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University of C.cijon I Un ary edford Mail Tribune FORECAST Partly cloudy. Occasion nlly throutiming. WEATHER Maximum yesterday lt)2j Minimum today, (III. ' Kortv-ljrth Year. Dully KlcrcnUi Tor. MEDFORD OREGON. MONDAY, .MTU'ST . 28. 191(i NO. i:r RUMANIA .BUS WAR WITH ALLIES; DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA-HUNGARY vi r a i mi r nnrr n ni a HK IS HAL Wm rLAN w w - - - - - MILLION MEN INTO STRIFE Fourteenth Nation to Enter War Germany Expected to Declare War Against Rumania Italy Declares Against Germany Opens Way to Bulgaria for Russia.' l'.l'.III.IN, .ii;ii'-J.S. flcrmnny has declared war im Kiinuinin. KiulitiuLT has begun between liu lunniau nnd Teutonic troops ui the Triiii-ylviiniiin trontior, tin- official nnnouucmucnt i T lodny indicates. The stalcmcnt says liimuuiinns have Imm'H taken prisoner. LONDON', An;.'. 2S. The Kuninn ian mbiistcr ill Vienna received his passports yc.-leriiiiy. says a telegram received l.y llie Kxrhungc Telegraph coimianv Imiav final the Auslrinn camp liy way nf 'I'lii' Hague. Tin' minister is lea ving. Vienna to day I'm- llucliurcst by siccial train. The newspapers of Vienna appear with large lilank s)iiees, (he message mills, sho.viug lliat all articles (leal inn with Itiimania jiave been cen sored. IVKISLIX. Auk. 28. Rumania has entered tho war with the entente ill lies. Official announcement Is made at llerlin that the existence of a state of war with Austria-Hungary was liradfttmvdmt--tytu-lilirofstr- yesterduy.. evening. An Indication that Rumania moved In accordance with a-a 'pre determined plan of the entento allies is found In tho fact that her declara tion of war was made on the same day as Italy's declaration aKalnsl. Oermany. Ocriniiii Council Convenes. The official announcement from llrrliu adds the Information that on receipt of the news' of Rumania's action the federal council was called for an immediate session. This may forecast a declaration of war by Ger many against Rumania. Dispatches from Athens indicate that popular feeling Is stirred deeply by occupation of CSreek territory by Unitarian forces although this move was sanctioned hy the Greek govern ment. Little information Is released by the censors 1n regard to the condition on tlte Macedonian front. The Bul garians, clairtvrng consistent gains on the western end of the line, are If ngthening the ' front and pushing into Albania: ' : ' ' llucharest" dispatches received yes. terday stated that King Ferdinand of Rujnania had convened a conference of representatives of all the political parties, rormer premiers, former pres. iilents of tiie legislative chambers,. ministers and government representa tives, with the iden of ascertaining the views of all sections of public opinion. The Wolff bureou which first made the announcement that Rumania has cist her fortunes wlt'i V'.e entente al lies is a semi-official German news agency which frequently is used as an avenue for making public oficial an nouncements. Rumania Fourteenth in War. Rumania thus becomes tho four teenth nation to Join In the war. Her intervention either on the side of tho entente allies or the central pow ers has been awaited with symptoms or concern by both since the begin ning or the great conflict. This is due not entirely to Rumania's mill- (Continued on Pago Four.) UAlriMOHK, Aug. 2H. There was no gold in the, cargo nf the German men-bant submarine (JeuNehland uhen she sailed from this port on her retain voyage to Gentium , August 1 ln-l, according to the underwater liner'r manifest made public today at the cu-tom houe. Her cargo eon-istcd only of crude rubber, bar nickel and crude tin, ami weighed l,7;!.,7(ill pounds. E Fifty Thousand Join in Preparedness Demonstration Former Premier Urges Necessity of Preparedness . for, Hostilties War Party Gain ing Before Elections. - !ATHKXK, An-. 28. Fifty thous and Greeks, joined in n demonstration today before, the residence nt Veni zelos, the loinier premier, and cheer ed him witli boundless enthusiasm when hp urgct them to send n com mittee p King Cnnstantine to urge him to support the present goveru ment and prepare the army lor n "possible rupture of existing condi tion." Addressing tlte multitude, Venizelos said: "Last week I summoned you to a demonstration to show you what to do. Now I exhort you to send a com mittee lie lore the lung and sav to him : " 'Your majesty, you were the vic tim of persons who persuaded you there would he a (termini victory find you thought' yon, could violate the constitution, the people (lo .not ap prove of these facts. The reservists lelegninh you that they are ready to follow yon because they think you will always remain neutral. 'mrrchrcrion.s re' necessary, but you must not use your" influence polit ically because the results would be destructive. Tbe present government is absolutely necessary. The premier (Alexander Znimi) is an excellent man. You should give the government full political authority. You must now show' the entente powers most benevolent neutrality and exercise the army in preparation for a possible rupture of existing conditions, 'flie liberal party is confident as regards your position.' " In concluding, Venizelos declined: 'I think our desire will be favorably accepted, otherwise I will do mv best." The landing of the first eontingent of Italian (roups at Ohiinnra (a small seaport of Albania on the strait of Otranto) causes pi no in throughout all Greece. The Greeks now see not only eastern Macedonia in the hands of the ilulgars. whom they expelled from there three years ago, but northern Kpirus in the hand of the Italians. Following the landing of the Ital ian troops, the Greek civil officers were temporarily relieved of their functions and the telegraph wrrcs were cut, but this damage was soon repaired. KALAMAZOO, Mich., Aug. 2S An official inquiry which lasted until early today failed to determine the exact enu-e fur the smashup at the automobile derby hero yesterday, or to place the blame. Kloven racing cars came together. Two racers were killed and eight drivers and mechan icians were seriously injured. So far as determined, the crash was enu-cd hy the wrecking of the car driven bv .lack Peacock, who was killed. F. K. Marquette of Kalamazoo, rneclyinician for Peacock, is in n local hospital with a fractured skull. Me is not expected to live. i Picture Show Battle Scene PITTSliriiG, Am.-. 2H. V. M. liced, a white mau, and Virgil Cobb, n negro, cleared up a long-standini: ipiairel lu-t night at Croweburg, a mining camp, near here, and chose a crowded pit arc show for a battle ground. During the tusillude of shots which soon cleared the hnu-e of Nee- tutnr-, both men woe mortally wounded find !icd in a short time Many patron-; of the show were tram pled upon in the ru-h, but none was injuif. RUPTUR 1 BERLIN uabhiio'it:! .. l&3k ,f?0":r If: CHASE. HUGHES '-MMJ 1 -''. mT W$m&- Xis&r 1 HAW? RI6HT v-; . 5wwe court Jp$ fitYSSP Tl" B A Candidate . ., . wsr not be Slijr EITHER OPENLY Off ' ' V V ORAGCEB into ST I l5VQ3LlACITLY t' ' ' r0L,rics ItS I svvcittittBtHocHts r judge w U.1 i . RMrrV. " f T supreme lvfl 4'-' p&S-TW V: if -U C0WTSH0U19 TO I XKW VOItK. ' Autr. .'R.-Nnlioniil doniocrnlii' Iciidcrs Ik--ii n In nnivi lit'i-c Imltty in n'mlmoss l'ur f-iinlVr-onips wliii-h will prcccili' the Wilson notilirnlion rercmnny nt l.on Ilrnnr-li Tiext Siitiii'iliiy, TIip Kiilhcrins nf incinbcrs (if tlip nntinnnl coinniitlco for tho I'iivt tiinp sini'c llip St. I.onis convontioti will cniililt' ('luiirinnn .Mc ('otinicl; to ciinvnss the pnlitiriil sil nnfion in nil part'; nf the country and prepare I'llinpaiL'ii plans to he lanni'li vA as soon as the president has made his speeell of formal aeeeptanep. The notiliealion eomniiltee of which Sen ator .lames of Kcnlueky is ehainnan, will have headipiarti'is this week at a loeal hotel, while the mcmhers of the national eommillee and the two campaign enmmittees will meet at campaign headtptarters. The e-ronnds at the president's summer home, Shallow Lawn, will commodate nearly 1211,(10(1 persons, and to brintr as many as possible within the reach of the candidate's voice a sonmlini; hoard lias been pat up over the platform in front of Ihe veranda of the house where the pres ident will niali? his speech. FRISCFvjsiTELT BY L SAN KiiANCISCO, Aug. 'JH. A summer electrical storm, an entirely unique phenomenon to native Sun Franciscans, visited the peninsula and traiis-br.y sections late last uiuht. The accompanying downpour reached almost the proportions of a cloud burst in souu- placer, fn half an hour three-tenths of an inch of rain fell in San Mateo, and the lighUiing crip pled the electric lights. Transform ers at various places about the bay were burned out, the Oakland street ear sy-tem being out id' commis-ion for about an hour. The fire alarm system of Kast Oakland was nlo damaged. The storm catalogued In Dr. A. LiiUM-hiier of the (.'diversity of California as due to extraordin ary atino-pheric condition was per haps presaged hy h ren arkable phos phorescent display wdneed Sunday night on the ocean. VACILLATION) BULGARIA FACES Bucharest Capital Imperiled by In vading Army Difficulty Will Be Experienced in Supplying Ruman ian Army With Munitions Zqr ip ment of German Manufacture. LONDON. Aug. -2H. .Many general staff officer believe Jiutgaiia will be call.'d upon to hear the brunt of the attack of liumania- upon Austria Hungary. According to war department in formation, Kuniauia has war sup plies to la.-t four month. The entire equipment of the Kuniaiiian army, unless ehanged recently, is of fler nmii manufacture, which may make the supply problem difficult tor the allies. The only known 'route for furnish ing munilinn is by way of its-io. It has been reported that Austria has been buy for nimlli preparing her defences ahui' the Uuiioian lines, aided by Field Marshal Von Markeneii, and ( ienaan engineer:-. For that rea-nn some ol'fi: -cis believe the Austrian general staff has deter mined to ludd it-elf entirely on the defensive in the new war. endeavor ing to prevent the pn-!iing of Kalian troop-, down into the plains of Hun gary by way of Itimiauia. For that rea.-on many nl fieers here took for a fierce I'uigarian drie into Rumania as Minn as war is declared between these two nation-. I'tichurc.-t, the K Minimi; in eapital. lie- in an open plain within seventv miles of the Imlgariau tronticr. It c;in be dclei del, a nay officer belie i (., only by a gi'eat I icld army and dif fers an object ior a drive. Protest British Tobacco Emhartjo WASHINGTON. Am-. -licpre-scnlali'cs iff sc enly-live leading southern tobacco -rouei's conferred here today with senators nnd repre sentatives pride-liiif auainsl ihe IJiil ish einliar;.'f aL'aillsl shipment of American lohaeeo l (icrniany and Austria, hcuirninr August 'I'hey proposed that lla- sialc dcpai ttiient take proi.i)t na-auies. AT FOR TREACHERY J lron the NE W CREW OF GREAT E, Ai NOMK. Alaska, Aug. 'JH. The twenty-one men who were on (he j)ower bout Great IVtar when she was wrecked on a pinnacle rock near St. Matthews island, August HI, were landed hero yesterday afternoon by the Foiled States coast guard cutter McCnlloch. AH the men v. ere well. The (treat Dear, which was built on I'uget Sound a few months ago at a cost of 7'..niHl by John Itoidcii, a ( 'hicago millionaire port-mnn, and Captain Louis Lane, an Aictic navi gator of long experience, had set out from Seattle on a hunting and .trad ing expedition and intended lo meet Vilhialniur Slefuns-oii, the explorer, on Dauksbind, and replenish his sup plies. It i- believed that Slcfan-son. who lack-; ga.-oliue and ot her supplies, will be obliged to abandon his explor ations north of Dauksbind and return to the Mackcu.ic delta for the winter. The .McCulloch took the Great Dear" men from St. Matthew- i-land, where they had been camped fifteen days on the beach. AH ihe supplies, -mall boat- and pcr.-onal effect id' the men were saved. The Great Dear during dense fog-, si rind; a pinnacle island two miles long with walls ris ing perucudieiilarlv !MMI feel from the water. ISH DEPORT USE PACO PA(lf), American Samoa, Ans. 1!8. Order for r lie deajrta tlon of all Chinese laliorera by the end of the current year and their rlwld ex;:liifdon Ihereatler have been bailed by tbe Ilrltisli ndnilnlKtrallon ol once (lernian Wenlern Hamou, which Includes the IxlandH of Savll and Opoln. The Chinese wire broimht to tbe iKlnndH durlnK the (lermail oc ctipntloni wheh ended nhorlly after the. Knropean war broke out. Island plnnlern depend tu n ront. extent upon Chinese labor In work their lands as Ihe native help Ih inef. tlric.it. All (lerman buHlneHH houften have been ( lowed by Ibe llrltbib offlclnlB. LITTLE ACTION MACEDONIAN SOMME FRONTS Light Artillery Fire Near Doiran Bulgarians Shell Mekis Allies Make Progress Near Delville Wood Russians Repel German Attacks Germans Attack at Fleury. l.OXOOX, A uk. 2S Artillery fllp. tns Ih In progresB along the AlAor itoulan front, but no Infantry notions of Importance arc under way, kq Tar UK Ik Indicated by toduy'H official ae count of tho operations on this front. The announcement follows; . "On our Doirun front our nrtillery Hllenecd tho enemy's guutt, which were- bombarding our positions. "On the Struma front the Uulgar lanH shelled Mekis, and we disperned an enemy working pnrty northeast of Komarjan." ' LONDON, Aug. 28. No largo ne tlotm on the Somino front are re ported in today'H oiflelal nnuounco ment, which sayH. "In Hplte of indifferent weather, .some progreKH has been nmdo east of Delville wood and In minor Buccensful euturpriKes near Moquet farm. "KuRt night there wns much shell ing aguiiiHt partH of our line, esttec lally In Delville wood und on our trenches north of Pozloros. Our artll- ,!ery alwo was active.",. .. ; (icnnan Al tacks l-'itil. I'KTROtiltAO, Aun. 2S. Atlatliti made by (lerinan troops, at two points on the northern part of the ltusslan front, wore repelled, aecordinn to today's . war oflice announcement, which says: "On Saturday, north of Koldyrheva lake, enemy columns, atletnpted to launch an attack, but owing to our artillery fire, were compelled lo re turu to their trenches. "On the lllvnr Shara, south of tne Hiirnnovlchl-I.unlnlots railroad the (lermans, with a force of about two battalions, launched an attack. The enemy forces were repelled, "On the Stokhod, south of Stoby Khov, our scoutlui; patrols sur rounded nil Austrian field post, part of which was cupturcd. PARIS. Auk. !!S. The (icriuans made several attacks on the I'rench positions at Kluery last iiIkIh. but were repulsed, says today's announce, ment or the war office. HKULI.V, Auk. 2K. lirltlsh und Krench troops made repeated attacks on the (lerinan positions last niuht in tho roRlon of the River Romme on the western front, says Ihe official state ment, issued today by tbe Cerman army headquarters siaff. The attacks failed, the statement sayst partly lifter hand to hand fighting, and partly on account of Cerman counter nttnrks. I'llH AIIII. Ant:. L'H. The "prohi bition special," ciirryiiiK ! frank i lniily, pre-idculial candidate, nnd I'r. Ira Laudrilh. candidate lor vice president, on their lw mouths' lour of the niitinn will slop tit itppro.xi inalelv lilltl biwns, it was announced here today at Ihe uulinnai prohibition hcuihpiailers. 'flic slogan of Hie cmnp. 111:11 is "a ttiillinu voles for prohibit ion." The special train which is In leave t'hii'a'jo Scpleiuher H will make at least ten lowus a day, accoidinir lo plnn-4. Swiss Officers for Columliin IIKUN'i:. Swilzi-rlaml, A us. -S. A tnililarv mission consistitij; of offi cers of the Swiss army, will soon leave for Columbia to reorganize the army of Hint Soulh American repub lic nlonir Swiss inc. The officers II! e sent at Colombia's rciptcst. FUTUR E NEW PLAN President Submits Scheme to Rail road Heads Congress to Stay in Session Pending Settlement of the Question Pennsylvania President Wants Arbitration or Strike. WASIIINliTON, Aug. 2S. Labor Day, September 4, was made the dutq for the flxhiB of the tentutlvo orders prepared for tho railroad brother hoods nnd carried home by the niom bers or the coiumltteo or (11(1 when they left Washington yesterday. It was learned tonuy that tho brotherhoods' negotiations here must end one way or another before Labor Day, and selected the holiday with a view to haviiiK the two million or more workers In nil lines of lnhor, march in (treat demonstrations In favor of tho strikers' eauso. WASHINGTON, Auk. -S. The conferences at the cupilol disclosed thai proposals, one hy the president . and one by Senator Newlunds,- are under consideration. Both propose thai in the event of 11 slril.e Ihe eov ernment should operate the railwit.v-4 for nalional necessities. . WASIIINflTON, Ann. 28. I'resi- , cbim- .VVils. in's -.jiliiiii l..r. biviikiutt ihii' deipllock lielween the railronds nnd Iheir employes, as diseitssed in eon fcrences today, was as follows; An eit;ht-hoiir law for railroads lo become cITcc'livc at a dale fa 7 enotiuh in Ihe future lo yive Ihe railroads op porliiuily lo prepare for it. . A law pnllerui'il after J'ue ( 'niiiiillaii. acl, wliicli prevents biidsouls or strikes while an industrial dispute is hcitiK investicalcd. I'his plan was discussed hy the president with his parly leaders in ronurrss us the next slc afli'r Ihe railroad muniiers have I'ormally announced Iheir re fusal lo accept. Ihe plan of sclllcmciit Ihe president previously proposed. They were expected to do this a,:, 2:11(1 this afternoon at a white house conference. Meanwhile congressional leaders save up hope of adjournment this year and settled down to stay here iifs long as necessary to provide legisla tion to meet the strike sitnnlioti, Sen ator XcwIamU uad Commissioner Chnmbei's nf Ihe federal mediation hoard conferred today with Acting Atlorney (iencral Todd about the leg islative program, hut ell denied that any legal measures for preventing 11 strike had been discussed. I'p lo Ihe prc-cnl Ihe railroad ex ecutives have based their objections to Ihe president's plan on Hie ground lhal Ihe entire eonlroversy should he submitted to arbitration. Ft was understood today Hint mniiv prnposals of different form have been presented to the railroad execu tives through Ihv while house, hut lhal they have all been met with the statement that Ihe railroads stood for arbitrating the whoh ntroversy. If all the negotiations fail and the president goes before congress, prob ably lomorriiw or Wednesday, it is said he will reveal the details of nil the negotialious in his uddresM nnd his plan for legislation. The four brotherhood heads issued a slatcnuni replying to President Wea of the Pennsylvania, who Inst (Continued on Dng tlx) DECREASES HALF XI'-W YORK, Auk. 2. HnrouruR iiiK results In the fight ngalnsl Infan tile, paralysis were Indicated by tho department of henlth's report for tho 21 hours, endliiR at 111 a. m. today. Only 1:1 new oises were discovered, or only a little more than half the niiin lar during tho previous 24 hours. The great decrease was In llrook-lyn. EIGHT HOUR OAY IS
