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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 254. SEWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REPORT TERRITORY
GENERAL ELECTION
TWENTY - FIVE PRECINCTS IN
FIRST DIVISION GIVE SUTHER
LAND 5.466 VOTES AND MAR
QUAM 3,726
SHATTUCK AND STEEL CLOSE
Second Division Senatorial Race is
Landslide for Jensen; Dimond
Leading in Third
m JUNEAU, Nov. 5. (£>)—'Twenty-five
precincts of the First division, includ
ing Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Pet
ersburg, Wrangell, Sitka and other
towns, seven precincts in the Second
division including Nome, fifteen pre
cincts in the Third division including;
all incorporated towns, 24 precincts
in the Fourth division including Fair
banks, Nenana and Fairbanks Creeks
gave Sutherland 5,466 votes for dele
gate to congress, Marquam 3,726.^
Sutherland carried all four judicial
divisions. Marquam carried Juneau
by 151 and lost Ketchikan by 68.
First division legislative candidates
are Senator Steel, 1,940, Shattuck ^
2.014, Batcheller 533; representatives!
, are Benjamin 3,444, Kubley 2,314, Fer-j
gnson 2,244, Gurr 2,288, Paul 2,150,
Worth 2,150, Hardy 2,089.
FIRST DIVISION
Returns to date quote for Marquam
2.170, Sutherland 3,144; Batcheller
T 519, Shattuck 2,045, Steel 2,227; Ben-;
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- SMUGGLEDWEAPONS
TO PRISONERS 10
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE!
FOUR KILLED AND ONE INJURED
IN EFFORT BREAK FROM
TOMBS PRISON
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (/P)—Two men
^ were arrested and charged with
muggling weapons to the prisoners
who attempted to break from the
tombs prison yesterday in which four
were killed and one injured. One of
the men arrested was Oscar Amberg,
reported to be a relative of Hyman
Amberg, murderer, who shot and
killed himself when escape from pri
son became impossible.
LB REMAINING IN
PORT FOR TEN OHS
Capt. Jock Livingston, commander
of the S. S. Lakina, the large A. S. S.
Co. vessel, returned to port this morn
ing from the Westward wiiere he
loaded on hundreds of barrels of
whale oil and other products of the
sea. The local office announces the
Lakina will remain in port until at
least a week from tomorrow, or until
the arrival of the S. S. Yukon.
i WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE
Water will be shut off tonight on
Third street from Adam at 10
o’clock. S. W. & P. CO.
GOOD ROADS DELEGATION
Group that made trip over the Chinook Pass to the Good
Roads Convention.
A delegation from the Yakima Chamber of Commerce met
the Enumclaw delegation at Tipsoe Lake and gave them a wonder
ful feed and a warm welcome. Reading from left to right they
are: John Douglas, C. M. Berg, Ben Swain, J. H. Sundstrom,
Secretary Commercial Club; Carl Thorsett, 0. M. Berg, Mr.
Evison, Editor Washington Motorist; Wm. Stout, E. D. Yerxa, Rev.
J. M. Robinson, President Auburn Commercial Club; Mr. Scarff,
Auburn, and Mr. Hans SanH o • ’ ' Enumclaw delegation.
REPLACE MUTES;
ENTIRELY FEASIBLE
LITTLE STEED OF THE NORTH
MAY BE SUPPLANTED BY REIN
DEER, ACCORDING OPINION EX
PRESSED BY DEER EXPERTS
MAKE GOOD DRAUGHT ANIMALS
Would Solve Question of Fresh Meat
for Men in the Hills and Eliminate
Hauling of Dog Feed
Substitution of the reindeer for the
dog in transportation by the prospec
tor is engaging the attention of the
latter, and may eventually work to
the solution of a problem which con
fronts the man who annually journeys
to the hills. This problem is em
braced in the maintenance of dogs
throughout the summer when they
are of no use.
It is believed that reindeer can be
made to serve as draught animals at
a less cost than dogs and at the same
time go far toward solving the ques
tion of fresh meat. Instead of haul
ing out several hundred pounds of
dog feed, the prospector would carry
only such feed as is necessary to
maintain his deer on the trail and re
store the poundage lost through
work, after which the animals could
be slaughtered and utilibed for food
for man.
“The matter is entirely feasible,”
said W. G. Culver, investigator for
The Alaska Rhilroad, formerly with
the Bureau of Education, and an ex
pert on reindeer, their moods, idio
syncrasies and virtues. ,
“Contrary to the popular belief,”
says Mr. Culver, “the reindeer may
be taught to eat almost anything,
provided you start him in his fawn
stage. Among the dainties he likes
is a good-sized slapjack, rolled oats,
rotten apples and sweet hay. If he
gets a taste of these early in life,
he becomes as familiar as the pro
verbial burro, and like the burro,
will hang around the tent for a week
to get a chance to raid the table and
steal your stack of sourdough flap
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STEAMER ALASKA DUE
The S. S. Alaska, Captain Nord, is
due to steam into port this evening
at 11 o’clock, according to the latest
wireless message received from the
fast Alaska Steamship Company lin
er. The vessel will discharge 40 tons
of local cargo and 282 tons for rail
points. The incoming passenger list
is not known.
TODAY’S HALIBUT QUOTATION
KETCHIKAN, Nov. 5. (^—Hali
but 16 cents and ten cents.
RESCUE ENTOMBED
MEN MICHIGAN MINE
FORTY-FIVE MEN UNACCOUNTED
FOR IN CAVE-IN DISASTER AT
BARNES HECKER MINE; SIX
BODIES RECOVERED
RUMBLING GIVES WARNING
Young Miner Races Ahead of Falling
Mud and Rocks to Safety; Air
Blast Lifted Shaft of Cage
ISPEMING, Mich., Nov. 5. (£>)—
Hope is abandoned that any of the
45 men, unaccounted for in the cave
in in the Barnes Hecker mine yester
day, are still alive. Six bodies were
recovered last night which brought
the total to 52. All efforts have been
directed to recover the bodies, by
clearing away the mud and timber
which blocks the entrance of the first
level, where it is believed the bodies
of the miners, who were warned by a
blast of air and rumbling which fol
lowed the cave-in, attempted to es
cape, only to be caught by the falling
debris in sight on the surface.
Others are though to be entombed
on the second and third levels and
these may not be recovered for days.
Wilfred Will, 23, sole survivor, re
lated “I was working on the second
level and near three of my best
friends. At first there was a low
rumbling and a blast of air. I called
to the other boys to run and took the
lead. I heard them start to follow
HOLDERS OF TRAPPERS LICENSE TAKE
BEAVER PELTS MEETS WITH APPROVAL
BOOTLEGGING OF PELTS BEEN GOING ON FOR
SOME TIME BUT NEW PRIVILEGE ELIMINATES
INCENTATIVE; CAN NOW MAKE GRUBSTAKE
IN THE HILLS AND CONTINUE CARRY ON PROS
PECTING ACTIVITIES
PROSPECTORS APPRECIATIVE OF COMMISSION'S HELP
Men of Talkeetna District Drew Up Brief Explaining Sit
uation Under Closed Law and Pointing Out Necessity
of Relief; Question Arises Which Month be Proper to
Trap Beaver
“The new fur regulations, permitting holders of trap
pers licenses to take twenty beaver pelts between the
first and thirty-first day of May are meeting with univer
sal approval in the country surrounding the upper Susit
na and Yentna basins/' says Jack Lincke, who arrived in
Seward Wednesday from Anchorage, after spending the
summer at Fairview mountain, west of Cache creek,
where he has extensive placer holdings.
MARIE ARRIVES IN
QUEEN CITY; PARTY
UPSET OVER PLANS
GUIDING HEADS IN DISPUTE AND
MARIE’S INSPECTION OF LONG
VIEW SAWMILL CUTS SHORT
SEATTLE PROGRAM
DIFFERENCES PATCHED UP
Governor Hartley and Mayor Landis
Turn Over the Keys of the State
and City to Her Highness
SEATTLE, Nov. 5. (JP)—With the
I party upset by a dispute among the
guiding heads of the tour of Queen
Marie she arrived in Seattle to find the
city equally disturbed because of the
Queen’s late arrival which forced the
crowding of the day’s long program
into a few hours and shortened the
reception. The entertainment went
through however, with Governor Hart
ley and Mayor Landis inaugurating it
with a greeting in behalf of the state
and city.
Marie caused the late arival by dir
ecting the holding of the train for an
hour at Longview in the early morn
ing while she inspected the lumber
mill. The differences • between Sam
uel Hill, her Majesty’s host and Col
onel John Carroll who is in charge
of the tour and Major Stanley Wash
burns, the Queen’s aide were patched
up before the party reached Seattle.
Hill said he upbraided Washburn, for
failing to arrange a seat for Governor
Pierce of Oregon in the Queen’s car
during the motor trip to Maryhill and
about Portland.
but the rock was beginning to fall
down the shafts as I reached the sur
face. Mud and water were right at
my heels all the way up and when
I reached the surface my boots were
coated.”
The blast of air lifted the cage with
three men who were going down the
shaft to a height of four feet.
■ me upper lentna country is one
of the most extensive and prolifiiee
beaver regions of the Territory, ac
cording to Lincke, the animals being
so numerous as to prove a nuisance
in many instances.
“Despite the regulations prohibit
ing the taking of beaver, bootlegging
of pelts has been going on to a more
or less degree, especially among
those who were compelled under the
exigencies of necessity to break the
law,” says Lincke.
“With the privilege of taking what
is equivalent to $500 worth of beaver
pelts each season, there is no longer
incentive for breaking the law, and
the new regulation is a boon to those
old prospectors who are unable to se
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FACES IMPEACHMENT
CHARGES JUDGE C. W.
ENGLISH RESIGNS
TRIAL TO BE HELD BEFORE THE
SENATE ON NOVEMBER
10TH
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (^—Fed
eral Judge George W. English of Illi
nois resigned in the face of impend
ing impeachment proceedings. Almost
simultaneously, the House members
who appointed and prosecuted him,
called a meeting to arrange plans for
his trial before the Senate on No
vember 10. Impeachment, voted on
April 1, charged he was guilty of usur
pation of power and other “high mis
demeanors.” President Wilson ap
pointed English.
MEMBER ROYALTY PASSES
ROME, Nov. 5. (JP)—Princess Laeti
tia Napoleon Bonaparte, widow of
first Duke of Aosta and aunt of King
of Italy at Chateau Confalieri passed
away yesterday.
Leo Koslosky, son! of the Anchorage*
merchant and fur buyer, is a visitor
in the city for a few days.
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