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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
| MANY AMERICANS WERE
ABOARD THE VESSELS
SEC RETsRN LANSING REFUSES
TO DISCUSS OR COMMENT ON
THE INCIDENT UNTIL HE is
MORE FULLY INFORMED

Washington. Oct 30.-Prelimin-
airy reports of the sinking by Ger
man submarines of the British
steamers Marina and Rowanmore.
partly manned by Americans. are too
incomplete to enable the state de-
partment officials 10 determine
whether Germany has violated her
pledges TO the United States. Secre-
tary Lansing declined to comment
further than to say the reports ap-
peared more serious than the usual
routine dispatches announcing the
destruction of belligerent merchant
men He is awaiting full informa.
tion
The case Of the Marina presents
the gravest situation since the sink
ing Of the Sussex, which brought
the United States and Germany near
to the breaking point. The Marina
was horse transport aud was re-
ported sunk without warning 100
miles west of Cape Clear and seventy
of her crew are missing. Some of
the reports say that fifty Americans
were members of her crew and it is
unknown how many perished.
American Consul Frost, at Queens.
town in reporting the incident, said
the crew of the Rowanmore, includ-
ing number of Americans. were
shelled while in the boats while aban
andonipg ship after she had been
chased by the submarine for fifty
minutes. There were no casualties.
A. r. Wence of Sheridan, Wyo.,
was a member of the crew of the
Marina 1t is not known whether
re was rescued The Marina, it is
said. was not under charter to Great
Britain. but was engaged in regular
freight traffic. carrying horses for
the allies. Under such circumstanc-
es she was entitled to all the immuni-
ties of other belligerent owned mer-
chantmen No step will be taken by
the United States until all the facts
are learned
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Hughes strong in California

Among those who called at the Re-
publican National Headquarters to-
day was California's National Com
mitteeman, William II. C: :.cker or
San Francisco. "A united Repu,l.-
can party is going TO sweep Califor-
MIA" was the way he phrased his
opinion of the political situation in
his state Governor Hiram Johnson,
who was Roosevelt's running mate
four years ago is the Republican
candidate for United States Senator
in California this year. and Mr.
Crocker says his election is already
assured. He says: There is no doubt
Mr.. Hughes will carry California by
big majority
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
TRIBUTE TO HANDLIN

Lead Call: Sidney Long pays
compliment to Auditor of South Da-
kota.
In a letter to l.. \ Fell, Sidney
Lang of Lead, takes occasion to pay
tribute to J. L. Handlin, of Sturgis.
state Auditor, who is seeking re-elec-
tion to a second term, on the Repub-
lican ticket Mr. Lang is holding a
position in the State Auditors office,
is in daily contact with the Auditor
and consequently, he knows where
OF he seaks. He writes as follows
Since / have been here in this Of
fee and know the workings / can
truthiuliy say that Mr.. Handlin is a
mighty good man for the office his
place couldn't be hlled with a more
capable man. He is serving the peo-
pie with the best there is in him re.
gardless of any political graft or ma
chine. Just the few months that !
have been here l know he has saved
the people of this state a good many
hundreds Of dollars. His work is for
the benefit of the people who elect
him; always the same to everybody
regardless of who they are or where
they come from"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
DURATION OF THE WAR

London Observer The a. IS go
ing well. but we are convinced tEat
IL will take at least he better part
Of another twelve months and the
utmost of our means to secure a
strong settlement and enduring
peace We have pointed out before
that there is difference between
catching the train and ending your
Jour hey. In connection with the war
some people are still prone to argue
ne If getting into the right carriage
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
..pudge" Henelhnger for Hughes

Walter w. (Pudge) Heffelfnger,
world-famer Yale football player OF
twenty-five years ago, now success
full business man of Minneapolis, call
ed at the Republican National Head
quarters today to say that Minnesota
will give Mr.. Hughes one of the larg-
est majorities ever given presiden-
tjal candidate. "Of course, am for
Hughes" he said. Every man with
red blood in his veins admires his
courage and his clear-cut stand on
public questions. We can always tell
where he is when crises present them
selves. He has nothing of the po.
litical palaverer about him. He is
one of these straight-from-the-
shoulder Americans who will! be
President of all the people all the
time"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
PREDICTS REPUBLICAN VIC
TORY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Sioux Falls, Oct 30.-The republi-
can field workers and speakers CON
tinue TO unite in declaring that dur
ing the past few weeks there has been
a pronounced Change in sentiment In
South Dakota with reference to the
presidency. and that while Wilson ap
peared TO have a shade the best OF II
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
The Election as Good as over


In the last days of the campaign,
the democratic managers have been
compelled to adopt a truly remark
able shift in order to keep their
downhiI fight alive. They have prac-
tically abandoned hope of carrying
New York, and devoted superhuman
effort to create belief that they are
going to elect Wilson by reason Of
great gains in the middle and far
West.
This is always a sign that the man
ayers see the end OF their hopes The
thing that is happening, right now
in the 1916 campaign, marked the
disruption Of democratic hopes in
1896. in 1900, in 1904 and in 1908.
The fact is that presidents are not
elected who do not carry New York
Some presidents have been elected
who, if the result in New York alone
had been reversed, would still have
pulled through New York is a
barometer quite as often as it is a
determining weight in the scale.
The question may be asked, why
should the democrats, about this
stage of a losing campaign, throw
up the New York sponge and put
forth their fantastic claims about
compensating gains in other parts of
the country, that never realize? The
answer is perfectly simple to the poll
teal experts.
G. all the state that ,fadlt'on
ally doubtful, New York is the ,.e
in which Judgment of results may be
most accurately formed in advance
it is highly organized; it's political
factors are definite pig and effective.
II is full of sharps on politics. who
cannot be folled. 1t is under very
much closer and more independent
observation than any other state in
the union, and the conclusions OF
these observers get more publicity,
all over the country, than any other
set of political forecasts, simply be-
cause the states tremendous and de-
served repute for political potential
ity compels it.
No campaign management nova
days expects to fool the people OF
New York, in the last ten days, about
tendencies in their state Refusing
of course, TO admit defeat. they yet
realize that they will mislead few
people; and so it has come TO be a
regular phenomenon. in the conclud
ing fortnight of a campaign, for the
managers of the losing party sud
denly TO put forth astounding claims
Of a political earthquake somewhere
else that is going to sweep the coun-
try to them, no matter what New
York does.
There is only one trouble with
these last-minute claims They never
pan out The side that reorganizes
its statistics in the last days in or
der TO show that 1t will win without
New York, is merely admitting what
by that time Is universal knowledge,
that New York is lost
And the election always goes az
New York goes.
II will do il again this year.
Hughes will be elected
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
Editorial Comments

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( II the Democratic leader who advO.
Gates putting dyes OH the free list to
/ his method or setting a broken limb
/ would be TO smputate the patients leg
at the neck
Optimism il what makes the Demo
cratic party which has fooled some OF
/ the people only three times In hfty
years aud has never vet fooled all OF
I the people some Of the time, think that
1t can now fool all OF the people all OF
the time.
President Wilson hasn't been able to
figure out vet whether he is going to
be on the stump or up one
II the paper shortage becomes much
more serious The first thing we know
the machm9y Of the State Depart,
ment viii bc coming to an abrupt stop.
Then, too, according TO the Demo
cratic campaign book that among the
more important euactments Of the
Wilson administration may he men.
toned Magma Charts and the Ten
Commandments
Secretary Redfeli converses glibly
in terms OF bilious until it comes time
to make campaign contribution,
when It is disclosed that all he really
knows about mathematics IL 500
Everything has gone up under WI
son except the price OF dead Ameri-
cans.
Senator Jimham Lewis has purchss-
ed a new volume Of Unfamiliar Quo
tations' and expects to be able any
day now to give us the classical derivs-
ton Of "pitless publicity" and strict
accountability in the original Baby.
lonan
Add famous sayings OF history: Il
will surrender on this line II II takes
all summer
The Democratic revenue bill as
completed, IS regarded as so perfect
that the chances are that the tax
payers OF New York. Massachusetts
and Illinois win be able TO build 1900
more miles Of good roads In Alabama
next year
Mr.. Hughes is talking to the won
en- OF the land in the homey language
OF the tireside and we expect 10 wit
ness an impressive rallyiug OF the sex
en- the first ironing day after the first
wash day IN November
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

For one half billion dollars OF pre-
paredness, naval immortality is to be
fall some American cities. With an
increased navy, there aren't enough
states to go around in naming the
boats. Seattle, Huntington and
Pueblo now have old boats renamed
for them. If Washington does not
fall into the German way of number
ing its submarines there will ulti-
mately, if the navy leagues have their
way, be a namesake for every county
seat
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

New York Oct. 30.-An army OF
175, 900 loyal men, well equipped,
provisioned and clothed, is under the
command OF General Carranza and
satisfactory progress is now being
made toward restoration of peace in
Mexico by breaking up and exter-
minating the different bandit bands,
according to Andres Garcia of FL
Paso. Inspector general of Mexican
consUlates, arriving here. He said
the Mexican leaders are in harmony
and are gradually gaining control OF
all the territory Of the republic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
MRS. MARY FAIRBANKS.

Indianapolis, Oct. 30-Mrs. Mary
Fairbanks. aged 81, mother OF form
er Vice President Charles w. Fair
hanks died at her sons home here
tonight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
LITERARY Tor LEERS
INDOESI EIR HInHLL,


lNDoI;SE FIR. HuGHES
Iamlin Garland writes open letter.
Charles Evans Hughes.
Dear Sir-The one belief held in
common bv the men whose names
appear below Is the conviction that
the present administration is sipnu
larry untitled for dealing with the
problems forced unop If The onno-
sition to President Wilson on me
score Of his foreign noIicv is unani-
nous.
me present administration is helI
10 oe a minority administration re-
suI'lhs liom temporary spit H.
}t"e opposition party, and that man
members OF the present congress
were e'eclea at a ume when internal
economic reforms We're uppermost ~
'h' minus Oh Nolers--hence the
parry N"olhe' plt'Iul lack OF dem
i'oue7s ana po"e. "heh confronted
WIN lhe co"lpNca'e relations OF q
pfoO'ei" "h'ch mas been brought
very near ana MADE very pressing
'l the presence oI submarine battle
7h'pS "il'Ih me gates oi our cl'\
i0lIOoI9.
II - "u' @"'H '''''N 'I'"l " IePuh'l-
ca" administration CHOSEN al TINS
me VIII come 20 toe conduct OF IN
'e'nauoh"' "H"li7' IoE''Ne0 ana IN
S'Iu''e" '} q c'IeIul STUDY Oh th'
""F' carrying designed him. ana
P'li'ouc poicS.
IN bringing 'heSe names 'oEelhei
ma" IN nllnu IlISt 10 MAKE 'he Hs'
representative "' American IileIai-
U''' an" second 10 car ''-''LeI on
common GROUND certain FROG iesSl'es,
I'ep"Ol'c"n5 ana pelio''a's' I'D "o-
"''Iol. '"'''7p'"o'o WIN SeNeI"I
wen KNOW" ''lIstS ana lNcIod'0 loeIf
h"n'eS' u" .l"" 'hal our reno" WORK
CTS III o''eI oI '"e ''"e 'Il7 nav
hucn 'ne same conception OIL 'h.
" q.
"eL'o''a''' administration. 'o"lo
,,,,,,a- t..,. g. -,.,.,..., -, ,.,.. ....
NOSES narad ahovo voro sccoo,nIisb-
co.
Personally. ] ann perfectly willing
to acknowledge that I find myself in
sympathy with much that President
Wilson has forced his party to enact
Some Of his economic reforms are
almost entirely to my way of think
ing but ] cannot OVERFLOW the fac
that he has in most of his good
work merely trailed the Trogressives,
and that his party is. after all the
same inharmonious North and South
mixture it has always been. and that
many of his appointments have been
SO iI-advised as to be ludicrous.
In short. we hold that this is M,
time for keeping a theorist i'm tn,
White House. and we consider
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04
ALF BURKHOLDER
COLONEL HARVEY PREDICTS:
HUGHES, 332;
WILSON 1i0;
DOUBTFUL, 30.

New York, Oct 90. Four years
ago Col George Harvey guessed
wrong as to only one state in his
election forecast In 1908 he was
only seventeen electoral votes cat Of
the way and in 1904 only twenty
two. In April OF the present year,
before single state had indicated
la preference for the nominee, ne clos
ed an analysis of the political situa-
ton under the heading Nobody for
Hughes but the People. with the
positive prediction that rightly on
wrongly wisely or not, the viii of
the people will prevail and Charles
Evans hughes win be the next repub-
lican candidate for president Of the
United Sattes" In the North Ameri-
can Review to be published tomorrow
Col Harvey predicts the election Of
Hughes as certain. It details as fol-
lows;
Electoral votes essential 10
choice 266
w. ,.,4;,% +l,t NJ. ITy,,I,,, min
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

Petrograd, Oct. 30-The Russians,
Serbians and Rumanians In Dob
rudja have assumed the offensive, II
is reported in Odessa dispatches.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

Ican for the election of Mr.. Bartinc
This illustrates the harmony which
exists among the republicans OF the
district
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04


Ao'" OS sood majority over Presl-
leh' "ilson ana secure the fNe eiec-
'o'"' votes from lh's state
This is the positive prediction
which now is made by the republican
leaders Of South Dakota, who bast
the prediction on reports which have
been received from workers ia every
voting precinct IN the state, and from
the numerous speakers Who recently
have been touring an sections Of the
state, and who have come into close
touch with an aggregate Of many
thousands of voters.
These reports are FROM men who
are close students of political affairs
and are experts in guaging pubHo
sentiment and accurately ascertain
ling how the voters OF the state stand
ON any political proposition. II is
asserted that their reports are not
based on hcarsay evidence but are th,
result of careful counting of noses
i'm the various precincts of the stalo.
Judge Hughes Also Oppo~ Il 10 war
Recent declarations OF Iuaae
Hughes that he was as much an apn..
tie Of peace as his democratic oppor-
emit and that his election d the prcsi-
dency would result in the United
States being kept out Of was. have
had a good effect among the voters ct
South Dakota who arc stated 20 be
daily rlocling in larger nv4ber to
the support o. JUDGE Hugh and Inc
republican cause The voters Of tie
state have been uldy'ag up du 'ng
the past month on national policies
and a part Of the slump toward
Judge Hughes is on the part Of tho.
Who have become strong believers in
the necessity for a protective "a 'if
policy so the United states at The
close of the Europeal war win rl
become the dumping gound for rht
cheap goods Of Europe Thev tc-
neve that unless the cpublicaD pro-
tectve polio is n eifao, when the
great war tanuGatas the ntlEN Of
cheap made goods FROM Europe
would demorali1c prices n nus coun-
try and disasuoUglr affect every
farmer. businessman and o'1er resi-
dent Of the United states
The republican field workers add
others assert that a big na.n, IS OF
the voters OF South Dakota viii at
the election on Nov. Z line up I'D sup
port OF Judge Hughes art the r"ruo-
lican policy og protection
Speakers Swarm Ovnl state
During the week iust closed the
republican speakers and 6ld work
ers covered torty-si. of lhe counties
Of South Dakota reacAip- the SD 5rs
i'm the most remote 7a tons - the
state as well as those OF iho bic DoOI-
lation centers.
Major Johu II Scriyen. In char a
~ tha sneakers bureaa OF the ropub
lican state baadlluarters. has arIaAg-
od fine array OF speaking talent for
This week and during tie week the
speakers viii cover fitty-two counties
of the state More than hal. ol fh.5
total number Of counties VIII! be COW
cred by school house workers. who
will reach points off the railway lines
while other speakers win appear in
the railroad towns.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

II the Democratic leader who advo.
Gates putting dyes Oh the free list TO
encourage the industry were a surgeon
his method or setting a broken limb
would be to smputate the patients leg
at the neck
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

Mr.. Hughes is talking to the won.
en- OF the land in the homely language
OF the hreside and we expect 10 wit
ness an impressive rallyiug OF the sex
cn the first ironing day after the first
wash day IN November
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

Hughes surely wins. Probable
majority for Hughes between l45
and 175.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

REX BEACH
IRVING BACHELLER
JAMES BARNES
PORTER EMERSON BROWNE
EDWIN II. BLASHFIELD
WINSTON CHURCHILL
JAS. II. COLLINS
HOBART CHATFILED-TAYLOR
JAMES MONTGAMERY FLAGG
HAMLIN GARLAND
JULES GUERIN
CAsS GILBERT
WILLIAM GILLETTE
ROBERT GRANT
ROBERT HERICK
CLAYTON HAMILTON
BURTON j. HENDRTCK
BRIAN HOOKER
JOHN LUTHER LONG
BRIAN HOOKER
BRANDER MATTHEW'S
JULIAN STREET
BOOTH HARRINGTON
VIM. r. THAYER
CHARLES II. TOWNE
EDWARD S. VAN ZILE
OWEN WISTER &.
BARRETT WENDELL
HENRY X. WEBSTER
JESSIE LYNCH WILLIAMS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-11-04

Add famous sayings OF history: Il
will surrender on this line II II takes
all summer
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-15
Ownership Of Deserts.

The national government virtually
owns all our deserts, although in Texas
the state owns all the public lands. It
is probable that eventually the desert
lands will pass from public ownership
into the hands of private owners by
allotment of areas the size of which
will be relative to their productiveness.
For it must be realized that whereas in
well watered region i've acres may
be enough to support a family, any
where from 500 to 10000 acres may be
needed to support a family in the des-
ert. It is all matter of water supply,
for water is primarily the basis of land
utility and value, as it is the prime
means of subsistence Of all living
things, whether plants OF animals
Youths Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-15
.PNEUMONIAAND GRIP
SWEEPING COUNTRY
CUT DO NN THRONGS
Chicago Hospitals Crowded
AS Never Before-Cold
Wave Will Help.

With the advent of cold weather
physicians all over the country look
for surcease of the grip. As reports
are assembled the death and illness
from grip and pneumo nia are found
to be the most severe yet on rec
ord.
The Chicago Medical Journal of
this week gives interesting figures
showing that Philadelphia, Memphis,
New York and Chicago have been
deeply affected
In Philadelphia during the week of
December 8 there were 971 deaths,
so per cent. of which were caused by
influenza and pneumonia. On De-
cember %, there were 262 deaths in
one day.
In Memphis, Tenn, $500 pupils
were absent from the city schools on
account of illness
In New York city, for the week end
ing Dec. 25, the numb Der of grip pa
tients were five times as large as the
corresponding week of 1914. There
were 200 more cases of pneumonia
than in 1914. During the week g.
600 cases of grip were reporte
Chicago, Ill, reports that on Janu-
airy 2, 2,035 patients were in the city
hospitals suffering from grip, which
is the largest number of patients
ever treated in one day in Cook coun-
ty hospitals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-15
AZ Econor1ieaI Wifi.

"a friend of mine," says a clever
need1ewoman, chad occasion to open
my shirtwaist box the other day. She
came to me, saying, MY, but you are
extravagant! You have eleven pretty
silk waists in that one box How did
you happen to buy SO much wash silk ?
My answer surprised her. My husband
works in a bank and must wear clean
linen. He is partial to silk shirts. but
as soon as there is the least break near
the collar they are thrown away.
Shortly afterward appear in a new
silk waist, for the rest of the shirt is
perfectly good. He is a large man, and
there is not the least trouble in getting
the waist from the shirt. Sonetimes I
vary them by putting on plain collar
and cuffs.
'sYou will find that when using this
idea you do not mind at all how many
new shirts the man of the house
chooses to buy. You will even suggest
at times that a certain shirt in the win
dow would look well on him-and, in
cidentally, on you."-Pittsburgh Dis
patch
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-15
Curious Street Names.

The list of curious street names is
nexhaustfl,Ee- Bermondsey possesses
Pickle Herring street Near Gray's
an there is to be found a Cold Bath
quare. Most of the Nightingale lanes
nd Love lanes are hidden ironically
nough in the slurns Of the east end
But for really bizarre street names
3ne should go to Brussels. The Short
Street of the Long Chariot, the Street
Of the Red Haired Woman and the
Street of Sorrows are remarkab1
enough to catch the least observant
eye. The Street of the One Person is,
as one might guess, considerably mar
rover than Whitehall. But the cream
of Brussels street names surely belongs
to the Street of the Uncracked Silver
Cocoanut. This in the original appears
as one ponderous thirty-six letter word
London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-15
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS.

The following civil service exam
nations will be held in New" Haven,
Midd1etown and Hartford in this
state as follows: Feb. 1, investigator
in cooperative buying, male salary
$1,000 to $4,000, applicants to be less
than As years old; Feb. 1, investiga-
tor in cooperative organization. male,
salary $2,25O to $2,75O, applicants to
be less than As years old. Feb. q.
deputy shipping commissioner male,
salary $500, applicants must be 10
years old or over; Feb 2, physical
Iaboratorian, male, salary 1884 a
day, applicants must be 20 years old
or over; Feb. 2. physical metaIIurgist,
male, salary 81 to Sc a. day, appH-
cants must be between rs and A
years old. Feb 2, trained nurse, fe-
male, salary $72o, applicants must be
between 20 and 40 years old; Feb.
2-3, surveyor, male, salary $50 to $3.50
a, month, applicants must be between
20 and 40 years old; Feb. IS, tOpo-
graphic and subsurface craftsman,
male, salary $4.4S to $5-O4 a day, ap-
plicants must be 21 years old or over
March Is, assistant steam engineer
male, salary $1,000.