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No. 264 TWENTY FIRST YEAH
SKA4JWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
COL.
Noted Statesman Loses to Grim
Reaper At 4:15 This Morn
ing At His Home In Oyster
Bay-Sleeps Into Death
Oyster Bay, Monday. — Theodore
Roosevelt died in his sleep at fif
teea minutes aftei; four o'clock this
morning.
The end corue when there was no
one in the ex-President's room but
his valet.
Th^ following statement was made
br Dr. G. \V. P-Mler. the physician
who last saw the Colonel alive,
"Colonel Roosevelt retired at 12
cloot last night feelins much better
than he has for several days past.
"At 4:15 o'clock this morning he
simply ceased to breath. Death
was caused probably by a pulmon
ary embolism."
Thi» pumonary embolism, Dr.
Fuller explained', is a blood-clot up
on one of the arteries of the lungs.
Colonel Roosevelt returned to
his home here Christmas day from
the Rocsvelt hospital where he had1
been ill for some time with sciatica.
For nearly two vear Colonel
Roosevelt's general health has baf
fled M? physicians, and it appears
that a complication of diseases had
set In following his South American
trio *rom which he really never re*
cQvered.
It <s thought that the Colonel's
grief over the death of his son
Queattn hastened the end.. Since
ha underwent the last surgical
operation some few months ago, he
tihs teen almost deaf.
Washington, Monday. — In re*
*i>eet to the memory of Ex- Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt. the *la?s
cit the White House and the Na
tional Capital building. a® well as
all other public buildings are half
master", today.
Theodore Roosevelt was born
Octoo-T 27, 1S58, at New York
Cttv. He was elected Vice Presi
den' of the 1'nited States f°r the
term March 4. 1901 to March 3
iau5, and succeeded to the Dresi
1 nancy ou the death or William Mc
i JbkJ:i!ey oil Sept. 14, 1901, and was
electf-l president of the United
S»atoS on Nov. S, 1904 for the
; let 111 190.--9 bv the largest popular
majority ever accorded a candidate.
Was awarded' the Nobel Peace
! Pr:i»> ■ S4(i.iioo in l'.iOff with which
lie en-Jowed the foundation for the
promotion of Industrial Peace. He
hss li'iig oeen a contributor to the
magazines and reyiweg and
in otK.tr literary work, lie has been
known for years as an advocate
of civil service and other reforms.
One o£ his acts which g;1ve him
greo» 'Opulaiity was the organiza
tion 4i Roosevelt's Rough Risers
together with its commander
distinguished itself in the Cubao
war.
S.WS ERASER RIVER IS FISHED
Oi l' AND ARE FEW SALMON
Vancouver, C. C. — Jlr. John P.
Bauco'k. assistant to tht» Hon. Will.
■Sloan, commissioner of fisheries, has
xe'ur.ied io Victoria from a four
weeks inspect .on of the spawning
&ro:n.i!s o( tlic Ki-aser River basin,
lis ivoorts> to the i ouiiui^sioner that
there f>re literally no sockeyo sal*
in on in many of the Northern sec
tions of the w:it«Tshed and too few
in nli sections to produce even a
small riin four years hence.
I
FORMER I.EAM E ITU HER
l»IES FROM INFLUENZA
;an oJse. Cal.. Jan. — Frank
Arrellanes, aged1 3 1. a former pitch
' e. of the Boston American league
di-'d here today of
I'fl'.ienza
IDLE MONEY
IS LIKE A TRAMP NO
VALUE TO ANYONE
Yo'ur MONEY Work
Deposits made here before January I Oth draw
interest for the full month
BANK OF ALASKA
Nnti ftnv
P. H. GANTY
Washington, Jan. 6.—After Jas
WicKershani had spodren in his own
rehalf in reply to Charles Sulzer's
spcech which he made on the floor
of the House of Representatives
in the contest over the 1916 Dele
gaie Section, Saturday evening,
the House adjourned' at six o'clock j
until Monday, at which time a
vote will hg taken on the motion
to send the contest bftck to the com-(
nsitu e on elcitons for further in-j
aestivation, with instructions to i
report on February- 10th.
FREIGHTER AIAZON TURNS TURTLE
FIVE PERSONS LOSE THEIR LUES
Seattle, Monday. — The freight
er Amazon capsized last Saturday
uittht when midway between this
city ai.<i Tacoma. Five persons, in
cluding Mrs. Roy Monasters, >vho
cook aboard the vessel, per"
isnec. «, |
Jc is claimed that the cause of J
the ship capsizing was the fact
, that she carried too heavy a deck
load iind when she struck a heavy ,
swell, could not right herself. j
FRANCE IS ft
HEM LOSER
Pu.is, Jan. 6.—Deputy Louis Du
i ob-, in the Chamber oI Deputies to
il® v during the discussion of bill
dealing with reconstruction and war
damages, said he estimated the valu
oi Freuch houses destroyed at 20,
000,000,000 francs; furniture at
5,000,000,000; agricultural losses
at l^ast 10,000,000,000; mines at
lean 20.000.000,000 and railroads
J»,500,000,000. The deputy claimed
that these losses ($12,900,000,000)
siIou;j have priority.
MORE TRAINS TO CAKE
FOR PASSENGERS
Washington, Jan. 6. — Secretary
M.Adoo announced today that the
railroad administration haj, under
taken 'he restoration of normal
passenger service, and had with
drawn .the plea, for a curtailment
of passenger travel.
Several trains are to be added to
• he schedules within the next few
<vceks, said- Mr. McAdoo.
MVSTEIi OF "RtUY"
ARRESTED IN SEATTLE
* Seattle, Jan. 6.—Captain D. S. Mc
Alpine, master of the Bcliooner Ruby
who abandoned the ship at Seward
after the Eales nearly swamped the
vessel during a voyage from Seattle
to Alaska, was arrested here on
telegraphic instructions from Valdez
He is charged with having unlaw
fully disposed of some of the dis
abled vessel's cargo.
McAlpine will be escorted back to
Alaska by J. B. Miller, an Alaskan
who has Just arrived here on his
w3v home after attending the of
ficer's training school at Camp Pike,
Arkansas.
J. H. Senn, a prominent fur deal
er (f Atlin will continue on to his
home in that city on Tuesday's train
Mr. Senn hag been spending the
past several months in Pacific Coast
cities having gone a« far south as
California. I 1! ""J
V. I. Hahn, Louis Schultz, J. H.
^'enn, Henry Woodbum, John E-.
Ranks, 01e McFadden, Mrs. L. E
Crow and Miss Margaret Allison
Fraser, who have been sojourning In
the White Pass hospital annex for
the past five days, having all ar
rived' ud on the Princess Mary, were
all lioerated at 11 o'clock this
morning, and carry with them a
clean bill of health Insofar as in
fluenza is concerned.
London, Jan. .—"Germany is ruin
I cd foi generations, politically, in
dustrially and economically,•• Dr.
Walter Rathenau, president of tlie
G r:uan General Electric company,
is quoted as declaring to the Berlin
ccrros'iondeut o£ the Daily Express.
; "It is the greatest calamity that
hag happened to any country in
2,000 years,'' added Dr. Rathenau,
who is one of the largest employers
of • -bor in Germany..
I "If the indemnities are high, we
shall have nothing with which to
expand our industries and; there will
j bo a irreat tide of emigration, nrob
ably »o South Africa, the Far East
and certainly to Russia. The re
sult will be the Balkanization of
Europe." I ' . 1S
FOODSTUFFS ARRIVING
IN ADRIATIC FOR RELIEF
SERBS AXD JUGO SLAVS
Paris, Jan. 6.—Herbert C. Hoov
er announced recently that in ac
cordance with the resolution of the
associated government's to take
energetic steps in relief work, he
had appointed Colonel Wood of
United States army to be director
of relief for Serbia and JUS° Sla
Tia, on behalf of the United States
f- o '• administration.
InveJtigations made by *he Unit
ed States naval officials are re
ported to show that the situation
of populations of the towns in
these regions is extremely critical,
and it is expected that relief can
b* placed in their hands within the
next two weeks.
The food administration is also
■Vspatching a mission to Poland.
I SOLDIERS TO BE PROTECTED
New York.—American's returning
soldiers are soing to be protected
against hasty and unfortunate mar
riages, so far as the government can
give *'iem such protection.
By order of the Provost Marshal
General "questionnaires" are being
jeent to marriage license bureaus at
I principal debarkation points, which
! must be answered' satisfactorily by
W soldiers and their prospective
I brides before marriage licenses may
be h<n *
Miss Margaret Fraser will contln
i no on *n "Wh'tehorse on tomorrow st
' train where phe Kill fill a posi
' tion 'n <he Whltehorse public school
»s teacher. She 'will occupy the
pos'tlon made v*c*nt by the reaigna*
tion of Mi§g Teskey. t ^
01,689 DEATHS FROM MEM
IH NATION'S 46 LARGEST CITIES
Washington, Jan. 6. — From a
careful compilation of records In
forty bIx of the largest cities of
tup Nation, up to January first,
.1919, influenza hag caused thu
deaths of a total of 111,688 per*
sonp.
rue record showed that Batll
rnore suffered the greatest nurn*
ber o' deaths from the epidemic.
Minis SHOW ADORATION FOR
MR. WIISQN AT MIIAN AND GENOA
Milan, Jan. 6. — Journeying from
Rome to Milan today, President Wil
son while iu Genoa laid a wreath at
the foot of the statue of Chris
touher Columbus, saving as he
did so in a ghort address which he
delivered in a drenching rain, that
Columoug had rendered a service
to the world- in discovering Amerl'
ca, a country -which is now In ser
vice to mankind.
BQtn in Genoa and Milan Presi
dent Wilson was acclaimed by re
mark iDle enthusiasm by the people
o° both cities, and there *as a
mf.'*. rush to kiss the President's
hand or touch hig clothing, show
ing a (treat mark of adoration.
VON HERTLIXG
10
Copf nnagen, Jan. 6. — Former:
Cnantelior Von Hertling, according
to desi>rtches received here today,
die' Sunday at Puhpolding, Bavaria.
PKBSDIEXT PAKS WAS
VICTIM OF COXSIPR VCV
Lis-on, Jan. 6. — Documents
found on the persons of those at"
reste-1 in connection with th. assas
sination of President paes show
that «n extensive plot had been or*
ganized, the participants drawing
lots to see who should strike the
blow. ! < * '
Thousands of Portuguese of all
classes have vtewed the body of the
de<d president.
ZIPF GOES 10
PACIFIC ji. 5. CO,
Seattle, Monday. — A. F. Zipf,
«bj lor the past two years has
been i raffle manager of the White
Pass & Yukon railroad, with head
quarters in this city, has been ap
pointed traffic manager of the Pa
ciiic Steamship company.
Mr. Zipf will enter upon his
new duties on January fifteenth.
L YRGEST FISH CANNERY
IN' THE WORLD IS
TO BE UOXSTRl'CED.
Lo Angeles. — Permits have been
issued lor the construction at Lo#
AngoJes harbor o£ what is said,
will bp fie largest fish cannery in th
world. It will employ 400 peoDle,
exclusive of the fishermen, an# have
a daily capacity of 7,000 cases of
sardines. The building will De of
two stories, 200 by 550 feet.
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