RUSSIANS REFUSE CATEGORICALLY
GER»™ proposals
Petrograd, Dec. 16—At the spec
ial iessiou o£ fhe Russian Duma,
held yesterday lor the express pur
px se of putting before the mem
bers of tttat body the peace proposl
t'on aa mad« by German Chancellor
▼on Bethmann-Hollweg to the Un
ited States, Spa la and Switzerland,
»)>• matter was ghren, the utmost
consideration, and resulted in. the
cassing of a resolution svhichi pro
claimed the proposition as being
without sincerity of purpose, and
for oolitioal motives only. A Bec
ond resolution was passed whereby
the Russian, government refused ab
solutely to consider any such peace
suggestions as offered by the Teu
tonic gcjveniments.
MAY SETTLE
OUTMURJ
Eyans-rille, Indiana, Dec. 16—W.
O. Lee. president of the Brother
hood of Railway; Trainmen, an
nounced today that the Big-4 Bro
therhood had reached aa agree
ment with, the railroads and it was
b'shly pj-obable that a contract
would: be made between the tw>o
facMon* without the aid of the Ad
am§on 3-hour Act, and thjat the dif
ficulty which, had threatened a tie
up of all th« railroads of the Unit
ed S'ates would be peaceably set
tled.
FRENCH DRIVE
BACK GERMANS
Paris. Dec. 16—At all points of
at'sct along the Verdun front, suc
cegt haa crowu«d thg French arms.
More than. seven thousand German
Idlers have been taken prisoners
within the last Xew days fighting
fcud tl French; troops have made
considerable gain* towards JLouve
mcBt and Vacherauviile.
Dan Campbell, who has been em
nloyed as ships carpenter at the
Whi'e Pass shipyards at White
borse for several years past, ar
rived in Bkagway last evening en
rou'e to Edmonton, where he will
jo 'vr the holidays. Mr. Campbell
ii well known in Southeastern Yu
kon, and owns considerable pro
perty in the City by the Rapids.
Don't forget the Elks* dance to
night. Good; music, refreshmnets,
bowling and the usual good time.
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 Boys Suits
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
TEUTONS TAKE
1 BORDER TOWN
Berlin, Dec. 16 — Adtvice re
ceived from the western! Rumanian
front states that the Teutonio forc
es have taken the border town of
Buzus in the province of Moldavia.
I
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
TO RAISE WAGES
Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 16 — The
Eastman Kodak Company; has an
nounced to its employes that be
tween December 6, 1916, and April
25,, 1917, it would pay- to its em
ployes receiving $20 a week or less I
a week amounting to 15 per cent |
of their wages, and to thoso recelv- i
in" between $20 and ?50 a week
an emergency wage of ?3 a week.
This payment is said by the com
pany in its announcement to be
made to meet th$ abnormal in
crease tlie cos* o£ living brought
about by the European war .
PHARMACISTS IX WASHINGTON*
WANT AN'TI-llOOZE LAW
Seattle.—ThTee hundred and twen,
ty-four out of 49S members of the j
Washington State Pharmaceutical ■
Association representing practically
the entire drug trade voted in favor
of a state law prohibiting, pharma
cis s from selling intoxicating li
quors fo:* any purpose whatever. A
referendum, vote of the members
waa taken by mail and the result
was announced by the state secre
tary yesterday.
Sergts. Long amd Bixby of Ft. W.
H. Seward, are round trippers on
♦ he Peterson today. They will do
some heavy bowling at the Elks
bowling alleys tonight.
Christmas Novelties at Kellers'.
VILLA ASKS NON-INTERFERENCE
OF IDE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Will Protect Citizens if United States
Will Permit Him to go After Carran
za—Washington Wires Seattle Author
ities to Stop Shipment of Arms.
Washington, Dec. 16—Tbe Fed
eral authorities of tlxib city have
sen* orders to the government of
ficial at Seattle to place a spec
ial watch; oui duty for th'e purpose
of investigating all shipments con
signed to Mexican ports for the
purpose of stoppings the shipment
o£ ar<n3 and ammunition, 'whichj it
is believed an attempt will be
made to ship W1 General Villa.
Villa has made an, offer to the
United Spates government at Wash
ington that int recognition of his
claim *o the Mexican government^
»ind for non-interference on: the
par* 'if the American government,
vith his military operations agaipst
Cavranza, he will give protection
to all Americans now residing with
in the Mexican; republic.
P. P. Burrall, tha well known min
ing man, was an. arrival in Skag
wav on last night's train enroute
from Dawson, to the states, and re
ports *he trails from the Yukon
Capitol to Whitehorse to be in ex
cellent condition, and the train ser
vice from Whitehorse to Skagway,
to he very good for this season of
the year.
Mr. Burral has been in the Yu
kon since last Maj? and ia malting a
fr't outside but expects to return
'o the northl before the opening of
navigation in the Bpring, returning
tj Dawson, over the ice.
"When 1 left Dawson," said Mr.
Burial], in speaking of the min
ius: conditions in, and about the
Klouditce district, "three of the
Canadian Klondkie Company's
dtedvts were still in operation, one
ou upper Hunker and two on the ,
Klondike, and barring unforseen ac
cents, one of the large dredges
will probably operate all winter,
which wil constitute a record for
dredge operation, as the dredges
have never been worked later than
Christmas day, with the exception
cf or.o year, when one worked un
til the latter part of January. The,
water conditions In the north have
been excellent since July fjret, the
sucoly of water being ereater, I
was iii formed ;Jian for the t>ast
seven years.
"There is more individual min
ing being done in the Yulton dis
trict this winter than last, and It
is estimated tUat he oupnt of gold
from the Dawson district this year
will be about the same as that of
las* yearr
' While the war conditions are
felt ir Dawson," continued Mr. Bur
pi!!, "the people of that sec
tion i.rc doing all in their power to
hell*-the men at the front, and all
are cheerful and confident of the
successful outcome of the war.
"WliHtehcfrse is quite prosperous,
''"here are a great many men em
uioyed in and) about the copper
mines and the fact that the rail
road is hauling train-loads of ore
daily is an evidence of the values
coa'aiued in the Whitehprse copper
zone .
"The PueWo mine is the only
one I visited iiv that section, and
'* is looking exceptionally good.
Four other mines are shipping ore,
'ho Grafter, Copper Kiug, War
Eagle and Anaconda."
Mr. Burrall is a guest at the
Goiden Northj hotel, and will leave
for the southi on the Prince Ru
pert, sailing from this port Mon
day .
blonde Eskimos may
ASSAIL THEIR DISCOYERI gt
Nov.' York—Fear that the blonde1
Eskimos may prove a menace to j
Ufa expedition are expressed by'
Vilhjalrour Sfefasson, the explorer,
In a letter written from Cape Kel
iot* Danks Land .In the Arctic, and
received by Herbert J. Spindle, as
sistant curator of anthropology at
the American Musoum of Natural
history in this city. Stefansson
wrote In part:
"We have had a falling out with,
fhe blonde Eskimos (Kaughdrjaur
iniut) which i9 exceedingly unfortu
nate. '
' To make matter* tenfold wotso
contact with, the white have given,
Mrs. George Thompson and little
icn Jackie, arrived in SkagTvay last
uicM from theft home in. White
icrse: where; Mrs. Thompson has a
store. They; will be passengers for
tne south on the Prince Rupert
sailing from this port Monday.
the trihe severe colds, something
they hari never heard of, and the
last \se knejr they yere on the
verge of starvation) because illness
ha-1 precented hunting. They be
lieve we ii^vo we have bewlitched
them, and prayed us by deputation
to Temove the witchcraft and allow
♦hem to get well enough *o hunt
again.
"Should any deaths occiur, either
from disease or starvation, the
brer.k with them will be aerjoius."
Fruit Cakes Mincemeat
Plum Puddings
ARE GOOD IF THE INGREDIENTS ARE
Our stock of Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel, Seeded
Raisins, Sultana Raisins, Currants, Spices and Extracts is
the best and absolutely fresh. No time like the present.
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS
P. H. GANTY
SELF ACCUSED MURDERER SUR
RENDERS ID TACOMA POLICE
Tacoma, Dec. 16—Jim Foley to
day euteired th© office, of the chief
o* police of this city, and Burren
dered himself ue to the la.w.
In giving himself into custody,
Foley stated that while he was n
Nome, Alaska, in the gold rush
davfl of 1898, he killed) "Diamond
Dutch" who wa3 at that time one
of tha famous gamblers.
At first the police were doubtful
aa (.lie sanity of the man, but up
on being put to a thorough examin
ation he seemed to b° perfectly
[ sane and he was placed behind thq
' bars pending inquiry of th«i author
ities at Nome.
WHEAT DROPS
13 GENTS BU.
Berlin,. Dec. 16—The suggestions
of peace overtures from, Germany
his had aj telling effect on the
wheat market during th§ cast few
days. Yestgrday wheat took a drop
of 13 cents p^r bushel, and there
was a decided! slump in war securi
ties of all kinds.
HUNDRED INCOMES
TAXED IN ALASKA
WacMingtOitt.—The annual report
of the international revenue depart
ment ?Uows tha' one hundred peo
ple <u Alaska paid the income tax.
Ihe wealthiest had to pay on an in
come a' one hundred and fifty thou
sand bJt the majority of taxed in
comes in the territory were under
five thousand.
ENGLAND WILL TRY DECI
MAL COIN SYSTEM
Boston, Mass.,—A" London dis
patch says Great Britain is consid
ering the adoption of a decimal sys
tem of carnage after the war, pat
terned after that used in. the Unit
fid States. The scheme proposed
would make the pound, or sovereign,
five dollars, four shillings one dol
lars, and the shilling a quarter. The
metric system of jveights and mea
sures is also i>eang discussed.
The Peterson will be to port un
til 9 o'clock this evening.
Mrs. George Huth, who has been
rlsiting Mrs .Capt. Hartigaji of Ft.
W. H. Seward, returned on the Pet
srson today.
The Boldiers from Fort Wm. H.
Seward will howl the Elksi tonight
i* seven o'clock on the Elks al
eys. Op^n to the public .
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 Kinds
p .
WILL CLAYSON
DEPORTATION
IS PROTESTED
New York, Dec. 16—There was aa
.'mmense public meeting held at
Aladison square garden last digit
at which a protest was -made against
tLe deportation by tbo German gov
ernment of Belgians from Belgium
to Germany. Th,§ resolution was
made »n support of America in its
ore'eats against bucIij further de
portation,
murdereT
IN WRANGELL
Wrangell. — F. R. Bingham, &
local plumber, formerly o£ Ketchl
an, shot and killed this morning
John shakes, the son. of Chief
Shakes, of the Thllnket tribe of
natives. The killing occurred over
Bing'xam's native wife.
I* appears that Bingham was
looking far a man by the nam§ of
Charlie Moore, who) he claims was
after bis wife. Meeting young
Shakes early this morning Jn a dark
oortiou of the town, mistook him
r-.r Moore and fried thr^e times in
to his victim's body. 1
WILSON CHANGES HOUR
OP CABINET, MEETINGS
Washington, Dec. 15—President
Wilsrp, changed a long-time cus
tom when he decided that for the
present the meeting hour of his
ca''ntt would be 2:30 p. m. in
stead of 11 a. m. every Tuesday and
Fr' 'ay. This change was decided
upon so the President will have
his mornings on those days for
o^nr engagements.