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No. 267 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
KAISER DEMANDS ENGLAND PAY FOR COLONIES
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PETROGRAD
IS SIEGED
Fqtrograd, Dec. 20.—Admissioi
that the feared Cossack troous hav<
charg&l Rostoff was mad« }n to
day s official statement from th
Bolsheviki war office.
A formal state of siege in Pet
roprad was declared today by tU<
authority of the Bolshevikj govern
meat. The proclamation declare;
street xatherings henceforth wil
be prohibited, and that pillager:
will be shot with machine guns.
Petrograd, Dec. 20.—Accordin;
'o oresa reports Russia has beei
informed by the Central Powers tha
thai Ik tend to make peace propos
als to the Allies.
mUNKSf
IN SEATTLE
YARDS
Seattle, Dec. 20.—The Walter A.
Luckenbach, a 12,000 tou steel
eteamshio, was launched yesterday
la the yards of the Seattle con
struction and dry dock company,
and was immediately commandeered
by the government.
Tbe Walter A. Luckenbach is the
largest steamer ever built la the
North Pacific.
RECALL VOTE
B FAILURE
S#u Francisco, Dec. 20.—Com
plete returns o£ the electiou for
tae recsl of District Attorney Fick
•rt shew a failure of 2 to 1 to re
ca.ll him.
U.5. STEAMER IN
FIGHT WITH
T
Atlantic Port, Dec. 20.—An Am*
ericau liner arrived today from Jiu
rore with Major General Hugh L
Scott as one of its passengers.
Major Scott took part in the inter
allied war council at Paris.
TLe liner reported that it had
engaged a German submarine in
battle off the Irish coast, firing five
shots at the pirate ship, and the
gubmaiine then submerged.
L
IDE
Washington, Dec. 20.—An at
tack oc the construction of sub
marine chers, which began in the
|Kous», resulted in a aayal probe
yesterday, a sharp tilt between
Secretary o£ the Navy Daniels aud
Reoresentatlve Brittea took place,
the latter declaring that millions
i>ut into submarine chasers have
be<>n virtually a dead loss.
ILL li EEL
WARM WOOLEN
UNIFORMS
Washington, Dec. 20.—Secretary i
ot War Baker today stated that 1
woolen uniforms for all troops !
. faavs been provided. This state- j
; mer.t is the result of the recent ]
I Congressional investigation.
Santa Claus Will Be At
THIS STORE
Between 1 and 3 o'clock Saturday
Afternoon
Everyone is welcome to come and talk to him
and see our large line of Toys. Christina*
presents for everyone. Let us help
you select them.
ALBERT REINERT
Phone 41
Broadway between Third and Fourth
ENGLAND WANTS RESTORATION
AND COMPENSATION FROM HUNS
During 1917 Germany Lost 100,000
Men Taken Captive, Valuable Posi
tions and Hundreds of Guns
London. Dec. 20.—Restoration, of
the territories taken by the enemy,
together with compensation, is de
mamldr bv Lloyd George in explain
ing the va.r aims o£ the Government
of Gre-^t Britain to the House of
Commons today.
He said during 1917 the Germans
bad gained one success, which yas
due entirely to surprise, and which
now is engaging an inquiry. (This
IK PEOPLE
Boston, Dec. 20.—Former Presi
dent William Howard Taft in an ad
dress 1-tre last night said the Uu*
ited States is not fighting the Kais
er of Germany or the Prussian mili
tary system alone, but is fighting
the German people, whom, he de
clared, aro obessed with a mega
lomania.
M-. Taxt sajd the only way wo
c»o wir the war Is by bitting the
Germac people with a, club. They
believe there is a German god,
renresente.d by the German state,
whJcl can do no wrong. Mr. Taft
docs not distinguish between the
Hun government and the German
people.
MILLER IS
IN SEATTLE
Seattlr, Dec. 20.—Congressman
John F. Miller, of the state of
Washington, arrived here yesterday
to scpnd the holidays F'th his fam
ily. Mr. Miller was one of the
congressman who inspected the Am
erican army in France.
KILLK1) 15Y STREET CAR
Seattlf Dec. 20.—G. C. Ogle, of
Long Beach, California, was run
down by a street car here this morn
ing and instantly killed.
Tire Princess Sophia sailed for
Vancouver ami way sorts last night
a' 8 o'clock, carrying a large pass
enger list of persons going outside
to s'^enc" the Christmas holidays.
"Hot Bouillon"
"Steero" Cube» make it possible to have a cup of
delicious bouillon at a moment's notice. A
cube makes a cup—just add boiling
water. 35c per tin of 1 doz.
cubes.
P. H. GANTY j jj
is presumably the recent raid by
j German cruisers of British Bhip
iping.) He further said tho Ger
! mans lost 100,000 prisoners, valu
| ajije positions, hundreds of guns,
the margin of sea losses is narrow
ing, sinking by submarines aro de
creasing, shipbuilding is increas
ing, and fhe sinkings of submarines
are increasng.
II liUSMDj
ITALIANS ARE
CAPTURED
Berlin. Dec. 20.—T*o thousand
| Itailans wero taken captive by
| Teutonic forces which stormed
Monte Salone and position^ north
east and northjvest of that height,
is today's, official statement.
HIIIG JAKES
HUNS captive!
London, Dec. 20.—Driving off
hostile reconnoitering parties south
east an*, northeast of P^sschendael
by British defensive fire and the
capture of a few Huns was the re
wort of General Haig of yesterday's I
operations.
EIGHTEEN VESSELS
SUNK LAST WEEK
London, Dec. 20.—Eighteen ves
sels were sunk during the week
ending Wednesday night Of this
number eight were destroyed by
enemy cruisers operating in Brit
ish waters.
Heniy Vemear, a rancher near
Haines was taken on the Peterson
recently to the city and moved to
the hospital where be bad an x-ray
picture taken of his leg. Mr. Ve
mear broke his leg while driving his
team a few dayB ago, having
cau&M it between the Whipple tree
and the sleigh. I
KILL WATCHMAN
TO GET BARREL
WHISKEY
Seattle, Dec. 20.—Will Apple
steele, night watchman, tor the Nor
thern Pacific railway at Auburn,
was shot and killed early this morn
ing by two men who were in the
act of steeling a barrel of whiskey
from one of tae freight cars.
Apolesteele was seen by the men,
and was surprised by them before
he had time to seek cover. The
murederers secured their whiskey
and escaped in an auto.
HOLT SEPULCHRE
Of JERUSALEM
LOOTED
Washington, Dec. 20.—Aa of
ficial dispatch says Turks before
fleeiiip- from. Jerusalem looted the
ChurcV of the Holy; Sepulchre, tak
ing millions worth of valued treas
ures which were Bent to the cele
brated Ostensory pf Brilliants at
BerlJn.
GERMANS ffl
10 YEARS IH
PRISON
San Francisco, Dec. 20.—Albert
Blocs Jr., German born, and W. E.
Marker, both of Seattle, were sen
tenced *o ten years in military
arisoa for refusing to accent ser
rice under the draft regulations,
and for refusing to wear the uni
form o* the United States soldiers.
WILL USE MONEY
10 RESTORE
BELGIUM'
Peace Conference
To Settle
Much
VVflHhuijjton, Doc. 20.—What) pur
IKirl'j to lie the Kaiser's Ohrtetmaa
peu<e terms were received Jierq
today thi-ough neutral diplomatic
thaunels, Willielm intends to
leave the disposition of Alsace-Loi<
raiiie "plebiscite," with the iJihabj,.
tant&
England is to pay Germany for
her lost colonies, the money to be
used to rehabilitate Belgium, Her
bia and Fi ance.
Poland and the Russian Baltic
province shall become independent.
Turkey 6shall remain intact. The
peace conference is to settle every
thing else. i T .
TEUTONS FAIL 10
GROSS PIE
Headquarters Italian Army, Dee.
20. — Extremely lieavy fighting
a^ain is taking place in Northern
Italy In the mountain region and
along the Lower Piave river.. The
enem has made five desperate at
tempts to cross the Sile or Old
Piave, tb6 first part}- succeeding in
getting across but, after a series
of furious attack?, was driven hack
to the water's edge where it is
still held.
Four other attempts to cross the
rlvti hav failed. Fighting is still
iu progress.
Subscribe for the Bally Alaskaji.
Only a Few Shopping Days Left Before
Christmas And We Have
A Large Christmas
Stock to Se
lect From
For Ladies:
Bath Robes
Handkerchiefs
Winter Coats
Shoes
Dancing Pomps
Bedroom Slippers
For Men:
Bath Robes]
Underwear
Silk Hosiery
Neckties Garters
Arm Bands, Suspenders
Shoes, Mitts, Gloves
JAMES KENNEDY