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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
Bulletins of Europe's War News Seen at a Glance
FRANCE
Paris. —An official com
munication issued last
night says:
“ German prisoners who
have been questioned gave
the impression they are
broken in spirit and weak
from hunger. They seem
not to have been informed
concerning the reason for
the mobilization and one
man asked why war had
been declared. According to
German opinion, ‘Days Ist
Nicht Ein Volkskreig, das
ist ein Offizierskieg’—
‘This is not a people’s war,
but an officers’ war.’ ”
PaTis —The first officer to
be decorated for gallantry
in the war is Second Lieu
tenant H. J. Bruvant, of the
Fifteenth Dragoons. Gen
eral Joffres, the French
commander-in-chief, in con
ferring the Legion of Honor
on Lieutenant Bruvant,
said the officer with seven
of his men charged forty
Uhlans and that Bruvant
had killed the officer of the
Uhlans with his own hands
while the other members
of the band were routed.
Paris. —The correspond
ent of The Times at Con
stancebaden, says battal
ioYi's of Bosnians, wearing
red fezzes passed through
the railroad depot at Con
stance going westward, ac
cording to reliable informa
tion given him.
Paris —France is swelter
ing under a heat wave.
Cases of sunstroke were re
ported today. Long lines of
women throughout the day
stood outside the office,
where information regard
ing soldiers in the field is
given, seeking to learn how
the heat was affecting their
husbands or sons, dressed
in their thick uniforms, and
carrying heavy war packs.
Paris.' Arrangem e nt s
havA been completed under
which American letters of
credit and travelers’ checks
may be cashed in all the
principal cities of France,
Italy and Switzerland.
Pa^is.—Three large tech
nical commissions have
been appointed jointly by
■the ministers of war and
marine to study and experi
ment w ; th military inven
tions. of which hundreds
have been offered the gov
ernment. The first will
pa«s on explosives and
chemicals, the second on ba
listics, aeronautics and me
chanics. and the third, on
wireless telegraphy and tel
ephony.
The commissions will con
sist of fifty of the best
known scientific men in
France.
Paris. —The Dutch gov
ernment today officially
gave the French govern
ment renewed assurance of
its neutrality in the present
conflict and of its firm in
tention to make it respect
ed. The Dutch army, it
was pointed out. was well
trained and well officered
would strongly resist
any attempt to enter its ter
ritory. -
ENGLAND
London.—Walter Hines
Page, American ambassa
dor, last night authorized
| the American transporta
tion committee to charter a
vessel in England to take
l American refugees home.
London.—All the heavy
German artillery has been
'destroyed by the extraordi
narily accurate fire from
the Liege forts, which still
are intact, according to a
dispatch received tonight
by The Exchange Tele
graph from its Brussels cor
respondent.
London.—A special dis
patch to The Exchange Tel
egraph from Paris sa.vs the
German cruisers Goeben
and Breslau arrived in the
Dardanelles following their
purchase by Turkey flying
the Turkish flag. The dis
patch adds that the Geraian
fittings of the cruisers had
been dismantled.
London.—A special dis
patch today from Rome
says that Emperor William,
who, it was reported, in
tended making a visit to
Aix-La-Chappelle, near the
Belgian frontier, has been
persuaded not to make the
journey.
London.—A Vienna dis
patch received by way of
Amsterdam says the Aus
trian troops have advanced
into Russian Poland.
London.— Steamers with
passengers and provisions
continue to arrive from
vSandinavian North Sea
ports. Coastwise traffice is
being resumed, and travel
ers are going about their le
gitimate businesS. Among
the passengers from Copen
hagen was Jules Combon,
former French ambassador
at Berlin.
London.—Americans de
siring to return home are
more inconvenienced than
other people because the
government has comman
deered most of the Atlantic
liners. The number of
Americans waiting for ves
sels in which to sail is in
creasing for with the com
pletion of mobilization they
are permitted to move more
freely from the continental
countries and the bulk of
them are coming to London.
London—The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Ex
change Telegraph says it is
reported there that the
British fleet in the Far East
has* cornered the German
Far Eastern squadron.
Weight is lent the report,
the correspondent adds, by
the fact that shipping along
the coast is resuming its
normal basis.
London—Earl Kitchener,
British secretary of state
for war. today notified the
press that any newspaper
publishing news of naval or
military movements except
that issued by the official
bureau would be iided.
Here the battle of life and death is fought to its
bitter end.
This is the battle without hope.
No drams beating, trumpets sounding on this bat
tlefield.
BELGIUM
Brussels (via London). —
A Belgian official commu
nication today says that a
German force proceeding in
the direction of Eghezee to
the north of Namur, was at
tacked and repulsed this
morning by the Belgian
troops. The Germans suf
fered severe casualties. The
Belgians captured a num
ber of machine guns mount
ed on motor cars.
Brussels, (via Paris).—
A woman who caught a
German spy on the train
from Antwerp in the act of
releasing carrier pigeons
seized and held him until
other passengers came to
her assistance. He was
tried by court martial and
shot.
AMERICA
San Francisco—lt is now
positive that the flotsam
cast up outside the Golden
Gate in the last three days
was woodwork jettisoned
bv the Rainbow when she
cleared for action after
leaving this port before
dawn last Saturday and
when she believed herself
in danger of going into act
ion with German cruisers
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
THE REAL BATTLEFIELD
Liepzig and Nurnburg,
which are still in these
these waters.
New York.—The Italian
steamer ('aserta sailed at
noon for Genoa, Naples and
Palermo with passengers of
various nationalities aboard
but no reservists.
Bulletins were posted at
the Hoi land-American Line
piers in Hoboken today
that the Potsdam, which ar
rived from Europe yester
day will sail on Saturday at
6 p. m. Her scheduled
date was Tuesday.
ITALY
Rome.—The Mlessaggero
today says it understands
that the Italian ambassador
to the United .States,' the
Marquis Cusani Confalon
ieri, who is returning to
Washington has instruc
tions to co-operate with
President Wilson in regard
to the latter’s offer of me
diation in the European
war.
Rome. Vico Admiral
Leone Viale was appointed
minister of marine today to
suer: ed Admiral Enrico
Millo, who retired on ac
count of ill-health.
Rome. Travelers from
Bosnia describe the Aus
The man is away—sent, he knows not why, to be
murdered.
The woman find the children are left, to fight
against starvation and death. This is the REAL
war and millions are enrolled in it.
trian forces there, especial
ly the Slav, Czech, Italian
and Rumanian elements, as
unruly and rebellious.
They assert that although
a number of mutineers
have been shot, the regi
ments appear to be disinte
grating and that this ac
counts for the inactivity of
the Austrian army on the
the Servian frontier during
the last eleven days.
SWISS
Geneva, Switzerland.
Eight hundred Americans
have left Genoa and other
Italian ports, where there
already are 2,000 other
Americans waiting to take
passage for home.
The American ambassa
dor at Rome, Thomas Nel
son Pago, has advised P. A.
Stovall, American ambassa
dor to Switzerland, that
seven steamers are ready to
sail, but all room has been
taken. Ambassador Page
is chartering additional
Steamers, lie says there
are 8,000 Americans in
Italy and they continue to
arrive from every frontier.
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Geneva, Switzerland.
American tourists here are
leaving for Paris despite
the thirty-hour railroad
journey. They hope to ob
tain passage at Cherbourg
on the steamer France.
Geneva, Switzerland.
Italy has mobilized between
200,000 and 250,000 troops
on the Swiss and Austrian
frontiers as a precautionary
measure. All the high
passes over the Al, is such
as the Tlteodule avobe Zer
matt are strongly held arid
Swiss and Italian patrols
meet there and exchange
impressions of the war.
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SEVEN
HOLLAND
Rotterdam.— Sixty thou
sand Dutch troops are on
the line of the frontier.
Large area* of land have
been flooded to a depth of
three feet as a precaution
ary measure.
Amsterdam—Fighting in
the neighborhood of the
Belgian town of Tongres,
to the norttfe of Liege, was
resumed today, according
to the correspondent of The
Telegraif at Maestricht,
who says that after a quiet
night an artillery duel was
recommenced this morning.
WHAT TO SAVE IN THE
HERALD’S M. & M. CONTEST!
Tor further Information, oall at
Content Headquarters, 218 McCartaji
street or telephone 1200.
LIST OF MERCHANTS WHOII
SALES SUPS ARE GOOD
FOR VOTES I
M. A. Hates i Co.
Stark French Dry Cleaning Co.
Economy Shoe Company.
Castleberry & Wilcox.
Golden Bro*
1,. J. Schaul.
Better Ice Cream Company.
Geo. 11. Baldowakl, Jr.
Maxwell Bros.
O’Connor-Bchweera
B. A. Dial.
P. K. Tant.
Ij. P. Speth.
Panther Springe Water Company.
Burdell-Cooper Company.
LIST OF PRODUCTBI
AlaGa Syrup labels.
Brookfield Butter cartons.
Swlft'a Arrow Borax Soap wrapper*.
Swift's Pride Washing Powder oar
ton.
Queen Regent Toilet Soap cartons.
Piedmont, Fatima or Chaatarfleld
cigarette coupons.
Maxwell House Blend Coffee labels.
Maxwell House Blend Tea labels.
Ring’s Elegant Flour bags.
Sensation Flour hags.
Block's Cracker wrappers.
Domino rice cartons.
Coca-Cola Gum wrapper*
Smith Bros. Alfalfa Horsa and Dairy
Feed bags.
Chero-Cola crowns.
Swift's Jewel Shortening cans.
Swift's Silver Leaf Lard guarantaa
labels.
Swift’s Premium Ham wrappers.
Swift’s Premium Bacon wrapper*
Libby's Hose Dale Peach labels.
Libby'S Happy Vale Peach labels.
Or sny other labels from Libby's
products
Dolly Madison Talcum powder.
Ideal Peroxide Face cream.
Stones Wrapped flake wrapper*
Clnco cigar box top.
Stintaello Cigar box top.
C. H. S. box top.
t roferencla Cigar box top.
Optimo Cigar box top.
Tadema Cigar box top.
These cigar box tops must be stamp
ed Burdell-Cooper Tobacco Co.
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SOMETHING FOR THE !
• CHILDREN.—HAVE YOU A
BIRTHDAY THAT COMES
IN AUGUST?
Boys and girl* under IB years
of age, who have a birthday In the
month of August, are requested
to send in their full name, address
and birthdate to the "Children’s
Editor,” Augusta Herald.
The Herald is preparing a sur
prise, a pleasant and enjoyable
surprise, for its boy end girl
readers who ere getting ready to
celebrate a birthday in August.
Be sure to give full name, ad
dress and birthdate, end address
your letter to—
CHILDREN’S EDITOR.
THE AUGUBTA HERALD.
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