GERMANY RAPIDLY WITHDRAWING
TROOPS FROM OCCUPIED GROUND
With the American Army of Oc
cupation, Nov. 29.—At an early
hcur this morning General Von L)e:
Marwitz, commanding the Fifth
German army, began crossing the
Rhine in accordance with lbe
ter&a of the armistice Which pro
vides for tlie withdrawal of German
troops from Rhinish Germany.
It is stated that it will require
nine days for tlii.s vast Briny °f
ruen to cross with "<11 tho army
acoutremeuts and oilier supplies
thafc they are allowed to take with
them.
Lcndon, Nov. 29. — The corres
pondent of the Daily Express in tele
graphing to his paper from \ ienna
s>ys that the conditions there are
horiible, being beyond' the power °f
description. ! 1
"Six thousand human wrecks,
with their bones protruding, are
existing an soup which is sCMiti y
tlo'ed out to them onee daily," he
says, 'Hundreds die • tiailj- and
thesr are ouried in piper coffins be
cause all the wood available Is
i,o**6ed for fuel."
"The clerks in the Sl'anish em
bassy are dying of starvation," li^'
concludes In depicting the Sreat
shortage of food in the Austrian
capital city..
ENGLAND HOLDS
YANK FESTIVAL
I.ondvn, Nov. 29. — Throughout
entire England a real American
ThanKsgiving was observed yester
day, many churches ho'ding sre i-'l
cervices .aud various celebrations
too* place iu public plates.
II ALONE
London, Friday. — According to
a Munich message received here
this morning Bavaria ha3 broken j
off diplomatic relations with the
Berlin government, and will set up
ao independent government.
London, Nov. 2:>. — The total
numoer of British <ie:iil throughout
the war was announced officially to
d;'y .and t'i« fiyun s sho>v thut it
iMf. cost Urcut Britain something
over one million live*. The figures
given include those of the missing
who are known to l>»» d^aj iir> to
ifci'.e of comDilation of the report.
Allies To Mak e
Demand Kaiser
London, Nov. 29. — The Daily
Express today prints a news item
In which it is stated that the -Miles
have decided to demand the surren
der of William Iiol.on.'u'l>' n from
Holland.
The Armistic is signed and Peace is coming hut war obli
gations are not paid and to take care of them the Govern
ment has given notice of a
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
Skagway has in the past done its share in helping Alaska
go over the top. To do so again every local resident
should at once open a bank account, that when the call
comes, you may have ready money to meet your Liberty
Loan installments We invite yours.
BANK OF ALASKA
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Xo Si.ow Tonlpbt
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night instead. v 4 i . . •
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AUSTRIA WANTS
HELP AT ONGE
Vienna, Friday. — Speaking yes
tt-rJay to a number of neutral di
plomats, Doctor Joseph Redlich, of
the Austrian government stated* that
provided the allies extended imme
diate help to the Austrian®, the
Austrian Republic *111 oe able to
arise from the position it I3 in at
the present time and thus put it
self more quickly on a basis of self
respect and Belf-maintenance.
"Wo hope that there is no re*
vengeful desire on the part of
the Allies to Bee Ug remain in pov
erty," Dr. Redlich said. "If *e
are helped, we will poon be able
to help ourselves, and) the quicker
we are helped, the sooner we wiU
be in a position to again take our
position with the respected repub
lics of the world.
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LIFE III PRISON
Sacramento, Nov. 29. — Thomas
Moouey, who was sentenced to hang
for his complicity in the plots to
destroy life during the preparedness
parade in San Francisco two jears
ago, and who through, his attorneys
has secured several new hearings,
j all of which have sustained the
frist sentence, and since the last of
j whicji he hag used every means to
secure a new trial or a commutation
j of sentence, hag at last been favor"
(ed with his request, Governor Ste
! phens yesterday, commuting the
I death sentence to that of imprson
I men» for life in the state peniten
tiar at Folsom.
Austria Lost
800,000 Men
London, Nov. 29.—Figures to
day made cublic ghow Austrian oas
I aplties during the war to have been
; four million men. Of the total
number eight hi/ndred thousand
reported to have been killed in bat
tle or died.' from wound® or other
causes while in th^ army.
GKIlMAXY RESTORES ONE
AND OXE HALF MTIXIOX
London, Nov.. 29. — Up to this
the Germans have releRsed
one and one-half million prisoners
who were taken in various battles..
LLOYD AND WOODROW WILL
ARRIVE PARIS SAME TIME
Paris, Friday. — It was announc
ed this morning that Prime Minis
t°r Lloyd George would arrive in
thij city about the *ame tim^ that
President Wood row Wilson does.
FINK 1 HII WILL HI
ffi SURRENDER OF HI IB
KAISER WILL 60 SACK TO GERMANY
. AND TRY 10 RECLAIM 0101HR0NE
London, Friday. — The Daily
Mai, today Pr'.atg the stratling news
tha* William Hohenzollerii, the foriS*
er emneror, who is now in Holland,
contemplates an early return to
Gprmany *o reclaim his throne.
The Daily Mail received the news
through a neutral source of high
standing, and it is believed here by
many to be authentic.
mi MPIMED IS HUSH'S
WHI IS ill f0 B£ IfflEO
London, Nov. 29— According to
authentic advice received b»re t0"
day, a movement has been, start
ed in Vienna, which, is intended to
brin? to trial all persons who were
responsible for the war, or Who in
any way advocated a continuance
of it. « ■•it I
This will include Berch, foreign
minister at the time war broke out,
Count Czernin, who wag later made
foreign minister.
According to a dispatch from Cop
ennagen, the former Austrian em
peror, grand dukes and a number
of generals will also be tried.
lUGH PANAMA RAiLRO/IO EQUIP
MENT 10 COME 10 ALASKA
I
Seattle, Nov. 29. — The Alaska
Railway; Engineering commission
ha8 contracted with Griffthg and
Song for the transportation of
five thousand tons of the govern
ment's material which was used in
th<» Duilding of the Panama c^nal.
This will Include a large num
ber of flat cars, locomotives and
other railway equipment.
The shipments will he made from
Balbo^ to Seward for use on the
gov6rmnent railway In Alaska.
A large shipment will be made on
th« steamship Anvox and barge
Baioda which will sail from this po;1
about January. 1, 1919..
Will Ask Wilson
To Visit Them
Copenhagen, Nov.. 29. — The Be:H
Un Loka] Auzelger today; sayg that
while President "Woodrow Wilson of
the United States ig In Europe,
the German government will In
vite him to vlsif Berlin and Ge;
many in general, in an effort to
show the desire of thg new gov
ernment to hold a friendly feeling
towards the head of the American
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Will Go After
Yank Prisoners
Tours, Franc, Friday, — An A*
merican liner will sail from a French
port within the next few days for
Rotterdam where it will take on
ninety-six American officers and
2,000 men who have been prisoners
of -war in Germany for several
months, They will all he§ brought
to Franc© before being taken over"
seas to America.
The Anchorage school board re
cently met and raised th© salaries
of all teachers with the exception
or tne superintendent.
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London, Friday. — A deapatc*
from Berlin received here today
sayF thflt the uew German gorarn
ment is making a demand for »
formal abdication of the throne
Kaiser William.
This is taken a3 an Indication
of the fear that theUernian kalsar
may make an attempt to regain hi*
throne throug! force.
In the meantime there is a grow
ing insistanee that Holland surren
der the former emperor of Ger
many, and to defcfrn.ine the methodi
of this proceeding in making such
a demand, Lloyd 'Jcorge, Prime Mi**
ister of England. Mens. Clemenceau,
France's premier, a; d General Foch
will meet in, Lorn'on on Sunday.
The British and French gorern
ment.3 fcave definitely decided that
they have the right to make such
a demand, an<? when a method that
will meet with international law ha#
been determined upon, such a Qa
mantf will Up sent to the Dutch gov
ern men t .
Makes Protest
To Authorities
New York, Nov. 2'J.—The mayor
of this city ,'iag entered a Protest
with the federal authorities against
the disorderly conduct of the sol
diers, marines and sailors, who
oroke up a Socialist meeting: ia thi«
citr last Monday evening, at whic%
time many persons were more or
less injured and the peace a«d
dignity of the community; profame*.
Crew Arrested;
Booze Seized
Seattle, Nov. 29. — Federal ftu"
tnorities seized one hundred c&»e«
of whiskey which had been shipped
from San Francisco to this citj
on th© steamer F. S. Loop.
The governmenf's agents not on
ly took command of the liquor but
thev arrested every member of th*
crew together with the officei».