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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25
MARCH TO PARIS MORE DIFFICULT

Paris Aug 25-Should the German army the French
frontier through Belgium it will find first second and third
line of defense the March Paris that will prove far
difficult to than the 1870 First
all the ntrenched camps of the Lille district will be The
forts of Vaencennes Mauberge and Hrson all south of Lille
and close to the Belgian border the chief resisting points
in this great nrenched which specifically destined
Conhnue 2ndP Pane. 1st colum
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25
JAPAN CONDUCTS WAR CAUTIOUSLY.

Toxic, Aug 25-Inications in Toxic that Japan is
conducting the hoses against Kau Chau with the greatest
1t desires avoid any needless sacrifice of e
1t will not risk warshp unnecessarily 1t is reported
ber of mines have been floating around Kiau Chau
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25
GERMANS REPULsED NEAR osTEND.

London Aug. 25.-A dispatch says fierce fighting is in
progress between the Belgian gendarere and German
airy on the outskirts of Oend Belgium The wounded be-
ing brought in After hard fight the Germans driven
back with severe losses.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25

= BULLETINS :.
MALINEs ATTACKED BY GERMANS.

London Aug ga dispatch to the Times from 0stend,
sent today $4,000 Germans attacking Manes Bel
n thirteen miles southwest of Antwerp Skirmshng by the
Germans is general in nothwest Flanders
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25
OFFICIALLY ADMITTED I'm LONDON.

London, Aug 25-The official war information bureau
says:
1t is announced that Namur has fallen
The foregoing dispatch filed in London at 1852 o'clock
Monday afternoon received in New York 610 o'clock
this morning Its transmission probably delayed
Namur is the capital of the province of Namur It thir-
yfour miles southeast OF Brussels and strongly fortified
Beyond the fact that Namur has fallen the official
bureau has issued nothing the subject
VITAL VICTORY FOR THE GERMANS.
The English newspapers generally regard the fall of Ma
nur as nexphcabe They the possession of Namur
vital for Germany and that was fine stroke for the Ger
to have rushed the place under the eyes of the allied
mics.
The to the allies forces generally admitted by
the English and French newspapers which today
decidedly bad While plainly expressing disappointment
they declare the etograde toward the line of the
strong defensive works the frontier has been carried
in good order.
Commenting the fall of Namur the Times SAYS it is
OF those neXpcabe which makes gamble
that Is. That Namur should have fallen in days will
require good deal of explanation, the Times adds.
GERMAN ATTACK rs POWERFUL.
The Chronicle says
THE news today is decidedly bad 1t adds IF the al
lies losses have been heavy yet before long the
Germans marching in earnest upon Paris The Namur fort
great strength which defenders could probably hold
for several months We do not imagine it taken by
rush. The blunt fact remains, however that in really first
class battle French troops occupying secluded position of
singular strength driven out by the Germans after
than two days fighting This speaks volumes for the
power of the German attack
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25
Fleet Of Allies Levels FoTtifiCa-
tions;; Austrian Command
or to Surrender
SERBS RETAKE SABAC


Milan, via Paris, Aug. 25.-
A news dispatch from Cattaro
says all the Notifications there
have been destroyed by the al
lied fleet.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25

says all the Notifications there
have been destroyed by the al
lied fleet.
Rome, via London, Aug. 25,
"A news dispatch from Anti
varo, Montenegro, says the for.
tificatlons of Cattaro, the Aus
trian seaport on the Adriatic,
were completely destroyed and
that the Austrian commander
is parleying for terms of sur
render. The bombardment
was conducted by the fleet OF
the allies.
Nish, Servia, Aug. 25.-The
Servian troops re-occupied Sa-
bac (Shabats) at a O'Clock
Monday afternoon August
Oath, according to official an
nouncement. Every bit of
Servian territory is now clear
ed of the enemy"
The announcement adds
that the retreating Austrians
destroyed Servian villages and
massacred the inhabitants. Sa-
bac is on the river Save, 25
miles west of Belgrade.
London, Aug. 25'-The Reu.
ter's Nish correspondent tele-
graphs:
After a great victory our
forces are vigorously pursu-
ing the enemy along the whole
of their front. The latter fled
in the greatest haste. The enc.
my's casualties were enor.
nous. Four regiments were
completely wiped out.
Paris, Aug. 25.-A Fournier
agency dispatch says Emperor
Joseph has ordered the capital
to be put in a state of defense
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25
KAISER'S TROOPS TAKE CITY AND five
out OF Nine FORTS; FALL is OFFICIALLY
ANNOUNCED BOTH IN LONDON AND BERLIN
FortifiCations Formed Finest Example Of Work Of
Famous Belgian Engineer--News Of Day Is Call
ed Decidedly Bad by English Newspapers--Say
Il Is Vital Victory for Kaiser's Troops

Berlin Aug 25By wireless to the Associated Press by
way OF Nauen Germany and Sayvle Long Island)-An Off
a announcement made public here today the city of
Namr and five of its forts have been captured by the Ger
The bombament of the four other continues
their fall seems imminent.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25

The Notifications of Namur and Lege formed the finest
examples OF the work of the famous Belgian military engineer
General Bramont whose reputation world wide The forts
are nine in number all protected by steel domes generally
eighty of them in each fort and artillery of modern disappear
ing guns, very powerful
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-25

Paris, Aug. 25.-A Fournier
agency dispatch says Emperor
Joseph has ordered the capital
to be put in a state of defense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
Looking to the New Year

The week between Christmas and New Years Day is always extremely quiet in the business world. Indeed the period between Christmas and the second week of January is dull. Some times it is February before any large degree of activity manifests itself; but it is believed that an era of great prosperity will be ushered in the early part of next month.
 If 1914 has been an unsatisfactory year as a whole; if the European war caused the bottom to drop out of the cotton market, so to speak, 1t might have been worse. Recovery is coming steadily. It is coming fast.
 The railroads now belong to the optimistic class. They are giving evil dence of their purpose to expand and improve their properties, and all busi- ness interests may look forward with reasonable assurance of prosperity within the next few weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
SCRAMBLED EGGS

From the St. Louis Times.
 Farmers have been complaining for sometime that hens have not been lay ing like they used ter.
 No wonder. What self-respecting hen, with pride in her own product would lay, in view of the facts presented at the hearing into the ''egg trust' at New York yesterday? It developed that of the $700.- 00c.OOO annual egg crop. s2oO,0 oo.OOo worth of the previous ova are wasted. Wanton carelessness on the part Of the trust. Do you thing precocious hens are going to tolerate 1t? Never. In transit, 80,O0O,O ,O0O worth of eggs are broken, the figures show. Whats the use of a hen laying 10 eggs just to give an old trust chance to break one? And what is more horrify- ing to a well-bred chicken, 70 per cent of tho eggs are kept so long before they reach the consumer that they are fit only for strong palates or tanning leather. Suf- ficicnt to silence any cackle
 If eggs were to sell uniformly at 2 cents dozen. tho total number of eggs broken fin a year, according to the ex- perts, would be 100000 GOO dozen, or AGO. Ooi .000 eggs Ifssorambled, instead of vast ed. the dish would feed the country'l hobos for 20 years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
WAR ECHOES

Washington Star: Under a new army order the German military authorities have added dental surgeon to every medical corps with the army in the field. This has been done because 1t has been found that the assistance of a dentist IS of great importance in caring for the wounded As far as the actual worries Of the toothache are concerned the army authorities have always been able to per- init any surgeon to pull offending teeth. Armies can hardly wait while soldiers get their teeth filled. If tooth ofrends, out with itl
 But 1t is in caring for the wounded that the work of the dental surgeon in war has become important. Any wound in the jaw by bullet or shrapnel, or other wise requires the aid of a capable dental surgeon. In these cases the latter is the most important help of the medical sur- geon, for with modern equipment it has been discovered that even d shattered jaw can be saved by careful work, and only an expert dentist can assist at such time. For almost any injury of this kind it has also been found that the aid of dental surgery must be called in to make it possible for the patient to be fed while he is recovering. In the equipment of every medical corps at work with the field army there is special supply of a varied line of apparatus to be used in the way of wire sutures and special spints for broken jaws and even artificial jaws of hard rubber for the most serious cases.
 Philadelphia Evening Ledger: The Czar expresses vodka. The French outlaw absinthe. Kitchener waYns the British soldier against drink. The Kaiser tells the German brewers that if the war lasts six months, they must cease using up the grain. Is 1t any wonder that minis ters speak of the European war as the greatest enemy of the liquor traffic ill the worlds history?
 But what about that twin-demon of Sun day school excoriaton-the cigarette? The English army welcomes it as a com fort and a nerve quieter in the field. An American company presents the Red Cross society with 10O00,000 cigarettes to send to the front. And the genial head or that relief organization blesses the gift by arranging for it's delivery. What a blow!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26

assuming that the entire world knew England had all the truth and right eousness on it's side and that the Ger man position was altogether inde- fensible.
 Soon after the Englishman's article came one from the pen of German in which it was assumed that "orbis terrarum" was on the side of Ger many.
 In all inflamed partisanry the pride of opinion plays a large part; and such pride is always a foolish pride. One of the interesting ques- tions with which the historian must deal will be that of responsibility. Not responsibility for the precipitation. of the war. That is easy. How the war started is based upon concrete cause. But the underlying motives and the subtle statesmanship-t are the questions that will concern the student and they will be by no means easy to answer.
 According to bias all sorts of re- plies will be given to the question as to who caused the war. Some will say that the Kaiser started it; some will say that the Czar did it; some that England did it; some that France did it; some wag may even blame it on Ireland.
 It is the most terrible conflict that civilization has yet witnessed; and no matter who is mostly to blame for it, several statesman-ieaders are guilty, negatively at least. What all friends of humanity long for now is speedy ending of the war. Why should carnage continue?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
Partisanry and the War

From the viewpoint of neutral ob- server it is surprising what bitter feel ings have been engendered by the European war.
 Of course, one expects to hear Ger mans defend Germany, Englishmen defend Great Britain, Frenchmen de- fend France and Russians defend Russia. But the absolute sureness which the intense partisan manifests as to who brought on the carnage as to the nation chiefly to blame causes the man of boise outside the war zone to protest, and the cynic philosopher to grin even more cyni- cally than is his wont.
 An Englishman writing in the Nine teenth Century recently started his article with St. Augustine's aphorism, "Securus judicat orbis terrarum." He pitched right into his discussion by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
NO DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAsT

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
 Of course, President Wilson's bereave- ment, which MT. Bryan assigns as the reason for omission of the diplomatic breakfast usually given by the Secretary of State at his residence on New Years Day, Is not the only one. Indeed if there was not the other reason for calling it off, the breakfast would be given in &C., cordance with custom, since MT. Wilson's bereavement is not a recent event-re- garding it from the viewpoint of diplo- ma tic ceremonial. The real reason for having no breakfast is the war in Eu- rope, and the certainty that the repre- septatives of the beligerent powers would absent themselves rather than meet at the festal board. But why shouldn't Mir. Bryan-if he wishes to be sociable-have a breakfast for the representatives of neutral governments of whom there are many? He might have all America except Mexico at table, and the Asiatic diplo- mats, except the Japanese ambassador. However, it is now too late, no doubt, to offer the suggestion, and joy will have to remain confined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 A woman may forget the vows she made at the altar. But she never forgets to jack her husband up about the VOWS he made in his love letters.
 When a corn-fed girl smiles at man he always forgets that he is carrying his wife's picture in his watch case.
 The girl who Is always advertising her modesty is always wondering why she never has any bidders.
 When a man stands around and brags that he is the boss in his house you can bet that when he is at home he has to go down into the cellar when he wants to chew tobacco and go out in the back yard when he wants to smoke.
 Every wife tells every husband what a model husband the man next door is But when every husband meets the man next door downtown some day he discovers that the man next door is just as ornery as the rest of the husbands
 After man grows so old and grabbed that his blood turns white and he can't see curve with telescope his great est ambition is to become one of the vice presidents of the Society for the Suppress sion of Life, Love and Laughter.
 Father will bring a friend home to dim ner with him and he will meet the dog at the front door and he will get so busy braggIng about the dog that he will for get to introduce mother.
 For about thrae months she regards her wedding day as the greatest day in his tory. But later Non she gets so that she regards pay day as the greatest day in history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
A Hard Working Author

Alfred Henry Lewis, the novelist and newspaper man, who died this week, seems to have been victim, to large extent, of his love for work. He was only 57 years old at the time of his death and should have lived many years more "in harness" Until the fatal illness which overlook him MT. Lewis had enjoyed excellent health and he had drawn on his physi- cal capital to the utmost. Few men wrote so much "copy" and turned out so much that was good.
 Perhaps the best known work of MT. Lewis was his series of "Wolf- vile" magazine stories, which en- joyed great popularity. He also wrote a number of novels that were popular. He described western scenes and characters with the fidelity of a man who loved the life he portrayed. While he did not turn out anything destined to immortality, perhaps, he was a good, reliable craftsman, and in news paper parlance was fine judge of a "story." He wrote engagingly on many topics and while he was at times accused of being a "muck raker,' he was not an habitual one, and he con- tributed great deal to the public general fund of information by his articles.
 Samuel G. Blythe has the reputa- tion of being able to turn out more copy and sell more of it than perhaps 1, any other newspaper and magazine writer in the country. He and Alfred Henry Lewis were kindred types. MT. Lewis was and MT. Blythe is yet a Thorough master of informative and entertaining writing. MT. Lewis did not enjoy, to be sure, the great fame and the complete idolatry that O.. Henry did, and does today, but he had a wide following and his premature death is sincerely regretted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
DEVOTED WOMEN OF FRANCE
Peter MasQueen in Leslies.

Peter MasQueen in Leslie's.
 ATE in October started from
 Chateau Thierry, near Rheims, to
 - go back to Paris. Driving 15 miles across the abandoned battlefields of the Curcq river and Grand Morin came to the railway station of Coulommiers My train was to leave at 7:SO in the even ing; but when I had waited with a crowd of other travellers till o'clock, we were told to take the left side of the platform and our train would come-sometime. Tn a few minutes we saw the headlights of train approaching and got ready to board it. It came softly, silently to standstill, but we perceived it was Red Cross train marked with English flags My French friends told me it was filled with 5s4 English wounded. The wounded were in freight cars; they were on stretchers arranged in tiers one above the other. Each car had from 20 to 90 men. There were doctors and nurses among the soldiers and the lights were dim candles. I looked inside of several cars and observed that the sufferers had been carefully bandaged and that their wounds were usually on the legs, arms and head There was no moaning nor complaint.
 I had not noticed hitherto long line of sheds beside the railway where wom- en were arranging baskets of bed and boiling huge cauldrons of coffee. Now my attention was turned to these. A number of women with no insignia, ap- parently the plain housewives of Coulom- miers, were going up and down the plat form, quickly, silently efficiently, visit ing each car and passing out coffee and bread to any of the wounded who might be weak or hungry on their journey from the battlefield to the hospitals in Paris or elsewhere. Among the friends l had met were Prof. Georges Renard of the College of France, and his wife They were on the. platform and explained to me the work going on before me in that little static min the starlight and the dark.
 Madame Renard said this was a branch of a society, nationwide, called Les Femmes de France" had seen the sign The society of ',The Women of France , Is in every town city, hamlet and coun- tryside in France. It is supported by contributions made in the local communi- ties. Children five years old. and maidens fair, and old men and women collect the money. There is no crossroad in France where train stops but has q branch of this society, and the women. old and young, are at the station day and night to meet every train of wounded | that passes and minister to their needs. The society of course has hospitals and does great and notable work in cities l like Paris, Lyons and Havre. But this | lovely, simple, womanly devotion of l watching for trainloads of the wounded at intermediate stations touched me more | than anything else have seen.
 l Well, the train of English wounded pulled out and I heard the doctor in l charge say to one of the ladies: 'Pre- pare more coffee. another train is due iIl
 20 minutes.' The train came; without
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity in Texas

T. A. Moross, formerly of Birmingham, but now dividing his time between New York and various southern. cities, spent yesterday here. He was just from Texas, where he had been for several months. Mir Moross was accompanied by his wife.
 Texas is wonderful state" said Mir. Moross. "While the low price of cotton had naturally a depressing effect on Texas cities, there is nevertheless much prosperity in evidence. There seems to have been a substantial improvement in business during the recent weeks.
 Houston is growing very fast, and many great buildings are being erected there All the large towns and cities of Texas are thriving.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
THE USES OF HEREDITY

From the Chicago Journal
 We have heard so much these latter days about the evils of bad heredity that 1t might be well to reckon for a moment some of the blessings of good heredity.
 If it had not been for the descendants of Jonathan Edwards our eastern uni versailles and colleges would be short or their most distinguished presidents.
 If it had not been for the descendants of single Austrian who came to this country three generations ago Sir Thomas Lipton would have had pretty easy work Hitting tn yacht trophy. That Austrian nam- was Herreshoff
 John Adams was a very mediocre Presi- dent of the United States, but first class minister to England and sound patriot. His son, John Quincy Adams. originated the Monroe doctrine, and for 1s years led the fight against slavery in the House of Representatives.
 In the third generation came Charles Francis Adams, war minister to England, the only man who ever called Lord Pal merston down and made good with 1t; while scattered around the country are some hundreds of less noted descendants of the original J. A., all of them remark ably above the average in intelligence and character.
 In colonial days an Irishman of Eng fish descent and his wife, who was irish without any explanations, came to Vir- ginia Their name was Preston. Four governors of Virginia were descended from this Irish pair. Their seed gave gov ernors to South Carolina, Louisiana, Ken lucky, New York, Missouri and California.
 In the civil war 12 of their descendants reached the rank of general in one arr.y or the other. and the colonels they pro- duced are almost too numerous to men, ton.
 Heredity works both ways, but usually the right way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
boom.

In lecture recently delivered in New York, Eugene Brieux, author of Dam aged Goods" declared that he was forced to write plays with social conscience" to them He agreed that such plays are hard to make, hard to sell, hard to pro- duce and hard to find their way to popu- lar favor. Among the plays written by M. Brieux are ''Blanchette," and Rem placent," play of motherhood, but he is best known to American audiences by Damaged Goods'' This much talked of work was forbidden in Paris, but made a great sensation when brought over to America and produced in New York. For while it was roundly condemned by some critics and enthusiastically praised by others. A great many serious-minded persons acclaimed the author to the skies for being brave enough to teach much needed lesson. however appalling it's truths might be. Damaged Goods'' is still being played in this country to crowded houses and M. Brieux seems des- tined to enjoy royalties for a long time to come from this highly profitable work.