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PAY NO MORE
FIRST OF VERDUN'S 21 FORTS FALLS
Banlzrupl:MobZle CZub U;setsj Leaiue élans
BERLIN EXPECTS U-BOAT AGREEMENT WITH U. S.
Baseball Magnates in Session
Here to Take Up Andrews-
Frank -Controversy Also.
A plea for more Sunday games by
the poverty-stricken Mobile baseball
olub, now being operated under a
United States court recelvership, Sat
urday resulted in a complete disar
rangement of all schedule plans as
considered at the spring meeting of
the Southern League at the Hotel
Ansley,
Dr. Harry Inge and Secretary Par
ker, of the Mobile club, informed the
magnates that unless the Gulf City
was given a greater proportion of
Sunday eontests, it would not hope to
pull itself out of its present financial
hole. Because of this plea, it became
necessary for a general rearrange
ment of the tentative schedule, and,
for this purpose, the magnates went
into executive session shortly before
noon.
Settlement of the controversy be
tween Manager Charlie Frank, of the
Atlanta team, and President O. B.
Andrews, of Chattanooga, will be
taken up at the afternoon session, it
became known,
The start of the session was delayed
by the late arrival of Secretary W. F'.
Watkins, of the Memphis club. When
it finally was called to order, all clubs
were represented, as follows
Atlanta, Manager Frank and Frank
Reynolds; Chattanooga, “Kid” Elber
feld; Birmingham; Manager Moles
worth and President Smith: Nash
ville, President Clyde Shropshire;
Little Rock, Presidert Bob Allen, and
New Orleans, President H. A. Hein
nemann. .
(Timm! .
Mayor ‘Jim’ Tires
Of This War Stuff
“T'm tired reading about this war”
declared Mayor Woodward Saturday.
“When one side gets the other on its
knees, then I guess I will read some
more,
“l can’'t see what they are fighting
for, anyway, unless to provide islands
and provinces for sap-headed princes
that are accustomed to getting their
living out of the common people.”
E e msiasuic
Cliff Clay Reports «
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For His State Job
ClfY C. Clay, newly appointed As
sistant Commissioner of Agriculture,
reported for duty Saturday and set
tied down to his work,
Mr. Clay and his family are stop
ping temporarily at the Majestic Ho
tel. As soon as they can Arrange
MAtters, they are going to leass &
residence,
Bank Clearings Gain
Despite a gHolida.y
Despite the fact that Tuesday was
& bholiday—Washington's Birthday—
Atianta bank clearings this week ag-
Sregated 31417381788, against sll..
753.490.79 the same five days last
Jear, an increass of $2.438.227.00
Clearings Saturday amounted to
$2,229,756.36, against $2,055,335.65 the
corresponding day a year ago, an in
orease of $174.420.70.
SLAYER OF TWO MANGED.
CANON CITY, COLO., Feb. ¢
Oscar Cook was hanged at he State
Penitentiary here to-day for the mur
der of Andrew J. Lioyd and Patrolman
Willlam McPhersen in Denver on
Mareh 14, 1012
Chas. E. Scipl
as. L. dciple
Charles E. Sciple, head of the Sciple
Sons Company, lime and cement man
ufacturers, has bought for $42,000 a
one-half undivided interest in four
pieces of Atlanta property from his
brother, George W. Sciple, on terms of
SIO,OOO cash and notes for the balance
at 6 per cent.
The parcels changing hands are Nos.
6 and 8 Central avenue, which has
been in the Sciple family for many
years, and is now leased out; the
southeast corner of Castleberry street
and the Central of Georgia Railway,
100 by 125 feet; the southwest corner,
70 by 208 feet, and & Simpson strest
lot, between Marietta street and the
Central, contaifiilng 13 1-2 acres.
The Central avenue lot is 39 1-2 by
120 feet. The transaction was closed
Wednesday.
Uses Ax Handle to
.
Beat Wife to Death
GADSDEN, ALA, Feb. 26.—~Using
an ax handle as a weapon, James
Gentry, at Jamestdwn, Cherokee
County, beat his wife on the head so
badly Wednesday that she died last
night, her head being broken and a
two-inch section cut from a jaw. Gen
try is in jall to-day at Center, with
feeling running high against him.
Gentry objected to his wife bring
ing home a neighbor's 7-year-old
child,
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M. H. Luca.. Dead;
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Relative Is Sought
M. H. Lucas, who had been in the
real estate business in Atlanta for
26 years, died Friday afternoon at a
local sanitarium. Mr. Lucas had no
relatives nearer than a cousin, whose
name Is Lucas, and who lives some
where in Brooks County, Ga.
Any information as to his exact
address will be appreclated by J. K
McCullough, at the Aragon Hotel
Mexico City Schools
Are To Be Reopened
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 26.—As a re
sult of the decrease of typhus, the
Board of Health has recommended o
the Government that the pubilc
schools be reopened.
The Board of Health hopes to stamp
out lt’: epidemic by the time the rainy
seasoh opens next month.
Might Call This a
% itol Little Joke
apitol L |
Newest State Capitol daffydil
If & Brand is thrown Into & Mea
dow, will It cause & Fite?
(Inspired, of course, by the little
controversy preparatory to the “Jim”
Smith will squabble,)
Churches Tell To-Day
Of To-M 's Servi
o-IVlorrow s dervices
The churches of Atlants are adopting every method compat!-
bie with the dignity expected of houses of worship to aid the
churchgoer to find solace and inspiration through religion.
To-day’s announcements, under the heading “Go to Church
Sunday.” are printed in ample time to enable you to prevent
distractions from interfering with your attendance at church
to-morrow merning.
Go to Church Sunday
You may find lho’nfl subject, on which doubts have assalled
You, advertised as the theme of one of to-morrow's sermons.
You willi know who is to preach, the musical program, the
hours of service and the location of any church that you have
never before visited, if its announcement is included In the
directory of Mun}a churches to-day
Attend church—but first read the “Go to Church Sunday” an
nouncements to-day in
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VOL. XIV. NO. 177.
Armed Neutrality Prevails Be
tween Administration and Con
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gress, Following Letters.
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By AUGUSTUS F. BEACH, |
Special Correspondent International
News Service. |
BERLIN, Feb, 26.—1 can ctate au-.
thoritatively that a request for an ex- |
tension of time for the commencement
of the new submarine campalign, set
for March 1, will not be granted.
Americans must not take this to
mean, however, that there is a new
rupture in the negotiations between
the United States and Germany, which
are proceeding, it is comfidently be
lleved here. toward an amicable agree
ment. The negotiations must neces
sarily proceed beyond March, but unti!
a settlement i{s reached it is Qoubtful
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
important to keep in mind, however,
that the terms of settlement are not.
Lo 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 conceda!
Germany the right to ireat armed
merchantmen as auxillary crulaers
when the position of the German Gov
ernment is thoroughly understood. 1
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 mere y‘
to meet England's desire for more‘
time |
The charges against Count voni
Bernstorff, as transmitted to Ber‘:nl
by the Reuter Agency, are ridiculed. |
The Government and the people have
absolute faith In the Ambassador,
whose position, in the estimation of |
his own people, has risen tenfold dur
ing the last few weeks |
The well-informed Cologne Gazette
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 Germany,
and, if possible, the English may have
found Influential aid in this press at
tack
“We can Imagine that England
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916.
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Poet d’Annunzio, 1
Italian Soldier, Is
Wounded in Eyei
Gabrielle d’Annunzio.
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za‘ ‘XI" ‘\ eb &0 .\ Cer I N \e
dispatch from Rome states at G
rielle d'Annunz ¢ fan - "
vho is fighting with the Itallan
e will se the sight { eve
According to reports Saturday, con
siderable money changed hands when
the jury in the Criminal Court Fri
day acquitted J. H. Miles, East Ellis
street rooming house proprietor, of
the charge of murdering Anderson M.
Eady.
Odds of five 1o one that Miles would
be ®tonvicted of manslaughter were
posted in a downtown saloon. KEven
money was said to have been offered
that he would be convicted of mur
der.
Miles, the freed man, was down
town Saturday and was kept busy
shaking hands with his friends in the
streets. He formally thanked Attor
neys John Y. Smith and John A.
Boykin for thelr victory In freeing
him.” The two attorneys Saturday
also were the recipients of many
congratulations on their fight.
Negro Life Convict
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aroled by Harris
Howard Coleman, an aged and in
firm negro, serving a life term at the
State Prison Farm for the murder of
& negro woman, was paroled Saturday
by Governor Harrls. Aside from his
exemplary behavior during the fifteen
years he has been a prisoner, Coleman
is reported to have halted the escape
of & number of prisoners by revealing
their freedom plans to Dr. J. B. 8
Holmes, who then had him under con
trol
Coleman shot and killed Mary Lou
Battle at Greenville, Meriwether
County He always asserted that the
shooting was acoldental,
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And It's All True
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“Why,” asked a Sweet Volce ov.t;
The Georglan's phone Friday evening,
“to Atlanta like a rusty needle ™
“We don't know., Why s Atiavia
like & rusty needie™ the reporter bit,
in true Interlocutor fashion, |
| "Because It needs Emole)ry”
laughed the 8. V, .
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War With Germany Imminent,
Premier Acosta Advises Break
of Relations—Ships Seized.
:
(By International News Service.)
LISBON, Feb. 26.—War between
Portugal and @lermany is imminent.
Dr. Alfongo Adosta, the Premier, in
a speech In the Chamber of Depu
ties to-day declared he considered it
in the best interests of Portugal to
allow the existing treaty with Ger
many to lapse at once. He added
that Portugal was prepared for any
eventualities, indicating that Portu
gal is prepared for war.
Seyenty German and Austrian ships
have been seized by the Portuguese
military and naval authorities in this
and other ports. In addition, German
’nnd Austrian supplies are being con
fiscated
The Premier has announced that
efforts were made to destroy seven of
the German ships seized in this port.
A large quantity of explosives was
found on board the North German
Lloyd liner Buelow, which has been
requisitioned by the Portuguese Gov
ernment,
Chamber Heads to
Talk School Funds
Members of the child welfare organ
izations of the Lee Street, Peeples and
Lucile Avenue Schools will meet Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock, at the Lee
Street School, near Gordon, West End,
to hear from Victor Kriegshaber and
Walter G. Cooper, of the Chamber of
Commerce, the plan to separate the
school fund from the general fund and
expend the moneys in the manner Iv.l
which other progressive cities of the
country now are handling their school
funds.
Everyone in the city interested In
this plan is urged to attend and hear
it explained fully
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Brandeis'Friends Say
Coufiemitien Outain
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onfirmation ertam‘
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—-Louls h.!
Brandeis’ supporters claimed lrrlmvj
that the bottom has fallen out of the
opposition to his confirmation as As ‘
sociate Justice of the United States |
Supreme Court They insisted that
t onfirmation by the Senate |is
srtain \
I'he investigation practically in \
ended. The subcommittes planned to |
take up the Equitable Life Insurar v--j
case to-day and also to hear the r*u«‘
character witnesses allowed to eac!
side The committes will then v—vtrn“
Lo execulive session for a week or n-,l
to prepare its report on Brandels’ fit
ness o sit on the Supreme 'rmnl
benct i
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Fine Weather for
Atlantans Sunday;
A bright, warm Sunday s the fore ;
caat for Atlanta !
Enow fell at Asheville. Knoxville
and other points to the north of Geor
Kia Saturday morning. Atlanta is not
to suffer any il effects from this
storm, however, according to Profes
por von Herrmann '
PROSPERITY WEEK PROPOOID.!
WAYCROSS, Feb, 26 --Dates for
the 1916 prospepity woeek celebration
End district agricuitural exposition,
In which many counties of the Elev ‘
enth District will participate, will be
arrangoed al & meeting to be held In
Waycross Tuesday.
S . PAY NO MORE
By W. "!';ovh’:: Ca 2 CENTS ON TRAINS, 5 CENTA
gttt et et
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Joy §
Joy Sweeps ;
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Berlin When |
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i B ERLIN, Feb. 26.—The §‘
$ announcement of the |
{ capture of Fort Douaumont, :‘l
g defending Verdun, was fol. |
¢ lowed by demonstrations of \|
{ joy to-day. Flags were raised ]
% over public and private build- :
é ings and the praise of the gal- ||
{ lant Brandenburgers were on ‘
{ all lips. There was a proces.
? sion through Unter den Lin- ‘i
{ den and the national anthem
j was sung before the palace.
Czar Attacks
to Assist
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(Exclusive War Dispatches to The
Atlanta Georgian and The Lon
don Daily Telegraph.)
ROME, Feb. 26.—Telegrams from
Russian sources report violent re
sumption of the offensive by the Rus
slan army in Galicla and Poland, un
der'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.
It is assumed that these operations,
suddenly launched, are designed to re
lieve the pressure on the French
front, where all available German re
serves are concentrated for the great
attack on Verdun.
Persian City Taken
.
By Russian Troo
(By International News Oorvie}))s
PETROGRAD, Feb, 26.—The Per
slan city of Kermanshah has been
captured by the Russians, it was offi
clally announced to-day by the Rus
slan War Office. Kermanshah was
taken in a storm attack, and a large
number of prisoners were made,
Kermanshah is only 200 miles from
Kut-el-Amara (Mesopotamia), where
a British army under General Town
shend is beleaguered by the Turks. It
is the farthest point yet penetrated by
the Russian army of invasion in Per
sia. Many of the Turkish and Per
sian troops that fled from Hamadan
when that city was taken by the Rus
slans took refuge in Kermanshah,
.
Wife of Sentenced
Man Is in Distress
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Mra. George T. Doss, 25, wife of the
safeblower who was given the deepest
sympathy and twelve years by Judge
W. E. Thomas a few weeks ago, vis
fted the Sheriff's ofMice Saturday to
ask the deputies If they would not
help her find work. She has an In
fant son to care for
Flennie Miner took up a collection
among the attaches and raised $lO for
Mrs. Dose. He now is trying to find
’mmo place where she can earn a liv
ing
!s THE WEATHER. |
s Forecast—Fair and warmer %
i Saturday and Sunday. ¢
! Temperatures—6 a. m., 28; §a. |
? m, 33; 10 a. m,, 40; 12 noon, 45; |
L Ipom, 475 2 p.m., 4,
g Sunrise, 6:11; sunset, 5:32, ;
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(By International News Service.) :
BERLIN, Feb. 26 (by wireless).—German froops have
smashed a hole in the ring of forts defending Verdun, capturing
Fort Douaumont, 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 an ir
resistible wave. g
In a hand-to-hand combat in the works the Germans ‘drove
their way to victory with the cold steel.
Fort Douaumont 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 sister
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 hours the monster how!t
zers of the Germans had pounded the
fort, the shells tearing gigantic 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 fits thunder for nearly 50
miles.
Report of Capture.
The following officlal statement of
the capture was given out by the War
Office:
“The armored fortress of Douau
mont, the northeastern pillar of the
permanent main line fortification of
Verdun, was captured by storm yes
terday by the Twenty-fourth Regiment
of Brandenburgers. It is now firmiy
in German hands.”
This announcement was followed by
demonstrations of joy. Flags were
raised over public and private bulld
ings, and the praise of the gallant
Brandenburgers was on all lips. There
was a procession through Unter d:n
Linden and the national anthem was
sung before the palace.
The following additional report
was issued by the War Office:
“West front—On the night of Feb
ruary 25, the English attempted to
carry out an advance east of Armen
tieres, but were repulsed,
“In Champagne the French attack
ed south of Saint Marie-a-Py, the
positions we captured on February
12, and succeeded In penetrating the
first line trenches over a width of
250 yards,
“To the east of the Maas (Meuse
Further Withdrawals of
French Troops Admitted
i (By International News Service.)
‘ PARIS, Fob. 26.—Further withdraw
ale by the French north of Verdun
’m admitted by the French War Office
in an official communique given out
to-day,
The French outposts at Ornes and
Hennemont were withdrawn, although
it was stated they had not been at
tacked by the Germans.
An artillery duel of extreme vio
lence Is raging along the front, with
the French guns exchanging shell for
shell with the guns of the Germans.
The Germans are making enormous
sacrifices of life
The communique states that the
French are meeting these terrific at
tacks In most of the positions they
have held since their new line was «5-
tablished.
In the region of Beaumont the as
saults of the Germans were particu
iarly severe, being preceded by furious
gun fire
The text of the official communique
follows:
Worst Caf;;;:f War
Marks Attack on Verdun
(By International News Servies)
PARIS, Feb 26--The German
Crown Prince is hurling his troops
against the sntire arc of forts defend.
River) considerabls advances
made on our battle front in the pr s~
ence of the King and KB
(Kaiser Wilhelm). We gained 08-
sesslon of the hills southwest of o
village of Louvemont (north of Ver
dun), as well as a group of fortified
positions situated farther east,
flerce rush forward. The Branden
burg regiments pushed on as far as
the village and armored fort o
Douaumont, which was e-M‘ '
storm. to
“In the Woevre plain the 23
of the enemy was broken down on
the entire front as far as the
borhood of Marpheville, = - %
“SBouth of the high road trom Paris
to Metz our troops are closely ur
suing the retreating enemy.
“The announcement of the captu
of the village of Champ "
yesterday was based on a ort
which has turned out to be
“East front—Apart from suce 1
vanguard engagements there is th
ing to report. *
“Balkan front—The situation is uf
changed.” s
The capture of Fort De
means & gain of approximately tw
more miles of ground for the Ok
mans. Most fmportant :till, it pes
moves the chief menace to an LR
south of Ornes, for the sweeping plain
south of that town was under the
guns of the fort. o
Guns Turned on Verdun.
Under cover of darkness folle .;
the victory, the Germans worked f ,
verishly bringing up fresh guns
ammunition, and now the big mortars
in the fort are smashing the eity
Verdun itself. Fires have broken ;
and many of the French reserves tl
were held there by General Humbert
have been forced to retire to -nq
annihilation by the German shells, :
The sixth day of the battle of Vi
dun finds the German lines only a
miles from Verdun, meaning a -
mile advance since last lumm
the drive against the French
was resumed, p
It is belleved the capture of g
fortress now is & matter of only & &
days. gieF
. “The battle is continuous In mn.’fé
gion to the north of Verdun,
the enemy continues to direct his
forts against the front to the east of
Meuse. According to the latest e~
ports, our troops are mm
same positions the repeated
of the enemy, who no longer counts
his sacrifices.
“In the region of Besumont the
combat has assumed &
particularly sanguinary, e
“On the Woevre front the advan
forces, which we had held as the | ;7
of observation from Ornes to
mont since the fighting of last yem
have been withdrawn from the b
of the Meuse heights on the
the commander and without say o
tacks from the snemy. o
“Our artiliery on the right
the loft bank of the """& spon
ing xgm‘mu =
bo"'";‘hom i nothing to report.om ‘
rest of the fromt.™ el
ing Verdun on the northeast sidle §
the terrific battie is h
utmost vielence in &
| perishing cold e
l Using fresh soldiere ! fi