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TEUTONS WILL INVADE GREECE
IE ALLIED ARMIES SEAT THERE
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AUSTRIAN BREACH EXPECTED
WASHINGTON. Oec. 13.—Lansing has received no
reply to the note sent to Austria demanding reparation
for the sinking of the liner Ancona and the situation is
extremely grave. Unless a satisfactory answer soon
comes there is nothing leit but the severance of relations
between the two nations. In his note to the Austrian
government President Wilson characterized the sinking
of the Ancona as “illegal, indefensible, inhuman, barbar
ous and a wanton slaughter of defenseless men, women
and children." The president also declared that the good
relations of the two countries can only rest upon a com
mon regard for the law and humanity. Officials do not
attempt to conceal the belief that the matter has reached
a very serious stage. As stated before, the note to \ ienna
was nothing short of an ultimatum.
FOLLOW INTO GREECE
LONDON, Dec. 13—An important conference has
been held by the representatives of the central powers at
the near eastern front and it has been decided that if the
Allies enter Greece and are not interned by the Greek
army the Germans, Austrians and Turks will pursue them
into Greek territory and drive them out. It was decided
that the Bulgarians will not take part in this invasion of
Greece as the Central powers have come to the conclusion
that an invasion by Bulgarians would arose the Greeks
to a dangerous passion. Kaiser Wilhelm himself presided
at the conference and this fact causes the newspapers
here to arrive at the conclusion that the Teutons now re
gard the Balkans as the principal war theatre. The
same papers express the greatest dis-satisfation because
of the fact that such a decisive defeat has been inflcted.
Some of them declare the government to be entirely at
fault for not having sent stronger forces.
GREEKS LET ALLIES RETREAT
SALONIKI, Dec. 13—Greece and the Anglo-French
leaders have reached a satisfactory agreement by which
the way will be left open to the British and French armies
to retreat from the frontier to this port after their defeat
by the Bulgarians. Absolutely free movement is given
but Greece is sure to insist that the Allies will not try to
reorganize in her territory as such a course would un
doubtedly be followed by invasion on the part of the
Teutonic allies.
THREE MILLION ENLIST
LONDON’, Dec. 13.—Lord Derby’s campaign for re
cruits ended last Saturday night and it is announced that
it resulted in securing three million enlistments. This is
regarded as obviating the necessity for conscription and
it is likely that only voluntary service will now lie asked
throughout the war. The foes of the conscription idea
are in a large majortiy and the supporters are mostly
wealthy people who are accused of favoring conscription
rather with a hope* that it would break up the Liberal
party than through any belief that conscription would be
necessary.
GERMANS GLOAT OVER SUCCESS
BURLIN', Dec. 13.—That all enemies have been swept
clear in the Balkans is the announcement made by the
war office this morning. The Austrian advance in the
north of Montenegro still continues and the only difficulty
anticipated is that the remnants of the defeated forces
which have crossed into Greece and Albania my keep up
raids unless our troops cross over into territory which
has been regarded as neutral until enemy forces invaded
them.
CAPTURE MONTENEGRINS
VIENNA, Dec. 13.—The Montenegrin resistance is
now crumbling before the Austrian army as the Serbian
resistance did. Our troops have just captured six thou
1 sand Montenegrin soldiers and we are still pursuing the
enemy through his own territory Some of the Austrian
people, as well as the Germans, are calling for the invasion
of Albania in pursuit of the Serbians who have crossed
the line and also of the Montenegrins should they go over
to that country.
ROSEBERY ROASTS FORD
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 13.—The Earl of Rose
ben*, formerly prime minister of Great Britain, attacked
Henry Ford of the United States and his so-called peace
mission in a speech here Saturday night. He spoke sar
castically of Ford as “a manufacturer of perambulators
who is coming to call the soldiers from the trenches and to
bid the waves be still.” “I hope the party will enjoy its
free trip” concluded Rosebery bitterly.
ALASKA SHIPS TO BE
MADE OIL BURNERS
Senator, Spokane and the City of
Seattle to Be Taken Off
and Changed.
SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—The steamers
Senator. Spokane and City of Seattle
are to be taken off the run and con
verted into oil burners. The Senator
runs to Nome and the other two are
on the southeastern Alaska run. The
change is expected to be effected soon.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—Fierce bliz
zards are raging over the middle west
and in most of the places visited by
them traffic has been demoralized.
An unusually wide area is affected.
JAPAN DOES NOT LIKE
| A CHINESE REPUBLIC
Great Enthusiasm Is Said to Exist,
However, in Flowery King
dom Itself.
PEKIN, Dec. ll».—The greatest en
thusiasm prevails over the acceptance
of the throne by President Yuan Shi
Kai. Preparations for the coronation
are now hastening fast. It has been
shown clearly that Japan is displeas
ed with the change from a republic to
a monarchy and this is being made
manifest in many ways but no official
statement to that effect has been is
sued from Tokio.
FORMER SENATOR DEAD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Former
Senator Francis Cockerell of Missouri
died here today at the age of eighty
one.
JAPANESE DRIVEN
FROM WENATCHEE
WENATCHEE, Dec. 13.—A mob of
miners have driven two Japanese
laundrymn out of town and wrecked
their buildings.
NORTHWESTERN ARRIVES
The Northwestern, Capt. Charles
O’Brien, arrived from Seattle last
Saturday evening about 8:15 with 160
tons of freight for Seward and the
following passengers: H. S. Wilson,
Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. T. W. Secrest,
Arthur B. Gray, Mrs. Sherman
Haynes, L. P. Byrne, Josie Padeski,
Harry E. Young, Gus Anderson, E. R.
McFarland and M. Mihiaga.
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
The Northwestern sailed south Sun
day morning at four o'clock with the
following passengers;: J. F. McGov
ern for Valdez; For Cordova, Mrs. F.
Johnson, Fred Tracy and Capt. A. E.
Lathrop; For Juneau, W. Merchant
and R. Johnson; For Seattle, Sport
Smith, Crit Tolman, G. B. Devine,
John McLaughlin, P. J. McGuire, L.
E. Larder, Harry Hoben, J. J. Camp
bell, E. A. Nord, Cleo Williams, E.
Swanson, N. 0. Andreson, Mrs. N. 0.
Anderson, Gordon McKinzie, W. A.
Goodman, Mrs. C. Franks, Charles E.
Herron, Judge S. 0. Morford, Mrs.
McNeil, H. S. Fowler and nine steer
age.
FARRAGUT CORDOVA
The Farragut is due in Cordova at
10 o'clock tonight.
COLD AT 29
D. 0. Carter, bridge foreman at
Mile 29 reports today that the ther
I momenter registers eighteen below.
j Herron Repudiates
James Wickersham
Denies Rumor That He Wants Dele- j
gate to Be Republican
Candidate.
Charles E. Herron, chairman of the
j Republican Territorial committee, de
nies that he has the slightest inten
tion of supporting Wickersham as the
nominee of the regular republicans,
j He made the following statement to
j the Gateway before going outside on
the Northwestern:
“There is a report going the rounds
in political circles that I am out for
Wickersham for congress on the
regular Republican ticket. This re
port is absolutely untrue. I intend to
do everything in my power to prevent
the gentleman from obtaining the
nomination from the Republican con
vention.”
CANADA HOLDS U. S. SHIP
VANCOUVER, Dec. 12. — The
American steamer Fenwick, from
South America to Tacoma, has been
held up by the Canadian authorities
and was detained twenty-four hours
with the claim that her copper cargo
was contraband of war. The incident
has been reported to Washington but
the shortness of the time of her de
lay will probably be taken into ac
count and the matter be let drop.
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Working Hard for
Interurban Trail
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Seward Commercial C lub Meets Thin
Evening to Back l’p Anchorage.
The Seward Commercial Club will
hold an extraordinarily special meet
ing this evening at 8 o’clock for the
purpose of joining with Anchorage in
the effort to secure improvement on
the trail between the two cities. The
necessity for repairs is most urgent
and everything possible will be done.
Representatives of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce, including
Frank Cotter, a member of both or
ganizations, will be present. The
following are the telegrams sent out
by the Anchorage body on the matter:
Anchorage, Alaska.
December 8, 1915.
Colonel W. P. Richardson,
Valdez, Alaska.
Imperative that mail trail Anchor
age to Seward be immediately re
paired and kept in condition for mail
service and mushers. Twenty-five
hundred dollars should be immediate
ly available for this purpose. Danger
ous to life in places.
Alaska Bureau,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle Washington.
Request your ass:stance to obtain
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to
be immediately available for repair to
mail trail between Seward and An
chorage and for upkeep. Necessity
requires that same be repaired and
made safe for travelers. Very
urgent.
Hon. James Wickersham,
Delegate to Congress,
Washington, D. C.
Urgent necessity that sum of
twenty-five hundreu dollars be im
mediately available for repair and up
keep of mail trail Anchorage to Sew
ard. Present trail dangerous to
travel. Matter very urgent
ANCHORAGE CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE.
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❖ CONCRETE BUILDING ♦>
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It is generally well know now that
a certain bank institution is contem
plating the erection in this city of a
large concrete building. The lot has
already been purchased for the pur- ^
' pose.
HENRY EORD ORDERS EUROPE
TO STOP THE WAR AT ONCE
bombs under bridge
ATTRIBUTED TO PLOT
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Another Attempt Made Near Cali
fornia Apparently to Destroy
Army Shipments.
OAKLAND, Dec. 12.—Dynamite
and fuse's have been discovered under
a bridge on the Southern Pacific rail
road over which shipments from
Standard Oil and the Hercules Pow
der Company were expected to move.
The authorities see in the circum
stance evidence of a plot to destroy
war shipments.
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WHITTLESEY CHILDREN
AGAIN BRING SUIT
SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—The sons of
Mrs. Whittlesey, formerly of Seward,
have again brought suit vs. the city.
This time they claim twenty-five hun
dred dollars for the loss of the auto
mobile in which their mother was rid
ing when she was killed by an acci
dent.
PEACE MAY COME IN
THE BASEBALL WORLD
Federals Reported to Have Taken
Over Three National
League Clubs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Rumors are
rife that peace is about to come in the
baseball world and that the Federals,
Nationals and Americans have come
to an agreement. Part of .he agree
ment is said to be that the Federals
will take over three National League
clubs.
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❖ FRANK WATSON *
❖ BECOMES BENEDICT *
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Frank Watson, the popular general
agent of the Admiral line, is now
a married man. He left here only a
week or two ago and the news comes
as something of a pleasant surprise.
The only facts known about the mar
riage is the following short little
cable to the Gateway:
SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—B. F. Waston,
of the Admiral line, was married to
day to Miss Margaret McConnell of
Seattle.
TAKES OUT TON OF
MAIL AND EXPRESS
Martin Lanning left this morning
with a ton of mail and express for
Anchorage ,Iditarod, Knik, Sunrise,
etc. Of the 1,425 pounds of mail,
800 goes to Anchorage, 475 to Idita
rod, Knik, etc., and 150 to Sunrise and
Hope. He had also nearly 600 pounds
of express to take over. From Mile
34, four teams, of eleven dogs each,
leave with the load in charge of Lan
ning, Andrew Dohrman, Tom Fin
negan and Arthur Spekker.
CORDOVA NOTES
Mr. H. W. Kirby of the cable office
goes outside to marry Miss Mabel L.
Henrich.
Fred M. Fuller pleads guilty to as
sault on Link Wain and was fined
$15.
The Cordova Times quotes Judge
Bunnell as saying that “he did not
think he would enter into a political
campaign while occupying the bench.”
He added, however, that his friends
in the interior seemed anxious to have
him enter the race.
A. B. MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Arctic Brotherhood this evening. Im
portant business is to be brought up
and all members are requested to at
tend. I
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FORD ORDERS WAR STOPPED
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Some people now are inclined
to think that Henry Ford is a downright crazy man as he
has wirelessed an appeal for peace to all belligerent na
tions from his ship asking for the calling of an immediate
truce. He declares that the soldiers can remain in the
trenches until the terms are arranged but not another
shot must be fired. Another wireless report from the
Ford ship tells of serious dissensions amongst the dele
gates on the question of preparedness for defense. Dr.
Aked, a peace at any price advocate and a strong support
er of the policies of President Wilson, declares that he
will leave the ship at the first stop and return to America.
The whole matter is now regarded as a huge joke and the
wonder is that it was not seen before.
MINNESOTA MYSTERY STILL
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13.—The steamship Min
nesota is expected today late. Deep mystery still en
shrouds the cause of the vessel's return and her crippling
and no one hut federal officials will he given the secret
probably until she lands at the dock. The federal attorney
and the marine inspectors will hoard her at the Golden
Gate but no one else, newspapermen being specially bar
red. All these precautions have aroused an intense in
terest and everyone believes the facts connected with her
must he of the most extraordinary kind.
BRITISH ADMIT LOSS
LONDON, Dec. 13.—It is officially admitted by the
war department that in the retreat from Lake Doiran the
British lost fifteen hundred men and eight field ^ guns.
Doiran is south of Strumnitza and on the Graeco-Serbian
border. It is evident from the admission of the depart
ment that our troops and the French had been retreating
for some time as the last official notification was that they
were still attacking Strumnitza. The Bulgarians, how
ever, had announced a victory there and this story is now
for the first time shown to have been correct.
BIG TURK TRANSPORT SUNK
LONDON, Dec. 13.—Advices from Constantinople
are to the effect that Turkish transport of eight thousand
tons has been sunk in the sea of Marmora by a French
submarine. The transport is said to have been loaded
with troops at the time of her loss and the loss of life
was probably great.
SERBIA ALL CLEARED
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—The Teutonic conquest of Serbia
is complete, the Anglo-French armies having been driven
entirely out of the country as well as the Serbians, accord
ing to the official statement issued today. The Germans
and Bulgarians have advanced to the Albanian line while
the Austrians have been left alone at their own desire to
smash Montenegro which has for years striven for the
breaking up of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
OVER 500 SHIPS SUNK
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—It was officially announced to
day that since the beginning of the war Austrian and
German submarines have sunk five hundred and eighty
ships belonging to the enemy countries. The total ton
nage of the ships sunk was nearly a million. By fai the
greater number belonged to the British.
SAY SUBMARINE MISSING
VIENNA, Dec. 13.—The Austrian admiralty depart
ment says that the submarine which sank the Ancona has
not reported and that she may be lost The demand of
the United States that her commander be punished is
ridiculed. There seems to be no means of securing any
idea as to what the answer to the American note will be.
ROUMANIA STILL QUIET
SOFIA, Dec. 13.—The Roumanian government denies
that the Russians are showing any signs of invading from
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neutrality even at the expense of opposing any such at
tempt by force of arms. The Roumanian army is still ful
ly mobilized.
ANOTHER SHIP SUNK
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The British steamer Pinegrove
of three thousand tons has been submarined and sunk but
the crew is safe
RUSSIANS WIN NEAR RIGA
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—It is admitted that the Russians
have captured a German post near Riga but the position
is described as not important although the admission has
created an unpleasant feeling because of the previous be
lief that Russian resistance had been overcome.
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