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VOLUME XVIII.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
7.000 MURE MEN IN
DASH mjiw
Teutonic Resistance in Galicia
Stiffens, but Brussiloff An
nounces Capture of 46 Can
non and 7,000 Men
•By A»»e<i*t«d Pre»J.'
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.—After scor
ing important gains along a front of
nearly three miles in the Somme region,
both north and south of the river, the
French are busily consolidating the
newly won ground, making preparations
for the expected German Counter stroke.
No such attack developed last night,
tut the Paris bulletin today reports in
tense artillery activity north of Maure
?as. where the French yesterday, with
the British, effected their most telling
advance. capturing more than three
quarters of a mile of trenches.
The new allied advance north of the
Somme weakens the hold of the Ger
mans in Guillemont and Maurepas, which
latter place the French already partly
hold. The objective of the operation is
the important railway center of Peronne,
nearly opposite which, south of the river
the French yesterday also scored a gain
in the region of BwJloy-en-Santerre.
Today's official statement from Lon
don reports the pushing forward of the
British line west and southwest of
Guillemont.
Further indications of the stiffening
of the Teutonic resistance to the Rus
sian advance in Galicia is contained in
today's statement from Petrograd, which
announces renewed counter attacks by
the Austro-German forces. The cap
ture of 7.000 additional prisoners and
forty-six guns by General Brussiloff’s
armies is announced.
Indications of important activity in
the Balkans are increasing.
A Bulgarian official statement today
reports two attacks by entente forces
in the region of Lake Doiran, but de
clare each was' repulsed.
French and British Both
Advance Along the Somme
By Amoeiated Presc.)
LONDON, Aug. 17.—The British have
made another advance the Somme
front. Official announcement was made
today that the line had been pushed
forward west and southwest of Guille
mont.
The communication follows:
“As a result ol lighting undertaken
yesterday evening in conjunction with
a French advance on Maurepas. we
have pushed forward our line both
west and southwest of Guillemont. West
of High wood we captured some 300
yards of a hostile trench about 300
yards ,in advance of our previous line,
laist of Mouquet farm our machine gun
tire njpped it, the bud a German at
tack.
•West of Vimy we exploded a mine
:*nd occupied the crater with only slight
opposition. Both we and the enemy blew
up small mines south.of Loos, causing
us neither casualties nor damage.**
The French and British, striking wita
terrific force in three directions on trie
on the semme front, have stormed near
ly three miles of German trencnes, driv
ing forward at points to a depth of 300
o 500 yards.
The most important gains were madt,
by the British and French troops strik
ing north from the point where the al
lied lines meet. Maurepas and Clery,
two of the most important points held
by the Germans in this sector, have been
tanked on both sides, according to the
official statement issued by Paris. The
road has also been reached between
Maurepas and (Swillemont, the latter
town being the immediate objective of
the British. This’advance, if maintain
ed. brings the allies directly in front of
the large railroad town of Comblee.
South of the Somme the French storm
ed German trenches over a length of
rbout three-quarters of a mile, driving
forward in a southerly direction from
Belloy-en-Santerre. Paris i eports that
a considerable number of prisoners were
taken in these operations.
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NAME ;I
P. O :
; R. F. D STATE I|
IS FINAL ACT HOUSE
SUSTAINS GOVERNOR IN
' VETOING PRIMARY BILL
l Veto Comes to Legislature
Five Minutes Before Ad-
• journing Time and Clock Is
Moved Back for Vote
The last act of the house of repre-
• sentatives before adjourning sine die
at 7:20 o'clock Wednesday evening was
to sustain Governor Harris* veto of
‘ the Neill primary bill.
> This bill, which attempted radical and
• far-reaching regulation of party pri
maries in Georgia, was introduced in
• the house by Representative Neill, of
Muscogee county, and passed by the
house several weeks ago. The senate
amended tlie bill in numerous important
particulars. When the bill came back
to the house for action on the senate
amendments, the house took a change
of heart and disagreed to the amend
ments with the idea of defeating the
bill. But the senate sprung a surprise
on the house by receding from the
1 amendments Wednesday afternoon. This
had the effect of passing the biil in
’ the form that it passed the house.
Immediately the bill was transmitted
to Governor Harris for his approval or
disapproval. The governor could .iave
waited five days to act on the bill, as
the law allows him this length of
time, but in fairness to the friends of
the bill the governor vetoed it at once
. and dispatched his veto message to the
house and senate in order that the
friends of the bill could attempt to over
ride his veto if they saw fit.
Meanwhile the house and senate had
passed a joint resolution agreeing to
• adjourn sine die at 7 o’clock, which’
made it necessary for the governor to
1 act speedily.
MOTION TO OVERMDE.
His message reached the house and
senate at 6:45 o'clock and was imme
diately read in both bodies. The read
ing occupied five minutes. The moment
the reading was finished in the house.
Representative Neill leaped to his feet
and moved to pass the bill, notwith
standing the governor’s veto. He de
clared he would not criticise the gov
ernor for his action, but he disclaimed
any political significance in the bill, so
far as the present governor’s race is
concerned, on the ground that he intro
duced the bill at the 1915 session, before
heUcnew there was going to be opposition
to Governor Harris. His remarks occu
pied five minutes. At 6:55 o’clock, with
only five minutes left before the hour
of adjourning sine die, the aye and nay
roll call wa scommenced on the motion
to override.
Speaker Burwell, presiding over the
house, set back his watch and ordered
the face of the clock to be covered. The
roll call consumed exactly 25 minutes.
The vote in favor of the motion of Rep
resentative Neill was 46, and the vote
against the motion was 81.
Meanwhile the senate had waited to
see the outcome of the vote in the
house. When the motion to override
failed, the senate took no action, since
it would have been useless either way
the senate might have voted.
To override a governor’s veto’ re
quires a two-thirds majority of the
whole membership of both the house
and the senate, or 126 votes in the
house and 30 votes in the .senate.
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE
The governor's message notifying the
house and senate of his veto and of
' his reasons therefor was as follows:
“To the Senate and House of Represent
atives:
“I am returning to you herewith bill
No. 20, entitled ‘an act to provide for
‘ nominations by political parties, etc.,
’ at primary elections, etc.,’ without my
signature.
“This bill seeks to lay down a dif
ferent rule for the primary in the state
than that which was fixed by the ex
ecutive committee of the party at Ma
con upon which all candidates have an
nounced for nomination. I have felt
that the bill was unjust to all the can
didates, but my objection to It goes
deeper than this. I enumerate these ob
jections. as follows:
“1. The bill applies to the primary
- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4)
RATES HEARING BEGUN
WITH PROSPECTS FOB I
LONG FIGHT IN CASE
State Railroad . Commission
Takes Up Petition of Roads
for Revision of Intrastate
Freight Tariffs
The hearing of the petition of the ,
railroads of Georgia for a general re- I
vision of Georgia intrastate freight
rates was commenced at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning before the railroad
commission.
Owing to the large number of rail- i
road men and shippers present, the i
hearing was held in the senate chamber, 1
where the daily sessions will continue.
A large number of the executive 1
heads and traffic officials of the railroads
of Georgia, with their attorneys, were
present in support of the petition, while, )
on the other hand, the Georgia Shippers’ |
association was represented by a large 1
number of its officers and members in ;
opposition to the petition.
The petition of the railroads involves |
the most radical and far-reaching ad
vances In Georgia intrastate freight
rates that any state commission was j
ever called upon to authorize. The I
shippers of the state have organized to '
resist the advances and have been hard
at work for several months. It has j
been estimated by the shippers’ associa- i
tion that if the proposed rates are i
authorized by the commission, they will
increase the transportation charges of
the state of Georgia approximately
33,000,000 per year.
TO LAST FOR MONTHS.
In all probability the hearing will
cover several months. The railroads
will first be required to justify the rates
they propose, and the shippers will then
be given time to prepare and present
their case in opposition to the advances
proosed.
The hearing began when J. M. Smith,
secretary of the Brunswick board of
trade, stated that the board of trade is
satisfied with the proposed new rates.
ORDER OF PROCEDURE.
C. Murphy Candler, chairman of the
railroad commission, stated that the or
der of procedure would be the same as '
that which obtained at past hearings,.
namely, that the railroads as the peti
ttoners. would be required to justify .
the rates they proposed and that the |
shippers would then be given the oppor- I
tunity for presenting evidence in re-1
buttal.
He asked whether the railroads had j
outlined a program showing the order
in which their subjects would be pre
sented and the probable time which
each subject would require. He said
this information was requested in or
der that shippers might know on what I
day to attend the hearing.
Merrill Callaway, of Macon, the at
torney in charge of the railroads’ con
duct of the hearing, stated that the in
formation requested would be furnished
by Friday morning if possible.
Chairman Candler announced that
daily sessions would be held from 10 (
o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in
the afternoon, and from 3 o’clock in
the afternoon to such hour as the com- (
mission saw fit to adjourn. He said no ,
sessions will be held on Saturday aft- t
ernoons.
Large amount of data.
Mr. Candler stated that the commis
sion has worked out a large amount of ,
data and analysis bearing on the pro
posed rates. J. Prince Webster, rate .
expert of the commission, read an out- '
line showing the nature and scope cf ,
thia data.
W. A. Wimbish, chief counsel for the (
shippers, asked if copies of the data and
analysis are obtainable, and when told ’<
that no copies have been made, he asked i
that the information be made a part of
the record. Mr. Candler said that this i
will be done.
Attorney Callaway then introduced W. 1
A. Winburn, president of the Central of 1
Georgia railroad, who presented to the <
commission a statament outlying the
general conditions they will show in
justifying the rates requested. ,
Attorney Wimbish asked several ques- j
tion-s of Mr. Winburn when he had con- ,
eluded. Attorney Callaway objected to (
them on the ground that Mr. Winbura i
was not on the witness stand and th’ <
objection was sustained. ;
A. C. L. PETITION.
At this point the question was asked '
whether the Atlantic Coast Line rail- 1
.road is petitioning the commission to I
be transferred to class C. Attorney
Wimbish wanted to know if this was (
true, and Attorney Callaway stated that 1
while the Atlantic Coast Line had not I
filed a separate petition specifically ’
asking to be placed in class C, it is ask- <
ing to be allowed to charge the same 1
rates that class C roads are asking to «
charge. Therefore, he said, in effect i
it is the same as if the road was ask- 1
ing to be placed in class C. i
Attorney Wimbish insisted that the 1
Atlantic Coast Line be required to file >
a separate petition. The commission- '
ers consulted and decided that this is
not necessary. i
R. A. Brand, vice president of the 1
Atlantic Coast Line, took the witness <
stand and testified to the general con- <
ditions on which the Coast Line bases i
Its petition to be allowed to charge the •
same rates which class C roads are 1
asking to be allowed to charge. <
MR. BRAND’S DATA. 1
Among the reasons cited by Mr. i
Brand in support of the claim of the 1
Atlantic Coast Line railrorfti that it 1
should be allowed to charge class C '
rates were the following: i
That 50 per cent of the territory '
served by the road is in a primitive !
state of cultivation; that the lumber I
and naval stores handled by the Atlan- ’
tic Coast Line Is slowly but surely de- 1
creasing; that the earnings of the road !
on intrastate traffic in Georgia are not '
sufficient to pay the cost of Intrastate !
operation in Georgia; that fuel charges
of the road arc higher than fuel charges 1
of class C roads; that the road has a 1
higher proportion or bridges and tres- 1
ties in Georgia than in any other state ’
it serves: that the road has a smaller '
population per square mile in Its terri- •
tory (han class C roads; that taxable 1
values are smaller in its territory than *
In class C territory; that its earnings !
per mile on intrastate traffic in Geor- ’
gla are lower than the corresponding 1
earnings of class C roads.
When Mr. Brand concluded his state- *
ment. Attorney Wimbish asked him if t
he would furnish information showing
the capitalization, earnings, dividends j
and other facts throwing light upon the .
general financial condition of the At- j
lantic Coast Line. Mr. Brand said he }
would undertake to do so. and Attorney ]
Wimblsli handed him a list of the facts (
desired. <
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1816.
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VOTERS OF HENRY COUNTY
HEAR SPEECH BY HARDMAN
Candidate, at McDonough,
Stands on, His Record in
Race for Governor
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
M’DONOUGH, Ga.. Auk. 17.—A politi
cal address was delivered here today at
11 o'clock by Dr. L. G. Hardman, can
didate for governor. He arrived in
the city at 9 o’clock and before speak
ing visited practically every store, shop
and business enterprise for the purpose
of shaking the hands of voters of Henry
county.
Judge E. J. Reagan introduced the
speaker, paying him a lofty tribute.
Dr. Hardman opened his address with
c. discussion pertaining to the serious
ness and responsibility of the ballot,
declaring that the people of Georgia
were responsible for the kind of gov
ernment they live under from time to
.time, emphasizing the point that in
electing a man governor they should
not think of honoring him, but of ob
taining service for themselves. No
man, he said, should ask for the office
Just for the honor which goes with it,
but in going before the people asking
their suffrage for this high office a can
didate should think of the people and
their interests.
"It is no little responsibility to be
governor of thi great state of Georgia,”
he said, “a responsibility fraught with
opportunities to serve the state patriJti
cally and efficiently or to use the posi
tion of trust to further evil designs
calculated to work untold injury to the
masses of people.’’
He said there were tests that should
be applied to the various candidates in
■making a choice as to whom they would
give their support and influence.
"Character, capacity, ability to serve
and willingness to serve the state fair
ly and honestly, record for public serv
ice and the platform of principles on
which a man stands in seeking the gov
ernorship—these are some of the things
that should engage the serious thought
ano attention oi voters,” he said. "A
man who does not cast a ballot based on
the highest principles of maintaining
a free, fair and just government is no
patriot,” he declared, “and too many
men of this type constitute a dangerous
element in a state.”
As to his candidacy Dr. Hardman
said: "I am willing for the people of
Georgia, in the pending gubernatorial
campaign, to make a complete investiga
tion of the private life and achieve
ments and the public record of each of
the candidates. After full investigation,
based on intelligent thought and the
desire to ascertain the whole truth in
regard to the respective candidates, 1
am willing to accept the consequences.
It is your duty—the people’s duty—to
make such an investigation. Heads of
corporations, presidents of banks and in
surance companies, managers of large
enterprises and men who hold the po
sitions of trust in the business world
are stlected over other men because
they are able, capable and capacitated
to render the most efficient service. Why
should our public servants not be se
lected for the very same good rea
sons?”
At this juncture a review of his legis
lative record was presented to show
what his line of thought was when a
member of the general assembly. The
measures which he introduced and saw
enacted into law were emphasized.
Among these, he stated, were the bills
providing for civil government and agri
culture to. be taught in the common
schools: the bills providing for the free
treatment of hydrophobia and diphthe
ria; the registered nurses’ bill, and the
prohibition bill of 1907, which he intro
duced in the senate. In respect to his
agricultural bill, Dr. Hardman stated
that prior to the time it was introduced
and passed Georgia had neglected the
farmer, but since then there has been
an awakening in the farming Industry
in Georgia, an 1 that the tiller of the
soil and his son are enjoying a happier
life, amid better surroundings.- In this
connection lie discussed the state s agri- i
cultural possibilities.
DORSEY RAPPED
BY POTTLE FOR
DODGING DEBATE
Candidate for Governor, in
Speech at Bainbridge, Asks
-Why -‘’Mighty Debator"
Fails to Meet Him
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
BAINBRIDGE, Ga , Aug. 17.—Seldom
in years has such a large crowd of Bain
bridge and Decatur county <;itizens turn
ed out to hear a political speech as
that which thronged the park square
here Tuesday night to hear the adress by
Joe Pottle, candidate for governor. The
crowd was estimated at about 2.000 per
sons and although Mr. Pottle spoke for
an hour and a half he held the interest
and attention of all to the end of his
speech. That the large majority of his
hearers were with him was evidenced
by the frequent and liberal applause.
Mr. Pottle spoke four times in this
county yesterday at Attapalgus, Climax,
Donaldsonville, and this city. In ad
dition he visited Brinson and Iron City.
It is generally conceded here that this
county will go for Mr. Pottle and his
friends claim practically all the coun
ties in southwest Georgia. Organized
labor men here, as it is reported are
doing elsewhere in the state, are sup
porting Mr. Pottle. At the conclusion of
his speech last night officials of the
labor unions informed Mr. Pottle he
would get the vote of practically every
union man In this city.
An interesting incident bearing on
Hugh Dorsey’s persistent refusal to
meet Mr. Pottle in joint debate de
c eloped here yesterday. The chairman
of the Decatur county Democratic execu
tive committee extended an invitation
to Mr. Dorsey to meet Mr. Pottle and
debate the issues of the campaign with
him at the four places scheduled for
speeches.
DORSEY CIRCULAR READ.
Mr. Dorsey failed to put in an ap
pearance but during the day yesterday
some of his friends distributed a cir
cular reading as follows:
“Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey will not speak
in Bainbridge or anywhere in Decatur
county Tuesday, August 15 nor during
that week. Should Mr. Dorsey be able
to come later, the fact will be well ad
vertised so that all the people may
hear him.”
In the course of his speech here Mr.
Pottle holding in his hand one of these
circulars said:
“I hold in my hand a circular which I
understand has been distributed all over
the county advising the people that Mr.
Dorsey would not be present on this oc
casion. Judging by the experience I
have had with Mr. Dorsey heretofore I
am quite sure his friends incurred an
entirely unnecessary expense for I am
satisfied that nobody expected him to
be here. It is not my fault that he is
not here. I do not know where he is
tonight, but the latest information I
have had as to his whereabouts was
that he is somewhere in North Georgia
near the South Carolina line and that
he is not headed in this direction.
“Mr. Dorsey’s friends have heralded
him all over the state as being a
mighty and invincible orator, debater
and statesman. Why then does he net
meet me face to face with the people
and make answer to uie specific charges ,
which have been brought against him '
and which I Insist unfit him to be gov ;
ernor of this great state.”
DORSEY KEEPS SILENT.
Mr. Pottle's friends in this section are
attaching much significance to the fact
as reported in the press that a few
days ago one of Mr. Dorsey’s friends, ;
H. B. Strange, of Statesboro, made a
speech at Springfield in Mr. Dorsey’s .
behalf and at the same time from the ;
same platform and to the same audience
a Mr. Clark, of Savannah, made a speech
attacking the Democratic party and
President Wilson and advising his hear
«rs to support the Republican nominee |
for president. Mr. Pottle’s friends are |
asking the question why it is that Mr. |
Pottle, having in practically all his |
speeches paid high prlbutc to the great i
leader of the Democratic party Wood
row Wilson.
Mr. Dorsey has not as lar as is known
at any time or place in this camaign
MASKED MEN FOILED IN
EFFORT TO WRECK PLANT
Tampa Power House Saved by
One Employe Against
18 Marauders
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 17.—Eighteen
masked men made an unsuccessful at
tempt to destroy the power plant of
the Tampa Electric company on the
Hillsboro river, six miles north of here,
at 3 o’clock this morning, according to
information received by the police de
partment.
The men held up Watchman D. E. Fol
som and four other employes at the
point of guns and after tying th<n hand
and foot, set fire to the plant. One ot
the employes succeeded in releasing
himself and escaped. When the mask
ed party left the building he returned
and put out the blaze. He had just re
leased his fellow workers when the
masked men returned and threatened to
shoot him. He got away, rea- had a tele
phone and called the authorities.
Telephone wires to both the plant
and nearby houses were cut, and it was
impossible to reach the city before 4
a. m.
Deputy Sheriff Woodward and a corps
of deputies from the sheriff’s office left
for the plant as soon as the first call
was received in automobiles, but are
said to have found no trace of the men
whose identity is unknown.
According to the sheriff’s office, the
plant was not damaged materially.
None of the company officials would
make a statement this morning, but po
lice officials believe the attempted de
struction of the plant was due to high
waters back of the dam inundating farm
lands.
The company’s dam has twice been
destroyed for this reason, it is sail}, the
last time in 1899, since when it has been
closely guarded. Farmers at one time
took“the matter of damage to their lands
into court* but got such small verdicts,
it is said, they threatened to take the
law into their own hands,
J. C. Woodsome. general manager of
the Tampa Electric company, does not
believe the attack came from men who
wished to destroy the dam because of
high water, and is at a loss to account
for it. He points out that no attempt
was made on the dam, though they had
full sway for more than an hour. The
men saturated a bale of hay with gaso
line, placed it near the power house,
and set fire to it. It was wired tight
and did not burn readily, merely smoul
dering.
Woodsome says the company owns
nearly all the land that might be sub
ject to inundation from the dam and
has expressed a willingness to buy the
rest. He claims there had been no high
water.
Roscoe Luke in Race
For One of the Places
On Court of Appeals
THOMASVILLE. Ga.. Aug. if.
Friends here of Hon. Roscoe Luke an
nounce his candidacy for one of the
three new appellate judgeships created
by a recent legislative act.
Mr. Luke is widely known throughout
the state and bis announcement for the
bench will be received with a great deal
of interest by members of the Georgia
bench and bar. He has an excellent
reputation as a lawyer. He was for
merly solicitor at Thomasville and was
prominently mentioned for a federal
district attorneyship recently. Mr. Luke
was associated in his profession with
the Gate Congressman Rodenberry.
said one word in behalf of the Demo
cratic administration or the Democratic
party, the great party whose nomina
tion for governor he is now seeking.
Another question Mr. Pottle’s friends
are asking is whether Mr. Dorsey's sil
ence is due to the fact that certain of
his most influential supporters are open
ly fighting President Wiison and the
Democratic party.
NUMBER 91.
WILSON m CONFER
WITH THE MEN WHO
i CONTROL BiILBDIDS
If Railway Presidents Have
Not the Authority to Speak
Absolutely for Roads Wilson
Wants Men WhQ Have
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—President
W ilson today invited the presidents of
the principal railroads of the country
Itc come to Washington immediately to
confet with him on the threatened rail
read strike. Pending their arrival he
: does not plan to see the committee of
• managers here with whom he has been
meeting.
In case President Wilson finds that
any of the railroad presidents cannot
speak absolutely for their roaus. he may
. invite to the V\ nite House the iinaacieta
who control them. Officials said today
(that the president wants to deal with tha
j "ultimate authority” on both sides, '.«i
order that negotiations may be conduct
ed here.
CALL TO RAILROAD HEADS. ,
The president sent the following tele
j to the leading railroad presidents:
Discussion oi the matters in
volved in the threatened rai.road
strike has reached a point which
makes it highly desirable that I
should personally confer with you
at tile earliest possible moment and
with the presidents of any other
railways affected who may be im- .
mediately accessible. Hope you can -
make it convenient to come to Wash
ington at once.
The presidents’ action in asking for
conferences with the railroad presi
. dents themselves is interpreted as mean
ing that the managers’ committee had
refused finally to concede the eight-hour
day as the president’s plan proposed, and
the question now is to be taken up with
the heads of the railroads themselves.
The situation as it stood today was
this:
The railroads flatly refuse to con
cede the eight-hour day, but arc
willing to arbitrate that question
and all others before any tribunal
the president or the men may de
cide upon.
The men are willing to arbitrate •
some question under certain condi
tions and are unwilling to arbitrate
thers.
MEETING OF EMPLOYES.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the presi
dent presented his plan to the full
| committee of 640 employes, in the hope
of getting them to approve it. The re
sult will be presented to the railroad
presidents later. X
Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern, .
p.nd George W. Stevens, of the Clieea
peake & Ohio, and W. J. Harahan, es
the Seaboard Air Line, were among the
railroad presidents invited.
The other presidents invited were
Daniel Willard, Baltimore and Qhio;
Samuel Rea, Pennsylvania; Samuel M.
Felton, Chicago and Great Western;
William Sproule, Southern Pacific; E. E.
Calvin, Union Pacific; L. F. Loree, Del
aware and Hudson; Howard Elliott, New
Haven: B. F. Bush, Missouri Pacific; A.
H. Smith, New York Central; F. D. Un
derwood, Erie, and William H. Trues
dale, Lackawanna. \
Among the managers, it was pointed
out, that the presidents have been con
stantly advised of the negotiations with
President Wilson and tHe feel-
ing prevailed that the attitude \
of the railroad heads was now
the same as the managers’ commit
tee although no one could forecast what
effect a personal conference with the
president would have. The railroad
presidents are expected to make a stronja
plea for preservation of the principle or
arbitration and will express their fear
that if the present difficulty cannot be
settled without it, there is little hope of
its being successful in the future.
SECRET CONFERENCE.
In preparation for the conference be
tween President Wilson and .the 640 em
ployes, chairs were placed today In the
east room of the White House, the scene
of many notable social events.
The president during the morning pre
pared a statement to the employes’ com
mittee.
Another indication of the delicacy of
the situation was seen in the decision
at the White House not to make public
the president's remarks to the men, at
this time at least. It was first intended
to publish the president’s statement and
then his statement to the managers, thus
laying the case before the high court
of public opinion.
It was believed that while there was
hope of moving the committee of man
agers by appeals to the presidents «>r
the financiers, the negotiations would be
kept confidential.
After a secret meeting of a little
more than an hour, 'the 640 men march
ed in a body to the White House. The
day was hot, and the men, many of
them stripping off their coats, took the
shady side of Pennsylvania avenue-
They planned to meet again soon after
seeing the president.
Siamese Prince Taken
For Jap and Roughly
Handled at Honolulu
(By Associated Pr.*ss.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.—Prince
Mahidol Songkla, brother of the kirr
cf Siam, who is here today from the
far east, was mistaken for a Japanese
at Honolulu and roughly handled, be
said, by a United States customs oli".-
cer. Minister Karavongse, of Siam, who
came here from Washington to meet
the prince, declared he would take the
matter up through the state department.
“But don’t be disturbed.” the prince
said when the minister expressed his
indignation. “We will not declare war
ever this. It was a mistake and I hope
my assailant will not lose his position.
I was rescued by my fellow passen
gers.”
The princ# said that he went ashore
at Honolulu from the Tenyo irtaru and
was stopped by a customs inspectcr.
who said that Japanese were not al
lowed ashore until their papers had
been examined.
“He refused to listen to my explana
tion of who I was. turned a deaf ear
to my declaration that I had papers to
establish my identity and suddenly at
tacked me with his fists, of which he
made good use. I was wedged in be
tween two women and could not defend
myself for fear of hurting them. ’