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i.t !l - Ml Medford Mail Tribune i: SECOND EDITION WEATHER ' Fair Ma. 102; Ml. B3J VJ ltd. Hum. au. '.4 Korty.foiirlh Your. Dully Ninth Yimr. MEDFORD. OR BOON, THURSDAY, AUflUST 10, 1014 NO. 123 BELGIANS DEFEAT GERMANS AT HACLEN t-M !-fl :n i f "! . 9 jj3 .1 .' !I CT BATTLE RAGES ALL DAY WITH HEAVY LOSSES Invading Army Forced lack anil the Country Cleared of Germans Losses Estimated at 2000-Ger-muns'ln etfllan Luxemburg Re ported Starving. IWl'HSKI.S, lu l.omlou, AtiK- W, Iliil.'i p. in. Ail ofllcinl rotiiiiiiinliiiu Issued lotluy coiiflriiii ycalcrdiiyV s.ncees of llm llilgiiiu tron(v over the Germans nl Hnnlrii. It says the German cnMialtln were very henvy, three-fifth of their troop engaged in I lie encounter being killed or Mounded, while Hid Itclgiau ptisunl lli'H urc reported nH relatively small. Chronicle, h Iffr4i PAWN, Atiir. 13, 10:17 n. hi.- An official rommuuicntlti published litri today iiuyni "A division of llelginii cnvalry Miipixirti'il liy n brigade of infantry unil liy artillery engaged nml defrnt- ed near the fortress ol l)icL eight ecu miles Moullienxt of ivHiviiin, a ! i -iloii of German cavalry nUo t)tt ported hy liifnulry nml urltllcry. "Tim fighting wiim extremely fierce nml resulted in Hm German Im'Iiii; thrown hnek toward linssrlt nml 81. Tiond." lUlllp of Uncle UHUSSKI.8, via Loudon, Am;. 13, 1 lsl. it. in.TrTlia. fighting yestpnlny between Ilia llclninn nml German ii'mite In llm vicinity of Diest lusted llm entire iUy nml constituted the rirt considerable battle of llm wnr. It "ill lie known ns tlu battle of lliielen. Shells were, still fulling nt Trilil in llm evening on tins maiU ' umuud Dirxt, Tim battle centered nroiind lino li'ii, in llm Belgian province of Lim bnurg, extending to Dies), in tlm north of llm province of Hruhaiit, lifter piiKHtn round Kcclhcui, Iloavy German Iom At 7 o'clock l(il evening nil tliu country between tint three towns mentioned lind horn cleared of Oer mini troops except tlm di-ml mnl wounded, who worn thickly strewn nhoiit (In fire xoiip. rpminlit of '.'(It) dead German Mil dirrrt vveie eounlcd In it space of tifly yard square. A churcli. u brewery mul some houses In HiiuIpii wero aet ufiro nml two bridges over the Dcmer wero de stroyed liy Belgian engineers, (Iiiwil quuiitlllc of booty wore col livlt'il on tlm haHjuliold and this Iiiin (Conllnuid on page two.) FIRST STEAMER THROUGH CANAL WASHINGTON, Auk. 13. The first steamship to uhh through tlm I'liiininn uunnltlio Crlftolml- mmlo tlm trip from tho Allaiitio to tho I'a I'il'io in oluvuu nml onu-hall' hourn. Tlm return trip, liuwovur, wa inmla in nljlit ami onu-lmlf liotirn, which prolialily imirkH tho uvoiuko Hum (hat will bo coumitimd liv nuir- rhiiiiluivn when all of (ho nutcliiimry of tlm (iniiiil in in himioth oporutioii. Jim (TiHtolml imiilu tlilH vxiMiriinoiitiil voyiiKii AiikuhI II and 4, ami at tlm linm wan ilruwiiiK'twoiily-flvo iVot of walur. I-iiHt Sunday, (lovrrnor (IooIIiiiIh, in rciMmiiltion of thuir HcrviiiCNi a lowed a iiuiiihur Af Hip old uuiploytiH to IraverMu tho canal from om ocaaii to tliu other on tlm fcteamur Advaiipp, unil It iv reiioitcil that nv piylhiiiK U u piirftu'l ordnr for tlm loinial opuiiliiK or tlm canal next hnl unlay, when tliu Aunoii. hMvr hhlp n lm OYUlolml, Ih'IoiikIiik to Ilia I'liniiiiia ('uim Kiiijwny itouipuuy, nml of l(l()(l Ion, hIII uiiiku llm of. I'inlul llial Irlp, r "---II i i j M. nmtm nt Hold mil lit Him illy toJuy, WAR DECLARED ON AUSTRIA BY i BRIT France Also Officially Declares Hos tllltles Against Dual Empire, Which Is Held at Fault for De claring War Upon Russia and France Without Provocation. PAHIK, Auk. IH, 1:'J0 P m. The offioinl declaration of war hy France on Atiitrlit-lltinpiry kh made puhlic here today. I.O.S'HOK, Ail),'. HI. -H !k offie. (ally ntiiioiim'fd that a Male of wnr luiK-cjiHtt'd lirtwcrn (ileal llritaiii and Aiintria-lliiui'nrv hince inidniht. Tin" llril iili foreign office later in kiicil Hm folloninc hlntcinrnt: "Diploinatio relation) Ijetwevn I'rniii'o nml AuNtria.Iiiiij;iiry liciiu broken off, llm French Kovermiient rcipitiitcd hit. iiiajehty'ii t'voniiiient io coinimiuiealn to (ho AiiNtria-lliiii-Kiirv nmbiiKsador In l.omlun tlm fol lowing declaratien: Inmo l'Mn Aiulii "'Ilnviiij; declared war on Servln nml tluiri taken tlm initialivn in Ikih tililirn hi Ktiropp, tlm AiiKlro-llnii- pirinn covenimcnt Imih placed itaclf without any provocation from France In n xtnto of wnr with rrnuep. and nftcr Uernmny had huuprmiivply de clnrrd' war nniimt- ltut-ria ami Krnnce, AiHtrin-lli'iiifpiryJinn intcr- fnred in tlm conflict by declnriuit wnr on liusnin, who already wan fighting on tlm hide of France. " t Af4l,firlli,i,. I,. !,irjiriifil'it,i .illit of belief, Amitrin-Umipiry ban teut Iniopn over llm (lerniau frontier in Mich n manner n to coiistituta n di' reel mciiacu iiKaiiist Franco. In facu of IIipmi factH, (ho Fieneb (overn iiient timU ilhclf obliged to deelaro to Hip AiiKtrolIuii,iiriau ;overiiincnt that it will take, nil measures pcnnlt tod to it to reply to thenu act, and iiieiiiicl-H.' HUlo of Wnr IhUu "In L'omimiiiiciitim; thw declara tion, accordinly, to tliu Auxtro IIiiiiKnriiiii umbatiHador in London, HIm llnlanuio majehty'rt KoVernincnt Iiiih declared to his excellency that tlm rupture with Franco having been brought about in Ihix way, it feels ilhclf obliged to unnoiiucu that a hlate of war cxi.t between (Ireat llritiiin nml Aiistria-IIuugary m. fnim midiiighl," WHEAT RALLIES AFTER DECLINE; CIIIOA(U), Aug. 13,1-Whw.t ral Hod today after a docllno duo to ox imrtora cuncolllng contracts and lo muwrtlona that UrltUh buyers were rcfunlng to purcliaso oxcopt under conditions of piiyincnt that prevailed beforo tho war, Tlio recovery re sulted from resting ordom to lakoof. forluga on uny Hiibstnutlal break. H wos said also that there wna liopo of urraiigomontH nt Wushlngtou whereby oxporlcra would bo nblo to collect pay ment moro promptly for uhlnuion'a aolxod by tho UrltUh govornmont, After opoulng U to lower ami uuN ferliig a ullglit further docllno, tho market roso abovo last night's lovol all around, Corn awayod with wheat. Tran sactions wore only In small lota, Tho opening, which ranged from W orf to a Ilk advance, was followed by n general setback and then a material upturn, Hleadlnus ruled In outs, Thoio was a fairly good mUculUiieoiu trade, about evenly divided, Provisions snowm) a firm tone, In fluenreit by hm miIvhiifo Id the pri of liogH, Helling beisiuo moro plun llfnl, liowvver, wIivh the warkvt wiade a illubt bulirv. WOBBLES mwmssmmm ,,HH.IHHHnaHpgppgp A BKITISII DREADNOUGHT DIKING HER RUSSIANS VICTORS. IN SKIRMISHES IN RUSSIAN POLAND ST. PKTICHSIUMIO, via London, Aug. Kl, l:."0 a. m. According to n heiiii-ofllclal dinpatcli the German troops before Kalis, lfutttian Pol and, havo issued a proclamation htnling Hint every tenth inhabitant of Kalwz will Iip iliot, in the event of further reMttuner. The Austrian Harrison consisted of two lufantry battalions, a rrgimenl of lnncpni mid n regiment of hussars. After itislodgiuc them, tlm Itiissinn eavnlry purHiied the Aiislriaiirt nuross tlm river Ditg and blew up two bridgcH nml u viaduct. Several liouseti in Sekat which in forly-fivo inilcs northeast of Lem berg, were net on firo nml burned by the Hubsian troops because civilians bad fired from them on llm attackin' foroc. A iiiiisk was celebrated today at tho Hiuslau niinihtry of i'iiianco in memory of M. Nokolf. tho city trend urer of ICulisz, said to have been shot by the (Icnnnn troops while at bin post. Tim (Irimd Duko CoiistautiiiP Coii btiintiiiovii'h hns given Hip famous mat blo palace in SI. Petersburg as a hospital. PAIUS, Aug. J3, 13:10 p, m Tho first German prlaonors passed through Purls toduy on tholr way to Poitiers. The men wcro mostly Uh lans. Tho trains conveying thorn paneod around tho city on tho bolt railroad, so that few of tho geucral public saw thorn. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS AS PASSED BY CENSORS Tho first despntch direct from llorllu unconsored by tho authorities of tho nations nt war with Gonnany was rocolvcd today by tho Associated Prosn through tho medium of tho Goldschmldt Wireless company's sta tion at Tuckerton, N. J. Tho mossago contained tho Important Information that during tho fighting nt Muolhau- sen considerably moro than 1000 French officers and soldiers woro taken prUoncfa by tho (lermnns, who also captured four cannon, whllo In another ijght with tho French on tho bohlor of Lprraluo. furthor to tho north, tho GermaiiH also took 1000 prisoners; Tlio despatch also adds that Gorman soil boa been cleared of French jroopl. ncvcltininoBjU in tho wnr xono, which apical chlofly confined to natulan territory aro mado vaguo ow tag tq the strict eousorshlp over nows relating to military luovoiaonls. Positions oceuplod by tho main French, llolKlan and Drltlsh forces ii ro not permitted to bo disclosed oven approximately, so that their plan of campalKit can not bo assumed, As to tho German forces, Indies, lions from various souicua point In tbo concentration of tho main body with ls rlKht IK Id IIi'lHlllM Mild la left wing In tlm Duchy of Luxuni. burg, The Herman laff U nld to jiuve HH(hw4 t& army emm almig be tfir) froHllvr 'aclug HuIkJum A, i CENSRHI R ALL CABLE LINES i WASHINGTON', Aug. 1.1. -It has been decided lo imporfp the same cen sorship on French nml Kngbi.li cables ns is now iiiowwed oij Genunn-owucd wireless stations nt Simile, I.. I., nml Tuckerton, K. J. NKW YOItK, Aug. 1.1. Officials of the Commercial Cable company re fused to believe that Hie government would extend itH ccnotlup to its linen. . w. "It is utterly incredible; 1 know of no authority in law for such uctioii," said George Ciappcrton, traffic man aged. Another official of n large cable company said: "If true, it is illegal. We'll Tight it." WAR PARALYZES Kl, PASO, Tex., Aug. 13.- Further paralysis of tho mining industry in the southwest ami Mexico is threat ened by the Kuropean war. The cop per industry is said virtually to have been killed by the suspension of de mand for crude metal in Kumpe. Now I ho gold mining industry U threatened. This is due, mining men hero said today, to Hie bhorlage of potassium cynnide, u necessary cle input ill the extraction of gold. PraP-1 8 fttr hnv Mot suffered any want tieally tho entiro supply of HiU ma- ' ,mvo '"dR01 requests for aj tprial ooiiips from Gennnnv. Blstnnco from tho consul. and Franco. Many of theso troops probably aro statlonod In tho groat fortresses In Alsnco and Lorraine, and nloug tho Ilhliio. Ono despaten asserts tho defonso of Germany's Rus sian frontier has bceu loft to armies mado up of reserves. Although aM of theso aro trained soldiers It would sooin unturnl to leavo as a nucleus for tholr organisation a considerable forco from tho actlvo army. Tho dispositions and strength of tho French Invaders In Alsnco, whoro they aro said to hold a loug -lino within tho Gorman border, aro kopt rigidly secret. On tho son tho reported safe- ar rival In tho Dardanelles of tho Gor man cruisers Gooben nud Iiresluu has led to rumors ot tholr probable dis mantling until tho end af tho war, In tho North Atlantic, although Hear Admiral Craddock haa declarod It "clear of German crulsors as far south as Trinidad,'' tho French Liner ltoohambeiiu. which was 'to leavo yestorday with tlm Fronchrosorvlsts, was hold In Now York by orders from Franco. In (ho North Ken, which tho Urlt Uh goioriinmnt as may bo atrown with mines, tho nmlu squadrons of HiIIImIi Imttliinlili'D " atlll out, but Iholr position Is not publicly known. Neither U Hm locution of the nmlu German flvul KvpviU ttw Dover, tit the wt AFT TUKKET GUNS BELGIUM APPEALS L I lUlUSSELS. via Parts, Aug. 13, 1:35 p. m. U Is stated hero today that tho Intervention of tho neutral powers Is to be asked for by the Bel gian foreign minister, through their diplomatic representatives In the Bel gian capital In reforenco to alleged re ported volatlon by tho German, troops In Ilftlcium of tho Geneva and Tho Hague-conventions. M. Uavlgnon, tho Dclgian foreign minister, has drawn up a long list of cases, declared to bo fully attested, of tho killing of tho wounded, tho abuse of the white flng, tho killing of civilians and tho seizure of private nud public funds. AT LIEGE ENDANGERED WASHINGTON', Aug, 13. Mlnlstor rami Whitlock at russets reported to tho stato department today that tho United States consulate- nt Llega was exposed to firo and if tho Germans de- cldo to bombard tho city It will be necefbary to move It. As yet no dam- ugo has been done. ltcports from Lisbon say nil Ainor Icana In Portugal havo been concen trated at tbo capital, and that they ern entrance, to tbo Kugllsh channel, say heavy cannonading lasting ono hour was hoard this morning coming from tho direction ot tho North Sea. Tho Austro-Hungarlan fleet, owing to tho declaration of wnr by Great Britain, togothor with that ot Ger many, is said to bo in tho Adriatic, whoro it was rocently occupied In blockading tho Montenegrin coatt. Tho Drltlsh squadron In tho Med iterranean is strong nnd has tho sup port there ot almost tho ontlro Fronch fleet. Belgians assort Hint a strong forco of German cavalry, supported by In fantry nnd nrflllory, nftor Bevoro fighting around Haolen, was thrown back toward Llego by ft dlvlblon of Belgian cavalry and Infantry and ar tillery. Tho Gorman killed and wounded aro said to liavo numbered throo-flfths pf tho flvo thousand men ongaged, whllo thoso of tho Belglaus aro reported "relatively light." Tho French forolgu minuter denies a German report of tho enpturo by Gormans of a French Infantry regi ment at Hrloy, Miiertho-ot.Mosollo. Bwlss reports assert the French German battle beforo Miielhauwn to litivo been " severe that the nelgn boring hospital aceouinioilatloHB prov. ed abuolutely Inadequate. Munv (lurmuns In Berlin nuve pi"" pi their bm t aiHMMl ( IishJi1 Awllw. NEUTRA POWERS AGAINS GERMANY INCREASED COST OF FOOD STOFF TO BE PROBED President Wilson Orders Investiga tion of Rapid Raise in Prices and Punishment of Those Implicated All Federal District Attorneys In structed to Proceed. WASHINGTON, Aug. Kl. Presi dent Wilson todnv directed Attorney General Mclteynolds to investigate recent increases in prices of food stuffs nud to take up the nucstion whether uny cnon8 rconsible can be prosecuted. The president sent the following letter to the attorney general: ''The rapid nml unwnrrnnted in rrease in Hie prices of foodstuffs in Hits country " "-' pretext of tho conditions existing in Europe is so serious and vital n matter that take tho liberty of calling your nt tention to it. Defend the Country """ "I will be very touch obliged if you would advise mo whether there is under existing lnw uny action which tho department of justice could take, cither by way of investigation or c gul process, end what federal legis lation, if any, would in your judg ment bo' justifiable and warrantable in the circumstances. -' '- "1 feel i that thhris a matter which we cannot let pass by without try ing to herve 4be country. "Certainly the country ounht to be defended, if possible, against men who would tnko advantage of 6uch circumstances to increase tho price of. food and the difficulties of liv ing. Faithfully yours, (Signed) "'WOODHOW WILSON'." Inrrcsc Unwarranted The president took up the ques tion of increasing prices tbo first thing today and wns impressed by tho pressure of the filiation. Ho at once decided that legal notion should bo taken, tf possible, mid that if there were no Jaw covering tho ques lion, new legislation should be passed. Officials said tho president con bidered that in mnny cases tho in crcuses were wholly unjustifiable. uheit ho returned from Mrs. Wil son's burial cl Home, Gn., resolu tions already had been introduced in the house calling on tho department (Contlnuea on psga .) KILLS WIFE DrDN OPERATING TABLE KANSAS CITV, Mo Aug. 13. Mrs. Tillio Itolfc, 'JO yeurs old, IniJ in tho room ndjoining the o'H!ruting tnblo nt tho Swedish hopitnl today, preparatory to an operation for ap pendicitis. John Hoire, 40 years old, her husband, a wealthy fanner of Randolph. Kuu., drovo up to tbo hos pital iu n motor car. "Ob, John, why don't you quit drinking" Mrs. Holfu said ns he entered her room. Then tho door closed. Five minutes iuter five shots were henrd. Three bullets had entered Mrs. Holfo's body unit llolfe lav on tho floor, n revolver grasped in hm Iinmls and two wounds in his head. Hq had shot his wife nud himself. Iloth will diov SIX VESSELS FOR WASHINGTON, Aug, 13. Immo illato clurtor of six vessels to go to Kurope for Americans was agreed ou today by Kecrelarios McAdoo, Garri son and Daniels ami Assistant He rniary Phillips of Hie state depart inwit They will carry eluht Uiouf and paiNgers at us rvaHiuabls rat of pawsve as possibly, E AT MUELHAUSER First Wireless Direct From Germany Asserts German Victory in Alsace German Soil Claimed Free of French Troops Contrary Versta Comes From Paris. BERLIN, Aug. 13. (By direct wireless from Nauen, Germany, to the Goldschmldt Wireless company's sta tion at Tuckerton. N. J.) The Ger man troops took 120 French of fleers and 1110 French soldiers prhwaers In the fighting at Muelhansea, Al sace. They also captured four French cannon. Another 1000 French officers and men were taken prisoners by the Germans In tho fight near Longwy. German soli Is now entirely cleared of French troops. HoNpluls Overflowing LONDON, Aug. 13. 7:30 a. m. A despatch to tho Exchange News Tele graph company from Basel, Switzer land says: "Following a terrible battle at Muelbausea tho hospital facilities proved absolutely Inadequate to care for the almost Incredible number of wounded. Not only are all the hos pitals filled, but schools, caurcho4 and hotels are occtiHed to 'their ea, paclty. Even then it' has bees feand necessary to charter special trains to convey tbo wounded to Mulhelsa aad St, Ludwlg aad other towaa.- "The latest estimates, phwe' th German losses at from 8000 to 10, 000." ft French Not Rires41a; LONDON. Aug. 13, ii:lG p. m. A despatch from tbo French foreign minister Issued by the French em bassy here today reiterates that the French troops behind Muelnausea. Alsace "have not retired but have vic toriously resisted an entire German army corps." Tho minister adds: "Tho Belgian army and the forts around Llego are Intact and are pre pared to resist all attacks. "Thore has beea' no Important chango In Loralno and there is no truth In tho report that the sixteenth, rcglmont of French Infantry waa taken prisoners by the Germans at Brloy, In tho department of Meurtho-et-51oselle." At tho end of his communication tho French minister says: "France Is gratified by tho attitude ot Amer ica." CARBAJAL OFF FOR VERA CRUZ MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13 Provl- sloual President Carbajal left Mexico City on a special train early today for Vera Cruz. Tho city is quiet. EI, PASO, Texas, Aug. 13. Gen oral Carranza arrived today at Tula, Hidalgo, less than CO inllos north of Moxico City, according to an official report recolved today by constitu tionalist agents horo. Ho was ro. ported ns having Joined there his oastern and western xono chiefs pre paratory to entering tho national capl. tal. General Villa, tho northern com mander, mcanwhllo Is visiting several points I ntho xono which bis troops dpminato. Ho did not arrive today at Juarox as was expected but left for visit at Nlevcs, a town near Parral. It was announced officially that Villa would roturn north and soon would Issue an Important statement hear ing on his relation with Carraas. , WASHINGTON, Aw. IU. Ifow mid seuute confer (he iitrk eney shipping bill Mai' rwinlw! a piimjdete ngtwmin, rummumttUm io poNgr that foilH fmiU smmB rMvml unilvr U at U mmdu )mi l wjhiih u Ike 4wif. milm lti ymut (tm Ms GERMANS TAK 20 0 MRS IV I M I 1 II "f i o '- St ' 'TtegLm aya '-t'tssiiAniifr. it ,WB