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No. 88 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
JONES AS A LABOR CANDIDATE
TAKES FIELD AGAINST BBIBSBlf
Juneau. May 24—J.udge Jamej
Wickersham passed thru this citj
'rom the westward enroute tc
Washington, D. C... where hg will
u resent his oantcgt for the delegate
shiu to congress from Alaska.
The political situation, in so fai
as Judge Wickereham is concerned
has not changed, as he will not be
» candidate for election at the com
iitz swcial election, claiming thai
he was elected last November and is
therefore entitled1 to hig seat. He
claims that if he made the run in
June, he would be a candidate
a gains', himsolf.
With Wickersham content tc
awajt the decision of the congress
ional committee on elections, the on
ly candidate now in the field
against Grigsbv.the Democratic nom
lu Ls L. J. Jones, who is mak
ing the race on the Labor ticket
Jones has received the endorsement
o£ th8 Ketchikan labor union, and
s
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Capm Lew is, Mav 24.—The amus
emeu. zoiie which was located in
Greene park was totailv wij>ed out
by fire at ait early h<»ur this inorQ
ias.
Great uumbers of the troops, were
rushed to th^ scene to fight the
tire, but the high, wind fahaed the
Jlatnes beyond their control, and) it
wf only a short time timtil the en
tire zone was nothing but a smould
ering mass of ruins.
TAD hiklkri/s
FAMILY
Tad Hillery rv.-eiv a oal le t<xfay
informing him that his wile and
family left Chicago this tfiorniu° on
their way to -Ska^way.
Bj; making srood cWkneotcns Uk»
fhJulrt arrive hen' l»y tile fifth of
June.
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
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 6 1-2 cents a pounds
P. H. GANTY
'claims that ho will carry most of
the preciuts n th© First Division,
1 and information received here would
Indicate that he ia apparently sup
jport by the later unions thru
; cut the territoy.
Jones is a carpenter l>v trade and
' was former principal of the
Ketch'kan public schools. He w~as
prominent as a 4 mi-mute speaker
• n* took an active part in other
patriotic matters.
No Interest la being displayed in
the forthcoming election in Juneau.
James Wic.kersham stated here
j that he would present a bill to con
gress asking- for am appropriation of
four million dollars for the Alaska
1 ra'lro*(> and that tie would also ask
'congress to provide means lor the
settlement in Alaska of returned
j Soldiers who have no financial
means ti> pay th-ir passage or liv
I iim fxpwises for the '"'rst year or
I two.
0
ILL B0LSHE1I
Washington, May 24—Represent*
tlve Johnson o£ Washington, in a
sp&ech which he mode in the House j
of Reprssontatives, yesterday af
ternoon said "Tti© Bolshevik i agita
tors should all be deported from
America. TJiis country has niade
a woeful mistake in allowing these
aliens who are dirty of bodly j
treacherous of mind to remain this
long in ths United States."
WUULD lit II
Washington. May 24.—S'Miatoisj
Heppard »nd Jones introduced a hill j
late yesterday making th© war time j
prohibition act effective July first |
and providing! for the enforcement o •
tlic same.
Seattle, May 24.—M a result of
the crashing together of two
hiu'ii powered automobiles, In which
they were returning to this city
fr -in a midnight elncktm dinner at
the Bottiell rofwlhouse, Mips Fran
cis Hayward and Louis Cook were
instantly killed and Carl E. Chll
berg, son o£ J. E.. Qlillberg. bamker,
I and Mrs. Lydia Hayward, mother <
flin dead girl are dangerously In
jured.
Cliilberg sustained concussikwii of
the brain and Mrs. Hayward* re
ceived dangerous Internal Injuries.
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Berlin, May 24.—Prof. Htuis Dcl
brueck, one of Geruiary; '3 del agates
to the j>e&oe congress at Versailles
according 10 a deapatcln received
here today charged! in aj sp.ecli
Ii0 wade in that city yesterday that
President Wilson has put him
&,>1 l compflet'dy in th© hadg ol
Premier Oleni^ncoau. of France a"d
Premier Lloyd George of Great Brit
ain.
I
Chicago,—Three magnificent wed
ding gifts recently to ord.<r
uj u Chicago jeweler uaul valued
ai many thousands of dollars have'
for their design or principal! fea- j
lore an adaptation of some angle of
tlie great out doors.
Out is a lon<£ diamond, chaiai, em
bracing twenty two larg© gems and*
scores of smaller ones, ^diminishing
iu size to the point where th© pen
dant is attached. T,hough intrin
sically it is the fluent gem.
It is a piny cone, unodorned by
£Oius, but perfectly il alible <uld in
the du'lu gold boimg a perfect rep
1 ica in metal of the con© of the
woods. Bach, Uy-er Is o£ beaten
gold, overlapping and1 tapering in
size, aud attached in puch way( that
the whole is as firmly flexilolg as'
a real cone.
Another gU't which will soonj
adorn th© throat of a Jun© brid^!
is a flexible diamond necklacg of
festoons and foliage in Louis XVI
design, jn which delicate mochnaii-1
cal work viip with the artistry ]
o' design.
Another necklac© is a (succession!
of blossoms linked! together with
festoons of diamonds and) tarmi*
natiog in a pendant of a large
blossom, of which ©ach petal is
composed of a large diamond sur
rounded by smafller gems. Th« ef
fect is exquisite.
Ornaments for th© hair are com
ing more and more into vogue, one
very stunning creation in the same
jeweler's display being a flexible
diamond bandeau with alternate
mo'ifs of (sapphires, made to wear
around the hair as a ribbon.
Rapid City, s. D., May 22.—Rev.!
Pau 3. Jojhnson, a local Pre8by-|
terinn minister, reoentlj- rejected a I
telegraphic offer of ?*6000 a year
and expanse^ from a Canadian
Chautauqua company located at
Caigary, Rev. Johnson's present
salary $1500 a year. He gave
ag his reason that h9 felt that
thera were more Possibilities for
doing good in his work here.
BRITTS PHARMACY
At Skagway
Will be moved to Juneau at once and will
Close Saturday May 24th
Until that time we will sell all
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles,
Stationery, Candies and Sundries
At 5, 10, 25 and 50 per cent off
the regular retail prices
THE TARIFFS
Washington, May 24.—The house
Rt'puolicau members have decided
on tin? passage of a new tariff bill
which will raise the present cus
toms ijutieig about one hundred per
cent.
It will be introduced during the
present session of congress
I
Washington, May 24.—To meet
the deficiency existing in the funds
for the instruction of the Alaska,
railroad, Seoretaty Lane has asked
congress to immediately appropriate
51.U64.:!51 in ord?r to carry on, the
work until June 30th.
Paris, May 19.—President; Poinaa-j
rp speaking today to the ca<iet$ ofi
the Paris Polytechnicl school, who
have Just returned to Pari? from
the front, staid:>
"The enemy laid down his arnwil
only to escape dangre. If ho at- [
tempts to forget what the generosity!
ot the Allies sparod li'm, wo have
the rijht and the means to recall
that fact to him."
Colorado Springs, C'blo., May 23
Mrs, Spencer Penrose Of Colorado I
Swings lias received the decoration J
of the Mcdfl-ille de la Iiizabeth from!
til* king and queen of Belgium in
recognition of her service for Bel
gium during the war..
Mrs. Penrose is understood toj
have taken care of an entire Bel
gian town and to have rendered]
other services.
So far as Is known only one Other]
American woman hag received thisj
honor.
Chicago, May- 22.—A bell whtch
lias run? out three times in the his
tory of the United States in celebra
tion of the coming1 of peace was pre
sented today to the Cbicaeo Histori
cal Society by St. Miatrtk'g church
of this city.
The bell wag cast lin 1861, when
fhp church wag built, aad» was made
from metal taiken from coins given
by soldiers and Confederate prison
ers at Camp Douglas.
At the close of *iie civil war it aid
ed in spreading the new# ofl peace.
I' was Used for a similar purpose at
the clos» Of the Spanish American
wax and when the armlsice was
signed in the world) war it agtiin
served to spread *he new9. I
MHI IS SIHIK
HI 1 HElVr BLOWS
j London, May 24.—The Bolshevi
st is staggering widier til© violence
of the blowa whLoh are beiiiig^ <1'.liver
ed it from nan 3olflhevitlCl forces.
With the fail of both Moacw and
Petrosrrad, innneneibt, according' t
authentic advices from Helsing
fors and Copenhagen, thousands of
Bolshevik! &oldierp who have been
lighting: jinder the red flag ifl
the Gatahina area an$ coast ratnge
west o' Petrograd re aurrendarlag
themselves up to the government «jv
are joining in the attackg on their
former comradg.
DAILY ill TO
j DIVIDE PRIZE
Loudon, May 24.—The Daily Mall
announce^ today that a prize of
fifty thousand dollars for the first
aeroplane to croeg th0 Atlantic jvill
£o tv, the heirs of Hawker
and Grieve if these aviators! «are
dead.
NOW FIGHT!
IK PETROGRAD
London, May 24.—Reports re
ceiv»'.'. here from Helslrustora ptate
that the Bolsheviki are being hard
Dressed by tke Ethonian, advance.
Fir■'•8 and explosion^ ape occurring
i;i Petrograjd and th« Bolsheviki, are
destroying their mauiiUome in, Ptet
rograd.
The report^ aiso d^are that ma
chine gun Jireing {3 going on ifl
P.ttrograd and that the population
has risen against the Bolsheviki.
Roiting and Btreet fighting is /wu
hourly ocaurrence..
Whitehorsa is celebrating in a
home like maaneai today as this la|
Victoria day in Canada. The stores
are closed and a picnic ip planned j
and children'^ sports will fill up the
tirna I
Smart, Hats For Spring
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
Hats on display that will
hold their Shape
Large line of
HARDEMEN HATS
For Spring and Summer
JAMES KENNEDY
'AUSTRIAN TERMS
| READ! BSD!
Pari?, May 24.—Th^ terinji of
the pta^e treaty which fire 60 bfif
lianded to Austria^ delegate® hare
not been completed, although It 1»
expected that the terms will be la
shape so ag to be submitted Wed^
nesday, following the plenary pas
sion o£ the peace confer ctace to be
held on Tuesday.
REVISE PUNS TO
MOVE TROOPS
Washington, May 24.—The revis
ed plana tor the return of the over
seas forces as announced by Gene
ral March today provide lor the
sailing of all the troope except
those In regular ^visions, by June
twelfth .
■Washington. May 23.—Eleven
steel companies submittf-d practical
ly identical bidg for 14,000 tons
of steel plates and shapea lor the
navy duplicating the pituatlaa which
caused the rejection of bids on the
same material submitted on April 4.
Chicago, May 23.—'Madame
Amelita M. Galli Ourci, thg qpera
singer, today filed! an amended) bill
for divorce in the superior court,
in which she refierg to Lutgi C
Curci's alledged adventure? with wo
men which "extended through 1915,
1916 and 1917."
Other instance? of misconduct on
the part of her husband were allegec
by the singer to hav® taken, place
in Chicago, Tulsa, Okla, Boston and
New York.