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SERBS DEFEAT BULGARSWITH HEAVY LOSSES

Athens Dispatch Says ,Teuton Ally Paid Price of 15,OOtfMen In Macedonia.

GREECE READY TO ABANDON NEUTRALITY IN FEW HOURS

Germans Penetrate Vrench Positions In Lorraine, But Fail to Hold Them, According to

Paris.

BULLETIN.

PARIS, Aug. 31.—4 p. m.—Rumanian troops, according to a report received here, have occupied the Bulgarian town of Rustehuk.

Rustchuk has a population of about 35,000 and is situated on the Danube opposite the Rumanian town of Giyrgevo.

LONDON, Aug. 31.—The fighting Is very severe all along the Macedonian front, says an Athens dispatch to the tireless press which adds that the Bulgarian regiments suffered a severe check at the hands of the Serbians.on the entente left flank and that the Bulgarians' losses are estimated at 15,000.

The Bulgarian regiments, sa.yB the Oispatch, attacked the Serbians in close formation, after the German style, near Loltovitz and suffered severely. They were compelled to' ask for reinforcemfents from Valbankeni and Kastoria.

The Serbians appear to be masters of- the situation at Gomichevo. says the Athens correspondent, and Bulgarian officers of Rumanian origin, who deserted, said the Bulgarian^ c&lled Gomichevo "another .Verdun."

PARIS, Aug. 31.—(Noon.)—German troops penetrated the French trenches In Parrpy forest 'in Lorraine last night tut were immediately ejected by a counter attack, says today's announcement of the war office.

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 81.—Rapid developments in the diplomatic situa-' .tion here today, make it appear that within 48 hours Greece will- hWtfe abandoned the policy of neutrality in the war. rr/rt .,

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pffess quotes the Befnfc, Switzerland Bund and thfe'Gettevfe •^urnal to the effect that the famous German'commander', Field Marshal von Mackensen, will take charge of the campaign in the Balkans, having been apppolnted commander-in-chief of all the Balkan armies of the Germanic league.

GREEK KING IN FLIGHT

LONDON, Aug. 31.—No confirmation of the reported flight of King Constantine from Athens to Larissa, hag been receive^ in official circles here, which considers it highly improbable.

The report that the king of Greece had fled from the capital and had taken refuge iwith a German escort of 300 Uhlans at Larissa was forwarded from Saloniki by Ward Price, the official British press representative in Greece, under date of Tuesday evening.

The Diekemper Produce company announced Thursday that potatoes had increased from $1.40 last night to $2.25 a bushel while all other produce, which is not home grown, had increased accordingly, Thursday. All produce which cannot be obtained because of the strike to be called Monday has taken alarming jumps, the Diekemper company announced.

Cabbage advanced from four, to five cents a pound and other food products increased in proportion.

In Indianapolis the price of hogs went to $11.40, the highest on record there.

,VETERANS ELECT TODAY.

Four* Men In Race for Commandership of G. A. R. KANSAS CITY, Aug 31.—Reports of tBe national officers and the selection of a new commandor-in-chief and his. staff was the business before the 50th encampment of the G. A. R. today. Business sessions of all the auxiliary organizations of, the grand army were also held. Tonight the "dog watch" of the^ national association of nava.1 veterans is to be held.

Interest today centered 7n the election of the,new commander-in-chief, four men having announced their candidacy to succeed^ Caprain Elias R. Monfort, of Cincinnati. They are William J. Patterson, of Pittsburgh J. Payson Bradley, of Boston Patrick P. Coney, inspector-genera of Topeka, Kas., and Levant Dodge, of Berea, Ky.

CHILDREN FIRE STRAW. Endanger Barn, But Blaze Is Extinguished Without Loss.

Headquarters fire company and the No. 6 company responded to a still alarm Thursday morning when straw in a barn at the Pierson Brothers' Lumber company blazed. The fire was extinguished after several bales of straw had been destroyed. Firemen said children playing in the barn: with match— «et. flrnTto the straw.

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U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECOIUD AUGUST 31 6 a. 62 Noon 82 9 a. 76 3 p. 83

Relative humidity, noon, 65 per cent.

IjOCAIJ CONDITIONS AT 7 A. M. AUG. 31,1016. Station pressure, 29.53 temperature, 64 highest temperature yesterday, S3 lowest temperature last night, 61 precipitation, 0 direction of wind, «6utheast: velocity of wind, seven miles per hour state of weather, clear relative humidity, 81 per cent.

FORECAST.

TERRE HAUTE—Generally fair tonight and Friday. INDIANA—Generally fair tonight and Friday.

OTHER LOCAL, REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer, 7 a. m., 66 2 p. m., 90.

River stage—01 feet.

FOOD QUESTION UPPERMOST IF SIM CODIES

Meat, Ice and Produce Dealers See No Serious Situation In Event of Rail Walkout.

FAMINE IN POTATOES SEEN BY LOCAL COMMISSION MEN

Price Already on Upward Trend As Possibility of Tleup Grows— Limit Placed on Amount to

Single Purchaser.

Potatoes will be the question that will worry the people of Terre Haute and neighboring towns In case a rail-" road strike is called, according to the commission merchants of this city. As nearly, as can be estimated by Saturday evening there will be about enough potatoes in Terre Hautq to run this city and the towns depending upon it for about a week, or ten days. 'The hot dry weather of the, past suirimer seriously-' effected lh$ crops this section of .the'country and' for this reitqon the local c6mmfcs|on raon £are been conipeHed ..tot...depend on crops raised in distant auction# ok the conhJ try. Th4 embargoes whidM thirty idf the railroads have already tfut on perishable freight make this a very uncertain source and will also seriously effect the large producers.

In speakin'g of the. effect of the strike, if it is called, and the preparations being made to meet the ensuing conditions, Raymond J. Diekemper, of Joseph Diekemper and Son, said: "If the strike is called at the end of this week I think that all of tjie commission men In the city will halve enough potatoes on hand to haindle the normal demand of Terre Haute and neighboring towns for about a week or 10 days. Then if the strike lasts a week or 10 days it will be another week or 10 days bef»re any quantity of produce can reach the local market.

Bad Weather Hurts.

"Ordinarily at this time of year we are getting potatoes from Wisconsin and Minnesota but the early crop in that section was very poor and at present they are only loading about one car where they should be loading 50. For this reason we are depending on New Jersey and Maine for potatoes, thus making an "exceptionally long haulage. We are also getting cabbage from Colorado, a thingr that we never had to do before. "At the present time we-are buying potatoes Or cabbage that we can get hold of, regardless of price or quality, and by Saturday evening I think that our company will have 10 cars of potatoes on hand. Cabbage went up $15 a ton Tuesday, and Wednesday potatoes jumped 20 cents a bushel. It is probable that commencing Thursday we will limit the amount of potatoes that we will sell to one purchasers to five sacks, in order to give all of them a chance to get a few. "A -serious strike at this time will probably ruin the big peach growers of New York, Ohio and Michigan, as the big shipments of Alberta peaches

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HAVE TRAINS HERE IF ROADS DO NOT YIELD

M. ION BRATlANIi. 1. VENIZBIiOS. 51. TAKE JONESCU. That war against the central powers will result in great gains to their respective nations and is therefore deslraJrle.'is the opinion of these Balkan statesmen. Bratianu ia Roumanian

Many Crews on Local Lines to End Trips In City Under Monday's Strike Order.

BOTH SIDES TAKING STEPS TO CARRY OUT PROGRAMS

Brotherhood Men Hold Meeting At Pythian Temple—Embargo Goes Into Effect on Pennsylvania Lines.

Terre Haute was seen as one of the storm centers of the impending railroad strike by officials of the roads running out of this city when speaking Thursday morning of the developments that may arise in the local situation.

Several of the roads running into Terre Haute make this city a division terminal point so that a large number of trains will be abandoned fcere Monday morning if the strike is carried out. The Vandalia Railroad Co. has Just completed a high stockade topped with three strands of barbed wire surrounding its yards back of the Union depot, presumably as a measure of protection-in case of any trouble..

A difficulty for the men was also pointed out by railroad officials. The hour set for the strike, central time, is I a. m. Monday. Up to this hour all trains must be manned and after this hour abandoned at the end of runs, according to the orders of the general committee of brotherhoods. This win mean that trainmen from as distant points as Chicago will be stranded in Terre Haute with no way of returning to their homes except on the trains which the railroads may run.

Runs End Her*.

On the Cf & E. I., Terre Haute is the end of runs on the Chicago and Evansville divisions. On the Vandalia line the Michigan aiiB Peoria branches have their terminals here. On the Southeastern line Terre Haute is the end of the Indiana division and for the E. & I. Terre Haute is, the end of the line. Thus trainmen from Chicago, South Bend, Logansport, Peoria, Westpprt and Dvanaville, Ind., and other cities may: be left in Terre Haute. Tbelrtg tftrait 'ii th« btttf ijoad having all through runs.

Preparations on the part Of both th6 railMads and the brotherhoods to meet the strike situation began to he in evidence Thursday. Although' both the railroad officials and officers of the trainmen's organisations were reluotant to admit of any activity on their part there wap a general feeling on both sides that the men nigher up were tightening traces, laying plans and setting wheels in motion to be ready for the grim contest—if it comes.

The first indication of this on the part of the railroads was the announcement 'made Wednesday by the Pennsylvania lines of an embargo affecting explosives and inflammable merchandise beginning Thursday, perishable freight beginning Friday and all other freight beginning Saturday. On the other hand an official of the C. & E. I. said Wednesday that up to the present time no orders had been received at local offices from general offices in reference to the strike.

Brotherhoods Meet.

Plans of action for conducting the railroad strike locally were being laid by committees of the trainmen's brotherhoods which met at the K. of P. temple Thursday in a morning session of the men of the Southeastern line and an all day session of the Vandalia men.

A joint session of the men of the Southeastern line including members of the O. R. C. and B. R. T. adjourned at noon Thursday and no statement would be given out by B. S. Carr, gen oral chairman, of the B. R. T. men, or C. A. Wilson, chairman of grievance committee of the O. R. C. men except tc say ^hat instructions to local committees had been formulated and issued. These instructions, it is understood, are measures to be taken for conducting the strike.

A meeting of the Vandalia men which convened at 11 o'clock took a recess

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Balkan Statesmen Welcome War

prime minister and minister of war. Venizelos is leader of the war party in Greece and former premier of that country. Jonescu is leader of the liberal' .parly in Roumania and former Roumanian minister, of the interior.

THE TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE

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Chairman Adamson, of the interstate commerce committee, said: "We will pass- the eight-hour bill, introduced today in the house, tomorrow. That will ihclude the provision for an investigation of the effect of the eight-hour day on the railroads. That, we believe, will prevent the strike."

Following the' conference the president returned to the white house. While President Wilson will continue to insist on tyis entire program/ there were indications today that the attention of administration leaders in congress first wlll «be concentrated on the eight-hour day bill and on the bill to create a commission to investigate the situation. Those two measures Include the basis of the plan of settlement proposed by the president to both sides and accepted by the employes. He takes the position that if these bills are passed the men will have no Justification for striking.

Mails Must Move.

Postmaster General Burleson conferred with President Wilson this morning and said afterward that he will insist that mails be carried on every train moved if a strike comes. It the employes offer to run trains to carry mails, he added, he will insist that the railroad managements furnish the equipment.

Should the president's appeal to the brotherhood heads to rescind the strike order fail, he is prepared to issue a public statement calling upon all the members of the brotherhoods to join in ordering its recall. He would say that the railroad employes have no right to imperil the industries of the nation under such condition when the ihing they demand is about to be provided by law.

While the assurances given on the attitude of the senate were not so definite the president was told that the prospects were bright for action on at least part of the program.

Although considerable opposition developed to that part of the president's program providing for the military operation of the railroads in case of necessity, he insisted it be included.

Representative Kitchin said he thought the eight-hour bill with some modification could be put through the house without encountering serious opposition from the republican side.

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CRUISER MEMPHIS AO MAP SHOWING WHERE DISASTER OCCURRED. An investigation is being made by the navy department into the wreck of the United States cruiser Memphis, which Was driven on the rocks during a heavy sea in the harbor of San Do

WILSON ALL SMILES AflER CONFERENCE

Talks to Congressional Leaden and LeArni Eight-Hour Bill Will Pass House Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.—Just before 11 o^clock this morning, President Wilson arrived at the capital and summoned administration leaders to his office. "I just been keeping in touch with things to see that they keep moving, and they «Lre. mpying," ?aid Presidamt Wilson .as he left the oortferenOe with congfetiiional leaders, 'the president's face beamed with a broad smile..

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Aug. 31.— Guardsmen designated to return to' their home states by the divisional I commanders were reported to General I Funston this afternoon, as follows:

Third, Fourteenth and Seventy-first i New York infantry, stationed in the Brownsville district.

Fourth Maryland .'nfantry, Eagle Pass.

BRITISH CASUALTIES GROW.

LONDON, Aug. 31.—It Was officially announced today that the British casualties, killed, wounded and missing, on all fighting fronts in the month of August totalled 4,711 officers ^and 123,234 me

mingo City, San Domingo, with a loss of twenty lives. Admiral Benson declares he is puzzled over how- the accident occurrred, since officers of the ship were warned in time of the approach of & tropical storm.

OHIO

Attempts to Get Control of Negro Who Assaulted Woman, But Prisoner Is Spirited Away.

LIMA,* O., Aug. 81.—After a night of violence resulting from the attempt Of a mob to lynch Charles Daniels, negro, accused of assaulting Mrs. John Baber, wife of a prominent farmer, the spiriting away of the prisoner by Sheriff Sherman Eley, and the torture of the sheriff until he consented to lead

Ottawa, where

he had tiftfeii the man, the law apparently reigned again today. Daniels, the prisoner whose life was saved by the quick action of tfte sheriff, is in a safe place, Toledo, it is understood, and J. P. Laser, prosecutor of Allen county, Is taking the preliminary steps of investigate n into the affair.

Gov. Frank. B. Willis, after a night spent in his* office at Columbus with Adjutant General B. W. Hough, and in telephone communication with this city, was prepared today to order the First and Seventh regiments .of Ohio national guards from. Camp Perry to this city, in case the trouble is revived.

After the unsuccessful pursuit of Daniels in a motor procession to Ottawa last night members of the mob which joined in the cross country chase had dispersed, It is believed, since the procession as a unit has not returned to this city.

Sheriff Eley escaped from the mob at Ottawa and is under the care fcf a physician. He is suffering, it is understood, from two broken ribs and numerous injuries, from his handling by the mob.

ATTACK ON STEAMER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3i.—Germany, in a note received at the state 'department today, practically disavows any unfriendly intention in the submarine attack on the American steamer Owego several"weeks ago and submits a statment of fact which is expected to close the case.

The Owego was fired upon in the fog but uninjured.

MOVIE-FAMINE FEARED.

Producers Plan to Transport Films By Auto. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81.—Plans to guard against a possible motion ploture film famine by using automobiles, in case of a railroad strike to carry negatives/ from the producing companies in'southern California to printing establishments in the east for developingralready have been made, according to statements today by managers of some of the large producing companies here.

One company has arranged a schedule which would insure delivery of the negatives in New York in seven days, it was said.

CENTENNIAL CONTEST.

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Secretary E. H. Clifford: My ehoie* for a Vigo county girl to- represent Vigo county In the centennial pageant at Indianapolis ia

PROPOSED 8MK Bit ACCEPTED BY TRAHMEH

Head of Brotherhood Says Strike Will I Called Off If Measure Becomes Law By Saturday

CONGRESS READY FOR ACTION

BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—While the senate interstate commerce commission was hearing the railroad heads and the brotherhood leaders, the house managers got into action, agreed on a bill introduced by Representative Adamson and approved by President Wilson, providing the eight-hour day, prorata pay for overtime and a commission to investigate the new conditions. They planned to rush it through while the senate was working. It did not include the compulsory investigation features of the president's program, but there were indications that he would be satisfied with enough to prevent, the men from striking and take up the remainder later.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—While congress got down to work today on President Wilson's executive program to prevent the railway strike the president himself renewed his- efforts to get the brotherhood leaders to recall their strike order and at the same time took steps to hurry congress along. He summoned tho brotherhood leaders to the white house for 2 o'clock and made arrangements to go to the capitol to confer with administration leaders there.

Railroad officials and representatives of the trainmen's brotherhoods appeared In force today at the senate interstate commerce committee hearings On President Wilson's legislative ,progra,m to prevent the threatened railroad strike.

EJisha Lee, chairman of the managers' committee, headed the delegation of railway officials, which included President Underwood of the Erie, President Wlllard of the Baltimore and Ohio Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania, Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern, and R. S. Lovett, chairman of the board of the Union Pacific.

Jlepresenting the., men were A. B. Garretson, W. G. Lee, W. S. Stone and W.- S.- Carter, the four brotherhood heads. Officials of the American Fed eration of Labor, headed by President Gomipers, Assistant Attorney General Todd and E. E. Clg.rk, of the interstate commerce commission, also were present. y

At the outset of the hearing, Senator Newlands, chairman of the committee, announced its purpose and said none of the proposed legislation included compulsory arbitration. "It simply provides," he said, "in case'of the failure of voluntary mediation and arbitration for a government inquiry and the stay of the action of all the, parties to controversy until investigation and report should be made, leaving them free thereafter to act as they might be advised."

Senator Newlands spoke of the short time remaining for congress to act and said: "This present dispute, if carried to its extremes, wiil involve the United States in a civil War. The question is whether we can not find some means of bringing about a settlement of this dispute between employers and employes without resort to force."

Garretson Heard First.

The brotherhood representatives were heard first. Mr. Garretson began with a general review- of the circumstances which led up to the present conditions. 'The success of any labor organizatio'n lies, to an extent, in its militancy," he said. "We are in the grip of a' power greater than we and it is unfortunate that this situation has arisen but I believe a settlement, can be effected by congress. Even though we are opposed tj legislative settlements, we are willing to waive the age-old tradition against it. Such a settlement of this controversy will be desirable in the circumstances. "Today," he said, "thousands of men throughout this country are working from twelve to sixteen flours, of which there is no complete record."

These conditions, Garretson declared,

Commerce Chamber Asks

Deliberation In Strike

The Chamber of Commerce has received a telegram from the Chicago Association of Commerce saying that the Chicago organization has telegraphed the president and the Illinois senators and congressmen its views on the manner of dealing with the impending railroad strike and asking the Terre Haute organization to take similar steps.

The Chicago Association of Commerce urge ho legislation should 'be made in regard to the pending railroad crisis without opportunity for due consideration of the matter. It says when the legislation does occur it should be well considered and fair to all interests and that it is impossible to accomplish this under the snadow of the impending strike. They insist that the president and congress, jointly or separately, demand that the date or the impending strike be postponed for a reasonable time to all *w congress to act intelligently and cajl upon the patriotism of the trg^nmep to acoe'de t-i such demaaids.

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were responsible for the united appearance of the brotherhooas, insistent., demanding the human right to enjoy some of the things that other men-., enjoy. '"We belieVe,' said Garretson, "tha. questions affecting society take prer cedence over economics. We' belief the human element should be consic ered regardless of its effect on di\ dends." K

Attacking the railways' plea for v. bitratton as insincere, Mr. Garetst insisted that, it was not offered to men, who were so poorly organized theyU could not enforce their demands.

To postpone the strike after the matt I. had voted it, Garretson declared, woutd mean the disintegration^ of the brotherhoods and "the turning over to' tho mob of the trains as in 187? and 189*4.^

No Proposals Offered.

"I want to impress on the- commit^ tee," he said, "that since the 6eginning-r -vVv of these negotiations no definite pro--lift posal has been made to us by the Other side. They have said but one thin^'"'"" they have offered to leave the whole. matter to the interstate comnierc commission.

Garretson added that he wanted to assure the senators that the brother* hood heads were not opposed to arblitration. "We believe in the principle of arbitration," he said, "but' not in arbitral Won where we stand only to lose. The experiences of our men with arbitra-1 tion has not made them in lo^e wittf" its practical results. There have beeik many unfair men on our arbitration boards. v

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—The eight hour day bill, on which most congre?-

sional leaders agree, if enacted by Sat-

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urday night, will be sufficient 'justifies^ tion in .the opinion _of brotherhoo"u^v'. leaders, for calling oi'f the railroad strike set for .next Monday. This today was the main source of optimism that the great industrial tie-up wo not occur. "Enactment into law of the president's eis^it-hour day bill as npw drawn, guaranteeing the present t6n hour day wages said W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen's brotherhood, "will be regarded as a satisfactory, settle* ment of our differences with the railroads and there -vill be no strike. In order to prevent a strike, however, this bill must become a lav/ before next •, Saturday midnight." ||i

The senate interstate commerce committee arranged its first public hearIng on the measure today and allowed three hours each for argument brotherhoods and railroads. The p)a%' V^JI| was' to present the finished draft" the senate Saturday, ready for imme- ,' *|p diate action.

The house, however, was not dis-t posed to wait so long. Its lekders. set -'^1 Friday afternoon as the time when. they would take the initiative if the. senate had not acted, and gave assur-'' ance that the house would pass the" measure then under special, rule, making it effective November i.

The measure contemplated would es- "Mi tablish eight hours as the standard V work day for railroad employes engaged in interstate -commerce. It would authorize appointment by the president of a commission to study general con- "sir-j ditions under the eight-hour day, and report Its recommendations to con-,.-gTess, the president and through tho president tp the interstate commerce commission pending the report^ daily X' wages should not be reduced, below the present pay for longer hours

Other measures were under, cohtemplation but the eight-hour d^y and investigation proposals were regarded as ^J|| the most effective pieces of emergency legislation. ^4.v||

The attitude of congress today, that of determination to prevent the strike, -1 was exemplified by the resolution pending in the senate calling on brother1-'- ^.,' hood officials to suspend the strike, or^ der for one week and the statement of Senator Thomas, that it the government failed to protect the public in Such a crisis, it had no right to call itself a government.

RAIL CHIEFS PESSIMISTIC.

Go Ahead With Preparations to Meet Strike Monday. CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—Presidents and operating officials of the railroads of the country are in conference today for the purpose of formulating the plans to operate trains in the event that the strike of the four brotherhoods of

trainmen, set for next Monday morning, takes place. Practically none of the railroad heads ^§|§f shared in *he optimism expressed in some quarters at Washington that/ passage of the eight hour bill by coa'-' gress would avert a strike, and accord- i ing to E- P. Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, spokesman for the party of railroad presidents who returned from Washington yesterday, the railroads" will proceeds on the assumption that the strike will come on Labor day. cfa

Embargoes begin today on every 1 trunk line in the country. The eift- SSfp bargoes, according to present plans* ,?•??:) will become effective in the following order:

Effective at the close of business to-^ morrow an embargo on all shipment

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