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SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
CHANCELLOR SAYS KAISER READY FOR PEACE
Von Bethmann-Hellweg Sends Notes to_ The Untied^ States
PARTIAL TEXT
OF PEACE NOTE
Y/ashlngton, Dec. 13 — Advices
fro a. Berlin fco the German Embassy
au.r given out by the State De
partment indicates that Gromany's
peaie terms propose a restoration
status quo before the w-ar with the
exception of esablishing iudepend
eu* kingdoms in Poland audi LH.li.u
u»a. It is understood to propose
a complete restoration of the occu
Died portions of Belgium and Frantic
iu re'uru for Germany's oaptiwed
colonies.
Washington, Dec. 13 — Informa
tjon gathered from many sources
b/ government officials engaged in
conducting t&e investigation of the
high price of food Btuff are increas
ing their conclusion that soaring
prices on certain necessities are
due partly to manipulation of spec
ulators, who combine to force up
prices. 1 .
.These combinations are believed
to be within reach of the criminal
law and will for that reason be
shortlived. Actions of certain men
ire now under aurvellience.
Officials, I however, admit that
ao small part of the rise in food I
stuffs is due to economic and natur
al causes.
Mi and Mrs. James A. Crow,
and Fred E. Lindsay, and little
daughter Betty-Elizabeth, who
have been spending the summer in
Juneau, arrived upon the steamer
Dolphin today and will remain in
Skagway until after tne holidays.
Mrs. Crow Is the mother of Mr.
Lindsay, the brother of Mrs. J. M.
Keller. Mrs .Crow and little grand
daughter will camp at the Keller
fla» in the Alaskan building, while
Mr Crow and Mr. Lindsay are reg
istered at the Golden North hotel.
Christmas Novelties at Kellers'.
DE.>D EMPEROR LEFT
ACTRESS *50,0<J(
London, Dec. 13—A Berne dis
patch to 'lie Wireless Press say
»hat the will of Emperor Joseph pr
v' es a legacy of $50,000 to th<
actress Kathrina Schratt. Thai
Dart o' tne will, thg dispatch! says
was dated some years back. Priu
cess Elizabeth, the emperor's grand
daughter, inherits the same amounl
Kathriua Schratt, formerly of th<
imperial theatre, far years was ai
in'imate fi\end of Emperor Francis
Jcseph. At Schoenbrunn castle
Fran Schratt was accustomed to ap
cear nearly every afternoon tc
keep th" emperor company for ac
hour or two. He in turn called
at her tcwn house where he was
able to meet friends of his own
choosing and not guests imposed
on, him bv etiquette or reasons of
state. The relations between the
two continued in the emperor's old
ajre and became acoepted in Vienna,
where the severe criticism they
caused in earlier years before the
death of the empress gradually died
away.
London, Dec. 13—Advices re
ceived here £rom Copenhagen, which
had come from Athens, pays that
King Constantino of Greece has or
jeTed a general mobilization of his
►roops, and that it is plainly evi
dent that t.he GreeJc king does not
intend 4o respond to the demands
»' the French government in dis
mming his army nor dismantling:
his uavy.
NEW CABINET
FOR FRANCE
Paris, Dec. 13—la view of the
jtii'e which has disrupted the
French, cabinet, a new cabinet Wi'l
»e named by Premier Brand.
JERSEY CLOTH COSTUME
-FEATURED IN NOVEMBER VOGUE
WILL BE ON DISPLAY
Street Dresses
Party Gowns, Fur Trimmed
Georgette Crepe Afternoon Gowns
A New Assortment of Gaiters in
White, Yellow and Gray
Holiday Handkerchiefs and Books
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
( I Washington, Dec. 13—President
IWoodiinv .Wilson is 1*4 i^eceipt of a
uoto from Herr voa BctJuiumn-Hol!
we,-, Chancellor of the Gckiuhn Eui
' |»iw, in, which it) is suggested chjat
the time for the suggestica* °'
11 peace between tlie warning nnt^ms
1 j ,i«r Kuroj>e is rijie.
> IcgetJiesr with the jioto from the
" j German Chancellor, comes the i»
fiimation tJiiit simitar notes have
• t been presented to Spain anil Switz
erland.
' Yesterday aftemopnj Clwwwell«;t
vci liothiwajon-Holiweg commuuflbft
ed a note to the Raichstag toiuch
(iin." on peace prujposals, but he
I made no suggestions as to tern is
upon wlijjchJ pepce could he estftb-,
lLshed.
Berlin, Dec. 13—The following is
tlxe text of the note addressed by
Germany and her allies through the
Imperial Chancellor to hostile gov
ernments: "In the midst of the
most terrific jvar ever experienced
in history which Ms been raging
for the last two years and a half
.over a large part of the world, a
catastrophe wheh a thousand years
of common civilization yrne unable
to prevent, and which injures the
more precious achievements of hu
man itv, our strength has not made
our ears deaf to our responsibili
ty befoie God, before our ow-n na
tional and before humanity. De
clarations formerly made by us
concerning our readiness for peace
were evaded by our adversaries.
Now we have advanced one step,
fur'iior In this direction. On Aug.
1st, 1914, our Emperor had to per
sonally take the gravest decision
which ever fell to the lot of a
Gorman, the order for mobilization
which he was compelled to give as
a result of Russian mobilization.
During these long and earnest
yeais of war the has been moved.
bV a single thought, of h*>w peace
cculd be restored to safeguard Ger
many, after this struggle, In which
she has foughti victoriously. Nobody!
can testify better to this than, I who
bear responsibility for all actions
of the government, in a deep mor
al and religious sense of duty to
ward this nation and' beyond' it to
ward humanity. The Emperor now
considers the moment has come for
official action toward ueace. His
Majesty therefore is in complete
harmony and in common! with our
All.es decided to propose to the hos
tile powers to enter into peace ne
got'al ions. This tnorning I trans
mitted a note to this effect to all
hostile powers through; the re
•oresentatievs of these powers
wh'ch are watching over our inter
est and rights In hostile states. I
asked the representatives ofl Spain,
U.niied States and Switzerland to
'oTwar/I that note. The Bame pro->
cednre has been adopted) today in
Vienna, Constantinople and' Sofia,
and ether neutral state and His
Holiness the Pope have been sim
ilnrlv informed."
Washington, Dec. 13—Communi
cations leceived. by British.' diplo
mats here is authority for state
ments dominating from them that
they do not take the text of the
r.o'es received by President Wilson
from the Gorman Chancellor as
serious. '
It is believed here by the Brit
is' Ambassador that unless Ger
many guarantees to Great Britain
the demobilization of Us army
which, is considered the essential
feature in overtuires o£ peace, that
littie cr no attention will be paid
to tbe note which, was received by
the Uni'ed States.
if CHANGE
IDE PROTOCOL
—
Washington, Dec. 13—-While it I
is no*, at all unlikely that changes ,
may be made, the original docu- i
meat providing, for the settlement;
o° the Mexican controversy as draw
up by the members of the Am
erican and Mexican commission ap
pointed by the two governments
ha<- been received by Pre3irent Car
raiiza, and hfi haa signified his •will
ingness to give every demand made
by the protocol serious consid- J
erat.'cn.
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PAVES W FOB
U.S. REDUTIOI
Washington, Dec. 13—rt is be
lieved by diplomats .of various na
tions in thjs city that Germany's
note 'ouching on proposals for
worl' peace may open the fi'ay for
President Wilson to offer mediation
to fhe warring nations.
A. F. Dautrick, Alaska repre-'
sentative of the Great Northern
Railway system, "svitJu headquarters
in Juneau, arrived on the last trip
ot ihe City of Seattle, and sailed
for his home in Juneau today oa
the Dolphin .
SWEET CIDER
We have just tapped a barrell of extra
fine cider—absolutely sweet and non
alcoholic. Made from specially
selected apples
P. H. GANTY
ANNIE JONES HEAVILY FINED
Juneau, Dec. 13—Annie Jones,
who Is the proprietor of the Man
haUen, and who was tried1 by a
Jury in the Commissioners' Court
yesierday afternoon, and found guil
ty of selling liquor without a li
cense, was this afternoon fined $2,
000 and,1 costs by Commissioner J.
13. Marshall. The attorney for the
dufeuse has given notice that the
case will be appealed.
MARKETING^ I
STOLEN PAPER
paris, Dec. 13 — Commissioner
Faralicq of th'q French secret ser
vice has reported that a far-reach
ins' organization of German banks
to marke* abroad securities and
coupons whlcty disappeared; from
the invaded districts and cities of
northern France and Belgium, has
been disclosed by. enquiries in*o
the case of Gosbran Rabbat, a Sy
rian banker arrested at Geneva.
Rabbat Was then chrged wifth .hav
iur in his possession a quantity of
Russ'an, Serbian and French gov
ernment stock taken by Germans
ia the occupied Territory. He
formerly was a banker in Rue la
Fitte, Paris.. The French govern
ment got track of Rabbat'e opera
♦'ons through the sale of 20,000
francs of coupons of Russian
bonds belonging to M. Auml
gnon, wno bUTied them in a garden
at Termes in the Ardennes before
Ur arrival there of the Germans.
Commissioner Faralicq reported
tnai his enquiries had convinced
him 'hat the organization is in
direct relation with Grman banks.
The Swiss andi French police al
ready hart seized in various places
in both countries papers the exam
ination of which will require a
montn. It is stated that coupons (
Dn securities valued at about 20,
000,000 francs already have been
cashed bv unwitting buyers .
One man, a Spaniard, has been
ii rested on the Swiss frontier. In
a. double-bottom trunk in his pos
session were, it is charged, Argen
tine and Spanish, securities worth
317,750 francs.
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GUT IN RATE
EFFECMASIA
Washington, Dec. 13 — Excur
sion fares and summer tourist rates
from Chicago to San Francisco were
ordered by thei Interstate Commerce
Commission today to be the same
whether by way qf Seattle or Port
laud, or by way of New Orleans and
El Paso. The northern fares are
higher than the southern rates.
Seattle, D$c. 13 — The cut iu
northern tourist rates and summer
excursion fares to be the same as
tne southern traffic) ordered today
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, will mean a tremendous
travel to North Pacific Coast points
and Alaska the coming summer.
iatImed
IU YAKATAT
A communication! received from
Yakatat this morning, contains a
paragraph which for news is a
hum-dinger ,and conveys in part,
♦he writer states, the happenings
♦here of interest to the outside
world:
This place or rather at the can
nery was lively last fall and al
though a marshal was here, more
beer was made, and I am afraid more
wh'skey sold/ than everbefore. He
was taken away in October. Jim
Blaine, as you saw in the papers
did a cutting up scrape. Tom Smith
did nearly as bad at Setuek in Oc
tober, John, Yamotee. blew: his
Urair.8 0ut atthecannery three weeks
aco and drink (beer) was the cause
of U. Tom Smith got six months
an'1 Mr. Olsen tocfls him down ten
days ago as he had to attend court.
A week ago yesterday our people
won' to Setuck to a potlach1 given
bv the Dry Bay Indians, and a boy,
Johfcny Bremner, fell off the bridge
auj was drowned and now several
of our young ones are stek with
the measles. Qujte a lot for a
small community like this.
Here For The Holidays
It's a pleasure to introduce these smart
Winter Suits to* the men of our town.
We knew that nothing would be to good
for you as a Christmas surprise, so here
they are, the best money can buy . . .
HALF HOSE
SMART WINTER CRAVATS
REAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
SWEATER COATS OF ALL WOOL
Holiday Sets of All Hinds
WILL CLAYSON