No. 267 NINETEENTH YEAR
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BASIS FOB PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Rome, Dec. 20—Mons. Sonniao,
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
stated yesterday iu a sjjeech which,
lw made to the merujjers of the
Italian Chamlier, thai in the pro
oosals cf peace as offered t>y the
German empire, he could find no
sign ' of conditions or basis upon
which peace negotiations could be
' eutered upon, betwen^ the boMser
eut nations of Europe.
The terms as set foithl In Ger
many's not^ are bq YagU|3, or elso
so arbitrary to the Allies that it
would npj>ear that Germany did not
intend the note as an offer for
«.»eaoe, as it Is entirely one pidedL
CANADA TO GET
SHELL ORDERS
Toronto, Dec. 20—English, Bhell
contracts iu the United States vir
tually will all have run out within
sjx months, and: after the first of
f\e year will net be renewed. This
is annouuecdj by J. W. Flavelle,
chairniau of the imperial) munition,
board for Canada. This sho uld
greatly increase Canada's output of
munitions.
Much interest is manifested in
♦he news that no more? munition
contracts will be 1 t in the United
S'ates, and that i* is probable the
manufacturers of Canada will a t
th$ orders.
NOW UP 10 HE
MEXICAN CHIEF
Washington, Dec. 20—S cretary
of the Interior Lane Jtas put the
protocol drawn up by the joint Am
erlcau-Me^cican commission together
with the issuie as it now stands and
the future situation as it 'may he
under the terms as offered by Gen
eral Villa up to the Mexican goveru
beut fer final decision.
It is now up to the Mexican
chief to use his force in protect
ing American lives and! pnypexty
within the Mexican boundary lines,
or else leave it up to the United
State? to protect the live® and pro
oertj of its citizens.'
The Princess Sophia is due to
a'rnve in this oort at 5o'clock to
night. having sailed from Juneau
a» 8 o'clock this morning. She will
dear tor thie south Thursday even
»ng at her usual sailing Jj.our w.hichi
la 7 p. m.
| Victoria, B. C., Dec. 19—The La
dysmlth smelter, owned and former
ly operated by the Tyee Copper CO.
an English concern has been pur
chas*.: by New* York capitalists and
aa soon as extensions and improve
ments involving an outlay of $100,
000 can be made the plant will be
pu* in operation. Negotiations for
('be purchase has been und* r way
for some months. Mr. Gardiner re
"restnttlve of the Tyee Company,
having tome out from England to
complete them. Who are the
pin-chasers or at what figure they
acquired the plant is not announc
ed but it is admitted that they are
"big peoole" in a financial and min
I ing way .
j For some time past efforts have
been mad*, by local organizations in
terested in the development of
i Vancouver Island mineral resources
I to induce the government to take
steps to bring about thfe opening of
j*h Lady smith smelter ajid only to
day a deputation waited upon the
Premier and Minister of Mines
wi*h that in view.
Thle fact that the plant will soon
be in ful operation again and giv
ing employment to over 100 men,
by virtue of its extensions will be
!n a position to producei blister cop
ner whereas, when formerly in oi>
"rat'on, it could Produce only? tM
copper matte, will mean a decided
impefus to the 'ndustry on the is
land. and obviate the necessity hith
erto experienced by small producers
of sending their ore to the Tacoma
smelter.
WOULD SOLDEK OX
LID AT CAPITA!|
Washington, Dec. 9—The Benate
yesterday bagaq the consideration
of a bill to prewnt the manufactura
and sale of liquor at the national
caoital,
Christmas Ribbons
Ivory Finished Work Baskets
and Tea Wagons
Suit Cases Bags
New Cretonnes Growing Ferns
Flowering Cyclamen
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BUN DECLINES TO ACCEPT
Oil CONSIDER PEACE PROPOSALS
London, Dec. 20—The War Coun
cil of the British Emplrej yester
day adopted am cjrder which la idienr
tical with that which was recently
adopted by the Russian Duma.
The peace oroposals f eminatlng
from the German Chancellor von
Bathmann-Hollwef with the condi
tions najned therein wera refused
to be entertained, and it was as
serted by Prime Minister Lloyd
George, who made a- furious at
tach on the peace proposal that no
conditions etxcept unconditional de
mobilization fit the German army
would be considered.
Tremendous offensive mov; ments
are being i>lanned by. the British,
both on land and sea, and' it is be
lieved that the German ; go.^:rn
ment will 6end new 'proposals of
Pieace before these plans aTe be
gun to We carried out .
WASHINGTON TO
BE ORY AS BONE
Olympia, Dcc. 20—A careful caa
vass which has been made by the
Anti-Saloon. league of the members
of the upper and lower branches of
tha state legislature shows ac
cording to a statement which has
just been made, that ninety-five
p:\reent of the Washington state
legislators stand In favor of the
bill which provides for making the
State of Washington a'bone dry
a'ate.
onclTsawT TO
SENDJflfiElESS
Washington, Dec. 20—Plana for
the governmental control of all ra
dio communication are now beinb
formulated.
It is the int'nticn to place the
aerial communication under the
control o^ the war department, and
the steos thus far made In that di
rection are "or the purpose of as
certaining just what can be done
in the way of securing! thel 'needed
legislation to *ake over all ra
dio stations at a fair valuation.
i
TROY CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR
deatt'e, Dec. 20—There is a rumoi
afloat here to tha effect that if Ma
jor J. A F. Strong is not a candi
date for reappointment tql the Gover
norship of Alaska, and in some quai
ters it 1b asserted he will not be.
JoVn Troy, editor and proprietor of
♦h«e Juneau Empire, will be a candi
date for the position. It Is said
that Troy •will have th« support of
the Democratic organization in the
Territory and 18 lilt£ly to land the
office, 1 ' . ! ! i' i' i
The gas boat Santa Beta loft Ju
neau for this port at 12 o'clock
midnight last nighty
ELECTION IT
BE CONTESTED
Whether Sulzer wins or whether
Wickersham is victorious in. tha
present election, which; will be uu-|
certain until all precincts are re
verted, it is certain that a legal hat
J Me will ensue. Sulzer backers! arei
r4' orted to be preparing to'protest
man/ of the precincts a<nd it is
said also that the Wickersham cam
pairu managers are 'preparing) to
make a fight. At present the in
dications are that the hkyuse of
representatives will be called up
on to pass upen the election re
turns.
According to information, received
in* the News-Mim r tha'Wickersham
managers ar© investigating the
unecinote in, which soldiers voted
and may try to have many of them
thrown out, particularly Tanana and
3* Michael. In. case Sulzer is foun
'o vhae a majority of the votes,
rumor has it that Wickersham may
go so far as to attempt to have the
whole election held invalid.
In regard to the soldiers' vote, it
is reported that should Wickersham
attempt to have St. Michael * oaid
Tanoaia thrown out, the Democrats
would ask to havei the Fairbanks
vo*« thrown out, as soldiers votted
here Also. • 1
Ia political circles, it is rumorea
also that the peofcle of the Sec
onl division did not register as
they did in other divisons,'and for
that reasofn an attempt may be
made to have the whiola • division
thrown out.
This, In all likelijiood, would In
yo lv« the validity of the election
law passed. by the last legislature.
A number of attorneys questioned
as to the act have expressed opin
'ons that part or all of the act'is
invalid.
In the Third division, politicians
on both sides are preparing for a
protest, no matter which way the
election goes, bo that there is no
likelihood that the delegate) elec
tion will be settled definitely un
t'l congress passes on it. — Fair
banks News-Mimer.
The City of Seattle, of the Pa
ci'ic Steamship Company, sailed for
Sfcagway and way ports on the
night of Monday, Dec. 18th.
From advidre; received from Dor
tero & Sons, agents for thg'steam
ship Humboldt, that 6hip; will ar
rive in this port early Saturday
morning.
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Paris, Dtec. 20—'Prime Minister
Briand announced yesterday at the
gcssion of the French1 senate that
Europe's allied powers jvouldl reply
to the German peace proposals by
making a concerted reply to Ger
many's Chancellor,'either today or
Thursday.
Premier Briaud said tliat the
answer to tfle suggestions of
peaoe as proposed! by; Germany
would be a very terse one, tha
exact text probably being, "It is
impossible for us to take 'your re
quest for the cessation of hostilities
ia exchange for peace on the
terms specified seriously."
JUDGE SORRY
10 SELL BOOZE
Judpo Spence, IL S. attorney, ar
r'ved la Seward recently to
make final arrangements for the
sal* of liquor Jierre which; tad teen
confiscated! neag Anchorage.
In discussing the various protests
agalns* the pale of this liquor Judgq
Spence said It was unfortunate, but
*he law under wfrich this liquor
wag «eized and tjie owners jaiied
crovIdeB specifically that the liquor
shall be sold to the highest bidder.
"I would gladly hay^ seen it
dumped overboard from the scow,"
said Judge Spence. "It is too bad
tha* »he weather on the way round
was not. so' severe that tble crew
woui * have been forced to throw it
overboard td 'lighten/ Bhip,' but it
is here and must be Bold. Fortu
nately some of tji'e bottles smashed.
"I have no sympathy with. the
Dlea of the local liquor dealers that
Jt not be sold/ retail, however," the
judge continued. "These dealers
hare been sailing! liquor wholesale
here by subterfuge, without paying
a wholesale license, and there is> no
reason why the government should
not sell thiis Tetail."
Christmas Novelties at Kellers'.
S1ILL FIGHTING
ON BATTLE LINE
Paris, Dec. 20—Reports from
various points along the! fighting
Mne received here today] tell of
more or less minor fighting having
occurred during the past twanty
four hcur.s but that there were lit
tle or no gains made oa either side.
Boston, Dec. 20—'By a vote of
53,459 for and 29,297 against, at
the election held in this city yes
terday, the saloons will be permit
ted to run undfcr licenses issued by
the City; of Boston.
The result of the election is a
surprise to a great number of
I people, but to those aho had made
' a study of the methods which were
used by the saloonmen in the cam
paign to gain iheir point by the
ballet, it was known that the wets
were spending huge amounts of
money for campaign purpose^
IHII WAY OPEN FOR PARLEY
10 IKE PEACE POSSIBLE
Washington, I>ec. 20—The De
partment of State does not regard
the attitude adopted I® the vari
ous Allied nations relative to their
refusal to look with favor upon
the uroposalg of peac$ as offered
by the German empire as final.
It is confidently; believed that
Permany will nwke further moves
tending towards ■bringing about a
conference cf the various warring
nations of EuroDe, and it is th.oug.ht
♦hat the yro.y has tx-en opened
whereby the United States* through
President Wilson, might suggest
such a peace conference, and acting
as mediator, bring about peace be
tween the present warring nations.
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