No. 24$
PRICE
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER
®he
TWENTY FIRST YEAR
10 CENTS
Lie mill# BRINGS BftCK
MANY MS FROM BATTLE FIELDS
New York. Dec. 2—The liner
Mauretania arrived in this port
last nigbt with the first large t>o<Jy j
of troops from the battle fields (>f |
Kursjpe .and they were lue>t at the |
pier by a. vast throng of people.
Aa the big ship n^ared its berth |
and the soUliers showed themselves
ou the docks and at the Pl>rt holes,
the cheering and shouting of wel
come home Drought tears to many
eyes.
From this time forward it is e*"
pected that every liner arriving will
have more or loss troops.
With the American Army of Oc
cupation, Dec. 2 Four American
soldiers dispersed a nwl) composed
of thousands of men and women in
the streets o~ Luxemburg after they
had wrecked twenty-eight shops in
revenge for the keepers having over
charged the Americans when they
went into *ht shops to trade.
All of ttie wrecked shops wero con
ducted Dv Germans. and tho loss
will amount to about sewn million
francs. The Luxeiuburgtrs claim
that the Americans aro tho;,- deliver ,
ers and they will iwt permit the
Huns to do them harm, cither physi
c-U or financial.
HI!
STEAL MS
Loudon, Dec. 2 — According to
advices whciji were received here
tbi» morning from i'etroKr;ld, Bol
shevik entered the Norwegian lega
tion in Petrograj yesterday and
removed valuable documents belong
ing to Switzerland, which nation had
eutrusted them to the Norwegian
ambassador for protection.
ANOTHKK COAI.-IHM.INC
ltEOORD.
One of the best coal-digging: re
cords ever rei*>rted to the Fuel
Administration was set UP recent
ly bv Kudvlph Cheney, !v Conifer.
Pa... miner, who loaded IS tons of
coal each day for a month. Official
acknowledgment of the miner's
splendid performance and the good
example which Re set for his fellow
w-orkers in that and other fields
wa3 mad© by officials of the F"e!
Administration.
HUM !S
Seattle, Dec. 2. — The jury h ear
ins the ease of U' ttstein, indicted
for the nnirder of Ji>liu Mitrr*'}", the
b'lK^agetuart who «,;is killed on Oc
tooer fourth, brought in :i verdict
(If *tlilty it liriU! I' i.'.ly.
HUNij IniiuH IN
Berlin, Dec 2. — Aicotding to a
special mosugt- from General Dussel
dorff, received at the war offiee>
this city, this morning, three mil"
lieu troops and one million horses
are withdrawing towards the Rhine
iii an orderly manner. _____
The Armistic is signed and Peace is coming but war obli
gations are not paid and to take care of them the Govern
ment has given notice of a
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
Skagway has in the past done its share in helping Alaska
go over the top. To do so again every local residcn
should at once open a bank account, that when the call
comes, you may have ready money to meet your Liberty
Loan installments We invite yours.
BANK OF ALASKA
PopularPicturcPakice
GEORGE MOWL. " Proprietor
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
WORLD PLAYERS IVoKcnts UOISEKT WARWICK, the enun
SUDDEN RICHES
A (ihotoi>l#y of <ttstin<*uish«l iiiMjii-nLiou, dealing with a vital
«'Ut ilrfi'iuitu- artist iu
rprolilfni.—|n siv Rets.
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VIOLIN. PIANO, DRUMS.
8:30/o-m. Sharp
Admission 25c, 10c
WOULD PUT BILL
Amsterdam, Dec. 2. — Despatch
es received here today from Berlin
charge General Von Mackensen and
other higfc military officiate and
prominent generals who are sal# to
be backed Dv munition manufactur
ers of being implicated in a plot
lending to restore William Hohen
zclleru to th.e throne of Germany.
■Alaska's first flour mill has just
been established and th® machinery
installed at Fairbanks, the interior
metropolis, gays the Seattle Times
of Nov.. 10.
J. Weist, a prosperous and en
terprising farmer of the Tanaira Val
ley, made all his plana for this in
dustry last year but owing to war
conditions the mill machinery was
much delayed quroute and reached
Fairbanks only last month.
Everything wa^ prepared for its
immediate installation, however, and
the plant with a daily capacity of
fifty barrels of flour, already is in
operation, according to messages re
ceived yesterday by J. L. McPherson
of the Alaska Bureau of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce.
'In anticipation of the operation
of this mill this fall#" said McPher*
sou, "virtually all the farmers of
the Tanana valley this year raised
more wheat than ever before. In
lai-r, they appreciated this new
opportunity to make not only the
Tanana valley, but all interior Al
aska almost independent of flour
supplies from the outsido.
'F'louring grains, including
wneat, barley and rye, have been
successfully grown in the Tanana
valley for a number of years, and
iliti farmers there now feel that they
can jjrow enough wheat in that dis
trict alone to supply flour in ample
quantity for an parts of Alaska.
Weist's enterprise is. consequently
regraded by Alaskans as a most de
sirable and vital industry.''
"Better flour may be made by
son^ of the big mills outside,"
says th© Fairbanks Daily News-Mia
er of Octooer 14, "but you will be
uuable to make Fairbanksans be
lieve it. Anyway, home-made flour
will be good enough for our peo
ple,"
Weist has announced that the
mill will be operated a$ a custom
grist mill, available at all times
to all the farmers, in the same
way that grist mllli were operated
throughout the middle wast in the
early days, v
MAY ANN'Ol'NOK McADOOS
SUCESSOR THIS AFTERNOON*
Washington, Dec. 2. — It Is prob
ably that President Wilson will an
nounce the successor 'to Secretary
McAdoo lata this afternoon.
WILSON COES TO PEICE CONFERENCE WITH
ite *■mm now ik
/r t ^ H.I, - , lor-l- r,
London, Dec. 2.—The report has
been circulated throughout diplo
matic circles here that Bavaria will
•open negotiations for a separata
peace with the Allied nations. The
adTice comes in a dispatch from
Zurich. >„■
UNTGft GREEKS
Canton, Ohio, Dec. 2.—On the
occasion of the dedication of the
»ew. Greek church in thip city on
the last Sunday in November, the
Greeks of this city had as their
guests an Archibishop, a Greek
consul, and the Greek Minister of
the United States. The President
of the Greek Society in Canton ac
cordingly asked the chairman of
the' Americanization committee sta
tioned here to help in entertaniing
thei;- distinguished guests. A part
of the entertainment included a
complimentary dinner which was
attended by many prominent people
of Canton. j ji;' iji |
m WORKERS
ME Li Off
Frivate advices receive# on the
lilst boat from 3eattle states that
thousands of men are being laid off
daily by the various ship yards there
and it is understood that the same
conditions Prevail all along the
coast.
One letter received here states
that 1,200 men were laid °ff on
Noy. 17 by the Skinner & Eddy
yarda and" the following day 1,000
more were laid off by this same
firm. The letter was written on
tbe night of the ISth.
Through private advice received
in the last mail it is lean red that
one oowder and ammunition plant
in West Virginia, meploying 25,
000 people was closed down entire
ly on Nov. 13, and the entire
force of workers tbown out of
work..
JIis« Mabel Okitsu, who for a
number of ycara ha# been employed
as mail at the Pullen House wafl
a passenger for Seattle la8t night.
Hygeho"i Whole Wheat Flour
for "Hygienic Bread"*
V ' - <J'J p's'&at.))
A Whole wheat flour with all the substance in it.l j
Try a 50 lb Sack at $3.00Jor a 10 lb Sack at 75 cents
You may buy this flour without substitutes
■ f
P. H. GANTY
_ . _ • ■ j.
Washington, Dec. 2. — Congress
convened at noon today.
Shortly alter the members had i
taken their respective seats, and the j
formality of opening the session
over, the upper and lower houses •
were brought together in. joint ses- j
fiiov and President Wilson appear-j
ed before the body and delivered
his address.
Addressing the lawmakers of the '
country the President gave his rea- '
sons for attending the peace con
ference, saying: "The gaUant men
of our armed forces have fought for
ideals which they knew to be the
Ideals of their country. I owe It j
to them to see to it that no false
Or mistaken interpretation is put J
upon them.
'"It is now my duty to play my i
full part in making good' that foi
which they offered their life's blood
to obtain. I can think Of no call
to service* which would transoend
this.''
The Democratic members who
were present in I»rge groups in
:he galleries, ros<j and cheered tbe
Jhief Executive when he expiated*
.he re^oiig for his trip to jiuj©p«
,n order to be present at the p«w*
xmierence as one that he beliarJI tt
Jis duty; to make. —
"May I not hope," he wld, "te
:he delicate tasks which I iMH
iave to perform. that I may bar*
the encouragement and Wda*
strength of your united ouppert."
In discussing the problem^ oK
readjustment President Wilson #*1*
that the chief need of thia coumtjt*
s the development of lto railw^Ct.
highways and country; roads. Hi
ieclared for a modified priratg co*»
:rol of the Nation's railroad# «*
ler a plan which would %>e
unified and with more public regula
tions. He aiso declared the hop*
that there would be an immediate
resumption ot the development
public works go as to provide aw
[jlcyment for the returning soldier*
In closing his remarks, Presid«at
Wilson declared that he bell«v««
that final peace would he eow
?leted by spring.
Paris, Monday. — German troops
which have been occupying Russian
territory are now returning to Ger
many under great difficulty, accord
ing to a dispatch from Copenhagen
whicti was received here today.
The message states that th« Ger
msti troops a^ persistently at
tacked by Warsaw Pol eg and every
hindrance conceivable put in their
way to retard their progress.
WORD COMES SON'S DEATH
AS fvtheh being buried
Seattle, Dec. 2.—While the fun
eral gervices over E. C. Hughes, a'
well known lawyer of this city, j
wera being conducted here last Sat-,
urday afternoon, word wa$ re
ceived that Captain Howard D. j
Hughes, son of the deceased*, had
been killed in. a late action in'
Prance. • I 1 If If
Vf
EVIDENTLY ft
STORM BREWING
Seattle ,Dec. 2.—Governor Tho*.
Rigis of Alaska, left this city for
Washington last evening and At
torney General GrigsUv who oaa#
doivn from Juneau qu the gam# boa*
with the Governor, left f°r th« «*
ti-on's capital thi$ morning. ...
Seattle, Dec. 2.—Charles Salzar.
who has been filling the
delegate's chair in congress for
past two years, and Delegate 51*6%
Jamps Wickersham, are now ty&ai*m
Washington, both of thesa
having left this city for the
last Saturday.
ALL PLANS PERFECTED
FOR SAILING TOMORROW
Washington, Dec. 2.—President
Wilson's nlani are perfected fo*
bis sailing from New York fO*
France tomorrow, together with th«
United States peace commissloa«r«
v.hc will attend the peace confer*"*,
to be '•eld in Paris. .
Who's Your Tailor?
* i . i ■ ,
The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent us by
E. V. Price & Co.
are the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably priced
Select
i■ l f | ,• *
Yours
Today
and have your Autumn clothes
made up for future delivery to'suit
you—and you only
JAMES KENNEPY)