r -- i i V ... W srconrf sirtir' iii-i1 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fait Mar, M; Mkt. 14 f He). Hum. 27. Forty-fourth Yunr, Dully Ninth Vr. MEDFORP, ORIfflOX, TriOSDAV, KRPTEMHBil 1, 19M NO. 139 i -" MILLIONS GRAPPLE ON FRENCH FRONTIER i4 r ! J'ilS .L 1 I) ' w l: ALOES FORCED BACK UNBROKEN 3 DAYS' BATTLE Gttmans Gain Ground Enclrcllnu Movement at Heavy Cost No Opinion Possible French Gain In Vosnes Flerco Fray In Somrne Avenpe Defeat of 44 Years Ago. I.ON'ltON, Sept. 1. Toilay, on tlio n of tlin aiiulteniary of tho capltu lallou of Sedan, threo million troop nTTi battling on tlio French frontier tln Germans In n headlong effort to celebrate tlio lny with n dramatic mirrcnsj tho French, backed by their rltUli nllh'i, to avengo their defeat of 44 yesterdays ago, That tlio German havo gained ground In their encircling movement on tlio French loft vrliiK In admitted liy tlio French officers, but It Is as scrtcd also that after a llirco dnyit buttle In till region tlio Anglo French line, although pushed back, mill remains unbroken. TmrliiK IKtun Turtles TliU I described ns tlio 'tearing down" policy on tlio part of the al lied armies and It la claimed that th tonne of tlio attacking forces havo been enormously greater than thoia of tlio defenders, Kronrh report alono arn nvallablo thtia far nnd nothing I reaching the public In London to enable evon ad mitted export to form an oplnlun of their real vol no, Fighting In Soiiitno The heaviest fighting appear to bo taking placn along a lino from l'o roiiuo, In tlio Department of Kommo, tlio Vurvlna In the Department of Alsno, There tlio flower of Emperor William's army I nttemptliiK to pierce I ho British defense. Further to tho east tlio force of the (lerman crown prince nt 111 aro at tacking tho French In tho region nbout Mczlcro, tho capltnl ot tho Department of Ardennes. Tho only point whero tho French claim to hnvo gained positive sue texne aro In tho Vourcm motintaln mid lu Lorraine, where tho Gorman aro wtlil to he In retreat. Tho Htaloinent that Emperor Wll Hum ban gone to tho IttiKNlan front ier cannot n yet bo confirmed, ludeiieiident View lacking Indepondont vlown of tho fierce fighting now going on In Kant. Jrim hIu and Poland nra entirely lacking, no It I a en mi of oiui takliiK hla cholro between tho (lerman, AtiHtrlan and Russian versions of tho battle. Tho nnxloty of friends ot Mlllcent, Ditches of Hutherlnnd, waH nlinyc.l till nfternoon by tho iccelpt of a dlHpatch from Jamoa W. (lerard, tlio American nmbaiiKador nt Ilorlln, who telegraphed that ho had finally as cerlalnod that tho duchess and her whole nmbutauco staff wore nil well mid working nt Nniiiur. . R.Us'jIjnANaiKC'O, rul., Sept. L Tniilp jinlmi i'U(loi art liamperlnir tliu KioVllI of Ann Fj-niiolico by (lie exaetidiis tlioy aro maltinjr upon em ployern, (iriint Foe. preHident of Hid HullilliiK TiikIoh Ilmployi'i-H' hhhoiiIii Hon, today (old (ho federal iinltihlrial iuIiiIIoiih OonlllllHhlllll. "Till ulty Iiiih been under 11 din InloiHlilp for tiveuty yeiiix1 lie hiiIiI. "I would wlpo out llial illrliii)i'lil, hut ) would not wlpo out llio UllioiIKi Tliey Iiiivii ilono koiiiI, "Am a itmiiII of iiomUfliiiiM ImoukIiI nlimit liy union labor letulei lie eily U tiiuUx Mt f II Kiiiifmifrt inn k IllW 0 Oilier I'llii'M. if I'lillillllnilt If 11111I11 ax Ilii'y mi) llivni will lin Illllr flllllll'l' UIOHlll lii'lft exi-epl Dial ckiihI'iI fiy IiIiiiik liilrnul. pml pIIimi' Ihi1uiW INS lIM BO HiS TRADEEMPLOYEfi ISHL English Troops at Ostend Tlflhten Inii of Censorship at Noon Without Warning. Indicates Great Battle Rayes Struggle at Latere Decides Fate of Paris. NEW YOltK, Sepl. 1. -Dow, .Ioiick Si Co., publishers of llif Willi Sheet .loiirniil, published Ihe follow inn Hem on their Hewn tickers teday: "I.0111I011. OiiNornhin was mid denly lightened ut 110.111, without wninlinr. Numerous diKpntchcs relat ing to iipenitimiK in Franco uud Ih'l ttiiiin were held up liy tli K"v,,1 luentV orders. "I'orvKoinj; ilipnleh U liijjldy ! tiificnnt. 'On'nitionn in Itclniiiin' limy lelule to a rear ntlnek 011 fler mnim hy linti-u troop reporieii 10 lime landed nt Ostend," llntlle nt Cnellr I.ONIIONL Sept. J, f:l" 11. m. The Time eorretponilenl nt Hiepjio irniU the follewing: 'I hnvo jui-t returned from the AmieiiH diHtrietn to xend thin di- patch. A ureal battle has been fought nt CruUillcti uud in probably ts t ill in proreroj. "Tho l-'reiieli elnim n mieecsi to ward (Inine, Imt-oooth of it nil Ha tn r duy them wa heavy fighting. "On tlio left I know riiutioundiiiff ivokJ Nlill going on nt noon Sunday, uud that nt f o'eloek Sunday nfter noon theru were no (lenunim in Am lens. "Whether, tm pome deelnm, t lie linen between Amien and lloutoni liaxe been eut, I do not know." Tin- lateM offieiul report on (he sitnaliou uortli of Paris wiih iMicd Inst niuht. It Hiiid that the French left, owing to the prourcH of the (Ionium rilit wing, had been forced to "murk 11 new letirement." Hx plaining this uuiioiineement, the l-reneh cm1iuy in Loudon today xaid: "The Anglo-French nnuv eorjw hud to give ground, but luiuhero have they been broken through." Fails In IIjiIiiiico The fighting lodnv in which the nl lie are believed to he opposing the (lenunii advance, U tlioughl to be eeutered uroiiud lifere, n hlrongly fortified French position on tho river OUo, Hiiveuty-fivo milcH northeant of I'ariN. Tho fate of the French capi tal tuny hang on tho outcome of tlict-c operations. . It is not definitely known whether tho Ilrilish troops in Franco have been engaged again or not. ON JAP WAR MOVE TOKIO, Sept. 1. Tho Chlnoao minister to Japan today nuwlo 0111 phatlo denial of tho report that ho had protested to tho Japanese for eign nfflco concerning Japanese mill- tary movomonts In China directed against tho (lerman loosed torrltory of Klao-Chow. Speaking In thin con nection, tho mlnlBter said that tho rolattoiiH between China and Japan had novor been more cordial. WAR BOOSTS PRICE ALL YANKEE EQUINES CHICAGO, Bopt, 1. lloovy do- 'iniiiid for hursua uml m 11 leu mltnhlo or unity purpogea for tmlloim en HKd lu ho Hnropeuu war lius caunuil IuIiun to ailviiiico from ICO to 1100 pur head hlHliur than h your uko, it wn vuld nt (ho OhliHKo Nlorl; ariU toiluy. An uhuii( mid lo riwwt Hill ('llllHllUll liOVIMMIHIll WHU Ml' poilnd lo huvti puri'lmwd 400 hiw lu hit wit lu UnmImm4i AUNCH REARATTACKON GERMAN LEGION TURKEY READY EOR WAR WITH AID OF GAULS German Field Marshal Advises For mation 200,000 Mohammedans for First Line Declaration of War Expected Kaiser's Aides Leave to Take Charne of Sultan's Force. ItOMF., Sept. 1, vi.i Paris ,-,:'J0 11. in. A telegram received ill Home from lleiliu announce the mobiliza tion of the Turkish aiiiiy. Following the ml fee of Held .Mar xhnl Ma ron von der (lolly, it in Mint ed, the Turkish government will form an army of the iirt line, composed of 'JOII.OdO men, nil .Mohammedan. WASIIIKflTON', Sept. 1. The Hiitixh lUibasHv has been informed by a cable from London that (ler man officer had gone to Constanti nople to lake charge of the Turkish army mid that 11 declaration of war from. Turkey wiih expected. Plnnu are already under way to nnk the American iimbaRsndor nt Constanti nople to take charge of Ilrilish inter until there. WARIIIXOTO.V, Sept. 1. The Turkish nmbasi.ndor, Aruslem Hey, expressed doubt today that the Turk ish army was mohHiiing nnd about .to fight on the idin Germany. lie HAid tho Turkish unity wiih niobilired three weeks ago. Seienly-lwo HUM'rior (Icrmnii of fiecrH, fonniug the Herman military mibxion nt Conslniitiuoplc, havo been incorporated in the Turki-h army and wilt parlleipate in the war. Tho presence of the (lenunn offic ers in the nnuv U iulenreted to mean that Turkey will fight 011 the side of flermnny. WASHINGTON', Sept. J.-Grent Itrituiii tins asked tho United Slates to take care of her diplomatic inter ests in Turkey in cno of u declara tion of wur on the nllics by the porte, which in momentarilv expected. IN Tho conleht between XL Melph Welch nnd Lewis A. Wait, ndiuinis trator of tho estate of fleorge 1. Wait, deceased, Iiiih been finally de termined in favor of tliu Waits nfter litigation of three years. XHilkey & Cherry, nttomeys for the c.onto.stee, received official nolico .Monday the secretary of the interior had nf finned tho decision of the general land of fico in which Wnit's contention wna upheld, uud since Wait has uinde final proof, tho laud in duo courso passes to patent. Tho land involved is tho somovvhut culchrnted Squaw l.aku ranch, noted for its rich meadow lauds and fine Water facilities. E LONDON, Bopt, 1, tl0 p, m. A HoIbIhu biiBlncss man who has just arrived lu London said that food wan ulready iicarco lu UrusseU, "Only about 0110 person In a hundred, cn.i afford oua uud milk," ho until. "Poo. plo who aro rich oiioiikIi lo havo milk twli'o weekly aro coiulilornd lucky, Tho (liirinuna huvo directed Ihu su limit or HI, (lllllen to nupi' to the inllUary, four huudied bid I In ot wn dslly, llriimmln iiroinmni in con. IrlbHlM dally 7D.0U0 pomida of biuud, wtniH Ik auk-tut of Amlvralmw vup rtU tv,m iUHi4 vf mnU" WAT WINNER CONTEST SQUAW LAKE HOMESTEAD FOOD FAMIN BRUSSELS LOOM E TO German Advance tolled Along the French Frentkr hy Terrific Loss- Liner Oslo Reports Heavy Firing Near Skagtr Rek, Denmark Paris Excited, lut Ceil. 1 FAItlS, Kept. I, II tOO p. m. Well founded, llioliftll luiwiiilirnllc rcisiHs am rlmitniliiK In Frls that the I'rrncli Imve rlierkrd Hie (,Vniiaii ad tnnre on llio north. . LONDON, Kep4- U i.'U) p. in.- The livening .N'cvs pulillslics n ill. nalcli fnuii I'htis kiaiinc Hint a I'rrncli rlinoffeHr. Mltiu-heil to tin'. general stnff, nrrtfeitfn tlio I'rencli enpllul toduy frolii tin- north unit mude (In- followlH)rjlAli-iiifiil: "Tho (leriiiaH nilraiiec hn Ikvm rhiH-keil tiy tlicli trriblo lossc ilur Jng tlio laiif few day". They even ruked for an armlflrc In bur' their dead." uoxims, fiv. 1, fliia p. m. Ttic Weoloilivslcr Oaaetlr piibllshm m dl palrli from Ciutlienburg, Sweden, stnllog (lint (hn Wilson Line Steamer Oslo liaii nrritod tlirm from Hull and rt-portN ImvIhic liennl heavy rnnnon adliig a Mm passcil tlirougli the Kka. grr-lUk, (tin xralerway lictwecn Xorlbeni DenmaHtaBit N'onvny. LON'DO.V. SeH. 1, -ItUt p. m. A dswlrli from Paris pnbllshiit In the Ktnr say (hat the censorship on all iicwm of llio military oiktuIIoos In Franco I exceedingly atrlct. The af ternoon jMipen of I'arl ramp out to day with all reference to (he pngr! of military event htockeil out. Ttiero la much excitement In (he French capital, hut the jn-oplo have faith In tho nldllty of (lie allied ami lea to sec (ho country fcafely (hrougli tho crlsU of the prvnent, accontliig to (he c-orresKindcnt Star and of (lie Itnsslnn (riMHK' ability (o reaeli Iter llu. IN BATTLE ZONE LONDON', Sept. J. The nhsenco of news eoneerning tho progress of tlio Kuropetin war is today most mnrked. Not hinee the curly days of August, when military " operations first tool; eerious fr.nn, has there been t-uult 11 dearth of intelligence, of ficial or otherwise. It is evident that there is iv concerted effort on tho part of both tho English and the French authorities to keep tlio world at largo in nbsoluto ignorance of what id transpiring in northern France. No official statements havo been issued in London, Paris or lteiliu, ami such news 118 liti'J oomo to hand is decidedly fragmentary, unsubstnn. tinted, of minor importance and without real significance. This veil of secrecy, drawn tighter today than at any time in tho lust thirty days, may be taken ns an in dication that events of importance aro transpiring in northern France. A similar Mleuco wiih observed dur ing tho fighting a round Xlouw, Cam- brai nnd I.ecntcau Inst week. GAULS VICIORY NO NEWS TO BRAZILIAN WARIIINOTON, Beiil, t. -Tli Itruxlliiiu iilliiilie nl iU'iiln will cii Unit Ihu (li'iiuiin lclor)i' tlhl uwt i'oiu (in w kinpiiDi) In htn win) w ncii'd llicir niHHcini'N Ih imtw nnd de'lmc I hut Hie WlVi'l Mf liw Kiui hvMvy Miliary J lwWU, KAISERS HIIRO K ARMISTICE BURY DEAD N MARKS WAR OPERATIONS REWRITE SEDAN F Move All Along Frontier on Anniver sary Historic Battle Allies "Tear ing Down" Policy Yields Fruit Wlille Kaiser's Right Wing Ad vancesWar News Conflicting. L)XI)()N', Sept. 1. 2:l.-i n. in. To day it ihtftiiiuitfrsnry of Sedan nnd it i.s fully expected that the Oenuitn anny in France will make n Mipreme effort to celebrate in some .strikingly efcelivo manner. Fighting has been rc.-uuncd all nloilg tho front, neeording to the of neial French advices, which admits that the German right wing continue its advance. No other details of this lighting hnvo come through, nnd it is not, known whether the Hritish army has nguin been engaged. According to the Paris Tenips, while the German force are exhausting themselves by their tremendous exertions fur from their bne, the French, by their su- erior transport facilities are nble constantly to bring tip fresh effect ives so ns to prolong the struggle in definitely nnd wear the enemy down if they do not beat him. In regard to the eastern theater of the war, reiiorts ore conflicting. From St. Petersburg the continued success of the Kii.iuiis against the German nnd Aii'trians is- claimed. On llio other hand, Iterlin, which nt last is beii'nniug to issue much more news of tho war, claims important victories of the Austriiins over the ltiissiaus. It is impossible as yet to decide which of these conflicting reports is correct, but it is evident that fierce (Continued on page two.) E ART TREASURES IF PARIS FALLS NEW YOItK, Sept. l.-lf Paris is taken by the Gentians, the nrt treas ures of tho Louvre will not he de stroyed, according to Hubert Weeks Do Fore-jt, president of the New York City nrt commission, who returned from tho war zono last week. llolh sides in the present war have held nrt of till kinds utmost snored, .Mr. Iks Forest said, but 11 loss of a certain amount of paintings, build ings nnd statuary, he added, is inev itable. XIr. De Forcxt said he hud personal knowledge that .when Paris was bo sieged in 1870 tho famous Venus of Xfilo was buried. Rome has received a report from Roumanla that tho Russians havo In flitted n crushing defeat on tho Aus trlans In Gallcla, tho troops of Em peror Francis Joseph suffering losses declared to amount to 20,000. A news dispatch from St. Peters burg makes a similar claim, saylug tho Austrlans I,n Poland havo lost tons of thousands of men. Nevertheless, reports from thJ eastern theater of war continue tj bo conflicting, Both St, Petersburg and Berlin claim Important victor los, By imperial older the city of St I'eteriburg will lioncoforth bo known as PetroKiad, tlio dmii eliminat ing Ihu Teuton coiinlructluH n (ha hiiihu of (ho chief city of Kuwln, Ah ofklal cuwwHwkBltH hvh out t AHttrf )' lh twslhiM ihrMuwkMit 4)(mm MiWiwtry. TImi GfHtM sr dtM.'itHt Ui U v)WWtM AwM, imuI f VICTORY MM 0 MANS NOW HAN A WAR NEWS W NNOWED BY CENSORS TEUTONS CLAIM VICIORY OVER 3 RUSSIAN CORPS erlfn Says Allenstien Wen With 70.0M Prisoners Germans Sweep Like Storm at Amiens Operattons in West Lag File Counter Charges of Rarbarity en Frontier. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. A Ger man victory at Allcnstlne, In which three Russian army corps were de feated and 70,000 prisoners Includ ing three Russian commanding gen erals wero taken, wan reported to day to the German embassy from Ber lin by wireless by way of Sayvllle, L. I. Tho dispatch says: "Official report of the victory at Allcusteln shows that It was eren greater than known before. Three Russian army corps were annihilated. Seventy thousand prisoners wero taken, Including two commanding generals, 300 officers and tho com plete artillery of the Russian army." WeVtrrn Operations "In the west General Von Kluk, It Is reported against the French flank ing attempt, advanced to Conblea' (here part ot the message could not be clearly deciphered.) General Von Huelow completely defeated a super ior French forcne8t,,.sQenthj,; niter having captured (tie EnglUli Infantry. A battalion under Gen eral Von HausA forced back the French on tho river at Jtethcl." "Tho Duko ot Wurtcmburg crossed the Meuso river, also advancing on Alsine. The crown prince advanced beyond the Meuso after capturing the entire garrison of Montgy. which tired to sortie. The fortress also was cap tured. Tho crown prince of Bavaria and General Von Hceringen havo been in continuous battle in French Lorraine. Hordo I.Ike Storm Tho Times correspondent at Amiens reports that the Germans canto over Ua Uko a flood raised by a storm. During the first month ot the war more than 2,000,000 Ger man volunteers canto forward. The chief of tho German sanitary depart ment officially declared there are many proofs that tho English and French are using dum-dum cart ridges. "The state of health ot the German army ts good, noted hyglenlsts ac companying the army." VILLA AND 0IREG0N TALK OVER AGREEMENT KL PASO, Tex., Sept. 1. Generals Villa and Obregon nrnved here to day from the Sonom tience confer enee. It was announced Hint tlioy would proceed directly to Durnngo, whero another stato revolution has begun by the Arrieta brothers. communication has been restored In tho Camplno country. Refugees from Brussels say food there is getting acarco and declare tho Gorman garrison today numbers not moro than 10,000. Qorntun sen thiols aro posted at all tho public buildings. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her children, who arrived In London last night, aro today the guests of Lord Curzon, A news dispatch from Tho Hague says the four richest men ot Bel glum havo guaranteed tho payment to aermauy of the war lax of f 40, 000,000 levied against the Belglsa capital, News dispatches piiblUhiwl In Lon don say that Ilia jrnoplo of Usrllti, ulcrmcd at the Ituwlsn udvanev, ar MilutilMtf lo Have lk asHilsl fr Ntmlial i-uuulrliM, Uv I'rlure f Wains' n4W fin4 k PWwMni Hw im.WMfB tmrHl PHMNI IM I,WM)( tmrl m CRUSHING BLOW BY MUSCOVITES Attempt fa CMMter HkHttiM Mew Thfemh Peiaml FaHs h 6Mek With 2f,Mf Less-Ffeet Htf in Attack m Levchen Hefrtenef rtas Scere Victory. ' LONDON, Sept. 1, 11:41! a. m,f. dispatch to tho Dally News from Rome declares that news has been' received there from Bucharest, Roh manla, acttlng forth that the Rus sians have inflicted a crushing de feat on' tho Austrlans In Gatlcla. The Russians Inflicted a low of 20,000 or tho enemy, who sought to cross the Vistula. LONDON, Sopt. 1, C:10 a. . A dispatch to tho Tl.meu from St. Pet crcburgs gives the following com ment on the Russian operatleM against the Austrian: "The Russian operation galat the Austrian are cenMr4 by recognised military wrttera t hay reached the stage when ckeMv vic tories may be within reaea. CafUM of the railroad center 49, Ballea mvIm ot Leaaberg Involve1 the m4nr f railway communication with the Am trlan fortresses en the Dniester' a4 In Bukovlaa. Thus the sent beta part. ot.GalIcla, as well aJhikvl I severed from the reiMbilag por tions ot Gallcla. except by a circuit ous route across the Carpathians. As a result the Iron ring Is closing around Lemberg. "According to the Russko Store the losses suffered by the Austrlans In their desperate attempt ts strik at the vitals ot the Russian position in Poland aggregate tens ot thous ands o men. Including the Sixth Austrian Corps, which, on Its retreat between tho western Bug and the Wlcprz rivers was almost annihi lated." LONDON, Sept. 1, 8:10 a. . A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Cettlnje state that the Austrlans, supported by the Cav taro batteries and their fleet or Sunday re-attacked Mount Lovchen and Budua. The Montenegrin alt' uatlons were being seriously dam aged when the English and French fleet appeared, silenced the batteries and forced tho Austrian ships to beat a hasty retreat. Tho Montenegrins, under PrUce Peter, Immediately began a counter attack on the Austrian forcea and re pulsed them. They killed 2S0 men and took many prisoners, including several officers. Two pieces of ar tillery also wero captured. LONDON, 8ept. 1, 5:60 p. m. Tho Central News publishes a dis patch from Rome stating telegram received there from Bucharest, Rou manla, declare that tho Austrian de feat in Gallcla was colossal. Trains aro transporting tens of thousanda ot wounded; many Austrian regi ments have been destroyed. BRUSSELS TO PAY GERMAN-WAR TAX TO SPARE CITY LONDON', Sepl. 1, 3:10 n. w. A, (tisputvh to tho lhpin from The llugue fays tho four HcktM mm- kt llelgium have guaranteed (he yuy- meal to Germany of the war ' lax which the (lerwiuu bjvld kttUu4 llelgitmi. The four mat are Ktimt Holvuy, "AIM Kin," lUnm L brt, KeltflNH tjWNtNiV f ' Ik UethmhMi: Kwl WMrowfM, "! Mwner, n4 Hnm tmUtt 'wMwf "m4 M IhU gwMjatjr HVW, aaa (In ItlLiui-ijJal UAauLJ -yiyimW UAA Lii tHmLU us fmkisi wbm. MsT maaSf hudff Ut ft.'i A "i t ') X J - ,1 .1 1 k