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V.?La sul Medford Mail Tribune mm nw SECOND EDITION WEATHER ' Fair Mn.v, NTifl; Mln. li.Ot ltd. Itnm. !!8. "forty-fourth Yr. )lly-Nlntli Yrnr. MEDFORD, ORIWJON, MONDAY, ATOLLST 21, 10M NO. 132 GREAT BATTLE RAGING ALLIES TAKE HEAVY LOSSES 1 DAYS' FIGHT rrciirli Official Statement Says Def inite Result Not Yet Obtalne'd Poiltlon of Forces Extends Over 250 Miles Front Brltlsli United Willi French In Cliccklmi Advance. LONDON, Aug. 21, 0-30 . in. A despatch (rum Paris convoy tho fol lowing official anneuncement: "A great battle on n vnnt lino ex tending from Mon it In llolgluin to tho frontier of Luxombiiri In raging. "Tht French troops ever) where nto Inking I ho offensive. Their nctlon It being curried on with regularity In inujuurtloii wllli Hit) llrttUh nrmy. "Tlio allied forces liitvo ranged nenhut them nearly the- entire Her mnii nrmy, active and rtforvo." In VMli-tl Country "The fk'M npomtloni, especially on Dm right, am being rtimlitctoij In a wooded country; consequently tint)' urn difficult. "Tlio battle for t tut liml few day liim been wngid along u very ex ttiitt'tl front. Tlio numborTiroffec tho men engaged makes It Impossible tit follow the movoimtntH of each nrmy utop by stop. "It will Imj necessary to nwnlt n do. flnlto result boforo being nblo to reach Home conclusion as to tlio out count of till first phase of tlio com tint; otherwise w would Ik In tlio poult Ion of mippbhiR tlio press with divergent Information, while nt tlio mimo tlmn wo would rink giving Iho enemy vnlunlilo IntolllHoiico." HcrloiiH IVoc Ilolli Side PAlllH, Aug. 21, 3:57 p. in "Tlio Kcuornl engngoment continued todny with desperation," U tlio wording of nu official cuminunlciitlon given nut tlits afternoon. "Already both sldea linvo suffered sorlous losses. "Our nrinloH had resolutely tn1;o,t tlio offensive between tlio Moselle and Mens In Delirium. A general Imttlo In now IicIiik fnuitlit In upper AU.iro on to Vosgtts mountains mid nloiiK tlio river Mountho. Tlio main body of troop in undor command of Hcucrnl IMiu. These forces hold tho front, roughly speaking, botweon lliiilonvlllor and Lunovlllo. Position of Troops An nrmy from tho north of Wnvro I nppronchltiK Noufclintcnu and m attacking tho Herman forces which liuvo defiled throimli Luxemburg and urn now mi tho right bunk of tho Hotuols, "Another nrmy from tho direction (Continued on pago two.) BT. PAUL, Minn.,. Attn. 24. Mo tion for a modification of tho decroo filed In tho Unltml HtutcH dUtilct coin t AuiiUHt 12 in tho'lntorniitlonul llurvoHtor company cuan Ihim boon filed by Iho Hollcllorn for tho liurveu lor company, It la nuked that tho do. cioii ithull not Include. In IIh provlMoiiii tho IhinIiiokh iloiui by tho cniiipiiny in foielHti iiiiiiitrk'H. It a Iho ntdfrt Hint Iho llinllatloiiH iih to tho iilini lo bo propoHini or declileil on for tlio carry lull out of tlio don no Im removed, Tlio putlll'Mi wiin nut u iiuictfNury prelluiliiHry lo mi iipHu from llm do cUloii liniidml down by JiiiIkcu lloult Mild rllilllh, Mil II DIM bu loiihliliiied by Urn iouiI wlii'ii Im funiiul HPuiu In mudUi 0 BO S HARVESTER TRUST SEEKSMODIFICATION OF COURT DECREE AGGRESSIVE FORTS AT LIEGE STILL DEFYING Vluoroiis Bomliardrncnt hy Kaiser's Forces Under Way Tremendous Effort to Clear Lonu-Standlny Danner to Line of Supply Pon toon Bridges of Enemy Destroyed. LONDON, Auk. 21, 12 OR p. tit. In a despatch from Itotlordam, tho correspondent of tho Dally Telegraph Mi)M Hint after tunny days of quiet, sounds of tho vigorous bombnrdinunt of Llcgo reached tlio frontier near Maastricht on Hiiuday. They wero heard for hours and Indicated that tho Hermans nro making n tremond nun effort to clear thlx loiiK-itandlni; danRer front their lino of mtpply nnd that to thin end they had broiiRlil their heaviest llnwlixcrn Into nctlon. I'uirithcn report, tho correspond ent continue, (lint tho . Lleuo forla have caused itrvat luconveulencu to tho Hermann by deslroluc their pon toon hrldKcn over tho Meuso, Tho Dally Mnl publlsheH n dcspatci fmm'Antuerp unyliiK t ItftC a lldjilan ho Rticceeded In cottliiK to LloK' nntl hack report that tho Herman linvo built t'lKht pontoon lirhH;o across tho Mciiho between I.lof.o nnd tho Dutch frontier. AttiKbi'M KlectrocutiM PAULS, Auk. 21, OtSO a. in. Tho Petit Journal publishes tho following detail or the flKbtltiR around Liege, obtained by It from a Ilulglan offi effi cer: "(lerman troop rushed on tho barbed-wlro defense lfnro tho forts of I.Ioko In tho dnrknesi of night. A strong charKo of electricity was bo. Iiik malntnlned In those wires and an n result tlio flrxt rank of tho Her man wore electrocuted. "Unchecked, tho nssallnnts fol lowed In masse, but thoy wcro blinded by tho glare of powerful KoarchllKhU. They hesitated and utttrlod to retire. At that moment, a henry flrn of rifles nnd nrtlllery wns concentrntcd on tho mass of Herman troops nnd thoy woro cut to piece. Tho mas of bodies formed n mound, In sumo plnces mnny foot high. Altnck Knelt Other To drown out tho groans of tho wounded, tho bugles sounded martial nlra nnd tho troops still nllvo united In cheering Near ono fort two columns of Her mans, blinded hy tho glaro of Del glun searchlight, attackod each oth er. Thl Incident wns soon from tho fort. Whon ono aldo soomod to linvo tho hotter of tho strugglo tho llclglan goes on to say, our artillery tired Into both sldo nllko, "thua mnltlng tho BtriiRglo moro oven." OF VICTOR E. INNES .SALIttf, Or., Ahr. li I. Armed with ri'ipilsllion papers renucHtinj,' tho return or Victor K. hull's itiul hl w it'll to llitxur county, Tonus, hero they nro wuulcil on Iho cliai'Ko of imirilciiiiK Altii. Klois Kelms Dennis mill Miss ileal rleu Kclms, A. Newton, iiKditk (h'slKimli'il hy Iho pivenior of Texas in biiiij' thorn Intel.', united hern today, Thov unto In ho kIvcii a lieuiliiK tills ul'loiiioon, (loveiiiur WVhI'h piivtllp henielai'V, Mm loin llolihs, wns In preNhln nt llm 110111111(1 lllllOS tlllll Ills Ytlfil II 10 liriMINl'll In llm linlli'liiM'iit iiiiiiiiimiiyliif llm riwiiiUllnii. iii iniiiili'iliiif Mt, l)eu iim mill her tlii' hy Hilmliiltli'iliiH iioIhoii, M II, NilniK, hrnllitT or Ihu GERMAN ARMY REQUISITION llllllIK itl'llll'll, fll'IMIIMIMIlll'll Ki'rtlui on funis I'uilliiii'li IN VAST BATTLE LIN JAPANESE BEG N I OF TAU Mikado Declares War Aqnlnst Ger many Upon Refusal of Kaiser tt Reply to Ultimatum and Starts Ac tionAmerican Ambassador Given Affairs of Japan to Look After. PKKIXfl, Aiifc'. 'J I -The l.loekn.le or 'IVinu Ton, tin I'ortil icd henport of Kino Chow, Iiiim Ik pin. Itrilii-li. Preueli nnd Itu-ninn iieU of wur me liikiu piirt in Hid movement. TOKIO, Ant;. 'JL The boinliiinl tiii'iit of Tfiui; Tun, Cliiniv Iiiin hepm by the .lnpiiuete Heel, uecorilinj; lo (lie Kcmi-ortleiul neuhpnper, tlio Ynunjto, in nil e.xlrn edition todny. The inehiiKo Kivin the new of. Iioin linrduieul w.'in nisscil hy (lie nuvy tie purlment censor ut ToUo, The Mikndu Sundnv deelnred war ngiiiuHl tleriutitiv upon lint (loriiinn rcl'iiNiil In nplv l tlio Jnpiiuoke nlli nullum. Itliplurt of Delation HKItl.lN", mVi CoMnhuKi'ii nnd rmdon, Auk. '-'I, 'J:'-0 p. in. The rupture of relations between Jnpnti nnd flerumny wns elfeeleil in u -nil-pie limn tier. A reprefieulnlive of the fleriiuin mliiistry of foioij;n nffuirs proceeded Kuudiiy moriliut; to the ,lnp;niose em hnssy mid humleil the .lupnnese i')iiwi;o il'nl'fnirH his piiKsports with the verbal renin rk tlmt (leniiiiny had no resp'ntiho to mnke lo .In pan's ulti matum concerning the surreniler of Kino O'liow. Tho Jnpiiiiese reprivenlutive turn- cil his embassy mid its midlives over to tho protection of tho American nmhiifhiiilor. Idindoii yilhoiit News LONDON', Auk. -M, 11:15 n. m. No news of .lapaneso or (lermmi mil ilnrv operations in the fur euM have i cached Loudon since Japan's decla ration of wur on (lermuuy. According ( the Jniuinee cm hussy licre, those who nre looking for Iho occupation of Kino Chow almost Mimiltnneou-lv with the is.suo of the JupaiiChO ik'cliirullon of war will bo diniippoinloil, Tho view is expressed nt the cmhnssy hero that in order to nvoid needless lois of lifo tho oper ations itcuiiist Kino Chow will he more prolonged than otherwise would ho tho case. Cnblo Wires Cut TOKIO, Auk. UL-Commuiucntioii between Japan nud China has been Hovered twenty-four hours. Kxcopt for mcnttro ueus that has reached hero fiom Kew York, tho entire country is kept in tho dark lefjartliii, tho proRiess of tho war in hurope. It is believed that tho cable be tween ShmiKhai mid Nagasaki has been cut. Officers of the nrmy nnd navy nro spliinx-liko rcgnnliuK the passago pt events in tint China sea. Kvcrythinc' is nuiol, tho atliludo of Iho publio uppeurin nltuost indilfer cut. 15,000 CANADIANS MOBILIZED FOR WAR VAMWIITIIW, Qiielirii, Aug. 21. With llm arrival Jnduy of about II.IIOO 1 1 oops I'ioiii nil purls of ('miudn, Hie iiiobllUullou I'linip liero lias leneli cil a Mltvnglh of iippioxiiiiiili'ly Jo(lllll) ol'lli'i'is nml ineiK, inoiu Ihilli mm liilf of ('niiiiila'i. uvcicmi ex peilllliilincy 1'n ivo. Many In llm iiiiiU nn v iiillilla. ini'ii, icMiiik In llm I'nHi'il HIiiIdn. HuPIti ('Hum fnuii im In r mm NiMv ((ileHiiK, Ih'uwr nml hmi rmiM'irii 1DADMN NG GERMAN CROWN PRINCE, SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, AND HIS ELDEST SON AUssssssssssssssssssssswrS LisvI''Wi1gwisssssssv,l sTRBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb m SBB kSBBt flSBBBBBBBK& S'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSKrTA'VV'' kr 'rssVisssssssssVvk T.fBfBBBB'laMKLri MkK"- ssswllssssssss SfsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBl'LBBV1 WBL '-BBBBBBbVVh I sssV'issstBr' '' v 'Vcssssr Jssssssrsi II I I l a A m T j . ' rSBw d6JMm r vn 11 WIV Y M Jt S Hki'Tii Vfl An offli lal comijiuiiuntluii from Par's give irtsjeti u to Hie report that tbu Hfriuau Crown Prime has been Kerlous'j wuu.uli-d n-ut Is IIiik at Alx-lu CbaH-IIv. whiTf t:niis-r.r U idl.im bus li ' 'd to h -!oV BRITISH TROOPS HOLD .THEIR 01 IN GREAT BATTLE LONDON, Aug. 51, 2; 35 p. m Tho offlcla! bureau of information to day gnvo out tho following announce anneunce ment: "llrttlsh forces wero engaged all day Sunday und until nfter dark with tho enemy In tho neighborhood of Mons, Belgium, Thoy held ground." their PAU1S. Auk. 24. 10:J5.a. m. Tho followinB official announcement wns mado horo teday: "Tho groat battlo botweon tho greater part of tho forces of Kngland and Franco nRalust tlio bulk of tho Herman nrmy continues todny. "Tho mission of tho Kngllsh nnd tho Kroucli Is to hold virtually tho en tlro Gorman nrmy In Belgium whllo our ItURslan nllles pursue their suc cesses in tho oast." Tho HusslniiB occupied territory 50 mlloa wldo on tho German frontier. After n great victory tho Servluns nro now ready to Invade Austrian territory to tho north of tho river Save "Tho Itussinn lino on tho Gorman frontlor extends from Tilsit to Invo" burg and Arys. Tho Gorman popu lation Is evacuating Wlllenborg, 90 miles south-east of Koonlgsburg, bo caiiBo of tho arrival of Uusatan forces from Poland, which already linvo ponetratod n considerable distance toward Soldau." LONDON, Aug. 21. 10:20 a, m. Tho Kroucli embnssy this morning ro colvod a telegram front tho minister of foreign affairs at Paris stating that contact had boon osnullshod botweon tho opposing farces nil along tho lino und that there had beim gieat Bus shut HUCCC8DO. BASIS FOR MONEY WAHIIINtlTON'l Aug. g , - Tin ml- niliiMmllnii hill in lii'fimi colloii, In ImiTii mul iiiiviiI nlmt'M Vtiiicliiuit.e ViliU mili'iidiil Imhiv illi'luilM IM, tif I'liiiiiiil fciiliiion In un'iimiiiiiiliiln iliu I'Mi'lllu vmiiM iiiilnliyi F PAGE ARRANGES TO SUPPLY GOLD TO WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. CntJi for Amerienns in London even if they nre unprovided with credit papers, has been nrrauged hy Am hntisndor Page, according to Iih re port to the htate department today. Tlio'.o having letters of credit now ore getting specie. Provision for mi indefinite number of demands: hu been made, Ambassador Page states, and the stonily stream of nlmort des little Amerienns oiiring in from the eonlincut is promptly cared for, The ambassador reports ho is urg ing nil Amerienns to leave for home. Transportation is being arranged ns quickly ns possible. Rapidity wilh which all Americans nre being moved to Kuropenn ports mid taking pasoage for home, muke it seem improbable, in the opinion of officials here, that it would ho neces sary to send nrmy trnnsportb being fitted out ut Newport News, TO PAULS. Aug. 21. 1 :25 a. m.A ru uior is in eireuiuuoit in runs inis morning that the Germans luve oo eupicd the unfortified town of Xaney. flits report, however, lacks continu ation. Nancy is the capital of Mucitho und .Moselle, thirly-1'ive miles south of Afcl, on the loft hank of Iho river Mucithc. It is about ten miles lrom the fleinuin frontier. It is one of the best mid finest built towns of Franco mid litis a population of more than 1)0.000. Of tlio ancient fotlificntious of tho low u, only tho citadel lias been ptchcrvcil. i 1 1 1 1 1 1 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD SUED IN FEDERAL COURT POIITI.AND, Me., Aug. 2. -A' fwl cral court Hint lo iccovcr iltuaageii of I, OI0.IH7 nml luWii't vvtiw iuili luted lieiu lodii) by llm Uliurmit)' Tiut rompiiiiy of Kcw Ymk iulml llm Nmlli (li'iiiimi l.lo.l Klvmikli coiiipaii), mul it ilcpiiiv I'lillnl HluU'x inuoliitl tvux kciil l llur lliiikor lo lihi'l llm i'iniiiiiii'i klcuiiuT Kiuii I'Miucmiii U't'llK', ut (but "Ji'( AMERICANS 1 TO AUSTRIA DROPS TO Decisive Defeat by Serbs Followed by Russian Invasion Causes Abandon ment of Efforts Analnst Servia and Concentration of Forces for De fense 4500 Prisoners Taken. nIXK, Italy, Aug. 21, vin Paris, 12:15 p. ni, RcK)rls rmm Vienna nre that the Aiiirinns nro nhoul to abandon their operations ngninst the Servians on the Drina river in order to concentrate their forces ngninbt (he Itussinn ud vn nee. The difficulties of the campaign ngninst Servin have been redoubled by the troubles in Horiiin. Official Notice Printed LONUOX, Ayg. 2 1, : 15 n. m. Ac (oMinif In tho Tiiiie' Venice corre spondent, the official telegraph agency in Viennii publishes the fol lowing o.fCicial uotu-c on the. Austro Scrviau situation. "On account of (he Hassan inter vention in the Servian wait Austria is forced to gather nil its forces for tho principal struggle in the north east. Consequently the nttnek on Sen in is henceforth looked upon ns n punitive expedition mul not as def inite war. ''The decision, therefore, has been reached to retire from tho offensive and take up n waiting nttitude, mak ing n fresh nttnek when opportunity presents itself. "The principal Ioss?s hy Austrian on the hanks of the Drum nre not surprising in view of the superiority of the numbers of the enemy." Servians Defeat Austrian XISII, Servin, Aug. 21, via London, 11:25 a. m. Serviu has issued n re ply to the official communication on the Austro-Servinn situation issued nt Vienna. After repenting the points of the Austrian note, tho Servian communication says : "In order to put matters in their proper light, the official press bu reau has been authorized hy the high est uulhoiities to issue the follow fellow follew ing: " 'The Servian nrmy captured from tho enemy in the engagement on the Drinn spoils which up to tho present include the following items; Four thousand five hundred prisoners, 53 guns, 8 Howitzers, 114 caissons, 3 field ambulances and n medical col umn with supplies, 14 field kitchens, 15 ammunition, provision mul tele graph wngons, railroad guns, quan tities of equipment, several btrong boxes, etc' " FOR SHIP PURCHASE WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Presi dent Wilson today denied reports wiicli ho said wero started in "in terested quarters," that ho was going to drop the plan to have the govern ment buy ships to curry on tho for eign liiulo of the United Stales. He said ho had every intention of push ing tho plan lo n suceessl'iil com pletion. WAR OF NATIONS SENDS PRICE OF CANARIES UP KAN PUAM'ISCO, Citl., Aug. 21. -Tlio wur of lio nation Iiiih Hindu llnclf felt mining even peiiccful'mluil iil riiimiirn, Ih'iih'M in lilrilM'i'd lieiu Iiiih' mh'iiiice.1 Ihu inli'ii )(HI piir cciil. Their cxi'iitu Ik ikiit (4io( nt llu kclcrlitl feed clime Uvm llgioixi miH liml niiii'ii llm ilci'lHMlloN or H tjlllloti fiu mijly Una nHH)H uff, M AMPAN INVADE SERVIA AT NEUFCHATFJUI LUXEMBURG GERMANS CLAIM T Wireless lo Associated Press Asserts Many Guns, Flags and Prisoners Captured French Betnu Pursued by Crewn Prince Defeat English Brigade of Cavalry. HKHLIX, Aug. 21 (hy wireless from Nnnen, Germany, to the Asso ciated Press, via. Sayville, L. I.) Official announcement wns made here today that the German nnny commanded hy Grand Duke Al brccht of Wuertcrabcrg lms defeated u French army nt Neufchnteau. It captured mnny guns, Gags nnd prionerf including several generals. German nnnies under Itupprechtv Crown Prince Wilhelm ami Grand Duke Albrccht nre vigorously pursu ing Ihe French. The nnny under Itiipprechl captur ed ,150 pins at I.uneville, Itlnmont nud Cinty (in the French department of Meiirthc nud Mosolle). The army commanded hy the crown prince pur sued the French beyond Longwy. The GeniutiH nre vfol'o'f Ihe river of .Meu-o nnd advnncinic ngainst Mnuhciigc. They have defeated iih Knglish brigade of erfvolry, WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The German embassy todny received the following message from the foreign office in IlerliR: 'The nnny of the German crown prince has won n decisive victor) northwest of Dicdenhnscn, over tho French nnny corns. Tho south French wing retreat on Yen! on has been eut off. The French troops were repulsed across tho river Meuso in corapleto rout. The crown nrince's nrmy, giving chase, took mnny pris oners nnd it is declarcd'the French troops nre no longer nblo to face the terrific fire of the Gcnnnn infuntry," UNCLE SAM TO L IN FAR EAST WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Admin tstratton officials today wero prepar ing a proclamation setting forth the neutrality of tho United States dur ing hostilities between Japan and Ger many in tho Far East. Lines of the proclamations issued after the several Kuropcan powers declared war, wero to bo followed. Japan's entry Into tho list ot warr ing nation was not unexpected la Washington and tho position of tho United States had been outlined sev eral days ago In a note by President Wilson. It Is said that Japan prom ised to maintain China's Integrity and to restoro to her Klao-Chow and that Japan pledged horsolt to tho maintenance of the "open door," In China with equal commercial oppor tunity for all tho powers. Great Urltalu'a assurances to tha United States that apan'a martial ac tivity would bo confined to eastern Asia and the China Sea were reiter ated by Viscount Chlnda, the Japan ese ambttSHudor, when he gsve for mal notice at the state department at Jupau'u declaration of war nu (ler muuy, llltUNNI-.V, HwllwluuJ, A wit. ti. (IMitM In (rMHMii4Hi,) ttartfl. im I 1'nrh.y, who will pm4 eui M JIgwm fr In iwiwsvw, wmi 4M toJuy, e U mmtmutnit kf sJijhw J, V, Hys eimMMInr f Um WU-mm ttf )tw Yfjk imr imn wwii. yj hk iuMfft hv, 'fttmm a, amH. VICTORYINFIGH REMAN NETRA - .a s a 4 '