No. 41 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
iSKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28. 1919
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Parlf, Friday — Sever*! mem
bers of the Peace Congress expres
sed their baliefl tofoyi that a Prelim
inary peace treaty would1 be signed
by Aoril 20.
The Allied powers have under «m
slderation the question of estab
lishing a general staff to work with
the sub-committee of the peace con
fetence on the League of Nations.
The proposals which have been
made bv the French members of the
League of Nations commission or
sub-committee and which these
delegates have been working dili
gently to have embraced in the con
stitution wfll come along with the
Monroe Doctrine question and the
Japanese demand for racial equal
in when the special committee sub
mits the new drafts to tho League
of Nations commission.
The new draft will make provi
sion for women holding any office
in the League of Nations even to
that of the presidency.
"MISSING" AFTER
Paris, March 28 — The word
""Missing" is written opposite tho
names of 314,000 on the French
official casualty lists. Hope for
120,000 of this number has bean
abandoned. An army of 12.000
searchers will searoh the trenches
a.n-1 dugouts along the whole bat
tle line, in the hope of gaining trace
of tbe fate of sonve of the missing.
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SUIT IS FILED
Juneau. March 28 — A suit was
filed witn the Clerk of the oouit
Saturday by District Attorney Jas.
A. Smiser, on behalf of the Board, of
Alaua Road Com miss-onf.rs con
' demulng a portion of the property
' or C. J. Sku.se at Meudeuihall.
Much lir.portaaca is attached to
the aui» from the fact that it will
I establish the right of the Govern
in en r to so over private property
for road purposes. So far as
known it is the first suit of the
kind filed1 in Alaska.
Capt. Livingston
Gaining Rapidly
Juneau, March 2S — Captain
Jock Livingston, of the Jofferson,
who suffered injuries by falling
down a hatch while the steamer was
at Point Ward, a-nd taken to the
hospital in Juineau when the steam
er arrived there, is po far recovered
as to be able o walk around a bit
and will resume his duties as mas
ter of the Jefferson when she aga.jn
arrives here.
Peking, March 28 — Plans are
under consideration for a visit to
the United States to be -made by ex
: president Li Yuan-hung, ex premier
Hsiung Hsi-liog, Dr. Worg Chung
hul, ex minister Fan YuaoHiem ajjd'
probably ex-minister Chang Kien, f>$
th9 purpose of strengthening Amer
ican- Chinese friendship.
After the Party
You go home to find it burned together with the
insurence policy and the Liberty Bond etc:
Too Late then to Say.
"1 wish I had rented a Safe Deposit Box from
the Bank of Alaska, and it would cost me only
25c a month."
"Now is the time to act. Not Tomorrow
which never gets here."
BANK OF ALASKA
New Goods Just Received
Van Houten's Cocoa 1-2 lb 70c
Christie's Soda Biscuits 2 lbs Tins 75c each
Royal Yeast Cakes (Canadian) 2 for 25c
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal
to 3 doz eggs 30c each
P. H. GANTY
Washington, March 28 — The
fourth chapter of Delegate Wlcker
shsm'a letter to Secretary of the
Interior Lame £<eal$ "with the latter'a
leases of Bering river ooal .lajads to
representatives of the Alaska, syn
dicate.
The letter in dealing with the
qu*3tlcn pays that this act of Lane
in granting leasee to. the| Alaska s.vu
(llcate'8 representatives to stratigic
claims for a perid of fifty years is
the culmination of a monoply which,
compress feared 'wihen it crucified!
Secretary of the interior BaJUnger
under suspicion that he intended to
do the very thing1 that you have act
ually <Some.
Referring to the charges that the
Al^siKa Engineering Com. voted
, lta employees lllegWly, lw< showed! in1
J his contest againgt Suizer, before j
tba Housa Blootloa committee, Del-1
epate "Widcerabaan pays, 'The gov-1
cniment railroad organisation, und.f
puthorlzatioa Of your telegr&m^ and
j letters carried on a toast corrupt
election la the fail of 1916. Thla
was <lie most cornu/pt practice that
Alaska has ovar known place this
1 Alaska syndicate voted 800 men out
of Its construction gang in 1908 In
violation of thie congressional elec
tion act.
"Every official and teacher in
the bureau of education engaged In
Alaska school work, from Qaxton
to Hibb, wag lined up under your
leadership in the same pernicious
political activities.' |
lEIliE WANTS HUM SOVIET
TO ADVANCE ON AUSTRIA'S ARMY
Berlin, Fric'ay — Prime Minister
Lenine of Russia has win-leased the
Hungarian soviet government urg
ing tha* it send a Bolslteviki army
acainst Vienna nit anoe.
lie makeg tire promise t» finance
the Hungarian expedition against
the Austrian government to the ex
tent of twenty million
IN TERRITORY
Figures have been compiled in the1
oCficp of Capt. Finnigam, military'
officer for the territory, showing
the 1917 registrations, between the
n?es of 21 to31; 1918 registration
of youths coming- of age, and! the
nir>„ power registrations fir 1918
l»»ese figures ape as follows:
No, 1. Douglas 190 2 237
No. 2. Haines 30 2 41
No. 3. Juneau 802 32 1106
No. 4. Ketchikan 797 43 1062
No. 5. Petersb'g 185 4 276
No. 6. Sitka 157 10 440
No. 7. Slcagway 95 0 109
No. 8. Wrangell 111 5 213
No. 9. Noan0 252) 6 311
No. 10. Ancli'ge 1744 14 1170
No. 11. Cordova 412 12 633
No. 12 McCarthy 256 5 428
No. 13. Seward 482 IT 251
No. 14. Valdez 301 17 418
No. 16. Eagle 24 1 165
No. 17. Fairb'ks 447 4 865
No. 18. Idatirod 123" 7 15
No, 19. Nenana 210 8 490
No. 20. Ruby 68 3 129
No. 21. Tan ana 37 4 87
No. 22.St. Mich'l 0 0 14 2
6773 194 8715
The registration total 6773 em
bracf.g all men umdier which tbo
draft was organized Th® column
tor«l 194 shows those coming of
acp In 1918. The column totaling
8715 Js the manpower registration
between tho ages of 18 and 45.
The total registration for the ter
ritory was 15,682.
Tt I« estimated that about 1,000
registrants under the man-power act]
are yet to b9 reiportad. The figure*
given above only include those re
ported prior to January- 1, 1919.
Nome, Iditarod andi Seward have
many remote precincts whose re
worta, in some instancies, will not
be received prior to next ttummsr.
SI Paso, Tex., March 28—Gov
ernment agents ane watching close
ly the meetings which are held here
each Sunday by political and oth-:
cr retugeg from Mexico who are
seeking to obtain guarantees! for
their safe return. The announced
purpose of thieset meetings which) are
held by the union de Mexicans, is
to send delegates to Mexico and to
the peace conference at Paris to
obtain, if possible, these guar
antees. But the American govern
ment agents have diactucLed( Bev-e
raj uolitical agitator* and former
military Leaders ot variouj faction a
aumug the leaders of thJa movement
and are watching to fteg that the
union is not oonvca*ted Unto a pol
iticilmilitarj" junta for Biding some
mil'tnry factions in Mexico. Anotl>
er organization called the Alianza
Liberal de Mexicaa&s, la aleo hay
ins meetings here and hap expres
sed a similar purpose. Thia or
ganlzation exehiclea ail former Huer
*a followers ■while the Union ad
mits all faction*.
FORMER HEAD OF
RED CROSS IS
ACCUSED
Wkshnigton, March 28-— In his
testimony before the propaganda
committee of the senate today Am
bassador Francis made charges • to
the elftct, thai tie waa informed that
Raymond Robbins, fonmprfy h«*d of
the American Red Green In Rsuaaia
had returned to America* in order to
trr to have Psneeident Wilson bring
about the recognition; of tbo Bol
shevik! government by the United
3tates.
GHITITU BENCH
SHOWSJP PW
Cordova., March 28 — Pay car
rying valuea high as one dollar
to tbp pan recently has been struck
ou the Cole claims on the benches
of Chtttu creak near the mouth of
Rex, In the Nizlna district, accord
ing to report? brought to th!p city
recently.
The pay streak discovered la ®aid
to be on^ hundred Ueet -wide and
eravet carrying values ip between
fire and six feet deep. These val
ues are said to be an extent!on of
the nay foundi by Fram3£ Kearnen,
and Indicates aj continuous paystrea
for r long distance on the benches.
Many prospectors for years have
contended that the benches of the
Ghltltu carry gold, but It ■was not
until this discovery made that
th<> iact ■was establisihed. The dis
covery on the Cole claims was made
by running a tunnel Into the
hill a distance of 100 feat before tfW
nay w»b struck. , \
LEAGUE OF NATIONS WILL
be changed to son all
Paris, Friday — No amendment
concerning th© Monroe Doctrine
has been included in the latest
League off Natlona covenant, and as
there several Lmprotaat amendments
demanded by the various powers,
the dratft of the cometitntion as
BUbmitted» by the commission hay
ing 1he covenant in hand will be
given to a (Draft committee com
prised ot pol. Hoiuge oi£ tho United
State" peace delegation, Premier
VenlzeJcp oil Greece, Lord Cecil of
Enslnud/ M. Deamandl o< Rouman
la, Promi;r Orlando o£ Italy, to
arrhe at an agreement and' make
the necessary amendments.
President WUeon ha^ issued' a
sta*r>nient in whichi makes den
ial <na* the consideration of the
covenant of a League of Nations
hag in any manner delayed tiw sign
ing of a p'.ace treaty.
Col. House, General Smuts of the
British army, Premier Orlando, Ba
ron Makina of Japan have been
named a committee to fleftect
the city ag «. permanent Beat for
tie Loa<£Ue of Nations.
SEATTLE TO TAKE OVER RAILWAYS
Seattle,' March 28 — What i9
said t.n be the largest municipal
gtreet railway deal la the world! will
be the taking over by the City ot
Seattle of the street railway ays
torn which has for years been, op
erated under the direction of tbe
Stone and; Webster comoanv. The
passing from private to municipal
ownership will ta&a pla<"e Monday
a'ternocn.
GBIEf SffilCKEN LM S1IICIS
Seattle, March 28 — Stricken j
with grief over the recent deah o{
bjs wife, and growing morbidly
lonesome for his pan, Captain T. i
B. McM&rtln, who in now with the]
IT. s. artillery corPB in Fran«e,
Thomas B. McMartin, a prominent
lawyer of this city committed (Wi
elds this morning by shotting him
self iu the head ■with a pistol, Tha
act was committed In Lincoln park.
FIDS EVIDENCE
OF HUN PERFIDY
London, March 28 — Pari* re
port state that documents recent
ly tound In Belgium contain de
tailed instructions to German
trooos for carrying out the work of
destruction.
These document^ will be given
to the commission-of the pcAce con
farenc* which ia handling repara
tion mattem.
MONTENEGRINS
EATING HERBS
Rome, March 28 — The Ameri
can commission 'returning from
Montenegro reports a desperate pit
uation existing there. The pop
ulation, it is stated, is dying fr^m
starvation, and are scratching she
eaith for nettleg and roots to eat.
The Bed Cross Is busily en
paged in endeavoring to saw the
Iieoole.
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
\\7T 9 Military training ha8 certainly worked
rr llO S wonders with your physique—your new
XT' clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
M UUl smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
T '1 O be made expressly for you by Ed. V.
IQXlOTi Price & Co.
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.
JAMES KENNEDY