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A' 1 . DAILY EDITION YOI VI., No. 8M. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COfXTX OREGON, SIMMY, AUGIBT 20, 1916. WHOLE NUMBER 182. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grant Pass Has1 a Taper With Pull Leased Wire Telegraph Service. ALLIES IKE GREATEST GAIN teutons Pushed Back Along Entire Somme Front-Biggest Guns Used in Modern Warfare Aid In Advance 'London, Aug, 19, -British troop kuried back the German lino north of the Somme last night In one ot the greatest gain made by the allies Ince the opening- mah or the allied offensive. The Germans were thrown back on practically every lector of a sli-mlle front, extending from a point south or Thlepval to the point where the Brit ish line link up with the French near Gulletnont. The greatest British gain was scor ed from Foureaux wood eastward to the Junction with the French. Gen eral Uatg announced this afternoon that the British advent d cn tw mlle front in this region, penetrating German trenches to a depth of from 300 to 600 yards. ' .- The capture of the western out aklrta of the Tillage of Gutllemont and Important advances north, north west and tast of toe village leaves the Germans still clinging to the ruins of the village In a deep pocket and In danger of being cut off. The Ger mans made a determined counter- taok during the night, but were, re pulsed except at one point where they gained, aUttle ground. , Ixmclon. Aug. 19. Brltlsli troops have struck a great blow against the German lines north or the Somme, rapturing the outskirts or the village cf Gulllemont and making gains' on . prnrtk'ally the wole Somme front. General Halg reported this afternoon. ' Between Ovlllers and Thlepval. the British pushed forward over half a mile, taking hundreds of prisoners, llalg asserted. The British advance wns made at various points along a six-mile Jront, extending from a point northwest of Ovlllers to the regon or Gulliomont. The most decisive gains were scored between Ovlllers and Thlepval, where the forward rush of the British thrust deeply Into the German lines around the salient at Thlepval. East sntl southeast of Mouquet tarm (southeast of Thlepval) the "British advanced 300 yards. Farther east soveral hundred yard of enemy trenches were captured between "the Foreaux wood and the 'Bapaume-Al-bert highway, an advance that brought the British lines closer to the fortified village of Martlnpulch, .of the local Gorman strongholds. Still further east, the British drove the Germans rrom the western out skirts of Gulllemont and pressing on northwest of the town, captured hos tile positions between Delevllle wood and Glnrhy, capturing German posi tions In the ordchards north of Long neval. London, Aug. 19. Giant 18-Inch guns, outranging the famous German 43 centimeters, are playing a most Important roliV In the allied advance on both bank ot the Somme. Despatches from the French front today revealed for the first tlmo the presence of these new artlllory mon sters. Capable of throwing every two minutes n shell weighing nearly a ton, the new allied cannons are blowing great holes In the German works and systematically levelling fortiriod vil lages, Despatches from Berlin today re ported u deadlock on both the Rus sian and Italian fronts, though the latest official statement from retro gnul announced slight gains In the eastern Carpathians, T ays jo rai Washington, Aug, 19. Secretary ot War Baker today refused point blank to discuss the report that Gen eral Funston has recommended the withdrawal of General Pershing's army from Mexico. "The department's policy' Is not to d lectins rumors," Baker said. "The department will only discuss It own actions." Army officials were equally reti cent regarding the report from 8an Antonio. A national railroad strike would put Pershing's column In a dangeroua position as regards main tenance, some officers aald. Tile troopers would be In po tentially hostile country with supplies sufficient to last only a month at the most and no certainty ot replenishing. The militia organisations on this side of the border would offer a big problem of the aame sort, since they are consuming vast quantities of sup plies daily ten carloads of food be ing shipped Into El Paso alone every day. Washington, Aug. 19. The sen ate today passed the worklngman's compensation bill without a roll call, following futile effort by Senator Cummins, Iowa, to amend it so a to give the secretary of labor and not the commission provided for in the measure, jurisdiction provided by the bill. - VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACK IS HELD Paris, Aug. 19. The Germans en tered a small element of a French trnech north of Maurepas in most vio lent counter-attacks against all the newly-won French positions north of the Somme last night, but at every point where halted, It was offlolslly announced today. German assaults north of the Som me reached their greatest violence between Maurepas and Clery. The Teutons vainly attempted to expel the French from the outskirts ot Maure pas and throw back the French lines threatened to encircle the village. , The German resumed the fighting on the northwestern front of Verdun last night with two grenade attacks against the French salient north of Avocdurt and against Hill S04. Both attacks wore checked. Tho Germans were driven back to their trenches. Artillery was most active on the whole Verdun front. In Thursday's and Frlday'a fight ing the French captured 300 prison ers. ' New York, Aug. 19. The Italian steamer Stampalia, formerly In ser vice as a liner between New York and Italian ports, but more recently engaged us a troop transport has been sunk, presumably by a submar ine, according to reports received by her agents here today. . The Stampalia, a steel twin-screw steamer, ot 9000 tone, reached Genoa July 30 from New York and was scheduled to sail from Now York on the return voyage on August 26. Local agents of the , line received notice 15 days ago to cancel all book ing far the return trip to Genoa ns the Stampalia had been taken'over by the ttallnn government as a trans port, ''' , , Tho , Stampalia was owned by the (J "Veloce Navigation company of Genoa.' She was built In 1901 and was 476 feet long, with a beam of C.5.8 Jot. ( FIISTOII In III EO SUBMARINE SINKS ITALIAN TRANSPORT ARBITRATIOH REPUBLICANS DEWJDED STAND FOR BIfiTS LABOR Thirty-Three Presidents Hold Out for Settlement of the Whole Question By Out side Tribunal of Mediation Washington, Aug. 19.Demandlng arbitration as a basis of settling the dispute with the brotherhoods, Hale Uolden, president ot the Burlington road, this afternoon Issued a state ment, outlining the position of the 31 railroad president who called on President Wilson this morning. The elghtJhour day when consid ered In connection with the railroad train service Ls a question of honest difference, the statement said. The fact that railroad must operate at all hours, "renders it Impossible to restrict the usee of railroad labor to a fixed standard." Jt aald. . : St. Paul, Aug. 19. ."We will stand out against the eight-hour day and President Wilson's present plan for averting the strike, a we now under stand It, even If every other railway In the United State accept the plan." said L. W. Hill, head of the Hill In terests, today. These Interest con trol the Great Northern, Northern Paciric and Burlington lines. "Such a plan mean receivership for the roads," Hill continued! "In addition. 'it would cripple our train service. In the south 28 rail road operate under the eight-hour day principle and every one of them, without exception, are in the hand of receivers. We wont be. We would not get any increased rates to bal ance the increased cost. We know that So we simply will not accept the principle." "Our government operates a rail road In Panama," continued Hill. "It gets four times the freight rates we get here. Yet that road has no wint er conditions to surmount, no hills to climb and no mountains to tunnel. Hill, said he was talking directly only for the Great Northern. "I can say unequivocally that the Great Northern never will accept the eight hour principle," concluded Hill. II 111 illVISTIGATE 1 N MUD FOR 11 EMIT STATION The claims ot Grant Pas tp a federal 'mining experiment station were yesterday presented to Van H. Manning, director of the United States bureau of mines, and upon whose recommendation, Secretary of the Interior lane will base hi next designations of stations. Ten sta tions are to be established within the, next three year. Two ot three for this year are already selected, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Tucson, Ariz ona. Mr. Manning has Just com pleted a tour of the northwest gath ering a first-hand data upon which to recommend the third station. Ten cities are applying for loratlous, Baker City being the other one In Oregon. Seattle's claim Is based onj""""" "l the government's desire to be close to development being done In south- eastern Alaska, and the fact that,-""- '"- '-"' It must also serve Washington, Idaho,0 llkf district, from knysuch and part of Montana. a,d " ft ftat wl lvo' a n n miii .m. ,,...n. nf the California and Oregon Coast railroad ablv nreaented the argu ment tor the' local station, basing Sound Economic Principles Only Safeguard lor Labor ing Classes-War Cannot Always be Depended on ' San Francisco, Aug. 19. Speak ing before 1,000 workingmen at the Union Iron. work during the noon hour today, Charles E. Hughe urged contentment "through cooperative ef fort." and announced hi advocacy ot old-age pensions. Hughes was Introduced by Igna tius Sullivan, a machinist clad in overalls, who stood beside Hughe while he made atalef speech. "Thl country cannot afford to have its prosperity dependent upon war abroad." he said. "There Is no grievance which could not be settled amicably if - fairly treated. I am her to see that Justice ls done to every man In thl country; that every on has honest and fair treatment; that we have cooperation between the men and employer." . i'J'" T 'v'' " Safc Francisco. Aug. 19. The! til California republicans will have to settle their own differences In their own way; Presdentlal Candidate Hughes does not propose-to recognize the existence of any friction. The republican nominee so Indicated his position today In conference with var ious state leader. In the meantime, a truce was apparent between the regulars and progressives, manifest ing Itself when a photographer ar ranged to pose the nominee, National Committeeman crocker and Chester T. Rowel, progressive leader, to gether. Hughes, it was said hy those with whom he talked, feels that he should not mix In local or state issues, for the reason that he does not desire to be Involved In anything except a clear-cut issue with the democrats. Hughes addressed one of the larg est gatherings he has faced during his enttre "swing around the circle" In the Civic auditorium here last night f ourteen thousand persons, it was (Continued on page S) it on points decided upon in pre vious conferences. The first good reason for local establishment Is the magnitude of the. area which would be served that In southern Oregon and northern California being the largest mineral region of any being considered for the station. In ad dition to this, the great variety of ores and minerals to be found In this section mark It as especially needy ot the services of such an ex periment; station, which does for the miner what the agricultural station does for the farmer. Another con sideration which calls for such gov ernment aid, Is the fact that owner ship and operation of mineral prop erty in this region is largely Jn the j i j 1 1 A -i ... . j"8"0 csa not mnora e''en8,ve The present distance of this ' lADr 1MI U'lt Vl Ml A tTKA.fl AAat At A A flnK1 or iuihi rmnuiiaiiiiieui. uiuvr reasons are given as lying In the Im pending rapid development of old ter- (Continued on Page Six.) insn FOR Eilfl TliEII'S DAY Washington, Aug. 19. President Wilson today in a formal statement of hi propoaal for settlement ot the difficulty between the railroad ot the country and the railway brotherhoods. Indicated bis intention to stand pat on hi insistence that the elgki-hour day be granted the worker. -.. , "This aeems to me a thoroughly practical and entirely fair program," he said, "and I think the public ha a right to expect its acceptance." It is believed the president ls pre pared, now that the 1 brotherhood have accepted hi program, to throw the burden of blame for a strike cr on the railroad owner, if a strike re sult. "The eight-hour day now undoubt edly has the sanction of the judg ment ot society in its favor and should be adopted as a basis for wages even where the actual work to be done cannot be completed with in eight hours," the president said. At the same time President Wilson propoeed that the demand for extra pay for overtime and all other Issues be postponed, pending an Investiga tion and suggested that, It necessary, he would obtain authority from cong ress to appoint a body of Impartial investigators to probe the whole situa tion. This body, he said, would report to congress though without making any recommendation.' . ' , ; .The statement was issued just alter 33 railway presidents had assembled at the White House to give their re ply to the proposition. ? ."' President Holden of -"the Burling ton road, told the president that they continued to stand for arbitration,. and did not believe it right to ask them to abandon that principle. He made it plain, however, that the full power of attorney to reject or ac cept the president's plan lay finally with the railway managers' commit tee, who are still in the city, but who have not participated In any ot the conferences with President Wil son since the railway president ar rived.' '... V .... It Is expected that before the final crisis has been reached, the railroad managers will be asked to the White House to indicate -whether they will accept or rejuect the president's plan. There ls strong indication today that rather than reject It and precip itate a strike, they will ask for more time and further conferences. President Wilson's Intimation that the Interstate commerce commission might be expected to give a very fair consideration to rate Increases If the eight-hour day Is granted, Is one ot the things the, managers will try to clear up. s 1 . President Wilson offered what be believed was a practical means of meeting, the situation and urged the executives to put It Into effect. KOVEL OFFENSIVE Petrograd. Aug. 19. Heavy fight ing has broken out on the Russian front east of Kovel after a lull of several days, while the Russians pressed their advance In eastern Gal Ida and near the Carpathians. The war office today announced that stubborn fighting along the Sto chod river, the czar's troops broke through the Austro-German position and captured the town of Toboly. A considerable advance was scored in this fighting. Further, south, near Svinlcht, the Slavs repulsed eight desperate enemy attacks that followed a heavy bom bardment. In the Prlpet marsh dis trict northeast ot Kovel, the Russians captured enemy positions west of Lake Nobel, In the Chervlsche river region. ; ; ' '.' " RENEW GULF COAST HURRICANE ABATES Damage is est so Great as at Fust Esfcated-Arcy Casips in Track cf Stem ire net Seriously Injured Galveston, Aug. 19. A steamer. believed to be the overdue Fort Mor gan, of the Gulf Coast t Fruit Steam. hip company, was sighted several mile off the bar at 3:10 p. m. today, approaching the harbor. She will anchor in the road about fire o'clock. ' . . ;.,-' San Antonio, Aug. 19. Radio re port received at Fort Sam Houston from Brownsville thi afternoon, states that the gulf hurricane caus ed only slight damage in the military camps along the Rio Grande. Tent were blown down, forcing the men to move during the night, but there were no casualties. : Dallas, Texas, Aag. 19.C. A. Gates, manager of the Southwestern. Telephone company' office at Rocx port, made hs way on foot to Gregory, L20 miles, west of there this aftanoo ... and communicated with the local of ficers. He said there was v"some loss of life in the water off Rock port, . during the urricane," al- though the town Itself had not asu altie. -;v Gates report is believed to refer - to the loss ot the steamer Pilot Boy late yesterday, when 10 men wera drowned. Rockport is located on a peninsula a tew miles north of Port Aransas, where the Pilot Boy went down. " ; ' ' . Northeast of Eagle1 Pass the Inter national & Great Northern railway ls out of commission from Pearsall to Cotulla, a distance of 30 miles. Tha rainfall was heavy throughout that, section. Dallas, . Texas, Aug. 19. The Southwestern Telegraph ft Telephone company received a wireless from Brownsville, via Galveston,' shortly before noon today, stating that the 30,000 national guardsmen there and in the vicinity, are safe. No loss of life resulted from the hurricane la that region. The telephone company's wires are working as far south as Sinton, sixty miles north of Corpus ChrlBtl, and workmen have strung a .temporary line from Stnton to the bay shore op posite Corpus Chrlstl. They reported the causeway and the San Antonio ft Aransas Pass railway bridge connect ing Corpus Chrlstl with the mainland. badly damaged. The workmen, at last reports, were sent across the hay with a cable and expect to establish direct communication with San An tonio by two o'clock. Reports to tha telephone company Indicate that the center of the hurri cane passed between Corpus Chrlstl and llarllngen about 30 miles north west ot Brownsville. From there the storm passed In a narrowing path In a northwesterly direction, veering steadily to the east. It le believed to have blown Itself out on the plains of Uvalde county, 25 to'. 50 miles northeast of Eagle Pass. Beevllle, Texas, Aug. 19. "Things, are mighty bad. A big pavllllon has just blown awa and a boat has sunk out In the harbor." That was the laBt message received over the telephone from Corpus Chrlstl,' shortly after 11 o'clock last night, at Sinton, 30 miles south ot here,, and 25 miles north ot Corpus Chrlstl. , . (Continued 6n page I) ' K , i ' , ' ' ' .