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TEUTONS WARN GREECE OF DANGER
AND SEND AN ARMY TO ROUMANIA.
FRENCHES BECOME CITIES Of CAVES
KING PETER FLEES
BERLIN. Dec. 1.—King Peter of Serbia, accompan
ied by the Russian ambassador, has fled from Prisrend
and his whereabouts is unknown. He left on horseback;
the day before the Bulgarians entered and he is now prob- j
ably a fugitive in a foreign country as Prisrend is only
about twenty miles from the Albanian border and he could
not flee south as the Bulgarians now occupy nearly the
whole country in that direction. It is thought possible
that the king and the ambassador have disguised them
selves and crossed over the border to avoid capture by
the victorious Bulgars.
WARNING GREECE
LONDON, Dec. 1.—A certain newspaper inspired by
the German government has published a statement to the
effect that if Greece accedes to the demands of the En
tente powers the territory of Greece will not be regarded
by the Teutonic powers as neutral territory In other
words, this inspired organ declares that if the Allied pow
ers are permitted to use Greek territory through which to
retreat the Germans, Austrians and Bulgarians will not
consider themselves bound not to pursue through Greek
territory.
TEUTONS FOR ROUMANIA
LONDON, Dec. 1—Dispatches from Bucharest today
say that preparations are already under way to get ready
accommodations for fifty thousand Teutonic troops on
the Roumania border. This force will probably be held
ready to oppose any attempt that Russia might make to
force a passage through Roumanian territory. All the
belligerent powers now have their attention concentrated
on the Greek and Roumanian situation.
TRENCHES ARE UNDERGROUND CITIES
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1.—The result of the work of
the soldiers on both sides on the western front to keep
themselves comfortable during the winter has been that
both opposing lines have now become veritable under
ground cities. New systems of drainage have been evolv
ed and new inventions are being made to save the men
from the wet of the first winter. In some cases regular
suites of rooms have been excavated and up-to-date cook
ing utensils have been provided by the men themselves.
Fighting has almost ceased entirely with the exception of
artillery exchanges and periodical hand grenade duels.
Travel betwen this country and Antwerp has resumed al
most its normal condition before the war but Antwerp
suffers badly from the loss of its great foreign trade.
WANTS GOD TO HELP
NEW YORK. Dec. 1.—Ford has cabled the pope ask
ing if "‘God will co-operate” in his plans for trying to
bring about peace in Europe W hat Ford means, it is
supposed, is that the pope will give the peace commission
his official sanction. Jane Addams is ill in Chicago and
after a diagnosis of her case her physicians have declared
that it will be impossible for her to accompany the peace
mission on the Ford ship. In this country Ford is credited
with the best intentions although very little encourage
ment is received for the mission from the representatives
of the belligerent nations. Some European newspapers
have ridiculed the suggestion that mere bourgeois capital
ists like W’anamaker could be used to deal with the heads
of great powers. The presence of Edison on the commis
sion, is noted, however, with respect.
IVANOFF DIGS IN ;
VIENNA, Dec. 1.—The Russian forces under Ivanoff
in the Styr region have abandoned their offensive, accord
ing to today’s official announcement, and are now digging
in to carry on a defense. We have held all the positions
regained by us on the Styr two weeks ago.
WHOLESALE BOMB PLOTS ARRESTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—A statement from federal
sources has been made that wholesale indictments in San
Francisco will probably result from the arrest of Crowley
in connection with the alleged bomb plots. That a wide
conspiracy existed there is now said to be every reason to
believe and San Francisco is believed to have been its chief
center in the west.
Admits Supplying
the German Ships
Managing Director Hamburg - Ameri
can Line Testifies in
Govt. Case.
NEW Y011K, Dec. 1.—The manag
ing director of the Hamburg-Ameri
can line testified yesterday that the
company in 11U*» signed an agreement
to supply German ships in the Allan
tic in case of war. He denied, how
ever, that this was a violation of
neutiality as the arrangement was
made long before war \sas thought
of. The testimony of this man is to
be used, it is said, to show that war
was then in contemplation by Ger
many. The United States will try to
prove that an agreement made be
fore war to violate neutrality during
war would be an agreement to violate
a law and would, therefore, be a viola
tion of the law in itself. The evi
dence showing that the officials of
ihe Hamburg-American did actually
supply German raiders is apparently
very’ strong. The German-American
papers are now depending on the
statement that the British were also
supplied from this country.
' MAKING ALASKA CHEAP 1
> *
* In another part of the Gate
* way today may be seen the letter
' of Postmaster Kindell, of Skag
* way, to the Postmaster General
1 in which he tells the P. M. Gene*
’ al straight that the cut in clerk
* hire to a thousand dollars a year
* is an insult and one he does not
* have to put up with. Kindell
* is one of the best men ever put
* in charge of a post office and
‘ Phillip Hickey, of Seward, has
* also done his work faithfully and
* well. When Kindell told the
* postmaster general that the re
‘ duction in wages was an insult
* he was right. It is an insult to
* all Alaska. When the govern
( ment of the United States tries
* to reduce wages and the former
* standard of living in this Terri
* tory it insults every man in it,
* and, unfortunately, it seems to
* be trying hard to make this re
* duction in almost every line.
The Fairbanks Times reports that
vvihle going down the Tanana river
from Chisina to Fairbanks, a man
whose name could not be learned,
found a purse containing $160, a hat,
and some clothing on a sandbar.
From the appearance of the articles
it is probable that somebody going
down the river had been dumped out
of his boat and drowned, and the
valuables washed onto the sandbar
by the swift currant.
William Merchant, a business man
of Juneau, and Frank Ennis are at
Mile Thirty-four and will be here
this evening.
BREITUNG. ONE OF FIVE
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING
IN AMERICA TO AID
TEUTONS.
MfiX BREITUNG
Photo by American Press Association.
| jMax Breltung, nephew of Edward N.
I Breltung. the rich shipping and mining
man of acknowledged German sympa
thy, surrendered himself In New York
to arrest on the charge of conspiring
with Lieutenant Robert Fay of the Ger
man army and three other persons to
dynamite vessels leaving New York with
munitions for the allies, Breltung gave
himself up and was not incarcerated.
fj',000 ball being furnished as soon as he
had been technically declared held for
examination. Breltung and Dr Herbert
Kienzlc are alleged to have furnished
money for the purchase of explosives ]
RIVERS AND HARBORS
APPROPRIATION IT T
WAS H1X GTON, Dec. 1. — Presi
dent Wilson stated today that the ap
propriation for the Rivers and Har
bors will probably be cut down from
tbe figure suggested.
MILLARD SAYS IT
IS TOO EARLY YET
Colonel R. F. Millard, who has been
mentioned iis a probable candidate for
election to congress from the Terri
tory. stated to L. V. Ray recently that
he considers it too early yet to come
out with any announcement as to his
intentions in the matter. He has ex
pressed his appreciation, however, of
the actions of the Nome Republicans
and others who have urged him to
run. While speaking of politics it
may be mentioned, perhaps, that the
Gateway has had it pointed out that
Delegate Wickersham did not make a
hit with the working population of
Anchorage. It is said that he declared
himself to be “for Mears” no matter
what people might say. The sugges
tion seems to be that the Delegate
was rather inclined to endorse the
railroad authorities on wage and oth
er questions. This is mentioned for
what it is worth.
It. It. PROFIT INCREASES
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—The earn
ings of the Pennsylvania Railroad for
last October was five million dollars
more than for October last year.
This increase is chiefly due to the
shipment of war supplies and muni
tions of all kinds from the interior to
the sea. The company now finds it
almost impossible to move the im
mense quantities of freight offered to
it.
KANSAS CITY LEAVES
The Kansas City left this morning
and will call in at Latouche, Valdez
and Cordova. She will load on 2,300
tons of ore at Cordova.
DENIES INDIAN REVOLT
LONDON, Dec. 1.—In the house of commons yester
day the secretary of state for India again denied the re
ports emanating from German sources that a revolt had
broken out against British authority in India. It had
been stated that more than a score of Indians had been
executed by the British for sedition but the secretary de
clares that on executions for treason have taken place' It
is known that a large force of British troops were sent to
India to meet any such contingency and are being main
tained there.
REPORT VILLA
CONE'CRAZY
CARRANZA ARMY WINS A COM
PLETE VICTORY AT
HERMOSILLO.
NOGALES, Arizona, Dec. 1.—The
report has arrived here that General
Vina has gone insane and that his
condition is hopeless. Almost
simultaneously has come the report
that Carranza has won a complete
victory at iiennosuio and that the
iorces oi \ ma have been scattered
and practically destroyed. According
to the massage arriving here three
Hundred Villa soldiers were ieii
wounded on the held and eigni
Hundred surrendered. The remainder
are demoralized and as a lighting
force the Villa army is regarded as al
most non-existent. From the tenor
of the two messages it is assumed
that Villa lost his reason when he
found the battle going against him.
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MINE EXPLOSION ONCE
MORE GETS VICTIMS
Nineteen Dead and Eleven Missing in
a Mine in West Virginia
BOOMER, W. Va., Dec. 1.—Nine
teen people are dead and eleven
others are missing as the result of
an explosion which occurred yester
day in a mine here. Three hundred
men were in the mine at the time of
the explosion but all those, with the
exception of the eleven mentioned,
have been accounted for. For a time
after the explosion it was feared that
the loss of life would have been al
most infinitely greater.
CANADA EASILY GETS
HER DOMESTIC LOAN
OTTAWA, Dec. 1.—It is announced
this morning that the domestic loan
of fifty million dollars which was
launched some short time ago has
been subscribed twice over.
ABOUT A SCORE OF
R. R. MEN LAID OFF
About twenty men were laid off fcy
the Engineering Commission last
evening. Amongst those laid off were
the McConnell section crew and some
of the men in the machine shops. A
rumor had got out that all the men
were laid off but this is not so.
PORTLAND LIQUOR MEN
HAVE LOST ALL HOPE
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1.—The
liquor interests of this city have given
up all hope for the prevention of pro
hibition. The fact was brought out
last night when the time came for
an application for a renewal of a
liquor license but the man who held
the license refused to bother about it,
and his colleagues agree with him
that there would be no use as they are
entirely convinced that liquor days
will be gone in a month.
LONE BANDIT HOLDS
UP PIONEER LIMITED
OCONOMOWO, Wis., Dec. 1. — A
lone bandit held up the Pioner Ltd.
passenger train near this place last
night and was perfectly successful.
He got away with quite a lot of booty
from the passengers.
SECOND EXPLOSION
IN THE POWDER MILLS
The explosion which occurred yester
day at the Dupont Powder Mills, Wil
mington, Delaware, was the second
to occur in a month. Te first explos
ion occurred there exactly one
month ago yesterday.
Peter Baldy is the name of the
man who had his fingers crushed un
loading bridge iron for the railroad
last night. Two fingers were mashed.
STEAMER MINNESOTA
RUSHING FOR PORT
Mutiny Aboard Munition Ship that Left
Seattle, but Cause is
Unknown.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. I.—The
big steamship Minnesota which was
on the way with a cargo of war muni
tions to England is now making for
this port at full steam with her crew
in mutiny. She left Seattle two
weeks ago for London and had prob-1
ably reached the South Pacific so that
her case is regarded as serious to
compel her to tome back all that dis
tance. She has a war cargo worth
two million dollars and the only reas
on assigned for her return in the
wireless message received from her
is the mutiny of her crew. No cause
for the mutiny is known. The thought
of bombs has naturally come to the!
minds of some people because of oc-1
cur rentes to Atlantic liners but the
truth is that no one knows whj she
is racing here.
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—The news that
the steamship Minnesota, which left
this port for England with a cargo
of war munitions about a fortnight
ago, is now making for San Fran
cisco at top speed has created a .-en
nation here. It is known that la
fore she left Seattle she had her
water line painted out and raised five
feet to permit the carrying of a heav
ier cargo. It is assumed here that the
crew considered her unsafe under
those conditions in a storm and that
they have mutinied to compel her cap
tain to return.
Collector 'Frisco
Commits Suicide After Nervous
Breakdown From Over
work.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 1.—Fred
erick Stratton, aged sixty-six and
collector of this port from 1900 to
1913, committed suicide last night by
shooting himself. The act was due to
a nervous breakdown which occurred
last April, since which time he has
spent several periods in a sanitarium.
He was a very prominent man during
his period of office.
THIRTY KILLED IN
YESTERDAY’S EXPLOSION
Man’s Body and a Horse’s Leg Found
Halt a Mile from Factory.
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 1.—
Thirty people are dead as the result
of the explosion which occurred in the
Dupont Powder Works yesterday.
The cause of the explosion is unkonwn
but since the rumors of German plots
every explosion in munitions factories
is put down to the pro-German pro
paganda and in this case the same
rumors continue. Owing to the fact
that it was a powder factory an ex
plosion is regarded by the authorities
as nothing very extraordinary. A
most remarkable fact connected with
the explosion is that afterwards the
body of a man and the leg of a horse
were found half a mile away from
the place where the explosion took
place. There seems to be no other ex
ample on record of a man’s body be
ing hurled half a mile by an explosion..
WANTED TO KILL WILSON
AND SECY. GARRISON
Discoverer Makes a *
Sensational Statement to
Prosecutor.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 1.—Prosecutor
Locher has made public the fact that
E. W. Ritter, the chemist and the dis
coverer of Liquid Fire, has informed
him that he had been approached by
two men “high in official life” with
the proposition to kill President Wil
son and Secretary Garrison by
sprinkling them with the Liquid Fire.
The story would probably be regarded
as an absurd one were it not for the
fact that Ritter is regarded as an
eminent man in his profession.
L. L. James, Jr., has moved is law
offices from the Seward Commercial
Company building to the Bank of
Seward building.
Seward Man Lost
for Past Ten Days
W
Much Anxiety Pelt for Charles Bern
and Search Part) [.eaves.
Real anxiety is felt now by the
friends of Charles Born, the rancher
of Mile Three, who went out fishing
on the bay ten days ago and has not
since been heard from. He left in a
gasoline boat with three days provi
sions and stated the intention of go
ing to Porcupine Bay. Since that
time strong winds have prevailed and
there was a hope that he would have
returned yesterday after the wind had
died down. When he failed to make
his appearance his son and another
boy came to Marshal Guest who gave
them his boat and they are now out
in search, it is possible that his tie
lay may have ben caused merely by
a break down of the engine and as ho
could secure food of some kind down
there there is no reason why the
worst should be feared, although his
friends certainly feel anxious. Mr.
Bern is married and has two little
daughters living at the home ranch
near Resurrection river.
Roosevelt Turns
Down Republicans
Orders His Name OIT the Presidential
Primary Ticket.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1. — Roosevelt
has wired the Republican National
Committee at Lincoln to w ithdraw his
name from the presidential primary
ticket. This action was taken by him
immediately after the announcement
by the xMooser national committee
that the Progressives will not amal
gamate w’ith the Republicans, and the
fact has caused some comment al
though the friends of the Colonel de
clare that the announcement by the
Progressives and his wire to Lincoln
have not the slightest connection. It
is beginning to be felt that Roosevelt
may again go forward as the candi
date of the Progressive if the party
asks him to do so.
FIVE MEN INJURED
ON DOCK YESTERDAY
No less than five men were injur
ed while working at the unloading of
the Kansas City yesterday. The fifth
man had his fingers mashed last
night. The accident was due to the
fact that the cargo being unloaded is
composed of heavy irons, rails and
other stuff that is hard to handle.