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No. 250 TWENTY"FIRST YEAR ' SKAtt'WAY, ALASKAfwiiDNEfcfr)A Y? DECEMBER 18. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
FORMER GOVERNOR RRflDLEf DIES
IN SJTKft AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
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• SlUta, Dec. 18. — John Green
Bradley, who whs governor of A1 •
asi* from 1897 until 1905, died
yesterday at his home in ttiig city
following a Ions illness.
Mr, Bradlev cam© to Alaska as a
missionary more than forty years
ago, and afterwards entered the
businesfc field1 ill this city.
A lew years ago he lost a modest
fortune in a mining and develop
ment company, which he promoted
iu this vicinity, and sinc0 that time
he has hei-u in somewhat utrafeht
eiied circuius'uiiies. His Wife «nd
daughter are now teaching school
at Sitka. j
EARLY Wl
IS
Salem, Ore, Dec. lS.-^Col. John
CraWebaugh, a newspaper niau of
this city, and a pioneer of Com*
stock, died at his home in this
Uty yesterday.
Col. CrJ-biebaugji »ag ou© of the
first half dozen men to Prospect for
gold in Alaska, and. while he was
not successful in locating any larse
au>ount of the precious nutal, he
predated that vast quantites of
gold would it some time be fouud
and that Alaska would take its
place amon,; tbv greatest gold Pro
ducing districts of the world.
EARL JAMK>t).\ HONUKED
W ITH HiKMH W Ai: CKGSS
Juneau, D«*c. 17. — Karl C. Jarne
son of this city has been des orated
witfc the French Croix de Guerre,
and expected on November u to be
promoted to first lieutenant. He
writea that ne was behind the st
Mihiel front as instructor, and "u
peaces ia declared, do uot know
■whether I'll sro to mv resiment or
not."
Jameson wants Tom McDonald
ami' othere to answer his letters. He
say, "but I know Tom—guess ho
does not wri'e a letter a year." He
also wants Glenn Bartlett to send
copies of the Sophia passenger list.
Qoot A. E. Erman, of the R. >»•
W, A£- police, who ha§ been station
ed at Whitehorse arrived in Skagwa
oa la^t night's train and will go to
Vancouver enroute to Regina on the
Mary. J;
JiPlii's jioliliJ
Tokio, Dec. 1$.—Discussing th&
terms of peace between the Allied
nations and Germany and her al
lies, former Preuiire Okuma says
says that tlie islands in the
Pacific ocean now occiipiod by
the Alli«>s shoul'1 never be returned
to Uermany.
He was of thi> opinion that sev
eral small isladns which ar'o Il0W
in the possession of Japan should
be retained by her.
fiiik,.. iii-M
liiiMjilS
Tho Princess M"ry arrived in
port just before one o'clocic this
afternoon and will t><-il about C '*
clock thig evening.
Those arriving in 'Sk.igway from
tli© south are Jits. Leo Simons
and sou George of Ca.i-cross, j, a.
Prlngle of Ilalnes, MitS >1. Furst,
W. R. Smith, W. S. Carr of Daw
son and L. A. Harrison of this
city. The passengers were aI1>'
with the exception of J. A. Pringle>,
taken to tUe hospital annex where
they will bo the guests of Mrs. Un
gefroren for the next five days. Mr.
Pringle boarded th© Peterson for
Haines, thus escaping the live day's
detention in ti e "annex."
Third Installment Due
The Third Installment on your Fourth Liberty Bond
is due and must he paid before closing hours
December Nineteenth, Come in any time and make
your payment We will cheerfully wait on you—
that is our business.
BANK OF .ALASKA
Special Discount
OX THE FOLLOWING SUBSTITUTES:
Corn Flour, 10 pound sacks 90c ea<h, less 2." percent $ .07
Corn Flour 100 pound sacks, $7.50 sack, less 25 percent 5.65
Barley Flour 10 pound sacks 90c each, less 25 percent .07
Rice Flour, 10 pound sacks $1.20 each, less 25 pcrcent .90
Potato Flour, 10 pound sacks $1.50 e«eh, less 25 percent 1.1S
P. H. GANTY
'Washihgtotf.'Tkfc. 1«.—I&Ves:s>nb
to a protest from seventy ^ AlaskAns
stationed' at Camp Lewis by tele*
graph to l>eregatfe Wlckerpham, a-'
gainst beirfg disch«>fgiB(l at'tttafio^it
with allowance. of M>nlj- three and
ouo-half Cell's per mite I0r 'heir
fareg to their homes iii Alaska, -Dole
gate Wickersham at onc^ present
ed the matter to the War Depart
ment whereupon the Department wif
ed the commander at camp Lewis
aa follows: . - •
"Discharge aj, once the enlisted
.. - ■ » j i i-t i t » c.14 j
and drafted men from Alaska/ who I
arg eligible for discharge. Bis- j
charge at Camp Lewis all of the
abov© men who desire discharge at (
that place, and send at once for
discharge to &e arniy post in Alas- 1
■flia which, la nearest to their r^P®0- ;
tlvo hom (is those of the above men
who desire their discharge there,
j "Hold in service all others of
above men who did n°t desire d.'s"
charge at this time, ajidt these will
j be discharged iu tba spring when
' able to all points in Alaska." ; j
WashiKgtou* — ^The'ue^eVll Itdff'
of the Army cf Noyeimibef 1.4, ... in
[View of ita plans for th,^ . release
of all men how in camps in this
country, . ordered the immediate
discontinuance of the granting of
industrial furloughs'. JjmployerS
who consult you ia regard to such
matters are therefore to be in
formed that applications for fur
loughs should «ot be mad?.
j The release of men now in
camp, according to the orders of the
General ' Staff,, jg to be by bat
talions, -beginning with the de
velopment' 04talk>ns and ending
with combat battajioiw. Certain en
listed men performing necassary
work in camos will be retained un
til all others are released'.
No provision 'hag been made 10r
securing itulividuaj releases through
thy Department here in Washing
ion. Employers in the looti produc
ing industries who find themselves
seriously embarrassed by Che air
senco of "key m«i" in their es
tablishments may suggest to any sue
employee that he ai>ply to the Com
manding Officer of his camp tor im
mediate release from military serv
ice in order that he may resume j
his previous occupation. Such , an
application Dy the employee might
w«U be supported hy a letter from
the employer P'ting his need for
the man in question and his willing
the employer stating his need f°r
tk>n in the matter of granting such
release^ to individuals is in the
hands of the Commanding Officer.
Then© are no application blanks
provided, for making these re
quests and it is useless to apply thru
either the Food' Administration or
the War Detriment in Washing
ton.
NVlntehorise, iWfclfc? (SpMal'eor
respondeuce) — The towpof White,
i horse wag ^shocked today when it
; became known that Mrs. Dorcas
Joyce him been found d«ea<l in her
i - dt her home.
i't appearg' that " When her little
daughter; Is'ina, arose anj got hor
! broakfast this morning, Mrs. Jojca
started to Set Bp'but seemed. to
j have had «. fainting spftll bu^ Boon
recovered from it and insisted that
| the daughter go -to school. About
: ten o'clock 'Archie Gould ^vho was
1 doing som^ carpenter work round
! tho house <noticed that therW w«8 no
: one stirring* about" tb« house so be
| ooked hi and; after calling1 several
times went i^o tfha -house and found
.Mrs.1 Joyce lyints' on; her toed ' par"
tially drestfed aui) cold irf'death. It
would seem that ab^ attempted to
Iget up.?-" 'w »ii -i'
Mrs. Joyce ha^ (been known to
suffer from heart trouble for some
inue and Dr. C'ark announced that
ner dewth was diu© to' that cause.
Mrs. Joyce way the widow ef Gil
bert Joyce a ininer, who was puf
| located in tb$ Copiper Kiag mine a
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number of years ago along with
Grainger, one o£ the original owners
of the Copper King, and one other
man. These men descended into the
mine, which ha<« not been operatde
lor gonie time, without first ascer
taining if there was poison gag there
a-nd all were suffocated.
Mrs. Joyce was an active member
iu the Cruhch of England and also
in the I. O, 1). J3. and the latter
Chapter has taa.en charge of the
body and will conduct the funeral
which will take place on "Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Joyce wag a sterling woman
and Uer d'eath hag left a void jn
v\ uiteliorse ti)at 'will be felt by
the entire community and the be
reaved daughter has the kindly
sympathy of all and will lack no
thing as fir ag friendljr hands can
do to comfort her and to see that
she hag a chance to complete her
education ag she is known a$ one
of tiie brightest scholars in Yukon
territory and dostined for a brilliant
future if given the chance. .
Mrs, Joyce ^ag a native 9f N^w
Foundland and all of her relatives,
as far is is known reside there. .
jtiETS (SOOD PICTURE OP '•>
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88 ALASKA BOYS IN UNE
Mr. and Mrs. P, J, Flynm. are |
ia receipt of a panorama group pic*
ture ©f thg 7th Co., 166th Depot j
Brigade, 2n<J Batttaliou now #tation
ea at Camp Harrison, led., which
showg a number of thg boy^ well
known here, of which Willie Flynn
their eon, jg not the leapt, ae he
occuieg » prominent positin in the
front row' in the center of the pic
ture. . •.'
Other hoy# who have been recog'
nlzed are Thomaa Moe, Wilbur
Storey, Pvt Haynqft.JHkq J^qonard,
Sgt. Shea, and many others, The
photograph'ia exceptionally good,
and ghowa 88 boyg of the company, i
The pictur® is On display in Keller ?
Bros. Store. < ,.j
A. E. Frobt, Who has been io j
th© employ of the P» Burns braacb. j
at Whitehorsp will be a passenger j
for Vancouyer on the Princess Mary.]
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PASSENGER Alii SERVICE TO
i JTJNEAU
Seattle, Dec. 17.—The Timcg pays
the Northwest Aero club meets here
in a few dayg *o plan to make &e~
attlo the northern terminal of an
aerial mail service. The Times
says a passenger line to Juneau is
among th« possibilities.
COST OF LIVING UP
400 POT. IN FRANCE
Paris, Dec. 17. — Cost of living
In Franc^ increased from 100 t0
400 per cent during the war. The
average increase of stable foods is
150 x»er cent. Only bre^ has not
skyrocketed. Before the war it cost
4 centg a ound; now it is 6 cents
a pound. But it* use is restricted.
J. H. Ada^na will be a passenger
south on today's boat enroute tor
Lemburg, Saskatchewan.
POLES SUGGEST ALLIANCE OF
POLAND, BOHi&JUGO-SLAl
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V/ashiagton, Dec. 18. — Accdrff"
ing to advice received here this
morning the Polish government has
proposed a treaty which is to • oe
signed by Poland, Bohemia and
Jugo-Slavia. governments. By the
terms of -the proposed treaty mili
tary, railway and commercial a
greement# closely uniting, this group
f* -ifi
to' the new entente powers is
planned.
Poland would' include all Prus
sian territory inhabited by; Poleg in
thig uew stat-e, who would number
iu this-new country 35,000,000. peo
ple. Hungary, it is stated on good
authority, desireg to be included ta
this new alliance.
Skagway Public School will take
ouo week's vacation for the Christ
mas Holiday. School will close,
Friday, Dec. 20th and re-Qpan Mon
day, Dec. 30, allowing New Year's
Day as an additional holiday.
All grades from three to eight
inclusive will tak© part in the
Christmag Cantata, "Santa Claus
and' His Fairies." For thia produc
tion th© teachers are indebted to
Mrs. J. M. Keller. Mrs. Keller
found the copy among some old
papers and kindly passed it on to
tha school. Originally it wag in
tended for a Sunday School, produc
tion but it h^s been revised) and
made into an up to date Cantata
with enough of the Patriotic touch
to make it popular. The music is
catchy and tha costumes pretty and
the school children promise a good
musical treat lo all who will come
to Kiks Hall (u Dec. 20th at 8 p.
m. sharp.
The entire production will be giv
en by gchool children. Solos, chor
uses #ndt "•coompanist, an belong
ing to the Public School. Every
body invited and everybody ex
pected. Admission free.
PATIENTS ARE TO HAVE
NEWS AND MUSIC
Washington; Dec. 17.—Music and
newg will be provided by the Red
Crosa for every j>atient in the re
construction wards of the Walter
Reed hospital in this city. Every
bed is to be equipped with a tele
phone receiver connected with a
phonograph, or with a Person read
ing the news dispatches. The pa
tients c*an listen in by pressing a
button. V,. ^ ! i 1
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EARLY II JUNE
Parte, Wednesday. .— -According
to Marcel Putin of the Echo de Par"
is, it i& mrst probably that the
negotiations for a treaty of peace
Detweea the Allied cations and the
Central Fowerg will be completed
early jn June an&' that the peace
treaty will be signed at Versailles
immediately thereafter, whlcjj this
writer thinly will be not later than
June 16, 1919.
The article ag appearing in the
paper states that General Foch
will lead the Allied armies under
the Arc De Triemphe in Paris
within fifteen day$ after peace is
declared.
Much interest attaches to the
conferences which President Wilson
will have with King Victor Emman
uel of Italy, who is expected to
arrive here Thursday.
It is known that President Wilson
feels tho warmest sympathy for the
purposes whihch led Italy to enter
the war .
10 illrf THE
Washington, Dec. 18.—The rati
fication of the prohibition- amend
ment to the federal oonstitution by
the necessary three fourths majority,
of the states of the Union by Feb
ruary 1, 1919, is predicted in a
survey of the prohibition situation
made public today by pro-hibition
leaders.
Dr. A. J. Gillis of Dawson will
be a pasfeeiitjer on the Mary enroute
to Seattle.
A Practical Christmas
I
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.
■ > A, I J '»-»<•
MEN
Silk Hose
Plain Linen Hdkfs.
Initialed Linei "
Plain Silk "
Initialed Silk "
All Kinds of Tie*
Cuff Buttons
Fancy Knives
Tie Clips
Mufflers
Tie Stick Pin?
Cuff Button Sets
Tie Solder
Bath Robes
Pocket Combs
Hdkfs Tie & Sox Sets
,:.M . I! ?
Belt Sox & Garter
Sets
Traveling or Mili
tary Sets
Fancy Belts in Hol
ly Boxes
Silk Shirts
Fur Caps
Gloves
Coin Purses & Bill
Books
WOMEN
Cap & Sc.irf Sets
Spats
Bath Robes
Middy Ties
Linen and Fancy
Hdkfs
Silk in Different
Styles and Color
Fancy Felt and Sill
Slippers
New Fancy Shawls
CHILDREN
Windsor Ties
Boy's Suits anc
Shirts
Cap & Scarf Sets
Mittins
All Kinds of New
Caps ..
Handkerchiefs
New Styles in Shoei
New Fancy Sweater
All Colors
JAMES KEN.NEDY