SWEEPING HURRICANE DEVASTATES SOUTHLAND
Norway Issues Ultimatum Deep Sea Plungers
LONDON, Oct. 18 — Norway has
iswjed an ultimatum to all nations
iix tnis war ;hat subma-1
rln«« will bo prohibited from pass
im tiru or sojourning in Norwegian
waters. Thos^ submarines caught
!u Norwegian waters will be intern
ed until 'he en4 of the war.
The ultimatum comes from the
Norwegia-n Tulor after a serious
dispute with the German nepreseuta
Ives oa the issue. Germany tried
to oreaa Norway- for free jxissage
thru Its waters. The Allies regis- ;
Urad a serious complaint and the
ter»e ultimatum has been issued as
tbe result. It may lead to a break
between, Norway and Germany.
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SPOKANE CLEARS
WITH E LOAD!
The Bt earner Spot a no nosed thru :
the fog belt and made a starboard j
landing at the dociks this morning |
a» 11 o'clatik. It cleared for
southern waters th-ia afternoon with
a. btg list of interior passengers en
route to Seattle and Puget Sound
cities.
The passenger list 'when seen
at aoor. had "he names of 195 per
sons. \ number have purchased |
their tickets since that hour. Tlie
boat will stop in at Funter Bay
and pick up 15.000 cases of sal
mon. The officers report a heavy
ft^ up *he inside channel.
MILK PAXT MAY SELL
MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Oct. 19
•—Representatives ofi Eastern capi- ,
ial aTe looking over the Mt. Vern- >'
oa Cream plants, with/ a view to i
eurchasioj them. The plants are :
now operated by Johns D. Agen, a ,
8e«tMe financier.
CLOSED AFFAIR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 — No
statfjcem will be issued to the al
lies regarding + lie submarine inci
dent off the American shore- The
uited States officials say that the
iacidin:. ia closed \viih them and
•hat *hey have no control otver the
aii.-tg committed by warring; na
t'ous on the higa seas. They have
fatly denied the circulated) report
that !h<» submarine which, preyed
upon the Allied merchant ships! off
the Nantucket coast had notified
-Xii'fMicau destroyers to. gel] oiut of
the way.
Br'iiuli and French inquiries as !
[.> t'.b American declaration, on the
suomarine action, have been ans- |
xer?a >n brief and pointed! notes I
50'fing forth the etand of the Un- '
it'^d States. The official notes]
say .hat United States has no- de
L'l-vr.itiou to make as the act was
.-cmnuttcd on the high seas and
American, jurisdiction could not fex
end to thei subjcct matter.
COMPULSION AC!
if L BE 000P!
LONDON. Oct. 19 — Parlia- I
;rent. after a long debate has de-1
:lde£ bv a bi£ majority vote that
t was undesirable at the present;
i.ne to further discussi the Irisih i
:0nti0verslal. The controlling law i
r.akers are favorable to, *he a ban-;
lonment of Che C>>m.p>iilsion, Act to i
the Island. "With thia sentiment '
jrcrailing in the legislative body i
,t will unquestionably be dropped
:rr *hc present. Iris 111 leaders were j
ireparing to fight the adoption) of
he Coinpulslo'u bill.
Thf Alice will clear for the
;.)Uth tonight) at nine o'clock. A
japaeily load will be picked up at
his j/Crt.
Our Introductory
One-third Off Sale
Is Still In Progress
Don't miss this opportunity
of getting a supply of your
winter needs at this enor
mour saving of cash to you
Albert Reinert
Successor to
Hi * VIVT^DII THE haberdasher and1
• *1 • L I i\wn LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between fhird and Fourth Phone 41
SAVE THE DAY
I.OXDON, Oct. 19 — Russian
forers are streaming over the( plains
■.I Rumania to join t)he routed Ru
manian fortes. The first regiments
o' R'.issiang have join-ey^ t.h-q fore®
of the Rumanians and together
they have suocenJed In) chiQdkltvg
*.ho advances of Von) FaiLkenhayn.
Figfcf.'ng is now in,, progress J>e
tweeu 'ih.e Russo-Rumarnfen regi
rcenis anfll German-AniBltro forces
souith. o* Bucharest. Military Crit
ics believe that the TeMtonB Will
be forced *ol give.- uj> tho campaign
and re'UTnf to their original' lines.
The Russian) aid Is all thafi skved
the day for the Rumania^ forces.
Von FaTkenhayn, was {leaded/ for |
the Rumanian ca-pitol with) a deter-;
m:n?'ion to destroy it.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 19 — This! city
lirvs outstripped all of the cities
throughout the Utnitefd States! for
registrations. New York follows
v.ith a clos" second. The Chicago
regis'rations are eighltj Hundred and
nine !.nousand. NeWsp<a(pers| wag°d
a s'i" campaign inj thisi city to get
♦i:« urr^peOtiv5 voters to the regis
tration, ooothe, that) accounts) for
the tig lt-ad over the cltherr cities.
All
CHICAGO, Oc*. 19 — Wheat quo
tations .have hit the high) mark
set eignteen years ago whenj Joseph
Leitor cornered the market and
threw Hie priceg akj- high. Flour
is selling for ten dollars a/ barrel
and merchants and, wheat moa look
for i- to take, another raise within
the next fe-v weekel Those who
h-.'Ve invested on the wheat mar
ket will make a bSg claa U"P
CHICAGO DRY IN 1918
CHICAGO, Oct. 19 — Tte dry
-federa'ion in this city has adopted
the slogan; "Ohicaigoi dry in! 1918."
The-,- arf beginning to formulate
plans to make the city dry now
and will wage a Stlffl campaign
from now on.
WILSON SCARE
ON WALLSTREET
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 — Wall
Street bears are influencing the
block market. They have launched
a Wi'sen scare which! haa been re
sponssible for many of the Stock |
speculators losing- their/ confidence
in ♦h° success o£ Hughes! inj the
No.vetnoer eliexXions.,
As the month, draws to a close
the betting odds given by the
Hughes speculators becomes mar
rowed and rjmaller margins are giv
en. The market seems to Ibe go- |
ing thru a series of ups and downs. !
Shrewd speculating seems to be !
characteristic of the) market the (
last tew days.
five Won
FROM Bill
NW YORK, Oct. 19 — Five mil
lio dollars in gold has arrived' in
this ;i'y from Great Britain. The
shipment arrived via Canada this
morning. Thisi last Bhipment mokes
a total of four hundred million
dollars to be shipped ajcrOBff the
Atlamtic by the British) people dur
ing the year.
alice"south
CAPACITY LOAD
The Canadian Pacificlixrizq steam
er, Alice, slipjped thru the! hteayy
foig bPlt and made this; ptoitj this
moruiiig at 6:30. It wasl twenty
four Iicutsj behind its 6Ch|pd/ule.
Seldom do thq C. P. R. boa's ar
rive here late, but ani uniuiaually
heavy fcg, which is han'ging) loiw
over southeastern vaterB and a
lit*le mlshajpi of ruunlnig aground in
Seymour Narrows, where twenty
hours were lost ini getting ba<^c on
'he regular channel, ajocoHmta) for
the delay.
It will clear for tha eauthj to
nlfeh* t»* 7 o^clock. Reservations
aire ruiuinlg! hpa/vy for the| big bbat.
Iuterier passengeTs are neadyt to
pfull out for southern terminals
when the big boat toots lfcs» final
bias* tonightti and enaves ofjC Into
the middle of the channel. Per
sons! hailing! frlom all parts oi the
Interior are going owt oq this por+.
NEW CROP !
WALNUTS I
i
| Just received our first shipment of 3
Fancy Soft Shell English Walnuts jj
price 25c per pound
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P. H. GANTY J
TEUTON ZEPS
DID DIG DAMAGE
BiSKLEN, Oci. 19 — An, eye wit
ness jt the mammoth^ Ze©polia raid
over London) on Selpttemiben twenty
third sa'ys that the falling) bombs
dropped tihe Teuton airmen hit
Grimsby barracks, killing) four
humlTed soldiedg station«a| Wiere.
A bomb hit cm the fore dec]c of a
Biitifi'i cruiser at the mouth) of tftie
Thames and killed sixty: jacSkies.
Tlie damage to Regenft street
which is thei principal commercial
street, and trade center In tihe big
city was wireckej by the high pow
ered explosives. The estimated
damage done on this street alone
is ten million) dollars. British' cen
sors have refused to alloy, the de
tcilfi ol thld damage to get be
fore the puiblic. The Witness! fur
ther B»ys that the people of Lon
don are coming to dread the sound
ir u«'me of a Temtoui Zejppelln.
bloddTbattle=
AROUND HALICZ
LONDON, Oct. 19—A Bangui "ve
nous battle la now in| progress nort
of Halica on the Galici&n frout.
Halioz occtupiej an! important po
sition, on t'he Dniester river. It
is :n a direct line withj Lembeng.
Wing maneuvers extend out aa far
aa Zurawanoon on the left and
Chodorow on *he right. The main
divisloDe are streaming upi the val
ley &* the Dneister river and rout
ing ev«ry particle ctf opposition
that shows up.
COTTON PRICES UP
MOBILE, Oct. 19—Cotton) prices
are bMII soaring , and1 Is selling! fcxr
17 DoJnts which) 1« 12 ptoirxts atrfove
the Highest, record ctver set for cot
ton In thie city.
HOWLING WIND
SWEEPS STATES
ATLANTA, Oct. 19 — Southern.
a©c?io,iiij of the United States .wire
■violently roekd by a terrific erntii
gur.ke last nlghit. While the sec
tion ivjb he>aiviag back and forth la
thQ threes oC the quake, a monster
hurricane struck thru the district,
lleve.inj many of the cities ••nd
j crops to the ground. The losf cc
tae southern people will r"Un i: v
tf.e millions.
T:je meftropolitCD citiis, At! a
ta. Pe.isacola, Mobile, Bi.'tni 3
a^d way cities were directly in u
pa'h of the hurricane. Houses in
alj of these cities were umroored
by taa blowing gale. The wiac
came with, a burst an swpjt thro
the oection thence out over the At
lantic and Gulf of Mexico. Set*
eral large merchant vessels wof«
sunk bv tb high watere caused by
thxj winds. The waves thundred
agatnst the shore coming in. height,
iu some imBtances, to thirty
forty feet. Hardly any of <h*
smaller vessels which wf-re
caught in tile storm were able to
mvnvlve. All of the details on tlie
water are lacking. Commjunicatioa
at present is in. motre or less Jura
bled condition. The line from thle
city to the north is still standii J.
The southern line has been u<»
jst.royed. Wireless) stations nre
being us«d to convey the news. Rail
way lines running thru; this sectica
of the country have b®en| disturb
ed la various parts but crews arj
rapidly placing the lines In. order.
By nightfall the railway lines will
be op on for thru tratffic.
The last wireless report reachlr ,*
this city indicates a. remark&b>J
Bmali losis of life throughout t':"
entire section over which t in
hiurrlcaue passed. Pro(perty L/il
w'll run into the millions.
AFTER BIG SHIP
SEATTLE, Oct. 19 — The Ai-iJ
ka Steamship Company is nego'ial
ing with the Great Northern to buy
th' Great Northern, anld Northern
Pacific steamers.
The Clothes You !|
f
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Need are Ready J|
You're going to buy new things to wear
pretty soon. If you know what's
best for you, you're going to buy
them here. We have
EVERYTHING READY FOR YOU j
We' ve made careful preparation for
supplying ljuft the sort of things
you want
| WILL CLA YSON