ft rfi ?nv ii fits a fi tf r !?'. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY - SHIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 167 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AMD NBWa BTAKD8 nVH OBWT RUSSIAN FORCES DRAW NET CLOSER A' in Have jrced Austro-German and Crossed Zlota i Lipa River WHOLE AUSTRIAN LINE FORCED BACK 35 MILES Sans Capture ' Austrian Trenches British and French Gain By Ed L. Keeno. (United Press staff correspondent.) London, Aug. 15. Recapture by the British of about 700 yards of German trenches on the iSomme battle front and a successful French blow on the most important sector of the Verdun battle front, were recorded in official dis jr.tches today. The German war office thin afternoon admitted the British victory on the iSomme front. The line of Germnn trenches carried by the British north and northwest of Pozieres and subse quently retaken by the Germans were again conquered in fighting that began Sunday morning ana continued last night. Berlin, however, announced the repulse of all other British and French attacksfon the Somme front. In fighting northeast of Verdun the t rench captured German trenches on a Mm yurd front to a depth of 100 yards, it was officially announced at Paris. The gain was made north of Chapel of Waint rine, at the point where the Ger man line dips closest to the city of Ver dun. Conflu'ting claims came from Petro-1 r,,l nH R.fU. tn,ln r. of the great Russian drive on Lemberg. An officinl statement from Petrograd announced that another Russian force 1ms crossed the Zlota I.ipa river and in dicated that the new Zlota Lipa line, to which Bothmer retreated from the river Rtrypn, must soon be abandoned under lieavy Russian pressure. The German T.ar office announced that Bothmer re pulsed strong Russian attacks, inflict ing heavy losses on the enemy. The Italian war office claimed the capture of several sections of enemy trenches west of San Grado and Mount Pccinka and the capture of ,675 prison ers in that region and in fighting east of Goritz. Berlin's officinl report of the repulse of attacKs south of Lake Doiran indi cated a- continuation of' the lively pa trol fighting in the Bnlkans. Petrograd, Aug. 15. The Russians have pierced the new Aiistro-Germnn line on the Zlotn Lipa river at a new ' point, having crossed to the west bnuU of the river in a 12 mile advance from the upper Strypa, it was officially an nounced today. Other Russian forces have crossed to Hie western bank of the Zlota Bistritzn, Huiithwest of Stanislnu. In the south the Russians approach ing Halitz are several miles west of the Zlota Lipa and seriously threaten Gen iMiil Bothmer 's right flank and rear. I'n- Jess the Russian advance is speedily necked, the Austro-Uerinnns must con tinue their retreat until they reach the Gnista I.ipa river, a retirement of nearly 35 mitos on a wide front. The Austrian have almost entirely ceased their attacks in the extreme Nonthonst, near the Carpathians, ac cording to advices from the trout to day. Ten days ago t lie arrival of strong lmdiea of Austrian and German rein f orcements was followed by heavy at tacks that caused the Russian Una to re- Two kia live cheaper 'n on;, but few jjirts want t' live that cheap. We're all tryin' t' cure th'-other feller of his rheumatism an' his opinions. LEMBERG (Continued on Pajre U'x." WILL TELL HIM HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED Washington, Aug. 15. Sep tember B has been definitely net as the date upon which President Wilson will receive notification of his re-nomination. The ceremony will ba at the Long Branch, N. J., "sum mer White House." It will taka place in the afternoon, on the lawn in front of the mansion, -TO E Will Shake Hands for an Hour or Two Then "Hit the Road" Portland, Or., Aug. 15. Portland to day eagerly awaited the arrival of Charles E. Hughes. The republican candidate is due here tomorrow morn ing at 0 o'clock, but he will not make his bow to the public until he motors from the North Bank depot to the Ben- aim hotel at o clock. A squad of po lice has been detailed to guard him, and be will be attended during his short stay here by a big delegation ot Oregon republicans. Hughes' principal speech in Portland will be made at the ice Palace in the evening. There are scnts for nearly ten thousand people and standing room for nearly two thousand more in the auditorium. It is to be a cose of "first come, first .served " except for civil war veterans and persons wlio are blind. A blo'ck of two hundred seats has been reserved for all G. A. R. men who wear their credentials, and a small er section is set aside for the blind. After driving to his hotel Hughes will go through hours of hand shaking at a public reception there, and then address the Portland Ad club at lunch eon. His afternoon will be givea over ,,. : i,;,.. .. """" "'"".' Japanese Story Is That Chinks Began Attack 18 Japs Reported Killed London, Aug. 15. Possibilities complications in -the Far Kast of were seen today in reports of a clash be twecn Chinese nnd Japanese troops at Chengciiintun, northeast of Peking. Tokyo dispatches asserted that the Chinese were the aggressors, attacking the Japanese garrison and later be seiging the Japanese in the Chengchia tun fort. One officer and 17 Japanese soldiers were reported to have been killed. Japanese reinforcements nre en route to the relief of th garrison. This is the first report reaching Lon don in many months of fighting be tween armed forces of the two nations and the first disturbance of its kind in northern China where the Japanese re cently sent more troops. Chinese ami Japanese police finished in Amoy, southern China, several weks ago. As a ,-esult the Japanese government made formal request upon t hlnn for protec tion of Japanese within the border of the republic. TALKS 10 HIS Says He Pities the Man Re sponsible for It and Says It Is Net He London, Aug. 15. do not envy the man who has the responsibility for this war upon his conscience. 1 am not that man. J think history will clear me of the charge, although I do not suppose history will hold me faultless." Kaiser Wilhelm was today quoted in a Berne disparh to the Londun Daily News ns having ma le this statement to a prominent neutral who visited Ber lin on business of nn official character last year and made another visit last month. "In a sense every civilized man in the Europe," the kaiser was further quoted, "must have a share ia the responsibility for this war and the higher his position the larger his responsibilities. I admit that 'and yet claim that I acted throughout ia good faith and strove hard for peace, even though war was inevitable." (Continued oo Page Five.) HUGHES ONLY ONE SPEECH SAYS This He Has Polished, But Varies It Slightly to Suit Localities TACOMA WOMEN CHEERED HIS STAND ON SUFFRAGE He Pledges His Full Support to Federal Suffrage Amendment By Perry Arnold (United Tress staff correspondent) Tacomn, Wash., Aug. 15. Governor Ilrrghcs is putting the personal punch into his speeches in Washington. He began today to use the personal pro noun in pledges and promises. " If you elect me to an executive office," he told an audience her to day, "I propose to give you my full executive influence. " This was the first time that the re publican nominee has used the intimate, personal pronoun. It was indicative of a further step in the governor's warming up process. In his speech es across the continent so far the G. O. P, aspirant for presidential honors has heretofore confined himself to speaking of the party. The only per sonal references were veiled. The governor has reallv only one speech. It starts off with a plea for unity, of Americanism, touches on pre paredness, attacks democratic policies on both matters; swings to the Mexi can program, jumps back to an attack on the democrats for governmental in efficiency "pork" methods, and lack of co-ordination and ends with a pledge of..', better government under repuo lienn rule. Roosevelt usually had six ditferent specifies in Ins campaign ing, and Taft at least four. Both al tered these speeches to emphasize some different section. Hughes localizes tae situation. Has His Speech Polished Today liughes chose inefficiency as his mam battering ram in the assault against the democratic citadel. But what was remarked most by those who have beea associated with him since the start of his campaign trip was the .ex traordinary "polish" which the nom inee nns now applied to this one speech It was a perfect indication that tae governor has now reached the summit of his campaign, with skill. He put in new synonyms, new similes, new epi grams and consequently he got as b:g a reception here as anywhere on the trip. In addition to his Tacoma speech to day, the governor was due to speak to- GATHERER "EIGHT HOUR DAY OR WE STRIKE" SSSlBWHWMaW' I r & v - W : - . j- t jus if vi 1 1 8 1 h-hi r JlSrn, r'h jt , krJs WAR BlX'JW m -j;x mii The four railway brotherhoods, meet ing In New York (the meeting is shown in the accompanying picture), laid their cards on the table before the railroads of the United States, show ing that 4 per cent of the 400,000 engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen of the country had voted Hi favor of a nationfty strike if they did STOCKTON FEAES EPIDEMIC Stockton, Cal., Aug. 13. Fol lowing the death of Howard Lee Markham, 14 years old, of infantile paralysis, and a beliof that an infant 's death last week was due to the same cnuse, the city and couaty health officers today took precautions to pre vent the spread of the disease. State officials may be called in. ' An examination of all sick chil- dren has been ordered. v . i, s(c )J sfc sc sjc sc ss )c ic sfc sc ajc s(s sfc 5c S. P. BOYS HAVE GREAT PICNMO ATTEND Portland Sends 15 Cars, 10 From the SouthSplendid Program of Sports The greatest picnic ever held by the employes of the Southern Pacific rail road was the event of the day at the state fair grounds. The attendance was fully 2,500 with a large sprinkling of Salem people in the afternoon. From Portland came 15 loaded coaches carrying about 1,400. Roseburg, hugeno, Albany and towns to the south sent their full quota on the special of 10 cars, bringing in about TOO. f rom Dallas on the motor came at least 300. The Salem Street Railway band of 21 pieces greeted the excursionists dar ing the morning hours and at 1 o'clock gave a concert of 10 selections from the grandstand. The -soloist of the band wns Mrs. C. J. Beach, who sang, "When I Was a Drenmcr and Yon Wero My Dream." The morning sports began with a game of baseball between the men of th superintendent's office of Portland and the Portland shop men, resulting in a score of 10 to 0 in, favor of the shop men. Winners of Events. The winners of the sports of the aft ernoon are as follows, first prize only being awarded in each: ' 100 yard dash for ioys over 12 yar of age: Roy Gadki. 50 yard foot race for ladies over 16: Andrey Cavender. 60 yard foot race for fat men, with a waist measure over 44 inches: N. J, Couley. 50 yard race for young ladies between the ages of 10 and 10: Lera Cavender. 50 yard dash for stout ladies: Mrs. A. K. Hartman. fOontinned on 'Paa?" Two 1 night in the Arena at Seattle. National Committeeman Perkins reported today that tests showed there would be no need of a sounding board to savethc governor s voice there. Hughes was wildly cheered by worn eu in the audience who heard his wom an suffrage speech at Spokane yester day. He declared that equal suffrage was inevitable and pledged his full sup port to the federal woman suffrage a mendment. UNION MEN TELL RAILROAD HEADS ' MEETING or-RMlgQAO UNION ICADEftS.. ' ? ' ' not get the eight hour day, and then i Tho labor chiefs were flat in their dec asked the railroads whut they were go- luration that thev would have the emnt ilnv nt nil costs, mid. thouuh none .. 4.. .. " ..., ti,a u-,,r,l lined bv A. O. iiurrctson, chnirnuin of the j anything about grunting it, the lubor u'uion conference committee, after he! men took the attitude of bing ready and his colleagues had announced the to hear any offer that was to be made, strike vote at the conference in thel The dispmte was passed up to Pres Kngineering Societies.' building, in!ident Wilson and he u nearing botn West Thirty-ninth street, New York. I sides. SOUTHERN PACIFIC GALLED TO TIME COMMISSIONER Manager Scott Told His Com pany Must Provide Suf ficient Cars . ROAD DISCRIMINATES AND CINCHES OREGON No Road In Competition It Makes State Wak While , It Serves Others A shortage o'f cars amounting to be tween 1,300 and 1.400 in California and to 631 on the Portland division north of Ashland is the situation according to latest reports received from the Southern Pacific compnny by the Ore gon public service commission. Tim entire shortage in Oregon is given ai 975. . So acute has the situation become, and so urgent has become the demands of various shippers, that CommiBsionei' Miller has taken the mntter up vigor ously with tho Southern Pacific com pany. In his letter to General Manager Scott the commissioner says: "Will you not kindly supply the com mission with iiformntion as to what we may expect for the futurcf There is, in our opinion, a burden resting upon the company to take core or the Busi ness offering for the renson that you have been advised by this commission from time to time, covering a long per iod, that unless special efforts on your part were put forth to relieve the press ing needs such a serious condition as now confronts the business interests of this state would be brought about. Your monopoly -of this territory is. absolute, and we" demand and insist that yoi supply the necessary facilities for fullj nnd adequately protecting the manufac turers and producers thereof." This letter was written immediately following the receipt of a complaint from the Ewouna Box compnny of Kls, math Vails, which stated that the com pany's customers ,were threatening suit on account of its inability to furnish shooks. A complaint is also on file with tho commission from the Klamath Manufacturing company of Klamath Falls, which sets forth that the com pany is unable to hnndle its products because of its inability to get cars. A telegram from General Mannget Scott yesterday stated that tho situn tioa at Klamath Falls had been re lieved to the extent of 10 cars. In the Salem field an inability to obtain sufficient cars from the South- (Continued on Pairs Bix.l 'nf the railroad representatives saiil m WHEAT DECLINES SHARPLY Chicago, Aug. 15. Wheat fell 2c at the opening of the Chicago grain market today. September was down 2 cents to $1.35 5-8; December 2'4 down at $1.39 and May 2 5-8 down at $1.43. Continued rumors of federal investigation of price manipulation by board of trade members was responsible. BE SENTTO BORDER Threatened Strike and Fact That Supplies Could Not Be Sent, the Cause Washington, Aug, 15. Because of the threatened railroad strike the war department today suspended indefinite ly the proposed movement to the bor der of between 25,000 and 35,000 mo bilized militia in state camps last week ordered to the Mexican line. The reason for suspending the order is a possible shortage of supplies and difficulty of obtaining transportatioa for the men. It has no connection, it is said, with possible use of the troops during the threateacu strike. Until further onlers are issueu none of the organisations who are preparing to leave state camps win be sent iq the border. The order to keep the militiamen at their mobilization camps was issued oo reeommciulatioa of General Funston. Funston's messaee follows: "In view of the possibility of a gen- ernl ra road strike I desire to call tne attention of the war department to difficulties that will follow in main taining food supply not only of troops in this department, but of the civilian population as well. The border stateB urouuee DUt utile ioqusiuub i-ii. cattle. In view of the foregoing it is declared that national guard organiza tions which are about to start for bor der stations be retained In their mo bilization camps uutil such timens the question ot a general strike shall have been determined.." 95 New Cases and 31 Deaths Sunday Was Lowest in Several Weeks New York. Aug. 15. A. sharp rcduc tion in both the number of new cases nnd the number of deaths from infan tile paralysis, accompanied unseason ably cold weather in New York. Fig ures given out by the health depart ment today shuyed only 05 new cases and 31 deaths, the lowest figures in sev eral weeks. Miss Kuth Stiles, who only a few days ago, suumitieil 10 a remurnaoiu Dilu tion Dy WHICH UU UltUiiliiU muijniD deformity was removed, entered a hos pital this afternoon to sacrifice eight ounces of her blood to be used in a se rum to fight the epdeinic. Miss Stiles was stricken when she wns four years of age nt her home in Beaufort, Ia. Un til a few ilays ago, she walked with a painful limp "but the tendons and bones in her foot were straightened. "After such a miracle hus been per formed in my case, I feel I should do everything in my power to save little babies," she told doctors in answering the call for sacrifice by former victiniB. GERMANS SAY ALLIES TRY TOJBURN CROPS Claim Aviators Drop Bomhs In Fields for Purpose of Burning Grain By Carl W. Ackerman (United l'ress staff correspondent) Berlin, Aug. 15. Allied military chieftains huve attempted to aid the "starve Germany out" campaign by setting fire to German harvest fields, according to reports received here. The recent raids by Anglo.t'rench aviators over the Black forest and farm lands near Karlsruhe are said to have been experimental trips. Incon diarv bombs were dropped iu several fields, with the evident object of start ing great nres, oui mu ouiy buki nam- fl ! Adolph Von Batocki, German "food dictator" said today there is little chance that the plan will succeed. (Continued oa Pajre Fit.) PRESIDENT GIVES ENTIRE TIME TO SETTLING STRIKE Indications Are His Activities Have Brought Much Better Feeling EACH SIDE IMPRESSED 1 1 WITH DUTY TO PUBLIC Those In Touch With Situation Feel Sure Strike Will Be Averted By Robert J. Bender, (United Press staff correspondent!; Washington, Aug. 15. President Wilson completed his second day of ne gotiations to prevent the threatened na tional railroad strike with the end not yet in sight. After a conference which lasted for an hour and 35 minutes' with the rail road employes' representatives this aft ernoon, it was announced the president would see both sides again tomorrow. "We are not yet through," A. B. Gar retson, spokesman for the brotherhoods snid as his committto left the White House. "Nothing as yet is done. Notta-. ing is undone. We have made no con cessions." The employes this afternoon present ed a counter proposition, the nature of which has not been disclosed. The result of today's conferences, thereforo, is summed up in the faet that each side has indicated a willing ness to bring about peace by submit ting counter propositions for considera tion of the other. "Don't say anything about arbitra tion." was the tip from one of the most prominent of the brotherhoods board, "but we are very hopeful regarding the outcome. There are propositions ana counter propositions on both sides." While tho speaker declined to be spe cific as to what ho meant by his tip that arbitration was sidetracked, it was assumed the two sides are more nearly together than they have hitherto been and that matters are to be adjusted "across the table." Following the conference the White House issued the following statement: "There is no change. . There is aa earnest effort being made to work out a settlement." Among those who have closely fol lowed the situation the belief grew this afternoon that a strike will be averted. Chief Garrotson of the conductors' brotherhood, declared he and his con ferees would do everything in their pow er to avoid a strike. Up to Employes. Washington, Aug. 15. The burden of concessions in bringing about an ad justment of the threatened railroad strike appeared to have Bwung around from the railroads to the employes to After the railroad managers had been in the White House for more than an hour and a half it was learned they had agreed to accept the basic principle of the eight hour day but they demand ed tho question of overtime pay be subjected to a more fur reaching inves tigation. Their acceptaaco of the basic princi ple of the eight hour duy is made con tingent upon agreement by the em ployes to further and more 'far reach ing" discussion which should include the question of overtime pay. According to ono of the railroad men who attended the conference, the fol lowing ia their position: Accept Eight Hour Day. "Wo accept the principle of the eight hour day. Howover, the eight hour day 'question is so obviously and naturally n unit of the overtime question that the two will have to bo handled as one problem.' ' . It was hoped tho day would bring forth some grounds upon which a settle ment of the controversy might be ef fected, and the threatened tie-up of . u....-..tin r.n tint 171-CHt HllCS of thtt 11 Miiniui ni, b country avoided. Throughout most of tho night the managers labored over a definite sug gestion for settlement to be offered to day. The employes did the same. The (Continued on Page Tw.') THE WEATHER ' Oregon: ' To night and Wed nesday probably fair, cooler Wed nesday except near the coast; westerly winds. Wome; LShoes To COST J