THE WEATHER Psir and wtrair following frost tm arly moralari westerly winds. Oregon ud Washington Fair ana warmer; frost In early morula? . Idaho ralr, vtrairj frost la early morning.. ., .,. : . VOL. XIV. NO. 25. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, : OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING, -. SEPTEMBER .10. ,4916. PRICE FIVE CENTS ' ' ill flAlfJE lilfllD DIH OF ORATORY ; Voters of Pine Tree State Prepare; to "Point the Way f$ the Nation at the Polls Monday. ( ' - r rr-r- 'f HUGHES AT ROCKLAND, JAMES AT LEWISTON Big Gunners From Rival Camps Fire Broadsides in "Closing "Speeches. i- , , By Perry Arnold. Rockland. Me., Sept. 8. U. V.) Mr. Average Voter of the- state of Maine staggered off to bed tonight drunk with oratory, satiated with old-fashioned torchlight parades, feasted with cam paign facts ' and ready on Monday proudly to register Maine's ancient tirerogattva of"DOintlng the way" to the November elections everywhere else In the United States. Here In Rockland tonight. Republican Candidate Hughes concluded the Re publican side of the campaign In a blistering assault on the Democratic entrenchments. James Speaks in Le-wiaton. President Wilson's "personal repre sentative," Senator Ollie M. James, wound up the Democratic fight by a 1 t-well-enough-alone plea delivered be fore a big crowd at Lewiston, where Colonel Roosevelt let loose his recent broadside. Both sides were disclaiming any be lief In the old maxim that "As Maine goes so goes the nation," but just the same neither 1 overlooking any bets when-It 'comes to garnering the! votes. Torchlight processions are popularly supposed to have gone out of style in politics, at least a couple of decades ago, but they have been revived throughout Maine. Hughes has wit nessed a couple of them and the Dem ocrats have not been outdone in dupli- Li,vAtinfc the i jgtuot for their orators. ,;. !'' . xiiuepuoiican nominee toaay swept . .aS" ' i.HT . ' . .... . . 1 . A A town mrougn tna state m regular whirlwind fashion, scattering 'speeches all along the tins. He brought out ft brand 'new. Issue tonlight-xeorlatlon of theJUamocrat's shipping bill as 3e - sintcrive to an nonorea American in dustry. That it was a popular theme In Maine was evidenced by the cheers with which the candidate wan greeted. He mixed this criticism of the shlp- filng bill with a powerful plea for se ectlon of the Republican party as di rector of the nation's destinies that the -protective tariff principle might be reapplied and with a denunciatory assault on the administration's elght- (Concluded on Pe "jvo. Column r'lve) Relief From Car Shortage Now Near O Southern Pacific: Expects to Receive SO Empties for X umber Kills Tonight or Early Tomorrow. First relief from the car shortage that has been playing havoc with in dustries of the Willamette valley is expected either tonight or early to morrow when a train of 50 empty cars will arrive at Ashland for distribution by the Southern Pacific company anion; the lumber mills. Assistant General Manager Dyer's i ' statement that the relief would be fol lowed by special trains of other cars from day to day was welcomed by lum bermen yesterday with great joy. They were Interestedly waiting, however, to nee whether the cars could be secured according to the promise. General Freight Agent II. A. Ilin shaw said yesterday that the traffic department is assisting the operating department In getting shipments of merchandise unloaded as rapidly as possible to make cars available for the lumber trade. "The great trouble is that eastern railroads are not returning our cars," said Mr. HinshaW. "When we send them loaded with lumber, the local . dunanda of those roads keep them away from the west again. The east bound movement of trafflo at this time Is far heavier than the west bound. ; so that we see our loaded cars un leaded back there and, with no loads for return, they are shifted about here and there handling the abnormally heavy business offering elsewhere. "Our tar service department is try li.g to check up these cars and get them returned, either loaded or empty." F. G. Ionaldson, secretary of the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's asso ciation, declared that, despite assur ances of the -railroad, Friday's short age of cars was the heaviest since the dearth of rolling stock began. Heavy Rains Cause JDamage inArizona Jarr Sections Horthwert of Phoenix TTnder Water; Many Xancbes of tits District Are In on dated, Phoenli; Aril., Sept 9. (I. N. S.) Large sections northwest of Phoenix are under water and are menaced by a serious flood, as result of tremendous rains In the past few days. Cava creek has broken Its banks and many ranches have been inundated. The towns of Ray, Hayden and Wln kelman are already Isolated from the outside world. The canal systems throughout this district have suffered heavy damage and two power houses are reported flooded. A break has cpened la the joint head dam and con siderable loss may be caused In that .section. NEWS INDEX SECTION ONE 16 PAGES Vain Camsalga Eada. Gmut Thrlea Dofaatad. Bouzn aniajia Katake DoBTitch, twiiiil Iavada Seibiav Bittar OuiHtn hi Waahfnrtoa. Hnrhc' Tour of Wast Waaatisfectory. foiat ataxic Commission atmit Plan. Maine Drank m Politic. Wilaea Discussed at Clvie Lancheon. League Why Ediaoo Is Supporting Wilxm. Sou mania's Deciaioa May Be Epochal, foci Coaeitioaa in Camay. Fanner aUlate Lna Difficaltie. Wilson Campaiga Tuna laereaMd. Itlnarant Maroaant Arrastad. 7; I. 9. 10. President BaaUta Pressure (or War. Oaaadiaa Induatrial Disvutss Aet. Wilsons Welcomed in Kaw Janj. Germans oa Safanse at Verdaa. Carman to Plonie This Weak. Nabraaka Governor Takes luue. Four Sara on a German Submarine. Prison. Befonn in How Jars jr. Plana for Multnomah County Fair. Important Poet for Chaa. D. Mahaffia. Development for Timbered Aran. Oriental Trad to Be Dttcuaeed. Americanization School to Ba Baaumed. BUgaa Contact Inspire Optimism. Stamp Tax Vow Off. Minaral Eskibit Cairn Attention. Field to .Opaa fat" Timber Expert. Of Intereat ta Flax rowan. BrHUh Baply Expected Soon, Additicoal Bpcrts Jfew. Plana for Claokajna County Fair. Pendktoa Bound-Vp Approaohaa. Demand on Emeia;eacy Board Ex pacta. Vancouver SchooU to Baaume Tomor row. Albanv Oollar to Oven Sept. 18. 11. 18. II. 14. It. Stats Preaenta Cut Against Bonnet xnompaon. Paaaant of Beaaon at MeMinnvtlla. II. Dr. W. T. Foster Ueedi Hygiene So ciety. SECTION TWO 16 PAGES Page. 1-4. . 6-1. 9. 10-1&. is. Sports Bows and Goaaip. At Oamn Withyccmbe. Automobile and God Boadi. Baal Estate and.Buildinji. Want Ads. Marine. SECTION THKEE 8 PAGES Pas. i. t. 3. 4. 6. Kaw Plays in Haw Tork. Photoplay Newt. In Vaudeville. In Btageland. Editorial. Brief Information. Journal Travel Guide. . Town Topic. Fraternal Note. Aquaplaning Popular Sport. 4. Illustrated Mew Beviaw. T. War Zcna Observations. S. Gudbtand an the Hillside By Georcena Faulkner. Cartoonaa-ram By Charles A. Ofden, A Column of Smile. SECTION FOUIWIO PAGES Pace. 1-4. 6. 4. 7. The Week In Society. The Bealm of Musts. Woman's Club Affairs. Fashion Ohatter Bv H ma. Qui Vive. simplicity In Draae By Lillian BuasalL. In Portland's school. ty I I. Popular Science. SECTION FIVI3 12 PAGES (Fiction Magssina.) SECTION SIX 4 PAGES (Comic) Wife Slayer Caught .. Lynching Averted ijjick St. Clair Captured Pollo-artng Chas In ZdsJio la Which Many Per sons Partlelpatsd. Boise, Sept. 9. After a two days' manhunt' of a whole countrysiae, women as well as men participated, Nick St. Clair, who Frfflaf morning shot and killed his wife near Sweet, Idaho, was captured tonight by Sheriff Nichols of Gem county and Is now In Jail at Payette.' St. Clair had climbed the precipitous cliffs of Squaw Butte to evade the posse and succeeded in l doing so, only to run Into the arms I of the sheriff of the county in wh!:h the crime was committed. Threats of lynching caused Sheriff Nichols to nnTorsa taklns Mrs. St. Clair was shot si timi by her husband, who met her on a road between Sweet and Montour, after hunting for her for several hours. St. Clair and his wife had separated and It was in an effort to take their 5on from his mother that the Bhooting oc curred. Militia Troops May Now Apply for Aid General Orders lesued Make 93,000,000 Available for Support of Wives and Children or Mothers. Washington, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) General orders; ltsued by the war de partment cotrtain instructions rela tive to the appropriation of :,000,000 by congress for the support of fami lies of enlisted men of the o.-ganized militia or National Guard. The order will be read by company commanding officers to all enlisted men of their commands, and the men advised mat iney are privileged to make application for the support of their families. The attention of all is cailed In order to the fact that the word "family" as used In the law includes only wife. children and dependent mother. Each family will receive for Its sup port a sum not exceeding $50 a month The law's benefits began on the date of its approval, August 29. Another Christmas Ship Is Proposed Plans 7or Carrying Cargo of MOk to Starring Babies and Children of Po land Disco seed. Chicago, Sept. 9. Another Christ mas ship for war-scarred Europe was proposed tonight. Its cargo. If plans are carried out, will be milk and its destination Poland, where starving ba bies and children have been deprived of food. Polish citizens gathered here todar and discussed plans. Dr. J. P. Zaleski and Dr. Casimlr ZurawslV, of Chicago, members ot the Polish National De fense committee, left here tonight for -Washington, where they will confer Monday with E. P. BIcknell, director of the American Red Cross. Popular sub scriptions are expected to provide a big cargo of condensed milk. Twelv Hurt in Crash. Chicago, Sept. 9.' Twelve persons were injured, two possibly fatally, to night when an Illinois Central suburban train crashed into a street car in South Chicago. The motorman and conductor Of the car were held pending an investigation. MEET DEFEAT THRICE T French Make Grand Assault at Verdun, Carrying Entire System of Trenches in Front of Douaumont Village BRITISH CARRY REST OF GINCHY IN GREAT SMASH Gains of From 500 to 600 Yards Made; Germans Are Blowing Up Hallcz Forts. Paris, Sept. 9. A grand assault by the French forces carried the whole system of German trenches In front of Douaumont, the war office an nounced tonight in reporting opera- j tions in the Verdun region. The assault was delivered on the ' 201st day of the great battle around the French fortress. The Germans, weakened by the withdrawal of men and artillery to stem the allied of fensive on the Somme, fought desper ately, but were swept back by the irresistible advance of General Pe ts ins men,- ';. The counter-attack was the heaviest blow, struck by the French since th Germans began the drive on Verdun with a smashing infantry attack on February 22. It was preceded by a blistering artillery fire that wrecked the first line of German trenches. The German batteries, at first active, were almost completely silenced and made only a feeble reply. London, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) The Austro-German forces defending Hal lcz, the fortified city 60 miles south Of Lemberg, have blown up the re maining fortifications of the town and some of them have been occupied by the Russians, according to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd tonight. The fall of Hallcs is a mater of hours. The dispatch adds that the bridge across the Dneister has been blown up and that the Russians hold. the left bank of they river, Heavily helling the retraitln . Teutons, Two troop- .train era wrecked'by the Russian fire. Tonight's official Austro-Huagarian war office statement admits that the Russians in the Carpathians, east of the Clbo valley, "succeeded in taking isolated portions of our front." . . London, Sept. .-:(U. F.) In a great smash against the Germans north of the Somme, on a front of 6000 yards, about three and one half miles. tnis arternoon, the British carried the remainder of the village of Ginchy and scored other Important successes, General Halg reported at midnight. The attack was made on a fiont extending from Highwood (Foureaux Wood) to the Leuze wood, a mile northwest of Combles, where th-j Brit ish lines join the French. Territory In the region of Ginchy near Leuze wood and east of the High- wood was captured, the British ad vancing on this front 300 yards for a gain of 500 yards. Northeast of Pozieres another great smash gained 600 yards. British artil lery caught the Germans massing for a counter attack and inflicted heavy casualties. Some prisoners were taken in the operations around Ginchy and 60 more Germans were captured near Posieres. The fighting at Ginchy, where the British obtained a footing early In the week, was particularly severe. British artillery cannonaded Ger man trenches on the Vlmy .ridge, oppo site Souohez, and near the Inn known as the "Red cabarat." There was re ciprocal artillerying near CHonne, Culnchy and between the La iatsee canal and Neuve Chapelle. Ginchy is the last remaining forti fied place separating the British Irom the important German railway ctnter of Combles. Combles is now under fire from three sides, by the British from the northwest and west, and by the French from the southwest. Its fall is now believed to be a matter of a few days. Officers in Dark In Dilworth Case After Week of Tnvertlgation, Police TJnable to Make Headway In Hew Tork Murder. New York, Sept. 9. (U. P.) Bronx police and the district attorney ad mitted that they knew no more tonight about who murdered Lawyer Dilworth as he motored through Van Cortland park's "Lover's Lane" with a woman, not his wife, than they did right after the murder last Sunday morning. Which Is practically nothing. The difficulty," said Assistant Dis trict Attorney Quigley tonight, -is that apparently there was no man or woman along that dark road that night who could tell us of what happened, who has not some reason .to conceal some thing." Billings WiU Go , On Trial Monday San Francisco, Sept. 9. (U. P.) With the trial of Warren K. Billings on the charge of complicity in the suit case dynamiting outrage set for. Mon day, the authorities admitted tonight that they are working on a new angle of the case, possibly connecting the suspect, with dynamiting activities in Seattle and Canada. ' Billings, it is reported to local au thorities, was at -work In Seattle just before a ecowof explosives was dyna mited there. Billings left here shortly before, saying he was going to Seattle to help unionise open shops there and in Vancouver. FAST AND WES WITH the entrance of Roumania into theiwar and with Greece also about to cast her lot with the entente allies, the world' eyes have been focused on the Balkan region for the past two weeks. The accompanying photographs show a detach ment of Russian troops recently landed at Salonica, where every entente allied power now has an army, and a view of the Greek harbor of Piraeus where sixteen British warships are now anchored pending developments. UL,,i.& i ttn ', Minium r , v-r7iV?z;;to:' 'sc; tfansia m w Mwvm'ismiTOg -j ' lis - v .V I ti -, I' ,'-"-' s ' ?a , u ' XT t f-V i , .jJi "' -77 '1 if 'V i, Zf'l 1 r, 1 J " i ' v i'Ml ' n M f. Hrr J r- . . z , ,v - t fdm . W Xf ,-' f-ii s?S IP ? -6:::" if ! ""i T M i aMBMMHMaMHaMBVMMMBaaBBMaMHBHMMMaiMaHiMMH ? &'&tZK)Kiitt(toimi(MaiimM s-swii.weiMeww , isiaiia.uujjiiiirn 1 rrM.'iniM..niiillitlinTi nrrmrrrr mi "it1 i "l'"t ' inn " iivMt..mitrti.,.....v.k.ji-uaAiJ1-j 1: m f - 4mmu i 'f m liinrnn -f- y PERMANENT PEACE Social. Political and Eco nomic . Regeneration of Mexico Is Proposed, By Severance' Johnson. New London, Conn,, Sept. 9. (I. N. S) The far reaching - scope of the peace plans of the American and Mexi can joint commisKion was revealed for the first time today. It Includes npt only the settlement of the border wrangle, but also the social, political and economic regeneration of Mexico. Every phase of Mexican life is beig discussed, every type analyzed at tie conference, the servile peon, the ma rauding bandit, the rapacious landlord. The American members of the com mission have formed the opinion that the murder of Americans and the seizure of. American property. in Mexi co are only the outward symptoms of the Mexican disease. The belief that the country must be born again, re created, according to new ideals, before the dangers of fresh" revolutions and renewed border raids shall have been elided. TwelTe Steps To Be Considered. The twelve differehf steps toward this end to-be considered by the com mission are: 1 Protection of ,the border. 2 Establishment of American garri sons along a line of blockhouses from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean, a distance of 1800 miles. 3 The organisation of Mexico's standing army Into various . detach ments, which will be assigned to the pursuit of Villa and other bandits. The Carranxa envoys promise to Isolate Villa so that he will no longer be a menace to Americans. 4 The allotment of land to dis charged soldiers and peons so they will no longer have the incentive of follow ing brigandage for a living. S The enactment of laws enabling these people to acquire the lands they cultivate. Would Teach Agriculture. 6 A system of government aid by which these ignorant Mexican farmers may learn to develop the land to the full extent. 7 Reformation of the Mexican way of levying taxes, which frequently amounts to confiscation. "The estab lishment of a land tax similar to that in the United States. 8 The education of the peon and lower classes in ways of living and lines of industry which will make them want peace instead of war. - ft The establishment of present fiat currency upon a sound rinanclal basis. 10 The husbanding and safeguard ing of the national revenues according to an agreement which guarantees the purchasers of Mexicans bonds and makes possible ,the floatlngf'iof a large Mexican loan. 11 Immediate rehabilitation of the juexican ranrua.ua at a cost or o,uu9, 000. -13 A treaty between Mexico and the United States -which will give Mexico -this government's moral sup port in tnese reforms. As the border .question is of first importance . It was taken up at the first meeting. Df the plans suggested by both Mexicans and Americans the (Opaeladed on Page Eleven. Column One) iiNiiii ii i Mm j Routnani afis at Ru$$ian$Are Invading Serbia City and Fortress Captured by Bulgar-Teuton Invaders of Roumania Is Retaken. London. Sept. . (I. N. S.) Russo Roumanian forces have retaken from the Bulgar-Teuton invaders' the city' and fortress of Dobritch (Bazardj'ik) 50 miles southeast of Bucharest after a 24-hour battle beginning immediate ly after its fall yesterday. ' Dobasci, a small town near Dobritch,' also 'was retaken. This first important success scored by the Roumanians and their Muscovite ally since Roumania's en trance into the war, was announced by the Bucnarest war omce -lomgni as follows: "Russian and Roumanian troops drove the Bulgarians from Bazardjlk (Dobritch) and Dobasci." . In the northern Transylvanian . Alps the Russo-Roumanian forces captured six towns, including Toplitza. 14 miles north of Orsova, the others being San Mllal, Deline, Gulrghiurgen .and.Sen miglan. They repulsed a counter at tack sooth of Mehadia, IS miles north of Orsova. Invasion of Serbia Begun. The Roumanian seaport of Constin- za was again bomborded by Germin and Bulgarian aeroplanes, according , to the Roumanian war office statement. A Russo-Koumanian army has be gun an invasion of Serbia. Sweeping southward from Orsova, taking the identical course the Teutons took in their whirlwind campaign through t'ae little kingdom, the new invaders have penetrated as far as Negotin, seven miles inside of the .Serbian border, occupying the town, according to an Athens dispatch to the Dally News Thus far the first blow in the long heralded allied campaign for the isola tion of the" central empires from Bul garia and Turkey by cutting the Be1-lln-Constantinople-Bagdad railway l.us been struck. Indeed, the Athens dis patch adds that the Russo-Roumanlen troops are advancing toward the Orient railway. To reach it they have. iO cover 80. more miles. Armies In Macedonia Threatened. ' Through this new Serbian invasion the Teutonic and4 Bulgarian armies :n Macedonia, are placed between two for midable- threats: A Franco-British-Serbian thrust from Saloniki and su attack from the .Russo-Rumanlan forces. An added menace lies In tho possible thwarting of the, Bulgar-Teu ton campaign in Roumania, which would result In a simultaneous Rus sian drive for Constantinople and second Russo-Roumanian Invasion of Serbia, from the east. . The central powers are expected to put up a supreme struggle -for the Or lent railway, admittedly vital to the continuation of the war. Military crit ics here and in other entente capitals predict that, the coming week will wit ness the long postponed "big push from Saloniki. Events decisive for the outcome of the whole war are expected to follow in Its wake. Bucharest, Sept. 9. Striking sud den blows against r the German-Bulgarian invaiders, the Russo-Roumanian forces have driven the enemy back several miles, recapturing the city of rxu" dkambHicmMmm in as a -...-- sa - V . 'a . a i Germans Admit Teuton Inva sion of Roumania Has Been Temporarily Checked. Berlin,. Sept. 9. U. P.) The German-Bulgarian invasion of southeast ern Roumania has been checked tem p6rarlly by thearrtval of strong Rou manian and Russian reinforcements. The Russo-Roumanlans, supported by heavy artillery, are counter attack ing with-great vigor north of Dobritch. Official dispatches this afternoon re ported that all these new attacks have failed. In southwestern Transvlvanln (ha , Austr,an8 took tne of ve yesterday and drove back the Roumanians for nearly three miles on "the Petroseny Hatszeg road, said an official state ment from Vienna tonight. 'The Rus sians returned .to .the attack, however, and by a strong blow against the Aus trian right wing fprced the Austrlans to withdraw to their former positions. On the heights of the Cibo valley the Roumanians ' occupied isolated posi tions., . Bnssian Brigade Annihilated. A whole Russian' cavalry brigade was annihilated in an engagement with two Bulgarian battalions north of Dobritch, according to Sofia dispatches .today. The Russians, supported by Roumanian ti'oops, advanced in thick waves. The Bulgarians allowed them to approach to close range and then mowed down the whole brigade. The Roumanians fled In panic, being unable to stand up before the Bul garian shell fire. The "whole battle field was soon covered. with Russian dead, the brigade commander being among the killed.. Bnssian Appeals Ignored. The ' Russians, - In despair, finally appealed to the tisditional friend ship between Bulgaria and Russia and shouted . appeallngly: "Little brothers!" "Nobody invited you to this wedding." was the Bulgarians' brusque reply, and the pursuit of the fleeing enemy continued. The Bulgarian soldiers are espe cially embittered against the Rus sians and Roumanians, the Sofia newspaper Cambria reported, because 60 innocent civilians were assassin ated In the barracks at Dobritch, when the Bulgarians occupied the town. Other civilians had been car ried off by the Roumanians. During the battle around Dobritch women and children brought water to cool the machine guns. ' Dobric and Dobasci, it was offi cially announced, tonight. The Germans and Bulgarians are retreating in disorder. At the same time the "Roumanian right yWlng, Tesombir;.' Its forward swing Into Transylvania, occupied. five towns with but slight resistance. The Austrlans retreated rapidly, before the Roumanians' advance la this region. The Austrlans made vain, efforts to stop the advance of the Russians north of Orsova, counter-attacking in fore near Mehadia, but were driven off. ; " i Hostile aeroplanes bombarded the Roumanian Black sea port of Con stanza, "wounding three civilians. , ?7 ' l - - " It mm DOUBT BE CLOSE ONE William E. Humphrey and Miles Poindexter, Incum bent, Contesting Aspirants. Seattle. Wash , Sept. 9. The primary campaign which in some respects hn been the bitterest and the most vigor ously contested in the history of the state, virtually closed tonight, though the actual battle of ballots will not come until Tuesday. The bitterness has been in the con test for the Republican senatorial nom ination, a race in which there are but two eerlous contenders, William E. Humphrey, whose ambition is to step up from the house into the senate, with Senator Miles Poindexter seeking re nomination and re-election. It will be a close finish, according to present in dications, and if one should take the Post Intelligencer and Times seriously, western Washington will be erased from the map in r&se of the defeat of Humphrey, in support of whom they are making .frantic appeals to local pride with large preference to Seattle. Working for Humphrey. This; too, in the race of the fact that the Times gravely announced at the outset Its independence, and At standing, for no candidate. Certainly not intending to boost for, any particu lar seeker, chronic or otherwise, now it is editorially praying for Humphrey's nomination. George Turner appears reasonably certain of the Democratic senatorial nomination and might win In the No vember finals over either Poindexter or Humphrey. In both the Republican guberna torial nomination and for the Repub lican nomination for representative in congress big fields are entered with the second choice vote complicating the situation annoyingly. Second Choice to Count. Henry McBrtde appears the strong est' in the gubernatorial struggle, on first choice votes, though he might be defeated by George A. Lee, or colonel iioiana ii. Hartly, espec ially the latter througn his second choice votes of which many state po litical observers believe he will have a great many. W. M. Whitney appears on the face ot local things, political the stronger of the 10 candidates for the ReDubli. can nomination for the lower house In congress, though former Mayor John F. Miller and former Represen tattve J. W. Bryan are showing up well in tne campaigning. Hameln Mourns for Zeppelin's Captain Copenhagen. Sept. . . Captain Schrimm , of Hameln, Prussia, was the commander of the Zeppelin downed In last Sunday morning's raid on Loudon, it was reported front Esbjerg today. The whole village of Hameln ta in mourning. - ; T ' Page Starts for tUto Front. Rome. Sept. . (L N. S.) -American Ambassador Page : today started for the front as th guest of General Ca dorna. . ; x . HUGHES' TOUR OF WEST HOT SATISFACTORY Republican National Cam paign Admittedly Lagging; Candidate's Personality -Pleases, Method Displeases ; WHAT SUPREME TEST IS WILSON TO FACE NEXT? Presidency Has Been Clearing House of Weighty Problems , to Unprecedented Degree, Washington. Sept. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) . Lagging. ' This still seems to be the word most descriptive of the Republican national campaign. It is an opea secret that, the Republican campaign managers . are dissatisfied .with .the results ot -v the western swing of Charles, E. ' ; Hughes. He failed to arouse the en- , thusiasm expected, and he fallej to) -bring harmony where party troubles are lively. Perhaps too much has bean ex5 pected of Mr. Hughes, especially of ' , one who for six years had been re' moved from active contact with pub lie affairs. The Hughes personality," indeed, is believed to have created .a favorable impression, but his manner of attack has too frequently aroused,' antagonism and the Issues do not ap , pear to be any better defined than""' when ths candidate began his tour. Tariff Strongest Talking Point. - Reports haveit that further changes . are to be made in the plan of cam , paign. Intimations are being given to Hughes that he should concentrate ' his fire on two or three things, and drop small political criticism that is -thought to have detracted f rom ' the force of his speeches Particularly " ' strong effort Is being made to havi"" him play up the tariff as the big Is sue In the future, with Mexico, and foreign war policy as the leading sld'r lines. The speeches 'of Hughes in the Main campaign and later ' will ' be . watched to see how far Hughes has , accepted the advice of his "leading counsel" In congress and In the east. ' There Is every indication that Hughes,' is not tif lad with his western tour, v i or with the work performed ; by th national committee, whlolf'has suf fared, from the inexperience' of Chair- ' man Wlllcox, but is supposed to have gathered new energy slnoe Frank H. Hitchcock was advanced to the inner . circle. . Factional troubles are still threaten Ing in sayorHl states visited' by -Hughes. His trip seems to have made -little difference one way or the other in that regard, except that the honor - of entertaining the candidate here and there aroused contention and gave lo cal factions something new to fight about. Situation la the West. '5 The Reptibllcnn managers are still counting heavily upon the momentum . of party majority to give them nearly : all of the western states. That Is, they contend that on the basis of the figures of 1912 they wl'l carry these states, confident that most . of ths', former Progressives will vote for v Hughes. The states of the far west admitted by them to bo doubtful are- , Montana, Nevada. Colorado and Ari zona, and their predictions are some times modified as to California and Wyoming. ' Democratic lenders say that Hughes . is due for surprises in the region west of the Missouri. About the only states conceded to Huhes in that section are Utah. Kansas and the Dakota. Reports from the Pacific coast are so uniformly encouraging since Hughes passed through that the Democrat! have stiffened their estimates on Washington. Oregon and California, declaring that all three give good . fighting ground. What Next? With the clearing of the railroad strike situation, the question Is asked,. 'What new test of supreme magnitude . will President Wilson be called upon to meet?" t . Not since the day of Lincoln have such mighty problems surged In upon the president of the nation. Through out his term, as a heritage from a Re, publican administration, came the Mexican problem, born In the throes , of revolution and disorder in 1910. For ' more than two years the world has been at war, and the most Intricate ' questions and delicate situations havs ., followed In rapid succession. Last . came the danger of a affika of un (Conrludfld on Page Twelv. Column Four) Crackerjack Dairy Foredoor Elmore The public market enjoys tha patronage of thousands there la another market place a silent one through which thousands are conducting a profitable business every day The Journal "Wsnt Ad" columns. Read them for profit, use them for results. 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