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WJEATHER FORECAST:
Partly cloudy.
(Full Report on Pago Two.)
rf NUMBER 8680.
MACHINISTS
HINT WALKOUT
AT NAVY YARD
Wage Increase Submitted to
Department Again By Deter
mined Committee.
COMPROMISE IS REJECTED
Suggestion That Grades Be
Abo'ished adeM At Confer
ence Over Demands.
Without obtaining anj definite answer
to their demands, a committee repre
senting the dlsss.tislled machinists of
the Washington navy ard conferred
with Navj Department officials todsy
rejrirdlnR an Increased wage scale
The committee followed the Instruc
tion given at a meeting of about seven I
hundred machinists. who rejected last!
night the Increase offered by 8ccreUr I
Dsnlels jeeterdav. I
No nn.n fhr,sa iiava mj. . u. i
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av Densrtmpnt tftitu l... rti. uiaiti.
de'egatlon. but It was admitted tint the i
mm re neterminccl upon a liberal In
ih!"?. fZ"', a walkout Is not Bvp-ob-anie
ir their drminds are not event'l
ollv met
Heady To. Leave.
U the meetlrg I itt nlghi It Is sill
there vere n numbet of speeches made
which reflected in Intention of tiie
workmen to prcslst In their contention
fOr better UnC-r. anrl tn Ia.i . .1.. .....
crnment emplo If thev or lefused '
The machinist?' committee, headid ly
J. P. Was, first sought 1111 audience
todaj with lermtnrv Daniels It was
Imposolnle to see Mr Daniels anil the
committee wis interred to Assistant,
Secrotar Roojevclt
Tho Assistant Secuturj talked with I
nit gnuvancc committee ror a lew mo
menta and referred It to the command
ant of tho Nay ar. Captain (Jlcn
non Vvlh the commandant .the committee
membcts nre to discuss the question of
whether It Is feasible to abolish sep
arate erodes for tool maker and ma
chinists, leaving only five grades to
Cover both classes of wnrkmpn Aftpr
a decision on this point, the committee i
Is to- return lata today or tomorrow to
Jt(. Aa.l.fanf S.KPnla.v t.AKU..I. anl '
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and then there will be a. further con
ference on the main point at Issue th
demand of the machinists for a 66 cents
per day Increase for all grades of ma
ch'nlsts Increase Offered.
The Navy Department offer Is an In
crease of U cents per da for ma
chinists and 12 cents per day for tool
makere The machinists sa this Is
inefficient, one reason l ing that
8 cents of the 'boost' must be used In
replacing the 8 cents taken 'iwny from
the wcrkmen last July lisn the wage
scale wus reduced
It was broadly Intimated to tho men
at the office of .Sccrctnrv il.mkls lo
tlu that ho Is not Inclined to reopen
tht question of a wago Increase fol
lowing the recommendation of the
sviigo board of the navj which hecre
tar Daniels approved csterdav
The conference bctweou Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt and the committee
was Incrmplete owing to a previous en
gagement of Mr Roosevelt
Mr Allfsa snlil tndn tliat further
(onferenns are to ne held and that the
entire situation ' la one of Kreat deli
cacy "
The machinists are declaied to have
hen unanimous and dolennlned in re-
Hub last night the smaller Increase
offend b the N tvy
tn tiie evint of a walkout," Bald a
machinist tndsv 'evorv man could Ret
work In nrl sto establishments within
two wppks
Tho machinists w int the (internment
waco to cnrip-lnnd with that naid In
'nearby terrltors as provided for i'V
tne ciepsttnienrs pnncv it la iiniKr
stood that a ices it PridM t nrt. ( onu
hive be, n usm! In eomnai rn and there
Is a difference of opinion ns to wheth'M
Bridgeport Is nc irbv lerrltorv "
Committee To Report.
The committee cnlllng upon .Navy De
partment ofllcers todav Is to report
hack at a meeting at Naval Lodge as
soon as a definite reply Is received It
will then bo determined whether there
shall he a walkout, in event the ln
ci rases desired are not granted The
committee named bv the machinists
last nlcht comprises N I tufas chair
man J K. McOulre. Stewart G McAlls
ter F A DeOroot. and 8 J Martin
If the grades of toolmakers and ma
chinists are combined, the 3i cents In
cieasn offered the former Is first desired
bv the navj yard forces ad having
obtained this tho fight will be continued
for the 56 cents Increase
Style Show Opens
Mid Blaze of Gems
Fifty Stage Beauties Dazzle Au-
dience, Mostly Men, With
Display of Finery.
NKV YORK. Oct 7 -1 lft of stage
land's prettiest women, made ladlant
l) nearly halt a million dnllirs In
jewels. Jliri in owns and 5,ici in
lurs, troopeil on the st ii,e nt ( linegie
Hnll this nlteinoii In llrnadvvn a
'Mllllon-dollai 1 n li on Mi i
pickul In iiw ilihh theiH weie
more men thin n n n li pi nul
nh-fd as tin el m Hi n swept
on to the stage 11 s i 'lining tjot
of color and II isIkkk k "
Aroun.l the dlspliv i in i i lltiln
extravaganza wn w v i hp ohjeit
being to show IIihi w i Ih oiip giin or
color makes n Iniiutv oui m vim smith
it makes n teiillili lo nlim ding out
of Mrs Jones
Confer on Mexico.
President WIson this afternoon con
ferred with Secretin of Stale I.Hiislng,
lnimedlatel following a ling confer.
em hetween ttie f irelai v nml fnn.
sul John R Sllllruan vvhu arrived lust I
nisbt rom Vera Crui.
Descendant of Pocahontas To Be First
Of Land; Wedding To Take Place in
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"I am very happy."
This was all that Mrs Gait would say this morning.
"All else has been said at the White House," she explained.
Mrs Gait's phone was busy all day with calls from friends. Many
of them went to her home to extend personally their good
wishes.
The date of the wedding has not yet been fixed, Mrs. Gait said.
When Mrs. Norman Gait, of this city, becomes the bride of
President Wilson next December, a direct descendent of Indian
royalty, who traces her forebears back nine generations to John Rolfc
and Pocahontas, will become the "First Lady of the Land."
Gcneologists discovered today that Mrs. Gait traces her nncestry
back in a straight line from the hardy early American and the Indian
princess the heroine of the most romantic love affairs of colonial
America.
Announcement of the engagement is expected to usher in a sea
son of unprecedented social brilliancy at the White House, which will
reach its height when the new mistress assumes her position at the
head of Washington society.
TO CELEBRATE ENGAGEMENT.
The engagement of the I'resldpnt to
Mrs (Salt Is to be celebrated by tho
President and his flancoe at a ptrty at
tho residence of Col K M House, the
President's close personal friend, In
l"ift -third street, New York, tomorrow
evening Tho President will stop at the
House home while the rest of the pal t
will put up at a hotel
leaving Washington tomorrow morn
Irg, the President, accompanied bv
Mrs Onlt. Miss Helen Woodrow Ilincs
the rPcsldont s cousin Sicictnrj to
thi rPcsldent Joseih P. Tumultv Dr
f"iir T f'ra en, I B N , the Presi
dent's phsiclnn and naval aide and
Mrs Dolling, mother of rMs Unit will
go straight to New ork, taking lunch
cot, on the triln l'rum New York tin
part) will motor to Colonil Houses
home and In the evening will attend
thiater In New York
II will Ixi the Hi st public appearance
of tho engaged loupl, since the on
noi nccini nt of thp engagement was
made On Mtuidav the two will go
with otln rs of the party nnd the Misses
Nnltli of Oeoigla lelatlves of the
President to tht ircond iramo of tho
world's series at Philadelphia They
win return to vvasiungton on a special
truln
It Is understood thit the Piesldnnt
plans to purchase the engagement ring
In New York tomorrow and that Mrs
tiilt will assist 111 n In I'ip v't m n
The nuichasi of the ring wus noat
Buutd, It U understood, becaua of Um
Wnt iBwMngion Wmtf
"WASHINGTON, THURSDAY EVENING,
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desire of the President nnd Mrs r.alt
Jlc,'nt tht nB"Kom"nt. from be-
r.mr.-5mkn.own h"t0T" "10 f""""1 an
nouncement was made.
Invitations Expected.
From now until tho wedding In De
cember it Is expected that both tho
President and Mrs Gait will bn urged
to attend a number of social functions
Arrangements for the wedding nre
still to be mad., although It was defl
nltclv learned tnd-iv tint It will not
take placo at tne Whit,. House Prom
present tentative pna lt ,,, bo ,,,,,,,
ut the home of Mrs (!nti ,;w Tvven
tleth strict nnd win ,. p,rfornied b
the rector of m Thomas' Protestant
nplscop-vl riiur.li of which tho bride-to-be
is a menihpi
lt was reported toil-u. but could not
be confirmed that Colonel House, whom
the President and his bilde-to-be will
visit tomorrow, wl II !,n bPn, mn '.,
!!:i;.Wf,,r"lnrKruaJ,ho"K" " ' 'ofe?orte
this tdace n'"V '" "t'1',c'p'l 'or
Miss Margaret Wilson who Is now In
nrk la expected to be n hand to
congratulate th. :nlr tomorrow
Today It was announrrd IhrmiL-h il.
White House that Mis , lo ""l, s g
n concerts at the following" n" ces n
the near futuie, t,0 pio.-eei s finm
which will to used fo, t he rom.uu dlT
sett ement work xh" "' ,M.
dents daughter Is inhuMe'l Iluf.
tConUoUed ou Fourth 1'agc.I
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Above MRS. CAIr In direct attir
Below The ritK.SIDKNT with M
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OF
Body Decides to Change Its
Name to Naval Consulting
Board Officers Named.
At an executive session of the nuval
advIoiy boaid this morning the bonid
organized b elecllng offlcetri as fol
lows Thomas I'dlson of Oinnge, N j ,
chairman, Peter Cooper Hesvltt of New
York first vice chili man 1111 mi I,
Saunders, of New leise, pcoik1 vice
chairman Thomas Hobhlns of C'on
nedlcut secrelaiv M It Iliitihisnn
nssslstnnt to the ehnlrinin
Mr IMIson pretldeil at the meeting
todaj No details of tin discussion
weie given out It was nnnnuneed that
committees would be chosi u a, another
session tn ho IipI I after lunch and Hint
an nnnouncem ut would be made late
todnv concerning the committees It
was decided to chance the name of tho
bod) to The Nuvsl Consulting Honid '
"Vfter the buslmss session of the
board todn the members were tho
guests of Mprelnrv Pinicls at lunch nt
the Armv nnd Navv Club A number
of lending nival ofllpcrs were prtsent
Thomas hill in and otheis of Hit
boaid depnitcd for tin It bonus Ibis
nfiernoon
ecntnrv P inlels said toili Ik was
much pkused wlUi devxloiuncnu.
EDISON
ID
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NVENIQRS
OCTOBER 7, 1!15.
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US. CAUT at lite WashinRton
BETHLEHEM STEEL
Common Makes Spectacular
Advance of Fifty Points.
Westinghouse Active.
NnV TOUK. Oct 7 Pethlchem
Steel held the nttentlnn In 1 strong
and arlive market on the stock ex
change. toda, making a spectacular nsl-
vinw of CO points, the common rtock
selling nt 4K sbortlv Tfler noon
Heaviest trading, lnuve ei ni In
Westinghouse and I'nlted htntes hteel
testing) ouse sold nt I n, duiing tho
moinlng fivo points up Mom low Hhel
was quoted at SO
Ilethlelmn piefeired sold up 10l to
IM's
Total sabs to noon weie 7".' 000 shires
Wheat Still Soaring;
May Future Now $1.10
CHICAfiO, Oct 7 V. n petition of
vesterdnv s hulng notuhl) bv Will
Stieet Invcstois, agiln tidiv started
wheat on anotlur sharp d an e
Mnv fuliiies opened at Jl Oi i, i gain
of i cent over visttidii s close, and
sold up to ?1 10 wllli the 111 t five mln
its Dtccinher opened it 1 0s's, nn
ovei-nlgM advance of J'fc cents Other
mains wcio up also.
Lady
December
Haxeball I'ark.
E
E
Commissioners Prohibit Com
pany From Removing Instru
ments in Residences.
An application to Illo with the nubile
utilities commission a schedule by
which telephones mai be nnmuii fmm
the hnmis ind business places of sub
scribers who are permitting freo use
I or the instruments by friends and
nelghbois was denied the Chesapeake. .
'and Potomac Telephone Company to
ida b) tin Cunimlsslimirs I
1 Thu denial was made on the ground!
Unit siKli a ruling would nmount to a
tin Iff Inireise In the nhone seiviie in
tint It tends to limit tlio pilvlugis of I
I suhsci In rs The commissi m told thp I
'cninpanv It cou'd have the mutter con
slilued at a public hearing '
c inn ii mil. nuu witn the commls-!
slon tnilu) against the Potomac Ille-c-trlc
Powir Compitn bv the ridelltv '
htonige Company In which It Is al
1p,piI that the povvir compan Is dls-
I ttmltVtltlll l til f)ll Milns Is.. ......! mi
x.o tiiuiKni ili
commission in rtMiuoHttd to hnu a con-
ilriiun botwetn these two com
pun lea
Farming Congress Meets.
nrVVKft Col. Oct 7-Importnnt
dr-farnilng i xperlmtnts made In
V voinlng weie demonstrated at the In
tirnutluiiil DiyKunnlng Congress hero
iuu n Mli ultural commeiclal, and
Inilustilal bnllis it piesentntlves v cr"
welcomed bv Cnngipssius.il Prank Mnn
dell of joining piesldcnt of the cun-
si ess-
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TRICE ONE CENT
B0 SEE
Austro-German Forces Begin
Invasion Along Northern and
Western Frontiers Bulgar
Attack Awaited.
Railways From Nish to Sofia and
to Salonika Objectives of
Central Powers Macken
sen Commands Invaders.
LONDON, Oct. 7. Austro-German
troops have invaded Serbia,
according to dispatches received
here this afternoon. The Austro
German forces have crossed the
Drina, Save and Danube rivers.
Berlin officially announces that
"a firm foothold" has been ob
tained on the eastern bank of the
Drina and the southern banks of
the Danube and Save.
The report indicates that larger
forces hae been concentrated
against the Serbian frontier than
has been intimated in recent Lon
don dispatches.
por several weeks Austro-Ger-ma'n
artillery has been conducting
an intermittent bombardment of
fWnian positions on the south
hank of the Danube near Semen
dria. east of Belgrade. The Austro-German
armies on Serbia's
northern frontier are reported to
be commanded by Field Marshal
on Mackensen, withdrawn from
the Russan front to direct the
drive through Northern Serbia to
Rulparia.
Tho second German army, con
centrated on Serbia's western
frontier, has apparently crossed
the Drina.
The Austro-Germans, in all
probability, will strike for the rail
way from Nish through Sofia to
Constantinople.
Bulgaria is expected to invade
Scrb'a's eastern frontier, cutting
the Salonika-Nish railway andjthus
shutting Serbia off from the out
side world.
Berlin Forecasts Quick
Victories and Speedy
Ending of the Conflict
nRHI.IN (via The Haguei. Oct 7.
Quick and overwhelming victories for
the central empires nnd n speed end
ing of the war will follow Ilulgsrli's en
trance Into the ronfllct. Is forecast to
day bj mllltarv experts here
"Uutgarlu expects a declaration of war
from the allies todij.' snld a Sofli dis
patch received hire
No official contlrmttlnn Is obtainable!
of reports thnt Hulgarln has broken
definitely with Hussla, but the news Is
acci pted as true Czar Ferdinand long
ago decided that an Austin-German vic
tory is n certulntj, and apparently has
acted according!)
Tho Hulgirlun prime minister con
ferred for four hours eBterdu with the
tjerman, Austrlnn. and Turkish am
b issadors, Uudapest reports stale Dur
ing tho eonference, the Kngllsh charge
d affaires called and was received by
the prime minister s se.retur
Clcnevn dispatches todav assert that
the landing of I renth troops at Saloni
ka was ordered after the Prench min
ister nt Athens reported thnt Venlzelns'
position wns unshakable and that h
would offer no objections The Ilrltlsh
foreign snrptnr Hlr Kdward flrej, oh
JiLtcil to the landing of troops suspect
ing thnt Venlzelns would not be upheld
b King Constnntlne
Herlln newspnpirs today report that
at u recent Slavic dlnm r In Stockholm
Ktiselin speakers declared Hussla must
soon attack Ilulgnrla and put a Hussion
rulpr on the Ilulgnrlin throne The
newspapers also quoin! a .urlch Switz
erland, paper, tho N ue Zeltung as de
i luring thnt nil neutral powers would
protest against Anglo-rrench violation
of Greece s nculrallt)
Hindenburg Blocked
Plan For Allies' Drive
By Defeat of Russky
IlKnt.IV (via The Hagi'o) Oct 7 -A
rlunntlc offensive movement, with ltu
rlnn. Trench nn 1 British armies dellv
ertng slnuiltamois blows against th
Uernwns. was planned by the allied
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