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No. 272 NINETEENTH YEAR
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SKAGrWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1916
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KAISER INVITES WARRING NATIONS
TO TALK OVER PEACE PLANS
Washington, Dec. 27—President
Wilson is in receipt cf a note from
the Oerman Emperor which is in
reoly to tb#> one sent last week
sugs^ing that offers of peace be
made.
Iu the reply Emperor William
aeems very favorable to the proposi
Man, and invites the Allies to
meet for the ivurprse cf entering m
' t^) a discussion: of the proposed)
peace terms. Th© Ivaiser states
tha* he will ccl'abor&te wttW Am
erica in suggesting terms upon
| which peace might Iw established
be'ween the warring nations of Eu
rrpe.
BELIEVES SHIP
HAS BEEN EOSI
Nantucket, Dec. 27—All radio
stations located. along this section
of the Atlantic coast hag listened
iu va;n for further communication
frou tie Steamship Maryland,
which, called for help from off the
Nantucket coast, yesterday. After
t^e first call of distress, no furth
er word was received and it is be
lieved that the ship has been lost.
Scranton, Dec. 27—On account
of *he public 6chcol board refus
•a" to grant the children of this
the usual Christmas vacation,
«a^re than fifteen thousand tyupils
refused to attend school Tuesday
morning, having decided to stay j
ou' until Tuesday January 2.
JOFFI1K IS MADE MARSHAL
Paris, Dec. 27—By a special law J
wh!cli was enacted by the French
Oarnber of Dpeuties, General Jof
fre has been appointed marshal of
France.
I.W.W. GASES
BEING TRIED
Everett, Dec. 27—The case of
the members of the I. W. W. who
are under charges of murder as au
outcome of this Taid made on the
citj on November 24tli, came uj> iu
the Superior court this morning.
Tfce accused men are represented
by prominent lawyers, and it is
thought that tfc§ case still be one
qf the most stubbornly fought crim
inal cases ever tried in the west.
INCREASES ITS CAPITALIZATION
Juneau, Dec. 27—The stockhold
ers and officers of the B. M. Beh
rends Bank have increased the capi
talisation of that institution from
£50,000 to $100,000, and the sur
plus, which, was established at $20,
000 *n 1914 liaa been increased to
$25,000. President B. M. Bebrends
saya me increase was made on ac
count of the increased volume of
business. The bank bad outgrown
Its old capitalization, and conserva
tive banking princples are served
bv the in urease.
The B. M. Behrends Bank is the
oldes* and larges* banking institu
tion in Alaska, and its history and
development has been the history
and development of Juneau and
Southeastern Alaska.
George A. Rcsenberg returned
from a short trij? to the states on
the City of Seatte.l
IHERSHi LEADS B¥ 6 VOTES
Cordova, Dec. 27—Returns from
the Territorial elect on from Bon
auzaz precinct in the Stmshanna
diBtrict have just been brought to
thb town, and give Wickresham. 8
TOtts and Sulzer 4.
The returns of the entire terri
tory have been carefully checked
oyer and the voUj shows *h.at Jas.
Wjckersh.ani has a plurality over
Sulzer of six votes.
We Close at Six
By mutual agreement -with L. A.
Harrison, Will C'ayson and Dortero
& Son, we will close our store at six
o'clock every day excepting Satur
day, when we ytfl observe tie usu
al hours. This to is effective from
date to Feb. 28tb.
This action was taken so as to
permit of a little more leisure time
a* home to compensate for the nec
essary long hours we have to de
vo'e t<- our business during the
summer season.
ALBERT REI.NERT.
COMMONER TO
1 DEBATE WILSON
i ,
New York, Dec. 27—Ex-President
^'illlam Howard Tatt and William
J.enuiugs Bryan will start 011 Jan.
1, a written joint debate on the
issue of the formation after the
war o" a league of nations to pre
vent, by force, if necessary a re
currence of war. Mr, Taft, the
liead of the League to Enforce
Eeace, will *ake ting affirmative
side and Mr. Bryan the negative,
i The debate, which, will be in ten
'leriods, will t>g circulated: through
newstwjpers in this country and Eu
rope, according to an announcement
n ado by the Press Forum. Through
"?e Motion Picture Forum, the de
base will be thrown on screens in
:.."Yicg oicture theatres in all parts
o? !!e country. The debaters will
write (wo arguments each! on the
throe questions; "is the Platform
of the League to Enforce Peace
Possible?" "Does the Platform of
League to Enfoice Peace Furn
ish »h- Most Practical Plan fort
Securing Permanent Peace after the!
End of the Present War?" and
"bhou.'d the United States Become
a Signatory to the League to En
force Peace?"
There will be three rebuttal ar
t'-'lcs ;md the tenth article will be
a sumaTy by each. Each article is
tr l;e limited to a thousand words,
except the tenth, whichl may be
1.50C words in length.
HOLDS HUSBAND
FOB 1 CHIME
Juneau, Dec. 21—The evidence at
t1 - preliminary ex&uiinaticn of Har
i» Againsky, nusbar.d of the wo
man who was murdered at Douglas
a low days ago, was thought suf
ficient by the court to hold Him
♦ - answer before the grand jury.
The accused denies any knowl
edge of the crime and in a strong
talk stated on. the standi that he
•".d no idea who had committed the
crime, and says lie will prove an
B^bi when the time comes.
Fannie Millier, the closest friend
of the murdered woman, arrested
aUer the hearing charged with, per
jury by the district attorney's of
f'te. She is accused of having sworn
falsely at the coroner's inquest.
The body of tlie murdered woman
is tr be shipped' to San Francisco
on ttto Spokane, which is due from
f'-e westward Saturday morning.
tuuis
TOH 701
El Paso, Dec. 27—General Villa,
*r command of a strong force of
m'iii. while enrouto to Tampico took
time to capture the town of San
Louis Potosi, which is a large
•inn in the southeastern section, of
I Torrecn.
I :
If LEAD 10
BIG RATE WAR
Seattle, Dec. 27—What is be
Itevod to be tl;e first move In a gl- <
santic financial and) trade war be- t
tweeu the Alaska Steam&'..ip Com- t
pany and the Pacific Steamship' £
Company, with) ramifications ex
tending beyond the shjppng thru '
tbo copper interests of D. C. Jack- :
ling, of San Francisco, and the |
G uggmheims was made today by |
the Alaska Steamship Company an- I
nauncing the invasion of California.
John H. Bunch, gneral freight and
uassenger agent of the company, an
nounced that, starting December 14
wth *he sailing of the steamer
Valdez to San Francisco, regular
southern service between this port
and San Francisco probably would
bb installed. The Valdez is to be 6
fcllowed by th<» Northwestern, and «
^hereafter by such, other vessels as r
mav be available. 1
Open warfare between the Alaska a
S'eamship Company and. the Pacifio *
Steamship Company has been ex- a
oected since the merger, it being i
generally believed that Jacklingfin- s
anced the deal to a great extent as
the first step in a joust with the £
Uug^enheims. The Pacific Steam- a
skip Company, by adding more ves- $
sel«, has increased its Alaskan ser- c
vice, cutting into the revenues of t
'hs elder concern, and the counter l.
move of sending vessels southi is a
exriectcd to bring tl"e situation; to t
t'-e battle stage.
London, Dec, 27—The British j
government have beea advised that
Sweden has sent a ncte to all the
belligerent nut ions identical with,
ilie one wh cli Fnsideiit Wlson sent
nit labt week .
LATE WAR NOTES
London, Dec. 27—The British op
erations in Servia is widening each
3ax. In the series of attacks made
an the Turks, the Allies have been
successful, defeating the Turks and
['riving them hack with great loss of
life, and capturing many prisoners.
Berlin, Dec. 27—Although) the
Gctman forces h<<s made several
fierce assaults against the Rus
sians who are defending the town
of Buzen ,they have been unsuccess-|
fill ia driving the Russians out of
the town.
In an encounter near Monastir
the Bulgarians claim success.
TEXAXS TO EAT RABBIT
Amarilla, Tex., Dec. 27 — Walton
Winna, agent of the 6tat$ depart
ment of agriculture announces that
nex*. week a jack rabbit drive under
toe auspices of h's department Tvill
be made through the 60,515 square
miles rf the Pan Handle, in an ef
frr' to relieve the farmers of North
west Texas of a pest and also help
lower the cost of living.
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
Washington, Pec. 27—From the
.iscus&ioa of the proposed peace j
erms as suggested by Geitnany to
ae United States, Switzerland and
pain, the note from President Wil
on to Germany, and the reply note
of the German Emperor, by the
ambassadors from the several coun
tries most interested, a forecast of
the result Is t.hat ttuj counriea
figktlng- Germany and.1 Its allies
will not at this time entertain pro
posals of peace.
iEf A SOLDIER
IKE 2 BOIES
Washington, Dec. 22—An old
'atute, unearthed By Adjutant Gen
ral Cain, which) provides for pat
ient of $2 to any civilian for each
inn he persuades *o enlist in the
rniy, and which,1 was passed more
>iaa half a century ago and inoper
tive since the civil war, will be
lYOked by the war department to
timu'ate army recruiting.
General McCain has suggested to
ecretary Baker that congress be
skod to appropriate not more than
50,000 to pay the. bonuses. His
lan is to solicit recruits mainly
:ru retired enisled men and he be- I
-ves the paymnt would incite to
ctive canvass of men likely to join
13 army.
.8c WHEAT COSTS
25c MANUFACTURED
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 27—Chancel
>r Avery of the University of Ne
raska, 6peak'ng to the Nebraska
'armors' Congress here said house
wives who bought breakfast foods
aid 25 cents for 2.8 cents' worth
' wheat in certa'n brekafast foods.
He said he determined this by
SLemloal analysis. The highi cost
E w? eat, the Chancellor said was
ue to manipulation of the supply
ud the psychology of the Bitua
lon wMchi caused prices to rise
r fall on receipt of favorable or
nfavorible news.
BUZZARD IN
WEST STATES
Chicago, Dec. 27—Reports from
various points throughout the
western states tell of fierce bliz
zards and a tornado which swept
that section of the country.
From variou# sources comes the
<repor'« of lives ha-ring; been lost,
and tbe total reported thus far is
giten at twenty-fire.
In a great many sections the loss
to property has been extremely
heavy, and suffering to human be
inpri and cattle ha* been inte*0e.
believTpeace
MAT GOIE
Washington, Dec. 27—The mem
bers of the Foreign Legation in
this city have all taken an optim
istic view of the peaoe proposals,
and are hopeful that the notes
eei't by President Wilson and the
erne in return from Emperor Wil
liam will opeu the way for peace.
F. B. Hudson who is one of Ool.
S'evenson's staff, returned from Ju
neau on the CHy of Seattle after
a short business trip to that city.
-
IfffMPI 10 KILL Ul GOVERNOR
Stla Lake City, Dec. 27—This
it" is in a state of turmoil ovei
tie attempt which was made on th«
ie ol Governor William R. Spry
nd Jas. E. Jennings, a promineni
apitalist.
Tbg plotters made the attempt tc
kill »he two men by the use of
nitroglycerine, but their plans mis
' carried. !
A reward of fifteen hundred dol
lars has been offered for informa
| tlc.n leading up to the arrest of
the men implicated in the plot.
We Close at Six
Bv mutual agreement with. Al
bert. Reinert, L. A. Harrison, and
Dortero and Son, ye will close our
store at six o'clock every day, ex
cepting Saturday, when, we will ob
serve the usual1 h.ours. This Is b«
effective from date to Feb. 28th.
This action was taken so to
permit of a little more leisure time
a' home to compensate for the acc
essary long hours we have to de
vote to our business during the
eummgr season,
WlLi. CIf4YS0N,