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THE WEATHER
Unsettled tonight and
Sunday.
VOLUME XIX, No. 297.
MOST DESPERATE BUTTLE
OF WAR RACES 01 COAST
Allies Reported to Have Ad
vanced Further Towards Os
tend—lncessant Fighting in
West Flanders With See-Saw
Results
INVADERS ARE HURLING
THEIR FULL STRENGTH
Reports Come From Captured
Belgian Cities of Preparations
For Departure of Troops
Holding Them.
\ London, 2:50 a. m.—" The Germans
ja'e leaving the coast and working
yround Dixmude toward Lille,” says a
dispatch to the Daily Mail.
/ “They claim success on the River
Yser. Their extreme right wing was
f r «lled back Friday, leaving their posi
: tion open to a flanking movement and
the allies way to Ostend clear. A
strong German force was seen Thurs
day near the Dutch-Belgian border at
Hamont, going westward.”
Of Fiercest Kind.
London, 10:02 a. m.—What a Ger
man military expert has called a life
and death struggle for Germany is
still raging along the coast end of the
western battle front. Every indica
tion is that the invaders are hurling
their full strength against the allies
In a determined effort to capture Dun
kirk and Calais.
Strange reports come from various
captured cities in Belgium of the
evacaution, or the preparation for de
parture of the German forces hold
ing them. These movements may
merely mean that every available man
is being thrown forward to the Fran
co-Belgian frontier and they do not
necessarily forecast the abandonment
of positions occupied by the Germans.
On Allies’ Left.
Paris reports that the violent action
on the allies’ left wing continues,
ijfcpecailly around Arras, Laßassee and
Armentieres, where some of the most
. desperate fighting of the war has
t Jaken place. Here the usual see-saw
(ccurs with neither army gaining any
ecisive advantage.
A special disaptch states that the
Hies have advanced further on Os
-1 tend, their lines now extending from
the coast to a point between Slype
and St. Pierre Oapelle. Other dis
patches declare that the Germans, af
ter a success on the Yser, are leaving
the coast and working around by Dix
mude to Lille, thereby clearing the
way to Ostend. Incessant fighting
prevails over the West Flanders front
.from Roulers to Thourout and be
tween Nieuport and Ostend.
The Emden Caught?
England is hoping today that the
career of the famous German com
merce destroyer, Emden, is ended.
This hope is based on two cables from
Bombay. One issued by the Bombay
government declares all sea routes
may be considered reasonably safe
from 9 o’clock in the evening of Octo
ber 21 st. The other, an unconfirmed
report from Bombay to the Morning
Post, dated the 22nd, says the Emden
had finally been accounted for.
The problem of feeding the starv
ing people of Belgium is dally grow
ing more acuta.
The order Issued by England pre
venting the importation of sugar is
significant of the attitude of the gov
ernment towards the movement of any
.commodity that might assist its ene
jknles.
'4,600 RUSSIANS
ARE CAPTURED
So Declares Official Austrian
Btatement---Also “Allowed”
Enemy to Cross River San.
London, 4t :25 a. m.—TTie official
Austrian statement, (Iren out at noon
Friday, la contained In a dispatch
from Vienna by way of Amsterdam
to Reuter’s Telegram Company. It
says:
“While yesterday, In the battle south
of Prsemysl, our heavy artillery had
been especially active, severe fight
ing developed today on the banks of
the lower Ran, where, at several points
we allowed the enemy to cross the
river. These Russian forces have
,t/iw been serverely attacked by our
■ joops end preaeed against the river.
, tjP Zarxecxa we raptured more than
a thousand Russians.
"Parts of our troops suddenly ap
es red before Irangorod and beat two
usslan divisions. We raptured 3.400
-prisoners, one standard and 13 mi
rhlne guns.
"Returning from a successful action
on the River Ran. our monitor, Teme*,
struck a mine and sank. Thirty
three men are missing, hut others
were saved."
—the ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES •
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
EXPECT EMLT
VERDICT IN THE
CARMAN CASE
Probably Goes to Jury By Sun
set--Witness Testifies He
Saw Man Run Across Lawn
After Shot Fired.
Mineola, N. Y.—The defence of Mrs.
Florence Conklin Carman, on trial
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Louise Bailey, rested shortly before
noon today. Counsel prepared to sum
up and Indications were that the case
would reach the Jury late this after
noon.
Smilingly Greets Friends.
Mineola, N. Y.—Rudolph Loewe. th*
first witness today in the trial of Mrs.
Florence Conklin Carman, who Is
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Louise Bailey, testified that he was
within fifteen feet of Dr. Carman’s
office when the shot was fired which
killed Mrs. Bailey. Loewe looked up
when he heard the report and, accord
ing to his testimony saw a man run
across the Carman lawn and leap over
the fence.
Indications were the case would go
to the jury by sunset. This was the
aim of the court and counsel at the
opening of court today and to this end
the examination of the few remaining
witnesses was to be speeded.
Brief Charge Expected.
It was expected that Justice Kelby’s
charge would be brief. The general
impression was that the jury would
reach an early decision.
Mrs. Carman's face was wreathed In
smiles when she entered the court
room. She bowed to several friends,
kissed her daughter Elizabeth, greeted
her husband with a nod and a smile,
an,’, taking a seat at the counsel tsble,
chatted till the proceedings began.
Very Deaf.
Mr. Loewe very deaf. Loewe said
after he had heard the shot and had
seen the man jump over the fe,nce, he
looked into Dr. Carman’s office and
saw the doctor with a woman in his
arms.
There were two women in front of
the house, the witness added. He also
saw a man he did not know, standing
in the vestibule of the doctor's office.
Justice Kelby asked him how long
he had looked into the doctor’s office.
About thirty seconds, he replied. Then
he left, but before doing so he saw a
door open and a woman in white en
ter the office. The woman who had
been shot was lying on the floor.
Bloodhounds Brought.
John J. Dunbar, a Freeport police
man .testified that after the murder
he brought bloodhounds to the Car
man house. The dogs were allowed
to smell the window sill. They growled,
ran all the way round the house, came
up to a place in the fence where a
picket was broken, left the premises
and went west as far as Lynn brook,
throe miles away, where they lost the
trail.
On cross examination Dunbar said
he had taken the screen off the win
dow the night of the murder, propping
it up with a piece of new shingle
which he found near a small outhouse
being built in the rear of the Carman
residence. The dogs after smelling
the window sill went to this house, he
said. The district Rttomey sought to
show that the animals followed Dun
bar’s back trail.
LIFE AND DEATH
COMBAT 13 WAR'S
RIGGEST BATTLE
Psrel, 4:52 a. m.—The correspondent
In Rellegard, France, of the Echo De
Paris, has sent the following dispatch
to his paper:
"Major Morath in an article In the
Berlin Tageblatt asserts that the
largest battle the war Is being
fought between Lille and Dunkirk.
He says It Is a combat of life and
death and that dn Its Issue depends
the fate of the operations In Franca
On the contrary, General Blum*, writ
ing for the Berlin Lokal Anxelger,
says he does not expect a rapid so
lution, believing that the battle In
France will finish only when the
forces of one side or the other are
exhausted."
SON BORN, queen
VICTORIA OF SPAIN
Madrid, fvls Paris, 11:40 a. m.)—A son
was Uorn this morning to Queen Victo
ria of Spain.
The queen of Spain Is i granddeugh
ter of the late Queen Victoria, of Eng
land. The son bom today la her sixth
child, ths others being three sons and
two daughters
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1914.
Loyal Belgian Women Cheer Their Brave Soldiers
FILIBUSTER
IN Am OF
COTTON
FAILS
Washington, D. C. The
cotton filibuster which has
been holding congress in ses
sion collapsed today and
leaders of both sides agreed to
adjourn at four o’clock this
afternoon.
Hoke Bmith Agree*.
Washington. At the conference
which agreed on the adjournment,
southern members righting for legisla
tion to relieve cotton growers, pledged
themselves not to block the adjourn
ment plan with points of no Quorum
or other technicalities. The plan was
accepted by Senate leaders where the
filibuster also had collapsed and ad
journment again seemed assured. Sen
ator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who has
been the leader of the filibuster In the
senate, said he would not block the
adjournment If the majority of the
southern senators were in favor of
abandoning the filibuster. That at
titude appeared to prevail.
BRITISH WARSHIP
WATER TREND
Washington.—There will he no fur
ther Interference by British cruisers
with American commerce at the gate
way to New York.
At the beginning of the European
war several British cruisers appear
ed off Randy Hook. While there were
no selsures In the Immediate neigh
borhood some neutral ships were stop
ped by the British cruisers to estab
lish their Identity, their destination
and the nature of the cargo.
The attention of the British gov
ernment was called to this practice at
the suggestion of the navy depart
ment and Orders have been given for
Its prompt discontinuance.
FOR TEMPERANCE
KITCHENER ASKS
London, 2:15 p. m.—-Lord Kitchener,
secretary for war today issued an ap
peal to the public In which he em
phasized the lmp4hh«ice of keeping
the army now In training In good
condition. He urres the public, both
men and women, to refrain from treat
ing soldiers and by appointing com
mittees In neighborhoods where sol
dlers are stationed to Impress them
with the neisd of temperance and as
sist them In avoiding temptation.
Lord Kitchener today was unani
mously elected lord rector of Edin
burgh University.
Friendly housewives feeding Belgian soldiers in the trenches near Alost.
Invaders Stay in France Now
Wavers in Balance; Agree That
Greatest Struggle of All is On
5,000 AUSTRIAN
PRISONERS IN II
DAYS’ BUTTLE
Bitter Oombat With Many En
gaged Raging Along River
San to Przemysl-.-Taroslau
Said Recaptured By Russians
London, 4:50 a. m.—'Telegraphing from
Vladimir, in the Russia ngovernrnent of
Volhynia, unriw date of Wodnaaday, the
correspondent of The Times nays:
“A battle, which for numbers en
gaged and the bitterness of the fighting,
probably is one of the greatest of the
present war, Is raging on the line from
Bambor, along the River Han to Przo
mysl and Jaroslau and then to the
southward. I travelled over a distance
of about 65 miles, In the rear of and
parallel to the Russian position on
which at all points, cannonading was
terrific and uninterrupted, the battle
having lasted eight days.
Thrown Back.
"It is difficult to get details, but It
apfggfs the Austrians started the at
tack nt Hambor, hut were thrown back
by vigorous Russian counter attack*.
Then a concentration of the Austrian
rrtr ps attempted an advance against
Lemberg with the object <*f bisecting the
Russian line. This attack was defeated
with heavy Austrian losses and the cap
ture of 5,000 Austrian prisoners.
"Towards Jaroslau the Germans are
co-operating with the Austrians, who
took Jaroslau earlier In the fighting but
the Russians are now said to have re
captured the town.”
BOMBARDING OF
RHEIMS STIEE ON
Refugees Yet Pouring Out of
' Oity---Marne Canal's Waters
Diverted, Germans Drowned.
London, 2:50 a. m.~ The correspond
ent of in* I tally Tergraph who left the
front n*Hr nhelrn* shout a week ego,
says the bombardment of Rhelms was
still in progress on Prld*o, Octobsr 14th.
II« continues: *■ '
"To say that RhsW* is extenstvsly
damaged Is putting It mildly. For a
considerable period access to the city
been absolutely Impossible. Refugees
wever, still sre pouring out. The au
thorities are doing their utmost to clear
the city of all the civil population, but
this la difficult In a city of more than
120-2# persons.
'*TH* Hermans hold some for-* around
Rhelrus and their ritii command large
MB ■ of the town, hut the bombard
iner t is apaau.odlr They appear to have
only two of their 1/lggesi siege gun* still
at ftlMrtms
"The Hermans are allowed no rest as
th# pressure of the Al l** Ig* constsri'.
On th# 17th the French engineers dl
vsa-ted th* waters of the Marne Canal
Into * section of the Herman trenches,
drowning a considerable number of th*
enemy In th* sodden flood."
London, 2:15 P. M. —*As if by mutual agreement
both German and British newspapers today char
acterize the conflict along the front from Lille, in
France, to the Belgian seaboard as the greatest strug
gle of all.
800,000 MORE GERMANS.
London, 2:20 p. m,—London newspapers were quick to seize the mjg
gestlon of a German military expert, cabled here from Berlin, that this
Is the critical conflict of the whole campaign. Whether this he so or not.
It Is contended that the outcome Is likely to decide the future of German
operations In France. Reinforcements of fiOO.tIOO men are said to hav*
been rushed to the* German right * |„g aM( | r would seem that these oper
atlons are the supreme effort of ti e invaders to break through the allied
line.
WILL NOT BE KNOWN.
This, In brief, Is a broad view of the situation in France and Bel
gium, from the English standpoint. Which side had the advantage when
dawn broke or which will have it tonight will not he known except to the
general staffs of the opposing armies. All the public will know, barring
something unforeseen in the nature of a catastrophe to one army or the
other, will he that the terrific artillery duel near the Belgian coasrt has
continued and that one side was pushed back here only to advance there.
COTTON LOAN PLAN IS
BEFORE RESERVE BOARD
Conference on to Meet the Situation in South-.-Thought That
Cotton Exchanges in New York, New Orleans and Liver
pool Will Resume---Importance of Finding Market’s Bot
tom, Then British Manufacturers to Buy.
Washington.—Thn federal reservo
board hna before It today the cotton
loan fund plan, designed to meet the
situation In the Mouth caused by the
European war. and government of
ficials were of the opinion It would
he approved. It was pointed out that
upon the adoption of the plan largely
depended the success of conference
btween board members, Hlr George
l’alsh and Basil B. Blackett, repre
senting the British treasury and N<w
York bankers, looking to the adjust
ment of conditions In the foreign ex
change market due to the war. Tho
conference* were continued today.
Without Much Difficulty.
The belief was expressed today that
as a result of the conferences, the va
rious problems Involved would be set
tled without much difficulty, ft was
believed that as another result of the
conference the stock exchanges In
New York and London would not be
opened before the beginning of next
year, but that the cotton exchanges
In New York, New Orleans and Liver
pool would resume operations as soon
as possible. It was made plain that
cotton must play a leading psrt In tho
discussions and for this reason the
Importance of finding a bottom for the
market which the eotton loan fund
plan has been designed In part, to pro
vide and the question of re-openlng
cotton exchanges, wero dwelt upon at
length.
Will Then Purehsse.
Rlr George and Mr Blackett, It Is
said, are confident British manufac
turers will be willing to purchase cot
ton when convinced bottom la reached
and that competitors cannot underbuy
them.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
It was believed the matter of short
term paper to tide over the period
until tho American debt, to Kngland
can he reduced by American comrnod-
Itlea would he taken up at today's
conference. This may he the basis of
an arrangement, hy which the actual
transfer of even part of the $100,000,-
000 gold pool, formed In New fork,
may he delayed several months.
DIDN’T HIT MINE;
WAS TOPEDOED
Tokio, 4:15 p. nr It Is officially an
noli need thai the navy department
bin levs* the Japanese cruiser Takach-
Iho. whh-li ua* sunk In Klao-Chow
harbor on Oct, 17 was torpedoed by
the German torpedo boat destroyer
8 HO. Previous official announcements
had ft that the cruiser had been sunk
by a mine, but Herman and Chinese
reports credited the R 90 with the
sea t.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Paris, 3:53 a. m*- The Echo De
Paris reports that General von Fries#,
the commander of the twenty fifth
brigade of Herman artillery, who was
captured by Moroccans during the
fighting somatime ago has arrived at
Marseilles with other German pris
oners.
When brought to Paris, General
von Fries# attempted to commit sui
cide.
HOME
EDITION
WAVES WASH
GERMAN DEAD
ON BEACH
Battle of Extraordinary
Violence Among Sand Dunes
of Channel Ooast---Allies Ad
vance Further on Ostend.
London, 10 a. m.—A private Ber
lin despatch, according to the cor
respondent of the Central News at
Copenhagen, states that the battle
raging between Nieuport and Dix
mude Is the most violent and the
most Important engagement of the
entire war. He adds that Zeppe
lins are said to have given the
Germans considerable support.
Among the Sand Dunes.
London, 2:51 a. m.—The Daily MalTs
Flushing correspondent sends the fol
lowing under date of Friday evening:
"As the result of severe fighting
among ths aaiul dunes, the allies have
advanced further upon Ostend. Last
night the enemy was stlli occupying
Thlelt. Ghent and Bruges are qulat.
Hugging the Saa Shore.
London, 11:48 a. nrw—A Daily Midi
correspondent, telegraphing Thursday
from "In the north of France,” sears:
"The battle fought near Nieuport
Thursday was of extraordinary vio
lence. The Belgian troops, assisted by
British warships, literally massacred
thn Germans, who attempted to push
out a column toward Dunkirk, hug
ging the seashore under the cover of
the undulating sand dunes.
"The Belgian wounded report that
at high tide the waves were washing
plies of German dead up on the beach.
■‘According bo thoroughly trustwor
thy Information, the Germans have
bronght up strong reinforcements front
their center and the Rhelms region
to reinforce their right, wing.
3 FRENCH BOMBS
KIEL 38. INJURE
11 OF ENEMY,
In Opposing Air Attacks, Ger
mans Use Special Vertical
Fire Guns on Autos---Eyes of
Paris on Terrific Flanders
Battle.
Parle, 6:55 a. m. —Attention remain
ed fixed today on the terrtfln struggle
on the plain* of Flanders. and all oth
er polntn of the lons battle Une In
France received secondary const dera
tion. Frenchmen apparently are as
confident a* ever.
Independent of the contest tn the
north, actions In other sections serve
to strengthen the positions of the op
posing sides Home of these, while ap
pearing to separate, are In mnlliT
combined, such as that between the
frontier of the east and that of the
Antonnee.
Odds to Allies Strength.
This has for Its purpose the oorrbrol
of the vicinity of Verdun and the for
mation there of a base for an offen
sive movement. The arrival of a
French force at Brahant-ftar-ldtuaa.
near Gonaavoye, at the heights of
Mont. Fan con, where the crown prlnoe
Is entrenched, Is s, new element added
to the chain of the allies strength la
this district.
PTench aviators continue to give
proof of courage. at the same time ad
din* considerably to the list of Ger
man dead
30 Dsad Cavalrymen.
One bomb thrown during the as
sembly of cavalry killed 30 of the
enemy. In another case two bombs
caused eight deaths and Injured 22
other persons. Himllar Incidents ar*
almost a dally occurrence and In on#
Instance the staff of a German divis
ion was so annoyed by aerial flights
of the enemy that It was compelled to
chanK» Its headquarters.
In opposing these attacks the Ger
mans have Installed on auto miles a
special cannon from which they ftre
vertically at aeroplanes In each lo
cality which the Germans occupy a
regular aquae! watches the horizon. AI
the appearance of the French ma
chines, special bells see sounded which
signal tho people to get to their houses
so as to give the locality an uninhab
ited aj ’jenranqe.
DENOUNCES TREACHERY 0P
MARITZ IN SOUTH AFR/CA
Lor Jon. 3:37 a. m.—The Pretoria
Transvaal correspondent of the Ren
te: s Telegram Company, aenda tha
i.clPAvlug dispatch:
"fieueml Hchalk-Burger, who waa
acting president of the Transvaal
during President Paul Kruger's visit
to Europe, sends an open letter to
tha' newspapere denouncing treachery
of Lleut-Col Marita I'Marlts Is head
of the rebellion In British South Af
rica:, and atromrVv Insisting on. the
, necessity of loyalty to the Imperial
government.”
LOAD HORSES AND MULES.
New Orleans*—trading of tha Brit,
lsh steamer Angln-Roltvtan with 100
horses and mules began today. Tho
vessel Is expected to clear for Bor
deaux, France, where, It Is said, the
animals will be landed for use In tho
allies’ armies.