FORECAST
h'Allt TO.NK.'IIT
AMI Tlll'liSIUY.
Forlv-'lith Tear.
IihIIv lOli-vi-nth To
President Wiit Confer With Manag
ers of Railroads and Employes To
morrow at White House Issue
Rests Pending Final Decision on
Both Sides.
WASHINGTON, Am;. Ili. Presi
dent Wil-on late tmitiv completed a
definite plan for settlement of the
threatened railroad strike which be
will submit tomorrow to the j:encrnl
committee of (flu (5-10 representatives,
(if the "employed' and to the railroad
manager.
Tlu jtln involve I he acceptance" of
a h.i-ii t'iuhuhour day with regular
pay for overtinie and an in ventilation
In a commision of other issues.
. r-rt
WASHINGTON, An-.; KJ. Out of
the deadlock between the railroad
liinimuers and (lie brot herhood lead
ers a new proposal appeared today
for a rpecial commiiou lo consider
imt only ihe pre -out vn;.c dispute,
luii all iltrrs in the futuie.
While Prc-idcnt Wilson, the ninn
nyris committee and the spokesmen
lor the men awaited the arrival of
the employes committee of J 4 0 whi;h
is expected here from New York to
morrow for the next while house con
ference, administration officials and
the representatives of the two sides
considered the committee idea with
a decree of seriousness which indi
cated it would come into the negoti
ations as one of 'he next steps in the
president's attempt to avert a nation-wide
stiiUi.
WASHINGTON', Amlt. Hi. Presi
dent Wilson decided today to post
pone further" conferences with the
representatives of the railroads and
employes on the threatened railroad
.strike until tomorrow, when he will
receive the .general coinmiltee of 6-10
workmen in the east room of the
white house. In the meantime the
committee of manimct-s here and tin
general committee of the employes
will meet to (lisciws tenia live plans
now before them.
In t he meantime, the president
llirou-:h dud-re William 1,. t'hamhers
of I lie federal hoard "f mediation
and conciliation, will keep in close
touch with Ihe representatives of
Jioth sides. Nn enjjn Yemeni has been
made for the mnnnijcrs' committee,
hut it is probable that the president
will see t hem tomorrow.
The plan on which the president
is working is to put into effect Ihe
citiltf -hour day and have a federal
commission investigate collateral issue-.
Details of the plan have not
been worked oaf, but it was said to
be possible' today that if the rail
roads conceded an ciht-hour day the
employes will be uryed to eive up
their demand for time and a half
iverttme.
The proposed commi-sion invest i
cation would imt have power to en
force any dcci.-ent but would inve
ii'jalo all of the pieMioiis involved in
the controversy and make recom
mendations. 'fhe halt in the negotiations has
heen caused primarily by the faet
that the brotherhood leaders who
have been meeting with the president
have no plenary powers and have to
refer all ini'Mtrtant ipie-tions back to
their general committee in New York.
President ' AVil-on deeiiled time
wonJd be saved and better results
achieved if the 610 members of the
(Continued on page tlx)
JEALOUS WIFE IN
FUftY. KILLS RIVAL
M.uiYsvn. .:. y.r., Aim. ir.
Wliil
scores iif traveler t the llur-
11"
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M;
tVi
:tun depot looked mi tutluy, .Mr.
A. (iiliimre. -I'i years ulil. wile of 11
nl livery iiriipricttit-, I'iri'il lour
N at Mr. Klin Shipp-, nl.-n of
ry-vill... All tin- liulleN took i-f.
t. Mr-. Siiiiii- ilii-il a fi'iv min
- i;itri-. Mr. (iilmnrc IkiiiiIi-iI Iut
ut.
8-HOUR DAY ON BRITISH UNABLE
ROADS, BASIS TO WO BREAKTHRO
AVERT LOCKOUT TEUTON DEFENSE
rtvnlM-r tn n b -tinnier, unlki'il t-j tin-
iicrilt".- iifliri- ii ml "iirri-inltTi'il. Hutli
f;nni!ii- nil' inMii.iiM'iit. Mr. Shiip
wn l; i-;ir nlil mill ilinrr'il. Mr.
tiiliiHTi' rrci'iitly tili'it uit fur ili
Yirvi .li'iili'Uy i niil tn linvi'
JUltllllltl li till tllllltill.
M
EDFORD
Berlin Tells of Being Outnumbered
Six to One, Yet Holding Foe Cer
tain Death to Be in First Trenches
During Artillery Fire Horrors of
Most Murderous Battle of History.
GKRMAN TU'KNVIIKK. OPPOS
ITK THK lilimsil PORTION AT
GOMMKrol'liT, ON TIIK SOMMK
F1IONT, Au-.H, via Merlin and Say
ville, ui. 10 (from a staff corre
spondent of the Associated Press).
Half a million British have been en
irnyed in an effort to break tlte Ger
man lines oa the Somme front. Of
ten, as in the fiiihtiui; on the Gont
mecouii and Ilebutorne, the Itrilish
outnumbered the Hermans six to one.
They have named ground to a depth
of from three to five miles over a
front of about eighteen miles, but no
where have been able- to break
through.
.More than ever death has become a
commonplace in this most murderous
battle of all times. The Germans in
the first line know that they prob
ably will be killed if I heir positions
are attacked. Trenches are virtu
ally useless, for the heavy Itritish
shells widen them into broad chan
nels, affording no cover of any sort.
The first tine usually perishes.
The advani'intr Mritish foot troops
are no better off, because the Ger
man reverse the process when part
of their positions have been captured.
After the Itritish artillery has lev
elled the German trenches the infan
try rushes in, often lo be thrown out
aiiaiu as soon as the Itritish artillery
ceases lire, which it has to do, owiny;
to the proximity of tlte opposing lines.
Thus the battle has been oini.r on for
weeks, the opposing forces now frn in
ula; at terrific cost and then losing
at a jrrcnt cost, a .-few yards of
trcuelies.
At present all the fii:hliny; by the
lirilUh is carried on from their Po
zieres salient, where their drumfire
is uueeasiiii; day or niirbt. German
officers who were in the t'hainpane
offensive ' said no sm-h artillery fire
ever had been developed previously.
The German fire, too, is terrific.
An idea o.f its intensity may be gain
ed from the fact that on certain Itrit
ish troops German L'lins threw OH)
shells in one minute and forty-five
-centals, result int' in irrcnt slaughter.
Often the Itritish assault dies be
fore the German second line, from
which machine yuns pour out streams
of bullets which literally cut the men
into fragments. At one time the As
sociated Press correspondent umd
within 800 yards of the Itritish
trenches near Dclville wood. Nearbv
the Germans had .just buried l'JOfi
Itritish as lulls in the lirini permit
ted. Some .")00 Itritish pioneers who the
correspondent saw behind the firiiiy
line plainly, were still da.ed from the
shock. They were a sorry spectacle,
;lnd they had escaped from ''hell," as
they termed it.
The correspondent visited the en
tire front of the present offensive and
everywhere found from talks with
Germans that they were more deter
mined than ever to stand their
ground.
CALIFORNIA 1L IS
E Of EARL
LONDON. Aug. Hi. T;,e Karl of
Tottenham was married in' St.
George's church, Hanover square, l
day, to Miss Patricia Iturke, daugh
ter of the late J. II. Murke of Calk
fornia. Walter Winans gave the
bride nway. Viscount Crowhursl.
eldest son of the carl, acted as best
man.
The Karl of Tottenham's first wife
was Lady Kose Neville. She died in
lit Hi.
Sugar Company Dividends
NKW VOliK. Ainr. Hi. The
("itlnjn-Ameriean Sugar company director-
today declared an extra divi
dend of Hi per cent in ca-h ami 40
per cent in stock in the c"iiiiii;j
-lock, in addition to the regular ipmr
teily dividend of per cent on that
issue.
University of Orefjon jj'
Library .i
MEDFORD
HKhthitf Avblsker lor whisker, ( luules Kvans MukIioh and !. Hamilton Lewis are swiauinu around Ihe
(Mditleal etrelc, talking for auk against 1 1 unites for president.
Kverywhere Hu flics' wliiskc-i-s go .). Ham Lewis' will follow. Voters east, west, norili and south will he
deluded with bewhlskeml oratory.
If the campaign is to he won by the cutest whiskers. It is llnied the laurels will o to .!. Mam. He
nursed his earcfuily while ettriiinu' the name of "hest tlii'ssed and politest seaa(4tr" in Washington.
The whiskers of both are shown here. Which Ls which?
ENTENTE ARMY
IN WEST FAILS
UKlit.lX, An-. Ili The battle of
Pozieres has died dowa after a lon
series of Itritish attacks which the
war oft ice says gained them nothinii.
The Itritish infantrymen remained in
their trenches alt day yesterday. A
nitrht attack near Ovillcrs fniled.
There was lively fihtiiijr airnin
'terday stint beast of Annentieres
and in the Artois,' savs the official t
statement today.
"In the rei;ioii of pozicres tin' Itril
ish continued their fruitless attacks
until yesterday moruinir. Throu-houf
the day their inlantry olid nothing. A
nocturnal attack north of Ovillcrs
failed.
"At Moulin-sous-Tont vent, in the
Aisue district, artillery fiiihlin was
aain revived temporarily on both
sides, in conjunction with a fruitless
('reach ias attack. Kat of lilicims
strong icconnoiterim; dci.ichments of i
the enemy were repulsed. '
SPRING WHEAT
WASHINGTON, An-. Hi ''Di.m
ajie'by bliyht and nist continued on
late-sown sprin- wheat in the north
ern parts of the spring wheat area
n ml extended into northeastern Mon
tana, although the extension of rust
damage was cheeked somewhat by
t he cooler weather t ha t preva iled,"
the weather bureau today announced
in rcviewiii" crop conditions for the
week which ended yesterday, in the
national weather and crop bulletin.
Corn "encrnlly was benefited bv the
weather exi cpt in Kansas, Oklahoma
and north and west Texas, where lit
tle or no rain fell.
PltlNCK KUPKKT, H. C, Aug.
16. Mtb. Mary Sities and two of her
ohlldren of I'ort Clemenls, Queen
Charlotte islands, died today and
Mrs. Si pea' mother and another child jtioiial tenuis dmb!i mutch here lo
wi're made critically ill of ptomaine ' day, 8-(i, (i f. (i- f. tnun Lew ilaifly
poisoning caused by eating fish, j and Nat Kmci-on of Memphis
which Mrs. Si pes prepared recently. southern ihampioii-.
Mrs. SipeH and the two children died I " - .-jl-.-
before aid could be summoned by her
mother, who in sjiite of her own IM-j
ness, managed to reach a neighbor's '
house. 1 t
Old Soldiers Organize
CHICAGO, Aug. Hi. Pmly-liv.
pun isional regiments, including ap
proximately .")IU"HI men, have been
organized among the veterans of for
eign wars of Ihe United State- since i
the sending of state troops to thej
border. These regiments are prepar- ;
cd to be mu-tcicd into the federal
ervir-e. immediately upon their ne- j
ceptam'c by the government in event j
of a war involving the United Stale-, j
according to a report ot Adjutant
General IL A. Woodnlc of Pitts
burg. Gnsolir.e Prices Dro)
ClIlfACO, Auc ii;- ;aolim mis
roiliK i'il in priri' lo 1 7 a pillion
Iutp to'luv. a ri'iiucliun of J I'l-nt,
X
MAIL TRIBUNE
OKF.fiOX. WKDXKSDAY.
WHOSL IS WHOSE?
l -TV 'Vj(
4v
GERMANS CLA M
CHECK TO SLAV
E
Czar's Force" Capture Jalilonitza and
Importar.t Heights at Gateway to
Hungary No dance on Somme
Aviators Active Alnng Italian Lines
on Gorizia Front.
LONDON, Anir. Hi. The Italian
progress is continuing from Gorizia
southeast ward toward Triest , in
which direction add it if ma I AuM i ian
trenches are reported captured.
A .Milan newspaper dispatch car
ries a report that the Merman-will
take over the defense of Triest.
Teutonic resistance to the Ifnssian
pressure in Gnlieia is increasingly
stroll:. Iterlin n-ports only minor
fmlitin on the Dnie-ti't', while Pet-
roi'ad announces n check lo the ad
jvanee in northern Galicin.
The Uussiaiis, altera considerable
I period of inacti ity in the Carpath
'iaas, are inovinir ayuresivcly a;:ains
the teutonic forces there. l-ollow-in;-
the takiiiLr of .lahlonit .a, one of
the chief gateways to Hungary, they
have captured a series of heights
west of Voroklita ami Ardzcnmv.
Alonjr the preach front in
rtomme renion Hiere was in
activity duriii!: hist niuht.
At Verdun there wi: a viident ar
tillery bombardment cast of the
Mciise, but no infantry nctivily.
L'aids by both Aulrian and Ital
ian aii'ineu arc occin rinr with I're-
aud (iorizia, where rival aviators are!
endeavorini; p ial'liet material dam-
ae behind the opp-.inu: Hues,
LONDON. Aug. III. "With the ex
ception of minor inlantry enaiic
ments in the vjeiniiy oj' I 'ozieres,
where our line i bcin consolidated,
theic i-' no chanue between the Alien'
and the Somme," the war office re
port of today sjiy.-.
"There was some heavy shelling by
both sides during the niht."
McLoughlin Wins Match
LAKK POWKST. 111., Aug. Hi.--Maurice
McLoughlin and Ward Daw
ou of Los Amide-. Pacific eoa-t
champion, won tl..ir semi-final na -
WILL OF
( I.K KI.AMl. .. A...,-. Hi
l;ii'' liilniil Iht lli'iiil. Iililikril
ii-r ff- niul wi-iit lijti'U.lii -lri.i.
'1'liiit' Iimw Miil' li -hr worrii-ii jiIi.imI
ii ln'iiiil of hno -In-fclinr
I'niiiriiili- ri'ri'i
lnti' ini-lri'-. Mr-. N'i:
niul lirr tlii'i
IIih M. I'owi'l:
ON ALICIA LIN
Al'dl'ST 1(5, IDlii
E
FEAR LIFE LOSS
f LONDON, An-. Ili. --The cities of
i Ancona, Pesaro and b'imini, Italy.
were sliauen by an earilnpinke early
t his niorniti, says a St el aai News
ajiency dispatch liom Koine today.
Xo ilatua ue was done at Ancona,
but al Pearo and Itimiui houses were
wrecked and it is feared that at b'im
ini there has been los- of life.
PAK1K. Au. Hi. A llavas auency
dispatch from Home todav reports an
eartlupiake shock at Kiinini, Ancona
ami Pesaro ami in the neighborhood j Plainly Hinted by the Imperial ehah
icyion. The shock was felt at. about U-cllor in his Hpeei-h Inline relclistug
S o'clock this morning, many houses April 4. when he made known to
collapsing. j everyone that Germany harbors no
It is feared, says the dispatch, rhnt Minns ni aggression or animxatlon
at l.'iinini persons are under the towards Canada, Ilrazll or any por
ruins. No deaths are reported front tlons of America whatever."
Pesaro or Ancona. According to final reports receiv
ed, the total captures by the troops
I'POP' GEERS DOES
AIll r IM 1 rfl
V T N I'mH
HULL 111 I ,00
"The number of offiecrs and men.
I including combatants am) ihiiihiiii
O., Aug. Hi. When batanls, taken prisoner and caution
veteran race driver, jam! machine guns taken bv ihe troops
( (iLl'MDI'S
"Pop" Geers, t
drove Napoleon Direct under the wire
first in the initial heat of the free-for-all
pace of the grand circuit
races here this afternoon, he negoti
ated tor the first time in his long
caiccr a mile in two minutes or hct-
ter. The time f
I m!)-,.
Ih.
mile
was
LONDON, Aug. Hi. Two new Ger
man submarines of very large size
will depart very shnrtly for America,
necordiiiM to ji Central News dipateh
from The Hague. Il is said I hese
-n hum i'i a es hit ve iiuide t rut I In)
lately.
$47C0 for 'Change Scat
Ci'H'AGO. Aag. Hi.- . Memberships
:to tli
Chicii-jo hmird of trade -..ll
for . 17011 today, an inn-case ot f.MMl recent 'y b-d t the investigation. Of
sinec yc-teiflay and aliuo-I double ' IWr- a--i-rt th-v foaml eviilence
the price of a year ago. The price I hi'-h lemb-d in l that the hoiso
i- sjiid lo he the highi'st on record. I Imd ! gien p-.i-(ti.
WOMAN LEAVES $800 FOR CARE OF
Iiiiy." Our nr tin- I'niir iilv Williil
! Wlii-ii .Mr-. I'iiivi'H'm will win. ii'uil,;
it w'ii-. I'iiiiihI lluil Mi-. Mnr.i Alilrii'li
('iinl'ii'lil, ii u'likiT in llii' Aniiiiiil I'ro-
ii'i'lin- li'ii'jni', li.nl liii'ii :i 1 1 11 1 ( In
ll-r ijli. illrnllll' iliilll -tSMII tu rill'l' ii'
llii' fill- I'm lil'f.
KAISER NO FOE
TO DANI
Von Jayon Issues Statement That
Germany Harbors Plan of Aq
ijresslon nr Annexation on Any
Part of America Deny -Plot to
Balk Purchase !y U. S. A.
j ItlCltLIN, Auk. 1 tlty WlrelesK
(to Suyvlllo) In view of reports that
j Germany was apprehensive over the
j proposed sale of the Danish Went In-
dies to the United States the lureixu
I minister, Gottlieb Von Jukow, made
; the statement today that the Ger
jman government xvas not opposed to
. such a transfer,
j Dr. Von .latfow's statement was
! made in response to tin hxpilry by
.a representative of the Overseas
News Agency reuurdinn reports ema
nating from a 11 ritisli source that In
connection with the proposed tranH
j Ter apprehension was felt in the.
United States because "a certain
foreign power had adopted an under
handed antagonistic attitude toward
! the change In ownership of these
Islands."
!Dr. Von Jugow stated, says the
'news agency announcement, that he
'only knew ot the matter from what
; he had read In the newspapers, hut
that one thing was absolutely cer
; titiu.
"Gnrmany In antagonistic," said
the foreign minister, "to nobody's in
tention as to the distribution of sov
'creign rights in these parts of the
I World. The German policy was
jof General Drussiloff during the op
j rations from June 4 to Anuiit PJ.
tin which period the fortified lines id
i Ausiro-ticrmans stretidun tr
'iver Pripel to the Kumani
,,,,, W(.,.(. taken, were as follows
t rctchin"; t rom
iimanian
of General Kaledine were 2!!Hl of
ficers and HlT.li'J.") men, 1-17 guns, 4")!)
machine guns niul 1 Hi bomb and mine
throwers. Ily General Let chit zky.
Jl.'tn offiecrs," lttl,:7S men, V27 ean
non, -Ili -I machine guns, I bomb
and mine throwers atwl .l.'i powder
carts: by General Sn klia rfd'f. 1!H7
ofticers, 87,- IS men, 7li guns, 'J-'t'J
ma eh i ne g tin-. 111 bomb and mine
thrower- ami I'JS powilcr carts."
E NATI
PoliT MADISON, In., Aug. Hi.-
j lnvetigalion of an alleged plot to
1 poUon horses con-iitiiicd to ugents of
' the entente allies wns begun here to-
jdav bv oflieinU of the Atehis To-
t peka & Santa l-V railroail. The seii-
' on- illuc-- of a shipment of horses
from Kansas Gily h- port Madison
FOUR CATS
HIMI.
"l)iii-." i. In i,i,,mI,- i n.r. Tin'
t ln-i-i mi' "linliv" umi "Wil-mi." Ii
molilli-. niul -;rl.vn, ii yi-nr-.
Tin' rill- h ii I ln'i'ii Mr... I'owi.llV
i'ltlliil II ioll'. lllttill ill!' l.l-( Vi'lir nl
Iicr lil'f.
SH SALE
OF WEST INDIES
!
WEATHER
.Mnviiiiiini tmluy, KM;
Minimum, .111.
NO. 12.-)
Prisoners Taken in Brusseloff's Of
fensive Since Jure 4, Army in Self
Captured Guns and Munitions of
War Runs to Hundreds Admit
Check on Zlota Una Banks.
PETKOfiHAD, Aim. IB. llt-twnen
Juim 4. wlifn the Hussiiin offciinlvu
was Imtugiiratml, anil Aukusx li,
(ifiiei'ul Hi-iiHsiiofrs Cori's cupttlreil
more than 3.K,000 iiion, the war
ofrico announcpd toilay.
The Russian have luiptureil. a hp-i-lfH
of heiKhttr to the: west o.f Vo
roUhta ami Ard.einoy In the. : Car
pathlaiiH. In the Voroklita anil Daln
tyn reKlons, the- AuntrlaiiH ure retta
ins to the west., . '- , ; ; V
The statement says:'
"On the Itiver Zlota !,lpa In. .the
renion south of llrzc'.iuiy our troops1
oi'i'iipieil tretu'hes at some plaees -on
tho western hank ot the river. The
enemy, having; resumed his counter
attai'Us, is elieekltiK our further ad
vance. "In the reKlon between tho Zlota
l.ipa and the Dniester our troops uro
(inhtliiK tlioll' way forward. Tho
ineiny here Is also making a des
perate resistance.
"On the river Hystiitxa we have
occupied Solotviua and Clrinva,
southwest of Solotvina. ,
"In the regions of Dalatyn and
Voroklita the enemy owing to our
pressure, Is rctlrinc to tho west. Our
troops have cnpturctl a series of
heights west of Vorokhla and Ardze
moy. In the direction of tho Kli'll
liaha reKion at C'apul Mountain, nt
tcmpts by the enotny to reuume tho
offensive were l'rustr.Ted hy our
fire. ' : j
"Creat numliei's of. cuns also were
captured, says the report, which
sIvcb the I'ollowInK figures:
"Officers captured 7,757; men,
:!.'iS,S4j; cannon, .10.1; machine
Kuns, 1..12li; mine anil homli
throwers, :i;!S; powder carts, 292.
YANKEE TRADE
I'OKTI.AXD. Ore., Aug. 10.
Charles K. Hughes, in an address to
the Portland Advertising club. In
which he advocated couiliierf ial pre-'
paifiiuess tor European couipetition
through the anency of a protective
tariff, toilay branded as 11 traitor to t
Ills country the man who sought io'
liufld Ui his iirli'iite fortune at pub
lic expense.
"The man who tries to Ret the hot
ter of the public for hisj private
purse," the nominee said, "Is a
traitor to the neve rnnifiit. We will
mi ahead and put these traitors out
ot business while we build up the
business of the United Stales."
The fommcri'ln! problems which
the country will face after the war,
Mr. MukIics sulci, will lie Kreater than
even before.
"We must save tills country every
day," he said. "II won't be saved by
lettinK it drift. It won't lie saved
by tulilut; everything for granted.
Its industries won't be conserved by
ImlulKliiK In Koud wishes around the
club table. We have not to take ac
count of the lessons learned on the
other side and apply them. We have
Rot to consider honest business with
tiie success and pride that It deserves
and we have Rot to fearlessly con
ib'iiin abuses.
"We have Rot the basis for suc
cess. What we now need Is first tho
motive power ot unswerving loyalty
and a teal consciousness of national
unity, which will rill us with a
dominant sense of put riot Ic loyalty
lo (lie Tniled Stales.
"With that we want a conception
of real government. We want to be
well prepared, well orRunl2ed com
mercially and Industrial!?. We h.ive
Rot to match organization with or
ganization, preparedness abroad with
preparedness al home In all things."
In oiienlng his address. Mr.
HiighfK declared that while li.- wan
speaking to the Portland Advertising
club, he was a member of "(lie re
publican advertising club." ,
RUSSIAN DRIVE
COSTSGERMANY
358,000 IN IN