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VOLUME XIX, No. 317.
CONVICTION GROWS
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
DRAWING TO CLOSE
While Allies Lines Bent at Few Places in North France, Im
possible That Attempt Can Be Repeated Under Same Con
ditions—Thought That War on Both East and West Fronts
to Enter Third Phase—Russia About to Bring All of Her
Effectives to Bear
Paris, 7 a. m.—The conviction is grow
ing heve that the period of the German
strategic offensive is drawing to a close
and that the war on both the western
and eastern fronts is about to enter
Its third phrase.
Impossible Again.
The present violent effort in the
Ypres. while it may have succedded in
bending the Allies’ line in a few places
has not yet, according to either French
or Germart reports, succeeded in break
ing it and it seems impossible that the
attempt can be repeated under the same
conditions. Even success at this point
might prove merely momentarily, like
et St. Mihiel on the Meuse six weeks
ago.
Prepared for.
•"-But General Joffre, the French com
mander-in-chief. is fully alive to the
Importance of this position and accord
ing to an officer just returned from
Ypres that eventuality had been pre
pared for. At Ypres and its environs,
although the artillery of the Germans is
formidable, that of the Allies is still
more so and causes fearful carnage in
the enemy’s trenches. The fighting in
this region is largely an artillery duel
with infantry remaining in the trenches.
They can only approach the enemy by
boring tunnels which are converted into
trenches by piercing the roof.
Overshadowed in East.
However important the operations in
Flanders may be, they are now over
shadowed both in extent and the influ
ence they have on the war as a whole
by the eastern campaign.
Colonel Feyler, editor of the Swiss
Military Review and one of the best
known military specialists, declares that
Russia is now about to bring to bear all
her effectives and if it is realized she
Intervenes at a moment when in Flan
ders German levies on the third line,
young soldiers with six weeks’ training
are being brought into action, the full
significance of the operations on the
eastern front will be recognized.
Posen to Breslau. 4
"In addition there is prospect of a
in the center of the 'line from Po
sen to Breslau toward which the Ger
man army of Silesia seems to be direct
ed in retreat and at a more or less early
date west Prussia will be threatened by
way of Thorn.
DEMOCRAT IN LEAD.
1 Milwaukee, Wis. —With the recount
for United States senator still uncom
pleted in sections of Wisconsin where
the demand has been made, the offi
cial returns show Paul O. Hunting;
democrat, has a lead over Gov. F. E.
McGovern, republican, of approximate
ly 100 voteß.
CHICAGO MAY FURNISH 40,000 PAIRS
RED TROUSERS FOR FRENCH ARMY;
ALSO SUPPLY OF 300,000 MARKERS
Chicago.—Buyers for the French government opened negotiations
here today for the puchase of forty thousand pairs of red trousers of four
different shades for the army. In addition contracts are to he made for
wire markers to designate the regiment and company for three hundred
thousand French soldiers.
Representatives of the British army also are here to purchase 600
motor trucks of from three to six t ons capacity for immediate de
livery.
AUGUSTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN
IMPORTANT EVENTS AND WORK OF LIVE AT HOME WEEK;
HEADS OF SCHOOLS HEARTILY ENDORSE MOVEMENT
School Children and Pupils to
Be Shown in Practical Way
Importance of Patronizing
Home Industry
PRIZES TO BE OFFERED
FOR BEST REPORTS MADE
Work of Domestic Science and
Manual Training Departments
to Be Shown Augusta Public.
School Day to Be One of Most
Important Days of Live at
Home Week.
At a meeting held yesterday after
noon. Superintendent Lawton B. Evan*
and the principal* of the several school*
of the Augusta public school system
gave their hearty endorsement to the
I.lve at Home. Buy at Home, Made at
Home movement.
The public school* will take a very
prominent part In the IJvi at Home
Week, which begins next Monday.
' The matter was discussed at length at
ft* meeting of the superintendent and
iVlnelpals yesterday afternoon. The
(Continued on next page.)
"Throw Away Your Hammer and Get a Horn”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
Attack on
Tampico is
Order of
Villa
Washington, D. C. —General Villa has
ordered an attack on Tampico. His
army is operating from the City of San
Luis Potosi, which was occupied without
firing a shot. Official advices receved
here today say the people received Villa
with an ovation.
About 800 Americans are in Tampico.
A number of American ships are In the
harbor there and the American consul
at San Luis Potosi has arrangd to notify
the consul at Tampico so that Americans
oan withdraw to places of safety with
the advance of the Villa army.
San Antonio, Texas.—A message fVom
the Carranza press bureau in Mexico
City today said it was announced there
that the Aguas Calientes convention had
ordered General Villa removed from his
command, but that General Gutierrez,
provisional presidential choice of the
convention had refused to remove Villa.
2 ACCIDENTS AT CROSSING.
Atwater, Ohio. —Three men were
killed and one probably fatally- Injur
ed here today In two accidents at the
Pennsylvania Railroad Crossing.
Robert Wasslng was instantly killed
when a fast train struck a wagon in
which he was riding and two hours
later John A. Joiner and Edward Cobh
were killed and R. R. Roader was in.,
jured when a freight train collided
with their automobile. Two other men
In the automobile escaped Injury.
HANCOCK COMING BACK.
Washington.—With quiet in Haltien
revolutionary activities, Secretary
Daniels ordered the transport Han
cock, with 800 United States marines,
hack from Port Au Prince to Guan
tanamo, Cuba.
OFFICIAL BULLETINS
FRENCH
Parig, 2:45 p. m.—The French offi
cial announcement given out In Paris
this afternoon says that from the I-> a
to the sea the fighting has been less
violent, than on previous days. Seve
ral efforts of the Germans to cross the
Yser were checked.
Generally speaking the French posi
tions have been maintained and Ger
man attacks around Ypres w.ere re
pulsed.
The French forces In the north are
described as holding, positions close to
the barbed-wire entanglements of the
enemy.
Slight progress on other parts of
the batt/e front Is reported.
HAS KARLSRUHE
BEEN CORNERED ?
London, 5:30 a. m.—lt Is rumored
among shipping firms In I-ondon that
the German cruiser Karlsruhe has been
cornered.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 13, 1914.
Gun crew operating one of the effective 156-Mm. guns, the pride of the French artil
lery, which have been used with such terrible effect against the German lines in northern
France.
THE VICTORY 111
DIXMUDEIY
Unless Flank Attack on British
at Ypres is Successful, Way
to Dunkirk Still Barred,
London, 10:05 a. m. —The Gormans
have crossed the Yser river, according
to the admission In the latest Paris
official communication, and, although
the invaders occupy only a few hun
dred yards on the left hank of the
tubbornly contested river, the allies
cannot be Indifferent to this gain and
desperate efforts will be made to drive
back this slight wedge.
Ypres, extending like a fortress bas
tion into the lines of the invaders, Is
still held by the British and unless
the flank attacks on this position are
successful, Dlxmude is likely to prove
a barren gain for the Germans, who
still find the way to Dunkirk barred.
For Effort at Calais.
The, theory that the Germans are
making an unprecedented attempt on
this coast objective is confirmed by
an official just returned to Holland
from East Prussia, where, he claims,
the severity of the German defeat Is
due to the fact that so many troops
have been detached for the effort
against Calais.
In the coast battle the latest reports
indicate that the Germans, after heavy
artillery fire, made massed Infantry
assaults, suffering losses much heavier
than the defenders.
GERMAN
Berlin, Nov. 13 (by wireless to Lon
don, 3:11 p. m.) —German military
headquarters today gave out an offi
cial announcement as follows
"On the branch of the Yser canal
at Nteuport our marines have Inflict
ed heavy losses on the enemy and we
have taken 700 prisoners. During our
attacks on Ypres, which have pro
gressed favorably, another 1,100 pris
oners have been taken.
"Fierce French atacks to the east
and west of Solssons have been re
pulsed with heavy losses to the en
emy
NO INTERNAL DISCORD.
Berlin, Nov. 13 (by wirslass.) —The
Prussian socialist deputy, Herr Hlrsch,
In an article published In the social
ist monthly review, lays emphasis up
on the fact that the socialists voted
the Prussian war credits. This proves
again, he says, that the hope of Ger
many’* enemies for Internal discord
has not been fulfHled. In Important
national affairs, Germany Is unani
mous. Herr Hlrsch declared.
FRENCH ARTILLERY IN ACTION
PRIDE OF THE FRENCH GUNNERS
GERMAN CRUISERS
ENTER VALPARAISO
5,000 PRISONERS
AT TIG TAD
Ceremony of Entrance of Jap
Troops Takes Place Monday.
Capt. Waldeck Leaves Satur
day.
New York. The East an<l West Ru
reau made public today the following
despatch from Toklo:
“The formal meeting of the Command
er-ln-chief of the Japanese army, Lieu
tenant General Kamio. and Captain Mey
fT Waldeck, former governor of Tslng-
Tau occurred on November 10th, at the
Moltke barracks.
Captain Waldeck will go on board a
transport bound for Japan o nthe 14th.
The total number of prisoners taken Is
6.000. The ceremony of the entry by
the Japanese troops into the city of
Tslng-Tau Is expected to take place on
the 16th.“
FIT Oe T®
ENGLISH PORTS
Berlin, by wireless. According to
information given out to the press to
'iay in official quarters, German avia
tors have flown over the English sea
ports of Rheerness and Harwich.
Hheerness is a fortified seaport in
Kent at the mouth of the Thames It
is about 40 miles from London. Har
wich is In Essex and about 70 miles
northeast of London.
BIGPURCHASESOF
CAVALRY HORSES
Baker, Ore. —Under eoniract with
the French government to furnish five
thousand cavalry horses, a stockman of
Welser, Idaho, opened headquarters
here today. Under the eontnict the
entire quota must he shipped by No
vember 27. An average of 1)20 eacn
was paid for three hundred horse*
bought today.
For 8,000.
Butts, Mont.— Frenrh and British
horse buyers are making contracts In
Montana for the purchase of about 8,-
000 head of horses, it was learned to
day. fine ahlpment of three thoussnd
head Is to start within two weeks.
BRITAIN FIGURES
ON MILLION MORE
London, 11:65 a. m.—A supplemen
tary estimate to provide for another
million men required by the British
government during the year ending
March Slst was introduced In the
house of commons today. This
brings the total army, not Including
the territorial*, to 2,828.400 officers
and men.
The Leipzig and Dresden Steam
Into Harbor—Begin at Once
to Take on Supplies of Pro
visions
Valparaiso, Chile.—The German cniie
era Leipzig and Dresden steamed Into
Valparaiso harbor this morning and at
once started taking on supplies of pro
visions.
ftlx Sighted.
Lima, Peru.—The watchman on the
lighthouse at Pori Corral, <’hile, reports
that on Wednesday, November 11 th he
saw six cruisers steaming south. His
opinion whr that they wure German
ships. lie could not Identify them defi
nitely but believed that the Hohavnhorst,
the Gnelsenau and possibly the
were among therr
Fort Corral 1s 475 miles south of Val
paraiso.
The above Information was received
here today by telegraph.
Jap Squadron.
A later despatch from Valparaiso last
night said ti was reported that a Japa
nese squadron had been sighted off Cape
Carranza, 260 miles south of Valparaiso.
It was on Cape Carranza that a British
warship was reported to have gone
ashore after the naval engagement but
no trace of the vessel was found.
This morning the long missing German
cruises Leipzig and Dresden arrived at
Valparaiso. Nothing definite had been
heard of these warships since Ihe action
oil November 'lst. In the reports of the
sea fight and subsequent developments
the < miser Dresden and the German
cruiser Bremen have been confused.
British Warships.
A cablegram from Montevideo 1 sat
night m ide reference to the Japanese
cruiser squadron In the Pacific reported
to have been off Faster Island about 2,-
000 miles west of Chile, some ten days
ago saying this squadron consisted of
eight vessels. The British battleships
Canopus and the cruiser Defense wn*re
reported a week ago as having passed
through the Htralts of Magellan hound
west to Join the battle cruiser New Zea
land in the Pacific.
GREAT Cl®
BUTTLE IS DUE
London, 10:05 a. m. —From the east
come reports that Petrograd is ex
pecting to hear any moment that the
great battle before Cracow has been
started, while past Kails/, and behind
a screen of Cossacks, their Infantry
and artillery In forces are said to be
within striking distance of the Ger
man frontier.
CHARMED LIFE FOR THOSE THE “WHITE
GENERAL” LOOKS STRAIGHT IN FACE;
DEATH IF PASSED, EYES AVERTED
London, 3:42 s. m.—The Petrogfad correspondent of The Hally Mail,
In announcing that Petrograd had been made a dry city for the duration
of the war and that no wine, beers, or spirits will he allowed to be Sold
anywhere, gives a legend permeating the Russian army of a "white gen
eral” who rides through the ranks on a white horse.
'if he looks a man full In the face," the legend runs, "that man hears
a charmed life Those whom he passes with eyea averted are marked
for death. Hurlrig the Isst two weeks the ’white general' has not been
seen In the Russian ranks The soldiers say he Is busy In the German
and Austrian armies walking with hi* eyes to the ground.”
For Augusta’s Live at Home, Made at Home, Trade at Home Week, November
16-21. Try it. It will pay. And remember to say when shopping in
Augusta, “I SAW IT IN IHE HERALD It Means Bargain!.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY..
COTTON EXCHANGES
WILL OPEN MONDAY
FOR FULL TRADING
3 Turkish
Transport
Ships Sunk
London, 4:00 p. m. An official des
patch from Constantinople reaching Lon
don by way of Berlin, confirms indi
rectly the recent Russian statement that
a Russian fleet has sunk three TuVkisli
transports in (he Bldrk Sea.
The Constantinople report admits that
there has been no news of these three
ships since they left the Turkish capital
a week ago.
ALUESIi TO
STILL HOLD
YPRES POSITION
Germans Hurling Their Masses
Against Wedge Thrust Into
Their Lines With Fury --Key
to Advance on Coast.
Pnrla, Nov. 13, 1 a. m.— The hnttle
on which probably dopendg th« fata
of the German Invaaion of Itclghtni
and northern Prance eontlnuon In ruga
with unabated fury. Despite the mass
es that are ceaselessly being hurled
against (ho allies and despite the at
tacks of unexampled violence, the »1
Ilea aie forced to sustain, they are said
In still hold the Key position around
Ypres.
Will Be Impossible.
The ancient city and the villages of
Honneheka, Paschendaele and HoUe
beke, wllhln a radius of ft miles, consti
tute the dartgerous salient, or wedge,
thrust Into the German line. While
Ypres remains In the possession of
the allies, military strategists say that
the German advance toward the coßst
by way of l« RRssee and Bethune will
be Impossible since ihelr north flank
would he threatened hy the allies.
If the allies should succeed In ad
VRnclng further from Ypres, accord
ing to the officers, the Germans would
he Compelled to abandon Lille and vir
tually give up nope of reaching the
coast through Artois.
At Enormous Coat.
Advancing from IMxmnde the Ger
mans, It Is said nt an enormous cost,
succeeded In crossing the Yser once
more but only to be hurled back again.
The Yser Is a small stream but It Is
too deep to be forded and therefore
passage over It must be made by pon
toons, all the regular bridges having
beendestroyed. The throwing across
the stream of pontoon bridges In the
face of firing from thousands of well
posted men 1s an exceedingly costly
operation; but the possession of the
Yser Is considered worth It, since It
facilitates the flooding of the coun
try as fur as Dlxmude.
Along the Beashore.
The struggle Is not confined to the
region of Dlxmude and Ypres. It Is
again breaking out afresh along the
seashore where the Germans are de
clared to have been driven out of Lom
baertzyde and are being slowly forced
toward Ostand. The Germans are saW
to attach great Importance to the pos
session of I/omhMortzydo because It
commands the Nleuport region and are
consequently making every effort to
regain It. Thus fnr their effort Is said
to have been without success.
Pog probably hampers noth sides
since there Is no mention In any of
the reports of«the fighting of the at
lled warships bombarding lyombaert
zyde and the Ostend road, which In
dear weather are well within their
range.
HOME
EDITION
Decision Reached Today at
Boards of Governors of Both
the New York and New Or
leans Exchanges
New York.—The New York Cotton
Exchange will re-open for unreetrlcted
trading next Monday morning, November
Iftth. The hoard of governors so voted
today.
After New York.
New Orleans. —The New Orleans
Cotton Exchange will open for un
restricted trading Monday, November
Iftth. This decision was reported to
day by the board of directors of th 4
exchange at meeting called after it
was announced the New York Ex
change would open on that date.
Closed on July 30th.
New Orleans. The New York, New
Orleans and Liverpool cotton future
mutkets closed In the order named,
Erlday, July 30th. The suspension
was thought by many to be a matter
of only a few days and the New York
notice read "closed until Tuesday.”
Steadily Woree
The situation, however. became
steadily worse an nation after nation
was drawn Into the European war.
Mutters were complicated by the Pell
failure In New York and exporters
found it Impossible to move cotton be
cause of the lack of vessels and a
foreign . xclmnge market.
January cotton In New Orleans
closed at 111.61 on July 3<)th, a net loss
for the short day's trading of seveniy
points, or $3.00 a bale. In the liqui
dation trading following the price
went down to 7 cents but recently it
recovered with trading going on be
tween 7.50 and 7.ftti.
$25 a Bale.
The local spot market was re-open
ed September 23rd at 8 5-H for mid
dling, compared with 13 5-16 on July
Sftth, a loss of practically 5 cents a
pound, or $25 a bale In the Dalla
market prices workeil down to 6 cents
toy middling, making a bale worth
only S3O. This was the Jowest point
of the downward movement.
10,049 CAPTIVE
BT AUSTRIANS
London, 8:40 a. m—A telegram from
Vienna stales that 781 officers tnd
79,814 men are prisoner!! of war tn the
Austrian concentration camps, says an
Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter's Tele
gram Company.
"The enemy’s wounded are being
treated like our own soldiers," the
telegram adde, "while the officers who
are prlsonera are Interned In castles
and In great private house# and ths
captured men in great barracks."
S. 0. S.’ WITH 500
SOLDIERS ABOARD
London, 12:67 p. m.—A Central News
dlspa tell from Rome aays that the
steamer Cilia 111 Ravona has sent out
a wlre.loes "H. O. 8." call saying that
she Is on fire 150 mile# off Catania
She has 500 soldiers on board bound
from Massowa, Africa, for Italy. Two
steamers have gone to the asslstaneo
of the distressed vessel.
THERE ARE
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Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Read TTerald ads and
call for advertised
goods if you want the
pick of styles and
bargains.
When shopping in Augusts
tomorrow Ssyt “I Saw ll H
Th* Herald.” It will pay.
Try It.