PRICE
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 13. 1919
FIRST YEAR
No. 270 TWENTY
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7urich, Monday — According to
despatches which were received to
day from Berlin there has been a
fierce battle between the Spartacaus
am the government forces and the
latter have gained a vi tcry over
th® revolutionists.
London, Monday. — A report giv*
en ouj by th$ British war dopart
m-Lt this morning shows that 1,5"0
persons were killed and 39,000 ad"
ditiou persons were injured' by Ger*
ui»a aviators in the raids which
■were made on English towns during
ttve period of the war.
Munich, Jan. 13.—According to
th latest advice received here a So
cialist republic has been proclaimed
a Bremen.
Metz. Jan. 13.—Luxemburg has
been proclaimed a republic. Grand
Ducbess Marie ha^ retired to her
chateau.
ALIEN PROPERTY VALUES
INCREASE UNDER CONTROL
■Washington, Jan. 13. — A Mit
chell palmer, alien property cus
todian, haq told Congress that en
emy-owned property in the United
States valued at $5Q5,885,00o will
be Increased in vaiue to approxi
mately $$00,000,000 through "ad
justments now proceeding." Trust
es'tteg being cared for bv custcdian
number 32,100.
Ttie advice states tliat three l»u»"
died Spartacans were killed out*
rigl>'. and more than seven hundred
»•■ ur.ded in the fighting which took
piact> iu the section of the town oc
cupied by the newspapers.
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Loudon, Jan. 13. — Ignac« jau
Pacierewski, the famous pl;|nist, who
has been a leader of the Polish
movement, was slightly wounded at
Warsaw yesterday.
I The ufrvice states that Pederew
| ski was iu his room when a Bolshe
vii. entered and fired one shot. The
! wound is not considered daiigerous.
25 Sp5N
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Washington, Jan. 13. — Twenty
'four st-1 t<f of the nation have rati
fied the constitutional prohibition a
! mendment up to today, and there is
' t possibility that the additional
tw-Mvp states, which is ne.essary for
j the- ratification of the bill, may be
secured this week.
Olympia, Jau. 13.—The state l>g"
islaiure convened to.lay, an(i alter
electing Fred A. Adams speaker of
the house, the constitutional pro
hibition amendment measure was
acted upon and the bill was passed.
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ATTENDS (Tlt"R< n
Aiaorotifcen, Jan. 13. — William
' Ilolionzollern. former eml eror, I?
much improved in he '1th. He at
tended the Sunday morning rellg'
I r»;u services ist Beutinck castle.
IDLE MONEY
IS LIKE A TRAMP NO
VALUE TO ANYONE
Your MONEY w„°rk
Deposits made here before January 10th draw
interest for the full month
BANK OF ALASKA,
Nnit Ijrav
P. H. GANTY
!. I I §10 BIG SYMPATHETIC
I MM ffl SEATTLE STREET
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Seatle, Jan. 13. — More than
one thousand I. W. W. held an op
en meeting on Fourth avonue in
this city yesterday afternoon.
Many of the spea;ke.'ra expressed
thair sympathy for the Bolshevik an
advised that strikes be called as
an expression of euch sympathy.
This sentiment was received" by the
big crowd "with approbation.
The strikes were -advocated .bo us
| to prevent the shipment of supplies
to the American expeditionary forc
| eg now In Siberia so as to retarJ
I thfi movement an^ retard the wo:K ^
' of the Americans in their efforts
j at Intervention there, an# thug as
'sigt the BoishevJtii forces.
The meeting .was finally Iroken up
by the police, who used1 their Gluts
. freely, and resulted In the arrest of
j thirteen of the more prominent
; members.
IMG TROUBLE
Buenos Aires, Jan. 13. — Tie
government police have| discovered
the existnce of a soviet organiza
tion in ths cty, and1 the arrests ot
ta oresident, his minister of war
and minister of police for1 this city.
Two other official^ of th© Boviet
government were also arrested.
A!f of those arrested are Russians.
FLU HAY STOP
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Sacramento, Jan. 13.—It is quite
likely that both branches, of the
state legislature will have to sus
pend its sessions for the time being
on account of the number of legis
lators who are sick with influenza.
Washington, Monday; — The Hub
■ D' rd Gold Medal has been awarded
! by the National Geographic; society
to Explorer Stefansaon in recogni
ton of hla achievements accomplish
i ed 'ii his Arctic explorations.
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THEIR: FlfiHT
Berlin, Monday, — Government
! troopg this morning occupied
1 Silesian railway station, which, were
the last strongholds of the Eparta
! <2111$ in Berlin. It is believe!' that
! there will De little further open
wsrfare between the Sparta-cua ele
meut and the Ebert, government.
Berlin. Jan. 13. — It has been
reported her© that British, troops
have occupied Dusseldorff, which
has heretofore been In the poss®"
sion of the Spartacana.
DEATH TAKES UTTLE SOX OF
MR. AND MRS. CARL ASK
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ask are in re
ceipt ol a cablegram announcing
th» death of their little grandson
Dorr.
The little lad was the eon of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl R. Ask, and was born
in Skagrway February 25, 1912.
Death resutled from Influenza fol
lowed by pneumonia and occurred at
th° home of hig parents 1810 North
51th 9t., Seattle, at 6:30 last night.
That delayed phipment of East
man Kodak films has arrived' and
you can get aU siaeg at KellerB', tf.
Paris, Monday..— President Wil"
sou is devoting muck thought to
the food question throughout the I
war zone and also the question of j
intervention in Russia and Poland
with the view ot checking the Bol
shevik movements.
The demobilization question is!
one which is beconing very acute
The soldiers cf all the nations
are clamoring to return to civilian
life.
President Wilson regards tha
lea^ufe nations plan and1 the peace!
questions as inseparable.
Pi HIS OFFICE
Washington, Jan. 13.—Late Sat
urday afternoon Attorney General
Thomas \V. Gregory cabled his
resignation to President Wilson at
Paris , giving pecuniary responsi
bilities as his reason lor so doing
and seiMng the tfate for his re- '
lease Troni his duties for March
fourth.
Today President Wilson cabled At
torney General Gregory, accepting:
th© resignation but said that he
did so with great regret.
MElilER
10 BE LEADER
Paris, Jan. 13.—Prime Minsiter
Clemenceau, by unanimous consent
of all delegates of th© peace con*
gross will becoma tb0 permanent
president of the peac conference.
The honor is held to be due him
by reason of the fact that he is the
premier of France, the nation select
ed' in which the congress is to hold
its sittings.
COL. JOE BOYLE OF
DAWSOX IX LONDON
Charleg Boyle, Jr., of thia city,
says the Dawson News, has reeeiv
• i a telegram from his father, Chas.
Boyle Sr., of Woodstock, Ontario,
reading as follows:
"Woodstock, Ont. Dec. 25.—Greet
liv?g Jo0 cabled London. December
23 arrival all well;
"CHARLES BOYLE."
ALVENSLEBEX'S GREAT
FORTUNE A HOAX
Ottawa, Jan. 13. — The affairs
o" tba notorious Baron von Alveiv
slsben in Canada have been pretty
well -wound up. His reputedly; fab
ulous holdings in the Dominion have
been discovered to have been large*
ly non-existent, _ A
FORIAL CONFERENCE WITH FULL
NUMBER PEACE DELEGATES CALLED
Paris, Sunday. — President WU"
ff'n, together with the British,
French and Italian Pv»me ministers,
who comose supreme council of
the Peace Congress held their tlrst
meeting this afternoon and the pro
cedure for the coming congress a
g.eed upon.
It was arranged to hold a con
ference Monday at which a full at*
tendance of pH delegates would
be present.
Paris, Monday. — The peace con
gress is holding its first formal ses
sion today.
The meeting hag keen character
ized by conversation dealing with
i t' e subjects which are to be; consld*
' en&d later.
'1 hp question as to when these
i matters which have been spoken of
t shan ooniB up for final settelment is
al>-o u*der debate.
lhe question as to whether the
, congress shall meet In secret or
I open session has also been asked by
!t.J0 delegates, and was given much
j consideration, there being discua
• siQn both pro and con.
j Tne attitude which has been tak
I en !'y the American deleagte is that
j the question of the league of nations
| and the making of pe^e shall be
I tba chief concern of the delegates to
' c • peace congress.
ALASKAN KILLED
HI END OF WAR
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According to the Seattle Times,
Lieut. Francig D. Johnson, sen of
the late Judge Charles S. Johnson
of Alaska, was killed in France two
&ays before the signing of the ar"
mistice.
Tim dead officer spent several
ye"rs of his early childhood in Alas
ka, when hia father was the United
St.tes District Judge the Terri
tory with headquarters at Siena.
Judg<, Johnson succeeded Judge A
K. Delaney as judge in 1897, and ie
B'ynf'l when the great gold discov
eries brought into existence the city
uf NVnie to enter the practice of
law taore with the late A. J. Daly.
The Seattle Times account of the
killing follows:
"Lieut. Francis D. Johnscn, 316th.
U. 3. Infantry, was killed in action
Novemoer 9, is the news received
iu a telegram from the adjutant gen
erax uy hia mother, Mrs. Mary D.
Johnson of the Hotel Stetson. Lieut
Johnson's father wag the late
Judge Charles Sumner Johnson o:'
Alaska.
"Lieutenant Johnson attended the
Officers' Training: Camp at the Pre
sidio in the Summer of 1917, but
di»l n>*»t. receive a commission be
cause of physical deficiencies. En
listing a§ a private in the Engi
neer. ha later wag re-examined; and
commwioned' Second! Lieutenant He
was promoted to First Lieutenant
las* Fall in France."
WILSON HAS
OTHER PLANS
Paris, Monday—It is understood
that President Wilson will not ap
prove of the idea of Italy's domini
tion of th§ Adriatic sea. He is
said, however, *o favor a plan, for
malting Italy's eastern coaJt »afe
from military threats. Just what
is this plan has not as yet been
ma<'» public.
Berne, Monday. — The Exchange
News agency tda>iy sent a despatch
here stating that several Spartacan»
have been summarHy executed
givernment troous by rifle squada.
BILL'S STAFF SXEAKLN'G
FROM THE WORLD
Berlin, Jan. 13. — The former
kaiser's chief supporteis of militar
ism are, like himself, in hiding,
Ludendorff is hiding in Sweden;
Vou Tirpitz fled to Switzerland; Von
Fa^en is supposed to be in ConBtan
tiuool , and Boy-Ed' has retired to a
Baltic island. Hindenburg has ap
pealed to the German people and
army *n respect to officers who still
ret«in their rank.
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