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No. 262 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKA0WAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY,
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THINKS PEACE PROPOSAL WOULD
MEAN PERMANENT FOB WORL!
Washington, Dec. 14—Although
the official cablegram from Berlin,
wnlch la understood as having' been
seat b" Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg to the United States gov
ern laent, suggesting t&at the time
hid arrived for peace negotiations
to be jnsMtuted has not as yet been
received by President Wood row
Wilson 1* is sa d that he stated
that he believed tha! such a peace
proposal miglit lead to the orgaroiza
tlcn of a league of the nations of
the world wbichi would effect mea
NO CHANGE IN
DELEGATE VOTE
Sulzer Wick
Firs* Division , 2387 1S94
Second Division .. . 669 866
Third Division ... , 1681 1964
Fourth Division .. . 1673 1661
Totals ~ .. . 6410 63S5
Sulzer's plurality, 25.
Xo additional reports have been
received by the Empire since last
Saturday regarding the delegate re
turns. A message filed Sunday
'rcn the Prospector at. V-aldez gives
the Second Diisvion as above, the
cablegram stating that no addition
al returns are expected for sever
al days. A cablegram from the
News-Miner at Fairbanks last night
gives Sulzer's plurality as 36. The
reported returns from Talkeetua
*£re rec^ledy by The Empire last
we--* and are included in the to
tals of the Third Division above. —
Juueau Empire, Dec. 12.
SCARCITY OF SPECIE
SEVERELY AFFECTING
: BUSINESS IN CHINA
San Francisco, Dec. 14—'Business
in China la said, to be seriously af
fected by the scarcity of specie, due
to 'he heavy exports of silver to
India. Bank currency usually a
2 per cent premium is now at a 7
per cent discount.
ELKS DANCE
The Elks will gve a dance on
Saturdav night. Further announce
ment of which will be made to
morrow evening.
V
3ur°s for the enforcement of per
maiieut peace.
President "Wilson stated that h
ha1 reached no decision as t
what his coarse of action wauli
b»* after he had been placed in pos
sessivn of the peace prolposal fron
Germany's chancellor.
Sn.ce he has known that a pro
oosition of peace wag coming fron
| Germany, President Wilson, has hai
several secret conferences witl
his close friend and' advisor, Col
F
Paris, Dec. 14—Prime Ministei
Briand yesterday advised th<
Fiemh Chamber of Deputies ol
!♦'■><? uroiosed suggestions of peact
frcm Chancellor von Bethmann Hoi
weg, acting for the German govern
meut.
He read to the chamber the
con rex* of 'he note which is being
sen*. to the United States, Spain
and Switzerland, but warned
France to be cautious, and even
hMaed at treachery 011 the part
of 'heir enemies.
Premier Briand said that France
mus* no for one single moment re
lax her vigilance, and that until
oeace was an assured fact beyond
pcradventure of a doubt, France
should maintain her ever watchful
ness ol the enemv.
GILL SAYS ISSUE FOR
1920 IS PROHIBITION
Portland, Dec. 14—At a meet
ing at the White Temple held liere
Mayor H" Gill, of Seattle, who was
introduced bj; W> F. Woodward,
(predicted that national prohibition
will be the great issue of the next
©residential campaign. He declared
the sfatq of Washington is jlry for
ever, and that the trend is un
mistalcav]y toward national pro
hibition. He said:
"I believe in submerging parti
sanship in an effort to send a dele
gation to- the next national conven
tion who is pledged to a prohibition
plank." ■
The, mayor of Seattle urged that
'ho people of Portland support theii
mayor in his effort to enforce the
prol fbitjcn law.
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POSSE CATCH
I MURDERER
.! Juneau, Dec. 14—Walter Stoker,
tho t'e contractor on the govern
5 nient railroad near Anchorage, who
> shct and killed John Henrlcks atid
1 seriously jvounded E. K. Irving,
- tlio day following Thanksgiving, has
t beea. captured by the posse that
won" after b.m, according to ad
- vices received here ou the Ad
i miral Evans. Stoker was gunround
1 -oil in a cabin, at Mile 15 by depu
l ties and ass.slants and without fir
■ ing a single shot he surrendered
( and was taken to Sowa-rd and plac
: ed iu the jail there.
Notwithstanding the cold weath
er prevailing at the time and the
wanderings of Stoker to make his
escape he (sustained no frost bites.
According to the officers of the
. Auaiiral Evans, Stoker assumed an
I attitude at Seward showing that he
j recognized the enormity oO his deed'
j an1" the strain was telling on him.
j Fa< is leading up to the Bhooting
cam® out following; Stoker's arrest.
S'oker sa:d tha* he h«s had trou
| ble with unions and organized la
[bor for years; that he worked at
| Fairbanks during the strike there
and he refused to he run by unions.
He suid that he camped out alone
whil? cutting ties and had Buffered
some from people tweaking into his
itenf an-1 taking things. The night
before the shooting when he slept
a* Mile 12 roadhouse he overheard
the sectiion men entering into a
d scussion about labor unions iu
which they denounced "scabs" as
I hired soldiers of capital and that
the unions should ze hard on them.
The next mornjjig when his mittens
were gone be was told that probab!R
the fellows int the section gang took
them. He said that when he met
Hendricks they argued over the
mitts and started a f:ght which*
resulted In Hendricks' death. He
said that he shot Irving l>ecause
the latteT took the lead In the dis
cussion ahout unions making wax
j on non-union men. Theni Stoker
| took »o the traiil and for four days
j eluded the posse.
AUSTRIAN
1 CABINET QUITS
Amsterdam, Dec. 14—Reports re
jceived here from Vienna, state that
| a.iros* every member of the Aus
trian cabinet hare resigned their
positions as a result of t&e peace
proposal eminating from the Ger
man Chancellor .
JUDGE BROWN GOING
ON VACATION OUTSIDE
Va'dez Dea 14 — Judge F, M.
Brcwn left on the last trip of the
Mariposa for the States where he
will spend a short vacation. Court
was not adjuorned, however, as
it is expected that Judge C. E. Bun-|
nell, c? Fairbanks, will arrive here
Mondav to hold court, at which
session several cases In which) Judge
Brown is disqualified will he ho^Td.
Juneau, Dec. 11—By a decision
rendered by Judge R- W. Jennings
late yesterday afternoon, he decided'
that no U. S. Commissioner had
power nor jurisdiction to leave his
orecinc* and act as the Commission
er in another precinct.
This decision was rendered after
the arguments on the writ of hab
eas corpus7 sworn out in the case
of the United States against Annie
Jones had been made. The writ
alleged that the woman was unlaw
fully arrested and held* inasmuch
as 'lie warrant was issued by Judge
Henson, Commissioner of the Doug
las precinct, sitting in, Juneau and
signing the warrants as the Com
missioner of PeToinct No. 1, and
tha" he had no Jurisdiction as he
had not been appointed as the Com
missioner for Precinct No. 1.
Bv the order on the writ the
three cases against Annie Jones
'he case against J. R. Raymond,
and tue case against Nichl Deme
rottes, all of which had been tak
en before Judge Henson, were dis
missed.
Immediately after the issuance
of the order, Judge Jennings ap
uo;u*ed A. H. Zeigler as Commis
sioner to act unUl the return of
J B. Marshall from Angoon, and
warracts for the arrest of the three
parties named were reissued by
him They were all brought up ancT
released on bail, pending the hear
ing of their cases at a later date.—
Empire.
FIGOTlii
MAI
Berlin, Dec. 1—Adv.ce from the
Rumanian battle front received to
day state that Teutonic forces are
approaching the *ewn of Buauein,
and that fighting to the eastward
if ■' at 'own is now in progress.
NORTH DAKOTA OFFICIAL VOTE
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 14 —Presi
dent Wilson carried North Dakota
bv a plurality of 2,620, according
to figures issued by the state can
vassing board. The total was:
W'lson 55,271, Hughes' 52,651. Por
ter J. McCumbcr, Republican cho
sen to suoceed himself in the Unit
ed Stages Senate by a vote of 57,
714 t 41,078 for John Burke, the
Denucratio candidate, according to
the official f'gmres. Congressmen.
Helpeson, Young and Norton, all
Reuublicans, were re-elected.
WYOMING OFFICIAL VOTE
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 14 — Thq
official count of the vote of the
Tecent election in Wyoming gives
President Wilson 28,316, 'Hughes
21,6tt8. For United States senator:
John B. Kendrick 26,324, C. D.
Clark (incumbent) 23,258. For
congress: Frank W. Mondell (in
cumbent) 24,693, J. D. Clark 24,
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ENGLAND BELIEVES PEACE PRO- '
PDSflL PUREiy POLITIGAl
London, Dec. 1—The German pro
posal of peace la generally coo
d*mned by this government as a
uolitioal move on the part of the
Teutons.
Lloyd George, England's new
onme minister "will address the Brit
i*h House of Commons on, Tues
day next upon the German Chau
ceL<rs statement to the Reich
e»ac. He believes that Germany
,'B new at a point where they must
throw the odium of the war pn the
other nations in order to keep the
St yVille, Der. 11—Reports have I
■teen received, in this city; telling'
abcKut a fierce fish- which is being
waied between Creek and French
troops at Katerina, a seaport on (
'.fee Gulf of Salonika, about 60 miles
southwes' of Salonika, No details
are given other than the French
attacked the town and that the
GreeK soldiers, who were stationed
»bcre are making a stubborn resi6t
ence,
now wealthiest
WORLD'S NATION
Washington, Dec. 14—The .Unpre-,
cedented growth) of the United j
States foreign trade, commercial ad-1
vantages which, will accrue with
peace, and opfportunity. presented
for a heavier export business &nd
greater investments abroad are set
fort* by Secretary of Commerce
William C. Red'field in his annual
repor\ ■ '1 '
The report says that our foreign
indebtedness has been reduced $3,
aoo.ooo.ooo.
"We havq loaned aboard since
t'iie war began ?1,000,000,000.
"We are tfee wealthiest nation in
the world and the most prosperousi
one.
"We have not wasted our meu
or means in war.
"Relative to out fiscal power to
day our debts are trifling.
Skagway Lodge Qf Elks will meet
tonight at 8, and all members are
asked to attend, as there will be
special mattprs of importance to
com*; before the members. There
will be a light lunch' seredv after
»be meeting. '
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German people pacified, or in. ac'
cord with the government In its
continuation of hostilities, and
states that the overtures made hafc
a nidden meaning. Lloyd George
stated that in. his opinion) Germanj
would make demands which the
British government could, not ac
cep* nor could 'he British allies
and that by this means the Ger
man government would make it ap
pear to the German people that il
was not Germany that was continu
ing the war, but the other na
tions.
FRENCH flHIHT
GUT IN THREE
i ' ——
Paris, Dec. 14—President Polnt
caire president of the French, re
Dublic has issued, decree, by; which
the operations of General Niville,
commander ia chief of £he French
forces along the western front,
and General Sarrcil, commander of
the French forces in Macdeonia, wil
l-erafter act Independently of Gen
eral Joffre.
Just what this decree will mean
iu the future action of the Frenct
trooDs as a unit it is hard to fore
tell, and the President's action ia
I'einp severely criticised by; milltar
men throughout the republic.
IS EKED
EMPLOYMENT
Berlin, Dec. 14 — The German
government has made reply to the
United Sta'es note protesting agains
the deportaio<n| of laborers from
Belgium to Germany.
In the reply Germany states that
ovjr.g tc the economic condition in
Belfjum, the question of the un
emoloyed is a serious one, and that
it was for the purpose of furnish
ing labor to the ereat army of un
employed that the German govern
raeii* had decided to take thesq mei
over to Germany and give them em
ployment, thus causing the neces
sary forcible deportation justifiable
in view of this policy.
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