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THE WEATHER
Cloudy and somewhat
cooler tonight; Saturday
fair.
VOLUME XIX, No. 269.
Allies Hold In
Violent Attacks
French P. M. Official Statement Reports Re
pulse German Cavalry. Progress on Center.
Washington, D. C.—Official dis
patches to the French embassy today
repeated the Paris official statement
and added;
“We have repulsed the German
cavalry toward Ham and were hold
ing at the end of the day Rethanvill
iers, Frasnieres and ftibecourt.”
Of Great Violence.
Paris. —3:08 P. M.—The following
official communication *vas given out
in Paris this afternoon:
“First: On our left wing there has
begun a general action of great viol
ence between those detachments of
our forces that are operating between
the River Somme and the Elver Oise,
and the army corps which the enemy
has grouped in the region around Ter
gnier and St. Quentin. To the north
3 Bombs
Drop in
Ostend
Explosion Made Great Cavity
in Ground and Created Panic.
Dirigible Sails Away to In
terior
Ostend, via London, 3 a. m.—A
Zeppelin airship coming from the
direction of Thourout (12 miles south
west of Bruges, Belgium,) dropped
three bombs yesterday. One of them
struck the Avenue P. de Smet de
Kayer bridge, on the outskirts of the
town, another fell In the harbor ami
another on tlio premises of a whole
sale fish dealer in the fish market,
partially wrecking the building.
The explosion here made a great
cavity in the ground and badly dam
aged all surrounding houses, extin
guished street lams, destroyed elec
tric wires and created a panic. The
Zeppelin returned in the direction of
Thielt, 12 miles northeast of Cour
trai.
The Avenue P. de Smet de Nayer
bridge crosses the Canal de Deriva
tion at the northeast boundary of the
famous Park Marie-Henriette In Os
tend.
The fish market in Ostend is near
the railway station and on Wednes
day and Friday is crowded with pur
chasers.
From Ostend as the crow flies It
is only about TO miles across the
North Sea and the strait of Dover to
the English coast.
‘NO PRISONERS’,
GERMAN ORDER
Bordeaux, 12:35 p. m.—The French
foreign office today made the state
ment that General Stenger, command
ing the 53rd German infantry brigade,
has issued an order of which the fol
lowing is a translation:
“Make no prisoners. Shoot all who
fall into your hands, singly or In
groups, and dispatch the wounded,
whether armed or unarmed, as the
Germans must lesve no Frenchman
living behind them.”
12 French Cavalrymen Killed Before
Five German Airplanes Captured
London, 3:02 «. m.—The correspondent of the Dally Telegraph In
V*France. nays:
\ "There Is considerable elation in' the allies' lines over the rapture of
five German aeroplanes by a French cavalry patrol.
"Twenty cavalrymen, penetrating Into a thickly wooded country, en
tered a clearing where the rich prize awaited them. The aviators and a
number of mechanics at the time were engaged in overhauling five Taube
aeroplanes.
"The pafrol made a dash to round up the lot hut met with fierce re
sistance and twelve cavalrymen were killed before the airmen were beaten.
Their aeroplanes nver will fly again.
- THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES -
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
of the River Aisne as far as Barry-
Au-Hae, there has been no change of
importance.
Progress on Center.
“Second: On the center we have
made progress to the east of Rhelms
in the direction of Berry and Moron
villiers. To the east of the Argonne
the army has not been able to move
out of Varennes. On the right bank
of the River Meuse, and. forced in the
direction of St. Mihiel, he bombarded
the forts of Paroches and of Camp
des Romains. To offset this, to the
south of Verdun, we remain masters
of the heights of the Meuse and our
troops, moving out of Toni, advanced
until they reached the region of Beu
mont.”
Orders
Troops
To Stay
Secretary of War Directs U. S.
Soldiers Not to Withdraw at
Vera Cruz For Next Ten Days
Washington—Secretary Oarrlson to
day ordered Brigadier General Fun
ston, commanding the American
forces at Vera Cruz, not to withdraw
during the next ten days.
Mr. Garrison said the order was
caused by a delay in adjustment of
many details incident to the transfer
of funds and the customs house.
Is Ample Time.
Washington, D. C.—lt is understood
President Wilson and Secretary Gar
rison have not yet considered the pos
sible effect of the Villa revolt on the
American evacuation and it Is prob
able the question will not be taken up
until the cabinet meeting Tuesday. As
there are so many other questions to
he settled, officials take the view that
there Is no oecasion for a hasty de
cision concerning the troops.
General Funston, in a report today,
confirmed news of the cutting of rail
and wire communication between
Vera Cruz and Mexico City. He add
ed that It was not known whether tho
Constitutionalists along the railroad
were fighting among themselves or
whether the work of destruction was
by former Federal soldiers.
An American officer on the Arizo
na frontier in a report today describ
ed the manner of Villa’s proclama
tion of independence. He said a no
tice declaring the concentration of the
Villa forces for a march on Mexico
City was written In chalk on a black
board In front of the Nogales customs
office by “persons unknown."
CROWN PRINCE LED
22 NIGHT CHARGES
London, 1:55 a. m.—Speaking of the
numerous charges made dally by the
Germans near Solssons, the corre
spondent of the Express In France,
says:
"Sunday night there were no fewer
than twenty-two cavalry charges un
der the personal supervision of the
crown prince. The object is to wear
out the allies and keep them from
sleep."
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914.
English Artillerymen Working Death-Dealing Machine Gun
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Flood , Snow and Disease Bring
Marked Diminution in Areas
of All Activities of the War
London, 10:15 a. m.—Weather con
ditlonsh exceptionally faverbale dur
ing the first six weeks of the war,
now have changed so radically as to
force a marked diminution of opera
tions In all the war areas, except Bos
nia and Herzegovina, where the com
bined Montenegrin and Servian as
sault continues with vigor.
Accompanying the reports of bad
weather comes the ominous news of
the presence of disease. Hungary has
acknowledged an outbreak of cholera
among her troops, and while It Is de
nied officially, the same scourge Is
said to have attacked the Servian
armies. General epidemics of mild
er diseases are expected In the west
ern field, where the troops on both
sides, drenched by pitiless rain, are
lying in flooded trenches.
Snowstorm*.
Operations in Alsace-Lorraine are
said to have come to a complete stop
on account of snowstorms. Rain and
floods are reported also from the
scene of the Galician operations, prob
ably accounting for the cessation of
the Rusaian attack on the retreating
Austrians. Storm conditions will In
terfere greatly with motor transports
and troops taking the offensive may
be greatly handicapped by inability
to bring up their artillery.
Stuck in Mud.
Several of the great German Riege
guns. probably destined for use
against the fortifications of Paris,
have fallen into the hands of the ene
my, having become stuck In the mud
when the Germans began their retire
ment from the Marne The French
now are digging this artillery out but
the same cause which led to their
abandonment may prevent the Allies
turning them on their former owners
Latest official communications from
Paris are even more laconic than
usual. It Is said the battle is de
veloping on the left wing of the Al
lies, that there is a lull In the center
and that the Allies on the right have
been repulsed.
Only Short Distance.
Petrograd reports that Russian
troops In pursuit of the Austrians are
now within one march of the River
Vistula and the City of Tarnow,
which Is only two marches from Cra
cow and connected by rail with Buda
pest and Vienna.
Copenhagen reports a great battle
In East Prussia, the despatches de
claring also that a Russian army Is
marching o:i Breslau.
Despatches from Nish, Servla, re
port a continuous advance Into Bos
nia, saying also that all the efforts of
the Austrians to cross the River Dan
ube have been checked after furious
fighting.
Like the Alabama.
The exploits In Indian waters of the
German cruiser Emden, which have
been likened to the operations of the
Alabama during the civil war, have
aroused keen interest here. The dar
ing onslaught of this vessel on Ma
dras, which occurred Tuesday morn
ing Is believed to Indicate, however,
that ala* 1s prepared for a spectacular
exit from the scene of her triumphs.
Pressure on Italy.
30 WARSHIPS ON WAY TO
BALTIC'S ONLY ENTRANCE
London, 3:10 a, m.—A dispatch to the Standard from Copenhagen
states that a fishing fleet which has arrived at. Falkenberg, Sweden, saw
a fleet of thirty warships In the Kattegat, a large arm of the North Sea,
which has Sweden on the east arid Jutland on the west.
The nationality of the warships has not been divulged. They were
standing In a southerly direction toward the only entrance for large ves
sels to the Baltic from the North Sea.
The news has caused great excitement here.
The sound is extensively mined and foreign war vessels run a great
risk In steaming In them without a pilot.
STOPPED TRAFFIC;
GREAT BATTLE ON
Copenhagen, via London, 403 a. m.—
It Is learned here apparently, front
good sources that the German govern
ment on Thursday stopped all traffic
of civil passengers In East Prussia
owing to the fact that a great, battle
was In progress and the Russian army
was advancing from that direction
toward Breslau. Telephonic com
niunlcutton from Breslau to Berlin, It
Is stated was sloped In order to pre
vent Information of the serious sit
uation being sent,
NAMED AMBABBADORB.
Washington. President Wilson has
sent to the senate the nominations of
Frederic Jesup Htlrnpson, of Harvard
University, to he ambassador to Ar
gentine, and Henry Prather Fletrher.
now minister to Chile, to be ambas
sador to that country.
PARIS, 6:25 a. m.—The Matin publishes a dispatch from
Basel, Switzerland, credited to the Fournier Agency, which says
that Germans in flight from Lorraine declare that during the at
tack upon the entrenched camp at Verdun the Austrian and Ger
man artillery had ten thousand dead and fifteen thousand wound
ed. Many of the wounded died where they fell, it is stated, ow
ing to lack of prompt treatment.
In the diplomatic field the pressure
on Italy to Join the rause of the triple
entente Increases dally. The Allies
point out that In case of their victory
Hervla must be given a port on the
Adriatic and the Balt of Avlona. <n
which port Italy has long cast uungty
eyes, Is being hold before the Servian
government as a possible reward, par
ticularly If Italy falls to Join the Al
lies, i
Germany is reported to have re
quested Switzerland's permission to
send forces through that country. This
was refused and in case Germany
moves forcibly to this end Italy Is said
to lie prepared to defend Swiss neu
trality.
WEARY GERMANS
SENT OUT S. O. S.’
London, 3:50 a. m. —The Dafly News
correspondent Iri France telegraphed
as follows:
"Nightly the Germans rake Ihe land
scape with searchlights ami shrapnel,
while the French sad llrltlsh, working
In darkness and mystery, muffle even
the headlights of Ihe staff officers'
motor cars.
“Kecently a Wireless message from
German reinforcements coming
through lielgiurri was Intercepted by
the Itrltlsh. It sit owed a new German
army approaching, exhausted by long
marches and little food, which feared
It would be cut off by the French
hurrying along from the west ”
ONTARIO'S PREMIER DEAD.
Toronto, Ont. Kir James* P, Whit
ney, premier Ontario, Is dead.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Germans Resist
With Desperation
Raking Artillery Fire ol Allies As Enemy
Seeks Concentration to Protect Right Wing
Paris, 7:10 a. m. The Germane con
tinue their desperate resistance
against the advance of the allies in
the north and as during the past few
days around ltoye and Peronne.
II is only by a continuous raking
artillery lire and hard fighting that
the French and British traps were
able to gain ground against Ihe vig
orous counter attacks of the enemy.
The Allies’*Left Wing.
The left wing of the allies now oc
cupies positions between the Oise and
the .Somme, whic h were traversed by
the Germans during their advance lit
the direction of Paris. From this fact
It Is argued here by military observ
ers the Germans will be obliged to
concentrate a great: force in order to
protect I heir right wing, the out
flanking of which. Paris believes,
ENTHUSIASTIC
ON RED GROSS AID
Conferring Over Disposition of
the Surgeons and Nurses on
Ship From United States.
London, 12:52 p. m. Major Robert
11. Patterson, of the medical corps,
H. K A., In command of the Red
Gross expedition which arrived in
England yesterday on the hospital ship
Red Cross, conferred today with Hir
Arthur May, chief surgeon of the
Royal Navy, concerning disposition ol
surgeons and nurses assigned to Eng
lish service. Major Patterson tonight
will confer with Lady Paget, director
of the American Woman’s Hospital
near Torquay. It is likely Red Cross
units will be assigned there or to
the English hospital ship transferr
ing Injured men from the continent
to the base hospitals in England.
Mrs. Lewis liarcourt, formerly Miss
Mary Burns, of New York; Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the
American secretary of stale, and the
other American women who organ
ized the Torquay hospital, are en
thusiastic over the prospect of hnv
ing American nurses, surgeons and
assistants there.
AGAIN BOMBARD
TOE CATHEDRAL
Bordeaux, 12:30 p. m.
It was announced officially
in Bordeaux iliis afternoon
that the Germans last, night
,recommenced bombarding
the Rheims cathedral.
Bar Air Flights
Over Ail Italy
London, 3:36 p. m. In a dispatch
from Rome the correspondent of the
Central News suys the Italian author
ities have Issued a decree prohibiting
all aerial navigation over Italian ter
ritory.
FAILED TO REGISTER.
London, 5:02 p. m. Baroness Marie
von Neuhcrg was sentenced by a lg>n
don police court magistrate today to
Imprisonment for three weeks for
falling to register as an alien enemy.
The baroness says her husband Is the
general commanding the eighth Ger
man corps.
NOPE AC E RESOLUTI ON.
Atlantic City, N. J.—The Koverelgu
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Its
session here yesterday declined to
adopt a resolution declaring for res
toration of peace In Europe. Those
opposing The resolution held that the
foreign members of the order might
misunderstand tho proposed action.
HOME
EDITION
would mean a decisive victory for the
allies.
Improvised Fort*.
In this fighting, which is in large
measure from Improvised forts, the
allies have advanced not only on the
left, where their maneuvers appar
ently were successful but also at other
points which were strongly fortified,
such as Berry-Au-Ban In the direc
tion of Graonne. Judging from the
reports coining to Paris the Germans
appear to be sacrificing masses of
men In the hope of gaining a quick
advantage.
Siage Not Improbable.
Ho strong are some of the positions
on each side that Paris believes a long
and steady siege at some points Is not
improbable. The allies appear to be
prepared for this as well ns for any
other developments.
No Reply
Yet from
Villa
Prominent Mexicans Think,
However, Break Not Irrepar
able Between General and
Carranza
Mexico City. —Prominent men here
believe there still Is a chance to make
peace between Carranza and Villa
before the breach becomes Irreparable,
Meanwhile, the general public hern
does not seem to have been Informed
of the controversy.
There has, however, been no re
sponse to telegrams sent by influen
tial Mexicans to Villa begging him
to make peace. Discussion In official
circles Indicate* n belief that Villa's
action might afford a pretext for
continued American occupation of
Vera Cruz.
Antonio Vlllarenl, governor of the
.State of Nuevo I<eon, who has Just
left here for Monterey, telegraphed to
Villa before starting as follows:
"l-ct us not drown the Ideals of the
revolution In human blood, nor foment
Irreparable division through discord,
led us parity the country and return
to reason."
To Protect Foreigner*.
Washington. Villa sent word to of
ficials here today that no matter
what eventuated he would afford eve
ry protection to Americans and for
eigners. Ills headquarters at Chihua
hua wore described In official Hdvlces
as presenting scenes of much anima
tion with the feeling general that a
movement of troops southward was
In prospect.
Reports from American consuls In
Sonora said no fighting was Imminent
there.
TO SELL 100,000 BALEB.
New York.—Twenty-two hundred
bales of cotton were subscribed for by
New York merchants at a meeting
held yesterday In the rooms of tho
Merchants' Association to foster the
"Huy-a-Bale-of-Cotton” movement. It
Is planned to sell 100,000 bales her#
within the next few days.
1 REBIDENT SIGNS BILL
HIS WIFE WORKED FOR.
Washington, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson's dying wish that tho
worst slums In Washington be
abolished finally was realized to
day when the president signed tha
bill clearing alley* of dwelling
places. On her death bed Mrs.
Wilson expresed the hope that the
bill would be ixissod and both
houses of congresses acted. Al
though It differs In some partic
ulars from the measure as Mr*.
Wilson originally championed It,
the president decided the measure
accomplished Ua principal pur
poses.