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FORECAST
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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