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No. 108 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
FBH SKOV1IM0SITY
to hb mams
Paris, June IS.—The reelings ot
the French people may be mea
sured by the fact that when the Ger
mans left last night, with the ®ns
wer to their counter proposals, a
crowd of over forty thousaud gath
ered hooting and insulting the en
emy representatives.
Thig is the first demonstration
against the Ixermaus in France sim-®
the armistice was signed Dr. Tho
odore Melchoir one of the five del
egates and Frau Dao-lbm-ch, one of
the secretaries of the German del
egates were struck in the head with
stones thrown by the crowd.
IF HUNS REFUSE 10 SIGN IIS UN
TO BEBLIH WITHOUT MORE NOTICE
Cohlenz, June IS.—The con
ceutratlcn of trool»s prepar
atory to advaucunjc further Into
Ga^maay, if the Germany refuse to
jsigu :he peat* term^ begins today
through out all occupied area.
Orders to thta effect were re
ceived yesterday from General Foch
who sent similar ordurp to all Al
lied forces on German soil.
Corilenz, Juaie IS.—General
Lisgttt. commander Of the Ameri
can forces in Coblenz, stated today
that hi was ready to move at any
moment.
STREET CARS
Winnipeg, June 18.—For ^
the first time since May lath a
limited street car serviec was start
ed in Winnipeg today.
The ofcagway Band is in receipt
of a lot of new music which it is.
rehearsing for use next Saturday on 1
the Excursion. There was a good
practice list night which was well
attended. I
Mrs. IliuLley of New York was one
of the midnight sunners who arrived
on the Princess .VIlc^ today.
Paris June IS.—According
»o authoritive information obtained
here the Poles and Ozcctio Slovaks ,
will joifl the Allies la an iron ring
around Ueamany In, case she choos
es war rather than peace.
Paris, June 18.—Ct-neral
Foch's plans, in the event Ger-j
many refuses to sign are for the
rapio contraction of the ring of iron
which they will quickly throw a- j
round her. with the consequent ov-1
er running of Germany from three |
Washington, June 18.—A|
wireless message today announced
tha' the French cruiser Jeanne dej
Arc hsd been disable^ at sea and ,
that the trnsport TWjKerator had
taken off Dr. I'e&son. presl- j
dent elect of Brazil, who with his j
party were en route to the United i
States from Lisbon.
Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond arrived!
today and went over on the train j
to Wnitehors« where she will take
theC asc«i for Fort Vukon to view 1
the midnight sun. I
You Have Said In The Past
My living expenses take all 1 can earn. I cant save a cent
no matter how hard 1 try.
BUT YOU DID SAVE!
and bought Liberty Bonds. That proves you can sa\e.
B ANK OF 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
LABOR DELEGATES DEFUSE 10 EN
DORSE GENERAL STRIKE JULY 4
Atlantic City June 18 —j
The L<abor convention adopted to
day a resolution denying recogni
tion to the soveit government of Rus
,sia. They also passed a resolu
tion re'using to endorse a general
strlkft on July Fourth as a protest
against the Imprisonment of Thom
as Mooney.
The executive council of the fed
eration was, however, instructed to
work ff'f a new trial for Mooney.
ISSUES OH) 10 OlSREGffl fHE
OE-ESHOliSHIir OF OLOCiOE
AdinKerke, Rolg'um, June 18
—President Wilson hag ordered all
American vess'Jg unloving jn Gex
man ports to disregard a British
order for the reestablishmgnt of thd
blockade of Germany.
The president's action ^'as tak
en prior to his departure from Pa-j
Word was received, today that
twenty one mora bodies been
recovered from th« Princeee Sophia
wreck ty the divers who are work
iajr there during the past few days.
Those that had been Identified so
far us learned were Mrs. Segberp
and.' one of the O'Brien children of
Dawson.
It is reported that five bodies
were found in one stateroom.
(Special Correspondence)
Rev. F. R. F'Hconerk who has
been the pastor of the native church
at Kluckwan for the last seventeen
years, has moved hia family to Ket
chikau, "where he will he stationed
herea-itsr.
Mr. Falooner and his family, dur
ins their stay at Kluckwan have en
deared themselves to the p«>ple
Oj Haines who regret their moving,
and whose good wishes will follow
them wherever their lot in life is
oast.
Mrs. Carr, the wife of tlig teach
er of the native school at Kluckwan,
©a 1110 up to Haines on thy Jefferson
from Juneau, wher^ she tap been
receiving medical treatment, and
haa go lax recovered that sh.g has
now returned' to her home in Kluk
wan.
Mrs. A, J. D»nnerline and her
son Elmer have returned to their
homo In Haines. Mrs. Dannerline
and son have been spending the
winter in Idaho, Mrs Dannerline'a
old home, and where Elmer has
been going to school.
W. B. Stout returned to hia home
on the Jefferson from. Juneau, wher
he has been for th.© last week as
sisting in the trial of Bryon McDa
vit', changed! with the murder of
Theodore James at the ChiLkoot can
nory last January, by means of a
gun trap.
The jury In the caaa returned &
verdict of not guilty.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Rtn-ezebek
came from Juneau on the Jeff arson.
They hav9 been attending court as
witnesses in the McDavitt trial.
Perry Wiley, Road; Commissioner
for the first <Wvision, came up to
Haines on the Citj of Seattle, to
lock over the condition of tie Ter
ritorial road, and returned to Ju
neau on the Jeffreson.
Od account of the Territorial and
Federal road funds being merged',
Mr. Wiley does not know ]u«t what
he will be a'ble to do In the matter
of opening and repairing the roada
in this section the coming summer.
rip last nieht for Brussels.
AliHn Jterke, Belgium, June 18
—TheP resident and Mrs- Wilson ar
rlyed here from Paris, taig morning
where they were met by King Al
ber* and Quw>n Elizabeth.
The party immediately left by
motor for a trip over the Belgian
front.
Stockholm, Juno 13.—The con
gress Of Independent Socialist# to
day adapted resolutions fayoring
Bolshevik measures.
The parliament members vainly
protested against the resolutions. ,
G0MM1TEE13
AGIST REPEAL
Washington, June 18.—By a
vote of 10 to 3 tho house judiciary
committee today vote# down the'pro
position to repeal the ^'ar tdme pro
hibition act as to Hgrti' wines and
beers,
CAiAM
NOTHING 1G SAY
Mexico City, Juno 18—.Upon be
in? approached ag to his sentiments
regarding: tho invasion of Mexico
by the United Stat&e troopp, Gen
eral carranza declined to make any
comment.
Alice Purser
Calls on Alaskan
The Alaskan acknowledges a
call from Purser A. H. Bird of the
Princess Alice.
Mr. Bird is high in bis Praise
of lh»' largo number of toui^sta who
came u/p on the Alice and they are
A cosmopolitan aggregation who fra
ternize in kindliest manner and
who enjoy the sights of the Insid®
passage immensely. There are
travelers from all over the world
who speak in glowing termg of Al
aska and the northland scenery.
Kennedy Resigns
At the meeting of the city coun
cil on Monday night the resrigna
ton of councilman James Kennedy
was received and aocefpted.
The council will probably appoint
a successor to Mr. Kennedy at the
nex* meeting.
The usual monthly bills were and j
®d and passed but aside from that
there was no other business.
London, uJne 18.—A dispatch
from Berlin today eta teg that sev
en memtter,' of the German eaiblnet
are in favor of signing the amended
peace terms and seven of them, are
against it, thus causing a dead
lock.
Weimar, June 18.—Indig
nation is in creasing and the sen
timent of the cabinet, several of
whose members remained! UP a*'
last night reading th© document, is
strongly against the signing of
' the amended treaty.
' The prospect of Allied invasion
' ami au economic blocltadfl with
: BolshcrJkiam and ft shortage, ol lood
I are the dominating Influences here.
While the elgnlue by the I>re»eat
government la regarded eg tmpo®
flsible nevertheless ^1 signs Po1^
that Germany will ultimately ajftx
h^r signature to it.
The tendency now Is to criticise
. America for the situation German
! now finds herself In, rather thfta
| Great Brittain, or Frattw.
400 CANAOIANS GET IMPATIENT TO
START HOME M 00 OP POLICE
Londoa, Juno 18.—The unrest
among- the Canadian soldiers in Eng
land due to the continued post
ponement of homeward tailing cul
uininated last night in an attack
insr
BANNERCROWD
The Princess Alice steamed Into
port this morning at seven o'clock
with the banner crowd so far this
season.
There were two tra-ins out of
the station at about ten thirty, one
of which carried midnight sunners
and was composed of two observa-'
tion cars the "200'' aod one coach!
while the other had two observation (
cars, two coaches one open tourieti
car and two baggage coaches.
Th« seoond section had the round
trioperg who went to Bennett «nd;
return.
The midnight sunners will leave!
Whitehorse this evening on the
Casca.
Miss Alta Utter arrive^ on the
Alice today and will spend' the sura-J
nier with her sister, Mrs. Lee C
Gault.
by four hundred Canadian. floldter»
on the Epsom police etatlon.
Iu (he melee that followed sere
ral policeman were severely wouad.
tmn
ON THE 40-MILE
■ !
Harry E. Garner o! New YoJ*fc,
who ha$ been spending a few dajji
in Skagway, a gnest of the PuHea
House, left this morulas: oa the tr*U<
for Whitehorse whore h^ wUl Ukt
a steamboat for Eagle.
Air. Garner at the head at th«
Forty Mile Power and Dre&jlstg Co.
which has large holding^ 1b tha
Forty Mile district and which In pit
ting ud an Immense hydraulic aad
dredging plant.
This company has about one hun
dred miles of dredging ground that
while being of low grade hag im
msnse possibilities.
This season they are worWag with
the hydraulic plant, but Mr. Garner
has wi'h him a large Cleveland trac
tor which will b$ used to bull<fl th«
bic ditch which will fum.teh power
for the dredges that will be
installed later.
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nil ROUTE
TAp COMFORT
P f 4 I®®1 ] SERVICE
SAFETY
Through Tickets to and from Dawson,
Fairbanks, and all Interior Alaska
and Yukon River Points.
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern steam
ers will operate regularly the entire length of the Yukon
River and its tributaries.
Daily train service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and
Whitehorse. Parlor observation cars on every train.
Pull information regarding passenger and freight rate9
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.