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FORECAST Toulght and Wednesday I'nlr Slowly JtlshiK Temperature. r"ortv-nlxth Year. ' ' 1 ZT-JT.- - , , P.nv-Riv.h re,. MEDFORD. OiaXiOX. 'ITKSDA V. NOYKMIiKl. 14 I91(i w. ... i " 1 1 .M). 'r' R1TISH MAKE PROGRESS IN E British Keep Up Pressure in Somme and Ancre Salients Germans Re pulsed in Champagne Russians Holding Own in Carpathians Teu tons Redoubling Efforts. NEW OFFENSIV LONDON, Nov. 14. With Impor tant ground on a five mile front ul-yt-eady won from the Germans on tiie 'northern edge of tho Somme region and in the Ancre brook In northern France, the British are fighting on in thoir new offensive. Already they have taken more than 4000 prisoners and the number Is reported Increas ing considerably. London officially confirms tho news of the capture of Ileaumont-IIamel, north of the Ancre, ono of the strongest points In the German defensive line in this region. Ilritish troops stormed this heavily fortified position and further south advanced to the edge of eBaucourt-Sur-Ancre. i Apparently the Ilritish are not re laxing their pressure, now that they have succeeded In materially sharpen ing the salient In the German lines by their advance up the Ancre valley, , as London reports the battle contin ning, Miramont on the Albert-IIa-pnuino railway and ultimately Achlet lc Grand, an important railway junc tion point northwest of liapaume seemingly aro the Ilritish objectives. Genitalis Itculscl. Paris reports German activity in the Champagne region, where an at tack on the French lines near Anber ivo Is declared to have been repulsed. On the eastern front, in the Car pathians, the KusBlnns appear to be, -f holding their own,, Petrtasrad icpori,. ing 'the repulse of Austro-Gorman at tacks in this region. Ilritish Storm Towns. LONDON, Nov. 14. The number of prisoners taken by the Ilritish In the fighting on the Ancre sector of the Somme front Ib now over 4.000, according to an official statement is sued by the war office today. The capture of Beaumont-Hamel, which was reported unofficially yes terday, Is announced lu toduy's state ment. Tho announcement follows: "We stormed the heavily fortified vllage of Uouiimont-llamcl and ad vanced to the outskirts of Hcaurourt-Sur-Ancre. The number of prisoners Is increasing considerably. Over 4000 havo passed through collet-ting sta tions since yesterday morning. The fighting continues." BERLIN, Nov. 14. The stubborn defense made by tho Germans of the positions near the Uiver Ancre, which were attacked yesterday by the Ilrit ish, caused the defenders to suffer Im portant losses, the war office an nounced today. The capture by the Ilritish of Beaumont-Hamel and St. I'lerre Divion, with the latter at con necting lines. Is reported. (Jernmns Attack Kmmiuin. LONDON, Nov. 14. Kedoubled cf- forts are being made by the Austrians and Germans against Rumania, Ren ter's Bucharest correspondent reports. 4 Powerful Teutonic reinforcements have been sent to the region of Orsova on the Danube in Hungary, near the Rumanian border. - Fighting also Is especially severe at two points in tho Carpathians; at (Continued on Page Four.) T WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Presi dent Wilson is being strongly urged to make a western trip before the con vening of congress. The idea Is being supported by many who are advising the president that he should in that way recognize the support which the western states gave In his re-election. Many telegrams are on the presi dent's desk inviting him to a Thanks giving day celebration in Denver. Ills Plans are Indefinite as yet. and none t of his official family kows what he will do about the proposed trip. MEDFORD BRITISH TAKE ANCRE ATTACK Germans Taken by Surprise When British Storm Position Best Ger man Men Witl, drawn to Other Parts-'-British Loss Liyht, Due to Poor German Fire. (Copyright llilti by Associated Press) WITH TIIE BRITISH A KM IKS IN FRANCE. Nov. is. via London, Nov. 14. The Germans were apparently completely surprised by this morn ing's attack in the valley of the Ancre. An evidence of this was found in the fact that tho garrison of the trenches around Beaumont Hansel were prepar ing for breakfast at the verv moment when the British infantry stormed the .position. The Ilritish. after Partially clearing the underground galleries and rounding ill) 70U prisoners, uro- ceeded to eat their prisoner's break fast, telling the captives that they would be fed when they arrived with in the British lines. A total of nearly 4000 prisoners has so far been sent to the cages, including a regimental conimander who was captured In a dugout with a major, an adjutant and a number of other officers. The ma jority of the prisoners are Silesians, and. according to the British officers. yery inferior righting mntcrlal. The German higher command apparcntly depended on the supposedly im pregnable character of the old front line and Its strongly fortified villages rather than on the stamina of the troops. The British officers believe that the Germans withdrew their best men for service elsewhere on tho British front where the new and shallower positions to which the defenders have been forced demand greater resisting power on Hie part of the infantry. British Losses Light. The British losses were unusually light owing largely to the unexpect edly feeble character of the German machine gunc fire at Henumont liamel and St. Pierre Dlrlon. For some days the sector attacked today and the area behind have been sub jected to successive bombardments whic h rose to a record pitch yesterday and resulted in the demolition of a large part of the defenses. A large part of the garrison accept ed the largo deluge of shells as mirl of the regular bombardment and did not realize the attack was upon them unlll too laic. French Make Advance The British advance north of Bcau-mont-llaniel was held up on a fronl allOUt 1.00(1 yards west nf Surra Tl, French captured some German trenches and passed eastward toward the village. SudcnK- mfieliiiw. ,.,,,,1, and infantry snipers, scattered In great profusion in the craters and other shelters, began' firing lu the backs of the attacking ti 'oons ami ne cessitated their withdrawal. North of Scire the British gained ground. but owing to the failure of the ad vance Immediately south the position is subjected to an enfilading fire from higher ground in the neighborhood of the village. Clear Out Germans. A number of Isolated pockets are being cleared of Germans In the in tervening ground between Beaumont llamel and Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre. The British are firmly established on the western outskirts- of the latter ham let. The remaining fragments of the old German line Immediately south of the Ancre which were "pinched OUt" bv the C,'t-m:in Hit,!.- !,,niinn (Continued on Page four.) NORWAY BOAT FIRES COPKNIIAdKN. Nov. 1 I. The Sol-jelilitiidt says that a Norwegian toipedo bout has fired upon a Her man -teauier winch reftl-cd to -tin, when pa-sin Stavcngrr. 'flu- NoMi-cjian iiri-il a shot at the I'll,., jli.r (lie lleUsI III I l!,.... loanlcd tin- -tciilner'aliil dismantled lief eirele-s. Since the beinnin-.' oi the ,,r for eign -hip- have not been permitted to carry wireless installation when in N'oriie-ian water-. 4,000 PRISONERS t- iTHEf I" illi Istefansson STShIS" OFFICIAL COUNT: SAN I'iiANClNCO. Nov. 14.-- The completed election count for California -,7ill mil slliw n difference of more than ten, vote- one -way or llii' other from figures already given out on the presidency," Sydney -M. an yck, Jr.. chairimui of Ihc dem- ocratie campaign committee, an -noiinccd here Into Indn.v. Mr. Van Wyok based his assertion on examin ation of returns from all counties in which Hi nnty clerks have com pleted their work. Minor e.nins anil looses seldom more than :l dozen voles In a precinct Ihus tar have coiintcrbiilnnccil each other, .Mr. Van W'vcl; said. He promised a set of figures late to- lay. At the heailriimrters of the repub lican presidential campaign commit tee, it was said that returns from six ouiitics indicated nothing much, and that interest centered entireiv in the livergcncc between I lie vote for top mill bottom electors on the tickets. No predictions, it was said, could he made as to what this miulit amount to. "We liavc no slnrlliinr informutiou of any sort," siiid Sylvester .I. Mc- Mec, secretary of the commit lee. There are no indications of milulilc ivergenecs from Hie official coiinl. We are simply waiting to sec what Ihc count ileveloos." IEN ARE INJURED IN KVANSVII.l.K, liul.. Nov. 1 . Kighl persons were reported killed t.i- lay in a lieail-on collision beiwi ills of the Kvan-ville & Kastern in- teriirlian line near Vankeetown, War rick county. A relief carrying doc tor- and nurses has gone to the scene fi-oin this eily. Later reports from the company's office were that none were killed, but ten were injured, some seriously. Those hurt were being brought to this oitv. EVANSVILLK, Nov. II. Fifteen persons were hurt, four probably fa tally, when two Evunsville and Eas tern Intel-urban curs met in head-on collision near Vankeetown. Warrick county, today. SECOND MEMBER WESLEYAN FOOTBALL TEAM DIES LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. I l.-llorol.l llinnian, who died of lyphoid fever at a fraternity home in I 'uivcril v place this morning, i- the nml of tin- Nebraska We-lcvan uniwo-ilv football team to .lie of I ,,,i, ,,, ,e la-t ten da vs. lAIL I. SHIVER OF DOUBT I TO STAY ANOTHER WINTER IN NORTH i ! SAN I- KA.M ISl (). Nov. 14. The famous whaling ship Herman, Cnp , lain C. T. Pederaun, anchored In San j Francisco Bay early this morning, bringing direct word from Explorer Slefansson's party, besides a rich j cargo of whale oilt bone and furs. J "Who's elected president." wus the first question over thu sides of the I ship as she poked her nose Into ancorage off .Mcigg's wharf. It was Captain Pederson who fitted out the Karluk at Esipiimalt lor Ste-fausson- three yciu-s ago, and Captain Bartlctt two years later, alter the Karluk had been lost lu the Ice. "1 visited Stefnnssou's base on Bank's Land." Captain Pederson said this morning, "and there I sold Cup tain Bernard, who was in command. $2,0011 worih of supplies. Slofans son was away hunting musk ox, of which he had rounded up a herd of several hundred they told me. He Is drying as many ions of meat as he can get because he is planning to stav an extra winter. "One of his engineers, named .tones dlei of heart failure. Otherwise the expedition was in good siiape when 1 left. Stel'anssnn Is not coming back through the Bering straits -- the way , he went in. His plan Is to go out jon the other side and conic down by ! Greenland and Hudson Bav. The copper lands lie has discovered are rich enough to supply the world, ac cording to Captain Bernard." RATE INCREASES WAsniNH'fdN. Nov. I.-. .Cancel- lotion of pro d oeneral increases in fn-iuht rale- bv Irans-eontiiicnlal railroads on tiatlic to nml from the I'aeili,. eoa-t and the interiuoiintatu coiintly and the cast was aiilliurizeil loilav bv tin- interstate commerce eoliutli-sioii. Notice was "jven of a compromise between carriers and shippei- lor a maximum ilierea-e o 111 cents per Ion pounds (n carload shipments and '.'."i cents per lllu pound- on le-s than enrlond Ira flic to eoa-t points. The plopo-ed increases aluoiililcil ill some in-lai - to several hundred per cent and win- suspended hy ,,. commission -i-veini months ago after extensiw hearing- here in which shippers vigorously protested. The great hulk of tin- Inilfio to points concerned i- in ohed. The commis sion HI till -ami- tunc cni'-elleil hear ings set lor XoM-Mihci- and December 111 Chicago. Salt Lake. Sail Kl'illlein. I'oith-iit'I ami Sp'-kane, Tribune ! AMERICAN SCOUTS IN JAIL AT JUAREZ j EL PASO. Tex., Nov. 14. Kepre I scntations were made today by the 'American stuto department to the jCarranza government, through Its i agents here and in Mexico City, for immediate action to lie taken In the cases of Benjamin Brnhan, the scout for General Pershing, and Joseph Williams a .Mormon resident of Co- j Ionia llnblan. w ho are biting held In the Juarez, jail. I. liter the inspector of f'arranza cnusiilulcs iiuuounceil he recommend ed to tlcncral Trcvino during a tcle- g rn phi inference that Williams he rclcused on bond pending a further investigation of his case and that lirahnn be released from custody. No orders have been received in Juarez : from (tencrnl Trc inn regarding the disposal of the cases against Hie Ami-rii-uus. EL PASO, Tex., Nov. I I. Acting upon instructions from Secretary of Slate Lansing, American Consul Ed vvurds today called upon Andres Gar cia, ranking Carranza official on the border and filed a formal protest against the removal of the two American!- to Chihuahua City. At the same tniK. he made a reitiest for immediate information as to the charges against j tlieiu. He also asked that an Investigation Mie made of the charges against Allien jlP-rold at Chihuahua City. Captain .-'robcll, British consul there. Is act ing for the fulled Slates In this case. Consul Edwards announced, as there is now no American consul there. CALLES LEADER AGAINST VILLA EL PASO. Tex.. Nov. I I. (leneral P. Ellas Callcs, former military gov ernor of Sonera. Is expected to assume command of a dlvbdon under Cen era I l-'ratirlsro .Margula In the stale or Chihuahua, which Is being organ ized to take the field against the Villa bandits. Ceneral Callcs has been In Mexico City for a conference with (leneral Carranza. ! WASIIIXUTOX. Nov. I . - Secre. jtary l.an-mg's leporl- from bonier oftieiaU say Yilii-tn forces operaliug jaroiiml Chihuahua Citv are with (dlawing ami that more Carrtiiiza j troops were being -i-nl there. The dispatches failed to indicate where the "illi-la- weie moving, pointing jolll merely that the inovcmctil seem ed to insure milled safety for thai dl-trict. No w ord has lieetl l ei-ciM-i I 1 0111 I'lilral, which was reported to have lien captured by llll-liis. MIDDLE WEST IN SENATE PROBES GRIP COLD WAVE, MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCING EAST CAMPAIGN FUNDS Risittq Temperatures Reported in the West Southern California Shiver ing With Cold Below Zero In Mon tanaSixteen Ahove in Chicago Vermont Under Ten Inches Snow. WASHINGTON, -Nov. 14. The cold wave from the Kochv mountain region continued to movi si war, I today ami freezing temperatures had extended southward to the Mexican border, where the troops were feeling their effect. The coldest place loiluv was (.under, Wyo., where it was III degrees below zero. The advancing cold was being felt tlirouglioul the middle west am! oraclically all states cast of the .Mis. -issippi river, hut it seemed to be losing its intensity as it moved east ward. 'file temperature today had moder ated somewhat in the north li'ocky mountain region, but was much below season average in all western dis tricts. El I'nso, Tex., reported l!'-' degrees; San Antonio, 2H; Del llio ;l(l; Corpus Chrisii, Ml, an. I Browns ville. :ts. At Chicago, Hi degrees was re ported, while Si. Paul reported li: St. Louis Hi mill Oniuha 4. Oregon Temperature Itlslng. I'OKTI.ANII, Or... Nov. 1 I. I'ort lund's lempcruture today was on the increase mid registered :12 degrees ahove zero ul dawn, instead of 'JS as yesterday. Weather bureau offi cials said the cold spell would soon lie over and Hint a slowly rising tem perature aaS' Vxpeclcd thrimglniiil ( h-cgon. SAN l-'li'AN'CISCO, Nov. I I. --The I'llitcd Stales weather bureau here promised a lel-up today of the severe frosts which have gripped the stale for the last Iwo nights. A "light frost" was predicted, however, for tonight in exposed places. No reports of severe damage have been received, nltlioiih the temperature dropped to Hi degrees above zero ill Paso Ho llies, ranging- IV that upward In -I I degrees, which caused citizens of San Kruueis I.os Angeles inul llnkcrs- I'ielil to shiver with the "cold." Monpliia Below Zero. lll'TTK. .Mont., Nov. 1 -I.---After four days of below-zero tempera I ui es the cxlraorilinary cold wave which has held Ibis section in its grip, is gradually 1 1 ) 1 1 i 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 -j . 'I'he mercury this morning st III ahove. Sunday and Monday presented the coldest November days in this city in thir teen years. The wcallier continues el ami cold, with sliilil tall of snow unnieltcil on the ground. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 1-1.-'I'elupcral arcs above zero in Montana loilav indicate,! that III Id wave is passing. Helena reported the low est temperature in the -late H above zero. Hilling- reported Hi above anil llazre Hi. 'fbc government thermometer in I'liculello. Idaho, registered III nboc. In Spokane, the lowest temperature last night was I I above. Wacuiec lu Seal He. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. I I. A I cold -pell which has o .-r-pi eacl I'n i get sound for several da Vs. with bright sliie- and a temperature of -J!) ahove zero in Seal He in tile coliles) (Continued an uiif. j-'onr.) NEW Villi l. Nov. I 1. The Amer ican iina-ion in Ihc foreign liuaiieial lichl took another -lip today when the announcement t, Ihc National City bank had oblailn-d il lit lim it from the li'is-iau government lo es lablisli n branch in I'l-trograd. The hllincli is to be opened at once, li ill be the si nil foreign bank ill Ihc li'lts.-ian eapilal. A- all outcome of the war ill Europe, financial and trade relations between liiissia ami Ihc l ulled Slafcs hale greatly advanced. BANK IN RUSSfA SALVATION hWi Unr-wlty of OrtRan MVrnry ! WEATHER Maximum Yesterday IH; Minimum Today II). Misuse of Money Alleged Congress to Provide Legislation for Investi gationAllege Attempts to Colon ize Illegal Voters in Southern Dis tricts Carried by Republicans. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. A sen atorial iuvesligalioii of alleged mis use of money in the presidential campaign wus annouueed definitely today by administration officials. Preliminary plans have been made and a resolution providing the ma chinery for the imptiry is ready lo he introduced soon alter congress convenes next month. It wus stutcd today that evidence was heimr collected, hut its details were not disclosed. 'I'he plan is to call those actually in charge of cam paign finances before the senate committee and invesiignte the details of their transactions. Various reports concerning use of money in certain stales have come to ilcmoerutic hcnilipiurtcrs as well as republican hcniliiiurlcrs. Illegal Voters Colonized. Investigation into uilcged attempts to colonize illcgnl voters in Indiana and West Virginia particularly was begun several weeks before the elec tion. Ill those slutes democratic leaders are planning to contest the election of I nitcd Slates senators. Hi-lore the polls had closed lust Tues dnv churges of corruption were being openly made by democrutie chici'taius anil predictions, w ere freely circulat ed thai exposures would follow the election. Evidence is being guthered upon which to base contests in the election of Harry S. New and dames K. Wat son us senutors from Indiuna, nud licprcscntallvc Howard Sutherland as senntor in West Virginia. New, on the face of returns, defeated Minor ity Lender Kern anil Watson won from Senator Tnggarl. Sutherland defeated Senator Chilton in West Virginiu. llomon-ntN Control Senate. It hns been churged by democrats that ncerocs were colonized J'rom the south in stiites where the re ptthlicnns triumphed by small majorities. If contests are brought they will have to he initialed in the new sen ate, as each legislative bodv is the judge of its own members. The dein oerals will control the new senate by a majority of twelve votes. Itcpubliians Welcome Investigation. NEW VOIIK, Nov. II. "The re liublican naliotiat committee will wel come t In fullest invesliguliou of ev ery penny spent bv it," Chairman William II. Willeox of the committee said here today when informed of the steps for senatorial invcstignlion un- ln'ii I at Wa-liingtou. He siiid thai no charges or inlormnrion as to al leged misuse of funds in the cam paign had I n sent to any officials in Washington by Hie republican committee. WASHINGTON, Nov. H. Tho de partment of Justice announced that Its Investigation will proceed In va rious states despite the fact that the elections are over, and said that prosecutions were lo follow where the law has licen violated. While the statement does not name any states, it Is known that a large force of stieclal agents lias been work ing In .Michigan. Minnesota-. Ohio. New York, Illinois, Indiana and other states. NEW VO(K, Nov. I I. After an illue-s of several weeks, during which "ceaseless prayer" was offered lor I'er in Salviilion army circles lliroiighoiil ihc country, Evangeline C. liooth, coinuianiler of Ihc Salva tion Army in the I'niled Slates, is reported today as well on the mini to recovery. It is announced that she would he able to resume work within a few days. J S