The Chitina leader., 1915-05-25
Late Telegraph News

the First DIVISION yesterday eiecliohS
were held on the question OF
whether the voters favored the
renewal of liquor licenses. 1t 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 vets 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 GA wet and 334 dry. In
additional, $40 votes not registered
were sworn in but have not yet been
counted. 1T is believed that 800 of
these. voted wet. In addition there
were signed and witnessed letters
from 1913 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 900 to $50, out of
total entitled to vote of 1850.
Haines-Wet ST; dry 80; sworn
in Is; a clear majority for the
vets.
Douglas-Wet 496; dry EOS. A
good majority for the vets out of a
total registered vote of 905.
Ketchikan-Registered SIS. Wet
396; dry 1872; sworn in but not yet
counted, 40. Registered votes not
cast 299. VETS will require As
additional votes, some of which will
come from those sworn in. 1t is
believed that the other votes neces-
sary to give majority for the vets
will be secured from among the
299 not voting.
etersburg-Wet SO; dry so;
sworn in but not counted yet 5. This
leaves the vets votes short which
getting from among those not vot-
ing out of the 1S5 registered voters.
Wrangell-Wet 1928; dry rs;
total registered 277. The vets re-
quire II 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. 1t appears that $1,000
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 sue
ceeded in discovering any mixing as
to who committed the theft. The
matter was kept secret in the hopes
that the thief might be apprehended.
SEATTLE, May 25.-The steamer
Mariposa sailed last night for the
north, with another large crowd for
Seward and anchorage, number 1873.
For Seward there were AZ cabin and
% second class; for Anchorage 26
cabin and At second-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, will 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 will spend most of his
time, although he will make fire.
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
NAL transfer of the Alaska Northern
railroad to the government, the
chairman is quoted as saying
''All 1 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 l know and l am going north with
the idea of prosecuting the work.
have heard some talk of these law