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MEDFORD. OHISaON, 'WKDNKSPAV, AUGUST 5, lf)M.
NO. 11G
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FRENCH CAPTURE 3 GERMAN WARSHIPS
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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
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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
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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.)
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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
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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. ,
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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.
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NEWS
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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.)
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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
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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
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