VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 267. SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
GREATEBT COM
'RETURNS STILL INCOMPLETE;
DAYS BEFORE ALL TACTS
ARE KNOWN
Special to the Gateway—Asso
ciated Press Nov., 8, (/P)—The Pres
idential election of 1S28 is passing
into history today leaving in its
wake the greatest electoral majori
ty ever cast for any candidate. The
a'ill measure of the overwhelmong
victory which sent even Rock-rib
bed Democratic States into Hoovei's
column is still to be completely as
certained but from returns which
rapidly were becoming complete is
evident that the new President will
come into office with the greatest
electoral majority in all history and
with a popular vote exceeding any
before it.
LIKEWISE THE COUNTRY
u still to learn, and it no doubt will
be days before all facts are known,
how great the Party Presidential
vote played in giving Hoover a Re
publican Congress.
That there will be an appreciable
increase in Republican majorities
*u both the House and the Senate
has been demonstrated but the re
turns are still inconclusive in the
case where there were numerous
contests for membership in the
flouse along the Mason-Dixon
vx>rder line and in some other sec
tions whose Party lines are not
frankly defined.
IN VIRGINIA FOR
distance, two districts are still in
doubt today with the chances of
" leaning toward adding Republican
Congressmen to the State’s roil,
Old Dominion already has contri
buted two Republicans definitely to
majority of the Party in the House.
Those elected undoubtedly were
•wept into office on the tide of
Hoover sentiment which shook Vir
* glnia from its Democratic moorings
for the first time since reconstrut
tion days, and Kentucky’s leap into
the Republican column, was whole
hearted and almost complete.
IN THE PLACE OF
eight Democrats and three Repub
licans, who represent the State in
the House, at the press of the Pres
ident Hoover wave, changed their
representation to nine Republicans
and two Democrats.
Sweeping aside of Democratic
Congressmen was noted in various
localities although in two or three
instances Republicans were forced
to give up their seats to Democrats
in the Senate; Democrats also felt
the blow of the Hoover landslide,
giving up six of their places to Re
publicans whereas all 13 Re3 ’oil
can places were retained by the
candidates of that Party.
Resignation Owen
Roberts Accepted By
President Covlidge
WASHINGTON, Nov., 8, (IP)—
President Coolidge accepted the
resignation of Owen Roberts, spe -
ial counsel for the United States in
the oil cases, effective immediate!}.
The President expressed his grat
itude for his work. Atlee Pomer
ene will continue in his present po
sition in prosecution of cases and
will conclude the remaining work.
Roberts resigned so as to resume
private practice.
Large River Boat
Be Ready For Use
On Yukon, Spring
i SEATTLE, Nov., 3, {IP)—The larg
est vessel ever built on the upper
Yukon River, a freighter measuring
210 feet over all with a 42 foot
beam and draft of 18 inches, has
been completed by the White Pass
& Yukon Route at Whitehorse.
H. Wheeler, president of the com
pany, announced this craft will be
the ninth in service replacing a
smaller one to be held in reserve.
They will complete the superstruc
ture and install engines and wheel
j just before the opening of naviga
tion next spring.
PASSENGERS GET WET MAKING
SHORE; PILOT MERRILL AT
THE STICK
BETHEL, Nov.. 8, (/Pi—Pilot Mer
rill landed on the ice in the slough
yesterday morning but in attempt
ing to turn around crashed thru
the ice bending the propeller.
Three passenger ', the Misses Mc
Cormack and Bowen from Akiak,
and Mrs. Andrews from Juneau, got
a wetting getting ashore. To re
lease the plane a "gee” pole .and a
heavy block and tackle was used.
I Merrill is doubtful if repairs can be
nnade here believing another plane
will be necessary to get the men
of the New York Alaska Gold
Dredging Co., from Bear Creek to
a rail point.
j The crash marked the start of
| the honeymoon of Catherine Mc
iCormack, government nurse at Ak
jiak, and Walter Andrews of Juneau,
| who flew here to be married. Miss
Bowen, also a nurse at Akiak, and
Merrill, were attending witnesses.
REPUBLICAN LEAD IN HOUSE
IS INCREASED: ONE FAHM
ER-LABOItlTE
I
Special to the Gateway—Asso- |
dated Press, Nov. 8,—The elctor
al vote was Hoover 444 and 87; the j
Hoover majority was 357. In 1924
Davis, Democrat had 130; in 1920
Cox, Democrat, 172.
The States carried bv Hoover was i
40 and Smith eight; Alabama, At - J
kansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mass- i
achussetts, Mississippi, Rhode Is-1
land. South Carolina.
The popular vote, which is in
complete, gave Hoover 18,299,733
Smith 12,939.033. The Hoover plu
rality was 5.310,015.
In 1924 Coolidge had 15.^25,0'6!
and Divis 8.336,503; La Foilette |
4.822,356.
THIRTEEN LARGE
cities went for Hoover and eight
for Smith. Hoover won Chicago,
Philadelphia, Detroit. Baltimore, 1
Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Buffaxo,
and Cincinnati and Smith won New
York, Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, ;
San Francisco and Newark. The
total vote in these cities gave Smith
342,079 and those voting for Hoover !
3,375,097.
CONGRESS AND THE
new Senate will have 54 Republi
cans, 40 Democrats and one Farm
er-Laborite and one vacancy as
compared with 47 Republicans, 16
Democrats and one Farmer-Labor -
ite and two vacancies. The Repub
lican lead in the House is increased, j
Of the Governors elected 23 were ,
Republicans and 11 Democratic.
;
COOPER FOR GOVERNOR
COLUMBUS, O.. Nov.. 8. (A’)—
Byers Cooper was elected Governor
| of Ohio.
Dill is Returned
Senator Washington
Over Macintosh
SEATTLE. Nov., C, (/P)~In the
[ace of the returns from 1,814 pre
cincts Senator Dill was re-elected
with a vote of 180.944 against 167.
•47 for Mackintosh.
Kill won in the fifth Congres
sional district; 397 precincts out of
‘>41 gave Hill 39,674 and Corkery
2.749.
CELLULOID MIXTURE CAUSE OF
SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS;
MUCH DAMAGE
LYNN. Mass., Nov., 8. (JP)—Twelve
persons were killed in an explosion
which wrecked the shoe plant of
the Preble Box Toe Co., in East
Lynn shortly after the plant opened
for business this morning. Tne
building was immediately envelop
ed in flames.
Twelve bodies were recovered in
cluding four occupants of a dwell
ing close to the factory, and a
mother and three n.L ■h'T, mght
children. The others were factory
employees.
A series of explosions in the cel
luloid mixture, used in the manu
facture of box toes for shoes, blew
one end out of the concrete build
ing and two bodies were hurled irdo
the street and with them flames
which scorched many nearby build
ings. The force of the explosions
wrecked a large number of win
dows. The cause of the explosion
is unknown.
FORD’S COLONIAL VILLAGE RISES NEAR DEARBORN
Hustling Dearborn, Mich., where Henry Fords plants hum with industry, is
! watching the arrival of a new neighbor from early Amer-ica history. Ford is assem- .
bing neaby a colonial village. Part of the tract will be oc-cupied by a museum in hon
! or of Thomas A. Edison. Here Ford has transported aformer Edison laboratory,
an interior view of which is shown below. Above is thenrain building of the mu
seum. Ford and Edison (left) have long been friends.
LIST OF GOVERNORS, SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES
COMPILED
Special to the Gateway—Asso
ciated Press Nov., 8, (/Pi—Notwith
jstanding the Hoover sweep there
was a surprisingly small number of
upsets in the Guberriatoral races
and figures compiled on a basis of
two-thirds the vote show Demo
cratic Gubernatorial candidates
won out where they were expected
;to win and the Republicans did
likewise.
i Thirty-four Governors were chos
jon the majority of whom were Re
publicans: nevertheless in such
States as Utah and Montana, Dem
ocrats were successful while in New
Jersey and Arizona Republicans
pained control, unseating, on the
basis of the latest returns, the vet
eran George Hunt.
THE OUTCOME WAS
a Republican gain of three Gover
jnors, in Arizona, New Jersey and
Ohio.
ON THE BASIS
of the returns, which are incom
plete, in many cases these candi
dates were successful and only "n
jone or two instances are there
'enough votes outstanding to
jchange the following results: Ari
Phfl1 p . Arkan -
sas, Parnell, Democrat; Colorado,
Adams, Democrat; Connecticut,
Trumbull, Republican; Deleware,
Buck, Republican; Florida, Carlton,
Democrat; Georgia, Hadman, Dem
ocrat; Idaho, Baldridge, Republi
can; Illinois, Emmerson, Republi
can.
Indiana, Leslie, Republican, Iowa,
Hammill,, Republican; Kansas,
Reed, Republican; Massachussetts,
Allen, Republican; Michigan, Green
Republcan; Minnesota, Christian
son, Republican; Missouri, Canfield
Republcan; Montana, Erickson,
Democrat.
Nebraska, Weaver, Republican;
New Hampshire, Tobey, Republi
can; New Jersey, Larson, Republi
can; New Mexico, Dillon, Republi
can; New York, Roosevelt, Demo
crat; North Carolina, Gardner,
Democrat; North Dakota, Shatter,
Republican; Ohio, Cooper, Republi
can; Rhode Island, Case, Republi
can; South Dakota, Bulow, Demo
crat; Tennessee, Horton, Democrat,
Texas, Moody, Democrat.
Utah, Deni, Democrat; Vermont,
Week, Republican; Washington,
Hartley, Republican; West Virginia,
Jonley, Republican; Wisconsin,
Kohler, Republican.
SENATORS ELECTED
were Dill, Washington. Represent
atives elected were Jeffers, Alaba
ma and Mrs. Kahn, Carter and Bai -
bour; Free, California; Crane, Floi
ida; Greenwood, Dunbar and Hall,
Indiana; Lozier, Missouri; Johnson,
Nebraska; Hale, New Hampshire;
Moore, New Jersey, Cartwright and
McKeown, Oklahoma; utler, Ore
gon; Leech in Pennsylvania; Bill,
Miller, Hadley, Johnson and Sum
mers, Washington; Bowman, Smith
and Wolverton, West Virginia.
WARMER IN ALASKA
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 8, (IP)—Win
try winds bringing lower tempera
tures, snow and rain descended on
the middle west from the Rocky
Mountains, halting air mail service
and threatening to delay railway
traffic.