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NO. 212
LAUNCH HIT
BY STEAMER
FOUR PERISH
United States Sailors Drown When
Paddle Blades of Stern-Wheel
River Steamer Apache, Owned by
Southern Pacific, Sweeps Over
Launch Carrying Thirty-five Men
tjof Supply Ship Glacier's Crew in
San Francisco Bay.
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. Four
United States sailors met death here
today and halt a score were Injured
when a launch carrying thirty-five
men of the supply ship Glacier's crow
wes swept under the paddle blades of
the sternwheel river steamer Apache.
The dead: R. K. Wiley. McKinney,
Texas; Cirocer Campbell, Jliddles
boro, Ky.; "V. I. Daniel, Franklin.
Texas, all seamen, who went down
with the launch. William HeiberKor,
chief machinist's mate, internally
hurt, but died of submersion.
The relatives of all were notified
by teh navy department. A pulino
Atcr crew from the city fire depart
vnent worked over lleiberser for two
hours, with no success. He was picked
up half a mile from shore, too much
exhausted to recuperate.
There were 35 men and one petty
officer in the launch when it left the
dock. Of the 32 known survivors,
only one, Yoenian j'. Jones, suffered
serious injuries. He had a jaw
broken and one tooth knocked out
by tlio revolving paddles.
Idick f KnowlHle;p. . .
The. navy men Mifl'errd, waterfront
men said, from luck of knowledge
(lint the Apache's wheel frequently is
kept &iii for some time after she
docks. This keeps her in position.
The Apache is owned by the Southern
r.'icific company ami makes the nie,ht
run from Sacrainenlo to San Fran
cisco, iibout 1 10 miles.
Lieutenant John 11. Culin, execu-
tive officer of the Glacier, said the
. two men were undoubtedly aboard
the launch and that they were eer
';tainly carried to their deaths in the
wreckage. I.ioufcnnul t'ulin himself
missed the launch because he stopped
to jjet a cake of snap. He. said he
intended to have it framed.
Divers Employed.
Under direction of navy officers
a half dozen small craft probed for
the sunken launch "with frrnppliny
hooks. At one time the great hooks
eanjrht part of the launch, but the
wood nave way and it sank ntrnin.
Efforts were abandoned later jn
the day and a diver was sent for.
Seaman Wiley's cap was found
floating; in the water. All survivors
who wore intcrronateil said thai Sea
man Campbell was in the boat.
Li
CATCHES MAZE
BOSTON', Nov. 23 The Merchants
nnd Miners line passenger and freight
steamer Powhatan caught fire off
lilock Island early today. In response
to her wireless call for assistance
the coast guard cutters Acushnet and
C.resham started for the scene. A
later message said that the crew were
getting the fire under control and
that assistance was not needed.
The steamer left Boston yesterday
for Baltimore by way of Newport
News and Norfolk.
The position of the Powhatan was
given as three miles southeast of
Block Island light. The early mes
sages gave no details as to the loca
tion of the fire.
The Acushnet was at Woods Hole
when she picked up the cnll tor help.
The Gresltam was cruising off Nauest.
The Powhatan is a vessel of 2,4 26
tons net, plying regularly between
Boston and Baltimore with passen
gers and freight.
& There were IS passengers on board
the steamer. Her crew numbered
about 40.
1 SL 80,000 WITNESS YALE DEFEAT HWfflD"Sliwx !
AGAIN REPULSED Tmq .: B FASTCRUMBUNG DEPENDENT ON
AIClUAHUAB" r ; ff BEFORE TEUTONS SECURING SITE
Attack on City Resumed Early This
Morning Third Day of Battle
Ends in Defeat for Villa Murgia's
Cavalry Advancing From Rear
Hopes to Capture Bandits.
,11'AKKZ, Mcx., Nov. a.".. The
Villa bandits aaiii were repulsed
early today by the Curranza forces
ilef.'ndiiifj' Chihuahua City, according
to i message received at military
hcadtpmrters here. The message said
the bandits were driven clear of the
snliurbs after desperate efforts io
tnke the city by storm.
Villa resumed the attack on Chi
huahua City, Mcx., at daybreak to
day, according- to Carran.a officials,
markimr the opening of the third
days' fighting in Villa's effort . to
wrest Chihuahua from flcnefnl Ja
cinto II. Treviim's constitutionalist
forces. Communication with Chi
huahua City was still unimpaired, in
dicating the attack was directed from
the southeast and southwest of the
city.
(leneral Murguia's cavalry is ad
vancing overland from the vicinity of
Santa Ilosalia in an effort to relieve
Ocncrni Trcvino's iired troops, ac
cording to fieneral Gonzales, commanding-
the Carran7.a garrison here,
(icncrnl Murgiiin ordered the cav
alry to proceed by the shortest route,
leaving the main column at the rail
road, according to a wireless message
received by General Trevino at Chi
huahua and transmitted here by tel
egraph. Cajranza officers here nre elated
at the prospc.-t of Murguia's men
reaching the scene of the battle be
fore Villa retires nnd express the
hope that Villa ami his chiefs will be
captured in the general drive.
VOIcfoFPEOPLE
E
I'ETIiOfiRA D, Xov. L'.. The res
ignation of lioris Vladhnirovitch
Slurmer as premier, which became
known today witli the announcement
id' the appointment of M. Trepoff as
premier, hail long been accepted as
an inevitable outcome of the struggle
between the present cabinet nnd the
dniiin. li is almost impossible to ov
erestimate the political significance
of the damn victory since for the
first time in history Iinssiun public
opinion is considered to have tri
umphed over influences which were
regarded as antagonistic to good
go eminent.
M. Trcputl's appointment to the
post of prime minister is greeted with
satisfaction by the newspapers,
which, however, express the opinion
that Ibis is only the first step toward
currying out the program which is
dictated by present political necessi
ties. I.ONHOX, Nov. 2.i. The change
in the lius-inn premiership has been
received here with the keenest inter
est. The significance of the change
is indicated by ihe comment in to
day's editorials. The Daily News
says :
"The most important fact is that
the pro-German agitation which has
lately been going on in Kiissin has
now been finally crushed."
Football Scores
Wisconsin 0, Illinois 0.
I'ernsylvnniu in, Wohyan V.
Vu.. (I.
Minnesota 10, Chicago 0.
Northwestern n, Ohio Stale 2.1.
I.ehigh 111. I.nfaycttc 0.
Holy Cross 0, Worcc-tcr Tech
nical (I.
I'linluc 0. Indiana 0,
Kordhani (IS. Gollaudct 0.
Case 1 I. I lira in 7.
Wii-blneton and Joffcr-on 14,
Cliiitt:in.-.'i-:a II.
lou 17, Nebraska 3 1.
Yale Emerges From Losses of Eight
Years to Harvard, Which Puts Up
Strong Resistance Yale Batters
Line for a Yard at a Time Until
Touchdown Is Scored.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 23.
Yale football today emerged from the
losses of eight years to Harvard nnd
scored n 0 to 3 victory over the Crim
son team. It was a game marked by
frequent breaks at times, which made
for Harvard's downfall. Although
Harvard's defenders gave strong re
sistance, Yale's attack battered it
down a yard or two yards at a time
until Nevillo rushed over the line for
the first touchdown Yale has made In
the past nlno years of its football ri
valry with Harvard. .The contest was
witnessed by a crowd approaching
$0,000, which packed the mnssivo
bowl.
Harvard Scores.
In the first quarter three yards Were
gained through Wheeler, then l.egore
punted out of bounds at his ,1 8-yard
line. Harvard lost 15 for holding.
Ilorween kicked high for 25 yards
and Thachcr recovered Legore's fum
ble. A delayed pass gained five, then
Robinson drop-kicked a goal from the
28-yard mark. Casey fumbled the
kick-off, but the ball hounded into
Robinson's hands. An exchange of
punts marked the ead of the period,
Harvard having the ball on Yale's 44
yard line.
. Vale Scores Touchdown.
Second Period: Neville Intercept
ed a forward pass at the start of the
period, on his 23-yard line. A fum
ble stopped Yale's attack and l.egore
punted to Harvard's .10-ynrd lino.
Casey broke through the line and
o'odged all the way down the field
for a seeming touchdown, but the
play was re-called and Harvard penal.
Ized 15 yards for holding. Ilorween
punted nnd l.nltoche mado n fair
catch on the 4 2-yard line, Comerford
tried a placement goal nnd kicked
into the upright, missing the three
points by less than a foot. Starting
from their 4' 8-yard line Yale made a
first down by attacking Wigins for
gains by l.egore and Jacques. Legore
fumbled, but Gates recovered and
ran to the Crimson's 12-yard mark
before being forced outside. l.egore
hit center for a yard and Neville
made six and then one. He then
went two feet further and made it
first down on the two-yard line. Ne
ville failed to gain twice, but on his
third attempt, he broke, through for
the first touchdown. Yale hod not
scored against Harvard In years.
Comerford missed goal. Score: Yale
C; Harvard, 3.
Neither side was able to score In
the. remainder of the game.
Ashland has changed their slogan
of "You know us, Medford," to "Wait
till Thanksgiving," and Ihe Icnm, ac
companied by .1011 rooters from the
high school and town, will invade
Medford turkey day, determined to
avenge their defeat lit the hands of
Medford last Saturday.
Tickets 'for the game have been
printed in the form of a small foot
ball, bearing on the reverse side the
words of the new high school song.
Tickets are on sale at Brown's. F.w
ing's, the Shasta and the Alco. Tick
els before the came will be 1" cents,
at the gate, ."Ml cents; grade students.
M and 'J-1 cents.
A crowd of l.VKI people is expect
ed to attend the game, reduced rates
being given from all southern Ore
gon points.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION FAILS
TO RALLY MRS. B0ISSEVAIN
I.Ofc ANGi;i.i:s, Nov. ".V-. licnew
ed effort to improve the condition of
Mrs. Inc, Mjlholhind I'oisscvain, New
York sufi riiL'ist, by blood transfus
ion resulted in no rhnnge during the
night, according to phv sii-tans today.
ARMY DEFEATS wW
NAVY BY 15 TO 7 1 07
IN HARD GAME
POLO OKOll.NDS, NEW YOIIK,
Nov. 25. The Army defeated the
Navy today by a score of 15 to 7, be
fore 50,000 spectators. It was the
21st meeting between the football
teams or the two academies and tlio
record stands one to nine in favor of
the Army. The Navy, outclassed in
the opening of the game, rallied
strongly in the last two periods and
had the Army on the defensive to re
tain their lend In the last half.
Oltphant caught the klckoff on his
own 5 0-yard line and carried it to the
navy flro-yard lino before he was
downed by Ingram. Two more plays
carried tlio hall over. Oltphant missed
the goal.
'Ollphant kicked goal from field.
Score: Army, 0; Navy. 0.
In the second period , Vidal scored
n touchdown for the army. Ollphant
missed the goal. Score: Army, 15;
Navy, 0.
In the third period the midshipmen
showed a wonderful reversal of form
and kept the Army on the defensive.
Ingram broke through and blocked
Vidnl's attempt to punt on the Army's
15-ynrd line, snatching tlio ball and
carrying it across lor tho first Navy
score or tho game. Heifel kicked
the goal. Score: 45 to 7. Neither
scored In the fourth period.
LONDON, Nov. 25. Lloyds Ship
ping Agency announces that the
Creek steamer Thetis has landed the
crew of tho Norwegian steamer Unli
sted, sunk by a German submarine.
No Norwegian steamer Dansted is
listed In available records. There is
a Danish steamer of that name of
1,402 tons, last reported as having
arrived at Ayer, Scollam! on Novem
ber .1 from lillbao.
WILSON UNABLE
10 ATTEND GAME
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Presi
dent Wilson, who cancelled his plnns
for attending the Army-Navy football
game In New York today because of
a cold, was better today. While he
had no engagements. Dr. C. T. Cray
son, his physician, thought ho was
well enough to take an automobile
ride this afternoon.
PH1CE OF FLOUR CUT
TWENTY CENTS IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND. (r.. Nov. 'J.V-Flour
retailed in l'ortljtnd -toms today tor
.-iW.HO ii barrel, n drop in price of J0
cents overniirhl. The tonncr price
of $10 per Imrre! w;is the highest
ever reached here, I ,n -t dime t'hnir
was fMl.,-0 per harn l.
BUFFALO NEWSPAPERS
RAISE PRICE TO 2 CENTS
Itt'I FALO, N. V.. Nov. J.V-Five
Itnt't'alo nevvspnpers today announc
ed an advance in prices from 1 cn!
to J cents ii copy. The increased co-
of white pit per and other mateiLils
was pi'en a- the cauc for the nd
vu nre.
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HORWEEN
MKIiUX. Nov. -j:.. The r.irlilVri
town o' Uiimsunlr, on tin- l-'.nlish
const, uiis lioinhnnlcil liy (iVrmnn na
val vessels mi Thni'xljiy nilit iwnl
Friday niuniinn, sns an otl'irinl an -nonin'cnicnl
issued Indnv. Tlio Cicv
niiin ernt'l Mink tho only hostile ves
sel, it Iliili.sli 'jiiitrnl .slii, which wns
encountered, I lie ( ieniiiin rei ni iiiny
Mtfelv to their hit sc.
LOXIlON. X-.v. 'J.V - A raid hy six
fteunan torpedo hnat de-drovers on
the Knjjlidi eonM which look plnco
Mi Thmdny nihl was announced in
mi nl fit-in I s aleiiicnt today. The
raid was mclTeclh e. nceoidini:' to Ihe
.statenienl. which declines llial the
six (Jerninn de-trovers purl icipnt inir
in it steamed nway unlekly alter fir
ing a dozen rounds, one shell slrik
ilt.if a .-.nwill ve--clf hut cait-iii'r little
damage and no iniurv o the crew.
ATIIKXS. Xov. ::,. Tho entente
allies have delivered an ultimatum to
Greece reqiiirfnK ' delivery of (Jrcek
arniH and mi ns which was demanded
recently.
I .ON DON. Xov. ::..- -The Creek
ministry, exuniiniii anew Into the
entente demand for Greek arms and
ammunition, has decided not to In
stt on r resistance to the demand, ac
cording to reports from Athens re
ceived In a wireles.s diapfttch from
Hume today.
The ultimatum, whim conies from
Vlee-Adnilral ImFourne commnrtdcr
of the allied oniadiort, while allow
ins only a nhort period in which the
units now in Athens are to he. sur
rendered, declares willingness to
xrant longer tinn ror delivery of war
materials in Thessaly und .Macedonia.
Tho resignation of the CiiMnet i
cotiHldered Imminent. This afternoon
King ('on:dant I ne called 'hristahlH
StoKrntihos, former fjencral minister,
to the r'-'tlneo.
TEUTON WARSHIPS
IN BRITISH RAID
SHELL RAMSGATE
GREEffiDELIVERED Kffl0N m
Process of Stueeziiig Rumania Be
tween Jaws of German Military
Machine Speedily Protjressinrj
Valley of Lower Alt Occupied
Danube Crossed.
I.OXDOX, Nov. JV-Thc
Itiunanian troops operntiny; on
llie extreme left of their line in
Wallaehia have extricated
themselves alter destroying
millions of huudredvi'ii:hts jn
cereals, according to a wireless
dispatch received Indny 'vou
IVlro-rad.
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LONDON, Nov. J,"). The process
of si needing Ittimauia hciween the
jaws of tho Teutonic military ma
chine is proceeding with notalde rap
idity. I'ushin ensfward nfter their
capture 'of t'laoiva and the contest
of Little Wnllachia, (leneral Von
Kitllienhnyn's troops have lirokoti
Humauian resistance in the valley of
the lower Alt and npparenlly already
have turned this supposedly strong
line of defense across wesleru liu
manin, to which the Kuumninns had
ndrealed. A cro.-s'in' of tile Alt in
this reiim is reported hy Iter in.
Cross Hie Ikiiiiuhe.
Concurrently, Field Marhnl Von
Muckensen, optnitin; the tdher jaw
of the nul-eraeker, has 1'oreed a
pnssae of the Danuhc near Zininit.n,
uivtn hiiii.,n ioutiuM, on . Hiimnninii
soil, twenty-live miles in tho rear of
Ihe Datilihe end of the AH line which
(ouches Ihe river near Turnit Maur
ele. The lnndiiiiv at Zinniit.a also
jdaci'd Von Maekenseu luil ' evenly
miles from IliiehureM to the norlh
eitsl. On the northern end of tlie
Alt line, where the Teutonic aiinies
have hecn pressin-; down from Koth
enlliurm Fuss, further inroads on the
Rumanian defenses have hceu effect
ed, according to I'ei'lin, which rc
eords ihe capture of severnl villages.
The I'elroyrad statement admits n
Uumaniitn relreni here. On ihe fron
tier id' .Moldavia ihe Hermans report'
the repulse: of a Uuso-li'uniituinn of
fensive niovemcnl in the (iyeryo
niouulnitis.
ltclreat in MounlainH.
The liitmanian lorces which were
openiliiiir in the Orsovn region evi
dently have ndreated into the moun
tnins northcii-t of Tutnu Severin, as
I'.erlin reports Human inn hat la lions
there "cut off from Ihe main army."
They are still ninktno stuhhoin re
sistance, the German statement says,
hat apparently they have no reconr-e
hut ultimate surrender to escape ex
tinction. The entente advnnee in Macedonia
-hows sitiiis of halting. Fnris re
ports ucccss for the IlitMaus we-t of
Moua-lir, hut adiince- that .eneval
ly tin foir and rain has slowed up.
St a lenient s front London, I'ai'is
ami lieilin fierce in reporliu' tiiel
on the r'raiu-o-Iteluiun front, where
it i- rainiiiL: lotreiils,
IIAl.TI.MnliK, M.i.. Nov. :,.-.
witiliM'.. ir'nniz(-cl iiimI iin'M-'jnuicil.
wric lrniiuly iii'.'id l ticcnl nili'
llii'ir cI'ImiU tit '.(ui-c nit i-iu'lit -hnnr
work ilnv nl tl mlii"-l ii--ilili tiini'
ill n i-'-lnniil Mm1 l i'ltnil ;tt!nilii hy tin1
Ami'riiMii l-'rili-intiun nl' I.iiIiim- ii. n
M'lilinii tuilny. The rcpurl plrdi-d tin
"iiiii i'i' i iiir :-n)iKirl nl' I lie Aiih'i k-iim
Ifilmr inoM'ini'iit to tin- i'iIii-Ihiui-
rilll-iilr." It ri'l'ulnlllf'llilcil tllllt n
-pi'fiiil I'liininit let' lir iiiiiiinti'il tn
r-iiii r-r on tin' -nliji'H with tin- oru'iin-ii-il
citiployi1 of tlir I r;in-pnrt nl ion
I'onipnnii-s nnil import not littir limn
I'liiir u'l'i'l, ht'l'ori' tin iii'( iinniiiil
i-iinx-i'iilion of lln- li'il.Tiiiion.
'I'll c , hum i-'iin I'Viii'i nl ion oC l.n
lioi loilny iiliiilliinoii-lv ii'-i'li-cti'il the
lolloi'.in olliiw-:
ric-iili-iil, SiHiiio'l (iniiipiT-: IimI
ii'i.pfi'-nli'iii. .l-i nit f h i iii-it n : lii.'ii--inir.
.Intin It. I.i'iinili; r-ci-l-itiirv.
I'riiiik .Mm l i-on.
HI HOUR DM
Officials of Ewauna Box Company
of Klamath Approve Plnns of New
Applegate Company and Outline
Requirements for Locating Main
Factory Near Medford.
Krcrlinii of ii box l':n torv in Mod
I'onl i ilopi'iiilciil on 1 1 1 1 in iiii-ilioii
ol' tliiily ncivs ul' liinil nl. n lviison
nlilc priri' nnil llie plcninn nl' wiilor
inniiix In providi' tire , n t ci -1 i , , u , uv,
I'oriliii',' In l Ticein m' the Kwnntiii
llox Co. nl' K I u inn t Ii Knll, who Intn
Kl'iilny iirti'l'lliion hi'lil II i-iililVrcnri!
ilh olTii-inls ol' Im Appli-uulo l.inn
lii'f Co. in MiMll'oril, A. Knnriiiilpo
Iroin the Inrul conipmiy to supply llii
box I'm-tory with lil'liM-n million lVut
ol' lumber n yi'iu' is nlso neeessiuy.
Tile ol'lieei's ol'- the Kw'iiuni Co.,
C. 11. Ciislei-, presiilenl, nml nlso
iiimvoi' ol' Khinintli KiiIIk; Clnifles
MedoHim, eiienil iniiiiinrer, and
l''fed Slinlloeli, soeivtni'v and h'oas
urer, e.xii'essed themselves as well
pleased with Ihe site am! eotislriie
tiim plans of the local company. This
einiipniiy hiis nt pivseiit only three
aeres on llie ri.Jil of, way whereon
lliey'are huildinj; Ihe mill and pond.
II was ileeided al oni'e Hint at least
thirly neres would be neeessary lo
provide room tor Ihe neeessary Iniilil
niuj ynnls. ; .
She -Ik N'eeesNary,
l.ainl I'or the mill site, the Klam
ath men stated, was prieeil too liinil
anil must be ul leied at a reasonnblii
figure or the eonipanv eannot con
siiler its piiriihase. .
The plans ol' the Mfiiiniti eonipauy,
as oiitlineil at Ihe meeting, eall I'or
the hepmiiiiju; of eoiislrintlion on tlie
I'lielory not Inter than I'Vlirunry, so
thai, it may he ready I'or operation by
May. , Tiny pliin lo build u t'aelory
10 bei;in with whieh will he npproxi
malely as Inrijc as Ihe Klntiuith plant,
which lias 17.) men on the payroll,
liiiler ir is the inlmlion ol' the itom
piiny In niahe .Medlord Ihe henihpuir
ters ami enlarge the I'aelory to n
point where it will use trimi Iwenty
I'ive lo thirty-live milliiui leet a yeia'.
Tlie box I'nelorv to be eonstrueted
will lie modern in every respect, usiiiif
electricity lor motive power. Al
least seven eul-oir saws will be in
stalled, with provision for doubline;
that number.
Heller shipping I'arilitic.a was riven
as the reason I'or plaiininL' to estab
lish the main I'lielory in Mcilfnnl.
Mr. Crisle.r, Hie president ol' tlie
company, is lit mil in r with llie body of
limber limn whieh the sawmill will
draw its loi;s, tin,! raised no ipiesliou
11 1 mi 1 its 1 1 1 1 : i ! i I - or siiitnbilily for
box fnclnry purposes,
Xeeil Fire Protection.
To afford ndeipuile lire protection
it will he nece-sary lor the city to
extend the water mains: to the eity
limits, from which place the company
u ill run their own mains lo Ihe mills.
A petition asking the city to so ex-
(Contiiiiieil on Page Two.)
VASIIIX!Tl. Xv. J.V-Tlie
;rem intlow of oi into tlie eoiintry
ilumi the pn-t lis..;i year inereilM
ed the treasury h.ilihn.s ot' the pre
cious metal in sl.wi:l.l!i:l.!l.l:i un June
:l", last, an increase of if rjn,.i:i:t.!H:t
over the ircioiis year, i o'dinir In
the I ailed States treasurer's annual
rcpoit made public loiiny. (iold ill)
pints were $ l ,IIII,: and exports
iMK lli.o IS.
M y in eireulalion in the I'nited
Stales al the elo-e of Ihe fiscal year
iiic".ated 1,11.' l,IMI7.Tlil!, an' in
crease of . I.'i I.H7H. ISS over Ihe pie
viou.s vear. There was a remarkable
growth in Ihe "ohl coin and certifi
cates in eireulalion, the inereiiso be
iii.. :i.sH.(liil,o;i.
'Ihe e,,v'eriiiueul 's ordinary re
eeipN, tolaliir.- i)i77li.bll l.o.'ij. were an
iin-reii-f of ,s,S7, lsn.ln? over Ihose ol'
l!U."i; oliilnary liislnn -elllents, .72l,
in.'.lem, were .",( I o,:.p.! !e- !!i:i:;
Ihe preecdiiie: yenr, and the snriihis
hi ordinarv tiaiisiictious .f.j.j, 171,-V.l.
I