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JOURNAL ASSERTS
n IS EVBE
Declares it Can be Shown Where
Teutonic Agents Spent $10,000
. OOO in Perfecting Plans.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 15 —The
'Journal says that through the con
fessions of Dr. Goricar that it has
been enabled to secure evidence that
the Teutonic nations have spent $10,
*00.000 in the United States in or
ganizing conspiracies to prevent
shipments of munitions and other
.'"applies being sent to the Allies.
The Journal hints that revelations
■which are yet to come are of an even
more startling nature than any as
yet offered, but it is announced that
Attorney General Gregory will be
gi*en an opportunity of reviewing
the disclosures of Dr. Goricar before
*• they are given to the public.
The Journal claims to have evi
dence of the identity of the Teutonic
who have been disbursing the
money among the foreigners employ
•ed in the - munition factories where
explosions have occurred.
Officials of the International Long
shoremen’s union, it is reported,
have agreed to disclose the identity
<nf the Teutonic agents who offered
them $200,000 to cause a strike on
fioth the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
which would result in tieing up Com
merce for several weeks, thereby pre
venting the Allies from receiving
shipments of shells and other war
monitions.
MINNESOTA GOES
NEVER TO return
Big Liner will P(y Between New
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York and European Ports—
Alaska Halibut In Cargo.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—The Great
Northern Steamship company’s liner
Minnesota which has been operating
between Seattle and the Orient since
her arrival in the Pacific more than
ten years ago, sailed from Puget
Soiin<L,yesterday for Liverpool, never
to rdCrif. The Minnesota was a sis
ter ship 'to the Dakota which was
wrecked off the Coast of Japan sev
eral years ago. She was built in
19C4.
The Minnesota has a carrying ca
pacity of 20,000 tons and will carry
a capacity cargo from Puget Sound
and San Francisco for Liverpool. The
cargo will be principally grain and
foodstuffs for the European nations
engaged in the war.
Included in the cargo of the Min
nesota is a shipment of seventy-five
tons of frozen Alaska halibut, the
fish having been brought from Prince
liuperl by a fishing schooner several
days ago. Large shipments of Alas
ka hall mat have been sent across the
continent by rail and then by steam
er to England but this is the first
consignment to be sent by the a'l
water route from the Pacific.
' The big liner has never been a pay
ing' proposition as the development
of Japanese industries and their ag
gressiye commercial policy, combined
#fth the injurious effects of the La
TsaUette seamen’s law, has prevented
iff Minnesota front earning her op
erating expenses except on few voy
ages. The Minnesota's home port is
Now York.
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jlWiiK BEN LINDSAY
FINED FIVE HUNDRED
DENVER. Nov. 16.—Judge Ben
Lindsay, who presided over the juve
nile eotu’t bee for years, has been
fined’ for refusing to give infor
mation to the court during the trial
of Mrs. Wright, on trial for murder.
It is claimed by the prosecution that
Judge Lindsay withheld testimony
which would have secured a* convic
tion had he told all he knew of the
circumstances surrounding the kill
ing.
Subscribe for .he Prospector.
RUSSIANS CLAIM CAPTURE OF FIFTY
THOUSAND GERMANS IN RIGA DISTRICT
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 16.—The re
sistance of Gen. xiindenburg’s com
mand of the Riga district is being
weakened by the withdrawal of Ger
man troops to reinforce the Teutonic
campaign in the Balkans and has re
sulted in the mermans being driven
back a distance of four miles along
the entire northern front. It is offi
cially stated by the Russian war of
fice that fifty thousand Germans were
taken prisoners during the past
month and the Germans are on
the defensive. General Ivanoff, com
manding the Russian troops in the
northern district is taking advantage
of the German lack of transporta
tion facilities to press an offensive
movement, which is succeeding be
yond expectations.
Allies Fear Greece.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—It is admitted
in official advices from Saloniki that
the pro-Gorman sentiment is grow
ing in Greece and it is feared that
should the Allies in Serbia suffer re
verses that Greece will immediately
retract her neutrality promise and
disarm the Allies in their retreat to
ward Salonika. Little news is being
permitted to reach the public in re
gard to the situation in the near East,
but it is believed in military circles
that the Allies have already suffered
reverses in Bulgaria and Serbia.
Serbia Appeals to America.
PARIS, Nov. 16.—King ?eter and
the Serbian ministers have appealed
to the government of the United
States to prevent the massacre of in
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PETROGRAD REPORTS GENERAL HINDENBURGS ARMY AS ON
DEFENSIVE AND GRADUALLY BEING DRIVEN BACK ALONG
ENTIRE FRONT—KING PETER FIGHTING IN TRENCHES WITH
THE ALLIES—BRITISH AND FRENCH . .. GREECE SHOULD
THEY ATTEMPT TO. RETREAT AT SALOMKI—VIENNA ADMITS
THAT RETREAT OR SERBIANS WAS ORDERLY AND ARMY IS
STILL INTACT—RADICAL WANTS KITCHENER REMOVED.
nocent women and children by the
Teutonic and Bulgarian forces. It is
reported that when the Serbian city
of Kruzhevatz was captured by the
Teutonic troops that hundreds of
women and ohildren were put to
death although they had taken no
part in the defenes of the city. Five
hundred thousand Serbian women
and children are fleeing across the
mountains to Montenegro and are
suffering untold hardships in the
deep snows in the mountains.
Further Sacrifices Necessary. i
LONDON, Nov. 18.—Winston
Churchill, former first Lord of the
British Admiralty, who resigned to
enlist in the British army as a ma
jor, yesterday afternoon told the
House of Commons that the Darda
nelles campaign was not lost to the
Allies but that greater sacrifices
would be richly rewarded by the cap
ture of the Dardanelles and the
Turkish capital. It is believed that
Churchill alluded to the campaign
which is now being planned to in
vade Bulgaria to cut communication
between Germany and Turkey.
Germany Short of Men.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Military ex
perts express the belief that Germany
faces a shortage of men for her 1916
campaign. All the nations in the
War opposed to the Teutons are rais
ing huge armies for next year but
Germany and Austria are believed to
have reached their limit and now
have every available man under
arms.
Allies Attacking Bulgarians.
ATHENS, Nov. 16.—-Severe fight
ing has occurred along the Bulgarian
frontier where the British and the
French troops have attacked the Bul
garian forces along a sixty mile
front. The Bulgarians are reported
to have fallen back at several places
to await the arrival of reinforce
ments. Turkish troops are reported
as aiding the Bulgarians to repel the
invaders.
Serbian Ketreat Orderly.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 16.—It is ad
mitted by the Vienna press that the
Austrian advance in Serbia is diffi
cult and that the retreat of King
Peter’s forces has been remarkably
orderly and without noteworthy
losses. The capture of the Serbian
arsenal city of Kraguievatz, it was
believed, would cause the Serbian
forces to be crushed but it is now
known that they had munitions
stored in the mountain passes to
which they retreated when driven
from the city. The Austrian press
admits that the main Serbian army
of nearly four hundred thousand men
is still intact and a formidable force.
King Peter with the Allies.
SALONIIfl, Nov. 16.—King Peter,
the aged monarch of Serbia, has
joined the Allied forces operating
from Saloniki and is lighting in the
trenches in the uniform of a private
of the Serbian army.
Wants Kitchener Ousted.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Arthur Mark
ham, a radical member of the House
of Commons, in a debate yesterday,
bitterly scored Lord Kitchener. He
declared that the Allies’ Dardanelles
campaign had been a blunder from
the first and asserted that it was
hopeless for England to expect to
win until Lord Kitchener had been
retired from command of the forces.
The speaker declared that Kitchener
and not Lord Churchill had been re
sponsible for sending inadequate
forces of British marines in defense
of Antwerp.
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The launch Anieta Capt. John
l^mel. returned from Fidalgo nnd
Land lock bays last night bringing
a number of passengers.
RV8WIAN GOVERNMENT
TO GET PEOPLE'S MONEY.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 16—The Rus
sian government has issued an order
for the establishment of five thou
sand new postal savings banks. The
people are being encouraged to de
posit their savings in the government
banks and are receiving a high rate
of interest. It is believed the es
tablishment of the savings ba ks
will result in providing sufficient
money to maintain the government,
not including the military and rail
road expenditures, which must be
provided by foreign loans.
RATES ON FISH
SHIPMENTS CUT
Alaska Steamship Company Does Its
Part Toward Retaining Pish
Business for Americans.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—The fishing
interests of Puget Sound are hopeful
of retaining the fresh fish industry
of Alaska which has been drifting to
Prince Rupert and threatening a loss
of several millions annually to Seat
tle interests.
The Alaska Steamship company
has put into effect a rate of $5 per
ton on all shipments of fresh salmon
and halibut from all Southeastern
Alaska ports to Seattle. The reduc
tion is the result of representations
of flshermen who formerly shipped
their catches to Seattle but have re
cently been taking them to Prince
Rupert, showing that the transporta
tion companies were to a large ex
tent responsible for the fishermen
disposing of their fish in foreign
ports.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
it is understood, have taken the mit
ter up with transcontinental lines
and is making an effort to secure
their co-operation in retaining all
the fresh fish trade of Alaska to the
Eastern states, which has practically
passed over to the Grand Trunk. The
matter has also been taken up with
the department of commerce and a
strong effort will be made at the com
ing session of congress to have the
bonding privileges extended Cana
dian railroads rescinded, and the
tax of one cent per pound on impor
tations of fresh fish restored.
FAY WILL TELL
ALL HE KNOWS
Austrian Arrested for Munition Con
spiracy Has Confessed to Fed
eral Prosecutor Marshal.
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| NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Robert
i Fay. who was arrested for conspira
|cy to destroy the munition plants in
i America and who stated that an or
ganized effort would be made to dy
namite ships at sea which carried
[munitions to the Allies, is reported
to have made a complete confession
I to Federal Prosecutor Marshal, and
| will give the details of the alleged
[conspiracy to the federal grand jury
jsoon to be called to Investigate the
| charges.
It is reported that when Fay was
[confronted with evidence which had
[ been revealed through the disclosures
! of Dr. Goricar, tftat he confessed to
j Prosecutor Marshal that Fay was not
I his name and that he was an Aus
trian by birth. No inkling of the con
fession has been permitted to leak
out but it is stated that scores of
arrests will follow the disclosures.
BOTH SIDES BUSHING
FOR HERMOH1LLA CITY.
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DOUGLAS. Nov. 16.—Both the
Carranza and Villa forces are being
rushed to the city of Hermosllla. on
the Gulf of California. The city is
held by Mexican federal troops and
jha. been attacked by the rebel gen
eral's army. Villa is reported to have
a force of mere than ten thousand
j men advancing upon HermosiUa,
i where three thousand men are de
fending the city.
j FAIRBANKS WANTS TOM
RIGGS KEPT IN INTERIOR.
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FAIRBANKS, Nov. 16.—The Com
mercial Club held a special meeting
recently and passed resolutions ask*
ling Secretary Lane of the interior
• department to keep Thomas Riggs as
I the representative of the railroad en
gineering commission at this end of
the work. Some rumors had been
afloat that the transfer of Riggs to
some other part of the field was in
tended and the people have decided
to do all in their power to have him
retained here.
GREEK UNO FRENCH
TROOPS CLASH
Allies Attempt to Occupy Forbidden
Ground in Saloniki and'are
Forcibly Prevented.
VIENNA, Nov. 1G.—Advices from
Athens state that sentiment in
Greece is rapidly crystallizing in
favor of the Teutons as a result of
the Allies ignoring the military regu
lations as laid down by the Greek
government concerning movements
of Allies’ troops from Saloniki.
The French tropps attempted to
occupy the Greek ammunition tower
at Saloniki and were forcibly pre
vented from doing so by Greek troops
when an open rupture was narrowly
averted by the commander of the
French troops apologizing by declar
ing that it was all a mistake.
Present indications point to the
election of candidates to the Greek
chamber of deputies during the elec
tion which will be held in December.
The success of the Teutonic and Bul
garian troops in the Serbian cam
paign has caused Greece to realize
that she would suffer a like fate if
involved in the*war on the side of
the Allies.
ADMIRAL EVANS DI'K AT
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
The steamer Admiral Evens now
to the westward, is due to reach
Valdez about 12 o'clock tonight. Pe-1
ports from Anchorage via Seward i
state that the steamer experienced j
dilf.culty in discharging her cargo j
at Anchorage for the Alaskan Engi
neering commission as the ice ham
pered the movements of the launches
and barges lightering the freight. It
is reported that only one hundred
tons was discharged the first day. but
ml'd weather having set in the work
was kept up day and night until the i
freight had all been landed.
Sumner Smith, federal mine in
spector and Wm. Moloney, territorial1
mine Inspector, made the trip yester
day to Ellamar and Fldalgo bays to
inspect the mines there. They made
the trip in the launch Anleta as they
were anxious to return to .Valdez in
time to qatch the Admiral Evans
from the westward.
JVDGK RFNNBIiL SOON
COMING TO VALDEZ.
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j FAIRBANKS. Nov. 16.—Judge
Bunnell, who has held an almost con
tinuous session of the district court
since last spring will adjourn court
on Thursday next until February 8.
He plans to leave Saturday morning
for the coast where he will spend the
vacation.
Judge Bunnell will go in an auto
stage and will go direct to Valdez,
providing the road from Willow
Creek to Valdez, is open for travel,
otherwise he will go via Chitina and
Cordova.
ROME PROTESTS TO
NEUTRAL NATIONS
Official Note Accompanied by Affida
vits of Survivors Stating the
Ancona was not Warned.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 16
Advices from Rome state that the
Italian government has sent notes to
all neutral nations protesting against
the atrocity of the Teutonic subma
rines in connection with the sinking
of the Italian liner Ancona in the
Mediterranean sea, causing the loss
of more than one hundred lives many
of them citizens of neutral nations.
It is charged that the commander
of the submarine kept up a continu
ous fire upon the Ancona while her
passengers were attempting to es
cape from the vessel. The official
note is being sent to neutral nations
accompanied by affidavits signed by
one hundred and sixty surivors of
the Ancona, that the liner was fired
upon without warning and that the
passengers and crew were given no
opportunity of reaching places of
Bafety as provided by international
law.
Heavy Snow in Caucasus.
PETUouKAD, Nov. 16.—Advices
from Grand Duke Nicholas, com
manding the Russian troops in the
Caucasus mountains, reports the
weather as bitterly cold and that
practically all fighting has ceased as
twenty feet of snow lies in the
mountainous districts.
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Suits- pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
FOR IRELAN
Redmond Announces that He Is Wi
Kitchener and Will Kxert Influ*
ence fa Raise New Army.
LONDON, Nov. 16. John Re.
mond, the noted Irish leader, has ai
nounced that he is with Lord Kitcl
ener in believing Great Britain mui
raise a new army of three million ft
next year's campaigns if the natio
is to survive the struggle in whic
she is now involved. Redmond b*
lieves that conscription should be en
forced if the men of military age d
not offer their service voluntarily.
The Ulsterites in the British Hour.
of Commons have led the oppositioi
against conscription and it is believ
. ed that Redmond’s endorsement o
Lord Kitchener’s attitude will caus*
the Ulsterites to become discredited
No definite date has been set for thf
enforcement of conscription but it it
believed that it will go into effect
next month unless the voluntary en
listments show a greater increase.
It is reported that the British gov
ernment, fearing internal trouble if
conscription was enforced in Ireland,
will exempt the subjects of that conn
try front conscription, but will raise
a limited number of troops there by
voluntary enlistment. It is believed
that the exemption plan is being act
ed upon by advice of Redmond, who
is seeking to show that the Ulster
ites are lacking in patriotism.
PETERSBURG MAN
FOUND IN SEATTLE
Is Believed to Have Been Responsi
ble for Mysterious Disappear
ance of Treadwell Employe.
SEATTLE. Nov. 16.—Edward
Krause, of Petersburg, Alaska, who
is believed to be implicated in the
mysterious disappearance of William
Christie, an amalgamator in the em
ploy of the Treadwell company, at
Juneau, was arrested in Seattle last
night immediately after his arrival
from the north.
Christie was kidnapped by a man
w'ho gave his name as Miller, and re
presented himself to be a United
States deputy marshal. Krause is
believed to be the man who repre
sented himself as an officer of the
law and is being held on that charge
until his connection with the disap
pearance of Christie can be cleared
up.
Krause is well known in Pete-s
burg and was an admirer of Mrs.
Christie before her marriage a few
months ago, and it is believed that
he has done away with her husband
for revenge.
The Juneau authorities, after the
disappearance of Christie, wired all
steamers •en route to Seatt.s to as
certain if lie was a passenger or
anyone answering the description
of Krause. Krause is reported to
have come to Seattle under an as
sumed name and denied his identity
when arrested
Suspicion was first attached to
Krause when a resident of Treadwell
reported that he had seen Christie
and the strange man together on the
ferry going to Juneau after the_
Treadwell amalgamator had quit
work in answer to the fraudulent
subpoena served upon him by the
supposed marshal. Krause is be
lieved to have disguised himself by
wearing a false mustache while going
under the name of Miller.
NEW YORK’S MAYOR
PATIENT IN HtMJPITAl,.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Mayor
Mitchell, who was suddenly taken ill
yesterday afternoon while in his of
fice was operateu upon this morning
for appendicitis The surgeons state
that the operation was successful and
.that the patient*!* resting easy with
every chance in his favor for com
plite recovery.