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TWO FOR NEW BATTLES ON BOTH FRONTS Positions of Belligerents, East and West, Unchanged in Past Twenty-Four Hours—Vast Armies Engaged in Prepara tion GERMANS DETERMINED TO KEEP RUSSIANS OUT AT ALL COSTS AT LODZ Interest Shifts in West From Flanders to Lorraine and Up per Aisace. Progress Report ed by French London, 9:48 p. m. —There have been ho material change* in the position* of the belligerent* on either ttie eastern or western front* during the liuit 24 hour* Flglitlng him continued, hut it would seem as though on both front* the vast armies have been engaged largely in making preparation* for new hat 1 1 os. Here and there heavy cannonade* or infantry attack* have occurred, all of which, however, were more in the na ture of feelers than a seriou* design in the way of an offensive or for the purpose of an advance. Forming New Line. In Poland the Herman*, whose dar ing siroke to penetrate the KuHaiau renter apparently has failed with heavy losses, according to Petrograd reports, nre forming a new line, ex tending roughly from Kutno. In (ho north to Cracow in the south. Tho right, or southern wing of this army, which rests on Cracow, Is commanded by General jiankl. lie Ih supported on the north by General Hetiendorf, i Whose army is based on Czonstochowa, while the new army sent from the west fills the gap between this force force and General MacKenren * army, which after extricating Itself from the Itusslan meshes, now is in a new po sition expending from Kutno south ward The Eighth East Prussian arrpy presumably has taken up tho north ern part of tiie line. At All Cost*. Thus it will he seen that an entirely new hauls is about to lie fought for the Germans are determined at tell -costs to keep the Russians out of their territory. The English correspondents nre confining themselves to reports of the previous hat tie around IxidJt. de scribed as the most sanguinary of the ■war. t On. the western front interest Shifts from Flanders to lsirraine and Upper Alsace There has been little fighting In that part of Helgtum still held by the allies, and the French have taken some old German trenches, which lias given rise to a belief that the Germans will fall hack to new positions. Progress in Alsace. Operations ->f more serious import nre taking place on the borders of Al sace-Lorraine. in upper Alsace tho French apparently have made consid erable progress and they also are mak ing desi •crate efforts to sever com munication of the German force hold ing St. Mihlel on the Mouse. Every where, however, siege warfare pre vails ami for the most part gains ex tended hardly more than a hundred yards. In the near east similar conditions prevail and nothing has occurred which might lie termed a battle Naval warfare, so far as northern waters are concerned, ha* been post poned hy reason of the weather, wtitch bas l»een severe. FRENCH CABINET BACK TO PARIS rT n + Bordeaux, (via Paris, 6:40 a. m.)— Member* of the French cabinet are returning to Parts. where it la ex parted the government wilt he re-es tablished aoon. Aristide Hryand, min ister If Justice. left for I’artN today. Alexander Rthot. I anils .1 Malvy and Gaston Doumergue. ministers flnanee. the interior and colonies, respectively, Will leave tnmortvw M M Setnhat, Ouearle, and Thotnpaon will go Mon day No date hna been nnnouneed for the return of I‘resident Poincare, hut It la understood he will leave Bordeaux early next week. BANK FAILURES. U. S. MAIL. Memphis, Tenn.— Indicted for using the mails to defraud in connection With the failure of the Chickasaw Bank here about two year* ago, J. A. OoLlbaum. Oaorge Neuhardt. \V. S. Biles. Paul J. Nelaon and W. S. Bpdrk* were arraigned liefore United State* Judge John K. McCall today and plea* of not guilty. Their hear ing was set for February let. next. jTfce court also set the trial of C Hunter Balne and Claude Anderson, former president and cashier, respect ively of the defunct Mercantile Hank for the same date. These two also are charged with using the malls to defraud in the circulation of alleged Ynlse statements of the bank's condi 'lion. RESTRAIN REVOKING CHARTER. Little Rock, Ark—Because the l’enn tylvanla Mining Company Is engaged In Interstate traffic, a temporary In junction was granted here today In the federal court restraining the re voking df Its charter by the secretary ©t state* o? Arkansas The decision was announced by Judge Jacob Trie bet. W I Smith and F. A. Youmnni fitting ei-bano ' The mining company was attacked by the state on the ground that tt had glolu'ed a state law when It trans ferred damage suits, froth state court* |o the federal court. COST THEM in, 129. Washington. The congressional /•lection campaign coat the congres- Monni union for woman auffrage $5,1*9 according to the organisation's cam paign report filed with the house to* pay.• The expenses were mostly for raveling end campaign literature. 1C GEORGE IS BUCK Ilf LONDON London, 9:50 p. m. —King Oeorgo has returned from France, where ho visited the Hrltlah forces at the front. The king arrived at Rockingham Pa lace this evening. The Cotton Trade Injured By Order New York. —Wrn. V. King, superin tendent of tho New York Cotton Kx chunee. today sent a letter to Hecre tnry of the Treasury McAdoo request - lug that cotton, not being a rfntra ba.nd of war, be excluded from tho Treasury Departrnent's order prohib iting the publication of cargo mani fests until thirty days after vessel* have cleared. Mr. King contended that ttie order was injuring ihe cot ton trade. Nelms Creditors Want Their Money Atlanta, Ga. —Creditors of Miss Beatrice Nelms, who with tier sister, Mrs. Eltilse Nelms Dennis, mysterious ly disappeared last .lune today filed stilt in the Fulton County superior court asking the appointment of a re ceiver for Miss Nelrnns’ estate If it Is determined she Is dead or for a Judg ment against her If she Ih living. The estimated value of her estate is SBO,OOO. The petitioners have claims aggregating about SO,OOO. A nation-wide search has been con ducted for (tie Nelms sisters who lived In Atlanta and whe were reported to hsve been lasi seen in San Antonio, Texas. The authorities state no eon elusive evidence of the deaths or their whereabouts have been discovered. GEN’L FOCH NEXT TO GEN’L JOFFRE Paris, 6:05 p. m.—General Ferdinand Foch. upon whom King George has bestowed the Order of the Bath, Is second only to General Joffre as com mander of till armies of France. Ho began as commander of the Twentieth Corps, lie was advanced first lo the command of a field army and then to a group of armies fighting in north ern France. General Foch Is a great strategist and his "principles of strategy” U known throughout Rurope among mil-} ltary students. COMMEND SPEECH OF NEW l). S. ENVOY Paris, 7 p. m.—The Temps com ments appreciatively on that part of the speech of the new American am bassador, Walter Graves Sharp, In presenting bis credentials, which re ferred to French patriotism and cour age. Commenting on alleged efforts to Influence American public opinion us lo the causes of the war the Temps expresses confidence that Americans will form their own Judgment ns to the cause. WOMEN'S SKIRTS TO BE 6 INCHES FROM GROUND Toledo, O. At the closing session of Its convention today the National Cloak. Suit. Skirt and Dress Manu facturers' Association voted to estab lish a national bureau of publicity and appropriated funds to carry on this work in connection with Its style bu reau. . .1 I'. llavtland. of Chicago, retiring president, urged that American man ufacturers establish closer relation ships, and that the women of America be taught the advantage of Amertcnn tnade styles and creations. There will be Just one except ton to the all- Amertean dressed women tn next silting and summer that wilt be a fail for embroidered top boots decreed tn rails Shirts will be six inches from the ground. AMERICAN PAINTERS' PRIZES. Washington. Directors of the Cor coran Art Gallery today announced these award* for the fifth exhibition of contemporary American otl paint ings: First prise ($2.000) —J. Allen Weir, "I’ortrnit of Mias De L." Mr. Weir also received the Corcoran gold medal. Second prlxe. ($1,500 and stiver medal) Charles 11. Woodbury, Bos ton, "Tbe Rainbow." Third prlxe. ($1,500 and bronxe med al! Clfford Beal, New York, "The Knd of the Street." Fourth prise. SSOO and honorable mention certificate) Richard Blos som Farley, "Fog." VICF PRES T '“ON THE JOB." Boston. Vice-President Marshall took cognisance lodnv of newspaper criticism of hi* appearance on the lecture platform. He said: "l do not think the people of the United States care whether 1 am paid for lecturing or not. Ido bclieVc they care whether I am on my Job as pre aiding officer of the United State* senate white that bolv t» In session. My duty to the Fulled States calls for me to preside over the senate. I vi as on the Job when that body ad journed and I shall he there when It convenes next Monday." BEN FRANK * DEAD. Philadelphia.—Mis* Agnes Irwin, 73, formerly dean of mwellffe College, Cambridge, Mass., died of pneumonia at her home here today. Mias Irwin waaa great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. BRITAIN AND ITALY PROTEST U. S. LAW The New “30 Per Cent” Anti-Alien Act of Arizona Subject of Protests to State Department—Gov. Hunt Wires That He Will Postpone His Proclamation Pending Further investi gation Washington. —ln the absence of of ficial advices, Secretary Bryan Sat urday night declined to comment on a message from Governor Hunt, an nouncing Ids decision to postpone the proclamation of Arizona’* new anti alien employment law pending further communications from the state de part/neat. Formal protests against, the law were lodged Saturday hy the Brit ish and Italian ambassadors and a message was sent to Governor Hunt asking If he had authority to post pone action. Mr. Bryan listened with interest to the governor’s reply as car ried In Associated Press dispatches, hut would not discuss the matter. The department Is not advised ns to the full scope of the law, but It is known 4t requires a minimum of 80 per cent of the employes any per son or corporation in the state to lie citizens of Jhe United States. Gov ernor Hunt' also was asked to trans mil Ihe full text of the law. The note jFesented hy the, British ambassador rought Information ns to the exact status of British residents in CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM SPECIAL BAILIFF OF THE UNITED STATES COURT Deputy TJ, S. Marshall 15. C. Pierce, In the role of a special deputy for the city of Augusta, returned from Thom son, Ga., last night with a prisoner, George Young, white, of Thomson, who Was arrested hy him late in the af ternoon on a charge of larcency from the house. It is claimed hy Mr. Pierce that dur ing the recent term of the United States court here, Mr. M. G. Murchi son, of Tennille, Gft„ who was here as BENDER SIGNS HR FEDERALS Philadelphia.—Chas. A. Bender, (lie great Indian pitcher of the Philadel phia Athletics, today signed a Fed einl League contract and will play with either Brooklyn or Baltimore. The big chief Is the second star pitch er of the former world’s champions to jump to the Kederals this week, Kd dte Plank having signed a contract at Gettysburg, Pa., last Wednesday to play with the St. I-ouis dub. Bender tonight confirmed the report that he had gone over to the Federal*, lie gold lie met Harry Goldman, of the Baltimore club hero today and lost no time in signing. "The terms of the contract were very satisfactory, and it is the best thing 1 ever did in my life," said he. "The contract is to run for two > ears." Bender said he knew others who were going to sign Federal League contracts, but refused to disclose their Identity. Connie Mark, manager of the Ath letics. said lie was not surprised when told that Bender had gone over to the Federal League. "I expected It. His contract with Philadelphia expired this year," li« said, "and 1 did not intend lo renew It. Bende was simply under reserve and the matetr Is entirely up to him 1 made no arrangements or entered Into any deal for Bonder for next year. I had asked for waivers on him, l’lank and Coombs." NEW REVOLUTION ON IN MEXICO El Paso, Tex**.—A new revolution ary movement bas been started In Mexico, according to copies of a proc lamation received here today and signed by Jose Inez Balaxar and Em ilio P. Onmpa, two former Huerta gen erals. The two generals jyere reported at the head of the troops in central Chi huahua and about to attack Casas Oraiules, a strategic point southwest of Juarex and west of Chihuahua City. The proclamation denounced both the Carranza and the Villa govern ments. ADJUTANT YATES TO FEED 500 PEOPLE Adjutant Yates, of the Salvation Army, has his pot on the corner or Broad and Eighth streets and he asks Augustans lo keep it boiling. The ad jutant is planning to feed five hun dred at the arm>'» regular Christmas dinner for the poor and provide 300 children with Christmas presents. Although the times are hard I have faith in the Augusta people." said Adjutant Yates yesterday, "and I am sure that they are going to help me Itbrally this year, as usual." Adjutant Yates and hts family are held In such high esteem in Augusta that there Is no doubt about the peo ple responding to any appeal that he makes. WOMEN WANT PEACE. Chicago.—Bed Cross work needed tn Europe should be done by the belllg | erent*. declared Miss Jane Addams here today. She addressed a meeting of women nt which resolutions were I adopted urging 1 ‘resident Wilson to try to obtain an armistice between Germany and the allies Frau Itoslka Bchwtmmer, of Hun .gary. and Mr*. Vethlck-tatwrence, of England, made peace addresses. irifc AUGUSTA HERALD, AUUUSIA, bA. Arizona under the law. It was stated that British consuls there had sent word that suits to test the legality of the act were contemplated by the British resi dents. Embassies Notified. In reply the state department notified both embassies It had taken steps to ob tain complete information as to the anti alien act and expected soon to be able to furnish the desired Information. As soon uj the text of the Arizona law is available It will lie subjected to study hy the department's legal advisors, who will also look up court decisions based on ant|-alien enactments of other slates such as f’alifornia, Oregon and New York. Will Delay Proclamation. Phoenix, Arlz. - Governor Hunt, of Arizona, telegraphed the statp depart ment he would delay proclaiming the law voted «t the November election forbid ding the employment of more than 20 per cent of foreigners In any hustneas In Ihe state. Governor Hunt declared that he was averse lo delaying the proclama tion, but would do so pending further ad vices from the state department. a special bailiff for the U. N. court, had stolen from him his suit ease and a rain coat while he was rooming with him (Mr Pierce) at 1)09 Broad street. Mr. Pierce states that the thief emp tied the contents of the suit ease in the room and left them untounched. A preliminary hearing In the case Is set for Tuesday morning before Mag istrate 15. T. Bennett. In ttie meantime Young, who stoutly denies even being in Augusta on the date of the alleged larcency, is out on SIOO bond. SUBiIE OF BRITAIN IS Oil Berlin, )By Wireless to Sayville, L. I.—A British submarine today tried to force a passage through the Darda nelles, according to a dispatch from Constantinople to the Frankfurter Zeitung. The submarine’s presence was discovered, however, the message adds, and the vessel apparently was hit by shots from the Turkish forts. Strangle Girl To Death With Cord Sacramento, Cal.—The body of a 10- year-old girl, who had been strangled by means of a cord, was found in a German Lutheran church here to night. AUBURN DEFEAT OF CARLISLE J BIG SBBPRISE Atlanta, Qa.—Auburn’s undefeated eleven furnished one of the football sur prises of the year In the South today when It defeated the Carlisle Indians, to to aln a post-season game here. With this game. Auburn closed Its season without being scored upon. Carlisle presented an attack In the first period which threatened to de morallxe the defense of tile Alabama I’olyteclinlo Institute team. After Calace, F. Brooker, and l'ratt had carried the ball sixty-five yards down the field to within the shadow of the Auburn goal post the Indians lost their best chance to score when a 15-yard penalty was In flicted for holding. Immediately after ward the oval was lost on downs and thereafter Carlisle never -iously threatened Auburn's goal line. Grew Stronger. The Plainsmen steadily grew stronger as the game advanced. They obtained the hall on downs on Carlisle's thirty yard Hue early tn the fourth period and two line rushes by Bides unit Hairston aided by a forward pass, Hairston to Hart, carried the oval to the Indians' 6- yard line. Hairston then went through for a touchdown. Lmilslle kicked goal. The game was played lit dreary, vap ory' weather and on a field made heavy by recent rains. Cnrltsle attempted nu merous lateral and forward passes near the end of the contest, hut could not grin consecutively. Auburn, as usual relied chiefly on straight football. Last Play for Six. 31* Auburn players contested for the last time today for the Blue and 1 lokL They v.Vo Captain Hohlnson and Ke.tr ley, ends; Loulselle, tackle; Pitts, cen ter; Thigpen, guard and Hart, halfback. The gtme also commemorated the pass ing of Conch (llenn Warner from the service of Carlisle. He will roach the I’nlverstty of Pittsburg eleven In 1915. Today's game closed the Southern football se t son of 1914. Auburn has not been defeated In two years and was not scored on this season. SECOND SACKER WANTED TO FILL EVERS PLACE, CUBS Chicago.—Plans for a trade for a sewn i baseman for the Chicago Na tionals wore made today by President Charles Thomas and his manager. Roger Btd'snahun. Both will leave to tin' for New York to attend the Na tional lavigne meeting Tuesday when they hope to obtain the player needed to fill the hole made vacant by the trade of Johnny Evers. Neither would discuss the player they had In mind. DROP TWO BOM BS. London, 1:00 a. m.-An Austrian aeroplane dropped two bombs yester day on Cettlnje. according to a Reu ter dispatch from the Montenegrin capital. No damage was done. TITLED NOVELIST APPEALS FOR AID FOR BELGIANS ij&&t¥prSi r • '' ffwfffi-SigglCT*.TyWl' l '' W '' * SIR GILBERT PARKER. Who has made a stirring appeal to America to contribute generously for the relief of the destitute Belgians, more of whom will die of starvation than on the battlefield, he says, unless America supplies them with food. Big Cruiser Australia Missing Berlin, (By Wireless to Sayville, L. I.)- Information given out to the press today by the German official press bureau says that, according to a re port received hy the Italian newspa per Corriere Della Sera, the Australian battle cruiser Australia apparently is missing. The Australia is a dreadnought cruiser of 19,200 tons. She is 578 feet long, 79 1-2 feet beam and has a mean draft of 27 3-4 feet. She was built at Clydebank in 1912 and is capable of traveling 26 knots an hour. The Australia carries eight 12-inch guns, sixteen 4-inch guns and three 21-inch torpedo tubes. The Australia was last reported in Hawaiian -/aters in September when the Matseon Navigation Company staeme.r Wilhelmina picked up a wire less message from the dreadnought saying that she was in full chase of the German cruiser Neurenburg. SOT BETRAYED 510 OF FRENCH London, 1:59 a. m—How 500 French troops were betrayed by a spy last Tuesday is told in dispatches from Dunkirk. The French soldiers were sleeping in a church at Lampernisse. A spy displayed lights in the belfry, which notified the German artillery of the presence of the troops. A bom bardment followed and the sleeping men were out to pieces by exploding shells which also set fire to the straw on which they had been lying. U. ST XMAS SHIP AT MARSEILLES Marseilles, via Paris, 6:34 p. m.— Something of Christmas cheer was as sured Marseilles children, "whose fath ers are on the firing line, when the United Slates Santa Claus ship Jason came into port today and unloaded 50 wagon loads of gifts. The towns people massed upon the quays and gave the ship a warm greeting. The Jason left New York November 13th loaded with Christmas gifts for children of the belligerent countries. Her last calling place was Davenport, England, whence she sailed Novem ber 2Sth for Marseilles. ITALY NEUTRAL —ALSO ARMED Rome. 8:15 p. m.—The Italian cham ber today passed a vote of confidence In the government, 413 to 49. Reasons for Neutrality. Rome Bettole, eawminls ter of marine, presented the resolu tion calling for a vote of confidence In the cabinet. Tbe admiral said he ap proved of the reasons for neutrality given by Premier Salandra. Italy's neutrality Is not due to un satisfactory military conditions, Ad miral Bettole said, but to the fact that Italy is not obliged to follow the cen tral empires of Europe The former minister ndded: “Our neutrality must he strongly armed to enable us to defend the su preme Interests of the country if they are threatened or unrecognized. Our neutrality should be an expression of Italy's diplomatic and military pow er." SHOT SELF BESIDE GRAVE. Chicago. At the funeral of Richard K Levin, buried at a cemetery here to day, Miss Maude M. Oregg, 29 years old. drew a revolver from her muff, shot hereolf and fell Into the open grave. She was hurried to a hospital and Is ex pected to die. I l.evln was 33 year* old. He wa* kill ed Wednesday In un automobile acci dent. Mis* Gregg and l.evln had been close friends. GERMAN GRAVEYARD TO SOUTH 0E LODZ Dead and Wounded So Thick, Required Three Days for Hos pital Corps to Clear Battle field—Thousands Lie Buried Side By Side RUSSIAN LEFT WING IS NOW OPPOSED BY FIVE ARMY CORPS OF ENEMY Petrograd Reports Victory Due to Terrific Bayonet Charges of the Siberians. Trenches Taken and Retaken Three Times Petrograd, (via London, 7:55 p. m.)— The center of the field of operations in the eastern war arena has moved to the Fouth of Lodz, in Russian Poland. The German effort centers at Szczerczow, twenty miles west of Piotrokow, with that town the objective. Heavy fight ing is reported also along the line from Glowno, sixteen miles northeast of Lodz, to the Vistula river. The strength of the German forces op posing the Russian left wing is esti mated at five corps, each corps occu pying a front from eight to ten miles in extent. Exhaustion on Center. There are indications that, owing to the exhaustion of troops composing the German center, most of those regiments have been withdrawn or are resting on their arms and that fresher troops are holding the line. News dispatches from the front attri bute the Russian success near Lodz chiefly to the tireless aggression of the Siberian troops. The entire wooded region from Rrze ziny to Kurpin is described as a Ger man graveyard. 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The flre-hlaoked ruins of the village of Kurpin. dispatches from the front say. are packed with charred bodies of Teutons who took refuge from Siberian bayonets to fall under the fire of a Rus sian battery. Dispatches from Poland say the Ger man disaster attending a march to reach the rpaln Teuton force from an isolated center began with a charge of the Si berians at Rzgow, six miles south of Lodz. The Siberians, after a long march, entered prepared trenches and imme diately asked permission to attack Rzgow, where the Germans were en trenched. They deployed and attacked from two sides. The unexpectedness of the assault surprised the Germans and the first trenches were quickly taken, though the Germans soon recaptured In the next few hours these trenches were taken and retaken three times. The Germans finally retreated north ward, being pounded by the Russians until the main body' of Germans was reached. A rough cross surmounted by a peak ed helmet and another cross on which rests a Siberian capital, blood-stained and bullet-holed, now marks the field where thousands of dead lie side by side. FORD COUNCIL ROYAL ARCANUM ELECT OFFICERS Ford Council No. 34, Royal Arcanum, at Friday night’s meeting, elected th* following officers: Past Regent—J. C. Labouser. Regent—D. F. Kahrs. \ Vice-Regent—L. H. Doering. L. Orator —T. M. Roberts. $ Secretary—H. J. Parker. 5 Collector—E. P. H. Ruland. Treasurer—C. J. T. Balk. Chaplain—J. Y. Gresham. Guide—R. S. Walker. Warden—E. C. Hulbert. Secretary—lke Fogel. Representative—D. F. Kahrs. Alternate —H. J. Parker. The Grand Council meets at Carroll ton, Ga., next April.