No. 12 TWENTY SECOND YEA 14
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1919
0?S WILL WORK
FOR SKAGWAY
The meeting of Camp Skagway
No. 1, Arctic Broherliood in their
camp room last night was one of the
most interesting meetings for some
tire past.
Business of importance was tri'ns
acte<' and pUvns laid for a. campaign
ot energetic work for the benefit
o' Alaska in general and Skagway
ia particular.
Amon.tr other things decided upon
was the formation of a legislation
committe, whose duty it will be
to follow the bills offered in the
ccmiiug stssiuii of the legislature,
and- also to formulate some piaus
for the introduction on legislation
or tne benefit of this locality.
Ihere was presented to the C:luip
several proposition that if carried
out would mean a. great Deuerit to
oltagway. Other communities are
gettin? not ouly those things that
lUey should' get hut receiving fa
vors luat they are not entitled to
and which should ia reality come
'o Skagway. This f^'t was pointed*
oat and as no concerted action, is
bginr taken by any body of citizens
to look into those matters and as
'he Arctic Brotherhood jv.is formed
for just such puriNJses it was agreed
fna- Camp Skagway should step in
to the breach and see if Skagway
cannot get that which is her just
rigbt3.
Further action will be taken at
•he next meeting which ^ill be ou
Tues.-iay, Feb. 25, and at which
meeting all the members are asked
fo be prwseut.
The election of officers took
place and the following were elect
ed to fill the offices for the ensu
ing *erm:
E. A Rasumuson. Past Arctic Chief.
Dr L. S. Kfller, Arctic Chief.
Chas. Brockmiller. Vice Arctic Chief
A. J. Achison, Arctic Chaplain.
J. L. Stewart. Arctic Recorder.
Tony Dortero, Arctic Keeper of
Nuggets.
J. M. Keller, Trustee.
A. .1. Achison, Trustee.
il Rossi, Trustee.
F. Fonzzo, Sr., Trustee.
K. a. Rasmuson. Trustee.
Judge K. A. Rasmuson and A. J.
m FRRATING THE GREAT VICTORY IN PARIS
!»• I'ronco. as i;i America am! she other allied countries, the report or tne armistice nikuii;j: wim-u in.n-i.-wmij
concluded tNe world war was greeted most enthusiastically. Crowds marched In a continuous procession through
the streels of Paris. This photograph shows a crowd marching before the statue of Strassburg, which up to th*
time that peace was declared was a sort of memorial to the loss of that city )n 1871 to the Germans. Now tit#
mourning widths are replaced by dowers, rings and bunting.
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Washington, Feb. 22.—The Sen
ate judiciary committee favorably
reported a measure to the senate i
today wheih provides for the punish !
men* of any one convicted of dis" j
turbni*? or advocating anarchistic
propaganda.
Achison were elected delegates at
large and j L. Stewart, Dr. L. S.
Keller, Tony L\>rtero, and Fred Fon
7.0, Sr., delegated to the Grand
I Camp which meets in Juneau on
| Varch 20th. ,
'.'ommittees were appointed to
draft suitable resolutions on the
deaths of Theodore Koosevelt, who
I was an honorary member of Camp
-?kajjway No. 1, and Mr. Hagen,
who wa§ a life member, and who
met his d«ath in the Princess So*
phia disaster three days after hav
ing taken out a life membership
c?rd.
A BANK BOOK
You will search high and low before you will
find another book (except the Bible) that means as
much to you as your Bank Book.
It makes a long story short.
It is full of dates and amounts'of vital import
ance to you.
We have a few extra copies for distribution
to those who have not already called for theirs.
BANK -OF ALASKA
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j 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
J to 3 doz eggs 30c each
P. H. GANTY
f i* - **«*• <T %
iiu en of Fin
IPHHIH OFF
At midnight last night the quar
antine which has been effective in
dkasway since November 11, was
declared off.
Tiiis decision' was arrived at-. af
tei exhaustive negotiations held
by wire between Governor Riggs oi
Alaska, Gov. McKenzzie of Yukon,
U- Gabie of the Health; IVjpartment
of Skagway and' Dr. W. B. Clarke of
the Health Office of Southern Yu
Itou.
This will be welcome news to
all and the efforts of the aDove men
tioned officers are highly appre
ciated by the people of the North
land.
1 hat the dread scourge has. been
kept out of this section of the worl6
'a conceded to be largely- due to
their work and the knowledge of
thf close watch that has been kept |
on status of the disease by them has
done muoh to allay the fears of the
people.
The following international' regu
lations will be in effect and enforced
at this port in the future:
Ail passengers and' crews arriv
ing here will be subject to examin
ation by the Skagrvay Health Offi
cer and if given a clean bill of
health will be allowed to proceed.
Jf found otherwise he will be sub
ject to five days quarantine a»
heretofore.
Washington, Feb. 22. — John
R«ed', the American writer, testify
ing before the senate committee in
vestigatng the Bolshevik propagan
da said that he believed there
should be a revolution in the Unit
ed States.
He declared that Bolshevism wag
a good thing stating that it had
beer> a blessing to Russia.
EXTRACTION OP METAL BY
MAGNET SAVES SIGHT OP
MANY WOUNDEDi MEN
i New York, Feb. 22.—Eye trouble
! in the American armjr abroad ha«
not increased, but on the contrary
is below the average, Lieut. Col.
Allen Greenwood of Boston, senior
consulting oculist with the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, paid upon
his arrival here on the steamship
Rochambeau.
"Alany men's sight hap been sav
by magnetg In extracting metals
from the eye," Colonel Greenwood
said. "We hava 70 workers at Part
making glasses for the soldiers. At
Savenay 'we have a hospital, which
is also a school, and a New York
teacher named Baker, who I under
stand has been blind since he was
6 years old, waa brought to Fiance
aui with other teacher? bag been
d-oin» wonderful work.'^
MENWU15
! OUT OF DANGER
Paris, Feb. 22.—Uremier Clem
enceau'« condition today shows him
to be somewhat fatigued, but his
condition generally is reported by
his phyBiciang to be quite satisfac
tory.
Yesterday when the Premier ap
peared to be suffering intense pain
from his wounds, his physicians de
cided to quiet him by hypodermic
Injections of morphine. When the
woundtd man was advised of his
physicians' Intentions, he laughingly
told them that they must b« in
the employ of the Bolshevik.
AFE BROWN BACK AFTER
LONG TDEE IX WILDS
Affl Brown, who hag been absent
for seventeen months on. a pros
pecting and trapping exDedition on
tlie Macsenzize watershed, hag ar
rived in the city. He wag on the
ml'die Hart river. He left here
seventeen months ago with a Party
of three. One of the partners is
st'l! up th« Klondike. Brown will
fto uo in a few dayg to meet his
I partner, and both soon will return
to the w.vj. air. Brown formerly
hag charse of the stock for the U
nited1 States government on tli© Al
aska-YuKon boundary survey. He
I did not know of the Sophia disas
ter or of the war being over until
four days ago, when he met a man
st the first roadhouse up the
river. Mr. Brown hag many friends
In »hl" district, and are glad to
know he got back safely after his
long absence, and that he is in the
best of health,.—Dawson News.
mil SEMll PROVINCES
SEE1HK 111 Clt Ml
Berlin, Feb. 22.—Virtually civil
wa- broke out in Munich this morn
ing when an army of more than ten
thouand workers massed in the cen
ter of the city and began their dem
onstration. The revolutionists be
yan shooting in all directions to in
timidate the citzens and when the
military authorities were called up
on by the civic authorities, the
former declined to take ajiy action.
The ultra-radicais appear to be
In control.
Th.» Spartacans hare called a
general strike, and th© orders have
been quite generally obeyed. As a
result of the strike, all the indus
tries are tier up.
Par's, Feb. 22.—A despatch re
ceived here from Zurich today states
that a communist revolution, lead
by. German and Russian Bolshevists
is In progresfl In Budapest. ,
Copenhagen, Feb. 22.—Acconilni
to reports received in this citjr to
dav tne civil war broke out It
Munich at 2 p. m. yesterday. Th<
seports state that the rebels ar<
etill in control and they contlnui
tq destroy much property
Munich, Feb. 22.—Following thi
assassination of Premier Eisner earf
ier in thg day, Bavarian Ministei
of the Interior Auer, was 6hot &nc
killed while addressing the Landtag
Upon the assassination of Prem
ier Eisner in a fusiiade of shots De
puty Osel was killed while two oth'
er officials were dangerously wound
ed.
Berne, Feb. 22. — With Eisner
Auer and Deputy Osel, ail thre<
dead as the result of assassins' bul
lets, friends of the murdered met
ar * taking into their hands the du
ty to aveng© the deathB.
DRJARY WALKER
PASSES AWAY
Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 22..—Dr,
Mary Walker died here today after j
•'in illnesg of short duration.
Dr. Mary; Walker was a noted fig-1
ure in the United States and was
the first advocate of women wear
ing masculine clothing.
iSlie was a well known figure in
Washington, D. C-, where she'
put In a great deal of time watch
ing and urgtpg leisiation In con
sres relative to philanthropic
ideals. . g j
EIGHT DIE IX AUSTRIAN OTY
IX)LLO\Vl\G DEMO.VSTRATIO.V
London, — German residents of
Marburg, Styrla, Austria, made a
demonstration in the streets of
that 'own recently in honor of the
arrival there by airship of an A
meriean mission headed by Colonel
Miles, According to an Exchange
Telepranh dispatch from Vienna the
action of the Germans aroused Mad
jester, the Jugo-Sla.v commander
who ordered the people to disperse.
When hia order was not obeyed, the
d'spatch adda, he command'ed his
troops to fire, with the result that
eight persons were killed and many
Injured. j ,|i
Seattle, Feb. 22.—This city it
generally observing the anniversary
of Washington's birthday. It is th
most general in the history of the
ci'y.
A most impressive ceremony took
place early this afternoon on the
campus at the State University, at
the foot of the statue of George
Washington. Sons and Daughters ol
the American Revolution took part
In the patriotic demonstration whict
wag witnessed by a vast concourse
of people. ja. .
COURTNEY AGAIN' TO OOACH
CORNELL UNIVERSITY" CREW
Itha, N. Y.—Charles E. Courtney,
who because of failing health re
tire'1 as hea<l of tho Cornell crew in
1916, hag reaccepted that position
it wis announced here. Hg will be
assisted next season by John Collyer
assistant ooach last year, and
Johu Hoyle, boat builder.
Air. Courtney, who is 69 years o<
aee, had completed 33 yeaars of ac*
live coaching at Cornell, when h€
announced his retirement. Since
the* Hi- has acted in an advishoy ca
paclty. W 9 |lf|TH
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