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UME XIX, No. 296.
CANALS’ NETWORK
HINDERS GERMANS
Terrific Artillery Duel on Be
tween Invaders and Allies As
sisted By English Monitors
and French Warships For
Possession of Channel Ports.
London, 10:30 a. m.—Vessels from
the French navy, having crept around
the coast, were today standing by the
British monitors which are hurling
sehlls landward between Ostend and
Nieuport, on the Belgian coast, in
continuation of the fierce battle be
tween Germany and the allies for tha
possession of the North Sea and chan
nel ports.
Aircraft Aid.
For the first time since the war
began, aircraft and warships are aid
ing simultaneously in the movements
of land forces. The Germans are hur
rying forward fresh troops and heavy
guns, the latter to make reply to the
damaging fire from the ships. Al
though they have been pushed back
at certain points they appear to be.
holding their line between the sea and
I.aßasse without, however, making
noteworthy progress.
Advantage to Allies.
The fight, so far as Belgium is con
cerned has resolved itself into a ter
rific artillery duel in which it is
claimed that the allies, by reason of
their long range guns have had the
advantage. The muddy roads and the
network of canals doubtless have hin
dered the Germans in getting their
guns of equal or greater range into
position. When they do accomplish
this the situation will be even more
Rcute.
FORMAL PROTEST
AGAINST SEMI
Washington, D. C.—The United
States lias decided to formally protest
to (treat Britain against the seizure
of the Standard Oil ship, the Platuria,
demanding her release frona British
detention at' Stornoway, a port in the
Lewis Islands, Scotland.
LEVERILIST
' GIVES IIP HOPE
Washington, D. C.—President Wil
son was told today by Representative
Lever, author of the cotton warehouse
bill which the President is anxious to
see passed, that he hatj practically
given up hope of action being taken
on the bill at this session.
PRES’T MAY END THE
COTTON FILIBUSTER
Probability of Precedent
Breaking Act By Executive
Declaring Congress, Now Sit
sing Without a Quorum, Ad
journed.
Washington, D. C.—All efforts to
adjourn congress sine die failed again
today and the senate by adjourning
over to noon tomorrow postponed the
end of the session at least another day.
Senate leaders hoped some arrange
ment could be made to pass the bank
law amendments and the cotton ware
house bill, for which cotton states
m,embers were filibustering, without
the neecssary quorum tomorrow.
In the house the filibuster continued
before a quorumless body until ad
journment was taken at 1:45 to noon
tomorrow.
Washington, D. C.—An effort to ad
journ the house failed 92 to 59 with
sixty-three members lacking to make
up a quorum.
The senate adjourned to noon to
morrow and hopes of an end today
dwindled.
Has the Power.
Washington, D. C.—Probabilities
that President Wilson would exercise
his constitutional power «nd adjourn
congress, Inasmuch as congress itself
is unable to agree on ending the ses
sion, were considered today by admin
istration leaders after the President
had conferred with Speaker i'lark and
Senators Kern and Overman.
Speaker Clark Sure.
Speaker t'lark said he was sure both
houses now sitting without a quorum,
would be unable to igroe on adjourn
ment. and he believed the country
would endorse such action by the
President. The President's power for
such a precedent breaking action Is
found In section three of article two of
the Constitution, which provides that
•In rase of disagreement between
therrl (both houses of congress) with
respecr to the time of adjournment, he
t rhe Preaident) may adjourn them so
rich time as he shall think proper."
Senate and House
In the senate there was a possi
bility that the filibuster of senators
from the cotton states might, be
abandoned, but In the house the
champions of cotton relief were re
ported ready to block adjournment on
a point c? no quorum
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Cotton Pool
Fund is in
Sight
Plans For Relief Before Re
serve Board and Sanction
Hoped For By Night. North
ern Banks Figure.
Washington.— A solutioq of the cot
ton problem before night was confi
dently expected today by members of
the federal reserve board. Plans for
the relief of southern cotton produc
ers were discussed at conferences
between W. P. g. Harding of the
board Festus J. Wade, and George
I h’ lm, nons of St. Louis, originators
of the loan fund plan, A. H. Wiggin
Theodore H. Price and .J. S. Alexan
der, of New York. They hoped to get
the matter before the reserve board
within a few hours and to obtain its
finsl approval.
By Northern Banks.
As the plan is drawn now the major
part of the burden of taking care of
the surplus cotton crop will be borne
by northern banks.
Instead of a loan fund of $150,000,000
as proposed originally, the fund would
not exceed $133,000,000 and possibly
may not reach that figure.
The first $100,000,000 would be put
up by northern banks.
At 4.4 Cents.
Loans w-ould be made on proper
warehouse certificates on a basis of
valuation of cotton of not more than
4.4 cents per pound If banks in the
south care to, they may make addi
tional loans with the understanding
that their claims shall be secondary,
probably up to a value of 6 cents per
pound. Loans will be made at not
more than 6 per cent.
500,000 YOUNG
FRENCH TROOPS
London, 4:35 a. m.—New forces are
ready to join General Jaffre's armies,
says a Bordeaux dispatch to the
Times. It cohtinues:
“This year’s recruits after two
months' training are now fit to bear
arms. They are excellent material,
young and enthusiastic and will be
joined at the front by a section of the
reserves nos yet called to the colors,
representing probably nearly half a
million entirely fresh troops.
PORFIRIO DIAZ
IS NOT DEAD
Biarritz, France (via. Paris, 3:10 p.
m.) —There 1b no truth in the report
of the death of Porflrio Diaz, former
president of Mexiro.
Senor Diaz haa been suffering from
r slight gastric trouble, but this morn
ing he took a walk on the beach.
FLOUR AND CHEESE
ON LONDON DOCKS
London, 3:10 a. m.—The Standard
states that 250,000 hags of flour and
4,000,000 pounds of cheese, a war gift
to the Mother Country from Canada,
has been laying on the London docks
for the past two months because of
the difficulty In discovering who Is
responsible for its handling. It has
now been ascertained that the local
government board is responsible and
|ta menqbera s.re busy considering what
la to be done with the food. It Is pos
sible that some of it will be given to
the hungry Belgians In Ixtndon.
SENEGAL TROOPS
ARE BLOODTHIRSTY
Washington, D. C.--The Orman em
b'-lPluSLedar announced receipt of the
ftu r ,' > . wireless from Berlin:
' n<<L rr *" n ’*- n P»per Trlbuna pub
liahir»tn Interview with an Italian
deputy just returned from France who
expresses his admiration for the In
dian troops he saw at Marseilles. The
Senegal troops made the best impres
sion, he says, although they were an
blood-thirsty that the French army
command was often prevented from
sending them to the front. These ne
gro forces often killed without the
knowledge of their officer*, (jermtn
prisoners and he says that once these
Senegalese murdered all the German
»«r prisoners In a railway transport -
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1914.
fetelri *
WOMEN ARE THE LABORERS.
Note the women laboring in the vineyards. So accustomed have they become to the passage of troops that they do not trouble to lift their heads
to see the men who are fighting against Germany.
FINAL DAY OF THE FI FRIOftY; CHILDREN GO 111 FREE
FROM 1 UNTIL 6 O'CLOCK PI: MANY EXPECTED
If Weather is Good Will Be Splendid Attendance Friday After
noon and Night—Many Laboring Men Attend, For It Is
“Labor Day” at the Fair
THURSDAY WAS SPLENDhTdAY
AND CROWDS WERE MAGNIFICENT
Tonight is the Last Chance to Have a Big Time on the Mid
way of the Ninth Annual G orgia- Carolina Fair, So Be
Sure to Go.
Tonight is the last night at the
fair. There will be many thou
sands to make merry on the mid
way if the weather is good. The
admission at night is only half
price, so don’t neglect to go.
The biggest crowd of the week
was at the fair last night.
Friday is the last day of the fair.
The day dawned cloudy and threaten
ing, and there was some rain during
the morning, but It Is hoped that by
the afternoon the skies will be clear
so that the many thousands of Au
gusta people, and also people from out
of town .may take another trip to Au
gusta's great fall show. The fair had
a splendid crowd on Thursday.
Throughout the morning there was
a steady stream of people pouring
through the gates and in the after
noon a great crowd was present, hun
dreds of whom took In the football
game. On the midway Thursday night
there was the biggest crowd of the
week and, indeed, so many people
were there that It almost became a
jam. From one end of the midway
to the other the people were so thick
that progress was impossible except
by slow stages. Every midway show
did a rushing business.
The midway showmen are much
pleased with Augusta and the Georgla-
Carollna Fair and If the weather is
good Friday afternoon and night they
will go away still better pleased with
this city.
The football game between the Rich
mond Academy and the Riverside Mili-
MOO BELGIANS
WON'T 00 BOCK
Flushing, Holland, (via London, 4:30
p. m.) —A total of 8,000 penniless Bel
gians quartered today In Flushing re
fuse absolutely to return to their homes
In Antwerp or other Belgian cties In
the hands of the Germans.
2,000 Germans
Interned, Holland
London, 6:40 a. ns, —A despach to
The Times from Rotterdam dated
Thursday says:
•Information from several quarters
is to the effect that nearly two thou
sand Germans crossed into Dutch ter
ritory off Zealand today and that they
will be conveyed to north Holland for
Interment.”
SWEDISH STEAMER
BLOWN UP BY MINE
London 14:01 p. m.)— The Kwedlsh
steamer Alice, homeward bound from
Ixmdon, has been blown up by a mln»
In the North sea. Hhe sank In three
minutes. Her crew was saved.
French Troops Passing Through Famous Vineyards in Epernay
tary Academy was extremely Interest
ing despite the fact that the local
boys were far lighter and could not
withstand the heavy onslaughts of the
opposition. However, the home team
showed lightning speed and the skillful
manner in which they worked the for
ward pass for repeated long gains won
them much applause. it was expect
ed that the visitors would win, but it
was known ttiat the home boys would
put up a good showing.
On Friday afternoon there will be
motorcycle races, provided the rain
does not fall so hard as to make the
track too heavy. These races will lie
well worth seeing as some splendid
time will be made. Home of the tipst
sport ever seen in Augusta In the rac
ing line has been witnessed on the
Fair ground’s track between motor
cycles.
There will be thousands of children
at the Fair Grounds Friday afternoon
because the children are being admit
ted free from two until six o'clock.
The children had the times of their
lives at the fair Tuesday and It was
because of the fact that a great many
children were unable to attend at that
time that the management, decided to
have another day when children could
come in without charge. There will be
thousands of laboring men at the Fair
Grounds Friday afternoon and night
and is being known as "Labor Day" at
the fair.
Between 800 and 900 employes of the
Sibley mill took in the, fair as the
guests of President T. H. Haworth
This Is your last chance to have a big
time on the midway so go to the fair
tonight.
WAR BRIEFS
Given Two Hours.
London, 5:01 a. m. A dispatch from
Rotterdam to the Hally Telegraph,
states that the English and French
still in Ostend and other Belgian coast
towns have been ordered to leave
within two hours. They are obeying
the mandate and are crossing the
Dutch frontier.
Regain Right Bank.
London, 5 a. m.—A uisplach from
Havre to the Dally Telegraph states
that the Belgians regained the right
bank of the Yser River on Wednes
day and are prepared to move for
ward.
Not From Germans.
Berlin, (By wireless).— lt, Is offic
ially declared in Berlin today that the
mysterious shots fired recently on a
Danish submarine boat did not come
from any German warship.
Not Nsedsd.
Berlin, (By wireless). The general
In command of the German seventh
army corps, it was stated officially In
Berlin today, has declared that the
calling out of the Inndstrum Is unnec
essary as enormous numbers of the
landwehr w»re still available. Nor
has It'yet been necessary to call out
volunteers.
Say Belgians Returning.
Berlin, (By wireleee).- According to
Information given out In Berlin today
the number of Belgians returning to
Antwerp Is Increasing as a result of
the good treatment accorded them by
the Germa i authorities la possession
of the city
STRONG RUMORS
OF DEFEAT OF
GERMANS. COAST
London Reports Agree on In
ability of Invaders to Man
euver Among the Dykes. Bog-
Stuck Big Guns.
London, 3:55 a. m.—" The German
geenral staff lias left Ghent and there
are strong rumors of a severe German
defeat," says the Rotterdam corre
spondent of the Dally Mail. "Messages
from different points of the northwest
frontier agree that the German coast
army is being rolled up like a ribbon.
"The German cavalry lihs been un
able to maneitvre in the tangled dike
country and the German big guns are
Stuck in bogs. By a magnificent at
tack it Is stated the Franco-British
force have cut the German lino south
of Ostend.”
On Other Hand.
The correspondent of The Times In
northern France, on the other hand
states that there is no foundation for
the report that Bruges has been evac
uated by the Germans. He snys tho
Germans are still In force In the neigh
borhood of Ostend and that the re
ported retirement In the direction of
Bruges is In the nature of a precau
tionary measure which 'he allied ac
tivities to the south a t southwest
have rendered necessary.
Channel Fight Rages
With Unabated Fury
FRESH fITTAGK,
FRENCH RIORF
London, 3:20 p. m. A despatch from
Baris to Renter's Telegram Company
says that, according to trustworthy ac
counts 'received at the French capital
this morning, fresh troops brought up
by the Germans have enabled them to
deliver attacks with Increased vigor
on the French right wing where the
battle has been of a ding-dong charac
ter with alternate gains and losses.
ALL AMERICANS
IRE DISCHARGED
Laredo, Tsxas,— One thousand new
troops arrived in Nuevo Laredo last,
night from Monterey, bringing the
garrison to about 1,500 men. Rumors
that Villa had sent forces to reduce
the place caused the Increase of her
garrison. Dispatches from Eagle pass,
Texas, today said that two separate
commands of Villa's troops sre march
ing on Pledras Negras and Nuevo La
redo.
In Nuevo I.a redo all Americans hold
ing p slMon*. either stste or federal,
have been discharged by orders from
Mexico City.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
MRS. CARMAN. IN
CHEERFUL MOOD,
FACES ORDEAL
Defendant in Murder Trial
Smilingly Says She’s Willing
to Answer All Questions in
Prosecutor’s Cross-Examina
tion.
Minaola, N. Y.—Mrs. Florence Conk
lln Carman, on trlnl charged with the
murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, passed
through the hitter ordeal of croes-ex
amlnation today. Her story, denying
all participation in the crime, was un
changed. When ahe had concluded,
members of her household followed her
to the atnnd and swore that her testi
mony was true.
All Affirm Story.
Mrs, Harah Conklin, Mrs. Ida Fow
ell, Elizabeth Carman -mother, sister,
daughter—one by one affirmed her
story that she waa In bed when the
shot waa fired; that she donned ki
mono and slippers, went downstairs
Into the waiting room, leaned for u
minute or two against the mantelpiece
and then returned to her room. Ten
year-old Elizabeth testified that she,
too, went down the stairs behind her
mother, stayed there but a moment,
returned, Hnd in a minute or two went
into her mother's room, where she
found her mother.
Mrs. Carman appeared to lose her
splendid self-control only when ques
tioned as to Jealousy coneernlng her
husband, but smelling salts, self-ad
ministered, soon revived her.
Breaks Down.
Khe broke down after 4t waa all over
and cried The reaction came when
her mother was on the atand.
Against the testimony of tho Car
man household, the slate haa the evl
(Contlnusd on Next Page).
Climax Must Soon Be Reached.
That Slaughter In This Battle
is Greater Than Anything
Heretofore in Campaign, Ad
mitted By Both Sides.
London, 1:50 p. m. —The only deft
nltn fact which served as a basis for
the belief that the climax has been
reached In the sea, land and air battle
aeroas the channel 1s that armies,
however numerous, cannot lndlflnltely
face the decimation of their ranks
which has marked this, Ihe latest
phuxe of the great campaign.
For Nearly a Waak.
For nearly a week this combat has
raged with unabated fury without
either side being able to* register a
decisive victory. That the slaughter
In those fierce efforts to break
through the opposing lines transcends
anything heretofore seen In this cam
paign Is admitted on both sides
Nevertheless, neither the terrible ef
fect of the long range British guns
over flat lands offering no natural
defensive positions, although vouched
for both officially and unofficially,
nor the onslaughts of the allied forces
on land has yet succeeded In stem
ming Ihe ‘‘hacking through'' tactics of
the Germans.
No Dafinita Evidanos.
English news dispatches make
sweeping claims of annihilating suc
cesses, German advices assert con
tinued progress, and Russian tele
grams report great victories, but well
defined evidence to support these va
rious contentions Is lacking and the
real facia appear to he that In neither
the eastern nor the western arenas
of the war has the tide yet turned de
cisively.
HOME
EDITION
KARLSRUHE
SINKS 13
BRITONS
Famous German Cruiser Sends
English Merchant Craft to
Atlantic’s Bottom---400 of
the Crews, Prisoners.
London, 6:40 a. m.—A despatch from
Tenertffe, Canary Islands to the Daily
Mail under date of Thursday, reports
that the German cruiser KarlHruhe has
sunk 13 British merchantmen In the
Atlantic.
The news of the Karlsruhe’s exploit,
according to the Dally Mail's Tenerlffe
correspondent, was brought to that
port by the German steamer Crefeld
which arrived there with the crew of
the British steamers Htrathroy, Maple
branch, Highland Hope, Indralni, Rio
Iguasua, Farn, Nlceto, Marla de Lar
rlnaga. Cervantes Cornish City, Pruth,
1 'ondor and Lynrowan, all of which
were sunk by the Karlsruhe. The Cre
feld was accompanied Into port by the
German steamers Patagonia, Rto Ne
gro and Asuncion.
A later message states that more
than 400 men of the crews are prison
ers and that the merchantmen were
mostly sunk In the Atlantic. The ships
were mostly engaged In the South Am
erican trade and their total tonnage is
about 60,000.
Small and Fast.
The cruiser Karlsurhe, a ship of a
trifle less than 5,000 tons, has had In
tills war a career as eventful in the
Atlantic as that of her smaller sister
ship, the Emden In the Indian Ocean.
The Kurlsruhe first came In to no
tice at the outbreak of tho war when
she appeared in the vicinity of Handy
Hook, apparently In wait for British
merchantmen leaving New York. For
a few days the British shipping hug
ged their piers and then came newa
that the Karlsruhe had been driven
away by the approach of several Brit
ts hcruisers.
Sensational Running Fight.
On August 9th the Karlsruhe ap
peared in the harhor of Han Juan, Por
to Rico whore she coaled and then
again took to the seas. Soon after
it was learned that the Karlsurhe had
been in a sensational running fight at
sea with the British cruisers Suffolk
and Bristol.
It appears that the British cruisers
came unexpectedly upon the Karlsruhe
while she was coaling from the Ger
man steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. The
cruisers engaged In a running fight
while tho Kronprinz Wilhelm through
her superior speed easily escaped. The
Karlsruhe also eluded her pursuers
and an unconfirmed report had It that
she damaged the Bristol In this fight-
Had Sunk Beven.
Hlnce then the Karlsruhe has ap
peared In several West Indian ports for
coal after preying In various southern
sour on British commerce. An offi
cial statement given out in Berlin on
October 3rd said she had sunk seven
British steamers in the Atlantic.
The Karlsruhe is a comparatively
new ship, having gone into commis
sion early In 1913. Bhe la very fast,
having a speed of 27 knots which as
enabled her thus far to successfully
elude the persistent British pursuit.
Her main armament consists of 12
4-1-lnch guns and her crew numbers
373 men.
CAPTURE GERMAN DEBTROYER.
London, 4:15 a. m.—A dispatch from
Peking to the Exchange Telegraph
Company reports that the allies' war
ships have captured a German de
stroyer which escaped from Ktachow
Bay.
Europe Begins To
Send Large Orders
To America
CHEER UP!
Prosperity is Coming to the
People of This Country.
"A South Carolina mill has re
ceived an order for 900,000 dosen
towels for exportsto Germany. A
textile mill Is to supply 500,0000
pairs of socks a week until the end
of the year Other orders are for
1,0000,000 rolls of bandage gauze,
300,000 yards of cotton duck 500,-
000 yards of crash and 2,000,000
yards of absordent cotton. It is
estimated that 25 to 30 of the big
gest knlting mills of the country
will he required to supply a rush
order from England for 500.000
woolen sweaters. One large manu
facturing concern of Massachu
setts hns sold a great volunc of
cotton print goods, aggregating
$750,000 In this line alone. Of the
enormous wheat crop produced In
this country, It Is estimated that
$300,000,(100 worth will be re
quired for feeding the warring na
tions of Europe—who must eat
though their fields produce noth
ing An order for 180 auto trucks
has been received by One concern
In this country; another has an
order'for 800 and stilt others have
orders aggregating 1,000. As a re
sult of these ordere, 7,000 more men
are to he given employment in one
great steel manufacturing centers
alone.
Big orders now beginning to he
received from Europe must be fol
lowed before very long by orders
for cotton goods—European stocks
of cotton --ods cannot last In
definitely.