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THE WEATHER t Pair tonight and Sat urday. VOLUME XIX, No. 303. Turkish Warships Fire on Russians Port of Odessa Entered and Vessels Sunk—Action Has Been Anticipated—While Great Numbers of Ottoman Troops Supposed Massed on Frontier, Warfare to Be Naval. Think Turkey in Europe Now Doomed Bordeaux, 1 P. M.---It was announced officially here today that two Turkish torpedo boat destroyers entered the port of Odessa, on the Black Sea, yesterday and sank a Russian gunboat. They also inflicted damage on the French liner Portugal. YET UNCONFIRMED. Washington.—Absence of con firmation of reports that Turkey had declared war on Russia occas sioned the belief in official circles here that the cruisers Goe hen and Breslau may have bom barded Odessa and other Russian cities on their own initiative. London, 3:11 p. m.—The view lias been expressed ir» official cir cles that tlie Turkish government may conceivably try to dissociate itself from the action of its war ships in the Black Sea in bom barding Russian ports, including Odessa. Ordered to Leave. London, 1:27 p. m.—The Russian ambassador at Constantinople has been withdrawn, according to official announcement mode here today and in consequence of the Turkish attacks on Russian ports, instructions have been sent Russian consuls in Turkey to leave the country. English Ambassador Acts. Constantinople, (via London, 3:32 «. m.) —In anticipation of the possible Invasion of Egyptian territory, British Ambassador Mallet, acting under in structions from his government has (plainly lrformed the grand vizier that »f the, Turks cross the frontier It pwt, Id mean war with the Entente, (powers. It is understood the embassies of -the allied powers, fearing a rupture, already have made the necessary ar rangements for the departure of the diplomatic rpresentatives. Turk Officers Land. London, 7:39 a. m.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Petrograd de clares that Odessa was also visited by Turkish warships. It eays: “Two Turkish destroyers fired Shells at Odessa harbor, sinking a merchant ship. The Turks also bom barded Novorossysk, a seaport of Caucasia. “Two Turkish officers landed at Theodosia on the sontheast coast of Crimea to demand the surrender of the port. The governor promptly im prisoned them. The Balkan States. "There is keen interest here as to the attitude of the Balkan States. Bulgaria recently gave assurances that she was bound by no treaty com pelling joint action. It is believed she would join the allies against the Turks if assured of some reward at the end of the conflict. Rumanian feeling is more than ever favorable to the al lies. "Public opinion here while surpris ed at Turkey’s action, welcomes the opportunity presented to settle the eastern question once for all.” THERE ARE 47 Shopping Days Before Xmas Rrad Herald ads and call for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. Wh .n shopping in Augusta tomorrow Say: M l Saw It. in The Herald.” It will pay. Try It. . -THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES - THE AUGUSTA HERALD HER ill DOOM PRONOUNCEDGT TURKEY’S ACT Excitement in Petrograd Great When News of Ottoman Bom bardment, Without Declara tion of War, Came. Petrograd, via. London, 6:50 a. m.— In the highest official sources heie it is stated that Russia views tne ac tion of Turkey in bombarding two un fortified Russians ports without a dec laration of war as infinitely more im portant to Kngland than to Russia, on account of the English communica tions with India and her position in Egypt. Although Russia, it is stated, now has a new war on her hands her policy will not he one of general ag gression against Turkey but merely a defense of her own interests In tlio Black sea. It is pointed out that the allies previously had guaranteed the integrity of Turkey only if she re mained neutral. Awaits Instructions. Farahdine Bey, the Turkish ambas sador here, said tonight: "I have no had no instructions from Constantinople, communication now being cut, and have heard only from the Russian newspapers about Turkey beginning war. I am now In the hands of the Russian government, whose in structions I am awaiting. I am sorry that my labor to improve the relations of the two countries has had so dis astrous an ending. "What moved the sultan’s govern ment to take this step is absolutely unknown to me. I am sure I have nothing to fear, personally." Clamorous Throngs. While giving this interview in the Turkish embassy a clamorous throng surrounded the building, manifesting against Turkey. The people were re strained from violence by mounted gendarmes. Earlier the same mob paraded the streets with bared heads, singing and cheering. They called the orchestras out of the holtels and demanded that they assist by playing the national an them. The excitement In Petro grad is the greatest since the declara tion of war against Germany. BIGWONTIRE AT MOULTRIE. GA. Moultrie, Ga.—Four thousand bales of cotton stored here In the warehouse of J. W. Coleman and Brother were destroyed by fire early today. The ioss, Including a quantity of farm ma chinery and grain. Is estimated at from *150,000 to *200,000. More than one-half of this loss is covered by In surance. The fire Is said to have start ed from an explosion. 10 NATIONS NOW IN; GREECE, ITALY READY London, 2:30 p. m.—The battle array as a result of the entry of the Ottoman empire Into the international struggle now stretches in an almost unbroken diagonal lino across Europe. As Turkey’s adherence to the Teu tonic side of the quarrel can hardly be the last new factor in the war which gradually is engufling the eastern hemisphere the conflict may reach from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Greece, Roumania and Bulgaria are practically certain to be drawn into the conflict which already is engaging ten nations and the ultimate incluaion of Italy and Persia, with perhaps the Asiatic lands to the west ward of the latter country, is today regarded in London as scarcely less probable. THOUSANDS OF UN BUR IED BODIES ON BATTLEFIELD London, 10 a. m.—ln a dispatch from Amsterdam a Central News correspondent quotes the (jstend representative of the newspaper Tyd to the effect that thousands of wounded Germans are returning from the battles in Flanders. Loaded into all kinds of vehicles the procession of wounded men Is moving nortward, those not seriously hurt are traveling on foot. Thousands of unburled bodies cover the battle ground, the corre spondent says, and no one can form an adequate Idea of the number of victims falling every moment in this mad fight. Between Lepe nnd Middlekerke the German guns have ceased firing because their shells would kill tlermarf'troops as well ns the soldiers of the allies. Consequently only hand to hand fighting is taking place. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 30, 1914. German Prince, Head ol British Navy, Who Resigned Yesterday £vwwj,>irsavA.c \ ««WS <i£JSKX£i, • i -*"“^'- ki BARON FISHER SUCCEEDS. London, 1:55 p. m.—The appointment of Baron Fisher, admiral of the fleet, to succeed Prince Louis of Buttenberg as first lord of the admiralty, was announced officially by the press bureau today. PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG. London. —Considerable adverse? comment hail continued prior to Prince Louts’ resignation yesterday over the fact that the important postton of First Lord of the British Admiralty was occupied by a native German, I’rjce Louis of Buttenberg. It has been repeatedly pointed out that no matter how Intense his loyalty to the British government, Prince Louis could not possibly enjoy participating In the destruction of the German navy. DESTROY AMERICAN PROPERTY, ODESSA WIRELESS WARNS OLYMPIC; MINES London,, 3:45 p. m.—The steamer Olympic, which left New York Oct. 21 for Glasgow, warned by wireless that there were German mines off Tory Island on the north coast, of Ireland, put Into Lough Swilly. Here her pas sengers were landed and sent by spe cial train to Londonderry. Loss Probably Through Bom bardment By Turkish Ships. Extent of Damage Not Yet Known. Washington.—Acting Secretary Lan sing today announced receipt of a tele gram from the American charge d’af faires at Petrograd saying Odessa has been bombarded and some American property destroyed. The dispatch from Charge Wilson transmitted a message from the Amer ican consul at Odessa who said he would send a fuller report later on tie extent of American property damaged. He did not say by whom the bombard merit wai done but It Is presumed here that It was by the Turkish ships. On Thursday. Washington. Charge Wilson * dls di spat eh was dated “Petrograd, Oct 21). 7 p. m„” and spoke of the bom bardment as having taken place "last night’ evidently meaning Wednesday. Calls on U. 8. Embassy. Washington.—Secretary Lansing nt once called on the American embassy at Petrograd to report the exact nature of the damage to American property. If the usual twenty-four hours' no tice of bombardment was not. given, Americans will have Just cause for damage to all property which could have been removed. Distribution ot houses of buildings owned by foreign ers, however, are not regarded as tho •übjeet of claim, being classed as in cidents of war to which aliens sub ject themselves to In buying property in a foreign country. The subject of claims resulting from bombardment has been much discuss ed In American International law. Mr. lamslng declined to comment on the merit* of the question. WATER AND OXYGEN IN MAR 3. Flagstaff, Ariz.- The results of the measurements by Prof. K. W. Very, of Hpectagrams of Mars ami the moon, obtained by Dr. V. M„ Hllpher at the Lowell Observatory on the night of February •. t 914, have just been pub lished. They entirely confirm Dr. Hllpher's previous spectoroscoplc proof In 1903 of water vapor and of oxygen In the Martian atmosphere. U. S, WARSHIPS ARE RUll TO HAITI TODJT Washington Administration Acts Promptly to Protect Americans in Republic to the South in Revolution Washington.—President Zamor of Haiti has been obliged to quit his capital. Port An Prince, and seek ref uge on a Dutch vessel, according to a report to the state department today from the American legation in Haiti. Officials interpret this to mean that no rebels are in complete control ol Port Au Prince. Speeding South. Washington, D. C. The oat tie ship Kansas and the transport Hancock with a full regiment of marines aboard, to day were proceeding through Southern seas for Haitian waters as an adminis tration step for the protection of Am erican citizens and other foreigners in that turbulent republic. Port Au Prince, capital of Haiti, now held by the rebels was tiie destination of both vessels, the Kansas having been ordered from \ Cruz and the Hancock from Dominican waters. On Port Au Prince. Orders for the two vessels to proceed with all possible speed for the Haitian capital had hen sent out by the navy department following the receipt of un official advices stating that Davilmar Theodore, having proclaimed himself president, was marching against Port Au Prince. The action was taken at the request of the state department. The Hancock was expected to reach Port Au Prince during the day while the Kansas probably will arrive there tomorrow. With Some Anxiety. Administration officials today awaited with some anxiety official advices con cerning the latest revolutionary uprising in the Haitian capital. Pending the re ceipt of such Information. It was be lieved further steps, if necessary for the 1-votedion of the lives and property of Americans and other foreigners would he left to naval officers on the scene. CURT ‘I NEWS’ HUSSEIN BET’S ONEY ANSWER Turkish Charge Refuses to Be Disturbed on War Situation. Greek Minister Equally Mum. Strength Ottoman Army, Navy. V/ashington,—Hussein Bey, the Turkish charge here, dismissed tbo situation with a curt statement of "no news” and a refusal to he disturbed. The Greek minister declined to dla cuss any future action of hi* gov ernment until he had received oftt clal Instructions from Athens. The policy of Greece, as previous!;) announced by Minister Hchllemarin here, would cause Greece to enter the war In case any of the peaceful Bal kan states should take up arms. No official dispatches had reached ttyi Greek legation early today. Minister Bchllemann suggested It was possible the reported action of the Turkish warships might have been prompted by a mutiny of the crew, Fuli War Strength. The full war strength of Turkey's army Is 300,000 trained men, accord ing to statistics here but In addition it Is believed that there are about 100,000 regulars, some of whom actu ally have joined the army while the rest are ready to do so. The regular army Is composed of thirteen army corps.. Teh Infantry is said now to he the strongest branch. The artillery lost many of Its guns during the recent Balkan war. The Navy. Turkey's naval strength consists o* three battleships, four cruisers, three torpedo gun boats, ten destroyers, ten torpedo boats, 28 small boats, a eou:it defense Hhtp and some auxiliary craft. The battleships are old and none has guns larger than 11-Inch. Two f the four cruisers are the Ooeben and Breslau, recently secur'd from Germany. . Officer* and Men. i’he ten torpedo boats range from 12! to 167 tons and are of 26 and 27 knots In speed. The oldest was In I I In 1901, The 28 small gunboats rang* from 185 to 602 tons. The personnel of the navy, according to the latest Information available here, consists of six vice and eleven rear admirals, 208 captains, 289 commanders, 228 Iteuten anta, 187 ensigns, thirty thousand sail ors and 9,000 marines. FABRICATION OF GERMANS PROVED London, 2:48 p. m Officio! denial was given In I,ondon today to the re port sent out from Berlin Oct. 27, that there had been sanguinary encounters between the British garrison and In dian troops at Alexandria, Egypt, and that a court martial held In Alexan dria had sentenced thirty men to deal h. This German report, It Mas said was from official sources It mbs declared today to tie an entire fabrication, the ties! proof of which wan found In the tact that no Indian troops are station ed at Alexandria. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Flanders Fight Still Deadlocked HOSPITAL SHIP OE ENGLAND IS IN THE ROCKS Bound to Belgium to Bring Back Wounded- -Women All Saved-- No Hope For 58 seen Clinging in Rigging. London, 1:30 p. m.—Signals of dis tress have been sent up since last night off Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast, from a steamship believed to bo the Rohilla, a British vessel of 7,000 tone being used us a hospital ship. The gale {blowing, however, hue caused such heavy seas that the launching of life bouts lias been Im possible. Among tlie Wreckage. Early this morning four seamen were found among some wreckage thrown up on the coast. Evidently they tried to swim ashore. Among the wreckage also Mas a plank on which appeared the name "Rohilla, of Glasgow.” One of the seamen, still Is living. Tremendous seas are breaking over the vessel and the members of the crew can be seen In the rigging. Tho Rohilla was bound from yueons Ferry to Belgium to bring back wounded from France. She ran on the rocks half a mile south of Whitby, 17 miles northwest of Scarborough at 4 o'clock this morning during a violent southeast gale and rainstorm. The vessel carried four nurses and several doctors and full hospital equipment. All Women Saved. All the women were saved. All of tho boats except the last one launched was smashed by the seas and washed ashore. The remaining boat was swamped near shore and tlie people In it waded to safety. Lifeboats with extreme difficulty brought ashore two loads of the ves sel’s passengers after which further attempts at rescue with the boats were abandoned. With 68 persons | still clinging to the vessel which had her after end broken nearly off, little hope is entertained for rescuing these. Efforts are being mads to get assist ance from other ports. CARRANZA ASKS DATE WHEN U. S. TROOPS WILLGD Washington.—Governor Mnylorena'* forces at Nogales, Sonora, have been reinforced by the arrival of about three hundred men and four three-inch mountain gun# from Oananaea, ac cording to a report to the war depart ment today from Brigadier General Bliss. This brings Maytorerui’s force# at Nogales up to about one thousand men. Officials here were not surprised at a report from Mexico City that Car ranza's minister of foreign affairs had sent the state department a note ex pressing Mllllngness to discuss condi tions of the evacuation of Vera Crus, providing the United mates would set the date of the withdrawal of General Funston'a forces. German Air Bomb Kills Nineteen French Market Women; Injures Forty London, 3:20 a. m# —Two German a*roplan*s on Wednesday dropped two bomb® at Bethuna, France, according to tho correspondent of tho Dally Hail In northern France. The fir«t failed to explode but the *ec ond which fell among market wo- men killed 19 of them and Injured 40 others. Tw o bom he were aleo dropped at JXunkirk on the eame day from a Taube machine 9,000 feet up In the air. A woman and child were killed and all the windows in the neighborhood were tirnauhed. The women on the town are terrified. INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR RUSSIANS IN POLAND Petrograd, via. London, 5:25 a. m.—Genera Maalof, military critic us The Novoe Vrernyu, In summing up the war situation in the east, says: "Although, generally speaking, 'lie trend of the Ruasiun military oper ations Is becoming Increasingly favorable, battles rage on all fronts with unprecedented tenacity and stubbornness. Not only the Germans but the Austrians, despite tln-lr recent defeat, sre fighting with Intense energy and It would not lie surprising If the Germans should reinforce their fighting lines and again attempt to assume the offensive. At present, however, the Russians largely retain the Initiative." U. S. AMBASSADOR NOTIFIED THAT IF GERMAN CIVILIANS IN ENGLAND NOT FREED, ARRESTS IN GERMANY FOLLOW Berlin, (By Wlreleet). German y has notified Great Britain through ■fumes W Gerard, the American ambassador 'n Berlin, thut If German civilians In Knglaml, excepting those against whom there are grounds of simpleton, are not liberated by November sth all British subjei ts In Ger* many will be similarly arrested. The feeling on this subject In Berlin la hlglu HOME EDITION Parisßegards Situation In Great Battle Raging As Favorable. Expect Re newal of German Effort to Take Channel Ports. Heavy Snow in the Vos ges—Reinforcements for Both Sides Paris, 2:56 p. French offi cial announcement given out In Paris Ibis afternoon says that the forces of the enemy which had passed tho River l'ser have been compelled to withdraw by reason of inundations of the low country brought about by the Belgian army. The Rrltlsh troops, assailed at seve ral points to the north of La Basse by superior forces, resumed tho of fensive witli energy and reconquered to a considerable extent the terrain yielded to the enemy. Bad for Germans London, 3 p, m.—Gen lderthaul, a French military critic, summing up the situation todp ’ uolares the outlook for the Germans .u bad all along the line. B« predicts another effort against the allies’ left wide.i will bo a serious one. The Idea Is advanced by soma ob servers that the Gormans will abandon their effort to get through to Calais and try instead to reach Boulogne, but It Is not believed this slight change of route will Increase the chances of suo cess. Still is Dsdlooksdi London, 7:10 a. m—Paris regards the situation this morning In FUtndors as highly favorable. In official circles there prevails an air of satisfaction surpassing the Impression created by the official communication. The sec ond vlHit of President Poincare to the battle front Is regarded as a good sign and is taken to presage Important develomenta Military critics regard the prolonged assaults of the Germans along tho Yser as having failed and (hey expect that the enemy, following their custom, will now make another effort elsewhere. The great activity In upper Alsace during the last few day* suggests an attack from that quarter Wounded Aoroes Rhine, ft Is declared hero tnat all the Ger man wounded at Saint Louis have been taken across the Rhine and that all applications for safe conducts In upper Alsace have been refused. In spite of the general hopefulness prevailing In tho French capital tho deadlock In the extended battle line In France and Belgium continues today according to all available Information here regarding the great battle rag ing between the Germane and the al lies. The latest French offfldal com munication, briefer than ever, de clares simply that there Is no Impor unt news to report. Not 8o Fierce. While the fighting appears to be somewhat more general. It Is not so fierce or continued as It was for two weeks after the battle line In the northeast extended Into Belgium, along the Yser and the ooasL Evidently both sides are recuperating from the strain of these tremendous efforts and are strengthening their lines with fresh troops brought up by reinforcements. No one here doubte that the Ger mans shortly will renew their efforts to take the channel ports but there is every confidence that the allies, as heretofore, will check them lit thla ob jective. Winter Arrives. Winter has made Its presence frtt all along the battle line. The last few nights have been cold and In the Voo ges a heavy snow has fallen, stopping the German operations there. On the rest of the line the cold has not tn terferred with the fighting which however, as [irevlously noted le of a desultory character because of the ex haustion of the troops.