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Newspaper Page TextIPARTISAN BATTLE ALLIES Gil ID ONE-STEP REFUSES TO BE DISCARDED COOL WIND STAYS HEAVY DEATH TOLL 1. HUGHES URGES LIVING 25 PER CENT H1GHERTHANIN 1915 RAILROADS FAIL TO ARRIVE AT SOLUTION LABOR SAFEGUARDS DAXCIXG MASTERS SAV WALTZ MUST WAIT AXOTHER YEAR. NEVE DIE AT CHICAGO JUST AS RELIEF ARIUVES. MANY PERSONS MUST LIMIT USE OF VEGETABLES. OfJ REVENUE OPENS Democrats Try to Dis prove Waste Charge. BALKAN POSITIONS X Vast Army Is Pushing On Toward Nish. BULBARS PRESS FLANKS IN Advance Guard of Wings in Great Drive Northward Is Forced Back. BATTLE GROWS IN FURY Russians Have Part in Cam paign and Greeks Are Re ported Fighting, Too. LONDOX, Auk. .X The King of Ron. mania received the German and Aus trian Ministers to Bucharest In private audience Monday according to sk Co logne dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company by way of Amsterdam. The Ministers were received sepa rately and afterwards jointly. BY ARTHTR S. DRAPER, 'War Correspondent of the New York Tribune. By Special Cable. LONDON, Aug. 22. (Special.) The battle for Serbia gTows in fury. While the allied forces are breaking a way slowly up the Vardar, along the railway to Nish, the Bulgars are pressing hard on both flanks, in an effort to prevent this movement from the center. The struggle continues along the whole front north of Sa lonika. General Sarrail's troops gained on both sides of the Vardar today. This stroke, which halted after the Doiran station had been won more than a week ago, was resumed today with some success. .East of the river the allied infantry won the southern spurs of the Veles Mountains, while to the west a line of heights near Ljumnica was taken. Heavy Bulgar assaults failed to rewin' the positions. Russian Troops Have Part. An indication of the scope of the allied plan in the Balkans is given in the announcement today that since August 1 Russian troops have been landing at Saloniki. The censor un til now has not disclosed their pres ence in the Balkan army. Reports ' from the Greek line estimate their number at more than 60,000. Thus, with the execption of the Jap anese, the Belgians and the Portu guese, all the allies are now represent ed in General Sarrail's army. The Balkan force is beginning to compare favorably in size even with the huge armies gathered on the eastern and western fronts. Unity of Allies Indicated. The presence of the Italians at Sa loniki shows that real unity finally exists among the allies. Although Italy is not actually at war with Ger- Vjnany, nor one of the powers protect ing Greece, nevertheless she has con sented to send an expeditionary force to aid the Serbs. Because of the heavy drain on al lied shipping and unwillingness among the higher commands to scatter their forces in an unhealthy climate, it is no secret that the Saloniki expedi tion was not always looked on with favor in all quarters. But the latest developments indicate that the advo cates of a big campaign in the Bal kans finally have won the day. Roumania Has Chance. The presence of the Russians in Sarrail's army should have an impor tant moral as well as an important military effect. Forty years ago Rus sians werje fighting in the Balkans, helping to liberate the Bulgarians from the Turks. Roumania now can hardly remain out of the war if her national ambi tions are to be realized. In the battle along the line which runs from the sector west of Mon astir to that north of Kavala, both sides gained again today. The allied armies moved forward in the center, while the Bulgars, aided by the Teu tons, continued the pressure on the flanks. The advance along the Vardar elopes today marks the first success of importance for the allies. This clears the way for a further push up the railway to Nish and Nish Is the great objective of the Balkan drive and makes possible an operation against Strumnitza. On the left wing the Serbs moved (.Concluded on. Page 2. Column's.) National Association Members Ex pect Fox Trot to Hold Boards. New Steps Are Considered. CHICAGO, Aug. 22 The one-step and fox trot are not going to give way to a return of the old-fashioned dances without a struggle, when the American National Association of Dancing Mas ters gets its convention under way here tomorrow, it was learned tonight. Thomas McDougall, of Pittsburg, presi dent of the association, predicted today that the new dances are going to be forgotten in a few months. Mrs. Edna Rothard Passapas, of New York, said McDougall was wrong and that the one-step will continue to be the most poular dance during the "Winter months. It will be another year, at least, before the waltz comes back, she said. Two new dances. It was said, may receive the sanction of the association. They are the Cuban, waltz called "El Danzon,'' and what is known as a skat ing waltz. Advisability of teaching the latest measures of classical nature dancing, barefooted Spring dances and others of that type will be discussed. CIVIC FORCES WANT PAY Employes Protest Against Delay lu August Salaries. With city employes complaining bit terly about the prospect of not receiv ing their pay for August on September 1, an effort may be made by the City Council this morning to devise a means of getting the money through a loan or to issue warrants to enable the em ployes to borrow money by assigning the warrants. Many employes say they .will be hit hard, inasmuch as it was not until a few days ago that they learned of the Impending shortage in city funds, and therefore they had no chance to pre pare. Complaint Is particularly bit ter among those who plan vacations next month and others who have ob ligations they must meet soon after September 1. MOVIE MEASURE MUST DIE Council Will Tut End to Ordinance at Today's Session. After ten days of existence the pro posed new motion-picture censorship ordinance will be killed today by a majority of the members of the City Council. The measure was permitted to live until this time only because the Councilmen had no power to knife It sooner. The measure was presented to the Council by Commissioner Baker, rep resenting the motion picture interests. It was submitted with 30.000 signatures on petitions asking for its passage. The ordinance would have abolished the present censor board and es tablished, a new one of 15 members. The picture people would have had the right of appeal to the courts from decisions of the board. Y. M. H. A. TO HAVE CAMP Border Unit Will Care for Jewish Border Troops. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Aug. 22. A A branch of the Army and Navy Young Men's Hebrew Association was organ ized here tonight to care for the Jewish men In the regular Army and National Guard along the border. A report says there are nearly 6000 of the Jewish faith In the regular Army and about 18,000 in the National Guard. It is -proposed to erect quarters at the various camps along the border and in San Antonio. PREACHER REPAYS THEFT Four Dollars Contributed to Na tion's Conscience Fund. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. With a $4 contribution to the Treasury's con science fund today, came the following letter signed by a Texas preacher: "You will find" inclosed four Jl bills. The person that is sending them has got to God. and doing his best to get to Heaven. This is what he beat the Government out of several years ago, so please make some disposition of them, as the one sending them doesn't want them." PEAK NEAR BORDER SPOUTS Unnamed Volcano South of Calex ico Emits Mud and Steam. CALEXICO, Cal., Aug. 22. An 11 minute eruption laBt night of an un named volcanic peak about 25 miles south of here in Lower California was reported today by C. R. Rockwood, chief engineer of the Imperial Irriga tion District. The volcano belched a stream of mud and steam 500 feet in the air, Mr. Rock wood said, and the mud spread over a large area. STORM , HITS PORTO RICO Many Houses and Small Shipping Damaged at San Juan. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 22. A severe storm with a wind velocity of more than 90 miles an hour broke at 4 o'clock this morning and lasted three hours. Many houses were unroofed. The streetcars were stopped and mall shipping In the harbor was dam-sd. EXTRAVAGANCE MADE ISSUE Republicans Say Voters Will Rebuke Administration. SENATE DEBATE IS HEATED Senators Smoot and Curtis Fire First Guns for Republicans, Showing How Protective Tar iff Would Save People. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. With Sena tor Simmons chairman of the finance comu.ltt.se, submitting figures designed to disprove Republican charges of Democratic extravagance and Senator Smoot, Republican, finance expert, as serting that the Democratic party should be convicted of attempting to procure votes under false pretenses, general debate on the $206,000,000 emergency revenue bill began today in the Senate. There were indications on every hand of a partisan battle royal to be waged for several days. Insisting that national defense, pre paredness and the Mexican situation were altogether responsible for the ne cessity of special revenue legislation and a proposed bond issue. Senator Simmons declared Republicans in Con gress had-clamored for even greater expenditures for defense, and having done this, were seeking partisan ad vantage by making false charges of Democratic extravagance to the public. Extravagance Deemed Uncounted. . Senator Smoot. opening the Republi can assault on the revenue bill, said if the Democratic party were to be re tained in control of the Government, the country "would "suffer an era of uneqiialed extravagance combined with Inefficiency unsurpassed." His attack was supported by Senator Curtis, who asserted that the burden of taxation should not be placed on the American people 'and that revenue's should be raised by a protective tariff. . To prove his contentions that normal appropriations of this session are not excessive. Senator Simmons submitted Treasury Department estimates for the year .1917, showing that, excluding postal appropriations, bond issues al ready authorized and amounts that will not be expended, revenues must be provided for disbursements of $1,126, 234,000. Of' this amount the total ap propriated for national defense would aggregate about $654,000,000 and the Senator submitted other figures to prove that this extraordinary amount, due to preparedness and the Mexican emergency, exceeded normal defense appropriations by about $372,280,000. Democrats ' Present Case. "This amount, said Senator Sim mons, "deducted from the total esti mated disbursements for the fiscal year (Concluded on Page 5. Column 2.) THERE'S A Ice Shortage, Due to Dearth of Cars, Adds to Suffering: In City. 1 Three Die In Xew York. CHICAGO, Aug. 22 A cooling wind out of the Northwest today broke the heat wave which has gripped the Mid dle West since Saturday, according to reports to the Government Weather Bureau here. In Chicago the temperature at 10:30 A. M. was 78. a drop of 16 degrees within 24 hours. At 9 o'clock tonight the mercury registered 68, or 21 de grees lower than at the same hour last night. Despite the drop in temperature there were nine deaths from heat to day just as relief arrived. Owing to a dearth of freight cars, Chicago today faced a shortage in ice, which, according to the larger dealers probably will become more severe. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. This was the hottest day of the Summer here and the hottest August 22 in the history of the New York weather bureau. Street thermometers stood at more than 100 and the official temperature registered far above the street level, was 94 at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The heat wave is known to have killed three persons and prostrated scores. Weather experts say that it is not so much the high temperature as the steadiness of the heat that is causing suffering. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 22. The heat record of 96 degrees established here yesterday was shattered at 3 o'clock today with the official thermometer registering 97. TURKS DISPERSE BRIGANDS Band Landed on Island by Hostile Vessels, Berlin Hears. BERLIN, Aug. 22. (By wireless to Sayvllle.) Turkish army headquarters, according to the Overseas News Agen cy, reports that on August 17 eight hostile vessels entered the harbors of an island off the coast of Aula Minor and landed 300 brigands. Turkish detachments attacked the bandits, added the statement, who fled to the ships after losing 60 men. FOREST PARK BILL VETOED Wilson Forbids Use of National Re serves toy Cities. . WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. President Wilson today vetoed a bill allowing cities - and townships to buy public lands. Including forest lands, in their vicinity for parks, cemeteries and sewage. The President vetoed the bill on the ground that the National forests should not be utilized in that way. CANDY BARRED FROM CAMP Women In Military Training For bidden Sweetmeats. LAKE GENEVA. Wis.. Aug. 22. Candy has been barred from the Na tional Service School camp, where 150 women are receiving military instruc tion. In an official ruling today. More than 100 pounds has been returned to its senders. The women have asked for a camp manicurist and hairdresser. BIG JUBILEE ON IS THE COOS BAY Suitable Compensation Law Advocated. REPUBLICAN ACTS REVIEWED Nominee Declares Workers Are Entitled to Benefits. PLEA IS MADE FOR JUSTICE Candidate Points Out That Legisla tion Dealing With Safety of Employes Is All Product of Republican Congresses. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Aug. 22 Charles E. Hughes, before an audience In the Armory here tonight, declared for an adequate Federal compensation law providing compensation to persons injured in hazardous employments en gaged In interstate commerce. Mr. Hughes spoke of labor legisla tion enacted under Republican Admin istrations. Republican Acta Reviewed. "I rejoice in what has been done under Republican auspices in the Fed eral sphere that is, in that depart ment of activity which under our Con stitution is subject to Federal regula tions." he said. "It was under Republi can, administration that the safety ap pliance act was passed, a great safe guard to railroad employes. It was under Republican administration that that act was amended by Congress so as to give a far wider degree of protec tion of safety appliances of various sorts than was formerly accorded. "It was under Republican administra tion that Congress passed the hours of service act to prevent the undue ex haustion of employes through hours of labor which were excessive. It was under Republican . administration, that the employers' liability act of 1996 was passed. Record One of Achievement. "We have had a remarkable record of achievement In the Interests of fair legislation under Republican auspices. I desire to see legislation of that char acter and every reasonable sort for the protection of labor enacted, to the end that there may be a feeling through this country that Justice is being done. "And I desire to see our wasteful system of negligence actions replaced by proper compensation laws. That has been achieved in many states. The bill before Congress deals only with Government employes. In my Judgment there should be an adequate compensa tion act dealing with this subject under the supervision of Congress, in hazardous employments, in Interstate commerce. Desire Is to Reduce Fees. "It makes a great difference whether half or lees or mors large shares of the recoveries go for attorneys' fees; It makes a great difference whether our courts are crowded with negll- IConcluded on Pafe 4. Column 3.) COUNTRY. Price of Live Hogs in Chicago Is $11.30 Per Hundred Pounds, Record Since the Civil War. CHICAGO. Aug. 22 (Special.) The high cost of living this year equals the cost of high living last year. Higher prices and smaller portions at restau rants are the barometer of food condi tions. Food prices have advanced 25 per cent over last year. The soaring cost of meats, flour and vegetables limits their use by many people and the cheaper foods, rice and molasses, are coming into their own. The wholesale price of the best grade of flour per barrel today was $8.90 and last year it was $5.60. Beef is now selling at from 11 to 20 cents per pound wholesale, an increase of 25 per cent. The greatest rise occurs in imported canned goods, which have advanced 100 per cent. Butter and eggs have remained about the same, but the housewife gasps every day when she goes to market to find how the prices of vegetables arc mounting. Live hogs sold at $11.30 a hundred pounds at the stockyards today, the highest price since Civil War days, when they went to $12.75 a hundred. EMBARGO PROPOSAL MADE House Resolution Provides for Re taliation by America. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. A concur rent resolution to empower the Presi dent to place an embargo on war mu nitions and all other exports as he may deem proper, destined for any foreign country, which knowingly disregards International law and violates neutral ity rights with tho United States, was Introduced today by Representative McLemore, of Texas. It was referred to the foreign affairs committee. BARBERS ARE ON STRIKE Sew York City Workmen Demand Advance in Wages. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Two thousand barbers In 800 shops went on strike to day, according to Charles M. Fleder. vice-president of the International Bar bers" Union of America. Before the end of the week, Fieder declared, the majority of the 20.000 bar bers In the greater city would Join the strike. They demand an Increase of $1 a week in wages. $8000 BUSHELS GO AT $1.14 Portland Firm Buys Wheat at Cul ver for Highest Price of Year. BEND. Or.. Aug. 22. (Special.) Eight thousand bushels of Jefferson County grain were sold at Culver Sat urday to the Northern Grain Warehouse Company, of Portland. for $1.14 a bushel, the highest price paid this year In Central Oregon. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ' YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 82 decrees; minimum, 60 decrees. TODAY'S Fair, continued warm, northerly winds. Probably cooler Thursday. Politics. Mr. Hughes declares for more adequate labor legislation. Page 1. War. British submarine Captain reports German battleship probably sunk. Page 2. Official war report. Page 2. Allies win new positions In Balkans. Pars L British gain In three sectors. Pairs 2. Russian advance Is repulsed. Page 2. Mexico. Troop A to go on patrol duty within week. Pare 4- National. Partisan battle on revenue bill opens In Sen ate. Pans 1. Railroad officios fall to arrive at solution of problem. Pago 1. Great Navy war game starts. Page 3. American members of Joint Mexican com mission named. Pago 4. President says he will veto lmmlrratlon bill If It contains literacy test. Page 3. Domestic. Nine die at Chicago Just as relief from heat arrives. Page 1. One-step and fox trot rot to yield to waits without struKgle. Page 1. Catholla convention urges church members to vote as unit. Page 4. Cost of living Is 25 per cent higher than in 1915. Page 1. Pport. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3, Fait Lake 2; Oakland 5. Los Angeles it; Vernon IS. San Francisco 4. Page 1 Boston trounces Cleveland, 3 to 0. Page 12. Trotting record for stallions broken. Page 1-. Brooklyn defeats Chicago. Page 12. Mclaughlin and KumairaR detault In East ern tourney. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Coos Bay ready for Jubilee celebration. Pago 7. Bluestem wheat goes to $1.14 at Baker with no sales. Page 16. Public Service Commission hears Central Oregon Irrigation project case at Bend. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Bids are opened for forage for Army use la Philippines. Page 16. Wheat slumps at Chicago on heavy profit taking sales. Page 17. New high record quotation for United States Steel. Page. IT. Japanese steamer's csrgo of lumber placed aboard at night. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Schumann-Hcink starts for San Diego. Page 10. Local shippers will ask that British prune embargo be lifted. Page 6. Portland flour market steady. Page II. E. A. Beats, weather forecaster, tells Rotary Club of high accuracy of Weather Bureau. Page 6. Midsummer auto show attracts crowds. Psge 11. Portland will send big delegation to Coos Bay celebration. Page 7. Campaign for land bank is launched. Page lb. Martin Beck said to have routed Orpheum shows anew. Including Portland. Page 5. Maxamas return from most successful outing In history. Page 5. Mrs. 1. J. Gordon wins prlxe for notable work In law school. Page 4. weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Officials Still Insist on Arbitration. STRIKE NO LONGER EXPECTED Presidents of Roads Hope to Gain by Delay. EARLY ANSWER PREDICTED Heads of Three Lines Confer Again Wilh President Wilson, but Keep Own Counsel Xo Concrete Plan Devised. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. Eight presi dents of Important railway systems who have been designated to draft the railroads' reply to President Wil son's appeal- that they accept his plan for averting a Nation-wide strike were in almost continuous session today and tonight without solving their problem. Late tonight three of the committee men. Hale Holden, of the Burlington; K. S. Lovett. of the Union Pacific, and Daniel Willard. of the Baltimore fc Ohio, discussed the situation with President Wilson. President to Be Seen Again. They were at the White House for more than an hour and on leaving de clined to talk about their visit further than to say they had "asked for the conference to discuss the general situa tion" and expected to see the Presi dent again. Although some of the 60 or more presidents are showing a disposition to prolong the negotiations in the hope that the sentiment of business men of the country will be shown to be opposed to the idea of an eight-hour day. there was a general feeling tonight that a definite answer to President Wilson's demand cannot be much longer post poned. The President is said to have indi cated he desired his proposals to be fully debated by the executives, but their conferences among themselves have failed so far to develop any con crete plan likely to win approval. Arbitration SOU Asked. So far as the presidents would dis cuss the situation tonight, they still are insistent upon an arbitration of the eight-hour day and all other issues with the employes. Among the Tnore than 600 representa tives of railroad brotherhoods In Washington, there was evident today a feeling of restlessness and there were many inquiries of leaders as to how long they must remain. It is not ex pected that this feeling will lead to any open revolt unless the conferences be tween President Wilson and the exec utives are prolonged. Some of the lead ers told inquirers today that they would not have to stay in Washington more than 48 hours. Mr. Wllaos May Change Views. The railroad executives who are counting on winning President Wilson to their position in the negotiations say the case after all is to be decided by public opinion and that this will be found to support arbitration and con demn the eight-hour day. They made public tonight several telegrams from commercial organizations throughout the country upholding arbitration for the settlement of labor disputes and opposing an eight-hour day such as the employes desire. The Cabinet discussed the situation at today's meeting and in the opinion of some of the members the danger of a strike has been greatly lessened. Dis content over being held in Washington without prospect of prompt action by the railroad managers caused some of the brotherhood men to protest today at one of their two meetings. W. G. Lee. head of the trainmen's brotherhood, silenced objections, however, by assur ing the men that In his belief they would not be held here more than 48 hours longer. Men Visit Capitol. An Invitation to visit the Capitol, ex tended the men today by Vice-President Marshall, was accepted by a large num ber. The Vice-President addressed them cordially. The brotherhood heads In their first formal statement since arriving in Washington replied to various conten tions of the railroad managers. They declared the railroads never had shown a desire to resort to arbitra tion unqualifiedly. The statement said In part: "It is true that the executives of the four brotherhoods advocated the pass age of the Newlands act and they did so under the mistaken belief (which subsequent experience has shattered) that its terms would be carried out in good faith by the representatives of the companies. "The sincerity of this new-born and loudly proclaimed belief. as ex pressed by the spokesman of the rail way presidents "We stand for the principle of arbitration for the settle ment of Industrial disputes' Is best shown by the attitude of these rail way companies, who are so loudly prolalmlng the virtues of arbitration and their undying adherence thereto, by the attitude of those same com panies toward arbitration on & long list of properties, which they abso lutely own and control, but which (.Concluded on Page 4. Column 2.)