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NISH; BULGAKS PRESSED
STRIKE SEEMS LIKELY IHIS WEEK ALUfS START BIG
DRIVE IN BALKANS
Of CURRENT WEEK
OFFICER'S DEMAND
lA>ndon The battle for Serbia grows
in fury. While the allied forcea are
breaking a way slowly up the Vanlar.
along the railway to Nish, the Bulgara
are preaaing hard on both flanks, in an
effort to prevent this movement from
the center.
The struggle continues
along the whole front north o f Sa
lonika
General Sarrail’s troop« gained on
both sides of the Vardar Wednesday.
This stroke, which halted after the
Doiran station had been won more
than a week ago, was resumed with
some success. East of the river the Why Berlin Permitted Publication is
allied infantry won the southern spurs
M y s te ry - Believed Kaiser Will
of the Veles mountains, while to the
west a line o f heighta near l.jumnica
Not Be M uch Influenced.
was taken.
Heavy Bulgar assaults failed to re
win the positions.
indication of the scope of the al
Washington, D. C.— Grami Admiral
j lied An plan
in the Balkans is given In the von Tirpitx, author o f the policy of un
announcement that since August 1
restricted submarine warfare upon
Russian troop« have been landing at
Saloniki. The cen«or until now ha« merchant craft, has iasued a manifesto
the
United
not disclosed their presence in the demanding war with
Balkan army. Reports from the Greek States.
line estimate their number at more
Information to this effect has been
than 60,000.
received by the State department ami
Thus, with the exception o f the
j ha« caused considerable concern to the
Japanese, the Belgians and the Portu
j officials.
guese. all the allies are now represent
Von Tirpitx insists in his statement
ed in General Sarrail’s army.
The that Germany is handicapped in the
Balkan force is beginning to compare
prosecution of her life-and-death strug
favorably in size even with the huge gle by the limitations imposed upon
armies gathered on the eastern and submarine operationa by the German
western fronts.
government, at the instance o f the
The presence o f the Italians at Sa Unite«! States.
loniki shows that real unity finally ex
He argues that this country, in any
ists among the allies. Although Italy
case, is hostile to Germany and that
is not actually at war with Germany, the time has gone by to consider its
nor one o f the powers protecting
wi«hes. He twlieves should the United
Greece, nevertheless she has consented
States enter the war on the side o f the
to send an expeditionary force to aid idliea it would do no more harm to the
the Serbs.
j Greman cause than it has already
Because o f the heavy drain on al i done.
lied shipping and unwillingness among
The text of the Von Tirpitx memor
the higher commands to scatter their andum was published by the Berlin
forces in sn unhealthy climate, it is no newspapers.
The foreign correspond
secret that the Saloniki expedition was ents were not permitted to transmit it
not always looked on with favor in all to their papers.
As a consequence,
quarters. But the latest developments only the neutral diplomats have been
indicate that the advocates of a big able to forward it by cipher messages
campaign in the Balkans finally have ! and in their official mail pouches.
won the day.
It is not believed by the authorities
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth.
Grand Admiral Von Tirpit/s Manifesto
is Made Public in Germany.
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FRENCH CAPIURf FIVE VILLAGES
Whi'e negotiation« took
i
step Monday, the President replied in
directly to the contentions of the road
officials that the principle of arbitra
tion woultl be endangered by hi« plan
for putting the eight-hour basic day Austrians Retire From Gateway Into
Live News Items of All Nations and
into effect while a commission investi
Pass of Carpathians — British
gate« its practicability and paasea
Pacific Northwest Condensed
upon other point» at ituuie. In a tele
Busy on Western Front.
for Our Busy Readers.
gram made public at the White lluuae
the President declared he held firmly
to arbitration a» a principle, and that
London- The long-expected general
hia plan strengthened rather than
The city o f Portland has 837 jitneys.
weakened it. He also »aid that some offensive on the Saloniki front ha«
Intense heat in Chicago Sunday
opened and the grand «»«null agalnt
claims eleven victims.
the« forces of the central |«>wera now
British Sea Captain Who
la in progress in every theater of the
General Funston is in favor of with
General Sarrall is attack
drawing the American troops from
W as Executed by Germans world-war.
ing the Bulgar-German force« along
Mexico.
the entire Greek-Serbian frontier, a
The daily death toll from infantile
distance of more than 150 miles.
paralysis in New York City is reported
Reports from Ijolh Berlin and Paris
decreasing.
indicate that the entente allies are fol
lowing the «ante tactics in the Balkan*
The railroad presidents are reported
that signalised the o|iening o f the
against the eight-hour day proposed by
great offensive on the Somme. Small
President Wilson.
bodies of troop« are attacking at nu-
Two Eskimos have been captured al
ineroue points along the Bulgarian
Nome, Alaska, who are charged with
line, apparently with the intention of
the murder o f a priest in 1913.
feeling out their opixment's poeitiona
before the real battle opens.
President Wilson signs the navy-
The French report the capture of
building bill and the work of carrying
five village* in the initiai phases of
out the program will begin at once.
the'offensive, while Berlin reports the
Roumania is thought about ready to
capture of Fiorina, a Greek town 15
join the allies, as the situation be
miles southeast of Monastir, from the
tween that country and Germany is re
Serbians.
ported serious.
On the eastern front the Russian*
have forced their way into the heart
Eight persons were killed and 16 in
of the great mountain barrier between
jured when three boilers in the Harlan
Galicia and the Hungarian plain*. The
Morris Stave Manufacturing Co., at
Austrian* admit a retirement weat of
Jackson. Tenn., exploded.
Jablonitxa, the gateway to one of the
American supervision of Dominican
muet important paaaea through the
finances soon is to be extended to in
mountain*, which was aeixed by the
ternal revenue as well as customs re
Rusaiana last week.
In this district
ceipts. A budget system also is to be
the Austrians are retreating toward
arranged.
the Chronahora ridge, the highest
that the German Ksiaer will permit
point in the Carpathians in that re
Swiss dispatches to the Overseas |
himself and his government to be in
gion.
From this ridge the ground
News Agency report that the French
fluenced into the adoption of a hostile
fails rapidly to the plains of Hungary.
have removed the civil population
policy toward the United States. Nev
Farther to the south, on tha Huko-
from towns and villages behind the
ertheless, it is considered highly sig
wina end o f the battle line, the Aus
front in the districts o f Nancy, Lune- i
nificant that the papers were permit
trians have been forced bark In their
ville, Baccarat and Saint Die.
Washington, D. C.— Eight presidents ted to publish the Von Tirpitx mani
CAPT.
C H A R L E S
advance on Kirlibaba, the next |>a#a
A masked robber held up and re o f important railway systems who festo and that at the same time the
_________ E , F R V A T T -
south of Jablonitxa and about 50 milea
lieved W. H. Estabrook, manager of have been designated to draft the rail German authorities gave to the press
from that point.
the Boston-Idaho Gold Dredge Mining roads’ reply to President Wilson’ s ap the fact that the American govern
This is the first photograph of Cap
Daily attacks by the Hriti«h against
peal
that
they
accept
his
plan
for
ment has made confidential inquiries tain Charles A. Fryatt, British captain
company, of gold dust and nuggets
the German lines north of the Somme
valued at $2180 near Boise City in the averting a Nation-wide strike were in in regard to the submarine attack on of the steamship Brussels, who was
in France are having their reward, and
Boise basin. The desperado made good almost continuous session Tuesday the American steamer Owego.
shot to death by the Germans at Sunday waa reported the moat notable
without solving their problem.
According to the information in Bruges, to reach the United States.
his escape.
Late Tuesday night three o f the possession of the authorities here, a He tried to sink a German submarine gain in some day* in the region of
One man was killed and several committeemen. Hale Holden, of the
Guillemont. A fter withstanding Ger
j German submarine discharged 10 shots and was raptured.
The British gov
wounded early Sunday at Cienfuegos Burlington; R. S. Lovett, o f
the at the Owego when she was in the ernment has recommended the grant man counter-attacks, the troops of
in a political riot between partisans of Union Pacific, and Daniel Willard, of
General Haig again assaulted the op
vicinity
of the English Channel. ing of an extra ponion o f $500 annual
Santiago Reye and Juan Florencio the Baltimore & Ohio, dicusssed the
These shots were not fired as a warn ly to Captain Fryatt’s widow, besides posing trenches and gained from 200 to
Cabrera, rival candidates for mayor. situation with President Wilson.
ing snd the Owego was making no at the sum to which she is entitled under 600 yards along a front o f 11 miles.
Many shots were fired and knives and , They were at the White House for
tempt to escape. None o f the shots England's com|>ensation scheme. The
machettes were used. One man was more than an hour and on leaving de
took effect and the Owego consequent Great Eastern railroad, o f one of
arrested.
clined to talk about their visit further ly suffered no damage.
whose ships Captain Fryatt was the
The National Guard will be retained than to say they had “ asked for the
master, is also granting his widow a
on the Mexican border until it can be conference to discuss the general situ
{ $1250 annuity.
withdrawn without again endangering ation” and expected to see the Presi
Ixmdon Two British light cruisers,
American lives and property. Secre dent again.
means must lie found to prevent the the Nottingham and Falmouth, were
Although some o f the 60 or more
tary Baker so declared the administra
existing situation from ever arising sunk Saturday in the North Sea by
tion’ s policy in answering a score of presidents are showing a disposition to
again.
German aubmarinea, while the vessels
letters from many parts of the country prolong the negotiations in the hope
Meantime the railroad officials who were searching for the German high
complaining that the state troops were that the sentiment of business men of
have tentatively refused to arcept Wil seas fleet, according to an official an
being held in service after the emer the country will be shown to be op
son’s proposal, continued conferences nouncement issued by the admiralty
gency for which they were called out j posed to the idea of an eight-hour day,
Berlin— (By wireless to Sayville, N. among themselves. The labor leaders, shortly before mid-night.
One Ger
there
was
a
general
feeling
that
a
defi
apparently had passed.
nite answer to President Wilson’s de Y .)— The merchant submarine Deutsch who already have approved the pro man submarine was struck, while an
land arrived at the mouth o f the Wes posal, marked time awaiting a definite other was rammed and |x>aaibly sunk.
The list o f securities furnished as
mand cannot be much longer post
er August 23, according to the Over decision from the employers.
collateral for the $250,000,000 new
The statement says:
poned.
seas News Agency.
British loan, which J. P. Morgan &
“ Reports from our lookout squad
The agency says that the Deutsch
Co., syndicate managers, have pre
rons and other units showed that there
land arrived on the afternoon o f Au
pared, shows more than 500 issues of
was considerable activity on the part
gust 23 and anchored off the mouth of
stocks and bonds, representing virtu- j
of the enemy in the North Sea Satur
the river. All on board were well.
ally every important railroad and in
day, the 19 th.”
dustrial company in the United States, i Chicago—The high cost o f living
this
year
equals
the
cost
o
f
high
living
Corpus
Christi,
Tex.
—
The
loss
of
The list has been classified into groups,
London — A German squadron o f
life from the tropical storm which some 15 warships, including large
all railroad stocks and bonds having last year. Higher prices and smaller
struck Corpus Christi and 10 adjacent cruiBers, is reported in the North Sea
been placed in one group, industrial portions at restaurants are the baro
South Texas counties on Friday night by trawlers arriving at Ymuiden, Hol
corporations in another and miscel- j meter o f food conditions. Food prices
have advanced 25 per cent over last
was placed at 13. Monday, including land, a Reuter dispatch says.
laneous in a third.
Yonkers, N. Y .— A fine o f $100 im nine members o f the crew of the small
year. The soaring cost o f meats, flour
The squadron was sighted early Sun
The conference in Washington to and vegetables limits their use by posed on Swift & Co., meat packers,
freighter Pilot Boy, which foundered day in the region o f Whitebank, and
settle the impending railroad strike many people and the cheaper foods, by City Court Judge Joseph H. Beall, off the Aransas Pass jetties.
Two
has not accomplished anything and the rice and molasses, are coming into carried with it a decision, which will Mexican women were killed at Kath was accompanied by two Zeppelins, it
was announced, on a northerly cruise.
President has sent for the presidents their own.
cost the company’ s meat packers $1,- erine, a settlement on the King ranch
of the roads involved, in the hope that
The wholesale price of the best 000,000 a year, if approved by the near Alice, Tex., and one Mexican was
Paris— Bulgarian troops are advanc
an adjustment can be made.
grade o f flour per barrel is $8.90 and higher courts, according to their at reported killed at San Diego.
Both ing toward the Greek seaport o f Ka-
The new German war usury bu last year it was $5.50.
Beef is now torneys.
towns are from 50 to 60 miles Inland. rala, it was announced Monday. They
reau has justified its existence by selling at from 11 to 20 cents per
Judge Beall found the packers guilty
The total damage in this region, of have seized two Greek forts. At sev
revealing surprising details of widely pound wholesale, an increase of 25 per of having violated the law by charging which Corpus Christi bore the heaviest eral points along the front new en
ramified food frauds, according to re cent. The greatest rise occurs in im for meat containers at the same rate part, was estimated at over $2,000,- gagements have been fought.
ports received at The Hague.
The ported canned goods, which have ad as for the meat they contain. It was 000. This includes devantation o f a
frauds are said to involve a half dozen | vanced 100 per cent.
charged that the company had sold large portion of the lower coast's cot
London—The British troops on the
leaders and 100 accomplices.
Live hogs sold at $11.30 a hundred ham weighing 11 pounds six ounces, in ton crop, which was ready to lie Saloniki front have advanced and re
Bulgarian counter - attacks.
Damage at Corpus Christi pulsed
Plans for a more vigorous campaign pounds at the stockyards Wednesday, a container weighing six ounces and picked.
to prevent the spread of infantile par the highest price since the Civil war, charged for 11 pound, 12 ounces of was estimated conservatively at $500,- British cavalry have been in touch
meat.
with the enemy.
000.
alysis were made in Washington, D. when they went to $12.75 a hundred.
C., at a conference of health authori- j
Preacher Repays Theft.
German Liner Is to Sail.
T roop s’ Condition Good.
Old Settlers in Battla.
ties Friday of most of the state with
Washington, D. C.— With a $4 con
Boston — The North German Lloyd
Houston, T ex.— Governor Dunne, of
Springfield, Mo. — Three men are
officials of the Federal Public Health
Service. Resolutions will be adopted tribution to the treasury’s conscience liner Willehad, which has been interned dead and eight wounded, three serious Illinois, who arrived in Houston after
by the conference, in which eminent fund Wednesday came the following here since the beginning o f the war, ly, as a result o f a aeries o f fights an inspection o f the military condi
plague experts, scientists and bacteri letter signed by a Texas preacher:
secured clearance papers and is expect which marked the recent Old Settler*’ tions along the border, laid: " I came
“ You will And inclosed four $1 bills.
ologists are participating, outlining
ed to sail for New London, Conn. It reunion at Rocky Comfort in McDon to Texas to satisfy myself as to the
The
person
that
is
sending
them
has
definite proposals for checking dissem
was «aid the vessel’s departure has ald county, Missouri.
Belated news conditions of the soldiers on the border
ination of the disease. While few o f got to God, and doing his best to get nothing to do with the expected arrival
of the tragedies was brought here because of some of the newspaper ac
those present expressed alarm that the to heaven. This is what he beat the at the Connecticut port of the mer
Monday by William L. Crow, a local counts which we received. I found
epidemic might assume country-wide government out of several years ago, chant submarine Bremen, but that the
editor. Larrimore, Crow related, was that the moat scrupulous care was be
proportions, they uniformly declared so please make some disposition of change was decided upon because of
slain in a brawl by Vanslack, who ing taken of the soldiera, that their
measures were necessary to guard them, as the one sending them doesn’t more favorable docking facilities. The
killed himself with a shotgun follow physical condition was excellent and
want them.”
against a widespread outbreak.
liner is expected to pass through the ing Larri more’s death. W est’ s throat that their surroundings were good.
Cape Cod canal and to keep well was cut in a fight with an unidentified Everything that possibly can be done
Candidate Hughes is greeted with
Candy Barred From Camp.
within the three-mile limit.
man. The fighting continued two days. for their comfort is being done.”
the second largest crowd o f the West
Lake Geneva, Wis. — Candy has been
ern tour at Portland.
barred from the National Service
Ruling Affects Japanese.
Shark Breaks Up Race.
Old Songs in Litigation.
Miss Grace Arnold, a Portland sten- School camp, where 150 women are re
Washington, D. C.— Under an order
New
York
—
A
Buit
contesting
the
Boston—
Henry F. Sullivan, of I x j w -
ograher, has been admitted to practice ceiving military instruction, in an offi
issued Thursday by the secretary of ownership of copyrights on “ Silver ell, was declared the winner over
in the United Sates District court. She cial ruling. More than 100 pounds has
Labor, Japanese laborers intending to Threads Among the Gold,” and other Charles Toth, of Boston, Sunday in a
is the third woman thus honored in been returned to its senders.
enter the United States to find employ old songs written by Hart P. Danks, swimming race between Race Point,
Oregon.
The women have asked for a camp
ment must land at American ports and who died in 1903, has been begun in Provincetown, and Nantasket Beach.
manicurist and hairdresser.
travel inland over American railways. the Federal court by his widow against Toth was taken from the water by his
A bill providing that the sheriff of
The department, at the instance of the Elizabeth Adair Gordon and others, trainers when a shark circled about
Barbers Are on Strike.
any Georgia county in w'.iieh a lynch
ing occurs be removed by the governor ' New York — Two thousand barbers Washington delegation, rescinded its song publishers, under the name of the him after he had covered 17ft miles in
was tabled 113 to 29 by the Georgia in 800 shops went on strike Wednes former regulation permitting Japanese estate of Hamilton Gordon. The de a little more than 14 hours.
Sullivan
house Saturday a few minutes before day. Before the end o f the week, the to enter the United States from Canada fendants are accused o f publishing covered 25 miles. His followers said
the close of the legislative session, majority of the 20,000 barbers in the after landing at Vancouver and travel Danks’ songs without authority, and he was in the water 20 hours and 20
ing East over the Canadian Pacific.
after it had been passed by the house. greater city will join the strike.
thereby to have made $100,000 profit*. minutes.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUT5HEU
German Submarines Sink Two
British Cruisers in North Sea
M AR B LE AN D G R A N ITE
/
Strong Offensive Begins Along Entire
Greek Serbian frontier.
Railroad Presidents fail to Solve
Problem of Averting Big Strike
Sam pln Rooms
B a s t A c c o m m o d a ti o n s
(
Washington, D. C .— President Wil
son's week o f conferences with rank
ing official« of the railroads and lead
ers of their employes threatening a
nation-wide «trike are believed by all
partie« to the controversy to have
brought the situation to n point where
decisive developments may lie expected
within a few days.
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