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WILSON HAS NOT FIXED ROUTE
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BRITISH SEIZE MORE SHIPS WITH U. S. CARGOES
AMERICAN NOTE OE PROTEST
IS BIG QJESTIONJN ENGLAND
BRITISH AND U. S. TROUBLE *
LONDON, Dec. 30.—Frank discussions by British of
ficials on the trouble which has arisen between this coun
try and the United States show that the British do not
regard the note sent by the Washington government as a
sign of hostility to this country and they seem to believe
that the differences between America and Great Britain
can be adjusted satisfactorily. They declare, however,
that much will depend on effective efforts on the part of
Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden to prevent re
shipment to Germany and Austria of cargoes received
from the United States. Until stringent regulations are
enforced in those countries there is little held out by the
British government for relaxation in the matter of search
ing American ships and cargoes. Italy has effectively
checked the sending of contraband cargoes to Austria
hence Britain is not stopping ships destined for Italy un-J
less there appears to be some good reason for suspecting
that a ship contains a fraudulent consignment. A sugges-|
tion has been made that the United States guarantee the,
honesty of the bills of lading and enact strict regulations
providing for severe punishment of fraud. It cannot be
denied that the note sent by Washington has created some
unpleasantness. It is apparent that the United States
government is determined to prevent undue interference
and the British government appears to be determined j
to persist in its course which caused the trouble. The peo- j
pie here appear to regret that such a question came up at i
the present time when it is known that the feeling of
Americans are friendly to the allied nation at war. It is
regarded as certain that Germany will be pleased anil will j
leave nothing undone to make the question more difficult
of adjustment.
BRITISH DISCUSS U. S. NOTE
LONDON. Dec. 30.—The British cabinet will take up
today the note sent by the American government insisting
on better treatment for American ships and cargoes. The
newspapers here declare that the tone of the note is most
friendly while it unmistakably shows that British war
ships must be more careful. The press also declares that
some understanding will be arrived at between the two
nations and that no further friction need be expected.
Some comments are made on the fact that previous to the
sending of the note a pan-American meeting took place at
Washington at which representatives of all American
countries were present to draw up some rules to prevent
the warring nations of Europe from bringing their bat
tles into American waters and interfering with American
shipping.
BRITISH SEIZE MORE SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The British have seized the
Swedish steamer New Sweden and the Norwegian steamer
Sorland which were carrying copper from New York to
Stockholm. The steamer Carolyn with first cotton cargo
for Germany from this country was passed promptly by
the British authorities at Falmouth. No statement was
given out today by the officials here relating to the de
tention of the two ships named.
CANTERBURY CALLS TO ARMS
LONDON, Dec. 30.—In his New Years letter to the
clergy and laity of the church of England the Archbishop
of Canterbury makes a fervent appeal to all men capable
of bearing arms to enlist in the army to fight the Germans.
He says that the very life of the British empire may de
pend on the response given to the call for soldiers to de
defend it. Most of the other bishops and nearly all the
clergymen of the English church are making similar ap
peals and everything possible is being done to coax the
young men into the ranks. There is still a fear in many
quarters that conscription may become necessary but
everything is being done to avoid it. Professional foot
ball has been almost forbidden. The social ostracism
practised on professional players of the game is being felt
and many of the clubs have been discontinued. The lead
ers in parliament are constantly holding recruiting meet
ings and some of them even address the crowds at foot
ball matches and tell them that they ought to be fighting
instead of playing.
LOCAL DEMOCRATS ARE
TICKLED TO DEATH.
Bunnell’ Appointment has Touched
the Right Spot Amongst Sew.
ard Jeffersonians.
The appointment of Charles E. Bun
nell as judge of the Fourth division
has evidently suited the local demo
crats to perfection. The secretary of
the democratic club is preparing a
letter of congratulation to Mr. Bunnell
and will express the feeling of great
satisfaction which the club members
experienced when the news arrived.
Secretary Phelps says the appoint
ment hows once for all where Presi
dent Wilson stands. Jack Ronan, once
candidate for congress and chairman
of the meeting addressed by Bunnell
in Seward, is really jubilant. T. W’.
Hawkins and others associated promi
nently with democratic politics also
express their pleasures that Mr. Wil
son has so decisively declared in favor
of regular democracy.
VALDEZ DEMOCRATS ULAD
OF BUNNELL'S SUCCESS
Regard it as the Squelching of Those
Who opposed Him in His
Home Town.
VALDEZ, Dec. BO.—‘The news of the
appointment of Bunnell as judge of
the Fourth division was hailed by the (
democrats here W’ith the greatest
pleasure. Politics were so warm in '
this city during the last election that '
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some bitterness resulted. The candi
dacy of Spence and Bunnell for the
judgeship was looked upon as similar
to an election all over again between
the representatives of the same part
ies. The Prospector hails the appoint
ment of Bunnell as full proof that
the president desired his election to
congress and that the defeat of the
democrat nominee was a setback to
himself.
NEWS NOTES
Mrs. Guy Whitehead left for the
Oasis this morning on the Lanning
team to join her husband there.
James R. Hayden will leave for that
place next Saturday and will tak*»
Derick Lane with him.
Colonel Revel 1 will travel clear to
Susitna Station on the present mail
trip to make some improvements on
the route.
' Uncle Joe Irvine arrives today
from his country home to spend the
New Years in the city.
The new tunnel on the K. A. G.
mine is in fifty feet. Messrs. Drennan,
Sweitzer and Edmundson, the opera
tors, came to the city to spend the
holidays.
The ore from the mine being work
ed by Wolf and Melash is now being
run through the Ellsworth mill.
A letter has been received from
Eugene Underwood. He intended to
spend the Christmas at home at Bir
mingham, Alabama, and to return to
Washington immediately afterwards.
At the regular meeting of the Fire
men last evening it was decided not to
take any more money out of the gen
eral fund for the expenses of the
“socials.” Whatever expense is at-,
tached to them will be met by sub
scriptions.
During the interruption of the cable ,
service between Valdez and Cordova
the wireless station at Sitka and
Whitshed are doing splendid work.
CHAMP CLARK
WILL NOT RUN
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DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE Bit?
NOT PARTY QUESTIONS
WITH WILSON.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Champ
Clark, speaker of the house, and
President Wilson discussed at length
today legislative matters but did not
enter into party matters as care was
taken to have known. Clark has an
nounced that he will not be a candi
date for the presidential nomination
in 1016 so that there is no danger of
personal friction between Mr. Wilson
and himself. He told the p-esident
today that he expected the legislation
of the administration’s program to be
finished this sossion and that an extra
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session will not be necessary. Clark
also stated that the vote on woman
suffrage will come up on J muary
twelve.
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VILLA PARADES AGAIN
THROUGH MEXICO CITY.
Former Supposed Bandit is Quickly
Gaining the Confidence of
the People.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 30.—In ,'m’ng
:o the palace today to have a confer
ence with Provisional President Gu
tierrez Villa and Zapata marched to
gether at the head of a large body of
roops. This apparently useless de
nonstration on their part is believed
:o have been meant to show that the
,wo leaders are in full agreement with
»ach other. Had they gone without
troops their passing would have been
innoticed and the lesson intended to
ie conveyed would have been lost,
rhey were hailed enthusiastically by
tjreat crowds of people. Under their
command in the city and around they
lave 40,000 or 50,000 troops all well
equipped.
FEDERAL TROOPS WILL
LEAVE COLORADO STATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Orders
have been issued to all the federal
troops to be ready to leave Colorado
At any time. This evacuation will
probably not take place at once and
the order to be in readiness is believ
ed to be meant to show the inclina
tion of the president to meet the
wishes" of those who object to the
presence of the troops. The troops
will, however, soon go.
THAW CASE AGAIN
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Harry K.
Thaw is quoted in the newspapers
here this morning as stating that he
is being persecuted instead of being
prosecuted by the authorities. He de
clares himself to be perfectly sane
and asserts that the action of the gov
ernment in keeping a sane man in an
insane asylum was an act of which the
most uncivilized government on earth
might well be ashamed.
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
(By The Associated Tress.)
HAVRE, Dec. 29.—The order of
Leopold, the Victorian Cross of Bel
gium, is conferred on Mile. Renaudierc
of Schaerbeck, for bravery under fire
whie serving with the Red Cross am
bulance. In a number of difficult fights
Mile. Renaudiere went out on the field
to seek and bring in Belgian wounded
in defiance of shot and shell. Her
name now appears as chevalier of the
Order of Leopold bn the War Office
recerds by order of King Albert.
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SAYS EARLY DECISION NOT
EXPECTED IN RAILROAD MATTER
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—That an early
decision by the president in the mat
ter of the government railroad route
in Alaska is not looked for is the
statefnent made in today’s Post Intel
ligencer by its Washington corres
pondent. This correspondent has de
voted particular attention to the Alas
ka railroad question and his state
ment is made, no doubt, after a care
ful investigation. He says that neither
President Wilson nor Secretary Lane
has yet decided on the route or ter
minal for the government railroad.
President Wilson states that he has
hot given the least thought to that
pa»t of the question or to s«y other
matter rela^*ug to it as he is waiting
MANY PRIZES GIVEN FOR
THE MASQUERADE BALL.
All the Business Houses Give Valuable
Articles to be Won Tomor
row Evening.
The following is the list of prizes,
with their donor*, for th« masnuerade :
ball given by the fire department to- j
morrow evening:
Palace Cafe, one cake; Germania
Cafe, one cake; Cooper’s Cafe, one
cake; Miller’s Barber shop, toilet ser- j
vice; Sid Woolf, pressing suits; Sew-i
ard Tailor shop, pressing lady’s suit;
Mrs. Tiffany, Mexican bureau cover;
Bank of Seward, five dollars; Alaska j
Transfer, five dollars; W. A.McNeilly, t
fire dept, donation, ten dollars; Casino
Theater, two reserved scots, one week;
Seward News, box of candy; Seward
Candy shop, two boxes candy; Mrs.
C. E. Martin, box of candy; The Nor
thern, two quarts of claret, one of
port, one of sherry ;The Branch, three
quarts of grape brandy; The Termin
al, bottle of Pommery; Jack’s, case of
Olympia beer; Palace Bar, quart of
Green river, quart of Dewar’s Scotch;
Carstens market, Turkey roasted by:
Commerce restaurant; Seattle Bar, t
box cigars; Commerce saloon, box of
cigars; Brown & Hawkins, pair of
shoes; Mrs Ellsworth, sofa pillow; J.
L. Graef, souvenir knife; Seward Com.
Co. casserole; S. L. Colwell. Sweater;
Gordon’s store, set of four paintings; i
Alaska Pharmacy, bottle French toi
let water; W. W. Butts, Japanese ker
chief box; Borgen’s grocery, Souvenir
spoon; George Mirlach, large cake
dish; F. J, Cotter, bathrobe; Electric
Power Co., coffee perculator.
WROTE WITH BLOOI).
(By The Associated Press.)
PEKING, Dec. 29.—The American
Minister, Paul S. Reinsch has received
several letters from Chinese signed
with their own blood. One or two of
them appeal for mediation with the
Japanese others ask that American at
tempt to cause a cessation of the war
in Europe. It is the custom of Chinese
to sign letters or even to write them
with their own blood in place of ink,
when the reason for writing is grave
or nobly inspired. The saying is that
the writer “cut off a finger and wrote
with his blood," but as a rule a small
puncture in the skin supplies sufficient
blood for the writing of a letter.
MARIPOSA DUE AT 2 A. M.
Agent Guptil received word thi3
afternoon that the Mariposa will ar
rive in Seward at 2 o’clock tomorrow
morning.
for the report of the engineering com- There is nothing said in the dis
! mission before trying to come to a patch as to when the report will be
| conclusion. This statement of the'placed in the hands of the president
president is given as a fact and the* by the commission but it is generally
I correspondent goes on to say that the believed that this report is very near
government is believed to bo consider- ly ready. The statement that the
ing the taking over of the Alaska government is figuring on taking over
Northern railroad, the Copper River the three roads is founded, however,
and Northwestern railroad and the on nothing that is apparently tangible.
Tanana Mines railroad. The Tanana Mines railroad is only
For these reasons the decision of a local road serving the creeks around
the president is sure to be delayed as Fairbanks and many regard it as hav
the preliminary proceedings before ing no bearing on the railroad situa
consummating a deal for one of the! tion. One thing seems to be made cer
existing roads or all of them are sure tain by the letter in the Tost Intelll
to occupy some time and on the sue- \ gencer and that is that the president,
cess of the deals for the railroad will contrary to rumor has not decided on
depend in a great measure the final any particular route. This he is quoted
decision. as stating positively.
RUSSIANS HOLD ENEMY
LONDON, Dec. 30.—According to the news from
Petrograd this morning the Russians are still holding the
main German armies in check in Poland. In addition to
this they are making several offensive movements at var
ious points and at the same time are harrassing the Aus
trians who have been flung back over the Carpathian
mountains. The accounts so far this morning lack detail
but it seems tu ux: tu --— , f —.
any very pronounced advance in the direction of \v ai sa\
which still seems to be the object of their campaign. I hey
are strengthening their position in Lodz and Mlawa which
they are now in full possession of. On the banks of the
Bzura river west of Warsaw the Germans have been sac
rificing thousands of men as they did on the banks ol t e
Yser in Belgium. Within the past twenty four hours the>
made no progress in spite of desperate assaults.
NEWS FROM VARIOUS PLACES
LONDON, Dec. 30.—The German cruiser Dresden has
not yet been captured but it is believed that she cannot ge
away as several British warships are keeping a close look
ut for her
°UNo°advance by the Turks towards Egypt has still been
announced and their movements seem to be carried out
with perfect secrecy so far as the British public knows.
It is well known here, however, that many occurrences
are taking place all over the immense regions of the war
that are never heard of by the people generally. It is be
lieved that the rebellion in South Africa has been entirely
crushed although some of the rebels are reported to have
ioined the Germans in German southwest Africa.
Nearly half of the officers of the regular British army
‘have been either killed wounded or taken prisoners since
the beginning of the war and the supplying of trained
officers to take their place is the greatest difficulty facing
Lord Kitchener.
FRENCH SUCCEED NEAR NIEUPORT
PARIS, Dec. 30.—The official announcement this
morning claims slight gains near Nieuport on the Belgian
coast. It also states that several German attacks have
been repulsed at various points along the front in France
and Belgium. Severe fighting has taken place at se\ ei al
of those places but whatever decisions were gained are
unimportant. The Germans made particularly desperate
assaults on the Yser once again yesterday but they have
made no progress although severe loss has resulted on
both sides.
| STORMS HAMPER WORK
BERLIN, Dec. 30.—It is officially announced that we
are still fighting for the hamlet of St. Georges in Flanders.
We were compelled to exacuate that place by a surprise
attack but our troops are confident that they will be in
possession of the position again today. Stoi ms and cold
! have caused damage to the positions of both sides in
Flanders and northern France and the troops in the
trenches are suffering severely. The military authorities
know that the allies will attempt another general advance
on the coming of fine weather but Germany hopes by that
time to have smashed the Russian resistance to such an
extent that the forward German movement in France
can be continued. In the meantime the German armj in
Poland is proceeding exactly in the manner laid down and
the successful culmination of those plans is looked for
ward to confidently.