BUSS Of VIRGINIA NAMED
TO SUCCEED SECYJUO
Washington, Thursday. — C011*
gressman Carter G'ase, the Demo
cratic representative from th© sev
enth district of Virginia has *>een
nominated by President Wilson for
Secretary of the Treasury to fill
the position made vacant by the res
ignation of McAdoo.
RESCLUTION
15 DEFEATED
Washington, Dec. 5.—The res°*
luilou introduced by Senator Cum
mins yesterday asking that a Sen
ate delegation be Sent to the peace
conference, where >t eoulj watch
the yroaeedings, and which was
put over for action until today
wa3 killed iu the committee room.
POLESHOID t
BBES1LITOVSK
Vienna, Thursday.—According to
e. dispatch which was printed in '
the Nome Freiepress, Polish troops
have occupied Brest Litovsk.
NO MOKK l'I(;S SO
COXTKOLI.KK gi ns JOB
London, Dec. 5.—11. S. cantley.
M. P., has resigned as British Pig .
Controller advising pig owners to
kill off their pigs before- Christ
mas "It will b(> clear to ys>u."
C^ntely wrote, "that mv position is
thuj rendered impossible and my j
office unnecessary."
London, Thursday—In an inter
View had 'with a newspaper corres
pondent on the Island cf Kleriu*
pae, the former German crown
prince said:
"You English clamor to get my
father and me away from Holland.
We are down and out. .My father
is a broken man. Isn't that enough
punishnent?"
Tendon, Dec. 5. — The Evening
Standard of this city states in this
evening's edition that it has heen
told- that the time of the armistieo
wi'l be extended.
I'OLKS DKM.YNU (.KIJM ANY
TO WITHIMSAW TUO()l*S !
Geneva, Doc. 5.—Tlie Polish po\- |
eminent has sent a formal demand
to the German government at Ber" I
liu, asking for the immediate evac
uation of Polish territory by Ger
man trops.
nwjmqr - -T,V T.f Gfe.
The Armistic is signed and Peace is coming but %>ar obli
gations are not paid and to take care of them tl-r Ci< \
nient has given notice of a
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
Skagway has in the past done its share in helping Alaska
go over the top. To do so again even' local residen
should at once open a bank account, that when the call
comes, you may have ready money tD meet your Liberty
Loan installments We invite yours.
[ BANK OF AX A SKA
NOTICE
On account of oontinued bad weather and the poor success
now obtained in the search for bodies, the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company announce the organized search tiiat ha§ been
maintained ginc© the »'reck of their steamer Frincess Sophia
will be discontinue# this weeK.
REWARD
Effective at °nce, and until December 31, 191S, a reward ot
$50 jeDI be paid for each body recovered and brought in, bea^.
Ing no gigns of having been tampered with.
Tbe reward will be paid at the office of the General Agent,
# Seward street, Juneau. SEiSSTilTiL i Z
STATESMEN BEGIN TO BUCK THE
! BRITISH CLAIM JO SEA POWER
j London, Thursday. — In a speech
which Sir Winston Churchill, Brit
ish ministers of munitions, made a'
Dundee yesterday evening, ha said,
! "We pater the peace conference with
■ the absolute decision that no Jimi
■ tations shall be Imposed upon Great
Britain as to our right to main
' tain our nayai defense."
commissToners askubge sums
FOR GOV. RAILWAY AND ROAD WORK
Washington, Dec. 5. — Estimates
which have been Bubmitte^. by the
Alaska Engineering commission for
the continuation of the work of
building the government railroad in
Alaska during the coming year calls
for $4,000,000.
U is believed that this sum will
be appropriate and that a large
number of Is borers will be sent north
early in the Bpring, and that work
will b0 pushed to the utmost tending
towards an e^riy eomp'ietioo of the
road.
Thn Alaska Road commission asks
fjr $300,000 for road and trail
Duiltiing in various parts of Alaska,
and if this amount is appropriated,
aeeded work will be done on several
of the roads already but now in
poor condition, and many other
trails and roads which liavo been
surveyed, at well as several r°a<ls
that have been asked for, construct
ed.
FLIES PIGEONS
Aboard the Steamship George
Washington, At Sea, Thursday. —
President Wilson is today suffering
from a slight oold.
His excellency spent a great deal
cf time dictating to his steno
grapher.
The vessel is reported t<j be
making seventpen knots per hour.
Zurich, JDec. 5. — Berlin advices
today assert that Liebkuecht'g revo
lution vill break-out In its full fury
on Friday night. It is claimed
th^t there are fifteen thousand arm
ed men who will be participants In
♦he revolution, and that they will
fib'ht to desperation.
TU1 j afternoon Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson released a number of carrier
pigeons which had messages at
tached to them for friends in the
States.
SOLDIERS' MAIL IX NEW
YORK BY THE TON*
New York, Dec. 5.—Carloads of
package^ are arriving at th$ naval
piers for shipment to the soldiers
lu France. Fourteen hundred mail
clerks have been assigned to the
routing of the packages, and it is
estimated that one hundred thou
sand mail parcels are Arriving daily.
Late today fifty soldiers were as*
signed to help. th-e mall clerks
on the pier. ■ !' I
There will be a regular meeting
o; Ssagway Lodge No, 431, B. P.
0. Elks tonight at 8:30 o'clock. AH
gud-9 Elks are expected to be pres
ent, ag an interesting session i»
promised.
| Washington, Dec. 5. —Secretary
of the Navy Daniels today announc
ed* that 20 per cent of the men now
in the navy would by discharged at
I as early a date as possible.
(iUEVF Rl'X OF CARIBOU
NORTH OP PAWSOX
Dawson, Nov. 20.—Recent arriva 9
from the Twelvemile district, north
of Dawson, report that thousands
carioou have been crossing the hills
and vales o' that region late.
For many days they swarmed down
• he Little Twelvemile and across the
Hay Meadows, and covered the hills
between Kentucky Point and La"
piae Ridge, which is on th© wgaon
road which follows the Guggie ditch
from Dawson to tho Twelvemile
power house.
When they came to the big flume i
many could no* cross, but wandered |
alonp the /lumg until they found a
high trestle where it crossed a gulch<
They then marched in single He i
under the trestle, down the bill,
and crossed1 the valley of the Twelve
mile, and struck northerly along
the north fork or main Di-anch of
th© Twelvemile. The niost of them
crossed on the eleventh, the day
ueac$ was announced, and the deni
zens of tha region celebrated by
bagging enough caribou that day j
to fill their caches all winter. Billy
Hill, the Twelvemiee foreman for
the Yukon Gold, and Carlson came
la with the news of the big trek.
Th» caribou were in the vicinity for
two weeks.
"Hygeno" Whole Wheat Flour
for "Hygienic Bread"*
A Whole wheat'flour with all the substance in'it.
I
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Try a 50 lb Sack ai $3.00 or a 10 lb Sack at 75 cents
You may buy this flour without substitutes
P. H. GANTY
UEMHOMOr IS
I01ESMISH
Lpndon, Thursday. —Lord) Geddes,
high admiral ol the British Ad
miralty in. a speech which he niace
yesterday declared that Britain's
sea power has been n°t on^y ber
own salvation but the salvation of
the whole world. j
Berlin, Dec. 5. — There are fieri*
ous fears entertained here by those
in a position to realize the danger
that there may be a BoLshcvllr up
rising throughout Germany under
the leadership of Llebkaacht.
Copenhagen, Dec. 5. — A dis- j
patch received' here from cologu
today that there' is fierc© food riot- |
ing taking place in that city, and
thaf the starving populace are J
storming the Shops and store houses
in ar effort to Sain food. Machine
guns were brought out by order
of t>? authorities in an. effort to
suppress the mobs.
HLBEH1ES
FOR CONFERENCE
Paris, Thursday. — King Albert j
of Be'eium arrived In Paris thte j
morning and "will be in attendu&ee
at the peace confreences.
JIXEAU BREWERS ARE
UP AGAINST IT
Juneau, Dec. 6. — Local brewers
of non"alooholic beer are up agsfinst
the recent order of the govern
men* stopping all brewing after De
cemoer 1st. This week the last I
trew of the famous "Juno" was I
handled at the local brewery. It
la estimated there will be a supply '
on hand to last for some months,
and unless the order Issued by the
government is modified it may be '
some months before the brewery j
can resume brewing. '
lu the meantime about a half doz-!
en men will have to be laid off
at the, brewery and only old" cus- i
tomerg can be supplied with the
beverage. Sf i jfi'
ABDICATION IS
RECOGNIZED
Amsterdam, Dec. 5.—Prince Hen*
ry o' Prussia today issued the stato*
menL: "I am forced to recognize
King- William's abdication, sad
YV!>1 assist in policy for order and
constitutional governments"
io silo
UNFAVORABLE
Ilerlin, Dec. 5.—The BilsheviVist
orgsn. The Red' Flag, todajr de
clared that any attempt on the
part of the Allies to send food la"
to Germany ig treachery against the
revolution, and must be opposed as
capitalistic effort to beat the aim#
«f tli- Bolsheviki.
mm ISH PLAN' SHIPBUILD
ING ON* BIG SCALE
London, Dec. 5.—The National
News gayg that a great shipbulding
program, involving stupendous
sums, has been drawn up by a num
ber of north of England capitalists.
"II is understood," says the
Naticnal News, "that .arranK-ement3
have been made for overcoming the
two greatest problems of the mo
ment: Lahor and materials.
"Among thos einterested in this
vast undertaking are several men
who have had no connection with
ship Duilding in the past. Thejr have
simply placed their wealth at the
dsiposal of the country, in Ord«r
to secure Britain's maritime su
premacy."
Who's Your Tailor?
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E. V. Price & Co.
t
are the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably priced J
'
Select
Yours
Today
f
and have your Autumn clothes
made up for future delivery to'suit
you—and you only
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