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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . . CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY - , yty THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 180 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS OK TRAINS AND NBWS STANDS ITvTB COB ITT! M I II II II II II II II "hA W ,rtkl 7 lilf M Mil II I II II 1 AIL I. I. IJ JH'SgW OJ 1 . . ... f III I I U II WILSON TRYING TO GET EMPLOYES TO IE STRIKE Unions hmp 'Decide Pro posed LegisJ Ion Will Not Hair km ? - HOPE IS PUL IC FEELING MAY STfl 7TRIKE ORDER Sentiment Against Them If . Strike Conies Before Congress Can Act . . PRESIDSNT'S LAST WORD Washington, Aug. 30. ' 'Ood forgive you; I cannot." President Wilson, it became known today, thus concluded his final interview with the rail road executives nt the White House yesterday when they submitted their final proposi tion rejecting every effort and suggestion the president had made for peaceful settlement of their dispute with the employes. By Robert J. Bender. (United Press, staff correspondent.) Washington, Aug. 30. President Wil on today was exerting every effort to aecure from the railroad brotherhood leaders a withdrawal of their strike or der, effective September 4. Believing that congress is certain to l.ii 8a legislation euch as the brother JfmnTs are "demanding, administration officials have pointed out the train men would have nothing to gain by striking and everything to lose. In fact they say, if the men carry out their strike orders while congress is ac tually .debating on measures favorable to labor, there would be a tremendous reaction in the country against the un ion men that might turn the entire trend of events. Thus far, however, the brotherhoods have indicated no intention of rescind ing their strike orders. It is the hope and belief of admiuig- trntion officials that, following the Vresideut 's nction of yesterday, there will be an imemdiate response from the 1 sountry, urging delay of any strike ae - tion by the employes until congress has uaa time to pass the legislation before it. The railroad strike, tying up every piece o'f rolling stock in the country, will be in effect Monday, brotherhood men said today. The order includes every brotherhood man in the United States both in passenger and in freight traffic. While the freight men are the only ones making deinnnds, the passenger men are included in the strike order. The reason that they also did not make demands is that the eight hour day now applies to passenger service, while the pay is based on mileage, or, on the slow trains, on a monthly guar antee. The unions have decided formally that President Wilson's legislative pro gram will not alter their determination to strike: prominent brotherhood men reiterated today that only railroad ac ceptance of the eight hour day. 10 hour pay proposal, can head off the tie up. Asked today if he had been directly requested to postpone the strike, A. B. Garretson, head of the trainmen re plied "we have not" and gave the same answer to a question as to whether he h d postponed the strike. fvnowin' when t' quit tallcin' is a fine thing, but knowin' when t' leave is till finer. The' nothin' like a good front, either ia war or in th' resturint business. POSTPOi 1 "V 1 jc s(t sfc jfc sfc sc j(c jc jfc )Jc ?(c sfc sfc jjt TWINKLE TROT TO BE ALL BAGE THIS YEAR Chicago. The " twinkle trot," .a dance similar to fox trots, will be among the newest dances to become popular this winter, it was decided Saturday I at the convention o'f the Ameri- can National Association of Dancing Masters. The "Chinese processional dance" and "gem waltz" also will be among the new novelties. Social workers, pnstors and society women will have an op- portuuity to express their views on the latest dances. "We want the ministers to know what is going on iu the dancing ! world," said L. P. Chrintensen, an officer of the association. "In that event they probably would not be hostile to the art." New classic dances were dem- onstrated at the convention Sat- urday by Mrs. P. N. Spaeder, of Cleveland, and Miss I.ila Maple, of San Francisco. INJUNCTION II TO PREVENT STRIKE Union Pacific Conductor Would Enjoin Strike Being Ordered in Nebraska Omaha, Neb., Aug. 30. Edward A. Hamilton, Union Pacific conductor""for 13 years, today obtained from District Court Judge W. G. Sears, a temponrv order restraining officials of the Order of Railway Conductors from issuing a strike order on the Union Pacific lines, circulating any strike order or spend ing any money for strike purpose.!. Hearing on the petition for permanet in junction was set for September 2. Ham ilton named as defendants A. B. Gar-ct-son, president of the order, and includ ed the three divisions o'f the brother hood, known as the Eastern, Southern and Western associations, but the or der only is effective in Nebraska, the limit of Sears' jurisdiction. . As reason for asking the order, Ham ilton in his petition said that up to July 1 the railroads were regarded as sepnr ate units in the brotherhood but th.it at that time the rules were amended and it was provided that the vote of all should rule the conductors on each road. He claims this is illegal becnusr strike bnllots were sent out Juno 15. and thnt, he claims, the conductors of the Union Pacific did not cast a two thirds vote, authorizing the tril Hamilton asserts that if the strike ?ielf on. wl" .5", Pension rights !r . 8triltes. pr if he does not strike ..... . ,,K,n 1U lne Droincr hood, and so brings the suit not onlv for himself but all similarly affected. -uuris are trying to get service on Garretson, who lives in Des Moines, and a long string of other officials widelv separated. Union Pnci'fic railroad officials here today made statements claiming that the sentiment of a majority of the Un ion Pacific employes were against a strike order; and thnt Hamilton is cor rect in claiming that the Union Pa cific employes should not be bound by the rules claimed to have been adopted July I. ' Hamilton denies that the railroads are back of his suit. PUBLIC IS WARNED TO ARRANGE BUSINESS FOR STRIKE MONDAY Chicago, Aug. 30. The traveling! 'nunc and sni liters were warned In- western railroads todav to prepare for a strike Monday. Shippers were notified todav bv a dozen roads running out of Chicago! thnt perishable freight that would not arrive at its destination on or beforei Saturday would not be accepted. The! Santa Fe iias already issued an order I to agents to refuse shipments of per i ishables and livestock at once. Other railroads taking as sweeping! an action, but setting their time limit1 ahead to Saturday for freight deliver-! les include: the Hurlington, Northern Pacific, Rock Island, Southern Pacif ic, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, St. Louis and San Francisco, Louisville and Nashville and the Mobile and Ohio.' Remaining roads are expected to take similar action within twenty four, hours. j The Southern Pacific warned all; prospective travelers they might bei subjected to "perplexing" delays after Sunday night." Other railroads no-- tified their agents to give the same warning to travelers. Strike In Chicago A strike of 6,000 f reit handlers in Chicago has been called for this! afternoon. The only way to avert it' is by submission of the roads to the, men's demands the right for business: agents to collect dues from union mem-1 bers during certain hours of employent! at the freight warehouses. More thanj KAISER DISMISSES CHIEF OF STAFF Field Marshal Von Mackenson to Command Austro German Armies VON HINDENBURG GIVEN FALKENHAYN'S POSITION Germans Say Rumanians De feated Austrians Destroy Tunnel London, Aug. 30 Kaiser Wilhelm has dismissed General Falkenhayu, chief of the German general staff because Pal kenhayu was opposed to sending troops to the eastern front to meet a Ruman ian invasion, according to The Hngue correspondent ot the Exchange . Tele graph today. Field Mnrshal Von Hindenburg urged that reinforcements be sent to Austria and won the support of the kaiser with the result that troop trains are now rushing German soldiers to the defense of Transylvania. The change in the general staff means the dismissal of 30 German gen erals on both fronts, the most radio 1 shakeup in any army since the war le- gan, the correspondent stated. Many Changes Madt London, Aug. 30. Radical changes ir German military and diplomatic leader ship were made by the kaiser follow ing Rumania's appearance in the war Urn ui a as a new enemy. Dispatches from Berlin today not only confirmed "the dismissal of Gen era! Faulkenhayn as chief of the Ger min general staff, but. reported Field Marshal Mackensen in all probability win succeed von Hindcuburg in su preme command of the Austro-German armies on the Russian and Rumanian fronts. Von Hindeuburg has been ap pointed chief of the general staff, suc ceeding Falkenhavn. Despite his advanced age, General Von Kluck may be recalled to active service and given command of one of the Austro-uermau armies that will at tempt to stem the Busso-Rumanian in vasion of Hungary. There is no confirmation of a report trom i lie Hague that both Foreign Sec retnry Von Jagow and Under Secretary Zimmerman tendered their resignations after Rumania declared war. It has been- learned from Berlin, hoWever, thnt neither participated in the confer ence between Chancellor Von Beth- mnnn-Hollweg nnd certain of his minis ters that followed by a few hours the news ot Rumania's action. From Dutch sources it was reported today that the kaiser already hnd order ed the dismissal of German diplomats responsible for failing to keep Rumania out oi tue war. Blow Up Tunnel. Rome, Aug. 30. The famous Tomos Pass railway tunnel through the Tran (Continued on Dure twn - MtO are out on tnree roads now. The Burlington plans to fieht the strike and has prepared to hire strikebreakers according to Toons Pratt, special agent of the road. If a strike is called it will tie up all Chicago freight ship ments. Chicago railroad heads, accompanied by Louis W. Hill, president of the ureal -ortnerii, arrived in Chicago to day from Washington. In the party were E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe, Hale Hohlen of the Burlington, receiv er Jacob Dickinson of the Kock Island and A. J. Earling of the Chicago, Mil wougee and St. Paul. They immediate ly began organizing their forces to meet the impending strike. Chicago Has Food There is enough meat, egs and can ned vegetables in cold storage here to keep Chicagoans in food for a year in case of a strike. The only danger is an ice and coal shortage. Coal dealers say the present coal supply will be ex hausted within five days. With no cool to generate cold air for refriger ating houses the food supplies stored in these honses would quickly spoil. Artificial ice plants would be compell ed to close. An order to quit work at six a. m. Monday was given Rock Island em ployes at a meeting last night. En gineers were instructed to quit their engines at terminals, or, if that course (Continued on Pace Seven.) GENERALS COMMISSION SUSPENDS TRANSCONTINENTAL RATES Washington, Aug. 30. The interstate commerce commis sion today suspended increased transcontinental rates, recent ly proposed by coast to coast carriers. The proposed schedules are suspended to December 30, be cause "the rights and privi leges of the public appear to be injuriously affected" by the increases. During the period of suspen sion the commission will con duct a thorough investigation of the proposed rates. The suspension followed hear ings before tue suspension board of the commission in which more thnn 000 transcon tinental shippers were repre sented. The proposed increase in rates grew out of the recent decision of the commission in the intermountain rate case, removing certain "extra" re lief from the lon and short haul provision, following the disappearance of water compe tition by way of the Panama canal. jC jc 3fc jc sc )fc ffi )C 3jC PREVENT! STRIKE Leader Garretson Says Post ponement Is Not Under Consideration Washington, Aug. 30. "No power under heaven, short of a satisfactory settlement by the railroads can prevent the railroad men from striking Labor :lny," W. G. Lee, trainmen lender,, de clared this afternoon after talking with Secretary of Labor Wilson. His colleague, A. B. Garretson, the official spokesman, though more tem perate in his remarks, stated positive ly that " postponement of "the strike ia not even under consideration.",. . v Slipping out of the National hotel headquarters early in the. forenoon the leaders went to congress and .con ferred ' with members who had asked to' see them. They were closeted with Secretary Wilson for nearly an hour, getting advices from him, as a former labor leader, but refused to reveal the nature of it. Judftte )Fear9' strike injunction Is sued in Omaha today' doesn't worry brotherhoods in the least, they say. "He is way late," said one of them this afternoon. "Of course, we are law abiding cit izens, and we shall put the matter in our. attorneys' hands, but the strikel orders were all mailed out from, here' Sunday. An injunction is not retro active so this can have no effect as the orders already have been distrib uted." Members of congress today declared that no judge could legally issue re straining orders to prevent the threat ened strike. The Clayton anti-trust act, thev pointed out, especially ex empts labor unions from the operation of the Sherman act. Railway Mail Service Will Be Paralyzed Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 30. "Uncle Sam's railway mail service will be paralyzed on the instant the country wide striko orders goes into effect." This statement was made here this afternoon by Edward Hooker, manager of the publicity bureau of the four brotherhoods. He declared that when the order becomes effective, all mail trains will be halted at the first stn tion where engines are usually changed anj those awaiting in terminals will be held up. Admiral Clarke Wrecks Twenty Lives Lost New Orleans, La., Aug. 30. Twenty lives were lost when the steamer Ad- iral Clarke was destroyed in the Car- ribean sea. August 10. Six survivors arrived here late today on the bnrk Tana. The Admiral Clarke entered a hur ricane at 8 a. ni. on August 10 and three hours later the ship foundered and went to the bottom. . All lifeboats were crushed to bits. THE WEATHER I Oregon: To night and Thurs day generally fair - southeast, showers tonight or Thursday northwe stern portion; cooler Thursday; winds mostly southerly. (op THIS WlP CONGRESS BEGINS HERCULEAN TASK Or ENDING DISPUTE Politics Sidetracked As All . Feel Strike Must Be Prevented MAIN SUGGESTIONS OF PRESIDENT ACCEPTED Senate Will Rush Through Bill Containing TheseTo Act On Others Later COMMISSION TO HEAR ALL Washington, Aug. 30. The senate interstate commerce com mittee today announced it will give a formal hearing to execu tive heads of the railway broth erhoods, the railway managers, the shippers and my other inter ested persons tomorrow morning nt 0 o'clock in the senate office building. Each of the three groups in terested will be given a period of three hours to present to the committee any Tacts or data which they believe should be used in any legislation to be framed. By J. P. Yoder. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, Aug. 30. The first for mal effort of congress to rush through legislation to prevent the strike of 400,- 000 railroad employes set for Monday morning, ended temporarily In a quar rel today when bitter charges were made' that eertain senators are "at tempting to make political capital out of a disastrous situation." The charges were made bv Senator Robinson, Arkansas. They followed a statement in committee by Senator Cum mins and other republicans. These sen ators, it was stated, declared that since the date had been set and that a strike apepars to be inevitable, there is no need to ruah through hasty legislation that might afterwards prove inadequate to noid lor all time as law. "The strike is not inevitable." Rob inson was quoted as saying. "It seems to me that at a time like this when the nation is facing the most disastrous industrial situation in our history, mem bers of all parties should stand togeth er regardless of party or personal nmbi tioiiB." Meeting Waa Stormy. The meeting grew so stormv thnt the committee adjourned the session after passing a resolution agreeing to hear the employes, the railroad managers nnd the shipptrs in the senate office build ing tomorrow. Just before adjournment, however, the committee decided to meet again this' afternoon. The first legislative step on the floor (Continued oa yf Three.) DEALERS ARE MAKING FRANTIC EFFORTS TO GET FOOD SUPPLIES New York, ug. 30. First effects of the impending nation-wide strike, which will tie up the commerce of the country were being felt todny four days be fore the walkout uf the 400,000 mem bers of the big four brotherhoods is scheduled. Probably never in the history of rail roading have the big lines of the coun try faced such a situation as is now presented. Many lines have already put an embargo on all freight which cannot be delivered before September 4. Shippers and buyers are making frantic efforts to move goods, or lay in an extraordinary supply. Thousands of persons, on vacations, or away from home on business, are cutting their trips short. The New York, New Haven Ic Hart ford railroad was the first to declare an embargo on freight In the enstern district. The New York Central, Penn sylvania, Lackawanna, Erie and New York, Susquehanna & Western are ex pected to follow suit. No attempt is made b ythe roads to minimize the prob able effect of a striko on passenger trnffic. - Railroad Flooded. Not only are the railroads feeling the effect of the impending strike, but tanks are also being flooded with de mands from big business houses, en deavoring to purrhase supplies iu "trainload lots." This means mure than fvaKlitim t ) ai imnal tflote In mnal cases, and consequent hurried arrange-1 12,000 Veterans in Last Grand Review Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 30. Heads high, with a light in their eyes that never dies twelve thousand veterans this morning swung into Grand ave nue with a slow step on what may be the last grand review of the Grand Army of the Republic. Scattered through the thinned ranks of blue Iwere eighteen bands and five fife and drum corps. Their martial music lent strength to feeble legs that carried ninny a veteran the full fourteen blocks on sheer de termination alone. Cool weath er undoubtedly prevented many postrations. Thousands jammed the streets along the line of march, marked by a riot of flags and bunting. s(c )jc s(c sjc sfc s(( sc sfc (c sc sc sc WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC TO District Attorney of New York Uncovers Things to Shock Uppertendom New York, Aug. 30. The tenacles of New York's great white slave traffic reaches into the Orient for victims, ac cording to the belief of Assistant Dis trict Attorney Smith who is today in vestigating the arrest of Lee Lai, a Chinese woman. The arrest, the district attorney be lieves, may uncover a great traffic in women of the Orient brought iiere through Canada for immoral purposes. Evidence that Chinese women are won and lost daily at gambling tables has been unearthed by immigration offic ials. Indictments have been found against 18 men for trafficking in women. Po lice officials believe -that at least twenty more men soon will be under in dictment, .... ; Social circles may get a shock before the investigation is over. The district attorney's office is today Investigating the operations of a man ' of social standing, who is claimed to furnish women for rich men, A thirty page affidavit in the hands of the district attorney discloses fea tures of a dinner orgy given by a mil lionaire artist, which may lead to ar rests. The affidavit made by one of the women "entertainers" shows that a "September Morn" tabeleaux was one of the bits of diversion. Other dis closures made are said to be the most startling heard in the criminal courts building since Evelyn Thaw bared her relations with Stanford White, to save the life of her husband, Harry Thaw. JOHNSON LEADS BY 10,000 San Francisco, Aug. 30. Seventy three per cent of the total vote cast at yesterday's primaries had been counted at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon and It unve Governor Hiram W. Johnson a ma jority of 10.W5 over Willis Booth, of Los Angeles, for the republican sena torial nomination. Returns from all but 1,405 precincts have been received and these give Booth 122,404 and Johnson 133,309. Booth's majority in southern Califor nia was 15,000. 1 ments for financing the deals. Owing to the heavy traffic and car shortage under normal conditions, it is realized that the railroads may not be able to handle any more freight than is now actually on li.md. mis wouiu mean business bouses which failed to get in their extra orders prior to this week, will probably be caught hurt. All produce houses and other firms dealing in perishable goods were mak ing frantic efforts to get shipments now en route delivered. Once the strike is in effect, the food supply in the large cities of the country will prob ably not hold out more than a week, un less some way is found of getting food stuffs to them. Apepal to Employers. In the meantime all eastern roads are making preparations for the strike, en deavoring to arrange for men to operate trains. All workers not affiliated with the brut herhnnds are called unon to stand by the companies. The Erie has issued a notice that employes remain ing loyal will be regarded as senior employes of the company. Warning is also given that men joining the strike leave the service of the company and lose all rights and privileges. Despite the orders o'f the four brother hoods that all employes must avoid tres pass anil interference with proptrey in the strike, the New Haven has asked sheriffs and police officials in towns (Continued oa Page i.j T PACIFIC E Will Not Accept Perishable or ' Livestock Shipments to , Coast Points UNLESS DELIVERY CAN BE MADE BY SEPTEMBER 2 All Non Perishable Freight Will Be Received "Subject to Indefinite Delay" San Francisco, Aug. 30. California, fruit intcreses are threatened with se rious losses as the result of an embargo filaccd on perishable commodities and ive stock shipments by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads. The orders, growing out of the threatened railroad strike, are effective today, and just in the heavy shipping season, the fruit interests of the country find them selves with no means of handling their rapidly ripening crops, . which will be ruined if relief is not loctucoming quickly. Nor le the shipper tne only one in- cenvenienced by the new peril. A mes sage has been sent to all ticket agents by Passenger Traffic Manager Charles) S. Fee, of the Southern Pacific, in structing them to advise pasengers that they may experience delays unless they can reach their destinations by Sunday night. The embargo order of the Southern Pacific follows: "On account of the Impending strike. all shipments of non-periBhable freight for all destinations reached by this com pany and its connections will only be accepted 'subject to indefinite delay.' The company cannot accept perishable or livestock shipments' destined to Port- li.nd Ore., or El Paso or points west. thereof, which cannot be reached by regular freight train schedules by 7 a., m., Saturday, September 3, effec tive immediately." With the grnpe harvest just starting and the cattle .raising sections just rounding up stock for market shipments. the order comes as a serious blow to California farmers. It is expected to cause trouble in supplying this -city's needs until water transportation is in augurated sufficiently to handle the needed commodities. As a result of their strike prepara tions, neither the Southern Pacific nor the Santa Fe expects to cease passenger tram service if the strike is called Mon day. Southern Pacific officials declare former employes and those in the serv ice long enough to warrant a pension in a short time have been fully organ ised for the impending crisis. It is not known what preparations have been made by the Western Pa cific to meet a strike. ' , Prepare in Seattle Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30. Transcon tinental railroad companies running out of Seattle, including the Great North ern, Northorn Pacific, Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul and Burlington to dny discontinued accepting perishable; freight and livestock shipments, that would not reach their destination be fore September 2, because of the im pending strike. No restrictions on passenger traffic, however, had been issued. Through tickets are being sold, and no local officials were able to predict what move would be made to handle the public in caso of the strike being call ed Monday. All short haul shipments of perish iiblo freight were being accepted, and it was predicted, will continue to he taken, even though the strike is call ed " There is no doubt but that all railroads will make a desperate effort to keep things moving," said a high Great Northern official this morning. Most of the freight refusals, it was announced, are being made east of the Cascade mountains and apply to long hauls across the continent. Big Mills Must Stop Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 30. Flour mills here manufacturing one third of the nation's flour supply will close down within a week after a national railway strike is called, it was reliably reported today. Suspension would be forced by iunuility to get wheat. Civie associations today stood ready to hold for local consumption one week's pro duct of the local flour mills. Uncle Sam Lays in Big Supply for Army El Paso, Texas, Aug. 30. In antici pation of a natioa-wide strike, the quar termaster's department of the army is rushing vast amounts ot supplies nere i form a reserve for the United States tioops and national guardsmen now mo bilized in this district. Several hun dred carloads o'f rations and supplies are now en route and will reach hers before the date set for the strike to begin. ... ... . ' t 1 ISSUES MBARGQ ORDER ON FREIGHT