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RUSSIA FLOODED BY MILLIONS OE
STARVING ROUMANIAN REFUGEES
ITALY MAY CONSIDER PEACE
ROME, Dee. 20. — Foreign Minister Sonninno an
nounced today in the chamber ot deputies that no condi
tions had been mentioned by Germany as a basis for ne
gotiations and it was difficult to decide how to take the
offer. He declared that if representations were made sub
sequently that gave any definite promise or plan of action
thev would be considered by the Italian government.
ROUMANIANS STARVING
PETROGRAD, Dec. 20.—Thousands of homeless and
starving Roumanians are hooding Odessa and Kiev and
other cities in southern Russia and are creating a new
and enormous refugee problem that is probably greater
than that of Belgium in magnitude. Figures compiled by
the officials indicate that tne number of refugees to be
cared for by Russia now exceeds the total population of
the three Scandinavian kingdoms combined. Strenuous
efforts are being made to alleviate the distress but these
efforts are met with exceeding difficulty because of the
conditions brought on by the war. The Roumanian popu
lation seems to have been stricken with tear of the Ger-i
mans to such an extent that the country is all but depopu
lated.
COMMONS HAl) HISTORIC SCENE
LONDON. Dec. 20.—When Lloyd George yesterday
announced in the house of commons that the first act of,
the new government was the rejection of the German!
peace proposals the scene became the most remarkable
ever witnessed in the British parliament. Several new in
terpretations and readings of the premier’s speech are
now being pubiisited. He spoke very deliberately, with
every word full weighed, and the verbatim account of the
statement is on hand but inner meanings are being read
into it by many. He declared emphatically that peace is
only possible on terms made by the allied nations. There
is no doubt about this. He also declared that Germany
must be prepared to restore everything taken By her and
to make full reparation for the injuries inflicted on other
nations. He declared that while the Germans are offer
ing peace they are dragging the Belgians into slavery.
The George war program, it is now well known, consists
of universal military training similar to Germany. He de
plored the mistakes made in not coming to the aid of Rou-'
mania in time and he announced that the government!
would act with a firm hand in Greece and recognize the!
government of \ enizelos. Towards the close of the;
speech he made a sensational statement to the ettect that
statesmen who are abandoning the conflict in despair or|
through weariness are guilty of the costliest act of pol-i
troonery in the history of the nation. After his speech,
John Redmond spoke and asked George to take drastic j
steps to settle the Irish question as one of the prepara
tions for carrying on the war successfully. He warned
the government against trying conscription in Ireland.
PAPERS APPROVE GEORGE
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The newspapers completely ap
prove of the utterances of Lloyd George in the house of j
commons on the question of peace. The Manchester
Guardian, which has come to be regarded as the great
mouthpiece of the provinces, says that George very adroi
Uv avoided a snare set for him by the German chancellor,
ii says the refusal to harbor the peace proposal was
abrupt and sweeping, and shows that this government
will heed no proposals that lack explicitness. Other great
papers also say no proposals can be accepted that do not
state the terms Germany would accede to.
ENTENTE MAY TALK TODAY
PARIS, Dec. 20.—There is no hope here that the En
tente council will receive Germany's peace proposal fav
orably afetr the speech of Briand in the senate yesterday.
It is expected that the allied answer will be ready today
and it will be an absolute rejection. The official intention
is not to take the proposals with real seriousness.
THINK PEACE NOT REFUSED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. — Administration offiicals
do not consider the speech of the British prime minister a
Hat refusal of the German peace proposals. They believe,
rather, that the speech was an attempt to place the blame
on Germany for the war.. The German ambassador here,
Count Bernstortf, says openly that the George answei
will not end the matter and he foresees another exchange
of notes at least before the subject is given up. An auth
ority close to the German embassy says that the kaiser is
prepared to state the terms on which he would be willing
to make peace but no detailed information as to terms
has been given out. Other German diplomats express
the belief that Germany has secretly settled on the terms
to be offered and that these terms are ready to be submit
ted to a joint conference of representatives of the powers.
Lansing and Wilson are silent but officialdom generally
seems to feel optimistic. They note the fact that George
said in his speech that the Entente powers will wait unti.
they hear what terms Germany has to offer.
TURKS SURE OF SAFETY
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 20.—The Tanine, the
emi-otticial paper ami the other newspapers here declare
iliat Germany and Austria have given full guarantees to
Uie Ottoman empire that no peace will be considered
which does not fully secure the integrity of this nation
and her safety from future attempts against her sover
eignty and government.
WAS LARGEST BRITISH SHIP
LONDON, Dec. 20—The admiralty reports tlun
when the liner Britannic was sunk she had wounded sold
iers aboard and that no troops in active service were on
ner list. She was the largest British ship afloat, having
a gross tonnage of forty-eight thousand. The investiga
tion has been unable to determine whether she was sunk
by a mine or a torpedo.
SAY FRENCH REPULSED
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—The French yesterday undertook
an advance in the neighborhood of Reims but were repuls
ed. All the engagements reported this morning on the
western front were local. The weather is severe at times
and operations are rendered difficult unless when hard
frost prevails.
RETREAT IN DOBRUDJA
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Mackensen has captured a thou
sand of the Roumanian and Russian forces that are still
retreating in the province of Dobrudja. The retreat of
the enemy is bringing them closer to the lower Danube
where it is expected they may be entrapped in large num
bers.
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TURKS FIGHT ON STRUMA 9
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—The war office reports that the
Bulgars and Turks have been successful in engagements
on the Struma river in Macedonia where the British are
operating. Since the invasion of Roumania large Turkish
forces have aided the Bulgars in that field.
NOTHING BIG SAYS LONDON
LONDON, Dec. 20. — Only minor engagements are
reported from any of the warring fronts today.
MARINA AS MERCHANTMAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The state department an
nounces that the Marina was not in the government ser
vice, contrary to the German statement, when she was
i submarined. She was purely a merchantman. Germany
has admitted that the submarine commander made a mis
: take but this government will hold the matter in abeyance
! until the peace proposals have been dealt with finally.
MEXICANS FIRE ON U. S. TROOPS
AND FONSTON RUSHES MEN TO AID
NO INTENTION OF
VIOLATING MEXICO
Still Insist on American
Conditions and Carranza
Has Been Informed
l'HII.ADKI.rniA, Dec. 20.—Score
tary Lane and his colleagues have
given to the Mexican commissioners
a statement of the intentions of the
the American government to be trans
nitted to Carranza. This statement
is to the effect that the United States
government has no intention of vio
ating the sovereignty of Mexico but
t insists on the old American de
nands. The note was immediately
•aided to Quaeretaro to Carranza
with a request to the first chief to
ratify the protocol and show good
faith.
MILLION IN CHICAGO
FOK CHRISTMAS CHEEK*
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—'The mer
chants of this city estimate that a
million dollars were spent this year
in this city for Christmas cheer
They say the holiday sales reflect
better than any other circumstance
the good times.
WETS WIN BOSTON BY
A GOOD MAJORITY
BOSTON, Dec. 20.—The wets have
won here by a majority of fifteen
thousand, according to the incomplete
returns. This lead assures them of a
substantial majority.
JOE BADGER MANAGER
OF BROADWAY CAFE
Messrs. Margules and Whittemore
are now direct proprietors of the
Broadway Cafe and Joe Badger is in
stalled as manager. Charles Guy is
the chef and the house will be con
ducted in first class manner. A
chicken dinner will be given this
evening, for instance, for fifty cents.
AMPUTATE GIBSON LEG
The leg of E. M. Gibson, which was
injured several months ago, will be
amputated tomorrow. Every attempt
was made to save the limb but Dr.
Romig finds it necessary to take hero
ic measures now.
DEMURRER IN BROWNELL CASE
A demurrer was fded today by
Morford and Finnegan to the an
swer of D. C. Brownell in the case
of Carroll and Weinberg vs. Brownell.
The plaintiffs claim damages for al
leged premature* dismissal from the
store on Fourth and Washington and
^or fixtures.
SHAME ON THEM
Just think, it's only a few months
since Skagway decided to abolish the
saloons, and the saloonkeepers were
refused the privilege of doing busi
ness, apparently to the satisfaction
of the great majority. Again less
than a month ago the whole territory
decided to put the lid down. Despite
all that, here comes the news that a
raid was made on the soft drink
stands and found hard stuff in plenty.
—Ketchikan Porgressive-Miner.
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SPOKANE ARRIVES ON
HER FIRST TRIP HERE
The steamship Spokane arrived at
1 o’clock this morning for her first
visit to Seward. She is a fine vessel
built by the Union Iron Works at San
Francisco in 1002, is splendidly fitteo
out and has been in the tourist trade
! in southeastern Alaska for quite a
time. She is of 2,270 gross tons, is
270 feet in length and 40 feet beam.
She is fifteed with twelve rooms with
baths, has a social hall which may be
compared to a drawing room, has a
| library, twelve rooms with brass bed
steads and all the other requirements.
She is captained by Captain Johnson
and her purser is C. H. Bach. She
will not remain on this run, however.
In the season just closed she carried
2,000 tourists and not one complaint
was heard. On the trip here she
brought, amongst others, Wm. F.
Rohrbach and C. S. Crider. She left
about 5 a. m. with the following out
going first class passengers:
H. Miller, W. .1. Cassidy, H. Klyn
berg. E. S. Hewitt, Tom Talent.
Clifford Mooers, Wm. Mobrick, W. H.
Whittlesey, Sam Sandy and four
steerage.
CHEAT XMAS MAIL CAME
ON STEAMER SPOKANE.
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Om* hundred and seventy-five sacks
of mail, mostly filled with Ohristma*
presents, arrived on the Spokane
Postmaster Root expects that the
Christmas mail will he about evenh
divided between the Spokane and the
Mariposa which is expected abou*
Saturday.
CONTRACT MEDICAL WORK
FOR NATIVES OF ALASKA
The bureau of education has enter
ed into a contract with Dr. Klmei
Chester Gross, of Ellamar, to do the
medical and surgical work required
by the natives of Alaska within th*
southwestern district of this bureau.
In the past the medical work foi
the natives has been done at \ aide?
or Cordova. This has never proved a
very convenient arrangement for the
village of Tatitlek, the most import
ant and largest village on Prince
William Sound, particularly during
the winter months. Rut with the
present arrangement it permits the
bureau of education to have access to
a physician and hospital within three
miles of the village at Tatitlek, foi
the natives.
It is hoped that now, through this
c rrangcment, the bureau will be abb*
to successfully treat a number of dis
eases that never could be handled
properly before. Also it is a com
fort to those in the north to know that
there is always aid at hand in cases
of emergency.
Dr. Gross is the physician employ
ed by the Ellamar mine, and came to
Ellamar from Seattle several months
ago.—Cordova Times.
Mr. Gibson, whose leg will be am
putated tomorrow, suffered the in
jury by being run over by a car on
the railroad. The leg will be ampu
tated between the knee and the hip.
Bennett James and Senator Jack
Konan returned from the scene of
their operations at Moose Pass last
night. They have nothing for publi
cation about the property. Both will
probably take a trip out for the
winter.
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SAX HEXITO, Dec. 20.—Mexicans
lired fifty shots at Company l», First
' Oklahoma regiment, today at the
Santa Maria pumping station but no
casualties are reported. The news
of the occurrence does not convey any
•ntelligence as to whether the attack
ers were \ ilia or Carranza support
ers.
FFNSTON SENDS TROOPS
SAX AXTOXIO, Dec. 20.—General
Funston has ordered Colonel Wilson,
I commander of the tioops in the Yuma
district, to send at once a sufficient
force to A jo, Arizona, where the
Mexicans arc said to be threatening.
KXKITTK VILLISTA FILM)
JUABKZ, Dec. 20.—It is reported
here that the home guards have ex
ecuted Baudeho, the most cruel anti
vicious of the followers of Villa, and
seventeen others, all of whom were*
captured after a battle which has tak
en place southwest of Chihuahua City
The guards claim a decisive victor)
over the bandits.
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PKACK OVKU IN KN'GI.AND
LONDON, Nov. 2s.—A conference
in favor of opening peace negotia
tions, organized by the National Con
ference for Civil Liberties, was brok
en up at Cardiff on Saturday alter
noon bp patriotic demonstrators.
Mr. James Winstone, president of
he South Wales Miners’ Federation
took the chair, supported by Mr. J.
K. Thomas, M. P., and Mr. Ramsay
MacDonald. It was soon evident
that, despite all precautions, a hostile
element was present, the chairman
ieing constantly interrupted. At ten
minutes to three pandemonium broke
loose following the arrival outside the
hall of throngs participating in the
patriotic demonstration. The doors
were attacked and inside the crowd
pi building the greatest excitement
prevailed.
A fierce fight ensued for the pos
session of the hall, and gradually the
lemonstrators, headed by Mr. C. B.
Stanton, M. 1’., forced their way in,
waving national flags of all the Allied
countries, those of Britain and Bel
gium being in the van. They rushed
through the audience and mounted
the platform, from which Mr. Ram
say MacDonald quickly disappeared.
Mr. Thomas and Mr. Winstone re
mained to argue with the invaders,
but their voices were scarcely heard
in the tumult.
When Mr. J. H. Thomas mounted a
table with the object of addressing
the gathering, Mr. Stanton bounded
to his side and before the railway
men’s M. P. could utter a word he
was dragged oiT the table, narrowly
escaping serious injury.
The patriots had now completely
won the day. Speeches were deliver
ed for half an hour, and finally a res
olution was adopted in favor of win
ning the war without any kow-towing
to Germany. Then, amid further
cheer cheering, the victors left for
loud cheering, the victors left for
onstration was held by them. Troops
had been held in readiness, but for
f
tunately their services were not re
quired.—Daily Mail.
M. M. Beatty has returned from his
camp out near the end of the Alaska
Northern.
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