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FIERCE EFFORT TO SILENCE FORTS ,
GERMAN GEN’L BEGGED
BY LIEGE BURGOMASTER
HOT TO BOMBARD CITY
Was Accompanied by Delegation All of Which
Was Detained as Hostages. Villages Given
Over to Pillage After Occupation.
Brustsia f It asssrtsd h*rs that af
tar 2hO barman soldiers, occupying a
farm at Holrou, naar Papin at er, ha«l
fired on by three workman the village
waa given over to plllnga by the German
ftronpa and tha three workmen were
taken ottt and ahot by a firing squad.
Tb* nearapaper Bolre gives these de
tails of tha German occupation at Idega:
Would Raze It.
*Tha Garmana on ■eeiri* aparea be
tween the sorta opan before them, en
tered In small groupa on Thursday even
ing. Among those who entered were
Gan. von Kmmlrh, commander of the
tenth army corps and hie staff. At the
citadel, which Is the barracks, the gov
ernor and the burgomaster of I.leire were
Informed that unless the town and forts
surrendered the Germans would bombard
tha town and rase It completely. On
ordam from his government the governor
than lefl the town.
**On Friday night seventeen notables
of Tifcge headed by the bishop burgo
master and sheriff with some deputies
juroceedde to the citadel and begged
Oen. von BmmlCh not to bombard the
town. The general replied that tha town
German Troops Select Fourteen
Out of Village Inhabitants
And Ordered Shot
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Brussels.—The emperor of Ruxetn has telegraphed Albert expressing
sincere admiration of the bravery nf the Belgian nrmy and the heat xvigh
e( for Kgjfturp In ttn contest for Independence.
After the Herman troopa reached Wantage, In the province of Liege,
according: tjp -people who aaw their arrival, they assembled all the
llahltanta and choae 14 from amor* them. Of theao eight tire raid to
have been shot and two hanged. The mayor himself was arrested hut
afterword liberated by German officers, who had been liln guesta tha
0«y before. —-
Other Inatannea of alleged outrages by Herman aoldtera are related
In tha Belgian gevemmenlal preaa.
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Can V Use Paris Phones Except
in French
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Paris.—Martial law It being rigorously enforced In this elty dally.
Tha authorltle* are partletilarly anxious to prevent the escape of lmpor
!• taru news and frequently tap telephone wires, calls on which can now
he made only In French. It la explained that this has been made nec
' aaaery by the fart that suspected Germans were in the habit of telephon
ing tn English,
The restriction, however, la decidedly Irksome to many English and
, Americans The American embassador, Myron T. Herrick, was cut off
today when attempting to converse with friends. The diplomat was
mors amused than annoyed,
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Crepe at Strassburg For W Years Torn
Down and Replaced by Flowers With
French Tri-Color
4 SaHa via London.- The crepa fostoona which for 10 veara have hung
from tha monument of the city of Straesburg. capital of Alsace-Isiralr.e
wara torn down today and replaced with flowers and palm branches A
Hi—colored sash was draped about the figure.
The ceremony was conducted hy 2,000 members nf the Federation
of Alsatian Societies In Pari* Joseph Sansbotief. mayor of the eighth
armmdisaament. embraced the statue ami then addressing the gatherln
said:
"The hour of revenge, for which we have prayed unceasingly for
44 years, has at last struck. .The French army is In Alsace. The r*d
trousers are again seen on our plains and mountains. The gay buglet
of France sounded the charge at Attktrch and the Muelhutisen."
There were few who were not In tears as the speukeri concluded
The singing of the Marseillaise followed by cheers for Belgium
Russia and England ended the ceremony,
Amazing Enterprise of German
Scouts; Force of Uhlans
Surrounded
Dlnard, Franca (via LondonV The
enterprise of tba Herman acouta U
emazlng One prisoner of war hat!
ridden over 70 kilometres, (about 40
miles). into French territory The r
methods Is to ride In small fames
toward a rendesvoua, where they are
Joined by other parties with the ob
ject of seisins a point where the
Thousands of Dollars By
, American Newspapers;
O r Connor Comes to Aid
London.—T P. O’Connor, the Irish nationalist, today. In the house
of commons, again opened fire on the press censorship established by the
British government. He said thousands of dollars spent by American
newspapers had been wasted In consequence « the censorship and he aug
seated that trained newspaper men be added to the staff of the cen
sorship bureau.
The Right Honorable Chas liobhouse. speaking on behalf of the
pogtofflco authorities, disclaimed any responsibility fobc tbs censorship
over which he said the war office exercised Tull control. He said If there
was any delay In rewarding messages after they had pnseed the cen
sor. he was ready to do what he could In the mailer.
and forts must surrender or h* would
begin tha bombardmant. The Germans
newer ted that the poa mints In the dis
trict had committed hostile acts against
them.
All Detained.
**All th* members of the deputation
were detained as hostages aiyl 1t Is ndt
yet known whether they have since
been nitrated."
The Gormans are
France chiefly through Each, a town of
the Gr«nd Dudy of l/uxamburg, 10 miles
southwest of Tgukembunr. where they
have cut down streets and dug trenches.
They hnv© rased the vlLla** of Mrl.
\Vooden platform* 400 yards long for
the unloading of horses and gun* have
been constructed.
Reports reached here today from many
directions, however, of th'o retreat of the
German oavalry before large French
forces whirl/ are said already to have
cleared considerable territory. The lo
cality of the fl*ht!n* is not revealed by
the military nuthorltls*. In official clr-
Vles here It was asserted todsy that
there had been no further battle In, the
vicinity of Uege or In the town Itself.
Meuse may be crossed
A rather large body of German
4 it Inns are In the woods north of Dl
nard. but they are already surround
ed and their capture h certain
Several cavalry aklrnushea between
French and Germans east of Namur
slow that the Germans have begun
to feel their way south.
BLEW UP
PIER BY
MISTAKE
Russian Commander Hangs
Self After Giving Premature!
Order. Czar’s Troops Con-:
centrating Alorm Gulf of
Finland. ’
Stockholm, via London, Aug. 11^—
A Hwedlsh steamer just arrived from
rtaumo. Finland, reports she has not
" w ® , a >‘'- r >Kle warship In the Aland
Archipelago or anywhere else Her
Captain was told that the Russian
fleet wan lurking in the Inner part of
the Gulf of Finland.
The Russians are concentrating
, r troops at all Important points
» ong , he Gulf , )f ptmand, especially
'it Kkenas and Hveaborg and keeping
In reserve a considerable force report
ed to number 100,000 men.
A pier a half mile In length In the
harbor of Hango was blown up by
mistake. Tho commander, who had
been ordered to prepare for the pos
sible destruction or the pier, hanged
himself upon discovering that he ha.l
'"ted prematurely. The vessel had nj
news from the Haltir.
GERMANS
FORTIFY
METZ
Unloading of Troop Trains
Continue. Aviators Pay Lit
tle Attention to Shells Burst
ing in Air.
Paris, (via London— lt Is officially
a?o.?aa C Sli that ,hP! Krenrh troops
atound Splncourt In the department
ol Meuse forced tho German cavairy
to retreat although the latter were
supported by cavalry. The unload
ing oi troops from trains continues in
the region of Gerolsteln hut the prin
cipal landings occurred earlier in the
rear of Met* and Thionville. French
aviators are constantly flying over
the zones where the German troops
are disposed without paving the
slightest attention to the ' bursting
shells of the enomy, The official
communication concludes with the
statement that the work of fortifying
Luxemburg and south Metz has been
completed by the Germans. A large
force of Germans on Sunday night at
tacked the French advance guard
which had pushed forward on Cernay
and Muelhausen.
Advance Stopped.
Before this attack the commander
of the French troops had quit Muel
hausen and assembled his troops in
the rear of the town. He quickly
Placed his forces In a fighting line
and stopped the advance of the Ger
mans who. according to tho French
reports, were superior In number
T!ie actions of the French are de
clared to hove been brilliant and It
Is claimed that they remain masters
of northern Alsace. There have
been numerous movements of Gep
man troops toward Morhange. L'O
miles southeast of Metz, and In the
region of Blamont, in Mourtheet-
Moeelle.
An attack on Rogervlllers and Hob
linville was attempted by the Ger
mans. but failed because the French
were supported by cannon from Ma
nonvillers
Voting For 8,000
Candidates in Ohio
Columbus, Ohio.—Approximately 8.-
000 candidates for state, judicial, con
gressional and county officers and for,
members of state and county party
committees are being voted for today
by Ohio electors.
Every place on the republican tick
et is contested except the chief jus
ticeship. There are three contests on
the democratic side and no contests
among the progressives, although their
ticket is full from United Staten sen
ator down to county committeemen.
Attitude of Japan
Depends On The
British Campaign
London.—The Peking correspon
dent of the Times telegraphs as fol
lows :
I "Replying to China's request of the
Fnlteil States and Japanese to use
| their influence to protect China from
I warlike activities of other nations.
Jtpan has stated that her attitude de
pended on the result of the British
' ci.nv sign. The time was not ripe to
consider China's proposal it was said.
"The I’nlted States avoided com
| mltting herself."
ONLY TWO.
i Chicago.—Only two sea captains
| who are cltisens of the United States
have come forward from the Chicago
district in response to the call of the
I department of commerce. It was made
known today A total of 56 men
| holding masters, officers and engl
. neers' certificates have registered
I with the collector of the port here
I and alt may he drafted by the govern-
I nieut it necessary.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT
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THE “S-95.” ,
This picture show’s the Kaiser’s torpedo boat
8-95, one of the nineteen German warships that was
reported sunk by the British fleet in the North Sea.
The photo show’s the “S-95” speeding under forced
draught.
In North
Sea Mines
Planted
Indiscriminate Placing of Con
tact Ones Charged to Ger
mans by British Embassy at
Washington.
Wash I ngton. —Great Britain, point
ing out the danger to neutral shipping
by mines placed In ths North Sea by
Germany has Indicated a purpose to
plant mines in the same waters. Col
ville Barclay, charge of the British
embassy today ppresented to Secre
tary Bryon the following memoran
dum: *
In Open Sea.
"The Germans are planting contact
mines indiscriminately about the
North Sea In the open sea without
regard for consequences to merchant
men Two days ago four large mer
chant ships were observed to pass
within a mile of the mins field which
*ank the H. M. S. Amphion. The
waters of the North Sea must, there
fore, be regarded as perilous in the
last degree to merchant shipping of
all nations.
Tn Self-Defense.
"In view of the methods adopted
by Germany the British admiralty
must hold themselves fully at liberty
to adopt similar .measures in self de
fense which must inevitably increase
the dangers to navigation in the
North Sea. But before doing so they
think It right to issue this warning
in order that merchant ships under
neutral fbigs, trading with North Sea
ports should turn back before enter
ing the wea of such exceptional
danger."
Can't Give Notice
of the Hurricanes
New York.--Through failure of the
British and German vessels to report
weather conditions at sea because of
the fear that their locations would be
forwarded to hostile cruisers, the
weather bureau is unable to give no
te* of West Indian hurricanes now
probably forming. Owners of ehlpe
sailing to South American and West
Indian ports ond officials In the local
forecaster's office declared today the
situation was extremely serious.
Deposit s mO,ooo
For Americans
Par is.-3Arrangemrnts have been
made to deposit 100.000 In fold at Brrne
Switzerland, and SIO,OOO each In Vlchv
and Aix-les-Balna. fer the benefit of
Americans holding letters of credit or
other bankable About a
score of Americans®ln distress wers
provided with funds yesterdsy.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
Wsehingtsn.— More than 500 dele
gates wer* here for the opening ses
sion today of the 12th annual con
vention of the National Rural Car
riers' Association. The convention
will continue through Friday.
RESERVISTS
OF FRANCE
SAIL
The Royal Edward Off From
Montreal. Expects to Meet
Warships in Gulf and be Con
veyed Across Atlantic.
Montreal. —The order closing the
port of Montreal was temporarily
lifted today to allow the steamship
Royal Edward to sail with 500
French reservists on board. The
Royal Edward expects to meet
French or British warships in the
Gulf and be conveyed across the At
lantic. In England the vessel may
be taken over by the British admi
ralty.
While the ports of Montreal and
Quebec have been closed as far as
ocean-going traffic is concerned, this
order, it was explained by the port
authorities today has no reference to
the inland water traffic on the rivers
and lakes.
535.517.68 FOR
GEORGIA MILITIA
Securities of War Sets Aside
$1,599,362 Out of $2,000,-
000 of Annual Appropriation.
Washington.—Announcement was
made by the war department today
that out of the total of $2,000,000 an
nually appropriated by congress for
apportionment among the states for
the purchase of supplies and ammuni
tion under the militia law. $1,699,362
has been set aside by the secretary
of war for that purpose during the
fiscal year 1915. The remainder,
amounting to $400,637, has been re 1 -
served for special allotment from time
to time at the discretion of the sec
retary. The amounts allotted to the
South Atlantic states for hte fiscal
year 1916 are as follows:
Florida, $18.7*1.50; Georgia, *s6,-
617.69; Norh Carolina *30.444.94;
South Carolina, *20,922.24; Virginia,
$37,004.81.
N. Y. Acts to Stop
Entrance of Chorera
New York—Cable advices from
Vienna elating that cholera bad de
veloped among the Servian and Aus
trian troops hag resulted In precau
tions to prevent the disease from
gaining a foothold here. Dr. Joseph
O'Connell, health officer of the .port,
announced today that sreclsl inspec
tion would, be made of passengers
from Mediterranean ports and from
France and Rngland
WANTED COLORKn BOTH TO CAR
ry rape!* In Colored Territory. Apply
Bub Station No. L 1017 Bollock St ts
Last Minute Bulletins
FACING EACH OTHER.
London,— The Daily Mail's advices from Basle. Switzerland, state
that the Swiss and German troops are close to the frontier and within
a few yards of each other ner Basle. The Germans have built barricades
across all the roads leading across the frontier. The Swiss army la
massed mainly on the French frontier but considerable bodies of troops
have ben sent to Ticino to guard the Italian frontier.
HOLLAND NEUTRAL.
London.—A dispatch from Brussels to the Times says it is rumor
ed that Germany is massing large sarge forces on the Dutch frontier. Tha
Dutch minister to Belgium declared thtat watever happened Holland
would maintain her neutrality unswervingly.
TWO REPORTS.
Roms via London.—There is an unconfirmed rumor that British and
French war ships have captured the German cruiser Goeben. On the
other hand correspondents at Athens report that the Goeben and her
sister, cruiser the Breslau, were sighted this morning rounding Cape Mat
apan, the southern extremity of Morea, Greece, at full speed.
AIRSHIP RIDDLED.
London.—A dispatch to The Standard from St. Petersburg says a
small German airship was riddled with shot and brought to ground near
Czcnstochowa, Russian Poland, on Friday. It’s occupants, four German
officers, were killed.
PROVISION STEAMERS.
London. — The correspondent of the Daily Mail ot Copenhagen te!#»
graphs that the export route for Provision steamers from Denmark to
England has been re-opencd. The steamers Konstantin from Grimsby,
and the steamer Express from Newcastle, arrived vesterdav at Esbjerg
and reported they had sighted no warships in the North Sea.
ENGLISH MOBILIZATION.
London.—According to today’s Times, England is now well on with
her mobilization and has between 500,000 and 600,000 men under arms
not counting the national reserves.
SHIPS WARNED.
Montreal.—A dispatch from Qu e b ec sa ys:
“The authorities at Ottawa las t night notified all captains of ships
on the St. Lawrence of the presenc e of a strange vessel in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence whose purposes as v et have not been ascertained. Spe
cial preparations have been made aj the citadel here."
DUTCH CTATe~~op WAR
The Hague, Aug. 11.— A royal d ecree published in the Official' Ga
zette her today proclaimed a stat e D f war j n the Dutch provinces of
Limburg, North Brabant, Zeeland a n d some parts of Gelderland, south
of the rlx-er Waal.
PROCLAMATION.
Sofia, Bulgaria.—A state of w ar has been proclaimed throughout
Bulgaria in order to enable the government to prepare to guard the
frontiers against violations.
v bulgaria'alert.
Sofia, via London, Aug. 11.—Pr em j er Radoslavoff announced In the
Sobranje that Bulgaria had determined to observe the strictest neutrality
but must take measures to repulse any violation of her frontiers.
CAPTURE D WIRELESS.
London. —With the British cap^ ure 0 f Togoland, the German col
onial possession in Western Africa, one Q f the largest wireless stations
in the world was acquired. The pl an t has a radius of communication of
3,000 miles. A
Paris, via London.—Detailed instructions were issued by the minister
of war concerning newspaper correspondents accompanying the French
army. Only representatives of th e French press who are of French
nationality and not subject to military duty and correspondents of news
papers published in allied countries will be allowed to follow the opera
tions.
SPIES ARRESTED WITH >
PUNS MARCH QN PARIS.
Brussels, via London. —One of the spies arrested by the Belgians
in Ostend had in his possession plans indicating the halting points of
the German army on the march to Paris. According to these Brus
sels was to be reached Aug 3, and- Lille. France, Aug. 5 Military
authorites here assert that the German cavalry division were told off
to make a raid on Brussels with the object it is believed, either of levy
ing war contributions or seizing the treasury. It is argued they evi
dently reckoned on not meeting Belgian resistance. As evidence that
the German plans to traverse Bel Kian territory w ere known to well in
formed Germans here, it is pointed out that a celebrated chateau in
Belgium belonging to a German prince, was emptied six weeks ago, all
the silver, works of art and other articles being sent to Germany.
THE DISGUISES.
Brussels (via Lbndon.)— Among the spies in Belgium were four
German officers wearing Belgian uinTorms. One spy was disguised as
a woman, another as a missionary and a third who had a basket full
of carrier pigeons as a fisherman.
Seized $25,000,000 of Russian
Funds in Berlin Banks
London. — A Central News desp atch from Berlin says the Russian
funds seized by the German government in Berlin banks arc understood
to total 325,000,000.
A special government commission reports that Germany has suffi
cient food to last for a year.
Emperor William has given SIOO,OOO to the German Red Cross So-L
ciety and a similar sum for the relief of the families of soldiers killej/
or wounded in the fighting.
6 BROTHERS OF 1.
HUBERT PALLBEARERS
A Number of Augustans At
tended Sad Funeral of Mr.
Frank Hubert in Harlem on
Yesterday.
A number of Augustans went up to
Harlem yesterday to attend the fun
eral of Mr. Frank Hubert, a former
resident of that place who died sud
denly on Saturday last In Newnan,
Ga. where he was prominently Iden
tified with a large business concern.
Mr. Hubert was a highly esteemed
young man and there were a large
number In attendance at the funeral,
which was conducted by Rev. L. M.
Twiggs pastor of the Harlem Meth
odist church.
One of the sad features of the death
was that It was th» first in his family.
Both mother and father are living and
he is survived by six brothers and
three aisters. There were ten chil
dren In all. The six surviving broth
ers acted as pall bearers.
Mr. Hubeert's boyhood was spent in
Harlem and almost the entire popula
tion of the town attended the funeral
The floral tributes were many and
beautiful.
TUESDAY, AUGUST IY.
MAJ. GARRARD
TO PAT TROOPS
Probably Between SB,OOO and
SIO,OOO to be Paid North
Carolina Troops. To Leave
Here Friday.
Major Chas. F. Garrad, paymaster
of the United States army from Fort
McPherson. Atlanta, Ga., arrived in
the city this morning for the purpose
of paying off the North Carolina
troops now In camp here. Major
Garrad was in Augusta about ten days
ego and paid off the Georgia troops.
The North Carolina soldiers will
leavo the city on Friday next.
It Is understood the North Caro
llnlans will receive between $8,04)0
and SIO,OOO from the government lor
their work at Augusta The Georgia
troops received about $25,000, but
there were a great many more of
them here.
DEATH OF MRS. CURRAN >
WALKER NEAR HEPHZIBAH
The death of Mrs. CurraH-* Walker
occurred at her home four miles from
Hephzlbah Sunday. A large numb-r
.of friends were present to pay a last
tribute of respect.