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VOLUME XIX, No. 343.
NO A GGRESSION IN
TROOPS TO BORDER
Statement Issued Regarding
Sending Additional United
States Soldiers to Naco After
Conference Between Presi
dent and Secretary Bryan
Washington.—No aggressive action on
the part of the United States is contem
plated in the sending of additional troops
jtto Naco, Arizona. An official statement
Regarding the sending of troops was is
sued today at the White House.
1 After a conference with Precept Wil
son, Secretary Tumulty made the follow
ing statement:
The Statement.
"It lias been thought wise to strength
en the forces t Naco because of the
reckless carele ness of the contending
factions there failing to control the
direction of th ' fire. Of course no
aggressive actio, is contemplated."
Many Protests.
A number of messages have been re
ceived front Americans along the border
protesting against the continued firing
into United States territory by Mexican
followers of General Hill and General
Maytorena. More than a score of per
sons have been killed and wounded on
Hie American side.
Ordered Not to Fire.
Washington.— Later Secretary Gar
rison said the commanders at Naco
had been ordered not to fire across the
border unless they received orders to
do so from Washington
Under ordinary circumstances dis
cretion would be with the commanders.
ARRIVING IN PARIS.
Paris, 3:10 p. m,—President Poin
care and Premier Viviani arrived in
Paris today from Bordeaux. Foreign
Minister Decasse and members of the
diplomatic corps were to follow them
later in the day.
The Good Fellow
Secret
HAPPY IS MAKING
OTHERS HAPPY”
This Is Going to Ee a Great
Christmas For Happiness
With So Many More to
Make Happy.
The Good Fellows know that
not one needy person In all Au
gusta will be without Christmas
this year. Hundreds of co-workers
here —men and women who derive
happiness by making other persons
happy have determined that
Christmas cheer and gladness shall
be spread to every hut and shack
and dwelling place in Augusta.
It is a tremendous job this year
—bigger than it was in 1913 or the
year before. -Piteous, begging let
ters asking help and assistance al
ready were stacked high and the
secretary is struggling through
them to gain an Inkling of their
import.
Hoartaches in the Letters.
One was written in a childish
scrawl. It told the story of a wo
man deserted by her husband,
struggling to maintain her son and
daughter in the grade school on
the meager salary of a woman who
worked whenever she could find
employment. And employment In
this December time was scarce, the
scrawl said. Another letter told of
sickness and old age. A woman,
asked only for bread to make her
Christmas a happy one.
Here is an incident in the
good fellowship work of last
year. A woman, 80 years old and
very feeble, was fouhd on Christ
mas Eve in a cheerless shack. A
Good Fellow came with provisions
and clothes.
Many Toya Already Bought.
'“God bless you,” she had said,
through her tears of happiness and
thanks. ‘Til pray for you tonight
and every night this year.”
One wonders if this woman is
alive yet. There are others just as
needy.
The other letters were similar
in tone and spirit. Some were
from women, a few were written
by men, and many were from chil
dren.
Why Good Fellows Are Happy.
"It's a part of the good fellow
ship creed."
The quotation is from Lowell. It
reads:
Not what we give, but what we
share.
For the gift without the giver is
bare;
Who gives himself with his alms
feeds three —
Himself, his hungering neighbor
bor and Me.
"The Good Fellow makes himself
happy by taking happiness and
cheer to others.”
Get 3usy Goodfellows.
The mail brings more and more
calls for help. Goodfellows must
get busy or some of the poor kid
dles will be overlooked.
f' - The Xmas fund grows slowly,
but surely, and the work Is get
ting biggdr and bigger all the
time.
Helen and Marion Schley are
two Goodfellows and send SI.OO
-aAthe Xmas fund. A nameless
fellow encloses three one-dol
lar bills. Miss Rlchardtne Pur
year sends SI.OO for the Good
fellows' Club.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
GREAT WELCOME
FORJEICK
Returning 1 U. S. Ambassador to
France Gets Legion of
Cross at Sea. Cheered on Ar
rival Today at N. Y.
New York. —The grand cross of the
Legion of Honor is on its way from
the president of France to Myron T.
Herrick, in recognition of Mr. Her
rick’s services to the French people
while ambassador to France. Mr.
Herrick was decorated yesterday with
a red ribbon, emblematic of the cross
by the captain of the steamer Roch
ambeau, acting on wireless orders
from the French ambassador at
Washington, who said he was acting
under instrtflctions of President Poin
care.
In Three-Mile Limit.
The decoration was pinned upon Mr.
Herrick’s chest as soon as the steamer
reached the three-mile sea limit of
American sovereignty. Announce
ment of the bestowal of the honor '-/as
made today when the Rochambeau
docked.
The grand cross of the Legion of
Honor is the highest honor which the
French government can bestow. There,
are, including Mr. Herrick, only 45
living persons who have been thus
decorated.
Spectacular Welcome.
A spectacular welcome was given
the retiring ambassador and his wife
when the vessel docked. The passen-.
gers, nearly all natives of France, lin
ed the rail and cheered as Mr. and
Mrs. Herrick walked down the gang
plank; and the cheering was taken up
by hundreds of persons who had cone
to the pier to greet him on behalf of
the city, state, nation and the state
of Ohio.
Mr. Herrick declined to talk for
publication upon his experiences in
France.
G. O. P. in 1916?
Mr. Herrick appeared to be annoy
ed w-hen he heard he had been men
tioned for the 1916 Republican presi
dential nomination.
“I do not want to talk politics,” he
said. “If any credit is due me for
the small part I have played, I do not
want to capitalize It.
"I am very tired and very ‘broke.’
I have just learned that the Ohio so
ciety has engaged rooms for me at a
hotel for which I will not have to pay.
This is the best news I have heard
in a long time.
“I want to make particular mention
of the American Clearing House So
ciety, which has been organized in
Paris with at view to minimizing the
waste of charity.
Charity Clearing House.
“The need for a clearing house be
came apparent to us in Paris. That
resulted in the organization of the so
ciety which will centralize the aid
given by this country, and is already
saving 20 per cent of the charity.
“The organization does not seek to
raise money. All 'that is asked is that
people who want to give things keep
tihs dealing house informed. There
has been much dissatisfaction caused
by people not being able to find out
what became of what they gave. Af
ter the war is over a book will be is
sued by this society telling the story
of the charity work in this war."
Doesn’t eiieve It.
Mrs. Herrick said that she did not
believe that any of the stories con
cerning alleged German atrocities
were true.
"I do not know of one case where
sufficient or convincing proof has
been offered concerning these so
called atrocities,” she said. “When
the war and excitement is over I am
sure that all such stories will be found
groundless.”
Mr. Herrick is the only living Amer
ican to wear the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honor. So far as is known,
no other American was ever thus dec
orated in the 112 years that have pass
ed since the order was created by Na
poleon Bonaparte in 1802.
Many Amer'cans have been created
officers and chevaliers of the Legion—
>t>f lower rank than the Grand Cross.
Holders of the Grand Cross are al
most exclusively French ambassadors,
Generals or Vice Admirals.
Rebel Gen’l, South
Africa Drowned
Pretoria, via. London, Dec. 9, 6:35
a. m.—The circumstances which led
the government to announce that Gen
eral Christian Beyers, the rebel leader,
had been killed were made public to
day. It appears that during a sharp
engagement on the banks of the Vaal,
Beyers, with some others, endeavored
to c-oss the river. They were fired
on and Beyers was seen to fall from
his horse. His body drifted own the
stream and then disappeared under
water. A aearch is being made' for the
body. •
General Beyers was the only Impor
tant rebel leader still at large.
CARRANZA TROOPS
BEAT VILLA’S MEN
Washington,—The Mexioan consti
tutionalist agency here today an
nounced receipt of official advices that
that Oaranza troops have re-occup
pied Durango, expelling the Villa gar
rison and that a large Carranza force
la moving on Hermosillo,
: THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1914.
Australian Battle Cruiser Strangely Missing
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AUSTRALIAN CRUISER AUSTRALIA.
London. —Although no official report has been given out it is intimated that grave fears are felt for the
safety of the Australian cruiser Australia, which the German official press bureau reports as missing. Tho
Australia was present during the capture of Apia in August. She was last reported in Hawaiian waters in
September, while chasing the Nurnberg. The Australia is the flagship of the Australian fleet of nine vessels.
She is presumed to carry her full war complement of 800 men. She was so commissioned in June, 1913, and
cost $8,000,000. She has a displacement of 19,200 tons, is 578 feet long, 79 1-2 feel beam and attained 26 knots
in a speed trial. Her armament consists of eight 12-inch guns, sixteen 16-inch guns and three. 21-lnch tor
pedo tubes.
FLETCHER’S FOR
TRE BATTLESHIP
U. S. Rear Admiral Declares
Before Naval Committee That
It’s the Greatest Weapon of
Sea Warfare.
Washington. Rear Admiral
Fletcher impressively told the
house naval committee today that
the United States navy now is
unprepared to cope with the most
powerful navy in the world. He
mentioned no country. “You can
safely say,” he testified, “that we
are not prepared for the worst
_ emergency that might arise to
Trmteet ourselves from the «re*»*w
est force available.”
For the Battleship.
Washington—Rear Admiral Fletcher,
testifying today before th# house na
val committee, defended the battleship
as the greatest weapon of sea war
fare.
"The European war has not demon
strated,” he declared, “that the bat
tleship is any less valuable in naval
warfare than heretofore, or that It is
not still the main factor in finally de
termining a conflict.
“The submarine undoubtedly Is a
valuable adjunct to the navy. The de
fense against the submarine has not
yet been fully developed. Eventually
a defense against the submarine will
be found, just as a defense was found
against the old style spar torpedo and
the automobile torpedo. On defense
against the submarine already devel
oping is the airship.”
For the first time In many years the
committee today opened its doors dur
ing the hearing on the naval appropri
ation bill.
700 Miles Away.
Admiral Fletcher said If England went
to war with the United States It would
be entirely practical to send subma
rines across the ocean to dart Into an
American harbor and assail the Amer
ican fleet. It was, of course, a sup
positious case as to the practicability
of such a move and the admiral re
marked that England had a "nice lit
tle supply station" seven hundred
miles away from New York harbor —-
Bermuda.
Submarines’ Condition.
Representative Roberts of Massa
chusetts asked Admiral Fletcher about
the actual condition of American sub
marines, and he finally replied there
was only one submarine now in active
first class commission. About 12 of
the craft,e he said, were undergoing
annual overhauling. All he added
should be in readiness for active ser
vice, "some time In February and they
will then he effective weapons.”
"How far off shore could a most
modern battleship lie and effectively
shell one of our cities?” asked Repre
sentative Stephens of California.
“From 8 to 12 Miles.”
“From eight to twelve miles.”
"Would a modern battleship bom
bard a city from that distance it it
knew there were submarines there?”
‘‘No, nor would they ordinarily, ev
en If It were known there were no sub
marines."
"In case of the United States be
coming engaged In a war do you think
It should be the policy of our fleet to
remain In harbor?” asked Represen
tative Hobson.
“No, I do not,” answered the admir
al emphatically.
RE DISCOUNT RATE.
Washington,—The federal reserve
board today authorized the reserve
banks at Atlanta, St. Lou!#, Minne
apolis and Dallas to make a re-dis
eount rate of five and a half per cent
lon 30 day mateurltles.
- ' • "
1,410 CARS OF CORN.
Chicago,—The largest single
day’s receipts of corn ever known
in any market were received n
Chicago yesterday. Hhlpments to
talled 1.410 cars. Much of the new
grain, which was received chiefly
from the Northwest, will he ship
ped to countries at war.
LEO FRANK IS
SENTENCED TO
HANG JAN’Y 11
Today, For Third Time, Re
ceives the Death Sentence.
Makes Statement Denouncing
Spirit of Mob Violence.
Atlanta, Ga.—Leo M. Frank today
was sentenced in the superior court
to be hanged on Friday, January 22d,
for the murder here in April, 1913, of
Mary Phagan, a 14-year-old . factory
girl.
Before receiving sentence, which
“term* fWsstww*. by- Judg&JJen H_ Hill,
FraVik made a statement denouncing
the “spirit of mob violence which per
vaded the courtroom” at his trial, de
claring his death would "lay an in
delible stain upon Georgia’s name for
justice,” and charging that James
Conley, a negro who was the state’s
principal witness against Frank, had
committed perjury.
The Third Time.
Today gnarks the third time Frank
has been sentenced to death for the
Phagan girl’s murder. Re-sentence
is in accordance with the state su
preme court’s refusal to set aside the
conviction on the ground, that Frank
was absent from the courtroom, when
the verdic. was ireturned.
Frank was taken from the jail to
the courthouse under an escort of
deputy sheriffs. The prisoner walked
into the court room with a firm step
and faced Judge Hill with the calm
ness which has characterized him
throughout his fight for life.
In reply to the usual query by the
court if he had aiC y reason to give
why sentence should not be passed
upon him, Frank made the following
statement:
4
The Statement.
“May it please your honor, this Is
a momentous day—a day of far great
er importance to the state of Georgia
and to the majesty of the law than
even to myself, for under the guise
of law your honor Is about to pro
nounce words that will condemn to
death an Innocent man. Transcending
In importance the loss of my own life
iu the indelible stain and dishonor
resting upon thttnume of this Mate
by reason of its”udlcially murdering
an innocent man. The Jury’s verdict
on August 25, 1913, finding me guilty
of the death of Mary Phagan did not
then and does not now speak the
truth. I declare to your honor and to
the world that that verdict was made
In an atmosphere seething with mob
violence and clamor for my life—a
verdict based on evidence absolutely
false, which under other cumstances
would not have been given a moment's
credence.
“I deeply sympathize with the par
ents of Mary Phagan. The brute that
brought so much grief upon them has
plunged me Into sorrow and misery
unspeakable and is about to accom
plish my undoing.
“But This I Know."
"But this I know, my execution will
mark the advent of a new era In
Georgia, where a good name and
stainless honor count for naught
against the word of a vile criminal;
where the testimony of southern white
women of unimpeachable character is
branded as false by the prosecution,
disregarded by the Jury and the per
illed vaporhigs of a black brute atone
accepted as the whole truth; where a
mob crying for blood Invaded the
court room and became the dominant
factor In what should have been a
solemn Judicial trial. Oh, shame—that
these things be true!
Desth Has No Terror*.
“Life is very sweet to me. It Is not
an easy thing to give up the love of
dear ones, of wife and parents of every
loyal friend. Though this be true,
death has no terrors for me. I go to
my end In the full consciousness of In
nocence and In the fligri conviction
that as there Is a God In Heavpn, my
full vindication must come some day.
With the dawn of that day there will
come to the people of Georgia a full
realization of this horrible mistake, a
mistake Irretrievable —the execution
of an Innocent, man, a victim of per
jury, prejudice and passion,"
Captured
23,000 of
Russians
Washington. —Success of the allied
German and Austrian troofts in west
ern Galicia was reported from Vienna
today to the embassy here.
The dispatch says:
"The battle in Poland progresses
favorably. In western Galicia the Aus
tro-Hungarian German troops attack
ed from th£ south the advancing Rus
sians and captured 23,000 prisoners.
"The enemy with reinforcements
continues violent attacks. Prince
Liechtenstein and Deputy Pekar, left
for Genoa to greet the American
Christmas ship Jason. German also
send* delegates. The public mani
fests the greatest gratitude for this
proof of sympathy suggested by the
American newspapers.
PNEUMONIA
ATTACKS
KAISER
London, 3.-05 p. m.—Emperor Wil
liam Is suffering from pneumonia,
which Is combined with nervous de
pression due to over exertion, accord
ing to telegrams from Berlin forward
ed by the Amsterdam correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph Company.
The message adds that the German
emperor’s doctors have advised him
not to return to the front.
M'ADOD TELES
OF MONEYBAGS
OF UNCLE 01
Washington.—Secretary McAdoo, In
his annual report to congress today,
outlined at length the steps taken by
the treasury department to restore
confidence and support American bus
iness, shaken and weakened by the Eu
ropean war.
“A catastrophe of calamitous pro
portions," said the report, "was nar
rowly averted. It Is a tribute to the
economic strength and soundness of
the country and to the patriotism of
Its people in every class and walk of
life that the shock has been so ad
mirably wlthstjiod
•Secretary McAdoo’s estimates for
fiscal years 1915 and 1916, follow:
Year Ending June 30, 1915.
Ordinary receipts $728,000,000
Ordinary disbursements ... 710,000,000
Estimated surplus.. ... 18,000,000
< Payments of $28,0410,000 for th>*
Panama canal will turn this Into a
deficit of $10,000,000.)
Year Ending June 30, 1916,
Ordinary receipts $725,000,000.00
Disbursements 713,765.104.80
Surplus .. 21,234,895.20
<After paying $19,000,000 for the
Panama canal there will still be a
surplus.)
Sammy Went Directly to Headquarters
For Information on Subject of Essay
Washington.—" Hammy" April, the small boy who supplies Preside...t
Wilson with newspapers called on Secretary Tumulty today and asked
him what he thought of Mr. Wilson's message to congress. Mr. Tumulty
Immediately launched into a laudatory discussion of the subject. When
he had talked a few minutes, he paused and asked: •
"But why do you ask, Kammy?"
“1 have to write a composition on It ln'*school tomorrow,” replied the
boy, “and I thought I would corr.e to headquarters for the information.”
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
TERRIFIC STRAIN AS
GERMANS PURSUE
GERMAN ROOT
IS CLAIMED
RY RUSSIA
Serious Defeat Inflicted Near
Cracow. Losses Enormous,
According to Petrograd Re
port.
Petrograd, (Delayed in Transmis
sion). The Russian war office de
clares a serious defeat has been in
flicted on the Germans in one of the
three eastern war areas. It is an
nounced' that in the region of Cra
cow, Galicia, tho Germans were rout
ed, their right wing being turned, a.nd
that they are being pursued. Ger
man losses are described as enor
mous.
Across Silesia.
It has been suggested in London
that the Russia i would content
themselves with remaining on the de
fensive in Poland, after recent Ger
man successes there, and that send
ing reinforcements into Galicia, they
would attempt to invade Germany
from the south, across the Silesian
border.
The German prisoners nffirm that
their units sustained severe losses,
sf-me of the companies being reduced
to forty men. We are pursuing the
offensive.
EXECUTED HALF
OT TOWN'S MEN
El Paso, Texas, —Mexican and Am
erican refugees from the Interior have
reported disorders at several points.
It was said Villa soldiers a few days
ugo entered Galeana, Chihuahua,
where the inhabitants favored the
new Slazsr revolt and executed one
half of the men of the town. Tho
others were released with a warning.
Many of them later joined Salazar’s
army.
Persons from Gaudalsjara, declared
the Carranza commander of that city,
had used tho Roman Catholic cathe
dral there as a dance hall for his of-
DYNAMITE STICK
DROPS IN SHAFT
Scranton, Pa.—Nine men were kill
ed and five others seriously Injured
in the Diamond Colliery here today.
The men were In the carriage de
scending the shaft when one of them
dropped a stick of dynamite that ex
ploded, tearing the bottom out of the
carriage and dropping the men, dead
and Injured, down Into the sump at
tho bottom of the mine.
OPTIMISTIC IS
FRENCH REPORT
Paris,2:4s p. m. There was artil
lery fighting from the sea to the Lys
during the dsy of December 8, accord
ing to the French official announce
ment given out in Paris this afternoon,
and all the positions won by the
French In the last two days have been
strengthened The French have made
gains In the Alsne, in the Meuse and
in the Argonne.
The French statement, of today Is
one of the most optimistic of any
which has been Issued since tho Gor
mans settled down in trenches across
France and the long siege begun.
It Indicates that the offensive move
ment of the allies Is even more gen
eral than had been rKsclosed previous
ly.
Carranza Takes
Over Every Line
Vera Cruz, Mexico.—Every railroad,
telegraph Htidf telephone line In the
territory now under the control of
the constitutionalists was taken over
today by the Carranza government.
Announcement of this action was made
in a decree Issued by General Car
ranza, who asserts this step was made
necessary by the requirements of the
military campaign.
HOME
EDITION
Kaiser’s Army Pushing on East
After the Retiring Russians,
According to Berlin Report.
Lull Probably Due
PETROGRAD ASSERTING
STRATEGICAL NECESSITY
From Retrospect of Lodz Bat
tle Would Appear That
Crushing Victory Was Almost
Within German Grasp, But
Lost By Inability to Unite
Forces.
London, Dec. 9, 11:40 a. m, —The cen
ter of the German line in Russian Po
land having occupied Lodz, it is push
ing eastward after the retiring Rus
sians, according to official announce
ment made in Rerlln. Nevertheless,
the strain on both sides has been ter
rific and the losses heavy, so that a
lull Honn probably will set in on this
part of the eastern battle front, while
tho troops recuperate.
Is Claim Correct?
The Russians continue to assert that
their retirement from Lodz was a
strategical necessity rather than a de
foal, hut it will take future develop
ments to show whether that, claim Is
correct. Twice driven back from War
saw, the Germans again are in a po
sition to advance on the capital of
Russian Poland, and even the British
press, which minimizes the Importance
of the taking of Lodz, points out that
It is on the trunk line railroad between
Kallsz and Warsaw, which line is now
held by the invaders, probably to a
point considerably to the east of tho
occupied city.
Almost Within Grasp.
Viewing the fighting ,n the vicinity
of laid* In retrospect it would appear
that Germany had a crushing victory
alAhost within her grasp and lost it by
inability to unite her forces, while
later the Russians were successful In
gaining a dominant position which
they could not hold.
In tho West.
In the west, while it still would ap
pear generally true that the Germans
are more on th£ defensive than the
offensive, the news that they have
made a violent attack south of Ypres
indicates they have not abandoned the
idea of breaking through to the French
const and it Is said the pick of the
German western army has been con
centrated for this latest effort.
Fato of Boysrs.
The fate of General Beyers in South
Africa has not yet been absolutely
cleared up. If he is dead, as is be
lieved, it will remove the last of the
important South African rebels.
General de Wet is a prisoner. Colo
nel Marltz a fugitive and most of the
commands have been broken up.
SWEDEN IS ID,
GERMAN MINES
Stockholm, Sweden, (via London,
noon.) —The Swedish Dress Is Indig
nant over the planting of floating
mines along the coast of Finland,
which has resulted so far In the loss
of three large Swedish steamers and
the drowning of more than 40 men.
Navigation of Finnish waters hith
erto has been unimpeded and no
warning of the laying of mines has
been given. Captains of Swedish
steamers reaching here declare they
saw German warships near the Fin
nish coast Saturday and Sunday; con
sequently the strewing of mines in
these waters is credited to the Ger
mans.
Cholera Spreading
Fast in Austria
Rotterdam, via London, 10:50 a. m.
—The Berlin board of health, accord
ing to information reaching Rotter
dame, reported 36 eases of cholera in
Germany during the month of Nov
ember.
In Austria, especially In Galicia, the
cholera la spreading rapidly. Eight
hundred and forty four cases were
reported during the first week of Nov
ember in which period there were 331
deaths. There were 90 deaths in Vien
na in Hungary during the same week
there were 532 cases of cholera.
TORRENTIAL RAINS.
Fort de France, Martinique, Dec. 9.
Torrential rains pelted Fort de France
last night, Inundating the city and
damaging property.
THERE ARE
13
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Road Herald ada and call
for advertiaed goods if you
want the pick of styles and
bargains.
When shopping Augueta
tomorrow Bayj “I Saw li la
The Herald." It will pay.
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