PETTIGREW SAID
1
I nriner Senator of South Dakota Ite
porled tnuscil for Anti-war
I tteranres
CHICAGO. Nov H Former Fniled
Slates Senator II F I’ettigrew. of
South Dakota, who has been in a Chi-1
capo hospital lor some weeks, last I
nipht said at a hotel that ho had been j
informed unofficiallv that an indict-1
I
mont had been voted against him atj
Sioux Falls. S D , under the espion-1
ape act. hut that he knew nothing
officially <*f any any charges that may
have been preferred against him.
"If I have been indicted." said Mr.
Pettigrew, "il was for a speech I
made recently in Sioux Falls. In that
speech I said we were in a war in
which we had no business; that we
were involved because certain peo
ple were on ships where they should
not have been. I declared that, since i
we were in the w ar. the best thing |
lor ns to do is to hack out graceful- !
ly Since I have been in Chicago I I
have been elected a representative ot J
the peace conference."
Mr. Pettigrew said another reason!
for any possible indictment "might
be for a letter which I sent out in I
July head Making the World Safe for
Ilyprorrisy" and dedicated to Wood
low Wilson "
Former Senator Pettigrew was el
ected to congress as a republican and
when South Dakota became a state
he named as a senator. He was re-1
elected and served until 1901 when
he went to New York to practice law.
lie later returned to Sioux Falls. At
one time he was aligned with the
' i.-ull'.' party -::d bo!l~£ th.; finput
lican convention at St. Louis on ac
count of the gold plank in the plat
form.
Information Withheld
SIOUX FALLS. S. I).. Nov. ti .--No'
official confirmation could he had here!
last night of the reported indictment
of former Senator It. F. Pettigrew.
Although the federal grand jury is in
session here, court officials refused
to comment on the alleged indict
ment .
Senator Pettigrew, before leaving
’ore for Chicago, in a statement giv
< n out to newspapermen, declared the
United States should "back out" of
the war.
"There is no excuse for Ibis war,"
lie is alleged to have said. "We should
hack right out of it."
"This man McAdoo said here that
we are in the war from principle to
protect our right to trade on the open
sea. Not an American was killed ex
cept on ammunition boats, and they
had no right to lie there "
Says Belgium Deserves I'ate
"Sympathy is being extended to
Belgium. She deserves none. Fifty
years ago Belgium robbed the Congo.
This made Belgium wealthy but
three-fourths of her people did not
share in this wealth. If she is now
indemnified it will go to the men who
robbed the negroes of the Congo.
"One hundred years ago we fought
out the alien and sedition law. The
party hack of it failed at the next el
ellion. ini' same struggle is on again.
People desire to know if they are
living in the I’nited States or in Rus
sia."
Senator Pettigrew had been men
tioned by leaders of the People's]
Council of America for Democracy I
and Peace as tlie chairman of tHe state;
conference, which was declared to
have been held here October 10 in de
fiance of Governor Norbeck's orders.
Pettigrew, however, left for Chicago j
before the meeting was held, lie lias
been there several weeks at a hospi
tal.
Finger Print Discoverer Dead
LONDON, Nov. «. Sir William
James Hershel, discoverer and devel
oper of tlie system of identification
1 v finger prints, died yesterday.
May Danish Czar
PETROGRAI), Nov. 6.—The Rus
sian preliminary parliament, accord
ing to the newspapers, shortly will
discuss the fatq of the Romanoff fam
ily, now imprisoned near Tobolsk, Si
beria. Particular attention will be paid
to the question of tjie eventual ban
ishment abroad of the former emper
or and biB immediate relatives.
HAS DOWNED THIRTY SEVEN GERMAN PLANES
' «r
With tliis faithful tna-liine gnu which lie is seen examining Captain Bishop of the Koval Flying rorps of Can
ada luiA a n»tmtoil for thirty-seven Herman aeroplanes
GERMANY WILL
While Xrinj Hatties to l-'orre liaek
Italians Socialists at Home Claim
< hange Will He Maile
HEREIN, Nov. 6.—While the Teu
ton army has forced its way across
tin Tagliamento. Germans at home
...»ve quietly crossed the polittcal Ru
bicon, and in the next five days will
•hange from an autocracy to a dem
ocracy, declared Mathias Erzberger,
Centralist party leader today in an
interview with the Associated I’ress
NEW CAMHHATK EOR
SEATTLE MAYOKAI/n
SEATTLE. Nov. ti. Austin E. Grif
fiths. a member of the firm of Grit
til Its. Wingate MeDoyall, attorneys,
lias announced his candidacy for tin
mayoralty of Seattle to oppose lli
Gill.
Alameda Postpones Sailing
The steamship Alameda lias post
poned her sailing from Seattle until
the morning of the ninth.
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"GGODBY. LITTLE GIRL”
Soldiers of Sixty-ninth Bid
ding Sweethearts a Farewell.
w >.'• mu e .*» AbtHM-'iiilluli.
Speil by ilie cheers of enthusiastic
thousands, the One Hundred and Slxty
dfth Infantry, better known as the
“Fighting Sixty-ninth" of the New
York national guard, moved to Mlueo
la, N. Y.. on the Urst leg of its trip to
France. Tbe unit is expected to be
the first from New York to enter active
service. It will embark within tbe next
few weeks—as soon as it can be whip
ped Into shape fir Intensive training.
< OXTEST FOK MAYOI!
NEW YOltK CLONE
NEW YOI1K. Nov. ti. Experts
orally in today's election will he
orally in tomorrow's election will be
between Hylan and Mitchell, the
present incumbent.
TEUTONS STRIVE
TO BREAK LINES
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I'lain of Western Friuli is Objective I
|
I’oint—Are Massing for Attack
on Trentino
HOME, Nov. t>. The Teutons are
trying to throw the main body of
their troops into the plains of the
Western Friuli region, and are also
aiming a mass attack from the north
on the Trentino front.
Mii-t In- Parked in Wooden Boxes and
Limited to Twenty Pounds—No
Perishables Allowed
Christinas packages for soldiers in
France must be limited to twenty
pounds in weight, and be packed in
wooden boxes not to exceed two cubic
feet, well strapped and so fastened to
permit opening and inspection, and
marked “Christmas Box" and con
tents clearly stated on outside. No
perishable food products will be al
lowed unless in cans or glass jars.
These packages should be addres
sed in care of commanding general,
port of embarkation. Pier One, Ho
boken, N. J., and mailed in time to
reach Hoboken by December 5.
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Bureau of Fisheries Will Hold Hear
ing to Consider Proposal to Pro
hibit Fishing Bering Hiver
SEATTLE. Nov. 6.—As a step to
the protection of salmon in Alaska
waters and conserve the source of
food supply, the Bureau of Fisheries
will hold a hearing in Seattle, Nov. 20
to consider the proposal to prohibit
fishing in the Bering river and all tri
butaries, including Bering lake.
S. J. Goldie of Camp 88, Anchor
age, was a passenger for the States
on the Alaska this morning.
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JAPAN S US IN
MAFFIRMED
In Return for Promise of <)|hmi lloor
Policy in Cliina United Slates
Recognizes Rights
PEKING, Nov. 6.—The Japanese
minister to China informed the Chin
ese r.ffice 'odev« hat; Viscoupj
K. Isbil, ambassador extraordinary
and minister plenlipotentiary and Sec
retary of State Lansing of the United
States government, had signed an
agreement by which the United States
recognizes Japan's special interests in
China and under which Japan and the
United States reaffirm the open door
policy in China.
Seattle Executive Would l-orce Phone
Company to Give Service Pend
ing Settlement of Strike
SEATTLE, Nov. t>.—Mayor Hiram
Gill announced today that he propos
ed to ask the courts for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Pacific
Coast Telephone Company, to give
service pending a settlement of the
strike.
ANOTHER PEACE
OFFERJEXPECTED
Believed in Diplomatic Circles That
Visit to Itcrlin of Austrian Oftic
ial Portends Peace
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 0. It is gen
erally believed in diplomatic circles
here that the visit to Berlin today of
Count Czernin, Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister, is a preliminary move
to a new peace offer by the Central
Powers.
STEAMSHIP ALASKA
SAILS FOR SEATTLE
The steamship Alaska arrived in
port about 6 this morning and sailed
an hour later for Seattle with the fol
lowing passengers: John Borud, H.
Brenno, Harold Brenno, Melvin Bren
no, Mrs. Brenno, August Le Gailliard,
Mrs. Ida M. Fogg, W. C. Petersen,
Joe Morris, George Waldron, George
Madden, B. A. Ericksen, Mrs. Erlck
sen, Charles A. Eby, C. C. Titus, F.
A. Cornell, 3. M. Scheuber, W. A.
Goodman, A. Koss, Sam Kasoff.
ITALY IMPELLED
War (Wire States That Mountain Pass
lleen Evacuated—(Gentians Cross
Tagliamento
ROME, Nov. ti.—The War Office
this morning states that the Italian
forces have been compelled to evacu
ate the mountainous region north of
the plains of Northern Italy in order
to re-establish their new line. The
Germans are following them up close
ly and occupying the territory.
Teutons Cross TsiglinniPiito
ROME, Nov. 6. The enemy is
crossing the Tagliamento in consider
able numbers. This occasons no sur
pri e, however, as it lias been fore
seen from the start, as it has been
impossible lo resist the heavy pres
sure on tlie Italian lines by the Aus
trians and Germans, who concentrat
ed on the Italian left wing.
HEREIN, Nov. ti The Austrian
Ine oil the Tagliamento river lias been
won by Austro-Germans. the war of
fice announced today. The general
stall reports that the Italians have
evacuated the entire line along the
river clear to the Adriatic coast.
Eui|ieror Karl Crosses River
LONDON. Nov. 6 A dispatch from
Vienna today asserted that the Em
peror Karl of Austria had crossed the
Tagliamento river with his troops
near Cordriopa.
President Kerensky Protests Against
His S'lercli Being I'lulerstood
as Otherwise
PETROdHAD, Nov. f>. President
Kerensky, thru his secretary today,
protested against any other interpre
tation being placed upon his recent
speech than that Russia would do her
utmost to carry on the war.
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BRITISH ADV.Wt’K IN
SOl'TH PALESTINE KOIt.W
LONDON. Nov. 6.—The British ex
peditionary force in South Palestine
continues to advance slowly, accord
ing to reports given out here by the
war office.
Photo by American Press Association.
Rear Admiral K. T. Howies, retired,
and Chief Constructor Klllott Suow of
the navy have been named specliil as
slstauts to Rear Admiral Capps, gen
eral manager of the Emergency Fleet
corporation. Admiral Bowles was at
one tbnf president of the Fore River
Shipbuilding company. He will direct
(bo work of speeding up construction
on ships building In American yards.
AMERICANS FAR
OUTNUMBERED
Terrific Hiiud-to-lland Struggle Willi
Pistols, Guns, Grenades. Knives
and liayouets
KIIANCK, Nov. tj. Details of tho
| engagement in which a number of
Americans were killed and a number
of others captured, were received here
today and disclose a terrible hand-to
hand tight in which pistols, grenades,
knives, bayonets and lists were free
1 ly used by both sides. The Americans
were far outnumbered, but fought
until they were either killed or cap
. t tired. in one section of tiie trench an
1 American private engaged two Ger
man soldiers witli bayonet, and was
not seen until after the raid when
his body was found, horribly stabbed
and mutilated.
Another American was killed by a
blow on the head with a ride butt
front above. The Germans left the
- trenches as soon as they had captur
ed it. taking their dead anti wound
ed with them.
ASK RIGHT
RAISE RATES
fa-tern I’nilrnuds Petition Commerce
Commission-. r,„. increased fare
on Passengers and freight
-C-_£ •
2?,—b, v . .to'-..... v- c
WAarilNG'. -.a, D. C., Nov. 6.—
A number of eastern railroads have
petitioned the Interstate Commerce
Commission for an increase in pas
senger and freight rates.
ionii-iloil That Vote of Men in Can
toninents anil Trendies May
< liungc lii-sul(s
•'> *■-W 'ORK, Nov. li. It is con
ceded here today that the men under
arms and in cantonments numbering
about 60,000, might completely
change the results, and decide the el
ection. Political leaders here today
state that the Socialist vote will be
i a large one, and that the issue will
probably he in doubt until the raiii
j tary vote comes in.
IWENIYTHREE
SUCKERS HELD
Alameda Yields Iticli Harvest Wlieu
She Lands Hail way Laborers in
Seattle on Last Trip
SEATTLE. Nov. li. Twenty-three
men, mainly Austrian laborers em
ployed upon the Alaska railroad, were
arrested here today when the steam
ship Alameda docked on her trip from
Anchorage and the North.
NEWSPAPER MEN GO
OUTRIDE ON EVANS
Charles B. Herron, owner of the
Anchorage Times, and E. E. Bedett,
a member of the editorial stafT, are
passengers on the steamship Evans for
Seattle.
Paymaster Robbed of $10,382
SPRINGFIELD, 0., Nov. 6.—Plac
ing a revolver against the head of K.
Lynn Arthur, accountant of the Am
erican Seeding Machine Company, a
robber secured the Saturday payroll
of the company, amounting to $10,
582, and escaped.