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THE WEATHER
Kain tonight and Sat
urday.
VOLUME XIX, No. 276.
S,OOO Dead
of Germans
is Report
Thunder of Siege Guns Con
tinues During Night at Ant
werp Bombardment. Strong
Resistance By Forts.
London, 2:47 a. m.-—An Antwerp
dispatch timed 10 o'clock Thursday
night, says:
“The German attacks on Antwerp
continue. Last night the inhabitants
of the city were startled by the unin
terrupted thundering of guns. The
Belgians responded from forts Breen
doneck and Waelhem at 1 o’clock this
morning. The Germans tried in vain
to damage the forts with their heavy
guns. The forts, however, offered a
strong resistance.
"Shells fell in the village of Bille
broeck, demolishing the town hall and
a mill. Nearly all the southern forts
were active in inflicting heavy losses
on the Germans. It is reported that
the Germans lost g.OOO killed at Fort
Wavre-St. Catharines.”
Corpses in Heaps.
London, 3:35 p. m.—“ The Germans
have suffered heavily everywhere un
der the well directed machine gun fire
of the Belgians,” according to a state
ment cabled from Antwerp by the cor
respondent of The Central News. "At
the Wavre and St. Catherine forts
along (outside of) Antwerp the Ger
man dead may be counted by thous
ands. At several points the ‘corpses
lie in heaps. Entire companies have
been exterminated while the othev
troops were driven back at the point
of the bayonet.”
says mm
AT ANTWERP
FAMINE
\
London, 1:55 p. m. —Seven hundred
thousand persons in Brussels are fac
ing starvation, according to Hugh
Gibson, secretary of the American
embassy there, who is now in London.
The supply of flour in the Belgian
capital will be exhausted today and
other staples are virtually all con
sumed. The last apportionment of
flour to the citizens will be given out
this afternoon.
Efforts to get food in from Antwerp
have failed. In so much as Brussels
is in charge of the Germans it is in
effect German territory. Neutral na
tions could not undertake to supply
food to Brussels.
DECLARE LACK OF
DUTCH NEUTRALITY
Berlin, (By wireless to Sayville, L
I.) —In a copy of the Dutch newspa
per Nieuws Van Den Dag, which has
been received here, there is complaint
of the lack s os observance of Dutch
neutrality by British and French war
ships. It is declared that even Hol
land’s trade with her colonies has
had to be discontinued because of the
activity of these warships.
Swedish papers received in Berlin
complain of the Interference in trade
resulting from the declaration that
Swedish iron ore is coutraband.
COUNT ZEPPELIN
ON WAY TO FRONT
London, 1:16 p. m. —ln a dispatch
from Amsterdam, Reuter's correspon
dent says Information has reached
that city from Germany that Count
Zeppelin has passed through Essen on
the way to the front to supervise the
management of the Zeppelin dirigi
bles.
VICfPRESIDENT
WEDDED 19 YEARS
Washington "If you get the right
■wife, marriage is a great institution,
and in this respect., I was a fool for
luck,” deglared Vice President Mar
shall today. It was the nineteenth
anniversary' of his wedding. "I would
not dare give advice to young men on
this great subject, however because if
they were not so lucky as I have been
they might blame me.”
DECREASE 28 PER CENT.
New York. —Bank clearings for the
week, as reported to Bradstreet's. ag
gregate 12.517,321.000, a decrease of
28 per cent from last year.
Germans Shell Balloon in Which King
Albert Had Gone Up to View Battle
London, 3:47 a. m.—An Antwerp dispatch to the Dally Mall says:
"King Albert la to be seen constantly In the danger aone. He la re.
ported to have aacended yeaterdav In a balloon to survey the operatlona.
The enemy shelled the balloon but the sheila fell short.
“In attacking the gap between the Lloxele and Breendonok forts the
Germans made their first acquaintance with the surprise defense works.
* \ py n f them were electrocuted on touching the barbed wire entangle-
Sent*."
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Officers View Ruin Their Guns Have Wrought
GERMAN DINANT COMMANDER.
Lieutenant Ceegar, the German commandant at Dinant, Belgium, at r ight, with the German professor,
Charged with the task of re-organizing the schools of the town. The me n are inspecting the ruins of the town
shortly after it had been shelled and fired by the German invaders.
Terrific fighting is Continuing
On Allies Left Wing; Germans
Concentrate to Break Through
HINDUS KILLED
IN THE MUTINY
Were Refused Admittance to
British Columbia and Brought
Back to Calcutta. Sixteen of
Them Dead.
...
London, 12:10 p. m.—ln a despatch
from Calcutta, the correspondent of
Reuter’s Telegram Company describes
a mtunlty at Bajbaj of Sikhs brought
back to India after being refused ad
mittance to British Columbia. A Pun
jib policeman, one European and six
teen of the Indians were killed.
The Hindus who mutinied at Bajbaj
are the men who for more than three
months resisted the Canadian govern
ment's order of deportation hut who fi
nally were compelled to return to India.
No U. S. Warships
To Mediterranean
Washington. Secretary Daniels
said today the administration had no
Intention of sending more warships to
the Mediterranean to protect Ameri
cans In Turkey. The cruiser North
Carolina Is already off Alexandria,
Egypt, and the Tennessee Is under
orders to proceed to Brlndesl, Italy,
near Turkish Waters. No officials
here express apprehensjon over the
condition of Americans In Turkey.
Austrian-German
Army, 2,500,000
London, 4:10 a. m. —lt Is officially
announced at Vienna, according to a
Rome dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company, that the Austro-Ger
man army concentrated at Cracow
numbers 2,500,000 men. ,
:THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 2,1914.
The turning movement of the allied armies in northern Franca has
brought the extreme of their left wing within about 30 miles of the Belgian
frontier.
An official staement issued by the French war office at 3 o’clock this
afternoon asserts that that part of the battle line stretching generally
north and south has been extendod north to a point south of Arras. This
line, on which the allies are attempting to envelope the German right wing
under General von Kluck, had pushod gradually toward the Belgian border
as the Germans widened their front until it extended 55 miles from the
angle that rests on Tracy-Le-Mont.
Terrific fighting continues on the allies’ loft wing, according to the
Paris statement, the most severe struggle being in the region of Roye, 26
miles oast of Amiens and about midway on this battle lino. Hero the Gor
mans have concentrated strong forces probably with the purpose of break
ing thrOuah the front of the allies and isolating their forces to the north.
A statement received by wireless from Berlin, the German headquar
ters, announced that the great battle in France remains undecided. The
Germane with their heavy artillery are hammering the positions of the al
lies at many points. The latter wore repulsed in thoir attempts to break
the German lines.
A Petrograd correspondent says that th# Germans from four points are
attempting to concentrate on Southern Russian Poland, where a decisive
battle is expected.
INFANTRY IF
MOST OF TIE
Correspondent to English
Newspaper Says Men on Al
lies Left Wing Have Nothing
to Do, So They Say.
London, 4 a. m. — Dilating upon the
splendid accuracy of the artillery fire
and the extent to which the artillery
hae been used In the present war, the
Mall’s correspondent In France says:
“The Infantry has counted for llttls
In these protracted opperatlons. On the
• Hies’ left wing the men say that they
have nothing to do.
“Three days ago 500 Dormans vi»b
caught In some fat fields with slopes on
every side. The French artillery took
up positions secretly and the officer In
command said: 'Make me a cemetery
down there.’ His order wan obeyed, the
guns accounting for the greater part of
the 500 and rifle for the rest. Those
who were there say that not a single
German escaped.
“It Is no wonder that the Hermans
have nicknamed the big French guns In
the field artillery 'the black butchers.'
The shells they throw explode only ten
feet above the ground and spread their
missiles over an area measuring 100
yards. The shock of their explosion alone
often kills at once a whole row of en
trenched men.”
MAKING READY FOR
POSSIBLE ATTACK
London, 5:11 a. m.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Times declares ex
tensive preparations are being made
In Cologne for the defense of tho city
against a possible attack.
ENGLISH COTTON
MILLS CLOSE?
London, 2:65 p. m, —The correspon
dent of the Central News at Accring
ton In Lancanshire says that the gen
eral opinion among cotton manufac
turers Is that because of the war the
mills of Lancashire and Cheshire and
In fact of the whole country will be
forced to close before Christmas.
Thousands of employes are now
Idle and the suggestion Is made that
the government come to the rescue
with a large grant.
VON KLUCK’S FOOD SUPPLY
GAVE OUT BY CROWDING
IN OF REINFORCEMENTS
London, 2:20 a. m. —A correspondent
of the Central News at Calais, who
has returned to that city from a tour
In the vicinity of the allies’ left says:
"Without disclosing military secrets
I can say that I have seen many
things to remove any ‘misgivings as
to the outcome of ths battle. The
moment Is near when tho curtain will
be lifted on the greatest drama evsr
seen In war.
In Extreme Danger.
"The position of the German right
wing on Wednesday was such that a
portion lying between l-asslgny and
Cbaulnes was in extreme danger.
Above Chatlines the German lines
which a few days ago faced westward,
are now facing northwest anil have
been bent back on the line of Chaul
nes, Cambria and Valenciennes. On
Unless All Signs Awry, German
Armies in France Are Nearing
Completion of Their Round Trip
Begin Action
At Pola
London, 4:05 A. M. —A
dispatch from Venice to The
Daily Mail reports that the
allied fleet lias begun opera
tions against Pola, the chief
naval station of Austria-
Hungary.
br moils
DECIDED TB
LA! MINES
London, 4:40 p. m.—The official In
formation bureau announced that the
government had decided to lay mines
In certain areas ns a counter stroke to
the German procedure.
The official information bureau Is
sued the following on behalf of the
admiralty:
"The German policy of mine laying,
combined with their submarine activ
ity, makes It necessary on military
for the admiralty to adopt
counter measures.
“His majesty’s government has
therefore authorized a mine-laying
policy in certain ureas.”
lI.S.TROOPSTO
STIYTIICT.iI
Orders Given to General Funs
ton Not to Leave Before Then.
Fear of Mexicans at Vera
Cruz.
Washington. —American forces at
Vera Cruz will not be withdrawn be
fore October 11, it wiib announced to
day at the war department. Briga
dier General Funston watt given In
utructlons to that effect toulluy fears
of Mexican civilians employed by the
American administration, who deslro
for their own protection to leave be
fore the evacuation.
A steamer will sail from Vera Cruz
tomorrow for the United States and
as there will not be another for a
week, General Kunston asked that he
be In a position to assure tin- populace
that In the meantime American forces
would not leave.
Officials said today that, no exact
time had been set for withdrawing the
troops.
ARE GERMANS
LEAVING?
London, 5:60 p. m. —ln a dlspatcn
from Amsterdam the correspondent of
the Central News says advices reach
ing there today from Brussels set forth
that there 1s every reason to anticipate
the early withdrawal of the Germans
from the Belgian capital. Wounded
men are being sent back to Germany,
be says,and the German official docu
ments are being packed up.
The correspondent says he has learn
ed from a good source that the Ger
man general staff has left Luxemberg
In eighty cars for Malnse.
Sunday a German patrol was captured
near Cbaulnes. The fate of the Ger
mans was due to a shortage of horses.
The men said that they had had noth
ing to eat for some days. They be
longed to General von Kluck's com
mand.
Commlaasriat Failed.
"It has been apparent throughout
that General von Kluck's right was
made more precarious by the crowd
ing on him of reinforcements from the
center and left by the German stuff.
His commissariat failed. This might
have been avoided If the Germans hail
been prepared to sacrifice their care
fully selected position in the Noyon
region but they slaked everything,
holding that the peril of an envelop
ment was becoming more Imminent
dally,"
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Progress of Allies on Their Left is Considerable.
Fierce Battling Around Roye, Favors Allies. Heights
Taken By Von Kluck, Recaptured. Antwerp Can
Sustain Long Siege. Cracow Battle is on. Rus
sians Report Continued Successes
London, 1:10 p. m.—Unless nil sign*
are awry the German armies in Franca
<>r at any rate most of then) are near
ing’ tno completion of their round trip.
This, it Is held here, is the only eon
elusion—hinted at. even by the Ber
lin newspapers- to ho drawn from tho
reports, both official or unofficial, of
those «»n or near the scene of action.
it 1s evident that the progress ol
the allies on their left is considerably
while the hole through which the Ger
mans might have pierced the line of
French fortresses on the Meuse river
side has been stopped.
Favors tho French.
Tho fierce battling around the
heights of Roye to the northwest of
Noyon, seems to have ended In favor
of the French. The heights were cap
tured by General von Kluck’a men on
Thursday but on Friday, according to
a French report, tho allies regained
control of the position.
Antwerp, temporarily tho Belgian
APPEAL TO PRES’T,
IN COTTON RELIEF
Southern Delegation Requests Executive Not to Consent to
Congress Adjournment. Ask Four Hundred and Fifty Mil
lion Dollars in Government Funds Be Raised For Loans to
Planters at Three Per Cent Interest
Washington. —Southern congress
men appealed to President Wilson to
day not to consent to an adjournment
of until the financial situa
tion facing cotton plnnters Is relieved
and asked that $450,000,000 In govern
ment funds be raised for loans to the
planters at three per cent Interest.
The president promises to discuss
the situation with Secretary McAdoo
and with other congressional loaders.
Ways Suggested.
The delegation asked that money
for loans be raised through the sale of
200,000,000 worth of Panama Canal
bonds, the issuance of $200,000,000
worth of United States notes and the
transfer to the South of $50,000,000 of
government money now deposited In
national banks. It was proposed that
the loans to planters be made for pe
riods of from nine to twelve months
at three per cent Interest on cotton
at an average price of 10 cents a
pound.
OFFICIAL REPORTS,
PARIS AND BERLIN
parts, 3:12 p. m.-An official stae
nient Issued by the wnr office this aft
ernoon says that terrific fighting con
tinues Incessantly near Koye, where the
Germans have been strongly reinforced.
The statement says:
"The action extends more and more
toward the north.
"The front of the battle line Is now
extended into I lie region to t lie sooth of
Arras Upon the Meuse the Germans
attempted at night $o throw a bridge
across the rlvrt near St. Mlhlel. The
bridge whs destroyed by our guns.
"In ihe Woevre district our offensive
continues and progresses step by step
notably In the region between Apremont
and St Mllilel."
From Berlin.
Berlin, fby wireless to Sayvills, L. I.)
According to announcement made In
17th WOMAN GOES
FREE IN CHICAGO
Chicago, —Mrs. Nellie Higgs, tried
for the murder of William Willis, a
married man, with whom she had con
ducted s Unison, wns found not guilty
by a Jury here today. Hhe shot and
killed Willis, an Illinois Central con
ductor, while a passenger or bis train,
last April.
Her acquittal ndds the seventeenth
name to the unbroken list of such ver
dicts In cases of women similarly ac
cused In this city. Mrs. Higgs tes
tified that her mind was a blank con
cerning the actual shooting.
ZEPPELIN, AFTER DROPPING BOMBS IN
NIGHT, PUT TO FLIGHT NEAR ANTWERP
London, 12:50 s. m. — A dispatch from Antwerp to tho Reuter Tele,
gram Company says a Zeppelin was reported last night eucceeslvely over
Moll, Rethy, Turnhout, Bourg-Leopold, Merxplas, Brecht, Corstmalle and
Mestmalle and at 3:30 In the morning In dropped bombs near Fort Broe
chem without serious damage. It then approached Antwerp but wae put
to flight by the forts."
HOME
EDITION
capital, ought to be rapablo of main
taining a long defense.
That tho battle of Cracow, which
opened yesterday, will be a long and
arduous si niggle no one questions.
Von Hindenberg Commands.
General von Hindenberg, the Ger
man commander who scored notable
successes In Eastern Prussia against
the Invading Muscovites, has taken
supreme command of the combined
German and Austrian forces.
The German headquarters staff re
port dismisses the situations both In
this and the Belgian theatre* with tho
curt "no change."
From Petrograd, however, it Is offi
cially reported that "the Russian troops
continue to drive the enemy from the
borders of the Suwalkl and Lonza gov
ernments and there has been continu
ally determined fighting west of Slm
no. The German troops which nt
tacked Ossowetz arc retreating precipi
tately to the north.”
Government Responsible.
The delegation contended that until
the national bank law banks may be
authorized to act an fiscal agents and
trustees of the government and that
under this provision the government
and not the banks would be responsi
ble for the money.
The Southerners declared that If
$450,000,000 were available the situa
tion would be relieved and a smaller
amount would actually be called for.
Flood Precedent.
As a precedent for sending money
to the South the president’s callers re
ferred to the deposit of government
funds In Dayton after the flood.
The delegation Included Represen
tatives Henry, Texas; Wingo, Arkan
sas; Heflin, Alabama; Adamson,
Georgia, and Buchanon, Texas; Sena
tor Smith, South Carolina, and 11. 8.
Mobley, of Arkansas.
Berlin today the great battle In France
Is still undecided. The Germans ars
described as hammering the French po
sitions lit numerous points by their
tieavy artillery. The attempts of the
Allies to break through the Gomeln lines
have been repulsed. The heaviest losses
have been In the Argonne region.
The Germans continue tn make steady
progress.
In the fighting before Antwerp the
German artillery has silenced two of
the Belgian forts German troops cap
tured thirty aeroplanes sent from France
to Belgium.
The righting In France, the siege of
Antwerp and the offensive operations
under <lener.il von I lindenherg. lit the
East all going on at the same time are
fjikeii 111 Berlin to Indicate that til*
German army Is not lacking In men.
KAISER'S TRAIN
OF 10 PULLMANS
Rome, (vis Fsrls «:10 a. m.)— Emperor
Wl Until, says a telegram from Berlin, Is
going from one front to another. Ho
travels In s speclil train of ten Pullman
cais and when he goes to places out of
the reach of the railway he travels by
automobile.
TAKEN BY BRITISH,
London.—Tho Hoiland-Amerlcan lino
steumshlp Potsdam, which left New
York Kept. 22 with first and second
cabin and steerage passengers bound
for Rotterdam, was brought into Fal
mouth today by a British warship.