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PRUSSIA ROADS STREWN
WITH EQUIPMENT, FLIGHT
Germans Reassembling After Defeat by Russians at Gum
binnen. Hand Grenades and Bayonets Used in Charge.
St. Petersburg, (vie London, 5:40
•. m.)—The Novoc V'iDmy* publishes
an account of what II terms the mem
orable charge of the Russian horse
guards at Gumblnnen during the re
cent fighting In which the KUMiana
were victorious. It says:
"The Germans helrl a position In a
small village from which they were
pouring a murderouH fire on the Rua
•lan troopa. Cavalry was ordered to
•lienee the guns. The first squadron
rode etreiehl at the battery which,
firing point blank, mowed down the
Russian ranks frightfully, annihilat
ing the squadron. Tin- second squad
ron followed fast and would have
shared the same fate except that at
the critical moment a third squadron
rushed onto the enemy from the flank,
sabred Ih* gunners and routed the
whole Ot*T%ian fore*.
‘The Germans ran Ilk* rabbits, dis
carding swords, helmet and clothing
In their mad haste to escape the
nvrngiae Russian horsemen.
"One squadron of Nizhni hussars,
who all are famotia swordsmen, cut
down several Germans without receiv
ing a scratch In return."
Fled in Disorder.
London, 6:41 s. m. The Times flt.
Petersburg correspondent, says the
Germans who retreated by forced
marches after their defeat by the Rus
sian* at Bumblnnen are assembling a
part of their forces at Koenigaberg.
The German fortified position on the
River Angerab was abandoned with
out fighting.
“The roads beyond the Angerab are
strewn with cartridges, knapsacks and
SUPREME EFFORT OF
GERMANS TO BREAK IN
FRANCE; BUTTLE RAGES
Great Conflict Started at 3 a. m. Monday and Will Continue
Several Days. Decisive Engagement in Western Europe.
If Kaiser’s Troops Stopped Will Mean Disaster for 750,*
000 Men. No Guarding of Rear Communications.
London, 4:30 a. ir■ "At last the
British army la at gripe with the Ger
mans." aaya the Ostend corerapondent
of the Dally Mall
•'ll was a great inomnit when the
British general alaff with their man
arrived, Tha populaca was eager to
provide tor lha vlaltora who requis
itioned eggs bread, butter and oof
fee. All requlalllona were paid for In
gold.
"The Civil population wnn ordered
to retire In tha direction of France
Tha people regretfully shouldered
their baa* of belongings and pniaed
allenlly down the road.
Aeroplanes Appear.
"Tha troops advanced to battle po
sitions at It o'clock tn the morning. At
4 o’clock eight (Jarmans aeroplanes
appeared, whereupon a flock of Hrlt
lah aeroplanes roae like birds to drive
them sway,
"Then the artillery began to talk
and tha air became thick with can
non powder. The (treat battle had
t*egun. forward went the Infnntry.
GEORGIA ACTION
COTTON COOP
Meeting to be Held Tomorrow
in Maoon. Commissioner
Price Issues Advice to the
Farmers.
Atlanta, Qa.—Janes D Price, com
mtialonar of agriculture, aatd today
that It would be a fatal mistake for
the farmers of Georgia to fait to pro
caad with their cultivation of crops
.mat the aama as though normal con
ditions prevailed He believes ths
situation will adjust Itself speedily.
"Farmers should go ahead with
thatr cotton just a* though there
were no war," he said "They should
hold It In the aced as far as they can.
but If they can't do that they should
bold It In the hales *l'he main thing
is to go ahead, work, and not get rat
tled."
Mr Price aays the Interests of the
farmer and the merchant and the
banker are Identical end they must
00-operale.
The State's Crop.
Atlanta, Ga. Representatives of
Georgias cotton growing counties will
meet In Macon tomorrow to perfect
plans for housing and holding tha
states surplus crop throughout the
coming season and all of It, If neces
sary. until the price rises above the
cost of production. It Is planned 10
perfect permanent organisation for
marketing the cotton crop, and this
body shall sec to It tn the future that
The price shall not fall below 13 cents,
w On tomorrow and Friday a cotton
■conference at which att the southern
Opiates will be represented win be held
■it New Orleans The governors of
Mgveral states will he present and
Several special sessions of legislatures
*wo take extraordinary measures are
Ming planned,
John D. Walker, of ftparta, (la. Is
In Washington today for a conference
with Secretary McAdoo and Senator
Hoke Smith, and will wire a report to
the Macon meeting. lie expet ts to W
able |o say just w hat aid will be gius
t>y ;h« government.
; equipment cast aside In the hasty
l flight of the German troops,' says the
correspondent.
"North of Neldenburg Monday and
; Monday there was stubborn fighting
j In which the Russians were attain vlc
i tnrlous, largely through their superb
j use of their bayonets. The enemy here
had assembled the entire 20th army
corps In a fortified polstion. The
Russians had to negotiate pits and
i barbed wire. Hand grenades were
I used, thn Russians finally carrying
j the position at the point of the bayo
! net. The Germans retreated toward
I Osterode, leaving behind many guns,
t machine guns, cessions and prisoners.
Toward Danzig.
"Meanwhile the Vllng army Is drlv
-1 Ing the first German army corps to
j ward Danzig. The question now is
| whether the German forces can es-
I esp* and how long the Russians will
take In occupying the territory east of
the River Vistula. There they will
find strong German defenses. It is
| reported the Russians on Monday
reached Mnrlenburg, • only 26 miles
] trnm Danzig.
"The Germans at Bumblnnen had
i alt the advantage of numbers and po
' sltlon. It was n clear case of the best
! man winning. Russia was the best.
"The Russian losses Include repre
sentatives of all the noblest famines
In the empire.
"The Grand Duke Dmitri I'avala
vitch and the Prlnres John and Oleg
Constantinovltch who are subalterns
in the rose guards, rode In the terrible
j charges which will forever be a glory
tc their regiment and the Russian
• army."
Rifle fire snd Maxim ftre sdtled to the
boom of the big gun*. Sunrise ming
led with glow of burning forests and
tlie flush of guns.
"This waa Monday. The battle coH»
tinned Tuesday und probably will
continue for several days either alone
or merging with the ba|tles on the
loft and right.
"The great battle which la now In
full swing along the whole French,
tlrttish and Belgian lines Is realty a
series of linked battles, forming what
well may bo the decisive engagement
of western Europe. It ts a supreme
effort on the part of Germany to
break Into France, an effort which If
stopped must mean disaster to three
quarters of a million German soldiers.
There seem to be no soldiers left to
guard the German line of communi
cation. All Is being hazarded upon
the success or the failure of this blow.
The German advance has been rapid
and steady Their columns have av
eraged twenty miles u day since they
reached Brussels."
$3,000,000 IS
PELT FAILURE
R. M. Thompson, Chief Credi
tor is Owed $3,100,000.
Other Debts Include $1,740,-
000 to Exchange Members
and $359,000 to Stock
Customers.
New York —Liabilities of S T! T\ Pell
d- Co., slock snd cotton brokers, wh **c
suspension was caused by demomtlia
tlon In the cotton, market IhctdenPU to
ths war situation, exceed the firm's as
sets by more than (S.OOO.OfiO, acoor ting to
a schedul • made public today Robert
M Thompson ts the firm's chief cred
itor. The nmount owing to him ts
placed at 3S,lOi*.oOt'.
Other debts Include 11,740,000 to cot
ten exchange members snd ISM (V»0 to
stock custom*vs. The total liabilities
are given as It 340,000, the assets at si,-
322,000, of which nearly three-fourths can
b • realised on only under careful liquid
ation and ts bankruptcy liquids (ton ts
.•voided, according to the schedule
I’nder the proposed settlement plan s
liquidation corporation Is to be formed
to be known as the Pett Assets Cobgoru
tlon.
CAPITULATION OFFER.
London, S:4l p. tn, Premier Asquith
tn the house of commons this after
noon announced that authorities of
Togolsnd, the German colonial pos
session on the west coast of Arira
had offered to capitulate to the Brit
ish colonist!" on terms. The British
officers replied that the capitulation
must be unconditional.
* LOSSES GROW.
London, 11:45 a. m„—A Reuters
dleiMtteh from Paris says:
"Tho losses of the Austrians In
the battle of the Drtns continue
to grow, aconllng to telegrams
from Nish. The latest ever that
out of J 00.600 Austrians engaged
13,000 were ktlted, 10,000 wounded
and 13.000 made prisoners Rev
enty-ftve guns were captured.
SPEAKING
THE PUBLIC
MIND
SOME MORE ABOUT ROADB.
Editor Herald:
Gentlemen: A letter In your columns
yesterday signed "Kicker," calling at
tention to the washouts on the streets
and roads about the city, put the Idea
Into my head of saying something
about these matters from the motor
ist’s point of view.
The red gravel which w* have In
such abundance here Is one of the
best road materials In the world and
there Is no reason why we should not
have the finest roads In the country.
And we do make the, most beautiful
road you ever laid your eyes on, but
the moment one Is finished we scratch
It forever off the visiting list of the
chain gang and It Is never touched
again, until It becomes Impassable. If
the chain gang would only take Its
stitches In time, what a lot of stitches
It would save! A little gully formed
by one rain, that could be filled with a
wheel harrow full of earth, Is left for
six months or a year or two years,
until it takes oar loads of gravel and
weeks of time to make It right again.
If you wart to see one of these placed
go out on Troupe Street, two hundred
or so yards south of Judge Eve's cor
ner. You will think at first It is the
Grand Canyon.
Another pleasing little trick we have
here Is to make a perfect street, pound
It and hammer it and sand paper it
until It Is like a tennis court, and then
DIG A DITCH ACROSS IT. We ap
parently find at the last moment that
It Is imperative to have a gas pipe
laid. What a pity we had not thought
of II a week before, when the road was
being prloughed. It is like those crazy
demoralized hens that decide at the
very last minute that the other side
of the street Is the place for them.
Of course the new made ditch across
the finished road never heals. There
Is nothing to be done about It. All the
rollers and pounders on earth would
not efface It. It remains to the end
of time Just one more bump. It will
never get weU. And this Is not an ex
aggeration. I can, If you like, mention
half a dozen Instances where this
thing has been done In the last six
months.
MOTORIST.
A BRILLIANT BIGHT.
To ths Editor of The Herald:
Dear Sir: Some time ago I had oc
casion to meet a. visitor to this city
from Atlanta, arriving on the one
o’clock (a. m.) Georgia train, and 1
drove this gentleman out to my place
in Woodlawn over the new Archie
Butt Memorial Bridge. He remarked
on the splendor and magnificence of
the structure, which was at that time
newly opened, and seemed more par
ticularly impressed with the fact that
the lights were going In full force.
ll is Indeed a fine sight to eee the
bridg* at night. There is a sense of
prosperity nnd glamor about this
blase of light which burns all through
the silent watches. It makes on feel
that Augusta Is a considerable nnd
Wide-awake city. Extravagance al
ways creates the Impression of wealth.
And in my opinion It Is quite proper
ami worth while to have them burning
all night. Rome nights of course no
body may happen to pass by to see
them, but another night some stran
ger of consequence may be cheered up
by the sight as was my friend. I be
lieve In putting n table-cloth on tbs
table nnd rating with n knife and fork
ns much when you are all alone as
when you have a dinner party. It
keeps up your self respect. Don’t get
sloppy Just because nobody Is looking.
And therefore T like to feel that the
lights are burning on the bridge while
we are all asleep
But, Mr. Editor, the City of Augus
ta Is even yet more magnificent than
this. Those lights on the bridge hum
not only all night, but half the time
all day. Whoever has charge of the
switch board ts so Imbued with the
feeling of aggrandizement that ne
stops not at all to consider such a
sordid question as expense and simplv
forgets to turn off the lights. All day
these beautiful lights blase In the face
of the sun. Think how grand a place
the sun must think Augusta Is!
W. J. S.
WILD SCENES
IN GW PIT
*. •
Wheat Sells Today for 18
to 20 Cents Higher Than
Year Ago.
Chicago,—Excited by predictions
that the European war would bn long
drawn out, thn wheat market soared
today and a half hour hefom the close
was 7 to S cent* higher than yester
day's close. December wheat sold at
$1.15 and that for delivery neat May
at $1.21 8-S.
Chtcsoo —Wheat sold on the hoard of
trade today at IS to 10 cents hlaher than
a year ago Nest month dellYn i~»
brought $1 dd. The closing last night
wss st sl.os and a year ago the price
Was SO 5-S cents.
The ascent, tt Is said, has been accele
rated h> purchases of the public at large
-business men normally Ignorant o', the
numerous factors which enter Inlo the
making of prices, who sea » gamble) s
profit In the necessities caused hy the
I it conflict In Europe
l.ord Kitchener's reportsd estimate ot
lines \ears of war had a tonal lerah«
Influence
The scene In the pit was a wild me
for the first ten (ninnies with hldd rs a
cent apart.
Last Homage to Dead
Pope By Farley
Heme, »tso p. m.. vis. Paris t:io a. m.
Cardinal Ear e> of New York, a -com*
panted hy V. nslsnore Patrick J Hr yes
end John Edwards and Itev. Thoms.! P
Cap-oil. went to t*t. Peters today and
were received by Monetgnor dtuserpe da
Blsogno. administrator of the Basilica
They knelt and prated before thj tomb
of the apostle and then deecended Into
the crypt to pay a last homage hefers
the resting pine* of rope Pine X they
rent lined thcr* deeply engrossed la Stal
er for a considerable time
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
TODAY’S WAR NEWS
CONDENSED
Official report* In Vienna announce a complete Austrian victory In a
three days battle at Krasmlk, in Russian Poland. The Russian force*
were repulsed along the entire front and are In full flight In the direc
tion of Lublin.
This Is the first indication of an Austrian advance into Russian
territory. Krasmlt Is about 20 miles north of the Gaiaclan frontier.
It was announced officially in Berlin today that Lleut.-Gen. Fred
eric of Saxe-Melnlngen, had been killed at Namur. This apparently
clears up the identity of the German nobleman reported yesterday and
today as having lost his life In battle.
A news dispatch received in London from Antwerp says the Amer
ican minister to Belgium, Brand Whitlock, ha* sent an energetic pro
test to the German government against the hurling of bombs into Ant
werp from a Zeppelin airship. Almost simultaneously came news from
Antwerp that a second but Ineffectual raid on the city by a Zeppelin had
been attempted last night.
Secretary Bryan denied that Minister Whitlock had any instruc
tions to make representations regarding the Zeppelin attacks. A pro
test against that method of warfare was presented to the state depart
ment by the Belgian minister at W ashington.
The French war office was silent this morning, the usual official
announcement not being made. Unofficial military opinion, however, is
that the fighting along the French- Belgian frontier continues.
A news dlßpatch from Paris hays that in Lorraine the allied armies
have taken up a combined of offensive movement and that the situation
In the Vosges is unchanged. The battle continues in the region of Lune
vllie and the French troop-' are said to be making progress.
A dispatch from Antwerp reports that all German troops are believed
to have left Brussels and that the Belgians expect to re-occup> the city
Immediately. This news, however, lacks confirmation.
A dispatch received from Vienna declarer Austria-Hungary has de
clared war on Japan.
According to telegrams from Nish, Servia, the losses of the Austrians
in the battle of the Drlna continue to grow. They are now given at
15,000 killed, 30,000 wounded and 13,000 prisoners. Three hundred thou
sand Austrians are said to have taken part in this engagement.
Dispatch from the general staff at St. Petersburg announce fresh
victories for Russia against both Germany and Austria.
Russian troops are now said to occupy the whole of the eastern and
southern half of eastern Prussia. The Russian armies are declared of
ficially to be continuing on the offensive. A news dispatch from St. Pe
tersburg describes the Russian center, composed of the great bulk of th®
Russian array as marching "silently, but with terrible force,” on Peson, in
Prussia.
The authorities at St. Petersburg have issued orders dismissing the
German and Austrian sovereigns and princes from honorary colonelships
In Russian regiments and depriving them of Russian decorations. Th.s
has never before been done in any war.
Rome reports the receipt by the Italian government of a telegram
from General Conrad, chief of the Austrian staff, characterizing as ab
solutely without foundation the reports that Austria-Hungary has ag
gressive Intentions against Italy.
News dispatches from Ostend convey the belief there that Germany
will occupy Ostend for use later as a base of naval operations again:, t
England. Ostend is t>6 miles from the flrltigh coast. The North German
Lloyd steamer Princess Alice has put Into the port of Cebux, in the Phil
ippine Islands with a hole In her stern. The captain reports that he
tried to get the German Islandof Yap In the Carolines by wireless, but
found the station had been destroyed by the British. The American em
bassy at Rome through the consuls in Italy has advised all Americans in
Italy to return home while communication between Europe and the Unit
ed States is possible.
The Belgian royal family will abandon its temporary residence in
Antwerp, establishing themselves in a Beeret place In the elty. This step
Is taken because Ihe attack of the Zeppelin Is said to have been directed
principally ngainst King Albert.
920,000 GIVEN
TO MEDICAL
COLLEGE
Will be for Library. Dr. Wm.
J. Young, of Barnwell, S. 0.
is the Donor.
Dr. William J. Young, of Barnwell,
8. C., has given 325,000 to the medical
department of the University of Geor
gia, to he known us the William J.
Young library fund, for the Improve
ment of nnd development of the 11*
lirary of the medical college, which ts
located In this city.
The conditions of the gift provide
that the principal sunt shall be n
vested and that the income from sucu
investnienu shall he paid over to tha
local board of directors of the medical
department of the university and shall
he used by the board in purchasing
and binding such books, magazines,
periodicals and other literature as the
dean of the medical department may
designate, and in extending the use
fulness of the library at the discretion
of the local board of directors. It is
also stipulated that If the use of tills
library shall be extended to the phy
sldaus-at-lnrge of the state of Geor
gia. that like privileges be ex
tended to the physicians of the state
of Routli Carolina
Chancellor Barrow, of the Univer
sity of Georgia, has referred the mat
ter to the board of trustees of the uni
versity for their formal accepatnce of
the gift.
ALL AMERICAS
TOURISTS LEAVE
Antwerp Majority of Residents
Are Remaining-- Business is
Absolutely at a Standstill.
Antwerp, vt*. Pans, 1:29 s. nv.—All
American tourists have left for home by
way of Holland and England. The ma
jority of American residents are remain
ing Buetnees le absolutely at a stand
still though hopes are entertained that
I traffic will be re-oprned ts the rlv*W
Scheldt remain* free.
The royal family le (Lowing epeclal in
terest In the welfare of the people. The
youns princes* Merle Joete. to give the
I people confidence, appears on the streets
I twice dally. Queen Elisabeth busies her.
eetf with Rc*l Grose work
AmriMcan Interests are being eareful'y
watched snd protected bv the authort
j ties All Germans have left the cltv.
The iiutliv* of this dispatch ts aot per
milled to telegraph war news
Why pay rent when a small
cash payment and $25 per
month will buy a home of your
own. Phone 76 W tonight.
GEORGIA ROAD,
990,000 SUIT
G. V. Hubbard Sues L. & N.
and A. C. L. as Joint Lessees
For Injuries.
Petition was filed this morning by Geo
V. Hubbard against the Louisville and
Nashville and the Atlantic Coast Line,
as Joint lessees of the Georgia Railroad,
for damages received by him in an ae-’
cident on the 26th of March of this year.
1 he amount of the damages is placed at
350,000.00.
The petitioner claims that he was em
plo>ed by the defendants as conduct <r
on yard engine No. 46 at the time of the
? l .l dent ' Jle was 40 years old, earning
1,500 per annum, and claims that owing
to injuries received in the accident his
capacity to labor and earn mono/ has
been reduced more than on e-half. Un
der the “employers' liability" laws he
charges the railroad's switchman, Henry
Parrish, with negligence.
,llf 28th of tast March, at about
1..30 p. m„ the petitioner claims that
h« had charge of engine No. 46 angi-ge.l
In shifting freight cars in and about
the station. He told Parrish to cut off
car No. 116.653 of the C. B. & -j. and
leave It in front of the Augusta Grocerv
Co„ on their track. He further In
structed the switchman to chock the
wheels of the car and tie the brakes, fol
lowing rules, because the Augusta Gro
cery Co.'s track ts on a slight incline
This, it Is claimed, the switchman in
greeted to do, though he was aware ts
the rule, and In consequence whir s
short time after, a C. & W. C.' passenger
train came along the main line r.nd
crossed the Augusta Grocery s track
about 60 feet away, the Jolting started
the freight car down the grade towards
the moving train.
The petitioner then Jumped onto this
moving car and attempted to stop Its
down-hlll course by putting on the brakes
with all possible speed. He turned tne
brake wheel as far ss it would go and
the brakes did not take hold. He claims
that the chain was too long and that
the Make was defective. The result was
that the moving freight car continued
on Its course and struck the moving pas
senger train ut a point about two and
a halfcar lengths from the engine. The
freight cav was overturned and tne pe
titioner thrown violently to the ground,
sustaining, the Injuries for which he Is
now claiming damages.
Ths suit Is being brought by West
moreland. Hill and Smith, attorns* s. vs
Atlanta, and will be heard before the
slate courts
WHAT ENGLAND FORESEES.
London, 5 a. m.—The military
correspond*nt of the Times today
says:
"We and the Dutch need have
no doubt that the annexation of
si! the North flea ports from the
Straits of Dover to Emden will
follow a German success tn the
war—a success whtch would only
be preliminary to the concentra
tion of all German effort upon the
subjugation of Engnnd.”
Why pay rent when a small
cash payment and $25 per
month will buy a home of yonr
own. Phone 75-W tonight.
Distinctively Individual
Wfati ma]
THE TURKISH BLEND 9,
1 - CIGARETTE 9
A £rea t scholar said* they Hf
Xfete distinctively iadtvidr 9
tLfll-youllfmd them so! 9
fensssO- Hi
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DELEGATES TO
MACON BEING
SELECTEO
Members and Delegates Given
Instuctions for State Demo
cratic Convention. Hardwick
Men Prominent,
Atlanta, Ga.—The Journal today
predicts that Joseph E. Pottle will he
chosen temporary chairman of the
Macon convention, and Judge E. J.
Reagan, of McDonough, permanent
chairman.
Waycross.—Following a county execu
tive committee meeting at which sis ecn
members were present In person or by
proxy the following delegates to the state
convention were announced yesterday J
L. Sweat, Dr. A. Fleming, L. J. Cooper,'
Harry M. Wilson. Alternates, John M.
Hopkins, S. C. Houk, Jr., J. B. Lewis
J. F. Taylor.
This action was taken after a sub
committee from the executive commit
tee elected delegates and alternates last
Thursday. A meeting of the executive
committee called by Chairman James
Sinclair was held yesterday and action
of the sub-committee ratified. This
gives Ware two delegations for the state
convention, and as both delegations ap
pear to have been named by a majority
of the county executive committee the
fight for seats will prove of considerable
Interest.
The delegation selected by the sub
committee and elected yesterday is com
posed of W. W. Lambdin, W. E. Sir
mans, James Sinclair, jp. C. Jones. Al
ternates, Jerome Crawley, T. J. Mc-
Clellan. Aden S. Morton, John W. Ben
net. They are Instructed to vote for
Hardwick for short term as long as
Hardwick’s name is before the conven
tion. The other delegation is Instructed
to vote for Hardwick also but after the
first ballot are at liberay to vote for
some other candidate If they feel the
other candidate's chance of election is
better than Hardwick’s. Both delega
tions will go to Macon with certified
copies of proceedings.
Wilkes Delegation.
Washington. Ga. —Chairman William
Wynne, of the WTlkes county eexcutlvo
committee, has announced the names of
Wilkes county delegates and their al-
Czar Wroth at Indignities
Inflicted on Russians
London, 5:45 a. m.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times
says:
"Military circles are much Impressed by an order dismissing the
German and Austrian sovereigns, and Austrian sovereigns and princes
from honorary colonelships in Russian regiments and depriving them of
Russian decorations.
"This has never been done in any war. The emperor has posi
tively forbidden Russian officers to wear German or Austrian decora
tions. These extreme measures were decided upon at a special council
held in Moscow and are due to the alleged Inhuman treatment of Rus
sian subjects by Germans and Austrians and to the indignities said to
have been Inflicted on members of the Russian imperial family ”
Veritable Hecatomb of German
Corpses at Mons
London, 11:40 a. m.—The Paris correspondent of Reuters says a raid
by a German cavalry division In F rench territory Is reported by tho
Petit Parisien, which states that wh en the Germans arrived at 4 o’clock
Tuesday morning they encountered a regiment of French artillery which
practically annib'lated them.
Referring to the fighting near Mons the paper says: >
“The British bore the brunt of six furious attacks. Wounded British
soldiers declare the allies raised a veritable hecatomb of German corpses
near Mons."
WAR BULLETINS
LEFT 100 GUNS.
London, 2:40 p. m.—According to a dispatch from St. Petersburg to
the Exchange Telegraph Company, German troops retreating in the di
rection of Osterode, cast Prussia, left behind them about 100 pieces of
artillery'.
AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS.
Paris. 11:45 a. m.—Among the American volunteers who left
here yesterday for Rouen for a period of training under French army
officers are: R Percy, Bayousara.La.; J. Tonlo, of Tampa, Fla-; R
Hildebrand, of Helena, Mont.; O. Dario, of Fresno, Calif. - , F. T.andrcaux,
of New Orleans. 1,a.; L. D. Orczy, of El Paso, Texas, and S. Mac Gordon,
.of Menominee, Mich.
FRESH RUSSIAN VICTORIES.
London, 1:15 p. m.—The Russian embassy is in receipt of telegrams
from the general staff at St. Petersburg which announce fresh Russian
victories against both Germany and Austria. These messages declare
that Rusiun troops now occupy the whole of the eastern and southern
half of Eastern Prussia.
WITH HUGE HOLE.
Manila.—The North German Lloyd steamer Princess Alice, reached
Cebu front Zamboanga today with a huge hole in her stern patched with
cement. The captain said that after leaving Manila he tried to estab
lish wireless connection with Yap, one of the Caroline Island*, but found
that ths Yap station had been destroyed by the British While speeding
from Zamboanga he was chased by a British warship and barely reached
port.
MALIGNANT EFFORTS.
London, 10:30 a. m. — A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Com*
pany says that General Conrad chief of the Austrian staff, has sent this
message to the nallan government:
"The reports published In Italy that Austria-Hungary has aggres
sive Intentions against Italy in order to revenge Itself for Italy’s failure
to participate in the war are absolutely without foundation and are stig
matized as malignant efforts put forth by a third party."
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ternates to attend the Maoon conven
tion next week. They are as follows:
Dr. J. G. Wright, R. O. Barksdale, C.
A. Garrard, and Editor Ben A. Neal, of
the Washington Reporter. Alternates,
George M. Dußose, R. R. Smith, F. M.
Wynee and G. R. Garrard.
It is understood that the delegates
were selected from among the support
ers of Judge Nat E. Harris, who stand
first for Hon. Thomas S. Felder for the
junior senatorshtp as long as he is In the
race and after that their inclinations
are toward Hon. Thomas. W. Hardwick
for second choice.
LEITNER ANd’bROWN MADE
NEW JURY COMMISSIONERS
The two vacancies on the Richmond
Countv Jury Commission which have
existed since January Ist through the
expiration of the terms of Mr. T. S.
Gray and Mr. Frank M. Clark, were
filled yesterday by order of Judge
Hammond in the persons of Mr. Geo.
H. Leitner, superintendent of the Au
gusta Factory, and Mr. W. D. Brown,
who is one of the most prominent far
mers in thq county, a resident of the
124th district.
The four other members of the
Jury Commission are Messrs, Charles
J. Skinner, L. J. Schaul, R. J. Eden
field and Steve Wiseman. A meeting
will be held on September Ist at
which time the tickets now in the jury
box will be destroyed an dthe list re
vised.
KING ALBERT AT MALINES.
Paris, 2:04 p. m.—A dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Antwert says
King Albert is at Belgian army head
quarters at Mile Mklines.
Why pay rent when a small
cash payment and $25 per
month will buy a home of your
own. Phone 75-W tonight.