®he IlittUy Alaskan
"ST^TtWKNTY SECOND YEAR " SKABWAY. ALASKA. MONDAY, JUNE 2. 1919 PRICE-10 CENTS
NC-4 MAY M
UMG FLIGHI
London, J"ile 2—A. C. Rec
and members of the crew of N. C
No. 4 arrived here Sun«]jvy afternoo
and the American soldiers au<l aull
ore seized Reed an# bore him o
'heir shoulders up to\vm to th
railroad platform In n Kreat i>ar:u!
thaj .'armed.
Plymouth, June 1.—A conferenc
will be held here soon to <K*termin
whether th* N. C. Xo. 4 shall ur
dertake a flight and retumi to A
monoa straight aciosi: from Irelan
to Newfoundland.
noteFspeed
KINGS KILLEE
Indianapolis, June 1.—Couteariu
in the Liberty auto sweepsteak
race* today, Lecoch and ihs nu
chaniciao, R. Hand'ini were bot
burned to death.
fhe car took fire ;ind both mei
were Dfnioned in it. Both wer
from Los Angeles.
ludianapolis, June 1.—In the Lit
erty sweepsteaks auato ra-ceg todaj
Arthur Thurman and his mechani
cian, Molinaro, were killed whe
their car jumped the track.
BOLSHEVIKI NAVY
15 BATTERED Uf
Heltlngfors, June 2.—A fifty man
ute battle took place between th
Bolsheviki fleet comprising the bal
tleship Petro Pavlovsk and thre
other warships with the Gorka an
seven British battleships.
The Bolsheviki battleships hav
he -it bombarding the coast wes
o* Kresnia.
After'being pretty well battered u
the Bolsheviki fleet fle<l to Knor
S^tdf.
MILES III 5:44:21
I IndianapoJis, June 2.—How
•; a-rJ, Wilcox, of Indianapolis, wool tlie
n seventh annual international sweeu
-! stakes iu the sweepstadres r^-e on
i 3a t air da j.
»| The time for the" 500 miles was
» five hours, forty minutes and twen
ty ot.o and three quarters seconds.
Two drivers and one moclianietan
e we.-c killed during the races.
EB SIS
FDR SIBERIA
Seattle, June 2.—Anton© Stander,
I the famous Klondike) minor sailed o
I tho Senator yesterday bound for
Nome from which point he will go
to Siberia.
Stander will prospect the Siberian
| gold fields and has an outfit suffi
cient to last a couple of pears.
s attle, June 2.—The SS. Sen
'ator of the Admiral line sailed oa
Sunday for Nome.
The Senator had 217 passengers
'and a full cargo of freight.
1
I St. Paul June 2—Reports
r 1 ar« coming in that general strike
t i is being declared all over western
[ Canada.
?! The reports say that mflmy foal
-1 districts in British Columbia are
I closing- down.
Is \\w SAttVe .
Cout\\
There are many little advantages that this bank offers to its
depositors which are absolutely unknown to ihose
who do'not have an account here
We invite YOU to familiarize yourself with our accommoda
tions and thus enjoy those advantages
BAH K OF A L" A SKA
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
Friction top cans 40c each
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 6 1-2 cents a pounds
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P. H. GANTY
Winnipeg, June 2.—Dominion
Minister i»f lalor Robertson,who hast
been here for several days looking
Into the strike situation state# just
before he boarded the train for tha
ea?t "the promoter? of the general
Bf-iKf- now sit in the ^had? of their
foil;." and that the, "ayimpathetio
strike must always fall, "that
Winnipeg strike is "the first re
hearse) of a I'lay written at Calga
r> where one big movement was
launched Oast Mairch."
Minister Robertson will go to
Ottava where he will confer with
the federal auithorkiis.
Winnipeg, June 2—.On Sat
urday last 2000 returned Boldiers
and labor union men swept through
th* provincial house of parliament
ana marched in a body to th9 city
hall where they broke up a council
meeting.
No particular violence was in
dulged- in either by the mem, or 'ho
police.
MAY PRUNE OFF
Paris. June 2—.There are some
Indications in diplomatic circles
that the German peace term? may
be made easier.
There has bean no official decla
ration to this effect but the opinion
prevails nevertheless.
j Washington, June 1— DeveloP
; or a bitter fiffb t ovre the immigra
| tk>n bills are fjhowiuig up daily in
! congress.
| The fight wp be over the question
I of suspending immigration temporal".
i i ly and the deportation of aliens
I who are d<eerued undesir;ll>l«.
lX'iEKIOlt 'MERCHANT
HAS 1500 CHICKEN'S
R. L, yiiiing, ttie pioneer mer
chant of Skagway, and. for many
yen's D'ist a resident of Fairbanks
i where he is in tlie moving picture
business, arrived) on the Seattle with
f'fteou hundred (thickens (feathered]
which he 13 taking inside
Mr. Vining la accompanied by his
wife and will reniaia a few days be
fere continuing Jiig journey.
I)IKS FR|OM SHOCK
Little Jean JcmetJ Of Dawson, the
younger daughter of Haj-rj Jones
of Dawson, hag died from shock
I the result of bur,11s sustained on Ti*3
I d»y afternoon,
j Her clothing caught fire a9 she
| was playinj; in the yard at her
; houiG with Bennio McFarland', put,
j tiUR dry gw was on a bonfire.
Though tb© flames were put o"<
[at once afi^t <jhe had th0 bept med
) ical atten/tion without delay, she
sucoumtx? d, from the phock aboul
j forty hou rs' after the accident.
I LADIES AUXILIARY MILL ME El
The Ladies Auxiliary will
j mee>- n« -xt Wednesday afternoon al
j thH resfr dence of Mrg. Roy Mulvihil
' at .'he < orner of Second avenue ant
' Main 3! creets.
Mis. Mulvihill will be assisted I*
enteititf .njng by Mrs. W. J, Mulvi
hill. J
tUVJ .59 FRANCHISE TO WOMEN
Dai .-son—The Yuko» Council haj
extent l<ed the franchise to womei
who a .t all future terrtiorial electioi
will b e on an equality with men. Th
Ccu.ni .-11 also memorialized Ottawa
to gr ant the same rightg to womei
a-t al).l future federal elections a;
they will henceforth enjoy In thii
terrf tory, |
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GRIGSBY DEFEAT'
(Special to the Daily Alaakan)
Nome, June 2.—Grigs by will be j
snowed undor here despite the mud- j
slinging and misrepresentation i
which the machine gathe are iudulg- 1
lug in.
The Wickorahamitaaa will rote i
solidly for Joues on account of Orlsa
by's participation ita the elec- ;
tion steal of 1916 and the political i
tyranny of the machine ring;
The laboring man of this division
are solid for Jones. • .
Thomas Gafljaey former demo
■cratic representative to the legisJa/- [
iure saya that labor holds the bal-j
ancfi of political power and la now,
th» greatest opportunity labor ev-;
er had in Alaska to eleot a dele-!
gate to congress.
A big majority of tho Damocrata j
of the second division will vote!
against Grigshy.
Among the arrivals on the Prin-1
cess Mary Saturday was a flue bunch
OX ambassadors of commerce who
aire making their annual pilgrimage;
to the interior.
The u&rty is headed by the di an,
of traveling men and we might al
«c add the Adonis of the Pacific
roast,*Bert Cai«maji and hip right
hand side- kicker D. JE. Dunbar, who
is ji veteran of the north having
handled the National Grocery Co a J
business here for it'finy years.
C.C. Miles of th<( Kelly Drug Co.
Lt\ who ghinee in any company
makes the third, while M. E. Dana,
Swift's Canadian Co. I'aiCkei®,,
Makes the fourth number of this
illustrious quartet Thig party ne
gotia ed the White i'asg on. this
morning's train.
LIQUOR LICENSES EXTENDED
Dawson—The Yukon Council has
passed an ordier extending the sale
of intoxicating liquors in the terri
tory until the first of September
this year, after which date the &ale
of all such liquors is prohibited. The
order also provide for the holding
of a rlebiscita early next year on
the future liquor policy of the ter
ritory.
TAX OX RAW FURS
!
I1 Dawson—The Yukon Cornell at;
I the session just ende&i passed a
faw imposing a tax on a sliding'
' 4cale io two cents to two dollars per J
skia upon, various varieties of fur to j
oe exported, from, the territory.
U. S. Marshall J. M. Tanner csama;
up from Juneau on the City of Se
attle on Saturday and during thoj
night wag taken seriously ill and is
I. now at the White Pass hospital
unipr the cu.ro of Dr. Gagie.
I —**rr
1 utlie report of the doings of the
last meeting of the city oouncil the
personnel of th© Health and Police
commute wag not given. This im
portant committee ig now composed
of Mesb're Reynoldson Kennedy; nnd
Coding. There will be a meeting!
0T 'he city council tliig evening.
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' A party of traveling: men came up
from Haines yesterday and are vis
iting the trade for a few days. The
. party consisted of H. J. Noble of
the National Grocery Co., A. C.
Schonaekej-, of the Richmond) paper
Co., M. E. Magel, Hcintz's pickle,
. man, R. C. Rugg, of the Cuddhy
Packing Co., Charley Felcli the Fisch
tr Flour mills man.
—'J11 ■
l-ouis Helney, a well known, cit
izen of Whltehorse Is a returning
i soldier from overseas,
i Mr. Belneyi went out about three
years ago and has B&rved! about
two yearg' on th0 different fronts,
, and while wounded a couple of
l timeu says lie is just aa e«od as
i ever.
i SIr.vBelney will go ovpr tQ Wh.it e
• horse on the n$xt train,
10 PROVISION
m OCCUPATION
Washington, Jiiue 1.—The present
ilan® of the war department do not
irovide for an Army Of oooupatlon
i-fter September of thJa year, is the
nformatloa that developed, et the
iearlng of the house military affairs
sommittee this aftomook.
Major McKay in reporting the de
partments finance division told the
:ommlUee that the plan now is for
aji army of occupation now of 600,
)00, in July 400,000, In Au«ust
200,000.
MISiiifiEt
TERWSOF PEACE
Paris, Juno 2.—"lie peace terms
ivere presented to tie Auatrlana at
a ooa today.
Premier CHemaqpeau stated, that
;he Allies would expect an answer
within a week.
GERIMY CAN'T
FULFILL TERMS
Washington, June 2In a note to
the associated' governments, Count
Voa brookxlrofl Raaitzau pt*tea that
the executou of the peac$ treaty
framed by the Versailles conference
to be "more than the German peo
ple can bear."
The note further declare^ "Th«
more deeply w© penetrate into the
spirit of this treaty th$ more oon,
vlriced Wq become of the impoasiyil
lry of carrying It out.
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NORTH SOON
Washington, June 1.—Williai
Edes, chalrmaji of the Al^^a En
gineering Commission, expects t(
le&vg Washington soon for SewaTd
and Anchorag', Alaska. »
WOULD LICENSE
THE CANNERIES
1 Washington, May 31.—Represen
tative Alexander of Missouri Intro
duced a bill today requiring a. li
cense 'o operate a cannery tn Alas
ka.
The bill provides that the U
' cense la to bg procurf&l from the
! secretary of Commerce at Wasting
i ton who is authorize^ to givie l«s
ea for fixed locations for a joerlod of
' fifte n years or less.
Th» oill also provides that thertj
be a closed season for the catching
o' Ji ilibut and maJtine it unlawful to
land halibut in thy raanthg of Deo
ember and January.
iNfMIEN
PERISH INFLAMES
/
Vaience Sun-hone, June 2.—Fif
ty three children and thirty adulte
periahed here thia morning la a tij*
that occured in a motion sicture
house.
Many heart rending Bcenaa tooi
place as parent tried to get theii
children out. Th® bodies of ni<B'
of the victim? were burned to i
crisp and almost d'afyi identification
juneTmIed
Bf SNOW FALI
Denver, June 2.—A heavy fall c
1 snow was experienced here yaJterdJ
I Tha fall wag so heavy that it lntai
j ferred with the street cai* and otl
| er vehicles.
l
| Seattle, June 2.—Mayor Ole Hani
returned this afternoon from
' con--* to coast lecturing tour.
' The mayor is feeling fine.
On account of going out of business in
Skagway we wish to have ail of our
accounts settled as soon a» possible.
Those owing are requested to come in
and make settlement.
JAMES KENNEDY