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~ VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1015 NUMBER M7
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CREW CHINESE
CRUISER HIM
Under Officers and Give Battle to
Two Warships Sent to Capture
Rebellious Crew.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 6.—The Chinese
insurrection against the obolition of
Che present republican form of gov
ernment and the restoration of the
monarchy, has spread to the navy
and culminated in the revolt of the
crew of a cruiser Saturday when the
officers of the warship were murdered
and leaders of the munity taking over
U»e command of the vessel.
Two Chinese warships were sent
to capture the mutinous crew an’d a
naval battle followed which lasted
until the rebels were forced to sur
'”Mth the cruiser in a sinking
Utfny had apparently been
planned in advance as a large force
of rebel land forces attacked the ar
senals at the same time, but were re
pulsed. Advices from interior China
state that the rebels are in control
of many provinces and it is predicted
that a rebellion which will’ result in
the overthrow of the administration
will follow the present outbreak.
MM-FU
ay IN DANGER
fVtnrli Senator Declares that Allies
May Lose Hundred Thousand
Men in the Balkans.
PARIS, Dec. 6.—Senator Berenger,
who has recently returned from the
near East and who Is familiar with
the positions occupied by «tbe A.nglo
French troops in Macedonia, believes
that Gen. Joffre will have great dif
ficulty in extricating one hundred
thousand British and French troops
from annihilation unless the decision
of Greece is favorable to the Allies.
The Anglo-French troops were
■wotted into Serbia via Saloniki to the
assistance of (he Serbs and have been
forced to retreat before the Teutonic
and Bulgarian forces until they are
making their last stand near the
southeast corner of Serbia. The fail
ure of Greece to accede to the de
mands of the Allies to permit of ad
ditional troops being sent through
Macedonia tq the relief of the army,
it is believed, will result in the whole
force being wiped out.
FIGHT BE MADE
ON CLOTURE RULE
Democrats in Caucus Kali to Endorse
Kale Giving Speaker Absolute
Control Over Debates.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 0.—
•Congress opened et noon today with
few members absent from their seats.
During the morning the Demicratic
members held a caucus which devel
oped some sensational features and
resulted in the failure of the party
leaders to commit the Democrats to
(tie Cloture rule.
It Is announced that the party
leaders will make an attempt to have
the measure passed as a non-partisan
Measure as both the Democratic and
Republican leaders are manifesting a
disposition to prevent a long drawn -
eat session.
Should the measure be passed it
will empower the speakers of both
houses to close debates at any time
and to prevent dilatory or conflicting
Motions or discussions'on the part of
the minority.
labor leaders bail
FIXED AT $10,500,000
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Twenty-seven
of the Indicted labor leaders who
were arrested on charges of having
forced manufacturers and contractors
to contribute to them personally to
avoid strikes and destruction of their
properties will be given preliminary
trial today. Bail in each case has
been fixed by the court at $116,000
each, making a total of $10,600,000
for the men under indictments.
German Representative Wants to
Know Why Recall of Boy-Ed
and von Papen Were Asked.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—
i Ambassador Bernstorq. representa
! tive of the German government in the
j United States, has demanded from
■ Secretary Lansing, of the state de
jpartment the reasons why Captain
| Boy-Ed and Captain von Papeu, nav
|al and military attaches to the Ger
Iman embassy here, have been recall
jed.
| Ambassador Bernstor<i is reported
I to have submitted the facts of the al
I leged Teutonic conspiracy before his
i government and has received advices
| from Berlin to demand a full explan
ation and substantiation of the
charges against the officers.
Denial of the charges that Captain
Boy-Ed has spent millions of dollars
in an attempt to organize an invasion
of Mexico from the United States, or
that the German officers were in any
way involved in the alleged conspir
acies to destroy munition factories in
the United States, has been made
from the Embassy and it is believed
that Secretary Lansing will be re
quired to show proof of their viola
tion of American neutrality.
SEARCH FOR BODIES
OF mG MEN
Seattle Detectives Believe Bodies will
Be Found Near Wrangell
Narrows Channel.
JUNEAU, Dec. 6.—A crew of men
have been dragging Gastineau chan
nel in the hopes of finding the bodies
of William Christie or Capt. J. O.
Plunkett, who are believed to have
been victims of Edward Krause. A
reward’of $600 has been offered for
the recovery of either of the bodies
but it is feared that the efforts will
be fruitless as the waters of Gasti
neau channel rarely gives up their
dead.
The Juneau authorities have been
advised by Captain Tennant, the Se
attle detective who arrested Krause,
to drag the waters of the channel in
the vicinity of Wrangell as he be
lieves that to be the most likely place
where the body would be secreted.
Tennant believes Krause murdered
Plunkett on board of his launch and
to«Jc the body away from the vicinity
of the scene of the crime as the cries
of his victim had been heard by peo
ple on the shore, who had been una
ble to ascertain from which direction
the sound came.
STEAMER ALAMEDA HAS
ARRIVED IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. Dec. 6.—The steamer
Alameda arrived in Seattle yesterday
morning, bringing a number of pas
sengers from the north who will
spend their holidays in the States.
The officers report that they were
un.able to land the Anchorage freigh't
owing to ice and discharged tt at
Seward.
Notice.
Dr. German has returned'from his
trip and will bf pleased to serve the
public with the best up-to-date den
tistry. OflMe over Owl Drug store. 1-* 1
TEUTONIC OFFICERS SPENT
MILLIONS IN CONSPIRACIES
SECRETARY LANSING REPORTED TO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT CAP
TAIN BOY-ED, GERMAN NAVAL ATTACHE AT WASHINGTON
HAD DE8TRIBUTED TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS IN FRUITLESS
EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE ARMEb INVASION OF MEXICO FROM
UNITED STATES—HUERTA WAS TO HAVE BEEN MADE PRESI
DENT OF REPUBLIC AND GENERAL FELIX DIAZ COMMANDER
OF ARMY OF INVASION.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 6.—
It is reported that investigators for
the department of justice have un
covered new evidence of a most amaz
ing nature as to the Teutonic con
spiracies in the United States.
Convincing evidence is said to have
been submitted to Secretary Lansing
that Captain Boy-Ed and von Papen,
German embassy attaches at Wash
ington, had not only taken part in
the handling of the munition con
spiracies but that they had meddled
in the affairs of Mexico in an effort
to embarrass the United States gov
ernment.
New evidence which is believed to
have been unearthed through the con
fessions of Dr. Goricar. shows that
Captain Boy-Ed distributed twenty
seven million dollars in the United
States in connection with the conspir
acies to destroy munition factories in
the United States and interrupt com
merce.
BULBOMl TO
BE CONTINUED
San Diego Exposition will l)e Better
and Greater Following the
Close of 'Frisco Fair.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6.—It is an
nounced by the directors of the Bal
boa exposition here which opened on
January 1, last, will be continued an
other year. The exposition has been
a bigger success in every way than
was anticipated and has attracted
hundreds of thousands of visitors to
the “Nation's Play Ground.”
Many of the manufacturers who
divided their exhibits between the
San Diego and San Francisco expo
sitions have requested additional
space at Balboa and they will bring
their exhibits here from San Fran
cisco.
The city is crowded with thou
sands of tourists who come from all
parts of the world seeking the tem
perate midwinter climate which San
Diego alone offers on the Pacific
Coast. It is estimated that more
than one thousand tourists enter San
Diego every day.
The directors believe that should
peace be declared in Europe in the
near future that thousands of weal
thy Europeans will visit America to
escape for a time from the scenes of
strife and that they will be attracted
to San Diego if the exposition is con
tinued.
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CLIFF MINE CLAIMANTS
ARE GETTING TOGETHER.
The (?ase brought by Edmund
Smith,George C. Treat and Logan
Archibald to obtain an accounting
from H. E. Ellis as to the operations
of the Cliff mine, which has been be
fore the district court for several
days, it is understood will be settled
out of court and an argument reach
ed whereby the mine will be kept in
operation.
It is said that the parties, acting
under the advice of the court, are ar
riving at an understanding that the
real or fancied grievances of the
claimant are being dispelled.
The continuance of thie operation
of the Cliff mine means much to Val
dez during the present season as its
payroll is approximately $3000 ffer
month and provides employment for
nearly a score of Valdez citizens.
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Do You Want to Laugh?
Charlie Chaplin, the joymaker, In
a two-act feature, ‘‘His Prehistoric
Past," at the Liberty theatro ♦orifl.t
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Secretary LanBing also have evi
dent in his possession to prove that
Captain Boy-Ed spent twelve million
dollars fruitlessly in attempting to
ally former President Huerta, of
Mexico, and General Felix Diaz, in
order that their united forces might
invade Mexico from the United States
to overthrow the Carranza govern
ment. Had the invasion been suc
cessful Huerta was to have been made
president of the Mexican republic
and it is believed an understanding
had been reached whereby Germany
was to receive territorial concessions
for coal stations for her financial as
sistance in establishing Huerta in
power.
Department of Justice investiga
tors have ascertained that the Teu
tonic officers had purchased twelve
mililou rounds of ammunition for the
equipment of the army which was to
have invaded Mexico.
HENRY FORD TO
STAY 10 EUROPE
President of Syracuse Says Peace
Delegation Is Menagerie of Bi
peds and Must Kail.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—When Hen
ry Ford’s peace ship sailed Saturday
for Christiana, fifteen of the dele
gates were left behind, having been
delayed in reaching New York and
in securing passports. Emil Hurja
the former Alaska newspaper man,
who was appointed from the Wash
ington State University, failed to con
nect with the sailing of the ship and
will leave for Europe on a liner leav
ing' Wednesday next.
It is stated that Ford has already
spent *60,000 on his plans to bring
peace to Europe and has asserted that
he is willing to spend millions if his
mission can be brought to fruitful is
sue.
The delegates have been invited by
Ford to be his guests for six weeks,
at the end of which time his charter
on the peace ship expires. Ford ex
pects to remain in Europe until peace
has been established. Before sailing
he signed his new will, leaving his
fortune to his son in case he failed to
return from his self-imposed mission.
Menagerie of Bipeds.
SYRACUSE, Dec. 6.—Chancellor
Day. of Syracuse University, says the
Henry Ford peace ship will be re
garded in Europe as it was in New
York, a menagerie of bipeds. He be
lieves no good will come of the dele
gation’s efforts and that the Euro
pean nations engaged in the war will
take precautions to prevent Ford en
tering their countries.
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JUDGE JENNINGS UPHOLDS
ACT REDUCING FEES, j
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That the Territorial legislature
had the right to regulate the filing
fees charged by recorders for enter
ing documents such as proofs of la
bor for assessment work and that the
law as passed by the last legislature
is valid, was the decision of Judge
Jennings of Juneau, in a ruling hand
ed down last week. The legislature
it will be remembered, passed a
measure materially reducing the fees
to be received for recording docu
ments, especially those charged for
proofs of labor on association mining
claims. The decision was handed
down as a result of a test case which
had been brought to establish the
validity of the law.
RONDS FURNISHED IN
TILLIKUM CLUB CABE8
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John Biggs and Meyer Blum ap
peared in th^jdlstrict court this morn
ing and gave bonds for the defen
dants in the Tillikum Club corpora
tion cases which were filed by Dis
trict Attorney Spence. In each case
the bonds were fixed at $1,000. Jas.
Fish, who is made defendant in two
counts, was required to give bonds
of $1,000 on each count. The defen
dants did not appear as their pres
ence was not required.
CONGRESS TO SET
II NEW RECORD
Present Congress Will Be Asked to
Appropriate Billion, Two Hun
dred and Fifty Million.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. —- Esti
mates submitted bj the various gov
ernmental departments for which the
present session of congrosj will be
asked to make appropriations amount
to one billion, two hundred and fifty
million dollars. This will be an in
crease of one hundred and seventy
million over the appropriations of the
last congress, and the most expensive
in the history of the United States
It is forecasted that President Wil
son’s message will dea! with the fol
! lowing measures which are known to
have been discussed at a recent cabi
net meeting:
| National defense program for army
!and navy.
Ship purchase legislation for the
upbuilding of the merchant n-arine
of the nation.
Amendments to federal reserve act
to permit member banks to join in
iestablishing foreign banks.
Revenue legislation to meet the
needs of the government and to pro
vide for the deficit caused by the
decrease in customs duties on im
ports owing to the European war.
HENRY FORD’S PUN
ILL BE * FAILURE
Attempt to Organize Strike Among
European Soldiers Regarded as
. Utterly Ridiculous.
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PARIS, Dec. 6.—-All Europe re
gards Henry Ford’s trip with his del
egates as the most ridiculous inci
dent of the present European war,
and it is predicted that no good can
result from the conference of unoffi
cial representatives of the neutral na
tions.
Paris was amused when it was re
ported from Berlin during the earlier
stages of the war that British officers
wearing patent leather shoes and
dressed as though attending a social
function had been captured by the
Germans in Belgium. The stories of
football games between the Germans
and Allies during lulls in the fight
ing were regarded as interesting
sporting events, but Ford’s plan to
end the war by causing the soldiers
of the European countries to engage
in a strike is regarded as ridiculous
in the extreme.
A member of the French chamber
of deputies in commenting on the
peace rumors from Berlin and Vien-'
na stated that there could be, would
be, no peace until the Teutons had
been driven back from France and
Belgium. His declaration that his
country would fight to the end rather
than surrender a foot of territory,
was loudly cheered by the members
of the chamber.
Charlie Chaplin.
The Liberty Theatre presents to
night Charlie Chaplin, the funmuker,
in a two-reel feature, "His Prehistor
ic Past.”
Holiday goods, wearing |pparel.
household utensils and articles of ev
eryday needs coming on every boat,
and sold at a bargain. There will be
half or one-third off after the Holi
days at the Emporium. *
DEFEATS BRITISH
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Assembled in Force and Severed Brit
ish Line of Communication
With the Coast.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—It is admitted
that the British forces in Mesopota
mia have suffered heavily in their
retreat to the Gulf of Persia. Dis
patches state that during their re
treat of the first hundred miles south
ward along the Tigris river they lost
five thousand men and much army
equipment as the retreat was so pre
cipitate that the British were unable
to transport their guns and care for
the wounded.
The dispatches say that the defeat
of the British forces were due to
treachery on the part of the Arabs,
who had assembled in force in north
ern Arabia and crossing into Turkish
territory had severed the British line
of communication aud interrupting
the shipments of supplies and muni
tions to the front.
Troops were landed from the Al
lies warships and forced their wiff
to Bagdad to the relief of the retreat
ing British forces.
THE EXPOSITION
THING OF PAST
Has Been Financial Success and Has
Increased the Population of
Pacific Coast States.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—The
San Francisco exposition closed Sat
urday night with a celebration which
eclipsed anything of the sort ever
seen on the Pacific coast. The gate
receipts for the day showed that four
hundred and sixteen thousand per
sons had passed through the gates
during the day, not including atten
dants, breaking the record for any
single day.
Many of the buildings of the states
and foreign countries have been sold
and will be torn down as the lease
on the grounds expires with the close
of the year.
The exposition, it is reported, has
proved the greatest financial success
of any fair ever held in the United
States and has been the means of at
tracting hundreds of thousands of
persons to the Pacific Coast, many of
whom will continue to make their
homes here.
TWO MORE BOUTS
FOR ALASKA RUN
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Alaska Steamship Company Prepar
ing for Future Business Bays
Two More Freighters.
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—The officials
of the Alaska Steamship company
have announced that negotiations
are under way for the purchase of
two more freighters which are now
on the Atlantic coast., The steamers
will be rechristened the Ketchikan
and Petersburg before entering the
Southwestern Alaskan trade.
The steamers Burlington and Ben
nington, who were recently purchas
ed by the Alaska Steamship company,
are now on their way around the
Cape en route to Puget Spund. It
had been planned to bring the steam
ers through the Panama canal but
the announcement of Col. Ooelthaln
that the waterway would be closed
until some time in January, decided
the company in sending them via .the
cape route.
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