Gov. Strong and Secy Davidson Count4
Votes of Citizens, But Pugh Standi
Out on Technicality—Will Issue Cer
tificate of Election Tomorrow
Juueau. March 1, 3 p. m. — Spec
ial to Daily Alaskan—Notwithstand
ing the opinion of Attorney General
Qr'roby that the Australian ballot
law Is mandatory, and that returns
from Choguig, Nushagak in the
Third Division and Utica in the
Second Division and Bounifield in
♦he Fourth Division -were not legal,
the canvassing board, consisting of
1. F. A. Strong, Governor of Alas
ka, Charles Davidson, Territorial
Secretary, and John S. Pugh, col
lec' or of customs for Alaska, vot
ed t' day to count all ballots and
Cive the certificate of election to
James Wickersham, for Delegate to
Cr a^ress.
The Board also gives the elec-1
tlon to Corrigan lor Territorial Re
presentative from tne Second Divi- I
•tea and Murray from the Third.
Governor Strong and Secretary;
Davidson voted aye, while Cus-1
tooa Collector Pugh voted no. Pugh
hold that the legal opinion of the j
Attorney General should be ac- j
cepted as final.
The board then voted not to is- j
•ue fhe certificate of election un- j
U1 Friday, (tomorrow) thus per
mi^'lcg iaitiation of injunction pro
ceedings.
The official count gives Wicker
rtsn S490 and Sulzer 6459, giv
la" Wickersham a plural'y of thirty
ona ▼©*«•
Juueau, Feb. 28—The canvassing
board is still in session in the court j
house, and late tMs afternoon At- J
forney General Grigsby filed his
oolnjon with the board answering i
the questions which has been sub-;
mltted to him.
In his opinion the Attorney Gen- !
•ral aaya that the Australian bal
lot law is manditory and that pre
cincts which used unofficial bal- j
lot* where no certified explanation
was made cannot be lawfully count- j
ed
This decision would throw out
the precincts of Choguing and
Nushagak In the Thfrrd Division,
BonnlfleV in the Fourth Division
and possibly Utica in the Second.
It is understood that an addi
fjonal return, is in. from Utlca pre
cinct. but it has not yet been open
ed.
If the decision is Xollojved the
result will elect Charles Sulzer by
a small plurality and elect T. H.
Holland, representative in the Third
Division instead of Murray.
If additional returns are correct
Utica will elect Phil Corrigan in
the Second, otherwise Thomas M.
Reed is elected.
BONE Ofiy P.O.
LAW WILL PUSS
Washington, March 1—The con
ference held fcy the committee on
the Post Office appropriation bill
resulted in the conferees agreeing
upon a report.
This agreement on the Part of
the members of the committee vir
tually assures the passage of the
Reed bone dry amendment, which
provides against the shipment of
liquors through the mails into pro
libition states, and also makes pro
vision against even ordering liquors
hrough the mails * **" "*"*»
n prociDiijon spates, making it a
lederal offense punishable by fine
>r imprisonment for bo doing.
elks m ill elect and
INITIATE TONIGHT
Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P.
D. E., will hold a regular meeting
onight at the lodge rooms and
Irom advice received, this will l>e
sue oi the most important meetings
if the year.
As & special order of business
slccHcn of officers for the ensuing
term will be hgld, and there are
two candidates to whom tile ant
lers will be fitted .
Hughgo bas prepared a bounteous
luncheon and this will complete
the evening's performance.
goring
jMlittfri}
Now an itaplag
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
BROKE EVERY
Li KNOWN
San Francisco, Feb. 24 — That
the Juliug JUevIn Company, whose
stock of liquors valued at more
> than $400,000, 5?a» seized yesterday
i>y J. J, Scott, United States
j cpllector of internal revenue for
violation of revenue laws, also made
illegal shipments of liquor into
Seattle, Wash-, was announced to
day by Scott, who said a number
of arrests would be made In the
near future.
According to Scott there is hard
ly a federal revenue law governing
'he liquor traffic that the firm
had no* broken. In addition, he
said, they had ignored the most
rigid provisions of the federal
pure food law. ^
A large shipment which! Scott
said was marked "flavorng extracts"
shipped by the Levins to a Seattle
confectioner, was seized today; bj
ravonue offioerg on the way to the
water front, and every case was
found to contain whiskey. Othei
seizures were made simultaneously,
it was announced at Seattle, on
telegraphic orders from here.
.The investigation so far, said
Scott, showed that the Levins had:
Shipped falsely labeled goods
from one state to another in vio
lation of the federal criminal code.
Shipped misbranded goods in Vio
lation of the internal revenue
law?.
Rectified spirits without a li
cense.
Initiated the government's "bot
tled in bend" stamp and the feder
al label cautioning against refilling.
SIX II! TURN SIMES EHDE1GE
Seattle, March! 1—Six members
ou' of the 84 Industrial Work era
of 'be World, who will go on trial
Monday charged with, murder, have
turned States evidence, and will
testify against those who will come
up for trial .
The petition for a change of
venue from Everett to Seattle,
granted a short time ago, brought
the caseg here, and they have been
placed on the criminal court calen
dar, which, fixes the date for the
commencement of the trials for
Monday, March 5.
RETALIATE Si!
IL STUDENTS
Stanford University, March 1 —
~ . ejght
students of the Stanford Universe
.was sent to President Wilson urg
ing him to retaliate against Ger
many Tor the -pranton sinking of
the steamships Lusitania and La-1
conia.
ORDERS WUTH
New London, Conu., Mar. 1—Act
ing uoon thie request of Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, Gov. Holeomb I
coas* artillery corps of the C&m-1
jiecticu* National Guard, fully
equipped for active service, to |
1b?vo for guard duty at the import
ant railway and highway bridges
alons the Connecticut coast.
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IJ
The 'wo Canadian Steamship lines
opera* ii.g into this port liave car- j
ried on a most aggressive cam
paign Cor passenger 'ravel to Al
aska during the past winter, and
each company has published, in
teresting literature setting forth j
the beauties of the voyage through.;
the inland passage, and the joys
incident *o traveling to the far ■
Northland.
In order that the agents of these
♦wo progressive steamship lines may
kuow of the exact conditions which!
will confront patrons of the lines
contemplating the trip, a carefully
compiled descriptive circular, in
the shape of a pamphlet, has been
sen» to each and every represent^
five of these companies, and to a
great many agents of connecting
companies who co-operate with
them in securing tourist travel.
The Grand Trunk Pacific, for
the sole edification and enlighten-!
nient of their agents have issued a
well illustrated announcement of
Fares, Schedules and Arrangements
of Hie Grand Trunk through, Seat
tle, Victoria, Vancouver and Prince
Rupert to Ketchikan, Wrangell, Ju
neau and Skagrvay .
This is replete with accurate in
formal ion. Time of arrival and de
rar'ure of trains and boats. Chrag
es frr all classes of accommodtions,
fares, through and local.
The White Pass train service and
connecting boat service is vividly
and intellgently and comprehensive
ly sot forfh, and at each place of
interest touched by the White Pass
(Continued oa Page 4)
COMPLETE.
Line of
Perishables
on the
Spokane
Wednesday
P. H. GANTY
Whole Union Stirred Up Over
Revelation of Plot in Hands
I,
of President Since Berns
dorff Handed His Passports
Washington, March 1—Official
circles were stirred, to their depths
when it wag revealed this morning
that Germany; had' instigated a plot,
whereby it was planned to unite
Mexico and Japan in an attack on
the United States.
Germahy, in planning for her
unrestricted warfares proposed an
alliance with, Mexico and Japan to
make war on the United States in
the event that America should not]
remain neutral.
A copy of the instructions which
were sent by the German minister
of Foreign Affairs, Herr Zimmer
man to Gen-man Minister to Mexico
Von Eckhardt is now in President
Wilson's hands.
The plot as proposed was to
bring Japan, into the alliance thru
Mexican mediation. Japan was to
be urged to abandon her llince with.
Great Britain, France and Italy,
and join in. an attack on the Unit
ed States.
Mexico, for her reward was to j
have received general financial as-)
sistance and supply of arms and
munitions of war from Germany in j
an effort to reconquer Texas, New [
Mexico and Arizona, her lost prov-|
inces. and also to share in the Vic- I
foriou? peace terms which, Germany J
contemplated she would be in a po
The details of the perfection of
the plot to gain the support of
Mexico and the severance of al
liance of Japan with. the. Entente,
wa<- left up to Minister Von Eck
hardt, according to instructions
signed at Berlin on January nine
teen^h. The instructions also
directed Von Eckhardt to propose
the alliance with Mexico through
Defacto President Carranza, and to
suerpest »o Carranze that Mexico
seek to bring Japan into the plot. (
These instructions were transmit
ted to Von Eckhardt through Von
Bernstorff, the German ambassa- i
do!.- to the United States, who is '
now on his way to Germany under!
safe conduct guaranteed hy the Un-:
itf*d States and obtained from Great j
Britain.
These documents were obtained,
bv his enemies in this country and
given to the United States against
whom ho was plotting war.
Germany pictured to Mexico by
broad intimation that England and
hf>r entente allies would be defeated,
an'l *har Germany and her allies
would be triumphant in this war,
and i:x the end would have domina
tion over the whole world by rea
son of her policy of unrestricted war
fare.
The document has been in the
hands of President Wilson ever
since the breaking off of diplomat
ic relations with the Imperial Ger
man government.
3eeretary of State Lansing au
thorized the statement late this
afternoon that the United States
''id no* believe that Japan had any
knowledge of the plot which was
instigated by Germany against the
United States and felt confident
that Mexico would not be a party
to any such agreement as suggest
ed bv the instructions sent to Bern
storff to communicate to Von Eck
hardt, the German minister to Mex
ico.
Omaha, Neb., Mar. 1—Sheriff
Michael Clark lias installed a largo
phonograph in the prisoner's ward
of the big jail in Douglas County's
Million dollar court house, and is
now giving prisoners in for minor
offenses a daily dancing party .
sheriff Clark believes in letting
the cuiprits be happy while behind
♦J'e bars, and the result is that
every afternoon the records are
DUf on and the prisoners join hands,
sing, shout and dance for an hour
or twc, «hus getting wholesome ex
ercise.
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