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Vol. 10, No. 26 SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16, 191.>. _______
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SIR JOHN FRENCH RETIRES
LONDON, Dec. 10.—Field Marshal Sir John French,
conunander-in-chief of the British armies in France and
Flanders, has been relieved of his command at his own re
quest and General Sir Douglas Haig has been chosen in
his stead. Haig lias made a brilliant record in the light
ing and his selection for the chief command is well re
ceived. French gained a great reputation as a cavalry
leader in the Boer war but he has apparently found the
greater command under modern conditions beyond Ids
strength. He is also said to have resented the criticisms
coming from people at home.
AUSTRIANS DEFIANT
LONDON, Dec. 16.—The Austrian reply to the Unit
ed States demands in relation to the sinking of the Ancona
has been delivered to Penfield, the American ambassador
at Vienna. It is believed to uphold the act of sinking the
ship but the details had not been received at the time this
message was sent.
WHAT AUSTRIAN REPLY SAYS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16— Austria’s reply to the
American demands in connection with the sinking of the
Ancona is expected to reach Washington tonight. A
synopsis has been received which creates the impression in
the minds of officials that the answer from Vienna is
meant merely as a play for delay. It has been characteriz
ed as unsatisfactory and a curt, emphatic note will be
cabled demanding an immediate and unequivocal accept
ance or refusal of every demand made by the United
States. In the meantime the acting Austrian ambassador
has hastened to assure Lansing that the sensational re
ports that Austria approves the action of the submarine
commander are absolutely untrue. The whole question
is again assuming a most grave appearance and the feel
ing this morning is pessimistic. The majority of the peo
ple feel that the diplomatic relations between the two
counrties will be severed within a few days.
BULGARS MAY BE IN GREECE
THE HAGUE, Dec. 16.—Unconfirmed reports
have reached this capital that the Bulgarian cavalry has
crossed into Greek territory in pursuit of the British and
French who are falling back on Saloniki. This has receiv
ed not the slightest confirmation from official sources but
if it is true it means unquestionably, in the opinion of mili
tary men, that Greece will be invaded by the Bulgarian
full strength and that Saloniki will be attacked. It is gen
erally understood that the Bulgarians will now be given
full control of the Balkan situation by Germany and
Austria and will be entrusted with the entire work of
keeping the road to Constantinople while the Germans
and Turks move against Egypt or, as some people think,
India. In the meantime Saloniki is being fortified by the
French and British to withstand attack.
TRYING TO CATCH GREECE
GENEVA, Dec. 16.—Some Swiss papers see in the
hurried retreat of the French and British into Greece a
plan to tempt the Central powers to invade that country
and so draw the Greek army into the fight on the side of
the Entente Allies. This is regarded by others as an un
founded opinion and the tremendous losses of the Allies
are pointed to as proof of its absurdity.
SERBIAN KING IN EXILE
ROME, Dec. 1G.—King Peter of Serbia will arrive
here in a few days and will occupy a villa which has been
t provided for his use by King Emmanuel. Peter is seventy
years of age and is suffering terribly from the loss of his
country’ and the anxieties and hardships endured in his
flight from the victorious Teutons. It is said that after
leaving Serbia he crossed into Albania incognito with a
few friends and made his way to Avlona where the
Italians have landed a military force.
HOLY WAR BEING URGED
VIENNA, Dec. 16.—The Turkish priests have again
begun a campaign to arouse the Mohammedans of Egypt,
India, Tunis, Morrocco and other countries to a holy war.
Abyssinia is also being urged to attack the Soudan simul
taneously with the attack on Egypt by the Turks and
Teutons.
Mrs. Christie Asks
Krause for Husband
Prisoner Deeply Affected But Re
fuses a Direct Answer.
JUNEAU, Dec. 16.—Mrs. Christie,
the wife of William Christie, visited
Edward Krause is jail yesterday and
pleaded with him for some informa
tion about her missing husband.
Krause was deeply affected but re
plied in the words; “I cannot tell” and
refused to state whether these words
meant that he knew or did not know
| or a refusal to tell. It is coming to be
believed that Krause is not guilty of
half the crimes which had been laid
to his charge although the conviction
is strong that he did do away with
Christie and Ole Moe at least. Dur
ing all his life he has been noted as a
silent, taciturn individual and he is
living up to that reputation in jail.
Mrs. Christie seemed to be deeply
; moved while visiting him.
WOMAN KILLED BY
FALL OF 100 FEET
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16.—Mrs. T. A.
Comstock, seventy-six years of age,
was killed and Aviator MeyerhofTer
was seriously hurt when the flying
boat in which they were sailing fell
today into the bay from a height of a
hundred feet. The accident was due
to the collapsing of the craft for
some unexplained reason. The old
lady was taking the ride for pleasure.
W illiam E. Root
Is New Postmaster
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—William
E. Root has been named postmaster
at Seward.
Mr. Root was endorsed by the
Democratic Club of Seward, ol which
he is chairman. He is at present en- ^
gaged in the drug business at Cordova
but his family resides in this city.
His quick appointment shows the de
i sire of the administration to recognize
the Democratic organization. Con
| gratulations.
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A SEA WASHED REEF
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Him Crazy Before He is
Rescued.
VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 16.—
Everett Fitzpatrick while returning
1 from his mining claim near Preemp
' tion in a canoe loaded with provisions
I was wrecked by a storm near the
coast but managed to reach a reef to
which he clung for thirty-four days.
He was found two days ago by In
dians in a demented condition. When
he reached the reef he managed to
save a small amount of the provisions
and this saved his life. At times dur
ing the thirty-four days he was com
' polled to lash himself to a stunted tree
i to keep himself from being washed
away by the high seas. The doctors
; believe that his sanity will be regain
| ed after a rest.
U. S. REPUDIATES FORD
LONDON, Dec 16.—Advices from Copenhagen are to
the effect that the American legations at Stockholm,
Christiania and Copenhagen have made statements that
the United States government has no connection with
the Ford peace expedition. The statements were made to
prevent those three neutral nations from countenancing
the expedition in the belief that by so doing they would be
pleasing America.
FORD CANNOT LAND
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Reports received today indicate
that the Ford peace party will not be permitted to land at
Kirkwall, Scotland, where the Ford ship anchored.
SINK BRITISH MONITOR
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 16.—It is officially announc
ed that the Turkish artillery has sunk a British monitor
off Gallipoli peninsula. The monitor was engaged with
other allied ships bombarding the Turkish positions. The
Turks answered with their land batteries with the result
stated.
TURKS AND BULGARS JOIN
BERLIN, Dec. 16—Turkish forces have connected
with the Bulgarians on the frontier so that the Central
powers now have a continuous line of steel from the
Baltic to Asia Minor. The Bulgars and Ottomans remain,
however, within their respective borders where the out
posts are within talking distance. Both have apparently
forgotten the late war entirely and meet on terms of the
closest friendship.
GREAT SNOWS IN THE EAST
BUCHAREST, Dec. 16.—Campaigning on the east
ern front is virtually at a standstill owing to great snow
falls. On the Styr river no fighting has taken place for
more than a week and the Austrian army has made itself
comfortable in winter quarters according to information
coming through Galicia. This government is maintain
ing complete silence with respect to the rumors of Rus
sian concentration on the Roumanian borders and the
people generally have nothing to guide them in forming
an opinion as to Roumania’s probable action in relation to
the conflict.
Minnesota Mystery j
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The Trouble is Purely Mechanical It
Is Now Declared by the
Authorities.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—The
horrible mystery of the Minnesota
now promises to develope into noth
ing. The authorities declare today
that the mishap was due entirely to
mechanical causes and that no con
spiracy or plot existed. The boilers
are too hot today, it is said, to permit
of a perfect examination and the
whole truth may not be known for a
day or two. There is still a suspicion
in the public mind, however, that
there is something beneath the sur- j
face of the whole matter.
BANDITS DYNAMITE CAR
ON ARKANSAS R. R.
Shattered Contents But Finally Got
Away With Registered
Packages.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 16.-Three
bandits held up a Kansas City &
Southern train last night near Eagle
ton, Arkansas, and dynamited the ex
press car. The explosion shattered
the contents in such a manner that
nothing was left. The bandits were
unable to find a thing worth taking
after the shot went off but they then
forced a way into the mail car and
escaped with registered packages.
LONDON POLICE RAID
SUFFRAGETTE OFFICES
LONDON, Dec. 16.—The police
raided the headquarters of Mrs. Pank
hurst, the suffragette leader, here last
night and seized the type used for
getting out the papers of the organi
zation.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. — The
marriage license for the Wilson-Galt
wedding was issued today. The presi
dent's age is given as fifty-nine and
the bride elect gave her age as forty
three, which is five years more than it
was believed to be. Rev. Herbert
Scott Smith of the Episcopal church
will officiate at the marriage cere
mony which will take place the day
after tomorrow, Saturday. The presi
dent and Mrs. Galt are now almost
constantly in the company of each
other and are apparently very much
in love.
BURGLARS SMASH WINDOW
ANI) STEAL XMAS GOODS
Haines, Dec. 9.—R. M. Odell's store
on Main street, this city was broken
into last night and a great quantity
of merchandise taken. The front win
dow was smashed and through the
opening thus made access to the
building was gained by the robbers.
Jewelry, watches, razors, valuable
pipes, electric flash lights, cigars, and
many other articles were carried
away. Just what the exact loss is, at
this tmie it is impossible to state, but
it is known to be considerable. The
police believe that they have a clew
as to whom the robbers are, and it is
thought that arrests will be made
some time today.
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Mayor Myers has received a letter
from Secretary of the Interior Lane
expressing his appreciation of the ac
tion of the city council in endorsing
the work of the Engineering commis
sion. It is worthy of notice that in
the letters to that body and the Com- ^
mercial Club Mr.. Lane uses the,
phrase “co-operative 6pirit.”
OUR TRADE RIVALRY
FEARED BY BRITISH. I
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TOP TO BOTTOM, KMHN,
ROCKEFELLER, LOVETT.
Photos by American Press Association.
(Discussing the American Internationa
corporation, formed in New York with
a capital of *.'>0,000.000 to finance foreign
trade estimated at *'>00,000,000, the Lon
don Morning Host says; "It is evident
that the United States is making prep
arations for capturing the world's trad>
after the war. This company must be
treated as a quite serious proposition.’
Frank A. Vanderllp is chairman of the
corporation, and among the other direc
tors are Robert S. Lovett. Percy A
Rockefeller. Otto H. Kahn. J. Ogden
Armour, William K. Corey, Robert Dol
lar, James J. Hill, James A. Stillman
and Theodore N. Vail.]
Maury Diggs Weds
Girl He Took Away
Man Who is Under Sentence With
Caminetti Prefers Chains
to Bars.
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 16— Maury
Diggs has married Marsha Warring
ton, the girl whom he took away and
for whom he is now under sentence
of two years under the white slavery
law. This was the girl he traveled
with when he, Caminetti and Drew
went to another state in company
with three girls. According to the
law a wife cannot give testimony
against a husband and as Diggs has
applied for a new trial he cannot be
convicted if his application is grant
ed. Caminetti is the son of the Com
missioner General of Immigration of
the United States.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Unless some
unforseen circumstance takes place
the Federate will be p ermitted to pur
chase players of the National and
American leagues. This is expected
to eliminate opposition and to reduce
the expenses of all the clubs by cut
ting down the salaries of the players.
Wise ones predict that the country
will have the three leagues in opera
tion next summer.
ALMOST BEATS ANCHORAGE
SAULT ST. MARIE, Mich., Dec.
16.—The steamer Maruba arrived to
day coated completely with ice over
six inches thick. To release the pilot
from his house it was found neces
sary to play hot water out of the hose
against the door.
ALAMEDA FRIDAY NOON
The Alameda sailed from Cordova
this morning at 11 o’clock and is due
to arrive tmorrow morning any time
before noon.
REPUBLICANS
MEET FRIDAY
SEWARI) MEMBERS OF (i. O. IV
GET lU'SV IN HOPE OF
VICTORY.
Next Friday, tomorrow, evening at
Pioneer Hull at eight o’clock the local
members of the Republican party will
meet to begin organizing for the com
ing campaign. It is the intention to
form a club immediately and as soon
as possible delegates \% ill be chosen
to represent the Seward men at the
convention which i.^ almost certain to
be held in this city in March. This
division has liv< committeemen. Two
of them live in Seward. Judge J. J.
Finnegan is the local committeeman
and Ed. Whittemorc is the committee
man for the westward.
MEXIC AN GENERAL GETS
HEAD AS XMAS GIFT
Comander of Mexico C ity to Receive
Head of a Relative of
Huerta.
LAREDO, Texas, Deo 16*. Gener
al Gan sues, commander of the forces
in Mex co City, has received a tele
gram stating that the head of Gen
eral Hernandez, a relative of Huerta,
is on the way to him by a special mes
senger as a Christmas gift. Hern
andez ws>^ killed in battle and when
the body was discovered the head was
cut off and prepared as a present for
the commander at the capital. It is
said that Gonzalez will accept the
gruesome thing.
CHENEY vs. SPENT E
Z. R. Cheney who is asking for the
removal of District Attorney Spence
is the Democratic National Commit
teeman for Alaska. He will be un
able to attend the National conven
tion.
OPERATE ON JOE TINKER
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—A serious op
eration is about to be performed on
Joe Tinker for stone in the kidneys.
WANTS DEFENSIVE R. R.
AROUND RIM OF U. S.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Dec. i'\—A
defensive railroad built around the
rim of the United States, about which
tnousands of coast defense guns could
chase and ward off the combined
navies of the world, is the skelton of
a preparedness plan just submitted to
War Secretary Garrison by George
Campbell of this city.
Campbell says this would be such
adequate defense for New York, San
Francisco, our other coast cities and
coasts generally that we would not
need much of a standing army nor
much of a navy. He adds that the
Belt Line Defense System would be
economic because freight and passen
ger traffic would pay for the road in
peace time.
A. B.’s TO HAVE LOW
JINX MONDAY EVE
The Arctic Brotherhood will give a
smoker and low jinx next Monday
evening for the members and their
friends at their new hall. All mem
bers are requested to keep the date
open and bring a friend along.
SCHOOLS OPEN JANUARY
The public schools will re-open
January 3, not in February as was
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stated. The mistake was just a slip.
ANCHORAGE WIRE DOWN
The telegraph and telephone wires
to Anchorage have been down for a
1 couple of days.