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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-
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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