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Lord Roberts Says Defeat Will Mean Slavery
FIEMCI LIME FALLS EACH
Sharp, Terrible Was
Fight Off Cuxhaven
Naval Engagement Lasted Eight Hours—Two Hundred Ger
man Prisoners and Many Wounded Brought to Harwick.
Badly Injured About the Head
London, 3:23 p. m.—A prttlfth crulfl
«r arrived in the* Non* today with 200
German prlHonem on board, chiefly
from the German cruiser Mainz which
was sunk by a British fleet In the
recent naval encasement off Cux
haven.
The Mrokera and enalne»*rs, who
oonstitule a majority of the 200 sur
vivors of the Mainz, say that the
British Kims shot with terrible force
sr d most of the men on decks of the
German vessels perished.
Lasted 8 Hours.
London, 6 p. m.—The naval encash
ments between the British and Ger
mans off Helgoland lasted about eight
hours, during which the fighting wan
sharp and terrible, according to »
dispatch to the ICvening New a from
Harwich. The correspondent Hay«
this description of the fight was given
by crews of the British destroyers
which took part in the engagement
and have arrived at Harwich.
Rousing Cheers.
London. 6:09 p. m.—Housing cheers
w<re given for the British blue
jackets when they arrved. Th*>
brought ingny.German wounded. All
vessels in the harbor hoisted red
cross flags and took part in the
transfer of the wonded to Bed Cross
yachts and hospitals on shore.
There were British wounded alsw,
hut the Germans arid British were
treated alke.
The work of removing the wounded
occupied the whole afternoon ns it
was done with the greatest care. Many
of the men were badly Injured about
the head.
The Evening News quotes a non
commissioned officer, who was in the
thick of the naval battle off Helgo
land, and whose destroyer picked up
many German wounded, as follows:
"We came upon the German spies
unawares. The action was hot and
we must have done a lot of damage.
Many Germans were badly wounded;
twelve died on the way and were
buried at sea."
SIGNS OF BATTLE
British cruisers and destroyers,
some of them showing signs of the
battle in which they were engaged off
Helgoland, have arrived at Harwich,
Chatham and Hherness. They had
British and German wounded aboard.
The Germans picked up at sen
after their ships wrnt down. A num
ber of men died before the warships
reached port and were burled at sea:
others died on the way to the hospital
and their bodies were taken to the
naval mortuary.
Most of the wounded are suffering
from head injuries caused by shell
Russian Army Has
Invested Koenigsberg
Official Report Says Germans Are Still in Retreat. Is a For
tified Seaport and Capital of the Province.
Paris—The French ««r office gave
out the following statement this af
ternoon ;
"The Russian Hrmv Ims completely
invested KiaMdgalM’rg uiul occupied
Allenstelu, both In Kust I’russla. The
nermann continue to retreat."
Koelgsberg la a etrouKly fortified
ALL OF LOUVAIN WAS
ONE FLAMING MASS
Some Declare That German Troops Fired on One Another
Before Order Came For Demolition of the City—Citizens
Shot Near Statues
Amsterdam (via London, 7:40 p. m.)
■—The Hmtctulaal correspondent of the
Mendelsbad Interviewed a fugitive
from Izmvaln who pave his experience
tn that city.
"Monday evening." he said, “gun
firing suddenly resounded In the
streets | did not Know Its meaning,
but some declared the German troops
bad fired upon each other. The Get -
mans, however, Insisted the shots had
been fired hy the inhabitants and that
get oral soldlera had been killed.
“The fact la that throughout Uts
night heavy field guns bombarded the
town, destroying many houses. We
"ought rhelter In a cellar and at day -
break prepaid! for flight. We hur
ried to the railway station where the
refugees were parted, the men being
placed on one side and women ann
children on the other aide of the sta
tion squire Near the statue of Gen
eral Van da Weyer. In front of the
station we saw bodies of alx burgher*
who had been shot
Shot 7 Pnaata.
"The town was now one flaming
IttasH At last, escorted hy German
aohltrrs, wo walked to Canipetin'ig
fire, but others had arms and legs
Shattered. White-clad bearers carried
most of the wounded on stretchers to
tin* hospital, but some of them were
accommodated on yachts lent for Bed
Groan service.
No one was allowed to board the
damaged vessels, but from shore It
could be seen that some of them bore
shell holes. Onp destroyer had no less
[than fourteen mich holes plugged with
cloth.
British sailors, who boarded the
German cruiser Maize after she was
put out of action says the effect of
Masts were shot turrets hat*
the British gun fire was terrible,
fared in. The decks were a mess of
wreckage, and dead and dying sail
ors were lying all over the ship.
A Harwich message, heavily cen
sored, describing the landing of the
I wounded In the Helgoland fight says
|there were plenty of eye witnesses
when the first hatch w'ere landed
shortly before. f> o’closk this morning.
Among the dead was a lieuteuant
corninender. The German wounded
from the Mainz were roughly attired;
none her! a full uniform. Many had
Mainz's quartermaster, who is a sea
genarian, was badly wounded In the
body.
FOUGHT FOUR.
London, 8:15 p. m. -British light
cruiser Fearless took a prominent
part in the battle. She approached
within ten miles of the German coast
and drew out the German cruisers,
which attempted to surround her. At
one moment she was engaged single
handed against four of them. One
had come within 7,000 yards when she
was struck and burst Into flames.
SHOT AWAY.
After they had found the range the
German markmanshlp was good. The
Fearless' wireless was shot away and
she was hit nineteen times. After
ward the Fearless stood by the dis
abled German although herself was in
great danger of being sunk.
The arrival of the other British
cruisers speedily decided the engage
ment.
The British casualties so far report
ed are one killed ami twenty injured.
FIRST SLEEPING CAR.
Washington. 'Hie first sleeping
car that has reached Monterey from
the United States for more than a
>car arrived there yesterday accord
ing to a consular report today. The
Pullman trains will penetrate Into
Mexico as far as San lads Potost, It
is expected soon that through trains
will be running from Run Antonio.
Texas to Mexico Ulty.
neiiport ntni capital of the province of
Kant Prussia, It iimslstH of three
parts, the Alatadt, the Knelphof ton
an Island) and Loebenlcht. The In
dustrial eHlabllahments Include loco
motive words, Iron foundries and flour
mills. The population Is about 200,-
000. The distance from Koonlgsbcrg
to Merlin Is 3SX miles.
where we witnessed the shooting of
erven priests In s group.
"Our party of seventy-three men.
handcuffed like criminals, was lock
ed In a church Additional prisoners
arrived at Intervals. Outside the la
nientations of women and children
arose. Within the church an impris
oned prieal gave absolution.
"When we left the building Campe
bout ws* burning fiercely. We were
told we would lie freed, but mual re
turn to Louvain Returning to that
city I was once more taken prtaoner
and driven In front of German sol*
dlers across the country without reet
or food and usd with other prisoners
as a coyer for the troopa.
All Taken.
•“When we arrived within a short
'distance of the Relglan outposts I
received permission to go my own
way. 1 arrlvd at Mallnes proceed
ing on a military train to Antwerp.
1 am unaware of what has become of
my and children. All my valu
ables were tnken from me 1 was tola
that the hurgomaater and a number
of prominent men of Gnu vatu were
shot The rlty has been cut off from
communication with Uie outsider"
Guns With Which Germans Stormed Liege and Its Forts
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Women Blacklist 9 U. S.
Senators, 9 Congressmen
Statement Issued By National American Woman Suffrage As
sociation-Appeal Made to All Organizations to Defeat
Men Named For Re-election
Chicago.—Nine United States sena
tors and nine congressmen “whose op
position to woman suffrage Is so pow
erful as to constitute the greatest ob
stacle to federal legislation that the
women have to face” are named In a
statement Issued here today by the
National Woman Suffrage Associa
tion. .
The statement Is termed a “black
list" by Its author. It was written cy
I)r. Anna Shaw, president of.the as
sociation, and Mrs. Medill McCormack,
chairman of the congressional com
mittee. and appeals to all suffrage 01 -
ganlzations to concentrate their in
fluence for re-election the men named.
Nine Senator*.
The nine senators whose defeat the
women urge are:
Krandegee, of Connecticut: Clarke,
of Arkansas; Hoot, of New York;
Shively, of Indiana: Smith, of Mary
land, and Hodge of Massachusetts.
The members of the house of rep
resentatives named are:
I'nderwood of Aalaba; Mann of Il
linois: Fitzgerald of New York: Page
of North Carolina; Calloway of
Texas; darner of Texas; Garrett of
Tennesse; Hay of Virginia, an* Sea
son of Mississippi.
First Time in History.
“This is believed to be the first
time in the history of the woman suf
frage movement Hint women have re
sorted to a blacklist of those opposed
to Ihom," reads the announcement.
“Tlie congressional legislation which
would bring woman suffrage through
out the United States. We have poll
ed both houses of congress repeatedly
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RED CROSS.
Tios photograph w.is taken st Waterloo station. London, when a special train tarrying hospita nurses to seaport
towns to emtiark for the Continent, was shout to depart. The Insert picture Is the Ouches* ufttutherland who heads
the English Red Ooss organisation. She Is at present In Brussels preparing to tocelve the wounded men who will
be brought Into th* tlelgluu capital wh *u Ua (<dU;iug grow* less desperate
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA
and we know how every member
•stands. We have gone further than
that in the lower house, where It was
possible to obtain actual records of
•members upon humanitarian meas
ures in which women of the country
are interested.
In Various States.
"All of this data will be placed at
the disposal of women In the various
states who are at liberty to use it as
they see fit. The women of every
congressional district will be supplte,.
with the tecord of how their congress
man voted on the question of an open
cause, upon the various bills estab
lishing and strengthening the chil
dren's bureau and upon the bill to
wipe out 'phossy Jaw’ from the manu
facture of matches.
"In the meantime we feel it is In
cumbent on us to name the nine mem
bers of the senate and the nine mem
bers of the lower house whose oppo
sition to woman suffrage is so power
ful, persistent and adroit as to con
stitute the greatest obstacle to fed
eral legislation women have to face.
Buwark of Opposition.
"We regard the nine senators'
names as the bulwark of the opposi
tion. All of them retire in 1915 ex
cept whose term expires n.
1917. The latter is so determined In
Ills opposition that we commend his
wise to the women of Massachusetts
who have two years jn which to or
ganise against him.
“In the lower house we have had to
contend not only with the powerful
resistance of Representative Under
wood and his lieutenant. Fitzgerald, of
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NEWEST KRUPP PRODUCT
This strange looking and formidable
weapon belongs to the German army.
These guns were trained on Liege and
its forts. They are the newest prod
uet of the Krupp factory. Pointing
almost straight in the air they throw
a shell which will far! within fortifi
cations of the enemy add create havoc.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
Washington—Chairman Owen of
the senate banking committee, said
today another amendment to the
hank law was being prepared to
modify conditions under which banks
joining the federal reserve may pay
in their capital stock. Other recent
ly proposed amendments will not be
considered until the latest one is
ready.
New York, but we have had to con
tend with the adroit opposition of the
Minority Leader James R. Mann, of
Illinois.
“White Slave Act.”
The latter has made it plain he in
tends to capitalize his reputation as
author of the “white slave act.” We
believe the women will be much more
interested in a bulletin we shall issue
soon dealing candidly with Mr. Mann’s
rocord on this and other special legis
lation.”
Resides the signatures of Dr. Shaw
and Mrs. McCormack the statement
is signed by Mrs. Antonette Funk and
Mrs. Sherman M. Booth, Chicago,
Mrs. Helen Gardener, Washington;
Mrs. Mary C. Bradford, Denver; Mrs.
Desha Breckinridge, Lexington, Ky.;
Mrs. John Tucker of San Francisco,
and Mrs. Edward Drier, Brooklyn.
Claims Austrians
Arc Victorious
Manchester, Mass.— Dr. Konstantin
Theodor Dumba, the Austrian ambas
sador, tonight gave out the follow
ing cable message from the foreign
secretary of his home government:
"The Austrian emperor continues to
enjoy excellent haelth.
“A decisive battle Is being fought fn
the Russian theater of war, having
been In progress for several days with
the armies spread over about 400 kil
ometers from the Vistula to the Pnei
ster. On the left wing the Austrians
have pursued the Russians in the di
rection of Lublin afetr a victorious
battle near Kraenik. The battle front
was between the River Bug and Wle
penz. -
“The Austrians are advancing suc
cessfully into Russian territory in the
eastern section, northeast and south
r.west of Limberg until they are now
beyond the Oiliest or.
"The Austrian forces are mailing a
firm stand against strong hostile
forces Invading eastern Qalaeia.”
All Residences, -
in Firing Zone
to Be Destroyed
Military Governor of Paris So Orders.
Evidently Preparing For Siege—French
Claim Victories on the Border
PARIS, (12:35 a. m.—lt is officially announced that
the military governor has ordered all residents of the
zone within action of the city’s defending forts to evacuate
and destroy their houses within four days from today,
August 30th.
PARIS, (12:59 a. m.—lt is officially announced that
the French left, composed of four army corps, drove \
back on Guise the Tenth GGerman Corps and guards, '
The Germans suffered a considerable loss.
Further announcements made by
the war office say:
“In Lorraine our forces have ad
vanced. We occupy a line along
Montagne, and our right wing is
pushing forward. There is no news
from Meuse.
“A violent battle occurred yester
day (Saturday) in the region of La
moy, near Lille, Signy L’Abbaye and
Chateau Porcien, but the result has
not been decisive and the attack will
be resumed tomorrow.
“Four French Army corps engaged
In a violent battle on the left wing.
The right wing of these four corps,
taking the offensive, drove back on
Guise the Tenth German Corps and
the guard, both suffering consider
able losses.
“Our left was less fortunate, the
German forces are advancing in the
direction of La Fere," (La Fere is a
town in Aisne, fourteen miels south
west of Laon. It Is a fortress of the
■second class.)
Paris, 7:55 p. m.—Among the pris
oners who have just died in a hospit
al at Troyes, department of Aube,
says The Petit Tries, was a lieuten
ant of the 135th German Infantry,
whose company had sustained severe
losses at the hands of French troops
and had been ordered to surrender.
When the French soldiers approach
ed to disarm the Germans the attelr
separated to let through their ranks
machine guns which had been behind
and which poured a murderous fire
into the ranks of the advancing
Frenchmen.
“Kxasperated by this treachery,
says the paper, the French troops
charged furiously with fixed bayonets
and exterminated the German soldiers
with the exception of this lieutenant,
who surviced for a few days with his
jaws fractured and his tongue off.
Expecting Siege.
Washington, D. C.—A circle of county
34 miles around will be swept of build
Warring Nations Can Cal)
Over 1,000,000 Men to Arms
From These United States
1,500,000 Unnaturalized Male Foreignrs in United States
Over 21 Years of Age.
Washington. —Approximately 1,500,-
000 unnaturalized made foreigners
more than 21 years of age, natives of
warring nations, are in the United
States, according to latest census bu
reau reports.
Most of those undoubtedly are liable
to military duty and many have gone
forward to join the armies. Includ
ing women and children, there were
IN SOMBRE FASHION 21,000 WOMEN *
MARCH IN PROTEST AGAINST WAR
New York.—Woman made her protest
against the wear in Europe by marching
through fashionable Fifth avenue today
to the beat of muffled drums. The
women clad themselves in black or wore
mourning bands on their sleeves. Si
lently they trod through this canyon of
hotel, club, residence and office struc
ture while thousands of persons stood as
quietly on the sidewalks viewing the
slowly moving procession as they might
look upon a paseing funeral cortege. Oc
casionally sunlight streamed from over
cast skies and touched on clusters of
yellow flowers some of the marchers
cArri oil.
Near y :,500 women took part in tills
unique demonstration, which had the
Dismantled Austrian
Cruiser Too Quickly
Washington.—Official advices to
day established the fact that the
Austrian cruiser, Kaiserln Elizabeth,
had been dismantled last Monday, In
accordance with an agreement reach
ed between Austria and Japan. Coun
termanding orders from the emperor
of Austria reached the officers of the
ship too late.
The presence of the cruiser in Far
Eastern waters at first was regarded
as the only possible cause of friction
between Japan and Austria, hut Aus
tria's later action, it is understood
was taken merely in sympathy with
her ally. Germany.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30.
ings it the order of the military gover
nor of Paris that residences of “the
zone of action of the French capital's
defending forts burn their homes in an
ticipation of a siege is correctly inter
preted here. It is supposed the order
refers to the suburban territory just be
yond the city's second line of' defenses,
composed of seveteen connecting forts
These are located in a wide circle
about two miles outside of the inner
wall which surrounds Paris. They lie
for the most part among famous subur
ban towns such as Neuilly, Versailles,
Vincennes and sweep every approach to
nor s order is intended to clear the way
in lront of these defenses that no pro
tection will be afforded an advancing
enemy.
The order probably applies also to the
outer circle of the city's triple line of
defense. These are the most modern
of the forts. They are built of steel
and masonry and known to be equippd
with the heaviest guns of the famous
French artillery although details as to
their armament have been closely
guarded. They are located among the
hills.
No Wholesale Destruction.
While it may be necessary to destroy
numerous buildings in order to open the
country to the fire from the guns, it is
thought the destruction will not be of
such wholesale proportions as in the case
’ r t‘ le , second line forts whtcli are em
bedded among costly dwellings and
thriving towns.
Something of the magnitude of the de
fenses of Paris is shown by estimates
that only an army of half a million men
could hope to invest them and cfct them
off from the outside world. Some of the
forts still bear the names under which
they Resisted the German assaults in,
IS7U, but they have been reraoddedeit
and newly equipped many times, as the
science of gunnery progressed. Today
they are considered by military export's
among the strongest defense works in
the world.
The two outer lines are so placed that
each for has cross-fire over the terri
tory directly swept by the adjoining
forts. The result is to make attackers
face fire Worn both flanks as well as the
front in advancing on any position.
9.865,470 foreign-born in the United
States who came from nations at war.
That is about one-tenth of the en
tire population of the United States.
The nations of the triple entente
and Belgium could call of 792,068 of
their countrymen in the United States
foi miTßary duty, while. Germany ana
Austria-Hungary could call 650,962.
These unnaturalized foreigners were
divided.
approval of President Wilson. Boy scouts
with drums, led each division. A lone
banner fluttered In the breeze—the
wor d ensign of liberty and peace which
floated at the foremast of the govern
ment steamship Ancon when it passed
through the Panama Canal a fortnight
ago.
Behind this flag walked women who
‘.have become known In religion, liter
ture, the woman suffrage movement, so
ciety and many professions; a few who
were refugees abroad when the conflict
began; and many more, Socialists, so
cial workers, delegates from women*
organizations and others. They rep
resented many cities. In a division of
automobiles rode mothers with their
babies.
Entire German Fleet
in Tsing Tau Harbor
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Peking—The Chinest' government
it is understood, will dltline Japans
offer to suppress and disorders that
may occur in China during the Euro
pean conflict. The government, It is
said, believes itself capable of putti-w
down and purely internal uprising \
The cable between Shanyh&l ut.4\
Tsingtau has been cut. It Is staled '
the entire German Far Eastern fleet
Is inside the harbor at Tsingtau anti
that the Germans are placing floating
mines outside the harbor entrance.
Palm Beach. Crash. Mohair and
Linen Suits, 1-J off. F. G. Mertins.