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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
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/ VOLUME XXXXIV
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914
12 r.UlKS JNl AIHKK luo
GERMAN TROOPS DEFEATED AT HAELEN;
1000 REPORTED KILLED; 17,000 TAKE PART
GERMAN ARMY IN
BLOODY BATTLE
AT HAELEN MEETS
COMPLETE DEFEAT
Men and Horses Fall Like Flies As
Kaiser s Cavalry Charges Belgian
Lines, Says Brussels Report—Bel
gians Pour Deadly Fire Into Ger
man Ranks—17,000 Take Part in
Battle.
London, August 13.—(8:30 p. m.)— Germans engaged in the
battle of llaelen, according to late details to the Exchange Tel
egraph company from Brussels, numbered more than 10,000,
comprising cavalry, artillery and a small force of infantry. The
Belgian force numbered about 7000.
“It is believed,” says the dispatch, “that the object of the
Germans was to take a position north of the St. Troud road at
Tirlemont, from which they could execute a turning movement
against the Belgian army.
Through efficient cavalry recon
naissance, the Belgian commander ob
tained accurate information of the
( movement of the attacking force. To
reach Diest the Germans had to cross
the river at Haelen, and before this
place the Belgians took up their prin
cipal position, erecting barricades,
building entrenchments and placing
guns where they could be most ef
fectively employed.
GERMAN FIRE
UTTLE EFFECTIVE
The Germans came in sight aboul
'll o’clock in the morning and soor
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the artillery on both sides came into
action. The German fire had little
effect. The Belgian fire was deadly,
even at a range of 2000 metres, and
played havoc with the German calvary,
which, notwithstanding, continued to
advance.
HURL THEMSELVES
AT BARRICADES
The cavalry repeatedly charged,
but owing to hedges and hillocks,
could attack only in smaller groups.
The Germans again and again hurled
themselves at the barricades, only to
be shot down by the deadly Belgian
fire.
The attack on the bridges spanning
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BOOMING OF HEAVY GUNS
AUDIBLE ALL MORNING
London. August 14.—<3:10 a. in.)—The
Dally Mali's Brussels correspondent
describes the engagement at Haelen as
showing that the Belgians have passed
another good test. He says intermit
tent booming of heavy gnus was audi
ble all morning. This was punctuated
about .11 o'clock by sharp detonations,
as the Belgians blew up bridges over
the River tactic, just In time. They
were under shrapnel fire and the Ger
man cavalry was ready to cross.
With the bridges destroyed, the fight
resolved itself into an artillery duel.
In the meantime, a squadron of
** Mecklenburg dragoons, with reduced
effective, endeavored to penetrate the
town of Diest at a gallop. About a
mile from the town they dashed into a
barricade of wagons. The Belgians be
hind the barricade opened murderous
fire and all the dragoons either were
hilled or taken prisoners. The only
living things to surmount the barrier
were several riderless horses. The
Germans then tried to reduce resistance
at this point by a cross fire from a bat
tery, hut after an Interval ceased firing
and owing to similar repulses on other
positions of their front, withdrew in
disorder, according to some accounts,
to the other side of the Gette.
Only two Belgians were wounded. In
front of the barricade the Germans lay
like a hedge. The frontal attacks of
the Germans apparently are contribut
ing to the loss of morale among the
troops. Tills is believed to be the rea
son why individual Belgians have been
able to receive the surrender of so
many of their adversaries.. At Diest on
Wednesday, a noncommissioned Belgian
officer took 10.
PLAN QUICK ACTION TO INCREASE
COUNTRY’S INTERNAL REVENUE
Washington, August 13.—Congres
sional leaders today planned quick ac
tion to increase the country's internal
revenue $100,000,000 to offset curtail
jql ment of customs revenue expected dur
ing the European war. Senator Sim
mons and Representative Underwood
began a conference with Secretary Me
Adoo which will continue tomorrow.
Later the situation will be laid before
President Wilson.
It was definitely agreed not to At
tempt to change customs duties. An
extra tax on liquors, possibly includ
ing doubling the $1 a barrel on beer,
is the first plan to be discussed. There
also was talk today of increased tax
on tobacco, proprietary medicines and
other articles.
Both Senator Simmons and Represen
tative Underwood expressed gratifica
tion over the sound condition of the
treasury. “There is no treasury deficit,”
said Senator Simmons, “but we do not
want to wait until there is a deficit.”
Mr. Underwood said the treasury sur
plus might be sufficient to cover the
falling off in customs but it would
take Europe a long time to recover
normal business relations.
AMERICAN CRUISER ORDERED
TO HELP PRESERVE NEUTRALITY
f San Francisco. August 13.—The fol
lowing notification was served todaj
! on newspapers and press association!
here by Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond
U. S. N., supervisor of tlie twelfth na
val district:
“The act /bf the San Francisco Ex
aminer in sending out a tug. furnish
Ing papers containing information o
the whereabouts and of the movement!
of belligerent men of war and con
veying the German consul to the Ger
man cruiser Leipzig on the high seas
off this port is considered un-neutral
, 8©fvice and a violation of the Presi
dent’s proclamation of neutrality.”
The American cruiser Raleigh at
Mazatland has been ordered to report
here to prevent further violations ol
neutrality.
The Japanese cruiser Idzuma at Mas
atland sent word by wireless today that
she will arrive here soon to coal. The
i , n*vo Marti of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
has been taken off her run to Yoko
hama for repairs. She is a member o!
tne Japanese naval reserve.
GERMAN SOCIALIST REPORTED SHOT
f FOR REFUSING MILITARY SERVirF
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London, August 14.—(3:30 a. m.)—The
Daily Cltizim. organ of the labor party,
says it hals learned from reliable au
thority tlmt. Dr. Karl Llebknecht, the
German scjclallst leader, has been shot
for refusing military service.
The Daijly Citizen says the story was
brought t« London by a German refu
gee, who * reported that owing to tlie
shortage qjf food Berlin was in a virtual
state of revolution.
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Dr Liebknecht wag an officer of th<
reserves and was called up for service
He refused to respond on conscientioui
grounds, whereupon, according to th<
story, a detachment of soldiers wai
sent to his residence. He was taken tt
the miltary barracks and court-mar
tialed. After a short trial, he was con
victed and shot.
it is also reported that Rosa Luxem
burg, the noted socialist writer, whe
declared soldiers were maltreated In tlx
army, has been shot.
BELGIAN LANCERS CHECKED BY
SIEGE GUNS OF GERMAN UHLANS
\Bru-ssels. August 13.—(Via Paris, 2:33
m.»;)_Yesterday at Tirlemont the
^45l*idni lancers lost 23 killed. Includ
\ 'a.^yptalB Knappen and ideutenant
^ De-^ Burch, while righting
If ( It A \Qnraan
tnr r'Jst 4 4The
•heck «d hgV “
Hi_
jlan Infantry stopped the German*.
A Belgian official communication to
Jay says a German force, proceedinf
n the direction of Eghenee to the norlt
>f Namur, was attacked and repulsec
his forenoon by the Belgian troops
fhe Germans suffered severe casualties
rhe Belgians captured a number 01
uachlue guns mounted on motor oare
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ALABAMA SHOULD JOIN IN MOBILIZATION
IN FIRST SINGLE
BATTLEOFTHEWAR
German Cruiser Is Put to
Flight By Smallest Battler
of English Fleet—Long
Range Duel
Halifax, N. S., August 33.—
For half an hour last Thursday
night H. M. S. Bristol, the
smallest British warship in the
north Atlantic, fought a long
range duel with the Karsruhe
the largest and fastest of the
German cruisers which have
been trying to intercept Brit
ish shipping on the north At
lantic.
Fleeing from the British cruiser Suf
folk, which interrupted the Karlsruhe
coaling at sea from the North German
Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, the
German cruiser was intercepted at
night by the Bristol southwest of Ber
muda and for half an hour a long
range running fight took place in the
darkness.
Conditions for accurate gunnery
were so unfavorable the vessels1
broadsides did little damage. Although
the Bristol’s consorts were at least 100
miles astern, the German would not
stand and fight, according to the Brit
ish participants, drawing away from
the Bristol and after half an hour was
out of range, making off south to
ward San Juan, where he put in foi
coal some days ago.
DETAILS OF
FIGHT GIVEN
Details of this action, the first single
ship fight in which a British warship
lias engaged in these wutera In a hun
dred years, were brought to Hallfa*
today by H. M. 8. .Suffolk, the flagship
of Hear Admiral C'radock, commanding
the fourth cruiser auuadron.
"We were steaming north Thursday
morning last and the crew had jusi
been ordered to general stations wher
from the foremast head came the hall
‘Enemy on the port bow,’" said lh<
flag captain of the Suffolk III an of
ficial statement today.
“The order, ‘Clear ship for action
was given.
"Off the port 11 or 12 miles awa;
we could see the Karlsruhe and thi
Kronprlnz Wilhelm. The Karlsruhe har
her boats out, coaling from the Nortt
German Lloyd ship and as we hurrlec
down toward her it was In the hopi
she had run so short In her bunken
we could catch her.
"As soon as the Germans sighted
us they took to their heels. The Karls
ruhe did not even stop to pick up he:
boats. Her men clambored aboard ui
best they could and she hustled to th'
northward while the Kronprlnz Wll
helm “ered to the east.
“K een thousand yards was thi
close-, we got to our enemy. The Brl8
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TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
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1— German troops defeated at Haelen.
Battery B. Alabama guard mutlniei
British ship wins first single victory
Great battle of war Imminent.
2— England and France declare war o
Austria. . . ’
3— United States will gain by war's havo
i 4—Editorial comment.
5—Expect Mrs. Adams In New York to
day.
Insurance men's Ire aroused.
Gadsden man gays fight shy of wate
works.
German-American writes on war.
7— 8 porta.
8— Governor here to discuss tax cases.
18—Houston discusses effect of war o
agriculture.
11-Markets.
8000 TO 10,000 ARE
REPORTED KILLED
AT MUELHAUSEN
Hospitals, Hotels, Churches and Schools Filled
With Dead and Injured Says Switzerland Re
port-French Embassy Issues Report Announc
ing German Defeat
London, August 13.—(7:30 a. m.)
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company from Basle, Switzerland,
says:
“Following a terrific battle at Muel
hausen the hospital facilities proved
absolutely inadequate to care for the
almost incredible number of wounded.
Not only are all the hospitals filled,
but academics, churches and hotels are
occupied to their capacity. Even then
it has been found necessary to char
ter special trains to convey I he
wounded to Muelheim and other towns.
"The latest estimates place the
German losses at from 8000 to 10,000."
A dispatch from the French foreign
minister, issued by the French em
bassy here today, reiterates that the
French troops behind Muelhausen,
Alasce, “have not retired, but have
victoriously resisted an entire Ger
man army corps.”
CARBAJAL DESERTS
MEXICAN CAPITAL
Provisional President Flees During the Night, Leaving Mani
festo Saying Uncompromising Attitude of Rebels Made Ef
forts for Peace Valueless—Perfect Quiet Reigns in City
Mexico City, August 13.—When the inhabitants of the capital
awakened today the arsenals were empty, the barracks deserted
and the provisional president of the republic, as well as his cab
inet. had vanished.
Provisional President Francisco Carba
jal left the city on a special train for
Vera Cruz at 3:15 a. m. He left a man
ifesto to the nation saying he had done1
his best to gave the country from fur
ther bloodshed, but his peaceful over
tures had been met by constitutionalists
with uncompromising demands for an un- |
conditional surrender.
Two paths lay before him, he said,
to fight or to accede to the constitutional
ists. Under such conditions Carbajal '
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claimed his government could not longer
exist, and he concluded:
"I leave the high post I have occu
pied in the belief that I have fulfilled
my duty toward my country and I in
trust the lives and Interests in the cap
ital to the governor of the federal dis
trict.
"The whole responsibility for the fu
ture rests with the revolution and if we
should behold a repetition of the sit
uation I am trying to end, the truth will
be manifested once more that by vio
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| LATE WAR BULLETINS”
London, August 13.—A Vienna dis
patch received by way of Amsterdam
says the Austrian troops have ad
vanced into Russian Poland.
Shanghai' Anpit 14.—Two warwhlpn,
each having four funurlw, badly dam
1 aged and carrying many wounded, en
• tered the harbor at Hongkong yeater
1 day.
The Identity liaw not been learned
here* but the veaielt are believed to be
( either the Brltlah armored erulwera MI
. notaur and HampNhlre or the French
armored erulaera buplelx and Mont
calm. They arc reported to have had
• an engagement with Merman erulaera
of the aaiue type, Seharnhorat and
Maeiaeaau.
Rome. August 13«— (Ala Harts, 5i04
• p, m. I—Travelers from Bosnia deaerlbe
■ the Austrian forces there, especially the
1 Slav Cseeh. Italian und Rumanian ele
ments, ns unruly and rebellious.
They nssrrt that, although a number
of mutineers have been shot, the regi
ments appear to he disintegrating and
,ha, fg|„ aeeouata for the Inactivity of
r ,he Austrian army an the Servian fron
tier during the last 11 days.
Rome. August IS.—(Via l.oudoa, 5il5
p. m.t—The Meaaaggero today nays It
’ oaderstnnds that the Italian nmhaasa
dor to the United States, the Xargala
i ... , . .
I unnnI < onralonlerl, who In retiiruInK
to WaaUagtoi, ban Inalrnrllona to co
operate with Prealdent AA llaoo In re
gard to the latter’a otter of mediation
In the European war.
London, Augnat 13—tH p. m.I—A ape
clal dlapateh to the Exchange Tele
graph from Parla aaya the Herman
crnlaera Hoeben and Hrralnu arrived
In the Dardanellea following their pur
chaae by Turkey flying the Turklafa
flag. The dlapateh adda that the Her
man flttlage of the crnlaera had been
dlamantled.
London, Auguat 13.—(Bits p. m.)—A
apodal dlapateh today from Rome aaya
that Emperor William, who. It waa re
ported, Intended making a vlalt to Ala
La Chapelle, near the Belgian fron
tier, haa been perauaded not to mnke
the Journey.
Rotterdam, Auguat 13.—< A la London.
tlt30 p. m.i—Mlxty thounand Hutch
troopa are on the line of the fron
tier. Large areaa of land have been
flooded to a depth of three feet aa a
precautionary meaaure.
Parla, Auguat 13.—(5130 p. ui.I—The
correapoadeat of the Tltnra at t oo
ataace Baden, aaya battallona of Hoa
nlana, wearing red fexxea, paaaed
through the railroad depot at Con
ataace, going weatward, according to
reliable Information given him.
Ilonho, Auguat 13.—(Via Loudon, SiBB
I Continue!! on Pago Slat)
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BATTERY B OF STATE
DUE MENJSDELAYED
Three Armed Companies of
Montgomery Militia Will
Meet Train—Trouble Is
Started as Train Pulls
[ Out
Montgomery, \ugn«< lit,—Three eom
pnnlOM of Infantry located In thl* city
were ordered out tonight at I I o'clock,
armed with hall cartridge* to meet' a
.special train returning from the Mobile
encampment of artillery on which Mat
tery M. of Birmingham I* traveling. The
order followed an order from \ dim ant
(■enernl Scully at Mobile for the Infan
try to lie ealled out, a* the battery
mutinied Juat before the train left
Mobile tonight.
It is claimed that the members of (lie
battery were not paid off when camp
broke today because of alleged missing
military equipment. The men entrained
expecting to be paid on the cars. When
pay was not forthcoming the men be
gan to debark and a Mobile company
was ordered out on riot call, the order
later being rescinded.
dal train beyond the city limits,
was arrested by Mobile police, but later
released and will return to Montgom
ery tomorrow. Mobile police, with
drawn guns, escorted the battery's spe
the batteryinen having several times
uncoupled cars from tlic train In the
i Mobile depot.
The special left Mobile at 9 o’clock to
night and Is due here about 3 o'clock
in the morning.
Cause Considerable Trouble
Mobile. August 13.—Indignant because
they had not been paid before break
ing camp here today. Battery B. Of the
Alabama, National Guard, caused con
I Continued ou Cage Ninel
TWENTY-SIX INJURED
IN TENNESSEE WRECK
Two Passenger Coaches Roll Over Embankment
After Jumping Track—Two Birmingham Girls
Among Seriously Injured—Cause of Accident
Not Known _
Nashville, Tenn., August 13,—Twen
ty-six persons were injured at 4:35
o’clock this afternoon when two pas
senger coaches and the baggage car
of the Monterey accommodation of
the Tennessee Central railroad, east
bound, jumped the track between
Creen Hill and Mount Juliet, Tenn.
The cars rolled over an embankment.
A relief traiiT sent out from Nashville
brought the injured to this city to
night. 'The officials of the road say
the cause of the wreck is unknown.
It occurred on a straight stretch of
track.
Among the Injured arc; William Hull,
aged 60. badly injured about back; Mrs.
Maude Fisher, aged -6. Nashville, spine
twisted, body bruised; Henry Fisher,
her son, aged four, scalp wounds; Mrs.
Jones, aged 45, seal]) wounds and body
bruised.
At least nine of the persons are be
lieved to have been seriously injured.
These are:
William Hull of Carthage, aged 73,
father of Congressman Cordell Hull*
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Mrs. 'V. D. Fisher of Donelson, Tenn.
Mrs. Annie Jones, Trenton Ky.
Dr. J. I. D. Hinds. Lebanon. Tenn.,
'Veil known southern educator.
Thomas Knglehardt, merchant Nash
ville.
Bruce Willard, Lebanon.
W. A. Godwin, aged 22, Nashville ex
press messenger.
Misses Ruth and Nunna Lois Mann,
Birmingham.
The train was traveling at a rate of
25 miles an hour when all except the
engine suddenly jumped the track.
Joe Barbee, the »ddest engineer on
the road, had charge of the engine,
and he and Fireman Bowen stuck
gamely to their engine, bringing it to a
stop as soon as possible, thereby, it
is believed, preventing loss of life.
Express Messenger Godwin, though
internally injured, refused medical as
sistance and rushed into the over
turned cars, rescuing many, among
tlscni the Misses Mann of Birmingham, «
whom he had to cacry from the coach. . J
After the rescue work was finished.
Mr. Godwin suddenly collapsed, and ia
in h dangerous condition.
Eleven of the injured were taken fa ’
a Nu-shvlllf infirmary. Others were
sent to Lebanon and other towns for
treatment. J * '
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HOUR OF THE FIRST
GREATBAIILEOFTHE '
BELIEVED IMMINENT
First Bis Struggle Will Go
Far Toward Settling the
Future of Europe, Is the
Belief
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VARIOUS REPORTS
OF ENGAGEMENTS
COME IN ALL DAY
Severe Fighting Follows the
Clashing of Reeonnoiter
ing Parties in Force—Al
lies Score Successes
London, August 1.'!.—(11:43
p. in.)—The hour of (lie great
lm(,tie which will have much to
do with settling the future of
Europe is appreciably nearer.
Reports of engagements, which
when the main armies meet, will be
considered insignificant, have been
coming in all day, showing that the
cavalry screens, sometimes accompa
nied by infantry, whose duty it is to
find out what is going on behind, have
come into contact in northern Belgium
near Ilaelen and on the French fron
tier near Othain.
The meeting of these reconnoitering
parties in force has resulted in some
rather severe fighting, in which, ac
cording to the French and Belgian of
ficial accounts, the allies scored suc
cesses.
The other side of the story Is still to
bo told, for Merlin remains silent. In
fuel the German war office has hail
little to say since it reported the cap
ture of I lie city of Liege. The position
around that fortress is veiled in some
thing of mystery. The Germans hav©
resumed their at tin k.Von the forts, but
how they are progressing has not been
communicated to the outside world.
Brussels had a report tonight that
the forts bad succeeded in silencing ail
tlie big German guns, hut this is given
little credence. It may be that, for
the moment, the invaders have stopped
their onslaught, either to rest or to
adopt some new means of gaining the
object.
Lorraine, for tlie presnet, seems to
have been let! out of the fighting,
while Alsace, like western France, Is
the scene of engagements between the
advance guards of the main German
and French army.
The Austrian army has commenced
to move on Russian Poland No news
has com© from the Russo-German fron
tier, but much the same is going on
there as in the other theatres of war.
The Russian and German cavalry are
busy trying to discover what the main
armies are doing
The British navy now virtually lias
Austrian ships ,or has, at least, got
Austrian ships, or lias, at least, got
them so closely watched that the ad
miralty advises ship owners to send
out their vessels as usual Ships from
all parts of the world arrived at Eng
lish ports today and. what is more Im
portant, steamers with provisions are
coming from Scandinavian ports.
Tourists Leave Paris
Geneva, Switzerland, August 13.—(Via1
Paris, 7:50 p. ni.)—American tourists here
are leaving for Paris, despite, the 30-hour
railroad Journey. They hope to obtain
passage at Cherbourg on the steamer
France.