The Seward gateway., November 19, 1915, Image 1

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GREAT GERMAN-BRITISH NAVAL
BATTLE EXPECTED IN CATTEGAT
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GREAT SEA FIGHT EXPECTED
LONDON. Nov. 1*).—Twenty-five German torpedo
boats and a big cruiser have passed the southern coast of
Sweden headed for the Cattegat and a big British squad
ron of cruisers and destroyers has entered the ( attegat
to meet them. It is almost certain that a great naval en
gagement will result. The reason for the Germans com
ing into the Cattegat is not known.
CAPTURE MONASTIR
LONDON. Nov. IS).—Reports continue to arrive that
the Bulgarians have captured Monastir and there is only
too much reason to believe that the story is true.
CARDNALS MAY BRING PEACE
ROME. Nov. IP—The Italian government has pro
vided the German and Austrian cardinals with passports
to enable them to enter Italy through the war lines so
that they might Ik* able to attend a consistory at the
Vatican in December. This unexpected action by the gov
ernment is believed to indicate that the government
knows that peace plans that are being worked out through
the pope and cardinals and it is said that Cardinal Harop
of Cologne is coming with suggestions from the German
government as to what terms of peace might be accept
able.
ACCUSE BULGAKS
PARIS. Nov. 19.—Butchery and rapine worse than
the Germans practised in Belgium is now being laid to
the doors of the Bulgarian invaders of Serbia. It is charg
ed that they have burned hundreds of women and children
in churches where they had taken reiuge. It is also
charged that Serbian civilians have been bayonetted and
shot down like dogs.
ROOSEVELT MAY FIGHT
NEW YORK. Nov. 19.—It was rumored today that
Theodore Roosevelt has volunteered to light with the
Canadians in Flanders but when his secretary was inter
viewed he stated that “the colonel has no comment to
make.” Hughes, the minister of Militia for Canada, when
interviewed at Ottawa, stated that "Roosevelt would
make a bonnie fighter and l should be delighted to give
him command of a division.” The whole thing is merely
rumor, however.
MONTENEGRINS DRIVEN BACK
PARIS, X ov. 19.—After fighting desperately with a i
snowstorm driving in their faces the Montenegrins have
been driven back from their principal position on the
Drina river.
ATTACKS GUARD
BEFORE DYING;
HILLSTROM EXECUTED THIS
MORNING IN SPITE OF
PRESIDENT S REQl’EST.
SALT LAK.E, Nov. 19.—Governor
Spry refused the request of President
Wilson to delay the execution of Hill
strom and the man was shot at 7:40
this morning. On emerging from the
death cell on the way to the scene of
execution Hillstrom made a sudden
attack on the guards with a club
which he had managed to secure by
some means unknown. The attack
was a savage one but he was over
powered after a violent struggle and
brought to the place where the tiring
squad was lined up. He was tied ami
manacled so that he could make no
further scenes, but as the time came
he himself gave the order to fire.
4*Fire! Let her go!” he cried, and
he smiled as the fatal triggers were
pulled.
Hillstrom was accused of the mur
der of an officer during I. W. W. riots.
He was a member of the I. W. W.
organization and very extreme in his
views. Since his condemnation to
death threatening letters have been
constantly coming to the governor
saying that he would be assassinated
if he refused to commute the sentence
and that other outrages would follow.
Governor Spry remained determined
and two days ago he received a re
quest from President Wilson to de
lay the execution but he refused to
let even that request cause him to
deviate from his course. Hillstrom’s
attack on the guards was delivered
with no hope of escaping but as a
demonstration of his protest against
constituted authority.
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❖ HAliVS DEATH WAS *
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CHICAGO, N’ov, l'A—An autopsy
1 on the body of the last infant allowed
to die by the doctors and nurses in
the maternity hospital shows that
the baby had no chance to live, any
how. An investigation is now pro
ceeding to ascertain whether this in
fant was the only one permitted to
die or not. The subject still continues
to be one of the chief ones discussed
in the newspapers and quite a lot
more may be expected to be heard
from it.
ST. PETER’S GCILD
DOING GOOD WORK
The St. Peter’s Guild met yester
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. H.
C. De Line, where they held a very
successful sewing circle. The presi
dent reported that the basement of
the St. Peter’s church was nearly half
finished and should be completed next
week. Several carpenters are at
work putting it into shape and are
doing excellent work.
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❖ VPPROPRIATION MAY ❖
❖ COME IN JANUARY ❖
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The appropriation of eight millions
to be asked for by Secretary Lane is
expected by local people not to be
granted until after the holidays and
this fact is mentioned to avoid the
impatience which may result if con
gress does not act on the matter im
mediately after convening next
month. Congress meets on December
7, but an adjournment will be taken
for the holidays and those who have
followed the actions of congress say
j it will probably be January, at soon
est, before appropriations are taken
1 up.
Cheer Churchill
Leaving lor Front
Former First Lord of Admiralty
Dressed in Khaki (iocs
to the 'Frenches.
LONDON, Nov. 18.—Great crowds
cheered Winston Churchill as he de
parted, dressed in khaki, lor the
western battle front this morning.
The demonstration was one of the
most extraordinary ever seen and the
former first lord of the admiralty,
from being a discredited cabinet min
ister, has sunddenly become almost *
national hero in the eyes of the peo
ple. His speech a couple of days ago
in the house of commons showed that
he had never ordered any move of the
navy or any other operation without
having first consulted experts and
now he leaves for the battlefields
fully restored to favor with the peo
ple generally. He was at one time
an army officer and is, therefore, a
trained soldier.
MOOSE MEETING
The Seward lodge Loyal Order of
Moose will meet this evening at 8
o’clock. The social has been postpon
ed on account of the bazaar of the
Ladies Aid of the Methodist church
which takes place this evening.
HUGHES DOES NOT WANT
TO BE A CANDIDATE
Supreme Court Judge Asks That His
Name he Taken off the
Primary Ticket.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Su
preme Court Judge Hughes today di
rected that his name be removed from
the presidential primaries ticket but
it is believed that his request will be
disregarded. Hughes has told many
of his friends that he has no ambition
to be a candidate for the presidency
but it is thought that if he were
selected by the national Republican
convention he would make the race.
many Working
NEW NOME PAY
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SEWARD PENINSULA CAMP HAS
DOG FAMINE BECAUSE
OF THE WAR.
NOME, Nov. 18.—Nome is just
now experiencing a revival of winter
prospecting and mining and the ac
tivity is unusual. Arrivals from
Dexter Divide report that much work
is proceeding ami that several praties
are hoisting pay from claims around
the place where the strike was made
last spring. Amongst those in the
pay there this winter are Ow'en and
Brown, who made the rich strike last
winter. Others operating there are
Murray and Rose, the Rowan broth
ers, Henniner & Company, Holtzer
land and Quetschke, Richter and
Bolster, Moses and Warter, Taylor
and partners, Dan Connolly and
brothers. Many are taking out
winter dumps and the rest are pros
pecting and trying to line up the pay.
The output for the Nome camp this
year w'as just about three million dol
lars and the customs office record of
arrivals and departures show that the
population this winter is about tw’o
hundred and fifty more than it was
last year.
Severe blizzards and a great snow
fall have piled high the drifts much
earlier than in any other winter in
the camp's history. About a hun
dred people are at the scene of the
Dime creek strike and others are
leaving daily for it. It is a fairly
good low* grade placer camp.
Since the last boat went out it has
been found that a dog famine exists
here owing to the purchases made by
♦he French government for the war,
FIND TEN OF
THE VICTIMS!
ravensdale disaster ex
hausts INSURANCE FUND
OF THE STATE.
SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—Ten bodies
of the victims of the mine disaster at
Ravensdale had been recovered tbit
morning and it is expected that the
remaining thiry-one will be found to
day. It is now clear that the number
of dead is, as stated at first, thirty
one. The amount to be paid out of
the state insurance fund will be
seventy-five thousand dollars and this
is expected to exhaust the whole fund
so that the levying of new coal mine
assessments is probable. The in
vestigation by the government into
the cuase of the catastrophe will be
started as soon as all the bodies have i
been taken out, and this will probably
be tomorrow.
• Delayed Cables!]
ROME BOMBARDED
LONDON, Nov. 18.—Am ambigu
ous dispatch received here last night
indicates that an aeroplane has bom-!
barded the city of Rome and that five
were injured.
EXPLORE FOR OIL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The
navy department has taken over,
sixty-nine sections ot reserved lands1
and will explore them, or prospect
them, for hidden oil for use in the
navy.
PURSUING SERBS
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—The Germans1
have now occupied several new posi
tions in northern Serbia and are pur
suing the Serb northern army from
Javor to Radan. The Serbians are
lighting rear guard actions as they
; retreat but the Teutonic forces are
j moving steadily without stop.
| LET MEDICINE COME
LONDON, Nov. 18.—The British
j government has promised to let a six
month’s supply of German blood speci
lie pass the blockade and be sent to
the United States, many of whose
people are suffering agonies because
of the need for the medicine.
BOMBARD GERMANS
PARIS, Nov. 18.—It is officially
claimed that the French have opened
a concentrated bombardment of the
German trenches which is doing
frightful destruction to the enemy in
the Somme region. A fierce artillery
struggle is also proceding near Bois
and at Givenchy. No infantry attacks (
have been reported. Conditions re
main about the same as they have
been for some time but there are in
dications that the enemy is not in,
such strength as he was in the west
previous to the opening of the attack
on Serbia.
ITALY-U. S. TRAFFIC STOPS
LONDON, Nov. 18.—According to
advices from Zurich, Switzerland, the
Italian government has suspended all
steamship traffic beween Italy and
America pending the preparations
which Italy is making to combat Ger
man and Austrian submarines in the
Mediterranean. So many Italian ves
sels have been recently sunk that the
danger to life is regarded as too
serious.
KING AND KITCHENER
ATHENS, Nov. 18.—The king of
Greece has asked for an interview
with Lord Kitchener who is now in
the south Europe w*ar area and it is
supposed that the king desires to
clear up all the questions connected
with the landing of Allied troops in
Greek territory. The people of this
country, although formerly strong
for the allied nations, are now some
what angered by the violation of
Greek neutrality although Venizelos
is said by the allied governments to
have given them permission to land
at Saloniki. It is candidly admitted
here that Greece is pausing before
making a decision until she sees
which side is likely to win in the
ATHENS SAYS BULGARIANS ARE
SWEEPING ALLIES BEFORE THEM
Will Close Panama
Canal Six Months
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employees Discharged and lempor
ary Channel is Opened.
PANAMA, Nov. 19.—It is now be
lieved that a delay of six months will
be caused before opening the Panama
canal. The employees have been dis
missed or transferred and Goethals
will probably open a temporary chan
nel to release imprisoned shipping,
after which the canal will be closed
completely until all danger of slides
has been removed. The work of re
moving the hills which caused the
slides and the raising of the bottom
of the canal is being proceeded with
on a large scale but it is now clear
that the extra expenses to the United
States will be enormous.
SEATTLE MAN GIVES BIG
SI M TO A JAPANESE GIRL
One H undr i^d and Fifty Thousand
Dollars for the Oriental Maid
who Managed His Hotel.
SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—William Holt,
hotel proprietor and real estate man,
who has just died of tuberculosis, has
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left one hundred and fifty thousand i
dollars to a Japanese girl who was
manager of his hotel. flhe girl had
been in his employment for quite a
long time. It is thought that some
relatives of Holt may contest the will.
* WELL KNOWN PEOPLE *
* COMING ON ALAMEDA •>
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SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—The Alameda
left Wednesday with the following
passengers for Seward: Guy White
head, W. Gibbon, A. Hoffman, Mrs. J.
1 Cummings, Isaac Evans and wife,
Miss A. Johnson, A1 Downing, George
Frazier, Ragna Ross and F. Kelly.
Balkans. It is necessarily a question
; of national safety and her future ac
tions will probably depend on the re
sult of the struggle now proceeding in
Serbia.
ALLIES IN DANGER
SALONIKI, Nov. 18.—It is admit
ted that the allies and Serbians oper
ating in southern Serbia are now
threatened with an out flanking at
tack by over numbering forces. By
advancing northward in the effort to
reinforce the northern Serbians they
have left their flank exposed too
much to the Bulgarians advancing
from the northeast and a retirement
may be found advisable. There is
still a hope that this retreat will be
avoided. Its effect at the present
time might be most serious because
of the influence it might exercise on
the opinion of the Greeks and
Roumanians.
ITALIAN ARMY COMES
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—Five Italian
transports are disembarking Italian
troops today at Saloniki for the aid
of the Serbians. Other Italian forces
are expected to be dispatched soon
but the Austro-German army in the
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north expects that within a few days
we shall be able to reinforce the Bul
garians in the south to meet the new
ly landed enemy.
ALLIES HAVE SUCCESS
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The latest ad
vices from Athens this afternoon are
to the effect that the British-French
Serbian forces in southern Serbia
have scored several successes against
the Bulgarians and that important
gains have been made. The nature
of the successes has not been in*
dicated.
ALLIES USE GAS
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The French peo
pie are now urging the unrestricted
use of asphyxiating gases on the bat
tle front to offset the use of gas by
the Germans. The British and French
have recently adopted the use of the
vhs in self defense but not generally.
BULGARS SWEEPING ALLIES
ATHENS, Nov. 19.—The Bulgarians are sweeping
everything before them in southern Serbia. In places tin
French are somwhat successful against the Bulgars Hut
they are not numerous enough to follow up any ad
vantages. Heavy reinforcements are reported for the
allies at Saloniki but it is feared that they will not be able
to reach the front in time to stop the Bulgarian advance.
The British are hammering at Strumnitz.
SINK AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE
ROME, Nov. 19.—French and Italian destroyers have
sunk an Austrian submarine in the Mediterranean. Tin*
name of the submarine was not ascertained as she was
sunk immediately on being sighted.
BRITISH MONITOR SUNK
BERLIN, Nov. 19.—A British monitor has been sunk
in the Tigris river, Asiatic Turkey, according to advices
from Constantinople.
BOMBARD VENICE AGAIN
ROME, Nov. 19.—Five Austrian aeroplanes flew
over Venice last night and dropped bombs as they passed
but did little damage.
CLOSING ON SERBS
VIENNA, Nov. 19.—The armies of the central pow -
ers are now closing in on the remnant of the Serbian arm .
on the Montenegrin border and the resistance of the
| enemy may be regarded as ended. We took eight thou
sand more prisoners in the past twenty-four hours
| The Austrian war office also claims more gains against
the Russians on the Galician border. The Austrians buri
ed twenty-five hundred Russians yesterday and foun
four hundred newly dug graves. On the Italian front onlj
feeble attacks by the enemy are reported although a
severe engagement is believed to be proceeding at a place
called Georitti.
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| Habeas Corpus in
the Krause Case
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—(I)elaye<i)— j
When Edward Krause was bound over
yesterday by Commissioner Robert j
W. McCleland, Judge Netterer order
ed the prisoner transferred to Juneau ;
to await the action of the grand jury
there but habeus corpus proceedings
were started later and are being con
tinued this afternoon. Another sen- •
sation was developed in the case
when Chief of Detectives Charles
Tennant said that some of the effects
of C. F. Smith, the other man who
has disappeared, had been found j
amongst the belongings of Krause,
and that the circumstances pointed to
the probability that Smith also had
ben done away with by Krause. One
of the new disclosures was the find
ing of the forged name of J. O.
Plunkett in the effects of Krause and
Tennant testified without hesitation
that Krause certainly murdered
Christie, Ole Moe and Plunkett, and,
possibly Smith. The last letter from
Moe had been written two years ago
to his brother Andrew at Seattle and
was written on the same typewriter,
and on the same paper as the faked j
subpoena that was served on Christie
at Treadwell. It was also on the
same paper that bore the forged
name of Plunkett and the name of C.
F. Smith. During the hearing Krause
was forced to admit that he had once
written a letter for Ole Moe but he
said it was because Moe had a sore
hand and could not write himself. In
this letter it was stated that Ole Moe
had left for Norway to visit relatives
but these relatives have since been
writing anxiously enquiring for news
about Moe’s whereabouts.
; VILLA WOUNDED IN
BATTLE \t SONORA
Heavy Fighting Takes Place hut the
Outcome Has Not Yet
Been Reported.
DOUGLAS, Arizona, Nov. 19.—
That Villa has been wounded in a
battle which is now proceeding near
Sonora is the statement made in
dispatches arriving here today. The
battle is described as a heavy one
but the outcome of it has not yet
been reported.
The Farragut is due to arrive at 10
o’clock tomorrow morning.
PENROSE WILL
8E CANDIDATE
DECLARES HE WILL SHORTLY
ANNOFNCE HIMSELF FOR
PRESIDENTIAL NOM1N \ HON
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. kv
Senator Boise Penrose announced to
day that he will shortly formally de
clare himself a candidate for tin* re
publican nomination for the presi
dency. He has made no secret ot the
fact that he will actively contend 'or
the nomination and that he ha. e*
his heart and soul on securing it. His
announcement has not been received
with surprise as it has been known
for some time that his friends were
urging the presentation of his name.
The chances of Root are not believed
to be rosy as his name has been as
sociated too long with the great
monied interests to make him a
popular candidate.
THE CABLE W AS BROKEN
BY ANCHOR OF A SHIP
Interruption Took Place at Port
Townsend but Will be
Fixed Today.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—'The break in
the Alaska cable took place at Port
Townsend and was due to a ship’s
anchor. The cable ship Burnside is
now working on it and communica
tion is expected to be restored to
morrow.
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NEW YORK ROCKED
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—New York
city is being rocked today by a seven
ty mile gale which is the heaviest ex
perienced for years. The poor are
suffering from the inclemency of
the weather. Two people were in
| jured on the streets today when they
i were thrown down by the wind.
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COLD WAVE CHICAGO
j CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—A blizzard is
now sweeping off the lakes and the
city is in the grip of a cold wave.
GREAT GALES RAGE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Danger
ous gales are reported to be raging in
■ the Great Lakes region and to be'
sweeping along the Jersey coasts.