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ALLIES GAIN IN FIERCEST EFFORT
TO OUTFLANK VON(
KLUCK, BATTLING)
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Sun
day.
VOLUME XIX, No. 270.
Bitter Fighting,
Better Weather
Battle ot Extraordinary Violence Raging Along
West Wing of Allies in France—Germans
Throw Three Army Corps Near Cracow
Against Russians
London, 1:07 p. m.—latest official
advices at Paris, Berlin and London
agree in general tenor and indicate
that there are no decisive successes to
record in the western arena of the
war. Weather conditions have now im
proved along the west wing of the
allies, and, according to Paris, a bat
tle of extraordinary violence is raging
in that locality.
Denied at Brussels.
Reports continue to come into Lon
don of trouble between Bavarian and
Prussian troops in Brussels and It is
said the German military authorities
in the Belgian capital have ordered
all Bavarians in Belgium to the scene
of operations in France. These re
ports, however, are officially denied
in Brussels.
Dispatches from Petrograd declare
the Austrian civil government of Cra
cow has been taken over by Germany.
Annihilation
By Ruse of
Russians
Austrian Battalions Cease to
Exist As Bridge is Blown Up.
Dead Bodies Choked the
River After Pursuit
Petrograd, (via London, 4:56 a. m.) —
The Russkoe Slovo has obtained from
wounded soldiers, it states, a description
of a clever ruse whereby a small Rus
sian detachment In Galicia virtually
wiped out a large Austrian force. Its
account says: ,
"According to a pre-arranged plan I
several squadrons of Cossacks and artil
lerymen, simulating retreat, began to
full back rapiuiy under cover of the in
fantry.
Rose to Balt.
“The Austrians rose to the bait and
emerged from their trenches In pursuit, I
in the direction of a small river where j
companies of Russian infantry checked i
the furious Austrian onslaught. Cos
sacks and artillery, crossing by a bridge,
began to entrench themselves on the op
posite bank, posting several machine
guns while the artillery hid their guns
In trenches under the hushes unper
ceived by the enemy.
"When the preparations were com
plete for the enemy’s reception, the in
fantry hurriedly retreated to the oppo
site hank, where they pretended to set
fire to the bridge as though intending to
cut off the enemy's advance.
Charged Blindly.
"The Austrian troops, seeing before
them a small body of Russians, blindly
charged. The enemy's army with shouts
of victory, approached the bridge while
their cavalry dasned through the river.
"Suddenly a terrific explosion was
hesrd and the bridge crowded with
massed Austrian column*, was blown to
pieces, while on the opposite bank the
Russian guns and quick flrera scuttled
(math among the advancing Austrians
until the river was choked with bodies.
"Panic stricken, the foe atempted to
flee, throwing away their weapons but
the Cossacks consummated the. work of
rtemolltlur, fording the stream and pur
suing the enemy with yells of triumph.
"Half an hour later It was all over and
several Austrian battalions had ceaseu
to exist.”
FEARFUL HARDSHIP
FOR AUSTRIANS
Venice, Italy, (via Paris, 4 p, ml—
According to advlcss reaching her* today
from Trl**i*. several thousand wounded
have been brought Into that Austrian
city In the paat three days. Many pub
lic buildings, including theatre*, ale
being converted Into hospital*
A majority of the wounded come from
* Halida. and they relate tale* of fearful
hardship*. For days at a time they were
in wet clothing and with the exception
of plums they had nothing to eat
The Russian* Imve captu-ed Immense
quantities of wilier c othlng from the
Austrian tronpa Know haa begun to fall,
and the troop* in the Held are suffer
ing from cold.
, - THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES ======
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
The inhabitants of Cracow are said
to he in flight. .
Great Fortified Base.
The city soon will cease its normal
functions and be transformed into a
great fortified base. According to
these same sources the Germttns have
thrown three army corps into the Cra
cow district, in preparation for the
imminent Russian attack.
The Russian capital has oeen ad
vised also that all traffic has been
stopped between Berlin and the Bal
tic ports of Danzig, Klbing and Stet
tin.
Another Demand.
Another demand has been made by
Austria for surrender of long suffer
ing Belgrade. This was answered by
the shelling of Austrian monitors in
the river. Meantime the Balkan allies
continue their attack on Sarajevo, the
capital of Bosnia.
ANNOUNCE
CHOLERA
IN VIENNA
Official Statement Made
on Wounded Officer From
Galicia—Much Dysentery at
Austrian Capital
Venice, via. Paris, 9:40 a. m.—A
telegram from Vienna states that the
minister of finance is considering the
question of the payment of the cou
pons of Austrian rentes, due October
1. to holders in France and England.
In view of the action, It is said, taken
by those countries regarding payment
of debts due In Austria, It Is expected
the minister will decide to withhold
the payments.
The first case of Asiatic cholera
has been officially announced In Vi
enna. It was the case of a wounded
officer brought from Galicia. The pa
tient has been Isolated and It is re
ported that he Is recovering. Thera
are a large number of cases of dysen
tery in the capital.
The military commander at Saraje
vo, capital of Bosnia, has forbidden
all ingress and egress to and irom the
town without special passports.
SAYS AUSTRIANS
CONTINUE RETREAT
New York.—Colonel Golejewskl, mil
itary attache of the Russian embassy.
Issued at the Russian consulate hera
today the following statement, which
he said h<_ had received from his gov
ernment at Petrograd:
“On September 23 we repulsed the
attempts of the advance guard of the
Germans to penetrate further to the
east in the province of Suwalki. Near
Schutckln and Vincent our advance
troops have been successfully engaged
with the enemy. In western Galicia
no fighting of Importance has taken
place. The Austrian army, which has
been forced to evacuate Chyrow, has
continued Its retreat."
SEIZED GERMANS
DIAMOND FIELDS
London, 12:49 p. m.—The British
seizure of Luederttz Bay, otherwise
called Angra Pequena. Germany’s dia
mond field In Southwest Africa, waa
followed quickly by a German raid on
the British harbor at Walflsh Bay, In
Cape Colony.
According to a Cape Town dispatch,
these raiders are only a patrol and
appear to be the advance guard of a
larger force. The patrol attempted to
dynumlte the Jetty at Walflah Bay
and a tug moored alongalde It. but
ths damage they Inf Ik led was alight.
PARIS —A battle of extraordinary severity is raging at the western end of the Anglo-French and Ger
man battle line in the region of Noyon, sixty miles to the north of Paris, where the French still are striving to
outflank General von Kluck’s reinforced army. The French official statement issued this afternoon claims
that the allied troops have made a slight advance.
On the eastern end of the fighting line the French officially admit that their line has been forced back
by the Germans across the river Meuse near St. Mihiel, a point about 20 miles to the south of the French
fortress of Verdun.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26. 1914.
Vital Points of the Struggle in Northern France
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L An Antwerp dispatch tells of the sending of most of the German garrison In Brussels southwest to the Tournal-
Ath line to prevent Interference with Gen. von Kluck's communications.
2. St. Quentin, reported taken by the French, Is a vital point In von Kluck's line as a transportation centre of Im
portance.
3. Severe fighting Is still going on In the Lasslgny district, where a large force of allied troops are apparently
pushing northward to help flank the German right.
A As a means of diverting the attention of the French Army from the great movement on the west, large foroe#
of Germans are operating vigorously s outheaet of Verdun, but apparently without much success as yet.
THE COMMERCIAL
ATTACHES NAMED
Washington. —Under the new law
authorizing commercial attaches of
the United States at principal world
capitals, Secretary Redfield today ap
pointed the following:
A. T. Harrington of Ohio to Lima,
Peru: A. H. Baldwin, former chief of
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce, to London; Dr. Albert Hale,
now with the bureau of pan-Amer
ican republics, to Buenos Aires; Edwin
M. Thompson of North Carolina to
Berlin; J. H. Arnold, former consul
general at Hankow, to Peking; Pro
fessor Lincoln Hutchinson of the Uni
versity of California to Rio; C. W. A.
Veditz of Venice to Paris. Several
more will be named later.
The attaches will be the government’s
business diplomats abroad. They will
investigate manufacturing, Industrial
and trade conditions.
They are exempt from civil service
requirements hut compelled to stand
tests established by Secretary Red
fleld. Their salaries range downward
from $5,000 a year.
brillianTfrench
FEAT IN AFRICA
Bordeaux. —Victor Augagneu, minis
ter of French marine, announced the
capture of Coco Beach In Africa, at
the cabinet meeting tills morning. He
said that previous to landing her ma
rines, who dislodged the German
troops on shore, ti e Surprise, a small
vessel of 680 tons, unarmed snd car
rying ten small guns, sunk two ves
sels belonging to the German auxil
iary /leet, the Rhlos and the Rale. M.
Augagneur said thels capture was a
brilliant exploit.
AMERICAN RELEASED.
London, 12:20 p. m.—James T. Ma
tey, of Denver, Colo,, whose Invalid
wife committed suicide In J/mdon, Au
gust 8, after being driven out of an
Antwerp hospital by the outbreak of
hostilities, was set at liberty today at
Plymouth, where he had been held as
a suspect. Mr. Macey arroste' 1
after his arrival In England from Am
erica In search of his mother-ln-lnw
and daughter, supposed to he stranded
1n Germany. He was detained along
with three other Americans until his
citizenship was proved and he had ex
plained th«* object of hi strip.
LITTLE BRITISH UNEMPLOV
MENT.
Washington. The following cable
gram was received by the British em
bassy today from the London foreign
office:
"In view of the admissions which
have appeared in the German press
as to the unemployment caused by
stoppage of German exports and im
ports owing to command of sea ex
ercised by British fleet, It, Is of in
terest to state that unemployment sta
tistics for the United Kingdom for the
last three weeks show steady decrease
of unemployment."
APPEAL IS MADE
ID CENT VILLA
Brothers-in-Arms at Mexico
City Ask Leader to Lay Aside
Personal Differences.
El Paso, Texas.—General Villa re
ceived at Chihuahua Saturday an ap
peal from his brothers In arms at
Mexico City to lay aside his differ
ences with Carranza and thus prevent
another revolution.
"We appeal to your patriotism and
good will, inviting you to assist us la
the pacification of the republic,” said
the appeal. "We take for a basis the
fact that there are no fundamental
reasons for the new civil war.”
The appeal was signed by Luclo
Blanco, the Coahulla leader, first to
Join Carranza in the anti-Huerta re
volt; Eduardo Hay, one of the first
to Join Madero in his revolution against
I'orflrlo Diaz; Rafael Buelna, thfc
"boy chief of the west coast, who, a
youth of less than 21 years, has fought
with Carranza, and I. L. Pesquelra,
former governor of Honors
DROP IDEA U. S.
AMBULANCE SHIP
London, 2:40 p. m. -Acting on the
suggestion from the British war of
fice, the committee In charge of Ihc
American Women’s War Relief Fund
has dropped the Idea for the time be
ing of equipping and maintaining an
ambulance ship and has Instead pre
sented the medical corps with six mo
tor ambulances for use at the front.
In accepting this gift Enrl Kitch
ener, secretary for war, Intimated there
was great need for properly construct
ed motor amhulsneeH which ' would
make possible quick transport of
wounded from the firing line.
ALL ABOARD THE
TAHOMA ARE SAFE
Valdex, Alaska. A wireless mes
sage received by the steamer Alnma
da and reported here today Indicates
that all the officers and crew of 72
men and others who were aboard the
United Htstes revenue cutter Tohoma,
wrecked near Kiskal Island, probably
are safe.
Those aboard the Tahoma were ob
liged to use the vessel’s five whale
boats covering between forty and fifty
miles of open water to reach AgHim
Island, where they are awaiting the
steamer Cordova, an route to lake
them off.
BAVARIANS AND
PRUSSIANS FIGHT
London, 3:41 «. m.—A dpspetoh from
Ghenv to the Exnre** say* the trouble
between the Bavarian* and I’njHHlana In
Bru**eln him continued and that all Ba
varian* In Belgium are being removed.
The reaentmant of the Bavarlana, It !■
fluid, la due to Insult.* alleged to have
been offered by the iTiimdans to the
Belgian queen, who la a Bavarian prin
cess.
A despatch from Amsterdam to Reut
er w says, however, that, reports of
fighting between the iVusslans and
Bavarians are officially denied In Brus
sels.
PROTESTSRUIN OF
WORLD FAMED ART
London. —The Exchange Telegraph
Company has published a dispatch
from its Petrograd correspondent say
ing that the well-known Russian
painter, Koch Rich, director of the Im
perial .Society for the Furtherance of
Art, acting upon tjio unanimous vote
of the council of the society, has ad
dressed a. protest to the American di
plomatic representative at Petrograd,
against the alleged destruction by the
Germans of the world-famed art
monuments. The protests say that
America has proved, by the establish
ment. of museums and art collections,
that she Is devoted to true art and she
consequently cannot look lightly on
the destruction of 'that which has
given light to life on earth."
GERMANS UNABLE
TO SETTLE BILLS
Bordaaux, 11150 a. m.—-A newapnpnr
published hi Hhaux-de-Fonds, Hwlte
iand, copies of which have Ih-eri re
eel ved here, declare manufacture™ of
the ( 'haux-de-Fonda region have re
ceived letters from the Herman client*
enabling them to settle their hllle, It
being contrav to the Interest of Ger
many to send money out of the coun
try. Being convinced however, that
the Swiss manufacturer* deslrp to see
Germany triumph, the debtor* had,
with the amounts due their Hwlss
creditors, purchased In their name*
stock In the Herman five per cent war
loan. The welters nay further that
they have decided to do buslne**, af
ter the war, only with *uch firms as
accept this arrlgement.
BRYAN TO BPEAK,
Asheville, N. C. Secretary of State
W. 3. Hryan will tonight speak here
In behalf of the democratic candidate
for this, the Tenth <Congressional dis
trict, where the republican* and pro
gressives tiave centered upon an as
pirant
It will be the first speech the sec
retary of stale will make In the con
gressional campagn.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
The World Still
Waiting Outcome
Battle ot the Aisne Has Continued Now For
Fortnight-Violent Fighting on French Left
Wing—German Success on Heights of Meuse
Paris, 8:30 a. m.—l r or fourteen days
the battle of the Aisne nan continued
practically without cessation and el 11 !
the world watts tor news of some de
cisive result.
Here and there, according to the of
ficial communications, the line has
given way to one side or the other,
but the importance of these Incidents.
If any, on the final result, Ims not yet
become apparent.
French Reinforcements.
The latest French official statement
mentions several such movements. On
the French left wing to the northwest
of Noyon, where the French apparent
ly have been trying to outflank the
German right, the advance*) French
troops, It Im announced, were compell
CARRANZA TD
VIL L A~‘l T’S
IMPOSSIBLE'
First Chief Issues Long State
ment Regarding Difficulties
Between Himself and Gen
eral---Replies to Latter’s De
mands
Mexico City.—Oenemi Carranza 1n n
lung lftßt rdg'ht reviewed the
difficult !«»h between hinmelf and <Jen
ernl Villa iitatlng that the Hltuation 1*
grave hut the (loriHtltiitlonulliitH are
ready for any ern«frgancy. Villa, he
declared, demanded Impotwdble changes
In the call iHHiiod for a conference of
<loriHtltutlonulist chief* on October I.
Villa’* detnund*, bn *ald, were that
the general conference pledge Itself to
re-estnbllsh the national and state civic
regimes within 30 days after the confer
ence concludes Its discussion; that no
present army offh’rt* shall lie eligible as
n candidate for any elective office; that
the Federal Htate legislature be con
voked Immediately and that the electo
ral college be chosen for the election of
a permanent president.
The Conference Itself.
To these demands Carranza replied
that only the conference itself wits able
to take Up these questions.
Regarding the cutting of the railway
lines north of Aguas ('allentes. Carranza
sav* this Is not a hostile but a necessary
act In view of Villu s warlike prepara
tion*. If anarchy comes and blood is
spilled as a result of this the blame, he
says, Is on the head of Villa.
Nearby garrison* are assembling for
transportation to Aguss Calientes.
It Is reported here that. a. special train
will leave Mexico City for Vera Crus to
morrow night, carrying passengers book
ed on steamers to sail for the north. The
gxtp In the railway line to Vera CYuz, it
Is reported. Is several miles In extent.
RHINE CATHEDRALS
FLYING BIG FLAGS
Geneva, Bwitx*rland, via Pari*, 4:23
a, m. A telegram from Basel says
says that as an Immediate result of
the Kngllsh uerlal raid on the Ihjeaael
dorf depot all cathedrals along the
Rhine, especially at Colongne and
Htrassliurg, are now flying large white
slugs, while the dimensions of the Red
Cross flags on the hospital* have been
Increased,
NO OBJECTION TO TRANSFER.
Washington—lnstructions have been
sent to all Hrltsh consuls that the gov
ernment has no obleetlon to the trans
fer of ships from iltillsh to American
registry In cases where they have
been continuously American owned,
according to a statement today at the
Rrltlsh embassy. The Instruction*
reached Rio Janeiro Just after the
steamer Robert Dollar which had been
held up pending a transfer of registry,
ha«l cleared.
PINT6CM FAILURE.
Buffalo, N. V. -I'pnn application of
Hie i’lntsch Compressing Company, of
New Jersey, Federal Judge Basel today
appointed i>r. Alexander (1. Humphreys,
of New York, and llarVy T. Itamsdell,
of Buffalo, receivers of the Buffalo On*
Company. The company l* capitalised
at 1(1,00(1,000. Failure to pay interest
on tionds was claimed In the application
for the receivership.
HOME
EDITION
ed to give a llttlf) ground, having oonvt
In contact with superior forces. Fresh
forces were brought up, however, arid
the French offensive was vigorously
resumed. The communication nays the
struggle In this region has become ex
tremely violent.
Germans on the Meuse.
Similarly, on the heights of the
Meuse the Germans have had guc
cesses but they have not baan able,
the French communication says, to
cross the liver.
Ths French report, however, that on
their right wing the Germans have
begun to give w;vy to attacks coming
from Nancy and Tout, while in the
southern region of Woovre the enemy
is also retiring bnt tho action con
tinues.
Violent
Battle
Rages
Paris, 3:36 p. m.—Heavy,
fighting is going on at bothi
just aEnd West wings of thet
battle between tho allies
and Germans in Prance, ac
cording to the official an
nouncement issued this af
ternoon by tho French wauj
department. <
■ n*s 4
Off lots I Tax*.
Paris. 3*30 p. m,—Following la ths taxg
of the communication. I
"First; fin our left wing, bntwwan tbg
Homrne and tha Oils, tho bast la none
tlnites very violently. Between the Rivwr
Oise and Slossona our troops have ad
anoed slightly. vThe enemy has not a4a
tempted an attack.
Between Hotason* and Khaims t her,
has been no Important change In the eq
uation.
On the Center.
“Second: On the rentes; between
Rbaims and Verdun the situation alas
Is unchanx.il. in the Woevre region tha
enemy has been able to oroea the Rises
Meuse In the vicinity of St. M thiol, but
the offensive taken by our troops already
line, to a large extent, thrown him bank
upon tha river.
Great German Loss.
"To the south of ths Woevre region
our attacks have not ceased to progress
The fourteenth German army oorps has
fallen buck after having suffered great
losses.
"Tnlrd: On our right wing On Lor
raine and In the Vosges) the effective
German forces seem lo have been re
du< ed. These detachments of the enemy
which had at certain points driven our
advance posts, havs been repulsed try tha
entrance Into action of our reserves.
BUTTER “PRICE FIXING."
Chicago.—Charles F. Clyne, United
Mates district attorney, begin Inves
tigation today Into complaints alleg
ing that thn Elgin Butler and Egg
Board Is violating the fetlnruJ Injunc
tion mat raining "price fixing."
SIGNS TRADE COMMISSION BILL
Washington.—President Wilson Sat,
urtluy signed the trade commission
bill. He will nut appoint the commis
sion uhtll the December session of
congress.
BELGIANB IN CHICAGO.
Chicago.—Members of tho Belgian
special commission which recently
laid complains of alleged German dep
redations before President Wilson,
arrived here today on a sight-seeing
trip.