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THE WEATHER Rain tonight and prob ably Sunday. VOLUME XIX, No. 277. FORTS OF ANTWERP HOLDING Germans Continue Severe Bombardment Along Whole Line of Defenses. Belgian Return Fire Deadly. London, 7:59 a. m. —Describing the fighting in the environs of Atwerp, the Times correspondent says: “During the early hours of Friday there was a heavy bombardment of the whole line of the Antwerp defen* ses from Boom, five and one half miles southeast of Antwerp. It was especially severe at the fort of Wa vre-St. Catherines. Toward midday the firing of the Germans became desultory and perfunctors. "The Belgian artillery continued active but the German reply was in termittent and chiefy directed on the bridge in the village of Waelham. “During the morning the Germans penetrated to the fort of Wavre-St. Catherines but were driven back.” Reply With Bayonet. London, 2:57 a. m. —A Reuter dis patch from Antwerp telling of fight ing around Antwerp, says: “The town of Lierre was again bombarded by the Germans today and many houses were damaged. Tonight the Belgians with the bayonet replied to the German attack on the fort at Rierre, captured thirty prisoners and inflicted severe losses on the Ger mans. ‘‘The Belgians allowed the enemy to approach Waelhem tonight. The forts then opened fire, compelling the Ger mans to retire wtih losses. “Termcnde was also attacked dur ing the night but the Belgians blew up a bridge and repulsed the Ger mans.” IN TERROR, FLOATING ♦ MINES > Another Italian Boat Sunk, Crew of Fifty Perish Near Trieste---Alarm All Along the Coast. Venice, by way of Rjme and Paris, 9:40 a. m.—A report hag reached here of the sinking of another Italian boat and the depth of her crew of fifty men at a pt lnt near Trieste as a re sult of comin,t in contact with a float ing mine. There is a.arm all along the Italian coast at the presence of Austrian mines at sea. Water traffic with Austria has been suspended and goods destined for Austrian ports are being abandoned on the docks. CHINA REPLIES TO JAPANESE NOTE Peking.—The Chinese government today replied to the latest Japanese note. It is declared again that it con sidered the Japanese occupation of Wei Hsien in Shan Tung province a breach of neutrality and asserted that If the rest of the railroad in Shan Tung was occupied such action would constitute a further violation. Brussels Burgomaster Made German General Furious; Oil Paper Manifestos Rome, (via Paris, 4:20 a. m.)—Reports from Berlin give particulars of the dissensions between General von Der Goltz, the German governor of Belgium, and Burgomaster Max, of Brussels. Von Der Goltz ordered the Burgomaster to remove the Belgian flags ' f ronl the public buildings and Max published a manifesto which explain ed to the population the necessity to comply before force. Von Der Goltz was furious and let it be known that nobody was en titled to publish a manifesto except himself. He ordered that all Max’s manifestos be covered with white paper, but the next morning reveal ed that all the covering sheets has been oiled and were thereby render ed transparent. __________________________________ 3,000 OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARD DEAD AT SUIPPES London, 4:06 o. m.—“ Details are lust Available of the herolo engage ment of Prussian guards at Sulppes (in the French department of Marne) a fortnight ago" says the Mail's Paris correspondent. "It arose out of the German attempt to cut the railway connecting Rhelms and Verdun. ‘•Thin attempt failed and tne '»er mans were In danger of being caught between the French Infantry and cav airy. It was at this moment while the greater part of the German troops were retiring in the direction of Rhelms that a regiment of Prussian guards threw Itself desperately upon the lines of the French cavalry. For Five Times. •'Not once, but five times, did the devoted regiment hurl Itself against solid French front. After the fifth THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES THE AUGUSTA HERALD Germans Exerting Great Effort to Take New Belgian Capital -A-'PSf r . f ' -< ■ ■ '■ ' ”• ' ''' • * #3## g PANORAMA VIEW OF ANTWERP NOW BEING SHELLED BY THE GERMAN FORCES. The determination of the kaiser’s forces to take the temporary Belgian capital indicates to the English mili tary experts that the Germans plan to make Antwerp, when captured, the basis for operations against England. The British believe that with an improvised navy the Germans will attempt to send troops across the channel and 'and them on English soil. The bombardment of Antwerp has been lo heavy that several sections of tin city have been set afire and line afi er line of houses stands In ruins. French Report Declares German Attack Allies Left Defeated; Crown Prince’s Army Driven Back EXECUTE GERMAN SPIES SUMMARILY Paris, 10:55 a. m.—A French court martial has begun hearing the cases of Germans arrested while in dis guise and upon whose persons there have been found objects of value. All German prisoners in French hands thus suspected of pillage are to be tried. One such man has Just been sentenced to Imprisonment for five years, while two others were given sentences of eight months confine ment. Spies are being Judged summarily without a formality of a court mar tial. It is said a considerable num ber already have been shot. CANADIANS LEAVE IN FAULTLESS WAY Montreal. —A correspondent of the Daily Mall has sent from Rimouski a description of the departure of the Canadian troops from Quebec: “Thirty-one ships were required to carry the men, the guns, the horses and the supplies of the overseas ex peditionary forces,” he said." “To convert number of ships a fleet of eleven war vessels was used, the whole movement being the largest and most important ever effected on the Atlan tic. The movement of 31,300 troops and 8,000 horses was the biggest war action that Canada has ever under taken and it was performed almost faultlessly.” charge there were only a hundred men left surrounding the flag. With signs of reluctance they gave the sig nal of surrender and it was then found that nearly all of the hundred were wounded. "In the course of this engagement the guards lost 3,000 men, it Is stated." CONTRABAND OF WAR. Paris, 11:15 a. m. —The French gov ernment has announced a supplemen tary list of articles declared condi tionally to be contraband of war under Article XXV of the "Declaration of London." These are Iron and steel oxides, sul phates and corbonates of Iron, cop per, lead, nickel and ferro-chromo, glycerine, leather and pneumatic and other automobile tires and the mate rials used In their construction. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1914. French-German report* agree that the fighting on the western end of the battle line in Northern France continues without decisive re sults to either side. In an anouncement made at 3 o’clock this afternoon In Paris the French war office says that a violent action progresses in the region of Roye, where the allies have repulsed all German attacks on the left wing. A statement from German army headquarters issued last night said the right wing of the German army in France had repulsed renewed ef forts on tho part of the allies to outflank it. To the south of Roye the Frenoh had been dislodged from their positions, it was declared.. German advanoes in the Argonne region were recorded while the situation in the center was reported as unohanged. Today’s Frenoh statement says the army of the crown prince has been driven back in the Argonne district and that slow but continuous progress is being made by the allies in the Woevre district. Nothing, it says, is to be noted on the line from Rheims to the Argonne region. Reports from the eastern area continue conflicting. PRINCE OSCAR COLLAPSED AS VICTORY IN Kaiser’s Youngest Son Had Acute Heart Cramp. Jumped From Hospital Cot When Iron Crosses Were Distributed Berlin, (via London, 3:40 a. m.)— Major-General Freiherr von der Horst commander of the 20th Infantry brig ade, was killed while leading his troops on Heptember 28th. according to an official announcement made to day. Today’s casualty list contains about 9,000 names and Includes a mention of the wounding of Prince Joachim, the youngest son of the emperor, at Schaetzels, East Prussia. Officers Picked Off. The Associated Press correspondent learned at Metz from the adjutant of Prince Oscar, fifth son of the em peror, that the prince on Heptember 24th led bis regiment at Verdun in a most desperate battle. The French, including Turco sharpshooters in trees picked off the officers of whom so many were lost that the companies were led by sergeants during the hot test part of the fighting. Prince Oscar led the charge which was finally successful. He got so ex cited that he collapsed after the vic tory with acute heart cramp. “I Am Well Again!" The physicians ordered him to Metz where the news of the bestowal of the decoration of the iron cross of the first-class reached him. lie Jumped from his bed when he heard it, shout ing: Mam well again!” No crosses were available, so General von Htrantz took his, given him In 1870, and pre sented it to the prince, who is now rapidly recovering. Garrison commanders are taking measures to suppress stories that the Gatholic clergy participated In cruel ties against German soldiers in Hel gium, which, it is officially asserted, are untrue. CHOLERA IN GERMANY, TOO. London, 7:50 a. m. —The North Ger man Gazette admits the appearance of cholera in Uermeny as well as In Austria, says a Rome dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company, hut as sures the public that the outbreak la well in hand. IMAGINATION OL SERBS VIVID, SAY AUSTRIANS Annihilation of Hungarian Regiment Denied. Declare Moves on Servians Strongly Entrenched, Slow But Favor able Vienna, (via London, 12:40 n. m.)—. An official communication signed by Field Marshal Potiorek has been given out here as follows: “For the past two days our troops in Hervla have been attacking the enemy. Up to the present time our offensive movements against the enemy, who is strongly fortified in po sitions further protected with barbed wire entanglements have proceeded slowly but favorably. “There has been started energetic ally a movement to clear the regions in Bosnia which have been disturbed by Servian and Montenegrin troops and irregulars. "The announcement from Hervla concerning the annihilation of the 40th division of the Hungarian Honved Is a further proof of the vivid Imagina tion of the Servians. This division of troops as the Servians during the past few days have had repeated oppor tunity to learn, Is In the best of con dition at the battle front and it par ticipated gloriously in engagements last week at Vishlgrad and elsewhere." CONVICTION AFFIRMED. New York,—The appellats division of the supreme court, In Brooklyn, today confirmed the conviction of William Willett, Joseph Cassidy, one time Democratic leader of Queens, and Jymts C. Walter. They were convicted of conspiracy upon testi mony that Willett gave Cassidy money with the understanding that he was to receive the nomination for Justice of the supreme court. Walter, the evidence showed, acted as agent for both men. RICHMOND RESERVE DISTRICT. Washington.—-The Federal Reserve Board today continued discussion of details of the organization of the sys tem with the class "C" or government directors of the Richmond district Conflicting Reports From Each Side Indicate But One Positive Point, Von Kluck Still Going North CRUEL SURPRISE BY HEAVY GUNS OF RUSSIANS Operations at Niemen on Heavier Scale Than First Thought. Enormous Losses in Ten Mile German Retreat. London, 3:22 a. m. —The Post's Pe trograd correspondent, speaking of the operations on the Niemen, in Russian Poland, says: “Later intelligence shows that oper ations on the Niemen were on a greater scale than was supposed and losses we.re Aiore severe. Tills was largely due to the admirable practice nt certain heavy artillery which is at the disposal of the Russian forces. Terrible Work. “The Germans evidently were not aware of this and advanced as though they had only to meet the ordinary field artillery. They were cruelly surprised at tho terrible work of these heavy guns. In their retreat the Ger mans were under this persistent fire for ten or a dozen miles and suffered enormous losses. The result Is that the Russians are again on German territory. "For tlie first time since the war began we hear of German troops at tempting a bayonet charge. This was during a night attack on September 30 at Raczka, hut the Germans were defeated, losing heavily in killed, wounded and prisoners. Apparently the Germans counted on taking the Russians by surprise. Weather Appalling. “The Germans continue to retire under the sustained pressure of the Russian attack. Their front presents a broken appearance with itH salient angle towards the Russians and of fering two faces for flank attacks which are greatly facilitated by the quality of the ground and the lie of the roads. "The weather is appalling. The continual tropical downpour in such a country provides tho worst possible conditions for armies anxious to ex tricate themselves from a wily enemy conversant with the methods of war fare of a guerilla nature.” Germany Stands United, Says Frieda Hempel |A‘ • I NOTED OPERA SINGER. Frieda Hetripel, the noted opera singer, who stamps us false the stories of rebellions against the Kaiser in Berlin. "Germany/ 1 she says, "Is on« big family. It Is marvel ous how smoothly everything Is go ing along In Berlin. Kverybody there is enthusiastic over the prospects of our armies—Socialists and all. The Kaiser is father of one big family, of which ail of his subjects are mem bers." $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. London, 1:40 p. m.—-Unusual activ ity in tlie publicity departments of tho German and Austrian army headquar ters bus furnished an account of tlie results of current battles differing so radically from those from the camps of their opponents as to render the widely divergent staements irrecon cilable. In regard to the battle of the Alane there is only a single point on which the French and German reports agree and that is the report that General von Kluck is still going northward, though nt a snail's pace, and that he is so powerful that General Jnffre has been obliged to admit that the Ger man commander lias been able to make a French detachment debouching from Arras to fnll back. Further South. Further south In tlie neighborhood of Roye, according to tho Gorman staff, the French have been dislodged from their positions, but the French eommtque declares (hat all tlie Ger man assaults there were shattered. Again the Germans assert they have fought their way southward and have made substantia! advances In the Ar VON KLUCK RE-INFORCED IN NICK OF TIME , ELSE GENERAL GERMAN RETREAT New York.—Dow, Jones & Com pany, a Wall street news agency, put out tlie following dispatch on its news tickers hero today: “Bordeaux.-- Minister of War Mil lerand declared today that only the steady arrival of heavy reinforce ments had averted disaster for the army of General von Kluck and the entire right wing of the German army. He said that early in the week the forces of General von Kluck were In desperate straits and that part of them had been forced to withdraw from advanced positions to a north east of Ht. Quentin by a raid of French cavalry. PRINCE OSCAR IN RING OF DEAIR London, 3:35 p. m.—An evening News dispatch from Copenhagen re ports that the correspondent of the Rerlln Tageblatt, who witnessed the battle at Verdun on September 24, when Prince Oscar led the Imperial Guards, says: "Though the Germans fought like Hons the Turcos climbed trees like monkeys, biding In the leaves. Thy Germans and Turcos fought and wres tled In a terlble hand to hand strug gle and many German officers fell dead around the prince, who thereafter had the heart attack already described. "Eater at. n hotel In Metz the prlne? was greeted by the emperor who, with arms extended, cried: ‘Boy, hoy! Here you are! ’ " MUST BETTLE IN CABH. London, 4:12 p. m.—The committee of the I/>ndon Stock Exchange decided today that under the present exoeo tlonal circumstances no member should purchase nor sell any securities dealt In on the American market at a lees price than the English equivalent of the New York closing price on July 30. It was ruled that all transactions must be settled in cash. Anglo-French Thwart Efforts of the Germans Along Whole Immense Line ol Battle; Have Yielded Nowhere London, 8 s. m.—Commenting on the status of the battle In northern France the Times’ correspondent at I'arls says: "The violence of the battle seems to be concentrated for the moment on the left wing which has prolonged Itself to a point within thirty or forty miles of the Belgian border, south or Arras. Through this line the Germans have attempted to break with the object of Isolating the forces of the allies In the north. The combats In tills region have been ex tremely violent but the allies hold the enemy well In spite of partial suc cesses by the Germans. "All along this immense battle line—to the right, the left and the center the enemy has tried to tiresk through In vain. Nowhere have the French yielded On tire contrary they have steadily and methodically progressed, especially on the right wing. New progress has been mads also In the Argonne region.” VIENNA MUCH ALARMED AT POSSIBLE RUSS INVASION Venice, (via Paris. 3:45 a. m.)— Latest reports from Vienna show the population is seriously alarmed ovo r the possibility of Russian Invasion. official notice have announced the closing of many favorite Sunday excursions from Vienna Into the su rroundlng forest because the highest points are fortified. That has produced much uneasiness. The report circulated that the work of transferring state treasuries and archives already has begun. While this report appears to be un founded, it Is significant as showing the state of the public mind. Prices of many articles of food have taken a sudden Jump. The Austrian premier, Count Karl Htucrgkh, received a deputation of Influential representatives of Austrian industry, who urged taht measures lie taken by the state to prevent further unjustifiable advances In price* of breadstuff!. HOME EDITION gonno district and the French counter this by claiming to have made prog ress there; while in the far eastern end of tlie line around the River Meuse the French claim to have driven the last Germans back across the river, and tho invaders say they have de feated all attacks of the French in that quarter. What It Want* to Hear. Each side thus is furnished with th* news it wants to hear. For the neu tral observer the only certainty is that these intermittent conflict* along the immense line furnish only a series of small cumulative results which gradu ally tend in a given direction and to an outcome which will duly he deter mined when the present process of at trition completes its course. The new army of Emperor Nicholas Is on the march and according to the Petrogrnd general staff tho Musco vites once more have crossed the Ger man frontier at Szezuczyn and Gra* Jewo, Russian Poland. This is con. ceivably awkw’ard for the German in vaders, who are said to be retreating from the Suwalkl district. Desperate Effort*. “General von Kluck, Minister Mil lerand said, had called for reinforce ments but the arrival was delayed and they arrived only in time to pre vent a, general withdrawal of the German troops. “‘General fighting continues about Roye,’ the minister of war continued, 'and tiie Germans are attacking fiercely. They are making desperate efforts to capture Roye. which they consider an important point. The Germans are being steadily reinforc ed. They must stem the movement against them or retreat. The men ace of a steady pressure against their lines is becoming terrible.’ ’’ STARVING IN THE ARGONNE Berlin Report Says Oerman Position North of Verdun “As of Iron.” Famine for Populace Berlin, via. London, 2:40 p. nv-A correspondent of the leikal Anzelger, who has witnessed the military oper ations In the Argonne forest and north of Verdun, telegraphs his paper that the bombardment of Verdun still con tinues. The wounded are coming In from the front In the best of spirits, he says. The English artillery is doing very efficient work In the Argonne forest and causing much trouble, but the German position Is "as of Iron.” Up to the present time all of the ef forts of the enemy have been futile, While the developments are slow, the correspondent avers, It Is thought that the final decision is not far off. The population of the district 1* starving. MARTINIQUE EARTHBHOCK. Fort DeFranoe, Martinique —A strong earthquake shock was experienced here at 1:18 o’clock this afternoon. The direction was from north to south and the tremors lasted for thirty No damngH was dune.
