No.
PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 28. 1919
SECOND YEAR
91 TWENTY
WILL SURE IKE
SOI COUNTER
PROPOSALS
Paris, May 2S.—TJio indications
today are almost certain, that Ger
many will maka her counter pro
i-osals which will be presented) to
the ueace conference tomorrow. •
Versailles. May 28.—It is under
stood that the German delegation
v.-ill present a counter claim for
twelve billion markg against the
Allies.
This claim is ba$ed on the dam
ages which are alleged to have re
futed from the Allied blockade of
German ports and are niacin as an
offst t to the reparation demanded Ij
the Allied powers.
WILLlcFUb'F
lUSH BISKS
S'-attle. May 28.—The prinpipal
fire and marine insurance compan
ie»- have tiefinitely decided to with
draw from business in Alaska be
cause of thg "Restriction require
ment" law enacted by th« last
legislature, which bill was intro
duced bv Senator Heckman. which
r»r,ujres that insurance companies
must maintain agents and agencies
in Alaska.
Loudon, May 2S.—A witeleas mes
sage to the press of London today
from Lisbon says that the crew of
the ?». C. No 4 have been deco
rated with the Grand Cross and
the Order of the Tower and Sword.
Th« presentation was made by the
Portugese Foreign Minister.
ALLIES 8 JAPAN
WILL FINANCE
KOLSHAK
Paris, aMy 2S.—The Council of
Four >in-d Japan have offered Kol
alia.' money and supplies for the
'i>u.-lvos-e of maintaining all of th»
.Russian government provided that
Kolshak promises* to hold elections
tor a constituent asseimbbly as poou
as he reaches Moscow.
WOMAN WILL
TRy THE STONT
Chicago, May 2S.—Miss Ruth
Law the aviatrix, has1 announced
her plan to attempt & trans Atlan
tic flgiht within thy next six weeks.
She will use a Curtiss land
biplane equipped with two Curtis
motors and will be accompanied by
James Larnont, her mechanician.
Miss Law expect? to receive aid
from the United States Navy in
malting her flight and that they will
glvn her assistance along the route
she expects to take.
lALKElillilEB
BRIDGE FINISHED
Anchorage—Woik hag l>een com
pleted and track lias been laid on
the govern in mt railroad' bridge
across the Talkeetna river, 113
miles north of Anchorage. T?ie
north side of the spanwav marks
th« iiorthcrn end of steel in the
Anchorage division. The construc
ion or thy bridge required lesgs than
three months time. The. first P^e
was driven January 15; the last
tension rod wajj rt-tig:htened April
10. • «
The structure is 2200 feet and 9
inches long..
Is \\\e 2>'v\\k 'iVAwo.s
Co\xtv\
There are many little advantages that this bank offers to its
depositors which are absolutely unknown to those
who do not have an account here
We invite YOU to familiarize yourself with our accommoda
tions and thus enjoy those advantages
b ank OP ALASKA
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
Friction top cans 40c each
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 61-2 cents a pounds
P. H. GANTY
SKIS I. I. I PHILOSOPHlf FOOIO
EO Oil BOOK WRITTEN BY WILSON
Seattle. May 28.—That the I. W.
W. drew its »hilo6ophy Jrom the
teachings of President Wilson and
reitirded, his boolc "The N«ew Free
dom" a powerful exposition of or
ganization in view of the existing
relations between capital and labor
ia the contention, of the defense in
the trial of James Briioe now being
held here.
Bruce i9 charged with criminal
anarchy. ,
BAYSfiflTES MUST
BE REDUCED
"Freight rates to Alaska are 11
disgrace at the present time and
something must be dkwi® to Becure
redactions," said' Maurice I>. Leeh
ey, couuci] for the Territorial Ship
ping commission, who was in
Ketchikan while the steamship Prin
cess Mary wag to port. "It is
not only the rates bu-t the prac
tice being pursued by the companies
th:i» deraaud investigation, and reme
dy.
"The steamship compaaicg) have
promised us all the cooperation pos
sible," he contAuucdi, "and. the
commission is now going iinto ship.
»ping conditions thoroughly. There
is no question in my mind that the
bill passed by the legislature, author
izin* the entrance of the Territory
Into the shipping business will
result in much better conditions."
Mr. Leehey report? alg^j that he
has been, receiving soma excellent
reports from the Portland canal
district and offers the opinion that
Ketchikan business men should
dart a movement to get the busi
ness here instead of permitting, it
to go to Princ© Rupert and Vancou
ver.
The attorney 13 going to'Seattle
to continue hia investigation as to
shipping conditions and' will report
to the commission at Juneau at as
early a date as possible Ketchikan
Times.
SOPHIA VICTIM
IS IDENTIFIED
Juneau.—Tho body of one of the
•women brought.to Juneau from the
wreck of the Princess Sophia last
Saturday has been identified by
-Mrs. T. M. White' of Atlin as her
daughter, Mrs.. Sydney Smith, of
I A'"n.
Mrs. White arrived from At
lin on the Princess Mary thig morn
ing ajid was enabled' to identify the
■jewelry, the coat and shoes worn
by the woman whose body was fouiE
as those of her daughter.
Mrsi Smith's husband and their
three children were also lost aboard
the Princess Sophia, and* Mrs. White
will remain in Juneau until the
bodies of her son in law and grand
children are found.
Mrs. Smith will be buried in Ju
neau.
Air. and Mrs. William, E. Feero
and their three daughters, Geneva,
Wilma and Myrtle, were passen
gers south on the last Princes^ Ma
ry on their way to Taconia, Mrs
Feero's girlhood' hom§. Mr. Feero
goes as delegate to the Grand Lodge
of Masons which convene i®, Seat
tle and he will return home when
the lodge doses.. Mjra Feero
and the children will return with
him. Miss Mary Littom, Mrs.
Feera's sister accompanied. the Fee
ro family aaid will remain in Taco
nia. Miss Littofa hag bean foi< sev
eral aionthg a trusted employe in
the telephone office and has by her
unfailing courtesy and cheerfulness
won for herself a host of friends
who regret that she will not re
turn to the North..
The Hegg arrived last evening
with six djayti mail from the south.
C-Ipt. Peter Mftdsen was in, command
of this famiU% craft and spent liis
time while In port visiting h% num
erous friends. TJie Hcgg left at
eleven o'clock.
Washington.'—Tlio value of
staying at school ifi stated' in dol1
Jars and cents iu figures compiled
by the bureau of education and now
being distributed to boys and girls
tUroughout the country by the child
ren's bureau.
From a Study; of a large number
of actual f.pts it ha^ been found
that at 25 years o£ age the boy
who remained in school until he
vva3 18 had receiv«d $2000 more
salary than the boy who left school
at 14 and that the better educated
you'h wag thon receiving more than
$l<00 a year more in pay.
"This is equivalent to an invest
ment of $18,000, at 6 peroemt"
the statement said. "Can a boy in
crease his capital as fast kt any
other way?
"Fiotu thifi time ou, salary
of the better educated boy will rise
etill more rapidly, while the earn
ings of the boy who left school at
14 will increase but little."
While wages haw increased with
t.h^ war, tlie proportions pliown in
a ta Die of weekly earnings still
hold true, the statement said.. The
boy who left sclicol at 14 at the
time the investgation was made
received' an average of $4 a Week,
hig wages increasing each year to
|T a week at 18. The boy who re
mained in school until he wfs 18
began work at $10 a week. At 20
the sal arks were $'.».5o a week for
tliB boy who lft school early and
$15 for his better trained competi
tor. At 25 tliey were earning
#12.75 and $31 respectively, and
total wages 11 i> to that time had
been $5,112.50 and $7337.50, so
that the boy who remained in school
had earned1 nearly; 50 per cent more
in eight years than the other lad"
in 12 years.
"Childrem should stay in Bchool
as long ag possible because educa
tion mean,s better jobs," the chil
dren's bureau urges. "Boye and
girls who go to work at the end
of grammar school rarely get good
jobs. The work they find to do is
usually unskilled; it offers little
training or chauce for adJvamiCement
When older they; find that they are
untrained for the skilled work that
offers a future. Education mens
higher wages.
"Many boye and girlp when they
leave school find work that offers
a high wage for beginners. But
these wages seldom grow because
Hie work requires no training.
"A position with a future and
steadily increasing wages require!
school training.
Does it pay to continue your
studies? Education mean a a suc
cessful andi useful life; it pays the
individual. Education means effi
cient workers; it pays the nation.
Show 'his to your parents and n$k
them what they think about it.
Stay iu school."
»
DONATED WARSHIPS
Mel bourn—The dozen warships
lately given to Australia by th;e Brit
ish irovemment as a rn^rk of 8£PBr&
ciaticn of Australia'^ naval, efforts
duriug the war will reach the
common wealth probably la June.
The gift consists of six' destroyers
and six submarines. The flotilla
leader is named, the Anzac. The
acting minister of the nary. Mr.
Poynton, gayg one of thg problem^
facing the government is how to
man the • Australian navy with
Australians. yii \
LONDON SLUMS!
REPLACED BY
London.—Housing schemes to i
replace the slums of Lotion are
abundant in these days of recon-,
ctruction, but none is attracting j
more attention than, that in the
congested section of Southwark
where the I>uchesj» of Marbonrough
recently purchase^ a tract of land, 1
The da®, is to erect modren ten
ements, with bathrooms and hot'
water on every floor and a play
ground on the roof. A perambula-'
tor she^ in the basement ia design
ed to eliminate the necessity of'
dragging heavy baby carriages up!
stairs. A central laiutndry with j
mechanical (frier# i$ to be located
iu the lower part of the building..
There are ino' Wch tenements now
wit> these conveniences in London,
and some doubt is espresse^ to
the future popularity because of
the liking of London women for
"detached' or "semi-detached''
houses, even though they are not
modern.
Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., Z. R.
Cheney and John Ruetga.nl have re
turned from st week's outing spent
at Windhall Harbor.
"We had a bully time and; a, good
rest ami enjoyed1 wandering over
the hLls, but we didn't even see a
bear," said Gov Riggs this) morning.
"There was lots of snow about and
we were told that it was too early j
for game anyway."—Empa're.
It was announced today that Mr. j
Hazel wood, the escaped prisoner,
had been apprehended at the Sum
mit ahd that he would return to his i
abode in the jail on the train. It
S.<5 not known w.heher or not he
[ will occupy the observation car.
Upon the arrival of the train this
j afternoon it was learned that Hazel-)
! wood had again eludld his captors
|and was at large on the top of
the mountain range at the sum
mit. As forage on the top of
the lav© rock}} ia very scarce it is J
thought that hg will return vsryj
soon. J
Seattle, May 28—Judge Jame?
Wicktirsttam departed, laat-, pight
for Washington,
Before leaving Ilq cab],£4 tOrsHea
ryq T. Ray at Fairbanks, la part
as fallows: "Of course foiu^ mil
lion dollars will not comnlete tha
Alaska railroad, but my purtXJSfl 1?
to pasa a bill giving addittosial
millions needed) for the completion
o£ the road and) to perstet in my ef
forts to eee it done despite- the de
liberate efforts of the Democratic
stool pigeons to prevent Its pueceaa."
BRITISH AIRMEN
Gil MEDALS
London, May 28.—While cheer
ing crowds stood* outside of Buck
ing ham Palace today King George
decorated Harry G. Hawker and
Mackenzie Grieve with the Air
Fores cross.
Later at a luncheon ag guests of
the Daily Mall, Hawker and Grieve
were presented with twenty five
thousand dollars a? & -con*ol*tloa
iprlze.
BflGliS CLOSE
AIL MM
Amsterdam, May 28.—-Th<«
Belgian frontiers have all 1 been
c!ose$. and all Belgian *ol<iier» have
been recalled from leave of ab#eauce.
It is reported that a general mo
bilization will be ordered at the
termination cf the period given
♦he Germans in which to sign the
peace treaty.
Mrs. G. G. Miller awl her daAifch
ter, Verne were passengers on the
H»g;i bound for Juneau where they
will visit friends for a, few day* af
ter which they will &al| for the
south for an indefinite time.
Smart, Hats For Spring
Safe for us to sell and for
you to buy
Felt hats that will induce thrifty
men to come here always for
their hate, because the quality is
as true as the styles
Hats on display that will
hold their Shape
Large line of
HARDEMEN HATS
For Spring and Summer
JAMES -KENNEDY