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i Medford Mail Tribune . FORECAST FA IK AXI WARMKJt WE ATHER Maximum Vestiatliij- 81 i Minimum TotUiy I'.l. Fortv-Htxth Year. Uttllv Blfventh Year. XEUTONS SEIZE IE By Bold and Rapid Strokes, Invad ers Conquer Large Portion of Ru manian Province Town of Crai ova Falls Pursuit of Bulgars Continues in South. T.flKnOW Xov. 21. Tlv Imlil nnd 'rapid strokes Iho Teutonic invaders apparently nave conquerou a large Koenoii 01 nortuwcstcrn v nuuciun from Iho Rumanians. Herlin lvports thai the important railway town of Craiova, in western Wullnehiu, was occupied lit noon to day by (icrmuit troops invading liu manin, it was semi-olfieiully an nounced this afternoon. I'etroprnd's official bulletin today announces a Hnmnninn retirement in this part of the battle front to the vojrion of Fillinsh, forty miles liorlh west of Craiova, Judging; 'from tin recent reor(s of the operations, (hi means that eonvorumjc attacks by Aiistro-Oermaii forces moving snnth ward in the Jinl valley and eastward aloni; the. railway from Orovosoa have compelled the liumnninns to withdraw from the Orovosoa region ami execute a rapid retreat in the .7 1 1 1 1 valley, litis movement mi made, it appears, to prevent the re treat of their armies being cut off. Seize Railroad I,ine. Whether even thn rapid retreat in dieatcd has been in time to save the Itumuniun armies in this region b rendered doubtful by the German an nouacement that Teutonic troops are now before Craiova. -Tho railroad running through Craiova to ltuehnr- est affords the. only convenient- line ot retirement fur the tlrsovu and Jiul vallev armies. While the liuinnnians have evidently reached the junction point of the Jiul valley road with the mam line at Filliasli, the loss of Cra iova would effectually bar their way eastward except across country. Further eastward in Wallnchia tin arrival of Knssinn troops seems to have strengthened the liumnnian de fense. The Russians took the offen sivp north of Caiiipulung, according -to lierlni, but were repulsed. The liimmniniis are resisting persistently ;., ilw. Ml volt,,,- en,, II, nf II, , lll,.n tliunn pass, but neverlheless were compelled to Yield important posi lions to General Von 1'alkeuhayn's troops. riirsnit of Bulgarians. In the other chieC field of present military activity, the Macedonian front, French and Serbian troops-are continuing their pursuit of the Ger man and rttilgariun forces -which evacuated Jlonastir under entente (Continued on Page Three.) SOMME FRONT OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 21. An ad vance by the Canadian troops along a front of about 3,r,00 yards with the capture of 619 wounded and un bounded Germans Is described In a communique Issued today by the war records office, covering the opera tlons of November IS by the domin ion soldiers at the British front. Canadian guns had been concen trating a heavy fire for several days on a strong line of German trenches, which became the objective when the Infautry offense began at 6 o'clock. This objective was consolidated in Its entirety, the statement says, the movement being virtually "a swing forward of our left pivoting on our right." The gain varied from about 200 yards on the right to nearly 1,000 yards on the left. The troops at the left advanced f,00 yards beyond the objective, the communique declares and took a section of the grandcourt trench, which Is consolidated suc cessfully, but this unit was with drawn later, "because the position formed too dangerous a salient. The Canadian losses were comparatively lixht with fewer casualties than were to be expected." 1 OF WALLACHlA REFUGEES DENY PARRAL STORY OF MASSACRES Residents of Invaded Region Arriv ing at Nogales Contradict Story of Slaughter of Foreigners All Safe When Refugees Left Hoemuller's Death Confirmed. . XOGAI.KS, Ariz., Nov. 21. Four American refugees from I'nrral who arrived last night said today they were skeptical of reports that all for eigners remaining there bad been kill ed after Villa and his bandits occu pied the town. They said they lctt as a matter of expediency and not 1 1) rough anticipation of any real dan ger. . '"The four men said there were about sixtv Americans and other foreigners in l'arral when thev left their mines two miles outside J'nrrnl, November 2, believing Villa would come there after taking Santa liosiilia. Howard Clruv, mi American, thev said, volun leered to remain in charge of the mines. Ilocniiillci-'s liitli; Dr. Cordova, a Mexican physician, a refugee from Parral. stated Hoc- miller had been killed. He said lloemuller angered Villa by display ing in the window of his pharmacy a bottle of cars of Carranza soldiers, sent to him in confidence with in structions to warn (ioneral Herrera that he would suffer such a fate, lloe muller, accordliiK to Tit. Cordova. misunderstood Villa's intentions nnd displayed the bottle of ears and the letter in his show-window. T. G. Hawkins, Jr., ot El Paso, superintendent of the Alvarado Min ing company's Parral mines, said the trip- hero "really was pleasurable" and without dangers, lie was accom panied hy three of the company's em ployes, Leslie Webb and Bernard Mc Donald or Kl Paso and A. W. Morris of I.os Angeles. The four left here early today for their homes. Kealli of Fisher. Hawkins, describing the trip here, said he and his men decided to leave the vicinity of Parral when they heard or the death of Dr. Charles Fisher, an American, at Santa Itosa- lia. They felt sure Villa would come to Parral next, so on November 2 they moved from their mine two miles out side Parral, to one lf miles away, where they remained until Villa en tered Parral, then they retired two day's journey into the mountains, keeping in touch with Parral through a system of couriers. The Inst courier advices, Hawkins said, told nothing of the fate of the Americans remaining there, but did relate the Imprisonment of Chinese and Asyrians. On the night of No vember 10, the party started for the west, arriving at Culiacan. Sinaloa without mishap, well mounted and with plenty of provisions, anil then proceeded here. Hawkins said Villa entered Santa Itosalia. October 2i. TEUTON ENVOYS REFUSE TO LEAVE LONDON, Nov. 21. neuter's Athens correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday's date, says: "The main discussion at this morning's session of the crown coun cil was regarding the refusal of the Austrian and German ministers to accept Vice Admiral DiiFonrnefs no tice to leave Greece and the attitude to tic taken hy King Constantine in the event of their demanding his pro tection. It is learned that Premier Ilriaad of France, in a telegram to the king, suggested that in order to emerge from Ills present difficulties, he seek reconciliation with Former Premier Vcnlzelos and declare war on Itul garia." A news agency dispatch from Athens yesterday Bald the German-Austro-lliincarian. liulgarian and Turkish ministers to Greece bad been informed by Vice Admiral DuFour-m-t, commander of the allied fleet, that they mut leave Greece by Wednesday. MEDFORD. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF COAL MINES Director of United States Geological Survey Says That Federal Owner ships and Operation of Coal De posits Is Only Cure for High Prices Demanded by Private Monopoly. By. KRKDKMOIv M. KKRllY. WASHINGTON, L). C, Nov. IM. Government ownership and operation of coal mines as a remedy for the high cost of coal is predicted by Dr. George Otis Smith, director of the I'niled States geological survey. Speaking before the American min ing congress in Chicago, Director Smith said that in the whole field of productive business it seemed to him that the coal business is tho one "most likely to be threatened with government operation." Coal a Monopoly, "The foodstuffs," ho said, ."arc produced on land owned nnd operat ed by the millions, and so far as the produ'dion of the raw material for them is concerned, monopoly, is nn unknown nurd, but when we think of coal, terms like 'barons' and 'trusts' instinetivclv come to mind." What John Jones pays to the coal baron in the form of royalty that is, for the mere fact of ownership is explained by Smith in n striking man ner. . "One of the latest leases by a large coal land owner," he says, "provides for the payment of 27 per cent of the selling price of the coal at the breaker. This percentage therefore is not. only a royally figuredo u the mineral resource, but also a commi sion bused on the miner's wage. .in ray iifiyany. "To bring this right home to you and to me, it may be said that the practical result is that if the anthra cite we bum in our range this winter happens to come from that particular property, we will pay fully $1 a ton into the treasury of the city trust that owes its existence to the far seeing business sense of a hard headed citizen of Philadelphia. Whether such n royalty is excessive or not, the fact remains that this is the tribute paid to private owner ship,'' Mow this reward for "I'lir-seeing business sense'' in other words, for land ownership works out is illus trated by Ilireetor Smith in the case of the Clirnrd estate of Philadelphia. "Figured on the output from the Ciinird lands," he suys, "which is nearly l per cent of the total produc tion, the gross return to the estate from its coal hinds is over 50 cents n ton." Cannot Afford Monopoly. The people of the I'nited States, says Smith, cannot afford to ailov, prixate interests to obtain control of coal resources, because future gener ations cannot afford to pay the price that would be necessary. "The figures furnish a strong ar gument for the present policy nf the national irovoniniont in rctainim; own- (Continued on Page Thrco.) XKVT YORK. Nov. Ul. Within the last six months Japanese merchants and exporters hae invested nearly jf.'itl.OOO.Ontl in American securities, according to estimates in banking ipmrtors. For the most part the se curities were bond.-., Inrsely underly ing railroad issues, nlthoiisli n sub stantial part con-i-ti'd of mortgage bonds of industrial companies re turning a high yield on the purchase price. Japan has been shipping lo the United States a great amount of Hoods fomicrly made by Germany, while exports ol'.silks and other far eastern products from Japan to this country have been stimulated because of the reduction in the l-'.uropcan de mand. A a consequence Japan's trade bnlniu-e in this country bus produced credits which had to be transferred to the owner or put to ir-e here. The Japanese, in the main, have cho-eu the latter cour-e. OREGON, TUESDAY. NOVKMHEU 21, 19l THESE FIVE MEN TO 1 jd 1 - iter j feJHOK CONTROL Top to bottom uioiiud thenucstion van T. Fuller. Independent, of .MuRS mnrk: t'.'ll. KnmhiH, f 'alil'orniii' pro- aeWisetts,'nn,i Mayor Loudon, sochit !,; innkl T. I). Schnll. Minuesoia 1st member from New York. progressive; W. )'. Martin. Louisiana progressive - prutectintiist ; .Meyer London, New York socialist ; A. J. Fuller, Massachusetts independent. ' E IN CALIFORNIA SAC'IiAMKXTO, Cnl., Nov. liL--All seem agreed that there is no chance whatever for Hughes in Cali fornia. SAt l.'AMKNTO JSKK. The above is a reply to a message from the Mail Tribune sent the lice, a neutral paper, asking whether there was any pusibilily of Hughes secur ing an electoral vtc in California. SAX I'liAM ISCO. Xov. '21. Af ter a carelul clu-cking up uf the of ficinl count of ail prc-iui-ts in the state, there i- im possibility of Wil son losin" faliturnin, according to the nniioiiiici-iiH-iit made today by the democratic slate central committee. Their I'licckiicj -hows the lowest democratic clci-hu- to be l'Jun voles ahead T I In." Iii-jlu-st republican elec tor. The liiglicsl democratic elector lias a lend of il.'iiiO over the highest republican. LANDED AT DOVER IXiYI-.i;. Finland, Xov. 21.--Kil'ty-thrcc pasM-mcrs and crew of the American steamer , Sibiria, stranded on the (jooduiu Sands, were landed at Ileal today by the King's Down Jit'cboal. The rescued persons had a dis tressing; experience during the twenty-lour hours they wcio on the steamer awaiting assintance, in mo mentary peril of the steamer being engulfed in the treacherous rpiick sands. I "i u i 1 1 efforts were made yesterday by lifeboats from neigh boring stations to re-cue the passen gers. Several men id' the lifeboat crews were injureil and the boats narrowly cseajwd iletrtn-tion. The Sibiria i- still ngiound. HOLD BALArEOFPOWER IN HOUSE FAVOR PROGRAM OF FEDERATION LIES WITH FIVE INDEPEDENTS WASHINGTON. Nov. ;:!--Vho will control the next house of represen tatives The answer lies in the at titude of five members of the house i who are not nfflllnted with cither the democratic or republican parlies. , They aer Charles II. Randall, pro hibitionist of the Ninth t'aliforala (lis. trict; Whit P. Martin, proKiesslve protectionist of Louisiana; Thomas O. Scliall, progressive of Minnesota; Al- Latest figures on the election of members of tho house apparently slvcs the republicans 217 votesj the. democrats 2 1 .1. Randall of California, aliens him self with the democrats. Representative. Martin of Louisiana Is a democrat except on tho subject of protection. The democrats now have revised the sugar tariff to suit him and his district, and he has no excuse for doing anything except support that party la the house. Alvau Fuller of Massachusetts, en tered the race against a republican lloberts, In the Ninth Massachusetts district and was selected by democrat ic and progressive voters. He is ab solutely Independent In politics, but would not under any circumstances line up with the old guard republi cans. Thomas 1). Schall of .Minneapolis, leans toward the republicans. Ills action, however, is uncertain. Schall is a blind man now about to servo his second term. His first election was due largi-ly to his wife's campaign ing. I This shows a llno-un of 217 repuh- Means, against 2 I it democrats, with Hchull ami London unaccounted for. if Schall drops into the ilemoerntir line-up on organization of thn bouse, the lone socialist will lie nble to de cide the course of legislation for two years to conic. IIL OF KLAMATH RATES WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The Portland, Ore., Traffic and Trnnspor tation association complained to the inter-state commerce commission that class rates from Portland to Califor nia and Klamath Falls and other Ore gon points are unjustly preferential to San Francisco. Sacramento nnd other California cities. PRESIDENT NOT TO WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 I IV-Hplto milch notation in it fuvor, I'runl HfMit Wilson in not expert m to an ombitn;o on foot rvportft in liis ad dress lo confcn-ijri. Petition for some restriction have be'-n piling up at Uie white house for si veral wricks and II has hecn predicted that a determined effort to have ronwrepH net would he made ooii after the Meslon ojn-ny. PRESIDENT TO FAVOR MERGER - AS OUTLINED Recommendations for Railroad Ley islation in His Address to Congress Practically the Same as Those Em bodied in His Special Address Last August When Strike Threatened. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Presi dent Wilson's recommendations for railroad legislation in bis address to congress will ho practically tho same as those embodied In his special ad dress last August when a nutlon-wlde railroad strike was pending. The president discussed some of tlie de tails today with tho cabinet. In his special address Iho president inade six specific recommendations. , Two providing for nn eight hour day as a legal basis of work and wages ou railways and for a commission to oh serve tho operation ot Iho law; were embodied In thn Adnmsnn act.: The others, which remained unacted up on and which will ho renewed by the prosldent are; Immediate provision for tho en- larKoment and administrative reor- anizatlon of the Interstate com merce commission along lines em bodied in the legislation reeontly passed by the house of representa tives and now awaiting action by the senate; in order that the commis sion may be enabled to deal with the great and various duties now devolv ing upon it with a promptness, and thoroughness which aro with its pres ent status practically impossible. Inci-cnsod Itateslf Needed. IKxpllcit approval by congress of consideration hy tho interstate com nierco commission of Increased fn'lght. rales tq inept the additional expend! lures of tho railroads as may liuvo been rendered necessary by adoption of the eight hour day nnd which havo not been offHet hy ndniinistraiivo re adjustment and economics, should the facts disclosed justify the Increase, An amendment of tho existing fed eral statute wbbli provides for the mediation, conciliation and nrhltra Hon of such controversies as the preB ent by adding to It a provision that in case the methods of nct-ommoda-lion now provided for shall he fair, a full public Investigation of tho mer its of every such dispute shall bo in stituted and supported before a strike or lockout may be lawfully attempt ed. , Ity Aid of .Military. The lodgment In the bands of the executive of power, In cuso of mill tary necessity, to taka control of such portions of such rolling slock of the railways of tho country as may he required for military use and to operate them for military purposes, with authority to draft into the mill tary service nf the I'nited States such train crews and administrative offi cials as cfi-t-um.sinnccs require for their safe and efficient use. Attorney tbuieral tiregory said at today's cabinet meeting the govern ment was fully prepared to defend the suits to test the constitutionality of the law. ltKKUN, Nov. 11 . It reported from Switzerland that new demands liuve been pre-eiited tu Hie Kw !- ifuv e'liiiient ly 1i entente power-. SwI.-s piv-s di-piitrlic. hi (pioted liy Hie Over.-eas Neu- ,ciiey, say that In rfe mianiilies of food and other Mipplie are heiny held up in Italian and Kreiwli pMiU pending Switzer land' eninpliaio-e Willi the drinnmN uliieh are characterized by the Hund of Heme a omrt hiim niiliefiiil ol in the. ineiiMtry of man' and a I'lreattncnt which no one ean endure." A ft er lonjr !U",'')f ia I iuiis wit h I he entente, power and (leniutny, Switz erland entered into arrangements fur the, importation of food supplie-, through allied territory ami of eoal, imn and oilier materia!--' from (it r rnany. A divputeli from I '.erne on November :t -.jiid n new di-pide had arisen rciii'diiiu' the eportatioii l (termany uml Austria of prnducU made by machines lubricated with jil utniivi- from entente rotintric ml f eleeine power transmitted bv copper wire pui'ha-cd in there countries. xo. 2ns T Affiliation of American;' Federation of Labor With Railroad Brother hoods Planned Eight Hour Day to Be Inaugurated In January Praise for President. . . , f HAI.TIMOUK. Mil., Nov. 21. Af filiation ot the members of the Amer ican Federation of Labor and thn four big railroad brotherhoods for effecting the general betterment of labor was urged today bet'oro the federalion convention hero by tho brolheihoofl bends and .President Samuel A. flompers. Delegates who crowded the ball cheered all of tho .speakers enthusiastically. "We must hang together or wo will hang separately,"' W. (1. Lee, spokes man for tho brotherhoods and head of the railway trainmen, declared.- "II; is n great comfort to know," President flompers said, "that the time is not far distant when the grnnfc brotherhoods will be a part of Ibn American Kcderalion of l.nhor.'' Co-Opernllon rrgocL Lee explained tlint the new- laws of the brotherhoods now preveut an official affiliation with tile federa tion until alter their convention- is held, bill be insisted that between now and that time the organizations could co-operate with the sumo pur pose as if they were officially affili ated, lie also made it plain that tho brotherhoods were not bringing their eight -hour day "troubles'' to the fed eralion lor support. "I am about nn nnnrclilsl, how ever," he said, "lo say that wo nro going to work for the oagld -hour. day for all' classes. If we can't get it peaceably we will fight for it." Lee said that some sort of at'fdin lion should he cl'I'colcd lo fight nny proposed arbitration legislation which might be unfair lo labor. He declnr ed thai congress had nn Tight lo pass any law compelling u man to work, provided be was not in prison. Pi-cshlen! Cheered. Prolonged cheering followed praise of President Wilson by Leo. "It took more courage for him to write across the front pages of tho newspapers of this country that be was for an eight -hour -working day limn it would have taken for him to have written that Ibis country was ut war wilb Mexico,'' he said. "Our principal object now is lo help the president ami the men in both branches of congress to make good their promises to lis. 1 believe they will do it. "II is absolutely necessary for us, who arc organized, to get together, mid 1 say thai we shall go Iho limit to obtain betler conditions, particu larly for the men on the railroads (Continued on Pago Three.) IIKIil.lN', Nov. 1H. Secretary .loM-pb T. t.ircw of the United States einliury received today the fiennnn reply rcaiilin the .-iukinsr of the Itriti-b Meuutcr li'ovviiniuoro and three te;iinfT.- lo-t in September. In rcuurd to the Wouunmorc. the tier man jovcriiiuciil denies that the sub marine tired on lifeboats containing iiicinbi-r-i ol' I be crew and maintains diet tin- men on the K'owanmore owo their livi-, t the precautions taken by the (Icrmans and tho skill with which their operations were earned out. In respect to two of the romnininjc steamers in ciir-lhn, the Herman jroveriinionl states that they were not sunk by (icrmnn forces and mninlnins that the Antwerpen, the third steamer, was destroyed in full lie coi'ilauce with the rales of interna tional law. The Antwerpcii was built nt New port News for tin; Standard Oil com pany nnd was on her maiden trip to London when slip sunk. She was a vessel of 1 1,:IMI tons. AND RAINMEN GERMANY CLAIMS ; LAWS OBEYED IN U-BOAT OPERATIONS