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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sun day. 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.