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CRISIS IN BRITISH CABINET
AND PREMIER ASQUITH MAY FALL
GREEKS ANI) FRENCH FIGHT
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Athens reports that fighting
broke out in that city last Friday between the French
troops and the reservists of the Greek army, lhe firing
took place on the slopes of the Acropolis and the whole
city was thrown into a panic. The shops were all closed
and crowds of people thronged the streets, many of the
women and children almost beside themselves with fear as
the report of the guns crashed through the city. As the
firing began detachments of allied troops were disembark
ed and word has come that further allied forces are
marching south from Thessaly to meet the Greeks in the
event that Greece decides to fight.
A LATER ACCOUNT
LONDON, Dec. 2. — Athens reports this afternoon
that King Constantine has surrendered his artillery to
the allied generals but has retained fifty thousand rifles
and the allied forces are reported to be withdrawing from
the Greek capital, the assumption being that an arrange
ment has been come to by which the Greek army cannot
be a menace to allied interests after the loss of its artillery
In the lighting on Fridav two hundred were killed, many
of whom were civilians. Four hundred French marines
seized the Acropolis and an equal number of British seiz
ed the great Industrial building, both of which will be us
ed as forts should the Greeks cause trouble. The fighting
would have continued and much slaughter would have
resulted hau not the Dutch and Spanish ministers inter
vened and brought about an armistice. The feeling in
Athens, however, is such that more serious difficulties
are looked for although the Greek army is in a position
between the allied armies that would render it incapable
of doing much damage to the allied cause.
GREEK GOVERNMENT APPEALS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—A protest has been receiv
ed from tin Greek government by the state department
against the encroachments of the allied armies on Greek
sovereignty and Greek territory. The different acts of
the allied forces in Greece are enumerated and hope is ex
pressed that the United States will show its sympathy
and have justice done to Greece and its people. *L'he same
protest has been sent to all the neutral governments and
the Greek government points out that the invasion by
Greece by the Entente armies is a greater and less ex
cusable crime than the invasion of Belgium by Germany.
TAKES GREEK GUNS
ATHENS, Dec. 3.—General Dufournet of the French
force of occupation has made a compromise with tbe
Greek government by asking the surrender of six mount
ain batteries instead of ten as he had previously demand
ed. He also waives his other armament demands and
leaves the Greeks still with some important munitions of
war. The allied leaders have instituted a strict censor- j
ship of all messages leaving this city so that a full report
of conditions cannot be expected.
MORE ABOUT THE MARINA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The state department has
asked Germany to give the status of the Marina case and
wants to know what kind of work the American members!
of the crew performed. It is now believed that Germany!
will contend that the Marina was engaged in business that
was a violation of neutrality and if such a contention is
borne out, it is stated, this government can have no
ground for action of an unfriendly kind.
CAPTURE ROUMANIAN STAFF
LONDON, Dec. 3.—It is reported here that the staff
of the First Roumanian army was captured by the Ger-i
mans when they broke through the Roumanian lines
southwest of Pitesti. Pitesti is east of the Aluta valley!
quite a distance and the presence of the Teutons there in
dicates a swift advance from the northwest. It is genera
allv believed here in military circles that the Russian di-|
version came too late to save Roumania and that her con
dition is now all but hopeless. The Russians report,
though, that they are still attacking in force at several j
points and claim some successes.
P0S1AL SAVINGS
NOW IN SEWARD
The Seward post oflice has been
designated by the post oflice depart
ment as a Postal Savings Depositary
and will be such on January 2. This
information came to Postmaster Root
on the last mail.
MAN WITH A KNIFE
THREATENS WILSON
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.—A man
flashing a carving knife and declar
ing that he would kill President Wil
son created a panic here today
amongst hundred of people who werej
headed for the railroad station. The
knife man was overpowered by three
policemen.
Alex Frazer arrived in town last
evening.
BRITISH CABINET CRISIS
LONDON, Dec. 2.—A British government crisis is
now at hand and the fact is so well known that there is m
attempt to deny it. The Manchester CuuiJian, tlu
strongest paper outside of London, predicts that Premie*
Asquith will soon resign and that Lloyd George will he hh
successor as prime minister. George is regarded «is tlu
strongest statesman on the allied side since the war be
gan. The fall of Asquith has been aimed at for some
time and the Guardian believes the moment for it is ai
hand. The London Times has created another politica.
sensation and has probably hastened the political crisis bv
demanding the removal of Grey, the foreign minister,
Lord Crewe, the Marquis of Landsdowne, and A. J. Bal
four, first lord of the admiralty. The four men have been
leaders in imperial politics for many years and all but
Crewe were regarded as the greatest statesmen of Great
Britain, but the Times contends that they have failet,
hopelessly in the present crisis. It admits that the crisis
in the cabinet will be used by Germany as a proof that the
allied cause is failing but the papers declare that consid
erations such as that should not be taken into account in
circumstances so vital as those now existing.
WASHINGTON ALSO CONFIDENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The state department is al
so confident that Great Britian will reconsider the von
I'arnowski matter and give him his passports.
CLAIM TEUTONS CHECKED
PETROGRAD, Dec. 2—it is officially reported that
the Russians have gained possession of tne western enu
of the Danube bridge at Cernadova and nave recaptured
Gostinari and Tesomana, with tlie result that the Teuton
advance on Bucharest in that region has been checked.
The Russian advance in the wooded Carpathians has also
been fruitful. This olfensive movement is intended to
divert Falkenhayn and prevent the further invasion of
Roumania from Transylvania. The Russian domination
of the Kirlibaba district and the Sziget road will reach its
full strategic value when the Austrians surrender Kirli
baba. The Russians will then cross the ridge and advance
along the Szames river. This obviously, the war office
says, will greatly strengthen the defense of Bucharest.
BERLIN ON THE RUSSIANS
BERLIN, Dec. 2. — The Russian forces in the Car
pathians are constantly renewing their olfensive attacks
and the Roumanians are preparing for a desperate de
fense of Bucharest. Hindenburg is quoted as expressing
the belief that the fight for the Roumanian capital may
be a fierce one notwithstanding the hopeless positions in
which it finds itself.
MAY GIVE PASSPORTS
LONDON, Dec. 2—There is a strong impression here
that the British government will grant the request of the
United States and let Tarnowski, the Austrian ambas-l
sador, secure his passports. Foreign Minister Grey ad
mits in an interview that precedent has established the
justice of the United States contentions.
BOYCOTT FOOD
IN MANY STATES
PEOPLE TAKE HIGH COST OF
FOODSTUFFS IN THEIR
OWN HANDS.
TOLEDO, Dec. 2.—The House
wives League has asked the aid of the
governors of the various states to
boycott butter and eggs whose prices
have been raised to prohibitive*
figures.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 2. — The
people here have inaugurated a boy
cott on butter, eggs and potatoes.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—Owing to
the boycott agitation the price of
twelve ounces of bread has been re
duced to five cents.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Dec. 2.
Twenty-four ounces of bread is now
selling here for eight cents.
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.—Mill
has dropped two cents a quart here a?
the result of the fight.
Man Named Buffum
Stabs Harry Hoben
Popular and Prominent
Townsman Shows Grit
Against Attaeker
Harry Hoben, one of the most
prominent and popular of Seward’s
citizens narrowly escaped serious in
jury today when a man named W. M
Buffum, a messenger of the tender
loin, stabbed him with a pocket knifi
in the back. The knife struck Mr.
Hoben over the left hip but the blad<.
was stopped by a bone and so was
most serious result avoided. Mr.
Hoben showed wonderful grit and al
ter being stabbed knocked Buffum
down and held the hands while a by
stander took away the knife.
Buffum came to the Alaska Trans
fer Company’s office and spoke to Mr
lobe ft* about some wood that had
>een ordered by him for a woman, li
the course of conversation Buffum go:
abusive and called Mr. Hoben a liar,
whereupon Harry slapped him once
Buffum went out and came back with
the open knife. He made a lunge at
\lr. jlobcn but the latter put up hi.'
arm and the sleeve of his coat receiv
'd »he stab. Buffum again lung*:
luring the stri gg e for the knife am
this time the blade entered the side ol
the back. Hoben then threw him down
: d held his hands. A strange pan
• i‘ the occurrence is that an onlookei
efused to take the knife from Buffui.*
>ut another man came on the scent
>nd did so. Buffum is now in jail i
»r. Sloan dressed Harry's wound an< |
lectures it is not dangerous. The
>!ade entered opposite the kidney bill
fortunately the hone stopped it. The
ut is about an inch and a half long
Dr. Romig attended to Buffum.
As the trial of Buffum is still to
•ome it is only mere justice not to
say too much, hut the circumstance.*
rather make a person think that cer
tain typos of individuals should not
>e allowed at large in towns. How
ever, everyone will be glad that Har
ry Hoben is not seriously hurt.
Sulzer Now Leads
By Over 50 Votes
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 4.—The exact
returns front Marshall City have ar
rived and show that Lewis got 1,
vVickersham got 71 and Sulzer got 06
votes. With these returns included a
careful figuring shows that Sulzer
has a lead over Wickersham in the
whole territory of 46 votes. The peo
ple of the Fourth division now con
cede his election.
CAME ON NORTHWESTERN
The following arrived on the North
western: John Kruthschmidt, W. H.
Ransom, W. R. Harris, Louis Frodel,
S. Overland.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hill have left
the government addition and have
taken apartments in the \ an Gilder
building. This building now promises
to become the real railroad head
quarters building.
The last train will leave for Kern
creek next Wednesday. After that
trip the train will operate to Mile 52.
Mrs. J. D. Harvey was strivken by
a paralytic stroke today and had to
be taken to the eGneral Hospitu..
Her condition is very serious.
The Iditarod mail arrived overland
last night.
Miss Selma Wilson went out on the
Northwestern after a visit with her
relatives here.
PRIZE CONTEST
A silver cream and sugar, will be
given away Saturday night, Decem
ber 30, to the one drawing the lucky
number. A vote with every 25 cent
purchase. Silverware now on display
in Hallett’s & Scott’s window.
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STOKER IS DUET
| AND SPEAKS LI ITLE
Seemed to Believe that Union
Labor Men Were His
Enemies
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Walter Stoker, the mail who is
supposed to have shot Hendricks and
irving on Thanks-giving Day, is now
.n tile Seward federal jail. He was
arrested in the cabin of a trappei
nanit'l 1 idge on Saturday afternoon
about 4 o’clock by a posse of men
headed by Charley Kmsweiler.
On the night after shooting of tlu
l two men Stoker went to the cabin o.
! i.odge and stayed the night there.
Hc.icving that the authorities woulo
11ntt him there he left next day an<
went in to tne mountains where hi
stayed by a huge bontire that niglu
»ie went back once to hi* camp oi.
the railroad to get a load of supplier
land it was probably during that trij
1 that he met Dan Sullivan. He
look out of the camp a bag of provi
sions, a very large quantity oi
matches and a sleeping bag. This
slot ping bag was thrown away b\
niiii as his pack was too much and it
was the bag seen by Marshall Kvans
The wet ice-covered clothes noticed b\
Sullivan were caused by the fact that
Stok* r fell through the ice whih
crossing a swamp in the woods.
Kmsweiler and his aids had followed
the tracks of Stoker through the soft
snow in all directions. They saw' th«
;.nn>ke of the camp lire and also
Stoker's tracks in that direction ami
they trailed him. On the way the\
met fresh tracks which led in the op
posite direction and showed that
Stoker was on his way hack toward,
ihe railroad again. Kmsweiler fol
lowed those tracks to the swamp and
across to the place where Stokei
broke through the ice. On Saturday
the trail led the pursuers to tin
Lodge cabin and on arrival then
smoke was seen issuing from tht
chimney. They knew they had then
man. With the pursuing party was
Jackson, the partner of Stoker in cut
ting ties, and Jackson called on the
hunted man to come out and give
himself up. At the time around the
house were Wild Bill DeWtit, C harle\
Kmsweiler, Bill Weaver, Percy Pul
len, Jackson and three or four more.
All took care to keep a tree between
each of them and the cabin. Jackson
was behind a tree which is believed to
be some fifty or sixty feet from the
cabin. Stoker at first refused to an
swer or to come out but later be
came to the door for a moment. He
did not stay and went back into th *
cabin again, apparently deciding not
to come out at all. He was warned
that lurther refusal to surrender
would mean that shots would bo .bed
thtough the cabin. Duing this time,
members of the posse say, he \\a>
engaged keeping the frost rubbed
from part of the window glass a>
though watching carefully for the
next move of the posse. After the
threat to shoot through the cabin
Stoker asked for Ike Evans and inti
mated that he would surrender to
him but he was told that no one there
would hurt him. Then he came out
without a gun and Emsweiler re
quested him to advance from the
cabin some distance into the open.
Some members of the posse called to
him to hold up his hands but Ems
weiler stopped this for feai of excit
ing the man. When he had moved
some distance from the cabin Ems- j
weiler advanced and got between him
and the cabin to prevent his return.
Handcuffs were then placed on him
and he was brought to the city. Jim
Robinson and Bill DeWitt are stand
ing close guard over him in the jaii.
The posse members say that Stoker
never attempted to deny the shoot
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HOPES FOR BIG
| ROADWORK HERE
'.MAJOR DAVIDSON LEAVES AL
TER FIRST VISIT WITH
A LINE IMPRESSION
Major I*. VV. Davidson, of the Al
aska Road Commission, is a pa*sen
ger homeward bound on the North
western, after inspecting the work in
this district and after stating that if
the appropriation which the Road
Commission is looking for is granted
ijuite a lot of work, he expects, wifi
be carried out in this district. He
finished hi* inspection here with Su
perintendent Anton Eide and went
over the accounts, an annual duty in
each of the districts. He found
everything, he says, in first class
shape. He also talked with the
superintendent and with various peo
ple of the city about the work and
manifested an intense desire to learn
everything possible. Some of the
work to be done here will be a con
tinuation of the Kenai road work and
also at Sunrise and Hope. This will
be in addition to keeping up the work
already projected. The Major also
believes there is a good chance that
the Forestry service will do a lot of
work around here. Mr. Ringland of
the service took the matter up some
time ago with Colonel Richardson at
Valdez but the final plans have not
yet been developed. Major Davidson
will probably spend the winter at
Washington, D. C. He expresses
himself as more than gratified with
the reception he got here and he
found that his work here felt rather
like a pleasant visit. He believes and
hopes that Seward has a splendid
future.
WATC HING ( AREITT.IA
CALIFORNIA RKTt’KNS
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. — The
chairman of the state Democrats
says that a hawklike vigilance is be
ing exercised in the examination of
the credentials of the electors. The
governor will probably sign on Mon
day, however. A technicality caused
all the trouble in the Hayes election.
WILSON WON NEW HAMPSHIRE
BY FIFTY-SEVEN VOTES
CONCORD. X. H., Dec. 2. — The
governor has formally announced the
official canvas of the voting here and
it is found that the Wilson plurality
is fifty seven. He polled 43,779.
NEWS NOTES
Dr. Keating returned yesterday af
ter his moose hunt. The doctor did
not manage to get an animal but an
other fellow did. None of the meat
was brought to town but we have the
word of the doctor that it is out there
son e place ready to be brought in
Those who hunted with him say he
went very near catching a moose but
instead of keeping on the trail he
found himself back in the cabin and
ir. bed. The weather was very cold
and some snow made walking noor.
Dr. Sloan is another who has re
cently made a name hunting. During
a certain hunt within the past few
days he had a boy carrying his bag.
Once as they approached a cabin the
doctor stopped short, utterly forget
ful of his own safety, utterly oblivi
ous of the imminent danger, and
turning to the boy he spoke: “When
you see a puff of smoke,” said the
doctor, “fall flat.”
E. F. Klopfer has arrived from Se
attle to take the place of Charles
Myers as manager of Carsten's. Mr.
Myers has intended to go outside for
some time and sent in his resignation
recently.
E. E. Ritchie, the Valdez attorney,
is in the city on business. He will go
back on the Evans.
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