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7 HE -BIGGEST NEWS in any newspaper or magazine is the advertising. A Here are tidings- which are vital to every reader. YOIi. XCYHJ-Ka 142 RUSSIAN, ITALIAN 'AND FRENCH-ARMIES KEEP UP THEIR OFFENSIVES More Territory is Taken Prom the Forces of the Central Pow- ' ers in Three Theatres' " EUSSIANS TAKE STANISLAU Opens Another Gateway Through Which They May Advance Toward City of Lemberg ITALIANS MAKE BIG GAINS Anglo-French Attack Bulgarians on the Balkan Front Russian, Italian and French ar mies continue . successfully theif respective offensives and, coord ing to the latest official communi cations, have taken more territory from " the forces . of the Central Powers in France, Galicia and Austria. '. r . ."A j ,-. : Stanislau, 87 miles southeast of Lemberg, the capital of. Galicia, and an important railway junc tion, has been occupied by -Rus sian troops. In addition the Rus sians have progressed on the line of the Zereth river 'as along' the Zlota Lipa, taking important po sitions south of Brody . and cap turing the railway town, of Monas terzyska and several villages."' Another Gateway to: lumber. The taking of Stanislau, ' which Vi enna says was evacuted "without .flghtr ing, opens another gateway . through which the Russians may advance to-. ward Lemberg., Already,-., P.etrograd says, the Austro-Gmana . are fceing pursued toward Halich.-a railway junc tion north of Stanislau. on tho Dniester river. Petrograd reports the' capture of 5,000 more Austro-Germans. . ; The Italian army under; the Duke of Aosta, which took Gorisia, is losing no time in its advance as a 'result-of the capture of the gateway to Triest, South of Gorizia along the" lower Ison zo, the Italians have occupied the whole, of the Doberdo plateau, the scene of much desperate fighting. In addition to the driving the Austrians east of the Valonne line and capturing, several towns in the direction of Triest.- East of Gorizia, the Italians have not met with as much success, as In;. the south. Rome officially reports the Aus trians to be holding out in trenches on the line of Montesangabriele and Monte San Marto. French Advance in Somme. While the British forces have been comparatively inactive nerth of the Somme, In northern France, "the French have followed up their bombardment of the German lines with the capture of additional German trenches' near Mau repas and a fortified quarry north of the Hem wood. The French also have eestablished a new line on the ridge south of Maurepas aid have taken two small woods north of the -Hem wood. On the Balkan front the "Anglo- French forces have attacked the Bui-' Marians and occupied the Doiran rail way station, 40 miles northwest of Sa loniki, according to unofficial adviees. Petrograd admits the evacuation of Hamadan, Persia, under pressure ' of Turkish attacks. . .v. DESCRIBES THE ENORMOUS LOSSES OF THE .RUSSIANS Berlin, via London, Aug. 11. The cor respondent of the Zeitung Am Mit taug, at Austrian headquarters, in a dispatch describes the enormous losses f.the Russians during the summer of fensive. The correspondent says ,the Russian censorship passed the state ment that as many as' 75 trains loaded with wounded were moved daify on the line to Kiev alone. Basing, his esti mate partly on the official list kept at Kiev the correspondent places the Rus sian killed or wounded' In the summer offensive at three quarters of a million men. AIRCRAFT ATTACK VENICE AND THE TEADO ijAGOON Rome, via London, Aug.: 11. Venice and the Trado Lagoon have been at tacked by enemy aircraft, the war. office announced today. Some buUdingS were damaged, but no one was hurt. . Con tinuing, the announcement says eVV "A squadron of Voisin" machines yes terday renewed the bombardment of the Prevacina railway station, where ma terial from lost positions was being rf- moved. The aviators eluded the fire of anti-aircraft artillery and .-returned safely after dropping forty bombs on the station which was -completely de stroyed." ... ENTIRE DOBERDO PIATEAU OCCUPD3D BY THE ITALIANS. Home, via London, - Aug. ll.Thert Italians have occupied ; the entire Do "erdo plateau, the war office announc ed today. The Italians also have cap tured Rubbia and San- Martin Del Carso. They ahve reached the line of the Vallone river. The Austrians have retired to the east of the town of Val lone. . - . . '- By the new victories the Italians ap Pear to have taken an Important step toward clearing the salient formed, by th-e bend of the Isonxo below Gorizia. (Continued on Page Bight.)- -s SlIISMO KEN M THE RUSSIANS They , Have Definitely Occnpied Town of Monasterzyska and Captured Other Positions MAY TRAP BOTHMER'S ARMY Italians Bare Occupied the Whole of Doberdo Plateau and Tikes Sct eral Towm In the Dlree- ,;"7f?;tto,ot Trieste, '.'.'' London. Aug. 11. A further series tof surprising successes by .the armies of Generals Sakhar6ff and Letchltsky J" ' - - - -v . - I were announced today by .the Russians. The most important of these successes were the 6 capture of 'the important railway junction and town of Stanislau, the definite occupation of Monasterzys ka and the seizure of important posi tions On the Zlota Lipa. line. Coupled with these victories was the capture of many thousands of prisoners, especial ly on - the right batik - of the' Zereth, where 5,000 Teutons were, taken., The Germans appear to regard the "Kovel-Lemberg sector as the most crit ical on the eastern front and the -ap pointment of Field Marshal .von Hin- denburg to the chief command un doubtedly haa the effect of temporarily Stemming the Russian advance on - the northern section of the line. But Field Marshal von Hindenburg does not hold the controlling command over v the troops ' guarding the . southern .ap proaches '4 to Lemberg, ! where General Letchltsky, having taken Stanislau and being within striking distance of 5a lisih, is-rapidly completing his encirclement- of -the army of GeneraV Count von Bothmer.'. . ' . ' ""'.".'", The position of Stanislau and Kplo- mea makes ure the - Russian- posses sion ' of BukOwina and gives them a base, for an: invasion of Hungary. '' The German! official statement today admitted that a re-grouping . . of the Teutonic forces was taking -place in or der to meet the new positions of the Russian army. v " " . The Italians continue to press their advantage , gained with the capture of Gorixia, haying occupied the whole of the Doberdo plateau, the scene of much desperate fighting, , in addition to cap turing ' several- towns in the direction of Trieste, their immediate objective. Nothing .sensational is happening on the western front, where the Entente Allies maintain a steady pressure. At . though the British forces have shown little activity north of the Somme, the French report the capture of additional German trenches near Maurepas and a fortified quarry north . of the Hem wood.'' " " RUSSIANS OPEN ANOTHER GATEWAY TOWARD LEMBERG Petrograd, via London, Aug. 11. Stanislau. An important railroad center. southeast of Lemberg,' capital of Galicia.- has been occupied by Russian troops, the war office announced today. The trooos of General LetcnitSKy cap tyred Stanislau ThursCy evening and pursued the Austrians, wno retreated, in the direction of Haiicn. 'The Russians also have made impor tant -successes in the Sereth region They compelled the Austro-Germans to retire from . the fortified positions -of Gliadka arid Voroblevsk and have occu pied the town of Monasterzyska. The' capture of Stanislau gives the Russians another gateway tnrougn which they can march toward Lemberg. Like,Brody, Stanislau is an important railroad center. Railroads radiate from it in ; five . directions. It is, 87 miles southest sof Lemberg and is situated between two forks of the Bystritza river, ten miles south of the Dneister. Stanislau ; was a manufacturing city and agricultural center before the war and had a popuiatjomof 33,000. ; . "GO TO . POINT ISABEL Virginia Gnardaratm ttt Take Part . In .- Maneuvers and Rifle Shoot. , Brownsville, Teau Aug.- 1L Th$ First and Second Virginia regiments or m fantrv left Camp here today in army au tomobile trucks for Point Isabel,;, on the Gulf of Mexico, 22 miles northeast of here, for . the first elaborate field maneuvers and rifle shoot of tne JNa tionxl nnardsmen at Brownsville, and to solve the problem of an imaginary enemy fKvasion of this' section by. sea. The troops will spend two -days on the er iff in command. ..- .; j '. . THE DAY IN CONGRESS SENATE S ' Met at 11. a. m. ' Senator Jones resumed speech in op position to govei-nment shipping bill. Finance - committee Democrats con tinued consideration Of revenue bill.' Adjourned at :15 p. m. until 10 a.,ra. Saturday. 1' : -v;?7'fHdITSE ;. .X-';i.'v; - V ;? V, Met at; noon. . ' Received conference report on Naval Appropriation bill with disagreements on 'personnel and, construction fea tures. L - Considered ptivat blllA . Adjourned aV 4 :17 p. m. until U a. in. iTueaday. " - ---- r.'-1. 1 "- 11 ' . r r.,,-.. . ,. . ; . . . ranNGTO:fC., slTUBDAX MOBKIa, AUGUST 12, 1916 55 BHTM IPUET (0 ES' Says in a Statement That He "En forced' the Civil Service Law to the Letter" HE ISSUES A CHALLENGE Points Ont How Mr. Hushes, While - Governor of New York, Re-Paid -'-'r Debts to ThoeVhR Helped Put Htm tn Office. Kansas City, Aug. 11. William J. Bryan replied here today to criciticism of his attitude toward civil service made by Charles E. Hughes, the Re publican presidential nominee, in a statement in which he said he had "en forced the Civil Service law to the let ter." Mr. Bryan challenged the Repub lican nominee to state whether he had given appointments to "deserving Re publicans" while governor of New York. The statement was made in answer to recent speeches of Mr. Hughes which quoted a letter Mr. Bryan had written to Receiver of Customs Vick, at Santc Domingo, inquiring as to what posi tions could be obtained to "reward de serving Democrats," Mr, Bryan ad mitted the letter as It had been quoted. "I am not ashamed of .it," the state ment read. The letter was written to an appointive officer' whose office was not under the Civil Service and the inquiry was made in regard to offices which were not under the Civil Service." - - . . "When he was. a candidate for gov ernor,' Mr. Hughes received the sup port of the railroads of New York anc he generously repaid the debt by veto ing the -two-cent passenger rate bill. He did not describe that as shameful. When a candidate for governor, he re ceived the support of the New York tax dodgers, the owners of 'swollen for tunes,' and he paid his debt by send- Wga message to the legislature pro testing against the Income tax amend ment to the Federal - constitution. He does not describe that as shameful.' "He is nOw being supported by , the railroads of the United States' 'and he expects to pay thern,. back., byaiding them to1- escape state legislation and find a haven of security in 'exclusive Federal control over the railroads; he is being supported by the shipping trust . and expects to pay them back by helping them to prevent govern ment competition. . He supported by the- trust1 magnates, an"d: expects to pay them back by shielding ,them from punishment for the extortion which they desire to practice; he is supported by Wall Street and esrpects to pay them back by shedding American blood and squandering money raised by tax payers in order to guarantee profits on speculative investments." Charleston, S, C, Aug. 11. State liquor contables today seized, 14,400 bottles of beer which they found in a car sidetracked near this city. The shipment came from Jacksonville. FLOOD SUFFERERS TO RECEIVE AID AT ONCE - Oo-0pcrative Plans for Handling Relief Funds Agreed Upon Meeting Is - Held In Raleigh for Decld ' Ins a Plan Host Practical For Handling the Relief Matters. Raleigh, N. C Aug. 11. Co-operative plans looking to the immediate and practical handling of relief, matters for the sufferers from the floods in West ern North Carolina were agreed upon this afternoon at a conference held at the. office of the Governor. Participat ing in this were Governor Locke Craig, Chairman- Edward E. Britton and the members of J the State Relief Commit tee; Major; C, A. Youngberger, of the engineer': division of the United States War -Department; J. A. Evans, chief assistant in. the bureau of extension work of the United States Department of.. Agriculture;; members of county boards of commissioners and county su perintendents of schools of the flooded counties. ' , . -FeHowing the direction of . Secretary of War Newton D. Baker for a liberal merit1 of one member, the county b.e,rgej, who igln charge of the Charles, ton district, of the engineers' depart ment told Governor Craig and those here in conference this afternoon that Me" wants It understood that the Federal reJiQf. is Tight now; available in the way of ample wages ;for flood sufferers in road work and that he- will recognize, the parlous coinmjttees that Governor Craig, is "creating i through the appoint ment of one members,; the county chairman and -a member of the local county, relief committee to constitute the other two members of the working committee. i - v , - - He assured the Governor that he . is ready now to issue - checks to these committees at once for as much as $1, J 000 to the county so-that they can. Im mediately employ needy1 Sood sufferers In Jtheir .counties . for., this re-building oc roads, and - push - the work -, right- J -(Continued on 'Page' Eighth HUGH CRITICISM MR. WILSON LIKELY 10 JOUR COUNTRY Is Believed That He Virtually Has Decided Upon Trans-Continental Campaign Trip HE HAS MANY INVITATIONS Has Completed His Speech of Accept ance Will Reply to7 Hughes Critldsnte and Review Leg - lalatlve Achievements. Washington', Aug. . 11. President Wilson is seriously considering a trans continental campaign trip. Congres sional callers at the White House to day, gained the impression that he vir tually had decided on. such a step, but officials said later that his plans for the campaign still were uncertain and depended largely upon Congress. Invitations for the ; President to speak in all parts of the-country are being placed on file in case Mr. Wilson decides to make one or more long cam paign trips. Some of his advisers are urging him strongly to cross the con tinent, but, others believe he should spend most of the time during" the campaign at his summer home at Shadow Lawn, K., J-. receiving delega tions and at the same , time keeping in close touch with ; the government departments in Washington. ' Democratic leaders insisted today that Mr. WJson would make no ex tended trips from Washington until af ter Congress adjqurned. The President today completed . his speech accepting the ; Democratic?om ination. It : will be ' shorter thai that delivered by Mr. Hughes, and inaddi tion to replying to the' criticisms of the Republican nominee - will review In de tail the legislative achievements of .the administration. . MAY BE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE HIGH COST OF FLOUR Such Action Largely Depends on Report of Commissioner Hurley. Washington, Aug. ll.-r-Whether. there shall be a .Federal investigation of : the high cost-of flour, and -prospective -increases, jn bread pricey JBependsJarjely iipon; the report of Commissioner Huf ley,, pow in- Chicago ' malting " informal inquiries for- the- Federal Trade Com mission, v . - , . Mr. Hurley .went to Chicago "parti cularly to seek definite information at the headquarters , of the National Bak ers' Association concerning statements during the convention at Salt Lake City, that the price of bread, soon would be increased. Officials of the commis sion said today., however, that he would look into the general question of flour and bread prices. ' Copies of a resolution passed by the master bakers at Salt Lake City calling on Congress to place . an embargo on flour expoTt;sf were received by mail today by Vice -President Marshall and Speaker Clark. They, will be presented to both Houses Houses later, but there is no prospect of action' on them, The. constitutionality 1 of .export embargoes long has. been a mootedl question. FORTY KlLLEDm FIRE Was Bound From Saloniki to Volq With 1,200 Passengers It Also Carried a Cargo of Oil Owned by an American Company Maay Persons . Injured Veaeel . ! Finally Beached. ' Athens, via Paris, -Aug. 11. The Greek, steainer Eletheriar bound 'from Salonika to Volo,; with a cargo of oil owned by ... an ; Arterican company and 1,200 passengers,- principally disbanded ; troops," caught fire today off the Island of Skiatho. .Forty persons were killed and many- were injured. . The captain of the Eletheria "succeeded finally, iri beaching his vessel, t ' Is Sank fry Explosion r Christiansend,; Norway; via -! "Condon, Aug. 11. The t ' Norwegian steajnship Ragnarok, 228 feet long, from Gothen burg for Rouen: has been sunk, in the I North Sea as the- result-of an explos ion. Her Crew was, saved: The captain expressed 'the belief that 'his ship had been destroyed by-an infernal machine which had. been placed in the hold. , Flre'Devrroya Prench Ship.; ' : Marseilles, ;Aug; : !11. r-Th French steamer Tiber, of l,172'"tons, with a car go of inflamWiables, caught Are. Oh Aug-, ust 5, and iapk;; The TJbor' left New York, on July '2 .for Marseilles and -was last, reported ! as " passing Gibraltar on July 16. -r- -;";' ' - . Brlrlah Steamer; AgTonndU 'I r- CTistobaUgUlgust Mi H-'. The Br tisii steamer- Ilfqrdi' fro.m-Cruz .Grande' for PhiladfilphlafWhueigoin -through-rtba canal yesterday"gtounded;hard 'and de-. ranged - her- steering gear. Tugs- are unable to refloat the vessel. Her cargo is .being lightered Jtoday.... : Two French Veaaels Sunk. - . f" MiOndoCn.- Aug." 11. Lloyd's , shipping agency announced-that the French sail-Ing-vessel "Annette '-Marie, -117 tons,, and the, French steamer HehriElisa, -822 tons,,' have beep .'sunk. - : v; r Danlsn - Steamer .Torpedoed. 1ondon, AMg.ll The' Danish steam - er Danevang, .bound , f rorrt . Haparanda, Sweden,- f ojr'Hull,; has. b.C,ni suhk-byv a ' '(Continued on Page, Eight., ON A GREEK STEAMSHIP MoiKi '- J"S ' v' '- - i ! Assails the Democratic Adminis tration for Changing Its Tariff Views Since 1912 v ALSO FOE ' ' WASTEFULNESS " Says If He 1 Elected Nothing Will Be "Pulled OtC tor Private Benefit at Public Emhw It He C Billings, Mont. Aug. 11. Charles E. Hughes,' addressing a Chautauqua au dience in a big tent on the Village Square here tonight, prefaced his ad vooacy of a protective tariff with the declaration that" if" he should be elect ed President nothing would be "pulled off" for- private benefit at the pub lic expense if he could prevent . it. Mr. Hughes also adopted a Democratic slogan of the 1912 campaign "pitiless publicity." . " "I desire in all that- we do in this campaign, . Mr. Hughes said, "to have What was called four years ago, "piti less publicity.' I want pitiless publi city with respect to the pork barrel and with respect to the sectionalism and extravagance and wastefulness of (-this administration. ; . - i. .'I want pitiless publicity with re spect to the incompentence of ap pointees of this administration. Let us see that we .have America- first in the hearts of: every American dfvwbteyer race or creed and. also America equal to. her task; America efficient." . Mr. Hughes assailed the v administra tion for having Changed ita tariff views since 1912 and repeated his declara tion in favor of a protective tariff Whose enactment and enforcement should be left to - the Republican, party. "I am not in this campaign and I have not left the career of my choice to play politics 'for anybody. : "I am here simply because I believe I: have been summoned to serve the American people. "If I am chosen I propose to devote whatever ability I possess to having this done right in this -country for the interest-of the people and I shall not prostitute the offiees of the United States for partisan rewards-Of incom petent persons. ; i ' . ; "- I have had something to do with cuttinsr out abuses, but I bltVe thar fi this country" we must tie slrdnelsSuglr and able enough to prevent abuses, to prevent, unjust discrimination, to pre-:' vent monopolistic practices, fearlessly to . prevent any action inimical to he public interest while at the same time we encourage honest American enter prise to seek an expansion of our trade, endeavor to "haveouf "TorergnibanaftftTieTrce extended and in every way make the American name commercially a -name of the first rank throughout the world. "And I desire, with respect to Amer ican rights, that no one need hang his head in shame. : We . are ; not a warlike people. We do not want any thing from anybody that we are not) entitled to. But when "we say,. a thing the world should know that we mean it, and that we are-able, to enforce it." .'."'. . . : , he nominee spent the entire day (Continued on Page Eight.) Democrats of Senate Committee - Agree to Not Make Change However, They Vote to Make the Rate On Iowet Taxable dau' of , In comes Two Per Cent. Inatead ; ; of One. Washington, Aug. 11. Yielding to a flood of protests from the country and from Senate and House members of their own party. Democrats "of the Sen ate Finance committee re-congidered their decision to lower, the exemption fn, the. income tax" law from $4,000 and $3,000, for married and single persons, to ' $3,000 and . $2,000, respectively, but voted to make the rate on the lowest taxable class of incores 2 per cent, in stead of one per cent. ' . The amendment increasing the surtax on incomes exceeding $2,000,000 from 10 to 13 per cent, is retained and there is a probability that further increases in the surtaxes will be made in caucus. .Tonight the" Democratic, caucus con tinued consideration of" conjmittee amendments and had before It the prO" posal agreed on by the .committee late in. the day, striking out the specific excise taxes on munition manufactur ers, and substituting a ten per cent, net profit tax on the proflts-of al manufac turers of munitions and wares that en ter into munitions, v The bill provides that: " 'ftThis section shall cease to be of effect at the end of one year after the termination of the present, European war which shajl be evidenced by the rproclamation of the President of the TYnfted - States declaring said war to have ended." -. ' ', The committee also adopted ' today an a.mendmeiit 'increasing" the salaries of members Of the proposed' tariff board from $7,500 to $10,000 eacW-cr-'r-"'.- '; As revised by the committee, the bill w6uld yield ' an ' estimated, annual reve nue of $198,000i000,. as ,aga,inst $210, 000,000 as it passed the House: The net r decrease Is due' to the change In2.the munitions" etax- the House method Of providing" tan. $7Z-,ooo,ooo ana -tne senate V plans for $45,000,000. S EXEMPTION IN IHGOME W LAW NOT LOWERED WOMAN DEFEATED FOB CONGRESS BY MINISTER A fiate xopeKa report or primary election returns in Atchison county indicates that the "Rev. HI J. Corwine has defeated Dr. Eva Harding for the Democratic nomination for Congress m the First dictrict. The new count cred its Corwine with a majority of 385 in Atchison county, which earlier had been conceded to Miss Harding. . . "That's too bad," said Senator .Curtis. "Dr. Harding would make a first rate representative she's a suffragist, has served on the Topeka school board and understands public questions and public life. Yet she must run against Ran Anthony, who's got a strangle - hold on a con gressional district that's normally 10, 000 Republican." -. ' FIGHT RE-ELECTION OF THE Woman's Party Pledges Itself to Use Its Best Efforts in the Twelve Suffrage States 1 OlJdOUTtlNED Support Is Not Pledged to Any Political Party Chaas. E. HugheW Position on Woman Suffrage la Commended. . Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 11. The National Woman's Party, in executive conference here today, pledged itself to use its best-efforts in the 12 equal suf frage states to defeat the Democratic candidate fbrr President; .congratulated the Progressive, Prohibition and Social ist parties .upon their endorsement of suffrage for women :tnr6ugh national action . and commended the position of Charles Evans: Hughes,'. th;e Republican nominee. The statement of 'policy was contained in three resolutions unani mously adopted .-ssettljng if orth the at titude or the party;. . . - The scope. and policy of the National "Woman's partyVwas Iscussed tonight by Miss Anrie . Martini' "national chair man, addressiris vah ;pen ' air, meeting arranged to, announce .'the election pol icy of the party uring, the forthcom ing election. ;. ' : ... "Our single plank," "said Miss Martin, "is suffrage first; the- political freedom of women before ,the interests of any national political - workf We ask the women voters to know no- party until all the women of this country are free." , "The record of the 'Democratic par ty," said Miss Martin, Vis one of con tinued hostility , and obstruction. "President Wilson and the. Democrat ic party must inevitably lose the West through their unjvyst denial of freedom to half the people' of this country." MRS.-WILLIAM KENT SPEAKS .BEFORE THE CONFERENCE Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. . 11. Declaring that' only a small turnover of votes was needed in any of the twelve western woman suffrage states to change the result of the Presidential election in November, ' Mrs. William Kent, of Ktntfleld, ;.Cal., wife of Rep resentative Kent, national chairman" of the Wilson nOh-Partisan League, to night told the ' representatives of the Woman's Party, gathered here In con ference, that they , held In their hand the power to secure a Federal amend ment enfranchising' the wornen of the natlAn r - . : "The time has come for the fulfilment of 'this dream whlc ihmany years ago came into the vision of Susan'B. Anthony- and a few- other women but which, gradually spreads until today It is the desire of a vast majority of the women all over- tne United States," said. Mrs. , Kent:, r "The women" today have the politicaltpower to demand their rights;, and 'hey , propose to see to.it that justice'be "extend,ed to every woman In the Tljijited, States. . . ... -"Only a small,percentage of the more than 4,000,000 women, voters . In West will be sufficient to determine j election results at the polls In !November. Not all of these .women win vote - with the Woman'1 Party,, some of them dlviding alorig old party linesv' Many women will remain.; away from tjie- polls; so will many .men." That' will not" alter the result and., does'. hot change the im portant political fact:, that those voting with the Woman's - Party Tor the De'st interest' of X'ttui'J Federal, .woman suf frage amendment, will have a balance of power vital ti the Interest not only of ; the ; poll tieat-. party - desiring our- I - . ContJna4 on. F"age Eight) v WHXXLE JSTOfBER 39,670 MAY KNOW I00AY WILL BE GALLED Appears Now to be Only One Hope of -Peaceful Settlement of Railroad Controversy TO PROPOSE ARBITRATION ,. - ' ' " "' 4 Should This be Refused the Feder al Mediation Board Will Have Failed in. Its Efforts : New York, . Aug. . 11. Whether the leaders of 400,000 employes of the rail roads of the country will make good . their threat of a general strike unless their demands for an eight-hour day and time and one-half for overtime are granted by the managers of 235 railroad systems probably will be known to morrow, it was learned here tonight from an authoritative source. The only hope .of a peaceful settle ment apparently rested tonight upon the possibility, that the men might be induced to accept a new form of abitra tion, although thus far they have stead fastly refused all such proposals. Their chief objection to arbitration has been lack Of representation upon any of the boards provided undone existing statutes. The' members of the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation; while ae- " cHning to discuss the situation, are said to be hopeful that an expansion of the size of the board provided for under the Newlands Act may meet this ob jection. Effort to obtain from Wash ington approval of this plan was re"-, ' ported'; to have been responsible for an aparent suspension of the madiatorsr, activities today. If this suggestion : Is not accepted, it . was : said tonight, the mediation board will have failed in its efforts and the only recourse will be an . appeal to President Wilson to use his influence to avert a strike. It was pointed out,, however, that the Presi-. dent's powers will be limited to sug gestion and recommendation. The three mediators, "Chair piarv Mar tin A.1 Knapp, William "A; Chambers and G. .W. Whanger, were" to meet with' the Brotherhood men early today but, fe,- : niiested , art.! filournment 'until tomor- ' row.- mediators also failed to meet the railroad managers. " .' , Leaders of the Brotherhoods have de- ; clared : thai they would not consider ' arbitration under the Newlands Act, as it now1 stands. The railroads have re jected the men's demands and have stood , out firmly for abritration. The men have served notice that . rather than arbitrate they will strike.' With both sides taking an unbending attt-V tude there is no solution to the problem except ' the new abrftration plan, ac- cording to a responsible authority. ,r The principal feature of the new plan is said to be the formation of a board of arbitration that will give each of the four Brotherhoods a representative On the board while the arbitrators of the railroads will be increased to an equal number, with -four neutral arbitrators, making a total membership of 12. ' NON-BROTHERHOOD EMPLOYES . . PROTEST AGAINST A STRIKE Washington, Aug. 11. R. T. Frazier,1 of Nashville, Tenn., representing rail road employes In five states in the South wh,o have signed . a petitioned asking congressional- action to prevent a nation-wide strike, called at the White House today -to make an engage ment to- lay the position of the non-1 brotherhood employes before the Presi. dent. No engagement was made, however,- as the President is leaving the entire matter xin the hands of the Fedr--eral Conciliators at this stage. - ' Frazier represented" non-brptherhooa. men who oppose a strike on the ground that the brotherhoods represent only 20 per centr of all railroad employes. " President Wilson decided tonight to give up a week-end cruise he had plan'-, ned to take fn "the Mayfiour because White House officials said, he Was anx ious to keep in close touch with thje negotiations in New York for averting; a general railroad strike. PROPOSE TO SELL ONLY TEN-CENT LOAVES OF BREAD President McDonald Says Public Mlwan deratood Opinion of Bakers. ' Salt Lake City,-Utah, Aug. 11. S. F. Association of Master Bakers, said to- rf h v i ri l n rim ii uiii in in s9 ki m i i i ( vwa calling for the .general. increase in the prce of bread from, five to 10 cents a. loff probably, has been misunderstood by. some; of the. general public and ap parently by 'the rgpyernment officials. -'.'The Qonventiqn .voted not for a price loaf, but for the general sale of only. 10 cent' loaves," he said. "Incidentally ; because of the hisrh iirice-of materials and the present narrow margin -otprb.it. it. It is , proposed to . diminish the size of One present J.0 cent loaf slightly. We ' welcome an investigation into the co$t , of bread making." . ,4, " i - V - ANOTHER SLIGHT IJECLINE" 1ST !",' : INFANTILE PARALYSIS PLAGITE Experts Hope Coal Weather WW Ma- ; ;' ' "terlaUy; Cfceck Dtseaae. '.' .' Jfew.; York,. Aug.,11- The.re was -other slight decllno In the epidemld Infantile. paralysitiinere ana neaitn ex perts were hopeful that the cool weathv er obtaining now. will, materially check the diseasa.' 1 -: ; r'" -"! a un snows mat uurtng . tne i nours the-disease a.nd .165 new cases were re-"- Jnw "case.- " , WHETHER
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