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H" r, v i,w Medford Mail Tribune l i I SECOND EDITION WEATHER Maximum rK2 MIhIimhm KM ltd. Until. 2. Kortv. fourth Tsar, MBPFORD. OKIM-ON, tTH'KHDAY. AITCJURT , 1011. Pnlly Ninth Vrnr NO. 117 4 1N FORCES INFLICT CRUSHING DEFEATI UPON GERMANSlT 01 1 ' r t GERMANS LOSS I 8000 IN FIGHT WITH BELGIANS Llccc Battle Severe Repulse for Kaiser's Troops lelilani Pursue With Such Vinor That They Have to Be Called Back Not an Inch ot Ground lalttM), I.IKOK, it London, Auk'. II. -A fiui'c ii Oormuii Uhlans iniido n brilliantly eottra;:cou, hut fit till, lit. hnipl In capture the llvlciitn (jcncnil I I'f In" n during hiht night. Hd Clan troops hwiomiI down on thrill lltnl llllllillllllti'il till. WASHINGTON, Aug. II. Auirri- I'ltti diplomatic dispatches from Hcl giiim courinii tlit HniiNrU nxirt of it heavy Oi'nunii defeat ut Liege. Tho Hermans worn caught batwMii two foil. The annihilation of sumo He Ktnii troops in it funous charge tut iivcrwhrluiini; Herman force mix re ported. IIHUSSI'.LS, Aim'. 0. The attack mi Liege jeslerday was executed hy one Herman tinny corps, while tlin Hrlgiuu foivo coio.ii,ril of n mixed brigade supported hy thii itrtillery tif tlie lorts. Tho battle was foiiL-ht along h wide front ninl partially in the open firliU. The Hclgiitti troops carried mil sfvcml furious counter-attacks, Hitowluj- the Hermans back ninl pur suing tlinii up to their original posi tions. t Not tin inch of (round huh cuined bv tint (lentiuiiH during the fighting, mid lltev Hltfferrd severa losses tit deiul nnd wounded. (Cootlntiei on page two.) JAPAN READY 10 AID GREAT BRITON SHANGHAI, Atiir. (I. An orfieinl of the .Inpiitirsn consulate tittiil to ilnv lluil tiH)ii reeeiit nf the first nf fii'inl news of the beginning of . flitch of nriiw between England mid (lennmiy, Japan would scud u fleet Willi 10,0(10 men lit attack Thitur To u ninl 10.000 inoro to roliua lint Hritish gnrrisotm nl Tientsin nnd I'cUng. 1'repnratlous for Hiteh nu. tlon are now niulur way, he mid. ANTWERP EXPELLED IIKUSSKLS, via London, Ant;. 0. ll is reported hero thnt the. (leiinnn t'olotty nt Antwerp in being expelled. However, n tho colony comprises i!.",000 person, thu leport in not lukcn tiurlgtiwly. NO SHIPS IN ORIENT SEIZED BY GERMANS . .i " TOKIO, Anjfi 0, Tho Kovorninent denies H lopdrt tliht (Ioniums linil seized thu inuroliniijiiion in tho Yel low Hen. I Daily Carrier Service , For Country Residents t t M t H H H M I H H H H Tltu Mall Trlhuuu has installed a dally carrier service on Iho paved pin Hon of thu I'nell'iu highway from Mcdfiu-d to Central I'oinl, thus viinhliiiK Hiihscrlhers in thu country to Hcmtru Hut news mi hour afliir lis piihlli'atlon, If you Uxn iiIuiik (his poilluit of Ihu I'niiil'iii highway or near II, you nail seem ii your paper at no udilitluiiiil m by 1 1 o I f f 1 1 1 k Hie iilficiVpliono 7i, Keep iiomIdiI on llm rentest war In hlloryhy readliiK Iho full Jen ed viu Associated I'ress ivpoit In Ihu MKHFOIIU MMU TJIIII1INK tHtittiMMMtttlMtttHHttl BRITON AWATS NEWS OF BATTLE IN NORTH SEA Assumed War Veceets Have Qone to Meet German Fleet News From Berlin Lacking and May Change Situation Italy te Stand Pat for Neutrality in Face of Threats. LONDON', Aug. (I. (Irniinii iioh as to the hnpiHMiings of the hint duy or two In the conflict in which the nnnlrs of nearly the whole of Europe are engaged U still lurking, mid it ii IKiinlrd out lie re Hint when it reaches the world it niny alter the pcrsK,i' lite of the war picture painted hy Holgtaii nntl French artists. Not n word hat reached lmdoti from Her tin, while Hie isolated mid deluded ltieiotiii.ri fnim Yiritiiu throw no IlKht on thu military situation. Front St. I'elershtiri won! has come that tlc tmdiilitntion of tho ItiiMiitti forced U iiriirvHhini; moro quickly than had hern expecteiV mid tin; nelivity of the Hushlan troom on the (lenniin frontier m'ciiih to con firm tliix. IlAljr U Ktaml Put Ilitly reiitiiinx in mi expectant at titude nnd from hiiile dropped tit the Italian emluiHuy in Loudon it nppearH iptito ready to maintain her declared neutrality nnd oxen t. mouiino active hottilily If neecMitry in faro f uny tiiimlierof ' (leniniii nltiuiiilutin, for which the Italian cmtuixHy mi.vh it Iiiih no official coiifinnntioti. Kumhenj of (ieniinn M'hkcU wero kiiapieil tt)i a pi in today In Ilrittxh porlM. KiiKlnud waited today with nnviety for r'orlH of the uiovcmeiilH of the Hrilii.li fieri, or whielt xirluallv nolli ini; hail Itecn heard hiuco it drpar turn hoine days ai;o under Healed or derx. AH exes were litrncil toward the North xeit, whither it wit getter ally awiinned the war vohpIh had t;one to encounter thu (lunnait hat lll'idlip MptllllrollH. Kx:et Nnxnl lUtllo ltcMirt of ftriiit; mid the arrival of a ittnuher of wounded (lennmi mid llrilirh Iditejaekettt at Harwich, on lite cunt coast, kept excitement nt lib highest point, iik thl" wan cxideuce that at leithl them h.til heen contact helwecu xcfhelt of (hi opponinj tut The uinruiiii pacHcd, how uxor, without any more, definite Mgim of an important chilli helwueti Ihu pnw en' hniindroiii'. McKhiiueu front itolfiiuni appeared to indicate that thu (heck of the OennatiH outside I.iettu .xentcrday had heen u bexero one, hoiiio reports jiv ItiK Iho itumhcr of casualties as ImkIi as 8000. From Home emtio a report that thu fleniinn cruisers Ooeben mid Hrw lau had escaped thu nurhult of Frenult and Hritisli warships after lioinbardiui; tho AlKorinn const, mid had safely reached n Sicilian port. tlenuan war vessels are, snhl to havo penetrated tho Quit' of Finland and hotuharded tivcnlioiv, thu "north em dihraltar." SWISS IN AMERICA CALLED TO RETURN NKW YOHK, Au,'. 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V'aVBamaafBaV ViSBE - i i ,i9-mmmmm$i i n II ifiTAlfSri IGERMAN VESSELS iMli'-ICHINA PROCLAIMS FEAR (RUB OF NKW YOHK, Am fl. -The prrs en c) closo (o the American coast of xvnrhhips of Ihu xxMrrini KttroNait nations prepared hi .feneend on and capture tun tuendimit xescls of their nppohitii hcllii;creiits xvas evidenced today hy news of great Atlantic lit), crs nrrixinc at Ilulif"S, Nova Scotia, ninl hy wireless reports of the war ship' aetiUttes. The fast f'uiinrd liner Jranrelania, with I.'jOO pashcn Kits fniin.ixenool, and the White Sine litter ('edrio from Qiieeuxlowu, today raced into the Canadian port, prciniaahly (o eseapo pursuit hy two (Jermiiii criti-ers, helieved to he Itov critic In I'm vieiiitly of thu (irand Hank's for just such prires. TIicmi Iwo cruisers in one report which came to the Htttisli consulate here from Ihu captain of an iucentint liner, xvera sunk hy Hritish warships wliiln purslinii tho Lusitania jester day, hut Iho report could not he con firmed. It was out of the confusion of man V. wireless uiesni;cs Unit Hie teport I lint thu Herman cruisers had heen Mink was picked up hy the wireless operator of the Menmer Ur anium, whoso captain it was mane tho report to Ihu Hritish consulate. Ill New York haihor lies the Hani hiiri-Auicrirnii liner Yntcrluiid, ap parently provJMoniin; for service, lmt today the United Stales hiiltleship Florida took position in Hut lower haihor, and neither tho Yiiterlitud nor any oilier ship of a liilliorvtit nation can pass her cutis until tho United States authorities havo satis fied themselves that their departttit will not violate (he neutrality hut it. BRITISH REGIMENTS IN SHANUIIAI, Aiiir. . Two reci inents, tho (lloueestcrshires and the Soiilh Wales Horderers, stationed at Tien Tyln, havo heen ordered south. They nro iixviiltintr tho arrival of IrnnsporlH. An liidiaii ivcimeut of I'unjithU will icuuiiii ut Tien Tsin. - iii ' i M , ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT SAFE NKW YOHK', Ant,'. .- Se.xiuour II, ('uuuer, eorickpuiuleiil of Iho Asso elated Pics in lleillu, rojimted In special dlspiilehes as heluc under dr iest nt the (leiniau Knssliin frontier, Is In Heilln, Mr, CoiiKer had heen ordeied to Kl, I'elcrshuii;, hut whs iMulnril nl lln' I'iuiiIIiM' mid xvilh utivvi'Hl oilier AineHiiiiiis cut huik to tlK04HL , , WARRING NATIONS CHINA TROOPS READY FOR IS FALL VICTIMS TO ALLIES' WARSHIPS LONDON, Atic-SC ' TJiq KroncJi c!iiua.y learn Hint tho French fleel has captured a Gorman rrtiUcr. MALTA, xla tendon. Ant;. C Urltlvll torpedo boat dent rovers hnvo raptured unit brought hero a German Loxnttt Liner. PAHI8, via London, -ub. C French torpedo craft from liUcrta today captured tho Gorman tank slimmer Czar NIclioUl II with two thou-nnd tout of oil. Sho was bound from Dntoum to St. Lou In Durbone. Franco. MA Hit 1 1). A tic 0. A dispatch from the Canary 1. lands eas a Urlt lab mi u ii d nm ban sunk ono German emitter, tho of which is not given, and has captured another, which la being convovod to Gibraltar. TEACHERS' PAY $450 TO $2400 A YEAR WASIIINHTON. Aujr. .- The fed oral liiircait of education today mi iiouneed thu completion of its iuves tication of tcachctV salaries in thu United States, one of thu most strik ing siliiatious luvealcd between the xvide variation in tho pay for tho sainu or similar work. Tho inquiry shows Hint public elementary school touchers may rcctivo $2-100 a year, as hoiiio tin in New York City, or .floO a year, as in eeitain rural com munities. Kveu in cities of the same class there nru cuiderahlo differ ences in, tho salaries paid. On the iiilministrativo side there aro county Hipciiutciiilriils witn pay raiiuiiic from iMlrt to irlOUO a year, and col- Icko presidents icceiviuc btilaries of fi-otn ij-WOll to flJ. iOO. GERMAN SPIES ARE AT HIiTHriKLrj, Ililnm, Auc, (I. Two illsyuUcd Hernmii ol t leers n'r rest id today n O.leiul hud in Ihelr iosseKhhii esli'ii.ive mililuiy miles and plans uf Htent taliie, Tliey ur lo bv shut! RANGES ACTION IN GREAT NAVAL BATTLE CHINA WATERS LONDON, An;.-. 0 (.'17 p. nt,) A dispatch to the Ioudtiu Daily Mail from Tien Tsin say- that the Kit-Mian criti-cr A-kohl nntl the Genitmi crui ser Kutdeii both have been sunk after an encacctutnt off Wei Ilitt Wei, China. "LONDON, Aujr. (I (4:'J0 p. in.). The HrilNh admiralty iiiiuouiiced that the Hritish stcnineis Iceland mid Kider from Hrcnierltavcn report Hint tho North Herman Lloyd liner Kai ser Wilhelm dcr Gro-.se has heen painted black and converted into an armed cruiser with suns nnd a searchlight. HAVANA, Aw?. 0. The captain of thu Herman steamer Havana, winch arrived here today, reports meeting on Tuesday niplit off Iho Florida const the French warship-. Condu mid Disunites and tho transport Gar onne, which recently left Havana for Toulon. When tho Havnria sighted the French boats the captain of Iho steamer ordered all lights citin Ciit'-hed to avoid capture. Travel up to Aueunt -( for tho present scabon totals 3373, automo biles C07, roportHySupt. Will O. Stcol of Crater Lake National Park, xvho rcturnso to tho Lake Friday. tftfWMT latest news of the war in brief I EUROPEAN CONFLICT. NEUTRALITY 0 EUROPEAN WAR 1T.KING, China, A up. 6. China proclaimed her neutrality In conncc tlon with tho Kuroncan conflict. The work of fortifying tho German pos sessions ot T-lng-Tau continued and tho authorities there added to their accumulation ot provisions. Foreign ciueurlo tn China bolm; parol) zed maiy Chinese havo been affected already and are withdrawing their money from the banks controll ed by financiers representing ItuMla, Franco. Kitgland, Germany and Japan which hitherto had commanded every confldonce. Kuropcan and American tourists aro experiencing great ulfftcultles owing to tho closing of tho trans Siberian railroad and restriction of tho steamship service for which somo ot them hold tickets, wbllo somo ot the banks refuse to rocognlxn certain Kuronean letters of credits. BATTLESHIP FLORIDA TO WATCH VATERLAND WASHINGTON Ahj? . The bat tleship Florida has order-, to xvateh thu Gentian Inter Vaterland until it is detenniiied whether her load of re-servi-ts or Munition of war, if jmy aru aboard, violate the neutrality laxvs. MRS. WILSON IS DEAD; PRESIDENT IS PROSTRATED End Comes at 5 P. M., Eastern Time, After Two Sinking Spells FamHy at Bedside-Death Was Expected First Lady of Land Racked by Four Months' Illness. WASHINGTON, Au. O.-Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of tho presi dent of the United State-., died nt tho white house, nt fl p. nt. of a compli cation of discuses. The end came after two Korious sinking sclN. The president and her three daughters and Francis II. Snyrc were nt the bedside nt the end. The president was completely prostrated when his wife died, and broke down entirely. When Secre tary Tumulty entered the executive offices to tell the waiting newspaier men his cheeks were bathed in tears. A pall of gloom settled over iho white house. All shades were drawn nnd everyone talked in whiper. Mrs. Wilson was particularly beloved by all servant and employes about the white Iioii,c. None of them mado any effort to hide their deep crief. Mm. llsou had been unconscious for vnr.xinc periods since Monday, and while her condition was known to her intimate friends, news of it was not generally circulated until lio hopes were entertained for Iter re covery. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Mr. Wilson, the president's wife, korercil between life and death today. Al though physicians Mid she passed, a fairly comfortable night and ItaJ some rest, they were not more optl mi'tinc than late yesterday, when they prounounced her condition so grate, that restoratives wcro neces sary. At 1 o'clock sho was being sustained by oxygon. Members of the family were con stantly at her bedside. The presi dent, who had been with her ovory moment he was not absolutely de manded elsowhero by tho European crisis and tho resulting situation la the United States cancelled all en gagements today and remained with in call of the sick room. Months or constant Illness, whlc.li began with a norvous breakdown, then a fall on tho wblto houso floor with an Injury to her spina and fol lowing that, bright's dlso h.csaavo lowing- that, Urlght's disease, havo so weakened tho patient that thu , whlto houso physicians, with whom were somo of tho ablest specialists called In consultation, reluctantly ad mitted thoy had llttlo hopo and tear- (Continued on Pace 6) 500,000 TROOPS LONDON, Aug. C Premier As qulth today asked tho house of com mons to vote a xvar credit o( S500, 000,000, and Informed tho members that Field Murshul Earl Kitchener wanted power to lucroaso tho British army 500,01)0, On tho war minister's behalf tho premier asked tho hoiido to consent to this, FLOCK TO LISBON LISHON, Portugal, Aug. 6, This port Is crowded with vessels belong ing to tho various European nation now at war. Thu government has taken meas ures to assure food and fuel supplies for thu population, as well as to as sure tbti monetary clrouUtlon, Tb nxporlnf roreutx bss'betm ireblblt-(, WAKHINOTOK, Auif. .-lfw4 dent Wilxoii today niwlnstsiJ Kauai rnlullvo AHilrw J, J'r f JMv. of lb lrW. KITCHENER ASKS fl O '' i '.A A'l -wii'iiittji!'-ailj-Miiii