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MEDFORD, OIIHOON, Tl'RSDAY, SEI'TRMUBIl 8, 1914
NO. 145
ALLIES AT LAST HOLD GERMANS AT BAY
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INVADERS LOSING GROUND
ALLIED AMES
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Worn-Out Troops of Kaiser Encoun
ter Ina Relatively Fresh Soldiers of
French end British Armies Invad
crs nt Greatest Strength While Al
lies' Forces Steadily Galnlnn.
I'AltlH. Sept. K, 510 t. in. Tlio
miliary authorities of tint city nro
convinced (lint (leucriil Joffro, com-iimnilrr-ln-clilof
of thu French forrcs
In nt laid, holding nt liny tlio vast (Ser
limit army of InviiMoit,
Tim worn out troops ot Hmpcror
Wllllum, who inuy roiiMltuto mi nrmy
tnlnlllnit "CO, 000 nro toilny encoun
ter In j; tlio relatively fresh soldier of
tlio rroncli mill lirllliili armies on
ground selected by tlio allien, nml n
poaltlnnii within easy reach ot sup
plies ntid reinforcements.
Immlm I'nr From IUc.
Tlio (icruinna nro In n hoitllo conn,
try unit nt distance relatively great
from tlH'lr homo base. Tlio Invad
er toilny nro probnbly nt their grea
tt utrciiKth, whllo tlio defender o
Frnnce, especially tlio HrltUh contln
Kt'iitx. nro being augmented steadily.
Tint Gorman nro reported In.l'nrl
unofficially to hnvo asked for nn nr
inlitlco to bury their ilenii and enro
for thulr wounded. Thin statement
laclM offlrlul ronflrmntlon. It In
fiirllutr understood Hint tlio nitron re
fused tlio request. Tliu nctlon on tlio
cast lino ba lasted two days; in
ijulrk und decisive oiitcomo .In ex
pected. Tlio roaiiltM of tlio encoun
ter of tlio lunt two dnyii nro rcgardo I
n h dUtlnetly fnvornlilo to tlio nlllca
and (hero I nn atinniqihiiro of cheer
fulness nt tlio Freurh wnr office till
own I iik.
Illicitly l Retiring.
Tin1 following official cniuniuuicu
linn hearing on tlio fighting now in
progress to tlio cnt ol' tlio capital
was made mililio loiloy;
"Tlic loll wini; of tlio ulliei! unities
comprising certain portion of tlu
forces now dcfcndinir I 'oris couliii-
(Continued on page two.)
MA
PROGRESS
ALL KLIN
PRESIDENT ASKS PRAYERS FOR PEACE
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. - PioMilcnl Wilson todav issued a proc
lamation calling i pou the people of thu United Slated to pray for
peace. President Wilson's pmcluuinlioii follews:
Hy tlio president of the United States of America.
A pioolamatioii,
"WliereiiH great nations of tho vvoild bavo taken up iiruw
against one uunlbcr and war now draws millions of men Into bat
tle whom tho counsel of Mntcsuicu have not beenmble to savu from
tho terriblu sacrifice;
"And whereon, in thin, ns In nil thinH, it in our privilege and
duly to seek counsel und succor of Almighty (lod, humbling our
selves before him, confessing our weakness and our lack of any
wisdom equal to these things',
"And whereas, it is tlio especial wish and loading of the people
of Hie United States, In prayer and counsel ami friendliness, to
serve the cause of pence;
"Therefore, 1, Woodrow WilHop, president of the United Slates
of America, do designate -Sunday, the fourth day of October, next,
u day of prayer and supplication and do request all (lod-fearliig
pernous to repair on that day to their places of worship, (hero to
unite their petitions to Almighty (lod, that overruling tho coun
sel of men, Helling straight (ho tlilugH they cannot govern or alter,
taking pity on the nations now In tint throes of conflict, in his
mercy nnd goodness fdinwing a way where men can sco none, m
vouchsafe his children healing peace again and restore once more
that concord among men nml nations without which I hero can ho
neither hnppiucsM nor lion friendship nor any wholesome fruit of
toil or thouuhl In the woild; praying nlso to Thin end that he for-k-Ivo
us our ius our luuorniieo of his holy will, our wilfiillucHrt
and many errors, nml lead us In the paths of obedience to places
of vision und to (liouuhls mid counsels Hint purge nml make wise.
"In witness vvliercolV I hnvo hereunto set my hand mil rmined
the heal of the I'liileil Slates In ho affixed,
"Douo at Ilia ully of Wnnhliigloii IliU cIhIiIi day or September,
III Ilia nui of out' l.oul, one thousand nine liumlieil iim fonilcen
nml of (lie Independence of Hie Culled Hlutes of AiiiitIcii tint one
liiiiidivil mid tlifily-iiinlh,
(Hltfiii-d.) "WOODHDW WII.K0N.
"Hy I lie piesldriilt
"WILLIAM JKNNIS'flH IIICVAK. MriHuiy riii''
t t t t t t t t t
BATTLE TIDE TO
EBB AND FLOW
FOR WEEK YET
Germans In Danger of Being Out
flanked and of Belnq Compelled to
Accept Frontal Attack From Allies,
Who Are on Offensive Millions
Engaged In Flnht.
LONDON, Sept. H, I t. in.- Kx
pcrls hero nro ot' tlio opinion Hint tlio
Germans who heretofore novo torn
(lit out Hunker", tire in danger of be
ing outflanked nml of being rompell
el to accept n frontal nttnek from
tlio allies, who are on thu offensive.
Tint tilnulo Htruggle in whieh tlio
eoiohiitiiulM nro tallied In millions, in
likely to eldi nml flow for n week he-
foro a decisive result in reached.
Tin meagre news filtering in from
tint zone of the fiuhtiiitr today indi
cate that ho nllirs hnvo gained n
decided micccm against the (lenimn
n'lit wing, which is rcirtcd to hnvo
suffered heavily in ntlcmptiug to
cross tlio river Murnc.
(Jcniinn (liangn Front.
Tlio unexpected swing of the Her
mann has omiM'd a readjustment of
the tines of the allien. Tlio movement
of the (lennmiii wiih nt-eerlalncd so
promptly hy the neroplmuM of thu
iillieH that mmmliiut timo was ien
for tlio shift.
It irt eviilent that the flenunus now
have hefore the front of their wetljti'
like ailvnneo the veteraim of tlio ill
liei.1 left wiiu', whieh underwent a ter.
rihle Imtlerinj; alon the lVmieo-ltel-ginn
honler. The rnnltH of thuxc
IV.uii'o-I Iritixli foreeH hnvo been re
inforced nml tlio lohxc hnvo been re
placed. Another ndvanlaco enjoyed by tlio
allies U the fact tbat their flaiikH
are protected bv the cirnt fortreen
of I'ari and Venbin wliilo in tho
(lerman rear, Miuiliuiico is htill held
by I ho I'rench, ilexpito the fall of
threo of its fori.
ltuxk)V Itrlllmit Tnctlet.
In the I'liMteiii war llieater (Seneial
ltuk'rt Stonewall .laeksou tnetieif
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INDICATCT5 P0SITION5OF THE. TSAR'S ARMIES NOW OPEPATINQ
AGAINST fME GFRMANS AND AUSTRIAN.-)
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LONDON, Sept. 8, oSM n. m. The
l'etrorad ('orre.itomleut of the
Times wivh:
"Tlio KiisMtui nro being received
with open nniH by the pojiulneo of
iniwt of tho eilien in Y.A 1'riixsia
and (Inliein.
"Tho (lalieiaux nt fiit fled on the
approach of the lttiHsians, hut later,
finding that their feam were un
foundeil, they returned and fr.iteru
Ued with the troop. In other vil
IngeH tlio luviulerrt were welcomed by
proecHnioiiK of tho priests and people,
with crones nnd bnnuorH, who met
tho Robllcrs outhldo thu villuo mid
offered tbein bread and Mill.
"No ablu-hodied were left in tlio
village, nil having been drafted into
tlio uniiy."
FATHER OF PENNY POSTAGE
ILL IN SWITZERLAND
LONDON, Sept. 8, 8:'j:i a. in. A
dispatch to tho Kxpress from (leu
eva, Svvltrerland, says that Sir John
lleuniker lleutou, "father of tho im
perial penny postage," is diiiierous.
ly ill und bus arrived In (leuuvu from
Carlsliud with four doctors in nttend
auce. Lady llcaton has been sent
for from England.
FLOOD WATERS IN
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KANSAS fITV, Mo., Sept. 8.
Waters in tho flooded districts of
Koscdatc, Kan., a suburb, und in tho
resideneo seoliou of Kunsas City,
Mo., adjacent to llrnsli cheek, ns well
us In (hit Sheffield factory district,
on thu eastern limits of this city,
where I ho llluo river overt' lower, were
receding today und all danger was
believed, to bu passed.
The main husiucbs nml residence
districts of Kansas City, .Afo.i were
not nffeoted by the flood, which was
caused by u rain of ll.tl I laches on
Sunday night. This heavy precipita
tion filled' Turkey oreek, In tho low
disliicts southwest of thu city, and
seat Hut stream over Hh hunks Into
Itosedale, Kan,, where three lives and
properly damuito of iM,o00,0l)l) wiim
Ihe ewliiimted toll of tliu flood.
LONDON, Sept. 8, l!!i.1,1 . hi.
Charlei A. Holder of Coloiudo,
American consul at Colone, broiiulil
in londoii n week fioni Dieppe un
ii ktii'ti'lier, U replied o be in a
iHVe noiidllluii u ii loeul hnpltwl.
Hit Iihm uinlernoini one inliiui' opem
lwn HNd Mill fui'i'ti mm uii'rii')H uf
WELCOM
GVEN
BAN
1Y BY
MAN
PEASANTS
KANSAS
REED
LASSEN PEAK IN
MOST SPECTACULAR
ERUPTION OF SERIES
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UKDDINO, Cab, Sept. 8.
T I lUhiill Pit II L llt-lkl'tt Tat fill I ill III K
r-" It .III Utwnv AViatl "Hti(
in a herieK of eruptionx, the third
of which wuri a holemu and
awesome t-peclaele, far over
topping in amplitude and nplen
dor any previous nutnifcMntiou.
Oh.-ervers who hnvo wntehed the
mountain eloxely hinee it first
woko to new voleauiu life on
May :iU. i-stimated that the hist
eruption trebly exceeded in vol
lime any of thu others.
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82,000 PRISONERS
TTO
LONDON, Sept. 8, r.;ltl n. in. A
telegram from l'etrograd to the l!eu
ter Telegram company hays it is es
timated that S'J.OOO prisoners taken
in recent buttles on tho Austrian
frontier, of whom l'J,000 emne from
the Austrian center, hnvo all been
sent to the interior governments of
Kussia und that there is difficulty in
knowing how to disposo of them.
A Keuter special correspondent
t raveling over the wholo of tho west
ern frontier, telegraphs that in Hie!
Mok nnd all other towns voluntary
inilitiu are organizing for the purposu
of transput ting and feeding the
wounded. The ladies' committee,
comprising Christians mid Jews, are
working hand in hand in tho women's
work. All are laboring devotedly, it
is stated, in the common cause.
WITTE NOT SEEKING
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1IO.MK, via I'm l. Bent. 8, 8:15 n.
in, M. Kroupoiikkl, thu mnuiHii urn
lmudor to Itonie, linn Untied Knotti
er dculul of thu report again ticlu
circulated hero that Count Witt,
funnel' premier of ItuwU, minn in
Hilly to Join thu triple uuteuto. Count
Wltlo mroidliiK In Ihu muUmilof'
nUloiiiout, tlmpl)' cromMNl luto ItHl)
In order lu ri'tuni to lluwla uy tin
only wiiir left uiieu, viu HrlmlUI oml
(,'nnMintliiojitf und 04mt Uklmij
HiU upituilUHlly lo vUlt bU 4tvr lu
TAKEN BY RUSSIANS
SEN
INTERIOR
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BY
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LONDON, Sept. 8. -A news agency
dispatch from Antwerp, received here
today, rays that the report of the
commission appointed by the Hulgmn
government to investigate the charges
of (lerman atrocities, finds that
ntroeities were committed by the Oer
inuiis nt Lotivaiu, Archolty Ousiuael
mid in the district of Mul'mcs.
Inoffensive pedestrians', cyclists
and peasants, the report t-ayV, were
shot by the Germans, who nlso rob
bed the public treasuries und burned
mid pillaged houses and towns on
Hie pretext tbat thu inhabitants fired
at tho German troops.
The commission found that He!
gians were deported to Ocnaany to
aid in gathering thu harvest nnd that
in some case thu Helgiaus were eom
K.'lled to fight against the Kussians.
It also is declared that men were
shut up in churches while the women
were outraged.
Men, women mid children, the re
port concluded, were compelled to
march in front of tho German troops
showing the white flag, in order to
induce tho French t loops to np
p roach.
LONDON, Sept. 8, 11:15 n. ra.
A dispatch to tho HxchaiiEoTolcgraph
company from Athens declares tho
Turks In order to bo prepared to op
pose iv possible landing ot Russians,
hnvo concentrated about 80,000 men
at Tchatalja, 25 utiles northwest nt
Constantinople and Uodosto, lu tho
Boa of Mormora. Furthermore, they
tho fortifying along tho sea of Mar
mora nt other points,
Tho correspondent says that uorIii
nlug today tho Servian army will as
sumo tho offenslvo against Austria.
SEPTEMBER WHEAT
DROPS FOUR CENTS
CHICAGO, Kept, e, September
wheat sold down four eeuls shortly
after tho opening today on report
llmt the alllwi at Imt were mwilliirf
wb soiiih suci'vM lu oppwlg the
(leiHISH BllVMHIO H I'Atl. OlKvr U),
Hohm lo JwHHud. 'I'kn VUlHWO it
lrd mI Nl, Mllkuyk 1M
BELGIANS
PROV
MANY
ATROCITIES
GERMAN
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TURKS
AMASSING
AMY
AAIA
RUSSIANS JAKE FORTRESS
N
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GRUJNG
WITH
NOMINATION
Governor West Severely Censures the
Methods Pursued by Jurife lenswi
to Secure Nomination Executive
Hints at Unfair and Dishonest
Methods and Deplores Course.
SALKM, Sept. 8. Governor Wet
today issued n certiticate of nomina
tion ns republican candidate to Judge
II. L. Henson of Klnmntb FnIN, ac
companying thu certificate with a
scathiii" nrrnignment of Henson's
tnetieri in seeiiriug the nomination in
the ctoc contest with Judge McNury.
Tho letter follews:
"Snlem, Or.. Sept. 8, 101-L
"lion. H. L. Henson, Klnmntb Fa IN.
''Denr Sir: I am inclosing you berc
with a certificate of nomination
which will secure for you n place
upon the official ballot ns one of the
nominees of (be republican party for
the office of supreme judge. While I
am firm in my conviction that a com
plete und correct return of tins votes
east at the general election, or even
of those precincts where errors have
been rcHirtedf would have, ,sbown
Judge McNary and not yourself to be
the successful candidate, you have
succeeded, through sharp practice
mid methods which would put to
blush the meanest etlifogger in the
land, in producing n result upon the
fnee of the returns which leaves this
office no nltcmiittve but thnt of is
suing you the certificate of nomina
tion. Should I pursuo a different
course than this mandamus proceed
ings would follow ami thu courts, un
der the circumstances, would un
doubtedly bo forced to be guided by
the incomplete returns as canvassed
and to direct the issuance of thu cer
tificate. Judging by your previous
activities this- deci-iuu would be
quickly seized upon us n mantle of
resepctability to cover thu question
able methods used to secure tho uoiii
iiiatimi. letter l'rom Slate lioartl
"Hnviupt f Ihe request of Judge
McNary and yourself, delayed tlio.
canvassing of the vote in order that
alleged errors in certain precincts
(Continued on pago two.)
BUN IMPS
l'ARIS, Sept. S. 2:15 p,
agreement reached by tho
m. An
Belgian
nml Russian governments, according
to tho correspondent ot tho Havas
Agency nt Pctrograd, authorizes Bel
gian reservists and recruits of 1914,
to attach thoinselves to Russlau ar
mies. Tho aBrcouient roforrcd to in tho
forogolug dlspatcli would appear to De
confirmatory of previous reports, not
ably today from Rome, that Russian
forces have landed In Uelgtuni.
E AGAIN ATI
DKNVKIt, Colo,, Sept. 0 Cou
Hon wore favorable today for a large
vote In tho statu primary election for
Hie election of candidates for United
Hiatus senator, four roiigrwwmrn, fun
stalo und conn ties ticket,
Issues glowing out of (wtdri
moHlbk' Mrlkti of thu Culorsdo fmi
UiInvis hh4 lh prpl ter Mat.
vidM pioblhlllow, lo Wo imkmHM U
a vU at k KwvifMbor sMM nun
fHHHs4 t sffsil (be fH44 Ut U
4y' bsIHIw
RUSSIANS TAKE
AUSTRIAN FORT
AT
Czar's Treeas New m Crest if Car
pathian Metmtatos ftuzsky Cm
limits m.fii Invasfen Fartrm at
Mfkclajew Taken Abe See
Austrian Army Ntats Reverse.
PAItlS, Sept. 8. 3 p. m. An offi
cial statement given out here today
says that Russian cavalrymen are
now on tho crest ot tho Carpathlaa
mountains.
Continuing tho announcemeat says
that tho Russia offensive against the
Auatrlans in Galicia continues suc
cessfully. The Austrian fort at Nlco
laleff. about 25 miles southwest et
Lemberg has been captured hy the
Russians notwithstanding the ftet
tbat it was protected by armored gua
'turrets and three lines of fortlfiea
tlons. The Austriaaa retreated from
Nlcolalcff, abandoning their supplies
and trains. The Russians teok away
prisoners aad captured also forty guaa
and great kuatttltles ot inmuaHte.
NIMEFF
LONDON, Sept. 8, 10:50 a. m.X
dispatch from, .Rome to.tUe Bxehaagn ,
Telegraph company ays: " "" "
"A, telegram from Vienna states
that General Ruksy, who, followla
tho capture of Lenibor, executed 3
Hank attack northward against tho
Auatrlans under General Auffenberg.
tho Austrian war minister. Is todav
engaged in a desperate attempt to an
nlhilate Auffenberg's army.
"Tho battle haB already contluucl
tluco days and Is likely to continue
several more."
PARIS, Sept. 8, 7:10 a. m. A die
patch to tho Havas Agency from Pet
rograd says that the strong Austrlaa
forts at Nlcolaleff aad MlkoUJow, ait.
uatcd about twenty-five miles south
west of Lemberg, were captured by
tho Russians September 5.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. A dl
patcb to the Hrltlsh embassy from tho
l.omlon foreign office states that tho
"second Austrian army operating on
tho KrasnosoUov Opol Lubln region,
Is suffering very sorious loss, Is uow
acting on tho deofuslvo and in places
hua retreated."
BY SMALL FORCE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. "Rlielmn
was occupied Soptqmber 5 by a small
Gorman patrol, consisting ot six offi
cers and seven privates," says a wire,
less today from llorlln to tho Ger
man embassy hero.
"Mr. Scbursmauii, war correspond
ent of tho Doutscho Tugcs Keltuns
wires that It was still doubtful
whether tho forts woro occupied," tho
mossago continues. "Captain Voo
Iliiu llracha loft the patrol betweea
tho forts, redo into the townhall,
took formal possession of tho etty,
tnado tho mayor a hostage for tUo
proper behavior of the InhabMaats,
and then awaltted Hie arrival of Um
Gorman brigade."
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