®he JOaiiu Jtla^han
No. 43 TWENTY SECOND YEAH SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH HI. 1919
Seattle, March 31—John E. Bal
latne, in a statement whioh he
to tho Post P>tel
Hnfceucer. wihichi was (published in
thar paper yea.>rday. in, answering
the charges whioh wore nwme 'n
OelPsate Wiolcerstoi m's letter to'
Secretory Uuio said, "I became
coovtaced long: ago that Secr'tary
Line was deliberately in league ^"i'h
the enemies of the Alaska Railroad
project.''
Mr. Rallaine urgee a concerted
effor* to obtain one hundred mil
llua dollars to complete tho main
line or tho federal road and branch
es in»o the valleys south of tlia Yu
kon river.
Mr ©attain® endorsed Wlck
ershajn's statements in the main
Washington, March 31Wh:n ques
tioned on the aub>eet ofi D legate
Wickersham's arraingment of him
la the letter which has been made
public through the press of th© na
tion, Secretary o£ the Interior,
Franklin K. Lane decHiroed to make
auv- comment
WILL BUNTING
I
Jus! befcre going to press lbs
sat] uews reached this otficeop thii
death of William Bunting at the
White Pass hospital, from pneu
moala. |i : i
Mr. Bunting was stri'-'k n with
the influenza early last week, and
falling to respond to tre^tnvnt, the
disease puprinduced pneumonia, and
list Saturday be was removed from
his borne to the hospital. From the
time he entered the hospital,
he stcsrlly grew worse, and the end
cam« this afternoon.
$40 PER BARREL
Berlin, Monday—The first t-on
*lgnment flour imported intot Gei
many since the armistice, was place
oa sale In Cassel last w«dc. The
pricr asictd was 95 pfennigs for a
German pound or $40.00 a barrel.
The flour was distribute# in pound
lota lor use in gravies Qnd other
culinary purposes, but n«t for
making bread.
I FLOODSOESTROi
TOMATO CROPS
___
! Miami, Fla., March 31—Heavy
I n>i!is have caused damage estimated
at between five and six millions of
dollary in Dade and Broward coun
i fits. The winter tomato crop has
been entirely wiped out.
OFFICER SUP
PORTS CHARGES
Manchester, N. II., March 31—
Major Frank Knox, reoen% re
turned to his position as editor of
the LTnion, a newspaper published
in this city, after liis release from
army service in a signed
statement ^id that ho was "pre
pared in general terms to support
th« accusations brought! ag&nst
Secretary of war Baker by Ma
jor Dick B. Foster, that ord?rs
were Issued to commanding offi
cers o? mobilization camps in the
United- States which particularly for
bade effective handling of fake con
scientious objectors who were in
ducted into the natioraal army un
der the draft law.
After the Party
You go home to find it burned together with the
insurence policy and the Liberty Bond etc:
Too Late then to Say.
"I wish I had rented a Safe Deposit Box from
the Bank of Alaska, and it would cost me only
25c a month."
"Now is the time to act. Not Tomorrow
which never gets here."
B ANK 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
fEUDS nvcni of
III II FORTS mi IK
Paris, Monday—FraaLoe has made
an outline of what that government
claim shq must hare to malao her
secure from a future attack toy
Germany. The French delegates
to the Beaoei Conference say that
the present Diana provide that
Germany must xdestroy all forts
011 the right baud) aldie of the Rhine,
and that the Allies a*® to hdW the
lett tank until the last dollftr of
indemnity to tilie Freud* has bet n
paid bv Germany.
MEMORANDUM BOOK if PROVE
CLOE101I00S MURDER PLOTS
Oakland, March j 31—Following
up two separate cities which, were
unearthed, recently h!l3 llnlced th
myBterloua deaths or Miaa Inea Reed
of J3an Francisco, and Fort Riley,
Ka us. .army nurae, with Mrs. Geo.
Green wood, Oakland racial matron.
Alias Reed'8 body was found In
a rav'ne uear Saai Mateo March 8
following a criminal operation.
Mrs. Grem wood was killed by
a bomb at her home here a ahort
time ago. • J
ThQ ojues are in the form, ol two
11§'» ot names, one la a pocket
memorandum boob, found lea a b»x
oar at .Tracy bearing the aamea
of Miss Reed aoid George D. OTeefQ
wood, huahand of the well known
Oaklaud woman, and the other cine
was found In a shack ooaupled by
two men. The two man w*re ta
ken into custody- The box car
list alBO contained tthe names Of ft
number of other prominent Oak
laud people.
LEAGUE WITH
New York, .March1 31—EJlihn Ro<~t
issued a statement today de
claring himself in favor of the plan
for a leafrue or society of nations
although in doing so he urged that
amendments (should' be ma de to the'
Dronosed constitution now up befor®
the Peace Congress go as to Pron. r- ■
ly safeguard) Amorkan Interes's.
IIS OF UK
DlSDQNlllUED
Amsterdam, March 31 — Offi
cers of the Germaoi army held, an
excised" meeting iu Berlin recently
and expressed great indignation, at
the new war office regulation ab
olishing marks of raank, says the
Vosslsche Zeitung. They strongly
denounced' the system of soldiers'
councils, and advocated the employ
ment of the most drastic means in
order 10 enforce the cancellation of
the new decree*.
Colonel Reiuhardt, minister of
war attended' the meeting and
pointed out the great difficulties
at home and in the East. It was
impossible, he said, to do without
the co-ojxsration ofl offiai6<r8) The
soldiers' councils, he added, could
no* be abolished at present. They
weri there amd their eoclatence was
comprehensible.
The meeting finally passed a. res
olu'.ion demanding the reintroduc
tiou of marlcs of rank.
London March 31—The Roy
al J eo graphical Society has a
wardefi the Baek Grant to Arch
il < accn Hudson Stuck of the Yu
kon in recognition of his travels in
Alaska and his ascent ol Mount Mc
Kinley In 1913.
The Back Grant is an annual do
nation made by the Royal Geogra
phical Society. It owes Its name
to Sir Georga Back, who explored
part3 of Northern Canada
abou* 1830.
NESS IN NEW
YORK cm.
Now York, March 31—'Belief that
at least half of New Yorfc's 40 c&3
sos of "sleeping alcikniess" are
sequels to Spanish^ influenza, was
expressed today by Dr. Royal S.
CoDeland, city health commissioner.
Investigations, Dr. Copland sta
ted, Indicated, that there were two
forms of the disease In this city-one
a sequel to the epidemic of influ
enza and the other the disease
known as Euoqpholitls lethargy
or epidemic coma.
Precautionary measurt®, sdimilar.
to those recommended during the
influenza epidemic were adtrieed by
Dr Copelaatd.
onl
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Camp Kearney, Cal., March 31—
The 'De Luxo" hospital train which
left New York city on March 22
arrived here last ©renin# la fine
Shane with its 137 wounded men
from the Americoat expedition to
France.
The train wag ia charge of &
Staff of doctors and ordterlies. Th«
American Red Cross assisted the
army medical coorps in its opera
tion.
This was the first contin
ental trip -of a hospital train with
wounded soldiers in the htstorjl of
the country.
$1,250 May Buy
A Fliver Aero
Plane
New York, March 31—A fliver
aeroplane, that will only cost
J 1,250 will soon be placed* cm, the
market.
Vienna, March 31—All bankp and
str-res have been taken over by
the sovit government) andi national
ized. The banks in some Instan
ces are being managed for the po
vlbt government by their forsner
janitor?, ■< h^j ^ ,
Paris, Mowdmy — The commls-j
slou which was appointed by th«
peOce congress to decide upon t,bo
punishment of those who were re
sponsible for thie beginning of the
war in 1914, reported that th|3 com
mission w<i8 unanimously agreed
that thfi former German Kaiser,
an * all others who may be found to
be responsible In any manner (for
the war m/iist be trtedj before an tn
ternptlonaJ court which shall be aP
pointed byi the p:aeej ROngTeffl.
Copenhagen, Monday—That th<
ex-Crown -prince o£ G.cirniany forsa?
tha possibility of bis trial b(
"ore an iuteraationa.li court is prov
en >>3' his statement in am iatervic-v
which he gave to the Berlinske Ti
dente in whicli he is quote<J ^
having paid, "It 5g not Imposeiblf
that I will be executed."
FORD EAGLE IS
REPORTED BEST
Washington, March 31—The N&-I
val Affair committee reported; to)
day that tt considered the Ford Ea-1
gle boat to be the best type of
submarine chaser In existence, and
urzed its adoption and use m t>art
o'thc navy, even to times of pea-ce.
FlUilw in
STATE Of SIEGE
— I
A^j Adriatic Port, Monday—>The
port >1 Flume haa been declared In
a *tate of pelgje bj» the Allied com
mander there, according to a des
patch from Flume thta morniflg.
Arthur Boone, who enlisted from
Skagwav for armij- service, returned!
on th6 City of Seattle yester
day from Jiuiaeaiu, haying come up t
the capital city on a previous boat.
Mr. Boone wag stationed near Sam
Francisco, and states that he
expects to return within the next
few weeks.'
—+4—
U. S. Marshal J. M. Tanner of
the First Judical division oil Alaska,
arrived up on the City of Stattle
from Juneau yesterday and will
Temajn ihi^ra' for a few; days vialting
with hip family and looking over the
Slrajrway deputy's office, which is
a» the present time without an in
cumbent. Jailor James Miller acting
in tbe capacity of deputy marshal.
SEND HOME IONS
OF GERMAN
SOUVENIRS
Washington, March 31—The Pos
Office department announces th:
the amoumt of mail sent by th<
American expeditionary, forces ii
France u> this country since th<
boys have quit fighting and gon<
to letter writ ting to relatives am
friends at home has increased' 2<
pfr cent since the signing o£ th
armistice. The volume of soiryen
irs sent back to th© United. State;
by parcel? post miay be measured b:
the ton, it is( asserted, andl theS
slat of curios such as eh el
cgp3, parta of rifles and revolvers
bayonets, uniforms buttons am
sci?ll portions of demolished) aero
planes. Captured German helmen
are the most prized tokens, uearl;
600,000 of these having th.ua fa
passed through the mails.
msIfoseo
10 GO-DPERATf
London, Monday—A Toyko des
oatch to this city today Bays tha
Japanese Wsj: Minister, Tanaka die
clared that the American troop
now in Siberia ralusedl to coopsr
ate with the Japanese forces ii
fighting the Bolsheviki army nea
Bote A1 ovestcjieiisk.
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!
Who's
Your
Tailor?
Military training has certainly worked
wonders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
be made expressly for you by Ed. V.
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