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THE WEATHER^ Fair and warmer to night; Thursday fair. VOLUME XIX, No. 329. MOBS GA 7 HER IN CITY OF MEXICO Unrestrained Rioting Indicate That Constitutionalist Forces Have Left Capital to Battle Either With Villa or Zapata. Looting of Ammunition Stores POLICE POWERLESS AS CROWDS SEIZE ARMS Principal Streets Paraded, Much Shooting Done---All Traffic Stops---Fighting on Only Five Miles From City. Mexico City. Serious disorder oc curred in the capital last night, when u mob gathered in front of the national palace. l.ater they marched to stores, where arms and ammunition were kept; bat s tered down the doors and sacked the places of their contents. There was much shooting, but thus far, according to reports, the casuali ties are few. Police Powerless. The police were powerless, as the few who remained to guard the city were stripped of their arms by the mob. l.ater in the evening the mob, which had been constantly growing, broke up into smaller bodies and the looting of pawnshops and other establishments in various sections of the city was be gun. The trouble began at S o’clock in the evening and at a late hour still con tinued. All street car traffic was stopped except the Red Cross service, which was taking care of dead and wounded brought in from the fighting around Tacaubaya. March Through Streets. At 8 o’clock bodies of civilians and former federal soldiers were formed. They paraded the principal streets and inarched to police headquarters and the Brazilian legation, where they were armed. It is hoped that this force eventually would be able to control the situation. The reports of unrestrained rioting in the Mexican capital indicate that all of the organized Constitutional forces have left the city either to meet the forces of General Villa coming from the north or those of General Zapata, which have been threatening the cap ital from the south. The mention of fighting at Tacu baya, which is only five miles south west of Mexico City, would make it appear that the Zapata forces are vir tually at the doors of the capital. All Officials Go. General Blanco and a force of sev eral thousand men composed the last organized force that late reports said remained in Mexico City, all other armed forces having left last tweek. With them went all the national, fed eral, district and city officials. It seems likely, judging from the report of the rioting, that General Blanco left with his troops to take part in the fighting either to the north or to the south. AS PRECAUTION. Washington. —Secretary Bryan to day explained that return of the naval transport Hancock to the Dominican republic was a precautionary measure to insure peace pending the installa tion into office of President-Elect Jiminez. The Hancock and possibly other vessels probably will remain in Do minican waters until after the inaugu ration of the next executive. BUSINESS PICKS UP TO LOAD COTTON FOR BREMEN Now Orleans. —Freight brokers an nounced here today that the Amer. lean steamer Greenbrier would load cotton at this port for Bremen at a high rate. The Greenbrlor has a ca pacity of about 6,000 bales. BOUGHT COTTON FOR JAPAN. Little Rock, Ark.—Four hundred bales of cotton for Japanese dellv ery were purchased on the floor of the board of trade here today by a representative of a firm In Kobe, Ja pan. Th price paid was not made public, but it Is said to have been above the prevailing market price, MONEY AT 5 PER CENT. New York. —Money for all dates was offered at 5 per cent. Indicat ing further monetary ease. News from the Middle West Indicated an awakening of activity .In .various lines of Industry. CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE. Chicago.—Local securities chang ing hands with the opening of the Chicago stock exchange today brought Increased prices over quotations of July 30th, ranging as High as 15 3-4 points for ten shares of Booth Fish preferred, 10 points for Common wealth Edison, and 13 1-3 points for People's Gas. BIG WHEAT SALES. Chicago—More than 1,000,000 bush ela of wheat were sold here today for export to Europe, and the total export sales from the United States came near to the 2.000,000 bushel mark. Much of the Chicago wheat and 120,000 bushels from Milwaukee were shipped to the seaboard by rail be cause of scarcity of lake vessels. Local exporters sold 400,000 bushels of corn and 50,000 bushels of oats. ENGLAND ORDERS 615.000,000. Chicago.—British orders for more than 615,000,000 worth of vehicles, automobiles, wagons, sleds, harness and equipment were brought back by Frederick I. Fish of South Bend. Ind., who has Just returned from England, It was announced today. England has contracted also for 500 automobile tracks from a Kenosha, Wls., firm, while France has ordered more than 61,000.000 worth of auto mobiles from a Jackson. Mich., fac tory Another war-time order made known here today was a Br tish order for 5.000,000 one pound tins of corned best. THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. TRI TO SOLVE 01 MURDER MYSTERY, N. T. Assassination of Rich Poultry inan, With Many Enemies, is Puzzling the Police---Two Shots Fired, Auto Vanishes. New York. The assassination of Barnett Bass. characterized by Cor oner Feinberg as the culmination of the greatest conspiracy since the murder of Herman Rosenthal, placed a real murder mystery in central office today for solution. Clues pointed many ways. The authorities declared the mystery had so many raiHifications that it took on the aspect of a Chinese puzzle. The victim, a well-to-do independent poultry dealer, was lured to his death by a decoy message given him. at 6 o’clock last night by a young man who entered his place of business in Wash ington market. Two shots, fired in the street, killed him. Dart Away in Auto. • Two men darted away to an auto mobile waiting nearby and made off. The car had not been located nor the 'men identified early todav. Detec tives have learned that Bass had been threatened many times with violent death since he had testified for the state in a trial that sent numbers of New York city’s poultry trust to prison several years ago. In the relentless campaign waged hy his enemies fires had been lighted, bombs exploded, his horses poisoned, his son attacked and his chain of stores robbed. One of his neighbors was killed hy a gunman In mistake, it was believed, for Bass. Bass himself had been scarred for life by an assault made on him by a thug armed with a bottle. Four Sets of Enemies. The police worked on the theory that Bass had four sets of active enemies. One of these consisted of those he made while warring against the poultry trust; another of numbers of the gang that robbed his Harlem market, five of whom were sent to Sing Sing; a third grew out of his differences with certain wholesale dealers, who charged Bass had tricked them by selling poul try at wholesale and, then underselling them to retailers. A fourth was of more recent origin. Not long ago a number of fowls shipped to New- York for other dealers were seized and condemned because it was charged their crops had been filled with gravel to add to their weight. As a result of this a number of men were thrown out of work. They are said to have blamed Bass. Hired Gunmen. Inspector Faurot announced today that detectives were working on the theory that gunmen had been hired to murder Bass, as in the Rosenthal case. District Attorney Whitman's office assigned detectives to the case. Mr. Whitman declared he considered the crime as much an attack on the law as on Barf. A revolver was found today near the spot where Bass was killed. De tectives sought tp trace the murderer by this weapon. Three separate sets of license numbers to the car In whch the assassins sped away have been given the police by as many citizens. EXECUTION FOR AN AMERICAN? State Department Appealed to Halt Slaying in Mexico of Memphis Citizen, Said to Have Been Kidnaped. Washington—The State Department has called for a report from Consul Hostetter at Hermisillo, Mexico, on private advices that T. W. Carraway, of Memphis, is threatened with exe cution there. Caraway, with J. C. Wilson and J. R. Mclnery, was arrest ed more than a month ago charged with complicity in dynamiting bridges in Sonora. When the Americans were arrested the stat • department took up the matter with General Villa. The authorities at Hermisllo were instructed by Villa to release the Americans if they were tnnocent of the charges, which was the report made by the American consul at No gales, who investigated the case. Was Kicjnapped. Memphis, Tenn.—T. W. Caraway, reported to he threatened with execu tion at Hermoslllo, Mexico, is a resi dent of this city. Relatives here who have asked the intervention of tho Washington government through Rep resentative McKellar claimed he, with two companions was kidnapped from Nogales, Ariz.. by Mexican constitu tionalists. Mr. McKellar has taken the matter up with the state department urging further investigation. FINAL ARMY WORKOUT. West Point, N. Y.—The Mlitary Academy football squad will have its final workout of the season today In preparation for the Navy contest. It is likely that after practice this af ternoon the line-up of the Army back field for Haturday's game can he out lined. The competition behind the line is very keen with Oliphsnt, Van Fleet and Benedict all fighting for final recognition from the coaches. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 25. 1914. ANCIENT TOWERS TO DEFEND CONSTANTINOPLE . -yi J:: r The Turks think these ancient towers will be strong enough to keep allied forces from Constantinople. The tower on the left known as Mohammed 11, and that on the right known as Mohammed I, are very old and probably would not last long before modern artillery. They are built of masonry instead of concrete, and the modern concrete forts in France and Belgium failed to withstand the German gun 3. DESTROY THE COAST GERMAN NAVAL BASE Damage Done to the Sub marines Parts at Zeebrugge By Fire of French and Eng lish Warships More Extensive Than First Supposed London, 2:15 p. m.—The destruction of Germany’s rudimentary naval base at Zeebrugge by shell fire from British and French warships, together with Germany’s grim preparations for her renewed attempts to crash a way through the allied line to the French coast, were the most signifeapt fea tures in the news today from tne western arena of the war. Under-Sea Raid. With the smashing of the subma rines which the Germans had been so laboriously assembling at Zee brugge, the allied fleet has been re moved from that point on the coast. It is now felt there Is little danger of an under-sea raid, and as addi tional news dispatches are received from the other side of the channel it is apparent that the damage inflicted by the warships fire at Zeebrugge was far more extensive than at first sup posed. Careful Plans. Some reports received in London set forth that the Germans already have started another attack on the allied front in Flanders, which will be more Intense and formidable than any hith erto und'ertaken. It is apparent that the Germans have been carefully pre paring for this move for some days. The situation precludes the possibility of a secret attack, and it is said the Invaders have gone ahead with their plans quite openly, keeping secret only the point where they purposed to center their offensive movements. To Profit By Mistakes. It Is the opinion of military ob servers here that the next onslaught will he particularly menacing, be cause the Germans, profiting by the mistakes previously made will keep far enough from the coast to avoid the naval guns and will not waste their energy by advancing at several points at the same time, but will con centrate all their efforts on one spot where they hope to break through by sheer weight of numbers. Allies Confident. Having shattered the Prussian guard, however, when it essayed the feat, tho allies say they have every reason to face the present situation with confidence. TO BOTTLE UP THE BRITISH WARSHIPS IN SUEZ CANAL Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllte, L. I.) The British Indian troops along the Suez canal have been defeated, accord Ing to a report from Milan and the Turks nre advancing with heavy batter ies to destroy the constructive works of the canal and bottle up the British war ships now in the waterway. GRAVE DIGGING MACHINES ORDERED, WAR IN EUROPE. Chicago— Machines to dig graves for Kuropean war victims have been perfected by a Chicago con cern, It became known today. Work has been started on thirteen of the mechanical hurlers which have been ordered by two of the allied nations. On days when there has been “no contact" tho new war machine. It was said, may be used for digging trenches. THANKSGIVING GIFT IT BLEASE South Carolina Governor Hftsr Pardons or Paroles For 75 Convicts---List Now is 1,400, Columbia, S. C.—-Governor Bleuse declared today that he would give 75 convicts in the state penitentiary and on the public works of the counties pardons or paroles aH Thanksgiving Day presents, according to his cus tom since assuming the office of gov ernor, four years ago. Records In the office of the secretary of state show that he has commuted the sentences, pardoned or paroled slightly more than 1,400 prisoners of the state. Penitentiary officials stated that only* 163 prisoners were confined at tho state prison here. SUNK Bf GERMAN TORPEDO; PROOF British Admiralty Submits Fragment ofMissile That Sent the Refugees Ship to Bottom. London, 10:25 a. m. The French steamer Atnlral GAnteaurne, which was sunk October 26 while on her way from Calais to Havre, with a great throng of refugees aboard, was the vic tim of a German torpedo, according to an admiralty statement issued today. An examination, it is said, revealed a fragment of the torpedo In a lifeboat. Though crowded with 2,000 refugees, many of whom were women and chil dren, only 40 lives were lost, the others being rescued. With the foregoing announcement ■the admiralty furnished a picture of the torpedo fragment, adding that "this proves conclusively that the ves sel was torpedoed by a German sub marine." It previously was thought that the Amirai Ganteaume had hit a mine. Most of the persons alioar dthe steamer were saved by the channel steamer Queen. MILLIONS LOST, TIMBER TIRLS Liltls Rock, Ark,—Fires which have been burning on three sides of Little Rock at. a distance of from two to ten miles of the city, subsided In Intensity today and the apprehension of resi dents of this city has been allayed. Lumber and timber men declared that while no accurate estimate could he made it was generally admitted that millions of dollars' worth of tim ber had been destroyed In the fires. Mount Ida reports the burning of a country house near there. As wires in that vlcnlty are down it trait Im possible to learn whether any Uvea liad been lost Railroad companies are doubling their line patrols along rights of way to prevent fire consum ing their bridges. FIGHTING AGAIN IS INTENSE, EAST, WEST In Belgium, Northwestern France and Russian Poland, Reports Differ—Petrograd Reports Important Advances, While Berlin Says Issue Un decided BATTLE BLAZING FORTH IN FURY, CHANNEL COAST Deadly Encounters Expected in Next Few Days on Belgian Front---No Infantry Attacks Around Ypres. Paria, 5:05 a. m. The Petrograd correspondent of the Matin, writing under date of November 23, sums up the situation in the fighting in Poland as follows; “The Russians have made an Impor tant advance on the Czenstochowa- Oracow front. The Russians continue an energetic offensive in the Plock line. Tlie enemy is in a disor derly flight, which is hound to provoke a panic in the whole German empire.” FRENCH OFFICIAL. Paris, 2:42 p, m.—The official state ment given out by the French war of fice tills afternoon says: "From the North sea to . Ypres there have been no Infantry attacks. Be tween Langemarck and Zonnebecke we have gained territory. In the vicinity of La Bashee the Indian troops recap tured from the enemy certain trenches which had been taken from them the evening before. Frpm La Bassee to Holssons there has been almost com plete calm. Truce Refused. "We have made slight progress near Berry Au Bae and in the Argonne. At Bethineourt, northwest of Verdun, a German attack haH been repulsed. A suspension of hostilities requested by the enemy has been refused. "In the region of Pont a Mousson our artillery found It possible to bombard Aranvillc. "Nothing has happened in the Vosges.” KILLS TWO; SLAYS SELF. Sen Francisco,—William J. Hill, formerly a guard at Han Quentin pen itentiary, exasperated today by a triv ial quarrel at the breakfast table, killed two persons and then committed suicide. EIGHTY.FOUR CARLOADS HORSES Memphis, Tenn. Klghty-four carloads of horses consigned to the French gov ernment at Bordeaux were shipped from here today by agents who purchased them for use Irt the French nimy. The shipment goes direct to New Or leans, where they will lie loaded on steamers awaiting their nrrlvßl. GREAT PROSPERITY IS COMING TO THE U. S. New York. Great prosperity for a time awaits the United Htates, In tlie opinion of Kir George I’alsh, adviser to the British treasury, who sailed today for Liverpool on the Adriatic. Kir George had been In this country several weeks at the invitation of President Wil son, conferring with bunker* anil treasury officials to clarify the financial problems that have arls cri between the United Htates and Great Britain since the beginning of the Kuropean war. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. FLAMES SWEEP TOWARDS OIL News Anxiously Awaited From Oklahoma Town Where 35,- 000 Barrels of Oil Are Stored Muskogee, Okla. News was anxious ly awaited here front the town of Woods, In the fire-swept district of southeast Oklahoma. After a message was received at midnight from the tele graph operator of the pipe line com pany at Woods, saying a change in the wind had driven the flames from the burning forests toward the town, the wires failed and further information was unobtainable. The telegraph sys tem of tlie pipe line rompany Is the only means of communication with the. Klamlchi Mountain region, where the fires have been burning for three days. When the last word came from Woods the fires were within four miles of the town, sweeping down the heavily wooded mountainside. The Klamlchi' river, a stream only 30 feet wide, of fered the only possible protection. Thp employes of the pipe line company were organized hastily and sent out to cut down timber In the path of the flames. A hundred yards from the river were tanks containing 35,000 barrels of oil. Near the tanks stood the 6400,000 plant of the company ami around It were grouped the buildings of the town WELCOME FOR 0. S. XMAS SBIP Davenport, England, (via London, 12:25 p. m.) The steamer Jason, laden with toys for children in the belligerent countries from children In the United Htates, arrived here to day. The Jason left New York, Nov ember 14th. A flotilla of British torpedo boat de stroyers, flying tlie American ensign, met the Christmas ship and escorted iter Into the harbor. The docking was delayed for sometime on account of the dense fog. The Karl of Beau champ and K. D. Acland, under sec retary of foreign affairs, together with representatives of the London Board of Trade, were on hand to meet the Jason. PRESIDENT ON WAV TO WILLIAMSTOWN Washington. President Wilson was enroute today to Wllllamstown, Mass., to spend Thanksgiving Day there with his daughter, Mrs. Francis B. Hnyrc. The president left Washington shortly after midnight and his train was scheduled to reach Willlamstown late Inday In time for him to be present at a dinner at Ids daughter's home to commemorate the first anlversary of her marriage. It Is expected President Wilson will devote much of his flute at Williams* sown lo golf lie took along his golf clubs. The president while away also will work <in his annual message to congregs. HOME EDITION BLANCO LEAVES; ZAPATA ENTERS Washington.—General Blanco left Mexico City at 3 a. m„ yesterday and I he forces of Zapata immediately took possession of the city. General Blanco, after repeated as surunccs to the diplomatic corps that he would not evacuate the city, with drew and Immediately the Zapata forces began their entry. Those facts were reported today In official telegrams received by the state department. T;(kcs All Away. Blanco look away with him all roll ing stock that could he used in trans porting troops. Most of the wires connecting the capital with the out side world have been cut. General Villa’s troops are reported a few miles north of Mexico City and officials here think a joint occupation of l he capital with the Zapata forces is likely, as Micro Is said to he a com plete understanding between the two factions. On Tampico. The forces of Villa, according to official telegrams are closing on Tam pico from San Luis Pot out and al ready have reached the oil fields In the vicinity of Tampico. The Villa advance guard lias given assurances Murt the foreign oil interests will be protected. Filed at Noon. Washington.—The dispatches which were filed at noon yesterday made no mention of any disturbances In the capital up to that hour. Is Cable Barred By Turk? United States Asking Porte if Code Messages From Ambas sador Morgenthau Have Been Prohibited. Washington. The United States is asking Turkey about the reported ac tion of the porte In refusing trans mission lo code dispatches between neutral diplomats in Constantinople and their home offices. Buch an action would prevent Ambassador Morgen tlia.it from communicating with Wash ington In 11 1 i• stale department code. Not Official. News of Turkey’s reported action comes through the cable companies and so far there has been no official no tice served on the state department by an authorized agent of the Turkish government. The United States will insist upon its right of free cotntmini cutton with Its diplomatic representa theti as long as telegraphic and cable lines are open to general use, in fact, workable. Nothing Heard. Nothing had been heard today from Ambassador Morgenthau in response to a request for a detailed account of tiie circumstances attending the firing upon I ho- cruiser Tennessee’s launch by Turkish forts at Hmyrna on November 17 and it Is supposed that he has been delayed by difficulty In communicating with Consul General Horton at Smyrna. ARCHBISHOP BLENK BETTER. Chicago,—Archbishop .fas. Blenk, of the Diocese of New Orleans, who has been 111 at St. Joseph’s Hospital here, was so far on the road to recovery today that he planned to return to his home by the end of the week. THERE ARE ' 25] Shopping Days Before Xmas Road Herald ads and call for advertised goods if you want the pick of styles and bargains. When shopping In Augusta tomorrow Says “I Saw It In Ths Herald.” It will pay. Try It. ———