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TWO PITIFUL SCENES AT THE MASSACRE OF GERMANS; iß,ooo jlprisoners Victories of Russians in Galicia and Poland Being Augmented Daily—Outnumbering Cossaks Rout and Pursue Enemy. Fearful Condition of Cavalry Cut to Pieces—Casualties Aggregate 30,000 in Dead and Prisoners Pstroflrsd. —The left wing of the Russian army, In engagements talcing place between October 23 and November 4, on the front, In the vicinity of Cracow, took pris oner 274 officers and 18,600 men of the enemy. This Information was given out In Petrograd today In addition to these prisoners the Russian forces captured three Howitzers, 40 pieces of artillery, 88 rapid-fire guns and a large qualtlty of material for the man ufacture of cartridges. Now Russian Arvanco. Petrogrsd (Via London), 2:40 p. m. —Russian forces are attacking the German position at Sleradz, on the Wart ho river. In Russian Poland, southeast of Kallsz and about 15 .miles east of the German border, accord ing to Information ranching Petrograd today. This engagement marks ths begin ning of the Russian advance against the last fortified German positions on Russian soil. The Germans are heavily entrenched at Hleradz and appeared determined to dispute the crossing of the River Warths, Was a Massacra Roma.— Official communications re ceived In Rome from the Russian army headquarters state that the Austro- Genman reverses In Galicia and Rus sian Poland are being augmented dally by the fugitive troops communicating panic to the Irregular reserves. The Oermon cavalry forces are de- LESSONS OF SIEGE TSING TAU FORTS Destructiveness of Heavy Guns, Used By Japs For First Time, and Effectiveness of Airplane Observation, Demonstrated. Desperate Assaults on German Stronghold, Rivaled Those Against Port Arthur—Town in Ruins—British Played An Important Part Tokia, 9:15 p. m. -After desperate assaults in wnlch the Japanese, in the face of heroic resistance, rlvalved the bravery of their forces at l’ort Arthur. Tstng-Tau surrenderefl at »:20 o'clock this morning. At thHi hour Governor Meyer-Waldeck. aftei the hoisting of white flags on the f.rts, sent an officer with n flag of truce to the Anglo-Japsnose lines. At 4 o’clock this afternoon the Jap anese and German officers opened a conference at Moltke barracks When the formalities of capitulation were concluded. Blew Them Up. The Japanese officers highly praise the bravery of the Germsns, who (ought tenaciously. Unofficial reports arelhat the Germans blew up what wse last of their forts before sur rendering and practically the whole town Is In ruins A Japsnese torpedo boat flotilla which entered the bay found that nearly all the ships had been destroyed An official estimate places the Jap anese killed !n the final assault last night at 86 with I*2 wounded. The British took an Important part In the victory and two brtttsh officers wres xounded. No statement of the Ger man casualties Is available, but It Is believed they were heavy. Lessons Learned. The minister of war states that the lessons learned from the siege were, first, the destructiveness of the new Heavy guns that the Japanese used for the first time* and second, the •ffec'iveness of the aeroplane obser OFFICIAL BULLETINS FRENCH Parle (10:46 p, nO—The French of ficial communication Issued Saturday nlKht aays: "Today tha activity of the Germans lias been general on the whole front, but all their attacka have been re pulsed. notably tho»e which they di rected on Cambrln, Alx-Noulette and Laq u esno y-En - San t err e. "We have taken a few trenches In the region of Thlepval. at the north of Albert, reoccupled our former trenches at the northeast of Vattly and taken at the point of the bayonet the village of Streml on the Heights of the Meuse." TURKISH Lendon (11:05 p. m. —The following official report from Turkish headquar ters In Constantinople was received here Saturday night from Berlin by Marconi wireless: "On the eastern frontier our troops are in touch with the enemy along the At Ire rront. "In tne roads of Smyrna three large English ships and several English and Erench steamers have been seized." plctcd aa being in an especially pitiful condition. A part of this force, It was a.'ild, was massacred by the out numbering Cossacks, the remainder being routed and pursued In the ut most confusion. Austria and Germany bad centered about 20,000 of their best'cavalry, half of which force, the Russians maintain, Is now lost. Cavalry Disposed of. Once the Austrian and German cav alry was disposed of, the Russians di rected their efforts to the cutting off of the five armies, Into which the Aus tro-Germen forces were divided, from their western base of operations. The Russians forced them to the southward, at the same time Inflicting heavy losses. The Austro-Oermnn casualties are said to aggregate over 30,000 men In dead and prisoners. The Russians also claim to have captured 200 cannon. Left Cholera Stri?ken. Petrograd. The Russian general staff has lasueil the following: "On the east Prussian front tho Russian troops are developing with success «n offensive In the region of Ihe forest of Itoinlnten and Lyck (Eaßt Prussia). "The German rear guard was dis lodged by us from Mluwa, on Novem ber 4, suffering great losses. "Beyond the Vistula the enemy con tinues to fall hack. A German column passed through OzenstochoWa, Rus sian Poland, moving west. “Minor engagements have occurred near Warts and on the road from An drejew to Meohow, near Merzava “ill Galicia the Austrians, In their retreat left behind them ninny sol diers 111 with cholera at Jeroslau, Przevorak and villages on the 9an. vation service whereby the methods of the defense were discovered. The prisoners who will number, It Is said, between 6,000 and 8,000 will be brought to Japan. The official version of the Anglo- Japanrse victory Issued by the Jap anese war office tonight follows: To Second Position. "A general bombardment of Oct. 31 permitted the occupation on Nov. 1 of tho first attacking position—36.s meter bill, three thousand feet south of our previous position and bounded by the Nhl-Ho and the Slmnkas-Ho. We entrenched and prepared for a further advance and on Nov. 1 we progressed to a second position at Pompuga on the Fusaus-Ho where we met a galling fire, yet never flinched. The heavy artlllerm moved closer and cooperated with and pro tected the Infantry. Final Attack. "On the night of Nov. 6 we occu pied the third and final attacking position In front of the entanglements that screened the forts Gen. Yos hlmt Ynmada’s command advanced from the center and forced Its wny through three heavily wired defenses, crossed the Intervening ditches and charging courageously captured tho center fort. This heiped Gen. Hortu chl occupy the northerly fort. "The right wing under Gen. Yohoyl and the British right center led by Lieut. 001. Bernerdleton. Jointly charged and early on Nov, 7 com pletely occupied the forts of Utls, Moltke and Bismarck, forcing the enemy to fly flags of surrender." GERMAN Berlin (vis. London, 5:18 p. m.)-—The following official communication was given out at German army headquar ters Saturday afternoon: 'Tn the eastern arena of the war three divisions of Russian cavalry which crossed the River Warthe above Kolo were defeated and pushed hack across the stream. There have not been any encounters rlsewher. "Our attacks In the direction of Ypres yesterday alao progressed favorably, especially aouthweat of Ypres. Over 1,060 French soldiers and three ma chine guns were captured. “The French attack# west of Noyon Vatlly and Ohavonne were repulsed with severe losses to the enemy, "The village of Bouplr, which had been defended by a small German force, and the western part of Saplg neiil, w hlch was heavily bombarded by French artillery, w cry evacuated tty us. 'TYench attacks near Pervon were repulsed and In the Arsonnes the French were forced hack." Boys' Butts and Pants, all wool, the best makes, price less then elsewhere. F. G. Martins, French Infantrymen Entrenched Behind An Ancient Wall on the Franco-Belgian Frontier r~ p-y, , a? r ' 4 WY r Jr v .fyA ' 414, -, .'SV • - ; ; '3->" '", * ' , ' - -"3 OFFICIAL 0. K. PUT BY U. S. ATT’Y OEM ON COTTON POOL Success of the Bankers $135,- 000,000 Loan Fund is Now Believed Assured—Mr. Greg ory Replies to President Wil son’s Inquiry Regarding Legality NO VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL ANTI-TRUST LAW Fund Contemplated For Relief of South’s Cotton, Stands in Class By Itself-- Nothing in Way of Price Restrictions or Market Control is Involved. Washington.— No violation of federal anti-trust laws la threatened by the cotton loan fund plan recently per fected by bankera and members of the federal reserve board, according to an opinion handed down late today by Attorney General Gregory at the request of President Wilson. Success of the $135,000,000 cotton pool now Is believed by treasury offi cials to be assured. More Ulan SBO.- 000.000 of tho $100,000,000 to tie raised among Northern bankers already has been subscribed and practically nil of the remainder. It Is understood, had been promised on condition of a fa vorable opinion from the attorney gen eral. New England financiers. It was Bal'd, were reluctant to enter the plan until definitely assured that the methkl of raising the fund would not be con strued as unlawful. Attorney General Gregory's opinion was rendered after n conference wtth President Wilson The treasury de partment tonight made public the fol lowing correspondence: "The White House. Nov. 7, 1914. “My Hear Mr, Attorney General—l nin sending the enclosed papers, sub edited to me by the secretary of the treasury, to ascertain whether In your opinion the proposed cotton loan fund may be lawfully formed. 1 know that It is contrary to the practice of the department to give opinions before hand ns to contemplated transactions, end 1 think that such opinions ought never In ordinary circumstances to he given, but the circumstances with regard to the handling of the great cotton crop which have been created by the European war are most extra ordinary and seem to Justify exlra ordlnsrv action. It Is for that reason that I venture to ask you to depart tn this cwse from the usual practice of your department. In Claas by Itself. "It occurs to me that the fund con templated stands In a class by Itself. It ts hardly conceivable that such ar rangements should become settled practices or furnish precedents which would be followed In the regular course of business, or under ordinary corn! - tlons They are as exceptional in their nature as the circumstances they are meant to deal with, and can hardly tie looked upon as by possibility even, dangerous precedents. It Is for this reason that 1 feel the more Justified In asking for your opinion In tho premises. "Cordially and sincerely yours. fßigned) "WOOPROW WII.SON. The Reply. "Nov 7. 1914 "Oear Mr President -I have the honor to reply to your request for my opinion as to whether the federal anti trust laws (the so-eajted Gherman act. ,he so-called Clayton act and the twde commission nett would he violated In any respect by the carrying out of a Plan which has been devised t<* r»ls- Ing and administering a fund of *13..,- POrt 000 to he lent on the security of cotton. A copy of the plan la attached hereto "Countries which take annually about 3 000 000 hatea of American cot ton more than half the crop—<re now engaged In war. Trade between the United States and those countries In some cases virtually has come to a complete stop and tn others hss been seriously hindered. Foreign exchange has I<een badly derrorallred In con sequence of these extraordinary con ditions It has been impossible to ob tain In tha usual wait the large THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. amount of cash required to liquidate the Indebtedness incurred In the course of raising and marketing the cotton crop. By a Syndicate.^ “To meet this situation the plan in question has been proposed. It con templates the making up by a syndi cate, composed principally of banks and bankers, of a fund of $135,000,000 to be lent on the security of cotton to borrowers In the cotton growing states, under the direction of a central committee, composed of the Individual members of the federal reserve board and various auxiliary committees. “Nothing in the nature of price- fix ing. restriction of production, division of territory or control of markets is Involved. Loans will be -made as free ly to buyers of cotton as to producers. The members of the syndicate will he perfectly free to make other loans in any amount, to any persons and on any law ful 'terms. Borrowers will be under no restraint whatever as to the price or tire time at which they tn:’* sell their cotton. Nor will their free ogency in borrowing or in not borrow ing as they see fit and from whom they see fit In any manner he restrict ed. Simply Provides Cash. ‘Tn short, the plan simply provides tho cash which is Imperatively re quired to liquidate the Indebtedness Incurred In the course of raising and marketing the cotton crop, but which cannot now he obtained from the usual sources of supply because of the ex traordinary conditions prevailing In the money markets and In the trade of the world. “The amount of this fund Is barely more than 1 per cent of the total out standing loans and discounts of hank ing Institutions In the United States and is much less than the amount of cash usually employed in marketing the cotton crop. Nor would even the small part of the hanking capital of the United States become Impounded as a result of the plan; hut, upon be ing lent, would return at once Into general circulation. “I am unable to see how such a plan could he thought to fall within the pur view of the anti-trust laws. “Sincerely yours, (Signed) “T. W. GREGORY, "Attorney General.” FINANCIAL BACKER. "You say your wife never loses at bridge.” "Never. If the games goes her way she wins. But if it goes against her I lose.”—-Washington Star. Stetson Hats a full line —and other makes. $1.50 to $3.50. F. G. Medina. THERE ARE |4o| Shopping Days Before Xmas Rond Herald ads and call for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. When sheening in Augusta tomorrow Say; *| Saw It In The Herald." It will pay. Try It. DAY’S WAR SUMMARY The German attempt to reach the Straits of Dover, prosecuted with such reckless abandon and courage as to wring praise even from the foe, appeared today to have relaxed temporarily. Along the now famous Yser, from the sands of the North sea coast to the ruined town of Dixmude, the situation today, in the unemotional language of the French war office, was "relatively quiet.” The fighting there has all but ceased and the tide of battle has rolled southward, leaving behind it the countless dead, whose torn bodies are stretched thickly over many a field. South of Ypres, on the line extend ing down over the French border to Arras, the Germans are preparing an other furious onslaught, spurred on by their emperor. The main battle there, upon which depends so much for the Germans and allies alike, has not yet begun. Along the rest of the battle lina, which stretches across France, im portant advantages are said to have been won by the allies. Today's of ficial French statement says that the British and French forces have re pulsed German attacks along almost the entire front and that northeast of Verdun, where the territory has long been disputed with exceptional ferocity, two villages have been captured by the allies. Pending decisive developments on any of the European fields of bat tle, the fall of Tsing-Tau held first place in the attention of military men today. Offisial reports from Tokio show that it was not without desperate resistance that the German garrison, vastly outnumbered by British and Japanese, gave up the fight. For days the German forces had been sub jected to a withering fire from land and sea. At lyast the central fort fell before the impetuous attack of the Japanese, whose bravery, says To kio, rivalled that displayed in the historic charges on Port Arthur. "Suddenly,” says the report from Tokio, "the flag of surrender ran up In the morning breeze on the weather bureau mount, towering above the sea and land.” Tokio today is celebrating with an outburst of popular enthusiasm the fall of Tsirrg-Tau, which occurred after a siege of about three weeks. The vice minister of the navy states that Japan will hold Tsing-Tau until the war is over, -when she will “open negotiations” with China. "With the fighting at Tsing-Tau at an end the question is raised as to what Japan will do next. It is suggested that she will now inaugu rate an offensive naval campaign on the Pacific, employing the fleet re leased from the bombardment of Tsing-Tau in an attempt to run down the German warships which wrought such havoc to British shipping in terests and defeated the British fleet off Chile. Notwithstanding Russian claims to an overwhelming'success in tha east, there is nothing to show that the German and the Austrian forces have met great disaster and although they were compelled to retreat they apparently were able to fall back upon strongly fortified positions selected In advance. The probability that they are safe in these positions, for the present at least, leads London to suggest that German troops will be withdrawn and rushed to the west to bolster up the battered forces there for a supreme effort to piece the allied line to the south of Ypres. For tlie last two days heavy cannonading has been under way and this Is believed to be preliminary to the main German attack. Over the remainder of the battle line through France there are no decisive changes. Although today's official French statement asserts that the Germans have been driven back at various points the situation In the main apparently is practically the same as for several weeks, so far as the general line of battle Is concerned. Russia, in an official statement, makes the claim that the resistance of the enemy has been broken after fighting of several weeks along a front of 350 miles. This campaign nas nc.v been closed, in the opinion of the Russian military authorities, who say that a new period of the war will be inaugurated. Of the fighting on lnnd sea, brought about by Turkey’s entrance into the war, little was learned today. Turkish officials at Smyrna are said to have made further seizures of vessels of hostile countries and the Russian general staff tn Caucasia reports that the Turkish forces, which attempted an offensive movement, have been driven back with heavy losses. Paris suggests that the Germans are making an important change In their military tactics. Mass formation is said to have been abandoned in tho fighting in Flanders, infantrymen attacking in open order and seek ing all available cover. BOMBARDING Bf RUSSIAN FLEET Two Hours Firing in Black Sea. Army Apparently Inactive For Day. Armenians Banding. London. 5:32 p. m. —A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram company from Amsterdam brings the following state ment by the Turkish army headquar ters received from Constantinople by way of Berlin: "The Russian army showed no acj tlvlty on Friday “This morning the Russian fleet bombarded the Bl&cx sea ports of Zunguldt&k and Kuzlu for two hours. At Kuzlu the Greek steamer Nlkoa was sunk. At Zunculdlak the French church and the French consulate wore destroyed.” Armenians Against Turks. Petrograd (Vis London). 2:40 p. m. —A dispatch received here from Tlflls says Armenian refugees reaching there report that -volunteer hands of Ar- I menlans have had several sharp en gagements with the Turkish garrison i at Van. on Inke Van, in Armenia, and I about 145 miles southeast of Krzerum. These hands of Armenians have come together in the Interior of Turkey for self-defene*. AUSTRIAN CONDITION DESPERATE Cut Off From Germans---Only Line of Retreat is Across the Carpathian Mountains, Al most Impassable Now. Rome.—A Tribune despatch from Pe trograd says: "The Russians haw. out off the Aus trian army fr.gn thk Germans. The Austrians were encircled on their left flank and forced to retreat, but Thurs day the Russians occupied all the ways o' retreat toward CVacow and thus the entire Austrian army was pushed to ward the Carpathian Mountains, against which they are closely pressed. “The Austrians’ condition is desperate as their only line of retreat lies across the Carpathians, which at this time of the year are almost impassnhie to a million and a half of men with provis ions and munition trains and artillery. “Petrograd. ts rejoicing over the pres ent decisive vtetewy. Great demonstra tions have been held and in all the churches services to celebrate the event ; have taken place. “Emperor Nicholas remains st the front" 25 per cent off on Suits and Over Coats at Martina. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Germans Trying to Hack Way to Coast Both Annies in North France Being Re-inforced---Belgians Taking Well Earned Rest. England Expects Further News of Sea Fight Off Chile. London, 9:20 p. m.—Except for the fall of Tsing-Tau, the most significant re port tVom any of the battle fronts to day—and the most welcome to the Allies —is that the Russians besides driving the Austrians back In Galicia have reached the Warthe river In Russian Poland and have established themselves on the East Prussian frontier. In the west the ding-dong fighting continues. The Belgians, who hold the lines along the coast, are being given a comparative rest after their three months of almost continuous fighting. 1 lie Germans still are concentrating around Ypres, where they are trying to hack their way through the Anglo- French troops to the coast. Claims by Both. Both sides claim to have made pro gress here, the Anglo-French forces southeast of the town and the Ger mans southwest. Correspondents in the rear of the armies say the fighting has not appreciably lessened and that both sides ate using a tremendous weight of artillery in an endeavor to dear the ground for an infantry advance. Both armies are being reinforced. It seems to be realized that the Germans cannot proceed further west because of the co-operation of the warships with the land forces and that a route either here or further south must be found if the Germans are to attain their ambi tion of reaching the French coast. Usual Attacks. Elsewhere along the line the usual at tacks and counter-attacks have been de livered with success first to one and then to the other side but without ma terial change in the situation. Things are moving slowly in the near east, so far as is known here. The only news from there today concerns the bombardment of the ports of Zun guldlak and Kuzlu on the Aisa Minor coast of Turkey by a Russian fleet and the sinking of several Turkish trans ports. It Is said also that the Rus sians have occupied the entire region northeast of ETzerum, in Asia Minor. Russia is said to be finding useful Al lies in the Armenians, who at last see a hope of freedom from Turkish rule. No Change In Balkans. There is no change in the political sit uation in the Balkans. It is said, how ever, that agitation has been renewed in Roumania for the participation of that country In the war on the side of the Allies. The fall of Tslug-Tau caused rejoic ing here. It is believed that with the surrender of the German fortress the Anglo-Japanese fleet which took part in the siege will be detailed to hunt down German cruisers still at large in the Pacific. The Booty. No announcement has been co» cernlng the amount of booty thr Alii" obtained through the surrender of Tsing-Tau but it is believed the Ger mans destroyed everything possible be fore capitulating. When the siege be gan there were in the port one German cruiser, four gunboats and three de stroyers, the Austrian cruiser Kalserm Elizabeth, five German merchantmen and several prizes the Germans had taken. Of these vessels one destroyer ran ashore and was captured and it is believed the Austrian cruiser was blown up. It is possible that the German ships met a similar fate. Great Britain is not satisfied that all has been told of the Pacific naval bat tle and continues to hope that the Ger man cruisers Leipzig and Dresden, which engaged the Glasgow and which have not been employed since the battle have been damaged. PRZEISL SIEGE STARTED EARLY Ilf OCTOBER War Correspondent Says Rus sians Started Work With Five Army Corps and Great Masses of Cavalry. Berlin, (via London, 4:55 a. m.) —The war correspondent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, surveying the situation in the eastern war theatre, gives the first picture of the progress in Russian Po land Last month that has .been available on this side: \ “Early in October,” he says, “the Rus sians had begun the elege of Przemysl with five ajrmy corps and great masses of cavalry and several mixed columns had been shifted to the north to launch a blow against the German frontier. The surprising advance of the Austrians against Ivangorod and the movement of a new German army against Warsaw froced the Russians behind the Vistula. Their deployment, however, was delay ed by the highly successful attacks of the armies of Generals Von Hlndenberg and Pankl." “After directing the already reported Austrian successes In Galicia by whclh Przemysl was relieved and the Russians driven baek from central and southern Galicia, the report continues: “The Russians meantime brought su perior numbers in Russian Poland Into action but were forced to direct them In a southwesterly direction instead. Hlndenberg and Dankl retired before the Russians who kept throwing In fresh forces. The Russians followed slowly. Our advance tn Russian Poland brought It about that the Russians were diverted from their contemplated main attack gainst Germany's east frontier and all their fiS-ces were engaged In operations on a front contemplated by us.” REM! EH IN THE NORTH SEA, London, 3:55 p. m—Residents of Herne Bay, a seaside resort on the coast of England, were awakened after last midnight by sounds of heavy flr- I ing in the North sea. Herne ts sit uated on the estuary of the Thame*, [seven miles northeast of Cantarbwy