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SECOND
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WEATHER
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JMEDFORD. OREO ON, MONDAY, ATjaTJST 0, IMS.
NO. 119.
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TEUTONS SIR KE
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RUSSIAN
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Fcrcing of Vstuln at Warsaw Accom
plished Austrians Report Slavs
Falllnn Back In Vleprz Region
Battle Raging at Yprcs and Other
Points Along Western Front.
LONDON, Aug. 9. Austrian nnd
German troops nro striking hard at
tho retreating ItusslanB In Poland.
Merlin today recorded tlio forcing of
tlio Vistula at Warsaw and tho tak
ing of Prnga on tli coast bank, whlio
Austrlans report tho Russian armies
falling hack in tho Vleprz region,
liavo been divided hj- telling blows.
Tho ClennniiB continued to ndvanco
eastward from Praga.
Ilusiiiins Pushed Until
Tho Gorinnn statement claims tho
pushing of I'lold Marshal Von Hln
denbitrg'H Iroojis cloBor to tho for
tress of Kovno nnd tho cutting off
of Novogeorglevsk In tho enst be
tween tho Narow and tho Vistula.
Tho Husslnnu also nro being hnrd
litished by Field Marshal Von Mack
onsen's nrmlcs to tho south, tho state
ment ndds. Cnpturo of numerous
prisoners fro mtho various fronts Is
reported.
German attacks against tho western
front on tho allied positions nro con
tinued with apparently increasing In
tensity, hut without success, accord
ing to tho Pnrifl statement. Ono of
tho nssaults recorded occurred north
of Souchoz, another In tho Nouvlllo
St. Vaast sector, a third In tho Ar
gonno nenrtho road from Vlonno-Le-Chateau
to Hlnarvlllo, and n fourth
In tho Vosko8, whero n position on
.Sio Lingo wan nssnllcd.
IlllttlU Xll' IlOOgS
Berlin mentions tho development
of n battle nenr Hoogo, east 6f Yprcs
but does not record tho outcome
French attempts to nil van co In tho
Argonno woro Mopped, It Is declar
ed. Tho shooting down of French
aeroplanes at various points along tho
ft out Is reported.
Tho French minister of col on I oh
rnportH fiirtbor buccokboh by Fronclt
troops In tho Gorman colony of tho
Knineriiit, West Africn. Tlio conquest
of that part of tho Congo ceded to
Germany In 1911 has bono completed,
tho statmont says, nnd furthor In
roads nro being tiindo on German
held territory.
SIX MEXICANS
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WASHINGTON, Aii,'. 1). Oorge
I'. Downey of Indiana, comptroller
id' tlio treasury, today was appointed
by l'losideut Wilson to bo an as
sistant judge of the Court of Claims,
nnd Juiiioh W. MeCurter of Ilodic,
S. )., wan appointed ussistiint reg
ister of tlio tteiihury.
Other nppoiiitmonts included:
Register of land effice: John 0.
SI oner, tit Leiumon, S. !., mid Wil
liam Henley of Aberdeen, S. 1)., tit
Timber Luke, S. I).
Heeoivors of public meney: Jan,
K. Clark at Lominoii, s$. I).; Wood
bury Sparks of Kuglo Huttc, S. 1)., tit
Timber I.uke, S. I)., nnd .Incoli W.
Oven of Hverett, Wit-h., at Seattle.
PRESIDENT STUDIES
SEAMEN S PROBLEMS
COHN1SH, X. H., Aug. 0.-Pei-dent
Wilson disclosed today that lit
had boon studying rpiotions r ril
ing tho socmen's law paisod during
the hut Mteaion of eongros. but that
)t would reach no deelcsjoti ou
whetker any aeti-on i neeorv hh
tU after hi return to Washington.
Alt OjMHloti tendered bv the sidu-i-tor
of the department of eomiaure
t Ute effeet thai miiho tafetv ro
(irttHiHtM under the Inw would Hot
tqtitly to forwtftt shiiia ettating: to
AmrwfH .rt. ha . imed efieiuU
MMMeoxtin Th nt..rni s4Mml
ba keen in taiigfUiNg the aitaatien
li erJ week.
TEXAS BORDER
For an Hour, 15 Americans, 8 of
Them Cavalrymen Stood off At
tack of 60 Mexican Bandits, Five
Americans Wounded Texas Rang
ers to the Rescue.
HKOWNSVILLK, Tomih, A tip. 1).
Five Mo.ioitii bandits and ono Jlexi
rnti woniiin were killed in tlio fight
ing yestordnv at Norias, seven miles
north of hero. For tin hour 15
AnicricniiR, eight of tliem United
Stilton eavnlrymen, stood off tho al
tack of (10 Mexicans. Fio of the
AmcrienttK were wounded, Ihrcu of the
lnttcr soldiers. The l." Americans
wero saved from death just as theit
ammunition gnvo out by the arrival of
17 Texan rangers.
The AniorieniiH, ranpers nnd sold
iers, bad potto to Norias' ranch bouse
searching for MoxiontiH. Kipltl sold
icrs were lelt tit the railroad at Nor
ias, while tlio lcmninder of the party,
numbering 17 ranpers, went to
search a water bole 12 miles distant.
Slcnnwliilq, tho Mexicans, from
cover of the brush, galloped toward
tlio liltlo detachment of soldiers tit
Norms. The soldiers at first took
them for ranperrf returning. Seven
Americnn civilians tinned, joined tho
oavnlrymeit. Tlio Mexienns swept
down upon this patty nnd f-oized a
section Iiottso while tho soldiers lay
flat on tho railroad trucks with tho
civilians, trying to pick off tlieir
nttnttkorx. Slowly tho Americans
retreated, crawling nnd firing and
concentrating toward tlio ranch
bouse, which wis alioiil -00 ynrls
ftom the building the Mexicans bad
'r-ized. In this' open fight till tho
Amertoans' wounds wero received.
Ono soldier, lying tint on bis stomach
on tho railroad, received a bullet
through bis back. Another soldier
lost his upper lip, while the third
wus shot in the leg. Foreman Koib.s
of the King inncb wns wounded in
the tight leg. Finuk Martin, (moth
er ranch foremuii, bad bis lelt nr.it
bndlv shatteicd.
Tho Ainoril'iiiiK weto fighting
from coxer of tho ranch house wIi.mi
tho minion returned, dismounted r.t
the brush nnd crawled into the
house, npparcntlv unobserved bv the
Mexicans, who after n shot t fig'it
made off.
WRECKAGE STREWN PATH THROUGH HEART OF ERIE, PA., SWEPT BY FLOOD
immmwzm .imzwrnimmwam
Delirls .swept tlown Seventh Mm-t,
ICrio, 1'a., hy tho liiirstlng of (ilen
ikmmI tlaiii. At tlgtlt Is St, .James'
church.
HATIEN
REFUSE TO DISARM
CAl'i: IIArriH.V, Auk. 0. -(Sonornl
Cacos, ono of tho leaders of tho re
cent revolutionary movement, hns re
fused the, domand of tho American
consul that ho dlHarm his followers,
and thlH In splto of tho request to
tho siiuiOjond forwarded Caros hy tel
ogrnplt from Dr. Itnmilvo Hebo, tho
tofiilnf nf tlwi riivnlllttmi.
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Cacos nnd hU moil nio oiitHiuo or
Capo llntlou and nro preventing tho
coniltiR of niipplloH from tho country
Hide to tho city. Their purpono la to
Btnrvo tho population.
Tho officer In command of tlio
American tnnrlnea on ahoro has sent
an ultimatum, to nil revolutionary
chiofa InBlBtlng thnt tho pcoplo of
Capo Hnltlen ho permitted to pnsH
'freely wherever thoy wnnt to.
WILL BE FIRST KING OF NEW POLAND?
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SOLDIERS
SENT
URKISH WARSHIP
TO FIGHT
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SUNK BY TORPEDO
BORDER
BNDT
When Emperor Wilii.nn make-, 'in
triiuniihiil tttittv at Wrtr-uw he will
dtfclMru h uw kingdom of I'olutitL mo
eortltug to rKirt, with Cruwa I'ruto
Owirgo of S.y tw king.
Tha royal fHuly of Sasonv b -elNMBml
Ut tkroua of I'ultxxl t i
ver two huH4r4i ymr Iurm ti
trOuidtMOMM tMBM Si Mh -wiit.tlitU
century, whn 1'oImhI uu rukr(
tut u tunc, Fredtruk Auj,'utiu vt
S x r v n . 1.. .1 to got htlHiMtlf
'mi'., J kiw; .it 1'olutid. Of uourao
tlio ujle did iit eltH-t hint; but
jMue nrii.,, i jtu, ,iidv 0f thu day
1 II. .rtnli .1 tin tlinme in 1(7
-1 i.ii-tng II Hi iliiln't pay
1, '1 . ttititi. n l'l.l.mil, lint Ik
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.. ii.irt 1. nt! I . Hi- tiir.Hi.'h
t ill illK Ktil l'l.'ll tll.lt It I- IkiVV
;hopHi w gi toe rW a Ucnuanl Powor, Osm wut.i, .U uv uu
iiuouaKh. JllS.Ouo cUoI.
nitOWNSVIM.i:, Ttx, Aug 0.
With tho oxpoctatlon that Unltod
StatoB Holdlora Boat to Norlna ranch
lftHt night would roll-ve tho sl,tti.'itlon
tliero, caused hy the attacks of Mex
ican bandits, border officials horo to
day turuod tholi attention to reports
that four hundred Mexicans had
croKsod tho bnrdor Into IlldalKO routt-
ty, ToxnB, In Htiiall parties, nnd ap
ipnrently wero makltiK tholr way to
a concentration point.
I Details of tho flisht at NnrUs rnnoli
'tslxty tnllos north of Hrownsvlllo Inst
j night woro awaited hero with Inter
est Owing to tho Isolatod natum of
'tho country there and tho fact that
the bandits out all telephoito wlros
frmn tho ranch, only meager ropotts
had boon received oarly today. Those
(Mlmntod tho attacking force of
Mc-;:icana as numbering 80 to 200
men.
fourteen ranchmen. lator reinforc
ed by a detachment of Unltod Htaton
wttUors and Ttxaa rangors, ropollod
all attack of tha outluwa, who lofl
fioveral of tlieir number doad when
finally they retreated southward.
Five of the Auierlrana wero woiiaded,
throo of the number MttK aolUlara.
Celonol A. I'- niocknom, eonimaHd
Ing tho lower Texaa border patrol,
today dlanatened addttktnal troopa to
hyford. Jtaymondvllle anil labaattoa
to atrengUien 11k- d. tac-lnn. nt al
reody at Uwm ''
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CONSTANTINOPLE
('(NsTANTINfll'Li:, Aim. . Tit.-Tttrki-.lt
haltlc-htp Khir-Hd-Piii
Mar Hniossu ol '1900 Ions dmplaoe
tnonl, i'ormctlv tho (lenmin wHrnlup
Kurl'iit-Mt Fnudrich Willielm, Iinm been
sunk by u Hiibimiiiuo of tho entente
poivorn, ticcorditnJ to tin official nn
nniineemeut insneil today by the
Turkish KowMiiiiMiiit.
A itiNJonty of tho offtcora mid 11111
cotuKtiiig tlio crew of tho lmttlchip
wiih Kiived.
Tho KJieyr-IM-nin 1ar Haroaaa
waa built at Stotlin in 1SUI mid wa
piirebiived togetbor with tho battle
abip Torgut Mom from Germany by
Tin key in JIU0. Tlio roaael waa 3f 1
feet long, (II feet Imam ami had a
depth of 21 feet. Her complement
Gonuibtod of about 000 ol'ticern ami
men. Tim oiiI wia npiijipi'l with
two auk-Merged 18-ineh trnwio tulios.
The official statement tolling of
tho U of the lmttlenbip uiidv:
"The loaa of tlio )ar liarossu.
wbiuh waa auuk thia momirnc, how
reyrettalile u itaelf, doa not ffffeet
tw (ucceaeively oxeept that it plcs
the atreuith of our ahtpM luimpare
to that of the enemy in the ratio of
oue to ton."
FATHER OF MYSTIC SHRINE
DEAD AT ROCHESTER
HOCIIIWTKIC, N. Y.. Aug. . -Geurge
lf. UnUr, knowu throughout
tho Kouutrv m a faiher ' Mva-
ti.- S,i 1 11 ,, ,1 lii-t III.) I " I .1
li.iu 1 11 . --. .1.. I 1 . r II. w.i-iiDM-rul
noteatato ementu or tae
JOHNSON
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SAN 1HANCISCO, Aug. 0. - fluv
ctimr llirnut W. lobiisou denied to
iiiv that tho law ot iiihentntioo is
bused 011 any "tiuliotiublo riulit," and
predicted that gtenl fottnuea in the
liituie would pay renter toll to the
government, in an addtowa before tb t
state inboriluiicu tux appraiser in
session bote,
"You ate only nibbling at the cru-.t
now, of n great wotk which will ul
timately bo purauod in eiory bind tut
der the aim," flo vomer o.lhnson said.
"Tho timo iiinv ootuo when the ag
gregntion of wealth in the biiinls of
u few will aerioithlv threw ten Iho
righta of tho man" and it to"- bo
tiuooaanry to give more aorioug 11I
tantion to the work of equalization.
"Tho lawa of Hiiccpstion uto purely
artificial. Tliero in no imilieiinblo
right by which tio way loavo rop-i-rtv
to hetr. It h only by tlio tight
of law that pr..M'tty acipiiitsl in
life is tin 11 -.united l heir after
death "
LONDON, Aug - sir John
French, commander lu chlwf of tho
Urltleh forces in France, reports tiiot
the tost tranche at I loose, oust ot
Yprea, in Belgtuw, had been retaken
1 , ti.. Hil-t-b tiHwtpa awl Utat thoy
Jan. a4i4uM( cm 4 frtMt ot 1200
yards.
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Cnrranza About to Expcll Diplomat
for Brazil's Participation In Pcaco
Conference at WaslilnotonRc
sentment of First Chief Brounlit to
Climax Capitol to Bo Moved.
WASIHNOTO.V, Aug. 0. Carranza
officials hero said today tho Brazlt-
lon minister nt Mexico City, tho only
dlplomntlo representative tho Unltod
Stntes has In Mqxlco, hns boon with
drawn by his Government becnttso
flonornl Carranza was prepared to
expel from tho country as ho did
Senor Ortoga, the Quatamalan min
ister.
Tho Brazilian minister reported to
tho stnto dopnrtment today that no
reason had boon given for tho oxpttl
tdmi of Senor Ortoga nnd that ho
himself Intended to nail Wednesday
from Vera Cruz on a Kronch llnor for
tho Unltod StntcH.
Caused hy Cofiioronrn
It la believed hero thnt Carranra
oxpollcd tho aiintotnnlnn nnd wan
prepared to oxpol tho Drazlllan bo
causo of tho participation ot their
countries in tho Pntt-Amorlcan con
ference In Washington for composing
Mexican affairs.
Tho development Is a very disturb
ing otto for tho success of tho Pan
Amorlcan conference.
Officials who woro hoping that
Carranza would Join a pcaco conference-
with hla adversaries and meet
tho offorta ot tho Pan-Amorlcan na
tions to soldo tho factional strlfo
wero much dlsnppolntod.
It wns snld by Carranza agents that
neither tho (jitntomnlatt nor tho Dra
zlllan had bon on, good terms with
Cnrranza nnd that It had been Car
rnnza's Intention to hand tho Drazll
lan his passports as soon as ho ngaln
reoccuplod Mexico City. Tho partic
ipation of Brazil nnd Ountomala In
tho Pnii-Amorlcan conference, thoy
said, brought Cnrranzn'tt resontmont
to n cllmnx. It wan recalled that Cas
tro, tho dictator of Venezuela, took
much tho samo action whon ofonded
hy foreign nntlons pressing for a
settlement ot affairs in his country.
To Moio Capital
Statu department advices today
snld Gonerul Cnrranza was making
hurried preparations to movo his cap
ital from Vora Cruz to Mexico City.
Archlvoa and dorks havo boon mov
ing to tho capital since Friday. Tho
Impression in Mexican circles horo Is
thnt Citrrnnba proposes to establish
himself In Mexico City and probably
In tho fact) of tho Pnn-Aniorlcnn offop
proclaim himself provisional presi
dent In tho face of tho Pan-American
effort to bring tho factions tosotlior.
Amorlcnti naval comiiinndors nt
Vera Cruz havo bon ordered to placo
a warship nt tho disposal of tho two
diplomats If thoy wish it. Tliero aro
three gunboats in thnt vicinity.
A vory doflnlto policy as to Mex
ico littR lion ngrccd upon by the. Pan
American conforonco," Sccrotttry Lan
sing announced today. "Tho confer
ence adjourned becnttso I wished to
consult President Wilson about it,"
ho said. "I havo consulted tho pres
ident nnd tho conforonco will bo re
sumed." Mr. Lansing would not dis
close tho conforonco plans.
TOKIO, Aug- 0. Kmporor Yoshi
hito today authorired Premier Qkiimu
to withdraw bib roeigtiatoti ami tlio
reconstructed Jopunoho cabinet will
bo installed teuton ow.
Tho iieivepitpora report tnt Count
Okutitu ia having diffiottlty in find
ing a foreign minister to take Um
place of Takiiaki Iat,o. According
to Vituoiint Chimin, the ambassador
at Washington, and Count Tnouje,
iimlmeaador at Loudon, have declined
to accept tlio portfolio of foreign affairs.
NttW YORK, Aug. O.denoral
George W. (loohtiila arrived from
Cristobal today, and announced when
tho vesvul (looked, that ho bud scut
bin resignation as govornor ot Iho
ounal zono to Washington to tako ef
fect N'ovomber 1. Ilq said ho w5lit
uot roglsu Itaw tlifi ftruty, "";
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