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No. *286 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY ». 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
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SECT LANE RECOMMENDS MORE
LIBERAL COAL LAWS FOR ALASKA
Washington, Fbe. 3. — Secretary
of the Interior Lati© has recommend*
ed t^e adoption of a system by the
governmeut for the outright sales
anJ leases of the Alaska coal lands.
Mr. Laue says that the leasing sys
tem under the law of nineteen four- i
teen has proved a failuie and he ;
thinks a law authorizing sales and
leas<>6 should oe passed at this
session o congress.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Through an
agreemut reeaehed today between
t)" house and senate conferees, Al"
aska coal and' oil lands may soon
be opened up for development un
der leasing and patent s>stems.
This ends a controversy of long
standing and should1 bg an impetus
to Aia&lca business.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Not includ
ing «wo regiments of marines, the
official figures which are ninety five
cer cent complete. gi\en out by the
war department today show that
there were killed in action in France
twfn'y seven thousand seven huir
dred and sixty two. That eleven
thousand three hundred aud ninety
six died of wounds. Fourteen thous
and six hundred' and forty nine
were missing in action and two
thousand seven hundred and eighty
live were 'aken prisoneis.
i The number of wounded have not
ye be«n given out.
HUMS
F1 HUMORED!
Kvanstou. 111., Feb. 3. Ti e \V.
C. T. U. have asked Alaska to raise ,
lire hundred dollars to be used in
their new drive to raise one million
dollcrs. Alaska's quota is the a- ;
oove named sum. The W. C. T. U,
drive will also endeavor to securu
one million, new recruits.
Evanutou, 111., Feb. 3.—In hoiior
of The late Frances R. Willard, a
committee composed' of a lflrge uunr
ber o* "Dry" leaders went to the
Rose Hill xcemetery Sunday and
theii laid a wr«ath of flowers on
the mound under which Miss Wil
lard's Body reposes.
For many years* Miss Willard was
hi ad of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union, and had resided In
this suourb of Chicago, which, Bhe
h?<t mate her headquarters.
Th.. placing of the wreatli upon
tho grave of the great exponent of
temperance was in commemoration
of the culmination of her efforts to
lirinsr about nation-wide prohibition.
PETfiOGBAO IS
Stockholm, Feb. 3. — Many peo
ple were killed in Fetrograd yes
terda through, the bombardment of
t1- city by the Kronstadt artillery,
is the report receiyed here today.
NOTICE TO BOND PURCHASERS
The final payment on Liberty Bonds purchased.,
on the installment plan will be due January 30th.
Coupon Bonds upon which payments were
completed priot to December 15th. are now ready
for delivery.
No registered bonds have been received thusfar.
BANK OF AL ASKA
Is Your Bread Heavy?
By adding a small amount of
Corn Flour,
you will find an improvement, the bread will rise
I better and the grain will be finer.
| We will Sell you a 101b.
Sack at 75 cents
i Can also be used for making fine gravies etc.
P. H. GANTY
FLAW ARE ORDERED OFF
IN SEATTLE Bf HEALTH OFFICE
Seattle, Feb. 3.—The result of
the influenza from Wednesday to
Friday night as reported shows s®V"
ea deaths on Wednesday with sixty
thre» new cases reported, three
6e- th« on Thursday with twenty
el-ch\ new cases and on Friday three^
deaths and thirty one new cases re- j
ported.
'Ihc department of health an- i
nounced on Saturday that the wear* I
in^ o* masks was no longer neces- J
eRry. _____ I
ALASKA DEVELOPMENT BEING BE-1
TARDEO N POSTAL DEPARTMENT
Washington, Feb. 3. — In a
speech today on the floor of the sen
ate. Y/cJley Jones of Washington »s
serfc. that one of the chief rea
eons for the business stagnation that
is now settled on Alaska is the de
plorable mail service that the post
ot'fic* department is giving to that
'Tfitory.
He charged th»t one reason for
the exodus from Alaska and the de
din* of popu/ation was largely due
to tli * same cause.
Seuator Joaes urged that appro- :
prirtions be made for aerial and hy
droplane mail survive for south
eastern Alaska.
Sens lor Thomas of Colorado, In j
epeaKing of the question, asserted
that t'ie restrictive mining policy of
tli government had also contribut- ,
largely to the depression in Al- ,
aefeV.
PRESIDENT GEES
MT Of REST
Paris, Feb. 3.—President "Wilson !
on orders of his physician, Br- Gray^
son, passed' a restful Sunday. The !
President wag not allowed to at- j
tend church nor to receive any call- •
ers. J
Patterson, N. I., Feb 3 — Thirty |
fiva thousand silk weavers went on >
striite today.
Tne principal demand made by tbtf
weavers ia a forty seven hour week, j
EMPEROR WILL
DIVORCE WIFE!
Zurich, Feb. 3. — A Vienna dis
patca today states that former Em
peror Charles has applied for a
divorce from his Italian wife.
FLO CLEARING
OP IN THE WEST
San Francisco, Feb. .3.—Reports
frou> all over the states of Oregon,
and California show a marked1 im
provement in, the influenza epidemic.
Tlie number of new cases being re
ported Is growing much less and the I
deatb reports show large dlmunltion |
BILL TO GIVE SOLDIERS *
CIGARETTES INTRODUCE!* j
Linciln, Neb., Feb. 3. — Barton
Green of iAnacaater county! in'roduc
e." a Dili in the legislature repealing
the anti-cigaret law of 1913 and
permitting tie manufacture and
sale of cigaretg in the state under]
certain regulations.
Lon'eaux, Feb. S. — A troop ]
tr°in today r^n into two Geiman lo
comotives standing tit Mont.earamey '
itaflou and killed eight American j
soldiers. The names of tlie s°l"
tl*iora have not yet Jaen gi\en out.
Berlin, Feb. 3. — The Staatstr<n |
o' German-Austria has passed a
bill unanimously ;?rOviding for the
unification of that country with
Carmany,
i HIGH OFFICE
Paris, Feb. 3. — Samuel Gom
pera has been elected president of
the International Commission on
L^tor. >
VAST SUM STOLEN BY |
SOCIAL "CLOIBEKS,"
SAY N. Y. OFFICIAL
New York, Feb. 3. — The story
of how "social, climbers," "100 per
cenr. boys and "society parasites" at
tached themselves to war charity
and' stole or squandered millions of
dollajg contributed ior the benefit
of war sufferers, was told by Assist
ant District Attorney Kilroe, in a
report last night on his investiga
tioa of 634 "war charity" organiza
tions. i
The investigation, he said, dis
clos.'d actual thefts of more than
S3,000,000 In one year and waste of
several more millions for "expenses"
ani resulted in the closing of 384
of tho organizations. Of th^ 150
others investigated all were found
by Mr, Kilroe »o have "some vi
cious method of collection, disburse
ment, accounting or admins tration"
which were corrected. _ £
Not Waiting Action of Central
Labor Council Seattle Locals
Officially Announce Strike
Definitely Called For Ten
O'Clock Thursday—Business
Men Prepare to Protect Life
and Property—Piez Says the
Government Will Not Com
promise but Will Hold Ship
Workers to Their Contracts
Seattle, Feb. 3. — Delegates
froir. on© hundred and thirty local la
bor unions met today; and passed a |
resolution requesting the C«ntral
Labor Council to call a general
striko effective on Thursday morning
at ten o'clock
It la practically a foregone coil- |
elusion that thg Council will so or
der at the same time deploring the
ne«tssity of such action.
.The feeling of the business men is
th*t the situation must be met with
a firm determination on their part
to protect life and' property.
Seattle, Feb. 3. — The official
announcement of the resolution pass
ed ty the delegates from tli€ one
hundred and thirty labor unions of
Seattle definitely orders the gen
era' strike on Thursday and it is
Jiot contingent Qn the action of the
Central Labor Council,
Seattle, Feb. 3.—Thousands of
revolutionary leaflets urging the
sh'o yard workers to seize and take
control of the yards are being dia
trfDuted throughout the city.
Further carrying out of the Rus
sian Bolshevik idea, tags bearing
the picture of soldier eailor work
mac, are being sold o nthe streets
Philadelphia, Feb. 3. — Director
General Pietz of the mergency fleet
cort oration stated today that the
government would never compro
mise with the Seattle shipyard strik*
erg, "This government does not
break its agreements,' he said "the
contract was carefully considered by
all parties to it and all parties a
greed If this contract is broken tkea
no contract is worth anything and
the whole business fabric of the na
tioa would be destroyed."
San Francisco, Feb. 3. — At a
mass meeting of the shipyard work
ers held here last night and at other
mertings held throughout the dis
trict it' was definitely decided that
thert would be no strike in sym
pa<hy with the Seattle walkout.
PIONEERS ELECTT OFFICERS
FOR THE ENSUING YEAH
Tho local Igloo of Pioneers of
Alaska elected officers thig week
for the ensuing year follows:
0. P. Hubard, president.
James Davis, first vice president.
Alex Singletary, second vice-pres.
W Frazer, secretary.
Tkos. Hunt, chaplain.
JL C. Dieringer, historian.
Adam Swan, treasurer.
A. J. Meals, trustee.
A. Carlson, trustee. ! .
Oliya Marois, trustee.
Th'i"?. Beasley, sergt.at-arms.
The igloo, which is one of the
largest in tne Territory, has a mem
Oershio of about 250 members in
good standing.
The Igloo is compiling a history
of its membership, which will make
interesting reading when conrplet*
ed.—Valdez Miner.
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