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DAILY EDITION ti J- TOL. Vl.rNo. T. MtANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON, MONDAY, Al'Gl'ST 14, 1910 WHOLE NUMBER 1833. i7. lit r. ' ' No' Other Tovu':""-,77orld the Size of Or ants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. v jr mm HUE!) AI SEA hip Callao Forced to Pat Back Icto Golden Gate When tutors Refuse to Proceed cn Journey toN.Y. 8a n Francisco, Aug. 14. The bark Callao, whose captain wlreleaaed last sight that tht crow had mutinied, wai tghted thla afternoon making her way toward! tba Golden gate. Captain "Tobtn wirelessed: ' "Crew refused to proceed In ihlp. 'Claim her unseawortby." The tug Sea Lark waa hurried out to meet the bark and tow her la, If Id la needed. San Francisco, Aug. 14. -Groping blindly In the fog off Golden Gate the toga Reliance. Queen and 8oa Rom Yjjsearchcd today In vain for the three Sweated bark Callao. who, captain v wirelessed during the night that hla rew had mutinied and aaked for aid. Aald. from a few brief radio grams telling or the trouble, no word came out of the fog to solve (he ayetery or to giro the eiact location t the vessel. Captain Tobla'i ttrat radio merely ,. vtaled tlirfact of the mutiny, and a second aiked for a tug, while a third repeated theae' requeeta, adding that the veeael waa alt mtlea aonth of Lightship with no anchorage. , The Reliance went to the laat nam. d location, but In the heaviest fog of the year, was unable to find the tark. It la rumored along the water front today that the crew mutlnld la the toilet that the cargo of wheat and oil waa Intended ultimately to reach the warships of one of the warring towera. V,6choonhh sinks aa . rjwoit of collision Mallfai. tf. 8.. Aug. 14-Th. . .u.. MaascnuBoiia mums vuuuuar Oriole waa aunk forty mile, west- aonth west of Seal Island Saturday Bight In a collision with the Nor we clan ateamer Borchlld. Four lives Clan sieamer oorcouu. rur ' were lost. The Borchlld put In her. rlrh Captain McDonald and other 'snrvlvors today. Several of the Oriole's 18 surviv ors, Including Captain McDonald, climbed Into the rigging as their vee ael aank under them and In thla man ner were rescued. MIDDLR WEST REOKIVKfl RAIN Lincoln, Neb., Ane;. 14. With a general rain falling over Nebraska trAy and with good ra'ns over prac- - tlrally all the state lat week, at last a fair' crop of corn In assured. In .'me sections where It waa foarel the drouth had been fatal, a fair c-'p will be raised and In sotno lo calities It Is reported fbe crop will bo way above average. MORE REPORTS OF THE SHIM ARINK BRNMKN New London, Conn., Atog. It. From two separate sources came re ports today that a submarine, pos- ;albly the long expected 'Bremen, was -"slahted" off this , port. The wireless operator at Planer's Island, aald he Righted a submarine about one, o'clock off Montauk. It wns too far away for him to deter mine lt new nationality. He . was unable to make the submarine un- 'dorstand his wireless queries ax to Jf'jf Identity, be said, but the stranger evidently had a . hlgh( power wire less apparatus, whereas those carried by American submarines are of low 'power.'"" " '. : ESTABLISH DEAD ONE AT LIOUTH OF ROGUE RIVER The establishment of a dead line at the mouth of itogue river below wbttm commercial fishing will be prohibited will be the probable re sult of the war between contending factions there. This plan haa been practically agreed upon by the state flah and game commission which haa Just heard the complaint entered by it Mallear, of the Maclear can nery,' who 'waa assaulted by Claude Dardon, a fisherman for the Seabtrg cannery. The atory of the trouwe between Macleay and Bardon la told as follows In the Gold Reach Re porter: "Sunday night there was another seine and drift net clash, at the Woodruff place up the river. A. C. Bardon laid out hla drift net, and just afterward the seine laid out and endeavored to get around Bardon and hla net. but the latter pulled to seme, railing to get 07, r. Jumped out Into the water and held Bardon'a net In order to let the seine boat and aelne cross over." Bardon warned Mr. Macleay off, but aa the latter failed to go. Bardon Jumped out Into the water and grabbing Mr. Macleay by the neck and choked him severely, and forced him to leave the. alii net alone. There was no further 'effort to surround Bardon, and no further clash. Monday morning a warrant waa laaued for Bardon'a ar rest for assault and battery, and he appeared la court and paid Ma fin of S and costs amounting In all to ft," .-. . .... ;' f . ' The fS following r apodal , dispatch from Marsbfleld tells of the contem plated actio of the commission: The atato fish , and gama com mission, which yesterday heard the complaint of R Li Macleay,' who waa assaulted on Rogue river by Claud Bardon. declared that a dead line wcnld to eatabllshed on the tower Rogue, near tho entrance, to allow the free flow of fish to the utfper river and to aid In eliminating the constant trouble arising between the Macleav Interests and fishermen who are operating for the Seaborg con earn. ' nrnA. WUhvcombe. chairman lf ti rnmmlMlon. said he believed 'tbe dead line would be a mathoil of Dreventlag further trouble - . . d InUmated that fishing beyond i . . m Ail. a ear ah In nm ,". line im, . - V" Vrt nrohihltud. State Game Warden Carl D. Shoemaker waa Instructed to visit i .... t . ,n Gold Beach and Waderbura and will riv thttra neit Thursday. Tne hearing will bo on Friday and Mr. Shoemaker will establish the line, it w.i believed today that the distance from the bar would be set at about 1500 feet." TORNADO KILLS 5 III ARKAI Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 14. Five persons were killed and 17 Injured four fatally when a tornado swept over eastern Arkansas last night, blowing down twelve buildings at Edmundaen, Ark., 17 miles west At Memphis. Eight of the Injured were brought to Memphis hospitals today. It la thought five, who are women, will die. i Monv rattle were crushed beneath fniiinii barns.- ' Many telephone and telegraph wires were put out of com mission. ' After sweeping through Edmund son, the hurricane spent itself over the Mississippi river, blowing a gale through Memphis. , . ..and Plays to Irge Crowd A largo, number, of town people woro at the park Sunday- to hear the Hand concert In the Vark, The band hovs were at their best and the con cert was greatly appreciated by the ISAS audience. . 1 SEE HOPE OF AVERTING GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE President Wilson Holds Conferences With Railroad Heads and With Representatives of Trainmen, Presenting "the Case of the People," and It Is Believed That the lssce Now Approaches Settlement Thrcagh Arhitrati KAILKOAD CO.MllOVfcUUiV ' . ' Brotherhoods of conductors, engineers, firemen and brake men aak for baalo eight-hour day and time and a half for over time. t Number of men directly in volved In atrlke demands, 400,- Ooo. ' . Tout number of men involved J.HM00. Number of railroad ayatema Involved, 226. Mileage Involved, 270,000. Number of railroad cars that would be atopped If strike la called, S.60M77. Railway managers have made f ao definite preparation to em- ployea. First proposed media- lion. Employes declined to Join la request tor mediation, but ac- ospted Intervention from govern- asont board of mediation and ooadllatton to submit proposl- tion to them. Mediation failed. 4- Mediators proposed arbitration 4- which, waa also unanimously re 4V jeeted by employes. Itepreteata- -f 4 tires ot both aides accepted Prea 4 ldent Wllsoa'a Intervention to 4- confer with blm before final de 4 cielon la reached.' Mora than 94 percent of the 4 400,000 ot the employes In- volved have voted to strike It 4- original demands are not grant- ed. "V ' " 'v.i'v v Washington, Ang. 14. The Isaue between the railroads and the men of the brotherhoods threatening to Involve practically all the, railroads In the country In a atrlke, Is now be lieved to be approaching aettlement. The. representatives of the railroad managers presented their case to President Wilson In an hour's con ference this afternoon, spending the same amount of" time the representa tives of tho- employes did this morn ing. Following the afternoon meeting It Was understood the railroad managers had given the president little Indica tion of what they would be witling to do to meet the proposition said to have been made by the employes, via: That the' single question ot an eight hour day and time and one-halt for overtime bo arbitrated, all other question, to be withheld for future consideration. , The president haa placed before the Chicago, , Aug. 14. A general rail- road strike wttl throw more than half a million of men out ot work here, aocordlng to conservative estimates made today. According to M. G. Belrd, president ot the Chicago & Alton road, Chicago, the greatest prepared for a strike.' More than 80,000. care of freight pass through Chicago dally, he estimates, and the confusion should these cars be left at a standstill would affect the entire nation, tn addition to 100,000 rail- way men who would have to walk out i if' a strike were ordered, 500,- 000 other workers would be affected. Chicago la the terminus tor 0 railroads, having a total mileage of CHICAGCI WOULD SUFFER ODST managers, It was said, "the case ot the public" In the controversy. It Is also believed he placed before them a propoaal concession toward arbitra tion by the employes. In a aUtement Issued by the president, he said he could not judge until tomorrow If a feasible basis for settlement bad been found. It la believed the managers are expected to confer, probably by telephone, with the railroad presi dents In New York overnight The president will meet -with the em ployes' representatives at 9 a. m. to morrow and the managers again later. Judge Chambers ot the mediation board talked with the president for SO minutes, after the managers had left. He want directly to resume dis cussions with the managers. Washington. Aug. 14. WhUe the railroad employes' conference with President Wilson over . difference. that threaten to tie np all American railroads stQl waa In progress today. It was learned from reliable sources that the men' ara willing to accept arbitration 4 r,' the railroad managers agree tobave thetroantei pmpaaala considered at-a-later data.. At tho same tlmo ft also waa on derstood that the managers were Inclined to be favorable to a propo sition of this kind. . "Tho Santa Fe lor on. is pre pared," Story declared. "We have received aufflcl.nt application, from our newspaper, advertising In which we asked for men to operate onr train. In the event of a strike, to supply the demand."; At the .am. tlm. It ma announced from the office of Passenger Traffic Manager Fort of the Union Pacific that a petition signed by a large per cent of the Union Paclfle railroad trainmen had been forwarded to Washington today, asking congress to prevent a strike. The Union Pacific petitioner. Fort .aid, are members of tho brotherhood.. Some Chicago railroad men who claimed to have Inalde Information, said here that the brotherhood, un doubtedly would order a strike, "but It will never get to the walkout stage." ,- On. declared the brotherhoods would finally "reluctantly agree to let the Interstate commerce commls slon settle tho difficulty." Possibility of government Inter ference against a tie-up ot the Rock Island and other lines now In the bends of federal receivers was also considered. ; 91,627, or more than forty percent of the entire mileage ot the United State. Fourteen 'hundred miles of belt ltne encircle the city one-third of the belt line mileage ot the coun- try. There are more., than; 100 freight yards and 315 freight re freight yards and 315 freight re - cetvlng stations. ' ' Children would be the first to feel the effect of a strike. Nearly three - fourths ot the Ice supply and nine - tenths of the milk supply Is shipped here by .railroad. Bolrd said he did not" believe any attempt' would be , made by the government to take over the railroads. : , "I have never heard of such at. thing," he said, "if there la such a project It has never reached me". S.P.PREPARES TO OPERATE III CASE E San Francisco, Aug. 74. -it the railroad trainmen decide to refuse arbitration and to atrlke, the South ern Pacific will be able to handle all Its passenger trains with little dif ficulty, according to a statement made to the United Press today by the road's publicity department - Recently the officers of the road wrote to all employes of the road asking If they would remain at work If the trainmen's brotherhood declar ed a atrlke. No figures were given out aa to the result of thla poll, but tho response was aald to be "grati fying.'' It waa declared that sufficient trainmen-could be found to operate "an passenger trains and some freight trains," from the outset of a strike, and that the road expected to be able to operate all freight trains within a week. ' Chicago, Aug. 14. Bom. western railroads are so well prepared for a strike that they nave applications from a sufficient number of. skilled operative, to operate trains in event ot a walkout of the tour brotherhoods W. B. Storey, bead of the operating department ot the Santa Fe railway today told tho United Press. AMBASSADOR ELKUS '-. , ... . IS RKADT TO BAIL Washington, ' Aug. 14. Ambas sador to Turkey, Abranj I. Elkns, re cetre4"Tfipal iBStroctlona from Secxo- taxy,ot state Lansing todafv prepara tory to hi. saiHng Thursday on the Oscar II for Copenhagen. Elkus Is understood to have been Instructed to take np Immediately after hi. ar rival In Constanlnopl. the question of an American commission to Inves tigate conditions in 8yria. Turkey turned down this proposition several day. ago. ' REAR STILL RESTS IN BED OF SAND W Eureka, Cel., Aug. '14. After swinging freely with the wave. Satur day night, the steamer Bear, whld went on a reef near here In Juno settled again during the night and tho tugs Salvator and Relief have been unable to move her more than, a few Inches, Salvagera declared today that the last favorable tide during thla month tas now passed, but they will continue their attempts to float the vessel. ' ROSE CITY WILL GREET MR. HUGHES Portland, Aug. 14. Arrangements for the entertainment of Charles E. Hughea in Portland were' completed today.. The candidate will arrive here over the Great Northern rail way at 6 a. m., Wednesday, but will remain in his private car until 9 a. m., when the reception committee greets, him.'-," , ,i ' A suite has been reserved at the Benson hotel, where Hughes Is scheduled to arrive at 9:16. After shaking, bands .with, visitors for an hour, he will be permitted to rest until noon, when he talks to business men at the Ad club luncheon. ,. j An Informal reception will be held at the Prens club shortly after. Then j the candidate goes on an automobile tour of the Columbia river highway. .lasting probably until about 5 p. m. 1 Ills principal address of the day , will be delivered In the Ice Palace at f p. m.' This' auditorium seats 8,000 people. ' There Is standing room for two thousand more. Local republU can leaders confidently , expect 'the hall will be crowded. ; Hughes' train leaves Portland, for Satt Francisco at 1:40 a. m. Thurs-n day., Y " '. ' '"" v T ran ISTRIAUSIO IEUERG Tpto Are Eci Fcrcd Backward Toward G3 Ca;itda!;:2S!kf2Frc kfcre iij Rssha f crca Petrograi , Au 14.- T e last for midable Aastro-Germaa barrier to Lembsrg has reoa broken and to. Teutonic forces are making a gen eral retreat on a tO-mOo front la tho direction ot tho Gsllclaa capital. Compelled to retire from tho strong ' 8trypa river positions by tho throat that his armies would bo surrounded snd captured, General Bothmer la fatting ataadJy back on the Zlou Upa, 18 miles to the west But Rua- sian forces which crossed tho Zlota Lipa north of Stanlalau and tho danger of a blow at his right flank. will prevent Bothmer from making a. stand there. .;.vu . On the whole line tho Slav mow ing machine is re tping a bloody har vest . On the froit eaa: and soutn east of Lemberg alone, H Is estimated . that the Attstro-Germans nave lost 75,000 men, or bait their effectives. This fact. It is- believed, aecossHatoa the continued retreat betoro tho The Slavs are systematieaUy send ing fortard their infantry to pound ' tUe enemy front' while Cossack car airy attaik? and demoralises tho lags. ' One regiment ot . Orenburg era alone took 2,000 Anstro-German prisoners. Russian cavalry force that cap tured MaiiampoU eight miles aonth-- east of Halitx, la believed to bo push- - tng toward . tho EaUts-Staniataa railway north ot the Dniester, only three miles away. The capture ot this crossing would cut off a largo force of Auatro-Germana who re tired from Stani8laa and forco them to make a wide detour, constantly harassed by Slav ca?alry. The war office announced . today that the Ruasiana continued to ad vance westward In the region of the Strypa and that other forces advanc ing westward from the - Koropots, hye reached a point north or tho Dneister before Marlampol, whose capture by cavalry was announced yesterday. -: At six o'clock Sunday 'morning, the Austro-Qermans attacked Slav positions In tho Kovel region. The fighting was severe tn the region ot jStohyschow, west of tho Stochod, but the enemy was driven back to his old position by a counter-attack. . Along the Sereth. the retreating enemy forces are checking tho Slav advance from behind fortified posi tions. . LEGISLATIVE KIILL ' BUST THIS WEEK Washington, Aug. 14. Congres sional leader, agreed that this Is to be the biggest legislative week ot the session. Confident predictions were made that the navy, child labor, ship purchase and. workmen's compensa tion bills would become laws. AM have plenty of support, ad mittedly, io be passed with decisive votes. . ' , - GERMANS GAIN FOOTHOLD WEST OF POZIERBS The Germans gained a footing last night In trenches west of Potleres, captured by the British In yester day's fighting General Halg reported this morning.' , v- South ot Ypres, the British carried out a successful raid '' without loss. Mining activity In this neighbor hood was also to the advantage ot thx British. , . t I? 11
