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VOLUME XIX, No. 318.
FORCE OF GERMANS
ASSAULTS ON THE
ALLIES WEAKENING
Reoccupation of Dixmude Not Confirmed—May Again Be the
Scene of Savage Fighting As the Anglo-French Resume Of
fensive-Tremendous Actions Precede the Attacks at
Ypres ,
Paris, 2:47 p. m.—The French of
ficial communication this afternoon
says that a German attack against
the bridge at Nieuport resulted in
failure and that various offensive
movements of the enemy around
Ypres have been checked.
Fort-like Entrenehmen'is.
London. —The best opinion is that even
If the present battle should so develop
ns to enable the Allies to take the of
fensive in force, they would shortly find
themselves face to face with the for
tress-like entrenchments stretching from
Zeebrugge to the Meuse.
The fighting on the Aisne seems to
have resumed its original intensity sim
ultaneously with the German assault on
Dixmude, but in this region the French
claim to have checked all the attacks of
the enemy and consolidated their pre
vious successes.
All Reports Agree.
London, 10:25 a. m.—Both official and
unofficial reports concerning the situa
tion in Flanders agree that the force of
the Germans assaults on the Allies’ lines
disputing the way to Dunkirk and Calais
has lessened and the feeling is growing
in England that the coveted base for
an invasion of England never will be
gained by the Germans.
From Sea to the Lys.
A Paris official statement declares
that from the sea to The River Lys the
German action has been less keen; that
the Allies have assumed the offensive
along some parts the front, are making
progress south of Bixschoote and have
retaken a hamlet east of Ypres. Artil
lery duels continue along the rest of the
line.
A British official report gives a vivid
Idea of the tremendous action which
preceded the recent attacks on Ypres
by the Germans. From dawn for three
hours the Britons were under a heavy
artillery fire which died away to be suc
ceeded by an infantry onslaught by the
Prussian guard, who were hurled back
after penetrating the British lines at two
points.
Resume Offensive.
Dixmude has been reported as re-oc
cupied by the Allies but this lacks con
firmation. As the Allied armies have
resumed the offensive at certain points
there is reason lo believe that this town
may again be the center of savage fight
ing.
Berlin reports progress on the western
front accompanied by the repulse of
every attempted advance by the Allies.
German military experts, commenting on
the fact that the prisoners taken at
Nieuport were French claim this is proof
that the Belgians have been so cut to
pieces that it has become necessary fair
the French to take (heir places. They
believe also that the taking of prison
ers on the Ypres front indicates that
the energy of the Allies is flagging.
FIGHTITOW
ON SUEZ CANAL
Berlin, wireloM. delayed.—Reports
reaching Berlin from Milan, Italy, set
forth that in Egypt fighting already
occurred near the Suez Canal. This
Information was given to the press
today from official quarters.
Four wagon loads of English wound
ed have arrived at Cairo; the men
were hurt In fighting between Suez
and Ismalia. There has been a mutiny
of the native troops and many weil
known Egyptians have been arrest
ed .
U. S. X-MAS GIFTS
SHIP SAILS AWAY
President Wilson Sends Message of Godspeed to Commander
Courtney—One Thousand Two Hundred Tons on Board
From People of America For Europe—Thousands of School
Children Throng New York Docks
New York.—With more than 1.200
tons of Christmas sifts from the peo
ple of America, a Santa Claus ship,
the naval collier Jason, sailed today
for Europe A message of Godspeed
from President Wilson was received
by Lieutenant Commander C. F. Court
ney, U. 8. N.. shortly before sailing
time. The docks es the ship cast loose
her lines were thronged with thous
ands of school children.
From Every State.
The gifts that the Santa Claus ship
carried were gathered from every state
of the Union. They Include almost
everything from toys and dolls to
clothing and food. So heavy was the
rain of Christmas presents for the
children of Europe that a force of 90
soldiers and «0 sailors from the Navy
I Tard was required to receive and clas
sify the gifts as they arrived and re
pack them s>i3tiat an equal distribu
tion might be made In the several
countries for which they were Intend
ed.
The Cargo.
A summary of the cargo made hy
Commander Courtnev shortly before
sailing showed the following items:
Fourteen carload* of childrens
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
ALONG THE AISNE
RESUME BATTLE
WITH INTENSITY
At Soissons and Rheims Fight
ing is on With Original Fierce
ness. Advantage to Allies is
Report.
London,—The correspondent of the
Times in France, under date of
Thursday, sends the following re
garding the fighting on the Aisne:
“The battle of the Aisne, to which
the official communications now refer
as the center of the allies’ line, has
been renewed this week with Its orig
inal intensity from the Forest of
L’Aigle past Soissons and Rheims to
the Argonne.
“The three main areas of fighting
here are the district between the Oise
and Craonne, the neighborhood of
Rheims and the forest of Argonne.
The first named is the most impor
tant.
To Allies' Advantage.
"On the whole vne allies have the
advantage. The French capture of
Questoy-En-Santerre was a more im
portant affair than was reported. On
the other hand the enemy's accounts
of a great victory at Vallly were ex
aggerated. They obtained a tempo
rary advantage but the allies have
more than regained the original po
sitions. It was here that one of the
French gunners, who refused to join
the retreat until all his ammunition
was expended, succeeded In killing
600 Germans with his last twelve
shells while the enemy was advanc
ing. The gunner finally succeeded in
retreating with a slight wound while
the en my was only one hundred
yards away.
Continuous Fighting.
“All along the center the allies are
nibbling at the German entrench
ments. As in the previous fighting
along the Aisne certain localities seem
destined to be the scene of continuous
fighting. Many of these hills, quarries
and plateaus, which have been the
scene of desperate fighting the past
few weeks, were the scenes of similar
battles in th war of the Gaul and in
the Uapoleonic wars.
"Soissons has been hard hit by the
artillery while, fighting continues
fiercely aroundlßheims.”
TURUFEAf
OF RUSSIANS
Berlin, by wireless—An official
Turkish communication received In
Berlin and given out to the press de
scribes the final defeat of a Russian
force consisting of an entire army
corps on the Caucasian border. This
engagement occurred Nov. 12. The
Turkish report says that the forces of
the enemy were so shattered that they
were unable to offer any further re
sistance.
clothing, five carloads of women’s
clothing, one carload of men’s cloth
ing, five carloads of toys and 57 car
loads of miscellaneous presents, food
stuffs, boots, shoes, etc.; a total of 82
carloads
Falmouth First.
The ship will call first at Falmouth
where the gifts intended for England,
France and Belgium will he discharg
ed: then she will proceed to Rotter
dam where gifts for Holland and Ger
many will be discharged. At a later
date a rather consignment will go for
ward for the people of Russia and
Poland. /
Notss of Goodwill.
Nearly all the gifts received were
accompanied by notes of goodwill
written by the donors As the spirit
of neutrality of the United States was
unwittingly violated In many of thess
missives, It was found necessary to
withhold them. A large quantity of
clothing, that was found unfit for im
mediate shipment, will he sent to Ki
lls Island for cleaning and fumigating
and will afterwards be taken In charge
by wives of army officers who have
volunteered for the service and pre
pared for *, later shipment.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1914.
Time Seasoned Veterans Directing Campaign of the French in Field
THE FRENCH VETERANS.
Left to right: General Joseph Joffre, aged 62 years, and now recognized as the military genius of the war;
General De Curieres «nd General Paul Mary Caesar Gerald Pau, 66 years old.
Find Bomb
At Office
Gov.-Elect
Explosive Loaded With Slugs
and Shots Found Near Whit
man’s Rooms; Party Burned
Fuse.
New York.—A bomb somewhat similar
In construction to the one that wrecked
the entrance to the Bronx county
courthouse last Wednesday night was
found today in the Tombs’ courtroom
just under the district attorney's of
fices occupied by Governor-elect Whit
man. The room was crowded. The
bomb contained gunpowder, slugs and
bullets. Its fuse was partly burned.
George L. O’Connor, a policeman, saw
smoke from the burning fuse of the
bomb, ran to the spot, picked up the
missile, tore off the fuse and carried
the bomb from the courtroom Four
men were sitting on the bench in the
rear of the courtroom where the bomb
was found.
The bomb contained explosive enough,
it was estimated, to have wrecked the
building.
As O’Connor stripped the sputtering
fuse from the bomb the courtroom was
thrown Into an uproar. Approximate
ly fifty persons were present, await
ing the arrival of Magistrate Campell
to open court. It is believed that his
arrival was ’.he signal to fire the
fuse.
Bound With Cord.
Examination showed the bomb was
made of a five pound oil can and that
it was filled with gun cotton, slugs
and bullets. It was wrapped In a Jew
ish daily newspaper tightly bound
with cord.
Magistrate Campbell said he had no
idea who would seek to take his life
unless it were the writer or writers of
threatening letters he had received
during the recent trial of Industrial
Workers of the World leaders at which
he had presided. The police believed
the bomb was left In the courtroom by
the same band of anarchists that fired
the bomb Wednesday night at the
Bronx county courthouse and last
month exploded other In St, Patrick's
.Cathedral and at the Church of St. Al
phonsus.
Thought In Revenge.
The police recalled that Frank Tan
nenbaum and his Industrial workers of
the world entered St. Alphonsus
church during their demonstration
last year as a result of which Tannen
baum was sent to jail. The discovery
In the wreckage of the Bronx county
courthouse of pamphlets, printed In
Spanish, extolling the Chicago “mar
tyrs'' led to the belief that the bomb
was set off In revenge for the execu
tion of the Hay Market anarchists.
FULL FLEDGED
RADIO STATION
Apparatus, Erected By German
Engineers in Lower California,
Confiscated By the Mexican
Government.
San Farneisoo.—Apparatus describ
ed as a device for locating mineral
deposits thousands of feet under
ground, established by men believed to
be German engineers at Alamo, lower
Californa, materialised recently as a
full fledged radio station equipped to
operate over a radius of 2,000 miles
and was seized by Mexican authorities
according to a letter received here to
day from Wm. R. Madden at Ensen
ada, a coast town, 110 miles from the
Mexican border.
The letter confirms advices from
Washington that the plant was closed
Alamo Is a mining town, 80 miles
back In the mountains from Ensen
ada at an altitude of about 4,000 feet.
The station, according to Madden,
was erected by three German engi
neers. supposed to have been landed
somewhere along the coast from the
Grman cruiser Nurnbcrg, who ac
counted for their appsratus by saying
It was a new Invention for discover
ing gold.
About the time the plant was put In
operation the British consul at Ensen
ada discovered Its real nature and at
his suggestion, It was confiscated by
the Mexican government and Uie en
gineer* were arrested.
THIRD BIGGEST BRITISH
WARSHJPJI BOTTOM
Rumor of Disaster to The Audacious Confirmed—Sunk By
Torpedo or Mine Off North Coast of Ireland—Whole of
Crew, Eight Hundred Officers and Men, Rescued By the
Liner Olympic
New York.—Rumors of disaster to the
British supeY-dreadnought Audacious
which have persisted ever since the
White Star Liner Olympic, diverted from
her course, arrived at Lough Swtl'ly on
October 29th, are confirmed in mall ad
vices received today by the Associated
FVess from a point in Ireland.
All Rescued.
After h career of less than two years
the Audacious of the King George V
class—tnirri in' tonnage and armament of
His Majesty’s warships-—lies at the bot
tom of the ocean off the north coast of
Ireland. She was hit by a torpedo or
disabled by a mine Just before 9 o’clock
on the morning of October 27th. With
the possible exception of one oY two men
the whole crew of 800 officers and men
TRUCE OF WEEK
BETWEEN HIU
AND CARRANZA
Hope Grows That Further
Bloodshed in Mexico May Be
Averted. Armistice Until Nov.
20th.
Washington.—While plans for the
American evacuation of Vera Cruz, on"
November 23rd. were being carried
forward today, hope grew in official
circles that further bloodshed between
the Mexican factions might be avoid
ed by the truce the Carranza and Villa
factions are reported to have entered
into until November 20th.
Carranza’s call to General Gonza
les, the leading general upon whom
he depends, to come to Mexico City
was regarded as evidence that further
Influences were at work to prevent
a new civil war, which military ex
perts say would be the bloodiest yet
of the Mexican conflicts.
Meanwhile, it was indicated that
Villa, holding Kan Luis Potosl and the
railroad running to Tampico, was
resting his army on Its arms awaiting
developments. It seemed today that
only the most untoward developments
could staji the departure of Brigadier
General Punston’s forces and that the
Mexican factions would be left to
settle their own differences.
Brigadier General Bliss, in com
mand on the border, reported the sit
uation unchanged among the con
tending forces near Naco.
LEIPZIG, DRESDEN
BOTH SAIL AWAY
Valparaiso, Chit*.—The German cruis
ers Leipzig and Dresden, which came
Into this port yesterday morning and
spent the day In taking on provisions,
sailed away this morning at daybreak
INNES AND WIFE
BACK TO GEORGIA
Atlanta.—City Detective John Blames
has wired Solicitor Dorsey from San An
tonio. Tex., that he expects to leave for
Atlanta next Monday with Victor E. In
nea and his wife, Mrs. May Innes, who
are under indlctmenta by the Pulton
county grand Jury.
The telegram received by the solicitor
did not atate whether the Texas Indict
ments against the fnnesses had been
quashed or whether their petition for In
junction to prevent their removal to
Georgia had been denied.
There axe three Indictments here
agilnet each of the Innesses These
Indictments chsrge them with larceny
after trust, It being alleged that they
obtained approximately SI,OOO from Mrs
Bloise Dennis, who with her sister. Miss
Beatrice Nelms, mysteriously disappear
ed from Atlanta last June,
was rescued by small boats from ths
Olympic,
THe rescue was made in a rough sea
through brilliant and daring seamanship
on the part of the White Star crew.
Caught by Wireless.
The battleship’s cry for assistance
was caught by the wtYeless operator of
the Olympic, which was only about ten
miles distant. The steamer rushed for
ward at full speed while her crew made
ready for their work. Volunteers were
called for and double the number neces
sary to man the lifeboats responded. The
crippled battleship wap reached a few
minutes ;jfter 9 o’clock and before noon
all but 100 of her men had been trans
ferred.
LEO FRANK HIS
BEEN REFUSED
A NEW TRIAL
Ruling of Georgia Supreme
Court Means Only Appeal
Now to Supreme Court of
United States.
Atlanta, Ga,—Tho atate supremo
court today refused a. new trial to
Leo M. Prank, convicted here August
25, 1913, for the murder of Mjiry Pha
gan. Prank’s motion for a rehearing
was based on the ground that Ids con
stitutional rights had been violated by
reason of his absence from the court
room when the Jury returned Its ver
dict.
By sustaining the state's demurrer
to the v'yank motion to set aside the
verdict of the lower court, the supreme
court's ruling means that Prank's only
appeal mzw Is to the supreme court
of the United States.
To U. 8. Supreme Court.
In their arguments counsel for th»
accused alleged that white the Jury
was deliberating “the air about tho
courtroom was surcharged with mob
violence," and that the trial Judge,had
suggested Prank he absent when the
verdict was rendered. The state ar
gued that the prisoner's attorneys as.
sented to his absence.
Prank's attorneys announced today
that they would Immediately appeal to
the* United States supreme court.
SIO,OOO BID FOR
COTTON SEAT
Nsw York.—Gotten exchange mem
berships took another Jump today,
SIO,OOO being bid for a seat. It was
understood that one was offered for
SII,OOO. At the time the exchange
closed memberships were selling at
$12,500. The last membership sold
brought $7,000.
TERRIBLE GERMAN LOSSES
IN RETREAT; 20,000 DEAD
OF 80,000 AT KALISZ
London, 3:45 a. m.—The Petrograd
correspondent of the Gaily News sends
the following comment on the opera
tions on the Russian front:
"The German eastern army will
conduct the home defense from two
bases. They are organizing their
northern forces at Thorn, using the
hack belt railway* to maintain com
munications with their Bast. Prussian
army. The new southern base 1* Op
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RUSSIANS ADVANCE
IN GALICIA; SILESIA
RESIDENTS FLEEING
Belgians
Distress
is Acute
London, 11:35 a. m.—Captain T. F.
Luoey, who has been active in the dis
tribution of American relief In Bel
gium, lias sent a message to ihe Am
erican relief committee headquarters
In London saying that tl • supplies 30
far available are entirely insufficient
to meet the immediate and urgent
needs of the Belgian people and re
quests further assistance.
The American consul at Antwerp
has written a letter to Henry Van
Pylte, the American minister at The
Hague, in which he described the sit
uation as acute.
BATTLE LINE DF
ALLIES IS STILE
UNBROKEN
Along 100 Miles of Front, With
Continuous Attacks of Great
Fury, Reports Are the Same:
“We Stand Firm.”
Paris, 7 a. m.—The battle line of the
nllies, extending 100 miles from tha
sea to the River Somme has been sub
jected night and day during the three
weeks past to continuous onslaughts
of unprecedented fury. The attacks
reached their highest degree Thursday
after the capture of Dlxmude two days
Before, according to eye-witnesses who
have returned from the front, hut now
have slackened; whether through the
lack of ammunition, from fatigue or
discouragement or pending the arrival
of fresh drafts of men from German,
has not been established.
Remains Unbroken.
The allies’ line, In spite of all tho
fierce assaults, remains unbroken.
Many competent observers had expect
ed to see it drawn back, yet it was
not, although to have fallen back on
the strong positions which had been
prepared in the rear would In no way
have diminished the strategical value
of the allies’ forces.
“We have lost nothing since tha
great battle wherein the kaiser's hasty
onslaught fell to pieces,” writes Geor
ges f'lemenceau, the ex-premier. “W*
have lost nothing and we have gained
something. We have gained time and
ground, the one no less precious than
the other.”
AH Agree.
The public and military experts
alike are recovering from the momen
tary discouragement caused by the loss
of Dlxmude and are resum.ng the pa
tient confidence in the outcome which
they quite realize will he long In com
ing. General Bonnal declares that no
army Can undergo losses out of all
proportion to effort expended and to
the result so far obtained by the Ger
mans without finally becoming dis
couraged and exhausted and an attack
In force well pushed home at the prop
or time will nrlng about the defeat of
the enemy. He quotes In support of
h|s opinion a tetter from an old friend
now ligating in Flanders which says;
*'W« Btand Firm."
“It. is always the same. We stand
firm. We even advanced a. little and
as a tangible result there 1b a slaugh
ter of the Prussians, who ure replaced
hy fresh reinforcements, which wa
smash at will. On our side there is
considerable loss, but It Is not to he
compared with that, of the enemy. All
the name It Is a long fight and defi
nite success Is by no means for to
morrow, but when It docs come what a
headlong ruin It will he."
FLYING HOSPITAL
IS WITH BELGIANS
Paris, 12:10 p. m.—The flying hos
pital organized In France by Mrs,
Harry Payne Whitney, of New York,
Is to be assigned to work with the
Belgian army In Belgium Robert
Bacon, former ambassador to France,
has gone to the front to arrange for
a suitable location.
pel n, on the Oder. 50 miles southeast
of Breslau.
"A quantity of guns are being
brought, to Oppcln from Cracow and
the latter place evidently Is to he
abandoned to the Austrian garrison.
“in the last stages of the retreat
from Poland the Germans covered 25
miles dally. Their column which fell
back at Kallsz lost *O,OOO men, of
whom 20,000 were killed."
HOME
EDITION
Occupation of Johannisburg of
Great Strategic Value—Ger
mans Remove Guns From
Cracow—Danzig is Next Ob
jective Point of the Czar’s
Troops
London, 10:30 a. On the eastern
battle ground the Russians continue
to advance. Vienna admits officially
that they have occupied Tarnow, Jaalo
and Krasno, In Onlicla. Residents are
fleeing from East Silesia. In this they
may be influenced by the belief that
the Russians will not permit any Ger
man civilians to remain in the vicinity
of their armies. The occupation of
Johannisburg in East Prussia Is re
garded here as being of great strategic!
value to the Russianss. If. as presum
ed the Invaders moved from the south
for tills movement they must havs
overcome extraordinary obstacles. The
Germans are reported as having tak
en the guns from Cracow to Oppein, in
Silesia, fifty miles southeast of Bres-,
lau and to have left the defense of the
Cracow fortress entirely to the Aus
trian garrison.
Dsnzig Looms Large.
In the opinion of British observers
the city of Danzig, on the coast of
West Prussia, looms large as a Rue
slnn objective, and dispatches reach
ing here from "Petrograd convey the
belief of the Russian authorities that
even the resumption of the German
offensive against Russian Poland will
not cause a diversion.
The usual absolutely contradictory
reports come from the scene of the
RusHo-Turktsh battle front. The Rus
sians report steady progress over the
old battle grounds of 1*76, while the
Turks claim that the Russian armies
armies have hen pushed hack aerosa
the border with heavy losses.
Admitted by Vienna.
From the headquarters of the Tue
tonlr armies come conservative state
ments of the activities of their ar
mies. Vienna admits certain Russian
successes, which Incidentally mean
mean that the Slav power again Is In
possession of the great oil fields of
Gallia, but another report from Aus
trian headquarters balances this by
the claim of continued success against
the Balkan ensmy In the campaign to
force the Servians behind their own
borders
One military writer does not conceal
the anxiety, caused by the Russian
advance, hut sets dlwn his belief that
the German frontier has not yet been
crossed
Dragging the Channel.
The only uavai news of Importance
Is the announcement that the sub
man ne menace off Dover has been re
lieved by the dragging of chains along
the bottom of the channel This pro
cedure Is believed to have destroyed
certain German Hiibrnarines which for
weeks have been successful In eluding
the British guard ships.
BIEICTOfTI
EMPIRE LIFE CO.
State Insurance Board Hands
Down Decision Denying Un
conditionally the Application
For Receivership.
Atlanta, G»<—Tb«* state ln/iuranee
board .today handed down a decision
In favor of the Empire Life Uisuranca
Gornpnuy.
The decision Is a great Victory for
the company. It denies upcondttton
al'y application for recelvei.'shlp.
THERE ARE
34
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Read Herald ads and
call for advertised
goods if you want the
pick of styles and
bargains.
When shopping in August*
tomorrow Bayt “I Saw II it*
Th# Horald." It will pay.
Try It.