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TWO 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 » _. ts 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. • ; mr — Can V Use Paris Phones Except in French v , 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, ■' —— j 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 r\ k t \ \2 14 /T~V\ ] 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.