Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 1 | Something in the Telegram Every Day for Every Member of the Family

t methi I i in hi in J TELEGRAM TELEGRAM V Every V E V Day for f V r Every Ev ry Member M bi of I. I V ej V f V V V U BOAT U-BOAT CARRIED I IBID BID TO END WAR WARI i iI I I OFFICIALS OFFICIALS' THINK V V V V V By United Pr Pry V V y WASHINGTON ASHl Oct V 7 If the trend rep of speculation in official cial cir circles le tonight is correct Kaiser has made madea a spectacular spec spec- ta Jl ar bid hd for p peace ace The Tile mail b belie li d be been n c carried by byThe The fighting German boat U-boat K d into Newport ort harbor harbor I. I arid and out put aga again this afternoon includes 11 from froth the kai kaiser to 1 Pr President ide Wilson a according according- ord to th theory The message dispatched b by the German ruler in the same undersea un un- un- un derea manner to the king Icing ling J of ot r Spain som some months ago is the precedent on which the b belief lief is based The feeling that a peace project is 1 afoot in Germany has not been completely com corn I pl tely r removed by by the vehement deI denials denials de de- de- de nials which followed publication that I Amba Ambassador adol Gerard is bringing such sucha a proposal I Tonight the i inclination was to beliEve belve be believe be be- lieve lve that Ambassador Bernstorff when he be sees President Wilson Monday Monday Mon Mon- day at al Shadow Lawn for the avowed purpose of presenting the tile Kaisers Kaiser's letter letter let let- ter with regard legard to Polish r relief may have another letter of greater importance import import- ance V V Embassy Surprised There are indications however that the coming of the U 53 was a complete complete com corn surprise to the tIle German ambassador ambas j Ambassador Bernstorff Bei declared I i as much this afternoon And Prince r counsellor of the th embassy was hustling hustling- some things Into luto a suitcase suit suit- I case and preparing to catch a train for forI I Newport ort to jo gie greet t the visitors from u un under der jie be sea when the word came that t the were gone gope again He had not known the boat was coming and he hedi I di did not know now it was going so soon it was clear V V V V VI I J The e en em X tr t jt it had no pe 1 V or f any communication V which h. h th tM b boat at mi might ht have ha bro brought m Gu V The fh disposition at th tile the embassy after I th the firs shock h l of sur-pr sur e j M Rose s exploit bad had p passed f 4 i as sume sume a Ii matter of turU Nothing is is impossible under uie water embassy members said the Deutschland Deutsch- Deutsch laud land proved that The British tish embassy however does oes I qt l look 01 upon upon the naval submersible 1 coming as a matter of ot event It wIll wUl not become so if the British objections objections ions can prevent The The United States will be called upon upon to t to make prisoners ners Continued on 01 page 2 NATION WIDE WIDE- Continued from page 1 1 Last week with the same states left Jeff out Mr H Hughes had a plurality of over he the president Hughes Prop Progressives e Slum Slump Mr Hughes Hughes is in the latest latest latest- votes re received received received re- re is not drawing so heavily from I the Roosevelt voters of 1912 as be he was The lat latest st figures show that he is I picking up approximately 77 per cent of the Progressive vote while 21 per percent percent cent is going to the president and the remainder to the Socialist nominee Last week Mr Hughes was vas receiving 79 per cent of this vote and the president pres pres- ld Id ident mt nt 20 per cent The Fhe tabulation made up for the first three weel weeks s of the Herald poll also sho shows vs that the percent percentage V f Wilson voters of ot 1912 who are sw switching ng to Mr Hughes haa has fallen off Likewise the number of Taft men of ot f four dur ur years ago swinging to the president has dropped slightly In th the votes voles thus far taker taken and In Inthe Inthe the Inquiries that have been made by bythe bythe bythe the Heralds Herald's experts all over the country country coun coun- try it has become more apparent than It was a week or two ago that with the president gaining and Mr Hughes slipping slightly though slightly though both the progress and the retrogression are very small small therace the race for the presidency will willbe willbe willbe be a close one right up to the close of the campaign amp Landslides Forgotten The Republicans have given up all expectation of a landslide The Heralds Herald's canvass thus far although entirely too unrepresentative to Justify a prediction about what will happen next month has shown quite conclusively that no landslide is Is' In sight for either side and that the election is likely to re remain remain remain re- re main in doubt The Herald at this time attempts no definite forecast There are twentynine twentynine twenty- twenty nine rime days Mays yet before the election Before Before Before Be Be- fore that time has elapsed the Herald with its canvassers at work in every state where there is a possibility of doubt about the outcome will have gathered material which will be fairly representative of ot the voting population In each state and nd it will later Indicate which of the two nominees in its opinion opinion ion ion will be elected Only Votes Apart That In twenty six states the total tota stra straw w vote of more than fifty thousand leaves the two nominees separated by only votes Is in itself sufficient In Indication Indication indication In- In that the contest now being waged is a close one Of Ot the two thirty-two states from which straw votes have been received and tabulated for this weeks week's issue twenty states show a a. plurality for Mr Hughes and twelve tor Lor the president The twenty are New Jersey Dela Dela- ware Nebraska Kansas Illinois Iowa Michigan Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Ohio Indiana Wyoming Minnesota North Dakota California Nevada New New- Mexico Meco and Oregon The Wilson states are New York Connecticut Maryland Maryl nd Missouri l Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa Wisconsin Massachusetts l West Virginia Kentucky Colorado Arizona and Washington The H Hughes states have a total electoral elec elec- toral vote of The Wilson states have a total electoral elec elec- toral vote of