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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Wed nesday; cooler Wednes day. 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.