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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
LONDON, Dec. 23.—If the London newspapers express the
views of the British government, President Wilson’s note sug
gesting a cessation of hostilies is not received with favor. On
the contract, it is viewed with hostility. Almost without excep
tion, the great London dailies take the president to task for
£rtiat they term his ill-timed suggestion. Several of them hint
that the president of the United States is being swayed by
German influences, growing out of the Teutonic note with re
spect to peace negotiations.; "What is the matter with him?”
asked the Globe-Star, in making editorial comment on Presi
dent Wilson’s note. And continuing says: ‘‘Mr. Wilson is one
of the greatest presidents of one of the greatest nations or
earth, ’ ’ and adds that his note is a ‘ ‘ Christmas bombshell. ’ ’
So far as the British government is concerned, not a re
sponsible official will open his head with respect to the note.
Every effort to get an expression of opinion from government
leaders has met with a vigorous refusal to discuss the note rh
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all. This silence is taken to indicate that the note is a shock
to the allies; that they do not understand it, and that they do
not propose to be led into a discussion of it, without due consid
eration. "■ 1
It may be taken for granted that the allies realize that they
cannot, with impunity, disregard a respectful note from the
greatest neutral nation in the world; a nation that keeps the
allies supplied, in large part, in war funds, in munitions and in
food supplies. At the same time, the allies do not wish peace
at this time. The war situation is not such as to justify them
in asking for peace terms on the basis that they will require.
Peace at this time would mean that the war would result in a
TREMENDOUS WELCOME IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, Dec. 23.—President Wilson’s peace proposal
note was accorded a tremendous welcome in Berlin. The news
papers, with one accord, approve the attitude of the president
and express the belief that peace negotiations will be entered
into, now that the one great neutral nation is taking the initia
tive in the matter. Government officials make no public com
ment on the note, but their views are reflected in the press,
which is enthusiastic to a degree over the president’s action.
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FRENCH PRESS HOSTILE.
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PARIS, Dec. 23.—The French press, almost without excep
tion, expresses surprise and keen disappointment at President
Wilson’s note. The French government maintains a strict si
lence with respect to it. No official of prominence will discuss
the matter for publication.
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PETROGRAD IS DISAPPOINTED.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 23.—President Wilson’s note came as
a bombshell to the Russians. The Petrograd press is in open
hostility $o its purposes. The Russian government will not dis
cuss the matter.
DAMAGED BY MINE.
r WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The state department lias re
ceived advices stating-that the American steamer Kansan, of
the Hawaiian-American Steamship line, encountered a mine
and received serious damages.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
Monday, December ‘25, will be Christinas, a day set
apart in memory of the birth of Christ, the most auspi
cious event in the history of the world. Throughout
the civilized world, save in those nations, such as Rus
sia, that use a different calendar, Christmas will be fit
tingly observed and commemorated. It is essentially
a day of rejoicing, of feasting and of good-will one to
ward another. Anchorage will observe this occasion
and in harmony with the remainder of the community,
The Times will join in the festivities, hence there will
be no paper published Monday. The Times takes great
pleasure in wishing one and all a Merry Christmas.
era on verge
of nvm in
LONDON, Dec. 2d.—British troops are steadily advancing
against Turkey, and are now on the border of [Palestine, accord
ing to official information given out by the war office today.
Litttle news has been available as to British movements in this
part of the wrar zone, and today’s statement is the first official
information that has been given out for weeks past. It is ex
pected that the British troops will form a juncture with the
Russian troops, and inaugurate a great offensive movement
against the Turks.
PRESIDENT WILSON APPOINTS THE
MEMBERS OF SHIPPING BOARD
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\\ ASHINGTON, Dec. 2d.—President Wdsou today sent
the senate the names of the following, as members of the gov
ernment shipping board, provided for in an act of congress:
William Denman, of San Francisco; Bernard N. Baker, of Bal
timore; John A. Donald, of New York city; John Barber White,
of Kansas City; and Theodore Brent, of New Orleans.
RUSSIAN ARMY IN PERIL.
BERLIN, Dec. 2d.— (By wireless to Sayville)—The Ger
man war office today announces* ttyat the Teutonic allies, on
both sides of the Danube river, have put the Russian opposing
forces in northern Dobrudja in grace peril of extermination.
OTHER GRIMES
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Alfred Wolff,
Oscar Lowe, C. J. Rounds and Walter
McDonald, arrested for committing
j the bank robbery at Bothell, are be
j lieved to compose a regularly organ
ized band of bank robbers. Three oth
! er bank robberies have been traced to
this band. Lowe has made a complete
; confession, on the promise of immu
nity from punishment, and has made
! a revelation of the activities of the
band that is sensational. Corroborat
ive evidence is being gathered, to
substantiate the confession of Lowe.
RIG CANNERY
IN IT SEll,
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Edgar A.
Sims, a prominent cannery man of
the Puget Sound district, has given an
option on his extensive fishing inter
ests for the sum of $350,000. If the
deal goes through, Sims will make a
j tour of South America, with a view to
i locating there permanently. He is
i prominent in state politics, being a
! member of the state senate.
Juneau bakers have raised the
price on bread, doughnuts, pies, cakes
and buns because of the recent in
crease in the cost of flour.
ELLENSBURG, Dec. 23.—A cow
boy whose name is unknown, held up
the State bank at Bickleton yesterday,
securing four thousand dollars in cash,
half of which was in silver. A posse
staited in pursuit and thirty miles out
from Bickleton found the bandit’s
horse, which had been ridden to death,
lying in the road. Beside the dead
animal was the silver. The bandit
took to the mountains. The posse is
in hot pursuit.
CITED TO APPEAR
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Subpoenas to
appeal- before the federal grand jury
have been issued this morning, which
calls upon prominent officials of Se
attle steamship and railway lines to
go before the inquisitorial body and
give evidence in the Billingsby and
other caees. The officials are directed
to bring before the grand jury all
correspondence, of any nature whatso
ever, that may have a bearing on the
shipment of liquor into Seattle.
A. F. Stowe is back from an extend
ed trip up the line, where he has been
to look into a big right-of-way con
tract he has applied for to the Alas
kan Engineering Commission.
GREATEST mi
TRADE THIS YEAR IN
DRY OF NATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.'?.—The foreign trade of the Unit
ed States for the year 1 !>1(i, now drawing to an end, will be the
greatest in the history of the nation. Government officials,
who have been engaged in gathering data in this matter, say
that the value of the exports sent from this country to foreign
countries will reach an aggregate of seven billion, eight hun
dred million dollars. The great world war is the prime cause
of the immense export trade that lias developed. While the
world war has increased many lines of business in the United
States, it has also had the effect of increasing the price of the
necessities of life to the people of this country. Grain growers,
meat packers, and manufacturers have been reaping great
profits from the foreign trade, and the result lias been a big
rise in prices in this country. There is much discussion in con
gross on the matter of placing an embargo on the necessities
of life, in an effort to reduce the price, but it is hardly probable
that such a course will be pursued. All are waiting for Presi
dent Wilson’s special message to congress on the question of
the high cost of living: It is believed that the president will
make suggestions that may prove helpful in alleviating the sit
uation.
VILLISTAS DEFEAT CARRANZISTAS
AND CAPTURE CITY OF TORREON
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EL PASO, Dee. 2.'>.—Unconfirmed reports reaching liere
today are to the effect that Torreon has been captured by the
YiHbitas. The reports state that a battle between, the Yillistas
and Ibe de facto troops defending Torreon started yesterday
morning and continued until 1 o’clock in the afternoon, when
the city capitulated. Government agents here have advised
the authorities in Washington.
NOT IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
LONDON, Dec. 2M.—-Consul-General Skinner, of London,
advises the American state department that tin* steamship Ara
bia, which was sunk by a German submarine, was not in the
British government’s service, nor had she ever been in such
service, when she was destroyed. This is in contradiction to
the German statement that the vessel was a British transport
and was subject to destruction.
m GIFT
OLYMPIA, Dec. 23.—Governor
Lister has mailed a Christmas gift in
the form of a pardon to Fr.ank Stone,
confined in the state penitentiary at
Walla Walla, convicted for complicity
in looting state insurance funds. It
was through Stone’s testimony that
Gillies, the “higher-up” in the state
insurance looting, was convicted.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23.—Circuit
Judge Henry E. McGinn, in a decision
handed down yesterday, rules that the
state has no authority in law to limit
or prohibit citizens from manufactur
ing or importing liquor for their per
sonal use.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—The head of
fice of the Union Pacific Railway
company announces today that it is
issuing, as a Christmas gift to nearly
all of its employees, an insurance pol
icy for $2,500.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Twenty-four
hundred and ten Seattle employees of
the Union Pacific Railway company,
the Wells Fargo Express company, the
Pacific Telephone company and the
Puget Sound Traction company have
received wage bonuses amounting to
$132,000.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23.—A
priest was killed and one woman and
two men injured when a jitney in
which they were riding was crushed
between two street cars in Portland
last night. The priest 'who fell vic
tim to the accident was Rev. Alex
ander Cestelli, chaplain of St. Vin
cent’s hospital.
BUFFALO, Dec. 23.—John Edward
Teiper was found guilty of murder in
the second degree by the trial jury,
that reached a verdict last night. Tei
per was charged with the killing of
his aged mother.