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VOL. 2. NO. 9.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1916.
PJilCE TEN CENTS.
The indications are strongly point
ing -to the re-election of President
Wilson, as may be seen from the fol
lowing bulletins which reached The
Times today. The latest is that the
president has carried the states of
California and North Dakota, and one
bulletin said that the republicans
conceded Minnesota to the democrats.
The election bulletins are as follows:
flSMARCK, N. D. Nov. 9.—With
precincts missing, Wilson leads
Hughes in NcrLh Dakota by 747 votes.
The missing precincts, say the demo
crats, cannot possjbly wipe out the
president’s lead, and this places
North Dakota in the Wilson column.
Flash—10:04 a. m.—Wilson carried
California.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—10:06—(Pri
4 vate Message)—Wilson is six short of
an election. Result depends on Cali
fornia, Minnesota or New Mexico.
Kansas gave a democratic plurality.
New Hampshire went for Wilson by
a very narrow margin. The court will
have to decide the result in this
state. Contests are probable in Cali
fornia and Minnesota, whichever* ay
they go, and it will take a month
to determine the result. It is an even
break as to who is elected president,
r If Wilson wins out, Tex Rickard will
be $50,000 richer. Jim Beasley, form
er Nomeite, has arrived here. He has
been fighting wtih the British army
on the French front. Chas. E. Her
ron left for Chicago today.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-10:05 a. m. i
—For Hughes, Connecticut 37, Dela
ware 3, Illinois 29, Indiana 15, Iowa
13, Maine 6, Massachusetts 18, Michi
gan 15, New Jersey 14, New York 45,
Pennsylvania 48, Rhode Island 5,
South Dakota 5, Vermont 4, Wiscon
2 sin 13. Total Hughes electoral vote
4 230.
Electoral vote for Wilson—Ala
bama 12, Arizona 3, Arkansas 9, Col
or%do 6, Florida 6, Georgia 14, Idaho
ansas 10, Kentucky 13, Louisiana
loy Maryland 8, Mississippi 10, Mis
souri 18, Montana 4, Nebraska 8, Ne
vada 3, North Dakota 5, North Caro
lina 12, Ohio 24, Oklahoma 10, South
Carolina 9, Tennessee 12, Texas 20,
Utah 4, Virginia 12, Washington 7,
y# Wyoming 3. Total for Wilson 256.
Still in the doubtful column—Cali
fornia 13, Minnesota 12, New Hamp
shire 4, New Mexico 3, Oregon 5.,
West Virginia 8. Total still in doubt
45. It looks like a pretty sure thing
for Wilson.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—9:28 a. m.—
With Wilson certain of >256 votes in
the electoral college, Hughes is cutting
down his lead in Minnesota and Wil
son is cutting down Hughes’ lead in
California, the result at this time is
distressingly in doubt.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—9:33 a. m.—
4 North Dakota has switched from the
democratic to the doubtful column.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—9:36 a. m.—
The republicans virtually concede Min
nesota to Wilson, but North Dakota is
causing uneasiness to the democrats.
Late yesterday afternoon, Hughes was
29 votes ahead in the electoral college,
but on the other hand the democrats
vehemently claim West Virginia and
this would elect Wilson, even if he
lost North Dakota. On the other hand,
New Hampshire is close and the dem
ocrats may have a chance to win that
state. Further, Wilson is still gaining
in California. On the whole, it would
appear almost certain that Wilson is
elected and that only a miracle would
bring in Hughes.
bring
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4EW YORK, Nov. 9.—“President
Wilson is absolutely re-elected,” said
Vance McCormick, chairman of the
democratic national committee, late
last night. “The republicans cannot
beat him by any combination of states
that may ensue. We can lose Minne
sota and California and still we elect
the president, but we feel confident we
will carry both states.”
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-10:11 a. m.—
At 9 o’clock this morning, the presi
dential election was still in doubt, with
Wilson needing California and North
Dakota to win. He is leading in both
states, with four thousand votes ahead
and fifty precincts to be heard from, in
California, artd is ahead thirteen hun
dred votes in North Dakota, with one
hundred and sixty precincts to hear
from.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—Wilson has
carried Washington and Governor
Lister, democrat, has defeated Mc
Bride, his republican opponent. Four
republican members of the house of
representatives are elected. John H.
Miller defeated George Cotterill; Dill
is re-elected in the First district; John
son is re-elected in the Third district,
and LaFollette is re-elected in the
Fourth district.
^n King county, the republican par
ty ticket won all the offices.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—War news is
crowded into secondary positions by I
the London newspapers for the first
time since the war began. The Ameri
can election is receiving first consid
eration..
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—10:52 a. m.
—Chairman Willcox, of the republi
can campaign committee, after dining
with Hughes last night, said: “I be
lieve that Mr. Hughes has been elect
ed and he shares my view. We ask
only what is fair, we want only what
we are entieled to, and that we pro
pose to have.”
LINCOLN, Nov. 9.—Before depart
ing for Denver, William Jennings Bry
an said, “If Wilson is elected, it will
be a signal victory and'all the more
valuable because it is won without the:
aid of New York.. It has been assum-!
ed heretofore that New York was nec-1
essary to success, and that assump-:
tion has been a restraint on progres- i
sive legislation, until the Wilson ad
ministration entered upon its work.”
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 9.—11 a. m.
—With returns complete, but only
partially verified officially, Wilson
leads in New Hhampshire by ninety
three votes. According to the secre
tary of state, the errors in official re
ports were a factor in reversing the
lead which Hughes had last night. He
said returns from, towns and wards
still to be verified might further
change th^ result.
Mr. Anderson Returns.
Sidney Anderson, vice-president of
the Bank of Anchorage, returned on
the steamer Northwestern from an ex
tended trip to Seattle and the east.
While on the trip Mr. Anderson at
tended the National Bankers’ associa
tion annual meeting at Kansas City,
and later visited big old home in Mis
souri. In talkingjOf his (rip this morn
ing Mr. Anderson "said that the finan
cial condition -of'tne ciountry was en
couraging and that the amount of re
serve in the banks at the present
time is greater than ever in the his
tory of the country but that there was
not much capital being invested in
construction works. He said that while
he was rather anxious to take his us
ual trip outside he was equally as anx
ious to return to his adopted home in
Anchorage.
Bob Geirke is registered at the
Crescent from Ophir city. Mr. Geirke
arrived in Anchorage on the Admiral
Evans and will be in the city several
days awaiting the arrival of the
George Reilly dog team to make the
trip to the interior. Mr. Geirke is
largely interested in placer holdings
in the Ophir country and controls con
siderable rich placer grounds in other
sections of Alaska. He was among the
first to locate in the Tolstoi country
and says that he has not given up
hope yet but that Tolstoi will make a
good eamp.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-10:62 a. m.—
With thirty congressional districts to
be heard from, the result shows that
202 republicans, 199 democrats, two
progressives, one independent and one
socialist have been elected to congress.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 9.—Hol
comb, republican, is ejected governor,
and McLean, republican, is elected
United States senator.
DOVER, Del., Nov. 9.—Joseph O.
Wolcott, democrat, is elected United
States senator from Delaware.
TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 9.—Cappers
is re-elected governor of Kansas.
HELENA, Mont., Nov. 9.—Stewart
i... , e :*ected governor of Montana.
PHOENIX, Nov. 9.—United States
Senator Ashurst, democrat, is re-elect
ed United States senator from Ari
zona.
RENO, Nov. 9.—United States Sen
ator Key Pittman, democrat, is re
elected in Nevada.
DENVER, Nov. 9.—Julius Gunter,
democrat, is elected governor of Col
orado.
TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 9.—Walter
E. Edge, republican, is elected govern
or of New Jersey. Joseph H. Freling- ;
huysen, republican, is elected United
States senator.
WHEELING, W.Va., Nov. 9.—Corn
well, democrat, is elected governor,
and Chilton, democrat, is re-elected
United States senator.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 9.—United
States Senator Hitchcock, democrat, is
re-elected, and the democrats claim the
election of Neville, democrat, as gov
ernor.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 9.—Frank
B. Kellogg, republican, is elected Unit
ed States senator and Governor Bum
quist, republican, is re-elected.
BOSTON, Nov. 9.—McCall, republi
can, is elected governor of Massachu
setts.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 9.—This
city voted for prohibition by a majori
ty of 1,143 votes.
BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. 9.—United
States Senator McCumber, republican,
is re-elected and Lynn J. Frazier, re
publican, is elected governor.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9.—Governor
Phillips is re-elected in Wisconsin.
BOISE, Idajio, Nov. 9.—Alexander,
democrat, is elected governor of Ida
ho.
NEW YORK, Not. 9.—The demo
crats will retain control of the senate.
The house is still in doubt.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 9.—
Returns indicate the election of J.
Catts, prohibitionist, as governor of
Florida.
ARE ELECTED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—The fol
lowing United States senators have
been elected in their respective states:
Arkansas—William F. Kirby, dem
ocrat.
California—Hiram Johnson, pro
gressive republican.
Florida—P. M. Trammell, democrat.
Indiana—Harry S. New and James
E. Watson, republicans.
Maryland—Joseph I. France, repub
lican. .
Michigan—Chas. E. Townsend, re
publican.
Mississippi—John Sharp Williams,
democrat.
Missouri—John Reed, democrat.
Montana—Thomas R. Myers, dem
ocrat.
Nevada—Key Pittman, democrat.
New York—William M. Calder, re
publican.
Ohio—Adlee Pomerene, democrat.
Pennsylvania—Philander C. Knox,
republican.
Rhode Island—Peter Pollett, repub
lican.
Utah-nWilliam H. King, democrat.
Texas—Chas. Culbertson, democrat.
Tennessee—K. D. McKellar, demo
crat,
Virginia—Chas. Swanson, democrat.
Wisconsn—Robert M. LaFollette,
republican.
Complete election returns from
Knik are as follows:
Delegate—Lena Morrow Lewis 6,
Chas. A. Sulzer 11, James Wickersham
43.
Attorney general—John H. Cobb 23,
George B. Grigsby 27, George D. S_.,o
field 8.
Senator—George Dooley 5, John
Frame 31, E. F. German 13, John Ro
nan 10.
Representative—Frank Cannon 57,
Chas. M. Day 19, R. E. Hegner 10, W.
J. Henry 7, William P. Henry 6, Thom
as H. Holland 6, R. R. Hunter 21,
Chas. McCallum 18, Joe Murray 15,
John Noon 21, Thomas C. Price 16.
Road commissioner—-Joe Dieringer
2, Tom Jeter 34, JamesWilson 8, Ed.
Wood 15.
Dry 29, Wet 31.
For 8-hour law 51, against 8-hour
law 3.
Teikhell—Wickersham 7, Sulzer 4,
Cobb 9, Grigsby 1. Frame 9, Ronan 1.
Cannon 2, Day 9, Hegner 1, Holland
4, McCallum 8, Murray 4, Noon 5,
Price 1. Dieringer 1, Wilson 4, Wood
5. Dry 7, wet 3. 8-hour law 7,
against 0.
Mrs. E. S. Reedy, corresponding
secretary of the Anchorage Woman’s
club, announces that the Heartholcl
department of the organization will
hold a meeting Friday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the chamber of com
merce rooms.
While reports are conflicting, espe
cially with respect to the First and
Second divisions of Alaska, the indica->
tions now are pointing somewhat to
the re-election of Delegate James
Wickersham. Last night, relying on
reports at hand, The Times was ready
to concede the election of Mr. Sulzer,
but more recent messages from the
various divisions indicate that they are
so close together in the race that such
a concession is wholly gratuitious and
not in accord to the real situation. In
deed, the delegate is now slightly in
the lead, if reliance may be placed on
the later reports. It will be found
that there are conflicting reports from
Nome and from Juneau. The first re
port, received last evening, gave the
delegate a lead of some two hundred
in the Seconc^ division. Another re
port says that the delegate only had j
fifty plurality over Sulzer. The Times I
does not assume to know which report j
is correct. A similar difference is evi
dent in the reports from Juneau. The
Times produces all of them and read
ers may draw their own conclusions.
JUNEAU, Nov. 9.—The Juneau
Dispatch claims the election of Dele
i gate Wickersham, on the official
] count, by some 300 plurality over
I Sulzer. The delegate lost the First
| division by less than 400 votes. Grigs
1 by leads Schofield by 100 votes, with
Cobb close behind. The republican
j legislative tcket, with the exception
! of McCormick, for representative, is
elected. There was a landslide for
dry and the eight-hour provision.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 8.—First
division, 15 precincts missing, Sulzer
2,146, Wickersham 1,701, Lewis 291.
Grigsby 1,339, Schofield 1,240, Cobb
1,111. Wet 1,488, dry 2,520. Com
plete returns will give Sulzer 550 plu
rality, and Grigsby 150. Sulzer’s elec
tion is claimed here by two or three
hundred. Grigsby wins by 1,500;
Heckman will be republican senator,
Benson, Heid and Freeburn, republi
cans, and Casey, democratic, are the
representatives elected.
JUNEAU EMPIRE.
Ketchikan—Lewis 20, Sulzer 210,
Wickersham 297. Cobb 198, Grigsby
208, Schofield 41. Dry 311, wet 222.
Eight-hour law 315, against 152.
NOME, Nov. 9.—Nome city gave
Wickersham 579, Sulzer 414 and
Lewis 109. Precincts outside of Nome
gave Wickersham 208, Sulzer 201 and
Lewis 19. Nome gave Grigsby 723,
Schofield 217 and Cobb 140. Out
side precincts gave Grigsby 329, Scho
field 67 and Cobb 34. Four hundred
votes remain to be heard from in this
division, which will increase Grigsby’s
lead over Schofield in this division to
1,100. Wickersham will carry the di
vision by no more than 50 votes.
NOME, Nov. 9.—A big storm is
prevailing on Bering sea and coast
wise boats are delayed, hence the
failure to receive returns promptly.
NOME, Nov. 9.—Complete returns
from the Second division, except the
final count from Nome, Fortuna
Lddge, Telter, and Kinai, which will
not make any material change in the
result, are as follows:
For Delegate to Congress—James
Wickersham, 760; Charles A. Sulzer,
550, and Lena Morrow Lewis, 104.
For Attorney-General—George B.
Grigsby, 934; George B. Schofield,
241; John H. Cobb, 155.
For Senator—Captain John Sund
back, 607; Thomas McGann, 489; Rob
ert Moran, 257.
For Representatives—^Scotty” Al
len, 664; Nate Coombs, 647; Jas. Da
ly, 626; Thomas M. Reed, 611. These
four are the ones elected.
For Road Overseer—VV. J. Rowe,
568; Wilson, 489; Gibney, 299.
For Dry, 786; for wet, 495.
Eight-hour day—768; against, 229.
MAYNARD.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 9.—With unim
portant outlying precincts, results
from which will not materially change
the situation, the vote in the Fourth
division of Alaska was as follows:
For Delegate—Wickersham, 1360;
Sulzer, 1,307; Lewis, 250.
For Attorney-General— Schofield,
1,260; Grigsby, 850; Cobb, 509.
The fight for the senatorship is
close between Dan Sutherland, incum
bent, and Thomas McGowan, . demo
cratic candidate, with the chances fa
voring the latter.
Representative Burns, democrat, is
re-elected, and Luther C. Hess, demo
crat, is also victorious. Representa
tive Snow, of Ruby, wins a re-election,
and Nerland, independent candidate,
is elected.
For Dry—1,161; wet, 946.
The eight-hour day provision car
ried by a big majority.
HONAN IN TKE LEAD
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So far as The Times has been able
to ascertain, the vote for senator and
members of the house in the ^.la^ka
legislative assembly, from the Third
division, is about as follows below.
There are some discrepancies in this
report, but it is as it came over the
wires to The Times, and the fault
does not lie with this paper. Take in
the Seward report, for instance. The
Times’ report gave no votes at all for
Tom Price. Seward is the home of
the democratic war horse, George
Phelps, and The Times positively
knows that Phelps voted for Tom, as
he voted for every man on the demo
cratic ticket. Hence, Price’s vote at
Seward is not counted in this report.
For Senator
■Ronan ..797
■Dooley . 769
Frame . 628
German . 511
For Representative.
Cannon .
Murray .
Price ....
Day .
Holland .
Noon .
McCallum ...
Henry, W. P.
Hunter .
Hegner .
Henry, W. J.
1,270
957
. 903
. 861
. 833
. 780
. 767
..630
. 531
. 515
. 314
The Knik vote is not included in the
foregoing, as it was not available un
til this afternoon.
APPOINTED MINISTER
FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
PEKING, Nov. 9.—Wu Ling Fang
has befen appointed minister for
foreign aJalrs in the Chinese cabi
net.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fordyce are the
proud parents of a baby boy born
early Tuesday morning. The new ar
rival is getting along nicely, but Mrs.
Fordyce has been taken to the Burns
hospital on 6th avenue and H street
and is under the doctor’s care.