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VOLUME XIX, No. 290.
PROBABLE FAILURE
IN GOV’T RELIEF
Senate to Vote Late Today on
Amendment to War Revenue
Measure Calling For Bond
Issue in South’s Cotton Crisis
Washington.—The senate will pass
the war revenue bill late today, con
ferees of the senate and house will
meet Monday, the bill will be finally
approved Tuesday and adjournment of
congress will come late Tuesday or
Wednesday, according to plans laid
I'efore President Wilson today by
Chairman Simmons of the senate fi
nance committee.
Senator Simmons told the president
the vote in the senate on the amend
ment for relief of the cotton situation
would be close but that probably the
proposal would fail of adoption.
Ask Republican Aid.
Republican senators declared priv
ately today that some of their demo
cratic colleagues, seeing defeat in
their efforts to secure federal aid for
the cotton farmers, had asked republi
cans to help incorporate the bonding
amendment in the revenue bill in the
hope that it would ultimately defeat
the entire measure. It was said Pres
ident Wilson would veto the hill if it
passed with the amendment included
and that .while congress was held in
session to frame a new revenue meas
ure some means might be devised to
put through an acceptable cotton re
lief plan. ‘
Senator Smoot predicted that such
an attempt to pass the cotton amend
ment would fail.
Won't Vote For It.
“Much as w r e would like to kill the
war tax bill, we will not vote for this
cotton amendment,” he declared.
Senator Sheppard, speaking in the
senate in favor of tlie amendment,
criticised a statement yesterday by
Senator Williams that senators who
proposed 'he amendment were not
sincere but merely wanted a record
vote and were talking for the benefit
of their constituents.
"We ar sincere in this amendment
and propose to i.o all in our power by
our vote to make it a law,” said Sen
ator Sheppard.
By Smith of S. C.
The amendment, also was vigorously
supported by senator Smith of South
Carolina, who declared that federal
aid for the stricken south abso
lutely necessary.
"If this congress is to observe the
strict letter of the constitution and
let the people starve and die then we
will soon have a new constitution or
a new congress,” he declared.
HAIL OF IEXIC
BULLETS HP
U. S.SOLDIERS
One Civilian Also Wounded at
Naco, Arizona, During Attack
on Carranza Garrison Across
River.
Naco, Ariz.—Five men. a civilian
and four soldiers of the United States
cavalry were wounded today by Mex
ican bullets that flew far over the In
ternational boundary during an at
tack by Governor Maytorena’s troops
on the Carranza garrison of Naco,
Sonora.
One of the soldiers was shot through
the head while on duty at a railroad
embankment 400 yards from the boun
dary. He is still alive. The civilian,
a railroad carpenter, was shot through
the right lung while walking on a
sidewalk on the American side of the
line.
The storm of bullets today were
heavier than any that heretofore has
struck on the American side. They
came from Maytorena troops which
attacked the Naco garrison directly
on the sodth side of the town. The
attack began before daylight and
continued more than six hours with
brisk fire on both aides.
BLOWN IIP BY MINE
OF GERMANS; 9 DIE
London, 3:57 p. nw—' The steam traw
ler Ajax out of OrUnsby, haa been
blown up in the North Sea by a Ger
man mine. Nine members of the crew
lost their Uvea.
FIRST SNOW SENDS WOLVES.
Rome, 2:15 p. m.—A dispatch from
Cettinje says:
‘•A close watch at night le neces
earv at the military camps, not only
because of the fear of the enemy but
„n account of the dread of wolves,
which, when the first snow covered
the mountain tops, began to descend
and wander in rapacious bands at
tacking the living if they cannot find
dead."
SECRETARY LANE ILL.
Washington-— Secretary lane, of the
Jitter lor department, is confined to his
home with an attack of grip While
'his condition Is not regarded a* se
rious, his illness has incapacitated
him for active work.
Ninth Annual Oeorgia-Carolina Fait Begins Monday
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Is Advance
on Warsaw
Checked?
London, 10:40 a. m.— Little definite
news was available today of the fight
ing along the Vistula river, where the
Russians claim to have repulsed a
German attack. Whethier the Ger
man advance on Warsaw has been per
manently checked only the future can
show. One report says the Germans
are preparing to winter in Poland.
According to a despatch from Petro
grad dated Friday but received here
today the Russians now have opened
their attack along the entire line with
special energy in the south, where
General Brusslloff's cavalry is said to
have captured several Austrian de
tachments, together with trains car
rying reinforcement-s and supplies. In
retreating from Warsaw, it is said, the
Germans lost 42 guns intended for the
siege of that city.
1 IMPOSSIBLE
NOW TO TURN
ALLIES LINES
— A
Joining of Anglo-French Bar
rier Between Coast and Ypres
Will Make Front Attack By
Germans Absolutely Neces
sary.
Paris, 6:50 a. m.—The joining of the
allies’, barrier between the coast and
Ypres to that of the existing front
through northeastern France, has
made it impossible, in the judgment
of French military experts, to turn
the French and English lines, and it
will be necessary for the Germans to
attack on the front. It has been
thought here that such an attempt
would be made between Ostend and
Ghent but to chaiienge this prediction
come reports today that significant
developments were taking place near
Lille.
Brevity Commented on.
The brevity of recent official com
mtinlcations Is being commented on In
Paris today and the fact that fighting
has been going on is making the peo
ple of the city ask if the present com
parative silence is not the lull preced
ing the storm. The strength of the
positions of the allies near Lille, In
the face of repeated and unsuccessful
attacks by the enemy, has given them
great encouragement. Colonel Rous
set, the military critic, today declares
it is too late for the Germans to en
velope the Franc'o-British line on their
left. “I see in the change of front
operated by the enemy,” the colonel
writes, "only an admission of increas
ing embarrassment. German strategy
1r at the presiit time a little discon
certing and I believe that the direc
tors of this strategy are themselves
completely disconcerted.”
Drenched by Rain.
A steady downpour of rain last night
drenched the fields of battle, adding
to thp discomforts of the troops ar.d
the difficulties of operations.
General Cherfils, discussing in an
article published today some of the
mistakes made by the French and the
Germans, says the forts of Rheims
were considered indefensible and con
sequently disarmed and abandoned.
The Germans have installed them
selves in these positions and for a
month past the French have vainly
tried to drive them out.
"We can derive a lesson from these
facts for the rest of the campaign,*
General Cherfils continues.
"The Germans made a mistake in
leaving In Belgium certain army corps
which would have been most useful If
they had used them Immediately
against us. Now they rome too late."
COMIC OPERA STAR DEAD.
New York.—Verona .lartteau, wtdrtv
known as an actress in comtc opers. In
former years. Is dead at her home in
Nanut. N. Y. She was born In New
York 63 years ago.
95,000.000 GERMAN GOLD.
London, 1:45 p. m.—The Athens cor
respondent of The Exchange Telegraph
Company says he has learned from a
reliable source that a sum of money
equal to $5,000,000 in gold has reached
Constantinople from Germany.
WAS SURGEON ON THE HAWKE.
London, 11:40 a. m.—Among the of
ficers who are believed to have lost
their lives In the sinking of the British
cruiser Hawke In the North Hea is
Dr. J. H. D. Watson, well-known as
an international rugby football player
Dr. Watson was temporarily attached
to the Hawke as surgeon.
iTHE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1914.
Progress of the German Campaign in Franee and Belgium
--_ AMie.N» J^|S^|Uak woiseL
lt eu,l p^p^rr 5 .
A. —Germans bombarding Burges, now reported to have been capture d, on their movement, on Ostend, also
reported captured. B.—German attack on allies’ left wing. Strong cavalry fighting between Cassel and
Lens. C.—French claim important advances here. D. —French claim success near Berry-au-Bac. IC. French
claim new successess between Verdun and Metz. F.—Belgian government prepares to move to Havre, Francs.
GERMAN FORCES
OCCUPY OSTEND
GERMANS MAY
SPEND WINTER
IN POLAND
Appears As if Russians Have
Decided to Play Waiting
Game. Terrible Reprisals on
Peasants.
London, 5 a. m.—Telegraphing from
Petrograd regarding the situation In
the Russian field of operations, the
correspondent of the Times says:
“It looks as if those high In Russian
command had decided to play a wait
ing game. Otherwise they would not
give the Germans time to entrench
and thereby prolong the whole course
of operations.
"Reliable information shows that
the Germans seriously contemplate
wintering in Poland. Peasants have
risen at many places, notably Klelco
and Miechow. Regardless of the most
terrible reprisals they are forming
guerilla bands and attacking the In
vaders. The railroad near Nowo Ra
domsk has been wrecked and train
loads of German soldiers killed.
“All roads from the Vistula to the
frontier are encumbered with the Ger
man transport wagons and dead
horses. The roads are impassable,
owing *o ruins.”
SHUMAN TALKS
WITH AHUM
President Wilson’s Represen
tative Visits Camp of Mexican
Who Disclaims Responsibility
For Hostile Acts
Vera Cruz, Mexico.—John R. 81111-
man, President Wilson’s personal rep
resentative In Mexico, before leaving
here this morning for Mexico City, re
ported to the state department at
Washington that General Aguilar had
promised to grant ail the demands of
the United Htates In connection with
the evacuation of Vera Crux.
Mr. Hllllman visited General Agui
lar's camp beyond the American lines
last night and conferred with the gen
eral until a late hour. Aguilar prom
ised to Issue ». proclamation giving as
surance that no one who has been em
ployed by the Americans shall be
prosecuted for that,although It Is in
offense for which the law provides
severe punishment.
General Aguilar disclaimed respon
sibility for the host!) demonstration
made in front of the American lines
on Thursday night.
Cry is now, “On to Boulogne.”
Objective Point Probably
Dunkirk. Allies Left Holding
Own. Uhlans Reported Forty
Miles From Calais.
London, 10:30 s. m.— German forces
today occupy Ostend, at the northern
extremity of the region where the
German right wing and the allies’ left
are struggling in the latest phase of
what was once the battle of the Alsne.
Reports reaching London say that
German imagination has been fired
by the taking of Ostend and the cry
now is not only "on to Calais,” but
"on to Boulogne."
The British Fleet.
What progress, If any, the Germans
have made since they entered Ostend
Thursday morning is not known hero
hut their next objective apparently Is
Dunkirk. Opinion in England seems
to differ ss to what part of the Brit
ish fleet would play should the battle
continue to skirt the coast line and
the reports that British dread noughts
would back up the French, British
and Belgian forces from the Htralts
of Dover seem to originate in German
sources.
Deprecate Importance.
Ixindon ptapers generally deprecate
the Importance of German occupation
of the Belgian coast, pointing out that
the British mine field prevents the
enemy's bringing ships to operate
from the none too spacious harbor of
Ostend. The fact remains, however,
that as the fighting gets geographi
cally nearer to England the public,
heretofore discussing and speculating
on a Zeppelin raid, Is bound to ask
Itself what will come next.
Submarines From Ostend.
It is admitted as unquestionably
true that If Germany Is able to en
gineer submarine attacks from a base
further away, Ostend certainly would
be of some strategic value.
The allied left is holding Its ground.
At some points it is even moving for
ward, having occupied Lavcntie,
driving the Germans back !n the di
rection of Lille. One report was that
the Germans had been driven out of
Lille, but this has not been confirmed.
The presence of uhlans has been re
ported recently within forty mlle,s of
Calais.
CONSULATE IN
BERLIN RAIDED
London, 1:50 p. m.—“ According to
reports reaching here from Berlin,”
telegraphs The Exchange Telegraph
< Company's correspondent at The
Hague, "German police have raided
the British consulate in Berlin, where
the British relief committee has been
working In co-operation with the Am
erican embassy, and arrested everyone
on the premises. No explanation of
this course was given. Mr. Weston,
secretary of the committee, and his
assistant will he held In custody un
til the end of the war.”
ENGLISH TROOPS
IS YET, MERELY
ADVANCE GUARD
Only the Beginning So Far,
Bays Correspondent Replying
to German Charge of Inability
to Raise More Soldiers
London, 5:40 a. m. a. rw—The Times
military correspondent, replying to the
Frankfurter Zeltung's ntainnent that
Great Britain was unable to raise
more than 600,000 troops says:
“We have at the presont moment
exactly double that number namely
1,200,000 men, and the number grows
almost faster than we can cope with
1L This Is only the beginning.
“It Is our way, ns well as that of
America, to begin to raise our arms
after war breaks out and to go on
raising them until our ultimate ends
are achieved With 1,200.000 men at
home the army In the field and the
hundreds of thousands forming In In
dia, Canada, Australia and elsewhere
are merely the nucleus upon which
other armies will eventually be built.
Only Question of Time.
"It Is only a question of time. It
stands to reason that an empire of
400,000,000 can never lack men This
war for us has hardly begun. We have
sent merely an advance guard Into
France. In the spring the remainder
of the advance guard will follow and
somewhere toward the end of 1916 the
Train body will begin to come within
view.
"We are sorry that we are even
slower than Russia In making our
weight, felt but a year or so hence,
when the allies need a rest, wo shall
be In a position to make good war.
Germany Must Pay.
"Nothing can arrest she steadily as
cending figures of our army. Their cost
Is of little account since Germany will
ultimately have to pay—in territory as
well as money.
"Imagine things at their worst im
agine the last Cossack on the Urals
and the Ist French doorkeeper evicted
from Bordeaux Then we would be
gin a maritime war against Germany
and still be no worse off than when
we began war against. Napoleon."
FORCED TO 01
GHENT HOSTAGES
Amsterdam, (via London, 7:20 a. m.)
—The Hints, Netherlands correspon
dent of the Telegraf says General
Jung has been appointed commander
of the German garrison at Ghent,
which numbers 4,000 rri-n. The sol
diers are quartered In public build
ings. No alcohol Is sold to the sol
diers who are under the sulctest or
ders to prevent looting.
Ghent had to produce hostages, who,
however, says the dispatch, are per
mitted to stay In their own houses.
The Germans seized the money In the
postoffice and In the town treasury.
The schools have been re-opened anti
the Germans hope soon to resume
railway traffic between Brussels and
Ghent.
The situation at Burges Is qluet.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
PROTEST IN SENATE ON
SEARCH 0. S. VESSEL BY
FRENCH WARSHIP GONDE
Germans Off
FromOstend
To The East
London, 8:25 a. m.—The correspon
dent of The Dally Mall at Flushing,
Netherlands, telegraphs:
“The German troops are leaving Os
tend for the cast. Approximately 5,000
now are lodged In the public buildings
of Ostend. Two thousand have left
Zeebrugge and there are no Germans
between Heyst and Sluls. The Ger
mans billeted at Bruges are behaving
well but those at Muhleghem have
caused considerable damage."
TOE DISSOLUTION
DEGREE AGAINST
N. H. R'Y PILED
Properties to Be Managed By
Three Sets of Trustees Until
Sold---Government Complaint
Agin at Individuals Dismissed.
Nsw York.—-The dissolution decree
aaked by the government against tho
New York, New Haven end Hartford
Railroad Company was filed In the
federal district court here today.
Tho government’s complaint Is dis
missed hy preliminary agreement In
sofar as It applies to all defendants,
Individuals and corporation, with the
exception of the raUroad company It
self, the New England Navigation
Company, the Boston Railroad Hold
Ing Company, the Providence and
Danielson Railway Company and the
Boston and Maine Railroad Company.
The decree provides for three seta
of trustees, the first to take over the
Boston and Msliie holdings of the New
Haven; the second to take over the
trolley holdings In Connecticut, and
the third to lake over the trolley hold
Ings in Rhode Island. Those trus
tee* are to act as officers of tho court
In carrying out the methods provided
for the ultimate side of the holdings
The decree was riled with the clerk
of the court by Attorney General
Gregory and bears the signature of
Federal Judge Mayer.
The three sets of trustees are to
manage the properties, subject to the
orders of the court until they are sold.
Each set of trustees Is composed of
five men.
In Violation of Law.
All the remaining defendants, with
the exception of the Boston * Maine
Railroad Company, which Is controll
ed by the Boston Railroad Holding
Company, are declared by the decree
to be combinations In restraint of
trade In violation of the Sherman
law.
The decree provides that the trus
tees shull take over the stock at the
Boston Railroad Holding Company,
which owns a majority of stock of the
Boston & Maine Railroad and shall
eel 1 the shares of the latter company
at auction or by private contract not
earlier than July 1, 1915, and shall
use their best efforts to complete the
sale before January I, 1917. The
trustees s.re ordered to complete the
sale of the Connecticut A Rhode Is
land holdings before July 1, 1919.
FIGHTING SOUTH
OF PRZEMSYL
Vienna, via. Amsterdam and London,
12:06 p. m,—lt was announced offclal
ly In Vienna today that the fighting
continued yesterday, Thursday, along
the entire battle front from Htry and
Harnbor —both to the southeast of
Frzemayl—to the mouth of the Klvor
Han.
"In Mararos-Hzlget, Hungary, the
enemy has been pursued by Austrian
detachments which have occupied
Falls.
"In the valley of the lilack Itlstrlca
the Russians are retiring. Our troops
have followed them to Ktelona.”
The River Hlstrlca and the town of
Zlelona are in Galicia close to the
Hungarian frontier and to the north
east of Marmaros-Bzlget.
HOME
EDITION
Speedy Investigation of
Forcible Boarding of the
Metapan in Mexican Waters
Demanded--Five Young Ger
man Obliged to Sign Parole
PASSENGERS ASSEMBLED
IN STEAMER’S DINING ROOM
Chairman of Foreign Relations
Committee, Senator Stone, in
Vigorous Address, Declares
That Belligerent Nations
Must Respeat Rights of U. S.
As a Neutral.
Washington.—Protest against a for
cible search of the American merahant
ship Metapan by the French cruiser
< ’onde In Mexican waters was filed
In tho senate today hy Senator
.Thomas, He presented a letter from
B. W. Patterson, a passenger on the
Metapan, who said officers of the
Condo forced five German young men
on the vessel to sign parole agree
ments binding them not to fight
against the allies In the European wor.
Senator Thomas asked for a speedy
Investigation.
The Metapan which, on arriving at
New York from Southern ports Thurs
day, was sunk In Ambrose Channel af
ter a. collision with the lowa, only re
cently was transferred from British to
American registry. She was a United
Fruit Steamer.
Boarded the Metapan.
Mr. Patterson’s letter stated that
the Oonde stopped the Metapan be
tween Cartagena and Puerta Colom
bia on Sunday, Oct. 4. at 10: SO o'clock
In the morning. Two officers and two
soldiers from the Conde, he said, bear
ing arms, boarded the Metapan. All
of the passengers were assembled in
the dining salon while the naval of
ficers exandned the Hhlp's papers.
Later the five young Germans, who
were bound for Colombia and, accord
ing to Mr. Patterson, were "forced to
Hlgn a parole In order to procure their
liberty."
Mr. Patterson naUl that the captain
and practically all of the officers of
the Metapan were British subjects
and that the oaplaln served the French
"with alacrity." The letter said that
Isaac Manning, American consul at
liaranqullla, who was also on the ves
sel had drawn up a report to the stake
department on the Incident.
Emphatio Declaration.
The protest read by Senator Thomas
prompted Senator Stone, chairman of
the foreign relations committee, to
emphatically declare in an address
that the belligerent nations must re
spect the rights of the United States
as a neutral nation.
"Much lias been said In recent weeks
concerning the rights and. prtvllegee
of belligerent nations," said Senator
Stone, "but less has been said about
the rights of neutral powers. The
government o ft he United States has
voluntarily assumed an attitude of
strict neutrality. That attitude WM
taken In good faith and every one con
nected with the administration of thin
government In any one of Its depart
ment.! Is enjoined to maintain that at
titude.
Thought en Opportune Time.
Wo recognise and undertake to coin
cede and enforce the rights of belli
gerent powers under International law
but I thought It an opportune tlms
to say that belligerent powers. If they
care for the rrytard and friendship of
this republic, should themselves rec
ognise and strictly observe the rights
and privileges of a neutral power.
‘‘lf they fall to do so the responsi
bility of violating the rights of a neu
tral power will rest upon tbelr heads.
The government of the United Btatss
will maintain ltn position but It Is
well for other nations to know that
we will not look with Indifference
upon the violation of the rights and
privileges of our own government or
our own citizens."
ITALY, AUSTRIA
IN AGREEMENT?
London, 1:55 p. m.—The Stockholm
correspondent of the Dally Telegraph
sends a report from Austrian sources
that Austria-Hungary and Italy are
on the eve of concluding an agree
ment under the terms of which, In ex
change for Italian neutrality, Aus
tria-Hungary will cede to Italy the
Trentlno, a district In the Austrian
Tyrol, bordering on Italy and contain
ing the city of Trent, and permit a
permanent Italian , occupation ol
Aslona, the seaport on the Adriatic.
Tho Telegraph expresses the opin
ion that tho report should be receiv
ed with the utmost caution.