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Dully Ninth Yimr.
MEDFORD. OR BOON, THURSDAY, AUflUST 10, 1014
NO. 123
BELGIANS DEFEAT GERMANS AT HACLEN
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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,
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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
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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
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CENSRHI
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ALL CABLE LINES
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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
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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. ,
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