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Declared Being Considered Should Invaders Pass Defenses (famnia A(faia(g(g B Fireimelhi nsn hs®sm£-4J!!n Aigfernuna Pend! Despair at Budapest-Exodus from the French Capital THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sat urday. VOLUME XIX, No. 248. LEMBERG TAKEN BY RUSS Commander-in-Chief Notifies the Czar—Army Victorious Under General Ruzsky i Sbondon, 7a. m.—A Petrograd (St. Petersburg) special totheßeuter Tel egram Company says the commander in chief has notified the emperor that the Russians have occupied Lem berg. The commander in chief’s message was as follows: “With extreme joy and thanking God. I announce to your majesty that the victorious army under General Ruzsky captured Lemberg at 11 11 o’clock this morning. The army of Gen. Brussiloff has taken Halicz. “I beg your majesty to confer on Gen. Ruszsky in recognition of ser vices preceding the battles the fourth class of the Order of St. Geoige and for the capture of Lemberg the third class of the same order; and on Gen. Brussiloff the fourth class of the same order.” Left 4,500 Austrian Dead Complete Defeat By Russians Near Halicz in Galacia. Ser vians Victorious in the South Petrograd (St. Petersburg), via. ..Paris, 4:24 a. m.—An official state ment says: "Concerning the operations of the Russian army in Galicia, official re ports say that the enemy is retreating after desperate fighting near Halicz, leaving 4,f>00 dead on the field. The Russians took 32 cannon and rallyvay material. "On the south tn front of Warsaw the Austrian atack was repulsed and the offensive taken by the Russians.” Round Austrian Army. London, 5:25 a. m.—The Times Pet rograri correspondent, describing the Austro-Russian military operations, says the Russian forces drew around the Austrian army like an iron semi circle. The Austrians thus were obliged to fight for their salvation with extreme obstinacy owing to the fart that they could not hope for any considerable reinforcements. The southern army under General Prank had been almost completely de stroyed by the Servians. The Germans had apparently retired from Polish terlrtory west of the Vis tula and were unable to send the Aus trians as much a sa single battalion. Defeat Complete. Perie, 10:45 a. m.—A Havas agency despatch from Petrograd gives this of/eclal announcement: 4 "The fifteenth Austrian division was 1 completely defeated August 2* near i Laschoff (a few miles east of Tomas - * xow, in Russian Poland). "A division commander, a brigade commander and a chief of one of the divisions of the staff were killed. One hundred officers and 4,000 soldiers were wounded. We took 20 guns and the flag of the sixty-fifth Austrian regiment. t Jhe battlefield was covered with the corpses of the onemy.” ' THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES ======== THE AUGUSTA HERALD Talk Surrender French Capital London Correspondent Declares Authorities Considering Subject in Case Outer Detenses Are Passed By Invaders London. — 3:15 A. M.— ln a despatch from Rouen, P'rance, a correspondent of the Chronicle says he has learned that the French authorities in Paris are con sidering the surrender of the city to the Germans in order to avoid the destruction of property from artil lery fire. IF OUTER LINE PASSED. Pa pis.—This will be done, the the correspondent declares In case the outer line of the defenses of Paris are passed by the invaders. British, French and Belgian wounded are being transferred from Paris to other cities and the great exodus of the populace of the French capital to the south continues. ENTRENCHMENTS. Paris.—An immense and complicated system of entrenchments is being constructed outside the city. It is reported the engineers in charge of the work are keeping several hundred thousand men busy. Berlin Decked With Flags ol Confidence Think That Nothing Can Now Stay Advance of Victorious Armies—Troops of Crown Prince and Duke Albrecht Soon at Chalons and Verdun Berlin, by wireless via Sayvillo, L. I. —Berlin Is permanently decked with flags. Confidence prevails that noth ing can stay the victorious advance of the western armies. Major Moraht, the military expert of the Tageblutt, expects that the armies of Duke Albrecht and the Crown Prince will soon reach Chal ons and Verdun which can be easily Is Unimportant. These towns have lost their strate gic Importance. Toul and Spinel, (capital of the department of Vosges.) may delay the armies of Prince Rup precht and Gen. Von Heeringen but this is unimportant. Raids In upper Alsaacc are to be expected while Bel fort is In the hands of the French but this Is without significance so AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914. Remarkable Battle Photograph From European Contlict far as the general result is concerned. The Lokal Anzelger points oit that the taking by the Germans of Lafero and Laon almost without a blow means the capture of a position on the line where the population has been reassured and which line the latest English papers received here, asserted would hold out long against the Germans. Motor Batteries. It is now revealed that Austrian motor batteries, each consisting of two 12-Inch guns mounted In automo biles, have been co-operating with the German heavy artillery in the reduc tion of northern forti eses. The mo bility and accuracy on, he fire of these batteries Is highly fit Ised by head quarters and the special correspond ents. r "W Ks,. •t.mW i sJiSiQM’BSSBk < tv/, io-.v ,7.7 wjct' , V' <> ■*> FRENCH TROOPS This battle scene Is from an actual photograph of the French troops snapped outside of Louvain. The men are meeting with a fierce lire a German infantry charge At the right is a priest hurrying with an army surgeon to the battlefield after the fighting has ended. The priest s mis sion was to administer the late rites o fthe church to the dying; that of the surgeon to serve the living. Exodus is on From Paris All Trains to Switzerland Crowded. Many Americans Trying Leave via Italy Geneva, (via Parle, 1:40 p. m.) —Thn exodus from Carls to Switzerland haa begun. A train nervine throe times an frequent an under normal conditions in bringing quantities of refugees, moatly women and children, from the French capital. All the tralna are crowded. There are Home Americana among the refugees who are seeking to return home by way of Italy. A number of Belgians alao are coming in from France. Switzerland in per fectly quiet.. The crops are good and there in plenty of food and the good hotels in the cities are maintaining normal prices. Hundreds of Ameri cans, now that the money question has been settled, have decided to re main In Switzerland until the war is over GERMANY TO PAY. Copenhagen, via London, 12:26 a. m. —The emperor of Russia In a letter to a relative In this city, says that all the money that Belgium has been made to pay to flerrriany the latU r country would be forced to pay with Interest In Fast Prussia. KIEL CANAL RE OPENED. Copenhagen, via London, 5:13 p. m. •—Ship owners have been Informed that the Kiel Canal has been re-open ed to traffic but that only a limited number of ships would be allowed to traverse 1L Budapest in Despair Position of the Dual Monarchy Thought in Danger By Servian Victories London, 3:30 a. me—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Ostend says: “A tourist who has Just arrived hero from Budapest said: “ ‘There is a feeling of complete des pair In Budapest. This Is caused mainly by the practical abandonment ut the campaign against Kervla, which had the whole-souled support of the populace, who believe that only one sharp stroke was needed to demolish Kervla. Yet at the end of n month not a single Austrian soldlnr is on Hervlan soil. “ ’The position of the dual monarchy is very serious If It is compelled to make peace with Kervla on account of the chronic difficulties with the Hlav population. The people In Bud apest believe that the breaking up of the whole Austro-Hungarian struc ture is Impending. 700 Volunteers of Ulster in Hour Belfast, Ireland, (via London)^— Within an hour after the opening to day of the recruiting office for Ul ster volunteers 700 men of the North Belfast Regiment had enrolled for for eign service. Sir Kdward Carson, leader of the ITlater Unionists, later addressed a battalion of volunteers assuring the men that "sufficient volunteers will remain In Ulster to protect it from In yasion. It will keep as a province ’ou until you return." $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Battering Near Gates ot Paris Germans Less Than 25 Miles Away-Germont Also Invested-French Retreating Through Creil and Senlis London 4:55 a. m. The correspondent of the Times at Dieppe, under Thursday’s date Indicate that the Germans are less thun 25 miles from Paris. He says: “All (lay yesterday the head of the wedge which now forms the German right was furiously forcing Its way to Paris, battering the rear of the retreating French through (’mil, Senlis and (’reypy-en-Valois. CHANTILLY WINDOWS BROKEN. The cannonading broke windows in CbentUly, which is only 17 miles north of Paris. The Germans are also near Solssons.” Another'dispatch to the Times from Beauvtls, 40 miles northwest of Parts says that the Germans entered <’lermont, 25 miles from Paris at 7 o’clock Wenesday morning. At the same time their cavalry was operat ing around Beauvais. Germans in Swiss Land Unconfirmed Report of Enter ing Basle to Prevent Being Captured By French London, 10:25 a. m.—Telegraphing from Rome, the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says a message received there from Basle, Switzerland, declares that an uncon firmed report has come Into Basic from Berne setting forth that Gen. i.lcut. son Delndlng and the German forces under his command have cross ed Into Rwltzerland to prevent their capture by the French. German Wounded Arriving Brussels Ostend, Belgium, via. London, 12:52 p. m—According to advices from Brus sels, many convoys of German wound ed from the south reached Brussels throughout Wednesday night. The German authorities have forbidden all traffic on the Boulevard Botanlque, In order to prevent the public’s wit nessing the arrival of wounded men. Great activity on the railroads wax to be seen on Thursday. Trains bear ing troops were constantly passing. All exit from tile north side of Brus sels has been Interdicted. DENIED BY CONSUL. Rotterdam, via London, 3:10 a. m. The British consul here denies that his government liaa sent an ultima turn demanding permission to trans port British troops up the River .Scheldt to Antwerp. He says thw British government is anxious to pre serve Holland’s neutrality, Not in Contact Around Paris; Antwerp Airship Paris, 3:40 p. m.—lt is officially announced that tin- opposing armies “around Paris have not come in contact. They continue their movements taking posi tions.’ “The Germans have been cheeked at Yerdun.” Antwerp, via Paris, 3 p. m.—A Zeppelin airship appeared over the city at 3:55 o’clock this morning. It was greeted with a fussilade from the forts but it i* not known what damage was inflicted. HOME EDITION Defend The Landing of Japs Occupation of Chinese Terri tory Won’t Lead to Any Serious Protest—ls of “Vital Self Interest” to Japan Washington.—-Landing of Japanese troops on Chinese territory to take part in the attack on the German de fenses at Kaichow Is not viewed at the Japanese Embassy here as a vio lation of China’s neutrality which tun lead to any serious protest. When a nation’s ’’vital self-interest" ts at state, it was said at the embassy iliat nation Is not obliged to hold Itself to the strict letter of neutrality. In this case, It was said at the em bassy, Germany had been using ter ritory In China outside of Its actual possessions at Klaoehow for unneutral purposes such as taking provisions and employing Chinese coolies. China Impotent, As China is impotent of Itself fot < ibly to prevent Germany from com mitting miicli acts in violation of Chi na’s neutrality, it was considered by embassy officials, there Was nothing in international law which would pre vent Japan from taking steps, oven including the landing of armed forces in China, to help tn driving trap that neutral country another belligerent. In this case, Germany, which it was contended had violated China’s neu trality. FROM AUSTRALIA. London, 11:45 p. m. ■ln addon to the first expedition, Australia has ar ranged to send to England more In fantry and light horse