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AlrsMp Drops Six Shrapnel Bombs
Upon Arrtvwp, One Destroying
Hospital Flying Red Cross Flag
Much Daman to Property Dozen
Lives Lost Indignation Intense.
LONDON', Aug. 25, 1:30 . m.
Tho correspondent at Antwerp of the
Kvenlnf? News telegraphs that a Zep
pelin airship, which flow over Ant
werp last night, was brought down
hy Ilclglan artillery tiro six miles out
side Antwerp. Tho crew of 15 men
were taken prisoners.
This despatch evidently refers to
tho same airship reported earlier In
tho day from Antwerp as having
flown over the city last night.
Another disputch from Antwerp
nys that the Zeppelin, before it wns
brought to earth, succeeded in drop
ping seven or eight hotnlis into Ant
werp. One of tho houses wrecked
hy these missiles wn, situated ,onl
hix hundred yards from the palace
of King Albert. Seven persons were
killed and &bt seriously injured b.
this explosion. Some other house
were half demolished by Hie falling
bombs.
One bomb partly wrecked the hos
pital of. St. ElUabclh, but fortunately
there was not any patients in the
building. Tho bombs exploded villi
torrifiu force and threw the inhabi
tants of Antwerp into a state bor
dering on panic
There is intense fndignntion in Ant
werp nt the attack on the hospital,
wliieb was flying the ited Cross flag.
Tho official Information bureau
has made an announcement confirm
ing previous reports of the destruc
tion wrought In Antwerp by a Zeppe
lin airship throwing bombs lake the
city. fii
The announcement follews:
"A telegram 'has been received
from Sir Frauds II. Vllllers, Brltls.-i
minister to Belgium, which confirms
the report that a Zeppelin airship
panned over Antwerp last night and
dropjwd six shrapnel bombs into the
city. One landed near the palace
but happily it did no injury to the
inmates. Much damage was done to
property and 12 lives were lost.
"The message from Sir Francis de
clares that this act has Intensified
the indignation which the brutality
ot the Germans has aroused."
E
OF BROWN'S DEATH
The coroner's jury investigating
the death by clectrooution Sunday ot
Charles A. Brown, mannger of the
Medford Ice & Storage compuny,
returned a verdict Monday nfternoon
that ho came to his death accident
ally. The specific cnitbe was fulling
aguinst the live wire through stumb
ling over a pile of rocks.
The funeral services will bo held
nt tho l'erl undertaking parlors on
Wednesday. August 20, at 3 p. in.,
Hev. W. F. Shields officiating. Unr
eal will be at Grand Hill cemetery,
nenr Grants Pass. The funeral
party will leave Medford Thursday
morning nt 8:20. The funeral serv
ices nt tho grave will bo in churgo
iff th6 Masons.
3M.M0 GERMANS PASS
THROUGH MUSSELS
LONDON, Aug. 2D, 3:18 a. m.-
German officials claim that 300,000
'Germans patsod through Drussels,
tmyn tho Brussels correspondent of
'tho Chronicle, whoso messages were
received hero by way of Antwerp. He
centinued:
r "Some of tho troops seemed In ex
cellent condition- physically and In
'j;oad spirits but tho general ImprcJ
slon Is that tho great bulk of German
troops it, exhausted .and demoralized
"Owing to the vast amount of food
commandeered by the Germans, there
is great scarcity of bread and other
supplies and famine is threatened!
All Gwribr requisitions for food arc
'payable in script which Is being print
ed freely for the use ot officers. Most
W te troops are quartered in the
.barracks while the officers generally
'have put up at private houses in par-
Mm of seven or eight.
"The Gorman eomisnder at first
WUr4 the Brussels officials to fur
'tolafe a hundred tioitages but later
withdrew the order. '
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CTOW BPB.
ZEPPELIN DROPS
MBS ON RED
CROSSHOSPITAL
ACCIDENT
CAUS
TO
LAWYERS TO FIGHT
POWER COMPANY
The city ronneil has instructed At
torney Gas Newbury, special counsel
for the city, appointed following the
last conference with tho California-
Oregon Power company, to biro ad
ditional lecal nsistnnce as ho may
deem fit to fight the suit iigninM the
city in the federal court. The
"wntrhful frecxtng-out policy" fol
lowed since April has been abandoned
as n finale. The foes of Attorney
Newbury and n-iMnnts will be a
pretty jxmny.
Cilv Attorney Mefabe draws W0
a month as a legal ndvior, and he
and Mayor Purdin urg'd a settlement
ns the only way to avoid a eotly
suit. A majority of the council re
fused to arbitrate, holding they were
in n position to secure rate conces
sions from tho light company. Later
Attorney Xewbury was named to
handle the ease, upon the ground
City Attorney McCahc was busy with
routine work a couple of ordinances
and street improvement resolution
every two weeks.
The city will file an answer to the
power company complaint.
The np'!'i1l f buying Hill PI
rich's $li0 cash register i- still in
the nir.
GAME LAW VIOLATORS
PAY FINES AND COSTS
Andrew ltniiiohini and Tony Mer
nin, workmen on the railroad's SN
kiyou section, were ai re-ted by Game
Wardens Sundry and Hubbard for
hunting without a licence. A both
were nliens. theV forfeited their
weapons and were fined $25 apiece
and costs.
Hat-old Hall of the Applcgate was
fined $25 in Justice l)ox' court on
August 19 for shooting fish with a
rifle.
OFFICIAL FRENCH STATEMENT
ADMITS TACTICS FAILURE
PAUIS, Aug. 25. Tho French war
office Issued tho following announce
ment last night:
"The French and English, the plan
of attack having failed owing to un
foreseen difficulties, have retired on
the covering positions."
"West of the Meuse. the English
army on our loft was attacked by the
Germans but behaved admirably,
holding their ground with traditional
steadfastness.
( "The French assumed the offensive
with two army corps. Au African
brigade in the front line, carried
away by their eagerness, wero receiv
ed by a murderous tire. They did not
give an inch, but, counterattacked by
the Prussian guard, they were obliged
to retire, only, howover. after inflict
ing enormous losses. Tho Prussian
guard especially suffered heavily.
1 Defeated Kat of leu-c
"East of the Meuso our troops ad
vanced across an extremely difficult
country and made a very courageous
tattack when they emerged from tho
woods, but were obliged to fall back
after a stiff tight south of the river
gemots on the covering positions.
ALLIES FORCED BACK
(Continued from Page 1)
proceeded on their way to the front
Ilusslan reports rclato tho advance
of -.the Russian armies in Eastern
Prussia and tho surprisingly rapid
movement of the troops. Itusslan of.
flcials, however, caution against feel
ing too great elation over tho pro
Hmlnary successes, pointing' out that
the German territory about the Vis
tula is strongly fortified along the
line of the Ilusslan forward march,
I Austrian Port in Ituliis
Newspaper despatches assert that
the Austrian fortified port ot Cat
taro, Dalmatla, has been destroyed by
the allied fleets.
Despatches from tho Servian provl
atonal capital, Nlsh, record tho victor
ious offensive movement of tho Ser
vians and Montenegrins against the
Austrlans, who are said to have suf
fered very severely.
A Swiss business man reports th
garrison of Strassburg to have sus
tained an appalling total of casual'
ties at Schlrmeck, where ot 4500 Ger
inana who went into tho engagement
only 1800 returned.
A German dirigible balloon which
had flown over Antwerp yoMerday
wus brought down hy Dolglan urtll
lory and 1C of Its occupant taken
prisoners, according to a uowspaper
despatch, Another telegram oays
bombs dropped from the halloa1!
earned vernl deaths and ohm of the
wMIwi struck hospital, which,
however, was ofeuplml only by tin
COUNCIL
wwlM hbi) liursjug njsff,
- SLEDFOttD MAIL TRIBUNE,
FRI
i BY THE
LONDON, Aug. 25, 5 a. in. -The
Times today, discussing at length the
German treatment of Americans who
were stranded in Germany at the op
ening of the war. says:
"There are many indications Ihnt
Germany till hopes to find friends
among neutral nations. The mo-t
strenuous efforts in this direction
wero re-crved for the railed States
as repre-ented by Americans strand
ed within Germany's borders.
"So soon as the panic that fol
lowed the outbreak of the war had
subsided elaborate, orders were is
sued that every comtesy he hown
Americans. All this week special
trains luwc been running for theii
benefit from Munich. Frankfort and
other centers to Kotlcrdnin and
flushing. Nothing was left undone
which could give the parting guests
a favorable opinion of Germans
Americans were served with hot cof
fee and were met with persons wav
ing tho Stars and Strips.
"The travelers were plentiful!)
provided with German papers and re
ceived copies .of a pninpldet printed
in Knglish and i ued by the foreign!
office of Germany, entitled, 'tier
manv's Unisons for War.' "
ANTI0CH ITEMS
Mi-s Mnttie Gordon of Heaglo has
been very -siek and had to have a
nhv-ieiau.
Mrs. Morris Case and Mrs. Then
Glass were Medford visitors Thurs
day.
Percy Chapman nnd Oscar Uodg
ers and their families have returned
from Crater lake.
doe Smith, the county commis
sioner, was in this seel ion Monday
looking over the work of the sujicr
visors. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. C. Chapman were
trading in Central Point Saturday.
Mr. Iloliinson of Beagle was trad
ing with the .Medford merchants on
Monday.
Claude Chapman and Clay Conley
started for Klamath county Satur
day. Karl Case of Auliot-b was a Cen
tra Point i-itor Saturday.
The fanners north of Uogue river
arewi-hiog some company would put
in an irrigation system nil that is
needed there is water to make it the
Garden of Kden.
Jasper Itodgers, the lleagle mer
chant, was n Medford visitor Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Unlpli Dean of Wil
low Springs were Sunday yisitors a
the home of Then Glass.
A birthday dinner party was given
Sunday at the home of Tlieo Glass,
the day being Mr. Glass' birthday.
Friends nnd neighbors to the number
of forty-four sat down to the boun
tiful repast the good wives had pre
pared for them. Kycryono had n
good time. Such parties ns thU
brings the neighbor- together nnd go
far to muke life more pleasant. Let
ns get up r few more of them. Life
is short let's enjoy it when we can.
WOMAN WANTS
TO HELP OTHERS
ByTellinf HowLydU E. Pink
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Rettond Her Health.
Miami, Okla. "I had a female
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me continually. J
tried doctors and all
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hope my testimonial
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Another Woman who ban Found
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Lindsborg, Kansas. " Some years
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RUSSIAN
SUCCESS
AND REVERSE TOLD
PAUIS, Aug. 25, 12 HO p. m. -A
dispatch from St. Petersburg ses
fortlt that Itusstnii troops, t'ollowinjj
up their advantage in Galicia, have
enntured several lms.Mw south of
Tnrnnpnl, on the Serelh river. Tat
nopol is eighty miles to the east of
l.embcrg.
A division of Austrian cavalry has
boon routed in Galicia at a point
close to the frontier. The Itus-iaus
captured two butteries of aitillery
and 200 prisoners.
11KUI.1N, Aug. 25, via Copenhagen
and Loudon, -1:10 p. m. A war cor
respondent on Ihc-fttaff of the Lokul
Aneiger has sent n telegram to his
paper from the eastern theater of
war. His message is dated August
2-V and says:
"While from the west comes news
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of a victorious advance, simethlug
similar has prepared here. Tho Hus
sinus wero defeated at Slallnpoehen
iu (u town of east Pruvda, sixteen
miles to tho cast of Ganihinnen) (jn
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PAUIfi, Aug. Stt, a::i0 p. m.l w
Stars and Stripes were seen on Mm
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French trUeoloi' when the coips ot
American volunteers, 200 strong,
marelied through too cilv In the St
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