BOESIEll liL IS MI 10 SPEED I PEACE HUES
New York, Tuesday—More than
one million people stood along til9
stieets today as the Twenty'Seventh ^
division of the United States Ex->.
pediuonary force, under Major Gen-j
er?l Oryan, passed- in review, and
marc had down Fifth avenue.
jWcnun. carrying babes in their
anna wtere knocked down by the
eacgin;*, crowds and trampO-od un
dec. toot. The crowd sot beyond
confrol Of 'the polioe, and while no [
injury tvsSs* intended many woman j
f°int§d ii^.the .dense' crowds and a
uumbe;r..o£ a$ci<2f-nts oocAWred.
iv, waa. one _of the Wildest and
most*-' enthusiastic demonstrations
which has ever taken pl®^ in thJa
cityT**- Ttve eheertnsi was deafening,
anf as 'tSbfi inen marched past cer
tain jiolnts ttfey were literally bom
arjed w'ith flowers o£ all descrip,t"
and confetti-. .
Seattle, March 25 —Th<, Paci
fic steamship company's linen City
<#?'^Seattle' sailed for the north this
ifl3nfoiiLg at' ten o'clock with a to
tal passenger list of 242 persons.
There were -so passengers bcokcd
Jd"*-Skj^gway, but the following per
sojjaV names were found on the
y ala?e Tfet..— , .
. Jokn j;rk^9on, Sam Anderson, A.
, Jolsn Xelson. Joseph Lots
chi, , Oalioun, A- Lovender, S. P.
•BwllnL-®- •. . -
p.-.The- crews for the canneries at
), Petersburg, ChLLfcoot," Ketchikan,
and GWcier comprised the
K majority of the passenger list.
;lf« FDfl'
' ."SHIPYARD MEK
*. -Washington. Tuesday — Oh'ee.jr
General Pieze of the Federal sh*p
bufldiag. corporation today announ
ced today that there would be no in
crease in wagtfs allowed to Pac
ific Coast ship yard workers- -
?4 If SNIPS
SAIL MB FOOD
, , aeijjjp,". March — Twenty four
GerHHyi „ §t«tuisliii)s unlading the
huge freighter Impera'tor, took on
a suppjy of oo-il and were otherwise
placed all ip,.r;adtoe®s to bp des
(patched to .tlip United Seates for the
;'n»T**h supply of food and
j tfSrJsJt Tuesday — The sub-com
. nil'tee of th£r l^eftee Congress w>
i the i-eague of "Nations announced
toSay that '-uinttadmeflts to the con
' stitutiou whiah have been mAdf> will
[ meet fifty per cent of the objec
1 Hons which" have been made by
American Senators. •
* * •' • • ; .
T. J. Stan'difilb.returned fiom his
animal trip Seattle o«n the Jeffer
son. He« haB wst been se n by any
of tbi»*-A|askarfi force until today,
-hiS-TBsnlyrfonm was. discerned strol
line. down. Broadway.
After the Party
You go home to find it burned together with the
insurence policy and the Liberty Bond £tc:
Too Late then to Say.
"I wish I had rented a Safe Deposit Box from
the Bank of Alaska, and it would cost me only
25c a month."
"Now is the time to act. Not Tomorrow
- - which :never gets here."
B ANK OF ALASKA
New Goods Just Received
... *
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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
P. H. GANTY
•*r * •
Berne, Tuesday —» According to
advices received here tills morning
a strong force of RtiUBlan Bcfiahevi
ki troops have arrived at Brodjr,
fifteen mtlea east Of L*mterg, tn
their way to Hungary to figSit with
the Entente armies.
l'aris. Tuesday. — The Jug©-Slav tj
ielegaUe to the peace coogrcsa to--1
lay stated that thei Bolaheviki!
movement in Hungary may spread
aver Rumania, and Poland.
Berlin, Tuesday—The Ruse tan'
K>Tiet governmental hive called for
a. world, wide "uprising of th* wage
oarnera and to join in the great
wir against domination and exploi
tation by the higher classes. This
id vice wag received! here today
Erom Huidapest.
Paris Tuesday—Two British Mon
itors arrived here this morning and
report havng been (fired upon as
they proceeded up the Danube ri-'
rer to the Hungarian capital from
Btlgradte.
■ ■ ■
Washington, Tuesday — Officials
»f the United States Department
>f State announced* this morning
that the first official reports on1
the Hungarian situation show a very'
lerious condition of affairs to *x
1st throughout that nation.
Paris, Tuesday — President Wil
son urged! thel delegates to the peaoe
congress to speed up the work of
♦he meeting, so that a preliminary
peace tr<aaty mayj be etntered into at
®n early date.
Secretaay otf tho U. S Na
vy Oanieias arrived in this city this
morning.
London, Tuesday — The news
papers of this city evenoo much
alarm at the rapid §prea<l of Bolshe
vism throughout Central Europe,
aa<j urg6 that the peace congress
speed' ~oj> the- work of arriving at
th* peaioe treaty.
Parte;:,Tuesday , 2:50 — The
delegated to the peace congress are
worried ^over the Eastern Eu
rope aituatton, and they real tee that
the spread' of- Bolshevism must be
checked..
Conferences. axo now being held
daily PfmWent Wilson,;Premiere
Lloyd GeMge, Cleanenotaoi/ and Or
lando^ Tmese conferences will con
tinue^ipRil the Fraaico, Italio, *Ju
go-Slaye frontiers have all been di:>
fined.5 , ^ ,
- \' '««Si _ J~ j
Parfi^.Tuaeday^j- Germany aud
Austria 'are 'reporte^ today to be
badly fcori*by Bolsft^smand tlie
Amerlcad^rvdielegates ^la^^e^iva
♦iflceg tfiat the situation is hour
ly growing mora desp)fcate.t -
LEAGUE WOULD OVERTURN ALL
OF AMERICA'S IMIIIGRAl 108 LAWS
Washington, March, 26 — Sema
tor Borah of Idaho decl&rtd in *
jpeech here, japan wifll attain iier
objective of gy&rtutming -Ajaertca'g
immigration laws if the League of
Nations' institution aa now draft
ed is adopted' by the Peace 0-"Hbrr,
In Paris.
MISS STEWART
PASSES AWAY
Mis® Mary E. Stewart, gtetetr of
Mr. J»xae« L. Stewart of thi» city,
passed away at the White Paw hos
pital this morning-, death being
caused by heart failure.
Miss Stewart w*a taken to the
hospital on March 15to, and when
th# quarantine became! etff«cttve,har
brother from that iJM© waa pr-ene lif
ted from seeing her, n<nd was
not present at th time of her death,
which oocured at 8:25o'ciock (this
morning. The remains will be ta
ken to Vancouror for burial an the
Prince#, Miary, eallln® tromi tM*» Dort
Sunday.
Mary E. Stewart was born In
Largs, West -Scotland! serenty two
ye»ra ago, and c&hkj to thfei otmm-j
try tomie ten, year* ago which was
a:ter the death of her father In Lon
don, la which city Bhe had resided
for many years.
In the year 1916 the deceased)
came to Skagway with her brother,
lames L. Stewart and hiB wife and
family, and since the departure of
Wrs. Stewart and daughter for Van
couver eom0 year ago, (the h»a kept
house for her brother.
Miss Stewart leayag three broth
er*, James L., William S., and John
H. ami) a number of niec?eand
nephews to moum her loss. TVo of
her brothers are In business to Glas
gow Scotland.
Mary E, Stewart wa^ a C&riBtlfio.
woman, and wag Ionre<j by all who(
knew her, and While in Skagway she
made many friends, and all of those
will feel her loga Jooejjlj. I
ALASKA TROOPS
SAIL FOR ROME
Washington, Tuesday — It was
announo&d this moi<nin(g by the war
department that all Alaska troops in
the 40th and 91th Divisions have
sailed from France for the United
States, b
MAY POSTPONE
CITY ELECTION
The city council la con idering
the advlslbility of postponing the
municipal election which is
scheduled, according to law to
take pflace in Skagway on APtU 1.
and' that this might be done legally,
'he following despatch was sent
to Governor Rifigs thia niojming by
Mayor Ashley:—
"On account of the influenza ep
idemic and local quarantine regu
lations, it Is gong to be practically
impossible to hold a representative
municipal election, here on April
fiifrt, Ig there any way; in whicfc
election could be legally postponed
for thirty days. Greatly appre
ciate telegraphic reply."
To thia Mayor Ashley haa re
ceived the following reply from
Got. Biggs;—
"Am trying to rtish through leg
ation ooovering postponing of el
ection."
' 1 "<»> - 'j— — ' '
Seattle, JRtpch 25 — Sheriff
Stringer, suspecting that pome nut
might attempt to poison Ruth, Gar
rison, who is under charge of bav
in? poisoned Mrs- Storni, is con- (
flscatlng Innumerable gifts of can
dy which lire being sent ft> the ac
cused. Sheriff Stringer haa al®o
refuged to permit the delivery; of
Dbanka of floarat piecea whic& wore
accompamle d by pinJC notea to be
delivered! to the self coniesaed] nmr
dex«aa.
t Okonogan, Tuesday—The charge
of jbduction for which Dudley
Storrs has been hedld by this coun
ty, pending an investigation of clttea
which might connect him with the
murder of his wife, was dismissed
this morning by the Supreme Court
and he wa§ immedately re-arrested
on the charge of felony. To th*
latter he plead not guilty, and up
on nail boing fixed in a larg sum,
he w^g unable to furnish it, an<l
was remanded for trial.
C. P. R. SPRINGS
ALASKA SAILINGS
The OnadiaJa Faciiici Steam ship
company's summer schedule has
been received by local agent L. H.
Johnston, and phowe that the sum
mer excursions of tho oomjpa-ny will
begin wth the sailing from Vancou
ver of the Prncesa Mary on J'une
7rh and terminate with the arrival
of the Prncesg Mary in Vancouver
on September 10.
Beginning with June 28th the
Princess Alice will enter the service
anil 'his well known steamship will
continue on the .itoagwiay run un
til its Baling from this port out Au
rugt 28 th.
The round trip straight aervioe
f*ue between Puget Sound porta
ond Vancouver this season will be
?40 one way or ?80 for the round
trip with liberal atopover privlliagee
and provision for a limit until
Oct 31.
Very little has been learaed from
the steamship companies, eg to the
amount of travel, but the White
Pas<< officiaJs state that they have
received more inquiries relative to
the "Midnight Sun" excursion this
year than for a number of yeara
r st, and that it may require an
additional steamship on the Yu
kon to take care of the peoile who
will avail themselves of this won
derful dopportunity of seeing th;
sun at midnight.
MILLIONS LBS! IN
ABANDONED
: PUN!
Charleston, W. Va, March 24—
Figures compiled by government
experts show that up to February 1
{57,900,000 ha$ been spent on the
gre smokeless powder plant M
Nltro, ncflr here whiich hag beta
,abandoned.
Lieut Col. D- K. Shurtliff, chair
man of the sub committee on sale of
buildings and equipment of the
salvage bureav, ordajico brcuoeji at
thp War department, stated that
when the armistice was signed tlw
project, cne o£ the greatost In tha
world, was about 90 per cent com
pleted'.
An effort ia being made bjr th»
Charleston Chamber of Commence
fo induce ptrivate capital to tAiDB
over the buildings and equdptment
either in whole or by units.e
The dance scheduled for S&tur*
day night by Skagway Igloo No- 12,
Pioneers of Alaska is, on account
o* the influenza quarantine regula
tions, for the time being declared
off. The committee has taken the
question up with the headth. depart
ment, and it was decided that
tnis affair would' be postponed un
til a later date, the time to be an
nounced later.
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!
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.
Who's
Your
Tailor?
Military training has certainly worked
wor.ders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
be made expressly for you by Ed V.
Price & Co.
JAMES KENNEDY