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VOL. 2. NO. 12.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
FACE or OEIUK
GIVE WIL» 286 IN
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—President Wilson, on the face of
the returns, has carried New Mexico, North Dakota and Cali
fornia. Hughes has carried Oregon. Minnesota remains in
doubt. On the face of the returns, Wilson has 286 votes in the
electoral college.
POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—It is estimated by the national
campaign committees in New York that the popular vote for
president in this election will total, for Wilson, 8,563,713; for
Hughes, 8,160,401.
V NO CHANGE IS PROBABLE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Latest returns up to Saturday
make not change affecting the president’s majority in the elec
toral college. He has undoubtedly gained California, Nortli
Dakota, New Mexico and New Hampshire, while Minnesota will
probably go for Hughes. There are but a few remote precincts
to hear from in these states and the vote in each can' hardly
change this result.
HUGHES- LEADS IN MINNESOTA.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 13.—With 26 outlying precincts re
maining to be heard from, Hughes has a lead of 239 votes over
Wilson in Minnesota. He will probably retain this lead.
WILSON CARRIES NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NEW YORK. Nov. 13.—Certified returns from New
Hampshire, including all save one small precinct, give Wilson
a. plurality of 630 votes.
NO CONTEST IS PROBABLE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-—-Chairman Willcox, of the republi
can national campaign committee, said this morning that the
republicans would abide by the decision of the official count,
unless special circumstances arose which made other action
necessary. His statement was submitted to Mr. Hughes before
given out for publication and met with his approval.
PRESIDENT NOT CONCERNED.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Nov. 13.—President Wilson
says he is not concerned over the refusal of the republican
Ajnpaign managers to concede his re-election. The chief thing
Mt worries him is the political complexion of the next house
of representatives, because of its effect,on his plans for legis
lation. He has not yet received final information on this point,
although the returns so far indicate a tie, 215 democrats and a
like number of republicans.
PRESIDENT MAKES TALK.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Nov. 13.—“Now that the cam
paign is over, we may all address ourselves to the welfare of
the nation without thought of partisan feeling,” said President
Wilson, in his first public speech since the election, delivered
to a delegation of Williamstown residents and Williams college
students, who greeted him. “Politics,” he continued, “is after
all a means of getting something done or putting forward ideas,
not love of a fight.”
PRESIDENT AHEAD IN NEW MEXICO.
SANTA FE, N. M., Nov. 13.—With 29 Small outlying pre
cincts to hear from, Wilson has a lead over Hughes of 1,184
votes. These precincts cannot change the result.
CALIFORNIA FOR WILSON.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.—No additional election re
turns have been received since Saturday noon. At that time,
Wilson’s plurality over Hughes was 3,386. The remaining pre
cincts cannot change the result.
WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE TALKS.
MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 13.—“I am going to Washington
to represent the women and children of the west; to work for
an eight-hour law for women and for laws providing that wom
JjP shall be paid the same wages as men for equal amounts of
■fork, ’ ’ declared Miss Jeannette Rankin, republican, the newly
elected representative-at-large from the state of Montana. Miss
Rankin .was sewing at home when she made this statement.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 12.—(The Times, Anchorage) —
Corrected figures coming to The Dispatch give the vote for del
egate to congress as follows:
First division—
Wickersham . 1,785
Sulzer . 2,286
Second division—
Wickersham . 787
Sulzer .—.. 615
Third division—
Wickersham...1,918
Sulzer . 1,245
Fourth division—
Wickersham ... 1,463
Sulzer .;... 1*453
Total to date—
Wickersham.„..5,953
Sulzer ...;. 5,599
Wickersham’s lead . 354
The missing precincts in the First and Second divisions, it
is conceded, will break even. The missing precincts in the
Third division will give Wickersham the best of the break.
This confirms the Dispatch’s claim that Wickersham is elected
by a plurality that will be close to 300 votes.
JUNEAU DISPATCH.
REPORT FROM THE FOURTH DVISION.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 13.— (The Times, Anchorage)
—A correction in the figures of the vote in the Fourth division
gives Wickersham 1,463 and Sulzer 1,453. CITIZEN.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 13.—(The Times, Anchorage)
—Latest—Up to noon today, the vote in the Fourth division
gives Wickersham 1,491 and Sulzer 1,475. There are seven
precincts yet to hear from, included in which are Kantishna.
Innoko and Tacotna. The missing vote will be between 250
and 300. CITIZEN.
ON BOARD THE U. S. GUNBOAT WHEELING, Nov. 13.
—The insurgent forces under General Felix Diaz have captured
Tehuantepec city and invested Salina Cruz. On the Gulf of
Mexico side of the isthmus insurgent troops are within six
miles of the city of Coatzacoalcos.
WILSON’S BIG POPULAR VOTE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Secretary Tumulty Saturday
sent the following telegraip to President Wilson, who is visit
ing his daughter at Williamstown: “More complete returns
show that you have received the largest vote ever cast for a
candidate for president. You have received nearly a million
more votes than were cast for both Taft and Roosevelt in 1912.
1 our gain over 1912 is three times as much as was ever gained
by a president running for re-election.”
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WILL AWAIT OFFICIAL COUNT.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Candidate Hughes and Chairman
Willcox will remain at the republican headquai’ters in New
York until the official count of the state of California has been
made. President Wilson passed through New York this aft
ernoon, on his way to Washington.
OFFICIAL COUNT IN PROGRESS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.—The official count of the
vote in the presidential election began this morning through
out the state of California.
' SOCIALIST ELECTED SHERIFF.
TONOPAH, Nev. Nov. 13.—W. H. Thomas, candidate for
sheriff of Nye county, has been elected.
KIMEHMY
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Aus
tro-German troops stormed the Russian positions over a front
two miles and a half in length in Volhynia Saturday, gaining
a decisive victory, says an official German report today. Three
thousand Russian prisoners were taken, 27 machine guns were
captured and heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy.
RUSSIANS ADMIT RETREAT.
PRTROGRAD, Nov. 13.—The attack of the Austro-Ger
man troops on the Russian positions at Stokhod, Volhynia, Sat
urday, says a Russian official report today, forced our troops
to retire to their second line of defenses^ The enemy were re
pulsed in seven distinct assaults hut the eighth attack was
successful in gaining our first line positions.
FIGHTING IN DOBRUDJA.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—The issue in the province of Dobrud
,ia, where the Russian-Roumanian troops are seeking to regain
possession of the Constanza-Tsernavoda railway line, seems
again to be hanging in the balance. The Russian-Roumanian
troops are advancing from the north on Mackensen’s left flank
at Tehernavada and other entente forces are close to the town
along a route 12 miles in length along the bridge and viaduct
that spans the Danube river and carries the railway across ex
tensive marsh lands west of the main stream.
DEUTSCHLAND READY TO SAIL.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 13.—The submarine freighter
Deutschland is loaded and is ready to sail. It will probably de
part during the day.
AUSTRIA’S U. S. AMBASSADOR:
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.—Secretary of State Lansing
| today announced that Count de Tarnow Tarnovski has been
j appointed Austria’s ambassador to the United States. Lansing
said the appointment was agreeable to this country and that,
i no protest would be made.
TO EVERETT
EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 13.—The
forty-one members of the Industrial
Workers of the World, who since the
riot in Everett have been confined in
a Seattle jail, arrived here in the cus
tody of deputy sheriffs Saturday
night and will be placed on trial here,
charged with murder in the first de
gree. '
LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 1$.—Cor
poral W. Smith shot and killed Pri
vates Jones and McKnight and wound
ed Private Conners, while the four, all
members of K troop, 14th cavalry,
were at the camp stables this morn
ing.
VSEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Patrolman
Ben Thompson, aged 74 years, the
first police' officer to wear a uniform
in Seattle, died here yesterday from
the effects of heart disease.
BIDS LET FDD
4 DESTROYERS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. — The
navy department has awarded the con
tract for the construction of four
thirty-five knot destroyers to the Bath
Iron Works, of Bath, Maine. Each de
stroyer will cost $1,500,000 for the
hull and machinery.
ON COMBINES
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OTTAWA, Nov. 13.—Combining to
enhance the prices of the necessities
of life has been made an offense by
the Canadian government, punishable
by a fine of not to exceed five thous
and dollars and imprisonment not to
exceed two years.
DEPUTE CLERK
REACHES END
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SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—David M. Pey
ser, deputy county cleric, passed away
last night, following a brief illness.
He was a pioneer resident of Seattle. .