Alaskan
No. 26 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1919 PRICE 10 CENTS
New York. March 11 — I" an ad
(iresg whlci. he delivered in this ci
ty last n'ght before a large crowd,
Senator Chamberlain detlaied that
the sentences imposed bv army
court martial in many instances wer
altogether too severe.
The Oregon senator stated that
the imposition of too severe senten
ce for minor military offensea had
a tendency of making Bolshevikl out
of the young men so sentenced.
In his speech Sen. Chamtberlain
cited many instances where young
men were sentenced to lonig terms
ol imorisonment for taking leave
without permission mere'y to visit
their nomes when they expected to
be seut overs as, and were home
sick and heartsore for one l^fit vis
it to their loved ones before going
overseas to fight for the freedom of
the world.
rich Lie
in PASSES Oil!
3an Francisco, March 11—P. C-1
laAbot, vice president of the firm of
Pope and Talbot died at his home
in this city this morning.
The deceased was one of the rich
est men on the Pacific coast, and
the firm of which, he wag vice pres
ident was one of the largest whole
sale lumber companies in the west.
TRWTOBOflB
IIHIS
Archangel, March, 11 — The Bol-!
she viki and Austr&in forces &ro try
lug to drop bombs on the Ameri- ,
csu* positions. Thug far there have
been no hits.
A. B. CAMP MEETING TONIGHT j
As business of importance in con- f
nection with the Grand Camp Meet* I
logs to be held at Jnueau this
month Is on the agenda, a large!
and representative attendance is dp-1
slrable. Brothers be sure and
come and help with your councils.
James L. Stewart,
Arctic Recorder
LOiOi BOBBIES
CLUBBED YANKS
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London, Tuesday—In an investi
gation into the riot that took place
yesterday, in which great numbers oS
soldiers and sailors took part, it de
veloDed that a number of American
soldiers were clubbed by the police
men who wer0 called to put down
the riot and force the mobs to dis
perse.
strikebTlost
TEN MILLIONS
Seattle, March 11—It Ms beeu
estimated that the ship-yard wors
ens who are now out and have b®:n
since Thurduay morning, February
6, at 10 o'clock, have lost more than
ten million dollars in wages since
that time, and that the men who
have ;emained out ar0 beginning
to feel the effects of the absence of
the weekly pay envelope.
Seattle, March 11 — The ship
yards reopened this morning and th
strike is over. The men went to
work wiinout any coufusion and it i
thought that they will continue the
building of ships ag per the Pro
gram outlined by the ehlwping
boaj-d. , - ,
IN CASE OF FIRE
You will probably forget all about your liberty bonds,
insurance, will and other valuable papers until too late.
If you have a box in our safe deposit vault to keep them
in they are safe.
You have a key and no one else can get to them but
you. The cost is (for box large enough to put all your
papers in.) From 25c per month up.
We would be pleased to show them to you without
you bfing under any obligation.
B AN K OF ALASKA
New Goods Just Received'
Van Houten's Cocoa 1-2 lb 70c ;
Christie's Soda Biscuits 2 lbs Tins 75c each
Royal Yeast Cakes (Canadian) 2 for 25c
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal;
to 3 doz eggs 30c each \
I
P. H. GANTY |
Constantinople, March 11 — Ac
cording to the Berlin Sunday paper*
sixty officers and soldlera who wore
confined in the police station, at
Litchinberg, wilch i« a sulboiifo ot
Berlin, were murdered by Bpart*
cans early Sunday morning.
Berlin, Tuesday, — According to
a sworn statement of a goTOrnmont
soldier who escaped from the hands
of the Spartacans, after he had
been held in prison for f^yeral
days, the revolutionists are com
mitting horrii bl« outrages °n aU
those who have opposed them whes
they l>lt into their handa.
The statement declares that not]
only thfl sixty soldiers who were j
c*®tured and held' prisoners delib- j
erately murdered by being shot.
down by a flrilng squad in the prls- j
oa Wd at Lltchenberg, but eeve
ralwagon loadfe of other Prisoners
were elaln.
The latter at theipoint of the bay
onet were compelled one by one to
climb Into a wa^on, and when they '
ware on It they were shot down, j
When one wagon had become filled)
tin thla manner and could not hold |
another dead body, it was taken j
ftwajr and another one brought
forwird,
Paris, Monday It an*
nounoed today that the preliminary
peace treaty would probably lnclud
a clause requiring Germany to tttr*
over to tha Allies a'-l officd-'ls who
have been found in any way respon
sible for the Great War and Crimea
thereot, and that these men will be
tiled b» an International tribunal.
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Paris, Tuesday — The American
delegates to the peace congress re-,
gard the request made by Germany
for food in lieu of its merchant ma- j
rlne as a part of the armistice j
©ledge. ami' that the difficulty which (
liaa arisen over the demand that
food be supplied in the event that
Germany giveg up her ships is ex
pected to be smoothed out with this j
understanding in view.
Six paesengers took passage on
the Princess M»ry last night all of ]
whom are Northerners and will re*
turn tometime before the opening of
of navigation on the Yukon.
Those booked were W. D. Gordon,
superintendent of the White P«»91
river division, George Haynes, ohef
at the Golden North hotel, R. Hy
land, storekeeper at Telegraph
creek. Max Roes of Atlin ftnd Hi*. |
James McAligter of this dty<
1,390,000 YANKS
HOED 1HE IKS
Washington, March 11—Chief of
Staff General March Bt&ted today
that a' one time, just before the ?r
jntotlce was signed, there wer© one
million three hundred and ninety
thousand Americans facing the
Germans in the line of battle on tbe
Western fronta.
KOHEADECIDES
TO 60IIAE0SE
Shanghai, March 11—The Dro
Vlace of Korea, according to a ca
blegram from Seoul, received here
tiiiia morning has declared ltg inde
pendence of Japan. Korea ha$ an
estimated population of more than
12,000,000 people.
MUST MEET WAR BILLS
WITH LOAN-GOV. LYNCH
To the Citizens of the
Twelfth Federal Reserve District:
The Fifth "Victory" Liberty
Loan is in sight. Let us thank God
that it is not just the Fifth Loan.
Victory means the end of the war,
tJio onrl nf 1n»ns the dawn of peace
JAMES K. LYNCH
Governor, 12th Fedaral ReMrvt Dlstrlc
and prosperity. It means that the
market price of government bonds
will soon stabilize at par or better.
It also means that commercial, agri
cultural, and industrial affairs will
stabilize, and that the Hun-inspired
clamor will cease.
We were advised that the war
would last through 1919, probably
through 1920, so we were prepared
for that; to have done less would
have been suicide. We prepared to
crush the Hun on his own ground,
and he prudently quit. It cost us
some money but it saved the lives of
half a million of our men. Was
money ever better spent 1.
Now we have bills to pay, prom
ises to make good, our men to bring
home. This will take from five to
aix billion dollars. Let us get ready
and raise it. A big task, but the
last, and therefore easy. All to
gether, shoulder to shoulder, and
the loan goes over!
The "Ninety-first" is the Pacific
Coast Division; remember their
achievement, and honor ourselves
by living up to it.
James K. Lynch,
Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco; Chairman, Lib
erty Loan General Executive
Board, Twelfth Federal Reserve
District.
K OEMS I KM
1HHRT HOT m
Washington, Tiieaday,—The Sen
ate investigating committee whkh
lis making a probe into the revolu
tionary propaganda, that. h°a been
carried on throughout the United
States Is still holding seeelona, and
in testimony brought out yesterday,
former Ambassador to Russia Fran
tig stated In effect that he had been
informed' that Raymond Robins, for
merly head of the American Red
Cross society In Russia, had1 return
ed home in order to endeavor to
bring President Wilcon to the recog
nition of the Ru/jeian. Bolshenrikl
government by the United State*.
In giving testimony before th»
committee, Solicitor General Lam«,r
of the poet office ci'ap&rtment assert
<?d in a memorandum statement
whlcn he submitted, that through la
formation which he had secured la
mail matter which had been seized,
he had come to the conclusion that
a Blot had been formed looking to
■wa<rd3 perfecting an amalgamation
Of the Bolshevists, the I. W. W.,
Socialists and Anarchists for ♦he
sole purpose of overthrowing the
government of the United States br
means of a bloody revolution and th
establishment of a Bolshevik repub
lic. *" I
Loudon, March 11—Sir Bon*r,
Law announced in the British House
of Commons today that the British
government was considering tfca
employment o»f the returned/ soldiers
in the «• nstructlon of a tunnel unde$
the English channel which would
connect England with France.
wnsiTows
WHAT IS DOING
Paris, Tuesday — Tlie complete
details of the wortte being done by
the Supreme council is being 1.9-'
Je^aed dlaly tQ President Wilson by i
radio and the outlook towards an |
early peace treaty being formulated j
Indicates that it will be ready to j
present to Germany by March 20. i
Berlin, Majxfc, 11 — The gov
ernmen) troop are gradually de
molishing the Sp&rtacan strong
hold w ithin this "city and it is on
ly a question of time when th<?y
will be driven out and the city once
more will be under the rule of the
government.
GIIPII CUMBER
MAKES LAST
VOYAGE
Seattle, Tuesday — Captain F
W. Uinger, master of the Alaak*
Steamship company's liner Alameda
died it hip tome in this city yester
day
AbQUt two weeks ago he suffered
from » stroke of paralysig which
resulted in his death.
Captain Clinger was a native of
Washington and hag sailed Puget
Sound *nd Alaskan waters for ovor
thirty five years starting: out a
mere boy on the old Isaac Jeaaa
J.ad had sailed) the Pacific ever
since.
For the past fifteen years Cap
talin CHnger was in the employ of
the Alaska SS. Co. and h£fe bee*
master of many of its best boats
among which yere the Dolphin, F*r
allon Edith, Olympia, Victoria and
lastly the Alemada.
His first trip to Alaska waa la
1897 and as master of the big tug
Holyoke when he towied the stera
wheeler "W. R. Merwin' the barga
"Politofsky1 and the schooner "W.
J. Bryan" through the inside pas*
sage and then to St. MicheaJs. He
had been running to Alaska errer
since. Hundreds of Alaskana
will mourn his early parsing.
Most joyfully we welcomc you back!
May the days as well as the years ahead of
you ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
cannot express. You did the job right!
¥*71 } Military training has certainly worked
rr flO S wonders with your physique—your new
clothe* to properly fit your bigger chest,
JL UUi smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
T *1 9 be made expressly for you by Ed. V.
1 (MOTi Price & Co.
Our new fashions and woolens await your inspec
tion and we will gladly measure you and arrange for de
livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
JAMES KENNEDY