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VOLUME XIX, No. 351.
England is Astir
As Never Before
Bristling With Wrath and Re
sentment at Bombardment by
German Squadron—lmpos
sible Yet to Estimate Number
Civilian Dead and Wounded
ANOTHER SEA RAID IS
CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED
Yesterday’s Episode Drives
Home the Realities of War.
Attacked Towns Resume Nor
mal Conditions. German Ves
sels Probably Back at Base
Last Midnight
London, 10:35 a. m.— Crippling of
telephone and telegraph wires by the
bombardment yesterday of Scarbor
; ough, the Hartlepools and Whitby, on
1 the east coast of England, by German
Ncruisers, together with military pre
cautions thrown about those towns,
made it impossible even today to ob
tain more than an approximate esti
mate of the civilian dead and wounded.
Expect Another One.
Bristling with wrath and resent
ment at the attack on unfortified
towns, England was astir today as
never before since war was declared.
Another raid is confidently expected
and the entire machinery of home de
fense has been put Into motion. On
the east and the southeast coast emer
gency committees are at work, while
in London plans to organize a nation
al guard of men too old for military
service are under way.
Realities of War.
Although to the British mind a raid
on London seems remote, yesterday’s
episode drove home' the realities of
war as nothing else could. Arrange
ments have been made at Deal and
Dover to expedite the removal of the
civilian population In case of an at
tack. Those measures are primarily
to forestall any panic or traffic con
gestion which might impede military
movements.
Berlin Hears of It.
Berlin promptly heard of the out
come of the raid through wireless and
this morning a wireless message from
the German capital, picked up here,
repeated details of the attack as print
ed by British newspapers yesterday.
Nothing has been added from German
official sources.
Steal -ng at high speed, the German
raiders, barring mishap, should have
reached their advance naval base off
Helgoland sometime after midnight,
their trip requiring about 15 hours.
Thirty hours out of port on such a
venture in mine-laden waters Is a feat
English papers do not belittle, and in
his heart every Englishman hopes that
it will be essayad again and if neces
sary again until the call is paid once
too often.
Mines Behind.
It is presumed that behind them
the German cruiser strewed mines, so
a fleet of trawlers is now out engaged
in the precarious task of sweeping.
The towns attacked yesterday had
resumed much of their normal appear
ance today, except in the bereaved
homes and in the hospitals.
Belief is general that the Germans
had the able assistance of spies. Tho
remarkable secrecy with which tht
raid was executed is shown by the
fact that not a single incoming ves
sel at any coast port saw the German
ships prior to their sudden appear
ance.
The nearest parallel to yesterday's
visit is found in the activities of John
Paul Jones, terror of English shipping,
who menaced English coast towns in
1779.
SINGLE SNELL
KILLED IS BOYS
Loondon, 1:35 p. m.—A majority of
the victims at Hartlespool in yester
day’s bombardment were women and
children. Fifteen school boys were
killed by a single shell, only one in a
group escaping. Ten persons were
killed by the collapse of a building in
which they had taken shelter. One
shell damaged a building five miles
from shore
NOVEMBER TRADE BALANCE
IN FAVOR OF THE U. 8.
Washington. —November foreign
trade statistics show a balance In
favor of the United States of $79,-
299.417. For October the balance
was $56,630,650; for September,
$16,341,722, while in August it was
$19,400,406 against the United
States.
November's exports announced
today by the Department of Com
merce totalled $205,766,424 and
imports $126,467,007. There was a
decrease of $71,000,000 In cottoon
exports compared with November,
1913.
The S. 0. S. Call is Going Forth—These are the last busy, bustling days for Xmas Shopping. Don’t wait
until the last moment, when the stores will be crowded, when the Big Bargains are gone, the clerks tired and your
own patience and temper sorely tried. Get Busy Now-—Take your pencil, make up tomorrow’s shopping list. Watch
the startling Business Announcements, the store news of moment, that appears daily in Herald ads. You’ll miss the
Biggest Bargains in Augusta unless you read Herald ads these days — Watch tor them daily
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Goodfellows
Goodfellows, and a bit colder at
night. "Something to eat and to
burn" has a kind of catchy ring
about it, a ring that kind of catch
es you around the throat, and
that's the sort of ring that is
ringing in the ears of the Good
fellows of Augusta, this Xmas,
"something to eat and to burn.”
As usual there are a. great many
more letters asking for aid and
assistance than there are volun
teers. But there is time, just
enough time, to make up the dif
ference. But this difference isn’t
going to be made up unless the
Goodfellows of the city get busy.
It's time to get busy, Goodfellows,
if you are going to help this Xmas.
Mrs. J. F. McCarty of 1128 Summer
St., is a Goodfellow and has a
double bed that she is willing to
send to the Goodfellows’ fund.
Miss M. C. Taylor of 941 Mclntosh
is going to provide the Xmas and
Santa Claus for 2 girls. Mrs M
.T, Plunkett of 963 Broad is a
Goodfellow and sends SI.OO to the
kids Xmas. Mrs. J. F. Masarahan
and Miss C. E. Margarahan are
Goodfellows and send SI.OO to the
Goodfellows’ fund. Mrs. Quarles
of 1743 Walker St., offers a bed and
springs to the Goodfellows’ club.
Miss Cornelia E. Graves sends $1
to the Goodfellows with the wish
that it might be $25.00. "One who
is interested" sends $1 for the fund
with the wish it might he more.
J. I. Curry of 617 Wright Ave.
sends SI.OO to help the poor in
Augusta.
The Standard Sample Shoe Co.
are Goodfellows:
Secretary of Goodfellows Club.
Augusta Herald.
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Having read on first page of
your paper dated December 15th,
an appeal to the public to help
those who are in need of food and
clothes to relieve them in the cold
weather.
We take great pleasure in send
ing you by hearer twelve pairs of
shoes for children, which we trust
you wilt distribute to the best of
your ability to poor children who
are urgently in need of same, with
our best wishes.
We also take this opportunity to
compliment the Augusta Herald
on the interest they have taken
in this good and charitable work,
which we know will be of great as
sistance to the many poor children
who are much in need of food and
clothes and unable to purchase
them.
Thanking you in advance for
your time and trouble In distribut
ing these shoes, and hoping many
others will follow us in contribut
ing to the noble cause, we beg to
remain,
Very respectfully yours.
Standard Sample Shoe Store.
Here’s a suggestion, Goodfel
lows. Act on it. Go tomorrow and
notify the secretary:
Have you any old Clothes to
make the holidays happier and
warmer—for the poor?
In almost every home there is an
accumulation of old clothing, out
grown, “out of sty)e.” and partly
but not nerly outworn. Some of it
is being worn by those who can af
ford new clothes and who ought to
put the money, and the old clothes
where they are needed, to stimu
late trade and relieve the suffering.
But most of these old clothes are
only cluttering the attics and in
creasing the fire risk.
A quick, snappy campaign, led
by you, urging the people to rum
mage attics and cellars and to
bring the bundles or phone their
whereabouts, to some bureau, or
organization ensuring their distri
bution under proper auspices and
care, will give prompt and prac
tical relief to much suffering
among the many unfortunate in
most communities.
IDO POISONED.
BRITISH GAMP
London, 5:55 a. m. —One hundred and
fifty serious cases of ptomaine poison
ing are reported among troops sta
tioned at Black Heath.
Black Heath is an open common, in
in the county of Kent, five miles east
of 8t Paul’s, London. Since the war,
according to the above dispatch, it ap
parently has been turned into a train
ing ground for new troops.
FRENCH WAR COST.
P»rl», 4:30 p. m. —War’s cost to France
for the first six months 1n 1915 Is of
ficially figured at $1,185,688,573. That
Is in addition to the usual army expen
ditures but it Includes $101,490,000 al
lowed to soldiers' families, $4,000,000 to
the unemployed and $10,200,000 for main
tenance of persons driven from home by
the German invasion.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 17, 1914.
How the Opposing Forces Are
Aligned Now in Poland
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THE THIRD GREAT ACTION.
There is developing the third great action in Western Poland, which
action —though the great masses of the' forces engaged are not upon the
German Silesian frontier—is nevertheless a battle for the possession of
Silesia. Silesia is the key to the campaign for four reasons: (1) Silesia
contains accumulated wealth, a large population, masses of that urban
type of opinion upon which modern industrial Germany reposes; (2) Si
lesia contains works and manufactories largely necessary to the econo
mic support and existence of modern industrial Germany; (3) occupation
of Silesia by Russia would turn the line of the order and the barrier fort
resses of Germany upon the East, compelling, incidentally, the ultimate
evacuation of East Prussia, by the German forces, and (4) occupation of
Silesia puts the Russian army on the fork of two ways—fa) into and forc
ing pressure upon the German empire; (b) bringing and forcing pressure
upon Austria proper; in both eases threatening the two separate capitals.
GERMANS SAY BIG
VICTORY, POLAND
Berlin, (by wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.) —One of the greatest victories of the
war Is claimed today by Germany. The official statement contains these words:.
"The Russian offensive against Kilc-sia and Posen lias completely broken
down. In the whole of Poland the enemy was forced to retro it after fierce
.. gj'd. stubborn frontal battle and is being pursued everywhere.”
A sertil-official stateni'eHV .dp.’SITK cnV,iTdently hf 'dtik eastern situation and
says tile Austrians appear to have achieved their first actual successes against
the Russians in the last few days in Western Galicia. Petrograd admits the
German Hanking movements threaten the Russian lines of communication and
that it has been necessary for the Russians to draw hack their lines In certain
sections hut it gives no Intimation of such reverses as are reported in Berlin.
SAVE R ALL GO
DOWN WITH SHIP
Petrograd, (via London, 4:10 p. m.)
—lt was officially announced today
that the steamer Derentie, of the Ger
man Levantine Line, was found nav
igating off the Turkish coast near
Kerasunt and was sunk by a Russian
warship after all on board the mer
chantman had been ordered to leave.
Only two Turkish officers and twelve
soldiers obeyed the order and the
others went down with the ship. Ker
asunt is a seaport of Asiatic Turkey,
70 miles west of Trebizond on the
Black Sea.
70 KILLED AND
137 WOUNDED
London, 11:45 a. m-— The casualties
at Hartlespool as a result of the Her
man naval raid, according to an offi
cial bureau statement today were 55
persons killed and 115 wounded.
tTnofficial reports have indicated 13
were killed and 20 wounded at Scar
borough by the bombardment there,
and that at Whitby two were killed
and two injured.
U. S. TENNESSEE ARRIVES.
Alexandria, (via London, 11:48 a, m)
—The American cruiser Tennessee,
which has been In the eastern Medi
terranean watching American inter
ests, arrived here today.
BIGGEST COTTON EXPORT
DAY SINCE WAR BEGAN.
New Orleans —The export move
ment of cotton today was the
largest of any day since the first
of the season and the. beginning
of the European war. Total clear
ance from all United States ports
for foreign ports amounted to
107,331 bales. The increase in
shipments will make this week the
record week for the season thus
far with 291.491 bales cleared al
ready, to which must be added
the foreign clearance of tomor
row.
THING SHIP
SIS; ALL LOST
London, 4:44 p. m. —ln a dispatch
from Rome, the correspondent of the
Central News says:
“A Trieste official has announced
the blowing up by a mine and the
sinking of the Austrian training ship
Beethoven with the loss of the crew
4Mid all the cadets on board.”
3 MODE CORPS,
VON HINDENBUDG
London, 7:28 a. m.—The correspon
dent of the Times in Petrograd un
derstands that three additional corps
from the west have reached the Ger
man armies on the Russian front,
making altogether nine corps which
have reached Field Marshal von Hin
denburg within a month. The Ger
mans were thereby able, he says, to
send two corps to Hungary while
retaining 20 corps on the Polish front.
British Squadron
Bombards Turks
Athens, (via London, 11:47 a. m.)—•
A British squadron has bombarded the
Turkish troops who had concentrated
Sunday on the coast of the Gulf of
Saros, the arm of the Aegean Sea,
north of the Dardanelles. This Infor
mation was received here today in a
dispatch from Mytilene. Details are
lacking.
FLANDERS CLAIMS CONFLICT
London. — The great bifttle In Belgium ngd northwestern France Is the
subject of conflicting claims. The German war office announces the Allies
have made new attacks but they have been beaten back with heavy losses. The
French statement says several German trenches In Belgium have been cap
tured by Infantry assaults and that at other points to the south and east the
Allies’ artillery has done effective work
3 Steamers
Sunk By
Mines
South Shields, England, via
London, 2:45 P. M.---Three
steamers, one believed to be a
passenger ship, were sunk by
mines in the North Sea off
Flamborough Head last night.
Only One Identified.
South Shields, Eng. —Only one of
these three vessels has so far been
identified. This is the steamer Klter
water. Twelve of her crew were saved,
but seven lost their lives. The cas
ualties on the other ships have not yet
been determined, but it Is reported that
the crew and passengers of the pas
senger vessel were seen taking to their
boats.
The admiralty has announced that
all traffic between Flamborough Head
and Newcastle has been stopped In
definitely,
Sinks Off Sraborough.
Scarborough, (via London, 1:32 p.
m.) —The steamer Princess Olga,
bound for Aberdeen, Scotland, struck
a mine off here last night and went
down. The crew of 18 men landed in
their own boats.
Flamborough Head is 20 miles down
the coast from Scarborough, one of the
points bombarded yesterday by the
German cruisers. They wore reported
to have left mines In their wake, as
they steamed away.
The area from Flamborough Mead
to New Castle, In which all traffic has
been stopped. embraces the entire
field In which the German raiders op
erated.
Big Battle
30 Miles
Warsaw
Warsaw, (via London, 4:20 p. m.)
A great battle is in progress at Soeh
aczev*; 30 miles west of Warsaw. The
German wedge which is proceeding in
a southerly direction from Ilow, has
managed after heavy fighting in which
serious losse i are reported to have
been inflicted, to establish itself a
quarter of a mile west of Soehaezew.
The Polish campaign now centers at
that point.
Extremely Severe.
Waroow, (via London. —The German
column was met at Soehaezew by
fierce resistance by the Russians
Fighting was extremely severe, some
times hand to hand encounters. Ar
tillery fire was heavy and continu
ous.
Reinforcements are being poured In
rapidly on both sides. Tho Russians
are bringing In troops from Warsaw
The Germans are moving forces from
the Lodz region.
SAKS WIRELESS
ONLY VIOLATION
Washington. Col, Goethals Inform
ed the war department today that ex
cepting reports of misuse of wireless,
he knew of no violation of neutrality
at the Panama Canal Zone, He sug
gested that under the circumstances
neutrality might be violated without
detection or proof unless he had ships
to patrol the waters
Unintentional.
Washington. The British ambassa
dor assured .Secretary Daniels today
that If there had been any violation of
neutrality by British ships it had been
unintentional and that his government
was anxious to observe most scrupu
lously rules of neutrality which the
United States was trying to enforce.
31,000 Russians
Captive, Report
Berlin (by wireless to Bayville, L. I.)
—A statement given out today by tho
German official press bureau says:
"The Austrian general staff reports
that 31,000 Russians have been taken
prisoners In West Gallela.”
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BRITAIN PREPARING
FOR ANOTHER RAID
Rush of Applicants to Join the Colors, Result of German At
tack on Coast—Think Allies Attempt in Flanders to Push
Invaders Out Has Definitely Begun—New German Plans
in Poland
London, 12:25 p. m.—The German
raid on the east cost lias stimulated
recruiting in she British Isles. Other
results are preparations at coast
points for protection of the civilian
population in case of further attacks,
and the organization In London of a
nitaonal guard Inf local defense.
In Flanders.
In the west, especially in Flanders,
the roles of the contending armies
would appear today to have been
clearly reversed. All the recent of
ficial communications Issued by the
allies and the Germans refer to the
allies' offensive from Ypres to the
sea. Consequently the Germans are
on the defensive.
A British squadron, standing off
the coast, had aided the attack near
Nieuport, but. nowhere has marked
progress been noted.
Has Begun.
It mny be said, nevertheless, that
the allies’ attempt to push the Ger
mans out of Belgium has definitely
begun and that results so far record
ed in Flanders have converted the
German line Into a series of tena
ciously held positions rather than a
GERMANS GLORY
IN BOMBARDING
'DEAR COUSINS'
Berlin Press Enthusiastic Over
the “Iron Greetings” Bestow
ed on English Coast---“ Po
ssibly Indication That Greater
Events Are Imminent.”
Borl in, (via Amsterdam and London,
9:30 a. m.) —Concerning the shelling
of Scarborough and Hartlepool, the
Berliner Tagehlatt says:
“Again our naval forces, facing the
danger of the scattered mines In the
North Sea. shelled English fortified
places."
The Dutsche Tages Zeitung ex
presses satisfaction with the attack,
especially immediately after the naval
battle of the Falkland Islands.
Not Cruiser Trick.
The Berlin Neusten Narchric.hten
says:
"This time It Is not. a. daring cruiser
trick with the transitory throwing of
a bomb, but a regular bombardment
of fortified places which is a new
voucher for the gallantry of the
navy.”
The Boersen Zeitung nays the Ger
man bombardment of English coast
towns:
Fear Nothing.
“The heroic s|Hril which animates
our army and navy alike has once
more been splendidly proven In tho
attack or: the Engllst east coast which
cur beloved English cousins cannot
have believed possible In view of the
vigilance of their navy and the pro
tection afforded by extensive mine
fields. The plucky German seaman
fears neither mine nor super- dread
nought. The Iron greetings thrown
by our naval pieces on the English
coast are possibly an Indication that
greater events are imminent.”
CARRANZA ARMY
EVACUATES CITY
Washington. The City of I’uebla, In
the Mexican state of that name, has
been evacuated by Carranza forces
and now Is belli by Zapatistas. A re
port to the state department today
says Carranza troops burned the rail
road station before departing.
Goethals Sails
For Washington
Washington. Gov. Goethals of the
canal zone, sailed from Colon today
on his way to Washington to appear
before congressional committees In
charge of canal appropriations.
His visit was announced a month
ago without reference to any of the
recent questions relating to the canal's
neutrality though It Is to be expected
that subjec may be discussed.
Only on Appropriations.
Washington. Secretary Garrison In
a statement today said Colonel Goe
thals’s approaching visit was made
only so he could appear before con
gress on canal appropriations.
"His visit to the United Htates has
nothing whatever to do with this mat
ter of neutrality," said Mr. Garrison.
HOME
EDITION
straight front: at many points allied
wedges have been driven in.
Russian Claims.
Russia, claims to have checked the
movement of the Austrian movement
across the Carpathian Passes she con
tends also that she has pushed the
Germans further back toward the
Last Prussian frontier, at the north
ern extremity of the eastern front.
West of Warsaw, however, the Ger
mans continue their advance.
In Alsace.
The German press, commenting on
the situation in the west, has express
ed the opinion that operations of im
portance are impending in Alsace,
where, it is said, French reinforce
ments are being brought up. A new
French attack from the direction of
Toul also is expected in Berlin. It is
added that Germans guns did consid
erable damage to the French position
in the Vosges, south of Bt. Die.
Rush to Recruit.
The Increase in recruiting resulting
from the German raid, is particularly
marked in London, where the rush of
applicants resembles In many respects
scenes witnessed at tho war’s out
break.
TRE UNEXPLODED
SHELLS BEING
PICKED UP
Refugees Arriving at York and
Leeds, England. Oerman
Bombardment Compared to
Terrific Thunderstorm. Peo
ple Herded Together
York, Eng., via London, 5:04 a. nr.—.
Refugees from Scarborough were stilt
arriving at York and Heds early today
although the bombardment of German
warships began at 8 o’clock yesterday
morning and lasted hut half an hour.
Scarborough last evening had its
streets filled with crowds and even the
moving picture houses were open.
Most Budden.
The attack was so sudden the people
st first believed the cannonading came
from target practice, but they were
soon undeceived. The bombardment
was divided into two sections of 15
minutes each, with an interval of five
minutes. The second half waa the
more violent. One battleship and
cruisers did the firing, steaming north
ward after the bombardment. Not a
shot was fired In reply by the city as
there were no cannon.
Family Killed.
Among the dramatic Incidents was
that In which one family of four were
killed. Thp father died in a hospital,
but his wife, son and nephew were
killed outright.
During the bombardment of Scar
borough there was great excitement
but calm Hoon prevailed again. The
inhabitants compared the bombard
ment to a terrific thunderstorm.
It appearing an though the Ger
mans Intended not to leave a
house standing
Herded Together.
The people were herded out of the
lower part of the city, the poor quar
ter, by soldiers, as this section was a
prominent target. Notices were pub
lished by the police asking residents
to report all unexploded shells which
were found, and several were brought
to police headquarters.
TEDDY WON’T TESTIFY.
Washington, D. C,—Theodore Roose
velt will not appear as a witness before
the house naval committee. He sent
a telegram to the committee yesterday
declaring he could not see wherein his
testimony would accomplish any good,
sind Representative Hobson withdrew his
motion that the former Prestdent be In
vited.
THERE ARE
6
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