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&& Mail MEDFORD Tribune A SECOND EDITION WEATHER Maximum (W MlHhnHm JM Met. Hum, .12. mi to; ft - ' I." I1 m v.. iS, "? Ci M .11. . i V ' Portr-foiirth Trar. dully Ninth Yf. GERMANY ASKS ARMSTICE BEFORE GERMAN LOSSES LIEGE 25,000; Belgians Send Reports of Disastrous Repulse French and Russian Forces Near Union Great lattle Looms erlln Is Silent sVlel Word From Colonies Received. JIUUSHF.LH, via UmliMt Aug. 7 (II p. in.) Tlio Germans before l.lcge have rrtpicslcd a twenty-four hour' iirmlsllcc, nernrdliig to mi mi imuiiccmrlil made by the Helginn ministry of wnr this r veiling. At tho ministry It wiih stated that the Ger mans ailinltti'il their casualties num bered W.OOO. It Ik assumed tin Oenuiinti iihl.nl fur an armistice in order tu lrk up tlii-ir dead anil wounded. LONDON', Aug. 7. An F.xehnnge Tclcgtnpli riiiiiiiiiy'H dispatch from Unisscls mik tin German troops at Liege, acknowledge (ln In of U."i,Ol)U ini'ii. I ho agency Miyrt IIiih ttalc incut i nfrii'ial. Another dispatch to llin Ktchangc Telegraph company from Hrtisels say tlio Frriit'li anny hits now en toirtl Holgiiim ami Iiiin advanced well Into tho country. LONDON, An?- 7 A ill-mlvli I'ri'iii llrussels tu tlio Ihchunge Tele graph i'iiiiiwiiiv today says the Oer iiiiiii troop attacking Iitj;n have asked for nn iiruiintlru of twenty fimr hour, I'AHIS. Aug. 7. Ofllfinl n-iK.rU received hero mv the German troops himt entered tlu Hclglnu city of Liege, lint have not Ihtii alilu j laku tlic forts. Fmhting of the moot violent char acter look place in the streets. Tlic Hclgiau troops havo iaitun'il twenty, seven German I'liiiuou, (Continued on page two.) JAP WARSHIPS WATCH GERMAN m mm HT IN HSTPY FUG I'KKINO, Auc. 7. -China has In structed her inlnUvtrs at Washington mill Tokin lo request thu United Stales ami Japan to join with China in an effort to prevent hostilities in Chinese waters ami territories fop. onuso of Ilia fiir-rcucliing dangers connected with tlium. Tlio presence of Japanese wor ships ufC thu Oermuil port of Tsing Tan i) generally en iV trued to mean that Japan has entered the war. Thu German (nuthorltieH at 'IVin Tan have receded reports that Hrit ih warships havo gone to Yliulivn- Ntok to frHOort a HiiHKian troopship to Kino Chautfor IhO liivi-ntnicnt of ThliiB Tmi. ' 'IOMO, Am,'. 7, CuntaliiK of imireliant vtmHeU IhHoiikIiu; to itim Kin, IVatieo ami (Jreut llritaiu wrrit iiilvihcil toilay hy (ho iiuthorilieH to Hlay In .lapanono ihiiIh In onler to iivohl ilaiiKOi, No ooiifitiiiatloii has heen received hcra of I ho icport that thu 'nHxiim warohlp Axkolil ami Ihu (Jcruinn iiriilHiir Kimlun havo heen fiuhtliiK In thu China Hen. SCHLESSIEN NEW LOOT 1'LY.MOUTH, KiiKlmnl, Auk. 7. Tho HrllUh llMht crii.or Vindictive, toduy (Mptiired ,lho (iurnmii ntuamor HohliHOieii of ;I500 tun m1 hmUKht liar Into port. Tho Miiiiii wa rum iirl.bmi, Atutmllu, tu Hrtimmi LAST TRIBUTES T TO BE SIMPLE Services at While House Private Time and Place of Burial Net Set tled Messages of Condolence Pour Into White House President Under Heavy Strain. WAKIIINOTOK. Auk. 7.-lMiucr..l ttrrvlupM for Mri. Woinlnnv WilMin, wifo of the prrMiilrnl, will ho held at thu while Iioiihi' at '- p. in. Tuchilny, nftrr which Hit hoily will he taken on a Kpeeial train for Initial at Home, (a. Tim cahluet iiieotiiis wan euncelled and all retilar riiKaKcmrnts for the urxl few tlii) will he put off, the president Meln; only offtYiiiU with imHittnnl hutiui'KH. Defiulto nrnuicuientN for the fu neral will not he made until after the arrival oT I'rofenhor Stockton Axxnu, Mm. WiUoiiV hrnther, who now U on hlx way to WaKliinton fnun OrKoii. It wax thought prohahlr- at the white hoiii.0 that thu finienil will ho .Mon day at Itouio, wliero Mm, Wilhou'ji tuolhor ami father arc hurled. KjHi'iiil telegraph operator wore hrouht to the whltu Iioiimu lo receive thu Hood of incfcfcUKCK which came from criins in every walk of lifo in every hlale. According lo prrent arrniiKeuietiln the menhir hii-diic of the Kovern inent ilepurtiiieutM wilt not ho inter mptcil eieept at the time of the fu neral. Tho pre!ilenl tent illrret won! lo the, IrmlerN of the xcuntu ami the hoiiHo ami the hradn of the f;oveni inent ilepaitmenlrt thai it wan hW wixh thai (he regular luiMincKM enn tiuuc and that tho lowering of the flag lo half.nat h(i tho only puhlio recognition of Mrn. Wilnou'n death. Ho wiih dehirotirt thai eoiiKrert con tinue in (ih1ou without interruption, Tho prcxident Iiiih cxprcst.ed thu di rect ileMlro that the funeral Hcrvtcvt he an Hiiiiplo ax ptwsihle. Formal announcement wax made at the white Iiounu toilay that thu funer al xcrviccrt at tho while hoimc wilt be htrictly private, It wan alo an iioiiiii'cil Hint tho lime nod plaou of thu hurial hint not heen decided. ATLANTIC SEAS NKW YOIUC, Aiib, 7. Heavy fir Iiik or great volume and at short Interval lasting mora than ono hour was heard at 8 o'clock tliln mornlmt aixty inlloi mnithoa.t ot Scotland LltthUhlp by offlcora and crow of the atoumer HrottUh I'rlnco, which roach cmI hero this afternoon from Trini dad. 1X)NI)0.V, Aug. 7. I'oralitout re porta ot an Important encounter be tween tho Herman and llrltlah floota maueuverliig (or btratcslo position n tho North Kea kept tho Mrttlah public In a statu of ngltatlon through out tho forenoon. Tho excitement wan not allnyud until tho tlrat lord of tho admiralty mado thu official anitouucomont In parliament that stories of fighting ana losoea other than thoxo of tho llrltlah crulsur Atuphlon and tho German tnluo-luyvr Koonlg IaiU wero unfounaud. LONDON, Aug. 7, (3s30 p. III.) A dispatch to tho Daily Nows from Whitby saya that a ship owner M rospnnslblo for tho statoment that nineteen Gorman ships wort) sunk or raptured in tho battlo ot tho North Hun and that several Mritish ami French vesuhi were sunk, LONDON, Aug. 7,-Ciiplaln Nay. lor said Unit thu filing was ilUlliiiil ami Unit Hut ho nppcuied to noinl at ipilck Inlet vaN. lie uw mo who hips dining Ihu voyage, MS WON REPORTED NORTH MEDFOBD. WAR LOOMS IN I MEXICO, PANIC RULES CAPITOL Rebels March on Mexico City Car ranza and Carbajal Peace Afents Fall to Aoree on Transfer of Power Carrama's Attitude Agfravates Reject All Proposals. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. General Carrnnm ntu! I'rovlnlonal I'reHldcul Caihajal have failrd lo agree on traimfcm'ug power in Sloxieo ami I rouble In exacted in Mexico City, where (he population Ik reported lo ho pniiie-htriekeii. "Tin! coiiMitulion alint force are marching on the cap itul. ThU wiih the official explanation today of uveuth in .Mexico during the laxt twimty-fuar hourc. Tho United Stated government Meat a strong pro tent to General Cnrnuun, urging (hat he give the Carhajnl delegates an op xirtuiiity (o he heard, hut the envoy already had left Baltillo ami nre now on their way lodify to Vera Cnu. Of ficial reportx to the blato drpartmeul fay General Cm rr a lira did not accord the Carbajal delegates "even hciiiiI eourtcKy" when the envoy prci.entcd what they termed mx HtiggehtionH, the Carratua representatives flatly rejected all and declared thu confer enca at nn end. Chagrin of ndmiuint ration official at h fotirxo of Carrauxu wax ap parent ami it wiih predicted Unit the United States not only would keep It military torccn at vera trur. hi definitely, hut would consider further thu (pieUou of holding moral xup port from the cuiihtltutionallbU when they did reach Mexico City. SALTH.LO, fex., Aug. 7. Con- btltiitlonulints will invoko the fainoiir. htatuto of 18ICI, known as thu law of Juarez, if federal nohliew do not lay down their anus, according lo an official announcement here. It also wax atatcd the Htatutu would be enforced against Carbajal and tho civilian officials iiiiIcmh Mexico City is hiirrcii(ered to the couslitutional- ibl. Tho law condemns to death any Mexican who hart fought against the fatherland. EUROPE CALLS FOR AMERICAN GOODS EARLY NKW YOltK, Aug. 7. Marino In- auranro undorwrltora reported today that tho European douiand for Am erican manufactured Roods had al ready started, weeks ahead ot the earliest womont expected by tho var ious lines of export trado. Tho do uiand for Insuranco on shipments waa brisk jcBterday dosplto tho ro porta of tho activities or mo Gorman crulaora along tho Atlantic seaboard and Die' further fact that rates had boon ralaed twonty per cent. CANADA PUTS BAN ON KAISER AIDS VANCOUVF.lt, II. Ci Aug. 7.-A Jhmilnion order In council hart been received oldsing nil Genuaii consul ates in Canada and giving (lenuun consular officials forty-'ulght hour in whloh to leave thu country. Consul Von F.lliugcr, who haw been In uliiirgu ol Ihu German consular of ficii here, and who is said to luivu (teen Ihihi ii F.ugliuid, today prodiio cil American nuliirallimtlnu papers'. Unit ml NIhIn Consul General Minis, field look cliarKi at (lenuun inter' tuts 1m Vatn'oitver, t ORKOOy, ffUfDAy. AUGUST 7, 1914 SOMJARY OF DAYS WAR NEWS1 Winiluii ttpificcr Churchill, firxt clared in the IhhW of cotninoim there liml not been any fighting or losses other than hfiil b'ii iiiiiioiineed officially. This statement ensued on reMrlH t b nrtVal battle between German ami Itriti-h ships received from sovcial aourecHi ltil the Hrilish udmiralty refused iufonuiitioii. It was regarded it hlgilffieHtil (tint the fishing fleeU on the cant coast of Kug laiid wero gIven,w'rHiiion to go out and fi-h. Complete ullegec retgnn ns to military movements in both Germany and France, 'iinl it is iiHsiinied both armies ure eouceutrntiug for decis ive battles. N'vjilnt nn to where they will como Into contact has been given. Liege, Uelgiun, was auuin attacked by German troops last night, but wna still lioldlujcoiit. The rcoil of a Geniinti reverse tl.cre was denied in a dispatch fin Merlin. The German cruiscrx Guebeu and BnvHauj obliged owing to Italian neutrality to le' R Han Snjvatorc, Sicily, have gone out lo meet the Hrit-i-h Hcc,t. The c rimnnders urn said to have handed their wills to the German consul b -fore departure. A London lie fster report sy the German crown jirince has been seriously injured tiv an unidentified assailant. A Fiuuf-h sea captain reHirted the Hm-inn navv bottled up at Helsiugsfon. and the Russian lori of N'clvu to)e burning after an attack by German vessels. No con firmation. , .Many German merchant vessels were brought into Kuglish ports iixbiy by Mritish rmlieK. The Holland Lloyd steamer Tubanti.t, with 'J,."(H),". 0(11) from South America for the Deutsche bank iu I.0111I011, wan also brought i" French wnnl ps also captured The French premier npiwnled to wheat and wine crops. j Tokio reortH the Gentian squadron at Tfing Tan, China, hemmed in by Hritish war vessels. Thu Mritish tank f earner San Wilfrcdo is reMirted destroyed by a mine off Cuxhaveii, Oennnliy,' and the Mritish steamer Cniigforth was b?ached near Conslaiitinoide utter contact with a mine. Stones of discourtesy In Genmiuy to the dowager empress of Ilussia arc declared faUn hv the Gnnnu freiun office. BEL IAN Ki CHEERS FORCES TO LONG FRAY imUfiSKUS, Aug. 7. Ileforo de parting for tho front. King Albert addressed a proclamation to thu Mcl- glan army, Mlng: "Without tho least provocation on our part our neighbor, proud of Its forces, has -torn up treaties boarin? Its signature and broken In on tho territory of our fathers becauso wo refused to forfeit our honor. "An attack was uiado 011 us and the world marvels at our loyal atti tude. "Ho comforted by our Independ ence. "Our menaced nation shudder and Its children havo bounded to tho fron tier. "Mravo soldiers, t alulo you In tho namo of Belgium. You will triumph in tho namo Of Belgium. You will triumph because your strength ban been put to tho service of tho right. "Glory lo you i-oldlors defenders of the liberty of our menaced fath erland.' Flvo persons dressed as preachers wero arrested today at tho railroad station and accused of being spies. An Indignant crowd booted and men- acod them. A doctor wearing tho emblem of the lied Cross caring for tho dead on tho battloflold outside Liege, when tbreatacned by Gormans, drew his revolver and was Immediately shot dead. CENSORSHIP ON WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Score tnry Daniels today instructed navy eommundautrt to detail officers to wireless hlatlons iu their trinity n ceiiHoirt, All niesMigcrtvof a neutral character will be transmitted, but no undo inessugcrt will ho received. This order will affect priuvipally thu Ger-inau-owiied station at Suyvillc, L. 1. ITALY NEUTRAL IN WAR NOTES REPLY NKW YOltK, Aug, 7, II Progress an Itullau uuwspupur ot this city, saa today It bus received a cablu dlspateh from Home stating It lisi been ufflclHlly announced there that Italy's answer lo Ilia Merman ulll malum was that Italy w Hsutral, rewslH GERMAN WIRELESS lord of the Hnlih admiralty de several German merchant shins. t he women of France to anther the G PRICE BARRETTS EASTERN MARTS Three carloads of Martlctts were sold this afternoon to Philadelphia, New York and Mostou markets at .?!..")(), $l.Uo mid .t.7t, good oeniiig of the season prices. This, with the George H. Daggett car, make.-, four cars of Itogue Kiver fruit sold in the cant today. Fruitgrower are box ful with the oH'iiing prices and the California crop of jenrs short and all shipped and picked. The picking and packing of fruit is iu full swing. FUST Fl AT ALBANY. Qr., Aug. 7. A forest flro which sturtod Wcducsday aftor noon, ten miles northeast of Ulok nap Springs, waa spreading rapidly today. Continued Kind nullified ef forts ot flro fighters to stop tho flames. Tho Uuited States forest ser vice Is sending more men to tho scone. A lago body ot big fir is burning along Smith river, ten miles south of Fish Lake. AUSTRIANS FLEE SERVIAN ATTACK BOMtt, Aug. 7, via London, (3:45 p. m.) An unconfirmed dispatch published by tho Trlbunu saya au Austrian regiment was annihilated by Sorvians tu tlio east of Belgrade, and that tho' Austriaus aro In full retreat toward tho Daniioe. IRISH ARMY LONDON, Aug. 7. Richard Crokor tho former political Icador of Now York, today sent to John l. Hod moud, the Irish louder, 3,S00 as 11 subscription to thu Irish volunteors fund and offerud his resldunco and grounds at Glctiiairn for thu accom modation of thu wounded during tin Kurupeau war, Mr. Crocker announced that ho was proceeding to America to liittireat IrUli'Aweilcsns In tho volunteer Iwovvmral, D OPENING BELKNAP SPRINGS AIDS KAISER TAKES SLY SLAP AT UNITED STATES Refers in Royal Decree to "Hostility Over the Seas" and Jealousy of World Prates of Loflfl FiM for Peace Asks Divine Assistance to His Armies. IIKMLIN, Aug. 7, via London (1:15 p m.i A proclamation by KmKror William addressed to the German na tion was published In tho Official Ga zette today. The texa was as fol fel fol eows: "Slnco the foundc"n of tho Ger man empire it has been forty thrco years the object of the efforts of my self and my ancestors to preserve th3 peace of the world and to advance by peaceful means our rigorous devel opment. "Our adversaries, tiowcrer, aro Jealous of tho successes of our work and there has been latent bostllltr to tho cast and to the west and be yond tho sea. "This has been borno by us till now, as wo wero awaro of our res ponsibility and our power. "Now, however, these adversaries wish to humiliate us, asking that wo should took on with folded arras and watch our enemies preparing themselves for the coming attack. "They will not suffer that wo maintain oar resolute fidelity to our ally, who is' fighting for her position as a great power and with whoso hu miliation our power and honor woulj bo equally lost. "So tho swonl mus.t decide. "In tho midst of perfect peace tho enemy surprises us. Therefore, to arms! "Any daljlng and temporizing would bo to betray tho fatherland. "To bo or not to bo is tho ques tion for tho empire which our fath ers founded. To bo or not to be is the question for German power and German existence "Wo shall resist to tho last of breath of man and horso and we shall fight out tho struggle, even against a world of enemies. "Never has Germany been subdued whon sho waa united. "Forward with God, who wilt bo with us as Ho was with our ances tors." OUTLINE RELIEF MEASURES AID WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 Murke, treasurer of thu States, issued u statement , John Uuited today giving further explanation of how friends of Americans stranded iu Kuropu may deposit funds in their behalf with Hie treasury department. ''If will save time and avoid con fusion and errors," said Mr. Murke, "if depositors will furnish a written memorandum giving plainly their iiamu and addrc.s and the name and uddre.ss and brief description of the persons to whom it i iltiMred pay ment Khali be made, giving, if 110s rtiblo, thu ngA height, weight, com- piejkUin and color of eyes and hnir of the henufieinrv." Mr. Murke explained that deposits may bo mado with iianUtiiiit treas urers of tho United State at Haiti inoro, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Now Oilcans, Philadel phia, St, Louis and San Francisco, or sent to room 1U8 Treasury depart ment, Washington, I). C. On thu ar rival of (ho cruiser Tennessee in Kit rope, payments will he made o Ihu varfous beneficiaries on cable ndiveu of the department, Depositor vveiu vwmieil to keep receipts for their piiymrfnU In In sure refund If Ihu hum-ticiary is not foiiinl, ' lluports from various ports say that heavy firing has been heard Iu the N'oilh Km a for tho past twenty four hours, WA REFUGEES 2sr0. .118 LIEGE DUTCH VIOLATE RULES OE WAR, Latest Breach Endangers Lives and Shipping Without Guarding Strat egic Points sVltlsh Admiralty Re ports No Fighting and No Naval Losses. LONDON, Aug. 7. Winston Silen cer Churchill, firxt lord of the Mrit ish admiralty, announced today in the house of commons that there had been no fighting and no losses of any kind other than had already been of ficially made public. The first lonl aid: "Apart from the loss of thu small British cruiser Amphiou and tho Ger man mine-layer Koenlgiu Luiz, there hart been no other fighting mid 110 other los, art fur art we arc aware. "On Wednesday a flotilla of torpedo-boat destroyer!, while Kttroll ing the upper reaches of the chan nel, found the Koenigiu Luiz laying mines. A destroyer punned and sank her. About fifty of her crew, which probably numbered 120 or 130 men, were humanely snyed by the crewn of the Mritish destroyers. "The Aropbion continued to scout with the flotilla, and while on the re turn journey was blown up by a mine. "The indiscriminate use of mines not in connection with military har bors of strategic positions and the indiscriminate Hcatteriug of contact mines about the seas might of course (Continued oh fago two.) BRITISH OF ALL CLASSES ENLIST IN WAR SERVICE LONDON, Aug. 7. (2.13 p. m.) Tho response to Field Marshal Karl Kitchener's appeal for recruits for the Mritish army surpasses anything In tho memory of British military men. Hugo crowds or all agea and all stations or lire, silk hutted men and poorly clothed laborers stood In long lines all day Ih front ot tho re cruiting stations awaiting their turu to go before tho medical officer. Dr. Hans I'lehn, correspondent of the German telegraphic nows agency, who had been placed under arrest, was released today after bo satisfied tho pollco that he was not a spy. Ho has decided to return to Germany. A dispatch from Qucenstowa states that tho Celtic sallod from mere to day for Now York artor embarking 250 passcngois who wero glad to bo allowed to occupy tho steerago. WEST APPEALS FOR RED CROSS AH) SALK.M, Or., Aug. 7.-Goveruor Oswald West. today isslicd uu appeal to the pcoplu of Oregon to coutribiitu to the American Hod Crow expedi tion which is to go to thu aid of tho sick and wounded soldlors in tho Kuropeau eoutliet. "During our war with Spain,' ayrt tho governor' statement, "tlioiiminds of dollars were sent by Kuroncau Med Cro societies to aid our disabled Soldiers." SUFFRAGETTES PLAN ANTI WAR PARAOE NKW VOIIIC, An 7, Art a jh tent against the wr h Kmttm, x moviment Ims m MM4 Ufl ty auffrmtH 'iW r h fmmfo f w Awk'nt ti, t iMky, Akytttt H, SCATTER MNS J r a - i t ' tv . a -mm wwTwmm itMbb-flsusasHaisai