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No. -241 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
COL. D. PULLED SCORNING DANGER
PROVES HIS MUMBLE COURAGE
Skagway should be justly proud
o' the men she has sent and furnish
ed to the w^r and among thtm none
are more conspicuous than the two
Pul'en boys. Colonel Dan l>. a"d
Captain Royal R.
These officers grew uj> in Snag
way and entered the I'niversity of
Washington from Alaska and the
eldest. Col. Pullen was accredited
to Alaska when he entered West
Point.
Today Col. Pullen is at the
Front and was there at the cessa
tion uf hostilities as commander or
the 3rd Hrigade of the Tank COrL'S.
We have in our hands now a re
port mad« by Captain l,ia:as, com
mandins officcr of the 237th Co. of
the 13th C. C. L. on the combats of
the 25 and 26 of September last.
Taia rep°rt is from Col. Wahl.
commander of the 1st Tank B:ijjade
to the General C°nimandirg the
Tank Corps.
In the report of C«pt. Liar®*,
which is quite voluminous we quote
severa' paragraphs which show the
manner in which Colonel Pullen
handled his command as well as hew
h, «ook an active part in bolstering
un wavering recruits and the cool
ness with which he acted during the
entire time they were in action.
Following is the text of the re
port:
From: Colonel Whal, Comman *er ot
tlie Is' Tank Brigade.
To: The General Commanding the
Ti'nk Corps.
1 have the honor to scntf. you
herewith a report of Cai t'Un Liaras,
Commander uf tlie 13th B. C. L.
This report Dears witness to the su
perb conduct ana splendid dash of
Lt. Col. D. D. Pullen, commander
o* the 3rd Brigade cf the Tank
Corps, who reudrced the most val
uable services in the course of the
attack.
I rc-qt'cst a reward for th0 su
perior officer.
Tho Colonel commanding the first
lauk Brigade.
(Signed') S. WAUL.
Headquarters. Tank Corps, 1st
Army, 2 October, 11"IS
To Lieut. Colonel 1». 1'. I'ullen. Con"
mending the 3rd Ameri an Tank
Brigade.
1. it affords ni0 great pleasure I
to furnish you a e°pv of the a
bovo report and to congratulate J'011
on your good work at this time. 1
have forwarded the report to the
Commandtr--in--Cliief with tlie re
commendation that your action oe
suitably recognized1.
S. D. ROCICEXBACH,
Brigade General, V. S. A.,
Chief of Tank Corps.
(Continued cn Page 3.)
Loudon. Nov. 21. — The British
government has sent a wireless nies-'
ng» to the German goveruni; nt to
the efefct that if the British pris
oners who are being released from
jprison are not tre;1ted more human
ly Great Britain will take that
into account when considering the
question of provisioning the Ger
mau copulation who ars needing
food so badly.
K. P. Paykull, a well known
rancher of the Haines section, is in
Juneau with his wife. Mrs. paykull
will £0 to Tenakee for a vacation
and Mr.. Paykull will remain in Ju
neau.
London. Nov. 21.—Sixteen more
• German submarines surrendered to
the British today off Harwi.ii. The
battleships and cruise; s surrendered
today include fifteen 'with an aver"
age Cf twenty five thousand tons
eacn.
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TOTAL CASl ALTll S
"ARE MOVXTIXO IT
Washington, Nov. 21.— Hea\y cas
ualties arf: now being reported to
the war office and they would in
dicate that the total American cas
ualties will be a quarter of a mil
lion.
TO PURCHASERS OF FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS ON
T,iE INSTALLMENT P -AN
You are hereby notified that the sccond pay
ment of twenty 'per cent on your purchase of
Bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan will be due
and payable not later than Thursday, the Twenty
first.
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PEACE CONFERENCE WILL MEET
III HISTORIC FRENCH CHATEAU
Pfirls. Thursday. — Versailles is
preparing to receive the delegates
to the peace conference that is
soon to be held there.
It is expected that the conference
will bfi held in the Grand Trianon,
a part of the Chateau of Versailles
that was once occupied by Marie |
Antoinette. The priceless tapes- (
tries that hung in this chateau
which were removed during the
hostilities are being replaced* and
this beautiful and historic building
restored to its previous state ot
grandeur.
Washington, Nov. 21.—Secretary
of the War Baker announced to
day that his department had can"
celled war ord*era to the amount of
one and one third billion of doliars.
E
Vladivostok, Nov, 21. —Through
a coud on the part of the council
of ministers of the new all Russian
government at Omsk, Admiral At
lfander Kolchak became the virtual
dictator and commander of the Rus
sian army and navy.
SLUES GO AFTER
THE DUTCH
Paris, Nov. 21.—The Allied gov
ernments have decided to send a
protest to the Dutch government a
gaiust the violation of Holland's neu
traiitv as the result of her Per"
miting the German troops to cross
the province of Limburg in their
retreat from Belgium,
OI.D ROMANCE ENDS
IN HAPPY MARRIAGE
Chicago, Nov. S. — Forty-five
years ago Sarah. Lemlng, daughter
of a Methodist minister and a
missionary in India, were reported
dead. Edmund S. Hunham, her
fiuance, ceased writing.. So did she.
Two years ago the sweethearts
met. Both had been married, but
death had taken the mate of each.
Mr. Dunham's wife died six years
agc» ;Sarah Leming's husband two
years ago.
The pair found thejr interests
still were tbe same. And bo at the
ages of seventy-three and sixty-five,
respectively, they werel married here
recnetly at the Evangelical insti
tute. Three children of the bride
acted as attendants.
Washington, Nov. 21.—Five A—
merit-in dreadnaughts participated
in {he ceremony of the passing of |
the German navy power over to
the Allies.
Paris, Nov. 21. — The American
troops will pass through the city
of Lindenberg today.
General Pershing who is accom
panying the American forces will
call upon the Grand jDuchess Marie
Adelaide while he is in her capital
city.
MLIiS MKETIXtt TONKJHT
Skag^vay Lodge No. 431 B. P. O.
Elks will meet tonight at thiir liall
011 lower Sixth avenue.
The doorg open at seven o'clock
and any member ni:*y come in from
that time until the closing ode.
Lee Hudson Is there till mid
night and the pinsetters are willing
to work.
SHELF MAY BE RAISED OX
ISLANDS TO THE FAR WEST)
A. L. Mackintosh and W. B. Rider, [
two Portland" gentlemen of means, j
were I assengers on a recent steamer
en route to Unalaska and the is-.
lands to the far west, says the Val-1
dez Miner, with a view of investigat
ins the possibilities o£ the islands,
as a grazing range for 6heep. In
case the country conies up to their
expectations a large number of shee
will 0* imported from the States, I
and mutton will be gro'.vn for mar
ket n the Far North .
Both men declare they have been j
studying the Territory for some
time as a stock-raising country .and
state that if the climate to the west
is as equable as stated', that it will
make ideal range for sheep.
The newcomers both believed that'
Unalasia would be the site selected ]
as th efuture coaling station for j
vessels olying to Siberia and the Or",
ient ,knd believed that a good mar-1
Jket would be secured with cheap'
transportation for all mutton raised.
"Hygeno" Whole Wheat Flout
for "Hygienic Bread"
A Whole wheat flour with all the substance in it.
Try ai 50 lb Sack at $3.00 or a 10 lb Sack at 75 cents
You may buy this flour without substitutes
P. H. GANTY
BUSH OFFICERS REFUSE TO
SNAKE HANDSJIH GERMANS
Harwich, Nov. 2l.—The British
officers who boarded the submarines
»DOn their surrender yesterday re
fused to shake h^nds With tho G*-1
man officers who met them ob tfc*
decks of the surrendered ywI*. j,
AFTER 11
Berlin, Saturday, Delated.—Ber
lin hag now had one week of revolu
tion, ye* tbe streets have the same
appearance as presented on any Sat
unlay during the war with the ex
ceptioh of the absenee of refer
ence to events along the battle front.
A casual vsiitor would not he
aware that this has been the Btorm |
eentor of a gigantic political up
heaval for the mass of th0 public |
appear anything but excited over the
future progress of events.
London, Nov. 21.—As specified
iu tlie terms of the armistiee the
German Ileet surrendered to tlie
Pritish Grand Fleet today about
thirty miles oft May island opposite
t''e F'rth of Forth.
The American squadron of battle*
ships and French cruisers partici
pated in the ceremony of surren
der,
THE PRESfDENT
mm bill
Washington, Nov. 21.—Congress
adjourned this afternoon to re
convene on December second.
President Wilson signed the Pro
hibition bill today. The Dill is a war
time national prohibition bill and
gqes into effect on July first, 1919.
The manufacture of liquor Is prohib
ited after the first day of next May.
;cr- * - ■ ■ • ■ ■'
MANY CITIZENS
UNDER ARREST
Copenhagen, Nov. 21. — S«T*r*t
hundred of the citizens of vie***
were arrested' yesterda3> on ch»r#*
or conspiring to Proclaim a.
Tiki government. The plan c«-r
templated the arerst of the
and to occupy the government huiii4
ings, wresting the reins fr°m th#
present government and talcing c<M**
pleto charge of the affairs of sttrt#.
Many prominent men have &«*•
thrown into Jail and their trift'i wH*
expose a huge conspiracy.
FOE MOPS'
IN BUDAPEST
London, Nov. 21.—It wa» ■**
nouuced today that the Fr«a«%
troopg have occupied Budapest
the war office a'so announce! tb**
heavy fighting is going on in
Dvina river region between *ii*
Boi.heviki and Allied forcea.
assurTpeople
I
Paris, Nov. 21.—A proclamAUo#.
has beeh addressed to the people ^
Luxemburg announcing that A#
passage of American troops thr«u^
their country is necessary and
an teeing to theni discipline
Xiieudliness of the soldiers tow**i
th? population.
G. K. Betts, acting cashier al
the IPnk of Alaska "5vill be & !>*♦"
enger south on the Princesfl V^.
tonight.
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The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent us by
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Today
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1 C0W6iff BY
wiwaACO"
JAMES KENNEDY
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