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No. 2SS TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "5/1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
—
Chicago, Feb. 5.—Big breaks iQ
th*> values of grain and provisions
took place today as the result of
heavy selling a"d apparent lack of
buying power. Corn showed losses
t>f 4 to 8a< cents a bush-el, oats
more than 4 cents and provisions
the maximum limit for a single day,
60 tents to $1.00.
In a broad way the set back to
prices were ascribed tt» readjustment
Jrom a war basis and to efforts to
cut the hisrh cost of living.
BELGIUM ttFI
nr
Paris. — The extent to which
the Germans and Austrian^ robbed
the devastated countries through
which they were forced to withdraw
even as late as one month before
tn- armsitice, is being brought out
by tire reports of agents of the
I'nited States food commission in
the liebrated areas.
Today's cables brought an «;>■
pea! front American agents in Serbia
for Ded clothing. The agents re
pot 'ed from Belgrad-e, where on
tue week before their withdrawal
the Austrians loaded down 60 train
leads with beds, mattresses, quilts
and blankets stolen from the hous
es of the townspeople and pe^'-sants.
The Germans' final act lo cripple
Belgium wa$ committed with Pre
meditation even after the German
arnjv knew it was beaten <t-nd would
ha>e to withdrawn. One month be
fore the armistice was signed the
Germans blew up and destroyed 27
o' the 30 steel mills in Belgium.
These mills had been worked by
tii" Germans to supply structural
metal and1 ammunition for their ar
m:es throughout the war.
Their destruction as recent as one
NOTICE TO BOND PURCHASERS
The final payment on Liberty Bonds purchased
on the installment plan will be due January 30th.
Coupon Bonds upon which payments were
completed priot to December 15th. are now ready
for delivery.
No registered bonds have been received thusfar.
BANK OF ALASKA
Is Your Bread Heavy?
By adding a small amount of
Corn Flour,
you will find an improvement, the bread will rise
better and the grain will be finer.
We will Sell you a 101b.
Sack at 75 cents
Can also be used for making fine gravies etc.
P. H. GANTY
The l>aily Alaskan sent a cable
to i's Seattle correspouednt this
i morning in an effort to ascertain
wh»n the next ship would, sail from
I tla31 port for Skagway and' Lynn
i canal ports and at 1:46 this after"
noon the following answer was re
ceived.
Seattle, Feb. 5. — The City of
SeiU'le will sail for Skagway at five
o'clock this afternoon.
Her cargo is made up largely of
food supplies, including a lot of per"
ishcDles.
3he is taking one passenger to
Skagway, J. Roberts.
The Pacific Steamship company
Sta'eg that they may be able to des
patch the steamer Despatch to Skag
way if some slight needed: repairs
can be made, but nothing certain
can be uromised, owing »to the
strike situation which now threatens
to tip up the whole water front in
so tar as loading of ships is con*
cern^i as well as the shipyard
workmen who are necessary to
mak? the repairs.
I'aris, Feb. 5. — Two plans for ^
'he League of Nations have oeen !
suoa<itted. One of the l>laus pro- |
Tides for a league which will have
a a executive branch composed of
all the great and small nations
equally represented as one irni.t |
' The other plau provides that, the I
League have an executive branch ,
wnich shall be composed of two
members each from France, the j
Uuited States, italy, japan and'
Great Britain, while the smaller na- j
tions shall have a combine^. repre- J
month before the armistice not only
sailly crippled; Belgium in her efforts
toward reconstruction, but indicates
to knowing ones Germany's desire
to eliminate Belgium as an industrial
competitor after the war.
Throughout Belgium's many
miies of canals the peasants are
dai'.v unloading stalled German
b?rse , some loaded with as much
as hundred's of tons of household
gDot'.s. all stolen from Belgium
homes, by the kaiser's retreating
eentation in this executive branch
of nine delegates.
Arbitration, ia contemplated, for
thr determination of all intern*"
tional issues. Each disputing na
tion shall select one member from
the executive branch and these two
representatives so selected Will name
a third member from the executive
branch who shall act a$ arbitrator in
the dispute.
The decision; of htls third mem
ber, or arbitrator stoall be final in
all matters, and there shall be do
•a'joeal from his decision.
month before the armistice not only
ga^ly crippled Belgium in lier efforts
toward reconstruction, but indicates
to knowing ones Germany's desire
to eliminate Belgium as an industrial
competitor after the «':,r.
Throughout Belgium's many
nuies of canals the peasant? are
dai'.v unloading stalled German
bi?r."e , some loaded with a,s inuch
as hundred's of tons of household
gooc'.s, all stolen from Belgium
homes by the kaiser's retreating
troops. 'Much, of the loot was
landed in Germany and its absence
during the preseat cold season is
causing untold misery in Belgium.
LAKOE CLASS UNITES WITH
CHURCH
At the communion srevice in the
Thlinget Presbyterian Church, held
on December fifteenth, twenty-one
persons were united with the Churcl
on confession of faith and. two by
letter from the Hydaburg Church.
All of these were pupils in the Shel
don Jackson School. During the
same service Mr. Fr&nk Pj^cq 'as
installed as a Deacon of the Church
and two infants were baptised. —
Verstovian.
ALASKANS FEVERISH 10 RETURN
TO THE NORTH CROWD STEAMERS
Seattle, Feb. 5. — All ticket of"
flees of steamship companies op- |
erasing to Alaska are being besieged1
by persona who are desirous of go
ing north. |
Alaskang are displaying feverish j
anxiety to return to the north and j
the steamships Alask to the Al
aska Steamship company and the
City of Seattle or the Pacific Steam*
shiD company, which are sailing
Charles Goldstein, the prominent
merchant of' Juneau, of the frim of
Goldstein wnd Co., arrived ia port
jjgsferday oa the gag launch and la
speAing the next five days in the
hospital annex In conformity with
the Influenza quarantine regulations.
When released Mr. Goldstein will
sfart for the interior and before re
turning to the coast will make the
trip over the Ice as far as Dawson.
Ha is making the trip tor the pur*
for the north tonight have a total
I o* two hundred and ninety passcn
; gera.
I The Pacific Steamship company
j ha$ advanced1 thp sailing date of
the City of Seattle two days on ac
i count of the shortage of supplies in
; the cities on Lynn Canal, and als®
'because the strikers might be able
J to prevent her departure on
J seventh as previously advertised.
Charles Goldstein, the prominent
merchant of' Juneau, of the frim of
Goldstein wnd Co., arrived in port
yesterday oa the g^6 launch and la
spewing the next five days in the
hospital annex in conformity with
the influenza quarantine regulations.
When released Mr. Goldstein will
start for the interior and before re"
turning to the coast will make the
trip over the ice as far as Dawson.
He Is making the trip tor the pur*
pose of buying: skins, and expects
to Dick up a large quantity. On
his return trip he "w ill go into the
Atliu country where he will buy
furs and then return hero and' go on
to Juneau.
To speaking of the capital city Mr.
Goldstein states that condition^ are
fairly good there, and considering
the state of affairs in the States he
say a that he believes that times
will be good during the coming sea
Boa.
He stated that the Alaska Juneau
GoH Mining company stockholders
hate approved the plans of Presi
dent F. W. Bradley of the company
and that the money needed for the
continuation of the work at Alaska
Juneau mine will be raised by a
bond Issue of $3,500,000, «nd that
actual work will bQ begun early in
fie spring _
Seattle's Mayor Will Swear In
10,000 Special Guards To
Protect Life and Property—
Unions Claim Streets, Homes
and Hospitals Will ' Be! Dark
Seattle, Feb. 5.—Ag each liour,
passes the situation in this city
becomes more and more tense, as
the hour set. by the local labor un
ions for the strike to become ef
fective draws nearer Mayor Ole
Hanson has announced his deter- i
mination of swearing in ten thous
and' civilians as special police?
men, if necessary, to protect the
lives and the property of the resi
dent and property holders in the
citjf,
Tdb Union Record, tho official or
gan of the Labor Unions in this city
comes out on th0 front page to
iday and gays in the proposed strike
! Seattle's industries will all be
shut down and that when they are
! reopened "Labor will reopen them
un^.-i- its own management."
[ The Union Record further as
j sects that the strike Thursday will
be "The most tremendous ever made
I
in ibis country, and will be a move
! that will lead to, no one man
knows where." ;
, A* noon there wag no signs of
*'i *iei sidg weakening, and while it
is known that there have been hun*
I dreds of men who have gone a
1 w-ay from the city, the streets in the
lower portions of the °ity are i
I thronged with, a restless lot of men, J
! and the police are continually on
11;,,. alert to suppress any signs of j
| trouble which might break out.
j Seattle, Noon, \veauesu«j. —■"*=
|8'riKc situation 111 this city is grow* j
i ing worse hourly as the crisis ap
J p roaches. The leaxi-ers of the com
} muuity and the men representing
i t' p various unions remain cool.
Many persons who are patriotic
i to the nation s*y that, they see
1 notning short of an attempted revo
I luti it in the action contemplated by
j the members of the labor unions.
Local federal officials and pub
lic men have put the condition with
i whi h Seattle is today confronted up
to the members of President \Vil
! eon's cabinet in a series of lengthy
telegrams.
I Leon Green, business agent for
t!ie Electrical .Workers' Union has
announce#-, that there shall be no
lights either in th© streets, homes
or hospitals. "We shall make no
exemptions whatever," h« de*
dared this morning, "We shall
no' permit the: lighting plants to l>e
operated. We are gping to put this
through la a manner , . that sh^Mi
show to all that if the light plants
are reopeoied, they shall b® opened
under the management of the Un
ions."
To this Mayor H,a"son has re
plied, "The City Light plant is
goinu to operate, and there will be
lights on the streets, in the homes
Hid in the hospitals."
Just what action is to be taken in
order to operate the light plants
a:is not been made public.
The striking unions through theij
respective agents have appealed to
mi.itrs throughout the states to
rlose down the coal mines. It is
believed that this request will not
be acceded to.
Seattle, Wednesday, 3 p. m. —To
night the Central Labor Council will
issue its formal call declaring a
strike on in all industries in the
cit of Seattle.
The call for the strike Thursday
morning at ten o'clock is the first
call for a general Btrike that the
United States has ever known.
Washington, Wednesday, 3 p. m.
—Chairman Piez of the Federal
.Shipping board is considering sub
mission to the demands of the Set
tle shipyard workers who threat
en to go out on strikg tomorrow in
a proposal which he is making for
a compromise. ,
It Ig the belief of the Interna
tional Lahor leader^ and represents
tives of the ^/Department of La
bor, that while this proposal may
result in a temporary return of tht
men to the Seattle shipyards and a
settlement result through ar
bitration, in so far as the ship
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JAMES KENNEDY
0. S. HAD ARMY
"3,703,273 MEN
Washington, Feb. 6. — The war
oflice announced this morning that
th<» United States army, Including
the marines ashorg and o nduty at
the time the armistice was slgn
f", November 11, 1918, numbered
three million seven hundred &nd
three thousand two hundred and
enty three men.
11IMICE5
ABE
Chicago, — Butter dropped live
cents a pound wholesale, which
makes a total fall of fifteen cants a
paund in less than two weeks.
Wholesale trade in butter is -- d«"
scribed as paralyzed. Demand for
both foreign and domestic is at the
zero point.
The stoppage of government and
foreign buying as a result of cheap
supplies abroad, especially from Aus
tralia and South America, started
th® d-ecline. Excessive high Pricea
in domestic trade did the rest.
Many retailers were said to be
still overstocked with high-priced
butter and are facing sharp losses
owing to the present 6canty call
and piling up of the wholesale sup
ply.
yard; workers are concerned, this
submission on the part of the Fed
eral Shipping board pending the »r"
bitration ot the differences ..be
tween the men and the shipyards
will not avert a general strike at
Seattle.
L. F. Morris was fined $200. yes
terday for making rasin wine at iis
home on Salmon Creek road. He
hat* two small barrels of the wine
ageing when officers searched his
place.
Mrs. J. H. Pugh was today paid
$15,000 as the rsult of the drown
in'' of her huba-nd in the Sophia
wreck by an accident insurance
company handled through H. R
Shepard! agency.