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No. 93 TWENTY SECOND YEAH
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 31. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
»OF (HI OHD10 HE if II HIS REFUSE TO n
YANKS WINGING
ALONG EUROPE
COAST•
Crest. May 31.—The X. C. No
4 will star ftroni Lisbon tomorrow,
the weather permitting.
Commander Re^d stated that he
wished to reach Kngl&ndi on memo
rial day.
This wireless was pitted up by
th» George Washington.
Plymouth, May 31..—N. C. No
•» arrived. here with all ou board! wet
.and happy.
They arrived from Ferrol Spain
which plac^ they left at 6:40 this
morning.
The party arrive*? here about the
middle of the afternoon.
l-oiidon, May 31.—Commander A.
C. Kfed wirelessed yesterday that he
would »e unable to mak„ Plymouth
la^t ught. He was landed at the
mouth of the Mod«engo river and in
<tUir*-d for the best port within three
hundred miles of where he is.
Plymouth England, May 31.—The
X. C. No. 4, which left Lisbon yes
terday morning lauded at the
mouth of the Modenjo rver at
five 'wenty in the morning where
Uiey had to wait for high t'dte he
tore continuing.
This point is one hundred miles,
noiih of Lisbon.
Cop.i)hagen. May CI—A Hels
iu-foru despatch to th« Extrablad
todxir reported' that the Finnish cab
inet had decid d to igsue a formal
declaration of war against tht* Sov
ie' government oS Russia.
The tlatg of t,hg declaration "will
be f'xed after a cOitgulation with
the Allied missions.
AUSTRIAN TERMS
MAT BE HELD
Paris, May 31—.The plenary se^
ion of the peace conference this af
ternoon are considering the uncer
tain terms of the Austrian terms as
presented.
It is possible that the presenta
tion to Austria of the terms as
agreed upon may be postponed be
yond Monday next.
Paris, May 31.—The Augtriaiie
will be handed the peace tornig as
agreed upon by the peacg confer
ence on Monday.
Hll
II Mil HOIES
Versailles, .May 31—-Two new
iiotes were deliverodi by the German
d«lesaie6 to the conference yester
day and at the smae time the Ger
a-mns handed over tli» French and
English translations of the first sec
tion of the counter proposals which
were delivered in the German lan
guage only.
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;U SiOP II
Washlngon, Maty 31.—A Sen
ate resolution wa§ Introduce to
day requiring that the British au
thorities ceasg censoring American
mails.
The resolution was introduced by
! 3 nator Shornian.
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depositors which are absolutely unknown to those
who do not have an account here
We invite YOU to familiarize yourself with our accommoda
tions and thus enjoy those advantages
B ANK OF ALASKA
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
Friction top cans 40c each
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 61-2 cents a pounds
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P. H. GANTY
UCHf HOLDS
ME10RML SEfi
. VICES j
( Yestuday wag an ideal day and.
as a consequeaise the largest crowd1
that ever attended a Memorial diay
i ceremony in Skagrw&y turned out to
I '«kp part in the one arranged by the
j committee.
I At one o'clock the people com
menced to gather at the A. B. hall
and t>/ the time the train backed
J down there were enough to more
than fiil the three passenger coach
I fcs provided, and in a few minutes
| the crowd had become po large that
j Superintendent Hahn had the eu
'•£in« go back to the shops u"d brl^g
aown ihrte more coaches that were
all filled and) the train moved out
at two thirty.
At the cemetery ptatlon the pro
cession wag formed by Marshall of
! the Day Van de Wall with Arnold
Gutfeld of thg U. S. Sigiial Corps
' as flag bearer.
j After the flag came veterans of
the Civil War alpo of th^ Spanish
American war and then the returned
soldiers from the Great War and
whj composed the firing squad*
Tin. public school children were
next, half of whom carried flags
j while the other half had immense
bouquets of flowers. The Skag
jway band about slxteem strong un
do" the leadership of G-ene Smith
[speakers of the day, Mayor Ashley,
: Father Edgar Gallant and the Rev.
12. I*. Winterberger
3 The next ,in th© parade was
tha fraternal orders headed by
the E. P. O. Elks with th^ citizens,
following.
1 was & most imposing sigm io»
j Skagway and altho the population
' Is not nearly as large as In
I former year^ there was "more ia
! terest displayed and larger crowd
j than ever took part in any Slemo
iriai day affair before wtttn thero
were many niore people living in
Skagway.
The services in the cemetery were
imposing and impressive. The ser
vice opined with a selection l>y
tho band followed by a fervent in
I vocation by tho Rev. E. L. Wittter
btrger after which Mayor Ashely
in a few well chosen words intro
ductte the pipeaker of the day .Father
Edjitr Gallant, of St. Mark'g church
who delivered an eloquent and pa
triotic address which held big au
dience iu wrapt attention for over
hait an hour.
The firing squad, under the dir
ection of Corporal CI eon Ask fired
th° regulation salute over the grave
of private Vincent Dorter©. The
firing squad wag composed, of the
following returned" poldierp who
went from Skagway;
Roy Muivihill, Harry Ask
Willie Fly mi, Nick Radovich, Fred
■Moore and Sam Witso*.
Although the committee had but
one day to make arrangements, the
affair passed off without a bitch,
and great credit is due them for
their effort^.
Before dispersing a vote of thanks
wap moved and unanimously passed
to the committied who had charge
of the affair, to the speakers, the
band, the school teachers and other
participants also to the White Pass
and Yukon Route management for
their gererogity in furnishing a
beautiful train of its best passen
ger coaches as well afl three of its
observation, cars.
The train returned at four
o'clock.
Seattle, May 31.—The SS. Jeffer
son sailed at five o'clock Thursday
exeninjt with a total passenger list
of cr.e hundred and fifty.
Sixty passengers are booked foi
thg interior via Skagway for vari
ous pointy alsNur the Yukon, rivei
mostly forv 'Dawson and Fair
hanks. In the later crowd) ftr© J. A.
Gibbs and his bride, who took the
aeroplane wedding trip from Seat
tle to Tacoma the first part of the
week.
LEFT AND RIGHT
AT
Berlin, May 31.—Members o£ the
Left nud Right came to blown last
eight iu a National assembly during
the debate on the attempt to es
tablish a separate territory in, the
Rhi netted.
The government m«ule a public
warning that any move to establish
an independent Rhine republic de
claring that such efforts would1 con
stitute treason punishable by life
Imprisonment. Advices from Frank
fort were that a republic would be
proclaimed today.
GEiAN REPLY
Paris, May 31.—The formal re
ply of the Germans respecting the
uea.e treaty wag made public yes
terday.
the leport as published) In no way
differs from tiio summaries giv
en out the day before.
Germany combats evey important
industrial treaty in a long chain of
counter proposals.
Tne reply contains sixty thousand
words and wag delivered In a numb©
of sections.
ALASKA RAILWAY
1E0 FUNDS
Washington, May 31.—Tit® house
totVay"approved the appropriation of
one million nine hundred! a"Wl sixty
Jour thousand three hundred and
f'lty dollars in the genon^l deficiency
bill for the Alaska railroad'.
This was done *n order that there
be no suspension or the construct
ion work aloug the line
Washington, May 31.—J. L. Mc
Plierson of the Alaska, Bureau of th3
Seattle Chamber of Commerce told
the aopropriationg committee of the
houses today that the early com
pletion of the Alask^ railroad to
navigable waters of the interior was
necessary to the succcpp of the en
tire railroad construction program
as undertaken by th$ government.
Winnipeg, Man., May 31—The
railway mail clerks of the Winni
peg division are returning to work.
A committee appeared] before the
federal minister of labor and
asked permission to resume their
positions.
They were allowed to do » as
they had made th9 application be
fore the twenty four hour ultima/
turn of the government had not «£
PiJ-edl > ' • u.^
j The Metal T^-adea employer® imve
j accepted of the railroa4 trainmen's
I union as mediators on the collect
. Ive bargains issue and the situation
now looks like a settlement Mon
1 day.
Ottawa, M^y 31.Premier Borden if
considering the calling of a general
conference at Ottawa to settle th€
e'rilces which are throttling the in
dustrial lifg in a number of Canad
lan citjefij > ^ >.). 1 „■
Basel, Mja 31.—A despatch to
the National Zeitung Jlayeimo to
day stated that tha Germans refuse
to sign the pa&cg treaty. The des
patch also declares that th^ French
high command ha# received or
ders to advance 80 kilometer^ cast
REVQLUIIONISTS
TO HOLD MEET
Juarez, May 31.—Inhere will be a
meeting of all the revolutionary fore
es in the camp of General Carran
za in'the state of Neuva Leon for
the curpos© of organizing all the
movements under Gemsral Angeles,
aa chief of th* ^IvMon of the north
ern revolution.
Franclsoo Villa la slated a» sec
ond in command under Geaneral
Angeles.
WON'TBEABLE
10 HOLD THEM
j El Paso, May 31.—"If the govern
ment at Washington will let Carran
j zaa' troops pass through the Uni
| ted States, I nor any ooe else will
| be able to hold my men" said
Francisco Villa today when informe<
of the Mexican government's re
quest to bring men from Sonora to
btfrder states on thla aide of th* In
ternational Une.
WHERE SOME
MONEY ISGOING
Washington, May 31.—Testimo
ny before the "h«uee committee or
military affairs reveals th9 fact
| tha' President Wilson has advanced
five million dollars from hie contin
gent fund to the Oecho Slovaks
It was also shown that Bnglands
bill for the transportation of oik
million American soldiers across the
Atlantic in British, ships wa*» eighty
two million dollars.
ward' from the presaat zo&q at o>
:«upatioo.
It also states that tha Britis
troops will ocoujjy the Riuhj- 6k
trie* and six hundred torttilnlriri
and engineers hare alrea^' bat
summoned to Caloggog (or *U£Ji
move.
BDLSHEVIK1 LOSE
LAST RUSSIAN
STRONGHOLD
London, May 31—.The em^
atlon of Orenburg, one at thj last
tBclsheviki strongholds 1b South ar
| Russia is suggested la m otfic>
j ial Roseiaji wireless mesaa^w re*
ceiYfid today from Moscow. •
The message Bays that to the
west of Orenburg the Bolphertki
have abandoned Tatiiive uza<jer ex
treme enemy prssure.
80 AMERICANS
BELIEVED DEAD
I
! London, May 31.—Eighty Affl«r
l ican troopg are bellved to have p«r
iabeii as th8 result of fire la th'«
Coblenz district.
I The fire ,as far 4* l«*rae<l result
ed from mj, w3>1o«Umi la tb« ac
tions dump.
WILSHUKS
A1 MEMORIAL
Paris, May 31.—President WIIwjb
! delivered the memorial day &<Mr«s3
' yesterday.
I Tlie ceremony toolc place in the A<
' merican cemetery at SurQanea wh«ra
many American dea^ are burled,
i General Pershing visited Rorniain*
' near Argonne Wooda where the K
| merican army suffered hpAvfa&L loe»
[<*■
On account of going out of business in
Skagway Wfe wish to have all of our
accounts settled as soon as possible.
Those owing are requested to come in
and make settlement.
JAMES KENNEDY