La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LA GRANGE JOURNAL. LA GRANGE. ItiXAS
WHOLE WESTERN FRONT
ABLAZE WITH GUN FIRE
GRENADES ARE U8ED AND MINE8
EXPLODED; INFANTRY AT-
TACKS, BIG GUNS ROAR.
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BATTLE CRUISERS ARE SUNK
Battles Staged In the Air In France. |
French and British Troops From
8alonica March Toward Bulga
rlan Border—Turk* Massed.
Latest News From War Fronts.
The whole western fighting front In
the scene of engagements. At some
points the big guns have been roaring
Incessantly for days; the infantry
hare boon engaged In hand-to-hand
struggles; grenade fighting and min-
ing operations have played a promi-
nent part In the battles, while airmen
have fought each other above the
lines and have been cannonaded from
below by antiaircraft guns.
In Upper Alsace Monday the Ger-
mans turned loose their guns on
trenches the French had recaptured
from them, but the French during the
night had evacuated them, and the
ihelling did no other damage than to
shatter the emplacements.
Seventeen fights In the air iH the
record of Bunday, reported officially
by the British along their linen In
Flanders. In addition there has been
great activity south of La Bassee
canal, where the Germans exploded
seven mines. Heavy bombardments
and an Infantry attack In that section
also Is reported, the Germans suc-
ceeding In entering a British trench.
They were driven out almost imme-
diately.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Vienna
reports, has arrived to visit Emperor
Francis Joseph. This would seem to
set at naught recent unofficial reports
that Bulgaria had asked the entente
allies for a separate peace.
Another British cruiser has met dis-
aster. The Arethusa, noted for her
fighting qualities, struck a mine, and
Is believed to have been totally wreck-
ed. Ten men lost their lives.
deports of the loss of the French
rruiser Amlral Oharner, which was re-
ported to have been sunk by a subma-
rine patrolling the Syrian coast, were
confirmed Monday, at Paris. Accord-
ing to Information received at the
French ministry of marine, a raft bear-
ing one live aallor and the bodies of
fourteen of hla companions has been
picked up off the coast of Syria.
Increasing activity In the Balkans
is reported from Athens. Following
Ike arrival of French and British re-
inforcements at Salon I ki, the French
are proceeding up the railway, concen-
trating troops as far forward as the
Bulgarian frontier. The Bulgarians
axe said to have occupied one third ot
Albania.
It Is reported that Turkish forces lu
formidable numbers are being sent to
Mesopotamia. Troops released from
the Dardanelles and small detach-
ments from Thrace are already on
their way thither.
r The first call to the married men of
England who attested under the Derby
scheme will be Msuod about a month
hence. A late London report said that
all single men wero to be called to
the colors during this week.
, The German* are fiercely attacking
the French positions in the Artois sec-
tion as well as In Champagne. In the
latter district Berlin reports the cap-
ture of a front of about seven hundred
yards, while the French admit that
the Germans have gained a footing In
some of their advanced trenches near
the Tabune-Somme-Py road. In Artois
noar Mill 140, southwest of Vlmy, the
German attacks followod one another
In quick succession. Pushing forward
tn the face of a hall of shells and bul-
lets the Germans on their fourth at-
tempt succeeded in entering one of the
French first line trenches, which, how-
ever, they failed to hold, being almost
Immediately driven out with consider-
able loss In dead and wounded accord-
ing to Paris.
On the British end of the line there
have been sapping operations and
bombardments by both sides.
All sround Solasons the German ar-
tillery was busy preparatory to Infan-
try attacks, but they did not eventuate
owing to the French uso of their guns
in curtains of fire volleys.
Considerable damage has been done
to the German positions In the Ar-
gonne forest by the French. Artillery
duels are In progress in Lorraine and
In the Vosgos.
The heavy guns are being actively
employed on both sides In the north-
ern sector of the Prussian front, but
no Important changes in positions
have taken place.
in the Inonzo region the Austrians
have taken from the Italians Intrench-
raents In tho Kombon zone, while the
Italian artillery haH bombarded Aus-
trian positions at various points, es-
pecially In tho Gorizla sector.
On tho Black Sea, Russian torpedo
boat destroyers have sunk additional
Turkish sailing vessels and have de-
stroyed bridges and depots ashore.
The French cruiser Admiral ('liar
ner, it la feared by the French minis-
ter of marine, has been lost while pa-
trolling the Syrian coast. The crulsor
haa not been hoard from since Feb-
ruary 8, when n German dispatch re-
ported that a submarine had sunk a
French warship.
Tho Gorman gunboat Hedwlg von
Wistmann haa been sunk on Lake
Tanganyika, Africa.
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GARRISON RESIGNS
AS SECRETARY OF WAR
OPPOSITION TO ARMY REORGAN-
IZATION AND PHILIPPINE BILL
GIVEN A8 REASONS.
ASSISTANT ALSO RETIRES
The President Accepted Both Resigna-
tion*, and Major General Hugh L.
Scott Automatically Becomes Sec-
retary of War Ad Interim.
Washington.—Secretary Llndley M.
Garrison resigned Thursday because,
it Is said. President Wilson would not
“Irrevocably" support the continental
army plan and because ho opposes the
administration's program of setting a
definite time for Philippine Independ-
ence.
President Wilson accepted the resig-
nation. The pre-ident himself prob-
ably will take personal charge of the
administration's national defense plans
In congress.
Assistant Secretary Breckinridge
also resigned as a mark of loyalty to
hlB chief, whose views he shared. The
president accepted his resignation.
Both take effect Immediately. Major
General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff
of the army, automatically becomes
secretary of war ad Interim.
It la known that one of Secretary
Garrison's principal reasons for his
conviction that only a federal conti-
nental army instead of a reorganized
national guard could be the main
military dependence of the nation, was
his belief that stttne day the United
States may be called upon to defend
the Monroe doctrine and In that event
he foresaw the national guard might
not be available for use outside of the
United States before a declaration of
war.
Upon the contention on tho one
hand that the continental army, or ul-
timately, universal service, was the
nation's only reliance, and the posi-
tion on the other that no one plan
could be enforced upon congress. Pres-
ident Wilson and his secretary of war
parted official company.
Mr. Garrison's resignation was a
complete surprise to official Washing-
ton generally. He made no personal
explanation. Several hours before the
official announcement he had boarded
a train with his wife for New York
and word had been passed at the de-
partment that he had gone for an in-
definite stay.
The acute differences of opinion
which led to the break began early in
the year when opposition to the con-
tinental army plan began developing
in congress. There had been Indefi-
nite rumors of the possibility of the
secretary of war leaving the cabinet,
but they never were countenanced in
official quarters. The secretary every-
where was regarded as one of the
strong men of the administration upon
whom tho president leaned in the dif-
ficult situations, domestic and inter-
national, which have marked his ad-
ministration.
The circumstances which led up to
the resignation are detailed in the sec-
retary's correspondence with the pres-
ident, which was made public Thure-
jday by the White House. The presi-
dent, the letters disclose, believes that
the training, organization and control
of a military reserve should be under
immediate federal direction, but is not
"Irrevocably or dogmatically commit-
ted to any one plan.'
He wrote Mr. Garrison that he could
not force any specific plan on con-
gress and added:
"I must welcome a frank inter-
change of views, and a patient and
thorough comparison of all the meth-
ods proposed for obtaining the objects
we all have in view."
i Mr. Garrison's contentions that only
the plans of the war department could
be considered seemed to tho president
"wholly unjustifiable." Mr. Garrison
considered "reliance upon the militia
for national defense as unjustifiable
and imperiling the nation's safety.”
In resigning he wrote to the president:
| "It is evident that we hopelessly
disagree upon what I woncelve to be
fundamental principles ”
I Mr. Garrison characterized tho
Clarke amendment to the Philippine
bill providing conditionally for the In-
dependence of the islands within four
years “an abandonment of the duty
of this nation and a broach of trust for
the Filipinos."
The president replied it was his
judgment that the Clarke amendment
was "unwise at this time," but added.
"It would clearly be most Inadvisable
for me to take the position that I
must dissent from that action should
a
both houses of congress concur in
bill embodying that amendment.”
He said he must withhold Judgment
until the final action was before him !
in definite form.
House Passes Bill Allowing Pensions.
Washington.—Special pensions of
>10 a month each and places on a roll
of honor for former soldiers, holders of
medals of honor and over 65 years of
age are authorized in a bill introduced
by Representative Sherwood of Ohio
and passed Wednesday by the house.
It is estimated not' more than one
thousand veterans come under the pro-
visions of the measure.
Orders German Civilians Fresrt.
Norfolk, Va.—Thirteen German civil-
ians detained on the former British
liner Appam since February 1, the day
the vessel was brought Into Hampton
Roads in charge of a German prize
crew, were this week ordered re-
leased by the United States govern-
ment.
8chmidt Will Be Electrocuted.
Albany, N. Y.—Hans Schmidt, the
former priest convicted of the killing
of Anna Aumuller in New York In Sep-
tember, 1913, must pay the penalty for
his crime in the electric chair in Sing
Sing prison during the week of Feb
ruary 13.
Railroad Man Diet Suddenly.
El Paso, Tex.—A. N. Brown, general
traffic manager of the El Paso and
Southwestern railway system, died
Wednesday in Los Angeles of paraly-
sis of the heart
TEXAS CREAMERY N
HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION
Creation of Office of 8tate Dairy Com-
mlssioner la Recommended by
the Organization, Etc.
Houston, Tex.—If the wishes of th«
Texas Creamery Association, which
closed a two days' session at Houstor
Wednesday, are carried out. the stat«
legislature will create the office oi
dairy commissioner. Secretary Ridg
way spoke in favor of this, and Presi
dent Kline also expressed his strong
desire that the office be created.
All of the old officers and director*
of the association were re-elected So
lection of the next convention city,
which devolves on the directors, was
deferred until a later date.
Among talks made were: “Cream
ery Sanitation," by A. J. Smith oi
Houston; “Creamery Grounds and
Surroundings,” by H. H. Cooper ol
Nacogdoches; "Creamery Sewage Dis
posal," by Hugh Cassidy of the A. and
M. College; "Cream Routes," by A R
Jones of Falfurrias; "Pasteurization.'
by O. W. Mullen of Kingsville; “Uae ot
Moisture and Salt Box,” by J. L. Thom
as of College Station.
“The control of the dairies and but-
ter manufactories of the state is now
necessary," declared President Klin#
in Indorsing the request for a stats
dairy commissioner.
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La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1916, newspaper, February 17, 1916; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth997489/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.