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HOW THE VOTES WENT
Now that the election is over, and that we are all still interested in it,
it is worth while to make an attempt to diagnose the whole matter to see
lu»w and where the votes went and the reason theretor.
The tir>t fact which makes itself evident is that the socialists polled only
; bout halt the vote they polled in the last election. Now. where did those
Other 700 or S00 socialist vote go to?
\lso where did the womens’ vote go? The vote of the women in Seward
was just exactly about a quarter of the total vote. Seventy two women, to
he exact, cast a vote in this city out of a total vote of 293. Of course quarter
of the vote cast all over the territory was not woman vote as the vote of
women in cities would be far greater than the vote of women outside of
vilies. But it would probably be safe to say that a seventh of the total vote
in the territory would he the vote of the women. The total vote this year is
approximately 9,500. V seventh of that would hi* 1,357, but to be sure make
it 1,200. And strange to say the vote this year is just about 1.200 more than
it was last election lor all parties combined. Well, with 1.200 votes for women
und 800 votes lost to the socialists we have just 2.000 votes to account lor.
Where did they go?
Last election Wickersham polled 3,335 votes. This year he polled just
about 5,000. Last election the combined votes for Jennings and Gilmore were
2.900. This year Bunnell polled about 3.500. So. speaking in round numbers,
we have Wickersham gaining about 1,700 votes and the regular parties if
one may say so. gaining about 600. If the womens’ vote were equally divided
between Wickersham and Bunnell it would mean exactly the increase of
Bunnell's vote over the combined votes of Jennings and Gilmore—that is 600.
Now take halt the womens’ total vote from the Wickersham vote and it
means that he polled something like 1,100 votes more than last election with
out taking the women into account. Knowing this fact and remembering the
lad that the Miciali>t> lo>t about 800 votes it rather points to the fact that
the >ociali*t missing vote this year went to the present delegate.
However, the most extraordinary thing about the election is that this
year, in November, the total vote is at least 1.200 more than it was in the
last election although the last election was held in August when the popula
tion of Alaska must have been greater by at least 2.000 than it was this
month. Of course* we have some 1.200 women voting hut when their vote is
taken away we find Alaska polling as many votes in November as it did in
August. No doubt all the people who went out were not voters but still very
many of them must have been . It must also he remembered that Harrais and
scattering votes in the last election accounted for 300. These 300 were prob
ably divided up this year as Harrais and some of his friends came over to the
tegular side this year while many of his supporters kept up the dog in the
manger policy.. When the full and exact figures become known they will
make interesting reading.
- — JUNEAU.—The jury in the case of
* All the government vs. Yamashita,
A ruts from AU charged with the murder of Kagita,
^ g - foreman of the cannery at Sitkoh Bay,
ill *111 after being out since last Friday, was
• V f \ k'd discharged by Judge Jennings last ev
.o 111 illItlllll ening. having been deadlocked and un
• able to agree. The jury stood six to
six and afterwards 8 for conviction
SEATTLE. —The Seattle ( hambei . , 4. .
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IN HOLLAND
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 5.—Holland is
suffering poverty from the war and
the really poor are in bad straits.
Money is being collected foe the
support of the poor. rlhe fact is that
Rotterdam, like all port cities, has a
sub-stratum of inhabitants to whom
bare feet, ill-clothed back and empty
stomach are of greater concern than
all else. Already the policemen patrol
in pairs, and where formerly it was
a crime to spend a night sleeping on
a bench in the park this no longer
arouses even the slightest attention.
What will come with the advent of
winter is something of whicn men
think but do not talk. There will be
an end even to the amount of money
the better classes of the country can
spend in charity work. Realization if
this was signalized when a few days
ago the Chamber of Commerce and
other civic societies decided to bring
collections to a definite basis. Contri
butions arc made in certain amounts
and at stated intervals, but their con
tinuation necessarily depends upon the
economic conditions of those who
make them. With business almost at
a standstill there is no telling when
that time will be reached. With the
coming of winter, too, the demands
are bound to become heavier and
needs more pressing. All this is best
understood when one sees and hears
that the better classes are taking the
wise precaution of providing against
mob violence against their homes.
The systematic interference of Eng
land and France with Dutch shipping
is not relished here. Holland, it is
said, has given every proof that she is
willing to do her best for the preser
vation of her neutrality. That some
grain has entered Germany from Hol
land cannot be denied, but recently the
government has put a stop to this. All
railroad cars entering Germany are
now examined by the military authori
ties along the border, and all contra
, band is confiscated. The Dutch gov
ernment has agreed that food belong
ing to those articles which have been
included in the list of commodities
coming under the head of “hostile
assistance’1 and at present Germany is
getting none of tnese. Some time ago
it was learned that some Dutch far
mers along the border had been doing
a little business with Germans, but
now this has been stopped.
It is felt here, therefore, that Eng
land and France might be a little more
lenient with Dutch shipping. Holland
herself needs the products of her col
onies, but as the case of the Rotter
dam Lloyd steamer Tambora has
■ demonstrated these two belligerents
are not greatly interested in this. 'I lie
cargo taken consisted largely of alim
enaries, such as toffee, tea, cocoa and
the small quantities of rice and tapi
| oca could not have materially increas
ed the food supply of Germany and it
really found its way into that country
It was also felt that the seizure by the
French of 250 silver ingots consigned
to the Netherland Bank, and virtually
Dutch government property, was not
I an act of necessity.
But with the Hollanders it is truly
| a case of grin and bear, though it is
I not likely that they will forget— prov
I ided it \ ill serve their purpose ulti
i match to > n :ite, . That Germany
might have done the same thing, nad
positions been reversed has no bear
ing on the matter. The fact is that
Holland has been given a strong taste
of what supremacy means, and ;he
feeling is that the Hag of Holland has
never meant so little or counted for
less. For a people as intensely patri
otic as the Netherlands this is cause
for keen resentment and that this re
sentment must not be given expres
sion nurts all the more.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 5.—Thc trag
edy of war is pictured in the letter of
an unnamed first lieutenant which ap
peared in the Cologne Gazette of re
cent date.
“The woman in whose house I am
quartered and whose husband is in the
field, “he writes, “told me in tears
this morning:
“Since two months no news. We do
not know where my husband is.
“The woman and her family do not
even know in what regiment the man
serves. That Is terrible! The woman
wanted to know how many French
had been killed. I tried to console
her by telling her that many had been
made prisoners of war. And now she
has fastened every hope upon this.
“When 1 hear that at home children
go to school and that everything pro
gresses more or less in the regular
channels, I am compelled to say a
t prayer of thanksgiving that our
; country has been spared. ^ ou ought
i to see the disorder here. The country
side is overcrowded with troops, there
is m. administration, the crops are
still in the fields, and famine threat
ens. The people are irresolute and
deiected.
‘it is now eight days since the fight
j ing in the Forest of-I think of
! the events with a shudder. It is differ
ent when you are fighting out in the
open, but to fight in the woods—in the
deep forest—is awful. The explosions
of the shells reverberated through the
forest and the heavy bombs cut lanes
through the trees. We did not know
most of the time where the shells
came from. It was impossible to re
turn the fire. In the morning we saw
the French cook their breakfast, but
we could do nothing because we had
j to conceal our position.
“There is one picture 1 will never
forget. On September first we shot
down a patrol of chasseurs; two men
who were in cover were taken prison
ers. When the skirmish was over I
went with one oi the chasseurs to
where the officer in charge of the pat
rol had fallen.
“1 saw immediately that the man
had died from a shot through the
heart. But the chasseur who accomp
anied me, and who evidently was very
fond of the officer, asked me, with
great concern in his voice: Does my
officer live? I shook my head, saying:
“‘No, he is dead:’ And then a very
touching thing occurred. The soldier
fell to his knees beside the dead officer
and prayed for a long time. A grip
ping picture. On the ground, in a flood
of sunlight, lay four dead horses. My
men stood about them in a ring, and
in this circle rested the dead officer
with the private praying at his side.
We were silent—the silence of death
was upon us; but through it we heard
the steps of Death, who may gather
us tomorrow.
•% too, said a prayer for the brave
enemy, the dead comrade—Lieutenant
of Reserve Gaston Forgues of Bord
eaux."
LONDON, Nov. 6.—At the head
quarters of the London recruiting of
fices the authorities have compilec
a chart which throws an interesting
light on the psychology of recruit ;g
It covers a period between August 11
and September 7, when 51,094 men en
listed in London. It shows how re
cruiting remained at a daily aveit.gf
of 1,200 while the news from the fronl
was not disquieting; how it rose wher
the news was not so satisfactory, an<
how it went up with a rush wher
heavy casualties were announced.
On Monday, August 24, the news
was "German advance all along the
line.” There were 1481 recruits. Or
Tuesday there was a further advance
and the recruits went up to 1,547. Or
Wednesday, when it was announced
there were 2,000 casualties at Mons
the figures rose to 1561. On Thursday
with report of the further retirement
of the British troops, 2,000 recruits
were added to the roll.
By Saturday, the 29th, when the
news was “British fight against tre
mendous odds,” the total was raised to
j 2,003 for the day, and even on Sunday,
usually a slack day, 1250 men enlisted.
But the following Monday, August 31,
when the headlines read “Casualties
5,000,” and photographs of the first
British wounded were printed, recruits
responded with a challenging rush and
4001 men enlisted. On Tuesday there
was only a slight drop to 3479. On
Wednesday the first list of casualties
roused another challenge and a fresh
record of 4135 was made. On the
morning of Monday, September 7,
there appeared the news of 15,000
British casualties, and the sinking of
the Pathfinder. London replied by
making still another record of nearly
5,000 men.
How that the War Office has had a
chance to deal with the first 500,000
recruits for the new army it is antici
pted that before long the standard
will bo put back to the old level. At
the London recruiting headquarters
the names and addresses are being
taken of thousands of men just under
5 feet 6 inches, and they are being told
to settle dow’n for a few weeks and
wait until they receive a telegram.
An official said it was not that the
army did not want the 5 ft. 3 in. men,
but recruiting had to be damped dowm
somehow to give the War Office a
chancu to deal with the men, and it
was decided that the simplest way was
to raise the standard. It will soon be •
dow’n again
The daily average of recruits is still
falling. It is about 5,000 for the vhole
country, but there is no anxiety at the
London headquarters. One officer as- '
sorted that he could raise half a mil- j
lion men in London alone.
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T. & M. APPLICATION NO. 61676
Department of the Interior
United Statee Land Office
Juneau. Alaika. September 3, 1914.
Notice ia hereby given that the Port Helden
Parking Company of Portland, Oregon, a cor
poration organised under the laws of the State
of Washington, has made application In this
office under the provision* of th* Act* of Con
gress of March 3, 1891. and May 14, 1898,
amended by the Act of March 3, 1903, for the
lands embraced in U. S. Survey No. 481 as
a trade and manufacturing site, aaid lands be
ing located on the east shore of Port Helden,
Bering Sea, Alaska. In latitude 68 deg. 62
min. N. and longitude 168 deg. 44 min. W.
and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, W. C. Cor. due
E. 1.06 chs., on line of ordinary high tide of
Port Helden. thence due E. 26. chs., to Cor.
No. 2, thence due N. 80 chs., to Cor. No. 8,
thence due W. 13.88 chs., to Cor. No. 4, on
line or ordinary high tide Port Helden, whence
low point at east entrance heart N. 17 deg.
30 min. W., thence meandering along the
shore of said Port Helden, (1) N. 16 deg. 46
min. W. 16.66 chs., (2) S. 26 deg. 07 min. W.
15.61 chs., to Cor. No. 1. the place of begin
ning, containing an area of 26.69 acres, Mag.
Var. 21 deg. 24 min. E.
Any and all persons claiming any portion of
said lands, or desiring to protect said applica
tion or entry, are required to file their said
adverse claims or protesta vnder oath within
the period of the statute or thereafter taey
will be barred.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
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