No. 10b TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY. JUNE 16. 1919
PRICE 10 CE]S
El Pa^o. Juue 1C.—Following the
wounding of corporal Karl*; Smith
o* the 24th. Itifaaxtry, General Er^'in
ordered this port closed. The in
ternational bridge was taken over
by the U. S. Military t<xUa}".
Corporal Smith way injured by a
stray bullet.
El Paso June 16.—American
troops and Mexican Ut-ln 1 for
ces fought their first engagement
at Jaurez race track at 1 o'clock
thj» morning.
The Americans were victorious.
General Br win stated that he had
ordered his mtm to cross the bor
der and en&agie Villa's loroe® and
pre-veu* them from firing pot shots
Into El Paso. i! ' 1
The R ebela eventually tied
toward Guadeloupe with, the Amer
icrtu troops iu close pursuit.
Jaurez, Juiie IS-—'Th^ Villa forc
es were beaten off an Sunday night
after two days of flejroq fighting.
* The losses were heaiQ'.
Washington, June 16.—In
commenting' on the Mexican, situ
ation here Secretary of BaJcer
stated today that th# sole purpose
of the American troop® In croKlng
over into Mexico is to protect the
lives of Americans.
NAMES PEAK fOfi
DEAD AMERICAN
AVIAIOR
Washington, June 16.—The Coast
Geological surveying ivarty which
wont to Alaska a few weeks ago an
nounced today that the mountain)
I>eafc on Mansfield peninsula over
looking Hunter"s bay had be n
named for Lieutenant Robert Bar
ron.
L:<-ut. Ilarron was the f'rst AniOr
k-au ayaitor killed in the war with
Germany and was son of J. T. Bar
ren, the Alaska cannery rnau who
has iargvi cannery at Flutter's hay.
BROWN HEAOS
IHE BOOZE JURY
Seattle June lfi.—Dana W. Brown
has bt<en appointed1 foreman of the
special grand jury which is inves
tigating the court house lx>ozt»
scandal.
The jury ;s of < 1'veii
men and t>i\ women.
WILL PERMIT
HUM, 000
Paris. J^iue 16.—Germany J# to
be allowed an a-rmy of two Jnim
dred thousand men for three years.
This I9 one o£ the changes La the
peace treaty which hag been. sedu
lously kept secret
Germany 13 also to he admitted
to the League of Nations In the oeaj
future.
WILSON WILL
T0URJATI0N
Washington, Jmi« 16.—Pi*»
ldont Wilson upon, hig return home
will start on a. oourutry wide BpeaJc
i&y tour In support of th^ League
of Nations. Secretary Tumulty
has completed* a t«ut*tlvte itin
erary.
Mrs. W. A. Nowell wife of Wil
lis Nowell, agent for the A. S. S.
Co., in Juneau was a. passwgier on
the Alameda yesterday, Mrs. Nov
ell is accompanied by ber daughter
aM.i they are making the round Mp
[ to Anchorage.
CANADIAN
MONEY AT PAR
For the benefit of all those persons
who have Canadian Money and who
wish to deposit same without paying
the discount effective Tuesday next
and who may not find it convenient to
come in during regular banking hours
We Will Ktej> Oj>en Saturday ami Monday Nights
Front 7 :Jq to s.\io o'clock
BANK.OP 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
BRITISH AIRMEN FLY FROM SI. I
JOHNS 10 IRELAND WITHOUT STOP
Londoon, .funs 16.—-Captain |
!j. Alcodc aad Lieutenant Arthur
| Brown arrived, lr. Clttdeov Ireland on
Sunday. •
These two intrepid' alr®M>a Start
ed from St Joh.De N. B. on Satur
d*1 in an attempt to cross the
Atlantic In one lap and made H lu
tlio Incredible time of sixteen hours
and twelve mlmute». They would
have lowered even that time had U
not been for fogq and) rain, th&t ham
pered them in the flight. Thia
jxhenominal flight made a
smMl but powerful Victors Vimy bu
plane.
INSIST QH QRIG
1L AGREEMENT
Parte, June 16.—The Oerman r®-|
ply to the peace treaty maintains
that the jaaemiefl ol Germany hav«
forsake* peace and justice to which
they had pledged themselves la the
armistice. The protect against
the proposed termp demands that
the Allien return to tfi*j orlgloal t~
greementa
Tirts summary waa officially nuwla
puhl'c on Sundtty.
wealthtTum
BERMAN DIES
Seattle, Jane 16.—Michael'
Earlea the millionaire lumber man
died on Sunday.
Mr. Earing ^*6 a, pioneer of Waab>
lng rou and had' saw mlliji In Port
Angeles and other places and rauto
ed *3 on« ctf the richest mem In the
State or W^hinstoa.
mollis" in
PORT SUNDAY
Two big boat^ oi-kle port yester
day and both were tilled with pas- ]
aengers and' freight.
Both were of the A. S. S. Co
lln*», the J«ff«reon which arrive! at
6:10 p. m. and the Alameda arriv
ing at 8:00 p. m. jugt as the Jef-j
fKTson was leaving the dock.
The Jelferson hac< sixty five pas
sengers lor Skag-way moet of whom
Wf<r* bou/nd to Interior points.
The Alameda ha<i thirty two lor
SJcagway and they too, were mostly
for interior Yukon and Alaska.
Tha Alameda was booked to sail
at 10;00 p. m. but did not Set
a way until after two o'clock this
morning. She 1» westward bound'
aad has a large paasaager llfit, hav
ing bad 326 first and second class
when she sailed from Seattle.
There were some round trip pas
sengers aboard to dkagwi'y, as well
as to Sewjuxl ami Amohomsie.
FR1XCESB ALICE SAILED
SATURDAY NIGHT
Hal Johnston Stag-way a§>ent of
tb« C. P. R. Co., received advice
this monitfng that the Prlncecs Alice
sailed from Vancouver oa, Saturday
and will arrive hero at the usual
tour on WedaiMday.
Venice, CaJ., Jiwie 16—AJanounce
! meat was made h«re today by'
Thomaa H. Laoe, motion picture
producer, that he offered $50,000
a» jrliB money for aviators who will
attempt a flight from here to Aus
tralia.
To the first ma^ to land on Aus
tralian soil, .$35,000 will be paid, he
»ald. To the first aviator attempt
ing the flight that reaches the Ha
waiian Islands, £10,000 will be paid'
In the event none otf thoee attempt,
leg the flight Teaaheg the Hawaiian
Islands, $50,000 win be paid to the
one making; the beet showing.
lace stated that he had pent bis
check for $50,000 ta the city treas
urer here to be paid out as grovld
^ in his aonomD,aeaaac,t,
Berne, June 16.—The Rumanian
forces on the I ulster river have
Jewi attacked by the Bolshevists.
A detachment of the latter suc
»eding in crossing! th9 river were
rlrtually annihilated on the right
Dank.
The losses of tlie Bolsheviki were
two hundred Jellied) a ad hundreds
badly wounded or taken prisoners.
REII. clillOFF
TDIHE INlERiOR
The Rev. Doctor J. H. Condit,
superintendent of Presbyterian Mis
sions in Alaska arrived on the Jef
ferson yesterday and left thig morn
Lag for the interior, I>r. Condit
Is leaving oo aa extensive ltlno&ry
among the mission stations of his
church in the interior and to the
westward and will go dwwn the Yu
kon rivex to Nome, visiting along th
way. At Nome oe will join the
Secretary of the 1'reebyterian Board
of Missions, Dr. John A. Marquis,
aud proceed with him on the rev
enue cutter Bear to Point Barrow
and St. Lawrence Island. Polmt
Barrow Is the northernmost Mission
Station of the wiestern continent.
The Presbyterian church sustains
two missions here among the Eski
mos.
The purpose of htis visit is to
investigate the need for a hospital
an* to ma Ice recommendations
accordingly to the Government au
thorities.
Dr. Condit expects to return to
Juneau about th^ middle of Sep
tember.
While in iSkegway Dr. Oondit was
the guest of th$ Rev. E. L. Wlnter
berger.
New Orleans, Jun^ 16.—The U
B 88, one of the five Germao. sub
marines purreadored' to the United
S'ates, will leave New Orleans Fri
day oil a cruise up tha Mississippi
river to St. Lcwip. On its return
from St. Louis the XT.boat will make
a trip through the Panama ramal to
Seattle.
Paris, June 16—Poison gas used
in the war is still having; itg deadly
effec', though the fumes have long
evaporated. The authorities In
Alsace hava been mystified for Borne
time as to the cause of hundreds
of horses and other animals pei<ish
loc suddenly while grazing in the
Luterbaclc region. Specialists
now have disclosed that the ani
mals wore poisoned by the grass
over which poisoiv gag had been
widely spread during the war.
The gas, resting on plants, turned
them polsWKnig but the vitality of
the plant? was not af fee ted J
Loa Angeles, Cal., June 16.—One
O* the- largest department stores in
Los Angeles, announced recently
that It would' give all iemployes
two days off each week during
July and August, by closing Friday
nigh' to remain closest' until Mon
day morning. Heretofore it ha^
close at noon oa Saturdays of thos<
two monthe. Fifteen hundred em
ployes will benefit by the new rul
ing.
The management of several large
Shops are said to be considering sim
liar action.
WILL CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL [
THE 1IDNIGHT SUK IT WHIIEHOI
The "Festival of the Midnight I
Sud" is an assured success and
the excursion on June 21,the long-]
ear day of the year, will take a
crowd over .to Whiteherse.
Tbl<* event bids fair to be the big-!
gest ever piulled off in the nature of
an excursion.
The White Pass Athalctic club'
received cables today from Juneau
announcing 'hat the big ferry hoat!
Alma, has been chartered for the
trip and that aha would arrive here1
the evening of Friday the 20th, j
with ball teams, Jazz band, big
crowd audi Glea Bartlett and there'
U a urobabllity that Stroller Whit I
will also come along.
Advices from Whltahora
♦b">f they are making' gigant
rangemefits to entertain and
thinp will be done that ls,\p
♦o give fheir guests a good tii
Word has also bee®. receive
Fort Seward and Hain.ee tha
continents from both plaxx
avail 'hcmselves of the oppo
of roinj; over the famous
P^ss.
From the people in okag
seems unanimous and every o
go.
The farje will be five doll
usual for the roun<j< trip an<
best equipment and 8«rv
the road will be available
occasion.
WILL DELIVER
TERMS IT SIX
Verstilleg Jane 16.—The del
ivery of the Allied reply to the
German counter proposals hag been
postponed until gix o'clock this eve
ning.
The revised treaty is to be del
ivered' with the reply.
The German plenipotentiary
will sign a receipt for the treaty,
writing upon it the exact time
from which the five days limit with
in which they must sign or reject,
th« document will date.
HELLOGIRLS G0
BACK 10 BOARDS
Atlantic City June 16.—Th^
jpiopospd strike of the Pacific tel
ephone g'rl# h-'i« been declared off.
Misa Julia, O'Connor announced
todny that this decision had been
reached because of the statement
■of the controversy between the eloc
| trical workers.
The Right Reverend Peter Treni
j blc Eowe, Bishop for Alaska of the
I Episcopal church was an arrival on
j tho Alameda yesterday and left this
morning for a trip to his missions
! in interior Alaska.
SMI PROIEi
FflOM 5IEP!
OF
Washington, Ju.a® 16.—A cr
over ten thousand shouted)
protest against prohibition fro
steps of the national capita
Sunday.
Samuel Gompers declared
that he was al armed about tl
ture of America.
li
Mr. xhoma® Hazelwood whj
beeai a trancieiit guest at th^
eral jail here for th last tw©at
or thirty days wap taken up 1
neau upon th$ arrival of the
0' Seattle in that town after
Ins: at Skagway.
Air. Haze I wood stated tha
thought his term ha^j 6o nearly
l>ired that the ftw left would I
lowed off, for when he headi
K attlr whistle its cast off,he di
his job where ho was doing 1
work and got aboard. H.e wili
the balance of hip. term )j
five days) in the Juneau bastll<
THE WHITE PUSS t
ION MITE
Route of
The
COMFORT
SERVICE
SAFETY
Through Tickets to and from Dawson
Fairbanks, and all Interior Alaska
and Yukon River Points.
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern steam
ers will operate regularly the entire length of the Yukoi
River and its tributaries.
Daily train service (except Sundays) between Skaguay am
Whitehorse. Parlor observation cars on every train
Full information regarding passenger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.