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No. 81 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 16 1919
6ERHI ENVOYS CLAIM PEACE
TERMS IMPOSSIBLE FO FULFILL
Berliu, M»jr 16.—Foreign Minis
ter Count Von BrockdrofC Rautzau
head of tlie iJwlegatiou o£ German,
plenipotentiaries which receive^ the
larma of the world peace last Wed- j
nesday at Versailles, pointed out to
the other members of the delegation
this morniag that th© peace treaty:
in its present form could not be
signed because of certain clauses
therein which would be impossible;
fcr Germany to fulfill.
He told the other p!«nipoteutia-1
rkg that they would sign nothing
that It not inendtd Germany |
was to fulfill. He said that he
would endeavor to improve the trea
ty so as to make the signing there
of possible.
A note was drafted by the Ger
man delegation which was present
ed to the peace council that they"
were determined not to concede
that territories which were popu-(
lated by German pisople cau bo bar1
tered like pawns in a game of chess
&« security for financial or eco
nomic demands made by tlio en
emies of Germany.
Vleun.H, May 18.—l'kr:uiia r>
i»*rts reeeiv.ed to<i«iy state
thar the BoUbeviki ura floeing froUk
Hie advaiic* of the Ukraniatu fore-j
es in the western position at Rov
, j
The Ulcranian. army Is laed by
Simon I'etlura, an«i th^ Bol*heviki
troops are retiring in great disor
der <li'e to lack of transportation,
facilities.
Theie is a general uprising of tha
rtranian peasants against the Bol-f
sheviKi.
H0PPE0 0FF0N
LONG fLIGHti
BIG 4 NOT 10
mum
Paris, May 10.— Premier Uoyd
Q^rge wag absent from thip eit>"j
today, he Laving g<*n« to bid g<x)d !
bye to the Welsh r**gimcait which is'
leaving Franc© for home today.
On account of the absence of the
British Premier, the Council of
Poor will not meet again until aext
Saturday.
Negotiations are Pending for an
adjustment of the Adriatic contror,
veisy in which it is contemplated a
ilireit settlement between Italy and
the Jugo Slavia nations will be ef
fected through. American mediation.
MITES HOUR
ST THE GOOfl
1 respass^y, May 16.—With the4
weather along the route of the Az
ores reported to be the best that,
ha« prevailsxi £or several j days past,,
the Navy AeropJanes X. C. 1 and N. j
C. 2 started on the trails Atlantic!
flight at three o'clock this after-1
noon. Both machines hopped off i
iu ijood form a»d it is believed thatj
tii^ great stunt will be accomplished.
Chicago, Ma}" 16.—Governor Gen
Harrison, of the Philippine Islands
inU Miss Elizabeth WranUnore Were:
married last evening in tbig cityj
sue hour after the second Mrs. Har
rison secured her divorce. z'
The groom is 45 t ears of age, j
ivhile the bride a student in |
tfce Universittv of ('a!tfopiiiia, 1S j
roars of agfj
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.
BAN K OF ALASKA
^
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
Berlin, May 16.—The Vorwai ta,
and the Lx>kal Anzelger, Wo of tlio
leading dally, newspapers of thi?
city urged that a nation wide
referendum be held on signing the
peace treaty as presented In the
terms at Versailles last week. !
The Munich Post, the most im
DOtrant majority &aiclalist paper in
Bavaria said today in lis coinmns:
"We neither c^n accept nor caln, we
refuse to sign the peace term3 as
offered to Germany. We must
sign under protest, hoping that th©
Eutente will oome to its pens eg."
Washington, Ma<y 16.—In a
statement which, ha issued rolativo
to his vtewd ou the rwiged Leaguo
of Nations covenant, Sana tor Knox
declared "It would be national su- 1
Lcide for th<j United) States to bind
itself to tlia revised OQVem&ut of
ihe League of Nations.'!
When Senator Borah of Idaho
rea.' 'h9 statement made by Sen
ator Knox lie exol aimed, "Well,
Uod bless hia bravjj old eoul.
Philander Knox waj Attorney
froner.U of the United States trom
lOil to 1904 and he wap secra
tary of State of the United States
from 1909 to 1913. He wa« re
elected United Stateg Senator from
Pennsylvania in 1916.
Sacramento, Cal., Maj: 16.—Frank
A. Brush, cashier of the Santa Ro
sa National bajik, Santa llosa Cal.,
[>leded guilty in the United States
Jlstrlct court to a charge of em
bezzling ?1>04,000 or the bauk'B
funds. He waa SKJn>te.ncejj to ten
fears imprisonment in the McNeil.
Island federal penitentiary by Uni
ted States District Judge William
Van Fleet.
Fernando Somoza V, son in law of
the late former President S«ixr&, of
Hoadoras, and William C. Grant
ind Harold E. Loughery. assistant J
;asl:iers of the bank, pleaded not
guilty to similar charges in Indict
ments returned against them
Loudon, May 10.—According! to
advice received from the Rhine
trout today, General Foch. arrived
at Mayance and Is proceeding
to We is bad en and Coblens. He ifJ
making military preparations for
the Allied occupation of the right
buna of the Rhine in the event that
the Germany plenipotentiaries ro
fu.U> to sign. the pea.ce treaty.
I'ANKS FISH IV KAISER'S
l*ONT> WITH BCOtBS
Coblenz, May 16.—His former
festy's imperial gamekeepers have
raised so much, protest against
wholesale fishing' methods n&odi by
the American^ army of ocoupation
that Col. Robert O. Van, Horn is
sued an order pfrohibiting the uso
of l»-ind grenades as a substitute
for rod and line.
"Any person detected using this
method Of fishing will be severely
ile^lt with," reatis the order.
The City of Seattle is reported to
have left Ketchikan at 11:20 last
sight and as she hag a number of
canery calls between there and here
l> is not known definitely just what
hour she will arrive here. She has
11 passengers for Skagway.
Town Marshal Frank Page is con
fined to his bed with a lame back ^
having wrenched it severely in hand
ling a heavy piece of timber in the
wort of repairing the 22imd avenue
bridge.
White pass train No 1 got away
on time this morning with a number
of passengers bound for various
interior Yukon and Al%k& pointg.
WISH 1115
f ER !S Hill
Constantinople, May 10.—
Kemai Bey, governor of Diapbelrr,
has been publicly liaufftnl in Baya<
zH square tot Stambou] in the pres
Oucs of the military ewvernor of
Constantinople an \ other high offi
cials.
Kunal Boy wag a ante/need to
death as one of thoise rG-spoaiBiole
for the Armenian d'eporta tic/us and
massacres in the Yozgha<i district
TLe former commaaider oj the Een
darin'.rie in Yozgha^, was sentenced,
to .15 vearp imprisonment in the
fortress. I
These semttjnees wp.no confirmed,
by an imperial irade. 1
The trial of those responsible for
the Armenian ma&sacreg by the
Turks began early in February In
Constantinople. The prosecuter
declared' that it was necessary to
punish tho authors of the massa
cres, which had filled the whole
world with a feeling of horror.
Kema] Bey wa$ former Turkish
minister of food.
THEY'RE Off II
LIE LABARGE
Al lio an ice jam of goodly propor.
tior.s is reported at Minto bar, the
Stoamerg Washburn of the A. T.
X. co., and. the Nasutlin of the B.
Y. N. co said. "Let's Go" today and
got iwy from the foot of Lake Le
Bargie at one o'clock thig afternoon.
These two ships of the White Pas
route are the *irst to away
for down river points* this season,
and they were loaded: with I>a®
senge**s and freight to their utmost
ci pacify.
WILL EXAMINE '
CREDENTIALS
Paris, May: 1 5—Julep Camlbon
and Henry White of the United
States neace commission, will tomor
row receive and examine the Cre
dentials of the Austrian delegates
to the peace conferenc.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Canty will
fce p&SBengerg south on the City of
Seattle. Mr. Canty expects to be
gone about 30 days, whE© Mrs.
Canty may remain for £t>me tim«.
YANKS MUST PAY BIG SUM
FOR SIOLEN BUBBLE WATER
Coblenz, May 15.—Nino humlre
officers andi emlteted men of the
United .Stateg army have been as
sessed by the army boar*! 27,000
frauke to reimburse a French rail
way company for th£ loss of 2,
175 bottles of champagne which d'a
appeared agar Toul dpiylng *k0
month of Decembr.
The board, of lnxjuirj; decided to
| '.i\> rate th« coat ol th« ch*mp«®B«
among all' the Americana Ou tfe«
train at the time the wine w«a U>!»t
according to their pay allowance^
NEW CLAUSE UE PtMit IHtRIT
WITH 6ERMANYIS MADE PUBLIC
Paris, May 16.—T^e Ger
man peace treaty, it wag developed
today, contains a cl^aiRe which has
not ye* b&en made pub lie. This
clause is said to provide that the
ratification by Germany aid, three
of the prtodi>a4 associated powers
will bring a treaty lato fore® be
tween tli,€> ratifying parties enabl
ing tha dnunadlata resumption ot
trade.
Seattle, May 16.—Dr. Aiudre-w C.j
Smith of Portland, who hol^g. tho
mail contract between Sewar<l and
Unalaska, hag purchased, the Steam
er Bergen which he will place on
the run between Kodiak and: Nush
agak. He haa recently; secured
the government contract for car
rying the mail between these ports
Th« Bergvn has a tonnage °£ 232
tons.
Ellensburg, May 16.—M. E.
Brighton, coronern of Kittitaa coun
ty, and a member of the city ooun
cil was shot by an unknown man
tliia morning ard died seven hours
la tar from the b-illet wound.
Marien G-anty has resigned, her
position as teamster for the Sturgill
Fuel company and will be a pas
senger for Seattle on the City of
Seattle.
DIRIGIBLE GETS
Ail 10 SEA
St. Johns, May 16.—'The naYa!
dirigible balloon, wJ&cb. maxle tbo
flight from the American Atlantic
coast to thig port broke loop^ from
its morings and drafted out to sea
lor a distance of about 85 jnUes.
She taken, in tow, according to
a wirelcsa message received b^re
this morning by the Torpedo Boat
destroyer Edwards and ifl beini
brought back to thig port. Th* at*
ficer of the Edwarda report tliat
the big airship is only pU*hU)r
damaged
BATHES ARE
Loudon, May 16.—A Vienna des
patch received here thia morning re
port serious fighting to b« tn pro
gress between the Serbians touj
Croetiane. ,
The battle is being wagged,' at Ag
irain and the report states that numr;
of the combatants lure been killed.
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
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For Spring and Summer
JAMES KENNEDY