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SKABWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1919
SECOND YEAR
No. 56 TWENTY
NAVr OFFICERS WILL IPESIIGAIE
FACILITIES FOR HANDLING GOAL
Seattle, April 16 — la order to
investigate thq teriaiiuidj facilities
an<i Iniprove.nnents ia transportation
ufeessary to properly ha«ri<e the
out uut of coal for the Navy L>e
l>artuunt «u the Pacific Wst from
the Matauuska coal fields. Captain
Sumner, E. .W, Kitfelle and Captain.
L. K. Gregory of the U. S. Navy
aaiia<i this morning fttr Anchorage
on the SS. Alaska.
A». Anchorage this l>:lrty will 'bo
Joined by a party of petfogicai atfen
tist® who ai\> already in the field
aud tin. iavsotigf-tioii will be made
jointly. _________
A' a conference between Mayor
Howard Ashley and Rr. Johnston,
and Dr. Gabie this morning. it was
dtcided to lifidire the <lQuarautiue
which Las been operative for the
oaot month raided.
This »etion was lateen alter the
health officials had declared tSkag
way to b« freB from, any cas*> of
.-pauish influenza, and that all cas
es which had been hereorfore report
ed si* now well and discharged.
la raising the quarantine^ how
ever, the authorities request the
citizens to bo caroful as to
their healIh ami to promptly re*
uort any iast. to the health depart
ment llial savory of the ^u
i« u!.si> dcvm.'U expedient for
♦he next ten day that no dancqs or
other public functions be held.
Tais is not meant to apply to
■churches or religious organizations
or the meetings of the various fra
ternal govietioa
Cordova, Aj>ril 15 — Lieut, Lon
gr», who was statiou«-d at Fort Lis
cutn, says the Hera'd of this oil},
»iitl wlio precede*! Lieut. Knights
a* commander oC ch«j detachment of
Company B, 30th. battalion suard
iujr government i»poi>erty at Anchor
age, baa marri**!' a wealthy widow
iu tiifi east, according to a report
spread by his friends here. 'Mrs
i^ongre is one fifth owner in thJ
Packard auto company and it is
said il r Longre will bftoonie one
of the vice . presider4.s of thi# big
oonceru upon hhis discharge from
service.
MOTHER COP
IT
Seattle April 16 — Bil Hage-na,
former member of the Seattle police
was this • morning arrested and
placed in jail on thu chargB of stea.1
in*» liquor which the &©verniiieifl
had confiscate am!1 had in s'or:ik*'
Bill's Horses
Are Auctioned
Amsterdam, April 1"> — The Ger
m'-n government has sold at auction
the exkaiser's tiOO personal horses.
His favorite charger brought
$5,000.
We have been telling you
For some time that we want you to come
in and see our safe deposit boxes.
It wont cost you a cent
To come in and see them and besides that
we will be very glad to see you.
BANK OF ALASKA
Have You Tried
"GOLD CREST"
Brand Butter and Eggs
Just what you would expect when ordering the very best
Fresh shipments received on every boat
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The Eggs sell at 60c per dz.
Butter 75c per pound
These prices subject to market changes
P. H. GANTY
Ketchikan, April lt> — CliftrW
.Sulzer died on botuxi th® launch
.Talru ou his way to Ketchikan,
when? lwi was coming for modical
j treatment.
, Air Sulzt»r took siok on Monday
i at Sulzer. The remain# arrived
j here this morning. It is reported
! that Mr. Sulzzer has suffered from
p'omacu trouble for a number of
years.
j Charles A. Sulzeir was barn in
J Itoselle, N. Y. FebruJiry 24 1S7S)
'and was educated in the Public
; schools, afterwards attending the
1 Pinery schoo!, Berkoleyt Academy,
>>. Y. and th0 United' States Mill
1 tary Aca-dlcmy.
Mr. Sulzar served In the Fourth
; New Jersey Volunteers in. the Soan
IstL American war. He eame to
Alaska in 1902 ajid has been active
ly pillaged in mining: in the ter
ritory ever since. In 19(f5 be was
married to Miss Gertmide Harrison
o« Elizabeth, New Jtereey, and has
odq son,. William S. Suisse^, born
la 1906. """
Charles A- riiflzer ran| for d^eeat'e
*■> congress on the Democratic tic
knt in 1916 amid was givea a celr
Hficate of election by th.a Alaska
Election board but wag unseated In
Janda.y 1919, his seat having' been
contested by James Wickersham.
In 191C Mr. SuJaer was again
the standard bearer of the Alaska
Democratic) party, and it eai®
lie would have been given tha certif
icate of election as the r'tturns
thus far counted showed that he
had received a majority of thirty
three votes.
COVERXOK'S I'ROCIiAMATlOX
| Governor Rigts issued" tlii fol-!
j 1, a'Ulv proclamation today: -
Whereas it. has pleased Almighh
ty God to call to eternal rest the j
soirit of Charles A. Sulzer, a man j
beloved by the many who recognized
in him an- emest and faithful work
er in all honor for the principles
which he considered right, and
whereas death has sealed hi^ lips
and closed his eyes iui everlasting
sleeo now thorefore I, Thomas
R'ggs Junior, Governor of the terrf
j tory o* Alaska, actuated liot only by
j a sense of public loss t>iH by dui
I sonal grief <;<o hereby call upon. all
persons within the territory of Al
| ask a iu both official and private life
as a mark of respect to the deceased
: and to his sorrowing family, to low
I cr <11 flags to half mast between'
! the hours of srunrise and sunset forj
the D-eriod of three dayB from the
date of this proclamation. |
GIVEN' UNDBR mv hand' and
the seal of the territory of;
Alaska, in Juneam, the Cap-]
ital, this Sixteenth day of
Aoriil, in the year of our Ix>tdJ
Ohq Thousamd N*ine Hundred
and Nineteen and of the In
dependence of the United
Sea teg Tho One Hundred and
Forty-Second!
Thomas Riggs Jr.
Governor.
ev-i)
| B_. the Governor,
Charles E. Davidson,
I Ex-officlo Secretary of Alaska
DEATH 1AKES
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Death visited the home of Mr. an
Mrs Charles W. Adorns in this ci
ty this morning at 10 o'clock aoids
took their little fourtecai years old1
daughter Eva.
Death was the result of pneumo
nia, ths child being ill but a few
d*ys, and in this time the ravages
of ♦be diseaase were too sever© for
the ft'rl to make a winning ®ght.
The remains were removed to the
Skairway Undertaking parlors, and
the funeral announcement will be
made later.
Mr. Charles Adams, who ig an
employee of 'ha "Whit$ Pass rail
way, went out on yesterday's train
and is now In "V^hitehorse.
Washington, Tuesday — Senator
Boiab continues to declare that the
j>rop osed covenant o£ fit© society
ol nations lg wholly unacceptable to
tbe Ualt-ed Stateg.
Woodstock, Va., April 15 — Four j
Virginia statu prohibition ageno
ch'irHLd with murdering Lawrence
J> Hudson and Raymond Sha<iKle
'ord, alleged boctleefnera killednear
here l;,st week, were heldj without
ball lor the grand fltry "after a h^ra
iny ttoday before a magistrate.
riUM'IXS MARY DUE
TO AKHIVE SATURDAY
Iial Johnston wag notified today
tha* the Princess M®ay sailed ia9t
nigh* from Vancouver ajid' is due to
arrive here Saturday Moroins.
The Mary hap a number of pas
sengers for interior points "'asi well
as freight.
SCHOOLS WILL REOPEX
MONDAY APRIL 21
V. I. H«,hn, president o| the SKag
\mv school board, informs the pub
lic that school will reopen Monday,
Aeril 21st. ,
TUig will be rood news to Skag
way, and it ia hoped that there will
no* he * repetition of the l&tg ex
perience. _ »
ELKS IX) INSTALL
OFFICERS THURSDAY
Owing to the quarantine lh$ In
stallation of the 1919-1920 officers
recently elected to fill the chairs of
Slrogwy lodge No. 431, havo up to
date -not been Installed, and now i
♦h<>* <he lodgos are again permitted
by the health regulations to hold!
regular saselong, thg Ellt^ willj
meet tomoi-row evening andl the do-!
laycJ installation will be performed. j
ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Wednesday evening:
Uosary.Instnu ton audi T-nebiae.
Thursday morning: Holy; Thurs
day mass ait 9:30.
It would' be desirable to have as
many receive the Sacraments on
Holy Thursday 03 possible.
Order of service for thg follow
ins d-ys will be given, later.1
Father Edgar Gallant;
Pastor.
—
Although tonight ig rt^gjular meet
iag night for the Bagles,no meetia
wl!l be held., as it was eta ted that
tho adylce relating to thg lifttc® of
*iw quarantine luwl not bee®^ re*
calv«»' in time to notify the* nremliert
.vi -'.v&i .1 >''•*
A. J. AcMson is busy . g&ftUng
hig farm reader for seeding. Stajohy
saya there is room for a number of
farms up the valley and ho does
not see why more farmers Q°t
fa3te up land'. _ 1-. 1"^"!' .*
it T.~
London, April 16 —! In ad<dr:asing
Parliament today Premier Lloyd
George elated that thane was n com
|)ler» understanding on the funda
mental questions af the peace set
tlement. He declared that it ia
not true that American and) Europe
are a* variance.
In pointing? omt the diffftoul tiea af
iecting peace the Premier stated
rhar '* complete braekingi upf is
threatened- in Russia arad Turkey.
"There is bo authority through Rus
sia," he 'said "and the question of
the recognition oj; a Sovfc-t govern
ment bag never boet* proposed."
l/oyd George said tha t la. his o
pinion Allied/ interventlaniia Russia
would be the greatest iact of stu
pidity, and; asserted tfc&t he belieyedi
that England should not bo commit
! ted to the gigantic task of impuw
Insr the condition^ in Russia.
Continuing, tb$ Prime Minis
ter stated, "I would rather leave
P.u»sia to thfi BolshevUci until they
Bee their way out of the difficulty
rtther than to see Great Britain in
bankruptcy."
GOV£RKNI£tlT TROOPS ARE BADLY
DEFEATED BT THE BSISHEK
•'■* ' ••• •* •' • ••«T Y. iekiii : i
Berlin April 16 —.A NeUrem*
bercr dispatch this morning ptated
tha.4 the government troapa had
• 1.,.; v> ( <• tM-fn -\il '
been badly defeated by tbe Bolshe
vlstg In an attempt to bold the
Munich trailroac! station. . ' v.* '■*
POLES EXECUTE
•jtockholm, Tutepdaj/j — According
to reports received here this moru
las from authentic sources, the
Pol "a occupying M'insik, rounded up
& lot o( Jews, suad »hat them in the
market plae© in that city, the exe
cution tbeiitg public.
It is said that the Poles "ad. J?eW8
clashed ov^r the distribution of pro
visions lately ftrrivlnjK there. Thoas
executed included 23 Zionists.
Debbs Starts To
ti ••t* ,i •''1^.
Serve Sentence
Moundsville, \V. Va., Monday—
Eugene V. Debs, who was found
guilty of sedition, the chief charge
apainrt him being that of obstruct
in? the selective draft began
a rvlnc his sentence in the Federal
prison here Stind&y afternoon.
Omsk, Wednesday — Messraa
oimorids aiwj! Emerson, 2-iid Dr. Ru
dolph Teu^ler, all of the American
Red Cross, state that they ljave ob*
tamed evidence of the massacre of
i*wo thouiisandi civilians in and oea
the town of O^a by tbtg Bolsherviki
ti oojvg gtattoned in 'hAt sector.
Theae men have just returned to
this city from Perm, Oaa and oth
er reoccupied Kuaai&n, territory »ad
report that the condition? there are
of the most frightful character.
Baker Gets To Paris
Prtris, Tuesday — Secretarys of
[War Baker, accompanied by War
! ren Pershing, son of General Per*
shine arrived in this city this morn
ling.
Most joyfully we welcome yoa back!
May the days as well as the years ahead of
yoa ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
caimot express. You did the job right! - -
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XT/JL 9 Military training has certaihly worked
rr flO S wonders with your physique—your new
TT" clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
A %JUl smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
nr> O be made expressly for you by Ed. V.
idllOTf Price & Co
Our new fashions and woolens await your inspeo
tion and we will gladly measure vou and arrange for de
livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
JAMES KENNEDYI