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No. 276 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. 1918
PRICE 10 CENT!
THREE MILLION RUSSIANS MAY EIGHT GERMAN!
' & " I
USUI ARE
AT
V i I
Teuton Imperialism!
Showing Its
Claws
Petiograd, Jan. 8.—Foreign Min
ister Trotsky declared todaty the
Hobhevilu government and the Rus
sian workers woulji not consent to
the proposals of peace as made
by ths Germans.
The lialt in the negotiations and
imllcalloiis of a refusal on the part
of lit'mi any to remove tJve confer
•snce to Stockholm have revived the
universal discussion in Petrogi«d
for i^e lesumption of fighting with
a greatly reduced army, probably of
three million men.
Kven the most radical Bolshevild,
*11*1 the ntost arj«ut peace advo.
cat ps, have been aroused by the
German position- They declare the I
resumption of hostilities is immln.
JT'possible" to organize and n«ake |
etfettlve a small army.
1100 Machine Onus Destroyed
Pctrograd, .Ian. 3.—Eleven hiuv
died act oplane m»chijie pnt-s wertj
debt ro> eJ unlay, and 'M j>ersonp
killed. as Hie re.sult of a fire and
expk-sHn in a military depot in
Petrogtad. The fire is a complete
mystery to the Russians.
Uussi:>u People Appeal to (JerratfU*
Masses
Petroyrad. Jan. Rejecting Get*
iilbh pt*ce pians, tlw executive con*
tnittce of the Sovi<* today adopted
resolution* aj»|>eaUiiK to the C«er
ntati people undm; their assumption
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ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
SWISS TROOPS OPEN FIRE
ON A GERMAN STEAMSHIP
Geneva, Jan. 3.—Swiss troops
today fired-upon the German, ste&m
slun Kaiser Wilhelm when It enter
ed Swiss territorial skaters. 1
Tils is the esact copy; of the tele
gram received by The Daily Alas
Kan. Lake Goneva, on. which is lo
cated Geneva, the point from, which
t^e message-came,; is in the south
western corner of Switzerland and
joins the French border. Lake
MAJOR BISHOP
air ngnter in the Can.-idiar.
forces. He has been decorated sev
ar»l times.
of the right to negotiate a geneinil
democratic peace.
300,000 Poles Deported to (Jormaji.v
Petrograd, Jan. 8. — Germans
have trjinsferred 300,000 civilian
Poles and Lithuanians forcibly- to
Germany, Is the aunoimeeiiKSit,
frwui governmental headquarters to
ilay.
Petrograd Newspapers Enraged
Petrograd, Jan. 3. — Petrograd
newspapers thJa .morning came out
in leading editorials claiming that
Gciman Imperialism, as It has de
! v°loyed in the recent peace con
\ ferenc. Is showing Its claws.
Constance 1 is on. the border be
tween Switzerland and Germany, and
it is likely the German .ghlp Invad
ed Switzerland on thig lake, but
why the message Bhould come from
. Geiieva, in . that case, we don't
, know. Wo print the message for
i what it is worth. The ^deliberate
invasion of foreign territory and the
deliberate firing upon a foreign
shin have both, heretofore .been con
sidered declarations of war.
jCDOWOER URGES
BM
ASAIIH
Washington, Jan. 3.!— Provost
Marshal Crowder today urged the
government to Immediately register
for military service an .men 5vho
have become 21 since the first draft
registration took place.
00Q0AQHO TrMfC I
Loudon, Jan. 3.—Cossack troops
have occupied .Alexandrovsk With-1
out oppcsitlou of ajiy kind from the
BolsUevlki forces.
According.to reports from Petro
grad 'he whole garrison was di»- j
armed. '
POLISH 1R00PS
L
Washington, Jan. 3. — The first
contingent of Polish troops recruit
ed in America for service jvith, the
Allies has landed safely in France,
according to an announcement of
the government made yesterday.
Q17AKEL RESULTS IN
WOUXDlXG OF WIFE
AND SUICIDE OF SELF
Seattle, Jan. 3. — Following a
Quarrel, Harry McDanlels, clerk for
Hemmenway and iMoeer, wholsale
ci?ar dealers, fired two shots,
sl:ehtlv wounding his wife and kill
in? himself.
SUBS DESTROYED
WITH GREAT
If IDITY
Londou, Jan. 3.—More subma
rines were sunk during the moatli
of December thin the Germans
launched.
SuIm, Get 21 British Vessels
London, Jan, 3.—Twenty-ono Brit
ish vessels were sunk during the
.veelr ending Wednesday night.
COUNT LUXBURG
FOUND TO BE
INSANE 1
Bjeroe Aires, Jan. 3.—Count
\ou Luxburs ,who was-found guil
ty e/ sending Becret messages to
Betlin through the agency of Swe
den, was todav —" • |
iome time.
privatTgets
LIFE TERM
I
: i
ramp Lewis, Jan. 3.!— Private |
Qporge Pidd today jv^s sentenced]
to serve a life, term In military
prison for murderous assault with
th« purpose of robbery.
CONGRESS MEETS BUT
ADJOURNS OUT OF RESPECT
"Washington, Jan. 3. — Cong/ess
mef today, but adjourned again im
mediately .out of reaped to Senat
or Newlands and Representative
Batheiick, of Ohio, who died during
the Congressional Christmas recess.
AMBASSADOR BICE BIDS
GOOD-BYE TO WILSON
Washington, Jan. 3.—Ambassa
dor Sir Cecil Spring Rice, ambassa
dor trom England to itho United
States, today bade President Wil
son good-bye.
FOBMER PRESIDENT
OF EAGLES DIES
Kansas City, 'Jan.. 3.—John F.
Pellitler, former national president
of the Eagles, died toflay .
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
TEUTONS ARE DRIVEN BACK IN
ITALY 10 FORMER HE LIN
E. PERCY MILLER
E. Percy Miller of Chicago, one of
the largest potato distributors in the
United States, is in charge of the
plans and policies for assisting in se
curing an equitable distribution of the
United States food administration's
1917 potato crop.
wrurainnun ur
U.5. STRONGER
Washington, Jan. 3.—An order.to
iay to the French troops from Gea
ernl Petain said:
"I take this .occasion to assure
you that the co-operation of the
United States is becoming more pow
erful ; every day.'-'
ENGLAND TO BE PUT
ON FOOD ALLOWANCE
Loudon, Jan. 3.—Compulsory I ra
tioning of food stuffs will be put
info effect In England soon, Is the
officii' anoucement today.
Nearly Whole O
Western Bank
Is Char
With the Italian Army, Ian. 3.—
Bxceut for a few outpoet positions
near the mouth of the Piava the
whole of the Western bank of that
river today js clear of Austro-Ger
maa forces. In the last -few daya
lighting German and Austro-Hun
garlan troops have been driven .back
acrces the Brenta river to a posi
tion on their former Piave line.
BOLSlil AMD
CD5SAGKS IN
BATTLE
OX heory l)6WB -
viki and Cossacks. The
beeu raging f®r 48 hours, Record
ing to inlormation received Irom
Petrograd, and part of the town
is destroyed ,
10 LAUNCH BIG
SHIP "ALftSKA"
Vancouver, Jan. 3.—The 88"0
steel cargo carrier steamship, build
in' here in the Coughlan ship
yards for Knut Knutsen, Norwegi
wi'l be launched the 20th of this
month, and will be christenc-fl
Alaska .
(Subtcrtbe for the Daily Alaska" 1
FASHION
and FIT
Go Hand-in-hand when you
walk in a Hand Tailored Suit
bought at our shop.
A wid« rang* of patterns and
fabrics are included in our
stock.
It would please both you and
us if you called to look them
over.