MANY BODIES IN
SOCIAL HALL OF
SOPHIA WRECK
That many bodies will be recov
ered fram the social room deck of
the ill fated Sophia :a the opinion
expressed bv Diver McDonald a:ixi'
associates on the C4oe(peck, who
returned from the scene of the
wreck Saturday. The diver del
ivered to the Young; undertakers the
bodies of Herbert Davijea, a White
1'ass river steamer pmrser, Michael
Davis, a Ruby Labor union leader
and H. Howard.
The dhusr reports th# bodi:s
aboard the Sophia are dogged in.
a mass of furniture in the main
saloon on the lower deck, where th'3
staterooms open inward. .Entrance
h vs to be miule through the main
hatch, and it is impwe^iible for the
ittver to work wi'thout an assistant
to clear his liues. 1/he assistant
diver is expected from Seattle on
the next steam-r, when th© Cloe
p*vk will return to the scene of the
wreck.
It is claim d that nearly fifty
bodies will be recovered by divers
as soon as prol»er etruipment is at
hand. —Dispatch.
womenTqin in !
Chicago, June 5.—The federal au
thorities who are working' on the »n
arohlst bomb outrSigfs which have
beea going on are convinced that
they wer«j conducted from thaAn
arctitsta' headquarters iu Chicago..
George Brown, the mayor of 1-og
Cabhh left this morning for home
after a visit of a few d»ya with
frtends.
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Richard Morga^, a native jewel
er of Douglas wag recently nobbed
of 35 cents In cash, two bracelets
valued at ?6, a pair of pJiers and va
riouse email articles. The theft
is a particularly mean one as Mor
gan is a cripple and makcg his liv
ing making native jewelery.
MEDICAL MEN ON
DRAFT BOARDS
10 ORGANIZE
"There Is a movement on foot to
organize th« mediKal men of the
country wtio (served ait dr^ft boards
during the war," S3.id Dr. B. L. My
ers today, "And the state of Cal
ifornia has already organised all
medical men in the state who were
members of boards, for the purpose
tomparinig records, ' he explained
Dr. Myers was examining physi
cian on the local draft board dup
ing the period of the war, sayg the
Ketchikan Times. Being interest
ed iu the organization of the medi
cal men throughout the country he
has written to the American Med
ical Association which meets fca Jer
sey City this nwnth to inform,
them of the Pa^t Alaska's medical
boards took in the war. It was
shown In recent statistics complied
by the Portland Oregonian that on
ly 2.6 per cent of the Alaskans
passed by the Alaskan boards) were
rejected by the Military medical
boards at camps, whereas the K*"n
erai average throughout the United.'
States wag 6.8 per oent. The Ore
go ni an oommented on. the fact
and congratulated Alaska for hav
ing such efficient medical men.
70 MINERS DEAD
THROUGH BIG
EXPLOSION
Wilkesbarre, June 5.—Seventy
men were killed and forty badly
wounded when & ear of bla^k pow
der exploded in the Baltimore ooal
mine, tunnel No. 2.
The mine is owned by the Dela
ware and Hudson Company Bad is
situated in the ^St end of the city.
The expdosiac was caused by a a
electric spark which, was accidieatly
applied.
[ct Us Help Vou
The fact that your account may be a small one in the bcgin
ing does not bar you from the benefits of a
bank account We shall be glad
to have your name on our books and furnish
you with bank book and checks.
A bank account will eventually enable you to start in busi
ness for yourself.
BANK OF ALASKA J
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
Friction top cans 40c each
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 6 1-2 cents a pounds
P. H. GANTY
PLANS IDE POD
Washington, June 5.—Plan# for
the establishmemit of eteajnehifc lines ■
connecting American Atlantic and'
Gulf of Mexico »n4 th.e Pacific porta
were laid before the Pan, American
commercial conifererac© now in ses
sion here by Chairman Hurley of
the Fedewashippingt Commission.
These plans call for cftr^t lines
from New York to Brazil, Argen
tine and Chile and from New Or
leans to the west coagj. of South A
merica and Seattle.
SOLDIERS GOIHE
1
Quite a number of soldiers of J
the different brancJvea cf thee army,
most of whom &r9 returning from |
service in the Great War are passing)
through Steagway bound for the In
terior.
Among k them hav* been Been |
Leo Craft, Harry J. Laugfordf, Wil
liam Whitton and Arthur Smith
who are privates of the first class
and Sgtg. jaineg H. Anderson and
George McDormott of the Sifcnal
Corps, Sgt. Trump of the Q M. De
partment also we»t through. He
Is Well .known and haa many friends
In Slcagway having served In Fort
Seward for a couple of years while
the 16 th and 14 th reginiants of In
fantry were statlomed there.
Fgf. Trump la ex mimyor ctf Coop-j
vllle oa Whldfey Island, where he
has bdwn stationed at Fort Oaaay.
U. S. Geologists
On Way Inside
S. R. Oa<p(pa and. six men, U. S.
geologists, who are going insula to
work for the summer, arrive on
one of the last boat,s and will go
over to Whitehorjse ia time to take
the first boat down river.
Mr. C&ivps, the head of the party
is oii« Of the best known geologists
| in the north and had made many of
the maps of Alaska gotten outby
the department.
ELKS TO MEET TONIGHT
There will b$ a meeting of Skag
way Lodge No. 431 B. P. O. Elks
tonight. There will not ba anoth
er meeting until the third Thursday
of the month, as the summer sche
dule Of meetings goes into effect
in June. A big attendance is ex
pire ted. Come on Bill.
Julius Anderson, one of tha pro
prietory of the Fairbanks laundry
received severe injures last week
through a ring on one of his fin
ggens being caught In a machine h®
wae working on, pulling hl3 arm in.
But for the bait being verj loose
on the machine his arm Would have
been, badly broken, if not pulled off.
Sergeant Geo. M. McDarmott of
tbe U.. S. Signal corpfi is lu 9ka?
way with his wife oa th& way to
Fort Gibbon where he will be sta
tioned for the winter.
3erSergeant McDermott is a vet
eran in the Signal Cart* and will
b9 retired next year after thirty
I years of service.
For several years Sergeant! Mc
Dermott had charge of the cable of
fice tn Fort Seward and he and his
wife have hosts of friends who wel
come them hack to Alaska.
Since tearing Fort Seward *bout
three ytare ago, Sarg:Ait McDer
mott. has served in Nevada, Arizo
na and Oklahoma.
The demeant anna? hfa wife are
stopping at the Piullen House and
will go over the hill to Whitehorse
In tlm« to catch the U. S. Harbor
boa* Jeff Carta upon the opening
of navigation. «_ 1 . |_ [ 1
10 REMAIN III
Archangel, Juno —Following A
review which was before General
Wilds P. Richardson, General Iron-1
sides, the British commander and
the Russian governor, stxteen hunt
dred of the 339th U. S. Infantry
embarked for home today at the
economic winter port of Archangiel.
They will sail via Brest.
General Rlshardsom expeotg to
mak-i his headquarters here for a!
considerable time.
UP TO STATE
Washington, June 6.—Tth© wo-.
mea.'s suffragge amendment resoluu.
tlon passed the senate late yester
day and now BOep to the several
states for ratfticatloit by the legis
latures.
CABLED
Paris, June 5.—Including the wo
men strikers in. Paris and Its sub
urbs, there are fully four huudred
thousand oersons now o®. strike.
Paris, June 5.—The Council of
Four bave decided to call in the;
Turkish delegation..
Paris, June 5.—Th® QoumcU of
Four heard Paderewgki today re
garding upper SUe&la which some
of tae Allied delegates are now ad
vocating be retained by Germany in
stead of being awarded to Poland.
fnettle, June 6.—J. Br^ice was
acquitted here by th© jury after *
delibrationa which lasted for over
ten hours.
Bruce wap charged' with conspi
racy and his trial has lasted a num
ber of d&ya.
i —
Washington, June G.—Geo. Van
derilo in an addrejsp which he made'
to the Pan American* conference to
day, said that Europe was now bal
anced upon, a knife edKq and that;
catastrophe may yet come out and
present a situation that will effect^
the whole world.
Washington, Juaa 5.—By uruanl
mous Tote the house waya and
means commltee' ordered a favor
able report on the resolution re
peal fn g tha bo called semi luxury
taxin the war revenue bill. A<v
tloa to repeal other tax levies Waa
deferred,*
Seattle, 'June 5.—Mayor 01 e
Hanson refused permission few the
snie of money tags on. the streets.
fThe reason Mayor Hanson as
signs for his refusal is that tha a^"
fair Is to be haadaledj by the labor
council whloh he said1 "la my Judg-e
men* is absolutely under ccfltfrol of
Rods, the I. W. W. and the Bol
shevlkL '
Seattle, June 5.—Following hla
release from McNeil's Tsiiand where
he has served a term far man
slaughter, Logan Biilingaley was
prat Into jail thlg morning by the
sheriff.
The sheriff jg trying to sand' BH
Ifngsley to the Stockades to serve
a three month'fj sentence Imposed
upon him two years ago for the
violation of th liquor laews.
Dawson Aerie No. 50, Fraternal
Order of Eagles has decided to give
a series of shows and other Inter
tainments in the near future la
purport of Its work of paying the
benefits to families of members lost
I In the war. The first show will
be May 28. Th0 lodge glvesjl,
000 to the beneficiary of each, mem
ber killed. The Eaggle lodge has
F-ald a total of one million dollars
to dependents of those killed or
I who died In the army during
'the war. .. .
» / '4-. UJi.ll AJl. .
Winnipeg, Juno 5.—Four thou®
at/> Winnipeg veterans of the
Great War Including score# of of
ficer® and hundreds of Union men
after standing "at attention" in the
bl«r auditorium tils aCternooin. and
slngiDg "God Save the King" pledge
themselves an<j their reaaurcts to
maintain law and' order la Winnipeg
and to stamp out Bolshevism and
Rnarchy from the forcee of Winni
peg. labor.
Resolution^ ware pa^ed demand
ing the immediate arrest of all per
sona who hav« attempted to over
throw the constitutional government
Mayor Gray ,who addressed the
meeting said that the city wanted!
2000 special confitaiMeg from the
ranlc* oj the returned soldiers to
protect honest labor from In
timidate and to provide for all
classes and to safegiiArd eneTl
branch of municipal and cWl life
Winnipeg1, June 6.—TJtfe returned
soidierg are threatening to wreck
tho Labor tampifc here,
■The mayor stated that th« »ol
dk'rsg were incensed at a reference
made to them by Jame# Duncan, a
Seattle labor leader who la now
hero This man referred to tb« »e
turned soMtera aa a bunch of 1«
noramessesj
Winnipeg, June 6-—The dtp to
day tookJ over the distribution of (
milk and la arranging to prorM*
for bre-'Ki distribution.
The mayor said' that milk stations
would be opened in all public aclwol
building tuwi that adequate Pro
tection, would be fur»l#Jae4 th« cit
izen
OFF TO OIIIFI
10 INFLUENZA
SUFFERERS
San Francisco, June 5. In res-1
ponse to calls from Spanish, influen-!
z» rivaled' UnaiagRa and the terri-!
tory tributary to Bristol Bay the
U. S cruiser Mwblelbea<i sailedJ for
those sections today. The Marble
head has on board a physician and
a nurses unit but will stop at Port
Hownsend and Bremerton »nd take
on more doctor^ nurses and- auppll&a.
OHOnDHT
100,01000,000
Paris, June 5.—The German gov
"er»ment hag offered to pay one hun
dred billion markg as an indemnity
to the Allies instead pf the indeter
minate amount first demanded®. i
This offer will probably be ac
cepted. '
Paria , June 5..—The atmaspher*
La full of speculation a« to tixs
action of the council of lour on th«
modifications asked* by Germany
It. is thought these will M defcrea
up in a definite statement which
th«y will make today ©r tomorrow.
SS. Alaska To
Make This Port
Seattle. June 6.—flflhg SS. Ala^lr*
of the Alaska Steamship Co left *t
ten o'cloc thie morning with two
hundred and sixty- four p*s»€tns«ra
which include^ twety two for Skag
wny..
These are largely bound for th»
insiJe only a dozeu of whome w*
round trip excursionist*
Among the Skagway paaaeagers
are Mr. Vandervier, O. A. N'ieland
and C. C. Bray to*.
On account of going out of business in
Skagway we wish to have all of our
accounts settled as soon as passible.
* 1
Those owing are requested to come in
and make settlement.
JAMES KENNEDY