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Report japan to war on Germany President Decides Jlgainst U. J. Loans To Belligerents THE WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Sunday; probably local thunder show ers. VOLUME XIX, No. 228. Special Trains Go To Bring Haelen Wounded German Losses Most Heavy—No New Engage ment at Diest —Belgian General Staff to Issue No More Bulletins B r ussels, (via Paris, 5 a. m.) —According to the latest advices in the Belgian capital barely 500 Ger man soldiers escaped unhurt out of the 4,000 or 5,000 engaged in the battle of Haelen. Many of the field guns of German artillery were lost in the swamps. The soldiers who remained of the German attacking column retired to Tongres. A special train has been sent out from Brussels to collect the wounded on the battlefield. Among them are reported two German princes. AEROPLANE DROPS BOMBS. London, 12:10 p. m. —A dispatch from Namur, Bel gium, to the Times says a German aeroplane flew over that city last evening and dropped several bombs. Five men were wounded, one of them being horribly mangled by frhe |explosion of the missiles. NUMBER EXAGGERATED. Brussels (11:05 p. m. via Paris) — The Belgian gen eral staff states that up to 5 o’clock this evening there had been no engagement near Diest. The num ber of Germans in Limbui'g province is declared to have been exaggerated and the general military sit uation is described as excellent but for strategic rea sons the general staff says that it will issue no more bulletins. COMMANDER DEAD. London (3:30 p. m.) —A dispatch from Brussels to the Exchange Telegraph Company says the death of General Von Emmich, the German commander at Liege is confirmed. He is to be succeeded by Gen eral Von Der Marwitz. LOST HEAVILY. Pari*. —An official statement issuea last night says: "The German troops who were beaten yesterday at Diest and retreating on Hasselt lost heavily. They tried to resume the attack on the Itelgians' southern flank and a German cavalry division charged. This opposition was repulsed. In the evening a column of Belgian infantry moved in the direction of Vise and Tongres but no new engagement occurred. EQUIPMENT ABANDONED. The towns near Saale Pass are now entirely occupied by French troops which yesterday took the neighboring plateau. The French artillery attacked the Germans in the rear and its fire greatly helped our infantry which had a few wounded but none killed. We so und heaps of abandoned equipment show ing that the flight of the Germans was precipitate." PASSENGERS EMPHASIZE ACUTE DESTITUTION New York.—More than a hundred persons of means were In the steer* age of the Celtic, which arrived to day, because of the congestion on hoard. One passenger who obtained first cabin accommodations refused an offer of $2,700 for a stateroom. Members of the relief committee recently appointed by Mayor Mltchel to aid home-coming Americans met the Celtic at the dock but no one needed their assistance. Massmeettng at Berlin For Encouragement ot Americans Washington.—The American Association of Commerce and Trad*, of Berlin, through Ambassador Gerard has requested the state department to make public the following telegram: •TVe would ask the American press and America In general to be careful In giving credence to war reports now circulating In the United Staets concerning conditions In Germany. The city of Berlin Is perfect ly quiet Food prices are normal. Foreigners, especially Americans, are fully protected.” The state department also received a cablegram from the embassy In Berlin transmitted via Copenhagen, saying: "A great meeting was held at City llall, Berlin, on Wednesday for the purpose cf extending encouragement and sympathy to Americans now there.” INDICATES GERMAN MOVE. LONDON (3:40 p.m) —“There are indi cations of an intention on the part of the Ger man troops to envelope the extreme left of the allied forces” according to a statement issued by the official press bureau here this afternoon. THE AUGUSTA HERALD The Celtic's passengers appointed a committee to send resolutions to President Wilson thanking him for the interest he has shown In getting stranded tourists out of Europe. "We should like to emphasize,” say the resolutions, "that reports of desti tution have not been exaggerated. The conditions are acute. In thou sands of cases persons have suffered for lack of food.” THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15. 1914 Map Showing Present Positions of Armies in Great European Conflict u —BIB ■■■ II rminnnm NETHERLANDS \ x Ssff *■■*■*., i. * . -«-2t£2j ■■* ( ~ '"-' •rjj Mil* N -J ,SSl^^* V »B “ Tt>N£ ei* BtCH T • Cologne. ■■ - -—t_v Tfc -J T t _'"'\?Jttx la CHAftux E» it* *43j.P YWHIRE KAISIB "3* v * x . .jWS’UEOE \ HA# JOINED .ROUEN rrAm^PT M * AUIX EARIS _ * !±± ./ _ •WIXEMBUS<!< t_ < * *7 A VERDUN LA"«B* Vi HsTmetz ■ [s \ O I German Troops a. *.#. *wvr-o A q: A STRASSBURQ a + English - t \ ;Sr™ * i,ts*%4 > BELGIAN • + y + #A T | ip a ■ / BATTLt f / MB b ms BLEW J*X+OSZTMJ> ® IbjiTIFIED TbwKS HAUM£N ° a O BELPtRT<S) yV»ALTHIQCH nr* > SWITZERLAND PRESIDENT ANTI ON WAR LOANS Formal Disapproval of Plan of American Bankers---State ment Being Prepared to This Effect By United States De partment of State Washington.—President Wilson to day formally disapproved of the plan of American bankers floating loans in the United States for the benefit of belligerent countries of Europe, but expressed no objections to loans made to neutral countries. A formal statement to this effect la being prepared for issue through ti e state department late today. Specific mention of neutral coun tries was made because it Is under DEMONSTRATE PROTECTION OF NEW YORK HARBOR New York. —Target practice last night by the 123rd Coast Artillery at Fort Hancock demonstrated that New York harbor Is well protected from battleship Invasion. Out of twelve shots with 12-lnch mortar guns fired at an Illuminated target four miles away and moving at the rate of eight miles an hour, the artillerymen made ten hits. This, army and navy officers declared was a record which they doubted had ever been equalled anywhere. Canadian Gov’t Wireless Station is Wrecked Port Arthur, Ont The Canadian government wireless station near here was wrecked early this morning. When the crash of cables and supports was hoard, the staff Inside the station and In an adjoining building rushed out, but shots fired by two men running away halted them A large staff, supported by a military repair corps. Immediately began repair work. Letters To Foreigners in Vienna Opened By Police Rome, (vis Psris). —News received here from Vienna says that let ters addressed to foreigners In the Austrian capital are opened hy the police who either retain or deliver them with a yellow band on which Is printed "opened by the state police.” Newspapers throughout Austria-Hungary print scarcely anything ex cept official news. Vienna Itself Is half deserted. The worst feature of the war to those In the capital Is the lack of money and the fact that prices of food have risen enormously. The public services are paralyzed and women are tak ing over the work. PARIS CROWDS CHEER THE ENGLISH COMMANDER Paris, (1:25 p. m.) —Field Marshal Hir John French, commander-ln chief of the British field army, was greeted by a vast crowd when he ar rived at the railroad station In Paris today. The people cheered and sang the British national anthem when he came out of the station In his khaki uniform. He was attended by the British ambassador and the French minister of the Interior and was followed hy a numerous staff. Hlr John spent the day In conferences with Adolphe Messlmy, minister for war and In paying formal visits to 1 'resident > Poincare and Premier VlvlanL stood Switzerland Is endeavoring to float a big loan In the United States. The president’s decision regarding loans for belligerent countries was In reply to an Inquiry by J. I*. Morgan &. Co., stating that certain private French Interests had approached them. The firm said no request had come from the French government It self and that their Inquiry was made merely to learn what would be the attitude of the state department in such a contingency. 20 Million for German Ships Offers to Purchase Made to Hamburg American Line. Would Include the Vaterland New York.-- The Hamburg American Line issued a state ment today Baying it had under consideration offers to pur chase some of its steamships in American waters, valued at twenty million dollars. The fleet embraces the great steamer Vaterland, the largest in the world. If sold the vessels would fly the Am erican flag and would be the first big acquisition to the pro posed American merchant marine. Company’s Statement. New York^—ln it* statement the company says: "It has always been the policy of tills company to dispose of steamers wherever a Rood opportunity offers, provided they can be spared. “As the war has forced all our fl**et Into temporary Idleness and as we now have In American waters steam ers worth more than $20,000,000, bona fide offers for the purchase of some of them are being considered. “Others of our steamers would not, of course, bo sold at any price.” The statement Is Issued over the signature of Wm. O. Blckel, vice di rector of the company. Thirteen Vessels. Thirteen vessels of the line have been tied up to their docks In Ho boken practically since the beginning of hostilities between Germany and England. In addition to the Vnter land, this fleet Includes the President Grant, IS, 000 tons; the President I .In - coin and the Hamburg, 10,000 tons each; the Pennsylvania, 13,000 tons; the Koenig Wilhelm 11, 9,410 tons; the Armenia, 0,464 tons; the Prlnz Eltei Friedrich, 5.787 Ions; the Prlnz Joachim, 4,760 tons; the Nassovla, 3,- 902 tons; the Pisa, 4,967 tons; the Oraecla, 2,703 tons, and ths Allemanlu, 4,630 tons. At Boston the Amerlka, 22,629 tons, and the Cincinnati, 16,639 tons, sre held In port, while the Ithaetla. 6,600 tons, Is Idle at Philadelphia. No mention Is made us to the Iden tity of the possible purchasers. There whs considerable speculation as to whether the Vaterlund whs among the vessels for sale. She tins been tied up at her dock with a large cargo of coal aboard, according to ro ports, for two woeks or mors. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIV E CENTS PER COPY. German Mobilization Thought Now Complete; Americans Can Leave Statement Made in Brief Cable From Ambassador Gerard. Train Service Soon to Be Restored Washington.—Americans may now leave Germany as rapidly as train service is restored, Ambassador Ger ard at Berlin reported to the state de partment via Copenhagen today by cable. Ambassador Gerard’s cable was very brief, pivingr no details, and was U. S. To Ask Nations At War Neutrality For Returning Americans Effort to Have the Powers Observe Neutrality of All Pas senger Vessels Engaged in Bringing Them Home—Think Project Will be Successful W*»hington—A general effort Is bf ltitf made by the United States to have tha powers of Kuropo observe the neutrality of all passenger ves sels, whether bolonKln* to belligerent countries or not, which are engaged solely tn the transportation of home coming A meres ns. Although a sufficient number of ro ples have not yet been made to the Inquiries of the American government, officials are confident their project will be successful. A German owned ship is ready to take Americans from Austria and an effort Is being made. to Insure bar neutrality. Two German ships also Austrian Rcgfs Arc Decimated Russian Victory on River Dneister Confirmed—Berlin Returns the Nine Hundred Dollars to Mulcted Former French Ambassador London, 11:30 a. m«<-—The French minister of foreign affair* in tele graphing to the French embassy here today a summary of the various con filets about which reports already have been published, gives official confirmation of a Hussian victory over the Austrians on the River Dneister. He says the fourth Infantry regiment and the first cavalry regiment of the Austrian army wer© annihilated by the Russia ns. Tiie French minister add* that the positions In upper Alsace ami at Liege, Helgium, are unchanged and con cludes: “In consequence of the universal outcry the German government has decided to remit to the former French ambassador at. Herlln the S9OO he had been compelled to pay for his Journey back to France." NO MORE REBERVIBTB. Washington.—-On instructions from Brussels, the Belgian legation has no tified its consular agents throughout the United Htates that no more re servists are to bo returned to Bel gium until further notice. FRENCH DEFEAT IN ALSACE. NEW YORK —A despatch from official sources in Berlin was received here today via Sayville, L. 1., wireless station as follows: “The seventh French Army Corps and an army division from Belfort,which had invaded upper Alsace, were defeated yesterday by German troops near Muelhausen.” The dispatch somewhat mutilated by poor transmission indicated that French entrench ments were taken at the point of the bayonet. HOME EDITION confined to the announcement that Americans might leave as Cast as the train service was restored. Officials assumed that it signalized completion of German mobilization, as previous official advices lied stated that Amer icans were being detained only be cause all transportation facilities were requlsit ioned. are waiting to take Americans from Genoa. The American government proposes to secure the neutralization under ar ticle four of the second Hague con vention, which was agreed to by ail the belligerent powers except Servia and Montenegro. This article says: •'Vessels charged with rellgiour, scientific or philanthropic missions are exempt from capture.” The American government consid ers that returning distressed Amer icans Is a work of phi lan trophy. On the return tj Europe after landing Americans, however, the ships would sail at their own risk. FIRST CALL ENROLLED RED CROSS NURSES Washington.—Tho first call for en rolled Red Gross nurses for the Euro pean expedition has been sent to the Red Cross committees In New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleve land, Rochester, Albany, Buffalo and the Htates of Connecticut and New Jersey. It Is probable additional nurses from other sections will he enrolled. The plan Ih to take physicians and nurses who are native horn Ameri cans to make sure of absolute neu trality. 1,300 RESERVISTS , SAIL FOR FRANCE New York.—With the exception of the Koeliambeau and the Patrla of the French and Fabre Lines, respectively, which sailed with approximately 1,200 French reservists for Havre and Mar seilles, cabin and steerage of the en tire fleet sailing from New York to day was practically deserted. Tho t edric carried less, than 200 persons, the Minnetonka an even dozen; tho Kroonland 40; the Saxony less than 100 and the America and the Pots <lam correspondingly small numbers. EMBARGO ON SENDING INSURANCE MONEY New York*—Acting In the Interest* of American policyholders, the state Insurance department hns placed an embargo on the sending of any money by New York agents of foreign fire, marine, casualty and life Insurance companies to parent companies abroad during the war.