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ctni-W ccldj] Sowmsil VOLUME XVIII. LEGISLA TION PLANNED TO A VOID STRIKE RUMANIA DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA=HUNGAR¥ WILSON PREPARED TO GO TO CONGRESS I IS A UST RESORT President Discusses With Par ty Leaders Plan for Break ing Deadlock Between Rail roads and Employes • ———— (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—President Wilson s plan for breaking the deadlock "between the railroads and their em ployes. as discussed in conferences to day. was as follows: An eight-hour law for railroads to be come effective at a date far enough in the future to give the railroads oppor tunity to prepare for it. A law patterned after the Canadian act which creates a commission of in vestigation and prevents lockouts or strikes while an industrial dispute is being Investigated. This plan was discussed by the presi dent with his party leaders in congress as the basis for the next step after, the I railroad managers have formally an nounced their refusal to accept the plan of settlement the president previously proposed. They were expected to do this at 2:80 o’clock this afternoon at a White House conference. Meanwhile, congress leaders gave up hope of adjournment this week and pre pared to stay here as long as necessary, to provide legislation to meet the strike situation. Senator Newlands and Commissioner Chambers, of the federal mediation board, conferred today with Acting At-1 torney General Todd about the legisla tive porgram. but all denied that legal measures for preventing a strike had been discussed. _ WILSON STILL HOPEFUL. . While the president has not finally given up hope of bringing about an agreement through direct negotiations, he is continuing preparations for going before congress with his plan for legis lation- . The president, it was said today, ha? repeatedly shown willingness to consent to any plan which would Include the principle of the elght-nour day and has stood ready to submit to the railroad employes any plan suggested by the ex ecutives which had a possibility of ac ■.ptann* Up to the present the rail road executives have based their ob jections to the president’s plan on the ground that the entire controversy -hould be submitted to arbitration. It was understood today that propo sals of various forms have been pre sented to the railway executives through the White House but that they have all been met with the statement that the railroads stood for arbitrating the whole controversy. If all the engotlations fail, and the president goes before congress prob ably tomorrow or Wednesday, it is said he will reveal the details of all the nego tiations and his plan for legislation. The four brotherhood heads, -while they waited today for the next move by the executives, sent President Wilson a letter explaining that the 640 repre sentatives had gone home and left twen ty-four men in charge with authority to At 4 o’clock this afternoon, after his conference with the railway executives. President Wilson plans to go to the capi tol again to confer with the Democt atic teering committee of senators to dis cuss the proposed-legislation. POSSIBLE LEGISLATION. Some Progressive Republican senators believe that in the event of a strike the president would ask congress to direct federal receiverships to operate the rail roads. Probability of legislation for gov- j ernment ownership was too remote to be i considered in this crisis, they declared. | Cbmpulsory arbitration they think might be provided, but never would be | enforced. House leaders have no program. Chair- 1 man Adamson, of the commerce com mittee, said nothing was determined ; upon. Republican Leader Mann, who . proposed last winter that congress au- . •horize an investigation of railroad wages, is watching the situation closely. | The four brotherhood heads issued a statement replying to President Rea, of| the Pennsylvania, who last night made an announcement that rather than give up arbitration the roads preferred to face a strike. The statement charged the Pennsylvania with inconsistency in that two years ago it fought the efforts of its shopmen to organize and arbi trate. It also declared that as the controlling interest in five smaller roads it has re fused* them representation on the man agers* conference committee and that if arbitration were agreed upon it would not apply to their roads. POSITION OF TRAINMEN. W. G. Lee. head of the trainmen, today issued a statement declaring that the brotherhoods had no intention of arbi trating the eight-hour work day. “It seems evident.” the statemgpt said, “from press reports this morning that the railway companies represented here are determined to force a strike rather than accept the compromise set tlement offered by President Wilson. “The organisations refuse absolutely to arbitrate the question of an eight-' hour day because we now have an eight hour day in effect on many of the south ern and southwestern roads and do not propose to arbitrate whether we shall retain something that we have had for years and that we secured peacefully. “The railways* former claim that our; request would cost Sloo.ooV.oou has been split fifty-fifty and we are reminded of the statement that ‘figures won t lie but liars will figure.' •’The railways know full well that the eight-hour day as offered by President Wilson would not cost $20,000,000 per annum if properly applied. ~We are still the guests of President Wilson and will remain here.** JOE POTTLE TAKES OP RM OF OPPONENTS Outlines His Own Platform to Overwhelming Crowd of Toombs County Voters (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LYONS, Ga. Aug. 28. —Joseph K. Pottle, candidate for governor, made today one of the most effective political speeches ever heard here when he ad dressed a crowd of Toombs county vot ers, who filled the court house to over flowing. Mr. Pottle, after outlining his own platform, took up the records of his op ponents and their platforms. The prin cipal criticism he made of Governor Harris was that the latter la too old to fill the office again, particularly at a time when, if the state's interests are to be properly safeguarded, a man will be needed in the governor’s chair who has vigor, courage and decision. Relative to Dr. Hardman’s candidacy Mr. Pottle said that gentleman is basing his campaign for governor entirely on what he calls his record in the general assembly. Dr. Hardman, continued Mr. Pottle, was seeking credit for a number of laws which were introduced by oth ers, for other laws which were passed by- the aid and co-operation of others, snd for some proposed laws which have not yet been enacted into statutes. Ho said both Governor Harris and Dr. Hard man are advocating a four-year term for governor and that he himself is opposed to a four-year term. Mr. Pottle threw a number of high explosives into the camp of Hugh M Dorsey and that they did great havoc was shown by the fact that at the conclusion of his speech a large num ber of his hearers came forward to tell him of men had changed from Dor sey supporters to Pottle supporters. Ev erywhere Mr. Pottle oges he Is Informed that the wave of hysteria created in cer tain sections for Dorsey by Tom Wat son Is rapidly subsiding; that the con servative and thinking men are against Dorsey almost to a man. and that those who were for Dorsey before they had really* given his candidacy’ much thought are now- turning from him. Here, as elsewhere in this section, the voters are fast realizing that the Dorsey boom has been punctured. And great numbers of them are according the credit for this fact to Mr. Pottle who has made and is making such an effective fight against the interests and Issues represented by Dorsey. Voters of this section are in sympathy with the great fight Mr. Pottle is making to save the Western and Atlantic (the state-owned railroad), and they admi his courage in fighting and exposing Tom Watson, who he declares is "the arch enemy of the Democratic party and one of the chief sponsors for Dor sey’s candidacy.” Mr. Pottle charged that Mr. Dorsey’s published platform on the question of executive clemency "is a sham, a pre tense. and a fraud.” He exhibited to the audience verbatim copies of a large number of letters w’ritten by Mr. Dorsey to the governor and the prison commis sion urging clemency for convicts, which letters bore Mr. Dorseys signature. Mr. Pottle said: "Mr. Dorsey, in his published plat form. declared the governor should not exercise executive clemency unless there was new evidence discovered which if known at the time of the trial would have authorized a different verdict, but that not in a single one of the letters referred to does Mr. Dorsey put his rec ommendation for clemency on the ground of new evidence. He gives all sorts of reasons for the recommenda tions in the letters, but most of them are insufficient and many of them are foolish and absurd. “Among other reasons he gave why the governor should pardon or commute THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL THE ® NEW YORK WORLD For YV’E BELIEVE this to be abso- * VV lately the best combination offer we have ever made to our Id I®? | g J| friends. These two great news- H e JL papers will cover every angle of all the great happenings of the M ■■ day. In this Presidential election year you need just such news papers as these in your home. Sign the coupon—enclose sl.lO, either A Year by ••heck, postoltice money order. stamps or cash by registered mail—and mail to Yau of>t aiVeek! The Seml-Weekly Journal. Circulation IOU get l ive ISSUCS UWCCK. Department. Atlanta, Ga. 260 ISSU6S a year! Use This Coupon---Write Plainly--~and Mail at Once The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: Enclosed find St. 10. Send The Semi-Weekly Journal > and The Thrice-a-Week New York World to the address ;! !; below for one year. NAME < ; P. O I; i; R. F. DSTATE !; Wheat Market Smashed By Action of Rumania; Price Takes Big Drop (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—Rumania's de claration of war smashed the wheat market. Opening prices today showed a fall In some cases amounting to 5 3-4 cents a bushel. September delivery, which closed Saturday at 3-4, started today at $1.46 to $1.48 1-2. Other options also broke wildly. General rushes to sell took place which were increased by the chances of a general railway strike in the United States. Before the descent of prices could be checked losses that reached to 8 l-2c a bushel were shown for the principal trading month, December, which sold as low as 145 1-2 as compared with 154 at Saturday's finish. Notwithstanding that the tremendous pressure to unload holdings carried away for awhile all other considerations the extraordinary break in values proved too tempting for buyers to resist, and the market showed the consequence in rallies of 3 to 3 1-4 from the lowest level. Bear traders generally took the view that the action of Rumania was likelv to prove a big factor in forcing a more j speedy end of hostilities or would at least tend to hurry the opening of the Dardanelles and so release huge Russian shipments of wheat. In the late dealings weakness again became acute. Prices tumbled lower than before and closed demoralized, 3 3-8 to 111-4 lower. News that actual fighting between the Rumanians and the Teutons had already begun accompanied the final down turn in prices, and made the trading at tne finish a frantic whirl of excitement. was that in one case the prisoner be longed to one of the first families in Cobb county and that he went to college with the prisoner’s first cousin. In several cases he recommended clemency solely on the ground that he himself had some slight doubt of the prisoner’s guilt, although the jury, the .sanctity of whose verdicts he now so loudly pro claims, had no doubt whatever.” Referring, to what he asserted was the illegal conduct of Mr. Dorsey in ac cepting a fee of a thousand dollars or more from the widow Nelms, Mr Pottle said: “In the letter addressed to me recent ly to which Mrs. Nelms’ nam? was sign ed, she complains that her payment of the fee to Mr. Dorsey and the giving of the mortgage to him concerns herself only. The point I am making is that Mr. Dorsey being solicitor general and I charged with the duty of prosecuting the Innesses, had no right to accept from her any compensation whatsoever, and the fact that she might have volun tarily paid the fee in no way excuses him. And I contend that a man who as solicitor general could do such an il legal thing is unfit to be governor.” Mr. Pottle exhibited a certified copy * of the mortgage, or deed, given by Mrs. • Nelms to Mr. Dorsey to secure two ! notes of SSOO each. Toombs county voters packed the court house almost to suffocation to- 1 day to hear Joe Pottle speak. It was! estimated that between 8000 and 1,0001 persons heard him, many of them stand-; ing through the hour and a half. In few of the many places he has vis-; ited in this campaign has Mr. Pottle been accorded such a whole-souled re-1 ception. His hearers were so liberal in I their applause that Mr. Pottle was forced ' to suspend several times until their en thusiasm subsided enough for him to continue. Mr. Pottle was introduced by Colonel Enoch J. Giles, a prominent lawyer of this place, who told the large audience that Mr. Pottle was eminently quali fied for the governorship. The best posted men here are confident Mr. Pot tle will carry Toombs county. This afternoon Mr. Pottle will speak at Alston in this county; Tuesday morn ing he will speak at Cordele, in Crisp county. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916. I MRS. MATTIE ADAMS AND HER YOUNGEST CHILD. Mrs. Adams has given out several conflicting statements about her rela tions with Captain E. J. Spratling, whom she shot and killed in his tent at the state mobilization camp Friday. l||F ✓ - kt x JUgFi ■ 1 &. i •• • ’ POLITICAL NEWS FROM ILL PARTS OF GEORGIA Candidates and Their Sup porters Are Keeping the Po litical Pot Boiling ELBERTON, Ga.. Aug, 28.—The congressional race for the Eighth district Is hot. Recently Thomas J. Brown, candidate opposing S. J. Tribble, present Incumbent, challenged Mr. Trlbnle to a joint debate for a discussion of their different views. In this challenge he made some caustic comments on Mr. Tribble's record. This week Mr. Tribble answered Mr. Brown’s challenge, but refused to meet him In joint discussion. Mr. Tribble says bls record is being falsified. Mr. Brown offers to pay expenses to Washington if he Is wrong , CLARKESVILLE. Ga., Aug. 28.—1 n talking! with |he members of the bar of Habersham i cnmty your correspondent finds it a unit in its endorsement of M. J. Yeomans as one of the judges of the court of appeals. It is safe to predict that he will carry Habersham county by an overwhelming majority. ELLAVILLE, Ga.. Aug. 28. - Gordan G. Sin gleton spoke here Saturday afternoon, between I 5 and o’clock, in the interest of Dr. L. G. | Hardman’s candidacy for governor. Mr. Single-; ton stressed Dr. Hardman's record in the legis lature, stating that he had introduced and had been successful in having passed a bill whereby the state furnishes free to the people of Georgia, a serum for mad dog bite, which had proved very valuable in sucli cases. Also that he had been successful in having passed other bills which had been beneficial to the classes not able to spend large sums of money to have themselves treated. Mr. Singleton stated that Dr. Hardman was the only candidate for governor who had been a great' business success, declaring that Georgia is facing a great indebtedness and therefore needs a successful business man at the head of her affairs. Mr. Singleton added that Dr. Hard man has had success as an agriculturist, mer chant. banker and legislator and therefore well fitted to stand at the head of industry in Georgia. JONESBORO. Ga., 28.—The Jonesboro bar are unanimous in their support of John H. Hutch eson, of Turner county, for one of the new places on the court of appeals, and are urging their fellow lawyers throughout Georgia to give Colonel Hutcheson their support in resolutions just passed. AMERICUS, Ga.. Aug. 28.—Congressman C. R. Srisp was this week occupied with speaking engagements in the interest of his campaign for re-election which will carry him to Crisp. Ben Hill, Turner and Clay counties. Thomas G. Hudson delivered five speeches In Deeley county Saturday, and speaks at Ogle thorpe Monday. His headquarters are ararng ing a schedule of speeches up to the day of the primary. The race is attracting attention over the en tire state, and Is becoming a leading topic of political talk in the district. AMERICUS, Ga.. Aug. 28.—M. B. Council is! unopposed as a candidate for tho state senate! from the Thirteenth district, it being Sumter’s time to furnish the senator, with Schley anJ Macon counties ns the other units. The en trance da.v expires on Aiignst 31, and it is not believed he will have opposition. Tho candi dates for representative from Sumter witli two to be elected nre Crawford Wheatley, Stephen Pace, Floyd P. Jones, H. J. Webb and John D. Williams. EATONTON, Ga., Aug. 28.—Tho many friends I of W. Frank Ilenkins, who is a candidate for one of the newly created judges of the court of appeals, will lie gratified to learn of n!" continued enthusiastic support from all over the state. Mr. Jenkins was tendered the so llcitorsiiip' of tlie Ocmulgee circuit when this l>ositioo was recently made vacant, anti declined being ambitious toward the judiciary. Among' the state-wide honors whicii have been con-1 ferrod upon Mr. Jenkins was that of delegate | at large of the last national Democratic con vention. snd he was vice chairman of the Geor-i gla delegation. He is a vice chairman of tliel state Democratic executive committee. COLI MBT’S. Ga.. Aug. 28.—Judge G. Y. Tig ner, of the city court, makes the suggestion in mi Interview today, tliat in view of the white paper famine, tho state executive committee declare nil uncontosted candidates nominated, thus loavlnc only those with opposition on rhe ticket. This will shorten the ballot, facilitntej the work of the primary and ptove a consider able saving according to the Judge. VIENNA. Ga., Aug. 28.—T G. Hudson, can didate for congress from the Third district, de livered an address at the Dooly county court house hero today at 10 o’clock. THOMASVILLE, Ga.. Aug. 28. —.Roscoe Luke is receiving numbers of assurances of support from his friends all over the state who are in terested in his race for one of the newlv created places on tlie a|>pellate bench. Th? members of the various baza Iroai all over south Georgia HOW NEW HUTES WILL HIT THE SMALL TOWNS W 1,11 They Will Pay Increaed Rates on Trade With Their Nat ural Trading Centers That practically all the small towns in Georgia will pay Increased freight rates on the bulk of their trade with their natural trading centers, under the general revision of Georgia intrastate freght rates proposed by the railroads, was developed Monday by Attorney W. A. Wimbish, chief counsel for the Geor gia Shippers’ association, in the hearing before the railroad commission. Attorney Wimbish developed this point in his cross examination of Noah B. Wright, general freight agent of the Central of Georgia railroad, who oc cupied the morning session, exclusive of the time taken in his cross-examination, with a presentation of the proposed class rates from Augusta, Macon and Columbus to Georgia points. The railroads have admitted, all along, that they propose a general in crease in class rates for all distances up to 130 miles. What Attorney Wim bish did Monday was to show, by ques tions propounded to Mr. Wright, how these advances would work out in actual practice, should the railroad commis sion authorize the railroads to put Into effect the new rates they propose. First taking Augusta and Savannah as an example, Attorney Wimbish show ed that rates from Augusta to all in termediate points up to 130 miles will be advanced, and showed that rates from Savannah to all intermediate points up to 130 miles will be advanced. HOW MACON WILL FARE. Then taking Macon as an example, At torney Wimbish swept in a circle around that city, showing how rates are pro posed to be advanced to intermediate points, up to 130 miles, on all the rail road lines radiating out of Macon. First he took the intermediate sta tions between Macon and Savannah, and showed that from Macon to all inter-1 mediate stations up to 130 miles the j rates will be advanced, and showed that; from Savannah to all immediate stations! up to 130 miles the rates will be ad-| vanced. Then he took Macon and Augusta, and showed the same reference to in termediate stations between those cities, going out of Macon and out of Augusta, j Then he took Macon and Athens, and! showed the same with reference to in termediate stations between those cities,' going out of Macon and out of Athens.! Then he took Macon and Atlanta, and showed the same with reference to in-; termediate stations, between those cities. l going out of Macon and out of Atlanta. Then he took Macon and Rome, and showed the same with reference to inter mediate points between those cities, go-1 ing out of Macon and out of Rome. Continuing, he showed the same with reference to intermediate stations be tween Macon and Albany, between Ma con and Cordele, between Macon and i Brunswick, between Columbus and Al-’ bany. between Columbus and Atlanta, and between Columbus and Rome. have unanimously endorsed his candidacy and those from other parts of the state are doing | the same. THOMASVILLE, Ga.. Aug. 28.—Alex E. Reese, candidate for state superintendent of schools against M. L. Brittain, has been making a tour of south Georgia in the interest of his race and spoke here Saturday. Mr. Keese was listened to by a fair-sired audience. He has been in Thomasville often before. - CLARKESVILLE. Ga.. Aug. 28.—During the, sesssion of the Habersham superior court, which I has Just adjourned, Hugh M. Dorsey, Judge R. B. i Russell and Thomas M. Bell all addressed the! voters of this county in the interest of their respective candidacies. The political situation in the county is rather quiet, and all of these gentlemen received courteous hearings. CAPTAIN OF FULTON BLUES SHOT IN TENT BY UA WOMAN “If What She Told Me Is True,” Says H. C, Adams, Husband of Spratling’s Slay er, “She Was Justified” Edgar J. Spratling, captain of Com pany F, Fifth regiment, and a well known practicing physician of Atlanta, was shot and killed at noon Friday at ! Camp Harris by Mrs. H. C. Adams, of 69 I Lovejoy street, Atlanta. Dispatches from Camp Harris state j that the woman* approached him as he sat at a table in front of his tent, said, "Is this Captain Spratling?’ and, when he nodded his head, leveled her revolver and fired twice. One bullet penetrated Captain Sprat- Jing’s neck, another entered his mouth. Ten minutes later he was pronounced dead. Mrs. Adams was arrested by the guard and turned over to the sheriff of Bibb county. She is now jailed at Macon. Since the shooting she has re fused to make any statement, and no reason has been advanced for her deed. STORY OF SHOOTING. The following account of the shoot ing was furnished The Journal in a spe cial dispatch from Camp Harris: Mrs. Adams arrived at the camp at 11:30 o’clock, getting off the train from Atlanta at Creosote, the special station for the camp. She went first to brigade headquar ; ters, where she asked for Captain ! Spratling. Then she went to the hos- I pital corps of the Fifth, right across from Captain Spratling, and again ask ed to be directed to his tent. She was shown the tent, which Is about fifty yards further along from the hospital corps on officers’ row. At and at the hospital corps, it was said that Mrs. Adams asked what sort of looking man Captain Spratling was. ATTRACTED ATTENTION. As she walked aft>ng officers’ row she attracted considerable* attention, from both officers and, men. A woman of about thirty-five years of age, she was dressed in white, and appeared to be worried about something. One soldier remarked, "Looks like she’s trying to collect a bill.’’ Captain Spratling was seated at the table in front of his tent as the woman approached. Mess call had sounded and the orderly had just placed the meal on the table. Seated across from him was his first officer, Lieutenant F. A. Kysor. •Is this Captain Spratling?” asked the woman. Spratling answered "yes,” and made a movement to rise as if to give her a chair. The woman drew the revolver —which was in a handbag she carried —and without saying a word shot him where he sat, firing twice. If he was not killed instantly, he lived but a few min utes and was never conscious enough to talk. KYSOR SEIZES WOMAN. Lieutenant Kysor seized the wo.nan. She began crying. "Take me away from him! Take me away from him!” Captain W. W. Dick of E company, officer of the day, was in the next tent when the shots were fired. At the re-1 port, he rushed to Captain Spratling’s tent. He called the guard and Mrs.; Adams was arrested. Mrs. Adams was taken over into a company street, where she became hys- . terical. “Don’t crowd me; give mV plenty of air!” she is quoted as shriek ing. She refused to talk. "I have nothing to say about this matter,” she replied to insistent ques tions. Once she said. "I don’t know a soul in the regiment.” Mrs. Adams was kept in camp but a few minutes, only until the sheriff of I Bibb county arrived and she was given! into his custody and taken to Macon. The entire camp was inexpressibly! shocked by the shooting. Besides the; great excitement over the tragedy, deep, grief was manifested on all sides, a« the' dead man was universally popular. Ihe flag at brigade headquarters was placed t half mst. Mrs. Maud Monk Says Jealousy Caused Shooting BY WABD GBEENE, Journal Staff Correspondent. MACON, Ga., Aug. 27.—The story of Mrs. Maude Monk, formerly of Atlanta, j now of Macon, declaring that Mrs. Mat- I tie Adams was the victim of an insane | infatuation for Captain Edgar J. Sprat- | ling and killed hiffi in a frenzy of jeal- I ousy because he ignored her devotion, was’ developed last night in the investi- j gation of Captain Spratling’s murder at Camp Harris Friday. Mrs. Monk says that Captain Sprat ling showed her a letter from Mrs. Adams in which the woman begged him to bring her to Macon and install her ; in a boarding house here, and threat- j enerl to “put his lights out” if he didn’t. Mrs. Monk says she also saw Captain Spratling’s reply to this letter, telling I Mrs. Adams under no circumstances to come to Camp Harris. Captain Spratling had known Mrs. j Adams for several months, said Mrs. i Monk, and had been endeavoring to get rid of her, describing her as a "fool” ■ and declaring that she was "crazy.” Mrs. Monk is a woman of about forty ■ years of age. She was at one time pro prietor of the old Henderson hotel, on ■ Peachtree street, in Atlanta. About ■ four years ago she left Atlanta and went to Columbus. Mrs. Monk is stopping here at the Plaza hotel, where she was interviewed last night by Colonel Orville H. Hall, of the Fifth regiment; Major J. M. Lin dorme, surgeon of the Fifth; Captain Asa Warren Candler, of C company of the Fifth, and Major W. M. Leahy, of (Continued 3, Col. 2.) NUMBER 94. FIGHTING IS STARTED WITH THE TEUTONS ON TRANSYLVANIAFHONT Germany Declares War on Ru mania and Bulgaria and Turkey Are Expected to Take Similar Action . * (B- Associated Preet.) BERLIN, Aug. 28.—(Via London.) Germany has declared war z>n Rumania (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Aug. 28.—(Via London.) Fighting has begun between Rumanian and Teutonic troops on the Transylvania z frontier, the official announcement of to day indicates. The statement says Ru manians have been taken prisoner. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Rumania has entered the war with the allies. Of ficial announcement is made at Berlin that the existence of a state of war with Austria-Hungary was proclaimed in Bucharest yesterday evening. No indications have l been received of the Immediate effect on the military sit- j uaton in the Balkans which now be comes of preponderant importance, or of the moves doubtless already inaugurated by Rumania and by her opponent. It is to be expected Rumania will follow a plan of campaign mapped out by the high council of the entente powers whether against Austria-Hungary or Bulgaria or both. An indication that Rumania moved in | accordance with a pre-determined plan of the allies is found in the fact that her declaration of war was made on the same day as Italy’s declaration against Germany. The official announcement from Ber- i lin adds the information that on receipt of the news If Rumania's action the Federal council was called for an imme- * diate session. It was followed by decla rations of war on Rumania. The consti tution of the German empire stipulated that the emperor may declare war if de fensive, but when war is not merely de fensive he must have the consent of the ■ Bundesrath. or Federal council. GREEKS ARE HOUSED. Dispatches from Athens indicate that ■ popular feeling is stirred deeply by oc- ’ cupation of Greek territory by Bulga : rian forces, although this move was sanctioned by the Greek government. Fifty thousand Greeks joined in a ' popular demonstration yesterday before , the residence of*former Premier Veni- - zelos, an ardent suporter of the allies, j The former premier urged that a.com—J mittee be sent to King Constantine to ! warn him not to use his influence in tho ] forthcoming general elections, because i the result would be, "destructive" and s to request him to give the present gov- j ernment. which favors a policy of neu- I trality. full political authority, at the I same time preparing the army for “n 4 ! possible rupture of existing conditions.” I Little information is released by- the | censors n regard to the campaign on tho ; ; Macedonian front. The J ’ claiming insistent gains on the wesit- 1 ; ern end of the line are lengthening the J front and pushing into Albania. An of- 1 ~ ficial announcement made in London to- | day refers oly to scattered artilllry ac- < i lions. Bad weather is interfering with oper- ■ atlons on the Somme front. Before Vdi- , dun the Germans returned to the attack 1 la-st night. Paris reports that several assaults on French positions at bdettry ’ were repulsed. Berlin/ Papers Comment On Italy’s Declaration (By Associatad Press.? BERLIN, Aug. 28. —(Via London.)— < Virtually all the morning papers, with the notable exception of the Verwaertfl commented on Italy’s declaration of war against Germany. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung declares i that interest in such a declaration al- ! ways has been exceptionally small.Jn Germany and now, without question; : will continue so. The Morgen Post calls Italy’s actign an empty gesture intended to appear te roic but actually tragic-comical and to be received with an indifferent shrug-Of ■ the shoulders. The Kruz Zeitung says, “Italy finally has given way to the pressure of its master.” The Post sees another evidence of It aly’s “blackmail politics.” Arrival of Italians Makes Greeks Gloomy ATHENS, Aug. 27. —(Via London, Aug. 28.>—The landing of the first con tingent of Italian troops at Chimara (a small seaport of Albania on the Strait i of Otranto) causes gloom throughout all Greece. The Greeks now f-ee not only Eastern Macedonia in the hands of tho Bulgars whom they expelled from there three years ago but northern Epirus in the hands of the Italians. Following the landing of the Italian troops the Greek civil officers were tem porarily relieved of their functions and the telegraph wires were cut but this damage was soon repaired. M. Pachitch, the former Serbian pre mier has gone to (’halkis to pay his re spects to King Peter. Germans Repused by French In Night Attacks on Fleury (By Associated Press.)/ PARIS. Aug. 28. —The Germans made several attacks upon the French post* tions at Fleury last night, but were re pulsed, says today’s announcement lirf' the war office.
