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INSUFFIENCT OF
HOSPITALS 111
NORTH FRANCE
Stream of Wounded Continues.
Many Hurt By Shrapnel Must
Be Attended to Quickly to
Avoid Infection
London, 5 a. m.—The hospital ac
commodations In northern Krone* aro
Insufficient to cope with the nuniher
mt wounded being rcoelved. According
to n medical correepondent of The
Times Writing from Boulogne the
correspondent says:
“The hospital* are full, hut the
itrenm of wounded continue* and will j
continue. The plnln fact* are that
th« hospital accommodation* In north
ern France Hr* Insufficient. The pol
icy of shipping an many wounded a*
poanlhle to Knglnnd la being pushed
to a dangerous extrema.
"There I* a great and serious lack
of efficient and experienced surgeons
and nurses. A great majority of the
wounds are caused by shrapnel. They
become Infected quickly and demand
surgical treatment of the most thor
ough character With these cases
time Is a big f.%ior. It Is dangerous
In most eases to subject the patient
to a long trip to England.
“Many more hospitals must be es
tah'.lshed In hotels, casinos and houses
behind the firing line, Burgeons of
long experience must be sent. Finally,
antiseptic surgery must be practiced
end not aseptic surgery.”
SAKE 51 MORE,
HOSPITAL SHIP
Bodies Being Washed Up on
Beach Prom British Steamer
Rohilla on the Rocks.
Whitby, Eng., (vie London, 12:60
p. ns.)—Fifty more men were saved
this morning from the wrerk of the
British hospital ship Hohllla. which
ran on the rocks of the Yorkshire
coaat, near her* early yesterday.
Bearing physicians, nurse* and hos
pital supplies the Hohllla was on tier
way to a Belgian or a French port to
sueoor the wounded when she was
driven ashore.
The total number of persons on
board the ship Is imt definitely known
but some estimate!) place It at 200.
There are an Id to be still about 60
persons on the vessel.
Several men this morning. In re
sponse to a signal from the shore, de
cided to tnke the risk of swimming.
A few of them reached the land safe
ly, hut others were drowned. Bodies
are now being washed up on the
beach.
m GIBRALTAR.
HELD J$ PHIZES
The Two Italian Steamers
Seised As Part of Cargoes
Were of War Material.
Gibraltar, Spain, 1 p. m.- The Ital
ian at (Miner Regina H'ltalla and Han
Glovannix were seized by the British
navy na prizes, owing to the fact that
parte of tholr cargoes consisted of
war material, It was stated. The ves
eela will be held pending a decision of
a prlxe court.
The Regina d'ltalla and the San
Giovanni were hound from American
porte to Italy with cargoes of cotter.
Their aeixure by tha Itrltleh brought
a proteat to the atate department at
Waehlngton on Oct, 2* from repreoen
tntlvea of four copper companlea In
New York. No official information of
the eelxur# had been received by (he
etate department at that time
y. 5, SURGEONS
111 RUSS IRI
American Red Ofoss Members,
in Crar's Uniforms, Off For
the Battle Front.
Petrograd, (via London, 2:08 p. m.)
—The members of the American Hed
Croaa unit detailed to Kuasla left
Petrograd laat night on a special train
bound for Kiev, where they expect to
begin work Immediately, ltefore leav
ing the capital the two aenlor sur
geon* were given commiaaiona In the
Russian army with the rank of gen
eral. while the four junior* were each
given commiaaiona with rank of col
onel
All the aurgeona were clad In the
regular Knaalan army uniform* with
out Insignia to Indicate their Ameri
can nationality. The result waa that
during their atay In Petrograd they
everywhere were taken for liu**ian
officers. Whole battallona of soldiers
on meeting them halted and came to
preaent arm*, while officer* twice
their age but of Inferior rank paid
them due reapect.
MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF
NORTH CAROLINA VS, NAVY
Annapolis, Md. —lntercat attache*
to today’* game between navy and
Agricultural nnd Mechanical College
of North Carolina n* a means of Judg
ing whether the marked Improvement
shown bjr navy laat week la perma
nent. ~
SOCIAL SERVICE
EXPERTS PICKED
Will Aid Children’s Department
of Labor. Government’s First
Atempt to Widen Depart
mental Field.
Washington.—Social service experts
who will aid the children's bureau jf
the department of labor In the gov
ernment's first attempt to widen Its
departmental field In this direction
have been selected by Mias Julia La
throp, chief of the bureau, according
to announcement today and plans for
the Investigations they will pursue
have been mapped out. An additional
181,000 was appropriated by congress
to cover thin work. Among the ex
perts to he named are those on sani
tation, Industrial employment, a libra
rian and numerous special agents and
clerks, Mlsa I.athrop has offered posts
to several prominent social workers
and Is awaiting acceptance before an
nouncing their names.
INDICTMENTS IN
GASOLINE 1R
Criminal Actions Charged
Againßt Standard Oil and
Gulf Refining Co. in Jersey
City.
Jersey City, N. Je—lt was reported
beta today that criminal Indictments
bail been voted by the Hudson County
grand Jury against the Standard OH
Company, of New Jersey, and the
Gulf Refining Company, which havo
been engaged in a rate war on gaso
linn In Hudson and Essex Counties
within the past few months.
According to the report, there were
two Indictments and they were voted
last night. It was said they would
not be handed In to court until next
Monday and that they were found
under the so-called "seven alsters
laws."
Ten witnesses testified yesterday
before the grand Jury as to the part
played by the two companies In the
recent rapid lowering of prices on
gasoline in Hudson County.
Under the "seven sisters laws" a
corporation could he found guilty of
a misdemeanor and punished by fine
of SI,OOO or more or Imprisonment if
the officers whose acts were adjudged
Illegal, or both.
CANADA ADOPTS
IB EMBARGO
Far Reaching Order on Con
traband of War Issued By the
Dominion Government.
Ottawa.—The Canadian government
j today placed an embargo on the ex
portation to any country at war with
| Great Britain of any article which w ill
jhe of u*» to them In proaecutlng the
war.
A far-reaching contraband of war
order adopted yesterday by the do
minion cabinet also prohibits the ex
portation of contraband to any neu
tral country which would In turn re
export the muterlala to Groat Britain's
enemies.
Among the articles specifically men
tioned as contraband are nickel,
nickel ore. woolen goods, food, explo
sives, horses, fodder, leather, coal,
copper, petrol, aeroplanes and barbed
j wire.
FAMOUS RAcIThORSE, LORD
LORIS, KILLED IN BATTLE
Paris, 3:50 s. m.—lt Is announced
that James Hennessy's chestnut horse,
l.ord Loris, which had captured many
prlxe turf events and brought lta
.owner a fortune In purses, was killed
while serving at the front as an of
ficer's mount. The horse had been
ridden by the Jockey, Alec Carter, who
was recently killed In action while
serving as a captain Of the French
dragoons The army. In requisition
ing the horse, paid hla owner 4,000
frunea <|SOO).
l.ord 1-orta, most recent turf
achievement was the winning of the
] grand steeplechase l'e Tarts, valued at
180,000 at the Auteull course on June
I 21st last.
Fears For Fate of
| Brussels Buildings
Paris, 6:30 s. m,—Maurice Master
| lltiok, the r>« lifian author. In a signed
article 1n The Figaro reviewing the
i phases of the war In Belgium, still ex
presses fear for the fate of the Grand
; Place (market plxcel, the Hotel I>«
; Vllle (the town hall), and the cathed
: ra| of Brussels He says he Is cer
tain and knows *rom a sure personal
| source that they have been mined end
that only a spark Is needed lo reduce
| them to debris.
Sails Withl2oo
Americans For N.Y.
Copsnhagsn, (via London.!—The
American oil tank steamer John D.
Rockefeller arrived here today. For
.the last three years no mercantile ves
sel carrying the American flag has
j visited Copenhagen and the advent of
the Rockefeller today wae made tha
occasion for a hearty greeting by a
large crowd which gathered at her
pier
The steamer t'nlted States sailed
■ last night for America. She has 1,29®
J American passengers aboard.
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ENGINE OF WAR.
This engine of war has Just been built for the use of the British army In the campaign against the Germana
This armored automobile will hold some twenty men with rifles.
Manufacturers’ Record Says Growers
of Cotton Must Help Stand Losses
The following Is from The Manufac
turers’ Record:
It Is important that cotton should
not be sacrificed, but It Is equally at
Important that cotton growers should
realize that they must stand their
share of the world’s losses and that
they cunnot hope to get full prices for
their staple this year. They have
raised what Is probably the largest
cotton crop ever produced, and at a
time when the wlmlo business of the
world Is halted by war.
Cotton growers should understand
that when they owe debts It is a mat
ter of honor to sell enough of their
cotton to pay these debts, even If they
have to Bell below the of produc
tion. In times of stress and business
depression, thousands of security hold
ers have to sell below the cost to them
in order to meet their obligations, an 1
millions of men under such conditions
ns now exist have to sell their labor
at a price below Its real vain* In or
der to pet the best they enn, anil they
feel fortunate in these time* In hav
ing half a loaf when they cannot get
a whole one.
It would ho a sad blow to the struc
ture of business life and business In
tegrity of the South If cotton growers
should he made to feel that they are
to be coddled and nursed to a larger
extent than any other class of peo
ple. It was not so with the grain
growers of the West when wheat sold
at 60 rents n bushel and corn at 18 or
20 cents; It was not so In Kansas
when drouths practically destroyed the
work of awhole year. These people
faced the situation with courage an 1
overcame their losses or pocketed their
losses and faced the future with new
courage.
Moreover, the only possible way to
Increase the production of foodstuffs
throughout the Bouth and lessen the
acreage next year in cotton Is by
those cotton growers who are depend
ent upon loans In order to make a crop
learning by force of circumstances, by
the hard logic of facts, that they can
not go on concentrating upon cotton In
the belief that the whole country will
again come to their relief. Every ef
fort to reduce cotton acreage by legis
lation. national or state, Is, on tts
face, so absurd that one wonders at
such suggestions being made by pub
lic men. Kvon If it were feasible. It
would be Impolitic and uneconomic, for
Queen Working Daily With Red Cross
1 i
QUEEN AMELIE OF PO~ TUGAL.
London. —There Is a queen at work dally In the Red Orosa headquar
ters at Devonshire House, Queen Atnelle of Portugal Don Manuel's moth
er. who it attached to the penman •! department of the British Red Cross
Society Anyone who visits the fourth floor cannot fall to see this notice
pointed on the door: “Her Mujesty Queou Amelia* of Portugal and Sophia
Lady Gifford."
1 AUr: Hfp/'LO. AUGUSTA, GA.
New British War Automobile
the South should raise a moderate crop
of cotton next year. It cannot entirely
adjust Itself In one year to abandon
ing cotton without a far greater loss
than to raise a moderate crop, even
If it should be sold at cost or less, for
even then the loss would be less than
the loss of complete stoppage. Many
an industrial plant has to run at a
loss because to shut down would cause
a still heavier loss.
The right of a man to cultivate his
land and to put It In cotton or corn
as inay suit his own fancy, cannot be
taken from him by legislation, and if
It copld be done it would result only
In disaster. But men can be taught
by hard experience that they cannot
Indefinitely go on borrowing money
with which to make a crop. Moreover,
landou-ners who encourage their ten
ants to raise cotton because they know
nothing themselves except cotton, and
their name is legion, and merchants
who advance supplies on credit against
cotton to be planted, and thus practi
cally compel the cotton grower to buy
from them his foodstuffs for man and
beast at a high price, are now paying
the penalty for the system which they
built up. They have builded on a
found tlon jf sand, and the storm of
one bad business season Is destroying
some of them, though they had had
seven or eight years of splendid cot
ton prices and big profits on which tj
base a solid foundatioi .
When the cotton grower who Is in
debt has sold enough of his cotton to
pay his obligations, and that Is a mat
ter of common honesty unless his cred
itors are willing to extend the time of
payment, he has a right to store the
balance of his crop and hold it just
as long as he wants to, regardless of
the ups and downs of the market. But
with the size of this crop and the
world's condition both taken Into view,
every grower should seriously study
the situation and decide whether It
would not be wise to sell at least some
of his cotton on every fairly active or
strong market. If the growers will
part with some of their cotton on ev
ery good market and withdraw every
time the market declines, It will be
possible for the South to get rid of a
very considerable proportion of the
present crop to the ultimate advantage
of the grower and nil business inter
ests throughout the South. It is wi9e
to bear in mind that this crop, probab-
ly the largest and the best that the
South has ever produced, cannot be
held off thje market without ultimately
coming on with a rush and breaking
it to a point where growers would be
at a greater disadvantage than at
present.
The Manufacturers’ Record has, for
twenty-five years, been a persistent
advocate of higher prices for cotton.
It has recognized the importance of
good prices of cotton to every busi
ness Interest in the South. It has
fought every effort to break down the
price of cotton, whether by the spin
ners of Europe or this country or by
cotton speculators, but in the light of
present world conditions, it fully rec
ognizes that though the “buy-a-bale”
movement has been productive of much
good, and should be encouraged on a
sound basis and not on a gambling
basis, it is not possible for a campaign
of this kind to absorb the surplus crop
of cotton of this year’s production nor
permanently maintain the price. Other
factors and the law of supply and de
mand must inevitably have their in
fluence. These facts the cotton plant
ers ought to carefully study.
Every Individual grower must, there
fore. for himself, In the light of this
world situation, decide as to whether
he will take the chances of selling at
present or of withholding his cotton
after he has sold enough to take care
of hit obligations.
QUIET AND SAFE.
“Spends Quiet Dq.y in Jail,” ob
serves a headline. One can be quiet
in Jail. There are no orchestras there
that insist on playing In the paint
room when one is trying to eat his
dinner. And you can spend a whole
day there without being in danger
of being run over by a motorcycle.—
Buffalo Express.
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS
• ■
New Orleans.—Spot cotton quotations
today were:
New Orleans Galveston 6 5-16;
Mobile 6%; Savannah 7; Norfolk 7;
Houston 7 l fc: Memphis Augrust 7 i
3-16; St. Louis 6 a i; Little Rock 6%;
THllas 6 13-16; Charleston 7; Wilming
ton 7.
Daily Pattern
lOT*_A COMFORTABLE AND PRETTY
DRESS FOR MOTHER S GIRL.
Striped woolen In brown tones was
used for this model, with tan woolen for
trimming. Ths uress may be finished
with long or short s eoves The yoke
ptwtton* are cut In one with the sleeve,
and meet the fronts at the vest joining.
The paitern provides a lining. This
style Is good for gingham, m latea.
ehambray, serge, voile, panama, cash
mere, or silk. The pattern Is cut In
four sixes: 9, 10, 12 and 14 years, and
requires 4 1-8 yards of 40-lncn material
for a 12-jeav size.
A pat-ern of this Illustration mailed to
any address on rscelpt of 10 cents In
silvsr or stamps.
No. Size
Name
Street and No. ..........
City State ........
ITALY OCCUPIES
SAZENG ISLAND
Commands Avlona Harbor and
Ownership Long in Dispute
Between Greece and Albania.
London, 9:04 a. m.—A Stgnfani
Agency dispatch from Rome, says:
"A semi-official note has been is
sued stating that the Island of Sa
j zeno was occupied yesterday by Ad
|miral Patris, of the Italian navy, who
'disembarked one battery and a com
! pany of infantry. The ownership of
j this land, which commands the en
trance to the harbor of Avlona, Alba
nia, has long been a matter of dis
pute between Greece and Albania."
Marines Landed.
Paris, 8:50 a. m.—A dispatch from
Rome to the Havas Agency reports
that the Island of Sazeno, in the Gulf
of Avlona and near the Albanian port
of Avlona, has been occupied by the
Italians. Admiral Patris, the dispatch
states, has landed a battery and a
company of marines.
Advices from Rome, under date of
October 27th, stated that the port of
Avlona itself was occupied the day
previously by Italian navy forces.
The expedition, it was said, was in
the nature of a relief and sanitary
organization to aid the large popula
tion which had taken refuge in the
city to escape the persecution of the
j insurgents. Everything was done to
remove from the expedition anything
j savoring of political or territorial oc
cupation.
German Press
‘Congratulates’
Turkey on Act
First Blow Struck Hits Russia
Hard, is Said—-Hope That
Second Will Be Aimed at Eng
land.
Berlin, via. Amsterdam and London,
4:22 a. m.—lt must be emphasized that
it was not Turkey but Russia which
started the war,” says The Lokal Att
zeiger, in commenting on the Russo-
Turkish situation. "Turkey’s attack on
Theodosia was a natural sequel to the
outrageous Russian attack on Turkey's
integrity. The breach of peace was
Russia’s work.”
The Tageliche Rundschau says that
“Turkey’s action had been expected for
a long time by the whole world after
the Anglo-French effronteries •gainst
the porte.
“Turkey is to be congratulated upon
its honorable decision,” continues the
paper. “We sought no Allies but we
welcome the heartier one who takes
our part from recognition of his own
bestadvantage.”
The Tagebiatt says that the first
blow struck “in defense by the Turk
ish fleet in the Black Sea hits harJ
at Russia which, at the end of the
last century, held out a threatening
hand to seize Armenia and also asked
Germany's aid.” The paper adds:
"The second blow of the Turkish
fleet, it Is hoped, will be aimed at
England which, for a long time, has
pursued an ambition for weakening
Turkey.”
MICHIGAN STACKING UP
AGAINST HARVARD TODAY;
40,000 TO SEE GAME
Cambridge, Mass. —Football as played
In the IVest and taught by Yost was
matched against the Eastern game as
exemplified by Haughton when the
Michigan and Harvard teams met to
day In the first stadium built In this
country. Nearly 40,000 enthusiastic fol
lowers of football had purchased tickets
for thv contest. The sun shone bright
ly, the temperature was moderate and
the gridiron was dry.
DENIES CHANGE IN BALLOTS.
Rochester, N. Y.—Supreme Court Jus
tice Sutherland this nfternoon denied the
motion made by counsel for the progres
sives. democrats and Independence Lea
gue parties for a change on the ballots
was now placed In the voting machines.
Justice Sutherland denied that the ma
chines are correct according to the law
of 1911 In that each candidate's name
appears hut one* upon the ballot.
A demand for more columns than the
machine afforded was caused by the
fact that some of the candidates were
running on more than one party ticket
MILITARY ADJUTANT ANTWERP.
London, 4:56 a. m.—A despatch from
Amsterdam to Reuter's Telegram Com
pany says:
"According to the German papers,
Major Ernest Basscrman, a national
liberal member of the reiehstag, has
been appointed military adjutant to
the governor of Antwerp. Hitherto
Major Basserman has been command
er of an ammunition column In the
eastern war area."
-. ’E
Acme Play, Scene From
“Mother,” at the Grand
Monday.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31.
WANTS WAITERS,
PLANA, BENDER
AND COOMBS *
Connie Mack’s Reason For
Wanting to Get Rid of These
Pitchers is: “One Has Been
Dickering With Federals.”
Philadelphia.—Connie Mackr mana
ger of the Philadelphia Athletics, an
nounced today that he had asked for
waivers on Pitchers Bender, Plank
and Coombs.
Dickering With “Feds.”
“I would not have asked for waivers
at this time, but for the fact that one
of them told me he had been dickering
with the Federal League,” Connie
Mack said.
The Philadelphia manager added
that one of the pitchers had informed
him of receipt of an offer from the
Federal League, which was so large
that he did not think the local man
agement would meet it. He would not
disclose the name of the pitcher to
whom the offer had been 'made.
The three pitchers have played
prominent parts in world’series base
ball games.
Plank.
Plank, acknowledged as one of the
greatest left handed pitchers, joined
the Athletics in 1901 and figured in the
winning of six American League pen
nants. His best performance in a',
world's series was in 1913, when he /
won from the New York Giants, allow- I
ing the National Leaguers two hits iq,"
the final game.
Bender Joined the team in 1902. He
won games in all of the world's series
except that with the Boston Nationals
this year.
“Iron Man.”
Coombs was injured in a world’s
series game in New Y'ork in 1911 and
has not pitched much since that time.
He has a record of winning a 24 In
nings game against the Boston Amer
icans. Coombs earned the title of
"iron man" inpitching the Athletics to
three victories against the Chicago
Cubs in the world’s series of 1910.
The waiver on him caused no sur
prise here, but that Mack would let
Bender and Plank go was unexpect
ed.
MURDER JUDY'S
NOW OUT 9 DAYS
- *.<
Hopeless Deadlock in uase.
Judge Says Some Kind of “
Verdict Must Be Reached.
Scranton, Pa.—Although they have
have been out for nearly nine days
members of tne Pegram murder
are still hopelessly deadlocked. John j
P. Thomas, the foreman, yesterday 1
sent a letter to Judge Edwards, who ’
was on the bench at the trial, asking
that the jurors be discharged as there
was fio possibility of them reaching an
agreement.
Some of the jurors declared several
days ago that they were prepared to
remain all -winter while others plead
ed to be sent home. The court at that
time informed them that a verdict of
some kind must be rendered in a case
where the commonwealth asks for a
verdict of murder in the first degree.
Judge Edwards stated last night, how
ever, that he would consider the let
ter from the foreman.
William Pegram, the negro defend
ant, was tried on a charge of murder
ing Mary Quinn, a white woman, 12
years ago.
20 BUIS BURIED ON
“COTTON ROW” 10W
Prompt Arrival of Fire Depart
ment Prevented Probably a
Disastrous Fire.
Twenty bales of cotton of Nixon <4 j
Wright were damaged by fire water
at 2:35 o'clock this afternoon. Had It
not been for the prompt arrival of the
fire apparatus on the scene, doubtless
there would have been a fire of serious
proportions.
The fire started on top of one of the
hales stacked in the street In front of
the Nixon & Wright warehouse on the
eight hundred block of Reynolds street
The amount of damage caused nor
the cause of the blaze could not be given
at the time The Herald went to press.
The fire was extinguished with chemi
cals In a short time and w-as confined
only to the cotton In the street.
A mild excitement prevailed on “Cot
ton Row” for a few minutes and sev
eral hundred people quickly gathered.
MISS KATE STEINER
DIED IN MEMPHIS
Popular Young Lady’s Remains
to be Brought Here Tomorrow
P. M.
News has reached Augusta of the
death of Miss Kate Steiner which oc
curred yesterday Im Memphis. Tenn.,
after an Illness of a week. The re
mlans will be brought to Augusta to
morrow afternoon and the funeral will
be held Immediately, after the arrival
of the train.
Miss Steiner waa a sister of MessraX
Hall and Pinckney Steiner and o! '
Mrs. Steiner Branch, of Orovetown.
She was a daughter of the late Dr!
Roland Steiner, a prominent physi
cian In this ssctlon of the country.
Miss Steiner had a great manv friends
In Augusta who will learn with deep
regrte of her death. The particular
as to the funeral, Interment, etc., will
be announced