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ijc sjt (c )Jc jjt j( sc )(! )c jt 2f( JC jf fc jaft 1 FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES if- .! $ $ 'J ,'"'' CIRCULATION IS V OVER 4000 DAILY . . Jt fr THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 256 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1916 vnir!? irwn nwwa on trains akd kew "vaa xiiu AU STFANDS FTVB GENTS RUMANIAN ARMY STILL CONTINUES .ORDERLY RETREAT Believed ,st of Anny Es caped Ba e German Vise ' CoMl Close , WILL MAKE JXT STAND ALONG RIVER ARGESHU German Drive Presses Stead ily Forward Only Winter Can Stop It I.omlon, Nov. SS. Orderly retreat of t tie liumuuian army still continues and this was the only satisfactory part of the Rumanian nit nut ion in the minds of military experts today. No attempt wis maile to minimize the effectiveness of the Gorinun drive, engineered by the weight of suprior force and directed by the eyes of pleuty of aviators agiiin.st tioops lacking in both of these arms. Abandonment of the Alt river line. frankly u limit ted by Bucharest, wns lorced bv turning of the left frank of that defensive position by Teutonic, forces, led by Field Marshal Mackcnsen which crossed the Danube from Bui- fciirin and apparently effected a junc tion with the troops of (ieneral Vpn Tulkenhnvn somewhere below Alexan dria. The German statements claimed envelopement of large forces of Ruman ians in the extreme southwestern tip of j Wnliacliia, bt it is hoped here that the major portion of the defenders esenped before the circle of steel was fully forg ed around them. It is expected here that the Ruman ian army will fall bock to the line of tho Hiver Argeshn, -consolidating their forces and preparing to make a stand here. In the meanwhile, : London awaited confirmation of Copenhagen dispatches yesterday that Cror Nicholas of Russia was en route to the Rumanian frontier to confer with King Ferdinand of Ru mania presumably over Russian rein forccmcnts. ' Pressing Rumanians. Bucharest, Nov. 2S. Using gas and tear shells the Teutonic forces in patrol engagements backed up by artillery fir, are attacking Rumaninn troops from the Bu.e valley as far as Dragoslavelo. The official 'statement thus detailed the fighting to the northwest. - In the west there were no engage ments yesterday except on the extreme right the Rumnnian positrons were un der heavy bombardments. On tho left wing there wns nothing of importance. Along the Danube the statement re ported artillery bombardments. In i.tiibrudjn the situation wna said to be uuchnngetd- jBnigars Cross Danube. Sofia, Nov. 23. "Wo crossed the Danube near RahOva, occupying Boch et," declared today's official Bulgar ia if stnteiueut. Raliovn is n Bulgarian town SO miles BOutheast of Vidin, on the Danube. Bechet, the Rumanian town mentioned as raptured, lies about three miles in land. Claim Attack Repulsed. Tnris, Nov. 21. Repulse of a German nttack east of liaison Champagne was detailed in today's ofjieial -statement. Elsewhere along the western front the night was quiet. Serbians. Capture Hill. Paris, Nov. 2S Ledby French zou aves, Serbian forces captured Hill 1050, (Continued on page six.) It seems like aviators Jest last till thev git famous. Men n.Nuy look fur ther ahead these days, but not as hi' . Oh Yon Kiddies! With Two Holidays Tie Thanksgiving vacation may bp celebrated by the 3,000 pupils of the city schools to the extent of two days, as the board of education last evening decided there would be no school Thurs iluy and Friday of this week. The holi day vacations are for two weeks from December 25 to January S. Mrs. C. D. Rauch, who taught several yen. 9 in the English department, was elect! to temporarily till the vacancy ctfused by the death of Miss Rigilon and Principal J. C. Nelson as temporary head of the department. - A resolution was adopted extending the sympathy oflho board to the family of Miss Rig dou. JORDAN WILL ISSUE CERTIFICATES TODAY Says Certificates Will Be Given the 13 Democratic Electors Sacramento, Cal.,. Nov.- 27 Certifi cates of election will be issued before night to the thirteen democratic elec tors, Secretnrv of State Jordan an nounced upon arriving at his office this nfterrtTTtin from his home in Au burn. - No official totals have yet been-giv-eu out by the secretary, the Orange thorpe precinct still being missing. The Ornngethorpe vote is due this after noon. There is little probability of .Tor dan's official figures differing from hose nuuomiced oy flic democratic ani! republican statu committee representa tives Saturday, showing the highesr Wilson elector to have a plurality of 3,77:i over the highest Hughes, includ ing the telegraphic report of the Or angethorpe precinct. With the exception of the Orange thorpe precinct these further totals are shown by the secretary's official sheers today: ' - Highest soealist elector, Bon Wilson, 42,01 ft; lowest socialist elector, A. K. Brings, 41,541. Highest prohibition elec tor -uuie K. K. Bidwell, 20,00:'.; lowest prohibition, C. S. Corkhill, 23,R(!t!. .' Total prohibition, ves, 424.909; no, 531,870. Restriction of liquor traffic, yes, 449,041. BONDS EOR PAVING NOT TOJE VOTED ON Supreme Court Holds Petition Was Filed OnelJay Too Late Because Attorney Richardson was one day late in filing the inia tive measure for bonding the city of Salem for tthe paving of the streets and as a result there was outy 29 davs instead o thirty following its filing, the writ of mandamus asked by Josie L. Stewart to compel Bert Macy, city attorney, and Charles F. Elgin, city recorder to place the title of the initiative measure on the ballot for the general city election December, 1910, was denied this morning by the Oregon supreme court, and the demurrer inter posed by the defendant city was sua tnined. S. T. Richardson appeared for the petitioner and ltert Muey for the de fendant city. The petition states that the initiative measure wns signed by the requisite number of qualified vot ers and was in proper form and was Tiled with the city recorder "on or be tween November 2 and November 4, aud that th next general election occurs on December 4." Justice lienii in rendering the opin ion, says tho city officers demurred to the alternative writ for the reason thai it, does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. It is point ed out that the former city ordinnucc required sixty days filing " before the election. The contention of trie city :s that the petition was not filed witri the recorder within th time required by law. It was insisted that, the ordi nance amending and reducing the time for filing did not go into effect until ten davs after approval by the mayor or November 0, and therefore there was no time for compliance with the terms before the election kff December 4. The contrary was maintained by the counsel for the plaintiff. "Assuming without deciding that tac ordinance approved October 25 is tn force and the date of the election De cember 4." said Justice Bean, "by the terms of the latter ordinance an initi ative petition must be filed not later than thirty days before that dute. The last day would bV November 3. After the filing thirty days must elapse." . The petition was filed November !, which, excluding that day as required by law, leaves only 2St days to elapse before the election. The court held that it was not neces sary, therefore to consider the question whether the ordinance is in force as in any eTFnt - the initiative petition was not filed according to the allega tions. The demnrrer-of the city was (Continued on page six.) SOUTH WALES OFFICIAL TELLS OF Fl Growers and Dealers Allowed Fair Profit But No More Than That MANY PRODUCTS SOLD FOR HALF OF COST HERE Government Sets Prices of Staples Every Monday and Those Prices "Go" By George Martin. (United Press staff correspondent.) New York, Nov. 28. Formal appeal for government regulation of tho coun try's food supply was forwarded to President Wilson today by the represen tatives of two million women of the Na tional Housewives' league. Simultaneously Patrick E. Quinn, government commisisoner for New South Wales, explained the Australian system of food control to the United Press aud recommended its adoption by the United States. The plea of the housewives and the remedial system out lined by Quinn dovetail with Governor Whitman's move for the regulation of New' York's food supply by a state food commission. Both Quinn and Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the House wives', league, jmus-ed Governor Whit man 's action. Tho housewives' rebellion, adopted by the state chairman of the league from every state in the union, bases its ap peal on the assertion tbt "the people of the. United States are suffering from exorbitant prices due to shortuge of crops, increased exports, decreased iin ports and speculation." The league's appeal urges tho gov ernment "to determine by all possible methods the food simply needed to feed the people of tho United States and to take measures to limit sales tor export to the surplus over domestic require ments. Egg Boycott Spreads. At the same time an egg boycott was spreading rapidly and promised to be come country-wide. "With speculators holding a gun to the heads of the American people, your situation seems to demnnd drastic meas ures," said Quinn, telling why he thought the United States should es tablish ' government control of food prices. "The storing of eggs, Quitter, meat poultry and like foodstuffs to boost prices is only less criminal than the de struction ot food to keen tne market up such as I have -seen in San Francisco. "I don't want to appear nosey about the affairs of n country whose guest I am, but when I see high prices in the I nited States where there is no regula tion, and compare it with the reasonable prices and legitimate profit obtaining m my homo country of New South Wales, where food prices are controlled by the government, it is a strong temp tntion to say 'go thou nnd do like wise. ' ."Everv Monday morning the pre vailing prices fjjr staples are announced by the government. If the announced price is SO cents for butter, the house wife knhws she ill pay 30 cents and no more without ample warning. In the United Stntes the housewife reads a quo tation of 41 cents for butter and prays all the way down town next morning that it won't have jumped a nickel a pound over night. Consumers Are Robbed. 1 "Thanks to our control system, house wives in Sydney and other large cities pay about 2o cents a dozen for the best egg. - Can you imagino that for fresh eggs here I No, hut there is no legiti mate reason why it shouldn't be. "Your American egg barons would like to hit me with some of their stor age goods for saying it, 110 doubt, but the reason eggs are not 25 cents here is that the speculators are holding a pistol to the consumers' head. "At home we provide a reasonable profit for the producer, one for the wholesaler, and one for the retailer, and yet sell many articles of food at half and less than half what you pay here. "The solution of your storage specu lation problem seems to me simple. Legislation prohibiting the sale of cold storage products altogether is the solu tion. ,ome Forcible Comparisons. "There is plenty of food of all kinds in the United States. The speculators have got dealers-nnd consumers by the throat. They have raised the false cry of 'heavy exports on account of the war,' and then have boosted prices on that articficial theory. This is.a situa tion that could not exist iu New South Wales. " "In Australia we believe that o gev ernment which cannot control prices for the benefit of the people is not living up to its obligations as a democracy. "Can you imagine a two pound loaf of bread selling iu the United States for seven eeutsf I think not. Yet, ' (Continued on page six.) CONTROL Lot L f earce Elected President of Club Lot IV Pierce was elected president of the Arabian Knights club at the an nual meeting and banquet held last night in the Masonic, temple. The annual event, along with the en tertainment brought out 60 members of the club, all members of the Al Knder shrine of Portland. Besides the ban quet which was served at 0:30 o'clock, and the business of the session, the evening was given to initiations, music and short addresses. Dr. Carlton Smith, the retiring president,, presided at the 1 . ..... ... .. TA.1...l iruuilucl. ctiuaiui vi tun, ui ruiituuu, was present as the special representa tive of the potentate of Al Kader shrine. Other officers elected were Zadoc J- Biggs, vice-president; H. B. Thielsen, secretary; S. 8. East, treasurer. The board of directors for the coming year will consist of the officers of the club and Walter H. Smith, Fred S. Bynon and Hal D. Patton. t GERMANY IS E Prices Are Quoted Showing Increases and Difficulty In Securing Eatables Tho following letter from Germany received by a relative of the writer, speaks for itself, says the Portland Ev ening Telegram: The past two years I have written you many letters and sent yon many packnges of newspner8, but have re ceived no answer. I hope from dnv to day and week to week but do not near from you. My dear children, during this war we are having an awful time, such ns we have never before experienced. In my old age I must live in wan? and in sororw. You will be surprised to know wha? everything costs here. A pound or bad potato bread that is hardly lit to eat, costs 17 pfennigs (4jc). We can only have three or four pounds per woek nnd this only 'with governmeni tickets, and unless you have a ticke, you cannot buy anything, even if yon havo money. E's wife hns bought two six pound .oaves of unstamped bread several times a week at 3 marks 80 (93c) a piece and it is very poor bread at that. Some two pound loaves sell for 1 marc 30 (3ac). We can't eat much bread and a piece of butter costs 1 mark and SO pfonnigo (4.1c). Wo can only buy a quarter of a pound of butter a week a person, even if we offer to pay thaler (75c )for a piece, we cannot got it. We can only buy one "quarter of a pound of meat a week and beef costs 2 marks 40 'to 2 marks 00 (00 to 60c) per pound and pork costs 3 marks 00 'Mc' and veal tho same. Now you can see how everyone must loso weight with such food nnd how peoplo are suifering from hunger here. A pound of vile tobacco, that in fact is not tobacco at all, costs 2 marks 30 (63c) a pound. I.Biuoke dried black berry leaves and you can imagine wha: a taste and smell it has. (Continued on page flve.l Commercial Club Advises Congress of Conditions at Chemawa Indian School Tho committee appointed at a recent meeting of the Commercial club to In vestigate nnd report on the condition of the Salem fndinu school at Chemawa visited the school a few days ago anil have submitted the following report to John H. Stephens, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs at Wash ington. Salem, Ore., Nov. 24. llfl. Hon. John II. Stephens, Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington D. C. Dear Sir: The undersigned, appointed ns a eom mitteo from the Salem Commercial chili to visit the Salem Indian school nt Clm mawa, Oregon, and make an investiga tion thereof and ascertain and report the needs of that Institution, went in a body to Chemnwa on November 23rd, 191U, nnd after looking over the school grounds and the various buildiui; which neeil remodeling and improve ments, we have to report as follows: We find that the government has n tract of 442 acres of some of the. best land in this valley. It has on it some five modern and semi-modern brick buildings, which are, general speaking, in good repair. There arc a number of wooden stric tures which should be remodeled in tne interests of health, comfort and educa tion of the imliuu children. There are also other improvements needed, partic ularly drainage, roads, cement wall: aud improvements in the electric light and beating system. Considering the great value of this plant, the large num bcr of Indians, about C00, in attend ance, and its favorable location, it " our opinion that it is a good invesr meut on the part ot the government, if PANCHO VILLA HAS TAKEN CHIHUAHUA IS LATEST REPORT ' Trevino Leaves City To Join Relief Forces But WiD Return Soon FATE OF AMERICANS IN OH DEEMED HOPELESS General Gonzales With 400 Troops On Wav to Assist Trevino .. El Taso, Texas, Nov. 28. rancho Villa is iu possession of Chihuahua City and General Thcvino with his Carranzis ta garrison has evacuated and fled southward in an attempt to form a junction witn General Mnrgla's relief column of de facto troops, according to reports obtained today by United States authorities Here and transmitted to Washington. Mexican de facto officials at the con sulate here refuse to make any state ment except to say that they have no information and complete confirmation of the capture of the city is unavail able up tq the present time According to United States depart ment ngeuts, a message early today signed by Trevino and carried by cour ier to Tcrrazns to which point tho tele graph line was open from Juarez stated that Trevino had left tho capital to meet Murgin. Following a junction with Murgin, the message stated, Trevino .will return and attempt to drive Villa out of Chihua hua City. The wire was received by a relative of Trevino, Uifited States of ficial said. ' High United Stntes authorities de clare they beliove the report. Before Gonzales troop .trains pulled out of Juarez early today, scores of cases of cartridges were loaded upon the cars. May Change All Plana. Officials prefer to wait the ontcome of the fighting in the vicinity o'f the state capital before going on with mili tia plans. They admitted frankly that if Villa possesses Chihuahua City os re ported, "real trouble will be popping" throughout northern Mexico and particu uarly at Juarez, across from El Paso, within another week. In such circum stances, authorities do not wish to weak en the border patrol. If the outcome - of the. Chihuahua fighting, however, completely elimin ates Villa, the war department will pro ceed with withdrawal of General Persh ing's column at the close of 40 days and wifli the complete relief of the militia forces. The decision temporarily to halt mili tia withdrawal plans followed receipt of a telegram through official sources (Continued on page six.) it intends to pursue its policy of Riv ing its Indinn children a good educa tion, teaching them the way of civiliz ed life, to appropriate tho necessary money to make Borne of the old build ings more sanitary, homelike an I healthful; to improve the grounds and surroundings so they will compare fav orably with the stato institutions u this community; and to erect a few new fire proof buililins, which nre needed to make n complete and efficient ed ucational plant. Among tho new buildings we believe the' government would be justified In furnishing, is a library to cost in tac neighborhood of .'),0II0.00. Wo believe this would be a good educational in vestment. At present a small room n one of the buildings is used for the purpose of stacking up several thous and volumes. Another new building needed is on administration or office building, We were surprised when we entered tne dingy suite of rooms in u very old Viuitit ing where the business of the school is transacted. It is an old wooden build ing, the floors are rough and uneven. The structure was evidently built for some other purpose. There is no fire proof vault in the building. We believe a suitable fire proof building eouid be constructed for $7,300.00 We believe a nc.. building is also needed for vocational anil industrial training for girls. The presert one Is very inadequate, being built of wnoir, and entirely too small to accommodate the large classes. Apparently it was never designed for its present use. We consider this work in domestic science, which includes sewing and cooking, the (UoDttnued on page two.) . Completion of Alaska Railroad Delayed . Seward, Alaska, Nov. 28. Delays in construction .will prevent the comple tion, of the government railroad between Seward and Fairbanks before 1920 or 1021, instead of 1918 as contemplated, Captain Frederick Mears, of the Alaska railway commission, said here today be fore departing for Washington, D. C, where he will make his report. The tracks along the Tufnagain arm, between Seward and Anchorago will probably not bo completed before 191s instead of 1917. Bough weather and delays in obtaining supplies supplies are responsible for the delay, Hears said. GREAT AUNT OF pght Hour Laws and Food Embargo Will Be Siorm Centers Washington, NoVi 28. Congress must burn the midnight oil prodigally if it would finish its labors on schedule at noon March 4, in the opinion of many early congressional arrivals todnjv- The mere routine will consume a long while, leaving but little for the rail road labor legislation, food embargo questions and other major legislation destined to make the closing days of tho sixty fourth sesion notable. Republicans frankly say they dom believe everything fun be "squeezed into the allotted space and they are willing thut much shall hang fire, since they argue they will have more power In the congress that begins in December, 1917. Leaders estimated that practically thirteen weeks will be consumed in ar my, navy and other regular yearly ant "regular special" appropriation bills. This will leave a scant month for oth er mensurJs of wide importance. If the supremo court erases the Adam son bill from the statute books, con gress cxpeuts presentation of another i eight hour law. There are ailtlitions to it contemplated, at any rate, and the "compulsory investigation before strik ing" bill will be a storm center.- The big sensational scrap of the whole session, however, will come from the food embargo measures if these are pressed as now planned. A row equall ing or surpassing that over the McLe more armed ship bill is anticipated. Measures designed to permit forma tion of exporters' trusts, as a post-war protective stop, will also feature the session if there Ib time for everything LOANEDBY AMERICA Bankers, However, Feel Safe Even to Increase This Sum Greatly New York, Nov. 28 New York bank ers today said they did not believe the federal reservo board desired to inter fere with grunting of loans to the va rious warring nations and that the board warning was directed only, nt cer tain classes of loans. As for shutting off loans to the bel ligerents, one banker said such action was not in sight. "When American bankers and invest ors conio to the conclusion that war loans nre not good risks war louns will cease," he said, "but there is nothing to indicate the approach of such be lief." Loans mado by American bankers to tho warring nations nre now npprunch ing a two billion dollar total. The largo transactions include: Anglo-French credit $500,000,000 First British collateral loan $250,000,000 Second liritisli collateral loan $.'100,000,000 French collateral loan $100,000,000 French commercial credit ..$100,000,000 City of I'aria loan $ 50,000,000 French municipal loan to cities of Bordeaux, Lyons and Marseille $ 00,000,000 Russinn loan (secured) ...$ 50,0(111,000 Russian loan (unsecured).. 25,000,000 Wheat purchase credit (Bri- tish) $ 23,000,000 Canadian loans: Dominion $120,000,000 Provincial $ 55,000,000 Municipal $ 0(1.0(10,000 Open credits iu London . . . .$100,000,000 Total ....$1, 795,000,000 JUST DISCOURTEOUS Washington, Nov. 2S. The British refusal to grant the new Austrian ani bassador, Count Tnrnowski, a safe con duct surprised authorities here today, though they said this government could do nothing about it. The state department had merely no tified the nllii's of his coming without asking a . safe conduct. The refutal to givo this conduct is regarded in dip lomatic usage as discourteous, but nut an affront which would involve any coinpliintioiis. E ZEPPELIN A rASS OF FLAME FALLS 8,000 FEET Thousands On Shore Watch Battle Between Aeroplanes and Airship GREAT CHEER GOES UP AS ' SHE PLUNGES INTO SEA Second Big Raider Set On Fire By Aeroplane Also Falls in Sea H London, Nov. 28. Eight thousand feet aloft, above the North sea, British, hydroplanes sent a German Zeppelin hurtling down to destruction in flames . -today. A little earlier, anti-aircraft guns, co-operating with an aeroplane, accounted for another German air raid- y er of York and Durham counties tho air cruiser also sinking, aflame, into the water. Graphic details of tho British success in repelling the 27th aerial raid made by tho Germans since the first of the year were announced today by General Lord . French, commander in chief of the Bri tish home forces. He said damage in lives or property 'from bombs dropped by the raiders over York and Durham, count ies during the night were believed slight The first Zepoplin, which apparently entered over Durham, was pursued -by -an aeroplane as it turned homeward. Not until theZepcpliu was over the sea off the Durham coast did the Bri tish aviator succeed in reaching a vital part. Then he brought tho great dread nought of tho uir down, a burst of flume. ' 'A Thrilling Alx Battle. The second German Zeppelin entered over "north Midlands, dropping bomba ' at several places," trench's state ment said. Then she turned homeward nnd sought to escape, with British aero pluues pursuing aud anti-aircraft guns -peppering her aerial course. Finally the great vessel was apparently struck. The last part of her journey was irtada with great difficulty, tho Zepeplin lame-, ly pressing onward. She woe unable to reach the coast by daybreak.- Later, somewhere aloft ou tho Norfolk const, tho German crew apparently effeeted repairs. The machine immediately pro- ceeded eastward, arising rapidly-to a height of 8,000 feet. Then four naval aeroplanes attacked the Zeppelin nine miles at sea- An armed trawler aided -in tho attack. Finally a whot reached a vitul part and the great ship sank from the sky a blazing mass at 0:45 o, m. Thousands collected on the shore and breathlessly witnessed the duel ot forces of the air, water and land for shore batteries also poured their fire at one of the sky drendnaughts joining in the fustllndo from aeroplanes and armed trawlers. There was a great cheer from these spectators of the combat us the Zeppelin rushed downward, destroyed, like a great blazing comet. Germany Has Lost Six. - Germany has lost one or more of her Zeppelin fleet on every attempt she baa made at a raiit over England since Sep tember 3. tyth last night's score, Ger many hns lost six giant machines since that time. I'se of an inflammatory bullet in aeroplane rapid fircra and anti-aircraft guns repelling Zeppelins has made Bri tish defensive work against the Ger man raiders particularly effective. Lieu tenant Kobiiison was the first of the home guard aviators to bring down his Zeppelin prey by such a bullet. This was on September 3, when the raiders killed two and injured 13 by bomb drop ping. On September 23 two more Zep pelins fell victim to England's de fensive system ono by shots fired from an acroplnne, the other from tho fire olf au anti-craft gun. On October 1 the fourth dreadnaught of tho air was brought down in similar fashion. Travelers from England who have witnessed these Zepeplin raids and de nt ruction of the raiders say most of the aerial defensive work is being done by young British aviators ranging in age from 18 to 21. They nre boyishly keen about the "spin" and the greatest riv alry exists in tho dangerous business. o attucking the huge aerial cruisers. THE WEATHER t Oregon: To night and Wed nesday generally fair, southwester ly winds. y