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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
NEW PEACE PROPOSALS
Germany Would Erd HostiliGes on
The Status Qur-Ludendorff Is
pcssimistic.


pesSimistic.
Paris, Dec. o2-Gcrmanys newest
peace proposals, now being drafted
contemplate peace on the basis Of the
status quo. according to special e's-
patches printed in today's Matin.
According to the Mathis informa-
ton, Foreign Secretary ron kueni-
mann Will offer the evacuation Of Bel
rium, with guarantees"- meaning,
presumably, indemnities; Will an
nornce retirement from France and
Italy in exchange for return of Ger
many's colonies, and guarantee OF the
freedom of commerce.
The question of Turkey, it vas
stated, is to he left in the background
in the hope of interesting England IN
some trade.
Bulgaria, it was stated, is insisting
on acquisition of Dobrudia, southern
Macedonia, and that part OF Serbia
extending as far south, as Moravia'
She is also asking that Rournania be
put under subjeotion to German eco
nomical domination.
Russia and Asace-Lorraine may DC
ignored in the forthcoming peace sug-
eestions or possibly concessions as
to these two factors IN peace corn
pletcly refused.
The Hague, Dee. o. Quarter
master General van Ludendorif, chtel
Of staff Of Won Hindcnburg and gen
erally recognized rs the brains OF tae
German military system. believes
peace is far distant.
This belief Of Ludendortf was
shown today by information reach
inc here that the officer had warned
correspondents on the western front
not to write very much regarding
peace prospects.
Il is hard to reconcile Ludendora
u.arn;nr with statements by German
officers to troops in Flanders tina
the war would end within the mex
few months.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
Methodist Episcopal Church South.

The choir Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South viii render the fol-
lowing program at the morning ser
vsco at II o'clock tomorrow, under
the direction OF Mrs. T. A Hulfsh,
nps. George A.. Warfeld will pre-
side at the organ:
Prelude, Pastoral. Famkes.
Anthem, "Sing. o Sing" Ad"lpr
4 Frey. Choir.
nFe;rto.y, Little Town OF Bethss
hem Schneider. Mrs. I. 4. HUI!
fish.
Anthem, Tho Hush Of Night, ". X
Spence. Choir
postlude, march Triumphant,
Waehs.
Special music viii also be render
cd at the evening service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
BoNES REVEAL MURDER.
Found by Hunters on Mountain Near
Cumberland.

Cumberland, Md, Dec. 22.-Coun-
" Coroner Joseph B. T'inan today M
yesticated the finding OF human
bore; on Dans Mountain, above Mid
land and has reached the conGin-
sion they are the bones Of a woman
who was murdered many years ago.
No trace Of clothing remained ard
the smaller bones had decayed. a
s1naN bracelet and . wire hair raS
found near where the skull and arm
bones were Indicated the remains
were those Of = woman That Inc
person was murdered. there can DC
no doubt. According to Coroner Flnan
the body had been placed III = 4e-
preston beside u high rock and had
evidently been covered with leaves
and brush, on top OF which stones
had s-bcen placed. Several stones
covered some Of the bones. The skeIe-
ton was discovered by James En"-
rick and Noah Loar, hunters, VINO
chased :: rabbit which ran into =
heap Of brush that covered the I'M
provised grave. The authorities nave
no clew to the mystery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
THREE; NEGROES ROBBED.
Highwayman, Armed With Auto
matte Pistol, Takes Twenty-Five
Dollars From the Trio.

Shortly after six O'Clock this morn
ing while Charles Martin, Benjamin
Robertson and David Watson, all
colorcd, we're passing through what
Is known as Cats Lane, about a
SQUARE west of the Stone Bridge,
they were accostcd by a strange ne
GRO who, after pointing an astomatle
pistol IN their faces, made them de-
liver their money. The highway
ran took twenty-five dollars from the
trio.
When the police learned .. the hold
IN. Officers Walker, William
Campbell and Thompson went IN
search Of the footpad and later ar
rested John Allen, i negro who Is
said to have been lettering about
Duke street extended FOR some time.
They found an automatic pistol upon
him.
The men he was suspected OF roop-
irr have been working at the round
house OF the Southern Railway, and
we're on their way to Washington
when accosted by the highwaEman.
Two Of the party were brought lntc
iho Police Court this morning, wher
they positively identified Allen 4:
their assailant, Chief Goods exhibltec
seevral pistols and asked the mer
which weapon was used by Allen
They pointed to the automatic pls
tol Allen had six dollars and one
cont upon him when arrested.
1t was determined to continae th'
| 6: Sc for ten days in order to Secure
the third witness who was absen:
The men who were robbed will b'
detained should they not DC able t.
give bond for their appearance be
fore the Corporation Court when tn
casc shall have been called
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

New York, Dec. "a violent
earth rremor, lasting nearly one hour
was recorded on the seismograph Il;
Fordham University here yesterday
The disturbance occurred at an eS-
timatcd distance of 3,i00 miles from
New York. It began at l:2N 2. ii
and ended at 2:l5 p. nj.
A less violent shock continuing
eight minutes was recorded at L
o'clock
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
Will Stick to His Present job.

Washington. Dec. 22.--Fearing
.hat tie rigo.s OF warfare woeld oe
too much for her delicste son, 4
worlan living at Fresno, Caldofnia'
has written to United States Mar:ne
Corps headquarters hero, asking 1as
the young man be discharged.
ssHe is too weak and delicate 70 oe
n the service" she wrote. "He is
n blacksInith's helper by trade. and
would prefer him to stay at his last
job.
The mother was informed that, for
the time being, her son ruSS remain
{. Marine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
BATTLE IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL
summer.

Soldiers Refuse TO Obey Orders TO
Leave PetTograd.
Stockholm, Dec. ga great bat
tie in the streets Of Petrograd was
renorted from the Russian capital to-
day.
Four army corps refused Orders
nf the Bolshevii:i government to
leave the city.
The Bolshe7Ai sent other troops
against them.
The fighting was still in progress
as the dispatch was sent from
Petrogrsd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
Notice of Annual Meeting OF Stock
holders.

The annual meeting Of the stocH-
holders Of the Atlantic Building, Com.
pany will be held on the 18th day oi
January, 1918. at II o'clock, q. m.'
at the principal Office of the company
in the State of Virginia, 119 soutn
Fairfax street, Alexandria, Virginia,
for the purpose of .electing officers
and q board Of directors and receiv-
ing and acting upon the reports OF
the officers, and for the transaction
of such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting.
Dated the 22d, day Of December,
1917
Louis Boyer. Jr.. Secretary.
9o5-4w.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

! II. Remschcl!. s., and J Bornheimcr
f; 81.
/ Mrs. O. Fronnctt, residing at 200
North Patrick street, was knocked
down by an automobile at Ponnsyl-
vania avcnuc and Twelfth street,
Washington, yesterday Mrs. From
rctt was not seriously injured.
Miss Mary T. Carlin, OF Duke
street, will spend the Christmas ho!i-
day season at Ellicott City, Md. s,
where she will be theF gccst OF her
sister, Mrs. William T. Fulton. She
will be accompanied S'y her niece,
Miss Nina Fulton.
How the World Learned o1 Gods
Presence Among Men," will BE the
topic Of the sermon at the First
baptist church tomorrow morning at
II o'clock by the Rev. Dr.. f. B.
jackson. In the evening he will
speak on "Thc First Christmas-A
Prophecy Fulfilled in Jesus Christ"
No effort vii! he spared by the
EIks, the Salvation Army and workers
IN the various churches TO make
Christmas as cheerful as possible for
the deserving poor OF the city.
Baskets of provisions "nd other good
things will be distributed on Christ
mas eve and Christmas morning and
rome will be overlooked 80 far as they
can be provided FOR:
.sdviccs from Camp Mcclellan. An
n:ston, Alabama, where many Of
the boys from this city went are to
the effect that considerable sickness
prevails among the soldiers there in
the way Of throat trouble, measles
and various other ailments due to the
climate Of that locality. If reports
are correct. al the ,asr ~orl,A. wei
come orders which would send them
cover there somewhere in France. !"
1t IS stated that quite 4 large num-
Lcr Of tie boys are without over.
coats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
MUSIC FOR TOMORROW
Special Programs to be Rendered by
the Choirs In Some Of AIexandria's
Houses OF Worship.

Christmas sermons and Christina;
music will be the rule in many oI
the churches in the city tomorrow
although number will have no spec,
ial programs. These churches il
wh.ck special music will be rcni,
cred. programs for which have been
sent to the Gazette. for publication
are rs here given:
First Baptist Church,
The program Of music ut the mora
ing services ut II O'Clock at tic
First Baptist church will be rs fA-
l0Ta;
Organ Prelude. Cradle Song" Gott-
schalG.
Anthem THE Now Born King
Ashford.
DoaoloEy,
Hynlan JOS, Joy to The World
Handel.
Response. @Break Thua The Bread II
LIE Sherwin
Oifertory Anthem. "Hark, The Notes
OF JOY" Adams.
Hymn los. .'IIark! The Herald
Angels Sing" Aende!ssonn.
Hymn lie. -The Saviour! 0, What
Erslsess Charms" Kingsley,
Postlsis in D, Mtrkel.
At The evening service the musical
program VIII be as follows:
Organ Prelude. Shepherds Song and
Pilgrims Chorus" Wagner.
-anth1m. ~Belfoh! Thy Salvation
Cometh," Wilson.
Doxology.
HYMN 104, AS With Gladness Men
Of Old,' Kocher.-
Response. Break Thou The Bread
of Life" Sherwin-
Offertory Anthem rThe Shepherds
Of Bethlehem" Lorens.
Hymn lOs. clark: What Means Those
Holy Voices" Cawood.
Hymn 16t. AL Hui The Power g
Jesus Name" Holden.
rostludc in Z hst. Gounod.
Those comprising the choir will be:
sopranos-Mesdan.es ". J. Bowie
Edna C. Davis, T. l. FillsSs- 5. W.
Pitts, r. C. Rush, and the Misses
Lillian Ne. Amos, Kate T. Leei,
Sadie NJ. Pitts, Josephine K: VIII
lians, Mabel s. Wood, Addie s.
Owen.
Altos-Mesdames Nat1ie c. Elscr''
F. W. Nails, VIM. Il. Thomas.
Tenors-.ALessrs. Jas. l.. Foster W.
J.3Langley, G. E. Sullivan.
Bassos-AIessrs. W. 4. Gorham,
Stewart NJ. Jones, W. B.Kerrlck'
Melvin P. Pitts, J. T. Preston,
FLOYD G. Saunders.
Orqanist-Msss. Edna D. Barnett.
Violinist-Mr. Geo. T. Nicholson.
Direetor-Mr. ]. r. Preston
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22


f! The funeral of the late John Har.
low was held at St. Mary's Catholic
church this morning at 9:30, the Rev
| L. F. Kelly officiating. The pallbear-
ers were: Mcssrs. Leo. P. Harlow
John D. Normoyle, T. J. Fannon, E.
j. Dwyer. NJ. T. Dwycr, all Of This
city, and James F. Shea, of Wash
ington. The Rev. Louis Smet assist
ed Rev. l.. f. Kelly in the services 1T
the cemetery.
The public and private schools
closed yesterday afternoon for the
Christmas holidays. On account Of
the coal shortage the public schools
will not reopen until Monday, Jan
uary :. instead of January 2, as was
originally planned The teachers IN
a number Of the schools were the re-
cipionts Of handsome presents. st.
Mary's Academy will not reopen until
Thursday. January 3.
Rev. Dr.. John Lee Allison will take
Ccr the subject of his sermon at the
Second nrcsbytcr;sn church tomorrow
l~oning at IL o'clock "The unspeak-
able Gift In the evening the topic
.r his discourse will be Jesus, the
rulf,llment of Prophecy and Worlds
Hopes" Sabbath school NJ tha'
chrrch will bc held at $3.50, Bible
Glass at 10 q. m., AMI Christian En-
Gcavo; Society meeting at 7:15 p.
IN. Christmas music will be rendered
st both the morniI" and evening
preaching services.
Ii the reports in circulation prove
to be true Alcxandrians will have
the pleasure Of seeing work started
OF Monday next on the new shipyarc
industry which it is hoped will bring
new prosperity to the city. Engr-
recrs will begin making the necessary
surveys on that day Of the ground
.tpon which the >h;ayara buildings
will be erected, according to the pro-
gram outlined, it is said, and a: soon
rs that part Of the work has been ac-
ccmplshed the t@ildings will soon be
going Cd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

| day Monday during the usual hour
| ard up to ton O'Clock at night, bu
vii! be closed all day Tuesday
Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Albert
Smoot. and Master Albert Ansley
Smoot, arc spending the Christmas
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. James
III. Cnrbitt. Suffolk. Virginia.
Large numbers OF cedar, hcmloc;
ard pine trees for Christmas, also
rlcnty OF holly, was brought into tho
city today so that there should be
nlcnty for all the homes in A!cSan-
,.ria where il will be wanted.
There win be preaching services
\; the Free Methodist Churcl To-
morrow ut eleven o'clock i'll the morn
;ur and :: 80 ut night. Rev. W. II. Van
Ness will preach ut the morning Sc
ritc.
Mrs. Louis y. Duffcy and little
son, have returned from Admission,
Alabama. where they went to JOIN
Lieut.. Dutrey. WHO is with the 10th
Infantry Regiment at Camp Me-
Clr!lan.
The Srcadfastness Of Christian
Faith" will form the topic Of the
morning sermon Of Rev. Raymond
n White at the Methodist Protest
ant church tomorrow. His subject n
tho evening will be "Nced Of Reap
crs
\ high mass will be sung on Christ
mas morning at five o'clock in St.
.Josoph's Catholic church by the pas
tor, Rev. Joseph J. Kelly, who Will
also preach the sermon, the subject
Of which will be The Desired OF all
Nations Shall Come The music Will
be under the direction. of Prof.. R!cn-
ard Brooks. The musical program Will
include: Professional, angels We
have Heard on High" Gounod's Con
vent Mass in C. OiFertory, "-Ades7a
Pidoles." Rccessional, "loly NiEh.. :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
CHRISTMAS ASINTHECANPS

Thousands Of Packages Addressed
10 Some Soldiers. Somewhere IN
! France" Sent TO Cheer the Boys
[ Thousands Of packages addressed
merely TO Some Soldier, Somewhere
! in France" left the Atlantic ports
on the early November boat. The
movements Of the troops over there
make ii unlikely that some OF the
personally ly-addresscd presents VII.
pet to the men by Christmas Dag,
but as far rs possible the \. NJ, {.
( A. will see that none Of them arc
| without Il gift. The soldiers and sail
ors who are still in the United State:
viii be equally well looked after bS
the holiday spirits. Not more than
Approximately onc-third Of them will
be allowed to leave camp OH Decem-
Der %. but those who can't go 70
Christmas will have Christmas
brought to them. by the Y. NJ. {. =.
The people Of Maryland will at
as St. Nick for the Maryland men a
Camp Meade, Md, and Camp McCie!-
Ian. Ala. They have raised fund
wbi,h makes It possible TO spend
qboup n dollar ard half for the
Christmas present Of every Maryland
man in uniform.
Soldiers Quarantined With Measles.
Two thousand soldiers at Camp
Meade would be real Christmas out
casts If it were not for the ho!ldaT
,.nancss Of their comrades. There
will be no trees for them, no ceie'
bration in the Y. N. C. A. building'.
or visits from the home-fo!ks, sor
they are the victims of sometime
IS old as Christmas itsc!f,-they
have all been quarantined with TIC
measles. They will not lose the holl-
day, entirely, however. for cholr or
qanizcd under the auspices OF the =
NJ. c. A. will march through camp
sirgine Christmas carols. paus!ng IN
front Of the barracks where these
men are isolated TO cheer them wan
al The Christmas hymns in their req
2-tAi.e.
H. Camp Jackson. South Carolina.
oach soldier who comes TO the cc..'~
Iration will bring with him . gift :@of
SOM. other soldier. not 10 exceed Veh
..nts in value. which VIII be collecr"'
at the door, and retlistributed after
wards. Home folks, the rea! honlt-
falls Who make December % Chris
mas cant he there. Of course. o'|
t,,o V NJ c. 4. has done It's best -
fill :he gap left by their absence ~
Getting the home-folks VINO h's
around the camp to make candy ano
cake for the Christmas party.
Community Christmas Tr". at camp
Camp Dix. New Jersey, Will haze
q community Christmas tree o1 :"
own with tree in the Y. M O. ~
hp;ldine and 4 Christmas box Tor
every man. Camp Grant, IN lIIlHoAS'
will wake on Christmas morning &c
the singing carols, for which gee
clubs have already been organized II
the camp. In Atlanta, Georgia ea'n
church will "mothcr" one unit O.
Camp Gordon, apd vii! look cut 70,
it's Christmas presents at the J. ",
! c A tree. A Christmas pageant VII
also ne put on for the soldiers, ~ith
more than 800 men ana women Al
the cast. And III all the other caHli:.
throughout the United states II ''''
be the same.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
4 Pine Dream.

The Gazette takes pleasure IN
publishing the poem which will be
found herewith, written by one OF
our Alexandria boys, Master {. G.
Carlin, Jr., son OF Representative and
Mrs. Charles c. CarGn, Of this CITY
which appeared in the current num-
Der OF "The. Monthly Chronicle the
Episcopal High School journal. en-
titled "a Pipe Dream
Oh, often in my pipe dreams
Beneath the moons. pale, ray,
I seem TO see familiar streams
And dear ones far away.
I watch the little ringlets curl
And drift upon the air,
I see the image of gire,
A vision sweet and fair.
Amid the smoke there comes face
With eyes SO wonderous brown,
And ne'er can l forget the place
My little sweetheart's town.
1T was in this little college tow1I
Where | my dream girl met.
With the lovely hair and eyes .:
brown
And the face can ne'er forget.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
New Book Just Out.

Clouds new book written b?
Francis Lee Dningcrfield, has just
been published and Is On sale at tho
store Of R. E. knight and Son.
3G3.lt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

WANTED-an assistant bookkeeper.
Young lady preferred. State ex-
perence, + any. Address in your
own handwriting, Box 81 Gazette
ofttse. oo97-Ss
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
Alexandria City and Suburbs

Miss Maybelic Church, Of Falls
Church, Va, is the guest CT Miss
Geraldine Davis. at her. home N
Prince street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

Norfolk Oysters, Hampton sem
and Potomac River o'sfsrs. : ~"
No. 9 Eins s.Eees.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

I sent vou ictrcr yesterday. but
forget to wish you a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year. and as
this will be the last letter you receive
before that time | am wishing they
will be the best you ever had. rs !
know We will have 4 big ChrIstm2s
vvcr here. We have plenty Of good
music, thanks to the y. VI. {. a.,
which looks after all our comforts,
and they sure are on the job, besides
Giving US books, papers and !rce
writing materials, etc. They have
three big huts over here II or
camp with everything We need Inc
only thing missing is place 10
Cance, but the French are not dan
cling during the war Two Ne" York
papers print. Paris editions which we
ret ana they keep Us posted rs 10
what is going on in the United States
Give my best Christmas wishes 10
all in Alexandria and also 4 Happy
New Years wish. All the boys
ever here will get their usua! big
Christmas dinner.
Your friend Rinke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

Judge Norton, chairman OF the
local committee for the Young Mems
Christian Association War work fund
report these subscriptions today: a.
If. Remschcl!. s5, and J. Eernheimcr.
81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22
LETTER FROM FRANCE
Sergeant Rink". Formerly Stationed
al Fort Hunt. Sends Regards to
Alexandria Friends.

! Mr.. George W. Bontz, OF this city
| has received letters from Sergeant
Einke, who was formerly stationed
ut Fort Hunt, near this city, and who
| is we'll known here By many. written
from somewhere in France y fi1t
Gazette is permitted to publish parts
Of them, which appear herewith:
Dear George:
Received your letter yesterday bur
put off writing to you until today
as we have not got much time to our
selves. We are hard ut work and
drill every day, and when get back
from our big gun drill, | don't fee.
ns,ch like writing, believe me, as
We are kept busy eight hours Il day,
and you know what it is to drill that
lung on these "big boys We have
had Il lot Of mud and rain over here.
Your (Va.) roads, after hard rain,
are not in it with this place.
There are just as many acroplanes
in the air here, rs there are Fords
on the roads, and there are all kinds
of Fords here too Did you near
about US boys over here buying over
sl,O0O,000 worth of Liberty Bonds?
Yes SIR. we sure did get them. Ny
battery alone got over $4,000 worth.
Every man in the battery has fron'
four to eight bonds. Every battery
had an average of 100 per cent.
Guess that will help show the Kaiser
that we are with Uncle Sam, and are
ready to back him up, not only
as .oldiers, but with oar money,
as well. We are all waiting now
for the day when we will show hIn
what we have in the line Of Fighters.
Re YOU could see the way the boys
take 10 this drill, you would see the;
arc in it heart and soul, and after
the days irill is over, we al! nave
{, GOOD time. free moving pictures
every night, and this place is wcc.
Can get light wine ard beer, and
believe ME We nave z good tine VIA
the French soldiers. Th"y sure are
rcod fellows. You should see the
trn,. wien one Of rs boys try 70 make
one Of me French understand what
sc are talking about. Bus you
can bet we will all speak French be-
fore we come back. There is not .
thing over here that is too good for
the French to give rs. and they sure
are helping US in any way that they
can.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

The city market will be open all
day Monday during the usual hours
and up to Ten. o'clock at night, but
vii! be closed all day Tuesday
Christmas day
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

Ig you wanf to reach tIis
people in the homes in Ale1an-
dria and its suburbs place
your announcements in the
,Gazetts. If your goods and
prices are right yon will get
tho customers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. William Albert
Smoot. and Master Albert Anslcy
Smoot, are spending the Christmas
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. James
!, Corbitt, Suffolk. Virginia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
GUNNISON IS GIVEN JEWEL
 BY HIS LODGE
Token Presented at the Banquet Last Night by Scottish Rite in
 Alaska.

Filled with enthusiasm and inter est, the five days session of the Fifth Annual Reunion of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Masonry for the Val ley os Juneau, closed shortly after midnight last night with it's annual banquet
 Yesterday afternoon and evening the sessions were devoted to con- lerring the 3lst and S2nd degrees, the latter degree being conferred in Full form by the officers of Alaskc Consistory No. 1. The class and members present were enthusiastic over the redition of this degree by the officers.
 During the banquet pleasant sur. prise was sprung by the members who presented the Commander Of
 he Consistory, Royal Arch Gunni. son, with a 33rd degree jewel. In a fitting speech M. s. Whittier pve 5ented the token on behalf of the members of the Scottish Rite in Alas ka. as a recognition of the nigh hon or conferred upon Mir. Gunnison by the Supreme Council of the Order in making him 33rd degree Mason. The reply of Mir. Guuuison to the presentation speech was both inter esting and appreciatiye.
 The order of Scottish Rite Masonry in Alaska has shown a wonderful growth in the last few years, and a. Juneau at the present time has the only working Bodies of the Rite in Alaska. considerable interest annual ly gathers around these Reunions The Scottish Rite Bodies anticipate, in g not far distant date the cree ton of a magnificent temple on their site at the corner of Fifth and Frank lin Streets.