The Seward gateway., November 20, 1915, Image 1

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CITY OF MONASIIR j
TAKEN 6Y BULGARS
Serbian Resistance To Bulgarians in the
South Cannes to an Fiul.
ANOTHER LINER SUNK
PARIS, Nov. 20.—There is only too much reason to
believe that the Italian liner Verona, bound from Genoa
to New York, has been sunk in the Mediterranean by a
submarine and that another horrible tragedy has result
ed. The last heard of the Verona was when she wireless
ed while off the coast of Spain that she was being chased
bv a submarine. Not a word has been heard from her
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since and her silence can only be construed as meaning
that she lias been destroyed. She is a sister ship oi the
liner Ancona which was sunk some days ago by an Aus
trian submarine and usually carried from three hundred
to five hundred passengers. The exact number carried
this time has not yet been ascertained here.
MON ASTIR HAS FALLEN
PARIS, Nov. 20.—The news has been confirmed that
Monastir has fallen. It was rumored yesterday that the
Bulgarians had entered the city and confirmation of the
rumor arrived later. The fall of the city means the end
of Serbian resistance against the Bulgars and it also
means that the task of holding the Bulgarians now de
volves entirely on the French and British. Monastir is a
city of forty-five thousand and was the second largest in
Turkish Macedonia before the Serbs took it from Turkey
in the last war. It is situated at the extreme south of
Serbia, close to the Greek border, and is nearly half way
across Serbia, measuring by a line drawn east and west.
To reach it the Bulgars had to penetrate Serbia for about
a hundred miles and this clearly indicates the advance
made by the invaders. It is admitted now that Serbia has
already met the fate of Belgium as nearly the whole
country is in the hands of the enemy. The task before the
British and French is, therefore, no longer to defend
Serbia but to attempt to retake it.
KITCHENER MEETS KING
LONDON, Nov. 20.—Lord Kitchener and King Con
stantine of Greece are expected to meet today and have a
conference regarding the relations between Greece and
the belligerents. It is admitted here that Greece gives no
indication of being friendly to the allied cause just at pres
ent but there is a confident feeling that she will remain
neutral at least. The feeling between Greece and Italy
seems to be particularly dangerous and it is known that
Italy has temporarily interned Greek vessels lying in
Italian ports, but only until it is fully known that Greece
will not enter the war on the side of the central powers.
It is thought that the crucial point will be reached when
Kitchener and Constantine come together but the very
fact that the king asked to meet the British war minister
is taken as a favorable sign.
MONTENEGRINS MOVE
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—The Montenegrin government
has changed the capital from Cettinje to Scutari as the
former is now threatened by the advance of the Austrians.
The Montenegrin army has taken up positions along the
most mountainous parts of the frontier but its inability to
secure equipment and munitions will probably make its
defense only a brief one. The Austrians are reported to
be moving in force through Bosnia to the western frontier
of Montenegro while the Teutonic allies are following the
Serbians from northern Serbia to the north of Monte
negro. The Teutons are also advancing westward from
Nish and the Bulgarians are advancing on the south so
that Montenegro and the retreating Serbians will soon
be ringed around with a wall of fire and steel.
GORITZA BADLY SMASHED
VIENNA, Nov. 20.—Three thousand shells have been
fired into the city of Goritza by the Italian batteries and
the bombardment continues. The damage inflicted is
admittedly severe. Many houses have been demolished
and fires have been started throughout the city. The
Austrians are still holding the position and all the posi
tions in the neighborhood and have succeeded in repulsing
every Italian attack but the enemy is still pounding away
with guns of every calibre. The chief artillery attack is
directed at the head of the bridge leading out of the city
with the intention, no doubt, of preventing our retreat.
A great number of the civilian population have been kill
ed by the shells.
ACCUSE THE BRITISH
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—The German admiralty has for
mulated a charge to the effect that the British are using
Red Cross flags to shield transport ships from sub
marines. The admiralty declares that seventy transports,
all carrying Red Cross flags, passed through the straits
of Gibraltar in the last few days although each transport
was loaded with troops on their way to Serbia.
Seward Democrats
Go After Spence
Ask His Retirement Because He Op
posed Regular Democratic
Candidate.
The Democratic Club of Seward has
now followed in the path of the
Democratic Club of Valdez and Cor
dova and last night passed a resolu
tion asking that an investigation be
made into the conduct of the District
Attorney’s office to the end that ‘‘the ^
government of the United States be
fairly and efficiently represented.”
I'he following is the resolution for
warded to President Wilson, the At
torney-General and Senator Walsh:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the SEW
ARD DEMOCRATIC CLUB, a politi
•al organization of Seward, Alaska,
1. That it is incumbent upon this
organization to respectfully request
.he removal from office of William X.
Spence, United States District At
torney for the Third Division of
Alaska:
2. That we greatly regret the
necessity of making this recommenda
tion. but deem it an imperative duty i
to do, and that motives of charity
♦light not to cause us to evade what J
I appears to us to be a matter of duty
to our party, to our citizens, and to
the Administration.
8. That the present district at*
.orney perniciously took part in local
Alaskan politics against our regular
nominee for Delegate, which nominee
ad the presonal endorsement of our
President, and said attorney did bring
o bear the influence of his office to
bring about the defeat of our candi
date.
4. That such pernicious political
activity immediately placed the of
ice of United States Attorney in gen
eral disrepute among our people, ir
respective of party or creed, inas
nuch as the office should be kept free
from taint and suspicion of favorit
ism.
5. That the conduct of the office of
United States Attorney by its present
incumbent is so notoriously weak and
incompetent as to cause the same to
be held up to ridicule.
6. That an investigation as to the
competency of Mr. Spence to hold
.>uch office, should, in all fairness, be
at once made by those in authority to
the end that the Government of the
United States be efficiently and fairly
represented in the Third Division of
Alaska, and the duties devolving up
on the Department of Justice in the
U. S. Attorney’s office be administer
ed in such manner as to retain the
confidence of our citizens in such
office.
7. That we greatly deplore the
fact that we feel in duty bound to for
ward a copy of this resolution to the
Attorney-General of the United
States, and to the President.
S. That copies of this resolution be
sent by mail to the President of the
United States, to his Attorney Gen
eral and to Honorable Thomas J.
Walsh, a Senator of the United
States.
debs will not be a
CANDIDATE AT PRIMARIES
TERRE HAUTE, Nov. 20.—Eugene
Debs has come to the conclusion not
to be a candidate at the presidential
primary election on the socialist
ticket, He had received some urg
ing but came to the conclusion to let
some else take the burden on his
shoulders this time.
HOLDS UP GRAND HOTEL
IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.—A
roomer in the Grand Hotel held up
the clerk today at the point of a
revolver and robbed the deposit boxes
of thirty-five hundred dollars. He
escaped after the holdup and every
effort to apprehend him has failed up
to the present.
SPRY DEFIES
I. W. WJN UTAH
STATES AFTER EXECUTION OF
H1LLSTROM THAT HE WILL
DRIVE THEM OUT.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 20.—Governor
Spry gave !ut a statement yesterday
following the execution of Hillstrom
in which he declared that he will use
the militia ;f necessary to drive the
Industrial Workers of the World out
of the State of Utah. He apparently
gave out this statement as a means of
showing his defiance ol the I. W. W.
and their threats. He is still care
fully guarded and it is teared that an
attempt will be made on his life. It
is thought that he would likely have
listened to the request of President
Wilson for a delay in the execution
of Hillstrom were it not for the belief
that such a decision would have been
attributed to his fear of the threats.
The members of the I. W. W.
throughout the state are said to be
preparing demonstrations in com
memoration of Hillstrom but any
public manifestation will probably be
suppressed.
SEATTLE MAN IS
KILLED IN ALTO
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Karl Berg
mann, an automobile instructor, was
killed and five others \i<*re seriously
injured last night when an auto driv
en by William Colo of Everett skid
ded over a high embankment. Berg
mann was the teacher of Cole who
was taking a lesson at the time of the
accident. The five injured people are
sai*l to be very seriously hurt and it
is possible that more than one fatality
may result.
MEXICANS BEAT AGED
AMERICANS TO DEATH
Sixteen Years Old Daughter is Kid
naped Also Because She Re
jected Mexican Suitor
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20.—Mr. and
Mrs. B. Burlingame, aged Americans,
have been beaten to death on their
ranch at Ensadana, Mexico, and their
sixteen years old daughter has been
kidnaped. The crime was committed
by a Mexican who had been rejected
by Miss Burlingame as a suitor.
Washington has been notified and the
Mexican government will be compel
led to take action or United States
officers may be sent across the line.
MAYOR HALE OF CHICAGO
MAY RE A CANDIDATE
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 20.—Mayor
Hale of Chicago is now being prom
inently mentioned as candidate of the
Republicans for the presidency. The
suggestion by Taft and others that
Root would be the best candidate
seems to receive very little favor here
or throughout the rest of the country
and Root is regarded as impossible
for several reasons, although no one
dares to say that he would not be the
most able of all those mentioned so
far.
LESTER JONES ONCE MORE
TELLS WHAT HE CRAV ES
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Dr. Lester
Jones, of the federal survey bureau,
is here for the purpose of creating in
terest in the work of securing an ap
propriation for the geodetic survey,,
and he declares that unless the ap
propriation is secured work will have
to be suspended for a year. He
wants several new boats for the work
to take the place of the boats wreck
ed or condemned. The kind of ves
, sels he believes would be most use
ful are ones suitable for rough, per
manent work which would enable the
department to work continuously in
stead of two or three months a year.
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Jury Says Right
to Let Baby Die
Child that Created Big Sensation Was
Really Monstrosity.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—The jury
which sat on the inquest into the
death of the baby who was let die by
the doctors and nurses of the matern
ity hospital last night brought in a
verdict acquitting the doctor and
nurses of all blame. The jury even
upheld the action of the accused in
permitting the infant to pass away, j
The first reports spread over the
country indicated that the practise of
letting babies die was common in the
hospital and a great storm of protest j
arose but the jury found that only |
one baby’s death was to be investigat
ed and that this baby was hardly less
than a monstrosity, so terribly de
formed ,.as it. Some warm protests
are still being heard in spite of the
jury’s verdict and the question as to
whether it is right to let any human
life be lost under any circumstance*
promises to be one that will be dis
cussed in the publications of the
country for a long time. I)r. Haiseld
en. of the hospital, was the chief ob
ject of the attacks but the jury has
completely exonerated him.
HORRIBLE MFRDER IS
COMMITTED NEAR PORTLAND
Body of Man Found in Trunk in
Willamette River but Ident
ity Ditlicult.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20.—That a
most brutal murder has been com
mitted by some person or persons un
known was made evident last night
when the body of a man, with the
head crushed in, was found in a trunk
in Willamette river. The murderer
had evidently taken the greatest
care to hide the identity of his victim
for the clothes bore various marks
which were clearly intended to con
fuse those who attempted to identify
the dead man. Every effort so far to
discover who the dead man was has
proved fruitless. All the marks show
that a foul and premeditated murder
was committed and that the murder
er cooly placed the body in a trunk
and carefully deposited it in the river.
VICE-PRESIDENT LORIMER’S
BANK GETS FIVE YEARS
C harles Mundy Found Guilty of C on
spiracy to Wreck the
Institution.
MORRIS, Ills., Nov. 20.—Charles
Mundy, vice-president of Lorimer’s
Chicago Bank was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary last even
ing for conspiracy to wreck the in
stitution. The evidence at the trial
resulted in some sensational ex
posures. It was shown that Mundy
and his associates had deliberately
acted in a manner that they must
have known would have been fatal to
the solvency of the institution.
AMERICANS ASK T. R.
TO HEAD REGIMENT
Promise Roosevelt a Company of
Americans in Canada If He
Will Go to War.
VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 20.—
Americans living in Canada have
followed up the rumor that Roosevelt
1s going to fight for the allies by
urging him to head a regiment of
volunteers for service under the Brit
ish flag. They offer to furnish a full
company out of United States citi
zens living in the dominion. It is
supposed that the ex-president really
did express a desire to go to Europe
as an officer in the allied service and
the refusal of himself to say any
thing positive when asked is taken
as bearing out the truth of the rumor.
His secretary, John McGrath, told the
newspapermen that Mr. Roosevelt
positively declines to speak of the
matter just now.
II. S. GOVERNMENT TO
PROSECEJE IEEIONS
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Austrian Consul and German Steamship
Official* are Amongst those Accused.
TO PROSECUTE TEUTONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The department of
justice is now preparing to start criminal prosecution
against von Nuber, the Austrian consul at New York,
and other Teutonic agents on the charge of being impli
cated in a conspiracy to blow up munitions factories and
ships that carried supplies to the allies. The cliiel evi
dence of the conspiracy comes from Dr. Goricar, formerly
Austrian consul general at San Francisco, who mentim e i
von Nuder directly as one of the agents employed by tin
Teutonic empires to direct the conspiracy in the I nt.-d
States.
GERMAN TROOPS FOR WEST
PARIS, Nov. 20.—A Copenhagen statement is to the
effect that the kaiser is now transferring heavy reinforce
ments from the eastern front to the western where some
determined fighting is proceeding again. It is supposed
that the transfer to the west is made as a precaution
against any possible renewal of the allied general offen
sive. Furious artillery and grenade battles are now be
ing fought at several points in France but with what re
sult is not stated.
ARRAIGN GERMAN S. S. MEN
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The officials of the Hamburg
American line will be arraigned next Monday for violation
of the custom laws by supplying German raiding war
ships in the Atlantic with provisions and information, h
is claimed that in the performance of this work the offi
cials supplied the United States with false information
and false manifests and sensational disclosures are looked
for.
PORTUGAL ALSO
LISBON, Nov. 20.—The Portuguese cabinet has re
signed in a body and no one has yet been selected to tal.e
the premiership and form a new government. Although
the resignation of the cabinet was not due directly to the
European war the country has been sharply divided on the
question as to whether Portugal should aid the Allies with
an army on the European battlefields or not and many
other political questions arose after the first split which
made the existence of the government just resigned im
possible. ____
EXPECTED TO GET FRIEND
TO AID TO KILL HIM
TIPTON, Ind., Nov. 20.—Amos
Peagy, forty-live years of age, fired
three shots into his abdomen and two
into his head in the effort to commit
suicide but he is still alive and will
recover. The remarkable part of the
attempt to take his life was that he:
expected a friend to reload the re
volver so that he might finish the job
but this friend refused his request.
It is supposed that the man is men
tally deranged.
M. E. BAZAAR NETS
$130 FROM SALES
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church last night netted
nearly one hundred and thirty dollars
at their tenth annual bazaar and ice
cream social. The sale of refresh
ments alone netted them about thirty
six dollars. The musical exercises
given by the little ladies were pret
tily rendered and were accordingly
heartily encored. The ladies of the
society desire to express their thanks
and appreciation for the way the
ladies of Seward responded with
cakes, ice cream and so on, and also
the merchants who donated candy and
other materials for the bazaar and
thus aided in the making of the sale
a grand success.
FAIRBANKS NOTES
Delegate Wickersham is said to be
interested with Luther Hess in the
deal by which a great part of Cleary
creek has been taken over.
Phil McGuire, a prospector of the
upper Tanana, has been missing for
quite a long time. N
Everyone interested in Alaska
reads the Gateway.
IU YS MckIM.EY HOI SE
ON FIFTH AVENUE
John Rice, who recently returned
from a successful season’s work in
the Cache creek counlrx on some of
his claims, this afternoon bought tin*
McKinley hotel, on fifth avenue,
from Charles C. Cooper ami William
M. Sauers for the sum of $2,.">00. Mr.
Rice will fit up the lower floor im
mediately for roomers or as a hotel.
FI REHOYS TO MEET
There will be an important meet
ing of the firehoys tomorrow after
noon at the Fire hall, commencing
about 1 :.‘10 or 2 o’clock.
HAND MEETING
There will be a meeting this even
ing at S o’clock at the Fire hall of
those interested in joining the Seward
Band.
DANCE THIS EVENING
The Seward Entertainment Club
will hold its regular weekly dance this
evening at the A. B. Hall.
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TRAIN TO GO
The train will probably leave for
the front this evening between six
and eight o’clock. It is not known
how far it will go.
ANCHORAGE LINE DOWN
The telegraph and telephone lines
to Anchorage were down yesterday
and today and communication be
tween the two towns was completely
interrupted.
Mrs. Jack Cummings is a passenger
I on the Alameda for Seward, after
having spent several weeks outside.