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GERMANS WITHIN 25 MILES OF SEDAN Belgians Retreat Termed Strategic ■* Allied Forces Near THF WFCTHER Fair tonight and Friday: probably local thunder showers. VOLUME XIX, Uo. 233. LACONIC REPORTS OF DESPERATE STRUGELE ON FRENCH FRONTIER Give Little Idea of Fearful Scenes Enacted. Village of Badonviller Bombarded Fifteen Hours by Germans. Con tinuous Rain of Shells Wrecked Houses. Women on Knees Pray for Children. London, 5:55 a. m.—An official communication issued at Paris last night states that very large German forces are crossing the Meuse between Liege and Namur. The statement continues: “The French army is making a rapid advance on the Seille River, and at the end of the day have reached Delme, on one side of the river and Morhange on the other.” A dispatch to The Times from Paris says the first point at which the Ger mans crossed the French frontier was Cirey-sur-Vesouse. Since then there has been continued fighting in that region until a day or two ago when it ended in the victorious advance of the French forces, who drove the enemy hack across the frontier. The correspondent says that the la conic reports of the French minister or' war gave little idea of the desper ate struggle along the French border. Point After Point. Point after point was taken and re taken by one side or the other, lie gives this story of the fighting at Muelhausen Recaptured By French; Severe Battle Paris. (3 p. m.) —The re-occupatlon of Muelhausen, Alsace by French troops Is announced officially here today. The recapture of Muelhausen was pre ceded by a very severe battle. The French i oops took a suburb at the point of the bayonet. They captured six of the German cannon and six ammunition wagons. The official note says the slt SHIPS TO SAIL FOR AMERICANS Army Transport Sumner Pre ceded by Chartered Trans port City of Denver Docked at Newport, From Galveston. Newport News, Va.—Preceded by the chartered transport City of Denver, the United States army transport Sumner airived today from Galveston. To*. Both she and the City of Denver went to the shipyard for repairs. The transport Kil patrick is due late today and the City of Memphis and City of Macon, chartered Ward Diners are due tomorrow. It was announced at the army quart ermaster's depot here today that the ves sels will he resdv to leave within a week for Europe to bring home American refugees. The destinations of the trans ports have not yet been received here. INCREASE JAP RISK. San Francisco.—A London cablegram to the Pacific coast representative of Lloyds today gave notice that the un derwriters have increased the war risk on Japanese vessels to 6.3 per cent which is the highest rate now being quoted. Committee Consolidating the Election Returns This P. M. The county executive committee met at the court house at noon today to con solidate the vote. The committee will not finish until this afternoon between 4 Vinson Appears to Have 16 Votes and Will Go to Congress Carried Fight Counties Which Under County Unit Rule Will Qive Him Sixteen Votes in the Congressional Convention. It seems from present Indications that Hon. Car! Vinson, of Baldwin county, has won the race for congress carrying enough counties to Insure his election on the first ballot. MV. A. W. Evans car ried only two counties. Mr B. T. Raw lings none, and Hon. Jos. 8. Reynolds, 2. Th** returns are not complete but. It seen * 'hat Vinson has carried Baldwin, Hancock Jefferson, Warren, Glascock. McLhiffle, Taliaferro sod Wilkinson, THE AUGUSTA HERALD Badonviller as told by villagers: "The village was occupied by a bat- I talion of chasseurs as a covering force and was prepared for defense by numerous trenches. The battle ! began on August 10th. The Germans bombarded the village, compelling the chasseurs to evacuate it. The latte, retired on Celles and afterward took i up a position on Donan Ridge. Terrible Sight. “After nightfall the Germans in creased the bombardment and the in habitants sought refuge in cellars as a continuous rain of shells kept wrecking the houses and setting them afire. It was a terrible sight. Wo men fell on their knees and prayed while children piteously. “The chasseurs retired, defending | every house foot by foot and making the Germans feel their fire. The sun rose on a vjjiage in ruins. It had ; been under bombardment 15 houra i When the Germans entered they firec first on all the windows and down loopholes into the cellars. No corner i was spared.” uation in the Vosgas Mountain is un changed. In upper Alsace the French have oc cupied Guebwiller, 14 miles southwest of Colmar. In Lorraine It is staled the French line extends from the north of Saarburg pass ing by Morpange to Delme. The situation In the Duchy of Luxem burg and in Belgium Is unchanged. WAR TAKES IN TRE U. S. Washington, D. C.—No war taxes will be levied until an investigation shows what sort would burden the people of the United States least. President Wilson said today he hoped such taxes might be avoided altogether, but had little definite Information on which to base ids hope. KAISER’S"SONS ARE IN QUARTERS AT LIEGE London (7:25 a. m.)—The Rotterdam correspondent of the Times reports that a telegram from Maastricht says that Prince Eltel Friedrich, second son of Em peror William Is quartered in the pro vincial palace at Liege. Prince August William, fourth son of the emperor has left Liege hy motor car for the front. FORBIDDEN TO SAIL. Sarr Francisco.—The trump steamer Masatlan which at one time and an other has flown the Mexican and Ger man flags, was forbidden today to leave port until she discharged 800 tong of coal, laden In Hacks which is thought to have been intended tifr- transfer to the Ger man cruiser Leipzig at sea. and 5 o dock as the ballot is long. The Herald presents the tabulated vote for Richmond county, which while not offl i clal, is believed to he correct. This would give him 16 votes in the convention, the requisite numlxS- to nominate. Mr Reynolds carried Richmond nnd Columbia and Is runnlg close with Mr Evans In Lincoln. It is possible that Mr. Reynolds has carried three counties, Richmond, Columbia nnd Lincoln and Mr Evans only one. Washington. Under tlte county unit rule each count lies two votes In the convention for each repre sentative in tils legislature. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1914. Kaiser and Gen. Von Moltke in Field and In fantry in Rifle Pits IN RIFLE PITS. In the insert picture Emperor William of Germany Is seen at the left and his military advisor. Gen. von Moltke, at the right. The kaiser is reported to have started from Berlin for Mains with his general staff. The bark ground picture was taken while the fighting around Liege was In progress. It shows German soldiers In the rifle pits and Is the first picture of the actual fighting to be received In this country. TOTAL OF 340 VOTES IN THE CONVENTION WILL BE COMMANDED BY SMITH; BROWN 16 HAMMOND MAJORITY IS 9/4; IS A MOST EXCITING MCE Mr. Peebles Carried Richmond and McDuffie and Judge Hammond the Other Three Counties. Big Vote for Ham mond in Burke and Jenkins Caused Majority to be Large. Olive, Garlington and Beall for Legislature. Judge Henry C. Hammond won the race for the Judgeship of the superior court of the Augusta Circuit by a ma jority of 574. The returns show that me Judge carried three counties and Mr. Isaac S. Peebles, his opponent, carried two. The big majorities which were pil ed up for Judge Hammond in the of Burke and Jenkins assur ed him of re-election. In Richmond County the race was very close, Mr. Peebles winning by 11 votes. Mr. Peebles carried the coun try districts of Richmond County by 116 votes and Judge Hammond won in the city by 105. Mr. Peebles carried McDuffie and Judge Hammond carried Columbia County by 37. Judge Hammond car HARDWICK EXPRESSES THANKS TO _ LOYAL FRIENDS IN GEORGIA He is Confident That He Will be Elected on the Second Bal lot in the State Convention a t Macon. The Counties He Says He Has Carried. Atianta, Ga.—Expressing the fullest confidence that lie would he nominated for the Lnlted State senate on the sec ond If not the first ballot at the Macori convention on September Ist, Congress man Titos. W. Hardwick Thursday morn ing Issued the following statement' ‘'Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20, 1814. ro my friends throughout the state: I desire to thank you from the bottom of a grateful heart for the splendid fight you made for me on yesterday. It wllf never tie forgotten by me as long ns my life last*. I want to assure each and every one of you of my deep and grateful appreciation The latest returns indi cate that we have carried between 150 and 100 convention .votes and I confi dently hope nnd expert to be nomlristed on the second ballot at the Macon con vention. The returns this morning are good and my nomination may result on the first hsllot. "From the beat Information obtainable WAS ANTI -GERMAN. Paris. —Ist Croix the Catholic news paper declares that the blind Bishop Monsignor Kannonglexer, nlh-ged to have beer, shot hy Germans at Isteln. In Ba den, was in Alsatlun and anti-German. He was 111 fused of possessing plans of the Fortress of leteln-Glotc where a large German force Is awaiting the ad vance of the French. DEFER DIVIDEND. Pittsburg.—The l-ltfshurg Hteel Com pany today deferred declaration of tli* usual dividend on preferred stock be cause of uncertain conditions growing out I of the European war." 1 : ried Jenkins County by 332 and Burke by 203. The election yesterday was one of the hardest fought in the annals of : Richmond County. No other races i compared, in popular Interest, with j the judgeship. The election in Richmond County I and throughout the judicial circuit and the Tenth Congressional District i was quiet and orderly. For the legislature, Mr. 8. L. Olive lends with Mr. 8. F. Darlington second. Dr J. R. Beall, third; Mr. J. 8. Wat kins, fourth and Messrs. W. W. Clark and J. L. Cartledge, fifth and sixth, respectively. Messrs. Olive, Darling ton and Beall are the winners. Hon. Jos. 8. Reynolds received a splendid majority for congress, only one precinct going against him. this morning I have carried the follow ing counties with the convention vote of each: Appling 2, Baldwin 2. Banks 2 Bartow 4. Brooks 4, Brysn 2, Came bell 2, Carroll 4, Chatham 8, Chntahoochee 2, Cherokee 2, Clark 4, Clayton 2, Clinch 2, Cobb 4, Coffee 2, Columbia 2. Colquitt 2, Co weta 4 Irecatur 4, Effingham 2, Fan nin 2, Fayette 2. Floyd IS, Gordon 2, Gwinnett 4, Habersham 2, Hancock 2, Harris 2. Henry 2, Jefferson 2, Jenkins 2, Johnson 2, Liberty 2. Madison 2, Mc- Duffie 2, Mclntosh 2 Miller 2, Milton 2, Morgan 2, Murray 2, Newton 2. Ogle thorpe 2. Paulding 2. Pierce 2 Polk 2, Richmond 6. Hock dale 2, Taliaferro J, Tattnall 2, Thomas 4, Toombs 2, Troup' I, Ware 4. Warren 2, Washington 4. Wayne 2, Wheeler 2, and WiikrWson 2. Total 154. "The following count laa are still doubtful Bulloch 4 Da Kalb 4, Hall 4. and Cottosu 2. Total 14." MORGAN BCCB PRESIDENT. Washington, D. C. J. I*. Morgan con ferred here lute today with Hecretiry M'Adoo and the federal reserve board. He did not tell Inquirers what he came to discuss and memhers of the board professed not to know. ARRIVES WITH #tt. New York. The Italian steams** Htam pnlln reached New York today with *23 passenger*, some of them Am erican refugees Hhe sailed from Na ples Angus! sth and made the Vo yuan without sighting warships. Spectacular Race For Short Term Senatorship With Sla ton Leading Hardwick By Only a Few Votes. NOMINATION NAT HARRIS FOR GOVERNOR ASSURED He Will Have 204 Votes in the Convention. Which Will Be Sufficient to Win on the First Ballot. The Atlanta Journal this afternoon at 3:45 gave: Hardwick 45 counties; 118 votes. Felder 30 counties, 76 votes. Hutchens 7 counties, 16 votes. Slaton 40 counties, 102 votes. This is materially different from the Associated Press story which follows and which was sent early this morning. Hardwick is confident of win ning. Atlanta, Ga. —Complete returns from nil Georgia counties except Dawson, Lincoln, Liberty and Towns early to day indicated conclusively that Sena tor Hoke Smith was nominated for re election to the long term in the Unit ed States senate yesterday in the state wide democratic primary. His major ity over former Governor Jos, M Brown was overwhelming Not In cluding the four counties mentioned Senator Smith will command 348 votes In the state convention and Brown sixteen. It was around this race that interest chiefly was centered. Dov. John M Slaton, Congressman T. W. Hardwick and Former Attorney General Thou. H. Felder made a spec tacular race for nomination to fill the unexplred term of the late United States Senator A. O. Bacon. Returns early today gave Slaton 144 conven tion votes, Hardwick 106 and Felder 60. The other two candidates. D. R Hutchens and J. R. Cooper will com mand less than ten votes between them. It probably will be necessary for this contest to be decided by the convention as 187 votes will he neces sary for election. In ttie three-cornered race for the gubernatorial nomination Judge N. E. Harris gained rapidly upon Dr. L, O. Hardman and now has 204 convention votes against Hardman’s 138 and 24 for J Randolph Anderson. Jt was pre dicted that Judge Harris would com mand sufficient votes In the conven tion to win on the first ballot. There were only six congressional districts In which aspirants for re nomination had opposition. Figures In these rm es probably will he somewhat delayed Other candidates for state offices who apparently have been successful $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Belgians Retire, Germans Advance Kaiser’s Troops Pushing on With Vigor. Great Forces Engaged in “New Waterloo” or a “New Sedan.” Entrenched Allies Wait ing to Stem Progress. LONDON, 6:45 p. m. A despatch to The Star from Brussels says the German oc cupation of Brussels is imminent. The burgomaster of the Belgian capital has ordered the civic guard to disarm. GERMANS GAIN GROUND. Paris (11:40 a. m.) —An official communication received here from Brussels says: “The Germans have gained ground on both banks of the River Meuse and are in contact with armies of the allies. “The enemy, finding the routes to the southward strongly held by French and Belgians, discovered an opening to the north. This may entirely change the strategy on both sides.” The Belgians having held the invaders in cheek for 15 days' 1 , have done all that could be expected. Bel gian strategy will now be merged into the general plan of the allied armies. TOWARDS ANTWERP. Paris (10:15 a. m.) —A portion of the Belgian army has begun to retire in the direction of Ant werp, according to official announcement this morn ing concerning the situation in Belgium. . East of Namur the Germans liave attained the line between Dinant and Neufchateau. Large German forces continue to cross the River Meuse between Liege and Namur. German outposts have occupied Dyle. GAINED MUCH GROUND. London, 4:20 p. m. — The almost complete absence of news from the theatre of war today Is the heat evidence that big events are In progress, which will test the real calibre of the battalions engaged In a "new Wa terloo" or a “new Sedan.” That the great German advance is bein': pushed with vigor and de termination can he safely asserted. Judging from the Intelligence permit ted to the outside world. On both Imnks of the Meuse the Germans are crowding southward toward the en 1 - iched French army waiting to stem their progress toward Sedan and arls. TWENTY FIVE ....LES AWAY. The Invaders already have reached a line between Dinant and Neuf ehateau, the latter point being less than 25 miles from Sedan as the crow flies. To the northward their advance troops have reached the fllver Dyle, near Mallnes, almost midway between Brussels and Antwerp. Before this northward rush the Belgian forces are retiring on Ant werp. In Brussels they call this a strategic retreat. Whether the movement is strategic or forced, the Germans have gained much ground In the direction of Brussels. BELGIANS FALL BACK. LONDON, 5:33 p.m—The following in formation was given out by the official bureau this afternoon: “The Belgian field army, confronted by superior numbers, has fallen back. “The Belgian troops have admirably performed their duty in delaying the hos tile advance and enabling their allies to complete their concentration." arc: Clifford Walker for attorney general; W. J. Speer for state treas urer; Judge Nash It. Ilroyles, for the court of appeals; J. I). Price for com tr Issloner of agriculture; E. I, Halney, for prison commissioner; Paul Tram mell, for railroad commissioner; M. L. Ilrlttuln for slate superintendent of education, and W. A. Wright for comptroller general. CARDINAL O’CONNELL SAILB. Boston. -Seven hour* after receiv ing news of the death of Pope Plus, Cardinal O'Connell started for Homo today to attend the conclave at which a new pontiff will he elected. The cardinal sailed on the White Wur I-lner Canopic, which will leave for Naples after calling at New York for passengers tomorrow. It Is ex pected the Canopic will reach Naples Hept. i. HOME EDITION 40 WORKMEN ARE KILLED W**hlngton, o. C.— Forty British and American workmen were killed today In the collapse of the new concrete cus toms house at C’elba, Honduras, ac cording to a dispatch to tha state de partment. MIDDIES BACK. Norfolk, V*. The battleships Missouri end Illinois sailed from Hampton Roads this ufternoon for Annapolis with th* midshipmen returning front a practise cruise to European waters.