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V(»l 10 No. 297 SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12,1916 Ten Cents the Copy
ROUMANIANS ON NEW LINE ARE
HOLDING THE TEUTONS AT RAY
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CONSTANTINE THREATENS
LONDON, Dec. 10.—Reports from Piraeus, the port
of Athens, say that Kins Constantine has decided to re
fuse tiie peremptory demands of the Entente powers to
release the Y'enizeiists now held prisoners by the royal
ists. If this report is found to be well founded serious de
velopments may be looked for.
MAY MEAN WAR FOR GREECE
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10—Sofia reports that the
Greek government has informed the allied governments
that the making of further demands or further interfer
ence with the freedom of Greece will mean war. All the
reports coming from Athens directly or indirectly now in
dicates that sine the defeat of the Roumanians the Greek
government lias stiffened its attitude riemarkably to
wards the Entente alliance, and the entry of Greece into
the war on the side of the Central powers is by no means
a remote possibility.
REVOLUTION IN GREECE
LONDON, Dec. 11.—That a revolution is raging in
Greece is clearly indicated by the news coming from
Athens. The Greek warship Hydra which is under En
tente control has intercepted another Greek ship aboard
which was a message from King Constantine to German
government that is said to give the whole royalist scheme
away. The contents of the message have not been made
public but they are said to be a proposal by Constantine to
declare wai against the Entente alliance if certain con
ditions are observed by Germany. The British foreign
office anounced today that it is nowt consulting the
other allied governments with a view to adopting some
radical means to solve the Greek question finally.
ROUMANIANS TAKE NEW LINE
LONDON, Dec. 11.—The news from Roumania today
is that the Roumanian army is now apparently taking up
a strong new defensive line along the Buzeu river and are
forming in southern Moldavia to meet the advancing Teu
tons and their allies. The only danger to a successful
stand there lies in the possibilty that the Teutons may
succeed in crossing the Oitez and Gyimes passes in north
west Roumania and threaten the war. This would com
pell the Roumanians to fall back on the Russian frontier.
WILL ARM MERCHANTMEN
LONDON, Dec. 10. — The Northcliffe papers an
nounce that Premier Lloyd George as part of his program
for carrying on the war will have all merchant ships arm
ed to tight off submarines. The new prime minister is also
ready to proceed with extraordinary measures for the
preparation of a great offensive in spring and will mobil
ize all civilians from the age of sixteen to sixty and com
pel them either to tight or to accomplish something that
will be useful in opposing the enemy. The blockade of
Germany will be “made over" and made infinitely more
effective. The people will be rationed by meal tickets, the
food production at home will be increased by every means
and luxuries will be prohibited. It is rumored today that
the war council includes Lord Milner and Lord Curzon
who are described as the two ablest members of the Con
servative party. It is rumored that Waldorf Astor will
receive an appointment as an under-secretary.
LLOYD GEORGE IS SICK
LONDON. Dec. 11.—Prime Minister Lloyd George is
suffering from a severe chill and was unable to receive
the seals of office today from the king. He sent out word
that he will not be able to make the expected statement in
the house of commons on Tuesday but Bonar Law will
move the adjournment of the house till Thursday when, it
is expected, the prime minister will announce the names
of the members of the new cabinet definitely.
APPROACH TO DOCK
AT FIFTH AVENUE
That the piling has already been
ordered for the construction of an ap
proach to the government dock from
Fifth avenue is a statement which
has been made on the best of auth
ority. It may be said, however, that
it is not an official statement although
it comes directly from raidroad sour
ces.
COASTGCARD MAN IS
LOST BEYOND DOl’BI
Caretaker Paul of the government
coastguard ship Yukon has never
been seen since he disappeared at
King Cove about two months ago,
Captain Swanson of the Dora stated
today after returning from the voy
age. Paul left on a hunting trip be
fore the Dora arrived at King Cove
on her previous voyage. Captain
Swanson reports very rough weather
on the trip just finished.
WORKING HARD l'OR THE
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
Preparations are now going ahead
well for the school entertainment
which will be held next Saturday
evening. The affair promises to be
exceedingly interesting.
ADAMSON LAW TEST CASE
ADVANCED TO JANCARY,
WASHINGTON, Oec. 11.—The test
case in the matter of the Adamson
eigiit hour law has been advanced to
Januaty.
ARRIVALS ON DORA
The following arrived on the Dora
last night: Gustav Johansen, from
King Cove, A. Sato, front Unga.j
George Nelson, from Sand Poiig,
George Albert, from Chignik, Frank
P. Brown, from Unga, Nick Johnson,
from Sand Poiont, and William Mur
ray from Seldovia.
ROUMANIANS SUCCESSFUL
PETROGRAD, Dec. 11.—Considerable Roumanian
successes are reported in the northeast wheie the\ ait
witholding the Teutonic attacks. They are making a de
termined stand along the railroad from Ploesti and to the
north of Bucharest to the Buzeu. The Russians are pro
gressing on the western frontier of Moldavia and experts
believe they are trying to break into Hungary. The fight'
ing at other points is unimportant.
CRETE FOR THE ALLIES
PARIS, Dec. 11. — A dispatch to La Liherte from
Canea, Crete, says that the inhabitants of the island held
nn enormous mass meeting yesterday and advocated the
dethronement of King Constantine as a traitor who turn
ed the arms of Greece against its liberators. The troops
present at the meeting tore the crowns from their uni
forms.
BRITISH TO FIGHT ON
LONDON, Dec. 11. — Since his appointment to the
premiership Lloyd George has drawn up a statement in
which he declares that the predominant task before the
people of Great Britain and its government is a vigorous
prosecution of the war to a triumphant conclusion. The
! statement ends by the expression of absolute confidence
, that the nation will support him.
ALLIED ATTACSK FAIL
BERLIN, Dec. 11.—Strong Russian attacks in Tran
sylvania and Serb attacks on the Cerna have failed.
! NORTHWESTERN TO
LEAVE ALASKA RUN
Report Alaska Steamship
Company Buys Big
SHIP
—
SEATTLE, Dec. 10. — The Alaska
Steamship Company announces that
the steamers Northwestern and Val
dez will be placed on the San Fran
cisco freighting run, and it is gen
erally understood that this step L
taken as part of the opposition to the
Pacific Steamship Company. Reports
from San Francisco are to the ef
fect that the Company has purchas
ed the steamships Great Northern and
Northern Pacific It is also reported
that the Kotzebue sound will be irj
vaded and that lots of other de
velopment in the transportation lim
may be looked for.
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I THE PIONEERS NOMINATED
NEW OFFICERS LAST NIGH I
pijjyi
The nomination of officer? took
place last night at the Pioneer Igloo.
The following are the nominees:
kor president: L. L. James, Jr.,j
Frank Nickerson, Sr., C. S. Patten, A
J. Carlson
First vice-pres.: W. E. Rich, e!*L
Anderson, II. J. Murphy.
Second vice pres..* Jacob Philo.
Secy.-treas.: Isaac Evans.
Historian: John Noon, J. Junto,
Reg. Ken*.
Sergt.-at-arms: Robt. Guest, Geo.
Madsen.
Trustees: A. E. Thede, H. J.
Murphy, Frank Nickerson, A. J. Carl
son, F. W. Small.
Chaplain: C. S. Patten.
MASQl'ERADE BALL TO
HE ON LAST SATt’RDA^
The masquerade ball of the hire
men will be held this year on Sat
urday before New \ears. In formei
years it was held on New Years eve
but New Years is on Monday this
time. The occasion will be one of the
greatest ever.
Dr. Jospeh A. Silvern.an will leave
Kodiak at the end of this month and
will locate at Valdez.
VILLA INTERVIEWED, SAYS HE
WILL DRIVE THE AMERICANS OUT
JAPANESE LOST
AT KERN CREEK
I STILL ANOTHER TRAGEDY OF
THE TRAIL ON THANKS
GIVING DAY.
Harry Imanura, a Japanese, is now
lying frozen to death somewhere near
Kern creek. On Thanksgiving I Jay
he disappeared from the neighbor
hood of Kern creek and although
search parties have been out hunting
for him ever since not a trace has
been found. Imanura is the man who
attempted to commit suicide over in
| that district two or three months ago.
j He came from Latouehe to Seward
and went to work at Glacier just be
i fore he showed a suicidal intent. In
1 a message received by Deputy Mar
shal Kvans it is told that after Iman
ura disappeared on Thanksgiving da\
several men trailed him and followed
Ids tracks as long as they were visi
ble but word came last night that he
has not been found. The weather at
the time he left was very cold and
unquestionably he has fallen a victim
in the same manner as did poor Con
rad Freeding on the same day in the
Kougarok.
(TTY COT NCI L FAILS
TO GET A QrORCM
No meeting of the city council 01
Seward has taken place since Novem
ber 20 although several aborts have
been made to get a quorum. Last
night the mayor, Councilman Torrey
and Councilman Chamberlain were
absent and as it requires five coun
cilmen to make a quorum there was
no meeting. Councilman Sauers was
not present but he would have been
if he thought a quorum possible
When Mayor Myers leaves town Mr
Sauers becomes acting mayor but will
still remain a councilman and have
jl vote, which a mayor under the new
law does not have. Some of the
council men are now talking ot the
possibility that some new members
of the council will have to be elected
by the body if the others persist in
being absent. The council can declare
a seat vacant if a councilman fail to
show up for ninety days but a coun
cilman who does not intend to be
present at meetings can create a va
cancy by resigning.
r\VO RIVAL MANAGERS
SHAKE HANDS AGAIN
WASHINGTON,—McCormick, mana
get* of the Wilson campaign, and Wil
ox, manager of the Hughes cam
paign, met last night at the Gridi
ron club banquet and shook hands,
i'oe banquet was the most brilliant
ever given by this famous organiza
tion. (
It was held at the Hotel Willard and
the travesties on the leading men and
went 5 were of unusual cleverness.
Roosevelt was particularly featured
and the women received an important
share of attention.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The
President and Special Investigator
Anderson conferred for an hour today
on the question of food prices.
Superintendent Frank Brown of the
Appollo mine at Unga arrived last
night on the Dora,
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—'The New York World creat
! ed a sensation today when it printed an interview with no
‘ less a person than Rancho Villa himself. The interview
was secured by Thorkel Mortensen at Chihuahua (T’ty af
ter the occupation of that place by the bandit chief a
week or so ago. In the statement made to the corres
pondent Villa says he is planning to drive Pershing out
)f Mexico and will never rest until he accomplishes his
! purpose. The famous bandits chief also told the inter
viewer that he like President Wilson until the latter turn
ed traitor to him at Agua Prieta and endorsed the lead
leadership of Carranza whom Villa describes as “Mexico’s
j bad man.”
“I will drive out all Americans or make America
fight," declared Vilia. In speaking of the Columbus raid
; the bandit said it was easily accomplished as he was
awake and the Americans were asleep. In the raid, Villa
savs, he had three hundred men.
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SLAUGHTERED MANY
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11.—Mrs. Barnett Dannis, the
American wife of a Chihuahua City storekeeper, has
written to her son, a local attorney, that Villa obtained a
I million pesos in the attack and raided her husband’s
j stroes amongst others. Scores or Chinese and Mexicans
were slaughtered by him, Mrs. Dannis says.
CONDENSED CABLES
MAIL DRIVERS ROB
BUFFALO, Dec. 11.—Mail robber
ies amounting to thousands here have
culminated in the confession by Frank
Champin and his brother, mail wagon
drivers. Jewelry valued at fifteen
thousand has been recovered.
GERMANY TELLS SWISS
j MIND THEIR OWN AFFAIRS
PARIS, Dec. 11.—Herne reports
that Germany has replied to the
Swiss protests regarding the Belgian
deportations by politely questioning
the right of Switzerland's interfer
ence in a matter which does not alfect
it.
ROB CASHIER
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 11.—Four
masked bandits locked a lone cashier
in a vault today and secured fifteen
thousand dollars from the Farmers’
Bank of Vineta. The robbers escap
ed in an auto.
REPULSE AUSTRIANS
ROME, Dec. 11.—The Italians re
pulsed several Austrian surprise at
tacks last Saturday and Sunday night
on the Carso plateau.
RETIRE TEl TONS
SALONIKI, Dec. 11. — West of
Suhudol and northeast of Monastir
the Allies retired the Teutons several
hundred yards yesterday.
McCORMICK MAY BE
MEMBER OF CABINET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—It was
definitely announced today that the
entire cabinet had been asked to re
main in office. The only possible ex
ception is Attorney General Gregory,
and if Gregory retires his place may
be taken by Baker, the present secre
tary of war. In the event of this oc
curring vanee McCormick, Wilson’s
manager in the recent campaign, will
take the war portfolio.
POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS
CHICAGO, Dec. 11: — Chief of
Police Healey who was charged with
graft has resigned.
QUAKER OATS
FACTORY GONE
I’KTKRRORO. Ontario, Doc. II. •
An explosion followed by a lire de
stroyed the Quaker Oats factory la>t
evening. Might people lost their
lives and the loss in property is esti
mated at a million dollars. The cause
of the explosion is not yet stated.
GREEKS RENOEM E THEIR
AI.LEGI VM E TO KING
LONDON, Dec. 11.—All the Greek
communities in Egypt have renounc
ed their allegiance to King Constan
tine.
IRISH CAESE TROEBLE IE
HOME RI LE NOT GRANTED
LONDON, Dec. 11—The question
today in connection with the change
of government is the probable atti
tude of the Irish Nationalist party.
The Nationalists are still undecided
as on their course of action but will
probably decide today at a special
meeting. They will probably press
the Irish claims and demand the re
lease of the rebellion prisoners be
fore supporting the new government.
CHICAGO, Dec. II.—The wide var
iance between the prices of whole
salers and retailers has caused the
federal grand jury to demand of the
retailers an explanation of their
method of figuring out their expect
ed profits.
EL PASO, Dec. 11. — Responsible
Mexican refugees say that when the
Villistag entered Chihuahua City they
knocked at the door of the British
consulate and fired point blank when
the consul, Captain Sc'bell, respond
ed. By -damming the doev Scobell
saved his life.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11.—Caplan
testifying in his own defence today
repudiated all connection with the
Times dynamiting and even denied
that he had any connection with union
! labor.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Secre
tary Houston has promised President
Wilson to remain in the cabinet and
McAdoo says he does not intend to
j resign.