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THE WEATHER Fair tonight with prob ably frost; Thursday fair and warmer. VOLUME XIX, No. 301. THE SAND DUNES AND CANALS OF FLANDERS VERITABLE SHAMBLES London, 1:32 p. m,—“The bloody massacre,” as it described by those on the spot, among the sand dunes and the canals of Flanders shows as yet but few signs of slackening. The valor of the German attack has been persistently countered by equal valor from the steady ranks before them. Apparently no quarter is being asked or given in this battle on the west ern front and the land over which it is being waged resemblest sham bles SEVEN TIMES. Seven times altogether the Germans have crossed and recrossed the Yser. Each time they succeeded in gaining the left bank they found them selves in a death trap commanded by the guns of the defenders, immova bly entrenched behind the railroad embankment running more or less par allel to the Yser and completely barring their progress. STILL ROLLING UP. German reinforcements are still rolling up, and the efforts to break through the line show no sign of cessation. Nor is it expected that they will until the exhausted masses of jnen reach the limit of their endurance. SUNK BY MINE IN ROUTE ( NORTH ATLANTIC STEAMERS Thirty Saved, Captain and Thirteen of Crew of City of London, Drowned---First Ap perance of German Mines to East of England. Fleetwood, England via London 4:05 a. m.—The trawler City of London ar rived here early today with the sur vivors ot the British steamer Man chester Commerce, which struck a mine Monday night off the north coast of Ireland and sank. Captain Payne and 13 of his crew were drowned while thirty others were saved by the trawl er. „ Second Officer Gee told the story of the disaster. He said: In Seven Minutes. "The explosion occurred 20 miles north of Troy Island on the Main trade route from Manchester to Canada. The ship began to sink at once and wa.s beneath t,he waves seven minutes al ter striking the mine. The officers and crew exhibited great coolness under the circum stances We were able to launch only one Hfe boat when the shop gave a sudden lurch and went down. The cap tain were compelled to jump into the water and try to save themselves by swimming to the single boat launched. Several of them were carried down with the ship. Died Giving Order*. . “The last I saw ot the captain he •was giving orders for launching a sec jfond boat. After I was picked up I * took command in the solitary lifeboat and we rescued all the survivors and then cruised about for a long time. When satisfied that there was no more to be saved we hoisted an improvised sail. We had gone forty-two miles when we were picked up by the trawl er." GERMANS DEFEATED IN BELGIAN CONGO Pari*, 4:45 a. m.—A Havre c'lßpatch to the Matin reports that M. Tombeut, vice governor-general of Katanga in the Belgian Congo, announces that Belgian troops commanded by Resi dent Commissioner Henry, defeated the Germans at Kisznie. on Lake Tan ganyika, between Belgian Congo and East Africa. BOMB DROPPED IN SWISS TERRITORY Pari*, 1:40 p. m.—A Havas news agency dispatch .from Belfort, says that a German aeroplane which flew over the fortress of Belfort on Friday and into Switzerland dropped a bomb which fell in Swig* territory. THERE ARE 49 Shopping Days Before Xmas ‘ . \ == Read Herald ads and rail for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. Whin (hopping in Augu(t( tomorrow Soy: "I Sow It In Tha Harold." It will pay. Try It. THE AUGUSTA HERALD •THE PAULDING STILL IN SAND U. S. Torpedo Boat Destroyer Will Probably Have to Have Dredge Cut Channel. Norfolk, Va—The torpedo boat de stroyer Paulding which went aground in Lynn Haven Inlet during a storm early Tuesday morning, still is fast in the sand Her crew is aboard. The vessel and men are in no danger. The violence of the gale carried the Paulding over one sand bar and against another. She now lies in about five feet of sand. Warships are standing by and will endeavor to float her. It was said at the navy yard early today that It will probably be neces sary to dredge a channel through the sand to get her out. Three Other*. Norfolk, V*. —The destroyer Fan ning, Burrows and Jouett are at the navy yard for repairs of slight dam age sustained in the storm early Tues day In Lynnhaven Roads. HEAVY PURCHASES OF HORSES, WAR Washington.—Heavy purchases by British and French agents of horses for war use is presenting a serious problem.to the quartermaster’s depart ment of the United States army and it Is feared it soon will be Impossible to obtain enough horses for Its own purposes during the present year. Al ready the young horses bought for tho remount stations cost seventeen dol lars per head more than last year. Those animals are too young to be used at once and their sales do not reflect the real increase of price for cavalry horses which already stand S2O a head over last year's rates. THE MORATORIUM FRANCE, MODIFIED Bordeaux. —President Poincare has signed a decree modifying the mora torium proclaimed on Aug. 31 and pro viding for a gradual return to normal financial conditions. KILLS HIS 3 CHILDREN. Galesburg, Ills.—W. W. Stromberg, a confectioner, today shot and killed his three children and wounded him self and his wife. Mrs. Stromberg's hanld was shot off. Stromberg will die. HITS NORTH SEA MINE; ALL LOST London., 3:15 a. m.—A Dutch traw ler reports that the lugger Vlaardln gen struck a mine 40 miles north of Ymulden, a seaport of Holland, ac cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company. The crew and ship were lost. GERMAN LOSS ALONG THE YSER, 16,000 DEAD AND 30,000 IN WOUNDED London, 7:86 a. m. —A dlsgatch to the Dally Moll from Flushing, Hol land, aaya: “Several mines have heen washed aohore along the roast below Os tend. All were In excellent working order for they exploded promptly, but doing no aerlouo damage. "The German loaoea at the Nleu port - Itlxmude line are estimated at 16.000 killed and 80,000 wounded During Sunday 400 vehicles loaded with wounded aoldlero paoaed through Oatend. "The tiermana have commandered a large quantity of lumber at Bruges for uae In building a giant alrehip abed at Oeldonck. Artillery la being placed In the dunea between Huyat and bulnberg Five tralnloada of artillery have been taken to Zoobrugge." iTHE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 28, 1914. BELGIAN SOLDIERS INTERNED IN HOLLAND f *** - j** ' ‘ f *" : f Ti: v -"r~ | *|ITT |1 «rH>lW||T*‘ l <£> 4rV*"2T fe'.jK*aur •NIJT'VWI.. Ylr.V.'l' First photograph of the Belgian soldiers who fled to Holland upon the German occupation of Antwerp. Several thousand of King Albert's warriors sought refuge from the advancing Germans by crossing the Dutch frontier, where they were disarmed by the Dutch soldiers and interned. The picture shows some of the Bel gians on the Ykadi quay at Antwerp, awaiting transportation to the interned camp. Gern&nJ&ush to French Coast Still Being Held in Check By Allies; World Watching Battle The great battle for possession of the strip of coast running along the North Sea from Ostend 1 4 Calais is said by the French to he swinging slowly in favor of the allied forces. The assaults of counties:! German troops which apparently attained the height of human effort were matched with equal courage and ferocity, and today the offensive efforts of th<> Germans were said to be relaxing. London, 5:35 a. m— An Amsterdam dispatch to The Reuter Telegram Company says: “The Handelsblad learns from Sluis, Netherlands, that there is no change on the battle front between Nieuport and Dixmude. Heavy fighting continues.” HOLLAND AND FOOD CARGOES Copenhagen (via London, 5:15 a. m.) —The question of British warships seizing steamers on the way from America to Denmark was raised In parliament Tuesday when a member asked whether the government could guarantee that corn and foodstuffs Imported from America would not be re-exported to Germany. The premier replied that the gov ernment was ready to guarantee to the British government that no illegal exports from Denmark shall occur and he promised to Introduce a bill In a few days providing penal clauses against Incorrect statements of the destination "f cargoes. frenchWes 40,000 IN Berlin, (By wireless to Ssyville.) Swiss newspapers report that since the capture by the Germans of Camp J)es Romalns, the French losses in the battle line between Tool and Verdun have been more than 40,000 men The French officers, according to state ments In these newspapers complain of the inferior quality of the new French troops. CROSSED DUTCH FRONTIER. The German RusJa. London, 10:15 a. m.—The battle which all the world is watching still sways hack and forth in the little dis trict west of Flanders where the al lied forces are struggling to check the German advance to Calais, but ripples of war news are noted In widely sepa rated points. Fiercest of Fighting. Of the battle of the Yser, London has heard little news this morning. The German rush to reach the French coasi would appear for the time be ing held In check, but the fiercest fighting continues with the Germans delivering harder blows on the line RUSSIANS OUTNUMBER THE GERMANS ON THE VISTULA Berlin (By Wireles* to Austro-German official reports from the eastern theater of the war Indi cate that severe battles are raging along the Vistula and Han Rivers. The Germans apparently are engaging nu merically superior Russian forces and Was Candidate to Succeed Von Moltke As Chief of German General Staff Tjr—- GEN. VON HILDENBERC. One of the candidate* for the poaitlon of chief of staff of the Ger maii army alnce the resignation of von Moltke on account of 111 health, la (len. von IllnUenherg, who won signal aucceaaea In Kaat Pruaala at the Oiltact of the war. <lcn von Itlndenherg war rained to Ihe rank of a prince by the kalaer and wan the popular hero of Germany. lluttona with hi* pho tograph on them were worn by ail lojal Germane between Dixmude and Ypser, follow ing thlr failure to make progress be tween Dixmude and the coast. Naval Bombardment. British naval guns It is said have resumed their bombardment along the coast and colossal German losses are reported. The Belgians, London news papers admit, have suffered terribly but of the losses of the French and the English no mention is made. Press Advantage. While the Germans ale making their supreme effort In Flanders the ulllcH have been quick to press the advantages offered at other points In the line by the removal of German troops to the German right wing. This probably accounts for the prog ress claimed by the allies near Sols sons, at Berry-Au-Bras, In the center and to the east of Nancy where tho Germans, according to the French of ficial announcement, have been driven across the frontier. Bavarian Crown Prince. From all these points It is under stood the Germans took men and flung them into Belgium. The crown prince of Bavaria Is said now to be in command of the German forces on the Ypser and It is report ed that he has been wounded, rhe battle is attracting equal atten tion with the struggle In France and Belgium. The bulletin Issued last night by the Austrian war department states that the Austrians southwest of Ivangorod are combatting numer ically superior forces of Russians. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. CHARGE IN CLARE OF OIL SOARED RUSHES FLAME No Plea For Mercy Shown in German Retreat at Ypres. Bayonet and Bullet Did the Work. London, 3:56 a. m.—The correspon dent of The Times in northern France sends the following regarding the fighting in Belgium under Tuesdays date: "The British fire at Ypres, after a glorious stand for five days against great odds, drove the enemy back 15 miles. The German forces were com manded by the Bavarian crown prince who, it is reported, has boon wounded. “The British forces captured Iginge marck, five miles northeast us Ypres, on Friday, after inflicting enormous losses on the enemy and on cstah lishod entrenched positions beyond the village. Boaked in Petroleum. “At night, after (lie roar of the cannon had ceased, there was sud denly a shrill whistle and bushes soak ed In petroleum broke into flumes, throwing a glare over the scene. Men sprang up from the beet crops within a few hundred yards of our trendies and with bugle sound, yell and song they came dashing forward to our po sition. “Though tgken oy surprise, our men were not unprepared. They took tliei: places in tlietrenclies and held them, pouring a terrific fire Into the ad vancing hosts. "Answering with rifle and machine gun the enemy advanced, still with the bugle playing and amid shouts of "hoch; hoch!" They were in dense niaSHes and they fell by the hundreds. They got within 80 yards of the trenches when they recoiled. Retreat Bound»d. “Then came three blasts of a whis tle, sounding the retreat. Our men sprnng out of the trenches and went In among them with the bayonet. Thu slaughter was terrible and there werj many hand-to-hand encounters. "In the dim glare of the burning bushes some of the enemy threw down their arms and pleaded for mercy. No quarter, however, was given on elthof side. The work was too desperacs for that. Bayonet and bullet did their work and the enemy was driven back on Roulers. “A battery and several machine guns were captured and thousands of pris oners were taken, Including a genera, and several other officers. BECOMES A GERMAN MASSACRE Swiss Report Declares Long Trains Bring Thousands of Wounded to Cologne, Dussel dorf and Coblenz From In vaders Right Flank. Geneva, (via Pari*, 12:35 a. m.)— Telegrams received in Basel, Hwltzer lund, Tuesday night from Cologne and Coblenz declare tho war on the Ger man right flunk from Lille to the North Heu has become a massacre. During the last six days It Is declar ed many thousands of Germans have been killed or wounded. Long trains containing wounded con tinue to pour Into Cologne, Duesnel dorf and Coblenz, It Is stated. In reply to reported attacks in the American press because Switzerland has not officially protested against the violation of Belgian territory, the Hwiss papers make answer that Amer ica should lead the way. Switzerland they declare Is In unxlous and In a critical position. THE CONQUEROR OF ANTWERP SUICIDES London.—A dleputch to The Evening Newa from Kotterdam aaya that Gene ral von Healer, the conqueror of Ant werp, la dead. It ta said, the news paper add*, that he shot hlrnaelf Thursday while In hla room at Bruges. TO MAKE A DETOUR IS GERMAN EFFORT London, 4:22 a. m.- The Dally Mall's correspondent In Northern France, under Tuesday's date, aaya: "The Germans, despairing of cross ing the lire from Nleuport to Dix rnude are trying to make a detour to croas the line from Dlxmude to Vpser. Military opinion la that this line will offer Ihe German* no better scope than that along the Yser Canal, rather worse In fact.” 75,000 BALES A MONTH IS WHAT AMBASSADOR CABLES Washington.—Ambassador Gerard cabled today that Germany would need at least fifty thousand and Austria 85,000 hules of coton a month. He had been advised of assurances given by Great Britain that cargoes of cotton would not be molested when destined to belligerent countries In neutral bottoms and Is endeavoring to obtain detail* of .he demand for cotton In Germany. HOME EDITION FOR FINANCING THESRRPEUS COTTON CROP Reserve Board Officers Await ing Approval of Clearing House Associations For the $135,000,000 Loan. Washington.—Federal reserve board officers today awaited approval from clearing house associations of the plan for a $136,000,000 loan fund to finance the surplus cotton crop. Details had been completed and board officials hoped it would find enough bunking support to insure its adoption. The plan contemplated administra tion of tlie fund under the direction of a committee consisting of Individual members of the board but the actual administration would be under a "cot ton loan committee" of which W. P. G. Harding, a board member would be chairman. It Is planned to raise $100,000,000 of the fund in non-cotton growing states and the remainder In cotton territory'. The loan rate would be six per cent, with warehouse receipts as collateral on the basis of six cents a pound for middling cotton BRITAIN HOLDS AMERICAN SKIP, COPPER CARGO The Kroonland Detained at Gibraltar. Copper Listed As Conditional Contraband. Washington.—The American ship Kroonland from New York, hound for Naples and Greece with a cargo of copper has been detained at Gibraltar by the British authorities, according to a report to the state department from American Consul Hprague. A*k for Particular*. Washington.—Consul Hprague did not report the reason for the deten tion of the Kroonland but as copper Is listed by the British foreign office as conditional contraband It Is as sumed the British government’* atti tude will be similar to that in the case of another American ship which car ried copper to Holland. In that case when the Dutch government gave as surances that copper cargoes would not be re-shlpped from Holland th* British government withdrew Its ob jection. The state department has asked Mr. Hprague for a fuller report on the cir cumstances attending the detention of the Kroonland. SNOW BETWEEN WARSAW,MOSCOW The Weather Will Now Play Ad Important Part in War’* Eastern Arena. London, 10:15 *. m. —The weather promises soon to play an important part In the campaign In the eastern arena of the war. The rigorous Rus sian winter Is said already to hav* set In between Moscow and Warsaw and snow covers the ground near Minsk. The Russians aver they are following up relentlessly and success fully the repulse of the Germans from Warsaw. Their cavalry Is pushing rapidly westward from Lodz which has been occupied by them and thret enlng the German lines of communi cation. The Germans It Is further contended are having difficulty In maintaining their prepared defensive lines around Radorn to the south of Warsaw. NOT ONE WALL IN VILLAGES STANDS London, 4:50 a. m.—The Times’ cor respondent In Belgium wires the fol lowing: "Observation from a captive British balloon has revealed how effective has been the fire of the British warships on Oatend. Mlddelkerkn and Lom bsertzyd* and other coast villages Not a wall Is standing In the villages of Westkerke, Hlypo and Novle, Bev eral other villages also are In ruins. All this damage was caused by the ar tillery of British ships."