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VOLUME XIX, No. 308.
INTEREST SHIFTS,
LAND TO SEA WAR
German Squadron Within Ten Miles of Britain’s Northeast
Coast—Floating Mines Dropped—Attacks and Counter
Attacks Reported Along Blood-Soaked Sand Dunes of
French-Belgian Coast
London, 1:23 p. m. —The Ger
man naval raid from the strong
hold of Kiel to within 12 miles of
England’s east coast and the pos
sibility of the recurrence of such
performances any day or night
held the foreground in London's
war news today. Its spectacular
features created more discussion
than that of the forced retirement
of the tip of the German right
wing in Belgium.
Four battleships and four cruis
ers is the latest estimate of the
units which participated in the
North sea episode.
Copenhagen, via London, 10:23
a. m.—A fleet of German war
ships has gathered off the Aland
Islands in the Baltic Sea north
east of Stockholm and opposite the
entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
They evidently are preceeding
north and have stopped to await
orders.
In Daring Dash.
London, 10:: 10 a. m.— With the
pressure on the Franco-Belgian sea
coast relieved, interest in London has
again been diverted from land opera
tions to naval movements.
The daring dash of a German squad
ron to within ten miles of the north
east coast of England indicates that
the prolonged inactivity of the lrager
units of the German fleet has been
broken by a raid on the coast of Eng
land, but much satisfaction is ex
pressed that the cruiser Halcyon, by
the clever seamanship of her com
mander, escaped from a tight corner
practically uninjured.
Drop Floating Mines.
The retiring German squadron
dropped floating mines in its track and
this delayed pursuit. These tactics
are exciting some criticism here, but
experts realize that the mines prob
ably were of a type recognized as le
gitimate by The Hague convention.
Another interesting naval develop
ment was the long-distance bombard
ment of the Dardanelles by a com
bined allied fleet. Athens reports that
70 shots were fired at the Turkis.i
forts by the British ships, which took
part in the action. The
result of the engagement is unknown
BRITISH WARSHIPS
/ARC sunk orr chile
In Hurricane, Superior Range of the Kaiser’s Armored Cruisers
Scharnhorst and Gneisnau, Defeats English Squadron
Consisting of the Monmouth, Good Hope and Glasgow.
Action Lasted An Hour—Terrible Loss of Life
Washington. American Minister
Fletcher at Santiago, Chile, today re
ported the German naval victory off
Coronet, Chile, and the arrival of three
German warships at Valparaiso. The
damaged Good Hope Hope is reported
as having escaped with the Glasgow
and Otranto.
English Squsdron Defeated.
Valparaiso, Chile.—The victory of
the German fleet under Admiral von
Spee, consisting of the armored cruis
ers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and
the light cruisers Nurnberg, Leipsic
and Bremen, over the British squad
ron, made up of the cruisers Mon
mouth, Good Hopea nd Glasgow and
the transport Otranto, commanded by
Hear Admiral Craddock, continues the
sensation of the hour here.
That the Germans were able to sink
or scatter the British squadron with
only minor damage to their own ships
and a casualty list of only two wound
' ed is a subject of wonder.
A With All of Crew,
t The Monmouth is known to have
been lost, with practically. all of her
crew as a result of this first big naval
fight of the war. The Good Hope was
severely damaged and on fire when
she escaped under cover of darkness,
and It Is believed here that she went
to the bottom, while the Glasgow and
Otranto took refuge in a Chilean port
The Scharnhorst, Gneissenau and
Nurnberg were still in th<. harbor early
today coaling and provisioning in
preparation for steaming away later.
It is supposed they will relieve the
cruisers Leipsic and Bremen, which
have the Glasgow and Otranto bottled
in the port of Talcahuano, eight miles
northwest of Conception. It would
seem like madness for these British
ships to leave this haven of refuge and
It is likely they will be dismantled and
Interned unless a superior British and
Japanese fleet should make its appear
ance and go to their relief.
BRITONS DROP AIRBOMBS ON PLACE
JUST VACATED BY THE KAISER AT
FINE DINNER TO BRILLIANT STAFF
London, 5:10 a. m.—Dispatch*-* published In the Dally Mail (rive elab
, ~oit e details of Emperor William's visit to the German headquarters at
fhleit, near Courtral, Belgium, Sunday. With a brilliant staff of officers
I,l* dined with officials of the headquarters and then drove away for an
unkni'n destination. '
>V n a f;er the emperor's departure British airmen dropped bombs in
the xn doing great damage to the town hall, the palace of Justice ar.d
other "buiidtngrs and killing two German soldiers.
It ha* since been reported that the German headquarters have been
t rwns.'erred from Thlelt to Ghent, and there are indications of a Ger
man rtlreat in the direction of Brussel*.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
except that a huge pillar of smoke on
shore indicated that some of the shells
must have found their mark.
Preparing to Withdraw.
The official reports from Belgian
headquarters are becoming more pos
itive in their assertions that the en
emy is preparing to withdraw from its
hard-won position on the rtfuth-vest
coast of Belgium. Nieuport has been
evacuated, but not before the city had
become an untenable ruin. The battle
of the sand dunes may now be said
to be historic, as in London it is con
sidered hardly likely that the Ger
mans again will attempt to move in
that direction, as the flooding of the
country has made it practically worth
less as a battle ground.
Way to Calais.
Elsewhere along the western battle
front the usual attacks and counter
attacks are reported without any in
dication as to the exact pol-tl where
the invaders may be expected to make
their next supreme effort to cut their
way to Calais.
The foregoing dispatch from London
makes no mention of the naval en
gagement off the coast of Chile late
Sunday afternoon between five Ger
man warships and a British squadron
composed of three cruisers and a
transport, in which the British ves
sels were badly worsted. It is there
fore apparent that the British censor
has permitted no reference to this
naval encounter to be made in Eng
land.
orderlMe
KILLED. CHICAGO
Chicago.—Closing of the Chicago
stock yards in the fight against the
foot and mouth disease was again
gravely considered at a conference of
state and federal authorities with cat
tlemen here today. It was reported
that the disease had spread further in
the cattle pens and that 1,200 cattle
were ordered killed immediately and
their carcases destroyed.
Lasted an Hour.
Admiral von Spee in his official re
port of the battle, which took place
late Sunday afternoon off the Chilean
island of St. Maria, says the action
lasted only an hour, being discontinued
at nightfall, when the British were
forced to give way.
‘‘The Good Hope,” he says, "was
then so badly damaged that she was
unable to resist and could only make
her escape prelected by the darkness.
“The Monmouth, under Identical con
ditions, tried to escape, but was fol
lowed by a small cruiser and sunk
with a few shots. Owing to the hur
ricane that was blowing no boats could
be lowered and consequently there was
a terrible loss of life."
Escaped in Darkness.
The German admiral in noting the
escape of the Glasgow and the Otran
to, says it was due to their speed and
the darkness.
Details of the fight, picked up from
Informal conversations with German
officers who came ashore from the
warships, show that the Germans, ow
ing to the superior range of the guns
on the armored cruisers Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau, opened fire when six
miles away.
As the ships closed in and the range
came down to a distance of four miles
the British ships were able to reply,
but by that time they were already
seriously damaged.
Superior Weight.
The Germans declare the British
fought heroically, but that their ar
tillery was Ineffective against the su
perior weight of metal the Germans
were able to pour from the more mod
ern guns of the armored cruisers. It
is stated, however, that the light Ger
man cruisers pluckily closed in on the
British and took part lr* the battle.
One of them, it appears from the of
ficial report, gave the Monmouth her
death blow, as, crippled and in flames,
she tried to escape.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 4, 1914.
Actual Photograph ot Sinking ot German Destroyers
/r ■ - - 1 sggecr ~—
TUI ASKS FOR,
GETS PASSPORTS
Paris, 3:10 p, m.—Rifao Pasha, the
Turkish ambassador to France, ac
cording to the Havas News Agency,
asked for his passports, which were
handed to' him at Bordeaux this
morning.
imiin
CHILE VICTORY
German Warships Enter Val
paraiso Harbor in Perfect
Condition. Confirmation of
Battle.
Washington.—Official news of the
German naval victory off the coast of
Chile over a British fleet was con
tained in a cable to the German em
bassy here today from Mr. Erckert,
German minister at Valparaiso.
The message, dated early yesterday,
was:
"The German cruisers Scharnhorst.
Gneisenau and Nurnberg entered Val
paraiso today in perfect condition.
They had, together with a fourth
cruiser, an engagement off Coronet on
Sunday against four English cruisers.
The Monmouth was sunk by shells.
The Good Hope was badly damaged
and probably also sunk. The Otranto
and Bristol escaped. On our side
there were three wounded. No dam
age to our ships.”
'NOT REBUKE TO
ADMINISTRATION'
--CHIP CLARK
Speaker of House Declares
That Results of Yesterday’s
Elections, Just Natural Oc
currence in General Mix-Up
These Days.
Bowling Green, Missouri.—Champ
Clark, speaker of the National House
of Representatives, commenting today
on the republican victories in a major
ity of the states In which elections
were held yesterday, said the vote was
not a rebuke to the Wilson administra
tion but Just one more thing that could
happen during these days of European
war
"The result at the polls throughout
the country," said the speaker, "was
a great surprise to me. The defeat of
a great number of democratic senators
and congressmen Is not a rebuke to
the policies of President Wilson. No;
it Is Just a natural occurrence, one that
might happen during these days of
general mix-up. The European war
may have had something to do with
It.
Will Be Safe.
When told the democratic majority
In the house was reduced by a big
margin the speaker who was re-elect
ed by about 6,000 plurality said he felt
certain that when the result had been
decided definitely the democratic par
ty still would have a safe working
majority.
“The re-uniting of the republican
and progressive forces in many dis
tricts and the inability of democratic
legislators because of the long ses
sion of congress to properly canvass
their districts naturally permitted the
voters to drift hack to old party line
and the republican victories are the
result,'' he added.
SNAPPED BY BRITISH RESCUER.
Ptotograph taken on Oct. 17 of the
sinking of the four German destroyers
111 the North sea. The photo was taken
by an officer of a British ship which
went to the Tcscue of survivors.
THEIZI OFF
FOR THE FRONT
London, 10 a. m.—ln the east Em
peror Nicholas has left for the front
after issuing a manifesto in which he
says that Turkey’s action opens tlie
way for Russia to accomplish her his
toric mission on the Black Sea. The
Germans have been making despef
te asaults on the Russian right wing
and particularly fierce fighting «a re
ported near Suwalki, in Rusioan Po
land. But Petrograd claims general
progress everywhere except along the
river San. where apparently no pro
gress has been made by either side.
WOMEN'S VOTES
LOSE, 8 SMS
Chicago.—Woman suffrage won In
Montana at yesterday's election and
was defeated in the six other states
It' which voters passed on the matter.
In Nebraska, where the suffragistH in
the last three weeks conducted a vig
orous campaign, the fight was hot and
the result long in doubt. In Missouri,
Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota and
Nevada the suffrage amendments suf
fered defeats described variously as
“decisive," ‘‘complete," ‘‘overwhelm
ing."
STRAIGHT TALK
OF THE
RIGHT SORT
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The Augusta Typographical
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as being heart and soul with the
Made in Augusta, Trade In Au
gusta Movement.
Such a movement strikes a re
sponsive chord In the hearts of our
members. We have always been
taught to trade In Augusta; that
Is one of the cardinal principles
of the organization.
We see In the "Made at Home"
and "Trade at Home” Week a
golden opportunity for industrial
missionary work—an opportunity
to put before merchants and citi
zens generally some tangible evi
dence of what can be done and
what is done here In our home.
What our members contribute to
the volume of made-at-home arti
cles cannot he improved on. You
can’t get better work done by send
ing out of town. And, then, If
merchants and others who send off
for their printing would but real
ize that the money spent for work
done here in Augusta is hut bread
cast upon the waters, they would
readily see the folly of diverting
that money from the trade chan
nels of Augusta. Money sent out
of town does us no good. It Is
absolutely lost as far aa we are
concerned.
The members of this organiza
tion earn and turn back injo Au
guita'a trade channels upwards of
a thousand dollars a week—good,
honestly earned dollars. Wc don’t
s* .d out of town for our shoes,
hats, clothes, or any other thing
we may need. We turn what we
earn back to the merchants with
the hope that they will turn a part
of it back to our employers for
what they need In our line and so
keep the money at home.
A Made In Augusta, Trade In
Augusta Week! Why, let's not he
pikers. We want It recorded that
this organization favors fifty-two
made In Augusta weeks In every
year from now until Gabriel calls
time.
Respectfully,
P. D. WALSH, Prest.
A. B. LEE, Booty.
NEW FISSURE
IN VESUVIUS
Naples, via Rome, 10:55 p. m. The
eruption of Mount Vesuvius hus been
augmented because of the opening of a
new fissure in the bottom of the old
crater. Front this new opening an rx
troardiriary amount of smoke and a
great quantity of ashes Is bring emit
ted. This is blown by the wind to
ward the seashore, cloudeing the vil
lages around the gulf and also the
Island of Capri, 20 miles souths of
Naples, which appears as if in a
mist.
801 GERMANS
PRISONERS
Tokio, 7:30 p, m- A dispatch re
ceived lifre from Thlnnn, In Shantung
Province, China, says the Japanese
forces before Thing-Tau, the fortified
position of the German territory of
Kiachow, have destroyed 26 German
guns and captured 600 prisoners.
The Japanese artillery is now at
attacking the German trenches and
wire entanglements before them.
No Word From Defender*.
Pekin. Since Tuesday morning no
word has been received by wireless
from Tslng Thu, the fortified position
of the German concession of Kigpchow
in the Chinese province of Chantung.
The Japanese began a bombardment
of the fortress with heavy siege guns
several days ago.
CHIGI-ALBANI DEAD.
Rome, 11:05 a. m.—The death is an
nounced of Mario Prince Chlgl-Albani,
marshal of the conclave.
REPUBLICANS
IKE GAINS 111
HOUSE SEATS
Early Returns Show Reduction
Prom 141 to 33 Democratic
Majority. Complexion of U. S.
Senate.
New York*— Complete returns show
the following Democrats elected to the
senate:
Oscar W, Underwood, Alabama:
Marcus A. Smith, Arlgona; James P.
Glarke, Arkansas; Duncan U. Fletcher,
Florida; Moke Smith (long term),
Georgia, Thomas W. Hardwick (term
ends 1919), Georgia; J. C. W. Beck
ham /long term), Kentucky; Johnson
N. Camden (term ends March 3, 1915),
Kentucky; K. F. Broussard, Louisiana;
William J. Stone, iltssouri; Lee S.
Overman, North Carolina; Thomas I*.
Gore, Oklahoma; Ellison I). Smith,
South Carolina; John Walker Smith,
Maryland.
Indicates Democrat*.
Incomplete returns Indicate the
election of the following Democrats to
the senate: :
Benjamin F. Shively, Indiana; Geo.
K. Chamberlain, Oregon; Roger C.
Sullivan, Illinois.
Complete returns show the election
of the following Republicans to the
senate:
Frank B. Brandegee, Connecticut;
James H. Brady, Idaho; Albert B.
Cummins, Iowa; Jacob H. Ualllnger,
New Hampshire; James W. Wads
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DEMOCRATS COUNT
UP GENERAL LOSSES
SULLIVAN AND
SHERMAN NIP,
TUCK IN ILLINOIS
Democrat's Lead in Chicago
Liable to Be So Cut Down
That Republican May Land U.
S. Senate Seat.
Chicago. -Complete offieial figures
in the senatorial election for Chicago
gave Roger Sullivan, Democrat, a
plurality of 69,058 over Senator Law
rence V. Sherman. Unofficial returns
from Cook county outside Chicago re
duced Sullivan's lead in the county to
65,000.
Half the precincts outside Chicago
gave Sherman u plurality of 35,238,
leaving him fewer than 20,000 votes
to gain in the remaining half of tho
downstate precincts to tie elected.
Democrats Suffer.
Chicago Returns from half the pre
cincts of Illinois outside of Chicago
gave Senator Sherman, Republican
candidate for re-election, a plurality
of 35,238 over Roger C. Sullivan, Dem
ocrat. if this ratio should be main
tained In the list of the state the In
dicated plurality would elect Sher
man by 10,000 over Sullivan, who lias
a lead of 60,000 In Chicago.
Congressman CharleH M. Thompson
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WHITMAN CAINS
IN HIS MAJORITY
Republican Governor-Elect of
New York Will Win By About
150,000-- G. 0. P. Also Gains
in South.
New York. —The Democratic party,
through yesterday'* election*, appar
ently retains control of both branches
of congress, nlthough gnlns made by
the Republicans in the lower hotisn
threaten to reduce the Democratic
majority to a minimum. This is the
outstanding feature of yesterday’s gen
eral election, aside from which the
most significant development was the
dwindling away of the strength of the
Progressive party.
Progressiva* Abserbed.
Returns from every section of the
country indicate that the Progressives
wlio cast a larger vote than the lle
publlcans In 1(112, have been absorbed
in large part by that party. fin al
most every case there was a decisive
falling off in the Progressive vote, with
the conspicuous exception of Call
fornla, which apparently luih re-elect
ed Hiram Johnson, its Progressive gov
ernor.
Republican gains were made In ev
ery section of the Houth and leaders
of that party asserted ttie tariff Issue
lias been Instrumental In bringing
about that result.
Home of the more optimistic leaders
asserted early today that there was a
chance the Democratic majority in the
house of representatives would lie
overturned, hut there appeared to he
small prospect of such art outcome.
Less Definite.
The rpstilt of Htate elections was
less definite. In a number of cases
Democratic administrations were over
turned, but these were offset in In
stancs In which the reverse was the
case. Republican leaders were elated,
however, by the showing made in New
York, where District Attorney f'harles
H. Whitman was elected to succeed
Governor Glynn, the Democratic in
cumbent, by what promises to be a
record vote. As the late returns came
in Mr. Whitman's plurality mounted
steadily and early today It was esti
mated he would win by nearly 150,-
000.
In Pennsylvania there was a big
increase In the Republican vote.
MINERS QUIET AS
TROOPS ON WAY
Fort Smith, Ark. —News of Secre
tary Garrison’s order detailing four
troops of cavalry from Fort Sheridan,
111., to the Hartford valley of Arkan
sas to maintain order In the strike
zone spread rapidly through the min
ing district today, but caused little
comment among the miners.
Quiet continued In the valley. in
terest centered In the convening here
today of the special federal grand jury
In Investigate the strike conditions.
Thirty witnesses were ready to he
called when Judge Frank Youmans
opened court.
SAY INDIA TROOPS
FAVOR EGYPTIANS
Berlin (by Wireless), —The Mattino,
published In Borne, says It has re
ceived reports from Egypt to the ef
fect that the sentiment of the local
population Is strongly antl-BrlliSh and
that, the Indian troops In Egypt sym
pathize with the natives.
HOME
EDITION
Party’s Majority in the House
Much Pared Down, But Lead
ers Assert Good “Working
Majority” Retained—Pro
gressive Vote Melts Away
Throughout Country
MANY REPUBLICAN WAR
HORSES WIN SEATS BACK
In Senate, a Majority of Ten
Seems Assured in Slow Re
turns---Three Breaks Claimed
By Opponents in “Solic
South.”
Washington.- Although 85 congres
Hioiial districts were still unheard from
at noon today Democratic leuders her*
were confident that the administration
would retain control of congress, al
though the majority In the house
might lie cut from Its present strength
of 141 to as low as 26 or 30.
At noon, with the 85 congressional
districts mlHHlng, the elections of 185
Democrats, 162 Republicans and three
Progressives were reported. The pres
ent complexion of the house Is 286
Democrats, 123 Republicans, 15 Pro
gressives and six vacancies.
At Noon.
Tlio noon returns showed a gain of
33 Republicans. At that, hour 22 dis
tricts In New York, six In Pennsyl
vania, 12 in Missouri, 10 In Minneso
ta, eight In California and others were
unreported. It takes 218 for a ma
jority In tlie house. To fulfill the pre
dicting of Democratic leaders of a
majority of 30 it is necossary for 63
of the unreported districts to be Dem
ocratic. They are claimed by tha
leaders.
Survey the Field.
Waehington—The democratic admin
istration today surveyed the field of
political battle and counted up gene
ral losses throughout the country sus
tained in yesterday's engagement at
the polls.
President Wilson, who retired last
night without- watting for detailed re
ports of the election, awoke to find
tils party’s mujorlty in the house pared
down considerably with the returns
•till coming In and it* control of the
aenate maintained but with several
Seates dependent on backward re
turns. Democratic leaders asserte i
today that tlia losses In the house,
where upward of fifty additional seats
were captured by republicans, war* no
more than they had expected.
Working Majority.
They declared that the administra
tion still retained a good “working
majority." Many districts were still
in doubt today, however, and repub
licans claimed that the final returns
would show the democratic majority
reduced still further, perhaps entirely
eliminated.
Tlte general melting away of ths
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PROliTiilN
OHIO DEFEATED
Cincinnati.—Warren O. Harding, re
publican, will he the next senator from
Ohio, succeeding Senator Theodore
Burton.
State prohibition was decisively de
feated as was woman suffrage. The
only constitutional amendment In
doubt today 1s one whloh would abol
ish the county local option law.
Later returns were of such tenor
that the anti-saloon league lias issued
a statement admitting that the returns
still to he heard friim cannot overcome
the lead attained by the home rule
amendment.
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