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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 jfji§tv. f.xfy t-wv. <.' .Jr * HbJ ihmß^m^ 1 - * 4 &£’£■.;&• ’ '**s»■ v ■*• •»>\ -»-•-. v -.:.Lv 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— .