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SKA6WAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 15. 1919 , PRICE 10 CENTS
Seattle, Saturday — Twenty
thousand men AB4)loyed in the
shipyards here threaten d to go out
on strike again today, hut it is
believed that a settlement has
been made ajid an understanding
reach i which will av«rt a walk out.
Seattle, March. 15—One thousand
j riveters In the steel shipyards went
' out on strike today. The men claim
tbat the operators are not living: wp
to the agreements provided whein
the mea went back to wort after
«Jie big strike, and wltfci* maintain
ed up *o Mw date the big strike was
called.
LESS IDLENESS
Washington, March 13 — The rfl"
port Mom the Department °f Com
merce and Labor which was made
public »oda.v shows that the number
of unemployed has decreased con
aide raoiy since the last report.
will mo up
is QUICKLY
Paris. Saturday—Articles publish
ed by the Paris papers today say
that Ptesident Wilson has returned
to France firmly resolved to wind uj
the war promptly, and to drive
to- an early signing of all the
peac* treaties and agreements.
Washington, Saturday — Secre
tary Tumulty is in receipt of a cable
gram from President Wilson, which,
reads, "The plenary council has
positively decided tthat the League
of Nations is to be part of the peace
treaty. jfj
DID YOU NOTICE
OUR LAST AD?
We told you that we will rent you a box in our
fire and burglar proof vault for as low as 25c per
month. If your house should happen to burn and
in the excitement you forget to save your Liberty
Bond and Insurance papers, you remember this
with regret, unless you come right down and rent
one. No trouble to show them.
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
L
BEET III WASH.!
Par's, March 14—If the United
Stated government will permit It,'
according to an announcement made
by the Iternatlonal Labor delegates,
who are now in this city, the fijst
international labor conference will
be held in "Washlgto, D. C.
The time set for this proposed
convention hats not been announced
but it is presumed th&t it wx>uld be
sometime during the summer.
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Paris, Saturday — The Temj>3 to
day says that Franc© ig rejoicing
over th<» return o£ President Wilson,
and the Paris Midi observes that
because certain Americans hftv#
made attacks on Mr. Wilson he
"comes back to ug dearer to our
I hearts than ever.'
Thiiteen ounces of platinum, val
; uad »> $1,313, has been found in
ooptper ore produced in the mines
at Kanaan, according to the January
retwrts of the custom noupe. Values
of other minerals produced in the
territorv during January were gold1,
?127,482; copper, $1,539,767;
Silver ore, $57,027 and e'brome$16,
f 000.
Washington, Saturday — it
waa the Intention of thft gomernmeat
to use AJaaks coal on the naral
veeseiB operating on the Pacific Jfl
disclosed by th9 general •tfpropti*
a'ion bill wjhiohi failed) °f p0**®8
at the lest congress.
The bill carried Provision for an
appropriation of one million dollar®
which waa to hare been expended
under the direction of the Nary Do*
j^rtment for the development of
the M»tamisk& and Bering river
fields In order to obtain coai for
Ute &av&l reesels operating on the
Pacific. ■ ! i i
It Ia now the intention to bring
<hig bill up for passage as soon as
ooogreajf reconvenes, and the item
providing for the use of Alaska coal
(by the navy will doubtless be al
lowed fq remain.
Val&ez, March 16 — Word was
received at ttie of fie© of tibe United
Slates marshal her© today that De
puties/ Evan$ and Burt ye»terd»y
raided ta-e Northern pool room# at
Seward, the Oveu-land hotel, owned
by Ed Whlttemore and Leo Majfju
*ud the transfer barn owned by
Hoben &. Davie, and found 103 quart
bottles, twelve one-gallon, demijohns
six two-gallon demijohns and Mven
five-callon keg* of liquor la Whit
tmore & Af&ngu's placet. I
In ths place oi bUBinew of Hofcen
& Davis were found 186 qua^ bot
tles and two five-gaJlon icegs of
whlsfcey and one tweniy-flye-g*]loa
fceg of rum. I
The offenders all Pleaded guilty
of violating the prohibition law in
tbe commissioner's court, and each
was fiiied $1,OGO. The officers
wired fo th.© marshal hsj-o that they
believe thoy have broken up the
bootlegging crowd.
The defendants are all prominent
In Seward business affairs. Ed
WhiUmore is a town councilman and
preqiden* of the Seward Chamber °f
Gompifirce. Harry Hoben is the
mayor of Seward.
J. M. White and big son George
have been arrested for making li
quor irom raisins at Anchorage.
Eight barrels of mash wree found
In thefr possession. Thoy have been
bound over to the gr^nd jury.
BUT ALASKA ill
STILL GOMES
81 FREIGHT
Seattle March 15—Carrying the
International airplan© mail to
eater *he United States, Pilot Eddie
Hubbard lauded; at the Lake Union
hangar in & Boeing hydrojrtane,)
with W. E. Boeing, president of the
Boeinc Airplane Company, aa
passenger Monday afternoon. He
wag thre« hours coming from Van
couver, B. £}., to Seattle malting a
atop at Kdraomj for fuel.
The plane carried a pouoh, con*
tailing sixty letters audi a personal
message from R. Gi Maepiherson,
at Vaucouver, to Edga? Battle, post*
master at Seattle. A hear/ wind
waa encountered throughuot the trip
The 'rlo wa$ made in one hour and
fifty, minute® elapsed time.
Mr. Battle wap enthusiastic orer
the Buoceaa of the trip and said
Monday afternoon that he felt cer
tain 2t&ttle would bar* th« bene
ft of »t leaat a portion of the re
cent ADjvropirlatlon for aerial mail
experiment^,
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WILSON TO BACK
LANE'S PROJECT
.1.1 II
W&shingtos, Friday — The iodi
cationa are that President W&lson
will back Secretary of th« Interior
Lane's plans for cue reclamation of
logged off and swamp landfi for the
returned soldiers. it la said that
in speaking of this plan, Preside® t
Wilson exprsoaed hia opinion, that
some filch plan could be worioadf out
*o as to give the returned poldlers
jnuob Tfiluable land, and assist
! them la getting establU^ed In ag
jrioultral pursuits,
j Sergeant Carlson of the hospital
corpa wa# a risitor In Stougway
while the Petei«on was In, port.
Sergeant Orison will leare Port
Seward next weak Cor 8eattl# aa
he haa been discharged' from »er
TRANSPORT IS
MINE AND SINKS
London, March 15 — The Amer
ican Transport Ys'l Haven struck
& ILooUi^x mine this morning and
Rimfc within a few minute^ "Xtcr
th<* explosion. Nine Bailors per
ished when the ship foundered.
William Taylor
Dies In Seattle
Oabl« edvice was received ut the
White i*aas ^enerai ol'fice this
Saoraiiu announcing the tl-eatjti oj
William Taylor, the eomliany's agen'
*t 6t. Miohaei. Doath ocoured is
Seattle on Thursday. ( , _J
Jog. Matthews, port enfino^r foi
the White Pass at ct. Allcheal,
irou^j'it the sad- news north of 'he
serious llln«ss of "Billy'' Taylor,
ilr. AUtbewea stated that for tome
time it had been no tier d by Billy's
friend® that his memory waa failing
but about the first of the month
there seemed to be change foi
tba better. However, a few dayi
latex tnan thig Mrs. Taylor seat
word to General Mana<g)er Wheelei
that her husband bad auf|.red t
■troJte of ©araiygis, an4i requested
that Mr. Wheelr cqme to the house
wher thy Were living'. This re
quest waa at once ^complied with
•ad when Mr. Wheeler reachec
there hfl w-ig Informed that Mr. Tay
lor h*d become violent an,d that il
requir-vi the help of two men tc
I restrain him. Thig was, the lasl
! word thai Mr. Matthews had regard
Ins Mr. Taylor'g condition befor(
I leaving for the north.
Mr. Taylor has be:n the agen
tor the White Pa^s at St Michae
;Sor several years. Ha left last fal
qn the Steamr Victoria to spend th(
winter la Seattle. Prior to his
agency In St. Michael, Mr. Tayloi
wag superintendent of the Whito
Pafia river division, and was the pre
deceasor of W. W. Dickeson ai
White Pass agent at Wihltehorse.
Thomflg Ryan, quartermaster 01
the C. & harbor boat Peterson re
joined his ship today Wtgr a fur
louiih of a weefc. ^ i ii!1' •!
I.
EEHIt BEES Id in
OVER FIE 101 HUES
Brussels, Saturday — At this;
morning's Besaion ot the armtetice
extension commission, the German
representatives accepted the terms
of the Allied commission regarding
lliii© turning over by Germany of her
merchant marine fleet, and in turn
She will be given 370,000 tona of
| food rer month.
(Berlin, Saturday —It wa$ an
oouncde here today that the German
government expects the Allies to
continue the fo°d supply to Ger
many until Aluguat 15.
Up to that time the monchly allow
aace requested will be 100,000 tons
of j*orfc, aa much rice and milk and
100,000 tone of grain.
Welmv, Saturday—War Minuter
Noske, addressing the National A£
semblv this morn lug, announced thai
hp considered the Spartacan Insur
rection crushed.
He said that the dlsarment ofl the
poffxulation mugt be haetenedi, Wwi
Allien that wag don.e, the Bolshevist
hyena would be completely extermi
nated.
TRADE PATENTS
FOR BUZ WAGONS
Yaknana, March 15 — Chief Y«1
lap, of Ml© Yakama tribe of Indiana
hag applied to President Wilson
for a restraining order against the
issuance of land pat< ntg to Indian
yvutiha, of his tribe.
OhiT Y all up Claims that the
young braves of the tribe upon the
receipt of their patents immediately
trade them for automobiles, andJ it
is for the purpose of stopping these
deals that the chief maJceg his ap
»(al.
Steve Sheldon, the Haines drug
,eist was a round tri»p r on the
Peterson today.
Mis. E. h. Winten-berger and her
littl ten Donald a.riied on ti e
Peterson from Haines today and! will
spend a few days in Skagway. The
Rev. Winterbarger has had the
parsonage of the Presbyterain
church put in shape and the Winter
berger family are occupying that.
Most joyfully 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!
y Military training has certainly worked
rr /lO S wonders with your physique—your new
*17 clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
A OUT smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
T *1 O be made expressly for you by Ed V.
laiiorr Prke&co.
Our 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
WAR COST FRANCE
IRTI-fO BIL
LION DOLLARS
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| Seattle, Marcr 15—Maurice Boyer,
secretary o£ the Banik of Pari?, ar
rived in this city thig morning and
saixj that ttoe war had cost France
thirty two billion dollars in money,
besides the enormous amount that
will be required for the reconstruc
tion of the districts which have been
♦otally devastated by the invading
Hunjg.
American Roads
Death List 1917
| Washington, March. 14 — Casual
ties on American railroads during
1917 resulted in the death of 9,5
68 and injured 70,970, thg lnter*
jstate commerce commission report*.
j Mrs. James W. Smith (nee Mul
vihill) arrived' on the Peterson 6hla
[ morning and spent the with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. MulviWil.
Seward now ha? hopes of being
made a water base for United States
transports going to and from Siberia
and lor navy vessels to be main
' talned along the Alaskan coast
' next aummer. The navy department
haa requested) a Seward watej;
oompanr to furnish a bid on supply
' lng water to government vessels.