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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tues day. 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. *»-. 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. * | K 1 K. m igipp Tso L | y -'»» *»»«*« ..a■!**.!U«iJ SCALE or NILES i ■■ii— i 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 cull for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. 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