VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1015 NUMBE1
VOLLMJ9 18 _ _t.
POSTMASTER GUILTY
OF LESE MAJESTE
Assistant Declared Wilson Should
Have Waited 1-ionger Before
Marrying and Is Fired.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—
The little town of Winnetka. Illinois,
is stirred to its depths through Post
master Klopfer having discharged his
assistant. George Burkitt, for saying
that President Wiisor: should have
waited another year after the death
of his first wife before remarrying.
Burkitt and his friends protested
to the department and made an effort
to have him reinstated in office but
Assistant Postmaster General Roper
ruled that the action of Postmaster
Klopfer in discharging his assistant
was regular and for the best interests
of the service.
The charge having been made by
•f^ye friends of Burkitt that the de
partment officials were influenced by
the White House. President Wilson
has announced that Postmaster Klof
fer in discharging his assistant, act
ed without authority of the knowl
edge of the president.
Burkitt is Reinstated.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 15.—
While the postal department was try
ing to find grounds to sustain their
action in approving the dismissal of
George Burkitt, assistant postmaster
at Winnetka, 111* for criticising
President Wilson for remarrying so
soon after the death of his wife,
President Wilson reinstated Burkitt.
In commenting on the reinstatement
of Burkitt after his dismissal had
been approved by the department,
tbe president declared that this was
a free country, and that a man’s ut
terances must be guided by his con
science. He declared that he did not
bold himself, as the nation’s chief ex
ecutive, above personal criticism.
MW REPORTS
ARE CONFLICTING
Washington Is Officially Notified from
y'tonie that Nine Americans ,
Were Ijost on ,»iner.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—The
Italian govenhment has officially no
tified the state department that nine
of the ten American citizens on the
steamer' Ancona which was shelled
and sunk by,# Submarine in the Med
iterranean Uei. were killed by the ex
ploding shells or drowned when the
steamer went down. The cables
state That the survivors have signed
affidavits that the submarine kept up
ail incessant''fire from its guns while
tbe pa|Ef.engers and crew were trying
to escape from tbe steamer.
'.ri.-:-.Vieima Says 45 Minutes.
^ n-’4SJN^A, Nov. 15.—It is officially
<«i||tedl^that:'tbc commander of the
Austrian gubinarine which destroyed
Hit Italian steamer Ancona, allowed
■ thex'&ptain forty-five minutes to get
hie passengers and crew into the life
boats. It is admitted that the' sub
marine fired on the Ancona when she
attempted to run from the Undersea
vessel but the report from Rome is
denied that the Ancona was shellca
while the passengers were leaving
ihe steamer.
KOOKER T. WASHINGTON
HAS BEEN CALLED AWAY.
TUSKEGBE. Alabaman, Nov. 15—
.-^looker T. Washington, the noted col
ored orator and negro educational
worker, died at his home near here
today. Death was due to schlerosis,
or hardening of the arteries. He had
gone to New York to receive treat
ment from specialists and when in
formed that his case was hopeless he
expressed the wish to return to Tus
kegee, the scene of his life’s labors,
where he has built up schools and
colleges where thousands of his race
are being educated.
BOTH HOUSES WILL
FM PROGRAM
•
New York World Completes Canvass
Showing that Administration’s
Defense Policy Sure to Pass.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The New
York World has completed its can
vass of the United States senators
and representatives in congress and
reports that i oth houses are over
whelmingly in favor of President
Wilson’s national defense program.
Only forty-eight members of the
upper house gave definite expressions
of their attitude toward national de
fense, thirty-nine being in favor of
President Wilson’s program, nine op
posed to greater defense and the bal
ance non-committal.
Two hundred and nineteen con
gressmen answered the request of the
World for an expression of their at
titude on National defense, one hun
dred and seventy-one being in favor
of the administration’s program and
fifteen being ir. the opposition.
SEWARD OFFICE
HAS BEER CLOSED
United States Assistant District At
torney Whittlesey Coining to
Valdez on the Evans.
Passengers returning on the City
of Puebla from Seward state that the
closing of the United States Assis
tant District Attorney’s office there
has created a tremendous feeling of
opposition to District Attorney W. N.
Spence. The people of Seward be
lieve he is closing the office in retali
ation for criticisms offered for having
closed the movie picture theatres
there last summer. The Seward of
fice will be closed today and it is ex
pected that Assistant District Attor
ney W. H. Whittlesey will come to
Valdez on the Admiral Evans.
District Attorney Spence, who has
been in Anchorage in connection w'th
the prosecution of the numerous li
quor cases, will also be a returning
passenger on the Admiral Evans. All
the Anchorage people arrested on
charges of selling liquor without li
censes have plead guilty or been con
victed before the U. S. commissioner
at Anchorage and have either paid
their fines or are serving tim^
BUTCHERS OF PARIS
CLOSE MEAT SHOPS.
PARIS, Nov. 15.—Owing to deal
ers having advanced their prices for
food stuffs to exhorbitant figures
since the beginning of the war, the
government of France has appointed
a commission to regulate the prices
and fix the maximum prices permit
ted to be charged. The order went
into effect this morning and notices
are posted everywhere announcing
the maximum prices dealers are per
mitted to charge. The butchers have
closed their shops as a protest
against the order and assert that they
cannot buy meat from the importers
at the price established by the gov
ernment
VILLA REPUDIATES
HIS OWN CURRENCY.
DOUGLAS. Ariz., Nov. 15.—Gen
Villa, the Mexican rebel leader, has
repudiated the currency issued by
the Villa pr. visional government,
and has adopted United States cur
rency as his standard. During tue
past two years Gen. Villa has forced
merchant In the northern Mexican
states to accept his currency at par
value although It was regarded as
worthless. Americans refused to ac
cept It at any price and' demanded
gold in transactions involving the
purchase of supplies or munitions.
Did You?
Did you see Lillian Russell in
"Wildfire” at the Liberty theatre last
night? Don’t fail to see her tonight.
"Some show!" so they all say.
AUSTRIAN EMBASSY BAS DENOUNCED
DIPLOMAT TELLS SECRETARY LANSING THAT FORMER AUS
TRIAN CONSUL DEMANDED MONEY FROM AUSTRIAN EMBASSY
TO DISCONTINUE DISCLOSURES AND THAT HE HAS BEEN 'IN
DESTITUTE CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE RETURNING FROM ROME—
DR. GORICAR DEMANDS NAME OF MAN HE APPROACHED FOR
MONEY AND STATES HE IS MERELY CONFIRMING SUSPICIONS
OF UNITED STATES OFFICIALS WHEN DUMBA WAS RECALLED.
I
WASHINGTON, 1). C„ Nov. 15.—
Ba^on Zweindinek, of the Austrian
embassy, called on Secretary Lan
sing of the state department, Satur
day afternoon and denied" the charges
which had been made against the
German and Austrian officials in the
fUnited States as published in the
i statement of Dr. Goricar in the Prov
j idence Journal.
i The Austrian diplomat told Secre
! tary Lansing that Dr. Goricar had of
i fered to discontinue denouncing
Teutons if the Austrian embassy
; would undertake to provide him with
i $30 per month. When he was denied
i the money, which he regarded as a
■pension, he turned traitor evidently
thinking that the Teutonic nations
i were doomed to defeat in the Euro
; pean war.
Dr. Goricar, the Austrian diplomat
! asserts, has been almost destitute
j since returning to the United States
from Rome and the Austrian embas
sy believed that the Allies had reject
i ed his services.
-
! Dr. Goricar Demands Proof.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Nov. 15.—
! Dr. Goricar, whose sensational dis
I _
closures has caused the department
of Justice to order an investigation
of the alleged Teutonic conspiracy to
destroy munition factories in the
United States, has challenged Baron
Zwiendinek, the Austrian diplomat to
name the man whom he approached
for money.
In an article printed in the Provi
dence Journal, Dr. Goricar denies
that he ever denounced Austria or
Austrian officials in the United States
until now. He asserts that he is
merely corroborating what the United
States officials suspected when Am
bassador Dumba was recalled. The
Journal, in its latest issue, asserts
that Baron Zweindinek himself is in
volved in the conspiracy and that Dr.
Goricar will produce the proof at the
proper time.
Many Arrests Reported.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Forty ar
rests are reported to have been made
of persons implicated in the conspir
acy to destroy munition factories in
the United States and it is known
that scores are under surveillance to
prevent their escaping from tne
country while under investigation.
DEMOCRATS WILL
6EI OK PHI
Reported that Postmaster Steel, of
Cordova, has Resigned, and
Others will Follow Suit.
4.
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JUNEAU, Nov. 15.—It is reported
that Democrats are shaping their
affairs to fill the presidential posi
tions occupied by Republican hold
overs in Alaska, whcf are to lose their
jobs owing to the row which has been
started through the charges preferred
against Gov. J. F. A. Strong, by one
Edward I. Wade, of Georgia.
It is believed that Earl Hunter, the
postmaster at Juneau, whose term
expires next April, will be allowed to
serve out his time, but such may not
be the case as there are a number of
hungry Democrats in Juneau who are
anxious to get on the federal payroll.
It is reported that Harry G. Steel,
postmaster at Cordova, who has be
come involved in a controversy with
Postal Inspector Neil, has tendered
his resignation as the Inspector re
duced the clerk hire of the Cordova
office to a point where the staff would
be required to work twenty hours
per day to give good service. It is
understood that the Skagway post
master has also forwarded his resig
nation to the department.
THREE SUBMARINES
REACH SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.—The
United States submarines F-l, F-2,
and F-3, which were disabled in the
Honolulu harbor shortly after the
fatal accident to the F-4, which re
sulted in the loss of her crew, have
reached this port after a stormy trip.
Owing to the submarines being de1
layed on the trip by stormy weather,
a food shortage had been experienced
and the crews were living on half
rations.
Certainly a Treat.
The Only Son was declared by all
who saw it last evening at The Em
press to be the finest drama yet
shown. It, is a Paramount feature of
five acts, with 260 swell scenes. Thos.
W. Ross plays the leading role, and
it is a masterpiece. Last time to
night at 8 and 9:30 sharp. Admis
sion 25c and 10c.
High Officials Believe that Ancona’s
Passengers .Should Have Been
Oiven Time to I <eave Ship.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 16.—
The sinking of the Italian steamer
Ancona by a submarine in the Medi
terranean sea, causing the loss of
more than twenty American lives, is
viewed gravely by the officials and it
is believed that serious international
complications will result from the at
tack on the liner.
Press reports indicate that the cap
tain of the Ancona was given plenty
of warning to get his passengers
into the life boat but that as the
first shots fired by the submarine had
killed a number of passengers caus
ing the crew to become panic stricken
and fight to enter the first boats
launched.
High officials hold that when the
commander of the submarine warned
the captain of the Ancona that the
Bhip was to be attacked that sufficient
time should have been given to place
the non-combatants in places of safe
ty before the steamer was torpedoed.
Many phases of the sinking of the
Ancona have been discussed infor
mally by the officials and-it is under
stood that should it develop that the
submarines was manned by Germans
it is probable that Germany will get
another note from President Wilson.
MILWAUKEE ROAD AFTER
BUSINESS OF ALASKA.
A. E. Harris, traveling passenger
and freight of the Chicago,
Milwaukee; ^ $t. Paul railroad com
pany, is in Vafdez having arrived on
the Cttjrvbjjf Puebla after a trip to
the westward. His headquarters are
in JuneAtt and during the past sum
mer he visited the interior and es
tablished Ijcal agencies for his com
pany at all the larger towns
'The. Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul realize the growing Importance
of the Alaska business with the
eastern states and have Inaugurated
a campaign to secure their share of
the business. The Valdez Dock com
pany will act as the local agency of
the road.
Subscribe for .he Prospector.
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SEAPLANE PLUNGES
INTO THE WATER
Aviator Munter and Passenger Take
Involuntary Bath in Lake Wash
ington—$10,000 Machine.
SEATTLE, Nov. 15—Aviator Mun
ter. with a member of the North
western Aero club of Seattle as a pas
senger while making a flight over
Lake Washington yesterday after
noon with his new $10,000 tractor
seaplane, dropped eighty feet into
the lake. Roth Mur'er and his pas
senger escaped unhurt but the ma
chine was lost.
The flight was witnessed by mem
bers of the Aero club and thousands
of spectators, and intense excitement
prevailed when the machine was ob
served to suddenly change its course
and plunge into the lake. Scores
of launches were on the lake at the
time and the men were taken from
the water as soon as they to the sur
face after their plunge. The acci
dent is believed to have due to a de
fect in the stec ring gear.
WHITE STAR LINER
BELIEVED VICTIM
Press Dispatches from Rome State
that Steamer Adriatic Been
Torpedoed in Mediterranean.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Advices
from Rome received at noon today
state that the steamer Adriatic has
been torpedoed and sunk in the Med
iterranean sea by an Austrian sub
marine. The cabled message failed
to state if the vessel was the White
Star liner Adriatic or the small coast
wise Italian vessel of the same name.
The White Star Liner Adriatic
sailed from the New York some time
ago with hundreds of Italian reserv
ists on board but the local agent of
the steamship company state that
they have received advices of her safe
arrival at Naples. It is feared that
the Adriatic was being used as a
transport to convey troops across the
Adriatic sea to the coast of Albania
when she was torpedoed and that
the loss of life will be heavy.
Since the announcement of the loss
of the vessel the local office of the
White Star line has been besieged
with Italians whose relatives left for
the old country on the Adriatic, but
the officials have no information to
give as only press dispatches of the
sinking of the steamer have been re
ceived.
WILL BRING DODGE CARS
FOR INTERIOR STAGES.
A. N. Swallow, who has secured
the agency for the Dodge Bros, auto
cars, will be a passenger on the Ad
miral Evans for the states to arrange
business plans for next year. He be
lieves next summer will witness a
greatly increased number of auto
stages doing business between Val
dez and Fairbanks and believes that
the Dodge cars will prove most ad
vantageous. He is making, the trip
to have new devices, which he be
lieves will make the cars more adap
table f< r service in Alaska, tested out
during the winter in the States. Mr.
Swallow has been over the road to
Fairbanks several times in autos and
knows what is requir4d, and believes
the Dodge will be found to best an
swer the purpose with a slight remod
eling to suit our roads.
John Erickson, who has been a ju
ror on the Seward term of court, re
turned home on the City of Puebla.
Mrs. Boyd, whose home is on up
per Keystone avenue, was an out
going passenger on the steamer City
of Puebla this morning, accompan
ied by her two boys.
Don’t fail to notice that the Lib
erty Theatre will run from now ,'on
five reels for 26 cents, starting at
7:30 p. m. and 9 p. m. second show.
Visit the Liberty. ,
DISAPPEARANCE I
STILL A MYSTE
Authorities Have Been L'nabl
Solve Mystery Nurroundin
Christie and Stranger.
JUNEAU, Nov, 15.—Despite
fact that the authorities have
searching for Win. Christie, an
ploye of the Treadwell mine, whc
appeared several weeks ago, and
a reward of $500 has been oh
for information concerning him
disappearance remains a mysterj
Mrs. Christie, a bride of
months, states that she now beli
that her husband has been killei
the man with whom he was
seen and who represented himse
be a deputy marshal named Mi
She believes there is a possib
that Christie has been kidnapped
service in the British army as he
remarked before his disappear;
that if he was to return to the
country that he would have to s
in the army.
The officers are still looking
Miller, who is now believed to 1
been Edward Krause of Sitka,
was suspected of having cai
Christie's disappearance by servii
fake subpoena on him. Krause
an admirer of the woman before
marriage, but she states that she
never seen him since her marriagi
The theory has been advanced t
a British cruiser may have been
Alaskan waters for the purpose
kidnapping residents or British
servists as a number of disappt
ances hhve been reported during
past few months, and strange w
less messages, evidently in code, h
been intercepted by wireless opi
tors on steamers in Southeast
Alaskan waters.
wmcTsinES
ANCONA WC1
American Woman Signs AflHde
that Lifeboats were Fired On
by the Submarine.
LONDON, Nov. 15.—Advices fr
Rome state that one hundred and t
ty of the survivors of the IL'.l
steamer Ancona, which was tor
deed and sunk off the coast of Tur
have signed affidavits tl at the co
mander of the submarine attacl'
the steamer without warning.
Two American women were aoio
the survivors, and they say that t
submarine began shelling the stean
and mocked the victims of the di*
ter as they were struggling in t
water, and that all but eleven of t
life boats were destroyed by t
shelling of the submarine.
One American woman dropp
from the stern of the Ancona aft
she had been wounded by a sa>
which burst on deck, her maid havi,
been instantly killed by the expk
sion. She asserts that the subtnari.
tired on the life boat as it was retur
ing to take her from the water.
WRECKED MARIPOSA
IS NEARING HEATTL
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—The steam
Mo.riposa, of ;he Alaskan Steamsh;
company’s fleet, whii h vas wreck*
op.Pprcher Island, above Della Del if
H C', is being to wen southwavi ar
is due to reach Puget Sound thf
afternoon. The British Coluuibj
wrecking tug Salvor, reported th
morning by wireless that the vese
was leaking very little, and that go<
progress was being made to Seattl
Next Star Attractions.
The next star attractions at T1
Liberty will be: "The Pit,” with W
ton Lackaye in the lead; "Mrs. Wig
of the Cabbage Patch,” Weber at
Fields in "Old Dutch.” All five re
pictures.