No. 175 NINETEENTH YEAH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — As
a last resort u> save the u.Uio.i
& geueraj tie up of triu.-vo; t.itiou
ajid oheck a possible panic, cou
grets may give President Wilson
authority u> seize iho railway liue.i
»ud ruu them by government an
thcrity.. Congrtss t*lievts that it
hag the power to do this under the
Police Power, contain* d in the t'oa
stltutiou of tho Unitt d States.
Police power embodies th* right
to pass laws which are not speci
fically set out in the constitution
for the protection of the public,
safety, morality, health, conven
ience and ot!ve*r phases of public
utilities . It is the belief of the i
law makers that tying up of
all trauscontine: tal transport ti' n
would 'hrow the situtien under |
the iidice powi r and give con-;
gress >he power to n:-s* *ueh laws I
wt«h an emergency c'au~e attached.
This would enable the President to
place 'emik)i\wry government con
trol ov*r the roads^ the same as
If they were being seized for war
purpe«f« and relieve the situation
until s'ich time as the leading rail
way officials and trainman could
agree as to the terras under which j
they would operate and work.
Tho situation is becoming a
jjravt one tor the nation and big
ousiutss i>, anxious that it be sot
Uou i*;aceiully. in auj evtnt tile
■nrine will wuik a aarusiiip. upon
'tic uation aua thiow business mio
a teuiporary setoaik .
iUr.. YV liooju. is determined thai
the s'rike or at le^at tnat iuo
railroads will not stop, running,
uio Piesid-tm is in, iavor of tue
adoption by the railways ot an
eigu' hour wot king law. lio
plead a itu congress at the joint
aes.-iou i esteriiay aiternoon lor lue
iinniL-uvit) pa^&a^e oi a law wliieu
would make ii compulsory.
L iiueterred by tli« action o£ the
law makers at yesterday's session
the ire.dont was up bright "aid
early this morning making calls
upon his leading constituents try
ing to solve thq pertiit&iiig> diiii
cally and unite the loading' urbi
trators so that the s'rike would be
uve-rttd. It seems that his labor
will be In vain and that the strike
will be called. Boib sides are
standing with, bull dog determina
tion no' to give lu. Preparations
aid beii;g mad* lor the big strike
on Labor Day.
LOBYISIS TRYiNO j
TO DEFEAT BILL1
WASHINGTON, Au<r.. CO — Lob- I
ylsts represent irg the Canadian
genrerument aiul 1 ading Cmadian
railwny lines aro bu.-y :it the
White House trying to defeat the
propped Pacific Halibut Legisla
tion. The p<roi>o.e» d law was
framed for the protection of South
e.tateru Alaska and Puget Sound
Fishing industries and, is backed
by 'he leading American Steamship
Companies. It is very doubtful
if the Canadian officials will b<*
&t!»* to defeat the bill as it seems
•o have a. strong followasg iti both
bodies.
The lobbyists hire ar anged for
t coufereuce with. Secretary I.ansii g
today at which, mee'ing they will
KAISER NAMES
NEW GENERAL
3KRL1X, Aug. 30—Kaiser Wil
helrn. has dismissed General Von
Fd>KCbbajrn. as chief general ol the
army staff amd ha*> appointed in
las stead General Voa Hindenbui-g.
The ICaiser was displeased with, the
nianueT in wLuck his former gen
oral had maneuvered the Germau
•roups in the Somme campaign.
General Von Hiudenburg took
his post this morning and is now
directing the campaigns. Yester
day a long conference was held be
tween the uew general and the
Kaiser.. It is presumed 'hat a
new campaign was being worked
out by the two warrioJB.
thoroughly discuss the issues with
the secretary. So far the work of
the lobbyists has been fruitless.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — Preel
j dent Wilson lias Mirued his efforts
along other channels iu the railway
strike and will try uwl avert the
strike by having tae railroads bro
tltornou& p estrone the date lor
the ca'iliig or the Btrkie. At iirs'
j he uppuutiu to tug leaders to call
i off thv strike, failing ju. this he
J ha*; j^keu taut liiey consider tue
postpeiioment of tae Cat<_ from tais
coniiiijt .lioiiutiv to antaer date.
| rhe leadens reiutea to listen to
tlie President wlitnj he aj*ked ttoeni
I 'o call off tue strUe. Ti:ey are
taking tue request to postpone tue
i date of calling off the strike un
der advisement, but indications
point 'o very slim chances for the
I postponement of il:e strike date
I fn w Labor Day to a future date.
Mr. Wilson nK<le it known tha'
if the leaders do not postpcaie the
date that he personally will pub
licum ask the individual workers
to stick by the job until congress
car. legislate 011 the matter.
Labor leaders 'xave announced
that tlie titiike organization, is per
•.o.ted and that eveiy man is ready
to walk out upon kae ivpiproaching
date. readers say that they have
couctdtd all of the poiuis" that
tat'j wiU to the managers'and' tUat,
it U time for tlie railroads to do
lu®«r share of tue Kivius in. It
c nits lroni tiio official lieaoqua-.t
ei'd of the brotherhood and there
seems to be but very little chiance i
to set them to retract their state
ments..
.Mt Wilson is seriously concern
ed wi'h the threatened and appar
ent strike. He is working day and
night to avert it but tilings seem
'o be against him. The joint ses
sion of congress held yesterday
turned a deaf ar to the proposals
01 the president but thq aissembly
has «.rt,>.ited a stir which may- re
sult in the seizure of the roads
and (he placing of them under mili
tary control until such time as an
agreement can be effected by the
inaiu'.grs and the labor leaders.
GfiliiaER GOES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—Twen-1
blue jackets lost their lives in the I
wreck o* the United States cruis- |
or Memphis, which was smashed ou i
tre rocks by high swells yesterday '
afternoon while iu the harbor of I
Santa Domingo. The cruiser was i
■ ving at anchor in the harbor — a
storm was breaking out in the
ocean. A sudden ground swell
swop» Jn»c- the harbor throwing the
cruiser against the rooks which J
line the mubor of Santo Dumingo.
The blue jackets w**re washed
ovcrboard and drowned in the high
waters. Several or: it in the har
bor were wrecked.. The cruiser
will be a complete lo?s. It will
be salvagod for met;-l. The war
department haa ordered a cruise.
from the Pacific .-qua-dvon to pro-:
oeed Immediately to the hdrbor and
*akc the place of tie Memphis. No
offict rs were lo*t in the wreck. !
IN CUIiON
CHICAGO, Aug. 30—Lawyers
from all parts of the United States
assembled in this city yesterday to
a'tonci the annual convention of the
American Bar Association whichi is
mietliig here today.
Thij attendance is noticeably cut
down Dy the railway situation. Son aj
o* the leading members of the as
sociation who were scheduled to
take an active leading part in the
convention nave been detained by
mum slush
FBONTIEfi LINE
LONDON, Aug. 30—Rumanian
forces are defeating tut! Austrian
rt-gi.pe.ilte on the frontier. Yester
d -y 3 eng;igtmtntbi>ro\ed'r dis-ist.o a
to the defending Austrians. The
invading forces slashed their ad
vance proteetivq lines into shred*
and ieft tiie central lines open for
w!.« iesale attack.
Vienna admits that the Aus
trian regiments ware compelled to
retreat from the fron'iar Into the
Transylvania, passte to seek protec
tion li'oni the fax reaching; encircl
ing offensive of the Austrian forces.
The Rumanians are swarming to
the border line like bees from a
hive. The frontier is one mass of
fil tering steel and caainon. A
genera' invasion of - the Austrian
kingdom has been ordeied by the
commanding officers. Tbei Kaiser
lias dispatched tl-ree regiments of
his 3 en to 'he scene of action to
help the Austrian^ check the in
vasion.
SOPHIA HEAVILY LOADED
The Priucess Sophia pulled In
to por* this afternoon around the
2 o'clock hour and immediately be
gan uiJoading its big cargo. Agent
Johnston was not informed as to
the exact tonnage but It Is known
to have on board two hundred tons
fir the lnteerior and about 6ixty
head of live stock, also for the in
side. Several articles are aboard
for local consumers and in all
probability its cargo It*' will run
up to 300 ton. It carries an
average passenger list.
their big cliemts to watch out for
their legal rights which will un
doubtedly be infringed If the rail
roads are tied up by a strife.
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
LEADERS MAKE PREPARATION
FOR GIGANTIC U\BOR BATTLE
WASHINGTON, Aug.. 30—L©;ui
ers of both, the railway lines operat
ing; in the United. States and the
traiumeu employed on those line*
are geti.ng readyj £o<r a gigantic la
bor ba'ile. The first charges and,
counter attack* will be begun on
SeptemLer 4th, Labor ifciy.
President Wilson's plea, to the
joint session of congress to believ
ed to nave been in rain. Leading
soutimeut amongst the law makers
seem U be opposed to tue passage
of legislation which, will favor
eithgr I he railroads or the l&bor
interests. The proposed law which,
would compel the adoption of an,
eight hoar working day is believ
ed by the majority of the law-mak
ers to be outside of their scope of
action audi from feeling the pulso
o' the legislators after the meet
i''S yesterday afternoon, that bill
has very little chance of becoming
a Federal law.
Railway m&nage.-s arq prepar
ing to fight the demands of the
trainmen and the st£ge is now set
for the big strike. The trainmen
hay oome out in the open and are
refusing to further arbitrate the j
ques'ion, it beings their belief that.
'hey have arbitrated enough. They'
report that tlia railroads tkou-ougli
ly know tlieir demands and that it
they art not granted that they will
wills out aud tie uyj tii^ i-ransawr
f-itiou lines. Labor ha& made one
coiicetsiiou and. tli. j Relieve that
1* 10 uv to the rcx-dt> toi step down
aud make auotuer, by. granting the
eight hour working day. Xhe rail
way managers hive informed the
labcr leaders that it is not the
adoption of the Right hour working,
day tnat bothers tntm but that the
ademption oX the eight hour guilt
will moan an increase in the pay
roil and that it will be impossible
for then' under the vrtsent condi
tions 'o create any further over
head expense. Thus the matter
hangs in the balance of fate with;
both sides standing on the firing
line ready and aiuicue to wade in
to the battle.
Every member of the brother
hood's organization, has received
orders to walk out cn strike at mid
night of September 3I'd, unless the
railway managers consent to the
adoption ot the ei.'H hoirr shift for
the trainmen. Present Indications
point to the refusal of the manag
ers to grant the deinamds of tho
trainmen and the calling of the
3trike.
FORCES RESTING
AFIER RARD DAY
PETROGRAJD, Aug. 30 — Very
l.t'le action Is being displayed' this
morning on the eastern; front. All
forces seem to> be resting after
yesterday's engagements. Minor
advance battles were fought but
mey bear little or no importance to
tne zeueral campaign oa this front.
The Ruseiaa forces are sweeping
slowly up the 'river passes and. es
tablishing lines of communication
with the central Russian force
whloli is matching toi the scene of
action.
tlwy hope will land bin* back behind
the bars a second time. All larger
cities in the east andwest have
ben notifid and given lengthy de
scriptive matter ot the convict.
U.S.CONSPUH
IKES ESCAPE
ATLANTA, Aug. 30—Robeit Fay,
conspirator against the United
States, made a bold dash for lib
erty from the federal prison here
this morning and Is at large. One
other prisoner made a safe get
away with: the conspirator and is
likewise at random.
Fay was convicted of conspiracy
against the United States in con
nection with, certain munition de
struction plots and lodged in the
federal jail here to serve a life's
sentence. A close watclu lwis been
kept, on the prisoner since his con
finement. Guards were not aware
of his association with! the other
man who made the escape with him.
Secret service and Pinkerton men
are following warm clues which
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