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THE WEATHER
Cloudy tonight and
Friday, probably with
rain.
VOLUME XIX, No. 358.
EVE OF CHRISTMAS FINDS
GERMANS IN A SUPREME
EFFORT BEFORE WARSAW
Bringing Up Their Forty-Two
Centimetre Guns Preparatory
to Siege Operations—Sway
Back and Forth on Banks of
the Rivers
RUSH CHARACTERISTIC
OF THAT IN NORTH FRANCE
Thousands of Troops Being
Sacrificed and Others Hurled
Forward to Fill Up the Gaps
in Poland Battle.
London, 12:30 p. m.—ln the east a
supreme German effort continues to be
made before Warsaw, where the Ger
man center and Russians seeking to
check it, sway back and forth along
the banks of the rivers barring the
way to the Polish capital.
» The Russians claim success in the
latest encounters but during the last
/ten days the Germans have advanced
appreciably and it is said they now are
bringing up their 42 centimetre guns
preparatory to siege operations.
Galicia and East Prussia.
In Galicia the Austro-German forces
seem to have made no further pro
gress and in the north the Russians
ere reported to have pushed the in
vaders further back into East Prus-
German tactics in the march toward
Warsaw, military observers in London
point out, are beginning to have some
of the charactertistics of the rush to
wards Calais and Dunkirk which the
Allies stemmed, thousands being sac
rificed and others being hurled forward
to fill the gaps with the same prodigal
ity that was shown by the Germans in
Flanders.
Over 1,000,000 Men.
Military experts here are unable to
agree on the number of the Austro-
German troops in the east, estimates
varying from 1,000,000 to 1,500.000, but
It is pointed out that Russia, unless ex
aggerating her resources, should be
able easily to top this figure now that
her concentration of forces is nearing
C< Vetrograd has never conceded that
the occupation of Lodz by the Germans
had any strategic importance, but the
German view has now found expres
sion from Field Marshal von Hinden
burg who remarked to the representa
tive of The Associated Press on .the
eastern front that he considered it "the
turning point of the campaign. ’
WHEN CRUISER
OF U. 5. CAME,
BON 0011
Pacific Liner Detained. General
Wanted Transportation For
His Soldiers. Jesus Carranza
Trying to Check Sentiment
for Villa.
On Board U. S. S. San Diego. Mazat
lan, Mex., (via wireless to San Diego.)—
In the hope of raising forces to check
Villa sentiment on the west coast of
Mexico General Jesus Carranza, brother
of General Venustlan Carranza, left
Mazatlan today aboard the MexicanUguh
boat Guerrero for Sallna Cruz. General
Carranza’s departure followed upon a
conference here with General Rurhe
Loyalty on the Guerrero to the Car
ranza party was considered so uncertain
that a military guard went along to
keep the crew from mutiny.
Selling Their Arms.
Interest in any further fighting along
Ihe plclfio coast has died out and the
soldiers are selling their and am
i munition. Troops stationed at Mazat-
Ljan have destroyed the fortifications.
Quiet prevails along the entire roast and
It Is freely reported that the Carranza
chiefs are preparing to leave the country.
One of the effects of the drawn out
warfare has been the shrinkage in th«
value of Mexican money, until one Peso
today 1n Mazatlan is worth only 15 cents.
American. ,
Detains Liner.
The assistance of the American navy
was required to extricate Captain Blew
art of the Pacific Mail liner San Juan
from an embarrassing situation In Sslina
Cruz today. A Mexican general detain
ed the vessels when she put in at that
port demanding transportation for his
troops and horses. When the Jean Juan
had heen delayed an hour howeter, the
cruiser Raleigh was seen approaching
and the general hastily withdrew his re
quest.
10,000 Horses Are
Wanted By Italy
Mils* City, Mont.— Stock growers are
*ln receipt of orders from agents of the
Italian government for ten thousand
horses for cavalry and artillery service,
It became known here today. Two hun
dred and fifty head of horses were
shipped from here to Chicago today
r consigned to Italian agents.
JAP BATTLESHIP OFF PERU.
Lima, Peru.— The Japanese battleship
Hlzen. accompsnled by a Japanese de
stroyer and several Eng Ish merchant
men has anchored seven miles off Puerto
Pe Plsurs. on the northern coast of
Peru The warships probably are con
voying the merchantman to some South
American port.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
RUSSIANS 1
TBl TAKEN
upmiE
Claim Progress in Galicia, Pur
suing Austrians in the Car
pathians. Annihilation For
Enemy at Przemsyl Sortie.
Petrograd.—A statement issued by
the official press bureau today re
garding the fighting along the Rus
sian from, says:
“On the left bank of the Pilica ob
stinate fighting continues.
“On the right bank of the Pilica we
have made progress.
Progress Continues.
"In Galicia our progress continues.
South of the Vistula we captured dur
ing the 20th and 2lst, 66 officers and
5,600 men, three cannon and ten mi
trailleuses.
“in the Carpathians while pursue
ing the retreating Austrians we cap
tured on December 22nd thirty officers
and about 1,500 men.
“Near Przemysl the Austrians at
tempted a new- sortie during which
several of their advance companies
were completely annihilated. Other
advance companies were made pris
oners. In this affair we seized about
a mile of railway leading to the city.”
Germans Not Relaxing.
While the Germans are not relax
ing their efforts along the line in the
movement toward Warsaw the great
activity yesterday was in the vicinity
of Michow and Andrejew immediate
ly northe st of Cracow. The Russians
have moved back to positions along
the left bank of the Nida River, near
its junction with the Vistula, 30 miles
east of Cracow.
The objective of the Austro-German
forces in this vicinity appears to be
Kielce. Their front extends about 70
miles from the right bank of the Nida.
Their is estimated at eight
to ten army corps (320,000 to 400,000
men).
Heavy Losses.
The Teutonic allies on December
18th attacked th*e outskirts of Plnc
zow, 25 mile: east of Miechow, and
suceeded in crossing the river. Sub
sequently they were thrown back with
heavy losses, after a desperate fight.
The Russians are in force along the
Pilica River, 20 miles southeast of
Pietrkow. The gap between that po
sition and the Nida River Is occupied
by five divisions of German cavalry.
The two Russian armies are seeking
to close In moving in the direction of
Opoczno. Near there In the vicinity
of Shedboro, an Austrian force was
defeated several days ago, losing 1,000
men and 17 officers.
Russian military critics think the
action in this territory is intended by
the Germans to draw away the Rus
sians from the vicinity of Cracow by
threatening their communications.
LEFT 1,001 OF
GERMAN DEAF)
Petrograd, (via London, 2:30 p. m.)
—ln the front of Warsaw the Germans
attempted to force a crossing of the
Rawka Bzura Rivers to the east of
Lowicz, are reported to have cost the
invaders heavy losses. The Germans
are said to have left on the
field near Skierneiwice more
than one thousand dead. That
was only one of a series of stubborn
engagements.
The Germans appear to he feeling
their way for a weak point in the Rus
sian defenses hut operations are made
more difficult by the swampy vallleys.
Fire Palace of
Albania President
London, 9:50 a. m. —A dispatch
from Durazzo, Albania, to the Central
News, says the palace of Essad Pasha
at Tirana has been set afire.
Essad Pasha, always prominent in
Albanian military and political circles,
was named provisional president after
the recent retirement of I’rince Wil
liam of Wled, who had been selected
by the powers to rule Albania. Essad
Pasha was last reported advancing on
Scutari and It was said he had pro
claimed a holy war In Albania.
Tirana is about 70 miles south of
Scutari.
Czar Makes Visit,
Moscow Hospitals
Moscow, via Petrograd,—Emperor
Nicholas, the empress and their chil
dren yesterday visited hospitals in
Moscow, maintained by public and
private associations.
In the evening the emperor, who 1s
In Moscow on his way back to Petro
grad from the front In the Caucasus,
received in she Kremlin Palace, Prince
Lvoff, chief commissioner of the
Union of All Russian Zemstvos. The
commissioners gave accounts of the
activities of their respective unions
and said the emperor expressed him
self as greatly satisfied.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 24, 1914.
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ADVANCE OF THIRTY MILES.
The heavy black line shows where the Germans and Russians are now
facing one another, and the shaded line shows how they were lined up
three weeks ago,' just before the Germans started on their triumphant
march. Within that period the Germans have advanced thirty miles at
the widest point. The circle enclosing Dowicz and Ra.wa indicates where
the battle Is fiercest. (A) Dowicz was captured by Marshall von Hln
denburg last Friday and (B) Bawa was reached by the Germans Sunday.
The battle is now raging at this point with Warsaw as the goal of the
aggressive German forces.
GERMAN AIRPLANE
DROPS BOMB, DOVER
London, (1:59 p. m.) —A hostile aeroplane dropped a bomb over Dover
this morning and then disappeared, according to a statement made this
afternoon by the official press bureau.
The text of the statement follows:
“An aeroplane of the enemy dropped a bomb while passing over Dover
this morning. The missile fell in a garden and exploded, but no damage
was done. The aeroplane was seen for a few seconds only. It left Im
mediately passing out over the sea. A British aircraft went up but did
not see the enemy again. The weather was cloudy and foggy."
IN TRENCHES,
MS GIFTS
DISTRIBUTED
General Joffree Cautiously
Feeling For Opening in the
German Lines in France and
Belgium.
London, 12:20 p. m.—Christmas Eve
finds little change In underground war
fare In the west, where General Jof
fre still appears to he cautiously feel
ing for an opening In the strongly en
trenched German line, across France
and Belgium.
All the armies are planning to spend
Christmas as best they may. Boxes
and greetings from home ere being
distributed in the trenches, at the
hospitals and In the camps,’ hundreds
of thousands of postcards to the sol
diers and sailors from King George and
Queen Mary being one feature of the
British gifts. Austrian attempts ta
crush Rervla are soon to be renewed
In the form of a “final blow" according
to Budapest despatches
FRENCH SUCCESSES
IN SERIES , OFFICIAL
Pari*, 2:59 p. m—The French offic
ial statement given out this afternoon
recites a series of French successes of
apparently minor Importance from
the sea on the north to the frontier of
Alsace on the south. The locations
where French troops have gained the
advantage arc given as along the Lys,
in the region of the Alsne, In Cham
pagne, near Perthes, In the Argonrie,
In the forest of Apremont, and near
St. Die.
Fog prevented fighting near Arras
and Verdun and there has been ar
tillery fighting southeast of Amlene,
near Vllle-sur-Tourbe and In the
Forest of Apremont.
GERMAN BROUGHT DOWN.
Paris, 4:30 a. m. A German aeroplane
trying to reach Paris Hundav, says the
Journal, was pursued and brought down
by the French air patrol at Pontolse,
l? miles northwest of Paris.
FRENCH WARSHIP
IS TORPEDOED
London, 3:17 p. m.—An official ntAte
ment Riven out in I'arlß today «ay» that
an Austrian submarine torpedoed a
French battleship in the Gulf of Otranto.
The battleship was damaged only
slightly. No one was Injured.
Little Damage.
Pa ris, 12:55 p. m.—An official com
munication issued today by the French
minister of marine says:
“An Austrian submarine fired two
torpedoes at a French armored cruiser
In Strait of Otranto, one of them ex
ploding forward. The damage done to
the vessel was unimportant. None of
the cruiser’s crew was injured."
The Gulf of Otranto Is in the Adria
tic at the southern end of Italy.
SAYS WAR CAN ONLY END
WITH VICTORY FOR RUSSIA
Rome, 9:55 a. m.—Reports having
been circulated here that Count Ser
gius Witte, Russian statesman, was
to lead a pacific party at the Rus
sian court, the count has telegraphed
to Rome denying the statements. In
his telegram he says:
“At the beginning I deplored the
war, thinking it was not Inevitable or
indispensable, but since the war is 'n
progress any discussion regarding It
would he futile.
"Now that the war has assumed In
Russia a. popular character 1t can on
ly end with a declalve victory for
Russia.”
No Paper Xmas
The Herald will issue
no paper Xmas Afternoon
—Friday. Advertisers de
siring space in Sunday’s
Herald are requested to
have copy in Herald of
fice as early as possible
Saturday morning, in or
der to secure best results
in set up and display.
AGAIN APPLY TO
JUSTICE LAMAR
New York Attorney of Leo
Frank in Washington With
Application For Appeal From
Judge Newman's Decision.
Washington. Justice Lamar of tho
supremo court, took under advise
ment today an application for an ap
peal from the notion of Federal Judge
Newman in refusing to release Leo M
Frank, convicted of the murder of :
Mary Phagan, on habeas corpus pro
ceedings. The justice did not inti
mate when he would announce his de
rision.
For “Probable Cause.”
Washington. Louis Marshall, off
New York, of counsel for Leo M.
Frank, under death sentence at At
lanta for the murder of Mary Phagan.
arrived in Washington today to pre-i
sent to Justice Lamar, of the supreme!
court, an application for an appeal 1
from the refusal of Judge Newman 1
of the Georgia federal court, to re-!
lease Frank on a habeas corpus writ.
Me declined to state what course
would he pursued if Justice Lamar
denied the appeal.
In addition to the formal appeal,
Mr. Marshall had prepared for the
Justice’s signature a certificate stat
ing that in his opinion there was
“probable cause for appeal.” Such a
certificate is necessary in an appeal
from the denial of habeas corpus when
the conviction is in a state court.
English Casualty
List For the Week
_ondon.-The latest officers’ cas
ualty list, covering the week from
December 8 to 15th shows that 23 of
ficers were killed and 81 wounded
during that time. The casualties oc
cur in all branches of the service,
about GO different regiments having
lost one or more officers in killed or
wounded. No officers, however, are
reported missing in the list, a feature
that has been more or less prevalent
in previous casualty reports.
The total casualties among officers
to date are 3,836. divided as follows:
Killed 1,081; wounded 2,152; missing
602.
ns lb. nines
IT WHITE HOUSE
President Presents One to Each
of 12 B Employes. Government
Business Practically Suspend
ed For Holiday.
Washington—Governmental business
practically was suspended todny and
the national capital was ready for its
Christmas celebration. Congress was
taking a recess, at the White House
only necessary business was being
transacted, In the executive depart
ments work had been postponed and
the supreme court had adjourned for
the holidays.
At the White House the president
took advantage of the last few hours
to see to It personally that everything
was in order there for Christmas Day
Little Annie Cothran, of Philadelphia,
the president's grand niece, Is a White
House guest fob the holidays and for
the first time in years a large fir
Christmas tree has heen set up. The
president will act as "Santa Clans."
Postmen hearing greetings for the
president and presents for members
of the family made frequent trips to
the White House during the day.
White House employes to the num
ber of 125 including clerks, domestics
and policemen were happy today be
cause (he president. had presented
each of them with a 15-pound turkey
as a Christmas gift.
At the capitol plans had heen com
pleted for the community Christmas
celebration there tonight. A large fir
tree stood In the east entrance above
the doors of which there appeared In
large letters set with electric lights
the words, "Peace on Earth, Good Will
to Men.”
GERMAN (URMAPHS
BROUGHT DOWN,PARIS
London, noon.—Now that the French
government has returned to Paris, a
venturesome German aeronaut has at
tempted to prove the capital Is not yet
out of the war zone by flying over It.
He was brought down by a French
aeroplane, however, 19 miles from
Paris.
GOLFS IN BNOWBTORM.
Washington President Wilson went
golfing early today despite a heavy
snowstorm, Children living along itie
road he takes to the golf club were
made happy by the arrival ot an
automobile filled with presents from
the White House.
Old Time “White Christmas” is the
Prediction For North; in the South
a Rainy holiday is Said Ahead
Washington An old time "white *’hrintmiiH” wan f< recant today
for moHt of the northern Mates, but throughout the south the government
expert* predicted n rainy holiday to be ponnlbly relieved at Home pointi
by a little enow. In the cast gulf and Kouth Atlantic state* the barorne
ter told of threatened rain*, while In the central south chilling rains or
snow were forecast.
Know, It was said might be seen In some section* ns far south an
Mississippi
Cold wsve warnings fluttered today In Kentucky, West Vlrglnmi*,
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIV E CENTS PER COPY.
10,000 Bales of Cotton Examined
With the X-Ray to Determine if
Any of Them Contain Contraband
New York. Representatives of the British government examined
with the x-ray today 10,000 bales of cotton consigned to Bremen to de
termine whether any of them contained contraband. This cotton was
being loaded aboard the steamship City of Savannah, which sails tomor
row.
The x rav machines, according to the English officials, had been
especially designed and enabled them to inspect the. interior of the
bulky cotton bales which could easily conceal arms, ammunition or other
contraband. They had decided to use this method, they said, after it
was found that owing to the varying weight of the bales, the scales could
given no certain guarantee that each hale was honest.
HEROISM OF SINGER
WINS PROMOTION
STCT mum* w , "W-WI<'JKKIUMWIIIIW^
MAURICE RENAUD.
Paris, — Maurice Renaud, the noted
baritone, who enlisted although he is
53 years of age, Is about to be promot
ed to the rank of sutt-lteutenant for
bravery under fire. Renaud, probably
the most* popular of all tmrltonea who
have apepared in grand opera In
America, was in France when the war
broke out. He had escaped military
service at the age of 21 on account of
defective eyesight, hut lost no time in
enlisting when hostilities began Ae
cepted as a private he was made a
corporal shortly afterward.
CREDIT MISFORTUNES TO
OWNING FAMOUS COW
DRAY CASTLE
, .f—,
LORD COWDRAV.
London. Many persons nre ascribing
the recent misfortunes which have be
fallen Hlr Weetinan I’envson, Cow
dray, to his possession of the famous
f'owdray f'nstle. An extraordinary suc
cession of tragedies Is associated with
this old pile.
Ix»rd <owdray hos already had two
sons of his three to die In the present
war. The troubles In Mexico have
caused him to lose many millions In
vested In oil, rahroads and the like.
The Standard OH Company has Just
beaten him for control of the oil fields
of Peru. The hope Is expressed that
his remaining son, Bernard Pearson, he
spared and return home from the pres
ent whV* unharmed.
HOME
EDITION
Goodfellows
If there is a family in Augusta
that hns been overlooked in the
great business of providing for
the needy at Christmas time, Au
gusta's charitable organizations
would like to know where they
are. If there is such a family
their wants have not been made
known. However, Augusta’s char
itable organizations, the Good Fel
lows’ Club, the Associated Chari
ties and the Salvation Army do
not wait for people, to tell them
of llieir distress, hut if they hear
of it the aid is proferred.
Mrs. Holi'ngsworth and Miss
Bigger, of the Associated Chari
ties, stated today that more re
quests for aid had come to them
tills year than ever before and
from more different kinds of peo
ple. The appeals for help from
the mill district are no greater than
usual, but there are a great many
appeals from people who never
solicited aid before, principally
among members of the building
trades, people who have lost po
sitions at the railroads, in the
stores, etc.
"We wish to thank those who
have aided us so liberally,” said
Mrs. Hollingsworth and the Good
Fellows’ Club has been of great
assistance. Roth in behalf of the
Associated Charities and the Chil
drens' Home we wish to extend
thanks, if there are any In Au
gusta who need aid and who
haven't received it either through
us or some other source, we do
not know who they are."
"I feel profoundly grateful,"
said Adjutant Yates, of the Salva
tion Army, "for the splendid gen
erosity of the people of Augusta.
Although they have not aided in as
large amounts this year an usual,
still a grc.it many more have
helped us than ever before, and
the Salvation Army has been fur
nlsh“d with funds to assist more
people than ever before in the his
tory of the organization in Au
gusta. The people cannot con
tribute as much as they have been
because there are few who haven't
felt some adversity In their own
business. "We have tried not to
overlook a single family in dis
tress and we believe that there
will not be one that Is missed.
For the poor children of Augusta,
whom Santa Claus may . miss on
Christmas morning, there will be
a Christmas tree at the Armory
Hall tomorrow night, when the
children will ho given presents.
W“ give our 150 Christmas dinner
baskets away this afternoon and
we have ordered a considerable
number in addition to the 160
to be on the safe side. We are
deeply grateful for the aid of the
Good Fellows.”
The spirit of Christmas Is abroad
in the land and at no time is the
scriptural injunction, “It is more
blessed to give than to receive,"
recalled with greater force than at
the glorious Yuletlde which comes
into the accompaniment of Kris
Kringle and the Jingling bells on
his reindeer team.
One dollar each from D. T. Da-
Grand, Amory Dunbar and John A.
Rox.
One dollar from five girls, Bth
grade Central School.
Circulation Department of The
Augusta Herald contributed s2l
to the Good Fellows’ fund.
An unknown Ooodfellow ads &
dollar to the fund.
Another Goodfellow does the same.
A friend sends a dollar and enlists
ah n Goodfellow.
A friends from Waynesboro leaves
a dollar for the fund.
John and Lillian Hook send a dol
lar to become membera of the Goodfel
lows.
Henry Erbelding is a Goodfellow
and sends a dollar.
Mrs. J. c. Sandifer sends two dol
lars and enlists as a Goodfellow.
A lady Goodfellow sends five dol-
Isrs to the fund.
Another lady sends a dollar and a
half and Is enrolled as a Goodfellow.
Mr Berry Fleming, 731 Reynolds
Ht„ Is a Goodfellow and contributes
a dollar.
Mr. A. P. Tadgett sends the Good
fellow fuml eight dollars from the
Modjeska Benefit performance.
Packages.
Mears Orlner.
Virginia and Cornelius Fleming,
1434 Anthony Road.
341 Walker Street.
$4,000,000 WORTH OF
BARBED AND PLAIN WIRE.
Pittsburg.—Demand from Eu
pripean belligerents for barbed and
plain wire reached high pressure
today In the wire mills of the
Pittsburg district. Offers of or
ders aggregating 125.001) tons of
which 25,000 tons are specified as
barbed wire of special design re
cently have been made the only
point at issue being the time of de
livery. This business is worth ap
proximately 14,000,000 and will
keep the mills going for several
months.
England Prance and Rustsa have
been large buyers here since the
war began.