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VOLUME XIX, No. 309.
ENGLAND
FATE OF
British Public Want News of
Defeat Off Chile—No At
tempt to Minimize Disaster.
Some Crumbs of Comfort .
GERMAN CRUISER BLOWN
UP BY MINE AND CAREER
OF KOENIGSBERG ENDED
In France and Belgium, Con
centration of Attention at
Ypres Where Invaders Yet
Expected to Deliver Full Fury
of Their Assault.
London, 9:55 a. m.—Naval news
looms large In London today.
The British public Is seeking fur
ther details of the action last Sunday
off the coast of Chile, but no continued
efforts are being made to minimize
this disaster. Great anxiety is felt
concerning Rear Admiral Sir Christo
pher Cradock. whose fate probably will
not be known until it has been defi
nitely determined what has become of
his flagship, the cruiser Good Hope.
End Koeingsberg’s Career.
The British public however, is not
left without some crumbs of comfort
as Berlin officially admits the loss of
the cruiser Yorck, blown up by a
mine near Jade, one of the outlying
defenses of Wilhelmshaven, while in
shipping circles in London it is de
clared that the career of the German
cruiser Koenigsberg, in the Indian
Ocean, has been ended.
New Naval Policy.
Sir Percy Scott, England’s greatest
gunnery expert and a champion ot the
use of the submarines as against
dreadnoughts has rejoined the ad
miralty. As he has been known in
tho past as a supporter of Baron Fish
er, it is expected he will uphold the
new policies already inaugurated by
the First Sea Lord of the admiralty.
At Ypres and Soissons.
In * west attention is concentrated
at t’k 'points: Ypres, where much of
the v .rdest fighting of the war already
has taken place, but where it is ex
pected the Germans are yet to deliver
the full fury of their assault in the ef
fort to gain the French coast, and
Soissons, where the Germans have
gained from the French some positions
captured by the British when they
first crossed the River Aisne. Along
this line a tremendous attack probably
already is under way. The outcome
may be of the greatest importance.
• VON KLUCK IS
REPORTED DEAD
AFTER WOUND
News Carefully Concealed Fol
lowing Operation Ten Days
Ago in Hospital at Namur.
Paris, 3:55 a. m.—The correspondent
of the Excelsior at Havre says he has
from a source which he cannot desig
nate. news of the death of Gen. von
Kluck ten days ago in a hospital at
Namur where he was treated for a
wound in the head. The news of the
alleged death, the correspondent says
has been carefuly concealed In Belgium
and Germany.
General von Kluck, who lead the
dash of the German right wing which
got to within a few miles of Paris in
the first month of the fighting has
been reported within the last fen days
in official communications as direct
ing his army in the fighting on the
w River Aisne. W T hen the scene of se
v vere fighting shifted to Belgium and
f the German right wing was extended
into that territory, Gen. von Kluck,
following his skilful retreat from the
vicinity of Paris, remained in the po
sition lie had taken on the Aisne The
fighting there recently has been over
shadowed by the operations In Belgium
and Gen. von Kluck and his army, ac
cording to reports have been given a
much needed rest.
CLA¥I7CRAFT‘
SUNK, KARLSRUHE
Washington, D. C.—The German le
gation at Rio de Janerio, Brazil, re
ported to the German embassy here
today that the German cruiser Karl
sruhe which already has been reported
10 have captured and sunk many ves
sels in the Atlantic, altogether "has
brought up seveteen steamers with a
tonnage of 80.000 British registered
tons " According to the announcement
at the'embassy "the use of British
passenger steamers therefore, must be
regarded as dangerous.”
CABLES CUT. , „
Rome, 10:05 p. m.—Owing to the In
ylerruption of the submarine cables in
>-jhr Aegean Sea, together with sus
pension of traffic in several of the
11 nd lines Into the Baikan States,
r sages for Greece, Rervia and Rus
now are b»ing sent over Italian
to be dispatched to their destina
tion* by way of Zante, a Grecian ,'s
land in the Mediterranean.
As a result of this condition, the
Hal’&n telegraph line* are congested.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
ANXIOUS,
ADMIRAL
ADVANCE OF
ALLIES IN
FLANDERS
German Military Bakeries
Going South---Invaders Say
They Can Fight Men, Not
Waste of Waters.
Paris, 3:30 P. M.—Presi
dent Poincare has sent a
letter to War Minister Mil
ler and in which he declares
that after a long series of
violent engagements the al
lies have repulsed the
desperate attacks of the
enemy.
Report Progress.
Paris, 2:447 p. m.—The French offi
cial announcement given out in Paris
this afternoon says that the Allies
have made slight progress to the east
of Nieuport on the right bahk of the
Y ser.
The Franco-Rritish lines have at no
point drawn back and our troops un
dertaking the offensive have made
notable progress in several directions.
Transport Impossible.
London, 8:35 a. m.—Daily Mall cor
respondent at Rotterdam says he has
received official confirmation of the
Allies' advance on all the west Fland
ers front. He adds:
“The German military bakeries have
been removed in a southerly direction
from Ostend showing the intended re
treat of the main German force. I
have learned from reliable sources that
last week’s’ transfer of the 9th Ger
man army corps has been completed
from Belgium and France to East
Prussia and that only half of theti
number has been replaced by volun
teers.
“The Germans are short of big gun
ammunition in West Flanders and
transport is impossible owing to the
inundations. Interned Germans say
they can fight men, but not a waste of
waters.”
GALLANTRY OF
BRITISH IN TOE
CHILE ACTION
Believed That All of the Mon
mouth’s Crew Lost---No News
of the Glasgow, Good Hope
and Otranto.
London, 6:30 a. m.—The Times to
day under a Valparaiso date, prints
the report of Admiral von Spee re
garding the fight between British and
German cruisers off the Chilean coast
Sunday night, which reports, the dis
patch says, was made to the Chilean
authorities.
No other news of the fight is avail
able up to date, according to the dls
catch and there is no news of th»
Glasgow, Goodhope or Otranto.
Think All Lost.
The Times dispatch says it is be
lieved all of the Monmouth’s crew
were lost and it also relates that the
German officers testify to the great
gallantry of the crew of the Mon
mouth which, while in a sinking con
dition attempted to ram one of the
German vessels.
The universal opinion in Valparaiso
is that the German squadron was al
ways well provided with wireless in
formation while the contrary was the
case with the British squadron.
BULGARIA, GREECE,
SERVIA, RUMANIA
London, 7:48 a. m.—A dispatch from
Sofia to the Times says:
“The Bitlgirlan government has re
cflveJl a formal assurance that the
Greek government is determined to
maintain neutrality and has refrained
from ordering a mobilization. The
Servian minister here announces that
Servla will offer Ruigarlu her moral
support should Turkey attack Bulga
ria. No friendly advance has been
received from Rumania.”
Persia Demands
Troop Withdrawal
Berlin, (By Wirele**). —A dispatch
received from Copenhagen, according
to Information given out in Berlin of
ficially today, says the Persian minis
ter at Petrograd has demanded the
immediate recall of the Russian forces
of occupation in Persia.
Russia for some time has maintain
ed permanent garrisons In the north
ern portion of Persia.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1914.
Twenty-One New haven Directors Indicted
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT: THEODORE N. VAIL, JOHN L. RILLARD AND LEWIS OASS I.EDYARD.
BELOW, LERT TO RIGHT: WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER, GEORGE F. BAKER AND GEORGE MAOCUL
LOCH MILLER.
These arc six of the twenty-one directors and former directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
R. R., who were criminally indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in the United States District Court In New
York on Monday. The indictments charge conspiracy in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law to monopo
lize commerce. Under section 2 of the law, under which they were returned, the' maximum penalty upon
I conviction Is one year imprisonment and $6,900 ’fine.
Augusta to Demonstrate How People May Live at Home;
Live at Home Week Here From Nov. 16th to the 21st
Augusta Manufacturers to Co
operate and Will Display in
the Heart of the Business
District Articles Manufactur
ed in This City
TO GET PEOPLE IN HABIT OF
BUYING HOME-MADE GOODS
Live-at-Home Week Will Be a
Great Educational Affair, Be
cause It Will Show People
What They Do Not Know
About Augusta Industries.
It may or may not be true if a Chi
nese Wall should be nuilt around the
borders of Georgia the state could
support herself, falling back upon her
own agricultural and industrial re
sources; but during the week of No
vember 16-21 the people of Augusta
are going to demonstrate to them
selves how advantageous it will be to
them as a whole to, as far as is pos
sible, trade at home and live at home,
depending upon Augusta-made good:)
to supply their household wants and
upon food products raised in this sec
tion to supply their tables.
There has been a great deal said
one way and another during the past
few months concerning the cotton
farmer, who, everybody now agrees,
must begin to live at home on the
farm instead of placing his dependence
in cotton money to supply himself, his
family, and his farm, in a broad
sense, what applies to the farmer in
this respect, likewise applies to the
city man; what applies to the far
mer's wife likewise applies to the
housewives who dwell In the cities.
if the farmer Is to live at home,
raising something else besides cot
ton, he must find a market close at
hand for such food crops as he grows
and for such meats as he raises in ad
dition to what he needs for his own
uses; and the city ’dwallets', th h con
sumers, must supply that market.
Hundred of thousands of dollars
which go away from Augusta every
year for food products—money that is
sent so far away that the chances of
Its ever coming back here are reduc
ed to the minimum—can be distribut
ed among the farmers and the live
stock men of this immediate section
of country, who living in easy dis
tance of Augusta, in Augusta's trade
territory, will bring it back and spend
it here, keeping jt circulating in local
channels of trade and commerce.
Has Spread Like Wildfire.
With all this in mind The Herald
a few days ago announced the plan of
putting on a Rive at Home, Trade at
Home, Pay at Horne, Order at Home,
Made at Home, Raised at Home, Help
at Home week; to en|i*t the coopera
tion of all classes of people In giving
(Continued on Page Four),
Not Guilty, Says
Wm. Rockefeller
in Weak Voice
Oil Multi-Millionaire Appears
in Criminal Branch of U. S.
Court to Answer to Con
spiracy Indictment.
New York,—William Rockefeller,
Standard Oil muti-milllonalre, appear
ed today in the criminal branch of
the United States district court and
entered a plea of not guilty to the In
dictment charging him with conspir
acy in connection with his acts as a
former director of the New York, New
Haven A Hartford Railroad Company.
He was placed under $5,000 bond to
Insure his appearance for trial.
Appear* Feeble.
Mr. Rockefeller appeared feeble as
he walked from hla automobile into
the building and to the elevator. In
a husky whisper, audible hard if ten
feet away, Mr. Rockefeller said, "not
guilty,” after the clerk had asked him
how he desired to plead. Judge Fos
ter stated that Mr. Rockefeller would
be given until November 23rd, the date
that has been flved In the case of the
other defendants who have already
pleaded. Of the 21 men IndlctPd, Mr.
Rockefeller was the seventeenth to
plead.
For the first time in the memory of
New. York newspaper photographers,
Mr. Rockefeller consented to pose for
his photograph.
TURK AMBASSADOR
OFF FROM LONDON
London, 8:20 a. m.—Tewfik Pasha,
the Turkish ambassador who was
handed his j assports by the foreign
office yesterday left the embassy this
morning with his staff for the Char*
ing Cross station, enroute to Constan
tinople.
Other* Leave,
Washington, -D. C.—French foreign
office despatches to the embassy here
today confirmed the departure of the
French ambassador at. Constatluople
with his staff on November Ist and
announced that ftlfaat Pasha, the
Turkish ambassador, has received his
passports and left Paris.
KILLED IN ACTION.
London, 5:20 a. m.— Major Bealls
TYHenln Hamilton, of the Coldstream
Guards, and the heir presumptive to
Lord Hamilton of Dalzell,' 'it' Is an
nounced today, was killed in action
lon October 26tb.
FIGHTING IS ON
BETWEEN VILLA
AND CARRANZA
Del Rio, Texas.—There was fighting
yesterday near the American border
between Carranza and Villa troops,
about 15 miles up the Rio Grande from
here, according to American hunters
arriving today.
Attempting to hunt in Mexico they
were ordered back by Mexicans, win
informed them there was a battle t|
progress.
The approach of Villa troops toward
the Texas border with Neuvo Laredo
and Pledras Negras as their objective,
has been reported several times In the
past few weeks. The location Indicat
ed for yesterday’s fighting was near
Fiedras Negras.
ISLAND CYPRUS
IS ANNEXED BY
GREAT BRITAIN
London, 11:30 a, m -Great Britain
today formally annexed the Island of
Cyprus In the Mediterranean which
nominally formed a part of the Turk
ish empire.
The defensive alliance between
Great Britain and Turkey having be
come annulled by the outbreak of the
war the British government decided
thta It was necessary to appropriate
ttie Island In order that proper pro
vision imight tie made for Its govern
ment and for Its protection.
SREEES FALLING
IN TSING TAD
Tokio. -It Is officially announced
that the bombardment of Tslng-Tail
continues vlgoorusly. The Germans
on the night of November 3rd, made a
counter attack which for a. time hin
dered operations.
The attacking forces, according to
the statement, are now gradually dos
ing in. Shells are falling In ‘the
street# of the town and the power
house has been destroyed
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
IN NEXT CONGRESS,
NOT SO VERY BAD,
DEMOCRATS AVER
IJ. S. CONSUL
INTERVENED
FOR THEM
Turk Authorities Tried to Stay
Departure of British Officials
at Beirut---Cruiser North
Carolina on Hand.
Washington, D. C. British and
French subjects in Turkey may cither
remain or depart, according? to a state
ment made by the Turkish minister of
tlic interior to American Ambassador
Morffopthau. The American embassy
is facilitating' the departure of subjects
of the Allied powers in Turkey as well
as looking after American missiona
ries and interests.
Consul Acts.
London, 7:05 a. m.—Telegraphing
from Alexandria, Egypt under date of
Tuesday, the eorrespondent of Reuter's
Telegram Company says:
“The Turkish authorities tried to
prevent the departure of the British
officials and other foreign subjects
from Beirut but the intervention of
the American consul In their behalf
was successful. It was explained, how
ever that the idea of the detention was
hot to keep tlierri hh hostages, hut to
avoid the semblance of a final rupture
as the feeling there is resentful to
wards the Germans for plunging Tur
key into war.
“The presence of the American cruis
er North .Carolina is expected to ex
ercise a salutary Influence on the
popular feeling.”
RUSSIANS IN
FORWARD
ACTION
Movement Becomes General,
According tb London and
Petrograd Reports. ’ Declare
Von Hindcnberg in Full Re
treat in Poland.
London, 10 a. m.—Further details
from the scene of the fighting In the
east indicates In the opinion of Eng
lish experts that the forward move
ment of the Russians has become gen
eral. Even (he Russian left wing has
been held stubbornly by the Austrians
for weeks past, has Joined In the ad
vance.
Petrograd makes positive assertion
that the Austrian movement Is a re
treat amounting to a rout In which
Oie Russians have taken many pris
oners and much booty. According to
reports In the Russian capital, Gen. von
Hlndenberg, the German commander Is
continuing his tremendous retiring
movement In Russian Poland, while
desperate fighting along the frontier
of East Prussia ha.s enabled the Rus
sians to cross the border at several
points. A significant phase of the
eastern campaign Is Indicated by a re
port from Rotterdam that the ninth
German army corps has been trans
ferred from Belgium to East Prus
sia.
Great Losses.
Pari., 9:50 a. m. —A late official com
munication from the Russian govern
ment Is contained In a Petrograd des
patch to the Havas Agency. It says:
"The losses sustained by the Ger
mans or\ |he east Prussian front Is
great; of eertaln companies only 80
men remain.
"Austrian deserters of whom the
number Is increasing, state that dis
cord reigns between the Austrians and
Germans. They also declare the lat
ter have sustained enormous losses."
Much Elation.
Petrograd, (via London, 4:30 a. m.)
—There is particular elation over Rus
sia’s advance since there now seems
little possibility of the Germans re
gaining the lost territory because of
any Improvement In the roads the con
dition of which was regarded as a
large factor of the German failure. The
improvement of the roads Is more than
counter-balanced by the enormous re
inforcements since received.
BRITISH AIRBOMBS
, DO MUCH DAMAGE
London, 8:16 a. m.—A dispatch from
Rotterdam to The Daily Mail,
dated Tuesday night, says:
"This morning British aeroplanes
dropped bombs on the state railway
works at Bruges, In Belgium, doing
great damage. At 4 o'clock this af
ternoon another British wur plane
dropped bombs on Bruges.”
HOME
EDITION
Leaders Assert, in Returns Yet
Incomplete, Majority in Sen
ate Increased From 10 to 15
With Claim of “Substantial
Majority” in House
IN LOWER HOUSE STILL
HAVE ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE
Republicans, However, Jubilant
Over Results-- Welcome Re
turn to the Fold of Those
Ousted in 1912---Predict G.
0. P. Victory in 1916.
Washington. Democratic adminiti
tration loaders today claimed a “sub-
Htantlal majority” In the house, and
continued control of the senate as a
result of the elections for the next
congress. On returns which were
not yet complete the democrats as
sorted their majority in the senate
had been increased from ten to fif
teen. In tlio house the returns indl- ■
rated that the present overwhelming
democratic majority of 140 had dwind
led to about 26.
Profess Satisfaction.
With this the democratic leaders
professed themselves satisfied, de
claring It was the greatest majority
"ever returned by any party In an off
year following a tariff revision." The
democrats also asserted the returns
showed that the progressive party had
practically disappeared and that
therefore the democratic victory was a
triumph over a re-unlted republican
party.
Way Clear for 1916.
Republicans, however, were jubilant
over the result. They asserted the
progressives were returning to the
fold und that by 1916 the way would
be cleared for a sweeping republican
victory. They were prepared to wel
come “Uncle Joe" Cannon and many
of Ills erstwhile followers who had
fought their way back to seats In ths
house after their defeat In 1912.
Three breaks In the solid South,
which democracy has held for so many
years were pointed to as Indications
of democratic weakness.
Houss Re-organization.
The next congress will see a re
organization of the house. Speaker
Clark, who was returned by a big ma
jority, from lilr district will undoubt
edly be the democratic choice for
speaker.
The election of Representative Un
derwood to the senate from Alabama
will precipitate a contest for the
leadership, In which Representative
Kltchins of North Carolina, ranking
member of the ways and means com
mittee will take the leading part.
Many Changes.
The reduced majority of ths demo
crats also will necessitate many
changes In the organization of ths
powerful house committees.
In the senate even a slight increass
In the present narrow democratic ma
jority will strengthen the administra
tion which during the present con
gress has at times been somewhat em
barrassed by the slender margin of
control.
400 ESCAPE FIRE,
QUEBEC FACTORY
Quebec.—Fire In the factory of Gale
Brothers, shoe manufacturers, menaced
the entire, factory section of Quebec
this forenoon and brought all the fire
fighting apparatus In the city to the
scene. The flames were quickly ex
tinguished. Four hundred workmen
In the factory escaped, although for a
time It was feared that many would
he cut off by the flames. The dam
age will nppoxlmate $30,000.
THERE ARE
M
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Itoad Herald ads and
call for advertised
goods if you want the
pick of styles and
bargains.
Wh«n ihopplng in Augusta
tomorrow Bayi “I Saw It In
The Herald." It will pay.
Try It.