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AUGUST 8.
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BELGIUM
Brussels, via London.—
Le People says the bom
bardment of Liege bad
eaused six or seven fires in
the city up to seven o’clock
last evening. The heaviest
firing occurred yesterday
afternoon. German officers
then came to the city with
a white flag, demanded the
surrender of the place. They
received a negative reply
and the bombardment was
resumed at six o’clock.
Martial law has been pro
claimed throughout Bel
gium.
Brussels. Five persons
dressed as preachers were
arrested today at the rail
road station and accused of
being spies. An indignant
crowd menaced them.
A doctor wearing the em
blem of the Red Cross,
caring for the dead on the
battlefield outside Liege,
when threatened by Ger
mans, drew his revolver
and was immediately shot
dead.
Belgrade, Servia, via
London.—The Sixth Regi
ment of Austrian artillery
opened fire on the Servians
at noon today near Obreno
vatz, on the River Save, to
the west of Belgrade. The
Servian guns quickly si
] need the Austrians, who
Abandoned two damaged
guns.
Brussels. —After a Ger
man aviator dropped bombs
on a public square in Liege,
which killed thirty, Belgain
aviators gave chase which
was spectacular in the ex
treme. Four Belgains sur
rounded the German high in
the air, making circles
around him, in an attempt
to captpure or kill, but the
German managed to regain
Gorman lines.
The Hague, (via London)
—Henry Vandyke, United
States minister to The Ne
therlands, today made ar
rangemeiits with The Neth
erlands government for the
eashington of American
checks and drafts endorsed
by him under the authoriza
tion of the United States
state department. The min
ister was instructed to en
dorse drafts necessary to
supply the absolute necessi
ties of traveling Americans.
AMERICA
■ -
San Francisco.—The Ger
man freighter Alexandria
of the Cosmos Line, with a
million dollar cargo, was
sighted five miles outside
the heads, bound in. at 30
A. M. today. Had the Brit
ish cruiser Rainbow, which
passed in two hours and
twenty minutes earlier,
been delayed, the Alexan
dria might have made a rich
prize of war.
Washington, D. C.—The
state department has no re
ports of the taking of War
saw by the Germans. Of
ficials attributed a rumor to
that effect to an earlier dis
patch which said the Rus
siaa general staff had de
ft
cided not to defend the
city.
San Francisco. The
British cruiser Rainbow,
which put in here early to
day, received permission
late today from the port au
thorities to take on fifty
tons of coal, which is suffi
cient to take her to the
nearest port home. She
must clear before 10 A. M.
tomorrow.
San Francisco. . The
Swedish consulate here re
ceived word today that in
structions should be posted
notifying all shippers that
mines were being placed in
Swedish territorial waters
and that no vessel should
risk entering a Swedish
port without the services of
a Swedish pilot.
CANADA
Ottawa.— Intimation has
been given by the govern
ment to German consuls in
Canada that their presence
in the Dominion is not de
sired and that they would
be expelled should they not
leave at once.
The order applies only to
citizens of German and not
to Canadians, who, in some
instances, have been desig
nated by Germany to act as
consuls.
Montreal. — Seven ocean
liners are due to sail from
Montreal tomorrow morn
ing, having taken out clear
ance papers for Saturday.
Following are the vessels
and the ports to which they
are bound:
Scandianavian, Glasgow;
Canada, Liverpool; Manx
man, Bristol; Monmouth,
London; Tyrolia, London;
Letitia. Glasgow and Alau
nia, Glasgow. They will go
as far as Quebec. Whether
they will continue out to sea
will depend upon war de
velopments.
Ottawa.— lt is learned
that when Canada acquired
from Chile the two Ameri
can-built submarines now
in the harbor of Victoria,
the Dominion also obtained
the crews. Officers and men
all have taken service with
Canada.
The call for men to run
the cruiser Niobe has shown
'that Canada and the United
States are filled with naval
men of the British service.
The Canadian naval depart
ment has been flooded with
applications from men who
have served in the British
navy. It is announced that
the 700 men wanted for the
Niobe could be obtained
several times over.
Halifax, N. S.-Tt was an
nounced late tonight that
all the passengers on board
the Cedric would be landed
here and that the steamer
would be held at this port
pending instructions.
Halifax The British
cruiser Essex which con
voyed the big lin«r Cedric
into this y>ort yesterday nut
to sea again todav after
taking on more sailors.
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After the first roll of the war bullets how many "royal and imperial” crowned “ninepins will be left standing? That question should occupy
the royal minds.
ENGLAND
London—A Brussels des
patch to The Exchange
Telegraph Company gives
an unofficial report that a
Bavarian corps has been de
feated by the French at
Marrehan, north of Luxem
burg.
Many prisoners are said
to have been taken.
London.—The capture of
German merchant craft con
tinues at a rate that leads'
Englishmen to predict the
war will speedily result in
driving German commerce
off the sea.
L°ndon. Ambassador
Walter Hines Page today
expressed to King George
President Wilson’s appre
ciation of the message of
condolence sent by the King
in connection with the
death of Mrs. Wilson.
London—Although it was
opened only this morning,
$1,125,000 already had been
subscribed last night to the
Prince of Wales fund for the
relief of the poor during the
war. Provincial cities still
are to be heard from.
One of the first subscrip
tions was $90,000 from the
Prince’s regiment, the First
Life Guards. Among others
who contributed were Geor
ge Coates, the manufactur
er, $250,000; Lord Aishton,
$75,000; the Rothschilds,
$50,000 and dozens of other
persons $5,000, including
Alfred Gwinne Vanderbilt.
London—A Rrussds des
patch to The Exchange
Telegraph Company says
the militia of the garrison at
Liege, who re-treated Tliurs
dav so that the men could
got sleep, took the offensive
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
HOW MANY WILL BE LEFT?
Friday by a tinning move
ment in Belgian Luxem
burg, where they routed a
German cavalry division.
Dubliji—Premier Asquith
has sent a message to the
Earl of Aberdeen, lord lieu
tenant of Ireland, express
ing the government’s deep
gratitiide at “the loyal help
Ireland has offered in this
grave hour.”
The question of giving
Nationalist and Ulster vol
unteers a military status is
being considered.
London.—Kail von Law
verv, an American who ar
rived in London today from
Germany, said he saw a
Frenchman taken from a
train under the suspicion
that lie was a spy and shot
on the station platform at
Essen in the presence of all
the passengers.
Vancouver, B. C.—lnfor
mation was received Here
today to the effect that, a
Dominion order in council
has just been passed closing
all German consulates in
Canada and giving the (hu
man consular officers 48
hours in which to leave the
country.
C HTN A
Peking.—China has in
structed her ministers at
Washington and Tokio to
request the United States
and .Japan to join with
China in an effort to pre
vent hostilities in Chinese
waters and territories be
cause of the far-reaching
dangers conected with them
The German authorities at
Tsing-Tau have received re
ports that liritish warships
have gone to Vladivostok to
escort a Russian troop ship
to Kiao-Chau for the invest
ment of Tsing-Tau.
Peking. The German
cruiser Emden, reported
sunk yesterday, is said to
have returned to Tsing-Tau
today with one of the big
vessels of the Russian vol
unteer fleet sailing between
Nagasaki and Vladivostok.
The latter ship carried
nearly 1,000 passengers and
crew.
Yokohama.—The Canad
ian Pacific line steamer Em
press of Japan, under chart
er to the British govern
ment, sailed from Yokoha
ma today for Hong Kong
(convoyed by a Japanese
warship.
Tokio, Japan—The eap
tains of merchant vessels
belonging to Russia, France
and Great Britain were ad
vised today by the authori
ties to stav in Japanese
ports in order to avoid dan
ger.
No confirmation has been
received here of the report
that the Russian warship
Askold and the Ge.man
cruiser Emden, had been
fighting in the China Sea.
FRANCE
Paris, via London. The
minister of war announced
today that French troops
have occupied Vic and Mo
yenvic, sninll G -nnan tuwns
in Alsace-Lorraine, just
over the border.
Madrid M ore American
tourists arriv d here today
and it is thought probable
the French trans-Atlantic
line will send q special
steamer to a Spanish port
for those wishing to return
to the United States.
Tells Why Colton Planters in South Unneces
sarily Alarmed Over Prospective Reductions
New York.—According to telegram* re
ceived By New York hank* and hanke a
today, cotton planter* in the Booth are
milch alarmed over the foreign nituation
in Ita relation to their Interent*. Home
of the telegram* stated in Huhnlance that
a continuance of the war would reduce
the demand for cotton hy fully 3fi p*v
cent.
In response to one of the*e communi
cation*, A. Barton Hepburn, chin man
of the Chase National Bank, sent the
following telegram to (*ongre««man Un
derwood at Washington:
“Tlie Booth I* urinece*Mari]y alarmed
over tiie pro*pee.tive reduction In the de
mand for and price of cotton In view of
the general Kuropeun war. Kuropcan
manufacturer* may not require the iihup!
amount of cotton hut American manufac
turer* will require It all.
“It I* Inevitable that all over-*ea trade
of Germany will he at the mercy of ary
nation which flr*t week* It, and can b* *'
serve the former patron* of Germany. Of
all nation* the United State* I* in the
l»e*t position to take and hold the trade.
Merchant*, manufacturer*, hanker* and
HtatcHuien should work together for that
purpose.
McCreary's Idea Sale
AFFORDS UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY ON
Boys’ Clothing
Mothers should profit by this sale to fit their
hoys out in school clothing for fall.
All our $5.00 Suits Reduced to $3.75
SO.OO and $6.50 Suits reduced to $4.25
$7.00 and $7.50 Suits reduced to $4.75
SB.OO and $8.50 Suits reduced to $5.75
SIO.OO and $12.50 Suits reduced to $7.75
The Reductions on Boys 9
Pants
Were SI.OO and $1.25; sale price 85^
Were $1.50 and $1.75; sale price .. .... . $1.15
M£ CREARYS
THREE
“First liberalize our whipping laws.
Germany supplied to coarse and cheaper
cotton trade of Mexico and Central and
Houth America, Africa, Asia and the
Orient generally.
“There will he no embargo on tho
commerce of the Pacific. (Mir cotton
should go abroad not hh raw material hut
uh a finished product and when the. was
of Europe Ih over we should hold largely
the trade that now Ih waiting to fall Into
our hand*."
ENGLAND WILL CONVOY
WHEAT FROM MONTREAL.
Great Grain Fleet Due to Sail on Friday.
Chicago Prices Jump.
Chicago-—A rondeau buying force, wfilch
at times today made the when* market
Jump like a cork In water, waa la a
measure explained thla morning.
The reason was Bald to be a 'apart
that. England would convoy a great gratn
fleet from Montreal a limit August /th.
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