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MEDFORDOKKGON, TJIURHDAY, AUGUST 27, 1014
NO. 135
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GERMANS OCCUPY LILLE BUT ALLIES REPORT PROGRESS ON LAI Hi SEA
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RUSSIAN ADVANCE ATTILSIT
BATTLE RAGING
ON BELGIAN LINE
Roseate View of Outcome Taken by
Frtndi-llfl Liner Kaiser Wtlhelm
iter Grosic Sunk by Irltlsli Cruiser
Off African Coast.
LONDON. Auk, 27, C; 10 p. nn
From both Innd it ml sen there camo
today official report considered horu
Id bo n promising miKrr of tlio (uliiro.
Tho German traus-Atlantla liner
Kslner Wllheliu dor (Iroaso, nl ono
Hum ono or Ihn most popular voa
scl or Out North (lormnn Llod lino,
sailing from Now York mid ono or
tlio few Gorman armed merchant
men which huvo IhVii harrying (J re it I
llrltiiln's trndo route, was mink off
tlio Afrlcnn coast by tho llrltUh
cruiser High Flyer.
Ftvntlt Heard From
rrotn tlio rontlnnnl Field Marshal
Kir John French, commandcr-ln-thlcr
of tho llrltlsh expeditionary
forces, him boon nhlo to not at rod
intirli or tho anxiety caused In IJnjs
Iniul by tho vagueness or French
official statements regarding tho
mmemont or tho nrinloH In tho local
Ity whom tho llrltlsh forcon wcro
known to Ito operating. Tho dispatch
tnUoit iv roseate vlow of tho prospects
or tho battlo now In progress, and
pays n tribute to tho incltlo of hl
French ally.
Much or tho apprvhoiislon foil
horo en n bo traced to tho rigid con
sorshlp tnalntalniMl hy tho llrltUh
authorities. Two million men havo
been grnppllng In a tltnnlo struggle
lor day past within n row ho urn
Journey or London, yet no complcta
Ih tho silence or those who nro awnro
or vs lint Is going on thnt tho public
I In nil hut complete Ignorance.
, lYviitli Hrxrl Vague
Tho purposeful vagueness or tho
French official announcements la
further befogged by serious discrep
ancies In tho versions or tho Trench
statements. At thow present tlmo
these communication furnUh tho
bulk or nowa aa carrlod 4iy tho sev
eral uowa agencies, and no two ver
dIiiiih or thorn aRroo.
Fighting on tho Cnmbral lo Ca
tonti lino, referred to In tho latest ot
thitio coiumunlratlonH, now seema to
lmvo boon nothing mora serious than
n cavalry raid and mi nttompt to cut
llrltlsh communications, which was
repulsed.
NothltiK rurthor haa boon heard
from tho Alsatian frontier, while
tho nowa or tho llusslan advunco con
tluuea to como ontlroly from llusslan
houicoh. Tho llusslan claim to bo
ulthlu 40 inllea If Lomborg, Qalkla.
SUNK BY BRITISH
'LONDON, AilR. 27, 4.12 p. in.
Tho Knlsor Wllhvlm l)or (Iroaso hna
boon uunlc off tho wont count or
Africa by tho llrltlsh crulBor HluU
Flyer.
WliiHton Bpouror Churchill, flint
lord of tho udmlrulty, lumouncod tho
bIiiMiik of tho Kalitor Wltholm dor
(IroHdi) In tho Iiouho or I'ommoiia to
duy. Ho auldl
"Tho iidiiilrulty haa Jnt rccolvod
InlolllKonro that tho (lormuii iirmod
crulNor KulMor Wllliolm Dor (Ironso
of H,000 tona ami armed with ton
four-Inch buiik, I.uh boon Htink hy
tho II, M, H, IIIkIi 'lur off tho wont
count or Africa,
"TliU U tlio viiHMol wlilrh ha houn
lutiirfriir with trafflu hotwoou Dili
(oiintry and tlio cupu uml la ono of
I ho wry fuw Ourwan arnioil an. IN
jary crulwr wlilcli kiiccwmiIuiI In
Kulllii lo him, Tim aurvlvora wdio
ImuM Mr thu rt kault. Ti
WU Vfr IjuU wv blHH mhU la,"
GERMAN LINER
WILHELM DER GROSS
CZAR'S INVASION
MEETS SUCCESS
Official Announcement Shows Rus
sian Advance Proceen With Ir
resistible Ferce In leth East Prus
sla and Gallcla.
LONDON, AilR. 27, 7:05 a. m.
It la officially nnnounced naya tho
8t. PctorahurK corrrondout of tlm
KxchatiKO ToleRrapll company that
tho ItiiMlan advanco la proccodlnR
with IrroiUtablo force.
Tho (lorinana havo retreated to 0.
torodo, n town of Kaat rrumln, 100
in lien wvat or (lumblnncn.
HT. I'UTKItHHDIta, via London,
Auk. 27, 7; 10 p. m. It la otriclally
aiinouncvd that tho Ituailaua havo
occupied Tll.lt. a town 00 inllol
uortheail or KoonlRaborg, cant 1'rus
ata. MtivrinentN Deorribotl
BT. l'KTKItBIIUHO, via London,
Auk. 27, D:20 p. m. Tho offlchl
communication followliiR waa made
public teday:
"Our ofrenalvo both In Kant Prua.
ala and (lallcja dovclopod lncrcaliM
kucccm on AuruiI 25. Tho Uormanii
haatlly retreated ovorywhoro towards
Kocnlgubcrit and Allcniteln."
"In Oaltcla our troop aro march
I n u ratildlv on LetnberK! they aro
apprnachlnr: tho city quickly. Our
cavalry haa pursued tho onemy every
whom on our lino. Our advanco.
frequently cnRaRtiiR tho Austrian!,
who each tlmo havo been beaten and
routed."
lluntlml Cnunon Taken
I'AUIS, Auk. 27, 3:40 p. m. An
official statement Issued by tho war
offlco thlrt afternoon aayii:
"Tho (lermans returned from tho
roRlon or Mnxurln In Kast 1'russU
after tho Itusslan victory. A Uusslau
advanco la unrotarded In that coun
try which presonts difficulties and
tho outlet of which to tho west was
occupied KHtordny. It Is ronflrmed
that 100 cannon wcro taken from
tho onoiny."
NO SPIES SHOT IN
LONDON', Auj,'. 27. -Home .Score
lury McKennn htntetl thin nfteniotni
thnt no hpleri liiul been nliot in Hui;
Intnl. There lmvo been minora tlmt
ninny iicrmiiiH in tho secret employ of
(lermnuy luvd been oxeotited.
ANXIETY FELT FOR
SAROENT, THE PAINTER
LONDON, Atip V7, 'J:.')! p. in.
Sinno iinxlely U felt hero onncinninfr
John Singer Sargent, tho Amerlonu
pniiiler. NolhiiiK Iuih been ljcnnl
from Mr. Sargent hiueo ho loft Lou
don for Aiihlliu, July -M. Friends
uml relative nro trying to roI iiiiwh
of him tliroiiKh tlio Amerieaii em
liassy. ZEPPELIN BOMB
WASHINGTON, Auir. 27,()fTii'lnl
uilvioe (o tho I'niled Ktutos kovciii
ineiil confiiiiii'il today tlio ilropiiliij!
or eight lioiuliH in tlm oily of Auhvup
by u (Ionium Zcppcllu, liilllug miiny
women uml olillilien. Dipluinalli'
ri'iiroMenliilivex of huvorul iii'iiliul
goveriimcnU hail narrow iHi'iiies,
Tim liiiiulm wero alnu'il it t tlm royal
palace, It is miiiiI. but Duck tlm
royal-military hospital, fllleil vtli
woiiiiilml, mill ilcmulUliril mineral
pilvalo (IwcIIIiikk In tlm caily hour
of Ilin nioniliiK of AiiKiit M, whllo
tlm city waa Nhl'l'i H l fl'l H"
Immha puiitulHmt ahiHHifi, HuvithI
illilni4mU fnclmllHK fun h( IU 0
STRATEGIC I1KLGTAN
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JAPAN TO OOIT BRITISH ;TR00PS
FIGHTING WHEN FOUGHTSPLENDIDLY
KIAO CHOW FALLS ASSERTS FRENCH
' TOKIO, Auk. 27. 11:40 a. m.
Tho empress la occupied dally In
making bandages for tho Hod Cross
workers. She Is ably assisted by tho
court ladtos.
Patriotic lantern processions aro
being held In tho .various cities an!
such Is tho Interest In tho war that
tho people aro crowding moving pic
ture ahowa whoro battlo scenes aro
produced,
Tho Official (lazctto publishes a
decrco announcing that tho service
or officers In tho mobilized division
has been extended Indefinitely.
Yukto Otakl, minister of Justice,
In speaking or tlio disinterestedness
of Japan In tho war other than In
conditions In Ulan-Chow and tho
China Boa, said:
"When Japan captures Klao-Cliow
and hostilities In tho China and
Japan Seas aro over, Japan will stand
aside and becomo an onlooker It tho
war In Kuropn still la In progress.
"If, however, tho Hermans still ro-
taln a standing In tho South Beaa
which will bo a menace to tho peace,
Japan, In accord with tho alllanro,
would consult Orcat Urltnln and
might co-operato In driving tho Ger
mans out of tho Orient."
LEAD
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BAN KllANCISCO, Cul., Aug. 27.
Returns today from Tuesday's pri
mary olectlon mado no changes la
results- Indicated last night. Tho
democratic nomination for governor
remains In doubt, with John 11. Cur
tin In tho load. In many of tho
minium,. Innltiillm? Hnn Francisco.
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exhausted election offlcora linvo loft
unfinished tho Informal first count
of tho ballots and beguu tho official
canvas.
STORY IS TRUE
were toiing at a holel lesn than L'OO
yanln fiom tlio point where one of
the hoinliH wrought iU ilohtruclion.
WiaHliiiigtoii ol'I'iclalH naid today
tlmt If American Mlulntcr Wliillock
hail h0lt u rnlc8t to tlm (Icrman
government again! tlm ilropplng of
IhmiiIih tlm fact Jiail not boon coin
muillcatcil licic,
I'rofililcnt Wllkon ilcclarcii today
Hint liU advice from Amciicaii Min
uter lliainl Wliillock at IIiiisscIn
allow Hint lie I "iiiiinliiijr III" o il
ImihIiiiW uml llutt many nilill-lieil
hloilcl III' Mr. WlilllorL'. HclHltli'H
W "fHlii'lflll lllM'lltliins,"
Thu iMaii'il a-ulil in luiil mo
luki-H Hi' ny 1'ioU'als to the. 1'nllvd
JUliiiHM wlM wf viu,(tnl
POINT BOMHARDEn IJY
THE CITADEL, WAMUTC
LONDON Aui. fl7, l:l'J p. m.
l'ri'mier A-itiil!i a)iii'iunc(il in Hio
house of cimiuiouK today that Meld
Mnrxluil Sir JoliiilFreneh, eommnn
der of tlio Dritif-h ceditionnry
foreen, lmd reorted Hint lie was
JOhlcrdny ciipiBaraxainit Mierior
Gennan force. Tho Drili-ii troop-,
fought splendidly nnd (leneral French
considered tho propped in tho im-
Knitiiiir bnttlo Kiitisfnetory.
Premier Asiiuitii lidded:
"(lenerni j-'reneh spenkn in liigh
ternirt tif the (pmlity uml effieieney
of tlio Freneli rogulnr troop-, nnd
their offieen."
On l'remior AMtiilhV motion tho
hoitue mlopted nn ntldrcss to King1
OeiMge pniyimr hi majety lo eon
v y lo tho Kin,? of- llclgium imrlia
inent'rt iitlminition of HelgiumV
heroin resistance to the Gennan in
vimion. I'n'inicr Axipiith nnd Andrew Ho
nor Law, tho Unionist lender, eneli
in turn pnid high tribute to Ilelgian
bravery uml the lioue then adopted
tho motion vtith eiitlnisiusm.
Moving' in tlio house of lords the
kiiiiio nddrcsH of sympathy to Belg
ium Hint wns mlopted in the com
mons the MuniiiH of Crewe, ionl of
tho privy seal, declared:
"Aols havo been committed on tho
UelginuH eontmrv to nil tlio laws and
imngeH of war. Sooner or Inter tlio
Gorman will liaxo to wiy for their
brutal methods to tho utmot fat th
ing." SLEEPING LAST SLEEP
NKW YOltK". Aur. 'J?. Hubert J.
Collier, the puldi-hor, was slill sleep
ing; today tlio sleep thai may bo hi
last. Tlio special (ram Hint brought
him from hi summer homo at Kar
rptetto Lake reached hero titles morn
ing and wiirt met by mi amhulaueo
uml pliysiciauti and iiurees, who tool;
iiim to his home. They wero uiiublo
to nwakvn him. Ilq lias heeu asleep
since Sunilas afternoon, a victim of
uvaemio poisouiug.
ASKED TO EXPLAIN
WASHINGTON, An. 2f. Sccie
linv Daniels toilnv called on' Hie
captain of Hm New York uuty yunl
fur H It'll leporl of Hid ulroiimhtniiocit
iiiulci' vvliicli tlm liiillcslili Fluilila
lialtcil Hm llrllili llnur Krnncl.i'i) in
Now Vmk liiiilmr, Ol'ticiaU urn lit
m loo In uiiileinliiinl why Ihu lluililu
liclil Hm Jlilll"li slcwc' upi M
waa smM It! mv hu) m'wc wr
mirn,
C2KRMAN ARTILLERY
EACH SIDE CLAIMS
VICTORY AT SEIGE
OF NAMUR FORTS
' ANTWERP, Aur. 2C, via Paris,
Aug. 27, 3:20 a. m. It Is officially
announced that tho Belgian opera
tions havo been completely successful.
They havo tho double object ot re
ducing tho German entrenchments
'and or drawing Germans from tho
line at Mechlin and UrnsMl, so -a
to rollovo the prcssuro on the French
"positions. Four Ilelgian divisions
from Nnniur stopped tho southward
advance of the German fourth dlvl
Vlon by obliging It to retrace IU
steps. Tho Ilelgian troops then re
treated on tho Prcuc'h line. Tho
forts at Namur aro still holding out.
II KU LI. V, Aug. 27, Ily wireless to
tho Associated Prtss, by way of Say
vlllo, L. I., 0.07 a. m. All tho forta
at Namur havo fallen and Long),
near tho Luxemburg border, has
been captured after a resoluto de
fense. The French forces which at
tackod tho German crown prince'
army have been ropulsed.
Upper Alsaco la freo or tho enemy
except at points to tho westward of
Kolmar.
PAUL FULLER SENT
TO VISIT CARRANZA
WASHINGTON, Aur. 27. Presi
dent Wilson stated definitely today
that Paul Fuller, a New York law
yer, has been commUsfone,d by him
to go to Mexico City to dlscusa ques
tions with Geuoral Carransa, Tho
president refused to stato tho defi
nite object ot Mr. Fullor'u trip. He
told callers ho had Information that
any disagreement between Carranu
and Ilia would not result In anything
sorloua.
GENERAL'S 12-YEAR-OLD
SOW KILLED IN RATTLE
PAHIS; Aur. 27, 7:0. a. nn
Xuvier e Caslelnau, the 1'J-year-old
son of Geuenil Castelnau, chief of
stuff, was among tho killed in Hio
recent net ion.
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S.P.
BAN FHANCI8CO, Cul., Aug. 27.
A vigorous denunciation ot tho pol
icy or retroiitehinunl put Into effoct
by tho rJotithorn Puclflo company tho
nluus of poverty which It has brought
to tho Culirornlu railroad eoniiuls-
slou was made today by Coiulssloner
Ltthloiiian, The roiuiuUslon's figures,
ho said, show that tlio company ha
1101,000,000 cash on hand, as of
Juno 30, 1 1 13, and has now a vurprls
of n7,OQO,Qu0,
"t haw urttWM tlrwd ( HfU wall sf
HWv," wM tbu wwwMw.
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NOUN
JAPS BLOCKADE KIAO CHOW
GERMAN ARMY I NEUTRALS ID
OCCUPIES LILLE
French Evacuate Three Cities With
silt Apparent Rctsen aM Leave In
habitants tt 6ermM Mercy LWe
Well FedifiMt.
LONDON, Aiitf. 'J7, 3:10 ii. m. A
dispnteii Tceeived licre frtnu Ostcml
says Hie Oennann have occupied
Lille, Houbaix nntl Vnleneicnnen, all
in France.
The towns of Houbaix. Lillo and
VnlenrirtinrK tiro oloue to the Ilelgian
frontier) Ulle ami Valenciennes be
ing ten mites from the lie nnd
Houbaix five. Houbaix is five miles
northeast of Lille and Vnloncicnnes
is thirty miles southeast of the some
city.
Lillie is the most iuiortnnt from a
military wint of view. It has n
fortress of the first class and the
circle of its forts is thirty miles. Jlc
ecut dispatches from Paris said I.il-
lio was held ly French reservista.
Houbaix would appear not to be for
tified. It is n manufHctarins ocnler.
Valenciennes also is a manufacturing-
city and is an important mili
tary noiiit. It has nn arsenal anil
extensive barracks.
Tho Ostcnil eoresiKHitJeBt ,of,t.
Ldiplon Daily F3tiirea.i!ii aTipt8rlj
pitUlishrd in London this morning,
quoted n ltelgian officer to the ef
fect that it had' been 'decided lat
Monday not to defend Lille, nnd
that on Tuesday the mayor published
ii proclamation announcing' the evac
uation or the French troops nnd tho
transfonuation of tho town into nn
undefended place.
"All the gendannes were disann
ul nnd steps were taken to deliver
tho city, with nil its rich factories,
up to the Gentians," the officer de
clared. "Tuesdny etening all the
available treasure was removed."
SUNK BY RUSSIANS
AMSTKItDAM, Aur. 27, via Lon
don, 7:00 p. iu. An official des
patch from Hcrlln says that tho light
Gorman cruiser Mngcburg, whllo
aahoro on tho Islo of Odensburg, In
tho Gulf or Finland, was fired on br
Uusslau ships. Eighty members of
tho cruiser's crow were killed and
missing. Tho others ot tho crow
wero rescued by a torpedo boat,
whllo under lire. Tho Mageburs
was blown up.
BELGIANS PERFORM
FUNCTION WITH CREDIT
LONDON, Aug. 27, G;55 a. un
lit au editorial comment on tho mili
tary situation tho Times this morn
ing 6U)s:
"There Is little frch news from
Franco. Insldo Ita frontier the
valiant Uclglau army is fulfilling Its
correct function by moving out ot
Antwerp and detaining a certain por
tion ot the Gorman forces.
quont uiiiiouiicomoiita of retrench
mouts. Tho records show that the
company has made large capital In
vestments directly from surptm
funds,"
The Southern Pacific la seeking to
raUu Its comuiutatloii rats betwewl
Alameda county and Hun FraneUeo,
Figures pieparvd by the wmwU
hlun'st vxporU show thai oh Juh ,
the Hoiitlivni i'avlfjit) litd mm
puny ami the Untral PtutUUi m
puny, t)lh uU4Uilt, ktU hu4i M
tiHHd rHHy Ut I l,lltr Utti
CALAMITY
HM
TO LEAVE PORT
StrneeM-24 Hwrs'Laav
Neirtrals t tt Otrt-AN
LLiiL utlAjaJ
I'EKIN, China, Auc. 27. Ih hw
wireless message notifying lite Ger
man governor of Kino Chow of the
Japanese blockade of Tsin Tan,
Vice Admiral ICato seid he would
grant neutral shipping twenty-four '
hours in which to leave Hie harbor
ami the same period for non-eeni-Imtnnts
to leave tho town. The
blockade fleet 3s tho Japanese aec
uml squadron.
TSING TAU, Aug. 27, 12.30 p. m.
There la no evidence here today e
the landing of JaaaBese treopa la
the Klao-Chow territory. It la be
lieved that the heavy roada of Ktae
Chow alter the summer ralas wMl de
ter any Japanese attack far many
daya.
All native shipping hi Kla-ChoV
limy Rftjt VVVS MHjPvAwvfl
' -"Vice Admtral "gadalcleal Xatv.f
rrom hi flaaahlp, the hatHeahip
8awo, seat a wlrelees isaaaga fe
Governor Meyer Waldeck this saorii
lag dechwIag-a-WwIiadaf- pt
leased territory of Khse-Chaw. Later
the Japanese warship appeared eat
alde the harbor' and shelled a smH
island off the coast whkh waa not
occupied by the Germans.
The German government notified
William R. Peck. American reBSHl at
fKiao-Chow, that he had 24 hears to ,
leave It ho so desired. Mr. Peck,
however, elected to remain.
Yuan U Satisfied
PKKLV, Aug. 27. The Japanese
legation has 'asked thla government
to remove the Calaeae troop from
tho 50 kilometer (the are exteadlag
about 30 miles around Klao-Che'w)
In order to preclude the possibility of.
disagreement.
Assurances have been received here
rroin rcklng that President Yuan 8ht
Kal and his government are amply
satisfied with Japan's pledges con
cerning the future safeguarding ot
Chinese and British Interests and the
maintenance of the commercial states
quo, and has promise ot astlstaace
to prevent Chinese revolutionists
from selling this occasion to create
disorder.
MUNDY INDICTED
FOR FALSE ENTRY
IN BANK WRECK
CHICAGO, Aug. 37. IadlclmftM
wero returned today by the federal
grand Jury agalust Charles B. Mundy,
vice-president of the La Salle Street
Trust and Savings Dank; Charles
Fox, cashier and Thomas McDonald. '
asslstaut cashier. The Inaretmiw
'wore roturned In o)en court.
Muudy was accused In the ladlet-
'mont of making a false entry AvgMat
2S, l'JH, In -which the asset ot tk
bank wero Inflated by ?9,0,e.
The Indictment charged that tV.aav
try as he made It Iadlete4 tit haaa'k .
cash on hand waa 39,373,7, wlsUi
It really amounted te Iy l.a7S.
37. Mundy waa also awarf with
having misapplied f l4,mt.H tf k
bank's fuada tteaiaminr , ItlL !
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dletweat nm that ft aiH CfJT
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