NEWS
or TUB BEST OITIBH TO LIVB Elf."
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President Wilson Would Force
Present Train Crews To Operate
,j Trains Under Military Draft If
They Decide To Go On. Strike
WILL APPEAR
IN CONGRESS
TO STATE CASE
(By United Press.)
Washington. Aug. 29. ? The mili
tary operation of the railroads of
the country, with present train crews
operating trains unde rmllitary
draft. is 4 definite prbepect. If the
strike set (or Monday takes place,
that Is the course which President
Wilson ' has in mind. It became
known today. He Is quoted as bar
ing said at the railway brotherhoods
conference -U^tillght :
"I Intend B?get through a meas
ure empowering uie to draft Into
service men tor teh military opera
tion of the roads, and you shall be
the first I shall draft."
President Wilson will go before a
joint session of congress at 2:30 this
afternoon to ask for legislation to
this efTect.
The conferences Inst night devel
oped that neither side is willing to
yield to anything. The Brother
hoods have refused Wilson^ request
tx> call off the strike order, dated
September 4th. Executives are
defiant. "There is going to be a
strike," said one executive. "Let
It cyme; U will elarify the air and
' will show the people of the country
lu K?Hjf gXMna-is ?Jie-f?dw?
trisl world." said auotber.
President Wilson also stated that
he will seek legislation provision
for an ei?ht-hour dsy, with sufficient
time to work out the details of its
application. < He will also ask for a
measure,' eVating authority to op
erate the roads in the event of a
strike and pending its settlement.
Railroad presidents claim that
they can "break the strike within a
week." They say that traffic, will ,
not be paralyzed and that they Will ?
man all trains with emergemcy
crews, consisting largely of pension
ed employes and of a few loyal irien.
The men are opposed to any com
pulsory measure, such as the Ca
nadian Disputes Act, which is be
lieved to be advocated by the Pres
ident. providing that both sides sub
mit to arbitration, If not satisfied.
. Tho men say that this Is unaccepta
ble.
BIG REDUCTION HAS
BEEN MADE IN THE
PRICE OF CHEVROLETS
K. Q. Munition, local agent for
the Chevrolet Automobiles, announ
ces that there hns been a reduction
of $60.00 in the price of the little
five passenger Chevrolets and also
the roadster. This makes these
cars retail for $535.00, delivered
complete with electric lights and
?tarter.
At the abovo price this is undoubt
edly the greatest value In an auto
mobile on the market todny.
The Chovrolet doe* more work
With less gas. Ask any Chevrolet
owner what It costs to operate his
car. This is the only car on the
market at this price with the fa
mous valve- In head engine.
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TO-NIGHT
"The SewoiV'
5 P*f Ctnt
Paramount
Feature, Preeentlftic the
well known aetrewi *
Blanche 8weet i
(Ireot Show Touixht
Matin** at 4 p. m.
\ Night Show 8 p.m.
Pr "??? R*10
No Nation Was Better
Prepared For War Than
Is Roumania At Present
London. Aug. 29. ? Roumanla is
the bent-prepared of anjr of th^ Eu
ropean nations for war. EwSb"JJer
rnany, at the start of the gerat con
flict. could not compare with the
present condition of the Roumanian
army.
Ever since the war started. Rou
mania haa been preparing to Join in
the conflict, merely wailing to de
cide which sidtf -would best further
her Interests. Her army has been
recruited .to fhe greatest poaaiblu
strength. For rnonthB the soldiera
have been located in various en
campmcnts, engaged in dally drilla
and sham battles. A network of ex
cellent roads conenet the Important
towns of the little country, enabling
the hurried movement of troops.
From a standpoint of efficiency,
none of the other nations can com
pare with the latest entrant Into the
war. .
And not only from an offentdve
point of view, but also from a defen
wive. has Itouiuanla been preparing
herself for ' the war. Her entire
border ha* been mined and fortified, t
so as to guard against invasion by
the enemy. Her perfect syBtem of
roads ran be blown up and torn to
pieces In a short time. All of her
cities hat'e been fortified against ?
attack. At certain intervals, alone]
her border hospital buildings hav* I
been erected for the care of her I
wounded" soldiers.
When her 600,000 men take the
field the Austrlans and Germans j
will find themselves opposed by a i
fresli sad trained army that will rep
resent perfection In every detail.
Tie-Up Of Railroads
Would Soon Exhaust -
Food In New York
New York. Aug. 29. ? Famine me
naces New York through the threat-]
ftnM Vtrtlttmd 'sfrfKST AViTh l
au abundance of certain Classen of !
rood lu warehouse and storage plant j
the supply In other lines would be '
exhausted In a few days. In thai
case of milk It would be a matter of j
hours only: before famine conditions
would prevail.
New York City consumes 2.263.
000 quarts of milk each day. The
supply comes chiefly from New Jer
sey and up-State New York. The
amount of milk produced on Long
It-laud. or within convenient reach
of water transportation facilities on
the Hudson, would not meet half
the demand of New York's largest
borough alone.
On July 1. 1916. in Greater New
York there were 141.192 children
under one year of ape. The num
ber botween one and three years old
was 126,625. Thf?re were 593.901
children under live years of age in
the Greater City.
New Danger t<? Children.
Nearly half a mll|h?n mothers,
who have watched th^ifbabler thru
the infantile pnralysl**glourge which
claimed so many, now see a darker
shadow of death creeping upon thfeir
households.
Physicians declare the cutting off
of New York's milk supply for ai
week might pass sentence of death '
upon a majority of the children un- 1
tier two years of age.
The stock of condensed milk kept i
in the city in small and would hp j
exhausted quickly with .the supply ,
of freah milk cut off.
New York in normal times, con
Hunies '3.000.000 pounds Of fresh I
beef, pork and mutton each day Tho |
auppl of these meats now in the city
la an indent only for from five days
to a week. The available aupplv of
Kosher nioat, Ibcludlng fowls, all
killed In New York, would last only
oeventy-two' hdurs.
Outside of the Hebrew popula
tion, the people of New York would
not fare much worse than usual in
regard to chickens and turkey*.
Tho bulk of the supply of fowls for
the fall trade la In cold storage In I
tho elty now No shortage of cold
aturage .eggs would folio* a tie-up
of, the railroad* running into this
city, as most of the fall and wintei*
supply la here j
7, lOo Tntfa of flutter a I>ay.
>J?w York daily consumes 7.800
tuba of butter. S.&OO boxes of ehftese
4.000 bnrels* of appiea. 60,00 crates
of grapes, lemons, peaches, plume,
oranges and other irulti.
/Wi'e dally receipts of flour in New
Yoi* in normal times are 3.000 bar
rels and 1 1,000 aacks. The supply
kapt on han4 In the warehouses of
'he big concerns and (he . .forage
rooms of smaller groceries Is atfltl
cient, according to ?arioiia estimates
for fror? two week* to ofte month.
In all parts of the city factories
l? "...ploying hundreds of thousands of
ftrflon* wSVjftf- tTe^cdnip^lIi*! to close
rttiwii within a week or ten days for
luck of raw material. In this way
a large part of the poorer popula
tion of New York would be deprived
of nil Income at a time of swirtly
rising prices for all the necessaries
of life.
j Estimates tiiHde by scores ot deal
er? In food products, research ex
ip??rt8 for comemrcial organizations
and others agreed that the city will
ib?*?in to feel the pinch of famine
within a week after the roads are
: closed down.
COOL WEATHER PUTS
CHECK ON EPIDEMIC
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
(By United Press)
New York. Aug. 2?. ? Color weath
er la checking the epidemic of Infan
tile paralysis against which the lead- j
inc medical knowledge of the coun
try haa battled for the last three
months.
' For the first time since the out
break. of the (Unease, which has
taken a toll of 1857 lives out of 7.
R36 affected, more patients are b**
lng discharged than are arriving
the hospitals in Greater New York.
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LANDSCAPE GARDENER
DELIVERED LECTURE' '
AT THE ELKS HALL
An addiehce of about seventy-five
persona wan presont at the Elks hall
last night and hoard a most inter
esting lecturo on "home beautify
ing." which was delivered by an ex
pert landscape gardner ruid ?sk 11
tustrated by nutneroui ' colored
slides.
The p'lcturna that were shown
were excellent auj) 'helped to bring
nut the Important point* o( the lec-,
ture. There were pictures of
homes, at which i\o attempt had,
been made toward bnautlflcsuon.
and there followed other pJcture* of ,
the same property, nft^r flowers and
shrubbery bad been planted. The
cobtraats were decidedly striking
There were also plctuit^qt tfrcjL
yards, railroad at atloie," alleys afc?
other places, before and aftet being
beautified. The lecturer atao gave
some good advice on the beat flowers
and. shrubbery to plant and the beat
way to plant then).
8UB8CRIBJC TO TH? VAlhT MIW8
v .2 .g ? JL.
GERMANY
EXPECTS
GREECE TO
C 0 HE J N
A NL'MBKK OP GRKEKH HAVK AL
KBADY LEFT ORR1ANY AM)
KKTURNKD TO THKlIt
own oouicmv.
BETHMAN HOLLWEG
TO CONFER WITH
GREEK MINISTER
(By United Pmui)
Snlouiki, Aur. 20. ? ( "he?T.
nrosc alone the entire JOO-mlle
front in the llHlkaiu over the
receipt of the ncwx of Itoama
ninV declaration of war AKalnNi
the t'entml rower*.
Loin Ion, Auk. 29. ? Germany is
preparing for the entry of Greece
| Into the war. says a dispatch from
Copenhagen. A number of GreekB
have already left Germany and have
I returned to their own country.
Diplomats in Berlin believe that
war is inevitable. ChanrMlor Von
'Dethinann Ilullweg wlli receive the
Greek minister tomorrow in confer
ence.
Roumanians Successful.
Roumanian troops attacked along
the entire Teutonic front yesterday,
obtaining pronounced qucesaes. says
a Bucharest dispatch, vfc^Ko me.
$14,887.96 OF
ROAD FUND
BEEN SPENT
The amount of 114.887 96 has
been spent so Tar of the $&U.<iOO|
ho ml issue !or work on the roads in
Waahint?i>n township. While tlitH
amount SMtun laiire at flrat,j;lum-e
it must he taken into consideration
that It alao include* ail of /the Initial
expense, including the coata of rtie
machinery, niulea, etc.
j Following Hre the vouchers that
i have been issued during July and
August :
P. (J. Paul H Hro.. indue. . . . $ tft).
Const Line
I*. H. Hodges, unl ft ry gunrris 205.
Cherry Pur. Co.. nuittremM 39.
Von KlMrmeln. uw mules. . 10.
Jackson- Koberaon. oidse. . . . 238
,L. H. Robs, surveying 7.
Kureks l.hr. Co.. Ihr , . ft3.
H. G. Selby. rodinan fi,
Oscar Hodges. hay.. 82.
Oscar Hodges, use mules. . . 10
Prank TmI. labor..! 13
.4 1
.35
.00
.00
.00
82
3R
.75
.85
.00
.12
W. C. Malllson Ar Son. har
ncss IS. 69
J. P. Buck nmn, e<?mforta. etc 32.40
fl. D. Hodges. rod man 30.00
Ururo Hodge*. freight 10.36
Jesse Pnrhnm, shiwlng mulep 3.40
Pay roll 110.63
WdaII. Fur. C'? . eota 13.25
??A**e11 Supply To 24 3.23
Pay mil 17.76
Pay roll 107.85
Peg ram -Wat son. mdse. . t . . 10.72
Ellison Bros. T'o.. indae. . . . 33.63
PoKram W*t*on. blasting
machinery 14.00
Smith-Courtney. nrrk yokes 4.00
Good Road* Much I ho Co.. bal
ance 88.00
Bnowdcn. salary 115.00
John Havens, feed 62.01
Harris Hdw. Co.. mdte. . . . 164.69
Orders of Snowden 195.42
Rlflfon Broa. feed-mda?, . . . 875.00
Pay roll . . ? . 845.86
Pay foil 268.45
Express on bonds 10-40
Mom Planing Mill. Ibr..... 181.52,
Marrtn Hdw Co.. maeh
?Payroll ? 284.89
K. Mi Clement, sal and ex.. . 103.47
John Haven*, feed ........ 168.86
Pomona Terra Cotta Co 129.81
B. o Morris, stump puller. 195.60
Snowden. salary 110.00
Herri* Hdw. Co., rndae.'. . . 264.49
N?w Poet Culvert Co.. ... . .1641.95
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Mik
~
Hegd Of Pennsylvania
Railroad Says, "Strike .1 .
Rathei T*6 ^'^^r-^ender
??????
If Railways Yield to Present Demands,
They Will Have Balance of Em
ployes toContend With Before
Long, He Says.
Washington, Aug. 29
President Samuel Rea, of the Pennsylvania system. who arrived In
Washington yesterday. gave out the following statement tonight on
behalf of the railway executives:
"For the managements of the railway* to yield to the demands
and threat* of the labor organixHlions. and to accept President Wil
son 'a proposal, would be to destroy at one Jjtow the principle of J
arbitration an the paramount and recognised metfrod of settling la- !
hor disputes.
"What would be gained by thin tremendous sacrifice of a sound
principle, which involves the rights and Interests of the railways, j
of the great majority of their employes not embraced in the present
controversy and of the American people"
"The threatened strike would be postponed, it Is true, but we
would have no assurance that it would be permanently prevented.
Kxcept that the principle of an eight-hour payday would beconcerned
the issues of the very controversy now pending would be left un
settled. while the future of the railways would, indeed, be rendered
dark and uncertain.
"These, in brief, are the rerpom why heads of the railways with
a fu!! appreciation of the solemn and weighty responsibility resting
on them, as well as of their duty to th* "public and to their share
holders. have been forced to the conclusion tbut It is better to face
the alternative of a strike than to surrender.
?"The railways have no assurance, if they grant the demand for a
counterfeit 'eight-hour' day. that the added burden of expense thus
Imposed will be offset by an adequate increase In rates. They have
no assurance that they will secure arbitration of the other demands
of these employes. They have no assurance that they will Becure
arbitration of their own proposals to the employes. Nor have they
any assurance that they will be given protection by Congress from
strikes in future.
"Lei me emphasize the fact that history is but repeating Itself in
the present crisis, for two years ago there was equal menace of a
strike on the western roads. In response to the appeal then made
to their patriotism the railway managers yielded. Nothing was done
either by the President or Congress as the result of that experience,
to prevent the development of the like situation which now again
faces the railway managers, but on the other hand, they are con
fronted by practically the same ultimatum, and (hat thuy shall evcy.
sacrifice the one remaining principle of arbitration.
"The railways know that If they yield to the present demands of a
comparatively small percentage of the total number of their employ
ees they will receive like demands from the rest, and that these con
cessions to all employes will cost at least 1200.000.000 and probable
$30t?.000,000 a year. \
"They know, too. thai If they submit now to the proposition made
to them by the President they will be denounced by the business in
terests of the country for having given up the principle of arbitra
tion when every factor in the dispute points to the justice of their
cause.
"Confronted by such conditions and borne down by a solemn
sense of their responsibility lo their employes, to business Interests of
all kinds, to the one hundred million people of the United States,
and to their stockholders, what could the heads* of the railways do
hut refuse to yield and then calmly but resolutely lace the possibili
ties of the situation In full confidence that their action will receive
the unqualified endorsement and support or the business interests
I of the country and the public at large, who have as yet h< denied
all opportunity to be heard."
WILL MAKE FIGHT OVER
PROPOSAL TO TAX COTTON
Washington, Aug. 2??. ? Another
??lash In the senate between Senator
Underwood anil members of the fi
nance committee la expected today,
when section 2 of the revenue hill Is
voted on. Thin section, among oth
er things, places a tax of five per
cent on cotton which is to hn lined
In th*> manufacture of munitions.
.Senators Cnderwood and Overman,
sod probably a few other senators
will flght this section whih* thf fi
nance committee will insist upon Its
passagr.
This sertlon of the fu>nat?' flnanrr
corn nil I le's bill. Is panned would im
pose an unjust tax on southern cot
ton farmers. it |r claimed, and those
senators who do not br-lieve that
MACKENSEN TO
LEAD AGAINST
ROUMANIANS ?
(Br United Pr?M)
Tho Hacw, Aon. 90. ? MfM
Mar ah All Vn? Muckraimi, who
W Mirh a ? fcn?fal drlm llirti
RwvU m yimr afo, will ran*
maiwl l he (Mimum awl n?l*a
H?m opMMiai ?C?liut Rounu
nt*. MToHlnR to Mivtw rfceh
?d from Berlin. It Is ?? petted
that MmAmm frtU Umrr tor
Ihe rraat within ft Short Maw.
cotton ah on I'd he taxed nny more
than it is at this time have planned
a free-for-all fight.
The Daily N'pws corespondent Is
In popaeppion of Information consid
ered highly reliable which leads him
to*be||??ve that the finance commit
tee in going to meet with a rovcrM*
Kven should PrcRident Wilson ami
hia immediate following surceed In
shoving this section through t h" pen
ate. ihcfp iH every reason to be
lieve the house will pr?*vrn i!ie hill
bring p.? ??<?<! nob-as th? rin.on rax
is eliminated.
I'roleMa froin North Carolina and
other actions of ih?? ronntry have
come to Washington urging Rcna
torn not to permit the Irk on eotton.
Senators Overman and l'nd??rwod
are leading the fight In opposition
to thin tax and will he ably assisted
tomorrow by S^nntoia llardwlck.
Vardamnn and others.
KIUTAIX HI KKIKH MAII.
? AND III. \< 'KI-IHT KKIMJKH
WMhl^rton. f Aur. ? Great
Britain It working nt top upp^t)" on
her replicH to the American proteata
arnlnnf the blackllat and Interfer
ence wit the mall*, This Inform*
Uon bu been conreyed to the fltate
Department In r??poni? to the ra
Hou* r??u<*U that the anawera be
expedited.
The Inference Is drawn at the
State Department that the replleaj
will be received earl? thla week
(VMOKIM T9 Tim DAILiT N?W8
HO.IMKJ 1 Itoni-I-K ARK AMtKADV
AIM ?\VI\<; TOWARD THE
TIC I NMI.VANI A HUH.
TIKR KOH INVASION
GERMANY HOPES TO
PARALYZE THE NEW
ENTRANT IN WAR
1 lu railed Pi*i?, ?
London Aug. 2f>. ? Eighty thout>
and Roumanian* are already ad
vancinp toward the Transy Irani a
frontier r?i an Invasion into ilunga
ry. The advance tniard has crossed
Hie (mnrnr in a nwlft advance on
the tw.? Tr.tiiM.vlvantan cities of Her
mannstadt and KxronaUdt.
Tbe enti't movement of the Rou
manian iim |? Ik proceeding with
clock w eik regularity. The Ger
mans are acting with equal swlftnes*
meeting I hi.- new enemy In the
biilkun.- Dmjuichea Hay that Ger
many rl?iM-d the Swiss frontier In
less than a:; hour after ItaTy declar
ed wur. The German staff knew
that 1 1 u I > - action preceded a decla
ration iroiu Uoim.ania and It is be
lieved liiat they began shitting
troop* eastward to reinforce the
Austrian* several huurs before the
Roumanian ultimatum was issued.
. A^TPUiny M* deter mined,.!? puah _
an SKgrenKive campaign, carrying
the fighting on Roumanian aoil. It la
stated. The plan is to paralyse
Roumania with a blow that will
eliminate that country within a few
months The Roumanian minister
required a farewell Intervtd* with
Von ftfthmanu Holwegg before
speeding home.
NURSERY COMPANY
HAS IDEM. METHOD
Of ADVERTISING
Interests IVi.pl.- lit Improving Ap*
|HNtri?niP ?< Thi-lr IVopertjr imd
til Same Time AdvprtJw*
|i- iVirtliirt*
An deter and profit
able ad Vfj'ti' m*. Hilivmv is revealed
in the 'a 01 it ihat a prominent nur
iwrj company iu i )i Ih Slate is doing
in sending 'Hit a lecturer lo talk on
"homo beaum irsiion." A tectum
on this i> j?*< ? ?;ip delivered here
last nitrh:
Tin- company sends Ifn man out
lo various cltjen and lie make? an
Interent intr talk on how th?- appear
ance or properly '*an bp improved
through i If pla 11 1 1 n k of flowers and
nh rubbery There in no quention
hut Ihni th?- leeiure In of benefit to
those cirix?>riH who hear It. and thin
ia why th?- lecturer ha* no trouble
in booking places in which to make
hla talks Alter ihe lecture ha*
boon deli* er*'tl. the r?preaontatlve
of the company uaually vialts a
number of homes the next morning
and makes auggeRtionn an to the Beat
meant* of improving the apeparanco
of the property He invariably se
rum the names of a number of oth
er pernona, who. while perhaps not * r
interented at the present time, may w
purchase flowern ami shrubbery
rrom hin concern In the future. To
theae he aends catalogues from tlino
to time, k?'?>pinK up i heir Interest on
the ntibject of "home beauti'ftca
tlon." A large nale of needs is usu
ally the result in each town which la
visited.
The plan In one or the beet selling
campaign* that could be thought of.
It serve* a twofold purpose; inter
esting the citlsenn In Iraprovtajl the
appearance or their property, ' and
helping to increase the buslnens of
the concern which aends out the lec
turer. A concern thst ean think up
nuch sn excellent selling campaign
well deservee to enjoy a proC table
buslneee.
.
TOTTR CLAUirmO "ksr shontd
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