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No. 302 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1917
CLEARING HOUSE IB BACK ALL
BANKS AGAE BASH SHORTAGE
Sea'He. Feb. 1—The Seattle Clear
bouse announced this morning
befc re *he hour for opening the
banks of the city 'hat it will stand
behlud every bajifc that is open for
business in. Seattle today."
Seattle, Feb. 1—The guarantee
made by the Seattle Clearing Houst
to stand behind all batiks during
the unsettled period which now ex
ists in this tity has had the effect
of practically stopping the furthei
withdrawal of deposits from the
banks, and the tuus experienced by
ail banks save the Scandinavian Am
erican. have practically been stop
ped, and the run on that bank to
day has not been nearly so heavy
as yesterday.
New York, Feb. 1—Th.e opeaiin
prices ou the stock market this
morning showed l;is losses which
ranged from 1 1-4 to 13 points,
owing to the declaration of German
government of its intention of pur
suing a policy of unrestricted war
fare ou the seas.
The effec* of the declaration
made by Germany of immediately
instituting a sea blockade has been
felt iu every port ou the Atlantic
coast.
Many ships which, were loaded,
ready »o depart for Kuropean ports,
have postponed their Bailing {late3
indefinitely, and the work of load
ing manv ships has been stepped.
Owing to the fact that the water
service has frozen up, from this dat
until the weather moderates the
Skagway Steam Laundry will be
ahu' down. l-31-2t.
This means that no matter how
heavy tl)* rua may be on the banks
of this city not another one will be
forced to close on account of lack
of funds to j>ay off depsitors on de
mand.
Spokane Feb. 1—The once thriv
; ing Chinatown of Spokane, Wash
j *ngton, will z>ass completely out of
ex is emce inside of *>ve years be—
'cause of the exclusion of Chinese
J from this country, according to the
, Sookana Chronicle. Its population
j h:vs been reduced from 300 to 200
I in the last two years ajid no young
j men are being added.
"All the old ones are dying or go
ing back to the old country and no
youce m«n are coming to take their
places," says Ty Gee, recognized for
many years as "mayor" of China
town. "I am getting old and will
go back to China tbis year if I can.
.Many will follow me if they live. W
never have celebrations any more—
no big feast days."
The old man sat in the rear of a
dintfy store almost shedding tears
for the glad days when Trent alley,
Chinatown's main street, bustled
witb activity and pool balls and
■shops were crowded with happy cel
estials. f
I
I BOREAS STILL HOLDS LINE
Owii'<j to the terrific blizzard
| which is still raging at i>onts just
beyoucl Summit, traiais were not dis
patched from this point today.
I The mercury registers low tem
mratures at Summit, Log Cabin and
Bennett, while the Wind, which is
1 sweeuing the country at a terrific
| velocity, has drifted the snow i11
I several places into bard packed
I drifts which will require hard work
j cuf out.
First Wind'Gauge.
An instrument for measuring the
force of the wind was first contrived
in I'-'
SAT. FEBRUARY 3rd
At 9 O'clock p.m.
Our Gigantic Gearance
Sale Will Come to a Gose
REMEMBER—Until 9 o'clock Saturday
night only our Tremendous Clear
ance Sale Prices will prevail.
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Washington, Feb. 1—Shortly af
ter Secretary of State Landing had
receiv •"" the note from German Am
bassador Bernatorff, ha called upon
President Wilson, and laid the note
before him.
The President phoyed how seri
ous he deemed the contents of the
no*e by the manner in which he
read the communication, going over
it again and again.
Until after elevtn o'clock Presi
dent Wilson remained in hia study,
Kiving the note from Germany con
sideration from every angle. During
his meditation he Bfl-w no person,
but called up a number on the tele
Dhone. He retired after midnight
land raose this morning at six
I o'clock. 1'
Washington, Feb. 1—The Berries
of the Kaiser's note on the United
States makes the situation, extreme
ly grave.
Today President Wilson and hifl
csibine* officers held a long confer
ence.
! Just what it will be has not as
| yet been given out, but it is known
tha* the United State? government Ifi
formulating some definite plam. of
action. It is not at all unlikely
that a complete eeverence of tho
diplomatic relations between the
United States and Germany will bo
tfco -reply to 'he note.
Wushlngton, Feb.. 1—While the
severance of the diplomatic) rela
tions between the United States and
Germany la regarded as almost in
evitable, an. ultimatum or warning
to the Berlin government may pre
ceed fhis action, is the view taken
wldly by the officials in government
Quarters today.
The United States cannot let the
situation stand unchallenged iu
the opinion of almost all the di
plomats, and in case the German
government falls to heed such a
warning asi may be sent out by this
government, waT will be Inevitable.
President Wilson has given no
intimation of the trend of his
thought* since he expressed incredu
lous amazement last night over Ger
many's note when it was presented J
to him by Secretary Lansing.
London, Feb. 1—Walter Hume,
who for many years was secretary
of tlie colonies for tbe British Em
pire, iu a speech which. he made
last night said in part: "We have
acquired v^ossession. of the differ
ent German colonies in various
liarts of the world as a consequence
of this war, and let no man think;
that th'a territory, acquired at the
ccaf c' the i>lood of Englishmen will
ever re'urn to Germany's rule.
"In the peace proposals of Ger
many's Emperor, in which it was of
fered to Tetire from all territory
acquired by; force of arms, he had
in miL'J the restoration of these
colonies, but England will never give
them up, nor will the ^'ar be
terminated uoon such termp or coat
for peace." '
Washington, Feb. 1—The bone
dry prohibition bill aa introduced by
Delegate James Wlckerehani in the |
House of Representatives on J>e- j
cember 19, 1916, and which was
referred to the Committee on the
Territories and ordered to ba print- j
ed a« that time, came up before the |
House this morning, haying been I
ccusidered by the Committe to
which it had been, referred and
whie'f recommended it for passage.
It is believed if the bill can be
gotten to a vote before March 4,
»ha» it will pass the House.
Under provisions contained/ In
the bill, ainy person can swear out
a search warrant for premises wher$
liqucr is believed to be, and anoth
er clause provides that there can
be no property; rights wherien alco
holic beveragep can be recognized,
such as clubs, hotels, private resi
dences. etc., and that such, places
may, upon proper w&rramt being
ewcrn out, be searched, and all
liquors found seized and the own
ers thereof punished.
The maximum penalty, provided
fcr violation of the I&wb is ?1,000
fine and one year in penitentiary.
The bill, if passed, becomes ef
fective January 1, 1918, and pro
vides for the extension of authority
to the Territorial Legislature to
pass additional laws for the pur
pose of aiding in the enforcement,
of the law throughout the terri
tory.
Provision is also made granting to)
Distric' Judges authority to gramt
licenses on. and after January; 1,
1917 t' liquor dealers pro rata
from the expiration of their pres
ent termination of license up to
the thirty-first day of December,
1917.
A hard fight is being made by
the exponents of prohibition to
force th,e bill up far passage be
fore the fourth day of March.
W H. Case and Fred Case, both
well known, in Juneau, are leaving
on the City of Seattle on their way
to the bedside of their mother, who
is quite ill in Oregon. The two
men received word yesterday and at
once made arrangemntg to go
South.—Juneau Empire.
CLAM CHOWDER-OYSTER STEW
Just tie Thing For This Cold Weather
Try our Maximum Little Neck Clams and
Preferred'Stock Eastern Oysters. Put
up in I and 2 pound tins.
P. H. GANTY
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Charleston, 8. C-, Feb. 1 — The
German Freighter J-aebanfels, which
ha3 been tied up. to a wharf here
since the beginning of the Euro
pean war began sinking this morn
! tng. ;
TRIED MURDER
IN DOUGLAS
Douglas, Jan, 27—Another trag
edy was barely averted in Douglas
laBt Bight when Chris Brown, a
Greek, formerly a resident of Doug
last but lately of Juneau, fired a
shot at William Prentiss shortly
after the latter entered Manual
Graff's store on Front Street about
9 o'clock to make a purchase. For
tunately, the shot went Wild and the
would-be murderer w«s arrested be
fore he could repeat the attempt to
kill. -
Besides Pat McGuire and an un
known man and the proprietor, Mr.
Brown wag the only other person
in the store when pTentiss entered.
Brown immediately accosted1 the
newcomer, Who told him to more on
that he did not want anything to doj
with him. Brown persisted in know
ing whr and wh$n pushed violently
aside by. Prentiss, declared lie was
going to kill him. Brown fired his
"evolver within ten feet of Pren
tiss and missed him. After a
fierce struggle, Prentiss succeeded
in getting the guai away from
Brown who fled into the street
rather the worse for the conflict
Prentiss yelled to> a man in the
etreef named Frazen to get the
marshal. Marshal Frank Bach was
on the scene within a few minutes
and had Brown in custody.
The case came up for hearing at
2 o'clcck this afternoon before U. 3.
Commissioner Henson.
Miss Y. R. Feldman, of No. 99,
John Street, New York City, Jias
asked the Secretary of the Skagway
Commercial Club, to try and locate
her Brother, Charles Feldman or
(Field) who came to Alaska some
'en years ago. Send information to
Secretary Skagway Commercial
Club. '
Marine men, here Relieve that the
ship lias been scuttled, and. when,
the aid of tugs was proffered to
•he master o£ the vessel in order
that the ship might be toyed ui> en
tlie beach, the offer was flatly re
fused.
SPOKANE SAILS
FOflJAGWAY
Seattle, FeJ>. 1 — The Pcaific
Steamship company's steamer Spo
kane sailed from this port las*
night at nin§ o'clock for Skagwuy
and way ports.
Pa&sengerg booked for Skagvay
are M. W. Nolan, J. Smith, JI. Har
rington, Peter Schneider, Winnie
Shield, Alice Webster and Mrs. C.
McCreary.
A N X O U X C E M E X T
I' is in a spirit of regret that I
take my leave of Skag"svay and its
good people whom I have had the
pleasure of associating >vith in
social and business life for the past
sevemen years and I take this
mean* of expressing to them my
sincere thanks for their generous
patronage while I was engaged in
business here.
I hav* disposed of my business to
James Kennedy, and in taking my
deDarture from Skagrvay in a busi
ness sense, I bespeak for my succes
sor a continuance of the liberal
patronage and friendly feeling that
I have enjoyed at your hands.
In disnosing of by business to
Jlr. Kennedy, I have included all
bill? outstanding, and I trust that
fhose to whom I have granted cred
it will call and Pay their bills to
him, which I will greatly appreel t.j
as a further mark of friendship.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) WILL CLAYS ON,
Xc advice could be obtained from
the Princess Sophia as to the time
of her orohable ai rival at this porf.
The last advice received by the
local agent was that she was lay
ing to in a thick blizzard, and
would proceed just as soon as she
could with safety.
WHO'S YOUR TAILOR?
DON'T WAIT TO ORDER
YOUR SPRING CLOTHES
By special arrangement with Ed. V.
Price & Co., our Chicago tailors, you
can order Spring clothes today and
accept delivery any time that suits
your convenience.
Insure lour
Getting Exclusivness
with the very pattern you want by
ordering while its here. "The Wise
Ones" are ordering this way!
JAMES KENNEDY