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KOYUKUK RETURNS STILL LEAVE
SUL2ER IN LEAD FOR CONGRESS
The Koyukuk returns from the delegate election have
been received and they stiil leave Sulzer in the lead in the
race, and it may now almost be taken as a fact that the
Democrat will be the next representative to congress from
Alaska. The following cable arrived last night for the
Gateway from Morrissey of Fairbanks, who has been
sending* nearly all the political news from the Fourth di
vision since the beginning ot the campaign:
"Fairbanks, Nov. 23. — The Koyukuk returns have,
just been received. 1 hey show that Wickersham iecei\-,
ed sixty-one votes and Sulzer received forty-three. Lewis
got thirty-three. The figures ot the News-Miner show
that Sulzer is now leading in the territory by fifty-five
votes. His lead in the Fourth division is now cut to five
votes by the Koyukuk returns. The Kuskokwim district
still remians to be heard from but it is expected to swell
Sulzer's plurality bv twenty votes.
(Signed) “MORRISSEY.”
The figures of the News-Miner as given above are
different from the figures of the Juneau Empire by only
ten votes. Yesterday the Gateway cabled the Empire to
say if it had received the Koyukuk, Kuskokwim and other
returns and to tell what its figures now show for the Ter
ritory. The following was received late last evening:
"Juneau, Nov. 23—No returns have been received by
us yet from the precincts you mention. Sulzer s plurality
today for the whole territory is sixtv-three.
(Signed) EMI IKE.
By taking the Wickersham plurality of eighteen in
the Koykukuk from the Empire’s figures we leave a Sul
zer plurality of forty-five. It is rather likely that the re
turns from Marshall have already been received from the
Nome returns as Marshall is in touch with St. Michaet
fairly well, and if this is so the only places to be heard
from would be the Kuskokwim, Kobuk and a tew other
places that hardly count. Therefore, Alaska has fallen
in line wtih the rest of the nation by placing us all on ten
terhooks with a small and shaky plurality for the Demo
cratic candidate. The vote given for the Koyukuk is
much smaller than many had expected and all oldtimers
expected Wickersham to get a majority there. That this
majority was so small is one more of the surprises of the
wonderful election. The comparatively large vote given
for the Socialist in that camp is also worthy of note. The
great surprise of all is the fact that the Fourth division,
Wickersham’s home division, has gone against him, even
by a very slight plurality. Those terrible roads of Colonel
Richardson prevented him from getting in there, he said,
and it would be a sort of Nemesis if the awful Dick had
actually defeated the Delegate directly. Two or three
dinky precincts are the pivots of the election but it looks
as though the Democrat had squeezed in ahead of the
Hughes man as the Democrat outside squeezed in ahead
of Hughes himself. When the Koyukuk, the greatest of
all the camps not heard from, if Marshall be left out of
consideration, polled only 13» votes and out of that num
ber gave Wickersham only a plurality of 18 it looks like
Sulzer more than ever, in spite of the anxiety and doubts
of Sulzer’s own best supporters.
TOM DONOHUE SAYS
SULZER LEADS OY 92
T. J. Donohue. Democratic national committeeman,
was wired also today by the Gateway and requested to
give Ins figures, as it is about certain that he has followed,
the returns throughout the territory more carefully than
anyone else not directly interested. The following an-;
swer was received from Mr. Donohue this afternoon!
“Valdez, Nov. 24.—From all the precincts reported in
the Third division Sulzer has received 1,153(> and Wicker
sham 1,894. In the First division Sulzer leads by 518. In
the Fourth division Sulzer’s lead is five. In the Second
division W’ickersham leads by 173. This gives Sulzer a
lead over W’ickersham of 92 for the territory. The pre
cincts still unreported in the Third division are Kenai,
lliamma Ninilchik. Talkitna, Sanak. Chignik, four pre
cincts in Bristol Bay and two in the Shushanna country.
Marshall and Dime creek in the Second division have not
reported. Ond precinct in the First division with eight
LONDON'S DIVORCED
WIFE IS STAGGERED
GLEXELLEX. Calif., Xov. 24.—The
remains of Jack London were cre
mated in Oakland today at noon.
Only the members of his family were
present in accordance with his wishes
lie fore the cremation intimate friends
viewed the body. The divorced wife
of the dead novelist was staggered
when she received the news of his
death.
TWO MEN WILL HOLD
BALANCE IN LECISLATCRK
Ac cording to election returns to
date there will be four Republican
members of the Senate, three Demo
cratic members and one Progressive,)
and eight Republican members of the
House, seven Democrats and one In
dependent.
Should final returns bear out tliese
figures, O. P. Hubbard, the Progres
sive member of the Senate, and C. K.i
Snow, the Independent member of the
House, will practically hold the bal-j
ance of power in their respective
branches of the legislature.
For instance, in the House, in every !
case where party lines may be drawn, j
Snow will have the deciding vote. In;
the Senate also, Hubbard can slur*
with the Democrats and make a tie
vote. Without him voting, the Re
publicans would have a majority of
one.—Juneau Dispatch.
SULZER LEADS
IN FOURTH BY
ELEVEN VOTES
That the lead of Sulzcr in the
Fourth division is now eleven votes
and that he is sure to carry that di
vision is the message received today
direct by the Gateway from the News
Miner of Fairbanks. The following is
the message:
“Fairbanks, Nov. 24.—The Fourth
division returns with the result in the
Koyukuk which has just been received
now give Sulzer 1.642 in the division
and Wickersham 1,631. About seven
ty votes are yet to be reported in this
division and Sulzer is sure ot a ma
jority in them.
(Signed) “NKWS-MIXKU.”
The News-Miner was also asked to
state how Marshall had gone and it
answers that it went for Wickersham.
As this came from Fairbanks it i.
evident that the Marshall returns
have been included in the Second di
vision returns oil the time and do
not alter the relative positions of the
candidates. The News-Miner is un
able to give the Marshall figures an*
this bears out the belief that they did
not come separately but were includ
ed in the total from the Nome di
vision.
GUILD GIVKS ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING B\LL
The Annual Ball of the Ladies’
Episcopal Guild will he given at A.
B. Hall on Thanksgiving Eve, Wed
nesday, November 29,.
RUSSIAN DREADNAUGHT IS SENT
TO THE BOTTOM OF BLACK SEA
j SAYS HIGH WAGES HAVE
INCREASED LIVING COST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Testify
ing before the naval committee of the*
I house today, Rear Admiral McGowan
j says that the high wages ashore in
! creased the cost of living and hamper
ed recruiting for the navy. Men
| afloat he said, are unable now to send
; enough money home to support those
| dependent on them.
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SI SPELT REFCSES TO
DENY HE IS (RONES
♦
SPALDING, Nov. 2d. — The man
! who has been arrested here on suspi
cion of being Crones, the man who at
tempted to poison Archbishop Mun
delin. refuses to deny that he is the
person sought and tno authorities are
convinced that they have made no
mistake.
UNIVERSITY STRIKE OVER
SEATTLE, Xov. 24.—'The strike oT
the University football team has been
declared off as President Suzzall
wired the Washington boys that they
must uphold the honor of the Uni
versity by a complete fulfillment ol
their agreement with the California
team. The strike w as caused because*
Cirimm was debarred for a year.
HALL OPEN FOR (IIP
A. P. Hall will be open this even
ing for the use of the Seward Athletic
Club.
BATTLE RAGING IN MEXICO
HUNDREDS REPORTED KILLED
FIGHTING IN CHIHUAHUA
EL PASO, Nov. 24—A tremendous battle is now rag
ing for the possession of Chihuahua City between the
army of Carranza and that of Villa. Villa is battling
with his old time recklessness and has battered his way
into the city where hand to hand fighting of the fiercest
kind is now proceeding. Juarez reported today that a lull
came in the fight but it has now been resumed. Refugees
assert that the bloodshed is terrible and the losses on both
sides are heavy. General Murguia, of the Carranza
forces, with an army is a hundred miles to the south but
will probably not arrive before Chihuahua has fallen.
TREVINO AMMUNITION SHORT
JUAREZ, Nov. 24.—It is reported that Trevino, the
Carranza leader at Chihuahua, is short of ammunition
and that his condition is serious.
HUNDREDS KILLED
CHIHUAHUA, Nov. 24—In the battle raging for the
possession of this city a general, two colonels and two
hundred Carranza troops, and four hundred Villistas
have been killed.
THANKSGIVING
JUNEAU, Nov. 23.—Governor Strong has today is
sued a proclamation designating Thursday, November
30th, 1916, as a day of Thanksgiving pursuant to the Pro
clamation recently issued by the President of the United
States and in accordance with time honored custom.
(Signed) SHORTHILL.
votes is not reported. Kuskokwim in the Fouith division
is expected to give Sulzer a lead of fifteen.
(Signed) “DONOHUE."
The fact that Mr. Donohue says Marshall has not re
ported may mean that the News-Miner report may not be
correct. _____ # -
ALL-ALASKA REVIEW AS
A CHRISTMAS PRESKVI
The November issue of The All
Alaska Review will go to press on
Sunday. Owing to the change of of
fices and the plant of the Gateway
the issue was not produced as early
as desirable in the month. About a
score of new pictures of Alaska, sup
plied by the Pacific Steamship Com
pany specially to the Review, will be
, the feature of the coming issue,
j Those illustrations cost something
like a hundred dollars and you can
have them all to send to your triends
for Christmas outside for twenty-five
cents. The issue contains all the
news of the territory since the last
issue and several articles of real in
terest. You could send no better
Christmas present to the friends out
side who are interested in Alaska be
cause they are interested in yourself.
In sending this present you will al
so be doing something to advertise
Alaska. You may be advertising
Seward particularly for the Review
advertises this place by being pub
lished here.
PREPARE FOR BASKET SOCIAL
The young ladies of the Philathea
Class are making elaborate prepara
tions for their Basket Social to be
given at van Gilder hall next Mon
day night. Many of the ladies of the
j city will assist the Philatheas and ouj
best musical and literary talent will
be on the program. A large crowd
is expected to be present as everyone
is invited.
While the engineering commission
changed the time the telegraph office
of the commissiin never did. It has
gone on the old time always and this,
of course, was necessary to keep in
conformity with engineering time at
Anchorage.
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 24.—It is officially announced by
the admiralty today that the dreadnaught Imperatrista
Maria has sunk in the Black sea with the loss of at least
two hundred lives. The admiralty says that after hear
ing all the facts connected with the loss it has come to the
conclusion that the loss was caused by an internal ex
plosion. The vessel was built since the war with Japan
and the loss is admittedly great.
GERMANS CAPTURE CARS
BERLIN, Nov. 24. — The Russians are being rein
forced on the eastern front, it is announced today. It is
also announced that our troops reconnoitering along the
railroad at Krajoya in Roumania have captured three
hundred cars.
FIGHTING NEAR DVINSK
BERLIN, Nov. 24. — Fighting is reported south of
Dvinsk by the war department. The Russians were re
pulsed in several attempts against our positions. The
weather is improving on the eastern front and also on the
French front and more severe lighting is looked for. II
is not so stated officially but it is believed that Falkenhayn
is now re-organizing near Krajoya for the smash east
ward towards Bucharest.
HOPE FOR KOUMANIA
LONDON, Nov. 24.—General Maurice, Russian mili
tary expert, predicts a favorable outcome tor Koumania
vet. He says the long line found necessary by the Teu
•ons and the approach of winter are tremendous aids to
the Roumanians.
BUCHAREST STILL SILENT
LONDON, Nov. 24.—Bucharest still refuses to com
municate with the outside world or she is unable to do so.
The war office here says nothing official has been heard
from the Roumanian capital since Falkenhayn crossed
the mountains in the .Jiul valley.
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
ROME, Nov. 24.—Severe weather has set in on the
Trentino front and artillery lighting has entirely been
substituted for infantry assaults. The opinion here i -
that if Roumania is conquered an attack in force will be
delivered on our front owing to the mildness ol the cl>
mate compared to that of the Russian front where w intei
operations are expected to be discontinued except those of
a defensive kind.
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VENIZELISTS QUIET
SOFIA, Nov. 24. — The Greek insurgents under the
provisional government of Yenizelos have not jet at
tempted to attack the royalists and reports iecoi\ed heii
indicate that they are not gaining in numbers. The Serbs
advance in the Monastir region has been completely stop
ped.
QUIET ON ALL FRONTS
PETROGRAD, Nov. 24.—The only official report on
land operations today is that no changes have occurred in
the relative positions of the belligerents.
BRITISH ATTACKS FAIL
BERLIN, Nov. 24. — British attacks at Guedecourt
and St. Pierre Vaast last night were unsuccessful. No
changes are reported anywhere on the Somme front.
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LONDON, Nov. 24.—The British hospital ship Brae
mer Castle, bound from Saloniki to Malta, has been min*
j ed in Myoniki channel in the Agean sea but all aboard
were saved. The ship was formerly a liner in the Eng
land-South Africa run.
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HIRAM MAXIM DEAD
LONDON, Nov. 24.—Sir Hiram Maxim died at 2 this
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