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Newspaper Page TextUufvprsfty Ui,r,:ry i Medford Mail Tribune ! FORECAST 1'nir TmiiKlit and Kiiilay. lrolnll cooler. WEATHER Mnxiiinini yeti'nbiy MM;i Minliniini today, Kortv-lilh Yr. Imm t-:t--v--Mii Yar. rEDFORD OR KriOX, Til TRsDA V. Al'Ol'ST '4. 191(i NO. 1:12 18 HOUR DAY STRIKE AVERTED BY CONCESSION OF RAI ROAD PRESIDENTS I 111 CHIEFS DEUTSCHLAND BUSINESSOFU.S. PIAlitnilQK DOCKS ATHOME BETTERED THRU nmiwm lo Traffic Magnates Willing to Accept Eiyht-Hour Day Insisted Upon by President and Men, and in Return Ask Support to Secure Freight Kate Increase Also Ask Creation of Conciliation Board to Handle Future Troubles. WASHINGTON, Any. 21. A Tier ennliniH'd ennrciviH'i'H today ItHwt'cn I'ri'suit'iit Wil.-oii niul llir select coin inillcr of railroad oxcriilivcs tlip sit ualiiai sitrroumlintr tin tlircatonod strike was derriltcd :k linvin nar rowed down to tlie IVfllnvvinir : Tlie railroad presidents, at least the seleet euimnil te ol' eirlil, are willing to accept the eijjljt-liour day irisisieil upon by President WiNdti and the trainmen. In return they ask that they ho as sured us fully as possihle that nil proper support he uiveu and proper means he used to assure them it J'reieJi! rate increase from the inter state commerce commission. They also ask that congress e rente a permanent hoard or commission similar lo the Canadian eommission lo handle future difficulties. A eom-liii-iou nil Lhis.i'harneter would be empowered to investigate when labor 1 roubles threaten ami no strike eouid be called or strike vote taken pending its iuvctiu:tioti. a full report of which would be made public at its eoiiclitMon. Men Vet to Vote. At the eitd "f tlie involiatiiui ar bitration would be suestcd, but if not accepted, opportunity would be jrivon t' the men to take a strike vote. The balloting would be seeret. Thee p?-opnsals were eonununicat ed today by Coiniuis-ioner Chambers ol the federal hoaid of mediation to the repre-entalives of the men who apparently regarded them favoralily. Jiidi:e Cbainbers then reported to I're-ident Wilson and a sub-eommit-lee of railroad executives was sum moned tn the white Iioue. President Wilson U understood to feel .-ympathy for the counter-demands of the railroads and not averse to having the men accept them. It is expected, however, that a vote of the li HI labor representatives here iuiit be taken before they can re ceive the necessary indorsement. I'liret DisapiH'ars. Commissioner 'ha tubers of the federal mediation board, ai'lcr con J'ernnjr willi ('resident Wilson, car ried a me-saue lo the brotherhood leaders. Jt was supposed to be sonic form of proposal made to President Wilson last nirlit by tlie sub- unit - tee of railroad executives. It was kept secret, but A. B. Gar re. son, spokesman for the 'iinployes. voiced the opinion of all when lie said it certainly was not depressing." Other leaders indicated it was very satisfactory. The executives met and heard the report of the sub-commit tee which bad been working on n counter-proposal, and there were indieaiioit.s that (Continued on Pace Two.) WASHINGTON'. A up. -M. Mrs. Frances C. Axtoll, president of the Washington State Congressional union, opposing President Wilson, lias resigned her position nml will stump the state for the piesidciit, ac cording to tt telejinim received at the white hou-c toduy from George Pyan. secretary of the Wa-hint'n state tletiiocriitie committee. Mr. Ryan said Mint Mr-. Axtell is the pmmv-Mvi' party's candidate for conre-s from her di-trict ami will receive the support of democrat. Merchant Submarine Travels 4200 Miles on Homeward Voyage With out MishapWent First 100 Miles Under Water Sister Ship Bremen Now En Route for America. nicrtl.IN. Aug. 24. The Vossische ZeituiiK iHipllsues an Interview with Captain Paul Koenlg of the Doutuch land, who expressed appreciation of the attitude of the Vnited State government in taking every necessary measure to prevent violation of. neu trality in connection with the depar ture of the submarine. l.ONDOX, Aug. 24 Ueports of the return of the (iermau submarine Deutschland from the United States are eorrolmterf in a telegram received at Amsterdam from Bremen, as for warded by Reuter's correspondent. According to thin Information, the DeutBchland traveled 4,200 miles on her homeward voyage. At the begin ning the sea was tempestous, but later It became more calm. The Deutschland proved to he utile to navigate the stormy seas excellently. Hr engines worked faultlessly. No icebergs were passed on the journey. 100 .Miles Cndev Water. The American government, says the dispatch, acted in a correct man ner us a neutral, rigorously enforcing respect for Its frontier from'lhe Hrlt- l.sh and French warships hy the em ployment of Its own men of war. After a liritlsh cruiser entered Chesa peake Bay at night, even more effec tive measures were taken to enforce neutrality. No less than eight Brit ish warships, it is said, were on the alert, surrounded by numerous American vessels, which had been chartered for the purpose of placing nets and obtaining Information as to the movements of the Deutschland. Nevertheless, the submarine suc ceeded in leaving undetected. A dis tance of 100 miles was traversed under water without much difficulty. The Deutschland returned home slightly damaged, according to an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from The Hague, which says this Information is contained in a telegram from Bre men. The members of the crew were unwilling, it adds, to give details of the return voyage. The return of the submarine surprised her owners, as she was not expected to dock within a week. Hi fine n Xmv Kii Route. The departure for America a week ago of the German submarine Bre men is reported In a dispatch from Bremen., as forwarded from The Hague hy the Kxchange Telegraph company, it is said . the owners of the Deutschland and Bremen received word seven days ago of the progress being made by the Deutsrliland on her return voyage and that it was not until they had obtained this informa tion that they permitted the Bremen to depart. The Deutschland took the same (Continued on Page Four.) EGRINTRE f! EN EVA, Switzerland, via PnrlB, Alia. 21. The AiiBtrlans, according to a pperlal dinpatch from Innsbruck, have found the lamous treasures of the Deletion! monastery, near Cet tlnje, Montenegro, which the Monks had hurled upon the approach of the invaders. The accumulations were those of seven centuries, consisting of jewels and old coin of every genera tion since the thirteenth century; golden vessels and richly embroidered vestments. The value of tlie whole accumulation Is valued at several million pieM:is. It in said, adds the. dispatch, that a peasant betrayed to the Austrian the catacombs where the treasure was secreted. Federal Reserve and Farm Loan Law Big Achievements of Present Ad- ' ministration Former a Shock Ausorber ami Panic Preventer, the Latter Benefits Farmer. I!y (III.SOX flAKDXKI! , WASHINGTON. Aiur. 21 Two ol llie biggeM achievements nf the Wil son iidniluistrntinn nrc undoubtedly the federal reserve and the farm loan law. Itusiness will be belter and fanners will benefit mi account nf these laws for generations lo enme. Neither law will nhnlish poverty nor end the destructive operation of over-competition. They do not touch I fie fundamentals of the economic system. They ni'o good laws none llie less, since Ihpy help (o insure Hip belter functioning of the economic system as it is. Federal liesei-vo Act. Tlie federal reserve net is lo nil intents and purposes u "shock ab sorber." Ilujiness is something like a train of curs. If the train suddenly bumps into n stationary object the ears telescope; people in the cars pet smashed. That is what happens in a panic. If a train is slopped by the brakes llie shock is absorbed and dis tributed, the train comes to u stop without injury to the passengers. The federal reserve law lias put airbrakes on the -industrial Irain. When all is well and the track is clear, the brakes are off and the train plunges iiliead. When u world-war or some thing of Hint sort looms suddenly around I ho bend, the Irain can be brought quickly, but safely, to a standstill anil held until the I rack is clear. The air-brakes on tlie financial train consist of credit . The federal reserve act makes it possible to con trol lo expand anil contract credit. When trouble looms ahead everybody clamors for more time to meet credit obligations, and there is' a real demand for cash. Tlie fed eral reserve act makes it possible for government officials to fix a reason ably low rate at which promissory notes of the business man can be turned into currency federal re serve notes. The machinery is raliier technical and complicated, somewhat difficult to iiuilcrland in llie termin ology of the banking and bu-incss world, but lliat, in oiuiple forms, is the effect of it. Averting a Panic. Hcfore the federal reserve act was in operation the southern cotton mer chants found the Kuropcnn market for liieir cotton suddenly sliul off and foiinr' themselves without money to meet obligations or to buy immedi ate necessities. The situation was saved by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, who announced that . "100, 000,110(1, or even a billion dollars' worth of emergency currency would be placed in southern banks subject to call on any reasonable security. Kxeepl for this action by the admin istration, the country might have been plunged into a serious panic. The secretary's netiou was taken un der the old Aldrich-Vrcelnnd act, but it wa- found lliat unscrupuluiis bank- (Continued on pax two.) SAN ANTONIO, Tex., An?. 21. That the soldiers on tho border may get tho fastest possible service on tbeir mall, the postoffica department lias sent an efficiency expert, .M. II. Bunu, to San Antonio. "The postoffice realizes what an enormous volume of mall has been thrown on the jiostofflcea In the small border' towns," said Mr. Dunn. "Thero Is little postofllcc l.tano Orando, Texas, now handling 1 1,00 pieces of mall a day while before the soldiers came, the dully run was tour pieces." U. S. WINNER OF BEAUTY PRIZE 8 . ' . LADY sir MA?- ,i(y oCtli'iiliiim, w 1 1 1 1 was I'ntricin I'.inkc uf ( 'a li liuum, and win ner ol' ti heiuity ciintol in her Immc stiitf, lm jn-l ittai ricd Lord CotU'M linni, in St. (ienre's rhiirrh, Iondnn. Slic lind been icpnrti'd cnn.-rfd l Prince Luifiivice IMtinatclli I t'AraL'nn ul' Spuin, and later t iMMdinnnd do liunrlxm, cousin ol' the kiuj; u' Spain. She Lord ( 'ntl enhanV second FIRST GERMAN SHIP SAILS FROM HOSTOX. Any. Tho Nm lh German Lloyd liner Willchad, wliii'h has been in rel nuc here ,-iiiee t !n tint -break o' the war, .-lipped nut of the harbor early today, pn-.-iituably tor New London, Conn., I't uhirh port she obtained dea in nee pupil's InM ni.L'ht. OllieiaU ol' the line ;i--.'thl the change wn made i ix-dnee doek ini; cliarc- and denied report.- that there wa- any cunneel imi between the AVillehad's movement-, and llie ex pected arrival of the German mer chant Mihmarhie Bremen. Tho Willi had went out under the flair of the (iermau iner-'iiant marine, the fir-t lime it had hern earned out of Boston harbor -nice the war he yan. She wa- without "ii-oii. lier crew, a full eompleno'itt . in command of Captain J.-ien-, bad b-eti nii-:-mented by addition- from the eeral other ship- of Ihc line here. The Willchad depuit'-td in the cnrly hoaj - a- eheei - raej oi l i uiu the de-k- of (ther ri-fucc vc--c!-. Captain .1. ,1. Hartlim:, the pilot, who took the -1 canter oat of the har bor, -aid ..-he wa- Ijound for Ni-w Loudon and would m.ilic i In pa--a'ji' lliroii'.'h Ihe Cape Cod canal. Tho-c aboard, he .-aid. actid a- if thev wt-ri-on a rout ine t rip a ml profe.-- d to know of no special eniee to be ren dered a) her de-linati'n. The Willchad, a earo steamer of I'o'l ton-, ua- tin- -inallr-t of the lefiiLce ship- at thi- port. The Willchad ! nifLinir the 'oyaje under charter to the La-lcrn l''or- wanlinjf company Aiaeri-nit agents of Iih German company which i- op eiatim: (he mcri-haiit -nbtna lines, ac- ortliity to C. ixuhluein, local ai'i'iil of ihe North German Lloyd. Virtu ally the entire voac nonbl be with in the three-mile limit, he -aid. IS WED TO AN ENGLISH LORD 4 HOUSE REJECTS Wfif SALEOFISLANDS s COTTENHAM. FIFTH GERMAN ! WAR LOAN OPEN LONDON", Auk. - L--A rrant;e.- i incuts have been completed for flula- ; 1 iuii of tlie fifth (lenniin war loan. ; An Kx liaime 'I'elenraph dispatch from Tlie Uhlmic yas the loan will he issued Septcuila-r 1 anil (lie interest rate will he per cent, as In the ease of the previous loans. Suhsrrfp i lions will be received up to October .". The issue price, the dispatch says, l will he Its. i Count Von ltoeiru. noeretary of the imperial treasury, has instituted hy canvassers, as "the Inst war loan.' Cornier issues of war lionds may he turned in as subscriptions. I The fourth (oTinan war loan was t ssaed in March. 1 1 was sold for lith's as unainst !! for the third loan. An issue price of Us for the I new bonds would Indiciitt lliat Ger many, in common with other belliger ents, is heiiiK (oniifl!f( to pay a higher price foi its funds as tlie war noes on. j jKn-'KiEsox crrv. mo., ah. :m. ArtieleH of incoi porat ion for t lie reorganized P1. Louis and Ran Cran : cisco railroad company were filed In Uhe office of the .HCfictary of the tttntu here today and a charter was linme Jdialely issued. The capital stock of j tho company Is $ l.'.U.oua.aou. All dt , rectors of the reorganized eompnny jure from St. Louis. minimi nnnrn Landsthing Refuses to Ratify Pro posal to Sell West Indies to United States General Election to Be Called to Elect New Parliament to Settle Subject. LONDON, Aug. L'-l. The Danish l.aiulsl liing has rejected llie proposal to sell I he Danish Wet Indies to Ihit railed Stales, says a llciilcr dis patch from t'opeiihugcn. COI'KNIIAtlKN, Aug. Jl.-Tlie laiidstliiag sal ill ciiaiinillce this af ternoon and ailoplcd a resolution ibal if llie sale of the Danish Wet In dies ennnnr be postponed until afler Ihc war the ipicsliou shall he -ell led by general e'". 'lions, Tlie resolution was adopted ;lll to 7. Three members refrained from voting and thirteen were absent. This resolution will be submitted formally lo Ihc landslliing tomorrow al an open meeting. King Christian received tlie lead ers of ihe various parlies ami thanked them for their efforls to Conn a eoal ilion cabinet, although he said he re gretted they had been unable lo do so. BY MAD OFFICER lU'BLlN, Any.. J I. At llie contin uation today of the inquiry into the shooing without trial during Ihe re bellion la.-t spring of F. Shcehy Skef fiuytou. Kred Mclnlyre and Thomas Dick-ou, Sir John Simon, chairman of (he comini-sion condiicliiii; the in vcstii:alion, read a report, made hy Captain Itoweii-Colthur-t, who order ed ihe execution of the three men. The leport wa- made alter ihe arre-d of the captain who suh-eipienl ly was found yiiilly, but insane, by a eourl martial. The cii)tain reported he did not believe the yuardtooui to be a safe place for -uch "de.-pcrute men" a- Skel'fiiiuion, lickson and Meln tyrc He said lie had heard Hf Ml Germans were inarchina on Dublin. Iielicvine hi' had the power under marlial law, he ordered the hootiuur of the three men. lhotie.li he regarded it as a lerribh- duly. I The captain nl-n -aid in Ihe re ! port he heard In rye .!'. c- of rebels were about lo attack I'oilbelto bar- racks. He was od that -uldiert on leave were beiny ".-hot down in Ihe Icily like dos," ami had thc-e things I on his mind at tlie time lie ordered jthc -hoot ine; of the three men. I Adjutant More" u Ic-t il ii-d there was nolliinir incruninatiny in the idocumenls found on the pii-ouer-. HEAVY FIRING HEARD IN THE NORTH SEA A.MST KKOAM. Am:. 'J I.- Advice received here today I'miu the Dutch inland f Aioclaud, in the North sea, -ay coal inital and hen vy un t iring from tin- north ha- been audible all morn iic. BRITISH TAKE MAIL FROM DUTCH STEAMER IIKIJLIV, An--'. 1M.- The D b -I earner- b'yndam and I'riuz I-'red-erik Dondrik were forced to leave ttietr mail- in Lulaed, accordini; to adv ice- given oiil loday from Am--jtei'ilam by the 0er-ca New .,i'cne. TAFT TO CAMPAIGN IN HUGHES BEHALF NKW YOlflC. Aug. 21.- ( Iiaiiaian ( Willcox of llie rcpiililu-aii nationtil committee aiinoiincid today thai former lVe-idciil 'I'uft will make a number of speech s dtiriic Ihc cam paign, priibably in October, the places to bp delermillcd laler. BULGARIANS WIN VICTORY OVER ALLIES Drive Against Allied Right Flank in Macedonia Claimed a Severe De feat for Sarrail's Forces Hinden burg Takes Offensive to Meet Re pulseRussians . Defeat . .Turks, Taking Two Regiments Prisoners Battle on Somme Slackens. . IT.TIMKIUAD, Aip,'. 24.Rnim 1'invrs ..pa-i-nt itm in Miiitlipin Turkisli Aniipinii lu vr nMii-iiirilc(l'.iush, pup luivil by i In- Turks on August 8, snys ii n nirii-iul ; 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 n -o 1 1 1 1 1 1 issucil iiy llie win- (Ii'iiii-Iiiic-ii lonisjlit. Tho slntcim-iil ndils Hie liiissimm i-uplui-. I'll Jllllll piisom-rs. LONDON, An-. 24. Tin- iliivi- nl' llio 1 1 n ! i ti ui'iiiv iii-niiisl tlie nllicil n'Khl I'IiiiiI; da Hie Miii-cdiiiiinii I'nin', iilipiircntlv ik-vilnpi-i into n kIiiiijh-i-i-lnsli with tin- cnlciiti- forces unit sri-iiti-r lossot! to llicm tlmil hnil pro viiiiislv ln-i-n inilicntcil, .jiuliuj; from tin- ofiii-iul n-poi-t n-ci-ivi-rt from So tin toilny. A suvi-ic ili-l'i-iit wns inl uiinisii.rcd to (li-ni-i-iil Sniriiil's troops nlonir the Slriiinn i-ivi-r mi Auiriisl 21, lit!" kI :it rini-nl iK-i-tn The liiil-riu-igiii lorci-s Imvn now i-u-(ii-ni-ln'il Ihcnisi-Ucs on lu unst li:ink of tin- Slnunii an, om.' (In-'lii-jliiviiy lo Si-n-s, iii-i-orilitiir In l-'rcni-li ofl'iciiil ri'jiorls toilny. Their positions- J..(.r(. lie in Ihe ivny of j. it nlliei mlvn-iei' nloiit llii' ino-l iire,-t roiile into llul ;.'!! rill. Sei'liiiins on .KHi'ssive. The nllieil oflensii-e in the Unlhins is deveh.pinij inlih-,1 inipelllK, Imlny's uih'iees iiidiceie. 1'nris reports the Serhinns on Ihe nsressive in the inoiililiiiu riili;. iiloni; Ihe western em) of Ihe from where lln-y have slonr.eil niul enplur eil ii hill three iniles noi-tlnvesl of Os. Irovo hike. The I'.uliiritnis look this position in iiiei,- in i t in I ilrive on the llllies' left flank. The Hiilf;iiriiiu war olfiee in m slnleiiieiit i.sueil yesteriliiy iinnoiine ed iin overwlielinins di.-l'eiit of the eu lenle f..rees nlonv the Struniii, slnl' inv tluil they look lliu'ht, i-nvinS -11)0 -lend on the field. i'1 Mente eenler Inis lleeu suli- I" ill ks, 1,111 the l-'ieueh stlllemenl llllllolinees I ll.it these Imm been eiisily reinilsed. No forw.-iril '"Vpi I is reported by the entente fi-n-es in thi, ri-vion. whieh iinludps the Vnldnr vnlley, up whieh it litis 'l1'1'" II ulil prolinble Ihe uinin of- l'en-ii- movement would be pressed, htit Ihc eiilenlc iirlilli-ry is nolnblv in-live, piirliciilnrly in the l.nke )oi rau region. Kiissinns I'liplm-e Turks. r'irld Maivhal Von 1 1 inilciihiii lias lakeii the offensive northeast of o vcl. retne.-rml reports the repulse of this attack. In southern Turkish Aniicnin Ihc llnssiiins me piishintr their new of fensive and report the defeat nf the fourth Turkish division in ,,li ensare- nient in tin- .l il region, dnrine; wbieli Inn Turkish reiriinents were siirroiiuded and taken prisoners. i Continued on puge two.) HUGHES SPEAKS 10 OlihIAV l lah, Aug. 24. C'liiirliM K. Iltigbcs reached Ogden ill 1 o'clock Imlay. Mr I litgbes was to speak one and one-half hours later before an audience ben- and leave lor Salt l.nke l ily, where he will iiddn-ss a night meeting. (Inventor Spry nf I'lnli met the nominee ;, (,0 Ktll(l. ym, m I'oitipaity him throtighont tin- stale. Immediately upon his imivnl Mr. Hughes was taken for an aiilontobile ride. He hcbl u brief public reception a II em ui ds.