IPARTISAN 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
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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
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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-
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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
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