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number of prisoners thers has been in
oreased to 11 officers and more than
700 men. A few machine guns were
captured. |
“Our aeroplane squadrons dropped
bombs upon villages west of Verdun
which were occupied by enemy troops.
“Bast Front—Local attacks by the
Russians at several points were all re
pulsed,
“Our aviators bombarded with good
results the railway between Ljacho
witschi (south of Baranovitch) and
Lanino. |
“Balkan Front—There is nothing to
report.”
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German Drive Halts;
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Cannon Duel Rages
PARIS, March 8.-—To-day's com
munique from the War Office an
nounced the capture of some trench
sections in the Champagne district by |
French troops. These trenches had
been taken by the Germans on Mon
day.
In the Verdun reglon, the com
munique states, there was no change
in the situation during the night. The
Germans continued their bombard
ment on the west bank of the Meuse
without attempting any infantry at
tacks.
The text of the communique fol
lows: |
“In the Champagne region to the
‘ut of Maisons de Champagne we
launched an attack which placed us in
possession of trench sections captured |
by the enemy on March 6 In the‘
course of this action we took 85 pri--‘
oners, of whom three were officers,
and captured a machine gun. A coun- ‘
ter attack launched hy the enemy
shortly afterward against the posi
tions which we held was repulsed.
Germans Keep on Shelling.
“In the Argonne our artillery shelled
roads in the regicn of Montfaucon, on
which automobile transports were re
ported.
“In the region to the north of Ver-
Aun no change was reported during
the night. The Germans have con
tinued their bombardment of our
front to the west of the Meuse With
out attempting any infantry attacks.
Our batteries have responded ener
getically to the enemy's fire In that
sector, as well as to the east of the
Meuse, where the bombardment has
been intermittent.
“In the Woevre region there was a
very violent artillery duel. We hom
barded Blanzee, Grimaucourt and the‘
outskirts of Fresnes. An attack hy
the enemy upon our railways and the
Manheulles road was shattered by our
curtains of fire from the artillery and
our infantry fire."”
French Sure of Holding.
Despite German gains at Forges
m’!h-nu. military experts are con
t that the Kalser's grand scheme
to encircle Verdun and capture Gen
eral Joffre's army is doomed to fall
ure,
The Germans are methodically
:nylhn( to pound their way to victory
masses of heavy guns, bhut as
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‘they advance they find the French
positions stronger and stronger and
fresh artillery has been going to the
front for a week to reinforce the
French batteries.
_The fact that Verdun is nearly two
‘thirds surrounded by German troops
is now regarded as significant in
military circles, for it is believed that
the Teutons have advanced about as
far as they will be able to go west
of Verdun, which is the only point
where the Kaliser's forces may move
forward to close the gap in the circle.
It has been shown that the Ger
mans can not advance from St. Mi
hiel to close the hole in the ring, mak
ing it necessary for them to move
southward along the west bank of the
Meuse or in the Argonne if they are
going to carry to a successful con
clusion their enterprise of surround
ing Verdun.
~ The southernmost point attained by
the Germans in the Argonne is a po
sition southeast of La Chalade, and
the distance from this place to St
‘Mlhlel is 34 miles. Hlill 265, south of
Forges, the farthest south which the
Germans have moved on the west
bank of the Meuse, is 28 miles from
St. Mihiel.
Big Gap to Close. |
! Thus if the Germans are to close
the gap from La Chalade they must
advance 34 miles, driving the French
from powerful positions. If they tryi
to forge the ring by moving south
from Hill 265, they not only have to
advance a distance of 28 miles, but
to sllence six or eight of the most
powerful forts in eastern France.
The total of the German advance
on the west bank of the Mduse yes
terday was not over 200 yards, ac
cording to dispatches from towns be
hind the front. Military men hold
that the capture of Forges was with
cut any Tportam'e. for the place
holds no strategic importance what
soever, .
The military critic of The Echo de
Paris, who is regarded as one of the
soundest writers on war matters in
France, says:
“The Germans can triumphantly
announce that Forges has been ecap
tured, but what good will it do them?
Forges is a tiny settlement, which in
time of peaceghas a population of only
460 souls. It'is by no means a mili
tary position of any value. The slight
German advance in that region, if not
followed by a huge offensive, is noth
ing more than an isolated hammer
stroke. A terrible task confronts the
Teutons if they want to bring up their
front west of the Meuse on a line with
‘their positions on the east bank, for
they must dislodge the French from
iltronx positions dominating Regne
ville, Goose Hill and Dead Man Hill
~an operation comparable with the
taking of Douaumont,
“It is noteworthy, however, that
during the last few days the Crown
Prince has been unable to mass troops
for a huge offensive at any point. He
has been contented to launch amall
attacks on a narrow front, which, in
spite of their flerceness, 'have heen
driven back by the French in most in
stances.”
Lieutenant Colonel Rousset, anoth
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Republicans Pledge
Toast to Wilson at
Dinner of Leaders
LBANY, N. Y., March B.—At
A a banquet of Republican
Senators and Assemblymen
last night Republican Senate Lead
er Brown proposed:
“Let us drink a toast to the
President. May he use his great
office to maintain the honor, the
power and dignity of this great
country, and protect its citizens on
land and sea, and under the laws
of nations.”
The toast provoked cheers.
er writer on military affairs, declares
that the German attacks have not
only become weaker, but are less con
centrated.
“These insignificant blows have
been repeated a number of times, but
we have learned not to fear them,”
writes Lieutenant Colonel Rousset.
“Unless they are designed to cloak a
riew offensive at some other point on
the front, they serve no useful end.”
Jos. Reinach, the historian, takes a
more cautious view of the Verdun sit
uation, saying:
“For the moment no new attacks
against Pepper Hill and Douaumont
are officially announced. However,
the Kaiser l& not the Duke of Bruns
wick., Do not think that he has or
dered a discontinuation of the bat
tle.”
Big Defense to Come.
The latest news available shows
that the French line is now resting
on strong positions on Goose Hill,
Cumlers Wood, Corbeaux Wood and
Bethine Court, forming a salient in
the German front.
It 1s believed that the French thus
far have made no determined effort
to frustrate the German offensive. It
is expected, however, that they will
make their first real stand upon the
present line of defenses,
"'Ehe German losses have been so
heaVvy that on Monday the Crown
Prince asked General Petain for a
ten-hour armistice to bury his dead,”
says The Journal. “The Brandenbur
gers and Pomeranians were piled up
in heaps,
“The Germans have advanced far
enough into the loop of the Meuse to
establ'sh communication by pontoon
with Samogneux, on the axtern bank,
There is nothing significarft, however,
in the withdrawal of the French on
their right flank. That was necessary
in order to reotify the lines and pre
vent undue losses from the tremen
idoul artillery fire of the Germans.”
Germans to Strike
Belfort, Is Report
By ARTHUR 8. DRAPER.
LONDON, March B.—A new offen
sive movement is about to be launched
by the German Crown Prince, accord
ing to advices received here to-day
from Holland. The scene of the new
drive, which, it is said, will equal in
ferocity that launched at Verdun, will
be along the Verdun-Belfort line. Bel
fort is the mighty fortress at the
southern end of the French eastern
defense line. Toul and Epinal are the
other links in the fortress chfi be
tween Verdun and the Swiss rder.
The Crown Prince and his staff are
sald to have slipped away from the
fighting at Douaumont a few days ARO
and to have inspected the German
troops and' military preparations in
Upper Alsace. According to the ru
mors current last night, the Crown
Prince will establish his headquarters
at Mulhausen in order to direct the
operations which it is expected will
develop in the Belfort region.
Corroboration of the reported Ger
man plans is contained in a dispatch
to The Daily News from Amsterdam,
which says that French reserves are
being k,ouxht in large numbers to re
sist thd movement.
Lord Fisher Helps
Plan Big Sea Battle
By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, March 8-—Matiers of
vast Importance with regard to the
British fleet and the anticipated clash
with Germany's great warships in the
North Sea were discussed to-day at a
meeting of the war council. Lord
Fisher, formerly First Sea Lord, at
tended the session. It was the firat
time he had been called into a formal
meeting of the couneil, but {t was
stated that the invitation sent him
antedated the proposal made by Win.
ston Churchill in the House of Com
mons yesterday that the famous sea
warrior be given a high post in the
Government,
Churchill's warning that the Kal
ser's fleet will make a dash is com
mented on at length by the Londion
papers to-day. Those which have op
posed the present Government declare
that the warning must be heeded and
that nothing be left undone ot assure
victory for England. ‘
Government organs, on the con
trary, assail Churchill bitterly, sug
gesting that he wishes to return to
the Cabinet and that he is willing to
wreck the Government in order to
satisfy his Sorloml ambitions, They
flatly deny Churchill's intimation that
the Admiralty, under the leadership
of Arthur J. Balfour, has neglected to
take the necessary precautions
against the German fleet.
4 German Liners
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Seized by Portugal
ÜBSE EAST AFRICA Maror 30"
GUE o ~ March 8.
Four Hamburg-American liners that
have been here since the war began
were taken over by the Portuguese
Government to-day. Thelr officers
and crews, numbering 400, were in
terned.
The ships are the Admiral, 6355
tona; the Eassen, 5,878 tons: the Hos,
4,706 tons, and the Kron Prinz, 5,689
tons, g
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Invited to Atlanta
Oh, girls, lll(;:! Francis X. Bush
man Is considering coming to Atlanta
to dance with you at the movie ball
uhtho Au‘dnorlum g\:pflbl"l
Not only were efforts ng made
Wednesday to have Bushman attend
the Southern Motion Picture Trades
nxpo;‘mon. b:.tdhg.:ec?ln,"l:dy. l:ov
erl ayne, n inv , and so
wo:. more than a hundred other stars
from Gaumont, Thanhouser, Universal
and other big studios, The exrnlt!on
will be held on March 30, 1 and
April 1, and practically all movie
concerna will be represented
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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starve Germany into submission by
these illegal means.
Germany Complied.
“Germany, after neutral citizens
had lost their lives against her wish
and intention, nevertheless complied
with the wishes of the American
Government regarding the use of her
submarines. The right of neutrals
regarding legal trading were, in fact,
nowhere limited by Germany.
“Then England made it impossible
for submarines to conform with the
old rules of international law by arm-
Ing nearly all merchantmen and by
ordering the use of guns on merchant
vessels for attack. Photographic re
productions of those instructions
have been transmitted to neutral
governments with the memorandum
of the German Government of Febru
ary 8, 1916.
“These orders ‘are obviously in con
tradiction with the note delivered by
the Britlsh Ambassador in Washing
ton to the American Government on
August 25, 1914. On account of the
proposals, made by the United States
on January 23, 1916, regarding dis
armament, the Imperial Government
hoped that these facts would enable
the neutral governments to obtain the
disarmdment of the merchant ships
of her opponents. The latter, how
ever, continued with great energy to
arm their mer?huntmen with guns.
“The principle of the United States
Government not to keep their citizens
off belligerent merchant ships has
been used by Great Britain and her
allies to arm merchant ships for of
fensive purposes. Under these cir
cumstances merchantmen can easily
destroy submarines, and if their at
tack fails still consider themselves in
safety by the presence of American
citizens on board.
False Flags Ordered.
“The order to use arms on British
merchantmen was supplemented by
instructions to the masters of such
ships to holst false flags and to ram
U-boats. Reports on payments of
premiums and bestowal of decora
tions to successful masters of mer
chantmen show the existencg of these
orders.
. “England’s allies have adopted the
position.
“Now, Germany is facing the foi
lowing facts:
“(a) A blockade contrary to inter
national law (compare American note
to Englan dos November 5, 1915) hui
for one year been keeping neutral
trade from German ports and is mak
ing German exports impossible.
“(b) For eighteen months through
the extending of contraband provi
sions in violation of international law |
(compare American note to En.land‘
of November 5, 1915) the overseas
trade of neighboring neutral coun
tries, so far as Germany is concerned,
has been hampered.
“(e¢) The interception of mails in
violation of international law (com
pare American memorandum to Eng-
Jand of January 10, 1918) is meant to
| stop any intercourse of Germany with
foreign countries,
- “(4) By systematically and Increa.s-'
ingly oppressing neutral countries,
following the principle of ‘might be-‘
fore right’ England has prevented
neutral trade on land with Germany
S 0 as to complete the blockade of the
central powers intended to starve
thelr civil population.
~ “(e) Germany's men by our ene
'mies on the high seas are deprived of
;thelr liberty, no matter whether they
are combatants or noncombatants.
Armed for Offensive.
“(f) Our enemies have armed their
merchant vessels for offensive pur
poses, theoretically making it impos
sible to ule our U-boats according to
the principles set forth in London
declaration (compare American mem-‘
orandum of February 8, 1916).
“The English White Book of Janu
ary b, 1916, on the restriction of Ger
man trale, boasts that by the British
measures Germany’s export trade has
been stopped almost entirely, while
he’{-‘ imports are subject to England's
will.
“The Imperial Government feels
confident that the people of the Unit
ed States, remembering the friendly
relations that for the last ‘hundred
vears have existed hetween the two
nations, will, in spite of the difficul
ties put into the way by our enemies,
appreciate the German viewpoint as
laid down above.”
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Examiner to Help
Aliens to Qualify
O. T. Moore, chief naturalization ex
aminer of the United States Depart
ment of Immigration, came to Atr:nn
Wednesday with a plan to establish
night schools for allens who are seeking
citizenship. His idea s to prepare mora
foreigners so they can successfully
stand the test that the Government now
prepares for them, and also to Induce
more allens to apply.
Mr. Moore held a preliminary exam
ination Wofino.dv at the Federal
Bullding, and will” go into court with
the secondary part of the examination
on e\lurch 18. There are twenty appli
cants,
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Pannelle, where the Pannelles were
staying, had left the house Wednes
day before the tragedy occurred,
going up town to her work. She was
vigorous in her denial that her son
mistreated his wife.
“My son Mever struck a woman in
his life,” she said. “They had their
quarrels, of course, but never any
thing serious. They were all right
when I left home this morning, and
apparently happy. I went into their
room and kissed them good-bye be
fore I left.”
Mrs. Pannelle's two sisters and her
eldest daughter, Elva, called upon her
at the police station Wednesday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Pannelle went into a
fresh frenzy of hysterics, fell into her
sister’s arms and fainted. A physi
clan was called and soon restored her
to consclousness. She sobbed contin
ually of her sorrow for her poor chil
dren and the disgrace she had brought
upon them. She seemed to take lit
tle interest in her own future.
The body of her husband had been
removed to Greenberg & Bond’s un
dertaking establishment, but Mrs.
Pannelle expressed a wish that it be
buried by Harry G. Poole. She ex
hibited interest in several details of
the funeral arrangements, which had
not been completed Wednesday aft
ernoon.
The Pannelles had twice been mar
ried to each-other. FEilva, the eldest
daughter, was born of their first mar
riage. They separated about ten years
2go, but subsequently were reconciled ‘
and went through a second ceremony.
The two younger children were born
after this,
The couple formerly had lived in.
Atlanta, but had traveled around a
great deal for several years. They
returned to Atlanta a short time ago,
and made their home with Pannelie's
mother, g
The police first heard of the trag
edy, which occurred at 7:30 o'clock,
when they received a call sent in by
the daughter, Elva.
The three children were crying
in terror when the officers arrived.
They begged that the police not take
their mother to jail, and they quieted
them by pretending they would only
take her “around the corner to see a
lawyer.” Mrs. Pannelle willingly con
sented to the subterfuge.
Called on Chief.
Mrs. Pannelle and her sister, Mrs.
Bell, called upon Chief of Police
Mayo Monday to say that Mrs. Pan
nelle was afraid of her husband and
to ask advice.
. “He has threatened me several
times,” Mrs. Pannelle said. “He is
in love with anothér woman, Chief.
| He made a proposal to me that we
move to some strange place where
nobody knows us and he would llve
with both of us. I refused, of course,
and T am afrald he will kil me.”
Chief Mayo wrote to Greensboro, the
former home of the Pannelles, and
learned that Pannelle had no criminal
record there. Mrs. Pannelle begged
that nothing be said of her visit, as
she feared her husband would kill her
if he learned of it
Shot Six Times.
The tragedy occurred’ about 7:39
o'clock Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Pannelle shot her husband six times
with a revolver. Then she told Elva,
15, her eldest daughter, to call
the police station. Call Officers J. W,
McWilliams and G. C. Watson re
sponded. They found Pannelle dead
on the floor, with a long razor strop in
his hand.
“I had to do it,” the wife said sim
ply. “He was beating me with that
strop.”
In the room when the shooting oc
curred were the three children—Eilva,
Helen, 8 and Mildred, 6. They were
crying bitterly when the officers ar
\rivod,
Pannelle was a cleaner for the San
itary Dry Cleaning Company. The
family had come to Atlanta from
Greensboro, N. C., about three weeks
ago.
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Chamber Committee
The Chamber of Commerce referen
dum committes, of which Wilmer L.
Moore is chairman, Wednesday after
noon met for consideration of the
new seaman's act in Congress, in
which the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States is interested.
The bill would have all American
vessels manned by American seamen.
The shipping interests object to the
measure on the grounds that there
are not enough American sallors to
supply the demand and that foreign
seamen will work much cheaper.
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Former Pastor Definitely States
He Can Not Consider Offer
From Taernachle.
KNOXVILLE, March B.—The Rev.
Dr. Len G. Broughton is not receptive
to a call to the Baptist Tabernacle in
Atlanta. He stated to-day that he
was not in a position to consider At
lanta’s proposition, even if it were
made. He came to Knoxville April
1 of last year as gustor of the First
Baptist Church, and has done wonder
ful work here in reorganizing this
church.
During the last few days there has
been considerable agitation in Knox
ville concerning press reports that
have come from Atlanta relative to an
effort to induce Dr. Broughton to re
turn to Atlanta and resume the pas
torate of the Tabernacle, which he
held for 'more than fifteen years be
fore going to the pastorate of a great
Londonechurch four years ago.
Interest in Knoxville has been gen
eral. All the churches and business
organizations have shared with the
congregation of the First Baptist
Church in expressing their deep con
cern in the reports. Dr. Broughton
has been kept busy answering ques
tions and entertaining callers anx
ious to have him remain in Knoxville.
Dr. Broughton has from the first
declared he has received no official
notice whatever of a call or prospect
ive tender from the Atlanta Taber
nacle congregation. Requested to
make a definite statement in view of
continued reports from Atlanta, he
sald to-day:
“I realize that the situation is most
unfortunate. The Tabernacle Church
has nét said one word to me, and un
der ordinary circumstances I should
have nothing to give to the public,
but the circumstances are snot ordi
nary. The constant agitatian is not
good for any of the interests involved.
“I love Atlanta and almost adore
the name ‘Tabernacle.” For more than
fifteen years my life was poured out
with the good people that have made
that name so sacred to me. No one
can know what it means to me and
no one can ever know how dear are
the ties that bind me to those who, for
the long struggling years, helped me
carry on the many agencies that
clustered around the church and so
wonderfully blessed humanity.
Chaplain Is Named
For First Regiment
On recommendation of Colonel John
G. Butler, commanding the First In
fantry, N, G. Ga., Adjutant General J.
Van Holt Nash has named Rev. John 8.
Wilder, of Savannah, to be chaplain of
the regiment.
His commission new awaits the sig
nature of Governor Harris.
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‘““The Peachtree Clothiers."
“‘Self-righteousness has
in it a strain that is
worse than every-day
iniquit{;” He dis
cusses Vitalized Fic
tion as a Factor in
Moulding Publie
Opinion and voices
some thoughts of
value to everyone.
By REV. DR. CHARLES H. PARKHURST
ITALIZED fietion judiet-
Vouly shaped in pursuance
of a sane purpose, is the
readiest method of culti
vating opinion. Convietion of
the truth of this proposition leads
me to write something respect-
Ing David Graham Phillips’s “The
Story of Susan Lenox—Her Fall
and Rise,” which is being pab
lished in Hearst's Magazine.
The book is elevated by being
written with a wholesome pur
pose. Mr. Phillips had a cour
ageous purpose m’ld'h he ht.nond to
it anfalteringly. e heroine of
the novel was born under a cloud.
Susan Lenox Was a Victim of
Conventional Injustice.
Bhe was illegitimate. That
means that she was not legally a
girl,. Had no right to be any
thing. The world was not a suit
able place for her to enter, or
rather she was not a suitable
thing to enter the world.
Mr. Philllps found so much in
his heroine that was true, strong
and sweet that the damnation
theory smote him. He pat
her In all sorts of situations and
cast her down into every va
riety of abyss in order to satisfy
himself or rather to satisfy
others, whether she was a child
of Satan or a child of God.
He tortured her by foroibly
marrying her to a male creature
that was onefourth man and
three-quarters brute, and a fiithy,
half-witted brute at that He
tortured her by affieting her with
poverty. He tortured her by re
ducing ber to compulsory associa
tion with men and women that
were cunning, grasping and low-
Nved; still more by assoclating
ber with men that were refined,
olegant and alluring. The pe
ouliar circumstances of her
birth probably made her ab
normally sensitive to inflnences
that had the flavor of the earnal
She did not preserve herself al
together unamirched. It was not
part of the author's game that
she should. It did not Ne easily
within the scope of human nature
that she should. And yet 2iere
Are two ways in which it is pos
olhhformwbodoetdby
Read David Graham Phillips’
“The Story of Susan Lenox,
Her Fall and Rise”
in Hearst’s Makg_azme
Buy your copy now, before the ed in nold omt
but there is no hint as yet as to who hd
will be.
John Ruskin
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DR. CHARLES H. PARKHURST.
touching the unclean thing; one
effect is to drag one still lower.
Sin naturally begets sin. A fall
ing body tends to fall more and
more rapidly. So does a falling
soul tend to fall more and more
rapidly; but all depends on the
soul. There are cases where sin
strikes the soul dead. There are
also cases where sin brings back
a dying soul to moral conscious
ness. It depends on the soml
Phillips believed there s no
moral fatality in {llegitimacy.
He did not construe her birth
in that way. He held that ille
gitimacy defrauded Susan neither
of her proper prerogatives nor
robbed her of possibilities open
ing the way to attalnments as
fine, as womanly, as angelic as
those of any other woman. Thai
was the final stroke of discipline
that the author inflicted wupom.
Susan. He let her fall and then
lst her show that to fall s not
necessarily fatal and that even
in the midst of a debased experd
ence there is still room for thak
kind of moral ;luuctty that
works itself out in the rebound.
And so we have the story of the
fall, supplemented by the recital
of the rise of Susan Lenox.
Misfortune Contains in it no
Ethical Guilt.
The entire composition is &
sample exhibit of Mr. Philltipe's
distaste and contempt for con
ventional injustice. He was not
indifferent to the deep import of
evil, but had no place In his
creed for virtue that {s so enam
ored of its own rectitnde as to ba
insensible to the sympathetic im
pulse of the Master who “came
not to condemn the world bdut
that the world through Hho
might be saved*
Belf-rightecusness has in it a
vicious strain that is worse than
every-day Iniquity. *The publi
can went down to his house jus
tified rather than the pharisee ™
It is neither religion nor moe
ality to act or to feel toward a
child born out of wedlock other
than toward one born tn wedlock,
Artificial disoriminations are as
far removed from the beauty of
holiness as they are from the
dignity of intelligence.