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STRIKE SCHEDULED FOR LABOR DAY WILSON ASKS CONGRESS TO ACT
CONGRESSASKED PREDICTSIVIARCH I nT I GIRL NAMES EX- LABOR LEADERS
FOR LEGISLATION INTO HUNGARY mF3 - - MEDFORD PASTOR ORDER WALKOUT
TO END STRIKE BY CZAR S HOST l f, . ASHERBETRAYER 7 A. M. MONDAY
President Reviews Efforts to Avert
Break Trainmen Call Strike for
Labor Day Even as Wilson Pleads
Railway Managers Flayed for
Obdurate Stand on All Offers.
WASHINGTON, Amc. 2!). Presi
dent Wilson laid t lie railway strike
situation before congress tliis after
noon in an address to hot li houses
assembled in' joint session. The pres
ident told congress of his efforts to
liriitf; the railroad inanacers and the
men into some sort of ajireeinent and
saying he was powerless to do more,
lie asked congress to enaet legisla
tion to deal with the situation.
, Poinliiu: out the distress and hiird
Khips'which u nation-wide strike
would hriiiK ii'n the eoimtry, the
president asked congress to empower
him to draft into the service of the
United States the very managers and
men who have been unable to adjust
their differences so that the frovcrn
ini'iit may operate the railroads in
case of military necessity. He pro
posed that congress first enlarge the
membership of the interstate com
merce commission to equip it to deal
with' larger situations; second, that
mi eight-hour day be established for
all trainmen in interstate commerce;
third, that n commission investigate
the effect of the eight-hour day;
"TonnliT rtimr the" Hire rstatCeolnnierefl
commission .consider the increased
cost of the eight-hour day in making
rates, and, fifth, amend the media
tion law to prevent strikes or lock
outs while industrial disputes are be
ing investigated.
The sixth proposal was that the
"president be empowered to operate
the railways in case of military ne
cessity. How these recommendations
lire to be carried out President Wil
son left entirely in the hands of con
gress. Strike Culled Lnlmi' Day.
llist, before the president went to
address congress it became known
that the strike leaders had positively
called Ihe strike for Labor day un
less a favorable seltlement was
reached before. The committee of
railway presidents made a public
stiitcmcnt of their position, declining
to i ept President Wilson's plan and
giving their reasons.
"They have thought it best." said
'ihe president, referring to the rail
way managers in his address to con
gress, "that they should he forced to
yield, if they must yield, not by
counsel, but by the suffering of the
country.
'While my conferences with them
are in progress," the president con
tinued, "when to all appearance those
conferences had come to a standstill,
the representatives of the brother
hoods suddenly acted and set the
strike for the 4th f September."
Tlliis the president summarized his
efforts, and added.
"ISut I could only propose. I could
not govern the will of others when
they took an entirely different view
of the circumstances of the ease, who
even refused to admit the circum-
(Continued on page alx)
PARIS, Aug. 29. President Poln
care has sent congratulatory tele
grams to the kings of Rumania and
Italy upon the recent declarations of
war issued by those two countries
President Polncare's telegram to King
Ferdinand reads:
"At the time when the Rumanian
people are answering the appeal of
their oppressed brothers and entering
resolutely upon the glorious war In
which they find assurance of realiz
lng their national aspirations, I beg
Sour majesty to accept for himself
and for his noble country France's
most cordial wishes."
PRAISES RUMANIA HUNGARY ACQUIRES
I 1 I ZXsZO Mil I II r fr I VY'. .-C--CVNXV Mivfrk. I
Rumari'.ri Kino Leaves for Front 'Ts&S jA ITxWk Holmes, Who Lett
Orders Army Mobilized Defeated - I Here Under Cloud Three Years Ago,
in First Efforts to Force Way Into Bjlf! if ' "Sililffl lWv Accused hy Modesto Girl Officers
Hungary Russians to March -p-- BeIieve Mi"'ster Denies Guilt
BEULlN'i Aug. 29. (By Wireless
to Savvlllo) Tlio junction ot Rus
sian and Rumanian forces In the Car
pathians is Indicated In the otflcial
announcement from the war office
today, which says fighting has oc
curred with RusBo-Rumanlan troops.
PARIS, Aug., 29. The Invasion of
Hungary by Russians and Rumanians
is not only possible, says Lieutenant
Colonol Rousset, the military critic
of La Llberte, but It is imminent.
LONDON, Aug. 29. Desperate
fighting on the border between Ru
mania and Hungary is reported In an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Berne, Switzerland. The Rumanians,
the message says, are making furious
efforts to capture the Important
mountain passes.
ZURICH, Aug. 29. Rumanian
troops which have been concentrated
at Jassy, near tho Russian, frontier,
Transylvania, at a point to (he west
of Piatra, according to Information
recolved here, are reported to have
joined forces with'- Russian troops
coming from Bukowina.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 29 King Fer
dinand has ordered the general mo
bilization of tho Rumanian army
Great enthusiasm prevails in the cap
ital.. ROME, Aug. 29. King Ferdinand
of Rumania today left Bucharest for
the front to take command of the
army, according to Information re
ceived here today from the Rumanian
capital.
BERLIN, Aug. 29. Rulgaria un
doubtedly will follow the lead of
Germany In declaring war on Ru
mania, in the opinion of Count Ernst
Von Revcntlow, the naval expert of
the Tages Kcitung. Commenting on
tho action of Rumania, Von Revent
low writes:
"It may be assumed with certain
ty that Germany, and her allies had
counted upon Rumania's participation
In the war, and have taken measures
in advance. In view of the geograph
ical situation, the presumption is
permissible that military develop
ments are imminent. It was certain
that the German empire would regard
the cause of Its Austro-IIungarlan
allies as Its own. Allied Bulgaria
undoubtedly will do the same. The
allies will meet the new enemy who
once was befriended by the central
powers with whom he even had a
treaty alliance and who, after two
years of purposeful waiting and de
ception, now enters the camp of our
enemies and draws his sword for the
simple reason that he believed the
moment has come to take booty."
BERLIN, Aug. 29. Reports were
received hero today that the Human
lans have been defeated In their first
efforts to force a way through three
mountain passes into Hungary.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 29.
The Museum of Fine Arts has
acquired what Is declared to lie a
treasure In an almost unknown
bronze statute of Leonardo da Vinci
executed by himself. The Hungarian
sculptor, Stephen Ferenczy bought
the bronze In Italy arly In the 19th
century without knowing that Da
Vinci was Its creator. It was not
until " after Ferenczy's death that
the authorship was established.
PHILADELPHIA
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 29. The
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe rail
road today placed an embargo on all
shipments of perishable goods and
livestock effective at once, according
to a statement issued from tho office
of J. R. Koontze, general freight
agent. The order also states the
company will take no responsibility
on other shipments.
The threatened nation-wido strike
was said to be responsible for the
order.
WASHINGTON, Aujr. 2!). Ruil
roifd maunders here siiid t tint all lines
probably would lake action similar lo
that ordered by Ihe Santa jrV" to pro
tect themselves in ens' ( i ' ijtrike,
hut Unit, no concerted iietion hud been
agreed upon' Uliif lojii li - rond would
adopt its own pnftmitioris. ,
:" M-"
DAXVILLK, III., Aiii!, 2!). Six rob
bers blew the safes in two hanks at
Homer, III., near here, today and es
caped in an initomobile with loot es
timated at $1:1,(101). The explosions
at the two banks r.ere simultaneous
and so well muffled that few persons
in the village were awakened.
From the. Kiiynor and Rabb bank
$H"in" was I a ken and from the Citi
zens' bank iM.HMI. The ganv worked
on well-laid plans. There was de
lay in organizing pursuit because nil
wires lending into the town had bet
cut.
20,000 ATTEND GAR.
CAMP AT KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, An- 2!!. Litre
delegations from Missouri. Kansas,
India. iH, lows. nJ Minnesota arrived
here today to attend the annual en
campment of the 0. A. It. Ksti
mates made by the national executive
officer? shortly before noon were,
that 0.00(1 vifciinre had reached the.
city and that later arrival would
well the total for tomorrow's parade
to at least J.),0(iO.
HUNTING AN ISSUE.
gies
Hl'CIIAREST, Aiif.'. 28, via Pot
ronmd and London, Aiijj. 2!). The
causes which led Rumania to declare
war on AustKu-l limitary are set forth
in a note presented to Count Czernin,
the Austro-llnnjjnrian minister to
Rumania, nl'Ier u nici'liiij; of the liu
miininn crown council at which it was
decided lo declure war. Summarized,
the reasons given are:
"The Iriple alliance. to which Ku
iiiuniu was n parly, was broken when
Italy -declared war against Austriu
1 1 antra ry.
"Austriu-llunjrury thcu threatened
the interests urn! national aspirations
of Rumania.
"Austria - Hungary's assurances
that it was not inspired by u spirit
of conquest or territorial pains, in
attacking Serbia, have not been ful
filled. "Rumania was
territorial and poli
acinr her future.
"Rumanians in
confronted willi
lical changes incn-
Ihinpiry sulTcrcd
oppression, arousing u continual
slate of animosity between the two
mil ions.
"Rumania decided to hasten the
end of war, safeguard her racial in
terests and realize Iter nal'ional
unit v."
'flic note, after defining fin? pur
poses of the triple alliance, us con
stituted prior lo Ihe war, ami nl'Ier
declaring that litis alliance no longer
! existed nl'Ier Italy declared war upon
Aufrtria-Hfinpaiy, read aw follows;
"Kumanin remained in the pnie
nnii of states, Mt-kimr to work in
oyreement in order to assure peace
and to conserve tl)c Mtuatioii ile facto
and de jure, en-ated by treaties. Ru
mania then found herself in the nres
ence of powerH makintr war for the
sole purpose of transforming from
ton to bottom the old arrangements
which had serve,! s a basis for their
treaty of alliance. These changes
were for Rumania proof that the ob
ject bhe pursued in joinii v the triple
alliance no binder could be attained
and that sIm mast direct her efforts
in new jwiths, especially as Ihe work
undertaken by Austi ia- Hungary
threatened the interests of Rumania
and her national aspirations. Conse
rpientlv Rumania resumed her libcity
of action."
-By D Hit
GREEK KING ILL
PARIS, A liar. 20. A llavas dis
patch from Athens says Kinj; Con
slantiiic was unable lo receive yes.
terday a delcpilion of the Greek lib
eral parly, which had asked for an
audience, as the kin; still was suf
feiiii).' from a slight operation which
he underwent on Sunday.
Kiln; Cnnslnnliue is sul'leriii'' from
the effects of the removul in June
last of a portion of his tenth rib
niade neccssarv bv an nltaek of
pleurisy. ,
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COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Aui:
'J!l. The entire purse money for th
Welsh-While twenly-rounil bout
Labor dnv was deposilcd with K. W
Smith, ' stakeholder, on Saturday,
was nntmiiiiccil today.
Hard work inailc up todays pro
!iiain at each Iraitiiic.' camp. Kre.il
die Welsh, who yesterday afternoon
slaved his evmnasiam and boxing:
workout al a hotel before a lnrce
crowd of women, look up his daily
work early. It was expected addi
tloual sparrmi; partners would Join
the While camp lodav as the dial
lender's last pace is rapidly batter
in;; up his boxinv opponents.
WASHINGTON, Aug- 2(1. Tho
growth of tho pontoffce department
of the i:n ted States la best illus
trated by estimates made by depart
ment offlclala or the number of
pleeeH of mail of all kinds handled.
The flint emlmato recorded I" 124,
17H.4SO plecen In 1K47, no account
having been kept of earlier yearn
from tho boKlnnluK of the service In
1780. The latest estimate was that
of 1913 when 18,007,445,160 pieces
were handled.
IIODI'.STO, An-;. ... The Rev. A
A. Holmes, pastor of the Kirst littp-
list church of Ibis eitv. was drauiat-
ically accused in the .justices- court
here Saturday hy 17-yenr-old.
Whitney of bavini; made ardent lovo
lo her, following; a discussion of the
case in which Miss W.liilnev is now
involved.
The youiif; j;irl is the princiunl wit
ness ii";aiust (leorue K. Whitney, her
foster father, and his wife, both of
whom are now in jail on charges o:
liavinK contributed to her ruin. Whit
ney's relations with the irl, accord
ini; to the complaint upon which he
is beint; held, were not those of u fos
tor father.
Calls at Her Homo,
On the wiluess "stand, tcstifviiij
;ainsl Whilney today, Miss Whitney
introduced the name ol the Rev. A
A.- Holmes and launched her sensa
tionul accusation ti-;iiinst him. She
said Unit Holmes came to her and
secured an iidmissioiv from her that
her home life with her foster-father
was not what it should he.
''After tallin); him tin 1 asked him
what he llioituht of me."
",rlo said, 'I think just as much of
you. and more,' " she told the court
The j!irl declared that Holmes Ihen
made violent love hr her, idiowerin-;
her1 wild at jeniions.' Kinally. she les
tififdl'h'i! 'promised lo divorce bis wil'i
and hihrry her.
I'lvncher IK'nles Story.
The Whitney (irl told her slor
conceinini; Holmes to the probation
committee before narratinr; it in th
court. II was with Ihe consent
the committee that she introduced
in evidence today. The pro'baliou
committee includes represenlalives
from five other Modcslo churches
eluding Ihe wife of the paslor of th
South Melhoilisl church.
Holmes is married, with no chil
ilren. lie denied toui".hl in loto Mi
jlirl's allegations.
' ''It is an absolute falsehood
said. "I never at any time had any
conversalioii of the sort with the
Kirl."
The probation comuiiltec prol'e
failh in Ihe I l ilt It of Ihe "ill's story.
Members, of Ihe commiltce stall1
that they would ' mil have pcrmilli
Ihe L'irl to tell il in court if Ihcy had
not believed it implicitly.
Holmes was formerly pastor of the
Medford llaptist church and left here
for Modesto under a cloud about
three years hko.
Fit
LOSS SPERRY ILL
VALLI'.-IO, ( al., Au. '.'!).-- Kin
sweeping an immense warehouse be
loiiiriMK I" Ihe Sperry r lour compuu
here today, destroyed a stock
wheal valued at more than .2IO,(HIII
and caused an estimated total loss o
nearly $.'UU.IH)(l, necordiii-; to com
punv officials, Kile Iocs from Mare
Island navy yard aided Ihe lire de
pertinent in protcclini; the rest of III
companv's plant, includiie ojuut oil
tanks, ami Ihe flames were believed
to be nude!' control.
Tilrtoen cars of wlieat drasKV.I otil
of the warehouse by a Southern Fa
ciflc eiiRlno were finally lost hyi
the tracks were found blocked with
scores of automobilen and sneetntorn
who had left their machines while
they watched the spectacular blaze.
Seven of tho automobiles were de
stroyed by the leaping flames from
the box cars. Tho cause of tho fire
Is not known but officials beUevo
spontaneous combustion took place.
Brotherhood, Without Waiting (or the
Day's Results, Officially Call
Strike Steps Taken to Prevent
Any Legal Action Against Them
Quick Results Feared.
WASHINGTON, Aiiir.' 211. While
'resident Wilson wus unnoiincinn
that he woiild lay the railway strike
itnntion before congress at 2:1)0
o'clock today, the brotherhood leud-
rs rejected the latest proposition of
the eoniiiiillco of railroad presidents
mid actually ordered Ihe striko to be-
in al 7 a. m. Labor day, unless a
setlliuiient satisfactory to ihem is
reached in the meantime.
Their previous order for the striko
was tentative and required a secret
sij;iml lo put it into effect. Unless u
settlement satisfactory to the labor
leaders is reached bv that timo, or
unless President Wilson and comtress
find somo way to prevent it, the
trike would start Labor day without
further notice.
The labor lenders ndmitlcd they
took their action the first thinjr today
in the belief thai some means was be
ill),' sought to prevent the strike ac
tually beinj; called. By their action
they think they have anticipated any
IorhI processes which mijrht he
brou-jht against them.
The president will lty before eon-
Kress u'definile plan for legislation
dtinliiiK with- the situation. It con
tains hills laid before him by Senator
New lands afler conferences with Act-
Mtorncy Genera! Todd, Secretary
Lane and several members of the
senate interstate' commerce eommit
Ice. The hills which will he taken up
first are: ' '
A hill patterned niter the Canad
ian industrial disputes act providin-i:
for investigation of disputes between
railroads and their employes and
VrevcatiiiK strikes or lockouts during
the period of investigation.
An eij;ht-hour law for railway em
ployes with a provision that suffi
cient time shull be Krvcn the railroads
lo prepare for lis operation.
The president also discussed with
senator Newlauds early this mornin;
legislation for sloppiiu; a strike if it
begins before the preventive legisla
tion can he ridopted.
A. It. (larretsoii, spokesman for
the men, expressed himself uh
slroiiey opposed to the compulsory
cijjil -linur bill, he said that it would
brin';; benclits to such numbers of
non-union men thai the railroads
doubtless would oppose it, mid he
1h"itj;hl Ihe hrollieihoods would he
behind it.
In order to have any effect on the
present proposed strike, the presi
dent's legislative prn-;ram would have
to pass both bouses and become a
law before next Monday mornin";.
Once the men have left their trains,
compulsory investii;ati"ii would u?t
affect them, in tint opinion id' the
brotherhood ol'I'icials. The officials
declined to discuss this phase of the
situation further.
IIKLKXA, Mont, Aug. 20. Mon
tana voters are castinj; their ballots
today in the statewide primary. The
republicans, democrats uud social
ists have filed nominalioiis for United
Slates senator, representatives in
congress and for slate offices.
I'nited States Senator Meyers is
unopposed for the democratic nomin
ation for senator. Representative
Tom Stout U not seeking re-nomination.
John K. Kdwnrds mid ('has.
N. I'ruy are republican enndidates for
I'nited States senator. They iiava
cnmp:ii";ned actively.
Governor Sam V. Stewart is oppos
ed for Ihe nominution hy unother
democrat, Miles Hoiutiey,