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KAISER NOT TO POSTPONE SUBMARINE ORDER
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PAY NO MQRE
HAST VERDUN FORT 1S CAPTUREL
terman Mortars Smash Great Ring Defending City
Germany Expects No New Naval
Act Will Confuse Pending
Settlement.
% By AUGUSTUS F. BEACH,
| Bpecial Correspondent International
News Service.
BERLIN JUEB. 28T e state wu
rt thoritatively Mat a request for an ox
tension of time for the commencement
of the new submarine campaign, set
for March 1, will not be granted.
Americans must not take HMAO
mean, however, that there is a new
rupture in the negotiations between
the United States and Germany, which
are proceeding, it is confidently be
lieved here, toward an amicable agree
ment. The negotiations must neces
sarily proceed beyond March, but until
a settlement is reached it is doubtful
if there will be any naval act to fur
ther confuse the diplomatic exchanges.
The Lusitania matter is finally a
thing of the past, both governments
agreeing to a final settlement. It is
{ impertant to keep in mind, however,
b \tMat the terms of settlement are not
to be regarded as a precedent for the
settlement of any dispute that may
arise as a result of the new submarine
situation.
Further Delay Opposed.
There is a strong and hopeful view
that the United States will concede
Germany the right to ireat armed
merchantmen as auxiliary cruisers
¢ when the position of the German Gov
ernment is thoroughly understood.
At the same time the Government,
the press and public opinion are united
in the determination that the settle
ment must not be long delayed merc'y
to meet England's desire for more
time
¥" The charges against Count von
* Eerustorff, as transmitted to Berlin
i by the Reuter Agen®y, are ridiculed
*The Government and the people have
absolute faith in the Ambassador,
whose position, in the estimation of
his own peopie, has risen tenfold dur
fug the last few weeks,
The well-informed Cologne Gazetle|
blames the British for the charges,
adding: |
“We do not conceal the fact that in
Wilson's Government there are more
friends of England than of Germagy,
and, if possible, the English may have
found influential ald in this press ai
tack
Britain Pressing Her Side.
“We can imagine that England,
fearing the coming U-boat war, is fir.
ing all her mines In Washington to
ring down Germany's already ralsed
arm.
e “Perhaps hope is entertained that
* Germany can be.nduced not to beg:n
the new submarine war, It may be
' firmly stated that such & conclusion s
wiong. The campalgn will begin au
tomatically |
“If England succeeds in bringing
America to oppose the plan, then we
must take the risk of a breach rather
than agree with the British opposition,
This is the will of the German nat! .
Therefore, we calmly await the oute
come of the English intrigue In Wa nh-fi1
ington. In the meantime we are pre-’
pared for all possibilities.™ |
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Wilson and Congress
Play Waiting Game
By JyOhN !OWIN%EVIN. |
Staft Correspondent international
News Service,
A WASHINGTON, Veb 26.-Armed
P mpeutrality prevalled to-day DHetween
the Administeation and Congress ..,,‘
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OLD INDOOR COSTUME.
Costume which proved popular in art stu
dios is now-becoming fad among housewives,
In the feminine progression is the
:'rnn girl. She began originally in
art schools, where certain stu
dents of advanced ideas decided that
girls in the modeling classes, who
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ChUI‘ChCS ICH I o-Day
Of To-M "sServi
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0 orrow soervices
The churches of Atlanta are adopting every method compati-*
ble with the dignity expected of houses of Worship to ald the
churchgoer to find solace and inspiration through religion
To-day’'s announcements, under 1l heading “Go to Church
* Bunday.” are printed in ample time to enable you to prevent
distractions from Interfering with vour attendance at wreh
to-morrow morning.
/
You may find the éxact subject, on which doubts have assalled
you, advertised as the theme of one of Lo-MOITOW's sSermons
You will know who s to preach, the musical program. the
hours of service and the location of any chureh that you have
never before visited, if its announcemen: Is Included in the
directory of Atlanta churches to-day
Attend churche-byut Arsl read the “Go to Church Sunday™ an
nouncements to«<day in
T'he Atlanta Georgian
20 East Alabama Street
The Newspaper of the Home
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MHOTO BY UNDERWOOD « UNDERWO S
LATEST “OVERALL" GIRL.
Skirts have for a long time been a great
handieap to energetic housewives.
tional prominence. had better begin by i
lm“n' on even terms with the men |
in the matter of working cosfume.
So they adopted overails dufing
lvorkm' hours |
Now, the idea has been eniarged
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, KFEBRUARY 26, - 1916.
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| upon by the woman in the home, the
| Wwomen who do their own housework
{lmd find skitts a handicap. For the
woman handy with the paint brush or
| tools the costume is an. |desl one
L One of the progressive women whe
[ have adopted the overall as the most
s Workmaniike costume in which to de
hotsework says it spells comfort and
efliciency and has completely put the
dress in the discard. It gives a free
dom of nctlon which allows for bettes
Work and makes the donning of the
more feminine clothes later in the day
‘l" event,
i 2 British Steamers
Sunk by Submarines
! (By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 26.—The Jritish
stegmers Denady and Tummel have
been sunk by German submarines.
The Denaby was a vessel of 2987
tons which recently salled from Huela
for La Pallice. The Tumme! was
mueh smaller, displaciog only 531
tons. Five surviving member of the
Tumel's crew were picked up bul
Seven were lost,
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“Why.” asked o Rweat Voide over
The Georgian's phone Friday bvening
“is Atlanta Like u rusty needie 7
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like a_rusty needle ™ the reporief Hit
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Suddenly Launches Violent At
tacks in Poland and Galiciato
Relieve French.
i
( Laclusive War Dispatches to The
© Atlenta Georgian and The Lown
don Daily Telegraph.)
ROME, ¥Feb. 26.—Telegrams from
Russian sources report violent re
lumup(inn of the offensive by the Rus
slan army in Galicla and Poland, un
l.;c-r command of the Czar.
! Preparations for an imminent ad
vance also are reported from the Bal
kan fronts,
The Italian communiques report in
creased activity on the Alpine front.}
particularly in the direction of Levico,
Trent and Rovereto, 1
It is assumed that these operations,
{suddenly launched, are designed to re
{lleve the pressure on the French
front, where all available German re
serves are concentrated for the great
attack on Verdun.
Atlanta, Firemer
anta Firemen
Save East Point
C. H. Strickland and his family
were homeless Saturday, but residents
of East Point were praising the. fire
’mwn of No. 14 engine company, who
made a rapid dash from Atlanta in
thelr high-power motor truck and are
credited with saving an entire block
of the suburban town from destruce
tion
Mr. Strickland's one-story frame
dwelling, on Newnan avenue, in ‘he
northern section of East Point, was
wrecked by fire Friday evening while
{ the family was visiting a nelghbor.
| The loss Is placed at $2,000, partly |
| covered by Insurance. Near-by resi- |
’
| dents, who discovered the blase burst.
| ing through the roof, managed to drag
| out a plano und some chairs through a
| window,
| A high wind fanped the flames furi.
ously, and the East Point men were
having a desperate struggle to save
| adjoining restidences when the Atlanta
fire Nighters arrived In response to N,
.8 for ald. Thelr prompt and effec.
| tive work confined the blaze to Mr.
{ Strickland’s home.,
{ The fire is attributed to a defective
imney Mr. and Mrs. Stricgand
end thelr children were cared for duc-
L ing the night by neighbors J
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‘Flames Force Two
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|
- Families Into Street
! Members of two familles narrowly
| excaped being burned in a m: eoarly
| Suturday that Jdestroyed the plant of
| the Atlanta Kindling Wood Company,
| No. 20 King street, and the residences
i' G. H Colling, No. 24 King street.
and Miss Dalsy James, No. 26 King
| street
| They saved themselves by fleeing
in their night clothing Into the cold.
| Colling, Miss James and Misd Eaith
| McMurphy had to grope their way
'!lru'llh heavy volumes of smoke to
{safety as the roofs wers about to
’.'..:! They were taken into nearby
homes and cared for
| The fire was supposed to have
started in the kind'ing wood plant. It
burned flercely and both the Collins
and James residences were in flames
before it was discoversd. Bieycle Po
[ Heemun Darby was attracted by the
glare and turned In an alarm,
The persons in the two residences
wers awakened by the suffocating
fumes of smoke, whieh flled the
b
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Joy Sweeps
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Berlin When |
~ Fort Falls
‘; B ERLIN, Feb. 26—The |
g announcement of the }
capture of Fort Douaumont, |
( defending Verdun, was fol
{ lowed by demonstrations of
| joy to-day. Flags were raised |
( over public and private build- |
. ings and the praise of the gal- |
! lant Brandenburgers were on '
; all lips. There was a proces
| sion through Unter den Lin
| den and the nationa] anthem
was sung before the palace.
Britain F
German Dash
S |
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By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of lmmi«ul]
News Service.
LONDON, Feb. 26.—Extraordinari
ly sharp lookout is being kept by
Great Britain's naval forces in antio
ipation of a dash to sea of the Ger
man fleet. A dispateh from Berlin
states that the Kalser was at Wil
helmshaven on Wednesday, and sup
plementary advices from Amsterdam
add that he went Yrom Wllhclmnhnwnl
to Kiel
Following receipts of these reports,
it was recalled that the German fleet
always has shown considerable nctiv
ity after previous visits from the Kal
ser, and it was thought that while
the Crown Prince’s army was assault
ing Verdun the German fleet might
attempt to gain a victory im the
North Sea. |
Dismay was caused in London b,\"\
the news that German troops “ad
captured Fort Douaumont, one of the
chief fortifications of VerMun, whi h
arrived here from Berlin shortly be
fore noon, but it caused no diming
tion in the determination of the Eng
lsh to wage war untll Germany is
smashed.
| English military experits had oxe
pected the Germans to fall In their
‘mighty assaults on the Verdun de
fenses, but It was declared this after
noon that even the capture of the
mighty French fortress would not as- |
sect the final outcome of the war. The
German losses in thelr attacks on the
French barrier forts, the English ex
perts Kssert, will be too great to per
mit them to make another rush upon
Paris, such as followed the drive
through Belgium.
They pointed that the fall of Rus
sia’'s great forts at Warsaw, Hrest,
Litovek, Novo Georglevask, Ossowle:
and Kovno did not give the Germans
final victory on the east front, and
also that the early drive of the Teu
tons In the west was halted on the
Marne, where there were no great for
tifications, but only mobile forces and
trenches prepared In advance.
Kaiser Visits Naval
.
Base, Wilhelmshaven
Mwm‘ News Service.)
AN (by wireless), Feb. 26
Emperor Willlam visited naval head
quarters at Wilhelmshaven on Wed
nescay, it was announced to-day,
‘ He arrived In the moraing and sm‘
in the afternoon
AFTERNOON
EDITION
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Feb. 26. (by wireless) —German troops have
smashed a hole in the ring of forts defending Verdun, capturing
Fort Dousumont, four miles northeast of the city itself.
; Fort Douaumont is three miles southeast of the ridge of Lou.
'vemont to which position the French retired on Thursday night. It
‘'was captured by storm.
The capture was made by the Twenty-fourth Regiment of
Brandenburgers, who, despite the hurricane of shells and the gall
ing fire of scores of French machine guns, rolled forward in gn ir
resistible wave.
In a hand-to-hand combat in the works the Germans drove
their way to victory with the cold steel.
Fort Donaumont was regarded
as one of the strongest of the 21
forts which guard Verdun.
It was built of steel, strong
concrete and was defended with
the heaviest guns in the French
army. ¥
The capture of the fort opens the
way for an advance against its sigter
works, Fort Belleville, Fort St. Mi
chel and Fort Souville.
The charge that resulted in the fall
of Douaumont was made in a blinding
snowstorm following a bombardment
of the works by great 15 and 17 inch
guns. For houry the monster howis
zers of the Germans had pounded the
fort, the shells tearing gigant'c ridges
in the solid concrete masonry and
blasting the steel turrets into kin
dlings. . .
The French guns replied and the
duel rocked the ground and shook the
air with its thunder for nearly 0
miles.
Report of Capture.
The following official statement of
the capture was given out by the War
OfMice:
“The armored fortgess of Douau
mont, the northeastern pillar of the
permanent main line fortification »f
Verdun, was captured by storm yes
terday by the Twenty-fourth Regimant
Worst Carnage of War
Marks Attack on Verdun
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb 26.-The German
Crown Prince Is hurling his treops
against the entife arc of forts defend
ing Verdun on the northeast side and
the terrific battle is n?\nl with the
utmost violence in a blizzard and in
perishing cold.
Using fresh soldlers that were
brought up. to replace the German
troops who had been wearied by con
stant day and night fighting, the Ger
muan Crown Prince began a series of
fresh assaults after a cannonade of
the greatest fury.
The attack centered against Fort
Douaumont, the way being opened by
the veluntary abandonment of sarth.
works in front of the fort by the
French troops to avold useless blood-
Teutons Never Faltered,
The Teutons fought with the great-
L bnnr;:'::l never faltered as the
storm of h shells tore through
their ranks. But flesh and blood, no
matter how great the mhmry. could
not stand before the th scythe of
the French fire, Shells from hundreds
of guns and bullets from countiess
machine guns and thousands of ri
fles decimated the German ranks,
Battalion after battallon was hurled
forward by the German commander in
Ltter disregard of the snormous loss
of Brandenburgers. It is now f ~‘w
in German hands.” g
This announcement was followed bs
demonstrations of joy. - Flags f’
raised over public and private buil .
ings, and the praise of the gall
Brandenburgers was on all lips. There
was a procession through Unter dam
Linden and the national anthem was
sung before the palace. o
The capture of Fort Douaumont
means a gain of approximately two
more miles of ground for the Gers
mans. Most important etill, it pe-.
moves the chlef menace to an ce
south of Ornes, for the sweeping plata
south of that town was under
guns of the fort. |
Guns Turned on Verdun.
Under cover of darkness fpllowing
the victory, the Germans worked
verishly bringing up fresh guns and
ammunition, and now the big m j
in the fort are smashing the city g
Verdun itself. {ires have brokem out,
and many of the French reserves that
were held there by General Huj <
have been forced to retire to esc
annihilation by the German shells.
The sixth day of the battle of Ver
)dun finds the German lines only four |
miles from Verdun, meaning a six- g
mile advance since last Sunday, whea
the drive against the French fortress
wan resumed, .
It is belleved the capture of the |
fortress now is a matter of only & few
days, & g
of human life. Soon the fleld was
plied_ high with corpses, and z
charging soldiers stumbled over
bodies and fell wmidst their own slain -
It was carnage such as had not been
seen before in uu'm. w the
German rushes at Ypres, w their *
charges were described as cw |
assaults, in which the soldiers 4
forward like endless waves of theg sea,
were as nothing compared with the
onslaughts of the massed phalanxes
north of Verdun it
' Wounded Shrisk for Aid. 5
The Germans were forced (o retreat
to their old positions, leaving thow- i
sands of dead and wounded upon the
battle field. The tremendous fire pre.
vented Red Cross workers from res.
cuing the wounded, and, amidst gfl
in e :
for help throughout the n:c.u Freneh
military sxperts believe battie of
Verdun is nearing its closs, and that
it will end In defeal for the Germians
One of them writes as follows' 4
“The stubborn resistance byt
the Crown Prince’s troops, yr.
ing five days of fighting of des ratfon
unparalleled. in the world's slopy,
have bheen unable to carty any
tions other than those ackno e
by the French to be wntenalie:
chtised Josses which the Germa
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