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HOME EDITION— VOLUME XIX, No. 298. INCH REFUSE TRICE ASKED JO BURY DEAD Attention Called in Paris to Al leged Untrue Official State ments of German General - Staff. Paris, 4:10 p, m.—Semi-official com ment on the present situation was made this afternoon by the military authori ties of Paris: "It is proper again to call to the pub lic attention that faith should not be placed in the official bulletins of the German general staff. A bulletin given out by this staff alleges that our at tacks on the heights to the south of Thiaucourt were repulsed with very con siderable losses to our men. "As a matter of fact our offensive in this direction found it impossible to maintain itself at ail the points won in the course of this advance movement; nevertheless we were successful in re taining, as a whole the major part of the terrain which our offensive move ment succeeded in taking. Attack Renewed. "This morning a German officer was eent under a flag of truce to the com mander of the French army operating in this region. He requested, speaking for the German authorities, air armistice to bury the dead and remove the wound ed. The French commander sent this officer back to his lines and immediately caused the stack on the enmey to be renewed.” "The advance we at once made against the enemy made It possible for us to secure the advantage over them which they had been endeavoring to ob tain over us by an armistice, and It ehowed at the same time the absurdity pi the successes claimed by our adver saries for themselves." prisonersot RAISER, 31,000 New York. —Records of the German war office, according to I>r. Win, A. Spring. formerly of Boaton, on Sept. 15 showed a detailed list of 350.000 prisoners taken by the German troops and detained In military camps. I>r. Spring, who has been a dentist, prac tising for 25 years In Germany and Holland, arrived here today with his family on the steamer Red Gross. “The Contemptible British Army” t London, 7:47 p. m —The Amsterdam correspondent of Router’s forwards an official telegram from Berlin denounc ing as "entlrny fictitious" the state ments which It asserts hare been re peated constantly In the English press fchat Emperor William at Alx-la-Chap pelle on August 19t.h. issued an order in which he characterized the British expeditionary force as "the contempt ible British army." The telegram declares the emperor has not been at Atx-la-Chsppelle since the beginning of the war and never Issued such an order as was reported. THE AUGUSTA HERALD WHITE'S ANNUAL HARVEST SALE n—r . „ ~ Mill W— lll I 111 I 111 Hill HI I II I 111 WHIIIIIIIIW 111 Mill Begins Monday Morning , Continues All Week See the d'ouble page adver tisements in this paper. THE PRES'T ON ‘DUTY CHRISTIAN YOUNG MEN' In Pittsburg Address Declares: “What You Have to Do is to Fight, Not With Cannon, But With Right.” Pittsburg, Pa. —In opening his ad dress at the Y. M. C. A, here today, President Wilson said he felt that by being away from Washington, congress could “have more leisure to adjourn.” Continuing Mr. Wilson spoke at length on the “Duty of Christian young men.” “Don't follow people who stand still,” he added. “Nowadays leaders must be aggressive. "If you can guess beforehand who your leaders are to be. the chances are they will be useless. 1 believe in popu lar government because under it we do not know from what family or class or occupation the leaders will come. This is an age in which the principles of those who uttet. public opinion rule the world. In the end the same popular jury will find the right. It's Importance. “So. is It not important that we. who constitute a part of the Jury, shall look at things from a correct vlewradnt and with a Christian spirit? I hope there will now he a great rush of Christian spirit on the doers of evil. What you have to do is to fight, not with cannon but with righti “We have Just concluded treaties of peace with a great many nations pro viding that we shall look for the light for a year. My prediction is that if, after the light has shone on a dispute for a year it will not be necessary to do anything, that after we know what hap pened then we will know who was right and who was wrong. 1 believe that light is the greatest sanitary Influence in the world.” BRITiTfOPS DN SUEZCANAE? London, 6:55 p. m.—A Reuter’s dis from Amsterdam says the following message has been received at. Be,rlln from Constantinople: ‘According to news from well-in formed quarters the British govern ment during the last few days has sent numerous Canadian troops to Egypt. Fourteen thousand men have been stationed along the Suez Canal. The greater part of the Indian troops landed in Egypt a short time ago proved unreliable and were withdrawn. "In Turkish diplomatic circles con tratlon of British troops In Egypt is declared to be an Infringement of neutrality.” SINKER OF HAWKE RETURNS SAFELY Amsterdam ,via London, 5:28 p. m.— A dispatch from Berlin says it is of ficially announced there that the Ger man submarine which sank the Brit ish cruiser Hawke has returned safely to port Th* sinking of the British steamer Glltrs by a German submarine ne-ir the Norwegian coast also is offi cially confirmed. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1914. AUGUSTA-AIKEN GETS ANDTHER RATE HEARING Following Dismissal of Petition For Advance in Fare to Aiken From Augusta, Date For Second Hearing Set For Dec. 2nd For Railway. Columbia, S. C,—Following the dismis sal Thursday by the South Carolina rail road commission of the petition of the Augusta-Aiken Railway Company, for authority to increase from twenty-five cents to fifty cents the passenger fares from Augusta to Aiken, because of in ability of representatives of railway to show powers of attorney, permission has been granted for the filing of a second petition and assurance given of a hear ing on the merits of the ease, according to a statement of the commission. Geo. T. Jackson and J. P. Wood rep resented the railway. A similar petition for a fifteen cents increase in fares from Charleston to the Isle of Palms has been filed by the Charleston Street Railway and will be heard December 2nd. NIP REBELLION IN SOUTH AFRICA Maritz, His Retreat Cut Off, Sends Offer of Surrender if Pardon Granted. London, 7:05 p. m.—A Reuter despatch from Gape Town says: "The force led by Lieutenant Colonel Maritz fat the hend of the rebellion In British South Africa) Is unuerstood to consist of about 1,000 rebels besides seventy nr eighty German gunner* who have a few Maxima and a couple of field gun?. Maritz endeavored to re tire Into Southwest Africa but found his retreat cut off. "It 1* understood Maritz sent an of fer to surrender If bis followers were granted free pardon and the Germans allowed to return to their own terrl tory. No notice was taken of h!» message. It Is unofficially reported that four rebel officers who surrendered were cour.martlaled and sentenced to death Tin- senteneea were referred to Pretoria for confirmation.” COMMITTEE! COTTON RELIEF Washington. A special committee of seven member* of the house to In vestigate conditions in the south as a result of* the cotton crisis, was ap pointed by Speaker Clark Just before the house adjourned sine die today The house passed a resolution pre sented by Representative Bell of Oeor. gta, authorizing the committee and calling for a report from It on cotton relief legislation on Dee 15 next. The speaker appointed Representatives Mann, Austin, Henry, Lever, Heflin, Bell and Langley. Map of the Eastern Theatre ot War ■SO... 1 •_ _ THE TWO GREAT ENGAGEMENTS. Thi* map given an accurate idea of the relative location of the scenes of the two great engagement* that are now being fought by the Ger man*, Austrian* and Russian* In the Eastern Theater of War. In the northern battle field at (he Nlemon River recent report* stated that a successful advancing German body, A-B, wa* pressing back a Russian defending body, C-D, while down south the upper Vistula, a much lar ger Russian body, G-H, is advancing against a correspondingly larger German force, R-F. The result of the action between E-F and G-H would ultimately control the movements of the action A-B, C-D. REPRESENTATIVE OF NEBRASKA, BARTON, ROLL-CALL RECORD Washington, —Representative Barton of Nebraska holds the record for at tendance In the house so far, accord ing to the record* of the sergeant-at srtns. This wa* revealed by an ex amination of the roll calls In connec tion with the resolution which passed the bous* 1 dock the salaries of the representative* absent without leave for other cause* than Illness of them selves or members of their families. Mr, Barton missed only one roll call. The next best record was Represen tative Morgan of Oklahoma, who tlel with Representative Stone of Illinois In being absent from two roll calls. Representative Abercrombie of Alaba ma was next, being absent only from four roll calls. There were 273 roll cells during the session up to Thursday, FRANCE HAS LOST ONE OF BEST KNOWN AMATEUR AVIATORS Ps ris— BVance ha* lost on the battle, field one of her best known amateur * viators Dr. Emil Reymond, presl dent of the National Aviation Com pany, and a member of the French senate. The Havas gives the follow ing account of his death: "There has been a violent combat In the region of Verdun, following an at tack by the French to rescue one of the aviators Senator Emile Reymond —who was wounded while reconnolter- Ing, and fell between the line*. The aviator finally was rescued and when brought nack to me ambulance was able to give a full clear report of his observations. Afterwards he wa* dec orated with the Insignia of the Legion of Honor. "Senator Raymond already had been mentioned in the order of the day for Intrepid exploits In the air." Extraordinary reductions in every department. MONROE DOCTRINE BE RESPECTED BY GERMANY Ambassador Von Bernstorff Has Assured This to U. S. Government, Whatever is the Outcome of European War. Washington. —The German ambas sador, Count von Bernstorff, said to day that early In the European war he had assured the United StateH government that whatever the out come of the conflict, Germany would respect the Monroe Doctrine. Count Bernstorff said he had filed with the state department on .Septem ber 3rd, soon after his arrival In this country from Berlin, a written official statement that. Germany would not Infringe on the Monroe Doctrine, no matter what, the outcome of the war. The ambassador said the statement was made because of claims from va rious English sources that. Germany, If successful, would not respect the Monroe Doctrine and would attempt to make great colonization scheme Ir: South America. RUSSIA AGLflif! OVEB VICTURY AT WARSAW Petrogrsd, (vis London, 3:10 p. m.) I’etrograd is aglow over the report ed repulse of the German* at War saw arid In the vicinity of lvangorod snd the retreat of the Austrians. Russian reinforcements and ammuni tion trains are streaming toward War saw and lvangorod. Dispatches from Grand Duke Nich olas, field commander of the Russian forces, declare the struggle south of I'rzernysl Is of great Intensity. MONTENEGRINS KILE 1,000 London, 7:41 p. m. A message re ceived In Rome from Kcutarl says ths Montenegrins have defeated the Aus trian attempt to turn their right along the Drina, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. The battle lasted two day* and the Montenegrin* claim • hey killed 1,000 Austrians and cap tured one battery. Tlie Montenegrins lost 170 killed. THREATS OF DEATH. New York Threats of death against Stephen Brozovlc, editor of N*w York's Croatian newspaper Narodnillst, for pro-Austrian activity, were followed today by delivery at his offlcs of nn express package from Velva, V, D., containing a bomb. Suspicious, Brozovlc turned the package over to the bureau of com bustibles without opening It, $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY HOME EDITION FALL OF VERDUN NOT PROBABLE; FIERCE FIGHT French Won’t Allow Taking Unless German Big Guns Get in Range---Day of Fixed Forts is Gone. London, 5:20 s. m.—The Times to day prints a lung dispatch In which Its correspondent at Nancy, France, gives a vivid picture of the fighting on the right wing of the French army. "Though the French official com munications continually state that the situation on the right wing Is un changed,” he says, “they do not mean that Ihe opposing armies ate marking time. The Germans have made fierce efforts to get. Verdun. These efforts were tin fiercely repelled and the French field army still stands between the army of Metz and the coveted fortresses of Tout and Verdun. More Successful. "In the attempt of Saint Mlhiol the Germans were more successful. Hard fighting will bn necessary to eject them, but the German objective—the Junction of the army of Met* with the right wing of the crown prince’s army of Argonne—has been prevented. “The guns of Verdun have never yst been In action and there In no pros peril: of the fall of Verdun unless ths French field army allows the Ger mans to get their big guns within range. Uselessness of Forts. ‘‘The whole history of this war, however, goes to prove the utter use lessness of forts under present con ditions. The best type of fortifica tions seems to consist of batteries from which the guns can easily bs moved to a new point as soon as they are located by the enemy. The day of the fixed fort is gone. After ths Germans had entrenched themselves at St. Mlhtel their big guns mails short work of the French forts at Troyon and Camp Dee Romalns. The guns of the forts had a range of only five miles against Ihe German siegers range of seven miles." THE REDCRDSS NARROW ESCAPE American Hospital Ship Back in New York Dodged Mines in English Channel. New York.—The steamer Red Cross which sailed from New York early in September with t 54 American nurse* snd doctor* fra European battlefields reached port today with four member* til tier crew confined in the brig for fighting on the way over. Fighting oc curred between ihe white and negro sailor* picked up *t short notice lit New Vnrk The men in ths brig were al: whit* and war* charged with tniubordlnatton. The particular nffen*« attributed to them wan a fight with negroes for ths possession of some chicken. The Red Cross according to Admiral Ward, had a ticklish time dodging mines In the English Channel snd from ons apparently had a narrow escap*.