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VOLUME XIX, No. 327.
Germans Claim
BatOe In Poland
General Staff Isues Statement
Declaring Situation Favorable
Everywhere. Decisive Out
come Near. Petrograd Silent.
OUTCOME OF ENTIRE WAR
MAY HANG IN BALANCE
Say That Von Hindenberg
Will Soon be Rolling Up
Whole Russian Right Wing as
Austrians Attack the Left.
Berlin, (By Wireless to the Asso
ciated Press).- -The general staff of
the German army, referring to impor
tant operations in Poland now near
ing a decisive outcome, announced to
day that it considered the situation
everywhere favorable.
Most Hopeful.
Berlin, (via The Hague and London,
10:10 a. m.)- —All the Berlin newspa
pers comment favorably this morning
and very hopefully on the possible
outcome of the fighting in Poland.
They express the opinion that these
engagements may decide the entire
Russian campaign if not the outcome
of the war.
By Von Hindenberg.
The Lokal Anzegier has published
an interview with an . officer who
speaks for the military authorities.
He says that in consequence of the
rolling up of the Russian right wing
by General von Hindenburg and the
simultaneous attack of the Austrians
on the Russian left, a general Rus
sian retreat with the evacuation of
Lemberg is only a question of time.
Different Now.
In their previous attack this offi
cer says the enemy operated in ac
cordance with their program but to
day they have been forced to give up
(hier war plans and face an entirely
different situation. Existing condi
tions were foreseen by the German
and Austrian commanders.
According to the same authority,
the Russians lack artillery and rifles.
FEMME,
AIRSHIP FLEET
German Activity is Most Mark
ed. Violent Bombardment of
Vpres is on.
London, 12:05 p. m.—Violent bom
bardments have destroyed the town
hail and the central market at Ypres,
according to official news reaching
here from Paris. This may herald
the resumption of the attempt on the
part of the Germans to break the cen
ter, held by the English, of the allied
line blocking their way to the coast.
This theory finds some confirmation
in the renewed reports that the Ger
mans are bringing up heavy rein
forcements through Belgium.
From Germany there come reports
of feverish activity in the construc
tion of war ships as well as in the
manufacture of Zeppelin airships. The
opinion prevails that Germany is not
able to compete with Great Britain
in the construction of battleships.
Consequently she is devoting greater
energy to the building of an air fleet.
Naval construction takes relatively
second place.
raTli in
WEST FLANDERS
London, 11:55 •. m.—Desperate
fighting in Russian Poland, but with
out details as to the outcome and a
resumption of similar activity in West
Flanders are the outstanding features
today in the areas of military opera
tions. *
The flurry caused by the attack of
British aviators on the Zeppelin head
quarters at Frledrlchhafen has not yet
subsided and the amount of comment
on this incident appearing in both the
German and English press seems to be
out of all proportion to the real dam
age inflicted.
islTlsiNS
ARE PRISONERS
Washington.—-Vienna foreign office
dispatches to the Austro-Hungarian
embassy here today repeated the sub
stance of the war office communica
tion and added:
"The Austrian troops in Russian Po
land have captured 15,000 prisoners.
In Bar via our offensive continues In
spite of the strong resistance of the
fortified positions of the enemy and
enormous difficulties of ground caused
by bad weather Twenty-four hun
dred captives taken; total Fenian
prisoners during fighting since Nov.
5 reaches 13,000.”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
TROOPS OF
TURK, SUEZ
CANAL
Capture of English Officers
and Many Wounded is Re
ported. Egyptians Surrender
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville).—
Official reports given out in Constan
tinople and reaching Berlin today re
late the continued successful Turkish
advance upon Batum, the Russian port
on the Black sea. All the territory be
tween the Turko-Russian border and
the river Chursk is in Turkish hands,
while a Turkish force in th© southern
part of this territory has taken Art
win The Turks declare that the Eng
lish losses at Shatt-El-Arab amounted
to 750 dead and several thousand
wounded.
Reach Canal.
Constantinople (By Marconi Wire
less to London, 7:58 a. m.) —Turkish
troops have reached the Suez Canal,
according to an official communica
tion made public here Sunday. The
statement reads:'
“Turkish troops have reached the
Suez Canal. Fighting has occurred
between Katasa and Teatebe, both
thirty kilometres east of the Suez Ca
nal and near Kantara Teo (probably
El Kantara, 25 miles soutr of ' Port
Said).
"English officers and many soldiers
as well as many wounded were taken
psisoners. Troops of English camel
riders and Egyptian police surren
dered.”
El Kantara is on the right bank of
the Suez Canal, 25 miles south of
Port Said, and on the caravan track
between Egypt and Syria.
ins raraii!
The Reduction in Cotton Acre
age Essential to Better
Prices.
“In the final analysis, however, the
future course of prices must depend
on the attitude of the planyer. If he
curtails his acreage it will make very
little difference how large t. surplus
results from this year’s crop and on
this point evidence continues to accu
mulate that a reduction in cotton
acreage is unquestionable.
Alabama bankers, at a meeting held
on Tuesday, adopted a resolution de
claring that financial aid would not
be extended to anyone interested in
the raising of cotton unless such per
son would enter into an agreement to
reduce cotton acreage at least one
half. This resolution also pledged the
bankers to seek by every reasonable
means a diversification of Southern
crops. From North Carolina come re
ports that planters there have in many
instances agreed to an acreage reduc
tion approximating 40 per cent, and
these advices also state that much of
the land usually planted to cotton has
already been put into wheat and other
grains. So much for supply, both im
mediate and prospective.
The demand is unquestionably in
creasing every day. Exports for this
and the coming week are estimated
at 500,000 bales .and as the way is
now opening up for shipments to Ger
many, where cotton is in great demand
at a price approximating 19c a pound
owing not only to lack of raw supplies
but also to the fact that German tex
tile mills are running on full time,
it is reasonable to assume that the de
mand from that source will steadily
Increase. Regarding conditions In
Great Britain, the London "Statist”
says that the depression since the be
ginning of the war has been acute but
that there are now signs of improve
ment in the cotton industry of lan
cashirt. Domestically the news from
the dry goods market is distinctly en
couraging, lower prices have been
made In certain lines, but the reduc
tions have not been general enough
to disturb the whole market. South
ern mills appear to be more fully em
ployed than Northern manufacturers,
but on the whole business Is good. A
decreased supply would of course be
a bull factor even If demand remained
at Its present low ehb, but with the
practical certainty of a decrease in
supply the fact that demand is reas
onably sure to Increase is a doubly
strong argufhent In favor of an event
ual price Improvement. Cotton is ad
mittedly selling at the present time
below cost of production, and It is a
fact well authenticated by many slmi
[ lar Instances in the past that when a
i necessary' commodity sells ’ below Its
productive cost the price does not long
remain at such level no matter what
the causes wore that were responsible
for the decline. For the present, fluc
tuations are apt to he more or less
erratic, with the trend still undecldrd,
| but everything -onsldered purchases
made on the declines from going quo
tations ought to eventually prove prof
itable.
HENRY CLEWS & CO.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 23, 1914.
Former German Cruiser Goebeu and Scene of Baffle Where She Was Destroyed
The U. S. Troops
Leave Vera Cruz
NAB TO KILL FIVE
ALIEN PRISONERS
DETENTION CAMP
Outbreak Among 2,600. In
Isle of Man. Twelve Also
Seriously Wounded By Eng
lish Guards.
London, 2:50 a. m.—The Manchester
Guardian, referring to the rioting last
Thursday in the alien detention camp
on the Isle of Man, In which five
prisoners were killed and twelve
wounded, says this outbreak was due
not merely to discontent ’with food and
treatment given them but was part
of a desperate plan of the prisoners
to escape from the camp with the ul
timate hope of seizing a vessel in the
harbor and making their way to some
neutral country.
On Hunger Strike.
The dining roorg of the camp, where
the trouble occurred, gives an access
through the adjojjuug kitohaua -U> Wia
only part of the camp not protected
by a double circuit of barbed wire.
The prisoners employed in the kitch
ens wfere aware of this condition. The
prisoners on Wednesday went on a
hunger strike. This rapidly developed
into an angry demonstration against
England.
The prison commandant succeeded
in quieting the disturbance but not
before the Union Jack was torn down.
The mutiny began Thursday, the
signal for the outbreak oeing the
throwing of a chair through a win
dow. The prisoners instead of mak
ing for the main doors leading from
the dining hall, all rushed toward the
kitchen doors. Only six soldiers
guarded these doors and this half
dozen men were attacked by 2,500 men.
The prisoners desisted, however, the
moment a volley was fired in their
midst.
Food Sufficient.
The correspondent of the Manches
ter Guardian expresses the belief that
the prisoners hoped to secure enough
arms to hold the guards at bay until
the sailors in the camp had time to
get possession of a boat in the harbor.
The medical officer at the camp as
sured the correspondent that the food
was sufficient but it was admitted that
a certain consignment of potatoes was
bad and that some of the tents leaked.
Many of the prisoners in this camp
were men of title and wealth. They
were allowed to purchase their own
food and they enjoyed course dinners.
This was another source of discon
tent.
Extra Guards.
The captains in charge of the divis
ion of prisoners were chosen from
among the educated aliens and it is
not believed that they had any knowl
edge of the uprising. Extra guards
have been placed on duty at the Isle
of Man camp and the number of pris
oners permitted in the dining room
at one time has been reduced.
2,000 RETURN TO
WORK; STEEL PLANT
Chicago—Two thousand men who were
thrown out of employment early last
spring, returned to work at the South
Chicago Plant of the Illinois Steel Com
pany today when the rail and structu
ral mills were re-opened.
Arthur H. Young, superintendent of
lslior at the mills, was authofity for the
statement that the mills would tie run
ning to capacity within a fe-.* weeks.
OLDEBT GRAD DEAD.
Chicago. Prof. Samuel Sterling
Sherman. 99 years old, an author of
some prominence and reputed to he
the oldest graduate of an American
university, died here Sunday. He
was bom In West Rupter, Vt„ grad
uated from Middlebury College ln'lß3B
and Immediately accepted a chair In
the University of Alabama.
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BLOBBON VS. HOPPE.
New York.—tieo. f Slosson haa
challenged William F. Hoppe for tho
18.2 balk line billiard championship.
Under the rules the match must lie
played within SO days. No date has
been set but Hoppe, now on the Pa
cific Is not expected to return to New
York uht llearly in January. Hoppe
won the championship from Slosson
two years and successfully defended It
against, tieo. Slosson, Koji Yamada
and Calvin Demarest.
American Forces Under
Gen’l Funs ton Boarding
Transports After Seven
Months Stay. Five U. S.
Battleships Remain in
Mexican Waters.
Vera Cruz, Mex.—The American
forces under General Frederick Fun
ston after a stay in Vera Cruz of
seven months, today began embarking
on the steamships which will return
them to the United States.
The outpost began falling back at
9 o'clock this morning and two hours
later the first American soldiers were
going over Ihe sides of the. waiting
transports.
Began at Daylight.
Vera Cruz.—General Ftuislon estab
lished his headquarters on board the
transport Cristobal at an early hour
this morning and all the organizations
of his command began at daylight the
work of moving out their equipment
preparatory to final evacuation. Ev
erything progressed smoothly and in
accordance with previous arrangement.
Beyond the American outposts there
had been mobilized during tho night
a force of constitutionalists. As the
Americans withdrew first from the
.OtULvittifc district* and Alien from tilt
city itself the constitutionalists fol
lowed them andnomlnally occupied th*
territory vacated.
Ar* Apprehensive.
The rtty Is quiet hut the Inhabitants
are nervous and apprehensive concern
ing the final outcome of this trans
fer of auttiority. All saloons in Vera
Cruz remained closed today on orders
of General Funston and many com
mercial establishments decided not to
open their doors. The. government of
Vera Cruz iH not being turned over to
any faction of Mexicans. The terri
tory Is being evacuated and as fast
as the Americans go out, constitution
alists are coming in.
The American army officials sf«
taking with them the money collected
for customs and from other sources
of revenue.
At Prop*r Tim*.
These will ultimately go to snm*
Mexican government which the United
States deems a proper one to rocelv*
them.
The American quartermaster's de
partment has arranged to take away
from Vera Cruz some three hundred
Mexicans who did not care to be in
the city when their countrymen again
came Into possession.
Comes to End.
Washington.—American occupation
of Vera Cruz was to come to an end
today. Tho withdrawal of the military
forces under Brigadier General Fun
ston from the Mexican port had been
ordered by President Wilson. Ap
proximately 6,000 Infantrymen and
marines were to board transports and
chartered steamers today hound for
American shores.
Five Warships Stay.
Five United States warships now in
Mexican waters, however, will remain
there indefinitely to protect American
citizens and to meet any emergencies
that mtght arise.
It was believed here today that the
action of the Washington government
in withdrawing its military forces
from the Mexican port, would remove
from that country a possible cause for
international friction as well as an
Important factor that might raise a
domestic issue between the factions in
Mexico.
Last April.
American occupation of Vers. Cruz
began last April when military forces
under Rear Admiral Fletcher seized
that port by orders of the Washing
ton government as an act of reprisal
in retaliation for affronts to the Htars
and Ktripes at Tampico where Amer
ican bluejackets were arrested. Gen
eral Huerta, who controlled the forces
at Tampico, had refused to comply
with Admiral Mayo’s demand that a
salute of 21 guns be fired,
BIG EXPLOSIONOF
NITRO GLYCERINE
Chicago.—Hundreds of windows in
Gary were broken today by a nltro
glycerine explosion' n the works of
the Aetna Powder Mills, four miles
frhm that place No one was killed
or Injured. It was reported, us s leak
In utv oil lank gave warning that sn
explosion might he expected and the
workmen, numbering about 200 fled
Several farm outbuildings near the j
plant were wrecked and the electric
light plant at Gary was temporarily ]
put out of commission by the concus
sion. * |
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SCALE or NILES
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too 200 JSQO
BOUGHT BY TURKEY.
Above is a photograph of the battle cruiser Goehen, formerly of tha
German navy, which was purchased by tho Turkish government and which
is reported to have been destroyed in a battle with the Russian fleet
on the Black Sea. Below is a map of the scene of (lie engagement in tho
Black Kea in which the Goehen Is reported to have boon badly damaged.
FOR ‘PREMEDITATED
ATROCITIES;’ MEXICO
ASSIGNMENTS
MADE.AUGUSTA
PULPITS
North Georgia, Conference
Names Pastors for the Local
Methodist Pulpits at Marietta
Today.
Marietta, Ga. —Bishop Collin** Denny
this meaning read Ida appointments of
pastors in tho North Georgia Methodist
conference following which tho confer
ence passed resolutions nrorlng locker
cluha in Georgia and went unanimously
on record ag favoring Atlanta as the
scene of lhe qiiHdrennlHl convention or
tiie Methodist iCplacopa] Church, Houth,
to Im held in 191*.
For Augusta.
The following are HHnlgrimcntu for
Augusts District:
Presiding elder, W. T. Hamby.
Bt. John, H. P. Wiggins; Ht. James,
W. B. Dillard; Broadway, M. I>. Cun
ningham; Anbury, G. W. Barrett; Wood
lawn, G. B. Wtone; Kt. Duke, j. F. Kob
t* ts; Culverton, H. M. Dunon; Dearlng,
W. It. England; Dev emu x, I. K. Patll
lo; Hancock, W, P. Nulls; Grace wood,
B. P. Bead; Grovetown Arthur Maness;
Harlem, L. M. Twiggs; Hephssibah, A. K.
Nunn; Mayfield. W A. Wells; Messena,
W. B. Kennedy; Norwood, J. N. Fowler;
Kparta, M. H. Williams. A. A. Tilly, su
pernumerary; Thomson, J. If. Wash
burn; Thomson Circuit, B. K. Ml/.o;
Warrenton, If. C. Kmory; Payne Col
lege, J. D Hammond, president; B. L.
Campbell, W .L. C. Wo lies, professors.
ON APPROPRIATION
MEASURES ONLY
Waahington.—"Uongrezz will not do
anything much at the coming hchmloii
except to pan* appropriation bills,”
declared Hpcaker Clark today aa lo
wan leaving for New England to fill
speaking engagement*.
"It cannot," he aald, ”<lo very much
more than that aa I alzn la. There
lan't going to he any extra aeaalnn, I
believe.”
The apeakcr atopped over here for a
ahort time following a long trip in
the Houth. He will not return to
\V:i*hlngton until about the flrat week
of December.
COMES TO CLAIM HIB BHIP.
Savannah, Ga.—Captain K. H. Mer
cer of Hi- achooncr Henry W. Cramp,
abandoned off flap-* Lookout Light,
reached .Savannah thla morning from
I'ape Lookout to claim the aclionn-r
towed ti by the at,Miner Merrimack,
He raid lie abandoned the veaaet when
ahe waa waterlogged and the auppllea
flooded. Hell waa, anchored aenirei,.
The craw weje picked up by the Annie
M, V daon and landed at Cape laiok
,Uf
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIV E CENTS PER COPY.
City of Mexico Was to Have
Been Abandoned to Zapata
Forces. Blanco Had Hot
Argument With Obregon and
Declined to Obey.
Washington.— Plans f«»r an eleventh
hour abundonment of Mexico City to
the Zapata forces were frustrated by
General Lttclo Blanco, according to
confidential reports received today r;t
tlm state depart merit from Its agents.
General Carranza, ordered the capital
evacuated last Kriday, ho that the Za
pata forces could enter, at the same
time tearing up the railroads north
of Mexico City lo check and delay the
Villa troops.
To Bs Sacked.
f)nc of the official reports speak of
“premeditated atrocities” and an Inten
tion to leave tin* capital to tie sacked.
Just what was the purpose of the
move on the part of the Garranza
chiefs wasnot disclosed.
General Obregon, according to offi
cial reports, ordered General Blanco
to accompany him from the city, hut
the latter declined to obey bin superior
officer, haying he would not be a party
to the plan.
Left After Quarrel.
Obregon left after a serious argu
ment with Blanche, who then took
full command and began to police the
city and appoint municipal officers
who arranged for protection against
disorders.
Fears for the safety of residents in
Mexico <Mty have now passed, accord
ing to telegrams dated late last night
and confidence Is manifested In Blan
co's ability to deal with the situation
and arrange for an orderly entry of
Villa’s troops.
SEA MYSTERY
IS NOW SOLVED
British Steamer Sent to Bot
tom After Passengers and
Crew Taken Off by German
Cruiser.
London, 7:45 s. m.—-A despatch to
The Times from Montevideo, Uruguay,
says the arrival of the German cruistr
Sierra Goruoba there with the pas
sengers and crew of the British steam
er La Gorrentlna and the crew of the
Krench bark Union ha? cleared up the
mystery surrounding the fate of the
La Gorrentlna.
The steamer Lh Current Inn. left Bue
nos Ayres for Liverpool earl> in Oc
tober and her non-arrival at the Brit
Imli port had aroused fears as to her
safety. It appears from the story told
by her passengers that the Lu Cor
rentlna was overtaken on Oct. 7, 270
miles northeast of Hobos Island by the
German converted cruiser Kron Prill*
Wilhelm which after taking off the
passengers and crew sent the British
liner to the bottom.
The French b**rk Union was picked
up bj th** Kronprlnz Wilhelm on Oct.
2* and scuttled after her rr«\v hod
bean taken off.
HOME
EDITION
JUSTICE LAMAR
REFUSES WRIT
TO LEO FRANK
Declines Issuance of Review
of Conviction to United States
Supreme Court.
Washington.—Justice Lamar today
refused to Issue a writ of error to
bring to Hip supremo court, for review
the conviction of Leo M. Frank for
•he murder of Mary Phagan, a factory
girl of Atlanta in 1913.
Attorneys applied to Justice Lamar
for the writ on the ground that a right
under the federal constitution had
been denied Frank when the Jury’s
verdict wnu returned during his ab
sence from the court room.
Henry Alexander, attorney for Frank,
stated lie was unable to say whether
the application for the writ would b»
presented lo other justices or not until
lie had consulted with his associates,
Henry Peeples, who is in the suburbs
of tile city. Justice Lamar in deny
ing Ihe application, explained his
action in a written informal opinion.
SI 0.0 ill IS
GOST OCCUPYING
OF IEOH CRDZ
No Indemnity However, to be
Asked. Mexican Flag Floats
Over the City Again by
Sunset Today.
Washington.—American troops af
ter holding \ era Cruz wince lust. April
were evacuating the city and sailing
for home today. Officials here ex
pect sunset will see the Mexican flag
floating again over the aqcient for
tress of San Juan and the American
troopers well on their way homeward.
Occupation of the Mexican port, in
reprisal for Huerta’s Insult to the
flag at Tampico has cost the United
States more than a acore of lives, some
in battle and some from disease, and
| according to some estimates, as much
as ten million dollars.
No Indemnity.
Rill Mexico will be asked to pay no
indemnity. Administration officials
want that fast to stand out as an add
ed evidence of the disinterested
friendship at tho United Htates for
her southern neighbors.
f'urranza'H commander. Aguilar is
nearest Vera Cruz, hut Carranza
I mops which have swerved In their
allegiance to Villa are not far dis
tant. There have been some evidence
that Carranza Intended to move his
capital to Vera Cruz after the Ameri
can evacuation.
Protests in Vain.
American forces were ordered to
seize Vera Cruz in April of this year
on account of a series of acts on th«
part of the. Mexican authorities to
which tho Americans had in vain pro
tested. Among these was an Incident
at Tampico where American blue
jackets were arrested. American ma
rines and bluejackets landed s.t Vera
fruz April 21st and the etty was oc
cupied with a loss of seventeen
American lives.
In Huerta’s Day.
In due time the American hhie-
Jackets and marines were removed
and forces of the army under General
Funston took posseaalon. At the time
,Vera Cruz was occupied, Vlctoriana
Huerta was provisional president of
the republic. Today Huerta is In Eu
rope and the constitutionalists who
opposed him are In control of Mexi
co City.
The American forces embarked at
Vera Cruz today numbers about 8,000
men.
THERE ARE
27
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Road Herald ads and
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pick of styles and
bargains.
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tomorrow B*yt —I Saw II H
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