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University of Crtgon I ibrsry IBUNE : FORECAST FAIlt TOMfillT AM) WKDNKSDAV. WEATHER Max. Vest. .10; Mill. TixUiy t, .'JO total Mnnn 1.20 Forty-sixth Tear. MEDFORD. ORECIOW TVT.SDAY. XOYKMBKU 1S. .NO. 211 TEUTON FORCES FIRST PICTURE OF I ZEPPELINS L MEBFORO Mail AMERICAN CHIHUAHUA III "STARVATION SQUAD"! U-BOATS RENEW NEAR CAPITAL 'NT s v iiiinnnr mm, 1 WAKAKt P SUNK BY U-8QAT U-Boat Torpedoes the Steamship Chemung in the Mediterranean and Tows Crew Near Shore Vessel Goes Down With Stars and Stripes Flying at Her Mast, the Captain - Having Formally Refused to Lower i the Flag Carried No Munitions. LONDON, Xov. 28 Lloyd's re ports Hint the American steamship ('hemline; has heen sunk, i . The crew of the Clieinunir has been landed at Valencia by the Spanish steamer Giner, says a Heater dis patch from Valencia today. . The ( 1 1 t'ln u Utr was torpedoed near Cuba de (lata, in'cordine; to the dis patch. The steamer foundered with the American flag l'lyine;, it is added, the captain having formally refused to lower the I'Iiir. Clew Towexl Near Slioro. The submarine towed the crew to within five miles of the coast, the Valencia advices stale, and then abandoned them. At the end of the day they were picked up by the Giner. The C'hcniunfr sailed from New Vork on November 8 for Genoa and Naples and stopped at Fayal, Azores. November 20. She was owned by the Darby Steamship company of New York," was built in 1888 at lluffalo and was 327 feet lontf, of ;i0u'2 tons RTOSK. I'ulio de Gain, or Cape Gata, is a promontory on the coast of Anda lusia, fonuinjv' (lie eastern side of the Gulf of Alincrni, an arm of the. Med iterranean. Xo Munitions Aboard. N KV YORK, Nov. 28. The Harris JIafiiil Steamship company, represen tatives here of the Darby Steamship company, owners of the I'hcmunsr reported sunk today, said, the vessel earned iicneral enrpo only, no mini i lions or earo owned by the I.tulian government bcintf on board. Tin ship was commanded by Captain .John L. Duffy and carried a crew of thirty-five men, the majority of whom are believed to be Americans. No word of the loss had heen re ceived up to 2 p. m. by the repre sentatives of the owners from their agents at Genoa, where the vessel was due to arrive today. The crew list of the Chemung shows that only ten of the men on board, inclmlinjr Captain Duffy, were Americans, the others lieinjr Greeks, ltussians, Spaniards and Mexicans. 57,964 IN JERSEY 4 TRKNTON, X. J., Nov. 28. The slate board of canvassers today offi cially promulgated figures of the re cent election, compiled by the secre tary of state. The average vole for presidential electors was: Republican, 2(iB,082; democratic, 211,018; socialist, 10, 405; prohibition, 1)182; socialist-labor, 855. For Vnilcd Stales senator the vole follows: Joseph S. Krelinghiiysen, re publican, 244,715; James K. Marline, democrat, 170,019. Robert Carson, republican, over Congressman Thomus J. Scully, dem ocrat, by 11 votes. INT WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Presi dent Wilson changed a long time cus tom today when he decided that for the present the meetins hour of his enhinet hereafter would be !:S0 p. in. instead of 11 a. m. every Tuesday and Friday. This change was decided up on so the president will have his mornings on those das for other engagements. 1 Further Advances by Germans in Rumania Bring Them Within 37 Miles of Bucharest Danube Stronghold Captured Artillery Is Active Along Western Front Bui gar Success in Macedonia. lltortl. IX, Nov. 2S. Further ail- vaneo by the Teutonic troops in Kn manla was nnnouneed by the war oi flco tonight. Subjoined is the state ment: 'On the Sommc there was no ac tion of Importance-. In tho Carpath ians the Hussinns made various al '.nrks and tho cnfiaKements arc ;on tinvlnK. In Rumania our movements arc progressing. On the .Macedonian fiout. attacks northwest of Mon.iiltr la led." Two Important announcements are made by Perlln today In repoitii.B continued prom-ess of the Teutonic in- (Sflun or Humania tho capture of (lull-Kin on tbe Danube and the lak- lns of Curtea de Aiges on the Ai'ite- bu liver, SO miles northwest of the capital. 37 Miles From Ilucrmivt. The capture of Ciiurslu places Field Marshal Von Maekenseq's army ad vancing from the Southwest only 37 ni'les from Bucharest, with a railrou 1 runnlns thence along which tho ad vance may be pressed. In occupying Curtea de Ames, Gen eral Von Falkenhayn's troops appar ently have driven the Rumanians from the line or the Topolog and may even have broken, near its northern end, the line of the Argeihu, aluim which tho Rumanians were e.vpectoil to make a decisive stand. Thus the semi-circle about Iluc'ia rest and the Rumanian armies isj gradually but steadily being drawn closer. Substantial successes are re ported by Itei-lin in the new opera tions for tightening the'gi ip. Artillery Active. Considerable interest attaches to the reports of artiliery activity that continue to come from tbe Ypres, Ar ras and Armentieres districts, toward the northern end of the Franco-Hel- glan front. The Ypres sector in par ticular has been twice mentioned within the last 2 1 hours in the Ilrit ish reports, last night as the scene of a British bombardment, while today heavy German shelling of the line north of Ypres is recorded. Recent reports from Berlin declared that in dications were accumulating that an attack by the entente at some new point along the German lines on tbe Western front was in contemplation. Berlin today emphasized the Ini portanec of the German-Bulgarian success in defeating a strong attack by entente forces along a wide front in the Monastlr region. Kxlreniely heavy losses are declared to h!ive been Suffered by the French. Ser bians, Italians nud Russians In an assault whi;b netted them nothing. LONDON, Nov. 28. German j newspapers regard the declaration of war by the provisional government of Knhmiki as negligible, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to Hentcrs. The dispatch pioles the Koclnisehc Zeitntig ns saying : "This government of rebellion lias not been recognized by us. It docs nut exist to us. and therefore its declaration of war is nothing to lis but a blank paner reniiiiing no reply. Although we need not. and shall not, take notice id' M. Vcnizclos' declar ation, we cannot disregard it in prac tice. The so-called army of the pro visions! government will act agaiu-t the Itulgniians and us, and we shall make prisoners. The-e prisoners nre rebels us lulls as we disregard the declaration of war and mu-t be treat ed as such." The General Anzciger of I)u-el-d,,rf -ay-: "Vcnizclos mu-t not believe that o-cnl!cd government and hi franctirciirs will lie recognized by Kiilgiiti.in or (iermanv as belliger ents." STATES RUMOR Evacuation of City by Trevino Re ported, But Not Confirmed Shortage of Ammunition Is Alleg ed as Cause Reinforcements on Way Artillery Abandoned. Jl'AIU'.Z, Mex., Nov. 2H. For the first time since the report gained cir culation, a Carran.a official here ad mitted late today the possibility that General Trevino had been forced to eval uate Cliiliuahuu City because of a shortage otSinununitiou. Information regarding the evacua tion of Chihuahua City was obtained through l.auro Corillo, brother of Mrs. Jacinto It. Trevino, one high government oflicial said. Cori'.lo. it was said, bad received word to in loiin Mrs. Trevino her husband was sale. Mrs. Trevino denied she or her brother had received any word from General Trevino since Saturday. ItPllmiieiit Possible. This oflicial declared that a re tirement to Sauz, if made, was for temporary military reasons only. He added that Trevino would move southward as soon us Murguia readied the scene of action. Carran za officials exhibited a telegram dat ed November 27 as proof that Tre vino was in Chihuahua City yester day. lieinforcements for General Tre vino are being assembled in Sail. Station, .'12 miles north of Chihuahua City, and will be led toward the city bv General Francisco Gonzales, com mander of tbe Juarez brigade, who left here ea.rl.y today with a train loaded with men and munitions,, it was officially nnnouneed at military headquarters. On the train carrying General Gon zales and his command, which ap proximated 400 men, was taken a quantity (of ammunition. It is known that a (puuitity of ammunition which was sent-In Trevino at the outbreak of tbe battle was stolen north of Chi huahua City. The escort accom panying today's shipment is expected to prevent a recurrence of tbe theft. Trevino is admitted by the Carranzn official.-, here to be short of ammuni tion. KAISER TO PRESENT j GEXKVA, Switzerland, Nov. 2S. Kmperor William will send to Presi dent Wilson as a rhristmas reaent( a deluxe set of American authors, specifieally iin'imioii, printed and bound at the Koynl Printing works in Berlin, according to the Kudaest newspaper Az Kst. The German sub marine Deutsehlnnd, the newspaper pays, will carry the fcift to the Hnited States on her next trip across the At lantic. Kmperor William's Christmas gift to Pope Benedict will be a bible mag nificently illuminated nnd bound. IN SECRET SESSION PAH IS, Nov. US. The chamo'ir ol (!!uties meets tolay In secret session or tlie Herond Un'e etnee the bc-;'!i- r'r of Ihe war. Tho B.Hsion 1 croMaln to be a Ion ; one, as -It fntert cuations are to ne put to minister?. and almost every i'jostion vital to the conduct of inn na ris to be ralu sd- One of the chU subjects to be dis iuspil will prov. it i expc-"e'l. In set tc general ?jiby lu the conduct of nner?rlon an-1 the question of I fpcllves. GREECE APPEALS TO NEUTRALS FOR AID ATIIKNS. firwee, Nov. 2H Tbe L'OViniinent f Oroot-o toilav nppenl rd to the neutral nations through the (itei-k dipl'iniats at tlie respective neutral rajiitaU niiin-t ''tlie eocr-cjnn- ln-inir eiupbycd hv tlu entenle jKiWor luttiiiili? Gifece." GERMAN NAVAL WEIGHT OF FOOD FORCES AGAIN RAID SQUAD INCREASED ENGLISH COAST! LONDON'. Nnv. 'JS An ol'i'icinl flrrmjin sliilcmciit iven out lit-ie to day says (jeniiun nnva! foreoH have nmde atKdher raid close In tlu; Kni;- lih coast near Kiiwestdn, capturitip; a vessel. The Herman statement is quoted in an official Hriti-li communication is sued this altcraoon. The lierlin statement is 'ivcii as follows: Th iidiniiiilly announces Mint n portion of our naval forces aain executed a raid, 'niiuy; clo.-c to the Knf:lish enast. Not far from Lowes toft an enemy patrol vessel and its crew were captured. Some neutral steamers al.-n were stopped and searched, bill a I hey carried m contraband they were released. Our naa force., returned without seeing any trace of the enemy." .The lliiii.-l) admiralty append-; the following : 14 A report ha, been received ihat j the armed trawler Narva I was on duty off the ea-t eoasl on tbe night of Xovemher L'li and i- niiinir. Thisi presumably i- the vifsei rcfeircd tn.": TliU is lb.- raid in the n' Novcnibri- 'Jl bomliii rded Hi" near tin mnuth fJcriiuHi iultuiral I!rililt nf mi-i und (tfininn naval v.-i-U. On tin; niiibt I Jitiiuui (It'r-troyor i.wn of Ii:Hii,'nli', I ibt! Tharucs. Tin ituntmtx'cd that a i- el had been Mini. by uiiliri', lint tlii- was di'im'd nlTi fially by l,mdi-n, luwi'-.tnlt is nn Ihe N'miIIi sea, nbtml 7.") mile-; twrl hm-d of II a ins--ate. EUGENE OFAUSTRIA 1,0X1 ON, Nov. L's. Ari hduke Kii Renc of AuHlrla has been made a tW'.il marshal and proiaolod to tho hm prcme roiuniand of the An.Hro-Hun-Kurian forces In sti erosion to Ar li duke Krederb k of Austr(at accordlm; to a dispatch from lionie to th" W.rc U'hh PreH. whh h frays Mm lufurim tion was obtained Trom tin AiiKtriaii souree. , Archduke Kuaene has bnn In com mand of the Austrian forces operat ing on tbe Italian front since May or luf-t year. Previous to that time he commanded tin- Austrian forco, wh' h Invaded Serbia- John Cai Hon hiiwiaefs vif-Mor few days. Por tbe l.imi f; city fo- BY CHEAP DIET CIIH'AOO, Nov. 'JH.-Whether lauybter and j;ood-l'ell'MV-!:ip at the (lining taiae of Hie Chicago diet Hipiad is resjimi'ible in any measure1 for the increiisini; weight of its merubei was a problem hi'ia: studied today h the sponsors for the te-l, which pur poses to prove that it is possible o live well on -10 cents a day. The- twelve dieters six men and six women tndav were thirty and one-fourth pounds heavier thai when they started. I he greatest gainer was William Merker, who ne i pi i red four ami three-quarter.' pounds during the week. Mrs. hes.-ie IVltil, the only mem ber of (he siiiiad I" he weight, tip ped the stab, at 1(11 1 t pniinds, j loss o' lliri-e-niia i ters of a pound. Dr. John Hill Wohcrtsoii, eity health conimis-ioner. said the one definite lessen or hoa-ewives is thai "Ihey should to market and biing their purchaser home with Iheiu.'' ( IIK'AIJO. Nov. 'JS. - l-'acin-.r Hie possihilily ol" a renewed outbreak ol' Ihe houl and riiutiih dl-i'ase, Hvi-stock men here awaited wiiii ouie anxiety today t ln uiil ccime a' I lie i etb-ral diaiiiiois of .-it-peeled lieiiU in Mi siiiiri, Kansas and Nebraska. Or. S. K. Ileimell, bead of u: bu reau ol annual UHiii-lrv in lineup,, with Or. K. 0. Oav, ledcral veterin arian, and Or. K. S. .Mather, an ex peri hi stiM-k plagues b-lt In-re lfi-t Ii it; lt to investigate .siijto ted rat-! tie in (lie Kan-ns City yard- ludnv. .Mi-anwliili' jiiithoritie- here an nounced that tin preen ill binary ineti-iire laken by Or. (. K. Oy-oti. stale veterinarian ol' Illinois, pro hibiting .the -hipmeut to the stock yards ii' Chicago and Knt SI. Louis, except tor inm.'diate laujjliter, of any cattle, boi-i-, TiiH or -beep 1 1 utii Kan-a. .Mi-MHii'i nnd Ne-brjt.-kii, will not be n'-rinded until nil pn-Mblc flanker nt' inf'ec'.inii i.-. be lieved past. orriej.ils id the t hi'-airo 1 inm Stcck aid- iV. Tran-il eouipany as serted al-o that their embargo order naiu-t live-link Inun all points -e-t of the Mis-miri river will be elTuetne itn bn a- seeing iiecc-sary. MANYSTEAMERS Submarine Activity Reported on a Large Scale Over Dozen Ships Reported Torpedoed by Lloyds Large Liners Among Vessels De stroyed at Sea. I.OXIION. Nov. 'JS.- I.lny.ls jiu- iimiiii'i'x that tin' Itnlisli Mfutu-.ii City of ltiriiiiiiliaiii liu lu-i-u sunk. Tito Hritisli steamship Kruastim, u liit-li was u-i ioiisly ivpiu-lt',1 to haMliiM1!! sunk, lias horn towed into (IravcsiMtil, iMiiisidoniltty damaged liy iiiino or toi-ioiloi'd. Tho Citv-'of Itiruiiiiliain, Tl!l tons i-iis w'as last roinirtoil mi lior ari-ial in Itom- luty Ironi l.ivorpool mi Soptouilior -t. She was )."J loot loinr. Iniill in lllll nil ownod by tin- Hall lino of l.ivor pool. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. The Lloyds report received late today at the stale depai'lineut lists the llrao- nier Castle as torpedoed. It also re ported the torpodoinr of the Norweg ian steamer ltanstoad on November J.i and the sinkini- ol the Norwegian steamers Oil'.jehl and Tryn and the Hrilish steamers 1-111111111101-110 and .lerseynian. Dales were not yiven. LONDON, Nov. 'JS. -Lloyds Ship ping tiKoiicy today announced he tot- low-ini:: "The Danish sleaiuer Villeniocs. ol' 778 tons iiross, from Ksbjor;; for (li-itiihliy, has lieeu eiittured. "The i-ii it 11 in and crew of the Nor wegian steamer Hello lie of 188;! tons jrruss' has heen landed and report llitit their steiuner was torpedoed by jL(,!erinan siibinafine.", (The lk-lle. lie Uii.s' last reported on November 2 as pa.-siiiff I'sliiiut while bound - front (bitlienbiir for llilbao). "The Kreneh sailing vessels Alfrod de Coui-eey, of 1114 tons frross, and .Miilvina, of ll'J Ions ;;rciss, have been sunk. "The Hritisli steamer Ilhona, IJ Kl tons jiross, has been .sunk. (Jreek 'essols Sunk. "The captain and orew of flroek steamer Christoforos, of : of the !:l.'i tons, of I'iraeiis, have been landed and report the steamer sunk by a (iermaii submarine." ( A (.Jreek steamship whose nanle is i;iven as liliail, bolievi'd to be the Michael, has been torpedoed off Tiu os island, in the (Ireeian archipelago. The (Ii k steamer Michael, l!"iN tons ross, and olhl feet lou?;, was buill ill Ih'.lll and owned in Andreas. She was la-t reported at I'iraeus. There is al-o a (ireek steamship Alichail. 'Jl-11 tons .L'i'oss, owned in Syra. She sailed 011 October 2t from Cardiff, Wales,, for Areii, Algeria. LONDON, Nov. L'S. Tlie Norweg ian -team-hip Vishnrr, ol! Kill Ions yrns.-, has been sunk, neeordinj: lo an announcement made today at Lloyds liippiii'' ayeney. The captain and crew of Ihe ve-sel have been landed. The captain reports the Vi hipj wji sunk by a (iermau subma rine. The Vi-lior' was 'J.'i feet hu)'' and buill al New Ca-tle in ISH."). She was owned in lluimestind, Norway. CATTLE DISEASE I P LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. JH.- It .tp-' pear- improbable that cattle at Wau neta, Neb., havf the Cool and month di-eii.-e, according to a repoit re eeied today by .), S.-Ander-nn, -late veterinarian, from A. V. Miller, vet -ei ilia ry inspector lor the bureau o' animul indu-lry, I'nited State-, de pai tmeut id' ayi ieull tire. In his letter to Or. Anderson, Mr. Miller say-: "It has been impo--ihle to make a positive diayiin-is of the di-ease anions cattle in tbi- (Waunela) i eitiity. llower, lakini: into eon-icl era I ion e en t Inn:: otir in e-t itral ion has di-elo-ed up lo the pie-ent lime, il appear- ituii'obablc the di-ca-e a I' feet inv cuttle in tins vicinity is foot and month di-ca-e." ENGLAND Mammoth Airships Brought Down and Destroyed by British Airmen A Third Zeppelin in Broad Day light Drops, From Great Height, Bombs on London, Injuring Four and Causing Slight Material Dam age. - LONHON, Nov. 2S. Two Zomie llns. w liteli raided the northeast coast and the north midland countica dur ing the nlsht, were brought down and destroyed liy lli-lttsh ati-meu and it ta understood the crews of both alrshlpa perished. TIiIh inakos a total of seven (Senium airships de stroyed in KiiKlaad in tho present year, wlillo six have been hrniiKht down in other fields of operations. Trying its luck in broad tluylight, a third Zeppelin, flying high over London this uiorniuK dropiied bombs on the capita iitjitrliiK four persons and causing slight material damage. Tho two mouths of Immunity, which (.Ireat ltrltuin had had from hostile air raids led many persons to helievo the (lermaus would not risk any more airships in attacks, which wcru said in England to hnvo gained no military ndvautago for them. l.lttlo Damage JHuie Official reports do not say how many airships crossed tho coast, but. apparently they wero bombarded so severely i,j anll-alrciart guns ana attacked by air pliines, that thoy.were u'nable to ,do niui-h dainago. r.iglils wero turned out In all towns In tho districts nlTootod and the com manders of the Zeppelins apparently had difficulty la locating Ihemselvos. One Zeppelin discharged her cargo of explosives in Yorkshire and Dur hani. She was attacked by n slnglo air piano and fell In flames off the -Ourhnm coast. Another got ns far as tho north midland counties nnd likewise drop ped bombs. She was attacked by air planes and guns and apparently daui nged. but effected repairs after reach ing the Norfolk coast and started for homo at high speed nnd at high alti tude. Xaval air planes were awaiting her, and with tho aid of an armed trawler, brought her down before she had gone many tulles. l-'alls in l-'luiues. (Jreat crowds, attractod to the sea coast by the firing, w-atched the Zep pelins as t hey descended In flames. '1 1..' i'e.pell:i bro't- nt down on tho (Continued on Pawe Three.) T 10 INVEST IN FOREIGN BILLS NKW YUHK, Nov. 2. - The warn ing of tlni federal reserve board In the matter of Knnlish treaKury bills v.i.s nppaxntly wlthrrt Influeneo 'n tradlns at the opening of the stock exchange today. In nu important In stances were stocUw lower than attrac tion, while, some, Including represen tative rails, were actually higher. Oeallnne were moderate and without urir-'ettlement in any ipiarter. yVASIIINCTON, Nov. US. tank ers today received a warning from the federal reserve board against hi ve.itinK In foreign fioverntnent'H treas ury htllB for Ioiik terms. A utale ment Issued by the board was Inter preted informally by some officials; as referring to the recent proposals or J. P. Morgan and company, Ilrlt Ish financial reprcsen tat Ives, that American hankers make loans on P tl. h treasury bb.. of IndcflnPe tal IsKiie secured by unld reserve held In Ottawa. These loans would he fop ninety days, with privilege of fivo renewnhi for ninety day periods. Tho board also told bunerM that further extensive kM Imports will he dan Kerous only if followed by ureat loan expanslou nnd Inflatlou. - ' 4
