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VOLUME XIX, Mo. 288.
GERMANS IN DESPERATE
DASH TOM CHANNEL
Intention Was to Reach Calais After Taking or Antwerp.
Repulsed Twenty-Five Miles From Ghent—Situation on
Allies Left Wing Said Growing More Satisfactory Daily
London, 3:25 a. m.—Telegraphing
from Calais under yesterday’s date
Daily Chronicle’s correspondent, says:
"The position on the allies left wing,
which is now the most important sec
tion of the long battle line, grows
daily more satisfactory.
The fight around Lille has been ex
tremely satisfactory to the allies.
Pushed Back.
"The Germans have been pushed
back as far as Courtrai (in Belgium,
26 miles southwest of Ghent) where
they are entrenching. It appears that
they will make stubborn endeavor to
hold the line of Blankenburghe, Bru
ges and Courtrai.
ALLIES ARE HOLDING OWN
BUT RUSSIANS.CHECKED
Czar’s Troops Obliged to Sacrifice Fruits of Victory By Send
ing Reinforcements to Another Part of Long Battle Line.
French-English Forces Doing Well in the Furious Fighting
on Belgian Border
London, 10:05 a. m.—The gloom
which has enveloped England since
the fall of Antwerp has been some
what lightened by official announce
ment that the allies are more than
holding their own in the furious fight
ing along the Franeo-Belgian border;
but this feeling of elation has been
tempered by the glowing realization
that the Russian invasion of Silesia,
% hich was believed to be imminent,
must be postponed indefinitely pend
ing the outcome of the battle in Rus
sian Poland.
In Enemy's Steps.
Russia seems to have been compelled
to follow the steps of her enemy In
the west and sacrifice the fruits of her
Aictories by sending reinforcements to
another part of the long battle front.
The resumption of the Austro-Ger
man offensive in Galicia was an out
come of the action of Russia in send
ing heavy reinforcements to the River
Niemen, evidently under the impres
sion that a German invasion of the
Pursued By
the Germans
Near Ghent
Berlin Official Report Says
Enemy, Including Antwerp
Garrison, Hastily Retreating.
Four Thousand Five Hundred
Were Prisoners Taken at
Lille.
London, 5:10 a. m.—A Reuter despatch
from Antwerp gives this official com
munication from German headquarters
dated yesterday:
"The enemy. Including part of the
Antwerp garrison, is hastily retreating
iVom Ghent westward to the coast pur
sued by our troops.
"We have occupied Lille and captured
4,500 prisoners.
"From the front In France there Is
nothing new.
"Two heavy French batteries have
been posted near the cathedral In
Rheims. The French methods of war
fare continue to show no regard for the
protection of the cathedral.
"In the eastern theatre the Russians
have been repulsed near Schlrwlndt,
Fast Prussia. They lost 3.000 prison
ers. 30 cannon and 12 machine guns.
"Lyck, Bast Prussia, again Is in our
possession and Plata has been evacuated
by the enemy.
"Further south the Russian troops
from Warsaw were defeated and 8,000
prisoners and 25 guns taken."
PHILIPPINES BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Washington, D. C.—The Jones' Philip
pine bill, which declares the purpose of
the United States to recognize the In
dependence of the Islands "as soon as a
•jfaHe government can be established
there," passed the house late Wedns
day by a vot of 211 to 59. It will not
be considered In the senate at this ses
sion of congress
Next Monday Georgia-Carolina Fair Will Open
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
“It was the German intention to
make a dash on Calais coincidentally
with the taking of Antwerp.
Over Belgian Border.
“The allies guns near Montcassel
mowed down the oncoming Germans,
who fell back leaving several hundred
wounded. The allies followed up their
advantage, throwing the enemy hack
oveT the Belgian border.
“During the fighting near St. Omer
a bomb from a German aeroplane kill
ed three persons and injured six oth
ers. A French aeroplane pursued the
German bomb thrower and killed the
pilot and his companion with rilfe
shots.”
Suwalki district was a real menace
and not merely a diverting movement.
The withdrawal of Russian forces
from western Galicia, however, is re
garded here to be not as complet as
garded here to be not as complete as
Przemsyl is still invested on one side
while Petrogred reports that the gar
rison of this fortress has been invaded
by disease and is on the point of capit
ulation.
Now Under Way.
Other dispatches from the Russian
capital refer to activity along the Vis
tula river, where several attacks are
said to have been repulsed and declare
that the great battle probably now is
under way unless the Austro-German
advance has been hampered by bad
weather. Some idea of the fierceness
of the fighting in western France can
be gained from the fact that the town
of Roye, now In possession of the al
lies, has been taken and retaken no
less than twelve times.
Goldap, East
Prussia, is
Evacuated
London, 2:05 p. m.—A Reuter de
spatch from Amsterdam says:
"The evacuation of Goldap in East
Prussia by the civilian population is
revealed by the Cologne Gazette’s cor
respondent at Rastenburg, who says
that the departure was caused by mili
tary reasons and precautions.
The correspondent adds: “All the
Russian attacks on this side have been
repulsed and the Russians forced hack
across the frontier. It Is estimated
that from six to eight army corps are
along the frontier from Schlrwlndt to
a point opposite Lyck (East Prussia).
12,000 to 15,000
Was German Loss
at Arras Battle
Pari*, 1:02 p. m.—The newspaper
France Du Nord declare* today that
when the German* were defe» ed at
Arra* they lo*t from 12,000 to 15,000
men who were *urround«d by the
French In some mar»he*.
SUNK BY BRITON
London. 4:35 p. m. The admiralty
announce* that the British cruiser Yar
mouth has stink the German llamhurg-
Arnerlcarj line steamer Markomannla In
the vicinity of Human-* and has cap
tured and i* taking Into harbor the
Greek steamer Pont ports.
Both the Markomannla and the Pont
ports have been reported previously aa
accompanying the German crulaer Em
den.
MANY BOTANIBTS MEET.
Bt. Louis.—Noted botanlsta from
every quarter of the globe are In St.
Louis to celebrate, heglnlng today the
twenty-fifth annlveraary of the Mis
souri Botanical Garden a* a public In
stitution The celebration la under the
direction of the hoard of trustees
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, 1914.
Present Battle Line From the North Sea to the Alps
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Landslide
In Culebra
Cut Stops
Traffic
Panama.—A serious landslide in the
Culebra Cut at a late hour last night
Interrupted completely ail traffic
through the Panama CanaJ. Several
ships in the canal have been unable
to complete their passage.
The reports indicate mat there
were earth movements on both sides
Into the channel from the slopes of
Gold and Contractors Hills, which are
virtually opposite each other. Colo
nel Goethals and other officials are
this morning making an examination
of the extent of the damage.
It is said traffic through the canal
probably will bn Interrupted for some
time.
Fills the Channel.
Panama.—-The west side of the ca
nal was not affected. There was no
slide at Contractors Hill. The trouble
was on the east side, north of Gold
Hill. A large mass of trap rock, mixed
with loose earth, sloughed Into the
channel.
Col. Goethals was unable to say
when the channel again would be nav
igable but he hoped within a few days.
The debris now virtually fills the chan
nel to the west bank.
Four vessels at Cristobal have been
delayed awaiting the opening of a new
channel. All available dredges have
been put to work to clear out the wa
terway.
No Alarm Felt.
Washington.—News of the landslide
Into Culebra Cut caused no alarm at
the Isthmian Canal Commission of
fices. While regretting the tempo
rary closure of the canal, officials
said the slide would have Its com
pensations from an engineering point
of view because It would hasten the
final subsidence of the mobile mate
rial In the cut, thereby Insuring the
permanence of the waterway.
It was recalled that In almost every
reference to the Culebra Cut opera
tions, Colonel Goethals had pointed
out that the earth had not reached a
state of equilibrium and that probably
it would be necessary to continue
dredging operations there for many
months.
FIGHT 111 GENTEH
IS DEVELOPING
Bordeaux, Franca, 1:15 p. m.—A high
official of the French government de
clared thla mornlrn: that the latest
dispatches from the front showed the
military situation wan about to develop
more rapidly on he canter, In the re
gion of Berry-au-Bac, and on the left.
In the lm Bassee, Katalres and Ball
leul district. The allien continue to
make profrreaa, thin official stated.
Heveral hotly contented ponltfonn
which had changed hands repeatedly
during the paat few weeks are now
held strongly by the french. The
Anglo-French situation. wan moat en
couraging.
APPEAL TO PRES’T
IN COTTON RELIEF
Telegrams From Governors of Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma
and Georgia Made Public Today-- Ask That OongreßS Take
Immediate Measures in Confronting Orisis.
Washington,—Details of the plan
plan for aiding the cotton farmers of
the south through a $150,000,000 loan
fund were discussed today at a con
ference between Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo and Festus J. Wade
and Geo. W. Simmons of St. Ig)uls,
two of Its active backers.
Mr. Wade and Mr. Simmons came to
Washington with the promise of New
York bankers to raise $50,000,000 of
the total and with telegrams frorw
most of the southern states containing
similar promises for financial partlo
lpatlon.
About the only question left unset
tled Is the extent to which the federal
reserve hoard shall enter into the
operation of the syndicate. Its pro
moters virtually desire that the hoard
act as Its managers. There has been
some objection to this proposal but
Secretary McAdoo and several other
board members are understood to
vor it. •
For Federal Aid.
Washington.—Declaring that the cri
sis confronting the cotton Industry Is
so serious that on(y federnl aid can
forestall disastrous results, the govern
ors of four cotton states. In telegrams
made public here today, appeal to
President Wilson and congress for im
mediate relief measures.
Governor O. B. Colquitt of Texas
characterizes the outlook as one of
“certain bankruptcy” and adds that
the situation “Is dally growing worse/’
TAKE BRUCES;
15 MILES TO
OSTEND
London, 2:15 p. m.—A dispatch to
The Central News from Amsterdam
confirms the report that the German;,
have occupied Bruges, 15 miles east of
Ostend.
Guess Work.
London, 2:25 p. m.—The rigidness
of the censorship still precluded this
afternoon more than guesses an to
which side scored In the fighting which
followed the retirement of the Bel
gians and the advance of the Hermann
In the vicinity of Ghent. In the rear
of that city It Is mild that tbs Germans
have 100,000 men.
PDOBABIYFRONI
GOEBEN,BRESLAU
London, 5:20 a. m.—A dispatch •>
The Exchange Telegraph from Buch
arest, coming by way of Rome, says:
"Heavy cannonading Ims been heard
the past day off Kustendje (In Rou
manlft on the Black seal. It Is be
lieved the former German cruisers
Goeben and Broalau, which now fly
the Turkish flag and which yesterday
undertook to eaoort from Rullna (an
arm of the lianube traversing the dis
trict of flobrudja, Koumanla) several
transports laden with munitions, have
either attacked or been attacksd by
the Russian fleet.”
“Emergency currency Issued to the
banks tins not relieved the cotton
slates,” soys the Texas executive, "but
the deposit of government funds 'n
banks under the express condttlori that
It be advanced upon cotton at its fair
value at a low rate of Interest for one
year, with the legislatures of the cot
ton producing states or through an
act of congress curtailing the acroagj
and production for 1915, would, in my
opinion, very nearly solve the situa
tion ”
Loans to farmers at 4 per cent on
warehoused cotton are suggested by
Governor Earl Brewer of MlsslsslppL
"The government cannot possibly
lose,” he says, "for this would be n
gilt edged security.” He also urges
curtailment of next year’s crop.
"The cotton situation In this state
grows worse day by day,” aays Lee
Croce, governor of Oklahoma. "The
producers of cotton are absolutely at
the mercy of the spinners and specu
lators. In my opinion the federal gov
ernment should pass a law restricting
acreage for the year 1915 and should
in addition offer substantial financlsl
aid In holding the surplus production,
for this year by extending credit at a
low rate of Interest.”
Governor Blston.
Governor John M. Slaton of Geor
gia In his telegram says that while hIK
state contemplates early steps to cope
with the situation, he Is convinced
that the farmers must look to oongreis
for any adequate relief.
PORTUGAL SOON
BE READY; ARMY
OE 900,000 MEN
Naw York—Two expeditionary forces
of Portuguese troops for one of which
English transports were used, nailed
from Lisbon on Hepternber 10 to re'
lnforce garrisons in Portuguese pos
senslons In Africa, which adjoin those
of Germany. This was made known
today by C. Rangel de Humpalo, Por
tuguese consul general at New York,
and In the first news to reach this
country of any actual military prepa
rations by Portugal so rthe eventual
ity of that country's participation In
the war.
Mr, Hampalo said he had received no
official confirmation of the reports
that Portugal had already declared
war against Germany "In conformity
with Its alliance with England," but
that he would not be surprised to hear
It wss true at any, moment. Portugal
has an army of eight corps In active
service, he said, and soon would be
able to put a half million men In the
field.
ALL MUBT WORK.
Vsnios, via Paris, 1:59 a. m.- It la
reported from Trieste. Austria, that
all able bodied men In Austria are
being compelled to assist In construct
ing fortifications. Any man refusing
to do this work Is arrested. The peo
ple ere expressing Indignation.
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EIGHT BEGINS IN SENATE
FDR CDTTDN BELIEF LAW
Within Ten
Miles of
Warsaw
But Enemy Thrown Back
Thirty Miles, Say Russian
Correspondent- -Says Fall of
Przemysl Imminent. Garrison
Has Cholera.
London, 3:44 p. m.—Aj despatch
from Petrograd to The Messagero
of Home says that the Atistro-
Oerman army yesterday was com
pletely defeated In the neighbor
hood of VVursaw, Russian Poland.
The Austrians and Germans suf
fered enormous losses. The Rus
sians are slated to have taken
thousands of prisoners.
Thrown Back.
London, 4i46 a. m.—"l hear that the
enemy approached to within ten miles
of Warsaw hut were thrown hack to
a distance of thirty miles, ’’ says the
Times’ I’etrograd correspondent.
"The fall of Przemysl Is imminent.
The garrison there is being decimated
by cholera. Private advices say the
main forts already have been taken
by the Russians
“There Is no change In the situa
tion In East Prussia. Ground pre
vails for the belief that In the for
ward movement of the Austro-German
forces, which commenced September
27th, General von Hlndenburg com
mands the center, King Ludwig of
llavarta the Cienstochowa army and
the Austrian General Dankl, the Aus
tro-German constituting the cover for
the right slang of the center, while
the supreme command of all the Aus
tro-German troops Is In the hands of
the German general staff.”
Arsenal at
Trieste is
Destroyed
London, 3:30 p. m. —Fire In the gov
ernment arsenal at Trieste, the princi
pal seaport of Austria Hungary on the
Adriatic sea, has virtually destroyed
an Austrian dreadnought under con
struction there, according to a Central
News despatch from Rome.
Hix torpedo boat destroyers also
were damaged by the fire, which
quickly enveloped the workshop. It
is alleged that a quantity of woodwork
In the arsenal was soaked w4th petroL
A number of workmen have been ar
rested
The arsennl Ih said to have been
greatly damaged.
Does This News Apply
To Your Business ?
a
Early in the past summer the Pratt
A Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn., was
so dull that In one period of ten days
not an order of any description was
received. Today these great works
have upon their books orders of so
great a total that If tui other business
was received for a year the plant
would be working full time. This new
condition may be attributed directly
to the war.—lron Age.
The news above might just as well be printed
sooner or later about your plant, Mr. American
Manufacturer, if you had been, are or will be
equipped to handle foreign trade. READ THE
LAST SENTENCE IN THE ABOVE NEWS
ITEM AGAIN.
What Does It Mean to You?
The opportunity to expand your business, for
speeding up your operations, for helping to place
this great nation in the forefront of commerce
and prosperity, is yours.- It is now knocking at
your door.
HOME
EDITION
Southern Members Vigorously
Press Amendment to War
Revenue Bill For $250,000,-
000 Bond Issue
NEW PLAN FOR GOVT LOAN
OF $65,000,000 IN COTTON
TAXES OF THE CIVIL WAR
$500,000,000 Appropriation
For Protection of Cereal
Farmers Also Proposed. Hoke
Smith Tells Senate South’s
Business Situation Will. Affect
Whole Country.
Washington.—ln his appeal Vo
the Northern Senators, Senator
Smith inferred to the ch-ii war.
In wide!) the South w>u sawed to
the Union, and declared:
“If we were worth so much to
Ihe Union to nmka It desirous to
save us then- -and l cun glad that
we did stay- -then It ought to be
worth something tutaava-thc ASouth
today.”
For Relief Legislation.
Waahlngton, D. C-—-The fight for cot
ton relief legislation In the pending war
revenue bill woe begun In the senate to
day.
Southern senators vigorously presseg
the amendment authorizing a s26o,iXio -
OWi bond Issue <or purchase of 6,000,000
bales of Colton at ten cent* a pound.
Senator Overman also proposed a new
amendment to authorize the secretary of
the treasury to loan to the Houth the
amounts collected by the government
under the cotton tax Imposed during
and after the civil war.
Overman Amendment.
The total loan under the Overman
amendment would be $66.94:1,699.31. It
would he h»-M by thp states for five
years, subject to the disposition of con
gress. "When loaned to producers of
cotton’’ the rate of Interest would not
exceed three per cent.
' A $600,*00.000 appropriation to protect
cereal farmers along Uie lines of the
cotton amendment was proposed by
Henator McGuinhnr.
The Whole Coentry.
Henator Hoke Smith, supporting the
bonding amendment, reviewed the situa
tion In the South and declared the
business fabric of the entire section de
pended on the marketing of ootton. He
wild busloMNH throughout the entire
country would be affected adversely un-
Ifs something was done to atu the ootton
farmer*. .
"Buy-s-Bate" Movement.
Washington-—Henator Sheppard of
Texas, also urged adoption of the cot
ton bond amendment and explained
the "btiy-a-bole-of-cotton” clause.
Several republican senator* announced
their ilester to Join the "tniy-Ocbale"
club and asked for particulars. Sena
tor Jones, republican, of Washington,
declared he would vote fw the amend
ment If convinced that conditions war
ranted the federal relief, "even If It
does violate some of our fundamental
principles of government/'
Senator MoCumber, advocating MS
amendment on behalf of cereals, sold
that In tills awe people ooukl no mass
live on their own raw cereal# than
they could on row cotton,
SIGNS CLAYTON BILL ' f
Washington, D. C.—Thwakient tßßson
today signed the Clayton antMnrt MB,
completing the admin Ist nation’* trust
program. Theta was no ceremony ooSfc
nacted with the signing.