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WLSON TO DEMAND
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Canuan Ambassador Admits that
Robert Fay May be German Of
ficer but Discredits His
Confession.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—It Is ru
mored In official circles here that
President Wilson will demand an ex
planation from the German govern
ment as to the German plot to de
stroy the munition factories and to
dynamite vessels at sea. The confes- I
rion of Lieut. Fay that his govern- j
meat was cognizant of the conspiracy
wad assisted him in reaching the Uni- !
tod States has forced the United j
government to take cogni- j
aance of the affair.
Ambassador Bernstorff, of Ger
many, visited the state department
•wig morning and assured Secretary
Injuring that Fay’s story would not
r3 investigation, but admitted
l he might be an officer in the Ger
man army.
It is reported that President Wil
son has assumed the attitude that the
Cearman government must have
hnown . that Lieut. Fay was in the
United States to violate the neutral
ity of this country as he failed to re
port to the German ambassy. A thor
ough investigation of the conspiracy
wm been ordered by the department
off justice.
Secretary Redfleld Believes Company
Necessary to Handle Export
Business With Europe.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.—It is re
ported that Secretary Redfleld, of the
department of commerce, is planning
an Overseas Trust company to co-op
erate with the United States govern
ment in handling the exports of this
country with the warring nations of
Kurope.
kjtec^etary Redfield believes that
JtSfe'nited States dealers will be un
ahkfT as individuals, to carry on trade
successfully with Europe but that
a syndicate backed by the government
of the United States would be able
to sufficiently guarantee the belliger
ents that shipments to neutral coun
tries would not reach their enemies.
The secretary also believes that the
sphere of operations of the Overseas
Trust company could be profitably
extended to cover the trade of South
America by the establishment of
hunks in the Latin Republics to facil
itate and encourage the handling of
business of the United States.
INVENTOR EDISON REVIEWS
CHILDREN AT EXPOSITION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.—The
directors of the San Francisco expo
sition yesterday furnished free ad
mission tickets to the exposition
t'roands to the school children of the j
«ty in order that they might pass
in review before Thomas A. Edison,
the noted inventor.
Says Alaska Will Go Dry.
LANCASTER, O., Oct. 26.—Wil
Dam Jennings Bryan is touring this
state in the interests of prohibition.
He expresses the belief that congress |
aft Us next session will abolish 11- j
menses in Alaska.
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Rnssla Wants Big Loans.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 26.—It is an
nounced that the Duma and Council
’’ the Empire have authorized the
mMng of two loans, each for three
quarters of a billion, in foreign coun
tries. The Duma has been granted
additional powers and is working in
harmony with the cabinet.
Wells-Fargo Money Orders and
Traveler’s checks are payable any
where In the United States or Cana
da. D. F. Millard, Copper Blk. tf
LONDON AGAIN HEARS EMPEROR WILLIAM
.TO ANNOUNCE HIS PEACE TERMS
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LONDON, Oct. 26.—A persistent
rumor is in circulation here that Ger
many is soon to submit her terms for
peace to President Wilson of the Uni
ted States and King Alphonso of
Spain. No recognized authority for
the assertion can be ascertained but
at the present crisis when the British
cabinet is on the verge of being dis
rupted over the conscription measure
all reports of possible peace are eag
erly received. The British war office
has ispued a statement showing that
the German casualties since the be
ginning of hostilities have reached
two million men and the Austrian
and Turkish casualties number five
million men, making a total of seven
million Tuetonic allies put out of
commission since the war began.
Greek Cabinet Resigns.
ROME, Oct. 26.—The Greek cabi
net is reported to have resigned in a
body as a protest against the efforts
of King Constantine to keep his coun
try neutral during the present crisis.
It is believed that the king will be un
able to form another cabinet in the
face of the storm of protests which
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BELIEVED THAT PRESIDENT WILSON AND KINO AJ'PHONSO OF
SPAIN WILL BE ASKED TO ACT AS MEDIATORS IN SETTLEMENT
. OF THE WAR—GERMAN CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE
BEEN TWO MILLION MEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF WAR—
ROME HEARS THAT GREEK CABINET HAS RESIGNED AND BE
LIEVES THAT COUNTRY WILL JOIN THE ALLIES—BULGAKS
DEFEATED ON VARDAR RIVER AND DRIVEN FROM SALONIKA
RAILROAD.
has been raised and that Premier j
Venizelos will be recalled to take j
control.
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Serbs Withdraw from Danube.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 26.—The Ser- ;
bian troops have been withdrawn
from the south bank of the Danube
river east of the Morava river, which ;
permits of the Austrians entering j
Bulgaria via Orsova. The Bulgarian ;
troops marching northward in their
flanking movement forced the Ser
bians from the river to the moun
tains to prevent their being caught
between the Teutonic forces on the
west and north and the Bulgars from
the south.
French Join Serbians.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—French rein
forcements have joined the Serbians
and have routed the Bulgarian army
near Krivolak, and are now waging
an offensive movement against the
flank of the Bulgarian forces. The'
German armies are reported to be;
sweeping through northeast Serbia, i
but are meeting with difficulties in se- j
curing reinforcements owing to the'
;errific struggle being waged on the
western frontier in Prance.
Italy Forcing Austrians.
ROME, Oct. 26.—A tremendous ar
:illery duel is raging from the Switz
erland border to the Adriatic as the
Italians have joined in the general
offensive movement to prevent the
reutons sending reinforcements to
:he Balkan campaign. The Allies be
lieve that the Balkan campaign can
not last long if reinforcements are
kept from reaching the Teutonic
forces aiding the Bulgars in the Ser
bian campaign, and troop» are still
being rushed northward via Salonika.
Bulgars Defeated by Serbs.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The Serbian
troops have defeated the Bulgarian
troops which seized the Uskuy rail
road and have driven them eastward
of the Vardar river, and increasing
the distance between the Teutonic
and Bulgarian armies. The Bulgars
are reported to have suffered heavy
losses as they were caught between
the Serbian troops from the Uskup
forts and the reinforcements from
southern Serbia.
OUTSIDER WILL BUILD
SHIPYARDS AT KETCHIKAN
John Clark, of Centralia, Washing
ton, who spent the summer in south
eastern Alaska looking over the busi
ness opportunities believes there is a
fortune awaiting the man who estab
lishes a shipyard arid marine railway
of the coast of Alaska, and has an
nounced that he will enter the busi
ness at Ketchikan next year. He
plans putting in a plant capable of
handling boats up to 120 feet long.
CONFESSES HE IS
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GERM OFFICER
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Lieut. Robert Kay, Arrested in New
York, Says He Planned to
Place Bombs on Steamers.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Robert
Pay, who was arrested yesterday with
Walter Schulz, charged with attempt
ing to dynamite munition factories
in the United States which have been
supplying shells to the Allies, has
been identified as Lieut. Robert Fay,
of a Saxon regiment in the German
army.
Since his identification Lieut. Pay
has talked freely to the detectives,
and is reported to have admitted that
his action in attempting the destruc
tion of the munition factories, has
the sanction of the German govern
ment. He also admitted that he
planned to place clockwork bombs on
the rudders of steamers carrying mu
nitions to the Allies before the ves
sels left New York, by employing a
diver.
Lieut. Pay arrived from Europe
last April ana is reported to have
been kept under surveillance by Brit
ish agents since coming to America.
A search of his rooms has disclosed
the fact that he has been experiment
ing with explosives which are un
known to American scientists and
which are „~.»eved tq be a new Ger
man invention.
The statements of Lieut. Pay that
the German government sanctioned
his plans for placing bombs on the
rudders of the steamers to be explod
ed when the vessel was far out to sea,
has created a sensation and many inti
German sympathizers believe that the
German government had something
of the sort' in view when they abol
ished the submarine warfare.
Beattie Pioneer Suicides.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 26 —Thom
as Cann, one of the pioneers of this
city and who was judge here when
Seattle was a wideopen frontier towh,
suicided In his home yesterday by
taking poison. He had been suffer
ing from 111 health and was 82 years
of age.
TWENIY-TWO BURN
. IN FACTORY FI
Pittsburg Firemen Perform Heroic
Rescues by Bringing Hundreds
from Burning Building.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 26.—Twenty
two girls, who were caught in a fac
tory hrei here yesterday were burned
to death and hundreds were taken
from the burning building by the fire
men. The fire broke out in the lower
floor of the factory and dozens of the
women jumped from the windows, de
spite the assurances of the firemen
that they would be brought in safety
froift the building.
Intense excitement prevailed dur
ing the fire and hundreds of special
policement were sworn in to restrain
the relatives of the girls from rushing
into the flames to rescue them.
Many heroic deeds were performed
by the firemen, who attempted to
search the factory for the girls after
they had been driven from the win
dows by the flames.
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London Reports that Thousands of
Young Men are Leaving Coun
try Fearing to be Drafted.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The fear that
conscription will be forced upon
| Great Britain in order to raise the
• big army which Lord Kitchener is de
manding for the spring campaign, is
causing thousands of young men to
leave England daily. Every steamer
leaving English ports since the con
scription compromise measure has
been taken under consideration by
the members of the British cabinet,
has been crowded to the capacity of
their accommodation.
It is also reported that thousands
of young Englishmen have crossed
to Norway and Sweden to escape be
ing forced into the army, and that
later they will go to the United
States.
Lord Kitchener again repeated his
statement in the House of Common'
yesterday that Britain must have men
and money. He declared that Britain
held success in the war in the hollow
of her hand, but that she must raise
the armies and provide the money or
all would be lost.
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Hundreds of Citizens are Camped on
tlie Ground but Agent States all
Will be Given Chance.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26.—Hun
dreds of men are camped day and
night on a tract of ground in the Im
perial valley, which is soon to be re
stored to entry by the land office. The
tract consists of seven thousand acres
which was Withdrawn during the
building of the great irrigation ditch
and is considered the finest land in
the state.
The agents of the land office have
posted notices that priority by squat
ting on the land will not afford any
advantage as the tract will be clear
ed, even if it is necessary to secure
the militia, before the land is thrown
open. Many of the squatters are de
termined to hold their land and it is
feared that bloodshed will result
from the great rush as the number of
contestants in the race is constantly
increasing.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
STRIKE SETTLED
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Company Grants Increase of Five per
Cent and Reduced Day to Nine
and One-Half Hours.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y„ Oct. 26.—
The strike of the employes of the,
General Electric company has been
called off and the five thousand em-!
ployes of the plant returned to work I
this morning.
The strikers.have accepted the com
promise proposition of the company,
which increases the scale of wages j
five per cent and reduces the hours |
from ten to nine and one-half. The 1
employes were demanding an eight
hour day and an increase of ten per
cent.
The strikers have been out of work
for more than thirty days and engag
ed in violenfrlotlng, necessitating the
state troops being called to restore
order and guard the plant from being
dynamited. It Is reported that the
company has refused to reinstate the
organizers of the strike but no furth
er trouble is looked for on that ac
count as the men voted for accep
tance of the new scale in opposition
to the wishes of the strike leaders.
TRADE OF ALASKA
MAKES BIG INCREASE.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—The United
States custom's reports show that the
trade of Alaska has made a phenome
nal increase during the past year,
and that it will be fully 39 per cent
better than any previous year. Alaska
shipments of copper and other min
erals has increased enormously and
the government's railroad building
activities has also been a big factor
in the increase.
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Dealers Reported to be Holding Sup
ply Back in Order to Realize
Increased Profits.
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—Exasperated at
the constant advance In the price oi
butter, which is now quoted at 90
cents pet1 pound, the housewives of
Berlin yesterday engaged in rioting
and looted the stores and seizing the
butter. v.
The women contend that as the
German government has taken over
the control of nearly all stocks of
foodstuffs which are within the reach
of the great majority should also have
taken charge of the luxuries and
treated all alike. The German wom
en are intensely patriotic but they are
unwilling to suffer privations while
the wealthy are afforded luxuries
which they believe should be reserv
ed for the troops at the front.
The police were unable to restrain
the women in their raids upon the
stores and they continued their riot
ing until near every food depot in the
city had been forced to disgorge its
supply of butter. The charge has
been made that there is a plentiful
supply of butter and cheese in Ger
many but that the dealers have been
cornering the supply in order to in
crease their profits and the govern
ment will investigate conditions, and
if the charges of the housewives are
substantiated, the dealers will be im
prisoned.
REPORTED THAT VILLA
WILL.QUIT MEXICO.
EL PASO, Oct. 26.—It is reported
that General Villa, the Mexican revo
lutionist, is discouraged by the recog
nition of General Carranza by Presi
dent Wilson as head of the erpublic,
and is planning to quit Mexico. He
Is reported as gathering his gold at
a point near the border. }t is report
ad that Villa has secured more than
nne million dollars in gold, which
trill be shipped to New York.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
BENTON BANK MAY
RECOVER MONEY
Former Clerk In Tacoma Store Iden
tified as One of the Men who
Robbed Bank in Daylight.
TACOMA, Oct. 26.-—Cecil Earle, a
clerk who has been employed in th«
Thomas Bros.' store here, was arrest
ed last night on the charge of hay
ing been one of the men who robbed
the Renton bank two weeks ago, es
caping in an automobile, after com
pelled the chauffeur, with drawn re
ivolvers, to take them nearly to Se
attle.
Earl was identified by a womar
who witnessed the flight of the rob
bers from the bank at the time of th<
robbery, and the cashier of the ban!
has also identified him as the mar
who emptied the cash drawer whil<
his companion kept him covered witi
ja revolver.
I The police believe they will be abl<
to learn the identity of Earl's com
panion in the robbery, and now be
lieve that the driver of the auto wa:
one of the gang, as he has disappear
ed. Earl has refused to offer an;
-statement as to his movements 01
the day of the robbery and is report
ied as having lead a fast life since be
ing discharged from the Thoma
store several weeks ago. It has beei
discovered that he deposited mono:
in a Tacoma bank shortly after thi
robbery.
BRITISH AGENT
Chicago Purchasing Agent for AlUe
Found Murdered in His Home
and Enemies Suspected.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 25— Franklii
Voorhees, a Chicago broker, who ha
I been acting as an agent of the Brit
| ish government in purchasing sup
plies for the Allies, was found deai
in his home here Sunday, havini
been murdered.
The police believe that Voorhee
was a victim of some enemies of th<
European nations and are working 01
the theory that an organization ex
sists in the United States among Teu
tonic sympathizers to hamper am
curtail the shipments of munition
from this country to Europe
Voorhees had received a numbe
of letters threatening his life and ha<
turned the letters over to the pollc
department for investigation. He re
c£ntly returned from a trip to Canad;
aha it is believed that some agent o
the German organization learned hi
identity there and followed him to hi
home in order to murder him.
ESCAPED MURDERER IS
NABBED ON HONEYMOON
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—George Ober
ton, a convict who was serving a lit
sentence for muide, uut who escaper
last year after having served fourteei
years, was arrested in Chicago las
'night while on his honeymoon. H>
had never leu the state but settler
in a small town and engaged in bus!
ness. An effort will be made to se
cure a pardon for Overton as thie
prison records show he was an exem
plary prisoner during the fourteei
years.
CHARLTON SENTENCED
SIX YEARS IMPRISONMENT;
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COMO, Italy, Oct. 26.—Porter,
Charlton, the American artist, wai*
convicted of the murder of his wif*>;
here live years ago and has been sen T
tenced to six years in prison. Undetj
the Italian law he will be given credit
for the time since he was arrested^'
leaving only eight months still t<|
serve. k
H. P. Sullivan, who has been devoll
oping his quartz property on Portagtl
bay, came up yesterday on the launch*
Shamrock, accompanied by two met§!
who have bean working with him.
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