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VOLUME XIX, No. 302.
4 y. S. COPPER
CO.'S PROTEST
THE SEIZURE
State Department Requested
to Take Up Detention of Sev
eral Thousands Tons Ameri
can Product at Gibraltar.
Washington, D. C.—Representatives
of four copper companies in New York
today protested to the state department
that two Italian steamers, the San
Giovanni and the Regina D'lalia, car
rying several thousand tons of Ameri
can copper to Italian ports, had been
detained by the British authorities at
Gibraltar.
No Official Notice.
Washington, D. C.—No official in
formation has been received of the
detention of the Italian vessels from
American Consul Sprague, at Gibral
tar. who yesterday reported the seizure
of the American steamer Kroonland
also laden with copper destined to Na
ples and Greek ports. Before taking
official notice of the seizure of these
tjvree vessels, state department officials
• will await full report of the circum
, stances under which they are detained.
It is also understood here that Brit
ish warships held up the Norwegian
steamer Prosper 111 from New York
for Copenhagen, and took her to a
port in North Scotland.
HYSTERICAL HATE
OF ENGLISH, CAUSE
Berlin, (by wireless.) —Information
given out in official quarters in Ber
lin today is as follows:
“An English governess named Kate
Hume made the allegation that Ger
man soldiers had attacked and muti
lated her sister Grace and produced
the signatures of two Belgian clergy
men and of certain British officials to
support her claim. According to the
London Times an English court de
clared t,hat Kate Hume, moved by
liys\ rical hate of the Germans had
forged these signatures and invented
the entire story. The court sentenced
her to three months in prison.”
RAISING THE SHIPS
SUNK ATANTWERP
Amsterdam, via London, 4:10 a. m.
f—According to an Antwerp telegram
to the Rhenania Transport Company
of Manneheim, some of the ships sunk
Jn the Port of Antwerp by the troops
of the allies have been raised and the
river again is navigable. An inven
tory of the goods in the raised vessels
ts being made.
The Antwerp government has In
vited bids for the raising of the re
mainder of the sunken ships.
ANOTHER STEAMER
SUNK OFF IRELAND
Fleetwood, England, (via London,
12:46 a. m.)—Word has been received
througn a trawler which arrived here
Wednesday night that another steam
er has been sunk off Malin Head on
the north coast of Ireland. There are
no details of this new shipping dis
aster. . ,
SUSPEND PROPOSED INCREASE.
Washington.—The interstate com
merce commission today suspended
until January 29, an advance in pas
aenger fares proposed by a large
number of western railways. The In
creases, suggested In tariffs which
were to have become effective Nov. 1,
averaged one quarter cent a mile, and
affected the paesenger rateH between
points located op. the Oregon Short
I,ine via Salt Bake or Ogden. Utash
and the Denver an Rio Grande and
joints east and south of Denver.
He’s Having Great Fun in Directing
Artillery Fire Against Own Chateau
Paris, 11:15 a. m.—The Counteea De
Chambrun, formerly Mine Clara Dong
worth of Cincinnati, a sinter of ex-
Congressman Nlchola# Longworth, has
received a letter from her husband,
■who waa at one time the French mili
tary attach# at Washington and now
1* an officer of an artillery company
at the front. In his letter Count De
Chambrun says:
RUSSIANS DRIVE ENEMY’S
RIGHT WING AS ITS LEFT
WAS STRUCK AT WARSAW
London, 10 a. nv—ln the eastern arena of the war In Europe the
Russians appear to have driven In the German right wing as a fortnight
ago they shattered the left before Warsaw In confirmation of this Is the
German official administration that their troops, together with the Aus
trians. had retreated In Poland.
CONFIRMED.
Washington.—Today's official wireless from Rerun to the German em
bassy supplements last night's official snnouncement of the retirement
Of the Oarman-Austrtan troops before new Russian forces The state
ment says the Beigisns have been reinforced in the fighting between
N’teuport and Dixmude, whkcli continued on the 2*Ut-
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
COST WILL BE 4
MILLION MEN, 3S
BILLION DOLLARS
So Declares U. S. Steel Head,
if European War Lasts 18
Months at Its Present Viol
ence---Most Optimistic Over
Coming Business.
Birmingham, Ala.—ls the European
war is maintained with its present
violence for eighteen months, the loss
of life will be 4,000,000 and the prop
erty loss thirty five billions of dollar.',
E. H. Gary, president of the American
Steel and Iron Institute, said today n
addressing the annual meeting of that
organization.
Mr. Gary admitted the present de
pressed state of the steel trade but
was optimistic of the future.
“Without particularizing, it would
seem safe to predict that in many im
portant respects business conditions in
the United States for the next three
months at least will be better than
they have been for the last thr e
months,” h declared.
“I do not hesitate to say, with em
phasis, that the opportunity for suc
cess and progress in this country it
greater than ever before.”
EXCHANGE AGREED
OK, B-BMTISH
London, 8:52 A. M.—A PetrograJ
despatch to The Times says the Brit
ish and Russian governments have
agreed to a mutually advantageous ex
change of combatant and technical
forces, the details of which will be
announced later.
PRES'T ENJOYS
HIS FIRST REST
Personally Wrote the Thanks
giving Proclamation Issued
Yesterday. In Close Touch
With Affairs, However.
Washington.— President Wilson now
is enjoying practically the first real
rest he has had since entering tho
White House. Cabinet meetings have
been postponed, the semi-weekly con
ferences with the Washington corre
spondents have been called off until
after the election and the president is
seeing only one or two callers a day.
Mr. Wilson spends most of his time
golfing, automoblling and reading in
his study. He Is keeping in close touch
with the business, European and Mex
ican situations and seeking to solve
the Colorado strike troubles. He per
sonally wrote his Thanksgiving Day
proclamation, issued yesterday, where
as such documents usually have been
prepared at the state department.
SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER.
New York.—At the 107th annual
communication of the supreme council
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry for the United
States of America, held here today, M.
W. Bayliss, of Washington. D. C. was
elected sovereign grand commander.
"PHONE PIONEERS” MEET.
Richmond, Va —Four hundred mem
bers of the society called the Tele
phone Pioneers of America, began
their sessions here today by re-elect
ing its officers of whom Theo. N. Vail
is president. A member described the
meeting as a reunion of old friends
rather than a convention.
PREBT. BEES JEROME.
Washington.-- -I’reshlent Wilson to
day received Jerome K. Jerome, the
English author. They discussed lit
erary subjects.
"1 am now having the great pleasure
of directing the artillery fire against
our own chateau, and I take great
enjoyment In seeing piece after piece
come down.”
The Do Chambrun chateau Is near St.
Mlhlel, w-here a stubborn struggle has
been going on for six weeks since that
point has been occupied by the Ger
mans.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 29, 1914.
FRENCH MARINES IN THE TRENCHES
.‘'.MW.' l ■ wm*' mi.B—W
This photograph shows a detachment of French marine soldiers participating in the
fighting in Northern Belgium.
Temporary Lull 14th Day Fight
in Flanders; Whether to Bury
Dead or Exhaustion Unknown
SHE’S GOING TO WRITE
A BOOK ON COTTON
MISS GENEVIEVE CLARK.
Washington, D. C.—■ Miss Genevieve
Clark, daughter of the speaker of the
house and originator of the "U. 8. It
Mont: Cotton," has been so overwhelm
ed Vlth requests about cotton and Its
uses that she has decided to write a
book, the title of which will l»e "The
Romance of Cotton." •It will deal
with the history of cotton from the
dawn of civilisation to the present
time.
SAY GERMAN BIG
GUN BLEW UP
Paris, 4:35 s. m.—The Journal pub
lishes a Madrid dispatch, credited to
the Imparclal, which alleges that one
of the German 42-centlmeter cannon
on their right wing In France explod
ed as the result of an excessive pow
der charge and that the gunners and
250 men were killed.
COST HIM ONLY $37.50,
Washington. Senator t'larkc, of
Arkansas, today reported to the sec
retary of the senate that, he had re
ceived no contributions for his cam
paign and his only expenditure for re
election was 137.50 to the state for
having bis name printed on the bal
lot.
London, 2:02 P. M.— Th o onslaughts of the
armies battling for mastery in the, Belgian marsh
lands still lack the force necessary to score a victory.
The Germans have not reached the French coast nor
have the allies frustrated their determination to at
tain this goal. Nevertheless such scraps of reliable
information as reach London arc taken by British ob
servers to indicate that the advantage at this stage
rests with the allied troops.
I.i Small Aru.
London, 10 a. m.—The fourteenth day
of the battle of West Flanders, which
is being lought over an area hardly
greater than a large farm in the state
of lowa, found the allies holding their
ground to the west of the Yser and
the Germans apparently bringing up
more reinforcements to repeat their
furious attempts to break through and
reach the coast of France.
Two Theories.
All dispatches seem to agree that
there was a temporary lull yesterday
in the fighting between Nieport end
Ypres, but the reports are far from
unanimous as to whether this Was duo
to an armistice to bury the dead and
remove the wounded, which must
thickly cover the field, or whether It
was caused by the exhaustion of the
contending forces or the German lack
of ammunition.
May Shift to Bouth.
The London press hazards all three
guesses snd contends at all events that
the position of the allies is satisfac
tory. The public is warned, however,
that the struggle in this quarter is not
yet over, for the Germans, If they find
the northern route to Dunkirk and Ca
lais Impassable, may shift to the eolith
with Boulogne as on objective.
It was at Boulogne that. Napoleon
waited in vain for his troops to em
bark for England and the taking of
THERE ARE
48
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Read Herald ads and
call for advertised
goods if you want the
pick of styles and
bargains.
When shopping in Augusts
tomorrow Soy: “I Saw It In
The Herald." It -will pay,
Try It.
this city by the Germans would eflr
the German people us notiiing else
could.
Sixteen Warships.
Berlin claims that there has been
no recent progress In the struggle in
Flanders and, as 1f explaining this,
says sixteen British warships are op
erating on the coast.
'This number never lias been con
firmed hy British sources, hut a de
spatch from Dover reports that n, bat
tleship equipped with 12-inch guns h is
gone to the assistance of the British
monitors which have been shelling the
Germans on shore.
Heavy Firing.
Other reports speak of heavy firin'?
in the North sea, as If a big naval
engagement had taken place, hut the
admiralty here is silent. Taken as a
whole, the English interpretation of
the news this morning was cheerful.
REINFORCE BOTH
MEU GENE'S
Washington. .Several carloads or
Inforcements for Gov. Maytoreria at
Nogalea, Sonora, are expected to ar
rive at any time from Knsenada, ac
cording to a report to the war depart
ment today from Rrlgadier General
Blits
| These reinforcements are under
stood to include mules and 16 moun
tain guns. The situation at Nano Is
I r eported unchanged. The Carranza
■ garrison at Agua i'rleta is being re
inforced from Naco.
FRENCH WOUNDED
LEFT FOR DAYS
I
Berlin, by wireless.- “A manifesto
i Issued by the Italian colony In I’arls,
| inviting donations for relief of the
distress In France, states that tba
I number of wounded lefr for days wlth-
I out medical treatment is appalling,
i "Reports received here from Vienna
; declare that the Kngllsh press news to
the effect that the health of the Aus
trian emperor Is unfavorable la wlth-
I out foundation. The emperor grants
j audiences dally."
MAY CAUSE' ITALY
TO JOIN IN WAR
Paris, 3:15 p. nv—Th#* action of
in occupying the sound end of
| Albania I* regurded by competent oli
! **rvf»r#i here to be news of *rmit mo-
I merit and which may cmiM Italy also
to occupy a part of Albania.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER uOPY.
IN JAP DISGUISE
EMOEN CREEPS
IN. SINKS TWO
Famous German Cruiser Sends
One Russian and One French
Warship to Bottom at Penang
Tokio, 11a. m.—The British embassy
hears that the German cruiser Emden,
flying the Japanese flag and disguised
by the addition of a fourth smoke
stack, entered Penang, a British pos
session In the Straits Settlement, and
fired torpedoes which sank the Hus
elan cruiser Jeintchug and a French
destroyer.
Most Auspicious.
The Guidon's entrance lute (lie wa
ters of Penang was audacious. Hlio
came In under the guna of the fort
mid after sinking the cruiser and the
destroyer escaped through the Strait
of Malacca. The fate of the crew on
board the Jeintchug is not yet known
here.
Merchant vessels belonging to the
belligerent nations are taking refuge
at Colombo, Ceylon.
The Russian cruiser Jeintchug was
a boat of about 3,100 tons and wat
laid o\\ n In 1902. Her main bnttery
consisted of hlx 4.7-lnch guns and she
bad a speed of 24 knots. She carried
a crew of 334 men. After the battle
of the Sea of Japan, during the Rin
slan-.Japanese war, 4n 1905, the Jenn
eting was interned at Manila.
The German cruiser Emden, after
her exploits in the Indian ocean around
India, where she sank a score or more
of British steamers, apparently has
shifted her soeno of operations more to
(he eastward to the vicinity of the
Straits Settlements.
Sinks Big Liner.
Berlin, by wireless to Ssville, L. I.—
The German erulser Emden according
to an official announcement issued to
day, lias sunk r big Japanese liner
bound for Singapore.
According to the Italian newspaper
Stamps, the German cruisers Emden
and Karlsruhe up to the present time
have sunk 33 vessels aggregating a
tonnage of 150,000. .
PROHIBITS NEWS
• WHAT CARGO IS
Secretary of Treasury Issues
Order That Customs Heads
Must Not Divulge Nature For
Thirty Dayß After Sailing.
Washington. Acting Secretary
Lansing said to day that Secretary
Lansing said today that Secretary Mc
not to make public the nature of car
goes of ships departing from Ameri
can ports until 30 days after they had
cleared, was Issued after consultation
With the state department. He declin
ed to give the reason for Its issuance,
but it Is understood some belligerent
ships at sen. have been receiving ad
vance Information of the contents of
cargoes through the publlcaltno of
manifests. Mr. lamslng pointed out
that before the war broke out mani
fests were not trmdo public as a rule
until several days after a ship hnd
clea red.
In some quarters here there was a
disposition to regard the order as lia
ble to cause the ships of the allies to
exerelse more than customary vigi
lance and scrutiny searching all ships
leaving American ports.
PRESIDENT CONSIDERS
CLOSING MINES
Washington. President Wilson Is
seriously considering whether he bus
authority to close the Colorado coal
mines, Involved In the strike, if the
operators continue to refuse the plan
of settlement already accepted by the
miners.
Attorney General Gregory conferred
with the president today and It was
understood Mr. Wilson had asked him
for a legal opinion as to his rigid to
dose the mines If public necessity In
Ills opinion, required that step. After
seeing the president, Mr. Gregory re
fused to discuss the question
Germans Are Assembling Submarine
Parts To Go Against British Fleet
Amsterday, via London, 7:30a. m. A dispatch from Hluls, Holland,
to the Handelshlod asserts that parts of several submarines have been
sent from Germany by railway to Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast, where
they will lie put together and the boats then sent against the British fleet
off Ostend. Htrlct secrecy, according to the Hluls correspondent, sur
rounds the German movements In Belgium and all railway communica
tion to Zeebrugge, Knocke and Bruges Is Interrupted.
THE KAISER ORDERS MORE~
MEN RUSHED TO BELGIUM
Lo don, 7:40 a. m.—Telegraphing from Copenhagen, the correspondent
of The Times says:
"It Is learned In Berlin that from all parts of the east and west hat
tlefronts soldiers are being rushed to Belgium In response to the order
of Emperor William to take Calais at all costs. It Is semi-officially an
nounced that the Gertuans wilt be able to control the southern part ot
the North sea as soon as they possess Calais.
All the entrance* to Ctixlmven, by land nml by scs. have been closed
by Imperial command. No civilians are allowed In the vicinity of th#
harbor, which Is crowded with floating batteries, Zeppelins and subma
rines."
HOME
EDITION
FINAL ARGUMENT
TOR DISSOLUTION
GREAT STEEL GO.
Former Secretary of War
Dickinson Insists Corporation
Should Be Disintegrated For
Violation of Anti-Trust Law.
Philadelphia.—The final day’s argu
ment In tiie greutest corporation case
ever considered by any court opened
with Jacob M. Dickson, former secre
tary of war, and special assistant to
the attorney general, continuing his
address, urging that the United States
Sled Corporation should be disinte
grated because It Is violating the anti
trust laws. Mr. Dickinson's argument
was largely In rebuttal of what the six
corporation lawyers who preceded him
had said In defense of the corporation
and its subsidiaries.
Had Power to Crush.
Mr. Dickinson said the steel corpo
ration had the power to crush out alt
competitors If It so desired, but it.
realized that If it pursued inch a pol
icy, It would be crushed swiftly by the
government. It adopted a different
scheme, lie said. It entered Into pools,
agreements and combinations with Its
competitors, be declared, by means of
which prices were kept up and larger
returns were received on its enormous
watered capital.
Most Astute Policy.
It was, he said, Ills most astute and
most comprehensive policy that ever
bus characterized any business move*
ment in the history of the world.
After rumors of possible prosecu
tion get abroad, after congressional
and governmental Investigations were
started, Mr. Dickinson declared, the
corporation changed Its methods to
reach the same ends. It dropped pools
and agreements and larger and broader
schemes were devised.
Effect of the Joiners.
These were the famous Gary dinners
and meetings which were attended by
ninety per cent of the iron and steel
manufacturers of the country. At the
dinners ami meetings, E. H. Gary, head
of the steel corporation, was always
the most active figure and Mr. Dickin
son alleged that understandings were
reached by which prices were kept
up. Me ridiculed the explanations of
tiie defense that the dinners were held
only to discuss business conditions and
not to fix prices, divide territory and
limit output.
NOPREST LETTER.
ROGER SULLIVAN
Washington, D. C. —President Wil
son considers the endorsement given to
the senatorial candidacy of Roger Sul
livan In Illinois hy Postmaster General
Burleson as sufficient and will not
write a letter endorsing Mr. Sullivan,
ns ho has to Some other candidates.
That was stated today authoritatively.
Mr. Burleson, with the consent of tiie
President, said In a speech at Peoria
Ills., recently that the administration
was for Mr. Kulllvun, whose nomina
tion was opposed by Secretary Bryan.
Chairman McCombs, of tho Demo
cratic National Committee, and some
other Ipailers have come out openly for
him.
3 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Bt. Louis. —What Is considered the
most Important democratic rally of the.
Missouri campaign will he held here
tonight when Vice-President Mar
shall, Senator Wim, J, Stone of Mis
souri. and Senator J. Hamilton Lewi*,
of Illinois, will address the same au
dience.
ARMY RATIONS COST MORE.
Washington.— Even the army ration
with Its f lmpla components has shared
In the general Increased cost of living
The annual report of Quartermaster
General Aleshlre shows that the av
erage cost of the ration for American
troops lids year was 24.40 cents as
against 23.41 for 1913.
GEORGIAN TO WEBT POINT.
Washington. Announcement was
made by the war department today of
the appointment of David P. McDuf
fie, Columbus, tla., as a candidate for
admission to the United Htates mili
tary academy.
INSPECT 800 HORSES.
Springfield, Mo, Eight hundred
horses were Inspected hy representa
tives of the French government here
today.
The animals are to be shipped to
France hy wav of New Orleans.