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a to t Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER L!l! SECOND EDITION 'lr; Mnt. 7H Mln. Ml Met, Hhri. !M). -ij ft! MEDFORD. OltrcaOX, "WKDNISSUAY, HKPTWMBFilt 0, 1914 Forty-fourth Tnr. llly Nlnlh Ynr NO. 140 r ,. ALLIES STILL DRIVE THE GERMANS BACK INVADERS CAPTURE BORDER FORTRESS S.V' i $ a,. O.w I ' t V itf. , lit - t a V mii, iff ft '- . . r : . l! 4 DAYS BAITIE For First Time Situation Is "Hllily Satisfactory" to British War Of ficeGeneral Jot fro Issues General Orilrr That Time Has Come to Drive Back Invaders. LONDON', Nfit. . II I- too early In judge how fur thr allies will ho uhh lo poh their advance o Iho i-tiHl of I'iiiU against Do Hciiumi In viiibrs hill lrin what can be nth mtil fiom tin Heeling gllinpii' or llu Imlllit runt. iriiiitli'l hy tin i-nt.nr-hhi the llrjlUh und IVfin-li uiiiiIi-h mm hi In ho effectively ltiiiiK honm (heir iiilviintiiRi' KininK imp'"1 n Ihev progress. Hritih optimism, wlih'li became moii' prunouncid with the flrl on- iionnciinnit of "turn of Hie tide," hit hern luither heartened hy tho cinitluiiittinn of promising hope from the front. Tor tin- first turn nitce the beginning f hostilities mi offic inl MrltMi report linn dioribed the result of thu operation iih "vcr" hiilUfiielorv. Time ll Arrlveil. Heretofore Hil ndjeetlvo Iiiih never hem ucd in liny ofrieinl report. Tin Hiet, coupled with the nnnoniieemenl of Iho I'lentili ftowrmiieitl llint It ox pct it Htnv in Itordcaux to he hurt, mul General JoflrcV general order to the I mops tluit the time had come lo ilriu' back the invader, in neeeitel here iih on unlieiition thnt the (lerinnn retrograde movement Is likclv lo he ieiiiiiiueiit, OliMinetH in London ehiiin Hint if the allies nltnek the (leriimn cenler mul to the left of the eenler, whrro the Imllle i ingiug mi stubbornly with iilterniile advance and retire inenlH, i nucecfnl, u wcdno will he driven between llie German right mul h-rt, which will place the enemy' light in it highly dungeiou plight. Imlliiii 1'oires Aiilvo. I.onl Kitchener' "unknown fn" tor," heletofore hehl lo he u gicnt secret, which Iiiih ho nltcreil the situ ulioii ut the flout, i now known to he the nil it nl of forces fiom India. Two illusion of iufuiilr.v mul n lni gmlo of cavalry conlitiili these force. A doen liuliau polcntalc have heen M-leoted to uccoinpnny these expeditionary force. These liiehnle Sir I'eriah Sin1i, Sir Gaiign Hahadiir, Mahaiajah of llikuoi ami Sir lliihnpiiiilru Singh, inahaiajah of Pallida. If the Indian division I ntminicd on the Niiiiu hal n Iho Ihittwh home aimy, the Indian coiiIIukciiI will add iilioiil 00,0011 enmhntanlM to the allied niinic, toollior Willi aft pioximutcly IHO piece of artillerv, comprising both liglil d heavy field piece and howitzer. FRENCH CENTER I PARIB, flout, 0, 3:05 p. in. An official coiuiuuiilcutluu Imiuil UiIh an. oruoon mu)h tliu situation roniulim ku iHfartory. Tliu (loriuun rlKlit h ro tnmtiiiK hefoiu tlio KiikIIhIi. The Kiuiirh renter In nlowly ikIvuiicIiik. Tim Hltuntlun on tliu rltflit In tin cliniiKud. 'I'lio MlalauiDiit nayi "Flint, on tliu loft wliw, nllhnuKli llio nOriiiiiim hnvo Inieu reinforced, tlit ullimlltni raiiiulim mitUufitoi)'. Tliu niiDiny U lutrtiutliiK huforu Urn III lllkll Mllll)'. 'HwmihIi At lh Miller iMir '! Hiiru n Mow hut Kiutirh On tliu HkIiI wfiiM Iharo Ititw Immii no uitlmi or I lni fiiDiny mui ihu nrwl ilM'lf of Knur)'. In lui Vwi HHd In Al" (' d'H tJIwlhvw ivmn HM GERMAN IS FORCED BACK IN SLOWLY ADVANCES HUGH GERMANS GERMANS TAKE STRONG EORTS OF MAUBEUGE Berlin Announces Capture of French Border Stronghold, 400 Guns, Four Generals, 40,000 Prisoners Fortress Six Miles From Belgian Frontier Falls After Assault. Itr.UU.V, S-'it. D, hy wlrolcnn to the AnHorlntuil 1'roiu ny wny of 8n vllle, t I. Offklul nimonnrciiient mii iinnlo toilny nl army In-uilipinr tcr that tlin Trench forlrtyi of Muu Iicko on the Kainhro rhcr hail fallen. Tlio (lennnnn took Tour liuiiilrcit Kiiim, four KnuernlH ami A 0,000 irl oaem. MauheiiRit I n Preitrli forlro of the flmt clnno. It la ultuatml in th-) Depnrluient ilu Nord. about nix tnllt; from tliu HelKlou frontier. The (lermnii onuluiiKut on Ihli liohlllon linto been clotermlncil, and JuilKlnK from Incomplete nn ro purln, they hnn heen KolnR on for n week or ninro. Dlmintcliei from Lon don, under duto of ftoiitcuubor 5, unlit that nnrt of tlio llrltUh oxpoilltlon nry forco In l'rnnco waH al MnuuetiRP. nmt nioiliitflil tlio l'ruiich Knrrltou tu It ilefeiiM. Th (lermnii Rcnoral talf nnnounr eil In Herlln, Roptemher filli, thnt two of tlio MniihouKo fort liml fallen nnd that tlio flro of llio (lorinnn ar tillery woa on Hint dnto IwIiik direct- oil nRnlmt tlio town, which was In tinmen. On llio ramo day nn offi cial communication rIvoii out in Paris until thnt MauhutiRO continued It- rcntiitanco. A Trench official nnuotincomcnt. under dnto of Soptemher 7, referred to tlio Trench defcimo of MuuIiuukc nn follow h: "Tli mlnUler of war linn tolcRrnpli cd tlio Roveruor of MnuheiiRo, ex preinliiR tlio Koorniiiciit' ndmlrntlon for iho heroic dofeima nnd nnyluR: 'You Mop nl uothliiK to prolong re Hlntanro until tho hour of your m pronchliiR delUoranco, which I hopu will ho KOOII,' "Tlio coiiiinnndor-ln-clili'f hn plac ed tho niimo of tliu Rowrnor of Man Iu'Iiro In tho order of tho day for IiIm Mplendld dufoiiHe." I WASHINGTON', Si pi, l. Piwi dcul Wikioii oppohc an liioreau of the income lax a part of tliu pro li am for riiiIiiK lovcnue. Chaiiinaii SiminoiiH of the finance eoiinnltleo nnd Chauman Fitxi;euiht of the house uppropiialion commit teo confeiied with tliu pieident to day mid weio told in his opinion that mi' income tax would not hu Kiiitnhle in the cuieiK'ency, but no iclurn would ho realized until next year. In hi iiu'hhiihc to imiiikich Iho prcidcnt aked that Houice of icvomiu bo se lected which would iCHpoud quickly. A -------- --- --- - Europe WILSON OPPOSES ANY INCREASE AXES ON INCOME An un-to-tho-iiiiiiuto ntliiK tr Kumpo nntl llio war no. coiitiihiiiiK fU dotnilH of jwUiIch nud imvicH ol Kl'illlt'O, Iiiih'. AllHtl'lil-llUUK't'T" iit,'K,"i kM',,, oi'litiitlw, ISolKluiiif KitvIii, Tiii'lcoy, llollniid, linn- ..... .tl.. ll.itii.iitmvllih JIMIIIIII, ilIIM!lirK'"' . i VOII niimol KIM hIhiiI yvUwww in i Ihmiii'i! Iiv Hip A I II ilrt iimihI iMlfoi'il 1'1'lllH, rVI'KS OF CKHMAX MONOPLANES NOW ON PROTEST MADE BY LONDON, Sept. it, 11:10 n. in "Thero ha been pubiMu'd in (ojk'ii Iiiircii u tcli'Rrnm .vhich Kmperor William sent to TicMdcnt MImui, under dale of September -li" tele Rraph tin C'oK'uhii4;n corieipoinl cut of the Loudon DaiU TelcRniph. "In thi pienp r.mperor William protcnt upiinil the iihc hv the Knjr lii.li of diim-duiii hulk'lh mid iiRaiiit the partiMpation of the ItelRian pop ulation in the war. "Kuiporor William add in liN com muulcatiou to Mr. WiNou that hi Rcneral haxe in certain oiioc been compelled to pitiindi tlio llolRiau, and lid exurese his deep rvairt nt tho destruction of l.oimiin and other inleivMiiij place,'' The communication kIxni bv the CopcnluiKi'U I'liricxpoiident of the London Daily TeleRinph evidently w uniloliblcdlv the mecMiRO ivfencd to hy tho North (lermnii Oaettc of Her liu, the official orpin of iho Ocr man pix eminent. Information thai this new-pajicr had know lodge of llio xeudiiiK ot tin commuuicntioii ivached Loudon eaily thi iiioruinp WASlllNOTON, Sept. II. At the White llotiu and at the slate dep.ut ment it win? Hinted eaily today that no iuennu to Prer-idcnl WiNou from Kulporor Wlliam had been iceeiwd no far. Al tho (lormaii emhaiy, where both Ambaador lleru-lorff and Charpi llaiilel weio aboat, it w.l Hiiid nothing was known of iicli inosHHRO huvlii) been transmitted. Count lU'riistorfl' and HiMiiel Von llaiinliuusi'ii niu in New York. 1'AIIIS, Sepl. l 10:10 n. in. A dispatch fiom lloideiiux- to tliu lla viih njii'iii'y late that two Oennan iiioioliiint hlilps have bcon Mink in the Atlnntio hv Iho Kieacli ciuisei Condu and Deeaile, aided by ihu ltiitish iiiser llijslok ..--t----t------ -------- at War Ir mI' Mill U'lll" u'lllmnf IKIIU i" imip nM "iMi"i . ..., I'Diiiprnlit'iiHivc lllllH, lll 'IVIbiiiif. I'l'ln ti KA SER TO WILSON UPON DUMDUMS HGEOllSENDS WAR MESSAGE TO BRITISH COLONIES cr LONDON, Sept. 9, 3 p. m. Tho of ficial Information bureau today ga9 out a incHMRo from King cCorRo t tho llrltlli colonic. It s as fol fel fol eows: "During tho laal few weeks the pcoplca of my wholo empire at homo nud out seas Inuo moved with one mind and purpoo to confront ani overthrow an unparalleled asoriiilt on the continuity of chlllrntlon and the peaco of mankind. "Tho calamitous conflict lg not of my seeking. My voice has heen cast throughout on tho sldo of peaco. Mv mlnUters earnestly strovo to allay tho cauves of tho strifo and to ap pcaso differences with which my em plro wna not coacoracd. Had I stood nsldo w hen, In defiance of pledges to which my kingdom wan a party, tho soil of llelglum wns violated und her cities mado dosolato, when tho very llfo of the Trench nation was threat ened with extinction, I should haro sacrificed my honor nnd given to de struction tho liberties ot my empire and of mankind. "I rejolcu Hint ovory part of tho cm plro Is with mc in this decision." New roundlmid has doubled the number of il- branch of Hie rval naval iccrvo and i m'ihIIiij; a body of men to take p.nt in tlu operations al tlio fi out. Fiom the Dominion and provincial piv eminent of Canada larpj and welcomed j-il tri of Mipplie tux on their way for use hv both my naval and my militaiv foicis and not llio iclief of ilixtrvss in the United King dom, which must inevitably follow in tho wake of war. 'All imrtrt of mv over-sea domin ions have lluis demonstrated, in tlio moht uumisliikahle mnimur the fnn dameiilal unity of the empire, amidst all it diveiMtv of Mluution and eir eiuiislanevs." A inchMigo M'tuilar to tho foicgoine; ba been nddicshcd bv King Clcorgo to tho prince nud pcoplcy of India, I SENT MARSELLES KIIANOIIAI, Chum, Sept, fl. -Hi-hhIm iici'lvcd lieio today liuiu Hong Iv'i'iiu nay lhat Hit HillUli Cornwall npil OI)iici'li'rlilic iclmintn have bi'ii (ililt'icil In ilari'jlei., Tlio lliiOm itjll Irutf llmu Ki'UK Heplciu hlT Hi OHiik Ihi) ii'lllu ilall liner Nila hi h Umii 'Ilia Mlu will hu m'l'wnpiuiii'd l' fl' liooiiiltil ihi h tm JlM'f J i'M mH l runiid h) a WnlUli rinltr, THK BELGIAN AXD STEEL CUPOLAS AID RUSSIANS TO CAPTURE FORTRESS WASHINGTON, Sont. ?. Tho Itus slnn embassy her today Issued the fol lowing statement In regard to tho movement of the Russian army: "On September 5 our troops took the strong fortifications of Mikalao, on the Dniester river. Tho moats ot theso works were covered bj flanking flro, tho artillery placed In steel cup olas and the whole of tho works sur rounded by a triple lino ot wlro en tanglements. Wo took forty Runs and large stores ot supplies nnd ammuni tions. "In northern. Gallcla scrioiu fight ing Is going on at Hawa Russka. Tho first Austrian army, which has been advancing toward Lublin and Kholm, Is retreating beforo tho onslaught of our troops. Wo aro taking prisoners, guns and ammunition. "In one ot tho Mold hospitals that fell Into our hands wero found five hundred Austrian soldiers III ot dys entery. This illness is sweeping tho ranks of the enemy. "In Kast Prussia only skirmishing Is taking place." TO L SALT..M, Or., Sept. 0. William V. Lord of Portland, who wax defeated in tliu primary for tho lcpnhlicuu nomination for attorney general by Geoijio Hi own of Rosebuig, has no. cepted the progressiva paity nomin ation mid will make thu nice on that ticket. AUSTRIAN EMPIRE FACES RUIN LONDON, Sept. 0, -1:12 n. in. Tin coiret.pondent of the Daily Mail in Milan, who ha lately been in Vi enna, diavvs a gloomy pietuio of that einiioiv. He guv: "Pniiin titles in Austria, Tho gieat, unwieldy and bankrupt empiie drag ged leluctantly nl the heel of Ger many, is in a Hlalo of desperate muddle and fear. Her armies, hall liea i ted at fiit mid now openly nui lliiou., urn beaten hack a every point bv Iho HiitHiui. "Tin policy of mixing in each com puny men of Ilu ililfeimil inc which fiunpofu Ilu iinplie )iuc l'l llie ickiill that theii In now no vkprlt da rorpx in Him ann. The men vwic diiu'ii into IniiiM nl tho piiim of Ilia hiiiiiii' and M'imm who hoi by llu'lr iiflici u Iciioijni lliflr1, Id u mm inlo ohcilli'iiri. "Wkilu Uui Uutkluu vuhu4i'kt' 4inu nn, Ha4 ) m hum tvk FRENCH FItONTIKRS MARY RESULTS WASHINGTON STILL IN DOUBT SEATTLE, Vn Sept. 9. Iteturni from jesterdar' primary election como In slowly. Ole Hanson, pro gressive, apparently has won a nom inatlon for United States senator. On the democratic sido none of the ftvo candidates received forty per cent ot tho total votu cast. This brings into action tho second cholco provision ot tho primary law. 1 seems that Geo P. Cottcrlll has a plurality ot first cholco votes, w itli George Turner sec oud. William W. niack third, but Illack was quite generally the second cholco and ut thin time seem likely to get tho nomination. Senator Wes ley L. Jones, republican, sot hi party's nomlantlon unanimously. In the first district Congressman Wllllaiu 11. Humphrey, republican was re-nominated, ex-Major William Hickman Moore ot Seattle got the democratic nomination and Congress nian-at-Largo James W. liryan, pro gressive, appears to havo been beaten by Chief ot l'oltco Austin O. Grif fiths. , Decisive returns from the other four congress districts aro not at hand. LONDON, Sopt. 0, 3:10 p. m.' The hospitality ot tho Hrltish nation ha been ottered by tho government to thoso who lost their homes nnd have beeu rendered destitute by tlio de struction of Louvalu and other Hel glans.. Indication aro that tho Invitation will bo accepted on,a largj scalo and tho government lias ar ranged for tho reception, and enter tainment ot theso sufferers in Lon don. and Trieste paralyred by fear of an attack from sea. Austria i bnnk itipt, irado is at u HtamNtill nud thousands of business men am mill ed by u wur which they hate. "While thu ciops lemain uupith ered, Viennu is menaced by u famine and pu'een aro steadily rising. In resentment tho popular miRcr has turned against the foreigner and Seih have been tola to piece In Iho Ktrvct. Two llusslaii newspaper eorro-pundciiU weru Vital by thu pu llet und live foii'luii joiirnalisU an In piisou, "III nllcr f-'ar. Ilia guvi'mmi'm lit hegiiH In fui Illy Vienna, and ur iiiNiifiiiriili hate lift n Hindi In flood la Ik' lini'l "f hinliiig land anwrnd litv idi) MImU Imvv pirimwl li MiHM) I o villi., inn) i he WH wf itui 'iiiiiiL mul lli i UtUi U.IM Lo .l.l.i.l 1lJU, Lilt jLfciIll ULlJ .. . - (' RUSSIANS m GREAT BAniE Avstrlans Defeatnl ami EvwywtMrt Reliriftf-LKe Hmktrrt fir mans Ameng MswHrs-i-AitslrliiK Evacuate Rhssa Pttawl Urn- sky's Advance Cwtllmws. i r ROin; vin London. Sepl. 0, ,mi -l. in. A dispatch from lVtroffraJ lo llio Messnjjcrn declare that the great Jmltle nt Rnvva, in Oalicin, thirty two mile northward of Lernberg, i over and that the Itusian havo won n complete victory. The Austrinns nrc snid lo be retir ing everywhere. Among the prisoner taken by tho Russians are n large number of Germans. The Austrian hnvc evacuated Kufi inn Poland. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Th " Russian cmba here today isnucd the following statement: ' "On September 8 n general en gagement continued all along the whole of. tho Austrian front. In the center the Austrian n'tmy w' fHiff' back. Near Ha va russka n stiiMwra " battle is being foiiRht with consider"-l able Aitstrian forces. Our troops r' RAWA GALACU b!o nt lacking- n .strongtv fertifieif -rrriW position nt Gorodok, vrest of Lwow,"'T On the left bank of th Vistula river our advance is developing very fa vorably." Lwow, to the west of which the Russians nre nitneldnK tho Atislrwn town of Gorodolr, is tho Polish imme of (ho Austrian city of Lemberg, which was recently eantured by' tho Kussinns. KnvnriHskn, the scene 'of n stub born battle, is nn Austrian town eleven miles from the Russian fron tier und thirty-two mile northward , of Lcinberg. . slavs Placed on AUSTRIAN FRONT LONDON, Sept. 9, 10:20 a. . Tho correspondent of the Central News nl Petrograd wires: "Tho Slavonic natives of Austria arriving here ns prisoners ot war de clare they werq placed la front ot th battle lino purposely by the Austrian. "It Is proposed to lodge the wound ed Austrlans and Germans in the empty German and Austrian embas sies. "Trains (tiled with prisoners and. largo numbers at Russians and Aus trlans. wounded at Leniberg. hav arrived hero. CZAR NICHOLAS TO GO TO BERLIN IF IT COSTS LAST MOUJK J LONDON", Sept. 0, .1:27 p. w. . Tlio Evening Nowh ha pub- in.. .1.,.. I. ...l!,... . "I am rosolved o c hi ' t" Ijn IUlf, vm If II ihmU'in ' tuy hthl Hioujik," The Jhiwhi nwlwwwdff t, lul ,uill Hit iLu ""fa"-' ' I....A iP 9 ihn ?( hmUUhmi kf 4mc F rNd Ih U nmyxrr 'o flfl r i mh Ih mMW M hfim fbklUu U ImLmLLi wkk tltm uf Uum.Lu. ' " "-- Wl iJiixU lu uu'CLIi IU lished a dispatch fiwa itH Ro corteupoiideiit, who wij-h Umt' Kmperor Nicholas is rwirlsd In Rome to havo mado 11m follow- n i '1 n t 1 1 9 a I , 3 t 1 tt4'4'tt" - "' " ' - '"