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No. 243 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 191fi
PRICE 10 CENTS
ALLIES AND GREECE AGREE
TO CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP
Greek King and Senate Guarantee to
Meet All Contingencies and to Main
tain a Friendly Neutrality to the
Allies.
London, Nov. 26—Advice was
this morning received from Athens
th.it Kiag ConsUntijae and the Gre
cian senate had conceded to "11
the Allies requests for neutrality,
au4 that the most cordial relation
6hlo had been established.
Greece has met all the terms of
neutrality as contained iu the
agreement, and has agTeed to meet
all contingencies which might
arise, guaranteeing the fulfillment
thereto.
London, Nor. 26—Mr. Herbert
Samual, postmaster general of Great
Britain, has been given the Beat in
the war cabinet recently vacated by
Winston Churchill when that gantle
man went to the front.
TEUTONS EVACUATE NIITAU AND
PREPARE TO WITHDRAW FROM RIGA
Louden, Not. 26—Authentic ad
vices hare been received by the
war cabinet here that the German
forces evacuated Mitau, and that
preparation is being made for the
STIRS UP A LOT
OF TROUBLE
I.oadoj, Nov. IS—A high official
today in addressing the House of
Commons made charges against of
ficials that have stirred up the na
tion.
In his lengthy address he said
th it officers played bridge all night
and blept during the day -while men
were beng killed in. the trenches,
j. These same officers were in the
habit of entertaining uomen at head
quarters, and instead of being staff
officers, they should be carrying
£Uos on their shoulders.
An investigation will be or
dered immediately.
withdrawing of the Teuton, army
from the .vicinity, the attempt at
capturing the city of Riga and the
railway line running along the
bonis of the Dvina river having
proven a hopeless task.
FRANCE GALLS
1917 CONSCRIPTS,
.
Paris. Nov. 26—By an act of!
the Freuch cabinet phased at a ses
sion of that body held yesterday,!
the 1917 conscription list will be
called into service during the next
month, and all the youths' names I
who are on the list will be sent to
military barracks where they will :
| at once enter upon a course of
military training. The youths whose '
names appear d on the 1916 con-1
scriptioo list and were not Bup- 1
posed to he called upon until after !
the first of the new year, have al
ready responded to the call to arms. |
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seen our
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Broadway betweenJThiid and Fourth Phone 41
Before Sea Room Could Be Gsined
Vessel Dashed on Rocks on West
Coast of Vancouver Island and Is
Pounded to Pieces.
Victoria, Nov. 26—Tlio entire
crew of twenty-five men, was lost
when the Chilean four masted iron
ship Carel Mapu was driven ashore
011 the west const of Vancouver Is
land during a terrific galo which
Swept that part ot tho Pacific last
evening.
The steamer was in ballast when
the gale struck her and before she
could run out where siio had
plenty of sea room she was thrown
up on the rocks and entirely bat
tered to pieces.
f
AND MAN! PEOPLE
Seward, Nov. 26—As a result of
the freezing up of Cooks Inlet, the
steamer Admiral Farragut, which
was supposed to take a number of
passeugers from Knick Anchorage,
was unable to make that port and
SERBIA OFFERED
PEACE TERMS
Paris, Nov. 26—Reports have_
been confirmed to tho effect that
Germany haa made a separato pro
posal for cessation of hostilities to
Serbia. Details as to the terms of
the peace proposition liave 1101
been ascertained.
SERP.lAN KING MAY RULE
1 ROM NEIGHBORING STATU
Berlrn, Nov. 26—King Peter of
Servia, it is believed, with all his
ministers, -will accept the offer of
King Nicholas of Montinegro to go
to the capital of that country and
rule Sernia from there during tho
state of turmoil Into which his pro
vince has been thrown by reason
of the invasion of tho various war
ring nations. I
1000 ACRES WILSON
WEDDING rilKSENT
Earle, Ark., Nov. 24—One thou
sand acres will be presented to
President Wilson and Mrs. Gait
a wedding gift by an organization of
large land owners of this section.
The land faces the Mississippi ou
one side and tho St. Francis river
on the other. It is well protected
by a levee system It is an ideal
lccaticn for a hunting preserve.
the people are all marooned in tho
' ugw town.
| There are only two things loft
for the unfortunate people to do.
1 Either come overland to this city
| and take the boat for the states
from here, or remain in Anchorage
all winter.
GERMANS LOSE
BIG CRUISER
Petrograd, Nov. 26—The Gorman
protected cxuisirr Frauenlob was
] torpedoed and suuk by a British
submarine iu the Baltic Sea this
morning, and these of her c:ew who
! were not killed by the explosion
when her boilers blew up or
drowned when sue went to the bot
tom, wore picked up and made
! orisoners.
j The Frauenlob is a sister ship to
I the IIdine which was recently sent
; to the bottom.
San Francisco, Nov. 26—Governor
Black of Yukon Territory tele
graphed his resignation to Ottawa
| yesterday. This action on the
| part of Mr. Black was done that
he might be prepared to accept the
I commission as captain in c.'der to
raise the company for Yukoners
which he Intends to take to the
j front. He will have his company
j in readiness to be sent to Fnmce
I early in the spring.
THANKSG- VINO- SPECIALTIES
The "Humboldt" will bring us all kinds of Good Things
to Eat, suitable for your Thanksgiving Dinner
X-mas Melons Grapes Pineapples
Cranberries Persimmons
Pears Bananas
Tomatoes Cucumbers Head Lettuce
Sweet Potatoes Green Peppers
Pumpkins Cauliflower
Fresh Walnuts Almonds Brazil Nuts
Hazel Nuts
* Fancy Shelled Jordan Almonds
Pecans and Walnuts
Dromedary Dates in Packages
Layer Figs and Raisins
Preferred Stock CORN ON THE COB:—Nothing Better
P. li. GANTY
DELEGATE WILL 11 FOR
A FEU COMMISSI
Will Seek More Liberal Homestead
Laws and a Naval Base for Alaska.
Seattle, Nov. 2f-—At the banquet
given la honor of Jamee Wicker
sham, Delegate to Congress from
Alaska Territory, and W. C. Edes,
chairman of the Alaska Railroad
commission by the Arctic club and
Chamber of Commerce of this city
at the former's banquet hall last
Wednesday evening, Mr.. Wicker
sham gave a brief outline ot what!
his efforts will be during the com
ing session of congress in the way
of obtaining legislation for Alaska.
He said that ha would Introduce
a measure in congress providing
GERMANS WILL
IKEGTPT
London Nov. 25—Word has been
for the centralization of all federal
offices within the territory, and
the offices thus centralized would
bo formed into one commission con
sisting qt fire members.
In the Btatehood bill which he
would introduce, one of the im
portant clauses would be a modifica
tion of the homestead laws.
In addition to these measures,
the delegate wilL-lntroduce a meas
ure providing lor the establishment
of a naval base to be located in
some one of the Southeastern Alas
kan ports.
Mr. Wickereham will leave tnis
city for the east Monday evening.
dollars each day during the month.
Durinsr the month, three hundred
and ninety-three steamers sailed
from New York, the majority of
them going to British and French
ports. The shipment of grain from
New York has also been enormous
and eveiy vessel along the Atlantic
seaboard has been pressed into ser
vice a# grain carriers.
received here from German head
quarters at Nish that General Von
Mackcnnerg will soon leave Servia
for the southern theater of war and
will assume command of the Ger
man and Turkish troops la a cam"
paign in which the invasion of
fcgypt is planned.
NEW no FOR
EXPORT VOLUME
New York, Nov. 26—The exports
'rom New York during the month
>f October were the heaviest ever
•ecorded fri m any United States
jort during a singlo month, in his
:ory. The epxoits were mostly
munitions and supplies for the war
ding nations of Europe and the to
,al value of the exports is stated
jy the customs report to be not
ihor* or $176,00u,000, an average
)f between six and seven million
Merldan, Miss., Nov. 2S—Repre
sentative Samuel A. Witherspoon,
th« democratic congressman from
the fifth division of this state, died
at his home in this city yesterday.
During his service in congress, he
was always opposed to the increase
o? the navy. He was Bixty-five
years of age and leaves a wife ^o
mourn his loss.
DKY DOCK AT ANCHORAGE
IS NOW COMPLETE
Anchorage, Nov. 2—The 'winter
drydock and marine railway for
lifting boats out of the way of the
winter ice has been completed and
the steamer Chulltna was success
fully docked last night.
Let's all be thankful together
CA 0 much of the good in this world is railing on this big
^country of ours, that we all ought to be deeply thankful.
Thankful for peace and prosperiety; thankful for good crops;
thankful for our ability to help the homeless ones; thankful that
a huge shell isn't going to crash into our home any minute.
We're thankful that we have bo many opportunities to serve the
men in this community; we're thankful for response to our efforts.
Hart Schaffner&Marx make the kind of clothe* any min ought to be
thankful for, we carry shirt*, neckwear and other furniskings of same
class; everthing to make you look well and happy on Thanksgiving Day
WILL CLAYSON
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