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BELGIANS DEFEAT GERMANS Three-Fifths Kaiser’s Troops Killed or Wounded at Haelen THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Fri day. VOLUME XIX, No. 226. Germans Thrown Back at Haelen Fierce Fighting For Entire Day in Belgian Province o! Limborg—Casualties As Yet lln known—Siege ot Liege Forts is Re-commenced Brussels, ( via London).—An official communique issued today confirms yesterday’s success of the Bel gian troops over the Germans at Haelen. It says the German casualties were heavy, three-fifths of their troops engaged in the encounter being killed or wounded, while the Belgian casualties are report ed as relatively small. BATTLE OF HAELEN Brussels, via London.---11:45 A. M—The fighting yesterday between the Belgian and German armies in the vicinity of Diest lasted the entire day and constituted the first considerable battle of war. It will be known as the Battle of Haelen. Shells were still falling at half-past seven in the evening on the roads around Diest. IN FIRE ZONE Brussels.—The battle centered around Haelen in the Belgian province of Limburg, extending to Diest in the north of the province of Brabant after passing around Zeelhem. At seven o’clock last evening all the country be tween the three towns mentioned had been cleared of German troops except the dead and wounded, who were thickly strewn about the fire zone. Upwards of 200 dead German soldiers were counted in a space of fifty yards square. A church, a brewery and some houses in Haelen were set afire and two bridgs over the Demer were destroyed by Belgian engineers. Great quantities of booty were collected on the bat tlefield and this has been stacked in front of the town hall of Diest. Many horses also were captured EFFECT JUNCTION Brussels, via Paris.—Belgian and French troops have effected a junction south of Brussels. The Ger man advance in the Belgian provinces of Limburg and Brabant has been checked. The Germans are bringing up heavy artillery against Liege. GERMANS THROWN BACK Paris.—An official communication published here today says: “A division of Belgian cavalry supported by a brigade of infantry and by artillery engaged and defeated near the fortress of Diest, 18 miles north east of Louvain, a division of German cavalry, also supported by infantry and by artillery. “The fighting was extremely fierce and resulted in the Germans being thrown back toward llasselt and St. Trond.’’ BELGIANS ON OFFENSIVE Paris.—An official communication says the forts at Liege still are holding out and that the Belgian troops to the west of the city resumed the offensive and after a sharp struggle drove the Germans back and recaptured ground that had been lost. The Belgians have blown up a number of bridges on the railway lines in the German near in the Lan den district, thus cutting them off from their base of suppiiee. # THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 13, 1914. Expected Battle at Strassburg Will Settle Control of Alsace A _ -1. —i-. :asßr~ - ■ Mm* '.- 4 jj&l&fr • dKIH The beautiful German city of Strasiburg, a French Infantry charge (upper right hand corner) and German mounted artltllery In action. With the German troops eoncentrsiting at Struesbuvg and the French, encouraged by their many victories In lower Alsace moving toward the city In forced marches, the green fields that surround the beautiful Gentian city threaten to be, turned into a bloody battle field. Tide battle when fought will settle thq control of Alsace. TO CHARTER 6 VESSELS IMMEDIATELY TO BRING BACK WO AMERICANS Washington.—lmmediate charter of eix vessels to go to Kurope for the Americans was h Breed upon today by Secretaries McAdoo, Oarrlson and Daniels and Assistant Secretary Phil lips of the state department. They will carry 8,000 passengers at t« rea sonable rates of passage as possible. Secretary McAdoo made this state ment: "It was determined by the relief committee to charter six vessels and put them in condition as quickly as possible and to send them to Europe to transport American citizens to this country. It was estimated that it would take but three weeks to pro vision and otherwise equip the ships for this service and to get them to First Direct Wireless From Germany Tells of 2,230 French Prisoners Berlin (by direct wireless from Nauen, Germany, to the Goldschmidt Wireless Campany’s station at Tuckerton, N. J.)—The German troops took 120 French officers and 1,110 French soldiers prisoners in the fighting at Muelhausen, Alsace. Another 1,000 French officers and men were taken prisoners by the Germans in the fight near Longwy, on the Lorraine border. German soil is now entirely cleared of the French troops. Europe. They will take care of about 8,000 personn. The secretary of war will take charge of all arrangements in con nection with outfitting and forward ing of these ships and of getting them back to America All are American ships. It has not been determlntd what points these vessels will touch in Europe. They will go to those places where it may be later deemed the greatest relief possible may lie afforded to Americans. “Under the terms of the appropria tion for this purpose the government is to be reimbursed, that is so far as the passengers may he able. The rates of passage will be made as rea sonable as possible." Three-Quarters of Crop Can Be Used Southern Cotton Congress Addressed by Hoke Smith and Lever—so Vessels Soon Ready to Transport Cotton. Emergency Currency For Crop’s Remainder—Warehouse Certificates Available Up to One Hundred and Fifty Mil lion Dollars Washington.-Heveral hundred Ite rates re present Inr cotton Interest a o fthe Houth mat here today In the Southern Cotton Congress and with Southern senators and representa tives considered measures of relief from embarr&Mrn «nt t., the trade threatened by the closing of Euro pean markets by war. The con«ress immediately took up the plan worked out by Southern congressional dele gations for the stabilizing of the crop and making it security for the issue of emergency currency. Plans Outlined. Details of the plans were outlined by E. J. Watson, president of the con gress, Henator Hoke Smith and Rep resentative Lever of Houth Carolina. Henator Hmith said a thorough inves tigation had developed that about three-fourths of the usual cotton crop would be used In English mills and In the United Ht&tes and Canada if transportation could bo secured for It. He said the government was making every effort to provide ships, and prpodicted that within thirty flays after passage of the pending shipping law amendment, fifty vessels would be ready for expoprt commerce, under imtrlcu register At Least Throe-Fourths. “There will be a demand for at least three fourths of the cotton crop,” he said, “and w»* iri now taking stepH which will Insure the lssuan * of emergency currency In sufficient amount, to cars for the remainder of the crop." Henator Hrnlth said In case it was found that under the emergency cur rency law cotton warehouse receipts could not be used as security for cur rency Issues, the Knnsdell amendment would be pressed, to specifically per mit the use of sm h certificates. $150,000,000. Representative Lever explained fea tures of the proposed legislation to provide for goevrnrrent grading sod Inspection by licensed government graders. He said bills would be In troduced In both houses today pro viding for the establishment of a gov ernment licensed warehouse system, under bond. Certificates of cotton in $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. such warehouses, he said, would he a solid basis for credit. Henator Smith said $160,000,000 of emergency cur rency would be made avails hie for carrying the cotton surplus. Moth Senator Hrnlth and Mr. Lever agreed that the valorization by the federal government, would he impos sible. Congress unanimously adopted a resolution of sympathy for President Wilson In his grief over the death of Mrs. Wilson, presented by Bright Williamson, of Houth Carolina. 1,400 BALES. Liverpool.—Kuorteen hundred hales of American spot cotton were sold here today on the basis of ft.KOd for middling. Receipts, 6,000 bales, ail American. FOUR CANADIAN REGIMENTS Winnipeg, Man. Four infantry reg iments of Winnipeg, 2,000 strong, were called to mobilize at Quebec by an or der received from Ottaway today. They leave Monday night. The local bat tery will accompany the regiments. TO SHOOT EVERY TENTH PERBON. St. Petersburg, (via London) —Ac cording to a semi-official dispatch* the German troops before Kallsz, Rus slan Poland, have Issued a proclama tion stating that every tenth I,(habi tant of Kallsz will be shot in tthe event of further resistance. 500 Americans in Berlin Told Germans Ready to Take Them in Homes Berlin (via Copenhagen and London). A meeting of 600 Americans in the German capital whs Informed lust evening that many German families were ready to take stranded Americans Into their houses without cost. The first on the list of those willing to do so was Adolp Wer muth, the lord mayor, who declared he would take three Americans. The hanks here also are ready to grant Importsnt credits to Ameri cans. The president of the German Hank declared that he would grant $1,260,000 against adequate security. HOME EDITION DAY IN WAR Same Censorship. Washington—lt has been decided to impose the same censorship on French and English cables as is now imposed upon German owned wireless stations at Sayville, L. 1., and Tucker ton, N, J. Washington—J. P. Mor gan and Company have in quired of the state depart ment what the United States government’s atti tude would be toward a French war loan of several hundred millions to be floated in this country. Heavy Cannonading. Dover, (via London).— Heavy cannonading was hoard early this morning, the reports coming from the northeast. Tho firing last ed one hour. Semi-Crisis Carranza, Villa Dormant Phase of Mexican Question Brought to Front by “First Chief’s Order. Washington,—Reports of Increasing friction between Carranza and Villa that reached a semi-climax when the "first ciiler 1 directed that ammuni tion consigned to Villa be hald up at Tampico, brought a long dormant phase of the Mexican situation to the front today. While Carranza's action- was not explained in official advices, persona here who have been in touch with Villa eald he wants Carransa to re tire an “first chief.” He tnalate that a civil Instead of a military govern ment l>c e*tabllehed to conduct •lec tions throughout the southern repub lic; that land reforms be executed In conformation with the Mexican oon stltutlon; that the federal army be dissolved hut that deserving officers and men be admitted to the new army find that amnesty he given to all po litical offenders except those involved In the antl-Madero plot. Villa also objects to military chiefs bolding of fice as provisional governors and con tends a military chief should not be provisional president. SHOT THE MAYOR. London. A telegram from Parle to the Central News says the German troops today shot the mayor of Ig ney, a village between l.unevllle and Arrlcourt on the Franco-German frontier.