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THE WEATHER Rain tonight and Sun day. 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. FfflMtSll 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. f lx./ ' eJf-X' ■ \ -- $ _ . ■ t i v r- $ , 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.