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PEACE TERMS OF
RUSSIA ID
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ LONDON, Dec. 31.—Petrograd ♦
♦ despatches say the city is cele ♦
♦ brating the peace negotiations. ♦
♦ Trotsky is expected to present a ♦
♦ communication to the allies im ♦
♦ mediately, +
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♦ AMSTERDAM. Dec. 31.—Bui- ♦
♦ iria accepts the Russian pro- ♦
♦ posal to end the war and resume «■
♦ commercial relations status quo: ♦
♦ also to leave the Danube question O
♦ to the delegates for settlement. ♦
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♦ BREST LITQVSK, Dec. 31. ♦
♦ The provisional agreement of the ♦
♦ Russian delegates and Central ♦
♦ Powers calls for a cancellation ♦
♦ of the laws adopted during the ♦
♦ war and the return of prisoners, ♦
♦ interned civilians and captured ♦
♦ merchant vessels; also a resump- +
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♦ tion of diplomatic consular re- ♦
♦ lations and the cessation of ec- *>
♦ onomic warfare, the agreements ♦
♦ to be examined by the countries ♦
♦ represented. Russia offers to with- ♦
♦ draw troops from Austro-Hung- ♦
♦ ary.. Turkey and Persia if the ♦
♦ powers will withdraw from Po- ♦
♦ land. Germany offers to with- O
♦ draw from Russian territory ♦
♦ wnen the Russian armies demo- ♦
♦ t‘!>ze ♦
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% ,f ONDON, Dec. 31.—A Man- ♦
♦ Chester despatch says England ♦;
♦ intends to return a serious reply ♦ j
♦ to Germany’s peace terms to Rus- ♦
♦ sia when they are made public. ♦1
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—The week!
of February 4 has been set aside for
the registration of unnaturalized Ger
mans in continental United States,
persuant to President Wilson’s pro
clamation. Alaska and other terri
tories will register at a later date.
Women and men under 14 years of
age are exempted. Residence, habits
and photographed finger prints will
be required. The registration cards
will be issued to registrants by police
chiefs in the cities. The postmasters
in towns under 6.000 inhabitants will
register the applicant.
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VANCOUVER WIDOW
RUNS FOR OFFICE
(By Associated Press)
VANCOUVER. Dec. 31.—Mrs Ralph
Smith, widow of the minister of fin-j
ance, is an independent candidate for^
the legislature. The election takes
place on January 24.
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STR. RAVILLI DROPS
PROPELLER S. E. ALASKA
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—The steamer
Ravalli dropped her propeller fifty
miles north of Ketchikan on Satur
day and put into Wrangell. The tug
Warrior left Sunday morning to assist
the crippled vessel.
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J. W. Pomeroy and J. Leach were
arrivals from Fairbanks on yester
day's train.
TEUTON LINES
PENETRATED
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(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—The French on
the northern Italian front yesterday
took the offensive and penetrated vari.
our portions of the Teuton's positions
on Monte Tomba. The Austrians are
preparing counter attacks against the
French.
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ST YPRES SUE
(By Associated Press)
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♦ WAR SUMMARY—The enemy ♦
♦ attacked the British northeast of ♦
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♦ Ypres and attempted raids near ♦
♦ St Quentin, Dozonvaux and Van- ♦
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♦ quois which were futile. The ♦
♦ British are still victorious in Pal- ♦
♦ estine north and northwest of ♦
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♦ Jerusalem are occupying Birsch, ♦
♦ twelve miles north against stub- ♦
♦ born resistance. ♦
♦ A fleet of enemy aeroplanes ♦
♦ raided Padu and vicinity on Fri- ♦
♦ day last. Thirteen were killed ♦
♦ and sixty wounded, many of ♦
♦ whom were women and only six ♦
♦ soldiers. The damage to historic ♦
♦ buildings was cjjyisiderable. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
NOME, Dec. 31.—Earl Rogers, edit
or of the Industrial Worker, a daily
paper owned by the United Mine!
Workers, and five of his associates
have been arrested for publishing nl-'
lged seditious articles.
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FIERCE FIGHTING
ON C1BRAI
SIIUFNT
(By Associated Press)
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♦ DATELESS.—Germany struck ♦
♦ a blow on a short front on the ♦
♦ southern end of the Cambrai sal- ♦
♦ ient The blow is the first since ♦
♦ the heralding of the great of- ♦
♦ tensive. The British held the ♦
♦ blow in check, but the fighting ♦
♦ still continues. Germans gained ♦
♦ a foothold in British trenches but ♦
♦ later the British counter attacks ♦,
♦ ejected them in part. Germany ♦
♦ is evidently endeavoring to cap- ♦
♦ ture the ground Byng took. Her- ♦
♦ lin claims they took a few hund- ♦|
♦ dred prisoners. ♦
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$30,000 WORTH OF
PAINT BURNED UP^
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—There was a
fire in a paint factory, Saturday night,
in the Frye building, which did $30,
000 damage.
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A TOAST. "t ♦
i.et’s drink a toast to the OLD EAR, ^
For he's fleeing fast away; •
Mayhap before 1 finish this *
He will have passed away! «
Let’s drink to the joy he’s given ♦
And all the happy hours ^
We’ve passed mid his d lys of sunshine— ♦
Days of music and flowers! *
And if to some he’s bro’t a grief
Or left a joy unfilled, ♦
! Thank him for the strength he’s given *
To bear our sorrows and ills. ♦
So here’s a toast to the OLD \ EAR, ^
Now sad and silent and grey, *
As he passes out forgotten ♦
Giving birth to the NEW \ EAR gay! *
Now as we turn the pages' s *
Of the Book of Life and lay «
A fair white sheet before us, ♦
Marking the New Year’s Diy, ^
Let us drink to LOVE and FRIENDSHIP, ♦
To HONOR, TRUTH and RIGHT, J
To those we love and who lqve ns! +
Let us strive with all our might ♦
To make this1 New Year better *
Than any gone before! ♦
Let us love our friends and neighbors J
And love yet a little more!
For the heart that gives of its riches ♦
Will add to its ricdies—dear 4
Blessings, hopes and comforts, ♦ j
SO DRINK TO THIS GLAD NEW YEAR! Jj
—Annahelle 1). Mac Connell. ♦
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THE LAST DAY. I
Farewell to "mornin’s momln’ ” and to1
night caps,” too, farewell;
Farewell to days of frolic and to nights
of raisenel;
The stubble’s in the rye patch and it's
still around the still.
And the glasses’ clink is mournful as
the wailin’ whip-o-wills;
The Alaskan is up agin it and his spir-j
its sing because
The sinkin’ down of spirits is now
agin the laws.
With the closing of the saloons in
Alaska at midnight, when the bone-j
dry law goes into effect, there will
be a readjustment and some changes
in business conditions. There are at
present seven licensed retail liquor
dealers in Cordova and in a few short
hours these thirst emporiums will go
out of business.
Thisted & Ross have recently made
some decided improvements to the
Cordova house and plan on building an
addition to the second story which
will give them about twenty-five more
rooms. This hotel will continue in
jperation, but no definite plans have
been decided upon so far as the
ground floor is concerned, |
The Alaskan hotel will be conduct
ed hereafter by Robert Gottschalk, his
partner Art Cloninger retiring today
and he and his wife will leave for the
States on one of the next boats.
O’Brien & Simpson have rented
their corner building to Kenneth Hold
en who will conduct a billiard and
pool hall in the present bar and also
continue the rooming house on the
second floor.
Thompson and Murphy will retire
from business, the Mecca building hav
ing been rented by the Style Shop,
who sublet it for the time being to
the Cordova Fruit Market.
The Mint building has been leased
by Thos. Davis to the City Bakery,'
who will take immediate possessionJ
E. L. Harwood will continue In bus!.
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C.R.&N.W.RY.
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(By Associated Press)
Superintendent Caleb Corser today
received a cablegram from President
It. VV. Baxter, of the Alaska Steamship
company, announcing the death of Mr.
S. W. Eccles, of New York, president
of the Copper River & Northwestern
railway, at St. Augustine, Florida, yes
terday. Mr. Eccles had been in poor
health for some time past and spent
the past six or eight years in the
south. He was at the head of all the
transportation lines in connection
with the Guggenheim interests.
Mr. Eccles was about 70 years of
age and in 1909 he and his family
visited Cordova, where they made
many friends, all of whom will be
pained to learn of this pioneer rail
road man s death.
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♦ NO PAPER TOMORROW. ♦
♦ Tomorrow being a legal holiday ♦
♦ there will be a general suspen- ♦
♦ sion of business and as the cable ♦
♦ office is only open an hour be- ♦
♦ fore going to press it will be im- ♦
♦ posible to receive our full Asso- ♦
♦ eiated Press and consequently ♦
♦ there will be no issue of the ♦
♦ Daily Times on New Year’s Bay. ♦
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ness at the old Horseshoe stand and
in the spring his present quarters will
be enlarged to twice their present size.
He will also temporarily occupy the
building next door, which the Bank of
Alaska recently purchased from Rob
ert Ashland, where he will conduct
a soft drink place.
Just what disposition will be made,
of the Northern building has not as
yet been fully determined by Haef & \
Kelter. They have several parties
who want to rent the place, but may
decide to retain it until their lease
expires. j
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Fine pastry with fresh whipping
cream—just received—City Bakery, j
(By Associated Press) t
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—A cold *
wave is sweeping over the Atlantic
seaboard and the theremometer is
lower than it has been since 1880.
At New York and Boston it is eight
below zero; Philadelphia zero; Al
bany and Portland sixteen below
Chicago, Detroit, Louisville and Oma
ha ten above; Canton and New York
twenty below, which is the coldest in
the history of the country. The weath.
er department forecasts moderation,
beginning tonight.
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(By Associates rress)
♦ DAWSON, Dec. 31.—It has ♦
♦ been between fifty and sixty de- ♦
♦ grees below zero for a month and ♦
♦ an epidemic of pneumonia and ♦
♦ whooping cough is sweeping the ♦
♦ town, the hospitals being full. ♦
♦ Eighteen people died during the ♦
♦ cold spell, but no funerals will ♦
♦ be held until the weather mod- ♦
♦ erates in order that graves may ♦
♦ be dug. +
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(By Associated Press)
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 31.—Many
miners were killed by an explosion
of gas in the Underwood mine, six
miles from here, owned by the Penn
slyvania Coal company. Seventeen
bodies wore recovered up to noon.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 31.—A miner 4
entering a pocket of gas with a nak- ■
ed light caused the explosion, causing <
his instant death. <
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FLOODS SUSPEND
TRAFFIC TO
SEATTLE
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♦ SEATLE, Dec. 31.—Northern ♦
♦ Pacific and Milwaukee railway ♦
♦ bridges over Yakima were wreck- ♦
♦ ed by high water and the lines ♦
« will be closed for at least ten ♦
♦ days. All railroad traffic to Se- ♦
« attle has been suspended, except ♦
♦ via Portland, as the flooded Sno- ♦ 1
+ homish closed the lines on the •
« north. The water is lowering ♦ t
+ slowly and the other damage is • 1
♦ believed to be slight. The Van- ♦ I
♦ couver train and telegraph serv- ♦
+ ice east is still suspended. ♦ ]
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The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church will hold its regular t
business meeting at the manse Wed- e
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. i c
CITY; 100,000
HOMELESS
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► SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 31.— A
► Guatemala City was destroyed by A
► an earthquake on Saturday. A
► Many people were killed and ♦
► over 80,000 are homeless. The A
► Colon theatre collapsed with A
► many casualties. There are deep A
► fissures in the heart of the city. ♦
► American naval vessels were or- A
► dered to rendelr assistance to A
► those in distress. A
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► WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—No ♦
► details have been received here ♦
► of the earthquake which destroy- A
► ed Guatemala City and many A
► lives, leaving 100,000 homeless. A
► A shipload of Red Cross relief ♦
► supplies will leave New Orleans A
► for there on Thursday. A
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► NSW YORK, Dec. 31— A Gua- A
► emala dispatch says a thousand A
► are dead as a result of the earth A
► quake. A
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(By Associated Press)
EAGLE PASS. Dec. 31.—At least six
belligerents were killed in a fight
between bandits and United States
troops on Saturday at San Jose, while
Mexicans and Americans were traiing
:attle thieves. There was no Ameri
can casualty, and fifty bandits were.<
routed. 1 ' ”
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RESIDENTS '
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► PEKING, Dec. 31.—In a civil «
► war at Irkutsk, in eastern Si- ♦
► beria. the Red Guards burned the ♦
► town after murdering the French +
► consular agent and three other ♦
► Frenchmen. Many persons, in- ♦
► eluding women and children, are ♦
► being murdered and the street ♦
► fighting continues. +
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The d«
r.rtment of commerce estimates that
mierica's exports this year will pass
he $6,000,000,000 mark, which estab
ishes a new high record. The im
orts are less than half that amount.
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BRITISH PROGRESS
NORTH JERUSALEM
LONDON, Dec 31.—Against a stub
orn resistance the British progress
d three miles north of Jerusalem, and
aptured DIres and ancient Berets.