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GERMANS DEPENDING ON
VISTULA RIVER II EAST
PRUSSIA FOR DEFENSE
Russian Victory at Gumbinnen Over Three German Army
Corps Was Due to Timely Arrival of Troops From Warsaw.
London, 4:20 a. m — d**p<frh to The
Dally Mull from St Pntarab'irg mtyF.
“The Gorman 'lcfena* In • ua: ;v<u
ila In baaed on four parallel and MronKly
fortified line* injnnino tirrt i 1
Each 1* mipported by natural obutmlr*.
The foremost three )ln#« ;<r* distinct
I roup a of numerouM lakea. Th - fourth
and stronfttat defence line la *h * Vlx
tulii rivet, extendi ns from the ilus«laii
frontier to the Baltic.
"Outul'b* three defence llnea the Gm*
maria have on the northeast th#* very
■trong fortreaa of Konlßabenr, with for*
titled advene* poaltlons at 1,11. m .md
Tapi mi. Thin situation on the flank of
th© Russian line most be Invested. »>*•-
ceesltatinf th« detachment of a consid
erable force.
Well Fortified.
“Tbe foremost three defence lines a r e
extensively fortified There ire Im
pdrtnnt and permanetn fortifications at
A lien stein and Boyen and the whole is
filled with lakes, leaving only compara
tively narrow defiles for the. advancing
troops. The country Is full of for *if l
cations, partly provisional and paitiy
field works, most of which are amo d
with heavy guns. A frontal attack wou d
be a very difficult task
“The Vistula from 500 to 1.000 yards
wide is guarded bv six fdrtrenseM. The
largest are at Thorn In the south and
at Dsntlg In the north. Between them
are For don, Kulm, Graudtns and Mari
ensburg.
FRENCH WERE TRICKED
AND GERMANS AIDED
Villagers Pretended to Help the Invaders, But Gave Wrong
Information. Band Played Funeral March As Prelude
To Attack.
Paris, 4:25 a. m.—A despatch from
Borneo* *lv«* th* roeltal of a French
officer of how th* Germans were aided
bj the Lorratn* Inhabitant*
The official* of. Villages In !.orr*!n*
fell upon the notice of tlir French troop*
when they came Into town and areeied
them aavlor*. No sooner had they
done thla ttiau thev would go to the cat#
of th* village and h*n* out French flan".
It* ahlte ahert*. ate., to Indicate to
the enemy the exact poeltton of the
Wrnen *oldlere Th* mayor of one vil
la** tapped a French field telephone wire
for the benefit of the enemy after hav
In* offered a room In hla house for the
Atlanta Man Defies Auto Law; Tries
hoax on Police
Mr. T. E. Jonea. of Atlanta, failed to
turn np thla mornln* In recorder * ■ nirt
to anawaf a charge of over epeedln* And
eomehow or other It look* an though Mr.
T. E. Jonea. of Atalnta had hut very
meagre expectation* of presenting him
aelf In that tribunal He la no doubt at
th# preeent momant exceeding the enead
Mm ll on the Atltnta toad some three
quarters of the distance on the way to
that prosperous and speedy capital.
Haturdny morning Policeman BUck
wall. who has recently been conelgnaJ to
th* motorcycle aquad with tha purpose
of making Ilf# more melerable for auto
moblllsta. saw on McKlnne street, i r
alnioet aawl, Mr. Junes go by In a email
gray car. The speed of hint waa ao
exceeding that for a moment It was not
certain whether enythlng had reallv
passed or not. Officer Blackwell hur
riedly gave chase and being mounted on
lue famous Indian wa* aide to catch up.
within sight, at Clark's Mill. From theta
up Walton Way hg followed th# small
gray car at a speed varying from thtrty
ntne and a half to forty inttee an hour
until they reached W’oodlewn corner. No.
t* engine houae. when Mr Jonea cautl
ouely slowed down to thirty tnllea r.n
hour At this rat# they flew up the
rough right-hand aide of Walton Wav to
tire fool of the hill. The officer mean
while made every effort ot atop and f a*
down hla prey, who wee constantly o k-
Ing back, hut for each time ha waved Mr.
Jones only gave hie engine ihe move
“park, the more deteimliimlly to escape
Officer Blackwell then settled liun-clf
ft** a rare up the hill, knowing that
there ha could catch the little grey car
without being jolted ors hie seat. Up the
hill they started Before getting half
way up he paeeed Mr. Jones "like a lack
rahhlt pasting an * ephetit.,* - to quote h|e
own word*, end leeching th# top he etop
ped and waited
Mr Jones waa overcome with eur
prlae to hear that h# had been racing
with a policeman. Why, he had thought
the officer waa just somebody who » i»
trying to poet him for fun He wa* full
of regret end dismay. When aeknd for
hie name he gave "T E. Jones" with e
look of ehtld.lke Inocenc* When told
to appear In court tide morning he gutd
he moat certainly would. He waa rag-
IStered at the Albion.
Somehow there te something about “T.
K. Jones' tlutt eounde flehy *« soon ae
you hear It Officer Blackwell took th*
number ul the car as a pre> vullorut/
measure lilt, Oa 1911. Now. If he
h»d said Hubert McFarland, or W.
Bloblnslty. he might have got away wito
T. E Jonea. of course. did not gppexr
In court this morning nor waa T. K. Jones
registered at the hotel But the great
point la they've got ht* number
That's what ha gat* for having ao lit
•te imagination On# would have thought
bet tap of Atlanta T E June* (‘I <S.
A#’ ' •
Servia Preparing to
Wage War No Quarter
Fang, (Via London, ,1:15 p. m.) —berua
l# preparing tt. wage a war of no quarter
lit a note to the French overnmetit pro
testing against th# sieged order to the
Austria a witiv to burn Servian crop# and
to fire hervtan villages all along the
Austrian line of march, the Harvtan gov.
emmrnt aaya that In vita of A:istrl«n
Cfttelue* It adit he very difficult to re.
• trail: the dnuans from meaaurev of ;■».
van* and that *<»vla Mode herself ,-on
etHMnad to take all n ealurae of reprisal
uompudbie allh lu*amauoual law.
“The defeat of three German army
cryVps tn north*** tern Prussia was in
vert'd Into a rout by the timely arflvel
of another army coining from Warsaw
in the reir of the enemy's position. The
Wnnw army, which was very powerful,
lurried tlv- German position ;<t Mazo**
Lakes, while extending Its operations
over ii wide front westward headed to
wards Allensteln. The. German 20th army
corps thus became h nut between stout
crackers.
**ln Galicia the theatre of Russisl
strategy will be on n level with the vic
torious plan adopted further north. The
Austrians in Lemberg probably will be
i ik©n In a similar vis©. This may be
.from tiie fact that one army has reach
ed li') vn to the north of Lemberg. An
other army Is advancing from the south
east ns Is shown by the fact that nine
Hussion cavalry squadrons have routed
the entire Austrian cavalry division at
piukhow.
Probably Cut Off.
“The Austrian force ret renting from
Vladimir Volbynakly, Russia, 18 miles
from the frontier towards Hokal, In Ga
licia, Austria, probably bos been cut off.
“Grand I>ukc Michael, the emperors
brother, has returned from abroad and
is going to the front.''
The Russian embassy in London while
pleased over the victory at Gumbinnen,
States that it feels bound to warn the
Kngltsh press not to exaggerate the
consequences of the victory.
Installation of the station. A local achnol
maater corrected the range of the Ger
man guns gy moving the hand* of th*
church clock.
At Disuse the French were persuaded
they would meet no opposition but de
spite these assurance# came upon con
crete trenches filled with German troops
and supported by quick firing guns.
Afier they had stormed the trenches wj|h
the bayonet and were resting they hnaid
the strains of (’hopin'# funeral march
played by a military hand in the dia
mine- This mush* starved a* a prelude
to a storm of shell# from a masked bat
tery.
COTTON REGION BULLETIN.
For th# 24 hours endtn at 6 a nr, 75th
meridian lime, Augusta. August :*sth
tint.
Stations of Augusta, (3* , District:
Temperature, high and low: precipitation.
Inches and hundredths; state of weather.
Augusta, clear US 7u .on
Allendale, clear 99 7s ,00
Athena, cigar 9S 71 .00
Rateetv.irg, rleirt* 91 70 .00
Hlackvllle, clear 99 7j .04
I'olumhlH, clear 9;: 71 .00
Greensboro, dear 90 71 .00
Greenwood, clesr 91 73 .00
•Mlllen. dear 9S 79 .on
Warrenton, clear 92 71 ,00
Washington, clear 90 72 .00
Wavneahoio, dear 94 72 ,00
•Not Included In means.
Heavy Rainfall.
Oklahoma district: Chandler 1.20: oke
mah. Okla 1 Ot'.
Houston district: Pee Texas rainfall
I-lUle Rock district: Claioo Roclt.
Ark., 1.60; J'ardeoelln, Ark, 1.20; Smith,
1.00.
Summary it Weather anti Crop Condition
In the Cotton Belt During th* Week
Ending Monday, Aug. 24th, 1914.
Washington!! 0. C„ Aug. 25, 1914.
In th# Cotton btaea en*t of the ilia
alsalppt River the weather of the past
week waa generally favorable, except
that there waa too much rain in portions
of Georgia and Mississippi, and cotton
generally made satisfactory progress.
West of the Mississippi River good show
er* Improved condition* In Arkansas and
Oklahoma but too much lain caused
damage amt delayed picking In Loule
lena In Teaxs the weather continued
favorable and the crop made decided Im
provement, except over small area* where
there was too much rainy weather. Most
elates report more or less damage from
shedding
In the trucking districts of the South
late crops and citrus fruits continued In
good condition.
Tease Rainfall.
Abilene 1 34; 1*81**11(1* .01; Houston
is. Ballinger .76: Eastland 1.10; Hunt*,
vide .10: l.ampasee 04; l-ongvtew .54:
Merle .01; Sherman .30, Syndrr 161 Spur
04, Weatherford .1,3 v. Austin. Dublin,
Hondo. Long lake t'nrls, mlaaltig.
Dlatrict Average*.
Central station- Number of stations In
dlatrict—District average temperature
high and low I'rodpliation -Number of
■tatloua reporting «,10 inch or more;
average of atatloue reporting 0,10 inch
or more:
Wilmington .. .. ..10 94 74 1 .20
Charleston ~ 5 91 72 2 .30
Augusta 11 93 71 0 .00
Havennah ..*• 32 73 6 .30
Atlanta .... It 92 70 5 .mi
Montgomery 14 90 TO 2 .So
Mobile .... 12 92 72 3 .60
Memphis ~14 9e 72 u .tk)
VlekatHirg f 4 9J 70 5 .30
New Or'eens 16 90 7 0 9 .30
Little Hock .17 >6 72 10' .So
Houston 50 <4 71 30 ,60
Oklahoma 21 *s 70 7 .To
Remarks.
local showers and seasonal)!* tempera
ture continue ov«r the Cotton Belt
K. D. KM lei 11. 1-oca! Forecaster.
Malaria or Chills & Fever
Prescription No. MB Is prepared especially
lor MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
Fir* or elx dose* will break any cate, and
if takan then as ■ loaic (he Fover will not
return. It erte on the liver better then
Calomel tod doc* oot |npe or ttekto. 2ic
Kaiser and Von Moiike on the Field
_ V,
THE MAN WHO NEVER SMILES.
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is now reported to be in charge of the
German troops near Metz. Behind the Kaiser In this photograph is Gen
Von Moltke, nephew of the first Gen. Von Moltke, who engineered the
German campaign during the Franco-Prusslan war in 1870. Von Moltke
is known to his troops as "the man who never smiles." Thiß photograph
caught the general In a fairly pleasant mood, however.
British Tars Reaping Rich Reward
From Many Prize Vessels Which Have
Been Seized and Brought to Port
London.—British tare are reaping a
rich reward of war from the many
prise vessels which have been seized
and brought Into port. Some of them,
however, may he returned to German
owners when the hostilities cease.
In the Hague convention of 1907
the British and German governments
signed an agreement to permit
enemy's ships enught In their ports
« certain time In which to leave after
a declaration of war.
No far this agreement seems to havo
been disregarded.
It Is understood that negotiations
are in progress between the two gov
ernenA through American ambassa
dor# In Berlin and London for arrang
ing a stated time in which all such
captures may be made over.
After the war the owners of vessels
so seized will undoubtedly, if their
claims have not been settled, carry
appeals from the courts of the captor
nations to the International prize
court, established by the Hague con
vention.
This convention agreed to many
laws regarding prizes and ordered
British Influenced to a Large Degree
In Making War on Germany by Probable
Teuton Naval Base Within 6 Hours of Shore
The Hagu*.—.Undoubtedly the Brit
ish government was Influenced to a
large degre In its resolve to make war
on Germany by the possibility of a
German naval base within six or sev
en hours of the shores of England.
The yielding of the Dutch govern
ment to the demands of the minister
from Germany for a private harbor
and steel work# on the northern bank
of «he New Waterway, near Rotter
dam alarmed the English greatly.
There Is understood to hove been
something In the nature of a "deal."
Germany made Holland some attrac
tive proposals with regard to the build
ing of warships for Ihe defence of
the Butch Hast indie*, and Holland
gave her consent to the harbor scheme
us a return for this.
The harbor concession waa the fruit
of nearly two years of patient effort,
pursued with the unobtrusive persist
ency characteristic of German diplo
macy. An article in a London news
paper on May 18th of last year was
the first thing which gave the public
a warning of what was going on. The
effect of that article was to Impede to
a considerable extent the progress of
negotiations between Germany und
the Netherlands government. It sup
plied the Dutch minister* with some
tood for thought, and drew forth th*
usual eemt-'offtclat denials from Ger
many. After a pause, however, the
pourparlers were renewed, with ihe
final result that Germany has gainqd
her point.
Greatest Highway.
Sometime ago a company controlled
by Messrs. Thyssen, th# great German
coal and Iron magnate* bought a large
; tract of land on the right bank of the
New Waterway, the canal which con
necte th# port of Rotterdam with the
North Sea. and which la already one of
the greatrst highway# of the world'*
commerce.
Mo-srs. Thyssen enjoy a very Inti
mate rrlatlon with the German gov
ern cent. It waa at one* felt by far-
I seeing men In Holland that there
might he ultimate danger to Dutch
neutrality In the lodgment of an un
dertaking of the kind within two or
three miles of Roterdum.
The Dutch government had on#
rlmple means of vetoing the whole
proposal Messrs. Tfivssen were free to
buy any land behind the Waterway
that happened «o be In th# market, but
Ihe few feet of ground Immediately
above the high-water mark .are «h#
property of the Dutch goWgMgtrent
Without official consent to cut
iHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
that the international court«consist of
fifteen members, eight of whom should
always be delegates of the United
States, Great Britain, j’rance, Ger
many. Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy
and Japan. The other seven a>*e
chosen from the minor nations.
It is understood here that all prizes
will be held until the end of the war.
Then they will be sold and divided
uccording to a carefully arranged
schedule among the officers and men |
of the warships which made tile cap
tures. Every last -man Jack will get j
his share and some shares will amount ;
to neat little fortunes.
Privateering is no longer allow ed j
by any nation. Only men of war may
niuke seizures legally.
The LTnited States has abolished
prize money, too, partly as a result of
the squabble over the division of th:
spoils of Dewey's victory at Manila '
bay in the Spanlsh-American war.
The United States has endeavored j
to induce all nations to permit enemy's |
ships to plj* undisturbed in war time,
but has never succeeded in wlnnlnt
any to Its broad point of view.
through a slip of foreehore the scheme
could not have been carried out. Docks
and repairing establishments might
be built, but no access could be had
to them from the Waterway.
Asks for Consent.
Hence the German Minister at The
Hague, working on behalf of Messrs.
Thyssen, has concentrated on these
few feet of foreshors. He has, at least,
asked for the consent of the Dutch
government to cut through them, and
Messra. Thyssen will shortly be in a
position to proceed with their far
reaching plans.
There will now be be nothing to pre
vent them from accumulating vast
quantities of coal und other war ma
terial. or to stand In the way of the
construction of great docks or a flrst
cluss naval repairing station
The political importance of this coup
far transcends it's economic slgnlfl
cimce. Messrs. Thyssen’s harbor, It .
must be remembered is to be a quite
private concern; It Is not to be under
the administration of the Dutch uu- :
thorltles, und It would be perfectly '
practicable to build up. tinder th# I
guise of a purely commercial under
taking. somethin* like a German naval
base within six or seven hours of th# ,
shores of Great Britain,
In the event of a European war it
would be quite Impossible for the Ne- I
therland government to enforce neu- ,
trallty, and the temptation to Ucr- I
many to make us of He opportunity
would be Irresistible At any rate, the
concession of the privileges sought
with such ardor by German diplomacy
regarded by thoughtful observers
here aa a significant step forward in j
th# Germanltation of Hollond.
SOMETHING FOR THE
CHILDREN.—-HAVE YOU A
BIRTHDAY THAT COMES
IN AUOUETT
Boys and girl*, undtr IB yes#*
of age, who hav* a birthday in the
month of August, are requested
to send in their full name, address
and birthdate to tho “Children's
Editor," Augusta Horgld.
Th* Horald is preparing a sur
prise, a pleaaant and enjoyable
surprise, for Its boy and girl
reader* who are getting ready t*
celebrate a birthday in August.
Be sure to qiv* full name, ad
dress and birthdate, and address
your lottor to—
CHILDREN'S EDITOR,
THE AUGUBTA HERALD, j
At Random Strung
By HENRY P. MOORE
WATERLOO.
There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital had gathered
then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and
The lamps shone- o'er fair women
and brave meu.
A thousand hearts beat happily; and
when
Music arose with its voluptuous
swell,
Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which
spake again,
And all went merry as a marriage
bell.
But hush! Hark I A deep sound strikes
like a rising knell!
Did ye not hear it? No! 'Twas but
the wind,
Or the car rattling over the stony
street.
On with the dance! Let joy be un
conflned.
This is Lprd Byron’s description of
a scene at a ball given to the Englisn
officers the night before the battle of
Waterloo, at Brussels. The Duke of
Wellington is said to have oten there
to show his indifference, while the
preparations for the most momentous
battle in history were in progress.
The French claim that he was at the
ball but was ignorant of the fact that
the French army was then nearing
Quartre Bras.
Brussels is not far from Liege and
near the field of Waterloo. The Eng
lish have marked the site occupied
by the British forces during the bat
tle, by an immense mound of earth,
surmounted by a bronze lion. The
German army, having taken Brussels
without resistance, is probably now in
full career, in, their march across the
field of Waterloo to Antwerp. An
army of half a million spread over
a vast extent of country, with its sup
ply train, camp equippage, etc.
A Warlike People.
This is historic ground and the Bel
gians have always been a warlike peo
ple, accustomed to look out for them
selves and their small but densely
populated country. The kingdom of
Belgium is about the size of the state
of Maryland in area. It lmij_a popu
lation of 7,500,000 while Maryland has
but 1,250,000.
The whole country is divided into
small farms and intensified culture
prevails. There are 500,000 farms of
less than one and a quarter acres and
only a few thousand of 50 to 125 acres.
Consolidation of the small farms into
larger ones is now going on, and this
is due to the increase of the stock
raising industry.
Besides her great agricultural pro
ductiveness, Belgium has quite exten
sive industries in coal mines, textile,
iron and steel mills. Socialism has
gained a strong foothold throughout
the kingdom and is especially strong
among the great mass of industrial
workers.
Brussels in German Hands.
The capital of the kingdom of Bel
War Food
Already the great European war is making itself felt right Here
at home. With production at a standstill abroad and ,
Europe Calling for Food
prices of edibles here in America are going up by leaps and bounds.
The war has just began
What will the end be?
There’s one food that will not advance in price—a food Eu
rope is now calling for—
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G rape=N u ts
Made from wheat and barley, Grape-Nuts has for 20 years
proved itself a dependable food for body and brain. It contains all
the rich nutriment of the grain, including the invaluable mineral
phosphates lacking in white bread, but necessary for sturdy health-
A food for War and Peace
Grarpe-Nuts is every family’s friend—delicious to taste, easily
digested, richly nourishing, economical. Packed in sealed cartons —
dust and germ proof—this food is always crisp and appetizing—and
Price Same As Always—everywhere
With Grape-Nuts food, you can laugh at high prices and live well—
“ There’s a Reason”
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<r <su)
gium is Brussels. It is described as
a splendid city with a population of
720,000. It has no strategic import
ance, from a military point of view,
and hence it was not fortified and
fell before the invading forces of the
Germans without firing a shot. The
inhabitants, however, are strong in
their faith that the allied armies of
France, England and Belgium will yet
be able to drive the Germans back and
deliver the beloved city from its foes.
Belgium has no navy, but enjoys a
fine importing and exporting trade
which is carried on by its fair-sized
merchant marine. Its chief seaports
are situated on the North sea and are
Ostend, Heyst and Nieuport. Belgium
has no colonial possessions save the
Belgian Congo in Africa, where the
chief export is rubber.
The defense of Liege was one of
the most heroic in history. For weeks
the forts held out against the fierce
assaults of the kaiser's men and acted
as a stumbling block in his pathway.
Only when they were battered down
and no longer tenable were they blown
up, their walls leveled with the ground
and their garrisons withdrawn in good
order. The stubborn defense of Liege
cost the kaiser the lives of thousands
of his soldiers and much precious
time. It changed the whole plan of
campaign and prevented the surprise
and unobstructed invasion of France
which was first contemplated.
Spunky From the Start.
Nations are like individuals. We all
admire spunk, and Belgium has always
been as spunky a little game cock
as ever fluttered among the big na
tions with which it was surrounded.
Not only has she had many wars of
her own, hut as far back as the days
of Charlemagne she had furnished thy
battleground for other powers.
In the early history of Europe, the
major portion of what is now Bel
gium was governed by Teutonic rulers.
Flanders, the remaining territory, was
under the sway of the French. It was
a constant struggle up to the early
part of the nineteenth century to de
fend the country from the encroach
ments of the stronger powers Ger
many, France, Holland, Austria and
Spain have each taken a turn in try
The more enticed
your taste the
more you’ll
appreciate
-
ing to maintain a hold on Belgium.
The present neutrality, which Bel
gium is now engaged in defending,
was guaranteed in 1832 by a concert
of the powers, after she had gained
her independence from Holland, by
a fierce struggle with the Dutch. And
not until the French and English had
established a complete blockade of ail
the ports of Holland would she relax
her hold on the Belgians.
On to Antwerp.
The war lord’s forces, with a front
one hundred miles in breadth, are now
sweeping down upon Antwerp. They
will find the city well defended and
ready to receive them. Antwerp is
strongly fortified and well provisioned
and prepared to stand a long siege.
If successful in taking Antwerp, the
kaiser’s design is to establish there a
base of operations against both Eng
land and France. The place is ad
mirably adapted for that purpose, but
he must encounter great difficulties in
putting his plan into execution.
While Holland was a part of the
French empire, the Emperor Napoleon
spent millions in digging out the har
bor of Antwerp and fortifying it. This
is one of the points from which he
planned his descent upon England and
nothing but the supremacy of England
upon the sea frustrated it. Now, witn
Egland, Holland and France combined
against him, it will be seen that while
the distance is short, the road to suc
cess is bristling with men, mines, and
strong fortifications.
Baroness Ready to Sail As War
Nurse
New York.—With a corps of ex
perienced war nurses already organ
ized the Baroness von Groyss, at the
head of the organization , is now
waiting only to secure passage across
the Atlantic. Her corps of nurses is
made up of Austrian and Hungarian
women who will become attached to
the Austrian army as soon as they
are able to reach that country. The
Baroness is an experienced war nurse,
having served this country in the
Philippines. The government acknowl
edged her services with a medal.
fUESDAY, AUGUST Zb