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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Mitt. nH) fn. n,-jj Mel. Mum. IT. Kurty.fourth Ynnr. IlMly Nlnlli Yixtr. MEDFORD. OKKCION, Will) AY, ,7lTLY HMOM NO. 112 MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN GERMANY ."I 1 i i , te Br- . a J. : :. i ' v. ! V !.'. -a J. ' I? KM GENERAL CZAR'S REPLY TO firnrral European Wdr Seems Initios sl'ile lu Avrrl Anquilli Tells Par liament That Russian Army nnil rirt t Has Brett Ordered lu Muster, Martial Law In Germany. LONDON, July :il. Tho innmeil nu niinniinormcnt wn tniido liy Premier Asipilth in the house of imwmoim today (hut Kimsin lunl pio claimed tin' general iiiiibilirntliiu of bur it i my mill fleet, nnil In eonc pn'iice tiiiirt iitl law lunl been in eloluied in Germany mid a general mhnilli'utioii In Germany would fol low. .iiillli' Statement Plunder Aitiltli's Mnlcmcnl wan as follews: "We Imvn jiml heard, nut from St. Petersburg, but from Oennnny, thai Itiif-iii ImM proclaimed the general uinhiliiitinii of her army and her fleet, niul tluit in ennseipicnoi' of tliU martial Inn is to lie iroi'laimr in Oefiuiiny. "We iiuderslnod this' to mean tluit itinhiliuliou will follow in Germany if lhr"llnp;ij)i tnnbiliiuilion Is general niul proceeded with. "Ju these circumstances I prefer 11M tt ntuwer.'nny further ipu'slinils till Monday." ltiiln lo A lil Son In PARIS, July :il. Tin Temps to- ilny ichiles detail of tlio ennvcrsu- liuii between Count Von Pnurlulcs, tin1 German ambassador, niul Scrg- in sariinorr tiu Russian roiL'iun miuUter in St. Petersburg, ycMcrdiiy. fount Von Pnurtiilcs lirl asked whether, in case Russia were itssnr nl Austria would not ri'taiit any tor tilery i'iiiiiiuit'il in Sorvia, Russia would slop her inobiltiuitioii. To thin M. Kiixhimrr replied: "No," nnil hiiIiI that Russia could not per mil ihn "execution" of Sorvlu wliiou lunl been uuunuiiccd hy Austria, Count Von Pouilulcs llii'ii nnkiMl .M. Simiunff under what condition Russia wotilil dcmnhilixc. m, mixiiiioii iiiisucicit tluit any ipinMfnii or this sort must JirM bo inUi-il at Vienna, which lunl commit I nl nets of war ami niiidc ili'rlara liuiiM wlili'h aliuin lunl ili'tiTinliii'ii KiiNxia In iiKilillii1. Thi' I'liiiMTHiilinii ilnl not I'liiitluuo t'lirlhii'. TO CAPTURE PASS LONDON. July HI.-An KxHiiipko TYIetfraiili cniiipiiny'ii iliHpuloh JVoni Nif-li, Snjvlrt, viu Haloulki, Kny that up till Inrtt nihl tlio AliHtriun liivnit fin at Si'iiiiMiiliiii lunl not Huni'i'i'ili'il ill I'oii'iiiK tlio pitHA held hy tlio Hor Villll trOlWr ))(IHNCHllll)l of wliinh winihl in thciit iii'cchh In Ihn Mof. iivii Kivt'i' vnlay ami I litis upon up a ilirt'd mail to Ninh, III ii mm LONDON, July III. -Another 1U pnli'h l't'om NInIi In I ho Km'Iiiiiio 'IVIefjiapli (nmpaiiy miyi ilenpenvto Jiiillnif ijiinlliiiii'M aloiiL' tlin river Drliia, Hot It Aiifti'iiHiH ami Hervimm Imvn hiiHtiiliU'ri heavy loKxes, Tdo Aiihliiau illvlhloiirt al'li'r I'IkIiIIiik fii'ivi'ly all ilny, fnileil In foien lli ili'l'iln IrmlliiK In J'leilie ami I'lh' iolln, ii VI I :. SWA, July ;u. AiiMiMiin I'liililii'i' KlIMiiU Iniliiy M'pilli'il n 1.1 mill (Illicit hy Hi'ivliiu nenr K'hi Unruly, mi Ihn iliiNiihui finnUt'i1, nllluml NiiMViInu um. The Hi'l'ViMim Jui uim ulliti'i' (Jiul mill) Uu um, KAISER IS ORDER OFMOBILIZAfiON AUSTRIAN UNABLE SAYSSERVIANNEWS MOBILIZATION OF RUSIANARMY MARTIAL LAW GREAT POWERS RULESGERMANY BENTONFIGHTING WAR EXPECTED FOR SUPREMACY - t i i Order for General Molillliallon "I Troops Postponed Until Tomorrow -Wailing Without Hope to Ex haust Resources ot Diplomacy, But Actively Preparinu tar Conflict. IIKULIN, July .11. The moriiliit; pnKcil Miihoiit a hrvak in the hravy war eloml over tlm i!urii'iin hoii iin, mill there wi no relief lo the alumni ilipairiiii; iiiii'i'rlniiitv exist iui; In the (leniinn raiiitnj ami t elli'iaeiit eolitiiiiieil to inereiiKe. It lunl heeii K'iierally experlcil that toiUiy Moiihl hrlnic the ileeixioti for Miee or war am! when n ilreree wax promiilcateil proi'laiimiic martial law ami eonxeipii'iit military ;overii meiit, nil hrciin to think that nniuil eoiifliet eouhl ho the only outcome. Allln on lltiloniarr (loverntiient officiaN, howevor, refrainril from makiiii; any ilefiuite ileelnrnlioii, Miyiiitf they jirrferrnl to wait till all the ri"ouri'OH of iliplo mney lunl hreti exhauoteil. It w.n mi'II iimlrmlooil that the iuc of nu onler for tin mohiliiitimi of the (termini force wnihl ho taiilamoiiiit to n ileeliirnlioii of war, ami it wai ileehleil to postpone thin action until the Inut MiM.thle imiiiient in vwiieh there wan a ray of Iim for eace. It wan evident everywhere today that the military niiihoriticH were ipiittly prepiiriiiK for the speedy moemi'iit of t roups in catc the order for mohilirittion xhould he citfii, I'rolillill firnln l"H.rt The Herman foreign office ptvc iixHuninro thin imirnini that no mohili.aliou older would he i.-ueil in (leniiaiiy today. OflleiaN admit ted, however, that the hittintinu had not improved, hut hecimiu ratlar ai'l'rawilcil hiueo tho insue of the KitHxinn rohilixatioii older. The (lennaii federal council lodiiy isKiied a ilccri'c prohihitini; the expait of ;raiu, flour, foodsluffH, meatH, animal product", automohilcH, tiuok-. uiotorcyi'lcH, petroleum, coal tar and coal oil. Thin order 'i Into effect imineiliiiti'ly. Tho step taken hy the federal council, wIuim! incinborH reprcent the rulerrt of the federation Htate eoinpo'iiuK the Herman empire, wan Hiild to have heeii ueeesxitated hy the heavy exports of tho Iiin few days reported by the ehiimberrt of coin, iiieree. (iikort.itp Kiirnrccil Mcannhllo the Oeruian overnmenl put forth tlin KrcntcAt cxerlioim to prevent the npreinj of nlariiiliiK rum lira ami faUn iuwh. It ordered the confiMcation of four newfpnpow, which had printed n'n crroneoim re port that mohilUatioK hud heo'i ordered and the niithorittcM csla'j. lixlied Ihn HtriotcHt ceiiHorship over (Coutiniu'd on I'iikc '2.) NKW YORK, July .11. J. 1 Mor gan today issued a btaleineut whii Ii said; "Alarming as the iicwk is from Kuropo, wo are Mill hoping there wi'.l tint ho a general war. While Ihe gravity of tho prcfcout sltuiilioii c.iu hardly bo exaggerated, llieio Is still llio opportunity for the Holier second thought nf tho peoplo of Kuropo to prevail over iimlr Hist luipulwcx. "Tho hilualiiin of (hu American so. miiily miiiket during (ho Inst few days hiiH been 11 upleiulld illustration nf Ilia iiiheieiit miiiiiiIiicnn of Jinan, cml I'oiulllloiu in hU I'liiinlry, While wo 111 0 nil 1'nini'i.lly Imping Dial Hu New Voik Mock ii'huuu hiIkIiI ho licpl open, tli Iiimiiii U Dinilil wild mi much iiiii'ciliiliily ihn) ( oewvd i)vctHiy, lu liv MvhM nf I. RiORGAN HOPES AGAINST HOPE M Pessimism Takes Possession of All Europe Hope for Peaceable So lution Flees Stork Exchanges Closed -Enfllantl to Back Up France Americans Kept Ahroad. LONDON, 'July .1!.- Official an nouiiremeiit of the rcxumptinii of the "converKnlioiiH" at St. IVIm-bir,: and Vii'iina camn today at a nri tiient when pes.liiiim had liijien w. hi-shIiiii of all Kuroiie. The hope (hit it miht lead lo a peaceable tuilutl n wfti iriihpeil with iliKperalion, hat Ihn 'neww n offiel later bv the proclamtilioii of martini law in Oct -miiiiv, which wn regnnteil n a pr- liiuinary to the utohilirntioti of the Hcniiau foree-i for war. Kveryhody then deemed to nettle down to nwnt the new that the ureal Kuropena powers hail, decided to engage in n ntnipglfl for hiipreinncy. There wan tiothincr to pve the piihlie hope thrt n ueiieral war mlRht be averted. Stork Kirlintiijc (liivnl The stock exchange in London and tho big provincial riticK, iih well iw iIkha on tho continent, were elo'e-1, owing to the brrakdoutt of the credit MVhtem which was miide complete hy the postponement f (he l'arii .ettle inenl. Thin, it was pointed out, would nrccMnrilv be followed by the failure of home fiftv members of tho London stock exchange. Tlin precautionary military ind naval measures taken by the ltritt-ih 'government are almost eompleted. The prevailing public opinion here Is deleniiiiird that Knghiml must oh. sere her unwritten obligation to a slt Kranee in her difficulties with Germany, but a small body of rad ical ornithines to utter objections to I'jighiuil h involving herself in the ipiarreU of the eontiucntal pnucn. Kncoiuiters KxaKgerateil Diipatehes from Nish, in Sorvia, ami from Vienna, told of encounters between Austrian and Servian troops on tho frontiers, but titilheulie details of tho fighting were lacking. It hcciiih certain that conflicts between the frontier guards have occurred, hut military men here point out tluit stories of fighting with heavy losses such as that said to have occurred ai Fotclui. nre absurd, as it would be itiipossibln for tlin Servians in Uio timn of their disposal lo cross the Dritiii and advance twenty uiih-s wilhin Austrian territory. It is ulso argued that tho niiuotiucemeut that 000,000 Austrian soldiers were on the march into Sirvia is practi cally incredible. It is said that Aus tria cannot have 000,000 men on the move in less thaii six weeks. Anitiiars Kept Abroml Americans visiting Kuropo received a fdiouk today when it was 111111011110- f Continued on Page i) tho whole country, to close tlin cv uliauge. "It is essentially a time for tho owners of American securities to keep their heads. Rear in mind that tho iiutiinl properties rcprcfciitcd hy American secniilies will not siit'lVr greatly by a Kuiopean war, "It Is idle lo say that America will not he hurl by 11 general Ku in pea 11 war. Tim wholesale waste of capi tal Involved 111 such a catastrophe would result hi 11 dinliihiiliuii of losses Dm world over, hu! Hie lots hi'in would ha liilliillisliiiiil ciiiupn -vil with Ihn liNcs In Ihn coiiuliieti liiiiiii'illulely liinihid. There i no ihillhl I hlil Ilia whole Aini'liciiii pen plu will ('(MiiicriHe n icMiiim 11111111 1 i'iMiIIIiiin IhiiiiihImmiI Hum couiry Ml llK VUllV iuk)bi) UlUUH'IlL" WARBURG APPEARS "OUT OF DEFERENCE" TO THE PRESENT WASHINGTON, J.iK :n. Paul .M. Warburg .r New VorU imlilii-il Ihe wJiTie house late today that ''out of delerence lo Ihe ul-hi-s of the icsiib-nl," he would appear tomorrow lcfiir the M-tiale blllikiii'.' rolamiltee. fjt t t 4-" i 4- E L VII.NNA. July 31 -Pomilnr en- thuila.m lu ronncctioii wltli the war tiKalnut Hervla ihow no hIkok of almtcment. An appeal for Iteil Crors nunux loilny met with an Immediate rciomit from 1000 women and clrls belonging to all clawed. Arch Ducli eiii Marie Tltcrcra apjilleil to Kmiic or FrnarU Jotepli (or iiermlttlon to be enrolled a a IleU Cromi nurc. The police authorltle. have forbid den the publication of extra edition of the newnpapern and een tho regu lar editions hac not been permitted to refer to the occupation ot ttelgrado, which la still not Fcoerally known. Tho AuHtrlan plan of rampalRti, It ti iiudcrMood hbr. U4io attack Servla chiefly by way of Honnla, wlillu tlio nrmleti on the Danube lu the north Imply ocupy posltlong nml remain tcmpororurlly Inactive. AT F PAULS, July 31 -Cold was at Hi per cent premium hero today. Kng ilsh sovereigns uoro selling at 2S francs each, Instead of the normal rate of slightly more than !S francs. A cabinet council Is to be railed to morrow to consider an extension nf tho terms ot payment for obligations falling due. Tho apprehensions of the smaller trades peoplo hero havo gone to such an extent that many of them rcfuso to tako tho new government -0 and ." frnno bills. Department utorcs are doing about only iiulf their usual business owing to tho lack of small change. E E HONG KONG'S DEFENSE HONG KONH, July 31. Most ac tive preparations are going on lieio in view of eventualities. Tho Canadian 1'neifio steamer Kmpress of Asia has been chartered by the government and guns nre be ing mounted oil hoard. At the dock yards work is proceeding night nnd day and double guards have hcci placed on duty. All Hie troops hnve been confined to barracks and leave has been stopped. Tho RritUh battleship Triumph today took on her war Mores and is prepared for action. All the boundaries of tho colony are guarded hy outposts. SAVED FROM FOREST BLAZE HOOD RIVHIt, Ore., July 31 MackflrliiK mid trenches dug by rc. dniiU today 1 booked t lit (urrnj firm which liiM nlulit Ihroutuinul ihu ro annually, I'IkIhk Hivhruuds lie tilled tfvM'riil Jioun hut ull nuio l ttd. Tim Hi m I'miflwH.I u u iwull mca. 1 ASM SERVIAN WAR STIL PERVADES AUSTRIA LD PREMIUM RENCH MA 55,000 TRAINMEN STRIKE ON AUGOSTl 5500.000.000 ISTOCKMARKETS BLAME PLACED NEW CURRENCY ! 0FW0RLDCLOSE UPON RAILROADS . . 1 FORCIRCULATIGN ' Uncle Sam to Helo Financial Situa tion in New York and Elsewhere If Assistance Is Needed Half Billion Authorized Under Reserve Act Ready for Use. WASHINGTON. July 31. ?ecr itary McAdoo raued a atatement today faayliiK the treamiry department wli help us far a "It legitimately may" ilu New ork or eluewlivru during tho present situation. Secretary McAdoo jiald: "We arc keeping In clone touch with tho situa tion. Tho treamiry department will help as far an It legitimately may. In New York, or In any other part of tlio country, where It become ap parent that assistance U neoded. New Money Is Heady "Tho Aldrlch-Vrceland act, at amended by the federal reserve act, Ii still In forco and the terms on which currency may be Issued under that act, arc now so favorable that resort may bo had quickly and effectively to It to meet any emergency. It might bo remembered that thoro Is in the treasury, prnted and ready for Issue. S500.000.000 of currency wheh thi banks can get on application under (hat law Ths U n addition to the resources of the treasury. "In view of the closing of tho Kor telgn stock exchanges, the action of the New ork exchange, which I havii just learned, lu closng leniporarly. I Is a reasonable measure of protection to American Interests." It was announced at tho -white houso that every effort would inado for organlilng tho federal servo board and pultng tho new servo system In operation. Ilellef Contemplated Hellef measures contemplated bo rc- ro In- elude depositing funds In banks In Chicago, New York and Philadelphia and other cities. Tho president planned to send to tho senate, today or tomorrow tho nomination of a man In place of Thomas D. Jones, and efforts wcro begun to find out definitely just what Paul Warburg of (Continued oa pago two.) RAISE MIR PRICE LONDON, July .U. Tlio Menm ship companies which yesterday were bonking passages for steamships sailing before the annual exodus at minimum rales today raised their prices to tho maxuinim, although they iissureil intending passengers Hint British, French and Dutch steamers wero not likely to bo af fected by anything that might occur. F LONDON, July 11. Tho hanking situation in Loudon has become so abnormal that it is understood that tho British cabinet 11 1 its meeting to day discussed Ihn possibility of tak ing measures to prevent 11 possble panic. The Hank of Knghiud was today charging 10 per cent for weekly advances an unprecedented rale, There has been nothing in the mi tine of u puiiln or 11 run, hut ofl'lo. iuls have been ipiictly paying out gold ami silver since thu opening nf the hmik this morning. Tim London Mock crliiiiu Ipm been elitki'il 1111I1I liiilhcr milli'ii, The ilrcUioil In rime Ihe outIhiiik'! wiim HiM'U by Ihn cwnmllli'i' nl H mi'l'l flitf held Hii woiiiiiitf Tin i'hii)' )cuou (or thu uupivculcwlcj JiVlh'll INANCIAL PANIC PINCHES ENGLAND NDEFINITELY All American Exchanu.es Cease Busi nessAll Deliveries Suspended Until Further Notice Transac tions in Securities Virtually Cease Movement of Goh! Continues. NKW YORK. July 31. The New York Block exchange was closed to day -for the first time miicc &TA, oi account of the KiiroH'iiu situation. The Consolidated Mock exchange and Ihe curb market nlo eensed tin incss.' This was followed immedi ately hy announcements of the clos ing of exchanges in tho other chief cities throughout the country. This official announcement wa.s made by the secretary of the Mock exchange: "The governing committee decided that the exchange be closed until further noliee nnd that all deliver ies be suspended until further no tice." limine og World Hull With the suspension of business here, transactions in aeeurities, tho world over came virtually to u halt. New York for Ihe. last Jew day haJ. oeeti die only great market ot the world to carry on business ns usual. The decision to close cnihe suddenly nnd unexpectedly n short time before the usual hour for opening. It wns ot n meeting of bankers nt the offices of J. I Morgan & Co. that the decision wns reached. After n long discussion it was decided that the strain on credits might reach a dangerous degree if the exchanges were open. No definite period for .ie closing of the exchange has been set. At n special meeting of the board of governors of the stock exchange President Noble was authorized to appoint n, committee of five gover nors to make rulings regarding de liveries on the curb. Deliveries on the curb were susended unless wi'h the mutual consent between the con tracting parlies. Hold Kx ports Continue The movement of gold to Kurop-;, which has reached unprecedented provortions during the last few days, wns continued. Tho steamship St. Louis, which sailed for Kuropc to day, carried the largest amount of gold ever taken from nny jwirt of Hi world on n single vessel. The total value of the cargo was f?ll,02.r,000. The total on this movement of gold in five days aggregates $ 15,-l.lA.OUl). The New York cot fee exchange, followed the lead of the stoek ex changes and suspended business. RUSSIAN SPY CAUGHT AT ALLENSJEIN, GERMANY ALLKNSTK1N, Germany, July 31. A Russian spy was arrested hero todny. lie is said to belong to tho St. Petersburg inilitury intelligence department. wns the fact that the system of credit had practically- broken down and it was impossible to carry on business in tho ordinary way. This situation did not arrive through over-speciilatou, hut bcciuiso bank ers could not collect margins, which had been gradually shrinking, whio at thu sumo time (lie continent con tinues to pour stock into London. Tho Ihmk of Kiiglnud today in creased its rate of dUcouiit lo K pur ecu). TliU action was taken hy Hm Rank nf Kiighiiid In older to check hu out How of gold. Jt is viu-gtulcil In financial circles Hint Ihe tient iinntwciil piNihly nui he Hie iikjfiiwoi of jliM hunk ill'!, (C'onIIuuuJ mi pug wu ) ' BY EMPLOYEES Final Conference to Be Sought With President Wilson IrBtherheml Declares Managers Rejected Plan of Settlement Proposed hy Federal Board of Mediation. CHICAGO, July 31. A strlko ct SS.000 firemen and engineers on 98 railroads operating west of Chicago has been set for Friday, August 7, It was officially announced today. Warren S. Stone, grand chief engi neer of tho Urothcrhod of Locomotlvo Hnglnecrs. and W. 8. Carter, presi dent of tho Ilrotherhood- of Locomo tlvo Firemen and Englnemen. de dared tho order would bo put Into ef fect unless tho general manager.;' committee of tho railroads accepted tho plan of settlement proposed by the federal board of mediation. Appeal to W'iUoa Committees of the dissatisfied en gineers and firemen of tho westers railroads and the managers' commlt teo prepared to leave here (or Wash ington where conferences will be held with President WlUon In a last ef fort to preYent-3-strlke. Thw at tempt to adjust tho wago dispute by federal mediation has proved a failure, It Is admitted-. In a signed statement Presidents Stono and Carter asserted that after the managers committee, had Invoked the services of tho federal board of mediations and conciliation, the managers' commltteo had refused to accept tho plan ot settlement pro poned by the federal mediators and "thus tho burden of responsibility of the strlko must rest on tho railroads. Illume tlio Itallroadt The threo principal causos of the strike, according to tho statement of Messrs. Stone and Carter, are: Tho manner In which railroads havo re pudiated arbitration agreements. Tho manner in which tho managers' commltteo has excited the anger of the englnemen In the service by their arbitrary attitude Because the rail, roads seem determined to force tho employes to abandon the mileage basis of pay without being willing to adopt tho hourly basis of pay; the mnuagers attempting to forco on the employes an entirely now basis of pay which they are pleased to term tho "fcervlco period." Plan of Settlement The plan ot settlement as proposed by tho federal mediators and which was rejected by tho general mana gers' committee, acordlng to Messrs. (Continued on paf 3.1 PATROLS ACTIVE PARIS, July 31, Military move ments on tho dermaii sldo ot tho frontier wero very active today and French troops sot out outposts. A Gorman patrol at one point no tually crossed tho frontier probably owing to .a mistake In 110 case has any conslderablo forco of French troops advanced donor to tho Herman frontier than six miles, Thu French (orolgn office officials wero (oiuldorably more p4Jhiiidin toduy because, us they nxplalned, the gravity of the fltuatlon was lBirw lug with thu Upw of with day. At thu mmiiim time, It wan said that It must not Iw auifivi tkst all Up K H i'Uifu kolulM kn4 yuhUML, risni'v, II WW, wHI iwWh Uur vmi HM Uh Atortwu U4 4w Vi, GERMAN-FRENCH AIM BOUNDARY w i 4 l s 1 i M I ( " ! I