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University cf Oregon Library X ! MEDFORD UNE ! FORECAST 1U1X TOMtillT A X 1) Tl'RSDAV. WEATHER Mu. yest. .11; Mill, Uf); Tic. ,012. Total storm, t.CKl. Forty-sixth Tear. Dally Eleventh Yoar. MEDFORD. ORF-OOX.. .MONDAY, NOV KM UEYl 27. 101ti XO. 21:"! Mail Trib -CAPTURE OF BUCHAREST TEUTON AIM German Campaign Against Rumania Developing Rapidly With a Con verging Drive Upon Capital From Three Directions in Progress Danube Forced and Junction Ef fected Between Falkenhayn and Mackensen's Forces. llK.KMN', Xov. 27 The war office announced Umight tluit the whole line ol' the Alt rivef in itumuniu is in the hands o the Teutonic troops. A severe do- feut ot the entente forces northwest of Monastir nlso was recorded. Iii:ni. IN", Xov. 2". German and Austro-Hune;nriun troops under com m.md of Lieutenant General Kraaft von Delminsingion, advancing on lint sides of tho river Alt, in Wallaoliui yesterday pushed hack the Humanian forces beyond the Topolog river, sn the official statement issued today liy the German army headquarters. Alexandria, a limnnninn town for tv-seven miles southwest of rtnehnr est, was captured yesterday by Ten- ton forces. The Iiumnniun forces which had retired from the Danube town of Orsova were pushed farther to the southeast bvf. the Ausl ro-Orm.-m troops, the statement adds, and the Ifiimniimn force has now been block ed by the approach of other Teuton . forces in the rear. In this sector twenty-eight officers and 1200 men have been captured by the Teutons, who also have taken three cannon and a great quantity of munitions. Crushing Ilumniiia. The Teutonic campaign against liumnniu is developing rapidly with a converging drive on Ilucharcst from three directions in progress. The immediate threat t" the capital seems to be greatest on the south west, where the invaders have ap proached to within fifty miles after Field Marshal on Mackenscn had forced the passage of the Danube at two points and effected a junction with the armies of General von Fal kenhayn. which are pressing rapidly eastward after having broken the Kumanian resistance on the lower Alt. (Continued o Pago Threo.) LIES IN STATE FOR Tl VIUXXA, Xov. 17. The coffin of Kmperor Francis Josc;:!i has been finally closed, but the body will re main lying in state until Thursday, the day set for interment. At the burial in the crypt of the Capuchin, an historic ceremony will be carried out, which was anciently designed to impress the monarch's successor that in spite of all pomp a sovereign is merely n mortal. The funeral procession will be halted at the entrance to the vault by n chal lenge from within: ''Who is there?" The reply will be made: "His most serene majesty, the emperor Francis Joseph." The 'challenger will then rcplv: '"I know him not.'' Hcsponding to second challenge, the nnnounccmciit will be made: "The emperor of. Au-lria and apostolic king of Ilitngarv is out side." Again the challenger will answer: "I know him not." When, after tin third lime the voice within asks who demands admission, the master of ceremonies will reply: "A sinful man. our brother Francis Joseph." The portals will then open and the pro-ec-siou enter. FOOTANDWIOUTH WARNINGS FOR DISEASE CLOSES SUBMARINESIN ALL STOCKYARDS NORTH ATLANTIC Temporary Quarantine Placed Upon Livestock From Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, and Orders Issued Closing Stockyards Throughout Middle West. Sl'Ill.NOFIlCT.I). 111., Nov. 27. Orders closing the National Stock yards at Fast St. Louis and the Union Stoiikyards at Chicago against tho shipment of cattle, sheen or swine, esoept for immediate slaughter, wore issued liy State Veterinarian Dyson today following receipt of news of a suspected outbreak ot the foot and nioulli disease In Nebraska, Kansas and .Missouri. Prccnntioiuu-y Mensui-e. CHICAGO,. Nov. 27 At the Union Stockyards today it was explained that the quarantine of tho yards against Kansas, Nebraska and Mis souri cattle was a precautionary measure pending an Investigation of federal veterinarians of suspicious symptoms developed by certain herds Whether a new epidemic of hoof and mouth disease has started will be known when the government inspec tors complete their examinations. At Kansas City, - KANSAS CITY, .Mo., Nov. 27 The temporary quarantine imposed upon the local stockyards Saturday night because of suspected cases ot foot and mouth disease probably will re main in effect until Wednesday, at that time the effect of the virus on the Inoculated pigs and calves will determine positively ' whether the cases are foot and month disease, of ficials at the stockyards announced today. As a result of the quarantine there was no trading in stoclcers and feed ers today. . Denver Kmliargo. DKXVKR, Colo., Xov. 27. An em bargo against shipment of eattle, sheep or swine Into Colorado has been placed against Kansas. Nebras ka and Misnouri. "until the nature of tho disease among eattle reported has been demonstrated," the state veteri narian announced today. "At St, Joseph, MJsosuri. ST. JOSKPH, Mo., Nov. 27 While the embargo on shipping eattle from the local stockyards continues, Dr. 51. O. Anderson, in charge of the tod- eral bureau of animal industry here, says foot and mouth disease has nqt developed. Dr. Anderson, who has had some stock under supervision, does not believe the ailment discover ed here Is foot and mouth disease. Omaha Precautionary. OMAHA. Neb.. Nov. 27. The ac tion of the federal authorities in quarantining against livestock from Nebraska, Kansas and .Missouri is understood to t:e precautionary und due to the arrival at Kansas City stockyards of a carload of cattle from Chase county. Nebraska which are suspected of having foot and mouth disease. CLINTON, la., Nov. 27. Comply ing with a quarantine embargo de clared by the I'nlbn Stockyard in Chicago, eattle ,from .Missouri and Kansas, where foot and mouth dis ease has been discovered, nine cars of cattle originating In Nebraska, are being delivered here. I.ONlMi.V. -Nov. 27. The foreign office has sent Amba-sador Page a note licfiniicly rct'u.-ing to grant n sale conduct to Count Adam Tar- now-ki von Taniow, (he new Au-tro- iluii-jarian itniba--ador to the I'uit c,l Si.-itc-. "Kvcn it iiitcniatiiiii.-il law forbade die reftt-.-il of -iif-b a safe conduct, the action- of -Au-lri;in and German enihn-.-ic- and con-ulatcs uhrund have 1m cii much in cxci-s of regu lar diplomatic functions that the Itiili-b L-nvcnnneTit .feel- ju-tilicd in withholding it- (.-nii-cnt for -iii-h dip Joiiiiil- to travel to their posls." British Send Wireless to All Steam ers That U-Boats May Be Met Anywhere In the Atlantic Avoid All Trade Routes and Keep Ships in Darkness. X KV YORK. Nov. '27. Six steam hips nmvinir here today from Kuro- penn and West Indian ports reported they onuojit wireless warnings yes terday to keep a watch for boilhierent submarines, but alt brought, word that no craft of that type had been observed. The ineomin- vessels tool; such precautions as shroudm" the lights during darkness and having the lifeboats swung out. The arriv als todnv included the American liner Lapland from Liverpool, the Italian ship Dueu d'Aostu and Xapoli from Mediterranean ports, the Danish ves sel 1'Yedi-rik VIII from Sj'oandinaviau ports, tlie Urazos from' IVrfo Rico and the ferrnudian from Bermuda. The Kroderik A'HI put in at Kirk wall, Scotland, where the British au thorities removed the mails. She brought here li'oald' Amundsen, ex plorer uf South Polar regions, who said he came on a private mission; Lieutenant Asger Kranjeail of the Danish army, who, plans to purehase American air planes, and Manuel Cnlderon, Cuban minister to Norway. The British wireless rend: - '-German submarines mnvJe met anywhere in the Atlantic, eseeially west of (10 degrees west. Show no unnecessary lights. Avoid all trade routes and converging .points." Not since the I'-oll entered New port harbor October 7, and on the fid I owing: day sank several British merchant vessels lias there been so much uneasiness in marine quarters, Scores of incoming and outgoing passenger vessels are in the suppos ed danger area. FiFTY MILLIONS OF OF K. C. SOUTHERN . WASHINGTON', Xov. L'7. The in terstate commerce commission report toilav on valuation of the Kan ('itv Southern railroad shows that the road, capitalized at .!in,fl.V-,,00n, including 1, 00(1,(100 in stock am -18.0512.0(1(1 of unmatured funded bunded debt, could be reproduced new for 1(1,-74.111)11, or reproduced It' dcpreuialion for -tllS.'J.'iK.OOfl. The reports make no inventorv o roadbed and structures abandoned by rc-locatiin of line and grade, of which there is considerable. Tlie or-! iginal cn.-t of the road to date, the report says, canno( be ascertained, n- it had to be virtually rebuilt. "Kxcellcnt motive pmver and other equipment have been provided," 'Un report says, "and while (he property has not recovered from the results of its early management, it has come to be line of (he sub.-tanlial and el'lcc- tive railroad- of the country." The e-tiinated co-t of reproduc tion of the railroad includes equip ment, but doc- not include an e-ti-lnate of :2,.-)lll,(l0n ''or bind, l2,700, (inn for materials and supplies and a comparatively small -urn for n-sess- inent- for public improvements. The report -ays that the records of the Kansas ( itv, I'ltt-burg & dull, n -ub-idiary. apparcully show that l."),'J7(l,0IIO in securities was issued against an actual money outlay of .1."),J1SH.7.".1. CZAR OF RUSSIA COPENHAGEN. Nov 2 7. A Sofia dispatch to the Vosslsche Zeitung cf III rlln says Emperor Nicholas of Itus i!a has arrived at Kiev on his wav to the Itumanian frontier, where he will confer with King Ferdinand of It i-.'iinnla. NEW EMPEROR AND i ' " " ' ft f 1 K Nf Hr g - rVs, tJ yu law unpiiui ol u-Iim llun 'S ? '- -bown In it with hi- i nlv 1!5 'K " dnuhlii, Vdi'inU M mi bom in 1 y--'-?S Hi t. The child is the second of three " jn the nival lamilv. .0. SPENT $2,441 ,565 TO ELECT HUGHES WASHINGTON,' Nov. 27. Corne lius N. Illiss, treasurer oi the repub lican national committee, filed today the final financial statement of con tributions and expenditures for the republican campaign. The report sbows total-contribnrions of $2,11.',- I from lM,2l)ii contributors and ex penditures of $2, -14 1,5(13, lcavliiR a surplus of $3,S5G. In tho supplemental list of last contributors were included tho fol lowing: $25,000, Daniel G. Held and W. II. Jlonre of New Tork; $20,000, K. T. Stotosbury, I'hilndelphla; $ if. 000, .losepbin E. Widener, riilladclphla: $10,000, Kdward It. Aldrich. I'rovi deneo, It. 1.; $S.S00, Lewis N. Hain mcrlinK, New York; $.'i,000, Arthur 10. Newbold, riilladclphla; Horatio G. Lloyd, l'lilladelphia; Frank II. Hitchcock, New York; II. N. Duke, New York; II. F, Sinclair, Tulsa, Ol;.; Frederick A. .Milliard, Tuxedo I'ark, N. Y.; F. It. llabcock, Chicago, and F. A. Sayles, Pawtucct, It. I.; $2,500, Oeorge C. Draper, Hopedalo, N. Y'.; Arthur Curtis James, New York, am Seward Frosscr. New Y'ork; $2000, Vincent Astor. New Y'ork, and Kd ward lllnes. Chicago. Among the $1000 contributors was l-'rnnklln .MncVelgh, former secretary of tlio treasury. In the supplemental list also was a contribution of $10, 000 from the New Jersey republican state, central committee and $0."i()0 rom the Hugh'- Nallonal College lr-ii - gue. )EI IT FALLS TO DEATH MOW ')!(K, Nov. 27. Joseph Urooks, (!.o theatrical lunnager, ai nillcil to-.bi by a full from bis i-Uhtf, finer tti artnient In West 79th street. Ilo A;,!. (I"i years old. Sev -.'i-.il weeks age Mr. lirooks suffered a r.-.-r-voiit 'ireaudown. according to Ills law .. Today his wife left tln-ir bedroom ti) prepare a warm bath for b i in ac,: ('iirlng her ahs ncc be wont to (lie o er, window. -V few niinuie lap r a polb-cman notiileil S'.:h. Itiool.s ti at her hiisbr.nd's body had Seen found in tlie courtyard. Mr lirooks waH general manager of the Klr.w and Krlanger produ tions and was actively associated with many of tlie theatrical success es of that corporation. He was the first iroduci-r or "neii liur." anil i-t various pcrioOH iiian,n;e(1 Itootii, Hai' rett, Fanny Ha.tnpc:!. I.illlan llu-:-fell, William H. I'ic'iic and otlicrs. Mr. Brooks Is survived in- his wblo and n daughter, Virginia fox. lie was born In Memphis, Tviin. LITTLE DAUGHTER P. 'STEAMER KILBURN GROUNDS ON BAR El' KICK A. Cal.. Nov. 27 Tho lives ot scores of passengers wore en dangercd early today wlien the North Pacific coaster, F. A. Kilburn, Cap tain Sears, from Portland and Coos Hay to San Frhniisco, truck on the bar, just inside tho south jetty and remained fust for nearly a quarter of an hour. Tho vessel liberated her self and proceeded up the bay under her own steam. When Hie steamer reached the wlinrf, pussengers said, wood was seen flouting after llio vessel struck and that several women had become hysterical Lifeboats were swung out but were not launched, it was said when it becamo apparent that tlie steamer would be floated without further trouble. Captain Sears and members ot tlie crew refused to make any statement. Some of the passengers said they be lleved tho vessel had struck the bar again immediately after being liber ated the first time. Damage to the Kilburn was believed to be slight OVER 40C A OA ( IIK'AtiO. Nov. 27.- Hope that expense of food in i; the twelve taeni hers of the Chicago health depart ment's did iii:id miulil drop much helow t'he pre-eriltetl iot limit of 40 cents a day a person ha hecu ahan doneil. Ir. John I nil Koberlsou. health coinuiiMoiior, said today. '"The exact o.ol j- yoiny to he com to the -10-fM'til iiKiximum lor the lood alone," he said. "We have made no allowance for liht, heat, service or other overhead expense.'' Dr. li'ohrrNon said that it was hi opinion that the tet i.- of greatest value to the middle cla-s of people. Willi the heianiaLT today nt the .-ixlh day of the two week- test there was a not ain of live pounds in the ajfirre'jate weiuht of the twelve mem bers of the siiiail. Itreakfast eon-si-led of stewed apricots, eornmcal mu.-hf buttered toas atal coffee. 118.162 PLURALITY FOR ,1 SENATOR IA FOLLETTE MADISON, Wis., Nov. 27. -Complete offh-hi returns including the soldier vote received by the secrctar of state, show that I'nlted States Sen ator Itoliert M. Uil-'ollette. repuMI can, received a plurality of I is.ir.2 over Ills democratic opponent, Wil liam F. Wolfe. The totals, not count tfiK the soldier vote, wave Wolfe 1 :!'!, lit I; I.al'olleiie :: l.fnii;. The il-dii-r vote gave Wolfe "i ll; l.al'olbttr 1 I'll. VILLA DEFEATED ATCHIHUAHUA DRVEN Bandit Leader Entered City at Sev eral Points Sunday, But Was Re pulsed With Loss Reported in Retreat Towards Mountains Mur- yuia's Cavalry Advancing. .U Ali'K, Mi'X., Nov, 27- Ju.lyv ninciscii .Miulinc. of lln euiul ot tiers lien.', aniKHiuccd UmIiiv lie hail rm-Hveil inlorinjition from oi Tirinl oun-os Mint Villii lunl Ikm'H roia- plrti'ly ihivcii awiiy li'niu 'hihiiiiliim iiy ii tul was ivt miling towjml tlui moiiiitJiiiis. tioilitM' report in ciiviihllimi botlt ww anil in K I'tiso !-tatcil ttrncral rrcvino hail st-nl a courier to' Tt'r- f;i,ns station anuonnctiiu a complctt' roal ol" the Villa I'om's, This jvpoit oahl not ho conrinnod at military headquarters. Attack on Sniulay, .liule MiU'liuiv. mltlcil fhal . 'illu hail enteri'd the eity at different points during tlie day, according to a lvjmit ho reeeived Sunday, hut had heen repulsed. I'ommunieatiua - with Chihuahua City is exported to he resumed late todav, aeeoidiuy; to tie lie nil Kran- isco (louziiles. A message was re eeived from the station aiient at Ter ra .as Station, t wonty-eifcht miles north of Chihuahua, saying a repair train was expected to reaeh there at noon from the direction uf tho state apital. Smoke of the work train lo comotive could he seen near Corral, the Terra.as iiuent said over the wire. Miii'guin Advniu'lntf. Forees of Oeneral Kraiieiseo-M nr uaia are advancing steadily from the direction of Jimine and are - ap proaching Cliihnahuu City, according to official information received here. A train of de facto troops arrived here today from (iu.man, near' the American linos. Another troop train carrying troops from Ca.as (irandes and (Vmson is expected lit arrive here late today. These troops were ordered concentrated here hv ticii eral fionzulcs for use in reinforcing (lent rn I Trevino's forces in Chihaa liua City, should additional troops he needed there hecaiie of the lare numhei- killed during the mc.l;c. WEST OF SEATTLE SAN FI.'ANCISI'O, Nov. L'7.- The Nnrwcimi stciiincr NieU Nicl--cn i ill di-trc-s 'J.'il) miles west of Suntlle, -orilini;- to mil ice-i received today bi- Ibc I'llitcil Slitter naviil radio Uition here. irclcss uih icc were that the vccl had b-t her iiroiclh-t :iiiil was atlcmi'lin to rcliirn In an ,nicii'-un poll. The I'. S. S. Ilukotu ami oilier C'scis in Hie I'aciiK! are pi ceiling to the Jocaliun uivcii hy the Nicl--cli. J he nicsauc r icd bv Hie --ov- ernmcnl i-iiilin station hl-rc iudii-at that the Nielsen was pnicl icnlly hclilc-s. The Niel.-cn siiilcd from -Sciiltlc nit NiiM-mhi-r lib for Ylndi-vo.-iok, i-;i ir inu a caivn of luiiiii- tions, it is siijil. The I . N. S. .-sniltll Dakota was slill in coiiiinuiiicati'in with the Nicl sen end was iirocccilmi: to her res cue with alt basic, later mc.ssiipc- said. SAN KUANVISCO. Nov. 27.--' Nil-Is NieNou is n new steamer and is on her tn.iiden vnynye. She was built in Seattle. Iieiiu hiamdicd on September 21, l!Mli. Available rc -ords do not L'ive her tonnage, but she has a cai'tro capacity. SKATTI.K, Wa-h., Nov. 27. - The Norwegian steel steaaier Niels Nit l Hini, HH(KI Inns, owned by H. Stnlt-Niel-en of Norway, was under char ier .to Alit-ai A Co., and was earry inir a general caryo, incladiii','' war -applies, to Vladivostok. Her erow uih entirely Norwegian. The ve-srl is valued at I JHIII.IHMI and the earo oxen mole valuable. MAYOR 5S II 10 THE PEOPLE Calls Attention to the Serious Finan cial Crisis Confronted by Meriford and Urges Study of Plan Outlined to Relieve Situation Mass Meet inn nt Natatorium Tonight. At S o'clock at the Natatorluni to- ninht Col. II. A. Hanson will outlluo to the people of .Mi d lord tho plan ho . has devised at the siiKgestlon of tho city council for haudlius tho city's fi nances. It Is hoped that everyone will be on band to study the municipal problem and to ask questions that will enable tliem to coniprohoud It. In connection with the serious cri sis the city faces, Mayor Knierick has issued the follow ins proclamation: Mayor's Proclamation! To the people of the City of Medford: As mayor of tho city of Medford I hereby call upon every citizen and taxpayer of this city to Rtvo careful consideration to the study of the city's finances, to the end that n sound business-like financial policy shall bo adopted for the inanaKOment of tho city's affairs and the payment of Its outstuiulliiR Indebtedness. This question has been prominent before the people of this city for soino time. Different plans have been sunnested, each of which, howeverj that tho city bo further into debt. After, a careful consideration of tho cnllro subject tho city council em ployed tho services of Colonel Howard- A. Hanson of Seattle, n lawyor with many years experience In tho handliiiK of municipal problems and . pnrtb ulnrly those roluttnx to munici pal flnnnco and special Improvement laws and assessments. I'bin Worked Out Colonol Hanson has inude an ex haustive InvestlKiitlnn into tho condi tion of tho city's finances and has worked out a plan whereby Iho taxes may he greatly reduced over those of Inst year and kept low in the years to come, still provldiim for Iho payment of tho city's general Indebtedness. The plan also provides for an exten sion of time and un easier method for (ho payment of the outstanding im provement assessments for paving, sewors and water mains. The adop tion of this (dan will maintain thn credit of tho city ot Medford and will plnco tho finances of this city In far better shapo than those of any other city In Oregon of Medford's size. I'nder this plan, the taxes for city purposes will not exceed lii mills for 1!II7 nor for ninny years following. The analysis of existing conditions by Colonel Hanson has disclosed tho fact that Medrord is facing a very se rious problem in her affairs. The de velopment of this community depends upon the measures employed in tho near future to meet the obligations ot our people. In the fact of this prob lem, which affects the welfare und prosperity of every individual in the community it is Hie duty of every citizen to lay aside, prejudice, per sonal feelings and theories, and givo every possihlo assistance to the ad ministration in solving our difficul ties in a businesslike manner. (Continued on 1'ago Threo.) t W'S. SMASH I.OS ANCKI.KS. Cal.. Nov. 27.-- Several Industrial Work en of Urn World, lodged In jail here, niter they commandeered a Southern Pa cific freight train nnrf nearly demol ished the Jail of a small nearby town yesterday, admitted today that they were at Kverett. Wa.su., during tho recent right there between members of their organization mid deputy sheriffs. There are twenty-two hebl here, as yet without belns charged. When the men were taken from "their" train near New hall nwt locked in the (owh'h frull Jail. Willi benches for battering ramn, they he iaii to KinnMi windows, pound bnrrt loon? and demolish f It t i n us In a rush, for liberty. Citizens form fid an armed ring around (lie jail until town authorities Humtaoned aid. PROCLAiVIAT ON