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Newspaper Page TextUniversity cf Oregon . Library i Medford Ma IL TRIBUNE I FORECAST 1 A I It TOXKiHT AMI St XIIAY. WEATHER Jnfinuni ytctitay, :; Mill, loilny, U. Phh:I. .30. Fortv-txth Year. 4 nnllv Khventti Yar. MEDFORD ORKflOX. KATPK'DAY. AT'OUST 12. 191(5 XO. 122 n W1EDIATI0NFAILS GERMANSSTR1VE TOAVERTSTRIKE DESPERATELYTO OF RAILROADERS New Form of Arbitration Offered Men Reply Expected Sunday President Wilson Asks to Meet Both Sides if Deadlock is Reached Unable to Offer Compromise AVASIIIXOTON', A ur. 12. Presi dent Wilson sent word today to the mediators attempting to settle the threatened railroad strike that lie would like to consult with represen tatives of both sides before there Is a break. ' The president informed the me diators that a strike must be avoided and (hat if a deadlock were reached, he would like an opportunity to talk to the representatives of the railroad mananers and employes. Mediation lulls. NEW YORK, Ans. 12. --The final errort of the I'tilted States hoard of mediation and conciliation to settle the differences between the railroads and their 100,000 employes through mediation has Tailed, but the me diators today proposed to the brother hoods a new form or arbitration, which shortly after 1 1 o'clock bro therhood chiefs and delegates began to consider In executive session. No decision was reached today by the representatives of the brother hoods of railroad employes on the , quest ion of accepting a proposal of arbitration. They will Rive their an swer to the United Slates board of inedlntlon and conciliation tomorrow morning. I'pon the decision of the employes as lo whether tills form of arbitra tion will be accepted, depends the question of cftlling n nation-wide rail road strike. If the proposal Is re fused, the only chance of preventing a strike lies in an appeal to President Wilson to use his good offices In a last effort to bring the disputants to. fcether. Xch- Arbitral lull Proposed. Announcement of the failure or mediation was made by "Martin A. Knnpp, a member of the mediation lioard, after a conference of the me diators with the brotherhood chiefs and delegates, which lasted more than an hour. The precise terms of 1he new arbitration proposal were not made public, but the proposal is understood to involve an enlarge ment of the arbitration board pro vided for under the Xewlands art to 12 members. This scheme is under stood to be agreeable to the railroad managers. "We came' to the men," said Mr. Knaiip, "with our belief that after several days of" discussion, there was no prospect of arriving at a settle ment by mediation. We, therefore, put up to the men a proposal of arbi- SUFFRAGETTES 10 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., A us. 12. A plun to "enter eampiiiy;n netiv itie in tlie twelve suffrage stntes mitl fcldres ii'e:ils to the four mil lion women voters of these stains for support of the cause of national equal Miffrnire was orinptoi! today ut the elciMtijr eonferenee of the national women's party. Party workers, as signed to the various states, were in structed to oppose the re-eleetion of all democratic nominees, nlthnuuh, in keeping with the election policy adopt ed yesterday, active support will not lie oflicially jiiven. the nominees of other parlies. Reports ('mm party managers stat ed that organization work iw well advanced. In Arizona and Wyom ing it had been completed down to count ic ami prer-inct-, it was an iionii' t'd. and im-t of Colorado was oruMhi.ed. Instruction- to complete thi?" work in other states hy Septem ber l"t were L'iven llic party organizer- when the pen kin: cmpain will Im L-in. The clo-iiii; part oi the cam paign, oliicers annonm-rd, would Itc '.-pci'taeui;ti." . .. 8 CHECK ALLIES Heavy Attacks Delivered on British and French Lines on Somme All RepuUcd Russians Keeping Up Impressive Drive Towards Lem berg Italians Advancing, ...I.OXDOX, Ans;. 12. Persistent ef forts are being made by the allies lo stop the allied offensive on the Somme by counter nlucking both the French and liriti.-h. Heavy attacks were delivered last night on the iMvnch-llrilish lines, but neither were siu-1-es.-.ful, according to the allied war offices. The French were attneked both north of (lie Snniinc, near Hem wood, and south of this river at Lit Mais onette, the artillery stopping bolli ns sanlts. The attack on the llritisli took place north of Pozieres. Lon don declares it was nowhere success ful in penetrating Hie British posi tions and resulted in heavy losses (o tin- Germans. In Onlieiii the Russians are keeping up their impressive drive towards l.embcrg from the southeast. After t..king Stnnislau Cieneral l.ctohttzky is pushing onlownrd Ilalicz. the im portant railway junction to the north on the Dneister and key position ill the I.enilierg defenses. l'ctrogrnd reports the crossing of the Koropice river by the Russians i nlhc region north of lluczucz. Italians Advancing liOMK, Auk. 12. Kalian troops are advancing' mi the f'arso plateau, the war office announced today. The Austrian are still holding out in the hills cast of Oorizia. The Italians have occupied the rntwilof Oppticehiusella on the f'arso plateau. The lown of Oppacchiasella is one mile cast of the Vallone line which the Austnnns- were reported by the Italians yesterday to have taken up after the capture of the Dobcrdo pla teau by the Kalians. This indicates that the Italians have succeeded in pushing back the Austrians a sub stantial distance further after clear ing Ihe llolierdn plateau. Oppaoesia sella is six miles southwest of fioriz- lEussiaiLs Make Progress. PKTROORAD, Au. VI ltnssinn troops in Galicia have erossed tlie river Koropice and captured two vil lages, it was announced today by the war office. The statement follows; Wit the region of the middle Scr oti) our troops, pursitinir the enemy as he. retreats from his fortified posi tions, continue to advance on W'eer na. In the vicinity of Huczacz, to (lie north of this town, our troops are continuing their advance. They have crossed the river Rnropiee at some places by the middle stream and cap lured the villages of Slohtidka.mtrnft and l-'olvai ki. In the direction of Mnmisterzyskn we captured the ruil- Wiiv line running; between Monaster r-yska and Czor!koff and the ground between the lota Lipn and the Noro- vanka from the village of Bystritza Scoltvina to tlie south. Hcfore evae uating Stanislau the enemy blew up railroad .junctions and switches. Oth envise tlie town was rpiite undamaged ami in perfect order. Gviniiin.s AtUick, PARIS. Aug. 12. A vigorous at (Continued on Page Two.) ROMK, Aug. I J. The .burch of Santa Formosa w.i.1. dc-troyed in the Austrian aeroplane raid on Venice "n the night nf August lu. Nearly all of the works of art .rv the chnn h ha i been removed mouths ago. The chi:rrh of SmU I oini. c va. ccral centuries ol it ' vart iniild in't ih.li. hem unknown. It v.:i' fc modtlcd in 1 '!!. One of it- altars coii-idcr t the ina-tcrp'": of P.ilnia Vicehoi. Atn'n r altur wa erectcii in 1 47;t. The church al- contaitifd Madonnas bv Sa - t crrato and 1'ittro Diamaina. ANOTHER i jf -saMpkc y TURKS ADIT NEW CAMPAIGN NEWTOAN FOR REVERSE AT SUEZ flFOFIICTl BRITISH FLOATED BLAMING STORM AT NEW YORK LONDON, Aug. 12. The ndnils- slou Is made in a telegram received here today from Constantinople thai the Turks were compelled lo full haek after the recent battles with the British east of the Suez canal. Turkish forces, which ndvanced for reconnaissance, made attacks on strongly consolldaled positions of Ihe enemy, the dispatch says. "They oc cupied the first line trenches and toward evening reached the barbed wire obstacles of Ihe enemy's main position. I "Meanwhile a gigantic sand storm came up and Impeded our left wins, preventing prosecution of the recon naissance of this area. The enemy, assisted by detachments of troops with camels, and by reinforcements drawn from the direction of El Kan tara and Duldar, took advantage of this situation, lie made a surprise attack on the rear of our lert wing, part of which, after long fighting, fell Into his hands. We left In the position some machine guns, which we had rendered unusuable. "Owing to tills Incident, we with drew our troops in the direction of Katia. On August 5 the enemy with all his forces attacked our troops encamped In the district of Katia, hut was repulsed with severe loss In a counter attack. We withdrew that night to a line east of Katia." CLOSE MOUTH OF E MAKIIFTK.r.n. (Mc. Amr. VI. As a result of the invcntiutimi into the snlinnn fishermen's war on the Ifnpu-' river, begun this week by (Inveninr James Witliycomlie and Ihe fi-h unci irame commission, it was unyniinced today that the mouth of tlie stream will be closed lo fixlting- A licuiing will I"' at fiold Heach next Friday lo fix the area llmt will he clo-ed to seininc npcratious. The be-t seininc fpiunds on the river will lie dosed hut officers of the fi-!i and game coinini-ion here slated that this would he tlie nm-t effective means of ending the trouble between indeiiendeiit gill net t'i-liermen and employes of the Maeleav Salmon Packing company and that it would aUo allow more ti-h to reaii Ihe up piT reaches of llic river. "WESTERN DRIVE" IS ON Five Ships Held Up at Once and Sunk Within Sight of Each Other Suh mersihles Active in Mediterranean Japanese Steamer Destroyed Italians and Danes Suffer. HAVRE, Ans. '-'. Five ships were held up nt once by a Cierman submarine on Thursday morning. Tlie commander of the submarine or dered tlie crew of tlie French steamer Marie to get into Hie mutts anil then sank the vessel with bombs in view of tlie crews of five other ships. The Xorweginn steamers Credo nnd Soro were next sent to tile bottom. Tlie oilier three ships wore allowed to continue their voyages after being searched and their papers examined. Tlie creivs of tlie three sunken ships were picked up by the Ibinish steam er liobcrl and landed at Havre on Friday morning. Steamer ,nteloio Sunk MAIHiin, Aug. 1J. -The liritish steamer Antelope, lulls Ions, has been sunk by a submarine. The crew took refuge in two boats one of whicli was picked up hy the (iree!: steamer Nicli ola Autlianasoiilis. Tlie other bout is mis.-ing. MAI!SK!i,l.F.S. Aug. 12. The pa trol boat K-ltl landed here tonight the crew of 4li men of (lie .!apuuc-c steamer Teniinel Main which was -link in the Meiliten aiicun by a sub marine which showed no flag. Mem bers of the crew st.tle llic vessel was shelled without warning and that the submarine fired on boats in wiiieh tliey took refuge. The Teuunei Maru, .'I-'lllll Ions gro-s, was :il(l leet long. She arrived ai Vladivostok .May 111 frmn New York. 1 1 II I ill II Ship lle-tioycd. I.ONIIUX, Aug. r. Tlie Italian steamship St. Selri-lian has been sunk. COI'FNilAdKN. Aug. I'.'.-Tlie Ornish steamer Slt'iv!n-lt, hoinul from N'ew Ca-tle with iron en-k of but ter. 'JIMUI barrels of M.rk and a large ipianftty of eggs, li;,- been captured by the fiermun- and l.iken into Swine- llllielide, ai-corilillg t llic I'olitikeu. A di-pateli from Malmoe says that a submarine sunk one of n niiuilier of (ierinan steamers which were being convoyed bv (cru an aimed trawlers and torpedo boats. WASIIIN-IJTON', Aug. 1'.'. Hope was expressed ill financial circles to day Ihiil within a fortnight official announcement would lie made that ne gotiations had been completed for n new I i, reported lo be $'..-(l,lllin,non lo fire.nl Britain. This loan Would run for two years, ucc'ording lo n sum mary publi-hed here loday, willi in terest at .'i pel nt and the notes to mature in two years and to he offered al. IMI, would be obligations of the American Foreign Securities com pany, which advanced $1110,(10(1,110(1 to France recently or of a new cor poration with which the same in terests would be identified. Securities for this loan, it is re ported, will include deposits of about $:i(l(l,(lllll,niKI of Canadian, Argentine and Swiss government ' bonds and slocks and bonds of American rail road and indnst rial corporations; and principal and interest will be payable in gold in N'ew York. As in the case of the French loan, the proposed one lo (ircal llritalll would be distributed unions hanks and the public by de baiiturc notes, Tlie Mia in purpose of such n loan is said to lie to provide funds for payment for munitions purchased in tile lilileil Slates. LITTLE CHANCE TO FEED POLAND WASHINGTON, Auj;. U.-TIh' iiiH-oiiipntiiii.-iii.' nt lilinlc of Kuroj cjtri licllijriTi'tiN in the n("'tiii1iins tlir(Mih which ihi 1'iiilffl Slulc hmi hoinl to extend relict' work in thi1 Hiir .ones is ciiii-iiiir keen ili-upptMiit-nieiil iiinoii n (Tie in U hen1. Til roe new notes on Ihe suhjeel wore he 1'nre lite stnte leMi-(men Indus', hut none ol' tlmn nienred lo open miv new nvenue for eontiniiiitioii ol cl forls )o nid the Mnrviiiu' nnd lininrle of t he n r swept n rciis. (irent P.ritnin nnd AuMim ii'.'nin Itiive deelnied in vi-joron term thi'ir :imvillini:ne to reeede 1 'mm th. nv-r-iihilioiis whieh hitve opernted lo rx elude AmeriejMi relief siipplir- from I'olnml iinil Serliiti. Tuike, in ;i note rcfn.-iii: t" l'nnit ii liruttni ronu'iis Moii to HIidellHke to leeil .unl clothe ihe unr suHViers iu Syne, apparent -lv ha- wtt'eiivon-d to t'orrslal) any further liuuiiiiiit;tiiiin ctt ': ts in thn: fpinrtiT. HUGHES STATES CLERK REMOVED FOR POLITICIAN Candidate Finds New Campaign Is ' sue in Montana Customs House Employe Demoted Administration Assailed as a Southern One For eign Policy Criticised as Weak. HMI.KNA. Mont.. Aug. 12. C'hurles K. Hughes, continuing his at tacks on the present administration for its appoinmeuts, today charged Secretary McAdoo "upon reliable in formation" with having replaced Henry N. Clupp, formerly confidential secrctny to John CI. Carlisle, wth Daniel K. Finn, son of "Buttery Dan" Finn, a Tammany leader, as assistant appraiser of merchandise at New York. r-.w; "Some months lifter Clnpp was put out of the service," Mr. 1 1 unties said. "through fenr of criticism on the purt of the department, he was made un examiner In the customs service, much lower position than that held before nnd at a much lower compen sation. " Sout hern Admin 1st rat Ion .Olr. Hughes assailed the adminis tration as a ".southern administration nnd reud a list of tlte house and sen ato committees which had southern men as chairmen. "I have no criticism to make," he said, "of the honor, the respectability or the agreeably character of any of these men, hut t say that an adminis tration under which so many south eriiers are represented Is clanish. "It Is not nil American admlnis (ration in a broad and conclusive sense. "I want to see Ihe south built up. It needs building up. It will never bo built up, however, without repub lican policies being applied: rthltik many of the southern men are begin ning to reall.e that. You can no more build up tho south hy historic democratic doctrine than you can fly through the air with the old flying machines they experimented with thirty years ago." Pock ISiimi Holes The situation in the senate, Mr, Hughes said, was much similar to that in the house .especially with ref erence to tho "pork barrel commit tees.." The administration tariff policy also was nssallcd. "Look what they did lo the sugnr industry," Mr. Hughes said. "They went ahead to wreck a great indus try In many sections of the country. Later they thought better of their own nction. They repented to u de gree. I tell you we don't want legis lation of which we will have to ro llout. We want some foresight In dealing with American Industries." Mr. Hughes again asailed the ad ministration's foreign policy. "It has led 'some nations to be lieve that what It said was not en tirely ready to stand for," Mr. Hughes said. "YV0 seriously Impair ed our prestige from the very begin ning because of the organization of cur sta'e department." TURKS DEFEAT CONSTANTINOI-Li:. An-. VJ The llu-si.in fone in tin' llitlis- -fetor of Tnrki-h Armenia hnvp heen driven hnek 1'nrther hy the Turk-, the war olt'iee iinnoiineetl to ilny iu the following -tiitenieiit : 'The If ii inn forec which owin; to hnd roinU urn! the difficulties r-re ated for u- hy tin' weather, estahlish ed it-ietf on the I'.itlis-Miish line luis heen eoinpelleil irriidualy to ret rent Icaviajf liiins, rifh"- nnd prisoners in our hnrid-. Tlie Kussinn retreat was enu-rd hv our heavy attacks nnd the pressure of our riiht w i n r on tin steep eluisins and' heights. Our ad vnnce continues toward the passe north ot Ifitlis ami .Mush. "In I'eisia our troop- are eoiitinu inir the pursuit of the enemy in tin vicinity of Hnmadau." IlAIriMoitK, An 1 J. Tin dimmer (hut thon-and- of printers may he thrown nut of wirk heeaue of the liih cost of while paper was said to he a question seriously con eerniiii; the delenies to tlie Sixty Second annual convention of the In ternational Typographical L'rnon, which lupins here in'xt .Monday. DANISH SENATE OPPOSES SALE Rejection by Landsthing Seems As suredProbable Result Will be Dis solution of Parliament and New Election Sale is Opposed on Po litics.! Grounds Radicals in Favor. COI'KXIIAflKX, Aii. 12. The Danish laiidstliiiif:, or .Semite, on mo- lion of its president, today decided to resolve itself into n committee lo consider tlie bill for the 'ratification of the snle of the Danish West In dies to (lie t'nitcd States. There nre apparently tlie best grounds for the prediction thai the fnlkctltiii, which loday re iiineil its ilelilierntions on the bill, will approve Hie sale. The lands tiling, however, seems to have n safe majority against the proceeding. The result, ancordiiiir to the best opinion here, will be Hint Ihe ritf.sdajr will be absolved and a new election held mi ller the new constitution while its go intr into effect was to have been postponed until after the war will in tlie event of need lie put into force immediately. Tlie radicals and so cialists who are in Ihe majority in the lower house, favor confirmation. Iu the hiudsthing, however, tho con servative and left opposition appears certain to prevail. Purely Political Much of the opposition lo confir mation of (lie sale is not based on economic, or broader grounds, but is purely political. U is duo mninlv to a feeling o f resentment nt the iiltitude of the government whieh Hie objectors accuse oT conducting negntiiitinns wilh the I'niled States in secrecy nnd of hnving denied that, such negotia tions were, under wny until tho very moment, Jho-iiiinouiKiemnrit ,wiui.mndo that a bargain hnd been struck. , .7. ('. ( hrislcnscn, former prime minister and now leader of the left in thn I'oleslhing, lias declared his be lief Hint the existing rigsdng is not competent lo decide the West Indies iiicstion. In llic cvenl of new elec- lions, however, lie would support con firmation. The fonncr premier was a member of tho government of 1002 which laid the proposal to sell the islands before Hie rigsdng. Then, ns now, the upper house opposed Ihe government proposal, and defeated confirmation. .Suffrage for Servants. The new constitution confers the suffrage upon women and domestic servants anil nlsn reduces the ago of eligibility from thirty to twenty-nine for llic first general election. The total number of voters will therefore lie more than doubled. Hence nohody is lirave enough to attempt to fore cast the probable complexion of Ihe : new rigsdng if one has to be chosen. XKW YOilK crease in bold Aug. 12. An in iculhs and licit cases of infiiuti'e paralv.sis in the epidemic is shown in ( ndny's builclin of. the health dcparti; nt. r-Yrfv-t.wo elii!- drcn died of i Iwenly-foiir ! o'clock Ibis ni cases were re deaths and Hi.' I..; disen-i" during the ours ending nt 10 ruing ami 107 new -l ortcd as uiiainst i new cases yesterday. Since the epi tho plague h.i drcn and there len.ic start I in Juno s i: lucked 8,1 4.5 ehil V.a' c been 1.171 .lentlw. (.'IMCAilO, A.i.'. 12. Four r.ei cases of in 1'n nt ti ? paral.'.sis were ic-poi-led here tunny whieh brings Ihe nt in Chicago up to 48. SHORTAGE OF mi SAI.F.M, Aug. 12. Apprehension was expressed today by tlie Oregon public service comiui.-sion that the car shortage situation would lie acute wilhin the next few dnys. The South ern 1'iicilic railroad reports a short age of "i!I7 cars on the eve of heavy demnnds for curs to move tlie wheat crop iu Oregon nnd the licet crop ill California. Members of the comniis ion said every effort was being made Iu forestall tlie situation. OF WEST INDIES