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► lioot Stores and Residences and Rid
dle Street Cars with Bullets—
Americans K&cape Harm.
EL I’ASO, Dec. 22.—The follow
ers of General Villa, the deposed
* rebel chief, looted the stores at Jau
rez yesterday and for a time threat
ened to destroy the city. Hundreds
of the rebels arrived in the city in a
starving condition expecting to se
cure supplies from the commissary
of General Villa as they had been ac
customed to do in the past.
When the Villaistas learned that
their leader had been deposed and
that the city was under control of
Carranza /officials their rage knew no
► bounds. Azores were looted and pri
vate 'ices stripped of food and
everything'Of value.
A mob attacked a street car, rid
dling it with bullets and killing six
Mexicans." A "number of Americans
who were aboard escaped with their
lives. The rebels terrorized the city
during the day and did not withdraw
until night. They threaten vengeance
on the generals who were responsi
ble for having forced General Villa
to abandon them and turning the city
over to the Carranza followers.
COLONEL SWANiTZ
HAS PASSED AWAY
Pioneer Railroad Builder of ^ Alaska
Dies in California While Pre
paring to Visit Capital.
ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. 22.—Co!.
A. W. Swanitz, a pioneer railroad
builder of Alaska, died at his home
here yesterday. He had just return
ed to his home from the north and
i 1 was preparing to go to Washington
to confer with officials concerning
Alaska railroad affairs. It is staled
that Col. Swanitz’s death was due to
a severe cold contracted after com
ing north. He was aged 64 yeirs.
Col. Swpnitz was born In Olney.
Illinois, where his father was a noted
German professor. He was educated
in Illinois and following his gradua
tion was sent to Europe where he
studied in the polytechnic schools of
Paris and Berlin.
Col. Swanitz acquired his title
while serving with the British engi
neer corps in Egypt, where he su
perintended much of the construction
work on the fortifications and harbor
work during the years of 1872-73.
Deceased first went to Alaska in
1902 since which time he has been
identified with several railroad pro
motions. He leaves a family who re
side here.
PROSECUTION RESTS CASE
IN SCHMIDT TRIAL.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.—Gov
ernment prosecution in tile case of
Mattew A. Schmidt, charged with
having engaged in the dynamite plot
which resulted in the destruction of
the Los Angeles Times and the deaths
of several newspaper workers, has
^ rested its case on the .tjiinony sub
mitted. More than one hundred wit
neses, some of whom have been brot
from eastern cities, have offered tes
timony for the prosecution during the
trial.
PANAMA FREIGHT RATES
ARE BEING EXAMINED.
NEW YORK: A Washington spe
cial says that as a result of com
plant from shippers, Secretary Garri
son is having an investigation made
of the temporary freight rates an
nounced for the Panama railroad ee
a result of the closing of the canal
to Navigation owing to the big slide
in Gaillard cut. New rates were es
tablished on November 1 and it is
againBt these that the complaints are
being made.
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CONSCRIPTION DEBATED IN ALL NIGHT
SESSION OF BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON, Dec. 22.—The members
of the British House of Commons de
bated all night on Premier Asquith’s
request for the authorization of or
ders calling for another million men
to arms. The debates were heated
and were characterized by extreme
partisanship.
John Redmond, the Irish leader,
followed Premier Asquith and declar
ed that the Irish party would resist
conscription if the government at
tempted to enforce it in Ireland. He
said that Ireland had sent her quota
of men to the front in defense of the
empire and would continue to do so,
but that forced service would be met
with armed resistance which might
cause the empire to be disrupted.
John Dillon bitterly arragned the
government for the failure of the
Dardanelles campaign, which he de
nounced as a fizzle which had cost
Britain and her colonies an army of
young men, in addition to several
warships. Following her usual cus
tom Britain had rushed in to the Dar
danelles campaign before being pre
pared and had met with disaster.
He asserts that had a strong land
force been sent to support the fleet in
its first attacks upon the Dardanelles
that victory would have resulted. He
!also asserted that the reason given by
| Premier Asquith for the authorization
| of increasing the army by another
jmillion men was insufficient and de
JOHN REDMOND DECLARES THAT IRISH PARTY WILL RESIST A |
FORCED SERVICE IN BRITISH ARMY AND FORCED ENLIST
MENT WOULD DISRUPT THE EMPIRE—DILLON DENOUNCES THE
DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN AS FIZZLE WHICH HAS COST ARM*
OF YOUNG MEN—RUSSIA ABANDONS CAMPAIGN AGAINST BUI
GARIA AND WILL ATTACK COAST CITIES—TURKISH ARMY IS
NEARING SUEZ CANAL AND WILL INVADE EGYPT.
mantled that the real purpose be dis
closed. He is opposed to sending ad
ditional troops to engage In a cam
paign of invasion against Bulgaria.
Russia Abandons Campaign.
LONDON, Dec. 22.—It is officially
announced that the Russian govern
ment has abandoned its campaign to
invade Bulgaria front the north ow
ing to the refusal of the Rumanian
government to permit transports car
rying troops to ascend the Danube
river. The campaign will be waged
from the Black Sea coast where a
Russian army of one million men
have landed at Varna. The advices
also state that the remaining forts of
Varna, the Bulgarian Black Sea port,
have fallen before the siege guns of
the Russian fleet.
Turks are Nearly at Canal.
I PARIS, Dec. 22.—It is reported
from Port Said that- a Turkish army
of three hundred thousand men have
started the invasion of Egypt and
that the artillery is fighting near the
Suez Canal. The Turks are con
structing a railroad from Damascus
toward Egypt and are employing an
army of one million men on the work.
The invasion is reported as being led
by German officers and that German
workmen are superintending the con
struction of the railroad.
Prussian Loss 2,200,000 Men.
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 23.—Official
figures have been issued from Ber
lin covering the Prussian losses since
the beginning ol' the war. showing
that the total casualties have reached
two million, two hundred and ninety
thousand men.
Italian Losses Heavy.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 22.—
Italian losses since the beginning of
the war, according to official lists is
sued by the war office have reached
the total of sixty thousand killed and
fifty thousand wounded. Two hun
dred and fifty thousand Italians have
been captured during the war.
Austrian Losses 400,000.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 22.—
Figures compiled from reports of
losses sustained by the Austrian
forces in the Italian campaign, and
which are believed to be near the
mark, state that Austria has suffered
losses of more than four hundred
thousand men.
More Armenian Massacre*.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Advices re
ceived here from American mission
aries in Adrianople, state thousands
of Armenians who were sent from
Constantinople to interior Turkey
and later escaped to Adrianople were
j lruflsacred by Bulgarians. •
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Iron Kvports Prohibited.
LONDON. Dec. 22.—-The British
government has issued an order pro
hibiting iron from being exported
from ‘the empire. It is announced
that owing to the enlistment of min
ers that the output of the mines has
been restricted.
GI.ADYK VANDERBILT
MOTHERS 300 ORPHANS.
LONDON: Countess Szechenyi,
formerly Gladys Vanderbilt, accord
ing to advices from Budapest, turned
her palace on Andrassy Street into an
orphanage and there are now harbor
ed 300 children under 10 years of age
whose fathers have been killed In
the war. The orphans over 6 years
of age go to school daily under charge
of a governess and those under G re
ceive kindergarten instruction from
a male teacher.
A visit to the Szechenyi palace has
become one of the popular features
at Budapest and the street often is
filled with people looking on at the
orphans playing in the gardens.
When the Countess appears the
children surround her, calling her
“Mother Gladys,” and the crowds
outside cheer.
NOT FOR PORTLAND
Chief of Police Has Issued Orders
Regulating New Year’s Fes
tivities in Rose City.
PORTLAND, Dec. 22.—The chief
of police has notified the proprietors
of cafes that order must be main
tained during the New Year’s eve cel
ebration and that dancing on the ca
bles of the public dining rooms will
not be prohibited.
The order comes from the chief
of police as a result of complaints
lodged with the mayor last January
that young girls who were under the
influence of liquor were encouraged
to engage in dances such as are not
indulged in by polite society. The po
lice will see that the order is enforc
ed fys church workers and ministers
have been insistent that the cafes be
regulated in order that private and
self-respecting families may take part
in the festivities.
A warning has also been given that
plain clothes men will be engaged to
mingle with the crowds on the streets
to prevent ‘‘wedgihg.’’ During the
festivities last year gangs of boys, by'
forming flying wedges to force their
way through the crowds, ruined thou
sands of dollars worth of women’s
clothing and caused- many street
fights.
Billy Callaghan came up the bay
this morning with the launch Viking
and will make the trip to the Cliff
mine this afternoon.
REICHSTAG VOTES
HIICE WAR GOEDIT
Government is Authorized to Issue
Bonds to Extent of Another
Ten Billion Marks.
BERLIN. Dec. 22.—Wild scenes of
disorder were created in the Reich
stag yesterday by the Socialist mem
bers of the house when the measure
authorizing the issuance of bonds to
the extent of ten billion marks to en
able the government to continue the
war came to vote.
The Socialists who held the balance
of power in the Reichstag before the
war, were helpless in the minority as
the party has split into factions.
Many of the Socialists voted against
the measure while others led the
fight for the authorizing of the bonds.
It is believed that the huge loans
will be subscribed by the German
people within a few days as the work
ers throughout the empire are will
ing to invest their savings in the
bonds in order to assist the govern
ment to preserve the nation.
STEEL PRICES ARE
MOUNTING UPWARD
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—The heavy
orders being received from the Euro
pean nations for munitions and the
renewed orders by the American rail
road companies for equipment has
caused the price of steel to advance
to $34 per ton.
POST BOYS AND FRIENDS
TO DANCE ON DEC. 27. j
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The members of the Fort Liscum i
social club have announced that an
other of their pleasant dances will
be given at the Post on Monday eve
ning, December 27. No special in
vitations will be issued but all who
have been guests at former social
events given by the club will be wel
comed. The Post launch Donaldson
will meet the Valdez guests at the
City dock to take them acress the bay
and will bring them home again
after the dance.
Northwestern Coining.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—The steamer
Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship company fleet, sailed from Se
attle last night for Southwestern
Alaskan ports. The cabin passen
gers for Valdez are Jeana Byers and
T. W. Blakeley.
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Heavy Fall of Snow In Cascades
Has Stalled all Traffic to or
from Eastern States.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—Ten feet of
fresh snow has fallen in the Cascade
mountains during the past two days
and all trains are blocked, preventing
the arrival of Christmas mails from
the east. Officials of the Great Nor
thern state that it will require three
days to clear the tracks and that the
mail due to arrive on Christmas
morning will be three days late.
Hundreds of workers have been
sent out from Seattle and other coast
cities to clear the tracks but are re
ported as making slow progress as
the snow storm still continues. Pas
sengers and mails are being routed
via the southern roads as it is fear
ed that a repetition of the disaster of
five years ago might occur when a
passenger train was carried down the
mountain by a snowslide.
GENERAL 1)K WET IS
RELEASED FROM PRISON
JOHANNESBURG. S. A., Dec. 22
General DeWet, the former Boer
leader, and a number of rebels who
were imprisoned for treason, soon
after the beginning of the European
war, have been released but will not
be permitted to leave British terri
tory.
FREE XMAS MATINEE
AT EMPRESS THEATRE
Manager A. H. PinkuB of the Em
press theatre, will give a free Xmas
matinee at 2 o’clock Friday after
noon to which all the children of Val
dez are invited to attend. The par
ents are also invited to be present to
assist the management in keeping or
der. Mr. Pinkus has taken pains
to arrange a good comedy program
which will be enjoyed by the chil
dren.
AT THE LIBERTY
THEATRE TONIGHT.
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A change of program tonight as
follows:
1. The Face at the Window.
2-3. The Law of His Kind.
4. His Pal’s Bequest.
5. A Swell Comedy.
Five reels of amusement. Save
your turkey coupons; drawing Dec.
23rd; visit the Liberty Theatre.
NEW YORKKRH WIUi
KAT HORSE MEAT.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—It is an
nounced by the board of health of
New York city that permits will be
issued after December 31 permitting
horse meat to be sold--to the gener
al public. The permits will require
1 that the horse meat be labeled and
that dealers be required to inform
their customers as to its nature.
Owners of public eating houses will
also be required to advertise the
fact if they are serving the horse
flesh to patrons.
It is expected that thousands of
New Yorkers who formerly lived in
European countries where horse
flesh is used as a diet will prefer it
to other meat owing to the differ
ence in cost, and that the demand for
beef will be decreased correspond
ingly.
LANSING REFUSES
DEBATE QUESTION
Austrian Government Must Assume
Responsibility for Loss of Amer
ican liives on Ancona.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—
The reply of Secretary Lansing, of the
State department to the Austrian gov
ernment regarding the sinking of the
Italian liner Ancona, has been given
to the press in America. It is stated
that the note, which was cabled to
Vienna, was delivered to the Aus
trian officials yesterday.
Secretary Lansing, with the appro
val of President Wilson, as well as
several members of the cabinet, has
assumed the position that the ques
tion of Austria’s responsibility for the
loss of American lives when the
steamer was sunk oy an Austrian
submarine, is not debatable.
In complying with the Austrian
government’s request for information
concerning the sinking of the liner,
Secretary Lansing forwarded the tes
timony of Mrs. Dr. Greil of New York,
as sworn to before Ambassador Ge
rard at Rome.
It is believed in official circles that
the Austrian government’ will refuse
to assume the responsibility for the
destruction of the Ancona until such
time as it can get into communica
tion with the commander of_*he sub
marine alleged to have destroyed the
liner. - -
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Mrs. Patti ChpriB spent the day in
town shopping and will return to the
Cliff mine this evening.
ORDERED CLOSED
More Than Forty-One Thousand Chil
dren of Pennsylvania will I<ose
Their Christmas Money.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—The Pitts
burg Bank for Savings, capitalized
for $600,000. has been closed by or
der of the Pennsylvania banking de
partment for savings act. Among the
depositors of the bank are forty-one
thousand school children living in
various parts of the state.
The bank examiners state that
since September the deposits of the
bank have reached the enormous to
tal of nearly eleven million dollars.
The institution has seventy-five thou
sand depositors on its list, thirty
thousand of whom reside outside of
Pittsburg, as the band had success
fully organized a mail banking busi
ness. More than fifteen thousand of
the children who were depositors re
side in other towns and cities.
It is stated that the failure of the
bank was due to depreciation of
stocks and bonds in which the direc
tors had invested the savings of their
depositors. Auditors are working on
the books as it is believed that the
depositors have profited through the
bank's investments.
BOOZE PEDDLERS
ARE CONVICTED
Twenty-four Defendants at Anchor
age Have Paid Fine* or Are
Serving Time in Jail.
The U. S. marshal’s office receiv
ed advices from Anchorage this
morning stating that Mrs. Jennie
Crawford, who had been arrested on
the charge of selling liquor without
a license, had been convicted before
U. S. Commissioner David. This is
the second time the defendant has
been convicted on tae same charge
and it is believed she will be sub
jected to heavy fine and possibly im
prisonment.
Since the marshal’s office has taken
cognizance of the illegal selling of li
quor at Anchorage 24 arrests have
been made and in each and every case
defendants have plead guilty or been
convicted. Following is a list of the
offenders and the manner in which
their cases were disposed of.
J. C. Provost, plead guilty, 90 days.
Peter McGuire, found guilty by a
jury; 3 months.
P. F. McArthur, plead guilty; $100
and costs.
Ora Barnhart, found guilt by a
jury; 3 months.
C. C. Bush, found guilty by jury;
$250 and costs.
Anton Kovacevich, plead guilty;
$250 and costs.
Peter Gilovich, jury trial. ano
costs.
George Geliff, jury trial. $225 and
costs.
Nicholas Mandic. jury trial $400
and costs.
Prank Ozich, jury trial, $225 and
costs.
Louis Roy, plead guilty: .$100 and
costs.
Phillip C. Eckert, plead guilty;
$150 and costs.
William Bateman, plead guilty;
$150 and costs.
Mrs. Jennie Crawford, plead guil
ty; $200 and costs.
Thos. Stamey. plead guilty; $100
and costs.
Alafar Dunlap, jury trial: $500
and costs.
Mrs. Jennie Crawford, guilty bv
court; not sentenced.
- Hall, plead guilty; not sen
tenced.
-Morris, plead guilty; not sen
tenced.
- Pichette, plead guilty; not
sentenced.
Wm. Bateman, convicted; not sen
tenced.
-Brock; do jury; not sentenc
ed.
Alafar Dunlap, plead guilty, flned.
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