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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 253. SEWARD ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926. PRICE TEN CENTS
• STATE ELECTIONS
California
H. H. McPike, Democratic State
- chairman, sent a telegram of congrat
ulations to C. C. Young, about the
election of the Republican candidate
over Wardell, Democratic nominee
after returns from less then one-tenth
of the precincts in California had
been received.
C. C. Young, Republican candidate
for governor, issued a statement
claiming his election and expressing
his gratitude to the voters. He said
that he was now only concerned with
the size of the majority and he add
ed that he guessed this majority would
be sufficient to cause California to
stand out as a banner Republican
state. Samuel T. Shortridge, U. S.
senator issued a statement tonight
claiming his re-election and sending
affectionate greetings and many
m thanks for loyal support to all his
supporters.
Idaho
, Burbridge, Republican, was elected
' Governor by a large majority. Frank
Gooding, Republican, won election for
Senate. His closest opponent was
Samuels, running on a Progressive
ticket. The combined vote of Samuels
and Nugten, Democrat exceeded that
of Gooding. French and Smith, Re
publicans, were elected Representa
tives by good majorities.
Nebraska
McMullen, Republican, defeated
p, Bryan, Democrat, for Governor of
the State. Bryan is the brother of
the late William Jennings Bryan and
•was the nominee for Vice President
on the Democratic ticket at the last
presidential election.
Hawaii
Houston has been elected Delegate
to Congress from Hawaii.
Washington
SEATTLE.—In a total of ninety
seven state representatives, 44 elected
are classified as anti-Hartley, of the
42 Senators elected, 26 are classed as
anti-Hartley, including 16 holdovers.
Bannick received almost double Sev
eryn’s vote for sheriff. Sparkman
easily defeated Gaines for County
7 Commissioner; Colvin defeated Brown
two to one for prosecuting attorney.
SEATTLE—Five Democrats won
seats in the State representation.
Mrs. Bell Reeves, of Wenatchee, one
of the four members in the last ses
sion lost to Hubert Remley, Republi
4 1 can neutral. Jones’ increasing lead
hourly over half the state gave Jones
a 9,000 lead.
Connecticut
Western Union returns from Con
necticut indicated the election of
Senator Bingham, Republican and
Governor Trumbill, Republican by be
tween 100,000 and 120,000 majority
These returns cover 120 out of 169
towns.
Indiana
Jim Watson, Republican candidate
V • r U. S. Senator appears to have s
- ire lead over Stump. His deinocra
:c opponent at the rate Watson is
now running, his managers claim 80,
uOO plurality for him. Robinson has
also been elected.
Kentucky
Kentucky does not seem to be as
dry as people thought. Ernest, Re
publican and Barkley, Democrat, are
running almost even with odds favor
ing Barkley.
M issouri
In the senatorial race Hawes, Dem
ocrat is running well ahead of Wil
liams, Republican for both long anc
short terms.
Colorado
Adams, Democrat, was elected Gov
ernor over Shoup, Republican by £
large majority. Waterman, Republi
can wins election for senator ovei
Sweet, Democrat.
Iowa
One thousand and forty-one pre
cints of 2,499 give Governor Hammill
Republican 102,358 and Miller, Demo
crat, 4,534; 1,269 precincts of 2,49£
give Senator Brookhart, Republicar
159,328 and Porter, Democrat, 122,488
Kansas
Senator Curits and Governor Pauler
Republicans, were elected in Kansas
over their Democratic opponents Da
vis and Stephens.
Oregon
Six hundred and forty-eight pre
* cincts out of 1,847 in Oregon give Pat
terson, Republican, 39,482, Pierce
Democrat, 25,347; Stallard, Indepen
dent, 3,723, U. S. Senator Steiwer
Republican, 27,415; Haney, Democrat
24,294, Adams, Independent 733;
Eighty precincts of 821 give Haw
• ^ ley, Republican. 3,720, Borden, Demo
crat 1,821. The Second district of 3C
precincts of 494 give Sinnott, Repub
lican, 1,100 and Hodgin, Democrat
283. Third district, 478 precincts out
(Continued on Page Four)
SUTHERLAND'S LEAD
INCREASING THROUGH
EVERY DIVISION
DIMOND HAS SCANT LEAD OVER
FRAME FOR SENATOR; GRIER
IS IN LEAD FOR REPRESENTA
TIVE RACE WITH LEAD OF
EIGHT VOTES OVER SUMNER
SMITH
Sutherland continues to increase
his lead as outlying precincts come in.
The returns from the First division
would indicate that Steel has been
elected Senator while Paul’s election
is assured. The precincts heard from
since yesterday are as follows:
First Division
Hydeburg—Marquam 20, Suther
and 90.
Haines—Marquam 44, Sutherland
158.
Kake—Marquam 17, Sutherland 102.
Klawack—Marquam 3, Sutherland
134.
Kluckwan — Marquam 19, Suther
land 60.
FOURTH DIVISION
Fort Gibbon—Marquam 15, Suther
i
land 39.
THIRD DIVISION
Nine precincts north of Anchorage
give Marquam 48, Sutherland 267,
Dimond 89, Frame 180, Coffey 124,
Grier 165, Murray 103, Price 106,
Scott 92, Sherman 176, Smith 192, Wil
! cox 54.
Kodiak gives Marquam 34, Suther
1 land 97, Dimond 53, Frame 71, Coffey
{86, Grier 76, Murray 54, Price 42,
t Scott 49, Sherman 36, Smith 55, Wil
Icox 24.
GATEWAY COUNT
Marquam Sutherland
First Division -2,200 2,875
Second Division — 119 390
Third Division —1,155 1,S08
Fourth Division — 711 1,310
Total 4,185 6,383
THIRD DIVISION
For Senator
Dimonrl -1,431
Frame _1,36(
For Representatives
(Grier -1,611
! Smith -1,60(
.! Murray -1.361
j Scott - 1,351
Sherman -1.241
■ Price -1.041
Coftey _ 945
Wilcox - 661
: REPUBLICANS BELIEVE
BUT FEW SEATS LIST
1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (ff)—Cool
idge attended business as usual bul
made no comment on elections. Re
I publican leaders expressed gratifica
• jtion as it is believed only four or five
i senate seats will be lost. They said
. Coolidge was disappointed at the
‘ defeat of his personal friend, Sena
' tor Butler in Massachusetts, in whose
behalf Coolidge pled during the cam
paign.
“MUSHY" KAYOES TIPLITZ
VERNON, Calif., Nov. 4. (£>)
“Mushy** Callahan kayoed Joe Tiplit2
of Philadelphia in the second round
of a ten round bout.
“TONY’ THANKS SEWARD”
Anthony J. Dimond, democratic
candidate for this Division for
Senator to the Territorial legis
lature, telegraphed The Gateway
last evening from Valdez to con
vey his thanks to the people of
Seward for their splendid vote.
The message was as follows:
The Seward Gateway:
Please express to the people of
Seward my thanks and apprecia
tion for their splendid vote for me.
Whether elected or not, I shall al
ways try to merit their confidence
in me thus expresed.
ANTHONY J. DIMOND
RESULTS SHOW PEOPLE HAVE
NOT ACCEPTED FAKE COOL
IDGE PROSPERITY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (^—Sen
ator Swanson of Virginia, chairman
of Democratic Speakers Bureau, de
clared “Results show people have not
accepted the fake Coolidge prosperity.
Voters have shown they have lost con
fidence in the Republican party.” The
Wets and Drys were far apart in their
interpretations of the election re
sults.
Wheeler, speaking for the Anti-Sa
loon League said “In every state
where the Drys had a fighting chance
with the exception of Massachusetts,
they won the Senatorial contests.”
Senator Edge, Republican of New
Jersey, Wet leader, declared “The re
sult of the election should insure the
Volstead act revision with constitu
tional limits.”
CHICAGO, Nov. 4. (/P)—Senator
Phipps, Colorado chairman of the Re
publican Campaign committee, de
clared “Republican losses in Senate
seats are mostly in States where lo
cal issues dominated. The result
generally can in no way be construed
as repudiation of the Republican par
ity. I confidently expect Republicans
jto organize the next Senate.”
_
TRANSFERS NOUS
CASE TO AUSTIN
JUDGE HOSKEY AFTER HEARING
WITNESSES SAYS FAIR TRIAL
IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE
—
WORT WORTH, Nov. 4. (/P)—
Judge Hoskey after hearing 20 wit
nesses, testified Norris couldn’t ob
tain a fair trial and ordered the case
transferred to Austin. Some of the
witnesses said they had heard the
belief expressed that Norris’s neck
should be broken or that he should
be shot. H. C. Meacham, mayor of
Fortworth, testified he hired special
prosecutors for $15,000 to prosecute
the Norris case which will be heard
in Austin in January.
Once in awhile a movie o? excep
tional merit comes to Seward. To
night is one of them.
Alaska Railroad Estimates
Reveal on Self-Sustaining
Basis Period Five Years
ANNUAL REPORT MADE PUBLIC BY GENERAL
MANAGER SMITH BE SUBMITTED THIS MONTH
TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR, HUBERT
WORK—NOT COMPUTING GAIN FROM REDUC
ED OPERATING EXPENSES ROAD MAY SHOW
EARNINGS
INCREASED MINING ACTIVITIES LARGEEV RESPONSIBLE
Industrial Department Rapidly Taking Shape; Will Ex
* Ploit Natural Resources and Possible Colonization of
Agricultural Lands
With total revenues of $1,067,511.87, derived from
rail and river transportation, as against $861,287.24 for
the year 1925, The Alaska Railroad, for the fiscal year
just ended, shows a gain of 24 per cent in gross earnings.
Of these earnings, the freight item, totalling $592,638.51,
shows a gain of $169,467.20 over 1925, or 37.1 per cent,
while passenger earnings, totalling $220,477.31, reveals an
increase of $32,252.54 or 17.2 per cent. This, with miscel
laneous earnings of $254,396.05, as against $13,544.89 for
the year previous, or 5.6 per cent, shows the road to have
increased its revenues by 24 per cent.
The total cost of maintenance and operation, includ
ing replacements, amounted to $1,169,202.04, wrhieh is
$504,795.32 less than for 1925, or a total reduction of 30.2
per cent.
In the progress of achievement of this splendid re
cord, the annual deficit of the railroad has been reduced
from $3,040,737.31 in 1924, to $1,700,000 in 1926, the de
! ficiency shown being covered by funds available from pre'
vious appropriations and by other resources, including
! material at hand.
jcjHuiuauug iaai me same xuuu cub
earnings is maintained for five years
and not computing the gain from re
duced operating expenses, The Alas
ka Railroad should be on a self-sus
taining basis at the end of that
period if not actually showing net
earnings in excess of expenditures.
Possibly one of the strongest in
fluences that will hasten this result
is the immense amount of dredge ma
chinery to be received during the
next two years by the Fairbanks Ex
ploration company. It is known that
plans have been submitted for at least
four large dredges, with the possible
addition of others as the preliminary
work of ground-sluicing off the muck
is completed. The equipment already
hauled, together with added passen
ger traffic attendant upon launching
the great dredge undertaking, enter
ed strongly into the item of earnings
during the past year.
With the outlook bright for a splen
did era of mining development along
the railroad, including at least two
additional dredging enterprises—one
near Fairbanks and the other west of
Cache creek in the Fairview district,
the outlook for early emergence from
a deficit-bearing enterprise to a pay
ing railroad faces Uncle Sam’s Alas
ka railroad.
Other auguries, such as results from
the Industrial Department of the rail
road, which is at present rapidly
whipping into shape for exploiting
the natural resources, and especially
mining along the railroad, and the
possible colonization of agricultural
lands, create for the railroad a rose
ate outlook for the future.
The annual report of operations,
will be submitted by Mr. Smith to the
Secretary of the Interior.
r
FAR TAKEN13 SEATS
FROM REPUBLICANS
SOUTH DAKOTA AND COLORADO
ELECT DEMOCRATIC GOVER
NORS FIRST TIME YEARS
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (/P)—The
Democratic thrust in the off-year
election has made certain insurgent
control of the senate and threatens
the domination the Republicans had
over the House.
Since the Coolidge landslide the
Democrats have captured seven of
the nine places constituting the Re
publican Senate majority leaving the
balance of power in the little group of
Republican insurgents.
The Democrats by taking thirteen
seats so far from the Republicans in
the House has brought about an align
ment under which the insurgents
might be able to take the upper hand
in the working control of the House.
Besides the Congressional gains
the Democrats won governorships in
two normally Republican states,
South Dakota and Colorado taking
control of the governorship in the
latter for the first time in a quarter
of a century.
DYNAMITE REPUBLICANS
BREVARD, North Carolina, Nov, 4.
(JP)—A stick of dynamite was explod
ed in front of the Republican head
quarters and demolished an automo
bile and broke windows on both sides
of the street, *\ ss