A WANT AD Iff THE DAILY NEWS BKINGS SURE BBSULT8 tz WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS I* HEALTH; FIRST IH WRA LTH. AHD FIH8T IN THE BANKS OF THE "BEST CITIES TO LIVE IN." THE WEATHER J Fair tools* t and (oaorrtv. Probably colder tomorrow. VOLUME EIGHT , WASHINGTON, N. 0^ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2, 1#18. mTVFBgtf. u ' U ?1 .?I I " . MANY M COLDBLOOD LAGUNA, 100 MILES SOUTH OP THE BORDER, IS THE SCENE OP TERRIBLE MASSACRE, PASSENGRRS ARE ROBBED . Poor Hundred Passengsr Are Lined Up and Robbed bj Villa Bandits. German Subject Beaten Ssttselfaa at Laguna Monday, it is Reported. (Bj United Press) ' '* El Paso, Nor. 1.??' Carranslsta soldiers, who cortlng a train, were hntrfcifriaft In cold blood by Villa bandits at Laguna Monday, it is reported by dlapatches which wore received here today. Pour hundred paesengera on the train wore llnod up and roWfefl. A German aubj&t waa beaten aenseleas by tho bandit?. It la eatlmated that over two hundred were in the taobi The acene or the massacre waa at Laguna, one hundred and fifty miles aouth of the border. Details of the tragedy ar? not known. v.! ,.%v^ NORWAY SENDS U-BOAT REPLY TO GERMANY Copenhagen. Nov. 2.?Norway's1 expccted reply to Germany^ subma rine protest waa forwarded'to Berlin today, according to * dispatch from Chriatlanla. Eventa of weighty Importance de pend upon the ncgotlatlqns between the two countries, for they may re sult in tho entrance of another na tion, Norway, into the war. It is understood Norway'a conten tion la that ahe ia according Ger many the aame treatment aa other belligorenta. Germany's protest was against a Norwegian decree barring German submarines from Norway's territorial waters. A dispatch from Friedrlchshafen to the Berllngake Ttdende aaya that the captain of the Norwegian steam ship Btemaheat, who waa taken to Friedrlchahafen with the membera of his crew yesterdsy. reports that the commander of the Gorman subma rine which Bank his vesael told him that all c.\rrors for England would be treated aa contraband in the fu ture. Roporta are at hand that the Nor wegian ateamera Palksfjell and Tor dal have been aunk. Washington, Nov. S.?Sweden and Denmark, it Waa learned today, have been exorclalng their good offices to prevent a break between Norway and Germany over the submarine issue. It was stated on excellent diplo matic authority that the three Scan dinavian countries entered Into an beetling of the war wblck fcfnounts almost to an al ltsnce. Its practical uses to date. It was said, have been In counselling one another And In deciding upon a common policy for Seandlnavla. Norway departed from this eom man policy when she promulgated rules respecting belligerent-owned submarines different from thoee of other nation? a?4 held by Germany to be onfrteadly to bar. lEKBRT KM HUME 'OttraijffM. WON ? M lb. MM.bMMln At fdOM at the Mac 7 at Che i BelhATco Pair. ^ ___ .? ? < M .at waa uaaaaeatrfnl U I. winn BK OVATION M NEW YORK MADISON SQUARE APPEARANCE TONIGHT PROMISES TO RIVAL THE ONE POIH YEARS AGO. " suit WILL CO DEMOCRATIC President's Lieutenant? Predict That . *?* York State Will Go Demo. J- Tammany Will Parade Preliminary to Big Meeting. (By United Press) New York. Nov. 2.?President Wilson arrived In New York today and was greeted with a roar of en thusiasm which promised to make hia Madison 8qnare appearance tonight rival the'political meeting there four years ago when he was cheered for more than an hour. The President arrived from Buffalo QU> morning. He was given a great demonstration in that city last night. Hla lieutenants report that New York state will go democratic. Democratic msnagers predict the greatest political audience of the present campaign fit Madslon Square tonlgh(. Tammany will have a giant parade, with over a thousand partic ipating. W. H. S. ELEVEN MS GOIDSBORO TOMORROW CbMsboro High School Meets Wash ington Eleven on Local Grounds Tomorrow Afternoon. A large crowd is expected to be out at the New Park tomorrow af ternoon to witness the game of foot ball to be played between Qoldsboro i and Waahington High Schools. Both | teams being about the same weight, j this promises to be one of the bcBt games of the season. Following is the line up: Lamb, c. Susman, 1g; Ilodges. rg; Doughty, It; Alllgood. rt; Whealton. le; War ren. re; Howard, qb; Bowen, lhb; Bobbins, rhb; Willis, fb. This being the line-up that made auch a good showing against Ral eigh last Monday, an oxclting contest la expected. KAISER'S WAR AT BK EVENTS By WTLLIAM BAYARD HALE, (Special Staff Correspondent) Berlin. Nov. I.?His M.ijeaty, the Emperor, Saturday received Chan-1 cellor vod Bethmann-IIollweg and I Chief' of Staff von Vindenburg, I among others. There Is much spec ulation regarding the subj ect or this and of conferences earlier In the week, the public'? Imagination cloth ing t^sm with unusual Importance. The rapid successes of the armies of V*h? Mackensen and Von Falken hayrte against Rumania aad the swift advance ?' the Central Powers to ward the Russian frontier naturally direct attention to the possibilities of treat events in the direction of Russia, either of a military or dip lomatic nature. Some fancy that re lations with Norway are under dls Llttle Is being said Just now con cerning the Polish question. The state of this occupied territory Is, however, a matter that must be de termined. The triumphs of the arms of the Central -Powers In the esat might seem to suggest that the time NEW JAPANESE MINISTER TO PEKING Huron iiuyuHhl. tbe new Japanese minister to Peking, with hid sou and daughter. liaron ilayashl wns mnbarfsador ut Kotne and Id therefore of higher mnk than any of tbe other diplomats at Peking. Till? unusual appoiutuieut bus calined something of a sensation In Lite EusL DEMOCRATIC LEADERS i CLAIM THAT WILSON IS ALREADY RE-ELECTED New York, Nov. 2.?Entirely un-j ruffled by the claim of. the Republl- | cans that Hughes will carry New York and with It the nation, the Dem ocratlc leaders yesterday announced positively that Wilson is already I elected. Edwin S. Harris, chairman-of the' Stato Committee, assprted that to his certain knowledge the public pro fessions of the Republicans are en tirely out of accord with their pri-1 vate fears. He said: "Three prominent Republicans told me Saturday that In their opin ion Wilson haa won. They say that though they are working for Hughea as hard as they can. they cannot save him. "Information of the same kind Coihea to me from Republicans in Jill pAts of the Stato. The idea that IVIlttman la going to run ahead of Sfaghea Is another mistaken notion. Ife hasn't a chance of getting 70,000 plurality up the State, and hla cam palgn managers know it." The optimism of Mr. Harris was echoed by National Chairman McCor mlck. who returned from a recon nalsance at Chicago last night. Mr. McCormlck said: "The West Is aflame with Wilson sentiment. Frank II. Hitchcock ud mlts the loss of Ohio In hist formal forecast. Ills contention that Indima and Illinois will go Republican is absurd." Further cheer was added to the, growing stock at Democratic head quarters by the return from upstate of William F. McCombs. Democratic i candidate for United States S^nntor. | Mr. McCombs expressed his vlcwn 1 thus: | "The State will go Democratic by I 100,000. Everywhere there Is a tre mendous Impetus for Wilson. This 1p true in the strongest Republican counties. The people of New York want to maintain things as they are. They have peace and prosperity, a*iu aro determined to keep them." STORM HALTS TROOPS ON WESTERN FRONT Parts, fjor. S.?8tonn? of great ??verity, accompanied by fog, are hampering operations along the greater part of the western front to sush an extent that neither the Frtnofe. firltlah nor Germans at tempted an. Infantry action today. I.astntght's dispatches Indicate (hat the bad weather alao Is Interfering seriously with srtlllery and aerial operations. The day hrvs been one o^, the quietest In weeks both on th^ Somme and at Verdun. f i There were tentative Infantry at tacks during the night, but dwlng to the treacherous terrain they were not carried through to a conclusion. ts drawing near when definite action respecting Poland might auspiciously be undertaken. RUSSIA TO ISSUE NEUTRAL BLACKLIST Petrograd, Nov. 2.?A "blacklist" similar to the one In force In Orent Britain and Including the namen of most of the foreign firms trading with enemies of Russia, will soon he published by the Ministry or Trade and Industyr, In accordance with a decision of the council of ministers, which n*od* only the signature of the ?rupertir to become a law. The max imum penalty for Infraction of this measure will be one y?ar and four qpootfu Imprisonment, or a fine of ft.ROe. The new ruling la aimed chiefly at firms masquerading under neutral names, but essentially belonging to eaemy countries. ?J7MCVtIBR TO THE DAILY NEWS 520,000 WAGERED ON > HUGHES AT 10 TO 8 New York. .Nov. S.?In*The Wall Street election betting yesterday a few transaction? wont through m 10 to 9 on Hughes. It wan estimated that 100.000 waa wagered during the day. Two Stork Exchange houses re ported handling wafers or JlO.OOO eich ou Wilson at 8 to :o. An offer of glO.Ono even that Wil son would carry Ohio, and a similar '?ffer at 10 ?a 9 went without tnkers. An offer of $1.000 aialn.-t $3.000 that Wilson would carry Wisconsin, whkh has never gone Democratic; another of $1.000 at 2 to 1 that Wil son world carry Grc.-.|..- New Vork by uO.OOO and one of 10 to 6 on Hughe.? to carry the State, also found no takers. FORT VAUX EVA? BY GERMANS ?AST op Tin: vKiilirx forts HAS 11EEX EVAt'l'ATED 11V THE (iEUMAN'S. TERRIFIC FRENCH FIRE Tentons Were Forrcd to Withdraw TJ?olr Troops Ijidcr the Terrific Fire of tho ?French. Troops Left During Night Following Orders. (By United Press) Berlin, Nov. 2.?Fort Vaux, north west from Verdun. h?is been evacuat ed by t ho Germans, it is officially an nounced. "Artillery engagement on the onBt bank of tho Meuse has Increased with great intensity. The French directed an especially destructive fire against Fort Vaux, which haa already bee evacuated by our troops during the night, following orders. Important ports and fort blistered hy us before withdrawing." Fort Vaux !?? the last of the Vc dun forta'renu: !ng In the possession of the G or ma* Fort Donaumont having h**en r. nred during the re cent French olf -nslvo. United Pres? dispatches Saturday reported that Fort Vaux was sur- I rounded on t h t ? ? sides and under In ' tense bombard: nnt. SHELBUKNE WRITES My salo today sent every one homo well pleased. Our market Is lilgh, and I am s"lilnc tobacco at the top prices. A great many people nsk me If the election will hurt the prices of tobacco. 1 do not think that will effect tho prices in the least, but If I had tobacco and could possibly do so, I would certainly aril It out be fore Thankseivlnc day. which Is the latter pnrt of this month. B'low I give son;" sales made to jday, and If you bring me your load I ,wlll boo that you do as (rood. J. 1). Thomas, 27. 35. 37, 60. Ave. [$33.00. I J. E. Douglas. 2S. 2S, 2fi. 27. 31. 31. 33, 35, 3<5. R3. Ave $30.70. J no. Keklln. 22"/. 2R. 30, 33. 31. I 89. 50. Ave. $34 50. Warren Latham, 27, 23. 31, 37. Ave. $30.00. Joo Jenkins. 28, 30, 30, 34. 38. Ave. $31.60. J. A. 'Buck,. 23, 29, 30, 30. 33, 35. AV* 1*0 56. Cohie to sen m# and I will make n high sale fo# you. Yours truly. V. B. 8MKLnURNVL Don't merely "?jwr?" * Hltle Clme for looking oVer tho adli. Allot am ple time for lt-*-for this should bt a part of yortr work as tb* "business j manager" of vouf Hem?. ..j a. : OFFERED NO HELPTOTHE MIH* ?OATS I.L FT TO PKRII.8 OF T K K OCK.W \ITKH HElNti T0i:n:i)0F:D. BOATS LANDED AI DUBLIN Dispatches Imllrato That All Missing Now Abandoned as Lost. Consul Frost Will Cable Affidavit? o? the Survivor* Today. (By I'niiPil Press) London, Nov. 3.?American sur vivor report that the tiubrnarino which sunk the Uritiah steamer Mar inn, with a probable I'm of Amer ican lives, fdllowerl tiie silip boats h:.|f au hour after tho Marina sank but c ti?, red no assistance. A. I>. Evlln, of Norfolk, and P. s. Hat..lin, of Ilal 1 i more, are among the survivors landed at Dublin today, and they told the came story. The submarine submerged after c fisrt torpctTo was fired, they said, but son came lo the surface, and af ter st*cin?f tho Marion Mill afloat, shot another torpedo into her pori side. Dispatches from Queeastown to day report tho i.isging Is njw aban doned as lost. Consul Frost will cable summaries of the affidavits of the American sur vivors and ulso the depositions of tba surviving officers today. ADVANCE ON JA IS HALM SAID (Tly I'nifr-d Pre**) Petrograd. Nov. 2 ? Field Marshal Matkensen h.i? halted tV.e advance against Dobrudja ; < ntly because tc-h short-.ge or men. to protect l*oc line defenses alone the Danube. Itu' hnresi dispat? he* declare. Mnekonsen was forced to deplete his own forces In order to reinforce Falkenhayn on the Transylvanlan front. The withdrawal of these troops Is se'r* '?< V.-,ve chocked his offensive on "rat ins. Practically everywhere on the Trnnsvlvanfan front, except at South Red Tower Pas??, the Romanians are maintaining their own. The Teutons have he^n checked In their advance on Carrpolnng, but are continuing henvy sttnckfl on Alt valley, where th? loss of two Ruman ian towns is conceded. TODAYS PROGRAM AT New Theatre "THE WAIF?" Flvfl Re pi Triangla Exciting ami Thrilling Don't fn.fl to nee It. 1 A DM IK# ION 5c and Show a tar ta at 7:45 ftharp Maline? daily at 4 p. ?. WE ARE LOCAL AGfolTS FOR THE "NATIONAL STUDENT" CLOTHE pit an4 Satisfaction Guaranteed. - Calais Qothlng Company, CLOTHIERS. FURNISH AND HATTERS.