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Ad
uvHIWIANS; THREE. DA YS FIGHT
ALLIES
Bomb Dropping by Zeppelin at
Antwerp May Become Mat .
ter of International
Consideration.
VIOLATION OF HAGUE
CONVENTION CLAIMED
Dispatch Says Bombs Created
Terrible Havoc Royal
Family Seeks Secret
Home.
RESISTANCE IT
NAMUR SLIGHT
German Fire Was So Well Di
rected That Two Forts
j Were Almost at Once :
Silenced.
BELGIAN OFFICER SAYS
SIX FORTS STILL STAND
London, Aug. 28. The Dally News
publishes a dispatch from Its Ant
werp correspondent saying It la re
ported there that the American bl
ister to Belgium, Brand WhlUook, has
sent an energetic protest to the Ger
man government against the hurling
oi norno into Antwerp rrom a Zep
celtn alrahin.
The bomb dropping exploit of the
uerman airamp at Antwerp promises
to Become a matter oi the widest in
ternational consideration. Belgian au
thorities claim the attack was a clear
violation of the fourth Hague con
vention and they are preparing to
Drotest offlclaJlv ta all tha nimaft.
" Accounts vary as to the amount bf
damage done by the aerial fighter
One account says that twenty-alx
lives were lost, although from a more
conservative source it Is reported
only twelve bodies were recovered so
far from the ruins of the wrecked
houses.
A dispatch, which la regarded as
semi-official, says 800 houses ' were
slightly damaged and 60 nearly de
stroyed. Thla dispatch was sent to
London, It is said, after a committee
Including the Belgian secretary of
state,' the 'Russian ambassador and
King Albert's secretary had examined
the entire city with a view , to ap
praising the results of the aerial bom
bardment The dispatch says:
"For the first time in history a
great civilised community has been
bombarded from the sky in the dead
of night Count Zeppelin, whom the
German emperor calls -the greatest
genius of the century, has performed
the areateat eamlnlt of hla - Itf a Ha
has thrown bombs on hospitals where
Belgians were attending German
wounded. He has staggered human
ity. ' ' ... ... N ... ' . ...
"We have explored every on of
the devastated streets and have
found portions of ten bomba The
number of victims is unknown. It Is
sufficient that all the bombs were
aimed at publlo buildings, such . as
the military barracks, the govern
ment offices' and the royal palace.
The population is In gloom.
The Belgian royal family will aban-
don the temporary palace In Antwerp
establishing themselves In a secret
Place In the city as a result of the
attack on the city by a Zeppelin air
ship, according to the Morning Post
'The attack," the Post's Antwerp
correspondent says, "was evidently
designed against the royal family. .
"The civil population is naturally
much alarmed, - though the greatest
anxiety Is for the safety of King Al
bert's household. v
"A reconstruction of the German
bombs by military experts show that
they were ten Inches In diameter,
with an envelope one -Inch thick." -Killed
Ten. ...
Washington, Aug. 2. Theo. Have
nlth. the Helslan minister to the Unit
ed 8tates stated today that hs has ad
vices that the Zeppelin airship killed
ten persons and wounded about twice
as many.
Secret pr Bryan said the "tat .de
partment uld take no action. -
The reported action of Brand Whit- i
'oek. the Belgian minister from the
united Stataa In nmlallv ntiluMln in
German, was denied by Secretary Bry
an. ,
The Belgian minister has reports of
a Belgian vlotory near Vilvorde, east
f the railway from Antwerp to Brus
h's, defeating three columns of Oar
Belgians Evacuated in Orderly
Manner Description of the
j French Attack on City
of Charleroi. ,
London, Aug". 26. The Paris cor
respondent of the Times who had
been on the battlefield earlier in the
fighting says he met near Philippe
vllle, a Belgian officer and the pay
master general of Namur, who told
him the town of Namur had been oc
cupied by the Germans after a fierce
bombardment The German ffre was
so well regulated that the first few
shots silenced Fort Marchovelette on
the northeast and Fort Malzeret on
the east ' Fort Andav
badly and was almost out of action.
ins story continues:
"The Germans entered . the town
without encountering tnnnh ml.).
ance. Fort Cave at the southeast and
row wepron.-xm the opposite sloe of
the Mouse, and tha line nf fort, in
the north still resist. .
"In SDlte Of the el&hnrata
tlons with wire entanglements through
which was passed an electrical cur
rent of 1.E00 volta and tha lih.m n
of broken glass, Namur fell into the
nanas of the Germans on Sunday.
"The Belgians evacuated the town
In an orderly manner. All mm no-
stock and motor cars were removed,
and the station master left on 'the
last locomotive with the railway cash
box under his arm. Tha Raie-tan
troops, numbering about 1,000 passed
under, the .protection of. a French
cavalry screen within tha . French
lines.
Thus the Germans have done
much to win mastery over the two
banks of the Meuse almost an tar a
Dlnant. They, however, ' left behind
them six of the eight forts of Na
mur Which. It ia vnantan' will . nmt
CaUae them Cnnaldarahla MiAmiM
Later, on Sunday, the French artillery
opened up tire on the stricken town
of Charleroi. The Germans in the
earlier stares 'of the ,
had poured their shells on the upper
pan oi tne town. The French now
empties, ineir nau oi missies upon
the lower section of the town and
under the sunnortlnar fir nf thalr ar
tlllery the French Infantry advanced
Slowly In tha faca nf a atiihhnrn h.
sistance upon the town they had Just
evaouatea, retaining several villages
and becoming onoe more masters of
the line between Thunn. elvht mliaa
west or Charleroi and Metax,
"At six In the evening the fighting
ceased, both sides being thoroughly
worn out -rne next morning before
dawn the French artillery again bom
barded Charleroi and ence mora the
Indefatigable troops of Frenee warm
ed tha alnna towerda tha ln nart
of the town, capturing the villages of
cnateiet. Boutriouix, Marchlenne and
Coullet The fighting at this, stage of
me engagement was attended by
heavy losses on both stdea"
BATTLE CONTINUES
ON FRANCES SOIL
French War Office Silent as to Fighting
Along the French-Belgian Frontier
Allied Armies In Lorraine.
RUSSIA ANNOUNCES VICTORIES
OVER GERMANS - AUSTRIANS
German Prince Killed At Namur-Belgians Expect to
Re-Occupy Brussels-Austria Has Declared
War Upo Japan, Despatch Says.
Berlin, August 26. - ( By
ireleSS tO Tha A Hnnci a tori k x-kit vWc nnii,.m 5
wireless to The Associated
Press via.' Nauen and Sayville,
R. I.) official reports made
public in Vienna and received
here by telegraph say a battle
oi tnree dava duration n.t. kVa.
snik (in Russian .Poland) 28
miles southwest of Lublin, end
ed yesterday in a comnlete
Austrian victory. .The Rus
sian lorces were renulsed aloriff
the entire front of 70 kilome
tres (42, miles) and are now
in full flight.
London. Aucnst 26. fltlH
p. m.) The Russian embassy
is in receipt of telegrams from
the general staff at St. Peters.
burg which announce fresh
itussian victories against both
Germany and Austria. These
messages declare that Russian
troons now occunv the whol
of the eastern and southern
half of eastern Prussia.
London. August 26.
a. m.l An Exchange disnatch
from St. Petersburg carries the
news rrom the Russian chief of
staff that since Satnrdav thn
Russian invasion of Galicia
and Prussia continued unin.
terruptedly along a ; w i d e
range, xne Russian right
.winer was invadinir Prussia and
the left Galacia, the ' center,
composed of the treat bulk of
the Russian army Is. believed
to De marcning- silently but
with terrible force on Posert
the dispatch adds, i
GOVERONR CRAIG CALLS
GOVERNORS' MEETING
PRISONERS OF WAR
AT NIAGARA FALLS
Buffalo, N. T Aug. II. A company
of militia has arrived at Prldf ahiirs.
aornm the Niagara rlvr to guard to
AuttrUns ,nd Hunrarlans taken from
eaatbnund tralna The forelsnere were
bound for Nw Tork whr they In
tended to aecure pauage to thalr na
tl rnuntrlw.
Mnnira K!l, Ont., hus 11 prUonre
of nt. lnr;..rtlng fiorinan, Aun'rlan
Raleigh, Aug. II After a confer
ence with representative farmer,
bankers "and manufacturer held here
yesterday Governor Craig wired the
governors of Oeorgla, Florida, Ala
bama, Bourn Carolina, ' Louisiana.
Mississippi, Texas; Oklahoma, Arkan-
aaa and Tennaaaaa rannaatlnv tham
to meet with him and appoint fifty
delegates fro meacn state, at a con
ference to be held in Atlanta Septem
ber t to devlae til an a for aavlna- frnrn
sacrifice and prevent If possible, the
threatened disaster to the cotton crop
of in soutn. ins zvortn Carolina ey-
aiiflva la anafltna favnrahl r..
piles from each of the governor al-
oreaeea ana ineer is nine aouui out
that the meeting will be held.
London. Ausrust 26.-5:20 a
m.) A disuatch to the Et
1 aaaa a.
cuange Telegraph company
says tne rrench war office has
issued this statement: .
"In Lorraine the allies have
taken up a combined forward
movement. The battle is still
on at "the : time this message
was sent." 1
London, Ausrust 26.-11:12
a. m.) A Havas ajrencv dis
patch from Paris says: "The
situation is unchanged. The
Alliance Frotest.
tl'ahlnrfnn An H flnvfl an.
ators have received giroteats from th
Urnnn-American alliance of Hol
ynke, Mnas , lnt th reported sal
of arm ami ammunition liy th Colts
Aim romintny of Hartford. Conn., to
th Canadian so'ernm'nt The pro
t'Bia avorte l that w.rh nle were In
vl,,,nli..ri of tha si'lait cf American
neutrality.
ArsTroAxs re-formixq,
Zxndon. Au. it Thn t4im'e
Petersburg correspondent sy tlte
Auxtrlans wlto rotrcatod by forced
mart'lir after their dofrar h th.
Itusalan at Gumhlnnm, ar a etub
ling a pat ' ",o1' forors at Koenlg.
burs. Th (inrtnan fnrtiria.1
on the) river Angcrab were evacuated
wiinont rignung. TTvi roads beyond
were strewn tlUi oanrldirM. Inun.
sacks and otlwir munitions cast aslile
by the hurrtnlly retxtmUnjc troop,
ears th com-apondent
North of Xcldenbara- finiula
Monday then waa atutihnrn rint.in
la which the Iluealan again were vk
lonon, largely uirongh their superb
u of their bayonot. Tit . enemy
ben) had aaarmblnd tli mum
Ueth army corp In a fortified poal-
lion, ine itusalan had to negotiate
pit and harrtnd wire. Han --. ..i
wer need, the Hum Ian finally car
rying the poaltlon at the point of the
baronet Til timnini IreteaaiaM
wad Oetenxle, leaving behind many
gun. tnrhlne gnna, ralon and
prleoner.
Moanwlill thn Vlliia arm. la fiAw.
Ing Ui rtra Gerniaa army corp to
ward lianilir. IImi nnr-il,.- i.
wbelller the German force rnn ea.
catHi and litnv lung the lliilan will
take In omntliii tl, Lnrrttor ea.t
JCotitlnueJ on itven)
? ,AB NEWS SUSIMARIZED. R
--.'.. ' X
Official reports in Vienna tell H
t of a complete Austrian victory H
after a three days battle In
Krasnlk, Russian Poland. . The It
t Russian forces were , repulsed K
t along the- entire front and are. It
H In full flight In the direction of H
t Lublin. This-. Is the first, 4ndlca- It
T tloti tjtn Austrian dvaio-lnto t
( Russian terrltort. " It
It If waa announced nfftelaltv tn
t Berlin today that Lieutenant H
5 General . Prince . Frederick of It
It Saxe-Mengenheln had been kill- t
t ed at Namur, August 23. K
It The French war nfflea waa It
t silent this morning, the usual of- H
It flclul announcement not being It
It made. " The military onlnlnn. R
R however, is that the fighting R
t along the French-Belgian front- R
R ler continues. R
R i A news dispatch from Paris R
says that In Lorraine the allied R
R armies have taken un ' a coin- R
R blned offensive mnv.m.nl nnt St
R that the situation in the Voiges R
t s unchanged. R
R The battle continues In the re- R
R Slon Of LiUIieVllla and tha Praneh at
R troops are said to be making R
i progress. r
R A dispatch from Antwerp re- R
R unrta that all n.rm.n trnAtii
Rare believed to-have left Brus-R
R sels and that the Belgians ex- R
R pect to re-occupy the city lm- R
R mediately. This news, however, R
R lacks confirmation. R
A dispatch received from R
R Vienna declares Austria-Hun- R
R gary has declared war on Japan. R
R According to telegrams from R
R Klsh, Servla, the losses, of the R
R Austrian In th battle of the R
ta Ti-j - i u k
R are now given as 15,000 killed, R JraTlS, August 26. (9:10 a.
it lo ooo wounded and lMoo -pr..- m.) -The . Trench war office
r Three hundrod thousand Aus- r was silent this mominc. and no
r m.7n:mZr tn :atement was made. The mil-
iE Tlfimurhn .mm . lha mtnft m t
"'' " " - -- "jg VraiM W WaMOrH VA1 U&Ulf
R Bt Petersburg announce fresh R Intr alontr triA PronnVi Dalna-n
R victories for Russia against Oer- R iT n 1 . renCQ-Belgian
R many and - Austria. Russian RiirOntler Continues. Quiet COn
R trooDS ar now aald tn onennv AJ.. i . . ..
r th. whoi. of th. ;t.r ;s M-! exisis m runs mat tne
R southern half of eastern Prus- R army Will holt! Off the German
-i wmu wuun are imku
R to b conUnuing on the offen- r
R slv. , R
R . A news dispatch from Bt. Pe- R
R tersburg describes th Russian R
R canter, composed of the great R
R bulk of the Russian army as R
R marching "silently, but with ter- R
R rlble foroe." on Poaon. in Prua. R
la. - . . .. R
R The authorltle at, Bt. Petrs- R
R burg hav Issued orders di- R
R mlalna taha Q.rman anvaralirna St
R and prlncea from honorary post- R
t nons in tn army and depriving R
R them of decoration. R
R News dispatch from Ostsnd R
R convey th belief there that th R
troops continue to make nro
gress. In the Luxemburg in.
terior in the vicinity of t.h
Sambre river several important
engagements have occurred.
The situation in the northern
aistrict gives no cause for an
xiety. No Germans were seen
today (probably Tuesday) in
the neighborhood of Lille or
lurcoing (in the department
of Nord, France) where meas
ures have been taken with a
view, to subsequent opera
tions."
HAS GOOD LEAD
mim.
Not Likely That E. D. Smith
Will Have to Enter Second
Primary in U. S. Sen- -atorial
Contest.
COOPER LEADING IN
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Manning and Richards His
Nearest Opponents About
25,000 Votes Vet to
Be Counted.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 26. In the
race for governor In the primaries
held In this state yesterday Robert
CooDer held a mnlneltv nf a Vinnt 4 nun
votes over Richard I. Manning and
jonn u. kic tiaras, his nearest oppon
ents, each of whom had received
BBITAIMT
IN BATTLE TOLD
Correspondent of London Daily
Mail Describes Fighting of
English Troops in a
Great Battle. ' '
AIRSHIPS OF BOTH
SIDES WERE ACTIVE
British Machines Rose Like
Flocks of Birds to Meet
the German Aircraft,
Says Writer.
London, Aug. 26 At the last tha
British army Is at grips with tha
Germans, says the Ostend correspond
ent of the Dally Mall. It was a great
moment when the British ' general
staff with their men arrived. Tha
populace were eager to provide for
duo, em-it ui wnorn naa received 1'ufulaLD wwo eager 10 prov
' a-i an eany nour. Maintaining v"iiuib wno requisitioned eggs,
his safe majority. It appeared that Drel. butter and coffee. All requlsl-
PnAnd, tnnnlil V. . I tlnna WkA rn 1 ,1 f. tn inlJ '
Cooper would enter the second nri
mary. The other eight candidates for
governor appeared hopelessly outdistanced.
E. D. Bmlth has a good lead over
Governor Cole L. Blease and his
other opponents, and If he continues
this he will not have to enter a sec
ond, primary. 3J has carried all but
three counties which last year elected
Blease covernnr hv a larva ma.v
There are approximately 26,000 votes
iu oe counted yet.
Returns today indicate that every
memoer or tne Hnnth ram n.
gatlon in the national house of rep
resentatives win be returned. The
re-election of but
battle continues in the vicinity S&JFZJr
m iiuenvme ana tne rrench ponen1, w- F- stevenson, slight
ibb-u. congressman A. F. Lever was
unopposed in the seventh district.
TESTIFIES TO GRIT OF
R German army will nmnni ruii w
R for us Utr a a base for naval R M-m
R ODeratlon aatiraJnat tnii..j at UJiVtJU
R Th North German Llovd R French flafl" tra flvinst .f f
attack and take the offensive
when the proper hour arrives.
London. Autrust 26.-11:30
a. nO A disDatch to Reuter'i
ieiegraph company from
Ghent says:
"A fierce combat racer! at
Tournai on Sunday, tha ran.
nonading lasting from 4 o'clock
m tne aiternoon to 10 o clock
the next' morning. . Workmen
report that the Germans were
mm
Dack and that the
R steamer Prlncoaa A n-a v.- .... at
into tn port or cbu. In th R
R Philippine Island R
R
RRRRRRRRRRRttttr.RltRRR
Cab) nllng.
, Nw Terk. Aug. I.Th Commr
dal Cmbl compny ha announced
that cod cabl meaug will now b
crapted for JaDan auhlant n .....
and owners' risk. Th Western Union
Talearaph company ha announced
thl memaan for Hwltrland mav
now b written In Fnghah as well j
in I rentli.
roir in 'east Flanders. '
Paris. Auiruit r3:M a
m.) Accordintr to Enjrliihmnn
arriving from Mons, certain
parts or tao battlefield there
were covered with German
deal, piled so high that the
Turcos. the French African
troops, had diaculty in getting
over tne ooaics to attack the
rrusian guards.
Vivid Story of 500 Men Who
Fought and Marched '
for Twenty Days.
' tlons were Dald for in sold.
xne Civil population waa nrdaraft
to retire in the direction nf Fnnfa. il
Ihe people regretfully shouldered-'
their bags of belongings and passed.
Sllentlv dnwn tnt mart ? At
"The trooDS advanced tn hottu nnj5.
sltions at t o'clock in the morning. AX.
4 o'clock ets-ht Rtrm.n ...nnl...J
apptared, whereupon a flock of Brit
ish air machines rose like birds to;
drive them away. Then the artillery
uesao to aiLacK ana inn air hptam..
thick with cannon powder. The battle
had begun. Forward went the infant-1
ry. Kin fire and maxim fire added-
to the boom of the big guns. Sunrise'
mingled with the glow of burning
toresis and tne flash of guns. ThU.
was Monday. The battle continued!
Tuesday and probably will continue
for several days, either alone or mara-.i
int: with the battles on the left and1
ine great battle which Is row in
full swlnar alnnar tha whnla Wan, I
British and Belslan llnea. ta ivaiiv a'
series or linked battles, forming what
wen may tie tne decisive engagement
of western Europe. It la a. aunmma
effort on tha nnrt nf naMan .
r vviumiif -
ureak into France, an effort whlch.1
If stopped, must mean disaster to!
three auarters of a million
ui BDcui km uo ii u aoiuiers
lcrt to guard the German Un of
communication. All Is blng hazarded
unon the auccoaa af fniii.f
blow. The German advance has been
rapid and steady. Their columns hav
averaged 20 miles a day sine they
reacnea .Brussels,"
London, Aug. 28. Th Antwerp
correspondent of the Morning Post
tells a vivid story of the adventures
of 600 men of the Belgian army at
Liege, who arrived at Namur Satur
day afternoon after twentv dava nf
fighting and marching.
"At the opening of the war their
POSt Was between the I.loa-a fnrta
Chaudfontalne, and Embourg. Wed
nesday nlEht of the flrat weak of tha
war, orders wer given to vacate their
positions but th order never reached
this division, who were surrounded
bV the Germane with a atrnna- fnrt on
each flank. Th German were aware
of their presence but did not know
their strength and th Belgians, en
trenching were able to hold out eight
day after th retirement of th main
Belaian fore and moulaed annatant
German attack. Finally when their ra
tions ran low, they succeeded In
breaking through the German llnea
and after manv hairbreadth aaranaa
reached Beralng. Thl was not accom
plished without several brushes with
the enemy during which many of
their number wer wounded. They
reach Huy on Saturday after the
railway authorities made p a train
and took them to Namur.
PACIFIC LINER SUNK US
RESULT OF COLLISION
EHPEfifSJl SONS
First and Second Class Deco
rations to Crown Prince
Second to Oskar.
Seattle, Wash.. August 2. Th
Paclflo-Alaska Navigation steamer
Adm.lral Sampson, was sunk this
morning at Point No Point, tn mliaa
from Heattl. ty th Canadian Pacific
iiner t-rinee victoria. Th TrlncM
Victoria, reunrllnr th arrldant. aald
eh was proceeding to attl- with
most of th paaaenger nd crw of
- ,,H.(lla . . na .uiiiiiai
KamDaon Waa hound from Baallla In
I Aleak. Bne had 11 paaeengers. and
a crew of I
Berlin, Aug. 2.Vla, Copanham
and London.) Emperor William ha
conferred the decoration of the Iron
Croa of th second and flrat class on. '
Crown Prince Frederick William and
fruk Albreoht of Wuintamw. u
ha conferred alio th Iron Croa dec
oration of the second class on his son,
Prlnc Oxkar.
Ills Malestv haa aent tha fn11vain.
telegram to the crown princess:
"1 thank thee with ell my heart,
dear child; I rejoice with thee over
the first victor nf Wllh.im n.t
has lien on his side and ha moat
brilliantly supported him,
"TO Him b, thanka and hnnn, T
remit to WUhelm th Iron Croa of
tn second and flrat claaa.
"0kar alio fought tllllntly with
hi grenadier. He haa received th
Iron Croa of th cond claaa Re
peat that to Ina and Mart. Ood pro
tect and succor my boya Also In t)
futur Ood b with the, and .1
wive.
(fllt-ned) Tap Wllhelm."
IUIIan Unrm Warned.
Hew Tork, Aug. 16. neprw,.
tlv of the alK ltivllan lines with .
In Nw York, hava mkhI... ..
from the Italian government i i
book paas on any air;,,,.,.! ,
any paraon of llli!. ..,, i.
Th purtioe nf (he i r r ;
(Continued on pes f)
to eiin,)m.i the ;