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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