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VrURDAY. SEPTEMBER 5
Is There a Greek Fruit Stand Trust?
CLAIM MOVEMENT
TO "BEAR” PRICES
Farmers and Truckers Say
Many Greeks Never Buy
Produce Until Farmer is Sick
at Heart and Ready to Go
Home
MOVEMENT FOR VEGETABLE
DEPOT AT INSTANCE OF
FARMERS AND HOUSEWIVES
They Say That the Producer
and Consumer Must Get To
gether---What An Augusta
Lady Has to Say of the Depot
Plan
Frequent complaints are heard from
fanners and truck gardeners that they
are unable to sell their produce to the
Greek fruit stands, whose proprietors
frequently wish to “bear the market,”
so to speak. Farmers have Informed
their friends in the city Uiat when
ever they ask a living priceN.br vege
tables and other country produce the
Greek proprietors of fruit stores re
fuse to pay them and then when they
are not able to sell any store iri the
city at a price which they consider
reasonable they have to begin tlio
weary task of peddling throughout the
day in the broiling sun. In the after
noons when they are discouraged and
disgusted the Greeks will buy the
produce at a much lower figure than
they would give that morning because
the farmer sells at a sacrifice in or
der not to carry the produce back
home.
The alleged actions of the Greeks as
to "bearing prices” would be impos
sible under a central depot system
such as has been suggested to The
Herald by many local truck raisers
and housewives who wish to get to
gether on a basis which will be of mu
tual benefit.
It is a serious mistake for anyone
to assume that the farmers, the truck
raisers and the housewives who have
so heartily endorsed the ideas ad
vanced in The Herald and who sug
gested just such a plan as was out
lined yesterday are Intent upon break
ing up any business. They aim at
neither the fancy groceryman nor the
fruit stand man.
Selling vegetables is a side line with
every retail concern in Augusta. The
fruit stand’s specialty is fruit and the
grocer’s specialties are meat, meal,
flour, sugar, coffee, etc.
Get What They Want When They
Want It.
After all, the aim of the housewife
and truck gardener in getting together
is to build up a custom for the latter
which will enable him to have a steady
market for his eggs, butter, chickens,
vegetables, etc., instead of having to
sell them at a sacrifice to a dealer
or to peddle them from door to door
and to allow the consumers in the city
to get what they want when they want
it.
The idea of a central depot will be
for the producer to get a little more
for his produce than he now gets and
at the same time allow the housewife
to purchase what she needs at a lit
tle lower price than she has been pay
ing. Also she will be able to go to
this depot and look over the vegetables
and produce brought in by the various
wagons and select just what she wants.
One lady said yesterday in discuss
ing the matter: "I do not see why
Sorjjg one has not started such a move
ment before. Frequently the porter for
my groeeryman comes to my kitchen
in the morning and when I ask him
what he has in the vegetable line he
will say:
“ 'I have nothing but beans today.’
"On that very date _ probably want
some okra, tomatoes, corn and other
articles. Such a case is not to the
point right now for practically every
place in town has green corn, beans,
tomatoes and okra, but very frequent
ly when there are a variety of vege
tables to be had my grocer has but
one article and there is no way for
me to get what I want unless I call
up various stores all over town. I do
not blame the grocer, but the system
is wrong nevertheless. There should
he a place where all of the country
wagons can congregate and we can go
to that place and get our vegetables.”
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Hofbrau Hotel.
J. T. Shonee, Houth Carolina; Mias
.lessee Smith, Atlanta; T. E. McCul-
Itim and wife. South Carolina; J. W.
Morris and wife, Houth Carolina; W.
A. Blackhalter, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs.
Roundtree. Jacksonville: L. A. Oleh
chair, Atlanta; M. M. Cook, Atlanta;
T>. C. Thomas and wife, North Caro
lina; Ray Hperray, Thomson, Oa.; .1.
E Smith. Atlanta; .1. It. Berry, Ma
con; Miss G. Leetace, Valdosta; V.
Gibson, Ohio; M. Hpreigley, Ohio;
Mias Hicks, Bamberg.
Albion Hotel.
H. Wcstheimer. Virginia: L. H.
Lous, Missouri; C. C. Boden, New
York: J. R. Cochran, Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Smith, Atlanta; N. H. Cas
ter, North Carolina; .1. Kuhn, Ken
tucky; K. T. Felder, Atlanta; R. H.
Witherspoon. Atlanta: B. West, Co
lumbia, S. C.; C. C. Broome, Atlanta;
L V. Hatcher. Atlanta.
Geneeta Hotel.
C. B. Thomas, Ohio; C. O. West,
Washington. V C.; R, R. Dunlap, At
lanta; H. .1. Garilngton, Chicago; S.
.1. McHiker. South Carolina; L. M.
Davidson, Philadelphia: M. R. O.
Steen. Chicago; E. If, Joses, Colum
bia, S. C.
Planters Hotel.
.1, F. Guan. Georgia and Florida; M.
B. Osborn. Chicago; S, M. Colburn,
South (*arolina; C. F. Fitzgerald, City;
C. T. Hammond, City.
AUGUSTANS HURT
ING.OFGJREGK
Train Leaving Savannah For
This City Yesterday After
noon Derailed at One-Mile
Post
Three passengev coaches were derail
ed and thrown down an embankment
within a mile from Savannah yesterday
afternoon when train No. 5 of the Cen
tral of Georgia Hallway, bound for Au
gusta, split a switch. There were a
number of Augustans aboard. None are
reported to be fattaly injured, however.
Tha Injured.
Among the injured are:
Young son of Mrs. R. L. Parks, of
Augusta, badly shaken up.
Geo. W. Spity, traveling salesman,
mashed and leg cut and bruised.
K. G. Wright, of Savannah, was bad
ly shaken up and had his arm hurt.
Calvin Moore, of Bloomingdale, was
badly cut on his back and head.
Mrs. J. Willie Levy, of Augusta, was
badly bruised on the side.
W. D. Wells, Guyton, Arthur Gnann,
Marlow; Dudley Hall, Plneora; H. L.
Cox. Meldrim, were among the injured.
The following from Savannah were on
the train and are suffering from the
shock and some slight bruises: Mrs. W.
M. Farr. J. T. Wells. A. C. Cherry, Dan
Heidt, Jr., and W. G. Gnann.
Mrs. W. 71. East and son. of Pooler,
were badly frightened anil shaken up.
Mrs. .7. J. Cashin. of 927 Telfair
street, Augusta, had her leg sprained.
Rushed to Hospitals.
The train lef* Savanah at 3 o’clock.
As soon as information wua received in
Savanah of the accident ambulances
were sent out lVom the city and the in
jured rushed to the hospitals and some
to their homes in Savannah.
With the exception of the engine, ten
der and combination, immediately fol
lowing, which passed over the open
switch safely, all coaches were over
turned. It was reported that no one
was fatally injured, and later this was
verified.
NAMED STATE SENATOR
FROM 18TH DISTRICT
Convention Was Held Yester
day in Louisville and Hon. W.
J. Wren Was the Nominee
On yesterday at Louisville, (fa.,
Hon. \V. J. Wren was eelared the
nominee for the state senate from the
18th senatorial district, comprising
the counties of Glascock, Jefferson
and Richmond. Mr. Wren will serve
two years and then Richmond county
will name a state senator for two con
secutive terms, it being the custom
for Richmond to have two terms In
succession, while the other two coun
ties, on account of their small popu
lation, have one term each to Rtch
mo.-d’s two. For the past two years
Senator Kelly, of Glascock, has rep
resented the 18th.
Mr. J. M. Smith was made chair
man of the new senatorial executive
committee and Mr. J. M. Haynie, sec
retary. *8
The following is a list of the mem
bers:
Glascock County—Alva H. Brooks.
Jefferson County—R. G. Price.
Richmond County—Julian M. Smith,
Warren Walker and J. Marvin Hay
nie.
The following is a list of the dele
gates to the convention yesterday:
Richmond—Warren Walker, J. M.
Smith, L. F. Arrington, W. I. Curry,
and J. M. Haynie.
Jefferson County—N. T. McDaniel,
W. D. Evans, J. O. Oliphant, J, l\.
Phillips and Ren Guy.
Glascock County—Fl. A. Wt.Mams,
and O. L. Kelly. Present from this
county were W. T. Kitchens, H. W.
Hooks and P. A. Walder
NEGRO SHOT TUESDAY P. M.
TELLS WHO ASSAILANT
WAS
Tuesday night between eight and
nine o'clock a telephone call reached
the I.amar hospital from Lake View
Park stating that a negro was lying
there seriously wounded. The ambu
lance went out immediately and
brought In Edward Pointer, colored,
shot In the stomach with both barrels
of a shot gun. The shooting had oc
curred at about six o'clock, at Hag
ler’s brickyard, two or three miles
from the city, whence Pointer had
been brought in a wagon by another
negro named .William Moore.
He stated that he did not know who
had shot him. it was someone con
cealed in the bushes at the side of the
road as he was passing.
Yesterday morning, however, feeling
that he was going lo die, he told the
authorities that William Moore was
the man whp did the shooting. It had
come out of a row In which he (Point
er) had stabbed moore's sister, and
Moore In retaliation had fired both
barrels of the shotgun Into him. They
had agreed at the time to hush up the
affair, both having violated the law,
and tell the "unknown assailant" story.
But the fear of death drove Pointer
yesterday *to tell the truth.
Orders were given immediately to
all the policemen in the city to arrest
Moore. He was apprehended shortly
after two o'clock and after a most ex
citing race was caught by Policeman
Blackwell, who chased the negro from
one end of the levee up to the Sibley
Mill, down to Kerry street and up
again. The negro ran through the
weaving room of the Sibley. Mill and
was finally caught under a* bouse on
Pearl avenue at about 3:30. lie is
now In Jail charged with assault with
Intent lo murder.
The Lamar hospital rejsirts Pointer
much better this morning, with a good
chance of recovery.
AT THE GRAND
HOWES TOURS TO OPEN GRAND.
"The faith that ran remove mount
tains" has been demonstrated In the
most heroic way since the dawn of
time at the Panama. Canal, and it
should be a matter of pride to every
American that it is Uncle Sain who
gave the demonstration, and that, too,
lor (lie benefit of the whole world. Of
course. Uncle Sain had to exercise
something more than mere faith.
Just what was this "something
more" will be shown by Lyman tl.
Howe at Ihe Grand next Monday and
Tuesday evening.
But it is not alone because we, as
Americans, successfully took this
“liberty with nature" that Mr. Howe’s
reproduction should be witnessed by
everyone, nor even because It opens
a new corridor from east to west a
new highway of immense inteination
al importance. It is rather because
it impresses on every mind an inval
uable object lesson in the most vivid
way imaginable of what tena -Ity of
purpose, determination and patience
can accomplish when combined with
American ingenuity, skill, Inventions,
systematic work, sanitation and ex
ecutive ability.
No era in ancient, mediaeval or
modern history has witnessed tlie
consummation of a task so gigantic.
None will see another like It for cen
turies to come; and when it Is re
membered that Ihe reproduction Mr.
Howo presents is the only one that
portrays Ihe prodigious work ade
quately in all its phases and that it
is the only time lie. will present It
trt-re, the importance of this engage
ment cannot be overestimated.
Such a reproduction has also Its ro
mantic and psychological side. The
Interest one feels in the actors In this
industrial drama or rather earth trag
edy in their struggle with nature is
above the ordinary. It Is a strangely
Stirring thing to see the legion *of
workers, aided by mighty machines,
disserting and severing two conli
PRESENT PORTRAIT OF
ARCHIE BUTT TO
SEWANEE?
Is Being Painted By Mrs. C. D.
Partridge on the Hill-- May
Present it in Name of City
There is a plan on foot now being
somewhat discussed in the city, to
purchase a magnificent portrait of
the late Major Butt which has been
painted by Mrs. C. D, Partridge on
the Hill and present it in the name of
the city of Augusta to the University
of the Houth at Sewanee.
The portrait has caused consider
able commonet since It was begun,
some eighteen months ago, and a
number of people have been following
Its development as It progressed to
final completion In Mrs. Partridges
studio at 1131 Highland Ave. It has
been done from a great number of
photographs and from the comments
and criticism of Major Butt’s family
and friends.
The portrait is a living Image fori
likeness, and moreover it Is a great
painting. It Is life-size, three-quarter
length, on a canvass five by four
feet.
At first the plan was entertained by
Ihe alumni of the University of the
Houth, resident In Augusta, to pur
chase the portrait themselves and
present It to their and Major Butt's
own alma mater, Sewanee, hut they
had to abandon the hope owing to
various difficulties, not the least of
which was financial.
The portrait will cost SI,OOO, which
is the price Mrs, Partridge gets for
her canvases, and It is expected thul
enough people will he found In Au
gusts to make up this amount in
small contributions.
Once hung In the halls of Hewanne
It will he an undying monument to a
man of whom his home Is so Justly
proud; It wqil he a treasure and an
ornament to his University, and an
honor to the city which gave it for
his memorial, i
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
nents and linking two oceans. It Is
stranger still io see these dauntless
workers file past on the screen, smil
ing honfldently Into our eyes, passing
a smile as of intluiute recognition
and waving a greeting of good-lel
lowship, across these many hundreds
of miles of sea and land. After see
ing all that Mr. Howe presents every
American cannot help having u new
and a. personal lntMost in what Amer
ica has done and feel a deeper pride
and glean a loftier conception of
American Ideals. Panama will mean
more than it ever could without see
ing these scenes. It will have a re
freshing significance which can nev
er lie obtained In any other way. It
Is for this reason that America owes
Mr. Ilowe Ms gratitude for the oppor
tunity of gaining such conceptions
from a comfortable theatre seat.
The fiery geysers of Yellowstone
Park, which act as a "safety valve”
for mother earth also constitute a Idg
feature of Howe’s new program. At
•every turn, water is seen boiling
furiously either In vals carved by na
ture or is being ejected to great
heights by fierce explosions under
neath. Masses of steam rush from
openings in the ground. Terrible con
vulsions of nature ensue and mons
trous cauldrons become more and
more active until the whole ensem
ble becomes a veritable Inferno. The
historic ruins of Pompeii in the col
ors of nature, a visit to Naples and lo
tlie Paris Zoo where acquaintance Is
made with numerous strange animals
at close range, the wood-turning In
dustry at Saint Claude, salmon fish
ing in British Columbia, tunny fish
ing near Palermo, Sicily, new “sy m-*
phonies of the sea" and a ride on Ihe
Chicago, Milwaukee and HI. Paul
Railroad Company's train de luxe
"The Olympian," through (lie Mon
tana Canyon and over the Cascade
Mountains in Oregon, are a few of
Ihe many other features included In
the program.
NEGRO CONFESSES
NINE BURGLARIES
Caught By Detectives Yester
day After Six Weeks’ Career
As Burglar
A negro named Robert Grant was ar
reste,l early yesterday morning tty tlift
Augusta detective force hi tie, "I i|p " e
road house on the New Savannah road
Jus! outside of Ihe oily llinlls
lie confesses to the following rob
beries:
Since breaking Into Mr. O. H. Inman s
house on Central avtuiuc, six weeks ago
during the very time the detectives have
been trying to catch him, tie has enter
ed and robbed the homes of Hr. C. I>.
I’alridge, on Highland ave.; Mr B J
Horls. Mr. .A. T. Heath, Mr. M. B Hai
lentlne, and Mr. J. II Wllkerson on the
Wrlghtsboro road; MY C. <>. Temple-
Inn. on Whitney avenue; Mr liattey
Buck, on Hickman road, nnd Mr it. C.
McC.lntle on Central a venue
Ills field of operations was small, and
his method was In every r,ao the s irne,
yet tie iias heen aide to elude the vigil
ance of the detectives so long that th
residents of Monte Huno and tile Hill
have heen growing more and more un
easy. They will all breathe a sigh of
relief on being assured that he Is now,
at last, In custody.
A gYeat many of hla robberies were
performed by daylight He would -ring
the dour hell, and If anyone answered
ask tor Work. If nobody was at home,
he would effect an entrance and rifle
Ihe house of any articles of value he
could find. He confined himself lo
money and Jewelry, which he disposed
of In Huvnnnah. Home of Ihe stolen
goods live heen recovered, and It Is
hoped that more will he forthcoming In
a few days.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN W. J.
BIGNON'S ADVERTISEMENT,
PRICE OF COAL SHOULD
HAVE BEEN $5.50 PER
TON.
Through typographical error In the
advertises ent of IV J Blgnon In Fri
day's Herald price of best grade Red
Ash Jellco Coal was quoted at $5,00
tier ton, This should have been $5 50,
nnd the copy for advertisement fur
nished so read.
AT DANGEROUS
CORNERS STREET
CURS TO STOP
Councilman Kent Will Have
Ordinance Providing for Cars
to Come to Stop Before
Crossing 15th and 12 th
Streets on Three Corners
When council meets on Tuesday
«
evening an ordinance will bo intro
duced by Councilman Kent, of the
Fourth ward, for the street cars to
come to a stop before crossing Fif
teenth and Gwinnett strret.s, Fif
teenth and Walton Way, and Twelfth
and Gwinnett streets. These are par
ticularly dangerous corners and col
lisions of automobiles and buggies
with street cars are apt to occur at
any lime. In times past there have
been collisions at the above named
corners.
Under the ordinance of Mr. Kent
the cars will come to a stop whether
going east or west and then proceed
to cross the street slowly. Street cars
have been crossing these streets at a
rate of front 15 to 25 miles per hour
when there are no pasengers to dis
charge or to receive and It is a mir
acle that no more serious accidents
have occurred.
CITY COUNCIL TO
MEET ON NEXT
TUESDAY
Will Pay Deference to Labor
Day By Not Meeting Monday.
Gasoline and Dog Ordinances
to Come Up---Mayor Out of
the Oity
Tlir city council of Augusta will not
bold its regular monthly meeting for
September on Monday afternoon, and
Instead will meet on Tuesday after
noon at 4 o’clock. Council always
pays deference to Labor Day 7>y not
having a meeting, usually postponing
it until the duy following.
One of the principal matters to
come before the Oity Fathers will be
the gasoline ordinance, which pro
vides for the storing of gasoline,
naphtha and benzine. Proper safe
guards are to be thrown around these
articles to prevent fires.
Councilman T. W. Pilcher's dog or
dinance will be another in; tier to
come before council. This ordinance
provides that dogs found in the streets
without tags shall be tuken up and If
not claimed by the owner after being
kept for a. certain time, slmll be Im
pounded. Some times dogs lose their
collars'and in this event the owner
will hsve to buy another and pay the
costs of keeping the dog as long as
the police have to keep It, at. 20 cents
per da>.
Also the ordinance provides for a
dog catcher who shall bo paid on a
basis of the number of dogs he
catches.
Mayor Hayne left the city this af
ternoon and will return Tuesday and
<V>uncil K. K. Allen will act as may
or
Ml LANOON THOMAS
BACK FROM EUROPE
Augustan Tells of Harsdhips
Undergone By Americans in
Italy
Mr. leflndon Thonm* n-tunu-fl t<» t.h«
*ltv y<’Htorday morning from
Vork which he reached on the Principe
HI Udine from Qenqa a work hro. lie
report* a good pannage, but un eventful.
Mr. ThorrmM wuh In Italy at Ihe out
break of hoHtilitieH and whh never
eauglit In Hie war zone, but he re
port h that the Americana In Italy had
great trouble getting check* and let*
\ tern of credit canhed. He expreHNea
the hlgheMt admiration and pralee for
i the American KxpronH Company, how
| over, ahoHe c heokH were the only onen
oonvertible Into currency throughout
Kit rope, when letters ori Hrown, Hhlp
ley and Company, Morgan, Harjea un i
; Company, etc., were being refuw?d on
all Mblee.
He way a that It wa« remarkable to
*ee how well tin* ArnerienriH took their
financial emharraHMment, however,
and exprcHHCH the opinion that no
other race of people would have re
mained In such good humor, or be
haved with auch self control. There
| they were with perfectly good letters
of credit, and the doors of the hanks
' being hljiturned In their faces.
Mr. Thomas denies the report that
I he was one of a committee of four who
'bartered the Principe dl Udine. He
secured passage for himself and fam
ily through the consul general In
(Jenoa.
To give an Idea of the effect of the
| war on prices, Mr. Thomas says that
flu* coal which brought them over cost.
119.50 a ton, $35,000 worth altogether.
He further remarked that conditions
i In New York were little better than
those In Kurope. Thousands of men
I are out of Jobs, and money is Impos
sible to lay hands on. He says that
In one shop Into which he went the
clerk told him he was the first cus
tomer they had had that day.
BUTTE 19 QUIET.
Butt%, Mont. Militiamen maintain
ing peace in Hutte were reinforced to
day by the arrival from Hep*na„ of
four machine guns, making eight now
here and a detail of 50 men. The city
[remains quiet.
WAR BULLETINS
FLOATING ON AIRPLANE.
Harwich, Eng.—A British submarine has brought in a German air
man and his mechanic who were found floating on their fallen aeroplane
60 miles off the coast. After rescuing the men the submarine sunk the
aeroplane.
SECRET SERVIAN SOCIETY.
London, 4:48 p. m. —A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company from
Home, dated September 3rd, says: "According to a report from Servla
the secret Servian society “Naroda Obrana" is preparing a revolutionary
movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austrian provinces) which will
break out simultaneously with similar movements in Bohemia and Hun
gary.”
SEVEN GERMAN DESTROYERS.
London, 3:55 p. m. The official information bureau has issued a
statement saying:
"According to information derived- from a trustworthy source,
seven German destroyers and torpedo boats have arrived at Kiel in a
damaged condition and it is understood others have been sunk in the
vicinity of the Kiel Canal."
London, 3:55 p. m. —The official information derived from a trust
worthy source, seven German destroyers and torpedo boats have arriv
ed at Kiel in a damaged condition and it is understood others have been
sunk In the vicinity of the Kiel canal."
BLOW UP RAILWAY.
London. A dispatch to lteuters Telegram Company from Ostend,
timed 7:45 last evening says:
"At this moment fighting In proceeding In the district between Alost
and Termonde, Belgium. The railway near Alost has been blown up.”
UHLANS ADVANCE.
London. —Travelers from Brussels were obliged to pass through Ml
- mid Alost and then to return south to Denderleeuw, whence they
proceeded by the way of Gottegem and Ghent to Ostend.
"At Nlnove six German Uhlans who were patrolling the country, en
countered a patrol of gendarmes and were killed.”
MILITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Petrograd (St. Petersburg.)—Grand Duke Nlchalos, commander-ln
chlrf of the Itusslan forces, has issued a general order providing for the
military administration of all foreign territory as fast as it is occupied
by Russian troops.
ON DALMATIAN COAST.
Rome, via. Par's, Sept 5, 11:45 a. m. —A telegram from San Giovanni,
In Albania, says that Montenegrin troops led by Generals Martinovich and
Uucotlch liuve occupied the Dalmatian coast between Anttvarl and Cattaro.
GUARANTEE TO PORTE.
London, 11:50 a. m.—A belated message from Constantinople dated
Aug. 3I says the ambasasdors to Turkey of Great Britain, Russia and
France, on Aug. 30 renewed In a more formal manner the communication
made to the grand vizier Aug. 17 guaranteeing the Independence and In
tegrity of the Ottoman empire against all comers should Turkey observe
strict neutrality.
BICYCLE CORPS.
Paris, 11:30 a. ns.—Gen. (lalllenl, the military governor of Tarls, has
Issued an Invitation to young men between the ages of 17 and 20 to join
bicycle and motor bicycle detachments for various military purposes.
Youths of this age may not take part in regular military operations.
MORE LACONIC.
London, 3:52 a. m. —A dispatch to Renters from Paris says official
announcements are becoming more laconic.
Apparently there are still Germans in Paris ns a notice lias been dis
played Informing Germans and Austrians that they must present them
selves at the St. T.nzare Railway station at a given hour In order that
they may he transported elsewhere.
HALICZ CAPTURE HARDER
THAN THAU LEMBERG
Was Protected by Thirty Small Forts—Russians Made One
Hundred and Fifty Miles in Seventeen Days--Charge Great
Cruelties Practised By Germans
London, 4 a. m.—The Petrograd (St.
Petersburg) correspondent of The Post
describing the Russian advance on
Lemberg says:
“The Austrbins were concentrating
two more army corps toward the east
of their position lo faeo the Russian
Kiev district army, but the Russians
attacked before the concentration was
completed. y
On Wednesday iflbrnlng the ftun
slaris were established all around the
northern, eastern and half of the
southern face of the capital. Lemberg
stands high above the surrounding
country, Its obsolete defenses being
supplemented by modern entrench
ments.
Rout’s Double Duty.
“It would seem that the rout of the
Austrian army whose double duty it
was to cover Lemberg and also the
right flank of the Austrian forces In
Poland was so absolute that the Itus
slana must have entered Lemberg at
the heels of the runaways, for at 11
o’clock Thursday morning Lemberg
was entirely in Russian possession.
The military stores of every kind, ex
plosive's, powder magazines, complete
wireless and telegraph Installations, In
short, the whole equipment of the im
portant military center fell Intact Into
the hands of the victorious Russian*.
Says Germans to Lose Three-Fourths
of Eitective Force Before
Capturing Paris
London, 12:17 p. m. A Reuter’s dispatch says Brussels la extremely
(inlet since most of the German army of occupation has been sent to th*
vicinity of Termonde where fighting Is going on.
A higher German officer lying wounded In a Brussels hospital il
quoted as having told his attending surgeon that the German army. In
his opinion, would lose three-quar
turing Paris. An unnamed German prince Is reported to have succumb
ed to his wounds.
ANTWERP CALM.
London, 1:40 a. m.—The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Central News,
afte ra visit to Antwerp, telegraphs:
"Antwerp Is marvelously calm, al
though the population bus more than
qjouhhd by the Influx of fugitives.
General Defour has Issued orders that
all persons who arrived In Antwerp
after Aug. 1 must leave.”
AUTO CRASHi DEATH.
Warr*nton, Vs.—Taylor Scott, son
of Judge R. Carter Scott of Richmond,
was killed nnd A. M. Keith of Rich
mond and A. M. R. Churrlngton of
Wsrrenton seriously hurt in an auto
mobile accident near Plains, Va., early
today The Injured were brought here.
Keith is the son of Judge James
Keith of the Virginia court of appeals.
"The rapture of Hallcz, which was
protected by thirty small forts, en
tailed a harder task as the Russians
wer obliged to capture all the forts
sad the Austrians made desperate re
sistance.
"The Russians had been fighting
continuously for eight days after a
previous week or ten days of march
ing.
"The fighting and marching troops of
the Russian left wing covered nearly
a hundred and fifty miles In seventeen
days, capturing Hallcz on the seveu
teenth after two days of hard fight
ing.
Change Towns’ Names.
"All towns In Russia with a German
form of name were changed to the
Klav (orm. This 4s not due to the
fact that Russia Ih at war with Ger
tnuny hut Is Russia’s appeal to the
Inexorable tribunal of history against
the savage ferocity the unsoldlerly na
tion consistently displayed toward
helpless refugees.
"A considerable sensation was caus
ed hero by the discovery aboard the
German cruiser Magdeburg, which was
recently blown up, of a number of cat
o’-ntno tails, which were found In ev
ery officer’s cabin, all hearing sign*
of long and hard usage.”
IN CITY COURT
Judge Eve Tried Two Cases
Without Jury at 11 A. M.
Judge Eve held a short session of
court this morning at which he tried
John Coleman and Harrison Allen,
both colored, under a Joint charge of
inlaileineanur. They pleaded guilty of
larceny from the house and were giv
en six months uplece.
The other case tried was that
agulnst Charles Moss and Harrison Al
len. who pleaded guilty to simple lar
ceny, They were sentenced llkewgsr
to serve six months the second sen
tence Imposed on Allen to begin al
tin explrution of the first.
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