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Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
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pnelt ieiner 6amilie 8ngeianOt ullo
Die &eIollltion ielbit Sen 9(ftcn ser
@eieQid1ft einOerIeibt mer0enu.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
Grinmernngen!

9Sie 6ereits inn @aibington Sour
nal beridtet, ltaiteten Die Singer
Der oGoncor0ia~ BON @ilft5-8arre
rnIerer StaOt am 81. Wtai einen 9c.
i!td Q6. 9t1ln leien mir i'm o8ilfe5
@arrer ,8G6ter" einen l6onen Nrtl-
tel, Der Grinlerimgell an Den Selndl
Der Singer bierielblt entbdlt. Wfit
Trell0en ~0eoellfen bic @elll6er I'LL
g8G1ier~ ser sber5li6en NnlnabIne,
Sic ieitens odd. @albingtoner ibrem
@elaua Gereine 3llteil murOc. gtldt
qcra0e allgenebnl ODER, mic man
cs nimut, and angenebm berilbr-
lie 0ie Serren Oas observation-disclosures
Qallen oeS @rdlioenten1 Dem lie ein
0cltlfeS Qieo norlinQen mouten-
9lud maroe ibrc gl6ii6t, PORN bent
fhen @otidafter al iilaen, 81 8ai.
Ter, ga or pl6Blih na6 Nem Yorf
abrciIei mpBte. llc6cr oie Serial
I;lnQ Ser @luloe3bauptItaot betrcfiS
sonntoosliccll3 ulo b%eionoerS oeren
SteulmQ 81 oeiitihmGereinen ipribt
iih oas @ilfcs 9arrer @latt in elmer
Iatprii6en @eiie ans, Die Den Eat
iaben gall5 entipridt.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
Die %rObi6itiuns @Orlasc.
NbRimmnna i'm sonarea am 1. 9nIi

gtuu miro es in oieier Seiiion OeS
Gongreiies sod nod 81 etner 9lb-
thinning fommcn ilber Den @obion'-
i1en @robibitions -9(ntrag. gs
i6einen ober nidt ole Yrobi6itioni-
item SIT iein, melde oie g(bitimmlm0
niiui6en, ion0crn Ole @eaner, sic
init 9eitinmtbeit SIT miiien iheineu,
raB Ser @robibitionS 9eihluB 0eS
SttIenpfero &eiters BON Nlobamo
nidt sic %erforoerlide 5%peiOrittel
Mebrbeit ser Stimmen befommell
fam. 9urd oie glbitimmlng mir.
Sen iie crreifen, Dab Die Erobibiti.
onsfraae bel ocn Erim1rnoblcn in
0ieiem CONNER mo bel ser Son
QreBpabl am 3. NoOcmber inn Dor.
%rergrumOe Itcben miirOe ut0 oae
&crreu, Die fiir congreBioneae @b.
rcu LAUREN, Sarbe befenlcn miiBten,
Gas lit ih(icBlih allb gon5 gut.
QaS &omite fir o9tllle5 bat be
ontragt, DAB am I. SSltli Ole &orla-
&c 8itr 9ebnttc mo gbitimmlmg
fon1cn ioa.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
scnatur @iartimc'S SruffuOrte:

Is aie1t nod 4olitifrr o0cr bod
aeitetlte Eeri6nli0feitcR in Oicienl
@en12, 0ie 0eu moralii0eu Rllt be-
lsciL 0enn 9anoaSobcrDauptc i1re
'%icinunQ iranf mo irei iii oeutli1et
1prlG)e 3u iaqc!L llnter Hlcbrerelt
iolder JhIilgciL Die oeul Y%raiioenten
lfnait i'll &opitol GpJ1iition ~lsiltc=
itL per0ient Sulltor S}ariina pom
9.tD &arirD bei0n0sy.r Grlu1bung.
Ger HaianIa &anal III icrtig;
ober feline 3oageidihte lit nod inn
nler ni0t erleOigt. ErdiiOent @ilion
manote ii1 neulib nit elmer. Bot
idoit al Ben &ongreB, III Ser CT Der
lanat, 0aB oaS beltebenOe @eicB, 5.
3. Der Gcrtrag nit GnglanO, ooS
iriiber QroBe &c6te in @c5llg aili
Die &alialfrage bate oufgebobcll
merOcn iou. 9(merifa'S S6iffe iol
len 0enulad oc~nielbcn 3oa 5abIen pie
sic S6iiie ieoer an0eren freniOcn
Patton. 9ieleS &erlongen oes
G5crbmipic5 Der llnion riibrt Der pom
ciicm 9rud GnalanO'S ouf ocn
@'rdii0cnten. GS lit mir 81 einlerd
teu0. CAB lid Der aonareB Oieiem
mp5lgcmeinten @lini6e ni6t SIT
irermoIid aedcnilbergeitelt bat nno
6eftiqe 9cbattcn ole Iolge uoren.
Sect bat iid ein Sturni i'm oall8en
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13

erboben mo man lit Ser Wtei-
ming, 0aB IS en0li6 3cit AOare,
i'd Don Dem o8emltttcrn" gnglnn0s
rel 81 MAIDEN. England pfeiit nno
>ic 9(merifaner laufen. 9(n lebten
Nontag Bat iid equator Martine
ION Nem Seriep iiber Oieie Yngele-
lenbcit folgenOermaBcn gedilBert..
senator Martine's araftuOrte.
0@aun uirO OieicS g d 3 e1t-
zen inter 0a5 6ritt dc Sod,
bieie friedjenOe %3mltimmmng 5nr
81 It'll If en- Mni6annng emOlid)
%Nuib6rcu? Sd iuar Der Nnfidt,
Oaf es bcrcits iein GmOe gefmnOem
bate nit SMnfer Sil, SrHMOy-
niue, YOrftOwn mnO SMraODne.
0ieies %crlangcu, OaR mir Oas
Nanal 3uageieb amfbC6en, 1T
i1lieflid nnr cine Iemtimemtale
NngclcgenGcit. WGm riifte NIT
feinen Wriim0en gerOMs; feline Sat
Iad)cn lagen Dem &OngrcR Dor.
Meln iUir 0ieleS Mngered)tfcrtIgtc
unO nMpidJtige %erlangen Giai=
gen, uerSen Mmiere SinOer mnO
&in0cstin0er an Dem llebel at
lciSen Ga6en, 0aS 0arNns entltc6t.
Nie 3eit iii nadJ meincr glniidt
9cfommcn, Sab Der NmcrifnniS=
INNS in Die Iront trcteG nnO bic
Ymerifaner iidl iel6it .ucrteiOisen
ioltten."
9icicS &ricdcn entipringt Ocm
Euritauismms unS 1T mnamerifa-
niidl. @O lit Der 6rcibcitsgcOan-
fc, Oicics SOeal, uOrnnf jcOcr
Nmcrifancr itOls lit, 6ei .Oicicm
GinfiuR Der GnglGuoer geblic6en?
81 SieicS nidjt Gin SDpOfrgmms;
scr uon Sen 8ritcu geuGbrt miro?
N'rnm reiben luir inns Oem S6laf
ans ben glhgen nno luadJem tuir
anf sum &f 1t crer &cd-
tc".
&ir loiien obigeS altd in ser eng
Spra6e bier folgen:
WHEN?
when will this bowling to the Brit
.sh yoke, this fawning and trucking to
opinion cease? /. thought that
ended with Bunker Hill, the Brandy
vine, Yorktown, and the surrender of
Burgoyne. This whole demand that we
repeal the canal toll law is, after all,
only sentimental. No reasons have been
advanced. No facts have been laid be-
fore Congress. Grant this unwarranted
md unfair demand, and our children
md our children's children will not live
o see the end Of the evils that will grow
tut of it. The time has come in my
Judgment, when Americanism should
,ome to the front and Americans should
assert themselves Senator MARITIME.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
4nmnl 3uA,

Ser scnat beidloB 9OnuerstaO
9lbcnO nit 80 ge9en 30 stimmea
bic anfbebung Der alauicl fiir
5oafrcie 9urdiaDrt amrrifu:
nii4er Sdife Onrd OcI Yannma
Saual. Die Sia sebt nuII gu
rid M Oas 9Ons.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
Griter C8eanOampfer paiiicrt Sen
Banana : Ganal,

9hu Montag, oen 8. Slui pailiertc
caS critic 03eanidiff nit eiilem Sc
6olt pom $1,000 Sonien pom 9(tlan=
tii6an S5ean olrh oen 8onama-
&anal al Dem 9acifiideu O3ean
En0 strict. Mebr oOer minocr mar
nies mn ein %Nllsprobieren ser elef=
triiden utoiping~ 2ofonotipen, INN
7n Iebcn, pie iie iid 6emd6ren Del Ell
nem groben S6iff.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13
@dbten 3rnfees.

Die 9eufd=Nmeritanii6e 6euerper=
li6erungs=@ eiell6aft bait om9Omers=
tag, ben Is. SUM, Mabl Der 9rultees
ab.
Washington Journal., 1914-06-13

9arlG Braun, uoblbdamt
als uSdmobamirt", bat nebel 9Ib-
Ter uno 0rurp'S gutem Bier CASH be-
ior0ers quite Metnc Sll anneAnEbaren
Ereiisn fir leine @dite. @eiHfvnner
pro6iert mall
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-11

Atlanta, Ga, June 11.-Seven per-
sons and her. own beloved poodle,
FtTogo," owe their lives to little 10
year-old Nell Brantley-not to speak
of two or three dollies that she
saved" last of all, from a fire that
left the Brantley home, on Forest
avenue, a mass of charTed walls.
This little girl warned her mother
and sister in time to drag a sick wo-
man and her nurse from the flames.
Then, ALONE, she carried her two
little nephews and her little niece
down a smoke-choked stairway to
safety.
Atlanta people have thought so
highly of her heroism that they have
started fund to reward the little
miss.
Nell shifted smoke and escaping
gas as she played in the nursery, up
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-11

stairs, with her little relatives Boyd
Sullivan, aged 5 years; ]. L., aged 4,
and Gladys, aged 3.
In the next room her sister, Mrs.
]. L. Sullivan, was in bed, recovering
from an operation.
Downstairs, needless of impending
danger, the child's mother, Mrs. Ona
Brantley, chartered with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Emma Barrickle.
Nell crept from the room. In the
hallway flames were licking their
way up between cracks in the floor.
She rushed downstairs and warned
her mother; then dashed back up the
stairs, now dense with smoke, bun
died the smallest Sullivan child on
her back, locked an arm around each
of the other two, and staggered
downstairs and out into the front
yard
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-21
1T MUST BE A BREACH OF MILITARY ETIQUET
TO PARADE AROUND WITHOUT A HAT

about dozen cops participating. Fin
ally he was allowed to go.
Dawson was extremely peeved at
this sort of treatment. He decided
the best thing to do was to go see
Mayor Harrison. But. the mayor
wasn't in. So he was advised to see
Funkhouser.
The mayor, having a militant title,
proceeded to act militant He lis
tened nervously while Dawson stated
the case. Then he burst out.
What were you doing without a
hat?" he demanded, suspiciously and
Sherlock Holmesy.
why don't wear a hat in sum-
mertime," Dawson explained.
Don't you know you can't go out
without hat?" the major suddenly
snapped.
Dawson was mystified. This was
something new. Then he finally re-
covered and asked: well, what about
the treatment 1 received?"
THAT isn't the point. That isn't
the point" the major blurted out.
"The point is you can't go without a
hat. See?"\
But Dawson couldn't see. So he
left the Office. -
-n-n
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-21
mother may we go for walk?"
Eyes, my son and daughter.
Be sure and wear your hats because
The major says you oughter."

Did you know that you can't go
out on the street without a hat?
Neither did We But Major Funkhous-
er, who used to have so much fun
chasing vice, says you can't.
So after this muffle any desire you
might have to take off your head
piece and let the wind blow through
your locks, if you have some, or II
by chance your headpiece blows away
beat right for the nearest refuge you
can or the major may get you.
This important decision of the
major came out when Frank Dawson,
a young citizen of this city, went to
him to protest against the treatment
accorded him by few cops.
Dawson, who does not wear hat
in the summertime for economic,
sanitary and idealistic reasons as he
expresses, was walking in the vicinity
of Irving Park boulevard and Western
avenue.
1t was very early in the morning.
A cop approached Dawson. He asked
him where he was going. Dawson
explained. Then the cop noticed that
he was hatless. That was too much
for the cop. He let out roar.
why doncha wear a hat?" he de-
manded.
81 consider hat an anachronism,'
Dawson replied.
The cop blinked. "Anachronism"
sounded very much as though he was
getting cussed at. Therefore he de-
cided to "call the wagon"
The cop, according to Dawson,
would take no explanation. He
wouldn't even give Dawson chance
to tell who he was. When the wagon
came he was grabbed by five cops and
flung into it.
They took him to the North Robey
street station. There a young Span
ish inquisition was held on him with
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-21

Of the ITO officers of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad system, 16S-includ-
ing the president started at the bot
tom, sweeping out cars, carrying
water for laborers and other like jobs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13
Guns ON AUTOS
Guns Mounted on
Motor Cars by Germans.


Brussels, Aug. 13.-A Belgian official
communication today says that Ger
man force proceeding in the direction
of Eghezee to the north of Namur, was
attacked and repulsed this morning by
the Belgian troops. The Germans suf-
fered severe casualties. The Belgians
captured a number of machine guns
mounted on motor cars.
An official communication today
says:
'The Belgian cavalry division this
morning took up the offensive against
the Germans who were defeated in the
battle of Haelen with the object. it is
believed. of picking up the dead and
wounded and collecting the abandoned
material Of war.
mo German surprise was expected
and there are no reasons to fear any
German cavalry movements on Brus-
|sels from the south. all roads leading
to the capital being guarded by the
Belgian army and the civic guards"
will Shoot Every Tenth One.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 13-(via London.
4:50 a. m.-According to a semf-official
dispatch. the German troops before
Kalisz, Russian Poland, have issued a
proclamation stating that every tenth
habitant of Kalisz will be shot in the
event OF further resistance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13
FIRST BIG BATTLE
RED CROSS. APPEAL.

Washington, Aug. 13.-President
Wilson, in his capacity as head of
the American Red Cross today ap-
pealed to the American people to
contribute money for the relief of
sick and wounded soldiers in the
warning European nations. The
appeal was as follows:
ITO the people of the United States:
1.-The present vars in Europe are
certain to impose upon the Red
Cross Of the nations engaged, a
burden which demands the sympa-
thy and aid of the world.
"The American Red Cross is
earnestly desirous of assisting its
sister societies in their endeavors
to alleviate distress and suffering
amcng e combatants, and, there
fore, appeals for funds to be ex-
pended impartially for the relief of
the sick and wounded soldiers of
the nations at war.
Contributions for the purpose
may be sent to the American Red
Cross, Washington, D. c.. or to
local treasurers of the society in
other cities confidently hope
that the humanity and liberality of
the people of the United States, SO
often manifested in. the past, will
cause them to respond promptly
and generously to this appeal
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON,
President Of American Red Cross"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13

CT the 5000 men engaged, while those
of the Belgians are reported "rela-
lively light"
The French foreign minister denies
Ia German report of the capture by Ger
mans of a French infantry regiment at
Briey, Meurthe Et Moselle.
Swiss reports assert the Franco-Ger-
man battle before Muelhausen to have
been Inadequate. Many Germans in
Berlin have placed their homes at the
disposal of stranded Ameri, ms.
Mobilization at Quebec.
Winnipeg. Man., Aug. 13.-Four in
fantry regiments of Winnipeg, 1000
strong, were called to mobilize at
Quebec by an order received from OF
tawa today. They leave Monday night.
The local battery will accompany the
regiments.
Russians Take Austrian Town.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 13.-A Russian
force has taken the town of Sokal,
Austrian Galicia. by assault. inflicting
heavy casualties on the Austrian gar
rison, according to semi-official an
nouncement.
1 The Austrian garrison consisted of
/ two infantry battalions. a regiment of
lancers and a regiment CT HussarS-
After disiodging them the Russian cav
| airy pursued the Austr1ans across the
River Bug and blew up two bridges and
q viaduct
Several houses in Sokal, which is As
miles northeast Of Lemberg, were burn
ed by Russian troops because civilians
had fired from them on the attacking
force
! The Russians captured some military
building material. pontoons and tele-
graph instruments.
French Artillery Superior.
! Paris, Aug. 13.-Ordinary traffic on
the greater part Of the French rail-
ways with the exception of the eastern
lines will be resumed soon. it is an.
nounced.
1t is claimed in semi-official state
ment that the French artillery has
proven far superior to that Of the Ger
mans. The latter's heavy shells show
little effectiveness it is said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13
COOLER TONIGHT.
Shorter Days Bring Comfortable
Nights to KAnsans.

Normal August weather prevails in
Kansas today. Generally fair weather
is forecast with a slight drop in tenn
perature tonight in the eastern por-
ton of the state.
The highest temperature for the state
Wednesday was 98 degrees at Manhat-
tan; the minimum this morning was
5S at Eureka and Scott City. The min
fmum at Topeka was So degrees.
Wednesday night the conditions were
conducive to sleep. There was q north
eFly wind which shifted to the south at
daybreak.
The days are getting considerably
shorter. The sun is now setting at
7:21 o'clock as against 7:53 July L.
The sun rose today at 5:35 as COM
pared with o'clock the first of July.
TIE Kaw river has risen tWo-tenths
of a. foot in the last "a hours, the
stage today being four feet even.
The highest temperature on THU
date in the IS years that the local rec
ords have bee.l kept was 1O4 in 1887;
the minimum was 54 in 1883.
This has been typical dog day"
according to Sunny" Flora. the local
weather observer. The temperature
at o'clock was but 81 degrees. Al
ing in the southeast. Whether II
ical, said the weather man.
There was q warm smile wind from
the north this afternoon. The wealth
er is cold in the northwest and the flag
end of that cold weather IL expected
to lower the temperature at Topeka
tonight to . slight degree.
The hourly readinEy:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13

to take up the question whether any
persons responsible can be prosecuted.
The president sent the following let
ter to the attorney general:
9TH. rapid and unwarranted in
crease in the prices Of foodstuffs in
this country upon the pretext Of the
conditions existing in Europe is 30 Sc
rious and vital a matter that I take
the liberty of calling your attention
to it.
Il would be very much obliged II
you would advise me whether there is
under existing law any action which
the department. Of justice could take,
lConfilued 0n mage ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13
MAY lEAyE MEXICO.
Reported That Carbajal viii Flee
From Country.

Mexico City. Aug. 13.-A prolonged
cabinet meeting was adjourned just be-
fore midnight. President Carbajal and
the ministers separated, going in different
directions. 1t is believed that they will
journey to Villa De Guadaloupe to catch
a special train for Vera Cruz.
A train which had had steam up since
Z o'clock last night was still at the Ruena
Vista station in this city at midnight.
1t is reported that President Carbajal
has transferred his authority to Eduardo
Iturbide, governor of the federal district.
and that the latter today will sign
articles of capitulation with General
Carranza.
early today. after automobile trip to
Tlalenepantla. suburb of he capital.
where he went to arrange the details OF
the articles may have been signed last
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13

through the medium Of the Gold
schmidt Wireless company's station at
Tuckerton, N. j. The message con-
tanned the important information that
during the fighting at Muelhausen
considerably more than 1000 French
officers and soldiers were taken prfs-
oners by the Germans who also cap
fight with the French on the border
of Lorraine, further TO the north. the
Germans also .ook 1000 prisoners.
The dispatch adds that German soil
has been cleared of French troops.
Developments in the war zone,
which appears chiefly confined to Bel
gian territory, are made vague owing
to the strict censorship of news relat-
ing to military movements.
French. Belgian and British forces are
not permitted to be disclosed even ap-
proximately, 50 that their plan OF
campaign cannot be assumed.
AS to the German forces. indications
centration Of the main body with its
right wing in Belgium and its left
| wing in the Duchy of Luxembourg
The German staff is said to have
gathered twenty-six army corps along
| the frontier facing Belgium and
| France. Many CT these troops prob
| ably are stationed in the great fort
resses in Alsace-Lorraine and along
| the Rhine. One dispatch asserts the
| defense of Germany's Russian frontier
has been left to armies made up OF
reserves Although all of these are
| trained soldiers, it would seem natural
! to leave as a nucleus for their organ
| ization a considerable force from the
| active army.
The dispositions and strength OF the
French invaders in Alsace, where they
are said to hold a long line within the
| German border. are kept rigidly secret
| in the Dardanelles of the German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau has lee
/; to rumors of their probable dismant-
ling until the end of the war.
| In the north Atlantic, although
Rear Admiral CradCck has declared il
clear of German cruisers as far south
as Trinidad" the French liner Ro-
chambeau, which was to leave yester-
in New York by orders from France
In the North Sea, which the British
government says may be strewn with
battleships are still out, but their DO
sition is not publicly known Neither
is the location of the main German
feet.
Reports from Dover. at the eastern
entrance to the English channel. say
heavy cannonading lasting an houl
was heard this morning coming from
the direction of the North Sea.
The Austro-Hungarian feet, owing
to the declaration OF war by Grea1
Britain, together with that of Ger.
many. Is said to be in the Adriatic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-13
Belgian and German Armies
Engaged Throughout Day.
Shells Still Were Falling Mt
1880 Last Night.
THF FIGHTING WAS FIERCE
Germans Repulsed and Thrown
Back Toward Hasselt.
Ground Is Thickly Strewn with
Dead and Wounded.
MUCH BOOTY IS COLLECTED
Is Stacked in Front OF Town
Hall at Dfest.
Two Bridges Destroyed BY the
Belgian Engineers.
Germans Repulsed and Thrown
Back Toward Hasselt.
Ground Is Thick1y Strewn With
Dead and Wounded.
MuCH BOOTY IS COLLECTED
Is Stacked in Front of Town
Hall at Diest.
Two Bridges Destroyed by the
Belgian Engineers.

Brusse1s Aug. 13-The fighting yes
terday between the Belgian and Ger
man armies in the vicinity of Diest
lasted the entire day and constituted
the first considerable battle of the war.
II will he known as the battle OF
Haelen. Shells were still falling at hair
past seven in the evening on the roaus
around Diest.
The battle centered around Haelen IN
the Belgian province of Limborg' ex-
tending TO Diest, in the north OF the
province Of Brabant after passing
around Zelhem.
At 7 O'Clock last evening all the
country between the three towns mem
toned had been cleared of German
troops except the dead and wounded
who were thickly strewn about the hre
zone.
Upwards of 200 dead German soldiers
were counted in a space of fifty yards
square.
A church, a brewery and some houses
were set af.re and two bridges over the
Delmer were destroyed by Belgian en-
gineers.
lected on the battlefield and this has
been stacked in front of the town
hall of Diest. Many horses also were
captured. A
The strength of the German col
umn was about 5000 men.
Germans Driven Back.
Paris, -Aug. 13.-An official COM
munication published here today says:
"A division Of Belgian cavalry sup
ported by brigade of infantry and
by artillery engaged and defeated.
near the fortress of Diest. 18 miles
northeast of Louvain, a division OF
German cavalry also supported by in
fantry and by artillery.
1.-THE fighting was extremely fierce
and resulted in tie Germans being
thrown back toward Hasselt and St
Trond."
Lost 60 Per Cent.
Brussels, Aug. 13.-An official COM
munication issued today confirms thu
success of the Belgian troops over the
Germans at I-Selen. It says the Ger
man casualties were very heavy, three.
fifths of their troops engaged in the
encounter being killed or wounued
while the Belgian casualties are re-
ported as relatively small
German Casualties Heavy.
Brussels. Aug. 13.-According to Ia
Soir, the German casualties during yes
terday's fighting in the vicinity OF
Haelen totaled about two Thousand
equally divided between killed ani
wounded.
The Belgian casualties are not pre-
cisely known but are declared to COM
prise only a few dead and many
wounded.