No. 80 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1919 PRICE 10 CENTS
Paris, May. 15.—In a note which (
Von Brockdorff Itantzau of |
Ior>vardedi to the Alli^p to- J
day, he stated that the Ger
ms a pea<v delegute^i would oi>poa>
the signing of th&t article of the,
l>*ace treaty providing €or the trial
•of «he former German kaiser, Wil-)
AFTER JUNE IS
Washington. May 15.—The AVar|
D^oi'rtment announced, today that
the wives and moth erg of Ameri
can soldiers who are now in Burope
may join them after June 15. pro
vide they a^jree to remain in Hn
roae not leas than six mouths.
N. 111 iO
BE OK COUNCIL
Wshington, May 16.—Raymond!
the prominent New York lawyer villi
be the Americaa representative on
»he council of the League of Na
tion? when the league is oryanizetii I
10 IKE REPORT |
ON CONDillONS
Vieniia, May 15.—Phillip C. i
Brown of the American embassy'
here has gone to Paris to make a
repf. t to the American peace dele
gation on the situatioji ia Hungary.
.
v. AX" KD—WASHING to do notify
Mrs. Me Williams at Baker's ranch.
liam HahenzallOiffl.
Tha notrg states that Germany
will accept the other portion^ of
'he articJej pertaining to th.<» Ger
mau responsibility for the
tha extent of agreeing that repara
tion is nec-.'ssarj" but- ilenyng tho
individual responsibility of the var
ious governmental htflys.
BIG SHE TIES .j
UP WINNIPEG
Vv inning, May 15.—A gen
eral striko was set in motion a> 11
o'clock th,is morning and :is a result
more than 27,uO men ape out.
The action of the union# has
broughr about almost cotit
olete commercial parlysis throughoi 0
tt»e city.
The strike v a« culled in symjKt
thy to one whicih wag a.ni action re
sulting from a demand of the amal
gamated metal tradtB fbr higher
pay and shorter hours.
GERM TRUCKS
SENT 101). 5.
Coblenz, May 15.—Twenty Ger
man army trucks of varlo>u$ types
were shipped. roceaitly frojn. Coblenz
to «!><» war department in AVasliing
ton for observation by mechanics of
the motor transpc>rtati«ui ecu-vic© of
the army. The ti-uckg were select
ed fr.-.m a lot of 1250 turned over
to the American Army of occupa
tion by the Germans, in accordance
with the armistice.
None of the trucks sent to the
United States have rubber tires,
the Germans being- compelled to
use various substitutes because of
th» shortage of rubber goods. The
tires on most of the trucks are of
pteol on a wooden foundation, the
•wheels an,] spokes also lfing of
wocd. j,
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Yesterday Has Passed
Into History
And We Have Put The Loan Over
Now is the time to open an account and begin
to save for the future payments. If you paid
in full begin to save to buy some more fiom
those who may have to sell them later.
Now that you have the habit of saving keep
it up.
I BANK OF ALASKA J
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS '
Friction top cans 40c each
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 61-2 cents a pounds
P. H. GANTY
FOCH PREPARED 10 STRIKE
BLOW JF HUNS REFUSE
Paris, May 15.—General Foci,
according to advice receive^ hers
thi«s afternoon has arrived on the
Rhine river Trout ajid, ip making ar
rangements to t;,Jto immediate mili
tary ac'ion the moment th^ Ger
man peace enroyg refu$0 to attach
their sifittWuires to 'h^ peace trea
ty
Tlie Council of Four ha$ ourtly
refused to consider the German
proposal respecting1 labor . legisJa
tion; I
Three of the four eommunloMloiia
which have be«a submitted by the
enemy delegate^ have beea tujuied'
down.
Tha Council of Four today dls
euascd the mlltary tor ma of the Aus
trian treaty. It is understood that,
these will be similar to thos® em~|
braced in the Gerimau treaty, and1)
Include the prohibition of congcrip-l
tou. |
HUN SEEK WITHDRAWAL OF ECO
NOMIC RESTRICTION OF TREATY
Berlin, May 16.—Germany is am
longer a grain state and can feed
no more tlmui forty million people,
Foreign Minister Von BrodcdorfC
pantzau points out in one of his
notes 'o Prime Ministre Clemeneeau
France. Continuing the German
Foreign Minister sayg that the ec
ouomic terms of the I>o<ic0 treaty!
with their restrictions to German
trade and other factors involved
therein, niean^ that manjr milliona
of ocoule in Germawy will periah all
the more quickly as thg nation's
health is alreadiy broken, by the con- •
tinued blookade.
WOIENOFHABEM
TURNED LOOSE
II DISTRESS
«
New York, May 15.—Dispatches
from Constantinople received today
liv the American cammitee for Ar
menian and Syrian, relief reported
that the problem. presented by the
release of thousands of Christian
women and children from Turkish
harems In Asia Minor ip constantly
growing. Many have been given
■Shelter by the relief workers, but
there remains a large number wan
dering about the country destitute,
soms of theju crazed from hunger
and exposure,.
Telegram^ have bean recehed in
Constantinople from Gregorian,
bishops, pastors amd leading busi
ness mon la various sections of
Asia Minor appealing for help for
these women and childroe.r The
Turks, the message said, were cast
ing p,dri£t the Armenian girls they
had taken into their homes and
orphanages for the purpose of bring
Ins them up oh Moslems, believing
that by thus Betting them free they
thcmselv© might l>e able to escape
punishment.
The relief workers, thg message
added had diesp&tched a special
train of supplies and. had set aside
a special ai>(prop,riat|on to meet the
emergency.
RECORD PRICKS PAH)1
AT AUCTION FI R SALE
St. Loui$, May 15.—Prices, paid,
to be unparalleled, in the history of
the fur trade, were recorded today
at th» spring auction of the Inter
national fur exchange.
Sales at the morning session to
talled $500,000. Advances of 80
BT cent for fisher, pelts were an
nounced, 1,400 being1 csoldl for a to
tal of ? 137,500.
Other pales included 265,000
squirrels, gray Siberian, $200,000;
•a^pd 171 marmots from, eastern Ap
ia, $170,000.
"RILL" TO BE TRIED AS
"INSTIGATOR" OF CRIMES
London, May 15.—The Evening
Standard claims that it has the high
est authority £or asserting that
William Hohemzolleim wi.ll be pros
ecuted and trried not a3 originator
of the war, but 03 one of the in
stigators of crimes as provided In
the report of the commission on war
respnosbility.^
SKA6WAYSECOND
. ON LOAN
UST
The Victory Loan activities
ceased in Skagway last Saturday
night, .iu4 when the final accoujuL- j
ing was made by th^ Bank of Alas-j
ka yesterday, there having bo*n
several substantial subscriptions re-'
eeived through the mails &nee Sat-1
urday the figures totaled up to,
$35,450.
Skagway'a quota was $19,800,'
and by mathematical calculation it j
will be found that its quota has be<e
over subscribed a trifle oyer 76
per cent, |
Ha In eg jo lined with Skagway in,
the drive for Victory, °nd it was
a substantial assistant in attaining
this uiaginit'iconli showing.
Anchorage wag given an. allott
ment. of $04,150 -and the last fig1-'
ures obtainable show that pli^ went
over the top for alxnit $50,000. Al-I
lowing for pom,9 additional subacrip-l
tions to this amount, will place her
ft the top of the list, and immediate,
ly following In the honor roll will
come '141 'ol SJkagway.
The Du Pont powder company aub
scribed $10,000 and the Standard
Oil company kicked in, witty $2,000,
and these two amounts went
to th credit of the wihole territory.
Eagle was not apportioned a quo-'
ta, but su.b3criptioj>$ amounting' to
$22,000 were received from that
camp.
! HCCEPI
LABOR CLAUSE!
Paris, May 15.—Premier Clemf<
caau, In replying for the Allies to
•'.ho German note asking' for a read
justment of the labor Beotion of the
peace treaty, indicated, that tho
article must bg accepted ap drafted, i
Pa;, is, May 15.—The (salary of Sir
Eric Drummond, secretary of the
laa,uc of nations, is to be $25,000 a
year, with a similar amount for th©
clerical staff, aeoordtag to the rep
resentative of Reuters, Ltd., in Pa
ris.
The steamship Admiral Evans of
the Pacific Steamship company
due to stop in at this port on, tha
17th of the month On her "way to
tho westward. Shg will also call
at Sitta,
TERMS AUSTRIAN PEACE TREATY
READY BY HI WEDNESOA
Paris, May 15.—It was announced
:hts morning that th.e> Austrian
seaco treaty would be ready for
iellvery to th«> delegates of that
:iatlQn not later than next Weducs
iay.
Among other stipulations r«
ative to the military dei>artment
of Austria ig on.9 requiring the <5
jnantl^mejit of the gre&t &
d works.
Paris May 15.—Ileade*i byi Ctu
cellor ftertner, th.9 Austrian d«lei
tioji arrived at SSt Qsrffiaia
Laye at ate o'clock laat gyanlng.
Chicago, May; 15.—Harbingera ofl
the soft driuJc flood that la expect-.
to follow prohibition aeit July
ire now i» evldanoe ia thi^ city.
Many saloonkeepers ara preparing1
:o open aoift dfrink bar rooms.
William G. Legner, president of
he Chicago Brewers aasociatio I
saiii brew&nig stopped here May 1st
md all government .regulations were
being complied with. Mr. Legner;
said May 1st the manufacture of
near beer wag taken up.
Already the Chicago Federa- \
tlon of Labor has been notified of
X soft drink clerk's union now form- J
ng.
MESSAGE WILL
BE
Paris, May 16.—President Wil
son has advised the cable compan
ies operating to France that his
message to the forthcoming special
session of the Unitedi States oongress
will not be more than a few hundred
words.
SENATOR BRIT! PAYS
VISIT TO SKAOWAY
William Britt of Juneau, propri
etor of Brttt's Pharmacy of this
cify, Arrived up on the Estabeth
and is on duty during tho illness of
Mr., Frank Feero. Mr. Britt will
remain until Mr. Feero is able to
again be at his post of duty which
should be within a few days, a# he
is reported to be on thg rapidi ivjad
to complete recovery. *
ENGLISH WOU
BUILDS MM
London, May 15.—America's w
service is th,e stirring the:
of .1 picture ju,st completed by o
of this country'a formost women, i
tists, Miss. Margaret Lindaey W
liams, it ia to be shown at t
Royal Academy.
"Au Empire's Tribute to t
Fla* of Stars," ig th$ title of t
oicture. Britannia i3 depicted/ w
the laurels of honor and yict<
clinging to her shield and her blc
stained sword lai<i down, kneeli
on the eagle of militarism wh1
lies dead, slain by many powe
Shg is kissing the flag of stars, t
symbol of aspiration, which is 1
ing held by a winged and' ol:
crowned figure of peace, which, I
just alighted on the world1.
Miss Williamg ag a pupil Of S
sent won thQ Royal academ
gold medal..
MEM
SII OK BE1G
Paris, May 15.—It was annouw
today that according to adricg
celved at the American head<juart
hero that American troops will :
participate ia any offensive agai
Pefrograd.
A recent report which has be
received here states that French t
British war ships arg mobilizing
Ileislngfors preparatory to Bt#
ing for Petrograd. The rejv
seyg that Finnish liorccs. are ne
ins the former Russian capital.
The fish are biting in Ijake D*
cy. Last Sunday miany goorf, cat'
es were madio by Skagway fishers
Ridiculous Shoe Prices
A big line of
Oxfords and High Shoes for
Ladies
We have placed on our
Bargain Tables
Oxfords At - $1.50
High Shoes At - $2.00
There are Blacks, Whites, Tans
and Patent Leather Shoes in good
styles and large range of sizes
You will have to come quick as they® will not lait
long at these prices
JAMES KENNEDY