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THE WEATHER Fair tonight with temper ature near freezing. Wed nesday fair. VOLUME XIX, No. 320. Is Intervention Now Possible ?’ Co-operation of the Nether lands and United States Urg ed. Now is the Time to Act in Offer of Mediation, De clares Editorial. HAS NOT THE MOMENT COME TO SAVE WHAT CAN BE SAVED IN WAR? Winter Approaching, Misery Incredible, Dead on Battle fields Piling Up, the Innocent Suffering From Starvation and Illness. Amsterdam, (via The Hague and London, 3:50 a. m.) —The Handelsblad tonight prints an editorial headed "Is intervention possible?" in which it urges the co-operation of the Queen of the Netherlands and President Woodrow Wilson, of the Uinted States in using the “psychological moment” to offer mediation by these two neutral nations. "Since in three and a half months the peoples of Europe and Asia have been drawn into a war of which the original issues now have been forgot ten,” says the editorial, “future ideal results are impossible. The war is fast degenerating in a purposeless con flict calling upon all the worst pas sions of all the nations. Has Not Moment Come? “Winter is approaching and the mis ery everywhere is incredible. The num ber of dead on the battlefields is being Increased by numbers of Innocent peo ple who are suffering from illness and starvation. Has not the moment come to save what can be saved? Tha Two Countries. "Two countries are plainly indicated as the ones which should make the first attempt. They are the kingdom of the Netherlands and the United States —the Netherlands hecause this country, without enemies for centuries has been the center of the develop ment of international laws; the Unit ed States because through its geo graphical situation and universally ap preciated sentiments and principles, its much honored president can offer his services without arousing suspicions on the part of any of the warring na tions. On Way to America. “This is the moment to act. The American minister at The Hague who is thoroughly familiar with the inter nal working of European politics, is on his way to America where he en joys the entire confidence of the Am erican government. Queen Wilhel mina 1s respected in America as well as beloved. The Dutch. minister of foreign affairs is well known and he la esteemed In America. Coming Generations. “The possibility which now Is offered may never return. The time has come to act immediately and coming genera tions will thank the queen and the president for their courage to say the first mighty word which will show the peoples of Europe the way to lasting peace.” EAST ATTEMPT BY GERMAN, DESPERATE Advance of Russians Into East Prussia Compelled a Double Offensive With Failure of Both. Berlin Proud of Skill Shown in Retreat From Warsaw. Nearly Won in Emula tion of Stonewall Jackson’s Famous Flanking Moves. London, 4:65 a. me—The PetrogTad correspondent of The Times send* the following: “According to the Army Messenger the German plans against the Russians have failed completely. The advance of the Russians into East Prussia com pelled the Germans to assume a double offensive—from Thorn, to induce the Invaders to withdraw from East Prus sia and from Cracow, Galicia. Both attempts failed. The Russian armies, thanks to the continuous and übiquit ous pressure they have been able to apply, have retained the fullest free dom of action and have been able to choose the points where they wished to deliver their attacks." To Divert Russians. London, 10:23 a. m. —Contrary to ex pectations the coming of winter seems to have had more effect on the opera tions on the western battle front than In the east. Here the Germans are making desperate efforts to divert the Russians from East Prussia by re suming a vigorous offensive at two points near the center of this long frontier line. Th« Warsa w Retreat. Rerlin experts. Judging from the re ports reaching London, have been dis cussing the German retreat from War saw with great candor. They declare they are as proud of the skill with which this movement was accomplish ed as ar the English of their retire ment from the battle of Mons. They Don’t Be Mean To Your Dollar. If It Wants To Stay In Augusta, Let It Stay. Live At Home THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. MOO CAPTIVES IS CLAIM OF AUSTRIANS London, 4:15 a. m.—A despatch from Vienna via Amsterdam to Reuter's Telegraph Company contains an of ficial army order issued by field Mar shall Oskar Potiorek, commanding the Austrian troops operating against the Servians. The order reads: “After nine days severe fighting against an obstinate and numerically superior enemy the brave troops of the fifth and sixth corps have reached Kulnbara and forced the enemy to flight. Over 8,000 prisoners, 42 can non, 31 machine guns and numerous war material were captured.” TURKS INFLICT SEVERE LOSSES Russian Forces in the Caucasus Receive Check. Advance Ends in Direction of Erzerum. London, 9:50 a. m. —A Sofia despatch to Reuter's Telegram Company gives an official statement Issued at Con stantinople on Nov. 15. It says: "Turkish troops attacked the Rus sian position at Dylan, situated in the proximitv of the Russian frontier a short distance from the sea, and the Russians suffered severe losses. The Russinns attempted the landing of troops which, however, were dispersed. "Another Turkish detachment oc cupied Duz Keuy and surrounded the Russians at Hanmedreszi, capturing a quantity of ammunition and provis ions. 'The Russians bombarded today, without result, the frontier posts of Kokmush and Abislah.” Confirmed, Petrograd. —The general 'staff of th« Caucasian army has issued a com munication confirming the report from Turkish sources that the Russians had received a check near Erzerum. It says: "The march of our advance guard in the direction of Erzerum has end ed. This march was dictated not by conditions of war, but only to fulfill the task imposed on our advance guard." The communication tells of a num ber of Russian successes on the march in Turkish Armenia and declares that the Turkish offensive against the Rus sian force on the route along the coast has failed. The Turks in this move ment it is declared, met with serious losses and their reserves were annihi lated. admit also that the efforts of the Ger mans to emulate General 'Stonewall" Jackson's famous flanking movement failed of success by a narrow margin and only because the Russians were not caught napping. Advantage of Positions. The Germans seem confident of a favorable outcome to their renewed of fensive movement ‘near the river W’arthe and their ability to resume the aggressive shows strikingly the ad vantage which the possession of a strategic position gives a warring power. IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, 3,000 GERMAN DEAD OF ONE REGIMENT AT YPRES London. 4:50 a. m.-The following sstory of the wiping out of 3,000 Ger mans comes from a wounded soldier from the Ypres front: "The fighting at Vpres was terrible In violence. For forty hours we fought foot to foot with the enemy, employing every resource of Infantry and artll ery. On Sunday » regiment of 3, 000 Germans attacked our position A- a distance of 31" yards our artillery opened a terrible fire and mowed them down They recoiled hut reformed and returned This time they reached the hundred-'ard mark- and again recoiled and re-frg-med With only a third of their original strength they advanced again. Our officers ordered us to hold our fire and let them advance. At twenty yard* the order came to 'let them have It.' We did and the German regiment ceased to exist. “In less than an hour 3,000 men had been exterminated." AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1914. CROWN PRINCE FRIEDRICH WILHELM OF GERMANY AND HIS STAFF ~ -’TOSwEM® TiEStiSl.fl ■ ■ v 4ißifc^4EKA2933Hli{fc v ,He w vWJrI sw2< u flßr NEAR BATTLE LINE The famous German Crown Trlnce is here shown on the extreme right. The picture was taken In an unpretentious building nenr the battle line, where the Prince and his staff were quartered. The Crown Prince at the beginning of the war commanded one of the German armies Rent against France. It Is announced now thnt the Crown Prince has assumed supreme command of the Teutonic forces on the Russian front. THOROUGHLY INOCULATED WITH SPIRIT OF LIVING AT HOME,PUBLIC TURNING ATTENTION TO VARIED DISPLAYS ON BROAD ST.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOME PRODUCTS Industrial Exposition Which Opened Yesterday is Today in Full Swing and Attracting Crowds. MARKET HEADQUARTERS READY FOR VISITORS I Every Day This Week An Im- ■ portant Day, But Saturday When the Farmers Gome, Bringing Country Produce to Open Air Market, to be Cli max.——The Movement Well Launched. Augusta's industrial and home exposi tion opened yesterday. Live at Home, Trade at Home, Made at Home Week is now on and the move ment well launched. Yesterday afternoon—ln fact, all day yesterday—there were more people on the business streets of Augusta than on any week day for some time past, the tTowds attracted by the exhibits in the show windows of Augusta-made goods; and this morning the people were out again. It will be the same all week, only It is expected that as the week (Continued on Next Page). 40,000 BURIED IN GRAVE 4 MILES LONG, IN 1 DAY. Amsterdam, vit London, 8 a. m. —The Nleuwa Kotterdamsche Courant quotes a letter from a Galician priest stating that 40,000 Austrians have been burled In one day In a grave six and one half feet wide and a little more than four miles long. The bodies, the letter says, were laid next to each other In three layers. These men were killed. It Is stated, during a battle lasting only a few hours. TERRIBLE WEATHER FLOODS TRENCHES Heavy Rain for 36 HoursJ Roads All Quagmires. Low- 1 lands Covered With Water. | Brush and Straw Protect the Troops. Dixmude Entirely; Destroyed. Artillery Battle Continues. London, 1:22 p. m, —Germany's remarkably persistent offensive In blizzard-swept Flanders in the west and the stability of her hasty defense along her eastern frontier, were issues ,the outcome of which still was undecided today In the great European war. In Flanders the Allied line re fuses to yield while In the east the Russians continue to push for ward. The battle line in France seems for the time being forgot ten and the aVtlons there probably will continue to be of a sporadic nature until the Allies In Flanders prove conclusively that they can not be battered in, or until the Germans by some mighty effort prove that they can. Artillery Again. Ameterdam, via. London. 7:20 a. m.— The correspondent at Slulst, Netherlands, states that artillery was again audible yesterday and that the Germans are renewing their efforts to cross the Yser near Nleunort, The weather is Improving. Dixmude, including the villages on Its environs, has been entirely de •troyed. On Hunday the windows at Hluif) were shaken by explosions beyond the border where, It was reported yester day, bridges are again being blown up. Foarful Condition*. • London, 4:46 a. m. —All reports from the scene of fighting In northern France Indicate that the weather con ditions for the past few days have been terrible. Heavy rain, falling con tinuously for 34 hours, has turned all the roads Into quagmires while the trenches are flooded and the lowlands everywhere are largely covered by wa ter Everything possible Is being done to make the troops comfortable, to pre vent their being flooded out of the trenches and to avoid cave-ins. The trenchce are being shored and braced and the bottoms covered with brush and straw. Meanwhile the artillery battle continues |Sir IT'S INSULT TO SWITZERLAND I No Secret Convention With Austria and Germany to Sup port Army in Italy Invasion. Berlin, via. Paris, 12:56 a. m.—Re peated statements appearing In the Italian press, that Switzerland had en tered into a secret convention with Austria and Germany, binding herself to support with her army an Invasion of northerji Italy and to permit an Austro-German force to pass through Switzerland In the event of Italy aban doning her neutrality In favor of the triple entente, have brought forth a strong protest from the Swiss gov - ernment. The exlstenec of any such convention Is denied and It. Is declared that the reports are an Insult to Swit zerland and her army. OFFICIAL BULLETINS FRENCH Paris, 2:40 p. m.—The following of ficial communication was given out In Paris this afternoon: “From Nleuport lo Dixmude and in the region of Vpyres the cannopadlng has been resumed with greater vio lence than In the preceding days The enemy was compelled to evacuate a portion of his trenches which had been filled by the waters. ( "Two attacks of German Infantry resulted In failure. On our side wo have made progress between lilx achoote and the canal. "Between Arrnentlere* arid 1-aßassee there has hen an artillery duel con ducted with great spirit.” SAYS GERMAN CASUALTIES 100,000 IN PAST FOUR DAYS London, 6:29 a. m. Telegraphing from Dunkirk, France, the cor respondent of the Dslly Mail says: "There was heavy fighting around Ypres Monday. The casualties were large but the battle resulted In excellent progress for the allies. "The German casualties are estimated at 100,000 In the past four days." $6.00 PER YEAR—FIV E CENTS PER COPY. SITUATION AT CRACOW, ENIGMA I jOne Report Says City in Flames, Another That the j Germans Rejoin Austrian ! Garrison. London, 1025 a. m. The actual sit uation In Cracow Is becoming one of the many enigmas of the war. tine report has the Ruslans actually In vesting the town, which is declared to bo in flames, while several reports have reached London that the Ger mans have left the defense of Cra cow to the Austrians who In their turn are expected to surrender rather than have the city bombarded. The latest reports from Petrograd howev er declare that the gjerman forces have rejoined the Austrian garrison in the defense of the Cracow fortress, which some experts pronounce to lie the key to the easiest road Into the province of Kilesta. PITTSBURGH TO FURNIBH BTEEL, 1,000,000 SHELLB. Pittsburgh,. Pa.—An order for 18,000 tons of steel bars to be con verted Into shells for use In the European war has bean placed with a local manufacturing com pany, It became known here today. Officials of the company admit ted receipt of such an order, but refused to disclose the Identity of the nation from which It had been recHved. According to estimates, the consignment will furnish al most 1,000,000 shells for projec tiles. GERMAN Berlin, (by wireless to London, 1:07 p, m.|» German army headquarters gave out an official report this after noon as follows: "Generally speaking yesterday pass ed quietly In the western arena 'if (he war. t To the south of Verdun and to the notheast of fley the French made several attacks whclh, however were unsuccessful. "Operations In the eastern arena made further favorable progress but detailed reports are not yet at hand." HOME EDITION WORST IS OVER; NOW FDR 800111 IN MI Serious Effects of Europe’s War on American Business Have Passed Declare Govern ment Officials at Washington Washington. —Officials of the iaS f'us government departments in touch with the country’s business activities feel confident that the most serious effects of the European war on Amer ican business has passed. The resto ration of the credit lialauce with Ku rope, the Increasing demand for Amer ican food supplies and the sudden de velopment of an abnormal trade In .ar ticles needed by the armies now In tile field have helped conditions. Over $200,000,000. No nccurate figures on the contracts of the latter character are obtainable, but orders for horses, mules, army clothing, harness and the like have flooded factories and stockmen' In some districts. It is said thnt, including am munition orders, this business reaches the huge total of over $200,000,000. In several lines factories are straining to highest capacity to meet the demands. Other Factors. Other factors which have aided In clearing up the situation are the open ing of the federal reserve bank sys tem, upon which business experts look ns the bnekbohe of the country's re sources, the opening of the Panama canal, which already has Increased freight traffic to the west coast of .South America, and the entry of more than eighty foreign-built ships Into American registry under the emergen cy law passed at toe last session of congress. Steady Increase. Of the shipping situation, officials said today there was a growing scar city or carriers for American export commerce because the hulk of traffic was Increasing so steadily. Freight rates have risen remarkably and it was said shipping companies now were se lecting their cargoes with the great est care, avoiding all articles of even semi-contraband nature. Huge shipments of grain arc await ing transportation at many ports. It appears probable this condition will result In renewed activity In hclnilf of the administration federal merchant marine bill when congress re-nssem blqg next month, although the com plexion of the house of representatives whb h the democrats control by a nar row margin, makes the result doubt ful. There was vigorous opposition to the bill last session by many demo crats. 1,010 ENGLISH DEAD BT TURNS , London, 7:18 a. m.—A despatch from ( orstuntlnnple via Amsterdam to Reu- W*r it Telegram Company give* an of flcial communication I ■•tied by the Turk- Ihli war office. It nay*: “Yesterday we attacked the ISnglish near Fao on the coast of the Province of Basra In the Persian Gulf. They lent ft bout a thousand In dead. “The revolutionary leader Abdur Re sale, crossed |he frontier with .100 men lo assist the Russia ns but was dis pensed by our troops and many of his followers were killed. “A Russian standard ban been cap tured.” PRESIDENT INVITED 30UTH. Washington, D. C.— President Wil son today was invited to visit Mobile. Ala., and gulf coast cities this winter by Dr. Heale Harris, representing the * Mobile Chamber of commerce The President said he was uncertain’ whether public business would allow him to make the trip. THERE ARE 32 Shopping Days Before Xmas Read Herald ads and rail for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. When shopping In Augusta tomorrow Boyt “I Saw It in Tho Herald.” It will pay. Try It.