im CECIL COMES LEAGUE I
OF NATIONS 10 MONROE DOCTRINE
Paris, Jan. 15-—Lord Ce<il, one
of England's delgeatis to the
p >ac« tongrpss told American news
paper men that he coulft see 110
conflict between the propised league
o' nations pl»n and the Monro© iioc
triue. He also stated that to ex
tend the league, in his oplnon,
world provide s'vnl° decrease in the
present armaments of tho Varloua
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Paris, Jan. 15.—Further
ditions of the extention of the time
o* the arfiistice was announced
today, which provides in adiMiiou
to thus® announced ihat Germany
stall turn over to the allies all
cargo steamers, no matter where
thev xaiy he at the present time,
and that these ships shall be used
for the transportation of food sup
plies to Germany and adjaient
countries.
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""Loudon, Jan. 15.—A Dresden des
patch received here today tayg that
Von Hindenburg will forn take
command of the German t o^ps
which are now opposing the inva
sion of the Poles.
.• This action is also taken to mean
th.» Germany is taking precaution
Against an invasion ty Russian
Bolshevik!.
Louis Schultz, the big merchant
ond mining man of Atlin arrived
oi'r on the train last night from a
hufried trip to Atlin. He made the
tr'p from Atlin to Carcfcss by dog
tcaui, using the Royal Mail te^m.
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Seattle, J^n. 1-".—William C.ott
steiu who as recently convicted' of
murderiug the C. 1'. It. Baggageman
Murray, hag been Granted a new
trl"l by Judge Filter.
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Seattle, Jan. 15.—Harry Xeis, a J
f jrru'i policemau of Seattle com- [
Uiicted suicide today iu the presence I
of his vit'e when lie wag bidding
farewell.
Xeis had been sentenced) to three
year? in the penetentiarjr and was
bciiiij taken there by the guard who i
allowed him to say good bye to hU |
wife.
Bolsheviki Shoot
Siarv.ng People |
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Stockholm, Jan. 15.—Ten thous
and uersons who were pap'tlnng the !
streets of Petrograd, appealing for
bread, according to a telegram re
ceived here this morning, were
fired upon by Bolsheviki troops,
and many of them either killed or
wounded.
NOTICE
The fourth installment of the
Fourth Liberty Loan
is due and payable on or before
the 16th of this month
Subscribers kindly call and arrange
BANK OF ALASKA
iiappg Nan fear
P. H. GANTY
GREECE LAYS CLAIM BEFORE
PEACE CONGRESS ID TERRITORY
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Paris, Jan. 15.—The Greek gov
ernment today submitted Us claim
to tlie P«ace Congress. In her
memorandum Greece asks for Kl>ir"s
and Thrace on the grounds that the
populations of these districts are
largely Greek.
Continuing the memOr^ndumi says
sinceConstantinople, according to tl.e
twelfth point Of President Wilson's
program cannot remain under Turk
ish rule, the natural solution o£ the
piobelm would be toward Co®6tantiQ
oole to Greece, and to establish an
international guarantee for the free*
dom of the Straits.
Claims are also made frr ceitain
territory in Asia Minor and certain
Islands in the near e:'st that the
preponderance of the populations of
the districts and islands mentioned
I are Greeks.
Prohibition Ammend
ment Lacks Just 1 State
Chicago, Jan. 15.—The aunoun<e- j
meat was made today; tha* Colorado
and Iowa legislatures had rat^ieci
the federal prohibition amendment
and that Wisconsin senate had al
so done bo, and that the Utah and
Oregon houses of representative had
Dusked the amendment while Nebras
ka is expected to vote in the af
firmative and' join the ranks In a
few days.
Only four more states are needed
to make the United States dry a
raoudmarit effective &"e year from
the date the thirty; sixth Btat© has
ratified it.
Chicago, Jan. 15. — Late this
afternoon thirty five states had
ratified the federal amendment thus
leaving only one more state to act fa'
vor^bly to make the United States
a orohioition nation.
Tha states passing the amend
ment today are Iowa, Oregon, Col*
orado and New Hampshire .. ,
LOCKS LIKE II18
PUfiE JUSTICE,
Paris, Jail. 15.—According to a j
decision of the members of the |
French Cabinet which was. reached
a» today's session, ail en-emy \
prisoners of war now within the j
borders of Prance will get a chance
to rebuild roads, farms, cities and I
uildings which they haye wrecked
or helped to wreck.
The prisoners are to be at ouce 1
empolyed on reconstruction work in
the devastated region, ang it is.
thought that oy March 20, two hun- i
died thousand will be laboring to I
rebuild that which was wrecked at i
their hands.
I Ll IK)cnX)RS ANT>
NURSE SAIL SOUTH
Douglas, Jan. 16. —Ore. Krulish, I
Heliker and Mon»gomery and ^*urse
t urner, who have been assisting 1°
caiiy with the influenza epidemic,
loft for their homes in Seattle on
the steamer City of Seattle. Or.
Heliker was ttfe physician in charge
of Si.. Ann hospital durlrg the ab
sence of Or. Sargeant.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
WANTS EXPENSES FOR
FIGHTING THE HiU
Juneau, Jan. 15.—Gov. Thomas
R'sss, Jr., hag telegraphed the
Governor's office at Juneau to gath
er up vouichers for expenses in
connection with combatting the in
fluenza in Alaska. The expenses,
aside from the cost of the physicians
and- medicine furnished by the U"
nlted States Public Health Service,
will be paid from the $100,000 ap
propriated by Congress to combat
tlia influenza in Alaska.
This will include the cost of main
tenance of the quarantine at Ska®»
way, Cordova and elsewhere.
Heretofore Skagway ha$ been ad
vancing the cost of quarantine at
that place, and* Cordova hag just
imposed a charge on those placed
in quarantine for their own main
tenance. Both towns will be reim
bursed for the expenses they have
incurred.
VANCE McOORMACK
RESIGNS CHAIRMANSHIP
Washington, Jan. 15.—The resig
nation of Vance McCormick from
tha chairmanship of the Democratic
national committee was announced
today. a.a
Paris, Wednesday. — It was an
nounced this morning that the Al
lies propose to at once transfer
Germany's gold reserve, which a*
mounts to two'and1 one quarter Ml
lion marks from tho government re
pository at Bain to Frankfort. This
is takeu as a precautionary mea
sure to prevent any possibility of
tli* revolutionists getting hold of
this vast amount of gold.
MS CHOICE
George C. Burford has received
word from two Juneau men, Lee
Naas aud Albert Cooper, who are In
France.
Lee Naas, sergeant In the 825th.
Aero Squad said that the Alaskan
boys are all anxious to get back
North and that, with the exception
of very few, if any, all tho Ameri
cans are anxious to got back home.
DenyiDg the understanding that
many of the boys will remajn in
France and marry charming French
girls, he claims that thoy are but
a temporary fancy and declares that
ther is none lik© the sweet Ameri
can girl,
Albert Cooper's card to Mr. Bur*
Xord said:
"Dear George: Just a line from
one of th© doughboys in £he
91st Division. Have gone over
top four times, hut am not bump
off yet. Our Division was credited
with four successful drives in St.
Mihiel, Argonne Wood and two big
drives In Belgium.
"My regards to all old' Channel
friends."—Empire.
Alex Couts, who has been with
th" Canadian Klondike mining com
pany for several years Is a 'passen
ger on the Princess Mary for Vic
toria where he will visit with, friendi
Tue Admiral Watson is b heduled
to sail from Seattle for Skagway
on Jan. 17, and will continue on to
Southwestern cities from here. A
night message ordering goods .from
Seattle sent tonight should make
connections with the Watson. As
there. is no other sailings schedul
ed from Seattle for Skagway for a
number of days merchants could
take advantage of tills means or
"fttlU'g shorts.
PEACE CONVENTION IS DISCUSSING
THE REPRESENTATION OF NATIONS
Paris, Jan, ,15.—Th© question of
representation to the peace confer
ence was taken up late yesterday at
tlu- first session. Nothing definite
was done as yet as to what nations
should participate in th8 negotia
tions beyond the decision that China
shall be represented by her own
delegate® and not by Japan.
There is a feeling that the Unit
ed Stsies will not subscribe to
the propostiion of sending Ameri
can troopg to Poland or increas
ing her forces in Russia.
Paris, Jan. 15.—The preliminary
meetings today reveal two separate
forces each powerful and working
along different lines in suppoit of
the league of Nations movement.
0ne of these forces favor the
enforcement of the le-igae by physi"
cal force and 'he other would ro*
sort to moral force alone..
Despite the difference it is Re
lieved that the two groups will
eventually reach an agreement.
Those present at the meeting of
the supreme council peace congress
today are President Wilson, Clemen
ceau,"Lansing Pichon, Lloyd George,
Balfour, Sonnino, Chinda and Bat*
eul, the latter two being the Japan
ese delegates.
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New York, Jan. 15.—The 346th.
Fitid Artillery from Washington,
Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Cali
fornia arrived here today on board
the U. S. cruiser St. Louis.
CSBTflOLLER
CLOSES OFFICE
Juneau, Jan. 15.—P. R. Bradley,
federal food administrator for Al
aska, will close his offices in Juneau
ou the first of February and retire
a« active food administrator, sub
ject to the call of Mr. llo-rver.
His office force will also re
tire.
OH K'KRS ARK ELECTED
FOR FIRST NATIONAL BANK
At the annual meeting of the
Firs' National Bank of Juneau the
following- officers were elected:
President—John Reck.
Vice-President—P. R. Bradley.
Cashier—H. H. Post.
Assistant Cashing—R. H. SteveHS
and H. E. Bron.
Trustees—John Reck, P. R. Brad
ley, George H. Whitney, H. T.
Tripp, H. H. Post and Fred W.
Bradley.
Washington, Jan. 15.—A resolu
tion was introduced in the senate,
pronosing: an annua] pension of $5,
000 per year and mail franking
privilege for Mrs, Th-Kidore Roose
velt, 'widow of thg late Co.l Theo
dore Roosevelt, who was a Spanish
American war veteran, and mother
of Quentin Rooevelt, who lost hla
lifp in France while serving with
the American aviation corps. The
j resolution was passed by the sen
ate.
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1 Berlin, Wednesday. — A few
followers of Karl Liebknecht are
still attempting to terrorize the
people who venture on some of the
j streets Dut the sitution is much im*
] proved. Several hundred rebels
j have been imprisoned', and the
new police administration is ren
dering valuable assistance to hte
military branch.
Liebknecht's sister was arrested
to^aj- on charges that she was con
soiilng against the government.
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