KAISER FORMALLY RELINQUISHES
RIGHT TO THRONE OF GER1NY
London, Saturday. — Authentic
advice received here in a dispatch
from the Wolff News Bureau of
Berlin says that former Emperor
William II, signed his abdication to
the imperial throne of the German
Empire yesterday afternoc n at
Aiuerongen, Holfoud.
In the abdication decree, Wil
liam Hohenzullern expressed Ms
lioi.'c that thf: new regent would be
able to protect the dear German pec
plf against anarchy, starvation and
fortign supremacy.
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Amstedam, Nov. 30.—A reply by
thf> German military authorities
through diplomatic offices here in
response to thg threat made re
cently by the British armistice
commissioners that hostilities -would
at once be resumed unless the condi
tloitj under which Allied prisoners
of war which are being released and
returned to the Allied lines were at
onc£ remedied was nude today. The
reply stated that everything within
the power of the German military
authorities was being done to as
stm< un orderly a,|d fat> return of
all i>rsoners. ]J| [S||l
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Washington, Nov 30.—Under the
W&r emergency prohibition law
wnich was recently passed by con
gress th© manufacture of all beer
and win# throughout the United
States ceases tonight at midnight,
the law being effective on and after
December 1st, 191$.
XKGKO 1'KEACHKR HAS 12
SOXS MARCHING TO IlEKUX
Rayville, La., Nov. 30.—Twelve
eons in active service ig the record
of R. H. Windslow, a negro preach
er of this parish. Kight sons en
listed before the enactment of the
selective service law, and the
other four are In the national arniv.
Twe of the soldiers are twins, the
last three triplets.
Because of the remarkable record,
plans are under way for a public
demonstration for Mr. Windslow.
He already has received a con
gratulatory letter from President
Wiison. Mr. Windslow conducts a
Red Cross auxiliary. ,
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Washington, Nov. 30.—President!
Wilson announced this inornig that
lie would make an address to *he
new session of c°ngr>ss which con*
m.ese on Monday, Detenib^r 2
As in former instances he will
rea«i his address personally to a
Joiet session of the Senate and the
Mouse of Representatives.
DIvVTH <>K Kin iiKNi lt
DI M T!> Itl ^S KMl'RKSS
New York, Nov. — A ?alva"
lion Army commissioner j"st return*
ed from Russia declared th:'t the
former Russian cz'iiin.i furnished
the Germane w ith the information i
which led to the Britis'.i warship be
ing torpedoed on which I.ordl Kitch
ener lost his life. It is reported j
thai she gave the information after
having received it in confidence |
over a private wire which w:'s miiin*
tained in her apartments.
The Armistic is signed and Peace is coming but war obli
gations are not paid and to take care of them the Govern
ment has given notice of a
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
Skagway has in the past done its share in helping .Alaska
go over the top. To do so again every local residen
should at once open a bank account, that when the call
comes, you may have ready money to meet your Liberty
Loan installments We invite yours.
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SHIPS OF W NATIONS WILL
ESCORT WILSON ACROSS ATLANTIC
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: London, Nov.. 30. — Two Amen*
can destroyers and Bix Bubmarine
ehaserg left Queenstown this morn
ing to meet President Wilson's ship
1 which is expected to sail from an
Atlantic port on Tuesday. The A"
merican fleet will escort the chief
j executive's ship to a point des
! ignated midway between tba Ameri
can and European ooast when it
will be met in mid-ocean by a fleet
of battleships, destroyers and sub
cliasers from the Italian, French
and British navies, who will have
put to sea in time to be at the place
I of meeting . * The President will
tlies be escorted to a French port,
where he will be met by high digna
j tarieg who "will accompany him to
I Paris.
LLOYD GEORGE WOULO iKE HUNS
m OP AND PUNISH THE KAISER
Newcastle, Nov. 30. — In a
speeeh which Prime Minister Lloyd
Gocrgg rnad-e today, he said that
Germany mus' pay for the cost of
toe war to the very limit of _ her
ability. ■!, ^;ij ,
Id his speech th© Premier indi
cated that he favored tn© punish
ment of the kaiser for his ruthless
ness when he said, "We should so
act now that men in future times,
when they are tempted to follow
tha .example of the German rulers
! in their attempt at worl$ domini
, tionn, would know what la awaiting
j them in the end, and hesitate be
fore launching forth in an effort to
I carry out their unrighteous pro
| jects."
SKUiWAY SAFEGVRADlNOi
DAWSON AGAINST FLl"
The following message hag been
forwarded to Dr. W. B. Clarke, as
sistant medical health offcier at
\Vhitehorse by C°l. H. S. Knight,
ai t ins; gold commissioner, sayg the
iKiwson News for Nov. 10.
"Dawson, Y. T., Nov. 9, 191S.—
Dr. W. B. Clarke, Medical Health Of
ficer, Whitehorse, Y. T.: Please
takg an necessary steps by- inspec
tion or otherwise under th© provi
sions of the Public Health Ordin
ance to prevent infection or spread
of Spanish, influenza la' the Terri
tory.
"R. S. KNIGHT,
"Acting Gold Commissioner."
IWplr From Whltehorse
"Whitehorse, Y. 5., Nov. 11, 191S.
—Col. Knight, Dawson, Y. T.: Have
kept in toucb with tne memcai
health officer at Skagw&y. They l'a><l
00 cases there find have establish"
ed i five-day quarantine f©r all en
tering that town, and the medical
health officer ha$ assured me lie
will notify iiie if any c,asas develop, j
1 think in this way we are well pro- ■
tected.
"W. B. CLARKE."
FLU MAY I'ROVE
SOLUTION TO rnOBLEM j
Amsterdam, Not. 30.—Worft was j
receiyed here this morning that "VVll*
lin*i» Hohenzollern ,former Ger
man emperor was very sick with a
sever* attack of Spanish influenza.
AUXILIARY MEETING
The Woman'p Church Auxiliary
will meet next Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Dedman at the Golden
North Hottl. ' A large attendance
is desired In order to complete the
c:>ses for the silverware. J
libit CROSS IX PARIS
ox historical ground
#
Paris, — The American Rod Cross
warehouse in I'aris, at 90 Rue du
Chemin Vert, is located on the
scene of good part of the action in
Victor Hugo's novel '"I-es Miser
ables.' The author gives the street
its full nauie now discarded, of
"Kile du Chemin Vert St. Antoine."
It whs up Uiis "long narrow street."
tha" Jean Valjean and? the child Fan
tinr turned when pursued by the
police.
At th<> end of this etreit is
Bicpus, where Jean Valjean took
refugo in a .convent. At the other
end is the Place des Vosges, where
Victor Hugo lived while writing "Le
Aliserables."
L.\I>\ MADE GAME
WARDEN* IN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles. — Miss Helen Pratt
lias jyst been named a deputy game
warden for Los Angeles county- by
tlio Audobon society of which she Is
a member.
•Miss Pratt's duties Will be the pro
tection of useful and song birds
from depredations by either boys
or adults. ;
She served as nature guide, at
R.idford camp, near Big Bear lake
in San Bernardino county, where she
made guests aacquainte^i with sixty
s!>ecies of birds, sixty-five species of
wiH flowers and twenty-five kinds
of trees native to that locality.
CHARLIE'S CONDITION
CAUSES NO SURPRISE
Berlin, Nov. 30. — It wa3 giv
en out today that Emperor Charles
1 o' Austria was the victim of great
mental depression.
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P. H. GANTY
Washington, Nov. 30.—Up to tlie
tiro, of making tlie announcement
which wag done this morning there
nas been considerable speculation a^
to whom would compriso the per*
sonnel of the peace commissioners
to th.e pe^ce conference to be held
in Paris.
Several prominent men we,-e men
tioned, and when • the announce
ment was made it was fcymd that
- u tary Lansing, Col. ilouse, Hen
ry White, find General Tasker H.
Dlisg, htade:i by President Wilson
would form the commission.
Washington, Nov. 30. — General
Pershing- has designated lor early
convoy to the United States 3,4.r>l
American officers and 79,003 men,
aciording *o an annotim ement made
bv Provost Marshal General .March,
today..
The units comprising t'acse men
will be made public later but it is
believed' tha* the list of names will
he taken, from, the 30th, VOtli and
87th divisions.
Washington, Xov. 30.—Secretary
Baker, speaking? for l;i de; artment,
stated today that thg war depart
ment expected to bring back to
the United States d'irin, tiie month
of December 175,000 soldiers who
are now either in France or Eng
land.
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Berlin, Nov. 30. — Tiie Berlin
Tageblatt today dedans fiat 3-ieo
nec-h* and Independent .o ia ists
hay® seized an the wireics.? and ra
dio stations in Germany a-.d are no
transmitting Propaganda ai'd ot!>er
news.
FLU KILLS 50,000
IX SOUTH APItU'A
Capetown, Nov. 30.—The Gov
ernor General of Cape Colony, is
In receipt of statistics which have
just been compiled Showing that
more than fifty thousand persons in
South Africa have died from influ
enza.
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Washington, Xov. 30.—President
ria.:uuel Gotiipers, of thig city, Jirst
Vice President James Duman, rep
resenting the Granite Cutterg of
Quiiicy, ill., seventh Vic© President
Frank Duffy, representing the Car
penters and Joiners, of Indianapolis,
Ind., eighth Vice President William
Ureen, representing the Mine Work
err, Indianapolis, iml., and J. R
Alpine have been named ag dele
Sates to th* International Labor
ccnl-arence v. hieh is scheduled to
b<> held in PUris at the time of the
l'iacp conference. _ <|<f ^
Thesg men will meet with the '
delegates appointed from all the
European countries with a view to
tiic organizations of labor which will
exj.tdito the rebuiling and! recon-^
itructiou if those district8 which
•.vfre devastated by being in the
P 'tlis of the battles.
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IS CONFISCATED
London, Xov. CO.—The new Prus
*■ i -n government has confiscated the
entire propelty of the Prussian
c;-cwn. The new government also
has banned the "Watch on th«
Rhine." ""•»
War woijk in Essen has beea
';,! P' l after the fighting. The loyal
«i*t soldiers there are few.
WU-SON" ll;>NOItEI> CITIZEN'
1 OF M.V.N V TOWNSHIP*
Turin, Nov. CO.—President Wood
row Wilson wes ni ule honorary citi
zen of all townships in Piedmont
provinc.-o in Northern Italy as a
mark of high respect of the popula
tion of t'.ieso districts. ,
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