FORECAST
Toulght and Wednesday I'nlr
Slowly JtlshiK Temperature.
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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.
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