Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 05, 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttf w. ' Kfr T' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Minimum 01; Minimum 5Hi ltd. Hum. 1. Korty.fmirth Yrar. Dully Nlnlh Yar. Li 1 !! I Jl-g MEDFORD. OHISaON, 'WKDNKSPAV, AUGUST 5, lf)M. NO. 11G J IIIJWJ. FRENCH CAPTURE 3 GERMAN WARSHIPS rt1 I WARSHIP SUNK OFF ALGlQtS BY FRENCH FLEET Vessels BorrrbardlitQ French Ports Grabbed They Come Out Many Seizures of German Merchant Ves sels Only Skirmishes Along Ger man ami Vrench leundary. A dispatch from Alters, through London, said authentic confirmation of the destruction or capture ot three German cruisers by the French fleet In the Mediterranean had been re ceived there. ALOIKHK, tin Undnn, Ami,'. ". -Authentic confirmation of the rrjidit of the destruction of llm (ionium cruiser Panther mid f lljc capture tif llir German cruiser (lorlicn mid Ilicluti rcitolit'il hero tli". PAHIH, Aug. f. -It i officially cnnflrinrd today that llm German rrulr.IT Brrslnu bombarded Bona, n fortified seaport town hi Algeria. Tlu itruUer fired sinty lins, In which tlir Mirt batteries replied. It U iTKirlcl friii Calais llmi French torpedo-boat destroyer t'up lured two large German bulling ships. LONDON', Aiiir. .. A message re crlvrd here Ibis n fir moon from (IiifnirV L'huunrl Islands, nys tlml u French gunboat loulng a large Gorman Mlrnincr anchored In the roadstead miilcr llm guns of the ft tle. .- .. LONDON, Auk. . It wn tin- nuunerd officially tonight Unit the Itrit iti cruiser Amplilnii has sunk the llnmlnirg-Amrrinau linn alcamcr Koi'iiigln Lulf, which luiil been filled nut fur mine-laying. IK LL, England, Aim. .". A mini Iht uf German steamers anchored ul I hi Hirt wore luki'ii over today by lint British authorities. BY AT ST. PETERSBURG ST. PKTKHKIU'IKI, Aiiir. fi. Tin (In mini embassy hero wim wrcrkctl uml u buiifiro mailu of llm furniture uml pictures by mi angry crowd to. iluy. Tim people wcru lingered by the repmts of what they deemed to be mi indignity nIiowii to tbu downger einpnihH Murin Foodorrownu by lio ing stopped in llrrlin on hrr arrival from Loudon on tier way to St. Pe tersburg and oouicllcd by tlio Ger mail authorities, lo go '" Copenhagen. An entrance, wan forced bv tbe crowd through (ho windows. Most of the rouiim wore wrecked and the fur uittiro pitubod into the streets. A number uf students mid work men nlimbcd lo tlio toof of llm em bassy mid tore the caglo from tlio lop of (bo fluifhlaff. Tbey then ran up tlio KiihhIhii flag. A iiiuhhIvo statuary depicting a group of hors'im led by men was bucked lo piece with axes and the debriri burled Into tlio ennui, A bote file wuh then tuiido of tlio oontentH of (bo embiiHHy mid mi attempt wiik made (o put a lorob lo tlio building. Mounted police routed tlio riotorn, Anotlier crowd later tried lo ropcut tlio purforinunco at Ibo Aimtriau em. biiHHy, (nit tluit building wuh too hlroutdy KUiU'dod. Tlio body of u ItuHniiiii forlmmi Ih alleged by the uiitliorilieH to have been found In tlio (leriniiii cnibiiKMy, Tlio mini bud linen nliol In llm bund mid klubhcil mid bud been dead for tiomu ilayn. AMERICAN WARIHIPI EN ROUTE TO SHANGHAI HIIAKOIIAI, Aiitf, 5, -Tim upuiil. I on uf Uiillt'd Hluleif wuixlilM In Clliicni wuo(H limi illki'oiilliiucd h I'liiUe uml U liiftv on tlio wjiy from Uj! KM lo ilJi I'OH. J GERMAN EMBASSY WRECKED MB BELGIANS FIGHT VIGOROUSLY TO REPEL INVADERS Brldijej Destroyed to Check German Advance Three Urpe Army Corps, Totaling 100,000 Men, Now In Neutral Territory lelglans Re slstlnq Every Step of Way. I'AIIIH, A uir. '. -Two rel. ineiilH of (Innnaii UIiIiiiik bao been ilrntroynl by tbo lleluiau nnny, aeeordini; lo mi official annoiiiieeinenl biwii out by tbe " IVeucli war offlee thin e ruing. 1 HllUHHi:i.H, Auk. C Tlio IIcIrUii mlnlxtor of war unuunce that th fortlflcntloiin of I.Ioro and llm vicin ity aro rirlrm vleoruuBly nl tlio tJqr man troopi. HUIHHKI.H, Aug. r,, via I-ondon Tlio llelclan milliliter of war In an ntflrlnl tatoiiienl toilny unlil: "Thn IleUlana aro uccefull) comlintlliiK tlio Oormnn lavanlon. Tlio llelBlan louioa are trlfllnc rout pared with tboto of tlio Cormatu." IIUUHSr:!, Auk. C The IlolRlaii Official (lAictto announcea today that the entire Rovouth and Tenth army rorp,havo Invaded tlio Uelilan prov. Inro of I.lvtco and havo reached tlio vicinity of crvo. I'opmiter and Itemoti- cliampiu Thn Herman artillery tiom bardcil aomo amall forts In tliclr ad vance. IIUU8.SI-:i.H, Auk. ri. Oorman tnmpn huo crniuod thn llelclan fron tier nt thru point, at llalliuiii, no i mi mile nortll of LIcro, and I'rancor ehampa and Hlavolot, both about 20 nillca to tlio outheiut of LIcro. A (iKht I liclloved lo to In proR rem tielwcon thn nRlana and (tor m tin for poemlon of Heron, els mile from Llego. The prompt dotructlon ot hrldRCS 4ty tho IlelKlnn troopn chocked tlio athanra of tho (lor in nun. UnlRltin rccomiollerliiK partlca lo cated llireo German army corp, tho Tenth army corpK nt Hyadon, tbo Seven Hi army corpw, 40,000 utront; at WrvlcrH, and tho Klxth nrmy corp In nnnther locality not named. Tho Tenth (lerman army corpa 'a operutliiR nloiiB tlio Northern lino, and finding unexpected renlntancc, moved further northward, Invadln Dutch territory at Tllltiurg and cross lux tho Mciu at Kydcu. An army of 100,000 Oormaua wan marching on LIcro today, whuro a gouorat attack In oxpocted tomorrow, A Herman officer taken prlionor by tho llolglans tiald ho waa amaiod at tho rcaUlanro offored to tho tiorman advnnco. Tho (lermana had bebn given to uudorataud at llerlln that they would not bo opposed la Hcl glum. S WIFE CRITICALLY ILL WASIIINUTON, Aug. r. rei4 dent Wilson Iiiih been at tbo bedside of Mrs. Wilt-uii iiliiuml coiihtanlly for Hovoral day, and her protrucled ill uesH of Huvcral montlm ix eauning worry in official cirelen. It wuh while hitting hcido bin wife, bin constant helpmato mid ad viser, (hut tbo preiiidciil wrote IiIn muhKiigii to tbo Kiiropemi crowned IiciiiIk, appealing to lliem tu tay their cpntllnt mid ilismiHH peace. Tim condition of Mrn. WilHou wax Haiti (o bo extremely grave. Mix. KranclH Howck Kuyrc mid MU Mar garet WiUon, two datigbtem who havo been away from Wunhiugtoii, have been culled In her beiUlde, Little tioM la tmtorlalned by tho pliynldaan for Mr, VVIUou'w rocov cry, Hmeral upwIalUU have been called Ih by Dr, riraynou dMrlut lb at fow day but tblr rtruiU haw ait with nu ayvwM, PRESIDENT - . N i III - - wm ITALIAN AfmhIIm la Ih Iklmt nlllM U A tlU Mi MrmTlBJ. hlofc, Pol. Kathwiht, W '. OT,!, m IM mfjn nan .. ta MAP (NOVINO HEAVY FIRING OFF MAINE COST PORTLAND, Me., Aug. .'. The filing of heavy gun off llto Maine count were beard early today. Kigbt or ten nlioU within two minutes were heard ahnrtly before 7 o'clock by tbe Lnrtiuir nf.lli.1 l'tfirilfiiiit uliunrvillftrV. The hound tiecmed to conn from ill point twenly-fivo or thirty mlleu Houtli-foulbem.t of Portland and probably In Ibo vicinity of Segnin Ihlniid. Tho hhotw iiImi were heard at Ibo barbor fnrtK and nt Hintw brlween hero and llutli. Krpiiu in a hiiiuII island off tin mouth of tbo Kenuelieo river, a few miles below Until. Tho French atenmor Vcnoila, In port today front Marseille, Naptos and Palermo, reported that yesterday ilio overheard both Ccrnuin and llrlt Uli crullers talking with tho wlrclcni atatlon at Sayvlllo, L. T. Tho tot of tho metsaKoa wan not obtalnablo. Tho Veneila ntcamod ton mllca Koulh of her uiual courts In order lo avoid capture by any German war ahlps. llor operator waa warned not to vend any wlrolcmi mcsnaRcs. (Continual! on pava a.) ' OF REPORTED HEARD SUMMARY lU'porU of u naval engagement off tin; SeoitMi const were de clared unlruo by tbo HritiVb govcrninent. Tlio Oenniui cable wax out toduy between Kuropo mid tho Aroros. I'reparalioiiti of tbu llritib navy were completed today and it ,win iiuunuuccd tbo government would ncipiire foreign waobips under comlructiou In (I rent llrituiii. King (leorgo called for volunteers for the army. Tbo Hriiisb ptibliu hbowed mi mo anxiety about food supplier, uhlcb1rought ivashiiring htntcflientH from (bu gocrn.iiiout. A eeliemo of control i to bo introduced to regulate price?. Tbo Gorman ambassador bad not yet left London today. Oormnn troops aro reported lo hau entered Dutch and Swiss (erritbry. lliiHsian warships have, captured a number of (icrmnn merchant VchhcIh in tbo lllaok sea, wbieli is now isolated, owing to the club- lug of tbo Dardanelles mid Uosphorp by Turkey. " Itunsian trooM wero today in contact with the Oorman nnny nil nloiig. tbo Kitsho-Oermiu bordcV, wbilo lVcncli and ..tlerumus 1 touelied on' (bo Fit'iicb frontier! . I.nmliti ,)Hl.i.iii'tii nrr,.li.il ti , iiimli.tr nf fl.iiiiniiii ulm urn nl. leged to baveilH'HiViti possession of rifles and bombs. No confirmation could bo obtained of tbo alleged destruction or capture of Gumma "warships in the Mediterranean sen hy tbo' French fleet . Tho French authorities announced thai sotciilccii Alsatians desirous of reaching Franco from Germany were shot by Ger mans, Tbo Belgian government announces lm mhtince through llcl-, giuiii of tbo seventh ami tenth Gerniau army corp. Tbe (Ionium fleet in Ibo far cast is, said o havo sailed from Thing-Tun. An embargo was placed by, Germany on Hm-Hiiii funds in Ger man banks. Tbe Japaucsti premier declared Hull no Jupnue (1ec or army would bu sent lo I In rope, but great ncllvi'ly in tbe .liipiinoe navy wan nollced nftcr Ibo ilecbiralion of war hclecii Gcniuiu' and Kiiuluud, A BLAV Wm GCKMAN iH MACVA SB amttn.Of twwihllw m dltUnt Mlllo!-f AuarU U hU (uuum , hntaH, OmMhm, ! IUomwImm) kiraibt U.TM.J7J, lh Owiuuii &.17I try Um Mac7" ii 1 ,74Z,Xl, the Man Wn.077, nd ih OcrnMM 1.113.1 f THI 3)TWVTWpJ OF RACXS IN AUSTWA-HUHOAHY SWEDEN 10 JOIN TRIPLEIENTENTE AOAIMST GERMANY WASIILS'OTON. Aug. :..-- Diplomatic ()iM!tchc iudicatu Hwrden will joiii (Jreat llrituiii, Frauee nirrl HtisMia if hhe fiutU " " berhclf tinablu to rt'iuain lieu- " tral. , -f . GOVERNMENT ADDS SECOND HALF BILLION LONDON. Aug. 5. Premier Aa- (julth announced today that tho llrll lh government would ask for nnotli or crodlt of IDOO.OOO.OOO tomorniw. It wan officially ata'tcd today that VUconnt Morley and Jbhn liumi had resigned from tho cabinet. OSPHORUS CLOSED BY TURKISH NEUTRALITY ("ONSTANTINOPLK, Aug. 5. Tbo DardauelleK and tbe IK.pboras were closed today n order to pre herve tbe neulmblv of Turkey. ' tt- WA NEWS I U llobttuUat. l.Oll.HnltAlUtt. UL roi mi imw GERMAN CABLES CUT, ISOLATING ENTIRE NATION NKW YOHK, Aug. 5. Direct cablo communication with Germany wa atoppca today. Tho German Atlantic cable lines from New York to Kmdon via tho Azorc were cut about 1311 a. in. at no m o point cart of tho Azores, posst lily by British warahlpi. Tho Com. morclat Cablo company, which oper ates tho American end of this line, tiiado tho announcement of tho cut ting today, and refused to accept messages for Gcrmnny. It was de nied that tho lines had been, cut by IlrltUU warships on this side of tho Atlantic. Tho cablo was working, arcordlng to announcement, as far as tho Azores. KnglMi Cablix Operato Charles P. Adams, second vice president of tho Commercial Cabla company, said thcro waa no trouble 'with tho regular Commercial Cablo rompany'a lines, which run from Now York to Nova Svotlu and thenro to points on tho English coast. Com munfratlon with Knglund over these lines was still being malntalnod. No hopo wus held out, however, for any Immedluto restoration of communi cation with Germany over tho direct line. Thn cutting of tho German cable between Kmdon and .the Azores vir tually completes thu.lsplatlou of Ger many from communication with tho outsldo world, except insofar as mes sages may bo exchuuged by wire less. All direct comuulcation with the United States is severed; hereafter nil news of happenings In Germany will havo to filter through hostile countries, Uusala on tho caBt, Francs on tho west, and Kuglaud on tho north, Germany Isolated All tho siibmurluo Hues In tho .Mediterranean sea belong tq tho Knstorn Telegraph company, a Urlt 1sh concern, and any Gerniau news that did mnko Its way to southeast (Contiuuod on pago two.) E FOR REFUGEE USE LONDON, Aug. q. A ayudleato of struudeil Americana headed by Grant Hugh llrouuo of Now York, combining business with philan thropy, huvo purchased tho IlrltUli steamer Viking for tho repatriation ot their countrymen at tho prlio of 1.100 for eueh berth, Tlio syndicate today obtained tho ptiriuUnlou of tho IlrltUli govoruiuimi for tho mi nd o Mil mi Monday from Liverpool on U first trip. It Is understood llm Viking will fly the Ufara and HtrlpM. JIm Is lo inuko as many trip i imhiIuU, WILSON OFFERS" G00D0FFICES0F ONITED STATES Mediation Proffcr-d to Europen Na tives by President in Accordance With Hague Agreement Accept ance Thought to Be Up to Kaiser, as Others Are Willing. WASHINGTON, Aug. . The piCHidcnt has sent tbe following to Hmperor William, Kmeror NicIioIuh, KriiH;nir Francis Joepii, President PoinVarc and King Geerge: "As official head of one of tbo HJwcrs signatory to The Hague con vention. .1 feel it to be my privilege and my duty uudtr article .'I of that convention to say to you in a spirit of inot earnest friendship that should welcome ar opportunity to net in tbe interest of Kuropemi pcuce, either now or any other timo Hint might be thought more suitable, ns mi occasion to serve you nnd nil con cerned in n way that would afford mc lasting cause for gratitude and happiness. (Signed.) "WOODKOW WILSON." Secretnrv Bryan has called a eon ferenec of representatives of all the Huro)can powers for late today, when it is believed messages will be delivered supplementary to those of President Wilson, urging nn accept mice of the tender .of good offices. Fomanlcil Hy Bryan J lie proller or good olhees was forwarded by Secretnrv Bryan lo the American embassies in the tut ticms involved and through them transmitted to the governments. It was said at tli white hoiif-c that no intimations had been received tbut such nn offer would lie favorably received. President Wilson took Ibo position that the European war was so stuiKMidous mid tbut its effect on tho entire world was liable to be so lasting Hint the United Slates, as one of the few largo neutral powers, o-.Tild not do otherwise than at least ofier to bo the means for bringing about peace. The profler of koiiI offices was not henl lo Ibo Koerninenls of Ser- vin nnd Montenegro, because tboso countries nre not parties to Tbo Hague convention. , I'll to The Kaiser A hopo that tbo president's offer might be accepted was prevalent in official circles, because it is not necessary for any of tbu wurring powers to change the present mili tary statu. Officials of the Hague conventions provides : ''The acceptance of mediation cannot, unless there bu an agreement to the contrary, have tbo effect of interrupting, delaying or hindering moiiinzaiiou or oilier measures or preparations for war. "If it takes place after the com mencement of hostilities, the military operations in progress nre not inter rupted in tbo absence of nn agree ment to the contrary." Mr. Bryan presented the presi dent's offer in writing to Dr. Duiubn, the Austrian ambassador, and secre taries from the British, German and Kusmiiii embassies and tbo Belgian minister. An effort will he made to transmit it to Berlin by wireless. Utter the mediation proposal was delivered to the French charge and tbo secretary of the Netherlands le gation, completing tho list. SENATE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Senator obn Hliiirp Wlllluuu resigned today ni a member of tlio foreign relations committee, because, ho declared, the coiuiiilttwo bad hesitated lo kupport Ibo HduiinUtrullim's policy as lo mediation uud bisrsuno of Its "equal ly dlsNUktnf attltudo" riseurdlutf lint purWias of ships lo carry olton mm. vlkvr good abrtisiL I Nearly All Europe Involved in Con flagrationBlack Sea Closest by Turkey German Vessels Seized Naval Battle in North Soa Ex pectedGerman Cables Cut. .LONDON) Aug. ". Although five of the great European owers, Aus tria, England, France, Germany and Russia, urn nt war nnd millions of men on land nnd sen nre under arms and ready to strike, developments of prime importance wero few today. The cutting of tbe German tclo graph and telephone connections, and the severance of the German trans Atlnntic cable virtually cut off Ger many from communication with other countries. Iteports from France, Belgium, Holland and Russia hlmwed that Gcrmany'H nrmiei wero steadily moving forwanl east and west and that her advanced posts were in con tact with the opjwsing Hussian and French nrroies. German Ships Kelacil In England preparations were rap idly completed for naval activities nftcr the declaration of war last night, but the authorities would pot permit any leakage of newB as to military or naval movements. Several German steamships in British wntcru, including the Belgian with seventy-three German reservists nmf n qiiaiitiiyof" fo'ou stuffs on "board, wero declared prizes of war. The Maria Lconhnrdt in tbe Thames suffered a similar fate. The British government today commandeered tho horses belonging to express companies and big depart ment store, thus causing almost u tuscnion of business. Kict Naval Ilattlo On the coast of tho Xorth sen wbero it hail been reported erron eously that a naval battle was hi progress last night, tbo British gov ernment has taken over all schools and other buildings for conversion into hospitals in readiness to receive the wounded men after tho expected important naval encounter between the German and British fleets. Volunteers nre requested for tho British nnny and this was taken us mi indication that mi expeditionary force was to bo sent out but no uu-. theutiu information un this point wus obtainable. In Franco tbe minister of war de clared the mobilization to have pro ceeded satisfactorily nnd everything to bo in readiness with General Jof fre, coiuiuander-iu-chicf, nt the fron tier. Black Sea CIwhhI As the Black Sea has been tightly closed by lurkcy's shutting tbe Dar danelles and Bospboms in order tu maintain her neutrality, tbe ltussinii fleet there lias uo difficulty in milk ing captive many Genuaii mid Aus trian vessels. Austria and Sen la appear to huvo stopped their activities or nt least to havo put u strict censorship on tho news of any important ovents, as no news dispatches of importance reached tho British cupital from those two countries. TO AMERICAN SHIPS WASHINGTON, Aug. C Post niastor Goneral llurloson announced today that becaimo of tho entrance of Great Britain Into the general European war, Ainerlcau nulla were bolng traiikferrod to ships of the Hulled Slates, Swedeu , and other countries not Involved, DETECTIVES FIND BOMBS IN GERMAN HOUSES, (.tNDON LONDON', Aug. i.-DcU.'Uv Jhi -lug a laid oh Jihusm wjpUd by (Uthihik in mhhh Jh Mt) )Amw Mi VKie4 u butfe uimmW vl b'mln( t4 m m CARFFI ILLY F1AN WAR CAMPAIGN ' i' ! ! a mrm w-m nMBIlwWPBj SimtMtt