BERLIN, Nov. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville.)—In an in
terview with the correspondent of the Nieue Freire Presse, of
Vienna, General von Hindenburg, chief-of-staff of the German
imperial armies, said:
“The front in the west stands as firm as a rock, and if our
nemies, by the gigantic use of artillery, here and there gain
i little territory, they shall never Freak through. In order to
accomplish this result, they would still have to attack for a
jberiod of thirty years, provided they had enough men ‘to last
yhat length of time.”
FRENCH GENERAL IS BOASTFUL.
CHANTILLY, France, Nov. 1.—“We now have the Ger
nians by the ears, and will continue to shake their heads until
tlkeir brains are addled and they are compelled to give in,”
sa|id General Edouard Castelau, chief of staff of the French
ar/mies in the field, to American and British war correspond
ernts today.
I “The great question at issue,” continued General Os
teffau, “was whether we should be the slaves of the Germans.
Wet shall not be. We will die on the battlefield, but we shall
nevler be their slaves.”
KAISER THANKS MACKENSEN.
BJpRLIN, Nov. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville.)—An of-.
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ffeial aranouncement says: “Emperor Wilhelm has sent a mes
sage to\General von Mackensen, thanking him, on behalf of
th<t Gei’rinan people, for his successful operations in the prov
ince of Ddbrudja, in Roumania, especially complimenting him
on the capture of Tchernavoda, the railway center. ’ ’
BRITlSir CASUALTIES FOR OCTOBER.
LONDON, Nov.’l.—The British casualty list for the month
of October, in all honts of tlie'Var, reached a total of 108,255,
according to the official list issu'^4 by the British war office
today. Twenty-three thousand were killed in action, says the
¥ report, the remainder being wounded taken prisoners of war.
FDD PfllCES
ARE SOARING
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—The price
of potato es»is 116 per cent higher than
a year ago. The producers of meat
■k animals are receiving 24 per cent over
■ what was paid a year ago, and flour is
^ selling at higher prices than at any
time since the Civil War. The produc
ts of farm products received during
\upist 9.3 per cent, more for their
prodictB, while during the last eight
yean these prices have shown a de
crease of about 2.1 per cent. Septem
ber began with index figures of those
prices 21.9 per cent higher than a year
ago. An authority predicts that the
Potato crop will show a shortage this
year of from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000
bushels.
WEST CHIHUAHUA
EL PASO, Nov. 1.—Advices re
received here state that Villa and his
outlaws are in complete control of
southern ai>d western Chihuahua. This
report is Confirmed by the Mexican
governmeijft officials at Juarez who
a'mit t'nat Villa controls a large sec
ti.5r fl the state.
Refugees arriving here from Mexi
co say that Villa is having everything
his own way, overrunning the country
*»rid committing all sorts of depreda
tions. The Carranza troops are said
to be inactive.
W. P. Henry, republican candidate
for the legislature, arrived in Anch
orage late yesterday afternoon and
will remain in the city until after
election as a guest of the White
House. Mr, Henry hails from Seward
and made the trip by way of train
to Mile 71 and hit the trail for the
balance of the way, stopDing at Hope
and Sunrise enroute. He is an Alas
kan of the first water and has resided
in the Cook Inlet country for the past
12 years, and at the present time is
successfully engaged in the real es
tate business at Seward. It speaks
well for Mr. Henry that his election is
conceded if the^ig vote he will get in
his home town is IP Criterion. Mr.
Henry says that he has met so many
old time friends in Anchorage that he
does not feel a stranger in a strange
land and really needs no introduction.
Mr. Henry is not a public speaker and
will devote his time and attention to
simply meeting the people and get
ting acquainted. He will make the
trip to Knik and over the government
railroad in the interests of his candi
dacy and that of James Wickersham.
THEY DON’T WAIT
FOR ELECTIONS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 1.
—Two councilmen of Oilton, Okla.,
were manhandled by a mob of 300
citizens, many of them armed, and one
of their number carrying a noosed
rope, who surrounded the Oilton city
hall in a demonstration against the
n&n whom they held responsible for
putting the town in debt for a water
works plant.
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NO DEVELOPMENTS N
MARINA SINKNG CASE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Secretary of State Lansing- said
today that it remains undetermined whether the British horse
transport Marina was torpedoed or sunk by shell fire , or
whether or not it had been warned. He said an official investi
gation was in progress.
PRESIDENT URGES HASTE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—President Wilson has directed
Secretary of State Lansing to make all possible haste in ob
taining the facts with respect to the sinking of the British
transport Marina.
SIX AMERICANS LOSE LIVES.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—The sinking of the horse transport
Marina by a German submarine caused the loss of six Ameri
can lives, according to official information given out in Lon
don this morning. The victims were members of the crew.
The vessel was sunk without warning, according to the British
version of the disaster.
NhW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 1.—The German submarine
freighter Deutschland reached port at an early hour this morn
ing, coming from the German port of Bremen. Captain Koe
nig, in command, says the trip across the Atlantic was without
incident. The Deutschland carries a crew of twenty-five men;
departed from Bremen October 10 and is laden chiefly with
chemicals.
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ISSUE IN THE
FEDERAL FIGHT
SEATTLE, Oct. 30.—The Woodrow
Wilson Independent League moved in
yesterday with a declaration that the
republicans had sent former Senator
Albert J. Beveridge out to the north
west and that Beveridge was antag
onistic to Alaska interests. The ap
parent idea was to bring Alaska de
velopment into the campaign as an ac
tive issue.
Attacking Senator Beveridge, the
statement is that he, as a member of
congress, proposed to provide for a
government by commission, headed by
an army officer. Credit, in the demo
cratic statement, is given James Wick
ersham and J. L. Steel for having de
feated the bill.
This is the first attempt since the
primary campaign, when John E. Bal
laine was a candidate for the republi
can congressional nomination in the
First District, to bring Alaska affairs
into Washington politics. The Wilson
organization intimates that an effort
will be made to show bad faith on the
part of republicans in their attitude
towards Alaska.
AMERICAN KILLED /
EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 1.—A small
gang of Mexican bandits invaded the
Octavia pharmacy at the corner of
Cotton and Rio Grande streets, rob
bed the' proprietor, H. B. Hayes, of
$35, and in a gun fight which followed
fatally wounded Lawrence P. Nugent,
a civilian truck driver for the United
States army, who died a few hours
later. Many pedestrians had narrow
escapes from flying bullets.
BY MEXICAN BANDITS
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 1. — Judge
Charles E. Bunnell, of the United
States district court, has held the
eight-hour law enacted by the last leg
islature, making eight hours a day’s
work in the placer mines, void in that
it did not conform to the organic act
under which the legislature was cre
ated. v
The court’s decision was in the case
of the United States vs. Howell and
I Cleveland, the Hot Springs operators
who were indicted by the Ruby grand
jury.
Judge Bunnell dismissed the indict
ment, and discharged the bondsmen
of the accused.
Sylvester Howell, one of the men
freed by the dismissal of the indict
ment, was a nominee for the house of
representatives, but was forced off the
ticket by public opinion.
ADE AND NICHOLSON IN *
ELECTRIC SIGN DEBATE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 1.—
George Ade and Meredith Nicholson,
Indiana authors, beginning tonight,
are to hold a political debate on a mo
nograph electric sign situated in the
center of the city. The incandescent
debate begins with the display of a
45-word argument favoring Wilson’s
re-election which was written by Nich
olson. After running seven nights Mr.
Nicholsoh’s words will be followed by
a statement, in support of woman suf
frage, written by his wife, for a like
period. The last week before election,
Ade’s argument for Charles E.
Hughes’ election will be flashed on the
sign in answer to Nicholson.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Chairman Wilcox, of the national
republican campaign committee, is out with a statement in
which he predicts a victor}' for Hughes and Fairbanks. He
declares that the state of New York 'will go republican, beyond
the peradventure of a doubt, and reports from all parts of the
country, with the exception of the extreme southern states, are
highly encouraging to the republicans. He ridicules the claims
of the democrats with respect to the situation in the middle
states, declaring that Hughes will carry Illinois, Ohio. Wiscon
sin, Michigan, Iowa, the two Dakotas, Minnesota, Indiana and
Nebraska, with a good fighting chance in Missouri. The New
England states will go republican. “On the eve of the nation
al election,” says the chairman, “I have no hesitation what
ever in expressing the belief in a sweeping victory for the re
publican party.”
CLAIMS LEAD FOR WILSON.
SEATTLE, Nov. I.—W. W. Jerome, Washington corre
spondent of the Seattle Times, yesterday wired that publica
tion from New York city:
“There is no let up in the drift everywhere in favor of the
re-election of President Wilson. The eleventh hour acttfSties
of the republicans is making no appreciable change in the situ
ation.”
HUGHES IN INDIANA.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 1.—Candidate Hughes ad- ■
dressed a big audience last night and his speech was greeted
with great enthusiasm. He said, in part: “If I am elected
president, 1 will conserve American honor, do mv utmost to
bring about a substantial and lasting prosperity and build up
opportunities for labor.”
BETTING FAVORS WICKERSHAM.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 1.—The political pot is boiling in this
^division. The Wickersham people offer to wager, in any
amount, that the delegate will be re-elected, but have been un
able to place over a thousand dollars that he will carry the
First division of the territory. There is a little betting on the
result in the Second division, but there is no Sulzer money at
all in the Third and Fourth divisions.
WILSON OFF TO NEW YORK.
LONG BRANCH, Nov. 1.—President Wilson departed this
morning, enroute to Buffalo, N. Y., where he is scheduled to de
liver an address. It is expected that he will make several
speeches in New York state, speaking in New York city to
ward the close of the campaign.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—The. steamer
Admiral Evans sailed for Anchorage
and way ports at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning. Passengers for Anchorage
are Robert Gierke, C. A. Civine,
Thomas Harry, Peter T. Sakumas,
Mrs. J. J. McGreal, Miss Rose Feld
man, Mrs. Grace M. Batcher and N.
Sevex.
SEATTLE CHIEF
TOBEHED
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SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—Chief of Police
Charles Beckingham and Miss Erie
Hehbessy, cashier of the Hotel Wash
ington, will be married at an early
date.
SEATTLE BIRD
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sukteDWOOD CITY, Cal., Nov. 1.—Si
las Christofferson, the Seattle aviator
and proprietor of an aviation school at
Seattle, was killed yesterday noon, by
falling with a military tractor, which
he was testing. His wife was a wit
ness of the tragedy.
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 1.—The
state prohibition law of Virginia went
into effect at midnight last night.
Eight hundred saloons throughout the
state closed their doors for the last
time.