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Rattle Still Rages
Further Victories
Defeats
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MEN WHO CLASH ON RUSSO-GERMAN FRONTIER
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H
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coram
Joth Berlin and Paris Off iqially Silent
as to the Progress Made Today
Dropping of Bombs by Zeppelin Air
ship Declared Against Hague Treaty
London, Aug. 26 A Russian Embas-
t dispatch from the General btair at
Petersburg announces fresh Rus-
ian tictories against both Germany
ad Austria and that the Russian
oope no'v occupy the whole eastern
nd southern half of Prussia.
Protests Against Dropping Bombs. .
The Daily New's Antwerp correspon
nt telegiapha Hhe. American Ambas-'
bdor to Belgium Brand Whit-
tk. has sent an energetic protest
;ainst hurling of bombs into Ant
werp from a Zeppelin airship.
Tht Router's Antwerp correspori-
ent says another raid on Antwerp
a Zeppelin airship was attempted
st night. Effective measures taken
the Belgian military authorities
aused the German airship to retire.
Belgians Destroy Defensive Works.
As Lxehange Telegraph's Antwerp
spatch says Belgian operations be
ad Mahnes were continued all
'cugh the night. The Belgian for
s sv.fcep(led in destroying defen
:e v,-orks constructed by the Ger
ins. Premier Asquith, in the House of
anmons, today read a communica-
frcm the Commander of the
Pitish forces in British West Africa,
:at the German Togoland authori
se had offered to capitulate on
:-rms. In renlv. the Brittish officer
! capitulation must be uncondi
tional.
Th Dailv Mail's Paris dispatch
s the situation in the Vosges re
fa is unchanged. The battle con
3ue3 in tle region of Luneville and
c l.u"!!iburg frontier several un-
Inrtant riiHaeementR have occurred.
- ''' -- .i in the northern districts
ti') i .'u:.'' t'nr an-ipfv
Cut Off From Outside World.
Tha1 'i)-- Germans are in almost
ter !,iikc of any news from the
ltsi('l ' i.i l 1 nr f)-. n of imnnrtatlt do
M-'P1 '.'iiiiign is -emphasized by
fTltt V ..t t.... Ii. .1-. . - m ,1
'L v.-hi eh arrived here today
".i;iJKi.
''' "t contains "rumor" of
t Mrc. Woodrow Wilson,
i' ir in unable tocon
Ni': cucane of the German
Cocben and Breslau from
j , .'ltirmnnrofl hut npnnla ff
!'!1 ln licvo the shins are ready
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fhi.;,,. ls neard of the real facts
the v.!in;hiDs.
khiUt's paris
air.
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Pen,
correspondent
' by a German cavalry .v
" iir h territory, is reported
'" sian, which states that
n 'li': Gfiiinana arrived at 4 a. m.
3,i;.-. .1
' . encuuiiiei ea a rc-gi-
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v -""ibiiiatod them. Referring
artillery, which prac
tod them. Referring
tuig near Mons, the paper
u liritiiih bore the brunt of
'1'li' is declare the' allies raised
til,!.. lf
iccatomb of German corp-
:;" Mons."
Bomb Dropping Episode.
,Joinb exploit of the Zeppelin
airship, at Antwerp, promises to be
come a matter of the widest inter
national consideration. The Belgian
authorities claim the attack was a
clear violation of the Hague treaty
ies and they are repared to protest
officially to all powers against thi-s
manner of warfare.
Accounts differ as to the amount
of' damage" done-' '-by tl&acrJa,K fight
er. One account says twenty six
lives were lost, although more con
servative sources report only twelve
bodies were recovered so far from
the ruins "of the wrecked houses. One
dispatch says nine hundred houses
were slightly damaged and sixty
houses nearly destroyed.
Sjlent This Morning
Paris, Aug. 26 The French war of
fice was silent this morning. No of
ficial announcement has been made.
Unofficial military opinion is that the
fighting along the French-Belgian
frontier countinues. Quiet confidence
exists in Paris that the allies will hold
off the German attack and take the of
fensive when the proper hour arrives.
Austrian Losses Grow.
The losses of Austrians in battle of
the River Drina continues to grow
according to Nish telegrams. The
latest are that out of three hundred
thousand Austrian engaged, fifteen
thousand were killed, thirty thousand
wounded and fifteen thousand made
prisoners. Seventy-five guns were
captured by the Servians.
Allies Take Combined Offensive Move
A war office announcement during
the night says that in Lorraine the al
lied armies have taken up a combined
offensive movement. The battle ro
commenced Monday and was still
raging at time the announcement was
made.
.German Airship Falls.
A German aeroplane fell to the
ground inside the British lines in
Quensney, six miles from Lille, yes
terday and two German officers
aboard were killed.
Berlin Mourns Today.
Berlin, Aug. 26 A wireless, ac
cording to official announcement . to
day, says Lieut. General Prince Fred
erick, of Saxe Meiningen, was killed
by a shall before Namur last, Sunday.
No news of the situation on the '
eastern and western frontiers of
Germany has been given out today.
Russians Put to Rout.
Official reports made public in
Vienna and received here by tele
graph say a battle of three days du
ration at Krasnik (28 miles south
west of Lublin) ended yesterday in
a complete Austrian victory. The
Russian forces were repulsed along
the entire front of forty two miles,
and are now in full flight toward Lub
lin. Russians Drive Germans Back.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 26. The Ger
man troops, retreating in the direct
ion of Osterode, East Prussia
left behind them one hundred piecesi
of artillery.
Russians Report Big Victories
St. Petersburg, Aug. 26 The Ger
mans who retreated by forced
marches, after their defeat by Rus-
-V fill $mMM$'-M WE' SfOivIs
n
Belgian Minister Declares War
Being Waged on Women
anlTI&ftSrek'
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By Germany on City of Antwerp the
Cause of the Complaint United
States Will Hardly Take Action in
The Matter.
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British Correspondent Gives Graphic Description of the Fight
Now Raging Britons at Grips With the Germans Latter
Would Smash Into France.
London, Aug. 26. "At last J.he
British is at grips with the Germans",
says the the Daily Mail's Ostend co-respondent.
'.' It was a great moment when the
British general staff, with their men
arrived. The inhabitants went wild
with enthusiasm. The troops advan
ced to battle positions at 3 a. m. and
lat four o'clock eight German aero
planes appeared. A number of Brit
ish aeroplanes rose like a flock -of
birds and drove them away.
"Then the artillery began to talk
and the air became thick with can
non powder. The great battle had
begun. Forward went the infantry.
The rifle fire and Maxim fire added to
the boom of big guns. The sunrise
mingled with the glow of burning for
ests and flash of guns.
"This was Monday. The "battle
continued Tuesday and -probably will
continue for several days, either
alone or merging with battles on the
left and right. The great battle is
now in full swing along the whole
French, British and Belgian linec,
really a series of linked battles form
ing what well may be the decisive
engagement of the western European
' movements. It is a supreme effort
on the part of Germany to break into
Fiance, an effort which, if stopped,
must mean disaster to three quarter
of a million of German soldiers.
There seems to be no soldiers, left
to guard the German line of corumun
nication. All is being hazarded up
on success or failure of this blow.
The German advance has been rapid
and steady. Their columns have av
eraged twenty miles a day since they
reached Brussels."
The Times military correspondent
says:
, "We and the Dutch need have no
doubt that annexation of all the
North .Sea ports from the straits of
Dover to Emden will follow a Ger
man success in war, a success which
would only be preliminary to con
centration of all German effort upon
subjugation of England.
In the upper photograph is shown
a troop of German infantry eating din
ner on the field. This photograph
contradicts the published stories that
the German army is in a .state of re
volt because of lack of food. These
stories said that each one received
only two sausages and a teaspoon ful
of peas at each meal. In the picture
the men are eating soup, good generou
of it, and seem perfectly contented
and happy. In the lower photograph
is shown a group of Russian infantry
patroling the border line between tier-
many and Russia.
RETURN WITH TALES
OF DIRE HARDSHIP
New York, Aug. 26. Nearly fif
teen hundred American refugees from
Europe reached New York today,
carrying tales of hardships. Some
of them had vvivid stories of fight
ing afloat and ashore. . Some came
from Copenhagen and others from
Italy.
TEA1R ADMIRAL
SUNK
WHEAT SHOOTS UP IN
. PRICE AT CHICAGO
Chicago, Aug. 26. Wheat for de
livery next month sold at $1.06 tht3
morning oh the board of trade. 'This
was twenty cents higher than a year
ago. Lord Kitchener's reported esti
mate of three years of war was the
principal influence at the opening today.
STRANDED AMERICANS
ARE SUFFERING
1 Seattle, Aug. 26. TJhe steamship
, Admiral Sampson, from Seattle for
Alaska, with fifty six passengers and
sixty five crew, was sunk this morn
ing at Point No Point, twenty miles
from Seattle, by the steamship Prin
cess Victoria. She saved most of
the passengers and crew and is bring
ing them here.
Washington, Aug. 26 Belgian Min
ister Havenith presented a protest to
the State Department toda'y against
what he termed, "war against women
and children" in a Zeppelin airship's
attack on Antwerp. Ten persons were
killed, the minister stated. Four of
them women.
Secretary of State Bryan was very
reticent in discussing the attitude of
the United States toward such pro
tests and. intimated that the State De
partment could take no action. Re
ports of the activity of Brand Whit-
lock, American Minister to Brussels,
in officially protesting to Germany
was denied by Bryan.
Success Over Gov. Cole Blease
Seems Now
Assured.
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RELIEF EXPEDITION
GOES TO AUSTRIA
Therefore No Second Primary For
. lSator, Though Se6ond Primary
Likely For Governor All Congress
man Probably Renominated.
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" Columbia', ' S. C., Aug: 26. Senator
E. D. Smith was maintaining his ma
jority over Governor Cole Blease for
the United States Senatorship nomi
nation in today's incomplete returns
from yesterday's Democratic prima
ry. Out of one hundred and seven
teen thousand votes returned, Blease
has forty eight thousand and Smith
sixty five thousand. Approximately
twenty five thousand are yet to be
returned. Smith now has sufficient
majority over his three opponent
to renominate him without holding a.
second primary,
Robert Cooper held a majority of
six thousand over his nearest oppon
ents. A second primary appears nec
essary. All present Congressmen seem
to have been renominated.
.Berlin, Aug. 26. American Assist
ant. Secretary of War, Breckenbridge,
accompanied by a group of officers
from the American cruiser Tennes
see, left here today for Vienna.
Breckenridge and staff are distri
buting financial relief to needy Amer
icans of the Continent, sent by the
Anierican Government.
POILTICS IN
OLD BAY STATE
Boston. Mass., Aug, 26 The
past
Students' Congress Off. v
Santiago, Chili, Aug. 26 Official an
nouncement is made by the Chilian
Government of the indefinite post
ponement of the International Pan
American Studente' Congress, which
was to have opened here next month.
ten da s have witnessed the complete
formation of the lines for the annual
fall political battle in Massachusetts.
This Sitate is now the only one in the
Union that elects a complete list of
State officers each year. This year
there is no fight for the gubernatorial
nomination in any of the three leading
parties. In fact the only State ticket
wherein a fight is promised in the
primaries next month is that of the
Republicans. Governor David Walsh
is unopposed for renomination on the
Democratic ticket. Former Congress-
Those in charge of the arrangements
decided that it would be advisable to man Samuel W. McCall will be named
call the congress off on account of
the European war and the probability
that in consequence of the war the
gathering would be poorly attended.
"The FALSE AND THE TRUE" is
the title of a beautiful love story at the
Grand Theatre today by the Vitaraph
,Company, with an up-to-date cast. Advertisement.
"Delicious Concord Grapes,
your grocer." Advertisement.
Phone
by the Republicans for the governor
ship and Joseph Walker will be the
nominee of the .Progressive party. The
Democratic and Progressive tickets
from the govern orship down have been
settled upon already, so that so far
as the State ti cket goes the contests
at the primaries will be confined to
the Republican candidates. In addi
tion to a complete State ticket the
Progressives have filed papers in prac
tically ajl of the congressional districts.
fro j if? TITO
Continued, on. Page Six.)
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON
JAPAN.
;-.
fr Rome, Aug. 26 A dispatch
i from Vienna says Austria has
4 declared yar on Japan.
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Geneva, Aug. 26. Four Americans,
unnamed, made their wray across the
German frontier at Basel yesterday.
They were without money and had
bee.n without food for sometime.
Information from Germany indica
tes that many Americans tourists
are stranded in hotels and boarding
houses in German cities. They are
mostly women and in many cases
with limited resources. Some have
GERMAN
Ambassador
WONT MAKE PREDICTION
New York, Aug. 26. German -Ambassador
Von Bernstorff, in a state
ment today, announced that neither
himself, nor any one connected with
no money at all. They are described j the German imDassy wa& uKtmug
as not infrequently living by suffer- predictions as to the future, , or dis
ence, subjected to discourtesies and cussing peace or, mediation in any
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occasionally Dut out upon the streets i manner whatever
without baggage. In some extreme
cases they have had to sell their
clothes, for food.
"Delicious Concord Grapes. Phone
your grocer." Advertisement.
(EEBSRfllARlS SSEPULSESB
London, Aug. 26. The German
forces attacked the French Southern
frontier Tuesday. " They were re
pulsed and retired all along the line.
A.
JAP. ATTAGEi PAULS
New York, Aug. 26. The Japa
nese attack on Tsing Tau has fail
ed, according to a cablegram to the
German Ambassador from the Ger
man Embassy at Peking. The Jap
anese are preparing for ajsiege.
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