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ft CIRCULATION IS 1 OVER 4000 DAILY ' ' X: ; - ; FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES ., THIRTY-NINTH YEAR-NO. 25G SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1916 pdxpp Tvcn nsnuTa ON trails and nbw iraiKjMU lYivt utUTiia stands rrvB cents r GERMANS ADVANCING SIX JO ININE MILES DAILY J e : Swift Movf Surprises Rumanians and 300 Freight - Cars Loaded 'h Army Supplies Are Captured German Army Within Miles of Present Capital, But Ground Between Is FafcSable For, and Stubborn Defense Is Expected By Carl W. Ackerman, (United Press Staff Correspondent. With the German Army at Craiova, Rumania, Nov. 25, via Berlin and Sayville, wireless, Nov. 29.---Marvelous v rapidity is marking the German invasion of Rumania. The Teuton forces are averaging an advance of from ten to fifteen kilometers (6.2 to 9.31 miles) daily. Craiova's inhabitants assert that Rumanian troops evacuated the city just before the Germans entered. -When the Teutonic forces did arrive, they found the vil lage slowly resuming the normal peaceful life it lived be fore the war. The inhabitants watched the' passing of the German soldiers through the streets from their windows and the sidewalks. aDDarentlv eniovinff the In Craiova alone were found .three hundred freight cars, loaded with all kinds of provisions destined origin ally for the Rumanian army. ' The surprise of the rapid advance of the German forces under Field Marshal Von Mackensen and General Von Falkenhayn has led the Rumanians to continue their retreat, although an engagement was reported, today be tween the advanced posts on both sides of the Alt river. Patrols of Von Mackensen's and Von Falkenhayn's armies have united, but only the future will determine vhether this union of forces will prevent a United Rumanian stand on the Alt. ; ; - y . , , London Has Hopes.. London, Nov. 29. Progress of Field Marshal 'on Mackensen's forces from the newly captured town of Giurgiu, on Jtite Danube, was the crux of the Human ian situation "today. If the Teuton wedge of entry can be blunted and its power stopped until the Rumanian army . hug fallen back to its latest line of de funned Dresumublv nlouir the Argesiu river the Rumanians, reinforced by the Russians, may yet turn their retirement ji.to a victory. It was poiuted out . here as a con tinued augury of hope iu the 'Rumanian situation that the Berlin official state ments are still significantly silent as to ennturoa of large bodies or troops or of transport upplies indicating, in view of the nines that tnc miniumuu reirru lmi been an orderly one and that it has vanned moat -of the encircling move ments on which the German Balkan has been based. - Puris reports that the capital of Ru mania has temporarily been established t Jassv, about 200 miles northeast of Bucharest, close on the Russian line, -were unconfirmed. Such a move, how ever, would not be unexpected. With Oeriunn forces in control of (liurgin, they are only 30 miles distant from the present capital. In front of thorn, how ever, lies an unfavorable terrain and iu the intervening 30 miles there-are three Tivers to be crossed, each well situated for defensive purposes. Advancing From Monastir. Paris, Nov. 29. Continued progress of allied forces nortlnniid west of Mon-i i-tii- was reported in today's official . ... a l statement. Kast of tho Cernn the Serbians bril linntlv enrried nnd retained a height torthwest of Orunitra despite violent ctiuuier nttncf.s by the enemy. The enemy suffered big losses Ycu have t-' be a thinker t be an independent voter. When I see some fellers playia' golf I wonder why they "wsnt t' prolong ther lives. these actions. Northeast of Monnatir French zouavus are pursuing the Tea- tonic forces and carried the height cast of Hill 1,050. Northwest of the city a violent bat- tie is in progress, the French advancing toward Hill 1,248, which is strongly for tified. Tho Italian forces under Gen eral Harrail are also progressing in the mountains around Creznastenn. Advance Unchecked. Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Nov E9. ''General Falkeuhayn 's avmy ad vanced victoriously on - "TiW'W of the Wallachinn front," declared today's of ficial statement. "The defeated enemy is wielding eastward in disorder," the report con tinued. "Movements of the Danube army are corresponding with the forces operating further north. "Iu Dobrudjn there was only minor fighting. - "On the front of 'Archduke Josef, in the forest of the Carpathians and on the Tiansylvnninu frontier the Russians yesterday attacked in' many places but suffered defeat; Several local successes were paid in sanguinary sacrifices. "There was nothing important on Pj-inco Leopold's front." Kaiser Has Cold. Amsterdam, Nov. 29. A -severe cold from which the kaiser is suffering will prevent his attendance in Vienna tomor row at the funeral of Emperor Frnuz Josef. An officinl dispatch from Berlin tad,.,.-' . u.R iuat mno, . new diatin day announced the kuisrr's return to '.L.idtMni. nai.ilal ll nj-i-Ivnii in ion - iup ""' " . " --- na yesterday morning, mil ie mar v- eniucr on advice ot uis memcni aneuu ant, who feared the damp wjenther and cold. The dispatch nid the kaiser viewed the remains of the dend ruler, plnced a wreath on his bier and remained sil ently praying for a time. Later he conferred with the new em peror and empress. Support the King. Athens, Nov. 29. With King Con stnntine presiding, the crown council has determined that it cannot -oppose the Greek government in its decision to refuse demands of the allies for disarm ament. It was said ' today council's resolution had been forwarded to the allies through Vice-AduiiraJ Fournet, who made the original demands. - Admit Allied Gains. Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Nov. 29. Pnrtiul advances northwest ot .Hon astir near Gruuiste, east of the Cerna was attributed to the allied forces, in today's official report, which, however, declared the general offensive) of the enemy has failed. ' Nothing Doing, raris, Nov. 29 "There is nnthirg to report except rather violent caiinoi nding south of the Homme," said to day's French official stnteineiit deti.il ing the fighting on the western front. Bussiana Successful. Tetrograd, Nov. 29. The rWges and j heights eastward and southward of (Continued on pae five.) 18 COAST SUBMARINES Washington, Nov. 29. Tha navy , department today award ed contracts for .eighteen coast submarines to the F.lectrie Boat company at (97,0O0 each; six to the Lake Boat . company at $094,000 each and three to the California Ship Building company at $098,000 each. The department also award ed contracts for one 800 ton submarine to the Klectric Boat company at $1,189,000 and an other 800 ton boot to the Lake Torpedo Boat cflnpauy at $1, 195,000. 'S ACTION IS CLASSEOASINHAN Berlin Will Be Told Deporta tion of Belgians Is Displeasing By Robert J. Bender (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Nov.. 29. United States Ambassador Gerard will confer today with President Wilson on instructions he will cany back with him to Berlin, December 5, bearing ou different quo- ions now penning between tma gov ernment mud Germany. Tho most aggravating matter in which the two governments are now at insuo is admitted in official circles to be the deportation of Belgiau civil ians into Germany. It is contended ur this government that wresting Belgian men from their families to work iu the mines of Germany, while Belgian women and children uro lett to suiter, is inhumane. But beyond a plea for dis continuing the practice on this grouun, the United htates u JioIpleHs. JNevertii less, President Wilson, through Gerard, will make it very plum that the civil ized world will look with strong dis favor .on continuance of the new plan inaugurated by Gcrmuny. . ' While there is no admission forthcom ing In administration circles that any alarm or even uneasiness is relt at re ports of Germany's contemplated re' vival of her former submarine cam' paign, Gerard will convey to tht Ger man government President Wilson 'a t titude on thm question. He will cm phasize that this government has gone as far as its patience will admit ana that any action by uerman u boat com manders showing "intent" to. violate pledges given following the - Sussex sinking, will be met according to the plan laid down by the president at that time, ueraru will see we president again in Pew xorli Maturday nigat when tne president goes to participate iu ceremonies marking the illumination of the Statute of Liberty. GET NEWDISTINCT10N Ralph Lubery Brings Down Fifth Aeroplane and Is An "Ace" By Henry Wood (United 1'ress staff correspondent) With the Franco-American Aviation Squad on the Summe Front, Nov. 4, (Hy. mail) l lie American aviation stine tiolK Adjutant Ralph Lubery, an Aim I : i 1 .1..-: . . , , ,, jicnu, ims ut-eii urmjciiuu-u mi hi:. V An "ace" is an avbttor who has brought down five enemy aeroplanes. that is fivo whose destruction has been completely and officially confirmed. there are just twenty one "aces " In all .the French Aviation service anil Lubery is number 21. Incidentally tha number, 21, represents the exact nuin ber of Uerman aviators which the Fran-co-German flying squadron has brought down, according to official count. Many more have probably bcn dowueo, but French official lists tnke cogni zance only of iiiiichinc wliuKe destruc tion hus been officially confirmed. The Ameru-sn squadron, t-jt id now constituted, in addition to two French officers, Captain George Thenault and Lieutenant le Laage, consists of: Lieutenant William Thaw, Adjutants Didier Maison and Italph Lubery j Ser geants Churlcs Johiison, I,awren:e Kuru sev, JJudley Hill, Mr. Cavelka of Mad ison, Conn., Hubert Rockwell and Jan. .McCumel; Corporals noubriau, KaiiJaiht and Frederick Prince. The corps lias had three killed Chapiiian,-W('kwell and Prince and two wounded Lieutenant Jlmw (now In America) anl Bolsy of Texas, who s injured for life. " - DID DEPUTIES SWIPE IT? Seattle, Wash., Nov. 29. Detectives today were instructed to help locate 3 cases and two barrels of booze, soil ed by deputy sheriffs Oetuber 11. The liuuor has. disappeared fronithe ware house or tno 1'ieiow Aransier company, where it was stored by the sheriffs. Sheriff Hodge said the liquor had evidently been stolen fran the warn house. TREV1N0 S ARMY IS CUT TO PIECES Split In v Two, One Remnant Flees South and Another North DESERTION BY YAQUIS HALTS RELIEF COLUMN Gonzales Returns to Juarez Fate of Foreigners In City Unknown El Paso, Texas, Nov. 29. By cutting the Mexican Northwestern railway Rue near Guzman early today Villista band its closed the channel by which forage supplies were forwarded to General Pershing's American expedition ru forces. A small band of Villista to day burned several bridges on both nides of Guzman, about HO miles south west of the border, nccordmg to a re port made to United Stutes authorities liere. Unless the bridges are repaired it will be necessary for Pershing to haul for age overland from Columbus, N. M., by trucks. At the present time the expedi tion has a large reserve supply on hand. The point where. the railway was sev ered is only about 40 miles from Gen eral Pershing's lines of communication. Chinese Quit Juarez, Kl Pnso, Texas, Nov. 29. Fearing wholesale massacre should Villa cap ture Juarez, 300 Chinese in the bordei town ore procuring permission from United States customs authorities to cross the river to the American aide in cose of -emergency. -Tie Chinese exelu: sion act prevents the international line qeing crossod, except witn this permis sion. The Chinese consul declares there are 1,080 Chinese in Chihuahua City and that Villa had threatened to slay all of thom. v - - Villa Hae the CUy El Paso, Texas, Nov. 20. The state of Chihuahua, Mexico, today is domi nated by Panctio Villa, bandit lead er. Early today Mexican de facto gov ernment officials announced the fall of Chihuahua City, the key to northern Mexico, on Monday. ino carranzisra defenders of the besieged city have been cut to pieces, split iuto two rem- nanta and routed to tno nortn and south of the northern capital. Villa with his bandit army is in possesion of the city. After the admission of disaster by Carrauzistas, tho gravest anxiety was expressed by United Htates department officials hero over the safety of iix Rmericnns in Chihuahua City. Reports that all foreigners in the city were slaughtered reached the border, while other reports were in circulation that Villa had personally conveyed nil for eigners out of the ruined city and start ed them Tor the border. Two Turkish subects reached Huaz late yesterday nnd wired to their relatives here. At that time nothing was known of the fate of the Americans. Aironts of the American state depart ment made a demand early today upon Carranza officials at Juarez to obtain Mine ncwrof the fate of Americans and citizens of foreign countries known to be in Chihuuhua City at the time the attack began. , Ammunition Qave Out. According to reports renching United BY VILLA BANDITS States authorities here, on the fifth ; have O.uoti boxes or cruns in siorugu m day of the siege, Mondnv, at S o'clock,! water. They are anxious to sell these the Villista hordes ruBhcd into the cityicrubs for 1.50 a dozen, Butler was ad mid in a short had to bund Btrncg'o ! vised but it was asserted that the crab scattered the defenders. The artillery j trust has ordered the'mcn to hold them ammunition of the besieged forces hud fur 2.50 a dozen. been exhausted and their rifle ammnnirl Prices of some staple foods continue lion was failing. ' I to rise here. Boiled ham prices went Treviuo, with about 700 cavalry fled, j up a cent a pound and potato flour ad escaping toward the south. As thev were j vniiecd from 5.75 to 7.75 a case. Hugar firming from the city n column of band- j has shown a weak tendency but has not its fell upon them, killing many and i yet declined in price. throwing the Carrauzistas into furthcrJ , ' ,....:.,.. Ban Francisco Must Pay. From the few details of the rapture' . :ii.t u ,.., hc. Villn Vnf.nr the exact' number of artillery shells Tre- vino possessed. The bandit leader laidint their Thanksgiving feasts tomorrow, his plans to exhaust this supply end j The only foreign turkey in town is from every movement wns planned to force Oregon. ,i, nn.-..m.nB..i piinimniuW to exnend I The reason for the luck of eastern this ammunition. . ' When by count the bandit chief as - certained the 'shells were nenrly gone, the final assault on the city was be- a'. . t, ,.,.-., ! Am. eticans living iu Chihuuhua (.'it v. In ad-!nruble shipments of Thanksgiving birds, dition, there were a number 'of Gcr- l'p to 5 o'clock this morning 2io tons mans and French and scores of Chinese, of turkeys had arrived here for to At last account' Contain Hcobell. Bri- morrow's big 'feast. Ten more cars tish consul and the Orench consul were nbont 400,000 pounds more oro expect- still in the town, From meager details obtainable early today it is thought that Genenil Ozena wiih another remnant of the de facto cavalry, numbering one hundred, fled northward to Snuz. Belief Column Stopped. General Murgia's cblumu of govern- (Continued on page five.) OF Portland Market Overloaded .With All Kinds of Poultry.. FIVE CENTS A POUND FOR TURKEY IN PITTSBURG Prices High or Low Just As Combine's Cinch Is Tight or Loose v PORTLAND MAR KET GLUTTED Portland, Ore., Nov. 29. Those that delayed their Thanksgiving marketing until today will have both fat purses nnd full . stomachs tomorrow. Tho turkey market i glutted nnd prices falling. Chickens, geese and ducks are also down. Flour dropped 20 cents a bar rel today. Potatoes became cheaper. And tho freight car shortage has. flooded Portland with robust apples at easy prices. Fitt-sburg, Ta., Nov. 29. Live tur key went down to five cents a pound under the boycott's hnnimor at Mono irahela wharf today. One big dealer wno uougnt tnousanas of the birds announced that he would sell out at whatever price ho could get With reports that anothee boatload: was. coming. "housewlveB llocxea to- me wharf. ': " " Panic seized the group of speculators that had bought many thousands of the birds at high prices from Ohio, West Virginia. Kentucky and Tennessee farmers. Yesterday the crates piled up, which hundreds of housekeepers - ham mered the price down from 30 to 36 cents asked to 18 asked and wouldn't buv. . This .morning the buyers ' threw their ' stocks to the mercy of bidders. Throe cents caused rush. Then four cents was asked. Buying was brisk at that price and it quickly went op to five cents Borne buyers who declared they would "ship them back" before they'd sell at such a loss, put their price at 18 cents a nound and decided to hold out for that price. They were doing no business, except on very choice birds. " Chicago Hit Combine. Chicago, Nov. 29 Dealers who stock ed up on Thanksgiving turkeys expect ing to blackmail the turkey day ap nntite arn in a nanie here today. Wholesale turkeys have dropped from 32-to 27 couts and the price is expected to slump still further. Ketuil prices dropped from 38 to 27 and 23 cents and hnuitewiveii are irrimlv determined in many cases to force tho price still low er or cook something besides turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. Stick Tight There. s Son Francisco, Nov. 29. Now comes the crab trust to put another boost into ttiM ctwt. of livinc An investigation of this trust has been urged upon District Attorney But lpr. of Marion county, who has been told that 25 crab fishermen of Hnusalito Han Francisco, Nov. 29. For the first limn ill flip hitttorv of this city, Hen Franciscans will eat no eastern turkeys I turkeys lies in the fact that gobblers ! are eight cents ft pound higher in the (east than they were a year ago, while here they are only three cents higher. In nml came to the front with ennsid- ed toniuht The birds are fetching to J.i cenis retail. Everybody Takes Hand. Washington, Nov. 29. Tho depart ment of ntiriculturn, commerce, postof- fice nnd mnny members (j congress are (Continued on, page five.) FREEDOM GOMES OFF ROOS E DROP Who Is This Modest Miss Moneybags at Oregon University University of Oregon, Eugene,' Or., Nov. 89. ''Who is she?" - - Since the publication of a story cred iting an unknown co-ed in attendance at tho University of Oregon with $r0u, 000 in her own name, this question has pushed even football Into tho back ground as a source of campus specula tion. The only person who knows her identity is Professor John Straub ana ho is sworn to secrecy. He vouches, how ever, for the truth of the following: She actually has between $."00,000 and $1,000,000 in her own narao and will Erobably inherit more. She wants to e liked and won lor herself alone and so is. limiting her expenditures to $.13 a month and keeping the existence or her fortune a secret. MISS EDITH COLBY L District Attorney Says He Will Insist On Death Pen ' alty If Found Guilty Thompson Falls, Mont., Nov. 29. Sit ting -in court today Miss Edith Colby, newspaper woman, heard prosecution witnesses describe tho bullet wounds which caused the death of A. C. Thom as, republican chairman 1 ot Sanders! county, whom she is accused of mnr-i dering. Mrs. James F. Coolidge of Worcester Mass., mother of the girl, who is on trial, sat close besido her. As surgeons tuld of the fatal hurts and exhibited tiic ragged bullets taken from Thomas" corpse Mrs. Coolidge often comfortcfl her daughter with whispered- words and sympathetic glances. In his opening'statement to tho jury United States District Attorney B. K. W heeler ot Butte, . who has been re tained to assist the county attorney, declared he would prove that Thomas was shot down in com diooci in ine street by Miss Colby, as the result of i newspaper war. He intimated that the death penalty would be demanded. Dcfenso attorneys admitted that tne jurymen's opposition to. capital punish ment would lie a strong reaiure or me fight for Miss Colby's life. . Tho courtroom, was crowded tonay when- the first, witnesses were collect. Ten of .the defendant's friends freni Spokane, were on hand to testify tn her behalf. Thay'were barred from the room before proceedings started, and all other prospective witnesses were e- eluded. The defense has two alienists ready to be called in support of Miss Colby's temporary insanity plea. Owing to tense interest in the case, tho jury has been placed in charge of deputies nnd will be kept in custody until a verdict ,i reached. HIGH COST OF LIVING DOES NOTSTOP LOVING Statistics Show Marriages Far More Numerous Than Last Year New York. Nov. 29. The high cost of loving hasn't kept young America from it. Love, it would appear, laugns at tho high price of eggs. Figures gathered from all corners of the country by tho United Press today show that moro people have tanen ior me io cnn-live-chcnncr-thnn-one theory since eggs and other foodstutts. began to say rocket than ever before. It's true on Manhattan Island, it'c true in Minnesota, in Boston, Chicago and 8an Francisco, ihey just will mar rv. reirardless. Take Boston; one thousand and seven trustful oairs sinned contracts in Oc tober to fight the cost of living to gether. In the October of a year ago, only 927 had the courage. Thus fnr this month the number has been 900, while in the whole month Inst year, only 8tWI would tako the chance. Or Chicago: nil records are being broken in Chicago. In October. J915, the number was 2,88.1; October, 1910, it was3,203. In November, 191.1, it was 2.9.111; already .1,052 have been issued this November. Look nt these figures: October Nov. to date Jll.r). 19U'.. 1915. 191C Manhattan ....3,0(11 3,3C,5 3,020 3,191 Dallas, Tex. ... 271 300 Z i: M St. Paul 271 .134 3011 jhi Washington ... 420 424 473 309 Han Franoisco . 1512 "55 10 (San Francisco explains there lias been no decrense so far as the union of nntive sons and daughters is concern ed, and that last year's bi(h total was due to the propensity of exposition visitors to get married.) . Never try' to cet back at any man by saying that you arc just as good ns he is." It Is up to you to bo R great deal better. ' WAS DELIBERATE MARINA SAILORS Explosion Came Unheralded While Heavy Sea Was Running NO WARNING GIVEN BUT SECOND TORPEDO FIRED This While Men Were Lower ling the BoatsNineteen Drowned New York, Nov. 29. "Cold blooded murder," jvas the description given to day by survivors of the torpedoing of the British steamer Marino, by ft Ger man submarine. Forty of: them, all horse tenders, arrived on tho Tusunia from Glasgow. , ' - Jesse T. Hancock, Richmond; Va.t printer, wns one of those who termed the action of the German "murder." "There was a heavy sea running," ho said, "when we heard an explosion. There had not been the slightest warn ing, but wo knew the Marina had been, torpedoed. The Marina started to set tle at once, but did not heel over oa her side. "Captain Brown got the men to work immediately at the boats. They acted so promptly that 104 out of 123 were able to clear the vessel. Nineteen others had some trouble in lowering their boats and when they were still work ing on them the submarine arose to the surface, only about 60 yards distant, and deliberately discharged a second terpedo. . - . "This split the vessel in two end she sank like a rock. The 19 me -were either drowned or blown to pieces." . " Prepares to Confess. "Washington,. Nov. 29. Sinister indi cations of German guilt In the Marina torpedoing, eoupled with the apparent ly innocent ease of sinking of the An' erican teamer Chemung, served today to again accentuate official an chair rue over German-American relations. Germany was believed here today to be paving the way to admit guilt in the torpedoing of -the steamer Marina with loss of six American lives. Further, authorities claimed to see a hint that she intonds to do as heretofore seek settlement of the case through confes sion, reparation and offer of indemnity. But, if the administration follows its words of tha paBt week, this well be in sufficient, Germany's reported willingness "to accept consequences" puzzled officials, though on the whole they felt the Ten tons expoeted the case to be ended as others were satisfactorily,' without '' diplomatic break. Minkiug of the American steamer Che mung may give rise to some vonlro versy, but is unlikely to be productive) of a "crisis," officials believe, from facts now at hand. This case appears in many ways to parallel the WUliura P. Frye sinking, in which a monetary settlement will be accepted. The Austrian submarine in volved, apparently complied with Amer ican demands that passengers of a tor pedoed ship be given sufficient safety and occommodutions. The Marina answer was expected hero today, llpon it will depend what tha I'nited States may find itself face to face with the question of carrying out its Sussex note threat to break rela tions. LOST HER fftOPELLOB Astoria, Or., Nov. 29. In tow of the tuir Oneonta, the steam schooner Cor ouado was brought into Astoria har bor today after having lost her pro peller in a gale off Tillamook Head. The Coronudo was en rnn'e from Bait Fruncisco to Gray's Harbor in ballast. YYnen her tail shaft broko a, eall for help wa sent out. The Oneonta too tho floundering vessel In tow during the iiiulit but couldn't bring it across the bar on account of heavy sees. . IDAHO DBY 65,120 Boise, Idaho. Nov. 29. Prohibition carried in lduho by a margin of 6;i, 120 votes, according to tho official canvass results announced today. TEE WEATHER Oregon: To night and Thurs duy occasional ruin west, gen erally fair east portion; warmer west portion to night; southerly winds, moderate near the coast, m m m m