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mpr? m ( MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE WEATHER Fair Max. fKJj Mln. IM.M llcl. Hum. 20. SECOND EDIT J ON MEDFORD. ORISCION, WKDNKSDAY, AlTfll'ST 20, 1914 NO. 334 Korty-fmirlli Yrnr. Dnlly Nlnlli Year RUSSIA'S MAIN ARMY RUSHES ON POSEN 4 "W71 v J. i GERMANS ATTACK FRENCH FRONTIER; MEET REPULSE AIL ALONG THE LINE RUSSIANS CLAIM T Cmi's Tumps Occupy Hie Whole ol Eastern and Southern Half of Eastern Prussia ami March Upon Poscn Flrrce Battle at Gumbln nrii, Whlrh Is Taken liy Bayonet. PARIS, Auk. 20. 2:2.. P- ' A t-tol t WM ill circulation till" II ft IT- iiimiii tlnit Kmudiiii troops yesterday occupied Mniicnburg, in Wed ''r,,H' sla. 27 miles southeast of D.uirig. Tim new ha nut been ijiuiriitucil. LONDON, Aiix. 2(1,' 1 1 -"f I'- '' Tim Ru-shm embassy 1 I" lecolpl of lelogniniH friim tin1 general stuff Si. Petersburg which niimiuiifr fresh ItlHHiillU intone hkhiiihI hnlh ,,,r" iiiiuiy iiihI Austria. Thoo inoHeiigiM declare Hint Him fdan troops HOW occupv the whole of llii colcri iiml southern half of nisti'in Pxasaju. Mnrvlilug imi l'ocii LONDON', Alltf. 20, 8-)0 it. III. A dispatch to lliu Kxehange Telegraph company from SI. Petersburg says tlm Russian chief of trf niiuniiiicfr. Hint since Sunday Hi"' Hnsiuu liivn ion of (Inlii'iu mnl Prussia continued uiilntoirupteilly along wide front. While tlm ltiiMKimi right wing in in vading Prussia nnil llm loft wing entering (Inlii'iu, llm Hii-iii center, composed of the grout bulk of tlm nriny, in believed lo lm marching .ilently Imi wllli leirihlo force on Posen, IIh correspondent adds. LONDON, Aug. 20. 2; 10 p. in. - Ai riling to ii dispatch from St. Peteishurg lo tlm Kxehungn Telegraph I'ompiiiiy. (leiman I roups, retreating In tlm ilirn'tioii of Ostierodiv east I'riiHslii, cf behind llii'in nlioiil 100 peees of artillery. Russian Au'ilu Victorious LONDON', Air. 20, ll:.'il n. in. Tlm Times St. Petersburg corres pondent says Hint llm Germans who ictrcnlcd by fori'i'il marches after I heir defeat hv Hi'' Russians mil (linn, biniien mi' nsscmbling u purl of tlmir forms nt Koouigsberg. Tin- fk-rtmm foi lifted imhIHoii on llm Hiver An goiuh wan abandoned withoiil fight '"' . . i "Tlm roads beyond llm Augornb nro strewn with cm t ridges, knap sacks niul cipilpnmnt rani aside, in llm hasty flight of llm (Icimnii I mop-,1 snys the Times onriospond cut. "Ninth of Noldonboig Sunday mul Monday there was stubborn lighlliix in which tho Russians went again victorious, largely through Ihi'ii' Hiipi'ih iiho of tlm hayoiii't. Tlm 1'in'inv hora hail asxt'iuliUM tlm rutii o tvvrutmth niiuy oorpf) in u forlil'ii'il liosiliou. Tlm lluHHiniiH had to iu'Ko liuln pi Ik ami haihod wli''. I laud (Contlnuoil on pngo two.) T TO LONDON, A nir. 20, Hilda, in, A (Villiiij Ni'WM dh-pali'h f i inn 1'iiiii. hIiiIi'm pohllUHy I In 1 AiinIiIii Ihu dt'i'liiii'd wuv mi Japan, 7 t FRESH VIC S V GERMANS L1 FRONTIER LINE French on Southern Frontier Repel Assault of Germans All Along the Line Belulans. Destroy Defensive Works tf Enemy at Mulincs Brit ish Bear Brtint-of Furious Attacks. LONDON'. Am;. UK, r,:U p. iii "II I ofllrlnll)- nnnounri'il Hint on AiiRimt 2S, llm Tn'iicli, on tlmlr noutliiTii frontier, wcro atlncVcd In forro by tlm (IcrinmiH. "Tho nttnek wim rcpulrtod nnil tlm racmy rollriMl nil nloiiK tlio line." INDON. Auc 2, 02 p. m. A ili.npslcli from Anlworp lo llm Kx chniiRi' TeloKrnph coiupnny o- llm HidKlnu oimratlomi bvyoml MnUnos wuro roiilluucil tlirmiKliotil lant nlt;lit. Tho IU'IkIbii furrea iiueccoili'il In do HlrnyltiK tlcfiMiiilvo work con HtriiLtuil by Ihu nermann. Cntnlry Annllillnliil I.ON'nON. Aiik. itt. 1 1 :40 n. in. Tho I'nrlii corronpoiulpnt of IttMitor' Tt'li'Krnm comimny nan n rnld liy a UiTiunii Mvnlry illvUloii In Jrcncn lirrltory In roportcd liy tho 1'cilt rarlBlnn, which ntnlcii that wlma the (loriimtm nrrlvcil nt i o'clock Tuonlny nioriiliig they oacountonMl n roKlumnt of Kri'iich nrtillcry which practically nmillillntptl (hum. ItuforrliiB to tho flRhttnK near Munii. llm pnpor Baym "Tho HrltlMi boro tho brunt of six furloim nttnekri. Woumlfil llrltlnh foldlnm ili-claro (hat tho nllloi ralnoil a vorllnblo hecatomb of tier man corpicn near Mon." Offcaolvo Moinicnt lleiuiimtl l.ON'DON, Auk. 20, 7:30 a. in. A itettpatch to the HxcamiKO TuloKraph company from l'nrla ay tho Kroneh war offlco ban UruoiI tho following communicatien: "In Lorraluo tlio allied nrinlei luivo taken up a combined offensive, movement. Tho battlo, recom nienceil yenlordny. In mill raKltiK nt tho llmo tills bulletin in Isiuod." Unofficial inllllnry opinion Is that tho fighting along tho Kronch-lleU Klnu frontier continues. Qutot con flilenro oxUts In l'nrls that tho al lien will hold off tho Herman nt tnek anil tnka tho offensive wlion tlm proper hour arrives. NO SIGN OF JAPS AT TSING TAU TS1N0 TAU, China, Aug. 20. A fleinian neioplaim went up from THinjf-Tmt today l reoonnoiler. The pilot failed lo dineover any eviileueo oC JnpaueHO wurhhip'i nt m'ii or of .liipmu'he ItoopH on laud. OF WEST WIN VICTORY WASIIINdTOH Amf. 20. Far weNleru hiikiii' lelinern won u urlory mi'i' their imiiipetiloiN in New Or leiiiirt niul New Voile Imlay when Urn IiiIhihImIii itoiiimeicu (oiiiiiiUmIoii iip puni'd llm I'hliilillhliineiil of now nili'H on Niujcur from (7allfninlH piii' tlui'liiH point m In ChieiiKO mid Ihu lir I limy en h I of Him MImkoiiiI liver, whh'li II Ik lii'llevrd will open llmnn muiki'lM In Ihu vvIdiu timlnr, . ALLES HO DING AGAINST ATTACK I ALL ON LINKED BATTLE RAGING British Army Warmly Welcomed Stands Brunt of Three Days' Fifiht at Mens Germans Risk All on Present Invasion Averane Twenty Miles a Day. LONDON, Amr. 20, 1:211 a. in. "A I hint Hie Hnli-li nnuv U al jfripx willi Hie dennaim," hiih the Otleitd eorreHpondent of the Daily Mail. "It win ti Kreat inoinent when the Hrititdi nnnv arrived. Tlm inhabit ah(H weyt mad with enlhimiiisin. 'The llritili niiuy Imi eome lo Del Kiuiu!' exelaimed Hie onsK-ople jleefull.v, ntitl nothiiii; win too pood for tlieui. They had no diffieully in oblainiiu; needed provisioni. The popjilaee wai eacer lo iirovide for the iilnrn, who leipiiiitioned ep, bread, butler mid roffee. All rcipii itioim were jmid for in Kohl. "The civil popnlallon wm ordered in relire in Hie direction of I'ninee. The people regretfully shouldered their Iiiikh of lielonj!ini mnl parsed fileutly down the nad. Iwllle lleKins Monday "The troops ndvaueed lo batlle poHilioiM nt !t o'clock in the morning. At -I o'clock eight (Ionium nero plnnei appeared, whereupon a flock of Hrlllhli iicroplnue mse like binln to drive them away. "Then the artillery began lo talk nud Iho air became thick with can non powder. The groat .bailie had begun. Korwnrd went llm infantry. Hifle fire and Maxim fire added to tlm boom of tlm big giiiw. Sunrise mingled with llm slow of burning forced and the flash of guns. "ThiH wan Monday. Tlm baltle continued Tuesday and probably will continue for necnl day, either itlono or merging with the battles on the left and right. KcricK of l.lnkoil llnttlin "The great battlo which in now in full Hwing along the whole French, British and llelgian line really a series of linked battles forming what may well bo tho decisive engagement of Western Kuropc. It in a supremo effort by Germany to break into France, an effort which, if stopped, inunt mean disimter to throc-miar-tern of a million Oenuati Koldiern. "Thorn seems to ho no soldier left to guard the (lonnun lino of com munication. All is being har.aided on (ho success or tho failure of this blow. Tlm (loiman advanco has been rapid and steady. Their eol iniiiiK havo averaged twenty miles a day hiilco limy reached Brussels." TO FIGHT JAPAN MANC1II3STKU, N. II., Aug. 20. Dr. K. Duma, tho Auiitrtun-UunKar Ian ambassador to tho Unttod Stae3 today announced that ho had received a wlroleBd iucuhiiko via Sayvlllo, L. I., from tho HuuKarlan secretary of for elgn affairs, saying Hint "tho em peror Iiuh roiuiunnded tho Austrian crulner Kaluerlu KlUnbulli nt Tiling Tail to tako up tlio flulit togellier with llm Herman navy, Dlplomntlo lelutliius with Jnpuu a ro broken off." WAHIIINHTON, AUK. 20, Nolth. or Iho JiipniioNo uiubuksy nur Iho Hluto deiuirlmeiil Inu locvlved coil flriiiiitloii of Hid iliH'UruHou of war by Atmlrlu up lo 'i n'oloeli IbU uf(er nuns, ttltlmUKh iimHKen dlieet fiom Vlfnnu (in nl Iter Miibjei'lu ii'uiIiimI Amuilt'un oH'iniiiviil. KA A DS AUSTRIAN CRUISER CARDIXAb WHO MAY II Bpgrfiik. tBt! l -rI2iHKBiiiiiHIII 1 1 ff'mtmJ--' v.'3&.kkkkkr4kB I 1 1 L'iiikiiK' V '" viKSiiBHkBvj I !rrHikHT J. Wi, kkVkkBBkk I I nMf '' vBnl V7TfKOTHkHPlnkkkkkkSI s SJ cAJpriri. "vxtrcnMT VAUWurau.' $ i. ..i. ...i vi...M.n, ,..,Miiii.m U n .vlil b nieeU lirlhf nluan to emit it micwuwr. He I one or tlio promlncut inemler. and may W elovted the new I'ontlff to head the Ilomaii CutholK elnirib. 1500 REFUGEES E L! NKW YOIHC, An?. 20.-Nearly fifteen hundred Americans slranded in Fun)p at tlm outbreak of the war reached New York today on the Scandinavian lino steamer O-ear II from Copenhagen and the Italian liner Taromina from (lenon, Tak-niio and Naples. The Oscar II brought in 1104 pas sengers, of whom 7S4 camo in the steerage. Nearly nil were Ameri cans. The Taonnina had 708 aboard and several hundred of these were Americans. Sixty-seven Amorionn eamo in tho Tnormina's sleemge. Among tho ships sailing from New York was, Hie Wilson liner Fninciseo, with two ,47'cahber riHes mgunted on her rear deck. These, her offm ers said, were meiely a saluting bat tery. Her destination U Hull. Tho destruction of a HritUh collier in the Hiver Who was witne-od by Mrs. Hmina Muir of this city, who was in Vienna at tlm outbreak of Inf inities between Austria and Russia. While- proceeding down the Hiver Who sbo said they saw a Hrili-li eol lier strike a raiiio and blow up with all hands. Their boat stopped and a government boat came nlongMilo with the news that F.ngland had declared war. Mr. and Mrs. William Hitt, the latter formerly Miss Kathoriue Hiking, were in Norwny at Iho out break of the war. They said they had made tho trip to Copenhagen without unusual experience, The Campania), with 400 passen gers, many of whom were said to bo Huglish and French reservists, and the France, with approximately fiOO passengers, wl of them Fieueh re servists, sailed today. William 0. Sharp i.owly appointed ambassador to Fiance, sailed on tho Franco. UPON PEACE MISSION HI, PASO. Texan, Aiie. 20. Clou- oniU tlla ami Ourogou nrrluul nt noon In Jtuirec on their way to tho jieuco confereueo la Bonorn. They expect to mieuro peiiunMou irom inu Ameilcun civil and mllltury uulhoil (0H to puns Hirouiih Texas, Now Mex ico ami Arlniiu In llioli' ihuuI trulu with a mnull enroll dUurmud durliiK lm trip, I'crmltiilmi from (ho Ulo KOVeriiorH )i'l hum uoi icvii rereivvii ullliijiiuli ihu lnlu mid war ilepml intuit at WukliliiKliin Imi iilveu iwi' mlmduu for ihv vifudllluH, REACH Hi ATLANTIC NERS SLTCKKD POIK PITS X. member of the Sacreil ("ollece of C'urdlunli NAVAL BATTLE MAHSIIF1HI.D, Orr., Aug. 20. That there was a naval encounter about eighty mile- off Coos Hay this morning is claimed bv a number of person along the coast. Mayor L. F. Simpson of North lleud telephoned from Shore Acres, about twentv miles southwest of Mttrdificld, that he had distinctly heard the roar of cannon which commenced about 10:30 a. in. Operators at tho United Slnte wireless station at Cape Blanco con finned this report, saying that firing was heard distinctly tlierev They stated that there were two single shots and after a short interval two broadsides were distinctly heard, nnd later more cannonading. They esti mated that tho firing was about 80 miles off shoro mid nppaprently northwest of Cape Blanco. Vessels arriving hero today from San Francisco saw no warships. Coastwise vessels have not reported any) although one French and two German vessels hnve been reported, without eonfinuation, to bo some where off this coast. BRITISH TO SEIZE LONDON, Aug. 20, 3 p. in. Pre mier Anpiith in tho house of com mons this nfternoon rend a commun ication from tho commauder-in-chiof of tho forces in British Southwest Africa saying Iho authorities of TogolamV the Gorman colonial pos session on tho west coast of Africa, had offered to capitulate on terms. In reply, the British officer said thai Hie capitulation must bo uncondi tional. TO SEIZE ALL PORTS LONDON, Aug. 20. C a. m.Tho military eorrcupoudeiit of the Times toduys sas: "Wo mnl they mul (ho Dutch need huo uo doubt (hut I lie Hiiuuxutlon of ull tho North Una ports from the HlrnltM of Dover lo Dmdvn will fol low u Herman nurcens u tlm war a suiTcvs which would only 'be pr llmlnury lo Iho roiireiilmllflii ull Herman (foi( mi Ihu huIiJiikuIIoh of L'UKlaud ' REPORTED HEARD OREGON GOAST BELGIANS HOLD SIX OF EIGHT Belgian Evacuation of Town Orderly Battle of Charleroi Described- Town Shelled by Both French and Germans and Occupied by Each in Turn Heavy Losses Follow. LONDON, Aug. 20, Ti p. m. The Paris corn'siMindent of the Times, on Iho battlefield early in Hie righting. snys he met n few miles outside of Philippeville a. Belgian officer nnd Hie paymaster general of Xamur, who told him the town of Nainur had been occupied by Gennans. It bad been subjected to n furious bombardment and Hie Gennan fire was so well reg ulatcd that Hie first Tew shots sil- cnci-il Fort Mareliovelelte on (he northeast and Fort Mnizere on Hie cast. Fort Andoy nNo suffered badly and was almost out of action Two Korts Silenced The story centinues: "The Gennans entered the town without encountering much resist ance. Fort Dave, at the southeast of the town, and Fort Wepion, on the opposite. Mile of the Meuse, nnd Hie line of forts to the north, still resist. "In spile of the elaborate prcpara tions with .wire entanglements, through which passed an electrical current of l.'iOO volts, and (he liberal use of broken glass, Xamur fell into tho hands of the Gennans on Sunday. "The Belgians evacuated the town in an orderly manner. All rolling stock and motor cars were removed and the station master left on the hist locomotive with the railway cash box under his arm. The Belg inn troops numbering about 3000, passed under the protection of a French cavalry screen, within Ihe rrench lines." The correspondent adds: Six Forts SHU Ureslst "Thus the Gennans have done much to win mastery over the two banks of the Meuse almost as far as Dinant. They, however, left behind them six of the eight forts of Nn mur, which, it is expected, will yet cause them considerable annoyance. "Later on Sunday the French nr tiller' in its turn opened fire on the stricken town of Charleroi. The Gennans in the earlier stages of the engagement had poured their shells on the upper part of the town. The French now emptied their hail of shells on the lower section of the town and under a supporting fire from their urtillery tho French in fantry advanced slowly in the fooe of a stubborn resistance, on the town they had just evacuated, retaining several villages and becoming once more masters of tho line between Tliuin (eight miles southwest ol Charleroi) and Metax. Untllo of Churleroi "At G in the evening tho fighting censed, both sides being worn out. On the next morning before dawn the French artillery again bombarded Charleroi and once more the troops of Franco swanned tho slope toward tho lower part of tho town, recaptur ing tho villages of Chatelct, Boufi oul , Mnrohienne and Couillet. The fighting at this stage of tho engage- (Continued on page two.) WHEAT SOARS OVER CHICAGO Aug. 20. Hxciled by predictions that the Europium war would ho long-drawn-out, tho wheat market soared today and a hulf hour before llm close wild 7 to H cents higher limn yealordny'rt clone, De cember wheat sold nt 1.15 mid thai for delivery next May at 11.21. Wry lilllu grain wan iietiiully houuht mid ohl The purchiiMt of o(),00(l hoehcl of M.iy uhvut ulon mum ftiifni'U'iit lo udwiHi'M the luletf 2 cents pour Ihe dote, Kotm cur) lo Mill he rcirul hoil tm4 mu ttt'l" in mi Inury lo luU piuJIU, NAMUR R BRITAIN FIRM IN SUPPORT OF ALLIES CAUSE Belgium Ceflfratulatcd by Premlw Asqulth Losses Only lntMlfy FlftMkii Splri-EiMrt SwH With Neeel f Mre Trwf-rriH-sian Advance Sensatleflal. LONDON', Aug. 2d, 4M0 p. m. SInco tho withdrawal' of th tilled armies to the detenso of the French frontier, virtually no news hat reached the public of tho military operations In nouthcrn cnislum. Owing to tho difficulty of compil ing a compact Ilt along fluch an ex tended front, no details of Brltlik casualties, which Premier Asqulth es timated yesterday nt 2000, yet b7e been received. This delay is In creasing tho dlitrcag of anxious rela tives of men at the front. Belgium CoiiffnttHMcii The announcement, ot lowes, how ever, only seems to have lateatMled British determination, judging frost tho extra work being performed fey the recruiting offices today. This tenacity ot purpose was further evi denced by Premier Asqulth la the House of Commons this afteraooa In making tho announcement that he, proposed to ask King George to eoa vcy to tho king ot the Belgian the admiration with which Great BrHala regarded "the heroic resistance efhl army and people to the wanton Inva sion of their territory and an as surance of tho determination of this' country to support In erery way the efforts ot Belgium to vindicate her own Independence and the public law of Europe." The premier declared further that the Belgian government was taking steps to get the established tacts ot eQrmany atrocities as related In the statcniont given out yesterday by tho Belgian minister here, to the knowl edge of tho whole civilized world. No Compulsory Service The opponents ot compulsory mili tary service In Great Britain momen tarily raised their heads In the House of Commons today but the premier re-assured them. He said there was no Intention ot Introducing this sys tem. Ho added, however, that Secretary of War Kitchener needed alt tho recruits ho could get. H was a great mistake to think. Pre mier Asqulth declared, that Great Britain wanted only 100,000 men. Tho rush ot tho main Russian army toward the Fortress ot Posen in the German province ot Posen, It true, is regarded here as the senBa tlonal news ot tho day. It might account for the Germans falling back In eastern Prussia. The report that tho French have abandoned their positions In Alsace has not beon confirmed, although It is labelled as official by the newt agency which carried It. Other ver sions ot the samo official statement do not contain this reference and the French embassy today declared that It knew nothing ot the mutter. REPORTED FAILURE HIH HttH O NKW YORK. Aug. 20. The Japaueso attack on Tslng-Ttui t T the fortified port of (he terrl- T lory of Kiao-Chow, has failed ami tho Japanese are preparls for a siege, aecoiding to u cnWe iiipmuko received here today by Count von Bernsjorlf, German , iimbnwKHtlor (o Ihe 1hIIwI SIuIcm, frofu Ihe OerWHH ) bunny nt I'eklH. T Coimi Von Drwlrft mW llmt Ihv i'H hie Hiimuw fwwitihf no iK'IhIU hut mi Ay mum' i-4 m fnllnrn ( m Jhim'mm. j4 T J luck nnd. lh jtrtwMitji f iill'U. - a i 1 i n i m i