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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
MUNITIONS SUPPLY 1MPER1LED.
London Daily News Cites Effect
Strike Would Have on Europe,

LONDON, August 80. - Discussing
the threatened American railway strike,
the Daily News says:
THE issues involved in the event of
the failure of President Wilson to OBJ
tain settlement are Of such magni-
tude that in ordinary times the strike
would be the dominating feature of
European newspapers as well as of
American.
such a strike as is now declared to
be imminent would paralyze the whole
American railway systems, affecting
gravely the supply of munitions to Eu-
rope 1t might well spread beyond the
railways, and there Is the danger of
serious disturbances. for labor is more
vigorous in it's methods in America
than it is here"
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IRISH NEWSPAPERS SEIZED.
Accused Of Publishing Article "Cal.
culated to Cause Disaffection."

TRALEE, Ireland, August 20, via Lon
don. August ao.-Police and soldiers to-
day seized the machinery and plant of
the newspapers Nubianer. Kerryman
and Liberator. The authorities acted
under a warrant issued by Gen. Sir
John Maxwell, commander of the forces
in Ireland, charging the newspapers
with publishing August 10 an article
calculated to cause disaffectfon.
The managing director OF the news
papers, named Grimm. was arrested dur
Ing the Dublin rebellion, but was re-
leased.
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TURKS CLAIM A STEADY
ADVANCE IN CAUCASUS

BERLIN. August 80. by wireless to
Sayville-Turkish troops are advancing,
step by step. in the Caucasus and have
broken the resistance Of the Russians who
occupied dominating heights, 1t was an
nounced today by the Turkish war de-
partment
One attacking Turkish detachment. 1t
ia said. found a thousand Russian dead on
the battlefield.
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Death Penalty Provided.
STAND FOR ARBITRATION.
Manufacturers and Others Protest
Surrender of Princinle.

CHICAGO. August s0.-Resolutions
protesting against the surrender of
the principle of arbitration in negotia-
tons between railroad and other public
utilities and their employees have been
adopted by 800 manufacturers and
representatives Of commercial and in
dustrial organizations of Illinois.
Pennsylvania, Michigan. Indiana, Ohio
Tennessee and other middle western
states.
The resolutions. which probably will
be forwarded to President Wilson, also
demand definite. permanent arrange
ment under arbitration to safeguard
the public from strikes and Industrial
disorders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
VOICE HUNGARIAN UNREST.
Count Apponyi and Count Karolyi
Attack Vienna Government.

BERN, SWITZERLAND. August 20, by
wireless to London. August 30.-Count
Albert Apponyi, leader of the Hunga-
rian opposition, made eight speeches,
all strongly hostile to the government.
at an all-night sitting of the Hun
garian chamber of deputies ending
Friday. according to dispatches from
Budapest. He is quoted as accusing
Premier Tissa Of intending to conclude
q new commercial treaty with Ger
gary.
Count Michael Karolyi. president of
the Hungarian Independence party, is
said to have accused the Austrian gem
eral staff OF "betraying Hungary by
undertaking an insane offensive
against Italy, instead Of foreseeing that
troops were needed to defend Hungary
against q Russian INVASION"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
Mexico to Control All Property.

MEXICO CITY, August 30.-A decree
Just issued revives the law promulgated
in 1859 by President Juarez putting all
places Of public worship under the
direct control of the government. The
decree means government regulation Of
all properties in Mexico. ALI property
now colonized under the Juarez law
and left to Catholic institutions. and
also all property Of other religious in
situations coded to them after the pro-
mitigation Of the law. are involved by
the decree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
WAR ACT GAVE PRESIDENT
RIGHT TO SEIZE RAILWAYS
Empowered Military Control of All
Officers, Agents and
Employees.

The Senate interstate commerce
committee had under consideration.
today. a law passed by Congress in
1852, authorizing the President to take
possession of railroad and telegraph
lines of the country, when, in his
judgment, public safety might require
it. Members remarked that 1t was an
interesting statute in the face of the
existing emergency.
The statute, passed in the early part
of the civil war. which aroused interest
was designed to be in force only as
long as necessary to suppress the rebel
lion.
Provisions of Act.
1t provided:
That the President might take pos
session of any and all telepragh lines.
their offices and appurtenances; any or
all railroad lines, rolling stock, offices,
shops, buildings and "all their append
ages and appurtenances"; prescribe
rules and regulations for holding, using
and maintaining the lines; ito place un-
der military control all the officers,
agents and employees" of the telegraph
and railway lines, 80 that they shall he
considered as post road and a part of
the military establishment of the Unit
ed States"
Death Penalty Provided.
The statute further provides that any
attempts to resist or interfere with
the unrestrained use by the govern
ment" or any attempt to injure or de-
stroy the property would be punished
"as military ofrense, by death. or such
other penalty as court-martial may
impose"
It further provided for a board of
three commissioners to be appointed by
the President to determine upon COM
pensation to the railroads and tele-
graph companies. the award to be sub
mitted to Congress for approval.
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RIOTS IN DRESDEN REPORTED.
More Than a Hundred Persons Said
to Have Been Killed.

LONDON, August 30.-The Hague cor
respondent of the Central News has a
report that IS civilians. 20 soldiers and
4 policemen were killed in riots in Dres-
den last week. The disorders are said
tion against the imposition Of an In
creased sentence on DR.. Karl Liebknecht
for appealing from the findings Of a mill
tary court.
The crowds were dispelled by troops
after 200 persons had been arrested.
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Legislation by Congress
Expected to Prevent
or Postpone Big Strike

Legislation by Congress which will
prevent a strike of the railroad en-
pioyes Monday, or a postponement of
the strike set for Monday-these were
the alternatives predicted by demo-
cratic leaders of the Senate today.
Senator Newlands of Nevada, chair
man of the committee on interstate
commerce. which will draft the legis-
.ation designed to prevent the pending
strike or strikes of railroad employees
m the future. said, following meet
ing OF his committee:
Il regard Congress as patriotic
l,oGy which will act before Monday, If
necessary. TO prevent civil war"
There is no doubt. however, that many
og the senators would prefer to see the
strite postponed. if only for the purpose
of giving them more time to frame legis-
iaticn which they regard as of the ut
most importance
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Crowds Are Disappointed.

Half an hour before the President
arrived the galleries were crowded and
the corridors below filled with disap-
pointed men and women who could not
obtain tickets.
Throughout the Capitol there was
an atmosphere of suppressed excite
ment. In the Senate only a handful of
members debated the revenue bill until
time for going to the House chamber.
while the majority of them were in the
cloakrooms discussing the railroad
crisis and the task thrust upon Con-
gress, or engaged in attempts to get
tickets for beseecling friends.
The House had been in recess. but
members gathered in groups on the
floor talking over the unusual devel-
opment that in all probability would
hold Congress in session indefinitely.
All agreed that the occasion, a joint
session of Congress to hear a plea
from the nations head on an impend-
ing industrial war. was unprecedented
in the nations history.
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Possibly Thirty BIueiackets
Lost Their Lives When
Cruiser Was Cast Ashore.
NEARLY ALL THOSE INJURED
" SCALDED BY LIVE STEAM
Liberty Party Of Twenty Returning
to Ship Drowned-Eeut. C. A.
Jones Burned.

: Incomplete advices to the Navy
Department early today indicated
that between twenty and thirty
American bluejackets lost their
lives yesterday when the armored
cruiser Memphis was driven
ashore in sudden tropic storm
at Santo Domingo City. The full
report from Rear Admiral Pond
on casualties is expected hourly.
Known Dead and Injured.
Messages forwarded last night showed
the following dead and injured:
Dead:
George ". Rud. North Minneapolis.
Very seriously injured:
Alphonsus J. Anderson. Philadelphia
Arthur H. Porter. Cleveland.
Jennings P. Blackwell. Parksvflle. s
Elphard J. Quinn. Brooklyn.
|. Seriously injured:
Martin J. McVeigh. Philadelphia
Walter L. PIanck. Trenton. N. ].
Timothy j. Leary, Fall River. Mass.
Harris A. Bryan. New Britain, Conn
James n. Keegan. Brooklyn.
Admiral Pond reported that siXty-Seven
others were slightly injured. and that
several men were drowned
Hospital Ship Radioed.
The Navy Department was calling the
hospital ship Solace by radio today to
send her to the scene Of the disaster She
is somewhere in the vicinity Of Santo Do
mingo. The transport Dixie. en- route
from Vera Cruz to Key West with Luis
Cabrera, head Of the Mexican commits
sion, on board. also will be intercepted
at sea to take aboard the survivors Of
the Memphis and bring them home
In his first message last night Admiral
Pond said the ship would be a total loss.
The admiral himself went ashore two
hours before the storm came UP. His
reports lay stress upon the fact that the
sea was unusually smooth at that time.
He stated also that twenty men of
a liberty party were overtaken by the
storm as they returned to the ship and
drowned.
Injuries From Live Steam.
Admiral Ponds second message shows
that the Memphis had got up steam
and probably would have escaped to
sea had not the main steam pipe burst
Nearly all the injured whose names are
reported were scalded by live steam.
Muster roll left on board in SAFE"
the second message says. only In
complete muster has. therefore. been
made. Will have exact muster made
early In morning and report missing.
mo casualties among officers. Capt.
Beach last to leave ship"
Gunboat Castine Escapes.
The gunboat Castfne narrowly es-
capped the same fate as the Memphis
She was dragged toward shore by the
storm, but finally got up sufficient
steam to make her way to sea with
steering gear disabled and every life
boat smashed. Admiral Pond reported
the Castine safe and under control
The Navy Department does not re-
gard the loss of the Memphis as seri-
Gus from a military standpoint The
ship was of an obsolete type. aban-
doned years ago by all navies- as too
slow to flee and too weak to fight If
they came into contact with the modern
type which superseded them.
The navy has been finding such use as
It could for ships of that class. The
Memphis probably would have been
converted into an aeroplane ship in
time.
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NO WAY TO HALT STRIKE
EXCEPT BY SETTLEMENT
Brotherhood Heads Represent Them
selves as Powerless to Recall
Definite Order.

Brotherhood heads insisted. after
conference with Secretary Wilson to-
day, that they had not been requested
by President Wilson or any other ad-
ministration official to postpone the
nationwide railroad strike set for
Monday, and that nothing except a sat
isfactory settlement of their demands
could prevent a walkout at that time.
Brotherhood officials. after securing
copies of the proposed bills affecting
the railroad situation. went into con-
ference at the Department of Labor
with Secretary Wilson. 1t was sup
proposed legislation as it affected them
and discuss 1t with the Secretary Of
Labor.
No Way to Stop Strike.
mo power on earth except salts
factory settlement now can prevent a
strike" said w. G. Lee, president of
the trainmen.
I'VE four heads certainly could not
If we wanted to. Nor could we post
pone it il we received messages re-
auesting such action from every one
of the committee of $40 who were
here last week.
President Wilson has not asked us
to postpone the strike. He UNDER
stands. as we made it clear to him
on Monday night, that we now are
powerless to act unless a satisfactory
settlement is made"
A. B. Garretson, head Of the conduc-
tors. and spokesman for the employees,
made similar statement.
Talk With dompers.
Besides comforting with Secretary
Wilson today the brotherhood heads
talked with several members Of Con-
gress at the Capitol. The brotherhood
officials expected to confer today with
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation of Labor. 1t was
said that Mr.. Gompers had made no at
tempt to induce the brotherhoods to
postpone the strike. and it was not
thought that he would.
Opinion among brotherhood officials
as to whether enactment into law of
the Presidents program before Monday
would prevent a strike still Is divided.
This point was discussed at length with
congressman, and they also were not
of one opinion.
The brotherhood leaders. who ex-
pressed confidence last night that
enactment OF the program into law
would not prevent the strike, appeared
today to be less confident.
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Government by UnreguIated
Force or by Law Is Issue,
Says Southern Railway Head

Fairfax Harrison. president of the
Southern railway. with headquarters
here. today made public a statement
in which he said that in his opinion
"the time has come to test again
whether the American people are to be
governed by unregulated force or by
law" and that he counts ION the sup
port of all sound and conservative
opinion in the south to counsel
patience and endurance of temporary
inconvenience while the test is being
made"
God knows I am for peace" Mr..
Harrison declares in his statement
which is as follows:
81 gave my individual adherence to the
unanimous determination of the railway
presidents recently in conference in Wash
ington only after taking the advice Of
many representative men In various walks
of life in all parts of the south and with
all other manifestations Of public opinion
OF the south constantly in view. l in
clude in this my knowledge that the en-
ployes of Southern Railway Company who
are involved, and who still have my re-
spect and whose welfare is Of the utmost
personal concern to me, have not had rea-
son to be and in fact have not been dis
contented as class. l did not take ac-
ton hastily or with prejudice, but after
my own best and most deliberate judg-
ment and. with full consciousness of my
responsibility.
Not for Peace at Price Set.
The easiest course would have been
to have accepted the proposals made to
the railways, to have waived the prin-
ciple of arbitration and to have i'm
posed heavy, new and. in my opinion,
unnecessary burden on southern COM
merce, with the inevitable consequence
of postponement of the full develop
ment of the railways for the largest
service of the whole people of the south.
There are some who believe that i'm
mediate and temporary peace at such a
price is desirable. l am not one of
them-though God knows l am for
peace-and have no illusions as to what
industrial war means when threatened
on the scale of the present crisis.
In my judgment the time has come
to test again whether the American
people are to be governed by unregu-
lated force or by law. / risk my own
reputation on that issue, and 1 count
on the support of all sound and con-
sentative opinion in the south to coun-
sci patience and endurance of tempo
rary Inconvenience while the test is
being made. The decision must lie with
deliberate and advised public opinion
crystallizej in law. Whatever it may
be when SO declared will, of course,
abide by it,
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Congressman Are United
in Desire to Prevent
Strike of Railway Men

Leaders of both houses in Congress,
plans for Adjournment this week. have
sent out calls for absentees, SO that
Quorums may always be on hand. De-
spite the fact that some senators are
optimistic about early adjourn
ment. others expressed the view that
"a new session of Congress is about to
begin"
The first measure on the subject was
introduced yesterday by Representa-
tive Buchanan of Illinois, one of the
labor group in the House. 1t was re-
ferred to the interstate commerce
committee
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Forbidden in Constitution.

A revolving steel barrel tests the
relative durability of different paving
bricks.
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distinguished Gathering
Listens to the President
Make Address to Congress,

When President Wilson delivered the
railroad strike problem into the hands
of Congress yesterday. with recon-
mendations for legislation based on his
two weeks Of personal mediation, 1t
was a truly representative gathering
of American citizenship that he adj
dressed.
1t was composed in the foreground
Of those whose political future will
isfactorily to their own constituents
they assume the burden of decision
regarding the Industrial welfare thus
thrust upon them.
There were present many of the high
est officials of the government, the
holding power of attorney for the two
as many of the citizens who are 1.-The
innocent third parties in the present
conflict as could obtain admission.
Listening to his words in the private
gallery of Speaker Clark were the CEN
trail figures of the impending strike
Speaker Clark has an allotment of ten
seats on such occasions. He turned
brotherhood and an equal number to
the railway executives. Among the
latter were President Hill of the Great
Northern and Hale Holden of the Bur-
lington. who has been the spokesman
of the railway executives in all the
conferences with the President
The Senate had marched over to the
House chamber and the joint session
was seated and ready for the Presi-
dent at 2:30 o'clock.
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other Naval Disasters.

Several other vessels of the navy
have been wrecked. Tho worst naval
disaster occurred March 16. 1899. when
the Nipsic. vandalia and Trenton were
lost in the famous hurricane in the har-
Dor Of Apia, Samoa Four officers and
forty-seven men were lost on this occa-
sion. among them being Capt c. n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
Hearings Will Be Held.

At = meeting of the Senate interstate
I, commerce committee today it was deter
-n.ned 10 hold hearings on the proposed
legislation tomorrow. Three hours will
he given 20 the railroad executives. three
hours 20 the brotherhoods and three
I6uTs 20 the shippers. who are vitality
Interested in the outcome of the whole
natter. Notification to this effect was
sent out hurriedly to all parties who
might desire to be heard. Senator Cum
minis of Iowa was among those members
of the committee who insisted that the
hearings be had. Senators claimed that
they must have the facts in the case be-
fore them before framing legislation to
submit to the Senate. The statement of
the President to Congress yesterday,
they maintained. did not give them the
required information
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
Newlands Statement.

The following statement was issued
by Senator Newlands after the commit
tee meeting:
The Senate committee on interstate
commerce held meeting this morning,
and will be in further session during
the day. A motion was adopted that a
hearing of the railway brotherhoods,
the railway managers and the shippers
and others interested should be held at
8 o'clock next Thursday morning, Au-
gust 81. at the rooms of the Senate COM
mitteeS on interstate commerce. in the
Senate office building. A period of three
hours time was assigned to each of the
three groups interested. namely, the
brotherhoods, the railway managers
and the shipping and other public in
ferests"
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Memphis, Formerly Armored
Cruiser Tennessee, Victim of
Fatal Boiler Explosion in 1903

The United States cruiser Memphis
formerly was the armored cruiser Ten
nessee. Her name was changed May
rs. last. Recently she has been doing
duty in Santo Domingo waters in con-
nection with the revolution.
The Memphis is Of 14.500 tons and
has a horsepower Of $4,000. Her COM
plement is $50 men. She is the flag
ship of the cruiser force Of the United
States Atlantic feet.
The Memphis was launched in 1904
at the Cramp Ship Building Company
plant in Philadelphia. She had a speed
of over twenty-five knots an hour. She
six Inch, twentyfour three-inch and
four six-pounder guns and carried four
torpedo tubes. She was 502 feet long
on the water line. seventy-five feet
beam and had a maximum draft Of
twenty-six and one-half feet
In 1908 the cruiser. then the Ten
nessee. had boiler explosion on
board of Port Hueneme. Cal, in which
seven men were killed. At tho out
break of the present European war
as q relief ship for Americans stranded
as a result Of the war. She carried
$5.S67,000 to Europe for this purpose
and later acted as ferry for Ameri-
cans between Havre, France. and Eng
lish ports, bringing thousands of them
from the war zone.
Ferried in Mediterranean,
Later the cruiser sailed for the Medi-
terranean, where she also was used for
relief work, again acting as a ferry
for Syrians and Armenians from Turk
ish ports in Asia to Egypt. While en-
gagged in this work at Smyrna the forts
of that city fired on a launch from the
cruiser, which was the cause of con-
siderable diplomatic correspondence be-
tween the United States and Turkey.
The launch was fired on while 1t was
from Vourlah to Smyrna
with Capt. B. c. Deckar, the commander
of the cruiser, who intended to make
official calls. The Turkish commander
Of the Smyrna port placed the respon-
sibility for the firing upon the launch
to the Indifference Of the helmsman of
of the presence of mines in
Smyrna harbor. The commander at
Smyrna expressed regret at the neces-
sity of firing upon the launch, and the
Incident was closed. During her stay
In the Mediterranean the cruiser car
ried many thousands of refugees to 4
Egypt.
other Naval Disasters.
Several other vessels of the navy
have been wrecked. The worst naval |
occurred March 16. 1899, when |
the Nipsic. vandalia and Trenton were |
lost in the famous hurricane in the har-
. u
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Conference at Capitol.

President Wilson had conference
in Speaker Clark's room at the Capt.
toll last night. Besides the President
and the Speaker, the conferees includ
ed Republican Leader Mann. Demo-
cratic Leader kitchin, Representative
Sterling of Illinois. the ranking re-
publican Of the House interstate com
merce committee. and Representative
Adamson, the chairman.
Although nothing was agreed upon
~ the conference of House leaders.
democrats and republicans alike gave
the President their assurances that
they would do all in their power TO
prevent the strike.
First. prevent the strike, IL possible -
was the general conclusion. As to the
Legislative means proposed to avert
the strike and to prevent the recur-
renee OF such national emergency
as the one confronting the country there
was divergence of opinion.
ne meeting in Speaker CIark's
private ONCE continued for nearly
two hours