SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 29. 1919
Alaskan
PRICE 10 CEN'f
No. 92 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
GERMANY WHINES LIKEA WHIPfJO CHI
MYSTERIOUS MALADY CAUSES
DEATH Of SIX DAWSGI PEOPLE
(SPECIAL TO DAILY ALASKAN) ,
Dawson, May 29—John Grant.1
John William McNeill, Alphoae
Riojx, Adritune Barrett and John
Thompson died in the hospital here
today. Bight others in. hospital, j
tnree of whom are dangerously low. J
All thirteen ate dinner Thursday at
the Yukon Gold Co. Dredge camp,
ar 34 Hunlter creek. Twenty, three (
other ate at the same time. The
thirteen victims were taken ill 30
to 60 hours after eating. Thought
to be ptomaine poisoning since
only part of the crew were at
tacked. The doctors are baffled
Th» symptoms are double vision.'
diminished eye sight .swollen throat
aad strangulation. All of the1
ilii fi¥i
8IDLY0EFEATEDi
London, May 28.—Heavy d' -
feats administered to the Bolshevi
ki iu northern and southern Russia
are aiitioiuiced by the war office
today.
It is stated that two communist i
rectmentp were destroyed iu north
Russia west of Rodakona.
NO 1SSL K TOMMORRl >\V
As tomorrow is Decoration day
and a uatioual holiday, there will
be no issue of the Alaskan in order
that th»» force may take part iu1
the ceremonies in honor of our
dead heroes, x
James Wallcae agent f°r the
Admiral liue, received word today
from Ketchikan that the City of
Seattle would arrive in Skagway
tomorrow (Friday) night at 10:30.
The --Seattle has 16u. tons of freight
and 1" passengers for this port.
dead' are miners. Grant i? a brother
In law of Bob Henderson, discov
erer Of the Klondike. He leaves
a family of eight. Barrett also
leaves a large family here.
Dawson, May 2!).—William Cy
rus Lawson, assistant superintend
ent of the Yukon Gold Co. died this
morning fronii the effocts of pto
main pnisioning at the company's
tamp at 54 Hunker. This is the
sixth death from the same cause and)
a' the same camp sin,ce Saturday.
Three others tue in the hospital daiv
gerously low. Four others are do
lug well. Two newi cas-o developed
foday (a the same camp. Two
mor» died since but mimes are not
uotaiuable.
Twin Falls, Idaho—Decision to
erec' a five story building at a cost
of $300,000 was reached by the
Twin Fall Klks whifn the lodge in
structed its trustees to proceed with
the ourchase of a building sit* at
the corner of Shoshone and' Second
avenue north. A price of $36,000
will be paid for lots at this oarner.
A committee will be apjpotated
from the lodge to form a holding
corporation of this property and
ttf* trail ding campaign will be
pushed without delay. The plans,
as previously outlined', devote the
gronn l flour of the building to
stores, the second floor to club
rooms, the third floor to lodge
rro.ms and the two top floors to
sletping roms fr members and
visiting Elks. The original goal of
$200,000 bag beon raises to $300,
000 which will mean a magnificent
home for tin local Klks.
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P. H. GANTY
YUKON TREASURER'S WIFE KILLED
IN AUTO WRECK ON HUNKER CREEK
(Special to the Daily Alaskan)
Dawson, May 29.—Mrs. Monty
Maltby wife of the territor
ial secretary met death last evening
•and her little son Chart suffered a
fraettir of the pioull and1 M danger
ously ill as a result of Gold Com
missioner McKeniziie's auto jumping
a forty foot banjc and gotag into
Hunker creek, The road was slipp
ery after thg rain and the car skid
ded, then went head first down the
HIT
TO BE OBSERVED
Skagway will observe Memojitil
Hay with appropriate exercis's at
the cemetery.
The town Conncil, Public school,
all the I-K>dgee of the city, the band,
the boys in blue and the boys in
khaki will all be there. The school
children will strew flowers, sing and
recite. The band will provide ap
propriate music, the firing squad
composed of th© boys of the great
war will salute, Mr- Gene Smith will
play taps, and' the Rev. Father Gal
lant will deliver the address.
A train, on the White Past* will
carry all the people from the A. B.
Hall to and from the cemetery.
Order of ma-roh:
Marshall of thg Day—Mr. F.
J Van de Wall
Flag Bear^
Veterans of Civil War.
Veterang of Spanish American
War.
Veterans- of World; War.
Firing Squad.
Skagway Band.
Mayor Howard Ashley.
Father Edgar Gallant, Rev.
E. L. Wintorberger.
1C Flower Girls.
1C Flag Roys.
Skagway Public School.
Fraternal Lodges.
Citizens of Skagway.
White Pass train 1 eaves A. B.
H^ll on Broadway at 2:00 p. m.
Free transportaion for all. Ev
erybody ougiht to go.
Program at cemetery:
March—Skagway Bamd.
' America"—Skagway Pub
lic School.
Prayer—Rev. E. L. Wlnterber
ger.
Flag Salute—Skagway Public
School.
Selection—Skagway nana
Address—Father Edgar Gal
lant, introduced by Mayor Ashley.
Soug—Skagway Public School,
salute—Firing Squad.
Tapa—Mr. Gen$ Smith.
March—Skagway Band. '
Decorations of graryee under
direction of following floral commit
tee: Mesd&mefl Rasmuson, G. H.
Miller, Conway, Bledsoe, Clark.
Chicago, Thursday—Jack Pemp
sey chauiffered himasli toward hia
great chance today. Clad in typi
cal ring style, soft collar turned UP>
cap turned down and trousers loose
ly bolted—Jack was at the wheel o*
the big car started1 for T^l^do early
today, carrying him to meet Jees
Willard, July 4. With him waa
Manager Jack Keams and the nu
cleus of his entourage.
The party expected to reach To
ledo early today, the might's stop
ping place being undetermined.
' We have a bungalow1 picked
uot," Kearns said. "Near that
we will build a little arena for
training quarters. Just now there
Is no set training plan. Jack's in
good shape and won't hove to de
vise any special stunts. We Will
hav« to get ft couple of good big
men to help him."
Dempsfy, literally; in the pink,
being badly sunburned, weighed
195 pounds.
hill. Mr. McKenzie, who was driv
ing wag rendered1 unconscious in
the descent, but the cold waters of
the creek revived him. Those in
tha cftr besides McKeuzi0 andl Mr?.
Mai toy and son, were Mrs. McKen
zie, Mr. Malfcby and hig three oth
er children, all oi whom escaped in
jury. The Gold Commissioner is
BlJih'ly injured on the scalp, hut
th« hurt i$ noot serious and he will
he ou». again in a few days. •'
SOVIE! OUSTED
IN PEIRUGBAD
London, May 28.—According' to
reports received here, Petrograd is
| In tbe hands of Chinese Lett and
Finnish Reds who are sai£« to have
! mastered the Soviet authorities af
! ter heavy street fighting.
Workmen are reported to be
patrolling the workman'g district
' to prevent the Chinese from piliag
ing.
i The Bojpheviki have placarded
thp city threatening to execute the
! Bourgeoise class il, they are forced
] to leave the former capitol.
I Under hte Fish Iiatch. riea Act
passed by the last session of the
Legislature, A. J. Adams of Cordova
I Hugh Dogherty of Seward, John
R. Jieegle of Ketchikan and Charles
D. Garfield of Juneau have been
appointed to act as territorial fish
Commissioners, by Gov Thomas
Riggs Jr., with tie advice of Sen
ators John Ronan and J. R. Heck
man and Representatives John Noon
and 1. So wet-by, tine committee pro
vided for in the bill creating the
■commission.
Governor Riggs, chairman of the
Board of Fish commissioners
called a mooting of the Boardt at
Juneau on Juno 10, whem plans
will be made to carry out the pro
visions of the Hatcheries bill.
London, Thursday.—War insur
ance, as carried, on by the British
government, dropped gome $86,000,
000 nnt profit into the nation's cof
fers, according1 to a report Just
■mad« public. The chief item of
oi\}fit was $S0,000,000 on the hulls
of British steamships which sur
vived German submarine warfare.
The greatest loss $55,000,000
on British carboep which the
U-boats sunk. The sum of $7,S
500,000 was paid ag in sur&nce on
th« lives of officers and men in
the merchant marine, and $1,750,
000 a year Is being paid ae pen
sions and allowances to dependents.
attention elks ,
The members of Skagrway Lodge
No. -131 B. P. O. E. and visiting
Elks are requested to meet tomorrow
■at A B. Hall at 1:30 p. m. in
ord-r to attend the Memorial day
[ exercises. Train will leayg .at two
o'c:0t-K.
V. I. Hahn, E. R.
The U. S. Civil Service. Commis
sion announces a first grade cler
ical and a stenographer and type
writer examination to be held in
Juneau A.iaska, July 19, 1919.
Application blank and) pamphlet
>0f information ' may bo obtained
from Mr. .Charles Naghel, Land Of
fice, Juneau. L i -m - !
Claims Treaty Terms Spell Financ
Slavery—Refuses to Give Up Co
nies and Wants Admission ii
League of Nations—Would P
Twenty-four Billions Indemnity
Own Terms and Wants Ships Ba
Berlin, May 29.—An official sum
mary of the counter Proposals of
Germany to the peace conference
was issued last night and in part
is as follows
Germany of£ers to disarm all of
her battleships as a condition on
her par* that a portion, of hor mier
chantile fleet /be restored. That
there be no territorial changes with
out consulaton with the populations
effected-; the cession of uipper Sile
8a and claime to east Prussia, west
Prussia and Memii ara emphatlcil
ly rejected; It ia stipulated that
Danzig shall become a free port and:
the r'ver Vistula be neutralised;oc
eup'ed territory ig to be evacuated
by the Allltdi troops within
•six months anfii if the League of
Nations ig established, with. Ger
many as a member, Germany shall
continue to administer' her colo
nics in accordance with the princi
ples of the League and the League
to be its mandatory.
Germany offers to pay twenty
billion marks in gold by the year
ol 1026-as aji indemnity andl to
make annual payments from 1927
onward until a total not In excess
pIeiplIT
10 60 01 STRIKE
Toronto, May 28—The Canadian
Postal employes have decided* to
call a general strike from Sault
Ste. Marie Ontario to the Pacific
Coast.
The strike fe to begin uext Sun
day night.
The White Pass sent out a train
this cmorning with explosives, and
consequently no passengers were
aboard.
■ .
of one hundred billion mark#
gold 1b reached, which la U. S.
ey equals about twenty; four b
dollars.
The League of Nations, It X
serfed, contradicts iwi/meroug d<
atlocs made by the government
posM to Germany and the Leas
merely a continuation of the •
coalaition. ■
The reply maintains th&t the
ty of peace showfl Germany a
nation which la bImply to ho
troyed' and add® "Tb'e fa a
{jlete repudiation of the id*a
every nation has a right to
and it violates the right ol
determination."
The counter proposals e&y
the treaty involves thq detftru
of German- economic life and
Jects the German people to
maucial blivery "un/par&Hed ii
history of the world)."
If such & treaty came Into 1
it is declared, it would mean a.
catastrophe for the whole WOi
The German statemoat add
dyinv philosophy of imperii
anl capitalistic tendencies ia
celebrating its lagt terrible tr^u
A. L. Wilburn elected c
of Fairbanks without appop
The following couaclmea were
ted: C. H. WoodSLrd, R H.
Robert La very, Goorge Mopd*
aepn II. Smith. George Hut
son was elected school tre&t
Reorganization of the fire
police department^ are probabli
suits of the election.
£1. Holt was elected mayo
Nome Aipril 1, with 195 votes.
Cavey. E. Tornutzer, George
nard, Fred Petersen and ^*0
enverg were elected) councilmei
Grimm was reelected city •
Grant Jaskson was elected
treasurer, and O. I). Coci
was elected city attorney. J.
ria was elected president _ o
school board, throe hundred)
war* polled.
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