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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOLTME 35. \„ 11 t ~ NOME, ADASKA. WKIINKSIW, ScpO-mlxr 12, l!».‘U _ l*-i C<»|>>: 10 cent*.
RETURNS DECEIVED FROM I, 2, 3 DIVISIONS
SECOND DIVISION VOTE RESUIT IN CLOSE R«CE
GEN. ELECTION NOME
CLOSE EXCITING RACE
SENATE AND HOUSE
The general election, held yes
terday. Sept. 11 til, received a
great deal of interest and excite
ment.
Four hundred and sixty-six vot
es were cast in Nome precinfct
alone, for territorial of,tires, and
to the legislature.
Several . precincts repotred in
the count ofthe vote and the re
turns last night by telephone. To
day several more returns arrived
by wireless. The standings of the
candidates up to the hour of going
to press can be found by inspect
ing the tabulated chart of the re
turns drawn up for the conven
ience of the public, and printing
It in this paper.
At 3 p.m. today Olson is leading
Smith and Chn»e for Treasurer by
sixty-three votes, with returns frt)m
nine precincts received, including
Nome.
Under the same tabulation. De
vine is leading Lomen by one vote
for the territorial senate.
In the race for the House of
Representatives under the same
nine precincts, Martin is heading .
the ticket, well In advance of his
nearest candidate: Scott, at pres
ent Is second and Kennedy third:
the race for the position as number
four man is between Lyng who
now occupies that position, only
eight votee in the lead of .Sullivan
who is fifth. Chamberlain comes
sixth, five votes behind Sullivan;
and Swranberg is seventh two votes
behind Chamberlain.
Wires have been sen! to sev
eral precincts to send their returns
1n by press to The Nugget, but up
to the hour of going to press we
have not received any mW; than
these which appear in 4'i*» tuble.
However, several returns are ex
pect* d tomorrow morning.
By the looks of the standings
of the various candidates. not
very much is needed to upset the
entire ballot. Several ^precincts
have already turned in large vot
es, unexpected at this time. The
Nugget will maintain the tabula
tions of the returns day by day,
as changes occur, and publish the
correct standings as near as we
can come to obtaining the official
counts. The table shows the stand
ings of each candidate according
to the different precincts received
todate.
LATER: Since the above was
written, and just as we were go
ing to press, the returns were re
ceived front Fortune I-edg^ which
makes a few changes in the above
article.
NEWSPAPERS BACK I/ONG
AT NEW* ORLEANS
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 12, Anti
Long newspapers this morning
conceded a complete victory for
the Huey Long candidates in to
day's primary election.
RETURNS FROM 1ST,
2ND, 3RD DIVISIONS
.irNKAU KKTl'KNH
i J^XKAU, Sept. 1J. Twenty-six
| of the <if'.y- three precijuts in the
; First Division including many of
(the largest, give for treasurer,
I Chase six hundred twenty-six. CD
s' d onP hundred eiglity-one. Smith
(lie thousand two hundred ninety.
For Senator. Hoden. independent,
fifteen hundred thirty, Shattuck,
'democrat, fifteen hundred sixty
| five. For represen a fives. Rarono-'
!vich. democrat sixt*en hundred
I four, Foster, republican eight hun
'dred forty-one. Green, democrat,
fifteen hundred seventy-two. Mc
Cain, republican, twelve hundred
ninety live, Shepard, republican,
twelve hundred sixty. Walker, dem
ocrat, sixteen hundred,, eighty
three, Ziegler, democrat, eighteen
hundred seventy-one.
The above information was
wired the Nome Nugget by the
t
Juneau Daily Umpire.
FAIRBANKS RKTl’RNN
i -
j FAIRBANKS. Sept. 12. Special
to the Nugget from .the Xews
I Miner, results of the territorial
i election held here yesterday are
jas follows: For delegate to Con
Jgress Dimond. four ninety-seven.
For' treasure.r, Chase, ninety-six,
Olson one hundred eighty-nine;
Smith two forty seven For Sen
ator, Hurley three twenty-one;
(Powers two fifty-three. For rep
1 resent a lives. Busby one seventy
! seven; Colberg one ninetyriine!
Fohansen two fifty-five; Growdeti
Jtwo twenty-nine; .Johnson two
eighty-one; Lingo, two ninety
eight; Nordale two seventeen,
Norland three seventy eight.
General Election Results for Second Division
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Kotzebue 57 18 47 8 56 19 | 14 59) 2) 2 j":20| 54) 51) 48) 23) 19)
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ANCHORAGK KKTCRNS
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( Hy Tile Ass.elated Press)
ANCHOKAUK, Sept. It. Tue
total vote cast at- Anchorage ern
braeiirg two precincts is as foll
ows: Delegate Diniond 355: Trea
surer. Chase S t. Olson • 2(Hi, Smith
12G. For senator , ijragaw 2G1,
Itrunell 188. For representatives.
KI is 1G5, Hofman 141. Murray
103. McCuscheon 215. Xafted 13S,
Patterson 1st. Ktaser 2GG. Swet
tnen 1st.
KOT/.K1HK RKTl'RNS
KOTZEBUE. Sept. 11, Eightv
three votes were east in the gen
eral election held at Kotzebue,
giving Dim.ond fifty-seven; Chase,
hirteen; Olson, forty-seven; Smith
eight; Devine fifty-six: Lumen,
nineteen; Blake fourteen; Chant?
berain fifty-nine; Gunderson two;
Haering two; Kennedy twenty:
Lyng fifty-four: '.Martin lifty-one:
Scott forty-eight; Sullivan twenty
three; Swanberg nineteen. Fort
road commissioner Boss liinnev
received one and Ernest. Krinliy
one vote each.
MOTHER AND FOUR CHILDREN
BURNED DEATH AT RUBY
(By The Associated Press I
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 12. Mrs.
Andrew McDonald and her four
children; William aged fifteen,
Christine fourteen, David twelve
and Grace only a year old. were
all burned to death in their home
at Ruby, on the Yukon River.,
early this morning.
Her husband had just started
the fire to make breakfast when
the gasoline explosion occurred,
destroying their home and taking
their lives. He had stepped out
side the house to get an armful
of . wood when the gasblfne
ploded with great farce, envelop
ing the house in flames.
WINS GUBERNATORIAL
NOMINATION IN NORTH
CAROLINA
(By The Associated Press)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept.
12, Olin D. Johnston, Spartanburg
lawyer and former world war vet
ean yesterday won a clear-cut vic
tory over Cole L. Blease, farmer
governor and U. S. Senator in a
run off election in the primary,
which decides the gubernatorial
nomination which is practically
equivalent to election.
SUBSCRIBE FOR DAILY NUGGET
WASHINGTON RETURNS
! CAUSE OF MUCH GLEE
AMONG DEMOCRATS
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t Hy The., Associated Press)
SKATTLK. Sept. 12. The state >f
Washington watched cdoselv the
* (
contest between Lewis Schwell
l
bach and John Stevenson for Dill’s
vacant sea-t in the Senate, after
tile democratic congressmen had
apparently been renominated.
Demoera t ic. chieftains w.er»
gleeful over the fact that for the
first time in twenty-six .years in
the direct primary law which lias
I
been .operating in their party, they
outstripped tile republicans in bal
lots cast.
Tlie- returns showed that sixty
percent of flip ballots were deni- '
octal ic The state of Washington
went democratic in the last gen-]
i;rat election but in the primary
election they mustered only nine-'i
ty eight thousand as compared !
with the republicans three hun- j
died and sixty-five-Thousand.
I
The vote for th,, scat in the |
Senate. 17X1 precincts out of
XS5X, in the state, gave the dem
ocratic candidate Sell wellenbacb.
forty-one thousand, one hundred;
$
Stevenson, thirty-six thousand, nine
hundred; Charles i Levy twenty
nine thousand six hundred.
In the rep^lica^ ranks Hello
Odliu received twenty-one thou
sand, four .hundred; I*. V. Morth*
land eighteen thousand nine hun
jdml; Ralph Horr, seventeen thou
sand nine hundred
For Congressman in the first
district with returns nearly com
plete, for the democrats, Zionchsek
i the present incumbent received
- I
twenty-four thousand, three hun
r ltd: . Art Morgenster:’ si . thou
sand one luwidred. For the repub
licans. Bert Boss received' iiina
thousand three hundred: li. IJodd
six thousand three bundled.
In Hie second di-trict half of
file four hundred and eighty four
precincts gave the democrats. Wail
gren nitty thousand five hundred;
June, four thousand four hundred;
Potergon six thousand t\v> hun
dred, Van Horn three tlfiinsand,
four hundred.
In the third district nearly
half of the four hundred mnf
sixty eight precincts gave til*
detuocrhts. Smith s \ thousand,
seven hundred: Ito.ndtree one
thousand.” Uepublicnns. Mack,
thru* thousand: Norman. t\v, thou
saiul six hundred.
Iii the fourth district llj.ree Hub
<ire<] of the four hundred an) %:
sixty-six precincts 'for the drma
crals gave Hill , ten thousand thre<»
hundred; Mitchell two thousand
five hundred. Thp republicans.
Summers seven thousand niu*
hundred; Stihson two thousand
, >
seven hundred.
Ill thj. fifth district hall of the
three hundred anil fifty nine pre
cincts gave the democrats. hloyd.
eleven thousand tive hundred;
<toffee four thousand one hundred
Tin republicans, Ashbury, four
• hoit-saiid six hundred. Fawcett,
three thousand six hundred.
— Ileuls and Blake were elected ta
the Supreme Court. tiersagliy i»
leading Bell by three thousand
for the third seat on tlie bench.
KM;111 STATES HOLD
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept 12. Eight states
held primaries Tuesday, Sept. 11,
picking their candidates for the
November general election. They
were Arizona, Colorado, Washing-1
ton, Louisiana, Michigan, Vermont
New Hampshire.
South Carolina held a runoff
election. About flve thousand
national guardsmen were encamp
ed at New Orleans as citizens of
Lousiana went to the polls to cast
their ballots.
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S< >ME BORBldN NATuixs'^ '
PROTEST COMMITTEES
INVESTIGATIONS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. De
spite the protests from some for
eign nations over what the Sen
ate Munitions investigations are
bringing out, Chairman Nye gave
out the word “There will be no
change in our plans.”
i Secretary Hull who received the
| protests from the foreign nations,
conferred with Nye and then Nye
made his announcement that the jp
plans would remain unchanged.
Secretary Hull, of the State De
partment, said that the Inquiry
was a "righteous” one.