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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Iast Sundays Age-Herald was in every respect superior. It was incomparable in The southern field The edition tomor- row will be in essential reSards an nm rrovement on previous efforts.
 
 The big story is the war story. The Associated Press will serve The Age Herald exclusively, and the Associated Press is admittedly the most reliable and thorough news gathering agency in the world. The Age-Herald, as conse- uuence, will be enabled to give it's read CTS officiaI information of the great con Mct WI other local newspaper can give.
 Tn connection with the war there will be two features in tomorrow's paper which no one, be he student or merely interested observer, can afford to miss The one is the story of Napoleons career by James Morgan. This deals with ter ritory which Is today the scene of hor. rible conflict. The other is one chapter of a series which is just beginning. s series which describes with historical ac- curacy the several momentous events oi European history which are now con sidered merely harbingers of the struggle which is disturbing the world today.
 
 f3 Eomorrows Age-Herald, in addition tt Flying the news of the world, of the ma f1(on. state and city as no other news paper will be able to do. will contain in addition to those mentioned above, ar exceptional array of wholesome and en tertaining features,
 Jack Bethea writes of the great leaders ef tho rival armies of Europe, tells how t1nv 1ook, what thetr habits arc, ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
SUNDAYS AGE-HERALD

what their history is Charles W. Greer visit paid by President Wilson sometime ago to Marion. Frank C. Carpenter writes his usual story of travel and adven- ture.
 An interesting story is based on the countless number of petitions which SC to the Czar of Russia-none of which are granted. Another story of exceptional merit tells of the dearth of great polit- .ical leaders in the countries of Europe
 Lady Duff-Gordon tells of the fashions of the world-tells the story in her owr inimitable style. Karl Kaffer and AlIer Johnson write bright stories out of New York.
 Bill Vines, writing as a war corerspond. ent from Paris. tells of other troubles which he has encountered in his efYort tc get the news. A splendid story concerns MT. Gregory. recently named Attorney General of tho United States, and Aus. tins pride in having contributed so many
 big men to the service of the country
 during the Wilson administration. 4 story which few can afford to overlook deals with the adventures of Leandei Poole in Vera Cruz. where he spent foui months endeavoring to systematixe thu mail service between America and Mex. ico. Dolly Dalrymple contributes another of her fascinating stories of and fol women.
 The Age -Herald's comic section con tains those features which all newspaper editors strive to acquire. The sectior is in eight pages and embraces the Kat zenjammers. Happy Hooligan, Their Onl, Child, Old Doc Yak, Mammals Ange Child, Jimmy and Mandy-The Age-Her dds own production.
 Put your order with your newsdsalel carly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

I dispatch from the Ostend correspondent of the Reuter- Telegram company. They have not entered the town. however Forts Waulem and Wavre did not cease to replay.
 Thursdays bombardment continued
 for 40 minutes. the population taking refuge in cellars. When the Lombard ment ceas sed the authorities ordered the tpopulation to evacuate the town. which
 they did in good order. many seeking
 refuge in Duffel, where they spent the night in a church.
 | The bombardment was resumed at o'clock this morning. says the dispatch and continued until noon. when the re- mainder of the population fled. | The damaged buildings include the Hotel De Vile. the church of St. Pierre which was totally destroyed; the courts
 Of justice and the cathedral of St Rom | bold. The tower of the cathedral re-
 mains intact. but ths famous chimes were destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CITY OF LOUVAIN IS
 NOW A HEAP OF ASHES
Ancient Belgian City Delivered to Flames By Kaiser's Troops and Several Notable Citizens Are Shot-Germans Claim Inhabitants Fired On Troops

London. August 2s-(7s3O D. m.)--The foIlowings
 "The Belgian minister of foreign sf- fairs reports that on Tuesday q Ger man army corps, aftcr receiving s check, withdrew In disorder to the city of Louvsin. The Germans on guard at the entrance of the city, mistakinx the nature of thls incursion. fired upon their country men. whom they mistook for BeIgians.
 "ln apitc of all the deniais from the authorities, the Germans. In order to cover their mistake, pretended that It was the fnhabitants who had fired on AAen. whereas the inhabitaatss inelud-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CENSORS ARE
 BIISY WITH NEWS

Paris, August 2s.-t4:1s P. n.)-The Eng fish and French censors appear to be as busy on news passed by one or the other of the allies official news bureaus as on the dispatches of the newspaper cor respondents.
 The British censors stop parts of of ficial communications issued by the war office in Paris and the French censors appear to have delayed on two or three occasions announcements made in the House of Commons regarding the situa- ton of the armies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
FIGHTING HUNDRED
 IN MEXICO CITY

Vera Cruz, August S.-Private mes
 sages from Mexico City say there was fighting in the streets of the capital again yesterday, and that several persons were killed. The censorship there renders it impossible for Mexican refugees here to get details.
 Passengers from Mexico say that Gen. eral Rincon and his garrison of 400 men there have revolted and joined the former federal soldiers who revolted at salina
 Asthmian railway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-British fleet scores victory.
 Paris prepares to resist siege.
 Armies rest on guns.
 India troops to fight Germany 2-Medical college remains in Mobile. s-war situation to keep Congress until
 March. 4EEditorial comment. 5-Morrow urges Grubb for circuit bench
 Merchants convention of great benefit
 Europe fears war may last decade. 6-Society. 7-Republicans have difficult time naming
 nominee. 8-Sports. s-Ailies troops routed says report u-Markets. as-Aeroplane's value h wsr discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
INDIA TROOPS WILL
 BE SENT TO FRANCE
Lord Kitchener Announces Gaps In Allies Forces In War Zone Will Be Filled Up-Native India Troops Will Be Sent to Front By England

London. August 2S.-Native troops from India are on their way. to increase the British forces in France. This was announced today in the House of Lords by the Marquis of Crewe. secretary of state for India, and by Lord Kitchener, secretary of state for war.
 Lord Kitchener said that In addition to reinforcements which would be re- cefved from this country the govern- ment had decided that the British army in France should he increased. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

ing the police. had nli been disarmcd more than a week before.
 Without inquiry and without listening to any protest, the German commander announced that the town would he de- stroyed immediately. The inhabitants were ordered to leave their dwellings and some were made prisoners- The women and children were placed on trains. the destination of which are not known. and soldiers with bombs set fire to all parts of the city. The splendid church of St. Peter. the university buildings, the library and scientific establishments were deliv- cred to the flames. <. z
 Several notable citizens were shot. The city. which had 6 population of 6.000 ana was the intellectual metropolis of tho loU countries. now is . heap of ashes-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Indian troops were chosen to increase
 the forces. Lord Kitchener added that
 all the gaps In the army in France were ~eing filled up.
 The Marquis of Crewe said the Indian people desired that the native soldiers should fight by the side of their com rades in the British army and that it would have been a disappointment to India if they had been debarred from taking part in the war in Europe. The marquis asserted that in spite of heavy drafts on the Indian army, the Indian frontiers will be fully secured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
M 'ADOO'S COTTON PLANS APPROVED
 BY CONFERENCE
Committee Recommends Every Effort Be Made to Assist Planter to Hold Product for Reason
 able Price

vashipgton. August es.---secrctsry McAdoo's plan to accept n basis for currency. notes secured by warehouse receipts for cotton. tobacco and naval stores at 7s per cent of their face value was approved tonight in a report by the
 special committee appointed by the con- ference of representative planters, bapIers. manufacturers and deaIers
 held here August 2f-a5.
 The committee recommended that every effort be made to assist producers in holding their cotton for price that will
 minimize their losses until the channels of foreign trade are reopened. Eight cents 2 pound was suggested us d fair basis for loans on cotton.
 The report. which was submitted to Sec retary McAdoo, follows:
 .1 That the committee entirely approve and congratulate you upon announcement made by you yesterday that notes secured by warehouse receipts for cotton and tobacco, and naval stores, and having
 not more than four months to run, will be accepted basis for the issue of currency to the members of the national currency associations at 15 per cent of | the face value of said notes Market Deliberately l '2. That it is the sense of the commit | tee that cotton. tobacco and naval stores 1 should be marketed as deliberately as | possible until they can again he exported | in normal quantity and that when prop erly conditioned should be warehoused l with responsible concerns, that they 1 should be protected against weather damage and be properly insured against 1 loss or damage by fire.
 1 ''3. That warehouse receipts for these
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Situation Al the Front Little Changed Yesterday, Official Paris Report. Gern1dns Sldcken March.
LOSSES OF BOTH ARMIES
 ISSAID TO BE APPALLING
Of Two German Regiments But Sixty Men Survive Fighting Russians Continue Advance and Occupy Alenstein-Bom
 bardment of Maines Continues Inhabitants Flee

Paris August 28( (1115 m)-An official communication issued by the department tonight says:
 .sThe situation front from the department Somme nohwest France to the vosges remains the today yesterday.
 he German forces appear have slackened their march
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
COMMANDMENT OF
 MALINES CONTINUES

London, August 2s.-11:41 ?. m.) The Germans continued to Lombard Ma lines today, destroying or damaging most of the monuments, according to a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

The apparent inaction of the armies as indicated in the official statement is explained by the frightful exhaus- tion of both sides, who for days have been fighting furiously.
 The losses of both armies are ap- palling, particularly those of the Ger mans. As an illustration of the casu- alties among the Germans, prisoner relates that two German regiments, the Hath and 142d, lost so heavily that they were made into one and of that only 50 men now remain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
THREE GERMAN
 SHIPS CAPTURED

Chefoo, China, August 2s-u2:6 p. m.) Three German merchant ships, the steam CTS Frisia. Hanametal and Paklat, have been captured by the British fleet and taken to Wei-Hai-W Wei Refugee women and children from TsingTau on board
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
|CANPARISRESIST
 |AGERMAN SIEGE?
 |CITY IN DANGER
French Capital Considered By Many As Best Fortified City In the Worlds It lmpregnable to Onslaught of German Heavy Artillery? Question Arouses Excited Interest
170OOO MEN REQUIRED TO MAN
 THREE LINES OF CITY'S DEFENSES; 600 E
 TO 1900 MEN TO OPERATE EACH FORT

Force 0oO0O Men Needed to Invest City Opinion of Milf
 tay Experts Bomlardment Hardly Possible Unless Invader Seizes Railways and Waterways Says German General Von Moke-How Siege of 1S7071 Was Carried On By Germans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

The Qualifications consist of three distinct circles sweeping around the city-first, the solid wall of masonry Is feet high extending for P miles around the old sections of Paris; sec ond. the system of IT detached forts arranged at intervals, two miles be- yond the wall, and making circuit of the city s4 miles, long, and, third, an outer girdle of forts, 75 miles long. EACH CIRCLE IS
 COMPLETE DEFENSE Each of these circles of masonry and steel is complete defense in itself. The wall around Paris, and the IT detached forts two miles beyond the wall, were built by Louis Philippe. tThey sustained the German siege of 1S70-71, and the outer forts since have been greatly strengthened. The third line of forts are of modern con struction with the latest types of bat teries and heavy guns.
 The inner wall about Paris surrounds the best known and most important sec tions of the city. Outside of the wall a circle of suburbs extends for many miles, among which are dotted the forts of the second and third line of defenses, pro- tecting them and the approaches to the capital. The wall contains 9s hastions and CT gates.
 The second line of forts includes the famous fortress of Mont valerian which was the center of attack In the German siege of 1870. South of the city is the row of forts at Ivry. Bictre. Mont Rogue Vanves and Issy. North and east of the city are three great forts around St
 Denis. and two others at Fort Aubervil- I lers and Fort Charenton, commanding tn,
 approaches of the great wood of Bondy.
 17O,OOO MEN TO
 OPERATE DEFENSES
 | The outer circle of forts. of the most
 modern type. have from 24 to Go heavy guns and 600 to 1200 men each. In al 1 the three lines of defenses require ITO O0, men to operate them, not counting troop:
 assembled within the city Accordn, l to military experts it would require { force of 500,000 men to invest these de 1 lenses.
 1 General Won Motke. field marshal O
 the German forces at the time of tn, | siege of Paris of 1S70-71, states in A re
 port on that siege that the French ar
 tllery armament consisted of more thai
 2627 pieces, including 200 of tho Iarges
 caliber of naval ordnance. There wer,
 5oo rounds for each gun and reserv
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
RUSSIAN TROOPS
 TAKE ALLENSTEIN

London, August 2s.-t12:so a. m.) The Russian embassy here last night received adyices from St. Petersburg that the Russians had occupied Allen stein, east Prussia, 65 miles south of Koenigsberg. after repulsing the Ger mans. who had brought up reinforce ments.
 In Galicia, the advices said, the Rus sian advance continued and an Austrian regiment had been decimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Washington, August 28.The Qualifications o Paris and their ability to siege receiving the close attention of military observers now that the announced objective of the German forces and the French ministry of is strengthening the citys defenses.
 The general the cy detailed defenses well known to military experts who recognize them among the stronoest Qualifications in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
TWO CRUISERS AND TWO DESTROYERS GO
 ID BOTTOM 0F SEA UNDER BRITISH FIRE
Third German Cruiser Set Afire and Others Dam- aged-English Ships Lit tie Hurt and Loss of Life Is Light

London, August 2S.-It is announced that a British fleet has sunk two German cruisers and two German torpedo boat destroyers off Heligoland. A third German cruiser was set
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

dI1Te alIU WHS IeIC SIlIKIng.
 No British ships were lost in the battle. 1t was added, and the British loss of life was not heavy.
 Tn addition to the two torpedo boat destroyers and three cruisers many others of the German torpedo boat de- stroyers were damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-16

GEN. HUERTA STEPS D0WN-F1lS
SUCCESSOR Is cARBAJAE -
Mexico City, July 16.-The bloody q
reign of Gen. Victoriano Huerta is at Ii
an end and today a commission is q
en- route to Celaya to endeavor to ar
range for the peaceful entrance of the ,
constitutionalists into the capital. N
Francisco Carbajal, the new pro- q
Visional president, faced the delicate
task of placating a dozen different S
factions, forming provisional cab D
met and preserving peace in the capt
ital until the Constituencies have
assumed control and a government !
capable of guaranteeing peace to the S
entire nation is established. -
Mexico City has passed the crisis
in the Huerta regime without rioting 3
and bloodshed, but it is admitted that
peace is far from being assured. The
whereabouts of Huerta was mys-~i
terry today. Accompanied by Gen. J
Banquet the deposed dictator motor
ed to station outside the city last
night and boarded train. Whether ,
they are bound for Puerta Mexico or ]
Vera Cruz is not known. Il
Vera Cruz.-Although bent to-
President Wilson's will and forced
from his place as head of the Mexi-)
can government, taken over the body.t
of Francisco Madero, Gen. Huerta re-o
NAMED the stolid Indian to the last.t
1t was only through the greatest pres
sure that he was induced to releaseI
the bulldog hold he had taken on the /
presidency. ".s T..
His dynasty ended as it began, i'm
a three-day outburst of heavy drink-o
ing.
Washington.-With Huerta. at last
a fugitive and the Mexican revolu-
ton apparently triumphant, the adj
is awaiting word of Car
ranza's plans. Whether he will con-
sent to a provisional government be-)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-16

Washington, D. C.-Sec'y of the
Treasury McAdoo, son-in-law of Pres.
Wilson, is likely to have his private"
yacht taken away from him. The rea-
son is that the private yacht happens
to be a public yacht, and, according
to Representative Good of Iowa, can
not be used for sailing parties. Good
charges that the revenue cutter
Onondaga has been used for week
end trips by Secretary McAdoo in
direct violation of the law.
eff the public had the power" he
declares. ut would remove from Of
flee a secretary of the treasury who
not only fails to enforce the law, but
violates it himself"
The military cape is popular. It's
invariably lined with startling stripes
or checks. -. .--.......... ..-..-
The Keota news., 1914-12-18

pared, and this was sent to lists of pro-
ducers furnished by country postmasters
in all the farming districts within $50
miles Of Denver. A blank was included.
to be signed and returned by such pro-
ducers as were willing to sell direct to
the consumer. in which the signer
named the articles which he would hsve
for sale. These brought responses, but
not many. However, from them Mr..
Trotter prepared list of over 80 pro-
ducers who we're willing to try it.
Meantime he had prepared another
circular for the consumer, explaining
the plan, and asking for names of those
who would like to buy direct from the
producer. OF this circular he distributed
80, 900 in Denver thru the regular mail
carriers. There was no hanging back
with the consumer. Fifteen hundred Of
him replied ''yes" at once. To these
1,500 was sent the list of 80 producers
and the plan began to work. Ithas been
working ever since, and is increasing.
The great handicap is the lack Of pro-
ducers. Here is = copy Of letter l
saw:
akron, Colo, Dec. s.
Postmaster, Denver, Colo,
Please be so kind as to take my
name off from produeers' lists, ~
have received 90 many orders for
eggs and turkeys am almost
swamped. Impossible to answer all.
There are other letters like this in the
postmaster's mail, and the problem is
The Keota news., 1914-12-18
COURT HOUSE PLANS
County Commissioners Order Tentative
Draft
Instruct Architect Bowman to Prepare
. Preliminary Sketch - Basis for
Talk

= Preliminary Sketch - Basis for
Talk
That proposed new. court houre at
Greeley has been held by some Of the
people of this part of the county to bs
simply q bugbear brought out a. argu-
ment for county division. It is m ar
gument for division; for the twenty-five
or thirty thousand dollars which the
eastern part Of the county will have to
pay, and the five thousand dollars al
ready paid, would build court house
ample for the new county for many
years to come. An editorial in the
Greeley Tribune Republican Of Decem-
Der II indicates how seriously the court
house proposition il taken at Greeley,
and the contributed article by "Satiri-
eus," " following it, goes to show that
certain Of our county seat nsighbors are
not above hurrying the thing In order to
force our help in paying for IN edifice in
harmony with Yields pa!atial jail. Six
ty thousand dollars Of the court house
fund was spent for the jail building, or
about fifteen hundred dollars for each
prisoner it will accommodate. It would
be interesting to know how much less
than fifteen hundred dollars is the aver
age cost of the homes of the Weld coun-
ty citizens and their families, who are
not confined in jail. How much did your
house cost?
The Tribune editorial follows:
Some progress looking toward new
courthouse for Weld county II being
made by the board Of county commits
sionsrs during their present session. In
order to bring the matter into some tangi-
BILE form they yesterday instructed
Architect Bowman to prepare plans for
the consideration of the board and for
inspection by the public.
This step 10 merely preliminary in
order to get something more definite to-
ward which to work. There seems to
have been rather remarkable change
of sentiment toward new courthouse
in the past two weeks and the commits
sioners, ~ we'll ~ others have been
feeling out sentiment in various ways.
One straw vote was taken that resulted
in n favoring . new and up-to-date
building; 25 were against any new
building at all and 15 favoring the
building of wing to the old plant.
AS suggestion for a building Archi-
tect Bowman yesterday brought with
him sketch Of beautiful three story
structure, with interior arrangements
right up to the minute, and with ample
room for all purposes to last this county
possibly 100 years or longer. Such =
building would cost around s225, 900.
At the present rate Of levy, by the
time the county could be ready to 60
ahead with the work there would bs
practically money enough on hand to
pay for half Of it, and the balance could
be raised, without increasing the taxes.
during the progress Of the work.
So far the commissioners have COM
mitted themselves no further than to
ray that if the people want q new court
house, they will build as good one -
may be required, and under whatever
conditions the people may demand.
Satiricus Writes Open Letter
To the Tribune Republican:
Will Won narmit An additional word "a.