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ALLIES SUSTAIN FURTHER DEFEATS
Germans in French Towns-All Namur Forts Reported Fallen
THE WEATHER
Unsettled tonight and
Friday;; probably local
thunder showers.
VOLUME XIX, No. 240.
Germans Occupy
3 More Towns
Lille, Roubaix and Valenciennes, All in France,
Given Up Today—Lille Has Fortress of First
Class, Circle of Other Forts For Thirty Miles
London, 3:10 a. m., —A despatch received here from
Ostend says the Germans have occupied Lille, Roubaix
and Valenciennes all in France.
All Namur Forts.
Berlin, by Wireless to the Associated Press via.
Sayville, L. 1.. 6:27 a. m. —.‘All the forts at Namur have
fallen and Longwv, near the Luxemburg border, has
been captured after a resolute defense. French forces
which attacked the German crown prince’s army have
been repulsed.
Upper Alsace is free of the enemy except at points
to the westward of Kolmar.
London. —The towns of Roubaix,
Lille and Valenciennes are all close
to the Belgian frontier, Lille and Val
enciennes being ten miles from the
line and Roubaix five. Roubaix is
five miles northeast of Lille and Val
enciennes is 30 miles southeast of the
same city.
Most Important.
Lille is the most important from
a military point of view. It has a
fortress of the first class and the
circle of its forts is thirty miles. Re
cent despatches from Parts said LIUe
was held by French reservists. Rou
baix would appear not to be forti
fied. It is a manufacturing centef.
Valenciennes also is a manufactur
ing city hut has an arsenal and ex
tensive barracks.
Not Defended.
The Ostend <v>nre»pondent of the
London Daily Express, in a despatch
published in London tills morning,
quoted a Belgian officer to the effect
that it had been decided not to defend
Lille and that on Tuesday the mayor
published a proclamation announcing
the evacuation of the French troops
20,000,000 Russians Ready to
Complete the Work Begun
London, 4:45 a. m.—A despatch to The Post from St. Petersburg snys:
"Russia will have no difficulty In finding 20,000,<>00 men to complete the
work begdn by Its trained flgniins ffrees. Moreover this Is the first time In
the memory of men that the Russian army has taken the field with adequate
equipment and a sufficiency of supplies under officers trained in the hard les
son so thoroughly learned In the Japanese campaign.
“The German opposition to the Russian advance is broken and demoralized.
Koertigsberg where three German army corps have taken refuge is so situated
it can easily be captured by an Adequate force while the rest of the Russian
army passes on into the interior of Germany.’’
WAR BULLETINS
KILL 360 RIFLEMEN.
Pari*, 5:15 a. m.—A refugee ft-om Merbes-le-Chateau, 13 miles from Mona,
says 360 Belgian riflemen posted In the former town kept several thousand
Germans at bay for three days until a German spy In a Belgian uniform, show
ed them a patch which enabled the Germans to take the riflemen IA their reur.
All were killed except twelve villagers.
AIRMEN HELP GERMANS.
London, 11:30 a. m.—Refugees from around Mons report that airmen took a
prominent part In directing the German artillery, sayß the Times correspondent
In Paris. Aeroplanes hovered over the British position and their pilots sig
nalled the German batteries by means of a disc swung at the end of a line.
WITH IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
London, 2:05 a. m.—lt Is officially announced, says the St. Petersburg cor
respondent of The Exchange Telegraph Company, that the Russian advance Is
proceeding In Prussia with Irresistible force. The Germans have retreatd to
Osterod, a town of East Prussia, 100 miles west of Gumblnnen.
WOULD MEAN REVOLUTION.
London, 6a. m.~A Times despatch from Rome declares great pressure is
being brought to bear on Italy ny Ger many and Austria to loin In the yt.tr,
both countries making her alluring promises but without effect. The Italian
people are against Austria, says the despatch and any decision by the govern
ment to join in the conflict by (be side of Germany and Austria would mean
a revolution.
EVACUATED BY AUSTRIANS.
London, 3:22 p. m.—A dispatch to the Havas Agency at Kraguyevatz,
Fervia. declare* that the Austrian army has evacuated the sanjak of No
vlpazar.
AMERICANS ADVISED.
London —A statement issued today by the American committe ad
vising Americans to return home at the earliest possible opportunities
brought excited people to the relief quarters.
They had not road the statement carefully and belleyed England to
be in a sprkui: jdlght.
GERMAN CONSUL LEAVES.
Seoul, Korea, (via Tokio, 11:40 a. m.) — Dr Knieger, the German
cousui here, and hla staff, left for Yokohama today and sails on August
29th with Count Von Rex, the Germ at- ambassador to Japan, and other
German consuls. *
The Official Gazette asks the p eople to accord German residents the
fullest protection
BLOW N UP.
London, 2:46 p. m - The Norwegian steamer Gottfried has been blown up In
the North Sea by a floating mine. Eight members of her crew lost their liver
12-YEAR.OLD BOY KILLED.
Paris. 7:05 a. m.- Navltr de Caatelnau, the tweive-yesr-old son o t General
Castelnau, chief of staff, was among Ibo killed in the recent action.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
and the transformation of the town
into an undefended place.
“All the gendarmes were disarmed
and steps were taken to deliver the
city, with all its rich factories, up to
the Germans,” this officer declared.
"Tuesday evening all the available
treasure was removed.”
Contradicted.
London, 12:35 p. m.—A despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company
from Ostend credits a Belgian offi
cer with the statement that the forts
therp are still holding out with the
exception of Marohovelette acd Cog
nelee, which were destroyed by the
bombardment.
The Belgians fought for two days,
this officer says, and there is still
a large force of Germans before Na
mur.
The foregoing dispatch is in contra
diction to the dispatch from Berlin
received by wireless this morning
which declared that all the forts at
Namur have fallen and that Longwy
had been captured by the Germans.
THE ONE PAPER IN MO 1 '" HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1914.
Burial, With Full Honors, ol War’s First Victims
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HONORING WAR’S FIRST VICTIM.
This photograph, taken In Engl and, and just received In -tills country, shows English sailors honoring the
war’s first victims, four Ormans and four Englishmen. The eight men perished when FI. M. H. Amphton
and the steamship Koenig Louise were destroyed in the North Sea. Tli e dead were burled side by side with
full naval honors and the firing of a salute.
BRUTAL TREATMENT IS
CHAR6ED BY GERMANY
Official Press Bureau Records,Acts Against Tautaca in Both
France and Belgium—Women Dragged By Hair in Streets
New York.—The official press bureau
of the German Navy Department today
Issued through Captain Boy-Ed, naval
attache of the German embassy who Is
now In New York, a statement accusing
England with having made before the
war “binding arrangements with France
as well as Russia, although this her
ministers had repeatedly and vehement
ly denied.”
Declaring that “Germany is fighting
for civilization against the barbarism of
Russia,” the statement says:
“The Russian Poles greeted our troops
wherever they came with open enthu
siasm and furnished them voluntarily the
best they could afford. In Poland, In
Fnlland, in the Caucasus and In the
Ukraine revolutions have been started.
In Incredible Manner.
“In France and Belgium German citi
zens were treated in the meanest and
almost incredible manned. They were
driven out of Paris and Antwerp and in
many cases their money and railroad
tickets were taken away. They were
then left without the slightest protec
tion to the mercies of the mob. All
Germans without means have been trans
ported to southwestern FVance where
they are forced to do work of the lowest
kind. *
“In Belgium, excesses against German
citizens hnvfe taken place, which should
be expected only from savages. Every
store owned by a German * has been
wrecked. Practically all Germans were
robbed of theft- belongings. Many who
tried to escape were slaughtered and. the
11. S. WARSHIP
HALTS BRITON
Secretary of Navy Calls For
Full Report of Stopping of the
Francisco By the Florida.
New York—Whether the British ate on
er Francisco was permitted to retuln her
two 4-7 rifles mounted aft or was com
pelled to dismantle before sailing last
night with 6,000 tons of grain for Hub,
still was unknown today to navy yard of
ficials here. The battleship Florida
which stopped the Francisco In the har
bor had not reported to the navy yard. It
w-as too dark for shore observers to see.
whether the guns were still aboard
when the Francisco was allowed to pro
<;eed.
It wan jr*nera!ly bell*v*<l however
that thf* guriM wrte not tal&n off. At
the naw yard the Florida’s failure to
report was construed as confirming this
belief. The Francisco, according to re
port. carried no war munitions. Her
captain claimed that the rifles were
merely a saluting battery.
For Full Report.
Washington, D. C.— Secretary Daniels
today called upon New York navy yard
officials for a full report of the circum
stances under which the Florida hall, d
the Francisco. Officials lure at a loss
tj understand the Florida's action, as
the Francisco was said to have had prop
er clearance papers
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OFFICERS.
Albany, C*. The following officers
were elected Wednesday by the Georgia
Slate Agricultural Society at Its slxety
elghth annual convention: President,
John A. Cobb, Sumter county: first vice
president. C. 11. Ramsey, Brooks county;
secretary, Martin W. Calvin, Wuycross;
J. U. Price, Georgia commissioner of
ngriegltiire, snd Lfr. Peter V. Balmsen,
state veterinarian, addressed the conven
tion. The convention will meet next
year at Moultrie.
clcthes tom from their bodies. Ger
man women have been stripped, dragged
through the streets by the hulr wnen
nuked, and shamelessly abused.
From Ambush.
“In France and Be glum, the Inhabi
tants have attacked and killed small de
tachments of soldiers, physicians and
wtunded from ambush. The German
consul at Marseilles was beaten by a
mob and bottles thrown ut him. The
German embassy at St. Petersburg has
been demolished. And In all these cases
the police made not even an effort to In
terfere. According to trustworthy re
ports all Italians have been driven from
France, after being abused shamefully.
On Sixth Day.
“Our successes have ho far been
grossly belittled or not reported at all.
Liege was completely In our possession
about the sixth day of the mobiliza
tion. This is a success that has no
equal in the history of the world. On
the preceding day an attempt had been
made to surprise the Tcft-tress with weak
forces, which was repelled. Out of Ibis
a great and Important defeat has been
constructed.
“We know from absolute reliable
sources that the French army Intended to
march Into Luxemburg and Belgium lm
medlately hostilities were begun. The
neutrality of Belgium warn first vio
lated by French military aeroplanes,
many of which flew over Belgium In an
effort to observe the movements of the
German army, without any protest on
the part of Belgian authorities.”
Say 200,000
Russians
Beaten
Berlin, (Via London, 7:15 a. m.i—
Correspondents of the Lokal Anzelger
end the Tageblatt at Austrian head
quarters estimate the strength of the
Russian force* beaten at Kraunlk, a
town of Russian Poland, at four or five
army corps or possibly 200,000 men. Two
Russian ccft’ps which formed the ad
vance guard were on Augu*t 23 oJcMeJ
from the heights of Krasnik and Fr<*id
pol.
Hangulnary battles oceured on the
route to Lulln and on the heights and
in the forests along the small River Cho
doi, which were on|> finally decided rn
August 26. The battle won fought In a
difficult country which was full of for
ests.
Describes How Bombs
Are Dropped From a
Zeppelin Airship
London, 12:38 p. m.—How a Zappo
lio airship drops bombs Is thus de
scrlbsd by a reftwoo from B-lglum:
“Ths dlrlalbln hovsrk over Its ob
ject at an altitude out of rani<» of ths
enemy’s xuns and lowers a steel cage
attar tied to a steel wire rope 2,000 or
3,000 feet tons. This cane carries one
man whose duty It Is to throw down
the bombs. The case Is sufficiently
stroriK to make rifle fire against It
Ineffective and because of Its small
sixe and the fact that It Is kept con
stantly In motion It Is very difficult
for heavy guns to hit It.”
Canadians
Sail in 20
Transports
First Complement of Volun
teers to Leave at Once.
Twenty Thousand in Camp,
Eight Thousand on Way
Ottawa, Ont. —The first complement of
Canadian volunteers te go to the front
will be sent to Europe In twenty trans
ports with all possible speed. Official
announcement to this effect was made by
the militia department today. The P/in
cess Patricia Light Infantry expocts to
sail Saturday.
Reports of reverses to the allien In
Europe have caused authorities to re
double their efforts to expedite the sail
ing of Canadian soldiers.
Twenty thousand volunteers arc now m
camp at. Valcartler, and 8,000 ftiore are on
their way, from the western sections ut
the Dominion. The rifle ranges rir g
with shots all day, • thousands of men
engaging In target practice.
CONVENTION OF
COTTON STATES
IS ON IN N. 0.
Representatives of Twelve
States in Session Today.
General Discussion of Situa
tion- Arising Out of War.
New OrUana. —A K<-n«-ral dlttruaiilon
of the cotton ultuatlon In relation to
the European war wrh on the pro
gram at the conference of repreaen
tatlvex from 12 Southern xtatea called
to meet here today, liar vie Jordan
of Atlanta, prcaident of the Southern
Cotton Axxoclatlon, who called the
conference, had announced that af
ter organization, committee, to eon
alder the following phaaea of the cot
ton xltuatlon would he named: ware*
houae facllltlcH and atoraxe of cotton,
financing of cotton In storage, mini
mum price for spot cotton, federal aid
and state leslwlatlon, ocean transpor
tation, food supply crop* and cotton
acreaite for 19ir>, cotton exchanges,
supply and eonxutnptlon of cotton.
Hasten Diversification.
Washington,— J That the movement
for diversified farming In the South
will Ire hastened by the suspension of
European cotton mills was the opinion
expressed today try government offi
cials closely In touch with Southern
agricultural conditions.
The government expects to aid the
cotton men In every possible way but
It has been suggested that with a
large part of this year's yield des
tined for warehouses It will be use
less for planters to plan for full crop*
next year II was said today sug
gestions would be made to the cotton
growers to try other crops Econo
mists here bellev* If this experiment
Is tried It may prove of great bene
fit to the South, lip to this time,
they point out, It has been almost Im
possible to get cotton growers to plant
other crops, but faced with the pros
pect of no market or a restricted one
the argument for diversified farming
may have added weight.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
2,1 REFUGEES FROM
BELGIUM TELL TALES,
OF TERRIBLE SIGHTS
Wet Straw Covers Floor of Human Stables in Paris—Doctors
and Nurses Attend to Wants—Their Only Belongings Are
on Their Backs
Parle, 10:45 p. m. The Cirque do Parts
where the crowd of llelgliin refugees Ims
grown to 2,500 hux the aspect
of a human stable, The floors of the
wide foyers ore covered with straw,
whlelt Ims heroine wet and the homeless
and poverty-stricken people may lie seen
lying shout In sad dejection. Nunns
of the Red Cross, priests, soldiers and
doctors are constantly moving among ilu
crowd, ministering to their wants.
At the entrance to the hall Is a large
cask of beer from which a soldier a| -
portions the beverage to a walling line
of men and boys.
Inside the amphitheatre were ehlldteit
of all ages, sizes and descriptions. The
scarcity of baggage Is pathetic, every
one apparently having taken only the few
things that could he easily carried In
Ids hasty flight. The evening meal con
sists of a huge slice of bread with a
piece of beef on top and black coffee.
An old man, sitting In n corner on a
sack of straw today told the following
story:
Across the River.
“People call me Jean Beaujon. I oave
a little wine shop Just across (he ”l\er
from Liege In trie town of Grlvegne •.
When the molillzntloti order was an
nounced my two sons, both fine fellows,
went off to loin their regiments. My
daughters, I hove two. this one and an
other, remained with their old father.’
The girl he motioned to whs h bright
eyed girl of about IK hut only her even
wrTr visible as the rest Of ber face wuc
swathed In bondage*. Me continued^
“You see her poor dear face? Well,
a German wan the cause of that. When
they came they demanded wine which I
gave them and one man tried to Insult
her. Whan she resented this he struck
her anil she fell against the counter and
broke ber Jaw." ...
SMITH HOLDS HIS LEAR;
FOR GDVERHOB, IN RICH
In the Last Count For U. S. Senate, Smith Has 11,000 Votes
in Excess of His Opponents—Official Count Probably
Necessary to Determine Entries in Second Primary Be
tween Cooper, Manning and Richards
Columbia, 8. C.— -The race for the
United State* senate having been net
tled comparatively early, attention of
Kouth Carolinians became riveted
upon the race for governor, In which
three men—Richard I. Manning of
Humter, Robert A. Cooper of Laur
en* and John G. Richard* of K«*r-
Hhnw—played a commanding part.
Thee* three led from the outnet, with
fir*t one and then another forging
HllKhtly to the front, only to he caught
and panned by bln rival* The con
tent in no close that It in likely that
the official count will be required to
determine the entrant* In the nerond
race for governor, to lie run Septem
ber 8.
With the public eye turned ankle
a little, the nenatorlal count went. on.
Elllnon D. Smith retaining the, lead
which had marked the rontPHt an won
by the Incumbent sariyTuesday night.
At last accounts hi* vote wan 11,000
In excen* of that polled by hi* three
opponents—Gov. U*>le L. Bkane, May
or L. D. Jennlng* of Sumter and W.
P. pollock of (‘heraw. The count, with
about 128,000 vote* accounted for and
hut few more to come, wan Smith,
09,481; Blcane, 64,031; Jennings, 2,442,
Pollock, 1,364.
In Towns Between Namur and Leige
Desolation Reigns
Berlin, (vl* Copenhagen, via London, 6:10 a. m.—-The Tageblatt'*
anondent report* that Namur wnn bombarded with Howitzer* of 81 centime*
re* by mortar* and by one 42 centime t«* Howitzer He describes the desola
tion that reign* in the village* and Wit ail town* between Liege and Namur. At
Nerve only Ift hooaen remain standing out of 60u. The**® remaining carry plac
ard* expressing sympathy with th • German soldiers and asking that they n*l
be fired upon. . .. . . . . .. ,
The success of the German arm* In Belgium, *ny* the Tageblatt, Its at rf
buted by military expert* to the swift nee* with which thf German* were car
ried through and also to the delay o! assistance promised by the French, vha
arrived too late both at Liege and Namur.
PROTEST BY UNITED STATESBTEEL
Washington. D. C.—4 protest from the
United Htate* Hteel Corporation that it*
ship* were lying Idle at great expense
while new shipping regulation* by the
deportment of commerce are awn I ted un
der the new shipping law, we* read in
the house today by Republican Leader
Mann, who ***a!l*d the department for
It* inaction. The company ha* announced
it* Intention of putting its fleet under
the America flag.
.NOON.
EDITION
The old man told of their flight and
the hardship* they endured.
Went on Ahenu.
“My other daughter becoming very
tired after a time,” he went on, “nhe nut
down by the roadside while this girl and
I went on ahead to try to find Home
mean* of conveyance. We came upm
u riderless horse and after great diffi
culty we both succeeded in mounting and
went hack to find my daughter. We
had not been gone more than half an
hour hut when we returned she wan ?,o .
longer there. Where she went l don’t '
know. We spent the rent of the night
looking for her but found no *ign or raco/
of her. The rest of the time until wf
got on the train that brought us here I
wuh cared for by the Red Cross. I don’t
know here they found me or anything
else except that I have prayed everr
flight and morning Hlnce that my missing
glr! be returned to me.”
Another refugee, Mme. Agnes Bourn-
HHult of Walkenraedt, In telling her story
of the flight from Belgium said:
Horrible Thing*.
“Pleane don’t ank me to tell the hor
rible thing* I saw Idle coming here. AH
have lost my husband and brother who
died In the noble cau*e and now you -ice
me alone with my children. The great
c*t suffering I underwent was from
hunger. We could get hardly anything
to eat for three days except a little stale
bread."
George* Just, * restaurant keeper of
Cnenee Hold: “When we heard
dermnnn approach my wife and I fled
across the river Into Liege. It soms now
much Ilk*s « dream but never shall I for
get the sights we hUw along the roadside
where mutilated corpse* and wounded
and dying strewed our pathway."
For the other state offices there
was a lively contest, those for lieu
tenant governor and attorney general
being very close. For the former of
fice A. J Bethea of Columbia led,
with a plurality of about 1.000 over
hi* neare*t opponent, B. Frank Kelly
of Blshopvllle.
The vote for lieutenant governor
was: Bethea, 44,073; Kelly, 40,064;
Hunter, 18,689; Hamer, 12,862.
For attorney general the last re
turn* showed Thomas H. Peeples .in
cumbent, leading A. G. Brice by 3,600
votes.
For adjutant general W. W. Moore,
Incumbent, made a splendid race, win
ning by 26,000 majority, while A, W.
Jones, comptroller general, defeated
J. E. Surnmersett by about the same
figura
For railroad commissioner Frank
W. Bhealy of Lexington and C. D.
Fortner of Hpartanburg will be in ths
second ram. with the Lexington can
didate holding the advantage. The
vote stood: Hhealy, 28,107; Fortner,
26,677; Wharton, 18,354; Cansler, 18.-
729; Witherspoon, 13,836; Fairer,
9,810.
STOPPED AT GIBRALTAR.
New York—The Italian Line announce#
today that It had received confirmation
hy cable from Nnplea of the news of tha
stoppage by the Hrltlsh at Gibraltar of
the steamer Ancona which sailed from
here for Naples on August 11th.
The despatch said 24 Germans and on 4
Austrian bad been taken off the ship by
tlv British and that the veseel was than
permitted to proceed to her deatlnatl— .