X«w York, Xov. ll—President i
Wilson stated today that tlie Dem°
cra National committee had - de
cided »o abide by th.e deOisiou 'of
thp off.'cial count of tfyj - votes of,
Tuesday's election, ' unless spec
ial circumstances arose -which. <
mad some other .action, oa their i
part necessary.
I* is not at all improbable t^uit
;he Republican) National committer
,vi11 etrnand a recount of Bonne.of
.he gfates thal 'b^Xva gone exceed
ng',- close for-Wilson, us an «r
•or in the count of'several pre
:int«- ia some of the 'mK>ro clothe)7
:otncsted states miglifi change »th®
vhole election. I
GREEKS 11151
KEEP RIFLES
Lciiden, Not. 1 — The German
mijisier to Greece has notified the
Gr<» j>- government that the hand
ing over 0f Greecian rifles to the
enlmte powers would be'looked up
on 3s an unfriendly act by his gov
ernment, and that'pflinitive toeae
ure would follow pnc.ta an action on
the part of the Greeocian. govern
ment. 1
WILL TfGT THE
Li
Cuicfgo, Nw. ll—The big r®il
wav companies of the United States
h;'.ve begun a fight agaanst the'Ad
anison ciyht hour law in'the Unit
ed federal court *n" this
oit , by filing injunction suits to
test tho .constitutionality of t^-6
Ian. Hearing of th© cases 'have
beer stt for December 4, 1916.'
NAME CHANGED
Nt'A York,—The name "airplane"
has Vesi! substituted for ''aero
plane >.y the National Advisory
Comnt'ttee for Aeronautice when ap
plied to any "form of aircraft heav
ier than air which has wing surfac
es for s-upeiiion." J
New . York, Nov. 11—A 'late
canvass of the returns of Tuesday's
election further- complicates" the
sta*j congressional 'situation. Each
s:dt now has 215 members with a
balance of power hel£ • by four
progressive and one socialist mem
bers.
D ilia, Nov. 11 — The Germans
iTepu.'sed the Allies in their at
tac'c c Tt the Somme front. Heavy
JSigulfng fc reported on. 'the Tran
sylvmia front, although no-details
j are given. I
ch'cago employers
VOLUNTARILY .ALIKE
.NEW SCALE OF WAGES
Chicago. No>v. '11—Chicago gar
au:u workers numbering 20,000
'will work-only 4S hours a week
j without a reduction, in pay after
i Dec. , and 60,000 packing . house
. laborers will get an increase of 2^
' ceats an'hour on a .ten-hour day.
Action b-<- the employers was en
I tirely voluntarily.
~ ——I
Sacrifice Sale
SHOES and
CLOTHING
To make room for our new line of
shoes and men's clothing we have
placed certain lines on sale at a
great reduction.
Come in and look them over. Do not
delay as these bargains will be snapped I
up quickly.
Albert Reinert
Successor kto
HI f \T *T /T* r I THE HABERDASHER AND
• L# I l\Wli LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between Third and Fourth ^ JjPhone 41 ""
Late Returns Changes Prior
| Reports With All But Sev
eral Small Precincts Yet
to Hear From
juneauf Nov. U—Corrected.fig- j
ui- a of rctuTUs from the delegate j
election, coming .to the J>ispatca
giv. tt„- vote'as follows:
Sulser Wickjefrsham i
Frst Di. i 2286 1785
SsCCEd Di. j • '615 787 j
Tbiid Di. 1245 1918
Founh Di. 1453 1463'<
totals i 5599 5953 I
There are several small Pre- (
ciiK'ii yet to be Weardfrom in,', the i
foi l- divisions, Jj-ut a careful com- i
par.faon w itb] the balance of the
piecir.ct? r©POrtjgd from the ' same
iivij'rur would give the results aj
'Oll'.W; i
Miss pi-.edncts Flirtt and sec
jn-i division conceded to Wicker
sham, while the missing precinct?
>f iho Third .and Pou-rty divififlona
encode to giv<? Widfeersjha.ni th€
3es» of an evien break.
This 'confirms the claims ma.de
)y the Dispatch that James Wicker
■hs;" wins in the contest hy a
ilose thre© hundred plurality. 1
ine louowing' iaDie, wmicni
compiled from the results as t^keii
Jrcin various authentic sources .0n
'bo "wet" and "dry" issu© of t'10
election shows in a concise man
ner just what the vote in the> vari
ous urecinctg were. 1
llvcinot Dry ' W« •
Cordova ' 255 131 ,
Valdez 2S3 154 {
Cnitina. 51 32 .
McCarthy 71 65 '
Petard 270
Taiiana 62
Id I ta rod 47
RicnaTdson 14
Tonsina ' >16
Wts* Fork 24
Hot Springs. 3§
Nenana '69
Otter !36
Fort Yukon 9
Dead wood 18
Millar House 11
Sitka ' 98
Vreadwell 155
Men den hall' 15
Saimon Creek 15
Perse\erence 72
Tnane 131
Juneau '839
Douglas 246
Fairbanjcs .5O0
Eagle 24
Circle City 15
Kcni.eeott 40
Jumbo 114
Council 4S
Steldon ' '7
Hon Creek :0
Taylor 11
Cardie 36
St. Michael 18
Petersburg 105
Skagway 168
Kelchikan 311
Hadley 22
Wrargell '197
Haines 63
"f" ' • t
Total 4428
winy iwo piuuiiivto vuifu
Tauaua and St. Michaels, and l>oth
of these- precincts have military
pcs's situated near them, wfoile
For Vukon expresse>d no-favoritism
the. vcte being 9 for and 9 agadnst
the measure.
To tbroiw a little light on- just
what is meant by the expression of
'he wis1! 'of the oeopl© .of the Ter
ritory, we reprint from the "Ses
sion Laws of Alaska for 1915" por
tions of chapter 7.
An Act providing for the expres
sion by the people .of the Territory
of Alaska as t whethter or' not In
toxicattng .liquors shall be manu
factured or sold In the 'Territory of
Alaska cfter the first day'of Jan
uary, lfH8. £
fie it enacted by th$ Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska;
Section *1. That therQ :sihall be
submitted to 1 the electors ' of
tile Territory of Alaska at ' the
next general election .held f°r the
purpo..» of elcting members of the
Legislature -of said Territory, I the
question of whet her'they are or are
n«t in fayor of the sale, .manufac
ture, ti«iter or exchange ofl Intoxi
cating liquors within said Territory
iftcr th- first day of'january, 1918.
* * *
SccliOii 4. In the event the cer
tificate of the Canvassing 'Board
shall &how that thg majority' of
the electors voting upon this Ques
tion have declared against the'sale
manufacture, barter or exchange of
intoxicating liquors in the terri
tory of Alaska as heretin, provided,
no'wholesale or retail "license shall
be issued for the Bale, manufacture,
barter or ^exchange of intoxicating
liquors 'in the Territory of Alas
ka af'or the first day of January,
1918.'
Aparoved April 13, 1915. 1
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luiiuimj tiuiutmuuiumi
Pumpkin Pie
is made best with
"Preferred [Stock"
Cream Pumpkin
sold at 20c per tin—try it and be^;convinced
After Nov. 1 we will be open from 8 a. m. until
6; excepting Saturday—from 8 until 8
P. H. GANTY
niiimYnmvmmnmtmirm mrnmmi
PARLIAMENT IKES LI 10 DOWN
PRICES OF LIFE'S NECESSITIES
Ottawa, Nov. ll—By a 'law en
acted by th,e Dominion] parliament
of Canada, a penalty of five thous
and dollars fine and! imprisonment
for two years has beeni fixed for
the 1 conviction, of any .person; or
persons combining for the purpose
of enhancing* the plrices of the ne
cessities of life. "
Ths law goes Into effect
OCEAN DIE
READY 10 m
New London, Nov. ll—The sub
nifli ne merchantman Deutchland, j
which has 'been, in this l*ort -ilor :
some weeks, has taken on board a :
cargo, witbj a value of over one
and a halt million dollars and is ,
now ready to sail. The 'sailing
dat» iipH not as yet be«n made pub-1
lie, but I: is believed 'that 'she will \
slio away under 'coyer of darkness '
some night within the "nest week, j
Ine Hague, Nov. ll—Ev*ideuce
wag brought-o^t today in.yhich. it (
was learned that there were three 1
j Anif-.ii-ans aboard 'the Cross Chan- '
I nei Dutch mail steamer 'whlichi was
jtak.n to Zeebrugge by'the German J
I submarine, 1 ' I
COM) WAVE HITS SEWARD
A cold wave struct Seward No
J v em he 1 1. The. temperature drop
ped to 11 degrees ahofve zero.'Zero
J weal her wat, epKerience^ ct vari
ous P'acea ion Cook Inlet, ! and
lea "was running in, Shipj Creek at
i Anchorage.' I
once, and is a 'most sweeping- aid
drastic law. ' '♦'■j
The enactment of 1 th© la^u
is the outcome of a general bo< «t«
ins of prices-throughout the Do
minion, and in a major portion of
the instances brought 'to the ao»
tice of Parliament Bhows that I'.arO
has been no rational -need for
increase in suchi prices. 4
GERMAN U-BuAT
Off OUR COAST
Norfolk, -Nov. 11 —•S^j ar
riving lu 'this port ivithin. t'!<- 'aaC
tw.: davs report-haviing'sighted Gep
mis built submarine boats leas
than 150 miles off th0 Vir^'-nla
capes. Tbo masters 'of t''e
se!s slotting the uad^r sea craft,
wnr-n questioned on the • subject
were ui.able to sta/e whether tiWj
weife mrchantmeu or fighting crifl.
It is -believed here that the SOb*
marines are patrolling the America^
coast for British, ships-intent up*>B(
fhc- destruction of the Deutchlaidj
and 'Lit they will act as .c0nsort(
to the big undersea-freighter wfi©<
she makes .her trip across 'the At
lantic back to her heme port. ,iqj
TEUTONS TAKE 1
BEN AND GUNS
PEiTlOGRAd, Xoy. 11 — -T.0
Teutpn drive in tfio Pripet mar it
?s have proven a success. E -u
siang of the firstjtrenchles and) c r
thre>. thousand men, together v.-'■: 3
twenty seven guns, comipelling th .®
L la l! back oa the' seconali -9
3f defense. '
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WILL CLA YSON