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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 20. 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STRIKE CRISIS IS
EXPECTED TODAY
Men Say They Will.Wait No
Longer Than Tonight.
ROADS HAVE NEW PROPOSAL
Arbitration of Wage Issue Is
Asked, With Retroactive
; Feature Promised. -
MEN ARE STILL HOSTILE
Fact That : Offer. : Has '. Been
Made,' However,; Viewed
as Optimistic Sign.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. A crisis
tomorrow in the threatened Nation
wide railroad - strike appeared un
avoidable tonight. '
Heads of the four -railroad. brother
hoods went to the White House today
and informed President Wilson that
under no circumstances could they
hold their committee of 640 liere after
tomorrow night! The men, they said,
were demanding that they obtain some
definite - answer from the railroad
heads on President Wilson's plan, al
ready accepted by them, or that they
be permitted to go home and prepare
for a strike. Everything was declared
to be in readiness for a walkout when
ever the committee of 640 gave the
word. . ..
Appointment Made for Noon Today.
The President is understood to have
given the men no definite promise as
to what he would do. "He made an
appointment with them for noon to
morrow, however, and shortly after
. they 'left the White House he sent
for three rf the railroad executives to
advise them of what had happened.
The railroad presidents and man
agers met tonight and agreed to a
counter proposal, to be submitted to
the President today. This holds to the
demand for arbitration, to which the
employes say they are unalterably op
posed, and emphasizes the difference
between an eight-hour work day and
an eight-hour day as a basis for pay.
Railroads Offer Formulated.
The plan proposes:
"That an eight-hour day is not di
rectly connected with the matter at
issue and that there is a difference
between an actual eight-hour and an
eight-hour day as a basis for pay;
"That the questions of increases of
wages- are indisputably questions
which should be settled by arbitra
tion ;
"That the present demands of the
trainmen be submitted to arbitration
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion or some body to be created by
the President, or in some other way;
"That if the arbitrating board finds
" wage increases should be granted,
their findings will be retroactive, and
the increases will take effect from the
time- the arbitration begins;
Contingent Fund Proposed.
"That a fund shall be created by the
railroads to provide for this contin
gency, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to keep the accounts that will
be necessary, and the arrangement to
continue in force for a time not yet
determined upon, the men agreeing
that during the period of arbitration
there shall be no further demands nor
any attempt to strike."
A draft of this report was submit
ted tonight by the committee of eight
presidents, who have been constantly
at work upon its various phases ftr
a week. There was some discussion,
but only qne vote was taken, and l-y
it the 60 presidents and the managers
approved the draft. It was said to
night this will be the final report of
the executives.
Issue Declared Up to Men.
"It puts the issue squarely up to
the men," was the way one official
expressed it.
The crisis in the situation is ex
pected by noon tomorrow, when the
President has an engagement to see
the brotherhood leaders.-
Some of the executives said that
while the proposal would not give
the more than 20 per cent increase in
wages provided for in effect in Pres
ident Wilston's plan, it probably would
give an increase of more than 10 per
cent. The proposal -in its tentative
form covered three typewritten pages.
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WINDOW IS BROKEN
AND BRIDE STOLEN
AYEDDING I?f SPOKANE BALKS
IRATE FATHEU OF GIRI). .!
Lament Couple Elope in Only Avail
able Auto, bnt Are to Return
; When Parent : Cools.
SPOKANE.. Wash., Aug-.. 25. (Spe
cial.) Miss Hazel Strachan, " IS. " and
Harry De Long-, 31, 'were married In
Spokane last night .at the- home of
C. C. Elliott, 415 Baldwin avenue, after
being detained for ' four .hours by the
Spokane police, ' following- an . exciting
elopement, from Laraont, Wash., where
they ran away . from the bride's Irate
father. '' " '
The -youth broke J a window In the
house ; to pain entrance, and lowered
his future bride-, to the ground' by a
rope, later jumping from the second
story window himself. 'The 'bride's
father took after them, but, according
to Mr. De Long, he had arranged for
the only automobile available in La
mont. and the angry parent was left,
while Ee Long and Miss Strachan drove
to Davenport, where they took the. train
for Spokane. ".
They were met at thevdepot by police
officers, the father having telephoned
to. Sheriff Cole, of-Colfax, that the girl
was but 13.
The girl's father Is I -XX. Strachan.
a wealthy farmer, and the boy's father
is & mining man of Kellogg.
"We Intend to - make our home in
Spokane for the present. ; but will .re
turn to Lamont later, after . Hazel's
father - cools down," the - bridegroom
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CIVILIANS. COMITJG , HOME
New. Orleans. Expected to Leave San
' Diego : September 2. ' -
SAN DIEGO. -Cal.. Aug. 25. The
cruiser' New ' Orleans will . leave . San
Diego September- 2. for .San. Francisqq,
arriving at the. latter., port September
5. Two-days will be passed at,' San
Francisco,-and the ship, with 63 Pacific
Northwest civilian volunteers on board,
will arrive' at Asforla about September
10, and at Seattle September'' 12.'
-' The cruiser South- Dakota will ar
rive here tomorrow or Sunday, -and all
civilian volunteers on board' the New
Orleans will sail on the South Dakota
on an ocean trip- for instruction in .big
gun practice. - . .
HARRISBURG MAN RESCUED
Ben Tomlin Near-Victim of Drown
' lng While Bathing in Willamette. V
HARRISBTJRd. Or.. Aug. - 25 (Spe
cial.) tBen Tomlin, .Junior member of
the local hardware firm of Tomlin &
Son, was nearly drowned in the - Wil
lamette River here yesterday - while
in bathing. .
Chester Bennett, a local. boy and an
ex member of the United States Navy,
and Arthur McMahan resuscitated him
after life apparently was extinct.
GOVERNOR OF OREGON OFFICIATES AT WEDDING OF MISS COOS BAY AND MR. EUGENE LANE AT BIG RAILROAD COMPLETION CELEBRATION AT NORTH BEND, OR,
BEFORE CROWD OF 10,000 PERSONS. - ' f
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BRITISH ABE JOINING
LINES WITH ALLIES
Drive Gains Ground on
East, and North.
GERMANS ATTACK ST. MIHIEL
New Assault May Have Effect
ori'Verdun Situation-
DOWNHILL SLOPE REACHED
London Expects Progress to Be More
Rapid From Now On Battle Is
Raging With Fury Unprec
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;BT ARTHUR S. DRAPER..
(War correspondent of the New York Trib
une. By special c&ble.)
LONDON, Aug. 25. (Special.) The
British drove .forward their wedge east
ward and northward today, in the first
movement closing on Ginchy antit Gull
lemont. and in the second advancing
on Klers. ' - '
This advance Joins up their line with
the French, who scored an important
success yesterday in the capture of
Maurepas -.and in their push beyond.
Joffre's troops today consolidated their
gains, while the artillery kept pound
ing at the Qerman line. -
Germans Aim Bfew Blow.
The Germans, as If " to divert the
French' from" the Somme attack, aimed
a new blow at the famous St. Mlhiel
salient, which projects Into the French
line southeast of Verdun. They suc
ceeded In gaining a hold on the allied
trenches here, but were driven out
again in a counter attack.'
Whether this assault Is the forerun
ner of others on a. wider front and of
greater violence is not certain. - But a
German drive here would bring French
forces from the front north of "Verdun
and so v make feasible a renewal of
the Crown Prince's attack on the fort
ress. '
Flanking Move Made Possible.
British gains advanced their line in
the eastern and northern edges of the
Delville wood and brought them near
Ginchy, which with GulIIemont form
the strongest link in the German second-system
In this sector. In an effort
to repel this threat the Germans opened
a counter attack today, but were driven
back with heavy losses.
Along the northern side of the wedge
the British advanced their line several
hundred yards on each side of the road
running out of Longueval toward Flers.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 92
degrees; minimum, 65 decrees. , .
TODAY'S Fair, not so warm, winds mostly
westerly.
Polities- '
Mr. Hughes emphasizes need of tariff to
protect -Industry after Kuropean - wax.
Pago 3.
, War. . ,
Fleet of Zeppelins drop 100 bombs on Eng
land, killing eight persons and wounding
maty.. Page 5.
Blow dealt to- Turks in Armenia. ' Pago 6.
Official reports. Plsa.S..
British are Joining llui filth allies. Pago 1.
National..
Free trade leanings hotly resented by former
Progressive in Senate. Page 2.
Conjrress looks forward to adjournment Fri
day. -Page 2. ,.
Hypothetical fleet within striking distance
of Sandy Hook. Pago, 3. .
Strike crisis may-come today. Page 1.
Domestic- - -Search
for aged recluse's' vanishing millions
goes on. Page 6. , "
Archbishop Spalding : dies from effects ' ef
heat. . Page 3. .
Georgia milliia Captain killed ty woman.
Page 4.
' . . Sport. -
Paclflo Coast League ' results: Portland , 8.
- Salt Lake 1: Oakland 6. Los Anfceles 4;
' Vernon 5. San Prancisco 4. Pag 12.
American League . pennant race stirs.
Page 12.
EapwAnia, "dark horse," wins main event
on Cleveland track.' Fag 12.
Braves beat ' Cubs. 1 to 0. Page 12.
Johnston and Griffin. California tennis stars,
easy winners at Southampton. Page 13.
Thirty-day horse race meet proposed for
Portland. Page 13. .
Weatover Tennis Clitb ' wins Murraymead
honors. Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.' ' ,
Captain K. P. Wllilams.' mustering officer,
departs on leave. " Page 2.
Spokane-wedding follows exciting elopement.
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Centralis rallies to' Captain's aid. Page 4.
All Coos unites to make guests Jolly. Page 1.
Oregon City pipeline breaks and four towns
- are waterless. Page - 1.
Camp girls start Red- Cross course at Van
couver. Page -1$.
Spokane will-' be enriched -20,oOO,00 by
- wheat sales. . Page 16.
Commercial-and -Marine.
Buying by exporters cauises sharp advance In
wheat at -Chicago, page 17.
Wall street stocks lower, en profit-taking
and bear pressure. Page 17.
New owners of Yale and Harvard to have
Portland, office.' Page 16.
Wheat advances 2 cents. Page 17,
Portland and Vicinity.
George L. Story, Portland pioneer, dies at
age of 83. - Page 11. ...
City arranges to-meet its payroll. -Page IV.
Miss Sue Schacht Portland's choice for
queen of Astoria Regatta. . Page 0.
Henry Hayes, 12, and Jesse Goodwin, 10.
drown in river. Page 1.
Portland man lost two days on Mount Hood
Is rescued. Page 7.
West -Coast ' lumbermen appeal to railway
heads at Washington. Page 6.
Dry forces - merge to carry on campaign.
Page 18. .
Mr. Teal return from rate hearing. Page 6.
G. A. R. party 'is off tor Kansas City en
campment. Page 11. ....
Weather report.' data and forecast.' Page IT.
ENTIRE MAIL, CONFISCATED
Scandinavia r-America it Liner Held
Up by British at Kirkwall.
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BERLIN. Aug. 25. CBy Wireless to
Sayvllle. N. Y.) The "entire American
mall on the Scandinavian-American
liner United States was confiscated by
the British authorities at . Kirkwa.lL
says an Overseas News Agency an
nouncement loony.
The United States .arrived at Copen
hagen on August 18 from New York.
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BOYS PLAYING ON
RAFT ARE DROWNED
Henry Hayes, 1 2; Jesse
Goodwin, 10, Victims.
RELATIVES SEE TRAGEDY
Chums Slip Into River While in
Friendly Scuffle.
BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Although Lads Are Taken From Wa
ter ' In Short Time, Efforts- to
Resuscitate Them by Aid
of Pulruotor Fail.
Henry Hayes, aged. 13 years, of 4Si
Twenty-second street North, and his
chum, Jesse ("Buster") Goodwin, aged
10," of 624 Guild street.' were drowned
in a backwater of the Willamette
River at, the foot of Sherlock avenue,
near the -North Pacific Lumber Com
pany's mill, at -4 P. M. yesterday.
-The 'boys were playing on a plank
raft floating 25 feet from .the beach,
and fell into the water while scuffling.
Leonard' Hayes. 8-year-old brother of
Henry, and Mrs. E. L. Goodwin, grand
mother of Jesse, were on the bank when
the accident occurred, and ran scream
ing for help. The boys were taken
from the water after 10 minutes, and
physicians - worked over them unsuc
cessfully with pulmoters for more than
two hours.
Boys Go to Chapman School.
Henry. Hayes Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Hayes. -Jesse Goodwin's
parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Good
win. The latter boy was a nephew of
Karl R. Goodwin, of The Oregonlan
staff. Both boys attended the Chap
man : SchooL r They played , together
constantly.
Gilbert Noonan, aged IS years, was
the first to be attracted by Leonard's
cries for help. The . lad ran to the
beach and swam to the raft. He dived
and located the bodies, which later
were re-covered by two men.
The police were i notified, and Dr.
W. H. Skene-and an interne from the
Emergency Hospital hastened ' to the
scene with first aid apparatus. Harbor
Patrolman Pre tin and Engineer Jaeckel
arrived a few minutes-later with the
harbor patrol - boat. .
The-body' of the Goodwin boy was
recovered a few minutes before that of
his companion, and the efforts to re
suscitate him were' continued after the
Hayes boy had been pronounced dead.
Meanwhile, the fathers of both lads
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WATER FAILS IN 4
T0WNS IN VALLEY
OREGON' CITY PIPE LINE DRY
WITH THERMOMETER AT 9 2.
West Linn, Willamette and Bolton
Arc Others Affected Big Reser
voir and Mains Are Empty.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 25. (Spe
cial.) With the thermometer register
ing 93 degrees today, Oregon City, West
Linn, Willamette and Bolton are with
out water because of a break In the
Pipeline from the south fork of the
Clackamas.
-The 1.000,000-gallon municipal reser
voir has been drained of its supply and
the-city .' elevator, which uses water
power, has stopped. -
-Early in the day a thresher crossed
over an air valve- box. , breaking the
pipe line, and causing a small flood,
that was quickly checked. The break
was' repaired within a few minutes.
Later,, however, the flow into the reser
voir suddenly stopped, the level cf
water dropped rapidly, and tonight
even the supply lh the mains had been
exhausted.
The trouble was located tonight near
the intake in the headwaters of the
Clackamas. Harold Rands, engineer,
and Fred McCausland, water superin
tendent, will remain in the woods until
the damage is repaired.
Ice cream stands where loganberry
Juice - and' near beer are sold did a
thriving business today.
DEUTSCHLAND TO RETURN
Frelsht Xow Being Received for
Second Voyage to America.
BERLIN. Aug. 25 (By Wireless to
Sayvllle, N. Y.) Preparations for an
other voyage of the submarine Deutsch
land to the United States are wll
under .way. Freight is being received
for this trip.
The amount, of ..cargo now ready is
larger than had been expected, the
Overseas New Agency says. All the
members of the crew have - expressed
readiness to sign for the next voyage.
ROUMANIAN ARMY ON LINE
Russians Also Reported Concentrat
ing on Danube.'
iwauun, Aug.- jo. ine .Russians
have concentrated a large number of
troops on the Roumanian frontier and
on the banks of the. Russian Danube
with which to Invade Bulgaria by way
of Dubrudja, according to a Budapest
dispatch to the Mornipg Post, quoting
the A zest.
The Azest also reports powerful Rou
manian forces gathered on the Lower
Danube and the Pruth.
Serbs Take Many Prisoners.
PARIS. Aug. 25. The Serbians have
made appreciable progress on the left
wing of the Saloniki front, and have
taken - several hundred . prisoners, ac
cording to the official statement issued
by the War Office tonight.
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ALL COOS UNITES TO
MAKE GUESTS JOLLY
Visitors Scatter to All
Points of Interest.
CLAMBAKE IS ONE BIG HIT
Boats, Special Trains and Au
tomobiles Are Chartered.
GLAD HAND' EVER PRESENT
Cities Proudly Display Their Bona
tiful Resources, Which Are In
dicated by Substantial Ira
; provements Vnder Way.
BY SHAD O. ERANTZ.
MA.KSHFIELD. Or.. Aus;.' 23. (Spe-.
clal.) Every community, and. It seems,
almost every resident of Coos County
tolay took a hand In the current rail
road celebration.
. This was Coos County day. and the
whole county fr,om the 10-mile region
on the rorth to the foot of the Co
qui'.le Valley on the south Joined in
the welcome to thd visitors and shared
in the Joy of entertaining them.
Parties Scatter to Hair Towns.
Early this morning' sundry parties of
pleasure seekers started from Marsh -field
ard North Bend. They scattered
in almost every direction, traveling by
special train, by steamer or by auto
mobile. An organized force of Portland peo
ple went by train to Coquille. thence
by chattered steamer to Bandon, where
a special programme had been ar
langed. ' The Jtosarian. band and most
of the Royal Tlosarlans went with this
party.
Clam Bake Is Enjoyed.
Thousands of others Journeyed to
Charleston Bay. where one of the most
unique entertainments of the celebra
tion was provided. The principal attrac
tion there was a clam bake offered un
der the Joint auspices of the North
Bend and Marshfieid committees. Every
visitor, was served with a generous
portion of delicious clams, caught fresh,
in the waters, of . the nearby bay. A
band concert, dancing and sports - cf
various kinds completed the festivities.
By far the most elaborate . lndivldua I
hospitality was that extended by Louis
J. Simpson, at his magnificent country
home. Shore Acres, near North Bend.
Shore . Acres is , omi of the kind
of places that you read about or see
once in a while in the moving: pictures.
They have them," too. along the Hud
son River in New York, or fronting the
Lake Shore boulevard in Chicago, but
always , and forever they have a high,
stone fence around them with forbidding-looking
guards at the entrance.
Place la Open to Pnblle.
The Simpson place is Just like that,
excepting the high fence and the
guards. The grounds- are wide open
ail the time and people are constantly
welcome to enter and enjoy them
selves. Today even the whole house
was open. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were
there with open-handed hospitality,
characteristic of them, to receive the
folks. Refreshments of various kinds
were dispensed freely. The house rests
on a high cliff directly overlooking the
ocean. Surrounding it is an expansive
garden filled with rare and beautiful
flowers. People were permitted to
roam through it at will and many cf
them did.
Mr. Simpson, by the way. Is the same
fellow who gave a park containing
nearly 100 acres and about 1100,000
worth of fir. trees to the city, of North
Bend the other nighty '
Glad Hisd Ever Prfseat.
Had there not been so many other
attractions up and down the Coos
County shore line today it is probable
that v.sltors would have lingered
longer at the Simpson place, but they ,
didn't want to discriminate.
Wherever the excursionists wan
dered they were met with the same
glad hand of welcome. The people of
Coquille were out bright and early
this morning to meet the special train
party that tarried there awhile on the
way down the river to Bandon.
Many Improvements Made.
The Portland party stopped at Co
quille on the way back from Bandon
tonight, and partook of the lavish feast
that had been prepared for them. .The
meal was spread In picnic fashion un
der a grove of myrtle trees near the
town. More than S00 persons Joined in
the festivities. Welcoming speeches
were delivered by the city and county
officials. O. M. Clark responded for the
Portland delegation.
Coquille is providing many substan
tial improvements for itself this Sum
mer. ' including a handsome addition
to the Court House. It already has a
nice layout of paved streets.
Myrtle Point likewise took pride fn
displaying its resources and Its Indus
tries. Myrtle Point Is in the center
of a productive dairy and agricultural
country, and shows It.
Quite a few people Journyed on
down to Powers, a new town sprung
up by reason of the Smith-Powers log
ging operations, where the same gen
erous provision had been made to re
ceive them. Some of the Portland and
Eugene people visited also at Good
will's resort, at Allagheny. at Golden,
Silver Falls and other points along the
upper branches of the Coquille.
Lakeside, a picturesque resort In the
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