SEATTLE SPORTING
SEATTLE, Nov. 11.—Several Seattleites won a heap of
money on the election. Steve Bailey, formerly proprietor of
the Hotel Northern and a pioneer resident of the city, won
thirty thousand dollars on Wilson. His money was placed in
this city and in San Francisco. Doc. Ashton, another plunger,
won fifteen thousand dollars on the president, while dim Da
vis, proprietor of the Washington Hotel Annex, won the mod
est sum of ten thousand on Wilson. It is believed that
Steve Bailey’s bet of thirty thousand dollars was the laigest
individual wager made on the election.
Tex Rickard, formerly of Nome, won $25,000, his wager
f ing that Wilson would carry Ohio.
WATCHING THE BALLOT BOXES.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11.—Following the discover}' of a
clerical error yesterday by which Hughes was given an addi
tional 2,000 votes, four circles of guards? are watching the bal
lot boxes today.
PRESIDENT IS PLEASED.
RHINECLIFF, Nov. 11.—His face wreathed in smiles,
President Wilson came ashore from liis yacht and took the
train, en route to Williamstown, the home of his daughter, this
morning. He had nothing to say about the election, but his
face depicted his pleasure at the result
DON’T EXPECT A CONTEST.
NE WYORK, Nov. 11.—“The president is so completely
re-elected,” said Vance McCormick, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, this morning, “that I don’t expect
the republicans to ask for a recount in the close states.”
WILLCOX NOT YET WILLING TO GIVE UP.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Chairman Willcox, of the repub
lican national committee, is not yet willing to admit the elec
tion of President Wilson and is still talking of contesting the
count in the close states. People generally, however, concede
that the president has been re-elected.
■ JOHNSON RAN WAY AHEAD OF HUGHES.
V SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11.—Governor Hiram Johnson,
who was elected United States senator from California, ran
way ahead of Candidate Hughes, leading him by 275,000 votes.
Johnsou was formerly a progressive, but ran on the republican
ticket.
WILSON GAINS IN RE-CHECKING.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11.—President Wilson gained
twenty votes in the re-checking of some of the mountain pre
cincts. Wilson’s plurality over Hughes in Oalifoma is so far
3,170 votes.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—The Alaska
Steamship company has purchased the
steamer Henry T. Scott, now in the
Atlantic service, for the Alaska trade.
The company has sold the steamship
Dolphin to Montreal parties who will
operate it on the St. Lawrence river.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.—The
Alaska Steamship company has pur
chased from Robert Dollar, the big
San Francisco steamship man, the
steamer Stanley Dollar. The Alaska
Steamship company will employ the
steamer as an ore carrier between
> Tacoma aVid Latouche and Cordova.
W BORN.
To Mr. and Mrs. Heinie Snider at
the government hospital on Nov. 7 a
baby girl. Dr. E. S. Reedy and' Dr.
Beeson in attendance.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 10.—The war
office today announced that the Rou
manian troops have re-occupied the
town of Hilsovain, forcing the Teutons
to evacuate. Hilsovain is located in
the province of Dobrudja and is 45
miles north of Cernavoda.
WHITE STAR COMPANY
PAYS 19 MILLION
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—After de
lays and litigation lasting nearly four
years, the White Star line, owners of
the Titanic which sank after collsion
with an iceberg with the loss of over
1,600 lives, has completed the settle
ment of all claims arising from the
accident. The total of the claims set
tled reaches the enormous sum of $19,
000,000. Some of the claims were
for freight lost and others for life in
demnities.
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♦ A severe storm on tlie summit put the telephone
♦ line out of commssion this forenoon and save for a few ^
♦ messages that reached this office before the line part- ^
♦ ed, the usual report is not available today. It is re- ^
^ ported that many trees blew down and parted the line ^
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♦ repair the breaks. Linemen are on the job, however, ^
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COMMISSION TO
ASK FOR A BIO
SEWARD, Nov. 11.—The Alaskan
Engineering Commission has complet
ed its estimates for construction work
contemplated in the year 1917 and
will ask the congress for an appropri
ation ranging from ten to eleven mil
lion dollars, according to the best in
formation available in Sevyard. It is
planned to continue construction, on
a limited scale compared with sum
mer construction, throughout the win
ter.
In talking to Jack Rohaits this
morning a representative of The,
j Times learned that there was'still'
some misunderstanding in regard to
the Marti n-I’e£erson wrestling match,
[ but, further, that Jack thought he
1 could bring the match about.
The fans demand this match as
j there has been so much publicity and
! talk about the matter and either Mar
) tin or Peterson should have a chance
| to renege. Martin, yesterday, through
the Times has declared his willingness
to meet Peterson. The former match
as arranged would have been a good
one as both parties were in excellent
physical shape and were keyed up to
| the proper pitch that make such ath
I letic contests exciting and interesting
I to the spectators. Peterson showed
j class in his go with Young Viking last
| week and is still in training.
To make the affair more interest
i ing the Young- Viking this morning
j informed The Times that he would
! meet the winner of the Martin-Peter
son match. Martin and Young Viking
were booked for a match last July
but owing to sickness the Viking could
not appear. In fact Dr. Reedy and
other prominent physicians in the city
forbid the match on this account.
Now* when the Martin-Peterson
match was on the board Carl gets un
avoidably ice bound and this match
to be called off. There seems to be a
jinx on the wrestling matches in An
chorage. If the parties are all stall
ing it is time to And out and drop the
matter entirely. If not let’s have a
wrestling match to relieve the monot
ony.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
HAVE ENJOYABLE TIME
Over 250 members of the Pioneers
of Alaska met at the Moose Hall last
night and enjoyed a real get together
party in which they renewed their
pledges of fidelity and brotherhood.
The old pioneer spirit was prevalent
and many were the stories of the gold
en days recounting the scenes of
hardship interspersed with the times
of plenty, when the creeks gave forth
abundance of yellow, virgin gold. T.
R. Needham, one of the oldest of the
clan, ably acted as toastmaster, and
called on the different members for
their experiences. A typical pioneer
luncheon was served and the party
broke up at a late hour with every
member feeling that the evening had
been one of entertainment and pleas
ure.
CORDOVA, Nov. 11.—Special Ex
aminer Wilson, representing the inter
state commerce commission, began the
hearing this forenoon in the matter
of the allegation that the various
transportation lines operating in or
to Alaska railroads and steamships
have a continuous conspiracy with re
spect to boosting rates, both freight
and passenger. Delegate Wickersham
has prepared the papers for the com
plainant, the Sampson'Hardware com
pany, of Fairbahlis, and Judge Bogle,
of Seattle, an| J4dge! Grosscup, of
Taconpr, appear in behalf of the de
fendants. . .
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The new building of the Alaska
I abor union is rapidly assuming the
air of a real building. The pilasteis
are up and in place and 18 workmen
are busiily engaged in pushing the
construction work as rapidly as pos
sible The $5,000.00 steam heating
riant, with the radiators, have arriv
ed, together with all plumbing sup
ples. The hardwood maple flooring
for the assembly hall is on the ground
and the contract foi plumbing and
installing the heading plant will be
let next week. In the way of enter
tainment the boys have purchased a
$550.00 piano that arrived on the
Admiral Evans. Up to date, includ
ing the $2,000 insurance, paid
through the E. M. Huff agency, the
tqtal amount of money raised by pop
ular subscription and otherwise
reaches the handsome total of $10,
000. The management is now work
ing on a bond issue and expects to
issue a block of bonds to the amount
of an additional $10,000 in series of
from $5.00 up, bearing a nominal
rate of interest.
The committee is still taking sub
scriptions and later will put the bond
issue on the market. The sale of
the bonds, together with the amount
on hand, will adequately take care of
the indebtedness and give Anchorage
a convention hall that will far sur
pass anything in the territory and be
a credit to Anchorage and her citi
zens.
ALASKA MAN GETS
BUNKED OF GOOD SUM
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.—John
S Olsen, Alaska cannery hand, is out
I $400 and his fare from Seattle, but
he broke all local “sitting” records
of a telegraph company where he had
been waiting for twenty-nine hours.
Two men in Seattle, it appeared
I from his story, has presented him
i with $100 in a fake poolroom and
[ then persuaded him to “invest” $500
i in the building of a race track in
i Mexico. He preceded them here on
I their arrangement to get in touch
, with him by a telegram at 5 o’clock
j a certain afternoon. It was 10 o’clock
at night when he reluotantly quit un
de rpersuasion. His home is in Bel
lingham, Wash.
EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 11.—-Forty-one members of the
Industrial Workers of the World, now imprisoned at Seattle,
were formally charged with murder in the first degree today,
growing out of the battle between them and county officials
and members of the citizens’ committee. It is charged that
the first shots in the encounter were fired by members of the In
dustrial Workers. They will be brought here for trial. It is
learned that William Haywood, leader of the organization
of labor, is seeking to secure the services of Attorney Walsh,
who was chairman of the industrial commission, to defend
them.
HUNDRED AND TWENTY POLES DROWNED.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 11.—On hundred aud twenty Poles,
whowere on a barge on the Vistula river, were drowned when
the barge was sunk by artillery fire from the Teutons.
SEWARD PILED
UP ON 1 REEL
II BE LOST
Stranded on a jagged reef outside
of Cape Haitien, Haiti, the Seattle
built steamship Seward, formerly of
the fleet of the Alaska Steamship com
pany, is in grave danger of being lost,
while the United States gunboat Prai
rie and a tug are hastening to her as
sistance.
The Seward was sold recently to
Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati, O.,
for $800,000, who disposed of her to
Atlantic coast interests. The vessel
has been plying in the West Indian
trade and sailed a short time ago from
Norfolk, Va., for San Juan, Porto
Rico. 1
News of the accident to the Seward
was received by the navy department
at Washington, D. C., from Admiral
Charles Pond, who said that he had
ordered the gunboat Prairie and a tug
to proceed at full speed to the assist
ance of the vessel.
Built in Seattle.
The Seward was built in 1907 at
the plant of the Moran company, now
the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
company. She is a vessel of 3,390
gross tons and 2,080 net tons, 279 feet
long, 42 feet beam and 21 feet depth
of hold.
Just before the Seward was sold
she made a voyage to'Vladivostok un
der charter to the shipping firm of
Frank Waterhouse & Co., Capt. John
Johnson, who delivered the vessel to
her new owners, on the east coast, re
turned to Seattle about two weeks
ago. The Seward is well known on
the Alaska coast.
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RIFLE CLUB
1 TO RET BUSE
The Anchorage Rifle dub organized
some two months ago received 17 mil
itary rifles and appendages, together
with 4,400 rounds of ammunition for
range practice, from the Benecia, Cal
ifornia, arsenal by Wells Fargo ex
press from the last boat. The guns
will be delivered to members at the
Tuesday evening meeting in the Com
mission Employment office, at which
time applications for membership in
the club will be received. The offi
cers are: Aug. Cohn, president; G. A.
Stanton, vice-president; O. A. Kenyon,
secretary, and C. D. Pollock, treasu
re". Inter-club shoots will be institut
ed at an early date on the club range.
With 26 precincts yet to hear from
the following is the result of the vote
in this division: For delegate—Lewis
373, Sulzer 1,217, and Wickersham 1.
429. Attorney-General—Cobb 274,
Grigsby 1,329 and Schofield 648. Leg
islature—Cannon 1,309, Murray 976,
Day 889, Price 920, McCallum 795,
Holland 841, Noon 806, W. P.Henry
645, Hunter 552, Hegner 526 and W.
J. Henry 421. Road Commissioner—
Jeter 839, Wood 822, Wilson 668 and
Dieregner 281.
There are 26 precincts yet to hear
from that two years ago cast a total
vote of approximately 1,000 and gave
Wickersham a majority of 305. His
majority will probably not be so large
this election but it is safe to say that
the returns will give him an addition
al 200 majority, increasing his lead
over Sulzer to 400 in the Third divi
sion. It' will be at least one week be
fore the complete returns are in from
this division but there is no question
but that the division will give Wick
ersham a substantial majority.
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I j The Live Wire crowd that compose
*tne Anchorage lodge of Moose have
just about completed their plans for
the stellar show attraction of the sea
son—the Moose minstrels—and the
first rehearsal will take place during
the coming week.
The boys promise that it will be a
scream from start to finish, with all
the old time minstrel music, the rapid
1 fire end men, cake walks, hoe downs,
buck and wing and all the trappings
that go with the show.
It is a well known fact that Anchor
age can supply amateur talent in the
show line that borders on the profes
sional and this attraction can be look
ed forward to with keen anticipation.
The event is to be directed by C. G.
Wilfori who has had considerable ex
perience in this line and he is rapidly
getting a line on the local talent avail
able.
The plans for this attraction and
that of the big Thanksgiving Eve ball
to be given by the Moose at Robarts
hall is keeping the committee on en
tertainment working overtime.