.V pans Feb. 26—The establish-(
ment of new boundary lines for C.er*
manv ;s conceded by the peace? dele- j
2ates to be o®e of the big problems
which will confront the members of
the peace congress when ttaa' matter
is taken up for settlement.
Marshal Foch stated in a recent
nterview -that the terms of tlie n€W
irmis'ite extentiou will Provide for
;he a&vai and military disarmament
jf Germany, and the ooccupation of
:he entire country by allied armles.
rh» acceptance of these terms will
>ractically moan the capitulation at
Jerwany.
WGWSiiD
10 HEW UNI)
Washington. Feb. 20—Pres. Wil*
son noiniuated Miss Effie A Frisbee
r lister of the Juueau Land office
this morning.
M'ss Frisbee h^s been a clerk
in the Land office for some time
an * will relieve Register Walker
who has bet>n transferred to speiial
w ork in the states.
Peking, Feb2t>—The Prime Min
ister of China Stated today that his
nation feels very grateful to Presi
den' Wilson for the assistance which
he reudered her delegates at the
peace congress.
Mr. Walter B.. Heisel speii^'l a
geist of the land office with head
quarters at Juneau arrived l^t
night and will speud a few days here
on official business..
Mr. Heisel will probably make the
tcJp 10 Whitehorse before he return
Anvcne desiring a free survey of his
homestead or to make an application
for cutting timber will find Mr.
Heisel a* the Pullen House where he
can e;e' full particular as to the Pro
vedure..
Geneva, Feb 26—According to aj
I dispatch received here from Munich, j
; it would- appear that former crown j
I nrince Rupprecht and count Arco
Valley shook dice in a Munich club
to decide which one of the two was
to kill premier Eisner.
Thedepoeed crown prince threw
the better hand and the assassi- '
natlon fell to the lot of the count as
stated in the former dispatches.
\V?sl ington, Feb. 20—President
Wilso-. aunounred today that he
would not call an. extra session of
the congress until after his return
from France unless he found it ab
solutely necessary.
Duply Marshal Walter B. Sharpe
lo'- 011 the City of Seat'le last even- j
in - for Wrangle where he Is escort- I
in ; Harry Kitclikoon, murderer, who
<s to serve his life sentence there.. I
Kttchkoon is the aged native w'10
was found truilty last year of murder
inc the aged native woman, Ma- j
ry Kushnick, after l'lying her with
liquor, ostensibly for tlie purpose
of robbery. Sentence was uostponed
unti this term of court, when it wa
de ide' by the court to place him
In the Wrangle jail which is in
better condition than the local jail
Ketchikan Progressive-Miner..
A BANK BOOK
You will search high and low before you will
find another book (except the Bible) that means as
much to you as your Bank Book.
It makes a long story short.
It is full of dates and amounts'of vital import
ance to you.
We have a few extra copies for distribution
to those who have not already called for theirs.
BANK OF ALASKA
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 a
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal |
to 3 doz eggs 30c each "
P. H. GANTY
OSTEND MARRED BY HUN TRENCHES
German trenches iu the- streets of Ostend right on the water front
of the bcach. Comparatively little damage was done to the houses along the
water front.
.Seattle, Feb. 2ti—The dead body c |
i man was found1 Saturday afternoon
in the woods near Ronton.
The body when found was wr:lpP® i
an old mattress, and it may j
;>rove to be the murdered remains of
Llyril DeCroix, a Copper River pros- j
sector formerly of Cordova..
Thr 4e Belgians who inspected the j
body at the morgug here think that j
ihe body is that of DeCroix. whjlo
on the other han! the body has(
beeu positively identified, by three
other persons, and each one has
stated that the body is that Ol dif
fered persons.
Those who saw DeCroix here re
cently Credits hini with having about
nine hundred dollars on his person
when last seen.
No money was found on the body
which is now awaiting positive iden*
tifcaton.
Sea'tle. Feb. 26—sailor guardf.
Dn board the vessels layi'ig :it the
ilork the longshormen, between four
and live in the morning had' a
pitch 'it battle in which Walter l>uii
bar and Donald Beaton, longshore
men were shot and dangerously
wounded.
About twenty men were engaged
iu tti :• fight and aH were Under the
influence of liquor.
'J iio liquor was procured from a
Japanese shiD that w»s laying a|0ng
the same dock.
If is thought that at least one
of the men will die from his wounds.
A number of arrests have been
m'de.
Washington, Feb. 25—It is quite
probable that President W ilson w ill
^all the governors of the various
jta'.es into conference relative to
the labor situation before he returns
to Europe.
ESKIMOS FORMING
SECRET SOCIETY'
Alaska Eskimos, who are not gen
erally ktown as joiners of the Elks,
Basics, Moose and other fraterities
ar.? forming an order of their own
to be known as th© benevolent or"
der o' Reindeer according to the
Eskimo, a e-.overnment school publi
cation issude at Xome. Reindeer her
ders and owners are directing the
formation of the organization and
are limiting charter membership to
Eskimos in the reindeer business.
Later they may admit hunters and
trappers,. Aritual( grips and secret
work are being planned.. When
th> eoldemic of influenz a abates
and meetings are allowed the lodge
will meet and adtopt constitution
and by-laws.. Branoh lodges may b
established in. the Eskimo settle
ments along the Siberian coast a*
cross the Bering sea from Nome.
Headquarters will be at Nome it is
planned..
m RE8ULI IS
OF POLES
j Warsaw, Feb. 25—Leon Trotsky,
llie present Russian dictator, has
threatened, the Poles with, externi"
iiiation, according to e, despatch
from Uio Fern front. Tlie message
states thut lie is reported to be very
' itter against Faderewski.
i CAMOUFLAGED FALSEHOOD
Ou the first day of the strike of
' ticiais of the Metal Trades Council
announced that a Seattle shipbuilUin
company had gold two steamships
to foreign interests, thereby making
! a couple of million dollars, the an
nouncement being very plainly an
; ett'orr to show the big profits. In
! tht; same papers were telegrams
frcm Washington, D.. C. showing
J thpt senators from the state of
1 Washington were everely criticising
n*> L'.. o. Shipping board for refusul
j to permit shipyards to accept for"
: eign contracts, especially reference
■ being niacte to shipyardsof the state
oi Washington.. So that the public
' can judge as how this falsehood was
! foreign owners took place many,
that the sale of thetwo ships to
j many months before the strike, and
, since then the members of the Metal
i Traces Council ha<ji probably ab
sorted all the alleged profits.—
, Railway and Marin© New?.,
SPARTAGANS AGAIN BUSY OVER
1UBN!N6 LATEST GOVERNMENTS
Berlin, Feb. 26—Advices received .
h this morning by the Minister of ]
S'a*. reports that the Spartac«ns ar^
ap-aiii making an effort to overthrow
the government of Saxony.
Tbe despatch says that the inde
pendent Socialists haw Issued a
manifesto calling for the overthrow
of *he government at Lelpsic.
It was announced here that steps
woul *« at once be taken towards
stndins' government troopa to the
scenes of the threatened trouble
with the view of assisting the govern
ment there to maintain its hold of
the public affairs.
REFERENDUM IS
ORDERED MEN
Seattle, Feb. 26—The Metal
Trades Coumcll at four o'clock th;
morn'ng, after an, all night #ei
orderpd a rfeerend la vote to $|
taken on the question of the return
to work of the Seattle and other
shipyard workers.
The shipyard workers are to re
main at work provided the Pro
posed conference of Chairman Piez
the operators and representatives
of the workrs is held on the Pacific
coast instead of in Washington a«
first planned?.
1 OVER TO
BE FIRST
Washington, Feb. 26—The retur j
of th. regular army now in Europe!
will be made in ortfer of their arri
val in France.
This announcement wa^ made by|
General Pershing today.
BE
Washington, Feb. 26—The Senate
committee on navaj affairs reported
*he naval appropriation bill carrying
seven hundred' and twenty million
dollars for the perfection of the
three yara building plan favorably
bill will pass as it now stands, '
f2\ — m
ALASKA LEASING
BILL LAID ON
THE SHELF
Washington, Feb. 25—The leasing
an<* sale of Alaska coal lands pro
vision has been eliminated from the
oil leasing bill now being considered
by the confrees of both houses.
uuimi is
AGREED UPON
Washington, Feb. 26—The senate
committee on public lands today
reported favor&blyy on the bill of
Secretary of the Interior Lane.
This bill provides for the appro
priation of one hundred million dol
lars for th purposee of reclaiming
a"'d and swamp lands for the use of
returned soldiers.
COAL Ills
USE UNREST
London, Feb. 26—Great anxiety
prevails through the co^l districts
ove- the attitude of coal miners.
Although great pressure has been
brought to bear on the loaders to
quiet the men they continue to shot*
a hostil ■ attitude to the mine owner
It is believed that strife betwen
the workers and the owners will be
avert*.' when the government takes
(he matter up for adjustment.
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