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No. 85 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. 1919
PERSHING GIVES
OP IIP 10!
ENGLAND
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London, Maji 21.—Irea^ral Pergh
ln* wired London today Iu reference
to their invitation to him for a re
ception given in his honor
General Pershing in declining said
"The military situation at th.g pre
seu* moment does iK>t permit of
my leaving for England." This cou
pled with the fact 'hat Gemeral Poch
5s en a tour of inspection of the
Rhine front, that Premier Lloyd
George hap Just made a visit to
th» British army of occupation gives'
added strength to the reports from
Paris that th<* Allies are preparing
for swift military action in ca^ the
Germans refuse to sigfn petuce
treaty.
E FEW
ER
S*. Johns, May 21.—here is no
hoy* c-xpressed now for the missing !
aviator Hawker an<J the Search, for
his body or the wreck of the aero- j
plane haw been abandoned".
SEPPALLA WHS
IE
.\om«, May 17.—Leonard, Sep-'
paila, three tim<>s winner of the all j
A»aaka tJcg team sweepstakes raca'
yesterday set a new rworj for the
moa.suivJ • marathon distance over
the Caj}e Nam© course of 1 hour,1
50 minutes, 25 seconds. This
time, made with a Siberian team,
lowered by nearly three minutes the
record set April 3 by Frank M.!
Arer's teajn.
Judge J. J- F. Ward has so far
recovered from his recKoit illness as
to be able to attend court.
HUSK III ID
WRITE SCRAPS
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Paris, May 21.—Oouut Von Brock
jjorff Ktuitzaiu has asked for Mi ex
tent ion of tirny for Germany to Pr^
se.it her reply.
The Count stated that furthei
iwtcs are being prepared and that
tt will he impossible to complete
them by Thursday, when the time
limit is upt.
Washington, May 21.—On account
or tugine trouble which has devel
oiks,1 in X. C. 4, the flight will not
bn rasunu$ today from Purita del
Llvada to IJslwn.
It h»s been planned to hoy ofl
this morning and it is not known
how long the delay will be.
'Vol:d' CiMiuitat who with Cr d:
Bet-brake is* taking in a drill
plan* to Sidney creek in the Teslin
-I>-■ i i. t arrivfd today on the Prin
cess Mary and will go over to White
horse tomorrow where they are as
scmMinc their boats and scow pre
paratory to the trip uy th^. Hoot
alinqua.
Mr. Bonobrak0 is now at White
horse wherp the work wap started
last week.
Mr. Cameron comes from. Gold
en.i«lt. where with his father he is
interested in a big sawmill.
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C. Burns, an old timer who went
out from Dawson about three years
ago with the Black contingent, re
turned today from overseas and is
on his way to Dawson. Charley ha
hnd some strenous service and put
in much of his time overseas In the
thickest of the battles. He re
turns unharmed and feels all the
better for his experience.
There will be a White Pass traiiu
out tomorrow mi.rninp which will
leave the broailway staioai at 9:30.
BANK of ALASKA
Depository for the
CITY of SKAGWAY
A Home Bank for Home People
BANK OF ALASKA
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
| Friction top cans 40c each
1 CHICK FOOD
' 20 pounds lots up 6 1-2 cents a pounds
P. H. GANTY
1REATT WILL
BE IKED'
! Ooblena, May 21.—The French
j military authorities, assuming that
| the Germane Will sign the peace
! terms are going ohead with their
j plans to take over Coblenz and.
Bridgehead. These positions are j
| now held by the American army of
occupation audi are to be turned |
over to the French upon tbe (jlgm
of the treaty.
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Bringing three bodies, one iden
tified as that oi John Williams
Brown of Vancouver ami' two un-[
, known woman, and word that
| many bodies were sighted on thej
wree'i of the. Priwesp Sophia, Rob
ert Smith and John Donovan, dlvei-s,'
rsturned from the scene of the
wr«ek Saturday afternoon. Thq di
vers, had been attempting to re-'
cover the body of Mrs. A1 Winchell.
With Mr. Wiachell thjoy arrived in
Juneau last weeik and left for the
scene of th© disaster last October.
Mrs. Winchell's body hag not yet
been recovered.
Bodies on tli© Priucesp Sophia
that were found ainl identified, but
not brought, to Juneau this trip wore
'hose of O. Baehman, J". E. John-1
Son, F. R. Younp and' Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Chisholm.
One of the bodies was fouu.il U\ j
; the observation room, another in the
{last stateroom oa the boat deck, I
| and t)ie body of Mrs. Biown half
I In and half out of a stateroom on
•he DromeifcaUe dock."
It is belehied by the drivers that
t!« V fan secure all of the bod is
on the boat, though they are in a
very advanced state of decomposi
tion
They are expo ted to return to:
tlie wreck this afternoon on the Clo-|
jpek, and have nsked Judigg Newark
L. Burton, coroner, to appoint some-i
onj to accompany them at their ex-:
Dense In order to kaep an account J
of everything they find.
John Williams Brown, a Scotch
man by birth, ainJ a resident of
Vancouver, was a waiter on one of
tl . White Pass steamers. He had
oa his body, beside® a number of
papers, $4 40 in. gold.
Among the possessions of the vie- ■
tints of the wreck which were found,
and .deposited1 with Judge Burton is.
a stick pin, set with a red* stone,
wnich belonged to J:. E. Johnson; ai
metal box belonging to O. Bach- j
man, and containing a Moose Lodge(
bin thirty five cents in chajige, |
Some button, a crucifix, a nugget,
brooch, an Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chambern of Commerce
badge, a gold ring, a nugget stick-1
pin a stickpin set with greeai stone,,
a pen fcnife and auff links, all from
the body of P. R. Young; a nugget
pin belonging to Mrs. J. S. Chis-j
holm, and a man'a watch with aj
Xiieturo of a young woman in the
back of it, whose owner was unknow
to those who found it.
Effort# are being raa#e today to
idontifr the bodies of the twp wo-|
nw-n.—Empire.
SAYS
WILL MOT SIGN
IDE TERMS
Berlin, May 21.—A ^ statement
authorized b>- tli© German, cabinet
given out officially totf&y states that
the Germans declin^ to P'gn the
peace te.rmt; a# laid down because
they snell economic destruction, pol
itical dishonor and moral degrada
tion to the entire German nation.
The statement d'ecllre® that not
only for the present do these tertna
affect Germany but; also for the uiru
born generations to come.
GOfSfllSHED
EVICTION VICTIMS
New York, May 21.—The United
States has furnished 2,000 army cot
for the relief of poor persons ren
dered honvde^g as a result of the
wholesale rental eyjictiong now tak
ing place in New Yopk.
This announcement wap made to
day by Capt. C. A. Goldsmith, U,
S. N!, retired, who Is working in
conjunction with Mayor Hylan's
committee in an endeavor to relieve
the situation.
PREACHER GETS
HIE'"
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Washington, May 21.—The memo
rial to Bis hoy Francis Asbury,
founder of American Methodism., to
be erected here from funds collected
in the Methodist churchcp of the
United States and' Onada will be an
esquestriain statue, it was said today.
This will be the first esquj istrian
s'at'.ie of a preacher in the United
States. It was decided 011 because
Bishoo Asbury apcait much of his
time in the saddle and even prepays
many of his sermons on horseback.
Johnny Ryan, nejpliew of Miss
Kate Ryan, formerly of White
horse returned north today (ind will
jro back to Whitediorae for the sum
mer,
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Herbert Wheeler, general managa
o' the W. P. & Y. Rout«, returned
today on the Princess Mary and
will make a tour of the Bystam in
a tew days. ,
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Mrs. Ernie Rurwash is a re
turning passenger on th9 PrinocaS
Mary today. Mrs. Burwash will go
o\-(." to her homo in White hare e on
the train tomorrow.
A. Mavern, the W. C. Grooary
Go's bircijj man, amide yesterday
from Juneau and will spend a tew
days hi Skagway transacting busi
ness with the Skagway merchants.
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Mrs. John R. Raymond and her
little son, Reginald, will be pas
sengers over to Whitehorse on the
train tomorrow haying arrived on
the Princess Mary today.
Mrs Raymond is going to Dawson
where she will ppeaid the pummer.
BRITTS PHARMACY i
At Skagway
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Will be moved to Juneau at once and will
Close Saturday May 24th
Until that time we will sell all 4.
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles,:
Stationery, Candies and Sundries
At 5, 10, 25 and 50 per cent off ^
< R}r?M . the regular retail price#
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BELIEVE DRY ACT
WILL NOT BE
REPEALED
Washington, Way 21.—Both. the
"R&publican and Democratic leaders
of the dry movement predict that
President Wilson's proposed repeal
of »h>i beer and wlue prohibition war
measure will meet with enough, op
position to prevent the passage of
this act
BASE BALLS HELP
PUT II OVER
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New'York May 21—Baseball^ sold
today. Campal|g)ning for the VictoJ
for $.1,000,000 aplecs© to. Wall Street"
ry loan, "Christy" Mathewson, Ar
thur Fletchep and i^rry Doyle of
the New York Giantg invaded "the
street' and auctioned off a score of
hor$R hides bearing their autograph
Purchasers who paid' $1,000,000!
apiece for balls were J. t>. Rocke
feller, J. P. Morga<n and J. W. Ha.r
rlman.
The others were sold' for 6maller
sums.
\Y. J. Garrett one of the B. Y.
N. stewards returned today and will
resume h.l§ journey to Whltehorse
tomorrow. .
Capt. J. O. Will lama and wife
were arrivals today £rom a vaca
tion spent in Victoria audi other Pa
cific coast pointe.
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Chief of Police Frank! Pago was
a.ble to bo around today after hav
ing been confined to bed with a
wrenched back.
A number of the steamboat men
of *he river division of the White
Pass returned on the Princess Ma^
ry today aaid will joairtn-ey over to
Whltehorse tomorrow where they
will fake their respective positions
0.1 the boats for the coming season.
James P. Liscomb, he of immor
tal fame as the pioneer agent for
the White Pa.s$ and Yukon, Route
»t At!in and who has also held
down important positions with the
White Pas3 at other p1ax»§, has ar
riv ' aaaiiin, andi will spend thei sum
mer in the north.
PROMINENT II
OF THE NORTH
MARRIED
Seattle May. 21.—Jamc» A. GiMW,
» well Jcaown, mcTchaiut and mlaier of
Fairbanks and Bpoaka Aiuii Mies Vera
J. Smitji, daughter ol Jerome Smith
or the Emergency flc*fc corporation
were married last night • at :th«
Bethany Presbyterian church by the
Reverend Dr. Vanderla«e. Ralph.
Iximen of Nojuq officiated a? best
man. * . ...
The bridal couple will male® their
honeymoon bridaj Cour this after
noon In an, aeroplaaie flight to Ta
coma. . ■ > ,
This will not bg the ®*t time
that the bride has made an air
flight as Bhe took a trip in an air
plane hopping oft at Spokane,. on
May 2nd.
At the wedding it wag 0«o«rt*iJied
that the best matn, RflJph Lotteja.
had been quietly marf^pd ou May
8th to Mi&j Bella We*Ver MeGro
lian whom he met aboflit ten jestfa
ago in Nome, renewing the rOBn&nee
when he cam© outside last fall to
enlist in the army.
The Lomemg will return to Notne
on the Victoria sailing from here on
the 2'Jth of thiB month a-nd tba
GihUs will sail for Fairbapka and
BrooKs on the Jefferson oa the pajnw
date.
Chicago, May 21.—The 1^9 field
! artilllery "Rellly'a Bucta" Forty
| second, Rainbow, division, was Wel
comed home from war today by
thousands of IlliJioisaroa. The. regi
ment. formerly thg old Illinois Na
tional guard batteries, bad been
away months ,*ud had taken, part In
most of the grcaitfgt battles fought
since America went into th© world
war. With the men came some 200
Tllinoise m)?.n of the 167th infantry.
Captain Turnbull, a vetsran of the
B. Y. X. Co., and who has command
ed some of thte White Pass Steam
boats on the Yukon river for mamy
vto«rs, returned todiay on the Prin
cess Mary and' will go over tomor
row to Whitehorse where he will
I await the opening of navigation
Smart, Hats For Spring I
Safe for us to sell and for
you to buy
Felt hats that will induce thrifty
men to come here always for
their hats, because the quality is
as true as the styles
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Hats on display that will]
hold their Shape ;
Large line of
HARDEMEN HATS
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For Spring and Summer
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JAMES KENNEDY