No. 4 TWENTY SECOND YEAH SKAGWAV, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1». 1919 PRICE 10 CENT*
TEN IMS SENT H
Senate Advocates Nation-Wide Fight To Curb Reds Activities In Americ
10 ASK FOB CANCELLATION OF
COIN-. AilO JAPAN SHIP CONTRACTS
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.—At a con
ference to l>e held in this rity to
morrow betw >n Vice President
Marsh; 11 and,prominent lator lead1"
ers, the latter, according to their
(ireset't plans will fsk for the can*
cellation of all Auierican ship build
ing contracts which were made with
Chinese or Japanese ship building
firms «nd that the ships which had
been oidered built by the foreign
shipyards be placed with American
Shipyards.
Warning ton, Feb. 13. — The
United States commissioner of Im
migration announced th's morning
mat eight thousand' loreigners,
mostly composed of Bolsheviki,
with anarchistic tendencies have
been ruunded up in various sections
throughout the country and would
be deported as fast as adequate
shipping facilities can be secured.
SIMS ROADS
10 BE DP£fiflI£D
Wasniugton. Feb. 13.—The Sen
ate Judiciary committee announced
tod*y that the United States has
accepted the proposals as set forth
iu plana recently submitted by tne
Japanese government, providing for
thg restoration of trans-Siberian
railroal traffic.
Peaoe (\*gTw«s To tiovtru
All International Flights
Paris, Feb. 13.—It was semi-of
ficiailv announced today that the
Peace Congress would probably de
cide on the control of interactional
aerial flights.
EBEBT IS IDE
Hill PRESIDENT
Weimar, Feb. 13.—Tfce German
National Assembly, members of
which were elected at the elections
held turoughout Germany recently,
have oegun their duties of laming
up the constitution of the new Ger
man republic. After considerable
opposi'ion EDert was elected; prcsi"
dent o Germany.
PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY" RESIGNS
I Sail Francisco, Feb. 13.' Presi"
dent Wheeler of the University of
California resigned as head of that
I institution today,
LET US DO YOUR BOOK KEEPING
Why worry about it yourself? Let us do it. Deposit
all you receive in the bank and pay all your bills by check.
When your book is balanced and your cancelled checks
returned, you know exactly what you have done with your
funds.
There is no question about the dat« or amount paid,
for the check shows very plainly in black and white the
complete transaction
IF OUR METHOD PLEASES YOU TELL OTHERS: IF
NOT. TELL US.
B ANK OF AL ASKA
Is Your Bread Heavy?
By adding a small amount of
Corn Flour,
you will find an improvement, the bread will rise
better and the grain will be finer.
We will Sell you a 101b.
Sack at 75 cents
Can also be used for making fine gravies etc.
P. H. GANTY
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Paris, Feb. 13. — The Supreme
War council convened today for the
purpose of formulating plans for fur
ther r'strictions which will be im
posed on Germany should1 that na
tlon ask for an extension of the ar
mlstice.
After hearing the views of Mar
shal Foch relative to th« matter,
the council agreed to the course
whicn It would pursue. By tlie S
adoptiou of the pla-UH as formulated 1
by tlie supreme council Germany wil
be rendered incapable of starting
hostilities again and the terms of 1
the new armistice extension will im- 1
press upon Germany that she is 1
beaten and that the Allies do not in- <
tend to submit to a compromise J
peace.
SOCIETY OF NATIONS 10 DISPOSE
iOF NUT VEXATIOUS QOESIIONS
——m m ii—
Paris. Feb. 13. — It wae »a
tiouncfsi today by peacg delegates
to the Allied peace conference that
many important questions which ar©
now being presented to the Peace
Congress will De turned over for
settlement to the Society of Nations,
which organization, it is believed
will goou be able to take up and
dispose of all such matters.
REV0LU1I01ISTS
KILLED IDE FLU
Seattle, Feb. 16. — The recent
revolution has had. one redeeming
*»ffect, in ag much ag it is found
that tre influenza epidemic has
been pretty effectually; itamped out.
Since thg beginning of hostilities
by the Bolshevists, there have been
but four deaths reported which
were tne result of the flu.
RAILROADERS FEED
OX THIRTY-CENT SEAK8
Ancnorage — Beef steak, French
fried potatoes, bre^d' ftnd butter and
coffee, 30 cents. Such a meal for
such a figure is served in this
day of post-bellum prices, not on
the plains of a cattle country nor
on the farms of an intensely cul
tivated agricultural region, but in
the new and' distant reaches ol Un
cle oam's Alaskan domain. It is
offfered in what ig belieevd' to be
th® first cafeteria ever conducted
exclusively for railroad construction
workers—the cafeteria just ®s
tabllsned by the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission in the Anchorgae
Terminal Yards of the Government
railroad.
The food in tie Commission « ca
feteria is similar in kind and vari
ety to the food in cafeterias in the
states, hut vastly lower in prloe.
For instance, plain steak, with P°*
tatoes, bread and butter and, cof
fee, is 30 cents; a meal of T-toone
et,eak, 40 oents; a meal of tender*
loin steak, 60c. The steak was
cut from steers that once grazed on
the tall grass of the Texas Pan
handle; the milk and the butter or
iginally were yielded by cows that
gain their rich sustenance from the
perennial pastures of the Skagit
Vallpy In Washington; th« bread
is ma<2<e from flour ground from
wheat that waved ®nd swayed 113
ripenfid grain on Dakota prairiee;
only tne potatoes are indigenous to
the Anchorage district—they come
from the fertile banks of the Mat
anuska,
Miss Carrie Thompson, a former
Cordova young lady, lp winning lau
rels in San Francisco in swimming
contests. The San Francisco Chron
icle state# that the young woman Is
accustomed to pwlm around among
ice floes at her native home, and tha
waters of San Francisco are too
| warm for her. '
LISIEn HlHiitU
ID CEASE ill
Olympia, Feb. 13.—Yielding to
the advice of his attending phy
sicians and personal friends, who
were alarmed' over the condition of
his health. Governor Ernest Lis
ter in a formal announcement which
tie made last night entrusts the
duties of tho governor of the state
of Washington to Lieut. Governor
Hart
In relinquishing his offce to the
Lieutenant Governor, Gov. Lister
S.aid he did so until "such a time ag
I am again able to take up the du
ties as executive officer of this
great state.
In xis announcement he stated |
that he expected to be absent from
his office for several weeks. In
hifl formal statement in which he
d»clared his intention of temporarily;
giving up hia duties, the governor
named I>r. Henry Suzzallo, president
of the University of Washington and
Attorney General W. T. Tanner as
his offficlal advisors in connection
with, legislative and administrative
problems and policies.
Got. Lister state# that he would
not leave the state, but would prob
ably yo away from the capital and
seek seclusion in some nearby vil*
lage. - !
Physiciang gay that Gov. Lister is
afflicted with hardening of the ar"
teries. 5
Antimony is found with mercury
on the Kuskokwim and near Idita
rod,. Silver-lead ore has been dis
covered' ne»r Illama lake.
Miss Margaret Keenan, who was
formerly superintendent of ihe Fair
banks schools, is employed at Shen
endoah, Iowa, and is principal of a
magnificent new high BChool at
that place.
When the passengers wlio arriv
ed on today's train from the north
end' of th<» division were passing
between tunnels 3 and 4 late yes
terday, a slide of Icicles occurred and
It was only miraculous that none
w»re killed. As it was, one section
maa wag blown about ten feet by
the concussion which followed.
The dog te^ms had' just passed
.between the two tunnels and the
horse learns were nearlng the place
"when tonp of icicles rushed down
blocking the track. Quick time was
made ia making a clearing however,
and travel was not b-eld up for
long, _ _ ^ !
Washington, Feb. 13.—According
o the testimony of Dr. William C.
iuntington, the former attache to
he American embassy in Russia,
-ppearlng before th.e Bub'committee
if the United States senate which I
tag ooen investigating the spread
»f Bolshevism throughout the Unit-1
d States said that ten million dol- |
arg was cent from Russia last
ummer which was tQ be used In j
preading the doctrines of Bolshe- 1
ism throughout the world.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The Sen" j
ta touay passed a resolution, which !
iroposes nation-wide activity to-;
parda curolng the Reds. This is I
o be done through a thorough j
irobe into the Bolshevik! underhand
d methods which have lately come j
o light and the resolution as passed I
arried a rider which requested the
Federal Shipping board to give
Information ag to -whether the S*
tie shipyards have been go m;
pulated that at the present time
ly those men who show a leaning
wards Bolshevism can get emp]
ment in them.
Seattle, Feb, 13.—At a meet
o£ the Central Labor co.uncll wfc
was held last night and at which
most ''ll the Seattle labor uni
were represented it was formally
dared that an preachers and
herents of Bolshevism and I. W.
doctrines shall in future be bar:
from ine floor at council meeting
Chairman Nauman, of the e
cutive strike committee said at t
Central Council Labor conferen
"When we struck, we violated
the laws governing the Amerlc
Federation of Labor."
1!N1ES0TA'S GOVERNOR SftTS THE
GREATEST PERIL 15 BOLSHEVIST
Seattle, Feb. 13. — Gov. Burn- i
juist of Minnesota, who is in this ,
:ity enroute to California made an
m^lresa last evening at a Lincoln j
janquet given at the Arctic club. '
Governor Burnquigt 8aid that the
jreatest peril which, the nation now
:onfronts are the effort? of the non
partisan, voters which, are legau
-with the I. W. W.'s leaders to t
tablisn a Bolshevist government
t&e United States. Minnesota's ch
executive said that it wag the du
o£ every loyal citizea to know fc
neighbor and if tnere are any Big:
of Bolshevism shown to keep
close watch, upon him.
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Seattle, F©d. 13.—At a meeting
)f the municipal authorities who
^re in charge of municipal owned
utilities which was held in th$ city
liall this morning, it has been de
cided that all municipal srevice em
ployes who went out on the general
sympathy strike woulji) be denied
the usual two weeks vacation this
rear.
1 Denver, Feb. 13.—Chancellor Hi
i of the Lincoln Memorial Uaiversit
of this city, in an address whlc
fl9 delivered at a Lincoln banqui
last evening paid great tribute t
I Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle to
- the determined stand which, th
[latter took during a big gener*
' itrike which resulted' in the sue
I cessful blockading of the Bolfth€
j viki movement throughout the w
tion. ■
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