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WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A BEU Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed ' for Our Busy Readers. King Constantine undergoes opera tion, by which a part of his tenth rib was removed. The senate, under Democratic cau cus control, !b unable to bring the im migration bill to a vote. Wheat at Chicago takes a tumble of 11 cents per bushel when news of Rou mania's entrance into the war was re ceived. John D. Snoop, superintendent of the Chicago public shcools, had eight ribs broken in an auto wreck at Dan ville, 111. A fire in the Snoqualmie forest re serve on the Whitechuck river, near the Cascades, is again beyond control, after being reported under control Sunday night. President Wilson is preparing a message to congress this week on the nation-wide railroad strike siutation and advising measures with which to adjust the difficulties. The epidemic of infantile paralysis in New York is on the wane according to statistics of the health department. One day showed 39 cases were dis missed from hospitals and 36 admitted. Capt. John Astor, of ' England, and son of Baron William Waldorf Astor, formerly of New York, marries Lady Charles Mercer Nairne, widow of Lord Nairne, who was killed early in the war. The San PrancisSo chamber of com merce and the Union Iron Works have lost their fight in the United States District court to forestall inauguration of higher transcontinental freight rates to and from Pacific Coast ports September 1. The German emperor has ordered postponement until after the war of the execution of all sentences imposed for the punishment of French pris oners, both civilian and military, on account of acta committed up to Sep tember 1 of this year. Designs for a 9.5-inch howitzer have been virtually completed and U. S. army officers believe the gun a more powerful and better weapon in every way than the 11-inch and 12-inch guns of similar type now in use abroad. It will have a range of nearly ten miles. Two and one-half ounces were taken from each loaf of bread baked Wednes day by San Francisco bakers to be sold for 5 cents, and doughnuts were raised from 12 to 15 cents a dozen, as also were snails, rolls and buns. Here tofore the 5-cent loaves have weighed 15 ounces. Suit for $1,500,000 against an al leged cement combine seeking absolute control or the ruin of the Oregon Tort land Cement company, of Oswego, is filed In the Federal court at Portland by Aman Moore, largest individual stockholder, vice president and treas urer, in the name of the company. Major General Leonard Wood, com manding the army'B Eastern depart ment, has been appointed head of a joint army and navy board, to pass judgment on the radio-controlled tor pedo, provision for the purchase of which from the inventor, John Hays Hammond Jr., has been made in con gress. The meeting of the American-Mexico conferees to Bettle border questions will meet during the first week of Sep tember somewhere along the New England coast. Patricia Burke, a noted California beauty, is another American girl who has married an English title. She is now the Countess Cottenham, having been married to the Earl of Cottenham in London on August 18. Russian forces operating in South ern Turkish Armenia have reoccupied Mush, captured by the Turks on Au gust 8, says an official announcement. The statement adds the Russians cap tured 2:!00 prisoners at Rachta. The 2M battalion, Sonora Infantry, 200 strong, was practically annihilated after it had been ambushed by Yaquis near Batamonte, in the Alamos dis trict, about 10 days ago, according to reports from Sahuaripa. The Mexican troops were passing through narrow canyon. Only a few stragglers escaped. After seven months' session the English parliament adjourns to Octo ber. 10. An important advance in the cam paign for the conquest of German East Africa Is reported in a Reuter dispatch from Nairobi. Julius Pullen, 11 years old, of Eure ka, Cnl., must have silhouetted like a deer when he raised his hand to wipe tha sweat from his brow, for just as he did so an unknown hunter shot at him. Tha bullet carried away three fingers and a thumb from tha young ster's left hand. WILSON CALLS ON CONGRESS TO AVERT NATION-WIDE R.R. STRIKE Washington, D. C President Wil son, laying the railway strike situation before congress Tuesday with recom mendations for legislation, advanced the crisis to a stage where the next developments depend upon two points. They are : Whether the legislation he proposes can be passed. If enacted, will it be effective to pre vent a strike already called for 7 a. m. September 4? The brotherhoods, announcing their intention to fight certain portions of the President's program, are at logger heads over whether its enactment would prevent the strike. The railway presidents favorable to President Wilson's plan in the main, think it would make it difficult for the strike to begin. Meanwhile, although negotiations between the employers and men were broken off by the rejec tion of the railway president's latest proposal for arbitration, President Wilson is continuing his efforts to bring the two sides together on some form of agreement. Efforts which might be described as "almost super human" are being exerted to that end. Three important phases of arbitra tion contention in the railway contro versy are : Employes declare that compulsory investigation law would "insure the bondage of the workingman." They contend that ' 'the period of investiga tion is eternally utilized by the em ployer to intrench himself in his effort to defeat the demands of the men." Managers say they cannot surrender the valuable principle of arbitration. They do not assent to the assertion that the eight-hour day has the sanc tion of society, but say that society has not recorded its judgment. They suggest investigation of cost of grant ing demands and offer to abide by de cision of impartial tribunal. President Wilson says he agrees to arbitration in principle, but contends that there is now no law by which it can be put into action. He asks con gress to enact legislation establishing the eight-hour day as a "legal basis," empowering the Interstate Commerce commission to take account of wages in fixing freight rates, requiring inves tigation before strike or lockout can be declared, and empowering the Pres ident to draft railroad men in the event of military necessity. U. S. Cruiser Memphis Goes Ashore at San Domingo; 20 Lost Santo Domingo The United States armored cruiser Memphis was driven ashore on the rocks of the outer harbor Tuesday by a great and sudden ground swell. It is said that many lives were lost as a result of the disaster. All fires under the boilers of the Mem phis were extinguished by the inrush of water. The United States gunboat Castine managed to escape by putting to sea. Washington, D. C. Rear Amdiral Pond, at San Domingo City, cabled the Navy department that the armored cruiser Memphis, swept upon the rocks by a heavy Bea in the habror there Tuesday, would be a total loss, and al though it was expected all on board would be saved, 20 men returning to the ship from shore leave in a motor boat had been drowned. x Governor Johnson, California, Wins Nomination for U. S. Senatorship San Francisco Governor Hiram W. Johnson has won the Republican nom ination for United States senator, ac cording to the returns from half the precincts in the state, which give him a lead over Willis H. Booth, of 17,199. The figures as they stand on about one-half the state counted at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, are as follows: Booth, 75,353; Johnson, 97,552. This is the result of Tuesday's state wide primary election within the Re publican party as it is shown by the latest returns, scattered over the en tire state and numbering 2759 pre cincts out of a total in the state, in culding the city and county of San Francisco, of 6443. These figures show that the state ad ministration has been successful, ap parently, in securing a considerable number of the northern and central counties in the state and with having held down the vote in some of the ex pected strong supporting districts in the south for Booth. Crank Follows Hughes. Cheyenne, Wyo. The police of Northren Colorado have been warned to watch for a man believed to be A. L. Cans, of Chicago, whose actions here in connection with the visit of Charles E. Hughes, Republican presi dential nominee, have been the subject of an investigation. According to the police, Gans was ejected from the Hughes special Friday night. While at a hotel here Gans is said to have ex hibited several pieces of burned time fuse and remarked: "You fellows did not search my grip the other night." Greeks Shout for Allies. Athena, Sunday, Aug. 27, via Lon donAfter a pro-entente demonstra tion before the residence of ex-Premier Venizelos today, in which 60,000 per sons took part, a committee was ap pointed to present to King Constantine the resolutions outlined by M Veniie los. The resolutions concluded: "If we, the people, are not heard in these, our resolutions, we must take counsel what is to be done to minimize the ruin which awaits." ITALY DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY formal Action Against Kaiser Result of Pressure by Allies. MILITARY PHASE UNCHANGED Both Countries Have Been Drifting Steadily Toward Break Troops Now Available Anywhere. Rome Italy Sunday declared war on Germany. Italy and Germany have been drift ing steadily toward war. The declara tion became inevitable when Italy re cently sent troops to Saloniki to co operate in the campaign of the entente allies on the Macedonian front, as Ger many is directing the opposing forces and has troops on this battle line. Italy's position in regard to Ger many has been an anomalous one since Italy withdrew from the Triple Alli ance May 23 of last year and declared war on Austria. Although by this act she arrayed herself against her former allies, Germany and Austria, she re mained officially at peace with Ger many until Sunday. Before Italy took this step Germany exerted every effort to induce her to remain neutral, sending to Rome as an ambassador Prince von Buelow. The prince for some time averted war be tween Austria and Italy, and when he saw a rupture was inevitable took steps toward preservation of an official peace between Germany and Italy. He negotiated a special agreement un der which, in case of war between Austria and Italy, Germany and Italy pledged themselves to respect the properties and lives of their respective subjects in one another's domains. According to unofficial reports from Europe, Italy's allies were dissatisfied and at the Paris council of entente powers in February last asked the Ital ian representatives why their nation was not at war with Germany. Italy already had agreed not to conclude a separate peace and at the Paris con ference sanctioned the plan for a per manent high council of the entente powers for future conduct of the war. The increasing co-operation among the entente allies and the necessity for bringing into service Italy's Bur plus of troops gradually brought Italy into such a position that it became evident a declaration of hostilities against Germany waB certain. The first overt act in this direction occurred shortly after the Paris confer ence, February 29, when Italy requi stioned 34 of the 37 German steam ships interned in Italian ports to help meet the pressing need of the allies for shipping facilities. Other indica tions of approaching war have been observed in recent weekB. U. S. fleet "Sunk;" "Enemy" lands Army on Long Island Washington, D. C. The greatest war game ever undertaken by the American navy ended Sunday with a victory for Admiral Mayo's "Red" fleet, which, theoretically, wiped out the defending "Blue" fleet and landed an invading army at Far Rockaway Beach, Long Island. Rear-Admiral Knight, acting as um pire, announced the result in this re port to the navy department: "Maneuver completed. Red and Blue bodies engaged 9:30 to 10 :30, 10 miles south of Ambrose Lighthip. Blue decisivley defeated. Red gaining com mand of sea. Red effects landing at Fort Rockaway and secures base." The final report followed one an nouncing that Rear-Admiral Helm's "Blue" defending fleet virtually had been annihilated in a dramatic fight off Scotland Lightship at the entrance to the New York harbor. With the exception of a few light craft, the en tire "Blue" fleet was "sunk." The full extent of the "Red" losses was not known, although early reports showed that they included the super dreadnaughts Nevada and Texas and two destroyers. German Liner Is to Sail. Boston The North German Lloyd liner Willehad, which has been interned here since the beginning of the war, secured clearance papers and Is expect ed to sail for New London, Conn. It was Baid the vessel's departure has nothing to do with the expected arrival at the Connecticut port of the mer chant submarine Bremen, but that the change was decided upon because of more favorable docking facilities. The liner is expected to pass through the Cape Cod canal and to keep well within the three-mile limit. Word "Cilk" Held Deceit. New York The Federal Trade Com mission has Issued an order directing the Circle Cilk company, of Philadel phia, to discontinue using the word "cilk" in reference to any of its prod ucts other than real silk in connection with sales, trademarks and advertising matter. The commission held that the use of the word "cilk" for products made of mercerized sea Island cotton thread was deceptive. The decision it looked on as a precedent LUMBERMEN APPEAL FOR ARBITRATION West Coast Association Asks Railroad Heads to Stand for Principle. ' OPPOSE RISE IN FREIGHT RATES Increase Would Prostrate Lumber Industry of Washington, Idaho and Oregon, is Declared. ' Although commending President Woodrow Wilson for his purpose of averting the threatened railroad strike, the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion, after a meeting at Bridal Veil, Oregon, telegraphed the committee of railroad presidents in Washington, D. C, urging that they adhere strictly to the principles of arbitration in dealing with the trainmen's wage dispute crisis. Politics, it is said, did not fig ure in the action of the lumbermen's association. It is a business proposition with the lumbermen, as they express it, and their action was unanimous. The sug gested advance in freight rates to ab Borb increased operating costs in the event of an eight-hour day compromise in the railway wage controversy, is re garded by West Coast lumbermen as likely to disturb the commercial and industrial fabric of the nation. The lumbermen maintain that while some lines of business enterprise could read ily adjust to the new order of freight rates, lumbering in the states of Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho practically would be prostrated. At Saturday's meeting it was said that depression in lumber so keenly felt in all lines of Pacific Northwest business enterprise was due to the fact that long freight hauls to leading con suming markets prevented West Coast forest products from successfully com peting with similar products reaching those markets on a shorter haul and more favorable freight rates. It was argued that market for West Coast woods could not be extended under these conditions without sightly low ered freight rates. It was cited that a carload of common fir dimension lumber loaded in Portland for Chicago was worth $250 at the mill and $680 delivered in Chicago, the freight being $330, or $80 more than the value of the lumber. Common lumber was said to be from 65 to 75 per cent of the log. In the big Chicago market West Coast lumber meets competition from similar sawmill products from Louis iana and Mississippi, which reach Chi cago on a freight differential of 31 cents under fir. The resolution adopted was largely supplementary of a telegram sent di rect to President Wilson the previous day by J. H. Bloedel, of Seattle, pres ident of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. German Airships Drop 100 Bombs in England; Eight Killed London Six German airships raided England early Saturday morning, drop ping 100 bombs, killing at least eight persons, seriously wounding seven and slightly wounding 14 civilians and 15 soldiers. Preceding this raid by 24 hours a single Zeppelin visited the East coast, but the report given out by the admiralty says the damaged caused was inconsequential and there were no casualties. The official report of the Berlin war office, as received in London, says that the city of London was "abun dantly bombarded," that naval vantage points and vessels at the wharves were attacked, and that "everywhere good effects were observed." The British account, however, differs from this in essential particulars. The admiralty statement indicates that the visitors met with stern re sistance. It is said that several air craft went up in pursuit and that one British aeroplane succeeded in firing at a raider at close range, but the lat ter succeeded in eluding her pursuer. "Further reports show that five or Bix enemy airships raided the East and Southeast coasts of England. In all 100 bombs are known to have been dropped." American Flag on Pacific Again, San Francisco The American flag was restored Monday to the trans Pacific service when the Pacific Mail liner Ecuador left for the Far East with more than 5000 tons of freight and a full complement of passengers. The significance of the occasion was recognized by the government, and the battleship Oregon and the United States quarantine steamer Argonaut accompanied the liner as far as the lightship. This was the first time in the history of the port that' a commer cial liner has had a navy escort to sea. Deutschland to Return. Berlin (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Preparations for another voyage of the submarine Deutschland to the United States are well under way. Freight is now being received for this trip. The amount of cargo now ready is larger than had been expected, the Overseaa News Agency says. All the members of the crew have ex pressed readiness to sign for the next voyage. ROUMANIA DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA-HUNGARY; JOINS ALLIES Berlin, Aug. 28, via London Rou mania declared war on Austria-Hun-garia on Sunday evening, it iB an nounced officially here. Paris, Aug. 28 Roumania declared war against Austria-Hungary last night, Bays a Havas dispatch from Berne, Switzerland, which declares that the Wolff agency at Berlin made the announcement. Roumania's decision to enter the war was reached at a meeting of the Crown council held at Bucharest yes terday morning, says a Havas dispatch from Geneva. The Wolff agency announces that the German federal council was convoked immediately after the decision became known. Will Investigate New President of Panama A report has reached Washington that Ramon Valdez has been instru mental in getting a large land conces sion for the Japanese government near the Panama canal. Secretary Lansing has ordered an investigation to ascer tain whether Valdez has made the con cession of land to a' Sapniard named Fernandez, who is the Havana agent for Japanese silk firms. The land, ap proximately 60,000 acres, is said to be on the Atlantic seaboard, directly op posite the Bay of San Miguel. It might be very valuable to the Japan ese government for the establishment of a naval base there. Last Chance to Avert Strike Appears To Lie in Action of Congress Washington, D. C President Wil son's negotiations for averting the threatened nation-wide railroad strike are in the last stage with a break or a settlement apparently not far off. With the railway executives standing firm against conceding the eight-hour day and the brotherhood leaders still standing out against arbitrating it, the hope of preventing a tie-up of the country's transportation systems seemed to lie with congress. Just exactly what can be done, none of the congressional leaders themsel ves seem to know. Conferences among them and with President Wil son, which began Sunday night, were continued Monday. The situation was viewed on all sides as the most perilous since the ne gotiations began two weeks ago. The hope of the President and administra tion leaders was in the possibility of getting the brotherhood men to give more time to continue the negotia tions. It is reliably reported that the strike order which the chairmen carried in sealed envelopes when they left Wash ington Monday, is to enter into effect on September 4, unless an agreement should be reached prior to that date. The four brotherhood heads issued a statement replying to President Rea, of the Pennsylvania, who made an an nouncement that rather than give up to arbitration the roads preferred to face a strike. The statement charged the Pennsylvania with inconsistency in that two years ago it fought the ef forts of its shopmen to organize and arbitrate. It also declared that as the controlling interest in five small roads it has refused them representation on the managers' conference committee, and that if arbitration were agreed up on it would apply to these roads. Mexicans Beg for Help. El Paso, Texas An appeal of the people of Aguas Calientes and Zacate cas to authorities of the defacto gov ernment in Mexico City to send physi cians, medicines and food to alleviate disease and famine rampant in the two states has been fruitless, accord ing to private advices here. The re port said there was not more than enough food in the Federal district to provide for the people there, and that if there were any physicias available they could do nothing, for there were no serms to combat the epidemics. Seize Counterfeiting Plant. Oakland Operatives of the United States secret service seized here Mon day a complete counterfeiting plant, which included molds, dies and bogus coins made in imitation of silver dol lars and guld $5 and $10 pieces. The seizure was made following the arrest of Charles G. Bush and Louis Miller, the former of whom, according to Harry M. Moffitt, head of the secret service bureau at San Francisco, has served a sentence for counterfeiting. WAR WITH U. S. IS OfflCER'S DEMAND Grand Admiral Yon Tirpitz's Manifesto is Made Public in Germany. WASHINGTON SEEMS WORRIED Why Berlin Permitted Publication is Mystery Believed Kaiser Will Not Be Much Influenced. Washington, D. C Grand Admiral von Tirpitz, author of the policy of un restricted submarine warfare upon merchant craft, has issued a manifesto demanding war with the United States. Information to this effect has been received by the State department and has caused considerable concern to the officials. Von Tirpitz insists in his statement that Germany is handicapped in the prosecution of her life-and-death strug gle by the limitations imposed upon submarine operations by the German government, at the instance of the United States. He argues that this country, in any case, is hostile to Germany and that the time has gone by to consider its wishes. He believes should the United States enter the war on the side of the allies it would do no more harm to the Greman cause than it has already done. The text of the Von Tirpitz memor andum was published by the Berlin newspapers. The foreign correspond ents were not permitted to transmit it to their papers. As a consequence, only the neutral diplomats have been able to forward it by cipher messages and in their official mail pouches. It is not believed by the authorities that the German Kaiser will permit himself and his government to be in fluenced into the adoption of a hostile policy toward the United States. Nev ertheless, it is considered highly sig nificant that the papers were permit ted to publish the Von Tirpitz mani festo and that at the same time the German authorities gave to the press the fact that the American govern ment has made confidential inquiries in regard to the submarine attack on the American steamer Owego. According to the information in possession of the authorities here, a German submarine discharged 10 shots at the Owego when she was in the vicinity of the English Channel. These shots were not fired as a warn ing and the Owego was making no at tempt to escape. None of the shots took effect and the Owego consequent ly suffered no damage. DEUTSCiUANDSAf C IN GERMAN PORT Berlin (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y. ) The merchant submarine Deutsch land arrived at the mouth of the Wes er August 23, according to the Over seas News Agency. The agency says that the Deutsch land arrived on the afternoon of Au gust 23 and anchored off the mouth of the river. All on board were well. Ham Decision Will Be Costly to Meat Packing Co. if Sustained Yonkers, N. Y. A fine of $100 im posed on Swift & Co., meat packers, by City Court Judge Joseph H. Beall, carried with it a decision, which will cost the company's meat packers $1, 000,000 a year, if approved by the higher courts, according to their at torneys. Judge Beall found the packers guilty of having violated the law by charging for meat containers at the same rate as for the meat they contain. It was charged that the company had sold ham weighing 11 pounds six ounces, in a container weighing six ounces and charged for 11 pound, 12 ounces of meat. Infantile Paralysis as Old as World. Paris Infantile paralysis, whose ap pearance in France seemed to be feared, is said by Prof. Arnold Netter, a member of the Academy of Medicine and an authority on the disease, to be a malady as old as the world and one long known in the form of sporadic epidemics, affecting adults as well as children. He says: "It exists now in England and France. Thousands of persons were affected by the disease in Sweden in 1905 and France suffered in its turn in 1909 and 1910, and even as late as 1914." Ruling Affects Japanese. Washington, D. C Under an order issued Thursday by the secretary of Labor, Japanese laborers Intending to enter the United States to find employ ment must land at American ports and travel inland over American railways. The department, at the instance of the Washington delegation, rescinded its former regulation permitting Japanese to enter the United States from Canada after landing at Vancouver and travel ing East over the Canadian Pacific