No. 24 TWENTY SECOND YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919 FRIGE 10 CENTS
CLAIMS BASED ON
SUBMARINE
Washington, March S — The de
partment of state announced today
that the United States had filed
claimes against Gremany and Aus
tria cgfiroga-ting. seven hundred* and
fifty million dollars.
Washington, March S — Many ol
the claimes for damages filed !>y
Americans against the German gov
ernmeii!. are f°r daineges ai;d> i!l~ j
juries sustained by sub-marine at
rocities.
TAKES BRIDE 30
YEARS YOUNGER
Xice, .Maret 8 — Divorced by his j
wife great Maeterlinck was to- ,
day; married lo Rente Pahon a
noted actress who is at least thirty J
years his junior.
RUPIUfiE WILL
CAUSE NO DELAY
Berne, March 8 — A dispatiti j
from Berlin today states that the i
ruptarde negotiation.; between Ger- j
ataa »*vd Allied ec^r&aiio con"!ails '
sions will not affect the work of tho
armistice commission whicfh is con- !
tinuin,? its conference.
Peter Gabriel, the Atlin black
smith ii in Skagway, haying arrived
on the last train. Mr. Gabriel had
the misfortune to cut off one of
hia fingers and while incapacitated
for work thougnt he would pav
' Ska»way a visit and get a whiff
of salt, water. Mr.Gabriel will re
turn :o Atlin next "week.
HEADQUARTERS OF AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION
View of Treves, where tlie headquarters of the American ariny of occupation are established In Germany.
ILL SOON BF
TAKING PART
Paris, March S — The L'lntrans
igeant predicted today in aii editor
ial that the first plenary conferen; o
with German delegates "will be hel 1
in Versailles before the end of the
present month.
Wilson Expresed
Pleasure At
Election
On board SS.Georg© Washington
At Sea, March 7—President Wilson
expressed great pleasure upon re
ceiving an aerogram from Secretary
Tnmulty reporting the victory of a
democratic congressman in Pennsyl
vania who wa? elected at a special
congressional election.
In the ritdiogram sent to Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels, the riS..
George Washington was reported
to be 800 miles out and that the sea
was smooth.
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 being under any obligation.
B ANK OF AL ASKA
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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
P. H. GANTY
.
Washington, March 7—The f^t
that the war finance corporation
has on hand $337.00'>,000 at th?
present time and full power to ex
tend ''lis credit wherever it desires
to do so means that the railways
can !» tided over under federal
coiirtol and that this feature will
bo borne in mind1 by PresidtnL Wil
son in his determination of not call
ing an extra session of the congress
one d*>y earlier than he had plan
ned on doing,
Lembcrg, March 8 — Fighting is
still iu progress bfiwet 11 the Uk
rauians and Poles fa, the i>o=sissicn
of this city.
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Wimar, March 8 -— The Nation-1
al assembly today agreed to the In* j
I corporation o£ the Workmen-Sol- J
idier's Council's p!an In thdr con-i
stitution for Germany. It is un
| derstood that the entente nations:
disappiove of this policy.
Legislator Has
Been In Mexico
John Ronan, one of the TSrritor-1
lai legislators was a passenger up
to Juneau on hto Jefferson, where I
he will talc© his seat ag senator for i
the Third district during the
present session of the legislature.
Mr. Ronan disappeared some few
montha ago, and since that time
nothing has been heard from him
until turned up at Juneau, and it
now transpij-es that this well-known
Alaskan ha been sojourning in 01#
Mexico, where he is supposed to tav
j acquired some mining interests..
Will Ron Train
Out on Monday
Chief Train Desratcher Mulvi
iiill of the White Pass announced
this norning that in the event of
I the ariival of the Princesg Mary in
this Poi* tomorrow, trains will te
j run both ways on Monday, March 10
j In cage the trains are run Monday,
i the Tuesday schedule will be an
^nulled.
CONFRERES if
TAKE S HAND
Paris, Friday — The pea-ce con
ference today took up the pro
position of sending food into Ger
many, Austria and Bohemia, and It
is believed that som0 action will
be taken, by the delegates tending
towards relieving the footfi shortage
in tlie countries named.
Washington, March 8— Ger
many's refusal to turn over her niei
chant snips for the movement ot
American troops lias aroused tae
widest comment among the officials
and diplomats here.
Kimmel Park, Camp Wales,
March 8—Due to a shortage °f
rtansports and preferential treat
ment accorded favored ones in the
embarkation for home of Canadian
troopg there wag a riot today in
whion a score or more Canadian
soldiers and officiers were killed* or
wounded.
Atlin Miner Is
Now In Town
George Adams of McKee creek !u
the A'lin District came out on the
last train and will stop a few days
in Skagway.
Mr. Adam? is manager of the big
MoKee creek gold mines, one of the
best frodnicera in the Atlin Dis
trict.
Mr. Adams has not been on sea.
level for some years and is here to
afosorle the sea breeze and take a
well earnd vacation
Mr. Adam? reports tile Atlin dis
trict "i getting backs to normal and
With the additional labor that will
be available now that the war ts
ended there should1 be a bigger out
put of gold 'lie comming season
than there has ooen for the past tw<
or three years,
Washington, March 8 — Gener0l
March announced today that the
War department will hold an a-rmy
of 509,909 men until otherwise or
dered by congress.
This army will not be reduced
under any circumstances unless coc
' gress passes a law outlining a
permanent military organization.
General March declared that the
United .States could not g?t aloug
withou' a small army. ____
BaBel March 8 — A dslspatoh
from Berlin today states tliat the
police headquarters have been re
captured andi Alexander place
cleared of Spartacans. It is esti
mated that fully three hundred were
killed and wounded in the fighting
•which took place in Berlin toaay.
Alva Eames Is
Not To Blame
It would.' seem that the trouble
with < ur mail service this year is
that It is "made in Seattle" instead
0 Alaska ae in *he years. Un
til this year Alvafc Eameg at Cor
dova U£6d to boss the mail ship
ments into Fairbanks. He had been
on the job so long that he knew
what was best for the people and
■sent U. He had Aia#kans on the
boats to Cordova porting mail on
the way up, and when tha.t mail
reached- Cordova he resorted it and
1 corrected any mistakes made by the
boat clerks. If he found that some
federal official wag getting a lot of
I "franked "stuff that was of no real
value to the camp Mr. Eames side
[ tracked that mail and the other
| Montgomery- Ward) catalogs and
[ Sent in the more desirable mail first,
| So long as there was worthwhile
mail ■ o send the bunc mail was Kept
in Cordova. Thia year they hayo
taken ii. out of hi® hands—all our
mail sorted in Seattle and sent
through from there by the freight
route. October papers are arriving
now, and there is no system of any
worth-while kind in the Seattle
way. And there seems to be no
chance of things changing this
year,.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
IN
IS NOW E
Berlin, March 8 — A general
strike settlement was reached to
day.
The settelment was based on a
compromise with the cabinet where
by the Sovietg are granted consti
tutional recognition.
Despite this action of th» strike
leaders there is still some fighting
in parts of the city.
Berlin, March 8 — Late thla af
ternoon the general strike was de
clared off and the men are return
ing to work. This Includes ail
traded snd now it 100kg as if ther®
would be a settlement of the unrest
that has existed for several months,
next British ambassador to the
United States.
RESULT Of VOTE
IS KEPI SECRET
Seattle, March 8 — The result
of the referendum vote taken by the
tradtes unions on the question of the
return to work of the striking ship
yard workers will be m-Me public
tonignt. There has been no inti
mation as to the result
Ted Johnson arrived in town e&r
l£ tbis week with the elean-up from
the Free Gold property at Port Well
While this was a teat run and in no
"wise official the results obtained
showed that the ore obtained wa»
miuch richer than at first reported,
which is most gratifying to the
Stockholders.
Nine thousand dollars was brot
in by Mr. Johnson, who returned to
the mine Tuesday.—Valdez Miner.
Most joytully we weicomc you oacui
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!
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livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
JAMES KENNEDY
Who's
Your
Tailor?
Military training has certainly worked
wonders 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.