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VOLUME XIX, No. 361.
BERLIN SAYS 3,000
ENGLISH DEAD WERE
LEFT ON THE FIELD
Official Report States Attacks
of Anglo-French Forces in
Belgium Repulsed. Many Pris
oners Taken
CESSATION HOSTILITIES
ASKED TO BURY BODIES
One Thousand Russian Pris
oners Also Reported to Have
Been Taken Near Lotzen.
Reprisals in Air Bombs.
Berlin, (by wireless to London, 4:11 p.
m.) —The ott'lcial announcement on the
progress of the war given out in Ber
lin Saturday afternoon relates German
successes in the western arena of the
war. English and French attacks near
Nieuport have been repulsed. The state
ment refers to engagements elsewhere
in France but eithre makes no mention
of the outcome or says the situation re
mains unchanged.
In Russia the Germans took prisoners
near Lotzen; ceased their attacks on
the Bzura river and were successful on
the Piiica.
Official Statement.
The text of the announcement follows:
“Near Nieuport during the night of
December 21-25, atacks were delivered
by English and French troops were re
pulsed.
“The success of the battle with Eng
lish and Indian contingents near St.
Hubert can be better judged today.
Nineteen officers and 818 men were
taken prisoners while fourteen machine
guns, twelve mine throwers and other
war material was captured. The enemy
left more than 3,000 dead on the field.
The English asked for a cessation of
hostilities to bury the dead. Our
losses were comparatively small.
“Some minor engagements have taken
place at Llhons, southwest of Amiens
and at Tracy-le-Vale, northeast of Com
piegr.e Vt'e captured three hundred
prisoners.
Threw Nine Alrbombs.
"In the Vosges, south of Diedolshauer.
and in Upper Alsa.ce, west of Sennheiin
and also at a point to the southwest of
Altkrrih there were small engagements
Yesterday but the situation remains un
changed. The evening of December 2')
a French airmen threw nine bombs on
a certain small village. No troops were
stationed at this place; there was only a
hospital which was plainly marked. No
damage of consequence was done. Jn
reply to this aerial attack and also the
throwing of bombs on the open town of
Freiburg which is not defended and
otuside the zone of operations, German
airmen threw medium sized mobs into
the outskirts of Nancy.
1,000 Prisoners.
"Russian attacks in the vicinity of
I,otzen have been repulsed and we took
one thousand prisoners. In North Po
land to the east of the Vistula the sit
uation remains unchanged. We have
ceased our attacks on the Bzura river.
On the right bank of the Piiica, to the
southeast of Tomaszow our offensive
has been successful. Further to the
south the situation remains unchanged. '
ALLUDM
THE OFFENSIVE
General Movement Against
Germans. Recalling Soldiers
on Leave. Prepare For
Wounded. Reported Activity.
Paris. —The allies in the west field
are about to take the genral offen
sive against the Germans. All British
and French soldiers on leave have
been recalled. Word has been sent to
the hospitals to prepare to receive
great numbers of wounded.
British reinforcements are arriving
In the north and it is understood they
will be in position soon. With the
fresh troops are many of the new sis
teen-inch British Howitzers which
will go into action for the first time
against the Germans. They are be
lieved to be much more powerful than
the Germans mortars and to ut-range
them.
Patiently Waiting.
General Joffre and Field Marshal
French have been waiting for two
months for the time for a general,
sustained attack. The Germans are
no longer throwing themselves against
the allies' positions and appear dis
posed to hold their own in the west
and concentrate their efforts in the
east.
Immense reserves of shells and am
munition have been accumulated by
the allies whose troops appear to be
considerably more numerous than at
any previous time. Their equipment,
their transport and morale are judg
ed by neutral military observers to
beyond anything they have previously
attained.
Activity.
Since the foregoing was written
cable dispatches related greatly in
creased activity by the allies at al
most all points of the line from the
North Sea to the Swiss border. That
has been interpreted as signalling the
long expected general advance. On
December 21st the German war office
gav out what was said to be an order
for a general attack by the allies,
signed by General Joffre and dated
December 17th.
OFF TO OPEN EXPOSITION.
Washington.—Secretary McAdoo left
Washington Saturday night for San
Diego, Gal., to open the Pnnama-Call
fornia Exposlt on there, on the night
of December 31st. M’s. MeAdoo «c*
companled him. They will return Jan
uary 10th. I
=■—— ——THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES -
THE AUGUSTA HER AT.D
MEXICO FAMINE
EQUALS THAI
OF BELGIUM
Alarming Shortage of Food is
Declaration of American Red
Cross. Many Have Died From
Starvation, Says Consul Gen
eral Hanna
Washington.—Conditions of famine
and suffering in Mexico, said by some
observers to rival the distress in the
European theatres of war, were de
scribed in reports issued Saturday by
the American Red Cross.
Consul General Hanna sent the fol
lowing message from Monterey:
“There is an alarming shortage of
staple food supplies. Several outlying
towns are appealing to me for help.
If the winter keeps cold there will be
great suffering. I need two thousand
cheap blankets. After four years of
war this whole country Is short of
food.
For Four Years.
The consul at Matamoras said:
“The conditions in Europe which
shock the civilized world have existed
here against our borders for four years
unconsidered. Mexico is peopled with
widows and orphans and famine is in
the land. One sees it daily in emaci
ated forms and shrunken cheeks. Many
have died on American soil during the
past year, ostensibly from obscure dis
eases. but actually from starvation,
anil there are hundreds of children
who never have had sufficient food in
their lives. The sound of laughter and
playing children is stilled in Mexico.
Reach the End.
‘‘They have endured much, but now
has been reached the end of even their
stoicism, and from the east and tho
west and the south comes a cry for
broad.
“There is need for food and cloth
ing and medicines. The need is press
ing. Arrangements have been made
whereby supplies can be distributed
from the American consulate at this
place to any locality in Mexico.”
The Red Cross a short time ago,
on an appeal from Rear Admiral How
ard, sent SI,OOO worth of food to Aca
pulco, on the west coast.
AUSTRIA ADMITS
RETIREMENT
Berlin, —(Wireless via London, 8.45)
—An Australn official communication
issued at Vienna today says:
“The Austrian troops, after a vic
torious advance (in Servia) were forc
ed by bad weather to retreat, but they
have not been beaten and their cour
age has not been broken. Our losses
have been enormously exaggerated.
“In the Carpathians our attacks are
slowly gaining ground. It Is possible
that the Russians may have successes
here and there for they do not hesitate
to sacrifice great numbers of men.”
THANKS TO U. S.
BT FRANZ JOSEF
Austrian Emperor Expresses
Appreciation For the Christ
mas Gifts Distributed Yester
day.
Washington.—A dispatch to the Aus
tro-Hungarian embassy from Vienna
Saturday announced the emperor had
expressed thanks to President Wilson
through Ambassador Penfleld for the
American Christmas gifts distributed
yesterday among soldiers' orphans.
The dispatch explained the retreat
from Servia as the result of bad
weather.
"Official Commlnque asserts that
Austrian troops, after a victorious ad
vance, retreated from Servia on ac
count of bad weather, unbeaten and
with unbroken courage. Our losses
were enormously exaggerated. In the
Carpathians our attacks continue to
gain ground," said the dispatch.
COLD BE 15
PASSU AWAY
Washington.—The cold wave that
gripped the country today causing
record-breaking temperatures at many
places from the Mississippi River to
the Atlantic Coast was moderating to
night and gradually rising tempera
tures were predicted for tomorrow.
Fair weather was predicted with the
exception of snow flurries in the Great
Lake states and rain In Florida.
The lowest temperature reported
within the United States today was
32 degrees below zero at Northfield,
Vermont.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1914.
8 Britons
Thro Fog
In Xmas
Dash
Berlin, (via wireless to Sayville.)—
The German admiralty made the fol
lowing announcement today:
“On December 25th eight British
ships made a dash into a German bay.
Hydro-aeroplanes convoyed by them
made an advance against the mouth
of German rivers and dropped bombs
on ships lying at anchor and a gas
tank near Cuthaven without hitting
them or doing damage.
“The hydro-aeroplanes were fired at
and withdrew in a westerly direction.
German airmen and aeroplanes recon
noitered against the British forces
and succeeded in hitting with bombs
two British destroyers and one other
vessel of the convoy. On the latter
fire broke out.
“Fog prevented a continuation of
tho fighting."
The German admiralty announce
ment of an attempt by British war
ships against the German coast is
the first intimation of what appears
to be a reply to the recent German
raid against the English ports of Scar
borough, Whitby and Hartlepool. The
British authorities have made no men
tion of this operation.
From the reference to Cuxhaven in
the German announcement it would
seem that the German rivers indicated
arc the Elbe and Weser. Cuxhaven
is a fortified German seaport fifty
eight miles west northwest of Ham
burg. It is at the mouth of the estu
ary of the Elbe. The approximate dis
tance across the North sea from the
English coast to Cuxhaven is 360 miles.
CITY FATHERS
ALL ON THEIR
IT TO JAIL
91 Persons Including the
Mayor Arrested on Charge of
Conspiracy to Corrupt Elec
tion of Nov. 3rd. Chief of
Police in Jail for Contempt.
Indianapolis, Ind. —Nearly every mem
ber of the city administration of Terra
Haute is in the hands of United States
authorities as a result of wholesale ar
rests last night, today and tonight on
indictments charging a oonspirat-v to
corrupt the election of November 3d,
last. Early tonight 91 persons Includ
ing Mayor Donn M. Roberts, a candi
date for the Democratic nomination for
governor in 1916; Dennis Shea, sheriff
of Vigo county; Judge Eli H. Redman,
City Jydge Thotnas S. Smith and other
leading Terre Haute politicians had been
taken into custody.
Mayor Included.
Unable to furnish bond of SIO,OOO de
manded by United States Marshal Mark
Storen. Mayor Roberts tonight was In
cluded In a party of twenty-one prison
ers who had falltd to provide bond, and
was being brought here to be Jailed.
The others had been released on bonds
ranging (Yom $2,500 to SIO,OOO each.
Sheriff Shea and Judge Redman were
freed on bonds of SIO,OOO each.
The Only One.
About the only important official of
Terre Haute not arrested Is Edward
Holler, chief of podlce, who Is now
serving a sentence In the Vigo county
Jaii, for contempt of court.
Frank Daley, United States district at
torney for Indiana, who conducted the
investigation which resulted in the grand
Jury indictments, said today that Holler
was among those Indicted, but that he
probably would not be arrested until he
had completed his senience
Steps taken hy Marshal Storen In
TerVe Haute tonight, Indicate that other
arrests are to be made. It Is said more
than 125 persons were named In the in
dictments.
CARRANZA’S MAN
TO SEE BRYAN
New Orleans.—Ysklro Fabela, Gen
eral Carranza’s foreign minister, left
here tonight for Washington enroute
to London on an important financial
mission for Carranza, it. Is said. Fab
ela arrived here yesterday from Ha
vana. It is understood that he has an
engagement for Monday with Secre
tary Bryan In Washington.
Villa repre' entatlves here tonight
asserted Fabela has a large amount
of Mexican specie with him.
DAUGHTER FOR ITALY'B QUEEN.
Rome.—A daughter was born Satur
day to Queen Helene of Italy. Mother
and child are doing well.
Queen Helene, a daughter of King
Nicholas of Montenegro, married King
Victor Emmanuel, October 24, 1896.
The royal couple now have five chil
dren, four daughters and one son.
APPOINTED BY DANIELS.
Washington—He-retur; Daniels Sat
urday designated Captain Marbury
Johnston, commandant of the New Or
leans navy yard, as supervisor of tho
eighth naval district, previously un
der supervision of the naval command
ant at Key West. The latter will con
tinue as supervisor of the seventh na
val district.
Germans Putting Every Available Man
Into Warsaw Attack
"***»'*»* U&SA
frofcrsai.
GERMANS MASSING.
A—-Where Russians have pushed the German* fifteen miles back
from; Miawa to beyond Solilau. B—Thorn, where Germans are massing
troops to prevent salzttre of that end of the great railroad that skirts
East Poland, terminus of which is Just east of C. D Point at which
Struggle is being made for the Masurian Lake region. E—Where fierce
fighting is going on near Warsaw. F—Sklerntewiee, one of two important
railroad points captured hy the Germans.
GERMANS CHANGE
TACTICS, WARSAW
4,000 AUSTRIAN
POISONERS ON
TOE VISTULA
Most Desperate of Fighting
Continues Along the Poland
Rivers. Day and Night Com
bats
Petrograd.—The following official
communication was issued from gen
eral headquarters Saturday night:
"On the left bank of the Vistula, the
general position is without essential
change.
"Between the lower courses of the
Vistula and the IMHca the fighting
on December 25th was of a desperate
character with the exception of that
region bordering on the Piiica, where,
throughout the night nnd day, violent
combats continued. Likewise fighting
of a desperate nature with the Aus
trians has been going on along the
lower courses of tho Nlda river. On
December 24th, In that region, we took
prisoner sixty-eight officers and about
4,000 soldiers,
"In Galicia the fighting along the
whole front Is favorable to the Rus
sian arms.
OFFICIAL
i
Pari*, 10:25 p. m. The following
official communication was issued to
night hy the war office:
"Nothing of note has yet been re
ported this evening at aqy part of the
front."
$300,00 FAILURE.
St. Louia, Mo.—An Involuntary
petition In bankruptcy was filed >n *
federal district court here today
against the Hchaper Brothers' Mepari-i
tile Company, which operates a large j
department store. Edward L. Schape.*, i
president of the company, was ap- 1
pointed receiver Attorneys for the
concern said Calm* against It would
aggregate $300,000.
100,000,000 PARCEL PQST
PACKAGES CHRISTMAS.
Washington. -Preliminary esti
mates today by postal officials
place the number of parcel pout
packages handled during th<-
Christmas rush at 100 million and
Indicate that the tatoi volume of
parcel post trsfflc for 1914 will
totol nearly one billion pack
sges.
Cease Attacks on the Bzura
River—Trying to Find Way
Into Polish Capital Along the
Pilica River, to the South.
Russian Masses Block Way
London, Deo. 26 (10:00 p. m.) —Neith-
er the Austro-German offensive oper
ations against tiie Russians nor tlie
allies’ attacks on the Gerinun lines in
tht west have made any appreciable
progress, although fighting continues
along the greater part of the two
fronts with unabated Intensity. In both
cases the attacking armies appear to
have run full tilt against almost Im
penetrable lines.
The Germans, In their official re-
I ort, announce that they have ceased
their attack on the Bzura river, which,
with the Russian masses behind It,
stands across their direct path to War
saw. They are now trying to find a
way to the Polish capital along the
Flllca river, a considerable distance
south of Warsaw.
In Flanders.
Fog lias Interfered with battles In
Flanders, but along the French front
the Germans have been delivering
fierce counter-attacks. In these, as In
the, allies' attacks, the losses on both
sides have been considerable, but
heavier on the side which has been at
tacking.
The slowness of the allies’ progress
Is explained in London as due to the
general staff’s refusal to sacrifice a
great number of soldiers. They are
satisfied with small successes through
artillery practice, which In time, it is
pointed out, should prepare the way
for a general forward movement.
OECISIOfN IS
TURKISH CUUM
Berlin, Dec. 26 (by wireless via Lon
don, 8:46 p. m.) —Reports from Con
stantinople say the Turks have won
n de islve victory over the Russians in
tie Caucasus, between Oltl and Id.
Oltl Is n the Russian territory if
Ksrs, while Id lies about, twenty miles
further south, tn the Turkish province
of F.rzeru m.
JUDGE YOUMANS BARRED.
Fort Smith, Ark.-—He a use he had
received numerous anonymous threat
ening letters, Judge Voomnns was die
qualified to hold the January term of
court here and Judge James I* Klllo't
of South Dakota will sit on the bench
It was announced Saturday, At that
term of court coal miners under In
dictment charged with conspiracy
again*! the »'*"s>rnm«nt will be tried.
$6.00 PER YEAR-FIVE CENTS PER COPY
DEATH COMES WITH
GERMAN AIRBOMBS
8 Killed, 100 Wounded
in Town Near War
saw. Missiles From
8 Airplanes
Petrograd, (via London, 6:20 p. m.)
- Eight persons wore killed and more
than 100 wounded in iiu town us
Soehnezew, Russian Poland, today by
bombs thrown from five German aero
planes. One bomb dropped in the
middle of a crowd which was watch
ing the aviators and in exploding it
killed or wounded virtually the entire
gathering.
The market place in Sochaczew and
a number of wooden houses were set
afire and destroyed.
Sochaczew is on the Bzura, thirty
miles west of Warsaw.
BAIT 1 11
HOW IS KILLED
Unknown Man With White Silk
Handkerchief Mask Riddled
With Bullets by Wounded
Chief of Police.
Cleveland, Okla. -An unidentified
bandit wan killed, Chief of Police W. 8.
Fenton was shot throgh the leg and two
other citizens were wounded In a sen
sational battle here tonight resulting
from an attempt to hold up twenty men
In a billiard room.
Fenton won passing the place and saw
the men Inside with theiv hands up. The
bandit was making them toss their
money onto a pool table. The police
man stood In the front door and emptied
his revolver at and the latter
returned the fire. Fenton was shot
through the leg. two other men re
ceived flesh wounds and a bullet pierced
anothfVs hat.
The chief rushed out of the place, se
cured another revolver and met the
blood-covered robber as he or me out of
the rear door. Lying on the ground,
Fenton riddled the fellow with bullets
killing him. The dead man was about
26 years old mid used a white silk hand
derehlef foft* a mask.
24 HOURS IN
BLINDING SNOW
Three Rescued Nearly Dead
From Exposure After Battle
in Open Launch. Driven
Ashore.
Newport News, Vu After n, twenty
four hour fight In a blinding snow
storm and almost dead from expos
ure, E. K. Gofer, N. T„ Gofer and Thos.
Brnli ind, local business men, were
rescued today after their launch had
been drlv ;n ashore and one member
of the party, said to be Braband, had
swam ashore for aid. Two physicians
were rushed from Htnlthfleld In auto
mobiles to Fishing Point, opposite this
city on the .Istnes River, where a
landing was made. Details of the af
fair are lacking at this time.
The three men put off yesterday
morning at 8 o’clock In a forty-foot
launch for Kmlthfield. where the Go
fers had been called by the death of
their mother. They failed to reach
their destination and dozens of
launches went out early today to
search for them. The launch was not
equipped with heating apparatus or
supplied with food as the party had
expected to make the trip In two
hou r*.
ITALIANS""ART IN
LULL CONTROL
Roms, Dsc. 26 (2:10 p. m.)—News re
ceived today from Avlonu, Albania,
says the Italian occupation of the en
tire town has been effected. The gov
ernment buildings were taken over by
the Italians without the slightest In
cident. Perfect order, the advices say,
has been r< established.
400 KILLED, 500
HURT AS GERMAN
TRAINS COLLIDE
London (10:10 p. m.)—A RetlMt dispat h from Warsaw says that 40#
men we.-e killed arid 500 wounded In a collision between troop and hi'S
liltiil trains nt Krillss, Poland. The troop* wore coming from Prussia and
the hospital train won procee ling to Germany with wounded officers. Tha
traina were rnnulit at full apeed when they collided. More than twenty cart
were wrecked.
An investigation disclosed that a rail wav switch hail been changed at
•he last rnotiunt. The stall ntnu.Cer,, switchmen and others sre undtf
arrest.
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Zeppelin Airship Drops
MOver Nancy, France.
First Exploit Since
Antwerp
Paris, 3:55 p. m.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Nancy says that a
Zeppelin airship flew over that city
early otday nncl dropped 14 bombs.
Two persons were killed and two
others wounded.
Several houses in Nancy were
slightly damaged hut none of the pub
lic buildings was injured.
This is the first report of any hostile
activity by a Zeppelin airship against
a. French city. The last, notable ex
ploit of a Zeppelin was over Antwerp
when such a ship flew over that Bel
gian seaport in the. early weeks of the
war and dropped bombs.
Nancy has a population of about
i 00,000. It is due east from Baris and
about ten miles from the German
frontier. The Berlin official announce
ment today said German airmen had
thrown medium-sized bombs into the
outskirts of Nancy in retaliation for
the throwing of bombs by a Freneh
airman Into an unarmed German vil
lage.
21 battleshtps
WITH 11. S. FLAG
This Number Decided on Satur
day to Follow The Oregon
Through the Panama Canal.
Washington. Twenty-one modern
battleships flying the Stars and Stripes
nnd accompanied by their requisite
colliers and repair and supply ships,
will follow the Oregon, the “Old Bull
dog of the Navy," through the Panama
Canal when the Atlantic fleet goes to
participate in the opening ceremonies
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
Rear Admiral Fletcher commanding
the fleet, conferred with Secretary
Daniels today regarding the naval pa
rade. They discussed the advisability
of taking in addition a flotilla of de
stroyers on the trip, but reached no
decision.
The fleet will leave New York about
January 15th for winter maneuvers at
Guanatanamo, Cuba. Whips in south
ern waters will join the fleet there.
The vessels that go to the Pacific will
return to Hampton Roads about the
last of February.
CASHIERLEFT.
142,000 CONE
First National Bank of Isllp,
N. Y., Closes Doors. Capital
and Surplus Wiped Out.
New York—The First National Bank
of Isllp, Long Island, was closed to
day by Federal authorities. H. Clajr
tnn Haff, cashier, disappeared last
week and returned on Thursday.
It was reported the hank had suf
fered a shortage of $40,000 to $50,000.
When Ha.ff disappeared depositors
began to withdraw their money and
that drain upon Its resources was be
lieved to be another reason for sus
pension. The hank Is capitalized at
sss,ooo and its deposits were recently
reported at more than $245,000.
All Wiped Out.
Washington.—The National Bank
Examiner in charge of the First Na
tional Bank of Islip, Long Island, re-'
ports that the capital and surplus of
the Institution, $42,000 In all, have
been wiped out and that at the request
of the directors he has taken charge.
COURTBHIP'B TRAGIC END.
Chicago.—Objections of Joseph and
Mlchsel Abbet to the courtship of their
sister Aone by Charles Cataronl devel
oped a tragic sequel here today when
Cataronl opened fire on the brother*
at their home Joseph was killed out
right; Michael fell fatally wounded and
Patrick J. Doyle, a passing policemen,
lost a finger clipped by a stray bul
let. Cataronl escaped.