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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
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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,
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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
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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-
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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