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TEN TIE LdST'SHOT CQPY/?/(T/fZ c/fARLfj Jor/anr/tU janj in mu itOry ivir. raimcr, ini noted war correspondent, has paint* ed war as he has seen It on man/ battlefields, and between many na tions. Hla Intimate knowledge of armlea and armaments has enabled him to produce a graphlo picture of the greatest of all wars, and hla knowledge of conditions haa led him to prophesy an end of armed conflicts. No man Is better quali fied to write the story of the final world war than Mr. Palmer, and he haa handled hla subject with a master hand. 0 SBWBSM* (Continued from Yeiterday.) Westerllng raised hla clenched band threateningly at the chief of In telligence, hla cheeks purple with rage, hla eyes bloodshot. But Bellini, with hla boyish, small face and round head ■et cloee to hla shoulders, remained ■tidlsturhedly exact. "Yea, there is a leak, and from the Staff,'' he answered. "Until I have found It this array ought to suspend any aggressive—” "I was not asking advice!" Inter rupted Westerllng. "But, I repeat, the leak la not neces sary to disclose this new movement that you plan. Their air craft will dis close It," Bellini concluded. He had done his duty and had nothing more to •ay. "Dirigibles do not win battles!" Westerllng announced. “They are won by getting Infantry In possession of po sitions and holdtng them. No matter of we don't surprise the enemy. Haven’t the Browns held their line with Inferior numbers? If they have, we can bold the rest of ours That gives us overwhelming foroea at En gadlr.” "You take all responsibility T" asked Turcas. "I do!" said Westerllng firmly. "And we will waste no more time. The pre mier supports me. 1 have decided We will set the troops In motion." With fierce energy he set to work detaching unite of artillery and ln fHntry from every pnrt of the line and •tartlng them townrd Hngadlr. "Thla means an Improvised organi zation; it breaks up the machine,” said the tactical expert to Turcas when they were alone. "Yes," replied Turcas. "He wanted no advice from us when he was taking counsel of desperation. If he succeeds, success will retrieve all the rest of hla errors. We may have a stroke of luck in our favor." • ••••• • In the headquarters of the Browns. Junior officers and clerks reported the words of each bulletin with the relief <>f men who breathed freely again. The chiefs of divisions who were with I-en etron alternately sat down and paced the floor, their reetleeenees now that of a happiness too deeply thrilling to be expressed by hilarity. Each fresh detail only confirmed the complete ness of the repulse as that memorable night In the affairs of the two nations •lowly wore on. Shortly before three, when the firing had died after the Brown pursuit had stopped, a wireless from a dirigible flying over the fron tier came, tailing of bodies of Gray troops and guns on the march. Soon Jjlanes and other dirigibles flying over other positions were sending In word of the same tenor. The chiefs drew •wound the table and looked Into one Mother's eyes In the significance of a common thought. "It cannot be a retreat!" said the vice-chief. "Hardly That la inconceivable of IWastarllng at thU time," Lanetron re- Jdlad. "The bull chargee when wound ed. It U clear that he means to make Mother attack. These troops on the Starch across country are Isolated from any Immediate service.” It was Lanatron's way to be aug ■aatlre; to let ideas develop tn coun oil and orders follow as out of council. "The chancel" eiclalmed some one. “The chancel” others said in the wane breath. "The God-given chance for a quick blow! The chance! We attack! We attack!” It was the most natnral comceptlon to a military tactician, though any man who made It his own might have bullded a reputation on it If he knew how to get the ear of the press. Their faces were cloee to Lanatron as they leaned toward him eagerly. He seemed not to see them but to be looking at Partow's chair. In Imagination Par tow was there in life—Partow with the dome forehead, the pendulous cheeks, the shrewd, kindly eyes. A daring risk, this I What would l*artow any ? Lanstron always asked himself this In a crisis What would Partow aay ? "Wall, my boy, why are you hesitat ing?” Partow demanded. "I don’t know that I’d have taken my long holiday and left you In charge If I'd thought you'd be losing your nerve aa you are this minute Wasn't it part of my plan— my dream—that plan 1 gave you , to read In the vaulta. to strike if a chance, this very chance, were to come? Hurry up! Beoonds count!* "Yea, a chance to aud the killing for good and all!” said Lanstron. coming abruptly out of his silence. "Well (a&e It and strike hard.” # /Vs BEDE RICK PALMER Tho staff bent over the map, Lan stron'a finger flying from point to point, while ready expert answers to his questions were at Ills elbow and the wires sang out directions that made a drenched and shlveribg eol diery who had been yielding and bold ing and never advancing grow warm with tho thought of springing from the mire of trenches to charge the enemy. And one, Gustave Feller, In command of a brigade of field-guns--the mobile guns that could go forward rumbling to the horses’ trot- saw his dearly be loved batteries swing Into a road In the moonlight. “La, la, la! The worm will turn!” he clucked. "K’h n merry, gambling old world and I'm right fond of it—so full of tho unexpected for the Grays! That lead horse Is a little lame, but lie'll last the night through. Lots of lame things will! Who knows? May' be weil be cleaning the mud off our boots on the white posts of the fron tier to-morrow! A whole brigade mine! 1 live! You old brick, I-anny! This time we are going to spank the enemy on the part of his anatomy where spanks are conventionally given. La, la laI" CHAPTER XX, Turning the Tablet. Through the door which the aide liad loft open the division chiefs, led by Turcas, filed In. To Westerllng they seemed like a procession of ghosts. The features of one were tho features of all, graven with the weari ness of the machine's treadmill. Their harness held them up. A moving plut form under their feet kept their legs moving. They grouped aronnd the great man's desk silently, Turcas, bis lips a half-opened eeam, his voice that of crinkling parchment, acting as spokesman. "The enemy seized his advantage,” he said, "when he found that our re serves were on the march, out of touch with the wire to headquarters." Westerllng forced a Bmlle which he wanted to be a knowing smile. "However, we had not prepared our positions for the defensive," oontlnued that very literal parchment voice. "They began an assault on our left flank first and we've Just had word that they have turned It. Nor Is that the worst of It. They are pressing at other well-chosen points. They threat en to pierce our center." "Our center!" gibed Westerllng. "You need reet. Our center, where we have the column of last night's attack still concentrated! If anything would convince me that I have to fight this war alone—l—" Westerllng choked In Irritation. "Yos. Th« ground la axirh that It la a tactically naf<* and advantagnom mova for L&natron to make. He strikes I at the vitals of our machine.” "But what about the remainder of ; the force that made the charge? What about all our guns concentrated In front of KngadlrT” ”1 was coming to that The rout of 1 the assaulting column wa* much worse ' than we had supposed. Those who are strong enough cannot be got to re | form. Many were so exhausted that | they dropped tn their tracks. Our guns are at this moment In retreat —■ j or being captured by the rueh of the ‘ Browns' Infantry. Your Excellency, the crisis Is sudden. Incredible." "Our wire service has broken down. We cannot communicate with many of our division commanders," put tn Bel lini, the chief of Intelligence. "Yes, our organisation, so dependent on communication. Is in danger of dis ruption." concluded Turves. “To avoid disorder, we think It beat to retreat acrosa the plain to our own range." At the word "retreat” Weatarllng spraug to bis feet, hts cheeks purple, the veins of his neck and temples sculptured as he took a threatening step toward the group, which fell back before the physical rage of the man, all except the vice-chief, his mouth a | thin, ashy line, who held his own. “You cowards!" Wasterllng thun dered. "Retreat when ws have fir* : millions to their three I “ "We have not that odds now." replied 1 the parchment voice. "All thetr men are engaged. They have caught us at a disadvantage, nnable to use our num bers except In detail In trying to hold on In face of—” "1 tell you we cannot retreat!" Wes terllng Interrupted. "That Is the end. 1 know what you do not know, I am tn touch with the government. Yea, I know— * This brought fresh alarm Into faces which had become set tn grim stoicism by many alarms. If the people were In Ignorance of the losses and the army ' In Ignorance of the nation's feeling, the officers of the staff were no less In Ignorance of what passed over the long-distance wire between the chief of staff and the premier. "1 know wlikt fa best—l alone!“ Westerllng continued, driving home hts , point. "Tell our commanders to hold. Neither general nor man It to budge. They are to stick to the death. Any one who doee not I shall hold up to publto shame as a poltroon. Who knows but Lanstron's sttack may be a council of desperation? The Browne B>*l hv worn*.off jhau we are. UoliL hold! If we are tired, they are tired. Frequently It takes only an ounce more of resolution to turn the tide of battle. Hold, hold! To-morrow will tell a dif ferent story! We are going to win yet! Yes, we are going to win!" “It Is for you to decide. Your Excel lency,” said Turcas, slowly and pre cisely. “You take the responsibility.” “I take tho responsibility. I am In command!" replied Westerling in un flinching pose. “Yes. Your Excellency.” And they filed out of the room, leav ing him to his isolation. • ••*•• • After Marta had learned, over the telephone, from Lanstron of the cer tain repulse of the Gray assault, fatigue .—sheer physical fatigue such as made soldiers drop dead In slumber on tho earth, their packs still on their backs overcame her. Her work was done. The demands of nature overwhelmed her faculties. She slept with a nervous twitching of her muscles, a restless tossing of her lithe body, until ham mers began beating on ’her temples, beating, beating with tho sound of shell bursts, os If to warn her that pun ishment for her share in the killing was to be the eternal concussion of battle In her cars. At length she real ized that the cannonading was real. Hastening out-of-doors, sb her glance swept toward tho range she saw bursts of shrapnel smoke from the guns of the Browns nearer than since the fighting had begun on the main line, and these were directed at bodies of Infantry that were in confused re treat down the slopes, while all traffic on the pass road was moving toward the rear. Impelled by a new appre hension she hurried to the tunnel. Lanstron answered her promptly In a voice that had a ring of relief and Joy In place of tho tension that had char acterized It since the outbreak of the war. “Thanks to you, Marta!" he cried. "Everything goes back to you—thanks to you came this chance to attack, and we are succeeding at every point! You are the general, you the maker of vic tories!” "Yea, the general of still more kill ing!" ehe cried In Indignation. "Why have you gone on with the slaughter? I did not help you for this. Why?’" No reply came. She poured out more questions, and still no reply. She pressed the button and tried again, but she might as welt have been talking over a dead wire. • ••*•• • One man alone against the tide— rather, the man who has seen a tide rise at his orders now finding all Its sweep against him —Westerllng, accus tomed to have millions of men move at his command, found himself, cne nmn out of the millions, still and help loss while they moved of their own Im pulses. As news of positions lost came In. ho could only grimly repeat, "Hold! Toll them to hold!” fruitlessly, like ad jurations to the wind to cease blowing. The bell of the long distance kept ringing unheeded, until at last his aide came to say that the premier must speak either to him or to the vice- Chief. Westerllng staggered to his feet and with lurching steps went Into the closet. There he sank down on the chair In a heap, staring at the tele phone mouthpiece. Again the bell rang. Clenching his hands In a rocking ef fort, he was abls to stiffen his spine once more as he took down the re ceiver. To admit deteat to the pre mier—no, he was not ready for that yet. "The truth Is out!” said the premier without any break tn hts voice and with the fatalism of ona who never allows himself to blink a fact. “Teleg raphers at the front who got oat of touch with the staff were still In touch with the eapltsl. Once the reports be gan to come, they poured In—decima tion of the attacking column, panic and retreat tn other portions of the line—chaos!” ‘it's a lie!" Westerllng declared vehemently. “The news has reached the press," the premier proceeded. "Editions are already In the streets." "What! Where Is your censorship?" gasped Westerllng. "It is helpless, a straw protesting against a current,” the premier re plied. "A censorship goes back to physical force, as every law does In the end —to the police and the army; and all. these days, finally to publlo opinion. After weeks of secrecy, of re ported successes, when nobody really knew what was happening, thta sudden disillusioning announcement of the truth has sent the publlo mad.“ "It Is your business to control the public!" complained Westerllng. "With what, now? With a speech or a lullaby? As well could you stop the retreat with your naked hands. My business to control the public, yes, but not unleas you win victories. I gave you the soldiers. We have nothing but police here, and I tell you that the pub lic le In a mob rage—the whole public, bankers and business and professional men Included. I have just ordered the atoch exchange and %U ban k> closed.,” To be continued tomorrow THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Markets Middling closed today B%c. Tone—Firm. Middling last year 13%c. closing Quotations Close. Low middling 8% Strict low middling 8 Middling 8% Htrict middling s% Good middling 8% Previous Day’s Figures. Low middling 8 strict low middling 8% Middling 8% Htrlct middling 8% GoQd middling 8% Receipts for Week. _ Sales. Spin. Shlp't Saturday 45(j 8 1063 Monday 4196 2437 341 Tuesday 383 89 480 Wednesday. . . .3098 1624 743 Thursday 2813 1778 277 Total 16473 1042 - 2176 Comparative Keceipts. 1913 3914 Saturday 2992 1879 Monday _, 25 Tuesday 3445 2706 Wednesday 11l 755 Thursday 49 624 Friday Total 285 3037 Stocks and Receipts Stock In Augusta, 1913 20,570 Stock In Augusta, 1914 23,934 Kec. since Sept. 1, 1913 32,580 Kee. since Sept. 1, 1914 23,696 Augusta Daily Receipts. 1913 1914 Georgia Railroad 489 236 Southern Railway Co 389 111 Augusta Southern 61 211 Augusta-Alken Ry. Co. ... 62 14 ('en. of Ga. R. It 303 340 Georgia & Florida 81 118 C. & W. C. Ry 323 145 A. ,C. L. R 58 120 Wagon 334 206 Canal River . Net receipts 2100 1365 Through 383 213 Total 2438 1778 Port Receipts. Today. Lest Yr. Galveston 5181 9875 New Orleans 627 2806 Mobile 282 926 Savannah 2698 14455 Charleston 1641 5335 Wilmington Norfolk 331 635 Interior Receipts. „ , ToTday. Last Yr. Houston 13396 Memphis 449 $100,000,000 NEW YORK CITY 6% REVENUE BONDS AND CORPORATE STOCK NOTES Maturinq as Follows: $57,000,000 6% Corporate Stock Notes due September 1, 1915 $18,000,000 6% Revenue Bonds due September 1, 1916 $25 ,000,000 6% Revenue Bonds due September 1, 1917 Price 100 and Accrued Interest. Those throe issue® are direct obligations of the city of New York. Exempt from Federal Income Tax. Exempt from all taxation in New' York State except for State purposes. Interest at 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on March Ist and September Ist. Principal and interest payable in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of weight and fineness at the office of the Comptroller of the City of New York. Coupon form in denominations of SSOO, SI,OOO, $5,000 and SIO,OOO. Registered form in denominations of SSOO and multiples thereof as desired Coupon and registered forms interchangeable We are advised that these bonds and notes are available for the following purposes; 1. As part col lateral for circulation, under the Aldrieh-Vreeland Act of May 30, 1908. 2. As security under the workmen’s compensation law of New' York State. 3. A® an investment for Savings Banks and Trus tees in New York State and elsewhere. A Syndicate of banks and trust companies of New York City has purchased these bonds from the City at par and accrued interest. A large part of the bonds having been withdrawn from sales by the sub scribing banks and trust companies, we offer the remain der, on their behalf, for public subscription at the cost price. Subscription books will be closed at 12 o’clock noon. Tuesday, September 22. 1914, or earlier in our discretion, without notice. The right is reserved to reject aiiy and all applications, aud also,’ in any case, to award as mailer amount than applied for. Applications for bonds should be accompanied by a remittance in New York funds of SSO for each *I.OOO bond applied for. The balance will be payable at the office of the undersigned, Monday. Sep tember 28th. If only a portion of the amount applied for be allotted, the balance of the deposit will be applied tow’ard the amount remaining to be paid. J. P. MORGAN & CO. KUHN, LOEB & CO. New York, September 17, 1914. LIVERPOOL COTTON Liverpool.—Cotton spot, in moderate demand, prices 20 points lower; middling fair 6.84; good middling 6.36; middling o. ow middling 5.32; good ordinary 4.:* ordinary 3.72. Hales 3,900 bales, including 3,000 Am erican on tiie basis of 5.80 d for middling. Imports 2 t 074 bales Including 1,211 Am erican. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET Chicago, Ills.—Wheat prices recovered today from an early dip that resulted from a selling drive by pit speculators. After opening 1-2 lower to 1-4 up values declined 1-2 to 3-4 all around but then made a recovery In full. Com swayed with wheat. The open ing, which ranged from 1 7-8 off to 1-4 advance, was followed by an upturn that offset most of the loss. Oats met a moderate setback. Higher values for hogs lifted provis ions. Reports that Germany had conditional ly accepted President Wilson's offer of mediation led to a break in wheat. It closed unsettled, 1 3-4 to - cents under last night. Corn closed nervous 1 3-8 to 1 3-4 net lower. Open. High. Low. Close WHEAT— Sept .... 10814 10814 107 10714 Dec .... 11114 IHI4 109 110 May .... 11814 119 116 116% CORN— Dec ... . 72% 7214 7214 70% May .... 74% 75% 72% 73% OATS— Dec .... 5014 50% 49% 49% May .... 53% 53% 52% 52% PORK— Jan . . . .2087 2090 2050 2055 LARD— Oct ... . 952 957 940 945 Jan . . . .1017 1017 1000 1000 RIBS— Oct . . . .1107 1107 1080 1090 Jan . . . .1085 1082 1065 1067 COMBINATION 111 NIL STORES? Attorney General Denies An nouncement That He Would Not Consider it Law Violation Washington, D.C.—Department of Jus tice offcials today denied a rep</rt that Attorney General Gregory had an nounced he would not consider a general marketing organization of naval stores factors and operators to be in violation of the Sherman law. It was said opera tors who sought the department’s opin ion merely were informed taht the at torney general never gives opinions ex cept to the President and other cabinet offiers. Officials explained today that the de partment could not bind itself not to prosecute when it has no assurance that the law may not be broken in many ways. If the combination of naval stores men is formed the department’s atitude will be determined wholly by the character and acts of the organiza tion. THE 20 0,0 0 0 PRISONERS OF CZAR IRK Are Being Rapidly Distributed in Rural Districts---Must Labor to Insure Their Ex istence Petrograd, via. London, 5:25 a. m.— The Bourse Gazette states that up to a few days ago the Russians held 200,- 000 prisoners who are being rapidly distributed to many distant districts. Most of them are being given labor, thousands being used on the railways, others are helping with the harvest and many have been sent to Turke stan for work on the drainage sys tem. The minister of agriculture has is sued the following statement regard ing the prisoners: “The prisoners must work to insure existence. Will Be Paid. "We shall pay for the work done but our position is not that of ordinary em ployers. Our prisoners must work, in return for which we shall support and feed them.” Colonel Shumsky, the military critic of the Bourse Gazette, says: “It is believed the Austrian atid German general staffs are undertaking a new concentration, probably in Cra cow, of between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 men.” LIVESTOCK MARKET CHICAGO CATTLE, HOGS. SHEEP Chicago, Ills. —Hogs: Receipts 12,000; higher. Bulk of sales $ 8.50@$ 9.00 Light 8.85(g) 9.50 Mixed 8.45(g) 9.55 Heavy 8.15(g) 9.25 Rough 8.15(g) 8.30 Pigs 5.00(g) 8.70 Cattle: Receipts 4,000; slow. Beeves $ 7.00(g)$11.00 Steers 6.35(g) 9.25 Stockers and feeders 5.50(g) 8.35 Cows and heifers 3.70(g) 9.30 Calves 8.50(g) 12.50 Sheep: Receipts 18,000; firm. Sheep $ 5.50(g)$ 6.25 Lambs 7.40(g) 9.00 Yearlings 6.25(g) 7.35 Use Herald “Wants” THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IT THE KRONPRINZ WILHELM NOT SUNK; A LIE Pilot Nichols Brought Story of Sinking of the German Liner By British Cruiser New York. —A circumstantial story of the sinking of the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm by the British cruiser Lancaster, brought Into port by Pilot McCarthy, aboard the Norwegian freight steamer Hermod, was proved today to be untrue. Mc- Carthy said the story had been told to him by Pilot Nichols, who yester day boarded the warship off Ambrose Channel Lightship. Nichols admitted to newspaper men thi safternoon that he had told such a story to McCarthy and several persons but confessed he had been romancing. "There is not one word of truth in the story,” said Nichols. “I boarded a British cruiser yesterday and gave the men some newspapers, but as a matter of fact I do not even know the name of the cruiser. I got no news of any kind from the officers and men aboard. “When I returned I told several per sons that I had been informed that the Lancaster had met and sunk the Kronprinz Wilhelm. I did not know the story would get into the news papers.” HARDWICK PUSHES BILL IN HOUSE Atlanta. —Dispatches from Wash ington indicate that the federal reserve banks will be in operation within 30 days. Senator Hoke Smith has telegraphed the Georgia Bankers’ Association to •send a representative to Washington to confer with the new reserve board and prepare for the opening. The Smith amendment to the Ald rich-Vreeland bill, to permit state banks to issue emergency currency the same as national banks, is before the house. Congressman Hardwick urged it vigorously yesterday after noon and believes it will soon pass.