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r THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Thurs day. 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 .. —„.. —.—. „ ... . . - jjgjpr 'Jr 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. T-w It