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CRISIS REACHED IN RAILROAD DEADLOCK-PRESIDENT CONSULTS CONG
BROTHERHOOD
F
El
Crisis in Negotiations Reached Today
Committee of Eight Preparing to
Present Counter-Proposal to Wil
sonBrotherhood Chiefs Consider
ing Unofficial Report.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 21! Willi ne
gotiations for averting the threatened
railroad strlko practically at a dead
lock, President Wilson today sud
denly wont to the capitol and con
ferred with administration leaders
over the possibility of legislation.
The president conferred first "with
democratic leader Kern and Senator
Rowlands, chairman of the senate
commerce committee, who, it was
understood, after a canvass of the
congressional situation, had con
cluded it was feasible to get through
congress heforo adjournment as an
amendment to the pending bill to in
crease the membership of the Inter
state commerce commission, some
sort of an expression that the rail
roads should be authorized to make
rato Increases to meet higher wages
and to provide some sort of . ma
chinery for arbitration of similar dis
putes In the future, possibly along the
lines of the Canadian commission.
Just before the president went td
the capitol, the brotherhood leaders,
Impatient at the delay of the railroad
executives In replying to the presi
dent's proposal, .declared that only
the unqualified concession of the
eight-hour day or some action by
congress to cause the government to
operate the railroads could prevent
the threatened strike. On all hands
the president's visit to the capitol
was taken as indicating that the situ
ation had reached a crisis.
WASHINGTON, Ann. '20. Among
brotherhood officials this afternoon
it was declared that only unqualified
concession hy the railroads of the
eight-hour day, or net inn of congress
diking ovjjr the railroads for gov
ernment operation could prevent the
threatened slrike. .
Crisis Imminent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 'Jli. A crisis
in the negotiations looking; lo avoid
ance of a nutiou-wiilc railroad slrike
appeared imminent loday when a
counter-proposal involving arbitra
tion was prepared liy Ihe railroad
presidents for final submission to
J'resident Wilson. On the acceptabil
ity of I liis proisul by (he railroad
brollierliood's committee of G4II de
pended largely whether the presi
dent's personal efforts to mediate
shall fail. Heretofore the brother
hood leaders have stood firm against
any plan lo arbitrate their demand
lor an eight-hour day as a basis in
determining wages.
The railroad executives mid today
to perfect the draft of their proposal
and were expected to send it immedi
ately lo President Wilson, who had an
engagement with the brotherhood
leaders about noon.
Some members of the brotherhood
committee, although still hostile to
arbitrating Ihe eight-hour demand,
were said to favor taking J lie rail
roads' nroposat under advisement
and continuing negotiations next
week.
IxnK Session.
Ilrotherhond leaders had received
(Continued on page Hi)
VKNIl'K, Aug. 20. Venice is fac
ing n serious economic crisis as a re
sult of Hie war. The city government
sent ye-tcrdnv a delegation to ask
the national government for special
measures of assistance. The people
complain that they have been deprived
of the usual business of the port; ot
their income from florist and pre
vented from income- from their cus
tomary sources of revenue.
HOLD
II FOR
GUI HOUR DAY MACEDONIA LINE
lTMinr CAPIMO
iLllluL rflumu '
ECONOMIC CRISIS INFANT EPIDEMIC
piiniin nrnnmor
SERBIANS FORCED
10 RETIRE ON
Germans Launch Offensive in Cham
pagneResist Allied Advance on
Somme British Take Trenches
Before Thiepval Germans Attack
on Verdun Front.
PARIS, Aug. 2G. The Bulgarians
have attacked and captured the Greek
fort of Startila, the commander, and
the entire garrison which offered a
spirited resistance, says a Salonlkl
dispatch to the Matin. The dispatch
Is dated August 23 and was delayed.
SOFIA, Aug. 20. After severe
flghtlag on the Bulgarian right wing,
on the Macedonian front, the Ser
bians have been defeated with very
heavy losses and compelled to retire,
the war office announced today.
Eighteen consecutive attacks were
made by the Serbians.
On the eastern end of the front
Bulgarian forces have reached the
Greek Agean coast and put British
cavalry detachments to flight. Seve
ral villages have been occupied by the
Bulgarians. '
.The statement says:
"Our offensive on our right wing
continues. In the region of Moglon
ica mountain considerable Serbian
forces from the night of August 21
until the afternoon of August 23, at
tempted 18 consecutive attacks. All
their attacks were repulsed, where
upon the Serbians retired to their
former positions. Their losses were
immense.
"Our loft wing, advancing upon the
Agean coast, met weak British
cavalry detachments, which took
flight fn the direction of Gogo and
Orfano, pursued by our troops."
Palermo Occupied.
"PARIS, Aug. 2ti. A dispatch from
Avlona today states that the Italians
have occupied Porto Palermo and the
summit of Mount Kalarat, in south
ern Albania, in order to watch the
Albanian coast north of Cape Kcppall,
fifty miles southeast of Avlona, in
which district there is said to bo an
Austrian submarine base.
The territory occupied by the Ital
ians is quasi-Greek. The opinion of
Home newspapers, howevor, Is that
Greece will not protest the occupa
tion. L
LONDON, Aug. 2li. Hrilish ncro
planes have made another dash over
Belgium, on this occasion penetrating
to the vicinity of Nainur, 4(1 mill's
southeast of Brussels, anil bombard
ing German airship sheds. One aero
plane is missing. An official account
of these operations issued loday says:
"Karly Friday morning an attack
was carried nut by naval aeroplanes
upon enemy airship sheds near Na
il nr. The sheds were successfully
bombarded and two of them were hit.
but due to low-lying clouds it was
not possible to observe the damage
done. One of our machines failed to
return.
NKW VOKK, Aus. 20. The number
of new cases cf infantile paralysis
continues to decrca-e. During the
twenty-four hours ending at In a. mi.
today (here were only ninety-one new
ca-es, the lowest in a nionlh, and
twenty-live deaths. Yesterday there
were !M new cases uud 22 deaths.
DUTCH
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Charles Edward Russell's recent
the exports, both legal and illegal, to
parade of Dutch women, bearing the
HUGHES FLAYS
AT
GREELY COLO.
DKNYKlt, Colo., Aug. 'ju Charles
K. Hughes reached Denver shortly be
fore noon today to a welcome of brass
bands, giant firecrackers and cheers
from thousands of persons who gath
ered at the ' station and along the
streets through which he passed. The
nomiuee was feeling better lhan he
bad fell for days and showed only a
trace of fatigue.
Headed by a squad of mounted po
lice and brass bands, the nominee and
his purtv paraded through the busi
ness section of the city before going
to their hotel. The line of flag-he-decked
automobiles extended for
blocks, (liant firecrackers were fired
as a salute along the line of march.
After a few minutes' rest at his ho
tel, Mr. Hughes went to Ihe luncheon
of the Mile High club, where he made
an address.
Speaks at triveley.
(iliKKLKY, Colo , Aug. -2u ('has.
Kvans lluyhes, republican nominee
for president, war formally welcomed
to ('(dorado here, today by a commit
tee of republicans fended by !r. Hu
bert Work of t'ucblo, national com
mitteeman. '
Conferences with party leaders
were followed by a public reception at
!) o'clock, after which Mr. Hughes in
a ten-minute uddrc-s in Ihe citv park
here today summarized Ins chief at
tacks on the administration uud bis
own policies as follow.-:
Summarizes Attacks.
' In l opponents said that they
would reduce the cost of living.
"They haven't reduced the co-t of
living.
"They said they would stand for
the merit system in government.
"They have shamelessly betrayed
the merit system in government.
"They said they were for the main
tenance of the constitutional right-;
of American citizens throughout the
world.
"They have left our citizen to be
murdered and their properly destroy
ed right in Mexico, close to our boun
dary. "They did say they were opposed to
a tariff for protection.
"That they carried out. with Ihe re
Milt that before the Kuropenn war
broke out, unemployed men were
walking the streets of our cities, job
less, asking for work and having to
be fed by countless cliaritablu organ
izations. "I want to see efficiency in gov
eminent, efficiency in business, effi
ciency in the execution of all laws re
lating to governmental activity."
Income Amendment Rejected
WASHINGTON. Aug. ;. liy a
vote of :tl to !l the senate today re
jected an amendment by Senator l'n
derwood to redticp the incorne't.tx ex
emption in the administration revenue
lull from -i-ltinil to .UHHI for married
persons and from MKlO to .J(H,0 for
single peious.
WOMEN MARCH TO PROTEST FOOD
ui tlrtes hnvc told of Holland h troubles
Germany, where food commands higher
sign, "5000 children in I'.Hu more thanin
It
S0WI1 FRONT
Bulgarians Capture --Greek' Port of
Staotila and Reach Aegean Season
Eastern End of Front Weak Brit
ish Cavalry Force Put to Flight
Italians Occupy Porta Palermo.
LOXIION. Aug. 'Jti. While deter
minedly resisting the allied advance
on the Somme front, the Hermans are
launching an offensive movement in
the Champagne region. They pene
trated some French positions, but
subsequently were driven out, Paris
declares.
LONDON, Aug. A heavy at
tack made by Ihe I'russiuli guard
against Iriti-h positions al Thieinal,
on the Somme front, was repulsed by
the Worcester-hire and Wiltshire reg
iments, it was officially announced
this afternoon.
Near Moinpiet farm Ihe 111 ili-li
made a gain of HHi yards.
.Herman trenches along Ihe Cource-letlc-'I'biepViil
roadmen- captured.
Kurt her progress by the l.ritish in
Ibeir attack on Thiepvnl is iiUh re
ported, ground beini gained on both
sides of Mouipicl farm, notably to
the southwest, where -I (HI yards of
Herman Ircnehe- along the Cource-Icttc-Tbicpvnl
road were captured.
PARIS, Aug. ''). After an inlen-c
bombardment last niyhl the Hermans
launched an infantry attack west of
Tab u re, in the Champagne. They pen
etrated the French position, the war
office announced today, but subse
quently were expellctl. Herman at
tacks on the Solium- it ik the Verdun
fronts were repulsed.
The Herman attack on the Somme
was made on 1 1 ill lL'1, near the town
of .Mniircpa-, recently captured by
the French.
On Ihe Vcidttn front, ca-t of the
Meu-e, the Hermans attacked the
French line between Fleury and Thi
uuuiotit, al ter a heavy ImmiiIih idmcnt,
but were abb lo make no advance.
IIDP
una
GET LOST IN HILLS
HOSKHCKH. Or., Aug. 2b -Searching
partie- hdt here today to
look for .Mi-s Haze! Jcwetl and Mi-s
fieri rinl Ihllaid, two Ro-cburg
school teachers, who have been min
ing from their camp in the mountain-.tbirty-five
miles J nan here, since
yc-tcrday morning. From the time
that they became separated from the
other members of their party no trace
of thctu has been found.
PRUSSIAN GUARD BRITISH
REPULSED ALONG
EXP0HTS
J
to get food for her workers, ami of
prices. Here is a photograph of u
1914 died from lack of food!"
E
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ON SUEZ CANAL
CON STAXTI'NOl'LH, Aug.2li.
Hrlllsh and Turkish recpiinolteriiiK
partles'liavo clashed at a point Inns
than 20 miles cast of the Suez numl
In the coast region,, the llrlllsh de
tachments being roreed to floe, nc
cording to today's announcement liy
the war office. The official Btiito-
nicnt says:
"Caucasus front: Wo repulsed
British attacks aKainst our advanced
positions on the right wing. At one
point the enemy, despite a three-fold
superiority, was forced to retreat ho
fore the resistance of our troops.
"A hostile monitor unsuccessfully
bomhariled the coast near Kotcha.
"After an engagement hetwoen
hostile reconnitering parties with our
detachments 25 kilometers (about
l( miles) cast of Suez, the enemy
fled."
AMSTKRDAM, Aug. 2b. liy d
cicc nf the Rumanian council of mill
iteis, pnhlihcd in the Monitor, the
extraordinarv credit for the armv U
increased by 2lll).(MMI,(MMI francs
(illO.IMMI.fMlO j';-anc, according to tel-egrnm-
from lueharc--t today.
The I 'ni verbal announce that
ticneial Faraskivcco has been ap
pointed director ot munition.-, adds
the dipalc)i. and Ocncral I'opovic, m--peclor
general of cavalry, has been
appointed to command the first army
corp.- in succession to Hcncral Av
cresco. I
S.W.OXIKI. Amj.. JUi.A hn-c.
oimIii mcclin whs licl, here Inst
niht tn i!lllc-t HUJtillsl the firl'tipil-
'tion ol'tireek l(vritrv lv Iinlnriiins.
It was f'i!liwri by h flciiKinsttHtion
for Yenizclns nfitl the sin'in' of the
iiHliiin;il hymn.
I )i-ii tflifs 1'npni Allie ns shv the
;:m ctritiif'tit is niftch coin'crncil iilmiit
tin hlicnil pHi'tv inii!iiii'stiitiin which
is In-ill nf-'Htiiffl Inr Siimhiv ninl
IhrcHlcn- Id lili! 'imhiIit ilcriMtn-lni-ti'tns
in siiiKMt il' the Kinj:.
' New Zealat d Speaker Dead
WKI.I.INCTnV, . Ana. 'Jli.
Sir tienrjic Mniiricc O'lfitrke, sioikcr
of the New- .ciiliinfl house of rcrc
rcntHlivcs, is ilcn'l.
D MANIA lflTfQ.
itumnmri kuilu
INCREASED CREDIT AMERICAN FISHERS
HALT PROGRESS
OF RUSSIANS IN
CARPATHIANS
fierdlin Reports Partial Repulse of
Russians, With Lanje Losses
Russians Claim Advance in Galicia,
Occupying Village of Guta Press
Advantage Gained in Armenia.
DKIil.IN. A ut!. 2ti (by wireless to
Savville). Russian troops which are
attempting to advance in the Car
pathians toward the Hungarian bor
der have been partly repulsed, the of
ficial Austrian report of August 27t
announces. The statement says;
''Front of Archduke Charles Fran
cis; West of the Moldova and in the
district of Tartar pass several Rus
sian attacks were nartially repulsed
in hand-to-hand lilitiii-. The enemy
suffered larye losses.
"v ront ol 1'ield Marshal von llia-
denlmrjf: In the sector of Terepel-nike-I'ieniaki
we recaptured all the
trenches lost August 2'J. One offi
cer, 211 men and three machine nuns
were captured."
i'F.TIMHUAl), A" 20. In the.
foothills of the Carpathians in Hal
icia, the Russians have pressed back
the AusLrians and made considerable
advances, occupying a village, it was
announced officially loday.
"fn the Carpathians west of Nad
voina," the statement says, "our ad
vanced u'liards, having dispersed the
enemy, occupied the village of Hula
and reached the sources of Ihe rivers
llysiriiza and Myst ristza-Nadvorna
in the region of Rafalov."
I'lTROHRAI), Aug. 20. The Kus
siatiM are pressing the advautuge re
cenlly gained over the Turks ii
southern Turkish Armenia, according
to today's official statement, which
says :
"On the line extending from the
town of Kygi to Lake Van, stubborn
fighting continues. Our troops, after
having occupied the town of Mush
advanced to (he ridge of Kurst-Dagu
where we captured a number of pris
oners.
"In Ihe direction of Mosul we con
tiuiie lo pursue the remnants of liu
fourth Turkish division."
FILE COMPLAINT
OTTAWA, Out.. Auk. S. To dls
cu8 with tho WHshiimton iiuthorltleH
cnniiihifntH hy AnicrlcHn I'Hdflc coast
flshnrnicn Hint the Cumullan novern
ment Iihh reinsert theni halt unci sup
ply privlli-ncH Ht (!anailian portH, W.
A. Pounrl, Canadian Hiijicrlntcndont
of rishork'H, has left for tho American
capital.
The niHrInn and flhurles depart
ment loday denied reports eniHiinllnx
from Washlniiton that the Canadian
government, Htippnrted by a Hrltlsh
order In council, had hlnckllxtcd
American tlKhinK vem,:lH in north Pa
lflc waters.
In explanation ol tho situation, It
pointed out that Canada, some
years hko, save American vessels the
right lo ohtaln halt and other supplies
In Canadian ports, provided they
shipped their catch over Canadian
railroad lines. This was follwed hy
Hreat devclopmentH In Hie halihut
Industry on tho British Columhla
coast and tills husiness heinK lost to
Seattle, strong aKltallon arose there
against the Canadian ruliuKS. Ile
cently. It is charged, certain Ameri
can vessels, having taken on bait and
supplies al Canadian ports, took their
catch lo Healtle. As h result the
fisheries department has refused
these vessels had and supply privi
leges and will continue to refuse
them. It was declared, until they
undertake lo olwerve regulations.
SCHOONER GREAT
BEAR WRECKED
IN BERING SEA
Left Seattle Jure 16 to Meet Stef
anssen Party Safely Landed on
St. . Matthews Island Are Well
Supplied With Provisions Bear
Strongly Built.
ON 1IOAUI) I". S COAST (iUAUl)
Cl.TTKIi iVi'Cl l.l.OUtill, lieri;j; Ken.
ng. Tile power schooner Ulcmt
Hear, currying I lm Arctic expedition
licadeil hy .Jolin Hordcu of Chicago
and Captain Louis i.ane ol' Seattle,
was wrecked on it pinnacle rock in
llcring sea August 10. The vessel
wns a total loss, hut (lie entire party
landed salely on St. Mnltliews isl
and, where they were found yester
day liy the McCulloch. I
Hillnil liy McCiiIIoiikIi
The mcnihcrs of the parly aboard
the Oreiit Hear were aide to land
tents and provisions on St. Mathews
island and lived comfortably fifteen
days until the McCulloch, which hail
been sen! from Nome lo search for
the vessel, found them yesterday.
Ilorden anil his enlire party worn
I uken aboard I lie McCulloch, which
started hack to Nome last night.
Tile new power schooner Oreut
Hear, built here this year for John
Borden, the Chicago millionnire, uud
Captain Louis l,une, u widely known
Arctic navigator of Sea I lie, .left hero
July "Jli for an eXIendcd cruisu into
the. Arctic. Wheli Ihe vessel left
here, Mr. Horden, ('upturn Lane and
Niirris lllokiiiu of Chicago anil 11
crew of twenty men were the only
members of the expedition aboard.
Olliers who were lo go witli Ihe party
into the Arctic Weill by mail steamer
to Nome, where I hey expected to join
the expedition.
Ileal- Strongly Unlit.
The (licut Hear was especially con
structed lo withstand the pressure of
the Arctic floes and it was Cuptnin
Lime's in t i'ti I ion lo penetrate ns fur
as Itaiiksland, where he expected to
meet Villi.jiilinur Stefansson, the
Canadian Arctic explorer, for whom
lie curried supplies,
I'nlil the wireless incssage was re
ceived from Hie coast guard cutler
McCulloch today, untiling hud heeu
hearil from the (treat Hear since Au
gust (i, when she was reported leav
ing: Cnahiska for Nome. The trip
across Hcring sea should not have
rcipiired more than u week, and when
she failed lo arrive lit Nome grent
anxiety whs felt for the siifety of
those nboiird and the McCulloch was
dispatched lo search among the isl
ands. The Client Hear was the most.
stiuini-lilv built Arctic craft that ever
left Seattle. She was 17.') feet long,
:i'J feel Ileum, with 11 limit of four
teen led and cost more than $"".
(Mill. Her thick oaken hull was
sheathed in Australian iroiiburl;, a
heavy timber havinir great power of
resistance, uud Cuptnin Lane and Mr.
liorden were continent she could
weather any storm and withstand the
severest haltering ill (lie ice.
The coast guard cutter McCulloch
(Continued on page Hi)
BILLS MAY DELAY
WASHINGTON. Aug', "id. Senator
Owen made a futile effort in the sen
ate today tit secure consideration of
the corrupt practices bill. Senator
Smoot, republican, objected, but Sen
ator Horah declared the republican
leaders rvmld hind him to no leg:;it
tivc program and said be desired1 to
vote on both the corrupt practices
and immigration bills before adjourn
ment. Senator- Reed and Saul-bury, dem
ocrat, declared they would aid Sen
ator Owen in an effort to set the cor
rupt practices hill before the seaato .
and that precipitated a tlulter over
the democratic progrum tor adjourn
ment next week. - .