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r w i i w a -. CIRCULATION 13 , OVE3 DAILY .P H S S . S & m $ ; . ; I - ' FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES S,. .; ' . ; . . . ' ' ' . flTWilMf IT nUIRTY-NINTH YEAR NU. 243 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1916 ETAOT58 JETVB C T f 9ft TERRIFIC PE FOR - , . - ' 'Ciaun Made by Petrograd it It Has ReachedMcal Stage . ' and That MackensenV Left Flank Has Been Partly I Turned-Result May Depend On Dash of Russo-Ruman- 1 ians Against General Falkenhayn German Torpedo i Boats Bombarded Finnish Coast London, Nov. 13.-Russians, Rumanians and Franco Serbians are continuing their hammering against the lines of the central powers on every eastern and south-eastern front today. At some points Germans and Aus trians are attacking fiercely, but according to advices at all the capitals, the larger successes are being won by the arms of the" entente allies. French troops are today co ordinating the trenches and positions they wrested from the Germans yesterday at Sailly-Sailliser in the west front, at which point sporadic German attempts to recap ; ture the positions are goingon with increasing intensity. A comparative lull obtains on other sections of the west ern front. : ; ;. The fighting about Cernavoda for possession of the 'great Danube span that forms the biggest bridge in Europe and where for days the Russian right wing is re ported from Petrograd to have partly succeeded in turn ing Mackensen's left flank, apparently has reached its most critical stage. . . : Since the dispatches which told of Cernavoda in flames and of Constanza, where the German-Bulgarian extreme right has had its base on the Black sea, fired, only meager details have reached here regarding the Dobrudja clash. Military experts believe the result at Cernavoda will ' depend partly on the fifty mile' forward. dash of Russo - Rumanians against. General Falkenhayn's -. armies in Transylvania far below the Bukowinian border ' where defensive movements have been ' succeded by a sledge-' hammer offensive! Anv measureable successes in this . region the experts believe must weaken the Cernavoda Constanza front of Mackensen. . . . Bulgars, reinforced after Friday's Sebro-Frencn suc- 'cesses on the Cerna front, apparently! have failed to stem the advances, for King Peter's headquarters last night re ported further material progress, including advancement of the allied lines and taking of considerable booty. - Do Not Confirm Report. Berlin, Nov. 13. German troops still lold the eastern edge of the Sailly-Sail-lisel position, according to today 'a war, office announcement of fighting on the western front. ' The official account of the .struggle .for this 11 mile span across the two great arms of t ho Danube nnd over the, . wide marshy area in between stated: "In the Balkan war theatre, Field Marshal Von Mackensen's army, groups of hostile detachments, . feeling their way along the Danube against the left wing, of our position in the north etn Dobrudja, were chased. "Cernavoda was shelled without sue- . eess from the left banTc of the Danube." There has been no mention made in Berlin of the report from Petrograd say ing Cernavoda was in flames and that tlonxtunza on Mackensen's extreme Tight had been fired by a Russian sea linmhnrdinent. -"Between the Ancre and thfr Som jno," the statement said, "there was .temporary, but strong artillery fighting. Our fire dispersed hostile infnntry that had ndvanced to terrain before our poni ions ecouth of Marleueourt and "rt was likewise effee.tive against English trenches wcjt of Eaucourt and Lnndaye. Jeff Mnpcs died at th' poorhonse t'nnv. He iria rnied on a farm, but never practiced. Marriages are, made in heaven, an n lot 0 them are an f,:l long ways from th' factory. ay ujjT J 111 Vv 1 ' "la Sailly-Sdillisel. we hold the east em edge. On both sides of the village the French attacked in the afternoon with strong forces but were repulsed" - Germans Hold Ground. Berlin, Nov. 13 Only groups-of hos tile detachments, "feeling their way along the Danube," have attacked Gen eral Mackensen's extreme left wing in the Dubrudia and these were forced back, thenar office announced today in-j its first detailed account of the recent fighting at Cernavoda bridge. "On Archduke Carl's front in the Gyergye mountains Austro-Germau bat talions captured Ditcn and Arsuriler. At that point and on the heights east of Belbor, as well na. on the east bank of the Ifnn river, the Butnnuinns counter- mtaeked several times, but without suc cess. The enemy met with similar fail ure on the mountains on both sides of the Oitus Pass, where hostile advances were Repulsed. " . - N Eumanlans Forced Back. Bucharest, Nov. 13. On the right of the Alt valley, the Rumanians hnve been forced to yield ground in the re gion of Raracibste, tho war office" an nounced today. Enemy attacks on the left were repulsed. "Ia the Cerburul valley two enemy attacks were repulsed," the announce ment said. "Wo also maintained our positions after a battle that lasted throughout the day. "In the Jiul valley eiiemy pressure continues to be strong. Southeast of Canova violent fighting has occurred and there were lively combats ou the right bank of the Cerna river." Teuton-Bulgars Retreating. Paris, Nov. 13. A most violent bat tle ia raging with continued success for the drench bertio forces in tuo region about the big bend in the Cerna river, Salonika headquarters reported to the war office tode.3 Fighting has been go ing on two qays-nnd nigbts. ran war 01 lice announcement con firmed the report' from Serbian head quarters saying Teuton-Bulgar forces wre driven from the village of Uven and the Freueh official statement add ed that the retreating armies me fall-' iug back in disorder. The Serbian pnrsujt continues despite fierce counter attacks. The eneniy losses were serious, the statement added. JSonieivhat to the west the JScrbinns iiave further progressed north of Veli- selos. Hi nee September 12 the onemv has lost H.000 prisoners, 72 gum and 50 machine guna. Serbians Pursue Bulgar. London, Nov. 13, Continuing their . ASTORIA RATE CASE REOPENED Washington, Nov. Ill The in terstate commerce commission . today authorized the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navi gation company to maintain higher rates from Seattle to In land Empire points than froTn Astoria, Oregon, to the same point. ", The order revokes a previous order of the comniissiqn, effect ive November 1, and is a furth er adjustment in the. Astoria rate - case, involving freight rates to the northwest. l(C SC Sjc Ttfi St 5$C )(t iff j(! OF V- IS STILL IN DOUBT It All Depends On Which Side Those of Neither Party Take Up With Washington, Nov. 13. On the face of the returns as tabulated unofficially in 'Washington tdday, tho republicans will have 218 votes for organization purposes in tho next house of repre sentatives, the democrats 21b', and one, Meyer London, socialist, unattached. This align Schall, elected in Minne sota as a progressive, with the repub licans. It counts with the democrats Fuller from Massachusetts, elected as an, independent against a republican; RauduU of California, as a prohibition ist, though with the democratic organ izations support, and Whitnutrtin, progressive-protectionist of Louisiana, The house lineup by states on the present returns,, follow: J? Republicans California, (!; Colorado, 1; Connecticut, 4; Idaho 2; Illinois 21; Indiana 9; Iowa 11; Kansas 3; Ken tucky 4f.Maine 4; Maryland 2; Massa chusetts 11; Michigan 12; Minnesota 9; Missouri 2; Montana 1; Nebraska 3; Nevada 1 New Hampshire 2; New Jersey 10; New York 2U; North Calo lina 1; North Dakota '3; Ohio 9; Okla homa" Si Oregon 3; ' Pennsvlvania -3!; Rhode Island 2; South Dako'ta 2; Tenn essee 2; Vermont 2; Virginia 1; Wash ington 4; West Virginia 4; Wisconsin 11; Wyoming lTotal 217. Democrats Alabama 10; Arizona 1; Arkansas 7; California 4; Colorado 3; Connecticut 1; Delaware 1; Florida 4; Georgia 12; Illinois 6; Indiana 4j Kan sos S; Kentucky 9; Louisiana 7$' Mary land 4; Massachusetts' 4; Michigan 1; Minnesota 1; Mississippi R; Missouri 14; Montana 1;-Nebraska 3; New Jer sey 2; NewMexico 1) New Fork 16; North Carolina 9; Ohio )3; Oklahoma 6; Pennsylvania 8; Rhode Island. 1; South Carolina 7, South " Dakota i; Tennessee 8; Texas 1; 1'tnh 2; Vir ginia 8p Washington 1; West Virginia 2. Total- 213. : The line-up" in tEe senate will be as follows: - ...,. (Alabama 2 (d). Arizona 2 (d). . x Arkansas 2 (d). - Calofornia 1 (d); 1 (r).' Colorado 2 (d). ; Connecticut 2 (r). - Delaware 2 (d). (Continued on page five.) Wheat Is Above $1.93 and Corn at 99 Cents Chicago, Nov. 13. Wheat opened higher when foreign "ndviees that bad seeding weather existed in Europe caused a rush to buy. Profit taking ales caused some of the advance to be lost later. ..December was down 3-4 cents under today's opening1 itajM. 90 1-4; May down 3-8 at $1,113-3-8; July up 1-2 cent at 1-C0 l-2c. " . Corn made new high records because of a rash to buy on reports on snow throughout the corn belt, which will de lay marketing. Later utilizing sales checked the advances. May was up W 1-8, a new high record this season. December was up 2 cents at 88 cent; May up 1-4 cent at 99. Oats were firm. December was up 3-4 cent at 58 1-4; May up half at 02 1-4 cents, - Provisions were teady with a down word tendency. - Mrs. Boissevain Is - In Critical Condition! Lo Angeles, Cat, Nov. 13. Rushed across the continent as luH as trains could move, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mill- holland of New York, parents of Mrs. Inez Milhollaud Boisevain, suffrage leader, who is critically ill here, were halted at the door of their daughter's sick room' in the Good Samaritan hos pital today owing to Mrs. Boissevain 'a weakened eonditiou.-v Surgeons told Mr. and Mrs. Mulhol land the sight of them might cause a fatal relapse for their noted daughter. Milholland explained that when first word was received of his daughter's collapse, due to strenuous campaigning for suffrage, there was no intimation of the seriousness of Mrs. Boissevain' condition and it was until the night of election day that they received word to rush west and that the noted woman leader was sinking rapidly, ' Surgeons reported her condition slightly Improved today, adding that there is hope for her recovery. DEAD VE HIS AUTO STAGE INTO OPEN DRAW Plunged Fourteen Passengers Into Icy Waters of LITTLE GIRL AND TWO MEN ARE RESCUED ALIVE Driver Had Heart Disease and Belief Is He Died As He DroVc On Bridge Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 13. That a dead man drove possibly 11 people, cer tainly nine, to their death on Saturday night when George, Smith, sent the crowded Ladner motor stage through the open draw of the North Arm bridge and plunged car jind freight into the icy water of tho Frsf-er river iB'the startling theory suggested today by ac quaintances of thetchauffeur. Smith, it is reported, suffered from heart disease, and that his pulse had suddenly ceased is probably the 'only rational explana tion that will ever be given of his act in rushing hi vehicle onto the bridge with the warning "red lights shininsr clear against him. Smith knew the road ana the bridge perfectly and was ac counted a ycry safe and enreful driver. His car-Was apparently under control and it is incredible that, if atill alive and conscious he should have failed to pull up when he saw the ignal. ' The stage was making its evening trip toward ancouver wbett the . accident occurred. , At first it waa reported that it carvied 12 piwr'tigers but today the number is blacedt.'.i hi. - When the staira Teached the bridjfe at 1 p. m. the draw wag open to let a tug through, and the barricade, made of stoel bar and stout wire netting, was closed and padlocked. Regardless of the red light on- the bar ricade the stage moved rapidly forward, broke-through nnd dived straight into the river-bclow. Of the passenger a little girl, Muriel Evans, and two men were rescued alive, -seven bodies, includ ing those of little Muriel's mother and sister, have since been recovered and one, possibly three, are still in the river. Tba Dead. - Mrs. A. W. Evans, 741 Third avenu west, North Vancouver. Her daughter, Laura Evans, aged 13, (recovered Saturday night). W. H. Walker, 1450 Third avenue east, Vancouver; engineer Pacific Milk company, Ladner. Married, leave wife and four children. George Smith,.863 River Road, South Vancouver, driver of stage. Married, leaves wife and five children. John Marshall, North Vernon, Wash.; employed at Ijidncr, single Frank Keene, commercial traveler, Vancouver. Kenneth Ritchie J.ndner, single. Unidentified Chinese. Missing: Arnold Wilcox, farm manager, Lad ner, believed drowned. Known to have been a passenger ou that stage; body not recovered yet; single. In addition there are believed to have been other passengers aboard whose identity is as yet unknown, nor any trace been found of their bodies. Rescued: ' Muriel Evans, aged 10, North Van couver; daughter f Mrs. Kvnns. . Thomas Shortrced, Edmonds, Burn aby. , Henry Hutchinson, Vancouver. Gave his address to rescuers as 339 Dufferin street, but not known at that addree. Lead of Totally Dry Cut to 2382 Late return from Tuesday's election servo to bear out the previous esti mates that absolute prohibition ha car ried in Oregon by a majority ranging from 2,300 to 2,500. With approximately 98 per cent of the vote canvassed, the measure has a lead of 2,332.' The missing precincts are ex jected to be favorable. The final ma jorkv, however, is not expected to ex ceed 2,500. i The-vote as it noijr stands is: Yes, 108,300. . No, 105,1153. Majority for, 2,351. Meanwhile the vote against the brew era 'amendment, which would have re opened the state for the manufacture and sale of beer, is growing. It is prob able that tho meaxure will be snowed under with a majority of 40.000 or more. The anti-compulsory vaccination bill apparently has been defeated. The .vote now stands: -Yes, H3,671; No, 94, 5S0; majority against, 918. Senator Thompson Defeated. Complete return from the. Seven teenth senatorial district indicate1 that W. lir Thompson has been defeated for re-election to tho senate by Judge (ieorge Baldwin (Dem.), of Klamath Falls. This nill give the democrats five members in the senate. ALL ARE WAITING 1 CALIFORNIA'S OFFICIAL COUNT May Be Week Before Result Is KnownSuffrage Loses f in South Dakota IN MINNESOTA HUGHES LEAD CUT DOWN TO 229 Hughes' Will Concede No thing Until Oicial Counts Are All Made . Snn Francisco, Nov. 13. All Califor nia stood expectant today when the of ficial count of votes in this state for president began In each of the 58 coun ties. On the result will. hinge tho final decision " whether ' Charles E. .Hughes' presidential hopes may be revived or havebeen definitely blasted, ' ' With the unofficial returns showing a plurality .for Wilson of 3,621,. it is pointed out by republican leaders that a change of one vote per precinzt in fa vor of Hughes would give him the state by 2,245 plurality provided no votes were changed in Wilson ' favor. Obeying instructions of tho republi can and democratic national and state committees, attorneys and checkers rep resenting both parties were on hand to keep a close watch on the official count. Republican leader, refining to abandon hope of getting California, will make their most careful watch in San Fran cisco and other Btrongly democratic counties. The democrats, on the other hand will cheek most closely in Los Angele and Alameda eounties, wliero Hughes polled'bi lafgest vote, ) ' ' On account of the vital importance of this eonnt to the whole nation, extra ordinary care is being exercised and it is estimated that it will be more than a week before the work can be com pleted. . - :. .Excepting in Ban Francisco and. Los Angeles counties,' the count 1 being made bofore the board of supervisors of each county. - - These officials will compile the return from the tally sheeta and certify them to lha secretary of state. In Han Francisco and Los Angele counties the election commis sioner will canvas the return. . . Hughe Lead In Minnesota. ' St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 13. A big error in Faribault, discovered on of fieial count, with small, but constant gains for Wilson In other official figures, in cluding votes by mail and the soldier vote from 13 counties, cut Hughes' load in Minnesota at noon to 202. (Continued on page two.) Germany's Great System of Underground Forts Is Pronounced Inpregnable By Carl W. Aciurman . (United Press staff correspondent) Somewhere on the Bommo, Nov. 10. Via Berlin and wirclcs to Sayvillc, Nov. 13. Germany Is defending the Somme with buried artillery. In their assaults the French and Brit ish are attacking only the surface of the greatest fortifications in the world. Germany built a surprise for the al lies in ber wonderful scries of artillery proof fortifications. These defenses are built so close, are dug so deep and -over such a wide area that the allies are today attacking with infantry, tanks and artillery, are only on the outskirts of a powerful system of underground forts. .' Tho bombardment is terrific. Fields, woods and towns are torn to pieces by constantly exploding shells. But under ground nothing is toucneu. Ann it is from her sub-surface forts that Ger many is repelling the allied attack. roPa week I have been over tne toin- me battle fieiu. rom a neigni near I'eroune and to the south of Arras, our party twice penetrated the shell area viewing Perotnne. and Bapaume, Jtlre two immediate objocts of fire. Defenses Are Buried It marked the first time since the Somme battle began that a neutral has been permitted to inspect tins part or the underground .fortification con structed by the Teutonic forces. While waiting in the library of a castle erv-J iug as a headquarter of one of the commanding generals, the windows rat tled and doors shook from the couens sion of bursting shells. With -these constant explosions in our ears nnd escorted bv an intelligence officer, we motored to the height of Bapaume. There we watched the Brit ish fire on a town. The only church spire anil one chimney is atill stund- ing. fifteen Cest Bread " Say Taccma Bakers Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 13. The 1 cent loaf of bread made its appearance in Tacoma today, and at the same time .the popular five cent loaf has gone to that bourno from which it will never return, bakers say. Housewives hereaf ter will havo to pay .ten cents for a loaf but slightly larger than the dis placed .iitney portion. Beginning today also buns and rolls are boosted live cents a dozen, to lu cents. " ' - These advances were agTeed upon by local baker Sunday. The reasons -assigned for the higher prices is the gen eral raise in the materials used, espe cially lard and flour. MOSER filAY LEAD " THE STATE SEIIAIE President W. Lair Thompson Has Been Defeated for . "Re-election State returns are sufficiently com plete to indicate, the complexion of the next legislature. W. Lair Thompson, who wa president of the senate in the 1915 session, has been defeated by a democrat; George T, Baldwin. Local conditions entered into the defeat of Thompson, who has been a political power In his section. Thompson began last spring beforo the primaries to makt a campaign for president of the senate in the lvli session. - Q. C, Moser, of Multnomah, is a can didate for president, with the chances now in his favor. L. h. Bean and Rob ert Stanfield are -two active candidates for speaker of tho house. I ha legislature line up about as fol lows; .1 Senate. Fifth, Douglas B. L. Eddy. ' Seventh, Josephine J .C, Smith. Eighth Coos and Curry I. S. Smith F.levcntb, Washington W. D. Wood. Thirteenth, Multnomah Robert S. Farrell, S. B. Huston, Ou C. Moser, Conrad P, Olson and A. W. Orton. Thirteenth, Multnomah (short term) John Gill. . ..: . ' Fourteenth, - Clackamas, 'Multnomah and Columbia (short . term)--H, A. Lewi (Ind.). Sixteenth, Hood River and Wuseo George B. Wilbur (Dem.). . Seventeenth, Crook, Jefferson, Kla math, Lake George T. Baldwiu (Dem-). Eighteenth, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler M. D. Shanks. ' Twentieth, Umatilla (to fill unexpired term) Frederick Bteiwer. Twenty-first, Union and Wallowa Walter Pierce (Dem.). Twenty-second, Grant, Harney and Malheur Loring V. Stewart. Twenty-fourth, Lincoln, Tillamook, Washington and Yamhill T. B. Hand ley. Hold-Over Senator. First, Marion C, P. Bishop and A. M. La Follett. , Second, Linn Samuel M, Garland (Dem.). (Continued on page four.) Allh ough in approaching the front we encountered seventeen lines of trenches and wire entanglements, the Somme battlo i no longer being de fended from the trenches, but with buried artillery, 1 , 1 For miles as wo walked we passed holes in the ground large enough for men to crawl into. ... Chain Of Buried Forts . . These were entrenched to thousands of underground forts which the Ger man have built in an endless chain. The underground defenses . vary in depth from a few feet to as much as sixty feet. No cannon yet Invented can pene trate them. And this is the reason, German officers explain, why the Eng lish cannot destroy the defense. Not a house, a barn, or a whole tree 1 stand ing in Achictlepetit. Our automobile was halted en route by soldier cleaning tho road of debris ftom the recent bombardment. After passing through, this village was again shelled. The bombardment wa so terrific as to be indescribable. Tho whistling of shells wa continuous and the uncountable ex plosions shattered every one' nerves. Our auto increased its speed, and other whizzed by, one carrying the remaina of the French aeroplanes. We stopped at a ploughed field, walked to a hole iri the ground and en tored an underground battery. Above ground, in some sKit, so many shells had exploded it was impossible to count the shell crater. But underground not a cannon wa scratched. Officers and I artillerymen were living with many of tho comforts of home. Paving the Roads . Further on wo passed hundreds of Trench civilians and soldier paving i one of the chief line. Mooter were (Continued on .pago three.) liiESTOFGCIS stms sen: mm ,-. ' . 113 Arrested As E!::,i:!;r Hj Makes Chargp A::'- , Berns SAYS XTOREIATICT IIAS MADE EH OCH RICIZt Clabs Letters Erca Vczca Were Code Hs WcuIJ Hct VantReveald New Yorh, Nov. 13. Dr. Carl Arm- gaard Graves, "international spy," ex pressed himself fiklay as confident of freedom from charges of blackmailing Countes Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador's wife, Letters upon which the blackmailing charge were made in Washington Sat urday were explained by Graves as con taining lnrormation regarding tne U-53 's exploits, upon Which, he savs. Count Von Bernstorff made a stock nuwket "clean up." Gravef avers that the Germaa am- ' baasador was thousands of dollars rich er by reason of advance information on . the Oerman submarine venture, lie declared that the letter, apparently . a woman's missives to the countess. were in reality code which Bernstorff would not want revealed. Further ho said that he will relate their contents fully if he is tried, and declared the in formation will be useful to th United States. Graves came back here fo over li,.nj. n : LI. -. .IT... V iugtou on 2,000 bail. Uti found a department of jmtH-e ocVet agent awaiting hi return tor (fArd him fronnwhnt" he failed tfco 'greatest personal danger of hi whet career." , ;, " May Be Juicy Morsel , nasnuiffton, jxov. ia. in easo or Dr. Armgaard Graves, the "master spy." under bond since Saturday1 nisfct. charged with attempted blackmail of; Countess Von Bernstorff, had tndav le-f veloped into that ancient problem: Now that they've got him, what will they do witn mm l Washington, which seldom has been so thrilled bv a mystery in its own midst, is waiting for Wednesday' pre liminary hearing with great anticipa tion. Revelations concerning th secret service methods of the European gov ernment are particularly awajten. since it became known today that Count Von Bernstorff had notified his gov ernment that a sealed package directed to him by the foreign otrieo had been broken oven and part of its content stolen. Whether tho ambassador ha in : .. i i. - i ... . . v, .. : , : .i II I ii II iiic loiinm iM-nf-u if. ,'irii:i7 lie partment agents from the Washington bo'ol safe, where lr. Graves had de posited them, is not known. Graves himself hints these letter are of the highest importance to the Gei- mnn government, that they were let tors which he expected to sell to the ambnssador. not the letter addressed to) Countess Von Bernstorff. As for the letters, he and the embassy are one ia saying they contain nothing calculated to " embarrass " the countes personal-, lv. Tho embassy has declared Graves thoupht they would have this effect aad that he demanded money for them oa that c round. Grave has made two statement in answer to this. One is thaU4jie letters, from a promisent Ger man woman to the countess, contain hidden meanings and form an important communication from the horn govern ment to the embassador. The other la that he knew they were of no import ance and simply wag exhibiting thera to Prince Hatgfeldt as proof ho ana obtained possession of oilier mail for which tho embassy would bo willing to pay. ' ' BIO CORPORATION DISSOLVED New York, Nov. 13. Final decree in the Corn Products dissolution suit brought by the federal government was issued today ny Judge iianu in tne uni ted State district court, ordering at torneys for the corporation to prepare plans for dissolution ana present mem for the court's approval within, 120 days. . ... ! THE WEATHER : "H5 SrovEV f Ff tS OOOM Orego: To night and Tues day fair; contin ued cold; easter ly wind, J. lip