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? i 207 Secend Sired Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ma. 02 Mln. -Mj Rel, Him, 1 ii 1H. Forty.fotirlh Yrsr. Dully Nlnlh Yrwr. MEDFORD, ORHCIQN, WEDNESDAY, KEPT EM HER 2, 3014 NO. 140 TT" i GREAT WORLD CAPITALS IN HOSTS' PATH I ' -"wwsM L ., n X lu' it nf It' rf- J VAST ARMIES ON MARCHTOPARIS BE Allies laHle Desperately On Upper Clse, 50 Miles From French Capital to Hold Germans Russ Horde Ccnvrrfp for March on Berlin via Breslau Austrian Clear Way. LONDON, Sept. 2, H:!0 a. m. -A corner of the curtain over tho battlo ilinmn in northtvi'Nt Franco Iiih mcmcnlurily been raised. It shows llio allli" battling desperately to pre vent Hit success of tint (lrriiinii im Miullh iti llm upper OIkc, less limn fifl. iidlc from Purl. (in i lie rn kl cm war stage. Riikmii fitntkly enufcHHCH to disaster to two nniiv corpL wild the los of Ihieo gmcruK pNowImto ttiu Illusion .inns seemed In havo Iriutnpliril. (Inllria litis I ico n Mitivcfiifiilly invaded and l.i'inliprs Mill soon lie evacuated, no- I'onllii In ivpiirlN from tin St. Pet ersburg war office. IlimUii Menace llrrlln If llil N trim Hie Austrian iuo iiium n lttinMiui Poland will lie end i'l i ml the Russian forces rnu beg'ii lr. eoiivcrgo for ln tnnri'li on lleilin, llic IliinHiiii objective In North OitL Irin, apparently being Kut'iiiuhiitlo, whence. luy run march on lleil!ii Iii Pi dan. On thojmprr.QNo H"' HrilMi nm fifMiiiR itiviH'rnli'ly to prevent Ihu flcminiift from olitaiitiuu ono of llm inn! direct routes lo Paris. Tim lint tin raged Kiinitiiv niul Momluy nml ll.V idiCiT Weight of IllllllbelS llli' floi mnint Krciirvil n fli;lit advance. Alliance Perilous Military sKrln point out Hint fi'tiu tliv present position on I'm up per wise liver mo ticrmnu novum o would liri'omo increasingly dilfn-iiii, oviiiL- to tlm nntiirnl features of tlm riiiinliy iih well us ilic, artificial tie lViii'ci tlmt will have to lin encount ered. It is Imm'Oiiiimc evident Hint nil along tlu vteslern lino th nllk'H nro phiy iny for timet in tlm hope Hint I It (li'tiiniii its-oult will luvoini' it.vlinusl- Clcrmmi llnpllclly On Hie diplomatic side, florumr.j Is making renewed t'ffortK to lniiitf 1 1 uly into her cninp liy a proi'lniiiii lion whii'h oil f tlmt a ictoiy for KukIiiiiiI mill FraniM will ilipiivc Italy of all I'tinnci' of iloiiiiiiiitinu ilir MfililiTrmiomi, Tint wi'Hlcrn pnnl of IIiiIkuiiii niul the iiinthwchtprn roast of Kiaiwo nu iippuii'ittly I'lt'iir of (JiTinaiiN. Antwerp linn nukiil for an iiimvns cil M'iriiHoii. Tin town lias iilo cx piili'iii'i'il n nliiiililcr lioi'iumc of nn iiIIiit Zi'ppi'lln lHJt. Tho Kivnt ilir iililn wiih fit oil on ami it ilopaitcil witliout dropping any litmilm. LONDON, Sept. 2, B n. in. Tin TiinfH oorrt'hpoiuli'iit at Dioppi', IVani'i', him (vli'KraplK'il IiIk paper ih follews: j (ContlaUeJ on pnga two.) ZEPPELIN S HEAVY BOMBS ON LONDON, Rrpt. 2, J iSii p. ni, A ilUpnlcli to tho Iteiiter Telegram company from Antwerp, Hiiyw thai u eppclln almlilp piMslug over Unit cly IIiIh iiiiiriilng dropped Ncvcral hniiiliH, Ono Hlrucli lliu riillinnd htn Hun, iIuIiik no iliiimiKC, lint oilier iliiuiiiKCil Mivernl Iiiiiii'h, In iiiMilloii lo Ihonu utiiUnx lliu liiiiltcH five Imiiilm mc i'iil IhiIch In a lidil Ml llio i cur ut lliu liiillilliiuM, Tint I'm In 111 id oil lliu jiltslilii ami II U li'llnw'il IIihI Mii hiim lid, Tlm ,1'PJH'Dii cici lii u bi;Mhi'ily illii'i' llmi mn ijMn'iJ cltth) HlHf hiiwil nl ww luu, wmUitfi1 lu l'ntliMv Uvr vw mufti RUN MENACED RAIN BELGIUM CAPITAL GAIACIA. KEY TO GERMAN CAPITAL IN ROSS HANDS Evacuation of Lemberg lefore Czar's Horde "Inevitable" St. Peters hura Calm Under Strain Official Report Tells ef Capture of Strong holds and Loss ef 14,100 Austrlans I'HTUOflUAU, (Ht. PctcrilnirK) Kept. 2. Tint K"H"rut Rtnff ntinniinri'a Hint nttor n untwi ilnyii' tmttlo tho Uuinlnn fonoH hcIici! tho fortlflca- tloim near Iinborit, capital of Ca UcU niul on Koptemlier 1, nftorn fur loim flRlit, roll tod th AiiHlrlnnH, who (li'd In illnorilor, abnnilonliiK many pli-cri of nrtllfr-ry. LONDON', Si'pt. .', 1 ::t0 p. in. An noiiiii'i'iiivnt from Viriinit tlml pri-pn rnlioim lino lii'on iiimln for tin' i'Vii tuition of Li'tnlicrj;, capital of (Jnli- riii, in nIi'w of tlm "ini'tltnliility" of an appronuliitii; ItnuHlnn ocrnpation U tho firt official inlinNHion that the AiflriniiH hnvc la-rn worti'il in the proloiiitfil fighting in.Oiilii'ia. Thin vli'itra all rei.iinncp in l'olnml for tint aiUnnco on Berlin. Moremer KiiNninn nccoiinlit from IIiIh firlil of opcraticim ha hccii lUHiliiimilly ehecrftil. Kvrn tho ilefcat of ItiiHuimiK hy tho (k'rmniiH in Kant I'miotia Iiam tinnlintcil tlm optimiHin of I'otrjtmtl. LONDON', Se'pL 2 2:lrt p. in. Tho Kxi'hanui' Telccniph compiiiiy pulilinliex a iliMpnlrh from itn Home I'orreHponili'iit tianMiuttiiii; the fol lowim; ofrmiitl htntemeat ihMieil at Vienna: ' "ilei'onmin; that the occupation of I.rniliorir liy HiiohIiiii troop h in cvilahlc, tho province' I'overnment hnn ri'tnoM'il the archives of tin; Htatc ami (jlvcn iii'-tnietioiiH to tho liiiro master iih to tho comlnrt of tho city after ill occupation hy the Kiik hiailH." l'BTHOdlJAI) (SI. lVlcihun;), Sept. 2, via London, H:.Vi a. in. Tho following; offioial aniioniiccmcnt wax inailii puhlio liero teilay: "Our forccM iuvailiu (lulicia have coiiliuucil their advance in tho til led ion of lA'inlicrir. Tho enemy fell hack Kindiially heforo our troop. Wo enplurcil hoiiio cnnnoii, Home rapid-fire nuns nml koido eniMin, Tho purmiit couliiiiien. Cnpturo HironjjtioliN "Nenr Ouila (T) ami Lipa (?) Hie enemy occupied a Btronp position of Nueh natural Kt react h Hint il vviim t'OiiHiilercil imprcKiiahle. Tliey also despeiatcly attempted to stop our advance hy it I'lanKin utliiek in tho direction of 1 latum (f) Wo rcpnlneil tho AuHtriauH, iufliotiiti,' neero losi cm. Wo huricil on tho ImltlcficM 1-1,(100 Aiihliiaii dead, captured a (Continued on page two.) v. ; jj OF LIES CHARGE GERMAN PAPERS WASIIINOTON, .Sept. 2. -Tlm Oer man cmbasny received the i'ollowini,' iiililitioiial vvirelesH from llerlin: "Tho news that (lermiin troops have loft IlniHscln on accouiil of the hltuation in KiiNt I'tiikhIu Ik wrong. Tho Oeiniaii ailmiulNlriiliou lu llrin boIk Ik veiy aullvo, civil HorviuiU nr livlnt: every day for newly oigauixeil llfl'lllCB, "Tho FiciicIi official coiiiiniinlipin tlml llio IIiikhIiiiih liavn pmliiilily In vchled ICocnlt(ihiirK U uNo n lie, The IIuhhIiiim never covcici1 half llm din. Iiiiicp Ih'Iw'i'i'ii llm frontier ami ICocu. iKhiiiK "Mil hid now ii'lri'iiliiig ciisl' waul afliT llm HHIilhllHllnii of (lu-ir Mhihw hi my, "Thw IJMriH 1M I'wHifi, h m jmi'ImMh (wjwr, i'hIU lmi u n 'nclwiy mwijimihMm yllh WiwimUI 4uMitf IM Jluv-iiwv mr' LONDON FACTORY T7 ": GHEMTs DUNKIRK L ST. OMER aniTAKV AIRE rJCf.-w LI LLC A t, J,' ,s' VALENCIENNES, " . FERE r- , g GERMANS M ALLIES -NbELqiANS DIED AS PRINCE OF , COIKNILai:N, via London. Sept. 2, 4H2 n. in. Tho Hanover Courier prints tho fnllowlnB account by an o)o witness of tho death of l'rlnco Frederick William of I.lppo at I.lego "On nil sides our dctachmont was Rtirroundod by llelKlan troops who vvero gradually closing In for purposes of exterminating us. At tho Prlnco' command wo formed a clrclo eight ileop, maintaining a stubborn defense. At length a strong division arrived tn support us, Tho prlnco raised him self from a kneeling position and turned to tho ntnmlard-bearcr, ho lay beside him covorlng tho (standard with Ills body. " Halso tho standard.' commanded tho jirlnco 'so wo may bo rocogulxol by our friends.' "Tho standard-bearer raised tho flag, waving It to and fro. This (if. tlou Immediately brought on tho standard-bearer and tho prlnco a vio lent fuslllado, Tho standard wai shot away and at tho samo moment tho prlnco wan struck In tho chest and expired Instantly." TACOMA, Wash., Sopt. 2. Frac turing tho skull of ono woman, Habo Walters, so sho probably will dlo, an automobjlo loaded with Tacomans ovorturnod on tho Puyullup road four miles from Tacoma early this morn ing. Kugeno Long, another passen ger, has a brokon nrn. Tho police arrested tho driver, K. R. Qarduor, who said ho picked up a party of six and was driving them to Georgetown when tho car ovorturnuil as ho turnod out for a milk wagon. i WANTS TEUTON NAME l'KTHOnilAD, St. I't'leihlniig, Hcpt, 2, via London, 2; 10 p, in. 'llm naiiiu Kt, I'eli'lKhing does not uppciii' In any ltuluii newspaper luiluy, TIiiin haw hcti obMcivcd Ihu Imperial edict I'haiiulng lliu iimna of Ihu lliu man ciipiliil I'iiiiii HL J'wlclnirg lu I'cliotrradi I'M aci'iuiiil nf Ihu (lei', man I'mm of lliu immn uiulcr vvlilcli tlm clly Iiiin licni l.nmui Inri) IN fHHHtlullwl. iHkW cllll'M H lllll.lll Will) lli'UHHH urn, m'h hm HcWurt'iiiKi He.. Uh)h uM b l Ihi'ii tjHlliilmn h HKJJ' iH mm r- m . Pw - ti - --"u-r V , EPERHAY llc&Sg&z PIE WHAM FICTION DIES TWP ritcc-r r LOUVAIN -c.HAELEN XT -..HASSELT TIRLEMOHT UW0CM TJSOSJHIl5 BRUSSELS Waterloo. P n- vAvnK "- ,72 - td'Mtrtt Sr -NAMU IHJWIBKOI iyfe?SX' Ji4:-2 J i . MAIJEUQE 'firilT . - . m r .Sfefl B.r.W??ISS ir -- r-.CC'J1 "NXISEJE T-K-.r '. s I5W pupim; CHAULNE5 - - vCHAL0MS C- fun UAOMP nX3C MAP SHOWING ALLIR5 LINES PUHD ACROSS FRENCH PROMTIEJt BY THE GERMANS. EAST MOVEMENT MUMIE TIDE LONDON) Sept. 2, 10 -M n. A iliHitittcli to the Daily New in. from Ifottenlum, says: "From Torncuju'ii, on the Dutch frontier, near Antwerp, repoitx come of a general movement of Herman troops entwiml. Kxhiruitetl men ure lieiii replaced in all ilireetioui hy reserve-. Tho movement is nl-o he lieveil to ho connected with the urriuil of tho LiiiiKtnim ri"ervists, who nre to occupy tho vvlodo of the ltelian territory. "The movement of train for civil Lin piiiMcs .south of (Ihent has again cciim'iI. "Prejmralions arc lioinjj made at Aultverii for an immediate homhnril incut." 4000 BELGIANS TAKEN PRISONERS AT LEIGE WASIIINOTON, Sept. 2. Clermnns took -1000 Ik'lgian prisoners ut Liege, acconlimr to personal letters received todav liv KepreM'ntativo Sfets of New York. ".My mail fiom friciulH in Ocnuany today," said Mr. Metz, "convinces ino that tho hccoiul reserves nrv not yet called out, for I know n number of men in Oenunnv who nro 47 or -18 years of age, who are still at their work. Tho lirt lino is from 18 to 15 years." GERMANS TO STEM RESUME OF TODAY'S WAR NEWS Tho fourth duy of the second gen oral battle between the Qormans and the allies finds lOmpcror William's forces pressing with unprecedented strength their advance on Paris. Their right Is reported to bo wlthlu CO miles of tho French capital, In tho absence of official an nouncements, news dispatches Indl cato that tho llrltUli and French con tinue n stubborn resistances, giving way slowly, however, whenever this strategy U miressary to keep their lines Intact mid pi event Hn oiivvlop lug movement by tho (lerman rUht. In tho hh( (ho fluhlDig progrtwsMi with uimbulml fury. Huth tho Uu sluii ami tho AmdiO'OerwsH Brmlcs huvn pint ui'ccssi ii ud rtuwrsw. It Is udmllled in J'tilioumd (M, JMcl. Nr) lhtt vw nrwy th wh A fiuilml Jm WH I'tuik hh4 IM IMm MUfSH (P4MNtthl MWfl M, ?f JJ r - ;; Z .. ,a5'rinru' "vptKsiAi, rii c c iv J . .. . W V U"B A liegl;' " fLERON' "5.HUY JD-YE' "S. . WANT 1-: RIOSH, i t-T .viRjori ,C M0HTMEDY 11 i 10NGYY .rg LONGUYI IN .. J7 1 -s vavi kvw'"' v I V45wVERDt)AA ! - :; &- i-n . v , Vr SVI ,1 9m A -I J iJV Si -!V vo ZEPPELIN FLIES OVER. GAY CITY vj TAItlS, Sept. 2. A German Zcp- pelin appeared over Paris tonight and caused great consternation. Tho aeroplane riroicd ahovo tho city at n great height for forty-fivo minutes between 5 ami (1 o'clock. .Machine gun, mounted in public buildings fired at the aindiip stead ily and a con-hint rifle fire was di rected. CRATER LAKE ROAD AT E Through tho efforts of SennloT fleorge H. Chamberlain work outside of tho Critter Luke park on the road to .Medford will he commenced tht honson hy tho war department. Tho work will begin r.t n point near Camp Steel. A force of men nro now at work on this portion of tho road. This netiou will preparo tho highway for tho heavy 11)15 traffic. The (list rivt engineer reported that the road to this city was in bad hhapc. Corkscrew Hill, within tho park boundaries, will ho eliminated. A full statement of the condition of the road has been filed with the war department. appear to havo been defeated in Ga llcla, whoro ovcrwholmlug successoi nro claimed by tho Russlana. This finds support in a dispatch from Vlouulu, which states that tho Aiu trians havo decided to evacuate Lem berg, tho capital of Gnllcla, Official dlpatcho from Potrogra.! by way of London show evldenco of having been clone) censorod In Lou don, Tho attitudes of Turkoy and Italy are anxiously awaited by nil the belli, gorents, A Mmtoffcl dispatch from I'elroKiad says that Turkish troops Iihvo lundvil on the shores of Asia Minor at Ninyrna, Further piowuio Is rcporlcd to liavn been brought on Duly hy (Iwrwmiy sml Aiinlrlu lo huvti bur swj'H'll lb') tilpu liir, Thu Jswhm fornIgH ((! Ui ltlJ H WIHI4'H tmrfHMm vf J, Hd KHflllr lrCW)M'MI f SfWWHW PARIS TREMBLES WOK N V. fi"'- ST'a. . .AIXIA-CHAPELLE ERS . 2J ETTEIBKUCK MfTWER XSLUXEMe irE5CM lSAARC thi6nville cC?.ta METZ y7kO- r" CHATEAU 5ALH5i C-j -v CIREYJ BERLIN REPORTS FIENDISH ACTS AND LODZ FALL WASIIINOTON, Sept. 2. The Ger man embassy received it wireless to day from Hcrliu nnnouncing that "German and Austrian troops have occupied Lodz, the largest manufac turing center in Kusinn Polund, nml that the battlo northward from Lent- berg is continuing-." The report is eon finned that the French abducted fourteen women and twenty-five children from a German frontier place; alio n hospital doc tor and nsMitiint from Lorchingen. Fnto unknown. The papers nre full of Russian horrors in Kust PruMii. Tho Rus sians eut off the breast of n mother and impaled her five children on a fence. Four Cossneks ntvL-bed n woman while they hnndcafCed her husband and forced him to be a witness. FRENCH ADVANCE THRO LORRAINE HUES PARIS Sept. 2, 3:20 p. m. The official statement says: "In Lorraine our ndvauco contin ues on the right hank of the Sanon. In the south tho situation is un changed. In Upper Alsnce the Ger mans nppear to havo left. Before Uelfort there is only a thin curtain of troops." AUSTRIAN'S LOSE 4000 F PF.TOORAD. (St. Petersburg), Sept. 2, 3 p. in. Tho general stuff announces, that tlm Austrian fitteculh divibimi was completely routed near LuMchoff on August 28 and that 100 officers mid 1,000 soldiers vveic taken prisoners, FOREIGN CRUISER OFF GOLDEN GATE OBSERVED HAN I'lIANCIKCO, Calif,, HnA, ii, - A Illicit liiimilK'J I'niiiici' wm nitfJilt cd IvH'hv mile nlf Im (144 (w4n vikr vun oo IbM ( liw miv vwn w ut m i'Wmmm' uf fowws'Ks Ut wu uu m tmiUf, RUSSIA ADMITS DEFEATTOARMY IN EAST PRUSSIA Two Army Corps and Noted cevite General Lest FiorM fet tle 9tHI ftaies at taWa As-( trians Advaw Up Kutks ef Vis- tula Threat Hitrd. -u LONDON, 8ept. 2, 10:20 a. m. Ailvices hare been received here from St. Petersburg that tho Riisslia nm eral stuff frankly ceRresMte dis aster to two army corps Including th loss of threo generals. - LO.VDO.V, Sept. 2, 6:10 a. m. Telegraphing from St. Petersburg tho correspondent of the Times de clares that war reports glrcH out by the headquarters staff In the RihhsUb capital are generally rather meager. but in contra distinction to what is the case in Berlin and Vieaaa tber arc always true. That the headquarters wilt stick to this plan also whea theews ts ei ) is proved by the aaReuMeeaeata f today. ' KHMiaa Tmkh Vawfcafcea ' The wording of tofey'a bbmhb went ladleate that ether VUt4 fortresses, besldea QraudeM a4 Thorn have bee aeat retafereeimaU. The sews arrived ihu alcM? Md hi people of aH.'FeterrtHrg jreeeiwd-K -'-'-''"' with firmness. Tlielr faith la a flaal Russian victory remata's wholly im- shaken. General Samsonlr, one' of the Rus-" slan commanders killed, waa con sidered one of Ilussla's most capable and', brilliant generals, lie greatly distinguished himself ia the Russo Japanese war, where he commsaded a division of Siberian Cossacks. He was afterwards nominated command. r cr of an army corps, and later ap pointed commander of the troops in Turkestan. Ho was popular and his namo waa a household word among all classes. Tho other two lost comraaBders, tho Times correspondent goes on wero General Marios, commander of an army corps, and Oeneral Pes titch, attached to the general staff. GalleU StrMggle Hage From Gatlcla, tho only news Is that a flerco battle is still raging. The situation in this Austrian pro vince Is probably as follews: A largo Austrian army, with Its base on Cracow and Przemysl, 50 miles, west of I.emberg. has occupied the south portion of tho Russian Pol ish governments of Lublin and Kielce. It advanced In two Independent col umns to the north, ono on either side of tho River Vistula. Against tho column advancing an Lublin marched tho largest part of tho third Russian army. The hostile forces met south of I.ublln and toward Tomashov, where the battlo announced more than a week ago Is In progress. At tho samo timo the Russian (Continued on Page 2.) WILHELM'S FLEET SOWS MINES AND V uU LONDON, Sept. 2, 5;13 a. w, The Times naval correspondent dJr cussing tho fuct tlmt the Geraiaii ilect Iiiih so fur deelliied the ftritUk clialleiiije (o a uitclmd btttlle by tak lug refuge in Hie expedient of wjwIhc mines in the Norih Hm, mumtwH tlml It muy be HfMry tk Hdmlrally to cmlwid iw tk fkr ihhh wtkthuiU h tk4W rfL fo Um rctullHlor iwmnHrw U iiui mm fHlHIV, "VW my vtyutr Uhv M ikw for llw imw f yntmaitm ttw- mumj n4w !)! vtmd buMrais; 4W LmlU LgVWM MsHisVaf 4Ltl AsyjgtitjysiBMa piaaasaaaj faaPBvsvj asVar W rSjaav asanHPVajiVaTCBvaBaaiBBB &m siuiti iiwifl m ffcMfaf IGNORES BRITISH 'ii ) X i