WEATHER REPORT
Vcstmlaj: Max> 41. Min. sii
Ptec. .04.
Today: South tvi&d, cloudy.
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MEN IN FIRST CLASS ONLV TO BE CALLED
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ALLIES CONSIDER RECOGNITION
OF LENINE BUSS. GOVERNMENT
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Correspondents Say
Anything May
Happen
London, Jan. 4.—Recognition of
t p Leuine government of Russii*
by the Enteute Allies is probable
ovvi££ to the rttfnt devetopment*
ia the Rosso-German negotiation®,
according to I Ik* London Daily
O -raiiicle.
Statements based on contribu
tions of diplomatic correspondent
uulirs say that, owing to the
Bolshevik! discovery of duplicity on
the part of Germany, anything may
happen. ' • 1,/
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Hobo ken, Jan. 4.—Fires rag
ing »n a wholesale oaper house ou
Oarden street .are menacing the
City
The army quartermaster's depot
■of New York is rushing assistance.
S.S. COM!
BUYS VESSEL
Seattle, Jan. 4.—The Pacific
Steaiuspii) Company today- purchas
ed th'j freighter Northland which
Borne time ago.sunk near Kake, Al
aska, and was raised & year later.
RAILROADS NOW
GIVING BETTER
SERVICE
Washington, Jan. .4.—Recent re
, uorts to the Railroads' War Board
from all the railroads iu the coun
try show that on December 1 this
year the excess of unfilled car or
ders amounted .to 117,132 cars, a
decrease of 22,880 compared to the
figures for November this year .and
an increase of only 10,000 cars
compared with December 1, a year
ago, although the .railroads are
handling currently at least 20 per
cen* more »assengers end freight
business tfcaa.a year aggo.
NEW CANNERIES
FOR PACIFIC
COAST
Washington, Jan. 4.—According
to Information received by the Bu
reau of Fisheries, Department of
Commerce, a whaling company on
tfca Pacific Coast is planning to
erect tjvo canneries to be operated
next season, each 'with a capacity
of 30,000 cases. The same company
will also operate a cold-storage
I>lart for supplying fresh and fro
zen whale meat
The steamer City of Seattle, of
the Pacific Steamship Co., arrived
in port last night about 11 o'clock
acd sailed for the south a short
time later. The Seattle had about
a week's mail.
Our Pre-Inventory Sale
Will Start January 7th
Watch This Space For Bargains
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
.Washington, Jan. 4. — As ft
result of the sinking of the Ameri
j can transport Antilles by a sue
■marine, with the loss.of taany Am
| e.-ic?n lives, Rear Admiral W. B.
Fletcher, who was in .charge of
the convoy system of the navy
has been relieved from duty and
! ordered home, the navy department
am ounced today, i
The .Antilles was sunk about
.thro® months ago while returning
t>om France under a supposedly
adequate couvoy.of naval vessels.
j Questionnaires to be filled in by
all men subject to draft have ar
rived in Skagway and are now Jn
tile hands of the secretary of the
lo-.fll exemption board, E. J. Shaw.
Thuv will not be mailed to the
different individuals until i tele
gr:iD:iic or written orders are re
ceivd from the governor. Twenty
days i-'re allowed in .which to ans
wer each set of questions sent out;
auyone not answering them in.that
time is subject to imprisonment.
No word has been received by the
board as to just when, the drawing
wi!l take place, or by whom. It is
supposed that Governor Strong
or Provost Marshal Crowder will
draw the Alaska .numbers. News
from the states is to -the effect
that the second draft .there will
probably be completed in February,
j Alaska offers many different prob
I lecis In transportation .and it is
jthciihi extra time will be allowed,
s< that the actual draft will .not
'ake place until spring. This,
however, is not official, and it is
tboujcht in some quarters that the
Alaska, draft will take place.the
same time as in the states.'
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Mrs. C. B. Hanover w^s an ar
riving passenger on the City of
Seattle. I
Mrs. L. E. Reyuoldson and ba
by were passengers on. the City
of Seattle enroute to Seattle where
Mrs. Reynoldson will visit iwith
relatives until about the last of
March. Mrs. Reynoldson. 1 is the
wife of the JV'ells Fargo agent in
Skagway. ' 1 I I | ' I
To conform with the EIGHT hour law,
until further notice this store will be open
from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. Saturday
included.
P. H. GANTY
SEATTLE DHIf SQUAD ARRESTED
Br CHIEF OF POLICE WARREN
I Seattle, Jan. 4.—Sejrgeant George
Comstock, head of the Seattle dry
squad, and several of his men were
arrested today noon by Chief of
Police Warren, Sheriff Stringer,
and federal authorities on infor
mation, very sensational in Its
charac'er, .given by Faulkner him
self, recently arrested for boot
leggii'g. I ;'
Warren placed Sergeant Jennings
in charge of th© dry squad rooms
of the police department and, as
fast as Comstock's Imen came in
>h«>y were detained. I
Before the day is closed 'it la
l'ke'y that at least a dozen of mem
bers of the dry squad 1 will be
formally arrested. . -jj
EAGLES INSIAl1
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\ large and enthusiastic meeting
ot eikagway Aerie, No. 25, Frater
nal Order o£ Eagles, was held in
their lodge building on the regu- j
lar meeting night, Wednesday. iNew (
t>lans were ma4e for the year, new j
officers were installed, and six new'
members were initiated.
Th-ee riding the goat were Guy |
Sip^relle, William Feero, Lee. C. j
O^ul*, Clias. Crepeau, Louis En
der, William Bunting.
Officers installed were J. M. Kel-.
ler, W. President; J. A. Wood, W. !
Vice-President; L. S. Keller, W.j
Treasurer; J. .M. Griesback, W. J
P. President and W. Secretary; Lee j
Hudson, W. Chaplain; Geo. Rumple,)
Inisde Guard; Sam Hanson, Outside
Guard; Vincent Dortero, W. Con
ductor. , | i ' iBL ill
Brig. Gen. Francis J. Kernan Is now
assistant chief of staff.
Dry 9qu»d Purloined Whiskey
Seattle, Jan. 4.—Charges against
Comstock find his men are that
they purloined whiskey! by the
wholesale following the seizure of
the seme. It Is charged they stor
ed the wet goodo in their head
quarters. Faulkner claims Ithat
'«» paid for protection, in some
iae'^-nces the rate being more than
$3.00 a'quart.
Chief of.Police Warren says that
Faulkner declares whiskey came
concealed as auto polish, *and that
dry squad members werg paid a
defiiite percentage.
US. MUNITION
DEPOI BLOWN
10 MS
Stockholm, Ijan. 4. — A dispatch
fr^m Harapanda to tho Ttdningen
newspaper, says a large munition
denot on the Russian southwestern
border wag blown up today, and
tha» all buildings within a radins
o" two kilometers were destroyed.
Two trains loaded with Cossacks
on their way to the Don district
tod<*y were wrecked, causing the
death of 2000 men.!
MEXICANS Kill
2 AMERICANS
Tuscon, Mex., Jan. 4.—S.. J. Poe,
or Los Angeles, and Miguel Mar
tinez, of Nogales,, Americans, were
among 36 passengers .killed When
Yaqut Indians attacked a train sout
of Empalme, in Sonora, today.
FASHION
and FIT
Go Hand-in-hand when you
walk in a Hand Tailored Suit
bought at our shop.
A wida rang* of patterns and
fabrics are included in our
stock.
Of?
It would please both you and
us if you called to look them
over.
JAMES KENNEDY
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Persons Who Have
Dependents Not
To Be Taken
WasJiington, Jan. 4.—Provost
Marshal Crow«ler, in a report t«
Congress today, announced that aij
men, reeded for war armies still
to he raised in tlio United States
will ccme under class No; 1, of
tlio selective service plan.
This means tJmt the flghtilnK
will be done by young men wtftli)
out families or any person depend
ent upon their labor for support
and will include mop. on^y which are
unskilled in necessary industrial or
agricultural work. I
BRITISH ADVANCE
LIS SOUTH
Loudon, Jaii. 4.—Field. I,\[arshal
Haig reported today that during
tlie night British lines were ad
vanced slightly 60uth of .Lens, and
that there has teen no change on
the Cambral front.
A train from. Whltehorse to
night brought in about 25 passen
ge rs. I
The steamer Jefferson, !of the Al
aska Steamship .Co., passed Wran
gell at 1 a. m. today, and J is
'scheduled to arrive in Skagwaj; to
' raorrcw. She Is bringing about
I three days mall, t