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MEDFORD, OKIWOtf, 'JTRSDAY, AITmTST 11, 10M
NO. 121
GERMAN CRUISER GOEBEN AGAIN REPORTED CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH IN MEDITERRANEAN
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FLOISAMAT SMllSMNiiTfSJtSllCTION OF RAINBOW OR OTHER BRITISH WARSHIP
..miiArrAAii iiuiMMiAinnA I
BLOODY H
WKUHtH MM UIVI5W
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BRITISHWARSHIP
STREWS COAST
Nolhliiij to Identify Which Vessel Has
Met Disaster Near Snn Francisco
Ship Evidently Victim of Dim
trr May le Rainbow, Alprlnc or
Shearwater.
VANCOUVIIlt, II. C, Aiii;. II.
Tlii naval niillitrilii'H nt I'j.qiiliuutt
say that llm wicckiigo t.eeii oii the
Crillfni iiiu c(innt ('111111' from llio Huln
bow. They have received word from
Commander lluno iff llio Rainbow
tlml lie liml elcntrd lilt ship ready
Tor notion, mi (hut ho would mil ho
lukrn by surprise.
NAN rilANCIKCO, Onl., Auk. II.
- Cillieul examination of flotsam
i-iHt up lull night liml today from
mmiii- llritixli warship .h"ud liml hi
.Muni question It hint boon splintered
liml lorn louno hy mi rxploi'in.
Holts niul filtlngH itii imt only
lorn from their sent, hut in one in
Manor the hrn i ruuiior on u lilitis;
iloor liml born twisted lulo it knot.
An iron rviiifnrecmriil tun iuohrs
wide h) ii quarter-inch thick liml
horn snapped In two.
rorlioiiM or tho woodwork wore
hpliutrrril into matchwood, mul llin
grurrnl of fret of tho damage done
wiih totally dissimilar to what would
luivo Jirni the work of even the hint
ii'xt niul roughest dimniittrmout.
One door in lie 1 hor the appear
mice of having hrcn pierced hy n
.Ml. . ,
Firing IJi.t I'rliUr
LifoMiviug guard Mntlniied necr
hfir the wrcckngo wan found .nld
llit'v lirurd firing lusl Kiiilny far out
i't mm, hut paid no nllenliou lo it nt
I'M' time.
limit; was iiImi heaul off Sal.nl.i
bench, twcnt.v -odd miles soulh oT
here, nt tho mime lime, hut siiIim'
quenlly wnrt believed to have been
traced o blasting.
Tho (leniiaii enilxei-H sighted today
off tho Golden Onto uitiht he either
the Niirnberg or (he Leipzig. Hot
Information would indicate the lat
ter. Thu Nuriiberg was sighted near
Midway iHland, west of Honolulu, on
.Inl.v '2'1 houiiil west. On the other
hand, llin l,clplg m.ilcd hurriedly
from Maallau In sensou lo hu here
IIIIVV,
(Continued on page two.)
UNCLE SAM TO
I'AltlH. tn London, Auk. 11, 11:05
it. m. Thu United State will look
nttor tho Interest of tho French In
AiiHtrlii-llungsry and of tho Austrian
mul Hungarians n Franco during tho
Interruption nt relation between tho
two countries.
Count Nicolas Szorxou do Tomcrln,
Aulro-Hiingarlaii ambassador to
Franco, waa conducted to tho mil
roHil station hy Hlchanl Wtlllnm Mar
tin, a high official connoctod with
thu French foreign office special
train had boon provided for tho am
bassador and ho departed for thu
Itiillun frontier.
KAISER GRABS ALL
RUSS COIN IN BERLIN
LONDON, An. II, 1 1 sift ii. in.- A
feudal News. iliHpateh from Merlin,
ilaleil Muniiay, Muyw llio Russian
funds hoIkoiI hy llio (leniinn govern
muni in lleiliu bunk urn said lo to.
till ir'J,V)IO,()()0.
A spooiitl (iiiiiiiiil.-loii appointi'd hy
llio ini)iiiiiiiiit in (Immiiiiy lopmlw
llial (he cniiiilry Iiiim kiil'lfehmt slook
uf i'ooil In hint for n eill',
i:iiiMiiur Wlllluiii Iiiih Kiw'ii ilii,
llllll In llio (Jeiliiiill llt'il Cii.m diiiilel)
nml mii mlililluiml miiiii fur Ilia telivf
of llio fiiinllli'M of MuMlem Ulli'.l oi
HuuinJvd u IIjm HiiMliHT.
COMBATANTS
HAN
AM
U FRONTIER
British Admiralty and War Office Is
sues Information Showing Distrib
ution of German Troops Larqe
Force Movlnn, Through Luxembura
and Advance- Troops In Belgium.
LONDON, Auk. 11, 12 25 p. m.
Tim now ndmlrully and war ofllco In
formation bureau entatillnlied b) the
llrltlnh Koteruuieiit beKiin work thin
murnltiK. ! Hmt niinounceinonl hoi
n follew: "Ahout two CHvnlr ill
Uloim nro In thu neighborhood of
Trou k rex, to tho north uf Lleitn
Threo (lernion nrm corpa ullll aro
opputilto Menu and other (Juriuan
troop aro reported to bo entrenched
nlonic tho lino of tho rhcr Alane.
"Tho InrKO (leriimu form I mov
ing tlirotiRb tho Duchr of Luxeinburit
and It advmiro troop aro now al tho
IIcIkIau frontier.
"(lermnn cavalry patrol hao been
reported near Marchlonno and Arlo:i.
8eeral Imlhldunl iioldler bclonclnit
to (lormau imtrol hao been captured
both In Franco and HoIkIuui. In all
cne they wcrn reported to bo borl
of food for both men and home anJ
to bato mndo no rciUtatuo.
"Tho llrltlih conul Kcnoral nt
Hhanehal, China, report that no
llrltlih ycmcI hao boon puraued or
nioleitod.
"A report from Tho Hague, Hol
land, ttalc that public titmoucnes
In that country ha been allad ulnco
tho publication of Ureal llrltaln' at
titude rccctlnK tho neutrality of
Tho Netherlands.
"It Im stated that tho Ucriuan lout
S000 killed before Liege, but tlila U
uuronflrmcd.
"A report itnted that tho prlnclpnl
Llego fort ntlll aro holdliiR out, nt
though koiiio of tho Hiunller forts hnu
heeii raptured by tho (lornian. Tim
bombardment of tho fortification l
continuing without lutenuUilon. On
one orrn.lou a foft apparently ha I
boon tlloncod but when Oermau In
fnntrj men advanced to attack it h
hall of bullota was poured Into them
o suddenly and effeclholy that they
retired with heavy loss.
"Tho (toruiau attacker before Ik
Iiik reinforced dUplaed great cour
age. It I stated Hint 120,000 men
uf tho Ceriunn army aro engaged In
llio attack of Liege. Itefugee from
that iltj describe tho condition as
terrible. Many house huxo Imhi.i
dnmnged or burned,"
"Tho AiiHtro-Huugiirlan adanco
from Crucow in Austrian Oallcla,
townrd Kluloo In lluMsliin l'oland, U
reported to bo In progress. At tho
niuo Unit) tho llusslnn troop aro said
to bo advancing from ltovno up tho
talley of tho river Ktr toward ICiu
horg, tho (Inllclan capital,
"Tho HulgHrlan Kovernmcnt ha
domauded a credit of 110,000,000 for
moblll-ntlon cxpontos In addition to
tho prevloim credit of $30,000,000
for nrmaments."
OF
l'AIIIS, iu Loudon, A iik'. 11.
Lieiiteunnl Union Muehuil on
Ilii'het-Hleiu, Mill of llio Huron Mar
Hiihall miii lllelieriileiii, who was for
meily (leimmi uiuhaHMidor nt Con
Mniitinople, wnri killed in u fight near
(lenailli', in the French department
of Monrllio ot MoHelle, on August 5.
Ilelgimi lenilory, except just
nroiind mul to thu houlh of l.iene,
wuh icporU'd today lo have been
IhoroiiKhly olenred of (lermmi tioopn
with thu exception of homo Ulilaim,
who hud lout their way.
GERMAN SPY CAPTURED,
DISGUISED AS WOMAN
IIHL'HSni.H, n. Loudon, Aur. 11.
Aiiiomk (hu Mlotf eapluieil In lle.
(,'liiin moiii four (leiiumi ol'llcen
.ii'iiilui; llelgliiii iiiilfuuu, One u)
hum ilikKiiUi'il dm (t woiiiaii, uimllier
iw ii niUslniiiiry nml n llilnl wliu liml
ii hHMkelnil o cm Hit jilueoiiw, u u
fUlU'lUIHU.
I(O.MF,Auk 11, UK III a in., m London. There i an uneoufirmed rumor tlmt llntn-h and Freii'lt wur-hhip- h.uo captured the (ionium
eniixer (loeheu. On the oilier hiind, eorreonilentH nt Allien rcor! that the (loehiu and her mter iruiiei the ISrcsluu, were hihteil tlim moriiiii"
rouudiu Cape .Matiipan. tho Mouther n extremitj of Mori'a, (Jreeee, nt full npeed.
SILENT TRIBUTE
IN NATIVE STATE
ATLANTA, (In., Au?r. 1 1. Konow.
fully, with bared headn mid tear
htniurd faeeii, llio eeple of her nu
tiv o Htuto paid Mlciit tribute toda, to
,Mrn. Woodrow WiInoii, when the
(ruin houring her hod erohel the
tuto lino on itx wii) to itn hiiuul
place nt Home, (la. In oilier htuten
tho erowiN were hilent and reopeet
fill, hut in Oeorgm the people t-'iitli-ered
ut cerv hamlet, illngu and
town looked Kriof-btrieKeii.
Tho lurgeht crowd that him pith
ered helweon hero and Vnliiiigton
utxembled in thU city. The train
hlopped hero Iweulv minutes. .Ms
Alethin H. Amui, Mixs Cuiiie Hello
Axmmi nml Itmidolph Avmiii, coiimiik
of Mro. WiUoii, joined Hie piviilenl'ti
pnity here.
.Many I'lineial Wivutlis
The major mul council of Atlanta
brut a w tenth of llowcix and eer
KtveiiH nml iiinuy floral olfennjn
were reeeivcil from private omees.
During tho tdiorl time thai the upo
eiul remniued hero, all husuuvs ut Hie
htulo cnpilul was HU,pended, the e.
ihhitnro iidjouriiiiiK us a murk of re
hpeet to Mr. WilMin's memory.
Siueo Hid party left Waliiueton
few persoiiB lime heen tho president,
(Contlnuea on pais 3.)
SLIGHT SKIRMISH
DUUsaiM.S, via I'll r lit mid Loudon,
Auk. 11, 11.115 a. in, An official
statement Issued today tma that at
HouffalUo In llelgiuu Luxomburg, a
French patrol attacked a nuundron of
Gorman cnvulry todny, sabred then
and took bovoiul pilsoners,
With thu exception ut slight en
counters between lecouuolteriuK pur
tie quiet prevailed today In liolglum.
It wuh repotted that tho Gorman
troops appeared to bo leorganUliiK i'l
front of Llego proparutor) to begin
ning a fiosh fin ward movement.
Their advance guards am on tho
hanks of tho liver Ourthu,
(lull, Joseph Joffio, Flench mm-mauilor-lii-i'lilef,
today sent a letter
to Ihu kliiK of Hiu HoIkIuii, thankliitf
hi innjusty for hiiIuIIuk thu I'roncli
hi my In u roieut pioclamallon,
HIIANOIIAI, Aiik- II. A I'lenoli
(iiulner wit blgliU'il lodii.v, ni'i'iiiii'
pUllll'd I)' WI lliori'llllllt (OkHl'ln
Mllli'll kllU llllll I'llDltlll'll II X HIIKI'H llf
PAID
M
ALONG
BOD
J vm
1 1 ATF.ST NFWS flF THF WAR IN RRIFF GREAT BRITAIN
WHQON PI ANTING MINR
In and around Llego tho situation was unchanged today Tho
German held the town Ithclf, but tho fart wcro still fighting
strongly The 0rmain main army In tho north was reported en
trenching lUtAUdu' the Ourthe, while two largo division of cavalry
had got to Tongrcs, north of Liege. It was expected that a general
advance wah In preparation nnd a battlo Imminent In which tho
Oermau would bo confronted b the allied Ilelglans. French nnd
Hrltlsh.
The French nt Muclhnunen, Alsace, met with opposition after
their occupation of that city. A superior forco of Hermans caused
them lo leave tho place nnd take position outMdo where nu action
wuh fought, detail of which have not been piado public. French
report nro Indudnlte but glvo tho Impression of a French succcsn.
Many (lermnn spies wero arretted todn In llclgltim and n secret
wireless apparatus wa discovered In h German storo In Hrusscl.
Fighting evidently has occurred on tho Ilusso-German frontier,
a six carloads of German prisoners wcro reported to have passed
through Yllnn today on their way to tho llusslnn Interior.
Russians luivo concentrated a considerable army In Finland, thus
disposing of German reports of tho landing of a German army corps
thcro.
Hulgnrl.1 t.ppnrontl is mobllUIng all her forces, as she announces,
to prevent vlolnUonu of her neulrnllty.
Tho United States diplomatic officials In Huropo have tho furth
er task since esterdny of looking nftcr French Interests In Aus
tria and Atibtrlait Interests In Franco.
A stnto of war has been proclaimed In the southern provinces
of Holland. llusslnn funds seized In Hcrlln banks by Germany
amounted to iur.,000.000.
Tho German cruisers Goeben nnd Urobilin btlll nro at largo lit tho
Mediterranean, according to reports.
Gorman aro tnld, In Ilclglan official reports, to have lot 2000
killed, 20,000 wounded nnd 0700 prUoncrs In tho lecout fighting In
liolglum,
Kughuul Is said by tho Loudon Times to hnvo between five and
six hundred thousand men under arms without tho reserves.
Aviators nro nt work constantly on tho frontiers of Franco and
Germany endeavoring to observe tho concentration of tho respcctlvo
nrmlos.
AUSTRIAN
TROOPS
OF
LONDON. Aug 11, 2:S0 p. in.
Not an Austrian toldler Is now on
Servian soil, according to tho Servian
legation in Loudon. An official of
tho legation added that seven nt
tompts by tho Auslriana nt different
points to Invade Servian torrltory had
failed and tho Aiutrlans had abnnl
onod tho offensive and worn hurried
ly outrouehliiK themsolves on their
own frontier In tho expectation ot a
Servian counter attack. A telegram
from NIhIi sas that n deuico of the
Servian Official Ganutto announced
thu denunciation of nil tientlos hu
tvveeii Servian mid Autro-lluuguriati
torrltory,
EIGHT HUNDRED SAILORS
HELD WAR PRISONERS
LONDON', Auk II, 'Ji.Vl p, in.
1,'iiglulMl iimv ImhU it pioiii'M of
war ti'M) (loimuil siillni (liken off
fclilp rupluioil by Hiltlni war -wU,
or mi in HillUb itii,
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BRITISH CAPTURE
LONDON, Ausr. 11, 1 :".) n. ni. -A.
tlixpnlclt from Lihbnu, pnlili.hed in
the Timed, sa tho llmuhunc-Amen-enn
line hleamor Cup Ortoj;nl, repott
ed eiipt nml hy a lliitit.li wnrlup,
was taken off Oporto, l'orlut;ul, Sun
tiny iiiglil. Tlio liner enrrled .,000,
000 in specie nml auiIoiI front HiiMioh
A .vie-, lor .Soiillinmplou on .lulv 10.
OFF TO TIG-TAN
HIIANHIIAI, Chlnu, Aug It.- Tho
taptalii uf a Jupaueso vessel which
uillvud hem (odu) reported that ii,'
000 Jupuiuiso kuldlei hud mnbuikod
on tiaiuporl mid wuru uwmIIIiik or
itur. He vuld hu hollevod their de
HhmIIuii v. TIIU Tail, tku UvI'hiku
posou In Chins.
5.000.000
PRIZE
i Lniiimii mini ii
IN NORTH SEA
WASHINOTON, Amr. H.- Oreal
Hntuin, imiiitiiiK out tho danger to
neutnil t-hippiut; ly niiue-t in the
Nortli hea by Oermuny, ms indientcd
n purpose o plant mines in the Mirao
waters. Colville Hnrclay, charge of
the Itrititli cmbiiyt today proven ted
to Seeretury Hrjnit tho following
memerandum:
"The (icnuans nre i lniitmg oonlaet
mines indiscriminately ahout the
Xorth hen in the open sea without re
gard for consequence? to merchant
men. Two duys ugo four largo mer
chant tdiips were observed to pas
withm n mile of the mine field which
sank tho II. JL S. Amphion. The
wuters of tlio North ben must there
fore he regaidod ns perilous in the
last degree to merchant fehipping of
nil nations.
"In view of the imtlioils nilopled
hy (lermnny, tlio BrilUh ndmiralty
miisl hold themselves fully nt liberty
to nilopt similar measures in self-do-fenso,
which must inevitably increase
tlio dangers to navigation in the
North sen. Hut beforo doing bo, they
think it right to issue this warning,
in order that merchant bhi under
neiitrnl flags trading with North sea
ports should return buck beforo en
tering tlio urea of sueh exceptional
danger."
OFF NEW YORK
Ni:V YOIIIC, Aug. 11 A Hrltlsh
crulhor, bolioved to lo thu F.ssox. ap
peared ut tho entranco of Now York
harbor this morning. Slio was sightod
off tho lllghlauds or Sandy Hook at
about 10 30 o'clock, apparent!)
bound In, but when about a mllo and
u halt of tho bar sho abruptly channel
her lourao and stpamed eastward.
Obbervurs at Sandy Hook wore un
able to discern her name, but said
tho wurshlp's description fitted thu
Kssex, Sho had three funnels, two
tall masts, was painted grey and flow
tho HrltUh flag. Tho L'ssox has been
frequently reported by Incoming
steamships In clone proximity to thu
Alluutlo count.
IfLDDINO, Cul., Aug. H.-Uii
I'euk U joining in Ihu various bom
ImidmoiiU now in progro,, Jlcgin
mug vo.lcnliiv ut nillO p, in. (here
liuvo heoi I hi en small I'Miplnuis, viuh
of uhout lilli'i'ii iiiluiiliV diiriiliuii,
uiiil very mil.l immpjiiril In Hut vur
llrr inujoslm diiiioiiknilion, Th
vulcmiu m Un siIchI ktacu July IV.
CRUISER
ESSEX
FOR L EGE FORTS
IS STILL RAGING
Belgian Official Announcement
Places German Loss at 20M Dead,
20,000 Wounded, 9700 Priswws
Struggle for Fortress Guns Rise U
Terrible Scenes of Bloodshed.
NEW YOIiK, Aug. II. A nown
despatch from Ilrussols says It Is of
ficially announced that the Ocrmai
loss In clgluni In tho recent fighting
was 2000 dead, 20,000 wounded nnd
9700 prisoners.
LONDON. Aug. 11, 4:15 a. nu
Despatches to tho Times rom Tho
Hague and to the Telegraph from
Maastricht, sont undor yesterday!
date, agree that tho strugglo for
possession ot tho forts at Lloge was
going on continuously and giving rise
to terrible scenes ot bloodshed and
of heroism.
At noon riic despatch says tho Gor
nians wero making flcrco efforts to
sllcnco tho forts nearest the city pro
per and tho defenders were gallantly
holding out against almost constant
bombardment.
Gcrfiiaiu Meet llepnlso
URUSSKLS, Aug. 11. via London.
8:50 a. m. The German made a dee
perato attack on Fort Soralag. soulh
of Llego, Sunday night, and were re
pulsed with heavy loss. It Is estl
mbated that 800 hundred Germaas
were killed within an area ot Ea
square mllo.
A brldgo which the Germans were
crossing was shattered by the fire it
tho fort, which had an exact range.
Tho Germans attempted tho assault
with great courage. Some of their
dead wcro found directly In front of
tho barb wiro fencing that surrounded
the fort. It Is reported that Prlnco
William of Llppo and his son, who
wcro killed, wero charging at tho
head of 100 German soldiers Their
bodies wcro burled near tho fort.
llorder Skirmishes
LONDON, Aug. 11, 8:10 p. m. A
dispatch from Paris to tho Exchango
Telegraph company says the official
announcement was mndo today that
engagements had taken place be
tween cGrmnn and French troops at
Longwy, just Insldo tho French bor
der at a point whero liolglum, Lux
emburg mid Gorman Lurraliio meet.
LO.VDON.Aug.il. 6-15 n. in.
Another dispatch to tho Kxchmie
Telegraph company from Paris sas
It Is announced officially that en
gagements between tho French and
Frnuco-Ilolglan frontier nt Lonswv
nud Lonbuvon on French territory
and at Virion, on Belgian territory on
tho southwest of Arlon German
cavalry patrols woro met also to tho
north of Montmedy on tho Franco-
Ilelglan frontier.
Hints nro reported nuiong Chiut'su
residents in Ifoug Kong owing to llm
prices of food nml tho dnugers of
famine.
OF MEXICO CITY
MM ii f ff IH
WASHINGTON, Ailg. 11.
Consul Silliiiian ut BuUillo has
" repurtid that General C'arruuza
had been udvisvd that Mexico
fitv uiim oiiimiated In' Ilia fed.
eiuls today,
It was understood (ho iliH
pateh that I'rovisloiiul resident
Carhajiil left for Juuiez us His
uvaouutioii began,
Governor Jlurbldti mid ollivr
fi'derul ot'lielHls, iU'compMiiind
by Ihu Jlnullhui luluUltir who
ropri'senls llio IJnileil HUlff,
left .Mojico Clly IwImv for llm)'
crul Oliicaon'ii vuihd ut Tula Im
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