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' InN I®-# Wm g§||| |BjSBi 15,000 Germans, Austrians Also Wounded at Verdun 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 ( ' MM •• V ‘ '' ' * • -4 , | 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.