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THURSDAY. AUGUST 6
War Ifews At a ©feme® k Fomas ®H Lifesft Bifflfc&is
BELGIUM
Brussels. The Belgian
war office announced laat
night that fierce fighting
had occurred in the envi
rons of Liege and that, so
far as the Belgians were
concerned, the situation is
excellent.
“The Germans,” the an
nouncement says, “were
driven hack by an heroic at
tack made by a Belgian
mixpd brigade, which al
ready had earned for itself
the highest honors. No Ger
man who passed the fort
vived.”
Amsterdam. A dispatch
to the Handolsblad from
Maastricht says:
Sharp fighting on the
Belgian frontier continues.
The sound of heavy guns
is distinctly heard here.
The smoke of the battle is
visible from the church
steepjes.
“A number of aeroplanes
and a dirigible balloon flew
over Maastricht this morn
ing.
“German horses which
evidently had stampeded,
gal lopped into the town
during the night and were
captured.”
Brussels. -Le Peuple as
sarts that, in the fighting
between Germans and Bel
gians 7 near Vise a platoon
of Prussian cavalry was al
most annihilated by thw fire
of the Belgians from n
building on the hank of th"
river.
The Prussians in revenge,
the newspaper saw, fired
on eiviliniHS.
At Pleiralle, near Argen
teau. a Belgian force sur
prised a body of Prussians
and killed seventy nut of
ten officers and eighty men.
The Belgian losses were
two officers killed and ten
men wounded.
Brussels. King Albert
has assumed command of
the troops and lias issued
an inspiring proclamation
to the army in which he de
clares “the perfidy of a
haughty neighbor demands
that Belgium shall defend
her honor and indepen
dence.”
The king bids the Belgian
soldiers remember the ar
my's glorious deeds of the
past and show themselves
worthy of the trust plneed
in them.
Brussels. Pri ne e Tb>
Croy, a former officer of
the guards, has been arrest
ed for espionage.
Brussels. —Aeording to Le
Soir, under the treaty be
tween France and Belgium.
King Albert will command
the Fraueo-Belgian troops
operating in Belgium.
King Albert has placed
bis palace at the disposal of
the Red ('rose.
Belgrade.-— The Austrian
attempts to cross the River
Fave at Avaln, nine miles
from Relgrade and Obrena
vae, sixteen miles to the
southwest failed Monday.
Servian volunteers crossed
the river and hoisted the
Servian flag at Pclarme.
Servian officials express
the opinion that the passage
of the Austrian troops
through Servian territory
baa become impossible.
ENGLAND
London A naval action
was in progress in the North
Sea yesterday afternoon, ac
cording to The Evening Stand
ard which adds that this news
was confirmed by a high au
thority who, however, said the
'action was not of decisive im
portance.
I
London —Confirmation has
| been received of a report that
I a French warship has captur
ed the German steamer Porto
| off Guernsey, Channel Island.
The Porto, which belongs to
the Oldenburg - Portuguese
Steamship Company, is a ves
sel of 1800 tons and plies be
tween Hamburg and Portu
guese ports.
Hull—ln anticipation of
probable events the local po
lice today issued notices stat-1
ing that there may be “firing
practice off Humber tomor
row,” and warning the inhab
itants not to be alarmed by it.
London— The admiralty an
nounced late today that a spe
cial despatch boat would be
placed at the disposal of the
German ambassador tomor
!row to permit him to leave
British territory.
Telegraph communication
[between England and Germa
ny and Austria-Hungary is en
tirely cut off.
| . London — Premier Asquith,
[in the house of commons, yes
terday afternoon, after giving
[a summary of war news al
ready published, said that the
; Belgian government had in
vited the co-operation of the
French troops with the Bel
gian Army and had given or-
Iders to the Belgian provincial
governor not to regard the
movements of the French
troops as a violation of the
frontier.
Ixmdon Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener has been ap
pointed secretary of state for
war.
London— A bill introduced
in the house of commons by
the home secretary, Reginald
McKenna, to restrain the
movements of undesirable
aliens with the object of facil
itating the removal of spies,
was passed through all
stages.
The home secretary an
nounced that twenty-one spies
had been arrested in the
British Isles in the last twenty
four hours, chiefly in the nav
al centers.
Hull —Two hundred fishing
travelers which returned here
last night from the North Sea
reported they had seen no hos
tile warships.
Saffron, Walden —A hostile
crowd last night broke up a
peace meeting in the market
place, stoned the independent
labor headquarters and haul
ed down the red flag and
burned it.
London — It was officially
announced last night that the
British cruiser Amphion has
sunk the Hamburg-American
Liner Koenigin l.uise, which
had been fitted out for mine
| laying.
London —A message receiv
ed here yesterday afternoon
from Guernesy, Channel Is
lasdn, mmmiti m m mmrnmb
land, saving that French gun
jboat towing a large German
[steamer anchored in the road
stead under the guns of the
! Castle.
Hull —A number of German
steamers anchored at this port
were taken over by the Brit
ish authorities today as prizes.
.The crews, made up mostly of
! naval reservists, were made
I prisoners of war.
London.—A despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph,
from Brussels, says that
tfhe Belgian war office to
day issued the following
statement:
“The second corps of the
German Army made an ad
vance attack over the Ves
dre River into Province of
Liege.
“A counter attack bv
Belgians was brilliantly
successful and the enemy
was forced back over the
Dutch frontier. The vic
torious Belgian troops did
not follow* up thejr success
into Dutch territory.
“Forts of Evegne were
engaged by German artil
lery all day but the Ger
mans made little impres
sion on them.
There were no casualties
in the forts.”
London —Reported British
cruiser sunk north German
Lloyd liner Konigin Luise.
FRANCE
. . Paris—Official advices say
that Germany declared war
against Belgium yesterday
and that German forces mov
ed on Belgium from the terri
tory between Aixla-Chapelle
and Rheidt.
There has been fighting
around Liege and Vise. The
latter town has been burned.
Civilians caught by the Ger
man firing upon them were
executed.
Severeal dirigibles have
been hovering over Brussels,
and the residents of the Bel
gium capital, in a state of ex
asperation are attacking the
Germans in the city.
Paris—All mail for soldiers
in the French army is to be
forwarded free by the govern
ment. The letters are to be
sent to certain centers whence
they will be distributed to the
soldiers as it is thought un
wise to disclose the location of
the various regiments.
Paris—lt is stated that Ger
mans in Alsace are shooting
all persons suspected of giving
information to the French.
The mayor of Saal, Bavaria, is
said to have been shot for hav
ing tried to smuggle into
France news of the proclama
tion of martial law by Ger
many.
A German cavalry patrol
has been routed by French
cavalry on the Swiss frontier.
Three of the Germans were
killed and two taken prison
ers. The remainder fled into
Switzerland, where they were
disarmed.
GERMAN STEAMER
CHASED 3 HOURS
BY BRITISHER
Freighter Loaded With Over
Two Million Feet of Lumber.
Was in Three Mile Limit
Jacksortv lit, Fig.—Th* (, rmiD
steamer Freida Leonhardt loaded with
over two million feet of lumber, put
into port here today. Her captain H
Lestner, duels res he was chased for
twelve hours by a British warship
Captain Lestner asy* he was inside
the three-mile limit and tae battle
ship rema'tted wlthfn * mile of him
until a aquall came up and then dis
appeared
The Frieda leonhardt was bound
trom Gulfport. Mass, to llalv, when
aba encountered tha Brltlah crula r
off Sand Key Tha Britisher. Ca’t.
Leatner say*, wag one of three fun
nels but was unable to get nar name
He supposed tha cruiser was from the
Bahama Islands, probably from Naut
seau or Jamaica.
Captain Lestner and h'a men ahow--
ed the effects o' exoltemen* when
they arrived in port and declare they
have no doubt tha cruiser would have
affected a capture or fired upon ?tm
had he not been wlthtn the threwtutle
limit Th* timber aboard the steamer
constitutes a valuable cargo and
would have been a rich prize.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
RUSSIA
Warsaw —Russian frontier
patrols, driving the enemy’s
cavalry before them have
crossed the frontier at Lyk
Biala, penetrating ten miles
into Germany.
Warsaw, Russian Poland—
Russian frontier patrols, driv
ing the enemy’s cavalry be
fore them, have crossed the
east Prussian frontier of Lyk
and Biala, and penetrated ten
miles into German territory.
The Russians captured and
burned the German raihvay
stations at Borjemin and Biala
and cut communication from
Lyk to Johannesburg, the ene
my falling back all along the
front burning villages.
Copenhagen— Heavy firing
was heard at various points on
the North Sea today. Den
mark is isolated, all steamship
and raihvay communications
having ceased.
SAYS AIRCRAFTS’ WAR
USE IS EXAGGERATED
Capt. Baldwin Believes Rival
Air Fleets Will Destroy Each
Other. Weak Even as Scouts.
Aeronaut Expert Also De
clares Bombs Dropped From
Planes Do Little Damage
New York. That th» Importance of
aeroplanes and dirigible balloons In mod
ern warfare has been greatly overesti
mated. ts the opinion of ('apt. Thomas
8. Baldwin, Amorim's veteran aeronaut
and dirigible expert, who returned re
cently from Europe, where he has been
investigating flying machines for the
Connecticut Aircraft Company of New
Haven,
"If the present tear continues any
great length of time the aeroplanes and
dirigibles on both sides will be de
stroyed.' said Capt. Baldwin at the
Aero Club of America last night. "The
aircraft on on" side will destroy the air
craft on the other. Then the armies
will fight closer together. Although tile
value of aircraft In warfare has been
greatly overestimated their presence
tends to make the armies fight further
apart.
Damage Not Great.
"Notwithstanding the general belief
that aircraft can do great damage by
bomb dropping the destruction caused by
a bomb in actual practice Is almost In
consequental. A bomb goes Into the
ground, explodes and fires upward. The
explosion does not spread. I saw In Eu
rope recently where one had been drop
ped into a company of dummy soldiers.
It only damaged two or three of the
dummies. A bomb dropped in a town
would not do as much harm as a can
non shot. These bombs are worth from
11,200 to 15,000 each.
"Tii" only real field for the aeroplane
and dirigible Is scouting. The dirigible
docs Its best work at night. It Is noise
less and tinder proper condltlona cou'd
he brought unnoticed to within a few
hundred feet of a camp. It Is almost
Impossible to pick one up with a aearch
llght.
Scouting Service Limited.
"The aeroplane Is better for daylight
scouting, but the actual results from
aernplans scouting are limited. In Eu
rope recently ten aeroplanes were sent
out to find two regiments of soldtera.
The soldiers' tents were the color of the
ground and the aviators could not locate
them from a height of 2,000 feet, where
they would be out of gun ehot.
"There will he scouting by aircraft
lr. the present war, and there win be
smashes and crashes until the laat air
craft Is gone, hut the actual good they
will accomplish on either side Is gues
: tionable.'*
Henry Woedhouse said ha dlacussed
the possibility of destroying a dirigible
with an aeroplane with Vedrlnee In 1»1J.
Just after the grrnt French filer had won
t k e Gordon Banett race. Vedrlnee. Mr.
dVnodhouae a.tld. had contemplated the
possibility of ramming the dirigible with
hie aeroplane, ae was done peaterday by
a French aviator. ’ Wdrlnea had plan
ned to Jump from hte machine with a
parachute Juat before It struck the dtri
i glble.
Warned Not to Send
Wireless Messages
New York—The French steamer
' •»•*» in port today from Mar
seilles Naples and Palermo reported
that ysiterda she ovarteard both
Gsrmsn and nrttiah cruisers talking
with the wireless sta lon at Sayvtlle.
L I. The tezt of tha messages w-as
not obtainable
The Venezia steamed ten mtles
south of h»r usual course tn order to
•void ca ture by any Germin war
ah ps Har operator was warned not
to send any wlrelet.,* trc>«»ag»*
The Franlum Line steamer Ura
nium arrived today from Rotterdam
i via Halifax.
GERMAN
Berlin German warships
have destroyed some fortified
towns and places for the em
barkation of French troops on
the coast of Algeria.
The Hague Martial law
has been declared in all parts
of Holland. It is officially
announced that up to the pres
ent time the Germans have not
violated the Dutch frontier.
Berlin —The German empe
ror has renewed the Order of
the Iron Cross for war.
CANADA
Ottawa, Ont.v-The Cana
dian government called for
twenty thousand volunteers
late today. Commanding
officers of militia corps
have been ordered to issue
the call to their regiments,
batteries, cavalry troops
and to the people in their
neighborhood. Preference
will be given to men who
have had military expe
rience or who have been
trained in markmanship.
The period of enlistment
will be during the contin
uance of the present war.
Where a sufficient number
of men of the required
standard enlist from any
existing militia corps the
integrity of that corps will
he retained in the special
service volunter force.
The forces will mobilize
at Quebec. There will be a
period of training in ma
neuvering and rifle practice
there preceding embark
ment.
Montreal.—No steamships
will be allowed to leave
Montreal without special
clearance papers, and any
ship sailing without these
papers will be liable to
seizure or destruction.
Such is the notification
given to masters and own
ers of vessels by R. S.
White, collector of customs
today.
The clearance, says a bul
letin to shippers, must be
preserved for production on
demand to any officer of
his majesty's army, navy,
or militia, and is valid only
for the voyage specified.
F°rt William, Ont.—Fear
ing that attempts may be
made by German agents to
hamper Canadian shipping
by blowing up the big ter
minal elevators at the head
of the Great Lakes, Colonel
Laurie has ordered station
ed at all grain storage
houses members of the
Ninety-Six Canadian Regi
ment. Colonel Laurie acted
on instructions from Ot
tawa.
Vancouver, B. C. Having
thrown down the insignia of
Germany and trampled on it,
the crowd broke a little glass,
defaced signs on the consulate
doors, and then left. Irmna
gration and military officers
here are preparing to stop all
German and Austrian subjects
who may endeavor to flee to
the United States.
15,000 Register To Fihgt
For Germany and Austria
Intense War Spirit Manifest in Lower New York as Throngs
From All Over the Country Seek Transportation
to Join Colors
QUESTION OF TRANSPORTS BECOMES SERIOUS
New York.—Fifteen thousand German
and Austro-Hungarian reservists in New
York city are waiting for the word to
embark. That number already have reg
istered their names and addresses at
their respective consulates and hundreds
more will register today. The declara
tion had its echo all day yesterday in
Broadway, Bowling Green and State
street.
Old residents of New York said that
never since the days of the civil war lias
such military enthusiasm been appt»ren*.
There is a vast contrast, however, be
tween that day and the present excite
ment. Fo rthe spirit of war as mani
fested by natives of Germany and Aus
tria burst forth hysterically, and, but for
large squads of police in the vicinity of
the consulates, ssrious clashes would
have taken place.
So serious does Austria consider her
Comment on the European War
By the Press Of United States
On a Certain Feeling of Depression.
(New York Sun.)
A feeling of depression, of sadness,
almost of bitterness, must possess ev
ery thinking person as Europe flames
into war. Is war, then, an inevitable
instinct of mankind and man only a
fighting animal? Devouring or de
voured, is that his fate? And we all
know what mournful and terrible
analogies of conflict bind him to "low
er" species and types and make him
no unfitting or too lofty figure in the
world. In a generation which has
learned the prattle of altruism, which
has inherited so many civilizations,
which has behind it such long annals
of bloodshed, Is there no other last
argument of nations? There is no oth
er whatever to be imagined in the
temple of dreams or Mr. Carnegie.
First Moves of the War.
(New York Times.)
It is not for a moment to be sup
posed that in forty years of prepara
tion the French general staff has over
looked the very great probability that
upon the breaking out of war Ger
many would not have the slightest
scruple about violating the neutrality
of Luxemburg and Belgium. The chain
of great fortresses at Verdun, Toul,
Epinal, and Belfort, with their outly
ing and far-flung defensive works,
makes the direct invasion of France
by Germany a military undertaking of
immense difficulty. By the erection
of this chain of defenses France has
made it almost a matter of necessity
that Germans’ should choose another
route, and although the neutrality
treaties are not abrogated by war, hut
are brought Into full effect by war,
German history had of course taught
the French that paper guarantees
were no sufficient reliance. The Ger
mans, therefore, althouh invading
French soil across Belgium and Lux
emburg, to the north of the great chain
of fortresses, will be. confronted by
defenses scarcely less formidable At
Rheims. Laon, and ILa Fere the con
ditions they would have encountered
by a direct approach across the fron
tier are repeated. If the French are
ready along the whole line of possible
invasion, it is equally true, of course,
that the Germans are well aware of
what awaits them. It is probable,
therefore, that they have planned to
repeat the tactics of 187 ft by throwing
against the French an irresistible
weight of men and metal, hoping to
America Must Have Merchant Vessels
To Carry Its Freights so Europe ,
1
Tn our folly we have no merchant vessels. In that we will pay the
price for the demogogy of some of our political saviors.
Merchant vessels bearing the flags of Germany, France, Russia or
England will not leave their home porta until Germany or France or Eng
land fa lord of the ocean. They m ust wait until the dreadnoughts of
Germany or the battleships of England are at the bottom of the ocean.
They cannot sail until one power is absolutely the master of the sea
or until there is peace.
What boots it then if we have millions of bushels of wheat to sell
to Europe? There will be no ships tn which to send it unless the United
States takes over the ships of foreign powers.
The strange thing in this Is that Europe cannot fight long without
our wheat and cannot get our wheat while th# fighting goes on.
Peeple wonder why the United States wants battleships. Our navy
is fairly reapectabla. fl it were twice what it is we could convoy In a
time like this our corn and cotton a nd cattle and hay and grain through
out the seven seas. -
A big navy Is a useful thing for a nation tn peace aa well as in war.
If we had our own (hips sailing to Europe now we could send gold
there or bring gold this way undli tut bed.
America exports eO per cent of Us cotton crop. A world-wide war
would atop that expert. If wa had plenty of money we could manu
facture the stuff In thie country by running all the mills night and day,
and after the war la over send the cloth away and be well paid for 1L
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OF F. E. WILLIAMS FILED
The schedule* in bankruptcy of F. E.
Williams, owner and proprietor c*
Williams' New Book Store, 720
Borad Street, were f led in the oflre
of Deputy Vnlted Rates Clerk C. .1.
Skinner. Jr., yesterday afternoon. An
involuntary petition was served sev
eral day* ago Tha store closed its
doors following the filing of the
schedules.
predicament and her need for men that
she offered 150,000 as a prize yesterday
to the steamship line which would ac
cept the risk of transporting the reser
vists abroad. It was said. No official
confirmation of the offer could be ob
tained at the Consulate, however.
■When representatives of Austria and
Gen .any are asked about the transpot—
tation of reservists they reply that they
do not know how they are going to get
them abroad. There was a report last
night that reservists of both nations had
been secreted on board the Kronprinz
Wilhelm, of the North German Lloyd
line, which it was rumored would leave
this port in a dash for Europe some timet,
before dawn today. The greatest mysteryY
concerning the complement of the ves
sel prevailed yesterday, according to re
port. no strkngers being allowed to go on
board.
make quick work of France in order
that they may turn their attention to
their endangered eastern frontier.
A War of Autocracy,
New York World.)
When peace is again established in
Europe there will come a new order of
things. Democracy will not stand for
ever upon the scaffold, with autocracy
forever on the throne.
Ten days ago the German people
were at peace with all the world. Thev
had no quarrel of their own with any
body. Their commerce reached to
every nook and corner of the globe.
Their ships floated on every sea.
Their victories were no victories of
brute force, but triumphs of applied
skill and trained minds. In many re
spects the Germans had touched the
high-water mark of human civiliza
tion. There was not another country
in the world but could learn something
from them.
Suddenly this vast fabric woven I
by peace and industry / and skill J
and science is torn in two. All
the machinery of progress is ‘stop
ped by the band of autocracy. The
Kaiser plunges Europe into the
most devastating conflict known
to human history, and every civi
lized country reels under the
shocks. And about what? Osten
sibly because Russia had answer
ed Austria's wanton war against
Sertia by mobilizing troops on the
frontier in order to protect her
own interests. In reality because
the reactionary party of Germany
was determined to invite a general
European conflict in order to stay
the advancement of political re
forms.
All the world knew that a declara
tion of war against Russia was in ef
fect a declaration of war against
France. Germany admitted it by
mobilizing her army not on the Rus
sian frontier but on the French fron
tier. The decisive blow was to he
struck against the French Republic,
not against Its imperial ally. It was
not Russian despotism that was to be
crushed but French republicanism
The hollow hypocrisy of the whole
proceeding is revealed In the fact that
before the clash of arms Is fairly be
gun the Austrian Invasion of Servia
is practically abandoned.
The liabilities, or debt*, of the
concern are given as $10,277,52, and
the assets as $5,625-22.
The following is taken from th«si
schedules filed:
Schedule A.—Taxes, due state and
county. $62 75; secured claims. sl.-
$750.00; unsecured claims, $8,464.77;
total $i0,277.52.
Schedule B.—Cash on hand and in
bank, SIOO 22: stock In trade, $5,-
000.00; household goods, $25 Oo;
debts dutt on open account, SSOO-00;
total, $5,825.22.