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SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1915.___Ten Cente the Copy
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GERMAN SOCIALISTS CALL LOR
DEPOSITION OL THE KAISER
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DENY VARNA HAS BEEN TAKEN
LONDON. Dec. 23.—Reports concerning the suppos
ed capture of Varna. Bulgaria, by the Russians conflict.
The Daily News of this city reiterates the statement that
the Russians have taken the city and effected a landing
while Berlin insists that the Russian fleet has been driven |
off by the Bulgarian land batteries and that not a Russian j
soldier is on Bulgarian soil. The Daily News message has
all the earmarksof being correct but. on the other hand,
it is admitted that Berlin is in a position to receive direct
news and no reason can be given why Germany should try
to hide the fact as it is bound to be known soon. The
Berlin statement is given positively.
WANT TO DEPOSE KAISER
ROTTERDAM. Dec. 23.—Calling on the German
soldiers to quit the trenches, rise in revolt and depose the
kaiser Karl Bernstein and nine other German socialists
have issued a manifesto which is a striking attack on
German militarism This manifesto is meant to be issued
as a Christmas call to the German people and army. It
declares that the kaiser should be driven from “the throne
he has fouled" and it declares that the present war has
been brought on by a desire to satisfy an “insatiable and
savage greed of Prussian conspirators. The manifesto
further says that “the German name has been disgraced
to civilization, the German flag has been made the emblem
of infamy, German chivalry has been buried in the
trenches of Flanders and in the grave plots of Belgian
villages, and we are loathed by honest men all over the
world.”
LINER TORPEDOED
LONDON, Dec. 23—The Japanese liner Yasaika
Maru has been torpedoed in the Mediterranean by either
a German or Austrian submarine. She remained afloat
an hour after the explosion but then sank although with
out the loss of a single life. At the time of the attack she
had three hundred passengers aboard, one of whotn was
an American. She was one of the finest passengers afloat
and the loss by her sinking is five million dollars. Im
mediately after she received her fatal wound and while
she was settling a French warship came up and to this is
due the fact that the loss of life was not great. It is stat
ed on good authority that the attack by the submarine
was delivered in the old manner and that the Teutons
acted with utter disregard to the promises made to the
United States.
PARLEYING WITH GREECE
ATHENS, Dec. 23.—The correspondents have been
authorized to say that negotiations are now going on be
twen the government of Greece and representatives of
both sides in the continental conflict with regard to the
status of Saloniki. Nothing further has been stated but
it is assumed that the Central powers have entered a pro
test against permitting the Entente allies to fortify the
city. How far this protest has gone no one knows but
there is a decided feeling that the Teutons have issued
veiled threats to Greece on the subject. It was learned
today that, owing to the presence of German troops in the
Balkans and to the fact that Italy and Germany are not
at war, no Italian army will be sent to the aid of the Allies
in this region
400,000 ITALIANS LOST
VIENNA, Dec. 23.—The losses of the Italians in the
campaign up to date are given here today as approximate
ly four hundred thousand. The fighting on that front
has been about the bloodiest of the war and the enemy’s
losses far outnumbered ours as they have been on the of
fensive from the beginning. The pressure on Gorizia has
evidently been relieved for the present.
NO ANSWER FROM AUSTRIA
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—No answer has been re
ceived from Vienna to the imperative note dispatched by
Lansing. Its receipt was acknowledged but nothing
further has been said about it by the Austrian govern
ment. This government, it is stated, has decided to give
full time but that an unsatisfactory reply will be followed
at once by a breach in the diplomatic relations.
PUDDING CANS FOR GRENADES
LONDON, Dec. 23.—Three million pounds of plum
pudding is now on the way to the British soldiers in
France and Flanders for Christmas. Thousands of tons
of pudding shipped to the soldiers in the Dardanelles a
fortnight ago were used and the cans in which it was con
tained were later used for hand grenades to kill the
enemy.
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❖ HERBERT TOZIER *
<• OUT OF OFFICE ❖
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Herbert Tozier, superintendent of
the Alaska Northern railroad under
the Engineering Commission, has re
tired from office. Mr. Tozier has re
ceived word from the Commission
that “in view of the fact that 1 lie
funds available for this office arc
rapidly approaching the stage where
a reduction in the payrolls is neces
sary” the position of superintendent
of the Alaska Northern will be dis
continued.
Mr. Tozier has been in Alaska for
sixteen years and has been connected
with the Alaska Northern for four
years. He was formerly locating
engineer for Colonel Swanitz in the
Valdez-Yukon railroad project. Mr.
Tozier also worked under H. K. Rog
ers when Mr. Rogers was engaged in
the Katalla project of the Copper
River railroad.
TO PAINT BIG SIGN
FOR DOCK APPROACH
President L. C. Booker of the
Chamber of Commerce this afternoon
obtained permission of the Engineer
ing Commission for the placing of a
large sign on the roof of the larger
warehouse on the dock, and the as
surance of the Commission to aid in
the best manner possible towards
anything that would boost the town
The sign will be a foot wide by twenty
long and will have the following
words painted thereon: “ASK THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.” Any
travelers wishing information would
thus be directed to the proper authori
ties and bo given the desired informa
tion.
GOING TRAPPING
Mr. Kaiser, who owns a fox farm
at Russian lake, John Zonkoff and
Fred Krusna will leave tomorrow
morning for that place. They expect
to make Mile 18 cabin on Resurrec
tion river the first day and Russian
lake the second day. Zenkoff, a trap
per operating in that district, has
been in town the past two or three
days disposing of a bunch of fur he
brought in with him .vhich consisted
of three wolverines, one lynx three
mink and seven ermine, The party
w'ill spend the rest of the winter trap
ping and hunting in the Russian lake
country, and on Kenai river.
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* TOWNS TAKING ♦
* UP NEW LAW ❖
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Since the Gateway drew attention
to the new municipal election law,
passed by the territorial legislature,
several other towns in the territory
have had their attention drawn to the
new regulations. Juneau, Cordova
and Fairbanks are amongst the cities
which have taken the subject under
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consideration. The new law makes
the elections of City clerk, attorney,
mayor and treasurer direct by the
people possible if the people so de
sire. A special election is necessary
to secure the opinion of the voters.
The election of the new city council
in Seward will take place on April 4,
or in about one hundred days.
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CULLER EASILY KNOCKS
OUT PERKY FLYNN IN TEN
Jim Corbett’s Protege Shows Splendid
Form and May be Candidate
For Heavy Honors.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Tom Coller
easily knocked out Perky Flynn in
ten rounds last night and could have
finished him off earlier in the game
if he thought it necessary. At least
that is what his admirers say, but it
is certain that Coller was Air and
away the better man. He is a pro
tege of Jim Corbett and many think
| he will have the best chance to wrest
the championsihp laurels from Wil
lard if there is any man in the ring
who can do so.
ATTORNEY REFUSES TO
PROSECUTE HAISELDEN
Doctor Who Let Defective Baby Die
Will Not Be Required to
Answer.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—1The United
Suites attorney has refused point
point blank to prosecute Dr. Haisel
den on the charge of letting the de
fective baby die when an operation
would have saved its life. This re
fusal is regarded as a virtual ac
knowledgement by the government
that to let defective babies die is not
a crime.
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ADOPT BYE-LAWS
The chamber of commerce met last
evening and adopted bye-laws. The
meeting was held at the fire hall
which will be the headquarters for the
present. Secretary James says the
organization has sixty-eight members
now so that if all keep up paying
their dues the chamber will have a
few dollars over necessary expenses
coming in every month.
Tom Murphy has been indisposed for
the past week but was able to be
| about today.
GERMANS CLAIM TOOK HILL
BERLIN, Dec. 23.—The war office claims that the
Germans have recaptured the summit of Hartman’s
Weilerkopf from the French and that we took fifteen
hundred prisoners in the assault. Twenty-three French
officers were amongst those taken. Severe fighting took
place on the northern slopes but our troops mounted with
irresistible dash.
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN FOR RECRUITS
LONDON, Dec. 23.—The campaign for raising the
million new recruits has already opened after permission
having been granted by parliament on Tuesday. The re
sult is said to be most satisfactory and the necessity for
conscription seems to be less all the time.
GOVERNOR OF SERBIA
NISH, Dec. 23.—A governor general of Serbia will
probably be named in the next day or two. He will most
likely be an Austrian. The campaign against the Monte
negrins is said to be proceeding mostrsatisfactorily but
cold and snow in the mountains rather impede the
Austrian advance.
CLAIM GERMANS REPULSED
PARIS, Dec. 23—The attempt on the part of the
Germans to take Hartman’s Weilerkopf has been repuls
ed, according to the official statement issued today, and it
is also stated that the French left wing is also making
progress.
BELIEVE IT IS
CHRISTIE BODY
DRAGGING FOR SUPPOSED VIC
TIM OF KRAUSE THEY STRIKE
A LIKELY OBJECT.
JUNEAU, Dec. 23. — The men
searching for the body of William
Christie, who is supposed to have
been murdered by Edward Krause,
yesterday came across an object
which they believe to be the object
of their gruesome quest. They hook
ed an object which was so heavily
weighted that it tore from the look,
and tore in a way that makes them
think the hook was cuught in cloth.
This happened at the point where it
would be most likely that Christie
met his death if he had been murder
ed by the man who is now’ in jail
waiting for the recovery of the body
to stand trial for murder. It is now’
reported that a watch has been found
in the effects of Krause which was
previously sold to Captain Plunkett
by local dealers. The search for the
bodies of Christie and Plunkett is
proceeding energetically and some
result may be reached today if the
object struck yesterday is what the
searchers believe it to be.
VILLA DUE IN j
NEW ORLEANS
HIS FORMER SOLDIERS FLOCK
ING TO CARRANZA AND
WAR IS OVER.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—The
wife of Francisco Villa says that the
famous chief is due to arrive in this
city this afternoon. She has receiv
ed a message from him telling that
he is on the way and this message
shows that instead of hiding in
El Paso he must have started out on
the journey incognito. His wife has
been here for sime time but the fact
was not known and it is evident that
her leaving Mexico was kept quiet in
order to prevent the spread of news
that would htfve indicated disaster
for her husband's cause.
EL PASO, Dec. 23.—-Villaistas are
now flocking to Carranza in hundreds.
Chihuahua is reported to be in his
hands already and Juarez is expected
to follow soon. No rioting was re
ported from Juarez in the past
twenty-four hours and it is assumed
that the danger is passed.
REPORT BERNHARDT IS
NOW IMPROVING FAST
ANDERNOS, France, Dec. 23.—
The physicians now report Madame
Sarah Bernhardt to be improving
fast. It is admitted that rhe was very
ill and is still in poor condition but
that the improvement has been mark
ed in the past twenty-four hours.
LAUNCH PROGRESS
COMES FROM WEST
The launch Progress, Charles W.
Gunderson and W. C. C. Nelson, of
the Anchorage flotilla which was left
at Seldovia by the freeze-up, arrived
this morning at 1:30 and will return
some time during today with freight
and powder for Seldovia. They made
the trip over in 31 hours and did not
experience much rough weather. H.
S. Schaffer and F. L. Neph will go
over to Seldovia on her to attempt to
get the gas boat Wilhelmina to An
chorage. The Progress will also try
to make Anchorage at the first
chance.
L. M. Olson came up yesterday
afternoon from Fox Island with C. E.
Emswiler and will move all his house
hold effects to his new headquaters,
where he has charge of a fox ranch.
Villa’s Brother is
Arrested for Fraud
Charged That He Beat El Faso Man
Out of Fifty Thousand.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 23.—Hippo
lite Villa, brother of the famous but
now beaten general, was arrested here
last night on the charge of defrauding
an El Faso man out of fifty thousand
dollars. The arrested man was on the
way to New Orleans at the time.
The story as to how he succeeded in
getting so much money out of any
one has not been told and Villa him
self declares that the charge is a
; trumped up one invented for the pur
pose of holding him for some reason
or another of which he is not aware.
An attempt was made to learn from
him the whereabouts of his brother,
the general, but he declares he can
not tell.
LID CLAMPED ON NEW
YEAR IN WINDY CITY
Saloons Must Close at One O’clock
and Chicago Will be Per
fectly Respectable.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Orders have
been issued from headquarters that
the saloons of this city must close at
one o’clock on New Years. The rea
son given is that it is desirable to put
an end to the wild celebrations and
drunkeness of the past. Since the
anti-Sunday-closing agitation the
mayor has become more determined
than ever and the city is now split up
into two well defined factions on the
liquor question.
VOLUNTEER HELP WANTED
Chairman Roy Ashland, of the
decoration committee, calls for volun
teer help tomorrow to help in decorat
ing the A. B. Hall for the Christmas
exercises and in decorating the tree.
Any such aid will be greatly ap
preciated by the Sunday school as
well as the chairman.
BRING PRESENTS AFTER
1 O’CLOCK TOMORROW
Superintendent H. H. Hildreth of
the Methodist Sunday school desires
to inform the public that Christmas
presents will be received for distribu
tion tomorrow night after 1 o’clock in
the afternoon. Some officer of the
Sunday school will be present during
the afternoon to receive the gifts and
give them proper attention.
TO MAKE DUTCH
HARBOR A BASE
GOVERNMENT HAS PLANS
AFOOT FOR SUPPLYING
PENINSULA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. — The
government is now making arrange
ments to have Dutch Harbor made a
base of supplies. Further informa
tion is indefinite but it is assumed
that the intention is to make it a
supply base for government work in
Bering Sea, the Arctic and for the
Alaska Peninsula. Owing to the fact
that it is the most northerly settle
ment with an open port all the year
around it is thought that many un
necessary delays and long sea
journeys can be avoided by establish
ing a supply base there.
GOLD IS COMING
The-gold shipment from Iditarod is
expected to arrive here tomorrow or
the following day. Jim Haley and
Bob Griffis, who are bringing it, are
well known oldtimers of the interior
and Nome. Bob drove a dog team in
the All-Alaska Sweepstakes race.
Mr. Wilson of the Wells-Fargo com
pany is still here waiting for the
shipment.
MAN GARROTED
IN SEATTLE
HUNDREDS WATCH DARING
THIEVES AT CORNER OF
FIRST AND UNION.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Two thugs
garroted and robbed a man of fort> -
live dollars at e»ght o’clock last night
at the corner of First and Union while
hundreds of people looked on and u »
I ed to make an effort to prevent the
robbery or catch the daring thieve*.
After having accomplished their pur
pose the two nun trotted away und
were soon lost to sight in the holiday
crowds. They have not since been
apprehended and the likelihood is that
they never will be as no one seems
to be able to offer a clue. It was
probably the most daring robbery in
the history of the city. The corner
is at all times about the most crowded
but an unusually large number of
people were around last night. Th**
robbers worked with the most amaz
ing coolness. Their victim was un
able to utter a cry as they had his
neck and throat in a vice and it is
possible that most of the people look
ing on were not aware of the real
i truth as the daring of the two men
| was well calculated to remove suspi
cion.
SEATTLE HAS ANOTHER
EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERY
Christmas Shoppers Being Held l p
and Police Raid Gang
of Seven.
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.4.—An epidemic
of holding up has broken out again
in this city and reports of robberies
are coming constantly to the police.
Christmas shoppers are being made
the chief victims as they go to outly
ing homes with the purchases. One
gang of seven suspicious characters
has been taken in bodily and a raid
has also been made on a lodging house
where a lot of alleged house break
ers and drug peddlers lived. Not a
night passes without its stories of
robberies and some of the most dar
ing kind like the one at the corner
of First and Union last night.
KING HORSE KICKS AUTO
OFF HIS CHICAGO HOME
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Chicago to
day is the greatest horse market in
the world. More than 100,000 horses
have sold for $12,000,000 through the
local market in the last six months.
The European war’s demand for ar
tillery and cavalry mounts is respon
sible for this return of King Horse to
the throne from which the automobile
spilled him.
Demands from Mexico have added
not a little to the buisness in horses
here. At first, agents for the Euro
pean governments were secretive
about purchases. Everyone knew
horses were being bought but few
persons ever saw the agents. It was
while the allies’ agents were buying
incognito that the record sale of 7,
C&l horses in one week was made,
in November, 1914. Now the agents
buy openly. During the week end
ing November 6, 5,000 horses were
sold. In the same period 2 years ago
829 horses was considered a good
number to sell per week. From 3,000
to 4,000 horses sold weekly these
days, is an average.
The horses bring $120 to $240 a
head, $250 being paid for artillery
horses. Draft horses sell for from
$200 to $300 a head; $300 being paid
for horses of between 1,550 to 1,750
pounds. There have been innumer
able spy scares at the yards and
vigorous measures of protection have
been adopted, but there have been no
arrests.
C. E. Burr raised and fattened a
hog for the Christmas trade, which
, he killed yesterday. It weighed about
I *50 pounds.