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No. 37 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 24. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
Ill* DECLARES STATE OF WAR MIS 1THI NATIONS
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CAVALRY TROOP KILL 5 BANDITS
AND THEN DRIVE MS HOME
jlarfA, Texas, March, 24—Mexican
cattle rustlers made a raid c*n the
c»tile rawjres in this vicinity recent
ly and started for the Mexi
can boundary with a biz herd of
American cattle and hovacs.
Tbe Eighth U. 5. Cavalry. und:r
oomaiajrd of Captain Klo^pfer. wag
immediately sent to the scene
a chase for the cattle thieves begun.
The Can-airy rode hard' audi overta
king the rustlers, killed, five of the
bandits in the battle which followed,
and then rouwdedi u/p 8-U the cattle
and horses and drove tfrem b®ck to
their respective r"-iLffH3.
AVIMD
MILES All HOUR
ISJSf
New York. March 24—Only three
difficulties now stand in the way cf
living at the r»'e of 300 mil.p an
hour, Major R- W. Schroeder, aTiny
aviator and h Ider of the world's al
titade record, declared at n meeting
of the Aeronautical Society of Amer
ic-» here tonight.
The "problems to be solved include
a change in the pitch of airplane
propellers. control of increase^ air
pr<s>sur>i in, ear bora tors and. over
coming of the aviator> overwhelm
ing seit.se of hunger at hish al
titudes.
' "As soon as the data on tra<l6
winds at high altitudes i$ obtained,"
he said, "so that flyers can uaj th:n:
hi long flights," addeid the major,
•distance flying will be on® of the
least troubles a flyer has to con
U»i»d with. Three .hundred miles
*h hour in an easterly direction—
Mia* ia ia the direction the earth
travels will be easy to ma3ce."
.Dr. Johnston r«l>ortg Dr. Oabie
as being much improved today.
TBis is good ncjvs to the doc
tor's hosts of friends- The recent
quarantine and detention and the
unselfish <|.votion of Dr. G&bie
had much to do with his illness, but
be w43q,J»e on dock again iu a short
time. •"
DEMANDS BASED
! 01 EXCLUSION
ACIOFGAL
Sa.n Francisco, March 24—United
States Senator James D. Phelaai, at
California, today sent a cablegram
to the peace conference at Paris
urging that thc American delegates
disregard Japans demand: for race
equality.
It is claimed that in making this
demand, Japan had the United
States dircctly iu mind), and the
Caliioruia situation in particular.
K£EP"WSAFE
ONIIL WA1IE0
ATTierogcn, Monday — The guardB
about William Hohonzollem have
been greatly increased during the
Jast few dayB.aiMi tbiab^s been done
owiiv to tlia fa<ct having beocfflie
known that plot was being, made
to assassinate him. '
Ten Minutes
After the fire starts you suddenly remember that
the insurance policy, Liberty Bond, and some other
valuables are still in the house.
Don't wait'untit then and be sorry
Come in TODAY and rent
A Safe Deposit Box
A box 4 1 -2x 19 inches and 2 1 -2 inches deep
25c per month.
New Goods Just Received
Van Houten's Cocoa 1-2 lb 70c
Christie's Soda Biscuits 2 lbs Tins 75c each
Royal Yeast Cakes (Canadian) 2 for 25c
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal
to 3 doz eggs 30c each
P. H. GANTY
London, Xftrch 24 — A, Viennia
despatch roc*iv®di bere this morning
gays that the Hungarian, gowtrnnwnt
ha» issued a proclaanatioon to 'he
effeo'- that a st^te at war exists be
tween the AJli«a and Hungary.
Paris, Monday — The Prod»ma
'loa which has }u#t beea issued by
th* Hungarian gonreiriuttent requeata
ail Q«nmm au4 Austrian wortaaen
to do as Hungary h*« d»ae, that 1*
breUt o£C relation^ with tha Paris
pv&ctt conierenoe.
Th«« prod amotion call* the Pea
sea's ot Bohemia, Serbia Rumioia,
CTotia to form an alliance against
autocracy and these dynasties a-nd
the land owdkxth of the Danube ri
Ter TalJey support ttya Bolsheviki
coTernnwmt o£ Ruajlst
Copenhagen, Monday — The Pro
clamation issued ty the Hungarian
government gaya ttwu the proletar
iat has taken over a]} its own lands
because of the decision at the Al
lied delegates to tba Paria peace
conference to occupy Hungary until
•H termg of the peace treaty
are fulfilled) by all the central
potfsr*
The proclamation declared for
communist socialism, aa(j calls
for the mobilisation of all the na
tions' forces. It clones the council
and decrees tor the socialization of
all the laigje estates aindi mines and
blx industries, the ban-king in
stitutions, transport lines and
declares a complete solidarity with
th« Russia® scrtlet government,
and offers to contract an anned
alliance wltSh the proletariat gov
ernment otf Russia.
The advices state that Aleocan
('er Gonbal has assumed, the presi
dency of the new rervolutiana<ry
government.
Paris, Monday 2:60 p. m.—T2»
Bolaheviki movement, culminating i
•Hungary setting up a soviet gov
ernment and declaring war on the
■All'es, is today believed; to be the
finishing answer to thq explanation
for Germany's, pbstruethre tactics
tp wards the peace ccmgyo&B
Jt is now thought that Germany
h».« been playing for time, and that
t* has now reached a point wh^ro
she will offer to oppose a Bolshe
vik! invasion of Western Europe
in cxohango for le»» severe Peaao
terms. Thig hag been tine expres
sion of many ctf the delegates to
the peaoe oonfedneoe.
Copenhagen, Monday — Accord
In* to a Berfia dwaxatcfc received
hers today, President Ebert de
clared in a speech which fas made
1Sunday that Germany will nevur
sistn a peace treaty which contem
plates giving tho port o£ Lteozig to
Poland ag suggested at the Paris
Peac8 OoAl'eJtaice.
Paris, Monday — It has been,
•sccrtiained that Germany is pend
ing an envoy to Moscow ior the pur
pose oi bringing about closer poli
*'cal and* financial relations between
tb German and Russian Boiabeylki
governments.
A Sw.i88 report received here
this morning states that Karl Kans
as the; prominent Indapeaidant
Socialist, is the new German envoy
and that he will be sent at once to
Moscow.
Paris, Monday — It was an
nounced by the Allied War office
this morning that at the present
moment there ar0 two French divi
sions to Budapest, and that a large
number cf Rumanian audi Serbian
foro>° are accessible at a moment's
no'ica.
Paris, Monday — Plremiers Ciem
enceau, of France, Lloyd George, of
Gre«t Britian, Orlando, of Italy,
Venlzelos of Greece ami several oth
er prominent statesmen who w;ere
iu attendance at tlie Peace Con
gress, met hastily this morning to
outline a program for the supreme
council which will be held iater in
the day, at which it has b"e:n inti
mated that important military
measures will be adopted in rela
tion to the proclamation ol
Hungary.
Paris Monday — According to
•dylce which was given out by the
Erench Admiralty this morning, Al
lied, monitors have already) staa-ted
up the Danube river from Belgrade
and will mftke au attempt to reach
Budapest before serious outbreaks
occur.
It has been announced that the
American peace delegates have been
a4rlsed that there had be® con
siderable firing and disorder in
Budapest, but that up to the time
o' receiving the advioe the American
• n? Allied representatives stationed
in that ciy were still safe.
Copenhagen, Monday, 2:44—Ac
cording to official reports received
here this afternoon from Vienna, a
Gzecfco-Slovak army has been sent
azainst thio Hungarian troops.
Paris, Monday — The Italian
delegate^ to the peace congress de
ny that they have threatened1 to
withdraw from th^ peace conference
In ©vent that Fiume was not eiv
en over to the Italian government
Reports Received
Indicate Good
; Pay Found
• • ' V 1 '!■■ F
The lateet n«wa concerning the
new a trite reported la the Citizen
Sunday morning h^s bean reoelYed.
9ylvertecr Howell la 4a receipt or a
telegram froan Frank O'Farrell
glvlmr all th« particulars, mCk ad
Veln* against a (t&mSMdfi a* grub
la a scarce article.
The message received by Mr.
Hcwel! states that the ace no of
♦he strike lg on the Stuyhok river,
a tributary of the Ban tail la, and is
*welT0 milea from the YuQdatt riv
er, opposite the Docflab; rilliacie be
low Holy Crosp. Concerning th®
activities, the miqssag0 states that
proaoects have been, found la Hen
derion, I .an* Chance and Flat
ar«eks. One hole pwt to bed(rock
on the Hazel bench nettedj forty
cent* to thg pan from a general
average of tan pans taken out. The
grouud to wet, and it la fourteen
fee* to- bedrock. The pay was
evidently taken from si id' s no
travel wag found. About a hun
dred men are on tbe poace at the
present time. The sender of
the meesage (stated that grub was
scarce and' it would not be acKis
able to gtamp^Oe f°r a while.
The Stuyhok heada in about op
postle the Dogfish yiiliage and
runs parallel to the Yukon, Tun
ing In the upstream direction. It
joins the Bonisilla about twelve
miles above the Yukon, the Booni
silla running at right angles to
the Stuyhok, heading to the east
ward.
Those intbeaidicg to take in the
new strike would probaiy do bet
ter by continuing down the Yukon
from Holy Cross, striking in from
th<i big bend on the right limit a
few milea above the fish vUliage,
at which place it Is not over twelve
miles across.—Fairbanks Citizen._
SLEUTHS WORKING HARD 10 FIX
SHARE IN MURDER ON HUSBAND
Sea4 tie, March 24 — MiBa Ruith
Garrison, -tie psQf confetsaedl mur
derer of Mtb. Grace M- Storrs,
whom she poiaomedl by placing
strychnine in a fruit cocktail which
watt served at a dinner to which the
victim was invited, has been re*
moved from the Homae of the Good
Shepherd where she w^a at first
confined awaiting her trial, to the
juvenile dtententioa home.
Dudley, Starrs. husband of the
murdered' woman, audi wbo the Gar
' rison woman wag infatuated with,
wag taken to Okoaogaa Saturday by
the Okonogan county; authorities
where be will have to answer to the
charge of abduction.
I it ia still maintained by the Kin«
county authorities that Storra l»
1 cbunected with tho crime, and it W
thought that he is being hield) until
tho police have been giv<cn an o<p
! oortunlty tc thoroughly investigate
I all clues.
Lodeport, N. Y-, March 24—Mre.
Sarah L. Cujthing,' 100 years oldc
♦»-g iir»t woman to take up the pt&"
ctice of medicine in the United
States, tlseti hero toda<y. She came
to Lockport £rora Ooluimbua 40
yearg ago, suwU ha<j followed her
profession pi nee. • »•
Claims Officials
Beat Prisoners
Richmond, Va., March 22—In re
ply ;o a letter from EL £2. Dudding,
President of the Prisoner'g Relief
so>;i«ty of Washington, to Governor
IHvis, charging that prison*^ In
thp Virginia penitentiary had i>een
flogged with ■ leather thongs ami
chained up on a crOBa, Maj. James
B Wood, guperiatendteut of .■ the
orison stated: today that Dr. Asa W.
Chamberlain of Jowa, had bae
flogged twice "for attempts to es
cape. He denied that unnecessarily
cruel treatment had; Keen inflicted.
■Or Chamberlain yj serving a life
sentence for the murder of his bro
ther.
Any action om the charge awaits
t»ie return of Governor Davis to
♦he capital. _ . ^ ■
TUMBLE SOU
DUE 10 H. C. L
Washington, Monday — Chair*
man Peck of the Commerce Indus
trial Board declared today that the
time ig rapidly nearing wh tn the
prices of food will become much
cheaper.
Up to the time at' going to press
this afternoon, Councilman, Kennedy
intorms u,<j that there are about
fi'iy cases of the flu in town. None
are considered serious and it would
seem that the number being eti4c£ga
is growing leas daily.
strict quarantine is being kept
over the homes of those afflicted*
and every precaution is being ta
ken to prevent the further spread ot
the disease.
Dr. Johnston, with the aid of
the city authorities has taken a
Crin hand, and the health depart
ment is working diligently to #e«
that oall who are down with It
hare everyhing that is needed! for
their comfort.
The lighthouse tender Older *r
rived back in Skagway on Sunday
morning at three o'clock, and took
the two lighthouse inspectors wh
had remained here intending to
take thte Jefferson out but were un
able to. do so. The Oedfar also
took' U. S; Marshal Hardy and guard
Dudley Allen -with the native, An
'derson to Juneau.
Most joyfnlly we welcomc you back!
May the days as well as the years ahead of
you ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
cannot express. You did the job right!
Who's
Your
Tailor?
Military training has certainly worked
wonders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
be made expressly for you by Ed V.
Price & Co.
yOur new fashions and woolens await your inspec
tion and we will gladly measure you and arrange for de
livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
JAMES KENNEDY