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HOME EDITION 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. HOME EDITION 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.
