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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, WU
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NO. 1.18
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FRANCES CAPITAL MAY BE BOULOGNE
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A PREPARES
Fi
COMING
HAN HORDE
Troops Rushed to Outer Defenses of
Capitol Move Government to lou
logne Latest News French War
Report Shews Allies Holding
Ground Along Frontier.
MAN
HOD
E
CREEPS NLA
FRENCH CAPITOL
Allied Forces Forced lack by Ger
man Advance at Latere, luf Sixty
Miles From Paris Situation Is
Grave Offensive Movement Will
Put Teutons Near Paris.
I'AltIR, Auk. 31, 1308 P, in.
All night Iuiik troops (rain tl loutli
iiml west of Franco hnvo been ar
riving at tlio capital nml passing by
rnll around the clly to location In
tho encircling fortifications to which
tlioy hnvo been nsMgucd,
Thoro In groat activity on tho part
or tho immclpiil administration In
completing details ot plans fur thu
defense of Paris.
WASHINGTON, Aug. HI. Frmjcii
1 considering thu ndvlinbillty of
changing I In! sent of her government
from Paris to llonleuux, as n pro
ruiitlounry measure, according to of
fichil advices received here tpday.
The French foreign office has in
iloocil llm iilrn of moving tho rnpi
Inl, with furrlgti diplomats, ho Hint
lliry could make proper iirmnga
incuts, It is considered probable that
Ainhiibxitilor Derrick wilt remain tu
I'nriit In order better to rare for
Americans, should Puns ho invested
hy tho German army.
While French rmlmwHy officials
ilrcliim to discus (ho ixmsihlo inove
mtiiLof the.jMiit of government from
Paris, they K1nted out Ihut u precr
ili'iit for llu' Hiimn fituulloii occurred
during llm Franco-Prussian war of
1H70, when thu capital wan tmlnb
lir-hcd nt llordeaiix. Most of thu dip
lolUlltlll IllihSloilS, It Is tiudcndood,
would iiiu'oinpaiiy the government if
it left Paris.
PAWS, Aug. ni, ft p. in. -An of
ficial Ktatiiiiiit issued tliit evening
summurircd tho situation to dnto an
follows :
"On our right after pnrlial checks
we have taken tho offensive, and thu
enemy Is retiring cforo tit.
"In the center wo hnvo had idler
tialive cheek and Hiicccst.cn, hut a
general acljon in now being fought,
"On our left, hy hcnes of cir
cumstances which turn in favor of
the (lerniaiiH iiud despite lucky coun
ter nlluekH, the Anglo-French forces
were obliged to glvu way. Ah yet our
armies, notwithstanding n few inenn
tchtililn cheeks, reinaiii Intact. The
iiioralii of our troops is o.ecllcnt, In
spito of considerable losses, which
iiImi are being rapidly filled from
regimental depots.'"
I'AitiH, auk. .ii, n: ir p. m.
Lino of ioodo stretched for blocltu
from tho railway station today,
Tlio Unci wcro of thoso bo cagor to
leuvo tho city that ttioy early took
their positions waiting for tho ticket
office to bo opened at 0 o'clock to.
morrow niornliiB. Atl places on
LONDON, Au. 31, 3 n. in. Tho
Post editorially culls attention today
to a itatomont by tlio French om
hauV an IndlcntluR that tho allied
force novo ai;aln been rompolled ta
full back heforo tho Herman udvanco
In tho ticlRhborhood of I.ufcre, which
In moro than SO miles nearer I'arU
than tho 'Cniuljrtil-I.acatcnii lino,
where tho olllei rcorKanliod otter
tho (Icrmaiii crowed tho French
border, KIkIiIIiik In nlo reported
In (tin vicinity of AmlciK.
Lafnro U only n llttlo mora than
Nlxty in I leu from Paris as tho crow
Wen. Tho I'oit lift):
"A titntcinent Imttieil by tho French
embanay dl'clown a ultuatlon of much
craltr. A (lorman army wa on
Saturday attacking from tho cast tho
lino on launoU HlKny I'Abbayo, whllp
another (lermaii army wan attacking
from tho west tho lino from I.nfero
lo OuUe, and though unsuccesiful
at (IuImj waa maklnt; proRrea nt
Ifcro. Thceo two aerman armies
worn thomforo only forty miles apart.
"Tlio (lorninn army attacking on
tho front nt Oulso and I.aforo has
clear country bolilnd It, and a sharp
offenstvo ttirnliiR niovctnont on tho
southeast hy thU nrnly will intorposo
It between tho Fronch and Paris."
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wCAUchor SunfC 3cUof EnliifcMes
YANKEES BUY NG
THE. SMANTUrHO'
WEST GIVES PAH
10 PAL OF TRACY
SAI.F..r, Or.. Any. .11. Clinrlen
Monte, eonvleted of munler in tho
Kecoud decree for Miiti;i;liiii; Kimt
into the Mate penitentiary and enab
ling Harry Tinny mid David Merrill,
the noted outlaw t', In erenpn a in) ler
nnio (he noithneKt in WO'J, !h a
free man today, haviiig heeit pardon
ed hy (Imernor Oswnld V'it. The
reahou given hy (loveinor WVfl for
pardoiiiui IDnite, wiih that after
careful iuvoittigutioii tho Kovcnior
believed Monte wiih innocent.
PENifHSClt-A, SHOWING KlAOCHOU
REPORT BRITISH
STEAMER SUNK BY
GERMAN
WARSHIP
BILL HANLEY'S TOWN
SWEPT BY FLAMES
NKW VOItli Aug. t. The Urit
i hteninxhip llomwood Iiiim been
hiiuk by a (lerman cruixer off thvi
conot of South America, according to
u cublegrnm received bv the owners
of tho 'Catherine Park, which linn tho
crew of tho Miip aboard. Tho cable
gram, which was from Hio Janeiro,
did not Hlnto tho time or place of tho
Milking nor did it give tho nnmo of
tlio Ocnnnn cruder.
The llolmwood, a vcM)l of 4225
tons grow register, was on her wny
from Newport, Kuglsnd to Ituhla
lllanco, having left tlio Utter port
July 29. Tho ship was .17G feet
long, waH built In 11' 12 and was
owned by V, S, Holland of Loudon.
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70,000 BRITISH
HOLD OFF 200,000
TUET0NS 3 DAYS
WASHINGTON', Aug, Ill.-Kovcnly
thoiiHiiud troop for (ho IiihI three
dayii held in ohcek 'J00.000 aermini
Iroopx until relieved hy French rein
fori'cini'nlH, iieunrdiiig to informiilion
hern today through neutral diplo
matin ol'I'iclaU, Tim ndvicen did hot
give tlio plueo of the battle.
Although (ho (lenunii foreen hroko
through tho HrilUli Imich in iiuiiiy
pluei'M, (he Kuglitili held llu'ir oun
linlll Fl'eiit'li reliil'oiDciiiciiU arrived,
and Ihi'ii jellied hi good older. Mill
liny expei Ik of llm nllled foieex tein
lepiiiled lo tin vs hemi greatly eiicoiir.
itgi'd l' tlio niHiiner In which llm
IlillUh font) vWlhhlund llm mipcijor
fnivea of llm eiiniiy, Tim liil'iiiiua.
I loi i'uiiiu frowi I'm Ik IhiomhIi illdo
iiullu mrw,
IIUHNS. Or., Aug. 31, Firo last
night dchtro.ved three blocks of tho
hinductiH district of llu inn, the conn
ty neat of Harney county, cuutiiug a
Iosh of .f HO.OUOt half of which is cov
ered hy iiiHiirance. Among tho ini
porlunt hiiildiugrt destroyed wcro the
French hotel, llm Uurim hotel annex,
two biilooiirt mid tho luto front
barn, in which thirty hortert were
hiirued to death, t in rumored that
ouo man loit his life, hut there U no
confirmation of thin report,
PHILIPPINE SALE LAID
OVER PENDING PEAK
WASHINGTON1, Aug. 31. "Tho
nations Involved J it tho Far Kuutorn
NlmifKlo liavo many lii'torosta and
territorial posscsslonsn lu clone prox
Imlly to (ho 1'hlllpplnos and to tils
jbuss tho disposition of tho hlllpplnes
at this tlmo would bo Impolitic and
oUroinety unwUo," declared H ml
norlly report nt Ilia house Insular
affslr i-oiuiiiltleo today on tho pond.
Ink Philippine ludepsuduurti bill, Th
report signed hy llm rupuMlvsNi of
tho roimiilllwi, dMlmiNi Jmpsh mlulit
sjfu all of (Jrwsny's Psvlflo ym
mm,
30.000 RUS3ANS TAKEN
GERMANPRISONERSSAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Tho
uemutii cmhiiHsy hem received today
tho following message front tlio for
eign office nt llcrliu:
"About 30,000 Itussinii prisoners,
including iiuiiiy high officers, hnvo
hern wipture in battles in Kant Pnis
bia. At Orlelbhurg, Huheiihlein and
Tnuiltnburg tho Gernmiiri attacked
tho HubHians near tho three cities.
through Mviimps mid hikes."
U SlWCER
TO OBSERVE WAR
ENGLISH MESSAGE
SAFET1W OF
MAN ADMIRAL
WA8UIN0T0N, Aug. .11. Wins
tun Churchill, first lord of tho Urit
lull admiralty, through tho American
embassy at London, today requested
tho state department to transmit tho
following message to Grand Admiral
Von Tirplts ot tho German nary
through tho American ambassador In
Uerlln:
"Your non has oen saved and has
not been wounded."
EVEN QUEEN OF
MM READY
FOR WAR'S
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Threo
American officers, to go to Austria-
Hungary nn military observers mul
two; officeri lo go with tho llritlsh
army were designated today liy (he
war department.
Germany, Itussia and Franco, so
lar, Have withheld their consent to
have American observers accompany
thulr ainiles,
HAN FltANCIHCO, Cal,, Aug, 3).
Hill Mher ueitKor who hud esr.
ler been permitted to Itmvu Vlsdhn.
ok for Ht. Polursburg, la lha Iran
Mbailau railway, were four dus Ju
rsHsAilMsY Jlsrhln. Hlifih iiormully U
Uf't jaurNuy,
GEARED JO FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Tho
hlntint of tho Whilo Star liner Adri
atiu of tho llritish naval reserve,
which reached New York Saturday
with guns mounted mid a smull quan
tity of ammunition aboard, will be
determined by the special board of
neutrality of state and navy depurt-
meiitH. A telegram was received to
day nt tlio treasury department from
Collector Mnlono at Now York nn
nounoing tho arrival of the Adriatic
and saying her captain declared tho
guns were carried only for protection
mid that tho bt earner would Icavo New
York, September 3. '
LONDON, Aug. 31. Tho corres
pondent of tho Kxprcss at Tho llafuo
gives another version of tho conver
sation between King Albert and
Prlmo Minister Do Droquovlllo,
when tho king expressed a determi
nation to fight to the last.
Tho Incident occurred in Antwerp
Saturday when tho king said to tb
prima minister, In tho presence
tho uueen:
"If necessary, you, my dear min
ister, and myself will taka out our
rifles and go to tho field."
"So will 1, said tho queen, "and
all Dolglau women will go with inc."
GERMAN SHIPS
I
BIG
PROIfS
England and France Object to Pur
chas on Grounds of Financial Aid
to Kaiser Urge All Negotiations
With Neutral Nations No Inter
national Precedent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Oreal
llritniu Iihh joined with France in ob
jecting to the purchase by the United
Slntcs of nny Germmi liner in con
nection with tho plan to build up nn
American merchant marine.
At firwt England hesitated to pro
tc-t, believing her action might be
interpreted ns placing obstacles in
tho wnv of n resumption of commerce
to England. After France hnd com
municated her vieuMint to London,
however, the Itritislt foreign offieo
decided to urge the American govern
ment to buy neutral vessel, to avoid
complication!.. No formal protest
hah been lodged by either France o
been outlined to tho Washington gov
ernment nn of momentous importance
to both countries.
France lakes tho view that tho
purchase of German liners ,uow I fed
up in Mirts would be tantamount to
giving Germany important financial
assistance. England's position, U
that there is no precedent in interna
tional law for tho purchase of n
largo number of ships daring war
from a belligerent nation.
nuiHD
CROP
PENDLETON TRAIN
PENDLETON. Ore, Aug. 31. Al
bert Meadors and Claronco Stouor,
convicted of train robbery, were to
day sentenced to servo 13 years in
the stato penitentiary. They par
ticipated In tho hold-up ot a passen
ger train near Mcacham July 2 in
which Charles Manning, leader ot
tho trio was killed lu a pistol fight
with a deputy sheriff who was a pass
enger on tho train.
OF
COTTON FORECAST
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. A
bumper crop of cotton which may
equal or exceed tho record crop of
1911 when final returns are made,
Is indicated by tho department ot
agriculture's report today showing
tho condition of tho crop on August
25 to bo 78 per cent ot a normal.
A total production ot 117,900,000
bales ot COO pounds gross weight Is
Interpreted oy tho department ex
ports from tho condition figures.
ThU is 1,3C5,000 bales mora than
forecast from tho July condition fig
ures, tho result or excellent growing
conditions throughout tho cotton
belt during August. j
JAP DESTROYER
ASHORE.SHELLED
AT KAIO CHOW
Cheye Maru Pursued Four Hours by
Warship en Route to San Fran
ciscoHeavy Cannonading Indi
cates leflardment Forts Itfara
Kiao Chew Has Sefwt.
,f
BANDITS GET UWS MR MIL STORE
SAFE. Rote's M
RESUM
E OF BAH
WAR
NEWS
t
Terrific- fighting continues on tin
Austro-ltusslan frontier, Doth tho
combined Austrian and Gorman
forces and tho Itusstan armies claim
an advantage. Uerlln reports tho
capture ot 30,000 Uusslanu.
From Austrlun sources It Is stated
that; thu Itusidans oro being pursued
in tho direction of Lublin in HussIau
Poland. Earlier advices from Kt.
Petersburg stated that tho Austrlun
wera active chiefly In tho vicinity ot
Lublin,
A down dispatch from 8t, Peters
burg says tho ItimolSH advance In
Kast Prussia Is proceeding, and re
peats an earlier ltu.un claim of sue
PVS4 In (lullclu,
Prtmb forms of (Juimmu hate up
pm4 on ku Prussian, frwHt, ac.
mdlua; t a HrllWi uttM fml
This btfura Out recent statements
from Delglum that tho Germans
woro withdrawing troops from their
western trout to rcluforco the Aus
tro-Gormau lines In tho oast,
Up to uoon today no official an
nouncement hud been made at Lon
don or Paris, News dispatches Indi
cated that thu Gorman aro pressing
toward Paris and that onu army' is
within GO miles of thu French rapt
tal,
Paris s preparing for a tinge,
Outgoing trains aro filled with non
combatants, whilo troops from thu
south and wost am arriving- to ro
luforro (he garrisons alrwdy In the
I lug of IU city's forlirivslioH,
Hover rvpgil1 that fliHg, ww
IhkIX fruiH vHwd hIu llm Fiwieli
vast, was ht& Ihk wyrnUiif,
HOSKUURG, Ore., Aug. 31. Sev
eral thousand dollars was stolen
last night by burglars who blow
open tho safo lu tho company storo
ot tho Gardiner mill company at
Gardluor. Oregon, at tho mouth of
tho Umpqua river 70 miles northwest
ot Hosoburg. There Is no bank at
Gardiner nnd tho company carriod a
largo amount ot cash ou hand. A
mossago received by tho sheriff bona
said tho exact amount of money lu
tho safe hud not been leurned but It
probubly was moro than $5001).
ATTEMPT MADE WRECK
CANADA TROOP TRAIN
VALC'AKTIEH, Que., Aug. 31.
An unsuccessful attempt tu wreck a
troop I rain on the Canadian Northern
railway, about ninety miles east of
Mmitieal hy placing mi Iron rail
ucrnss. the tracks was made early
yesterdu), iiecoiilliig tu hiihouiic.
intuit today hy Lieutenant Colonel
(Vi'i'liuuu, eonimiiiidi'i' of llm (vt'Phly.
Hot ha 1 1 cry of MohIivuI, uu4ij
Woin I hau otly wlls mm our, tki
IihIh IjiunIii'iI HW IN (iMl'kwtio)
lulu tkv dllck-
TS1NO TAU, Aug. 31, 3J2Q p. m.
A Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
went ashore on IJen Tnu island dur
ing a fog last night. When tbo fog;
cleared this inoraiiig Ting Tau bat
terie attempted to f,hell the de
stroyer, but the latter proved to be
beyond their range.
The Gentian gunboat Jaguar, how
ever, steamed out of tho harbor and
fired eight shots into the stranded
warship and returned unmolested by
the other Japanese vessels that aro
blockading the port.
Tho Jaguar reported that the crew
had abandoned the destroyer, which
can be neon from Thing Tnu breaking
on the rocks. Four Japanese de
stroyers and one cruiser now fores
the blockading squadron.
SAN FHANCJ8CO, Cal., Ah. 31.
The Jaanv Chlyo Ham, whWi
arrived hern today, report tliat eH
the Right e August 2tt sine m ekas
cd for four hours by a Gema crui
ser, but escaped b crowdKv(H all
speed.
The cruiser' appears! 'froin the
rear about 8:30 p. ni. ami threw a
beam from her searchlight on the
Chiyo's stern. Captain Greco,, ,
British officer, in command, detailed
an' extra force of stokers, and book
wns making: twenty-one knots. '
At this Fpccd ho began to draw
away from her pusruer and was able
to keep out bf mngo or the eniihei-'s
bow chasers. Shortly after midnight
the last gleam of light from the
cruiser wn swallowed in the night,
and the Chiyo, shifting her course,
wuh able to make good her eseape.
She apoeared off the American
coast this morning, far north of the
trade, and hugged thu threo-milo limit
to port.
Tho only German cruisers known
to be in Pacific waters aro tho Leip
zig and tho Number?, both rated to
mnke twenty-three knots, but they
had long been iu southern waters
when war broke ouJ nnd must bo
foul, which is what tho officers of
tho Chiyo believe enabled them to es
cape. a Captain Greeu cntimated his posi
tion when tho chase began as latitude
ya :32 :00 north, longitude 110:10:20.
Firing at Tslng
TSINA, Shantung. China, Aug. 31.
Cannonading was hinrd here at in-
tervals throughout tho day.
It is believed that thu 'Mug Tau
forts are engaged with tho ycsh-Is
of tho Japan blockading fleet.
PEKING, Aug. 31. Information
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RAIN OF DEATH
ON PARIS FROM
SKIES, PROSPECT
t NEW YOKE, Aug. 31. Comment,
Ing on dispatches which said that
bombs had boon dropped lu Parh
from a German uoroplaae, Count Vow
llurnstorff, Oormun ambassador to
tho United States, said today that tk?
people of Purls should not p4t
anything else, as Parht Is a fwtlfM
my, ' ;
"All fortified ollhM, will U),
storws4,"he said, 'The kpmU, k
thought, hud probably Uwh 4Jrinl
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