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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.
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tbu Hfriuau Crown Prime has been Kerlous'j wuu.uli-d n-ut Is IIiik at Alx-lu
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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
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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
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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.
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