4 ' ! : FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . .,. . N .. -. .., ..... . . .; - - CIRCULATION IS OVER 4CC0 DAILY TT 1-1 p.. . THIRTY -NINTH YEAR NO. 242 . SALEM, OREGONSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916 pmrT Ttvr rvwimm on train b and news llfW -04.11.1 iU VTA VnA VTira , fTPWM SkfaJk mm ffiMM : Mackensen's Forces aud i E Rumanians Battle Desper ately for Control of Buuge at Cernavoda-AHies Have :l v the Better of It But Victory Not Decided fierce Fighting Reported at All Points Along Russian, Front Honors Easy On the Somme London, Nov. 11. The great battle between Russo ' Rumanian forces and Mackensens troops in the Dobrudja for possession of the bridge that crossed the" Danube at . Cernavoda continues. 1 Advices today ,. from Bucharest, Petrograd and Berlin regarding yesterday's fighting em phasize this conflict as the most important operation of . the day on any o.the many fronts. . Occupation of the Dunereav station, about two miles due west of Cernavoda, was claimed by-Petrograd and not denied from Berlin, appears to have given .the' Slav : onicv armies at least a temporary advantage in their ef , f6rts to press back or envelop General Mackensen's left flank, which rests on the Danube. Military experts here ; say a Slav success at this point would change the complex ion of the, Dobrudja front materially, with great disad vantage to the Teutons. f v Russians are reported in strong force about Cernavo da. They are reported hurriedly, bringingNip artillery for a final smash. , : Reports of sanguinary fighting in this sector appeared to be born out by other reports to Petrograd of hundreds of dead picked up in -territory from which Mackensen's forces have been hammered back. ; ; There was still some doubt here as to the sharp fight ing about Predeal. Both sides claimed the advantage. -The Berlin statement admitted the Transylvania Rumam ian armies adopted a strong offensive but that all attacks were repelled, Petrograd advices said the Rumanians have all but completed envelopment of the Teutonic left flank, In the territory about Dornavntra In the Carpathian' mountain,- Russian troops, according to Berlin, have devel oped a powerful offensive. The Berlin , announcement, attaches much importance to their claim that terrific Austrian oanter attack! hnve chased the Slavs - from heights they took by storm in three, days of fighting ending Friday. The inennce a Russian, victory would be .o General Falkeuhayn ' rear at this point has led to the belief that the Teu tonic armies will make a desperate stand. Oeneral Bursilof 's armies, Berlin ad vices said today, were subjected to a series of ferocious wave, attacks north of Baranovichi; where heavy fighting is going on for possession of railway lines which connect with Minsk to the northeast and with Strumen to the. southeast of Baranovichi. It was at. this point that Berlin reported heroic nchievements by soldiers under Major General Von yna and a regiment of Brandenburgera- 'The Russians, accord ing to Berlin, were swept back to their second line trenches after eight - as saults. t Fleet Helps Army, petrograd, Nov. 11. The Russian fleet has come to the aid of the Slav onic armies which are fighting in the Dobrudja. An official . announcement from the war office today said the fleet 'lias heavily bombarded the Rumanian eerport of' Constanzn, Inflicting great drmage. ! Const anzn is almost due east of Cer Sia'veda, where fierce fighting is now going on between Russian and Teutonic pclq-gxannualcitysna taoin nn uuu Figure don't lie. but you kin uphol ster 'em so they'll answer th' same purpose. Alius wait fer th' second thought. '.,. forces for possession of tho big Danube bridge. German General VonMncken sen's left wing rests on the Danube near Cernavoda. His right wing is on the Black sea uear Contunza. German Loss Heavy. Paris, Nov. 11. The Germans sustain ed terions losses when they were re pulsed in attacks on French positions south, of the Somme in the vicinity of Deiiiecouit the war office announced today. v "We maintained all our 'ground," the statement said. "North of the Somme there were spirited artillery duels in the region of Lex Bouefs and Sailly-Saillisel. i'hench aviators brought down five German aeroplanes, i'wo were destroyed by Aviator Guynemer, making the total of enemv machine brought down by him 21."' I British Take Trench, Londori, Nov. 11. British troops, in the face of a terrific barrage fire, last night stormed and raptured the eastern ftprtion of the important Regina trench, a portion of which they had taken Oc tober 21, General Hnig reported to the war office today. The report said the British have secured the new. position. Mackensen Retreating. , . Borne, Nov. 11 General Mackensen's retreat in the Dobrudja from positions about i;ernavoda continues, wireless re Torts from Bucharest said today. A great 'tin is rnging in the direction of t'efnnvoda, leading to the belief that the Teutons fired the city before evac uating it. . The Bulgarian population of Dobrudja is reported fleeing to the Bul garian border. Newspaper ia Berlin Says Hughes Would Mean Imperialism Berlin. Nov. 10. (Via Savville) Taking it for granted that Charles Evans Hughes has been elected presi dent, most or the iterlin newspapers to dnv published statements explaining why. The Vossische Zeituug attributed the supposed result to the Wilson for eign policy. The Berliner Tngeblatt asserts that "President Wilson was defeated not because of bis foreign policy but for other reasons." This paper says that the American people approved the Wilson attitude toward the war. The Targes Zeitung says that the election of Hughes means th.it the money power's are now controlling the United States government The general impression is that he election of Hughes means a high tariff, a luilitnristie-iiuperialistie policy and a sterner attitude on foreign relations. The net earnings of the United States Cast Iron Pipe company for the nine months ended ssepternDer ju, were fi, 040,909. v , Jit GERMAN PRESS PLEASED ' - " ' Amsterdam, Nov. 11. Great ' surprise is expressed in German newspapers received here over . the re-election of President Wil- son. Where there was doubt ex- pressed in previous editions that v uio presmenc again had been chosen, all now accept his re- election as a matter of fact. ., . The Cologne Gazette editorial-' ly said: "The only fundamental de- sire of the American people is peace. They procured a victory. $ With Wilson remaining our rela- - tions with America will continue unchanged." . The Cologne Volks Zeitung floid: - "President Wilson's ; re-elec- lie tion strengthens our confidence that the United States -will re- main neutral." Germans Left Many Supplies Some of Them Much " Needed - By Henry Wood. . (United Press staff correspondent.) With the French Armies at Verdun, Nov- 11. The only German occupant of the shell-scarred, bathtered, but still firm Fort Vans, when the French triumphantly entered it,' was a nonde- jcript Hog aad he is now .being treated with all the honors of war but out or German supplies. Such was their haste in abandoning the fort that the Ger mans left behind a million cartridges, three thousand meat rations, three thou sand bottles of mineral water and large quantities of anti-tetanus serums and other drugs not obtainable .outside of Germany, ... With their artillery in place, the iort Vaux garrison now dominates the entire Woevre plain:). . New lines of German entrenchments are vaguely visible sev eral kilometers off. They are in low, marshy ground where it will be prac tically Impossible to entrench firmly. . In the Vi hours I was in the tort, from -43 Wednesday morning until dusk, the Germans ehplled it almost cpiistanV hv the bin projectiles thudding down every moment with clocklike regularity. Home hit the roof, making the whole structure reverberate,. but without doing damage. .. '. The garrison was gay and watcnea with interest while the commandant counted the hits; Lieuteunnt Diot, the first French soldier to realtor Vaux, came up and laughingly saluting, 'Jinoa enpitain," said: . i "The Question of your ooservanon Dost has been finally settled. A German shell just destroyed the one you chose, so vou will, have to take mine." i The first intimation to the French that Vaux had been abandoned came when the Paris wireless picked a Ger man semi-official story to the American press out of the ir. The French had then almost entirely surrounded the fort and were shelling it with 400 millimeter :L - i.:u l..uA guns wim u prwisiuu nunio nvu.u j made its continued tenancy Dy tne uer- mans impossible. ,i With the news uiot ana nis company immediately entered and succeeded, with but few exceptions, in reuderiug useless the planted mines, wun wuicu the Germans had intended to blow up the tort after the French occupation The several that didxplode went off prematurely and did only a superficial damage. . ' - ; One of tne prizes oi tne, t rencn was the record book of the German com mandant, containing plans for the re organization of the fort and data on the killed and wounded in therecent fiuhtine. The new figurea lead the French to estimate the total German losses at eVrdun at 700,000. 1 , At noon N Wednesdaythe garrison heard that Hughes hadTVen elected. The word eame by wirelos to General Mungin, who planned the entire re-taking operation. He spread irlelephonical ly to all the stations along the line. The men were greatly interested. But the dog. As I left he was in the hands of two "poilus." They were feed ing him ns he probably had not been fed for weeks. His tail was wagging. In another day or two be is expected to enlist under the tri-color. ' JOHNSON MUST RESIGN " ' Saeramento, Cal., Nov.- 11. - Hiram Johnson cannot be Uni- . ted Ktates senator and governor of California at the same time, but. must resign the latter office by March 4, 1U17, or violate the California constitution, accord- ing to a statement today by the state controllers office. This of- fice has been investigating the matter of issuing salary war- rant when Johnson becomes senator. .... SUFFRAGE LOSES IK SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls, 8. D., Nov. 11. Incom plete returns from all over the state give on suffrage: For, 22,U34j against, 25,243. ' OFFICIAL GOUIIT VILCOX GIVES UP Condifcv Discussed From Every Angle, by Leaders Who" Lost SAY OFFICIAL FIGURES MAY SHOW HUGHES WON Returns Show They Have Nothings On IVhich to , Basei Hopes i n"; By Perry Arnold (United Press staff correspondent) Now York, Nov! 11. Charles Evans Hughes will let' his telegram of con gratulations to Woodrow Wilson await the official count ef the votes in Cal ifornia, New Mexico, North Dakota, New .Hampshire and possibly one or two other states, j; If the official fount confirms the Wilson victory apparent now, it is the republican nominee's wish and he' is the one who, being mainly concerned, has the final say that thero be no contest or court ocoedings. The reason the ropumieans still were nnwilling to concede defeat is that in the five states whose vote is still in complete a change Of 6000 votes might mean shift in the tide of victory from Wilson to Hughes. Errors involving several thousand votes frequently are discovered in recounts. The republicans hold they' very easily may have been made, in the excitement of tabulating results of one of he closest elections in American political history. In round- Jieures, unofficial returns ahow Wilson's lead in California about 4,000; in New KeJfe,' about 2,3U0; in North Dakota, aboutSOO; in Minneso ta Huahes' lead about. 600 .(with the soldier vote still to be counted) ;. while in New Hampshire there is less than ,100 margin for Wilson. The elec toral vote of these states wnere iue margin is less than 8,000 votes , totals 37.' . Hughes now has 243 votes in the elec toral college about which there is lit tle doubt. The republicans figure Min nesota will also1 bf his, bringing his1 total to 255. That la 11 less than the 26 majority required in the electoral colleeed. If a recount should show New Hampshire republican, bringing the re publican total to zou ana Jiugnes snouiu gain several of California's electoral votes on a split of electors, possible under the state laws, he would arrive at tno place where North Dakota's five vote, or New Mexico's tnree. recounwu and found republican, Ikight put him over, instead of Wilson. Tlie-pnilless conferences ot rcpiiDiican managers still were on today. They were a few recriminations at what the victnrinua democrats facetiously reier red to as " the wake ' ' proceeded at the republican headquarters, but for the most part tho leaders were planning re organization of the party beginning already to look forward to 1920. One thing that gave cause for joy was that the democratic majority in the house of representatives has been swept away. Wilson no longer has eomplete domina tion of the national legislature. L1flf. WS AT EVERETT Carload Hand Cuffed Togeth er Leave Seattle 41; "GiargedwithKurder Seattle. Wash., No v. - 11.-Heattle po lice, under Chief Buckingham and tieu tenant Hedges accompanied tne seeona carload of handcuffed l. . v.. s wno wer transported from Heattle to Ever ett last night, to protect them against possible violence from ttnonomian coun tv citizens. The 41 members of the organization have been formally charged with mur der in connection with the gun fight in which deputies and five L W. W.'s were killed at the tverett watetJront oun dav. ! - . - Forty ' special deputies,, besides the uniformed police were in charge of the interurban special car whictt left neat tie with the prisoners about 7 p. m. The word of the departure waa kept secret and the prisoners were lodged in the Snohomish county jan before any one knew they had been brought back. A deputy walked beside each pair of handcuffed prisoners. Attorney C. K. H. Wood, of Portland, arrived in Seattle to -prepare for the defense of the accused men. The Pike Coal ft Coke eotnpany, of Pittsburg, has filed notice at Dover of an incre. in capital from 11,000,000 to 5,0W,000. 'THE LADY : ' FROM MONTANA" Washington, Nov. 11. "What 'II the speaker call the newly elected" congress wom an!"' The fixed form of addressing members is "the gentleman from" whatever state the gen tleman 's from. Congressional authorities here, after trying the. sound of various other titles, . finally agreed on the obvious "The lady from Montana." THE 1ST WOMAN CONGRESSMAN TALKS kss Rankin of Montana Sews As She Tells What She i Intends To Do Missoula,' Mont, Nov. 11. "I am go ing to Washington to represent the wo men an dchildren of the west to work for an eight hour day for women, and for laws providing that women shall be paid the saiqewugea as men for equal amounts of work. " Miss Jeanette Rankin, newly elected republican congressman or "congress woman" from Montana, was sewing as she aid this today. Even after enter ing politics she refused to forsake, the old household arts, cooking and needle work. Miss liankin failed to become excited when returns showed she was running ahead of the republican ticket in Montana, and later that she was elected. "I'm glad of this chance," was her eomment when cheering friends "broke the news." Off course," said Miss Rankin to day, "I know I'll be the Hirst woman member of congress, but I woit't be the last, and I believe I '11 be received with Courtesy and as an equal by those east ern congressmen, even though they are enemies of suffrage. While' working for suffrage in the east, I found that no matter how' strenuously our oppon ent fought us, they wore always ready. to hear our side." :! In addition to her eight hour dav and equal wage laws, Miss Rankin in tends to fight for woman suffrage from the moment she gets into the capital Her suffrage bill, she says will bt one of the first introduced at the next se.i- siop. She also declares her intention of seeking extension of the child labor laws, mother's pensions and universal education. . , As a fighter, Miss Rankin's friends believe she will make some of the old est battlers in the house break ground. Not so long ago she tramped through deep snow potting bear and wolves just for a pastime. Her father came to Montana when it was an empty wilder ness, and his four daughters endured au the hardships of pioneers. Miss Rankin showed the Montann re publican organization some of her fight ing qualities in the last few days of the campaign. Upposed by the U. O. 1". leaders in many towns, she went ahead with tho Montana Good Government league backing, kept her own republi can banner waving, and made .speeches In every city and hamlet in Montana. In addition, she organized a telephone round-up. On election day her friends called every telephone number in the state, and asked whoever answered if a vote had been cast for Miss Rankin yet. It i Good Fighter. Washington, Nov. 11. "Jeanetfe's the best stump speaker in Montana; can dance like a boarding school girl and,' believe me, she'll lead the men's section of congress a merry little two step." This is JessieXHardy Btubbs, a promi nent suffragist, and teammate of Miss Rankin, elected by Montana to be the first congress-woman in the United States. Suffrage workers are happy over the Montana happening. "now ia Jeanette running! ' ' was the question with which they bombarded the United Press all through the hours from Tuesday night until Friday night. - "She's a good fellow," Miss Stubbs said;, "just a normal American girl, who sat beside her brothers at college and studied the same sociology and ec onomics, She spoke often, at street - fmeeting here. She la young, attractive, ' bright and intelligent-looking, has a keen, well-balanted mind. She enjoyed being heckled by the crowds, for she always had eome-back-" , . - ' - ? When suffragists came from all sec tions in 1913 bearing petitions to con gress. Miss Rankin made her trip by automobile, making speeches all the way. She got pretty hoarse, but arrived happy and went to work lobbying. "Somebody la our family has to come to congress," said Miss Rankin when she returned to her home. Misa Rankin started out to make a living as social worker, after gradu ating from the University of Minnesota and the School of Philanthropy in New York. Then she went to work as a paid field secretary for the suffragists and spoke in nearly every state. She got a big share of the credit for putting Montana in the suffragist column in 1914. Furthermore, she can make her own clothes and her family says she's a good cook. - Negotiations are understood to be in progress for the flotation of a Chilian loan in this country, - LATEST RETURNS FU New Hampshire Oa Face of Returns for H'jghes hy 226Et Clerks Admit Two Errors That Wifid Increase Wfcca's Vote by 425-r.inr.esota for Hughes by 647, with Seller ' Vote To Be Cousted-Fdsoa's Lead In California 3,621 and in North Dakota 1,1 15 In New Hampshire. Concord, N. H., Nov. 11. Complete returns from the tate, with five towns missing, give Hughes a count of 43,422 and Wilson 43,098 today, but it is de clared Wilson will take the lead by at least 70 when errors by the town clerks in Ward Two, Dover, and Ward Two, Keene, are corrected. In these two places no votes were given Wilson, but the clerks now admit mistakes and un officially credit Wilson with .. 289 in Dover and 135 in Keeue. .Although Uie republicans ore not say ing much aloud, several private conces sions have been made. The final vote is expected before noon- ; Concord, N. H., Nov. 11. Late of ficial returns obtained todnv with all districts in, were Hughes 43,724, Wilson 43,498. This gives Hughes a plurality of 826. No democratic vote from Ward Two Dover. ' - ' In California. . San Francisco, NoV. 11. With all but 13 California precincts heard from Wil son was leading Hughes 3,021 votes, on the face of returns at the United Press at 11:30 a. m- The totals were: Wil son, 465,887, and Hughes, 402,266. I.os Angeles, Nov. 11. One hundred and twenty-five Los Angeles county pre cincts completo, Wilson 114,112; Hughes m:,0. Amendment No. 1, yea, 137, 755; noes 121,318. Amendment No. 2 yes 135,415; no, 114,112. . i ,. - . - - .San Ft-ancrtca, Nov 11. Amendment No. 8, providiugfor partial prohibiten, was defeated by 13,000 vote, according to the United California Industries fig ure today. The dry federation insists that complete Los Angeles results will show tne measure carried. San Francisco, Nov. 11. Tho Califor nia Dry Federation this afternoon con ceded the defeat of prohibition amend ment No. 2. B. M. Bandier, state superintendent of the drya, in a statement declared: '.'Al - ...... .... HUGHES' LEAD CUT 1 - St. Louis, Minn., Nov. 11. A re-check of the Ramsey coun- ty (St. Paul) and St. Louis ' county (Duluth) cut deep Into Hughes' slender lead. Without counting the soldier vote, the score at 3:30 this afternoon with all but 20 precincts in, stands: Wilson, 178,114; Hughes, 178,- . 353, a lead for Hughes of 239- - The soldier vote as far as counted favors Wilson. - $2,750,000 Deal Made In Portland Sawmill . Interests Since Election x Simultaneous with the announcement yesterday that a new company with an authorized capital 'of $750,000 had been organized to take over the property of the old Monarch Mills on the Peninsula, adjoining the Union - Meat company plant', came the news. that contracts are about to be closed on a gigantic timber deal involving the. expenditure of near- I.. Alt AAA AAA H 1. 1 i 1 - f iy 9-s,uuu,vuu in miming .iiniuvr accessi ble and calling for the use of at least 4,000,000,000 feet-of timber over, a 20- year period. u The new company, to be called the Monarch Mills, was organized by Lester W. David and a number of other promi nent Portland men, who are to control the company, The officers are: Qeorge t. Heusner, president: lister W. David vice-preaidoiit; Russell J. Hubbard, treasurer, and Chester A. Sheppard, sec retary and general counsel. M1U Long Idle. Mr. David, who now owns one-half of the stock in the North Portland Lum ber company, originally invested $780, 000 of his own money in the old Mon arch mill, fthich cost (1,250,000 and which consists mainly of two sawmills, an electric plant and planing mill, sit uated along frontage of about 2,200 feet cn North Portland harbor. The prop erty was taken over by the trustees for the bondholders in 1913 and re mained idle until the negotiations for the purchase of the property were com menced a short time ago, which cul minated in the organization of the new eompany. Oregoman. is ovx: RNOK GENERAL Halifax, N. 8., Nov. 11. The Duke of Devonshire arrived here today and n-As sworn . in as Canndn'-S crovernor I general. though the amendment received 30,000 outside the city of San Francisco, this was not enough to overcome the big vote polled against it in San Francisco-" ' Minnesota's Latest. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 11. The Miu.e- ' sota voting commissioners with 2,156 ballots cast Tuesday by Minnesota guardsmen on the Texas border reached . St. Paul ut 10:05 a. m. They wese rushed to tho sttae house where the packages were delivered to Secretary f State Schmall. , These packages - were at onic despatched unopened-f-to the -cdunty auditors throughout the state Soldier votes were cast by guards- ' men from tiS of the 86 couuties of the state. , j .' St. Paul, Nov. ll.With 31 precinct missing at 1 p. m., Hughes was leading . in Minnesota by 647. This does not in clude any of the soldier votes which ar . rived today and waa immediately sent to county auditors to be totalled. .-'-. - In New Mexico, 1 Albuequerque, N. M., Nov. 11. At an early hour this morning returns 1 rem 591 of the 638 preciucts in the state gave Hughea 28,880; Wilson, 3l,ll. . Tho election of a democrat senator and representative to succeed two re publicans from New Mexico is practical ly assured by late returns. .Jones (dem- ocrat) for shenator lendg Hubbell (ier ; , publican) by over 3,000 plurality and'' , Walton (democrat! -for rireseatatrve, is lending Hernaudec (republican) by ' 2,-300 votes.- 7 - " ' In North Dakotk.. Bismarck, N. D., No. 11. WHh' 15 precincts missing the North Dabet vote stands at 1 p. m. today: ' Wilson, 54,279; Hughes, 63,14. Ma jority for Wilson, 1,113. " ' . t . . .. The 15 missing precincts are small and will somewhat' increase Wilson ' lead. ' . " ' CONCEDES KOTHiNG Many Charges of Fraud llziz Mostly AnonymousAwaits Official Count New York, Nov. 11. National Re-- publican Chairman. Willcox still "stood - pat" today on his s'.atement of yeeter- -. day yielding nothing to the deoMierats. 'We are getting a number of b irge and suggestions of fraud," be added. - v "These have come in letters and ten v egranis, mostly anonymously. We have followed the plan of turning tnem over to s'-ate chairman, fotf investigation. ' The national committee, itself is mak ing no investigation we are eiinp'y waiting for final returns." -r-WilK-ox pointed out with nartieular emphasis the possibility of mistakes ia the count rather than laying any stress on fraud charges.' He cited the f that four years ago the democrats etaimeii California bv 3000. whereas official re- ', turns showed split vote tliet. - -The chairman will have a eonicrenca ' with Hughes late this afternoon. v ' The republican nominee took a long automobile ride during the mataing. . HB WON EVERYTHING , Vtirvivilla Cat.. Nov. 11 Fred Parks : won his own funeral, expensea, 35 5 hats, 10 (30 suits, an automobile and mantf hftYM A? IMff&rS On left tl Oil bta . that Wilson would carry San Fianciseo. 41 TT7 YTvh . alas -.-.' - THE cos oi Oregon. To night and Son day fair, contin ued cold; gentle northerly winds.