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(. ' Medford Mail Tribune K WEATHER Fair anil vtanncr M, Hflj .Mln. I ltd. Hum. U. SECOND EDITION MEDFORD. OHIMOtf, WKDNKHDAY, A1WST 19, 1011 NO. 128 roriy.fonrih Ymr. Dully Ninth Ymr FIRST GREAT BATTLE ON fc- -V y Ktii Mft wiflk ALLIES CLASH WITH ARMY OF GERMANY FIERCEFIGHTING TAKING PLACE Location of Battleground Kept Sec ret British Lino Stretches Many Mites Refunds Arrive at Brus selsGerman Advance Halted at Thlemont. LONDON, Auk. 19. 2:20 . in.--Tim rurl mi noun com out In a telegram from llniMoU dated lnt nlRlit, of fierce ftKhtltiK between llelKlan nnd Herman troonn along itti intended front U generally accepted I" Iiiiln today an IndtcntltiK tho real beginning or tint flrt great ItMtlo of tho war. Tim Cerium attack l again toriny reported mailn on tho direct order ot Ktupnrnr Wllllnm to liU general In tho field. Tho exact extent of tho lino of fighting hait not )t been revealed hut jirenumably it stretchc In n north nml nouth line. llc)ond till Hi do flnlto locution In virtually gue work, ItrfHRrr llrMirt 1 1 it Jo Itofugnct from Dlent, Tlrlomont and other towns In that ioctlon of Hoi glum, who fled tho Herman ap peared, aro coming Into HriUNolit In great tiiimuvr. They dcelaro that ulnro tho Inhahltnnlit vacated Tlrlo iiiont Herman hIioIIm havo been drop, plug In tho town and that ubo tpmntly tho Uclglatnt broke- tho Her iiinii ndvanru there at the point of bajouot. PAUIB. Aur. 1!. 10 OH p. in. Careful Mody of tho niltllary sltua tlon on tho northern frontier leads Trench military nbnervor to tho con. cIumIoh that tho events trnnitplrlng in llelKluin today nro tho beKlnnliiK ot operation on an ImmeuKo ncnln. Herman)', It U declined, la making it frcdli and mlghtclor effort to break lulo Franco throtiKh comparatively open llolglum couutrfy. (tonoral opinion In I'arla, howuvcr. I confident that tho allies will ho ahlo to meet the abode aticceaafully and reply to II crunhlngly. Ilclglnil Troop Itrtlrtt PAIUH, Aug, 19, 10.50 n. in. An official nnnouuioinont thlit moriilm? hii)h the rellremeiit of llulgliin troopn toward Antwerp In rumored, hut not confirmed, It h officially ntnod, that uven If tliU report wore truo, It would neith er ho a Rravo aympotom nor unex pected. Tho dofeniilvo orRanUatlou of HelRliimli, na conceived by (lonoral llrlnlmont and preHontod In techtuucl worltu, provided thai Antwerp ho con. aldered at) a last defense. It ha been fortified wltt caro and Ih today a vhhI entronclied camp on tho flunk of tho enomy, ( ConUnueonpac'o '"two.?0" FIRST PRIZE OF ON LONG LINE FN" . y ffWWiff E'ar iiWnfTljri'' I "itffCr r 'Wi.i.Ml jT HlfcisMBgPBiw mfPBi . IBMMBHHilriPJHWIIMIM .ij' i P L 'W-PtsHT' i5'J' $iiBlllllHRlllHB'Ji ID WlWMIJPA UNPf.U 1 Ml'. riUN1 Of miNCM OWUItf 1 l. - i-. -- ..,.- n. ..... i.,, .,.,. ... "- ,T .tr, t- - ryM-a.!.. i.i.-j. i. ' ii. . PWn'l' mi" PinmwuW''"'"'"1 '" " SILENCE VEILS WAR El Masses ot German Troops Pushlna to Front Behind Impenetrahle Screen ot Cavalry Positions ot Allies Kept Secret Fate ot Llcije Forts Unkno Naval Battle Rumor. Complete illunru I maintained at to thu fortune of war In tho bis flKht tindorlood to bo In progrom HomoWunrc along a lino extending throiiKh llelKlum mid Luxemburg. Despatches Rlvo evidence of tho Jrc enc of masses of (lormau troops pushing their way to tho front behind an Impenetrabln screen of cavalry, whose dnshe In search ot Informa tion nit to tho whereabouts of tho allied troops havo resulted In shara clashes and heavy casualties. Tho commanders of tho alllol orccs of French, Hrlllsh and HulRlans will not penult anythliiR about their positions to become public, and slnro I ho official nolo mado known tho presence of a larRo llrltlsh expedi tionary forro on tho continent, IU movements havn been hidden from tho outside world. 1'itle of Mege I'nkiiouii At llrussels It Is said there ban bcM no chanRo since cstcrday In tho po sition then reported to bo excellent for the allies. Tho fate of tho l.legu forta Is not definitely known, Herman des patches describe thorn as In the hand of the (lerman army since tho arrival of heavy artillery, while llelKlan mil itary authorities assert they aro still Intnct and holding out bravely. In Alsaco Lorralno and French turnliiR movement through southern Alsace, appears from French reports to ho progressing fnvorably for the French, and this seems to ret eh o eon flrmatlon In a despnteh vent out by the Wolfborro, tho (Jermnn iiowh tif fklal itReney hu Iiir two batteries of riiiib wer taken by the French, who continued their mnrch forward. All these repmts. however, refor to tho preliminary meetings ot opposlnR bodloH of troops teadliiR up to tho Rreat battle, which may havo begun already, Leading Frenchmen take oc casion to point out to their country men that toh decisive conflict Is jot to como and that too much reliance must not be placed on reports ot dq moralltatlou unions tho German troops. It Is reported that n naval en counter has occurred In tho North Hen, but tlila Is without official con firmation, Austrian HkJiiulxlic On tho HuBbo-norman-Austrlan frontier, fights of small Importance aro recorded, (lormau troops today (Continued on pngo two.) 1NES OF COMBATANTS WAR -GERMAN STEAMSHIP, CAPTURED BY BRITISH CRUISER, LYING UNDER RUSSIA STIRRED BY NEW SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM New Vliior Possesses Nation Which Feels Itself For Once Morally Rlljht Poles, Finns and Jews Unite to Denfend Country Ger many's Attack Arouses People. LONDON, Am:. 11', -I rJO p. m. "It is luiKiMiilile to ) elnte u tilhe of the iniiiiriiik' tluiiiiM that have hap pened in IttiHMii iluriuc the last ten days," hii.vk n letter to the Dally Clironielo, wnlten in St. i'oteri.bur on At)nsi VI. It feiitiuufK: "ltti"iii N not reeij;niriilile, or rather tlmt Imunliin: lieiiuty of Hih will, wlileh thine of u who live here cropiugly "n,l "ll'-n nhIIv feel nml love, linn hinlileiilv hhime foitli rml iaully fioiu out of the henw elouUi of failnro nml ilefent that have hid den it fur hi many fntx. "HiiKsiii is full of moral energy. She liax never dplayetl it vtitli the miiiic vipr as now tit any penoil tif lier-hiMtory." Ilu-jin. feel herself for onee to be morally 'I"-' riRht." Couilltions lvilorulde "Hussin'rt internal eomlilion wn ileplornlile," mi.vk the eorrcspoiitlenl. 'The Polen, iSiin-, nml .lewx were emhitlereil by the pivernmcntV poli ey of oppivhsion. The Duma was divided nml hclplen. Strikes were t-premlinp There were heiioi rioth in St. PulerslmrK.' The writer mliU: "Few Itutiatis waul lo fiRht for the nuke of Sen in, hut when it be came clear that tho Austrian move wnu only the prelude to (Icnimn nt laek on mi itpparentlv hclplecu tli eiiKeil I(ur,iu, the feeling changed In mi instant. "Tho peneral iiinhiliuitinii inade Kiismii rcnlire the hituution. The peas nut h. the woikmeii nml the strikers of tho week befonv elerkx, htudeuU. leneherrt nml lwyei nil dropped their woiW. "I lime half e.xpeeted umhiliirallou riot 8 In Iho country tli-triets like thoHO which oeeurreil duriui; the ,Iup- niit'hO wur, hut trieuiH rroiu tue kouth, tho wcht nml the eiiht deeluro that nit Itusnin is an one man. l', cry- where thn people are iroiui; to war, 'to dio for our country,' ns the pens nntrt buy. "For tho fiit lime in his rein, Iho IltixMiui emperor is out off now from those. (Icrmnu influeneer. that egged him on continually to ruinous reaction. His majesty ennio out on tho hnlcony of his paluco to greet an IimnetiKO throng of his people. "Thu Duma gave Klirring evprcs hion to tho uuliiin'K feeling. Tho fnn ntleal renelionnry PouriMikeviteh uelually hhook liaiuls with his hitter enemy, tho Cutlet Lender Miiinukuv. KcprebentutiveK of nnous nalionnll- (Contlnuta ou pso I.) POPE PIUS X BiSI'' '4fflssHi 1 I ssssssssLB MPT A TYsssLHl 1 i US FLEE I ! STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Aug. lK.j via London, 1050 p. in. Fully K.,. 000 Itiihslmi refiiKcea from Cerumnv. ' most of them exhausted, inmlshcd nnd sick, havo Konc througn Stockholm. since tho beginning of tho war. From 1500 to 2000 havo arrived dally. Hotels, barracks nnd schools havo been used for their housing and aro filled to capacity every night. These unfortunates aro a heterog eneous gathering from nil classes. There are wealthy women In furs nnd diamonds; poor women In raps, with half naked children In their arms; priests In caftans, workmen In smocks and wealthy professional and busi ness men, ull of them drheu out of Germany. ;rent Suffering Kntliirctl Some of tho refiiKcea hnvu been without food for throe, or four days before reaching Swodon. Tho trains wore so packed that many of their oc cupants were obliged to stand for 24 hours nt n stretch. Tho logs of many wero so swollen as to require hospital attention. Among the refugees nro a number of patlentH who hnv they wero driven out of hospitals In fiernuiny. Chil dren wero separated from their fath ers and mothers, while mothers last their children on tho way. A number of Polish women taking tho euro nt Austrian baths near tho frontier weio forced to return bv way of Ilerlln and arrived hero with out inone or news of tuolr children or husbands. THROUGH SWEDEN 1 GIN IN VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH REFUGEES TELL OF LIEGE BATTLE ANDJHSCAPES XL'W VOItK. Aug. 10. First hand tales of tho fight at Llcgo and grim narratives of tho war sweeping Ku- ropo came Into port today on tho lips of American refugees from tho con tinent aboard tho lied Star Lino. Finland. Many of tho Americans aboard wero without monoy, or bag Rage; sonio had been hold as spies, others had mado their way ou foot from tho Interior of Belgium to Ant werp nmld tho scenes and dangers of warfnro and noarly all had stories of hanshlpA encountered In their fllKh'. With a Dutch pilot nboard Captain Unrmnn steered his ship through a little used channel ot tho harbor of Antwerp to the North Sea. whero ho found the horizon smudged with tho smoko of Urltlsh battleships. In his perilous passage through tho mine ktrown waters there were uo buoys to guldo him. His way lay over tho shallows and ho hnd to lighten tho ship of nil her water ballast to mak? tho courso without scraping tho bot tom. Tlnio after tlmo tho ship was stopped by war vessels, although sho flow tho American flag. GERMAN STEAMER SEIZED AT MELBOURNE LONDON', Aug. ID, :i:l.- p. m. Thu (let iiiii n htenmer Wihlenfels, ou arriv ing today nt Melbourne from New York, iu Cupetown, was seized by Iho authorities. The captain of the mm.iI wn.x not u uii re that war had been ilechirv'il until ho arrived in the haihor. T ENTIRE PRAY FOR PEACE Catholics Commanded to Make Pub lic Supplication to Prince of Peace to Remove Evil Causes of War Pope Hears From Venice Echoes of Cannonade in the Adriatic. IIOMH, Aug. ll. Tho Pope Ins addressed the following exhortation to the wholo werld: "At this moment when nearly tho wholo of Kuropo Is being dragged Into tho vortex of a most terrible war with Its dangers and tho conse quences to follow, tho very thought of which must strike ovcryono with grief nnd horror, wo whoo caro li the life and welfare of so many citi zens nnd peoples cannot but bo deeply moved nnd our heart wrung with the bitterest sorrow. "And In the midst of this univer sal confusion and peril, wo feel and Jknow that both fatherly lovo and apostolic ministry demand of us that we should with nil earnestness turn tho thoughts of Christendom thltbcr 'whenco como tho help' to Christ, the Prince of Peace and tho most power ful mediator between good and man. "Wo charge, therefore, tho Catho lics of tho wholo world to opproac'a tho throno of grace nnd mercy, each rand all of them, end nioro especially tho clergy, whoso duty furthermore It will bo to mako In every parish as their bishops shaii direct, public sup- plication, so that tho merciful Cod may, aB It were, bo wearied with the prayers of his children and speedily remove tho evil causes ot war, given to them who rule to think thi thouchts of pca-o and not of afflic tion. "From tho palaco of tho Vatican, tho second of August, 19H. (signed) "PIUS X, PONT1FKX MEXIMUS." Tho Popo was much moved ou hearing from Venice echoes ot the cannonndo In the Adriatic. " "Tho bones of tho Doges must thrill In their sepylchres nt tlio fa miliar sound of battle, recalling the heroic days ot old," ho said. POLES VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT GERMANS DAWS, Aug. 1U, 10:1H a. m. -An official fttntcnu'iit iMied by the war depuriment Miys that many Dole eiu gaged in the mines nnd in fuetorie are volunteering to serve in tho French army. The statement added that the Poles nsked nurticulaiiy to ho permitted to fight nguiuit (ler- "'""J'' ON IFF URGES WORLD FRENCH GUNS IN BERMUDA HARBOR POPE RAPIDLY IKS OXYGEN RESTORES LIFE For Awhile, Tneuht PtttUff Dylnf, But Crisis Passes NefWk ex plications Seriously' Fwrf Church Bells Rinn Catttftfl Upn Faithful for Prayers. KOMK, Aug. II), 1:10 p. m., via Paris, Aug. 10, fltl.'i ii. in. It Is reported tlmt the Dope hug received the Inst communion. HOME, Aug. 19, 2Ai p. m., via Paris, Aug. 10, Rum p. m. For it moment this afternoon tho doctors thought that the I'ojic wnn dying through suffocation. Kortnnalcly tho patient succeeded in expectorat ing nnd now the crisis seems to be over. Nephritis complication?, however, are seriously feared. The doctors have, adininisterc'd oxygen to the Pope. He was given stimulating injections nnd cupped when death seemed imminent. These 'eucrgctiUi remedies brought an amelioration hut nobody is yet nblo to say whether they1' aro only temporary, or indicate that the crlslst hns been overcome. Tho ringing of church bells vrn" the nuifouncement to the faithful of thu exposition of tho Holy Sncramciit and owing to the danger to tho Pope's life, to intercede for the Almighty to preserve him. Tho news of n serious setback In the condition of tho nontiff, after tho announcement of this morning Hint His Holiness was better, caused a sensntion in Rome. Many people rushed to St. Peter's Square for news, hoping that tho gravity of the report was cxnggcr ntcd. On reading statements signed by Doctors Atniei mid Murchiafavu, however, tho dangerous condition of his health was realized. MONTEREY NEW WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Trans fer of tho departments of tho Car ranza government to Mexico City from temporary headquarters hi Mon terey wus reported today to thu atato department by CoiimiI Huna. Mail and railroad service, tho consul sayi have greatly improved by tho reoto ration of pence, One of tho huge American smelt cro, dosed during the hostilities, has re-opened its doors, nnd thoro Is every prospect, in Consul Haunu's opinion, that peace will bring immu diate commercial prosperity to tho district about Monterey. MEXICAN