PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. 8ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1919
NEW CAPITAL WILL TAKE HOLD
AND OPERATE VENUS PfiOPERIT
(Special correspondence)
Carcross, Y. T., Feb. 14- In a
communication received here from
Nels Nelson, of Dillon, Montana, the
good news was given out that lie
and a company of Montana capital
ists have leased the Venus mine
from tho present owners and that
the new company will commence ac
tive operations on a large scale
early in the spring.
Mr. NeJson states that the mill
would- be moved to a more conven
ient place aaid remodelled and m^de
I into *■ modern plant with increased 1
capacity. Contracts for getting out
wood are to be let at once.
Mr. Xelson says he ia connected
with some of th0 best mining' men
in Mou'ana and that the work would
Ih> prosecuted along business lines
and th°' he feel? assured that this
valuable property fan be m<kie the
bigges* producer in Yukon territory.'
The debts or the old company ftre j
eiug oaid- up by th© receiver, W. L. j
Phelp3 and there is one more pay" j
ment tp be made which Is thought j
will bp made in a short time.
LOOKS LIKE SUN FEB »J
OLUIiON THROUGHOUT lUUD
Belfast. Feb. 15. — The aspect
or a Siun Feiner revolution looms
up more threatening as each day
passed and as a result of investiga
tions waich. have been tnad'e during
the past few days by government se
cret agents, which divulged a plot
for taking control of the gag pow
er plants government troop® were
placed to guard the prop re ty today.
Well informed men say that the
trouble clouds are hanging low, and'
it will require great cautioa tQ Pre
vent a serious outbreak.
TWO OELE3ATES
flfit AGHEEO OK
Berlin. Feb. 1">. — It was definite
ly decided that the German peace
delegation which will attend the
Deace congress will include Count
JJrockdorffranzau. the German for
eign minister and L>r. Kdwar I**viis,
the lately elected- presdent of the
German National Assembly.
H. G. .Macpherson. the White*
norse representative of the Skagway
Daily Alaskan, arrived on the train
list night and will leave on the
Prince^-' Mary for Vancouver- He
will proceed- to eastern Canada
where his family hag been spend
ing the winter and will accompany
them nome as soon as Mrs. Mac
t>herson is able to travel as she has
oeen iti for some little time.
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HOUSE SIRIKE
Berlin, Feo. 15.—Forty thousand
workmen who are employed in the I
various warehouses in thig city
went out on strik© yesterday as a
demonstration against the pay which
they x.e now getting and' also a
gaiust the hours per day they are
compelled to work.
Today gre^t crowds ol the ptrik-<
ers congregated in some of the bus
iness districts an^j beg^'-n rioting.
Considerable property wag destroy
ed by the rioters before troops ar
rived which dispersed the mobs.
Hon. J. P. Smith, Crown Prose
cutor of Yukon Territory arrived
last night on the train. Mr. Smith
is on hig way to Ottawa and will
leave on the l'rincesg M^ry tonight. I
LET US DO YOUR BOOK KEEPING
Why worry about it yourself? Let us do it. Deposit
all you receive in the bank and pay all your bills by check.
When your book is balanced and your cancelled checks
returned, you know exactly what you have done with your
funds.
There is no question about the date or amount paid,
for the check shows very plainly in black and white the
complete transaction
IF OUR METHOD PLEASES YOU TELL OTHERS: IF
NOT TELL US.
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Is Your Bread Heavy?
By adding a small amount of
Corn Flour,
you will find an improvement, the bread will rise
better and the grain will be finer.
We will Sell you a 101b.
Sack at 75 cents
Can also be used for making fine gravies etc.
P. H. GANTY
WILL APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TO
• SET1LE SEATTLE SAPID STRIKE
Seattle, Feb. 15—As the dayB
p^ss °n<l there is Btill no relief in
eight as to a settlement of the
Strike of the shipyard workers, who
have now been out for nearly two
weeks, plans are being: formed
thereby an appeal is to be made
direct to President "Wilson fl-sking
him <o settle the differences still
existing between the ship builders
and the unions.
It :? believed,- that this matter,
will oe laid before Mr. Wilson im- j
mediately upon his arrival home in
the United States.
MAY LEGALIZE
IPSE RAGING
Olympia, Feb. 15.—A bill model
er after the Kentucky law, was in
troduced In tne legislature thia
morning which provide^ for horse
racing in the state of Washington.
It is oelieved' that the bill will be
passed.
1
London, Fet>. 15.—The daily- pa
pers of this city, with few excep
tions, have expressed their endorse
ment of the League of Natfong °a
pjoposed by the draft of the con
stitution which has been made pub- ;
PLANS FOB RESUMPTION ROflHL!
im AND COMMEFiCt VITAL
Paris, Feb. 15.—With the prob
lem of the League of N'ationg tem*
porarily disposed of, peace dele
gates ->re today directing their ©f"
fort# towards effecting definite
terms tending towards a preliminary
peace with Germany, which will en
able a general demobilization of
the Allied nation's armies and an |
immediate resumption of normal in- ]
dustry and commerce throughout1
the world.
Practically all the conferees have
agreed that this is the most vital j
problem now before the delegates
to the world peace congress. ]
FOOD 111015 END
IN STATE SIEGE
Madrid, Feb. 15.—Food riots ]
took, place at Grenada this morning
and according to the despatches re
ceived here many person^ were kill" j
ed in the conflict which resulted up
the arrival of government troops,
on the arrival of government troops.!
was declared by; the authorities. |
1,000 of 65th I
Arrive In Seattle
Seattle, Feb. 15.—Ong thousand
memoera of 65th Coast Artillery
which regimen* has been on duty;
in France, arrived in this city this
afternoon, and1 when their train
gulled into the King Street depot
they were greeted by a vast throng
of relatives, friends and other loy
al Americans.
CIRCUIT OOUKT REVERSES
JENNLNG OOXTEMTT CASE? j
San Francisco. — Th$ United
States circuit couj-t of appeals has
reversed the decision of Judge
Robert Jennings, of the first ju- ,
diclai district of Alaska, in hold-'
Ins that Martin J. Lund and Chris
tian Tjosvig are guilty of contempt
of court. Thomas J. Donohoe of
Yaldez, democratic national com
mitteeman from Alaska, started) suit
againg Tjosvig, a copper mine i
owner in the Copper river valley, j
who, through, his attorney, Martin
J, Lund, the action being brought
in the first division. Lund request
ed a change of venue, claiming
that Judge Jennings waa biased in
favor of Donohoe, because the laf ,
ter had gone to the national capl- |
tal to secure Jennings' appointment
to the bench. Jennings held this
eharge to be contempt of court and
sentenced Lund and Tjosevig to
pay & considerable fine or go to
jail in default thereof. An appeal
wa$ taken with the result us stated.
IOOOEI SHIPS
FOR SALE MP
Wasniugton, Feb. 15.—Chairman
Hurley, of the government ship
ping ioard corporation this morn
ing announced that ill! of the
government's wooden ships which
had '.een constructed under., the
emergency act are now for sale,
and1 would be disposed of to the
highest bidders.
Dawson.—President Bell of the :
Dawson branch of the Great War
Veterans" Asaociation announced to
day t^-at the association hag plan
ned to give a warm welcome home
to Dan Gleeson, the sourdouglx who
will *ei back to Dawson tomorrow
evening from the front. The office^
of the club will meet Dan at the
Old Inn with a car, and ecsort liim
to. town, and' hold an informal re
ception in his honor at the veterans'
club rooms. All will be welcome
to «ome in and help make Dan feel
that »e is back among friends who
appreciate his services at the front
After the reception the club mem
bers will give a little dinner among
themselves at the Arcade, with Dan
as guest, of honor.
The Anchorage Chamber o£ Com
merce recently investigated.- the
charge that the local butcher, a. Mr.
Anderson, was selling meat at ex
orbitant profits, and after a care
ful examination of the books, which
were tendered to them by- th© pro
prietor, announced' that while Mr
Anderson was irakiug a "fair profit
on his meatg the price was not ex
cessive and allowed for a reason
able margin of profit"
W, H. Henson, wife and! little
daughter, after spending the past
five days in the Hospital annex in
accordance with influenza regula
liong were released from observa
tion this morning and they; are
now Ruests at the Pullen House.
A. B. Palmer, the managing own
er of the Valerie min© at White
horse waa a passenger on last
night's train and will leave tonight
on the Princesa Mary for his home
in Vancouver. The Valerie mine is
cloeed for the present but Mr.
Palmer expects to open it up a*
g»la ill the spring.
GOSLOW BOUND 10 GRAND JURY
OK CHARGE OP GRAND LARCENY
This morning at eight o'clock a
SaS boat arrived from Juaeau bear
ing Assistant District Attorney J. J.
Reagan> Deputy Marshal Harry Mor
ton and Wm. Childs, guard.
Theae officials came to Slsagway to
investigate the case against jack
Goslo# who was in the federal jail
here under charge of being the re- i
ceiver r* stolen goods andj suspected
of be in,.: implicated' in the murder
of the woman of the underworld
who was murdreed in her cabin in
Juneau last Monday. A hearing was
hold oehind closed doors bfeore U.
S. Commissioner R^smuson this
morniuc and a charge of fraud lar"
ceny was put agamst Goslow &nd h«
wag ocund over to thg grand Jury
in the sum of $1,000.
At 'ne o'clock the gag tv>at b&U
ed again for Juneau carrying the
court officials and the prisoner w&o
will l.e held in tho federal jail la
Juneau until the grand' jury meets.
fThe reason for the closed doorfl
and o,her secrecy wag occasioned
'by the fact that the party cams
from Juneau and to evade the
five days isolation every one con
cerned wore a mask and1 kept aloof
from any of the citizens of Skagway
and every one wag kept at a safe
distance from them.
Seattle, Feb. 15.—City Prosecut
Ing Attorney Brown announced this
afternoon that he will begin lmirre
diatply- the prosecution of every Se
attle I. W, W. wlio does not re
nounce his membership in that or
ganization. Profecutor Brown states
that he will bring charges of £m
archy against those whom he will
tave ?rrested.
Brest, Feb. 15. — At eleven o'-'
clock sharp this morning, the master
of the steamship George Washington
gave the order to cast loose the i
lineg arkd the return voyage of,
President Wilson for his own coun
try was begun.
Besides President and Mrs. Wil
eou and Misa Margaret Wilson,
there were a number of other per* i
eons belonging to the presidential |
party on board.
Brest, Feb. 15.—Just before de-1
parting from France today, Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson issued a :
statement in which he said in part
aa follows:
"I cannot leave France without
expressing my profound gratifica
tion, over the hospitality of the
Frencin people and1 the French, gov
ernment. They have received me 1
and treated m© as I have most de*
sired to be treated, a§ a friend—*
friend alike in spirit and in purpose.
"I am happy to think that I am
to return to assist with all my
heart in completing: jugt settlements
o£ this great war which th© con*
ference is seeking, and' I 6hall carry
with m« during my absence from
France very pl.easant memories of
thg two months that I have spent
here." ■
Brest Feb. 15.—Boston is the
destination of President Wilson, and
when his ship sailed1 from here ber
master stat.ed that she was sched
uled 'o arrive at her dsetinatioa oa
February 25.
From remarks which President
Wilson made here before sailing,
it i$ probable that he will tell of
the work which he hag performed
in France in an add'resf, which will
be delivered in Boston upon hlB
arrival there.
Atlantic City, Feb. 15.—Mr. Tu
multy confirmed the report that the
President would land at Boston up
on his-return from France, and
stated that he had received) cable
advice from President Wilsonj that
he. would deliver an address in that
city upon his arrival there.
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