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No. 115 TWENTY SECOND YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 27. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
PIS BELIEVES THE TREATY
WILL SIGNIFY BUT LITTLE
Paris, Juno 27.—Disapoiatnient)
over what i§ termed, the apparent
weakness of the pretsent Germa.n gov
eminent is not concealed iii p.^ee
conference circles and feelings
have been exprcseteft that th^ sign-'
inir of this ueaca treaty may mean
little more than the signng by tho
Boisheviki a'. Brest and Litovek did.
'fjie treaty contaiius u» provisions
as tv) when they must be ratified
and consequently delay ia ratifica
tion may cans© additional annoy
ance.
SENATE PASSES
IHE NHL SILL
Washington, Juns 27.—The
Senate passed the naval appropria
tion bill last night.
The bill carries six hundred and
forty four million dollars which in
cludes thirty five null ion dollars for
the aviation department. The bill
uo*v kjoes to conference.
JEFFERSON WILL
ME HI Ml
E. J. Shan* local agent for the A.
S. 5. Co., received' advic» this morn
'■u/t that the jeiferson would arrive
Lu Skagway tomorrow morning a
Iout o'clocfe.
Th«, Jefferson left Seattle on Sun
day last with oii*> huiiidred and
eighty passvngors including thir
teen round trippers ainl, l'ourte n
tor Skagway.
The balance of the passengers
are for jK>r*s along the insidv i>aa
sa^-e
The Jefferson will sail about four
hours aft«r her arrival.
HAS TALK WITH
" Paris, June 27.—President Wilson
receive# the newspaper* correspond
cuts at the llot>.l De Crillou at two
o'clock 'his afternoon and said good
l>y<s 'o them.
If the signing of the pe^oe trea
ty occurs as contemplated »h.e pre
dent will leave for Brest immediate
ly after that event takes place and'
it ii expected the presidential par
tv will sail for home on Sunday af
ternoon.
People "Stung"
On "Pure Wool"
Chicago, Juue 27.—A campaign for
a "iMM'e goods" law that 'would, com
pel marking of all f'-! tries so as to
show whether they contain only
"virg-im" wool or "siiotUy' has bo n
inaugurated by the National sheep
and wool bureau.
"What people have be*»a buying
ior all wool," 3::id Alexander Walker
of New York, elected president of
tho bureau yesterday, "is not in
i two-thirds of th« cases, all wool."
Now You Know You Did Save
And you did not starve, nor even go hungry.
That proves that you CAN save
The next thing is to do it and
Do It Now
The easiest thing to save on is your eats. Mci! people eat
too much. Maybe you spend to much on fine feathers.
Now think that over a little and think hard.
BANK OF ALASKA
NEW GOODS
Just Received
j GOOD SALMON EGGS
j Friction top cans 40c each
| CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 6 1-2 cents a pounds
I P. H. GANTY
FEARING ASSASSINATION, SCHEIOE
MANN FLEES TO SWITZERLAND
Geneva, June 27.—Scheldmann
fearlu~ assassination arrived
Switzerland last night haying fled
from Berlin after the overthrow of
his government
The iawiss athorHiioa have i?rant
ed him permission to remain in, the
country for a period of ten dajfl
noes FIRE
UPON BELA KUN
Vienna, June 27.—On Wednes
day night a number or monitors
Jlyii.ff the Hungarian national col
ors, bombarded the headquarters of
the foreign minister Bola Kun which
aj*e located iu the Hotel Urogaria.
The monitors came up the Danube
river and the hostilities were unex
pected*. The damage done has
no', been estimated, but there were
no deaths resulting.
Glenn Curtiss Is
Enthusiastic
j Over Flight
Heraiistead, N. Y., June 16.—
Glenn H. Curtiss expressed belief
that the accomplishment of a non
etoo flight over the Atantic is but
;the be^iuni^ of developments . II
continued:
"Now that crossing tli^ ocean in
the air has been proved' practical,
the next most important develop
[ mtni will by to build an airpl&ne
j whose commercial side will be
shown beyond oossibilitv of doubt.
I ' From now on aerial development
will t>e on a scale little dve:miLd of
I or contemplated. Nothing will be
impossible to reach either in the
| crossing of oceans, mountains or in
jland travel.
•'Commercial alrplams will now
I undoubtedly receive much fttten
! tiou."
I
Holds Shampoo
To Be Taxable
Fort Dodge, June 27.—
Tie business of the June session
of the federal court was concluded
Friday afternoon and Judfee H. T.
| Reed returned to his home in Cres
! co.
One of th<e features of the session
wa« the decision as to whether
Fitch's hair tonic is a cosmetic or a
soap. After a lengthy hearing the
judge decided that the shampoo is
a cosmetic and therefore $2,500 paid
as war tax in 1914 on the shampoo
was allowed to stand.
The Ftch oompaaj- endeavored
to secure a refund by claiming that
| the shampoo was a soap an<;> thor>
| for* no* subject to war tax.
May Marsh Has
Baby Daughter
New York, June 27.—A daughter
wa3 born to Ma© Marsh, gcjieen star,
who is the wife of Loutf^ Lee Arms,
sportine writer and magazine author
Mies Marsh, who said she would
tie very marry until she was 30, was
exactly 20 yearg old when she and!
Mr. Arms decidodly dffienentlji in th
Little Church Around th.e Corner
last September.
HUN OEM!
LEAVE TO SIGN]
Versailles, Juno 27.—It wai
officially announced this morning
that the German delegation which
is to sign the peace treaty will ar
rive i» 1'arl.s at anjvieu, o'clocTc tomor
row moruinig.
Coblenz, Ji»ne 27.—A Ber
lin despatch to the Coblfinz news
papers todays sao."6 that the Gorman
delegation understand that they are
to sign the r>eace treaty at three
o'clock Saturday afteq^noon.
Cologne, June 27.—Forei^
secre'ary Mueller and colonial floc
retary Bell, the German peftca dele
sates who are on their way to Ver
sailles, passed through Cologne
tills moraine.
lurliu, June 2~.—The Proisalan
national ass-_.ru bly haa just passed
a resolution expressing! coalLdetnoe
in tiic German government
Ruth Law Will
Attempt To
Fly Across
New York, June 20.—The success
of Captain Alcock aiwl Lteutefiaoit
Brown in making the transatlantic
flight will not <Jeter Ruth Law in
her plans to attempt the Cross-At
lantic flight, she decided* today.
"The time in, which the flight waa
made wag a knockdown," said the
woman flyer. "It will be difficult
for anyone to heat that record lor
some time to come even under the
most favorable coainiitioms
"I have been negotiating to at
tempt the flight in a Martin bomber.
The fact that the Northcliff prize
has been won will maike no differ
encL in my plane.
Miss Law plans a d'irect flight to
Entail 1 ,hcr purpose being to es
tablish a record,
Former Timber
Agent Comes Back
Robert Allen, who went out from
Dawson three years ago, arrived lo
Skagwav on the City o£ Seattle euiii
will leave tomorrow tor White&orae
where he will take a steamer tor
I his former home. "Bob" AJlen
j w«s Umber aseiut for the goveratmec
, in Dawson for a number of yeara
jauii when the war waa declared) <h«
was one of the flrpt to enlist. He
, hag just returned, from overseas and
i is none the wor^e for hla armjr ex
J perience altio lie saw consttdexabte
Ihard fighting. ;i
Berlin, Juns 27.—According to a
Stuttgarfc despatch, to the Neiie Ber
liner Zel uun today, the Germain ex
kaiser Is planning a epeedtyi return
to Germany,
Th* ex-^anpejor'e haste in malting
this m-ove la to get onto German
a-)il before th,e entente can demand
ht« surrender from Holland.
The despatch further atatee that
the Dutch government thoroughly ap
proves hi« return to his home aa
the former kaiser is an uinwelco®'
iguest, aftd. hi;} presence is an. in
creasing problem in that country.
Paris, J<un« 27.—The Council o!
Pour h&s diecutod to caJl the titten
tioa of the Dutch government tt
the grave consequences which might
follow the former crown prlnei't
escape and. to ask that the watch
ove- the former emperor be in
creased in vigilance.
Washington, Juiva 27.—The
SaiiAte today ;?aft3eii ft reeolutlon in
troduced by Senator Hiram. John*,
sou requeating Pn»i(tent Wilson to
Inform tiua Sena to regarding the
(government'# mllltaj-y policy in Si
beria.
CROWN PICE
010 IT LEAVE
T)u Hague, Jun» 27.—The Dutch
government today officially an
nounced that the former crown
nrlnc# of Germany ha# not fled but
la still oq the Inland of WlerinKen.
I
Mexicans Take
I Long Chances
A^ua Prleta, Mex., June 27.—
Oopica o# an official proclamation
have bet>n posted ia thi# city and
Signed by Gen. P. Eliaa Callea, as
acting governor of the Btate of Son
ora, to the effect that from this date
on and until the state Is declared
lcgaUy "wet" in September, any per
son aopreihend^Ml in thla act of manu
facturing or disposing for sale of
any alcoholic Uquor3 will bo ece
cuted by a flrlngTSquod without be
in®- accorded a trial before either
the civil or military authorities.
ALLIES TO PUNISH
DESTROYERS
OF SHIPS
Paris, June 27.—German;, ha;
teen officially notified, j in a note
sent l>y ih« allies today that the al
ies possess the right tc punish. the
prisoners respoasiMo for the des
traction of the German warships anc
also to collect reparation for their
loss.
The sinking: of the fleet is de
nounced' as a violation of the armis
tice and a deliberate breach of the
j»eac condition*.
When. the Investigations have beei
completed, the note states, the al
lies will exact the necessary repara
tion.
ALLIES TOON 10
OIHEH AFFAIRS
Paris, June 27.—With every pre
paration complete for the signing- of
th8 peace treaty lu Versailles at
three o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
the allied! delegates today are turn
ing *heir aattention to the Internal
situation to Germany.
Hire. 4John Rosenberg o£ Car
macks, Y. T., arrived out on the
traiu yesterday and will take the
Jefferson south, for a visit to her
oli* home in Washington, Mrs.
Rosenberg has with her her two
children, one of whom was !>om
In Yukon.
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Daily train service (except Sundays) between Skaj?uay and
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upon applying to
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