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No. 270 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAC4WAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY
PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMANY WELCOMES WILSON'S
PEACE NOTE ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Berlin, Dec. 23—President Wil
son's note touching en the possi
bility of peace negotiations bejus
entered into between the warring
.nations of Europe has been received
here with much enthusiasm. Gov
ernment officials and the newspa
pers of the ku-?ire have received
tbc Idea as a most welcome "one.
Advice rec ivt d bet o from London
aud Taris state that both, the Brit
Ish and Frenchj governments are
still inclined to look upon all peace
overtures us political moves, and
advise that the greatest caution
be used in handling tUe matter.
800TLEGGEKS
ABE INDICTED
San Francisco, Dec. 23—As the
results of indictments returned by
the Federal liriuid Jury yesterday,
Frank Loyau and Fred xJilliugsley
were arrested lieru :hig luorning
charged JUth boUlej,* iig 111 Seat
tle. T he chargts wt rt brought
•vganisi tfce two- meu un the grounds
o< having violated the interstate J
commerce commissien laws iu mak
ing shipeuts ot" liquor.'
William Frazitr ami AV. H. Lie- j
taw were also arr^attil, thtse men j
haviug been indie*ed by the Feder- |
al Grand Jury iu Seattle.
.Logan and Billi igsley will be ,
taken to Washington s-tute audi
Will be »rjed iu Seattle.
The indictment or tnese men,
which culminated in their arrests,
is the outcome of the war wt&ich is
being waged 'by tho boistlagj^rs
syndicate of Seattle.
Billingsley and Logan claim that
their ai-rests were brought about
by enemies and net fur the pur
pose of having ohe law against the
sale or shipment oi liquor 'enforc
ed.
FflMSiE
GIN PARDON
Olympia, Dec. 23—Following the
usual custom of granting pardons
to criminals confined in the state |
penitentiary, on recommendiitoii of j
the State Board of Pardons, Gov
ernor Ernest L.. Lister has grant- t
ed a pardon to Frank Stone, who is
alleged to be ouo of Gillies ac
complices in the insurance Bwiudle
which, was t>rouoht to light some j
time ago.
Chicago, Dec. 23 — lt duce tlie
volume of alcohol in. beer to 3 per
cent so as to make it a temperance
d'i i 11 k is the proposal of tlie leading
brewers of the country as a means
of checking the prohibition wave
which threatens to s\v«.ep away the
vreat brewing industry.
The brewers also join the ranks
of those who aro fighting to do
c way with, the barroom. Th •>* pro
pose, in place of the paloou, a place
re? mbling a restaurant, into which/
women will not be ashamed ot on
t r.
The opinion of the brewers were
gathered by the American Brewers'
Review. The concensus shows that
ti>e brewers want to bring about
three changes:
Humiliation or tno oar.
Keep drinking placcs cuen to view
from the street and doorway with a
secrecy.
Win for places where beer is sold
such a character that a man will ,
not hesitate to take his wife into j
them.
Convince the public of tthe error
of the idea that beer is strong
drink.
Separate the sale of beer from
the sale of whiskey.
Have the brewing industry aid in
fJ,e rijjid enforcement of all laws
relating to the salo of liquors.
Xew issues and new leadership
for 'he brewing industry.
Home of the brewers were in fa
vor of only 2 per cent of alcohol
in beer, but a majority seemed to
prefer 3 per cent as the maximum.
Ar present light beers average abou
61 •• per cent alcohol and ale and
porter about 7 per cent.
The CUy of Scattlo is reported ,
as having left Juneau and is due j
here at 11 o'clock tonight. She,
has SO tons of freight for this port, j
but Agent Weir had not been ad- I
■vised what her passenger list was.
Christmas Ribbons
Ivory Finished Work Baskets
and Tea Wagons
Suit Cases Bags
New Cretonnes Growing Ferns
Flowering Cyclamen
NOW ON DISPLAY
1-3 OFF Men's and Boy's Suits
ALBERT REINERT
S —Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Washington, Pec. 23 — Congress |
took an adjournment today until |
Tuesday, January 2, 1917. During j
I the short session jus* closed an un- j
usual amount of worjc has lie en
j done.
i The measures dealing with prajhi-i
| bit ion for the District of Columbia, i
! an«l the Woman's Suffrage bill will |
| como up immediately after the re-.
convening in January.
CLUB DEFEATS FlRMEX
Spurred on by *ha brilliant flay
ing o£ "Comet" Huth, the newly
organized Club team last nigttit de
feated the Firemen iu one of tho
fastest and most interesting fcas-1
kctliiUl games ever played cn the j
WUi'e Pass court, the s::ore l>eing
28-24. There secnurt to be 110
Jet uo the "Coinet." He was j
going, going all rf the time and j
j certainly gave a wonderful exhibi-j
1 tion of basket shooting, s.-oring
field goals with] an parent ease from
! every angle. 24 points w$re chalk
I ed up to Huth's credit. For their
I first appearance together, the ;
Club team played a very consistent
game. For the Firnuen, Harry j
j Ask and Bert McKenzje were the
| stars. Harry shot Six free throws
! and one field go*), while Bert
I garnered six field feoals. 'Lack of
! space prohibits the individual men
; tiong of each player. They all
I deserve credit for p'aying a re
markably good game. The line up;
Club—Huth, Smith, Hargr»»es,
| Uddiccat, Geo. Rapuzzi.
Firemen — McKenzie, Mathjws,
It. Ask, Koss, C. Ask.
Score enU of first half, Club
' 2'), Firemen 1"; final Club 2S, Fire
men 24. -r . y j
In the preliminary attraction the
Whi'e Sox defeated the married
ladies teaou 7-0. In the second
half neither team scored a point. J
Ueriruae i^iaaicoar, yrim vwi> jiemi
goals, was thg shining light of .
the game. Delia Rapuzzl also j
.ulayed a good guarding giame, hold- j
in" Mrs. Rousseau peorelses. Tho
line-up:
White Sox—Delia Rapuzzl, .Rose
Dorterd, Martha Lee, Muriel Stew
are Gertrude Liddiooat.
Married Ladies — Mrs. McAlis-.
ter, Mrs. Rousseau, Mrs. Bryant,'
Mrs. Fickardt, Etta Sund&en.
Following tlie games 'an inform- ,
al dance was given, tho Skagway
Hand furnishing the music.
28 30-FI. B0A1S
FORJISHERIES
Seattle, Dec. 23—A contract was
let yesterday to t^e Wilson Boat
and Ship Yard, by the Northwestern
Fisheries Company for twenty-eight
lisliing boats to be used in the
Alaska fishing ■vvu'ers neixt year..
The contract calls for boats thirty
feot long, and the ♦o'al amtount of
the contract is for $12,000.
NO GAINS FOR
FRIEND OR FOE
Paris, Dec. 23—During the past
twenty-four liours tlitre Jiag been,
hard fighting' ulcng alniiost the pn
tire Verdun battle front. Soane
points in offensive operations were
taken by the Allies, While at oth
ers they were pjut on the defensive.
As a Tesult of the fighting no, im
portant gains ara reported for
friend or foe.
FLAHERTY'S SWEET SHOP
The Swe^t Shop, under the man
agement of Harry Flaherty was
ouencd to tlie public this morning,
and from now on olcagway boasts a
"Skagway made ca'idy factory."
For several weelcs past workmen
have been busy rera.-th Jljng and
redecorating the okl Hoard of Trade
rosiauvant buildi.ig on Broadway,
and as the result of their la
bels this store building has been
made over into one ef the incst at
tractive ;>l:ues in 'he city.
With the exception of the wall
fixtures which are mahegany, the
room is a creamy white. The seal
ing arrangtments are of the rail
road diner type, and uic-i r the pouth
side of the building tables with Bet
tees have been placcd in.the par
tially secluded ccmpaiIntents.
Jt is Mr. 'Flaherty's intention to
affer to the lovers of good candy
what he terms '"distinctive pure
food candy of quality," and while
It is not his iutenMon of handling
only the candy of Ms own manufac
ture, he states that lie will only
handle such makes of candy that
will pass his personal inspection for
goodness and purity.
Mr. Flaherty st.^cs that he will
I..tor install a soda oiilf't. and will
serve ice cream aud other foun
tain drinks, niow Iweonving so popu
lar throughout' the country.
t[E5
IEASTERI LINE
London, Dec. 23—From along
the eastern line o£ battle heavy
fighting1 is reported to have taken
place during the jiast twenty-four j
hours, and at tjie time the advice
was received several fierce battles
v.ere rejiorted to then be in pro
gress. No details were gfven.
GERMAN DIVER '
REPORTED SUNK
Paris, Dec. 23—In an advice
which was received, from Nantes
this morning it is reported that ft
German submarine J)oat bad been
sunk in the Bay; of Biscay by a tor
pndo boat destroyer.
On Christmas Day
Let us fill Times' golden goblet with the
vintage of the year,
Let us quaff the wine of fellowship to
friends afar and near;
Peace, good will and joy we send them, and
we lift the cup to say
Let all hearts be kind and gentle on this
MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY
P. H. GANTY
WasUinfftoji, Dec. 23—President
Wilspn lias named William Denjnan,
of aan. Francjsco, Bernard N. Ba^
ker o£ Baltimore, Jolin A- Donald
of New, York, members of the Gov
ernment Shipping board, as provid
ed for under the new law just pass
ed.
This board will have supervision
of water shipping rates, aa it
been empowered. organize a $50,
000,000 corporation for the purpose
of building or buying more ships.
Fifty-one per cent of the stock
of the corporation is to be h®1**
bx the board, while the balance of
the forty-nine per cent of the
stock will be offered for public
subscription.
HE ML TREE
PROGRAM
TFb,© committee having the ar
rangement of the. urcgraon at the
Arctic Brotherhood) Christmas tree
celebration) ihave completed their
labors and the followijig program
of special features have been ar
ranged for.
Judge Rasmuson, as Acting Arc
tic Chief, will gree* the children as
a special representative of Santa
Claus, after which) -Dr. L. S. Keller
will make a few remarks upon the
origin of the Arctic 13roth.erfi|tod,
takin© Jtoldl of the Christmas Tree
celebration, and then Father P. T. J
Turnell will address the children
and guasts of tllio Brotherhood, and
Rev. L. H. Pederseu will make the
closing remarks. I
Following the historical portion
of the program, the school children
will contribute several numbers, (
the important features being a play-,1
let entitled "A Strike in Santa
Claus Land." |
The .program is arranged so as
to fill in the time pending the ar
rival of Santa Clau3, anid imme
diately upon his arrival, he 'will
begin tihe distribution of presents
and bags of candy, fruit and nuts.
MARSHAL PAGE \V. \S THE HOST
Through a misunderstanding with
Daddy Mtowl, proprietor of the Pop-;
ular Picture Palace, credit, where
credi* is due was not given in the
notice of the matinee ■wfoichf was
given this afternoon to 'he public
school teactjers and the children.
In the announcement it was stat
ed by our informant that Mr. Mow I
was giving the complimentary mat
inee, but today U \yas ascertjaned
that City Marshal Frank Page is
the host and it is to him that the
guests at be movies must pay
their respects.
FIRST UN HOIS
THEN PEDDLERS
The nine men, arrested! last night
from the California Pool Hall pn
the charge of gambling,, appeared
before Judge David this 'afternoon
■and pleaded not guilty, and trial
va« get for 2 o'clock: Wednesday
afternoon. *
Rumors and rumors a-r§ circulat
ing the street in regard to the re
cent raids on different pool halls In
Anchorage. The names pf several
officials hava been connected with
the supposed1 graft that is going on
iu Anchlorage.1
Reports reached Anchorage this
morning of a raid and confiscation
of liquor in Knilt Saturday, Mar
shal Brown found considerable booze
in the old galooni building and a
cabin, which he took in the name of
the law. There have been no. ar
rests m-aie as yet.
The tang arm or the law" again
made a sweep) and ga/thered im nine
gambling! suspects from, the Cali
fornia Pool Hall last night about
9 o'clock Marshall Jim WardeH and
Deputy Schultz made the arrest up
on advice from the district at
torney's office. The men were re
leased on ball In amounts ranging:
from $25 to $250. — Anchorage
Times. '' • 1 Vj;' ij
BUFFALO BILL
BREAKS DOWN
Denver, Dec. 23 — "William F.
Cody, better known, as Buffalo BUI,
who suffered from a nervous break-;
down, is today reported by his
physicians to be much) Improved,
and hopes are entertained for his
early recovery.
HRISTMAS gives us the oppor
tunity to send your our greet
ings and to tell you that we have
greatly appreciated the business
received from you. ®| It is
only through your appreciation
of our sincere efforts to favor us with good
patronage that we are enabled to continue the
improvements in our service and give the finest
goods on the market at the lowest prices.
•I We hope the Christmas Season will bring
to you and your family much to be thankful
for and with best wishes, we are,
Yours respectfully,
WILL CLAYSON