THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: NOVEMBER 5, 1916.
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ODDS ON HUGHES
ARE SIGHS OF WIN
f , Democrats in New York Run to
Cover and Practically
' Admit Defeat.
WHAT BETTING SHOWS
V'w York, Nov. 4. (Special Tele
gram.) Rank and file democrats are
conceding the election of Governor
Hughes and the defeat of President
Wilson. The president's campaign
managers are still keeping up their
shouts of optimism, to be sure, and
making as big claims as ever, or per
haps larger, but their followers know
that it is only rainbow chasing, and
decline to join further in that kind of
amusement.
Hughes' is elected, and the demo
crats know. it. The size of his ma
jority in the electoral college, or of
his; plurality in the popular vote, is
not material, those things are mat
ters of interest, for the morning of
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.luvuniirr o, uui ine principal laci is
wet! determined today and :t will be
T What Th Fin
It is what men do, and not so much
hat they say that reveals exactly what
nicy linn, i lie ucuiucrais wuu nave
been backing their opinions with their
money have revealed by their acts just
what they think of the democratic
campaign and of the president's
chances for re-election. I he very best
they hope for is six chances out of
sixteen. The prospect of Mr. Wilson's
election, rated in terms of the betting
fraternity who make it their business
to know the facts of any political situ
ation on which they are staking their
money, is only a fraction more than
half as good as that of Mr. Hughes.
Rating Hughes as one, they put Wil
son at six-tenths, and all Wilson sup
porters will put up with a Hughes
man is six dollars to win ten: Every
Wilson man who is willing to risk any
money at all on the result is today
demanding such odds, and in demand
ing those odds he is conceding that
Mr. Hughes is almost twice as good
a risk as his own candidate.
This is extremely significant at this
juncture, owing to the claims made
by the democratic managers a little
earlier in the campaign. It is only
within the last few weeks that any
betting has been done. For a long
time the offer of Hughes money in
the usual betting places brought no
response in the way of democratic
cash., The democrats were wary and
lir hi. nllinnn nrila n rt nr a
could republican betters,, get any
wagers. ,r."5 , .' .
Then, Mvhen the democrats began
their campaign drive, they stimulated
their friends to come into the betting
market and make some wagers for the
effect of such action on public senti
ment. They brought out all the Wil
son money they could, and as a result
the odds i changed. From two to one
the odds shitted gradually, with more
and more Wilson money coming out,
until for two days last week it wa9
possible to get even money wagers iri
small amounts. That was the neight
of the democratic campaign, and they
made the.i-mos t,of it , iir tlie, way .'
shohts and claims. , - '
That was the exact point at which
the" -republican' drive- began, ' right
where, the, democratx, drive,- Ban
reached its crest, and every day since
then has seen the-republican wave roll
higher and higher, while the demo
cratic wave has been sinking away,
and: as that happened the democratc
betters have been keeping steps with
their demands for increased and' in
creasing odds. Back down the road
they" have fled, from even . money to
ten to nyie, then ten to eight and a
half, ' then ten to -eight, then ten to
seven and now ten to six. Tomorrow,
if you want to bet any money on
Hughes, you- probably will have to
give two to one, just as you had to do
at trie heeinnine of the camoaign.
Even at ten to six, the announced odds
of tpday, it is- almost impossible tp
get jany money down. Democrats who
are .aemanaing sucn ooas as mat are
not filling to bet when they get them.
The democratic managers will issue
claims for 325 electoral votes, but if
you a6k them what money they have
to back such claims, they will either
run to cover altogether or demand
odds of at least ten to six.
It is a confession of defeat, not in
words, but in actions, which speak
louder than words. And that has been
the main trouble with the Wilson ad
ministration, its words have contra
dicted its deeds. That is the chief
reason why today's betting odds are
ten to six on Hughes.
Ach! How He Loves the Germans!
When he is not a candidate biddingfor theirvotes
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Dutch Shipbuilders Hard
; Hit by Export Restrictions
(Corr'epondence of Tlie Anaorlated Hrn.
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 31.
Dutch shipbuilders and the entire
metal industry have been much dis
quieted by the recent restriction of
German exports of iron and steel to
this country. Shipbuilders are already
experiencing a shortage in profile
steel and other essential raw ma
terials, and unless an improvement
soon comes they may, despite their
overloaded books, have to dis
charge a part of their workmen. Apart
rom the big demands made on (jer-
nan . inniisirv nv ine muniiiaciurc ui
imumums ui war. uie iaiei mcdsuii
is ascribed in well-informed quarters
here to a desire to hamper. shipbuild
ing in Holland now that a pan of the
Dutch cargo space lias heen .- unreel'
by the allies. In view of tin- difficul
ties described, and the anticipated J
scarcity of iron and steel materials. :
the industrial commission has ap-!
proached the minister of industry and j
commerce with a view to the erec- j
tiou -of a state distribution bureau in
this country, and hope is cherished
that the threatened dangers be ward-1
cd off. !
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ARGENTINE CORN IS
NOT STRANGER HERE
Many Millions of Bushels Have
Come Into Country Under
J Democratic Tariff.
IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWK
The dumping; ;vi,0,rjOC!l bushel?
of 'Argentine' corn into Peoria,' the
ccTlfer ;of the grain growing section of
the United States, has created con-
tftetttatioif among the etemoeratic sup
porters-. sThe shipment has. av glar
ingly called attention to the compe
tition to which the American farmer
is subjected under 1 the Underwood
tariff law 'that the democratic cam
paign management has resorted to
the argument of denying the story al
together, or of misrepresenting con
ditions. The following from the Peoria Star
tells its own story: ,
"In a public speech the other night
Congressman C. U. Stone of this dis
trict made the following declarations
concerning the shipments of Argen
tine corn into the United States:
"'Oh, there were. several shipments
two vears ago, small quantities of this
corn .were put up in one and two
pound sacks and sent throughout the
corn belt for the use of republican
politicians.'
Twenty Million .Bushels.
"Congressman Stone is not well. in
formed, or if he is well informed a
mote serious charge must be brought
against him. For the official figures
show that in the latter part of 1913
and early in 1914. the period referred
to by the congressman, that there
were imported into the United States
20,826,000 bushels of Argentine com
and it began coming in soon after the
passage of the democratic tariff and
knocked down the price in Chicago
in January, 1914, to as low as 60 cents
a bushel for No. 2 corn.' And in Feb
ruarv. 1914. the price went as low as
61 cents for No. 2 corn and in March
of that year the. price was as low as
63 cents for No. 2 corn.
"This was in the face of the fact
that the corn crop for 1913 in the
United States was a very light one,
totaling only 2.446,000.000 bushels and
naturally without anv outside compe
tition the price should have advanced
instead of declining.
"In a similar manner we imported
mostly from Canada during the lat
ter months of 1913 and early in 1914,
22,737,000 bushels of oats, which kept
the price down in this country and
lowered it to a small extent. And this
also in the face of the fact that the
oats crop of 1913 was a short crop,
being 'only 1,121,000,000 bushels, and
without any outside competition we
should have had an average of 5 or 10
cents a bushel.
"The Argentine Repimlic is a com
ing country for the1 ptdrfuctidn of all
kinds of grain. It is only in its in
fancy now and yet with a light crop
of torn this year,' Argentine ports
cleared last week 3.851,000 bushels, of
which 136,000 bushels came to the
United States, and after these ship
ments there remained in the "visible
or public elevators 14,271,000 bushels
of corn against a visible in the United
States of 2,871,000.
Court Prevents Sale of ;
Big Philippine Ship
(Correspondence of The Aasorlated Press.)
Manila, P. I., Oct. 16. The right of
Philippine ship owners to sell their
vessels without government -sanction
is expressly denied in a decision made
by the board of public utility com
missioners. The board refused- the
petition of Ynchausti & Co., a local
shipping, firm, for, permission, to sell
the interisland, steamer, Governor
Forbes.
The board says that it can see no
reason in law or economic , morals
why the firm of Ynchausti & Co.
should be permitted to make the 100
per cent profit which the sale would
mean to them, instead of the annual
30 per cent profit -which the vessel is
yielding, at the cost of the welfare
of the people of the Philippines. The
Governor Forbes has been plying be
tween Manila and lloilo, the sugar
metropolis, for some years, though
this service has been temporarily sus
pended for the last few months while
the vessel was on charter to trans
I'acilic carriers.
The board does not attempt to pass
upon the legal aspects of its decision,
hut confines itself to a statement that
the organic act which established the
hoard of utility commissioners, gives
it power to refuse premission. for the
sale of public utility company, prop
erty. ' ,
The steamship company will ap
peal-
YILLISTAS CUT OFF
EARS OFJRISONERS
Men and Women Stripped of
Clothes as Bandits Hold
Up Train.
HAVE TO WEAR BLANKETS
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 4. Villa ban
dits again are cutting the ears from
captured Carranza soldiers and then
sending them back to their commands
as a warning to other Carranza sol
diers, said a Mexican civilian refugee
who reached here today from Jimincz,
Chihuahua. He came to El Paso by
way of Torreon. Coahuila, and from
there to Eagle Pass, Tex., as the Mex
ican Central railroad was cut between
Jiminez and Chihuahua City.
He claimed to have seen sixteen
Carranza soldiers at Jimincz with
their ears severed from their heads.
He said the sight was revolting, as
the ears had been cut off with dull in
struments, and in many instances the
skin on the face had been mutilated
and the wounds had I ecome infected,
and the soldiers were suffering great
agony.
The refugees said they had been told
by one of the soldiers that a total of
eighty-three Carranza soldiers had had
their ears cut off by Villa bandits at
Santa Rosalia. These sixteen soldiers,
he said, had reached Jiminez from
Santa Rosalia, on their way to Tor
reon. and they reported that Villa,
bandits had looted Santa Rosalia and
had impressed many citizens of that
town.
El Paso, Tx., Nov. 3. Passengers
arriving from Chihuahua City on the
delayed passenger train late last night
brought additional details of the rob
bery of the Mexican Central passen
ger train which left Juarez Monday,
They said three passengers were shot
by the bandits when they fired into
the passenger train, one being a Mex
ican woman. It was not known
whether they were killed. The con
ductor who was shot was Carlos
Pairis, whose father is an American.
He was shot in the hip by the bandits
when he attempted to replace a rail
which had been removed by tbe ban
dits to wreck the passenger train. The
engine and tender were derailed, the
passengers stated, but the coaches did
not leave the rails.
These passengers brought a report
that the Carranza guards made a fight
when they saw the Villa bandits and
eight of them succeeded in escaping,
the remaining twenty-nine, including
Captain Guzman, being shot. The
passengers stated, however, that there
was a report in ChihuauL'a City that
a number of Carranza guards had
joined the Villa bandits, though the
official report stated all had been ex
ecuted. The passengers confirmed the
report that the passengers, both men
and women, -were' robbed of their
clothing. They said the passengers
were obliged to wear blanket! and
even newspapers into Chihuahua City
after the bandits forced them to dis
robe. The passengers reported General
Fortunato Maycotte in Jiminez, Chi
huahua, with four of his troop trains.
They say that General Maycotte
mounted his artillery on tlatcars, I
which were placed in the first troop j
train. Seeing this artillery the Villa
bandits, who were said to be in pos-1
session of Santa Rosalia, evacuated
the town after Firing at the Carranza
troops from behind a hill near the
railroad track.
which the government proposes to
take to insure an adequate food sup
ply for the people at moderate prices
will raise the present food expendi
ture to $40,000,000 a year. If that
proves to be the case, and assuming
that the mobilized army is kept up
to its present strength, war crisis ex
penditure in coming months will rise
to $10,000,000 monthly.
Millions Lost Yearly ori
Account of Diseased Animals
JforreKpondenre of the Associated PreM.)
I Washington, Oct. 31. Losses ag
grfing $212,000,000 through dis
eases of animals is sustained in the
United States yearly. Much of that
1 is preventable, Department of
Agriculture experts declare.
Dutch Pay Dearly
For Peace Policy
The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 20.
The first two years of the European
' fst the Dutch treasury $178,
400.000, according to figures just is
sued by the ministry of finance. That
amount includes the sum of $8,200,000
already raised by special war taxa
tion. Deficits on the normal bud-
tets constituted a further charge of
21,800,000. If things continue as at
present the national debt will have in
creased by $280,000,000 by the end of
11'17, or by about half of the entire
figure at which it stood before the
war. The two war loans so far issued
amounted together to $160,000,000, the
whole of which sum has long since,
disappeared. Another loan is already
under discussion, but the tax on war
profits and special defense taxes or
war levies will also in due course be
a source of much strength, being es
li'iiated to bring in at least $60,000,
000 and probably calculated to yield
much more.
To put the figures in another way.
the war crisis, with the retention of
an army of over a quarter of a mil
lion on a war footing, has so far cost
Holland nearly $8,000,000 a month.
"mi ivpert economist estimates that
the further far-reaching measures
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