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TWO Heights of Roye Still Center of Raging Battle With Germans Reinforced, righting Stubbornly Much Depends on Outcome-If Invaders Beaten, Communication Seriously Threatened—Ger mans Preparing to Protect Flank if Retire ment Necessary—Have Evacuated West Fland ers—Antwerp Attack An Enigma In the East, Operations of Big Russian Army Extending Along Tremendous Line, Grow in Interest—The Great Bat tle to Fought in Poland—ln North, Russians Seem to Have Checked German Invasion From East Prus sia—Report Kaiser to Have Left Breslau London, 9 p. m.—Roys, the little town on the main road from Amiens to Noyon, the heights around which have been alternately occupied by tho French and the Herman* during the pant week I* Htlll the center of a bat tle of great violence. The Oermnna who are fighting stub bornly to protect their flank at this I abut, have brought up reinforce ments, but. according to the French official communication today, all their attacks have been repulsed. The action, however. Is still pro ceeding and upon It much depends, for If the Hermans are beaten, their line of communication at Targnier Will be seriously threntned. Slight Falling Back. Of other operations on this front, which extends ns far north as Arras, nothing has been disclosed since the French themselves announced that their force debauching from Arras had fallen back slightly on the east and north of that town. There Is evidence from other sources that the Germans are making preparations to protect their flank should retirement become necessary. They have evacuated West Flanders and their attack on Antwerp la be lieved to be designed to keep the Bel gians busy and prevent them from operating oq what would be General von Kluck's left should he fall back through Belgium Maintaining Strength. But the Rattle Is not yet over and it may be many days before either side attains Its objective. Except for the forces absolutely needed else where, the Hermans are maintaining ithdr strength In France and besides ‘fighting off the French efforts on their right, tire themselves remaining on Ihc offensive on the French right. Crown Prince Thrown Book. The army of the crown prince which has been In the thick of the fighting nlnce the Herman* began their Inva sion of France, has made nn attempt to slip through the wood of T,a Hntrle, but the French report says, was thrown hack to the north of the Va rlennes-la-Hara*ee-Vienne-la - Ville road. Tills rond pierces the northern part of the Argonne forest, so that the French must have made a con siderable advance In this region and straightened out the line from the north of Verdun to the north of rthelm*. This attack of the crown prince 1 * army doubtless I* what the German* THROUGHOUT LAND, PRAY FOR PEACE Supplications Are Being Offered Today in Churches of All Creeds in the United States For Speedy End of Conflict Among Warring Nations of Europe Washington. -Pg*>er* that tha great war In Europe may soon come to an end will lie ottered tomorrow In churches of all creeds In the capital and throughout ■ ttie notion. President Wilson has act the day aside by for mal proelajnatios'ns Pea re Sunday. The president himself will attend peace sen-ices In the morning at the Central Presbyterian church and In the afternoon he probably will be among the thousands gathered tor open air services around the ••peace croas" on the site chosen for the new Episcopal Cathedral of Bt. Paul and Ht. Peter. Special prayers mill be said there for peace among the war ring nations for tho wounded soldiers In Europe and for President Wilson and “all others In authonty.** Particularly Fitting. Columbua OHle.—Prayers for peace will be said tomorrow In all churches under the Jurisdiction of the t'entral Conference of Ajnertoan ltahbls, *c cording to an anounenment today through Kabhl Joseph Komfeld, sec retary of the organisation Tomorrow will be ths beginning of the feast of tabernacles and therefore particularly fitting for peace prayers, the anonuncement states. Address by Bryan. Ysnkera, N. Y--Secretary of Stats Bryan and Mrs Bryan arrived hers today from Washington. Ths secretary tomorrow will make two peace ad dressee In New York city. In the Pree Synagogue In the morning and at the New York Peace Society's meeting at the Broadway Tabernacle In the evening. WEST FLANDERS IS FREE OF GERMANS Lenden, 7:15 p. nt. —A dispatch to ths Reuter Telegram* Company from Amsterdam says that Waal dander*, ths Westernmost province of Belgium, lg now free of Ueraatuh referred to In their Friday 1 * report that the troops advancing In the Ar gonne had gained ground In a south erly direction. French Progress. In the Woevre district and on tho heights of the Meuse, the Ftench claim their progress, though slow, continues. There npaprently has been hard fighting further south, for the Hermans report speaks of vigorous rallies from Tool having been repuls ed. Along the center comparative calm still reigns. The Germans have been keeping up a heavy artillery fire on the British and French forces en trenched In front of them, but the British accounts say little damage has been done. The real work Is being done on the two wings and the troops In the cen ter, who have had much fighting, are being given a respite until the mo ment comes for them to move again. This, of course, depends on the suc cess or failure of the outflanking ope ration*. Along Tremendous Lin*. Operation* between the Russians and the Austrians and Hermans grow In Interest. These armies are fight ing along a tremendous line, extend ing from the neighborhood of Cracow In Galicia, along the frontier of Po land and Fast Prussia, almost to the Baltic Hoa. There Is no news from the southern fields, but tho Germans and Austrians, Instead of waiting on the line between Czerstechowa and Kails* for the Russians have advanc ed further Into Poland. Their out posts have been reported as far east as Ptctrknw (ninety miles southwest of Warsaw) In the north and Btop nlea (thirty-two miles south, south east of Klelcel In the south. The Orest Battle. A big Russian army Ih gathering to meet them, and a great battle prob ably will be fought In Poland, Instead of on the borders of Poland and.Sl lesla. In the north, If the reports are to be believed, the Russians seemed to have checked the German Invasion from East Prussia and have compelled the Germans to retrace their steps except on the right wing, which la still around Oasowet*. The latest report on the movements of the German emperor la that he has left Rreslau from which point the In vasion of Poland was launched, for Thom, Weat Prussia. . TRAIN BANDIT GOT A LONE SI Confession of Hold-Up Made. Angered at 111 Success, Fires Shot in Air. Accomplice Fled San Bernardino, Calif.—Cofesslon that he held up passenger* of the Sun set Limited train of the Southern Pa cific at Colton last night was mads today by Jesse Carle, 28, a los Ange les Insurance solicitor, detectives say. J. O. Gibson, a Ran Bernardino au tomobile man. man was arrested as an acenunpllce, accused of having follow edthe train In an automobile to pick upCarlo. The authorities say Gib son fled when he heard shooting Ons dollar was all that Carle netted In the hold up. Angered at hla 111-suc cess. he fired a shot In the air. The bullet rlrhotted and grased a pas senger's foot. Carle today was caught 160 yards from the scene of the hold-up, hiding In a half-completed building FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT IS “FAVORABLE” Paris.—ll:l4 P. M.-The official communication is sued tonight Nays; “There is no new detail to announce. The general impression is favorably. ” fHt AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Antwerp Defens e Weakens After Five Days, Belgians Forced to Fall Back Before German Attack. Yet in Strong Position London, 10:57 P. M.— The Belgian legation issued the following official announce ment tonight: “On the east of the riv'er Senne the defense of Ant werp has been forced to fall back to the river Netlie be fore the violent attack of the German artillery after a desperate resistance of five days. “The position on the Nethe is strong and the Belgian army will resist with its full energy.” No New Attack. London, 2 a. m.—The Antwerp cor respondent of the Exchange Tele graph, in a message dated Saturday night, says: “No new attack has been made upon the Belgian front tonight. The situation this morning remained the same as indicated In the official com munication given out Friday night," In Steady Stream. Flushing, Holland, 10 p, m.—Owing to renewed activity on the part of the tlermans In Belgium, followed by the arrival here of a steady stream of Belgian refugees the state of siege which has been declared to exist over this port is being strictly maintained Every preparation has been made to close the mouth of the Schedlt Klver at a moment's notice. Bridges that connect the Zeelrfnd Islands with the continent have been mined. Strong detachments of troops guard these structures. Villages Deserted. Hulst, Holland, (vial London, 9:50 p, m .) —Prepartory to the final siege of Antwerp, large detachments of German troops moved westward par allel with the Dutch frontier. Several villages between Alost and Ghent have been deserted by ths In habitants. The Flemish peasants are moving westward as fast as they can. Large numbers probably will be oblig ed to cross Into Dutch territory. Those unable to provide for them selves will be sent to the Dutch refu gee camps In the province of Qel derlaud where there are about 12.00 Q refugees. - HOPPE 115 THE BILLIARD MATCH Champion Balk Line Player Defeats the English Player at Combination Came New York.—WUlle Hoppe, champion balk line billiard player of the world, won the International combination English and balk line match last night, heating the world's English billiard champion, Melbourne Inman of Twick enham, England, by a total score of 4,285 points to 3,703. The match con sisted of five 400-point games at the English atyle and six 600-polnt ses sion* of 18.2 balk line. Each man scored three thousand at his own style of play but Hoppe proved more ex port In playing the game foreign to him than Inman was at balk line Hoppe, in the five English games, scored 1.255 points while Inman made only 703 caroms In six balk line con tests. Hoppe’s best run wss 183 In last night's game. The high run of the match —::i —was made by Inman on the English table Friday night The match Just ended ts the first of a aeries of five which will be con tinued at Chicago and three Canadian cities within the next five weeks. GERMAOORPS UNDER ARMS. 27 London.— ln Swiss military circles, according to a Central News dispatch from Berne. It la estimated that Ger many now- has actually under arms 27 army corps of her regular troops and an equal number of reserves. Of these 24 army corps are In France, six In Belgium and Alsace. 12 In East IYu sals and 11 between Berne and Cracow. There are In addition, the dispatch adds what It assumed to be 1,600,04) men of the landstrum and volunteers serving In the Interior, while *OO,OOO fresh recruits are reported to be In training sufficiently advanced for them to be ready for aervlce In No \embcr. RUSSIAN COMMANDER WHO BEAT AUSTRIANS NICHOLAS NICHOLAIEVITCH. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholale vltch Is the commander of the Russian army, and to him as much aa the generals In the field has been given credit for the rout of the Austrian army in Galicia. According to re ports from Petrograd, \ihich may be biased, more than 130,000 prisoners harts been taken by his armies. RESERVE RAIS READY TO OPEN OCTOBER 15 Institutions at New York, Chi cago and St. Louis Decide on Date. Directories Are Com plete Washington. —Opening of federal re serve banks of New York, Chicago and St. Louis not later than October 15 has been decided on by the federal reserve board. The directorates of the New York and St. Louis banks are already complete and the class C di rectors to represent the government In the Chicago bank probably will be named Monday, making Immediate or ganization possible. The class C di rectors for four other reserve cities besides Chicago are yet to be chosen. All of them will be announced before the end of next week. Early next week the reserve board expects to send to the banks now ready for organization a draft of by laws which they will be asked to adopt. It has been decided that the chief officer of each bank shall be called “governor." The. other officers probably will be a, vice governor and a secretary or cashier. Class C directors of the Richmond bank who Saturday conferred with the federal reserve board concerning mat ters of organization, told the board they believed the Richmond bank could be organized by the latter part of October. GEORGIA MOOSE PLAN CAMPAIGN In Progressive Party Nomina tions, 0. W. McClure to Op pose Hoke Smith, O. R. Hutchins to Oppose Hardwick Macon, Gs.—Plans for a whirlwind campaign from now until election day were com plefbd today by the Pro gressive party of Georgia when can didates for the long and short terfn senate were placed In nomination. C. W. McClure, of Atlantu. was nom inated to oppose Senator Hoke Smith, the democratic nominee for the full term In the senate, and O. R. Hutch ins, of Rome, was nominated to oppose Thomas W. Hardwick, the democratic nominee, for the short term. Tha Progressive platform declares for the preservation of white supremacy In the south; favors one primary for all parties on the same day. under state supervision and expense, favors free school books and condemns the pres ent democratic administration “for its failure to provide an efficient system of rural credits;” favors submission of constitutional amendment for pro hibition. and favors extension of cred it to farmers. Jas. L. Sibley, who had been men tioned as a possible candidate for the senate. Is to he campaign manager of both candidates. ‘When We Reenter Brussels’ London, 9:40 p. m. —The following official stsement Issued In Berlin ha* been received here by wireless: “The German cruiser Karlsruhe hss sunk seven British steamers In ths Atlantic. "A letter found on a British officer captured by the Germans contained the following: “ 'When we re-enter Brussels we will take with us a large stock of matches to set fire to Cologne and ev ery other place through which we pass. Henceforth we will have no more In jured prisoners; everybody will be killed.’ “ Kaiser's Narrow Escape St. Petersburg Says Germans Are Leaving Russia and Whole Regiments Drowned in Niemen River. London, 10:10 p. m. — A Petrograd dispatch by way of Rome to the Central News says: “The Germans are evac uating Russian territory. Whole regiments have been drowned in the Niemen River and have lost their siege artillery. The empe ror, it is declared, escaped with difficulty.” With Great Ferocity, Petrograd. —The following official announcement from' the general staff has been issued: "The battle at Augustowo continued to develop with extreme ferocity on October 2d. The enemy relaxed his positions north of Lake Vigrl, carrying out furious attacks on the side of Ratchki and Borgimene, in an effort to occupy western roads leading out of tiie Augustowo forest. "On the road to Lodz and Schihlisch kl the first division of the German cavalry attempted to check the offen sive tactics of the Russian cavalry. This engagement took place at dusk but the enemy's squadrons were put to flight and completely disposed, sus taining heavy losses. "In the Carpathians Russian troops near Mlkoultkitz repulsed an Austrian detachment which lost its cannon and mitrailleuses." AMEND DEGREE ON HARVESTER DISSOLUTION Ruling Altered So As Not to Apply to Foreign Business. Notice Given of Appeal to U. S. Supreme Court. St. Paul, Minn. —The August decree of the United States district court or dering the dissolution of the Interna tional Harvester Company under tho Sherman anti-trust law was amended in a decision given here late Saturday by Judges Kanborn, Hook and Smith, the trial judges, which alters the de cree so as not to apply to the foreign trade of the company and changes the original plan of dissolution. After the announcement of the de cision, counsel for the harvester com pany gave notice of appeal to the Unit ed States supreme court from the dis solution decision of the court as amend. First Amendment. The court’s first amendment orders the words "and with foreign nations” struck wherever they appear In the de cree, but the court distinctly reserves Its power over the property and busi ness of the company, “so far as law ful and necessary to effect a disso lution of the combination.” The amendment regarding the plan of dissolution was first stipulated be tween the attorney general of tho United States and attorneys for tho defendants. , Original Decree. The original decree made It compul sory for the company to lay before tha court a plan for the separation o (the company's business and assets into at least three separate corporations. Un der the amendment the specific num ber three Is eliminated and the plan to be drawn is to provide for divis ion of the company’s interests “In such manner and into such number of part 3 of separate and distinct ownership as may he necessary to restore competi tive conditions and bring abouUa new situation in hsjmony with law." sunkbylMn THE NORTH SEA London, 10:30 p. m.— A Lloyd’s dis patch from Ostend says the 835-ton British steamer Dawdon. from Hull to Antwerp, is reported to have been sunk Friday night by a North sea mine. Nine men are missing; eight were taken to , Ostend by a fishing smack. CZAR IS OFF FOR THE SEAT OF WAR P*trogr*d. —Emperor Nieholaa It Is anonunced. has left for the theatre of war. * NO TRUNK BREAKING. Washingotn.—Collectors of customs were instructed today by Assistant Secretary Peters of the treasury not to break open trunks of travelers, but to wait for the owner or his agent In all case. Complaints, he said, had reached the department of trunk breaking. A QUESTION or SIZE grhnolmsster- Now if your mother gave you a large apple hml s arn.il one. and told you to divide with your broth er. which apple would you give him? Johnny—tvyou mean my Mg brother ar my Utile brother ?—Tit• Bus. ALLIES HOLD GERMANS IN DESPERATE EFFORT TO RECOVER LOSSES ~ , Tl ?. e determined efforts the Germans are making not only to hold their lines in the north of France, but to win back some of the territory the allied forces have succeeded in taking from them since the great battle of the Aisne began, are indicated in the official announcements from the French war office. _ ™ e G* rrTl ? nß have continued their series of desperate attacks on the French left wing, and in the center the crown prince’s army, which in cludes the Sixteenth Corps, has attempted to advance through the wood of La Grurie. But in all of these endeavors, according to French accounts the Germans have been repulsed; the crown prince’s army even has been driven back toward tho north a mile or two. In Belgium, however, the Germans have been more successful, for the Belgian legation at London admits that on the east of the River Senne the Belgian forces defending Antwerp after a desperate resistance of five days, have been obliged to fall back to the River Nethe so ter b « D be , e ? the , German artillery fire. But the declaration is made that the Belgians Intend to resist the attack on Antwerp to their utmost. The lates official communication from Petrograd describes the battle of Augustowo, in Russian Poland, as developing into one of extreme vio lence, the Germans supplementing their artillery fire with furious counter attacks. In an encounter between the first division of the German cav alry and Russian cavalry the Germans are reported to have been routed with great loss, carrying their infantry along with them. The Russians have occupied Raygrod, Kalvary and Mariampol, in Poland. The Russian emperor, according to a Petrograd announcement haa left the capital for the war zone. The German emperor is said to be at Thorn, West Prussia, close to the Russian frontier. Thus it would seem that the swift developments in the eastern theater of war during the oast week or two, have demanded the personal attention of the heads of the two countries. ■ WAR HAS COST FRANCE $7,000,000 EACH DAY Paris, 6:10 p. m. —The war is cost ing France $7,000,000 a day. Minis ter of Finance Alexandre Ribot an nounced today that the outlay for the first sixty days of the conflict had been $420,000,000. In a Temps interview M. Ribot says the Bank of France on October Ist had $812,400,000 in cash, which was $63,800,000 more than it had on the eve of the war. “Loans and discounts,” the minister of finance said, “are $895,200,000, an increase during the last week of $17,- 500,000. This shows that the bank, has made some discounts, and I hope it will make more. Far From Exhausted. "Advances made to the government October Ist, after two months of the war, reached $420,000,000. The credit balance on the same date in the treasury was $59,200,000, and, there fore, we are far from having exhaust ed the amount provided by our con vention with the bank. Besides we have just renewed the convention to assure the resources necessary in case the war should be prolonged beyond the date now foreseen. “The total bank bills in circulation October Ist was $1,845,800,000, this be ing $37,400,000 less than the preceding week. This is explained by an in crease in deposits, which October Ist reached $435,400,000, in crease of $41,- DON’T INANT CARRANZA TO WITHDRAW Fierce Debate Over Acceptance of Offer of First Chief. Crowds Cheer Amid Turmoil of Con vention City of Mexico. —General Venustla no Carranza placed his resignation as first chief of the Constitutionalists before delegates to the general con ference of southern chiefs shortly be fore 8 o’clock tonight. From that time until a late hour to night the question of whether the resignation should be accepted was fiercely debated with no immediate prospect of a vote. Orators opposed to the acceptance of General Carranza’s withdrawal were repeatedly cheered by delegates and spectators. A mottonjvas made that the first chief be informed that it would be Impossible to accept his patriotic act of abnegation, but tho hours passed without a vote being taken on the motions owing, to the turmoil in the chamber. ENTISiION “COTTON SI0W” Washington.—Women of the cabinet circle and In official life generally, especially those from the South, con tinue enthusiastic preparation for the Cototn Fashions Show here next week which they have planned as one means of stimulating activity In the South's greatest Interest now de pressed by the European war. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the secreatry of the navy, has arranged a North Carolina exhibit which will In clude a cotton gown made by her self. Many society belles of the cap ital will put aside silks and satins for cotton gowns In furtherance of the movement. 35 CAPTURED. Vancouver, B. C.— Thlrty-fltve Ger mans and Austrians attempting to reach Seattle on their way to Join the fighting ranks In Europe were cap tured by a patrol launch here last night. They were In a scow towed by a tug. Most of the men were armed. They are In Jail here. BAR MEXICAN WOUNDED. Washington. —The American com mander oppoalte Naco. Mexico, has been Instructed not to permit the bringing of Mexican wounded across the boundary. American surgeons, however, if necessary, will treat the wounded on Mexican soli SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4. 800,000 over the preceding week, and it can be seen France is far from having exhausted her reserves and that when the hour comes she will find the money a new loan which at present Is unnecessary.” Bourse Re-Opening. Discussing the projected re-opening of the Paris Bourse M. Ribot said: “I think there is an interest in do ing so without delay, but it is neces sary to take into consideration that the exchange in London and New York still remain closed. There is no hlirry anywhere to give too great fa cilities for the negotiations of foreign securities in the fear of seeing money go abroad, and if the Bourse re-opens we would have to take precautions in this direction. Confidence. “In any case,” the finance minister added, “a resumption of negotiations on the Bourse would necessitate the liquidation of operations made before the war, and this could not be done without certain advances to the mar ket. I am trying to put into shape measures that soon may be applied. “Above all have confidence and preach confidence. We have :I®* best reasons for being optimistic fnd If optimism is a times of great crisises we have difficulty In practicing It at tnm time." ANOTHER BIRD REFUGE BOUGHT Rockefeller Foundation Pur chases Eighty-Five Thousand Acres of Land Along Gulf at Cost of Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dol lars. New York.—For the purpose of es tablishing another wild fowl refuge on the northern shore of the Gulf of Mex ico. the Rockefeller Foundation has purchased the 85,000 acre Grand Che nier tract In the Parishes of Cameron and Vermillion, Louisiana, at a cost of approximately $225,000. An announce ment to this effect wag made Satur day. The foundation has placed the land for an Initial term of five years under the protection of the Louisiana Conservation Commission. The Grand Chenier tract Is only a few miles from Marsh Islands, pur chased by Mrs. Russell Sage for a bird refuge, at a cost of about $150,000. Both are a part of a preserve of 609 square miles with a frontage of 75 miles on the gulf coast, which It Is proposed to acquire. Included in this preserve will be the 60,000 acres previ ously dedicated to wild life preserva tion by E. A. Mcllhenny. “Inevitable Victory of German Culture” London, 12:50 a. m.—A Petrograd dispatch to the Reuters Telegram Company says the Russian papers an nounce that Emperor William has been making speeches along the Rus sian frontier at Bromberg and Thorn on “The Inevitable’Victory of Ger man Culture." KILLED AT FOOTBALL. Tapulpa. Okie. —Ray Allen. 19. of ths Stanley high school football team, was stunned when tackled Saturday In a game with the Tahlequah Indians, and died 36 minutes later. Cured His RUPTURE I was badly ruptured while lifting a trunk several years ago. Doctors said m> only hope of cure was an operation Trusses did me no good Finally I got bold of something that quickly and com* p etely cured me. Tears hare passed and the rupture has never returned, al though 1 am doing hard work as a car penter There was no rperntlon, no lost time, no trouble. 1 have nothing to sell, but will give full Information about how you may find a complete cure wtthcul operation, If you write to me KugemPM. Pullen, Carpenter. 4S-A Marcellus Ave nue M-tnasijuan, N, J Better out out this notice and show It to nny • wti< are ruptured—you may save a life or a! least atop the misery of rupture ant the worry and danger of an operation