GERMANY 10 MAKE ONE SUPREME EFEORI
CHILD BURNED
ON ALK1 POIfli
Seattle, aJn. 4—'Fire of an ud
kuowu origin started ia a large res
deucc on Alki Avenue? last night
and before fhe flames could be ex
ticguished three additional resi
deuces together with the pne ii
which the fire eminated, wer>
ccmpetelly destroyed.
Oue of the residences destroyei
was tha* belonging to Mr. Baunigai
and the fire gained such rapid heac
way that before the child could tx
taken out, little Lucille, the fou:
year old girl, was burned to death
FAMOUS FISHER
TAKES 01 LIFE
Seattle, Jan. 4—Becoming tired
of Ihe, which was one continual bal
»le. owing to ill health, William
Hess Finck yesterday committed sul
■cide at his home in this city.
Fcr a number of years Mr. FincK
wag engaged in the jewelry busi
ness in this city, and retired from
4he active field several years ago,
Mr. Finck was an ardent spoTts
man, spending much of his leisure
time in hunting and i'ishng, the lat
ter spor* however, being his favor
ite. He jvas considered an author
ity on trout and salmon in the
West.
Washington, Jan. 4—The Bureau
of Labor has just issued a report
w^ich shows that prices for food
scuffs and other necessities of
lJ'e have increased from 20 per
■ce':t 'o 130 per cent during the
past year.
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BIG BREWERY IN SEATTLE
TO BE ALCOHOL PLAN!
Sea'Mg, Dec, 2S — iostallatioi
[* of machinery and equipment la th<
I t^'sr plant of tha Seattle Brew
I ing & Malting Company at George
town for the manufacture of denat
ured alcohol la now under y&y, and
_ f ©Deration will start within a lew
j | weeks. Announcement was made b;
f I Lou's Henrrich, president pf the
. e^m^any, who declared1 that the
. j process will be tried merely on an
II exueriment&l hails.
, j Decision to install an industrial
distllerv was reached by M*r. Hem
[ rich after a study of the suggestion
t' recently made by Henry Ford.
iSEIMRS
ENDORSEMENT
Washington, Jan. 4 — Senator
Ledge, of Massachusetts severely
criticised German Ambassador Bern
sdorff for publicly approving of
President Wilson's peace sugges
tions, in bis speech on tliQ floor
of the senate today, when be
SDOke against the senate lending its
endorsement to Wilson's note to
Germany and other belligerent na
tions of Europe
Tik matter of the endorsement
of tte President's action was again
deferred by; the senate today.
EARLY Hi
Washington, Jan. 4 — President
W.lson is pressing his railroad leg
islation in congress. He is deter
mined tbat the adminstraton mea
sures wll be gven an early hearng,
and that the compulsory arbitra
tion measure must be disposed of
at an early date.
Reoresentative Adamson, father
of the 8-Hour Law, will press a
bill providing for a. notice of sixty
days in case of strike, and granting
the power to the president to Dlace
any railroad which may be tied up
by reason of a strike of its em
ployes under military control.
WOOL BATS
Comforters
Woollen Blankets
LADIES
Battle-ship
GREYSHOES
Warren-Green Hand
Made Shoes For Men
A Shoe that is made especially for hard
wear, to fit the requirements of miners
and all classes of men requiring a first
class shoe.
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
, French Editor Tells of Gigantic
Army Massed at Heidelberg
Ready for Quick Rush Thru
Mountains to Paris in View
Paris, Jan. 4—Fred B. Litney,
editor of the Temps, one of the
leading daily papers of this city,
yesterday published an article in
which ho said that France was in thf
greatest danger she has been in
since the beginning of the war. He
■claims that the German govern
ment has been massing an enormous
armv at Heidelberg, having drawn
trained forces from each, division,,
north, east, south and west, wheth
er oifensive or defensive, and to
this has been added from 500,000
to 1,000,000 more men, lately con
' scribed from all parts of the Em
vItp. With, gigantc army, a quick
rush, will be attempted through the
mountains and on, to Paris.
With this nppaling. situaton con
fron ng France, Mr. Litney makes
a strong appeal to. Great Britain
for immediate help, claming that
it will bo 'mpossible for France to
mobilize an army sufficiently strong
to ccpe wthi euch1 legions a® have
been massed ai Heidelberg for
Germany's supreme effort iu the
present jraz. ' f j Z: [l|;j
f RHHS TAKE
m ciiies
Berlin, Jan. 4—In a fierce bat-1
tie during the past 24 hours, the
German troops have succeeded in
capturing Matche*. and Jiniali, two
towns of strategic importance in
northern Dobrudja. The Russians
have been forced to withdraw to i
*he Sereth line.
PRINCESS SOPHIA ARRIVES
I
The Princesa Sophia arrived jn"|
port about two o'clock this after- j
noon, and is scheduled to sail at.
seven tonight .
it
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Newai.fr, Jan. 4—Reindeer A. Wal j
tors, the famous ball pitcher of
forty years ago, died at his home
in this city last night. Accordng
to the best 6porting records Wal
ters is credited with, having pitched
the firs' "no hit" game of base ball'
ever pitched.
C. J. Gaunt, a diamond drill ex
pert, who hag beon. in Juneau for
a considerable 'line, returned on
'he City of Seattle ajid will take
the next train for his home in
Whi'heorse.
COMPANIES PREPARING FOB BIG
GEST TRAVEL IS NORTH'S HISTORI
Private advices have been receiv
ed in Juneau giving information of
an increase in the schedule and num
>e of boats operated to Alaska
by the Pacifia Steamship) Company
during the next summer season. The
proposed schedule has not l>een of
ficially approved ag yet, but the
advices received are to the effect
that It will probably be adopted.
The schedule as planned calls
fOT the City Qf Seattle, Spokane, Ad
miral "Watson to operate on the
Southeastern Alaska route, with
the Admiral Farragut, Admiral Ey
ans, Admiral Schley and Adtni'ral
Dewey on the "Westward run. This
w'li make seven boats on the
run and will allow tor a sailing
from Seattle every day and a half.
The Canadian Pacific Company
has announced; unofficially that the
three boats, the Princess Alice, So
phia, and Charlotte will be operat
ed during the summer, the Charlotf
making three round trips.
The Alaska Sfeamshipi Company
has made no announcement of their
piopcsed schedule as yet, but it is
understood that more boats will be
operated than last year. The Grand
Tiunt Company will operate two
boats on an alternative schedule
during the summer and the Al-ki
an-* Humboldt will maintain their
regular runs.
All steamship and railway official
look fo.r one of the largest tourist
seasons in the history of the north
during the coming summer, and ex
poc* to even exceed the travel
of ibis year. The steamship, com
panies operating boats to Alaska are
making strenuous efforts to care
for the expected increase in travel
in a proper manner.
We Wish You a
HAPP Y and PR OS PER 0 US
NEW YEAR
P. H. GANTY 1
ALASKA DRUGISTS
TO BAR LIQUOR
A clipping from toe National
Enquirer of recent date says:
"Following: the victory ol prohf
b'tion in las* week's election South
wes' Alaska druggists are preparing
to send a lobby to Washington, to
obtain from congress passage of a
dry law for Alaska which! will pro
tect bona fide pharmacists. The
drupelsts wish all liquor prohibited.
They point to tlie Sact that the
American pharmooopia no longer re
gard whiskies or brandies as m«di
cinea."
SEA1TLE CHAMBER OP
COMMERCE SENDS GREET
INGS TO SKAGWAY
Phil Abrahams recently received
a cable from the Seattle (Chamber
of Commerce, whjchi reads as fol
lows:
To the People of Stag way and
Vicinity:
The Alaska Bureau of the Beat
t'e Chamber of Commerce extends
best wishes for the year of Alas
ka Semi-Centennial. That it may
be one pf unequalled prosperity for
the Gateway to the Yukon.
j. l. Mcpherson,
Manager.
TO TRAIN 10,000 CIVILIANS
Washington, Jan. 4 — An. oppor
tunity lor 10,000 civilians re
ceive naval training during the com
ics year will to© offered, under na
w department plane completed re
een'ly, contemplating the use of
twelve reserve battleshpte lor a
summer cruise, tha establishment of
;oas» training camps at San Fran
cisco, Chicago, Norfolk, Newport
md probably Pensacola and the or
ganization of motor boat squadrons
made up of owners of private mo
tor craft.
WHOOPS, MY DEAR!
Queretaro, Mexico^ 'Jan. 3—Ths
Constitutional Convention; decided
in adopting the preamble of the
icnstitutlon to retain Bstados
[Tnidog Jlexicanos as the official
lame of the republic instead of
changing It to Republic] Federal
Mexicara, aa was proposed by some
the delegates. Miss Hermila Ga
indo has presented for the consid
iiatlen of the convention a plan
'or woman's suffrage. I
BUFFALO BILL
IS WORSE
Denver, Jan. 4 — Physicians who
are iu attendance on Colonel Wm.
F. Cody, knojvn throughput the
United States and Europe as Buf
falo BUI, today posted a bulletin in
which they state that the condi
tion of their patient lg not eo prom
ising.
Mr. Cody has beun ill for mere
than four weeks, and his condition,
hat been continually growing worse,
day by day, and while for a time
hope was entertained for his re
covery lttla hope is now beld out
by big physicians ,
BOOTLEGGER
SURRENDERS
Seattle, Jan, 4—!W. H. Plelow,
a transfer ma a of this city, who
was indicted by. the Federal Grand
Jury at San Francisco together jvitl*
Ltgan Billingsley, on the charge
of yiolations of the Interstate
•Commerce laws relative to the
shipment of liquors, today gave
himself up to the federal authori
ties in 'his city.
Mlii
FURTHER SOUTH
~ 1 i
Ciiihuahua City, Jan. 4—A bulle
tin published at the Carranza head
quarters says that General Villa
hag bee driven south! by General
Murgia. The defacto troops have
succeedai in establishing their
headquarters at Jimne2.
Carranza troops are said to
have complete control of thei towns
of Torreon, Laredo and Gomez Pal
acio.
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The Overcoat
Assortment of the Town
THE RIGHT COAT FOR EVERY MAN
THE RIGHT COAT FOR EVERY PURPOSE
The Overcoat is a law unto itself, it has big work to
do—no less than to "make the appearance of the
man" whenever he ventures out of doors.
Each season there is leading ideas in overcoats that
seem to take the nation by storm.
We pride oueselves on being students in overcoats.
We buy from houses who have not only the reputa
tion for making overcoats right but the right overcoat
We carry several leading makes standing out con
spicuously such as Hart, Schaffner & Marx, and the
famous waterproof Kenyon Coats.
WILL CLAYSON