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lONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.
MSTITION IT
LIEGE, NAMUR
After Battle There Was a
Terrible Sight--- Wounded
and Dead Lay Everywhere;
As Told by Eye Witness.
Berlin.—The following descriptions
of the devastation at Liege and Na
mur are translated from accounts in
the Tageblatt.
"We reached Liege on the evening
of a stormy day. We traveled through
streets where the smoke of burned
houses was still curling upward,
streets that showed no signs of life.
Patrols marched through the city. The
beautiful shops across from the uni
versity were a field of ruins. I was
told that two nights before, on Au
gust 21st, shots came from these shops
as if by prearrangement. The in
habitans of the houses were dragged
out, the women were torn from the
men, and whoever had a weapon in
his hands was shot. In a few min
utes the streets was sown with
corpses. The houses were set on
fire, xxx
“Eye-witnesses described for me the
details of the conquest of Liege. Lou
cin. the strongest fort, was bombard
ed by the newest Krupp guns, which
were stationed in the market place,
in the middle of the city. Every win
dow pane in the vicinity was broken
by the concussion, and pieces of roof
fell from some of the houses. The
fort soon surrendered. A division of
Jaeger were the first men to enter the
fort. The destruction was terrible,
About 400 corpses lay piled inside the
stone walls. The stench was un
bearable. About 200 wounded were
counted. The only man uninjured
was the commandant. A wounded
man, who evidently was about to be
operated on, lay in the lazarett. He
had been killed by a shell. Liege had
altogether thirteen forts. Nine were
taken by infantry storm, the others
were reduced by artillery. The forts
are being repaired for German use by
the inhabitants of the city, who get
six francs a day for their work.
Course of Battle.
“A German, who had lain in a Bel
gian fort as prisoner and witnessed
the whole bombardment, described the
course of the battle. The bombard
ment ,he said, began at midnight on
August 6th. One shell after another
exploded, and Liege was soon afire in
many places. From every roof and
window in the houses came a rain of
bullets. Under this fire the Ger
mans stormed through the village of
Roncourt. and deployed in a wheat
field. Two hundred Germans opened
a rapaid fire on 2,000 Belgians, of
whom 800 fell. Nineteen German pris
oners were confined In a cellar when
the Germans' heavy artillery began
firing. They could hear the shells
coming through the air. and every
time they exploded, gas, powder,
earth and cement dust flew Into the
cellar until the men were nearly suf
focated. Finally an explosion blew
in the iron door of the cellar and
shortly thereafter the Belgians sur
rendered, freeing the prisoners, x x x
“On the following morning I went
to Namur. In Liege certain streets
had been burned out. but in Namur
whole blocks were destroyed. The
Grand Palace, with its beautiful Ra
thaus. had been blotted out of exist
ence. In its place were heaps of ruins,
from which smoke was still coming.
The destructive effect of grenades
could he noted on many houses. The
city was without bread. German pa
trols were guarding the bakeries,
which were being stormed by the
people. By 4 o'clock in the afternoon
even the largest hotels had no pro
visions of any kind left. Our troops
were fed from the vast quantities of
food stored in the forts. In the city
there was a shortage of everything,
especially potatoes and salt.
“In the afternoon we went on to
Gembloux. The famine was still worse
there. The soldiers declared that
they had been unable to get bread or
beer from the people for fourteen days.
STANDING OF CLUBS
National League.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Boston ..86 B 6 .666
New York 78 6B .645
St. Louis 77 68 .531
Chicago 75 71 514
Philadelphia 72 74 .493
Brooklyn 70 75 483
Pittsburgh 63 80 .441
Cincinnati 57 89 .390
American League.
Won Lost Pet.
Philadelphia 95 49 .660
Boston ..87 58 .600
Washington 77 69 .528
Detroit T 8 71 .517
Chicago 68 79 .462
New York 67 79 .459
St. Louis *8 79 .455
Cleveland 48 100 , .324
Federal League.
Won. Lost. Pet
Chicago 82 62 .569
Indianapolis 80 (3 .560
Baltimore 74 65 .532
Buffalo 73 66 .525
Brooklyn 71 70 .503
Kansas City 65 77 .458
St. Louis 61 80 .433
Pittsburgh 57 80 .414
WILSON AND BRYAN.
Long after the economic and po
litical Issues of the day shall have
been forgotten, Wilson and Bryan,
the peacemakers and republic-build
er k will be remembered and honored
throughout tbs two Amerloae.— The
New York World (Ind.>
For a Week Stomeob.
There are people right In thle Vi
vinlty who find It neceeeary to be very
careful about what they eat as they
have weak stomachs. Many of them
ruuld be very much benefited by the
same treatment that cured Mrs. Ern
est Pharo, of Beaver Dam. Ohio, who
writes, “I had a weak stomach and
for years certain food disagreed with
me. I would feel uncomfortable for
hours after eating I lost weight and
became debilitated. Then 1 began tak
ing Chamberlains Tablets and the
promptness wlfh which they benefited
me surprised both myself and my fam
ily. They strengthened my digestion
and In a short time I was sound and
well, for sals by all Dialers.
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ALBERT V OF
THE BELGIANS
Brilliant Soldiery Record of
This Monach Has Astonished
The World-- His Bravery.
The brilliant soldierly record of
King Albert of the Belgians in this
war has astonished the world as much
as has the bravery of the Belgians,
who defended Liege so valorously
against the Germans. A month ago
neither the Belgian army nor the
king had any particular reputation as
fighters The world knew little of
King Albert. His father, King Leo
pold was almost always in the lime
light for one cause or another, but Al
bert has lived rather quietly.
Belgium has belonged to the Bel
gians only since 1830 when the peo
ple carried out a successful revolu
tion against Holland, by whom they
had been ruled.
When the country was invaded by
Napoleon I on one side, ana by Eng
land and Germany on the other for
the battle of Waterloo in 1815, the
people did not defend their country.
There was no cry of neutrality being
violated. The difference Is now lhat
the Belgians are fighting for their
own.
No Bonds.
King Albert does not belong to them
by any bond of blood. He is the
grandson of the first king of the Bel
gians. a German jjrlnce of Saxe-Co
burg-Gothe, who was Invited to rule
as I. His sovereignty lasted
for thirty-four years and that of his
son. Leopold 11. lasted for forty-four
years. King Albert ascended the
throne in 1909.
The King and Queen Elizabeth have
had to sacrifice their nearest and
dearest family ties to remain loyal to
Belgium during this war. Both are
as German as centuries of German
blood can make them. The Queen,
who is the daughter of Duke Carl
Theodore of Bavaria, one of the most
celebrated eye specialists of his gen
eration, Is the name-sake and god
daughter of her aunt, the murdered
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who
was assassinated at Geneva. She
has, up to now maintained the most
cordial relations with her aged uncle.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-
Hungary.
Many Ties in Germany.
King Albert, on bis side, has many
ties In Germany. His mother was
Princess Marie of Hohenzollem, of the
family of the Kaiser. His sister Is
the wife of Prince Charles of Hohen
zollem ,a kinsman of the Kaiser, who
lives In Berlin and Is helping the Ger
mans to plan the control of Belgium.
King Albert's most intimate friends
have been the German Crown Prince
and the other sons fit the KaJser.
The King has been with his soldiers
In the field, since he gave his defiant
reply to the Kaiser’s damand to give
German troops free passage through
his country. The _royal palace at
I-aek-n, where King Leopold spent a
large fortune on the gardens alone,
has been turned over to the Red Cross
In which the Queen herself has been
enrolled. She is a regular graduate
nurse and holds a doctor's certificate
also. King Albert Is thirty-nine years
old and Queen Elizabeth a year
younger. Many Americans have not
I met the King He spent several
months in this country sixteen years
ago.
Dinner in Washington.
He had dinner in Washington with
President McKinley, was entertained
lat Newport by Mrs. Potter Balmer
I and spent considerable time In New
York. In Fit. Louis he spent three
days Incognito at a hotel as “John
Banks, New York.”
He has a private fortune of some
twenty odd millions besides a suffi
ciently liberal grant made by the Bel
gian government.
He and Queen Elizabeth did not
have any formal coronation such as
other sovereigns have, following the
example of Leopold 11. who gave to
the people the large sum, many thou
sands of dollars, for which they had
been taxed, to pay for the coronation.
The new king and queen, however had
a state entry into Brussels the day
before Christmas five years ago, when
the cannon boomed a salute and the
church bells rang out as hundreds of
thousands of their subjects thronged
the streets to receive their new rulers.
They had three children, Prince l<eo
pold, Prince Charles and little I rin
cess Marie.
The King and Queen have been very
democratic, easily accessible to all
classes of society and they have be
come so popular that the Socialists
who used to demand a Republic for
Belgium are, now seldom heard from.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox Divide Double.
At Chicago—
(FlßST GAME.)
Score: R H E
Boston 000 401 012—8 15 1
Chicago 200 000 400—6 11 3
R. Collins and Carrlgan; Faber, Jas
per, J. Scott and Kuhn.
(SECOND GAME.)
Score: R H E
Boston 100 200 o—3 9 1
Chicago 100 200 I—4 7 2
Bedlent and Thomas; Benz and
Schalk.
Senators 6, Tigers 2.
At Detroit—
Score: R H B
Washington ....000 000 020 4—6 9 2
Detroit 000 200 000 o—2 5 1
Johnson and Alnsmith; Reynolds,
Covaleskl and Stanage.
Split Double-Header.
At Cleveland—
(first game.)
Score: P H F.
Cleveland 100 031 00*—5 7 2
New York 101 000 100—3 7 0
Morton and Egan; McHale, Brown
and Sweeney.
(SECOND GAME.)
Score: R H E
Cleveland 000 020 000—2 6 1
New York 004 000 010—6 10 1
Tedrow, Bowman and Egan; Cole
and Nunamaker.
Athletics Win.
At St. Louis—
Score: R H E
St. Louis 000 000 000—0 4 2
Philadelphia 010 103 001—6 12 0
James. arid Agnew; Bender
and Schang.
OTHER RESULTS
Amerioan Association.
f/ouievllle 3-7. Cleveland 6-5.
Kansas City 5-10, Minneapolis 3-5.
Indianapolis 8, Columbus 7.
Milwaukee 10-4. Ht Paul 6-2.
International League.
Newark 9-8, Jersey City 5-9.
Montreal-Buffalo, postponed; rain.
CHICAGO, “FEDS,” AGAIN
LEADING THE OUTLAWS
New York.— ln the Federal league,
Chicago again attained first place, the
routing of Indlsnapolls at the hands
of Baltimore toppling the Jloofeds and
putting the Terrapins In tbe running
once more.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
THE WAYS OF THRIFT
Copyrighted, 1914, American Society
for Thrift.
FARMERS’ MEAT PACKING PLANT
Meat prices are being cut by the
farmers within a radius of easy ship
ping distances of Chicago’s Packing
town, at LaCrosae, Wis., where there
lias been started a co-operative pack
ing plant—said to be the first in
Amerca. Similar enterprises may
spring up during October, "Thrift
Month,’’ throughout tile United States.
Manager Andrew Boyd estimates
that by their co-operative p an at least
six of the eleven profits or charges
from the time livestlck leaves the far
mer until it reiaches the consumer by
the usual route will be saved. The
eleven charges are: 1 shipper’s profit;
2, railroad; 3, terminal railroad; 4,
yardage; 5, feeding; 6, commission;
7, packer’s profit; 8. salesman; 9,
railroad; 10, drayage; 11, retailers'
profit.
A co-operative packing plant own
ed and run by the farmers In the vi
cinity of LaCrosse where they can
slaughter their own livestock and put
It in the form of finished meat prod
ucts ready for the consumer had been
the dream of Ira M. .1. Chryst, a far
mer and president of the American
Society for Equity, for seven years.
Last April an enterprise for meat
paoking was Incorporated with a cap
ital of $250,000. Each farmer can own
only ten shares and have but one vote,
for the scheme is strictly co-opera
tive, not capitalistic.
The Langdon-Boyd Packing Com
pany of LaCrosse quickly grasped the
situation and saw that it would he
better to work with the farmers than
against them, so their plant changed
hands and Its manager undertook to
run the farmers’ business as one of
them, with the ownership of ten shares
one vote arid a salary.
Every farmer is allowed to ship his
6th CHAMPIONSHIP
BY CONNIE MACK
Philadelphia. Now that the Phil
adelphia Athletics have clinched the
American l/casrue championship, offi
cials of the club are preparing for the
world's aeries. The pennant which
was assured yesterday gives Gonnie
Mack his sixth championship, a new
major league record. Under his tute
lage the Athletics won the league pen
nant In 1902, 1906, 1910, 1911 and 191$
and In the lat ter three years they also
captured the world's championship.
The National Commission will hold
a meeting here next. Wednesday to
make final arrangements for the
world's series, the first game of which
probably will be played on either Oc
tober 8 or 9.
BASEBALL WEATHER
Amsriosn League.
Boston at Chicago; clear.
Philadelphia at HI. Louis, clear.
New York at Cleveland; clear,
Washington st Detroit; cloudy.
National League.
Chicago at Boston; cloudy.
Ht. Louis at. Brooklyn; clear.
Pittsburgh at New York (2); clear
Cincinnati at Philadelphia; clear.
Federal League.
Chicago at Brooklyn; cleer.
Indlsnapolls at Pittsburg; clear.
Ht. Lout* at Baltimore 1)2; dear,
Kansas City at Buffalo; cle.ar.
hogs and cattle to the farmers’ com
pany whether a stockholder or not, al
though non-stockholders do not par
ticipate In the profits to the extent of
the co-operators. Shipping from with
in fifty miles of LaCrosse there is a
difference In shipping expense of
about S6O a car between sending stock
to Chicago under the usual conditions
and to the farmers' plant, in favor of
the co-operative company. Another
advantage to the non-stockholders Is
that there sre assured of the full
market value for their products.
If private shippers outbid the far
merri company the advantage Is to
the seller, as he Is constantly protect
ed as regards prices, whether a stock
holder or not. The livestock of the
thousand stockholders will, of course,
receive first consideration, and If
there Is more business than the com
pany can handle that of the non-co
operators will be refused.
This packing plant which began
business only last April Is handling
from SB,OOO to SII,OOO worth of stock
a week. At present about 300 hogs,
60 to 76 cattle, 100 calves and 100
sheep are shipped to the plant each
week. While there ts no retailing at
present It Is expected when the new
company has more products to dis
pose of there will he such a depart
ment for the benefit of the co-opera
tors. This will be a saving to them
of from two to ten cents a pound, be
sides acting as a leverage to get the
stores of the various towns to handle
products from the co-operative com
pany. May not similar plants he
started for the benefit of both pro
ducer and consumer during Thrift
month—October?
Co-operative movements of this
kind have been very successful abroad,
and It Is expected that this Is the be
ginning of a new era for the Ameri
can stock breeder.
CATHOLICS AND
WORLD PEACE
Third Annual Convention of
American Federation Catholic
Societies Told of Plans for
Concerted Action.
Baltimore,—President. Charles 1.
Denechaud told the third annual con
vention of the American Federation
of Catholic Hocletles today that the
Catholic World looked to the asaem'-
hlage for leadership and counsel.
’The Catholics of the United Htates
should take the Initiative for the crea
tion and fostering of concerted action
for world peace,” he said. "Public
sentiment should be quickened and
congress be Importuned to cause
this nation to make the first over
tures for a serious, sincere and last
ing agreement among the peoples of
the world for International peace."
Referring to reports of cruelties
perpetrated by some Mexican author
ities upon defenseless priests and
nuns, President Denechaud said, “the
federation must raise Its Indignant
protest at this Inhuman persecution
and respectfully request the govern
ment to secure full explanation and
reparation for Indignities and atroci
ties committed and for property de
spoiled.”
Among those attending the conven
tion are Bishops B. .1 Kelley, of Ha
vannah, Ga., and D. J. O’Connell, of
Richmond, Ya.
By “Bud” Fisher
War and Trade
It should be the business of the neu
tral nations while the warring nationa
are trying to destroy one another, to
do their best to make good ns far as
possible default arising from the par
arlyzatlon of trade and Industry. It
la no light task. At the beginning of
the war there waa no other people In
the world ptiahlng quite so energetic
ally for a commanding position In In
ternational trade as the Germans. The
export trade of lhat country In 1906
aggregated $1,558,500,000. In 1913,
eight years afterward. It totaled $2,-
478,000,000. This is a wonderful ad
vance. The British command of the
sea has suddenly brought on a prac
tical cessation of German expog
trade. The hulk of German exports
were of manufactured products valued
In 1913 at $1,600,000,000, a very con
siderable part of which was sent to
the United States.
No other people have been In ad
vance of the Germatis In making
science the handmaid of Industry.
This may find Illustration In the fol
lowing recapitulation of the character
of German manufactured exports for
1913, which Is well worth the study of
American makers:
Motor cars $ 21,100,000
Rubber goods 82,000,000
Chemicals, dyes, etc .. .. 72,500,000
Clocks .. 5,000,000
Brass goods 21,000,000
Cotton goods 105,000,000
Cycles . 8,600,000
Electrical goods 72,500,000
Glass 86,600,000
Iron and steal 836,000,000
leather 60,000,000
Machinery 170,000,000
Pianos 11,500,000
Leather goods 28,500,000
Earthenware 8,000,000
Hi lk 36,000,000
Toys 26,600.000
Woolens and worsteds .. . 86,000,000
There Is no dispute as In the vast In
of the greater part of this vast In
dustrial output. It commands Its
place In the markets. This has been
especially true of electrical machinery,
liraasware, dyestuffs and chemicals
and Iron and steel wares. In which
German push and painstaking study
of scientific methods, eliminating the
waste In the process of construction,
have won their own reward. It was a
British chemist, for example, who dis
covered aniline, and a British dyer
who first put It to use. But It re
mained for German chemists to bring
out of crudity the wonderful series of
dyestuffs of which German traders
have a present world monopoly. We
have at hand In the United Htates all
the raw material for making these
dyes Can we go on and supply our
selves?
The same line of Inquiry opens as to
the thousand-and-one ottier German
imports, large and small, for which
we are now dependent on outside sup
ply. There never before In all the tide
of time was sueh a sudden collapse
and breakdown In Inter-trading of the
patlons How far and how last can
we go In creating for ourselves a self
supply of the necessary material we
have been getting from France. Ger
many and Great Britain, Belgium,
Russia and Austria? This Is the Im
mediate matter to which our manu
facturers, merchants. Inventors and
statesmen should give Instant ytudy.
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