VOTERS TO NUMBER OF 135,000
are in army or navy
SERVICE NOW.
ALL WILL CAST BALLOTS.
Final Results on Offices For Which
There Are Close Contests May Not
Be Known for Eight Weeks, and
possibly Not Until December 29.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 5’—The vot
ing preferences of nearly one-tenth of
the electorate of New York state, as
expressed at the polls tomorrow will
not be known until nearly eight weeks
from now.
This unique condition arises, from
the fact that approximately 135,000
of the 1,700,000 voters are now enrol
led in the military and naval forces
of the United States, and consequent
ly, will be obliged to record their po
litical choice under the soldier vote
provisions of the election law. The
voters in federal service will cast
their ballots wherever they are sta
tioned, whether in France, Hawaii,
Panama, along the Mexican border, in
camps and cantonments of the na
tional guard and national army, or on
board ships of the navy.
In the event of close contests, eith
er on the woman suffrage referendum,
the race for the attorney-generalship,
or in local or municipal campaigns,
the ultimate result possibly may not
be knowm until the soldier vote is can
v • vassed by Secretary of State Francis
M .Hugo, not later than December 29.
Soldier Decided One Othce.
An interesting1 feature of last
year’s soldier vote on the Mexican
border was the election of an assessor
in the city of Cohoes, N. Y., by the
vote of one resident of that city who
was serving at McAllen, Tex., with
the Second New York field hospital.
The result in the city was a tie, which
was broken by the ballot of the Cohoes
guardsman on the Rio Grande.
The largest unit of New York state
troops is at Camp Wadsworth, Spar
tanburg, S. C. Others are at Camp
Upton, Yaphank, L. I., Camp Dix,
Wrightstown, N. J., and at Camp Dev
ens, Ayer, Mass. In addition, there
are about 25,000 citizens of the state
enrolled in the regular army, and 15,
000 on the roster of the navy.
For obvious military reasons no
statement can be made as to the num
ber of New York voters at present on
service in Europe, either with Gen
eral Pershing’s troops or on the naval
craft commanded by Vice-Admiral
Sims. At the same time, it is offi
cially announced that the number is
sufficient to warrant their enroll
ment as voters on the other side of
the Atlantic.
This registration will be conducted
under the supervision of General Per
shirg and Vice-Admiral Sims along
the same lines as in election districts
at home. Each commanding officer
will prepare duplicate lists of the
New York voters in his command, one
copy to be retained by him and the
other to be transmitted to the office
of the secretary of state at Ablany.
Three representatives of Secretary
Hugo’s office already have departed
for France to aid in taking the sol
dier vote.
The election law provides that the
ballots of the soldiers and sailors
shall be counted by the election boards
in the districts where the men have
their legal residence. After each
soldier or sailor marks his ballot he
seals it in an envelope bearing his
name ,his home address, and the mil
itary or naval unit, to which he is at
tached. The envelope is then deposit
ed in the ballot box in the field or on
shipboard.
After the polls are closed the bal
lots will be sent to Secretary Hugo's
office, where they will be asserted
and sent to the election boards in the
respective home districts of the vot
ers. On a designated day the vote
will be counted by the local boards.
The results are to he reported to the
9 secretary of state by December 29.
No result received after that date will
be considered, as the final outcome of
the voting must be determined defi
nitely before January 1, when virtu-'
ally all of the successful candidates
assume office.
Two hundred and seventy thousand
ballots, or twice as many as the
number of voters in military and na
val service, have been prepared and
shipped to all places where New
York’s soldiers and sailors are in serv
ice. These ballots not only contain
the names of the state officers to be
voted for, but also the county and mu
nicipal candidates, and the suffrage
amendment.
J. R. McDonald Expects to Organize1
Company That Will Operate and i
Have Its Headquarters at Port
Chatham at Mouth of Cook Inlet.
J. R. McDonald, who recently in
stalled the big dredging plant at
Moose Pass a few miles from Seward,
and who has been spending the past
week at Seldovia, in the interests of
a new fishing company which he is
now promoting, arrived in Anchorage
on the Evans yesterday and left this
morning on the same vessel.
Mr. McDonald is well known
wherever there is any mining going
on and is as familiar with mineral con
ditions in Alaska as he is with those
in Mexico, Nevada and California.
He regards the fishing industry al
most as important as the mining in
dustry. He expects to organize a fish
ing company which will have its head
quarters at Port Chatham at the
mouth of Cook Inlet.
DEATH OF TURTLE
DUE TO ACCIDENT
CORONER’S JURY OBTAINS NO
EVIDENCE REGARDING REL
ATIVES OF MAN.
Accidental drowning was the ver
dict of the coroner’s jury late Thurs
day afternoon in the case of James
iC. Turtle, whose body was found
Wednesday in Campbell creek, which
i flows into Cook inlet about four
; miles from Anchorage.
Evidence at the inquest tended to
establish that Turtle, in a boat, left
here Saturday to hunt moose. He
I expected to return home last Monday.
The theory is entertained that he was
‘caught in a storm, which swamped his
boat and that his body was washed
i ashore.
; Mr. Turtle had been in charge for
! some time of James R. Rock’s busi- I
ness, the Anchorage Wall Paper com
pany, at Fifth avenue and G street,
and also looked after Mr. Rock’s real
ty holdings here. Mr. Rock is on a
trip to Juneau.
One of the last persons to see Mr.
[“Turtle alive was Ben G. Goodman, the
i jeweler and fur dealer, who rents a
cabin of Mr. Rock. Just before leav
ing on the hunting trip, Mr. Turtle
| called at Mr. Goodman’s store to give
him a receipt for a month’s cabin
rent.
No evidence was obtained at the in
quest in regard to the place of resi- |
dence of Mr. Turtle’s relatives. This
information may be gained from Mr.!
Rock when he returns here. In th‘e
meantime, the $220 found in Mr. Tur- j
tie’s clothes is held by United States!
Commissioner Leopold David, who [
conducted the inquest.
Among the witnesses that testified !
at the inquest were: W. D. Elliott, j
Emil Anderson, Charles Weidenbaker!
and George DeSchung.
The jury was composed of W. W. j
Butts, C. C. Bush, D. A. Quinn, Jo- |
seph Roadhouse, Ed. Rawson and
John Bersch.
HELPS NEEDY CIVILIANS.
PARIS, Nov. 5.—Major Young, de
tailed by the United States army for
that work, is cooperating with the
French military authorities and the
Red Cross in looking after the needy
civilian population in the zone occu
pied by the American forces.
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GOING OUTSIDE.
By Vella Truitt.
They are going outside for the winter,
They can’t winter here, so they’re gone;
Well, we wish them a safe happy journey,
Good fortune, success and so on.
“But what’s wrong with our town for the winter?”
“It’s cold and dull here,” so they say,
And they figure the high cost of fuel
Will be quite an item to pay.
Quite likely, it’s just as they reason
They’d be sure to get frost-bitten here;
So they fare forth to some warmer climate
Where there'll always be something astir.
Well, methinks when we get home to heaven
And the pearly gates open out wide
There’ll be some who, for just the same reason,
Will figure on going outside.
WILL PROTECT
Week’s Campaign Begins Throughout
United States for $4,000,000 to Pro
vide Wholesome Surroundings for
Troops.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—An inten
sive nation-wide campaign was started
today in order to obtain funds with
which to provide wholesome surround
ings for the enlisted men in the vari
ous army cantonments throughout the
country.
The campaign to raise funds will
continue during the ensuing week and
will be in charge of thousands of vol
unteer workers who expect +o raise a
fund of $4,000,000.
AMERICA TO GET
GERMAN PRODUCTS
MERCHANDISE AT ROTTERDAM
BOUGHT BEFORE ENTRANCE
INTO WAR WILL BE SHIPPED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Approxi
mately four billion dollars’ worth of
German products, piled on Rotterdam
wharves, will be permitted to be
moved to America.
The state department today secured
from the British foreign office per
mission to ship the merchandise which
was consigned to American importers
and paid for prior to America’s en
trance into the war.
ARTILLERY ROARS
IN NORTHERN ITALY
TEUTONS TRY TO FORCE CROSS
ING OF TAGLIAMENTO RIVER,
WITH ITALIANS DEFENDING.
LONDON, Nov. 3.—Artillery has
begun the battle of Tagliamento. Teu-,
ton guns in northern Italy today open
ed fire from the easterly side of the
Tagliamento l iver upon the Italian J
position on the west bank where
Italians have retreated. The Italians
are replying to the Teutons, who are
endeavoing to force a crossing of the,
river.
GENUINE HELPS.
Don’t waste anything—eat he paper
label on the loaf of bread—it is as nu
tritious as some breakfast foods. And
speaking of cereals, an old whisk
broom chopped fine, covered with real
cream and plenty of sugar, makes an
excellent morning dish. If you have
no hose handy, water the garden with
tears. Save your empty tin cans. They
may be straightened out and used to
mend the leaky roof. The lazy hus
band who sits all day and rocks may
be made to run the chum if properly
harnessed thereto. — Florida Times
Union.
REACTIONARY RECORD.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1.—Advices
from Berlin are to the effect that in
vestigation by socialist party leade1
of the record of Count George von
Hertling, the new chancellor of Ger
many, discloses that in the past he has
expressed himself as opposed to all
parliamentary or democratic develop
ment of German institutions.
THREE VESSELS
Alaska and Evans Reach Port and De
part for South With Heavy Passen
ger Lists—Army Transport Comes
With Big Cargo.
The steamer Alaska of the Alaska
Steamship company, which arrived
here Friday night, left for Seattle and
way ports at 11 o’clock yesterday
morning. She took out 158 passengers.
The steamer Admiral Evans of the
Pacific Steamship company line ar
rived here yesterday at 1 o’clock in
the afternoon with a light passenger
list and six hundred tons of general
merchandise. She departed for the
south at an early hour this morning
with a passenger list of 151.
The army transport Crook arrived
this morning. She brought a capacity
cargo for the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
MARIPOSA SAILS
FOR ANCHORAGE
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
LINER HAS HEAVY CARGO
FOR ANCHORAGE.
SEATTLE, Nov. 2.—The steam
ship Mariposa, of the Alaska Steam
ship company, sailed yesterday from
Seattle for Anchorage.
Her departure was not scheduled
for a certainty until twelve hours
before her sailing time. She booked
only one passenger, John Thielan, for
Anchorage. She carries a heavy car
go of freight.
RUSSIANS DECLARE
THEY BEAT TURKS
MUSSELMEN ARE REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN FORCED BACK
IN BLACK SEA REGION.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 5.—In the re
gion of the Black sea coast Russian
troops drove the Turks from their first
line and advanced in some places to
their third line of defense. Much booty
was taken by the Russians.
RULER GOES TO POST.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1. — General
Manuel Mestas has been named gov
ernor of the lower half of Lower Cali
fornia and has left for La Paz to as
sume his post.
SALMON REACHES PORT.
SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—The steamship
Jefferson arrived here today from
Southeastern Alaska ports with 15,000
cases of salmon, a quantity of salt fish,
and moose and reindeer skins.
INDIANS ARE PROSPEROUS.
Native Alaska Women Wear High,
White-Topped Shoes Now.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 1.—The
native Alaska women are now so
prosperous that they are wearing
high, white-topped shoes and silk and
satin party gowns, according to- J.
L. McPherson, manager of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, who has just returned
from a six weeks' trip to the north.
Mr. McPherson reports that the
present fad of the Ketchikan natives
is taxicab riding, in which entire fam
ilies participated at a tax of $3 an
hour. The seven taxis at Ketchikan
are paying excess profits.
To bid good-bye to him on the
southbound passenger steamer, Mr.
McPherson says, an entire family of
natives rode down town, alighted
and seriously shook hands with him,
wishing him bon voyage, re-ei tered
their car and the head of the family '
airily waved to the chauffeur, “Home!
James.”
As a result of record prices being
paid at the canneries for salmon the i
aborigines are enjoying a prosperity j
comparable >with that of the early j
Klondike days. Alaska’s copper mines
are being worked to maximum capa
city.
MERCHANTS WHO HAVE NOT
TAKEN OUT FEDERAL LICEN
SES MAY GET IN TROUBLE.
NEW LAW IS IN EFFECT NOW.
i Drastic Penalties Are Provided for
Speculation, Hoaiding and Charg
ing of Excessive Profits and Effort
Will be Made to Stop Profiteering.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—The fed
eral food administration today issued
a warning to food dealers who are
subject to federal regulation and who
j have not applied for federal licenses,
that they may find themselves in se
rious difficulties. Those who have
not forwarded to the food adminis
tration their applications for licenses
are directed to do so at once.
1
Under the food control law that be
jcame effective yesterday license re
strictions are imposed upon manufac
turers and distributors of the staple
commodities in an effort to eliminate
profiteering abuses. More than 100,
000 dealers are under federal regula
tion. Drastic penalties are provided
jin the law for speculation, hoarding
and charging of excess profits.
DRILLS TO BE HELD
IN ROBARTS’ HALL
LOYAL LEAGUE WILL MEET
! MONDAY, AND HOME GUARDS
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
_
Robarts’ hall has been rented bv
i
I the Loyal League and the Home
| Guards as a drilling place, and the
j first drill will be held there Monday
; night by the Loyal League. The
Home Guards will drill Tuesday
night.
According to Captain Thomas D.
Dwyer, of the Home Guards the hall
will be available for drills three
nights every week. Monday nights
will be for the league and Tuesday
nights for the guards. Arrangements
probably will be made for the two
organizations to alternate weekly for
the use of the hall Wednesday nights.
The rent for the hall will be met
with funds provided from the terri
torial treasury.
ENGAGES IN FISH INDUSTRY.
George W. Palmer, the Knik mer
chant, has just returned from a trip to
Snug Harbor where he went last week
on business. He reports the snow six
inches deep down there and still snow
ing when he left. Mr. Palmer chart
ered the Swan and made the trip to
the Harbor for the purpose of locat
ing a fish industry, of just what na
ture he has not yet determined. Cook
Inlet, next season, will have a large
number of salteries and other fish in
dustries, as the war has made a world
wide market for the different fish
products.
SHIP PLANS FOUND.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.—Plans
of ships under construction at the Un
ion Iron Works were found today in
the offices of Tornsen Fonander, a
naval constructor. The police raaided
Fonander’s office.
HER HflllTS
ADMIRALTY LORD SAYS 40 OR 50
PER CENT OF SUBMARINES
HAVE MET DISASTER.
KAISER’S SPIES EFFICIENT
Member of Parliament Declares Teu
ton Espionage System Has Been
More Powerful in Some Instances
Than Army of 1,000,000.
LONDON, Nov. 2.—Looses exper
ienced among Germany’s submarine
fleet and the effectiveness of her spy
system in England were discussed to
day in ±he house of commons.
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
admiralty, asserted that between forty
and fifty per cent of the German sub
marines operating in the North Sea,
Arctic and Atlantic oceans since the
beginning of the war had been sunk.
Sir Richard Cooper, in urging alter
ations in England’s naturalization
laws, declared that the German spy
system had been more powerful in
some cases in Europe than an army of
1,000,000 men. He added that Ger
man submarines had obtained inform^,
ation from alien enemies residing in
England concerning ships leaving
English ports with the result that
many of these ships had been sunk
“without trace” of their loss.
Sir George Cave, the home secre
tary, said the most dangerous spies
in England were the naturalized Ger
mans.
REGISTRANTS HAVE
TO GIVE ADDRESSES
—
MEN GOING AWAY SHOULD LET
EXEMPTION BOARD KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
Young men who registered here
under the provisions of the military
selective conscription law and who
intend departing for the states are
required by the regulations to leave
their future addresses with the ex
emption board in this district. Then
in the event that they are drawn for
i service, they will be notified of the
fact. Otherwise they would receive
no notice and if they did not report
for duty, they would be listed as
deserters.
The offices of the exemption board
are in the Fowler building next to
the Bank of Anchorage on Fourth
avenue and information relative to
matters in ^connection with t ie con
scription law can be obtained there.
The members of the board are
Captain Thomas D. Dwyer, chairman;
John H. Robinson, secretary, and Dr.
F. M. Boyle.
ROME, Italy, Nov. 7.—Austro
German pressure is noticeable on the
left wing of the Italian army on the
Tagliamento river line. The Italian
roops have succeeded in detaining the
Teuton’s attempt to reach the right
bank of the river.
200,000 Prisoners.
BERLIN, Nov. 3. — Over 200,000
Italians have been taken prisoners by
the Austro-German forces since the
beginning of the recent offensive on
the Italian front. No important fight
ing took place on the Italian’s front
today, announces the German war of
fice.
TAR AND FEATHERS
GIVEN PRO-GERMAN
LANSING, Mich., Nov. S.—Will
iam Sailer, 56 years old, a well known
citizen, was given a mock trial to
day, convicted of pro-Germanism and
then tarred and feathered by a group
of persons wearing white robes.