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JOURNAL WEATHER Showers vv uNorurN-OAJLimYi EIGHT Paes Today vol. win, no. no FULL ASSOCIATED ESI DUI'AICHES WINST0N-SALE3I, K. C., TUESDAY MORMNC. Al (;i ST liUG JOURNAL ADVERTISCMENTI bKING RESULTS THICK FIVE CENTO ONLY WINSTON-SALEM PAPER CARRYING FULL LEASED WIRE REPORTS OF ASSOCIATED PRESS RAILROAD ASDATEFORGENERAL ES DEfj LAY THE MATTER BEFORE Will no in Person lVfol'C Leg Strike; Congress and Iti islatiou to Avert Urges Withdrawal o Strike Order the PETERMIXKD TO PKEVHNT STRIKE No Lines Yill lie Lxeiiipted By the Men in the Tie-up; Traitors in the Ranks of Brotherhood Men; I'mi ferenees Held (By The Associated Washington. Aug.. Wilson ' tonight dot'miti gO before Cul-ei'cs.K in Press ) !S. Pros Mil to ly .! Hi nelson to I-C'dlllllM' row or Wednesday 111 leg islatinn aimed to i v it the I In atoned CONGRESS Nation-wide railroad strike, or to slop I it. if it comes he for" Col, tress eanjO act. He worked until lute tonight on ;L his liiessiif.e. in which lie will 1'"iij iiiemliers of the Senate ' and House j u the negotiation fore, tliei.i a d U iutc m l In shit inn pi'o- Km n. ' . , . . ThP President reached this decision after conferences at the White House with , the eoniiuitlee of eight railroad presidents and the four brotherhood heads, on a new proposal' for settle men! of ditt'orei s. suggested hv the executives, and after a prolonged dis cussion of the situation at the White House 'With mem hers of the Demo, eratie steering eoniiuitlee. The proposition "f the railroad ex ecutives was th;.' an '! v -sl igaluvii of fi'l issues he conducted by a oninniis siit. " e iiMineil hv the I're.sident. the inves. iirat ion to last for a periort oT three or four months, no action to he taken hy either side in the mean time and at the conclusion of the in quiry the situation to he what it now i.s, the employes having the choice of either arbitration as striking. The I, rot herb 1 heads promised a reply tomorrow niorninc, and there Was every indication it would be un favorable. I'l-ircs Withdrawal ii Strike Or'-'er When the railroad brotherhood heads went to the White House tonitrht the President not only hud before them Hie plan of the execu tives, but stromrly iirceil the witli ' drawn I of a tentative strike orilir sent out ve'stcrdav, nihicet to release, eall Inx J'or a walk-out of tin- HKi.niMi brotherhood members at 7 a. rn., Labor Piiy. Septrunber I. Till reiinest was llatlv refused, the leaders sayint? Olllv the ciinillittee of l'i PI. vvllietl left Washington yesterday had low er to recall the order. Copies of the strike, order, were brounht to the President's attention after they had entlen into 1 lie pos session of the' railroad ( xrfntives. It had been known that the members i.f the committee of lUo carried home with them a tentative order, hut no one outside Hie brot be.riioud' councils had suspected Hint a date had been ret. and the President is said to have been k-ieat'v perturbed by the infor mation. After the refusal In' with- draw the order, he with I he railroad pi'es . a meeting that laste the night. eoiuiniinicated donti!! who held 1 uil late in President In spite of the of his efforts to toget her, t he . 1 'r. Slill Hopeful 1 1 0 -1 1 rent lina I fa ilure bring the two sides idetit ;is reirc'sent - ed tonight as being Still hopeful of averting a strike. Determined lo Prevent Atlthough on the sntTuce, wide railroad strike was night than il had ever been, Strike) , a Nation nearer to- Colltiilelicc was expressed in olticial (pinners mat steis under eotiteiiiplation woulil have the effect of preventing' the walk-out. The President, realizing the disaster which would come to Hie eountrv if the railroads were tied,' was said to he determined to prevent a strike at any cost. In his conferences with the executives he strongly urged that they change their hitherto unvieldiiiir altitude, and when he saw the em ployes he declared thai all sugges tions (if the executives would he given niost careful attention. At today's conference the railroad presidents did not formallv present the statement agreed on by them last Kriday night, which a inon nled to a IliP refusal' cm Is 'plnir-nf--s"memervt-. This statement has been tdgiied hv nil the executives, hut its presentation was withheld In the interest of .peace. President Wilson was informed gener allv of its terms, however. Throughout Hie (lav :'iere appear ed to be some possibility that an agreement height be reached on a plan which would include concession of the eight hour (lav hot postpone ment of . its effectiveness until the railroads had hud an opportunity to prepare fur it. Hone of persuuiline the railroad managers to agree to such a plan had not been given up tonight. Statement llv Kvceul Ives After their conference with Mr. Wilson, the executives gave out a statement in wliich thev said they had laid before the President a "sug gestion in the ualiire.of a imposition for progress toward a solution of the questions at issue." Although it seems certain there will he opposition from Republicans in Congress to the legislative suggestions of the President, Administration lead ers think it will he possible to get the laws through within a reasonable time. The visit of the brotherhood heads to the White House came within half (.Continued On page four.) EMPLOYES TENTATIVE STRIKE ORDER (By The Associate-! Tress.) Washington. ug. 28 The tentative strike order, addressed to nil members of the four brnrlicrhoods. is very lirief, mill I signed hy the various policial chairmen. 'The (infer reads as follows; "Sirs and liroiliers: "This is to advise that the vole of the employes In train and cnginci scrvioi, mi Hie eight hour day and tion Has uti'in hclmitiglv in lamr of "N'otvviihstaiidiiig tliis, onr representatives Imve hecn nnnlile to ef fect a satisfactory seltlriiient mid a strike, under the laws of the rc sMilive organiation heroines effective on Scplcinlwr 4, IttlU, at T a. in. impart tins iiiKirinaiion so jiiosc ihev are to pron obey." Oil separ.it ect the duties conduct of strik s re set forth, Conduct inn the pro 'd slrik( pro y 'd strike as dill ics of iiiemliers orih lire these "No man in road lie involved in the sirlke will H'rform nny ser vice after the hour .sei strike,, unless lie has already begun a trip anil has actually left the i . inal. If I'lic. train has left the terminal ho Mill complete the nip i deliver the engine and train at the end of the run, or lie-up. if th under Lie law, after which lip will iicr-, form no further service in 'he close of tlie strike. .Men In other than road service will leave the lee al the appointed time, i "So far as your legal r. to strike is concerned, there Is no dif ference l.etvveeii a mail Iralii and a freight train. You hnve identically the same right to refuse to pel Torni service on a mail train us jou have lo refuse to perform service on a freight train. "All men on strike will keep away from Nie company's priqM'ity ex- eepl such mi s are designated certain duties lo he performed hy the null, mill of organizations. I very man should understand that the laws of Hie land must be obeyed. Acts of violence of nny nature will not he tolerated liy the org.ini.ut ions," DUTHERW TOBACCO BANWEH GLASS OF I GROWERS- PROTEST APPLICANTS FOR BRITISH EMBARGO PRACTICE OF LAW - . I !. . Delegation From States in Wasl I'ru'e Drastii gainst Britis li'o on Tohaeeo Southern 11H ( il 1 to Aet loll i Knil;Tr- SIIARR K'FTA LIATORV .MFASEK'ES I' KM I ED (By The diinplou, Associated 'Aug. : Press 1 IS. Claiming ( Wa that the P.ritish cm shipnuuils to the. of Kurop,. means 1 American growers, 7 o from Virginia, T uirgo on tobacco Central Powers ibsolute rum" to a delegation of eulucky, Tcnnes Nortli Carolina see, Maryland and ciiiue to Washington that Congress anil th today to urge Slate lH-paiL- 1 1 1 (.'ill lake drastic action 11 was linally decided- that tli lis pliU'''d before Seen ., matter would tary Lansing. lielore a meeting siolliil delegation of ol tnc congres tlie States af- levied, R. h . Cooper, of ilopKlns ville, Ky., Speak, in for the grow ers, charged that the embargo was placed without notice '""and - that "Knglaml intended to depruMi- pricta and get our products at a cost winch the l.irmcrs cannot all'ord without lina iicial ruin." The growers had been informed, Mr. Cooper Siiid, that the lirittsh Aiiierican Tobacco Company hud a concession 'from the ltritish govern ment to ship this year four times us much tobacco into (i'Wat liritaiu as in Hie last, ipiailcr of last year. Senator James believe,! th,. Itrilish Anierican Company hail sought the embargo. Marion Letcher, foreign -trade ad Visur of tin: tiuife. licparlmeiit, sum moned to the nieuliiig ' Representa tive Lyme, of Tenues.-ee, t.dd the to bacco men that the Stale Department had entered into negotiations with the British -government ami the Itrit ish-A nierica it To ha ecu Com pany. ' .Most of the speakers today urged that the I'nited Slates government should adopt sharp retaliatory measures if the embargo was not immediately lifted. . K. EIITSO Demonstrated Need of Staff for Scouting Purposes and More Dattlc and .Scout Cruisers (By The Associatcl Press.) Washington, A ug. S. - Com melit ing today upon the lug naval war game played last week. Rear Admiral Pen--'on, chief uf operations, said the vital lessuii licino-ns! r;i,t ed was the n.ed of a. staff for scouting purnpses and also the urgent necessity of adding buttle and scout cruisers to the tleel. Although the aeroplane ship North Carolina parttripatcif in the game as scout, none of her hydro-aeroplanes was regarded as safe for use nt sea. The departtiKiit is still without in formation as a) the part plu.wd in the game hy Re; submarine llotilla. declared, however, partment's plans f marine bases a!on r Admiral Helm s Admiral person that when the be r establishing sub both coasts, with i fleer of submarines stationed at each such a result as the landing of hos tile tioops, the in issiou wliich the Heel under Admiral Mayo tlieoretic'illy ac cimiplislied, would be impossible.. com BIG NAVAL WAR-GAME SET SEPT MMm WALK-OUT time mid one lialf overtime proposl- a strike. interested will understand that of members and officers in the rartieular (Jlllduisls Is placed on peacefully as possible. Among the in: Aspirants For of Law in Nirth I'j'actice Carolina Stood -xaiiiination Ves- erday; One Lady Wishes i i o ne ivvcr MAY ('HANOI SYSTEM.. , OF EXAMINATION (S;ircial Tn eigll, Aug. 1 The journal.) S- -There were Un 103 ispirants for licenses to practice law i in North Carolina who wrestled all i day with i ei questions of law and (practice today, a member of the Su- priAno -'Court bench being on 1 hand iiill the time to overlook the progress of the examinations, the justices nl- ternating in this service, of the ap plicants, one was a lady and two neg , roes. It is necessary for the answers to two thirds of the questions to be I correct in order for license to be ob- tained. The questions this year were pre pared by Associate ; 3 ustiee heorge 11. H row n and arc declared to be espec ially comprehensive and searching. AH the law schools of the State are ( well ro.prest'n.ted ill the long list of applicants for license, the class being very nuieli the largest in the history of the court. -- - - -: - First district appeals of which thero are thirty, are to br Crlled Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and (Continued on page four.) Delpojal ion f Officers 01 . the 1 li.il Democratic Richmond, Va. 'ir Support. League o riedji'e Tl (hy l.eii. II. Manning) W; ishington, Aug. 2S. A delega- tion oltieors of the Hannibal Na tional Democratic, League, a negro political' organization, headed hy dies Jackson, of Richmond, its pres ident, called on President Wilson to day to assure him of strong negro .-..i'lo: t' !n "He- presidential election, and pledging him the support of the league. They urged the President to favor the establishment of a negro West Point to lit negroes to cornamnd troops in the army, as a fitting ac knowledgement of (Jtese services performed by negro troops In Mexi co and during the Spanish-American war. They also urged the President to write a message of encouragement to-colo;-ee( orders of the country, who are disposed to help him in his campaign. .The President told his visitors he was glad to have them call and, while he did not commit himself, ho said he would give careful considera tion to their proposals. (.KllMAV ACJKXTS I.FASir Ni:V CONM CTICI TT VlFTt Hartford, Conn., Aug. 28, The Eastern Forwarding Company of Paltimore. American agents for the fierman line of siibtnersiblp mer chantmen, has leased from the Statu of Cnnnecticutt a part of the new State pier at London' for six months with the pVlvilcgp -nf ' renewing . for another half year. NEGRO SUPPORT IS PLEDGED WILSON DIRECT TO THE FLOOD SUPrtHLHS Winston-Salem Committee Will Ai-lj TIe.rca.ter Through Toeal Connnit tccs in Tli,. Flood Districts of Wilkes and Snrrv STATE IS ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL' FENDS Wilkes Wants $4,000 .More ! For Relief Work in Tliat j (mnty; Distressing News j Comes From Ashe C.in- i , I Hereafter funds will not he dis tributed directly to the Hood suffer ers of Wilkes and Surry counties by the WinBttm-Sulem Relief' Com mittee. This was learned last litKht from Mr. J. Prank Morris member I of the local committee, after he had been in oonferencp over phone with Mr. E. K. Britten of UalciKh, chair man of the Slate Relief Committee. However, the derision to take this action was minle nt a conference of the local eoniiuitlee' yesterday morn im; and letters to that effect were sent to the committee in Wilkes, at Klkln and to Cliairman liritton, who called Mr. Morris last niRht tor a conference over the request for mor of the State relief funds for Wilkes. Amounts to he ;iven The local con unit tet. has decided lo send $2,(M)0 to the Wilkes county co ilttee nt once. This, together with the $3,000 Wilkes has raised within its own borders, $3,000 the 'nited States Kovernment has given the countv nnii $4,000 that the State Relief i Committee has been i asked to k1v and may appropriate to Wilkes, will urently aid the people of that county in repairing the dam age that has been done. Klkln has decided to Issue funds for relief in thufc i;clion in four in stallments anil Winston-Salem has been asked tn take caro of one in stallation of JT.0U or $ti00, and this will be (lone. The local committee decided to ceas(. rendering aid direct to the mif ferers because It has been found that in some Instances duplications have been made, children having been represented as the heads of families. It Is stated that the local com mittee has so far taken care of all needy cases that have been brought to its attention, hut the members or n t i ruled on piige four.) Senator liams John Sharp Wil I cads Some Poetry, a la Walt .Mason, in Sen ate Jictfardinfj; Hughes (Hy ieo. II. MannliiB.) Washington, Aug. 28. Quite a ut- lie merriment was created 'tn the Semite today when Senator Kharn Williams of Mississippi John read some poetry of the Walt Mason style explaining the sad predicament o Governor Hughes, the Republican candidate, in hunting for a real issue. Senator Williams said the poem had been handed to him in the cloak room by a "Senator from a very douhtfiii .Slate" who had been the author of it, Mr. Williams when questioned later as to the name of the author would not lie drawn out, but the poem Is thought to be the handiwork 'uf either Vice-President Marshall or Senator Julia y. Kern of Indiana. "This poem Is entitled 'Hughes at the Crossroads'", said Senator Wil liams. "It may not be verse, hut it might, he worse. It may be doggerel; but if so. rhymed doggerel is a very good answer to prosaic political dog gerel." Senator Williams read as follows: - 1 Hughes at the Crossroads "'Old Whiskers' is a spcakin' In the wild and sunny west ,aud we all were sort of wishing that he'd try and do his best; so we hitched up the old buggy and we went to hear him talk, for the crossroads whar he's stopping tnkeji a Inn,, and weary walk. -Now Maw has joined the suf fragettes and has to have her rights and said she'd let me go along to take in all the sights, so I had to hear the whole darn thing of Red field and of Jones till the box that I was sitting on was rubbing on my bones. 'L'hnt ole civil service business that Penrose loves ro well, doesn't risP to louct) importance while the world 1 smelling hell; an( what are al the Redlields and Jones and Dur ants, unless- a fellows 'trying to' anil finds out that he can't? When he settled down to womens votes. Maw jabbed me In the side, and she Jab bed a little harder when he made It Nation-wide. Hut I Raw from the frown a-coming when he mentioned Mexico, and soon she made the mas ter's sign that meant that we must go. We have a bunch of, boys hist like other boys you see, but Maw once got religion and she prays for them and me; nd she wouldn't give the runnings from our Andy's last stone bruise for all the Mexicans ever seen by .Tufitiee Hughes.' Hut -'Old Whiskers' keeps a talking not ns well, as Mr. Hryan, hut you simply got to hand It to a fellow who's a try in', rf hiR throat and lungs will stand it and they'll let him go about, he may find a living lasue 'If you don't watch out.' " (Co HUGHES'S PLIGHT IS TOLD II VERSE RUMANIA JOINS THE ENTENTE ALLIES IN GREAT WORLD WAR PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE New York. Aug. 2H 'llie New York World published the follow Ing editorial on the railway controversy this morning: Itoth the railroad I'rcsidenis and the union leaders me playing with dynamite. There is no moral or economic excuse for a railroad strike and its iilt iidaiit public disaster. There "arc no differences hclwivn the railroad Presidents and the union leaders which honest men implreil hy lioiioi purposes could not adjust In forty-eight hours. The truth of the matter Is that each side wants a strike if it can he sure of throw log the odium iihiii the olhcr. The union b ailors believe that they could win a strike within a week, ami thus establish a labor (lesHi(ism in railroad operation. The railroad managers, who have IkH'h quint ly recruiting strike breakers for weeks, are confident Ihat il strike would not succeed, that the unions could he broken and nil railroad labor bit at the mercy of the Wall street banker-, who control the piox'r(los. I rom both points of view, the rights of the American people are a scrap of paper which neither side feels under any obligations lo rcsM'ct. When President Wilson warned the railroad Presidents Ihat a slrike might mean Government ownership of railroads, he spoke Hie sober truth. A majority of the Annrletin ieoilo unquestionably lavor private ownership, I ut If private ownership permits (he breakdown of a Nation's transportation, the sentiment In favor of Government ownership and operation will soon become Irresistible. Government may he clumsy and extravagant, but it usually manages to gel (he tiling done, and the America n x'ople are always ready lo accept it its a choice of evils. As for the union leaders, they are building up an argument in favor of compulsory incorporation and public regulation of labor organi.atious which I bey can easily make unanswerable. A iiolbliig-to-arbilrale policy arouses the Instinctive resentment of the American people, and while the railroad Presidents are not square III Ihclr professed devo tion lo arbitration, the unions lire Inking the attitude that nothing must ho won hy arbitration which, can he gained by brute force. , II is safe lo say thai Hie railroad Presideiits favor arbitration only because the unions arc against II, having been cheated In the last arbi tration when I In award came lo be applied. Hut lids docs not alter the public asH' t of the ease. Thus far the American ieople have not shown much excitement oviir the slrike situation because I hey did mil believe that a strike would take place. Once a general sirlke docs lake plan-, this will he a mighty uiil'oml'ortahle country both for the railroad Presidents and the union leaders. ' Lii neither side forget thai Otc 1're.sldeiit of the l ulled Stud's has enormous reserve powers which he can always exercise in time of na tional emergency. He has m Ills eonunaiul all I'he higal machinery ,,f the Department of Justice and all the military machinery of the Culled States army. We have not tlin shadow of a doubt that If the public wel fare so requires. President Wilson will unhesitatingly exercise all lids power, regardless of Wall Street hankers, or railroad managers, or labor leaders. These men are playing with d.viiamitc. WIND STORM KILLS 1 llrick Puddings De shed and Others Pn d; Electric Plant liiu roo Put Out o llusiness (By The Associated Pro-;.) Salisbury, N. ('., Aug. 2K.. A se vere wind storm here late today caused the death of William Galla way, a carpenter; demolished sev eral one-story brick buildings and unroofed dozens of business houses and residences. Several persona wens inlured. The Murphy block and the Wallace building here were damaged, and mercantile stores throughout the city were lloodeil. The plant of the North Carolina Public Service Company was put out of coinniissiori, leaving lh(. city with out lighting facilities, and poles blown across the tracks at various points halted street cars, 'owerful Lxposition and Defense of 'Democratic Caiise; Discussed Only National Issues (Special To The Journal.) Rocky Mount, Aug. 28. Hon. T, W. Pickett, Democratic candidate fur Governor, spoke in the courthouse nt Nashville today. He began to speak at 2 o'clock and for two hours follow ing gavj the most powerful rx position and defense of the Democratic cause ever heard there. Court Is In ses sion and a large crowd would Inv" been in attendance anyway, hut 'He news that Hiekett was to speak enor mously Increased the attendance. The Democratic candidate Is well known in Nash county anil his friends and admirers are numbered b; tlu .Mr. tin lli- hundreds. Mr. Hiekett was Introduced by Leon T. Vitighan. chairman of Democratic executive, committee. speech was devoted entirely to na tional issues and never once did he touch ori or avert, to State issues of polities, from start to finish ever and nnoh'an anecdote, bright or ealchv i 1 list t:i t inn or some rally of wit would flash out and relieve anything like dullness in the discussion by the speaker of such dry subjects as cur rency, and the effects of the Demo cratic tariff. Really, (here was not one dull place in the whole two hours speech, from start tn finish the speak er held the 'rapt attention and Interest of his several hundred lis'teners. The crowd who came in and packed al most to siil'foca'ion the large cnur) room sat with bated breath and ex pectant faces throughout, not one leaving tlu; room until the speech had been finished. All pronounced It fine, the best ever heard at Nashville, and some goo.) ((pooches have been niade there in the days gone, by, MAN AT SALISBURY BiETT SPEAKS 1 ATNASHMLLEIC MORE GUARDSMEN SENT TO BORDER 2.000 Men of Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky Nalional ( iua rd Ordered to liorder; Ot hers Will ro Soon ( Special to The Washington, Aug 28 Journal) Some 12.111"! and Kentucky in ii ol ( Uiio. , irgtn-i Nat ion in Stat reeled I Oil rd . ree; i ibili.iition the War cede lo- I pui'tilient mollis still held camps were ill- Deparlllient tu lle .Mexican hor reiunved Sllsietl- (heir iiiovcment b day to pr dor. The d sion of an -ori issued t v ii w loelil s VV 1 ll I'll oral (''unstiot's 1 1 ii tis iort a t ion units were on order for erkH ug All Hie regi- forwaid In 'join Geti eoniinaud as raplillv as call he supplied. .'Some the move tonight. .. ri'he- i:ua rds Slates, day's i i remain apj.n lien, seiitlered xmialelv 18. Inn) t lining h many alfoeted by to- who are not all iriler. They also for I lie bonier I yy e suspension so evoked for Ihem original order were under ii weeks ago, f;ir has not ml rs ml t "en Tin roi led sending southward all troops ca I'eileral Sel e,, j., yvar depa rt meut in on into tho 1 -by the thai tlie divisional units along the Internation al line mighl be lilleil up,, and also Unit those .regiments which were not.. ready to go in l.he liist rush luielit share In the training as soon as they could be fully equipped. When. I ho railway strike situation became thre atening. General Kunslon recom mended Ihat the whole movement hi' held op as the supply difficulty, in (Continued on page four.) T Major Oeneral Wood Will Head Hoard to Tass Judg ment on Kadio Controlled Torpedo Invention (Snecial To The Journal) Washington". Aug. .28.- Major General Leonard Wood, command ing the army's eastern department, has been appointed head of a Joint armv and navy hoard, to pass judg ment upon radio controlled torpedo provision for the purchase of which from the inventor, John Hays Ham mond, Jr., Is made in the fortitlca tlons bill, recently passe, by Con gress. In the reports. President Wil son approves, the. War Department is lo expend 750.01)0 Tor the pur chase of the excnslve right to m.'inu r.ioture the device. Army otllcers witnessed experi ment's before recommending the pur chase of the appliance, during which a small motor boat was driven In any direction Ht a distance of sever al miles from shore, responding in stantly to the will of a radio opera tor In the short station. It is plan ned to use it to attack hostile bat tleships, the operator remaining either at a shore station or directing torpedoes from an aeroplane equip? ptd with radio apparatus. BOARD TO TO CI dLLMIIII ENTRY TO- PLAINS CVI IM d Attempting to ward, Thro ii 'ress Xorth h Transy-i vatna. ii ( ialiciaii nikowiiia and ioider; I it tie uniting Isew, lore f. I'D I 'DTK KVITI NAT I OX TO KXTKIi THi; WAR Deelaralimi LYeeived With Orcat LiilhusiasiH hy the Allies; ( leniiany ( 'mp id ers Herself at W ar With Ii'iinialiia (Dy Tlie As Rumania has With the entente war on Austria-I ;c,u.di"! Pirsi.) thrown In her lot Atlic, hv dociariniT niigary. and almost simultaneously . Iiollllced Ihat si I i ; has un witlt Ru- W .I l ma n i;i.o Alreadv the troops of King Pe'rdf llilllil are seeking eulry inli, the plains of Triinsv Ivaiiiii. .through the Casteru Carpathians toward K roust, nit, th chief city in Transylvania, and in tlm direction of llermaniistadt. evidently in an " endeavor to press northward, through Transylvania. tow nil tho Hukowiiiii and Galician border and to attack in the rear the A list ro-Gerinau trying to hold buck the Russians from filtering the plains of Hungary.- Nothing has conic through to In dicate what preparation has been riiailo by the llulgnrians to offset a probable attack hv the Rumanians along the Danube front, or a possible I attempt by the Russians an invasion by means of the Danube through Dobruja, or by the lilack Sea. It Is estimated that Rumania '.will bo' able, to throw nearly a millicn "men into tho Held. , l ittle Important l ighting Kxecpt in the . .Macedonian sector. mo Important lirliling is reported from the fronts Pritisii anil Kronen. Pcrliti ami Par gains for their r litl records lhe sonlli of Zhrosk and the npuis counter allai-Ks while 1 'a lis sii y s s report 'Spoetive ca pt ore a- by tin of the additional forces. Iter of heights Pu Ira rians I "'fHgarlan. on M the S, unit Sera nskii. lbs have made ( otishlcr.i hie progn ami have npul.sed Pn Iga ria ii attacks Patilea to (islroyi however. I tuhrai'in l sitions abandoned of Ixavalii. on the s near Votrenika. with heavy losses m the road from Paris. .admits,, possession of po by Greeks west e Acgileit, mbaiiliiienls 1 1 ca v , V. I Si Artilh orations lighting en,:;agi cuts iml inliie op- ag.l luive characterized ice pud Pe-lgiuiii. Tlio' further progress east m1 near the Mopefo Soinino region, while Cieuch r,, of Dehille farm, in t ill London report's 'f I positions, by the helling of Prltlsh rnia us, e.specuilly by Po.iere: and -feci ii Prom th pa'hi.in pa lalcd enra between Hi and the I'liicpevul wood, al bombardments. Riga region to the Car ies, there have f ti Iso- 1 1 1 "ii : ; at v.'ni'ui; pointa RusKiitiiH Mid the Aiistro-. Gerntalip.- hut I la rd fit' ht big notilble sueeesseg. i progress between the Russia Van regioi Aside f, a nd Turks in t ho Lake H hiirdiiir 'i. .... nls by the Aiotriaus a the situation ii theater remains in: t In I -niizo front. the Austro-ltallatl Utiehaiteed III Lessen Russia's ask IVtrograd, Vi Rtutm ni.a's deela London, Aug. i t Km of :i r against d in olhcial circles Aie-lna is i' e.t ; t r-te. as of far reaching S'lgnllleariee. The forei'-n ollire points out llilee striking hctioliis the aid of the substantial Riiio.iiiian iiiiov, which, pitted against. Austria, will lessen Russia's task and will afford greater freedom of action ou the left win; on the western front; the . tightening, of the flag; around Hie Central enijiires ami the opening of a new 1 i 1 1 of attack, tho attacking of grain supplies to the Austro-Ceriiiiiiis. upon wliich the lilt- . tor are believed to have placed groat reliance! .Tlie recent ilispatchs t'rotri P.ticharest ' that tl utile Rumanian crop had 'virtually been ;, rr.i ico'd for and tin' harvest.of the-gnitn had al ready begun First Clashes v'iennu. Aug Via London. The . lirsl clashes b. a v i-i-n I l oops of Rtltili n lit miii thr'-T'miTrn lpow-er- ne- elllled las' night in "'' -nit hc.isteru and eastern fr nt n r (lain p.- of Hungary, says an given out here to I i attacks are df-- Tib 1 1 1 1 n i i t ' i ii u piisio Advance U'ltilrd-i fit Pothi'iithiiru Pa of Mormu.nnsl.aill , ill the pusses Sou! I lirasso) the stii'te utile statement Ruuia rila iv The i d us ti eju-herous. i s yy ere ta ken, eanie into eout.'ictf ss, ", miles .souirt Trn te-y Iva ni.-i, ami h of K'roustadt, iient adds. ICroiisladt and . I w.i rd vv hich the A u tnuuioiitiori ii'idieao erniiinnst.-idt, fOJ friiiu otheiul c(mi- . 1 es the Rumanians Ib-s't i forts at , nn if the most import--;. 'i i eia They nra border of Hungary, x miles from the :ind the lust about the frontier. K'ron iles east-southeast a re' m.'iking thei iiilviini'i', are two i ant cities in Ti i i nea r the Sunt hen ) the first about Rumanian fronth fifteen miles fron stildt is seveutv of Oerm.'insiiidt. Txronst.'olt is the most iTrmnrtnnf 1 eriiooo-t.-e.l -led t n . I o ! e f n -i n . noti. ter of Tfa tisy ! ii n i i It has a popula tion of .11. emi. Herniannstinlt ha$ a potutlatioii of Sl.iinii. Ilnthu-iasiu in London London, Aug. 21. Rumania's doc (Continued on page four.) T rm p u OF TRANSYLVANIA