WEATHER REPORT
Yesterday: Max. 33. Min. 18.
Today; Colder, cleftr, n. w.
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No. 284 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JANUARY IV. 1918
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ON REVOUJ GERMANY
Armistice Will Continue For One Month
And Conference Will be Resumed
At Brest, Litovsk—Call
For Volunteers
PetiogHKl, Jan. 12 — Foreign
Minister Trotsky, in a speech at
15«yst Litovsk yesterday. declared
Ha via will not agree to a peaco
devi-iw! by German imperialists. She
will fight to the bitter end anil rely*
on tue gitut bud}' of plain people
of tu«- Central Powers to rise up
in tneir might and aid in the strug
gle for iiueruatioual peace, ho eon
«lixltd.
i o Continue Conference
Ap.Merdatu, J:ln. 1-- — Trotsky
js said to have issutHl an order
to r • Russian delegation to over
look no i>ossiblitv in the li^ht
for i'eace.
The Kussiiiji delgeation ha3 ac
ee'ited the demand ot" tlie Germans
that negotiations be continued at
Brest Litovsk.
Armistice For Month
Petrcgrad, Jan. 12. — Acceptance
by th* Central Powers of Trotsky's
proposal to continue the Russo- i
German armistice on all ironta for j
an aiidUional month has l?een form-1
ally announced, but the armistice;
previously agreed upon expires to- |
dav.
Calls For Volunteers
London, Jan. 12.—The Bolsheviki ;
commander in chief of Russia ss ar-:
my has issued a call for voluu- ^
teer3 for the Russian armjr In case j
peace fails, according to a dispatch |
today from Petrograd..
COAL SHORTAGE
31 MILLION
IONS
Wpshingtrn. Jan. 12.—The Unit
ed states faces ;i coal shortage of
37 million tons, according to an
estimate made by the fuel adminis
trator. <
Petrograd, Jan, 12.—Reports
from Rostov fray th.© Republic of
D-'n has been declwed existent, witbij
General Kaledine as president and
Ptime Minister
The Don country is iu central j
•Russi? and includes the former capi-j
tat of Moscow. ;
Pre-Inventory
Cash Sale
We offer a discount of 20 per cent, on Cash
Sales made during the month of January
Everything is included in this sale excepting
Contract Goods
20 Per Cent Off
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
lOfUMDO TEARS
UP U.S. CAMP
WHEELER
Montgomery, Ja»- 12.—Seven
peiosns were killed and 25 injured
ut Cowarts, Alabama, -when the
c''v was detsroyed by a tornado
which struck it yesterday.
Camp WTiedcr Suffers
Macon, Ga., Jan. 12.—A terrific
tonrado struck Camp Wheeler yes
terday juul completely collapsed the
buildings in which were quartered
tut soldiers of the 121st infantry.
One private was killed.
Many circusa jiinmls wintering in
th.-- Macon park were liberated and
scattered.
Worst BlizzartI In History
Cliicago
Cnicago, Jau. 12.—The worst
blizzaid in the history of Chicago is
raginj today. All traffic is block
ed, and railroad communication to
the outside world is cut off. The
city ;p practically isolated.
10 Killed, 100 Injured
Atlanta, Jan. 12.—Sixteen per
soi.s have been, killed and 100 in
jured in the terrible snow and sleet
storm that today is sweeping Ala
bama and Georgia.
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HEW
10 REPLY
London, Jan. 12.—A communica
tion from Berlin states that the
German chancellor, Herr Von Hert
llne, will address the Reichstag In
person as a committee of the whole
on Monday- and at that time will re
ply t" the war aims and speeches of
President Wilson, and Prime Mini
ster Lloyd George,
Washington, Jan. 12. — Capt.
Mears, of the Alaska Engineering:
Commission, has been relieved on
his own request to become Colonel
of iho engineer regiment which
will bo sent to France to do rail
road work. Enlistment in. this
regiment will be composed principal
ly ■' employes of the Alaska rail
road.
Vm. Geriga, consulting egnlneer
for tlic commission, has been ap
pointed to succeed Mear and "will |
nave charge of the Anchorage dlvl
ELI'S BOWLiNG TEAM AGAIN
IS HBliO BY THE WOMEN
Three games \vere bowled in the
Elks building last night beweeai the
women's and men's contesting teams,
resulting in a victory in tach game
for *Ue women. A total of seven
games have been played with a
6core -l 4637 for the }vomen and
419S for the men. A l^rge crowd
attended the contest las* night,
but <t was noticed that certain
rooting was lacking when the la<
d'es continued to make high, scores.
It is whispered that in a last
deoerate effort the i^en bought off
the encore in an effort to save tho
day.
The defeat of th© men is being
explained in various jvays, the
orinc.'Dal reason being that they
are just merely trying a new sys
tem cr bowling, but in the next
game tjiej- will get back to old time
foriu and make their 200 Boores.
Scores follow:
WOMEN
-Mrs. P. H. Gantjr 143 158 135
Miss E. Liddicoat 155 140 14»
Mra. O. Selmer 162 155 154
Mrs. 0. Miller 133 122 136
HANDICAP 100 100 100
TOTAL
X P Black
P II. Ciainty
Wm. Batson
O. ,->elmer
673 675 674
MEN
154 168 124
131 121 164
180 190 125
163 157 178
TOTAL 628 636 591
GRAND TOTAL SEVEN GAMES:
Women, 4637. Men, 4198.
AppleSpecial
We have 2 lots of good Cooking Apples for
sale while they last at
$1.75 and $2.25 Per Box
The last chance this season for apples at this price
P. H. GANTY
28,000 GERMANS TAKE
KOIfl AND ARE BEING
SHEW ARTILLERY
Austrian Troops Holding Lines In Tar
nopol Sector of Galicia in Fierce
Battle With Loyal Forces
London, Jan. 12.—Mutiny Lu
the German army ou the Eastern
front baa spread to the Austi-o-Hun
sarian forces.
l*etJograd dispatches today quote
(ienimn desertei-s »s saying Au
triai. troops holding the line in
the Tarnopol sector of O'alicia hare
mutinied and that fighting has tak
en place between mutineers anil Aus
trian Slav divisions, a large num
ber being killed on l>oth sides.
Twenty-five thousand German mu
tineers in an attack 011 Kovno, in
Western Itus&ia but held by the
(ieiniau army, have taken the city
and are still La possession of it,
although being shelved by loyal Hun
artillery. ) i I | i
11.c levolt of the German ftniry
was started because all men un-.
der lie age of 35 years were or
dered to go to the Western front.
This small arniy of 25,000 is
finuly trenched and will fight to
the last ditch with hopes of being
aided by otlier revolters.
li e situation in Western Austria
over tlie Czechs is acute, ar.d the
Austrian government is sending re
sen es to strengthen garrisons lhi*u«
ost the country. . •
NOW QUESTION
OF SEPABATE
PEACE
Amsterdam, J»n. 12.—Cgunt Czer
n'n, of Austria, at a full Bitting of
th» peace conference at Brest
LltOTSk said that a« Rusia's al
lies h.ad not replied to tile invita
tlon to participate in the conference,
U Is now a questiou of separate
peara between Russia and the Cen
tral Powers.
FRANCE ASSIGNS
DELEGATES 10
UKRAINE
Petrograd, J.3.11. 12.—The French
•government yesterday appointed
Geuerai Tabeville representative
from France to Ukraine Republic.
Tills is considered in Petrograd
recognition by France o£ the ii*
dependence of Ukraine.
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A wid« rang® of patterns and
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ua if you called to look them
over.
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