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VOLUME XIX, No. 300.
REINFORCEMENTS
BRITISH SAVED DA Y
Furious Attack of 250,000
Germans at Ypres on the
Yser Continued For Five
Days. Artillery Fire Buried
Men in Trenches.
London, 4:50 a. m. —Telegraphing
about the fighting in Belgium, the cor
respondent of the Times in northern
France says:
“The enemy's most furious attach
along the line of the Yser was at
Y'pres, where a quarter of a million
Germans, for five critical days were
held back by the British force.
With the Bayonet.
"The artillery fire against the Brit
ishers in the trenches was terrible,
churning up the earth and often bury
ing the men by dozens. Repeatedl)
the enemy’s infantry advanced to
within a few hundred yards, but every
time our men leaped from the trenches
and went at them with bayonet. The
Germans have no relish for a bayonet
rtharge and they fled, firing their rifles
<bver their shoulders as they ran.
\ Rain of Shrapnel.
“Many hundreds were captured and
thousands were killed and wounded.
Still their shrapnel rained into the
British trenches and fresh infantry
took the places of the Germans who
had been decimated.
"The situation grew more and more
critical and it seemed that the British
were likely to be borne down by sheer
weight of numbers Still they held on.
Friday came at last and with it need
ed reinforcements. The position was
saved and the Germans fell back 15
miles.”
ATTIPTME
TO ASSASSINATE
GEN'L VILLA
Agent Said to Have Been Paid
By r a Carranza Supporter.
After Confession Before Caro
thers, Executed.
El Paso —An attempt has been made
to assassinate Gen. Francisco Villa
toy an agent said to have been com
missioned and paid by*General Pablo
(Gonzales, General Carranza’s staunch
supporter, according to a message sent
The Associated Press today by Louis
Aguirre Benavides. General Villa’s
first secretary. The would,-be assas
sin, Francisco I. Mugia, was executed
after making a confession before Geo.
C. Carothers, the American consular
agent.
GERMAN RETREAT
FROM WARSAW
Russian Report Says Country
For 80 Miles West of City in
Their Possession.
London, 4:10 a. m.—ln a despatch
from Petrograd the correspondent of
neuter's Telegram Company gives
these details of the retreat from the vi
cinity of Warsaw:
"The Germans retreated from War
saw at night, covering over 30 miles on
their first march. They left artillery
to mask their retreat. The Russians
caught ua two days later,
i “The capture of Lowicz virtually en-
Venres possession of the country for 80
Wiiles to the westward of Warsaw.
"Along the whole western front the
Russian medical aid worked like clock
work. Trains, motors, vans and car
riages were plentiful everywhere.
UNTIL
EXTRA SESSION
Washington.—. President Wilson let
it be known officially today that he
has no Intention of calling a special
session of congress after election.
There was some talk In congress Just
before adjournment that an extra ses
sion might take up legislation to re
lieve cotton planters.
MOST POWERFUL OF ALL ZEPPELINS
LAUNCHED; GERMAN GENERAL STAFF
WANTS AIR FLEET TO NUMBER 100
London, « a. m,—A dispatch from Genova, Swltxerland to The Fx
, pres* give* thl* account of the launching of a new Zepplln:
'‘The moat powerful Zeppelin >*t made haa Just been launched at
f Friedrlchshafen on Lake Conatanca. Without preliminary trial* it flew
away northwards at great speed, cheered by the soldier* who shouted To
London!’ Count Zeppelin was present at the launching,
"The airship ha* a special armored compartment for bomba near the
propeller* and a btg eun 1* mounted in front to destroy aeroplane*. A
second airship of a similar type will he ready by the end of October
A* soon as thl* new airship—the thirty-flr*t of it* kind—l* fin
ished. work will begin on another More Zeppelins are being built at
tui.-Hdor' Colmar and Berlin the German staff deairlag that tti* num
ber be brought to hundred auickly." . .
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
FERDGIQUS IRE
ATTEMPTS TO
CROSS YSER
Great Batches of Germans
Killed as Wooden Bridges
Were Dropped Time After
Time Over Canal.
London, 3:43 a. m.—The Daily Mail’*
correspondent near the Yser River, un
der date of Sunday, discussing the
ferocity of the German attempts to
get across the river, says:
"In one night, Friday, between mid
night and dawn, seven different on
slaughts were repulsed. Swarms of
Germans rushed up with newly made
bridges of wood. They were dropped
across the canal, notwithstanding a
deadly fire.
Day After Day.
"This sort of thing has happened day
after day but In the daylight that fol
lowed each, night these marauders were
hunted and mowed down. Great
batches were killed crowds were taken
prisoner but that mattered nothing.
The next night was sure to bring along
more attacks of the same kind.
“The bloodiness and fierceness of
the fighting Is evident from the num
ber of men on both sides suffering
from bayonet wounds. The geographi
cal position of the fight does not alter
much but the Belgians are putting in
an immense amount of work.
Seem Never to Cease.
“The German reinforcements seem
never to cease. They come fresh to
the attack day after day and trains
of wounded have been taken away but
the German force remains more nu
merous than ever. They seem rey.dy
to put every man here rather than give
way. Their determination and force
must not be underestimated."
CLEIIKNIA
OF SERVIANS
Vienna, via Amsterdam and London,
1:52 p. m. —An official statement giv
en today says the Austrian operations,
the object of which is the clearing of
Bosnia, are proceeding succesfully.
The Servians were driven back to
Vishnegrad Oct. 24 and the Austrian
pursuit reached the J>rLna River Oct.
26. Eastern Bosnia to the Drina now Is
completely cleared of the enemy.
The Montenegrin divisions, separat
ed from the Servians, have retired in
a southwesterly direction.
8,000 RUSSIANS
MADE PRISONERS
Vienna, (via Rotterdam and London,
11.45 a. m.) —An official communication
given out here today says:
"In the fighting before Ivangorod wo
have, up to the present time captured
8,000 Russians and 19 machine guns.
"Near Paroslau a Russian colonel
and 200 soldiers were forced to sur
render.
"Near Zalucze and in the vicinity of
Pasieczna the enemy has been driven
back. The situation generally is un
changed.
(Signed) "GENERAL VON HOEFER."
Says Kaiser is in
Good Health, Spirits
London, 4:41 a. m—The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Times learns
from Berlin that under the new mil
itary agreement b«tween Germany
and Austria, Emperor William under
takes the leadership of the united ar
mies.
According to the latest accounts re
ceived in Copenhagen the German em
peror Is In good health and spirits.
INTENTIONS OF GREECE.
London, 5:25 a. m.—The Greek gov
ernment has announced to the powers
Its intention of provisionally occupying
northern Epirus, owing to the neces
sity of suppressing the anarchy pre
vailing there as the result of the
breakdown of the Albanian govern
ment and the night of Prince William
of Wied.
:THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES :
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27, 1914.
Refugees Fleeing From Antwerp to Holland
w law*
Terrific Battle For the Road
to Calais Is Yet Undecided;
German Masses Still Roll on
EARTHQUAKE AND
FIRE FOLLOW
BOMBARDING
Desolation in Servian City.
Hundreds Killed by Bayonets
and Buried in Church Yard
of Shahats.
■ London, 5:15 a. m.—A dispatch to
the Times froth Shabats Servia, says:
"This city presents a desolate spec
tacle. Two hundred and fifty of Us
buildings were destroyed by bom
bardment. This was followed by fire,
doing more damage and then c*tn**aa
earthquake, shaking the city so se
verely that the houses which remain
are almost falling to pieces.
"Hundreds of the local populace
who were killed by bayonet thrusts
for various alleged misdeeds were
burled by the Austrians In the local
church yard.
"The senseless bomhardmjnt still
continues, although the town Is de
serted except for the sentries. On
Thursday the Serbs succeeded In lay
ing mines which sank an Austrian
monitor."
Shabats is an active trading town of
Servia, located on the Snve, forty
miles west of Belgrade. It had a pop
ulation of about 15,000 persons.
NEW BRITISH GUN
AGAINST AIRMEN
London, 4:45 a. m.—The new British
gun used for the first time in recent
days, says the correspondent of The
Times in northern France, has pro
vided a fresh terror for German air
men. The gun. the correspondent
states, succeeds in finding Its target
with great facility.
German Submarine
To Land Soldiers
London, 3:36 a. m.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Dally Mall under
Saturday’s date, says:
"All permits to visit the German
battlefields have been cancelled to
day by the German general staff.
"It is reported from Berlin that a
new type of submarine Is being built
at Elblng and Hamburg to be used
only for the transportation of troops,
the object being to reach a shore un
noticed and land troops."
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
Cleveland, O.—J. M. H. Frederick,
school superintendent, today was
found guilty of contempt of court and
ordered to reinstate within a week six
teachers whom he failed to reappoint
last spring because, It was alleged, of
their activities In a teachers' union.
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
"That Is poison ivy,” cautioned the
farmer. "Don’t pick that. It Is dan
gerous."
"Dear me," pouted the fair autumn
boarder, "one hardly knows what to
pick. I think the authorities ought to
put up danger signs In Ur» country as
they do In the city to warn people
away from dangerous spots.”
GERMAN CASUALTIES
DAILY—IO,OOO
Rome, 1:35 p. m. —Accordlngto
official reports received hero the
German casualties daily average
10,000 in killed and wounded. All
of those sltehtly or not gravely
wounded an average of from 70 to
*0 per cent., return to the ranks
after a relatively *hort time.
Great Cost to Invaders in Deadliest Conflict
of the War. Kaiser Demands That Channel
Ports Be Taken. Belgian Loss Estimated at
10,000. Reinforcements for the Allies.
London, 10:30 a. m.—The battle for
the road to Calais still was undecided
today. The territory west of the YHer
the crossing of which cost the Ger
man arm, more men, compared with
the area of hostilities, khan any other
single engagement In the war con
tinues to be the scene of the deadliest
of conflicts.
Although It Is said that the flow of
German reinforcements seem to he
without end, they apparently, judging
from news In London, have made no
noteworthy advance since gaining this
river.
Allies Reinforced.
The left wing of the allies has been
reinforced. This may he due in part
to efforts to offset the-constant move
ment of >-p H h German troops and In
part to make good the decreased ac
tivity of the British fieet which, ac
cording to German advices, has been
forced to withdraw further from the
coast line by the effective fire of the
German artillery. No German ships
aside from submarines have been re
ported in this vicinity, but the London
press Is dally devoting more space to
such a contingency.
Wouldn't Be a Surprise.
Germany has a number of small
cruisers at Wllhelmshafen, together
with a detachment of destroyers, and
the sudden appearance of these ships.
FLANDERS VILLAGES
IN HEAPS OE RUINS
Devastation of the Invaders is Terrible. Destruction for the
Strategical Reason. One Thousand Inhabitants Reported
Killed, Two Hundred and Fifty Houses Burned.
London, 2:47 a. m.—An Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter's Telegram
Company says:
"From Sluis comes a report that the country villages around Koulers
are being devastated by the Germans, partly for strategical reasons. Both
In the towns and outside of them many of the Inhabitants have lost
their lives through their own lmpredence. It Is estimated that a thous
and Inhabitants were killed and that 250 houses have been burned.
“Roulers Is quiet and only a few German robbers are seen In the
streets.
"The villages of Moorslede, Doelknppel, Westrooseheke and Btaden
are In ruins."
FOUND 1,100 GERMAN DEAD
IN TRENCH
London, 9:30 a. m.—The official press bureau makes public todnv
the story of an eye-witness supplementing former narratives and bring
ing the general course of operations In France up to Oct. 20.
"Tuesday, Oct. 20, a determined but unsuccessful attack was made
against virtually the whole of our line. At one point where one of our
brigades made a counter attack, 1,100 German dead were found In a trenen
and 40 prisoners weire taken.”
Official casualty lists of recent date which have been captured show
that the losses of the Germans con tinue to be heavy. One single list
shows that a company of German 1 ifaritry had 139 men killed and wounded,
or more than half of Its war estaollshrnent. Other companies suffered
almost as heavily."
AUSTRIAN CORPSES STREW
R’Y TRACKS; 4,000 CAPTIVE
London, 4:18 a. m.—A I’etrograd despatch to Reuter’s Telegram Com
pany says:
"The Army Messenger Ui summing up the operation* of the Kuaalnn
front say* that the German force* in the region of Kiowa and Vltzlavsk
disquieted hy the situation on the front at Thorn and Cracow, have re
treated In the direction of Last Prussia where the population has been
ordered to retire Into the Interior.
"On the Galician front the entire Stry Valley southward from the riv
er and the railway tracks from the Htry to Drohobycas are congested with
Austrian corpses Between last Thursday and Sunday, during the pur
suit of the enemy the Russian* captured 17 officers, four thousand men,
eleven machine gun*, 22 gun*, 23 oaiasons *ad m**se» of other war ma
terial."
perhaps accompanied by a battle
cruiser, would he no surprise.
Dispatches reaching London aver
that Emperor William has demanded
unequivocally that Calais be taken,
end a telegram received today quoting
the Saxon Gazette gives what pur
ports to be a plan of German Inva
sion, once the north coaHt of France
Is In thler hands.
Towns in Ruins.
The towns of West Flanders, over
and through which the battle for the
coast has been raging are In ruins.
The canals are choked with the dead
and the countryside Is scarred as if
by an earthquake.
That the Germans have not been
alope In heavy logaes is attested by a
dispatch declaring the Belgians lost
10,000 men when they were driven
from the hanks of the Yser. The big
gest of the German guns are now re
ported to he at Bruges.
German Claims.
There has been no notable change
along the battle line In France proper,
although the Germans claim the fate
o” Verdun will he sealed promptly as
soon as their powerful guns get into
action.
From near the Rhelms has come a
dispatch dw- ling upon local Indica
tions that the Germans are preparing
to hold their positions In that part of
the Alsne all winter.
$&00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
PARIS CLAIMS GERMAN
LINE BROKEN AT LAST
The unyielding German line, which for six weeks lias been stretched
across France is said on the authority of the French war office to have
been broken at last. Near the eastern end of the line in the region beyond
Nancy, lotluy'a French official statement reports the Invaders have been
driven back onto German soil. At other points over the long line ths of
fensive has been resumed by the allied forces after a long period of com
part ive inaction.
To (lie northward along the Franco-Belglan border the fighting con
tinues with undlmlnished ferocity. Along the Yser where the struggle
lias been most Intense the ullles have not drawn back, says the French
official statement, while toward the south further progress has been
made between Yyser and Roulers.
BRITISH BOARD
AMERICAN TUB;
SEIZE GERMANS
St. John, N. B. —The American tug
Security, owned by the Standard OH
Company, was boarded yesterday af
ternoon by a detail of eight men from
the sixty-second regiment and four
of her crew removed. One, a natural
ized citizen, was released. The other
three, all Germnns, were detained.
Th members of the crew were ar
rested on tlie grounds that they wets
subjects of a nation with which Great
Britain now is at war. The tug's pa
pers showed that three of the four
men had signed as subjects of Ger
many.
100 KILLED, 100
MORE THOUGHT
DEAD IN EIRE
Royalton, lll,—One hundred or more
miners were killed, It is believed, in
the Mitchell Coal Mine near here to
day when a terrific explosion occurred
in the lower level of the mine soon af
ter 300 men had begun wory. '
O i those who entered the mine,
about 100 escaped but thirty bodies
were soon brought (o the surface and
more than 100 other men were known
to he Imprisoned In a lower level, cut
off from rescue by fire. It was
thought that all of those shut off |>y
the wall of flainc In the Interior w#re
seen burned to death.
Royalton is a mining village, 84
miles southeast of Ht. Louis and the
Ht. Loula Iron Mountain K Southern
Railroad.
DENI GERMANS
TO ATTACK ITALY
Berlin, (vis wireless to Ssyville.)—
Information given out In official quart
ers today follows:
‘‘Statements published In Italian
newspapers to the effect that officers
of the German general stuff have
visited the Trent district In Austria
with the view of arranging for the
movement of troops and war material
from Germany to attack Italy on ac
count of her neutrality, have been of
ficially denied In Berlin and charac
terized as absolute inventions.
"Reports received from Madrid say
that the French have had over 400,000
men wounded and Incapacitated on ne.
count of Illness.
4 Dead Under Big
Piles oi Lumber
Bamson, Als. Four men were kllb'3
and one seriously Injured early today
when a large dry kiln of the Alabama
Lumber arid Kiln Company collapse 1
All were burled beneath thousands of
feet of I tnber.
The deail:
J. A. Butler, Ed Frazer, Marcus
Hargrove, Alto i'ew.
Wilbur Hall, who was seriously In
jured, Is not expected to live.
8. C. CASE DISMISSED.
Washington. The supreme court to
day dismissed, for want of Jurisdiction,
the appeal of the Atluntlc Coast Lum
ber Corporation from a decision of the
supreme court of Houth Carolina for
feiting the title of the company to 24a
acres of timber In Marlon county to
O. G. Mlnshew.
CARTS AND BIG FARM WAGONS COMF,
AND GO ALL DAY LONG FILLED WITH
WOUNDED AFTER ROULERS’ CARNAGE
London, 3:17 a. m. Telegraphing from Flushing under date of Hun
day, the Dally Mall’s eorresnondent says:
"The general opinion is flat the Allies soon will be in Oitend again. O*-
tend, like Bruges ami Ghent, I* overflowing with wounded and Antwerp
Itself Is now filling up. This unceasing flow of wounded I* calculated to
destroy the morale of the German troops In (>*tend.
"Reports from al! aide* tell of terrible carnage around Rouler* where
the dead ore lying In heap*. On these* front there the nsval shells work
ed havoc. Cart* com* and go the day long with wounded. large tann
wagon* with thalr sloping side* are packed with masse* of wounded and
dyiM men."
HOME
EDITION
S4E,turn,ooo IS
CLAIM THROUGH
U. S. MINISTER
Berlin, (By wireless). —According to
reports received here from Antwerp,
fifty firms of that elty will present
lo thi> British government claims for
compensation for the destruction of
goods after the evacuation of Antwerp
was determined upon. These claims
amount to 230.000,000 frsne.H ($46,000,-
000) and will be presented through
Brand Whitlock, the American minis
ter to Belgium.
The foregoing information was
made public In Berlin today through
official channels.
SUBSTITUTE DIED
130,000,000
S.C.BONDS
Measure Introduced to In
crease “Validity of the Issue
in All Quarters.” Third Read
ing State Controlled Cotton
Wareheuscs.
Columbia, S. C. -A substitute bill
for that passed by the senate propoj
ing t'u- Issue upon favorable referen
dum vote of 135,000,000 In bonds f->f
purchase of. or loans .on cotton by,
the state, which incorporated pro
treasury department and reserve hoard
officials was Introduced tn the lower
house by a special committee today.
The new provisions were Intended to
Increase validity of the Issue In all
quarters.
The house passed through third read
ing the senate bill authorizing the es
tablishment of a state controlled cotton
warehouse system.
FEAR EAGERNESS
GOTTON FARMERS
Texas Bankers Meet in Con
vention to Prepare for Open
ing of the Reserve Banks
November 16th.
Dallas, Texas. —Plans to protect the
cotton business when the federal re
serve hunks open Nov 18 were up for
discussion here today by a committee
representing the Texas Bankers As
sociation. Cotton men have told the
hankers they fear farmers will be too
eager to dispose of their cotton when
the reserve banks open. The commit
tee also will consider the general cot
ton situation In Texas where market
ing of the crop has been romparatlvs
lv heavy for seevral weeks. J. A.
Kemp president of the committee has
taken the position that the first aid to
the cotton crop should come from the
Houth Itself.
BRITISH WARSHIP
HIT: IN FUMES
Berlin (By wireless) —Report* re
volved here from Rotterdam said that
the British warship struck by German
artillery fire off the coast of Belgium
broke Into flames This Information
was given out In Berlin today.