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GERMAN PLOT GREAT
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—The German plot against
munitions factories and shipping is assuming large pro
portions as the investigation goes on. 1 he officers are
searching for Max Breitung, a relative of Edward Brei- j
tung, a wealthy shipping and mining man, in connection
with the plots.' The federal government has taken full
charge of the work. Fay and Scholtz were arraigned this
afternoon before a commissioner. It is announced from
Washington that Berlin is being bombarded with de
mands for an explanation of Fay’s statement that he act
ed with the approval of the German secret service. The
diplomatic situation has become dangerous once again
owing to the immensity of the plot. There is no law to
cover this sort of crime since 1812 but the attorney gen
eral will now ask congress to pass a law providing tor
severe punishment for such offenses.
PLOT IS IMMENSE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.—It is now known that the
plot to blow up ships leaving the United States is immense j
but the real facts are not being given out. Gompers has j
arrived to tell important facts which he has learned of j
the wide plot to blow up factories as well as ships.
DEFEAT RUSSIANS
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 26.—The Austrians are smash
ing the Russians near the Galician frontier and have
driven them across the river Styr with a loss of thou
sands in prisoners.
BERLIN'. Oct. 26.—The German official account to-1
liav savs the Germans have captured many more Serbian
towns.
BULGARIANS WINNING
BERLIN. Oct. 26.—The Bulgarians have occupied all
the northeastern ports on the Danube according to the
official announcement.
GERMAN LOSSES
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 26.—The total German losses
since the beginning of the war have been two million,
twenty-one thousand and seventy-one. lhe total losses of
the Teutonic allies, including Turkey, according to news
paper estimates, have been live millions.
MAY TALK PEACE
LONDON, Oct. 26.—It is reported here that Prince
von Buelow, former imperial chancellor, will soon submit
to President Wilson and the king of Spain an outline of
the conditions on which Germany might discuss tot ms of
peace.
GREECE MAY FIGHT
ROME, Oct. 26— It is rumored that the premier and
cabinet of Greece have resigned but the story is not con
firmed by the Greek legation here. If it is true it prob
ably means war for Greece.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 26.—Italian aviators bombarded
Trieste last Sunday and killed two and wounded twelve.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 26.—Confidential advices
sav that all parties in the Reichstag will confer with the
chancellor tomorrow on the problem of feeding the army.
It is believed that this shows a famine threatens._
Anchorage Mail
Contract is Let
Colonel Revell Will Soon Have Fifty
Dogs Hitting the Trail
Every Week.
Colonel H. E. Revell has secured
the contract for carrying the mail
over the trail to Anchorage this wint
er. The contract calls for eight hun
dred pounds of mail a week which,
with the interior mail also carried by
the colonel, will mean something like
fifteen hundred pounds of mail going
out of Seward each week. Mr. Revell
says it will require about fifty dogs
to fill both contracts. Mail for the
interior begins going over the trail
from this city on November the
First, and to Anchorage November
15.
DIST. ATTY. SPENCE COMES
District Attorney Spence arrived
this morning on the Alameda and
was engaged in court work soon af
ter arrivihg.
Lane Yeager came over from his
camp a few miles up Fourth of July
creek, where he is cutting 60 cord3
of wood. He returned this afternoon.
❖ FRED BATSMAN IS *
❖ APPOINTED JUDGE *
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SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Frederick
Bausman, a Seattle attorney, has
been appointed judge of the supreme
i court of the state in the place of
Judge Crow who died a few days ago.
BROTHERS ARRESTED FOR
RENTON BANK ROBBERY
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Are Identified by C ashier hut are Not
Identified by Driver of
the Car.
TACOMA, Oct. 26.—Cecil and Earl
Jordan, brothers, were arrested last
night on the charge of robbing the
j Citizens’ National Bank at Renton
I some days ago. The cashier of the
bank has identified the men as the
robbers but the driver of the auto in
which the>* escaped has failed to
identify them and seems to be under
the impression that they are not the
men. The police believe they have
the right men. The preliminary ex
amination may not take place for a
day or two.
OLDEST MAN DEAD
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26.—Charles
Clusker, 105 years, the oldest man in
j the city died last night.
THOMAS RIGGS
IS HERE AGAIN
MEMBER OF ENGINEERING COM
MISSION ARRIVES FROM
THE INTERIOR.
Thomas Riggs, Jr., member of the
Alaska Government Engineering
Commission, arrived on the Alameda
this morning from the interior to hold
consulations with Chairman Edes and
Commissioner Mears. The open
season work in the interior has been
concluded for the present year with
fine results, and Mr. Riggs, like
Chairman Edes, will soon leave for
the outside. It is expected that Mr.
Riggs will take his family to Fair
banks this winter and make his home
there permanently so that he may be
able to devote all his attention to the
work. He is most pleased with the
season's activity and is just as en
thusiastic as ever over the prospect
for Alaska.
FAIRBANKS COUNCIL WANTS
SCHOOL BOARD TO RESIGN
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 26.—The city
council has called for the resignation
of two members of the school board
T>ecai se they are absent from the city.
They cannot legally be summarily
dismissed but the council intimates
that no more funds will be given the
board until the resignations are
forthcoming and successors elected.
Falcon Joslin
On the Alameda
One of the Most !Soted Alaskans
t omes to See Railroad.
Falcon Joslin, one of the most noted
men in railroad and other activities
in the territory, was a passenger on
the Alameda this morning from the
outside and proceeded to Anchorage
to look over the situation. Mr. Joslin
was the chief builder of the Tanana
Mines Railroad and is a democrat
who h;is taken a large part in poli
tical affairs. - He has recently es
tablished a wireless plant in the new
Tolovana camp and says it is operat
ing most successfully. Speaking of
that camp he expresses the fullest
confidence in its coming greatness. It
now has a well defined paystreak for
four miles.
ABERG WINS
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Aberg, the
Russian Lion, threw Zbysxsco, the
Graeco-Roma.i last night in one hour
and four minutes. It was one of the
most desperate tussels ever seen in
the wrestling arena.
TAKEN ON HONEYMOON
TO SERVE LIFE TERM
I leaped from Prison Three Months
Ago, Got Married and Must
Go Back for Ever.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—George Aber
ton was arrested on his honeymoon
trip here today and will be taken
back to the penitentiary to serve a
life sentence for mu'der. After hav
ing served fourteen years in the
penitentiary Aberton escaped three
months ago and was married four
cays ago.
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ALAMEDA SAILS WEST
The Alameda sailed for Anchorage
and the Cook Inlet at 11:30 this
morning with 36 passengers and
much freight. Those leaving Seward
are; W. J. H. Fogelstrom, Fred
Laubner, J. P. Hemmingson, Father
Sheppard, William Jones and one
steerage.
Father Shepr.rd left for Anchorage
| this morning on the Alameda.
Porter Charlton
is Found Guilty
Sentenced to Short Term Which Will
Pass in Three Months
More.
COMO, Italy, Oct. 25.—Porter
Charlton, the young American, was
found guilty of the murder of his
wife today but was sentenced to only
six years and three months in prison.
| Under the Italian law Charlton is
given credit for the time already
spent in prison and as he has spent
six years in jail already he will be
free in three months more.
The case of Charlton has been a
celebrated case for several years. He
killed his wife in a hotel or villa at
Como and later placed the body in a
trunk and threw it in lake Como.
He ami she were Americans and
Charlton, after the act, returned to
the United States. The Italian gov
ernment tried to extradite him but he
belonged to an influential family
which strove hard to prevent extradi
tion. Finally, however, the Italian
government secured him. He was
only in his early twenties at the time
of his wife’s death and she was much
older. The woman was formerly the
wife of N. H. Castle, who was a news
paperman in Council City near Nome
and afterwards assistant district at
torney in Nome itself. She was once
accused of shooting a man in New
York. Young Charlton always de
cleard that her death was due to an
accidental blow not meant to kill.
Young Peabody is
Married Secretly
Eloping Son of Millionaire and
Dairyman’s Daughter Man
and Wife.
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—Penfield Pea
body, son of a former president of
the Alaska Steamship Company, and
Miss Stewart, daughter of a dairy
man at Bothell, who eloped some
days ago were married at Centralia.
They secured a license at Chehalis
where he gave his age as twenty
one and his occupation as a shingle
weaver. His real age is seventeen
and his wife is about two years old
er. Their present whereabouts is un
known and he is reported to be wait
ing in hiding until the steamer Dirigo
sails so that his father cannot send
him away on a long voyage to cool
his ardor. As told before the young
couple eloped in an automobile and
escaped from the pursuing Peabody,
senior, through the woods. The
elder Peabody is a member of the
Federal Reserve board.
VILLA APPEARS BEFORE
AGUAS PRIETA IN STRENGTH
Learned that Carranza has Offered
Villa large Sum to Give up
Fight and Leave. .
COLUMBUS, N. M., Oct. 26.—
Twelve thousand Villaistas have ap
peared before Aguas Prieta, one mile
from Douglas, Arizona, and are pre
paring to attack Carranza. Most of
the people of Agua Prieta have fled
across the frontier.
EL PASO, Oct. 26.—It has been
learned that Carranza has offered to
Villa a quarter of a million to leave
Mexico and would be later permitted
to return and live in safety if he
quits the war and leaves the country.
Villa’s advisers are also offered a
large sum to induce him to accept.
Carranza is prepared to spend a mil
lion in this way.
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RICHIE-DUNDEE BOUT
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Richie and
Dundee will box ten rounds tonight
in Madison square. The men are
about even favorites in the betting.
CROSS EXAMINE
JOHN BALLAINE
INTERESTING FACTS BROUGHT
OUT BY COUNSEL FOR
BOTH SIDES.
The direct examination of John E.
Ballaine was continued at this morn
ing’s session of court, in the town
site case, and later his cross examina
tion was conducted by T. C. West
for the plaintiff. Mr. Ballaine related
the details of the Tanana Construc
tion Company’s indebtedness and the
matters previous to the agreement
with Frost. The statement of Presi
dent Dickenson and Secretary Bal
laine of the Alaska Central was in
troduced in evidence for the purpose
of showing the condition of the com
pany incidental to the Shedd loan of
$200,000. Ballaine testified that
Frank L. Ballaine had the first title
to the townsite.
Mr. Kay referred Mr. Kallaine to
Mr. Voak’s deposition wherein it
was stated that Mr. Voak received a
commission of twenty five per cent
on the sale of stock. Kallaine denied
this saying that the commission was
tweny per cent. Voak sold thirty
five hundred shares of the stock at
different prices. A letter from Voak
in 1903 to Kallaine was introduced in
evidence substantiating Kallaine’s
testimony that Voak’s commission
vas twenty per cent. A contract
was also introduced between the Al
aska Central Railroad and Voak
showing the contract for their com
mission to be twenty per cent. West
objected—objection over-ruled. Mr.
Kallaine related the first connection
of his brother, Frank Kallaine, in the
tow ns i to matter and stated that it
made no difference which one of them
had title to the townsite, it being
understood that John E. Kallaine
owned two thirds and Frank, one
third.
The witness related the positions of
prominence he held previous to com
ing to Seward—amongst which were
representative Associated Press in
Washington, D. C., secretary to Gov
ernor Rogers, of Washington, and
adjutant general. He was later con
nected with the Moore Investment
Co, as sales manager.
Cross Examination
In cross examination Attorney
West dwelt particularly upon the
deposition of Goodwin, a director of
the Alaska Central Railroad. In the
Godwin deposition Godwin testified
that he had paid John Ballaine one
hundred dollars for eleven lots in
Seward. Today Attorney West ask
ed Mr. Ballaine if he was present at
the taking of this deposition in Seat
tle, and Mr. Ballaine replied that he
was. West then brought out the fact
from Ballaine’s direct testimony that
Godwin was the man on the board of
directors of the Alaska Central
recommended by Ballaine. When
West asked Ballaine why he allowed
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Godwin to so testify when he knew
that it was not correct. Ballaine
said he did not place any particular
importance in the matter at that
paricular time and did not remember
the details. Ballaine testified that
he sold two bonds to Godwin, Mc
Graw, W. T. Clice and Dickenson,
and with each sale he gave a bonus
of ten lots. The amounts received
for the bonds in each instance was
about seventeen hundred dollars.
Godwin said in his deposition that he
paid John Ballaine a hundred dollars
for ten lots because Ballaine was
hard up for money. West took the
witness through the early history of
the townsite and brought out the con
nection of Frank L. Ballaine regard
ing the same. It appears that Frank
L. Ballaine arranged the Lowell re
linquishment, attended to surveyors,
brought the script purchased by John
Ballaine to Seward before the arrival
of the latter. The witness was next
examined concerning the prospectuses
and circulars published by himself
for the purpose of selling stock in the
road. It was previously brought out
that the circular of June, 1002, named
as the assets of the railroad company
the Seward townsite. Ballaine secur
ed the script the year following the
publication of the prospectus of
a
September, 1002. The activity of
Mr. Heinze as a director of the Al
aska Central was dwelt upon from
which it appears that Heinze met
Hallaine in a club in Chicago and in
the presence of Colonel Swanitz at
which time he was requested to fin
ance the building of the road. Heinze
attended only two meetings and was
not an active member of the board of
directors. Hallaine stated that Heinze
was an extremely busy man with his
own affairs.
.Sale ol Stock
West then cross examined Bailaine
on the sale of the stock of the Al
aska Central Railroad. On March
15,1902, Bailaine got a contract to
sell the stock on a basis of twenty
five per cent commission. Baliaine
paid for all advertisement, circulars
and prospectuses. He appointed sub
agents throughout the country for
the sale of the stock and limited
their commission to twenty per cent.
Bailaine received his twenty-five per
cent commission in addition to that
received by the sub agents which in
the instance of Voak the total com
mission paid was forty-five per cent
of the purchase price. Mr. West
then asked Mr. Bailaine if it ever
occurred to him to reduce his own
commission while holding the sub
agent to the lowest possible figure.
Baliaine replied he made no money
selling stock.
Concerning the meeting held by
the directors of which no minutes
are of record testimony went to the
effect that Cain, Dickenson and Mc
Graw, three of the directors, are now
dead, McGraw, Cain and Godwin re
ceived ten lots. It was at this time
that Bailaine referred to the sale of
the bonds with a bonus of ten lots to
each of his purchases. Bailaine stat
ed that in Godwin’s case he disre
membered whether Godwin received
one valuable lot on Fourth avenue or
ten lots in a less valuable locality. It
was at this time that West asked
him why ho allowed Godwin to testi
fy to the consideration of one hun
dred dollars for these lots without
endeavoring to correct him, accord
ing to his (Bailaine) testimony. The
Washington Trust Company also re
ceived ten lots as a bonus when W.
J. Clice, manager, purchased two
bonds. Bailaine stated Clice was a
trustee of the said company.
It appeared from Ballaine's testi
mony that Heinze was the largest
stockholder in the company. West
brought out the fact that Bailaine
started suit against the Alaska Cen
tral Railroad and the Tanana Con
struction Company, from which the
receivership followed. Wickersham,
who is now delegate, acted as attor
ney for Bailaine and made up his
complaint from information supplied
by Baliaine by telegraph to Fair
banks at which place Wickersham
resided at that time. West then read
from paragraph four of Ballaine'j
complaint wherein it was stated tha.
Baliaine had three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars of the preferred
stock and an interest in four million
dollars of the common stock of the
Alaska Central. Baliaine replied
that this statement was not fact and
that his attorney Wickersham, must
have misinterpreted the telegram
which stated the facts in the cause of
actidn.
An agreement between Labaree,
Turner, Haight, Osborne and John
Ballaine was next referred to by
West, wherein they all agreed to hold
all the townsites along the railroad,
with the exception of the Seward
townsite.
Dowdle’s settlement for thirty-five
hundred dollars was gone into by the
counsel for the plaintiff. West asked
Ballaine why he paid thirty-five hun
dred dollars in settlement, when Bal
laine testified previously that
Dowdle's original investment was
only three thousand dollars. Ballaine
replied that he allowed )iim interest
1 on the use of his money and that the
settlement was the best evidence.
Ballaine referred to machinery furn
ished by Dowdle as scrap iron and
said that Donkey engine was the only
piece of machinery of any worth.
West then brought out that this
donkey engine was used to drive piles
on the dock. He then introduced in
evidence Dowdle’s statement that the
machinery cost something over five
, thousand dollars.
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JUDGE CANN
KILLS SELF
FATHER OF ALASKA STEAMSHIP
CAPTAIN COMMITS SUICIDE
FROM ILL - HEALTH.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Judge
Thomas Cann committed suicido in
this city last night by taking carbolic
acid. He left a note saying that the
act was due to ill health. He was
the father of Captain Harry Cann
who has commanded several Alaska
liners and is now in command of the
City of Puebla. The old man was a
widely known pioneer and his death
has caused a sensation in a large
circle. He was eighty-two years of
age.
STATE PROHIBITION
UNDER ADVISEMENT
Final Arguments in the Washington
State Finished and Result
Soon Known.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 26.—The
final arguments in the case of the
state prohibition law have been con
clude^ and the case has been taken
under advisement by the court. A
verdict may be expected in a few'
days but no one seems to look for
any change in the opinion of courts
on the question.
McADOO FAVORS KEEPING
THE WAR TAX GOING
Visits Seattle to Inspect Federal
Property and Gives Out
a Statement.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Secretary of
the Treasury’ McAdoo, is here on a
tour of inspection of federal property
and give out a statement in which he
3ays he favors the retention of special
war taxation as he believes special
imposts are necessary to meet loss of
imports. He will remain here only
a short time and proceed to other
cities of the Pacific coast.
BILLY SUNDAY TALKS TO
NEARLY MILLION PEOPLE
Spoke Forty-seven Thousand Words
and Collected Twenty Thou
sand Dollars.
OMAHA, Oct. 23.—Billie Sunday
has just closed a seven weeks revival
campaign during which he made
thirteen thousand and twenty-two
conversions. He spoke during the
period to more than eight hundred
thousand people and used forty-seven
thousand words. The meetings con
tributed twenty thousand dollars
"free will offerings.” Sunday has
now’ gone to Lake Winona for a rest.
POLAND NOW WITH THE
BELGIAN RELIEF COMMISSION
Former Seward Engineer Went With
Pinchot to Brussels and
is Still There.
W. B. Poland, w'ho succeeded
Colonel Swanitz as chief engineer of
the Alaska Northern Railroad here, is
now* the distributing agent with the
Belgian Relief Commission in Brus
sels. He w’ent over there with Gif
ford Pinchot but the latter got fired
by the Germans because of his
family affiliations with enemies of
Germany and his ow’n hostility to the
conquering pow’er. After leaving
here Poland went to the Philippines.
PEABODY SWEARS WARRANT
FOR ARREST OF WITNESS
Father of Eloping Boy Says Man
Named Flannery Swore Young
Peabody wras Twenty-one.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—A sequel to
the elopment of young Penfield Pea
body occurred today when Charles E.
Peabody, the father, swore out a war
rant for the arrest of William J.
Flannery on the grounds that the
latter swore that young Peabody is
twenty-one years of age and so en
| abled him to secure marriage license.
The bridegroom is only seventeen.
He and his bride have not yet been
located.