1 FOR THE NEW YEAR AND
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_~~ __SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 191a. _._—-—
GREAT BRITAIN FORCES THE MOST
SERIOUS CRISIS IN ALE HISTORY
Berlin Says Bulgarians Have Anni
hilated Serbians in the Very Heart j
of Albania —- British
Cruiser Sunk.
CABINET MEMBERS RESIGN
LONDON. Dec. 31.—That the cabinet is now actually
drafting conscription *>di and that three prominent
members of the government have resigned their seats in
the cabinet as a consequence are the two sensational an
nouncements made officially today. The three members,
of the government who have thrown up their portfolios
are Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna, President
Runciman of the Board of Trade, and Sir John Simon, the
Home Secretary. It is thought that their action will be
followed by other members of the cabinet and there is a
fear that even the prime minister himself will step down
and out. On all hands it is admitted that Great Britain at
home is facing the most dangerous crisis in her modern
history.
ANNIHILATE SERBIANS
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—After a three days’ battle at
Elbassan. Albania, the Bulgarians have annihilated the
Serbian forces in that region and the Bulgars are now
half way across on their triumphant march to the Adriatic
sea to establish themselves there for ever. It is believed
that the Italians who had landed on the coast of Albania
are aiding the Serbians and aided them in the battle of
Elbassan. If such is the case it leaves the way open for an
attack on the Italians by the Bulgarians. The Austrians
are making headway in the conquest of Montenegro and
that country and Albania will probably soon follow
Serbia.
BRITISH CRUISER SUNK
LONDON, Dec. 31.—The admiralty announces today
that the British cruiser Natal, fourteen thousand tons,
has been sunk in some harbor in Ireland whose name is
suppressed. Three hundred and twenty people are miss
ing and four hundred are reported to have been saved.
It is believed the ship was ashore at the time of the ex
plosion. No reason can be given for suppressing the
name of the place at which the occurrence took place.
AUSTRIANS SANK ONE ALSO
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—Just before the sea battle in
Durazzo harbor, where the Austrians lost two Destroyers,
another engagement took place in which the Austrian
squadron sank a French submarine. This is regarded as
making matters about even.
HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR RIGA
LONDON, Dec. 31.—Petrograd reports particularly
heavy lighting in the Riga distinct. It is proceeding along
the whole Riga front and infantry as well as artillery is
engaged. The Slav artillery is reported to be successful
but no particular action is specified. As well as conditions
can be guaged in that quarter it is made clear that the
Russians have effected an extraordinary strengthening of
their lines and hold very strongly fortified positions.
AUSTRIAN ANSWER FAVORABLE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The first instalment of
the Austrian reply was received this morning and, while
Lansing refuses to discuss it, the knowledge is general
that Austria has substantially complied with America's
demands. An unofficial version of the note is to the effect
that Austria has even promised to punish the commander
of the submarine that sank the Ancona although the
commander is said to have disavowed the act. Austria
also agrees to make reparation for the lives lost and has
agreed in future not to torpedo vessels unless they are
fleeing or resisting, and only after the people aboard are
taken off. The Austrian government, however, refuses
to accept responsibility for the deaths of people aboard
ships through panic when held up by submarines. The
reply asks for further negotiations but on minor points.
itlREE MINING AFTER
A CHICAGO EXPLOSION
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Three people
are missing us the result ol an ex
plosion that was followed by a lire in
the plant of the American Linseed
Oil company, South Chicago.
COMING ON ALAMEDA
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—The follow
ing are the passengers for Seward on
the Alameda; G. Scott, VV. Rohre
back, B. Dalzell, W. J. Seagrave, W.
H. Seagrave, Ben Landiner, Thomas
Galen, W. Cavanaugh, Mrs. Homan.
For Valdez; Judge Bunnell.
EVANS BRINGS COAL
The Admiral Evans discharged 160
tons of coal here last night and this
Horning, 30 tons of which came from
J. A. Herbert of Seldovia for A. G.
De Sherbinin. The remaining 130
vs consigned to the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, which was
.lot discharged on her north bound
voyage. Some difficulty was experi
enced in unloading the coal on ac
count of the strong wind.
SCHOOL REOPEN
JANUARY THE 10TH
The Christmas vacations of the
Seward public school have been ex
tended another week until January
10th, by the school board, owing to
the fact that many of the students
are suffering with bad colds and the
grippe.
MOOSE ORGANIZER
WEDS AT PORTLAND
Fairbanks newspapers report the
wedding in Portland last month of J.
Frederick Johnson, deputy organizer
of the Loyal Order of Moose in Al
aska and Mrs. Stella Curry. The
bride is a niece of Mrs. William E.
Evans of Fairbanks.
The bride came to Alaska five years
ago, and returned to Portland after
a three-year residence. She met Mr.
Johnson in Fairbanks.
WOMAN’S CLUB MONDAY
The Woman’s Club of Seward will
meet Monday afternoon. At 2:30
they will hold a business meeting and
at 3:30 they will hold an open meet
ing to which all are welcome. Music
and adresses will be heard.
TRAINS TO RUN
ALL THE WINTER
R. J. Wier, engineer in charge of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
offices here, announces that the trains
will run all winter on regular sched
ule. With that end in view Foreman
William Morse will leave tomorrow
morning with a few men to relieve
Forman Fred Dorf, of the section
crew at Mile 12, to keep the track
open in that section while the section
crew at Mile Six has been renewed
after a rest of about a month and will,
be under the direction of J. E. Mc
Connell, who will go out tomorrow’
also.
Miss Martha Cope, school teacher
at Kodiak, w’as a passenger on the
Evans for Cordova.
Portland—Tacoma
Celebrate On Beer
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1 All Liquors Sold Out Last Night and
Only Beer Left.
PORTLAND, Dec. 31.—Practicality
every drop of liquor, wholesale and
retail has been sold out in this city
and the big celebration of the “last
New Year” must be done with the aid
of beer alone tonight. The conditions
are similar in Tacoma where cele
brations also went on last night as
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long as the liquor lasted.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—It is noted
this afternoon, for the first time, that
Seattle is the largest city in the
world, probably, that has ever been
voted dry.
SECRETARY LANE URGES
DEVELOPMENT ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—In his
forthcoming annual report Secretary
Lane says that the Government
should continue its sympathetic co
operation in the development of Al
aska. He urges that the confusion in
administrative action in Alassun af
fairs should be abolished. “It would
be too haza/dous a thing to sun nder
these resources to local control or
disposal, for those who have lived in
any new country know how great the
temptation is to grant water front
and power sites, forests, and other ex
ceptional resources to those who come
offering large sums for quick im
provement. Yt this should not drive
us into a policy that makes slow ad
ministration a necessity.
“The confusion in administrative
action in Alaska is well known. I
have tried to give it currency that it
might hasten the establishment of
some method of coordinated control of
Alaskan affairs, primarily in the
hands of a resident commission but
always in touch with and responsive
to the wish of Congess and the Presi
dent through one of the departments.
That land has a mysterious charm, a
pull which affects all who see it and
those, too, who know only indirectly
of its largeness, its grandeur, and its
economic possibilities. This could not
be better illustrated than by the num
ber of applications for places which
were received by the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission. When that body
left for Alaska in the spring the num
ber was over 38,000, and most of
those who applied were not out of
work but already held positions w.*th
railroads, in banks, on farms, or in
some city shop. They wished a taste
of the large life of this new land.
There are many more of the same de
sire, some of whom will make Alaska
richer by their presence and find hap
piness in searching out the land."
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 31.—Ex
Vice-President Fairbanks has been as
sured a solid New York delegation in
his candidacy for the republican
nomination for president in the com
ing campaign.
Heinie Haasch received 110 beauti
ful ermine skins this morning from
Kodiak, which he disposed of to A.
H. Case.
H. B. Ingram, representing Allen &
Lewis, of Portland, left on the Evans
for Valdez.
The Admiral Evans arrived about
midnight last night from Kodiak and
other westward points, encountering
strong northwestererly winds all the
way.
SCHMIDT WAS
FOUND GUILTY
ANOTHER MAN GIVEN LIFE
SENTENCE FOR BLOWING
CP LOS ANGELES TIMES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31.—The
great dynamite conspiracy trial has
closed, ending in the conviction ot
Schmidt and his receiving a life sen
tence. The specific charge in this
trial was the dynamiting of the Times
building in this city, which belonged
to General Otis, and the loss of many
lives.
The trial has lasted upwards
of four weeks. The court room has
been crowded practically all of that
time. The star witness of the whole
trial was Ortie M’Manigal, one of the
conspirators, w'ho turned state's evi
dence. Cool as a cucumber, speaking
clearly and rapidly, he narrated in de
tail the particulars of a long list of
dynamiting in which he had partici
pated, and with such entire absence
of irritating qualities of speech or
manner that even the recital of his
crimes caused repugnance in but few’
of his auditors. Following is the
list of crimes in which he testified
having taken part:
Dynamiting a boiler on construc
tion job for Detroit Gas Company,
June 24, 1907.
Blowing up bridge at Clinton, Iowa,
Feb. 17, 1908.
Dynamiting railway bridge at
Buffalo, July 1, 1908.
Dynamiting railway bridge at Mt.
Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 14, 1908.
Attempt to blow' up the Boston
Opera House, March 27, 1909.
Dynamiting railway bridge at Ho
boken, New Jersey, March 31, 1909.
Dynamiting car shops at Mt. Vern
on, Ills., April 18, 1910.
Dynamiting the viaduct at Cleve
land, Ohio, June 18, 1910.
The only feeling show'n by M’Mani
gal in the entire trial was when he
testified to Hockin, one of the con
spirators, having “doublcd-cros6ed
him.
District Attorney Thomas Lee
Wool wine conducted the prosecution.
The attorneys for the defense were
Senator Coghlan, Job Harriman, Ed
w’in V. McKenzie and Fred Moore .
NEXT DANCE TO BE
LEAP YEAR AFFAIR
The next dance of the Seward En
tertainment Club, a week from the
coming Saturday, will be a leap year
party, where the lady takes the
gentleman and makes all the engage
ments. A fine time is looked for.
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LEFT ON EVANS
The following passengers left on
the Admiral Evans for the south:
James O’Day for La touche; H. B.
Ingram for Valdez; A. H. Case, Mrs.
Case, Robert Case, A. W. Ellis, G. B.
Whitehead and Mrs. Whitehead for
Seattle.
A. H. Case, who has been drilling
on Quartz creek for the Miami Cop
per Company, left on the Admiral
Evans today for his headquarters in
New' York City. It is probable that
Mr. Case will return in the spring or
the company send up men to work on
the prospect further. Mr. Case is ac
companied out by his wife, son Robert
^and A. W. Ellis.
ALL AMERICANS UNITE
AGAINSHI1E WORLD
Most Powerful Alliance in Universal
History Will Probably Soon
Be Accomplished*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. — The
great Pan-American convention will
be called for January twenty-first. In
connection with this announcement it
is stated that all American republics,
probably without one exception, are
now behind the Monroe Doctrine and
that when the great convention rises
it will have resulted in the most pow
erful military and industrial alliance
for defense in the history of the
world. The chief object of the alli
ance, or, rather, the immediate object, |
will bo the creation of standing
armies and navies whose size is not
yet determined. The conference will
also take up the discussion of a code
of laws to regulate boundaries, com
mercial, industrial, financial and other
matters that might come up from
time to time between the allied na
tions. The highest authorities
frankly state that the alliance may
be regarded as accomplished already.
Such an alliance, they say, will mean
nothing less than the perpetuating of
America’s freedom for all time.
► TEN DOLLARS FOR A DRINK
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—The National
Prohibition Convention is planning an
active campaign for introducing a bill
in congress taxing all liquor one
thousand dollars per gallon. This
would make one drink cost ten dollars.
SIX NEGROES KILLED
IN GEORGIA BATTLE
BLAKELEY, Georgia, Dec. 31.—A
Sheriff's posse in search of two
negroes accused of killing a white
planter, surrounded a cabin on the
plantation in which were a number of
negroes who fought desperately.
Four of the negroes were shot and
killed and two others burned to death
by the burning of the cabin. Two of
the posse were severely wounded.
KIRCHWAY NOW
HEAD OF SING SING
SING SING, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Peni
tentiary' Warden Thomas W. Osborne
has resigned, in anticipation of re
moval by the governor. George W.
Kirchway has been appointed his
successor.
B. C. BUSINESS
MAN KILLS SELF
VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 31—De
Forest Ayers, general agent of the
Giant Powder Company of British
Columbia, has committed suicide. It
is stated he was short in his accounts.
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CAPT. NORD WILL NOT
STAY ON KANSAS CITY
The steamer Kansas City, recently
purchased in San Francisco by the
Alaska Steamship Company and sent
on a trip to Seward and Anchorage
is now in dry dock. The work of
overhauling and refitting her for the
Alaska trade is proceeding rapidly.
Capt. Gus Nord went down to San
Francisco to get the ship and has
been in command of her since. The
company wanted to keep him on the
vessel, but he is anxious to return to
his one and only love, the steamship
Jefferson. “He wants to go back to
his own ship,” said Mr. Harris, of the
Alaska Steamship Company, yester
day. “I guess it is pretty nearly his
own ship, for he has been master of
the Jefferson ever since she was
launched.”—Ex.
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CANNOT GIVE
DRINK TONIGHT
TWO DAYS IN JAIL FOR EVEN
LENDING A SHOT AFTER
MIDNIGHT IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.— As New
Year’s Eve approaches, the last “wet’
evening in this city for a long time to
come, precautions of all kinds are be
ing taken against possible outbreaks
of violence or disorder. Drastic police
regulations have been drawn up and
will be enforced rigorously. Anyone
found giving liquor (not oniy selling
but giving) after midnight will be
summarily arrested and subjected to
a jail sentence of two days. As an
alternative to keeping open until
customers are through with their
meals, cafes may be locked at mid
night but customers already there
may remain and drink all the liquor
on the table at that hour regardless
of the time required to do so. The
chief of police says this is the better
plan as it will be safer inside the
cafes than outside. Many cafes will
close this afternoon or early in the
evening, while others will only ad
mit regular patrons. Many mirrors
have been hoarded up. A number of
saloons have been transformed into
ice cream parlors selling soft drinks,
barber shops, etc. Several of the
leading saloon men are moving to
California where they will engage in
a mail order business. The police
have been instructed to use clubs on
all rowdies instead of making arrests;
Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Whitehead
left on the Admiral Evans today to
spend the rest of the winter in Seat
tle. Mr. Whitehead may return to
Seward next June.
Gust Smalley is reported to have
been kept to his cabin at Mile Five
for the past week with a bad attack
of grippe. He has been confined to
his bed most of the time and may be
brought to the local hospital today for
! treatment, if< the attending physician
thinks it best
Mrs. Isaac Evans, Mrs. W. E. Root,
Mrs. C. T. Daggett, Mrs. A. H. Mc
Neer, Miss Francis Root and Mrs.
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W. M. Sauers will be at home New
Year’s Day between 2 and 5 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. W. M. Sauers,