WEATHER RETORT
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No. 271 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAttWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
RUSSIAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY TO FAIL
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ITALIANS FIGHT WAT BACK TO
PLATEAU AND RECOVER CON!
Berlin Report* The
Taking of 9000
Prisoners
Rome, Dec. 26.—Iu ft deBPeratt
battle which lasted all day Monday
Italian forces fought their way
back to positions from which they
wero forced the Previous d*y on
the A*ifl«o plateau under tha Aua
tro Gertnau attack, according: to to
day's rar office statement.
During the vissitudes of the fierci
struggle some batteries tad many
machine guns, which, had been left
in the destroyed lines, yere recover
ed ! J i
WKM) Italians Optured
Beriiu, Dec. 26.—The war of
fice announces that Teuton troops
Sunday 6tormed Col Del Roe so, an-d
the heights adjoining the west and
east between the As teg o pia-teau
aud the Brenta river, talcing 9000
Italian prisoners, including 270 of
ficers.
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HEROIC, SAYS
KAISER
Amsterdam, Dec. 26.—A Ber
lin dispatch says that Kaiser Wil
helm in visiting his Verdun troops
told them but for the heroic valor
of the Western forces the employ
ment ot German troops in Italy
would not have been possible, j
REVOLUTIONARY P1X>T
AGAINST RUMANIA
Petrcgrad, Dec. 26.—News of a
revolutionary plot against King
Ferdinand, of Rumania, has reached
thp Sinolny institute.
UEUT. E. RENO
Lieut E. Reno, attached to the
French aviation division, is credited
*rlth bringing down three German air
plane* somewhere within the tiring
lines. The photograph was made at
■n Atlantic seaport on his arrival.
MEN'S SUIIS
C01AIE1D
London, Dec. 26. — Wholesaler's
: stocks of men's civilian suits are
| being commandeered, by the govern
ment for issue to Boldiers on their
discharge from the army.
Shipment of
LADIES DRESS SKIRTS
on the Jefferson
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway bctw«en Third and Fourth Phone 41
II.S.I
American Headquarters, rFance
I Dec. 26.—Germans have begun, ttiei
[savagery against American troops.
One soldieir was found dead tliis
I morning with. Ilia throat cut. He
h.ad been captured, and rather thai
j icecd the soldier, the Germans cul
his throat. {This is an official an
nouncement from General Pershing:.
K *. PUN 10
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Washington, Dec. 26.—Evident*
uncovered by government agents in
dicates that American Industrial
Workers of the World, Russian Bol
sheviKi, Irish agitators, and revolu
tionists iu various countries at war
with Germany Jnay be seeking to laj
the foundation of an elaborate
world wide plan to overthrow so
cial orders.
L
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I Washington, Doc. 26.—President
'and Mrs. Wood row Wrilson yesterday
'remained in their house all day They
I had ulanned to go to church but
I the rain kept them Indoors. A
I Christmas tree In the White House
, was lighted for the President's
'grand children.
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U. S. MILLIONS
Washington, Dec. 26.—Food Ad
ministrator Herbert Hoover issued a
etatement *oday declaring that the
fixing of the price of sugar by the
government had already saved the
country two hundred, million dol
lars. He claims the profiteers had
planned to advance the price of
suagr to 25 cents per pound.
ALLEN8Y ADVANCES ON PUS
OF SHARON TAKIN6 FOUR TOWNS
I Loudon, Dec. 26.—General Al
lonby, the hero of the capture of
Jerusalem and the leader of | the
British forces la Palestine, today
Is advancing northward between
Jopoa and Mt. C^mel on the plains
of Sharon in. Palestine. He has
captured lour mora small towns.
The Plains of Sharon &re cele
brated for their fertility, and the
wild roso of Sharon is commemorat
ed in song ajid Terse.
MANNHEIM
IS BOMBED
London, Dec. 26.—Tie city of
Mannheim, Germany, oa the Riiein,
was bombarded by. a British air
squadron Monday, says today's of-,
tlcUU statement.
Ten tombs •were tiropp«d oca the
most thickly settled parts of the
city starting several fires. All but
, one or the British machines re
turned. 1
Mannheim is a city of more than
90,000 people. !
Peking. Dec. 26.—Gilbert Reid, an
American, accused of being a pro
Uermaii propogandiet, and of sym
pathizfrg with the German govern
ment, has been deported to Man-,
ila at the request of the Chinese!
government | ' ! .!
BTEFFANSON
HI FT. YUKON
Ottawa, Dec. 26.—Arctic Explorer
Steffansou, who was thought by
many people to tie lost, has arrived
with his party at Ft. Yukon, ac
cording to word received here by
the navaj department.
U. S. STAGE DRIVER
HANGED BY BANDITS
El Paso .Dec. 26.—An American
stage driver was hanged and. his
throat cut today by M-ertoa-u raid
ers svbo crossed the border line.
SENATOR NEWLAND9 DIES
Washington, Dec. 26. — Senator
Newlands, of Nevada, died of heart
failure here yesterday morning. [
HUNGARIANS GIVE
FRANCHISE TO
WOMEN
Zurich. Dec. 26.—Franchise bills
Introduced into the lower house of
the Hungarian parliament gives the
vote to every Hungarian citizen.
The bill makes every person, Hun
garian, male or female, who is 24
years of age or over, a voter, and
provides for the election of women
to the Parliament.
FRANCE UNTIL
Paris, Dec. 26. — !Tlio French.
Chamber of Deputies yesterday
adopted a resolution extending the
terma of all elective officials em
ployed by the government of France
until the end of the war. No elec
tions will be held in the meantime.
Fl'LTON LOSES IN FIRST KOl'XD
Little Rock, J>ec. 26.—Fred Ful
ton lost bis bout here yesterday
witfa Harry Tate, of Oklahoma, in
the firat round by a decision of
referee Haack, who ruled that Ful
ton was using foul tactics.
Until Further Notice This Store
will Gose at 6 p.m.
JAMES KENNEDY
BOLSHEVIK! 11!
CRUMBLING
HOURLY
Lenine Preparing tc
Flee From
Petrograd
Ijondon, Dec. 20.—'Today's ills
latches from Petrograd all agrei
the power of the Bolshevik! Is wan
ing .
Among the causes alleged foi
their failure are general lack oi
authority and increased! diflinten
ness: also the reluctance of the pop
ulation to work and the scarcity o:
foodstuffs ai-o cited. The mail
desire of the soldiers Is for peace.
Peace May Fajl
Stockholm, I>ec. 26.—Lenin©, thi
Bolsheviki premier, is preparing tc
flee from Petrograd, according tc
information received here which. U
regerded to be reliable.
Lenine is reported to have saic
the power of the Bolsheviki is cruru
blinff, and that peacq negotiations
with Germany are likely to come tc
nothing.
woulTdestrok
SHIPPING OF
PACIFIC
San Francisco, Dec. 26.—Accused
' o£ being the kaiser's arch plottei
oa the Pacific Coast, Franz Schul
| en burg is being held by secret ser
| vice men while clues that conned
] him -nSth plots to d«stroy shipping
1 in Seattle, Portland and San DIegc
are being probed- It is alleged tba*
Schulenburg was quite active In ef
I forts to sink or destroy Pacifi<
' commerce. •
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