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GERMANY SENDS DELEGATES ALREADY
BIT ALLIES EXPECTED TO REJECT
SWEDEN ALSO ASKS PEACE
LONDON. Dec. 27.—The Daily Telegraph this morn
ing says it understands that Sweden has sent to the belli
gerent powers a note asking for a peace discussion that
is identical to the note sent by Switzerland. The German
reply to the American note has been received too late to
permit of the morning papers making comment on it but
the Daily .Mail comes out with a big headline declaring
that the German suggestions for peace are nothing but a
dodge and the .Mail presages their rejection. The Mail
also says that if Wiison meant his peace proposal to force
Germany to come out with a clear avowal of its intentions
Germany has evaded it and refuses to be explicit. Some
papers here have hinted of the possibility of a league of
neutral nations to force the belligerents to peace by the
witholding of supplies but every public man who has been
interviewed on this possibility declares such a suggestion
ridiculous. In spite of all this the feeling prevails among
st the people that the suggestions for a peace conference
have developed a situation from which peace may possibly
come sooner or later.
ZIMMERMAN MEETS GERARD
BERLIN, Dec. 27—Foreign Secretary Zimmerman
personally delivered Germany’s reply to the note ot Presi
dent Wilson at the American embassy yesterday and
lunched with Ambassador Gerard in the embassy build
ing. What took place at the conference is a secret and
nothing will be known until the German reply is publish
ed. It is hinted here that this reply, however, will show
that Germany is willing to go further for peace than any
one had ever expected.
WASHINGTON HOPEFUL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The reply of Germany to
Wilson’s proposal is regarded as a step nearer to peace
despite the failure to state terms.
GERMAN DELEGATES ALREADY
LONDON. Dec. 27.—Amsterdam reports that Ger
man delegates have already arrived at the Hague to make
the preliminary arrangements for the peace conference.
It is regarded here, however, this afternoon as a foregone
conclusion that the allied nations will reject the proposal
to discuss peace terms.
JOFFRE TO BE MARSHAL
PARIS, Dec. 27. — The government has decided to
confer a field marshalship on General J off re in recogni
tion of his eminent services in saving Paris. The decree
will soon be submitted to parliament to enable the gov
ernment to confer the title which has been so long unused
in France.
GREEK NEWS CENSORED
VIENNA, Dec. 27.—A cloak of secrecy has hung over
Athens for two or three days and it is assumed that the
allied powers are exercising a close censorship over all in
formation coming from Greece. It is rumored that King
Constantine has released all the imprisoned Venizelists at
the command of the allied governments. The Italian at
tacks on the Italian front have ceased, it is officially an
nounced, and only artillery exchanges are reported from
the Carso plateau.
WHO MAY BE ARBITRATORS
BERNE, Dec. 27.—The belief here and in some of the
belligerent countries is that if a peace conference can be
arranged the president of the United States, the king of
Spain and the Pope may be asked to act as a sort of board
of conciliation or referees to bring about compromises on
questions that might otherwise be insoluble. It is point
ed out here by the newspapers that if all the neutral na
tions in Europe were combined they would make a na
tion not as populous as any one of some of the belligerent
countries.
WHY PEOPLE HERE
NEED NO GLASSES
Lack of Sunshine in Winter
Rests the Eyes, Opto
metrist Says.
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People living along the Alaska
coast are able to do without eye
glasses more than people in states
like California, because of the smaller
amount of sunshine in regions like
this, and the cloudy weather.
This is the interesting statement
made by Dr. Simpson, the optometrist
! who is in Seward on professional
■ duty.
Dr. Simpson also says that one or
two attacks of snowblindness do not
necessarily affect the eyesight per
manently but repeated attacks would
affect the retina.
| The doctor tells another most inter
esting fact to the effect that the di
seases brought to the Natives by the
white man years ago are beginning
to show their effect in .he eyesight
of the Indians. One particular dis
ease, aided by consumption and ex
cessive fish diet lias caused lfty per
cent of the Natives to have defective
vision.
In addition to examining the eyes
of the school children of Seward I)r.
Simpson also examined their teeth as
the condition of the teeth might have
an effect on the eyesight, but he
found the teeth of the Seward child
ren well cared for.
WICKERSHAM WINS IN
THE BONANZA PRECINCT
CORDOVA. Dec. 27.—Returns
from the Bonanza precinct in the
Shushanna district give Wickersham
eight votes and Sulzer four.
Mrs. Neil is visiting in the city
from her home out the line.
STORMS KILL MANY
PEOPLE IN STATES
Severe Weather Noted All
Over, Even in Ix>s
Angeles.
CHICAGO, Dm. 27.—Twenty-five
people are reported lost in storms
raging today in various places. By a
tornado in Arkansas four persons
were killed outright at England,
seventeen are reported killed at Ket
and three at Carlisle. A terribl*
l.iizzard is also raging in the eatserr
uart of North Dakota and sever
inches of snow has fallen in twenty
four hours, breaking a twenty year
-ecord. Trains are snow bound. De
ports from the Pacific coast show the
temperature at San Francisco and
Los Angeles to be thirty-eight above,
twenty-eight above at Seattle and
four below at Denver.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Dec. 27.—
Nine persons are known to have been
killed by a tornado that swept today
over a four mile path. Other deaths
are also reported but have not been
confirmed. The wires are down
everywhere.
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ALAMEDA PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—The Alameda
left this morning with the following
passengers for Seward: Mi's. T.
Jasper, Miss Pearl Wilson, John Fal
lon. John Kapsimalis.
CUTTER UNALGA COMING
CP AS HOSPITAL SHIP
SEATTLE, Dec. 27. — The cutter
Unalga will depart next Wednesday
for service as a patrol hospital ship
for the northern fishing fleets. She is
now undergoing minor repairs and
will leave in command of the veteran
Captain Dodge.
VIOLENT ROUMANIAN FIGHTING
BERLIN, Dec. 27. — The Russians and Roumanians
were repulsed in Dobrudja again yesterday after strenu
ous attacks to stay the advance of the Teutons and Bul
garians. A violent battle followed the enemy assault and
! raged along the whole front from Lake Badadagh to
Turkotza. At the village of Fillipesti the bloodiest strug
gle took place. At that point the Teutons came to close
quarters with the enemy and a fierce bayonet engagement
resulted, our troops holding the place with cold steel. The
hostile lines now stretch east and west on both sides of the
Danube. From the Macedonia front the report comes
that Bulgarian patrols have been successful northwest of
Monastir but general fighting has ceased in that region
for the present, owing chiefly to the inclemency of the
weather. On the Russian front the enemy artillery is ac
i five near Stokhod but no other activities are mentioned.
THE PETROGRAD STORY
PETROGRAD, Dec. 27.—Considerable enemy forces
attacked yesterday on the Fillipesti front in Roumania
but the Russian artillery forced the evacuation of the vil
lage. South of Brzezany the Teuton artillery is intensely
active.
TURKS FRUSTRATE RUSSIANS
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BERLIN, Dec. 27.—Constantinople reports that de
termined Russian surprise attacks north of Hamaadan
have been repulsed by the Turks with tremendous losses
to the Russians. ... _ _
NO ANSWER FROM CARANZA AND
VILLA CONTINUES MARCHING ON
POISON IS NOW
TRIED ON SPRY
MURDEROUS ATTEMPTS ON
LIFE OF UTAH GOVERN
OR CONTINUE.
SALT LAKE, Dec. 27.—An anony
mous warning was received yesterday
that it was planned to poison the
food at a banquet to be attended last
night at the Newhouse hotcd by
Governor Spry and the state chemist
has analyzed the viands. He has not
yet made a report of the result of the
inalysis. A cordon of police sur
rounded the hotel during the banquet
; to prevent bomb throwing. During
! the dinner the governor was unmis
takably nervous but he reiterated the
belief that the I. W. W. is the most
lawless element in Utah. It is now
supposed that the bomb found a day
or two ago and the alleged attempt to
poison are parts of the same piot to
avenge the refusal of Spry to re
prieve Hillstrom.
STEAMER AGROUND WITH
FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE
TOKIO, Dec. 27.—'The steamer
Sankaku is aground olT Chefoo with
four hundred passengers and a num
erous crew and her condition is re
ported to be hopeless. Two Ameri
cans are amongst the passengers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—The
Sankaku Mara is not listed in Lloyds
and it is believed she operates be
tween Oriental ports exclusively.
FINE PRIZES FOR THE
FIREMEN’S MASQUERADE
Fine prizes will be given at the
Firemen’s Masquerade ball next Sat
urday and these prizes are now on
display at Ellsworth’s. Prizes will
be given to the ladies and gentlemen
for different kinds of costumes; for
.he best dressed, for the best sustain
ed characters, most comical, most
original, best male and female im
personator. There will be also prizes
for boys and girls, a prize for one
putting on the best fireman s stunt,
as well as numerous and fine door
prizes.
Tickets are on sale at all the busi
ness places at $1.00 each. Children
will be charged fifty cents at the door.
MOVING WAREHOUSE
Work is being started to move the
warehouse on the wharf. It will
probably be moved the length of it
self to the eastward.
WILL TAKE BODY
TO OLD HOME
SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—Funeral ser
vices over the remains of the late Al
bert F. Sullivan were held here last
night, and the body was taken aboard
a train and will go to his birthplace,
Stillwater, Minnesota, for interment.
BROADWAY CLOSED
The Broadway Cafe is closed for
repairs.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid of Sew
ard will meet tomorrow afternoon at
the home of Mrs. John Rosnes. Mem
bers and friends are cordially invited
to the meeting.
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VILLA STILL GOING STRONG
EL PASO, Dec. 27.—It is reported today that Villa
i has captured San Luis Potosi which is southeast of Tor
reon and is on the national railroad between Aguas Cali
entes and Tampico. No details have arrived of the story
i but it is believed the objective point of Villa is Tampico
where he expects to be able to import arms and ammuni
tion. Many foreigners who left Torreon went to Potosi
and may now be in serious danger. General Murguia be
lieved Villa intended to attack Chihuahua City again and
! had made extensive preparations to defend it.
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EXPECT CARRANZA TO BE STUBBORN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The ratification by Car
! ranza of the protocol had not been received at midnight.
I The formal negotiations are still supposed to be proceed
j ing, however, and will not be declared at an end until a
i definite point has been reached. Current official opinion
| is that Carranza will insist on the unconditional with
' drawal of the Pershing troops and this will mean a break
ing off of all negotiation.
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CABRERA SAYS LOTS OF TIME
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. -Cabrera, one of the Mexican
commissioners, says that no time limit has been fixed for
Carranza to sign or to refuse to sign the protocol and that
ihe next move is not up to the Mexican president. He
refused to give a fuller explanation of what he meant.
NO HOPE FOR MARYLAND
NEWPORT, Dec. 27.—The coast guard cutter which
went out in response to the wireless calls for help from
the steamer Maryland has wirelessed a report that she is
unable to locate the distressed vessel and has seen no sign
of wreckage. It is believed that the steamer has gone to
the bottom and all hope has been abandoned. Not an ink
ling of the cause of the disaster has been given but no one
believes it possible that a submarine would dare to destroy
the ship.
RIGGS TALKS ON THE
RAILROAD WORK OF 1917
Following the receipt of the tele
gram telling of the request for the
appropriation for railroad work,
Thomas Higgs, Jr., member of the
commission in charge of the work in
the Interior, who is at Nenana now,
was interview by a representative of
the News-Miner as to the amount ol
work that was expected to be ac
complished with this amount of
money. He stated that the request
for an appropriation was in accord
ance with his estimate of funds
needed, and included money for the
completion of the railroad track
from the Nenana coal fields to Fair
banks, exclusive of the bridge across
the Tanana river; included the money
for the rolling stock necessary; in
cluded the money for the construc
tion of docks, warehouses and termin
al at Fairbanks and about $50,000 for
work on the approaches to the bridge
at Nenana.
Mr. Riggs was very delighted to
hear that the secretary placed the
matter up to congress and he has
confidence that there will not be seri
ous opposition to the appropriation.
The principal and most important
thing, however, in his opinion, is that
it should become available immedi
ately after the passage of the act or
during the very early spring. Should
the appropriation not become avail
able until the first of the fiscal year in
July, it would mean a big delay in the
completion of the road. — Rairbanks
News-Miner.
H. J. Murphy has settled the claim
of Frye-Bruhn.
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I COL RICHARDSON
NO LONGER WARRIOR
WASHINGTON, Dot. 27. — The
name of Colonel Richardson, chair
man of the Alaska Road Commission,
has been removed from the detached
list of military officers and he has
been given a nominal command. This
merely takes him from the ranks of
active military officers in the exact
military sense and does not affect his
position as chairman of the Road
Commission, a position which he con
tinues to occupy.
THREE MEN ARE LOST
NEAR CAPE OMANV
Three men were lost overboard dur
ing a terrific storm, December 3, ut
10:13 p. m. while out fishing for hali
but some 30 miles west of Cape
Omany near Sitka, off the halibut
fishing schooner, “Sumner” Capt.
James J. Rolie.
The boat arrived last evening from
the west with a small load of halibut,
and after taking on some oil at the
oil station, proceeded to Prince Ru
pert today.
Those lost were: Orvin Johanson,
Ira Atwood and Ole Haram. 4 Al
though every effort was made to pick
the men up, the storm was so severe
that many risked their lives in their
attempts and finally had to abandon
their search for the remains. Par
ticulars in regard to the lost men
could not be obtained this morning.
The Sumner, it is said, belongs to
Sunde & Evers of Seattle, the crew
being out fishing for the firm.—
Ketchikan Miner.