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33,11 TICKETS,
ARMY-NAVY GAME
Expect Attendance to Sur
pass That of Any Other
Contest-- West Point Favor
ed---Speculators Busy.
Philadelphia,—Thousand* of visitors
were her# today for the annual Army-
Navy football game. More than 33,000
tickets were sold nnd It was expected
the attendance would surpass that at
any previous same here, A few tick
ets were uocured by speculators, de
spite rigid rules for the distribution of
seats and these brought almost pro
hibitive prices. Weather conditions
were Ideal.
The soldiers entered today’s game a
slight favorite. While the partisans of
the Army team ore taking some bets
at it tu K and 5 to 1. a good many wa
gers were made at even money’,
Spesial Trains.
Fpnclal trains carrying thousands ot
enthusiasts reached here from New
"York and Washington early In Ihs
day and continued to arrive until
shortly before the game began. The
Washington contingent was unusually
large, several members of President
Wilson’s cabinet being Included In the
crowd. Most of the general staff of
the army and virtually all the rnnklnß
officers of the navy stationed In the
Hast were here for the game.
Midshipmen from Annapolis and Ca
dots from West Point arrived In spe
cial trains during the morning and
were given a short furlough before the
game to meet relatives and friends.
End in East.
Eastern college football closes today
with the eyes of gridiron followers
turned toward Philadelphia where on
Franklin Held and with many promi
nent government officials from Wash
ington among the spectators the Army
and Navy elevens have thel: annual
Clash. The West Point team, unde
feated this season, s looked upon us
the favorite Annapolis has twice been
forced to lower her color*—to Penn
sylvania and Pittsburgh Direct com
parison through scores Is not possible,
beaauss the two service teams have
had no common opponent. I.a*t year
the army won by II to 9 and a victory
for West Point today will make the
series a tls with eight 'games each
alnce It began in 1590.
wiliTbe nochange
IN 1915 CIRCUIT OF
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Chicago.— I Ther# will be no change
In th* 1915 circuit of lh* Federal
League It was announced before the
elub owner* of the leugn* were called
to attend the first session of the
league's annual meeting which opened
here today.
Kanui City, which was regarded as
a disappointment last season, will re
tain It* franchise. James A. Gilmore,
president of the league, announced.
Business men of the city, he said. x>h-
Jrcted to having the club transferred
and had promised they would support
It. It Is planned, lYestden. Gilmore
said, to build a new park nearer the
business district of the city.
A rumor was circulated that Artie
Holman, formerly with the Chicago
and Pittsburgh club* of the National
League, probably would be the next
manager of ihe Brooklyn club of the
Federal League Instead of l,ec Magee,
who recently was reported to have
Jumped from the St. Louts National*
Hos man. It was pointed out. was
with the Brooklyn Federala last year
and has had a much longer experi
ence In baseball than Magee The
Ward brothers, owners of the llrook
l\n club, refused to confirm or deny
th<- report Committee* to revise the
rule* and arrange a playing schedule
were to be appointed at the meeting.
Brn-ldent Gilmore said He was In
doubt, however, about making an an
nouncement of the new player* signed
for the coming seaaon as the plan had
not met with th* approval of all the
club owners.
BARNEY OLDFIELD GIVEN
SECOND PLACE. CORONA
Loe AngeiC*. C«ll* Barney rvdrteld
last night was awarded second prlae
tnnnev In the Fortins autnmobtls rn o«
run Thursday. Kdwnrd O'lVnneU who
had hern awarded that poaltlon being
f nroed hook Into third place by tha re
vised figures
Tha tlma of tha drlvara »»i re-eheok
ad whan term-mate* of nldfleld declared
that lha latter Inst aaoond plaoa through
an arror of tha scorer* Jt waa claimed
that fVPonnell waa given oradtt for a
lap whan ha spent tha tlma at tha rtta
Tha corrected for K.ddla Pnlen wlnnar
of tha rara waa annottnaad aa t.?*•#*
Thta gave him an a'eraga of tl.lt
guiles for Iba anttra raca.
EMPRESS VISITS
0. S. KITCHEN
Relief Station in Berlin In
spected By Kaiser’s Wife To
day-Spends Hour There.
Berlin, (via London, 6:10 p. m.) —
Empress Augusta Victoria today vis
ited the American relief kitchen,
which is supported from contribu
tion* by the American colony In Ber
lin, and epenl half an hour chatting
with the 200 or more beneficiaries
gathered at the table there at which
they were served by ladles of the
colony.
The visit was purely Informal and
only the most brief notice regarding
It had been given. The empress ex
pressed high satisfaction with the
work and announced her Intention of
writing the emperor regarding It.
The empreas was accompanied by
the Countess von Keller and Cham
berlain von Protha. She wan met. by
the ladles of the American embassy
and the committee In charge of thq
work. Including Mrs. Isaac Wollf, .Tr.,
wife of the president of the American
Association of Commerce.
FOREIGNIHARTS
FOR 11. S. NAVY
Uncle Sara’s Warships Are
Dependent on English Maps.
Gould Make No Strategic
Move Without Them.
Washington. It would be practical
ly Impossible for the United States
navy to make any atmtegle move out
side of American watera unless It first
purchased British sdmlrally cliarts to
Insure safe navigation. This state
ment Is made by Capt. Thomas Wash
ington, hydrographer of the navy. In
his annual report today. He saya that
his office now has fairly begun the
task of reproducing by xlncography
these British charts of which It would
he necessary to purchase 1752 and the
hope Is expressed that the Xfnited
Htates soon may ha Independent of
foreign chart makers for the naviga
tion of Its ships In peace and war. It
Is declared to he a matter requiring
careful consideration as to whether
the existing steamship lines should not
be made obligatory upon all vessels
crossing In or along them Safety at
sea would be enhanced thereby It Is
stated and the question Is recommend
ed for favorable action. The Ice patrol
maintained by the revenue cutter ser
vice along the southern edge of the
Ice region Is declared to have proved
a most valuable aid to navigation.
Recommendation Is made for the es
tablishment of branch hydrographic
offices In Panama and lavs Angeles,
t'ala.. as the result of the opening of
the Panama Canal. In view of the
great amount of Important work per
formed by the hydrographic officers It
Is urged that they be relieved from
the present duty of acting as recruit
ing officers.
OFF i cTalw ash ington
WELL REPRESENTED
ARMY-NAVY CLASH
r
Washington.—Official Washington
was well represented In the various
parties which left here early today
front Philadelphia to attend the Army-
Navy football game. Those who went
to witness the historic gridiron con
test Included seversl members of the
cabinet, senators and representatives,
government officials and a large con
tingent from army and navy circles.
Cabinet officer* who had arranged
to attend the same with their wives
and guests Included Secretaries Dan
iels. Garrison and Houston
Secretary and Mrs. Daniels’ partv
Included their three son* and Mis*
Fthe! Ragley. Governor Craig of North
Carolina. Senator Tillman nnd Repre
sentative Padgett, chairmen, respec
tively of the sennte and house naval
affairs committee. Representative and
Mrs A Mitchell Talmer of Pennsyl
vania. Captain and Mrs A. O Winter
halter. Mr and Mrs H. W Jackson of
Richmond. Vn„ and Joseph R. Wilson
and Mis* Wilson.
Secretary and Mrs, Oarrlson. who
have been In Atlantic City over the
holidays, were to have the latter's
brother in-law and sister. Dr and Mrs.
Samuel \V Morton of Philadelphia,
among their box guests at the game.
Secretary and Mrs. Houston’s partv
neluded Mr. and Mrs. Breckenrldgt of
Kaw York.
Posthumous Heir to Astor Millions
JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV.
The eon of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, one of the victims of the
Titanic disaater. Is here shown as lie wus toddling about the paths of
Central park on one of his dally outings. Young Mrs. Astor, who was Miss
Madeline Force. Is developing the child along the theory that fresh air is
the best preventive against all Ills, for the boy spends the greater part of
Ills time out of doors, regardless of he condition of the weather. By his
father’s will a trust fund of 53,000,00(1 was created for John Jacob VI,. who
was born several months after the tragic death of his father. It Is esti
mated that this 53,000.000 will have Increased to 510,000,000 by’ the time the
boy reaches bis majority.
GERMANS MOST DARING
IN COMMUNICATING
FRENCH POSITION
Paris. The (Jarmans are most dar
ing and Ingenious In communicating
the position of French batteries to their
gunners. For Instance, some French
guns were recently placed under cover
of a wood. In tha front .if the posi
tion waa an expansive plateau and
beyond that exultant. They could
see they were making excellent prac
tice and the enemy waa obviously un
able to locate them.
Presently an mo farm hand emerged
from a lane, guiding a horae-drawn
plough. There were two horses In the
team One was white and .he other
roan. Quite freely the gunners com
mented upon the acute contrast; with
interest they marked his movements.
He was a typical French peasant, a
hardy son of th# soil, and the soldiers
were lost In their admiration of the
coolness or carelessness which could
permit an old husbandman to stgrt
ploughing even while a battle raged
about him.
Soon, however, they were Induced to
regard the situation In rather a dif
ferent light for scarcely had the .old
fellow addressed himself to hla first
furrow than shells began to rain upon
the French batteries They then knew
what had happened. The supposed
ploughman was a spy. who. hv means
of his conspicuous team, had given
away the gun position. They never
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
saw him again, but It was not far want
of trying to find Mm
NEW ORLEANS WANTS BOX
ING PROMOTER, TOM
McCAREY
Los Angeles.—Tom McParey, of Los
Angeles, boxing promoter who made
some 500,000 out of the game in the
past year, will have to shut down In
a few weeks because the sport has
been killed In California.
He need not be without a club,
however. New Orleans wants him to
make a success of the game there
under the new law that permit twenty
round bouts to a decision.
A proposition has been made to him
and he is seriously considering same.
| I’aul V. Tessler. representing the
New Orleans sporting public, the other
day telegraphed McCarey as follows:
"New Orleans will welcome you.
We will build you new arena build
ing and make everything pleasant.
We want game handled same as It has
been handled In California. What do
you say?"
McCarey "replied: "For boxing game
to be Mg uecess all must he harmony.
Would suggest that you call meeting
of New Orleans newspaper owner*
and ascertain If my welcome would be
unanimous Also would want l’romo
ter Tortorlch to be satisfied."
NO COFFEE, OIL
PAPERS, CINOLES
OR SOAP, OSTENR
Dozen Burials a Day of Ger
mans Dead From Wounds.
Strict Rules in Invaders Oc
cupation.
Ostend, Belgium.—The normal life
of this usually lively city has been
radically changed by the Herman mil
itary occupation. Inhabitants are for
bidden to leave their houses between
7 o’clock in the evening and 7 in the
morning and no lights may be shown
during that time. No one can leave
town without p>assports from the Ger
man authorities.
The usual market gatherings are al
most suspended. Villagers from out
side Ostend can come In only when
attended by their burgomasters and
the market hours are limited to Mon
day and Thursday mornings. All
horses have been taken by the military
authorities, so only dog carts can be
used to bring food into the town.
No Fish.
Butter, eggs, meat and vegetables
are cheap, but Ostend is without fish
because all fishermen have fled to
England. Fishing would be impossi
ble because civilians are forbidden to
approach the coast and the inhabit
ants of houses along the seashore
have been expelled.
The railways and electric trams
have been stopped for everything ex
cept military purposes and are being
used night and day for sending pro
visions to the front and bringing back
the wounded.
Little is left of what formerly was
Westende, Dixmude, Schoore Rams
kapellem, St. Pieters, Capelle and
Mennekensvere and more than 150
fnrms in the neighborhood have been
destroyed.
Hundreds of Wounded.
Hundreds of wounded Belgian and
French are brought to Ostend and
those who can stand the journey are
sent along to Germany. A dozen or
more Germans, dead from their
wounds, ar. buried here every day.
The wounded allies are well cared for
by the Germans.
is without newspapers, soap,
oil, candles and coffee. The Germans
have made heavy requisitions not only
of foodstuffs in large quantities, but
of cigars and wine and all available
mattresses :nd covers, as well as
clothing, linen, wire and bicycles. For
the property taken the Germans have
given requisition notes amounting to
one million dollars. The hotels are
occupied by German officers. Ger
man bands play in the parks every
day, but have only the Germans as
auditors, because the inhabitants who
are left, boycott them.
MOVING ACCOUNT
OF BRITISH TROOPS
INTO ARMENTIERES
Paris. The dairy of a young girl
extracts from whtcV are published
hero gives a moving account of the
entry of the British tr iops into Ar
mentleres.
“On Saturday, the 17th." runs the
datrv, "some little children ran up,
shouting. The English! the English!’
What an qntry! It will be long be
fore It will be forgotten.
“The English soldiers were literally
smothered with flowers. Although it
u.ts said that the Germans had taken
everything off with them, to stuff
their pockets full.
"They began by killing two ’plckel
haubes’ (Germans! who had played
behind the rest, and made six others
prisoners. The whole population
flocked to the market place.
"The women wept with Joy. Peo
ple crowded round the English and
could not take their eyes off them.
They laughed.
”1 had promised to kiss the first
English soldier who came Into Armen
tleres. 1 kept my word. He was a
sergeant a fine fellow and quite nice
looking. He was marching at the
heal of a strong column of English
tusllleres as an Interpreter.
"When I saw him In the distance 1
ran to hint and flung my arms round
his neck. He was surprised and
speechless at first.
"Then he gave me a Mg kiss on both
cheeks. The English officer made me
a fine salute and said something com
plimentary.
"The soldiers cheered shouting ’Hip,
hip. hurrah!’ I laughed and erted by
turns, blind to everything around me.
I have never felt so exclt vd."
The girl goes on to describe how the
town came to life again as If by
magic Then the bombardment hegan
nnd large numbers left. Here the diary
stop*.
Speaking
Public Mind
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS SHORT
ENED?
To The Herald.
May I impose upon you for a little
space to address a plea to the public
on the subject of the Christmas holi
days In our schools?
The question of cutting down the
holidays to one week at Christmas Is
one of vital interest, not only to the
pupils, as evidenced by a letter you
printed from one of them the other
day, but to THE TEACHERS.
The reason given by the school au
thorities for reducing the holiday pe
riod five days at Christmas is the
present inability of the children to
complete their work each year. Five
extra days of study during the usual
holiday period will, they say, add to
the children’s chance of passing their
final examinations in June. But will
it?
As a teacher, and one of 12 years’
experience, I give it as my opinion,
whatever that may be worth, that the
opposite will be the case. I have not
sat in a schoolroom all these days, that
seem to stretch out behind me for a
hundred years in stead of twelve, with
out knowing something of the children
who squirm and wriggle behind those
endless desks. Sometimes I love those
little minds who look up to me for
wisdom (how little I have to lend them,
alas!) and sometimes I hate them, with
a loathing which nobody who has not
taught school could possibly under
stand. I am not ashamed to say that
I have seen the day when I wished
the schoolliouse would burn down, with
me and the whole school inside. Those
are the days when I am weary, when
I have given of my best, when I have
striven and forgiven and punished ami
pardoned and been patient. O how pa
tient, sometimes, and when I turn my
back and an apple core spatters on
the blackboard at my side!
Children are always worse in the
middle of a period, a long way from a
holiday in both directions. They are
angelic the day before a holiday, com
paratively speaking, and not impos
sible for some time after. But rob
them of one single day of their Christ
mas holidays and they will fret as
though deprived of all.
We will get no work out of them
the five days which the/ feel ought
to be free. O, I know! Furthermore,
we are not getting good work out of
them now in anticipation. They are
fretful and resentful. Thev say to
themselves, “If we've got to wrork five
extra days there's no reason to work
today." This is the psychology of the
childish mind.
It will do no earthly good toward
the children’s work to shorten those
holidays.
Now, consider the teachers. Every
teacher in this city, and on earth, for
that matter, looks forward to the two
glorious weeks at Christmas as a goal
and a haven. During that time the
mind can be refreshed, the worn-out
patience reinforced. Much more than
twice or even ten times the rest can
be taken in two weeks than can be
taken in one. Two weeks is a com
plete rest, one week only a pause.
There are at present, counting out
two weeks at Christmas, about 190
school days in the year. To take away
five days from the Christmas holidays
to add to this 190 would be to add a
small gain at a great cost. It would
be like taking 55,000 from a person who
has but 514,000 to give to one who
has 5190,000.
The fault with the schools and the
reason the children do not complete
their courses is not the lack of work
ing Jays, but the lack of teachers. If
you give me 15 children I can put them
through the eight-year course in four
years; If not even in three years. But
give me 40 children and I cannot get
them all through in 10. and that work
ing every day In the year. I speak ol
what I know.
A TEACHER.
LEGAL NOTICES
STATE OF GEORGIA.
RICHMOND COUNTY—
J. O. Sullivan v*. Annie S Sullivan. In
Superior Court of said County, January
Term. 1915—Libel for Divorce.
To the defendant. Annie S. Sullivan In
the above stated case you five hereby
required In person or by attorney, to be
and appear at the next term of the Su
perior Court, to be held In and for the
Countv aforesaid on the third Monday
In January 1915 then and there to an
awev ria’.lttlff In action for Divorce, ns
In default thereof, the Court will pro
ceed thereon as to Justice may apper
tain.
TVltnes* the Honorable Henry C. Ham
mond. Judge of *a!d Court
Thl* !7th day of November. 1914.
DANIEL KERR.
J W RURCH. JR . Clerk.
Atty. for Flalntlff. n27.29,<H,:
/TURDAY, NOVEMBER 28.
CREEK FOR THE
CATTLE DISEASE,
/
Washington. D. C.—Satisfied that the
ravages of the foot and mouth disease
among cattle have been checked and
that the epidemic now is under control,
officials of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry today determined to begin lift
ing the quarantine imposed on the cattle
markets of various states. As rapidly
as the bureau can he assured that all
infected cattle have been destroyed in
any locality the quarnntie will be lifted
from that particular district.
The discovery of disease among cattle
and hogs at Waterford. Va.. resulted in
the determination of the bureau to im
pose a quarantine covering parts of Lon
don county, Va.
FAMOUS SIXTEENTH
CENTURY MANSION.
RUBENS, UNHURT
The Hague.—The famous sixteenth
century mansion of Rubens, the great
Flemish painter, standing in the line of
the German sweep through Belgium, be-,
tween Brussels and Antwerp, has suf
fered 'ittle front the depredations of
wav. although an unknown vandal has
defaeed some of the paintings that cover
its walls. For weeks it had been im
possible to approach the place and there
was much anxiety as to its fate.
The Germans had converted this shine
of art lovers to the service of war, but
neither the house nor the fine old gar
den suffered much. The house is now
used as a fay station for the German
troops. In the garden are many rough
ly marked graves of Belgian and Ger
man soldiers. On stray bullet-Jound its
wav into the house, which is surround
ed by heaps of rubbish and broken bot
tles. No doubt a thorough cleaning will
transform the place* to the quaint man
sion which Rubens built for his young
wife, the woman who appears in nearly
all of the paintings of his later years,
md the mother of the boy whose baby
face smiles out from so many of bis
canvasses. Some civilian souvenir
hunter is declared to be responsible for
the nnlv Intentional act of vandalism
committed on the property, which is now
owned bv the Belgian Senator de Beck
er-Remv. The vanda' cut the faces
out of some of the pictures that hung in
the house.
During the German advance to Ant
werp. a German detachment of fifty sol
diers' occupied the mansion. A Bel
gian peasant managed to slip through
the German lines and notify the Belgian
troops. That night a strong detachment
of Re’glan soldiers surrounded the house
and after a desperate fight killed all the
occupants. The Germans were buried
in the old garden. Rater the Belgians
were forced to abandon tbe place.
BIG JUMP IN WAGES OF
ALL THE ENGLISH SEAMEN
Monmouth. England.— Seamen in
South Wales ports are demanding
large increases in wages and are gene
rally getting all they ask. The in
ternment of German and Austrian sail
ors and the calling up of the British
naval reserves has caused a great
shortage in experienced hands.
The seamen's union has naturally
taken advantage of the situation to
enact what it hopes will he a perma
nent scale of wages, showing increase
PS of from 20 to 60 per cent. The pay
of ordinary seamen under the new
scale will range from $33 to SSO a
month. Before the war it was about
$27.
Save delay and annoyance
by doing your Christmas
shopping now. Shopping
Bargains are always found
in The Herald.
At Modjeska
TODAY
NIPPED
A Domino in Two Parts.
PHIL’S VACATION
A Royal Comedy.
WILLIAM HENRY JONES'
COURTSHIP
A Vitagraph Production.
MYSTERY OF A SEALED
ART GALLERY
An Edison Production.