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VIENNA GOVERNMENT
GIVEN EAST CHANCE
Reply to U. S. Note Evasive
and Washington Demands Lm
mediate and Unequivocal
Compliance.
U. S REPEATS ULTIMATUM
WASINGTON, Dec. 18.—Lansing has made public the
reply of the Austrian government to the United States in
connection with the sinking of the Ancona but it is found
to be just as stated in the synopsis some days ago. Lan
sing finished the American reply last night and cabled it
to Vienna today. He gives copies of the correspondence
between the United States and Germany in the Lusitania
affair to show Austria, if it did not know before, the con
tentions of this country with respect to submarine war on
neutral vessels. Lansing also demands an immediate and
unequivocal compliance with the demands made in the
former note and the situation has now, therefore, reach
ed a crisis. The official opinion is that Austria must at
once accept the humiliation of acceding to the demands
or diplomatic relations will be severed. The mere severa
ance of relations is believed, though, to be the limit to
which this nation will go. War is hardly believed possible.
WHAT ARE TEUTONS DOING
BUCHAREST, Dec. 18.—The Bulgarian government
nas instituted an absolute censorship over all news and
the border between Bulgaria and this country has had its
guards doubled with the evident intention of preventing
any leakage of news or the going or coming of spies.
These precautions have aroused the belief that big events
are being prepared for to the south but their nature can
only be conjectured. This government has closed the
Danube where it touches Roumanian territory to the
Teutonic allies as well as to the Russians but vast quanti
ties of supplies are being carried by rail constantly to
wards Constantinople from the Serb-Austrian frontier.
GATHER IN SERBS AND OTHERS
BERLIN. Dec. 18.—Thirteen thousand five hundred
Serbian and Montenegrin soldiers have been captured by
the Austrians in the last five days during the operations
in Montenegro. The Austro-Hungarians are now rolling
through the country steadily and surely although the
mountain passes are covered with snow. The snow alone
causes any delay. Some of the papers here express the
belief that after having marched through Montenegro the
Austrians will continue through Albanian territory and
attack the Italians at Avlona and Durazzo.
KING PETER IN ROME
ROME. Dec. 18.—King Peter of Serbia has establish
ed his headquarters temporarily in Rome. All deputies
not killed or captured will be addressed by him this even
ing if the condition of his health permits. The aged king
looks broken and crushed by the calamity which has be
fallen his kingdom and his people. He was compelled to
adopt most unpleasant subterfuges to escape from the
enemy on his flight from Serbia through Albania.
SMASHING GORIZIA FORTS
PARIS, Dec. 18.—The most horrible artillery battl
ing thus far in the war is now proceeding at Gorizia
where the Italians are using every available gun to belch
shells on the forts of the city. This bombardment has
been going on for the past two days and the inner forts
are crumbling before the terrific fire so that the fall of the
position is looked for pretty soon.
MANY ITALIANS KILLED
VIENNA, Dec. 18.—Seventy thousand Italians have
been killed or wounded during the attack on Gorizia, ac
cording to the official anouncement today. It is admitted
that the civilian residents of the city have been "hard hit”
but the military damage inflicted by the Italian guns is
described as of no importance.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 18.—Seventeen hundred and
eighty-six German noblemen were killed in the war up
to October and the number is now believed to be more
than two thousand Nearly all the famous families in the
empire are mourning one or more member.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Boy-Ed and von Papen,
the attaches of the German embassy, have notified the am
bassador that they will sail for Germany in the latter part
of this month. Both have refused to make any state
ment
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 18.—General von Stockhauston
of the German army has been killed in action. He had
gained distinction on the western front
MILITARY PREPAREDNESS AND RAISING MONEY
ARE THE TWO BIG ISSUES BEFORE CONGRESS.
Photos by American Press Association.
[Preparedness for possible war and the raising of money for such preparedness and for other purposes are the two biff Is
sues before the first session of the Sixty-fourth congress, beginning on Dec. 7. with the reading of the message by I’rca
Ident Wilson, although the actual flrat session Is fixed by the constitution for the first Monday In December, falling this
year on Dec. 6 Two of the busiest figures In congress are Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the senate mil
itary affairs committee, and Representative Kltch • of North Carolina, head of the ways and means committee of t ie
house. The constitution declares that all measure* for raising revenue, such rs tar'.F hills, must originate In the housa.
No. L President Wilson reading message to congress; 4 Senator Chamberlain; 3. Representative KtteMn 1
WHERE VON HINDENBURG
_CONTINUES HIS EIGHT.
iTh* map shows th© Important point* in
Russia where th© German advance ha*
halted. According to one report th*
Germans ordered the evacuation of Ml
tau, an Important point and their for
ward baae. The German objective In
thl© campaign ha* been th© capture ol
Riga. Winter aet* In early In thos*
parts and already there are reports ol
the freezing of the ground to ©uch deptt
that th© digging of trenche© 1* lmpo*
•Ibis]
ALAMEDA COMES
The Alameda arrived yesterday
afternoon at 4:45 with 149 tons of
freight for this place, 100 tons of
which will go west on the Dora. The
following passengers arrived on her.
For Seward: J. F. Snell, A. L. Snell,
A. W. Brown, Harry Markwell, Mrs.
F. W. Small, Walter D. Peters, Judge
Whittlesey, Miss Rose Cahalan, Mrs.
Jones and G. M. Woods. For the
Dora bound westward: Miss E. L.
Code, Mrs. L. C. Straghan, C. Mad
sen, George Albert, J. H. Nelson, A.
M. Hanson, E. Williamson, and one
steerage.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEET
The Woman's Club of Seward will
meet Monday afternoon at the
Pioneer Hall. All members are re
quested to be present.
Mrs. L. N. Hettel expects to leave
on the next steamer for a vacation of
a few weeks outside.
St. Car Falls into
the Spokane Kiver
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Seven Drowned and Twelve Injured
by Accident in City Thia
Morning.
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SPOKANE, Dec. 18.—Seven people
1 were drowned and twelve lie in the
hospitals injured as the result of a
car crashing through a weakened
bridgo on North Division Street early
this morning. The occurrence took
place in the darkness and as the car
fell into the Spokane river the task
of saving the victims was very difli
| cult. Another car which was follow
ing closely bocame suspended in the
wreckage but was held up in time.
The names of the drowned were not
known at the time this message was
; sent nor is the cause of the collapse
exactly known. Most of the people in
the car were laborers and working
people of all kinds. Several were
, girls but the girls are all believed to
have been rescued.
BUYS LOT
L. V. Ray has purchased lot 30 in
block 8 from the Bank of Seward.
When asked as to his plans Mr. Ray
stated that he had not ful’y decided
as yet what he would do as he has
several plans in view. The lot is op
posite the Hotel Seward and some
people say it is the lot chosen for a
building which has been hinted at be
fore.
STONE MADE AGENT FOR
WALLA WALLA CONVICT
J. H. Roberts, Number 7101, a con
vict in Walla Walla penitentiary, has
sent a cane made out of copies of the
Seattle Times which he asks B. M.
Stone of the Gateway to sell or raffle
to aid poor Roberts to help himself
when he leaves the prison. The con
vict, who is doing a term of five to
ten years says he saw Mr. Stone’s
name in the Seattle Times and that,
knowing Alaskans well, he believes
they would aid by taking tickets on
the stick, which he made himself. It
is a wonderful piece of work. Roberts
says he wants chiefly to take a cor
respondence course after leaving the
pen so that he might lead a decent
life. It would be a worthy cause.
Six Killed in a
Battle at St. Paul
Holdups Sho* Fight When Detectives
Attempt to Arrest Them
In a Saloon.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 18.—Two detect
ives and threo bandits were killed and
a fourth bandit was fatally wounded
in a battle which book place in this
city last night when the detectives
atempt to arrest robbers who were
holding up a saloon. The demand for
surrender was answered by thebandits
with shots and the detectives at once
drew and blazed away. The fusilade
was a fierce one. The bandits ran
but kept up firing until they dropped
one by one. When the crowd hur
ried to the scene the six bodies were
lying on the ground.
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- FIVE MEN WORK
> NOW ON TRAIL
Anton Eide, superintendent of Road
Commission work, has returned after
having put five men to work improv
ing the trail between Anchorage and
Seward, in the part complained of by
both cities and mushers. Mr. Eide
says the five men can do all the work
possible this winter. He also express
ed the opinion that the trail is not at
all in such bad condition as it was
represented to be.
FINED $50
A fine of fifty dollars was inflicted
by Commissioner Conroy today on a
man who was charged with being
drunk and disorderly. The defendant
was an Anchorage man. (Another
proof of Seward's meaness). The ar
rest was made by Deputy Marshal
Evans.
Charged with Plot
to Destroy Canal
Former Head of Hamhurg-American
Steamship Line Detectives
Arrested.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18. — Paul
Koenig, formerly head of the Ham
burg-American Steamship Line de
tectives, has been arrested with an
alleged accomplice on the charge of
1 conspiring to blow' up the Welland
canal. The name of alleged accomp
lice has not been pub’ished but he is
regarded as only a subordinate part
of the supposed conspiracy. Koenig
denies guilt but the authorities de
clare that they have strong evidence
against him.
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THOMPSON WILL CLEAN
UP THE CHICAGO POLICE
Declares Policemen Are Grafters, In
efficient and Arc Shelter
ing Law Breakers.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18. — Mayor
Thompson issued a statement today
declaring that he is about to open a
campaign to clean up the city police
i department which he describes as
* horribly corrupt. “The Chicago police
department stinks,” he said, “and I
: am going to clean it up if it costs me
my life.” In some respects he enters
into details concerning conditions in
the department. He declares the
policemen are graftere, inefficient in
every way and are shielding
criminals.
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Twenty Thousand
Fishing in Alaska
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Rcdfield's Report Shows Value of Al
aska Salmon for Year Over
Twenty Millions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. — The
! year ending June 7 was the most
prosperous in the history of the fish
ing industry in Alaska, according to
the report just issuod by Secretary
Redfield of the department of com
merce. The total value of the fish
caught in that year was twenty-one
million two hundred and forty-three
thousand five hundied dollars, or a
million more than in the year preced
ing. The number of salmon caught
' was fifty-four million six hundred and
1 fifty thousand and the number of
cases was four million and thirty-six
thousand. The salmon alone was
valued at eighteen million nine hun
dred and twenty thousand. Eighty
one canneries were in operation and
employed twenty-one thousand two
hundred persons, four thousand be
' ing natives. Thirty-seven million dol
lars is the sum invested in the Alaska
salmon industry of which the vastly
greater proportion is invested in the
salmon industry.
(Note: One mistake was discovered
in the cable message telling of the
fishing industry and another might
have crept in here as it is difficult to
have figures come over the lines cor
rectly.)
SEATTLE MOTHER AND
TWO DAUGHTERS DIE
SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—A mother and
her two daughters died in this city of
pneumonia during the past nine days.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The gas
schooner Manmette blew up yesterday
and ten people were drowned. Four
were rescued.
MARRIED 8:30 P. M., TODA Y
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Nor
man Galt will be married this even
ing at eight-thirty o’clock. This an
nouncement has been made officially
but nothing further has been said as
to the place where the honeymoon |
will be spent as it is evidently the in
tention of the happy couple to avoid
crowds and demonstrations of all
kinds. There is nothing new to tell
about the marrikge. It will be a quiet
affair with only the relatives present.
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LANE PRESENTS
ALASKA REPORT
WANTS CO-ORDINATE COMMIS
SION AND DISLIKES COM
PLETE LOCAL CONTROL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Secre
tary Franklin K. Lane has presented
his report. In it he states that he
desires the formation of a co-ordinate
commission for the administration of
Alaska affairs. This commission, he
says, would be primarily in the hands
of Alaskans but “would be always in
touch with, and responsive to, tho
wish of cnogress and the president
through one of the departments.” He
expresses the belief that it would be
unwise to grant complete local con
trol on account of the temptation to
“grant away later water fronts, pow
er sites and other exceptional re
sources in return for improvements
and the expenditure of large sums of
money.” It is evident to Alaskans
here from the report of the secretary
that he adheres more strongly than
ever to the idea of establishing the
Commission or Development Board.
WHY THEY TRIED TO
DESTROY WELLAND CANAL
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The Wel
land 6hip canal, on the charge of at
tempting to blow up which arrests
have been made, connects Lake Erie
and Ontario and is the channel by
w'hich great grain cargoes are ship
ped for the allied nations.
Delegate Thinks
Money Will Come
Wires Cook Inlet Pioneer Emergency
Appropriation May be Got
After Holidays.
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 18.—In a cable
mesasge to the Cook Inlet Pioneer
Delegate Wickersham says that indi
cations point to the likelihood that an
emergency appropriation will be ask*
ed after the holidays for the continu
ation of the work on the Matanuska
branch of the government railroad
this winter, and that if the emergency
appropriation is asked it will be
granted. No mention is made as to
the amount to be asked and nothing
more is said by the Delegate than
that indications point as he says.
DR. HAZARD IS
OUT OX PAROLE
WALLA WALLA, Dec. 18.—Dr.
Linda Hazzard, the Seattle starvation
specialist, was released from the
penitentiary last evening on parole.
R. R. Commission
to Fix the Trail
Secretary Lane Instructs Mears to Do
the Work Immediately.
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 18.—A wire
has been received by the chamber of
commerce of this city from De-egate
Wickersham stating tlat Secretary
Lane has instructed Commissioner
Mears to put the trail between An
chorage and Seward in repair im
mediately. The Delegate states in his
cable that he saw Secretary Lane and
recommended that the work be done
according to the wishes of the people
of this city and Seward.
ALAMEDA SAILS
The Alameda sailed for Seattle
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this morning a little after midnight
and took the following passengers
For Seattle: B. H. Bearss, Judge Mc
Ginty, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Grant, I
J. Crabtree, A. H. McDonald and
three steerage. L. L. Stickler for
Valdei and S. Wolf for Cordova,