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Newspaper Page TextI'l'1 i Mebforb Mail Tribune i FORECAST FAIR TOXIC HT WAIl.MIOH S ATI' It DAY. WEATHER Maximum yesterday, Oil; Min. unUiy, 17: Pre. ,:ia. Forty-stxth Year. rniiv loii-vftiih Year- MEDFORD OHKCiOX, FIJI DA V, AUGUST 18. 191( NO. 127 RAIL CHIEFS REJf CT PLAN OFWILSONS Magnates Tell President That Eight Hour Day Is Impractical Execu five Refuses to Take No for Ans wer, Arranges Mew Conference for Tomorrow Brotherhoods Vote to Accept Plan Proposed by Wilson- No Modification of Plan Suggested WASHINGTON, Auk. IS. Thirty oiiL- railroad presidents today told Vesident Wilson that they stood by the decision of their mnnajrers' com mittee that mi eijdit-linur day was iiii praeticahlc. 1'rcsident Wilson refused to take 'm" for mi answer to Iiis proposal that they accept the ciht-hour day and asked them to return to the white liouse tomorrow with their managers for another conference. Just alter the railroad presidents left the white house it became knowji unofficially that the employes had voted to accept President Wilson's proposition and- t tin t some of the 'leaders had jronc to the white house to Icll him so. President Wilson is determined, it "was said authoritatively late today, to bring the board of directors of the lending railroads to Washington if necessary to prevent a nation-wide railroad strike. He will endeavor, it ivus said, to secure an agreement by negotiating with representatives of the employes, the railroad managers and presidents, but if the, deadlock continues the boards will be sum moned. lU-jeet JUtflit-Hour Day. The statement of the railroad pres idents was made at a conference with J'residcnt Wil-on, held in the blue room of the white house, at which the president appealed to them to re verse the stand of their managers' committee and accept the proposal to concede the eiht-honr day, -rcinnr pay for overtime, and have a com mittee appointed by congress to in vestigate the collateral issues. 1 Icnrv I lolden, president of the llurlitiirton, acted as spokesman for the railroad leaders. It was agreed in advance that the railroad officials would listen to President Wilson's presentation of his plan and the rail road presidents should return to their hotel In huh) j meetinic and decide on their a'-tion. The railroad presidents agreed to return to the white house tomorrow to discuss the situation further. Will Stand Pat. It was made (dear to President Wil son that the railroad presidents were not disposed to yield the ciht -lamr 'ny and that' they in.-isted on arbi tration. Their attitude seemed to indicate a little chance of the plan pmpo-ed by the nri'sident heinr accepted. Several deHnred the principle of arbitration in industrial di-putcs was at Make and mut be maintained, e'. en at the co-t o a strike. President Wilson pointed oiit the disaster which would attend the nation-wide strike, but the officials only answered they were ready t-i arbitrate the questions at is sue. !uriiiir the conference with President Wilson details were not taken up. President lolden of the I'urliiiirton, as pokemnn, pointed out that only the committee of managers was authorized to reach a definite de-ei-ion s it represented all the rail roads. Ih'ittaud nil Inquiry, The railroad presidents were with Pre-idenf Wit-on less than an hour. (Continued on page three) BOOKS CLOSED FOR NEW YORK, Aug. isSyndicate participation (n the now $jf;iO,00it, 000 British loan were so larae, nc cordiin: to statements of managers, a-, to vause a closing of the wnbucrfp tion hooks today. The boo Us for public Btibucriptions will not be opened until next wpk, hut it is paid, that applications In larpe num bers have already been received. SLAVS RESUME E German Heavy Counter-Attacks Re pulsed and Forward Move Begun French Capture Part of Fleury. Verdun Front British Drive Teu tons Back North of Somme. LONDON, Awr. 18. The Kussians temporarily held up in their (ialician drive by heavy counter-attacks, have i aiiam beiiun to move forward. Petro urad auaiu today announces that the Teutonic allies have failed to throw back (ieneral Itrussiloffs armies and that the Russians are again advanc ing. The Hussiaus are also pushing their campaign in the Carpatbiuns and at one point have driven across the fial ician border linu into Hungary. Pct rograd today announces the approach of Kiissian troops to the summit of the range near Korosmezo, which is a limit three miles inside Hungarian territory. Berlin reports intense activity along the Somme, admitting British gains of ground on a narrow front near Mnrtinpuich. The Kreuch last night resumed their offensive in the Verdun region and according to Paris succeeded in driving the (icrmans from a part of the village of Fleury. Tlie Hermans have made their ex pected counter move in the Mnurepns sector, on the Somme front, but that all failed under the French fire, ac cording to the Paris bulletin. Russians Kesunic Drive. PKTKOCIiAl), Aug. 18. The Aus-tro-Oerniiin effort toth.uw back tin lfussiutis in Cialicia has resulted in great losses and met with no success, the war office announced today. The Russians have pressed forward in several sectors. The announcement says: "On the front from the Zlotn hipa west to Podliiiytse the enemy resum- 1 the offensive with considerable effect. The enemv1 sustained great losses. "On the river Bystritza-Bolotvinn we occupied Bysiels (seven miles southwest of Stani-dau) on the wes tern bank of the river. In the direc tion of Ardcluz our troops occupied i sera's of heights. t4ln the region of Kor:smezo (Car pathians) our troops continuing their advance approached the summits of the mountain in the vicinity of Kor osmczo. "On the Caucasian front the Turk ish offensive in the region west of Lake Van was repulsed easily by our troops. In Persia in the region of Kala Pasoa, encounters took place with considerable Turkish forces.'' (cntinn 1 1 eport. BKh'I.IN. Aug. 18. The British, with several fresh divisions, launched an attack on the German lines north of tile Somme and succeeded in driv ing back the tinman first line for a short distance on a narrow front -onthwest of Mnrtinpuich, the war office announced today. In other sectors they were completely re pulsed. Attack by the French last night, on an extended front in the Verdun region, east id" the Mciise, were re pulsed all along- the line except at Fleury, where fighting is still in pmgre, the war office announced toda v. On Somme Front. UNI)OS Aug. 18. German artil lery became more active last night (Continued on Page Two.) DICKI-IN, Aug. IS. The Teutonic allies have taken the offensive on the lialkan front and captured the Greek town of Fiorina from Serbian troops, the war office announced to day. ItEUUN. Aug. is. The official announcement that Turkish troops are fighting with the Germans and Austrian In Galicla was made todpy by the war office. GALiGIAN DRIV UPON LEMBERG fhom M6 Philadelphia r SOME HARD NUTS TO CRACK. FOR 3 SPEECHES ;SAN FliANCISCO, Aug. 18. Charles Fvans 1 lughes, republican candidate for president, arrived here from Portland at V2:fi0 p. in. today on his specchiiiMking 1 ti j along the Pacific coast. He wan scheduled to address two meetings in the after noon and one at night. Mr. Hughes was met near the Ore gon line by a reception committee headed by William II. Crocker, repub lican national commit Iceman, and Francis V. Kcesling, eliaiiuiau of the republican state central committee. Chester II. Kowcll of the republican national campaign .commit lee, also was on the train. He met Mr. Hughes at Portland to protest against ar rangements as made by Crocker and Kcesling. These, Mr. Howell said, were likely to give offense to progres sives and injure Governor Hughes chances of carrying California. From the Palace hotel the candi date was to go to the Cnion League club, returning to the Palace for a talk to San Francisco women. An address at the exposition auditorium tonight will be followed by a reception at the Newspapermen's club, which will round out the program for the dav. IJKIU.IX, Aug. IS. Heavy attacks by the Italians cast and southeast of Gorizia are reported in the Austrian official statement of August l.", which declares however, that the Austrian defense, held along the en tire front. Tlie statement says: "The Italians continued their at tacks on the front from Salcano to Merna and agalnvt tlie heights east of Gorizia and the sector south of Vippchas as far as Lokviea, assault ing uninterruptedly with large masses, while holding the adjoining sectors under strong artillery fire. Our troops repulsed all the storming attacks and held their positions along the entire front, Inflicting heavy losses, after violent hand to hand fighting. "Hostile advances near Plava and f'agora and on the Holomile front, on Croda lielancotia were repulsed." PERTINENT QUERIES OF THE m x k-econo rr an ean:i C.ALVKSTON, Tex., Auk. IS A wireless communication from tho army station at Brownsville at 3 o'clock this afternoon said: "High winds and heavy rains. Cirowing worse." A wireless from the navy station at Point Isabel reported: "Winds of hurricane force." BHOWXSVIL1.B, Tex., Aug. 18.- Summer residents on radio Island beach, opposite Point Isabel, 22 miles northeast of here, wero removed to the mainland today by a crew of the United States toast guard station at lirazos island on receipt of news of the tropical storm approaching the gulf from the West Indies. All fish ing vessels were drawn Into Isabel hnibor. Ilarometers here registered 2!).:!() at 10 a. m., a fall of ten points since 7 a. in., and were still fall ing. fiAI.VKSTO.V, Tex., Aug. IS. In dications were this morning that the tropical disturbance would conic into the Gulf or Mexico through the Vucatan channel Wednesday night, would go inland near the mouth of the Itio Crande or on the lower Texas coast. The 7 o'clock reports from the gulf coast weather bureau sta tions shows lirown.svillo with the lowest barometer on the coast 2!l.7u, with tlie wind blowing 20 miles from the north. C'OliPt S CHKISTI, Tex., Aug. IX. The steamer. Pilot Hoy, belonging to the Texas- and liuif Steamship company of Galveston, was sunk In the tropical storm today somewhere in tlie gulr between here and Galves ton. Wires are down and It is Im possible to obtain definite Informa tion. Tlie message said tlie crew was saved. PHILIPPINE BILL ' PASSE D BY HOUSE WASHINGTON'. Aujr. 1H. Final action on the I'iiiii'M.ine hill pi-iimi-ins; iiiileM'iidciK'e In tin- inland- a mmiii ll H -table ifnvel lllncnt i e-lalili-lied wa- taken in the liom-e Inilav when the ci.niercnce rcpnit Was nilnplcd und tin measure prepm-cd i'nr Presi dent Wilson's signature, winch is the only actiiiu rcuiaiiiiti" to inalie it a law, CAMPAIGN -Br Dt Milt. SUSPECT I. W I OF HIWAIJIK, Minn., Aug. IS. An explosion which early toilay wrecked a boarding house at the Hlwahili mlno location near hero, in which wore ten persons, is laid by the nu thorllies at the door of the Industrial Workers of the World. No one was injured. The I. W. W. leaders, It Is charged, bad threatened the miners with death If they did not null work. One member of the I W. W. is held under suspicion. Tony Dumout, who with his wlfo, two children and six hoarders occu pied the house anil had been told by pickets to stop work If he did not want to ' Wnke up in hell," but he continued to work. About midnight the explosion took place. The rear portion or the house was torn off. :.Mattle Moileues has been arrested As the Invalid wife anil five chil dren or John Smith, one of the miners who refused to strike, were about to retire late last night, dyna mite tore away tlie entire rront of tlie house. Tlie room where tlie fam ily had been leathered a few minutes before, was reduced In a tangled iniii-n oi wrecaage. Nmiiii had re ceived many letters containing crepe L I.ISHOX, Aug. is. -Major Norton Mattos, the Portuguese minister of war, announced today that Portugal soon will participate In Hie war, fighting on tlie side of the entente allies. The Portuguese congress voted Join tlie entente allies In the war .November. 1)11. A Portugueses naval commander seized ::i; German and Austrian vessels In tlie Tague rivur In February, ItiHI. and tin following .March Germain- ilech.re 'war on Portugal because of the ac Hon. Tlie Portuguese Iroops wen called to Hie colors on .March Hi. PACIFIC MAIL RESUMES SERVICE TO THE ORIENT NT.W YOHK. A,,- IS. -The Pa eilie .Mail slcam-llip line ,'inuiiiliiced !"luy llint Iriins-Pacjt'ic service to China iiml Hie Orient would he re sumed Ii'miii San r'ruiii'iscn beginning toluol row , O N SAFELYCROSSES SEA TO BREMEN Siiper-Suhmr.rine Reported Unoffi cially to Have Arrived at Bremen Norwegian Captain Reports Having Siyhted Deutschland Aug ust 10, Then Eight Days Out. GKNKVA, Aug. IS. A private telegram received today from Uerliu by the Ncuo Zuriclier Xeitung says that the German subniurine Deutsch land arrived safely yesterday at Bre men. NEWPORT NKWS, Aug. IS. The captain of a -Norwegian steamer. which arrived In Hampton Roads for bunker coal staled today he passed tho Ueutsculunti August 10, then eight days out of tho Virginia capes Tho Deutschland was under full sail. The captain said ho took her for a sailing ship In distress. He received a reply which said it was the Deutsch land. Tho Deutschland had collapsi ble masts foro and aft when she lay nt her wharf in Baltimore. Tho Deutschland, laden with val liable cargo, arrived at Baltimore from Germany July 9, and the suc cessful completion of tlie first trans- Atlantic voyage by a Bitbmarine in service as a merchantman attracted world-wide attention. She sulled from Baltimore on her return journey Au gust 1 with a cargo, principally nickel nud rubber and passed out to sea on tho following day, dropping out of sight of allied warships waiting out side the three mile limit. STARVING PEOPLE ItOKTON. Ans- 18. A statement doerihin the hardships MilTernl by Armenian refusers in northern Arabia wa made public todny by Kev. Dr. .fumes I,. Hiirtmi, ehniraian of the American eommitlee u Armenian and Syrian relief. Dr. Mart on said the -dnteiiK'ht eanic I'mm an eye-wil ness, nnt an American, and euuld be de pended u Kin us imexjtcnilcd, "In every lent,' the eyewitness said, "there are sick and dyinr. Manv hundreds of the sick are lel't without any lent nr em crinn. I saw desper ate ones throw themselves in i:rave (reaches and he (he "rave di""ers to bury them. 'T1m' uovcinincnt doc- not ive the hunrv niiy bread. "In Sepka a preacher from Aiulnb told tne Hint parents have oltcn killed their children. "At the government investigation it was shown llmt some people had eaten their children." T PLAGUE NEXT YEAR WASHINGTON', Aug. IX. Warn lug that the Infantile paralysis epl demlc may appear next summer In other stales not gravely al'fected now unless drastic measures are taken to control lis course, was given oday to tlie national conference of public health officers by tlie special com- mlltee named to recommend ways and means for its suppression. The coinmltlee recommended I lint state health authorities be notified liy uniform health certificate or uiovai oi an ciiiiuren under Hi years or age from epidemic areas. Quaran tine of one stale or community against another was disapproved. The committee recommended that during the unusual prevalence of infantile paralysis, schools should not be opened without medical supervision by a health authority. WAS 1 1 1 N'tITt IN'. Am., is. The child labor lull was finally passed without debate or leiiinl vole today in Hie house. Senate iiineiidments were aecepleil without eliani;e. i now oes to Hie incident. Wi BILL ISVETOED BY PRESIDENT Executive Refuses to Approve Ap propriation Bill Because of Ex emptions From Discipline of Re tired army officers and Changes in Articles of War Written In by Con ferees and Never Debated by Con gressHay Blamed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Presi dent Wilson today vetoed the army appropriation bill because of exemp tions from discipline for retired of ficers forced into It by tho house con. ferees, led by Representative Hay, over the opposition of the war de partment. A new bill will be neces sary and may delay adjournment of congress. Representative Hay said he would reintroduce the bill In tho Iioubo Im mediately with the features to which the president objected, eliminated. Hill Is Itciiitroduced. Mr. Hay followed his announce ment by reintroducing the bill, not only the soction to which the presi dent objected, hut with the wholo revision of the articles of war ollmt noted. This threatened to compli cate the situation. Thore were broad Intimations that the revision, which proposed to re move retired officors. from the juris diction of courts martial, was In the Interest of a certain retired officer, who was waiting for a time when he would be immune from discipline to . mako a public attack on tho army. The officer, whose name was nion tlonor In connection with tho report was. wlille in sorvlco, very active !n legislative affairs, was vory close to congressmen framing army bills and until his retirement, was reckoned Willi ns a politician. Hay ltciMmxilc ,Tho president's veto of tho hill la one of the developments of years of contest between the army and Chair man Hay. The downfall of the conti nental army scheme and substitution or the National Guard reorganization against tho recommendation of army officers. Is attributed to him. Only the force of President Wilson's ln terrerenco put tlie regular army In crease In the new reorganization bill through the house in tho face of Hay's opposition. Recently President Wilson ap pointed Hay to a judgeship on the court of claims and ho now Is serv ing his last term In congress. The w-ar department contends that many features of tho army bill wero written into It in t tic conference and never debated In house or senate. Text of Veto Message. President Wilson's veto messnge tollow-s: "To the house of representatives: I have caretully considered tho hill entitled 'making appropriations for the support of tho army for tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1917,' and now take tho liberty of return ing It with my objections to Its ap proval. "The bill constitutes an essential part of the legislation providing' for f Continued on page two.) T LONDON. An,,. IS. Tho new shipping bill hefore parliament la considered likely to be enacted Into a law as It has the hacking of the government. Opinion In shipping circles seems to lie that It will re strict seriously the expansion of com panies registered In England, but controlled by foreign capital. According to tlie provisions of tho bill any company whether or not registered in Great Britain, a ma jority of tho directors of which are foreigners or the voting control of the stock of which is exercised by foreigners, will not be permitted' to acquire any interest In a British ship during Hie war and for a period ot three years thereafter.