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Volume XL Number 269. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER7,1917._Ten Cents the Copy
WOMEN fill :n
RIGHT TO VOTE IN
A BITTER ELECTION
NEW YORK. Nov. 7.—Woman suffrage carried the
State of New York in yesterday’s election by a majority
estimated to be approximately forty thousand. Ihe cam
paign was a bitter one. ^ esterday the women throughout
Ihe State were at the polls by the hundreds of thousands
and many reports were received of strenuous times.
Yesterdav’s vote will enfranchise nearly two million i
women. The victory was the culmination of many years’J
campaign in which the hardest kind of lighting has been
necessary.
President Wilson and Governor Cnaries S. Whitman!
strongly endorsed the movement.
laite this afternoon a bulletin was issued from the
Woman’s headquarters claiming that the majority would
be at least one hundred thousand. ;
/AMERICAN PATROL
f VESSEL TORPEDOED !
21 JEN ARi LOST;
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—The. officials of the Navy ;
Department are anxiously awaiting Admiral William S. i
Sims’ official report concerning the torpedoing of the;
American patrol vessel Alcedo, which was sunk in the war'
zone last Monday. The preliminary report received herej
savs that one officer and twenty men lost their lives.
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The torpedo struck the little patrol boat amidships
and four minutes after, the Alcedo went down.
Destroyers are searching in the vicinity of the dis
aster for possible survivors. j
OHIO IS WET
BY MAJORITY
OF THOUSANDS
CINCINNATI, Nov. 7. — The wets
claim that the State of Ohio has been
carried by a majority of 470,000 votes,
as the result of yesterday's wet and
dry election. Late this afternoon there
were 524 precincts missing and altho
the dry claim a majority of them, the
wets state that the majority will not
be cut down to any great amount.
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I M’CALL REELECTED
BOSTON, Nov. 7.—With only a few
scattering precincts missing through
JF out the State, Samuel S. McCall, Re
publican, has been re-elected for the
third term.
INDICTED MAN
PUT BACK INTO
FRISCO OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7.—George j
Lull was yesterday elected City At- j
torney and Kugene Schmitz secured 1
good vote and has been chosen as one
of the Supervisors of the Hoard of
San Francisco. Schmidt was former
mayor and was indicted with Abe Rouf
about ten years ago for graft.
NEW MEXICO DRY;
DEMIN'G, Nov. 7.—With over half
the precincts reported, all being from
the thickly populated cities of the
State, it is predicted that New Mex
ico has gone dry by a large major-1
ity. The election yesterday was a
spirited one.
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VILLA ANDITS IN
M iXICO DYNAMITE
TRAIN-70 KILLED
JUAREZ, Nov. 7. — Villista bandits, late Monday
night, dynamited a north-bound Mexican Central railroad
passenger train near Annendariz station, fifty miles south
of Chihuahua. It is known that sixty Federal train guards
were killed and a large number of passengers were badly
wounded.
Ten bars of silver bullion, which the bandits knew
were aboard the train, was taken. The bullion was being
shipped to the United States from the American Mining
Company.
The passengers were lined up - Jongside of the track
following the dynamiting of the train and were robbed oi
all their valuables and money. Ten passengers are re
ported to have been executed because they offered resis
tance.
The details of the dynamiting and robbery were
brought here by Americans arriving from Chihuahua.
Francisco Villa, the bandit leader, was believed to be
near the scene of the attack.
BRITISH ARE
ATTACKING ON
FLANDERS LINE
LONDON, Nov. 7. — The British
early today attacked on the Plunder's
front in the neighborhood of Pass
Chendaele. According to the official re
port, satisfactory progress is being
made.*
U. S. SENATORS
OFF FOR FRONT
LONDON, Nov. 7.—United States
Senators William S. Kenyon, of Iowa,
and John B. Kendrick, of Wyoming,
left this afternoon across the English
Channel for Paris. The two will make
a visit to the American Army head
quarters in Prance before returning.
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REGISTRATION LISTS *
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Beginning tomorrow, and print- *
* ed in installments until com plot- *
* ed, The Gateway will print the se- *
* rial numbers and names of the
* rc'gistrants in accordance with the *
* provisions of the draft law. There *
* are 3114 names and numbers, the *
* members of the Local Board No. :
* 13 having completed their labo- *
* rious work late this afternoon.
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OPEN TO DUTCH
LONDON, Nov. 7.— Peru has no
tified Groat Britain that her ports will
be open to British vessels.
CADORNA WILL
HAVE MILLIONS
j TO BEAT HUNS
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UOME, Nov. 7.—The Italians have
: withdrawn from the Tagliamento riv
• er in good order to the Livenza river,
< according to the official war statement
' issued today. The Livenza river is the
! next river behind the Tagliamento 12
^ miles below the latter’s mouth.
The Livenza’s course is treacherous
i and it is believed that Gen. Cadorna is
reforming his forces here and will not
attempt to cross the river but will
have ten million men at his command
within three days to repulse the Aus
tro-Germans, provided they reach him.
If they do not come on the Italians
will move back again to the Taglia
mento and make an assault. There is
also a probability that Gen. Cadorna
may move to the Piave river, which is
a much better position for attacks and
defense.
J The reason given by the War Dc-j
i partment for Cadorna’s retirement!
j from the Tagliamento river is because
| the lo.w water rendered defense diffi
' cult. •
| Italian aviators dropped bombs upon
| the Germans crossing the river and
killed a hundred who were repairing
1 the bridges which were destroyed by
i the retreating Italians. Four Teuton
! aeroplanes were brought down dur
ing the raid along the river.
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NEPHEW OF GENERAL
JOFFRE HAS ENLISTED
GRAND RAPIDS, Nov. 7.—Howell
Lewis Reed, nephew of the great
' general, Joffre, has enlisted in the avi
ation corps of the American army.
LARGEST PLURALITY
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NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—The Tammany tiger has swish
!ed its tail around every otTice in the metropolis of the
| United States in one of the greatest elections ever held
i here. Yesterday, from early morning to the closing of
i the polls last night, the Tammany organization, perfect in
i every detail, hammered at the voters as never before in
any previous election.
Judge Hyland, Tammany's candidate for mayor, was
elected by the largest plurality ever given a mayoralty
candidate here.
Judge Hyland received 297,000 Democratic votes;
John i’urroy Mitchel, fusion candidate and present in
cumbent. received 149,000 votes, Ilillquist, Socialist candi
date, received 142,000 votes, and Bennet, the candidate of
the Republicans, came in fourth with only 53,000 votes.
The entire Democratic ticket was elected with one
of the greatest votes ever fxdled in recent years.
The increase in the Socialistic vote was the big out
standing feature of the city’s election. Four years ago
Charles Edward Russell, Socialist candidate for mayor,
polled only 32,000 votes.
The election yesterday followed one of the hardest
fought campaigns seen in any city along the Atlantic
coast lor years, Mitchel, up to the night before the elec
tion, was conceded the election by all parties, except the
Democrats, by about 50,000. Mitchel, when he failed to re
ceive the nomination of the Republicans, immediately de
clared that he would run as an independent, and his organ
ization was perfected.
The Mitchel supporters immediately adopted a cam
paign slogan that “a vote for Hyland was a vote for Kai
serism.”
For weeks the Democrats paid no attention to this
slogan, kept at work quietly forming an organization in
every precinct of every ward in New York City and leav
ing no stones unturned to win. Monday night Tammany
replied to the slogan of the Mitchel supporters and pub
lished a list of Tammany men, among them many prom
inent politicians who are officers at present serving in the
famous 69th. This was a boomerang and had its effects.
Tammany leaders replied to the slanderous charges and
proved in every way that the Mitchel crowd were defam
ers of their own countrymen of the worst type.
I he Socialists worked as quietly as did Tammany in
perfecting an organization and have surprised all parties.
The Republicans are today explaining the poor showing
of their candidate but acknowledged that Mitchel not only
split but took about three-fourths of the regular Republi
can vote.
Mayor Mitchel had no statement to make this after
noon.
Judge Hyland issued a statement shortly after mid
night saying that the “right party had won; that Ameri
canism had triumphed” and he thanked the people for us
ing their own common sense when they went to the polls
and were not stampeded by “un-American” attacgs.
AID MEETS TOMORROW
The Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
meets at the parsonage, Thursday, at
2:30 P. M. It is hoped that a good
attendance may be had, as this is the
date for the regular business meeting
and final plans will be made for the
Christmas Bazaar which is to be held
on the evening of November 16th.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 7.—At noon today
halibut was quoted at 21 %c and sable
fish 6c.