VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1»15 ' NUMBER 182
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MURDER SUSPECT
WHS»DESERTER
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ffidward Krause Deserted from Fort
Lawton Twelve Years Ago—
Ijaunch Found at Ketchikan.
SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—Ed. Krause,
suspected of having murdered a num
ber of Alaskans for their money and
property, has been identified as a
man who deserted from the United
States army at Fort Lawton twelve
years ago.
The United States marshal from
Juneau is in Seattle to claim the
prisoner, who has engaged counsel
and will make a fight to prevent his
being taken back to Alaska to stand
trial.
Detective Tennant, of Seattle, wno
arrested Krause after his arrival
Xroni the north on the steamer Jef
J^srtiSn, has claimed the reward of
9500 offered for his apprehension by
the Alaska authorities.
Advices from Ketchikan, where
Krause boarded the Jefferson under
the name of O. E. Moore, state that
Krause’s launch has been found in
a bay about four miles from Ketchi
kan. A search of the launch reveal
ed letters addressed to Miller and
Krause has since admitted that he
received mail under that name.
Juneau authorities have secured
affidavits from several Ketchikan
men who know Krause and talked
with him while he was in that town,
In which Krause is asserted to have
admitted that he was responsible for
the disappearance of Wm. Christie,
the Treadwell man, but that he had
turned Christie over to another man
before leaving Juneau. The Ketch
ikan men were unaware of the fact
that a reward had been offered for
Krause’s apprehension as the notices
bad not been publicly posted.
STATE LOOTED BT
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Kuiploye of Industrial Insurance
Commission Believed to Have
.■ ^ Stolen State Warrants.
SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—It has been
discovered that the Washington
State Industrial Insurance Commis
sion has been looted of twenty thou
sand dollars by means of forged war
rants having been used.
The looting of the insurance fund
was discovered Saturday when an
unusual number of warrants were
deposited by local saloonkeepers
who had cashed them during the past
few days. The warrants are undoubt
edly drawn on official paper and it is
evident that they were stolen from
the commission’s office and that
an employe of the commission’s of
Tice will be arrested for connection
with the frauds.
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NEW YORK EUR SHOWS
SPREAD! Nu DISEASE.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22.—State in
jectors of the Industrial Hygiene
board, who have been investigating
the rumors that disease was being
spread by furs, have reported that
two cases of anthrax, caused by the
transmission of germs on furs, re
sulted fatally. Anthrax is a malig
nant febrile disease of cattle and
sheep and is rarely known to have
been transmitted to humans. It is
aharacterized by carbuncular swell
ings and infected cattle and sheep
are killed and their carcasses burn
ed. A warning has been issued
against buying furs unless they have
been passed upon by government in
jectors.
•CATHOLICS CELEBRATE
POPE’S BIRTHDAY
ROME, Nov. 22.—Mass was cele
brated in the Catholic church thru
mat the world yesterday in celebra
tion of the sixty-flrst birthday of
Pope Benedict XV, who was born In
1*54.
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LONDON, Nov. 22.—Advices from
the Dardanelles state that a Turkish
transport carrying troops to Gallipoli
peninsula was sunk in the Sea of
Marmora by a mine which had brok
en loose from its moorings and drift
ed into the channel. It is reported
that five hundred of the troops were
drowned.
Paris Hears of Serbian Defeat.
PARIS, Nov. 22.—Advices from
Cattaro state that thousands of the
Serbian troops have crossed the bor
der into Montenegro, where they are
joining the Montenegrin army held in
readiness to repel the Bulgarian in
vasion which is reported as being
planned in their advance to the Adri
atic. Many of the Serbian leaders are
extremely embittered toward the Al
lies for their failure to send suffi
cient forces to save Serbia from be
ing overrun by the Bulgarian and
Teutonic troops. They assert that had
the Allies sanctioned the invasion of
Bulgarian troops had been mobilized,
and while the Serbian army had a
BERLIN ADVICES STATE THAT TEUTONIC TROOPS HAVE BEEN
LANDED AT CON8TATINOPLE TO HELP TURKS CLEAR GALLI
POLI PENINSULA—TEUTON AND BULGARIAN TROOPS CON
TINUE TO DRIVE SERBIANS FROM KING PETER'S COUNTRY,
AND NOW CONTROL NINETY PER CENT OF BALKAN STATE—
PARIS HEARS OF SERBIANS ESCAPE INTO MONTENEGRO—AL
LIES BLOCKADE COAST OF GREECE TO COMMERCE.
strength of more than five thousand
men, that Rumania and Greece would
have joined against their ancient foe,
Turkey, who was fighting on the side
of Bulgaria.
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Teutons Capture Serbians.
BERLIN, Nov. 22.—German troops
have captured the Serbian town of
Tevobazar, near the border of Mon
tenegro, and capturing four thousand
Serbian troops. Many of the Serbians
have crossed the border into Monte
negro, where they are seeking safety
in the mountains. Advices from Mon
astir state that the Bulgarian troops
which captured that city, are near
ing the border of Greece and have
practically surrounded the Serbian
troops. It is stated that ninety per
cent of King Peter's country is un
der control of the central European
powers.
Allies Blockade Greece.
LONDON. Nov. 22.—It is reported
that as a result of Lord Kitchener’s
failure to convert King Constantine
to the support of the Allies that the
Allies fleet has established a coni
mercial blockade of the Greek coast.
A strict censorship is being main
tained over news from the near east
and the fate of the Allies troops in
the Saloniki district is unknown. The
defeat of the Serbian troops south of
Monastir would compel the British
and French troops to retreat into
Greece, but it is not known if they
were disarmed and interned by the
Greek army as threatened by King
Constantine.
German Troops at Constantinople.
BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The first Teu
tonic troops reached Constantinople
today where Emperor William has
gone to confer with the Sultan of
Turkey. It is believed that the Teu
tonic troops will be sent to aid the
Turkish troops in clearing the Galli
poli peninsula of the Allies. German
siege guns are being sent to the forts
guarding the Dardanelles and as they
have a much greater range than the
guns on the warships the Allies will
be forced to abandon the campaign
; to secure possession of the waterway.
CITY OF PUEBLA
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—The steam
ship City of Puebla, which has been
under charter to the Alaska Steam
ship company, returned from Alaska
last night, having completed her
charter. The City of Puebla did not
go to Anchorage but transferred her
Anchorage freight to the Northwest
ern.
IMPERIAL VALLEY
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Mud Volcano near Mexican Border
Erupts and Causes Consternation
in ini|terial Valley Towns.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.—South
ern California was severely shaken
last night when a violent eruption of
the mud volcano near Calexico, on
the Mexican border, took place. The
eruption was the most severe which
has occurred in years and rocked Im
perial Valley, doing considerable
damage in the valley towns. The dis
turbance was scarcely perceptible in
Los Angeles.
YUMA. Nov. 22.—The earthquake
here last night was of sufficient vio
lence to stop clocks and caused the
people to rush from their homes into
the streets fearing that the build
ings would collapse. The continued
shaking has caused cracks to appear
in numerous brick walls and a num
ber of buildings will be condemned
by inspectors. Reports from Imperial
Valley points indicate that consider
able damage was done.
FREIGHTER SEWARD IS
EN ROUTE TO ANCHORAGE.
SEATTLE, Nov. 22—The freighter
Seward, of the Alaska Steamship
company’s fleet, sailed from Seattle
Saturday night for Anchorage with a
capacity cargo for the Engineering
commission. The Seward will be the
last steamer of the season which will
attempt to make Cook inlet.
AMERICAN FEDERATION
CONVENTION CLOSES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.—The
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor, which has been in ses
sion in San Francisco for ten days,
closed late Saturday night. Samuel
Oompers was re-elected president
with I'only three votes in the oppo
sition. The next convention will be
held in Baltimore. The plan to elect
officers of the Federation by referen
dum was rejected.
Most of the tea raised in Burma
is pickled and eaten as a condiment.
Illinois has more coal producing
counties than any other state, 51
cqunties containing mines.
MMIH WONT ME
leader of Minority in Congress Says
He Is Participating in Non-Par
tasan Campaign for Defense
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 22.—
President Wilson is lining up thq
forces in support of his national de
fense program and has invited the
support of the Republicans to insure
the passage of the measure. He has
summoned Senator Jacob H. Galiin
ger of New Hampshire, leader of the
Republican forces in the upper house
and Representative James R. Mann,
of Illinois, leader of the minority in
the house of representatives, to a
conference at the White House.
Representative Mann, in an inter
view published Saturday, says that he
is participating in a non-partisan
campaign for greater national de
fense, but that he will refuse to take
orders from President Wilson re
garding national defense, which he
regards as one of the most important
measures ever coming before con
gress.
The advocates or national defense
believe that President Wilson may be
required to make sacrifices from the
administration's measure but do not
doubt that the program will be car
ried out substantially as advocated
by President Wilson.
ITAliV DISCOVERS THAT
SUBMARINE WAS AUSTRIAN
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 22.—
The Italian government has assured
Secretary Lansing of the state de
partment, that the Italian steamer
Ancona, which was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean sea, was destroyed by
an Austrian submarine and not by a
German undersea craft as first re
ported.
It was reported in press dispatches
from Rome that the Italian govern
ment was soon to declare war upon
the German government because of
the sinking of the Ancona, but it is
evident that the Italian government
has received an official denial from
Berlin that the submarine was com
manded by German offioers.
HARVARD SENDS YALE
DOWN TO DEFEAT.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 22.—Sixty
thousand spectators witnessed the
triumph of Harvard over Yale Satur
day afternoon when the blues were
defeated by a score of 41 to 0. The
defeat was the worst ever inflicted
upon Yale by Harvard. The 1914
score was Harvard 36, Yale 0.
H. L. Jaynes will leave tomorrow
for Mineral creek, where he will con
tinue development work on the Little
Giant group of quartz claims which
he owns on the Mineral creek moun
tainside.
PARTI LEADERS TO
PUSH PROHIBITION
Both Democrats and Republicans are
Desirous of Eliminating Ques
tion from Coming Campaign.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 22.—
It is believed that the leaders of both
the administration and minority
forces in the Senate and House of
Representatives will push a prohibi
tion measure to a test of strength
during the coming session in order
to eliminate the prohibition question
from the coming national campaign.
it is realized that many advocates
of prohibition will sacrifice their par
ty affiliations to support candidates
who have promised their support to
prohibition measures and unless t.h ?
question is eliminated during the
coming national campaign.
It is realized that many advocates
of prohibition will sacrifice their
party affiliations to support candi
dates who have promised their sup
port to prohiu.iion measures and un
1. ss the question is eliminated dur
ing the coming session of congress
that it might result in influencing
the strength of the parties.
President Wilson has gone on re
cord as believing in local option, be
lieving that prohibition is c matter
l'or each state to determine for itself
without interference on the part of
the federal government.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, in the
announcement of his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for the
presidency, stated that he favored na
tion-wide prohibition, and it. is believ
ed he would receive the support of
prohibitionists as against President
Wilson should they be the standard
bearer of his party.
AMATEUR MOTORCYCLE
RACE RECORD IXIWERED.
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PHOENIX, Arlz., Nov. 22.—Bob
Perry, of Chicago, won the century
motorcycle race at the Arizona state
fair Saturday afternoon when he
covered the hundred miles in 82 min
utes, 46 and 1-6 seconds. The re
cord was previously held by M. J.
Graves of Los Angeles, with a record
of 87 minutes, 49 seconds, made at
Los Angeles on July IS, 1909.
STORM IS SWEEPING
<X)A8T OF OREGON.
ASTORIA, Nov. 22.—A terrific
storm is sweeping the coast of Oregon
the gale which has been blowing for
several days having attained a veloc
ity of seventy miles an hour during
the night. It is feared that several
vessels have suffered, but smaller
craft is believed to be safe, as ample
warning of the coming of the storm
was made by the weather bureau.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
TYPEWRITIN« MEHSAGE.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Presi
dent Wilson has completed his an
nual message to congress and after
submitting it to a conference of the
cabinet members he began today to
typewrite the message. President
Wilson is the only chief executive of
the nation who has insisted upon do
ing his own typewriting.
Officials of Hamburg-American Com
pany Aided German Raiders
of Commerce.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Four offi
cials of the Hamburg-American
Steamship company line, who were
indicted some time ago for obtaining
false clearance for their ships from
the United States custom's officials,
were placed on . trial here today be
fore the district court.
The government prosecution in its
complaint charged that the official^ of
the German Steamship company ob
tained clearance papers for several
steamers after the beginning of hos
tilities in Europe by making false
affidavits. It is asserted that the offi
cials who are now on trial knowingly
made false oath as to the nature of
the cargo of the vessels which were
asserted to be non-contraband when
in reality the vessels were carrying
supplies and munitions to the Ger
man warships which were ravaging
the commerce of the Allies.
MRS. GALT’S GOWNS
ARE AMERICAN MADE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 22.—
Neutral friends of Mrs. Normal Galt,
President Wilson’s fiance, have enter
ed a denial to the newspaper reports
that she is buying her wedding
gowns abroad. The matter has been
given much publicity, much to the
displeasure of the future ffirst lady of
the land, and as the denial comes
from the White House, it is believed
the controversy will be allowed to
drop.
STEAMER ALAMEDA DUE
SOMETIME TOMORROW.
The steamship Alameda, of the
Alaska Steamship Company's fleet,
passed Juneau at 2 o'clock this morn
ing en route to Cordova, and should
arrive in Valdez sometime tomorrow.
The company's steamers for South
western Alaskan ports, which have
been calling at Skagway during the
summer months, have returned to
their winter schedules and have
dropped Skagway from their ports ol
call.
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T.R.WILL STAND
FOR G. 0. P.MAN
But will Kiglit any Candidate whi
was Connected with Theft of
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Nomination four Years Aro.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 22.--Eollowin
a conference with Colonel Rooseve
here last Saturday, Medil McCormae
has made the public statement thf
it will depend upon the Republicai
whether the Progressives will unii
with the party in the coming natioi
al election. McCormack asserts th.
many Progressives will support t!
candidacy of President Wilson
preference to Root, whom many
the Republican leaders appear to '
grooming for the presidency.
Roqsevelt, it is asserted, is pr
pared to support any fair Renno
can candidate who was not an acli
narticipant in the theft of his non
nation four years ago. On the
grounds Root, Taft and their frie.'
are barred by the Progressives a
the nomination of any of them w
cause the party to place candidal
in the field or support Presidr
Wilson.
Senator Albert B. Cummins
Iowa, who is an avowed candidate •
the Republican nomination, would
eligible for Roosevelt’s support. I
Theodore Burton of Ohio, is a t
recent convert to national prepar
ness for war to suit the Color
Senator Borah, of Idaho, would stt
for a strong preparedness progr
as the price of support but conser
tionists are known to be dissatisl
with his record in dealing with c
servaticn measures.
If a union of the parties is effec
it is believed that Roosevelt will
sist on a short paltform, making
equate preparedness the leading
sue.
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Alaskans Kat Caribou Dinner
Revive Dancehall and Oamb
ling Days of Alaska.
SEATTLE. Nov. 22.—The A
Club held its annual sourdough
ner on Saturday evenings when :
ibou meat and other Alaskan i
ucts formed a greater portion ot
menu. Three hundred guests
present and good fellowship rei
supreme.
Following the dinner the an
celebration was held when the g:
ling and dancehall days of the r
were reproduced. Many of the
time gambler were manipulating
games with the same old player
the outside of the tables.
Hundreds of persons who had
er seen the northern camps d>
the early days when gambling g.
were run wide open attended ,
affair to see if the reproduction '
pared with the stories they •
heard of the north.
A wireless instrument had bee:
stalled on the roof of the
Club building and during the f
ing messages were erceived |
Gov. Strong and other Alaskans^
regretted they were unable t|
present. ir
PROSECUTION WILL USE I
* McNAMARA TESTIM|
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.
government prosecution in the
of M. A. Schmidt, charged witl
spiring with McNamara brothi
destroy property in this st&tf
laid the foundation for the inti
tion of documentary evidence
during the McNamara trial, to
that Schmidt was implicated v
conspiracy. On Saturday the
overruled a motion on the p
Schmidt's counsel to induce M<
gal’s testimony, which resulted
conviction of the McNamara’s.