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No. 51 TWENTY SECOND YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919
PRICE 10 CENTi
WILSON'S 14 PRINCIPALS
CAUSE DELAY A! MAY
PROVE STUMBLING UK
Paris, Thursday — Prior 'o the
opening of today 's session of the
peace congress. President Wilson ex
pressed the hope that th^ peace a
greement between the} AHted n£
tiong #nd their vanquished enemies
wyjuld1 be ready within the next two
While President Wilson insisted
on a floser adherence to his four
teen. original points, audi claimed
that Premier demenceau sought
for the annexation of German terri
tory without warrant, nevertheless
th,e tension regarding tlie peace coa
farence, whkh sensational reports
Stated, was on the varge of a col
lftpse, has been sreatl>' reduced*.
The most difficult problems have
been solved it is claimed.
j The former German Kaiser will
probaoly he tried' in Belgium.
In addition to the first indemnity
Daymen' by Germany of twenty fire
billion franc?, the Inter Allied com
1 mission wi!l assess the balance and
this will b > spread over a p«ric<3 of
thirty year* in which payment^ are
to be made.
One «* 'he new problems which
{oonf'routs the pi'.we conference is
: how it is to handle the situation in
icase the Bolshevists succeed in. main
^tabling a seperate government in
Germ^uy a'. Munioh.
LARGE BODY OF HIGH-GRADE ORE
OPENED UP II COPPER KING MINE
J. P. Whitney, principal stock
holder and manager of th.>o Copper
King mine in the Whitehors« cop
per belt, arrived in Skagway on
Tuesday's train, and went into quar
antine at the Golden North hotel
so that he would be permitted to
return to the Yukon on Friday's
train, having come down to tido-wat
er on a matter of business.
In speaking of the outlook at the
mine, Mr. Whitney said that just
txifora leaving the mine a big strike
of rich ore had been m-ut* on the
150-foot level, and that the ledge uf
ore was cut into at that point and
•bowed to be from four to six feet
and showed an average froni 15
per eent to 60 per cent copper.
"J. P." stat-:^ that during the
past forty <layg good showings were
.fouud all the way down the shaft
which has just been put down to
the 200-foot level. At this point
they b*gau to drift under a larse
body r ore and went in about 25
feet from tbe shaft, and this showed
a continuation of high grade ore
for over 200 feet
In concluding Mr. Whitney 6tated
th,af *he mine i.s looking inuoh mora
promising at the present time than
ever before, and that ho expected
to ship on' the ore ooutiuuosly- ajl
summer.
New York. April 10 — According
to President Quezon, president of
the Philippines senate, who is in
this city today the
FiliMuo people themselves have no
fesx of J'tapan absorbing their
islands aft^r they have been granted
their >nderndence.
At Ten—shun.
We have received another lot of
Liberty Bonds
Maybe yours is here. Come in and see
Also look at our
Safe Deposit Boxes
which will cost you nothing. If you want one
then it will be 25c per month.
BANK OF ALASKA
New Goods Just Received
Van Houten's Cocoa 1-2 lb 70c
Christie's Soda Biscuits 2 lbs Tins 75c each
Royal Yeast Cakes (Canadian) 2 for 25c
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal
to 3 doz eggs 30c each
P. H. GANTY
$200,000,000 STEAMSHIP LINE .
WILL OPERATE OUT OF SEA1TLE
Seattle, April 10 — Kotaro Mo-,
ohi'y.nk, one of the members oj the'
Japanese parliament, who Is now
in. tlii.3 city, announced. today that
p. corporatiofl, with a capital ol two
, hundred million dollars was being
farmed by Japanep© and Anierico-ii
capitalists and that they would, op
erate a great steamship lino be
tween Sat tie and) the Orient. He
stated tba* J. P. Morgan waa inter
ested In the project.
Kansas City, Thursday — R'poits
reaching Ihip city today from var
ious .ectioi • of Texas. Oklahoma
ArL-amtis e-ive tlip ldpath tolls
claime-'' by the cyclone and tornado
which swept those Btateg Tuesday
I lit one hundred and seventy: two
| killed <111 d about four hundred
severely Injured.
Will SOON BE OP
101 BRITISH
MRUUEIT
Paris, Thursday — Prime Minis
tor Llcyd George will leave this ci
ty for London next Monday, where
it is his iutc-ntion, upon his arrival
there, of addressing! the Eritisih
Parliament on the peae^ treaty and
the society o* nations.
Paris Thursday — It dievafloned
today 'ha' the message sent by
President Wilson ordering the Steam
Ship C.eorp" Washington to 9ail
from >e United StaUg to Brest,
was held up in London lor two
days.
Louisville, Ky., April 10—Camp
Zacliary Taylor, the military city
near here, to the present tinie
lias cost the government $19,189,
999.06, according to a report by
Captain Harlan Yenne, intelligence
officer .he cantonment. The cos
of co-nstruoting th.© cantonment ap
proximated $.7,000,000 andi more
than $2,000,000 has been expended
in extra buildings, hospital wards,
general reconstruction work and
uplkeep, the report sfl-yp.
• Since the signing of the armis
tice, Camp Taylor hap aided in
caring for wounded soldiers and
has al^o been a demobilization cen
ter for men living in middle west
ern slates. The compilation shows
that o' t'>e 47,796 soldiers w'ho
have passrd through th© base hos
pitals onlv 1,297 have died, which
j is regarded by army officers as a
[ remarkable record.
The estate of Rose Silberg, who
I was murdered • in her cabin at
j McCar'hy about a year ago, is in
i controversy. Harry Livine has
j filed with the commissioner at Mc
Carthy oronf that he Is the legal
1 heir. Max and Morris Goosey,
business men of New York city d;
iry the clam of Levine and say they
are 'he legal heirs of the womPn
who wag «-.ieir sister. The estate
Includes holdings at McCarthy val
ued at $5,000 and property in
Prince Rupert worth from $8,000 to
I £10,000 „ .
JM IS
SILEII
j Washington, April 10 — It *'a« |
l announced that although the gov
' eminent ha-i made inquiry of Japan
regarding Oi€ recent ct^h) between |
: Japanese and American, soldiers a
i Tien Tsin, up to'today the J&pan
jeae government lias made wo erpla*
, nation relative to th.a affair.
Today the government called thel
J attention ot Japan to th.Ia fact with j
| a request that an answer he forth
coming.
IB HOLD OFF
Sacra o)c it to, April 10 — The 1
ifornia State Senate was today asked
b, Secit'ary of State Lansing in a
cablcfe'rim from Paris not to intro
duce or press at the present time
thg proposed anti-Japan/se leglsla^
tion. The message stated that it
would be t>articu!arly unfortunate to
have tbesp bills introduced or prest
at the presen* time.
SIGNS POINT 10
TOURIST
TRAVEL
Yellowstone and. ether national!
parks <md monuments will be visit
ed during the coming season, by
more *ourists than for several]
years, ^ecoriMng to Present Indica
tions, A. W. Miles, president ofl
the Yollowston Park campaign
company, said yesterday, says the
Salt Like Tribune. Mr. and Mrs. |
Miles are guests at the Hotel Utah :
of Howard H. Hays of the bureau j
of service, natonal parks and mon
uments, United States railroad ad
ministration.
Mr. Milep te in Salt Late fori
the ourpose of attending to busi
ness matters relative to bis inter
ests In Y&UowstoaiQ part, and 'will I
leave fa a few days for hip home
In Livingston, Mont,
The White Pasg will run a train
out of here for "Whitehorge tomor
! row moraine, the time oj departjure
j having- been set for 7 o clock bo as
to get over the p^ before the sun
geta in its work an. the biff pnow
! drifts hanging up on the mountain,
[aideg.
MUST BOLSHEVIK Mil
Archangel, April 10 — Asserting
that the United States was not at
war wltji the Bolsheviki, one of the
companies of American troops now
Stationed in this pector protested
against returning to the fighting
wMch has b&'n in progress south'of
Archangel for several d<aya past.
The commander of th.esg troops
went before hip men, and it
pome time before he could, fll
them that they wore waging a
Censivo battJe.' When he had i
ceeded In showing them that it
for their own preservation, e-s 1
i as the people of the district,
| men, obeyed th or<i«er to advance
thej enemy.
fllfO BODIES OF SOPHIA WRECK
FOUND NEAR SEDUCTION M
William and Juddj Mathewg re
turned wl'h * tow of trap plleg tliis
morning' from about 35 miles down
Lynn Canal, and report having
found the bodies of two men, pre
sumably- victims of thia Sophia disas
ter.
The Mathews boys report that
th»ery were looking for logs that had
drifted tip on the shore and found
the bodies it a pta-oe near Seduc
tion Point. They report that nei
ther tne of the bodies had on life
preservers, that the faeep of both
nen were badly disfigured aadi t
:hey did not make a very careful
iminatlon.
Upoa their arrival la Ekag
they reported wh^t they had fou
to Agent Johnston of the C. P.
und. Mr. Johnston immediately
bled to Juneau for instructions.
It h believed that a deputy
be appointed here to accompany
Mathews boys to the place wl
f.he bodies are, and that they 1
bo brought here to await re-sl
ment back to Juneau.
SWA! BO! 15
BUCK FROM
FRANCF
William Roy Mulvihlll, the first
31ca®way boy to volunteer ia the
United States army, and likewise
the first to be discharged from, over
seas, returned to his home in this
sity on the Princeag Mary.
It was just two years yesterday
April 9'h, since Roy enlisted in his
country's military service at Seat
tle, when he Joined the 3rd company
Of the Washington, Coast Artillery
at Fort Worden. He wag sen!
Montana where he remained dui
the winter of 1917-18, and at&i
overseas with Battery B, 63rd 0<
Artillery on June 13, 1918.
i Private Mulvlhill did not see
| tuaj figh?iu«s\ but he traveled
! entire leneht of Franoe, landing
Havre, and sailing for home fron
Italian port.
Boy proudly dJ&playg hia hoi
able discharge ^hlch he got
Camp Lewis on M®reh 21st.
On March 24th Mr. Mulvl
was married to Misa Violette H&:
I Mass Hayes was a schoolmate
etjl Satpas-jl'B sbm. eflqA
'Franklin High school in Seat
■ He will resume hig duties with
I rail division of the White Pass
soon as he and hia wife have
j aured a suitable house, aa t
jyouns couple intend making tQ
'permanent homo here.
Most joyfully we welcome you back!
May the days as well as the years ahead of
you ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
cannot express* You did the job right!
** 71 } Military training has certainly worked
ww liO S wonders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger cheat,
M OUi smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
rp • ! O be made expressly for you by Ed V.
ICLllOYi Price & Co.
Our new fashions and woolens await your inspec
tion and we will gladly measure you and arrange for de
livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
JAMES KENNEDY