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JUNEAU, May 25.—Throughout
the First division yesterday elections
were held on the question of
whether the voters favored the
renewal of liquor licenses. It now
looks as though all went wet, al
though from the first count Peters
burg, Ketchikan and Wrangell lack
a majority of the necessary votes.
The results in many of the towns
are as follows:
Juneau—The wets were, extremely
active and won out largely on the
plea that without the license money
the already debt-burdened town
would be in serious straits. The
vote was 974 wet and 334 dry. In
additional, 370 votes not registered
were sw’orn in but have not yet been
counted. It is believed that 300 of
these, voted wet. In addition there
were signed and witnessed letters
from 198 registered voters who were
not able to attend the polls, giving
their consent to licenses. The total
registered votes not cast are 631.
The total estimated wet majority is
placed at from 600 to 650, out of a
total entitled to vote of 2,360.
Haines—Wet 87; dry 32; sworn
in 15; a clear majority for the
wets.
Douglas—Wet 496; dry 208. A
good majority for the wets out of a
total registered vote of 905.
Ketchikan—Registered 888. Wet
396; dry 192; sworn in but not yet
counted, 40. Registered votes not
cast 299. Wets will require 48
additional votes, some of which w-ill
come from those sworn in. It is
believed that the other votes neces
sary to give a majority for the wets
will be secured from among the
299 not voting.
Petersburg—Wet 89; dry 50;
sworn in but not counted ye.t 5. This
leaves the wets 5 votes short which
they expect to have no trouble in
getting from among those not vot
ing out of the lj!5 registere.d voters.
Wrangell—Wet 128; dry 78;
total registered 277. The wets re
quire 11 more votes.
SEATTLE, Ma y25.—The steamer
Mariposa arrived in port on Satur
day, but a robbery which occurred
was not made public until this
afternoon. It appears that $1,800
was stolen from the registered mail
sacks. On the. way down the mail
room was broken open and the
money taken. There were no clues
then and officers who have been
working on the case have, not suc
ceeded in discovering any inkling as
to who committed the theft. The
matter was kept secret in the hopes
that the thie.f might be apprehended.
SEATTLE, May 25.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed last night for the
north, with another large crowd for
Seward and anchorage, number 138.
For Seward there were 42 cabin and
23 second class; for Anchorage 26
cabin and 47 secotSd-class. For
Valdez there are two cabin and 3
second class. For Cordova there are
seven passengers. Walter Storey,
who now lives in California, and is
the owner of the Rainier-Grand
Hotel property, is going to Cordova
to see what arrangements he can
make about leasing the building.
The family of Capt. P. Bourghman,
master of the Orca cannery ship St.
Paul, wrill spend the summer at Cor
dova. There are three of them, Mrs.
Bourghman, Miss Irma, and little
son Willie,. Mrs. E. Krippaehne, the
mother of Mrs. Jack Dalton, is re
turning for the summer. Dr. W. G.
Cassels and Carl Wick are other
passengers.
SEATTLE, May 25.—W. C. Edes,
chairman of the Alaska Engineering
Commission, sailed north last night
on the steamer Mariposa. He is ac
companied by his secretary and office
force. They will establish head
quarters at Seward, where Chair
man Edes wiir spend most of his
time, although he will make fre
quent trips during the summer to
Anchorage. In answer to an in
quiry as to whether any legal tangle
is likely to interfere with the for
mal transfer of the Alaska Northern
railroad to the government, the
chairman is quoted as saying:
“All I am concerned with is the
actual construction of the road. The
reported legal fights will not pre
vent the transfer of the. road so far
as 1 know and I am going north with
the idea of prosecuting the ■work. 1
have heard some talk of these law
suits. but nothing has come to me
officially. So far as the road work.
Itself is concerned, I do not think
that we will get more than half way
to the Matanuska coal fields by the
end of summer. There is a lot of
work to be done at Ship Creek and
we expect to repair the present
Alaska Northern road so that it will
be of use to us in handling sup
plies.”
ATHENS, May 24.—King Con
stantine has taken a turn for the
worse and there are fears that he
may not puli through from his pres
ent serious condition. A specialist
from Berlin is being rushed here.
The king was born August 2, 1863,
and succeeded his father, King
George, after his assassination on
March 18, 1913. The King married
.n 1889 the Princess Sophie of
Prussia, sister of the. present Ger
man Emperor. They have three
sons and three daughters. The
eldest son, Prince Georgios was born
in 1890 and is unmarried.
REDDING, Cal., May 24.—Yes
terday and today there continued
eruptions from Mount Lassen. The
flow of lava during the past few
days has been extremely destructive.
Alex. McDonald, the recently ap
pointed agent for Seward by the
Alaska Steamship Company, is a
oassenger on the steamer North
western going through to assume
his new duties. It is reported from
Seattle that Mr. McDonald will have
complete jurisdiction over Seward
and vicinity as far west as Un
alaska and the Bristol Bay fisheries.
The appointment is made in view of
the increased importance of Seward
as a terminal of the Alaska govern
ment railroad. Mr. McDonald has
been in the employ of the company
for eight years, resigning a year
ago as assistant superintendent at
Seattle to assume management of
the Sol Due Hot Springs hotel, near
Port Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.—Ex
Extensive preparations are making
for the second annual meeting ofi
the. Pacific Fisheries Society held at
San Francisco, Cal., on August 9,
10, and 11, 1915. This society,
which is composed of scientists, fish
culturists, anglers and those inter
ested in the economic phases of the
fisheries of this coast, was organized
in Seattle in the. spring of 1914, and
SEATTLE, May 25—German Con
sul Mueller has been transferred to
Atlanta, Georgia, and the consul
at that city, Dr. Zopfell, will come to
Seattle.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—This
morning a daughter was born to
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
William McAdoo.
CARLISLE, England, May 22.—A
:errible railroad wreck occurred
:his morning in this neighborhood,
■esulting in the immediate death of
it least 50 people. A local train fol
lowed by a train carrying a troop
of soldiers collided with an express
train near the neighboring town of
Gretna. The disaster was some
thing horrifying and in addition to
those killed outright so many
others were fatally injured that it is
believed the casualties will number
400. Most of them are soldiers. A
boiler explosion on an engine added
the horror of fire to the wreck. As
sistance was immediately rushed to
the place of the calamity, where
many heart rending scenes were wit
nessed.
HONOLULU, May 22.—The U. S.
submarine F-4 has been lifted from
the ocean bed, and the officers in
charge of the work now feel confi
dent that she will soon be. raised if
the cables withstand the storms and
do not again break. This morning
everything worked swell and the ves
sel started on her long journey to
the. surface. She has laid on the
ocean bed since March 25.
SYRACUSE, May 22.—Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt has received a com
plete vindication at the hands of
the jury in the lengthy libel suit
that is now at an end. This morn
ing when court convened a final ver
dict was returned. The jury finds
for Col. Roosevelt in every particu
lar, stating that all charges against
William Barnes were true and that
the plaintiff should pay all the costs.
Before the final conclusion on costs
was reached 40 ballots were taken.
Several of the. jurymen held out for
a division of the costs. Roosevelt
and his friends are in high glee over
the result and declare that another
body blow has been struck against
the. old and corrupt political meth
ods long adopted by bosses and
which are being thrown into the dis
card by fair-minded people.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 21.-r
Celebration of the completion of the
lock system in the Warrior River at
a cost of $12,000,000 was indulged
here and at other river points, with
various distinguished citizens headed
by Senator Bankhead, taking part.
The completion of this work means a
navigable stream to the Gulf of
Mobile for Birmingham and Tusca
loosa. One lock and dam, No.' 17,
are the highest and largest in the
United States. The river is raised
63 feet at this point.
HOUSTON, Te'xas, May 24.—A
crus^e against disease and against
destroyers of social welfare will be
launched at the fourth session or
the. Southern Sociological Congress
held in this city. The general theme
of the program was, "The Conserva
tion of Health,” but the sixty speak
ers were asked specially to consider
the widest crusade possible. < Six
departments studied the following
aspects of the general theme:
“Moral Health,” "Health and the
Race Relations,” "The Church as
the Conserver of Social Health,”
“The Health of Children,” "The
Prevention of Communicable Dis
eases,” and "Mental Health.”
now numbers in its membership
about 200 persons. The president
of the United States and the govern
ors of the states and territories of
Washington, Oregon. California,
Arizona, Nevada, lcano, Montana,
Alaska and Hawaii are honorary
members of the society, as is also
Dr. H. M. Smith, U. S. commissioner
of fisheries. A comprehensive pro
gram is being prepared for the com
ing meeting, and a large attendanee
is expected.
SYRACUSE, May 21.—After the
libel case went to the jury yesterday
afternoon there were all kinds of
predictions as to the verdict that
would be rendered, and how soon,
with a large, element insistent that
the jury would disagree. Late in
the evening when a verdict had not
been returned and the jury was
ordered locked up for the. night the
theory of disagreement became more
generally accepted. However, it
proved to be. wrong, for this morn
ing when court convened the jury
was ready to report. By a unanim
ous vote it was decided that Col.
Roostevelt had not libeled Mr.
Barnes. The only disagreement was
on the question as to how the costs
of the case should be divided, and
that was put up to the court.
The judge instructed the jury that
it was their duty to make a definite
return as to the disposition of costs.
Accordingly he sent the twelve men
back to their room. Late this after
noon they had not reported and he
then sent word to them that if they
did net soon agree the.y would be
locked up for the night and not dis
charged before tomorrow morning.
In the meantime Col. Roosevelt is
wearing a broad smile and seems to
be at pe.ace with the world and not
worrying over who may have to pay
the costs of trial.
REDDING, Cal., May 21.—Again
lias Mount Lassen broken forth in
eruption. Today she was sending
Forth a veritable river of mud. The
broad acreage of farms has been
buried under from four to six feet
of mud. People from Bat creek are
flee.ing for the lives. There have
been other eruptions during the
past few months but this is the
most serious that has yet developed.
The property destruction will be
considerable, with the probabilities
that some life will be lost.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 20.—Fur
ther plans for the utilization of the
Mississippi river as a means of per
mitting the exportation of North
west grain to Norway, were formu
lated here today by S. H. Greeley
of the Equity Co-Operative Ex
change. Recalling the big demand
for grain in Norway, he says it can
be shipped from St. Paul to New
Orleans by boat and then reloaded
on Norwegian boats, with a bigger
margin to farmers than if sent
through the commercial-exchange
board of trade alleged combine.
SEATTLE, May 20.—-The route
west of the Liberty Bell has been
definitely decided on. It will be ac
companied by a special train con
taining Mayor G. S. Blankenburg,
members of Council and other offi
cials of Philadelphia. The start
from that city will be on July 5.
From Philadelphia it will go directly
west to Pittsburg, over the Pennsyl
vania Railroad; from there through
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to Chicago
over the lines of the Pennsylvania
Company; from there to Kansas City
by way of Topeka over the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad;
from there via Omaha to Denver
over the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy; from there to Ogden, Utah,
via Cheyenne and Salt Lake City
over the lines of the Union Pacific;
from there to Huntingdon, Oregon;
Spokane, Washington. From the
latter city the'special train will con
tinue over the Great Northern, leav
ing Spokane at noon, July 13. The
train will arrive at Wenatchee at 5
p. m., July 13, stop 20 minutes, and
arrive at Everett at 11:30 p. m.,
where it will remain for the night.
It will leave Everett at 9 a. m., July
14, arriving at Seattle an hour later.
It will remain here a day before pro
ceeding to Tacoma, Portland and
through California to the exposition
at San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, May 20.—It is re
ported that the Yaqui Indians in
Sonora have gone on the warpath
against Mexico.
NEW YORK, May 20.—Suits!
against the Oceanic Steam Naviga
tion Co., Ltd.—White Star Line—
arising out of the loss of the
steamship Titanic for claims aggre
gating upwards of $18,000,000
came up before Judge Mayer in
United States District court today
upon application of the steamship
company to have liability limited to
amount of passage^ money actually
paid to company.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—The
civil suit of the government against
the. Western Fuel Company for
$861,576.95 to recover damages for
customs frauds was before the fed
eral court. The suit has several
times been postponed. Three officials
of the. Western Fuel Company were
sentenced to .prison or jail terms as
a result of the exposure of the cus
toms frauds. Appeals in their cases
are now pending before the U. S.
Court of Appeals. James B. Smith,
vice-president was sentenced to 18
months in San Quentin and fined
$5,000. Frederick C. Mills, super
intendent, was sentenced to 18
months and Edward H. Mayer, a
we.igher, was sentenced to one year
in jail. All are now at liberty on
bonds, pending the outcome of their
appeal.
FAIRBANKS, May 20.—Captain
Francis Rotch, Jr., has been busily
engaged for the past three weeks in
overhauling the little government
launch Midnight Sun. The engine
bed has been removed, some of the
machinery repaired or replaced and
the boat repainted. It will be ready
for the water in a few days now.
Skipper Rotch had charge of the
Midnight Sun last year and operated
between Fairbanks and points on the
Tanana and Nenana rivers carrying
surveyors and supplies. This year
the launch will be busy in about the
same territory and a busy season is
looked forward to. The boat wras
formerly owned by the boundary
commission but by it turned over to
the engineering commission.
MINOT, N. D., May 19—John and
Edward Baker, who live in East
Prussia, will receive a letter from
their brother he.ve, telling Nthem
their mother, less than 30 miles
from them is dead. The letter will
travel 12,000 miles to get to them,
less than 30 miles away. The. reason
is that a German line is between
them and their maternal home.
MADRID, May 19.—All is re
ported quiet today at Lisbon. The
new president of the cabinet, Joas
Chagas, is rapidly recovering from
his wounds and has frequejnt con
sultations with his supporters and
other members of the new govern
ment. It is feared that other dis
orders will break out at any hour.
SEATTLE, May 19.—The steamer
Northwestern sailed for Alaska last
night, but with not as many stam
pede,rs as other vessels have carried,
because she only goes as far west as
Seward. Her passengers for that
port include 43 cabin and 41 second
class. William C. Edes, chairman
of the Alaska Engineering Commis
sion, did n» ♦ get away but expects
to sail for St vard on the Mariposa
on tue 24th. There are 2 cabin
passengers for Latouche, one c^bln
and 4 second-class for Ellamar, 2
cabin and 2 second-class for Valdez.
The passengers for Cordova include.
5 second-class and the following
cabin passengers: M. L. Seovell and
wife, S. C. O. Norton, S. N. Laurie,
H. Haynes. M. A. Compas, Chas.
Labelle, E. E. Coy and Walter
Brown.
LOS ANGELES, May 19.—Since
his acquittal from a serious charge
of conniving in the immorality of a
young girl, the two remaining
charges have, been dismissed against
suspended Chief of Police Sebastian,
who expects to be elected mayor of
the city next month.
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WASHINGTON, May 22—John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., is having a seriohs
time in his examination 'before the
Commission on Industrial Relations.
Chairman Frank P. Walsh has been
using as a basis of his examination
letters covering the correspondence
between Rockefeller and Ivy Lee an
assistant to the President of the
Pennsylvania Railrot.d. The letters
have a direct bearing upon a
broader education campaign con
ducted for publicity purposes by
Lee in Rockefeller’s behalf, and In
connection with the Colorado strike.
In endeavoring to explain various
expressions in these letters Mr.
Rockefeller has run up against some
knotty questions upon the part of
the chairman. His examination will
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