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MBPFORD. OKIM-ON, tTH'KHDAY. AITCJURT , 1011.
Pnlly Ninth Vrnr
NO. 117
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1N FORCES INFLICT CRUSHING DEFEATI UPON GERMANSlT 01
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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
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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
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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,'. O.-Tho Swiss
eonsnlatu in this city today it-sued a
call to 15,000 Kwihh in tho United
Slates to. report hero for etnharka
tlou to join thu Swiss army xvhiclt is
inolnHr.iin to enforce her neutrality
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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.
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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.
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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.
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