ram of nn i
II IE Up W VOTE
Paris, April 12 — It will re
cjuiPS a roll call of the whole peace
eonCerence 'o decidle the question
to whether or not the former Kais r
w.ill be handed or otherwise oorvor
allv Dunishe • for hiaj cr'nn'®.' •
The committee appointed by the
conference to d-et&rmiiie who wffl
responsible for th® w^r is divided
on the ques'ion of person"}' punish
meat fcr Wilhelm,
The members of th© committee
from Great Britain, FraittCe and.
•Italy fa\or nersonal punishment but
the United States and Japanese
members are opposed to it.
The ultimate decision, it ig said,1
today may have to be rendered wh,eu|
the plenary session, discusses thel
committee's reiwrt.
"JIM" ROGERS MADE GENERAL I
AGENT FOR WHITE PASS ROUTE1
It 1* reports that J. It. Rogers
been appointed general agent
for the White Cass anil Yu
kon Route vnf Frank Wurz-ibacher.
resigned.
Theie e<uiUi have no better
appointmen* made, as "Jini"' Rog
ers, as he is known along the en
tire Pacific coast, is qualifhij in
every particular to till this import
ant cositiou.
.\Jr. Rogers ig an old employe of
the White Pass system, having held
varrious positions during the ]>ast
twenty one years. For a number
of years being general agent for
the company at Dawson, and later
g-neral traffic manager.
For the past few years Mr. Ros
ens has. been in the transportation
business ar Prince Rupert, Vancou
ver and Seattle.
Mr. Rogers is the father of a
large final y, 7 soiLy iuij J daugh
ters. Two of his sons ^re ut>w
holding responsible J.o.-ltio!is witU
ttie White Pass ami YuJton, Route:
Cliff ' Ro^cr# being the pure has- |
ing a-ient with headquarteia iu SeaU
tlo4 »uu Clyde -11- -Ro«eis holding'
diowa one Of th« important desks'
iu the General Auditors olfi^ in!
' thia city, as we'll as beiug tliiy city !
clerk of sKagway to which, offiooj
htj was elected lust y<Jar and. who
will, no doubt, by re-decteO at the
coining election.
It is not known whether or not I
air. .Rogers will move bis family to(
Skagwav but in all probability- lie |
will.
j I>urias his residence in the Xorth,
Mr. Roges was a prominent mem
ber oi ihp Arctic Brotherhood, hav
j ing held vaioUs offices in the sub
ordinate tamps. and was Grand Arc
|tic Chief of the Graiitl Camp of this
'peculiarly ~i>orthern fratenity, and
I by; reason of this fact to hint tho
'latch string is outside the door of
'every cliiu and" palaoe throughout
{tha north.
The 1 'ail/ Alaskan extends the
right hand of f«fllowsliip to "Jim"
| Rogers.
' morning 221! persons sailed 1'i-oni
j this p^r*. far Southeastern Alaska
' pots aud1 canneries. The majority
' of th.e list is con)i>rist*i' o£ crews for
ttw aalmou caaaerles at Tee Har
I bor, Auk Harbor, Tenakee and
i Quadra.
E. Anderson, Frank Winkeer, C.
A. IsaenaeJter and H. Wasierman
are booked for Skagway and A. C
Uoddard is oooked for Haines.
Everybody Knows Some One
(or nearly every one) Who when they want anything
mighty bad are willing to PROMISE anything, and then
forget it when its time to come across like a little man.
Well—When we wanted to win the war and win it quick
and good and solid, nearly everyone (That is all the real
people) said. "Go to it—To with the cost.
Now we have won it its time to pay and this bank is
going to do its share to make the forthcoming VICTORY
LOAN a success. All any one wants U to do is to do ALL
YOU CAN. But be sure its that.
Then when You get your bonds bring them here and put
them in a safe deposit box-Only 25c a month and large
enough to hold hundreds. Come in and visit anyway and
let me tell you about them.
BANK OF ALASKA
Have You Tried
"GOLD CREST"
Brand Butter and Eggs
Just what you. would expect when ordering the very best
Fresh shipments received on every boat
The Eggs sell at 60c per dz.
Butter 75c per pound
These prices subject to market changes
P. H. GANTY
WILL SEEK A MARKET FOR
100,000,MS OF COAL
New York, Ap$J 12 The
George Washington sailed dast night
for Brest where it wi'.l await the
president's pleasure^ aiwi bring him
home. On hoard tie pliip is presi
dent Hayes of the United Mine
Workers ot America, whose .mis
sion aoroad is said to be to urg*'
upo Presidet Wilson the advLsabil-1
ity of *he United States finding a
market for at least one quarter of
the coal surplus of th0 United
State? coal mines, amounting to
at leas* one hundred miUlion: tons
which has accumulated) bene since,
tho signing of the armistice.
Shortly alter li\u 'clock last nigh*
William and junj Matthews, in
company with Fred Tanner who
had* been dt-pntiie-d by 17. S. Mar
shal Tan no. and Bert Whitfieid,
thy mortician for the Sfeagwoy Uu
dutaKirfg company, returned from
down Lynn Canal with thtj two bod
ies of the Sopliia disaster whi h
had Decn 1'ound by tho Matthews
boys the Jay previous.
It is now learned that tlu> two
bodies were found in the shelter
bight, about one mile north of the
east point running out l'roin Mud!
bay. The bodiLes were approximate
ly 1,000 i'eet apart.
One of the bodies- is that of one
of the stewards, as shown by his
uniform, but there w-as nothing on
his person that would positive
ly idun'fy him.
The othe.: body believed 'o
be that of a Dawson mau. The re
mains ate those of a man sis feet
tan nnd rather heavy set. The
flesh is entirely gone from the face,
uud the body ig so badly docom-1
posed that no marks of ideatlflca
Uou was visa Wo. He wag dressed
in d olue serge suit, and wore a
Moose pin and a buttau which waa (
an tagio and, the letter®, "N. S. I
oi T. Omaha." la addition to j
»hi^ ho carried a Butfington special
gold watch engraved with the mon
ogram, "C. A. R., L. O. M." and
wore aleeve buttons of the link
tJP©, one side of which was a nug
got. and the other presumably a tin
stone. He also had a nugiget
chain ?nd considerable cajshj in
bills and coinu Among the coio
w^o some pennies.
Both Of the bodies had on life
preservers, one of which was 80
badly worn by rubbing on the rocka
that all the cork had iopt out, while
the other wag in very good condit
tilon,
Unless notified to the contrary,
ui>on identification being fully es
tablished, the bodies will probably
1 be shipped to Vancouver.
Mill Si COMMANDING
YANKEE TROOPS M ARCHANGEL
Archangel. April 12 — On Tues
day of this week the two American
cruisers, Chester aud Galveston ar
rived s,* Muriuask, having ou board
Brig, General Richardson and two
companies of raifliray engineers.
General Richardson will be ia
command oi' the American foro-.js in
Russia.
London, April 12 — According I
to an Archangel despatch to the
London Post I>e3pat«h, today, the
crisis iu northern Russia hag past.
Tho desoatcii states that the buoivb
are melting, which is paying the
way lor reiiiforceonents to be pia<c.d,
at all afrategicj Pointg an# qu«ll
tho Bolsh«\iki uprising.
St.^Joh^s N. B: April 12 — The
contest as to who will be the first1
to cross fie Atlantic ocean on a
flyiiyr machine tightened; i>l> today
and it will be a real race. A Mar"
tinside biplane with its pilot and
navigator arrived from Liverpool
today.
Before this Hawker andi Lieut,
Commander Grivea with, thefcrl Sop
with binlane have had a clear field,
but from now 011 they must fight
for time hour by hour with, newly
arrived competitors.
It le expected that the first flyer
will get away Sunday afternoon.
All Matters Are
Now Ready for
Settlement j
-
Paris, April 12 — Reparation
and) indemnities for the frontiers of
the Rhine PoJand as well'
as all questions of peace with
Germ.'11 v have been agreed upon,
is the announcement to the Petit
Journal by pfrvate secretary of ^
Lloyd George. He also stated;
that the Italian claims an 4 the I
Adriatic question are 9till uoaer con
'sidaraUon. I
WOUNDED ABE
BROUGHT HOME
Seattle, April 12 — Five hundred
aud twentv ouq soldiers, most of
whom are from the northwest ar*
ived in this citx bacls from France
thig morning at ning o'clock. All
of these men were wounded, an<i it
w«ig a most pathetic sight to pee
thgm °s thev were brought through
the dei>ot. They will bo trans
shipped to varioue military hospitals
throughout this state and Oregon.
A f!V: broke out in the Clifton
section house this morninfij The
lady in charge jwt It out fta th«
men were oU'Atworfc __ v
■EE illKV IS HEW
OF 1LSHEIMHIH
Washington, April J-2 — That
Bolshevlki jiropagjanilaj if^ officia!Hy
held responsible Itor th'e mutiny in
the American Infantry company' in
Northern Russia, is tha annousse
jnerat made by Chief of Staff General
March today. Gen. March gaid that
Company I 339th infantry comprised
the offending troops, aa<2 he read
a message from the commanding of
ficer at Archangel which stated
that questions put by the mem to
their officers were the same a« the
Bolsheviki iu their propaganda leaf
lets advised th m to ask. Company
I consists almost entirely of m?n
from Detroit. Michigan.
FLU SITUATION RAPIDLY CLEARING
QUARANTINE PROMPTLY MODIFIER
Dr. Jhonston today lifted the
quarantine against th^ travel to
the northward: and all persons ar
riving 'rom the south are free to be
at large.
The Quarantine on south bound p^e
sangera or residents of Skagway de
firing to leave oa boats will be
kept on for soma time yet. Dr.
Johnsfon stited that thera had
been ao new cases of flu for
pagt four days an.4 he thought that
If it wpnt four days more without
a case he would haye all quaran
tine rlaed.
DEBS PICKS HIS SEIHIS AND
IS fiEflflr 10 SfflE HIS TERM
Terre Haute April 12 — Eugene
Debbfj, the noted labor leader, who
wiae recently convicted of sedition,
and whose appeal to the Supreme
Court wa» denied recentjy, has
packed to hig effects and placed
them la storage and; says he is
ready to begin serving hip sentence
in the penetentiary.
j Iiebbs declared today; that he had
| never asked for a general strike by
J the labor unions on his behali
Will Oppose Se
vere Punish
ment
Waghiug'on, April 12 — Any
move on the paj-t of the War De
partment to inflict severe punish
ruaat. on th« troops of th© north.
Kussiau expeditionary fora<s< who
recently mutinied against fighting
tUa Bolshevist ig certaia to! PraiiP
itate a storm of protest in the Unita
Sta'es Senate.
CE8. ZAPATA 15
REPORTED DEAD
Mexico City, Saturday — It was
otftcially announced,1 that Zapata
j killed ia a clash withj bandits
1 yqesterday. N'o particulars were
gitven out.
AVilliam Ciozier, who h.ajj been
confined for the stipulated) quaran
tine period, having had. a mild at*
tack o* the flu, was released this
, moruins from furth&r detention, and
js once more mingling with hia
i friends.
Most joyfully we welcome you back!
May the days as well as the years ahead of
you ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
cannot express* You did the job rightl
Our new fashions and woolens await your inspec
tion and we will gladly measure you and arrange for de-'
livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
Who's
Your
Tailor?
Military training has certainly worked
wonders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger cheat,
smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
be made expressly for you by Ed V.
Price & Co.
JAMES KENNEDY