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University ot OreBon U'.:rary RIBUNE i EDFORD FORECAST PA I It AM) COOLF.lt TODAY AM KltlltAV WEATHER Maximum YeMtordny 15; Minimum Today 53. Fortv-1xth Tear. rftHy Klpvpnlh Tear. MEDFORD OREGON. THURSDAY", AUGUST HI. 191G NO. 138 M MAILT CONGRESS WORKS OH LEGISLATION TO BRING ABOUT RAILROAD PEAC 8 HOUR BILL, 10H0URPAY, SHE UNI House and Senate Rush Work to Pass Bill by Saturday Brotherhoods Called Upon to Postpone Action a Week Union Chiefs Remain Firm President May Make Appeal Both Sides Find Fault With Peace Measure. WASHINGTON, A lie 31. liail runil brotherhood officials Into today, through A. H. Gnrretsun, nerved to accept as u basis fur calling off the strike, the Aiinmson compromise cifrlit-boiir bill, already approved by President Wilson mill house leaders. The measure was introduced immedi ately by Representative Adnmson with a view to having it passed and sent to the senate tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. The Ad amson bill would provide lor an cight lioiir day at the present ten-hour pay day, effective next December 1. Em ployes would be given the pro rata rate for overtime. A commission of three to be appointed by Hie presi dent would report to him and congress in not less than six nor more than nine months the effect of the eight hour day. Expenses would bo paid by u federal appropriation' of $'-",-dim. The senate leaders soon afterward determined to introduce a similar measure in the senate tomorrow for immediate action. It will be finally drafted by the senate interstate com merce committee tonight. It was agreed that the senate should meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to begin consideration of the bill. President Wilson will be in his office at the capital at the time. WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. The eight-hour day bill, on which most congressional leaders agree, It enacted bv Saturday night, will bo sufficient justification In the opinion of brotherhood leaders for calling off the railroad ptrlko sot for next Mou day. This today was the main source or optimism that the great industrial tie-up would not occur. "Knactnient into law. of tho presi dent's eight-hour day bill as now drawn, guaranteeing the present 10- hour day wage," said W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen's brotherhood "will be regarded as a satisfactory settlement of our difficulties with tho railroads and there will be no strike. In order to prevent a strike, however, this bill must become a law before next Saturday midnight. The senate lnter-state commerce committee arranged Its first public hearings on the measure today and allowed three hours each for argu ment by brotherhoods and railways. Tho plan was to present the finished draft for the senate Saturday ready for Immediate action. The house. however, was not disposed to wait so long. Its leaders set Friday after noon as the time when they would take the Initiative if the senate had not acted and gave assurance that the house would pass the measure (Continued on page lx) WASHINGTON, An if. 31. Cm sulaf dispatches today report it Ger man newspaper, the Hhcinische West lalische Zcitung, as saying: "We are not conducting a war with the l'nited States and therefore citi zens of that country taken prisoner in battle and found with arms in their hands should be considered as niuraiidcrs and executed," ADVERTISES FOR A HUSBAND; GETS ONE MRS W.L. NEUBER.T. Mrs. Anna Hniiknl of Chicago, willow of a Tsinglau, China, impor ter, advertised for a husband. Or. William I.. Neubert, l.iike Forest, 111., dentist, had known Mrs. Bnukiil three months. The stumbling block was the proposal. The advertisement solved it. Dr.Ncubcrt proposed, Mrs. Buukul accepted and they married. Unknowns who answered the "lid were rejected. Mrs. Ilaukal was widowed two years ago and' went to Chicago from Tsingtnu witli her two children when the Japanese invaded Tsingtnu. BATTLE SECTOR LONDON, Aug. "In the oper ations south of Murtinpuich (Somiue)' reported last night," says today's British official statement,, "two offi cers and 124 soldiers, of other ranks surrendered. They belonged to a Bavarian regiment. "We discharged gas over n broad front near Arras and also near Ar incnticrcs with good results. "The enemy shelled Bethuiie lust night, which led to heavy retaliation from our guns." ' BKRLIN, Aug. 31. Today's offi cial statement regarding the western front says: "In the sector extending on both sides of Annenticrcs the enemy devel oped lively artillery activity. His reconnoitenng detachments which ad vanced after strong artillery bom bardment in surprise attacks were re pulsed." NKW YORK, Aug. 31 Kxtrn divi dends bv five copper companies were announced here todav. The L'tah Copper company declared an extra diidcnd of $to(l, in addition to its regular ipinrterly dividend of $1.."0 a share. The Unite & Superior Copper company declared ? extra in nddi tion to the regularly ipiarterly .fJ.'J" and the Nevada, Consolidated topper company will pay .0 cents a share extra and 30 cents regular. The Chino company also declared -tl extra in addition to its regular -t-25 quarterly, and Kay Consolidated 2.1 cents in addition to the 50 cents regular. WYOMING JUDGE REFUSES RESTRAINING ORDER CIIEYKNNE, Wyo., Aug. 31. Judge John A. Miner of the l'nited States district court for Wyoming, this afternoon denied a petition of George W. Argue, a conductor, for an order restraining the ofticers of five divisions of the Order of Railway Conductors from issuing and enforc ing an order to strike. The divisions embrace the luion Pacific railroad. vf S RAIL HEADS IN BLUE FUNK ON PEACE EFFORTS Managers Do Not Share General Op timismPlan to Pool to Fight the Brotherhood Penalties Attached to Employes Who Walk Out Re wards for Loyalty. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. Practically none of tho railroad heads shared the optimism expressed in some quar ters in Washington that passage of the eight-hour bfll by congresB would avert a strike, and according to E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, spokesman for the party of railroad presidents who returned from Washington yes terday, the railroads will proceed on the assumption that the strike will come on Labor day. Embargoes begin today on every trunk line In the country. Most of the roads also give warn ings to passengers that they should end their journeys before 7 a. m. Monday or be subject to Indefinite delay. Railroad officials plan to run at least one passenger train a day on every railroad and In each case, it is announced, preference will be given to milk trains. s The railroads will not carry on the fight single handed, but according to tontatlvo plans, will pool their re sources. N Strikebreakers, It is understood, will be hired not Jjy individual roads, but by a central committee of all the roads and distributed where they are most vitally needed. If one road sue- coeds in moving trains while the tracks of another are stalled, tho successful road will lond a helping hand' to the road In distress. The plan for a harmonious a! llance of all the roads will be defi nitely formulated at a meeting at the Chicago club today of 23 high railroad officials in the city. In an effort to discourage strike sentiment the roads have Inaugur ated a system of punishments and re wards. Employes who go on strike will forfeit their seniority privileges. New men taken on during the strike will be given the pcrferment in promotion, 'Guarantors of protec tion have been givon to employes who remain loyal to the company Independent of the transportation strike the railroads are facing a new labor problem In the threatened striko of 35,000 shopmen on 20 rail roads west of Chicago. Unless their demands for an eight-hour day and five cents an hour wage Increases are granted, they announco they will take a strike vote on September 9 The men Involved are the. machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers and car men. The Great Northern railroad has called on Governor Hanna of North Dakota to protect its property should a strike be called, and the governor announced that he w-ould issue In structions to the police and sheriffs of the state to safeguard the lives of passengers and protect the prop erty of the railroads from destruction by strikers or their sympathizers. SLUMP IN WALL STREET STOCKS NEW YORK. Aug. 31. The critical state of Ihc railway labor contro versy was again a paramount factor in the securities market today, open ing prices showing a series of irregu lar declines. These were mostly fractional, however, except in Read ing and the motors, where heaviness was most conspicuous. I'. S. Steel lost a large fraction, which was fol lowed by prompt recovery, nnd other investment shares soon improved un der the influence of another upward movement in .marines, which estab lished new records on further free) absorption. Rails were but slightly affected, hut the tendency toward ir regularity became more marked witli the progress of the session. REED CONDEMNS GREEK STAND IN RAILROADS IN Declares Financial Powers Want Strike Six Men Can Prevent Dis asterEmbargo on Foodstuffs Flayed Legal Power to Solve the Problem. WASHINGTON, Aiur. 31. Discus sion of the strike situation practical ly brushed aside till other business in the senate. Senator Thomas denopneed the ailroads for placing embargoes oil liipment of foodstuffs at a time wlum, he snid, "they should be con- entrating all resources to moving such commodities to the city mar kets." Telegrams from shippers, chambers of comtnercu ,und others throughout the country protesting against the freight embargo, asking lor enact ment of relief legislation immediately and for a postponement of the strike were read by various senators. One telegram read by Senator l'he- lan of California said ..-,mi0,0im worth of fruit shipments hail been refused and were decaying in Cali fornia depots. Senator Heed assailed the railroad heads for "taking the action they knew would bring on the strike when they hud the assurances of President Wilson that they would I.'! given m creased rates, if the operating ex penses1 under an eight-hour day wnr- ranleil. 'There are great financial powers in this country," Senator Heed charg ed, "that want the strike ami want it at this time. There arc a half dozen men in New York City who can pre vent the strike. The only thing nec essary for them to grant is the eight hour dav, and they can do it without the loss of a dollar to themselves. Congress has the power to keep the linos of interstate commerce open. II the management cannot do it, n legal power will." KLONDIKE IS DEAD SEATTLK. Wa Aug. 31 Skookum Jim Mason he Indian, with George Carmack of Seattle, ills- ..vnr,.,l Hi,. kl. unlike "old field tweii- lv ve.irs in .o. died recently at Car- cross. V T. At line tiuie he bail 1fll) linn i., mild, m-arlv nil of which he snnanilcred. On a visit to Seattlel In. throw inoiiev from us bote win- .1..... i.. ....... '.-.I., i:,, I, i fi. it. in the! itreet below. BRITISH TOMMY MAKES HIS HOME SENATE SPEECH -a s. i This in one of flip ennrrctr dugout taken from the (icminnji in the latest western ilrivc. The llritluli soldier make their homes In (beiu. WAR KNOWN IN ORSCLAM Consfaniine Will Confer With En tente Diplomats Fri:lay Bulgaria Demands Assistance 200,000 Turks Sultan Given Daily Reverses at Hands of Russians in Caucasus, VI'IIKXS, Greece. Aug. 30, via London, Aug. 31. Kapiil . develop luents in the diplomatic situation here todav make it appear that within fortv-eight hours Greece will have abandoned the policy of neutrality in the war. King Constant ine will receive the French minister tomorrow (Tluir day) aiid the liussiau and British ministers shortly afterward. All staff officers on leave have been re idled for active service. BERLIN, Aug. 31 (by wireless to ilavvillc). Kumauian forces which attacked the Aiistrians yesterday were repulsed, the war office nil nounccd today. The Aiistrians cap tared positions in the mountains. The official report shows that the Itiimau'mns have penetrated well into the interior of Transylvania. Ihc Aiistrians have fallen back west of Osik-Szereda, filly miles northeast of Kronstadl, which is six miles from the bolder. LONDON. Aug. 31. The Wireless Press todav uav out a Home (lis patch saying Bulgaria has stipulated she must have the assistance ol Joll, lllin Turks as a condition for a dcclirr ation of war on her part against Ku mania. PETUOGIiAD, Aug. 31. "Turkish uttacks west of the region of Giliin ichkhau, oil Hie Caucasian trout," says the official statement issued by the liussiau war department, "were repelled by heavy losses to the enemy who lost many dead belore our posi lions. In the direction of Diarbekr our advances continue." CROP DESTROYED KINGSTON, .Inimiicn. Aug' 311 Information collected from all purl; ol the island respecting me uiimug. done by the burricai I the l-illi in : stunt, indicates that for all prnctica ! purposes this year's banana crop I been completely destroyed, the cro for 11)17 reduced by ' per cent, and Inuring lurliier mows i m om nut from all plantations will not be j in effect before MHH. GERMAN CONCRETE DUGOUT SON OF MORGAN A CITIZEN JACK TAR JUNIUS SPEMCaR. MORGAN Ono of th htimtmU of ".luekltis" on the V, S. S, Maine, taking part In tlie cltiy.on naval ctnle, is tho son of PicriMmt Morgan, financier. L WASHINGTON, Aug., 31. Holier! II. Lovclt of the Ilarriiiian lines said if the public were not involved in the present controvfrsy, and if there were not thousands of 'railway employes not allied with the trainmen, the par ties ipvolvcd should be allowed to set tle the, putter themselves. The ruil-rond-,'ih(i -said, are no longer owned by the bankers, but have stock widely listrihulcd. The railroad officials, he said, regard the problem as one to be settled bv arbitration, because, he added, "just as certainly as the sun sets the public will pay the bill. Hail roads have no income except what thev can earn. That depends on the rates they can get. My understand ing of this matter is that what tin men want is an increase in wages. If ongress proposed to. enact a law to make the iiicu work only eight hours Ihcy would lie up in arms. "If this harden of .1111,01)0,111111 a year is put on the public because of this legislation now proposed, th responsibility will be on congress, not on the railroads. "We have doac our utmost to set tle tins dispute except to surrender what we think a vital pi'uiciple. "The issue here," Mr. Lovclt con tinued, "is whether the 111(1,(1(111,(1(1(1 people in this country are to be put at the feel of 3.")(l,mil workmen. If the .judgment of the intry is that there is nothing for us to do but uh mil; we will abide liy it. Ihc respon sibility i- no longer mine. The mil roads will struggle on ami meet the additional expense in the best way we can, knowing ultimately it will be passed on to the public. "If you pat this biiidcn noon us we must ahnle by it, but 1 think would be the greatest injustice that ever happened in the history of this country to force it upon ns with the hands of oar men on our throat SAX FKA.NCI3CO. Aug, SI. Tho nn shop fight In, the lumber in dustry here which began a week afiO when the Itrtaii Lumber Dealer's As sociation and renresontatlvcH or the Pacific Coast Shin Owners dedal ;d for the opi;i .'hop t urcad today to tf.ur morn lumber .'lims, whereupon about 200 more un'on stevedoi'Vt milked out. There are now cUitt lumber firm." .'pernthis an open shop, It was dec'a-e.i ti lumber men, while union ven sa;. 0 union stove d' res are ou:. The Chamber of Commerce Is backing the fight. CZAR S HOST ON WAY TO BULGAR BORDER TOWNS Rdstchuk Falls Before Rumanians- Ferdinand Issues Order to Army Teutons Repelled on Stokhod Fierce Fightin Along Entire Mace donian Front. ' IIUTIAKKST, Aug. '-!), via Lon don, Aug. 31. Official announce ment was made here today that the passage of Russian troops through Rumuutn has begun. . J PARIS. Aug. 31 Ruiuaninn troops according to a report received here, have occupied the Bulgarian town of Riisleliuk. , Itustcliiik has a population of about 3.i,l)tl0 and is situated on the Danube, opposite the Rumanian town of Giurgevo. Kliur. Addresses Troops. Bl'CllARKST, Aug. 31. King t'Vrdinund has issued the following onler of the day, addressed to the army: "1 have culled upon you who nro stout-hearted iind full of hope. The pirits of the great ltiiinaiiiun chief tains, Michael The Bravo and Steph en the Great, interred in the prov inces you are about to deliver, exhort you to victories worthy of thein and of our heroic iind victorious allies. Terrific fighting awaits you, but yoiiNMI ennuro its' rigors as did your ancestors. In future nges the entire race will bless and glorify you." PKTROGRAD, Aug. 31. "On Wednesday morning, after a short ar tillery preparation," says today's of- . ficial report, "the enemy attacked our positions north of llclin, on the western bunk ol the Stokhod river, northeast of Kovcl. The attacks ware repulsed with severe losses to the enemy." PARIS, Aug. 31. Gernuin troops penetrated the French trenches in I'arroy forest in Lorraine Inst night, but were immediate;,' ejected by n oiinter-atlack, says today's an nouncement of the war office. The announcement says: "The night, was calm on the French part of Ihc front. In Lorraine the enemy made a surprise attack in Par- roy forest. They penetrated u por tion of one of our trenches, whence they were driven out iuunediatcly by our counter-, itlack." MniTiloiila Fit-Ill Severe. LONDON, Aug. 31. The lighting is very severe all along the Macedon ian front, says an Athens dispatch to the wireless press, which adds that the Bulgarian regiments suffered u severe check nt the hands of the Ser bians on the entente left flank, and that the Bulgarian losses are esti mated at l."i,lHM). The Bulgarian regiments, suys the dispatch, attacked the Serbians in close formation after the German style, near Lorovitz, and suffered se verely. They were compelled to ask for reinforcements from Viilbalikcni and Kastoria. The Serbians appear to be masters of the situation at Goiniehovo. says the Athens correspondent, nnd Itiil ginian officers of It iiuaiiian origin who deserted said the Bulgarians called Gomichevo "another Verdun." MKIILIN, Aug. 31. (By Wireless to Sayvlllo) Subscription for the new German loan, the fifth war Iorh, already are coming In. The Agricul tural Central Loan Bank has sub scribed DO, (100. 000 marks and the Klberfnld Savings Hank 10.0110,000 marks. The date for the official opening of subscription lists is September 4. It Is understood that the loan which like the provlous Issues, will pay 5 per cent is to be Issued at 98. d