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TAMMANY VICTOR IH NEW YORK FIGHT Judge Hylan Defeats Mitchel by 142,976. CITY TICKET ALL DEMOCRATIC Expenditure of City Funds in Tiger's Claws. SWANN DISTRICT ATTORNEY Ilorris Ilillqult Runs Third in Great Election in Which County Jnrist Has Walkaway in Much Split Up Race for Mayoralty. OUTSTANDING RESULTS OB YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS. New York City Judge John Hylan. Tammany Democrat, elected Mayor by plurality of 140,000 or more. Mayor John Pur roy Mitchel, Independent Repub lican, second; Morris Hillquit, So cialist Radical, third, and "Will lam M. -Bennett, Republican nom inee, fourth. New York State Woman's suf frage has apparent majority on returns from one-half of dis tricts of state. Suffrage leaders claim majority of 45,000. Ohio Woman's suffrage amendment and prohibition are losing on partial returns, but are in doubt. Harry L. Davis, Re publican, re-elected Mayor of Cleveland. John Galvin, Republic an, leading for Mayor of Cincin nati. Massachusetts Governor Mc Call re-elected, carrying with him remainder of state. Republican ticket. Virginia T. J. Murrey, Demo crat, elected Governor and Demo cratic state ticket chosen Kentucky George .W. Smith. Republican, elected Mayor of Louisville, together with full Re publican ticket. First Republic an Mayor elected there in years. Indiana Jewett. Republican, elected Mayor of Indianapolis. New Mexico Prohibition lead ing on early returns. Pennsylvania E. V. Babcock, Republican, elected Mayor of Pittsburg. Party issue not in volved. With only 72 district mLsalng la the greater city, the vote for Mayor waa:. Itrnnrtt 31, ,-, Hylan 288,435, Hillqnit 334.80O, Mitchel 143,4r. Hylan'H plu rality over Mitchel 142,076. Blltrhels' lead over Ilillqult vraa 10,569. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. John F. Hylan. a County Judge, of Kings County, was elected Mayor of New York City by a purality of 142,976. He carried with him' the entire Democratic city ticket, including Charles L.. Craig for Con troller. Alfred E. Smith for president of the Board of Aldermen and Edward Swann for District Attorney. Indications are that the Democrats will have a majority in the Board of Estimates, which controls the expendi ture of the city funds. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who sought re-election as a fusion candi date, although not formally nominated by any party, was a poor second in the race. His vote, with only 72 districts missing in Greater New . York, was 145,459, compared with 2SS.435 for Hy lan. Peaceful Back Ilillqult. Morris Hlllmiit th. si,ii Js , '- - ..-V 'Hll.'l V. ll 1 1 1 1 1 date, about whom rallied most of the raiuca.1 elements In the city and all those who favor an immediate peace, st,ood third, with 134,890, and William M. Bennett, who unexpectedly won the Republican primary nomination from Mayor Mitchel, was fourth, with 51,956. - From the time the returns were re ceived from the first 100 districts the result never was in doubt, rt dent Hylan had scored an overwhelming vitiurj', ana again Drought control of f tbe city administration into the hands or lamrnuny na.il. , Most of the newspapers which had supponea aiucnei, and that included all in the city except those owned by Will iam R. Hearst, conceded Hylan's elec tion before 7 o'clock. Hylan Says "People Have Spoken." "Judge Hylan's first act after being assured of his election was to make this statement: "The result speaks for itself. The people have spoken and in no uncertain manner. Democracy once more has been restored to power. The people and not the corporate interests . will rule for the next four years. I am in deed grateful for the confidence thus reposed in me by the citizens of the city of New York. - "The result is a complete Justifica tion of the fight we have made for economy, honesty and efficiency in the public service. That was the sole issub Xipon which the election was decided. vVI want to make it plain to the world that there was no issue of Americanism or' loyalty involved so far as I am con cerned. There could be none, for I am as good an American as any man as loyal 'to my flag, as loyal to ray .(Concluded oo Fax 2, Column 2. AMERICAN PATROL BOAT TORPEDOED ALCEDO, CONVERTED YACHT SUNK BY SUBMARINE. Disaster Happens in War Zone Mon day Morning One Officer and Seven Enlisted Men Missing. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. The Ameri can patrol boat Alcedo was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone early Monday morning anil one officer and 20 enlisted men are missing. The Navy Department announced the disaster tonight in this statement: "The Navy Department has been ad vised by Vice-Admiral Sims that at 1:30 A M., November 6, the American patrol boat Alcedo, a converted yacht, was torpedoed and sunk by a German sub marine in the war zone. One officer and 20 men are missing. The ship sank in four minutes after being struck. Several vessels were se JO ing for possible survivors at the IXAONIZ AxyJ .. . the report was made. The Alcedo car ried a crew of seven officers and S5 men." The Alcedo is the first American war vessel to go down in the war. The destroyer Cassin on patrol duty was torpedoed recently, but she made port safely with the loss of only one man. The missing officer is Lieutenant John T. Melvin, of Selma, Ala. None of missing men Westerners. PRESIDENT CASTS VOTE Enthusiastic Welcome Given Wilson at Princeton. Mr. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. President Wilson traveled to Princeton, N. J., to day and cast his ballot In the state legislative election, returning to Wash ington this evening after an unevent ful trip. A secret schedule of his special train prevented any demonstrations en route, but the President was given a. noisy welcome at Princeton by university students. Accompanying the President were Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Grayson, his phy sician, who Joined the President after he had voted, for a walk about the university campus. GERMANY REACHES CRISIS Man Power of Past Year Cannot Be Equaled in 1918. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Cable re ports reaching here from Switzerland say Germany has reached the crisis so far as her man power Is concerned. For three years, accoring to these dis patches, Germany has lost on an aver age of 1,200,000 men annually and this number will at least be equaled in 1918. It is contended that to continue the war on the same scale for another year the Germans must have at their com mand a reserve of at least 2,000,000 men, whereas they actually will have a reserve of only 1,500,000, including youths of the class of 1920. $2,000,000 COMPANY FORMS Ohio Capitalists Prepare to Take Over Buehner Timber Holdings. NORTH BEND, Or.. Nov. 6. (Spe cial.) Formation of the Consolidated Lumber & Timber Company at Cleve land, O.. with a capitalization of $2,000,000, to take over the Buehner mill and timber is announced here. J. A. Slattery. of Portland; E. J. Maskee. of Columbus, O., and S. Larson are named as stockholders. The purchase price is reported as $1,650,000. Mr. Slattery has an option on the Buehner holdings, the first payment being due November 20. Henry Bueh ner tonight said he did not' know whether the deal would go through. DAYLIGHT ROBBER BOLD Denver Loan Office Looted, and Proprietor Carried Off. DENVER, Nov. 6. While hundreds of shoppers were passing, an unmasked man today entered the loan office of M. Cooper, forced him to open the safe, took Jewels valued at $4000, marched Cooper across a crowded sidewalk into a motor car driven by a confederate and drove off with Cooper and the loot. Cooper was taken to a remote section of the city, where he was thrown from the car. PUPILS EARN $40.65 EACH Savings of 4 60 North Yakima Youngsters Aggregate $25,463. NORTH YAKIMA Wash., Nov, 6. (Special.) Seventh and eighth-grade pupils in the North Yakima city public schools earned $16,300 during last va cation, according to a report made last night to the Scuool Board by City-Superintendent Davis. The per capita earning was $40.65. A recent canvass by grade teachers showed that 460 of their pupils have savings accounts aggregating $25,463. FOOD PRICES ATTACKED Los Angeles Grand Jury Begins Im- portant Investigation. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6. The county grand Jury Issued subpoenas today di recting a large number of food dealers In various cities to appear before it tomorrow. ' The District Attorney said this was the first step in an investigation of al leged combinations to increase food prices. women win new YORK: MAY LOSE OHIO Empire State for Suf frage by 45,000. BUCKEYE DRY RACE IS CLOSE Prohibitionists so Far Main tain Slight Lead. NEW MEXICO SALOONS GO n Early Returns From Throughout Stat Indicate That Border State Is to Go Dry by Two to One. Larger Cities Vote Dry. CIXC1SXATI, .. ov. 6. Returns from 3S07 out of 6756 precincts In Ohio on prohibition give: For, 357.272; against. 338,793. Returns from 3243 precincts oat of 5756 In Ohio on Presidential woman suffran-e give: For, 217,663$ against, 311,784. SEW YORK, JVov. 6. Returns from 3622 election districts out of 5772 In the state on suffrage glvei Yes, 4O0, 132 1 no, 357,040. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Woman suf frage apparently has broken even In the two great election contests waged today, winning New York State by a majority estimated at upwards of 45, 000 and losing Ohio by a close margin. Judging from returns from slightly more than half the precincts in the state. The fight for prohibition in Ohio was in doubt, with the drys leading slightly and both sides claiming victory. New Mexico has adopted prohibition by almost two to one, based on early returns. Halt Returns Received. In New York returns from 27S2 elec tion districts out of 5772 in the state gave suffrage, a. majority of 24,432, which would indicate that the state wquld go for suffrage, by at least 45,000. The returns from these 2782 election districts gave: For suffrage 2P0.646, against suffrage 266.214. Mrs. Norman De R. Whitehouse, chairman of the New York State Suf frage party, estimated at 9:45 o'clock that a majority of 15 per cent of the total vote cast in the state was for woman suffrage. "We hardly expected such a landslide," she said. Dry Majority Dwindles. In Ohio as the large cities of the state were heard from the majority that the drys had established early In the evening began to dwindle some what and the prohibition election de veloped into what appeared to be the closest race in years. Both sides claimed the victory. With 2934 pre cincts heard from out of 5766 In Ohio, the vote stood: For prohibition, 265, 201; against prohibition, 252,603. Later returns from the larger cities Concluded on Page 2, Column 8.) NOW IS THE TIME . BUT U &Mo 1) N iT oov'r vcst' J r-r Latest Bulletins. CHICAGO, Nov. 6. A bipartisan ticket returning the sitting Judges of the county bench to office today defeated by an estimated" plurality of 80,000 votes, a Socialist ticket which was charged with having appealed to an anti-American and anti-war sentiment. Most of the wards with a large Ger man population . returned heavy votes against the Socialist candidates. In the portions of the county outside of the city .of Chicago the German settle ments voted for the Socialists. BOSTON, Nov. C. Returns from 1125 out of 1188 in the state election pre cincts. Including Boston, give for Gov ernor: Mansfield (Dem.),- 128,236; Mc Call (Rep.), 211.873. Lieutenant - Governor Coolldge, (Rep.), 209,238; Hale (Dem. and Prohl). 114.384. PITTSBURG. Nov. 6. Returns from 316 out of 414 election districts in Pittsburg non-partisan city election show E. V. Babcock, millionaire busi ness man. leading William A. Magee, ex-Mayor, by 931 in the contest for Mayor. Both candidates are Republi cans. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 6. Com plete unofficial returns from Indian apolis show that Charles W. Jewett (Rep.), was elected Mayor by a plu rality of 3578. The vote was: Jewett, 21.057; Miller (Dem.), 12.131; ghank (Home Rule), 17,479. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Nov. 6. For the first time in years tho Republican party has elected a Mayor of Louis ville. Complete unofficial returns show George W. Smith,. Republican, 22,631; Charles H. Cronan, Democrat, 20,379. Smith carried the entire Republican city and county ticket with him. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., Nov. 6. East St. Louis by a vote of 2 to 1 today adopted the commission form of gov ernment. Out of a total of 7238 votes cast there were 47S4 votes for the com mission form of municipal control and 2454 votes against it. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 6. Schuy ler Merritt, Republican, of Stamford,, was today elected to Congress In the Fourth Congressional District over Lynn Wilson, Democrat,-to fill the va cancy made by the death of Ebenezer J. Hill, a Republican. Clifford B. Wil son, Republican, was re-elected Mayor over William P. Kirk, Democrat, by a plurality of 2237. ALBANY, N. yTNov. 6. James R. Watt. Rep., was elected Mayor of Al bany over his Democratic opponent, Charles H. Armatage. John C. . Will iams. Socialist, polled less than 10.000 votes. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Nov. 6. Re turns from 47 out of 638 precincts in New Mexico, Including Albuquerque, on today's prohibition election gave for prohibition 5204, against prohibition 2647. ROCHESTER, N.T Nov. 6. Hiram H. Edgerton (Rep.), was elected Mayor of Rochester for the sixth consecutive time by a plurality of 13.104, the largest he ever received. His opponent was William A Buckley, ex-Democratic postmaster. MANCHESTER, N. H.. Nov. 6. For the first time in 42 years this city went Democratic in its municipal elec tion. Moise Verrete. a provision dealer, defeating the present Mayor. Harry W. Spauldlng (Rep.), for re-election by a plurality of 141 votes. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 6. Official returns from early precincts indicate that Mayor Harry L. Davis. Republi can candidate for Mayor, has been re elected by a plurality of 12,000 vote UTICA, N. Y.. Nov. 6. The Demo cratic candidate for Mayor of Utica, James Smith, was re-elected over Will iam F. Dowllng, Republican. FOR EVERY BIG EATER TO CURB WW GILL HAMPERS SPY PROBE, IS CHARGE Colonel Saville Scores Seattle Mayor. MUD-SLINGING IS MENTIONED Aim Is to Discredit Military Au thorities, Says Officer. NATIONAL ISSUE BEFOGGED Work or Ferreting Out German Propaganda Impeded in Execu tive's Efforts to Save Political Standing, Is Asserted. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 5. (Special.) Charges that Mayor III Gill is inter fering with important Investigation of German spies, backed by German money In Seattle, by mud-slinging tactics designed to discredit the mili tary authorities, were made by Colonel W. E. Saville, in command of the mili tary police at Camp Lewis. Colonel Saville intimated that the work of running down the sources of industrial troubles in the Northwest, the transmission of information of military importance and other allied matters is the chief concern of the military police In operations in Seattle and that the investigation of all al leged immoral conditions in the city had been incidental. Mayor's Statements Resented. The charge that Mayor Gill is hurting the work of the military authorities in ferreting out German propaganda and influence in his efforts to save his political standing, endangered by the declaration of Major-General II. A Greene that Seattle is not a fit place for his soldiers to go, was made by Colonel Saville in reply to statements credited to Mayor Gill yesterday re flecting on the character of Colonel Saville, whom the Mayor is reported to have charged with being intoxicated at a party held in the Butler Hotel, Seattle. Personal Abuse InftMiaded. Colonel Saville said: "By his mud-slinging charges and unfounded personal abuse against the military police. Mayor Gill again has placed obstacles In the way of the mili tary police In the investigation of the Influence of German capital in Seattle. He thereby attempts to befog an im portant and serious National issue with which the military police have found It necessary to deal." Captain M. D. Welty, aide-de-camp to Major-General II. A. Greene, declared today that no report of the arrest of five officers of his command, said to have been caught In a police raid on a Seattle roadhouse, had reached the gen eral officials and hence there was noth ing to say on the matter. "The military police have not been forced to go out of their way to dis- (Concluded on Pace 4. Column 8.) HIS APPETITE. All rns 6 AGON AND BUTTER Yoc; want PREMIER MEETING OF GREAT IMPORT ALLIES TO ARRANGE PLAN OF CONCERTED ACTION. Co-operation or Trench and British Troops With Italian Armies One of Main Objects of Conference. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. The coming meeting in Rome of the Tremiers of England. Italy and France is Indicated by official dispatches received today to be of greater scope than only the con sideration of military measures to meet the German drive into Italy. M. Fainleve, the French Premier, was accompanied to the Italian capital by Franklin Bouillon, the French Minister of Missions Abroad. General Foch, French chief of staff, and General Rob ertson, British chief of staff, were awaiting the Premiers in Rome and in the meantime have been concerting measures for the co-operation of French and British troops with the Italian armies. General Smuts, of South African fame. Is also in attend ance with Lloyd George, the British Premier. An explanation of the general pur pose of the gathering of the statesmen and soldiers is given in the cablegram as follows: "It is necessary that there should be a large plan of concerted action be tween the governments themselves in addition to technical military actions and orders, hence the call to the Pre miers and political heads of the en. tente." The advisability of creating an inter ally war committee may possibly be discussed and attracts much attention here. LULL LEADING HENNESSY Ex-Mayor Schmitz Running Well as Supervisor in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 6. George Lull, municipal conference candidate for City Attorney, showed a strong lead early tonight over Frank J. Hen nessy. A count from scattered pre cincts, stood 10 to 7 in Lull's favor. Eugene E. Schmitz. former Mayor, who was indicted with Abe Ruef in the graft prosecution of ten years ago. during the early count was reported to be running well as a candidate for Supervisor. Nine Supervisors, a City Attorney, two Police Judges. Treasurer. Recorder and Public Administrator were up for election. TURKEYS TO GROW BIG Thanksgiving May Miss Delectable Dinner Dish In Missouri. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 6. A re quest by the food administration that poultry raisers withhold their turkeys from the market until they are fully matured is being circulated in the state with the result that there will be no turkey served in Missouri .homes this Thanksgiving. It was announced today. According to experts this year's tur key crop will not be matured until the early part of December. Ninety Pennies Are Worth 91. SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. 6. A Na tional bank announced today that it will pay 10 per cent premium on all pennies that people will bring to it. The bank's officers said they have been unable to get any from the Govern ment or other banks. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; gentle northerly winds. Foreign. German trade sees grave menace after war. i'age z. Villa followers dynamite train, killing 125 soldiers ana passengers. .Page 5. Balfour scores British pacifist In House of Commons. Page 2. ' War. Germans now possess entire Tagliamento front, , Page 4. American patrol boat torpedoed. Page 1 Members of Beaver regiment visit New York City. Page . Treaty with Japan made public. Page 3. Kerensky says Russia will do her duty and light on. Page 3. Domestic. Tammany wins great New York Mayoralty fight. Page 1. Suffrage wins In New York, loses In Ohio; prohibition leads in Ohio. Page 1. Many officers to bo commissioned soon must wait for second Nationul Army before being placed in active service. Page tt. 8 porta. James John eleven defeats Hill. 12-0. Page 8. Newsboy bouts promise to be good. Page 8. Pullman expects to defeat Oregon Aggies. Page 8. McCredies pay off Beavers. Page S. Pacific Northwest. Mayor Gill, of Seattle, hampers Investigation of German spies by his mud-eln sins tactics, declares Colonel Saville, of Camp juewis. Page 1. Six honor men escape from Penitentiary wood camp.- Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Potato shipments to Southwest checked by car shortage. Page 17. Port of Portland Commission prepares budget of expenditures for 191S. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Northwest millmen to try new plan of speed ing up airplane spruce production. Page 1. Orpheum show presented in entirety tonight. Page 11. Joseph Patterson, ex-Oregonlan, gassed and In section mentioned for bravery. Page 4. Probe of trolley conditions expected to com mence soon. Page 7. School tax limit of 6 mills will not provide sufficient funds. Page 13. Striking telephone operators address public meetings. Page 5. Vice-President and Mrs. Marshall guests of Portland today. Page tt. Bid for highway work in Josephine County below estimate. Page 13. Drive for Army Y. M. C. A. funds is under way. Page 9. Sixty-ninth Oregon Conference of Congre gational ministers and churches in ses sion here. Page 9. $11,500 needed to save premier Livestock hhow to Portland. Page 14. Retail fuel dealers confer with Federal Ad mlnlMtrator Holmes over local situation. GUTTING OF SPRUCE TO BE SPEEDED UP New Plan of Producing Stock Investigated. NORTHWEST MILLMEN CONFER Riving of Timbers for Airplanes May Be Adopted. PLEA MADE TO WOODSMEN With Voluntecrlns of Labor, Output Will Be Increased Greatly, Con ferees Agree Governor With -comb Will Lend Aid. Through a resolution adopted yester day at a conference of Oregon and Washington timbermen, met to con elder a new plan for speeding up the production of airplane spruce. Govern or Withycombe was asked to keep in touch with developments of the pro posed method and to assist aircraft production in any way feasibly sug gested. Twenty-five timbermen. representa tives of large lumbering interests in the Northwest, met in the Imperial Hotel on a call issued by Adjutant General Williams, in whose office the plans for increasing spruce output were formulated. The meeting was marked by polite disagreement, opinions to the practical nature of the proposal being at vari ance. Timbers to Be pllt. In brief, the plan, which was drafted by Mrs. Eunice Evans, of the Adjutant General's office, suggests that a great saving of time, labor and transporta tion would result from felling the spruce timber and converting It into rough specified parts on the ground by means of splitting. The process would be identical with that used for the construction of shakes and rails, would select automatically only the finest material and would reject all wastage In the same manner. It calls for the recruiting of resi dents of the spruce districts, expert workmen in that line, to supplement the present logging efforts toward get ting out the spruce. The rough, straight-grained sections could . be transported to shipping points without the costly process of constructing log ging roads and maintaining camps. Volunteer Labor Expected. Labor troubles, the plan recited, would be obviated and any recurrence of the I. W. W. movement would be powerless to affect the volunteer work ers. Adjutant-General Williams read the plans and specifications of the proposal and submitted them to the conference for discussion. At once arose a lively debate, with champions both for and against the scheme. Millmen declared that the only diffi culty In producing spruce for the Gov ernment aircraft programme lies In a shortage of labor in the camps, and that given a supply of logs they can turn out the full amount required of the dressed product. I'lan Is Debated. They maintained further that the proposed riving of spruce material on the ground is fraught with problems of organization that would render it of little value and that the quantity so produced, while welcome, would have no appreciable bearing on the amount needed. Further, they questioned the feasibility of splitting 20-foot and 24 foot lengths, such as are required for airplane beams, without producing a "twist" that would render the material awkward to handle. Oliver K. Jef fery. of the O. K. Je'fery Airplane Company, of Portland, speak ing of his observations during a recent Eastern inspection of airplane factories, said that the beams were the only problem in spruce, on account of the unflawed length necessary to one piece, and that practically all other parts could be obtained from the log without difficulty. Wattage la Held Great. Of the enormous wastage, which is evidenced by great piles of unused and rejected material at the factories, Mr. Jefferies said that it was necessary to cut 1000 feet of spruce to get the 167 feet necessary for an airplane. It Is the elimination of such waste, by ' the selection of fine material through splitting and the consequent saving In transportation charges, that affords one of the chief talking points of the Adjutant-General's proposal, as subsequent speakers pointed out. J. B. Ziegler, who said that he spoke as a "free lance," took up the gage in favor of the plan, and asserted that it is entirely feasible and would get out the spruce In a hurry. RlviaK Held Feasible. "I think that any log 24 feet long, that is fit for airplane construction, can be split." said Mr. Ziegler. "If you can't split a log that long It means that it isn't fit for airplane uses. As for the response of residents in the spruce dis tricts, I am certain that if the Govern ment would publish its specifications far and wide the woodsmen would vol unteer to get out the spruce by split ting and 1 believe that they could do it." Mr. Ziegler exhibited a letter in pup port qf his contention, from Major Charles R. Pligh. of the equipment di vision, wood section. War Department. "Rived spruce will find a ready market tConcluvled on X'ago i. Column 3. 1 105.5v