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THURSDAY. AUGUST 13.
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FRANCE
Piris. Americans at
Havre waiting for French
Line steamers France and
Chicago to sail for the Unit
ed States are deserting the
"vessels and returning to
Paris or going to England.
Two thousand Americans
have been living aboard the
steamers at the company's
expense, expecting daily
that they would sail. The
company now offers to re
pay the fares of the Ameri
cans less $1.20 a day dating
from August 11th. Several
hundred passengers have
{jccept d these terms.
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Paris.—A German bom
bardment of Pont-A-Mous
son. in the department of
Muerthe and Moselle, 20
miles northwest of Nancy,
commenced yesterday. A
hundred big shells fell in
the town. killing and
wounding inhabitants and
demolishing buildings.
Berne, Switzerland—The
Dowager Empress Maria
Feodoronva of Russia has
arrived here seriously ill,
and it is stated, will under
go a surgical operation.
The dowager empress,
who is th sister of Queen
Mother Alexandria, was
stopped in Berlin August 3,
on her way to St. Peters
burg. Eventually she was
jermitted to go to Stock
holm. She expects to re
main in Switzerland during
the war.
Geneva, Switzerland.
(via Paris).—Secretary of
State Bryan today advised
Pleasant A. Stovall, the
American minister, that he
had deposited $50,000 gold
in a New York bank to help
Americans. The Swiss in
ternational Bank credited
Mr. Stovall with that sum
and Vmerieans now will he
sent to Italian ports to take
ships home.
RUSSIA
St. Petersburg, (via Lon
don.) —Application for, the
restoration of his commis
sion in the Russian army
Jias been made by Father
Bulatoviteh, a former offi
cer of the guards who is
now superior of a hionastrv
on Mount Athos in the pe
ninsula of Saloniki.
Father Bulatoviteh pur
pose? remaining in religious
orders and in imitation .of
the crusading monks at the
time of the Tartar invasion
of the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries will head
his troops in his uniform
covered with his cowl.
Paris.—A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to the Matin
says:
“The Austrians have suf
fered a check on the Dnies
teer River. Four regi
ments of Austrian infantry
and eight regiments of Uh
lans we®e routed. The ap
proaching big battle proba
bly will he a decisive one.”
St. Petersburg, (via Lon
don).—-An attempt by Ger
man? to occupy Evdtkuh
»».t. East Prussia, one of
the points to which Russian
troops were dispatched in
the war, has failed.
The Germans, comprising
a detachment of infantry
with artillery, were repuls
ed with loss.
Seul, Korea. Germans
arriving here from Vladi
vostok reported that sever
al Russian cruisers, ten tor
pedo boats and eight sub
marines are engaged in
mining the harbor of Vlad
ivostok. They say ;|lso that
150 German reservists and
TOO non-combatants have
left the city, but that 350
other Germans, mostly wo
men and children, remain
there by permission of the
authorities.
BELGIUM
Brussels.—The fight for
the possession of the Liege
forts has re-commenced.
The Germany erected a
bridge at Lixhe for the
transport of troops and
heavy material and it is
possible that simultaneous
ly an attempt will be made
to cross the River Meuse in
front of Liege, for convoys
have been sighted proceed
ing toward Engis.
The German advance is
being greatly retarded by
the Liege fortifications as
they dominate the routes
taken by the Germans and
also the intervals between
the forts thereby prevent
ing the passage of artillery
and transport wagons.
Brussels.—The Germans
appear to be commencing a
fresh phase of the war.
Their attack through cen
tral Belgium having failed,
they are entrenching along
their Maestrieht-Liege
front and are employing a
number of peasants on the
road south through the pro
vinces of Liege and Lux
emburg foreshadowing an
attempt to force their way
to the south of the River
Ourthe and towards the
upper Meuse in France.
Brussels. —A regiment of
dragoons comihg from the
direction of Liege who at
tempted to surprise the Bel
gians at Aineffe in the pro
vince of Liege, were driven
off, leaving 153 dead and
102 prisoners.
Uhlans have taken up
wards of $400,000 from the
bank at Hasselt, capital of
the province of Limburg.
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Brussels, (via London .
A letter received here from
Liege say,s the German gen
eral staff is installed there
in the convent of the Bacred
Heart, which is strongly
barricaded. The Germans,
it adds, are accumulating
quantities of flour in case
they should find themselves
invested instead of being
the besiegr-rs.
Blind Brazilian
Assaulted By Germans
Peris, Aug. 13.—1 tls announced hare
that Brazil haz demanded an axpla
natlon from Germany of the raport
haaad on th* declaration of tha French
nonaul at Stuttgart that Bernardino de
Campoa had been assaulted and rob
bed by German aoldlera. The Brazil
ian, who la blind, waa formerly pres
, Idem of th* state of Bao Paulo.
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ENGLAND
London. —King George
has offered Balmoral Cas
tle as a hospital for wound
ed soldiers.
London. The Morning
Post’s Amsterdam corre
spondent says James YV.
Gerard, American ambassa
dor to Germany, has left
Berlin for Amsterdam.
London.— A dispatch to
The Daily Chronicle from
Brussels says the Duchess
of Sutherland has been
placed in charge of Red
Cross work in Brussels.
London. —A Brussels dis
patch to The Daily Chroni
cle say? the food supply
there is abundant, the gov
ernment having bought an
enormous supply of grain.
London. — Post YVheeler,
recently appointed secre
tary of the American em
bassy at Tokio, and Mrs.
Wheeler, who were compel
led turn hack at Berlin
while on their way to Jap
an. arrived *t Hull today
from Copenhagen, accom
panied by thirty stranded
Americans.
London. The St. Peters
burg correspondent of The
Time? saw that much in
terest has been excited by
i conferences recently held
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
between the Japanese am
bassador, Baron Motono,'
and the Russian foreign
minister, M. Sazonoff.
The Times regards as a
fact the report of the pur
chase by Turkey cruiser
Goeben by Turkey. The
Turkish embassy here also
believes this news to he cor
rect.
London —A St. Peters
burg dispatch to The Daily
Mail says it is reported in
the newspapers there that
Germany has formed twen
ty-fire reserve divisions
each of I*o,ooo men and six
batteries with thirty-one
reserve cavalry regiments,
which will constitute the
main part of the German
forces on the Russian fron
tier.
London. A Central News
dispatch from Nish, Hervia,
says IVinoc George, of >Scr
via, was wounded while
watching the Austrian
bombardment of Belgrade
today.
The prince was standing
on the walls of the fortress
when a fragment of shell
struck him on the head and
rendered him unconscious.
Tile wound is said not to he
dangerous.
London. The official
press bureau of the British
war office says today:
“Of the 2f> German army
corps. th° bulk lias been
located and it is evident
that the mass of German
troops is concentrated be
tween Liege and Luxem
burg.
“The number of German
troops known to he on the
western side of that country
prove* that in the eastern
theatre of war, the Russo-
German frontier, so far as
Germany is concerned, is
comparatively lightly
guarded unless bv reser
vists.”
London. Arrangements
have been made for the de
parture tomorrow of the
Austro-H ungarinn ambas
sador, Count A. Menedorf'f-
Pouilly-btirbrirhstelln, who
has been in England for
eighteen years as secretary,
minister and ambassador,
respectively, and who is one
of the most intimate friends
of the British royal family.
London. A Berlin dis
patch to Tlu> Daily Tel
egraph says the German
staff admits heavy losses on
the Russian frontier.
GERMAN
Berlin, (via London).—
German troops near Muel
hausen have captured ten
French officers, 500 men,
four guns, ten wagons and
many rifles.
According to the report,
German territory has been
cleared of French, It i* re-
By T. E. POWERS]
ported also that at Lagrade
German troop* took more
than 1,000 prisoners, about
one-sixtli of two defeated
French regiments.
A M ERIC A
Seattle, Wn.— -The Kqui
malt naval station refuse to
give any information con
cerning movements of Brit
ish war vessels, but at last
accounts the cruiser Rain
bow and two submarines,
with a tender, were cruis
ing off Cape Flattery. It
is presumed that, the Alge
rine and Shearwater will
come to the north Pacific.
No hostile ship is in the
north Pacific, so far as is
known.
Great, Britain is seeking
to keep open the trade route
from British Colombia and
Puget Sound to England
via the Bu«* Canal. Much
food is to be shipped by this
route.
Portland, Me.—A British
warship and a vessel believ
ed to have been a German
steamer, at least, six hun
dred feet ill length, Were
sighted off Boone bland
early today by Captain 11.
D. Dennison, of the steamer
Governor Dingley, which
arrived from Boston this
afternoon. Although the
steamship displayed no flag
Captain Dennison was cer
tain it was a German craft.
SEVEN
©fens
Persons on board the Ding
ley thought the strange
steamer was making for the
three-mile limit with the
warship in pursuit.
St. John. N, B.— The
steamer Chignecto of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet
Line, in port today from the
West Indies reports that on
Monday a thick fog which
had enveloped her lifted
long enough to show a ves
sel some distance away. The
fog then dosed again and
shut out, all objects. Out of
it came a cannon shot, then
a second shot.
The (dugnecto was
brought to and there was
relief when it was found
that the shots came from
the British cruiser Essex,
which wanted to learn her
name and business. She
was allowed to proceed at
once.
HIGH DIO TIE, !
ASSEMBLY ENDS
Pass Bill to Make State Elec
tions on First Tuesday After
First Monday in November,
Atlanta, Ga The Insf day and night
of Ibe general assembly session
brought the usual high old time. In
which old difference* were forgotten,
paper halt* were thrown, songs *ung
by Ihe Close Harmony Quartet and
practleal jokes played at libitum.
There a great deal of business be
fore both bodies, but not enough to
Interfere with the fun.
The house session was enlivened by
a. tilt between Speaker Burwetl and
Heprpaaentatlvo Wallace Miller, of
Bibb, the latter Insisting that Mr.
Harwell was rather high-handed in
referring to s. rfsdluTTon to the rules
committee. n« appealed from the
speaker’s ruling, but the house show
ed It was with Mr Burwell by sus
lulnlng him. Ilf, In IS.
Both house and senate put over the
bill to make the formal state election
day the first Tuesday after the first
Monday In November, the same ae the
congressional election, and saving lbs
voters two days away from business.
Both houses also passed the consti
tutional amendment providing that
legislators shall serve until the sue
ceaaore are uuallfted. thereby provid
ing a legally constituted legislature In
case an ail Interim session Is needed.
Under tbs present (leaf Its law actual
ly hes no legislature. The members'
terms expired last nikht. Their Suc
cessors have not yet been chosen.
The senate passed the house till!
permitting (he ftmithern Railway to
condemn property for double-tracking
tie lines, under supervision of tbe
railroad commission
Henator Unit's garnishment bill
was passed an! o|\|,y awaits Governor
Button's signature. It provides that
the wages of every employe in excess
of 31.25 n day shall be subject, to gar
nishment The old law egempted
manual laborers, no matter how high
their wage.
Senate's President.
Atlsnts, Os—The last hours es the
senate cession wer« marked by the
widely expressed regrets of the sena
tors at bidding farewell to President
J. Randolph Anderson, of Havannah.
who had presided so well and eo wise
ly for two years. Kvery senator in
the Imdv took occasion to bid Mr.
Anderson good by* congratulate Idm
upon his work, and to express per
sons! admiration »n 1 regard. Thar*
were saw who did tint openly azures"
the wish (hat (‘resident Anderson
would be the next governor of Geor
gia
Now that the session I" ended Mr.
Andrrstm expects to have a busy five
days before the primary. He has
been InvltafT to many counties for
campaign addresses. and of course,
cannot accept all t|ls invitation*. But
he promises l« make things hum In
as many places as he can reach before
next Tuesday.
•OMRTHINQ BOR THt
CHILDREN.—HAVE YOU A
BIRTHDAY THAT COMBS
IN AUGUST?
Boyi and girl*, under Isl yaare
of aua, who have a birthday In tha
month of Auguat, ar* requested
*0 lend In their full n§ma, addreee
and birthdata to tht "Children'e
Editor,” Auguata Harald.
Tho Harald la preparing a aur
prita, a plaaaant and enjoyablt
aurpriao, for lt« boy and girl
raadara who are getting ready to
celebrate a birthday In Auguat.
*a euro to givg full nama, ad
draaa and birthdata, and addraag
yaur latter to—
CHILDREN'S EDITOR.
THt AUGUSTA HERALD.
ARRESTED FOR STEALING
PURSES; FACTORY GIRL
London.—Jan* M#*trtue Catty, ag«'t
It a factory hand, war .Purged at
NuriaaC'n with ataallnx four imra.-a
and her mother with receiving a por*
tlon iif the atnlen property. The fin
t.aa ranrlit with her hand In a wont
ana poikat
<>n anarrhinft th” mother'* hmiaa the
pollra found *! puree*, more than half
of tvhltth had hern Identified aa atolrn
property. The woman war amt for
trial while the girl who ordered to be
sent to a reformatory.