LUMBERMEN PLAN EXPANSION
SOLUTION OE IMPENDING RAILROAD
WORLD’S DOINGS U. OF S. MARKELS
ALLIES
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BIG
IN DEVASIAIED EUROPE
SINIKI SEEMS EIKELY INIS WEIK WIISON VETOES
ARMY MEASURE
OF CORREN! WEEK
DRIVE IN BALKANS
Chicago — The government w ill co
Washington, D. C.— President W il
operate with the lumber manufacturers
son’s week o f conferences with rank
o f the United Sttes in sending abroad
ing officials o f the railronds and lead
a corps of experts to study the condi
ers
o f their employes threatening a
tion o f European lumber markets with
.
t
,
nation-wide
strike are believe«! by all
a view to a great expansion o f the
field of the American producer.
parties t i the controversy to have
This was decide«! Tuesday at one of
brought the situation to a point where
the most imp«trtant conferences ever
decisive
developments may be expected
held in American business history, for
within a few days.
the conference marked the opening of
steps for co-operation between the na
While negotiations took no actual
tion’s business men and the govern- ;
step Monday, the President replied in
ment itself for the extension o f Amer
directly to the contentions o f the road
ican trade abroad.
officials that the principle pf arbitra
Part o f the result of the conference
tion would be endangered by his plan
Austrians Retire From Gateway Into for putting the eight-hour basic day Bill is Reintroduced With Entire Sec
liv e News Items of All Nations and w ill be the urging o f the immediate
passage o f the Webb bill, now (»ending
into effect while a commission investi
tion Eliminated— Fight is Be
Pass of Carpathians — British
in congress, to remove any question of
gates its practicability and passes
Pacific Northwest Condensed
the legality o f the organization by
upon other points at issue. In a tele
tween Congress and Hay.
Busy on Western Front.
for Our Busy Readers.
lumber
manufacturers
and
other
gram made public at the W hite House
groups of business men of foreign
the President declared he held firmly
sales agencies to secure and distribute
to arbitration as a principle, and that
Washington, l). C. — The army ap
London— The long-expected general his plan strengthened rather than
The city of Portland has 337 jitneys. orders for American goods to be sent
I
offensive
on
the
Saloniki
front
has
propriation
bill was unexpectedly ve
to foreign countries.
weakened it. He also said that some
Intense heat in Chicago Sunday
opened and the grand assault againt
toed Friday by President Wilson be
claim s eleven victims.
i thes forces o f the central (towers now
cause he would not accept certain pro
j is in progress in every theater o f the
General Funston is in favor o f with
visions in the revision o f the articles
world-war. General Sarrail is attack
drawing the American troops from
ing the Bulgar-German forces along
o f war, forced into the bill by the
Mexico.
| the entire Greek-Serbian frontier, a
house conferees and commonly said in
The daily death toll from infantile
distance o f more than 150 miles.
army circles to be in the interest of
paralysis in New York City is reported
Reports from both Berlin and Paris
certain retirtxl officers “ at outs with
decreasing.
indicate that the entente allies are fol-1
the arm y.”
i
lowing
the
same
tactics
in
the
Balkans
The railroad presidents are reported
that signalized the opening o f the
Chairman Hay, of the house m ilitary
against the eight-hour day proposed by
great offensive on the Somme. Small
President Wilson.
committee, at once reintroduced tlte
bodies o f troops are attacking at nu
bill with the entire aectlon revising
Tw o Eskimos have been captured at
merous points along the Bulgarian
Nome, Alaska, who are charged with
the articles o f war stricken out, and
i line, apparently with the intention of
the murder o f a priest in 1913.
feeling out their opponent's positions '
the declaration that no revision at all
before the real battle opens.
President Wilson signs the navy
would go through with the bill in this
The French report the capture o f j
building bill and the work o f carrying
congress.
j five villages in the initial phases of |
out the program w ill begin at once.
Chairman Chamberlain, o f the sen
the offensive, while Berlin reports the J
Roumania is thought about ready to
! capture o f Fiorina, a Greek town 15
ate m ilitary committee, announced
join the allies, as the situation be
miles southeast o f Monastir, from the j
that the senate would re-insert the re
tween that country and Germany is re
| Serbians.
vised draft approve«l by the President
ported serious.
On the eastern front the Russians
and the War department, but stricken
have forced their way into the heart
Eight persons were killed and 16 in
out
in the house, and that the situation
of
the
great
mountain
barrier
between
jured when three boilers in the Harlan
Galicia and the Hungarian plains. The
Morris Stave Manufacturing Co., at
had res«tlved itself into a contest be
Austrians admit a retirement west of
Jackson, Tenn., exploded.
tween the senate and house on one
Jabtonitza, the gateway to one o f the
hand and Mr. Hay on the other.
American supervision o f Dominican
most important passes through the
The tangle threatens to delay the
finances soon is to be extended to in
mountains, which was seized by the
a«ljournment o f congress, and inciden
ternal revenue as well as customs re
Russians last week.
In this district
tally the completion o f the prepared
ceipts. A budget system also is to be
the Austrians are retreating toward
ness program, as well as to hold up a|t-
arranged.
the Chronahora ridge, the highest
propriations for the army increases
Swiss dispatches to the Overseas
point in the Carpathians in that re
and all the extra ex|tenses involved in
N ew s Agency report that the French
gion.
From this ridge the ground
the Mexican service.
have removed the civil
population
falls rapidly to the plains of Hungary.
The bill as reintr«tduce<i now is in
from towns and villages behind the
Farther to the south, on the Buko-
the
house m ilitary committee and
[y M lS S H P .U 3 T O N 5 C O T T i
fron t in the districts o f Nancy, Lune-
wina end o f the battle line, the A u s-;
there is an agreement to take it up
ville, Baccarat and Saint Die.
Miss Houston Scott, fourteen-year- j trians have been forced back in their
and ex|Mslite the continental army and
old
daughter of General Hugh L. Scott, advance on Kirlibaba, the next pass
universal training plana, and the sub
A masked robber held up and re
stitution o f National Guard reorgaiv-
lieved W. H. Estabrook, manager o f chief of staff of the United States { south o f Jablonitza and about 50 miles
ization, which it opposed.
the Boston-Idaho Gold Dredge Mining army, has given five ounces o f her from that point.
»T
h
is
is
the
first
photograph
o
f
Cap
Daily attacks by the British against
Arm y officers also say certain fea
company, o f gold dust and nuggets blood for serum to prevent infantile
tain
Charles
A.
Fryatt,
British
captain
She had the German lines north o f the Somme o f the steamship Brussels, who was tures of the bill were inject«*! in con
valued at $2180 near Boise City in the paralysis in other children.
The in France are having their reward, and shot to death by the Germans at ference and never were debated on the
Boise basin. The desperado made good the disease several years ago.
operation was performed Saturday, ; Sunday was reported the most notable Bruges, to reach the United States. floor o f either house of congress.
his escape.
August 12, in Washington, and was gain in some days in the region of
The articles o f war have not been
One man was killed and several kept secret till public health officials Guillemont. A fter withstanding Ger He tried to sink a German submarine
The British gov revised in 100 years and are said to l>e
wounded early Sunday at Cienfuegos there asked that it be made public in man counter-attacks, the troops of and was captured.
sadly deficient for dealing with the
in a political riot between partisans of order to encourage others to give their General Haig again assaulted the op ernment has recommended the grant
conditions which growth o f the army
ing
of
an
extra
penion
o
f
$500
annual
Santiago Reye and Juan Florencio blood.
posing trenches and gained from 200 to
and development o f the nation require.
ly
to
Captain
F
ryatt’
s
widow,
besides
Cabrera, rival candidates for mayor.
| 600 yards along a front o f 11 miles.
The War department in especially
the sum to which she is entitled under
Many shots were fired and knives and
anxious for changes to enable army
Before
taking
up
the
question
of
England's
compensation
scheme.
The
machettes were used. One man was
how to organize the American lumber
Great Eastern railroad,
o f one of officers to deal adequately with prob
arrested.
| industry to secure the great volume of
whose ships Captain Fryatt was the lems arising during the present M exi
The National Guard w ill be retained foreign lumber business that must
master, is also granting his widow a can service.
on the Mexican border until it can be come to the United States, even before !
Included in the revision worked out
$1250 annuity.
withdrawn without again endangering the European war ends, detailed re-
by congress, over the objection o f the
London— Two British light cruisers,
American lives and property. Secre , ports were given o f the conditions
President and the War department,
the
Nottingham and Falmouth, were means must be found to prevent the was a provision which exempted re
tary Baker so declared the administra- abroad by the various interested or
by existing situation from ever arising
tio n ’ s policy in answering a score o f ganizations, as well as from govern- sunk Saturday in the North Sea
tired officers from court-martials and
again.
German
submarines,
while
the
vessels
army discipline, i f not actually from
letters from many parts o f the country mental agencies.
Meantime the railroad officials who
were searching for the German high
complaining that the state troops were
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army control, and placed them under
seas fleet, according to an official an have tentatively refused to accept W il the jurisdiction o f the civil courts.
being held in service after the emer
nouncement issued by the admiralty son’ s proposal, continued conferences
gency for which they were called out
It is common understanding among
shortly
before mid-night.
One Ger among themselves. The labor leaders, army officers that the section covered
apparently had passed.
man submarine was struck, while an- I wk° already have approved the pro the case o f a certain retired officer,
The list o f securities furnished as
other was rammed and possibly sunk. posal, marked time awaiting a definite form erly regarded as a power in shap
collateral fo r the $250,000,000 new
decision from the employers.
ing m ilitary legislation, who was pre
Twin Falls, Ida. — Harold and Lynn j The statement says:
British loan, which J. P. Morgan &
“
Reports
from
our
lookout
squad-
1
paring to write a book and hesitated
Lovelace,
brothers,
ages
12
and
11,
re
Co., syndicate managers, have pre
to do it while liable to discipline.
are
in
custody here, rons and other units showed that there f r0njca| StOTITI LOSS id TeXaS OVCT
pared, shows more than 500 issues of spectively,
was considerable activity on the part
r
stocks and bonds, representing virtu charged by their own confession with o f the enemy in the North Sea Satur
the
murder
of
Professor
F.
Thomas
a lly every important railroad and in
day, the 19th.”
dustrial company in the United States. Hamill, p teacher from Carson, Nev.,
at
his
homestead
45
miles
south
o
f
London — A German srjuadron of
Corpus Christi, Tex. — The loss o f
The list has been classified into groups,
all railroad stocks and bonds having Tw in Falls, Tuesday afternoon of some 15 warships, including large life from the tropical storm which
Chicago— Just as the morgue was
been placed in one group, industrial last week. The story o f the shooting cruisers, is reported in the North Sea struck Corpus Christi and 10 adjacent cleared of the last o f the unidentified
corporations in another and miscel and the flight o f the boys is almost un- j by trawlers arriving at Ymuiden, Hoi- J South Texas counties on Friday night dead stricken down by the terrible heat
Ltelieveable.
land, a Reuter dispatch says.
was placed at 13. Monday, including wave, the streets were cleane«i of dead
laneous in a third.
They had traveled about 120 miles
The squadron was sighted early Sun- nine members o f the crew o f the small horses and the wilted and emaciated
The conference in Washington to with H am ill’s horse and light
w®K°n. , day in the region o f Whitebank, and freigh ter Pilot Boy, which foundered public was beginning to take a fresh
settle the impending railroad strike sleeping in the sage brush, without
Two grip on life, the hot spell returned for
was accompanied by two Zeppelins, it off the Aransas Pass jetties.
has not accomplished anything and the bedding and thinly clad.
They had was announced, on a northerly cruise. Mexican women were killed at Kath
another engagement Saturday.
President has sent fo r the presidents with them supplies which they had
erine, a settlement on the K in g ranch
It w ill find the poeple with far less
o f the roads involved, in the hope that taken from HamiU’ s house, also eight
Paris— Bulgarian troops are advanc near Alice, Tex., and one Mexican was resisting power than before and i f it
an adjustment can be made.
guns and revolvers of various kinds. ing toward the Greek seaport o f Ka- reported killed at San Diego.
Both continues many days the death list
The new German war usury bu They had also stolen guns and other rala, i t was announced Monday. They towns are from 50 to 60 miles inland.
w ill be heavy.
reau
has justified its existence by things from ranchers along the way.
have seized two Greek forts. A t sev
The total damage in this region, o f
revealing surprising details o f widely
A t the inquest Tuesday the verdict eral points along the front new en which Corpus Christi bore the heaviest
Baker, O r.— W inter dropped plump
ramified food frauds, according to re was that Hamill met his death from a gagements have been fought.
part, was estimated at over $2,000,- into the lap o f summer in the last 24
ports received at The Hague.
The bullet from a rifle in the hands o f
000. This includes devastation o f a hours and overcoats and umbrellas are
frauds are said to involve a half dozen Lynn Lovelace.
His elder brother
London— The British troops on the large portion of the lower coast’s cot all the rage here.
The thermometer
leaders and 100 accomplices.
Harold is held as instigator and acces Saloniki front have advanced and re ton crop, which was ready to be went down to 37 early Saturday morn
Bulgarian counter - attacks. picked.
Plans for a more vigorous campaign sory. Neither the mother nor their pulsed
Damage at Corpus Christi ing and stayed in that neighborhood
1x> prevent the spread o f infantile par stepfather, a man named Pennywell, British cavalry have been in touch was estimated conservatively at $500,- practically all day.
Snow was reftort-
with the enemy.
alysis were made in Washington, D. can be located.
$> 0 0 .
ed in the»hi(^h mountains.
C .t at a conference of health authori
Villa May Be Dead Again.
ties Friday o f most o f the state with
Shark Breaks Up Race.
Old Songs in Litigation.
Prices Not Manipulated.
officials o f the Federal Public Health
El Paso— A new report o f the death
Boston— Henry F. Sullivan, o f Low
Washington, D. C.— Preliminary in
New York — A suit contesting the
Service. Resolutions w ill be adopted of V illa was received here Tuesday by ell, was declared the winner over ownership o f copyrights on “ Silver vestigation in Chicago o f the recent
by the conference, in which eminent Andreas Garcia, Mexican consul. The Charles Toth, o f Boston, Sunday in a Threads Among the Gold,” and other rises in wheat and flour prices and
plague experts, scientists and bacteri report, emanating from San Geronimo, swimming race between Race Point, old songs written by Hart P. Danks, threatened rise in price o f bread, by
ologists are participating, outlining in Chihuahua, said that the bandit- Provincetown, and Nantasket Beach. who died in 1903, has been begun in Chairman Hurley, o f the
Federal
definite proposals for checking dissem chieftain died o f blood poisoning re Toth was taken from the water by his the Federal court by his widow against Trade commission, is understood to
ination o f the disease. W hile few of sulting from his wounds at Tallaman- trainers when a shark circled about Elizabeth Adair Gordon and others, have disclosed no evidence o f illegal
those present expressed alarm that the tes, near Parral, on July 9, and was him after he had covered 17J miles in song publishers, under the name o f the manipulations.
epidemic might assume country-wide buried near there.
While the report a little more than 14 hours.
Sullivan estate o f Hamilton Gordon. The de
As the matter stands now the com
proportions, they uniformly declared was transmitted for what it was worth covered 25 miles. His followers said fendants are accused o f publishing mission is not expected to take any
measures were necessary to guard to Mexico City, it received little cre he was in the water 20 hours and 20 Danks’ songs without authority, and action.
Mr. Hurley returned from
-against a widespread outbreak.
dence at the local consulate.
minutes.
thereby to have made $100,000 profits. Chicago to make his report.
Brief Resume of General News
from All Around the Earth.
Strong Offensive Begins Along Entire
Greek-Serbian frontier.
Objection Made to Exempting Retired
(Officers from Discipline.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU
FRENCH CAPTURE fIVf VILLAGES
MAY POSTPONE ADJOURNMENT
General’s Daughter
Gives Blood for Babies
British Sea Captain Who
Was Kxecutcd by Germans
Genian Submarines Sink Two
British Cruisers in North Sea
Two Idaho Lads Admit
Murder of Nevada Professor
$2,000,000; Thirteen Are Dead
While Chicago Bakes, Baker freezes.