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TWO GERMANS ADVANCE THROUGH BELGIUM 12 ENCIRCLING LIEGE FORTS INTACT, SAYS THE FRENCH LOW ENVOY French Minister to England Tells of Military Positions in Belgium and Alsace—lndignant Denial That French Army Entered Germany Before Declaration of War London,—The mltltary positions at I.iage, Belgium. along tne Franco- German frontier, where the opposing outpost* are In touch ami In Alsace, 'whore severe engagements between a French Invading torce and the Oer man defenders recently w.-re fought, ere thua explained In ft dispatch from the French foreign inlnlater received here this morning Entirely Falaa. "Rumors regarding the loss of the forts of Liege by (ho Belgian troops ■re entirely falae. Only small groups of German soldiers ente ed the town Itself under ‘over of the darkness All the encircling forte, twelve In rumber, ere intact. "Small unlioiorunt engHgerumits frave occurred nlong the whole line where the h ranch and German armies are facing each other from Belfort Today’s War in Tabloid A Dutch despatch say* * tcvrtflc cannonade was heard thle morning from the direction of Torigree, north of I.log, It was reported yesterday that two divisions of Oermtii <»v«lry with artillery lisd arrived there. ftrlslom wee today nsaln the seen > of outpost fighting between Belgians, French and Oermass The Uertnen commander at Liege denies the lose of ;n,of!o In his effort to taks the forte then He save they will he token without Ihe loss of n man aa spon es Herman heavy artillery arrives. lie nae«vta that "the Belgian force la mtmerlcaliy superior to ours” He Intimates that Die assaults we slopped by the emperor’s orders to • void needless sacrifice of life. On the subject of Liege the French foreign minister declares all the eur roundlng rorte Intact and that only a amoll foree of Dermana entered the town Itaelf under cover of darkness It lid been pointed out previously that the defeet of Liege forts waa the Inability to see one fort from the next, al though the fire of their gun* crosses, A Brussels despatch save the hulk of the Oermun army Is leaving Liege and advancing Inward the French frontier through the heart of Belgium. The French foreign minister described the French position tn Alsace as good, ae the troops occupy the crests rnd passes of the Vosges Mountains. Military experts studying the posit loirs of the oppoelng armies may. It la pointed out, possibly have hern confined ns ro the Herman enrtechtnenta said to have been erected on River Alan,* which thrv concluded to he the river of that name wail Inside the French border. There Is also a small stream , ailed the Alsne runnlg Into the Ourthe at Bomal below Liege and this may he the one mentioned ae it would thua form an exteslon of the defensive works thrown up by the tlermrts after they encountered Belgian opposition at Liege. Belgium antlclpetee an attempt by Oennnny to cross Dutch territory »»d has requested Holland to state her Intentions regarding the resistance to ’a breach of her neutrality. Hveahorg. the great Russian PS'irces In Finland, .watte a bomhardmogt or a battle as the commander Irae ordered all civilians to lesve there and alio Helsingfors Paris reports Montenegrin troops occupying Tsrahnach, nvre-looktng Rctitarl, Albania, where eevere fighting between Motencgrlne and Turks occurred during the Balkan war. t'onplderahle prime of Finnish gold ire In he deposited In Ottawa, Canada, to facilitate payments without running (he rlak of shipping money Herosa the Atlantic Belgian Women Defenders Used Scalding Water When Am munition Gone Pane. Accordmlt to n special newspaper dispatch the woman workers In tha Haitian national arms factor) at Hcrstal. Juat outside of Liege, defended thalr village ngiiliiNt Orinnn attack. Tha men ware awav serving In Ihe army The women according! to the corraapondenl, armed theniaalvaa and repulaed several chargi of the Hermans and Ithlane Whan thatr ammunition wa exhausted the women harrlcaded theniaalvaa In Ihe houses, from which they poured boiling water on th.t German soldiers In the streels. The correspondent says 2.000 (Jarmans ware disabled by wounds or scalds Children and old men shared In the defense of llerstal. and on Fri day the Belgian colore still floated from the factory building. o ' Prominent Russians Roughly Handled at German Resorts •t. Petersburg, via London.—lt Is announced from government sources that I* prominent Runetans who spent the summer at health re aorta tn the south of Hern any Including the Counteas Vorontsow- Pachkow wife of the viceroy of Ihe Caucasus, her two daughters, M, Scheheko a member at the council of the empire nnd other titled per sonages, sufferad great hardships at the hand of German officials. According to this report some of these were temporarily lmprlson ad during their Journey to the frontier, which owing to frequent hind rances occupied seven days It Is aserted that the aristocratic ludlvs ware roughly handled hy police and members of the military. Young Herald Readers Celebrate Birthday Today Francla Honoris Wall l&Ot IJroad Bt , born Aug. 11, 1801 Rebecca Wren. 141* Kales Bt.. born Aug, 190 b Master Joseph Campbell, 1714 Fenwick St„ born Aug. 11. IMS. Helen Hollte Fennell. <l4 Cilia Bt, born Aug 12, IMS. George W. Meyera, 1242 Mauae St . born Aug. 13, 1*99. Margaret Callahan, Ml D'Antlgna Bt born Aug 12. mot Walter E Matthews 1447 Winter Bt Monte Suuo, torn Vug 1| 140* Margaret Catherine Orcalish. 1(4 Reynolds (it . hug Aug. 12. 1111. Mestrr Robin Lockett, 413 Reynolde Bt, horn Aug 12 1919 Oravton Hoyts Collins. Leesvtlle. B C» born Aug. 11. l»oo. The Harald congratulates them on their bithdajr, end invites each of them to entertain five friends at a birthday picture party at the Dreamland Theatre. Tickets have been mailed. Boy a and girls under 16 years of age ar# re quested to send their full name, address and birthday fi'Tfd ,he yemT ° f b ' rth ’ *° " Chi, ‘ ,ren ’* Ed '* or .” Augusta opposite the southermost part of Al sace, to Ucge In Belgium, in these encounter* the French cavalry hag al ways malntalntd Its superiority over t'ne Herman mounted troops while our nrtlllery has been splendidly served Heights of Alsace. "Our troops nave kept the crests and passes of the Vosges Mountains and they dominate the heights of Al sace "A line between Than (22 mile* southwest of Kclmßr, Alsace), and Altklrch. (this flrat position occupied by tht French army after Its invasion of Alsace), Is held by our armies. This line runs slightly to the rear of Muelhauaen. The French government Indignant ly denies that there was any violation ol German territory by the French army before the declaration of war,” English Army Chief Who Will Be Prominent War Figure \ '* A/r*tjjnfo. ' tiußmT si i ( ® nWSMH. R> ir Wp%j± J&k, s*r2£&soQh&ljSKJU&r £ *i*Xsfr , V Ahk.®p, A^a^aßkAV. INSPECTOR GENERAL SIR JOHN FRENCH. London. —The main body of the English army soon to be senl aoross the channel to France will probably be headed by Inspector General Sir John French, one of the best train ed soldiers In the entire English army. It Is possible that Inspector French will assume command of both the French and Belgian armies should the three fighting forces be merged to meet the Germans. FOOD PRICES COMPARED SINCE WAR BEGAN Chicago, Ilia.—An Imrrnse In the mar ket fc* food auppliaa haettuae of the Eu ropean war, together with chi'rgett that farmer* and atock miser* are holding hogs and rattle fr* further price, ad vance. were listed yesterday as causes for a considerable increase In plicae at Which foodstuffs are being sold. An investigation whether the prices are justified will be begun by a Chicago ootincll committee, wrhlch. according to Its chairman, will meet with state of ficials. heads of civic organisations, ex pert economists and representatives of wholesale and retail dealers. “Retail prices are going up no faster than the cost of raw material,*’ said F. K White, a director of Armour & Co. *'A!l classes of meat are adx'anclng. Thta Is only natural because we are called on to live off our own supply of cattle and hogs and at the sttne time Europe wants to buy from us being unable as yet to import from South America and Australia ’ A comparison of retail meat prices Diplomats of the U. S. Delayed New Appointees Find Difficulty in Reaching Their Posts. Herrick to Aid Sharp at Paris Washington*—Newly appointed Am | erlcan diplomat* are experiencing con | »ldermble difficulty In reaching their j pc*i« on account of the European war. William (1. Sharp, tha new ambn*- |*ador to ranoa, Is still In, Washing ton awaiting an opportunity to get to | Part* Pending his arrival, Ambasea- I dor Herrick will continue In charge I and It Is intimated that because of hl» dose personal acquaintance with the French officials he will ha re quested to remain tn Paris In the set - THE AUGUSTA HEHALC. AUGUSTA. GA. show's an Increase since last week as follows: Tuesday. Saturday. Round stenk 2S-l3c 22c. Sirloin steak 2* 26. Rib roasts 28 26. Poterhouse .... 35 30-82. Pork shop* ..39 22-24. lamb shops 30 26. Leg of Inrnb 24 22. Veal steak 35 30-32. Veal chops 28 25. Similar advances hav. been made In the prices of other foodstuffs within ten days as follows: Now. August Ist. Flour, barrel .BS.OO-17.00 86 50-35.75 Flour, 24H-ll>. sack .86 76 Sugar, |b 8-7 cents 6>4 cents. Beans, lb 7-8 cents 5 cents. Eggs, dosen 30 cent* 3* cents. I.emons. doisn 36-40 , 25 rents. Retail meat dealers blame the whole salers and a meeting of the United Mas ter Butchers’ Association ha* been call ed for Thursday. vice of the etate department even af ter the arrival there of Mr. Sharp, while the latter familiarises himself with the heavy demands of the post at this critical time. George T. Marye. newly appointed American ambassador to Russia, Is also marooned In hts own country. He and Mrs. Marys had planned to go bv way of the Pacific ocean and the Sitrrlan railroad. According to news r,p«rt». however, the trans-Siberian route has been closed. Ira Nelson Morris, tha new Amer ican minister to Sweden, wae to sail from New York today for Stockholm on a Norwegian steamer. NEW CENSUS OF PANAMA CANAL ZONE COMPLETED Panama.—A new census of tha Ca nal Zone has Juat been completed by the canal police. Tha total popula tion was found to be 37.9*1. composed of 10.709 Americana and 27,881 alien*. A comparison with tha figures of the census of February 1814 shows that during the Interval 7,386 persons have departed from the Canal Zone. The previous census showed a total pop ulation of 46.28* of whom 8.885’ wer- Americans and 36,401 were aliens. */" German Side of Liege Siege Official Statement of General Von Stein Denies Loss of Twenty Thousand—Says En gagement to Mask Move ments of Main Army London. —The correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company at Rome, says that a dispatch from Ber lin gives an official statement by General Von Stein regarding the siege of Leige. The German com mander denies the loss of 20,000 men, hut does not give figures of his losses. Ha says only a small num ber of Germans were engaged in or der to mask the movements of the bulk of the army. The enemy’s ad vance attacking forces, he says, was completely annihilated, and while ad mitting that the forts remain intact, explains this by saying: “The emperor did not wish to sac rifice life unnecessarily but so soon as the heavy artillery arrives the forts will be taken without the loss of a man.” General Von Stein admits that the capture of the forts is a difficult problem because of the unfavorable ground about them and further be cause the population of the town. In cluding the women, shot at the Ger man troops from behind, firing in discriminately, hitting the surgeons and wounded. The German comman der concludes wit# the remark that "It must not be forgotten that the Belgian force is numerically superior to ours.” U. S. Envoy Sees the Kaiser Emperor William and Ambas sador Gerard Converse at Length in Palace Garden at Berlin Berlin, (via Copenhagen.) —Emperor William Yesterday received James W. Gerard, the American ambassador. in the palace grarden and conversed with him at length. The emperor appeared to be in a serious mood, but confident. He spoke of the capture of L#iege, where he said the German and Belgian troops were about equal numerically. The Bel gians, he added, were behind fortifica tions but the Germans charged with bayonets and destroyed everything. The Belgians were put to flight, abandoning arms in great numbers, he declared. The German and British governments have requested the American embassy to Intervene with the purpose of fixing a time for merchantment of the two countries to quit the ports hostile countries. Warships of Germany Off ’Frisco Both the Leipzig and Nurnberg Cruising in Vicinity of the Farallone Isiands. Latter Sup posed to be in Far East Aan Fcaoolse. —Captain* of several vee sels making port last night asserted pos itively today they had seen both the German cruleere Lelpiig and Nuvnberg cruising within a radius of 30 miles of the Farallone Islands yesterday. The Nurnberg was supposed to be In the Far West At 2:80 p. m. yesterday the British bark Colony spoke to the Nurnberg 25 miles south of the Favallonee. her cap tain aaid. The captain of tha ftahlng tug Henrietta also reported sighting the Nurnberg at the same time and place. Captain R E. Carey of the fishing tug Pedro Costs, said he had seen the Suvnberg and the Leipzig at 5 p m.. and was sufficiently near the Nurnberg to read her name on the stern w: this time the Nurnerg end Lelpiig were about 36 miles apart, the Nurnberg be ing within five mllee of the Farallnnes which are thtrty-twn miles due west of San FYanctsco harbor. Captain Anstruther Mann of the Brit- Ish hark Colony, which arrived todav In ballast from Crus Grands, Chile, repost* ed that he pasaad close to Ihe Nurnberg' about 25 mile* south of the Farat one Islands yesterday. Captain Mann said he was In communication with Captain ! Bchoenhrt-g of the hostile warship j through a megaphone end that when the ! German learned (he sailing vessel was without cargo he was given permission ! to proceed to San Francisco. Three British warships, the Canadian cruiser Rainbow and the sloops Shear water and Algerine are suposed to be In *iksee waters. Distinctively Individual IBKtimal \ THE TURKISH BLEND H X CIGARETTE 1 ~ To hit the a science- Hf and so is die ability to blend. Pi tobaccosmifaisifetiadheaianneg ■ Effl Raima Gxtpanseanbeoxkarfgedior discinexiigJjHb Germany’s Wireless Protest Charge d’Affaires of Kaiser’s Embassy Calls on Secretary Bryan in Regard to Censor ship by United States Washington, Aug. 12. —Haniel von Helmhauser, charge of the German embassy, conferred with Secretary Bryan today on wireless and cable communication between America and Europe. The charge had previously requested that the state department permit code messages to be exchanged directly between the United States and Germany which now are barred by the military censors in England, through which country all cable mes sages must pass to reach Germany. The charge was also desirous that the German-owned wireless stations at Sayville. 1.. 1., and Tuckerton, N. J„ he permitted to work with Germany free from censorship, thereby placing Germany on an equality with England and France, which are using their ca bles without restrictions for trans- Atlantic correspondence. Say Discrimination. A disposition was shown at the state department to justify the ap parent discrimination against the Do You Live On a R. F. D. Route? HERE’S SOMETHING FOR YOU. A SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER. SEND ONE DOLLAR AND HAVE THE / AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY and SUNDAY EDITIONS Mailed You Until Jan. 1,1915 Nearly Five Month* Subscription to a Big Daily and Sunday Paper Delivered to Your Home for SI.OO. NOTE This is • Special Offer. Good only for 10 Days-—expires August 16th, and will not be repeated. Send in your Doller Today. NOTE This offer is Good Only to R. F. D. Subscribers. Send no money unless you live on R. F. D. Route and beve your mail delivered R> F. D. \ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 20515^ wireless by an article in the Hague convention which provides that euch methods of communication may be barred where the stations were erect ed for purely military purposes on neutral territory and transact no com mercial "business. German Contention. The German contention is that the prohibition does not apply for the rea son that the stations in questions hav# been doing commercial business. Secretary Bryan promised Charge Helmhauser that he would take the subject up with President Wilson as soon as possible and the charge re turned to the summer embassy at Newport to await his answer. OVER 7,500,000 PERSONS CLIMBED ALPS BY R’WAY GenSva—More than 7,600,000 ravens climbed, the Alps by ways last year, according to statis tics just published. There are now 46 of these mountain railways and the authorities have before them de mands for seven more. If this con tinues every Alp will have ita funifu iar in the future.