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HOME EDITION VOLUME XIX, No, 330. WAITING ENTRY OF VILLA, MEXICO C/7 Y Washington Confident That Forces of Zapata, Already in Capital, Will Preserve Order and Protect Americans and Other Foreigners Vera Cruz. — The occupation o' Me* lco City by the forces of General Za pata and the apparent understanding that had been reached between this southern leader and General Vilia ap pear to be pleasing rather than other wise to General Carranza's sunporters here who, it is supposed, reflect Car ranza’s opinion in this respect In general the plan now will be io besiege Zapata and Villa cutting every railroad and starving them into sur render if possible, but forcing their capitulation at that point in any way whirl, may become necessary. Officials Pleased. Washington, D. C. —Administration cifieials were confident today that with the forces of General Zapata in pos session of Mexico City and Genera! Villa's troops rapidly approaching the city, if not already there, order would be preserved and foreigners protected. Basis for this confidence was found in officials advices from the Mexican capital reporting the occupation of the city by Zapata's forces and adding that they were maintaining ordr. The Assurances. The dispatches were from the Bra zilian minister and American Consul Silliman. They told of having re ceived assurances from the Zapata forces that order would be preserved and foreigners afforded protection. GeGneral Villa's forces, it was added, were momentarily expected. The sit uation in Mexico City had caused of ficials here much concern and while confidence had been expressed that foreigners would not be molested,, they were pleased to receive assurances to that effect. NOIIKIIT, JUSTICE HOLES * " 0 Refuses Writ of Error to U. S. Supreme Court to Review Case. Justice Lamar’s Opinion Washington, D. C- —Announcement was made today by counsel for Leo M. Frank, tl> Atlanta, Ga., factory su perintendent convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan that Justice Volmes had refused to issue a writ of error for the supreme court to review the case. At the same time Justice Holmes ren dered an informal opinion, according to one of Frank’e attorneys in which he stated that he had very serious doubts if Frank had had a fair trial because of the trial taking place in the presence of a hostile demonstra tion and seemingly dangerous crowd. Application will be made to the entire court on Monday for the writ. Attorney Henry Alexander, repre senting Frank today made public the opinion announced by Justice Lamar in denying the writ last Monday. In this opinion Justice Lamar referred to the decision of the Georgia su preme court, to the effect that the defendant, having elected to make a motion for a new trial and judgment denying the same having been affirmed by the supreme court, could not thereafter make a motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that he had been absent from the court room when the verdict was ren dered 15 MM'S I SERVIANS London, 7:35 a. m— The correspond ent of the Times at Sofia, Bulgaria, reports that Russian troops have ar rived In Servla to assist the Servians tn fighting the Austrians. "Fifteen regiments of Russian troops with 70 barge loads of ammunition and supplies have arrived at the Servian town of Raduievatz’’ the Times' cor respondent says. "They made the 500- mlle trip up the Danube from Russian territory. They will be rushed to the front to assist the Servians.” 21 NEW CITIZENS. Los Angeles, Cal. Twenty-ooe candidates for United States citizen ship had their final papers today, hav ing received them at a "commence ment" at the Lob Angeles High school after taking the new course in citi zenship approved by the federal bu reau of naturalization Certificates issued by this new school are accepted by the government in place of the customary oral exam ination in court. The course is pre scribed by the board of education and approved by the government. It con sists of ten lectures on the duties at citizenship and civil government. 6 CASES IN VIRGINIA. Washington-—-Five ceses of foot and mouth disease in cattle and hogs have been discovered near Waterford, Va., in Loudon County. Officials of the Department of Agriculture working with Virginia authorities, may quar antine the county, but do not believe it will be necessary to quarantine the state. The infected cattle came from Hagerstown, Md. THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. EASY TO BEIT VILLA, ZAPATA, SITS CARRANZA Former First Chief Expected at Vera Cruz Friday-- Plans to Starve His Enemies Out of Mexican Capital. Vera Cruz.—Ysidro Fabela, Carran za's minister of foreign af'airs, who has located his office here, expressed the conviction last night that the task of subduing Zapatn and Villa would not be nearly so difficult as appeared. He admitted th3t the consequences for Mexico City would be bad. He also admitted that already there had been received news that followers of Zapata had sacked certain parts of the capi tal although there were no reports to indicate the extent to which this had been carried out, hut he regarded this as one of the necessary consequences to warfare. Is Not Known. Just who is in control of Mexico City, is not known here by the Car ranza officials, according to Senor Fa bela. tl is reported that neither Gen eral Zapata nor General Villa actual ly is in the city but that they sent forward one on whom they have agreed as their representative. Nor is it known just where General Villa Is. It is thought that perhaps he has head quarters at Queretaro, although he may be further south. Generals Ob regon and Blanco are occupying stra tegic positions east of Mexico City. Probably Tomorrow. General Carranza will direct from Vera Cruz the campaign for the recov ery of the national caoital. It is ex pected that he will arrive here before (he end of the week, probably on Fri day. A triumphal arch, has been -reeled in the center of Vera Cruz and Gen eral Candido Aguilar is preparing to make his entry long rememberod tor the display of enthusiasm. General Carranza’s headquarters will be the lighthouse building occupied by a de tachment of United States Infantry when the Americans were here. Order Prevails. Order continues to prevail. Work in the various government of'icea is being resumed slowly. The customs house and the public health depart ment are expected to be in full opera tion by tomorrow. There have teen no forced loans but Spanish mer chants have said, according to report that they would be willing to contrib ute to the cause if good order con tinued. RAPTF* TO REPEL INVASION East and South Coasts of Eng land Soon Ready to Meet the German Foe. London. —■ England is preparing rapidly to repel any possible invasion by Germany. Along the east and south coasts of England these prep arations, begun some time ago, are be ing pushed forward as speedily as pos sible. The work Is chiefly in the hands of civilians. Emergency com mittees of prominent citizens have been formed In several of the large towns. The principal measures already planned look to the safe withdrawal of women and children from the areas which may be threatened and also the removal of live stock and pro visions which would be useful to an invading army the destruction of grain and other commodities which cannot be removed and the blocking of roads and the destruction of bridges. Rifle clubs are being organized. Tho war office has decided to recognize these clubs, many of which are now drilling. The Letter* "G. R." Their badge will constst of a red armlet bearing the letters "G. R.” Only those who are Ineligible for serv ice as regular soldiers or territorials may belong to such organizations. Members are required to furnish their own equipment. The city of Hull, according to the Dally Mail, has been divided Into six districts. In each district is a com mittee of 200 prominent men which will co-operate with the police. Sim ilar committees have been formed in Deal, Sandwich, Folkestone and sev eral other towns, the mayors actually acting as chairmen. BlcyC'f.tg and automoblliste were organized some time ago for their share of the work. PREDICTS LOSS'OF MOROCCO, ALGERIA Berlin (By Wireless te Ssyville, L. I.) lnformation given out today by the German official presa bureau in clude* the following "The Madrid newspaper* are con vinced that France will lose Morocco. Algeria and perhaps Tunis unless she wage* a big colonial war. These news papers refuse to support a movement looking to supplying Spanish military aid to France tn nfTth Africa.” AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 26, 1914. THE KING EO THE DAY AM HbL jwi RI i WmmmMm v? ■''•■Mr vHmB, ', SM&t tWmcvS L*.vXiwiSwt i -e.lrtr.. J THANKSGIVING DAY. An excellent specimen of the bird which lias become even more representative of America than the emblematic eagle. Like a great many of our customs, Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated by the Pilgrim Fathers. It was on the 21st of November in 1020 that the one hundred and two brave souls, after a perilous journey of nine weokß in the May flower, landed on the rocky shore of Cape Cod. After surviving a long hard winter, during which they suffered from lack of food, intense cold and raids by the Indians the Pilgrims were blessed with a bright sum mer, during which the Pilgrims harvested a fine crop from the fields they had planted. The second winter was not expected to be as se vere as the first as the warm weather continued well on into the au tumn months. Deeply religious in all things, the Pilgrims looked upon all this as the blessing of a kind Providence. To show their apprecia tion a thanksgiving feast was planned, William Bradford, Governor of the colony, appointed a date and the feast was prepared. Four men went Into the forests and in one day killed enough fowl to last the colony a whole week. The fowl were wild turkeys, and ever since the turkey has been considered the piece de resistance at all Thanksgiving feasts. BRITISH BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP; ONLY 12 OF CREW 800 SAVED • ' London, 3:51 P. M.—lt was officially announced here that the British battleship Bulwark had been blown off Sheemess. Only 12 men out of the 700 or 800 on board the Bulwark were saved. According to the admiralty the explosion which resulted in the destruction of the Bulwark is believed to have originated in her own magazine. The announcement of the disaster to the Bulwark was made by Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, -shortly before 4 o’clock this after noon. BY MAGAZINB EXPLOSION. London, 4:01 p. m. —Ths explosion which destroyed the Bulwark oc curred at 7:55 a. m. A vice admiral and a rear admiral who were at Sheerness reported that they were convinced the disaster was caused by a magazine explosion. There was no upheaval of the water. When the smoke had cleared away the ship had entirely disappeared. An inquiry will be held tomorrow nad the admiralty believes it may throw some light on the occurrence. THANKSGIVING DAY APPEAL FOR AID FOR THE WOUNDED; “PAST WEEK IS FRIGHTFUL" Philadelphia.—Urgent appeals for aid in caring for wounded in the Ku ropean war zone were received in this city yesterday. Mrs. Robt. J 5. .Straw bridge, a member of the board of man agers of the American Woman’s War Relief Fund, in a cablegram, asks tha* all Americans send a special Thanks giving Day donation to the fund, while the board of managers In a let Hr set forth the urgent need of clothing and money. “Dismal Beyond Words.” "The situation is dismal beyond words.” the letter stated. “The hist week was a frightful one. We cannot tell you how many friends we have lost. Nothing here can ever be ths same again for us. Some regiments have lost all their officers, either kill ed or wounded. Everybody busy try ing to relieve the distress. "We appeal to all Americans,” said Mrs. Htrawbridge's cablegram "to help ihe American Woman’s War Relief Fund with their support anl money to enable this hospital to relieve and care for the wounded from the trenches. Sufferings of Winter. "With ths hardships and suffering of winter we must have more money to carry on this good work. There have already been over six hundred men iri the hospital, 150 of them Bel gians. Will not every one help by sending a Thanksgiving Day dona tion? All money should be marked 'for the American War Relief Fund.’ The hospital which is being main tained by the Women's Relief Fund is located at Paignton, near London, and until recently was the residence of K. Paris Singer, of New York, manu facturer, who turned it over to the American women.” PRESIDENTS" THANKSGIVING Spent Old Fashioned New England Day With Daughter, Mrs. Frances B. Sayre. Wllllsmstown, Mats.—Presidsnt Wil son spent an old foshiontd New England Thanksgiving Dsy with his daughter, Mrs Francis K. Sayre, hers today His program InrVfided church In ths fore noon, an automobile ride In the after noon and a Thanksgiving dinner at tha Keyre home In the evening Mr. and Mrs Savre. Prof. Stockton Anon, broth. «*• of the let* Mr* Wilson and Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Mr. Wllson'a naval aids and physician, were the President a only companion* during the day. He ctme to the Berkshire hills for rest and se clusion and found It. fit. John's Kplscopsi church, where the President attended a union Thanksgiving service, was filled to capacity. Russian Victory in Poland is Complete; Number of German Prisoners Estimated at 50,000 APPEAL, WARNING BY ENGLAND ON RADIO STATION No Assertion Made, However, That High Power Wireless Plant in Colombia Had Any thing to Do With Chile Sea Fight. London, 3:10 p. m.—Great Britain and France have appealed to tha United Stales to exercise its good of fices to compel Colombia to observe more strictly the requirements of neu trality. Otherwise the allies, it was announced in the house of commons today, may be compelled, in self-de fensc, to take whatever measures they may deem necessary for the protection of their interests. Charles Roberts, under secretary of the colonial department, speaking on behalf of iho foreign office, made this announcement in Hie house of com mons. High Power Station. He said that information in the possession of the government indi cated that the governments of Co lombia and Ecuador had failed in cer tain respects to observe an altitude of strict neutrality and that their fail ure to do so was likely to bo detri mental to the interests of England. The particular cause of complaint against Colombia Iras reference to a high-power wireless station. By Germans. Mr. Roberts added that the British naval attache at Washington, who was sent to Colombia to investigate conditions there, found that the wire less station nominally was being op erated under consorslilp, but in reality It was entirely under German Influ ence. He considered it of importance to suppress the operation of die. sta tion. lie also reported that German steamers in ports of Columbia were continuing te -wee their wireless equip ment, although oatenslblby dismantled. Faiied to Comply. Mr. Roberts said that the govern ment of Ecuador had failed to com ply with the request of Great Britain and France to exercise proper con trol of wireless apparatus. In reply to a question by Earl Ron aldshay Mr. Roberts said that in the communication to Washington no as sertlun had been made that these breaches of neutrality had resulted In the loss of tile cruisers Hood Hope and Monmouth, which were sunk in an engagement with the German Pa cific fleet off the coast of Chile. meianTenl's NOT CAPTURED Washington. —General Carranza at Crizaba telegraphed his headquraters here today as follows: "The news relative to the capture of Generals Obregon, Villareal and Hay by General Blanco is utterly false. Blanco with Ills entire force has united with the troops under Gen eral Obregon and Mexico City has been abandoned. Generals Villareal and Hay are now on their way to Monterey. The greater portion of the troops under General Buelna have de serted and Joined the ranks of the troops loyal to the government.” guilty, Florida LANDS FRAUD Kansas City.- E. C. Chambers, of Kansas City, president of the Cham bers Land Company and four of his agents were found guilty here today of misusing the mails In connection with the sale of Everglades land In Florida. Sentence was deferred. BRITONS APPEAL “80 PER CENT” LAW Douglas, Ariz. British sublects re siding here and In Blshee were to meet today at. Blshee to formulate an appeal to the British ambassador at Washington, Bir Cecil Bprlng-Rlee, for relief from the "50 per cent" meas ure carried at the recent election. This provides that no Arizona business em ploying more than five persons shall have less than 50 per cent of them United Btates citizens. It is contended by opponents of the measure that It violates treaty rights of foreign citizens. WEDDED IN PARIB TODAY. Psri*. Mrs. Bessie Van Vorat, American author, and Hughes Leroux, editor of l-e Matin, were married n this city today, at. the Church of Ste Cloth lids. Myron T Merrick, the American ambassador; Ellenne Lamy, member of the Academy; Momlgnif Batiffol and Marie Van Vorst wert i the witnesses of the ceremony. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIV E CENTS PER COPY. LONDON, 12:35 P. M.-OFFICIAL AD VICES RECEIVED IN RUSSIAN CIRCLES IN LONDON TODAY DECLARE THAT THE ROUT OF THE GERMANY AND AUS TRIAN FORCES IN POLAND HAS BEEN COMPLETE. THE GENERAL STAFF, HOWEVER, IS NOT YET ABLE TO GIVE ANY DETAILS OF THIS FIGHTING. Decisive. London, 7:10 a. m. —"lt 1s now clear that tile Russian victory in Poland Is decisive," says the Petrograd corrn spondent of the Express. "The num ber of prisoners taken by the Russians Is estimated at 50,000. "The Germans have begun n retreat along (he entire rront,” the eorrespond ent continues, "and in many places the flight Is n disordered rout, marked by the abandonment of artillery, Max ims and transports. FOREST FIS YET UNCHECKED For Eighth Day, Sun Obscured in Little Rock By Smoke. Great Damage Done. Littl Rook, Ark. Forest fires which have been burning in Arkansas for the last ten days continued unchecked to day and for the eighth day the sun has been obscured In Little Rock by the dense clouds of smoko overhanging the city. The most serious losses yet reported came from Helena last night where damar.J of $150,000 was caused by the I destruction of the Ontral Distilling Company plant and the Dining Furni ture Company, both destroyed, it is be lieved, as the result of wind driven spark*. From northern Louisiana also comes reports that the fires which have been burning In Arkansas have swept Into that state and concern is felt for the safety of men engaged In plants used In the oil ImliiHtry in the Caddo field. Mississippi river traffic south of Memphis Is said to be almost at a standstill because of the difficulty in operating steamers through the dense smoke overhanging the river. Steady Drizzling Rain. Shreveport, La. —Reports that the Caddo oil fields are endangered by forest fires were said by company of ficials here today to be without foun dation. So far there have been no fires In the oil fields of northwest Louisiana. A steady, drlzzlng rain has been falling during the day. Homes in Dsnger. Marion, ills. —A strip of Mississippi River Valley bottom land ten miles wide nnd fifty miles long Is burning and the largest cypress trees in the state are threatened with destruction. Many homes are in danger and state aid has been asked. A heavy pall of smoke has settled over this part of the state. ALLIES FORGES RETAKE DIXMUDL London, 7:39 a. m. The Corre spondent of the Dally Mail at Dun kirk, France, telegraphs that Dlxmude has been retaken by the allies. Ho says: “The French marines ‘attacked the town strongly on Tuesday night and drove the Germans out of three lines of advanced trenches. On Wednesday they followed this lip by entering tho town In an Irresistible charge "The enemy did not halt 1n their re treat until they were seven miles out of town. The mnrlnes lost 300 men.” MILLION BALES IN TEXAS HELD OFF Delia*, Tex. The holding move ment in Texas hss kept off the market about one million bales of cotton to date, according to report* today from the principal cotton producing cen ters of the state. The holding varies In different counties from 16 to 75 per cent of the total production. In some places cotton is held for an S-cent minimum price. NEW RECORDER'S BYSTEM. Atlanta, Ga. Recorder Johnson, Atlanta’s new police Judge, ha* adopt ed a system In regard to women, who sometimes are forced to appear as [ witnesses. He announce* that women ! will be given seats in a private office I outside the courtroom until their evi -1 dence tn actually needed, and they will thus be spared the unpleasant ness of hearing the mass of unsavory testimony so frequently given in the Decatur street tribunal HOME EDITION "Berlin meanwhile is beginning to talk about repulsing Russian attacks, which is a subtle method of an nouncing that, the German troops are on the defensive." 29.000 Prisoners. Berlin (By Wireless to London), 9:48 a. m.—II Is officially announced in Vienna that the fighting in Russian Poland continues. Twenty-nine thou sand prisoners have been taken In this battle, ns well as 49 machine guns and a quantity of war materials. THANKSGIVING” DINNER TODAY ON THE.FLEET First Ship Bringing U. S. Troops From Mexico Due at Galveston Tonight. Heavy Rain, Disembark Friday. Galveston, Tex. Wireless messages from MaJ. Gen. Frederick Funston, on hoard the transport f'rtstohal, indi cated that the first ship of the five hearing the flitji brigade back to American soli frdm Vera Cruz, Mexico, would arrive tn, Galveston late today. All are expec{tf to dock by night fall. a -heavy rsln during the last two dayH has prevented completion of tho lamp at Fort Crockett arid the quar termaster's department, announced the troops probably will not debark until Friday or Saturday. 4,412 Have Left. The total number of persons leav ing Vera Cruz upon Its evacuation by American troops is 4,412, as indicated by reports from General Funston, re reived here. The transports Crlstobil and McClellan and the chartered Ward Itner Antllla having on board more than 31)0 refugees are making faster time than the remaining transports and are expected to arrive several hours earlier. Thnnksglvlng dinner will be enjoyed by the troops on shipboard. Immigration officials from Houston and Texas City are here to assist the local authorities in handling the ship load of refugees. . FALSLREPORT RUSS MASSACRE London, 12:48 p. m. Telegraph ing from Amsterdam, the correspond ent of Reuter's Telegram company says Die Berlin Tagcblatt has published a dispatch from Constantinople to the effect that 2,000 Russians have been massacred at Tabriz by Berslans. The British official press bureau, while assenting to the publication of the above dispatch, says it appears tn be false and to have been spread under German Instructions. THERE ARE 24 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 Say: ”| Baw l‘ In Tha Herald.” It will pay. Try It.