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ONLY CONGRESS CAN NOW PREVENT
IMMENSE INDUSTRIAL DISASTER
WASHINGTON. August 30. — Congress today took
up the Herculean task of preventing the worst industrial
struggle in history by creating some means to avert the
great railroad strike, a strike of four hundred thousand
men on two hundred and lifty thousand miles ot railroad
and on two hundred and twenty-live dillerent lines of rail
road. Some little optimism was made manifest when the
senate leaders and the interstate commerce commission
met in the atempt to weave President Wilson’s sugges
tions into legislative form. The same senate members are
unanimous in the belief that the strike must be prevented
at all costs and for this re son there is a tentative plan to
rush through the senate a bill containing only those sug
gestions of the President which will achieve this result
without being subject to attack and ruinous delay through
debate. The eight hour day clause will be included in the
bill and as matters look now the spectacle will be present
ed of labor unions compelling a nation's congress to pass
special legislation to prevent a strike.
“GOD FORGIVE YOU”
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WASHINGTON, August 30. — “God forgive you; I
can not.” President Wilson thus concluded his final in
terview v.’ith the lailroari presidents in the Whitebouse
yesterday when they submitted their final proposition re
jecting every effort and suggestion President Wilson had
made for a settlement of the strike trouble. The railroad
executives seemed to be fully determined to see the thing
through and gave Mr. Wilson not the slightest ground for
hope that they would ever recede from their position.
MEN SI RE TO STRIKE
WASHINGTON, August 30.—“No power under
Heaven short of a satisfactory settlement by the railroads
can prevent the railroad men from striking on L^bor
Day.”
This is the statement made by W. G. Lee, a leader of
the trainmen this afternoon after a talk with Secretary
of Labor Wilson.
PREVENTS R. R. STRIKE .
OMAHA, August 30. — Judge Sears of the District
Court has issued an order restraining the trainmen of the
Union Pacific railroad from striking on Labor Day. He
declared that he has power to do this and that the strikers
would be arrested if they failed to obey the injunction.
Passenger Coach
Coming to Seward,
Three Purchased For Government
Railroad by Seattle Agent.
SEATTLE, August 50.—Agent C.
E. Dole of the Alaskan engineering
commission has purchased three pas
senger coaches for the government
railroad in Alaska. Two of them will
go to Anchorage and one to Seward.
(Note:—Nothing is said in the mes
sage as to the sort of coaches they
are but the word coach sounds rather
big).
RECEIVE TAGS FROM
MRS. HILL AT HOTEL
Mrs. Hill will be at the Hotel Cole
man from 2 to 7 p. m. on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 5th,
6th and 7th, to give tags to all who
have exhibits to enter for the Civic
Fair. Do not bring articles at that
time but give in your name with the
names of your exhibits and receive
your tags This is most important
in order to guard against the loss of
any article.
\\ arship Memphis
Is A Total Loss
Swept on Rocks in Santo Domingo
Harbor by a Heavy Sea.
WASHINGTON, August 30.—Rear
Admiral Fond has cabled the navy de
partment from Santo Domingo city
that the armored cruiser Memphis has
been swept on the rocks in the har
bor by a heavy sea and will be a total
loss. It is expected that all on board
will be saved but the admiral states
that twenty members of the crew who
were returning from shore leave in a
launch were drowned. TWb particu
lars will not bo learned until later but
the circumstances both in connection
with the loss of the men and the loss
of the ship are regarded as indicating
that the storm must have come unex
pectedly.
EARRAGUT WILL COME
BY Ol'TSIDE PASSAGE
The Farragut will sail from Seattle
at 9 p. m., September 1 and will go by
the outside passage direct to Cordova.
The Watson will sail on September 3
and will make all the ports oJ call.
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LATEST STRIKE BULLETIN!!
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MAY FORCE RAILROADS
! WASHINGTON, August 30.—House Leader Kitchin
' and Chairman Adamson of the house interstate comm rece
committee late today framed legislation which it is believ
ed will avert the threatened railroad strike. It would pro
vide in effect by daw for almost the exact terms of settle
ment which President Wilson offered to the brotherhoods
and railroad {'residents and which the brotherhoods ac
1 cepted. In other words it will force the railroads to give
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RAILROADS REFUSE SHIPMENTS
WASHINGTON, August 30.—The railroad com
panies and the employees are now feverishly preparing
for the strike ordered for September 4. While President
Wilson did all in his power to get the strike order rescind
ed it is the general belief that the strike is inevitable. All
sides are to get a hearing before the interstate commerce
commission tomorrow. In the meantime the roads all over
country today refused to accept shipments of perish
able good? and livestock except subject to indefinite de
lay and many cities are facing the prospect of food short
ages witht’o a few days after the strike is called. In the
senate today Senator Hamilton Lewis introduced two
laws, one to increase the interstate commerce commission
to nine members, the other to give the roads the right to
apply to the commission for increases of rates if they are
found necessary under the eight hour day.
MAY HAVE GOVT. OWNERSHIP
WASHINGTON, August 30—“Unless the interstate
commerce commission is enlarged in number and is invest
ed with wider regulative powers government ownership
of railroads is inevitable.” This was the statement made
deliberately by Senator Hardwick of Georgia in the sen
ate today.
FLOUR MILLS CLOSE
IF R. R. STRIKE COMES
MINNEAPOLIS, August 30.—It is reliably reported
that the flour mills here, which manufacture a third of the
nation’s supply, will close down within a week if the rail
road strike is called. Even without this report the people
feel that a continuation of the milling would not be justi
fied as no means would be provided for transportation of
the flour, and this thought has given rise to the fear that
the strike might be followed by a near-famine.
CHARGES AGAINST THE
BILLINGSLEYS DROITED
SEATTLE, August 00.—All the city
charges against the Billingsley broth
ers will be dropped in return for the
release by them of the city from pos
sible damage suits arising from police
f raids on their property and stores.
They are the men in whose employ
ment was the Japanese porter who
shot and killed two police officers in
connection with a raid for liquor.
WOMEN KILL BEARS
While at Blind Slough with a fish
ing party last Sunday, Mrs. Rouert
Allen and her sister, Miss Wilder,
! each shot and'killed a black bear.
The animals came out at different
points on the creek where they were
fishing.—Ex.
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NEW TICKET OFFICE
The freight and ticket office for the
railroad will from now on be in Ware
' house B at the foot of Adams street.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE
EXPERTS TO HAVE FREE
HAND IN ARGENTINE WORK.
BUENOS AIRES, August 15.—The *
Argentine government has issued or
ders that every facility be extended to
the members of the Commission from
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington who are coming here to en
gage in solar studies.
It is understood the commission's
work will be mainly in the interior,
remote from large towns, and all pos
sible preparations are being made for
its convenience. The members will be
given the status of Argentine nation
al employes that they may be entirely
unhampered. The exact date of their
•coming has not yet been announced.
THANKS FROM LADIES
The members of the Seward Wom
an’s Club wish to express their sin
cere thanks to Mr. Haasch who so
kindly took charge of the decorations
| for the Pioneer dance and to the other
gentlemen who assisted him. Also to
Mr. Pence for making and serving the
j lemonade.
BALKANS AFLAME AS THE CHIEF
CENTER NOW OF THE WORLD WAR
German Prisoners
Make Their Escape
Robert Fay, Ex-Army Officer Who He
Came Noted, is Free Again.
ATLANTA, August 30. — Robert
Fay, former Gercman army officer
who was convicted of conspiracy
against the United States in connec
tion with the munitions plots in New
York, has escaped from the federal
prison here with William Knobloch,
another prisoner. Fay was entered in
the prison on June 22 to serve eight
years. The manner of his escape is
not known to the public but it is sus
pected that he received some help
from German sympathizers. Fay was
regarded as the head and source of
the chief plots against munitions fact
ories and munitions ships. He was
also suspected of being mixed up in
the plot to cause explosions in Canada
It was proven that he had held the
commission of captain in the German
army but had resigned and his work
was not laid at the door of official
Germany. He acted evidently of his
own free will in the conspiracies.
METHODIST AID MEETS
The ladies of the Methodist Aid will
meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs.
Cook at the parsonage.
MEETING OF LADIES AID
The Lutheran Ladies Aid of Sow
wiil meet tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Mrs. P. Anderson. Members
and friends are cordially invited to
the meeting.
MEN ARE SCARCE
A Fairbanks mine operator is
authority for the statement that the
output of the district will fall several
hundred thousand dollars short of the
estimate this year on account of the
shortage of men. One big plant is re
ported to have shut down rather than
run shorthanded.
FIREBOYS MEET
The regular monthly meeting of
the fire boys will take place this
evening at 8 o’clock.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS
The next regular meeting of the
Woman’s Club will be held Friday,
September first, at 8 p. m., at the
home of Mrs. F. L. Ballaine. This
change is made because Monday, Sept.
fourth is Labor Day. This is an im
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portant meeting and all the members
are urged to be present.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. E. L. Whittemore, of Seward,
who died on the steamer Alaska, while
en route to the States, were held in
Seattle August 2. Mrs. Whittemore
was 46 years of age.—Ex.
During the past year Fairbanks
merchants are said to have lost over
$5,000 on potatoes imported from the
States, and the result is that they will
Confine themselves to handling local
potatoes solely in the future.
The famous California saloon in
Fairbanks, which was destroyed by
fire last December, is to be rebuilt.
The building was erected originally T>y
A1 White of Valdez, and has passed
through several hands since.
ROUMANIANS C ROSS BORDER
LONDON, August 30. — According to a Zurich dis
patch, Roumanian cavalry detachments have crossed Red
tower pass three miles inside the Transylvanian border
and but a few miles from the Transylvanian city of Her
manstadt.
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BULGARS BEAR THE BRUNT
LONDON, August 30.—The French have progressed
west of the Vardar river on the Greek front, it is officially
announced, while the French artillery has conducted an
energetic bombardment on the enemy organizations on
the Strumna front, hround lake Doiran and west of Oust
roud lake. The Serbs have also repulsed the Bulgarian
attacks at lerlicliyn with heavy losses.
CAPTURE MOUNTAIN PASS
ROME, August 30.—Reports from Bucharest are to
the effect that the Russians and Roumanians have cap
tured the principal Carpathian passes.
AIR ATTACK ON BUCHAREST
BUCHAREST, August 30. — Zeppelins and hostile
aeroplanes bombarded this city last night but no import
ant damage was inflicted it is announced. It was the first
taste of war by the capital of Roumania for many a long
year. The city and people are wrought up to a terrible
war fever heat, now that the Rubicon has been crossed
and Jonescu and the other public men who favored war
on the side of the allied nations are the heroes of the hour.
It is yet a question whether Roumania will declare war on
Bulgaria or not. Crowds line the streets as regiments
march out and the scenes are exciting to the highest de
gree. A strict censorship on war news has, however, been
already instituted.
GREEK CABINET TO RESIGN
LONDON, August 30.—Dispatches from Athens fore
shadow the resignation of the Greek cabinet as a conse
quence of the entry of Roumania into the war. The resig
nation would probably be followed by the selection of a
new ministry favorable to a declaration of war against
the Central Powers in spite of the personal predilections
of King Constantine.
ROUMANIANS DEFEATED
PARIS, August 30.—Two Roumanian battalions were
defeated in an attack against the Austrian positions yes
terday at Verestorony pass south of Red Tower pass on
the railroad leading to Hermanstadt. This is a semi-of
ficial statement but official confirmation has not been re
ceived. The boundary between Roumania and Austrian
territory is mountainous and each army could only enter
the other country by one of numerous mountain passes.
GERMAN OFFICIAL CHANGES
LONDON, August 30.—Radical changes in Ger
many’s military and diplomatic leadership have been made
by the kaiser following Roumania’s appearance in the
field of war. Dispatches from Berlin confirm the news
that General von Falkenhayn has been dismissed from the
position of chief of staff and that Field Marshal von Mack
ensen in all probability will succeed Marshal von Hinden
burg in supreme command of the eastern German armic#
on the Russian and Roumanian fronts. Von Hindenburg
will most likely be appointed chief of staff in the place of
von Falkenhayn in spite of his advanced age and General
von Kluck will be recalled from active service and given
command of one of the Austro-German armies.
QUIET ON OTHER FRONTS
LONDON, August 30.—The eyes of Europe are now
turned on the Roumanian front where it is hoped the fresh
Roumanian army can force a way far into Austrian ter
ritory. On the western front and Russian front matters
are apparently quiet and for the time being at least the
storm is centering in the Balkans.