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No. 44 TWENTY SECOND YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, APRIL 1. 1919 PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington. April 1—According
to semi official information which
has Jua' reach«tl the Department of
dtate 'oday, Jafpanese inter; ssts ^ro
making a determined! effort to ex
oioit the Fhillippina Islands.
The information rornsj fiom Man
ila, and atatcs that during the past
few months there has been a great
influx of Japanese immigrants in
to the i si a ml of Miodftmo and
other iMstricts.
Tne movement of the Japs foaa
assumed extensive Proportions,
and the situation is rapidly ap
proaching a critical stage.
aacrajnento, April 1—S»-inator
Phelan, In an address white he
m.*de l° 'he members of the state
lecis'iature last night, lilceuecj the
Japanese to fihie Geruuuis of tho
Orient, and Tvarffledj that it was time
*o oegin amd put the Japanese right
in California against an attempt
at Japanlzing the United States.
3TAIE DEPI. 10 KNOW ABOUT
JAPS HOLDINGS IN LOWED OIL.
Washington, April 1—The l1e"
part men t of St^-tf today asfcej; tl*e
American embassy at Mexico city
for full report on Che alleged
.Mexican concessions of laud? in
terets. It is believed that this
information is desired by the Amer
lean peace delfuj-Uts *'t l a* is, and
has a bearing on the dema.ij.Us
made by Japuui that tlwa constitu
tion of the League of Nations
provide for aa equality of property
rights and citizenship to the
people of all nations within the
league.
PEACE ENVOYS j
POIIERJIOIIG
I "
Paris, April 1—Tin? work of the
p**ce couferenoe tat dragging alow-!
Jy along. There seems to be a'
wide <HCte*e»ce ot opinion as'
'o many i»oiuts and thf' French plan
or reparation is causing dt.Jay.
Ibe Question of the <iaman.(ls of
the French for military safety to
that nation &galn3t Germany along
the Ralne is also proving a knotty
question, ami the Allied delegate
are trvc® biard to untangle It.
R. Hylaad of Telegraph Orn-k,
returned on the Mary from a trip
*o the states. Mr. Hylamd let t
oa this morning's train for Carcro. s
and >*111 continue on to his home
la the Atlin district.
DEBBS DENIED
A REHEARING
Washington, April 1—The LTiU
ted Status Suiprome Court tod&y
ileuied the application for a. rehear
ing of Eugtiue V. I>eUs, the liotul
laboiite and1 socialist, who lias been,
under a prison sentence, having
been found guilty of the charges
brought against him in the state
of illinos.
E. Y. Itaofcfctt, E. K. Ellingsen,
T. M'igrli and T. It. Mitten, four
passengers of the Princess Mary
while booked through to Skagway,
rfre destined for Haines, and will
leave this porf for the mission City
at th..- first aapportunity which will
probably bo the Estebeth tomorrow.
After the Party
You go home to find it burned together with the
insurence policy and the Liberty Bond etc:
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."
SANK OF ALASKA
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
Mil Will BE BIUED
!I I EIIEIl lit FLEET
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Seattle, April 1—The house naval
commit'ee, consisting of seven mem
bers, Congressman William J. Btovb
ijig, chairman, today visited' the
government navy yards at' Brem
erton.
As chairman of the committer,
Congressman Browming promised
tha- the Bremerton yardg would be
exuauded to nearly twice its Pr-B
ent capacity po as to keep the gre^t
1e«' of U. S. batSJle phips which will
be assigned to the Pacific coast1
ready ifor instant action.
Ile promised especially to pro
Tide for increased) protection ol
Alaska r>afore he. wltfe the balam.ee
of his committee palled from this
port on their tour of inspection of
Alaska ports wth the intention of
making a through examination of
t.he Boring river and Matamaka coa
fields with a view of establishing
a naval ooaliiig base at Borne point
In Southwestern AJ.ap.ka.
Mr. Browning stated, that the na
val ileet is to be equaflly! divided) be
tween the Pacific andl Atlantic
coasts, and that the United States
must keep the fleet prepared and
read" for action at all times.
WAS CRAZY AT IE OF KILLING
BUI IS PERFECTLY SANE TODAY
Miss Ruth Garrison, charged with
the inurder of Mrs- Grace K- Storre
tjy serving poisoned fruit cocktail
to the woman at a dinner to which
she lied incited her victim, this
afternoon pleaded) not, giuilty in
Judge Tall man'a court. The charge
against Mlsp Garrison is murder in
the Irs? dlegree
I The formal pica which was filed
[in oart reads:- Not guilty by rea
! son of intantal irresponsibility at
j the lime the erim» wap comm'ted
j and charged tiat the defendant hae
| become mentally responsible! between
the tme fihe commtted the crme ad
'■ the time of her trial." The plaa
' also charges that p4>e is within four
I months of motherhood.
That death loves a shining mark 1
was never more truthfully stated]
than wljeii, iu yesterday's edition
of the Daily Alaskan, the death of
William Hunting, the nault of
pneumonia, following jvu attank of
intlueuzq, wxuj briefly announced.
Coming to Alaska from Chicago
in 191U, "Bill" Bunting entered
the employ of the White Pass and
Yukon route iu this city, and whilo
faith!ally performing his duties "a
a skilled mechanic, he at the same
time oegan the making of friend
ship.' which simtfy meant all
those oersons with whom he became
acquainted. In passing out of
this life, there iB no man who can
say that "Bill" ever did him a
meau trick, and there are liosrta
who can gay lie Wa3 a friend—a
man.
William Bunting leavtep a wire- 10
miHiru bi^ loss, but she can take
Bolaco lu this beautiful thought that
all those who kjuew? her h.usb&n4 ape
sorrowing with her in her great
bereavement, and, there is no grat
er sympathy than this- This wife
who now site in sorrow wag takwk
in wedlock by the deceased on Dec
ember 20, 1914 at Vancouver,
"Wash., audi siu-co , that time, there
hps not be&n a day's breach in their
constant oamtponionship.
William. Bunting was a young ma
—born May 2, 1880 in London,
England. His father, John Bunt
ing Sr. lives with three sons, Fred',
John, jr., and Bob in Winnepeg,
Ma&atoba.
David Bunting, a brother of the
deceased was killed in th© Battle
or the Somme, while a member of
the Canadian Mounted Riles.
The funeral pervlcep will be held
from the Skagway Undertaking
company's chapel at two o'clock
, Thursday afternoon, and' will of
i necessity, on account of the health
regulations, he strictly private.
The body will be laid to rest in the
Skaeway oemetary. *
William Bunting has been a
member of Skagway's common coun
cil for two terms, and as such has
always bern a faithful attendant
at all meetings, and performed the
trust Imposed upon him by his fel
low citizens in the samel caipful man
ner as he did) all the acts of his
da'ly life.
William Bunting was an earnest
Mason in all that the worcK implies,
lie was a member of Melrose Lodge
No. 145, of Melrose, Minnesota; a
Companion in Auborn Part Chap
ter No. 201 Royal Arch Masons, la
Chicago; a member of the Valley of
Chicago Consistory q£ thg Northern
Jurisdiction of the Scottlfihi Bite
Masons arid tbe Medlnaib. Temple of
the Ancient and Honorable Nobles
or the Myptio Shrine of Chicago.
Mr. limiting was also *. xnennljer
o' ? tag way Aerie No. 25 Frater
nal Order of Eagles, and took *n
active Interest in all of its affair#
The services at tti« gr&ire will be
masonic aiuL will be cond'Hctcd by
members of White Pflafl Lodig® No.
113, P. and A. 41.
Among the passengers on the
Princess Mary arriving .here were
two returning: soldiers from the
Interior of Alaska. George Kok
ran of Taoiana, who enlisted at Fort
Gitlwn and' went out on the trans
port vis St. Michael ,and F.
C. Rowan,who leXt here liasit fall and
Joined up at Ca,m.p Clackamas Ore.,
Neither of these man reached
France, the former getting &g far
as Camp Gr«ait when the armistice
was signed, ajid the latter served) «•
the SiBkyou tunnel on the line
between Oregon and California.
Kokran was born In Alaska, near
Holy Cross, and lireij bis whole
life on th/e Yutam.
Rowan hag' prospected) all ov
er Alaska, and is going back to the
a?me work. His faith In Alaak*.
Is unlimited.
The Petereburjf Packing company
has secured clear title to all the
property, of the defunct Pacific
Coast and Norway Packing] company
and steps will be taken at once to
Improve the property. All the
houses belonging to the company
will bo put in good phape and the
mercantile business of the company
will also be enlarged by new: llaes.
A boat with a speed of 14 toot#
h»s been purchased by the oompaay
to be used in passenger service be
tween Petersburg aud Washington
Bay
The Pass, Man.., April 1 — A
Royal Northwest Mounted* M'c® °f~
ficer, Sergeant Thompson, arrived
i here today after "mushing" 1,100
I miles over a snowy trail with an In
sane Indian lashed to hla doe aled.
Thompson's dogs, weak from lack of
food, tvere barely able to dnag their
load Into town.
1 honwson, brought the India®
from Trout IiaJke near Budson'd bay
Part or thle trip was made through »
blttzard, ^ to-ia
Paris, Tuesday—President Wil
son and Premier Lloyd) GeOr®3
held a (private pottferenca at the
former's residence escfcendttag; orer an
liour.
Prior to this conference "ai-th
President Wilson, Pr©mi r Lloyd
Qeorge attended a meeting of the
supreme council which tcok place
eaily In the afternoon.
No information wag give® out s#
to the nature of these secret ses
sions, but ouq of t,U© Pa-ri3 papers
8«iy-s htat it has been agreed that
Germany must pay a total indemni
ty to the Allies of two hundhsd
billion francs. I
BUT ENLISTING
FOR OVERSEAS
W«ahlagton, April 1—The W*r
Department report^ that they hare
received a retry gratifying number
o* responses from a]l pao-ts of the
nation to the call for fifty thousand,
men to volunteer for overseas ser
vice.
JEMIEREO
EAR AND WIDE
London, Tuesday—Oscar Strain,
the noted New Yonlcer, aageited to
day that the Jews, now pattered
all aver the world wouldi merer re
turn to Palestine In great numbers.
London, April 1—Foreign Minis
ter Bela Run, In a wired ess des
patch from Budapest today declares
that within three days all the 1 aiula
lu Hungary will be nationalized!
and all dlebts an nulled.
Mr?. E. Tallmire of Atlin, re
turned on the Princess Sunday from
a several months sojourn in the
states.
WILSON WILL
SPEED 1 OP
■ I
Pfrfs, Tuesday—President !WU
aon earned tlie ne&ce delegates la
I attendance at the peace con
gress a' this morning's pasaioa that
the time wa&s at hand to begin
flhowin,,- results of their delibera
tions.
i. Li/j adsdreep to the peace en
voys he was not inclined to BhlrlC
his icenonBibiliUes for the delays,
butz t.aimed that one country iw&s
as much to blame as another, but
h« let It be clearly understood
that ihtne should be leeg discuspioa
from thig time forward at all Pen
sions.
wintTi
MEAl PRICES 6E?
Washington, April 1—President
Wilsou issued a wrojlamation from
Paris 'odiiy releasing all the meat
dealers and meat packers from
I irthe; control of the. federal food
idm'aHtratlon.
Washington, April 1—Naval Yeo
women hereafter .must wear either
their regulation uniform or com
rvlete civilian outfits. An order
mad* public today forbid® mixing.
Sonne oC thie hundreds o£ youmg wo
men at the Navy department offi
cially known as "yeomen "(F)
h!n'e been brightening up their
rrlain garb with colored fillk stoclt
liica, a bit of hat trimming and the
like.
Most joyfully we welcome you backl
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!
fjJVT J Military training has certainly worked
ww /fO S wonders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
M, C/W.J smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
T *t O be made expressly for you by Ed. V.
IQllOTi Price & Co.
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.
JAMES KENNEDY