WEATHER REPORT
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, Dec. 12.—Senatoi
James A. Reed, of Kansas City, Mis
souri. yesterday afternoon created
a aessation in the Senate when lie
,war»e<1 the assembly of the danger
o* Teutonic invasion of the Un
ited States
To meet this eventuality Senator
Re» * advocated the calling of ail
m«n tetween th<> ages of IS and 21
for military training, such a force
to form a home guard.
Senator Reed declared the
Central Powers now have a prepon
derance of military strength, and
that if more nations follow the
exomoles of Russia and Rumania
th« Entente could not longer hold
the 'lermans in check.
THBEMSENT10
BGLSHEVIKI IK
LETTER
Tetrograd, Dec. 12.—A letter ad
dressed to the council of National
Commissioners contains a threat to
dynamite the the Smoly institute,
the Bolsheviki headquartere, on
Thursday, if the soldiers and work
men's deputies do not deprive the
commissioners of authoritty .
ALASKAN MADE
POLICE
cattle, Dec. 12.—Joe Warren,
a nioueer AlasJcaa and former chief
of ooliC' la Nome, Aiaska, aoid Spo
k«ue. Washington, and for a long
time a deputy marshal la Alaska,
wa« appointed chief of police here
yta'erday to succeed! Beckiagham.
His appointment was made at
th« instance of a number of lead
ing met. who believe it will result
la tbe early lifting of Gen. Greene'#
quarrutine.
(3ut*crt£* for th« Daily Al
PREDICTS PEACE SOON.
Meyer London, Socialist Con
gressman Who Thrilled House.
...
Photo by American Press Association.
Representative Louden, who halls
from New York city awl is now tbe
only Socialist in ronTrc. s. was cheered
when during a speech ill the house re
cently he said the dawn of peace on
American terms was near. He said
the nature of the president's reply to
the pope was encouraging to those who
deslr» a real peace.
BATTLE IN RUSSIA
Loudon, Dec. 12.—Greatly de
l&yed Russian dispatches report
ttso first engagement between the
Bo'shevlki followers and tfce Cos
8»ek. forces at Tamanevka. No de-1
ta'le of the engagement were aent
la she dispatch, and the outcome
of tbe battle is not known.
SULTAN IS
VERY SICK
G^iieya, Dec. 12.—A Constantin
ople dispatch via Vienna reports
the Sultan to be dangerously 111.
Christmas Is Near!
Only A Few More Days Left
for shopping and we have a wonderful display of
toys of all kinds, games and paint boxes little toy
town grocery store, dominoes. Performing Bob the
circus horse, double friction tricky duck, Oh you
goose, some mule, elephant, rooster friction hook
and ladder, street car and auto, American modle
builder sets, drums, Polly dolly cut-out paper, doll
outfit. Ask for Dolly's brother Tommy Tom
Teddy bears all sizes, unbreakable dolls. We al
so have a good line of books for children.
Don't forget our display of china and cut glass.
ALBERT REINERT
Phone 41
Broadway between Third and Fourth
0.5. FIRES FIRST
Si! AGIST
AUSTRIA
Italian Headquarters, Dec. 12.—
The first American shot against Au»
tria wag fired this morning by Re
presentative Tiakham, of Boston, on
the Uwer Piave river.
Amsterdam, Dec. 12.—According
to a Vieuna, official dispatch the
Auamn battleship, Wlen was sunk
yesterday by a torpedo fired by a
suemarine of the Allies.
BRANDOS MAY
BE MAO
DICTATOR
Washington, Dec. 12.—Justice
Brudeis, of the United States Su
preme Court, is the clioice of
President "Wilson, for the position
of railroad dictator of America if
the president fiualiy decided that
rallrcads must be operated under
fedTP-l control.
iUOHOLMBEEl
Washington, Dec. 12 — President
Wilson issued a proclamation today
reducing the alcoholic content of
be°r to 2% percent. This procla
mation yas issued because of the
f?ir that the non-manufacture of
wh'slrey would lead drinkers to con
sume a larger quantity of beer .
SPECIAL NOTICE
Until the cold weather is over
advertisers wishing a change ih
their ads are asked to turn in their
copy the day l>efore they wish thetat
changed.
Todaj; makes the 17th day of
ucr'h wind in Skagway without j
hardly a break.
For Meatless Days
Mild Cured King Salmon 25c per pound
Imported Bloaters 1 Oc, 2 for 15c
Fancy Boneless Codfish in 2 pound bricks 40c each v
Preferred Stock Oysters - Little Neck and Minct Clams
Canned Salmon. Tuna Fish, Fish Flakes, Lobster, Shrimps, Etc.
P. H. GANTYj
till SITUATION IS
SERIOUS, IS CHURCHILL
Great Britian Will
ing to Talk Peace
Last September
Lr.wJon, Dec. 12.—Lord Churchill,
minister of munitions for Groat
Britain, admitted last night in
address at Bedford the military
situat'On is more serious now than
rhree mouths ago. Ho said pereosts
calling for a restatement of War
aims reallj- meant the Allies should
make peace with the Victorious Huh.i
Balfour Makes Statement
London, Dec. 12.—Arthur J. Bal
four, secretary of state, in speaking
to t(.' House of Commons yesterdby
told of communications received by
Gre*u Britain from Germany in Sep
tember stating that thu Gentian gor«
erument would be glad to get into
communication with tho British
government regarding peace.
Great Britain replied that she
was prpcared ot reccive any com
munication tlie German government
des'jred to discuss with Great Brit
ain ai d her allies. Germany made
uo i«jdy.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
First Lord of the British
Admiralty Snapped on Street.
Who says military situation at
the present time is more serious
for the Allies than it was three
months ago. !
Rome, Dec. 12.—Jerusalem was ■
undamaged when th«j British; forces
einere.l it. Not a building had
been demolished nor a stone over
turned. The Patriarch, ofl Jerusa
lem wired the Vatican today Bay
iug not a single shot was fired in
th* city.
Britis-li Enter Jerusalem On Foot
London, Dec. 12.—Premier As- i
qu'th announced today that Brit-1
isli forces entered Jerusalem on j
foot, and that Christian, Moslems, |
an^ Jews will all be treated alike. I
judgFTindseitI
10 WORK FOR
NATION
Denver, Dec. 12.—Judge L.indsey,
of t' e famous Juvenile courts of
this city, has gone to Washington
in ouswer to President Wilson's
mt-ssatje to consider assuming the
suuervision of orphaned children
now in Belgium and France.
WILL CQNSiDER
PROHIBITION
MY
Wasnington, Dec. 12.—By a un
auimouB. agreement the House of
Representatives yesterday after
noon agreed to consider on Mon
d*.» the proposed constitutional
ac.eodment of nation, wide prohibi
tion which passed the Senate flt
the iast session.
The sailing of the City of Seat
tle from (Seattle lias been post
poned and the boat will now leave
Seattle Saturday, December 15,
a»i is scheduled to arrive in Skag- j
way Thursday, December 20. ■
Qualified
fey Quality
To be The Finest line of
Boy's Suits and Over
coats ever fashioned
We are speaking about the
stock we have just received
from one of the foremost
manufacturers of Boy's Cloth
ing in the country. :-"J :-1]
JAMES KENNEDY
R ATTACK
LOIR
PIAVE
Re/*, Dec. 12.—Auat.ro-German
forces, being unable to obtain foot
hol..s across ttw Piave river, are
shifting to the mouth of the stream
liooin r to make a detourlng move
ment t^ere and succeed in crossing.
Snow Falling In Mountains
Italian Front, Dec. 12.—Heavy
sn,< w. is falling today; In the moun
tains where the Teuton forces are
tryli'g to break through. Winter
Is settling down In this region and
will greatly aid the Italians in.
stemmiug the Hua advance.
OF
BAGLEY
American Flotilla in British Wat
res Dec. 12.—Commander Bagley,
of (lie torpedoed destroyer Jacob
Jones, was knocked unconscious by
ti* explosion, which occurred ou
the ship at the time slie was struck,
but was rescued by one of Ills Bea
meu, tbe latter dying later of expos
ure. , .l. V...i' i
FLIGHT
Has Francisco, Dec. 12. — Miss
Katheilne Stinson, of Texae, yes
ierdsv made an aeroplane flight
frem 3»n Diego to Sau Francisco,
a distance of 610 miles, in nine
hot'rs *nd ten minutes, establish
in" ? world's non-stop record. This
tio.'e is an average of about 67
miles au hour. '