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SKAUWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER If., 1917
KAISER TO MAKE CHRISTMAS
PRICE 10 CENTS
OFFER
TEUTONS BUG BIG GUNS TO
ITALY AND INCREASE ACID
Shells Fall Eight
Miles Back of
Piave
Italian Headquarters, Dec. 15. —
The enemy has brought a large unm
ber or their heaviest guna to the
Wave rlrer ami Northern battle
fronts. Both battle lines have tak
en en au. increased range of activi
ty
Some of the enemy 6hells today
fell iu Mancine, eight miles back
of the Piave; others fell a few
mi lea from the city of Treviso, four
hundred of these monster projec
tile* pounding away at one point.
I. W1 COUNSEL
ARRESTED III
CHICAGO
Chicago, Dec .15.—George Yande
?er, of Seattle, chief counsel for
tae I. W. W., wa« arrested by gov
ernment agents in the federal bui.d
Uk her today. He la the tenth
of the I. W. \V. officials to be ar
raigned here .
When arrested Vandever was car
xyiii" a huge revolver la his hip
pocket. H* is technically charged
wttu carrying concealed weapons.
Vandever was temporarily released.
Seattle Sails
Seattle Dec. 15.—The City of
Seattle, of the Pacific Steamship Co.,
•ailed for Sfcagway today noon. Eric
'ielfer and wife are passengers for
Sfcugway. Miss F. Garside, of the
Haines hospital, and Tim Vogel are
piisengers for Haines.
Switzerland T(
Repel With
Force
Washington, Deo. 15. — Switz
erlaud has pledged the United
Sta'es she will repel with forc<
I a:>y violation of her frontiers, and
j will maintain the strictest neutrali
j »?.•
Hum eihg
CLASSIFIED
TODAY
Washington, Dec. 15.—The work
| ot classifying, according to a card
index »y*tem, more than nine mil
lion registrants for the National Ar
my began today.
1GM5
LOSJ TRENCH
London, Dec. 15.—General Haig
retorted today he had regained the
section of the first line trench lost
yesterdav to German forces In tJie
neighborhood of tha Polderhook ».la
teau on the Ypres front.
SENATOR IS ILL
Washington, Dec. 15.—Senatoi
Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma, has
been compelled to go to a sanltar
1 jam here because of nervousness
I and insomnia .
Christmas Is Near!
Only A Few More Days Left
for shopping and we have a wonderful display of
toys of all kinds, games and paint boxes little toy
town grocery store, dominoes, Performing Bob the
circus horse, double friction tricky duck, Oh you
goose, some mule, elephant, rooster friction hook
and ladder, street car and auto, American modle
builder sets, drums, Polly dolly cut-out paper, doll
outfit. Ask for Dolly's brother Tommy Tom.
Teddy bears all sizes, unbreakable dolls. We al
so have a good line of books for children.
Don't forget our display of china and cut glass.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Transportation
Will Bring
Victory
Louden, Dec. 15.—Lloyd George
in an address to th§ House of Com
mons trday said victory rested large
ly with the ability ot Great Brit
1 a in am' America to supply the ne
cessary tonnage for the transporta
tion of war supplies.
SLACKERS ill
Bf.
10 SERVE
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Federal Judge
[Landis announced today that sev
eral hundred thousand Canadian
[slatkers in this country, filling po
[sitit-ns vacated by American boys
t.rw serving at tho front in France
and in military cantonments, will
'shortly bo forced to serve their
country, under treaties which are
now being arranged between the
Urited States and Canada.
CIVIL SERVICE
e;
Juueau, Dec. 15. — The U. S.
Civil Service Commission, announces
that a special stenographer and
typewriter examination will be held
I at Juneau, Alaska, on February 16,
191S. Age limits 18 years or
orer.
There is urgent need of qualified
j stenographers and typewri'eis in
lthe Departmental Service (Wash
ington, D. C.) and in. the Field.
A large number of vacancies are
I being filled at entrance salaries of
$900 and $1000, and a few positions
offer entrance salaries of $1100 and
$1200 Der annum.
Persons who wish, to take this
examination should apply at once
to Charles E. Naghel, Local Secre
tary, Surveyor General's Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, or Secretary, Eleventh
Civil Service District, Room 303
Post Office UuildiDg, Seattle, Wash
in gtOH.
The Princess Sophia, of the C.
P. R 'o duo to arrive in Skagway
the coming Wednesday morning, ant
L-s probably bringing little mail.
COUNCIL NOT TO
IMPEACH HI
GILL
J Seattle, Dec. 15.—By a vote Of
. five to three the city; council last
jiiiibt voted down, tha proposition
I to impeach Mayor Hiram Gill, giv
) iopr sa their reason that evidence
j filed by the corporation consul
was not sufficient or positive.
Addressing the council on his
I own behalf the mayor denounced
I Councilman Banta as a bootlegger,
; Clill said there never has been a
I bc.ttle of whiskey In any desk of
| the council chamber.
OdLTlLTftflSIT
HAS GUNS AT
PRESENT
Washington ,Dec. 15.—It J? re
ported here the inquiry by; the
House and Senate into the con
duct of the war hag revealed that
ha]| the men at cantonments have
received no rifles, anjl only a feyc
ifundred machine guns have been
furnished.
Chief of Ordnance Crozler »aid
his department is concentrating Its
efforts mainly to equip the forces
now in France.
FORTY SLACKERS
ARRESTED IN
SEATTLE
Seattle, Dec. 15. — Nayal au
tbnities and police arrseted forty
slackers in the Oriental quarter of
Seattle in the early morning hours
today.
Copenhagen, Dec. 15. — Kercnsky
hns accepted a position as Minister
1 of Justice in the first Siberian c»b
. iuel ,the Politikan newspapers stat
' ed today.
For Meatless Days
Mild Cured King Salmon 25c per pound
Imported Bloaters I Oc, 2 for 15c
Fancy Boneless Codfish in 2 pound bricks 40c each
Preferred Stock Oysters - Little Neck and Minct Clams
Canned Salmon. Tuna Fish, Fish Flakes, Lobster, Shrimps, Etc.
P. H. GANTY
British Advance
| In Northeast
Palestine
London, Dec. 15.—British forces,
which lately succeeded jn capturing
Jerusalem, are today advancing in
northeast Palestine. Slowly but
surely the British are taking all of
the Holy country.
IIIISS. GENERALS
CAPTURED IT
BOLSHEVIK!
Petrograd, Dec. 15.—General Ka-1
edines and Potosky and their staffs
have been arrested, by the Bol
eheviki, It is officially announced
today. The new counter revolution
Ok the part o£ Extremists Will prob
ably be quelled ,
NAVAL COUNCIL
FOR ALLIES 15
FORMED
Washington, Dec. 15.—The crea
tion of an Allied naval council to
co-ordinate naval operations of nil
nations engaged in war against the
Central -cowers, is annouced today
In a cablegram from Admiral Ben
sen, in Paris.
PEACE TREATY FORMULATED
I Amsterdam, Dec. 15.—A paace
I treaty between Rusisa. and G-er
j many has been formulated, accord
'injf to an official German statement
, received here today.
1918 BLOODSHED
OH ALLIES IE
THEY DEFUSE
Will Be Final Of
fer From The
Kaiser
Loii-lon, Dec. 15.—Enipeior \ViI«
helm in his Christmas message to
lii» people proposes to make a fili
al peaco offer to It Is enemies oq
whom, in cases of rejection* will
fall the responsibility for blood,
sl>fd in 1018.
News to this effect was cabled to
day from Geneva, wbicb received an
unofficial telegram from Berlin.
Kaiser Wiibelni is reported to
ihavc said this will be the last of
fer of peace from Germany, and,
if the Allies persist in war, history
will show the great slaughter will
be on their heads.
NEW YORK FACES
SERIOUS FUEL
FAMINE
New Yoork, Dec. 15.—With thirty
thousand tons of coal acrpss the
I North river, New York faces the
I most disastrous fuel famine in
| its history. ^ The coal on the river
| bp tic is solidly frozen and will
I necessitate steam thawing to loos
1 e;i it. '
Many Men Idle
Cleveland, Dec. 15. — Several
thousand men are idle here because
of a shortage of coal.
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