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No. 7 TWENTY SECOND YEAH
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
SEATTLE STEEL AID WOODEd SHIP
VJJfiDS WILL REOPEN IDNESDAf
Seattle, Monday. — The shipyard
operators, after holding a prolonged
meetiug yesterday afternoon an
nounced that it had been decided by
the steel and wooden shipyard' oper
ators that they would reopen the
yards Wednesday morning, and that
all the nieu who wished to go back
to work could Co so at the same
wage scale as was in effect at the
time 'he strike was declared.
f It i« estimated that fully SO per
cent o* the men now out will at that
I time report for iluty despite the fact
that the strike is still considered
to be effective.
The proposed action of the oper
ators has caused great consterna
tion among the strike leaders, &nd
it is 'bought that this action on the
■part q" the operators will have a
telling effect ou the strikers and
that the strike will he broken
Washington. Monday. — Author!"
ty Ms been given for lb© transfer
from the Federal Government to the
Territory of Alaska the following
tracts of land at Sitka,
The tract of land known as the
.Marine Barracks tr-ct, the Naval
Hospital tr^ct, the Parage Grounds
tract and the Tide-l^nd tract be
tween high and low tide which is in
front of th- parade grounds.
The bill authorizing the transfer
provides that the Territory of Al
aska shall retain possession of
these tracts of land forever.
Berlin, Monday.—Offi -iai advice
Wll« received here this morning that
the town of Gelsenkirchen in West
phalia has been occupied by a large
force of Spartacan troops, and that
immediately upon th* to»u falling
into the hands of the rete's. a num
ber of soldiers who haj been sta
tioned in the town to guard it as
■well as a number of lo-ai police
joined in with the Spartacans.
The opartacan troops are plun
dering all the stores and maUy of
the private residences have been
looted.
Mrs C. H. Mcintosh, wife of
"Curley" Mcintosh of Whitehorse.
arrivea on the Princess Mary and
yill proceed to her home as soon as
released from quarantine.
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.
BANK OF ALASKA
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
iSSlfl IS HARD
j Nut 10 CBACK
Paris, Monday. — The Supreme
Council of the peace congress is
again wrestling with the Russian
j problem in an effort to reach some
I solution by which this great govern*
j men may be permitted to take a
(part iu the peace deliberations. The
j problem is majQ difficult of polu
1 tion by reason of the fact that the
credited delegates to the peace
congress are iu a quandary as to
which Russian government it Is to
recognize.
Mrs. A. L. Grant arrived home
Saturday night after a prolonged ab
sence during which time she was in
Hadlev and Ketchikan, afterwards
going to Vancouver and Seattle.
.Mrs. Grant will remain in quaran
tine 'or the specified time.
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til IDE Ht KB
I Juneau, Feb. 17. — The grin*
han<l of the law is momentarily
'drawln? the chain of clr. umstantial
' evidence tighter which will compel
Jack. Goslow to fight for his life a'
i gainst tn« charce of being the slay
er of Myra Schmidt, the woman of
I the underworld who was found dead
in her crlb-hous© in this city Mon
day.
The evidence thus far brought
out shows that the Schmidt woman,
or Molly, as she wag first called in
the reports published of her murdori
was last seen alive In a Japanese
restaurant early Saturday morning*
and from there she said she was
leaving for her house.
On the afternoon of Monday, Feb
ruary 10, upon the crib occupied by
the woman being entered, the body
of Myra Schmidt was found murder
ed*. The entire interior of the Ht"
,tle shack was found to be in great
disorder, showing that a terrific
fight had been put up by the worn
man in her effort to save her
life. Blood was everywhere about
the room, but the Murderer finally
succeeded; in ending her lfie by
strangling her with a towel which
he firmly wound about her neck.
Upon investigation it was found
that bureau drawers and trunks had
been rifled", and everything of val
ue taken, among which, asid'e from
jewelry and money, w-ng a valuable
seal skin coat.
Following up the clews at hand It
was found that Goslow left Mon
day night for Skagway on the gas
launch Estebeth. The evidence US*'
cured here does not agree with that
which Goslow gave in his hearing
•held ias» Friday in Skagway. The
purser of the Estebeth testified) that
when Goslow boarded the Estebeth
the latter left a uitcf'se in the
formers care and this suitcase was
accidentally opened and disclosed a
sealskin coat.
Upon arrival in Skagway Goslow
refused at first to take the suit
case saying it had been given to
him by a colored woman in Juneau
WIVE KILLS OEPUfI 10 IDEA
ENDS 01 LIFE 111 SHE HIRE
Juneau, Feb. 17.—Deputy U. S.
ilarshai Calhoun was shot and in
stantly killed while attempting to
arrest • Native at Cr3!#- The ^a"
tive wag armed with a rifle
when Deputy Marshal Calhoun or
drede him to surrender, he pulled
the guu down on the Marshait kill
ing him instantly.
The Indian then escaped" to a
small island near the scene of the
killing, and this was shortly after
the murderer surrounded by a posse
sent there to get th murderer d"ad
or allre. When the native finally saw
th^t *nere was no hope for his es
cape, 1>p turned his gun on himself
and! took his own life.
Pari*, Feb. 17. —Food1 Controller
Hoover, who was brought over from
the United State® to mak© a survey
ol the German food situation and
to mak§ a personal study of the
needs o" the people who have suffer
od at the bands of the frightful
Huns declared in a speech which he
made in this city yesterday that the
Germans should be made to return
cow tor cow for those which were
driven out of Belgium and France.
Mr. Hoover stated that the equival
ent would not suffice, ag the chil
dren's need for milk is so great that
money cannot buy it in the devastat
ed areas.
Arnold Schiell and Robert Bell,
■ auditois for the White Pass Route,
arrived on the Princess Mary Sat
urday night and after being re*
leased from quarantine will per
form their work here ag has been
done annually for the past twenty
years. ' " 'li.L ill . i
| Washington, Monday. — President
| Wilson yesterday wirelessed from the'
• 8team3hiD George Washington, on
1 which he is now steaming towards
' home, the appointment of Hugh C.
Wallace a? ambassador to France
from the United States.
cordowTto get
BUILDING FUND
! Washington, Feb. 17.—Tlie pub-1
lie building bill was reported, to the
House of Representatives this morn
' ing and carries with it an appropria"
! tion of $100,000 for the completion
(of the Federal courthouse at Cor
Idoya, Alaska. , '
| to deliver to a wom^n in Skagway.
| Th© purser told liim to take it and |
J deliver it to the deputy U. S. mar- j
shal in Skagway. This Goslow said i
he would1 do. He told the puiser to 1
tell the police in Juneau that this j
suitcase must be connected with the i
murder in a subsequent conversa-1
tion hel^ before the arrival of the
Estebeth in Skagway.
The authorities sent a seari h war
rant to Skagway and Goslow was ar !
rested, and upon a search of the
suitcase being' made there, it was
found) to contain belongings of the
Schmidt woman.
The Skagway investigation also
disclosed that Goslow had received
a severe scratch on his face just
before returning to his hotel in Ju
neau. When questioned as to how
this had been received he stated
that he had' fallen down and scratch
ed his face.
The examination of Goslow dis
closed also that he was nn ex-stage
driver and be was known to have
an abnormal t^st© for liquor, but
from all investigations thus far
made it could' not be learned that
he had ever been accused of crime
before.
The investigations made here
showed that up to a few days before;
he left Juneau lie was broke, and
was in this condition on the day
preceding the murder, but on the
next day Goslow paid up several
small bills and seemed to have some
money left.
At liia hiring held here before
TJ. S. Commissioner Itasmnson, Gos
low testified that he was an Ameri*
can citizen, but a. search of bis per*
gonal effects d'isclosed Canadian
citizenship papo;s. His testimony
relative to getting the suitcase and
several other statements which he
made in his hearing herp he con
tradicted upon his arrival in Ju
neau, and his statement as to his
conversation with the purser on the
Estebeth does not tally with the
statement of the purser's testimony
given si the hearing in Juneau. ^
GHENT WILL SOON ROUND
UP ALL BOLSHEVISTS AND I.W.W.
Washington, Feb. 17.—According
to. convincing evidence of the most
damnable character which is now in
ihe possession of the federal gov
ernment, it has been shown that the
Bolshevists and the Industrial
Workers of the World have been
working insiduously throughout the
United States.
In addition to those two notr
ous organizations whose sole ob
ject for existence ia the overthrow
of the governments hav© been oper
ating directly through German an
archists now In this country, and a
large amount of the money which
has been expended for the spread of
revolutionary propaganda hag been
sent out by Germany.
These organizations, it has been
found, are now actually engaged) in
revolutionary movements seeking to
overthrow the government through
out the United States, and they hay®
been conducting their literary pro
paganda chiefly from New York and
Chicago.
It nas been shown that the Pub*
j llcations advocating Bo'ahevgm and
I. W. W. ideas alread'>* circulated
I throughout the United States haVe
i reached about ten million readers.
| These disclosures have been
brougnt. out before the Senate in
! vestlgating committee by Chairman
| Overman in the sweeping investiga
tion which is now being made,
j It is well understood that thous
| ands o' arrests will follow the final
j report of the committee and that
these arrests will be ordered made
in all parts of the nation within the
! next few weeks.
EXPAE1IER LAURIEB SUCCUMBS
TO WILL (IF SUPREME RULER
Ottawa, Monday.—Ex-Prem. Laur ,
ler was stricken with paralysis at
liia home in this city yesterday and j
today his physicians report his
condition as being very grave.
Ottawa, Monday.—Former Prem
ier Laurier died this afternoon from
the strok© of paralysis with which
he wag stricken yesterday. ,
FLU SPENDING
EUfif IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Feb. 17.—For the week
ending Sunday, February 16, there
had bf»en reported at the Seattle
health office ninety five new cas
es of influenza and six deaths were
accredited' to tie disease during
that period.
Mrs.. A. M. Rousseau and her
daugnter, MLse Henrietta, wife aud
daughter of the editor and publish
er of the White Hors® Weekly Star
were among the arrives on the
Princess Mary. They have been
spending the winter in Seattle.
C. J. Vifquain, one of Dawson's
prominent merchants, arrived back
on the Princess Mary Saturday nighi
and will remain in Skagwfty five
dayg before proceeding to Dawson.
IMS BOUND
FMUEMH
Bres', Feb. 17. — Ambassador
Francis, former United States am
bassador to Russia was one of th»
passengers sailing on the steamship
George Washington whit-i. sailed
from this port last Friday.
Mrs. B. A. Bigger was a return
ing passenger from the south on the
Princess and will proceed to her
home lii Whitehorse as soon as re
leased from quarantine.
Mrs. T. C. Richards, wife of th«
; manager of the P. Burns Meat Co.,
| at Whitehorse, is also in Quaran*
tine, having arrived from Oregoi
(.City, on the Princesg Mary aft«J
; several months visit with her par
' ents. Mrs. Richards is accompanied
' by her little child'.
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