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Newspaper Page TextA n m : m j i FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES ; . ; . M CIRCULATION IS . OVER 4000 DAILY - (THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 244 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS gSSE 0 lw s ft i FIERCE BRITISH DRIVE FORCES GERWIiNS BACK Evacuation of Two Important Stro sfiolds Admitted by Berlin War Office-Three Tfousa Prisoners and Much i Booty Taken Russians Throw 7 ops Across Danube and Increase Pressure on Mack jn's Flank Which Is Said To Be Retreating v London, Nov. 14.--The British on the Ancre today continued their successful smash against the heavily for tified German lines. The war office, reported new pro gress at Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre, where four thousand Ger mans were taken prisoner. Bitter fighting was going on in the outskirts of the town at noon. The anonuncement which told of the advance at Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre, said the storming of Beaumont-Hamel village had been completely successful. The battle of Ancre Brook continued today. Fighting at the northern" edges of Beaumont and Hamel on the north bank where the Germans are attempting to rally .their forces is proceeding . with an intensity that in creases hourly, according to unofficial reports reaching here from the front. Yesterday's advance, including today's consolidations, was on a front of more than' five miles and to a depth at some points of more than two thousand yards. Each at tack was preceded by a curtain fire, which German prisoners say is the most terrible of any barrage hail of metal that has been faced on any front. On the south bank, about north of Tmepval, the Germans already have started counter attacking and the fighting there is bitter. The British have rushed up reserves. at all three points tken in the lightning stroke that began under cover of e low. hanging mists early yesterday and continued in this sector with a surprisingly small show of resistence s by the, Germans. The reserves are now at work consoli dating the gains that were made where the Germans dug and cemented themselves into what heretofore had been regarded as one of ; the most impregnable, positions of their western lines. Military experts here expected th greatest show of resistance about Beau-1 mont-Hnmel, since any further advance liy British forces there will seriously threaten Mirnmont, Toss than one mile. directly on the road to coveted n jmunie. By today the nttmbct of prisoners tuken had incij'ased well above 3,000. More nre continually being hurried back il' the British lines. Much booty also ms found in the amazingly iutiicnTfc dug-out defenses. t'ritgmoiitarv press reports reaching hero today told of a spread of tho fighting several miles northward, which , led to belief that General Haig's forces; have started a drive on Serro bout one; mile north of Beaumont and n scant mile pad n half northwest of Miramout. While interest centered on this latest Puis; smash, great importance is attach-. ed to reports from the eastern front' that Russians in force have cpossed tho Danube from a point west below Cerna voda. This (jives the Rirsso-Ruinanians reinforcements at a point where they al- ready have shown an advantage ever1 M .ickensen 's ieft wing, which Tetrogrnd .mid Bucharest report is retreating, de spite Be'iin war office statements that I1'" field marshal is niaintaintnp his do-: feitious there. , Strong Points Abandoned. Berlin, via ,Sayvilk, L. I.. Nov. 14. 3'lvacuation of Beanmont llamel and .St. Pierro Divion was announced by the Mrs.-1'ipton Bud Trent t' market this iniTiiin', but she didn' say beans. Some .folks never borrow trouble they jest borrow $2 and fcrgit it. ttr' St. Pierre Divion, half a mile war office today. ' The official statement also said, "our tenacious defense caused us consider able losses," but declared the British also suffered considerable sacrifices." "In the western war theatre, army group of Prince Ruppercht there was violent fighting on both sides of the Ancre yesterday,:' said the ofheial an. nnunneinent. Strong Kuglish attack's. prepared for by concentrated fire of their heaviest calibre guns, were launch ed against our positions, the advance be ing nt an angle toward the southwest- ward. "The enemy under considerable sac rifices succeeded in pushing us back from Beaumout, Hamel and M. Pierre Divion and from adjoining lines to oth er oiepnred positions. ''At-other places from cast of Hebu- terre south to Grandcourt, wherever the English had entered our positions, they wero ejected by brisk counter-attacks of our infanttry. "French attackB in the Pnilly-Snillisel sector failed. "On the eastern bank of the Mouse artillerying in the early evening was ac tive. French reconnoitering advances 4'gnijist our lines about Hnrdumont were repulsed." Situation is Unchanged, retrograd, Nov. 14. For the first time since General Sakhnroff's Rubso Rumanians began their smashing blows against ilackensen extreme left wing, which rested at Cernnvoda on the Dan i be in the Dobrud.ia region, the war effico today reported the situation "un changed." "In the Tnrnsylvanian reaion," said the statement, "enemy attacks were ro pelted. ''The Dobrudja situatiou remains changed." Runmninn forces defendintr Hie dis trict about Rotenturn Pass have been forced back under-persistent enemy at tacks in the Alt river region, the war office announced today. Teutou attacks in the .Tiul valley re salted in the capture of the village of Bumbeshtie, the statement said. Rumanians Claim Victory. . Bucharest, Nov; 14. Attacks which f'l.d been mnde without interruption In the t'r.ul valley on the river Cnsin since October 9 were finally repulsed with sr.njruinnry losses to the enemy, the Ru manian war office reported todav. In the cnutttcr-atUick that followed only 83. prisoners were taken alive. Three machine guns nod other booty were taken- - - "On The Moldavia front in the I'zul and Trotus valleys onr artillery silenced enemv guns." the announcement read. "From Ihe Butna valler to Prevelus there have been atrilleryintr end some minor engagements. In the Priiehova valley there has been iutense artillerying. :$ HIGH COST OF DINNER Portland, Ore., Nov,. 14 With turkeys, cranberries, chestnuts, sweet potatoes and saner kraut aeroplaning, dealers today pre dicted a Thanksgiving dinner of unusually high cost. The pro- hibitive price of grain for feed ing caused a decrease in num ber of turkeys raised. The cran-, berry crop is short, cabbage is lacking for kraut and the Italian government has embargoed all chestnut shipments. L United States Senate Will Look Into Charges Made by Both Sides Washington, Nov. 14. A thorough investigation of campaign expenditures will be made by the United States sen ate nt its coming session, it was an nounced today by administration lead ers. This would be the answer to the re luctance of the republican national eouYmittee to accept the re-election of President Wilson, though administra tion declared charges by both repub licans and democrats of the improper use of .money already had made it nec essary that the whole matter be sifted. Administration men said they are re ceiving reports from all parts of the country indicating unprecedented sums were thrown into doubtful states by the republican national committee. One report received is that $l!),0l)O was sent to Long Branch, X. J.,' a town of six thousand people, near which the pres ident had his summer home. The campaign books of both parties will be laid beforo the senate, it was declared and a clear understanding ob tained of just what was spent, and how. Representative Frank Doremus . of Michigan, chairman of tlie democratic congressional committee who. coiled at the white house today admitted that plans are under way for carry out the ''slush fund" investigation. Doremus said that according to his tigurcs on the election there are iii democrats assured of their seats in the house and 211 republicans. "There are at least niuo doubtful districts," he said. CONTENDS MANN ACT DOES N0JAPPLY-TO IT Takes Position That It Has No Bearing In Cases of Moral Lapse . Washington, Nov. 14. Contending that the Mann white slave act does not apply to cases of "mere immorality" former Senator Jospeh W. Bailey of Texas todav summed up for the de fense iirthe appeal of Maury 1. rigg ond P. Drew l.aminetti or nan j-tmi Cisco and L. T. liayes of Alva. Okla., in tlje supreme court. Arguments in tho cases were expect ed to be concluded late today. Assist aut Attorney General Wallace for the government, argued tne Aiann act ap plies to ony interstate immorality. Itai- lev differed sharply on the question ot "immorality." Commercial immorality, or perversion only, are covered in the Maun act, Bai ley argued. Bailev argued the law nev er intended to make it possible to send to nrison for five years ami to nne $."000 "a young man who has merely made a mistake, to paint his name for ever and to outlaw him, all because he crossed a state line with a willing wo man." There is a tendency, Bailey argued, in modern criminal law toward harsh ness. . 'I reject the doctrine that I must keep my brother from doing whatever he wants to do," he said. "A man may lapse and still be honorable. If this were not true, we should have to blot some of the brightest names in our hint or v from its naizef. " To enforce the law too hsrshlyTUal ley said, would brinr it into disrepute. He declared a harsh interpretation of tho law would permit the prosecution of a young man "because he enter tained" a young woman whose morals were gone long before he met her." it would put, in the same class, he said, 'the miserable wretch who profits by the oodies of women and the young man who merely makes a mistake." Bailey insisted 'the Mann law was intended merely to regulate the white slave traffic. - German Attacks Repulsed. Tnris,- Nov. 14. Htrong (lennan at tacks est of Auberive in the Cham pagne region were repelled, the war of fice announced todav. In the fcfomnie region artillerying is proceeding about Prcsnoir, which about one mile and a half northeast of Cbauliies on the road to Peronne. TRIFLING CHANGES IN CALIF I In 28 of 58 Counties Official Returns Show Net Gain of 113 for Wilson IN MINNESOTA HUGHES 'LEADS WILSON BUT 123 Ten Precincts Not Heard From and 301 Soldier Votes to Count Sau Francisco, Nov. 14. President Wilson has shown a net gain of 11. 'I voted over bi-a unofficial plurality in complete official returns from 28 of the 58 counties in California recoived by the t inted Press up to 1 o clock this af teruoou. ' Of the 58 counties Amador reported no change from the .unofficial totals, while Imperial reported a loss to each candidate, of three votes making no difference in the plurality. The . following counties showed Hughes net gains: Calaveras, 12 votes; Colusa, 14; Martin, 75; Mariposa, I; Mendocino, 8; Nevada, 25; San Benito, 11; Han Joaquin, 20; Han Luis Obispo, 44; Sierra, 11; Trinity, 7; Tuolumne, 1; Yolo, 88. Total, 317. The following counties showed net gains for Wilson: Alpine,' 1; Del Norte, 52; Glenn, 2; Modoc, 55; Monterey, 0; Orange, 75; Placer, 8; Plumas, 114; Riverside, 10; .Santa Barbara, 9; Siskiyou, 48; Holauo, 45; Tehama, 5. Total, 1.10. Wilson's net gain, 113. The count proceedod rapidly in tho smaller counties of the state today awl slowly in the larger one. While it was in jrogrcss, a rumor gained currency, In the east that TOO Wilson votes in- somo districts in California had been mistak en for 7,000. The republican state com mittee reported that it had heard no such report and an investigation by tho United Press in all of the larger .coun ties of the state failed to reveal any such error so far discovered. . . ' In tabulating the official count, the United Press in every case -is using the rote of the high republican elector and the low democratic elector in each coun ty. The difference between the high and low electors on each ticket is very marked in some counties. . In Marin county,' for example, tho high demo cratic elector, Heney, received 3,791 votes, while the low elector, Tylar, re ceived ouly 3,700. Secretary of Ntate Jordan at Sacra mento, believes that most of tho small er counties of the state will complete their official count by tomorrow night, but that it will require a week or 10 (Continued on page three.) ORNIA FFICIA German Leaders Believe Somme Crisis Has Passed Whole Section a Shambles By Carl W. Ackerman (United Presa staff correspondent) Prince Ruprecht ' Headquarters on the Western Front, via Berlin and Say ville, Nov. 11 Germany believes the Homme crisis has passed. The belief Is based on the unshakable and unani mous opinion of the men who have home the hammeiing allied blows that, the entente allies can never break what military necessity requires. The through these lines of steel and cement, i English destroy everything with their above and below ground. i artillery. "Furthermore it is pointed out thatj "Here on the Somme is France's success in pushing the German lines greatest tragedy, for if the allies ex out of France and Belgium would make,pect to redeem the entire occupied ter the occupied sections of these eonntries j ritory in this fashion they will make a shambles no man 's land, made such French and Belgium territory a no by French, British and Belgian guns. : limns land. This confident belief that the allied, "The immediate objective of the offensive is wearing ielf out is held ; Franco-British offensive was to reach in the face of Ulenicnts by British I l!aaume and I'eronnc through a break prisoners that tne .mouth of November . in our lines. They figured this would will be one of surprises. Tho result of cuiwe our withdrawal to other positions the great allied offensive was decided in Julv, German officers hero declard, when the combined French and British artillery and the Knglish tanks failed lo break the German lines in their dar-l The impression here is that Hindcn ing, initial dash. iburg will force such a price from the Here is tne opinion or a captain at i General Von Gamier 'a headquarters,! an intelligence officer who interviews ! all prisoners, reads all documents found on battlefields, whose business also is; the study of strategy and who spent a number of vesrs-in F.ntfland ami France foclded Lait June "The allied offensive was decided last -Jnne, despite the fact that it has been kept up four months longer. They cannot progress further because battles today are decided hv artillery, not iu fan try.'' Massed attacks cannot gain what they did at the beginning. "We have almost as much artillery now as the French aifd when we shortly shall have as mtih ammunition they can make no more progress. At some WAVE GRIPS AND T Montana Reports 40 Below and Coal Shortage at Same Time VEGETABLES KILLED IN SACRAMENTO VALLEY At Portland 29, in Valley 24 Hood River Apples in Danger Han Francisco, Nov. 14. Tho cold wave that swept out of tho north and gripped the mountain and middle west ern states struck California today. Kill ing trosts were reported enrly today in several parts of the rich Han Joaquin valley fruit section and even as far south as the citrus districts tho weather was exceedingly cold. Orange and lem on growkers were out nearly all night burning smudges to prevent tho fruit fom being nipped. During tho past 24 hours the ther mometer in Hn'n Francisco registered the lowest mark in five years. This was 44. The low record for the city is 38 de grees. In many sections of the Han Joaquin valley tho temperatures were icy. Stock ton had 22 degrees, Fresno 24 and Paso Robles.18. A high, but warm wind swept the Hncramento valley and kept the temperature from getting below 30. The weather bureau today predicted that there would be no immediate rise in temperature and declared that kill ing frosts would bo general in Califor nia throughout today. It's Mid-Winter Weather. Portland, Ore., Nov. 14. With the mercury down to -three below zero in eastern Oregon, relief from the unusual ly early cold was promised today by the weather forecaster In Portland it was 29 degrees above, but in the Willamette valley it fell to 24. Four hundred thousand boxes of ap ples stored around Hood River were threatened. Many towns reported water pipes frozen, and a fuel famine was tcarea at several points. 40 Below in Montana. Missoula, Mont.. Nov. 14. With the temperature at 40 below zero in some parts of Montana, a threatening coal famine was prevented today when the Great Northern railroad gave coal cars preference over all its lines in this state. I Three hundred loaded cars wee center ed at Billings, where tho cold ranged from 30 to 40 below. At Butte it was 20 below, Hie coldest in Montana's history for this time of (Continued on page five.) places the French have fifty guns on a 150 yard line; on an eight mile line they have one thousand cannon. "But ono must remember that this country is worth ten timos more to tho French or British than to us, for it is tho Frenchman ' home. "The French realize this more than the Knglish. The French destroy only ,N matter how deep their wedge goes .we will not withdraw aiid we still ihave llapniime end Peronne." Cannot Pay the Price allies mat tney cannot pay a. The battle of the Hoinme is being fought by young men. Fully eighty per cent of the Knglish and French nrisnners are between 19 and 30. Most or tno Germans are or the same age. i Two companies were practicing hand I grenade throwing for all ihc world like ; so many pitchers warming up. Another matter of deep interest is the purt pigeons are playing in this great series of battles. They have prov ed liivaluauie, especially wnen ariinery ilestros telephonic communications with hidden German guns. .There are eighty of them in one hayloft on the Somme. They aro helping out as the - (Continued on page five.) COLD NORTHWEST CA Cost of Election Greatly Reduced Although twice tho number of votes were cast this year under equal suf frage that there wercvin 1912, yet the total cost of the election is only a small amount more than in that year. rnis can De seen ny tno following tunle: Cost Votes Total per Year Cast Cost Vote 1912 7,fi43 $ 8,0.r.H $1.05 1914 14,454 11.085 .81 191 14,649 9,313 .64 This is based on the vote for con gressman and includes the cost of both the primary and general elections. In 1912 the judges and clerks received $3128.50 for counting 7613 votes in 51 precincts and this year 'they received only $3020.30 for counting 14,649 in 73 prcciuets. BE Expected Commission Will Reach Agreement Before End of Week Atlantic City, Nov. 14. Generul Per shing's column will be out of Mexico soon, if present plans of the American- Mexican peace commission materialize. The commission proposes to reach a .order agreement, probably before the week end. As tentatively framed tho border agreement will call for iminedinto or gradual retirement of Pershing's men from their posts below the boundary. In the meantime. General Carrnnzs will' endeavor to show good tuith by . having General Murguia prosecute more vigor ously than heretofore tho hunt for .Vil la and his bandits. Murguia succeeds Trevino as Chihuahua commander. The proposed agreement likewise will go to ward adequate security of the border with the Mexicans assuming a larger share of this protection than previous ly. In planning for Pershing's with drawal, the Americans will be guided by American military men's advice that his stay 'Is strategically useless. With tho prospects of getting to gether after eleven, weeks of confer ences, the Mexicans were especially overjoyed today nt the outlook. Various internal reforms have been pledged by the Mexicans, but it is doubtful if many of these will be in corporated jn a formal agreement. No Word From Parral Kl Paso, Texas, Nov. 14. In ans wer to many telegrams from relatives and friends of the ten Americans thought to have been at Parral during the reported attacK on ine town uj Vtllista bandits, United States authori ties and minini companies employing these men today admitted they had no word from any of the men in nearly four weeks. Two' weeks have passed since the reported Villa raid. . Aror nuesiioninff the Chincso mcr chant who told the authorities ho had left l'nrral. a week ago and that the Amer cans were sate at mat time, United States government agents and mining men found that he had left before the reported bandit attack and that his replies una oeen hhjiukuhvi- ed. . 1 Trevino. Cnrranzista coin mander in northern Chihuahua, wired n FWto Consul Soriano Brnvo that Totinrii of the annihilation of a de tnelintent of Cnrrnnzistss nt Fresno were untrue, it was announced. Wheat Declines Due to Heavy Selling Chicago, Nov. 14. Wheat had i fall inir off todav on frco selling. The op- euing was steady to a shade lower thun yesterdny's close. December was down over today's opening 1 1-2 cents nt 1 K8: Muv down 1 3-4 cents at $!.- 92 5-8; July down 3-8 cent at $1.59 7-8. Corn dropped snnrpiy louny on prom taking sales. December wbb down 2 1-4 rent nt 911 3-4 and Alav down z at U7 1.4. Oats were slightly lower. December was down 3 4 cent at 57 7-8 and May down 1 1-8 at 61 3-4. Provisions wero steady, with a ten dency upward. To Prosecute Violators of the Election Laws Washington, Nov. 14. In an official statement this afternoon the depart ment of justice announced that the fact that the election has passed will not in any way lessen the efforts of the de partment to bring to justice violators of federal election stntutes. The department also put tin absolute clamp on all further details of alleged violations, announcing that no further information would be giveu to the pub lic until prosecution of cases was actual ly begun. This action, it was explained, was necessary to facilitate apprehension of its violators. STOEM ON THE GULF New York, Nov 14. A storm warn ing issued -today by the United States weather bureau said disturbance now (centered over tho flulf and southern i Florida coasts, apparently is moving toward western Cuba. MIT DEPOSED BOARD OF CONTROL Accourrr hosing Governor Makes Statement Saying Warden Violated Instructions : HOZING WAS "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT Governor Made Personal In vestigation and So Pro nounces It Warden John Minto, who was ap pointed to succeed Harry Minto, kilted last year while after escaped eoBvicts, was relieved of his position at the head of the Oregon state penitentiary this morning by a unanimous vote of the board of control, which met in the stats house at 0:30 o'clook. A general - growing dissatisfaction. with the methods used by Warden Min to in securing discipline at toe pern-' tentiary are given us the reason for his elimination by the board of control. inis uissnusrnction nas oeen growing for a period of several mouths. The "hosnig" given two convict Sunday, November S, is said to be the "straw that broke the camel's bach" and forced the hand of the governor. No appointment bos as yet bees made. The matter was not taken up this morn ing at the session of the board of con trol and will probably be leu in abey ance Tor a few days. - lit the Interim, until a new warden is appointed Deputy Warden blierwood will be in charge t the penitentiary, Tho following is the statement of Governor Withycombe in the matter: - Governor's Statement '."On Sunday, November S, two o victs were hosed at the penitentiary by the authorities. When we got wind of this affair, I, arid the other members of. the board of control, questioned Mr. Minto. He made light of the entire mat-' tcr. He maintained that it was nothing more than '.a wetting down,' mors than, descrvod by' the very unruly prisoners in question. "Yesterday ,to determine matters to my own. satisfaction, and to get absov lutely first-hand information, I went to the penitentiary and interviewed Dep uty Warden Sherwood, the four guards nkn n,.l ininnf aA in ttiA hnuinw fliA tarn convicts who were hosed, nnd two oth er convicts who witnessed at least somo or 1 ae proceedings. "The sum total result of this invest!-' gatioiu in n most conservative form, is us follows: Kach man in turn was hand cuffed to a sell door, facing it; his clothing was left on him, the fire hose with full water pressure was then play ed on him from a distance of approxi mately 27 feet, and from a point ap proximately 10 feet higher than the po sition in which he stood; the stream struck him on his left side but he was fasteucd in such a way that he eonld receive practically all of it on his back. One man was thus hosed from probably one to three minutes. The other matt wub hosed from five to 12 minutes. The officers themselves, questioned indi vidually, give these estimates of time. Higher estimates were given by the pris oners. During the hosing Wardon Min to nnd Deputy Warden Sherwood wero present. "Tho force of the water at such a distance, as admitted by the peniten tiary engineer (who assisted in holding the hose) would be sufficient to knock a strong man down unless ho had gome thing to back against. He states furth er that Hie application of such a stream would be very painful, even through clothing, and certainly upon the nevlc nnd head. Kaeh prisoner testified that his sido and back was made block and blue by the punishment. One prisoner exhibited the cuts on his wrists mad by the handcuffs Then his weight fel upon them. After the hosing tho to men were u-it m mm . the soaking wet clothing on them, for probably on hour; estimates of th timO varv from half an hour to two nours. "Now note the following sentenco from Section 20, Chapter 78 of tho 191-f Session Laws (The Board of Control Oregon: night and Wed nesday fair; slowly rising temper Ht; moderate ter ly winds. (Continued on rmae fiva THE WEATHER :