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VOLUME XX, No. 2.
3,000 Prisoners
Taken By Russia
Another Big Victory Announced Over Austrians
in Galicia—Battle Still Continues With Losses
Great on Both Sides—Fierce German Attacks
on the Vistula and Pilica Rivers
Pctrograd.—An official communica
tion given out by the general staff to
day recounts the situation in the va
rious fields of action along the Rus
sian front. It says:
"In East Prussia and in the region
of Mlawa (northern Russian Poland),
we ha’- defeated attempts by the Ger
mans to deliver a partial offensive.
“On the Vistula, opposite Wyszog
rod, our armed steamers cannonaded
the infantry of the enemy with suc
cess.
Series of Attacks.
"Between the Vistula and the lower
Pilica the Germans have begun a se
ries ofattacks supported by the fire of
their heavy artillery.
SCANDINAVIA,
ITALY UNO
U. S. UNITED
II INTERESTS
Rome, 8:45 a. m.—The Tribuna com
menting on the American note to the
British government regarding inter
ference with her shipping at sea, says:
“America, the Scandinavian coun
tries and Italy are united by an infor
mal understanding which might be
come formal if the abuses continue.
They only desire to see their com
merce protected and demand that in
ternational rules, instead of arbitrary
belligerents, reign over the seas.
“The American note, or similar
views from other neutrals, must not
I ie taken as an expression of irrita
f ion at the injury to their commerce
by the inconsiderate application of in
ternational rights.”
llispotosi
City Taken After Sanguinary
Battle---Rebels Driven Sixty-
Five Miles Away. Dogged Re
sistance to Obregon’3 Ad
vance.
Washington.—Capture of San Bids
Potosi by Carranza forces was report
ed in advices today from Galveston
to the agency here, which said:
"Semi-official reports by wireless
from Tampico, say that forces under
General Cosio Robelo entered San
Luis Potosi yesterday after a san
guinary battle. General Robelo be
longs to the command of General Pa
blo Gonzales, who, yesterday also
drove the rebels from Rodriguez Sta
tion, 65 miles east of San Luis Potosi.
“Captain Niles of the Carranza avia
tion corps, and Major Salinas, its
chief, flying a French monoplane yes
terday above the battle ground, re
ported Carranza troops as far west as
Apam, which is 60 miles east of Mex
ico City. However, large numbers of
rebels still are doggedly resisting the
advance of Obregon’s army. The
movement on Puebla. from Amozoc
has been completed and the actual
bombardment Is expected to begin In
the morning.”
REDUCTION, RAILWAY RATES.
Christiana, Norway.—ln view of the
closing of navigation through the Bal
tic on account of mines, the Swedish
rai'ways are making arrangements
wit*, the Norwegian Ministry of Rail
ways for a reduction In rates, partic
ularly on lumber, thus facilitating the
export of Swedish lumber through
Norwegian ports.
U. S. OIL STEAMER
IS SEIZED AGAIN
Halifax, N. S.—Word wan received
here today that the American tank
steamer Brit dilla, whose arrest by a
British cruiser and detention at Hali
fax last October was the cause of dip
lomatic correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain re
sulting in the steamer's release, again
had been intercepted off the coast of
Scotland and taken Into Aberdeen.
The reason given for the Brlndllla’s
seizure last October was that it was
suspected she had aboard contraband
destined for Germany.
Taken to Brest.
Washington.— I The state department
learned today that the steamship
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
“On December 81st the enemy man
ifested activity which was particularly
intense in the region of the town of
Rawa, where fighting still continues.
Furious Counter Attacks.
“South of the Pilica the action has
spread out and the positions cut off
the routes from Vlostchoro to Kielce.
“In the village of Mschanka in Ga
licia, we captured about 3,000 prison
ers, including 68 officers, four cannon
and six mitrailleuses. The fighting
in this region still continues. Fu
rious counter attacks, which the ene
my made supported by armored auto
mobiles, were repulsed by our artil
lery fire and bayonet charges.
POWDER II FIRE
SHIP’S HAY WITH
HORSESAROARD
Combustibles Were Found By
Captain of the British Steamer
Rembrandt After Frames Had
Been Subdued.
New Orleans. —Combustibles were
found in hay on board the British
steamer Rembrandt which sailed from
Baltimore recently and later caught
fire, according to a statement made
here today by A. Edlin, captain of the
ship. The Rembrandt left Baltimore
loaded with horses for the allied ar
mies in Europe but was forced to put
back into Newport News because of
the fire.
Captain Edlin said he was not ab
solutely certain the fire started from
combustibles surreptitiously placed
aboard. He said that after the fire
had been extinguished a thorough
search of the ship was made and
powder and other combustibles were
found. The powder was not strongly
encased and there was nothing to in
dicate an attempt had been made to
blow up the ship, according to his
statement. It was believed it might
have been placed there to aid any fire
that might have started.
Captain Edlin positiveiy denied
spies had been found on the ship or
that any of the animals had been mu
tilated as had been reported. He said
73 horses were suffocated immediately
and that about 125 of them died later
from effects of the fumes and heaf
The Rembrandt will take on 900
horses and mules here for Europe.
WOUNDED GHURKA BACK
AT CAMP WITH PRISONER
London—The story of how a wound
ed Ghurka obtained a comfortable
ride to camp without losing the pris
oner he had captured is related by an
officer just returned from the front.
“One night,” said the officer, who
commands a company in a Ghurka
regiment, “when our men rushed a
German trench, one of the Ghurkas
captured a German. There is a re
ward for bringing in prisoners alive,
bo the Ghurka started back to our
trenches with his prisoner.
"He was hit In the leg while cross
ing the field so he forced the German
to take him on his back to our lines.
He came riding In on his captive, se
cured hls reward, and then let him
self he removed on a stretcher to the
hospital."
German Argonne
Booty in December
Berlin (by wireless to London.) —An
unofficial report from the Wolff
Agency says:
. “We learn from the main headquar
ters that the war booty taken by our
troops fighting In the Argonne in the
month of December amounts altogeth
er to 2,950 prisoners, 21 machine guns,
14 mine throwers and one bronze mor
tar.”
Brindllla after her seizure off the
coast of Scotland, was taken to Brest
and made representations to the Brit
ish government. Unofficial assur
ances have been received that the
vessel will be promptly released.
By French Warships.
New York.—Confirmation of the
Brindllla’s seizure was given today at
the offices of the Htandard 041 Com
pany here, but It was said that the
Bhlp had been Intercepted by a French
warship and taken to Brest, France
This information reached the com
pany, it was stated, In a cablegram
from Captain Peterson, commander
of the Brindilia, by way of London.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1915. .
A Target For German Shells
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SIGNAL STATION.
The coast guard signal station at Whitby, on the north coast of Eng
land, which appears to have made a good target for the gunners of Ger
man squadron which recently executed such a sensational raid on the
English towns of Whitby, Hartlepool and Scarborough.
CIII EMM ME MEN THAN 0S01E;
10 WAGES CUE OR FORCES REDUCED
Mr. Nisbet Wingfield, City En
gineer, Also Points to Con
tracts For Two Big Sewers
and Other Work Which is
Being Done
FURTHER STREET WORK
WILL* NOT ASSIST THE
UNEMPLOYED MECHANICS
For Laborers Only Will Do the
Rough Work Required on the
Streets. Work on Levee Start
ing Again.
“The city of Augusta is employing
more people in its various depart
ments now than usual,” says Mr. Nis
bet Wingfield, city engineer and com
missioner of public works, “and any
movement for a large amount of
street work, in addition to what we are
doing, will not help those who need
help.”
Mr. Wingfield says that in the
streets and drains department, the
scavenger department, and other de
partments the city has a large force,
there are two big sewers being built
by the city, A. J. Twiggs A Hons aie
doing rip rap work on the levee. The
city Is advertising for bids to con
struct another big sewer at Houston
Street, turning the Houston Street
sewer Into the Beaver Dam Ditch, and
is also advertising for bids to build
the levee from East Boundary to the
C. & W. C. railroad and work will be
gin soon on the concrete bridge over
the canal at D'Antlgnac Street.
Mr. Wingfield contends that any
further work done on the streets will
not employ mechanics but laborers,
and the members of the building
trades, who are the greatest sufferera
will not be benefited at all.
The city has cut no one’s wages and
has, on its pay rolls as stated, more
people than usual.
NO FALLING OFF, ENGLISH
DEMAND FOR MORE SHIPS
London—Tljere seems to be no fall
ing off In the demand for new ships.
Further orders have been placed this
week for new steamers In the Clyde
and Northeast coast yards. The or
ders for Clyde yards are said to be
eleven steamers aggregating fifty-four
thousand tons Including a passenger
steamer for the Atlantic trade of six
teen thousand tons. The Northeast
coast yards are asked to supply about
twelve cargo steamers and two oil
carrying vessels.
Steel makers are reaping a rich har
derrand for shipbuilding material, es
pecially those with works In close
proximity to the yards where Gov
ernment contracts are being carried
through with great despatch.
FRENCH THINK
NO DANCER OF
ANY RUPTURE
D. S. Note to British Govern
ment Being Widely Discuss
ed. Severe Criticism of Ger
man Methods of Warfare.
Paris, 10:30 a. m.—Extensive com
ments on the note to the British gov
ernment are appearing In the French
press. It is agreed that no danger
exists of a rupture of the excellent
relations between the United States
and England, France and Russia. Opin
ion is expressed generally that the
conciliatory attitude of both the Am
erican and British governments points
to an amicable adjustment. America,
it Is said, of all nations would avoid
any unjust policy Heveral newspa
pers say that President Wilson's own
reference to the sharp practices em
ployed by some American shippers ap
pear to Justify the precautionary meas
ures which have been taken
Vigorous Defense.
Germany, the newspapers declare,
has Inaugurated new methods of war
fare which are criticised severely. Be
cause of these measures It Is asserted.
It has been necessary for the Allies to
defend themselves vigorously, and all
measures adopted have been dictated
by necessity. The general opinion Is
that there will be little difficulty In
making satisfactory explanation to the
American government along those
lines.
GERMAN OFFICIAL
Berlin, by wireless to London, 3:15 p.
m.—French attacks In ihe vicinity of
Nleuport, Belgium were repulsed by the
Germans yesterday, acrurdlrtg to Ihe of
ficial statement given out today by the
German general headquarters' staff
German successes are claimed In the
Argonne forest. In the Role Bribes and
to the southwest of Roarburg, while vio
lent attacks directed by the French to
the north of the Fortress of Verdun are
said to have been repulsed French re
ports of progress In the Alsatian village
of Hteinbsch art denied by the Germane.
OFF FOR POLAND.
Vancouver, B. Cc—The Russian vol
unteer fleet steamer Tarnbov, here
from the orient, will take on a great
quantity of heavy field guns and pro
jectiles manufactured In Pennsylva
nia. One Inrge cargo of American
guns shipped from Vancouver has ar
rived at Vladivostok and la being hur
ried to Poland.
SERVED 26 YEARS.
Washington,—J. M. Wright, of Ken
tucky, marshal of the United Htates
supreme court since 188*, died here
today, after a long Illness.
Monitor
Fire By
Austria
Paris, 12:55 a. m.—The Belgrade
correspondent of the Havas Agency,
In a dispatch dated December 31st,
describes the bombardment of the
Servian capital by fonr Austrian mon
itors, which he says took place on
Wednesday. Hls messnge follow**:
“Yesterday at noon the enemy’s
guns fired several shots on Karabou
rana. One shell fell in the city, dam
aging the house. Towards 6 o'clock
four Austrian monitors appeared lie
fore the fortress and opened fire
against it and the banks of the Save
and Danube Rivers. The bombard
ment lasted until 8 o'clock. At In
tervals the rattling of quick fires was
heard. Several more shrapnel shells
fell In the city. Property only was
damaged.
PUN TO lilt
SOUTH'S FARMS
SELF SUSTAINING
Locality Under Observation in
North Carolina Shows That
82.3 of Food Used Was Pro
duced on Farm.
Washington.—Preliminary results of
a study of rural living conditions In
several states announced today by the
department of agriculture showed that
in the locality under observation In
North Carolina the farms yielded 82.3
per cent of the food used each year
by the farm family while the average
In the New York locality was only 60.4.
The survey was made on a large
number of farms in North Carolina.
Georgia. Texas, Kansas, lowa, Wis
consin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York
and Vermont. It showed that stxty
threo percent of the food consumed by
the farm family was supplied by the
farm. The proportion varied in the
several section*, hut was greatest In
the North Carolina locality. The de
partment pointed to that as demon
strating how Southern farms may be
made self-sustaining.
BIR JAMES DUCKWORTH DEAD.
London,—Death of Sir Jamea Duck
worth, former member of parliament
and president of the United Methodist
Free churches, has been announced.
Sir James was born in 1840 and be
gan to earn hls living in a cotton mill
before he was seven years old.
Cheer Up!
Get Busy!
Do Business!
Business hasn’t been so had during
1914 as reports being published from
nil lines of trade and Industry from
the various sections of the country.
Conditions are sound, the country is In
good shape, and 1915 Is going to be a
big business year for this country.
Nearly all of Augusta’s manufactur
ing Industries are running under nor
mal conditions, at this season of the
year anil the payrolls are fully up to
the average. Augusta Is doing busi
ness and will do more business as the
days go by.
Watch this space dally for
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Don <’. Holtz, business manager
of the New York World—Our
Chicago office assures us that the
volume of advertising originating
In the Middle West and corning
East In 1915 will he very satisfac
tory. Of late local business bus
occasionally risen above the corre
sponding day of last year, and I
believe those days are to become
much more frequent In 1915. It Is
my Impression that the losses wo
have sustained through the fail
ure or going out of business of sev
eral large department stores will
he more than made up next year
by Increases In advertising carried
by present advertisers,
People who have been loaded
down with all sorts of fears be
cause of the war sre now shaking
them off It cannot be possible
that the flood of money that has
been turned loose In different parts
of the country will not finally flow
to New York. What we need now
Is an Intelligent extension of
credit. One effect of the estab
lishing of the reserve hanks will
he to do away with the hankers’
excuses for not extending credit
when business men have sought
their aid. During the past four
months people have only paid out
what money they were obliged to.
The time has now come when there
Is a tendency among business to
loosen UP There Is going to he a
notable expansion of business If a
sufficient amount of credit can he
obtained to finance operations of
various kinds. If credit Is not
forthcoming there will he a lot of
badly fooled people.
We have a right to believe that
the newspapers are going to carry
a much larger volume of advertis
ing In 1915 than In 1914. Here In
New York we need an Increase of
only 8 7 over last year to bring tbs
amount up to normal
$6.00 PER YEAR-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
SLIGHT GAINS FOR
GERMANS, FRANCE;
ALLIES WAITING
German
Torpedo
Did It
Paris, 6:15 a. m.—The British bat
tleship Formidable, which sank In the
English Channel Friday morning with
the greater part of her crew, was tor
pedoed off Portsmouth by a German
submarine, according to a report cur
rent In Paris.
Portsmouth is the chief naval sta
tion of England. It Ih at the south
west extremity of Portsea Island, 18
miles southeast of Southampton and
65 miles southwest of London.
Portsmouth Harbor is four miles in
length witti about an equal width and
Its entrance is only about 400 yards
across. It has been said that In this
land-locked haven the whole British
navy might ride in perfect security.
The arm of the English Channel with
which It communicates is the road
stead of Splthead.
FOB VAST ARMY
NEW ENGLISH
FIELD FORCES
Cream of British Forces Ex
pected. Report Again of 200,-
000 Germans Passing Through
Cologne on Way to Poland.
London, 1 p. m.—Various reports
concerning the condition of Emperor
William's throat again are In circula
tion. According to one version, the
emperor must Boon undergo an ope
ration.
With full knowledge that vast num
bers of men are being trained In Eng
land, Germany, it. is recognized here,
must he preparing to meet their entry
into the war. It is agreed that much
depends upon the quality of the new
formations on both sides. The Eng
lish view Is that Britain's new troops
will be the cream of the country, while
Germany, having sent In her finest
forces at the outset, must depend for
reinforcements upon those less fit
physically.
There arn again reports of the
movement of German troops from the
west to the east. Amsterdam states
that 200,000 Germans passed through
Cologeon the way east and It Is sug
gested that they are being sent, to
General von Hlndenburg, preparatory
to another great effort to batter
through the Russian llneM to Warsaw.
GERMAN ATTACK
SHIFTS SOUTH
London, noon.—ln Poland the Ger
man attack apparently baa ahlfted to
the southward. The Russian state
ment today mentions fighting of par
ticular Intensity at Itawa, which Is 30
miles south of Sochaczew, the recent
center of German activity. German
attacks there as well as In Kast
Prussia and In the region of Mla.wa,
In Poland, near East Prussian border,
are said to have bean repulsed.
Constantinople
News Vague
London, 12:46 a. m. -It Is exceeding
ly difficult to obtain any clear Idea
of the Turkish operations, but, ac
cording to an Athens dispatch the
sultan and his court are preparing to
leave Constantinople, fearing the early
fall of that city. The attack on Egypt
seems to have been abandoned Indef
initely.
CAN COMPANY HEAD DEAD.
New York.—Edwin Norton, one of
the organizers of the American Can
Company and Its first president, died
at his home here Inst night He was
89 years old. lie Invented many ma
chines for manufacturing cuns.
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
Cleveland, Ohio Rev. Htephens Ma
kara, pastor of Ht. Johns ('reek Catho
lla church and his housekeeper, Mrs.
Fedor, were hurried to death today
when fire practically destroyed the
parish house Police believe the flro
was of Incendiary origin.
Police said today they had learned
Rev. Mr. Mftkara was assaulted In
November by two men who robbed
him of 1147 and his citizenship papers.
The police believe the robbery was In
tended to conceal the real motive of
the attack.
HOME
EDITION
Offensive of Invaders Renewed
in Sporodic Way—Western
Army Apparently Not Weak
ened By Troops to East
JOFFRE PURSUING TACTICS
OF FEELING OUTLINE OF
ENEMY AND WAITING
Time For Concerted Attack at
Strategic Point Depends on
Assistance of English Rein
forcements.
Pari. (2:40 p. m.)—The French of
ficial statement on the progrees of the
war, given out this afternoon, recites
a series of encounters of comparative
ly minor Importance along the hattls
line. German attacks and counter at
tacka have been repulsed; French
gains have been retained; the artil
lery exchanges have been spirited, and
In Steinbach, where street fighting hsj
been going on for aeveral days, the
French say they have ocoupled three
new lines of houses.
Await Reinforcements.
London, 12:30 p. m -Latest news
available from the western battle front
shows little progress is being made by
the allied forces and rather lndlcatea
a sporadic renewal of the German of
fensive, with resultant alight gains In
the Argonne and French Flanders.
Those operations can scarcely be class
ed as a general German offensive
movement In the west, such aa la still
being conducted in Poland, but the
strength which the Germans are show
ing seems to make it plain that they
have not weakened appreciably their
western army by transfers of troops
to the east, nor has the pressure of
the Allies broken their grip on Belgium
and France, from the North Sea to
Metz.
Avoiding General Attaok.
General Jofrre apparently still la
avoiding a general attack. Except
for their tactics of feeling out the Ger
man line by attacks here and there,
the Allies are playing a waiting game,
pending the time when with the assist
ance of reinforcements they can deliver
a concentrated blow at some strategic
point
The Germans are still attempting to
press forward In Poland but to the
south the Russians have driven the
Austrians further back—more than 60
miles in all. It la again reported that
the Russians are pouring across the
Garpathlan mountains Into Hungary,
causing the Inhabitants to flee.
GERMAN VICTORS
NAME STATUS,
ALL CONSULS
Amsterdam, (via London, 2t06 p. m.)
—According to a statement In the
Nord Deutsche Allgemlene Zeltung, a
summary of which was given out to
day by the official bureau In Berlin,
Germany, no longer considers binding
the exequaturs of consuls In any ter
ritory which has been oocupled by
Germany during the war.
OFFICERS FIRE AS STORE
ROBBERS MAKE ENTRANCE
Marksville, La,—After being Inform*-
ed that the store of L. B. Roy hero
was to be robbed early today, six of
ficers secreted themselves tn the
place and shot two of the lntrudera
when they appeared. Frank Borde
lon, who escaped three years ago from
the Louisiana penitentiary, where he
was serving a life sentence, received
a load of buckshot In the back, arms
and shoulders. Curtis Lagourge wee
shot In the head and physicians say
he will die. Clement Droullette was
captured unhurt and a fourth man
escaped. The Intruders did not re
turn the fire. Officers refuse to say
who told them of the plot.
KEYSTONE WATCH CASE
WINS ON GOV’T CHABGE
Philadelphia.—The United States
district court here today handed down
an opinion refusing the government's
petition to break up the Keystone
Watch Case Company on the ground
that It Is a trust In violation of the
Bherman antl-truat law.
292,000,000 BARRELS
OF PETROLEUM IN 1914
Washington.—Domestic petroleum
production last year was greater than
ever before, according to preliminary
figures today by the geological sur
vey, the output being estimated at
292,000,000 barrels. That was an in
crease of more than 11 per cent over
the 1913 output.
ITALY WATCHING ALIENB.
Rome. 9:50 p. m.—The government
has ordered the police to keep a close
watch on foreigners, and to make spe
cial Investigations of their doings
while In this country. Many have
been Invited to leave as soon as pos
sible and It is stated that some will he
expelled If they do not take the hint.
The government's action, It Is stated
Is due to reports of espionage.