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ALASKAN I |*LA»?*H DAILY J-1 i-- PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS____^ _—-;-— No, g No nl SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1915. ___len Centa the Copy ALLIES BLOCKADE GREECE, BUT THE GERMANS mmmm + m« + m**m*m«******»*******m*m HAVE REACHED THE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE U • i . m_ ii.. p:„.i /’_Din< mi i a Tn nr BRITISH SEIZE U. S. SHIP AND SEARCH ANOTHER IN HOME WATERS BLOCKADE GREECE LONDON. Nov. 22.—A report from Athens is to the effect that the allied nations have declared a commercial and economic blockade of Greece but this is not officially continued. It is feared that it' the report proves true it may mean forcing Greece into the war unless the Greek government is party to the arrangement through sym pathy for the allied cause. REACH CONSTANTINOPLE BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The news that the Germans have reached Constantinople has been received here with wild scenes of enthusiasm. The city donned gala attire and is again Hying thousands of Hags as it does after all victories. It is said to be the plan of the general staff immediately to proceed on a triumphal journey over the Orient railroad from Berlin to the Turkish capital and that it will be accompanied by many noted officers to take charge of the Turkish armies. BRITISH SEARCH l'. S. SHIP WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.—The searching of the American ship Zealamlia by a British warship within the three mile limit of the Mexican coast has been confirmed and lias caused a big sensation. A strong protest has been sent to London by the state department ami some anxiety is felt lest the British will insist on the practise of interfering with American shipping. FIGHTING IN WEST BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The only fighting reported on the western front today is activity of the French artillery between the Meuse and the Moselle, also in ( hampagne and east of Luneville. On the eastern front the only news is that a feeble Russian advance against Illutst has been repulsed. WOUNDED TRAPPED PARIS. Nov. 22.—Ninety wounded soldiers were en trapped by a fire in a military hospital here yesterday but by the most heroic exertions on the part of soldiers and civilians all were saved. The building was razed to the ground. REFUSE FORD ADS LONDON. Nov. 22.—Many of the newspapers here announce that they have refused to take advertisements from the Ford automobile company because Ford refused to take part in the American loan to the allied nations. The papers seem to forget that the Canadian Ford com pany gave a million dollars to the Canadian domestic loan. NOVIBAZAAR TAKEN BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The Serbian town of Novibazar twenty-five miles from the Montenegrin frontier, has been taken by the Teutons and four thousand Serbian soldiers were captured therein. BRITISH SEIZE U. S. SHIP NEW YORK. Nov. 22.—The American ship Genessee, bound from Norfold to Montevideo, has been seized by a British cruiser and the state department has sent a strongly worded protest to the British government. The vessel is said to have contained nothing that could possibly have reached the enemies of the Allies and the act of seiz ing the vessel cannot be explained. TRIED TO KILL MINISTER BUDAPEST, Nov. 22.—An unconfirmed report has arrived that a Serbian major has attempted to assassinate the Serbian prime minister because of blunders made in the plan for defending the country from the Teutonic and Bulgarian invasions. The major fired twice at the pre mier but missed. He was disarmed and has been excused for the act as he was moved by patriotism. TURK TRANSPORT SUNK LONDON, Nov. 22.—A Turkish transport has been sunk in the sea of Marmora and five hundred of the soldiers aboard have been lost. The transport was sunk by a submarine, presumably British. STILL SHELLING GORITZA VIENNA, Nov. 22.—The defenses of Goritza are still under a heavy fire and the Italians are bringing heavy reinforcements of fresh troops. Several Italian onslaughts have been made against our fortifications but i all of them collapsed under our fire and we have counter ed by driving the Italians out of the Oslavia sector. The fighting in that quarter is still very bitter but our com anders are confident that our positions are too strongly fortified against attack. LATE CABLES! j GREECE WILL FIGHT WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—A state-,' meat has come from a source very j close to the Greek legation that j Greece has decided to enter the war | on the side of the Entente if France | agrees to reinforce the Greek army i with half a million men or if j Roumania can be prevailed upon to [ invade Bulgaria simultaneously with the Greek army. From the same source comes the expression of opin ion that Greece will be forced to de cide within a few days and light on one side or the other. BRITISH WIN VICTORY LONDON, Nov. 22.—The Austral ian and New Zealand troops, after a terrific bombardment and a vigorous attack, have gained a big success on Gallipoli peninsula. They have suc ceeded in driving the Turks out ot their underground works in the Anzac region and now occupy those positions securely. TO PROBE DOPE MATTER SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.—Com missioner General of Immigration Caminetti and Assistant Secretary of Labor Densmore are enroute to Seattle to investigate the widespread smuggling into the country of aliens and “dope” from British Columbia. A tremendous shakeup in the im- : migration service of the northern dis- ; t rift is predicted. _ i AIRMAN RESCTES ANOTHER ' LONDON, Nov. 22.—One of the most daring feats of the war was ' recorded from the Dardanelles today. Two British aviators attacked a Dardanelles railroad station and one was shot down by the Turks. The other airman swooped suddenly to the ground, grabbed his wounded companion and flew back with him to the British lines. WM. GUTHRIE KILLS SELF LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.—William J. Guthrie, the well known mining man anti promoter, has committed suicide here and the police believe that the act was due to the fact that he needed a large sum of money to save his properties and that by suicide his family would secure sixty i thousand dollars that they could not < otherwise get. _ ] ALASKAN MURDERED ( SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.— , Jerry Murphy, an Alaskan fisherman } who has been visiting the Fair, was j found dead in his room here this t morning. Finger marks were found ( on his throat and this added to the , fact that he exhibited a bank roll of ] three or four thousand dollars in j Bryant's saloon has led to the belief that he was murdered for his money, j GOMPERS RE-ELECTED SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.— < Samuel Gompers has been elected \ president and the labor convention t has come to an end. Only three vot ed against Gompers. The next meet- 1 ing will be at Baltimore. The plan * to elect officers on the referendum * system was rejected. < HOLD UP ROADHOUSE < SACRAMENTO, Nov. 22.—Five s bandits held up a roadhouse near this < city last night and robbed about ] twenty men and women of five hun- | dred dollars. The robbers made their < escape in an automobile. i1 Krause Identified as An Ex-Soldier Fort Lawton Boys Recognize Him as a Deserter From the Army. SEATTLE, Nov. 21.—Some of the soldiers stationed at Fort Lawton near Seattle have identified Edward Krause as a soldier who deserted from the army twelve years ago. They are positive as to his identity and this is expected to clear up facts which the authorities had suspicion of. Nothing new had dev- loped in the legal proceedings going on in connection with the arrest of Krause for the kidnaping of William Christie and the possible murder of two, and maybe three, other men in Alaska. •> •> «5» ♦> <• •> •> *> ♦> •> *> <• * KRAl’SE IS HELD ❖ * FOR THE MURDER ❖ * - ❖ JUNEAU, Nov. 22.—Edward Krause is now held on the charge of murdering William Christie. He was formerly only held on the charge or impersonating an officer hut the mur ler charge is now made direct. CHICAGO'S MAYOR SAY0 HK IS NOT CA \Dll*ATE CHICAGO, Nov. 21.—Mayor Hale innounced last evening that he is net i candidate for nomination for the j residency. The announcement was nadc in answer to newspaper reports hat a movement had been started to >lacc his name before the national •on vent ion. IMMENSE FORGERIES ARE DISCOVERED AT SEATTLE W arrants for Over Fifty Thousand of Industrial Insurance are Cashed. SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—Warrants for arge sums on the State Industrial In surance Commission, which have been •ashed, have been found to be forger os and it is feared that the amount •epresented by the forgeries is about ifty-eight thousand dollars. Those ’orged warrants for eighteen thou sand dollars are known to have been ’orged in three saloons alone and the •emainder aren ow being sought. Two jmployees of the Commission are sus iccted but no arrests have been made ,-et. Dave Blake, of Seattle, cashed >ne of the forged warrants for thirty ;ix hundred dollars. The other two nen known to have cashed warrants iringing the total to the eighteen housand dollars are Arthur Young, if Tacoma, and Eugene Kerns. It is ;upposed that before evening the lames of other victims will be earned. STEAMER SEWARD HAS LEFT FOR ANCHORAGE SEATTLE, Nov. 21.—'The freighter Seward has left with a large cargo or Anchorage. She is the last boat 0 leave for that port th;s year. :• SOURDOUGHS BANQUET •> :• AT ARCTIC CLUB •> ► - ♦ SEATTLE, Nov. 21.—Three hun Ired Sourdoughs sat down to a dinner ast night in the Arctic Club and had 1 royal time. A gambling den of the ‘good old days0 in the north was re produced. Governor Strong wired his greetings and was answered by the •vireless which has been instated in toe club. irieu 10 uiun uji John D. Archibald Bomb Found in Roadway of Standard Oil President’s Estate. TARRYTOWN, Nov. 22.—'That a determined attempt was made to blow up John 1). Archibald, the president of Standard Oil, was shown yester day when a powerful bomb was dis j covered lying in a rut of a roadway on his estate. The bomb is one made in a manner that would cause it to explode if the wheel of a vehicle pass ed over it. The roadway is one used by Archibald when he approaches the house. ALL BODIES RECOVERED IN RAVENSDALE MINE SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—The last ten bodies of the victims of the Ravens dale mine disaster were recovered yesterday, Sunday, and it is found that the first estimate of thirty-one is the proper one regarding the number of men who lost their lives. The in vestigation by the government has been begun but no report has been made. - SIX GIRLS CARRIED COFFIN OF HILLSTROM One Fair Pall Bearer Said to Have Been Sweetheart of Ex ecuted Man. SALT LAKE, Nov. 22.—Six girls held sashes attached to the coffin bear ing the body of Hillstrom yesterday and acted as pall bearers when the re mains of the executed man were carried to the railroad depot to be sent to Chicago. One of the girls who acted in this capacity is said to hove been the sweetheart of the un fortunate man. . O •> ♦ O ❖ GRAND EXALTED RULER *j ❖ OF THE ELKS DEAD ❖ j ❖ - ♦ FRANKLIN, Pa., Nov. 22.—George P. Cronk, who was grand exalted ruler of the Elks in 1903, died here last night. He was only fifty-three years of age at the time of his death. PORTER CHARLTON FREE COMO, Italy, Nov. 22.—Porter Charlton, who was recently tried for the murder of his wife here, wa- let free today and appears to be in the best of health and spirits. When sen tenced he had only a short time of his term of imprisonment to serve. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ❖ VICE PRESIDENT * ! ❖ IN THE HOSPITAL ❖ ❖ - ♦ INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 22.—Vice President Marshall is now in a hos pital here suffering from an abdomin al trouble. He will have to undergo an operation in a few days but his condition is regarded as not at all dangerous. K. A. G. CLOSES FOR FEW WEEKS The K. A. G. mine at Mile 26 has shut down for a few days and will resume work again in about three weeks. William Sweitzer, W. N. Reed, Jack Edmiston, Jim Drennan and Mrs. Nellie Neal, the cook, came in on the train yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. James Hayden and Joe Badger will come in on the train this afternoon to spend a couple of weeks in the city. It is the intention of Mr. Hayden to keep a few men at work on the mine all winter. CAME ON FARRAGUT The following arrived from Seattle on the Farragut: Ed. Hough, Mrs. D. E. Bennett, Miss M. Long, C. D. Colwell, F. E. Whelpley and Joe Meherin. i mu ui i mail ■ iwi Evidence in Shark Extraordinary Story Told in Case Against German Steam ship Men. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—The most extraordinary evidence ever produced in a court came up this afternoon during the trial of the officials of the Hamburg American line on the charge of violating the neutrality laws of the United States by supply ing German raiding cruisers witfi provisions and munitions. The bit of evidence was a leather ease which had been found in the belly of a shark and which contained a ship’s mani fest. The case and its contents were accepted as an exhibit. The story of the case and manifest is that it was thrown overboard by the captain of a German raider and that it was later; found in the shark and was delivered j to the United States authorities at j Washington. It is stated that the manifest shows that the raiding cruiser from which it had been thrown overboard had received munitions and supplies through the Hamburg* American officials. VILLA IU DL CRUSHED SURE CARRANZA FORMING RIG ARM\ AM) (iFI’S PERMISSION TO CROSS S. SOIL WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. - T1 “ Carranza forces arc now mohilving in northern Mexico for a great linal campaign to crush Villa and the United States has given the Carranv t commander permission to i*. ive thousand troops from Picdr t Niegc.i to Douglas, across I nitrd St.it*-.- *< ritory. The report that \ida l a been routed at HermosiMo has lam confirmed and it is a lined that ! 1 is now* very near the end of an. rea’st a nee. LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 22. «*: r ran7.a and Governor l erguson hav • decided to hold a conferenee hen- t morrow for the purpose o' arranging, for tin* building of an interr.ational bridge acros.- the Rio Grande. It is believed b\ both side, that such a bridge will put an end to the raid REPORT SERBIAN DISASTER BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The report has arrived from Austrian military headquarters in Serbia that eighty thousand Serbians have been captured and that five hun dred of their guns have also been taken in western Serbia notwithstanding the brave fight made against the Teutonic allies. This announcement has not been officially made here yet but it is assumed that the Serbian army was surrounded near the Montenegrin frontier and that the surrender of large forces became necessary. Serbia is now regarded as completely conquered. DARDANELLES GETS FIERCE ROTTERDAM, Nov. 22.—Information received here indicates that tremendous fighting is now proceeding in the Dardanelles region. Either the Turks or the Allies have opened a terrific offensive, according to this informa tion, but the dispatches coming are indefinite. TO HOLD DARDANELLES CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22.—It is stated here on the best authority that Lord Kitchener has negatived the proposal that the Allies should abandon the Dardanelles and that the campaign will, therefore, be continued with the object of holding great forces of Turkish troops that might otherwise be used for possible operations against Egypt or against the allied army that has landed at Salonika SEARCH GREEK SHIPS PARIS, Nov. 22.—It is unofficially reported that the allied warships have now started searching Greek ships and that, therefore, the literal blockade is in actual opera tiion. The reports regarding Greece’s position with respect to the different belligerents are conflicting and it is impossible to foretell what the action of the Greek gov ernment about the war will be yet. Several Greek mer chantmen have already been searched, according to the re ports, and this would be tantamount to hostilities on the part of the Allies against that country. GERMANS ON TRIAL NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Karl Buenz, formerly Ger man consul general at New T ork, and the oflicials of the Hamburg American line are now on trial on the charge of supplying German raiding cruisers with supplies, munitions and information while the raiders were at tacking allied shipping in the north and south Atlantic. 11 is expected that amongst those on trial are six ringleaders of the plot to blow up munition plants and factories. The plot is now believed to have as parties to it several women, a number of Teutonic official representatives, German bankers, business men and hordes of. agents scattered throughout the country. The authorities claim that f orty million dollars were at the disposal of the conspirators to stop munition ships. SEA BATTLE NOT COMING LONDON, Nov. 22.—The British have added a big fleet of submarines to those already operating ^ in the Baltic and the sailing of those boats into the fattegat, convoyed by cruisers and torpedo boats, is. believed to have given rise to the rumors that the British fleet had gone to attack the German fleet in the Cattegat. Thoi e is believed to be no chance of such a naval engagement.