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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
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LADY
sir
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,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.