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-t WT r! !Ua ' t;vi Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER ? Fair Mm. m Mtn, 4fl Hl. Hum. 9t). ' VS Forty.fourth Yritr. Dully Nliilli Yrnr MEDjTORD, OTIKCION, FRIDAY, 8Kl'TI3MKI5it 4, 3914 NO. 142.1 GERMAN RUSH ON PARIS SUFFERS CHECK .1 'to C . 1 I" : ,'v si & N, V rt B f, 5 FRENCHCAPiTAL AWAITS COMING MAN HO Teutons Bailer Rear Army Retreat- In,, t0 city Within 25 Mites of Objective Point Authorities Con sider Surrender of City to Save Destruction. OHTI'N'I), IIIkIumi, Kept. 4, Ylu London, 0:10 . in. Tim ndvanco of the German right wing I reported checked. Tim (lormnu havo boon obliged lu mllro on Ht. Qticiiltn. PARIS, ttt'pl. 4, fi:05 p. m. An official communication Issued liy the military government of Pari this a( Irrnooii nays: "Tho movomciiU of lha opponlnt; nrmli'ii near Pari nto being contin ued without contact taking I'lnco. In tlio district ot Vorilun tlio German force lint sustained sonio checks. In (orfattto mill tho Vosges our troops won fresh imnartlnl successes. Tlio general situation In llttlo chnngod." Hummer rirrlug I'orro LONDON, Sept. 4, 4:55 a. in. Tim correspondent of tho Tlmo nt Dieppe, muter Thursday's dnto, Indi cate Jtmt tho Germans nro less tlmn 25 mile from Pari. Ho says: "All day yesterday tho ho ml of tho wedge which now forma tho German nrmy was forllusly forrlnR It's way to Pari, battering nl tho roar of Urn re mating French thrnugb I'rell, 8en IU ami Crcny-cn-Volola. Tho can. nonadlng broke windows In Clmnlllly, which la only 17 nillm north of 1'arU. Tim CtnrinntiN nro nlao near Sulnsons." Another illapatrli to tho TIiiim from llcauvnls, 10 miles northwest of I'nrl", anya that tho Gorman on torod Clermont, 35 mile from Pari nt 7 o'clock Wednesday morning. At tho aiimo tlmo their cavalry wna operating around llcauvnls. Consider Hurrendcr LONDON, Hcpt. 4. 3; 15 u. in. In ii dispatch from llouon. Franco, a correspondent of tho Chronlclo says ho Ima learned that tho French nu thnrlllca in I'arla nro considering tho surrender of tho city to tlm Got iimiiM In order to avoid tho destruu (Ion of properly from artillery fire. Thin will only ho dono, tho cor respondent declines, lu case tho outer lino of tho dcfcnum of Paris nro passed hy tho Invaders. llritisli, French mid llolglau wounded nro btilng trnuxforrud from Pnrla to other cities and tho groat exodus ot tho populaco ot tlio Fionch rapltal to tho aoiith continues. Thousand In'itvo VAUI8, 8pt. 4, 11:40 a. lit. Ton thoiiNand of l'nrlnlaun, rhleflv woinim and children hnvo talion nd-, (Continued on Paso Flvo.) "' ' ' 7,r-" OF LONDON', Kupt. -I, ft :'-: u. in. Tito Times' IVtnwnul eom'H)ouiUul, tel i'Ki'iiililii(,' cniiccniliiK IIiihnIiiii mill tiny oiiii'ullmiH, Hiiyti tho Hiikmiui t'oiorrt ilrow iironuil tlm Aimliiim nt my llko nu iron Hi'inl'clrcle, Tlio AiihIiIiiuh Hiiik sero oMIi'il to fJKht wllli oxtrouui oliHliiniev owiiiK In tho fuet tlml llmv coiiM not liopu for any cmifclilornlilu rclurou'eeiucntM, Tlm Hoiilliei'n tiiiuv iiiuler (IciutiiI I'Viink final Ihwii iiliiniht iiointilulelv ilfHlroyeil Ii" Iho Hi'i Iiiiik iiihI Urn tliiiirtlor of Mm n'liiiiiuil nl" Ihiee eoiiiii woiilil nllvr imlliiiiR "live llml )ieiiiiiiM in liU iniiiiicr tlm roiiil In lllll.lM' WDIllll llll Ml )M'l n llii Hi'llia. Tin Mi'iiniiiu linil i 1 1 hi i en I lv H'llr- I'll J'lfllll I'oIInIi llTllloli HI'Kl of lliu VmiiIh, hmiI won iiiiiiMm In ncihI I In1 AllallhlllV M WHt'h m H NllHlWHi SEMI-CIRCLE IRON ENVELOPES AUSTRIAN ARMY T AN BATTLE A VERDUN N TO French Concentrate Forces To Block Germans Advance Weakening Left Flank -Historic Battle Kept Silent Two Days Paris Optimistic Des pite Trend of Events. LONDON, Hcit. I, 'Jil.' p. in. Her. erciieo to the (ilinilo trule hehu-cii tlio (lenuiiti nnny timlcr Crown 1'iinee FiTilorlok Williuin, nml tlm forec of Fninee, whleli took plneo hetueeu ItlieluiH nml Verdun V(lnoliiy, in mmle iiK'iiin today fntm Iterliu. If the Iterlln htntemi'iit provrH eoerivel that three iiuarterx of u million troop wero fi'lilin in Hint region Wdiie-iliiv in the "cnnleMt hattlu or hixtory" it would explain imieli of wliut Iuim hccii liiippininj; in tlm ent er n field, gmiiter of Million FIkIU To liriiiL' tlm Iroop-i !u that region to uiiythiiiK lile the iiumhcr of 7 .), 00( inoriiioiM IVcui'li fnn'ert niint liuxo lieeu roueentrnleil nt thu ox penny of tlm I'lt'iuli left flank, whore lliu OenunuH have hern making prog. roHK with their IniltiniU dimli on I'm in. Tlm buttle, iilnug tho Hlieimh nml Venluti line Iiiim hern elaimeil, in nu early iucoiiiko from Ilerlin, iih ii victory for the nrmy of tho cmun prinee, who it nporlnl to he hud the nftMotnuon of Krupuror William, who wan prcM-nt. That iiiilhTut: further coneerMii xurli n liixtorii; fil'ht, now two du old, him eonio tliioiili from nn.v Houree 1 repinled nu remnrknhle, even in thene diiyn when virtually nil xprinjjw of luformntion nro umlei' of riitial Heal. I'reiiili Not PrvdmlNtlc The I'rriieli offieienl eomumni ni tiniiH eoeiiliuuo to hliow mi title. uliHeuee of pHfimixm nml they nit Ki'iternllv reminded iih iudicutiui; that the situation of the nlliew is far from heinj; as had iih inhtlit ho eonjeetniru hy hiipcrfirinl olmervers judgini: from the teri'ou'd mmouneemeuts )f retirrments. Nimn eorrespondents go no fur us to miKKext that Iho in vaders of French mil Imvo lioen fought to u Htmulslill, Theie is no eoufirmutinu of Iho re pot t from Heme, Switzerland, that u (leniiiiu foive under (leneral Von Deimliui; has heeu oldicd to take refuse in Switxerlaud to ao!d enp I lire hy the Fieueh. In mi uppeul to tlm nation to join the ontor, miulo hy Premier As ipiilh in (luild Hull today, thu npeaker niil liv reeoxiiini'il (lint the present wjiu only Iho "curly bIiikos of what is k1h In ho a protr.ieteil truj;le" Tho premier niado nl- Ihis httvlo iiK'iil : "I had ahundunt (.'rounds for pride and comfort in whatever direction I looked." rilir-AdO, Kept. l.'lMinordi liury broadening out of export busi ness rushed the prion of wheat np tvnrtl today (1 to (Hi a bushel h!)licr lliau ycsterilay'H record, tlio liiKhcst previous levcu siueco tlm war begun. Violent flueluatioiiH were in progress when tlm day's trading eamo to tin end. MAD AfflS EXPORT BUSINESSjTAKK SUDDEN JUMP UPWARD CZAR'S SPIES OUTTRICK GERMANS LONDON, Kepi, 1. ltulViilug In tlm iccent tiiifuvoiabln news from thu Kant Prussian frontier, a (leriniiii of liecr Inlklng with it wnr uurrcspond eiil riiild, iiceonlliig o u ilinpnlcli from Aiiihlcrikwi 'l "Now wn kumv Imtv llm iliiskliuiM wme uhlii to ei'HW our (iiiiVfineiiU, Tlm eplmiHKii fcciUiH wMvIl iUvy Inn it oiiiuiiirvil U i'hihwoiiii, Thu HfcJHHK HIV IwfwIWfl uf (iwlblujf E TO CRUSH FREE STATES EUROPE Invasion of Belgium First Step, Says British Premier Louvaln Called "Shameless Holocaust" and Ger man Army "Buccaneering Adven tuurers" All Strenuth Needed. LONDON, Kept. I. Tlio liritiali prime miniver declared that the in vasion of Hcluiiim wiw the firxt htep In a itrt'ittcr poliev to itiihIi the free- iloin and aiilonoin.v of the free Ktntes of F.iiroie. "Wo now find ouiclves Involved with tlm whole Htrcujilh of this em pire in a hloody urhiliaincut of might versus riuht," .nid Premier Asipiith in it xpeech odu "that has lieeu en tered into with clear judgment and n clear conicienee. What would have been our place ainoui; the nations if wo hail been Iiiim; cnoii'jli or ho par itiyrcd in our sense of honor nml duty to he false to our word and faith lcs to our friends? We should have hcen pIiiiii1Iii hy with folded anus and with mu-Ii couuteimuei) as we could command while this small and unprotected Mate, llelcium, was dc fendiii" her vital liberties and niak:n.r n hcroio hlund naini-t overwliemiu force." Conliniiinj., Premier Asipiith (k tuilcd the heroic efforts of Iho Pel uiau forces. lie mentioned tho fcic.j of Lici;e nml enumerated enunllc oulnuics on the nnrt or what .ie termed 'i)uccancerin ndventurers," !f declared that the Rrcatot crime uniust rivitixntion was tho Mickiii; of Louv.iin. "This thuinclcx holo canst," the premier continued, "was performed hy blind butharimi veii'je nuce. Sooner than htaud aside we would see this country of ours h'f.t Icd out fnun the pniM of history." DEFEAT COMPLETE PAHIS, Kepi. I, 10:l.'i a. in.-Tho llavus Agency puldi'lies n dispatch from Pctrogmd giving tho following official announcement , "Tho fifteenth Austrian) division was completely defeated August 'J8, near Luschuff ( n few miles east of Tomasxow, in Ilussiau Poland). A division commander, u brigade com mander nml chief of one of thu di vision staff were killed. One hundred officers mid four thousand soldiers were wounded. Wo took twenty guns mid tho flag of tlm Sixty Fifth Aus trian regiment. Thu battlefield was covered with corpses of tho enemy." SCHEME FOR REVOLT LONDON, Kept. !, 11:18 p. in. A dispatch to Keillor's Telegram com pany fiom Home, dated Scptcmbit II, says: "According to n veioil fnun Set- via, tlm secret Servian societ- 'Nui don Obrmtti,' is preparing a revolu tionary movement in Honia mid llurzcgoviuu (Austni.n provinces) which will break out simultaneous.,' with similar movements in Itoliemia and llutigury," that is liappeiiing in llm daytime by spies who light files Unit produeo inuU of vn lions eoloi4 iih suit the iiiirpuse, At nlglit Ihuy signal witli iijfhls. Mil i on nUn uii) iiscil I'm kliliillliig when llm sun pet mils, Oneo W'H (tatV II piOI'I'SsiOII Of ItllHklllllM en crying a hihwciI pin I hit, which iiinw'il In Im piiliileil fin it mil ini', The UHi Uki'Mpi'll Wlll'll WD sll'C'l'i. (4 lU MeiUl'K itm mi duugeiUHS IfHWHJ? KA AID AUSTRO DIVISION T 0N FLEET CRIPPLED CREEPS TO KIEL Seven Destreyers Damaged and Oth ers Reported Sunk British Gun boat Speedy ami Merchantmen Hit Mine Adrrral'j Silent-English i Cruiser Sinks Austrian Liner. LONDON, Sept. 4, Z.oZ p in Tho official Information bureau list Ibbuc'J a atntcmcnl aavlnfc: "According to Information de rived from a trustworthy source seven (crman destroyer and torpedo boat hnvo arrived at Kiel In n dam aged condition, nud It la understood that othora have been aunk In the vicinity or tho Kit1 Canal." Now .Meager LONDON, Bopt. 4. 1:15 a. m. i. dltlona to tho official communication regarding tho torpedo gunboat Spcody say: "Tho mlaftlng includo tho skipper and four men of the Llnsdcll. Two men wcro seriously Injured. "Tho remainder of tlio crow of tho Llnsdcll hud been picked up by tho Speedy before tho latter struck a second mine. "Tho Speedy wna nn old torpedo gunboat of 800 ton and prior to tho declaration of war she waa engaged on fishery protection ot tho North Sea' Thin addltloaallnforiuatlon re garding tho protiablo Ions of tho tor pedo gunboat Speedy or tho British navy and of n merchant vowel of poino kind la all tho Urltlsh censors hnvo thus fnr permitted to coino through. Austrian IJner Sunk LONDON, Bept. 4. 4:50 p in. Tho sinking of tho Austrlnn Steamer Ilathorl by a Urltlsh cruiser In tho Day of Jilscny was reported this af ternoon. Tho Austrlnns refused to heavo to until tlio cruiser put a shot across bar bow. Tho warship then took off tho crow ot 2C and sent tho steamer to tho bottom. Tho prisoners taken Included a German Imperial staff of ficer. Tho Ilathorl wna a steamer 13K5 tons. Sho piled between Fluino and French orts nud was last reported In Ilnvro roads August C. MOVE IN MASSES AT LONDON, Sept. 4. "SI. Quentiu was thu scene of a Hritioh fiht Sat unluy. On tlm llritisli right the Fri'iich under flenerul Paul seurcd a distinct hueccss. On Hunday and Monthly tho (lernmns were hotly pressed near (luNo. Tho French liuunnered uwny at tho cneiuv mid eonniletelv denunalired them. The German losses wcro heavy. "One of the Pntisli wounded said: 'These Germans scent to Imvo nu in exhaustible supply of troops. Wo mow them down mid mow them down mid still they come on. It is impos sible mieeessfully 16 oppose such u mass of lroow unless you have big Hiippoits.'" KAISER WOULD MAKE NI'AV YOlIK, Hril. I, Dow, June ii Co, published (lit following mi lliidr lie-wit lleki'r luilnyi "lmidmi-)t M icjhiiIi'iI t Lloyds lliu! (Irrnmiiy Im sent mm iilllniHluw lu JIoJJhuJ. Tbirv l nu wwwl'liwu. GERMAN HORDES SAN QUENTIN COAL AND FOOD BRITISH SHIPS FROMNE Intercepted Wireless Messages Con firm Suspicions of Grman Envoy Cruisers Gel Aid-File Official Complaint With Brvan Mystery of Supplies Cleared. NKW VOHK, Sept. Llntercept cd wirclesK message copied at thp various stations jn tbv vicinity of New York at which the United State government has placed censors, would seemingly explain the neriodic ntipeurance of Hritinii cruisers off the cntrnnce of New York hatbor. fount Von Hcrnstorff, the Ger nian ambaM-ador, lias rcpeatcdl" ex pressed conviction that the llritisli mcu-of-wur were both provisioned and coaled from New York. Maritime men have been totally unable to explain why firf t one and then another of the cruisers known to be off tho coast would come with in the three-mile limit, remain a while mid then hurry off to sea again. How these cruisers munaged to oh tain provisions nl-o has been the source of much speculation. AsAkctl Provision One of the vvireless message which has helped clarify the mys tery was addressed to II. It. Hunt nt No. l'J8 West Seventieth street, Now York. The message was picked up on September 1 nt station near New York, while being transmitted from the llritisli cruiser Suffelk: to the Marconi station nt Sinscoiisct, Mass. lu this message Mr. Hunt was direct ed to bring n quantity ofprovisions mid some ncwspnitci to n ioint two miles south of Ambrose lightship at IL o clock tho following morning. Among tho provisions nsked for wna fresh beef. Olympic Implicated The following tiny, September 2, as the Cuniird liner Olympic passed quarantine, bound out, sho sent from her wireless the call letters of tho Suffolk, nnd nfter receiving nn ack nowledgment transmitted u dispatch signed "Hunt." In this "Hunt" in formed tlm commuuder of tho Kritish cruiser that he had hem at a point twt miles south of the li'dithliiu nt 11 o'eloevk that morningl but us the Suffolk faded to put in mi appear ance ho would be there again at 3 o'clock thut afternoon. Whether any provisions were actually delivered could not bo determined. Spies Bother Yankees COPENHAGEN', Sept. I, via Lou don, 3:03 p. m. A dispatch to tho Wolff bureau from Vienim nays that Austrian war correspondents de clare that tho Aiistrians have been greatly embarrassed by tho activi ties by ltussoplulo GalicimiH, who have acted us spies ami bcinits, es pecially in Kant Galicia. WYORK RESUME OF TODAY'S WAR NEWS Tho German right is at thu rear of tho retreating French, who nro fulling back through Crei, Senlis and Crcpy-cn-Yalois. This ue-.vs would place the advance of tlm (Icunan host within perluipi twenty miles of tho limits of Paris, their objective polut. Official information regarding tlm rcpiotiva positions of tho Germans, nud tho allies is, however, lacking. Mails' reaching New York from London today bring a report, origin, ating in LleiHiol, that IlritUli trniitf purls have landed 80,000 Russian troops in l'Yiiuce, This mailer wn not permitted to pirns llm ealilo ecu. sore, l'rfv iv purls of llm uiwrwllniu in llm i'Ht mid little to "bat fiifoima. tlml lias eiiine from official miince, in gcnorwl, llicy lelVr In fluhllwK cHlly hi (he week and cwhMiw Kw. iduw I'luime wf 4lMtlr l lh AU4 IrbiH turn In UWvl4 hu4 ihtmn BRUNT OF WAR NOW RESTS ON CZAR'S LEGIONS British and French Cheered by Sue cesses in Galicia Paris Hopeful in Face of Stefle, and Turn of Events Will Chant Present Aspect for Allies. LONDON, Sept. 4, 10 a. m. The German army at least one point la now within tbo 20 miles fortifica tions out ot Paris according to late advices received here. However, tho veil of secrecy ovee the western area of the fighting tho country north ot Parts never has been harder to penetrate than during tho last 24 hours. There U no evidence- at hand to show that the persistent advance of the Germans hag been appreciably checked. Lato nowg dispatches from Dieppe dcscslbe tho German light aa at the rear of the retreating French through Crcll, Scnlls and Crepy-en-Valols, towns. 24, 25 and 30 miles respect ively from the boundaries ot Paris proper. Tho fortifications ot the French capital extend roughly tea miles beyond the city limits. The allies probably now occupy a line ot siege both to the east and west ot Parts. HumU as Savior The Urltlsh public baa turned hope ful eyes towards the east where the triumph of Russian arms la the Aus trian province of Galicia has been amply confirmed. In addition to the battle ot Lciubcrg, In which the flower of six Austrian army corps were destroyed. It Is evident that there has been simultaneous victory at Tomaszow, a town ot some Import, anco 30 miles southeast of Lodr, la Russian Poland. It appears evident today that not only has the Austrian offensive through Russian Poland, destined to effect a junction with German array corps from East Prussia, failed, but tho blow has been so severe that Ga licia la virtual! In the control ot tho Russians. Lcmberg Is not only tho capital ot an enormous territory, Slavic lu Its sympathy, but also a transportation point of great strate gic value, being he center ot eight railroads. It tho Russian successes continue, It Is expected that the Aus trlana will bo cleared out ot Rus sian Poland within a few days. Austria Crushed If tho official reports ot the Rus sian successes In Galicia are any where near correct, It la scarcely pos sible to exaggerate tho Importance of their victories. If tho Austrlans are as badly crushed in Galicia as the Russian reports would make the pub lic believe Russian Poland will soon cease to be a polut ot anxiety to the Russian defense ami the effort of the Petrograd general ttett can be con- (Continued on Page 5.) successes in East Prussia. The Russians have occupied Lemberg, the eupitul and btroughold of Austrian Galicia. ltelgian advices sny that u tourist arriving from Hudapest declared that tho peoplo there fear thut thu whole AuMro-lliingurian htruuturu may break down following thu Austrian defeat by the Hiissians. Australia hits arranged to send more infantry nud light horse to support thu ullies. Prcmipr Asqulth i)ened the cm sudii to blimiilalu recruiting at u meeting In Guild Hall, Loudon. He culled on every ublc'hodivil Jlriton of military age l' inlly In llm colors, The (leiiiiau mubuHiuiilor to Ijw Ulilli'd HI n lv, Count Von lleiiislnrfT, aniioiiiiei'il llml lie linii Hi4l(vH Ififtif whIIi'm llml wii l)riilii trnl'is off Kaw Voik Ha'lmr Hri rm4vHK u 4lw fii;i ii WtH fil4f llw AmM ipM fUui i LFMRERGTAKFN RUSSIA MASTER OF ALL GALICIA Iran Rbif tf Czar EnvetopH WBfary Power of Owl Empire PreeppMf Dismptlen Emtimw Leeeee by Austria MMHmm md aujrSM Has Bathe-Fa) CKy ImptriMt. LONDON, Sept. 4, 8:20 a. r Timcs corre.s()oiident in Pelroxrail sends the following under date ef Thursday: "Information telegraphed by tk headquarters staff encourage the, hope that the victory at 1emberjc W only tho beginning of the end. The retreat of such nn enormous foree, reliably estimated nt eight army corps tnken in conjunction with the rout of the nrmy which was to serve an a screen to their rctrcRt already spell disaster, complete ami overwhelaaiBg. Information obtained by the war of fice shows that the garrison has already been preparing positions at Gmtlck, twenty miles to the westward, on the railway to Przemysl. "The fall of Lemberg, whiek is the junction of eight importaat rail-' way line. renders the KatwJMia ab solutely masters ot the whole et east ern Galicia." , LONDON, Septi 4, 4:25 a. m. The Petrograd eorreepeadent et the Times In a report ea the eaeratieM around Lemberg says: "The iorts of Lemberg-have fall and other Aaetrlan armies kav fcaa engaged la Northern Gallefa ear Lublin. It may yet have to chreaWe the complete disruption ot the dual monarchy's armed forces. Haitle Front Iavjc "The operations extended over nn enormous front of 200 mllea anil probably a million and a half men wcro engaged. The Austrlans ex treme right sustained enornteaw losses but the most terrible blow was dealt them by the gallant Ruasky's army, which starting from Revne thence toward the southwest spread ing faawlse so aa to Involve the reg ion north and south ot Lemberg, me nacing the rear of the Lublin army and threatening to cut Its eeumuni- catlons." Ot tho magnitude ot the Russian army before Lemberg, there can be no question, the correspondent adds. The Austrian forees amounted te no less thau 200,000 men with 509 ar tillery pieces. There were three complete army corps, the third, elev enth and twelfth and parts of the fourteenth and seventh. An Aus trian army corps on war footing, it waa explained, la raised to three divi sions, of which the third Is made nu ot reserves. ' Victory Important Dy this victory Russia haa nut out (Continued on page five.) THANKS GOD AND RUSS GENERALS for mm LONDON, Sept. -I, 7 p. m. A Vf trograd (St. Petersburg) spfclal It thu Renter Telegram company mvm tho coininnndor-iii-eliiLf ka4 neMfWd tho emneror that thu KuMiiaHa Wave oceuu'ted Lemberjr. Thu coniuiHiuler-in-.'hiet, s was as follews: "With extrtue Jn and U God, I Hiinounec to vour maiealy.tavstl the victorious arwv. ui4r Qtmtml lliuskv enptuml I.wsibsiy, at- 1 o'clotik IliU HwrnUnf. The my ti tleuerul HrHNlwff, hM MkM " btw yor mUiy i (IsHsral Hwiwky, m wutagi 3 Ifet Mi, Hi-ha iwmmmUw li WmUssa, tmrih 4am f Um 4VW M llmtipt M44 fur Uatt AiM tat iLw "'J msi llaausani MfuaaAnff laW anm j ema nsaf vaansmnsnj SsP nsWnaPyj VapPJ umntt imm f asm ajpsnf smsjanjr i' ' v-l p .;, - s i ;5 j t'i iv .i u