AIMS OF THE ML EMPIRES
OFFENDED AMERICAN PRINCIPLES
Paris, Dec 1". — In responding
to a statement triple at a re e;>ii\>:i
given in President Wilson's honor
at tile Hotel DeVil 1^ ,v<esterday, Mr
Wilson said in part:
"The United States entered tho
jvar not only becaause it was mov
ed by the coovcition that the pur
poses of the Central empires were
wron^ and must bo resisted by men
everywhere who loved liberty and
right ;Mid justice, but because o.7
th0 illicit ambitions that tht, Cen
tral empires were entertaining and
Attempted to realize, in the furth
erance of which ambition they were
led ts> practices which shocked the
ears of loyal Americans as much
■:is they offended our principles/*
Londou, Dee. 1".—According to
a statement made by the Marquis
of Orowe. the r^sixiinsibility for )i"u
lshing the former German emperot
i and other high Herman officials for
| th<j crimes they have committed dur
ling the war must rest with the Al
lied governtuciil u.iid not with
juries.
SEA!lit GEfS
300 bOLGicBS
Seattle, Dec. 17. — Three hun"
dred soldiers arrive<i' at th-e King
Street station ia this city today.
These are the first men to arrive
ba<jr from Europe otht-r than wound
eti men.
The men arriving today came
from France via New York city.
MARSHAL HAii; A\I>
STAFF W1U <;») M>M>"V
Loadoc, Tuesday. — It was au
■crjaced officially that Marshal
Haiy and hia staff of distinguished
officers will arrive in this city on
Thursday.
iBerne, D©i\ 17.—Dispatches re
ceived here 'his afternoon state
that the resignation of Dr. Soif
which was tendered' to the new
Soldiers and Workmen's congress
has been accepted by that body.
Paris. l> 17. — President
Wilson's projected trij> to ti:o Jl^rne
3att!e fit IU declared o:'f owing
to the heavy rains »nd it is a ques
tion as to w;it llit'r Mr. Wilson will
got timp to maky this historic field1
a visi' while on tliis trip to Europe.
Lisbon, Tuesday. — Admiral Cas
tro was elected president of the Re
public of Portugal to succeed the
late Dr. Sidino I'acs, who was as
sassinated last Sunday morning
when about to leave for I'aris to
attend the oeace conferences.
Third Installment Due
The Third Installment on your Fourth Liberty Bond
is due and must he paid before closing hours
December Nineteenth, Come in any time and make
your payment We will cheerfully wait on you—
that is our business.
BANK OF ALASKA
Special Discount
OX THE FOLLOWING SUBSTITUTES:
Corn Flour, 10 po-.intl ?acks 00c each, less 23 perccnt $ .07
Corn Flour 100 pound sa<ks, >7.50 sack, less 23 percent 5.05
Barley Flour 10 pound sacks 90c Ocli, less 23 percent .67
Rice Flour, 10 pound sacks $1.20 each, less . 23 pcrcent .90
Potato Flour, 10 pound sacks, §1.30 e»ch, less 23 percent 1.15
P. H. GANTY
BIG PEACE TALK N0110
! COMMENCE UNTIL JANUARY
Paris, Dec. 17. — President Wil"
son ha8 oome to fully understand,
by reason of his recent conferences
held with various officials of the Al
lied nations, Why the pe^e confer*
i ence cannot be gotten under way
j oefore the firs' of the year.
While tto real peace conferences
I will not begin until som^ timeln
January, during the interim inform*
a] conferences which mean bo much
In laying the groundwork for the
real pea-ce conference will continue.
President Wilson is seeking to
get acquainted with the men with
•whom he ig to deal.
Prime Minister Lloy^ Goerg© and'
lord Balfour of Great Britain will
irrivj iu this city next Sudnay.
Tlie Skagway division Of the Na
tional Oou/ncil of Defense received
the following' cablegram last evening
from W, A. CJark, chairman 01' the
Ala&joa Territorial headquarters of
thy National Council of Defense,
winch shows that the epidemic of in
fluenza whicb has been sweeping
the nation has again broken out,
and that nation wide steps a.r« to be
taken to statud it out:
"A reappearance of the epidemic
of influenza is now threatened in
many parts or' the country.. The
surgeon general of the United States
l>ublic health service ha« issued such
a warning, stating that the original
| epidemic persists widely.
"Everywhere' throughout the na
tion the epidemic and other abnor*
may conditions created by the war
I has left millions of the people
j particularly su£ceptiblfi to the di*
| sease. The risk of contagion are
j aggravated by reason of the fact
j that the medical an# sanitary fa
cilities have been depleted to
| meet war needs aud these aondi
j tions cannot be restored to their
normal state for some time nor
without concentrated efforts on the
part of the people.
"In view of the emergency; which
we now find confronting up, we
recommend that the entire forces of
the state divisions of the Woman's
committee be thrown back of the
public health authorities. These
should be solicited1 and encouraged
in intensive work along these lines
in their respective localities with, in
dividuals especially called for to
guard congested' populations during
the coming winter.
"All your branch councils should
therefore be instructed to bring
these various branches of defense to
gether under a d-efinlte working ar"
rangement with representatives of
all local agencies touching upon
health, and to put at their joint
disposal pu the facilities for
each easy and the entire communi
ty."
Mr. Clark adds to the above the
following: "Unusual watchfulness
and care of health ia urged for
each individual."
The period of December 16 to 23 f
inclusive, Ms been reserved f°r a
campaign for memberships to the J
j Red Cross, the cam$>ajgn to bo
known a$ "Red Cross Christmas
! Roll Call."
I The keynote wid g»:<4 of this
i campaign will be universal mem- .
bexship. This thought wag ex-,
j pressed by President Wilson wUan, J
' on the occasion of hia address last |
j May, h,e paid: "I summon you to
' the comradeship." In this, ap
! Peal, the President of the Red Cross
himself, hag sounded1 the clarion call
j to every good American to enroll
| a member of the Red Cross. Tthe
j National Headquarters emphasizes
| the statement that this is aot a cam
paign for money, but for universal
membership. The chief aim of the
j Rod' Cross Cnristmag Roll C&U will
| b0 to ©iuvll one dol&r memberships,
i no stregg to o0 placed upon other
classes of membership^ No r&
j ceiptfl will be given,—the members
j names being written on enrollment
j blanks. At the bottom of each, of
these blanks a statement appears
that this acknowledge® receipt of
on<) dolla^- from each of the per*
song whose names are on the blank.
Red Cross Cotton? for 1919 and
tea Christmas seals will be given
with each membership. Ke^ Cross
Service Flags will also be supplied,
and it is hoped that every home in
the City will hare on© of these
flags displayed showing the mem
bra • of all of the members of
the family.
Before the end of the week every
adult in Skagway will be given an
opportunity to renew membership
or become a new mebmer of the
American. Red Gross.
For the convenience of those wish
Ing to use the Xnia$ seals on out
going mail copies of the roll with
Eeftls, Service Flags and Buttons
have been left at Britts and Kellers
Drug Stores.
No geais will be sold this year.
Ten sealp will be award**! only to
those joining- daring the Red
Cross. Do not wait for solicitors.
Sign the roll at the drug stores.
| SPECIAL l'APAL ENVOY
GIVES MIL SON INVITATOX
Paris, Tuesday,—A formal invl*
tatioa h«a been extended to Presi
dent Wilson to visit the ration, the
invitation being presented by a
Papal convoy wiho cam$ direct l'rom
the Pope at Rome for that purpose.
The envoy called neon President
WilBon at the Marat mansion to-1
day to deliver hi® message.
ANOTHER SOPHIA VICTIMS
FOUND BY SEARCHES
The local Offic* of the C, P, R
received advice thig morning that
the body of H Etr&ln, another
one of the Princess Sophia victims
hag been feoovered, and had been
taken to Juneau. No particulars
as to where the body wag ft»und
were given In the cafole, L L [
PRINCESS MIRY WILL AR
RIVE AT 10 IX MORNING
1*he C. P. R. local office receiv
ed adLvico tbia afternoon tliat the
Princess Mary would arrive in this
port at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
Lag. She is bringing 8 passengers
and 22 tons of freight, all of which
ig consigned to White P<-1sa rail
way and interior points.
LAST 4 MIXNUTE TO
RE GIVEN WEDNESDAY
Wednesday night at the Popular
Picture Palace Mr. E. J. Shaw wilJ
giv© the last of the Fonr Minute
talks, as prescribed by the 4-Minute
Man's association.
The subject of the this talk will
be "What We Have Won" and
from tlie synopsis which, la proidved
from headquarters, this will be a
most interesting talk.
SOLDIERS' & WORKMEN'S COUN
CIL CONVENES IN PRUSSIAN DIEI
Berlin, Tuesday. — A congress
com<posed of 450 delegates of sol
diers and ■workmen's councils from
many parts ff Germany opened in
the Prussian Diet .building this
morning'.
None of the important [places were
given to delegates from Berlin.
Llebknecht and; Rosa Luxemburg
were denied seats In thia congress.
The radicals are In the minority.
Shortly after the congress con
vened, hundreds of boys and girls
carrying red flagg and incendiary
placards marched to the Soldiers and
Workmen's congress in th^ Reich
stag building »nd demanded votea
for persons 18 years °f n®e- They
also demanded the abolition of cor
poral punishment in the schols tod
a participation by the children in
the administration of the govern
ment schools.
[BERT WANTS BLAME FOR WAR
FIRMLY FIXED Oil KAISER RILL
Berlin, Dec. 17.—Chancellor Ebert
in discussing the subject of extra
diting the kaiser from Holland said, j
"We have separated ourselves from1
him and now desire only that the
guilt for the outbreak of the war
Stockholm, Dec. 17.—Advice has
been received her^ through a wire*
less dLssmtcli which was picked up
at the government radio station,
' stating that an. English squadron
had Dombarded the position held by
the Bolshevik on the southern coast
of the Gulf of Finland. No par
ticulars ol t.h„ engagement could
be learne<L
RKSTRICTING INDIANS
Capt. A. L. Bell ftf the R. N.
W, M. P. has issued strict or
ders that no Indians be allowed, to
enter the town of Whttehorae dur
ing the prevalence of influenza in
Klukwan, Haiaejj and other Alaskan
t<own§ here the Indians are in the
habit of going to visit relatives
and friends,
A quarantine station also has
j been established at Champagne,
with Sei^t M^ey in charge, to
prevent tha Indians from Dalton
Post mingling with, the interior In
dians.—Whitenorse Star.
should be finally fixed on him in
order that he may be exposed once
and for all."
Chancellor Enert announced that
he knows of no legal method! by
which the kaiser's surrender could
bo forced from Holland.
BUI WILSON'S
WIS SPEECH
Washington, Dec. 17.—A body
ot militant suffragettes burned eop
les of papers containing the speech
es made by Preident Wilson hi Par"
is Sunday and Monday a tthe base
of the Lafayette statue, and the
crowds who witnessed the proceed
ing hissed the women as they P«r
formed their work, ag a mark ol
their actions. __ —...
Stockholm, Dec. 1". —According
to information received here today,
the Bolshevik government has be*
gun tlie ev"«wuatiou of Petrograd,
and it >a moving archives towarda
Nijni, Novgorod. •
A Practical Christmas
You are planning on a practical Christmas this
year, and to that end you undoubtedly have decided
that all the gifts you make should be practical.
Here is a partial list of artilces of a practical na«
ture that is indeed timely.
MEN
Silk Hose
Plain Linen Hdkfs.
Initialed Linen "
Plain Silk "
Initialed Silk "
AH Kinds of Tie«
Cuff Buttons
Fancy Knives
Tie Clips
Mufflers
Tie Stick Pins
Cuff Button Sets
Tie Solder
Bath Robes
Pocket Gombs
Hdkfs Tie & Sox Sets
Belt Sox & Garter
Sets
Traveling or Mili
tary dets
Fancy Belts in Hoi
ly Boxes
Silk Shirts
Fur Caps
Gloves
C9in Purses & Bill
Books
WOMEN
Cap & Scarf^Sets
Spats
Bath Robes
Middy Ties
Linen and Fancy
Hdkfa
Silk in Different
Styles aad Colors
Fancy Fait and Silk
Slipyers
xew Fancy Shawls
CHILDREN
Windsor Ties
Boy's Suits and
Shirts
Cap & Scarf Sets
Mittins
All Kinds of New
Caps
Handkerchiefs
New Styles in Sh«ea
New Fancy Sweaters
All Colors
JAMES KENNEDY