Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 21, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti Mebforb Mail Tribune i FORECAST Fair and warmer Tuesday and Veducdy. WEATHER Maximum jvsU'iiUty, HI; Mhilnuiin today, .S, rorty-iiith Tar. Jmliv Kif vh nt h Ypar. MEDFORD (VRKfiOX. MONDAY. AUGUST "21, 1f)1( NO. 120 RESIDENT AGAIN PLEADS WITH RAILROAD MAGNATES TO AVERT STRIKE C E APPEALS 10 President Urges Railroad Chiefs to Consider Disaster That Strike Would Occasion No Change in Situation, But Determined Effort to Be Made to Avert Strike Com promise Measure Suggested Which Would Grant Eight-Hour Day. WASHINGTON', Auk. -M-President Wilson today reiterated to the railroad executive, including the new arrivals from the west, hi. demand tlllil they : t his plan lor the set tlement .nl" the threatened railroad strike.' The executives then began Hip first of a series of uicelings iu whieli they will frame I heir reply. The president reinforced his previ ous argument by pointing out the rail road's play an important, part in the inilitarv preparedness of the country nail that as they lire n vital pint of the industrial framework of the na Hon. it was ab.olutelv necessary to keep iliem running at the present lime. Favors Arbitration. Mr. Wilson told tile r.'iiiroail execu tives he did not hlame them for fight ing for the principle of arbitration, lint thai he believed under present circumstances they should accept the eight -hour dav and leave the working out of the principle of arbitration un til later. The railroad executives did not en ter into an argument with the presi dent, hut afterward said they were recplv impressed and would give full weight to bis argument at their con j'crenees. The president declared he agrocd with theiii iu believing in arbitration in industrial disputes, hut ill view (if the railroad employes' refusal to ac cept arbitration it was impracticable to discuss the issue nt present. He urged the mill' 1 executives and their malingers in their meetings to consider the disaster which would follow a sirike. Strike n Catastrophe. , With nil the world depending in a measure upon the products of the 1 nit t'd Slates, he said it would be n eutast raphe, tor the railroad systems of Ibis country tii be tied up. lie said that in working for preparedness in the I'nited States the work of the railroads had played an important part iu the plans of the government for preparedness, and these plans would be thrown awry by a strike, tin that ground he appealed to the pat riotism of the employers. As the executives let't the white hou-e Mr. Hohlcn. their spokesman, said there was no change in the situ ation, but that the executives would i:o into session immediately in an en deavor to reach a decision. "We are now ready d get down to brass tacks." said one of the railroad presidents. -T t the present time our discii-sions have been informal entirely, bill, from now on we will make determined efforts to reach a decision." Suggest Compromise. One of the suggestion the railroad presidents were prepared to make at (Continued on page tlx) TO RESIST ENEMY BERLIN'. Aug. 21. Bulgarians are prepared to repulse all attacks, from whatever quarter. Premier Itadorsa voff declareil In an address to pnrlla nient, as quoted in a dispatch from Sofia to the Overseas News agency. Tbe general offensive of the entente allies, he wild, had demonstrated thai the forces of the central powers could not he shaken. Itelore adiourning, parliament voted a new war credit of y.'i.iiuii, oilu leva ahout 7,0'i0,0ft0. PATRIOT SWl ITALIANS LAND troops mm TO AID ALLIES Disembarkation of Italian Soldiers Now in Progress Means War With Germany General Offensive Under Way on Serbian Frontier With Strong Center Attacks. I'AWIS, Aug. -J I. No further de tails of the operations on the Salon iki front are given iu the report to day from the French army of the east, which merely says: "Operations are proceeding ulong the entire front." LONDON', Aug. 21. Italian troops are to take part in the impor tant campaign just opening in the Balkans, according to Saloniki ad vices today, which report the disem barkation of Italian soldiers at that port now in progress. Herman troops are employed on the Macedonian front and actual war between -Germany and Italy, of which there so fur has been no formal declaration, now seems probable. The Macedonian campaign itself does not seem to have developed ati engagement of first rale magnitude, but there is pronounced activity along the l.'iO-milc fighting front with suc cesses claimed by each side at vari ous points. PAUIS, Aim. 21. -Italian troops began to disembark at Saloniki yes terday, says a llavas dispatch from that point. Italian Tioops Landed. On leaving their ships, the dis patch says, the Italians passed through Saloniki to camp, preceded by military bands of the allies and cheered by the populace. Active participation by Italian troops iu the Saloniki campaign would mean the existence of a slate of war between Germany and Italy. Germany is directing the operations against the allies on this front, and as the official German reports show, has forces there. Some Austrian troops also probably are employed, and pos.-ibly Turks, but the major portion of the army is made up of Hidgarinns. Decent reports have in dicated the withdrawal of Austrian ti ps from the Ualkans for use on the Russian anil Italian fronts. As the entente allies are believed to have a force of some 7011,1100 Brit ish, r'rench and Serbian troops on the Saloniki front, the sending of re inforcements at this time, just after the opening of hostilities on a large scale, would indicate that the allies have embarked on a campaign of ex tensive proportions. Has Surplus of Ti-oops. Italv. which has a considerable surplus of troops, has been urged to lake a more active part in the Hal kali operations, but was believed ti (Continued on page six) IIH A(i(l, Ans. 21. The two .ii vule iiimks of Adolili Silver & Co., which were idosed Snttinlay when Mux tSilver, nuiniiu'er, fled, were plac ed in the hands of a receiver today following the filing of nn involuntary petition of bankruptcy iiuuin-t the banks by coun-el for three depositors. !i'loMts in the banks are vanou-ly e-tinuited nt from .40.00 to .lun, liltll. Adolph Silver, who founded the banks and who has I n in Califoniia for his health, has started for t'hi cuiio. Search is beinir made for Max Silver, who is charged with receiviui: depo-its in an insolvent bank. Twenty-five policemen were rush id to one of Ihe Silver hanks today when a crowd of per-on- -.jiid to num ber ncaily limb made what looked like mi attempt to -torrn the bnildin'.'. The prompt action o pole-e re-tored order. WILL HE : : ; j FIND LEGISLATORS FBRI KKOIXA. S.isk., Antf. 21. The re port ' of Ihe royal commission, np !oinlcl to investigate bribery jiimI conspiracy charges in the Snskatch- c Willi lejjisliiline, Inline bv .), v.. liradshaw, conservative member for Prince Albert, was submitted toilny to the lieutenant jovcinor. J. A. Shcppard, member of Moose Jaw county and speaker in the legis lature, nml S. II. Moore, member for Miuto Creek, are found guilty of re ceiving money in connection with the securing of liquor licenses. II. (', Pierce, member for Wadena, is found guilty of bribery, and C. 11. Caw- thorne, member for lliiiar. is found iruilty of holli bribery jind receiving money in connection with promises to stifle' prosecutions. The lion. V. V. A. Tiirgcuii, the lion. (ieor-i I.anglcy. A. V. Tol.-kc, J. N'olin, C. Lochcad and S. S. Simp-oti are f-xoneuited by the commission. The commissioner-, rendered sep arate reports on the charges laid against the Hon. A. P. McN'ah and ex-members of the legislature, r. V. Kus and .1. K. Prole. REVENUE BILL IN SENATE FOR DEBATE WASHINGTON', Auk. 21. The ad miniKtraUon revenue bill was tnken up for consideration in the senate today with viKoroun opposition to the measure promised. Kepuhllf-an leaders proi)osed to make the bill the tarpet for political attack, while some democrats are to oppose certain fea tures. Including the wine tax pectiou and the section to tax manufacturers of matpriats entering into munitions of war a iter cnt on their net profit. Senator Cnderwood will attack the proposals for a tariff ronimlHsIuti and increased tariff duties on dyentufff. on the ground that both are undemo cratic. The, measure is calculated to brliiR In $:ortU00,0Oil of revenue anuiiH'.ly through irxomf , inherllancp, muni tions, liquor, corporation stick und miscellaneous taxes. MAKE THE HUGHES TALKS TO SAN' MKi, Cab, An. 21. Charles K. Iluvhes, repuldican nom inee for president, ami party arrived in San lieo early tins morning for a stay of ten hours. Following break fast in his private car, Mr. lhiuhes was taken iu charge by n reception commit tee of prominent republicans and given an tiulomobile trip to Point Loiun and several other nearby points of interest, after which he relumed to his t rain, where he was met by President (I. A. Havid-on of I lit Panama-California int eruat ioual exposi tion anil escorted by a hi rue parade to the exposition grounds. at The larger part of the inorniu; tbe exposition ej-oumis is to be de- J Spanish inlcrm voted by Mr. Hughes and his party toiba-e for storing an inspection id' exhibits, after which ! know n, nothing is to come a public reception. This! plan. afternoon at 2:l!ll o'clock Mr. Unifies Pie-ent reports arc that Feinan is schcduleil to make his only address idez, Havana acnt for Japanese iu of the day in San Hiean, at the or-!leress. secured a liO.lltlH-acre laud ejin pavilion on the mounds. j concession through tin activity id' " " i li'aaioii Ynhlcz, whose recent election UN'(i HKACII. fal., Any. 21. i to the presidency of Panama may Charles W. Kandiam. manager of the ; possibly be disputed by (lie I'nited four of Charles , Hughes, vepubli-j States because of alleged fiaiids and can candidate tor president , ret urned ! coercion. ben- last niuht, it wa learned today, to call on (invcrnor llnain W . .lolm- j navy, selected by the Panama "V on am) assure him lie was "dumb-j eminent ik- utapiii to settle Ihe djs founded" when he learned t oernor : pule with the I'nited Stales over the Jrihiisou and Mr. Hn-he-, Were al the ini-clt;i--c mice ol' ciiiiiil io-ooerlv. is jsnme hotel here yesicidav for -evera! , alb.-d in luive yiveu valuable infor jlMMirs, each without the knou ledye ! mat ion alemt (he canal itself. of the other. Mr. r.nniiani spent nea rlv two houi's with (Jove j Johnson. The nature of I he sat ion was not made known, but Mr. I' a rnuam eon veved t" t lie governor the desire of Mr. llu.'iies ti meet him somel ime, il was said. . f rilHI AOI A CITY. Mex Ann Minec iiu-nt wii- Hindi ilnv tluil :uthori:ie- of ilic . Ana, here d, Cueto llll.ill ii de ol' nil to re .overunieiif ill ( 'Inlnuiliuu tire jerinir the n,Mliility ol' i.-isuin eree eiillillsr upon th'' nwnel miliiiiL' properties in the -t;iti .mil' .Inlioli. nilliill II -Mi-eilied pel noil ol time. Il I- Phinnid. it wn - .lli'l. to eoniji'v lltllleh il penully ti with the i.id. r. tiillure ti SWITCH? JAPANESE SEEKING L WASHINGTON, Au-. 21lnves liynlion of reports from Panama thai a liO.IMlO-acrc land concession nt the Atlantic end of the canal is being sought bv n Spaniard mimed Kernnn- j dcz. presumably for Japanese 'intcr jcsls, was ordered lodnv bv Secretary ' Lansing, ItuiiiMis of a similar nature have been common since tin canal was well under way, but it wii not till several months ago that they reached a welt defined outline. At that time il was coiiutionlv believed iu diplomatic cir- j eles that private Japanese shipping . intei-c-ts were seeking land through nine to lablish a purposes. As far as del inile came of the Admiral Concu- of tbe Spanish j -I'M i ET i CIIU' Afill, An. -.'I.- Whent iiinn j lodi'V found ;i wild, eviled mnlket, iliii-ed on new. of unrelieved liulli. line-.. ( lii'iiill'' plii-e. weie I'ioiu ',:tK ' to o:'fe hiuher lliiiii S;itiifdny'. elo.e. I I leeelnller opened uilh pi iec VIII'VIII floili 1 ..". to .11. .VI ill ihllerent piirt !of !u- )it. llenv prot It -lllliillj.' !lleh ; met it hroiiil deinuiiil und Oeeemlier ! for thr- inoineiit Mendied nroiind I l.;:i' ... j A .tn'eriii" loud o',' lout; v.'lient ! kept priee- iluivii liuiiiiL' miieli of (lie ! remil I Inter "I the .'--loll the .e.-loii, lutt thele l"" - liiil'P renetlou Intl nd the lelo-e Wil. ISlltllldllV. .1 roiiv to TEUTONS START OFFENSIVE ON E! German and Bulgarian Forces Start Drive on Western End of Balkan Front, Moving Towards Kavala Greek Regimer.ts Retire Before In vaders Serbians Evacuate. llKliUX, An-. 2 mid IWiltrnritin fom taken llu offensive The (icriunn which have n the western end of the Htill.au front, are pushing sout h wa i il in 1 1 recce, They have wrested further positions from the Serbians and beulen off efforts (o re- ipture "rounds taken. I Inline ATHKNS. (ir Offensive, eece, Aug. 21. Tin Itulaiiau forces movinjr towards Kavala have already pushed their outposts to a point seven miles from that (Ireeli seaport. The (I reek gov ernment has ordered three divisions of the CI reek armv still reiiuiiniiiLj in the vicinity of Oramn and Serres to retire before the Unitarian advance, which was explained to the Associ ated Press, correspondent by a mili tary authority of the entente allies as follows : "The Serbians had not finished the consolidation of their positions in the Fiorina, Caradjova and Corytsa sectors, and therefore the Unitarian found if easy enough to force a eer tain retirement, but it is difficult to wee uhere'lTiev exi t' to i:et bv nn advance at this part of the line. Fast of the Struma the I )emir-1 1 issnr and Snrichahan sectors were not held by t.he entente forces and offered no im pediment to ihe advance. Where tb enemy attacked (he regular defense of Saloniki, namely, in th Hoiran (Jievjyeli sector, lliev accomplished nothing. As the attack has so far de eloped, it is wit limit si rat Cii'u value and can only be assumed to be tor political purposes. In Political Maneuver. Ibdyarian air raids on KilUieh and Vaiinimsa killed a number of Greeks. The Bulgarian and (icrmau minis ters have repeated previous assur ances that the integrity of (i recce will be respected. The French ami iSrit ish ministers his iiioruimr asked Premier aim is hat measures Greece proposes taking to control the civil populace in the attacked dis tricts, who are fleeiicj in all direc tions. The advance of the Herman and I inly a ria n forces iu I lie ili reel ion of Ka vain a I so is ea usinu di-ojiiel , al though the impression is reneml thai this movement is u mere potil ieal maneuver calculated to inlluencc Ru mania ami affect the Greek election. Of Secondary Importance. PAIflS. Auj;. '-M. The attempted counter-offensive by tbe German and Ibda nan forces on but h flanks of (Continued on I'uge Two.) CATHOLICS PROTEST MEXICAN POLICY KV VOKK. Au. -M. The letleral admiuisi i at ion ua assJ(jleil today at business ,e.sioits of the American federation of Catholic societies. An thony .Mctrean, seeretarv of Ihe fefl eration, aid that t'utlndic protest-; to tbe government ajiainl I he r-. oni lion of Canaiia were like a "voice m the wddeines--." At a meeting of the (Icrmau Cath olic Vcrcin the administration wa chalked with favoritism towards the entente allies in an addicss ((y Cha. Kora. president of ihe New Yolk state body. Mr. Matreaii in bis nuuuul rcpofl dwell al sonic length on Mexican af fairs. Speaking of the recognition of i'uvrnu.a, he said: ''I ie-1 lite our honorable protests, the an h-persecutor o)' the chnn-h iu .Mexico wa recognized and ihe oiee of tfi.nim.mm t allodics uih like one crying in the wihlcrnes." GREEK FRONTIER OF CARPATH ANS RUSSIANS PRESS THROUGH PASSES Czar's Troops Going Forward To wards Hungary Further Gains Between Kovel and Pinsk Reported Italians Consolidate Positions Germans Repulsed at Fleury. I.ON'ltOX. Auk, 21. -The Russians report further Katns In the t.'ar- patltlanH and In the region between Kovel und Plusk, where they broke through the Teutonic lines lust week mid catured Tobol. The Italians, after bavins made Im portant galas east of Gorliu and on the Carso plateau to the southeast, have suspended their attacks and are consolidating the positions recently taken. In the Verdun region the Germans, who again lost the village of Fleury, northeast of Citadel, in fighting last week, are making determined efforts to regain the place, Along the Sonnne front, the artil lery battle la raging violently. No in fantry actions are reported" by Paris, however, a German counter attack, apparently is In preparation, follow ing the capture by the French of n strongly fortified wood hetween Gull lemout and Maurepas northwest of Peronne, wan announced last night. At Cni'ittthiiui Posse. . PKTHO(IUAI), Aiig. 2t. The Run. sinus' nro pceHBliiK laiwiird 'vfsor ously lliroimh two ot tlie Curpnthlun passes which lend to IliuiRiiry. The rapture o .Iiililonit.-- ind Feriwkul on the hoiiudury hetween (iiilli-lu und IliiUowlnti, Is nnnounced. "In thu TeRlon of Kuty," the state ment snys, "we occupied thn vllluKes of KereHkul und .liiblonltzn on tho river riiereinosh. and several heights west of Kereskiil. Rtuhliom nttneks by tho enemy on the heishta south west of Tomnnlilk mountain were re pelled by our fire." "On the Stokhod river in the re gion of Kovel and Hudka-Cherlvsrhe, flKlitliiK continues. Our troops inniln further advances at some points. The total of captures In this region on Friday and Saturday was Hi officer!) and more than 1,350 soldiers. Wr. also took one cannon: 1S machine, Kims; rour bomb mortars, four seiirchllKlilH and a large number ot shells, cartridges and rifles." "Tho fighting Iu the direction Qf liliirliekr Is developing rnvorably for us. Wo captured a series of heights which hud been fortified strongly by the Turks, and took a lurge number of prisoners. On Soinnie Front. LONDON. Aug. 21. Strong Ocr- 'Contlntied on Das two.i E KAI.K.M. Or., Aim. 'JL Sliiliiis thai i"iniliiioii-i nt the state peniten tiary were .m il that convicts were on the "verac ol' mutiny-' nr.il that since, its c.tnbli.hment there never hud been liny rcnl plans for eonstnictivc work, (lovcni'ir .liiine. W'ithyoeinbe at a mcctiiiir of the boiird of control to day introduced resolutions nskinsr for permi..ioii to appoint a commission to make u tlioroii'.di survey of the pri.on. Itnth Secretary or State Hen YV. Olcott anil Slate Treasurer Thomas II. Kay dc. ind I'urilier lime to eon .idcr the resolution, and netiou was deferred until the next meeting. The governor', resolutions, it wns siiid, were prompted hy the numerous es. capes of prisoners tind the disclosure of plots for other outbreak. Amont; other things, the governor recom mended the removal of the 'nilenti nry In a point further from Salem.