No. 250 TWENTY FIRST YEAtt
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 23. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, Mouday. — As a
result of the Fish Commission hear
ing* which were recently hel# in
Seattle, at which 'iuie all these per"
saus who were interested in the sal
mon canning industry in Alaska,
were requested .to be present, the
Secretary of the l)epartmiMit of
Commerce has promulgated regula
tionjj placing the limits °f tlle Ba*"
uion uack >>u the lower Yukon river
a* 30,000 barrels of pickled sal111011"
ami two Hundred thousand rases of
cured per year.
Tl:o new order absolutely pio*
liibits th0 taking of salmon in
the upper river, and no salmon for
canning, pickling or mild curing
for shipment are to be caught above
the junction of the Clear river with
the Yukon.
ALASKA WILL BE ft El 200,000
10 FIGHT INFLUENZA EPiDEIC
"W&sbiugtOH, Dec. 23. — As a re"
salt of Governor Riss8 repojt in the
matter ot" combatting the influenza
e^idvQiic in Alaska, whiili snows
that, the government has iiu'urrcd :wi
indeotedness beyond th$ vaailable
luiids for that purpose now at liis
disposal. Senator Jouts introduced
in tUy senate a ji-'ui resolution ap*
rupriatitig SJi»0,0i»u li'r the work
•of stauipiuj; out influenza through
oil' the territory of Alaska,
It iS ixpeUvd that the measure
will l>e approved bv U'tti benches
ui congress immediately after
holidays.
lOilljtE
BYJERGPLANES
New York, Monday. — According
ao aa announcement made tcday by
tho Aero Club <y*' America, aif ex
pedition led by Captain Robert A.
ijartlett will be sent next Ju»0 to
make a. survey of the Xorth Polo
bv aeroplanes.
Traiu Xo. 2 was orought over
from Whitehoise jesteiday anU. the
Tuesday trains both ways have been
Annulled. On Thursday N'o. 1 will
be run over, and on Friday the regu
lar schedule will be resumed. This
&c'k>n on the part of the White
Pass was taken so as to permit all
the train crews to b^ home over
Christmas, and also to provide the
necessary crews for handlirg the
coal from the Ketchikan, as it will
require a do-y and night crew to
bunker the coal at the White Pass
bunkers at the shops.
Mrs. Henderson
Dies in junean
;nlTWB>
Juneau, Dec. n:;. — Mrs. L. D.
llcudersbu, wife of Lli0 Territorial
Conuuisskmei K ducat ion, died
at her home iu this city this inorn
i■ as ilie result o£ influenza.
I'l jlessor .lleiulei'son is also ill
wiiii tlie disi'usy but l'o consid
ered to be out o;' danger by liis
physicians .
The health officers here believe
tha» the epidemic lias been check
ed as there were only four ae*'
cases reported since Saturday. Dur
ing the recurenee of the siege of
influenza four deaths havo result
ed.
IIUMJMKN DO <;ki:.\t
HON OK TO W ILSON*
DuMjn. Sunday—Throughout Ire
laud today has I'een celeorated as
Wilson's Day.
A REAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
Teach each child the value of
saving money. You can do this
successfully by opening a Bank
Account for him in the
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
OF
BANK OF ALASKA
Xmas Dinner Suggestions
Imported French Peas Extra Fine 35c per Tin '
Imported French Mushrooms 65c per Tin
[Special] !
Extra Large Ripe'Olives Pint Tins 35c per Tin,
Extra Large Ripe Olives Quarts 65c per Tin ■
P. H. GANTY \
MANY YA1KS AT NEUILLY HOSPITAL
VISITED BY CDIIAIDERilK GIF
Paris, Sunday Night. —President
Wilson today visited the Red Cross
iu-spital at Neuilly. He visited!
every ward in the immense hospi
tal and stopped at the bedside of
every man, where lie shook hands
and gave a few words of cheer.
This hospital is occupied by 1200
badly wounded American soldiers
who are the survivors of the mem
orable attack On Chateau Thierry.
During the four hours Bpent there,
President Wilson shook handp in
dividually with every one of the
and addressed eacfc on0 personally
iu a cheery voice, telling each on«
bow proud he wag an# how proud
his country wag at their gallant ac
tions, and that their relatives and
friends were anxiously! awaliing their
return home, which would b^ juat
as soon as they were able to be
moved.
A£ter leaving the hospital at
\vuilly, President Wilson, visited the
French hospital at Valdegrace,
where he went through all the
the wards and stopped a.n<j, spok0 to
hundreds of the men, shaking hands
with many and offering them con
gratulations on their fine and heroic
work.
Copenhagen, Monday.—AtcordiDg
to telegrams received today in this
city from Petrograd, the total cas
ualties sustained' by tho Russian ar*
niy is officially reported to nave
have been 9,150,000 men. CK this
number the reports tjiatee that 1/
700,000 were killed. 1,400,000 men
were permanently disabled, while 3,*
5)0,000 other soldiers were niora
or less severely wounded.
The report further states tuat
th> records show that 2,500,000
Russian soldiers were taken prison
ers.
LET THE GOOD
; WORK CONTINUE
Health OtiUer l>r. liaiie bus
liiKtu every precaution to 4>re\eut
muuenza being brought to Sh-agway
turougu th© medium of tne freight
er Ketciiittan,
lmmeu'iaie.y upon the big ship
docking, at t«i§ port, Dr. Gable
went -J-uoard, and, personally exam
ined each and evrey member of
thg crew, both ofncerg and mtn;
every man aboard * haying been
brought before binf lor examina
tion, and iu "3 much ag this ship
iiad not touches at a Vrt be
tween Seattle and Skagway, when
Dr. Uabie pronounced all Cn board
loo per cent free from ilu, he con
sidered it safe to allow work men
to so aboard.
In spewing of the incident, Dr.
Gaoie stated that ha£' he found a
singly trace of the disease in one
maai, would have tied the Ship
uo for the prescribed five days,
an-i would; not have permitted a
man to go on board or leave it.
I'UI-NCKSS MAKV REOOJRDS
WHAX IS SAID .ABOUT HI£H
London, Dec. 23.—Princess Mary
hag started, two scrajj. books for
recording all that the papers pay &*
bout ner. One of tha books bears
the inscription "The Truth About
.Myself," while the other is for
the statements that come under the
heading o£ fiction.
UNITED SlATEu
Edinburgh, Dec. 23. — Germany
ceasea to exist as a naval power
wnen th6 heart of the mighty ileel
of 14 gliips of the first line, seveu
lijrlH cruisers and 60, destroyers
surrendered to British, American
and French armada. This is the
greatest lighting force that ever
went to sea aud this force, with
ou* auy remonstrance, surrendered
unconditionally to the Allied fleet.
The German ships approached the
rendezvous in column formation
flanked on all sides by Allied ships,
g column twenty miles long. The
Allied ship? with the surrendered
craft are today anchored in the
Firtb of Forth. The German ships
ar« under guard a§ prisoners.
Tnig is the most gigantic surren*
der in the world's history and! came
as the climax of Germany's down
fall.
Allied men, all animated by
Lawrences' "Don't give up the ship,
could not conceive of such an in
glorious fate to which Germany sub"
mitted.
The Associated Press correspond
ent est aboard the flagship hoard
many officers exclaim that even tne
poor Spaniards, knowing that he
did not have a chance by coming oul
from Santiago, Cuba, made tne r"sh,
although the odds were against then
1000 to 1. '
The surrender of the German
fleet places America seoon^) among
World's naval powers.
^tie Allied peaman only feel con*
Frank McPhee of Whi/telwrse is
registered at the Golden North ho
a> lih
GOLDEN NORTH HOTEL CAFE
Christmas Dinner
CHRISTMAS, DEO. 35, 1918.
Dinner From 4:30 to 7 p. m.
Celery Olives
Cream of Oyster soup
Skagway Chicken, Cream Gravy
Snrimjj. Salad with "Mayonnaise
Porter House Steak ,
Tea Boue Steak
Youag Turkey, Celory Dressing
Cranberry S^-uoe
Mashed' Potatoes Green Peas
English Plum Pudding
Hot Mince Pie, Apple Pie.
Vanilla Ice Cream
Assorted fakes
Cream Puffg Cheese ,
$1.50 ••
Reservations must toe made before
Christmas morning. 2t—22*24.
It'iupiuus piiy ior IU0 "*CU ULTUO-IVI
the surrendered fleet.
It la announced that many Allied
submarines were beneath the water
surrounding the German fleet and
the least suspicious movement oh
the vart of the Germans would have
witnessed! the greatest torpedoing
o* vessels the world ever knew. Bui
the Germans surrendered complete
ly and hands down.
The Fuel Administration hag not
relaxed vigorous dealing wifth mine
operators for violations of regula
tion* governing proper preparation
of coal before it is marketed. Four
mine* were ordered closed down
during the week eanded' November
16 for such violations. Three oth
er mines, previously shut down for
this reason, wer0 allowed to re
sumo operations upon guaranties
that the rules would be obeyed.
Mrs. Ida Crease of Log Cabin ar
rived in Skagway on last evening's
train and will spend the holidays
with her sister, Mrs, Marcus and
her son aand daughter in law Mr
[and Mr?. Eugene Smith, ^ ,,
HEADS OF SHIES 8 TERRITORIES
if hold mi meet in hush
Washiugtonton, Monday.' — While
i* la not guoposed to be told In pul>- j
lie, there is good reason; for insisting
that the next conference of govern
ors of the States and Territories of
rha United States, who have a-d"
i jouraed their annua.1 meeting at An*
| napolis, after a session, expending
over the past week, will be held
either in Utah or Ala-ska..
The reason for believing that the
Uovrenor's convention is to ha
held in Alaska is the reason that
it has already been decided to told
the 1919* convention in some west
ern state and Alaska is preferred
as it is the farthest west and the
longest distance from Washington,
PRESIDENT'S MM PEACE
PREPARATIONS ARE PERFECTED
Paris, Dec. 23. —President WU*
son's conferences today and tomor
row will virtually complete ail tlie
preliminaries that he ig to dis
ooee of before going toi England.
At these conferences 8.114 those
which President Wilson hag *1"
J ready had with the various peace
delegates from the varioug nations
; will probably lay the principal part
Wilson Gets Law
And History Degree
Paris, Monday, — Speaking at
the University of Paris today, Presi
dent Wilson defined hi§ conception
of a league of nations as "A moral
fcrce of men throughout the* world
which would turn its searching light
ot conscience uj>on any wrong doing
or aggression.
President Wilson made his ad
dress at the ceremonies which were
in connection with conferring the
degrees of Law and' History upon
him by the University of Paris .
LOXDOX GIRLS ABE GIVING
UP THEIR JOBS TO MEN
London, Dec. 23.—When girls at
the beginning of the war became
ominous conductorettes, they agreed
to give UP their jobs aB s00*1 35
the men who6e places Ithey. had tak
en returned. Many soldiers, former
bus conductors, are now applying
for their old posts and the con
ductorettes are gracefully making
room for them. In many instanc
es, it is said, the work has been
too heavy for the girls, owing to
j the crush o£ passengers.
of the ground work for the actual
peace conference.
President Wilson considers th^
most uressing of all problems which;
confront the Allied natioDg et the
present moment, and which is be'
lieved to be in a fair way of Deing
salved, ig that of supplying food
to »be starving peoples of the lib
erated countries.
10 REACH ROME
ON JANUARY 30
I
I Rome, Dec. 23. — Advioe waa
received here today that President
Wilson would arrive in this city on
January 30th.
LOBD~DERBy
Oils WILSON
J Paris, Monday.—President and
I Mrs. Woodrow Wilson were the
j guestg of honor at a dinner given
I oy Lord Derby, British Ambassador
to France. i
Leo Simmons of Carcross arrived
in Slcagway on the Sunday special
traip and will spend Christmas with
his wife and sou George here. Mrs.
Simmons and George were released
from the detention hospital today;
at noon. . ,
A Practical Christmas
You are planning on a practical Christmas this
year, and to that end you undoubtedly have decided
that all the gifts you make should be practical.
Here is a partial list of artilces of a practical na
ture that is indeed timely.
MEN
Silk Hose
Plain Linen Hdkfs.
Initialed Linen "
Plain Silk
Initialed Silk "
All Kinds of Tiea
Cuff Buttons
Fancy Knives
Tie Clips
Mufflers^
Tie Stick Pini
Cuff Button Sets
Tie Holder
Bath Robes
Pocket Combs
Hdkfs Tie & Sox Sets
Belt Sox & Garter
Seta
Traveling or Mili
tary dets
Fancy Belts in Hol
ly Boxes
Silk Shirts
Fur Caps
Gloves
Coin Purses & Bill
Books
WOMEN
Cap & Scarf Sets
Spats
Bath Robes
Middy Ties
Linen and Fancr
Hdkfi
Silk in Different
Styles and Colors
Fancy Felt and Silk
Slippers
New Fancy Shawls
CHILDREN
Windsor Ties
Boy's Suits and
Shirts
Cap & Scarf Sets
Mittins
All Kinds of New
Caps
Handkerchiefs
New Styles in Shaea
XewFancy Sweate rs
All Colors
JAMES KENNEDY