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VOL. 2. NO. 51.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
PREPARED 10
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2!).—Germany, it was made known
jiere today through very reliable sources, will not permit the
road to peace negotiations to be blocked by the refusal of the
entente allies to enter a conference without prior knowledge of
!/. ’ terms. The central powers are reported to be willing to
permit a.confidential exchange of broad tentative peace terms
through the agency of President Wilson, should it become
jMcessary to do so to bridge the gap which threaten* to prevent
Ikfo gathering of the |< 'te delegates at The Hague, in Holland,
There are broad intinnyfons today that such a statement, ema
nating from Germany, has been communicated to President Wil
son, or will be communicated to him within a very short while.
It was learned definitely that no such confidential communica
tion accompanied the German reply to the president ’s sugges
^ tion for oeace negotiations.
Premier Llovd-George, of Great Britain, in his speech in
the house of commons, intimated that the allies would require
a definite statement from the central powers as to their jpeace
proposals, before the allies would consent to enter negotiations;
that the allies did not propose to go into conference without a
strong intimation of what the central powers would demand as
the price of peace.
The Teuton peace terms, so far as can he ascertained in
i Washington, are as foi'ows: ,
Evacuation o'f f>el$mm grid France, but not Lot-tain Wdi*1
» Alsace.
Provisions for future neutrality of Belgium and probable
defortification, particularly of Antwerp.
New conditions amounting to economic operation of min
eral land and control of northern France to he asked.
All of Germany’s lost colonies, with the probable exception
of Kiauchau, in China, she expects returned.
Turkish possession of Constantinople and the restoration
of Albania to be insisted upon.
f Independent kingdoms for Poland and Lithunia but that
portion of Poland possessed by Germafiy before the war not to
be included.
What adjustment would be made covering Trentino region
between Austria and Italy or any provision affecting Egypt,
Suez canal, Mesopotamia or gateways of canal to Indian em
pire is not made clear.
The Balkan situation is so delicate that it would have to
^ untangled in a peace conference.
DUTCH SOCIALISTS FOR PEACE.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 29.—The Dutch socialist party, assem
bled in annual convention at The Hague, today wired President
Wilson as follows: “The Dutch socialist party supports, in the
strongest way possible, your initiative in favor of peace and
appeals to the belligerent powers to accept your proposal.”
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Enthusiasm over the New Year’s
day basketball game is growing and
much interest is being taken in the
matter by the ardent supporters of
each team. Capt. Jimmie Powery put
his men through a hard practice yes
terday afternoon and they showed
speed and good team work. Capt. Joe
Ryan says the Commission team is
showing up in great shape and they
will be playing in good form by the
.■afternoon of the match. The commis
sion employees have organized a root
ing club with a real cheer leader, and
are coming to the game in a body to
♦ support their team. Not only this but
they advise that they are willing to
back their team to the limit, and they
■will. Eddie McCue will be in charge
of the rooters and incidentally lead
ae cheering, and he is some little
eer leader, too.
It is up to the city fans to do like
wise and attend the game not only to
support the City team but to witness
l & fast interesting game of basketball
CM GETS
TEN YEARS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.—Caplan,
convicted of complicity in the con
spiracy which led to the destruction
of the Los Angeles Times plant, in
which a number of employees were
killed, was today sentenced to serve
ten years in the penitentiary at San
Quentin.
and also to encourage good, clean
sports in Anchorage.
The captains have selected Z. J.
Loussac and Jack Sutherland to act
as referees and this meets with the
: unanimous approval of the fans and
! supporters of the two teams.
On account of the urgent demand
the management has arranged for
100 reserved seats at 50c; this will
! leave 600 seats at 25c and from pres
ent indications the new Labor Temple
auditorium and mezzanine floor will
again be packed. The game will start
promptly at 3:30 o’clock next Monday
afternoon New Year’s day, and tick
ets will be placed on sale Saturday at
the union hall.
REPLY WITH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The administration yesterday
faced the most serious situation with respect to Mexico that it
has confronted since the American troops crossed the Mexican
border, when the information reached here that President Car
ranza of Mexico had refused to accept the agreement with
regard to tiie border protocol entered into between the Ameri
can and Mexican joint high commission. This report proved
unfounded, however, as late yesterday afternoon a reply came
from Carranza. The text of the reply was not given out for
publication, but is said to be carefully worded so as to avoid
the ending of the negotiations between the two countries.
The wor1 Fail does not appear in
Upole San lietionary and while the
Alaskan I' igineering Commission is
only a ,mall part of Uncle Sam’s
many children it star nountains
fo • Alaska, and esj y for the
school children of Anchorage.
The public schools of this city will
continue. The final words came to
Andrew Christensen direct from
Chairman Wm. C. Edes, who is now in
Wa. hinj-ton in the interest of " th *
G-eat A’a.ska railroad and its s .v
aries, of which the met opoti»_
~ e is the * boi i \ .
the communication received from the
members of the Anchorage school
board, Mr. Christensen cabled Chair
man Edes the exact status of local af
fairs and the following satisfactory
reply came back pronto: “Rest as
sured Uncle Sam will take care of
her children. The school of Anchor
age will be financed and maintained
by the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion until legislation provides for per
manent supervision.”
i There will be several disappointed
school bo^sjn Anchorage upon re
ceipt «of :entic news.
MUSETTE
CONFESSES
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Margette, the
former Seattle police officer, and al
leged bootlegger has made a full con
fession of his operations to the feder
al grand jury. Among others, he in
volves the Billingsbys. Logal Bil
lingsby has confessed his guilt to the
district attorney and requested an
interview with Federal Judge Neterer,
but the jurist declined to hear him.
Billingsby intimated that he will im
plicate San Francisco wholesale liquor
dealers, because they failed to put up
the bonds necessary for his release,
following his arrest.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Later—Logan
Billingsby, bootlegger, has made a
complete confession of his illicit activ
ities in the sale of liquors, pleading
guilty to one of the indictments re
turned against him by the federal
grand jury. In his confession, Bil
lingsby said he had cleared $200,000
as a result of bootlegging operations
in Seattle, but that he had expended
all but $2,700 in fighting the law
and buying protection!
CIPT. HEARS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Captain
Frederick Mears, member of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission, in
charge of construction in the Anchor
age division of the railway work, ar
rived in Washington yesterday after
noon. He was preceded here by Chair
man Edes, of the commission, and in
company they called on Secretary of
the Interior Lane today.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The larg
est single day’s importation of gold
into the United States was recorded
yesterday when the firm of J. Pier
pont Morgan & Co., on behalf of the
British authorities, deposited thirty
three i million dollars in gold bars in
New York and Philadelphia govern
ment assay offices.
FAIL TO AGREE
NEW YORK, Dec. 2!).—The rail
way brotherhoods, who have been in
session here for the past week discus
sing the eight-hour controversy, have
been unable to reach an agreement
with respect to the procedure to be
taken and have decided to await fur
ther action until the United States su
preme court hands down its decision
in the Adamson eight-hour law.
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It is with pleasure that The Daily
Times is permitted to announce that
the Rev. T. P. Howard has been ap
pointed field missionary of the entire
Cook inlet country. The appointment
came direct from the Board of
Missions of the Episcopal church at
New York city and is a deserved rec
ognition of the worth of Rev. Howard.
Rev. Howard has worked long and
earnestly for Christianity and the up
lift of mankind in Alaska for a num
ber of years. That his faithful efforts
have been rewarded is evidenced by
the high esteem he is held in by his
many friends in all walks of life in
this vicinity. Rev. Howard will enter
upon his new duties the first of the
year and his headquarters will be in
Anchorage.
BERLIN, Dec. 29.— (Hv wireless to Sayville)—The defeat
ol the Russian-Roumanian armies in Roumania by the invad
ing I eutonic forces has been completed, according to an official
statement issued by the German war office today. This means
that the whole of Roumania is in the hands of the Teutonic
forces.
FALKENHAYN’S ARMY WINS VICTORY.
BERLIN, Dec. 29.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The army
under the command of General von Ealkenhayn, operating in
Transylvania, gained a decisive victory over the Russian forces
in a stubborn battle that has been raging for the past three
days at Rimnik and Sarat. The Russians were put to complete
rout and fled in wild confusion and disorder.
DESTROY BRITISH OIL IN ROUMANIA.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—Oil to the value of a hundred and fif
ty million dollars, in the oil fields of Roumania, all of which was
owned by British capitalists, was destroyed by the German
army of invasion, according to advices received in London to
day.
EXTREME COLD HALTS FIGHTING.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—Extremely severe weather for
past week has halted the British offensive at the Somim».£;
according to an official statement issued by the war offn
the
•out,
IT GET LAND ]
OFFICE HERE
Mason B. Leming, in charge of the
local office under the jurisdiction of
the land department, has handed the
following circular to The Times that
throws considerable light on the move
ment of creating a land district with
offices at Anchorage. Mr. Leming is
heartily in favor of the measure and
every effort will be made by the peo
ple of Anchorage and the Alaskan En
gineering commission to bring about
the culmination of this important and
essential measure.
The circular follows:
Circular No. 491, dated July 19,
1916, states:
Section 8 of the act of May 17, 1884
(25 Stat. 24) created one land district
including the whole of the territory
of Alaska. The Act of May 14, 1898
| (30 Stat. 409), authorized the presi
| dent to establish land districts in the
! territory of Alaska at his discretion
j and discontinue them. Under this au
I thority there have been created three
land districts with offices at Juneau,
Nome and Fairbanks respectively. At
Juneau the duties of the office are
discharged by a regularly appointed
register and receiver of public mon
eys, while at the other places the mar
shall of the United States court is ex
officio register and the clerk of said 1
court is ex-officio receiver of public
moneys.
Sec. 12 of the Act ot May 14, 18>J8
reads as follows: That the president
is authorized and empowered, in his
discretion, by eexcutive order from
time to time to establish or discon
tinue land districts in the district of
Alaska, and to define, modify or
change the location of any land of
fice therein; and he is also authorized
and empowered to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, a register for each land dis
trict which he may establish and a
receiver of public moneys therefor;
and the register and receiver appoint
ed for such district shall, during their
respective terms of office, reside at
the place designated for the land of
fice.
Not even the most radical chechaco
can expect more than 28 perfect June
days in an Alaskan January. Still
Chief Nicholi says this is simply the
dying effort of a very moderate win
ter.
ATHLETICS
ON TONIGHT
Arrangements have been completed
for an extraordinarily good program
for the athletic meet that takes place
in Union hall tonight. Among other
interesting events a relay race has
been booked in addition to the usual
jumps, sprints and other events addi
tional attractions have been provided
for.
Martin will take on his partner, J.
Blase, for an exhibition wrestling
match and an effort will be made to
arrange the Kincaid and Elms go at
this time, instead of New Year’s eve.
The managers guarantee all lovers
of clean athletics an interesting even
ing. The doors of the Labor Union
hall will open at 7:30 o’clock tonight
and the first event start as soon after
8 o’clock as possible. Don’t miss the
athletic meet tonight.
The Valdez papers of a recent issue
makes a note of the fact that the Pan
ama Kid has been jailed at that place
malicious destruction of property.
The Panama Kid was quite a noted
character in Anchorage for some time
and was entertained by the local mar
shal’s office on various and sundry
occasions. In view of this fact Dep
uty Harry Schultz has sent the Val
dez officials the following cable:
“Have just seen notice of the Panama
Kid being among your guests; you
have our heartfelt sympathy but try
and keep him there."
W. B. Phelps advises Anchorage
friends that he has renewed his con
nection with the Tom Heed Mining
company, of Oatman, Arizona, and
left Seward on the last Alameda. Mr.
Phelps has been employed at the Wm.
Martin mines in the Willow creek dis
trict for the past two seasons, and
while he has great faith in the future
of this district could not refuse the
flattering offer from his old company
as mining engineer.
There is a splendid opportunity for
a second Coal Oil Johnnie to rise from
the depth of the financial world and
reap a harvest in Anchorage. If this
myth could spring up from obscurity
he could not only emulate the original
in manner of riches but in addition
would be simply showered with bless
ings from the city of Anchorage which
is experiencing a dearth of coal oil.