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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," $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. 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.