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will be introduced as amendments to bill which has passed house, increas ing interstate commerce commission from seven to nine members. POLICE AND STRIKE AGENCIES PREPARE FOR TIE-UP Big Biz is preparing for a railroad strike. Private detective age&cies are importing strikebreakers for use against the railroad unions. Chief of Police C. C. Healey issued an order that no policemen would be allowed off on furloughs after Sept 1, and business began Ntightening as stocks fell in expectation of the trouble. Wm. Southerland, sup't of the Mooney & Boland agency, admitted today that he has brought a number of strikebreakers into the city"'for use in the mploy of the railroads. These, are well-seasoned veterans of strike-slugging matches. The SoulaJ agency is also importing men. Healey's order to hold all police in the city after Sept. 1 was rumored as the first effort the .police depart ment has made to aid the railroads. The excuse given was that they would be used for election duty. Stock exchange sales showed Sears-Roebuck, mail order stock had dropped 3 points over night. A rail road strike would put a stop to theiF business. Stockyard stocks ,were also bumped. Swift & Co. shares dropped. IN WILL DRAFT TRAIN CREWS MILITARY SERVICE Washington, Aug. 29. Military operation of the railroads of the U. S., with the present train crews operating the trains under military draft, is the definite prospect bef6re the country. If the strike, set for Monday by the railroad brotherhoods, takes place, that is the; course Pres. Wil son has in mind. , o o London. Rumanian troops at tacked on the whole. Teutonic front and obtained successes. -RUMANIA MOVES ON AUSTRIA GERMANY TO RESCUE London. 80,000 Rumanian troops already are moving toward Transyl vanian frontier for invasion of Hun gary. Advance guards of Rumanian force have crossed Hungarian boun dary in swift advance on two Tran sylvanian cities of Hermannstadt and Kronstadt. Rumanian troop movement is go ing forward like clockwork. King Ferdinand's armies, almost com pletely mobilized and awaiting the word of war, are prepared to strike quickly on whatever front Rumanian general staff determines to start its major campaign. Germans acted with equal swift ness in meeting the new enemy.-Teu-tons closed Swiss frontier less than hour after Italy declared war on Germany. German general staff knew this preceded declaration f -om-Rumania and it is believed began shifting troops eastward to reinforce Austrians several hours before news of Rumanian declaration of war was generally known. The Hague. Field Marshal Von Mackensen, who led successful Aus-tro-German campaign through Ser bia a, year ago, will be in, command of German-Bulgarian armies oper ating againet Rumania. Rome Evacuation of Montenegro andAlbania by Austrians will be the first result of Rumania's entrance into war, -Italian critics assert. , Berlin. Great battle may occur along the Rumanian frontier with in a,few hours. Paris. French made considerable progress in violent attacks on Ver dun front last night. London. Wireless dispatch' from Rome said German and Turkish of ficers in Bulgarian capital have been assassinated. London. Germany preparing for Greece's entry into war, said Copen hagen dispatch. Number of Greeks already have left Germany.