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u. S. ORDERS ATTACHES HOME
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—(Later)—A thrilling sen-i
sation was created all over Washington this alternoon
when it was announced officially that Secretary Lansing
has given Ambassador Bernstorf official notice to send
back to Germany Captain Boy-Ed. attache of the German
embassy, and also von l’apon, another military attache,
"because of objectionable and cumulative activities in con
nection with naval and military matters in this country.
This action on the part of tiie l nited States government is
only second in importance to ordering the recall of the
German ambassador himself and the country will now
await with intense anxiety the outcome. Extra editions
of the newspapers are already on the streets with great
scare heads telling of the proceeding which might have
such momentous consequences. Some are inclined to be
lieve that tiie expulsion or the German diplomats is tant
amount to an ultimatum or to a threat of an ultimatum.
Captain Boy-Ed has become particularly famous in this
country because of his alleged aid to plotters and von
Papen has also been strongly suspected.
The action of the state department is taken as an in
dication that a clean sweep will be made of all foreign rep
resentatives who are shown to be unduly active in opposi
tion to the best interests of America. In the meantime
it is feared that the German government will not tamely
accept his action against its representatives and may in
struct Bernstorff to refuse to obey the demand of Lan
sing, and this, it is believed, will mean that the German
government will be asked to recall the ambassador him
self. . _„
MAY FIRE CAPTAIN B0Y-E1)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Well founded reports are
in circulation that Secretary of State Lansing has inform
ed Ambassador Bernstorff of Germany, that Captain
Bov-Ed, military attache of the German embassy, is no
longer persona grata with the United States government
This would mean a notification to the ambassador to send
Boy-Ed back to Germany. The captain’s name has been
mentioned at various times in connection with proGerman
plotting in this country but he and Bernstorff have al
ways maintained his innocence.
EUROPE MAY BAR FORD
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—That the peace commission
of Henry Ford may be refused admission into England
and other belligerent countries is now thought possible.
The state department has received numerous enquiries
from Europe asking the status of the Ford commission.
Ford’s visit to President Wilson seems to have given the
impression across the water that the expedition was
working under the auspices of the government but Lan
sing has replied to all the enquiries that the mission has
no official status whatever. Passports for the members
of the commission to belligerent countries have been
witheld and it is believed that thev will be refused admis
sion to England surely. Bryan will leave in three weeks
and will join Ford in Europe and may act with the mem
bers of the commission. The passport bureau held a night
session last night to accommodate applicants for pass
ports.
SPEAK PEACE DECEMBER 9
LONDON, Dec. 3.—On December i) the German
reichstag will meet specially for the purpose of discussing
possible peace terms with the socialists. Some of the
newspapers here seem to feel that the whole thing has
been engineered to give the German government a chance
to insert the thin edge of the wedge of peace proposals,
but quite a lot of interest is manifested in the possibilities
arising from the occasion
SAY RUSSIANS ENTER ROUMANIA %
LONDON, Dec. 3.—Dispatches from Saloniki declare
that the Russians have already crossed the Roumanian
frontier on the march against Bulgaria but no confirma
tion of this report has come from Petrograd. Nothing is
said in the dispatches as to the attitude of the Rouman
ians.
ARE BRITISH RECRUITING U. S.?
PORTLAND, Dec. 3.—Senator Chamberlain has
been asked to call the attention of the authorities to state
ments made by soldiers of Vancouver, Washington, bar
racks to the effect that Canadian recruiting officers are
now engaged in the work of trying to induce American
soldiers to desert and enter the British army for sendee
at the front. No further information has been published
on the subject
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Report Explosion
W as Internal One
Company Declares It Not Due to Any
Plot or Purpose.
WASHINGTON, Delaware, Dec. 3.
—The Dupont company gave out a
statement to the papers this morning
| to the eltect that the explosion in the
powder works was not caused by any
1 "outside planning or interference”,
' but that it was one of those circum
stances \«tuch are unavoidable and
unexplainable. The investigation
inat nas been made up to the present
ts said to show clearly that the ex
plosion is due to internal causes which
are so many in works of the kind.
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❖ J. E. TH WAITES OUT *
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J. E. Thwaites, formerly mail clerk
of the Mariposa, is a candidate for the
postmastership at Seward. Inis can
be stated positively and is no guess
work. No one seems to known the
politics of Mr. Thwaites and if the
statements made are correct it is cer
tain the administration has decided on
replacing all Republicans with mem
bers of the democratic party. The
members of the Seward Democrat.c
Club, or, at least, some of the promin
ent ones have already endorsed W. E.
Root, the president of the club, lor the
post ollice position.
EVANS SOON HERE
Evans is due to arrive Saturday
light or Sunday morning.
RUSSIA EASILY RECUPERATES
LONDON, Dec. 3.—Within three months Russia will
have three million troops perfectly equipped to renew the
offensive against the Teutons in the east. This is given
by the war department on the authority of the Russian
general staff. The Times in commenting on the statement
declares that Russia can always possess eighteen million
men of military age but that the equipment of such a
force is beyond the power of any nation. It says, how
ever, that Russia can equip three millions and that no
matter how great her losses might be she can always face
the enemy with that number of armed fighting men from
this time forward.
MUNITIONS FOR THE TURKS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 3—Hundreds of car
loads of munitions and supplies arrive in this city daily
now and another immense force of reserves has been
called to the colors. Fighting on Gallipoli has come to a
deadlock but the allied forces are apparently still holding
their ground. It is thought by the Turkish military
authorities that an attempt by the British and French to
retreat to the ships for service in Serbia would be dis
astrous for them.
SERBIA FULLY CRUSHED
VIENNA, Dec. 3.—The amount of Serbian territory
not yet in the hands of the central powers is hardly more
than the amount of Belgian territory held by the Allies,
according to an official statement made by the war office
this morning. This statement was made in connection
with the official proclamation declaring the Serbian cam
paign at an end. It also announced that the Bulgarians
have succeeded to the full in holding the Anglo-French
forces in the south
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CHURCHILL AT FRONT
LONDON, Dec. 3—Winston Churchill, former first
lord of the admiralty, has joined his regiment “somewhere
in France.” When he left the army years ago he held the
rank of lieutenant and he is expected to take that rank
for a time. At present .he is believed to be attached to the
staff of some general officer but it is his intention to take
part in actual fighting. /
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❖ OUT FOR SPENCE’S *
❖ JOB ALREADY *
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The Gateway has received word
that candidates arc already showing
up for the position now occupied by
District Attorney Spence. Some
names have been mentioned in this
connection but, of course, it would be
premature to publish them. Spence
is not gone yet and if he has the
necessary drag back east or down
south it will take more than three Al
aska Democratic clubs to guillotine
him. Amongst the alleged candidates
for the place are at least two \ aldez
men, one Nome man, a Seward man
;\nd some others who are mentioned
indefinitely.
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❖ ALL-ALASKA REVIEW *
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Sam Blum, the banker and mer
chant of Cordova, Valdez and Chitina.
has ordered an All-Alaska Review to
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be sent each month to each of his
three business houses. Mr. Blum is
kind enough to express the opinion
that the Review is a good thing for
the territory and he gives a concrete
illustration of that beliet. Work is
now proceeding on the December
number and it will be issued within
two weeks, it will be specially ar
ranged to be appropriate for Christ
tiii6 ami tor that reason it will have a
' department of Alaska poetry and ar
1 rangements are now being tried to
have other holiday features so that
when the Review goes to its outside
readers it will show the proper Al
aska Christmas spirit. The All-Al
aska Review has now' issued six times.
In other words it is half a year old
and, perhaps for the first time in the
history of such publications, its
revenues have exceeded its expendi
tures. In other words it has passed
the dangerous period and is a success
financially and otherwise. The future
of it is as bright as the morning sun.
Accompanied Body
of Murdered Wife
Salt Lake Doctor Arrested as He was
Taking Wife's Remains
East.
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SALT LAKE, Dec. .‘h—Dr. Herbert
Marshall of this city has been arrested
j on the charge of murdering his wife
whose body he was taking east at the
time of his arrest. He was taken »n
charge by officers at Sabotha, Kansas,
when the train arrived there. The
coffin containing his wife’s remains
were in a baggage car on the same
train and it was taken out while the
husband stood with the arresting of
ficers on the platform of the depot.
Since the news arrived hero of Mar
shall’s arrest statements have been
made that seem to indicate only too
clearly that the grounds for his ar
rest are 3trong and it is stated that
his idea of taking the body east for
burial was part of the scheme to show
his affection.
GERMAN CHEMIST HAS
DEFEATED PROHIBITION
New Drink Invented Without Alcohol
Which makes Men Fell Like
Millionaires Just the Same.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3. — Frederick
Orgal, a German chemist of this city
announces that he has invented a
drink which has all the best qualities
of wine or whiskey without containing
the least alcohol. It is claimed by him
that his liquor has exactly the same
exhilarating, inebriating effect as the
best wine and that he has proven it in
dozens of cases. In a long interview
this morning he says that the idea
came to him from reading how t' e
Germans at home had invented per
fect substitutes for every article
which they were unable to import
during the war. “There is a substi
tute for everything under the sun”
says Orgal, “but only necessity com
pels its discovery. The Prohibition
law has provided the necessity for
finding a substitute for alcohol.”
FULTON MEETS WILLARD
ON MARCH 3 NEXT
All Arranged for Championship Bat
tle and Willard Gets a
Fortune.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Jesse Wil
lard and Fred Fulton will meet for
the heavyweight championship of the
world on March 3. According to tl e
final agreement the .hampion is
guaranteed thirty-two thousand dol
lars win or lose. It had already been
decided to bring off the fight at New
Orleans in March and the exact date
was decided last night.
M AT A NUSK A POSTM ASTER
THINKS MAIL A BOTHER
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 3.—Three hun
dred and fifty people are wintering in
the region of Matanuska Landing.
Postmaster Martin of that place has
just left for the outside and placed
the office in charge of a settler who
is kicking about the mail business and
says he doesn’t want to be bothered.
A1 Church, a merchant there, is af
s
er the job.
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♦ SEND MAIL EARLY
♦ FOR CHRISTMAS ❖
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Postmaster Phillip Hickey is de
sirous of pointing out to the public
the fact that the office staff is small,
that the distribution of the big inter
ior mails and others is, taxing the
force to the limit and that, therefore,
people should not wait to mail their
Christmas parcels and letters just be
fore boats are ready to sail. Delays
in mailing will probably result in seri
ous congestion in the work.
The Seward Gateway, published
daily and weekly, is the only estab
lished publication of this kind in the j
district included in government plans.
HAMBURG-AMFRICAN
OFFICIALS GUILTY
NEW YORK, Dec. T—Dr. Karl
Buenz, managing director of the
Hamburg-American Steamship Com
pany, two other high officials and one
subordinate oflicial were found guilty
last night on two counts in the Feder
al court on the charge of conspiracy
to deceive and defraud the United
States customs by making false mani
fests regarding the destinations of
vessels carrying supplies to German
warships. The penalty for the offense
is imprisonment for two years and a
fine of ten thousand dollars on each
count so that the managing director
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DOUGLAS, Arizona, Dec. 3.—It is
feared that John W. Cunningham, a
1 lawyer of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been
executed by the Villaistas. It is
known that he was captured by them
last Monday and he has never been
seen or heard of since. Washington
was informed yesterday and instruc
tions have arrived to have the most
careful investigation of the case
made.
QUIT BECAUSE HE FEARS
HE MIGHT LOOK SILLY
BINGHAMPTOX, New York, Dec.
L. M. Bowers, aged seventy,
manager of the Colorado I* uel and
Iron and other Rockefeller interests,
has resigned and he give as his only
reason for the resignation the fact
that he believes that “men who have
passed sixty years of age and are
foolish or irritable do not want to be
considered silly.” He has probably
unknown reason for expressing
himself in this way but he will say no
more.
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❖ COLONEL REVELL *
❖ FREEZES FEET *
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ANCHORAGE, Dec. 3. — Colonel
Revel 1 and Frank Cotter arrived at 3
o’clock this morning after a tough
trip from Seward. Owing to freez
ing it was necessary to cut off
Revell’s boots but there iS nothing
serious the matter with his feet.
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ANCHORAGE, Dec. 3.—Mears and
O’Reilly have returned from the
Matanuska where they have been
looking over the prospective work of
railroad building to the coal fields.
Elks Club gave a big smoker last
night. The attendance was large.
George Carrol, the Anchorage and
Seward merchant, has received word
of the serious illness of his wife and
may have to go outside.
The Neetop dancingjdub which has
recently been formed will give its
first dance this evening.
The Commission has sent a team to
Mile 18 to bring in the Tracy party.
PIONEER CLAIMS TOWN
CAN BE A WINTER PORT
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 3.—The Cook
Inlet Pioneer of this city editorially
claims that Anchorage can be made a
winter port if she is supplied with
proper lighterage and dock facilities.
It also denounces the “misleading
reports” reflecting on the harbor.
BELIEVE DORA COMING
It is understood the Dora, after re
pairs at Cordova is 6n the way to the
westward and will call in at Seward
sometime tonight for mail and pas
sengers.
ol' the great company ami the other
oflicials arc now liable to sentence.', of
four years imprisonment and line-. oT
twenty thousand dollars each. The
convicted men will, most likely, fight
the verdict to the very end and the
matter will unquestionally go to the
supreme court of the United States.
Buenz, as stated before, admitted that
i before the war arrangements had
boon made that in case of war hi.'
company was to have supplied the
| warships and his attorneys tried to
show that a contract made before the
war could not be regarded as a broach
of neutrality.
S. S. MINNESOTA
HAS MYSTERY
| SAY BIO SHIP RETURNED BE
CAUSE ONE OF CREW
WAS SUSPECTED.
SEATTLE, Dec. The Great
Northern railroad company has issued
a statement to clear up the extra
ordinary facts relating to the return
of the steamship Minnesota to Fan
Francisco when she had been enroute
to England with a cargo of war muni
tions. This statement is that the big
ship was brought back to port because
a member of her crew was wanted by
the secret sendee men. The govern
ment authorities intentionally gave
out the story of a mutiny lest in
formation might have reached this
man, it is assumed, and given him a
chance either to escape or to effect
what was probably believed to be his
purpose, the destruction of the ship.
This man’s name is Martin but the
company and the authorities are sil
ent as to the reason for his arrest,
and this silence naturally gives rise
to the belief that he is suspected o'
having been aboard the Minnesota for
some reason connected with the mis
sion of the vessel. The United Press
and the Associated Press representa
tives were told that the return of the
vessel was due to a mutiny but the
authorities had a perfectly good
reason as, they point out, a knowledge
of the fact that the ship was coming
back might have precipitated any ac
tion which any pro-German member
of the crew might have contemplated.
It is now clear that the authorities
feared some attempt against the ship.
The very attempt to tell different
stories as to the time of her arrival
in San Francisco and other facts re
lating to her shows that the officials
were gravely concerned. The idea of
\ great liner coming back to port so
that one member of the crew might
be arrested for some ordinary cause
is regarded as preposterous as his ar
rest could have been effected just as
well when the vessel reached England.
The whole thing shows that the
authorities believed there was some
one aboard who had shipped on the
vessel to destroy her at sea or that
there had been placed aboard of her
some explosives before she left this
port. The company, however, refuses
to say any more except that the Min
nesota came back to give Martin in
to the hands of the secret service
men.
WELSH AND WHITE BOX
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—The Weish
White fight has been fixed to take
place December 6.
EVANS CORDOVA TODAY
The Admiral Evans is due to arrive
at Cordova this evening at 5 o’clock.
’^mer has arrived in the city
from Kenai.
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