The Chitina leader., 1915-05-18
Late Telegraph News

the intense interest displayed in the
approaching contest on the liquor
license question. The three enum-
orators appointed by the court to
ascertain The number of persons
entitled to vote at the election on
May "a, completed their labors last
night. They report 1889 qualified
voters. 1t is admitted that prob
ably some have been missed, but not
many. The court holds that a
majority of the enumeration must
vote either wet or dry or the cleo
ton will be non-conclusive. The
vets have set the mark for 1000
votes and will bend every effort to
secure that number. If many should
fail to vote and the vets failed to
secure majority of the whole num-
Der registered they would lose out.
LOS ANGELES, May 15-Charles
E. Sebastian, suspended chief of
police, who had been charged with
Mrs. Lillian Pratt for contributing
to the delinquency of young girls,
was acquitted by a jury last night,
as was also Mrs. Pratt. This case
has been on trial for a couple of
weeks and aroused the most intense
interest. Sebastian declared that
the charge was brought by his
political enemies to destroy his
chances for the mayorality, for
which he was candidate At the
primaries on May 4, and while the
case was on trial, Sebastian was
chosen for first place on the ticket
and viii, go before the electorate
next month. He missed actual cleo
ton by only a few votes. The day
of the primary, two bullets narrowly
missed Sebastian as he was sitting
in a room at his home. The assaIl-
ant has not been discovered.
SEATTLE, May 15.-On May IS,
the freighter Seward, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, will set out for
Nome, to be followed on June by
the steamship Victoria The Seward,
Capt. J. Johnson, has taken on q
cargo of coal at Comax and now is
loading cannery supplies and gen.
eral freight for Nome. While navi-
cation in the Boring Sea is possible
at an even earlier date than this,
marine insurance companies place
such high rate on ships that VEN
ture into that sea earlier than June
s that the steamship companies do
not care to assume the burden. In
asmuch as it takes six days to reach
what is designated by the under
writer's as the danger zone, the
Victoria will be able to leave Seattle
June 2 and meet all requirements
parade, that lasted over an hour.
WASHINGTON, May 14-Admiral
Walter c. Cowles, the present
commander of the Asiatic fleet of
the United States Navy, is to retire
in July and Secretary Daniels is now
considering the appointment of his
successor. The appointment is made
more desirable by the fact that
while the fleet cruises the COM
mander-in-chief has the rank If
admiral at the salary of $4,000
year. Several names are being
mentioned for the promotion
PARIS, May 17.-Late reports in
dictate the success of the revolu-
tionary forces in Portugal. The
new government will be presided
over by Joacchagas. That fact was
proclaimed from the windows of the
city hall today by the military gov
ernor of Lisbon. Proclamations
have been posted throughout the
city warning citizens to turn in their
arms under penalty of arrest. A
number of the Royalists have been
arrested. The last permanent presi-
uCuI VI tnC ltCPuDllC was AuduuCl oO
Arriaga, elected in August, 1911. His
last ministry was appointed June %,
1914. Since the summer of 1912 a
number of uprisings have occurred,
the last one to be suppressed was on
October 20 last.
NEW YORK, May II. = Clifford
Pinchot, who was in Belgium on n
mission for the government, and
who was banished from that country
by the Germans, arrived here this
morning. He was in time for the
naval parade and review.
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Out of
the Barnes-Roosevelt quarrel, now
being aired in the courts of New
York, developments will be forth
coming of wide consequence in their
bearing on the 1916 Presidential
contest. This is the conviction of
both Democratic and ReDublican