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"""JH mBMTIn VfvJtQ Medford Mail 207 '1 -' r SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mat. 71 1 MiH. M Bel. Iliini. Ut IVrclp. Trace. Tribune t JHj Forly.fmirth Year. Hally Ninth Yrar. BATTLF WING tk. OF1 PARIS French Official Communication As serts General Action Proceeding From Nnnteull Le Handouln to Verdun Germans Advonced Sun day and Forced Bark. PARIS, Sept. 7, lilO p. in.- It Im estimated luifirflflully that ni'iirly :i,(IOI),fl(lO troops nn ranged in I lie fighting that ' proceeding fimt r Paris today. PAHIB, Rnit. 7f 4:30 p. m Prom official Information Riven out In Pari luiUy It U learned that tlio iiKHKOiiiontii which began Saturday niul Sunday .10 and -to mile north niul nut of the French capital do eloped Imlay Into otto of tlio most Important batlln or llm campaign. Tlu armies of ttio allies nre opopslng tlio (loniinn advance out a rront ex tending for ISO miles from Nantolul to llaudotiln, 25 miles northeast of Pnrln, to tlio great fortress of Vr.r iliin. In tint Department of Mmiso and twenty in lies went of tlio (lormnil frontier. Tlio Trench troop were strongly supoprted ly tlio British sol diers, who passed throtiRli Paris aov ernl day ago. .Mile Favorable l'nltlotu. Tim position chosen by tlio nilleJ, forfeit to kIvo bnttlo to tlio advancing Invaders la declared to lio most fav orable, having near It centor tin strongly entrenched camp at Chaloiii uur-Marno. Tlio allien conducted their opera tion! no successfully that a portion or th Herman force wero forced to retlro. Tlio Ccrmani had reached tlio region around Coulommlera and l.nfertn rtaiichor, respectively thirty nml forty miles to Paris, whon'tho do tacliinouta covering tlio flanks or tlio main Oermnn army encountorod ad vanced dotaehmenti of tlio allies, who drovo them hack. Tlio wounded her.nn coming Into Purls till afternoon, llulllo Near to Part. Tlio iioarncxs of this fighting to Pnrla wan responslblo for tlio reports eurrent this afternoon thnt the sound of firing could ho heard from tlio city Itself, Tlio day was clear and n strong wind from tho cast would tend to sttpnrt tlio contention of thoso who declaro thoy heard tlio round of nrllllery. Tlio Inhabitants of Paris gathorod In Kreat crowds near the Kates or tho city to watqh tho passage of military dispatch hearers, who from tlnio to Unto en mo dashing lu front tho east (Continued on Page Four.) T F NKW YORK, Sopt. 7. Tho cam palmi for tho suvoral party itomlna tlons for Kovcrnor mid other Btnto officers, which up to dato has boon nhadowod by the Kuropoiin war nowu Is oxpectod to opon with a flood at oratory tomorrow and contlnuo until Beptambor 28 when tho first nomin ating primaries In l)in history of tho atnto will bo hold, Tomorrow In tho last day for tho filing of nomination petitions r.nd tho Indlcatlpns thnt thcro will bo ftovon rniidlduloa of thu dlffcront parties for, thq nomination for sovornor. Utilcse other candldaten flla pott tlons t0 flKht anions the domocrats will bo botweep Oovernor (llynn anl John A, llcnnowy. Frederick Jl, Davenport of Ouodla, u former stuto Konator, bouIim tho prourosslvo nomln- iilloit, ProKtevo leudgrn lutvo boon tin Hblu to omluiBto to their own sullnfuc lion Just wlmt pioporllou of tho toto can lie ronnled by William ftuUer, who U u rauillilnlo In upopsitlon t) Duveoport. bma llvoly Ihuti any of Mm oilier 4viiiIvIm w ;h li hulllo for Hid re liUbllt'HH numIuuIIou, 'Jim ilir,) riiN, (JMultHt mi Jb K IIim DWilt't Allwrw- H'MIhwh um4 llmwy It, OR 120 MILES EW YORK FIGH OR GOVERNORSHIP OPENS TOMORROW 70,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY RUSSIANS IN CAUCIAN BATTLE fr PAIUH, Bept. 7, r.;00 p. m. In a dispatch from Petrograd, n cot respondent of tho Mara Agency nays that tho Hussion took 70,000 Austrlnii prlsonera and :ii)0 canonu or various rlrc around IxiiiiIiim'k alono. Thoy also raptured throo regimental flags, 4 1 cannon, two aoroplanea f, nml IS offlrern mid 1200 men In olhur oiigagomentH In Unllcla, T SENT OVER RHINE LONDON', Kepi. 7, 'J :."( p. in. A dispatch to the F.vetiing Slur from Itoltctdmii snys thnt during the first nineteen days of the war more than 2(100 trains henring 2,000,000 troops for the western thenter of the wnr pnHHml over tlio five bridges over the Ithino nt Cologne. Notwithstanding this cnonnoiis nnny, reinforcements nre t ill being littrrieil to the front, not only to take tlio plneo of tlio huge number killed ntiil wounded, hut in order to enrry out tlio eminently (Ionium plnn thnt no far ih possible fret.lt hoop lie littrlnl nt men who nlrcndy Imve home the bunion of the dny. In addition to the licinendnits siege cuim of the Germans, ordinnrv field piece, luivo been litttried forwnrd. An American ulio hnN Juit nrrivrtl fmnt Poloone, couliiuie tho Stnrn eorresiiouiietit, hIivU-h that lie met n wotimled Oentiim officer who told him that the kuccchh of the OcrmmiH wn duo entitely to tho fuel Hint die troopn nlwnyH lind n reit nfter nn eiiKiiRement. Tho nnnv eoqw were lieiiiR used in shifts to keep them frenlt. OEE HERSCHEL ISLAND WINNIPKO, Man., Sept. 7. VII laljamtir Btetfmtsson, tho Cunudlai explorer Is marooned on tho Ico off llereltel Island, acocrdlnc to Itov. W. It. Fry, n missionary who has been mnoiiR tho Knklmoen and who ar rived hero today from KlttlRBRjuvlt. KlefanHSon Is In no Imcdlnto dmiRcr. SKATTI.i:, Wm.lt., .Sept. 7. Mtteli Inter newH limn Hint of Dr. Fry lm been hrotiRlit to 1'uint Hnritnv liy thu wliulerri Pilnr Henr, Helvedero .unit OIku Aiinn, who left tho Uerseltel ihliiud iieiKhhoilinoil in July. They not only hud nil tlio newri current in llertieliel islnnd, but IlieinsclveK ernlscd ns fnr n Ilnnkn Lniul, look iiiK for Stofmirttion, Olo AnderFon nml RlerKen KterKCiif.cn, who left Mitt tin Point Mureli 22, Itcntliii duo north. GERMAN CRUISER CAPTURES COOK ABOARD FREIGHTER i .- SAN Fit ANTIRCO, Cnl. Sept. 7. Tlio Ilritislt l'reiRltlor Cetrinnii, which nrriveil hero enily todny, reported Unit hhn luul been halted in fexiean wuterri by thu (lermiiu eruiner Leip tiff, her wireleKs outfit removed nml her fleniuin cook trmiHferred nbonnl tlio Leiprit,'. Uer euptitiit would not niiy when nor whero niul wiih very reticent iihout piirtieiilurs. rtHoTOSELS FORCED TO AID ENEMY I'AItlH, Hept. 7, 10! 10 a, in, Alt Ostein! dputcli to thu Jlavtu Akuiu)' usi "A now violation of the laws of war has bwH poiiwllld by thu ner mann, Tn Hilary Kuvuruor of lrilelK iu foiwrt Din lvj MuarilD, MllhpUHh illwtrziwJ, o help in hh Ihi WWK Hf hU tmuMlHWIMH Of (M fw UtimtUiM of Dm plft willy OVER 2.00.000 GERMAN ROUPS MEDFORD, BANS CLAIM GREAT VICTORY Army Between Rivers Vistula and Bun Retreating: With Enormous Losses Russians Adopted Offen sive Tactics Austrlans Now on Defensive. PP.TWXIHAI), Kepi. 7. The fol lowing niinoiiiii'ement was yivcn to dny : "The Austrian nnny eorps between the tiver Vintiilii nml thn river Kui; nre retrenlinn with enormoiiK Iosscn, "The ii'i-islmiec of the enemy has been broken. "There r evidence of the jwmsi. bility of n fitmine in Aitstriii.'' PA HIS, Sept. 7, Uaflp. m. Ae eotdltiK to ndviees reeeived here, n second Austrian nnny operating in front of Kminosfdow, in tho Lublin region, ban Niiffered prcnt losse1 and Ik now on the dt-ft-nnivc. Some of tho AiiHtrlmw Jinvu been foreed to re trent. i Biirrottiitl Prxentoyl. I.ONDOST, Kept. 7, r, n. m. Offie inl dinpntehcK from Ilmnta htnto the KiiHHinii left witif- is crndunlly stir-nmmlini- PrxeniHyl, which will noon cither surrender or be taken by ns vt tilt. Przemsyl in n ntron;; fortresiv fifty miles wct Of I.enilierj-, nml its fnll would tuenn the Iorr to the Austrians of tho Inst KtronRuold on flnliein. It would clear tho wny to nn ndvnnco of the KiiHxinnH westward toward the junction of their forces on the east PruHhiun fnmtier. PAItlft, Repl. 7, 10).Tn. m. A tlixpntch to the Ilnvnn npenev from PelniRrnd nnys lite political prisoners in I.emberjr, (lnliciu, wero Het nt lib erty by the KiiHintiH coon after they entered the city. . Knemy'n Center llrokcn. PAHIS, Sept. 7, 'J .20 p. m. Tho Ilitvns correspondent nt PetiORrnd trnnfituitH thu following announce ment : "Tho IluRhinni nilopted offensive ntlneks .September ! nlonjr tho entire AtiHlrinn line of battle. The enemy's center, located in tho legion of Kronnstnvc, bore the Itttssinn nttuek. Tlio forty-fifth Auslrinn infantry wn comnlelely mtrrouudeil mid the eommnnder, forly-four officers nml ltlOO men wero taken riionern. "Tho flennnn division, which enme to the aid of the Austrians, was nt tpeked on tho left bnnk of the Vis. tula. "Husnian troops hnvo occupied tho region around Btrj-j nml ICtissiaii cnvnlry is in possession of the Car mthinnkieiRhts. "In cnbtern Pnt'.siii only lij;ht skirmishes hnvo been reported." china Unable to make display at exposition WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Chinn today officially notified the state de partment of it h innhility to partici pate In tho naval rendezvous nt the Pnnnnm Pneifio exposition. Condi tions arising becnuso of tho war wero given ns tho icnson, niul the Chiueso foreign office expressed its deep re Rrot. F i.unuuk. ttepi. 7, 12 Q p. m, Among thu 2000 Americans who crowded tho rooms of tho Ameiieuu relief committee when it opened today wero 100 who cumo over from Havre on Iho American cruiser Tennessee. Tho reiilhinder wore chiefly from Os. loiil, Flushing And lloltcrduiii nnd went largely American (lennans who mo tlituully without money mid mut he unlisted hack lo Ih'i United Slates by tin oomiiillli'cii, HufuHi'i'M nay Hit hid iiuinliri of Amrih'uiu In tlciiiutny who him uh Hblu u pel out jiri'Hiitii of I he IhnltVd REFUGEES Ml GERMANYPENNILESS MUM wrUfi'i Jlfihi'it f, Unmer, i-hnlimtiH nt hn HMmiHIi'e, doc iio MWu Iks) 1m)mwMh VtlllhH I'lWMfAHM'llwiH i OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1.014 president: demands colorado strike come to an end l WABIIlNqfo.V, Bpt. 7 4 President Wilson ban addressed letters to the miners and oper O atom concerned In the Colorado coal strike, virtually dcmandinR thnt tho long strike bo ended. lln addresMd bin loiters to thn heads of .tho mlnlnR com- panlns and to officers of tho I'nlted .Mlno Workers or Amor- lea. Hccntise federal troops aro on duty In tho ntrlkn dUtrlct the prpsldent feels that the Rorcrn ment has a ccullar Interest. WAR OPENS DOOR OF UNITED STATES PI.ATTSIlUItO, N. V.. Sept. 7. Samuel Oompeivi president of the American Federation of Inbor, in nu address in connection with Labor dny ceremonies here, ointcd out the op- iMirttimtii's ot American commcrco nnd American workers to be derived from the chaotic -condition of nil lines of commerce in Kurope incident to the wnr. Ilcferritig to the cele bration of Labor day this year, in the week set npart for the celebration o fone hundred years of peace be tween the United States nnd Great Ilritain, he said: , "Some strange chance of fortune, when the time forth! celebration was near, when men's thoughts were of peneo and the ways of peace, the countries of tho wester neixilirntion nre suddenly plunged into n titanic struggle, n stupendous death grapple for existence with weapons so dead ly that hundreds of lives arc being pcnt with mnd ejclrnvngnnee. "In this colossal horror that has befallen the peoples of Europe, the eyes nnd the hoes of nil turn to America for sustaining nid. Our fer vent desire is that she mny prove her self worthy of the grent service that lies nhend of her. "While all the other great countries hnvo halted tho normal interests of life, America alono maintains her wonted pence nnd friendliness to ward nil mankind. America is to be eonte tho clearing house for all tn- tenintional intercourse. She has tho opportunity to become the world's hanker. Her great power nnd influ ence nro moral. When that power and influence shall ho used ns befits a great nnd n freo people will deter mine her future greatness. May she prove to the world that there is such n thing ns international morality nnd mny she help Iho warring nations back to n place of pence mid justice, is the earnest desire of America's workers nnd nil her citizens." REVERSE MS TOE DCFEAT FOB WEB PARIS, Sopt. 7. Lieutenant Col onol Houssctt, mlltary crltto of Li Llborto said today that tho Gorman Vrniles had placod themselves In a position to tho east and north ot Pa ris which might become hopolcBj In caao thoy Buffered a check. TO PROVE VICTORY OVER AUSTRIAN ARMY GIJS'KVA, ia Purl', Kept. 7, 'Jtfl it, in. -Austria having de nied the announced Sen inn suit I'ciuen, NILoliil Pitulttdt hH for rltiu pilulsler, IcIrgrHjihisI ihe KcnlHll 1'onmil u OweyH Hhii i'aVi fuelling Ivtn Hifwberii of (bit HillUh uww in tumii In Hmhi Mt Keith' i'MWm In ASSERTS GOMPERS Wiry lb h'lrfi VERDUN SCENE DECISIVE FIGHT OFPRESENTWAR Belief Growing That Germans Have Concentrated Under Personal Com mand of Kaiser to Storm Strong, Frontier Fortress Swlna to Seuth Intended to Make Safe Siege Paris. LONDON, Srpl. 7, Orl.'i n. m. The belief is growing that n great, decis ive battle is being fought nt Verdun, the strong fortress of France, on the Metistf, nenr the French frontier. If the fourth German nnny, march ing southward, cuts off the roll cat of the French eastern armies, which re cently have been holding the Ger mans in check between Tout, n forti fied town, fourteen miles west of Nancy, nnd F.pinnl, nUo strongly for tified nnd near tho AUaoe frontier, it might rejM-nt the coup which in 1870 drove General Charles Denis Snuter Dourbnki and his nnny of 1.10,000 men into Switzerland. To I'ml)'c French Army. Hopeful critics nre speculating on the ossihility that the German swing around to tho south mny mean nn ef fort on the part of the invaders to make suro of their retreat through the Meuse district, but more likely it is a scheme to strike such n paralyz ing blow to the French nnny ns to render the investment of Paris n safe operation. The southerly movement of the Germans may effect a junction of the crown prince's army nnd the army of Havnbia, which has teen held on the defensive in Lorraine. Thus the Germans' would advance from tho east nnd north in n vast enveloping movement destined to entsh the allies' right wing by sheer weight of numbers, just ns their left wing wan piiihcd hack during the last fortnight. These preliminary movements, if showing nothing el-e, at lenst prove that the Germans realize that the siege of Paris, even its occupation, is quite worthless from n stratepc standpoint while tho allies pre free in tho field. Decisive Conflict. Corroboration of the above men tioned theory is contained in n dis patch from Ilerlin, which describes n bnttlo in n difficult country between Verdun and Itethel ns the deciding conflict as fnr ns France is concern ed. This dispatch states that tho op posing forces nre almost equally di vided, but that the French have tho advantage, fighting from n defensive position of their own choosing. Another significant factor is the general understanding that Emperor William is inspecting tho field of op eration in this neighborhood. Reports disagree ns to his exact whereabouts, hut all agree that ho is in tho vicinity of the Franco-Gennnn bonier. Tho conflict in this region must hnvo de cisive results, Tho capture of the great French fortresses would be n terrible blow to France, while the re pulse of the Gorman nnny would give the French n chance, to nssumo the offensive, n course needed on account of its moral effect in tho western theater of the war. Alines in tho North sen nro becom ing such a menace that it may be closed to navigation during the night time. The admiralty notice gives the right to put out the coast lights at any time, which would make it diffi cult for Gennnn mine-layers to con tiuue their work. GUNS OF CALAIS REINFORCE PARIS LONDON, Sept. 7, 8:20 a. in. The correspondent ot the Dally News In, Paris, In a dispatch under Satur day's date, says he understood heavy guns from Calais, lloulotno and Cherbourg have been brought up to relufoico the defuusea of Paris. Tweiity-flva thousand inarlito funll eera, he states, marched through the city early )stirday, JAPAN PASSES WAN BUDIET OF M.mW 'J'OKIO, Kept, 7,Th kAHs ef tbjy HMMJMNhly HfiM(UlV4 wJ I wnr hwV f M,WMMWW ITALY AND SPAIN LIKELY TO SUPPORT CAUSE OF ALLIES LONDON. Sept. i, 3:50 p. nt. A dispatch to tbo Chronicle snys: "Much attention Is being naid here to tho potslblo Inclusion 4 of Italy and Spain In the num- nor of countries at war. "Tho strained relations bo- 4 tweon Italy and her former al- lies have been greatly negr aval- cd In tho last three days." GALLANT DEFENSE OF TERMONDE BY BELGIAN FORCES LONDON", Sept. 7, 3:47 n. nt. The correspondent of the Kxprens, wiring from Termonde, sixteen miles from Gheutt under date of Saturday, says ; "Termonde has fallen nfter sir hours of fighting. The little force of 6000 Belgians made a gallant de fense, but the enemy was 20,000 strong nnd the Belgians were unable to reply effectively to the deadly fire of the German siege guns. "The Gentians began the attack between 2 and .1 o'clock Saturday morning and the rain of shells over the town, was incessant, until 0. It wns n hopeless task, attempting to hold earthworks against such odds, and one by one the slender defences were abandoned. Tho defenders were nblc to leave in good order without serious losses, nnd went by way of Berlner and Ovcnneire, in the direction of Ghent. "After entering the town, the Ger mnus set it afire nnd throughout the mcn'iiife dense clouds of snioke over hung the town. Not three miles away the peasants, with strange nnd dull anathy, were still working in their gardens, sometimes turning to watch the smoke. Only the children seem nfrnid, nnd they ntn and hide from motor enrs. "I sighted Gennnn outposts from Tennonde, within three miles of Ghent, nnd there arc indications thnt tliev will almost immediately occupy Ghent. The people nre greatly excit ed nnd many are preparing for flight." KAISER'S ADVANCE POSHES FORWARD WASHINGTON', Sept. 7. A dis. patch received today at tho French embnss from Bordeaux says : "On the 5th of September the north-south movement of the Ger man nnnies has continued. Coulnum miers nnd Kpemny nre tho bases of the first Gennan army. This nrmy was attneked by us at Saint Soup. plets, on the right bunk of the river Ourcq. Senlis has been evacuated bv us. On tho road from Montmirail to Chalons, the second nrmy has sent its advance guard. As for tho thinl mid fourth, the heads of their col umn nro on tho road tiom Chalons to Bussy. "The lino of the fifth nnn has reached tho road from Possesses Traincourt, moving through the Ar gonue. Our twentieth corps was fighting at Geibeviller against the sixth Gennnn nmiv." ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT NEW ORLEANS NKW OHLHANS, Ln., Sept. 7,-i Colonel Theodore Koosevelt arrived here today for n two dny' speaking trip in LouLImiiu, His prinelpMl Ad tin will he dellvvivd lolKh, after which he will leave for the lliird f)Hf gresoiiul district, uf LUIhkh, whern the i'uwwlti belweeH ijmhui- vrslH mmiI iirfriHM4vw le Hm wio previwmi U wlllflx Mll4Wl. m l PjmhMIh wily immrfmt ij turn ww Hisi m by mmm u fi hr tii NO. 144 BRITISH CRUISER . BL0f f. . J . ' ir r Warship While Patrolling Ctast .It Destroyed Literally Mown t Pieces and the Sea Was Strewn With Wreclcafe Ninety tf Crew, Dead er WetHifcrf, Picketf Up. LONDON, Sept. 0, 7:20 n. m. It is Inn rued on rcliablo authority thnt the enptnin nnd fifty of the crew of the British cruiser Pathfinder, winch wns sunk by n roino in jlie Korth seil, have been saved. LONDON, Sept. fl, .1.07 p. m. The destntction of the Brjtinh cmiser. Pathfinder occurred about 4 o'clock f attirday afternoon, ttn milen north- least of Saint Abbe's Head, Heptland. P H-I.il. -I .lt it - --.. M'iou.siic wan pairuumg isc coti Iho cruiser stnick n minev which ex ploded near her magazine. Trawlers ten miles distant felt the shock. From Welmouth, fourteen miles from the scene of the explosion, a huge cleud of smoke was visible on Ihe horizoa. A torpedo boat destroyer was sent to tht rescue. She was followed hyJfce Saint Abbe's motor lifeboat. The Pathfinder waa literally blown to pieces and the sea was strewn wilh wreckage. The devastating effect of the ex plosion h emphasized in the report ef Coxswain Nesbtt of the Saiat AkWs motor lifeboat. He eaid that for a al and a half the water was straw with wreckage of every deseriptkw. There was little of the pieeea that was larger than a man's leg. In the midst of the debris he found ftaafrnfr a bible and personal collections from the shipV eabiiHi..-- - - A message received Jin Loadoa tfii morning states that in addition ,to tho lifeboat scveral steam driftern hurried to tho spot where the Path finder sank nnd adds, that it is learn ed on reliable authority that the cap tain of the Pathfinder and some fifty or sixty of his crew were saved, About ninety of the crew of the Pathfinder, dead and wounded, were picked up by torpedo boats and taken to a hospital at the naval base. Cap tain Pcakc nnd several other officers were saved. Acconling to official announcement, tho casualties among the officers were one killed, eight missing, one seriously wounded and one slightly wohnded. SIENKIEWICZ APPEALS TO POLES TO AID RUSSIANS PETROGIIAD, Sept. J, Heary Sienkicwicr, the Polish author, has Issued nn appeal in tho Austrian Poles to fight with llttssia. LINER HITS HE 300 ABOARD SAVED BY FOUR TRAWLERS GRIMSBY, via London, Sept. 7, 1:30 a. in. Nearly 300 persons res cued from the Wilson liner Rituo by trawlers when the steamship sank Saturday in the North sea, after striking u mine, were landed Satur day nt Grimsby and Hull. The prompt woik of four trawlers saved the Uvea of nearly nil on board. Wilson lino officials say that all tho crow and all but twenty-seven of. the passengers nre safe in this porf. Tho Rituo wns hound from Hull en tho long trip across the North sea lo Archungel and her passengers were mostly Russians from America 're turning to Russia with their warn and children. The explosion , wa'"' loiiifio nnd a large portiaa t tW' ship wns scattered, while Mtvetwl ' passengers were injwd ua4 one irii killed. 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