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University of Oregon Liin'ary i Medford Mail Tribun FORECAST Full- uiul Warmer Toulit DUll TUCMlllJr. WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 4ii; Minimum Today 21, Forty-sixth Tear. PaU,VBlevenlh Tar. MEDFORD. OniXiOX, 3HOXDAY. NOYKMMKIJ. 'JO, WW NO. 207 H UNDER GENERAL SARRA MONASTIR CAPTURED BY SERBIANS AND FRENG mPTfiFQQ IQ iWILSQN HAS 27B ICH1EFS UF FOUR FUirillTFn AND HUGHES 255. BROTHERHOODS ISg'igiff ELECTORAL VOTES SEEMDEr pM; U I I LU I UllU Completion of California Official to- Head of Trainmen's Organizations iJ"TSW -W 'l' f1 jJ$s ! Victory of General Sarrail's Armies 4 on Macedonian Front Being Vig orously Followed Up Several Towns North Also Taken Monas tir Virtually Destroyed by Fire and Explosions and Deserted by Population. PARIS, Nov. 20. Allied troops havo boon completely victorious on iiic Macedonian front from the River Ccrna to Lake Prcsba, according to announcement made by the French war office this afternoon. This success had Its culmination yesterday with the entrance of French cavalry Into Monastir at half past eight in the morning. During the same day French troops moved out to the north of Monastir and cap f lured Hill No. S21 and other villages in tho vicinity. They also took 62 0 prisoners and a considerable quantity of war material." Occupied by Serbs. The communication rollows:' "Teh fighting which lias been going on since November 10 along tho front of tho army in tho Orient from the River Cerna to Lake Presba l as come to an end with a complete victory for Jho allied troops.. The -iiy of November 19 saw tho final re sult of the vast enveloping mnneuver ol tho German and Bulgarian forces which were defending the region of Monastlr. "On the evening of November IS, Serbian forces, continuing their vic torious offensive, occupied the village cf Grunishte, cast of the Cerna. The same night Yarashok In the bend of the river, fell into the hands' of the Franco-Serbian troops. Following up their success with energy during the if night of the ISth-lOth, our allies, after a brilliant engagement took pos session of Hill No. 1,378 and at day break on November 19 thoy drove the enemy out of Makovo. Orcnfiy Trenches. "During tho day of the 19th sev eral lines of Bulgarian trenches lo cated in the vicinity of Dobromlr were occupied by Serbian forces. This determined advance movement com pelled tho Gcrman-ntilgarians to evacuate the last of their positions protecting Monastir. "French cavalry pursuing closely the rear guard of the enemy entered Monastor Xovember 19 at half past eight o'clock In the morning. They were followed by a column of Franco Russian infantry. "During the day our troops, work ing out directly north of Monastir, took posession successively of Hill No. 821 and the village of Kirkllua lY'o miles north of Monastir) and i they reached the outskirts of Kara continued on Page Six.) FOR $115,000 LIBEL NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 20. While officlnls of the Eastern For warding complny today declined to make any statement regarding the Deutschland, It was understood that the damage caused by the collision with the tug, T. A. Seott, Jr., prac tically has been repaired. Deputy Sheriff .1. II. Tubhs was waiting, it was said, for the tiling of a bond that would release the subma rine from the ? 12,000 libel, brought by the T. A. Scott company, owners of the tug T. A. Seott, Jr., in order that he might serve attachments on the Deutschland in four damage suits ag gregating $175,000, brought in the interests of the families of the crew who lost their lives when the tu? h unk by the submarine. Completion of California Official To tals Shows President Re-elected With Margin to Spare Official Count Completed, Though Not Re ceived by Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The lat est official figures show the Electoral voto to be Wilson, 270 and Hughes 255. Wilson carried 30 states and Hughes 18. The last states to report are California, Minnesota and New Mexico. Of these Wilson carried Cal ifornia with 13 votes and New Mexico with 3 votesi while Hughes carried Minnesota with 12 electoral votes. Ohio was tho only great eastern stato carried by Wilson. Wilson carried every slate west of the Missouri river except Oregon. Sun Feniieiseo Finished. SANFRANC1SCO, Nov. 20. The official canvass of the olcctlon re turns In this city was completed yes terday by the election commission with tho result that the Hughes elec tors made a net gain of 69 votes. The official tabulation of the votes will not tie completed until next Friday v.-hui It was said the official result will he announced. 1 The commission finally disposed yesterday morning of all contested 1-reelncts. The members ordered tho votes to be counted as the face of the returns indicated they should be HTter hearing explanations of discrepancies by the election officers. The action of the commission therefore settles all disputed points and there is nothing now left to be done but to prepare the sheets show int the result of each precinct, which have to be sent to the Secretary of State at Sacramento. i KtTors in California. SAt'KAMKNTO, Oil., Nov. 20. Klection returns from fifteen conn- (Continued on Page Two.) LONDON, Nov. 20. The position of Rumania appears Increasingly pre carious. General Von FalkeubayirB armies are continuing to force their way southward from the Transylvan iap border and Petrograd admits a lurtlier retirement of the Rumanians in the Jiul valley region. The greatest peril to the Ruman ians, according to the view of entente military critics, lies In tho reported cutting of the railway from the Dan ube to Craiova threatening the flank of the Rumanian army south of Vul can pass and making the position of the Russian army at Orsova hazard ous. The had weather along the front In France apparently has brought operations to a virtual standstill. HKHI.IX, Nov.' 20. Operations along the eastern front have been only of a minor character, the war office announced today in the fol lowing statement: "Severe cold prevailed and fighting actively has been limited." USItLI.V, Nov. 20. The Austro Cerman campaign against the Ku manians and their Russian allies lias gained further successes the war of fice announces. Near Campulung the Rumanians, whose forces are de moralized, made attacks yesterday, but were repubed. PKTHOflRAl). Nov. 20 The Itu maniam are still retiring south be fore the Invnding Auslro-tJerinan troops in the .Ilul valiey reslon, the war office announced today. GERMAN DRIVE INTO RUMANIA MAKES PROGRESS Head of Trainmen's Organizations Confer With Wilson Tonight Se crecy Surrounds Agreement of the American Federation and Brother hoodsPresident to Confer. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. While it was insisted they caniu only to pay their respects, the heads of the four great railway brotherhoods made an engagement at the white house today to confer with President Wilson late in the afternoon. It was expected that the eight-hour day fight nnd probably the plans for co-operution of the brotherhoods with the Ameri can Federation of Labor would be discussed, if only briefly. Plans for a eo-ordinution of ef forts between the American Federa tion of Labor and lour great railway brotherhoods for an eight-hour day fight, said to have been formulated at a conference here yesterday, arc stir rounded witli considerable secrecy. Confer With Goinpers. The brotherhood leaders conferred with President Gompers, and it was said ihey would address the Aiueri can Federation of Labor convention in Baltimore on the subject tonior row. - President Gompers was quoted as refusing to discuss the subject on the ground that it was to ciiine before the convention. The reported plan of the labor leaders is surrounded with many cir cumstances which leads government officials interested in the congres sionul investigation of the eight-hour railway law to believe it lias been fonnulated to meet a reported move ment on the part of employers to band together to fight the eight-hour day. Until the plans are fully disclosed, tile legislative program of the admin istration will not bu fully shaped, but it is admitted that the action of t lie labor lenders will have uh important bearing upon it. See I'msiclcnt Tonight. The leaders will see the president at ":1." and at fi o'clock the president will confer with Keprescntative Ad nmson, auflior of the present eight hour law, and vice-chairman of the joint congressional committee which began an investigation of the rail road situation today. Jn the president's address to con gress next .Monday he will make rec ommendations for the remainder of the legislative program which was unfinished when congress adjourned. The brotherhood leaders oppose that part of the president's recom mendation which propose investiga tion of railroad controversies before a strike or lockout is permitted. The American Federation of Labor has also gone on record against the rec ommendation. F L KL PASO, Nov. 'JO. American mining men here continued today to make every possible effort to obtain definite information regarding the fate of the remaining Americans in Pnrral. In addition to the live or six Americans known to have reached I'liliaean, Sinalon, where are believed to be at least six other Americans still in the Parral district. With the exception of the report brought to the border by Chinese ref ugees, stating tiiat "all foreigner had been ordered killed by Villa," and the report brought to Juarez by a .Mexican who claimed to have seen four Americans being taken to Villa 'icndfpiiirters in Parral after the oc cupation of tin- town, nothing is known of the lute of the Americans anil other foreigners in the Parral district prior (o Villu s "iitnin'e. t JUST CANT DO WITHOUT OLD ARMY MULE The newest tracton may cltmli hills, ford streams ami perform other marvelous feats but the tractor that of Europe is none other than the old shows a mule hi a Herman trench w him. (Copvriglil, l!Mfi, bv the Associated Pros.) SIMLA, India, Oct, Hi. Lord Chelmsford, India's new viceroy, in nn interview witli 11 (oiTe.-.pondent of the Asf-UK'iuti'd Press today, dis claimed reports of any new problems in India arising out of the Kuropeau war. He said: "No doubt at the present moment political problems are ultractinx the greatest attention both in and out of India, bill none the less it is ii mis take to suppose llint Ihc-e are new problems which have recently conic U), or even different problems from tli one on which we have worked in the pnt. "(in wherever you please through out the Jeiith ami breadth of India," said Lord Chelmsford. -'Study our work and our iit ! i'-iillics. No wen try, will bar the way and no secret acnls will shudmv you. Talk to whom you p.lcu-c ce what you please; do what you please, and then write what yon plca-o. In India we have nothing to eruieeal. Will you tell your countrymen that? "The war, affording India an op portunity nf ili-plii in iH practical inipoilance (o the empire, has stirred Indian aspiration, and the new part nership on the battle field has rpiick ened the sympathy "I the whole em pire wilh those a-piiationw, ' 'lint i-h statesmen have always conceived in a ('n,'nH's: spirit their responsibilities to India and the In dians. Perhaps the rati of definite political po;:rc-s ha-, been slow, but constitutional development can hard ly be other than slow. The political development of India has always commanded our anxious a Men I ion and has always been progressive. ,f French Order Out Envoys LONDON, - Xv. -UiMi Allien, dispatch to (he Kx halite Tele-jraph company -ay- the (b rman, Au-tru-lfuiyMii,tn. KtilL'nrian ami Turk i-h ;ninis!er- to Orcet c have 1 n in formed by Vice-Admii al I hi Koiirnct. commander of the allied fleet, dint thev in ii deport from (J recce bv W'e.lm-duv. j proves indiHpensnblo in tho trenches fashioned army mule. The picture here -there are many more just like -" ' 10 NEW YORK CITY NKW YORK, Nov. 20- The record breaking air plane flight of Until Law begun yesterday In Chicago, term! natcd at l!ovcrnor'n Island hero at 9:10 a. m. today, aflcr stops at Hor nell and IthiLihamptoii, N. Y. The final ir2 miles from llfuKltaniplon to this city was covered this morning In two hours and twenty minutes and tho entire journey, s:i tulles in an air line, In the actual flying time of nine hours and one minute. .Miss Law was greeted on her ar rival at (lovernor's Island hy Major (ieneral uw .Mrs. Leonard Wood, who congratulated her on her achieve inent. She was considerably chilled and was taken (o the house of one of the officers at the poM to recuperate She had little tu say about her flight, except thai she had to fly much lower (ban she wanted to, on account of the haze. It was the cause of remark among those who examined her machine here that its structure was such as to expose her to the air more than in the case u most modern air planes. The pilot's seat is placed on a projection In front of the ma chine so tiiat I lie avlatrix got the full force of the wind. Miss Law bettered Victor Carl fitrom's record by about 100 miles, making the .'iHO miles In an ah' line from Chicago to Cornel N v., where she arrived yesterday, without stop ping. Carlst rum's ma' hlne protected him from the Icy winds. 10 CANADA TO ID CIIK AIK), X..-. L'H. TIiciii-.iimK of J!rili--i win- umIi juitl tht-ir cliil- lltl'll lire cr In' t J .ill -Jx.I t i til Cillt nilil with tile v m'-I : t i nil tluil In it tl y l"t' till' WIHIII'll will III' ln;in-ii'il to (-iin- iiiliini limiiiT-. in iilini: In t''"' itlltlillf'il lll'l'i' IimIjiv Iiv l;ii,l l.nnili nf l.nniliin, .'..tiitii i i..fi.-j- it 1 1 1 iiii. nii-riili.m sipiiity nf llii' Siilviitnui Army. Hi' niil In1 1 . i 1 i ivcil ii-siinini'i' ol' Mi,ii.rt of tin- phin linin linth tin I'liiniilmn iiin.l iiriii-li '."ii'i Nun-lit.-. ALL PHASES OF Tl 10 BE PROBED Congressional Investigation of Rail road Problems Begun in Washing tonSubject of Government Own ership and Regulation to Be Con sideredAid of All Factions Asked WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. In open- ing tho first session of the Joint con gressional committee to Investigate railroad problems today, Senator Kranels (i. Xewlands of Nevada, the chairman, explained that the inquiry would cover a wide field. He said: 'It will relate to every phase of the transportation question, the mall carriers, river carriers, ocean carriers and the perfection of a harmonious system of transportation embracing rail, river nnd ocean carriers that will meet tho demands of iuter-state as well as foreign commerce and it will also he applied to the telegraph and telephone lines, express com panies and other public utilities: "It will embrace not only the sub joct ot government control and ref lation of these utilities, but also the wisdom and feasibility of government ownership and the comparative worth efficiency of government regula tion and control as compared with government ownership and opera tion." Ask Ahl of All Factions. Senator Newhmds said that a fc-on- elusion will he' more quickly arrived at "If '"We have tho sympathetic aid of practical men, of economists, of railway executives, of workers, of commercial bodies, farmers, mauufae turers, and shippers." Iteferriug to government owner ship he said: "It is a question that must he faced. Other nations far advanced in civilization have adopted the system Recently, under the stress of war, al most all Kuropean governments have taken over tho railways. It demon Ht rates that la conditions of grent crisis when an autocratic power must he given the government, all intellec tual governments drift toward nbso lute and complete regulation of the roads as the only solution of the question. "If we pursue the exercise and the study of government regulation wise ly, persistently and energetically, we may create such a sytsem of regula tion a ft will meet every requirement, both in time of peace and of war, hi exigency or crisis, it seems to he wise for the government to ascertain the history of governments that h;vv adopted government ownership and operation of railroads and to watt h the experiences of the Kurupcan gov ernmeuts in the gerat war in this re gard. ; IHscic-h Public Costrol. "In this connection will come the question of the method of taking over the railroads. Shall it he accomplish ed hy actual valuation of the railways and a condemnation of them, or shall they he taken over by the easier method of taking over the storks and bonds at their market value, thus at (Continued on fiigo Two.) STRANDED AT DOVER ;i;m,!N. Nov. O. -The American Menm-hi Siberia, nccnrdini: tit wire-lc-- reorU received here, is stranded on (he Kn-t (iooduin .-aitds near Do ver, and i a-kin-4 for help. The of-tieer- of the Siberia av it i- hnioi--ible to launch boat-, ouiiii; to the hem v m-us. The hlcanirhi Siberia, ot' I l.'Jhl Ions uro-.-, which h.ul nirn.U-d m-v (irteeh year-' under the American flair, wim .-old bv the I'aeific Mail Nctitii-hit eoniuinv of New York early ibi- year t" a .laanc-e -leam- -hip coin i :t n v lor -erviee bet ween Sun Kijineir-eu and the far eaM. Thi c--cl i ih'W on a oyas:e to ,laan and t hinc-e Mnt-. 1AFHC CONTROL ONTHESOAIE GREAT THRUS T AT STANDSTILL Berlin Report Declares That General Battle Has Degenerated Into Lo cal Actions British and French Attempts Futile Germans Retake Positions as Fast as Lost. ' - ' s , " ir, UKUMX, Xov. 20. The military rilic of the Ovvrni'iis News uyeney writes : Tlii! jjii'iit thrust on the Soinmo bun i'oiiiu to u MiimUtill. Last week tbt' fji'iii'ial batllo was split into iso lali'il attacks. The small local sno ceses ot the enemy eoulil not be de veloped u lid i'ur the most part were nnllil'ieil by counter attacks. Tho tact that lor several weeks the samu villages have been mentioned again and iiffiiin in the ol'ficiiil Clennan re ports and those of the entente is the best proo!' that the :enerul battle on the Sonnne lias come to n standstill and that the British as veil us the French are limited to improving their positions. Successes Small. "Allliouuh the llritisli won small local successes near Clrundconi't and the (iernians were if;iiiti driven from Serre, the coveted heights of Serro .remained in (Icniian hands after a desperate battle. "Three fresh army corps- were hroiiv.ht up by llir llnMsli Joe the. ffi-ent attack of November i;i-14, tile objective which was not merely Itcaimiont-llaiucl and I'l'iiucoiirt, but liapiiume, as it proved bv orders that were found. Alter the failure of the mass thrusts, isolated attacks were continued by the Kritish all throuRh I he week. These, were without suc cess and on Saturday the British araiii made a general attack on both sides of the Ancre. Xeiv Attempt Knits. This new allempl to break Ihrouirh our line was a failure. On the Vi kiloiueter front the enemy was re-' pulsed almost everywhere, and his insignificant successes nt some places required the heaviest sacri fices. Local success at the bend of the Ancre was paid lor by the Ilrit jsh with losses elsewhere on the fi t. The llulle de Win lemoiirt, n- Inll which bars the mini to lliipauinc, which was captured by the ISrilish on November I I at the expense of enor-. nious sacrifices, was recaptured by the (ii'i'inans on the .Kith. A surprise .illiii'k was liiailc by the Germans without artillery preparation and the. opposing troops lied. Only two non ciiiiiMiissioncil olficei's and seventeen men could be captured. The prison-- crs bore no arms. They were Aus Iraliniis who were must weary of war,, and Ihcv declared tiiat all the Aus tralian troops on the Sonnne front were kept up only by the hope of speedy relief. "l-ciliited attacks by the French were ciiinlly unsuccessful. Ncur St. Pierre Yiuist w 1 a l'Ycuch altack broke down with heuvv losses ami near l'rc-suire little was quilled. LITHUANIA TO BE NGE PA It l, Nov. 2(t. -Geriuuny In nhout to Tnllow up her declaration of Polish independence, with a aimllar an:iounceni(!nt regarding Lithuania, tfccnrdiut? tn dinjiatchen from Swltzur. lainl. Tho dispatches said that tho new Mate will probaldy receive Princo tfithtl Frelderk'h, second son of tho Mimei or, an ltn Hovendyn and will form a ntate of the German empire wlt'i a HluiUar tatun to that of Huvhv I. or Saxony. Ah In the cafe of Po Ian. I, the dl.tpatchcH add, a Lithuan ian army will he formed to fight uudt r l-'lebl Marshal Von I linden bur K. It Is estimated that IdthiiHiiia could raise I50,uoi men,