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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, lfar Will Cost At Least Seventy Billion Dollars Taking Issue With Other Statisticians More Moderate in Their Estimates, Nikola Tesla, the Famous Inventor of Electrical Contrivances, Says Total Cost of General War Now Going ' on Probably Will Not Be Less Than 70,000,000,000. New York.—Taking issue with oth er statisticians more moderate in their estimates, Nikola Tesla, the fa mous inventor of electrical contriv ances, said today the total cost of the general war now going on probably will not be less than $70,000,000,000. The present war may easily involve 20,000,000 combatants,” said Mr. Tesla. “I have seen an estimate of a total cost of $50,000,000 a day This is too tew. The number of those disabled Jfcrough wounds and disease was re cently placed at 500,000. This, also, Is too moderate. It would be less than two and one half per cent, and it must be remembered that in the most recent great war preceding this, the Balkan struggle, the casualties were ten times greater, or twenty five per cent. “Observe that it is reported Belgium lost 300,000,000 in two weeks’ fight ing, while there were no large cities in the path of the Germans. “The difficulty with most statl.-.ti cians of war losses is that they simply consider the cost of military opera tions. This is a small fraction of the whole waste. Measure Losses. “To measure the losses due to war merely by statistical standards is absurd. An example will make this i clear. The strain imposed ipon a ' country in a state of siege is com pelling of strict economy. The sav ings thus affected go to offset the drain of war. Theoretically it is pos sible for a nation, by living on bread and water and curtailing all expenses, to accumulate enough for not only meeting the cost of the military oper ations but leaving a surplus besides. From the point of view of the statis tician such a war, rar from being costly, would be the very meins of creating wealth. “It is equally unreasonable to define the waste of international conflict as the excess of w r aste in time of war over that in time of peace. A quan tity "b” may be deducted from a quantity “a” and the difference will be "a-b” on the supposition, however, that the quanties are composed of identical units. “Now, while the same human beings are concerned both in peace and war, these two states bear no resemblance to each other. In one, reason and so ber sense, a feeling of safety and de sire to do justice prevail; in the oth er these beneficial Influences are weakened, and folly, fear and greed assert themselves. War changes in dividuals as well as values. Enormous Losses. “A true appreciation of the enor mous losses which are likely to result “The Secret ol An Empress;” Chequered His tory ot the House ot Hapsburg Will Be Given the World Soon London.—A new chapter in the chequered history of the House of Hapsburg- will be given to the world in the course of the next few weeks in the form of a work entitled, "The Secret of an Empress." The author ess, the Countess Zanardi Dandi, claims to be the unacknowledged daughter of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, and in her book to be pub lished shortly, she explains how and why her Royal mother decided to bring her up in a human way, out of tlie reach of Court intrigue and Papal influences. It had been arranged, she says, that on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Emperor Francis Joseph in 1898 she would be publicly acknowledged by the Emperor and the Court, but the untimely death of the Empress at the assassin’s hand, almost at the mo ment when arrangements to this end were to be completed, kept hvr from the position that she asserts to be hers by right. The Couness, who is a lady of strik ing appearance, outlined to a “Dally News" interviewer something of her history and the purpose which had prompted the publication of the vol ume. Those Questions. “I quite realise." she said, “that two quite undesirable questions will be asked by the public: Why was m.y birth concealed: and why did the Emperor refuse me recognition?” “In the first place, it must be re membered that the extraordinarily S circumscribed atmosphere df the Court in Vienna precluded any inter change of natural affection or solici tude between any Empress and her children. What more natural than that a true mother, with high mater nal instlcts, should wish to train her child as her very own? In short it was a victory of mother love over narrow Court restrictions. “Her first four children had been taken from her, and she decided that her fifth should be brought up as her own in order that it might have scope to develop personality and power un der her own guidance." The Countess, It seems, was born in Normandy in 1882. The Emperor, she says, was about to undertake the journey to Switzerland to meet her mother in order to complete the ar rangements for her public acknowi egement when the Empress met her death at the hand of the assassin Ruccenl. She attributes the subse quent refusal of recognition to Court influences in general, and more par ticularly, to Papal pressure brought to bear upon an aged man. Refused "Hush Money." Only a year ago. according to her statement, whilst In Vienna striving to secure recognition of her claim, she was offered one million marks If she would promise to relinquish that claim. The sum, she says, was In dignantly refused. At every turn, she declares, the power of the Court has hampered the ) presentation of her caee. prohibited I the attendance of witnesses In sup- I port of her c>aim. and barred all ac cess to those proofs of the birth in Normandy, which might establish it beyond doubt. s As confidante of the Empress the Countess has some striking revela tions of historical interest to offer to the world. “I want *o tell you," she remarked, “th.it the mdst entire freedom existed from this unprecedented calamity can only be gained by taking into account its effect on all phases and conditions of Individual and national existence. Stated in the order of their magnitude these losses may be enumerated as follows: “First temporary or permanent shrinkage of wealth of nations as dis tinct from negotiable securities. The total wealth of the countries involved Is about three hundred billions of dollars. Assume only a moderate pro duction of ten per cent and suppose further that the war should last from six to seven months or about 200 days, as forecast by experts, then the daily shrinkage will amount to $150,- 000,000. To be sure such deprecation of physical possessions is mostly due to ignorance and faintheartedness of the people, for the properties are there and some are indestructible. But just the same the warring nations will lose credit and purchasing pow er and will be subjected for an in definite period to sufferings and pri vations. allof which must be inter preted as loss of so much money. Losses in Industrial Pursuits. "Second —All losses, Individual and collective, caused by interference of war with wheelwork of manufacture, industry and commerce. These reflect particularly on the market value of negotiable securities, which consti from 20 to 30 per cent of the whole national wealth. For obvious reasons they are apt to be very large, and the shrinkage may easily amount for the above period to $100,000,000 a day. Destruction. “Third—Specific losses due to de struction of existing private and pub lic property, including implements and materials of w r ar. These will greatly depend on the circumstances, but may be placed at from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 a day. “Fourth —Loss of life and ’ disabling through wounds and disease. Judging from the data of the Balkan war, the casualties cannot be taken at less than 15 per cent, making the total of 3.000,000, Assuming an average $2,- 500 per individual, this waste will be nearly $14,000,000 a day. "Fitfth —Daily cost of military operations, which mav amount to from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 . “According to this rough estimate the total waste .cannot be much less than $70,000,000,000, making almost 26 per cent of the total wealth of the countries in the world. In the best circumstances it will take from 40 to 60 years to repair the financial dam age, not to speak of the injury to the races and retardation of social pro gress in all directions. between my mother and myself. She explained to me many things that I can only characterize as carefully guarded Court secrets. Take for In stance, the hear-breaklng tragedy that resulted In the death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. ShS told me the story in all detail as It was told to her hardly an hour after the event by one who was there. Story Differs Entirety. "Without divulging too much of the circumstances, I may say that in pathos and in reality the story dif fers entirely from the popular belief. “Again, when the world was thrill ed with the horror of the trag dy at Meyerling, the death of the Crown Prince Rudolf, the Em press’s only son, a garbled version, very far from the truth, was all that was allowed to descend to current history. But my mother’s narrative. FEELS LIKE t NEW WOMAN As Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound Dispelled Backache, Headaches and Dizziness. Piqua, Ohio.— “l would be very un grateful if I failed to give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta ble Compound the p r a i s e it deserves, for I have taken it at different times and it always re lieved me when other medicines failed, and when I hear a woman com plain I always rec ammend it Lastwin ter I was attacked with a severe esse of organic weakness. 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Yourletterwill beopened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. as related to me, still fills me with horror at its unpitying relentless ness.” “My life’s blood,” concluded the Countess, "is in this book, the con tents of which will be discovered to be the best proof that I am. what I claim, to be.” THEMIS READY TO SAIL Drops Anchor in North River, Leaves Today. Painted White With “Red Cross’’ in Scarlet on Sides New York.—ln her garb of white and red and flying the American ami Red Cross flags, the Humburg-Anwrican liner Hamburg, renamed the Red Cross, was ready today to start on her voyage of mercy to Kurope. Late today she will proceed from her pier in Brooklyn to a point in the Hudson river opposite Riverside Drive, where she will drop anchor until the morning, when the trip to Falmouth will begin. The Red Cross has made an agree able temporary home for the 120 nurses and 30 physicians who are to make the trip. She presents a strik ing aspect with her coat of white paint, red band and words “Red Cross” In large scarlet letters on either side. Electric signs of a red cross will be flashed at night for safety. PATENTS TO GEORGIANS. September 1, 1914. Messrs. Davis & Davis, patent attorneys, Washington, D. C„ report the grant, to citizens of this state of the following patents: Charlie M. Burns, Mayville, locomo tive control. Melville Fatherree, Jr., Atlanta, door holder. Elmer M. Jones, Atlanta, movable contact member. Roy J. Woodbury, Atlanta, sanitary carrier for liquid receptacles. Bartow It. Youmans, College Park, telegraph key. Mary L. Redd, Columbus, design for flag holder for soldiers’ graves and other decorative purposes. Montag Brothers, Atlanta, trade mark for writing tablets and paper. O’Halloran & Bishop, Columbus, trade mark for non-intoxicating bev erages and syrup. SEVEN BURN TO DEATH. LaCrosse, Wia. —Seven railway con struction employes were burned to death In a fire in a hay barn Just out side the city today. They are sup posed to have stopped in the barn to sleep with the result that the build ing W'aS est afire by matches. Lynxville, Wia. —In a livery stable fire here today Roland Keely was burned to death; another man was fatally hurt and a third is missing. No. 666 Thi» it a preicription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. Five or tix dotet will break any cate, and if ttken then at a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c Safety First WHICH? are you looking for Bar gain Counter Glasses, are you willing to wear cheap glasses just because they are cheap, do you consent to having your eyes tampered with at the risk of their Permanent Injury. Then this message Is not for you. But if you value the Precious gift of sight, if you wish to retain it, if you Appreciate skill, then It is for you, and you are asked to come where Absolute Accuracy, in cor recting eye defects, is placed above every other Consideration. We take as much interest and pride In fitting glasses to the face as we do In fitting lenses to correct defects, frame fitting is an art, you get the best here, PROF. P. M. WHITMAN, Assisted by Mr. L. A. Williams, Optometrists and Opticians. 214 Seventh St. Established 1888. For Cotton Worms We have Powdered Arsenate Lead! 4 pounds Ars. Lead and 4 pounds flour per acre sift ed on the plant rows through Cheese Cloth pock ets on 2 ends of a pole on mule’s back. New un sprinkled wormy cotton will be a loss. Order Ars. Lead Powder ! N. L Willet Seed Cl. AUGUSTA. BLANCHARD & CO, UNDERTAKERS & EMBALMERS 1368 Broad Street. Phone 3138. Efficient Service Guaranteed THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. School Shoes! We're ready for the boys, who want School Shoes. Experience has taught us exactly what strenuous boys want in School shoes and We Have Got Them $1.50 to $2.50 SSeSfrcfitoa/ R. L. Garrett, Manager. 730 Broad Street. Opposite the Monument. TEETHINA Teethina (Teething Powders) Is the original prescription of Dr. C. J. Moffett, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and used by him for over 40 years most successfully for babies' ailments. TEETHIIMA — (Teething Powders) Usually the second summer is the time for extra precaution to guard baby’s health and progress because teething usually brings on many disorders of the system, such as dysentery, diarrhoea, colic, worms, etc., which mako teething hard. Teethina regulates the bowels and corrects the entire system. Makes testhing easy for the babe, prevents feverishness and fretfulness and relieves the mother of worry, nights of anxiety and sleeplessness, and often savea the life of the child. Sold by druggists—Zßc. If your druggist cannot supply you do pot send us any mousy but write us your druggist’s name and we will see that you are supplied. C. I. MOFFITT MEDICINE CO.. »t. Louie, Me. BUILD WITH BRICK GEORGIA-CAROLINA BRICK COMPANY AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA TRIPPE®. LONSFORD Dealers in Best Grade Native Meats. Chickens and Eggs Our Specialty Quick Delivery to Any Part of City. 703 mcintosh street. phone 8i«. (Page Advertisement in the Columbia Record, Columbia, S. C.) Onward March to 10c Colton! THE TWENTY-SE VEN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES OF THE NATIONAL LOAN AND EXCHANGE BANK OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA Will Each Purchase One Bale of Cotton Tuesday, Sept. Bth. 10 CENTS COTTON In order to Encourage the Business Interests of the South, to come to the rescue of the farmer, and to prevent the sacrifice of the surplus portion of the crop on account of the conditions caused by the European War, the 27 Officers and Employes of The National Loan & Exchange Bank of Columbia will each purchase on Tuesday, September Bth, a bale of cotton from farmers actually growing the same. Deliveries to be made at The National Loan & Exchange Bank between the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock a. m. Tuesday, September Bth. Only One Bale of Cotton will be purchased from any one farmer. The Officers and Employes of The National Loan & Exchange Bank intend to hold this cotton with a view to bringing about a ten cent market. All cotton offered must grade strict middling, weigh approximately 500 pounds per bale and be neatly baled. We Call Others to The Colors F" v.'i. 11 1 RELIEF FOR TEETHING BABIES School of Shorthand and Bookkeeping FALL TERM OPEN. Day Session. Phone 427. DYER BUILDING NEW DEPARTURE Complete Billing and modern office system Just Installed in our Shorthand Department. Young ladles as well as young men taught the latest billing systems, and the use of the Adding Typewriter for writ ing. adding, and automatically checking of customers' bills. Come up, or wTlte us. WANTED To prepare for Bookkeeping, Banking. Salesmanship, Telegraphy, Civil Service, Shorthand and Typowriting positions. Always open ings for trained men and women. Positions secured graduates. Per sonal Instruction In both day and night schools. Night school Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Special opening rates. Lessons by mall If desired. STACK’S BUSINESS COLLEGE sth Floor Harison Building. Elevator Service. SCHOOL NOW IN OPERATION. COAL AND WOOD We are the only Coal and Wood deal ers in Augusta whose sales slips are good for votes in M. & M. Contest. B. A. DIAL Phone 25—J and 2701. W. J. BIGNON w o o D $5.00 per cord. $2.50 per Va cord. Oak and Pine sawed any length. Quality, Quantity and Service. Phone 245 Before Shopping Read Herald Ads, THREE Night School. Harison Building.. Young Men and Women 639 11th street. Best grades Red Ash, Jelico, Coal at $5.50 per ton. c o A L