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U. S. NOTE EO AUSTRIA IS
VIRTUALLY AN ULTIMATUM
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REPORT GERMANS REVOLTING
PARIS, Dec. 10.—Advices from Swiss sources declare
that German soldiers are on the verge of revolt in Cham
pagne, that rioting lias occurred in Berlin, Dresden and
Leipzig and in other parts of Germany tor the purpose of
compelling the government to bring about peace. Stores,
cafes and other kinds of establishments are reported to
have been wrecked in Berlin while most serious conflicts
have occurred in other quarters between the people who
desire peace and the authorities, lhe people ot Germany
generally are said to have come to the conclusion that
peace can only be secured by revolution. This conviction
is the result of the speech made by the imperial chancellor
yesterday. A hope had existed that he would have out
lined some possible terms of peace which would have given
the European nations a foundation upon which to work
for the ending of the war but his uncompromising attitude
has shown that only the people themselves who are suffer
ing can hope to put an end to the blood-letting and want.
ULTIMATUM TO AUSTRIA
WASHINGTON. Dee. 10.—It has been learned that
Wilson’s note to Austria in relation to the sinking of the
Ancona is in effect an ultimatum. It demands an immedi
ate reply or the severance of diplomatic relations between
the two nations. Furthehmore, Wilson has decided in any
event that the Austrian consul-general at New York, von
Nuher, must leave the United Staes. Evidence has been
accumulating against him for a long time, it is said, which
shows him to have been very perniciously active in pro
German agitation in a neutral country, if not worse.
AFRICANS DEFEAT ITALIANS
CONSTANTIOPLE, Dec. 10.—The Italian army in
Tripoli has been badly defeated and six thousand Italia*
soldiers have been killed or wounded in a battle which has
taken place between the Tripolitan rebels and the Italian
army of occupation, according to the reports issued today.
It is also stated that the rebels have entered the southern
part of Tripoli city on the coast and if this is so it prob
ably means the end of Italian dominion over the recently
acquired colony. Italy received Tripoli as her prize for
the victory over Turkey in the war of a few years ago but
at the beginning of the present war the natives of the in
terior broke out in revolt and forced the Italians north
ward until they held only a small portion ot the colony.
The reports now coming are that the revolt has become
general and that it has been joined by the natives ot the
hinterland and some of the Egyptians near the border.
The revolt was called as part of the holy war proclaimed
by the sultan of Turkey. Tripoli bounds Egypt on the west
and, therefore, leaves the latter British protectorate
wedged in between two hostile nations.
HUNGARY BREAKS FROM TEUTONS
LONDON, Dec. 10— Geneva advices today are to the
effect that Hungary has resolved to break from the
Teutonic alliance and to ask a separate peace . without
consulting Germany or Austria. This decision is due to
the general demand for the conclusion of a peace l y the
whole Hungarian people. It has been known that li i 'g
ary has never had its heart in the war as it has felt that it
was fighting the battles of Austria and Geramny with
out hope of advantage to itself nationally. The choosing
of a Hungarian to be prime minister of the Austro
Hungarian empire is known to have been an effort on the
part of Austria to weld the two nations and it succeeded
for a time but all accounts agree that Hungarian disaffec
tion has been growing recently.
BELIEVE PEACE REMOTE
LONDON, Dec. 10.—The consensus of opinion in
high officialdom and the newspapers of London is that
peace is more remote than at any time since the beginning
of the war because of the speech delivered by Chancellor
von Bethmann Hollweg in the Reichstag yesterday.
Warnings are being issued in all the papers today that
the Teutonic allies are making preparations to surpass
their efforts of last winter and to spring great surprises
on the nations of the Entente. “To be forewarned is to be
forearmed’ should be the watchword of the allies ,say the
newspapers.
NOTHING FROM SERBIA
LONDON, Dec. 10.—Reports from the near east to
day are conspicuous by their absence notwithstanding the
anxiety which is felt because of the unfavorable news
from southern Serbia yesterday. The retreat of the Al
lies is hoped to have been nothing more than the result of
the decision to abandon the Balkans campaign and con
centrate all efforts where the outlook is more hopeful.
Every thing is quiet along the west and east fronts.
Two more ships have been reported submarined but such
occurrences have lost their news value.
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Says Prisoners Are
On the Minnesota
Latest Account Says Big Ship Will
Beach San Pedro Tonight.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.—The
latest news from the Minnesota this
afternoon is that she passed San
Diego this morning. Several attempts
have been made by wireless by the
newspapers and others to get the
Captain to tell what the trouble is and
people passing by the Minnesota on
other vessels have sent megaphone
calls for the same purpose, but to no
avail. Garliek simply refuses to
say a word. Sailors aboard the Min
nesota, however, have indicated to the
people on the other boats by gestures
that prisoners are aboard and are in
irons.
IRISH WORLD RAIDED
FOR AIDING GERMANS
No Reason Given but Newspaper Of
fice is Entered by Federal
Officers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The offices
of the Irish World were raided last
night by federal officers for some un
know n cause. The paper has been
conducting an anti-British campaign
and is believed to have been aiding
the Teutons by every means in its
nower. It has also made many bit
ter attacks on the administration and
the raid was probably due to that
fact, or to a belief that its papers
| would be found to contain some evi
dence of the alleged pro-German
plots. The paper has always hither
to supported the Irish National party
in the British house of commons but
since the beginning of the war it has
atacked that party fiercely because
the party supported Great Britain and
her allies.. Some of the newspapers
in dealing with the subject this morn
ing declared that Ireland at home has
stood on the side of her old friend
France and for small nationalities like
Belgium while the majority of the
Irish in the United States are on the
side of the Germans.
WASHINGTON
MUST GO DRY
SUPREME COURT DECIDES AND
SOON SPIRIT CITY WILL BE
WITHOUT SPIRITS.
OLYMPIA, Dec. 10.—The supreme
court today handed down the decision
that the state prohibition law of the
state of Washington is constitutional
and thus ended the last hope,that the
I state might continue wet. The law
goes into effect on January the First
next.
Up to the very last moment the
liquor interests seemed to harbor a
hope that something would occur to
knock the law out but when the news
of decision of the supreme court ar
rived today all came to the conclusion
that only three weeks are left of life.
The decision of the supreme court was
unanimous.
THE NEW PLACE PLATTED
The new map of the city shows
clearly the other piece of ground be
sides the Terminal Tract, which the
government has surveyed for city
1 lots. This patch of ground, it is not
generally known, is west of the tide
flat where the waters run under the
railroad trestle.
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WILD DISORDER
INHOPEWELL
BURNED TOWN LOOTED AND
THREE MEN ARE EX
ECUTED.
PETERSBURG, Va., Dec. 10.—
Scenes oi wild disorder now prevail
at Hopewell, the city which was de
stroyed last night by lire, and already
one negro has been lynched and two
white men have been shot dead lor
looting. Three companies of militia
have been rushed to the place and at
last accounts were in control of the
situation. From the earlier accounts
it was gleaned that immediately after
the fire lawless elements attempted
to loot and steal everything ing sight
and that some dangerous moments
came when a general light theratened,
but later accounts are more re-assur
ing.
Air Dreadnaughts
For the Allies
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Dr. Christmas Takes Contract For
Building Immense Ships
H e r e.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — Dr.
Christmas has contracted to build
aeroplanes for the allied nations that
may well be called dreadnaughts of j
the air. The wings of the new air
ships will have a spread of one hun
dred and eighty feet while the length
of the machines will be over one hun
dred feet. Each ship will be able to
carry thirty heavy shells, two rapid
firing guns, four machine guns and
eight men. The number of the ships
contracted for has not been told but
they are expected to be part oi the
immense aerial fleet which the Brit
ish government has been expected to
build for some time to launch attacks
on Germany’s *irsenals and the places
where the German fleet is anchored.
TAFT WANTS TO FIRE
MANY POSTMASTERS
Says Country Can Save Four Millions
a Year by Quitting a Poli
tical Graft.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—William How
ard Taft in a speech here last right
advocated the abolition of postmast
ers of a certain kind in order that the
nation might save four million dollars
yearly which is now lost by the de
sire of administrations to reward
their political supporters. He believes
the suggestion could be carried out
successfully by placing deputy post
masters in charge. “It would end in
terminable political waste” he said.
KRAUSE TALKS TO
POST INTELLIGENCER
As to the disappearance of Christie,
Krause made'a statement to the Post
Intelligencer November 15, when he
was arrested in Seattle as he was
leaving the steamship Jefferson.
Choosing his words slowly arid de
liberately, Krause declared that on
October 30, the day Christie disap
peared, he, Krause, had been hired
by a man at Juneau to go over to
Treadwell.
“When we arrived at Treadwell the
man gave me a sealed letter to de
liver to Christie,” said Krause l
delivered the letter, and Christie and
the stranger board my boat. We
landed at Juneau a short distance
above my regular mooring float, and
the stranger boarded my boat. We
The story is uncorroborated by the
foreman*at the mine. The foreman de
clares that Krause said he was a
deputy' United States marshal, and
that he had a subpoena for Christie to
appear in Juneau.
MOOSE MEET TONIGHT
The Seward lodge L. 0. 0. M. will
hold its regular meeting this evening.
BOY-ED AND VON PAPEN WERE
CALLED HOME THIS AETERNOON
New Map Shows the
City Limits Clear
Seward Stretches From Away Down
Hay Out to the R. R. “Y”.
The new map of the city of Seward,
surveyed and drawn for the Govern
ment Engineering Commission by En
gineer Thomas Ward, is now complet
ed and for the first time shows the
city and its marks and boundaries
in the clearest and most perfect man
ner. It is the first real map of Sew
ard and upon it the city authorities
are now depending. The boundaries
of the city of Seward are not gener
ally known to the people here. The
south boundary is at a point a thou
sand feet south of the last cabins
standing at the southwest corner.
That is, the city runs along the foot
of the hill for a thousand feet south
of where the buildings stop. The line
then inns five hundred feet westward,
which means that the hillside is in the
city limits. From there the city runs
out to the “Y” on the railroad be
yond the head of the bay. Along the
beach the city lines run out to sea
five hundred feet east of the railroad
tracks and the northeast corner of the
city follows around the head of the
bay for a short distance.
The total length of Seward is 11,
560 feet, or well over two miles.
In the map Mr. Ward has establish
ed the true meridian and gives true
north, also a record of the govern
ment bench marks.
HOSPITAL SITE CP
TO LAND DEPARTMENT
Railroad Engineering Commission
Has No Information to Live
About Matter.
The surveying work preliminary to
the establishment of the site for a de
tention hospital has been carried out
by the Land Department and not by
the Railroad Engineering Commis
sion. Indeed, the Commission force
seems to known nothing more about
it than what they saw in the Gate
way yesterday.
MINNESOTA IS !
YETMYSTERY
SPRECKLES YACHT ALONGSIDE
BUT GARLICK KEEPS TO CAB
IN AND SAYS NOTHING.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. —The
mystery of the steamship Minnesota
is now deeper than ever because of
the fact that the Spreckles yacht has
gone alongside the big vessel and has
sent a wireless that Captain Garlick
refused to speak to the occupants of
the yacht or make his appearance at
all. While the yacht was alongside
Garlick remained carefully concealed
in his cabin. The wireless from the
yacht also proves that the skippers
of the tugs say Captain Garlick has
refused to tell them what the matter
with the ship is. They declare the
engines to be working and Garlick’s
statement that the vessel’s trouble is
mechanical is not believed. No one
ventures to express an opinion of the
cause of the ship's delay and wild and
sensational stories continue. It is re
garded as particularly hard to account
for the statement by Captain Garlick
that there was no plot and that the
delay of the ship was purely accident
al, in view of the fact that he refused
to talk to the yacht.
No reader can afford to omit the
Seward Gateway.
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ATTACHES RECALLED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The German government
recalled Boy-Ed and von Papen, the attaches to the Ger
man embassy, this afternoon. The two men will probably
leave on the next boat and every effort will lie made to
1 secure free transport for them.
CANADIAN GRAIN BURNED
ERIE, Dec. 10.—Half a mlilion bushels of Canadian
grain have been destroyed in a tire which has burned the
Anchor line elevators to the ground. The loss amounts to
j eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the fire is
unquestionably the result of incendiarism. The authori
ties declare that they possess perfect proof that the ele
vators were deliberately set fire to and no one doubts that
: the destruction is due to pro-German plotters.
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TALK CONSCRIPTION AGAIN
LONDON, Dec. 10.—The house to house canvass in
itiated by Lord Derby for the purpose of securing recruits
will end next Sunday and if it is found that the plan has
i failed to obtain sufficient recruits the result, it is believed,
will be that conscription will be taken up seriously by the
government. The most serious resistance is looked for i‘
conscription is proposed A large body of the people and
! many of the leaders in the government favor conscription
in any event, but an equally strong body is opposed abso
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WANT A EUROPEAN
ARMY FOR ERE II. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — The
special defense report of the war col
lege was submitted to Secretary of
War Garrison this afternoon and it is
found to advocate greater preparations
for defense than the plans of the ad
ministration. It asks for a division of
infantry and a brigade of a cavalry in
the Puget Sound district and the same
for California. It recommends that
the land forces of the country be in
creased to a million and a half of men
either fully or partially trained.
These forces would be divided into a
standing army and several kinds of
reserves. The standing army would
have one hundred and twenty- thou
sand always with the colors with
three hundred and seventy-nine thou
sand reserves with a training of one
year. The men in the Continental
army would be trained three months
in each year for three years and
would total half a million. Another
; half million would be regarded as on
furlough and would be subject to held
duty after three months' training.
The cost would be four hundred and
fifty-three million in the first year. ♦
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* CONVENTION SITE *
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Although the seat of the Republi
can territorial convention has not yet
been decided upon there is no longer
any question that it will be Seward.
Charles E. Herron, chairman of the
territorial committee, who is now in
Seward, and the members of the com
mittee will probably decide when the
national committee has decided on the
place and date for holding the na
tional convention.
BRITISH PERMIT DYESTUFFS
TO.COME FROM GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — The
British government has finally agreed
to let dyestuffs be shipped from Ger
many to the United States to relieve
the shortage of those commodities
here. Since the outbreak of the war
thousands of people have been thrown
out of employment owing to the im
possibility of getting dyes which
mostly came here from Germany. An
application was made some time ago
to Great Britain to let the stuffs
through.
SEWARD SAILS TONIGHT
The fighter Seward has been al
most entirely unloaded of its cargo of
freight destined for Anchorage. The
Engineering Commission portion of
the cargo was taken off before noon
today and as soon as the portion con
signed for private parties is removed
she will sail south. She will be ready
to sail this evening sometime.
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KRAUSE GETS
YEAR IN JAIL
SENTENCE IS FOR IMPERSONAT
ING OFFICER AND MEANT
ONLY TO HOLD HIM.
JUNEAU, Dec. 10. — Edward
Krause was sentenced to a year in jail
yesterday by the United States Com
missioner on the charge of imper
sonating an officer. The sentence
was delivered without giving the
prisoner a jury trial. This sentence
is generally understood to have been
given merely to hold Krause while the
search for the missing men is pro
ceeding. A United States transport
and other vessels have been dragging
the channel for the bodies of Christie
and Plunkett but without success. On
the night on which Plunkett was last
seen a cry was heard near the water’s
edge about two hundred feet above
the end of the city and there is a be
lief that this cry came fronvthe cap
tain as he was being done to death.
NORTHWESTERN TOMORROW
The Northwestern was due in Cor
dova at noon today and will probably
arrive here tomorrow afternoon or
evening.
The latest accounts this afternoon
were that the Northwestern is due to
arrive tomorrow, Saturday, at mid
night.