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'0. w Medford mail Tribune WM Li- 11 ti SECOND EDITION WEATHER jitm ' i vl1 i s v l'lr Ma. M( Mk. ,4T llcl, Itum, f v Forty-fourth Ycsr. Dully Nlnlli Yr. MEDFORD, ORlHaoy, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 3014 NO. 143 GREAT ARMIES JOCKEY BEFORE PARIS "V U r X h ' it.'1 . -1 ALLIES DIVERT MAN MM EAST OE PAHS Climax In Campalun Near, WHh Ad vantage Stiff Speculatten-rTeutons Plan Grand Assault on Paris In vestment Means Loiir Delay Indl catlens Allies to Take Offensive. MINIMIS, Hi'il. fi, 10;20 p. in. Tint first climax nl' tlm campaign of the nlliim against Orrtunuy, waged ho rvlriitlcusly for werkn past in noithern France, will not now tin long delnjrd, iireoidiuir to opinion in Loudon. ' Hut wild which side will rent tin1 real nl imt.iK' Is "till entire ljn mutter of Hporulnllon. Tlio (lot official roiiiiiiunirntlon from Bordeaux, tin now scut of the Ficitch gnvrtnmrnt, speaks of tin (Ionium movement on I'nrln us bay. Iiijl born diverted to tlm rnstwrnd, in diicli direction tho imn-Vrn hnvf i curbed I. a fern Sous .lounrrc, some thirty itlli'M rant of Puiis. This would set in lo confirm the Oeiuin:i nnnoiini'i'iiuMit Unit I lie ulliod forrrs huwt Ih"ii ilihni liiii'k to anil in numr ritsu nrrosn I In- lht't Munio. Aerording to oilier Miurrert of in fono.iliH tlm Hrnnr.u troops nro much nearer Pans il'im linn been In dlealol offli'iiilly; Ihev am snld l In' williin n fou ii Hit rust of Chan- tilly, t'unty milt' north of tlio rn( ilal. The (Ionium general staff ha lanw-d from Brussels to Moiin, lli'l giiiu, nearer the hocmp of operations, nml Aiiotrimi soldiers iipiirtnily liiivu hern brought from Lorraine lo llir western theater of tlm war to fill llir enormous gaps '" I'1" ninhn of their allies, tint Hermans. LONDON', Kept. .',, 10;i: a. in. The English pnhlir, litmrv for mm a of the operations of the allied iinnies in tlio western theater of wnr, hml to eonteut toilny itself with the hrief offieial eoiatannleatioii Issued from l'aris mul llonleanx. Thoso only whetted tint appetite. Grand Assault Military oxpotts h(liet the tier mans nut preparing fur a grand as sault on Parin in the hope of halter ing down the defenses of (he eapilal. Tlii in because the investment of Purls, while the huge moliile army of the allien in outside the eitv, woali) tml appear to he a logical part of the hwilt (lernian eampnifii. News of tlio withdrawal of (lennan hoops towaid the Prussian frontier in not generally oredited lieitt heeuuso willi their Mipremn el'foit in the went iih a piiiaary ohjeetv tlm Hermann are hnrdly likely to weaken their forces. Belgians llreoicr NewK from northern llelh'iam indi eaten that tlio llelK'ian Iniiip4 are re eoverlmr from the unielliiitf piniixli- (Continued on pk two.) EOF Ti OF LONDON, Sept. .'., .'I ill) a. in. The eoriepmiileut nt the Daily Mail nl I'otroKi'nil in nu aeeouut of lint IttiHhiau operatinuy under datu of Thursday huyni "Of tho tolul AtMliian foreen In (lalleia -prohalily tweUe nrmy empn at leant i'mir army rorpn of -'00,. (MM) men ha) been niuelieally put out of action, anyhow I'm' Nome lime, and 1M) of (heir A0II Kium raplurrd, "Itiikbla in nuw ulila to delaeh con hlilnrablii I'ointH o Lublin and tlm pniHpeol U ilinl thin will prnlmhlv loico (ho Aiiktiltui main iiiiuy In fall buck on Ihii thiuix J'nrlii'ien of J'ryinyl, Jdionluii nml Vwuw, wlniMby Hid iiiiiiih will leeiiwr lhmu iihiIn nl' I'nliiiiil fa'i!iiili'il by llui AimiilHim nml ia leililu I'luleui 'ui nf IhIIcIh iiji lo lliti ('ai)iHlli' mx," MAN FR IAN COMMISSI T Make Extended Turning Movement Northwest of City Two Allied Ar mies lefore City Germans March in Southeast Direction Five Teu ton Corps Leave for lorder. I'AUIH, Hunt. C, t).3 n. m. Tlio official communlcntlon Umioil toilny inviitlons two a rm I en with now iIcbIk nntlom, tlio nnny of I'nrln nml tlio nrmy of tlio nortliwoM, whlrli IvmlK to tlio niiiiiiHltlon Hint tlio bulk of tlio allied forreit In divided between ponttloini In tlio roKlonn of I'nrla nail C.'ompleKtio, the front IiiuIiik the roK loa of Verdun for Its rcntor, whllu only cutvrltiK troop nro left In Al men. 1'AltlH, Sept. C, .1 26 p. in. It ban become nppnrrnt lo obnorvun hero Hint tlio (lermnn do not Intend to ongflKo the allien' nrmles neat to moot Ilium nnrtliwent ot I'nrln. Tlio ene my evidently In mnkliiK nn cxtcndo'J turaliiR motemenl, H . I'AUIH. Kepi, r., H: IT. n. in. An offlclnl nnuouncoiuont n)i: "Tlio oaomy In pumnliiK his wldo movement, lie continues to lenvo tho cntrouchod ramp of I'nrln on bin rlplit and to march In a south vimt direction." Ouo word tho omlntlon of -wblrb from tho Trench offlclul ntntament U Indlratnl by dnhen, evidently wm confuted In trnnimlinlon. It nppenn inont likely to bnvo been meant for "cauvorKiiiK." IIOItDKAUX. rrnnce. by way of I'nrln, Hept. G, :20 p. in. Thin city linn Iktoiuo overcrowded tliroiiKh tho arrhnl of tlio iiimabem ot tho rov vrnment, forclKn lonatloiifl, nowipnp- or men nud mnny trnvelera. Tho botoU, rentnurnnta nud tho Htrcot cam nro packed with people, llooms In tho principal hotels lmo been ro riulnltloiiod for tho uno of officers of tho government and tho ununl occu pants wero furred to vucnto. Tho Htnffn of tho ombnislrn bnvo locntod nt Atenchon, n popular summor re Horl 3S inlloa Miutbwent of thU city. I'AUIH. Kept r.. In London, 12:53 p. in. - I'lvo (lormnn nrmy corp hno arrived at tho VlHtula rler. nc rordlniT to tho Home corronpondom of tho I'nrln Mntlu, Tbeno rorpn are moHtly from IlelRlum nnd tho uortu of Prnuco, tho correapoudent iay and wero bronchi up to oppono tho advance of tlio Uunslann. LurKo componlto uruileu occupy ex cellent poHltlonp. whoro thoy nro pro pared to meet tho powerful artillery tho (lo mums nro brliiRliiK nml tho Hltuatlon Ronorally la rcRarded au favorable to tho ulllos. After tho flut oxodua ot women nud children, which wna recommend ed by tho authorities, complete calm returned and tho cltUoua exhibit nh noluto nssurunco, 20 CORPS LEFT FOR GERMAN ASSAULT LONDON, Sept. 5, .'::) a. in. A dinpaleh lo the nxchiiiiKe Telegraph from Kouio eoulainn a inenMipo fiom I'elrourad in which it hiuh Itunhian military offieial in ipioled an follews: "When the war hepm Angina wan our iiionI Heiioiin enemy, heeaiihe, ex cept far four anny mupn neul aaiiiKt Hervlu, her rntlio unity wan iliiecieil UKainnt nn, "Now Hint Hen In Inm miiilhllnti'il four AiihIiIhii empn ul HlmhaU am) wo liiive ilccUlvcly ilefraleil yi)ll(l)l)ll men bi'lwci'ii lliu VMula ami Ilia ))liliihler, ten JIiikdIhii unuy roipn Hie iijci'iil Id IioIiI Him AnHrl"U In I'llruk, (i'iiUhk mm Inrfily imHt ftp1 M HHHt'H fWlHt Ut'lRIHHy," KAISERS MB DODGES ISSUE BEFORE PARIS RUSSIAN ARMY OCCUPIED bY AZQO VHINf, fJuBRUGK' 5TEND rf 6HENL MOMS - VALrTciENNESA, RRASn" :IWC fc.Alk CATfAM VAWlt ORlGrffj t & 5 jr-' 2 - CHAULNEA EPEBNAY - HI map showing po5itions RETREAT VEXES ALLIES, GERMAN LONDON, Kept. .',, (li'lT, u. m. The correspondent of tho IJeuter Tele irriim eoinpanv nt Krrrleren, near l'arii, nendn tlio follewing: "Our meif. though rheerful, nro nnjjry at the continued retreat. They do not uuderntuml Hie nccexMty for it. They are all anuued at the uiu'iiiliiig numbern of the nermann. Tliey hay, 'The more you kill tho mro Ihen? are of tlirm, hut if v.e cer get litem in the open, itV good tiilit. "Tho lihtiu alouir tho lino of tlio (lermnn advance had been iueenftnnt nnd desperate. "Tlio war in hard on the lione," "Our Mildiern nro nil right, but tlio people whom wo pity are the llious imdn of fugitive who havo been swept up and blown uwuv by tho tunrchiuir annien like chaff before the wind. The rutin! r IhrouRh which Hie armies have passed i devahtatrd. Dxnamiled hriduen ami tiiuueN maik the ictrcat of the allien nml blazing ullage mil i k the ailvuueo of the Hermann, "That the (leimnnn ara in a great hurry is evident. They advance re gurdlcsft of rNkn and haerifieen, rnmhiinr down reMtanco bv tlio weight of numbers and eariied for ward by the hope of Htrikiug: a mortnl blow nt tho wrstoru force before tho eaotcnt enemy is nt the gates of Mer lin. Tlio speed at which they advance in the online of constant wonder to people who know tho country and the distance. "At ii village which wan full of troops a few duyn ago no attempt wnn made lo halt them. The allien' troops fell hack and save for rear guard aetioun, (ho Gommim seeming ly marched from Lafere to tho lines of l'aris unopposed," 600 IAP STUDENTS HELD BY.GERMANS LONDON, Sept. R, 5; 13 p. m.- A dtipntch to tho Central News from CoponhuRpn snya; "Information has reached hero that tlOO JupnncHo ntudonta from (Jonima Utilvertllloa bnvo boon captured on tho Dutch. (lormnn frontier nud lin prUoued." Navy Will Censer Wireless Messages WAHIIINUTON, Hept. C Iia. dent wlUou IhmiiciI today an oieeutlvu nrdiir tllrnotliiK tho navy ilepirtniviit to IhIim over tho wlitdfM Mini Ion t Tudinilou, N J, mul nperulu It nn fijunl tvnu for Him rmlmwliw nnd Ivnullmin of all IwIIIkhshU nnd HMt nt, (!(lJ hiwhuihi villi Im huudtvil 1 tEUSIAN HEAOttUAirrEPS ANTWERP KfoiEST J?l!m.HAElEH ... A9mfm ..W WUWtU UWVAIM .MASSELT '-"" IOWtfn. TJL.MM MaAAU - ". - -- - - - WATPRLOO LAMWM -T ST T10ND 'vl3- HANNUT r: ii fMUl CHARlEROl iHO '- r a .S. - i - - VPROON TO - . in France to which the TURKS NOT KEEN GERMANS FATHER LONDON, KrpL Ji, .1:10 p. in. A dUpntrh lo Itrulut? Tclrgnun coin puny, nlo dated August 31, declares thnt the idea of n frch wnr in dm- tnMcful lo Turkey. Kven in the nrmy there appears lo he lack of en thiiMiiMii. I'raelieally all biincM linn" been Mn-K'ndrd nml ditre-s it. beginning to be sorely ft-lt. Today tho number of Herman of ficers mid men in Constantinople i more than 'JOOK, tho correspondent goes nn. The fresh arrivals nro being either drafted into tlio navy or seat to tho forts along the Honphoms mid the Dardanelles, tho entrances to which already have been mined. (lermnn reMirts of recent successes agniiwt ,tho Hriti-h nnd the French armies nro being exploited in Con stantinople to the almost by the Ger man embassy. In nulieipaliou of tl.e possibility of Tin key going to war, Hritisli, I'reueh and Ku-sian residents are beginning to hriiil their fnmilien away. Already u number of Kuglish fumilies in riuiyrua havu gone to Mylileae, on tho island of Lo-ho's, for gi eater snfety. In conelusiou Hie lteuter corre spondent says that Hie value of Oer man gold which lias reached Coiistnn tiuoplo is placed at $000,000. Oulmet Wins Golf .Over Travers MANTIIKSTKIL Vt., Sept. .'. Fruneln Ouimet of Hoston won tlie national amateur golf championship by defeating .leromo I). Travers of Upper Montelair, N, J the HUH champion, fi tip and II to piny, on tho hkwanok club links fodav. I FOR R WA SUMMARY OF LATEST WAR NEWS Conflicting news disputehos nnd vngue officiul sdilements leuut the fortunes of Hut immense nrmies struggling before Paris today a mat ter of ronjecluie. All accounts agree, however, that the moment is approaching swiftly when the Ficuch capital must have result to its own defenses. Despite occasional temporal-' successes of t tut allies, their line appear to be slowly gllug ground heforn the Her man inhaiico. The flcniiaiis, iu a (.call. ciirlo, keemn to have iraehed points rant and west of Paris, that Ilii'li' left wing U touching bil'cie Huun Jouiiriit ill the dcinrlinoiil of Hi'lini rt Mm in1, Tlm I'iacl ioillo) of tin (leiiumi (IkIiI v. lug in not lewwlcd, Inil mi far HH know II hu not lilimirrded Ui gel ling aiMnii'1 lliu ullicn' lefi, foiwfl Uy UiWh Doi'l- A Jloww Jlaik M IM fllJ ?P,P AlUFS GFRMJS BELCIAH5 "ERSTAIyisr 'FciS FIFRON sT .9. iyEKVlER WUY T. n - - bZsZ wrHr e y-a rA F1 ARLONj m 4VIRTON 1E0Y LONGWY c x. SUyON oriici V H :.-nieiTMJCr fjLlUrLFtlWa st.-V NfV lv4 vcon in H5 n?iCZr'Z VlWtjLl t-iww . allies have retired DALMATIA TAKEN BY MONTENEGRi Fl HOMK, Sept. . via l'aris, 11:40 n. in. A telegram from San Gio Miaui, In Albania, snys that fontc- negriu troops, led by Generals Mnr tinovieh and Daeotieh, bnvo occupied tho Dalmatian roast between Anti xari and Catlaio. LONDON, Sept. ."J, 12:41 p. m. A dispatch received hero from Milan ipiotcs tho Comoro Delia Sern to the effect that n Montenegrin nrmy corps Iins occupied n strip of Aus trian territory between tho Montene grin frontier and the sea, ns fur north ns Iltidua, ten miles southeast of Cattnro. The ndvnncc guards hnve arrived nenr Cntturo, which tho Montenegrins are bent upon taking willi tho assistance of French nud Hritisli war ships. ROCKETSGIVEGERMANS 1 RANGEH CAMPS 1'AItlS, Sept. ,", .:H0 ii. m. An infantryman on bis wav to the hos pital at Nice told the correspondent of the Matin Hint the Gorman niu- tors flv over Hie camps at night nnd when thoy ran sight a bivouao they let fall a rocket that leaves a long lino of sparks behind, Huts enabling their nrtillery to get the range. Tho minutes after this rocket falls shells begin to burst around tho snot. Herman nrmy rorp have nrrUed at tho Vistula rixrr to support the de fense against hu Rossian invudei-s of Last Prussia. Uho Russian general statt elaiaiR that its victorious army iu Halicia is weeping tlio Austrian's before it. Further fighting is repotted at Icrmomlo, shloeu miles rust of Hhent, suggesting thnt Iho Belgian forces from Antwerp bao ugiiiu en tered the fray. Theut in no additional news re garding Iho Russian as liming been lauded at (Mem! from BrilMi trans- orl, The Servians claim that tlio Ann. Irian left :IO,OIKI dead lifter the hut Hu of Jiidaril mid that lliu Hen Inn capluicd ,M)ll piioiii'in, All olllclul sichiciiI Uurd ut I'm l In (oduy Hi ul tht HciMUNn i'o)lliiiii Iu Inttii Puijn mi Iklr rlnkl hhA o uiuich ) u koiitn.iwly 4j. Jj. WAASfTfCI BOMBARD ORTS POWERS SIGN AGEEMENTFOR MUTUAL PEACE Great Britain, France ami Russia Agree One Will Net Cease War wi Kaiser Without Consent of Other Two Strengthens Bends Between Nations and Triple Entente. i.u.n uu.n, beiii. .i, ;:. p. m. Kusrtin, Great Dritaiii nnd Franco signed today nn agreement thnt none of the three would mnkc peace with' out the consent of all three nations, Trt of Protocol Following is the text of the proto col signed today bv representatives of Great Hritain, France nnd Uussin: "The undersigned, duly authorized thereto by their resident e govern ments, hereby ns follews: "The Ilritisb, French nnd Russian governments mutually engage not to conclude pence separately during the present wnr. The three governments agree thnt when the terms of pence conic to be discussed no one of the allies will demand conditions of peace without the previous agreement of each of the other nllies. "In faith whereof,, tho undersigned have signed this declaration nud have uffixrd thereto their seals. "Done nt London, in triplicate, this rth dny of. September, 10W. "E. QKKV, "Ilritish secretnry for foreign affairs. ,. "PAUL CAMBOK, . "French nmbnssndor to Great Brit ain. "IJKNCKKNDOItFF, "Russian nmbnssndor to Orent Hrit nin." LONDON, Sept. 5, IUm n. iu. A belated message from Constantinople, dated August 31, says the ambassa dors to Turkey of tho xners of the entente, Great Ilritu.ii, Ilussiu nnd France, yesterday renewed in a more formal manner tho communication iiinilo to the grund vizier, August 17, guaranteeing the independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire ngninst nil-comers, should Turkey ob serve fctrict neutrality iu the Kuro lcuu war. Tho ambassadors left with tho grand vizier a written btato- ment on the subject. Tho nnibassadors of these three Kiwers nre continuing their efforts with the porte to obtain the repatri ation of the German cruisers Goebcn and Drrslnu, which arc still in Turk ish waters-. LOSS OF HZ, LEMBURG LONDON, Sept. ."), 7:24 u. m. A dispatch to the Kschaugo Telegraph from Home says that it is officially admitted iu Vicuna that tho Russians have captured both Lcuibcrg nud Holier. ROME, Sept. fl, via Paris, 1 p. m. M. Krowpensy, the Russian ambas sador to Italy, commenting today on tlio Russian advance into Halicia, said that the possession of Lemberg mid Huliez was exceptionally impor tant. It gave the Russians eouiinaud of tho whole of Haliiia on the left hank of tho Dniester riveil he said, with tlio possibility of easily contin uing their offensive operations to tho south of the Carpathian mountains, The Russian objective was the com plete defeat of the Austrian army, the iimbiusiidnr declared. They would thus ho enabled to (.enter nil their slrciiKlh uuninst (lei many. ftH't Tax Bwl WM OLYJIPJA, VmIi Krpt. ,V The lhuiloii enmity Mjn'rior roH today derided the o.rllil 'ixid will'' hx ('MM), JliMlfilK IWJ JWj;i NnUW4I of vw.mi ut tm4 uW" nmh4 AU AN wEMm GERMAN GERMAN FLEET CAPTURE FISH ANDFISHN Great SquadrM Sinks Fifteen Trawf Cruiser BriM In FW iff BrMtl LONDON, Sept. 5, rM p. w. The official information bureau an nounced today n German squadron had sunk fifteen British fishing boats in the North sea. The admiralty i.mief (he follewing: "The German cruisers and four destroyers succeeded in sulking fif teen Hritisli fishing boats in tke North sen. They raptured a quantity of filt nnd the fishermen wero taken to Willielmshnven ns prisoners of wnr." lUltle off Hajrti NEW YORK, Sept. 5. Tke Ger man cruiser Karlsruhe has engaged nnd badly disabled the British-cruiser Bristol off tho roast of Hayti, ac cording to II. II. Weissner, a lieutm nnt of the German army and Ieadr of seventy eight Germans who arriv ed here today on tke Clydfl Lk steamship Algonquin from Puerto Co- lombia on their way to join tke col ors. The German lieutenant stoesM that a Dutch skipper kni fcroniftt word to Puerto Colombia that Ike Karlsmho had meat and saik the British cruiser Glasgow off the CeJ ombian const. This, however, wn denied by British officialH'in George town. Before meeting with the Bris tol, Lcutcnnnt Wcissner nsRerted, the Karlsruhe captured British steamers, transferred their Aassengers, vrcw nnd blores to the 'cruiser and then sent the ships to the bottom. Hunk Freighter NEW YORK, Sept. 5. The Bowes Castle, n British freighter, also has been sunk by the Karlsruhe, accord ing to a cablegram leceived tod from Liverpool, off Murauhao, St Lucia Island. According to the cablegram receiv ed by J. F. Whitney & Cor stpamship , agents, the Captain and crew of the Bowes Castle were taken off before tho guns of tho cruiser sent her, to the bottom. They were safely landed nt Murannho. After sinking tho merchantmen, tho -Karlsruhe sailed to u small island in the Caribbean sen, off tho port of Haranquilla, Colombia, and (here landed tho people taken from the British hhips. Sufficient food for a mouth was nNo left on the island. The marooned passenger nnd crew may be on the island yet, LicuteunHt WcUsncr said. He hud not heard that Ihey hod been taken off, liTROOPSM MOVE EASTWARD TO MEET RUSSIA LONDON, Sopt. 6, 8:10 a. w.- A dispatch to the. Dally News from Co penhagen, dated Friday says: "Dorlin dispatcher Indicate that tlio Hermann are throwing trep back eastward to meet Ituwla'a ad vance. , "Tho president or the derma no tary staff controlling tho railway,' states that tho principal )!aa wHI close for the present, so that In tM Herman section the mala cowl ind ent Ion between fljwindlaavlaa 4tli trlea and the eoatlaeat via (poritosr and WarHewuaOe Is 4r shut cVir. All the rollJHK (h. It hi httM4 Is now wanted fer nutvlag a iMga NUMber f trw to U 4waH. "Furtbr iHillsslktas nt Umm Urn pilaU (he lrw, W bC HaV ' drstN mm fcN AlsjM tmA "All kn itm ntttmi mM to (Jril itm$ m4 mnrnwUim turn mtm t i At 1 i t 1 . 'I i