--
The Great
ALA«AH
---
LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
FORMER AUSTRIAN CONSUL GENERAL, SAN FRAN
SAYS GERMAN AMBASSADOR
DIRECTED U. S. CONSPIRACY
AUSTRIAN ACCUSES TEUTONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—The most sensational
fact relating to the war and its connection with this coun
try is the announcement made this morning in the Provi
dence Journal by Dr. Joseph Goricar, formerly Austrian
consul general at San Francisco, that the United States is
honeycombed with conspiracies to blow up munitions
factories and the ships taking those munitions and sup
plies to Europe, and, most sensational of all, that those
conspirators are working directly under the German am
bassador to Washington and other Austrian and German
officials. German and Austrian spies, Goricar declares,
are present in the United States by the thousands and
their chief directors are Count von Bemstorff, the Ger
man ambassador, and Consul General von Nuder, of New
York. "Every Austrian consulate in American" says
Goricar in his article in the Journal "is a hotbed of the
propaganda for the destruction of munitions factories
and for the creating of labor strikes. Every act of viol
ence in such factories now almost surely has its beginning
in the consulates with the object of creating trouble and
of casting suspicion on other sources when tires and ex
plosions occur." Goricar further declares in the article
that the naval attache of the Austrian embassy at Wash
ington last year sought to have himself, Goricar, obtain
plans of the equipment of the Pacific coast defenses, men
tioning specially San Francisco harbor and Bremerton.
Goricar says he refused to do the work committed to him
and that he was transferred to Vienna and later retired.
An attempt was made to secure a statement this afernoon
from Ambassador von Bemstorff touching the revelations
of Goricar but the ambassador merely declared that there
was “nothing to say.” Owing to the high position held
under the Austrian government by Goricar his state
ment has created a tremenodus sensation. Should it be
borne out the United States government will be compel
led to take action, Washington opinion says.
. THREATENS CONSCRIPTION
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Lord Derby, director of the
"Voluntary Enlistment System" uttered a formal warn
ing today that unless the young men of the country come
forward for military service in greater numbers conscrip
tion may be resorted to before the end of the present
month. He particularly warned young men “who are
medically fit and who arc indispensable to the service of
the government." If such men do not enlist before the
thirtieth of November ,he said, “other means" will be
taken to force them into the army. In addition to this
statement he declared that men who seek to shield them
selves as in the “married men’s class” by getting married
after this warning will be regarded as single men. The
announcement of Derby is received by the papers as tan
tamount to an announcement that conscription is near.
ITALY TO HELP
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Italy has at last positively de
cided to aid the allied nations in the Balkan campaign and
the fact was announced today amid scenes of real rejoic
ing. The Italians will probably try to land on the Adriatic
coast in Albania and move to meet the retiring Serbians
whom they will join near the Montenegrin frontier. Italy
has declined to take part in the Balkan war up to the
present for reasons connected with international compli
cations in that region.
JUST LOOKING AT EACH OTHER
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Paris dispatches record some
minor activities on the western front without any result
but the capture of some trenches near Loos by the Ger
mans and their recapture later by a combined force of
British and French. Petrograd is silent but fighting in
the east has consisted for the past few days, probably, in
maneuvering. The Germans, according to all advices,
are now engaged chiefly in digging themselves in in Rus
sia as they have done in France and Flanders in prepara
tion for a war of defense for the winter.
ANOTHER BRITISHER SUNK
LONDON, Nov. 12.—The British steamer Rhineland
has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine and
only one seaman is reported to have been saved. In this
case also the government declines to give the locality of
the occurrence, a practise which it also followed in the
case of the Maria. The cause of the refusal to tell where
ships are sunk is not known.
SWITZERLAND FEARS
WAR NO LONGER
Sees no Danger of Violation of Ter
ritory and Army is Taken
From Frontier.
"
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 2.—
Most of the Swiss army has been re
moved from the frontier as the be
lief exists that all danger of Swiss
territory being violated has passed.
A movement has also been inaugurat
ed to demobilize at least part of the
army as the use of so many men in
military life is seriously affecting the
industrial life of the country. The
storm center seems to have passed
I altogether to the Balkans.
ROBBER HOLDS UP
A WAITERS’ CLUB
PORTLAND, Nov. 12.—A masked
robber held up the Waiters’ club of
this city today and secured thirty
dollars. He is still at large.
JUNEAU, Nov. 11.—Governor
Strong today issued a proclamation
designating Thursday, November 25,
1915, as a day of Thanksgiving
throughout the Territory.
SHORTHILL, Secretary.
OFFER REWARD FOR THE
SEATTLE PIER FIRE BUGS
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—Dodwell and
Company have offered a thousand
dollars reward for the capture of
the firebug who set fire to Pier Four
teen some time ago. All doubts as to
the incendiary nature of the fire
have disappeared and the conclusion
is that pro-Germans were responsible.
TRAIN HITS AUTO IN
WASHINGTON STATE
CLEARLAKE, Nov. 12.—Five
men, five women and a child were
hurt yesterday when a Northern
Pacific passenger train struck an
automobile stage in which the people
who are injured were riding.
No one received injuries that are
likely to prove fatal.
GREEK KING RAMPANT
LONDON, Nov. 12—All hope of Greece joining the
allied nations against the Teutons was dashed to the,
ground today when the news arrived from Athens that
King Constantine has dis-solved parliament and thrown
defiance at Venizelos and other people of the kingdom
who are favorable to .the allied cause. By desertion of
twenty-seven members of the chamber of deputies from
the cause of Venizelos and the allies the king has been
able to secure a majority of parliament and he now an
nounces that a general election will be held on the Nine
teenth of December. Until that time no aid may be ex
pected from Greece and on the result of those elections
will depend the nation’s future course. The majority
secured by the king is officially stated in be in favor of
neutrality, and that it does not intend to aid the Teutons,
but there is a feeling of uneasiness that if the Teutons
meet success in the Balkan campaign Greece will find it
to her advantage to join them. The situation is regarded
as most serious and any attempts to belittle the gravity of
it are conspicuous by their absence. The very best that
can be expected is Greek neutrality although the allied
nations had counted on Greek support.
FEAR FOR MORE LINERS
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Owing to the evident revival
of the German submarine campaign against trans-At
lantic liners much anxiety is felt for the possible fate of
the liners Cretic (?) and Caserta (?) which are expected
to reach the “death zone” today. The two ships have an
aggregrate of twenty-five hundred passengers aboard
and are also believed to have cargoes of war munitions
for the allies. Some of the newspapers express the belief
that the British government is keeping secret the locali
ties in which the submarines are working lest it might
have a serious effect on the trans-Atlantic traffic.
SAY SERBS FLEEING
BERLIN, Ndv. 12.—The main Serbian army is now
retreating so precipitately that they may be said to be
fleeing. The retreat is in a westerly direction from
Morava, which is to the westward from Nish. They are
evidently hoping to reach the Montenegrin border and
join the Montenegrin army in the mountains.
One body of Austrian troops .has crossed the mount
ains north of Ribard and this means that the only obstacle
0 the eastward advance has been surmounted. A second
Austrian force is driving through the Rasina valley in
the effort to cut off the Serbian retreat on Montenegro.
The enemy is losing large numbers of men and great
quantities of supplies in his flight. The Germans yester
day took seventeen hundred prisoners making a total of
fifty-seven hundred prisoners in two days. The resisting
power of the Serbs is apparently broken, according to the
official dispatches today, and there will soon be nothing
to oppose our advance to meet the Anglo-French army
coming north from the Greek coast.
ANGLO-BRITISH ADVANCE
BUCHAREST, Nov. 12.—The Anglo-French army
marching north from Saloniki has now occupied Gradetz
and is still advancing. The French artillery is used to
pound at the temporary fortifications of the Bulgarians
and the allied main body then moves forward. The Bul
garian guns at Gradetz were rather easily silenced by the
superior allied artillery.
f*.
HOW MINE HOLDING
METHODS DEVELOPED
... -
Register Walker Goes Over Most In
teresting Hostory for Readers
of the All-Alaska Review.
In the Evans mail came an article
from C. B. Walker, register of the
land office, for the All-Alaska Re
view. It tells the whole story how
the present system of holding mineral
lands was developed from the early
days of American Independence and
it brings us down to the present mo
ment. It is of absorbing interest to
mining men particularly and the Re
view for November is delayed a day
or two to get the article of Mr. Walk
er in. The November issue of the
Review wil be ready Sunday or Mon
day.
TO MAKE THE WEEK
ONE DAY SHORTER
MONTEVIDEO, Nov. 11.—It was
announced today that the chief cx
, executive will send a recommendation
to parliament asking a revision of
the calendar shortening the week to
six days and making the seventh ar
bitrarily a national holiday.
DIVORCE GRANTED
Divorce was granted yesterday af
ternoon by the court in the suit of
Josephine Angerman against Balt
hauser Angerman.
LINOTYPE OPERATOR
GETS A FORTUNE
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 12.—James
Murray, a linotype operator of this
city, has been left fifty thousand
dollars in the will of an uncle who has
just died.
Tanana Output
Will Increase
Fairbanks Antimony Man Says Cheap
Fuel Only is Needed.
That the output of the Tanana dis
trict will increase immensely after
the building of the government rail
road and the supply of cheap fuel is
the belief of E. L. Scrafford, the man
who has recently shipped out a lot of
antimony ore from that district. Mr.
Scrafford has come here merely to
look around like anyone else and he
has no fixed intentions. He makes
the remarkable statement that there
is no such thing as an antimony mine.
What he found in the Fairbanks
country was nothing but patches of
ore. It is always found in patches
or pockets and the ore shipped out
by him was taken from several
pockets in various sections.
COURT THOUGHT BOYLE’S
CABLE NOT CLOSING DEAL
In the case of Haynes vs. Boyle
yesterday the court, apparently gave
the verdict for the defendant because
in the cable concerning the sale of
the property Dr. Boyle did not defi
nitely make the sale and left it to be
understood that there was something
yet to be done to close the bargain.
Ray and Ritchie fere for Boyle
and Coppernoll represented Haynes.
In a letter to the Alaska Land and
Development company Boyle said that
the property was for sale at $4,500
and Mr. Poindexter wired to say that
the terms were agreed to by Haynes
and that the money had been placed
in the bank. Following came a cable
from Dr. Boyle in the following
words: “Subject to Colwell lease of
fer acceptable will be over on Evans.”
The court believed that this cable
showed that something remained to
be done before the deal could be con
sidered closed. It is stated that the
court also believed, that contracts
should be drawn up definitely and
positively.
WICK TO WORK
FOR R. R. MONEY
TELLS ANCHORAGE HE WILLI
TRY TO GET EMERGENCY AP
PROPRIATION FOR WINTER.
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 12.—Delegate
Wickersham announced here today
that he will work in .congress for an
emergency appropriation for the1
construction work on the railroad so
that the work will continue through
the winter. He has expressed sur
prise at the growth of Anchorage.
He was tendered a fine reception yes
terday and spoke to the Anchorage
Woman’s Club. He was driven over
the town and the railroad works to
day and is now riding out the line
with Mears, O’Reilly and members of
the reception committee. Tonight
he will speak in Robarts hall and will
be give a banquet afterwards.
TEN PEOPLE HURT IN
AUTOS SEATTLE YESTERDAY
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—No less than
ten people were injured in automobile
accidents in this city yesterday but
no fatality resulted. A few of the
unlucky ones were more or less seri
ously injured.
WENT FROM JAIL TO FIGHT
AND THEN WENT BACK AGAIN
Tacoma Pugilist Arrested for Receiv
ing Stolen Goods Got
Licking Besides.
TACOMA, Nov. 12.—Joe Hennessy,
a boxer who was in jail here for re
ceiving stolen goods, got bailed out
last night, took an auto and rushed
to Eagle hall where he was engaged
to meet another local man in a box
ing match. He went through with the
fight and got beaten. He then got
an auto and went directly back to
jail, his bondsmen, withdrawing the
bail.
F. B. WOOD FIXED AS
ANCHORAGE POSTMASTER
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 12.—F. B.
Wood, formerly of Seward, has re
ceived his commission as postmaster
of Anchorage. The commission ar
rived on the Evans.
NEW MAIL SERVICE
TO ARCTIC CIRCLE
EDMONTON, Alta., Nov. 11.—On
November 29, rural free delivery in
the arctic circle will begin. C arriers
will leave on Dec. 29, Jan. 28 and
Feb. 25 with other mails, destined to
the land of the midnight sun, going
as far possible by railroad, thence by
stage, and finally by dog sled. Mail
will be delivered to squatters, settlers
and prospectors, as welll as adven
turers, whose addresses are known.
DORA TO GET FREIGHT
The Northwestern will bring 96
tons of freight to go wjest on the
Dora and about 100 tons of freight
for the Engineering commission. The
Kansas City has four tons of freight
for the westward. The Dora will
await the Kansas City’s arrival be
fore she leaves for the west.
BOYLE WINS CASE
Frank M. Boyle of Valdez yester
day afternoon won the case of John
Sherman Haynes vs. Frank M. Boyle
on a nonsuit argument They claimed
that the plaintiff had not suflicinet
grounds for an action in court.
RECEIVER DISCHARGED
Receiver Wayne Blue of the Skeen
Lechner mine was discharged this
morning. He was appointed as re
ceiver to carry out the sale.
LOGGING GAMP
BANDIT SHOT
SURROUNDED IN CABIN NEAR
EVERETT AFTER MORE
I
ATTEMPTS.
EVERETT, Nov. 12.—Throe mem
bers of the gang of bandits which
has recently been operating against
the logging camps of this district
were surrounded in a cabin last night
by a posse not far from this city ami
one of them was killed, a second was
wounded and the third escaped.
Since the first holdup of a logging
camp about six weeks or two months
ago other camps have been attacked
but the bandits have not succeeded
very well. The intention was, prob
ably, to secure the money held by
the workingmen. The idea of holding
up such places is very new but it
apparently caught on with the high
way fraternity and many attempts
have occurred within the past few
weeks. The three men surrounded in
the cabin yesterday did not succeed
in their attempt and were chased
quite a distance. From the accounts
to hand they put up a fight when
called upon to surrender and the
posse opened fire. The chase for
the third man is now proceeding
Their names are unknown.
_. j*’•
EIRE ON RIOLAGES IS
BELIEVED TO BE WILFUL
HALIFAX, Nov. 12.—A piece of
time fuse has been found in the car
go of the British ship Riolages which
put in here November 5 afire. She
was bound from New York to Queen
stown when the fire was discovered
and she was forced to put back.
After her docking here an investiga
tion was begun and the discovery of
the piece of time fuse is taken b\
the authorities to prove conclusively
that the fire was statted intention
ally. The numerous mysterious fires
occurring on trans-Atlantic ships are
regarded as being the work of one of
the widest and most reckless con
spiracies in the history of the world.
The Dominion officials declare openly
that the conspiracy is widespread
along the Atlantic coast of the
United States and that some Ameri
can officials are involved.
l\ S. REFUNDS MONEY
PAID FOR COAL CLAIMS
The purchase price paid for coal
lands has been turned to several
persons. The claims were in the Ber
ing River fields. The reimburse
ments are: Fannie T. Wheeler, $89;>;
Roy J. Kinnear, $1,576; James Camp
bell, $,1,599; Anna M. Chilberg, $1.
597; Charles A. Kinear, $1,576;
Frances Gzella and Katinka McRoss,
claimants in the Homer field on Cook
Inlet, were reimbursed to the amount
of $1,374 and $1,498 respectively.
The reimbursements were made
pursuant to relinquishments filed as
the result of proceedings by the
government charging at times fraud,
and always failure to prove a coal
mine.
%
_ - — --
MOOSE SOCIAL A
WEEK FROM TONIGHT
' The Moose dance will take place a
week from tonight and not this even
ing. There will be an important meet
ing of the.Moose this evening at 8
o’clock at the old A. B. hall and all
members are requested to be present.
PUEBLA DUE TONIGHT
The City of Puebla left Valdez
this morning at 11 o’clock and will
arrive about midnight or early in the
morning. She has only 106 tons«of
freight for Anchorage but will make
the trip over there.