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A DAILY EDITION VOL. Vf ., N. MO. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COCKTr, OREGOJ , TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1016 WHOLE NUMBER 1824, No Other Town in the World the Size of Or ants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service CONFERENCE Sill Negotiations Between Pres. Wilson and Representatives ol Contending Factions Are Again Put Over for a Day Washington, Aug. 16, President Wilson completed bli second day of negotiations la prevent the threaten d railroad strike with the end not yet In eight. t After A conference which lasted for an hour and SB minute with the railroad employee' representative this afternoon, It was announced the president would em both sides aaln tomorrow. "We are not yet through." A. B. Oarretson, spokesman for the broth erhood, said aa bla committee left the White llouee. "Nothing ae yet la done. We have made no conces sions." The employei this afternoon pre Rented a counter-proposition, the na ture of which ha not been dlaclbaed. The result of today'a conferences, therefore, la aummed up In the fact that each aide haa Indicated a wil lingness to bring about peace by sub mining eounter-propoeltlon for ooa slderatlon of the other. "Don't aay anything about arbitra tion," waa the tip from one of the moat prominent of the brotherhood' board, "but we are very hopeful re garding the outcome. There are propositions and counter-propositions on both aide." While the apeaker declined to be specific a to what he meant by hi tip that arbitration waa aide-tracked It waa assumed the two ildea are more nearly together than they have hitherto been and that matter are to be adjusted "across the tablet." Following the conference, the White House Issued the following statement: "There is no change. There la an earnest effort being made to work out a settlement." President Wilson It was authorita tively learned following the confer ence, haa withdrawn any suggestions of arbitration. The men made It clear to blm they bad all along re fused arbitration and that they now .cm bo reason to alter that attitude. It could not be loarned what alterna tive ihe president was considering. It waa announced at the White House following the conference this afternoon that the president will see the railroad managers again at 9 a. m, tomorrow and the brotherhoods' board later. Washington, Aug.' 15. The bur den of concessions In bringing about an adjustment of the threatened rail road strike, appeared to have swung round from the railroads to the em ployes today. After the railroad managers had ' been in the White House for more than an hour and a half, It was learn ed that they have agreed to accept the basic principle of the eight-hour day, but they demand that the ques tion of overtime pay be subject to a more far-reaohlng Investigation. At the conclusion of the confer ence with the managers, President Wilson authorized the following state , ment: ' "The president spent an hour and a half this morning with the repre sentatlves of the railway managers, After the conference he said It was ' impossible as yet to report as to the results; all that he could aay was -that a very candid and honest dis cussion was In progress about the . jpractloable basla of settlement." s , Their acceptance of ihe basis prln- ( Continued on page I) HOUSE APPROVES III PR0G1I URGED BY SENATE Washington. Aug. IS. The house today adopted a naval program of four battleships and four battle crui sers for Immediate construction, ac cepting that part of the naval bill a amendod by the senate and urged by the president. The house gave Indication that It would adopt the entire plan which will involve an expenditure of $315. 000.000. 8hould this be the case, preparedness cost totals would be brought for thla session to I960, 409,000. The vote was 283 to 53. OREGON MILITIAMEN ARRETTED IIV "M. P." Headquartera Oregon National Guard, Calexlco, Cal., Aug. 15; Oregon soldiers who have been 're garding civilian police as harmless ornaments since their mustering In to the United States service, met their Waterloo here today In the activi ties of camp "M. P." . "M. P." ia the camp slang expres sion for military police. Armed with club and pistol, with a blue band on right aleeve, the "huskies." as they are sometime called, have Incarcerat ed more than a doxen northwestern troopers In the provost marshal's "Jug." SLAVS ADVANCE OH UPPER STRYPA Petrogrud, Aug. 15. The Russians have plorcod the new Austro-German line on the Zlota LI pa river at a new point, having crossed to the west bank J of the river in a 12-mile advance i from the upper Strypa, it was offici ally claimed today. Other Russian forces have crossed to the western bank of the Zlota Bla- trltxa, southwest of Stanlalau. In 'the south the Slavs approaching Hal Its are several miles west of the Zlota , Llpa and seriously threaten General ' Bathmer'a right flank and rear. Un less the Russian advance is speedily I checked, the A ust re-Germans must continue their retreat until they reach the Gnlsta Llpa river nearly 35 miles. I Ten days ago the arrival of strong bodies of Austrian and German rein- 'forcements was followed by heavy at tacks that caused the Russian line (to retire allghtty. It Is now believed that these reinforcements have been withdrawn and are being hurried to the defense of Lemberg by a round- i about route south of the Carpathians. The Russians are now drawing In on Lemberg on a curving 150-mile front. At the nearest point, southwest of Brody, they are about 45 miles from the Gallcian capital. GRENADE ATTACK IIS FOR FRENCH Paris. Aug. 15. A French gren ade attack on the northeastern front of Verdun last night resulted In the capture of German trenches on a front of. 300 yards to a depth of 100 yards, It was officially claimed today. The gain was made In the vicinity1 of Saint Fine chapel, at the Intersection ' of the Fleury and Vaitx roads, German counter-attacks at this point were checked. The Germans bom barded French positions at Fleury and on the Vaux-Chapltre aector. A .German detachment last night penetrated a French salient n6rth weet of Beaulne, In the region north of the Alsne, after an Intense bom bardment. They were later expelled by French counter-attack. ' French, artillery waa very active on the Sorilme front last night, but no llnjrantrxnjrsjementa occurred. ' LO BUR CROPS I Charge Is Made at Berlin That the Allies Attempt to Set Fire to Fields of Grab With Incendiary Bombs Berlin. Aug. 15. Allied mllltarr chieftains hsve attempted to aid the starve Germany out policy " by setting fire to German harvest fields, n'cordlng to reports received here. The recent raids by Anglo-French aviators over the 'Black Forest and farm lands near Karlsruhe, are said to have been experimental trips. In cendiary bombs were dropped in sev eral fields with the evident object of starting great fires, but did only slight damage. Adolph ron Batockl, German food director, said today there Is little chance that the plan will succeed. "In the first place, the fields have not been dry enough to enable them to start a great fire." he said. "In the second place, many of the crops are In. In the third place, we have no large farms like you have In Am erica, and If small farms lost their crops In this manner, It would not af fect the total. Don't forget, too, that our aeroplanes are guarding our farms as well as the trenches. Furthermore, our htcrMt har , potatoes, cannot be burned' because they are buried." The oats supply from the new har vest Is so good that horses' ration! will be Increased, Batockl said. The grain crop Is so good that bread rations will be Increased and the fod der prospects are so excellent that Germany expectes to raise as large a stock of pigs this fall as In peace times. . ' By a special arrangement between the government and the cattle rais ers, the latter must deliver to the government so many fat pigs in re turn for fodder, which the govern ment has monopolised. This Insures a certain supply of pork and makes unnecessary the slaughtering of milch cowa unless they are dry. "As the result of these steps, there will be no shortsge In milk," said Batockl. Hi HiY TRIIJEII'S REPRESENTATIVE SAYS STRIKE WDULD Washington, Aug. 15. It a Btrlke of the, 400,000 railway men of the tour brotherhoods should be called, the transportation of the.. United States would be paralysed within a minute after the order was Issued, A. B, Garretson, of the conductors' brotherhood declared today. Garretson gave this Idea of the ef fect of a strike, when asked how long It would take to tie up the rail roads, should the negotiations now being conducted by President Wilson fall. As for the movement of malls, which would be affected by a strike order, Garretson aald the railroads, not the men, would be responsible. "It la the railroads that have the contracts for carrying the mall," he said. "I do not see any reason why we should supply men for this, The roads would have to attend to It. .'Industrial necessity," Garretson said, "It a plea that Is the exousa tor every kind of Injustice and oppres sion. ' ""It was the case In France soma years ago When that nation suspend ed Its constitutional guarantees in order to prevent a general railroad BRITISH Gl 1 SOU FRONT Recapture of 700 Yards of Trenches from Germans is Announced, while French Succeed in Verdua Section London, Aug. 15. -Recapture by the British of about 700 yards of German trenches on the Somrae bat tle front, and a successtull French blow on the most Imoortant sector of the' Verdun battle front, were re corded In official despatches today. The German war office this after noon admitted the British gain on the Bomme front. Berlin, however, announced the re pulse of all other British and French attacka on the Som ma front In the fighting northeast of Ver dun, the French captured German trenchea on a 300-yard front to depths of 100 yards, It was officially claimed at Paris. The gain was made north of the Chapel of Saint Fine, at the point where the German .line dips closest to the city of Verdun. Conflicting claims came from Pet- rograd and Berlin today on the pro gress of the Russian drive on Lem berg. An official . statement - from Petrograd claimed that another Slav force haa crossed the Zlota Llpa river and Indicates that the new Zlota Llpa line, to which General Bothraer retreated from the river Strypa must soon be abandoned nnder heavy Rus sian pressure. Berlin announced that Bothmer re pulsed strong Slav attacks, inflict ing heavy losses on the enemy. The Italian war office claimed the capture of several sections of enemy trenches west of San s Grado and Mount Pecinka and the capture of 1.575 prisoners In that region and In fighting east of Gorltt. Berlin's official report of the re pulse of attacks south of Lake Dol- ran Indicated a continuation of the lively patrol fighting in the Balkans. Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 15. An other 10 cent cut In mid-continent crude oil to 95 cents was announced today by the Prslrle Pipe Line com pany. PARALYZE T strike. This waa perhaps the great est violation of constitutional rights In late years. When ever anything happens where the money kings do not want to give us a fair share, they claim that It Is an Industrial neces sity to continue In the old state, but the history of civilisation has prov en that It Is not." ' - , MAINE SITUATION IS ! ENCOURAGING FOR WILLCOX New York,, Aug. 15. Declaring that the "profession of political pro phecy was extra haaardous, " Wm. R. Wlllcox, chairman of the repub lican national committee, today de clined to make any prediction con cerning the coming Maine election, other than to remark that the situa tion looked "very encouraging." Senator Clark of Wyoming waa a visitor at the republican headquart ers today en route home to take part tn the campaign. Clark ' pre dicted a republican victory In Wy oming. The campaign will be opened at Cheyenne Aug. 15 Ty Governor Hughe, STRIKE DEER TO III illLII SMS Washington, Aug. 16. Because of the threatened railroad strike the war department today suspended In definitely the proposed movement to the border of between 25,000 and Zir 00Q mobilized militia In state camps last week ordered to the Mexican line." .: ' ' U V The reason for suspending the ord er Is a possible shortage of supplies and difficulty of obtaining transport ation for the men. It has no connec tion, it is said with possible use of the troops during the threatened strike. Until further orders are Is sued, none of the organizations which are preparing to leave state camps will be sent to the border." ' The order to keep the militiamen at places near their mobilization camps came from General Funs ton. Funston's message follows: "In view of the possibility of a general railroad strike, I desire to call the attention of the war depart ment to difficulties that will follow In maintaining food supplied not only of troops in this department,' hot of the civilian population as well.' These border states produce little foodstuffs except cattle." ' FOR PRES. VILSOII Wilson will go on no campaign "stumping tour." ': This was definitely decided at a lucheon today, tendered by the presi dent and Mrs. Wilson to members of the democratic campaign committee. From time to time the president will accept invitations to deliver ad dresses in different parts of the coun try, but the only trips decided o far are Hodglnvllle, Ky., Sept 4 and St. Louis, Sept 20. September 2 he will go to Long Branch, N. J., where at 4 p. m. he will receive formal notification of his renomtnatlon. After the Hodglnvllle speech, the president will return to Washington to remain until congress adjourns, after which he will go at once to the "summer white house" ' it Shadow Lawn, which will be the center of democratic activities until election time. Chairman Vance McCormlck said delegations from all parts of the country would see the president at Shadow Lawn and he Would hold reg ular conferences there, except for the occassional trips into the heart of the country to deliver addresses. 'McCormlck said no plans yet had been made for any trip that would carry the president aa far west as the Pacific coast but that he might accept one of a score of Invitations that have come to him from coast cities. The campaign committee, after leaving the White House met with the presidents cabinet in secretary McAdoo'a office. mm are TAKEN AT GORITZ Rome, Aug. 15. Several sections of Austrian trenches have been cap tured by the Italians in sharp fight ing west of San Grado and Mount Pecinka, It was officially announced today. In these operations 1,460 pris oners were taken. East of Gorltt heavy fighting is going on before Austrian entrench ments. In these encounters 225 pris oners were taken. The Austrtane made unsuccessful demonstrations for the purpose of diverting Italian troops in the region of Mount Plnta, Forame, ColonVbra, Mont CIraone, Selugglo and Pasublo. , KEEP MJLITIA 10 E CAMPAIGN TOUR IGEWR Air Raids by German Dirip. ties will he Presented to Pcish the British Became of the Baring Crew Berlin, via Sayville.jku. 15- ; German Zeppelins will punish Eng land for her failure to punish the crew of the British steamer Bara long, who killed members of a Gar- . man submarine crew, after they had been made prisoners, it was offlclallr announced today. ' " .;' In future Zeppelina raiding English towna will have no consideration for the lives of civilians, r ; The government today made known its position In transmittina: to the ' relchstag a white hook on the Bar. ' long case, containing the official Ger man and British documents. The final report says: ...'-,.',, '.: "The German government, replying to tire declarations of the British gov- 1 ernment about the German memor andum of Jan. 10, 1916, on the Ban- long case, decided that on account of . the British government's revolting at- r uiuae, u was impossible to continue taawgotlaticms- Ar the same- tin " K announced that It would itself take, reprisals corresponding to the proro- '. cation. "The German government, of course, declined to retaliate for the crimes committed by British seamen by bringing similar reprisals for -In- '. stance, shooting British war prison- -ere. But German airships will have convinced the English people that Germany Is able to atone for the cruelties perpetrated by the officers and crew of the Baralong. "If. fnrmorlv fliat ni.irf.M.1.1, . tlanger for the civilian noDnlsttnn vim. particularly considered when nninr German Zeppelins for military pur poses, such regards are no more re prisals In the face of the Baralong murder. (The text as sent by wire- less Is not clear at this point) . Since then the arm of the airship has been used against England within the 11m- its of the law of nations, without any'' such regard. In every airship that throws destructive bombs on London or other defended towns or such that contain establishments of military' character, England shall remember ' the Baralong case." The British patrol shin Baralong. flying an American flag, sunk a Ger man submarine In Aug. 1914. The submarine crew was captured, but in a fight aboard the Baralong, the exact details of which are sot known, the submariners were killed. Accord ing to stories from American mule teers they were kicked off the patrol boat Into the water, or shot as they were pleading for mercy. Germany demanded an explanation of the "Baralong murders." England countered with the proposal that a board of neutrals Investigate . the BaralonK affair and at the same time ' the sinking of the liner Arabic, the . British steamer Reul and the attack , on the BritUh submarine E-1S In Danish waters, which occurred at about the same time as the Baralong Incident The German government rejected this proposal and notified England on Jan. 14.19K. that the would exact reprisals. The exact na ture of the reprisals Is disclosed for the first time In dispatches from Ber lin today. Washington, Pa., Aug. 15. Three t men were killed and several others . were Injured at Vance, near here, early today when two doubleheader freight trains of the Baltimore Ohio railroad crashed head-on.