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SEWARD, Not. 23. — It Is reported
that Phil J. Hit-key intends resigning
as postmaster at this place. Mr.
Hickey is a hold-over Republican, and
he feels that his services are no
longer required, as the department
has cut his allowance for 'clerk hire.
With an increased mail service. In
cluding dispatches to Aattihorage and
Iditarod, a request was made for an
^ftiiditional tflerk. but insread it being
allowed the salary of the present
clerk was reduced to }8h per month.
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HARIS. Nov. 23.—A fire occurred In
the famous Bon .Marche store in :this
city yesterday, causing a damage of
six million dollars. The etire store,
which is the most famous mercantile
establishment in Europe, was not
destroyed, but those sections contain
ing the <art objects, .the old furniture
and heirlooms, the .general merchan
dise department and the oriental rug
department were destroyed. Rugs or
fabulous -value were lost, as the store
had the finest and largest collection
in the wnrld. Genuine antique furni
ture of the middle ages, which can
never be duplicated, and which avus
of peculiar interest and vaiue owing
to its rarity, was either totally oo
stroyed or ruined by .the flames and
water.
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ROME, Nov. 23.—A hundred per
sons were drowned yesterday by the
sudden rising of the Salso river, near
Picata, in Sicily. The loss of life was
v mostly caused by the washing away
" of the bridges crossing the river at
this point, at a time when consider
able pedestrians were crossing. The
floods hud forced the people out of
their homes, and they were crossrng [
the river to the higher land on the
opposite bank when the bridges gave |
way.
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. EQUALIZATION BOARD TO MEET
\ ON MONDAY, DECEMHBER 6.
At a special meeting of the city
council, held last night, a resolution
was adopted that the council meet as
a Board of Equalization for the pur
pose of equalizing the tax assessment
for 1915, on Monday evening, Decem
ber 6, and continue in session until
the following Monday, between tho
^ hours of 8 and 9 p. m. of each day.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 23. The new developments of the situa
lion in Greece make it extremely unlikely that if the allied
forces in Serbia are compelled' to take refuge in Greek terri
tory that they will he attacked from the rear. Rhallis, the
Greek Minitcr of .fustice, complained bitterly in the press to
day of the methods now being used by the allies to coerce
Greece. He said that the allies themselves were alone respon
sible for the present lamentable state of nffairs in Serbia, and
asserted that the tardiness of Great Britain and France in
coming to the relief of Serbia and their criminal delay in re
enforcing the Serbians with troops and munitions were what
had made Greek participation in the war to help Serbia im
possible. Rhallis said that Greece was determined' to maintain
tier neutrality in the conflict, and positively asserted that if
the alin'd troops were forced across the Greek border that
they would be in n-o danger of being interned by the Greek
'officials.
SAL'ONIKI, Nov. 23.—The resignation of Premier Skonl
oundis is expected momentarily, because of the present crisis
in the relations between Great Britain and' Grece. The allies
have turned a diplomatic coup which was totally unexpected,
and resulted in ihe loss of confidence in the present govern
ment, openly expressed by the people and many of the news
papers. There is no doubt that if the parliament had not been
prorogued nil adverse vote would he registered against the
premier and cabinet.
LONDON, Nov. 23.—The war office officially stated to
day in regard to the commercial blockade instituted by the
allies against Greece that no ships were being seized or de
tained in the ports of the allies, which wouhl, under the block
ade decree- he unfriendly to Greece. No prize suits are being
instituted or enforced. The matter so far simply effects the*
free entry and oxit of merchant ships into the seaport townsi
of Greece.
LONDON, Nov. 23.—It is believed' that the allies have
discontinued the commercial blockade against Greece, as the
Greek government has accepted the British demands submit-j
ted by Lord Kitchener, and has furnished guarantees assuring
the safety of the Anglo-French expeditionary force if com- j
pelled to retire across the Greek border.
ATHENS, Nov. 23.—1The Serbian government has been
forced to remove its headquarters through the near approach
of the invading armies, and consequently lias transferred its
official staff from Mitropitza to Prisrend. The foreign diplo
matic corps in Serbia has gone to the town of Petcli, in
Montenegro.
BERLIN’ Nov. 23.—The war office officially announced
'his morning that the Germans operating in the region south
east of Pristina had captured a thousand Serbians and 44
cannon last night Twenty-two machine guns were also taken.
In other sections of Serbia 1,300 prisoners and six cannon were
captured. The Teuton machine is rolling steadily over the
country, grinding down all opposition, and it is expected that
within a short time the Central powers and their Bulgarian
allies will -will entirely control Serbia, even that portion now
held by the French and British in the south.
ON TRIAL VIOLATION NEUTRALITY LAW
XEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The trial of Karl Buenz, manag
ing director of the Hamhurg-American line of steamships, and
other employees of the company, wa?r commenced in the fed
eral court here today. The defendants are charged with vio
lating the neutrality haws of the United States through the
outfitting and dispatching of supply ships from ports in this
country to the German war ships in the early months of the
European conflict. Prosecutor Wood, who represents the
government, in his opening address to the jury, said that ( ap
tain Boy-Ed. the German naval attache at Washington, was
concerned in the conspiracy whicli he outlined. Wood de
clared that BoyEd directed the chartering and loading of
some of the supply ships which were sent out, and in all Boy
Ed supervised the spending of $750,000 for the relief of the
German ships. The prosecutor asserted that a half million of
this amount was spent in San Francisco under the naval at
tache’s supervision and control. Sixteen or seventeen ships
were used at different times to carry tin* supplies, and sauer
kraut- wine, coal, water and other necessities were named
among the supplies furnishes! the warships.
STEAMER LIBRA BLOWN UP BY A BOMB.
CADIZ, Nov. 23.—'The steamer Libra, which came here
l'rom New York with a large cargo, was destroyed by fire at
the docks today, while unloading. The cargo was largely
composed of inflammable goods, and an explosion occurred
which Is suspected of having been caused by a bomb, that must
have been placed on board before the vessel left New York.
FRENCH TROOPS REPULSE BULGARIANS.
LONDON- Nov. 23.—The situation of the French troops in
Serbia has been much improved, as they repulsed a strong at
tack by the Bulgarians yesterday, inflicting heavy losses and
effectually checking their advance. The Bulgarian com
manders were forced to retire t oavoid the capture of a large
portion of their troops, the French executing a flanking
movement and forcing the Bulgarian line to curl up, endanger
ing the center.
AUSTRIA OBJECTS TO CHARGE AGAINST CONSULS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—The Austrian Embassy has
protested to the Department of State against the statement at
tributed to the Department of Justice, which asserted that
evidence had been secured substantiating the revelations con
cerning tho activities of Austrian consuls in the United states,
made by Dr. Ooricar, a former Austrian consul at San Fran
cisco. The protest made by the Austrian Embassy suggests
that a repudiation of the statement of the Department of
Justice should be made concerning the evidence of the alleged
illegal activities of the Austrian consuls.
MANY MINOR CASES HEARD BE
FORE TH EDISTRIC TCOURT.
Judge F. M. Brown in the district
court has handed down his decision
in the case of Ida M. F. lies vs. Val
dez Electric Company, giving judg
ment in favor of the plaintiffs in the
sum of $225.
The court issued an order confirm
ing the sale of real property at mar
shal's sale in the case of J. M. Hath
rop vs. Adam Swan.
In the case of Oscar Breedman vs.
A1 Church, defendant was granted 15
days' additional time in which to an
swer complaints in the case.
The case of Bruce Haines vs. John
Enlund, et at., which was a lien case
against the Portage Bay lumber mill,
was dismissed upon request or attor
ney for plaintiff.
The case of A. W. Swanitz vs. the
Valdez Yukon R. R. Company and A.
B. lies was dismissed upon stipu
lation.
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All the Real N?ws in the Times.
STRICTEST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—At a
cabinet meeting held today President
Wilson read a draft of his forth
coming message to Congress. The
message is not exclusively devoted to
the administration's program ror na
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tlonal defense, but deals largely with
the financial problems of the govern
ment, recommending economy In ap
propriations, and particularly in the
public buildings bill, and the appro
priations for the rivers and harbor
improvements.
F. A. HEGG, agent Columbia
Gmphophonea and Records.
JUNEAU ESTABLISHES A RECORD
FOR CHEAP ORE HANDLING.
Three world’s mining records were
broken at the Perseverance mine dur
ing September. Incidentally it was
clearly demonstrated that $1 ore In
the Juneau mining district is
profitable.
During the month of September
500,000 tons of ore was broken down
into the stopes, and the mill at Thane
handled 160,000 tons. The cost of
mining, tramming and milling was
below 60 cents. These are world's
records for mining.
ALAMEDA NOT DUE HERE UNTIL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
The steamer Alameda tert Haines
this morning at 10 o'clock on her way
westward, having been detained there
some time In discharging freight. She
is scheduled to arrive in Cordova to
morrow at midnight.
ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLERS ARE
GIVEN HEAVY FINE.
Six o^the seven defendants in the
last batch of Anchorage liquor cases
have entered pleas of guilty and have
been assessed fines or given jail sen
tences. The remaining case is that
of Mrs. Dunlap, who elected to fight
the charge of selling liquor without
a license. Her case will be tried to
morrow before the U. S. Commission-,
er at Anchorage.
The defendants who entered pleas
of guilty to the charge or selling li-,
quor without licenses and the fines!
imposed by the commissioner are as
follows: Hay. $100 and costs; Mrs
Crawford, $125 and costs; Bateman,;
$150 and costs; Murray, $300 and |
costs. Stamey was given a jail sen-!
tence of two months.
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The steamer Northwestern arrived
this afternoon and will remain in port i
until midnight, loading copper ore, be- (
fore sailing for Seattle.
FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. — Henry
Ford, the automobile manufacturer,
today called upon President Wilson
and held a long conference at the
White House, in the advocacy or a
movement for a neutral conference to
■ ttempt to end the European war and
establish permanent peace. Ford
stated that he considered Christmas
the best time to begin the movement.
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GRAPE JUICE US
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. — Anticipat
ing the gastronomic excesses accom
panying the Thanksgiving dinners
next Thursday, the Food Uureau of
the City Health Department issued
a warning today, advising tne people
not to consume alcohol with their
turkey. The circular says that alco
hol is bad for the liver, and makes di
gestion difficult, and suggests mat
the people eat more vegetables with
the national bird, and use grape juice
for a beverage.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 23. — Ed. Krause,
suspected of having murdered a num
ber of Alaskans for their money and
property, has been identified as a man
who deserted from the United States
army at Fort Lawton twelve years
ago.
The United States marshal from
Juneau is in Seattle to claim the
prisoner, who has engaged counsel
and will make a fight to prevent his
being taken back to Alaska to stand
rial.
Detective Tennant of Seattle, who
arrested Krause after t>is arrival from
the north on the steamer Jefferson,
has claimed the reward of $500 of
fered for his apprehension by the
Alaskan authorities.
Advices from Ketchikan, where
Krause boarded the Jefferson under
[lie name of O. E. Moore, state that
Krause’s launch has been found tn a
hay about four miles from Ketchikan.
A search of the launch revealed let
ters addressed to Miller, and Krause
iias since admitted that he received
nail under that name.
TRAIL DEFICIT PAID OFF.
The Chamber of Commerce today
nade the last payment of the deficit
if $2,000, incurred in the biflldlng of
trail from McCarthy to Chisana.