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THE WEATHER * - Fair tonight and Sun day '“fl 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. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. 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. THERE ARE 40 Shopping Days Before Xmas Road Herald ads and <\all for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bn rgains. When shopping in Augusts tomorrow Say: “I Saw I'. In The Herald.” It will pay. Try It.