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* THE WEATHER Pair tonight and Thurs day. 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 To The Herald. The Augusta Typographical Union wishes to be put on record 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 (Contlnued on next page.) $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. 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 (Continued on Next Page). 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 (Continued on Next Page), 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. THERE ARE 43 Shopping Days Before Xmas Read Herald ads and call for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. When shopping in Augueta tomorrow Say:.*** *• ' The Herald.” Try It.