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VOLUME XIX. No. 311.
French-British Win at
All Points Along Line
Allies Assume Offensive to Southeast of Ypres.
Day and Night Attacks of Invaders Checked.
Positions Recaptured—Enemy Heavy Loser at
Nancy, is Paris Official Report Today
Paris, 3:01 p. m.—The official announcement given out in Paris this
afternoon says the situation is relatively quiet on the River Yser below
Dixmude. %
Along Entire Front.
The statement sets forth that French and British forces have success
fully repulsed German attacks alon g almost the entire front. Reference is
made specifically to Dixmude and Bixschoots. where counter attacks were
repulsed; to the southeast of Ypres, where the French have assumed the
offensive with the British, and to N uevo Chapeile, where the British forces
drove the Germans hack.
Checked on the Oise.
Hay and night attacks between A rras and the Oise have been checked,
and near Vailly the French recaptured positions previously wrested from
them. In the Argonne other attacks were repulsed and here the French
claim progress.
Losses at Nancy.
Northeast of Verdun two villages have been captured and to the south
east of Verdun and to the southeast of St. Michiel the offensive move
ments of the enemy failed, according to the French statement. Also on
the right wing the enemy sustained losses around Nancy.
COURT RULING
ASSURES EARLY
EXCH’GE OPENING
Expect Date For Cotton
Trading on New Yorkw.Ex
change Now to Be Set Soon.
New York. —Federal Judge Mayer
signed an order today permitting the
sale at nine cents a pound of 80,000
bales of cotton owned by the suspend
ed firm of S. H. Pell & Company to
a cotton corporation syndicate. This
decision left the New York Cotton
Exchange free to decide upon an ear
ly date of re-opening.
The Pali Failure.
New York. —The naming of e date
Te-open the New York Cotton Ex
change was still further delayed today
by the action of the United States dis
tridt cowjt in deferring decision as to
thi—dispvAition of 80,000 hales of un
liquidated cotton held by the sus
pended firm of S» H. P. Pell & Com
, pany. The disposition of this cotton
has to be settled, it is said, before a
day will be appointed to open the
v exchange. It was expected that
Judge Mayer would sign an order to
day permitting the Pell Company re
ceivers to transfer to a cotton corpor
ation syndicate the big holdings oi
the suspended firm. Some of the
concerns’ creditors objected, however,
and in this were joined by two of the
receivers. Consequently Judge May
er declined to issue the order and wiil
hold a further hearing at an early
.date, yet to be designated. With the
Pell cotton disposed of the exchange,
it is believed can follow the example
of the Liverpool Association and
speedily reopen. It had been though:
that the opening might be within 10
days.
FOUR WORSHIPS
PUSS CALLAO
Lima, Paru, 5 p. m., (delayed.)—Four
warships passed Callao southbound to
day. They kept far out from the coast
and tbetr nationality could not be made
out.
BRITISH THANKS,
"VJ. S. ENVOY’S AID
a{
jt on , —The British embassy
"* "'Jde public a letter from Am-
nmol Spring-Rice to Secretary
I Oppressing appreciation of the
’ aw government for the earvlces
»oi “ ■ rican Ambassador Morgenthau
at rmstantinople in assisting in the
departure of Sir L. Mallet, the Brit
ish ahnbassador to Turkey. Sir Mal
let was prevented from leaving until
Mr. Morgenthau Intervened.
CALIFORNIA EARTH SHOCKS.
Chleo, Calif.—Two distinct earth
quake shocks, IB seconds apart were
felt at the town of Aina, 20 mile*
north of here last night, the general
direction being from east to west. Sc
far as known no damage was caused.
FLOATING MINES SO THICK,
CATCH IN TRAWLERS NETS
London, 10:SO a. m—The feeling I"
/Wowing here that tha recent raid of
a Owrman fleet off Yarmouth wa» not
the sum total of naval activities In the
(North sea and this Impression has
be. n Increased by the news that Dutch
ft»l,ilng vessels have found floating
?rf*fie« so thick —some of then: even
reciting In their nets —that they have
(riven up all efforts *o continue their
or.uhation Thee* fish-mien report,
also, that they hare seen many oodlea
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
„ 0
No Slaughtering
at Stockyards
For Nine Days
. ig Chicago Area Being Fumi
gated By One Thousand Men.
Rats, Pigeons, Cats and Dogs
Being Killed---Forty Thous
and Employes Will Work on.
Chicago. —The Chicago Union Stock
Yards, for the first time since its or
ganization, 49 years ago, was closed
today because of the epidemic of foot
and mouth disease, which is prevalent
among cattle in thirteen states.
Placed under quarantine by Btate
and federal officials for a period of
nine days, th" l Chicago yards will un
dergo a thorough process of fumiga
tion before the slaughtering of animals
will be permitted to be resumed. A
force of 1,000 men, working night and
day in three shifts, is spreading dis
infectant over the 540 acres of ground
comprising the yards, in addition to
miles of chutes, pens, water troughs
and big packing buildings.
In Cattle Pen*.
Professional rat catchers began to
destroy the thousands of rats which
infest the yards and trap shots blazed
away at pigeons, thousands of which
live among the cattle pens. Both rats
and pigeons, government expert said,
carry the disease. All dog* and cats
within the neighborhood of the yards
were ordered killed.
No shipment of livestock will be
made into the yards until the quaran
tine is raised. Shipments of dressed
meats, however, will continue as
usual. A majority of the 40.000 em
ployes will be kept at work during the
enforced suspension.
BRITAIN FREES
IRE KROONLAND
"Detained” American Steamer
Allowed to Proceed---Cargo
of Copper and Rubber Re
mains at Oibraltar.
Washington.—The American steam
er Kroonland has been released by
British officials at Gibraltar. She
will stll today, leaving her cargo of
copper and rubber for a verdict of a
prize court.
The incident explained the distinc
tion which the British government has
made between "seizing" and "detain
ing” a vessel. The Kroonland, it de
veloped, was merely detained and was
asked to discharge her cargo for the
determination of the question of ulti
mate destination.
Aating Sesretary tansing of the
State Department, said he had offic
ially received no Information showing
that the copper aboard the Kroonland
was destined for use by the Krupps.
No mention was
patches received as to whether the oil
first reported as on the Kroonland was
also taken off. The vessel will pro
ceed to Naples and thence Greece.
floating In the «<b.
Mora Recruits.
The British press continues its cam
paign for more effective measures of
recruiting. Some papers advocate
some form of compulsory service while
others censure the government for not
providing proper maintenance for per
sons dependent upon the men eligible
for military service who are loath to
enlist for fear that their families would
suffer during their absence.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 7, 1914.
GUN FIRE AND
FLOOD DRUG
INVADERS BACK
Paris Watching Struggle to
North With Most Intense In
terest. Three More German
Corps Arrive. ,
Paris.—7 a. m.—Paris Is watching
with the keenest interest the progress
of the battle in the north and every
word available regarding the opera
tions, from official and other sources,
Is the subject of eager discussion.
Having been driven by gun fire and
flood from the road to Dunkirk, the
Germans appear to be ooneentartlng
all their energies on the Ypres-Arras
line with the object of reaching Bou
logne through the valley of Cancha
River In the Department of Pas-De-
Calais.
Three More Corps.
Three recently formed army corps,
the 18th, from Frankfort, the Bth,
from Coblenz, and the 10th, from
Hanover, have been brought up to
stiffen the German troops who are
exhausted after nine days of cease
less fighting. The troops are being
massed around Arras, behind strong
positions established at Beauvais, TL
loy and St. Laurent De Blnngy.
Preparatory cannonading has be
come intense in the last two days, ac
cording to a resident of the district
Just arrived In Paris and the attacks
of the infantry have been made ap
parently with the object of testing
the French strength.
Abandon Mass Advance.
It was remarked that the enemy
seemed to he abandoning the methods
of advancing in dense masses and
had tried attacking in open order,
making use of all available cover,
moving forward by short spurts and
throwing themselves down when the
French quick flrers opened on thepi
The result seems to have been no bet
ter, as the men seem to lack the in
dividual initiative required to maks
this method effective. None of the
attacks so far has made any impres
sion on the French line.
For Defensive Action.
The country between Arras and
Boulogne Is well wooded and hilly,
lending Itself admirably to defensive
fighting and every preparation hae
been .nade to utilize it for it is reallzd
that the Germans will make an even
greater effort if possible than before,
particularly in view of the critical
situation on the Russian front.
PALLID KAISER,
NEAR FRONT, IS
DISSATISFIED
Reported Thoroughly Cast
Down By Results in Flanders
Past Few Days---Efforts to
Inspire Troops,
London, 7:19 a. m.—The correspond
ent of the Express on the Belgian
frontier, under date of Friday, tele
graphs the following:
"The kaiser himself Is close to the
front in Flanders, making efforts to
inspire his troops to gain Calais.
“Despite the nearly auccessful at
tack on him at Thielt Sunday, the
kaiser continues to drive daily through
the territory behind the Bruges and
Conrtral roads. His route Is always
kept secret and he hag a new car of
different appearance each time In or
der to prevent a description from
reaching the allies.
For Brsvs Acts.
"Daily he singles out certain sol
diers for sets of exceptional bravery
and personally gives them the Iron
cross. H visits the field hospitals
and taikn to the wounded, invariably
saying: ‘Sood-day, comrade. The
kaiser wishes you a apeedy recovery,'
"The kaiser dined with the staff at
Ghent yesterday and returned to the
staff headquarters thoroughly dissat
isfied with the result of the past few
days of the campaign.
"A party of refugees saw the kaiser
in an automobile yesterday. One of
thorn said:
Lika a Status.
•' ’The kaiser sat on the rear seat
with the duke of Wurttemberg. The
front sent was occupied by Infantry
men, while a pilot car, filled with sol
diers. went In front The kaiser's ex
treme pallor and rigidity of features
were very marked. He sat like a statue
wrapped in a gray coat and listened
to the report of a passing officer At
the end he saluted, but without a smile
and then nodded silently to the soldier
chauffeur to go ahead.*"
$265,000 SADDLERY LO3B.
Springfield, Mo, lire early today
destroyed the plant of the Hermgnri-
Kanford Saddlery company. The loss
Is estimated at 12#r,,000.
Defective wiring la believed to h*%e
been the cause.
ENGLAND FEARS FOR HER ADMIRAL
HnV' iflffl jw
ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADDOCK.
To Admiral Crurldock had been assigned the duty of running down the
German warships that had been preying upon English merchantmen! In the
Pacific Ocean.
TOOK FIRE AND FOUNDERED.
London. —The admiralty announces officially thai the British cruiser Good
Hope, flagship of Admiral Craddock, look fire during the engagements w'itli
the Germans off the coast of Chile last Sunday and foundered.
MONMOUTH RUN ASHORE
London.—The admiralty statementsays It Is believed that the British
cruiser Monmouth, which the Germans reported had been sunk, was run
ashore.
GERMAN RUSH BEST
CORPS ON TO WEST
Belief Grows in London That Final Desperate Effort is Being
Made By Kaiser to Smash the Allies Lines in North France
and Belgium—Strongly Fortified in East
London, 10:25 a. m.—Mystery again
cloaks the movements of the antag
onists along the battle fronts in the
eastern arena of the war, but the be
lief is growing in Ixmdon that Ger
many, safe within her defenses behind
the River Warthe, and with the Aus
trians behind strongly fortified posi
tions from Cracow to the passes of
the Carpathians, 1* rushing her best
corps on the eastern front to the west,
in a final desperate effort to smash
the allies’ line blocking their way to
Calais.
In All Directions.
Petrograd reports that the Austrians,
after making a final furious onslaught
From Silk Spun in Augusta Mill
Most Fashionable Gowns Made
Process of Spinning Silk Thread From Raw Silk Imported
Here From Far-Away Japan to Be Shown During Live-at-
Home, Made-at-Home, Help at-Home Week.
Perhaps comparatively few Augusta
women are aware that the silk thread
their dressmakers and even the most
fashionable builders of stylish gowns In
the large cities use Is spun here, right
here In Augusta.
At the Rlngleton Bilk Mills, out on
ths canal, a large number of rnen and
women find employment In this splendid
Industry, and the wages they receive
helps to swell the Augusta payroll—the
money I hat Is spent here at home, with
Augusta merchants, for the necessities
of life
Kaw silk Imported from Japan Is spun
Into silk thread, which, In the natural
color, Is shipped from here to the North,
where In other mills It Is dyad, coming
back hers to be sold over the counters
of Augusta stores In a wide variety of
colon, or In other mills It Is woven Into
silken fabrics which find their way back
to Augusta to he made up Into fash
ionable gowns
It Is verv Interesting to watch the
processes followed at the Rlngleton Mlllg
the raw silk being first soaked In olive
oil and washed out. then to begin Its
way through the many different ma
chines. the silken thread then wound
on spools.
During Augusta’s I.lvs st Home week,
which will likewise he Msde In Augusts,
JAPS ARE NOW READY FOR
GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC
Washington. Official dispatches telling of the fall of Tslng Tan were
received today at the Japanese embassy and Interpreted as signalling
ths beginning of an offensive naval campaign In the Pacific. Three
squadrons of warships which have been occupied in blockading Klao
Chow will now be released, it was said, to hunt down the Herman ships
in the Pacific
It was stated at the embassy that In all probability a Joint occupation
of British and Jspanes# forces would taks place at Tslng Tau imme
diately.
on the Rusaian lines along the River
San, had withdrawn In all directions
until their front now' extends from
Dukla pass. In the Carpathians, to
Cracow, with a wedge extending to
Przemysl, which fortress continues to
resist the Russian assault.
General Pursuit.
Another dispatch from Petrograd
declares that a general pursuit of the
retiring Austrians is under way, but
the cautious tone of the official com
munication. added to significant ad
missions from Vienna, creates the Im
pression that the Austrians are re
gaining their fortified positions with
out suffering great disaster.
Order in Augusta. Pay In Augusts, Help
in Augusta Week. the Hlngleton Bilk
Mills will have In a prominent show
window om Broad Street h display, whers
the raw silk as If Is received here from
far-off Japuri Will he shown, and, «» s
matter of Interest to the people of Au
gusta, In addition, spools of the thread
that Is spun.
This will be only one of she many In
teresting things concerning themselves
and their diversified manufactories that
ths people of Augusta will torn out ta
see during the week of NovanibtW 10-21,
Finished goods from practically every
one of the roanv Augusta cotton mills
will he on display In addition to tnanu
factorial prodtit-Ta of every kind made
In Augusta. Kvery one knows Augus
tas reputation as a cotton goods manu
facturing city, hut It Is a fact lhat even
the people of Augusta do not as a seri
erel thing know what a wide varlely of
cotton goods are manufactured here, the
uses to which these goods are put and
where they can he bought when they
are needed
The Live st Horne, Made at Horne,
Ituv at Home, Order at Home. Pay at
Home plan will he fully explained In to
morrow’s Issue of The Herald. Watch
out for Jt. It will he Interesting to
you and to everyone.
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NOW OR NEVER IS
TIME FOR KAISER
FALL TSIIG TAR
IS GELLRRATED
B! ALL TOKIO
German Stronghold Succumbs
to Jap Attacks - Closing
Hours of Siege Most Dramatic
---Rain of Shells Terrific.
Toklo, 3:50 p. m. Toklo Is oolobrat
inpr today tin* fall vl’ the (Jerman fortrens
at Tsin^-Tau.
It wtiH In the middle of September
that die real attack bourn although
preparations for tho taking; of the G<jr
mflii stronghold were begun Immediate
ly after war wuh detdaVed by Japan on
August 15th. t’rowds collected every
where today «n»l map\ proreHslonn were
fnrtifeed, the enthnaiuHtic people drag
ging about with them floats decorated
with flowers aH* a H.vmhol of victory.
Japanese and British flags are floating
everywhere throughout tin* city.
Final Assault.
The final and successful attack on
Tslng-Tau began shortly after midnight
Friday morning and the find Inroad by
the allied forces which was Intgely In
strumental In the fall of the place was
the taking of the middle fort of the
first line of defenses. This was ac
complished by a brilliant charge of In
fantry and engineer*, led by General
Yoshtinl Yamaha.
Hlrnulta neonsly with the charge of
General Yamaha others were made, the
troops dnshlng forward with crises of
"banzai.” Taltung Ghen, the fortifi
cation on the east, fell at 6:35 in the
morning. Chung Chiuwa was captured
soon thereofater, with its two heavy
cannon.
Hoisted White Flag.
A detachment of the first line occu
pied the litis, Bismarck and Moltke forts
at 7 In the morning and then tho enemy
hoisted the white flag on the weather
astronomical station adjoining the gov
ernor’s office. Another white flag was
hoisted on the coast forts at the mouth
of the Holpo at 7:30 o’clock.
The closing hours of the sieg«j of
Tslng-Tau and the fall of the fortress
there are briefly but dramatically de
scribed In official reports sent to the
government by Vice Admiral Badakichi
Kato, the commander of the Japanese
nayal forces and Lieutenant General
Kamio, commander of the troops operat
ing in Klan Chow.
At Bayonets Point.
Affar the capture of the central fijrt
tl appears from theft* statements the
left wing of the attacking forces ad
vanced and occupied Chan Hhsn at 5:10
o’clock yesterday morning. Chan Bhan
was the base of the rigid wing of the
German Line and Is a. triangular fortifi
cation. Then the other forces at the
point of the bayonet captured the forts
of the first line Including the Intricate
and dangerous defense works connect
ing them. Other forces advanced In
rushes on the main line of the defenses
made up of the forts of litis, Bismarck
and Moltke.
In Morning Breeze.
'•Suddenly,” s;iys thy reports, "the
flag of surrender Van tip In the morning
breeze on the weather bureau mount
towering above the sea and land.”
In the last two days of tho fighting It
Is stated the warships continued ft ler
rlflc rain of shells on Uj« fortress and
the city from the east and south, in
flicting great damage and havoc. Tals
chen FVfrt, the official accounts say,
seemed to explode.
Tokio, 6 p. m. Vice-Minister of the
Navy Huzukl, speaking today of the
future of Tslng Tan, said:
“While the European war continues
Tslng Tan will be administered hy
Japan. At the conclusion of the war
Japan will open negotiations with
China.”
Further details of the Tslng Tan
fighting reach Ink Toklo show that the
Germans made desperate efforts to re
pair the damages to their batteries, hut
without success. Japanese shells killed
the men at work and demolished the
batteries anew. Projectiles from the
Japanese warships started fires In sev
eral streets of the city, certain por
tions of which were burned.
The stopping of the smuggling of
provisions along the I Jang Bha n coast
is thought ti» have hastened the capit
ulation of the German stronghold
FIRE IN KANSAS
CITY STOCK YARDS
Kansan City, Mo.- A fir* that burned
fiercely for several hour* mrly today
swept over the Kuhhhh City stock yard**
and destroyed HO meres of pens, cover
inn one-third of the cattle section of
the yards. The loss was n little more
than $125,000, according to stock yard
officials.
It was believed a cigar stub thrown
In the hay started the blaze
Involuntary Slayer, John
Lundgren, Not Guilty
Qiry, IncJ.—John Lwndgren, of Chi
cago, a m]rJ<f|Hw*‘ighr pugilist, charged
with involuntary manslaughter as h re
sult of the death of ‘'battling Leveri
dowsky " of Michigan City, Ind., was
exonerated by Judge Dunn here yester- j
dity Levmidowsky died after fighting
two rounds with Lundgren at Tolieston,
Ind-, last month.
PHILOMATHIC CLUB
ENDORSES MOVEMENT.
Augusta du., Nov. 5, Jit 14,
The Home Products Kditor,
Augusta Herald, Augusta, Hu.
Dear Kir—The Phllomathlc club
at Its regular meeting on Wed
nesday afternoon. November 4, en
dorsed the Live at Horne Move
ment inaugurated by The Angus- %
ta Herald, and pledged Its co-op
eration and support.
Yours very truly.
.MARGAIUST W. ARNOLD.
Secretary.
HOME
EDITION
The Initiative, in Furious
Flanders Fighting, Seems
Passing to Anglo-French
Forces—Bringing Up German
Reserves is Necessary
DEARTH OF OFFICERS OF
INVADERS IS THOUGHT
German Crown Prince’s Army
Resumes Attempt to Cross
Argonne Forest to Join Forces
---French Positions Unshaken
Pari*, 1 a. m. —With rrnpwert energy
the German* are dinging tenaciously
to their positions in Flanders, espe
cially the Ypres region, but the initia
tive, so Important In modern warfare,
la now pausing to tha allies. Kye-wit
nesses from the front declare that the
fighting around Illxschoote Is as furi
ous as over.
Again and Again.
Tho Germans have attacked again
and again and positions have been won
and lost many times, but the ad
vent age has remained with the allies.
No less violent was the struggle south
"f Ypres. between Wytsehaete and
Messlnes, for command of the high
road leading from Ypres to Arm.n
tleres and 1/llle. This road Is now in
possession of tho allies
Not Enough Officer*.
Now or never in the time for the
Germans to bring up reserves to make
n decisive effort to win through, In
the opinion of military experts. Ac
cording to prisoners taken recently,
however, while there Is no lack of
men there Is a great dearth of officers,
large numbers having been aent to the
Russian frontier, where the need ot
them Is greater to make up staffs for
the reserve corps opposing the ever
growing Russian army. The Herman
efforts to pass Arras and break
through to the coast hy way of the
hilly country of Artois continue, but
with less success. ,
Army of Crown Prince.
The nrrpy formerly commanded by
the German crown prince east of the
Argonne region has resumed Its at
tempt to force a passage across the
forest to Join the army op the other
side. The French, however, retain com
mand of the only roads across this dif
ficult region and all attacks, though
made with great determination, have
tailed to shake the French positions.
0. FEW TD
PROTESTJUSSAA
John L. Caldv/ell Joins Persian
Government In Protest Agnauft
Arrest of Austrian and Turk
Officials.
London, f2:15 p. m. Telegraphing
from Amsterdam, the correspondent of
Reuter’s Telegram company say* a
message received there from Vienna
state* that the Austro-Hungarian con
sul general and the Turkish dlplomatto
representative at Tabriz. Persia, have
been taken prisoners hy the Russians
and transported to Tiflls.
The Persian government and the
American minister at Teheran, have
protested to Russia, according to the
correspondent, against this alleged In
fraction of International law.
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