERCE DRIVE ON
FRENCH VERDUNR OTF
Figures on French
Losses Held a
Secret
OVER HUNDRED OF
THOUSAND TEUTONS
Russians Lose a
Ship By a
Mine
The Germans have resumed the of
fensive in 'the Woevre region, a violent
bombardment there feeing followed by
infantry attacks in heavy force at
Fresnes, ten miles southeast of Ver
dun.
Paris statement report the driving
out of Germans from a few positions
they admittedly penetrated in that re
gion during today, while Berlin says
little concerning these operations.
The renewal attacks today gives
cclor to the prevailing military opin
ion that the German attack upon Ver
dun has not been abandoned, but
merely halted. The operations also
serve to call attention to the Woevre
where the Teutons have ad
vanced along the lines south of Fort
Douaumont well to the base of the
Meuse heights.
Both Berlin and Paris despatches
point to the difficulties barring an ad
vance in this region. The Paris observ
ers point out a stretch along these
heights from which the ground drops
abruptly to the Woevre plan, where
a great sea of mud makes almost im
possible the transportation of the
heaviest of the German artillery, and
where attacking troops can easily be
compelled to deploy under French
fire.
Berlin observers, however, advance
the view that the Teutons have prev
iously shown that similar conditions
have been successfully met and over
came and that the German general
staff is too well acquainted with the
topography of the section where the
operations are being staged to attempt
the impossible.
Cruiser "Koon’’ Taken by British.
BUENOS, AIRES, March 2.—Late to
day, a report was current here that
the vessel captured near Trinity Island
by British warships, is the German
armored cruiser Roon. It is impossi
ble to confirm the report.
PARIS, March 2.—Exact figures cov
ering French losses during the recent
fighting before Verdun were given the
military committee of the Chamber of
Deputies today. The information was
transmitted through Colonel Bouca
veille,, Minister of War Galleni’s chief
secretary, and have not been publicly
announced.
La Petite Parisienne says it is in
formed on reliable authority that the
French losses, relatively, are not
heavy, and that the Germans paid
dearly with human lives for every inch
cf ground taken during their great of
fensive. The Germans losses, accord
ing to La Petite Porisienne amount to
■date, in the vicinity of Verdun alone,
Io between 125,000 and 130,000 men.
The total German casualties is stated
to .equal one-third of the number of ef
fective fighting men engaged in t he
movement against Verdun.
Russian Steamer Sunk.
LONDON, March 2. —The Russian
steamer Alexander Wentsel, has been
sunk. Eighteen of the crew were
drowned and eleven others saved.
The British steamer Thornsby, the
sinking of which was announced Wed
nesday in these despatches, struck a
mine Monday, says Lloyd’s agent at
Blyth. Eng.
Avalanches Kill Twenty.
LONDON, March 2.—A Central news
despatch from Amsterdam says twenty
persons were killed and many others
injured by avalanches in the southern
Tyrol region today.
Another Verdun Fort Destroyed.
LONDON, March 2.—A Central news
Amsterdam despatch this afternoon
says unconfirmed German reports are
to the effect that Fort Vaux, located
five miles northeast of Verdun, has
been destroyed by fire from heavy
Teuton mortars. French artillery
has been brought to bear upon its ap
proaches, however, and this has pre
vented Germans occupying the posi
tion.
French shells fired during the bom
bardment of Fort Vaux destroyed the
German battery demolishing the forti
fications, according to the same au
thority.
Ninety thousand Germans have been
concentrated near Buzy, sixteen miles
cast of Verdun, where it is believed
offensive operations will be resumed
xs soon as reinforcements from the
Argonne region arrive.
German Raider Captured.
BUENOS AYRES, March 2.—Monte
edio press despatches say a steamer
rriving at that port from Europe in
treepted a wereless message near the
Brazilian coast stating a British
cruised had captured the German aux
iliary cruiser Moewe off Trinity Island.
The Moewe is the raider which recent
ly captured the British liner Appam,
now interned at Newport News, Va.
Another despatch says the captain
o p the American steamer Santa Bar
bara, arriving at Montevedio today,
states a French cruiser which put into
Dakar, French Senegal, West Africa,
before the departure of the Santa Bar
bara, encountered an unnamed German
raider which escaped. The French
warship opened fire on the fleeing
German and succeeded in razing the
ship’s upper works before it finally es
caped in the darkness.
WORLEY’S ORDER IS
I STOP FOR FITE
HARTWELL, Ga., March 2.—At a
hearing before Judge J. N. Worley
Wednesday afternoon the order of
Judge A. W. Fite, restraining the ap
pointment of permanent administrators
and directing the temporary receivers
to turn over to the Fite administrators
the estate of the late James M. Smith
was vacated.
The matter now goes back to the
ordinary of Oglethorpe county for ap
pointment of .permanent administra
tors and iwll be heard March 3. Hear
ing on contempt proceedings will begin
before Judge Worley ,at Elberton, Ga ,
April Bth.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
GROUND BROKEN
THURSDAY ON THE
DISTRICT FIIH
r
The fair committee of the Chamber
of Commerce held an enthusiastic
meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 5
o'clock. Chairman George R. Ellis pre
, sided at the meeting, all the committee
being preseent.
The matter of financing the fair pro
position was gone into very carefully
and the comittee decided that team
work would be the very best way to
. handle the selling of stock.
The report from the banquet was
■ very gratifying to the committee. The
list shows that over $l,lOO had been
, subscribed:
Secretary Hyman made a suggestion
that there should be sub-committees
appointed in every county seat in the
IS counties of this district, and that
1 five men should be appointed by the
mayor of each town to constitute this
committee. This will make the fair in
reality a Third Agricultural District
fair, and not confine all the work to
Sumter county. Each county will be
asked to subscribe as much as SSOO in
stock of this fair. This was carried
unanimously by the committee and the
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secretary instructed to get busy.
Ground was broken Thursday morn
ing on the fair. Secretary Hyman,
Prof. Collum and J. M. Prance laid oft
the fence and a crowd of “Third Aggie
Boys” under the instruction of Mr.
Prance went to work in earnest erect
ing the handsome steel fence around
the grounds. This being the first work
to be started on the fair, Prof. Collum
asked Secretary Hyman to come out
ar d talk to the boys and girls at chapel
exercise, which he did.
BIG HOE HANDLE
SHIPMENTS NOW
M. B. Council, the manufacturer of
the “Council Hoe-handle,” -which has
grown so popular throughout this
state as well as others, made another
car-load shipment of handles to Atlan
ta this week, the car containing one
thousand dozen handles, besides this
shipment about two hundred dozen
were shipped to different section of
this state and in South Carolina. Mr.
Council has shipped in all this season
about 50,000 hoe handles, and it is es
timated that if 50,000 hands were all
strung out in a row, allowing each
two feet of space, they would cover a
distance of one hundred miles. It is
also estimated that the average hoe
chopper chops about an acre of cotton
per day, so if all the handles sold were
used by laborers in Sumter county it
would not take many days to chop out
the crop in this or any other county.
BASEBILL PRACTICE
BEGINS THURSDAY
Prof. J. G. Holst, athletic directors
of the Americus High school, an
nounces that baseball practice begins
Thursday. Mr. Holst wants all the can
didates to report for duty Friday af
ternoon, when active work will begin.
: He has received a letter from the man
agement of the Tech High school, At
lanta, and that school wishes to ar-
- range games with the local team. Prof
Holst says he will not be willing to
use his bunch against that large school
unless the Americus team is reasona
. bly sure to make a formidable appear
, ance. And for this reason h~ urges a
full attendance Friday.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1916
REEISTERFDRBONO
by lira
The registration books of the city
foi the bond election to be held on
March 15th will close Saturday after
noon, March 11th, at 5 o’clock, and
every citizen should take note of the
time limit and register for the ballot
ing.
The requirements for voting in this
election is that the citizen must have
been a resident of this state for one
year, and in the county for six months,
and have paid all taxes due the city,
including the amounts for 1915.
The legality of the election will de
pend on the number of votes cast, as
they must be at least two-thirds of the
number of the last previous election,
and the election itself must have two-,
thirds in favor of issuing to carry the
bonds.
Drop by Clerk H. W. Weaver at the
city hall and register for the bond
election.
SEA WATER 15 MME
FOII DISINFECTANT
LONDON, March 2.—Sea water
turned into a disinfecting fluid at
the cost of six cents for a hundred
gallons is the novel method of disin
fecting hospital ships which has been
successfully tried out on the Aqultana
(and is now adopted in the other trans
ports of the sick and wounded.
The apparatus consists of an elec
trolytic cell, a reversing switch capa
ble of carrying 100 amperes, and some
insulated electric cable, costing in all
about $250. The cell, in order to in
sulate it, is placed on a rubber mat
and is raised upon a low table to en
able the contents to be poured out
easily. It is filled with cold sea
water. A current of 60-75 amperes at
110 volts is Oturned on and In about
five minutes there is obtained a solu
tion containing two parts of solium
hypochlorite or available chlorine to
1,000 parts.
The solution is excellent as a steril
ized of drinking water, one part chlo
rine to one million parts, and as an
antiseptic for wounds used undiluted
as obtained from the electrolyzer. The
fluid is besides used in the .butcher's
department and in the laundry for
sacking undyed cotton and linen
gcods. It is added to the ship’s swim
ming bath in the proportion of one
part in two million parts, reducing the
bacteria in the water by 90 per cent.
This use of electrolyzed sea water
has affected a great economy by re
placing expensive coal tar disinfect
ants such as carbolic, cresol and the
like. In the case of the Aquitania, the
saving paid for the cost of the appar
atus in the course of a single trip of
three weeks.
One In Ten
Bites Prove
Fatal Said
ATLANTA, Ga., March 2.—The biting
by a big rattlesnake of Mrs. John F.
Archbold while hunting in couth Geor
gia, coupled with the lody’s complete
recovery, revives the argument of a
few months ago regarding the relative
fatality of rattlesnake bites.
The medical dictionaries and ency
clopoedias, will be recalled, say amout
one out of ten rattlesnake bites are
fatal, while popular opinion and legend
in Georgia is to the effect that the rat
tler mite near! yal ways means death.
SATURDAY, NIARCH
4THIS LAST DM
EDD CANDIDALES
Saturday, March 4th, is the last day
on which candidates can enter the race
in the Sumter county primary and pay
their assessments to Secretary Fred B.
Arthur of the county executive com
m ttee Mr. Arthur stated today that a
number of candidates who had an
nounced through the newspapers had
not paid their assessments, but that it
would be necessary for them to qualify
by Saturday if their flames appear on
the tickets to be voted in the primary.
The candidates who have announced,
, and will likely pay, their assessments
by Saturday are:
Judge City Court.—L. J. Blalock and
W. M. Harper.
County Surveyor—R. R. Howe.
Ordinary.—John A. Cobb and F. A.
Thomas.
Solicitor City Court.—Zack Childers,
T. O. Marshall and db R. Winchester.
Clerq Superior Court.—H. E. Allen.
Sheriff.—. Lucius Harvey.
County Treasurer—H. D. Watts.
Tax Callector.—l. B. Small.
Tax Receiver—W. A. Harden, Omer
S. Bass, S. Hugh Ferguson, C. W. Hen
derson, Geo. D. Jones, A. E. Lockett,
Will H. Chappell, J. P. Chapman, W. C.
Giay .Charles M. Williams, J. S.
Glover.
County School Superintendent.—W.
S Moore and E. J .McMath.
County Commissioner—N. A. Ray, S.
A. Rodgers, S. E. Statham, Joel W.
Hightower, E. L. Wilson, R. S. Oliver.
Coroner—Ed Jenkins.
mmmES
HIP Bi MIS-STEP
Mrs. J. W. Castleberry, residing near
Huntington, was in the city Thursday,
looking after some matters of business.
She happened to a very serious acci
dent while going down the steps of the
Planters bank. She made a mis-step
and fell, fracturing her left hip. On
account of Mrs. Castleberry’s advanced
•xged, the accident is considered a se
rious one, though her friends hope she ’
will soon recover. She was taken to I
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. T.
Law, on East Forsyth street, following
the accident, and is now resting as
bvell as possible under the circum
stances.
School Folks |
Think It Is
Just Another
The sentiment prevails out at the
Americus High school, especially
among the students of the institution
tuat life is just one difficulty after an
other. This time the quarterly exam
inations furnish the grounds for their
and the worried look on most of
the students’ faces is evidence enough
that the examinations are not the
easiest that could be made.
The first of the examinations were
held Thursday and they will extend
for a period of two days. In the
(meantime, those pupils so fortunate
as to be exempt from the examinations
are no trequlred to report for duty un
til Monday. But those who were un
lucky enough to have to stand the
fierce tests will attend at the regular
hours.
ELKS ELECT THEIR
ANNUAL OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of Americus
Lodge of Elks, officers for the next
year were elected, and the proceedings
were enthusiastic in their boosting for
the state convention of Elks which will
be held in Americus in April.
The new officers are: Exalted Ruler,
R. H. Horton; Esteemed Leading
Knight, H. C. Garner; Esteemed Loyal
Knight, E. T. Murray; Secretary, H.
T. Ansley; Treasurer, W. J. Josey;
Trustee, I. J. Kalmon; Representative
tc the Grand Lodge, C. H. Burke; Al
ternate, Dr. H. B. Allen.
The Elks are carrying into effect the
elaborate plans formed for the en
tertainment of the state gathering of
Elks at which time it is expected thot
the largest attendance in the history
of the state will be present.
ELKS WILL BOWL 111
1 BIG TOURNAMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.—Elk
Lodges in the eastern part of the Unit
ed States are going to participate in
the bowling tournament of the Atlantic
Coast Bowling Association, to be held
in this city starting April 3d, in such
numbers as to make “Elks’ Night” one
grand occasion. This fact became es
tablished this week as answers started
coming in to the invitation extended by
the local lodge of Elks to their eastern
brothers.
Revere Lodge of Elks, Revere, Mass.,
was the first to announce their inten
tion of entering a team in the big bowl
ing classic to be held in the National
Capital. The Elks of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
who have not only decided to put in a
number of teams, but have asked for a
date, were others to line up for the
event, and before the week is up it is
expected that lodges up ond down the
Atlantic Seaboard will have asked for
accommodations in the affair.
A big street paade is one of the feat
ures that will make Elks day a gala
occasion, the Washington Lodge hav
ing already started for this phase of
the tournament. Entries in the tourn
ament close March 25th, at midnight,
and the entrance fees have started to
come in. 500 teams will enter, and the
prize list will be the bigest of any
i tourney ever held in the eastern part
■of the United States. Elk Lodge sec
retaries and others interested in the
A. C. B. A. tournament can get any
additional information from Secretary
Tom Grant of the Chamber of Com
merce, at -the Chamber headquarters,
1902—F Street northwest, Washing
ton, D. C.
SEVEN IEAMS TO
WORK FOR FAIR
Seven teams hav<e been organized for
a campaign in behalf of stock subscrip
tions for the Third Agricultural Dis
trict Fair. The fair committee met
Wednesday afternoon at the Chamber
□ " Commerce, and the following teams
were named:
No. I.—G. R. Ellis and Dr. P. W.
Hudson.
No. 2.—Frank P. Harrold and J. E.
Hightower.
No. 3.—W. D. Phillips and J. M.
Flournoy.
No. 4. —Dr. E. L. Carswell and H. P.
Everette.
No. 5. —S. R. Heys and Charles H.
P.urke.
No. 6. —Carr S. Glover and W. E.
Taylor.
No. 7, for entire county—J. A. Hixon
and S. A. Moses.
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MNWSNO
ELINCHING FROM
CONGRESS VOTES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 2.
President Wilson today told Repre
sentative Flood, chairman of the honaa
foreign affairs committee, that ha
would consent to no compromise oa
the armed ship issue between the erec
ulive and legislative branches of tha
government. The president desire* a
direct vote on the resolution wanting
Americans to Deep off belligerent arm
ed ships. Representative Flood car
ried the president’s decision to Ma
committee, which has the resolntiaw
in charge, and is expected to report *
the house this afternoon.
Reports current yesterday were ta
the effect that ten members of the
foreign relations committee tavore*
the McLemore resolutions warning
Americans to keep off armed >»dHg
erent merchantmen, and that nine were
opposed to it. . Twenty-one
the full personnel of the committre
were present to attend the mewtiag
scheduled for this morning, but owing
to President Wilson's firm stand, as
communicated through Chainaaa
Flood, an adjournment was taken wa
til 3 o’clock this afternoon. The atti
tude of the two members absent fm
yesterday’s meeting is unknown, hat
they are believed to favor backing np
the president.
At the White House at noon it was
announced the president had no en
gagements for today with congres
sional leaders.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 2.—Ad
ministration forces are apparently Hs
ing up for a senate vote on the armed
ship resolutions this afternoon. Sen
ator Stone, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, at the opening
proposed an adjournment be taken as
as to bring the senate out of recess and
clear the parliamentary situation for a
vote on the Gore resolutions. The
suggestion was made in the senate af
ter leaders had conferred and decided
that house situation is'so complex as
to make much delay extremely likely.
Senatorial leaders, however, appear
confident the administration will wfw
a victory in congress and that the up
per house will speedily vote to uphold
President Wilson’s position in the con
troversy with Germany.
Gore Defends Position.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March X
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, defending
bis armed ship resolution jn the sen
ate this afternoon said the reason ba
introduced the measure it was report
ed President Wilson had told certain
senators and representatives that war
with Germany “might be ungrateful
and might result in advancing civiliza
tion by bringing about the end of the
European war by midsummer.” Senator
Stone, chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee, then addressed the
senate formally denying that the presi
dent made any such statement as that
accredited him by Senator Gore’s in
formant, either to him, or in his pres
ence to any other senator or represent
ative.
Later, in moving an adjournmemt.
Senator Stone made a stateemnt of Ms
views on the present foreign situation,
and expressed hope that the president
and congress will soon be in closer ac
cord on this point.
The senate foreign relations commit
tee is busy this afternoon framing a
substitute resolution to replace t he
Gore resolution, and which will proba
bly be voted on Friday. Senator Lo4gw
of Massachusetts .ranking republican
member of the foreign relations com
mittee, is assisting Senator Stone in
preparing the substitute resolution.
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