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Washington, Dec 13. — Captain
Lester, head of the United- States
intelligence department fcr the A"
merican army testified' °re the
Senate German Proi£;,ganda probing
committee today that he had ©vi
dencfl which was absolutely con*
clusiTe, and proved beyond a scin
tilla ot doubt that with pi 'ns com
pleted for pluuging the world into
war the German government had. 'n
July 1914, despatched 13o ordeied
and trained Dropagandhts to the U*
nttp-' States, South America, Mexico
an ! China vhere they were at once
to begin their machinations.
Captain Lester positively te tiiied
further that these i:;0 a en's of the
Imperial German government were
Informed' on July It'tl', l!»14, by
German government oai ia s i"
Berlin that there \v;t> !v> it war. a' ti
at that time were t-.i r'i:gl ly i»
stracted in their t;,s s whi h ti ey
vveru ordered to per.Ortu.
UNCLl DHiKi G iilii FlbilS.i'iU uliiftj
WILL fit HOfiSt FuH \timM
Washington, Dec. 13.—Secretary
Joseph us Daniels of the United
States Navy Department this niorn*
in? announced that th« captain of
every American ship of the America
navy now in Europe, including those
of the dreadnxaught squadrons which
hsr been cooperating with the
iSbUfiiff
POfilLiuiiUDtb
Portland, Dec. 13.—A Rose FiSti
ra] in Portland may be staged in
Juna of the coming year, if the
aartsory budget committee aets fa
vorably on the suggestion made by
th* Royal Rosariaus. In a letter to
British main fleet iu the Tight a
gainsf German submarines and in
aiding in the blockading of U-er*
man j>orts during the war, will re
turn to home waters this month,
aud he further announced tliaf they
ma>- b« expected to refill New
York before Christmas.
th<> county commi.-c-io: ■ rs this n orn*
ing. the Rosarians ask that the ban
I b» lifted on the festival this year
[and that the usual r'x levy be made
to cover expenses. The matter was
referred to the advisor> budget com*
mittee by the commissioners.
| John Coffey was ma 'c chairman
I of the budget committee tbis moru
j In? with Joseph P. Jaeger, secre
tary"; C. Lewis ^as appointed to
ta^e the place of Siuioa Benson, who
is iil. The comittee wiil be- in work
on tutiiy budgets tomonow morn*
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The Armistic is signed and Peace :s ccrnirg 1 ui • ar obli
gations are not paid and to take can- of t!r ;.i il.e Govern
ment has given notice of a
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
Skagway has in the past done its share in helpsng Alaska
go over the top. To do so again every local rcsiden
should at once open a bank account, that vhen the call
comes, you may have ready money b meet your Liberty
Loan installments We invite yours.
B A N K OF A L A 5 K A.
NOTICE
On account of oontinued bad weather and the poor success
now obtained in the search for bodies, the Canadian Pacific
Railway Qompany announce the organized search that has been
maintained pince the wreck of their steamer Princess Sophia
will ba discontinue^ this week.
REWARD
Effective at once, and until December 31, 1918, a reward of
?5Q will be paid for each body recovered and Drought In, bear
t ,
la* ao signs of having been tampered with.
Th0 reward will be paid at the office of tk$ General Agant,.
Seward street, Juneau. gTT'"""" "
Amsterdam, Dec. 13.—An' Ameri
can squadron of naval vesselg has
arrived at Pola, which, wag former
ly tn0 greatev*. of Austria's navai
bases. Immediately upon the ar
rival of the American flotilla, the
American officers took over the
command of the port and the Ameri
can flag was hoisted on all Jugo
slav vcsselg in the harbor. •
Washington, Friday. —Th^ war
tr?de hoard' today authorized the
unrestricted resumption of trade
wi«i certain parts of Russia and Fin
land these portions now being, fully
protected by Allied naval torces, find
the waters known to hSve been
freed from all mines and other dan
gerous obstructions to navigation.
W. F. HALLO WELL1 AND
W. F. LICK MIST SERVE
Francisco, Dec. 13.—Convic
tion and sentence of W. F. Hallowel
an-1 W. F. Lick, of Portland, Or., foi
defrauding through the mai'g in
connection with Oregon & California
railroad land gr^nt sales, were
upheld' by the United States circuit
co'ir* of appeals here today.
Brest, Friday. — Amidst the r0"
of the gun^ on battle shipq'and
those of the land batteries, which
belched for a welcome to the first A
meric&n President to trod European
Mil, Ppresid«-nt Wilson's ship the
S3. George Washington, pteamed lu*
to Brest hraobr at one o'clock this
atfernoon through lines formed by
an Imposing array of the battleships
of America, Great Britain, France
^an<i Italy,
Amid thig tumultous demonstra
tion the immense liner which had
been royally escorted across the
broad expanse of the Atlantic
ocean fix>m the shores of America
; to the shores f EUrpe bring-1
lae the head of the American people
who nav© always stood firmly for
De»c* and freedom, when within one
milp of the great docks, its great
I engines were stopped, and its mlgli
J tjr anchors lowered.
TEAMSTERS DUE
AGAINST STRIKE
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Portlaad, Dec. 13.—Thi; Stage
Hands' union and the International 1
Brothrehood of Teamsters, Chauf
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers have
voted agains calling a strike "s a
means of securing a new trial for
J Tom Mooaey. These unions say
that they are willing to do all pos-1
| sible to help Moonpy get justice,
j hut that their contracts forbid the
i calling of astrike .
Typogrpahicai union No. 58 has
voted in favor of a boycott on
■ California, and California products
In behalf of the effort to assure
Justice for Mooney. Similar ac
tion was taken by the electrical work
! era a week. ago.
I Masons Wili Elect Officers
For 1019 S»tui*lay Evenfllr
At the regular meeting of White
Pass Lodge No. 113, P. & A. Masons
which will bo held in Masons' hall
■ on Fourth avenue Saturday even- ■
! inir at V o'clock the annual olec- ,
(tion of officers will take place. All
! members are earnestly and urgent
j ly requested to be present at the
• time. j
London, Dec. 13.—The war cor
resTx>nd«ent of th6 British Wireless
service at headquarters in France
j says that 'when the German del©"
1 gates came to see Marshal Foch wlttt
| regard to the armistice .the mar
shal, a$ well as the British hlgrh <x>m
m*nd, kn>ew perfectly well that a
j few tla>'S more—"the marshal put it
| a' 10 days at tho most"—would hay
I seen the surrender of the entire Ger
man army into his haaidg an^ the
culmination o£ the greater victory
or al] ages.
"THe marshal,'1 says thg corres*
pondent, "renounced* that great vie
tory deliberately and with his eyes
ooen because continuation of. the
struggle would have cost a certain
number of French and British lives
anC he could not have it on his
conscience to sacrifice one life if"
ter it wao in hig power to make
ueact, on terms of victory."
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P. H. GANTY
President Wilson within one hour
after his snip h"a<i set anchor, waa
hrcugnt ashore in a beautiful;
yacht which had aboard it many
dignitaries of the French an<i Brit
ish Government.
Ag President Wilson set hip foot
firmly upon, the soil of France, he
unfurled a small silken American
flajr. the Stars and Stripes and car
rleil with him a beautiful bouquet of
lilies, the Flower of France, which
had been presentbd to him aboard
the yacht.
Msyor Hervagault of Brest, in
welcoming President Wilson to
France saluted him and said: "On
be-half of France I welcome you and
salute you ss the messenger of
jus'ice and peace. You are bringing
tormented Europe the comfort of
y.vsr authoritative voice in debates
which end our quarrels.*
In responding to the Mayor's
words of welcome. President Wilson
expressed the close relationship and
associations that Americans feel
towards Brest, owing to the weloome
which as accorded the men from the
United States who camQ to lighten
th» cause against a common outlaw.
At four o'clock this afternoon
President Wilson, together with,
the other members of the Deace com
mission and mebers of his party left
Bres! for Paris. He wag met there
there on behalf 0f the French
government by Foreign Minister
Pithon and Georges Leygues, min
ister of marines.
United States Amoassador to
France Sfcarp, General Pershing,
Col. House, General Bliss, Miss Mar*
garet Wilson, all of whom had been
In France for some time, boar<Je<i th
S3. George Washington to greet the
President upon his arrival in the
harbor.
Coblens, Deo. 13.—Sentries of the
American and. British armies greet
each other across the waters of
tha famous Rhine from Aadernach,
which is situated below Cob1-ens
northward to the British lines,
j The American forces will hold the
I west tank of the stream Bouth of
; Coolens, advanced elements of which
i forces have already reach el the bank
| of the river. > '
Vienna, Dec. 13. —Hundreds are
homeless at Lemberg as the result
of pogroms against the Jews in
th>: city. It is reported. that
many people have bean killed and
wounded and wholesale looting has
taken place. The trouble is said
to bp ©xtending' west of Jarostev
and south to Drohobyez. as well
as to many towns in Western and
Eastern Galicia.
Jewish reports say that the dis
orders were the outcome of an ef-,
fort to prevent the Jews from carry
ing out the principle of self-<Jeter
mination according to President
Wilson'p program. Disinterested ob
servers state that the fighting is the
outgrowth of the f&ct that t*10
Ukrainians in Poland wish to be
frpe and. undar Ukrainian rule. The
people of Lemberg, with the excep
tion of ^he Jew, want to unite with.
tU.. Polos. The Poles, according to
theso observers are pursuing- a
policy of violence against the Jews,
who are in the minority. _
Washington, Friday. — Surgeon.
General, Ireland, In an address which
he m.ade thia morning to th9 Sen
ate military oommittee that more
than two thous«nd American
diers in France, who were suffering
from shell shock, were instantly,
cured by the news of the
the armistice reaching them.
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