WEATHER REPORT
Saturday: Max. 21. MIn. 5.
Suuday: Max. 23. Mil». "• llrec.
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No. l'O TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY
PRICE 10 CENTS
K.S. AND FRENCH PA1ROLS CAPTURE 22 GERMANS
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WOULD COMPEL
CONSERVATION
OF FOOD
Bill Gives Wilson
Power Regulate
Manufacture
of Food
Washington, Feb. 25.—Owing to
tie lads of food in the eastern
States, and th-e shortage which
threatens to last for more than two
months, compulsory food conserva
tion is deemed necessary according
r.i an opinion of the House Agricul
tural committee which Saturday
submitted a report on such a bill. '
Should the proposed bill pass
Congress it would give Wilson pow- |
er to regulate eating houses and dis
tribution and manufacture of food
stuffs. The measure, however, does
no* affect householders.
PHILIPPINES WILL
GIVE MOATS
10 UJ.
Manila, Feb. 25.—The governor- J
general has signed a law authorizin |
the flotation of $2,000,000 t>ond i
issue for the construction of a tor
ued- boat and submarine to be giv
en bv this Philippines in order to I
heln America win the war.
I'KICK OF WHKAT
FROM S2 TO $2.20 |
I
Washington. Feb. 23.—President (
Wilson today fixed the price of
wheat for IMS at $2 20 at Chi
cago, and ranging down to $2.00
in other places.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS
William J. H-rr.s, chairman of the |
federal trade commission, msy re- gn
tha. position soon in order to oppose
Tliorr.zn V«\ Herd .vie!, of Georgia in
the racc .'or tlio L'n .eu States ccn*te
SEUTEnGEThARO
LABOR FOB 25
YEARS
New York, Feb. 25.—Captain Da
vid. A. Henkes, of the 16th in
fantry, was today sentenced to dis
missed from service and confine
ment at hard labor for 25 years by
general court-martial held at gov-1
ernor's island.
Henkes is of German desecnt, and
endeavored to resign his commission
sayii'g he did not care to fight
against his relatives and friends.
WILSON FAVORS
SIMPLE 4th OF JULY
Washington, Feb. 25.—President
Wilson ha£ written Congressman
Johnson of Washington that ho fa
vors a simple celebration the corn
ins- Fourth of July.
Strong Demand
For Cotton
Dress Goods
Cotton Dress Goods are clearly indicated to
gain favor during this year. The increasing pre
ference shown these fabrics is due to the absence
of silks woolens.
Ginghams, Percales, Cotton Voiles and Cot
ton Crepes are being shown in many patterns and
colors and promise to be very popular for summer
dresses.
We are displaying some sti iking patterns ia
Striped Madras, Ginghams and Striped Voiles.
ALBERT REINERT
Phone 41
Broadway between Third and Fourth
Berlin, Feb. 25.—At some paints
Russians are offering resistance to
the German advance, according to
todpy's war office reports. Yes
terday Hun troops continued suc
cessfully on their onward march
and are approaching Reval.
GERMAX TERMS
London, Feb. 25.—Germany to
day informed Russia she is willing
to r*new negotiations and conclude
oeace on conditions that both na
tions declare the war to bee 0t an
end.
Furthermore, Russia is to un-j
equivocably give Germany all the]
territory west o£ the line indicated
p.t Brest Litovsk, which, includes the
Baltic provinces, and in tho region
of Dvinsk this line must be ad
vanced to the eastern frontier of
Courland.
Russia must renounce every claim
to interfere with international af
fairs in those regions. Livonia and
Ksthonia must be cleared of Rus
sian troops, German police there
after occupying botji provinces. The
Russian army must demobilize im
mediately.
Ll'PWIG LEADS ARMY
London, Feb. 25.—Saturday Ger
many formally declined to stay) the
march of her invading armies which
are nov closing in on Great Russia
with the occupation of Valk, 90
miles northeagt of Riga in the di
rection of Petrograd, and the
seizure of Dubno in Volhynia.
Teutonic forces are advancing
alonu a front hundreds of miles in
length, according to a Berlin dis
patch. The London Express has
received word from Petrograd that
the commander in chief of German
invaders is IMike Ernest Ludwig of
Hessi, brother pf the former Rus
sian empress.
A", points thus far have fallen
easily before the Teuton invaders.
PROPOSAL AMBIGUOUS
Petrograd, Feb. 25.—Allied em
bassies in conference here have
determined to remain in Petrograd
pending development of the German
terms of peace. Tha proposals'
wh ch the Bolsheviki Jiave agreed to
accept are couched in such ambigu
ous language that they must bo
thoroughly, cleared up before the
actual status of Russia can be ob
tained.
RUSSIAN'S ACCEPT TEILMS
Petrograd, Feb. 25.—(Late) —
Pan Soviet's executive committee
has agieed to accept Germany's
neace terms by a vote of 126 to 75.
WILL LOSE 318,000 SQ. MILES
London, Feb. 25. — (Late) —
Russia's acceptance of Germany's
teima of peace cuts Russia out of
31S.000 square miles of territoory
and 50,000,000 people, shoving her
oaclt troni the Baltic sea and leaving
Her it: Germany's power both. 'econ
omically and physically.
MOW" COMMANDER IX CHIEF
London, Feb. 25. — (Late) —
General Brujevitch has been ap
ooiuted successor to Ensign Kry
lenko as commander in chief of all j
Rus. ia's armies, according to a
Berlin dispatch from Amsterdam. j
Biujevltch has been proclaimed
d'ctator of Russia and has ordered
Russiaii troops to fight to tho last
Diei'th. The formation of an ar
my o'. volunteers to defend I'etro->
g*-ad has been begun.
MAY RENEW FIGHT
Petrograd, Feb. 25. — (Late) —;
"Their knees aro on our chest, and j
our Dosition is hopeless," said Prem
ier Lenlne in a speech this after- |
dooi to the All-Russian oouncil o£,j
Workmen and Soldiers' delegates in J
wnich he urged the acceptance of j
the Austro-German peace conditions.
"With peace we will have a res- j
nite," he continued, "enabling
to orepare resistance to tho Bour- j
geoise imperialism and proletariats.
The whola world "jsrill come to our I
aid then, and we shall renew* the |
f'ght" ,
The status of tho Russian church
in Alaska, according to Father A.
P. Kashevaroff, the priest in charge
o' SI Sabba's In Douglas and the
Oiaece-Russian church in Juneau,
firm, as far as its property
rights are concerned. The threat
of the Russian, Bolsheviki to seize
all tli^reh property March 1 cannot
affert Alaskan churches, says Fath
er Kashevaroff, for the reason that
the United States has issued patents
to such property, and it is entirely 1
outside the jurisdiction o f Russian
authc rity.
As to further support for the
churches here, that is a matter not
yet clear. The focal priest[ regards
the Uolsheviki as lawless I. W. W.
and believes that eventually tho |
morf intelligent class will prevail.
The Most Reverend Dt. Tikhon,
patriarch of all Russia, has issued
an anthema, but the Bolsheviki ele-1
ment do not regard it with concern.
The London Times' Petrograd cor
respondent says that if Dr. Tikhon
would lay the country- under an
ii.terdict closing the churches and
cot permitting the priests to bap
tisq, marry and bury the dead,
the e'fect on the population! might
r>e immediate and far-reaching.
New Goods
Added To Our Stock
Barley Flour, lO lb. Sacks, 85c
Cream of Barley in 30c Packages
A Delicious Breakfast Cereal—Quickly Prepared, Easily Digested
P. H. GANTY
EDWARD N. HURLEY, JR.
Edward N. Hurlc/. Jr., ton of tho I
chairman of the United States ship- !
ping bo*rd, is utilizing the knowledge j
gained in his father's business by as- |
sisting the chlcf of the division of rail- i
way operations; in the Unitsd States j
army. He is a lieutenant Another |
sin o.' Mr. Hurley it a» Ca.np i>1eitde. |
DISCOVER PLOT TO KILL
CHINESE GENERAL
Peking, Feb. 25—.Conspiracy to
assassinate Gen. Tuan, Chi Jui, war j
commissioner, has been discovered, j
ar.J a number of arrests, including ,
t 're° Japanese, have taken jjiace.
J. F. Davidson, traveling freight j
ai;d passenger agent for the Al- |
aska Steamship company jvith head- |
quarters at Seattle, yras a passen-1
ger ou the Jefferson) Thursday |
to Skagway and while that ship was
in port he called on his nia-ny
friends here. In. speaking briefly
of the business outlook for the
coming season. Sir. Davidson stated
that tho prospects for heavy travel
to the north did not look very prom
ising but this might change should
th- European si'uation alter. As
to his company raising the freight
rates, Mr. Davidson stated that in
all probability the rates of the Al
aska Steamship company would be
the same as those announced by
the Pacific Steamship company, al
though he had not been notified as
yet positively on this point. !
ENEI
Sharp Fight Takes
Place In Which
Several Huns
Killed
American Army Iu France, Feb.
25.—American patrol in, the Chemin
des Dames sector, in conjunction
with a French patrol, penetrated
several hundred jrards today into
German, trenches capturing two Ger
man officers, 20 men, and Qn-e ma
chine gun. Sharp fighting took
place in which a number of the
enemy ivere killed. No casualties
ar« reported among the Americans.
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St. Johns, Feb. 25.—Yesterday
ttie Red Cross line steamer Florizel,
•>"und from this port for Halifax
and New York, carrying 77 pass
<:nners and a crew of 69, waa wreck
ed near Broad Ctfve, north. of
Cape Race. Six bodies washed
ashore today, but it is not known,
definitely how many in all gerlshed.
22 RESCUED
St.. Johns, Feb. 25.—Twenty-two
tjpople were rescued alive from the
Red Cross ship Florizel this after
p.i on. Others alive are awaiting
rescue.
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over.
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