SKABWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24. 1919 PRICE 10 CENT
DECIDE Mill HECK DDE
ED "PEDIS IF HE DEEP"
Ottawa. April 24.—The investi
gation commirtUe that has been
taking testimony and examining in
to the Prince^ Sophia disaster,
which occurred in Lynn Canal, Al
aska 011 October 2Gt& last, when
three hundred and forty thrc© per
son? logt their lives', rendered their
report today in which the commit*
t(£ holds that the disaster was due
1 to "the periljj of the sea "
OLE HA1SON OFF
Seattle, April 24.—.Mayor Olel
H:uisou left today on a speaking j
tour from coast to coast.
Mayor Hanson is ma-king this |
tour at the request of tha govern- |
nieiit aud he will address the peo
ple at hundreds of towai^ in the in- j
ter«.s of th« Victory Loan.
DRIVE BOLSHEVIK
OF
Vienna, April 24.—Th^ Ukrain-I
iau revolutionists, headed by Simon!
Petera, have driven the Bolshevist
oat of Kiev and are in possession .
altho fighting is stHl SQing on.
ALL NOME 01
END OF A0G0ST
London, April 24.—ft has been
stated in the papers today that all j
of th<. United States troops won lit be
»ut of FYanoe by August. '
Washington, April 24.—Tho Chi
cago meeting of tlie'^einocT&tic Xa
♦ional Committee lias t> en set for
May 28th a-:nl 29th.
This mootUig will mark th.' open
iug of the Democratic Pr^si«Sential
c.imoaigu for 1920.
London, April 24.—The PaJl Mall
Gazette says today that th<j aero
plane has made it possible to roach
an place on earth within four days
stilting troui London.
BOLSHEVISTS
Eerne, April 24.—The raajor Por"
tiou of the Bolsheviki first array
which jKcently surrendered to the
t Lraiuians, is now fighting' in the
Frio' region with the Ukrainians,
av.1 against the Bolsheviki.
Next Monday
The live men of this City are going to start out
to get subscriptions for the Victory Loan Bonds.
We have to get $19,800
in subscriptions. If everyone does all he can it
will not take long. All together now to pay the ,
bill for winning the war.
BANK of ALASKA
Safe Deposit boxes only 25c per month.
BANK ®FALASKA
Have You Tried
"GOLD CREST"
Brand Butter and Eggs
Just what you would expect when ordering the very best
Fresh shipments received on every boat
The Eggs sell at 60c per dz.
Butter 75c per pound
These prices subject to market changes
P. H. GANTY
Rome, Aj>ril 24.—Th^ American,
; British and, French embassies are bo
i in* guarded by two hundred eol
j dlerg each, who are keeping strict
j watch over them. - > \
I This action is taken to prevent
jviolenc from thoseo who are accflalm
lu» Fuime and thp Dalmatian, coast
as Italy's just dues.
Mo disorder bag yet arisen and
the presence off troops will keep
order.
\V. C. BJanchard, chairmaji ol
| the Skagway Victory Loan commit
j lir lias received details of the Vio
j tory Loan, from whlolt the follow
| ins: is taken:
" 'Thy Victory Loan,' wliichj will
b-- offored lor popular p.abacriptiou
April 21st-, will tak« the form of
, <.'1 •& per cent, three four year con
vertible® gold notes) of the Uni
ted Stales exempt front S'ate and
local ta-xes, except State aiiti in'
luritauoe taxes and from norma
iV-Ueral income taxes. Tile notes
will be convertible at the option of
I »i> - holder throughout thair life iu
j to l3%-per cent three lour year
i couvertible gold notes)of the United
States exempt l'roiu all Federal,
State aud local taxes, except tgtate
auu inheritance. In like manner
the (3% per eent. soldi notes) will
be courvitible into the (4% per cent
notes). The amount of the issue
will be $4,500,555,555.
l'uym^ny w ill I be required! on the
notes o£ the Victory Loan as
follows:
Ton i>eroeiit. with application ou
or before May 10.
Tap per cent. 011 Or before
July 15.
Twenty per cent. -ou or befo:e
August 12.
Twenty per ceiint. on or before
8<?pfember 9.
Twenty par cent, on or before
October 7.
Twenty per cftfit. on or before
November 11, with, aocrued Interest
on deferred installments.
Payments in full can be made
May 20th., the 10 per cent, required
with application having been duly
paid on or before May 10. Pay
raents cau be also completed on any
installment with accrued interest.
Nocales, Ariz., April 24.—Four
hundred discsharj^ed negro soldiers
of the 25 infantry, carrying' in their
pockets ujiwaxds of $500,000 back
pay, left her© tonight on a special
train for S*. Wilis and Chicago,
where they will return to civilian
life.
It had born intended to send
the soldiorg over another route ac
cording to Colonel Carnaban, com
manding officer, but after announce
meut to this effect was made, it was
reported that a band of gamiblens
was lying in wait at a southern
Arizona point to board the train,
and the soldiers were switched tc
th« El Paso & Southwestern.
MEN NOW IN
STATE 8F SIEGE
Berlin, April 24.—A state oi
j aei.'e has been declared on Br em an
by the senate at Hamburg.
The town fa torn up by riots and
; the newspapers have been suppres
sed. All letters are censored and
the u§q of telegraph and tel
ephones has befen prohibited. ;
IMBUE WILL
I REPLACE TEES
Victoria, B. C., Aflril 22—Tho
steamer Tees whioh, took the pla&e
of the Salvor a$ a salvage vessel,
, will aow bo replied byJH. M" M- C.
j>. Algerine.
The Algerine liag been purahased
bv thy B. Q. .Salvage company and
will bo converted, into( ai salvage ves
sel. Sh§ iti a gloop of war and for
many years wag stationed' at Esqui
mau, Later she wag handed over
'o the Mavy League to be used as
a training ghip, but this wag not a
success and the plan camQ to no
thing.
Tiie Algerine is twenty years old.
St>* served in China at the time of
tne .Boxes- rebellion, when, she went
ud the Peiho river. During the
time ghe made Esqulmait her home
port, her commander often, brought
h^r into Esquimau Harbor with all
sail? get, her steam power alone not
giving her very great speed. Pro
bacy gho was tho last o£ the w/:
vesselg to use Bails. She will be
r&-equippedJ by Jh«x new owners and'
as scon as she ready will be put
into service.
Paris, April 24.—During Febru
ary more than 113,000 persons, or
about 11 per cent of the entire
population, died in. Petrogr&d., ac
cording to Russian police Sta
tistic* received in Paris. Ameni
c-*n relief workers who left Moscow
recently say that deaths in that ci
ty early in March averaged 4,000
daily. They pay that conditions
there were similar to those in. Pet
iogrod, where smallpox, typhus,
starvation and th9 "hunger plague"
were raging unchecked. Coffins
are no longer gold in Moscow, but
are only rented for use at funerals.
Vienna, April 24.—The goyern
m pn * jiag issued an a.nmioujicem6nt
thar the Soviet government ol
| Hungary is endeavoring to arrange
an armJsice 'with the Rumanians aw
th« probabiliteg are that the osr
rangement .'iVUJL b ecomploted.
TRAIN inTS ELEVATOR
GRAIN SMOTHERS THREE
Saskatoon, April 24.—Two mei
were smothered! under several tocni
o' grain hflr<i when a Canadian, Na
tional railway; train crashed int<
an elevator, which, burst and, en
gulfed the engine, baggage an<
express cars with their content
The dead are:
W. P. MfotcaJf, engineer, audi E
Armstrong, fireman, both Of Sas
liatoon, and a discharged soldier
Bishop of Wiseton.
The aoccident wag dm© to a fault;
switch, which diverted the trail
fr- m the main track. The engin*
left the raila In taking the sharl
jtura and struck the base of th<
1 elevator structure, which topple*
over.
IMS US HE K
Hi FINE MIH
Paris, April 24.—Thef Italian
d'.'lepatep, unable to secure posses-,
8ion of Fuime, in Iiq peacg flat- ,
tltuusnt, have begun to hit the trail i
for Home.
Thaon Rev^l 13 the first of the
delegates to "mush, on."
• t ia reported that Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George is besosching
Premier Orlando to remain and stay
throughout the conference.
Paris, April 24.—Premier Orlan
do, in further replying; to President
Wilson this afternoon, declared] that1
tie earnestly protested against thej
offeneivg supposition that the
Italians <y?ill submit to any will save
♦heir own.
In explanation of his reply, Pre
mier Orlando said; that ha copied'
P-esident Wilson'g method; which'
was on innovation.
Paris, April 24.—In an interview
today with one of the newspapers,
Premier Orlando paid, "I have writ
ten to Lloyd George andt Clemen
ceau that w® will remain allied to;
Great Brittain and; France. "VVe
l°a*. for home charging them to j
look after our infierests.
"It is su.T>erf!oug to discuss I
President Wilson's crucstione on
which he publically st>oke to our
disadvantage." J
THE !G IS 10W
II LUXURIOUS
HAL
I
Chicago, Aphil 14.—The Price of
hogs went ug today to twenty one
dollars fifteen cent§ per hundred,
tba highest prfce ever known.
Lard is selling at forty cents the
pound and corn hag risen to one
dollar and 62 cents the bushel.
Trail Blaacr Bobby Sheldon, tho
pioneer auto man. o£ the Valdez trail,
arrived in Fairbanks last week and
I* was severaal days before his
friends recognized him. Hig manly
countenance was po covered with a
dark beard that Bobg best girl
thought sh{> "was talking to a
stranger." He will start on his
duties as road] commissioner soonj
Paris, April 24.—Victor Emi
uel III, King of Italy, today v
Prf-mk-r Orlando not to recede :
hl^ position, takien respecting It
cMms before the Peace Confer*
Parig, April 24—.Lloyd Oo"
Great Brittaln'3 Prime Mini
has invited Premier Orlando, P
deut Wilson and Premier Clei
ceau to meet with him thlf a
noon and make a final eftor
effect, an agreement ap to It
claims.
Paris, April 24.—At four o'c
th'« afternoon President Wilson
mier Orlando Prime Minister L
George and Premier Cletaenceau
have their final meeting.
A strong effort 'will be made
Induce the Italiang to remain in
conference.
Tnis is the first time that Wi
and Orlando hare faced each. 0
since last -Monday.
Lopdwn, April 24.—The new
per today universally regard
Wilson Orlando controversy %
very grave situation,
Paris, April 24.—Two hum
thousand, trcops will be diBpat<
at once to Fium»e amd the
ian coast, ig the announce!
made thla afternoon by Obtain
zi who ig one of Premier Orfa-n
staff.
HERBERT HOOVE
EO DISTRIBUTE
THE JOB
Berlin, April 24.—Herbert Ho
p- arrived here today, Mr. Ho
er h-§ come aa the reprepentatlvt
J he United States to see to the i
♦rlbution o£ tho food and auppi
tfiine sent to Germany as the res
of one hundred t million' dollars
propriated by congress for the
lief of Germany.
MEBTI.NG OF ELKS TONIGHT
There will be a regular meet
Sliagway Lodge No. 431 B.
0. Elks at their hall on Sbcth avj
ue tonight.
All Elflcg ashed to be present.
Ridiculous Shoe Prices
A big line of
Oxfords and High Shoes for
Ladies
We have placed on our
Bargain Tables
Oxfords At - $1.50
High Shoes At - $2.00
There are Blacks, Whites, Tans
and Patent Leather Shoes in good
styles and large range of sizes
You wHl have to come quick as they will not las!
long at these prices
JAMES KENNEDY