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THE WEATHER
Rain tonight and Sun
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VOLUME XIX, No. 332.
GERMAN
WARSHIP
SUNK?
Paris, 1:40 a. m.— A dispatch to the
Matin from Petrograd states that it is
reported there that the German bat
tleship Wilhelm der Grosse struck a
mine and sank in the Baltic, but adds
that there is no official confirmation
of the rumor.
The battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse evidently referred to in the
Matin dispatch is one of Germany's
old battleships, having been built in i
1901. The warship is 10,790 tons dis- ]
placement and carried a crew of 658 j
. imen. Her main battery is composed
of four 9.4 inch and 14 six inch guns.
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PARIS FOB 'J. S.
1 ENVOY HERRICK
Retiring Ambassador and
Family Leave to Take Steam
er For N. Y.---Special Car By
French Government---Station
Crowded.
Paris, 10:45 a. m—Myron T. Her- j
rick, the retiring American ambassa- |
dor to Paris, accompanied by Mrs.
Herrick and the members of his fam
ily left Paris for Havre this morning
where they will take the steamer Roch
ambeau for New York.
A special car was placed at their
disposal by the French government for
the run from Paris to the coast. Nearly
all the Americans remaining In Paris,
both men and women, crowded the In
valides Station to bid farewell to the
the retiring diplomat. Among them
were Wm. Graves Sharp, who suc
ceeds Mr. Herrick as ambassador; Al
exander H. Thackara, American con
sul general and Mrs. Thackara, and
the staff of the embassy.
There were present also a number
of prominent French officials and some
well known residents. The French of
ficers included Gen. Gallieni, military
governor of Paris; Gen. Feveire and a
number of colonels and majors.
From Sir Edward Gary.
Sir Austin Lee, acting for the British
ambassador at Bordeaux, handed to
Mr. Herrick a letter from Sir Edward
Grey, the British foreign secretary,
thanking him for the services of the
American embassy to British subjects
As a token of appreciation Mr. Her
rick was presented with several pieces
of silver plate by members of the Brit
ish colony here. Some wounded Brit
ish soldiers who had made their re
covers' at the American embassy also
were present at the railway sta
tion to take leave of the Ambassador.
These men included Lieut. Read, of
the aviation corps.
Many Flower*.
A deputation of French officers
gave Mrs. Herrick an enormous bou
quet of roses which was added to the
general collection of floral contribu
tions which half filled the Herrick
car.
Among the many evidences of ap
preciation handed to Mr. Herrick on
his last day in Paris was an address
of thanks from a number of French
officers, letters and addresses from
French deputies, from the Board of the
American Ambulance, from the Ameq*
lean chamber of commerce and from
the French society of Men of Letters.
STOUTULF
STILL REMAINS
Washington.—The Gulf storm still
remained today in the vicinity of New
Orleans. It has caused heavy rains
and easterly gales along the coast,
particularly at Pensacola, where the
wind attained a speed of sixty miles
from the southeast.
Except in the south and in the coast
states the weather has been fair.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
gulf coast from New Orleans to Apa
lachicola.
Despatches Tell
of No Killings
Washington, D. C.—No mention
outrages upon Spaniards in Mexico City
by Zapata troop*. *uch a* had been
reported to the Spanish ambassador
here, were made in dispatches today
from the Brazilian minister there. Ho
reported Zapata forces keeping good or
der and made no reference to the posi
tion of Villa- or his troops.
Free Open Air Market on Land Just
\ Bought For 11. S. Postotlicc, Dallas
Washington, & C. —The high-eo*t-of-!lv|ng was attacked today at a n»w
angle when Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Newton granted permission
to Dallas, Texas, to establish a free open air market on the »lt« for a fed
eral building recently purchased by the government. Under the arrangement
slth the department, farmer* and tru'k gardeners ran place their product* on
sale without the payment of market fee* and resident* of Dallas will have
opportunity to huv such product* direct If the experiment work* well In
Dallas, Mr. Newton said today, the saw* (lan may be adopted In other cities.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
J HE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
LULL PREVAILS
01 THE BATTLE
FRONT IN IST
British Public is Greatly Reas
sured By Admiralty’s State
ment Regarding Naval
Strength.
London, 12:05 p. m.—On the western
battle front the lull still prevails, the
only hint of activity being found irx
the report from Holland that the Brit
ish fleet again is operating against the
German position on the Belgian coast.
The visit of Sir Roger Casement, who
became famous as the Investigator of
the Putumayo rubber atrocities, to the
Berlin foreign office is being promi
nently featured by the London papers.
The comment, however, Is rather re
served. On the whole the press seems
irankly puzzled by tile episode, which
indicates that direct negotiations be
tween Germany and the extreme sec
tion of the Irish nationalists have been
going on.
Greatly Reassured.
The British public have been greatly
reassured by the statement of Winston
Spencer Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty, concerning the naval posi
tion of the empire. This has been sup
plemented by the official French re
port that the combined fleets not only
have command of the Mediterranean,
but are maintaining a successful block
ade of the Adriatic and the Dardan
elles.
From Petrograd comes a much de
layed account of a surprise atack by
a Russian fleet, which it is claimed
resulted in serious disaster to the Ger
man Baltic squadron in September.
sTirsit
ENGLISH TROOPS
Arrive at Havre Regularly
Since Lord Kitchener Stated
He Had 250,000' Ready to
Land.
Havre, France. —Directly following
Lord Kitchener’s speech at the Lori
Mayor’s banquet in London, in which
he said he had 250,000 men ready to
land in France, there has been a
steady stream of transports from Eng
land to Havre. As many as 200 ships
of various sizes have been lying out
side the harbor at one time. Men are
being 'anded as fast as the ships can
find berths. The troops are mostly
territorials, but well seasoned. After
a march from the docks through the
streets of Havre, cheering and being
cheered, they disappear.
The incoming troops seem in high
spirits and Sing and whistle on the
march.
PRESIDENT ON
WOMEN'S VOTES
Mr. Wilson Again Defines His
Position on Suffrage Question
in Letter to Miss Childs.
Washington—President Wilson again
defined his position on woman suf
frage in a letter to Miss Mary N. Childs,
a government employe, here, reiterat
ing that he believed the question to be
a state issue.
“I am deeply impressed with the
woman suffrage question,” wrote the
president, “but I believe it can best be
worked but state by state rather than
by attempting a change in the funda
mental law of the nation. Such a
change would run too far and too fast
ahead of the general public opinion of
the country."
The president will see a delegation
of suffragists in the near future, but
is not expected to change his position
as announced again In this letter.
Mr. Wilson saw no callers during
the morning, but arrangements were
made for him to see Henry Van Dyke,
minister to Holland, as soon as Mr.
Van Dyke comes to Washington.
H ARVESTE , r"*DISBOLUTION.
Chicago.—Edgar A. Bancroft, gene
ral counsel for the International Har
vester Company, said today that the
appeal of the harvester company from
the dissolution order of the United
States district court was being per
fected and would be filed January 1.
The decree dissolving the company
was entered in St. Paul last August.
DECORATED BY LEOPOLD.
Dunkirk, Francs.—The man who
planned the flooding of the German
positions on the Yser has been deco
rated with the Order of King Leopold,
and is likely to receive some similar
recognition from the allies' govern
ments. This man, whose name has!
not been made public, is the keeper of
the great Nieuport sluices, which con-
he water in the canals and dykes.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1914.
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Above: The Nathalie. Below, at left: Wireless operator controlling torpedoes from shore by means of wire
less -waves. Below, at right: John Hays Hammond operating his electric dog, which may bs propelled in any di
rection merely by holding a light directly in front of the "eyes.”
T’nited States Army engineers will gather at Fresh Water Cove, Mass., in the next few days to witness
the tests of the wireless torpedo boat Nathalie, invented by John Hays Hammond, Jr., of Gloucester. Mass., son
of. John Hay* Hammond, the noted mining engineer. The tests will determine whether the United States
government will purchase the exclusive rights to the torpedo boat, which ts controlled by wireless waves
from land. These rights include the design for a wirelegsl.v steered torpedo with an explosive carrying capa
city of 4,000 pounds. In preliminary tests young Hammond directed his wireless boat by means of waves
transmitted from the Hammond Laboratory a distance of 28 miles out to sea as far as the Graves’ Light.
RUSSIAN COMMANDER
STILL REMAINS SILENT
While Petrograd Papers Are Continuing to Claim Biggest of
Victories, No Light Shed By Official Statements—Grand
Duke Only States, “Russian Successes Along Whole Front”
London, noon. —Newspaper reports
from Petrograd continue to claim a
victory for the Russians in northern
Poland comparable at least to Sedan
and even worthy to rank with the dis
aster Russia inflicted upon Napoleon,
but official communications shed little
light on the situation In Poland, and
an official dispatch from Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander In chief, of the
Russian forces in the field, concerns
itself largely with more or less isolated
[Ol GOING TO
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Little Rock, Ark,—Night men, four
whites and four negroes, will pay the
death penalty In the electric chair In
Arkansas within 16 days beginning
next Wednesday.
Neal McLaughlin, who is sentenced
to be electrocuted Dec. 3, will be the
first white man sent to the electric
chair in Arkansas. A number of ne
groes have been executed since bang
ing was abolished two years ago and
electrocution substituted as the means
of capital punishment.
■McLaughlin was convicted of at
tacking a young woman near Ozark,
Ark.
The other white men to be electro
cuted are Arthur Hodges, convicted of
killing a constable near Arkadelphbt,
and Joe Strong and Clarence Deweln,
for killing W. H. Cross, an aged store
keeper, near Benton.
All four negroes were convicted of
murder.
1. S. Proles! to
Turk, Effective
Washington.—Turkey has assured
the United States that mail between
the embassy at Constantinople and the
consulates scattered throughout the
country will be safeguarded. Inas
much as dispatches have been coming
through In code from Ambassador
Morgen thau and other agents In the
Ottoman empire, It appears that the
vigorous protest of the United States
ago net the proposal of the port to re
strict code communication between
neutrals has been effective.
Torpedo Boat Controlled By Wireless Waves
operations and does not claim the in
fliction of an overwhelming defeat up
on the invaders.
On Entire Front.
The Grand Duke sums up the situa
tion with the declaration that on the
entire front between Vistula and the
Warta Rivers the battle Is progressing
in favor of Russian arms. Both Berlin
and Vienna still claim that no decisive
result has followed the recent opera
tions in Russian Poland.
LIFE IN PRISON
GIVEN STOKES
Macon, Ga.—The. ‘‘unwritten law," a
plea advanced by A. W. Stokes, a pri
vate detective and lawyer, on trial for
the murder last July 4 of Virgil Thom
ason, a contractor, whom Btoken
claims ruined Ills home, failed to im
press the Jury trying his case in t lie
Superior court here today. After be
ing confined for 36 hours, the Jury,
on a compromise verdict, decided that
Stokes was guilty and on the Jury’s
recommendation Judge Matthews sen
tenced him to life Imprisonment.
The murder occurred In front of
the postofflce at an early hour when
the streets were practically deserted.
Stokes' attorneys filed a motion for a
new trial.
TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS.
Washington, D. C. Eduardo Suarez,
minister P.orn Chile to the United State*
will present Ida credential aa amfcassa
dor to President Wilson next Tuesday.
Itomulo H. Naon, minister from Argen
tine. then probably will also present hi*
credentials as the first ambassador
from that country.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD.
London, 8:05 a. m—-A dispatch from
Rotterdam to the Dally Mall dated
Friday says:
"Heavy firing was heard this after
noon In the direction of Zeebrtigge and
silled aeroplanes were *een circling
over Flanders. British destroyers con
tinue scouting off the coast."
FROM YANKEEB TO FEDS
Chicago.—Ray < laid well, pitcher for
’he New York Amerh-arw will pitch
for thi Buffalo Federal* next year,
tccordlng to Richard Carroll, business
manager of the Buffalo club, who ar
rived here today to attend the Federal
League meeting.
n,oo« is
GERMAN
LOSS IN
3 DAYS
Lomborg, Galicia, via Petrograd ana
London, 2:20 p. m —ln operations last
ing three days In the vlelnlty of Stry
kow, 15 miles northeast of Lodz and
Rusnin, an equal distance to the south
of this city, the. Germans lost upwards
of 17,000 men, a heavy battery of ar
tillery and 28 machine guns, according
to authoritative Information made
available In Lemberg today.
In the same fighting the Austrians
lost 16,000 men In addition to twenty
machine guns.
The German operations in this lo
cality are declared by Russian military
observers In Lemberg to have been ab
solute failures and the chances of their
escaping further disaster Is regarded
here as slight.
SEEKING BOLD ROBBERB.
Shrsveport, La. Federal, state and
city officers today are searching for
two white bandits who, early today,
held up C. K. Garter, mail clerk, at the
onion station arid robbed the safe of
the registered mall It contained.
Heveral suspects have been arrested
The robbery was committed while it
score of ernploes and passengers were
In the depot.
CONTRADICT REPORT.
Amsterdam, via London, 5:45 a, m.
An official pulletin contradicts the re
port published In London that Dixmude
has been occupied hy the allies.
VACATION FOR FUNSTON.
Washington. —Major General Funs
ton, who arrived at Galveston with the
main expeditionary force that occu
pied Vera <’ruz, will have two months
leave of absence after Dec. 1,
Here It Is—Minimum of Sweetness That An
Orange Must Contain in Order to
Pass Uncle Sam’s Muster
Washington. Defining the minimum of sweetness that oranges must
attain on the tree, If later sweating Is not to be held to conceal inferiority,
the Department of Agriculture today announced "It considers oranges to
be Immature If the Juice dpetj tjot contain sbluble solid* to, or In excess of
eight parts to every part of acid contained In the Juice, the acidity to be
calculated as citric acid without water of crystallzatlon."
This decision was made to prevent the Inter-state shipment of Im
mature citrus fruit colored by sweating or exposure In warm, moist air
to an extent that w 111 conceal Its Inferiority. The regulation may he made
more stringent after further Investigation, the department announced.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIV E CENTS PER COPY.
GAPTURE OF IIS
GUIS. BIG LOSS
TO BUSS ARMY
Berlin Also Reports Enormous
Number of Prisoners Taken
By General Mackenz Near
Lodz.
Berlin, via. London, 3:15 p. m.—Mili
tary observers here express tile opin
ion that the success of General Mae
kenz’s army near I.odz, in Russian Po
land, apart from the enormous num
ber of Russian prisoners taken, has
served to further improve the Oerman-
Austriau situation tn the east.
Can’t Be Replaced.
The most important event of the
fighting, army officers point out, was
tlie destruction by the Germans of 100
cannon which the Russians will lie un
able to replace without the greatest
difficulty. While the approach of new
Russian reinforcements has delayed a
decision the fact that those reinforce
ments will not lie able to arrive simul
taneously with tlie reinforcements
from Warsaw will g-h e tin Germans
a chance, military Wien assert, to at
tack the oncoming forces before they
can combine.
Know its Seriousness.
The continual calling fortli of new
and large reinforcements shows, It ts
said, thnt the Russians are aware of
the seriousness of their situation. Lo
cal military critics believe that a de
cision Is very near. They warn the
public, however, to remember the en
ormous number of soldiers engaged
and the great length of the battle
front which, although the situation Is
favorable for the Teuton allies, may
delay a decision for a long time.
‘EYES RT WORLD
ARE UPON YOU’
Pari», 1:45 a. m. The correspondent
of the Matin In Petrograd says ha
learns from highly competent sources
that the losses of the Germans In Po
land Nov. 25 were considerable and
that an army corps was made prisoner
and another corps was routed.
General von Hlndenburg, the Ger
man commander. It Is stated, received
the following telegram from Emperor
William before the battle of Ixtrlz:
“ “Distinguish yourself. The eyes of
the world are upon you.”
IN PU/ISYL
'DOING WELL'
Amsterdam, via London, 9:05 a. m.—
The newspaper Maas bode publishes a
Berlin telegram giving the latest word
from the besieged city of Przemsyl In
Galicia. It. was received In Vienna
Friday by pigeon post and says:
“We are doing well. Do not be dis
quieted.”
German Ministers
Desire to Fight
Berlin, via London, 3:25 p. m.—The
evangelical clergymen of Berlin and
Its suburbs have signed a declaration
protesting against the military decree
which says that student clergymen,
clergymen ordained or clergymen who
have been pensioned may not bo called
to arms.
In their protest the clergymen de
clare this decree cannot be justified
and Is an Insult to them. All other
classes anil professions have the honor
of being able to fight for their
country with arms, and they would do
likewise. They are going to petition
the relchstag to abolish this decree.
THINK BATTLESHIP
AUDACIOUS SAVED;
RECENTLY SUNK
London. —Perftlfltr>nt rumors aro In
circulation Tmrf*. thnt thf
A uda/ ioiJK, which wai sunk by a mine
or a nubmarlno riff the north coast of
Ireland on Oct. 27 ban been Halva#*!.
According to theae reports the ndrnl
ralty's wrecking veimeln aucceedlng In
netting the big gum* off the Audacloun
and then beached her. The ship 1h
•aid to be in condition for repair* and
nervtce after a Hhort time. Thin report
may be another myth, like the pannage
of the RmodanH through England, but
It 1k generally circulated
HOME
EDITION
TURKS ARE
MARCHING
ON SUEZ
Amsterdam, via. London, 9 a. m.—•
According to a Berlin message to The
Telegraaf from Cairo reports that 76,-
Oslo Turkish troops under Izzet Pasha
era marching against the Suez canal.
Thin army Includes 10,000 Bedouins
with 500 camels. The reports also
state that the Turks have built a field
railway to (lie Elnakel Oasis.
The load to the Euez Canal, accord
ing to the dispatch, is barricaded by
the British by a long line of trenches
arid artillery positions.
Quiet in Caucasus.
Paris, 10.40 a. m.—A dispatch receiv
ed here from Petrograd quotes an of
ficial announcement from the head
quarters of the Russian army in Cau
casus as follows:
‘ An important engagement occurred
Nov. 27 with a Turkish column to the
west of Juzveran. In other sections
of this front there have been engage
ments of only minor importance”
THESUTTON
WAREHOUSE BILL
Wnahlngtgon, D. C.--Former Senator
John L. Mt'h.iurln, of South Carolina,
Brt*lved here today to confer with Presi
dent Wilson and the federal reserve
board relative to recognition for the cot
ton warehouse bill recently passed by the
legislature of his state. T*ater he will
go to New York to make sure that fi
nancial interests there will Vecognixe tne
warehouse receipts as security for loan*.
Ordered to Shoot
All the Aviators
Amsterdam, via London, 5:46 a. m.—«
The Berliner Tageblatt, quoting an
article referring to the allegations that
British airman violated Swiss neutral
ity In the recent raid on the Zeppelin
factory at Frledrichshafen says:
“In case of a repetition of the viola
tion of Swiss neutrality by Franca or
England It is not to be expected that
Germany will respect Swiss neutrality
on the fort frontier The Swtsa fed
eral essombly has orders that all avia
tors flying over Swiss territory bo
shot down without further orders.”
Families Beg For
News From‘Front’
Washington, D. C.—‘'French editions"
of Belgian newspapers have reached the
Belgian legation here disclosing the ef
forts being made to establish communi
cation between the men on the firing
line and their families In territory oc
cupied by the Grt mans or who have fled
to France, England or Holland. Be
sides lhe news of the day humorous re
marks aimed nt the enemy the paper*
curry columns of jtariigrapha addressed to
Individual soldiers by camps and regi
mental designation telling each ths
whereabouts of his relatives. Each
paragraph begs that tha soldiers “send
news."
find Two soldiers
IN KITCHENER’S NEW
ARMY, GERMAN SPIES
Reading, Eng.—Two soldiers, a lance
corporal and a private, in the Hants
rrglment of Kitchener's new army,
stationed at Corford, have been proved
to he German spies and have been
"dealt with” by the military authori
ties. rupies oi' letters relating to the
movements nnd proposed rmwements
of troops were found In their posses
sion.
THERE ARE
22
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Read Herald ads and
call for advertised
goods if you want the
pick of styles and
bargains.
When shopping In Augusta
tomorrow Sayi “I Saw It In
The Herald.” It will pay.
Try It.