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N(, ,,, • SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917____Ten Cents (he Copy
PRESIDENT WILSON INAUGURATES PLAN
OE MOMENTOUS HISTORIC IMPORTANCE
OFFICIAL COUNT STILL SHOWS
SilLZER TO BE IN THE LEAD
WICK CARRIES
fcRiSTOL BAY
KE< E1VEI) PLl'KAUTY OF 20 IN
THREE PRECINCTS
IF Til EKE.
Tl.e result in the voting in tin*
Bristol buy precincts allows thin
Wickersham heat Sulzer there b>
twenty votes. The ballots went on
the Alameda to Valdez where they
were opened by the cierk ol the court
and ihe resuit was cabled to tl.e (late
way on Saturday night. 11' Sulzer
had a slight majority credited to him
before this twenty votes would more
than wipe it out, m) that matters look
bad now, to say the least, for the
Ilemocratic candidate.
The following are the Hristol l‘.ay
results:
Koggiung: Xo election.
Choggiung: Wickersham 25, Sul
zer 2.
Nushagak: Wickersham 10, Sulzer
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Xaknek: Wickersham 0, Sulzer !>.
BRISTOL BA'* PROBABLY
HAS BEATEN St'LZPR
The Juneau Empire of January 12
says that all the returns from the ter
ritory, with the exception of Bristol
Bay, showed Sulzer to have a major
ty of K. This would mean that the 20
secured by Wickersham in Bristol Bay
.vill keep him ir* congress.
WILSON WILL INSIST
ON GRAYSON PROMOTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—It is
dated today on the best of authority
hat l*re idont Wilson will insist on
h** promotion of Grayson to the sen
.it» naval committee which will meet
,ii Tuesday. The promotion means
.he title of medical director with the
•ank of rear admiral, but these never
)L*rnii full l ank or command of a ship.
Mlicers point out that a statute of
nany years ago makes a precedence
.hereby a promotion must rever be
oy more than thirty numbers, and
his must be only for the greatest
service or some n makable example of
leroism.
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eight gravsox promotion
TO THE BITTER END
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The op
position to the promotion of Grayson
.s growing. Senator Jones of Wash
mgton objects to the promotion and
.ias succeeded in delaying confirma
tion of the appointment. The New
Vork World, a supporter of Wilson,
asks for the withdrawal of the nomi
nation of Grayson, declaring that un
.varranted promotions demoralize the
service. The Sun also protests and
.mints out that Dewey/was promoted ,
jnly four points for his victory at;
Manila Day.
CHARLEY NUTTER COMING
WITH BOAT FOR ARM
Charley Nutter will arrive here
about March 20 with a fine power
boat for the run between Kern creek j
and Anchorage, and will carry freight
and passengers throughout the sum
mer. The vessel is named “Kumbak,”
has a length of 55 feet, a beam of 14
feet and is equipped with a 50 h-p
Atlas engine. The Kumbak is des
cribed as perfectly suited for the
work in prospect so that all the old,
troubles on that run will be removed, j
JUNEAU, Jan. 22.—Accepting the
ollicial returns as they now stand from
the First and Second division, and
taking into account the unofficial re
turns from the Third and f ourth di
visions Sulzer has a lead of thirteen
in the territory, liristol Day returns
are not included in this as the returns
have not reached Juneau, hut appar
ently if ail the returns were in Wick
ersiiam has a plurality of fifteen and
is likely the winner.
The Canvassing Hoard is now at
. oik and is working today on the
returns from the Third division. It
vill probably not receive the official
returns from Bristol Bay in tinu but
hey can be included later. The Hoard
:inds Sulzer had 2,ffi)5 in the First
division and Wickersham has 1,000.
►Sulzer gained twelve and lost eight,
vv’ickersham gained fourteen net and
tlii.- gives Wickersham a gain of ten
.n the division. Sulzer’s official plur
ality in the First is 4NP. In the Sec
ond division, without Fortuna Hedge
(Marshall), Unalakleet and Willow
creek, from which no returns have
been received officially, and without
I’tica which was not counted because
of irregularities, Sulzer has 504 and
Wickersham 702. Wickersham's of
ficial plurality in that division was
IPS. I Jeering, where improvised bal
lot.-, were used but from which no
, certificate was sent in accordance to
law setting forth the cause for the
absence of the official ballot, is includ
ed in these ligures. Deering voted 10
for Wickershani and G for Sulzer.
cJtica has only been passed by for the
present and may be counted when
further information is received from
Nome late thi.> afternoon before fur
ther report is impossible.
(Note—The question now to be an
swered is whether the precincts whose
returns have not been officially re
ceived by the canvassing board will
be waited for, or whether they can be
waited for. The attorney general,
George Grigsby, has informed the
authorities that the official count must
begin within ten days after the 16th
of January. It is possible that the
official returns from Bristol Bay could
iave been sent right along on the
Alameda but evidently they were not.
judging by the above cable. i'bey
cannot now reach Juneau for nearly
two weeks.)
Correction
JCNF!AC, Jan. 22.—A mistake has
been made in the former cable. It
should be corrected to read that Wick
ersham’s total for the Second division
is TsS, making his plurality in that
division 11)4, and giving Sulzer a lead
for the whole territory of 17.
BORDER TROOPS
ORDERED HOME
WAR OFFICIALS SAY IT IS
MERELY TO RELIEVE MEN
LONG ON I)ITY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—General
r’unslcn hu.^ ordered thirty thousand
i loops home from the border immedi
ately but this will leave fifty thousam.
men still on duty in sight of Mexico,
the war oitice officials without com
ment on this order and decline to
speak of the report that Pershing’s
force is moving out, but they state
that Funston is merely relieving tht
guardsmen who have been longest on
service on the border. No furthei
developments have taken place re
garding the American force on Mcxi I
can soil.
JACKLING ORDERS A
ONE MILLION-DOLLAR
YACHT FOR HIMSELF
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—Dan
nel C. Jackling, millionaire copper
magnate, announced that he had or
dered a new steam yacht which will
cost, irrespective of interior furnish
ings and decoration, more than $1,
000,000.
Jackling’s steam yacht Cyprus, the
most palatial on this coast, has been
constantly in commission since he had
it constructed several years ago. The
Cyprus has made frequent trips to
Alaska and recently made the voyage
from San Francisco to New York,
around Cape Horn. The Cyprus was
built in Seattle by the Seattle Con
struction and Drydock Company.
Col. D. C. Jackling said that he
wanted something bigger.—Ex.
DORA SAILS
The steamer Dora, Captain Swan
son, sailed yesterday at noon for the
westward. The passenger list was
published on Saturday.
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AMERICAN RAID
ON MEXICAN SOIL
CONSPIRACY TO FORCE CNITEI)
STATES TO INTERVENE
EXPOSED BY AGENTS.
SAN ANTOIO, Jan. 22. — United
States agents have just nipped in the
jud a conspiracy on the part of
American citizens to raid Mexican
territory tor the purpose of forcing
ihis nation to intervention. A con
versation overheard by the agents in
a train gave av\ay the whole thing.
Cattle men and mining men were fi
nancing the scheme and were paying
a hundred men a thousand dollars
each to carry it out by impersonating
United troopers and committing de
predations near the lines occupied by
Pershing. Fuller details are expected
in a day or two.
GEORGE COTTER FREEZES
TOES COMING TO SEWARD
Dr. Komig received word today that
George Cotter, brother of Frank, has
arrived at Mile 54 with several toes
and the ball of the foot near the toes
frozen. The freezing took place while
George was on the way from Mile 71
to 54. He was coming to Seward
from Anchorage but cannot arrive
here until the train comes tomorrow
evening. The people out at 54 phon
ed the doctor for instructions as to
how to treat the frozen parts and tTic
doctor’s method is being followed un
til the patient can get to the city.
How serious the injury is cannot yet
be told.
R. R. COMMISSION GIVES
AN IMMENSE CONTRACT
SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—The Alaskan
Engineering Commission has awarded
to United States Steel a half million
dollar contract for steel rails for the
Fairbanks division.
(Note: This cable reads that it is a
contract for half a million for ten
j thousand pounds of steel rails, and
I this must be wrong.)
BELIEVE PEACE LN SIGHT
WASHINGTON. .Jan. 22.—Sensation reigns here to
day because of the Indict that the l nited otates is about
to take steps at once to bring about permanent peace in
the world. The whole facts are not yet known but suf
ficient to suggest that a new era ma ycome in view
before the rising of another sun. 1 he first step in the ac
complishment of the work was made today when Presi
dent Wilson notified Vice-President Marshall that lie
wished to talk with the senate on the subject of foreign
relations. Marshall at once presented the request to the
senate at 11 o'clock and it was arranged that the Presi
dent would speak at 1 this aiternoon. Secretary iumult\
had a briet conference with the President immeuiateh
after the time was arranged and lie announced that the
President’s speech will deveiope plans for a permanent
peace. Senator Stone, of the Foreign Relations commit
tee. has increased the absorbing interest by stating that
the move unquestionably means peace. It is also hinted
here that Lansing will succeed Page as ambassador to
London and that a great shake-up in the American diplo
matic service is near.
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THE WILSON SPEECH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—President Wilson, accord
ing to arrangement, made his speech in the senate this
afternoon and spoke for an hour to packed galleries and
to the crowded members and members of the cabinet.!
Tile question, he said, is whether the United States is to;
depart from its traditional policy of isolation and no en-j
tangling alliances or join a world league for the presen a-j
tion of peace in the world. Regarding the senate as his
counsellor for foreign affairs the President explained why j
he believes the time has come when the world must know
the position which America occupies.
While the President was speaking the text of hisj
speech was being transmitted to the European govern-J
ments over the cable and at the close the senate reverber-.
ated with t remendous applause. Later Senator La toilette
epitomizing the announcement said that ‘*we have all just
now passed through a most important hour in the history j
of the world.”
•• In his speech W Uson declared that the uerman peace
proposal and the Entente reply have furthered the possi
oility fora definite decision on the part oi neutral nations
and that it is inconceivable that the l nited Stales could
fail to aid in the great enterprise.
"If we can have no voice in arranging present terms
of peace we must have a voice in safeguarding the perm
anency of peace later on. fhe l nited States speaks for
all humanity and proposes that tiie nations oi the world
adopt the Munroe Doctrine for all the earth. We propose
government by consent of the governed, also to lay down
a basis of peace and will add the authority and power of
the United States to that of other nations to guarantee
peace and justice to the world, based on equality ol
rights.”
The President then declared that the plan was to
bring about independence and autonomy tor all nations,
the development of their resources by themselves, the free
dom of the seas, the limitations of naval and military arm
aments to the extent that such armaments could be used
only for keeping order and not for aggression and vio
lence. _
in conclusion W ilson declared:
“These are the principles and policies to which for
ward looking men and women ot the world subscribe.
They are the principles of mankind and must prevail.”
(Xote—There is nothing said in this cable as to the
means to be adopted, but the President is probably only
inaugurating a movement whose later operations will be
left to congress.)
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BRITISH FREIGHTER IN FIGHT
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The British freighter Linden
hall,-from Naples, arrived here today badly damaged as
the result of a thrilling battle with a German submaiine
in the Mediterranean. The battle raged tor an hour and
forty minutes, the undersea boat and the merchantman
bring continuously at each other as they raced on a pai
allel course. Three hundred shots were exchanged and
the Lindenhall was hit twenty-six times, but still kept
afloat and made her voyage successful}’. I he small cali
bre of the submarine guns was the saving of the steamer.
BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK
BERLIN, Jan. 21.—The admiralty announces that a
German submarine sank the British battleship Cornwallis
on December 9 but other details are lacking. (The Corn
wallis was of 14,000 tons displacement, of 18,000 horse
power and was built in 1904.)
SAY GERMANS WILL
SURROUND BRITAIN
c, x Oniv, Jan. zi.~rassengers arriving today on
me iiuei* i luiaueipma irum curupe ueciare mat uerinany
uas uuciueu to surround tne wnuie island ui Creat mu
aiii u\ me nrst ui remuary wim a complete coruon oi
*
ouuiuuiiiies vviiii me intention or starving Hingiauu mtu
cuuim^oiuii in me snurlest possible time, ror uie pur-j
pwoe uie uermans nave prouuceu an extraoruinarny mi-;
pioveu upe ox uiver auu tinny oi tnem are now rcauy,
auicaa nave a speeu oi eignteeii Knots, nave a cruising
. auius ui ma tiiuusaiiu nines, eaen carrying Six torpeuo
anu two rapiu-nre guns, me coruon win be uiavvn
wiooc su mai tne ouoiiiaiine o^ieiatioiis will be call led U41
.v ltiiiii a ten nines ratuus oi tne island. me incoming
msoengers say me general oeuei across tile water, wnem
jt' 11 io uuuiitteu oi' not, is mat it will be impossible lor
oiiip to escape u Uerniany carries out its intentions, it
.0 aiso stateu mat Germany w ni send a warning to an neu
a'iii nations tliai a new uanger zone lias been created in
.mien neutral vessels cannot expect it) be treated as neu
mais. ine new zone win incmae tne lNorth Channel, sep
arating Ireland irom bcotianu, bt. ueorge s Channel, sep
arating England Irom ireiand, and me entrances to uk
rmgnsn cnannei. n. is also probable that neutrals win ui
pruiubited irom shipping on armed merchantmen, nit
purpose oi uermany is apparently to surround oniy Creat
iji-itam itseii and leave ireiand out, either as a nun k ui
luvor to the latter or to maKe tile cordon less extensive
and, tnerelore, more easily made effective.
SAi GLASGOW SANK RAIDER
DIO De JANEIRO, Jan. 22.—An unconnrmed report
,as reached tms city that the British cruiser Glasgow nas
.milk the German raider a hundred miles oil' Para.
MUNITION EXPLOSION TERRIFIC
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Rigid care by the police has pre
rented thousands of people irom approaching the scene or
tile great munitions factory explosion ot last Saturday.
i he explosion tore an eighty-foot hoie in the ground aim
destroyed a tank which released eight million reet of gas.
The cause of the explosion has not yet been learned but
,ic rumor is prevalent that certain circumstances indicate
that it was not the result oi' accident. The police havt
given out no statement in this respect.
MACKENSEN WINS AGAIN
BERLIN, Jan. 22.—Efficient work on the part of the
Teuton artillery lias halted the-Russian attacks on the
Putna road. It is also announced that Mackensen has
captured the entire bridgehead at Nanevi in spite of a
tenacious defense put up by the enemy.
TEUTONS RETIRE RUSSIANS
PETROGRAD, Jan. 21.—Teuton attacks in the Nan
esti sector yesterday caused the Russians to retire to
wards the Sereth river in Roumania. At Barras also the
Teutons attempted an offensive but were not successful.
NANESTI IS CAPTURED
BERLIN, Jan. 21.—The Teutons yesterday, it is of
ficially announced, stormed and captured Nanesti from
the Russians and Roumanians and the Russians are re
tiring in the Sereth valley. In the eastern Carpathians
small Russian detachments made attacks but without re
sult. A great fall of snow is impeding the movements of
our artillery and to this the military leaders attribute the
apparent slowness of the campaign just at present.
DETAIN SAILORS OF ARMED SHIPS
BERLIN, Jan. 22.—Ambassador Gerard has been no
tified by the German admiralty to inform the United
States government that Germany will detain as prisoners
subjects of neutral countries when they are captured on
nerchant ships that are armed. This course is expected
to settle the status of armed merchant ships as practically
-hips of war.
REPORT GERMAN RAIDER SUNK
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The New York Herald today
publishes a dispatch from Pernambuco stating that a
German raider has been sunk by allied warships off the
coast of South America. No details are given and the
1 message seems to lack the air of certainty. .