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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1915)
TWO French, German Advance Trenches Near Arras So Close, Mining and Countermininga Common Occurrence French Digging a Gallery Came Within a Foot or So of Ger man Sappers Driving a Counter Mine. French Placed Their Cartridge, Lighted Fuse and Got Away, Exploding German Mine While Diggers Were Still in it. Arras, Northern France, Sunday, Dec. 27. 6 P. M. (via Paris, Deo. 29, 111 66 A. M.—That portion or the French army holding the line* near Arran at tacked the Oerrnan» today on a front 12 mile* long. They carried half a mile of Herman trenches near l>nx hy assault and tonight they are hold ing thoae position! In force, The way for the attack was prepared hy violent artillery and machine gun fire, which swept the Herman position! from the north of Ixtns to suburb! aouth of Arras. Herman batteries everywhere replied heavily Fire Suddenly Csased While the Hermans were engaged a long the entire line of this part of their de'enen works, the French fire opposite 1 ,ens suddenly ceased. in stantly French Infantrymen leaped from thetr tranches and charged the Herman positions from 100 to 200 yards distant. A brief and furloua bayonet encounter brought victory to the French The Hermans were routed; the French took some prisoners and oc cupied the Herman diggings It was all over In twenty minutes, The artillery fire on both sides died down, but vigilance was In no sense relaxed At Intervals of two rods In the trenches keen eyes peering Into periscopes watched the edges on the Herman trenches, the observers them salves being welt protected below the level of the earth. Quiet Wes Sheltered A gun sounded far down the French line Instantly Inumarsble deton ations shattered the quiet of the empty ruined city. The heavy French field artillery was opening fire from tha works for miles In either direction outside the town upon the Herman lines. EUHMTE ID TAPE AT NMM CANAL Ship's Captain May Now Take His Vessel Through Without Signing a Single Paper. Panama.—Ho mtirh rad tapo haa b«tn Himimitwl by ill* 4 canal officials that a ahlpii mptiHa may n<>w taka hl« \ c*w»c| through' without having tu feign a alnglr papi*r, and without any ttHBU* of time. Heretofore the form ulitlea were ho nymeroua that It aotne* titiitfe r«*quircrtf 24 hours for a ah ip to complete her pasaage ts hipping com pan tea have been no tified that hereafter it will not ha neei-Haary for them to appoint a ship ping agent on the isthmus, for th* reason that the Panama canal la pre pared to undertake all work in con nection with the payment of tolls, purchase of coal, water and other stip piies They have been informed that («II that Is needed is to cable to Pan ama the probable arrival of a ship, deposit at the office of the neareat assistant treasurer of the I'nlN Btatee of the estimated amount of tolls, the probable supplies the vessel will need and other data and the of ficials of the canal will see that tho ship safely passes through with tin* least possible delay and without the payment of agent’s fees by the owner. A few days ago a ship arrived it Cristobal, her owners having appris ed the canal officials of her coming. The deposit had been made and aha was ready to pans through the canal when the master appeared at the port captain's office for Ids paper*. || was given his clearance papers, re ceipt for tolls, permit to pass through all the locks, health certificate, and other necessary papers find was told to proceed Into the canal. lie was astonished at not ha\ ing to obtain from various officials all these docu ments and further at the fact that not a single signature was required of him. His stay in the port of OrlAo hal was exacti> one hour, while at Hal bos there was no stop required be yond flowing up to drop the pilot In the outer harbor. It Is iK»lnte<\ out by canal officials that many papers at first In use proved to complicate matters and oc casion delay. The bulky copies of the ships manifest have been abolished, and the* boarding officer at the termi nal port now* obtain* only a short ab stract. For a time it was neeewMiry for a ship's master to have the signature of not leas than five canal officials be fore his vessel was permitted to enter th«* canal. This number has now been reduced to two, the captain of the port of entry and the health officer These, however, the captain does not himself have to obtain nut are affixed In the Course of the regular routine of the jH>rt captatn’a office BIRTHPLACE OF JOAN OF ARC IS STILL POPULAR Peels*— Domrwny. the village in the ViMfes where Joan of Are was born, continue* lo attract the vtattor. They go to the eottage of the heroine, not merely through eurloalty. but to r*g• later a Wish that the Germans be driven out of ►'ranee Thla haa been the prayer of all thoae who have been to Moan reray atnee the bealnntna of the ear and who have reglstere-1 at the little home The vtaltora' book even beara under date of July Hat on tha eve of hoattlttlea. the Inscription, "To aboltah the war" atoned by a man from Marseilles CHANCELLOR'S SON DEAD. Berlin, (via Tha Hague and London, 1:0# p. ra.l—The Lnknl Anticger aava today It ha* learned the eldeat aon of Dr Von Itethmonn-Hollwe*. impe rial chancellor, tana killed in action in Poland Iteceniber »th. ONLY ONE "Brorao Quinine." that Is _ J axative ftromo Quinine £/ **• 35c - Curas • CoM la One Day. 7 Days The machine guns kept a steady spray of bullets passing a few inches above i the ditches so as to catch any attempt at assault. A moment later the pro- ! Jectlles began to pass overhead and burst with a crashing noise. Fifty shells fell within half hour on this city, half of which already were In I ruins. At A Run. Herman trenches may be discern- I id at the ends of the boulevards leading Into the suburbs at a distance of 200 yards and wherever a group of men appears- at the French end the i Herman machine guns open fire. The thoroughfare are traversed at a run, I while pedestrians always are ready to throw themselves flat when a shell fulls nearby. Home of the suburbs particularly ! Blangy and Bt, Catherine, are contin ually under fire, while the railway sta- : lion and the hospital virtually have been demolished. In every house all the windows have been broken by the vibration*. 15 to 20 Yards. The advanced French anil Herman trenches In the suburbs are within 15 : or 20 yards of each other, so close j that mining and countermining are al- | most of ilally occurrence. Galleries are 1 driven 12 ft. or more below the surface close to the hostile trench and charged with explosives. The fuse Is set and a moment later- a portion of t'lo Herman trench Is blasted. While the French were digging a gallery yesterday they came wttlain a foot or so of Herman sappers driving a-counter mine Hastily placing their cartridge, the French miners lighted the fuse and got away, the charge ex ploding the Herman mine while the diggers still were In It SILLIMAN DENIES BRIBERY CHARGES MR ’ Vm fit .2k. ' ***** ' W*. >■ JOHN R SILLIMAN. Wrahington.—Friends of John R. Sllliinan. American consul at Mexico City, arc Immensely pleased with the emphatic denial he ha* made 111 reply In the charge of General Palsgox, min ister < r agriculture In the Outlerrex I'fthlnet. that Fllllmnn, Special Agent l ion Vonova and others had accepted a bribe of >'oo,ooo pesos to effect the release of Governor Iturhlde, Mr, Sll llmnn describes the bribery story as "absurd." THOUSANDS OF PLACARDS, ‘OUT OF WORK PROBLEM' New York.-—Thousands of placards which have been distributed through out the clt> announced that the un employed would gather In great num bers in Union Square today to listen lo addresses In various languages re garding the problem of the man who Is out of work this winter. Police Commissioner Arthur Woods said that while not expecting "anything unu sual" to occur, enough policemen In uniform and plain clothes would be on hand ot preserve order RESIGNATIONS IN PERU. Lima. Peru. Further cabinet resig nation* due to unsettled poll!leal con ditions, were announced Thursday. Fernando Fuchs, minister of the Inte rne! Colonel Abril, minister of war, were the latest members to lay down their portfolios JOHN C. REESE DEAD. Atlanta, Ga. John C, Heese. well known newspaper man and at on* tint# secrelery to Former Congress men John VV Maddox, of the seventh Georgia district, died of pneumonia here early today lie was 44 years old and was born tn Rome, Oa, KNIGHTS OP ZION, Bt. Lou's, Mo.— Dslcgatea from many stales were In atendanco at the opening here today of tha ISth annual I convention of the Knights of Earn Th# I atm of the 7.1 nlst movement Is to r* | establish Palestine s* the home of th* I Jewish race. BRAZIL S PEACE HOPE Rio Janoirw. The Rrailtlan parlia ment which held Its -Inal session yes jierday, adopted a resolution expross -1 Ing the hope that peace would speed ily be re-established In Europe, Uneeda Biscuit Tempt the appetite, please the taste and nourish the body. Crisp, clean and fresh— -5 cents in the moisture proof package. Baronet Biscuit Round, thin, tender— with a delightful flavor —appropriate for luncheon, tea and dinner, is cents. > w . j -- 'vij ZuZu Prince of appetizers! Makes daily trips from Ginger-Snap Land to waiting mouths every where. Say Z u Zu to the grocer man, 5 cents. dmw Buy biacuit baked by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY A lwayt look for that name “CHILD SCAVENGERS” IS SUBJECT OF REPORT TO CHILD LABOR BOARD Boston —" Child scavengers.’" the children of the tenements who go to dump heaps, freight yards, markets and ash barrels seeking food, fuel and clothes were discussed in a report to day by the Massachusetts Child La bor Committee which recommends legislation to exclude them from dumps. “In one Boston school district,” the report says, “125 of the 2,128 children at school do this work. They pick in all s>t'„» of weather, with bare tore sticking out of their shoes on the cold est winter days Their hands shake so they can barely hold their bags. The ashes crack the skin.” The committee found that In the same district 1.628 children made a practice of visiting markets, freight yards and wharves and picking over ash and garbgo brrels for ice, produce, fish, potatoes and wood. "Frequently,” he report says, "the children pick from refuse barrels ma terial whb h they eat upon the spot. In all scavenger wrork there is a strong incentive to thel'L" sv.ys v .y atfjy yttfiMzijk H. a*'! v -\g. v?* Wgmag&m t? ’ 9 ** * t ■ * jtj!' ’W v - 1 mfMSI | CHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. TILLMAN LOSES FIGHT FOR GRANDCHILDREN ililfrp flipl SMP' |f A«fr Jfv |F r ' «N&‘ ■ 4L " : * : . V - .>" /•< i f; - WkWitimm* / .* -r I 1::; ** MRS. LUCY DUGAS TILLMAN. Columbia, —United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman has lost his flgnt for the possession of his two grand daughters, Surah Stark Tillman and Pausekha Pickens Tillman. The South Carolina supreme court has de clined his demand that the children be removed from the custody of their mother, Mrs Lucy Dugas Tillman, tha beautiful divorced wife of Benjamin it. Tillman, Jr. Mrs. Tillman is a granddaughter of the late Governor Pickens, and, judging from tho num ber of letters and telegrams with which she ha* been showered since the de cision was rendered, the entire state was behind her In her fight to retain possession of her children. 13 PRISONERS OF GERMANY At End of Year 1914 the Num ber is 8,138 Officers and 577,875 Men. Berlin, (By wireless to London, 9:42 a. m.) —War prisoners held in Ger many at the end of the year numbered 8.138 officers and 577,875 men, accord ing to a summary Issued from head quarters today which points out that the list does not Include civilians in terned In Germany nor the prisoners taken during the pursuit In Russian Poland or those In transport. Of the number the French contrib ute 3.459 officers, including seven gen erals and 215,905 men; the Russians, 3.675 officers of whom 18 are generals and 306,290 men; the Belgians, 612 of ficers. Including three generals and 36,852 men, and the British, 492 of ficers and 18.828 men. Headquarters declares the report that 1,104 German officers and 134,- 700 men are prisoners of war in Russia is misleading since the list includes Interned civilians. Probably not more than 15 per cent of the total are mil itary prisoners. It is declared. BANKRUPTCY RECORD. New York. Bankrutcy petitions, 1,696 in number, filed during 1914, es tablished a record for this city since the present law relating to bankruptcy went into effect in 1898. Figures pub lished today show there have been nearly 21,000 petitions since the act became effective. Marguerite Clark in “Wildflower” at Strand Tomorrow ■ m n. y. CUSTOMS, 1314 New York.—The war in .Europe Is reflected in the New York customs re ceipts for 1914 made public today. Receipts were approximately *167- 000,000, representing a falling off of about 136,500,000 from the figures of 1913. Imports of merchandise were about 1975,000,000, representing a de crease of more than $35,000,u00. Do mestic exports In 1914 amounted to approximately *800,000,000, a de crease of nearly *105,000,000. Imports of gold and silver were about *24,000,- 000. a decrease of approximately *20.- 500,000. Exports of domestic gold showed an Increase, the approximate figures being *155,400,000 In 1914 and *116,500,001' In 1913. NEW~YEAR ’s" PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN AT MANILA Washington, D. C.— Govenor Genera! Harrison, cabling from Manila today reported to the war department he had been advised that a new line of steam ers from New York to Manila and the Dutch Fast Indies hv wav of the Pan ama Canal was being planned hy the Holland Steamship Company, opening a new trade route to the Orient. Governor Harrison made no mention of reports that troops in Manila had been held in quarters last night and officials of the Insular bureau believed If that bad been done it was a New Year's eve precaution taken particu larly In view of recent disturbances. ‘COURT OF CONVENIENCE/ NO LAWYERS, IN CHICAGO Chicago. —A court of convenience— a court without lawyers where the people may plead their own case will be established here late in January as a branch of the municipal court. Chief Justice Harry Olson announced today. Its aim will be to simplify' jus tice and reduce the cost of “going to law.” The court will at first consider cases in which amounts less than *SO are involved. Later its scope will be broadened when other branches are established. 123 MURDERFIN TWO YEARS; NOT 1 EXECUTION Pittsburg, Pa. —There have been 123 murders in Allegheny county in the last two years and not one of the slayers paid the death penalty. This is shown by the report of the cor oner's office made public today. During 1914 there were 56 murders while there were 67 in 1913. The record shows there has been no legal ex ecutions during the same years. 9 KY. COUNTIES “DRY." Lexington, Ky.—Nine counties in Kentucky became “dry" at midnight, liquor having been voted out last Sep tember. Only 15 counties out of 120 in Kentucky remain in the “wet” column. SPECIAL NOTICES Pursuant to the requirements of the charter of the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Hall. In the City of .vugusta, an election of two members to succeed two retiring members, will be held In the Lodge Room in the Masonic Temple, on Friday, January Sth, 1915, at o’clock p. m. WM. K. MILLER, Chairman. J 8 JOSIAH T. CLARKE. Secretary. MERCHANTS SANK, DIVIDEND NO. 31. Augusta, Ga.. December 23. 1914. THE ÜBUAL QUARTERLY Divi dend of $3.50 per share on the capital stock of this bank has been declared by the Board of Director*, payable Janu ary 5. 1915, to stockholder* of record this date. Checks will be malle i. E. E. ROSBOROUGH. J 4 Cashier. NEW FIRM BUT SAME BUSINESS. I HAVE BEEN IN THE UNDERTAKE ing business In Augusta just twenty years, and It affords me pleasure to announce to the public that I have this day. January 1, 1915. associated with myself in the Undertaking Business my son. John Gooding Wilson, who has qualified himself as an Embalmer and ihtneral Director. The firm's rftune therefc**e in the future will be W. I. Wilson * Son. It is with pride and pleasure that I acknowledge the many kindly considerations shown me by the good people of Augusta, and I pledge for the new firm the same care and attention heretofore given to the pub lic. jl FARMERS, ATTENTION ! FARMERS, ATTENTION! BACKBONE OF FARM PLAN. The backbone of any success ful farm plan is tile system fol lowed lu crop production, says the Country Gentleman. About the first things the county agent looks into when he visits the farm are whether a well estab lished rotation is consistently followed from year to year and whether this rotation is adapted to the type of soil, the climate and the uses to which the crops are put. Nearly every important Improvement in the farm plan must follow the line of the rota tion. The use of fertilizers must conform to It, and the silo, the storage facilities and the animals kept to consume the forage are all Influenced hy it CAMPAIGN AGAINST INSECTS. New Annual Report of Government Entomologist Shows Progress. The control of such dangerous In sects as the g.vpsy moth, cotton boll weevil, alfalfa weevil, green bug and potato tuber moth has kept the office of the United States department of agriculture’s entomologist busy during the past year, according to the new annual report Besides clirectiifg its attention to combating Insects that at tack crops, the office has been active In attempting to eradicate insects that affect the health of man and animals, such as malaria hearing mosquitoes, the spotted fever tick and the typhoid fly. Special attention has been given to insects Injuring forests and those affecting stored products, such us grain, flour, prepared cereals, meat and cheese. Work in bee culture has also progressed satisfactorily. The gypsy moth campaign, waged also against Its cousin, the brown tail moth, has been very encouraging, there being a marked decrease this year In the numbers of both these pests. Par asites and beetles that attack these dangerous insects have been intro duced and have been largely Instru mental In bringing about good results. Colored posters were prepared by the office Illustrating the gypsy moth and its natural enemies, and these were posted in all postoffices and town of fices in the Infected districts, and copies were sent to granges and public libraries. The campaign has also been waged by mail and boy scouts, who have distributed cards bearing the same Illustrations. A combination spray composed of lime sulphur, arsenate of lend and nicotine has been used successfully during the year by many orchard grow ers to control insects and fungous dis eases. Other poisons to control orchard Insects have been developed and are now being tested. Arsenical sprays are being made more practicable for use in combating cranberry pests in New Jersey.- Effective spraying has also been done In the pecan orchards of the south, Interested growers aiding the department in the work. Remedies are also being recommended and de veloped for pest's that endanger apple, peach and pear orchards. Economical Hog House. The A type of hog house for far rowing sows Is popular with many hog raisers. The house shown reproduced from Country Gentleman can be built to good advantage at small cost The building shown Is called the Economy house. It has floor dimensions of sby 7 feet. This house, built to use an earth floor, costs $9.07, figured on the same basis as the regular lowa or A house. From the standpoint of econ omy, this honse at less .ban $lO Is the most convenient and handy movable or portable type. WINTERING BEES OUTSIDE. It Is a common practice In New Eng land to winter bees on their summer stands, and this is a perfectly safe plan if suitable protection be given. Probably the simplest and most suc cessful method Is to keep the bees in ten frame hives and to replace the end frame on each side with a chaff division board. This confines the clus ter to eight frames and keeps it away from the cold walls. In any case the top of the hive should have careful attention, for that is where the greatest danger lies. The best plan Is to tack a piece of burlap on the bottom of a super or n winter case and apt it over the hive without any board under it. Then the super should be filled with shavings or chaff This arrangement allows for the grad ual escape of moisture from the hlv* and gives greater satisfaction than the use of a board over the hive. An ordinary hive cover may be used, but the new metal roof double cover Is much to be preferred. When this general plan is adopted It is s simple matter to feed the bee* even in winter by using the sugnr cakes now on the market. These cakes come in pis tins, which are in verted over the frames, and may be slipped in place at any time by simply raising the super a little.—American Agriculturist. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. Scientific- Farming WIRE FENCES AND TREES. Best Method of Attaching the Wire Ex plained. [Prepared by United States department o t agriculture.! In running wire fenees it may be nec essary or desirable to attach the wires to trees along the fence lines. In many regions old fence rows have grown up naturally to trees. In others wind breaks have been plnnted between fields, making tree lines to which wire fencing may be attached without the labor and expense of setting posts. In attaching wires to trees, however, it is bad practice to fasten them dl- WRONG WAY TO ATTACH FENCE WIRE TO TUBES. rectly to the trees, for when this is done the wire will be grown over and imbedded within the tree itself. This has a number of disadvantages. Not only do the wounds mar the appear ance of the tree, but they also afford entrance for diseases which cause de cay. In the second place, if the tree is ever cut for lumber either khe best part of the trunk hits to he tlirowD out and wasted, or else, if the wires and staples are deeply imbedded, the tree may he sawed into without any knowl ' IeHS BIGHT WAT TO ATTACH FENCE WIBE TO TBEES. - edge on tlie part of tlie 6nwmill men that the wires are there. The results are likely to be disastrous to fbe saw, and may even endanger human life. Further, it Is Impossible after the wire Is grown over to move the fence with out cutting the wire or chopping deep Into the tree. A better way, and one that protects both the tree and the fence. Is to nail to the tree a strip of wood from four to six inches wide and an inch or more thick, and of n length to suit the height of ttie fence. The wires can then be stapled to this strip. As the tree grows the strip is forced out and the tree is not injured. The strip can be nailed tighter from time to time, the wire fen>e always remaining sta pled to it. If there is occasion to move the fence or cut the tree tlie strip caq be pried off without anv difficulty. Government Aid For Farmers. When certain kinds of living organ isms which take nitrogen from the air, are properly worked into the soil crop yields are often greatly increased, and land that is worn out is put in condi tion for ben ring more crops. The of fice of soil bacteriology Investigations Is an important branch of the depart ment’s bureau of plant Industry and not only investigates the bacteria bene ficial to the soil, but prepares cultures of certain kinds for distribution to fanners, who may use them to make their farming more profitable. During the past year this office distributed •nongli culture of bacteria to treat about 200,000 acres of crop*, such as alfalfa, vetch, crimson clover, red clo ver. eowpeas and soy beans. T7pon the recommendation of repro-* sentatlves of the department, especial ly county agents, the “cultures” are distributed to farmers who need and desire them. The department's agents In tbelr distribution are endeavoring to’ encourage the use of legume crops, such hs alfalfa and cowpess. In crop rotation system" so ns to maintain the fertility of the land. Distributions of “inocnlatlng mate rial" hare been made by the depart ment since 1002. when the first prac tical method was evolved for prepar ing pnre cultures of tiacteria for inoc ulating legumes. These bacteria nr* called "nitrogen fixing." because they sre able to iilworb nitrogen gns from the air and "fly" it Into solid com pounds in the soil, where It Is a via ble plan* food.
