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Senate and House Report Favorably
Upon Bill to Fix Wage Schedule
Rush Action to Secure Passage In
Time to Prevent Walkout on Labor
Day Debate on Minor Features.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. The Ad
insun eight-hour day bill, which rail
on il brotherhood officials have said
formally would uvert the threatened
strike if finally enacted by tomorrow
night, was passed lato today by the
lionsu and sent to the senate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. With a
provision nutlmrizini; the interstate
commerce commission to fix schedules
of wnges on railroads, the senate in
terstate commerce committee today
favorably reported the eight-hour day
bill.
The house, lifter considerable dis
cussion, adopted amendments by Iicp
resentutives Page and Kitchin ex
empting from the eight-hour law small
independent roads and electric street
and inteinrban railways, and provid
ing that the exemption shall not ap
ply to terminals or transfer compan
ies. There were indications this after
noon that the labor leaders would
i'ight the proposal to empower the
interstate commerce commission to
govern wages, as the- senate bill pro
poses, but would probably accept il
if they saw congress was determined
to include it in the bill.
At 2 o'clock Senator Newlands in
troduced the revised senate bill and
it was formally referred to the inter
slale commerce committee. -.Senator
Newlands said that the committee
would report finally within a short
time and that he would seek to hold
the senate in session until the whole
subject was disposed of, even if it
should extend the session fur into the
night.
Senator Ne'lands made a favor
able report from the committee at
o'clock and immediately consent
was granted by the senate for imme
diate consideration. Senator New
lands opened the discussion.
Senator Heed declared that if the
provision to give authority to the in
terstate commerce commission to fix
wages nnd hours of service were not
abandoned the bill eotdd not be passed
in time to avert the strike. To pass
the provision, he said, would, instead
of slopping the strike, absolutely
force it. i
. Republican senators In a confer
ence today decided to draft legisla
tion of their own to offer as a sub
stitute for that proposed by the
democrats to avert the threatened
railroad strike.
An amendment by Representative
Small of North Carolina to specify
the employes to be affected by the
bill as conductors, engineers, firemen
and trainmen was voted down.
Final voting on the bill in the
house began at 4:30 p. m. after the
house. In committee- of the whole,
had rejected the amendment of
Representative Sterling, Illinois (re
publican) for a permanent board of
mediaUon and conciliation to settle
future wage disputes and pending
whose report strikes and lockouts
would be prohibited.
Senator Newlands called special at
tention to a provision added after the
original draft had been submitted,
hlch would declare any person who
wilfully delays, obstructs or binders
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TACOMA, Wash., Sct. . Pursu
ed to the second floor of the Perkins
building at A and Kleventh streets t
i oVIr.ek this morning . by unknown
men, Tilnion W. BetheL a colored
strikebreaker, was instantly killed
when shot three times in the back.
His assailant escaped. One man was
seen to run out of the building, down
A street, and disupear over the bluff
over the Northern Pacific tracks. Jt
is believed another man was con
nected with the shooting. Coroner
Stewart was notified nnd started a
thorough investigation.
CONGRESS ACTS
UPON MEASURE
AVERTING STR1K
M
EDFORD
NANCE O'NEILL WEDS
HER LEADING MAN
' UNDERWOOD UNDEHWOOD
NANCE O'NEILL
iNiinco O'Neill, actressv Is now the
wife of Alfred Hickman, wlio ns
her leudiiig man In movie plays... The
newly mm-rieri couple will live In
Miss O'.Will's home at Itaysldc, I. I.
TO FIGHT NEW
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CHICAGO, Sept. 1. While railroad
officials of the country gonoriilly
agreed today that passage by con
gress of Hie proposed eight-hour bill
would avert the strike act by the four
brotherhoods of trainmen for next
.Monday, many were of the opinion
that the railroads would decline to
accent the law without a contest in
the United States supreme court.
Tlie plan today, as the result of
conferences last night among presi
dents of a number of the lending
roads, was that no claim of unconsti
tutionality will be interposed, but
should the measure be enacted, it will
be studied by the railroad lawyers,
and if they deem it advisable they will
make a test case in the courts.
"If the men accept the measure, it
will probably mean the postponement
of Hie strike," was the statement of
K, P. Uiplcy, president of the Atchi
son, Topeku & Snnte Fe. "Such ac
tion, however, will mean but a tempo
rary settlement of present difficul
ties." Preparations for operation of
trains iu the event of a strike went
forwurd today, notwithstanding pro
posed legislation at Washington.
SACUAMKNTO, Cat., Sept. J.
Kostn Kromphold was banged today
at Kolsom prison for the murder of
John Sperheck. nn officer of the
Murvsville. police force, last Septem
ber. Last night he had a phonograph
played iu his cell. One of his selec
tions he called for was "If I Had a
Thousand Lives to Live."
SALINA, Kas., Sept. 1. Charles
E. Hughes today charged the present
administration with being the most
extravagant In the history of the
United States. In a brief address
from the rear platform of his private
car at Ellsworth, the nominee said:
"I understand from high authority
that we shall have In Increased ap
propriation for army and navy, out
side of all those, the appropriations
will exceed by 1150,000,000 appro
priations of any former congress In
time of peace and exceed even the
appropriations we had in the civil
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MEDFORD
RUMANIANSSTILL RAILROAD HEADS GREEKS REVOLT!!
CONTINUE MARCH DISREGARD HOPE IN MACEDONIA,
THRU HUNGARY STRIKE AVERTED 3 TOWNS TAKEN
Bulgaria Declares War on Rumania
German Aeroplanes . Brought
Down by French Germans Claim
Somme Ground Regained Rus
sians Capture 15,000 Teutons.
LONDON, Sept. 1. Rumanian
troops are continuing, apparently
without seTious Interruption, their
invasion of Hungary and have occu
pied several villages according to of
ficial announcement at Bucharest.
On the Macedonian front, compara
tive quiet continues.
'Bulgaria's expected declaration of
war on Rumania is announced at Sa
lonlki, according to an unofficial dis
patch from that point.
On the French front, fighting has
died down, although tho artillery was
very activo last night in the Soinmo
sector.
The British official statement says
the Germans have penetrated British
positions on a small frontage near
High wood.
PARIS, Sept. 1. Four German
aeroplanes were shot down yesterday
on the Somme front and another was
captured, the war office announced
today.
The announcement says:
"On the Somme front our artillery
was active In tho regions of'Estreeo
and Soyecourt.
"In Apremont forest the enemy
mado an unsuccessful attack at Croix
St. Jean. Bust of La Pretre wood
our curtain fire destroyed a surprise
attack." v .
Notwithstanding tho prevalence ot
mist and clouds on the Somme front,
the statement adds, foulr German
aeroplanes were brought down and
two others fell In a damaged condi
tion. (crninns Itcgain Ground.
BERLIN, Sept. 1. German troops
on the Somme front In France yester
day, as the result of a counter attack,
says the official statement issued to
day by the German army headquar
ters staff, regained the ground they
previously had lost near Longueval
and Delvllle wood.
LONDON, Sept. 1. Five succes
sive, attacks were made by German
troops last night on British positions
on the Somme front. The war office
announced today that the Germans
penetrated the British defenses on a
small frontage at two points be
tween Clnchy and High wood.
LONDON, Sept. 1. "There has
been no change in the situation on
our Struma and Dolran fronts," says
today's official announcement from
the British headquarters at Salonikt.
LONDON, Sept. 1. The statement
says :
"The enemy made a further counter-attack
yesterday afternoon and
evening on a front of limit) yards be
tween Ginchy and Highwood. These
counter-attacks were preceded by an
intense bombardment.
"Considerable forces were employ
ed by the enemy. Five attacks in all
were made. At the fifth attempt the
enemy succeeded in penetrating to our
advanced trench line on a small
frontage at two points only."
Russians Capture Prisoners.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 1. In the
course of battles yesterday on the
western front, says the Russian of
ficial statement of today, the Rus-
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IN FULL RETREAT
LONDON, Sept. 1 General Sm'uts
commander In chief of the British
forces In German East Africa, re
ports under date of August 30 that
the German forces In the colony are
In full retreat. He announced the oc
cupation of Mrogoro, the seat of the
German provisional government and
said he believed the German military
headquarters and provisional govern
ment had retired Into the mountains,
M
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OK BOON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 191(5
Managers Declare Assumption There
Will Be No Walkout "Foolish"
Pessimistic Statement on Condi
tions Issued Stand Firm Is the
Watchword.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. The, text of
the railroads' statement, lssuod to
day. Bays:
"The managements of tho rallwavs
ate disregarding reports from Wash
ington regarding the possibility of
the strike being prevented and aro
proceeding exactly as they would If
they were certain that It was going
to occur on scheduled time at 7
o'clock on the morning of Septem
ber 4.
"It will be recalled that for about
eight months the railwny manage
ments have heon warning the govern
ment and the people of the UnltoJ
States that the danger of a nation
wide strike was real. On tho other
hand, soothing assurances havo
throughout this time been given by
officers of the United States govern
ment and even by spokesmen of the
labor brotherhoods. The public now
knows that the railways were correct
in saying that the danger was real
and serious and that the spokesmen
of the government, who attempted
to minimize the gravity of the situa
tion wore wrong.
"The loaders of the railway
brotherhoods are playing a desperate
game, and as they say now, they
will not recall their strike order
until they wring from congress tho
legislation they demand, for anybody
to act on the assumption that there
will uc'no strike would be-foolish and
might prove to he extremely unfortu
nate. '
"The orders which tho manage
ments of the railways have Issued,
placing embargoes on the shipments
of most kind of freight and direct
ing that other kinds of freight shall
bo acyted subject to delay are
rapidly going Into effect and ship
pers, consignees and the public are
rapidly beginning to feel the results
of the strike without It having
actually occurred.
"It should be fully recognized,
however, that the railroads In taking
these steps are not merely protect
ing their own Interests, but that In
a larger measure, they are protecting
the Interests of the public nnd that
If they are causing Inconvenience and
loss to the public they are causing
greater proportionate loss and Incon
vonlenco to themselves.
"If the strike occurs it will bo
much bettor for all concerned for
goods, which In the absence of em
bargoes would be shipped, to he left
in the hands of their owners where
they can propt'rly care for them,
than for them to he In the hands of
the railroads, which probably could
not properly care for them.
"It Is to be hoped that travelers
as well as shippers will act on the
warning of the railroads and not
start upon journeys which cannot ho
finished before the strike order goes
Into effect. ,
"The railroads believe that In
standing out for arbitration, even at
the cost of n strike, they havo been
trying not only to protect their own
Interests, but those of the public.
"In ylow of tho expressions of the
press, of the commercial organiza
tions and of many thousands of in
dividuals throughout the Cnlted
States, the railways are strong In tle
belief that the people want them to
stand firm and they believe they
would violate their duty to all con
cerned by adopting any other
course."
CANAL SLIDES HOLD
MS UP II DAYS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. The
slide in the Panama eanal yesterday
was a purely local movement and in
no way connected . with the slid
which closed the waterway last year.
War department reports today from
Governor Ooethais said the movement
occurred along the (,'ucuracha chan
nel, which was congested slightly for
20(1 feet and impedes traffic so (ships
will be belli up about two days.
Revolutionists Fighting in Saloniki
Soldiers of Entente Stou Uprising
Rioters Attempt to Seize Salon
iki Barracks Garrisons of Vodena
and Little Karauurun Revolt.
LONDON, Sept. 1. The In-ginning
of a revolution in Muccdouiiw is re
ported in a Renter dispateli filed yes
terday at Saloniki.
Fighting occurred in Saloniki, the
nrrcspondent adds, but serious trou
ble was prevented by the intervention
of soldiers of the entente allies. The
revolution claimed its first victims at
4:110 o'clock this morning, the eorro-
pondent cables. Cretan gendarmes
and Macedonian volunteers surround
ed I he barracks of the Greek infantry
in Saloniki and exchanged shots with
the garrison. Hut for the interven
tion of the allies the conseiiucnces
might have been more serious.
After half promising o participate
ill a demonstration arranged yester
day by a pro-ally committee, the
Greek troops finally refused. During
the night pro-ully volunteers made a
determined attempt to seize the bar
racks, but failed. It is asserted one
icndurme was killed nnd two wound
ed. The losses of I lie allies have not
been determined.
Greek Gun-lson Surrenders.
Ilefore the Greek garrison at Sal
oniki surrendered, lien! it's corre
spondent cables, more than two bat
talions of Kreneii colonial inl'mitry
marched lo the pai'ailu grounds and
stacked arms in front of the barracks.
Machine guns were posted and ar
mored ears were stationed opposite
the entrance to the barracks.
The Greek soldiers withdrew with
in the building. Greek officers cross
ed the parade ground to a pavilion in
which General Sarrail awaited them.
As the hour of 1 1 struck all I lie Greek
troops marched from the barracks.
Further dcluils of the disturbance
in Saloniki are given in a Inter dis
patch to Renter's Telegram company,
which said that when the voluutecis
ascertained tile regulars were unwil
ling to co-operate with them they sur
rounded the barracks in the night, cut
the water main ami electric light wires
and shut off food supplies,
A detachment of sixty regulars at
tempted lo break its way out to ob
tain supplies. Its surrender was de
manded and when the regulars refus
ed Ihe volunteers fired shots in the
air. The regulars replied with a -volley,
whereupon the volunlcers open
ed fire on Ihem, compelling tbem to
return to Ihe barracks.
The allied commander, Genera! Sar
rail, iiilcrveneil lo prevent further
hi Ishcd. Altogether, according to
the latest reports, (hrec men were
killed and one gendarme and two vol
unteers were wounded.
The soldiers refused to treat wirfi
the revolutionists, Iml accepted allied
mediation. It was agreed that the
soldiers should be disarmed and in
terned al Camp Zcitiiilcke. outside the
city.
Vodena Scene of Itiot-s.
It is also reported that the entire
garrison at Vodena went over to a
eoiumillee representing Ihe revolu
tionists. The garrison ul Fort Little
K'arabtiriiii refused to recognize the
committee, whereupon revolutionists
surrounded the fort. Alter news had
been received of the submission of
the Saloniki garrison the regulars at.
Little Karabiiriin yielded.
All opposition to the revolutionary
committee in the affected portion of
Macedonia appears to have- vanished.
Ihe committee will now lake over the
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DELVILLE GROUND
HKKUX, Sept.. 1 A ounN-r-iii-tark
delivered bv ti itnin put us in
poM?MMon of j;i'"iiril w hud lut pre
viously im'h r Lint:ii(' ul nn! Dolvillo
woof). South of the Son i me 11 Krctirli
uttiM-k U'iik directed nirnitii-it the Hiir
leux Soyevoiirt front. (ounter-nt-tmks
delivered by Suxon regiments
drove the enemy buck to hi original
position-)'
HERE'S THE MAN WHO SAYS
MUSIC CAN BE TASTED
P.OBERT W. STEVEN3.
Stevens Is the man who says mu
sic can be tasted. Ho Is director ot
music at the University of Chicago.
'Notes from the flute are like
sugar; the clarinet like grapefruit;
tho piano like clear water; the violin
like claret, nnd tho saxaphono like
buttermilk, ho says.
Chopin Is luscious fruit, while
Gilbert and Sullivan ;aro prunos!
Bach and Stevens aro ounienl, while
Irving Berlin, Is a "penny all-day:
suekor."
CIIKACiO Sept. l.-One thousand
eoiiduelorn employed on tho, Chi-
t'litfn. Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad
have telegraphed A. It. (larrctsnn,
general eliainuari of.-tliu Ordtu of
Uailroad Conductors, Hint t Jit v have
withdrawn from the strike movement,
uerordinj to K. I). Sewall, viee-presi-
dent of the road, today.
ClIK'AdO, Sept. 1. Counsel for
the various railroads are said to have
informed the presidents of the roads
that (he Adamsou hill is patently un
eonslitutional as bein eoiif'isentory
and flaws legislation.
K. I'. Ripley, president ul" the Atchi
son, Topekn & Santa l''e, said today
that passage of the bill would mere
ly "ostpone the strife.
"Our lawyers," said .Mr. Ripley
"informally ami individually have ox
pressed the opinion that tho Adamson
hill, if passed, will crimihle at tin
first lejral blast. If tho hill passes.
the presidents and counsel will con
fer formally as to leal procedure. II
is illogical to assume that tho rail
roads will aimndiin their principles
morel v because they arc attacked
throujili congress instead of directly
by the brotherhoods.'
KILLS BRIDE, THEN
CHICAGO, S)it. 1. Police
dragged Lake Michigan today, for tho
body of .1. .Maurice Pettlt, a former
bunk teller of Cedar Kaplds, lu., who
last night slushed his 1 S-yeiir-onl
brldo to death with a razor at the
end of a month's honeymoon.
Mrs. Lulu Pettlt. mother of tho
slayer, arrived from Cedar Itiiplds
hysterical with grief.
"lie leant have been insane his
father Is In a Michigan Insane any
1 ta tn now," nlie said. "1 helievo he
has Jumped Into Lako .Michigan."
HAVE PLENTY FOOD
KL PASO, Tex., Sept. l.- One mil
lion five hundred thousand pounds of
flour and a supply of hams and bacon
sufficient to last the troops now on
station in this district for four
months, were purchased from local
dealers today by Major William Kl
llott, district department quartcnnns.
ter.
Major Klllott said that enough food
Is concentrated In K I'aso, Douglas,
Columbus and Nogales to ration the
troops at those points for about TO
days, '
Llm-rt"'i-'s&iaftM I
'1000 MILWAUKEE
CONDUCTORS BALK
AT STRIKE ORDERS
i
WEATHER
Maximum YeMerclny 89;
Minimum TtMluy 54.
NO. 139
KING OF GREECE '
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Premier to Be Power Behind Throne
Crown Prince Is Liberal and In
Sympathy With Progressives in
Greece Greek Ministers in Lon
don and Washington Not Notified.
LONDON, Sept. 1. The official
rcpresentiitivo lit Saloniki of the Brit
ish press cables to London that KiiiK
Constiinliue of Greece bus abdicated
in fuvor of Crown Prince George nnd
that former Premier Venijiclos, leader
of the party which favors intervention
by Greece Willi the entente allies, will
be the power behind the throne. Tho
correspondent re-iards it as uncertain
whether the entente allies wish the
assistance of Greece.
The press rcproKcnlntive says tho
kill); has abdicated in favor of Ihe
roivn 'irinvc, with Yenizelos us the
power behind the throne. The new
policy, he reports, will be to work
with the entente allies.
Crown Prince Geiirjte of Greece,
whose. accession lo the throne is re
ported, has been described as a man
of liberal mind, in true sympathy with
the aspirations of the Greek people.
II has been assumed that if the king's
policy of non-interference in the war
hould lead lo his disappearance from
power the pro-entente party would
turn to the crown prince.
Prince George was born in 1800.
lie is unmarried. His engagement to
Princess Klizabelh of Uunianiu wroi
announced in l!)1t(, hut beennso of tho
war the nmrrinc wits postponed.
LONDON, Kept.--1r-HeXniilin(f tho
report from Snhmiki that King Con
stantine bud nhdientcd the throne, the
Greek minister in London said today:
"I have received no such informa
tion and I ccrlninly do not believe
such u lliitu; has taken place."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Keportx
of Ihe abdication of the Greek kins
were discounted today at tho Greek
legation, because, it was declared, the,
dispatch eiiiue from Saloniki, which
is controlled by Ihe allies and through
the British censorship at London.
LONDON', Sopt. 1. Tho ' corres
pondent at Saloniki of Router's Tele
gram company, under date of
Wednosday, also sends tho report
that King Constantino of Greece Is
ubdieted, adding:
"Pending confirmation, it must be
mentioned with nil reserve"
The correspondent says the report
Is that tho king has abdleted, that
tho Greek crown prince has been ap
pointed regent nnd that Alexander
lamls, supported by ex-Premlor
Vcnl.elos, retains the premiership.
This dispatch adds that the general
mobilization of tho Greek army has
once more been ordered.
PAYS SELF ILL
CHICAGO, Sept. L r'edcrul inves
ligation by a special grand jury into
the intricate financial affairs of Ed
ward W. Mnrrison, whdse creditor
have filed a petition iu bankruptcy,
was ordered by Judge Landis of the
1 piled Slates district court today.
Morrison, it is charged, has been
fleeced out of a large part of his
fortune, which is estimated to have
been from $.1,11110.(1110 to .8,00(1,000.
CHICAGO, S.-pt. 1. Inquiry into
the Inst millions of Kdwiin V. Mor
rison, a-ed millionaire, was resumed
in the federal court today with the
object of find inir out how Jiiiuch R.
Word, attorney for Morrison, ob
tained title to property of th; mil
lionaire, valued at .,0110,000.
Kcleral .Judge Lundis also sought
an explanation of severnl cheeks is
sued to Ward, sonic of them written
in his own handwriting, which culled,
lor amounts ranging between $:t.j,000
and .."(l.0()0.
Joseph Uumstoin. n junk dealer,
probably will be recalled to be pies
ti uied regarding the deathbed ennfes.
sion he said his wife made that Mor
rison was the real father of two girU
the milliontgiru roeently udopted. ,
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