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Loudon, Dec. 17—The evident in
tention manifested by the eoncen
traticu of troops in the southern
portions of the war zcne of an early
Invasion of Egypt by tho Turko
German forces has caused the
British government to begin the
construction of railroads with the
view of being ablo to carry troops
from one section of the country to
another.
Rome, Dec. 17—Italian forces
were today lauded on the Albanian
coast, meeting no opposition from
Me Teutonic powers.
The Entente powers are express
ing a more hopeful feeling relative
to their situation in the Balkan
states.
AMERIGA IS!
REALIZE JUSTICE
Vienna, Dec. 17—Austrian news
papers published today, state that
when America receives the note
trom the Austria-Hungary nation
In reply to the demands for an ex
planation of the destruction oC the
steamer Ancona, that they must see
the jasti':e in the stand which the
government has taken and realize
the demands for moderation owing
to Austria's position at the present
time.
ANTONE STANDER IS
BEATEN AM) ROBBED
Seattle, Dec. 13—An tone Stand
er, once a famous Klondike mine
ope'otor and later a holder of val
uable Seattle real estate, was beat
en las* night and robbed of $250.
Slander is the owner of the
Slander hotel rroperty on Marion
street, and fhe Holyoko building on
First aveaiue.
TAX PASSED
Washington, Dec. 17—Thq lower
house of congress at this morn
ing's session passed the emergency
measure providing the tax to meet
the additional expenses during the
war peuod, there being little op
posit'on.
SEC. REDFIELD
MAKES REPORT
Washington, Dec. 17—Secretary
Redfield, of the department of
commerce and labor, presented his
j annual report today .to congre6s,
and strongly urged that & plan be
l'ormuiated and adopted which would
; prevent the dumping of an over
supply of foreign made goods on
the American market na soon aa
j the war in Europe should cease.
AMERICAN TO BE ONLY REAL
WINNER, ITALY IS TOLD
Home, Dec. 3—Today's session of
! the Italian parliament was marked
j by a bitter attack upon the Allies'
stiategic policy In the Balkans by
Deputy Treves, official spokesman o
tti«r socialist party. Ha asserted
that "short sightednees" had lost
the advantage that 'he entente pow
ers otherwise would have had.
Signor Treves warned his fellow
member^ that out of the great
conflict the United States would
emerge the real winner.
What is happening," he said,
"is thif; After »fce two great
rivals (Germany anl England) have
torn themselves and covered with
! grief too -ruins of the world, the
j prize o victory will be wrested
! from both. An outsider had arisen
— the winner looms in the distance
It is America."
FIVE WEEKS NEEDED TO
MAKE RAIL CONNECTIONS
Paris, Dec. 13—A Saloniki spec
ial claims that direct railway con
nection between Germany and Con
stantinople will be in operation lfl
five weeks.
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Seward, Dec. 7—Owing to the
unusually cold weather at Rainy
Pass, during the last few days, at
which time the thermometer reg
istered fifty-eight b«lo.w zero, a
consignment of gold from the Idi
tarod district, weighing one ton,
which was being brought out over
the trail by dog team, has been de
layed. The intense cold was ac
companied by a high wind, and it
■was impossible for the mushers to
proceed to this city in timo to
catch the outgoing steamer Alameda
which is due to leave hore on or
about the 19th of the month.
Washington, Dec. 17—This morn
ing William E. Root, a pharmacist
ol 3eward, was nominated for the
postmasterehip of SowaTd, Alaska.
T. Jt. Htckey is the present post
master.
MINNESOTA'S
TROUBLE Di li TO
FAULTY BOILERS
San Francisco, Dec. 15—Feder
al officials today conducted an in
quiry aboard the Hill freighter
Minnesota, into the causes of the
vessel*' break-down last week at
sea, while bound for England with
a cargo of war munitions from
Seattle, but nothing developed to
Indicate conspiracy. It was said
that the Teasel's breakdown was
deu to wornout boilers, which had
givon fbe Minnesota trouble on pre
vious trips.
The members of the crew are
still detained aboard the ship, and
will not be given shore-leave until1
the Investigation is adjourned. I
A great crowd lined the docks
when the disabled freighter was
lowed Into port yesterday. District
Attorney Preston and his assistants
boarded the vesel in midstream.
CANNON SEES NO
DANGER OF WAR
WITH EUROPEANS j
Washington, Dec. 14—Ex-Speak-j
er Joseph O. Caaiaoa, says: "The
United States is not going Into the
war "n Europe, and the problems
which most concern us in connec-;
tioo with the policy of preparedness ]
are tioee Involved in the Monroe
dfcir'ne and in Mexico."
CANADIAN ENLISTMENTS
HAVE REACHED 100,000 '
Ottawa, Dec. 13 — The Canadian j
eaiiitmentu to date number 190,
000, of -whom 115,000 have gone to
the front
Washington, Dec. 17 — Shortly
before noon, today, President Wood
row Wilson secured a license to
wed Mrs. Kditii Boiling Q;-uit on
Saturday, December eighteenth.
President Wilson has secured the
services of Reverend Herbert Smith
of the Episcopal church to per
form the marriage ceremony.
BIG COMPANY FILE
ARTICLES IN ALASKA
Joneau, Doc. 16 — Schwabacher
Brcthers company, wholesale groc
ery, of Seattle, and the. Schwabach
er Harware company, the whole
sale hardware dealers of the
same place, have filed their ar
ticles of Incorporation in the of
fice of the secretary of Alasjca. No
appointment of an ugent has as
yt-» been filed.
ELECTRIC TRAIN FULLS INTO
BUTTE DISPLACING STEAM
Butte, Mout., Dec. 7—The crack
Olympian passenger train. of the
Milwaukee, No. 16, eastbound,
pulled into Butte under electric
power at 10:45 this morning, the
first time that a regular continen
tal overland passenger train, .has
been hauled by electric powe* in
the history of American railroading.
The new electric locomotive, No.
lu-'uo A.-B., hauled the Olympian,
with a trailing weight of 650 tons,
Colorado Junction Into the B. A.
and P. depot A large crowd
watched the electric train roil in
to the depot.
Milwaukee officials boarded the
train and left for Tires Forks,
a distance of nearly 100 milea
where they will in.eet the directors
of the road, and with them return
to Butte with the directors of the
chamber of commerce, officials of
thd Auaconda Copper company, and
roi-rtsen'ativea of the press. They
wnl attend the banuuet tomorrow
night given by the chamber of
commerce in recognition of the ac
complishment of the Milwaukee in
tstuli.'Jshing electric operation, over
the Rocky mountain grades.
A» uooui tomorrow the supreme
teals will be held. The Milwaukee
fr.'igh* trains will leave Butte for
iho East. The first train will be
a regular freight train of 2,250 tons
drawn by three powerful Millet
steam engines. Shortly after
wards two huge electric locomotives
will be attached to a trailing ton
nage of 3,000 tons.
The officials and their guests at
Januey will have the pleasure of
seeing the big train puffing, fol
lowed by the electric train, which if
the test proves satisfactory, will
glide over the grado without an
apparent effort. Thfc is the fcig
test ot the officiency of the electri
fication, and the railroad men all
over the world are watching for
th<3 results with the keenest in
ter* St.
Ther® are three of the $100,000
electric locomotives now om the
ground. All three will be in 1iB0 to
morrow.
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Fkksh and of Best Possible Quality:
Dromedarj Dates in packages
Layer Figs in Bulk
Table Rasins in packages
Fancy Jordan Almonds
Mincemeat»in bulk Sj
Plum Pudding - in tins jj
Japanese Oranges—Xmas Melons—Cape Cod Cranberries 2
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Ill FIGHT OVER KRAUSE CASE
-ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON "LUE"
Juneau, Dec. 15—Evidence that
may; hay© a bearing on. the Krause
case was brought to light in the
Commissioner's court thin afternoon
during the hoaring o' George Coub
sinmaa on the charge of assauit om
the person or William Miller, in
Douglas last Thursday,
Both men were employed by Mr.
Kiedl and the trouble wa« caused
by their differences of opinion over
the Krause case. The defendant
stated that Krause visited Miller in
the rear of the Riedl bakery, where
they were employed, about four
| days- before Christie disappeared
and that on last Thursday he asked
Miller what he was talking to
Krause so long for, Miller told
him, he says, n,ot to tell anyone
outside that Krause. visited him at
'ha* time and threatened ot "Xlx
him" If hg did. Miller says it
was not Krause but another man
tha* visited him that day and that
Coi'ssinman was mistaken In the
iu« n. Coussinman, however, after
the trial, positively identified
Krause in the Jail og the man that
visited Miller on the slay mentioned.
Coussinmanle case wa# taken un
der advisement. *
On .Wednesday a snecial dispatch
waa printod in this paper stating
that Captain Plunkett'u launch
"Lue" had been found near Peters
burg. The details of the discov
ery of the launch are taken from
tho Juneau Empire of the same
date,
Captain James O. Plunkett's
launch, the "Lue," was found at
anchor in Duncan, canal, about
thirty miles south of Petersburg,
near the Southern entrance to Wran-'
gell Narrows and, according to gov
ernment authorities, the case
against Edward Krause, suspected
murdered of Plunkett, is strength
ened by the discovery.
The spot where the boat was
discovered to be riding at anchor
two days ago, is the landing place
for mining property owned by
Krause, and is out 0/ the path of j
traffic. The first news was re-1
ceived here by A. B. Callaham, who
got a wire from Carles Greana1
which said that Plunkett'a rifle and j
glasses were aboard, and that ducks j
were hanging in the rigging. Greena
suggested that Plunkett was "los* j
or shot while hunting." The mar
shal's office received word, how
ever, that the binoculara were mot
on the Lue, and that Plunkett's 16
guago aiictguji was missing. Ia
Kiause's effecta were found glasses
identified by Sam Kohn, Plun
keit's friend, as those he gave
Piunkett, and a 16-guago snot
gua which has not yet been posi
tively. identified as haying belonged
to Plunkett.
The Lue was brought to Peters
burg yesterday by Deputy Marshal
Kilriall, and will be held there.
It will be remembered that Sing
Lee., a Chinese merchant of Peters
burg, said thai Krause came in
tv Petersburg on, th& Lues row
boat. Krause's clothes were wet
and he chamged them and pu.tj them
'n a 'runk. Kraus© stayed at Sing's
house that night, leaving for Ju
neau on the Humboldt the. nexb
m roing, the Chinaman said, which
wa® about October 27 or 28. The
authorities believed Krause tried
to smuggle his way back to Gas
tin eau channel, smi that he sunk
the Lues small boat, to avoid sus
picion. The small boat was found
under one of the Petersburg docks.
The Lue's engine was rusty, and,
tha marshal's office was advised,
there was other evidence that no
one had visited the boat for soma
time. Deputy Marshal Kild&U La
making a search for Plunkett's
body.
That Krause tried to smuggle hl3
way bock to Juneau on the Hum
boldt is charged, and it is said
that, when he was idscovered
aboard the boat he was compelled
to gc to the purser's office and
buy a ticket. He stated then that
the purser of the Admiral Evans
had "missed" him when he Bailed
south on her.
••I CANNOT ANSWER"
KRAUSE'S REPLY
TO MRS. CHRISTIE
Mrs. William Christie of Dougla*,
whose husband Edward Krause &
ac used of kidnaping and then mur
dering, perhaps is the only persoa
to interview Krause at the feder
al Jail outside of lila guards and
counsel. Mrs. Christie says she
asked Krause: "What did you do
with Christie?" "I C£unot tell you,"
Kiaus# replied. "Why. did you take
him away?" Mrs. Christie again,
asked. "I cannot 'ell you," Krause
replied. Th<j womajv who was de
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