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ftthut Largest net paid circulation between Freino and Lot Angeles. COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE VOL. XXVIII BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916. No. 95.

U. S. DISTRICT COURT HOLDS 8 HOUR DAY LAW VOID Rumanian Armies' Fate Hangs in Balance ISS in nir nminn nr rrnrni WALLACHIAN CITY CRAIOVA FALLS BEFORE Cutting of Railroad Causes Allies to Fear for Forces at the Western Frontier New Macedonian Battle Is Started as Bulgars Make Stand Against the Serbs 8-Hour Day Is Granted by 3 Oil Companies Apollo, Four and Amaurol in Kern River District Announce Change No Development of Importance is Reported From Franco Belgian Theatre The fate of the Rumanian armies in western Wallachia appears yet to be hanging in Hie balance. The exact measure ot the fruits gathered by the Teui.jiiic Invaders IVom their capture of the important Wallachitin city of Craiova yesterday, ip not yet apparent but fears are ex, pressed in entente quarters for the safety of the Rumanian forces thai have been operating in t'no Orsova ro- gion, on tlio western Rumanian frontier now that the main line railroad has been cut at Crainva Alos it virtually all of western Wallnehia has been wop by the armies jf the. central powers.

A new battle lias opened at the Macedonian front where llib Bulbar ions and Germans who evacuated Mon- asiir are making a stand against tho pursuing Servians and Flench. Paris reports the Teutonic allien making a stubborn and heavy fog aiso holding up the advance. Comparative quiet, continues to prevail on tlie Franco-Belgian front, London announcing nothing more important than artillery and patrol activity. Following closely the announcement made by the Standard Oil com pany of California of the establishment of the eight-hour day for their employes, the Apollo Oil company, the Four Oil company, and the Amaurot Oil company of the Kern river field today announced that after December 1 all men in their employ would be given the eight-hour day. Superintendent C.

E. Ballagh, representing the three companies, made the statement this morning. Mr. Ballagh said tho plan had been seriously considered for several months past and that it would mean the employment of probably ten additional men. The eight-hour day will in no way effect the present wage scale.

Day men will work eight hours and three shifts will be established among the power employes, where in the past two men have handled a twelve hour shift. STEEL TRUST WILL RAISE WAGES OF 50 LIVES lOSllCOHSS WILL AS HOSPITAL Britannic of the White Star Line With 1000 Sick Aboard Torpedoed SEE FIGHT FOR NO AMERICANS ON VESSEL IS BELIEF Full Particulars of Disaster Aegean Sea Are in Now Lacking CUTTING OFF ORSOVA-CRAIOVA RAILROAD MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOBRUDJA CAMPAIGN. BERLIN, Nov. to defeat of tho Rumanians in Wallachia, the Austro-German forces tn roach the railroad from Orsovti to Cnrova, was of more importance in the Rumanian campaign than the breaking up of the Rumanian line in Dobrud.ia, writes tho military critic of the Overseas News Agency. With tin battle at Tfreu.liuli:; on Nov IS lie says, the Rumanian campaign entered a new phase.

This advance tn the railroad was carried out with energy and speed. "In October (here was a violent struggle in Northern for the key positions in tho Trunsylvaniiin mountains but after the passes were forced, the pressure of the central powers increased from day to (lav wit li an extension of the front all through tho Moldavian mountains and Wallachlan Carpathians as far as sova. The Rumanins offered the most, tenacious resistance and made violent counter attacks especially in Pro- deal Pass north of Campiilung, in Rothenthurni Pass and in the Jiul valley. But all these desperate efforts merely cost them tho greatest sacrl- Tices, without bringing them even local gains and the advance of the Germans and Austrians was more successful every day. On November 18 the Rumanian defense in the-iJiul valley gave way and the Rumanians were defeated decisively, suffering extraordinarily heavy losses.

The victorious troops of tho Central Powers followed up their success at once and notwithstanding the immense difficulties of tho snow covered roads, marching and wore impassable for cars, they broke into the Wallachian plain. A Rumanian counter advance from the east had no affect on the decisive battle. PREfOURE OF ENTENTE POWERS CAUSES GREEK MINISTER TO RESIGN. ATHENS, Nov. 20, via London, Nov.

22, 12:83 p. Heliopoulis, Greek minister of justice, has resigned, giving as a reason the pressure of the entente which he declares renders the position of the cabinet impossible. AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH LOS ANGELES, Nov. Margaret Mason, 66 years old, was found burned to death today in the year of her home where the condition of the ground indicated she had rolled in an effort to put out the fire in her clothing and had attempted to quench it with a hose stream. Neighbors were within a few yards of the place hut heard no rails for Payroll Will He Increased $20,000,000 by Wage and Salary Change NEW YORK, Nov.

States Steel corporations last night issued an increase of 10 per cent in wages of employes of its steel ana iron companies, effective December 15 next. Wage and salary advances in other departments of the corporation also will bo equitably adjusted, it; was stated. The increase affects in all about 200,000 employes and probably adds nearly $20,000 to the corporation's payroll. "Ordinarily the question of wages would not. come up for consideration or decision at this lime of the year," said Chairman Elbert H.

Gary in mailing the announcement, "but in consequence of the abnormal questions existing it has been decided to increase me wage rates of our iron and steel companies about 10 per cent to tahi effect December 'J(5. As to other departments increases vrifi lie equitably proportioned." Chairman Gary declined to mako further comment but another offlcia. said the action of tho directors was La Ken flue regard for the higher prices prevailing for necessaries in all parts of the country." Total salaries and wages paid to the company's 101,126 employes in 1915, aggregated $176,800,864. Since that time the number of employes has greatly increased and several wage advances have been made, it is estimated the payroll at this Hurts is between $100,000,000 and $200,000,000, which implies an increase of approximately $20,000,000 under the higher rato of pay. The.

average per employe In 1915, was $2.02 a day, an increase of four cents daily over the previous year. The advance to take effect in December will raise the average of wages and salaries to the highest level in the liistory of tho corporation. ATHENS, Nov. 22 (9:30 a. via London 4:52 p.

White Star line steamship Britannic, serving as a hospital ship for wounded soldiers of Hie entente allies, has been torpedoed and sunk, according to an official announcement made here today. The Britanic was sunk off the island of Kea (Keos, south of Attica, in the Aegean). She carried 1000 British sick and wounded men. The Britannic was equipped with thirty-five life boats and the loss of life incident to the sinking is supposed to have been small. PITTSBPRG Nov.

Increase in wages announced tonight by the United States corporation affects five corporations and approximately 75,000 men in the Pittsburgh district, according to the officials of the Carnegie Steel Company. Tho corporations are the Carnegie Steel Company, the National Tube Company, the American Bridge Company, the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and the American Steel and Wire Company. Local independent steel manufacturers indicated tonight that a similar increase in wages would be granteu their employes. BALTIMORE, Nov. Thornsen Chemical Corporation, manufacturers of sulphuric acids gave bonuses to all its employes ranging from 5 per cent to per cent of their wages.

THUGS BURN FACTORY. LOS ANGELES, Nov. plant of the National Biscuit Company here was destroyed by fire late last night. George Lynch, night watchman, told the police he was attacked by thugs, the latter beating him and setting fire to the building. The police are investigating Lynch's story.

The loss is estimated tit approximately ABOUT 50 LIVES ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN SINKING. LONDON, Nov. 22 (4:10 p. The British hospital ship Brittanlc has been sunk with the loss of about fifty lives, says a British official announcement today. The Britannic was sunk by a mine or it torpedo yesterday morning in the Aegean sea, according to the official There were 1106 survivors, of whom about twenty-eight were injured.

Full particulars of the disaster it is announced, will be published as soon as they are received. It was reported in a special dispatch from London on December 6 last that the 47,500 ton White Star liner Brit- tannic, then recently completed, would be used as a hospital ship in commission with an equipment of six thousand beds. Last June, however, it was reported In a news dispatch from Liv erpool, the Brittanlc had been returned to the White Star line for restoration into a passenger steamer. The White Star Bitannic was the largest vessel or the White Star fleet afloat. Build in 1014 at Belfast, she was S52 feet long.

94 feet beam and 50 feet deep. Her length was somewhat less than that of the White Star liner Olympic, which measured NNSI-2 feel, bill the Britannic, had the greatest, tonnage, tho Olympic's tons as compared witli the Britannia's 47,500. Late in November, 1015, it was reported that the Britannic was being outfitted for the Dardanelles service as a hospital ship. The only other British steamer Britannic is a comparatively small vessel of 2240 tons gross, regarding which there is no record of having been in the hospital service. IF AMERICANS WERE ABOARD THEY WERE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Red Cross headquarters here today it was stated there were no American surgeons or nurses under its direction serving on hospital ships in European waters. Their, only workers are several units which are ashore. They pointed out that if there were Americans aboard the Britannic they undoubtedly were volunteers, who had gone aboard on their own account. Chairman Fitzgerald of the Mouse Appropriations Committee for Bill RETALIATION FOR BRITISH BLACKLIST Congressman Says Measure Is Needed to Relieve Distress in U.

S. NEW YORK, Nov. statement, credited today to the British consulate in this city that. American nurses and surgeons were aboard the Britannic, reported sunk today in tho Aegean sea, was later denied by the ranking consular official. Editor Acquitted of Murder Plot THOMPSON FALLS.

Nov. 22. Manfre, editor of a local news paper, who has been on trial here charged with murder, was acquitted by a jury today on instructions of the court. Manire, the state alleged, had induced Miss Edith Colby, a reporter, to kill A. C.

Thomas, a politician. A. S. Ainsworth, manager of the paper, and Miss Colby are yet to be tried. Miss Colby today refused to testify against Manire and the prosecutor announced that he had no other witnesses.

The judge then instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of acquittal. Mnnniro was his own attorney. Miss Colby's trial wjll begin Monday, WASHINGTON, Nov. Fitzgerald, Democrat, chairman of the House appropriations committee, announced today that he favored an embargo on foodstuffs and that it was his purpose to prepare a bill and to press the subject early at the coming session of Congress. "Two reasons chieflj' impel me to favor embargo legislation on foodstuffs," said Mr.

Fitzgerald. It Is the most effective weapon '(In our controversy with Great Britain over her unwarranted, outrageous aiid indefensible blacklist of American nyerehantse. As our foodstuffs are abroad an embargo will be more effective than weary months of diplomatic negotiations, which end in the continuance of the indefensible practices against our Domestic Reasons. "The embargo also should be imposed for purely domestic reusons. Tho prices of foodstuffs have reached levels that are bringing widespread distress to the country.

Many hundreds of thousands of our people are suffering from the lack of the necessities of life. Wholesale prices in many commodities are less abroad today than they were a year ago; here the retail prices have advanced alarmingly. "The argument that nothing should be done to interfere with the expansion of our foreign trade does not impress me. Of what profit is it. if our foreign trade is to grow with leaps and bounds while our own people are brought to the verge of starvation as a result of it.

"The time is ripe for the embargo and I hope to see legislation speedily enacted to impose it. Lot America be for Americans Fight in Congress. It seems to he generally agreed hero that the coming session of Congress will see a fight over iho embargo proposal which is hacked by monster petitions signed by thousands of persons and organizations. President Wilson and tin; cabinet are understood to oppose it. G.

0. P. Figures Give Democrats 12H2 Net Lead Lowest Democratic Elector Leads Highest Republican by 1242 Voles SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. tics gathered by Republicans and completed at noon today showed that the lowest Democratic elector in California was 1 242 VOICH ahead of the highest Republican, making the electoral delegation solid for Wilson. Francis J.

Honey ran highest of any Democrat. He received 100,197 votes. Mrs. Carrie L. Tyler, the lowest.

She received F. Carlston. the highest Republican, received SACRAMENTO, Nov. from Orange, Humboldt, Mono, Butte and San Bernardino counties were canvassed today at the office of the secretary of state. Four of the largest counties of the state are still to report returns for official tabulation.

There arc Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Alameda. No mistakes of importance havo been found in the returns for presidential electors, it was announced. It Is expected thai returns from the four missing counties, which comprise approximately one-half of the vote of California, will be in the hands of the secretary of state before the end of the week. LOS ANGELES, Nov. of Los Angeles county's vote In the presidential election was completed today by the Board of Supervisors, and it was expected the official certified records would be sent to Sacramento late today.

There were no changes from announced seml-olliclal figures. OAKLAND. Nov. on Alameda county's election returns for electors were completed this noon, showing practically no difference over the unofficial figures. The official canvass shows Mint J.

Carlston was high man in the Republican column, with 51,417 votes, and that Francis .1. Honey was high on the Democratic, with 43,748. The low Republican, A. J. Wallace, got and the low Democrat, Mrs.

Carrie L. Tyler, Government to Try Kelp Harvesting SANTA BARBARA, Nov. United Slates government has decided to establish a help products experimental station at. Summerland, a few miles south of this city. The intention is contained in an application from the Department of Agriculture to harvest help under an ordinance recently passed by the county board of supervisors.

The experiments will be conducted by the bureau of which will be affiliated with a St. Louis firm in the work. A government representative ha been investigating proposed site; along the south coast the last few months, and the application was in vited by the board of supervisors, which will formally act on it December 4. Cheap Living Test Begun in Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. ployes of tho Chicago health department today began a two weeks experiment intended to demonstrate that a person can live properly on forty cents a day.

At the first meal, breakfast, served at 8:20 o'clock, Dr. John Dill Robert son, health commissioner directed the "diet squad" to learn to eat slowly, asserting that "the faster you eat, the more you eat." Forty minutes was allowed for breakfast, the menu for which consisted of fresh apples, liver, bacon, one. egg muffin, butter and coffai. Each dieter was pledged to deny himself all nourishment except the meals prepared at the school of domestic arts and sciences. Doctor Robertson announced however, that they might drink water, chew gum and smoke if the desire, Nov.

22. -Secretary of Slate Frank C. Jordan this afternoon declared that unless certain mistakes and omissions discovered in the returns of the from Yuba and Orange county are corrected he will withhold the certificates of election to presidential electors from California. Should this be done there will undoubtedly be. a delay if not a serious situation, possibly affecting oven the re-election of President Wilson, since I he election depends upon the votes of the thirteen presidential electors from California.

Nearing Settlement, Says Mexican Board ATLANTIC CITY, N. Nov. 22. After a session that continued until after 2 o'clock this afternoon the. chairman of the Mexican American commissioners dealing with the border problems joined in the A)aleinent that some progress toward an amicable settlement for border control had been made.

Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican commission, who went to Philudol- i.hla last night, to confer with Rafael Nieto, sub-secretary of finance of Mexico, returned at. noon with Mr. Nieto and joined the other of the joint commission who had participated in the meeting without him. San Jose Politician Denies Girls' Story SAN JOSE, Nov. Win.

Edgar, politician and contractor today pleaded not guilty to a charge brought against him yesterday by the grand jury after investigation of a story ol an attack on her told by It-year old Katherine Gallichotte. Edgar declared to Superior Judge W. A. Bcusley that the girl's story story had been fabricated to explain absence from school. HIT is being held in the county jail with bail fixed at $20,000.

IS THE RULING OF FEDERAL JUDGE HOOK AT KANSAS CITY Receivers of Railroad Directed to Enjoin Law From Going Into Effect and to Aid Appeal to the Highest Court of the United States Transcript Will Be Filed With Supreme Court Before December 4 and Ultimate Decision Will Be Made Before New Year, January 1 KANSAS CITY, Nov. Adamson eight-hour law was held unconstitutional hero today by Judge Win. C. Hook in the United States District Court. Judge Hook directed tho receivers of the Missouri, Oklahoma Qulf railroad, who brought the original action in this case to enjoin the law from going into effect, to assist tho government in expediting the case to the Supremo Court of the United States for final action and instructed theni, through their attorneys, to invite the representatives of every railroad in this country, to participate in the hearings before the highest court in the land.

This was requested in the government's motion to dismiss the injunction petition of the railroad, the ernment desiring to avoid "prolonged, unnecessary and scattered the hearing of countless similar suits died by every railroad systmi in every federal district in the United States through which their l'nes run. It is expected that tho ultimate t'ecision as to whether the law will go Into effect January 1 will he handed ('own before that time. A transcript of the present case will bo filed with the Btipreme court before reconvenes, December 4th. The text of Judge Hook's decree Many Friends Attend N. A.

Milliken Funeral Many friends joined bereaved rota tives at the chapel of Dixon Flickinger this afternoon at 2 o'clock to pay last, respects to the memory of Nat hoi, Addison Milliken, who died last evening at his home in Taft. The services were conducted by the Rev. ('has. E. Griffin of the First Baptist church.

Mr. Milliken has a daughter, Mrs. B. Love, and a son, Eearl. living ac Taft.

Mr. Milliken was SO years of age and had resided at the West Side oi! town for some lime, follows: "This is an independent suit to join the enforcement of a recent net of Congress, commonly called the Adamson Law, upon the ground that it is contrary to the constitution. In the character of the averments, the plaintiff's bill of complaint is stated to be typical of a numoer recently filed by railroad companies in various district courts of the United States. A motion to dismiss has been presented on behalf of the defendant United States attorney. The sole question raised by It is that of the constitutionality of the law.

The court is informed at the other cases stand on applications from temporary injunctions. Supreme Court to Settle. "An appeal from an order granting or refusing a temporary injunction goes to the circuit court of appeals and not further by ordinary procedure, while an appeal from a final order or decree in such a case would go direct to the supreme court, of the United States. In file former a decision would be conclusive; in the latter decree would definitely settle the question for the whole country. The motion to dismiss the case here, however, it.

Is decided, will promptly result in a final decree from which an appeal will be taken to tho Supreme court. The assistance of tills court has been invoked to facilitate a final and authoritative determination of the constitutional question. Rapid Action Granted. "The case was presented but yesterday and a decision Is expected today. It is far from being agreeable duty for a judge to record a judicial conclusion without the care and deliberation essential to a conviction that he would stand lei in every circumstance.

Upon the merits of a ease the government neither asks nor receives from a court greater consideration than is required by the settled rules and presumptions of law, hut request by the Department of Justice to aid the progress of a case consistently with the rights of every one cannot lie declin I'd, certainly not for personal consideration. Upon a consideration of the Adamson law and of what said of its practical effect and what, was intended to he accomplished by it, the judgment is that as the court construes the terms of I lie law, it cannot ho sustained. Since both parties have said they would not plead further whatever the decision niiglit lie, a decree will he entered for the plaintiff, reciting that the defendant, prays and is illowed an appeal in an open court. The case in which the plaintiffs were appointed receivers is in charge of the judge who is acting here. To Highest Court.

An order will lie entered in that case directing plaintiffs and their counsel to cooperate with the Department of Justice in lodging the appeal in the Supreme Court by December 4 next, and in then moving for the advancement thereof for such early hearing as that court may find it consistent to grant; also to invito counsel for all railroad companies and others similarly interested in the question- involved to participate in the presentation of the motion to advance and in the arguments on the merits fully as though their clients were parties to this litigation. Though the decree of the court in the case here will he final in form yet because of the exceptional circumstances the plaintiffs will be directed to keep their accounts and be prepared promptly to pay tltcir employes on the basis of the Adamson law should the decree be not sustained." Neither the attorneys for many large railroad systems who were present in court nor the government counsel present would comment on the decree. Apparently both sides regarded the case only as a means of hastening a decision by the supreme court which Is the final arbiter. One Test Case. At a conference hero today between AM-oniey (JI.UWHI road attorneys, tentative plans were made to center the contest over constitutionality of the Adamson law in one test case and rush the case to the supreme court.

If perfected the agreement would provide that the railroads would drop other suits if the law were held constitutional and would bring no further suits while tho case is pending. Both sides will work to get a final decision bofore January 1 when the law becomes effective. INTERSTATE COMMISSION MAY BE ASKED TO PASS ON LAW. WASHINGTON, Nov. agreement between the railroads and the Department of Justice to ask the Inter Stale Commerce Commission to pass on tho constitutionality of the Adamson act before January 1 when it.

takes effect, appeared to be near at hand tody. Counsel for the Pennsylvania, New York Central and Burlington roads are conferring on the subject and It is said that they may seek to have the suit of the Atchison, To- Iieka Santa Fe set for hearing at Kansas City tomorrow, made a test case. In the event other suits already instituted attacking the Adamson law will be dropped. Final decision in the matter, however, probably will await word from G. C.

Todd and Marvin Underwood of the Department of Justice, who will appear in the Santa Fe cse. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON QUINCY ASKS RULING ON ADAMSON COUNCIL BLUFFS, low, Nov. Chicago, Burlington Quincy Company filed in the United States District Court here late yesterday a suit asking that the Adamson law be declared unconstitutional and further asking injunction against the members of the four railway brotherhoods Against inaugurating a strike if the provisions of the law are disregarded hy the company. The last provision has not appeared in similar petitions filed by other companies in courts in this vicinity. Deutschland Thought To Be Safely on Way NANTUCKET, Nov.

merchant submarine Deutschland, returning to Germany with a valuable cargo, was believed today to have left American waters in safety. Darkness, which set in soon after she started from New London, yesterday afternoon, prevented observation of the submersible'. 1 progress aloug shore and there was no word from her since she passed Watch Hill, R. 1., at sunset last evening, a barely distinguishable object, ten miles off shore. If she maintained her speed of ten knots an hour, it was figured she would have passed Nantucket south shoals lightship in the darkness early this morning.

Then, with the open sea ahead the Duetschland could set out on the 4000 mile course by which her commander, Captain Koenig, hoped again to evade the blockading vessels of allied navies supposedly watching for her coming. Sunday Movies Are Declared Illegal ALBANY. X. Nov. moving picture performances are illegal, the appellate division of the supreme court ruled today.

WEATHER FORECAST. Entire state: Fair tonight and Thursday, heavy frost Thursday morning! light northerly winds..