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No. 219 TWENTIETH YEAR
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MY HAUL MUGH FREIGHT ACROSS
CONTINENT FOR TRANS-SHIPMENT
Washington, Oct. 22.—The gov
ernment U today discussing [the
advisability of moving 150,000 tons
of supplies from the Pacific Coast
pfrts to the Atlantic seaboard, an
the Increased facilities on the east
ern coast could take care of more
touuag at present than is offer
ed. This move ia contemplated
pending the time when the vessels
new'being constructed on the Pa
cific coast comes from the ways in
larse number, ,the delays incident
to tha striking workmen having set
back the shipbuilding program con
siderably. j
FITZSIIHMONS GETS FINAL KNOCK
OUT AFTER BATTLING PNEUMONIA
Chicago, Oct. 22.—Robert Fitz
aimmons, ex-champion heavy weight
yrUc fighter of the world died at
his home in this city this morning
from thy ravages of pneumonia af
ter an illness of five days.
Robert Fitisimmons was | born.
Juue 4 1362, at Elston, Cornwall,
Kiinlaiid. ,
In 1891 he first came into prom
inence as a fighter by knocking out
Bl*ck Pearl ln 4 rounds, and the
• same year ho bested Jack Dempsey
'in 14 rounds and Abe Congle in
' 21 rounds.
I He fought several notable j mills
'in ths years 1892-1S9G and in
| 1S97 won the -world's champion
sbiD by decision in his 14 round
mill witli James J. Corbett.
Later in the game year ho went
' u^ against Jim Jeffries, and *as
knocked out at the end of the 11th
rcuud. j
JAP STEAMER
STRIKES Ml
MANY DSOWIf
Tokyo, Oct. 2.—The steamship
Hitachi JIaru, one of the Nippon
Yuaen Kaisha fleet of vessels,
bou&d for Delagoa Bay from this
pott, according to advice received
here this morning, struck a mine
tare yesterday evening and sunk
Within a few minutes after the ex
plosion.
Several hundred passengers and
& number of the jcrew of the ves
sel were drowned.
M. Onai, London manager for the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha company is
includde In th euumber lost when
the vesstl ^unk.
The steamship Jefferson arrived
la this port at 9 o'clock this morn
ID# wJth a'small passenger list and
40 tous of cargo. She sailed for
tie south at 12:15 p. m., tak
isg out from here 70 passengrs and
36 tons of sacked ore from the
Engineer mine.
SURVIVORS GEI
10 FRENCH PORT
Paris Oct. 22. — Survivors from
the transport Antilles which was
sunk by a mine in the war zone,
wnile ou her w^yjhome to America
attnr having landed a large num
ber of American troops in France,
were landed at a French port Sun
day.
papersIlm
130 KILLED
Christiana, Oct. 22.—The Jpapens
of this city have published an ar
ticle detailing the naval fight
which occurred between the British
convoy aud the German ships, in.
their engagement between jthe
Shetland Islands and the Norway
ci ast, and estimate that the loss
of life will,amount to more than
one hundred and sixty killed or
drowned.
Unconsciously
People take you at your own
estimate
Feel Sure You Appear Well
You Always Will in
STEIN-BLOCH
Smart Clothes
JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway betwaen Third and Fourth Phone 41
BUSS. PEACE PROGRAM PROVIDES
PARTIAL IHOEllir AND RES
TORATION COLONIES
Petrograd, Oct. 122.—The Rus
l siau peace program, as drawn up
by a committee composed of mem
bers from j the council ot workmen
soldiers and delegates, based up
on instructions •which the delegates
had be.en [given by, their respective
bodiefe, has be©n prepared for the
coming conference yrhich is to be
held iu Paris. I
It has been learned that the
program provides for jthe restora
tion to Germany of its colonies
taken in jconquest, ftml also pro
yides only for a partal indemnity
to Belgium. {_
WILL REMAIN AT
CAMP LEWIS
Washington, Oct. 2. — Iu re
spouse to (ft request Irom the Port
laud, Chamber of Commerce that no
troops be removed from American
Lake or Vancouver barracks to Cal
ifornia cantonments, General Bliss,
chief of staff, advised Senator
Caamberlafn today ihat there wag
no J intention by the war depart
ment to depart from the original
pl»n of quartering troops jat Camp
Lewis. After being assembled at
that, camp drafted men are to be
sent to jwherever the miltray situa
tion requires. Some svill be sent
over to fill vacancies ln,the 40th
and 4 lgt guard divisions, others
will be transferred to various staff
corps to perform special and techni
cal work. One full-gtrengtji nation
al army division of 27,000 men is
to he traiued at Camp Lewis.
Uome, Oct. 2.—According to ad
vices received in this city from the
American Red Cross mission now
working in the Monastir district,
more than [fifty thousand Serbians
are dyin? in that vicinity from star
vation.
SEEKMiy
MUNITION PLANTS
Putrograd, Oc t. 22.—Munition
plants are being moved away from
th's city as rapidly as possible| to
places of safety, as a precaution of
8 possible raid on the city by Ger
mau Zeppelins.
The Alaska S. |S. company's big I
liner Mariposa arrived in this port j
at 12:30 p. m. today and [cleared
one hour later for Seattle and way
ports of call. She took 16 passen
gers [from this port, that number
being all that 6he could accommo
date as she already [had 285 pass
engers from Cordova and Anchor
age J {
GERMAN SUB
BASE ATTACKED
Berlin, Oct. 2.—According to
advices given out by tlie war of
fice this J morning the submarine
ba?e lccated at Oval was attacked
by a strong J British naval force
last nigtb, and considerable dam
age done, a number of the Jhouses
in the town having been destroyed.'
URGES MEXICO
IB 1AKE SIS
Mexico City, Oct. 22.—General
Garcia, virtual leader of the ilberal
constitutional party, told the
CLamoer of Deputies that the plain
duty of Mexico wag to take) sides
\yitb the United States sigainst
Germany.
SPECULATION TO
BE ELIMINATED
BV AGREEMENT
Washington, Oct. 22.—Resolu
tion*; have been passed to limit to
a fe>v sales [and prohbit specula
tion and assist In reducing' prices
Ou rolled oats, on the part of the
Was Emergency National Associa
tion of Oat Millers iu conference
here with food administration offi
cials. 1 v
Washington—Widows of the
present war will get pensions of
$25 oor month.
Washington — Women militants
are keeping 'up their work at the
White House.
Chicago — Federal officers have
secured evidence that American i.
W. W. workers are busy against
the orovisional government in Rus
sia.
Minneapolis—Rev. C. L. Lenhart
of tlie German Methodis? church,
has been indicted by the Federal
grand jury for "language of a'na
ture to incite arson, murder and
assassination."
Mexico City, Oct. 2.—General
Manual Mestas has been named
governor of the lower half of Low
er |California and has left for La
Paz to assume his post,
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THIS STORE OPENS 8 A. M.
CLOSES fl P. M. — SATURDAY, 8 P. M.
P. H. GANTY
Washington, Oct. 2. — Official (
advices received *in this city thiSj
! mormng from Rome state that food
[rioting has occurred in Budapest,
Vleum, Prague and many other
ci'ies and towns In Austria and ^
Hungary.
In all the riota women
children joined the men In thlei
tacks on the store houses and
reports state that many jvomen
children were filled by the pc
and soldiers who were ordered
tire on the starving mobs.)
GILL IS ATTACKED Iff PULPIT
THINKS MINISTERS NOT SINGEfl
Seattle. |Oct. 22.—Prom almost
every pulpit la tills city, grape
ani cannUter, phot and shell, 'and
all the other missies which have
lately come to light as a means [of
downing an enemy were hurled at
the Gill administration and the mor
al conditions |of the city, the blame
for the uncleaness of the city be
in/ attributed directly to Mayor
Gill's lack of properly enforcing the
ia«s. j t
Today Mayor GiU la [replyl*£
this attack from the churchmen
torted that If the minlstera .wou
begin their'agitation at any otb
time than that directly jpi
ceding an electiom th'
words would bo mor#|li
pre«8iT9 and it would bj a gr«f
er display of slnoorltJ! °» ttfc
parts. .
FORCE WILL NOT
BEND RUSSIA
Petrograd, Oct. 22—General Ker
tnsky in a speech jvtilcjx he| made
in this city yesterday declared that
wbils Rusgia wanted jpeace she
would never bow to force.
shmdIei
BACK AT 11
Seattle, Oct. 22. — This morning
at 7 o'clock over ten thousand men
resi'tned their palecu in the ship
yards of this port.
The men returned to their work
having agreed through their repre
sentatives to abide by ,the wage
scale which is to be named by the
government commission apponted
to aroi'rate the differences which
lias tied up the ship yards here,
and it is now confidently hoped that
the program of building ships here
will uroceed without further j inter
mission.
30,000 eio
TROOPS FINAL
FAREWEL1
Camp Lewis, Oct. 22.—-To bid »
' ifriai Carewell to thg soldiers now
| stat'oned in this cantonment before
! th.ev are entrained lor the trip
j across the continent (to be trans
I ported to France, more than thh-ty
! tnousacd visitors 'were present »t
i the last review at which, the troopa
• now stationed Jiere passed la Pa'"
j ad'.' before | the ft6smebled r»i*tiv«i
i and fi iends.
iSENATOfTSHOl
; BT BROTHER
J Milwaukee, Oct. 22. — Senator
Husting, jjvhJle out hunting ducks
jwjth his brother Guetave, was
shot and instantly killed by the lat
Iter yesterday eveaing.
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on Display
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