Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Thurs day. VOLUME XIX., No. 280. DESTROYER OF KAISER SUNK Torpedo Boat Destroyer Strikes Mine in North Sea. Crew Thought to Have Been Rescued. London. 2:13 p. m—A German tor pedo boat destroyer, cruiser otf the estuary of the Ems, in the North Sea, has been sunk by a mine, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Reuter Telegram Company This news reached Amsterdam in a dispatch from the Island of Schier monnik, one of the Friesland Islands in the North Sea belonging to Hol land. This message says that at the time of tlte disaster, 11 o’clock this morning, the destroyer was to the northeast of Schiermonnik, not far from the estuary of the Ems. Within 3 Minutes Observers on the island heard a sudden explosion and a huge mass of water arose from under the bows of the destroyer. The boat keeled over and disappeared under the waves within three minutes. The periscopes of two submarines appeared on the scene. Their nation ality could not be ascertained but they probably were German. A German cruiser arrived from the Bins estuary, the dispatch received in Amsterday relates, in time to save the crew of the destroyer. AUSTRIA CLAIMS SURPRISE GIfEN TO RUSSIANS German-Austro Victory is Along the Vistula, Official Report From Vienna--Say Czar’s Infantry Routed. Vienna, via. Amsterdam and London, 12:25 p. m.—The following official statement, signed by General von Hoe fer, deputy chief of the general staff, was given out in this city today: ‘‘Oct. 6—The sudden advance of the German and Austrian forces in Rus sian Poland seems to have completely surprised the Russians. Although they moved strong forces from Galicia to the north they were repulsed and driv en back across the Vistula by the allies while making an effort to cross the river in the direction of Opatow. “Our trdops captured a bridge held by the Russians near Sandomir. “In Galicia we'are advancing in ac cordance with our pilans. “In the vicinity of Tarnovezeg we routed a division of Russian infantry.” THOUSANDS OF BODIES ON RIVER Petrcgad.—The Russky Slovo pub lishes a despatch from a correspondent giving details of the battle on the Nlemen River. He says the Germans suffered enormous losses, the Russian artillery making heavy inroads on their ranks. Thousands of bodies of Ger man soldiers lie on the left bank of the river, the correspondent declares METHODISTS RETAIN THE TOBACCO, LIQUOR CLAUSE Ottawa. —Just as the Methodist Church authorities in Canada have asked, once a year, all the young mer. studying for the ministry if they use tobacco, snuff or intoxocating bever ages, so will they in the future, con tinue to ask the question. And, as in the past, the answer must be no. The Methodist general conference so voted today. There was a recommendation by the discipline committee that the question be omitted. ATLANTA RESERVE DIRECTORS. Washington.—Class “C" directors of the federal reserve bank at Atlanta M. B. Welborn, Edward T. Brown and W. H. Kettlg conferred today with the federal reserve board over details of organization. 2 MORE ANTWERP FORTS FALL; GERMANS EXPECT TO TAKE CITY IN 2 DAYS Berlin, (By wireltee to Sayvllle, L. I.)— Despite the general expecta tion* that a slight pause would be made In the advance of the German* on Antwerp. It wae reported today In government quarter* that two more fort* had fallen Into German hand*. They were Fort Ke**el and Fort Brocchen (respectively ea*t and north of Llerre) which were no longer able to resist the destructive power of the German *tege gun*. The capitulation of Antwerp, according to German military authori ties, can be only a matter of a couple of day*. Great Live Stock Show at Georgia-Carolina Fair, Oct. 19-24 THE AUGUSTA HER AT.D Belgian “Grand Guard” Entrenched Near Antwerp ffl. ■j&m ykif Mbs r k JggyßirlTi|MELJ • fe? ' \* * • • - A Belgian Regiment in hastily dug trenches at Antwerp, ready to pick off any daring Germans in tligir Sorties against the city. EXPECT DESPERATE SORTIES. Berlin, (via wireless to Sayville, L. I.) —News received here today of the situation before Antwerp sets forth that the German big guns have been advanced to new positions for the bambardment of the inner line of forts. The military critic of the Lokal Anzeiger expresses the opinion that a heavy bombardment will be necessary before a breach in these closely linked fortifications can be made. He says desperate sorlties may be expected. v. SAYS SUCCESSFUL ON THE RIGHT WING. Berlin, (By wireless to Sayville, L. I.) —The German general staff in its report today on the situation In the western arena of the war says the fighting on the German right wing in France has been successful. JAPS TAKE ISLAND, NEW PHILIPPINES Occupy Most Important Island of the Carolina Group**-'Part of General Plan to Seize All German Naval Stations in Pacific. Peking, 7:45 p. m.—According to a German news agency dispatcli the Japanese forces have occupied the Is land of Yap, the most important is land in the Caroline group, or new Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean. The Caroline Islands are east of the Philippines. The group is a very extended one and comprises about 680 small islands. Yap is about 1,009 miles from the Island of Mindanao, one of the Philippine group. The Four Austrian Torpedo Boats and Two Destroyers Sunk Off Dalmatia Coast By Mines Contact; Crews All Lost Paris, 2:30 p. m.—The Messaggero publishes a dispatch from Ancona, in Italy on the Adriatic, telegraphs the Rome correspondent of the Ha vas Agency, which dacleres that four Austrian torpedo boats and two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers have been lost off the coast of Dalma tia as a result of coming in contact with mines. The Ancona dispatch adds that a majority of the members of the crews of these six vessels lost their lives. HUGE GERMAN GUNS FOR TURK London, 4:45 a. m,—An Athens dis patch published In the Times says: “According to trustworthy advices from Constantinople four huge Howit zers of the forty-two centimetre model have arrived from Germany and have been sent through the Dar danelles on German merchantmen to gether with large quantities of am munition aiul war material." :THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES-THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7,1914. Caroline Islands were sold by Spain to Germany in 1899. To Seize Them All. Washington.—At the Japanese em bassy here today the seizure by the Japanese Pacific squadron of the Is land of Yap was said to he only one development in general plan agreed upon by the British and the Japan ese to seize all of the German naval stations in the Pacific. That is re garded as necessary to terminate activities of the German cruisers. PIES’T PLANS IN COTTON RELIEF Washington, D. C< —Tentative plan* for the relief of the cotton situation were discussed today at a conference between President Wilson, member* of the North Carolina cnngreaHlona! del egation and officer* of the North Car olina Farmer* Union. It was agreed that the president would support an effort to get action In congress tbi* session on the ware house bill, which the house recently refused to consider. Representative Pou of the rules committee, promised to attempt to secure the adoption of a special rule for consideration of the, bill. The president also consented to ap prove the movement started In 9t. Louis for launching a bankers poo) to raise <160,000,000 to be loaned to cot ton grower* on warehouse certificates (Secretary McAdoo and the federal re serve board have nlready Indicated ! their tentative approval of that plan. I READY FOR ATTACK ON TSING-TAU Peking, China.—The Japanese lega tion here says siege guns are now ready for ah attack on Tsing-Tau. The German garrison, the legation continues, will be summoned to sur render and opportunity will lie given non-combatantH to come out. The American legation in Peking has sent instructions to W. R. Peck,, the American consul at Tsing-Tau, to come out when this opportunity In offered. ZEPPELIN MOST REIDT FOR AIR RAID,BRITAIN Working Feverishly on German Dirigibles at Wilhelmshaven From Which Place Expedition is Soon to Start. London, 3:15 p. m.—ln a dispatch from the Hague the correspondent of the Daily Express says German news papers reaching there Indicate that Count Zeppelin is flow at tWllhelms haven, on the North Hea, with his staff. Wilhelmshaven Is the point from which the great air raid on the British Isles is to start. One of these papers publishes an Interview with the count in which he Is quoted as saying that he had not forgotten England and would prove it very soon it Is also reported, the Express con tinues, that Count Zeppelin was sum moned recently by Emperor William to Mninze. His majesty said to the count that he relied on him for a great work and offered to make him com irander-ln-chlef of the German air fleet. The count smilingly refused, but said he would accept the title when he returned from England The Zeppelin staffs are working <lny and night at Wilhelmshaven end another station Is being established at Emden for other types of air ships. GERMAN LOSBE6 TO DATE ARE AT LEAST 300.000. London, 7:25 a. m.— An official list published In Berlin, say* a Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company, gives the German losses In killed and miss ing up to Rept. 1, as 117,000, The authorities admit, the dis patch adds, that the total losses to date are at least 300,000, Battle on the French Rivers is Continuing With Great Violence; Neither Side Claiming Advantage 3 GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK Tokio, 5:30 p. m.—Belief was ex pressed at the war office today that the German cruiser Cormoran and two other German gunboats had been sunk in Kiaochow Bay. The Japanese army has occupied the Shan-Tung Railroad us far west at CJil-Nan. OUTBREAK OF VIOLENT FORM WORST FORM OF CHOLERA London, 8:35 a. m.—A disptach from Rome to the Exchange Telegraph Company says: “A message from Vienna announces tlie sudden outbreak of Asiatic chol era in a, most violent form at Tarnow, In Galicia. Forty cases, the message says, were reported on Tuesday.” Tarnow, on the Dunajec River, has about 35,000 inhabitants. It Is 135 miles west of Lemberg and on the line which the Russians and Austrians are taking on their way to Cracow. Fighting between the Austrians and the Russians near Tarnow has been reported several times recently. GREATCROP INCREASE SHOWN Washington.—Greater rom crop pros psc’ta by 78,000,000 bunhH* ami Improvement In tobacco. Increasing tne prospect* of that crop nver the forecast In September by 02,000,000 pound* were feature* of the department of agricul ture's October crop report announced today. An of 11,000,000 bushel* In the potato crop, 21,000,000 bushel* In the oat« crop, and 10,000,600 buehela In the apple crop al*o were forecasted. Spring wheat *howed a alight de creaee, being 4,000,000 bushel* under the September forecast, yet the combined crop of winter and spring wheat make* thla year’* harvard of that grain a Rec ord one. TRY TO BRING ABOUT PEACE London, 5:04 a. m.—The Rotterdam correspondent of the Times sends tho following dispatch: "The president of the German peace association has been at The Uaguo lately trying to bring about a meet ing of international pacificists who would concentrate their efforts to bring about peace. His attempts bava miscarried owing to the difficul ty of securing transportation. For the same reaaon an attempt to con voke the Berne Bureau has been abandoned but steps are to be taken to make a meeting possible as It is evident that the plan has been re ceived with great symptahy on nil aides." SPLENDID WORK OF U.S. HOSPITAL London, 5:10 a. m,—The Times to day describe* the American ambu lance established In the Pasteur Lyceo at Neullly by a committee of Ameri- I cans a* on* of the best equipped and most remarkable war hospitals In Europe. "It* splendid work 1s not sufficient ly known In England." says the Time*. “It deserve* all the help that English - i men can give and the devotion and | kindness of the self-denying Amerl iran cltlxen* In Paris should send a thrill of gratitude throughout Kng- I land." $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. French War Office States Line of Conflict Extends Almost to Belgian Frontier—Von Kluck, Reinforced, Attempting in Turn to Outflank Allies—Counter Stroke May Be Supreme Feature of Conflict—“ More and More Violent” is Official Statement London, 1:10 p. m.—The conflict along the rivers of northern Franco, although now in its twenty-six Wt day, shows few er signs of a nearly end than It did two days ago. Than General von Kluck ap peared dangerously threatened by the enveloping movement of the allied arm ies. Today that resourceful commander, having obtained from an unknown uuor ter heavy reinforcements, apparently is engaged in his turn in attempting to outflank the French and lJrltlah lines. That counter stroke is viewed h«Ta as the supreme feature in the situation in the western theatre of wnr. At Center, Too. Simultaneously with his newly launch ed turning movement. General von Kluck luiH been trying to cut right through the center of the allies’ extend ed loft nt Lasalgny. The official French communication says the attempt was foiled but It In not doubted the effort will be renewed and In the went of RUSS ADVANCE TO JOIN THE SERVIANS Czar’s Troop Rapidly Progress ing in Invasion of Hungary. Austrian Victory Claimed Near Huszt. Rome, (vie London, 4:23 a. m.) —A dispatch received here from Budapest says Russians Invading Hungary with tlie Intention of effecting a junction with the Servians are advancing in two columns. One column is making an assault on lloHszumeso-DlhepolJe (In northwest Hungary, 66 miles southeast of Olmutz) and the other is rapidly descending the valley of the Nagyan against Huszt (province of Marmaros, 90 miles northeast ol Debreczen). The Servians are also reported to have begun a northeast advance from Semi in. Claim Russian Retreat. London, 1:46 p. m«—lt is officially announced from Huszt, Marmaros County, Hungary, that Austrian forces have been tg-avlly engaged with Rus sians since Monday at a point near Tocso, telegraphs the Amsterdam cor respondent of Reuters Telegram Com pany. The Russians retreated. The battle came to an end near Kricks fulva with complete victory for the Austrians. Teeso is about 20 miles southeast of Huszt, on the railroad, and Krlcs falva is about the same distance east of Huszt. Marmaros County is in the extreme east of Hungary, between Galicia and Transylvania. The Associated Press. HUNGARIANS ARE KEPT ON MOVE London, 8:25 a. m.—Speaking of the Russian Invasion of Hungary, a dis patch from Rome to the Exchange Telegraph Company says: “According to Budapest advices the nature of Marmaros- Hzlget, capital of the Hungary eounty of Marmaros, has necessitated the removal of the gov ernment of that department to Huszt, 28 rrlles northwest of Hzlget. A second Russian army now threatens the lat ter city arid reinforcements are being hurried up to check the Russian ad vance. Marmaros, the county In Hungary which the Russians have invaded through the Carpathian Passes, is In the northeast bordering on Galicia. Uukowlnu and Transylvania. ROME PAPERS SEIZED. Roms, via Paris, 3:40 a. m. Police have sequestered several publications containing articles against Austria which were considered offensive to Italy’s neutrality The authors have been denounced to the courts. PRZEMYSL BURNING THROUGH RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT Pari*, 2:10 p. m.—A Havas Agency dispatch from Petrograd says that a report from Lemberg. Galicia, states that Prxemsyl. the strong fortress of the Austrians, 51 miles west of Lemberg, Is being bombarded by Russian heavy artillery. The damage Is considerable, houses being set on fire by bursting shrapnel. All efforts of the Austrian field force* to assist the fort hava been unsuccessful and their troops have retreated to Vlotstavsk. HOME EDITION miecess It would compel the left win* or the French army to retire toward tho coast to escape the German linen stretching out simultaneously from the north and ea^t. “More and More" Violent. .. The fighting in this nieghhorhood. de scribed in the offlcal FVencui report as "more and more violent," must, It Is believed, reach to Antwerp und largely Influence the fate of that, fortress. The surest way of raising the siege of the temporary Belgian capital would be tho success of tho French turning movement on the Oise. Nothing Decisive. Neither the Germnn nor French com manders have claimed any decision In this unptvedented struggle. Indeed tho German report, states that nothing de cisive has resulted yet from the attacks and counter ettacks In the district ex tending from Lille to Roye by way of Arms and Albert. GERMANS HOED CUBAN ENVOY’S SONINJAIL Cuban Minister to Great Britain Sails From New York to Relieve Plight of Young Man—Held As Russian Agent New York, -Reports published here today state that General Carlos Gar cia Voiez, Cuban minister to Great Britain, arrived in New York last night and will sail today on tho stoaimer Cedric, enroute to Germany via London and Rotterdam, with funds for the relief of Oonzalo do Quesada, Cuban minister to Germany, whose son Is held In a Berlin prison under charges of being a agent. Jose Camplllo, an attache of the Cu ban legation In Belln, was released after three days In prison under a similar charge, the report states. Without Funds. Nothing was known In Cuba of Min ister Qunsnda's plight, according to the report, until he Informed his gov ernment about ten days ago that he was without funds and asked per mission to leave Germany and close the legation. Tills request was grant ed and the Cuban government, it is Mild, decided to take up the case of Minister Quesada's son and demand Ids release and also to recall Cuban consuls in the German empire. Educated in Washington. With Minister Quesada in Berlin are Mrs. Quesada and their young daughter, Miss Aurora Do Quesada. Gonzales Do Quesada, Jr., is about 19 years old. He was educated In Wash ington and had only been In Berlin a few months when the war started. His father has been minister to Ger many about two years. MANY HORSES ARE LOST BY GERMANS London, 10:16 a. m.—lndirect re ports current in London declare the Russians still are pushing the Ger man forces hack in the direction of East Prussia. The Germans are de clared to he greatly handicapped In this retiring movement because of tho enormous number of horses which have died In the swampy country around Hu walk!. Much of their ar tillery had to be abandoned. SANK ONHITTING THE THIRD MINE London, 12:06 p. m.—A Reuters dis patch from Ostend says survivors from the sunken British steamer Ard mount on arriving at the Belgian port today declared their vessel was struck by English mines. The Ard mount, they said, did not sink until she had struck a third mine. At the first explosion a lifeboat took off the erey of 35 The Ardmount. whleh was of 2.249 tons, left Galveston on Heptember 9th.