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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Thurs day. VOLUME XX, No. 20. ZEPPELIN I RAIDERS DROP BOMBS IN NIGHT; SCARE ENGLISH TOWNS London,— German airmen delivered their long predicted attack on England last night. From a base presumably in Germany they flew over the North Sea to the eastern coast of England, where for nearly four hours they circled over several English towns only a little more than 100 miles from London, ap parently dropping bombs at will. So far as learned today four or five persons were killed and about as many more were wounded. SKILL IN ROUTE. Kings Lynn, (via London, 11:29 a .m.)— An outstanding feature of the German aerial raid appears to have been the skill with which the airmen in the darkness followed their route and dropped bombs near King George's house at Sandringham and Queen Mother Alexandra's bungalow at Smettishom, as well as at the docks, waterworks and railroad station here and at the Grimston ammunition depot. ROYAL RAILWAY COACHES. According to the police the raiders hovered twice over Kings I.ynn and dropped bombs near the railroad station and docks. Three missiles fell close to the station, wrecking sheds containing the royal coaches. One or more bombs were dropped among the docks and damage wag in flicted on the hydraulic engine house. DENSE DARKNESS. Dense darkness and the slight mist which prevented effective pur suit or successful shooting at the raiders, hindered them in efforts to reach some of their apparent objectives and also to aim their bombs with the maximum of accuracy. Thus the visit to Sandringham, which King George and Queen Mary left at 10 o’clock yesterday morning, was not effective, although some bombs were dropped in that vicinity. ALL IN GROUP. The casualty list at Kings Lynn so far as is known today is two per sons killed and four injured. They all ere in a group of houses on Ben tinck Street, which was wrecked by one bomb. Casualties at Yarmouth are two killed and one injured. There is a difference of opinion here as to whether the German raiders came in Zep pelins or in aeroplanes. OVER SEVERAL TOWNS. London (9:50 a. m.) —The approximate times of the visit of hostile air ships to the several towns in Norfolk are as follows: Yarmouth, 8:20 p. m.; Cromer, 8:30; Sherlngham, 8:40; Hunstanton, 10; Heacham, 10:30; Dersingham, 10:40, and Kings Lynn, 11. FIND WOMAN’S BODY. Kings Lynn, (via. London, 9:45 a. m.) —The body of a woman—a sol dier's widow —was recovered from her demolished home today. That makes the second death recorded here as a result of the aerial raid. NOT BROUGHT DOWN. Hunstanton (via. London, 9:53 a. m.) —Police deny the report that one of the raiding Zeppelins was brought down here. The last seen of the air ship which dropped bombs on Mun Stanton was as she was passing away to the northward over the sea. HEARD FIVE MILES. Dersingham, Norfolk (via. London, 7:30 a. m.) —An airship passed over Hunstanton, a few miles north of Sandringham, about 10 o'clock last night and followed the Great Eastern Railway tracks by way of Heacham, a vil lage on The Wash, where a bomb was dropped, ft fell several hundred yards from some cottages, but beyond tearing up the ground it did no damage. DISTRICT ALARMED. The loud explosion alarmed the whole district, as the report was heard for a distance of five miles. Following this visit the airship went to Snettisham and then passed directly over Sandringham toward Kings Lynn. , The people of Heacham had a fairly clear view of the airship and de scribe it as a large balloon, sausage-shaped and pointed at each end. Reports of the aerial raid last night contained rumors that one of the Zeppelins had been brought down by the fire of a warship at Hunstan ton. The above dispatch from the Hunstanton district makes no mention of such an occurrence. REFUGE IN CELLARS. London. A shoemaker and a woman were killed at Yarmouth and a civilian and a soldier lost their lives at Kings Lynn. Police reports from the town upon which bombs were thrown say the public responded well to recent raid instructions. For the most part the people took refuge in cellars. Several were emptied quickly. An unexploded bomb found in Yarmouth weighed six pounds. Escaped Damage. Yarmouth (2 a. m.. via. London, 6:30 B. m .) —Careful Inquiries thus far made regarding: last night's aerial raid go to show that public buildings and the railways escaped damage, which is al most wholly confined to private houses and shops. So far as is now known only two persons, a man and a woman, were killed here It so happened that most of the inhabitants were Indoors when the raid occurred. In All Directions. Fragments of metal, supposed to have been thrown by the bombs, are being found in all directions. The whole thing was quickly over and fortunately no fires broke out in any part of the town. The first im pulse of the townspeople was to rush out of doors, but many, on finding that the alarm was an air attack by the Oermans, quickly returned to their homes and took refuge In the base ment Troops Turn Out. Troops were turned out to assist the poljce in the search for wounded. Another aircraft appeared here soon after midnight, but. dropped no bombs. The chief constable of Yarmouth, In telling of the raid, said: "The people stood the raid very well. About 400 special conatables were call ed out and arrived with the utmost promptitude. All Red Cross and hos pital arrangr meats proved perfect. All lights were extinguished and public performancea at the theatres and mu sic halls were abandoned. The peo ple went home and the town was with out light until this morning." In Rapid Succession. The first air raider passed along the sea front and dropped the first bomb Into Norfolk Square Brittanla close by the heach and the Brittanla Pier. That did no damage The raid er then dropped several bombs near 8t Teters Road, the main thorough fare leading to the parade ground. There the greatest damage was done, especially in the smashing of w'ndows In houses and shops The bombs, from all accounts, were dropped In rapid auccesslon. ' One bomb was dropped near the fish market, apparently with the intention of destroying any ships anchored near bit- 1 ,r THE AUGUSTA HERALD - THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES -THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES TURKS SURPRISE ENGLISH INI NIGHT ATTACK Constantinople, via Berlin and Lon don, 9:15 a. m.—Announcement was made today that during a night attack on the English forts on the Khat El Arab River In Arabia, the enemy was taken by surprise and lost 100 In killed and wounded. An English cavalry division attempt ed to surprise a Turkish cavalry di vision near Kuma, near the Junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The attack was made under the pro tecting fire of a gunboat but the Eng lish suffered heavy loss and the gun boat withdrew. An Indian expeditionary force Is operating in this region at the head of the Persian Gulf. It was officially an nounced early In December that the Turkish forces at Kuma had sur rendered unconditionally and that the place was subsequently occupied by the British, thus giving them control of the country from the Junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf EMERGENCY WORKSHOPS FOR UNEMPLOYED IN N. Y. New York.—Emergency workshops for the unemployed, decided upon yesterday by the executive commit tee of the mayor’s committee on un employment were opened today in everj training school of the Children's Aid Soclty In this city City Cham berlain Bruere announced that pilvate contributions aggregating $3,5(k) tr-.r the operation of the workshops al ready have been received. Of the unemployment fund of $250,000 which the mayor’s committee has decided to raise SIOO,OOO will he needed to keey the workshqps running until spring, Chamberlain Bruere stated. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20, 1915. BRITISH FLAG HOISTED ON 0. S. COTTON CARGO SHIP Department of State Wants to Know Why American Steamer Was Stopped By English Cruiser and Searched at Sea. Washington.—The State Department has requested of the British embassy Information of why the American steamer Greenbrier from New Orleans to Bremen, with cotton under certifi oate of British consul at New Orleans, was stopped by a British cruiser, sent under a British flag to a British port and detained two days before being allowed to complete her voyage to Bre men. Captain Telegraphs. The detention of the Greenbrier was brought to the State Department's at tention by telegrams from Captain Farley, her commander, now at Bre men. Farley stated that at a point on the North Atlantic, the Greenbrier was overhauled Dec. 30 by a British cruis er. The boarding officer required him to continue on his course convoyed by the cruiser for a day or two, while the cargo was being searched for arms. Hoist British Flag. The cruiser placed aboard the Green brier some additional British officers who hoisted the British flag and a prize crew who navigated the ship so that, according tt> Captain Farley, she was damaged before she was brought Into Kirkwall. There the Greenbrier remained for three days, Captain Far ley refusing to sail her further except under the American flag. The British authorities finally consented to the raising of the American flag, and Cap tain Farley took his ship to Leith, where a pilot was picked up and the Greenbrier was taken to Bremen. Want the Why of It. The points upon which the State Department wants Information are: First, why it was necessary to search the Greenbrier in view of the certifi cate issued by the British consul at New Orleans, and second, why a neutral merchant vessel was compelled to low er her flag when under no known rul* could she be regarded as a prize. COTTON SHIP TO SHE DESPITE SEIZURE THREAT Galveston, Texas, —Officers of the steameT Dacia still awaited sailing orders, through the Dacia's cargo of cotton will be completed late today. Belief Is growing that the Dacia will attempt to reach Norfork without inter ference by keeping within running dis tance of the three mile limit. It Is rumored that British warships are, waiting In the gulf and warhlng the Florida Straits for her. To Sail Anyway. Washington—Representatives of the owner of the steamer Dacia, loading with cotton at Port Arthur, Texas, for Rotterdam or Bremen, have Informed the state department that as soon as loaded the steamer will proceed re gardless of the decision of the British government to seize her. Tt was said at the department today that Ambassador Page’s statement that England had declined to sanction the Dacia’s voyage was regarded as final. At This Stage. The department has no present In tention of taking any further action or making additional representations at this stage. If the Dacia Is seized and brought before a prize court. It Is probable that In view of the im portance of the Issue, the depart ment. will Instruct the Amerlenn em bassador to have the United Htates government legally represented before the court. If that Is permitted, other wise to keep the department closely Informed of the ease. DOCTORS GOING TO “LOOK OVER” PORTER CHARLTON New York.—John Palmlerl. counsel for Porter Charlton, In Jail at Como, Italy, on the charge of murdering his wife, said today that he had received a letter from Charlton In which Charl ton said that his physicians were “going to look him over." From that Mr. Palmelrl aaumed Charlton might have been removed from his Jail for observation ss to his sanity. "Any medical opinion as to his men tal condition now Is worthless,” said Mr. Palmlerl. "We do not contend that Charlton Is now Insane. W’e expect that he will be kept under observation In an asylum not more than three weeks and are demanding a trial for tun in February or March." SUBMARINE LAUNCH LARGEST OF U. S. Quincy, Mas*. —The submarine L-1, to be launched at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation today, is the largest submarine thus far built for the American navy. She registers 450 tons and measures 185 feet over all. If contract stipulations are fulfilled will develop a speed of 14 knots on the surface and ten knots submerged. The submarine, it is expected, will be ready for commission in three months. Hostile Airmen Over Cologne London (7:28 a. m.—An Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News states that a Cologne telegram received hers announced that two hostile airmeo were seen over Cologne yesterday. Food Supply For All German Army London, 2.33 p. m.—The Exchange Telegraph Company publishes a dis patch from Copenhagen saying that Albert Ballln, director general of the Hamburg-American Steamship Com pany, at the request of Emperor Wil liam has taken over the management of the entire railroad system of Ger many and the work of delivering food supplies for the German army. Find Many Fresh Floating Mines The Hague (via. London, 9:55 a. m.) The Dutch naval patrol boat Toitan, while searching for mines off Nleuw Sluis, struck a mine and sank. One officer and four men perished. A large number of fresh floating mines are reported from all coast places. All Children and Women Ordered From Cracow Geneva, (via Paris, 5:30 j. m.)— Buda Pest dispatches state that the governor of Cracow has ordered the partial evacuation from the city and its suburbs of women, children and men unfit for military service. The banks have been transferred to Vien na. Provisions of all kinds, it is stat ed, are scarce in Cracow. The Austrian war office has issued an order calling up all of the land strum men up to and including those aged 60. The order applies through out the Austrian empire. LAHGTFOHEER, FLEEING, WIRES TO UNDERTAKER Louisville, Ky.—Warehouse receipts for $55,000, purporting to have been Issued by the government to R. E. Wathen & Company, Louisville dis tillers, presented here today by the representative of a Chleago bank were branded by Mr. Wathen as forgeries. The receipts, according to Mr. Wath ens’ Information, were posted with Chicago banka as collateral for loans negotiated largely by brokers whose principal was said to have been Char les Lewdowwky, of Chicago, president of the Fox River Distilling Company. Shot Belf On Train Chicago,—Charles T/cdowsky, presi dent of the Fox River Distilling Com pany, of CMcago, whose name has been mentioned In connection with the al leged forged warehouse receipts of R E. Wathen and Company of Louisville, committed suicide by shooting on a railroad train entering Chicago. Attorney Sidney Htcln, representing Ledowsky's creditors, stated that Is>- dowsky had confessed to him that he had forged warehouse receipts for whiskey valued at $250,000 or $300,000 and disposed of them through hanks which he victimized. Telegraphed Ahead. T,*dowsky was on a Michigan f'en tral train. He telegraphed ahead to an undertaker, requesting him to meet the train and take care of hla body, as he Intended to kill himself. An Involuntary petition In bank ruptcy was filed against l>edowsky’s i company teat Monday, scheduling iui sets of $20,000 against liabilities of $250,000 or $300,(100. Klein said he discovered the forger ies while acting for his clients Two Chleago banks were the principal los er*. FRANCLSTO BE NAME OF THE WHITE HOUSE BABY Washington.—Francis will he the name of I’resldent Wilson's grand son, the child of Mr. and Mrs, Francis R Havre, who was bom at the White House Sunday The announcement was made today by Mr. Hayre Home of the family wanted to nail the baby Woodrow Wllaon Hayre, but the pres ident thought the child should be on Individuality of his own. MAGNITUDE APPALLING, BAYS 0. S, MINISTER Ambassador Page Reports on Desperate Conditions in Italy. Entire Population Devastated Districts Living in Open Air. Mont Bliard, France, via Paris, 5:35 a. m.—A second earth shock occurred at 11 o'clock last night. It was so se vere that the inhabitants wore shaken out of their beds and crockery was smashed. Scenes of Devastation. Rome, 9:30 p. m. Ambassador Page who has visited the earthquake district aald ho was struck by the desperate condition everywhere and the appalling magnitude of the destruction. While practically the entire population, he Raid, Is living in the open air, ho con siders the relief organization Is now very efficient as soldiers have reached every devastated place. People Paralyzed. The first need now, the ambassador said, wa s not only dally food but an assurance of regular supplies and shel ter throughout the district, ns the houses even when not destroyed are so shaken that the people have left them In terror. With all that promptly forthcoming, Mr. Page said it would then be neces sary through re-organtzation of labor to set the wheels of life moving again. Just now the people are paralyzed he Bald, even In their mental faculties, from their terrible experience. At Ortuochio. Rome, 12:10 a. m.—-Next to Avez zano, one of the places to suffer most from the earthquake was Ortuehhto, a few miles from Giojade-Marsl, where less than four hundred people were saved out of a population of 2.500. In the rhurch, which was a large edifice, there were between three hundred and four hundred people when the earth quake came. The priest and the en tire congregation were imprisoned un der the ruins as the whole building suddenly collapsed. Only four women have since been taken out alive. To Amerioa. Collarmele, three thousand feet up In the mountains, Is another of those towns in this part of Italy Trom which many persons hud emigrated to Ameri ca. Here a thousand persons out of a population of 1,500 were killed. The priest In this town perished while con ducting services at the altar and the worshippers, chiefly women and child ren, died with him. The church Is In ruins but two statues of saints are still Btanding uninjured. The survivors at Collarmele are sheltered In the rail way station. Returning Life. Rome signs of returning life are al ready beginning to he visible In the terribly devastated earthquake dis trict. Stalls where meat, and fruit are offered for sale have been opened, while In Celano an eating house has opened Its doors anrl Is doing business. On the whole, however, the population Is still utterly prostrated by the calam ity. The fact that slight shocks are experienced every morning keeps a majority of the people still In a. state of panic. FOREIGN PRESS SCORED BY GERMAN SOCIALISTS Amsterdam, via London, 10:05 a. m. -—An official statement by the Social ist party hoard at Berlin complains that the foreign preHS Is continually publishing letters whereby foreign Ho rlallsts are led to believe there I* strife In Hoclallst ranks In Germany over the wnr situation "Badly Informed correspondents,” the statement says, "exaggerate pal try occurrences and hush up the really Important facts.” MEXICAN CONSULS FIGHT OVER THEIR POSITIONS Mobile, Ala.—Roberto Oayon, Mexi can consul appointed by J’rovlslonal President Gutierrez, filed a petition In chancery court here today asking an Injunction against Rafael f.'alvo y Arias, Mexican consul here represent ing the Carranza faction. Each con sul claims the right to represent the Mexican people and many complica tions have resulted. BRITISH PRESS IS BITTER , URGE RETALIATION IN KIND London, (noon).- British press comment on the airship attack last night Is bitter, many London papers u-malllng the Germans In the same unmeasured language a* at the time of the Hartlepool naval raid The Pn.ll Mall Gazette nays the only fitting answer Is the sending of fresh armies to the continent. The Westminster Gazette characterizes the raid os a violation of rules of warfare The Globe urges retaliation In kind, observing that there are severul flourishing towns within easy reach of the British airmen. A press dispatch from Yarmouth says It Is generally believed there that the raiders came In large aeroplanes Zeppelins or Airplanes? London, 3:39 p. m, -There remains a difference of opinion among Englishmen as to whether the aerial raiders were Zeppelins or aero planes, and weight of opinion la veering to the latter, though several ob servers believe they saw dirigibles. At Yarmouth, the police declared the raiders were-aeroplanes. The small size of the bombs and the few missiles dropped supports the theory that they were nut Zeppelin*. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY* Obregon at Gates of Mexico City Washington. The Carranza Agency here today issued the following state ment : "Vera Cruz reports that CSeneral Obregon with a large force is within a short distance of the capital and is ex pected to occupy the place almost im mediately.” Disablement For Mexican Warship On Board U. S. S. San Diego, La Paz, Mexico, Jan. 19.—(8y Wireless via San Diego, Cal., Jan. 20.) The Mexlran gunboat Guerrero which has caused considerable anxiety to Mexi can shipping recently Is disabled at Salina Cruz. The military paymaster’s office at Mazatlan has been looted for the sec ond time, hut the amount stolen has not been ascertained. La Paz Is quiet. Australia Troops To Be Unlimited Melbourne, Australia, via London, London, 12:34 p. m. The seat of the commonwealth government has been transferred temporarily from Mel bourne to Sydney. Minister Pierce has declared there is no limit to the number of troops the Australian commonwealth will send to the front. A German lieutenant has been ar rested at Cloncurry on a. charge of es pionage. No Explanation. London, 12:40 p. m. The brief an nouncement of the transfer of the seat of the commonwealth government from Melbourne to Sydney finds no expla nation In London. The high commis sioner of Australia In London. Sir Oeo. H. Reid, says he Is unable to throw any light on the move unless It he connect ed with the question of defense. ToVonHinderburg Too Many Letters Berlin. Though h« regretted the necessity of the step, Field Marshal Von Hlndenhiirg has announced ho would appreciate cessation of the let ter writing of which he has been both the subject and object. Ills announce ment states tie Ik grateful for the pleasant things said In the letters about him and that he has accepted them as belonging to his army. Now he thlnkH there has been enough of that. The field marshal said he found many of the letters amusing. A school girl asked that ho send her a "sm-all’’ Russian. mm HEAVV SNOW IN QUAKE DISTRICT Avezzano. via Romo, 12:10 a. m.— The HufferingH of the Hiirviving victim* In the earthquake district* around Avezzano, particularly to the aouth e«Hf of that place have been aggravat ed by a midden change In the weather, hitter cold and a heavy anowfall hav Ing succeeded the brightriena and dry ness of the previous days. Thousands of Homeless. The snow began early Tuesday af ternoon and penetrated Into the hasti ly constructed wooden huts which shel ter a few of the many thousands of homeless. Hundreds are compelled to spend the night in the open air. The relief work appears to he well organ izer! a.nd mo re a bunds nt so that prac tically all the larger place* that have been devastated are receiving atten tion. Lingering Deaths. Living persons are still being dug out of the ruins and score of others are enduring the horrors of a lingering death. Many women were at. mass in Oloja when the church collapsed hut only the priest, escaped. Four women were dug out alive later. Five hundred soldiers arrived Hunday and are guarding the property In the ruins which Is more valuable than at other places. HOME EDITION BIG GERMAN LOSSES IS CLAIM OF RUSSIANS Pctrograd Report Says Enemies Batteries Silenced and Grave Damage Inflicted inFighting Along the Vistula Petrograd. \n official communica tion issued by the grand staff of tho Russian army Indicates considerable activity and fighting on the right bank of the lower Vistula. The state ment follows: "During the 17th and 18th of Jan uary, on the right bank of the lower Vistula, upon the front running from the river to the railroad from Warsaw lo Mlawn, a portion of our troops having come In close contact with the enemy had n series of collisions of secondary Importance. Of Grave Character. “Fighting of u more grave cnaracter, though having the nature of separate actions, took place In the village of Konopki, where the heavy artillery with which the enemy bombarded us was silenced by the fire of our bat teries, and near Bodzanow and Be- Jounla, upnstte which the enemy oc cupied well organized defensive po sitions. Heavy fighting also occur red near Bohrzyn, where an offensive attempt of the Germans was blocked and the enemy was driven back, sus lainlng grave losses. Artillery Silenced. “During the day of January 17 the enemy bombarded from his positions on the west hank of the Vistula, ouf lines near Wyszogrod, but our fir* directed upon his front and flank, si lenced the German artillery. "On January 18th the Germans vio lently cannonaded the village of Vlt kovltze and the entrenchments occu pied by us on the left bank of the Bzura. ' There Is no material change In the other fronts." COTTON LADEN'AMERICAN STEAMER OFF TO BREMEN London(Jsn. 20, 10:10 a. m.)—A Cen tral news dispatch from Ymulden, Hol land, says that the American steam er Pathfinder, laden with cotton for Germany, hns left that port for Brem en. NEW CHINESE S. S. LINE. Washington.—A new steamship line between China, American gulfports and New York, l R to he started by Chinese financiers. Minister ltetnsch at Peking reported today. The line will he operated by n Joint stork com pany of Chinese and American capi tal and dividends will he guaranteed by the Chinese government tn return for advantageous freight rates on certain products. . GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. Chicago.— The Grand American Handicap, the chief annual evtnt of tra|i shooting, will lie held In Grant Park on Chicago's lake front some time In August. according to an nouncement today. The best shot* Iri the country have entered the event. THE FIRST SPRING STYLES The last of January brings the first hint of the new styles, in the bright colored cottons, and the dainty lingerie frocks. It makes the first turn of the season—the sign that warm weather is coming again. The stores take on a new look. They are more interesting. And the newspaper ad vertising begins to catch the spirit of the change. The advertising from day to day is an interest ing barometer of the changing seasons.