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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tues day. VOLUME XIX, No. 308. BOTH CLAIM GAINS, COST IS TERRIFIC Unconfirmed Report of Sur render of Large Body Ger mans on Belgian Const Cut Off by Blowing Up of Bridge. London, 10:30 a. m.—The battles on the sand dunes along the Belgian ooast still are dragging on with pain ful monotony. Advances by either side are only for short distances and are at fearful cost. Further east the allies claim to have penetrated to the north and to the east of Lille which Is believed to have been re-occupied by the allied troops. Other reports claim that the allies are advancing nearer to Ostend, but as long as the Germans hold the river the town does not need any consid erable force to retain it. Another unconfirmed special report also states that a large German force was cut off from the main army which a Belgian bicycle corps blew up a bridge and that many thousands of the invaders surrendered. DMirONE HI BAKESHOPS 1,000 Tons of Foodstuffs From American Commission er Being Unloaded With Feverish Haste. Rotterdam, via. London, 2:30 a. m.— The unloading of the steamer Coblenz, which reached here from England Sat urday night with 1,000 tons of food stuffs sent by the American commis sion for the relief of the people of Belgium, began Immediately after her arrival and continued through Satur day night and Sunday at high pres sure. The cargo was promptly trans ferred to river and canal vessels which last night started on their way to Belgium. The Brussels correspondent of the Rotterdam Courant, writing regarding the need of foodstuffs, says: ''Linen of people form In front of tire bakershops before daybreak and a large number dally are unable to ob tain any of the hard brown bread, which is the only kind now baked. The flour supply is being husbanded to the utmost in order that it may last until the American supplies arrive. The American consul expects these within two or three days.” PELT STATUE OF CARNEGIE London, 12:52 p. m.—A dispatch to a news agency from Dunfermline, Scot land, says that local sentiment against Andrew Carnegie because of his al leged pro-German attitude is so strong that the statue of Mr. Carnegie, which was erected by the citizens of his na tive town last January, was pelted by a crowd. Carnegie films which have been exhibited at moving picture houses have been withdrawn, the cor respondent says. crulseFgoeben OUT OF ACTION Petrograd, via. London, 2 p. m.—A d'spateh from Sebastopol says that the former German cruiser Goeben’s bom bardment of that Black sea port was put to an end by the Constantlnowska wa batteries, which forced the warship to withdraw. The shore station subsequently in tercepted a wireless telegraph mes sage from the Goeben which said: "Damaged. Will return to Constan tinople for repairs." GOEBEN, BRESLAU AGAIN BOMBARD Former German Cruisers Accompanied by Four Turkish Tor pedo Boats Shell Shore Near Sebastapol. Russ Ambassador Leaves Constantinople. Little American Damage at Odessa. Washington. —No Americans were Injured In the Turkish bom bardment of Odessa and the dam age to American property was In significant. according to a report today from the American consul at Odessa. At Sebastopol. Pet ogrsa. (vis London, 1:55 a. m.) —The newspapers report that the cruisers Ooeben and Breslau and four Turkish torpedo t-oats bombarded ths THE AUGUSTA HERALD ilk, arm IST GO, ELSE 111 ON AGAIN So Declares Carranza at Con vention. His Protest How ever, Disregarded and Guit terres Elected Provisiional President. El Paso, Texas. —The conference of revolutionary chiefs at Aguas Calien tes has disregarded General Carranza’;: protest and elected Eulalio Gutierres provisional president of Mexico, ac cording to an official report reaching the border today. To Insist on It. Washington.—General Carranza will insist on an absolute acceptance by thi convention at Aguas Calientes of his condition that both General Villa and Zapata retire to private life along with himself. Should they reject his stipu lations civil war will result. fighungt so FIERCE, U.S. CONSULS QUIT Washington.—Ghent is isolated from communication, according to a dis patch received by the American gov ernment sent by messenger to Elis. Holland by American Consul General Henry Albert Johnson. The dispatch added that the Amer ican consul general -had ordered the consulate at Ostend closed and gone to Ghent where he was safe but with out communication. Officials here in fer that the fighting was so fierce in the coast towns that all Americans have withdrawn to the Interior. MIGHT MEET HEED, HONOLULU Following Conference, Wireless Exchange With U. S. Cutter. Two Jap Cruisers Outside Harbor. Honolulu.—A midnight conference was held between Collector of the Port Franklin, Deputy Collector Sharp and the Japanese consul here last night and wireless messages were exchanged with the United States revenue cut ter Thetis, patrolling outside the har bor. Collector Franklin appeared perturb ed and was uncommunicative as to the cause for the meeting at that unusual hour. Two large Japanese cruisers, the Hizen and the Asama, are hovering cutwide the harbor near where the Thetis is on duty but whether the con ference and the messages had to do with them or not could not be learned from any official source. THEGERMANS QUIT MARCH ON CALAIS? Rotterdam, via. London, 2:38 a. m.— Advices from the Belgian coast towns state that the exchange of artillery fire between the Germans and the war ships has wrecked most of these towns. We3ttnde, Westkerke and Middelkerke are all in ruins. There has been no resumption of the German march on Calais and present appearances point to an abandonment of that movement. shore near Sebastopol yesterday morning, shelling the railroad and docks The Russian shore batteries replied. The warships dtsapeared along the Crimean shore to the east ward after inflicting trivial damage, Theodosia, on the Crimean coast. 100 miles northeast of Habastopol, also suffered a bombardment on Sat urday when a Turkish cruiser sailed close enough to throw thirty shells Into the city. News has been received at the for eign office that, the Russian ambas sador has left Constantinople but the Turkish minister here has not yet re eelved his passports or Instructions from Constantinople. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2, 1914. Turkey Takes Sides With Germany Against the Allies Above—Melimed V., Sul tan of Turkey in an ar mored automobile in Con stantinople. Below__Turkish infantry drawn up for inspection. RELEASE U. 5. OIL LADEN SRIP Steamer Platuria Proceeds to Copenhagen. Oil Not to be Re-Exported to Germany. Washington.— The Standard Oil steamer Platuria, detained at Storno way, Scotland, by British authorities, has been released and has proceeded to Copenhagen. The British embassy today notified the state department that this had been done after the Dan ish government had given assurances that the steamer’s cargo of illuminat ing oil would not he re-exported to Germany. — ill < 4 I -i,:'l, ,1,1 " X * * * 1 < 4 -iiU■" , * " r;• 'v# ’ . • V< . • - , ; , , t •' « ■ ' ROAD TO OPEN Germans Digging New Trench es With Feverish Activity. Estimate 150,000 Killed or Wounded Since Gaining Ostend. London, 4:50 a. m.—The correspond ent of the Times in northern Frame, telegraphing under, date of Sunday, sums up the situation on the battle front by stating that the allies are daily creeping on toward Ostend, which is now hardly occupied at all in a military sense. The number of Ger mans holding it Is negligible he says that if the allies achieve a defi nie victory in the fight for the river, Ostend will fall unresistingly into their hands. May Now Open. London.—The way to Bruges now la open to the Allies, owing to their re capture of Bothers and the Germans are digging new trenches behind Ghent with feverish energy. To ao this Is to an nounce their retreat. This statement is made In the Observer In a despatch dated “near the Franco-Belgtan front ier." The message continues Annihilation. "A German officer captured yesterday estimates that there have been X50,0(W Germans killed or wounded since the oc cupation of Ostend. Whole baterles and battalions have been annihilated. Thou sands have been drowned aa the result of the opening of dikes In hand-to hand fighting the German loeaes have far exceeded thoee of the Allies. Within Week. "The shattered German regiments are being given no time to reform. They are abandoning th e lr wounded, guns and transports. I'nless their fieet coin*-s nut to create a diversion, they will be driven from the Belgian coast within a week." HUGE GERMAN LOSSES AT YPRES; BURY 25,000 DEAD London, —"As showing the huge German losses in the Ypres region, it is stated the Rritlsh soldiers have burled more than 25,000 Germans," sitys a message to the Weekly dispatch. "There are many grest piles of (Jr.- man dead around Dlxmude. Dlxmude Is a heap of ruins. The only Inhabi tant remaining Is an aged peasant woman who refuses to quit her ruined home. BRUGES TO ALLIES IT AUGOSTOI FIGHT UNDECIDED Berlin, by wireless.—The battle in progress between the Germans and Russians in the .Suwalkl and August owa regions, according to an official announcement Issued here today, con tinues undecided. The Austrians in an unofficial report claim a huccohs in the Macva Region of Northwest Servla hounded by the Rivers Save and Drl na. Peace Prize Will Support Belgian Refugees, Holland The Hague, Netherlands, via Lon don, 10:55 a. m—The Handnlshlad of Amsterdam, has published a report from Christiana saying that the man agers of the Nobel Institute have de cided to give this year's peace prize, which amounts to about 140,000, to the Netherlands government to be ap plied toward the support of Belgian refugees In Holland. HIGH INSURANCE ON WAR IN ITALY London, 2:24 p. m.-A premium of sixty guineas per cent was paid at I.loyds today to Insure against a dec laration of war by Italy on one of the great powers before the end of No vember This high rate Indicates that the underwriters regard the risk us fonHidr*rabl*. TURK GUNBOATS COMMANDED BT GERMAN GBIEES U. S. Consul at Odessa Cables Circumstances of Bombard ment. Message to American Embassy Held Up. Washington.— The IT. H. consul at Odessa today cabled that the local authorities at , Odessa claimed the Turkish gunboats which conducted the bombardment were under the command of German officers. The state department received word from a cable company in London that a routine message dated yesterday ad dressed to the American embassy at Constantinople had been held up as there was no communication with Turkey. Officials here directed that It be sent via The Hague, Berlin, Vienna, Sofia and Athens. The last message received by the American government from Ambassa dor Morgen than told of t tin demand for passports by the British, French and Russian arnhassodrs ami the as surance nf the Ottoman government that it would afford them every cour tesy in leaving the country. INTERCEPT MESSAGE FROM KAISER SAYING MUST TAKE YPRES BY NOV. l«t London, 3:25 a. m.—Dispatches to The Dally Mall from various cor respondents at different points In the field of operations In northern Franco report the continued auccess of the allies, who have reached within four miles of Oat end, namely, J.efflnghe. The German attack, It Is stated, Is mainly In the direction of I .effing be and Hlype. Three thousand Germans left Ostend for Zeehrugge Friday and the ropofta persist that the Germans have left Ostend It Is slated that the allies have Intercepted u message from Rmperor William to the King of Wurlemhurg, telling him It Is absolutely Impera tive to capture Ypreg before Nov. 1, otherwise It will be necessary for the Germans to withdraw behind the Rhine: The skillful German general, Von Meyer was killed nt Dlxrnude Fri day. 10,000 GERMANS FLED WHEN BRITISH ARMORED TRAIN POURED BROADSIDES London, 3:59 a, m, —The correspondent of Tile Dally Mull In northern France, telegraphing under date of Hunday, relates how a force of ten thousand Germans was completely routed and scattered hy tin armored train. He says: 'The Germans had almost surrounded a llrltlsh regiment which fought on doggedly though so vastly outnumbered. Huddenly an armored train shot lip the railway line which the Britishers were holding. Right and left the train poured broadsides of machine gun fire, mowing down the Gel mans at every yard until the line on eaeh side wus covered with lieups of German dead. The rest fled precipitately and Ihe llrltlsh pursued." $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Holy War To Be Waged By Turk N. H, DIRECTORS ARE INDICTED CRIMINALLY Conspiracy Charged Against Twenty One New Haven Of ficials to Monopalize Com merce. Many Millionaires New York.—Criminal Indictments were returned today by the United States grand Jury against twenty-one directors and former directors of the New York, New Haven anil Hartford Railroad Company, including Win. Rockefeller, Theodore N. Vail. Geo. F. Raker, William Skinner, Chas. F. Brooker and John L. Hillard. The Indictments charge conspiracy In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law to monopolize commerce. Under section two of the law, under wldrh they were returned, the maximum pen ally upon conviction Is one year im prisonment and SII,OOO fine. Those Indicted. The complete list of thOße indicted is as follows: William Rockefeller, George MacClul looh Miller, Chas. F. Brooker, William Skinner, D. Newton Barney, Robert W. Taft, James H. Elton, James S. Hem ingway, Lewis • Ciihh Lcdyard, Chas. M. I’ratt, A. Heaton Robertson, Fred - crick F. Brewster, Henry K. McHarg, Edward I>. Robbins, former general counsel of the road) Alexander Coch rane, John 1,. Hillard, Geo. F. Baker, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, Theodore N. Vail, Edward Milligan and Francis T. Maxwell. Bench Warrants. Bench warrants were Issued for the tyventy-one wen named In the indict ments upon request of the district attorney. Several, it was understood, were to he brought into court to ans wer the indictments this afternoon. To Test Its Value. Washington.—in obtaining the New Haven indictments officials of the de partment of Justice feel they have the best opportunity since the Sherman law was enacted to lest its Value as a criminal statute. There have been other indictments under the law hut in no previous cases have so many prominent men been brought Into (lun ger of trial and Imprisonment, Vail Surprised. Norfolk, Va.—Theodore N. Vail, pres ident of the American Telephone anl Telegraph Company, who Is here re covering from slight injuries received in a full at Cape Henry .Saturday, to day declined to discuss the announce ment that lie had been indicted in con nection with the New Haven Railroad case. He seemed surprised when In formed of It. NO DETAILS OF TIG TAB FIGHT Peking^-A wireless .dispatch receiv ed here from Tslng-Tau, Ihr. fortified position in the German territory of Kiao Chow, says the general attack by the Japanese continues. No de tails as to how tlie fighting progresses are transmitted. LILLE EVACUATED BY THE GERMANS London, 5:15 a. m.—Th« rorroHporifl«nt of The Timph in northern France tH«* KntphH that the AIHom have j/« , rif*tn»tHfl to tho north and «*OHt of Lilia which ho HayH “fortairily ha* boon pv;i«’«iHtod by thf OarmariM and thuro 1m Kood rea- Mon to h#*lb*vf that It tin* been occupied by tha Allia*." HOME EDITION No Formal Declaration Yet, But Withdrawal of Ambassa dors of Triple Entente From Constantinople Equivalent to Signal for Beginning of Hostilities. ARE NOT MUCH CONCERNED OVER WHICH OF NATIONS FIRED THE OPENING GUN Usual Charges and Denials Made on Responsibility. In evitability of Conflict Recog nized. First Trouble Ex pected in Egypt. London, 12:24 p. m.— The Turkish ambassador to Great Britain, Tewfik Paelia was handed Tiis passports today. Four Days Pass. London, 1:38 p. m. —Although four days have passed since Turkish war ships began activities in the Black Ren, neither Russia nor Great Britain hod, up to noon today, so far as was known In London, opened the offen sive or even fbrmally declared war against Turkey. The British press us a wlmle treats the situation as having reached a stage permitting no about face by the government of the sultan. All reports seem to agree that the tide of battle in the North France and Belgium Is flowing against the Ger mans. The week 1r likely to seo the crys tallization of the sentiment In Italy and the Balkan States In one way or another, as regards Turkey's entrance into the conflict. Nothing Official Yet. London, 10:25 a. m.—War has not yet been formally declared on Turkey hut the withdrawal front Constanti nople of the ambassadors of the Triple Entente powers Is regarded In London as being equivalent to a signal for hostilities which Turkey has antici pated by a naval mid In the Black ISea. It Is also reported that Tur key has sent out a land expedition which penetrated into Egypt and the evidence accumulates that Turkey in tends to proclaim a holy war. In Egypt. Ample measures, however. It Is as serted have been taken by Great Britain and Russia ugalnst this prob ability and It Is evident that the first trouble Is expected to arise In Egypt, where, It Is said, the khedlve intends to ask Great Britain for an explana tion of her attitude towards Turkey. Germain Claim*. Berlin claims that Turke.y was foro ed to throw In her lot with Germany because the ports recognized that an entente victory would mean the dis ruption of the Turkish empire with Constantinople, Armenia and Turkee tiui going to Russia; Arabia to Eng land and tjyrla to France. On the ether hand, iii the event of defeat of the triple entente nations Turkey was to he guaranteed territorially to be given aid In re-conquering the Cau casus and Egypt and be given, per haps, something more. Recognized By Both. The usual charges and denials are being made as to the responsibility for the first attack In the Black Hea, but these are Issued chiefly for con sumption by the neutral countries, since the Inevitability of the conflict was recognized by both sides. The principal actors are not greatly con cerned over which nation fired the opening shot. THERE ARE 45 Shopping Days Before Xmas Head Herald ads and call for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. When shopping in Augueta tomorrow Sayj "I Saw It In The Herald." It will pay. Try It.