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IU MVtKI PEACE IN EUROPE
STRIKE
Board of "Big Four" Broth
erhoods Agrees to Farther
Meetings With Rail way Men
Before Ordering Walkout
Washington, Aug, J. The execu
tive board of the "big (our" brother
hoods. ' which are threatening t
oatlon-wlde atrtke of 400.000 rail
road employe!, and the general con
ference committee of the road, have
Mreed to a resumption of conference!
to begin In New York Auguat 8, ac
cording to Information received at
the United States board of media
tion and conciliation today.
New York. Aug. 1, Counting of
the strike vote of the 400.000 railway
trainmen which may precipitate the
greatest labor, war the United Statee
ever has known will be completed
Auguat 7, Timothy O. Shea, who haa
charge of the count, announced to-
day.-. ;; . ;..-. .v
The railroad! affected by the count
today opened a campaign of education
of the public, through newspaper ad
vertisements putting forward their
wide of the controversy. r ,
The strike vote, If It results as all
predHlona Indicate, will authorise
the heads of the four great railroad
brotherhoods to rail a general strike
If, In their opinion, a strike Is neces
sary to gain for freight and yard men
their demand for an- eight-hour day
and tyme and a half for overtime.
"This la the biggest labor move
ment In history," Shea said today.
"It Is the largest In number of men
Involved and covers a wider latitude
of territory than any other labor
movement In history."
Charging that ,the railroads pro
posed aettlement of the strike con
troversy, either under the existing na
tional arbitration law or by refer
ence to the Interstate commerce com
mission, and that the offer was re
fused by the employes, the national i
conference committee of the railways
started today an advertising cam-1
palgn In support of their position. i
Copies of advertisements to be used
In various section! of the country I
were sent out by the committee. The
advertisement, addressed to the
public. Is headed: "Ttallroad Wages
ShalhThey He Determined 'by Indus
trial Warfare or Federal Inquiry?"
"The railroads are In the public
service your service," reads the ad'
vertlsemcnt copy. "The army of em
ployes Is In the public service your
service. You pay for rail transporta
tion three billion dollars a year and
44 cents out of every dollar from you
goes to the employes.
"A $100,000,000-dollar wage In
crease for men In the freight ,and
yntd service (less than one-flfth of
the employes) ' Is equal to five per
cent advance In all freight rates. '
"The managers of the railroads are
trustees of the public and have no
right to place this burden on the cost
of transportation to yon without a
clear mandate from the public tri
bunal speaking for you." ' ' '
' Washington. Aug. 2. More than
' 300,000 men, earning annually $400.
000,000, employed on 250,000 miles
of railroad, these are tha figures In
volved In the threatened strike of tho
railway brotherhoods. A strike would
mean, according to the Bureau of
Railway Economics -today, the great
est transportation tle-mi In the his
tory of tha country, with accompany
ln prostration of commerce thnt msy
srnd the financial loss to the nathn
louring Into' the bllllohs of dollars.
Advance report reaching Wash
'Ington Indicate the employes will vote
Continued on page 2) ,
London, Aug. 2. England regards
as an essential part of any peace con
dltlona the restoration "by Germany
of Belgium and Serbia, both mated
ally and economically, and the repair
ing of devastated portion! of France
and Russia, Premlor Asqulth today
dectared In a speech In the house of
commons.
British eyes, the premier said, bad
been opened to the full meaning of
the German system of economic, com
mercial and financial penetration and
It waa necessary to prepare to com
bat this. Asqulth asserted that at
the Paris economic conference of the
allies the opinion waa that the black
list should be continued during the
war. ',,..-.-'
The reasons for this conference, he
said, were not directed against neu
trals. ; ,
"We are aware of some uneasiness
In America," the premier said, "but
this Is not Justified. The allies' mea
sures are their tola defense against
economic aggression. Every effort
will ha made to see that neutrals do
sot suffer."
Norfolk,' Va.1, Aug. J. Tha supenj
au'btnarlne freighter Deutschland,
which cleared last evening from Bal
timore for Bremen, either haa slip
ped by Hampton Roade and possibly
on past the capes Into the open seas,
or Is planning to do so, marine men
here began to believe late this after
noon, when there still was no sign of
the ocean adventurer. i
No word ' has come . from the
Deutschland since morning, when she
waa half way between Tangier Island,
on the Chesapeake bsy, and Old Point
Comfort. She could have covered the
Intervening distance tn two hours.
No boats that, have come have report
ed seeing her since morning.
The customs officials, acting under
direction of Chief Halstead at Wash
ington, said they would be compelled
to take charge of the Deutschland If
she came Into port, unless It was for
cargo or In distress or because of
"pursuit of enemies." No cargo Is
awaiting the submarine here.
Captain Koenlg Is aware of the
rules tn this respect, they ssy, and
they do not believe he Intends to hesi
tate once he rounds Old Point Com
fort and head for the ocean. ,
MEXICANS PLAN
" VILLA'S CAPTURE
Mexico City, Aug, a. Oencral Mal
cotte arrived here today for a confer
ence with Minister of War Obregon
to plan concentration of forces for!
Villa's capture. Malootte announced
here his determination to make a
quick Job and to take the bandit gen
eral "at all costs." .
He stated a special representative
hud been sent to give assurances to
the 'Guggenheim Exploration com
pany of protection from bandit raids
and guarantees of such facilities s
tt may desire In order to permit re
sumption of the Velardena mines.
This, Malcotte stated, would bring
conditions In Durango practically up
to normal, since all (he farmers of
that state have put a largs portion
of their land under cultivation., ,
' New York, Aug, 2. Officials of the
Guggenheim " Exploration company
said today thoy were Ignorant of any
"special representative" said to be
offering protection and guarantees In
thalr mining districts; .lining In
Mexico would not. be attempted at
present. It was said, because of lack
of railroad facilities.
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Austrian and German Forces
Are Cct Apart r by Great
Russian Thrust on Eastera
Front in Kovel District
Petrograd. Aug. 1. The Russian
wedge separating the Austrian and
German forces was thrust still farther
forward today. Not only has the
separation been virtually accomplish
ed, but today unofficial advices here
Indicated rapid progress of tha move
ment from the south, enveloping
Kovel. . Although official statements
were silent, military experts here be
lieved that the terminus of the rail
road line to Lemherg at Stojanof had
probably fallen before the Russian
sdvance .northwest of Brody. ,,The
four railway routes to the Gallclan
city from tha east to the west would.
In that ease, all be in Russian hands.
Brody'a capture gave the csar's
forces command of the term In ua of
the main tap lines; .the terminus of
another la In Russian hands and runs
from Tarnopol, and tha third, 'run
ning northwest from Kolomea, ,as
been tapped north of that city. Utili
sation, of these and othee railroad
lines In Gallcia will greatly aid the
Russians In their advance. Floods
still are hampering operations, but
the spirit of the Russian troops Is so
high that they make light of such
obstacles as marshy lands, swollen
rivers and rains.
New York, Aug. 2. Political
leaders decided today that Charles E.
Hughes Is going to live up to his re
putation as one of the most strenuous
campaigners In the business.
Scanning today the Itinerary tor ,
the trip on which he starts Saturday
revealed the fact that In a brief !
mnnth h. r.m.hlli-.n n.,lrto n..
to Jaunt over 10,000 miles spreading
the gospel of his views and appealing
for votes.
Four years ago Colonel Roosevelt
set up a mark for strenuoslty in
campaigning when he travelled 13,-
0C0 mllesjn forty-odd days. It was
over very much the same ground
that Hughes will cover. But Roose
velt Included the south in his Jaunt
and Hughes' only stop below the
Mason" and Dixon line Is at 'Lexing
ton, Ky. It was indicated at head
quarters today that the trip starting
Saturday Is merely a forerunner of
Hughes' stumping.
The Itinerary for the present Jour
ney does not cover the middle west.
Ignoring Ohio In particular, where
the republicans have already deter
mined to concentrate and , the
middle Atlantic states. Only one
chunk of New England Maine is
Included. Authoritative information
Is that the republican nominee will
make a later "round-up" trip,' In
cluding these sections.'
The - governor (Incidentally the
uomlnee prefers to 1m called "gov
ernor" rather than "Justice" or
"Judge" Hughes) haa about given up
the idea that he can make the west
ern trip' without the old fashioned
"rear platform" talks. The original
Idea of the tour was to visit a score
of the big cities between New York
and the Pad Ho coast, remaining over
night, , or possibly .for tt couple
of
days, addressing a big mass meeting
and the-Yt conferring with local lead-
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SLAV WEDGED YUAN I TE
STfllUf LMK HUGHES
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Verdict of Grand Jury Is
the Big Pulley Was Broken
Through Strcctura Defects,
Explosives Net Being Used
The grand Jury which has been In
vestigating the cause of the accident
that wrecked tha machinery for the
loutbjlde pumping . plant at the
Golden Drift dam, reported lata this
afternoon, Ending structural weak
nesses In the big six-foot pulley re
sponsible, and disproving the theory
that dynamite had been need.. The
jury called several witnesses before
It. Ike Davis, the only eye .witness,
being one. It is said that Mr, Davis
tU believes that outside Influences
had caused the accident, but machin
ists and others who examined the
broken machluery.testlfled that they
believed, the pullej had broken be
cause of defects Jn Its manufacture.
Judge Calkins autoed over from Med
ford this afternoon to receive the ver
dict of the grand Jury. stV,
, .i ' T a ..--To
Attend Preea Mcetis , .",
B. E. -Brodle. president of the Ore
gon State Editorial association, with
Mrs, Brodle, Mrs. Nleta . Barlow
Lawrence, Mrs. C B. Harding and
L. O. Harding, all of Oregon, City,
were In Grants Pass a short time
this afternoon, en. route by automo
bile to Medford to be in attendance
at the annual meeting of the editorial
association, August 4-7.
ers. But the moment it was an
nounced that a tour -would be made
the republican committee began to
be deluged with demands of state and
local republican leaders for speeches
at all sorts of towns and villages, as
well as the 'big cities . Every state
leader had a pressing reason In want
im . ..10 , ,t. , .l .
"'" " ' " lu ilueB as e-
S",BUal o republican success. Efforts
were made so far as possible to save
'Hughes' voice for the big speeches,
'but It waa, nevertheless, admitted
that he will mak. n.)mhr f I
short talks.
The candidate has been working
for several weeka mapping out 'the
eerles of speeches which he Will
liver on this trip. He will enlarge
on his speech accepting the nomina-
tlon, probably devoting an entire
speech to each section, but In every
one, those close to him say, he will
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ram home what republicans consider
the principal Issue of the campalgn-
the Mexican situation.
PRICE OF WHEAT
TAKES BIG JUMP
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Chicago. Aug 2 Wheat jum,,,!
terrifically on the local market today.
Sentemher closed at 1.S0H1, a rain
of 5 cents for the day, and 6H
cents over yesterday'a close, Decem-
ber closed at 1.34, a day's gain ot
4 cent! and six cents over yester-
day's close. ?
Crop. damage stories from Canada
and the United
States northwest Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennes
September wheat see and Mississippi. ,Under the rules
caused the jump.
closed tip 9 cents over Saturday's
close,, Docejnber was up
In tha three-days market.
I.S. APPEAL FAILS
TO SAVE LIFE OF
ROGERCAS
DDT
London, Aug.' 2. Roger Casement
will be hanged tomorrow morning, It
wis definitely announced today.
' Washington, Aug. 2. The United
States government today made formal
application to England for clemency
in the case of Roger Casement, who
is condemned to die on the scaffold
tomorrow. , .
President Wilson Instructed the
state department to forward at once
the resolution passed by congress
urging Great Britain ' to "exercise
clemency In the treatment of Irish
political prisoners."
, London, Aug. 2.- The government
up to a late hour today made . no
move to postpone the execution at
o'clock . tomorrow morning of Roger
Casement, demoted knight, confided
of treason for his part In the, Irish
revolt -:.:
Preparations were going forward
for the hanging of the' Irish leader.
Tn the meanwhile the prisoner's conn-
set declares Casement seems utterly
nncooceraed at his approaching fate.
His condition was said to have im
proved since his trial, when ha an?
peared haggard and ,de pressed,
(Premier Asqulth acknowledged .re
ceipt of a monster petition, signed by
prominentIrishmen.' today, appeal
ing for clemency for Casement, but
did not hold out any hope of exercise
of merry toward the condemned man.
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LOOKS FOB BREMEN
Pensacola, , Pla.., Aug. 2 Belief
that the German submarine freighter
Bremen . would dock here . was
strengthened here this afternoon by
J the presence of several warships, in
be gulf of Pensacola.' Also the de
stroyer Rowe, stationed here, left to
day to engage In aeroplane man
euvers. No aeroplanes 'were found,
'but the destroyer is patrolling Just
.inside. the three-mile limit back and
forth. Several tugs are cruising Just
within the limit of the harbor en
trance,
OF
BRUSH FIRE
Haileybury, Ontario, Aug. 2. Offl-
cials today announced the known
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318 VICTIMS
death list in the great bush fire at
'318. Stories told by refugees who
de-ifled'ouUymg n8trlcts before the
blighting blaxe crumpled every living
thlng ,a lt8 path llke ti8sue paper
led offlt.lals to fear tha total ll8t may
exJee(j 500. . k
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. Tbe official figures so far obtained
.
iMatneson and vicinity, 137 at Nush
ka and Mooteltb, two at Kelso, IS at
Iroquois Falls, 20 at Cochrane. : .
. Communication with outlying dis
tricts remains 'broken It will, be
necessary for searchers to 'visit the
sections before definite figures can
be obtained. f ,1 ; '
A peculiar phase of tbe fire was
J that It has considerably , enhanced
hundreds of acres by clearing them
,of brUBh ntl undergrowth that
would have cost thousands of dollars
to remove.
Washington. Aug. 2. Republican
Leader Mann this afternoon knocked
out a proposed $540,000 flood relief
appropriation for the two Carolines.
of the house Mann's single objection
9i cents was sufficient to defeat the.proposl
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CASE
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First Degree llzrizr Is tie
Chaise Against 5 Arretted
w lSr;:d:a I cf Fhcbj
Bcdb That Ki!!:d Et
Baa rrmncisoo,' Aug. 2. Seven In
dictments charging first degree mur
der were returned at noon today In
the San Francisco suit case dyna
miting case. Five named Warren K.
'Billings, Thomas Mooney. lira. Rena
Mooney, Israel Weinberg and Edward
Nolan and two were John Doe true
bills. Each .Indictment contained
eight counts one for each of eight
victims of the outrage.
The theory of the district attorney
in. asking the indictments was that
Billings exploded the bomb . under
Mooney'a direction, that Mrs. Mooney
was an accessory before the fact, that
Weinberg transported the plotters In
his automobile and that Nolan either
made or assisted in making the In
fernal machine. , . ,';;,'.,' .-.
There were only eight counts In
the Indictments, but District Attorney
n exert aid not consider that Adam
Fox, an aged man, was a direct -victim
of the bomb. He died of heart
failure Induced, hy excitement when .
the bomb exploded. ,
The John Doe bills will be used
by the police 'against two euspecta
now being hunted by the special
bomb squad. i r s ! ! vv . ' .
r San, Francisco, r Aug. 2.-Indlct-ments
charging murder in connection
with the explosion of the suit case
bomb' which took the lives of nine
persons - will 1 he returned today,
against five of the principal suspects
now In the custody of the police. At
a . session which lasted all night, the
special grand Jury called by District
Attorney Ftckert Toted true - bills
against Warren K. Billings, Mrs.
Rena Mooney, Thomas Mooney. Israel
Weinberg and Edward Nolan., These
will e formally reported before noon ,
to Superior Judge Cabanlss and the
accused persons will be held without
bail. . ;:' iyj
When the grand iftiry convened the
district attorney and the police did
not present tneir wnoie case, reveal
ing only such facts as eeemed neces
sary to warrant the Indictments.
Thirteen witnesses were examined.
The same secrecy which has sur
rounded the police investigation since
its outset continued today. .No im
portant details of the network of evi
dence in which the iprosecutor de
clares the suspects have been en
meshed were given out, but Ftckert
and Assistant District Attorney Bren
non smiled their confidence when
questioned today. ... .....
It was learned that Fickert made
an Impassioned plea to the grand Jury
to assist the authorities by not In
sisting upon revelation of all the evi
dence, assuring the jurors that It was
necessary for the ends of Justice to
withhold much of It at this time.
During the session of the grand
jury the stillness of the Hall of
Justice , was broken by strains of
music from a violin In tha hands of
Mrs. Mooney. The , woman, an ac
complished musician, thus passed the
long, weary hours of waiting, and tha
cadences of "Traumerel" and other
pathetlo airs floated through the cor
ridors, bringing tears to the eyes of
many a hardened" prisoner.
Rumors of some new sensational
steps, Involving a person of even
more Importance than those now held
In custody, could not be confirmed
early today. Two additional suspects
were detained during the night, but.
were released when they convinced
the police that they had no connec
tion with the crime.