FORTYFDUfi ■ Hffl IS
hh m m sins
sail Francisco, Friday —Tea
thousand shipyard machinists and
botWmafcersi who have been out on
arrive since last February, were
yesterday granted their denwyidp for
a forty four hour week, and tils
mori in? aJl of the men returned to
'heir work.
l.ondon, April 4 — Tn comment*
ine upon Russia's latest i>ropoaa)9
to the Allies for a place In the de
liberations at the i>eace congress,
wVcli boiv the signature ot Prime
Minister Lenine, and is the first
concrete proposal r waived from
tne Russian government, the London
Post says that storieg are current
that President Wilson, ha^ expressed,
h's desire to negotiate directly with
Lenine's government,
KILLED
Anttieos, Friday — The Turkish
mUlster of the interior announced
at Constantinople today that eight
hundred thousand Armenian sol
diers had been killed during
the nr.
SS. AL-KI MAY BE
U
Seattle, Apjii 3— It is rumored;
that the hull of tho Al-Ki. which,
was wrecked iu Hawk lul t
Alaska, March 12, 1918, may be
floated. The engines and boileis
have removed. It U plann d
lo »'art salv age work as soon as
tua wtather moderates.
Lsuda J-est, April 4—Premier
Uela Kun, Hungary's now prime mill
Istcr, la a statement which
made public today says that the
new government is rapidly stabiliz
ing coaditons in Hungary.
Berlin, Aui il 4 — The reports
con' 'iued in governm^mt advices
which were received this afternoon
from the strike centers throughout
Prussia., especially at Wm"tcjnburg»
Indicate that th* strike s a:e col
lapsing on account of the lfcck of
fluaoces and suoplise.
At Ten—shun.
We have received another lot of
Liberty Bonds
Maybe yours is here. Come in and see
Also look at our
Safe Deposit Boxes
which will cost you nothing. If you want one
than it will be 25c per month.
B ANK OF ALASK A J
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
81 LIONS m BE SPENT
'ON BBEMEM NWIf IDS
ooattie, April 4 — Congressman,
"William J. Browning of the congres
sional committee on naval affairs,|
wlio is ouo of a party of five of
the committee now visiting the
Bremerton navy yards announced to
day that, the estimate made by en
gineers for increasing the capac
ity or the yaixla to twice their pre
sent facilities would require "n <*"
pendlture of eight million dollars.
The mconberg pay that they will
i report this increased capacity vi~
tally essential whoa tliey report
bap it to the Il.0u.3e of Repp6®ettta
tlvcg at the next session of Con
gress, and the improvement should*
be clous within the neat two years.
The plan now being perfected; by
thp Navy Department for maintain
iiib halt of the entire fleet on the
Paciic Coast makes this more im
perative, and it was the belief of
the committee tha thg work would
hesr'n as soon as the necessary ap
oropriation oould1 be geoured'. /
ALUS SEAT OFF
TROOPS
L.«don, April 4 — According to
aav'ces which were received here
• his morning the Bolshevist have
been attacking tha Allied forc^a at
Axchangfl and Chat yesterday a
hea-vi battle was fought at BoQsbo
•tfcPia.
The Allies finally heat off the «ol
slrvilii with heavy losses.
Hociuini, Friday — A. A Sed
wick sshot and killed hia wife ami
her attorney Sidney Moore Heath in
tha latter's office yesterday evening
and then turned hip gun on himself
and took his own life.
The reason for the act is said to
be caused by th.e wife living brot
a rutt for divorce, ghe claiming as
grounds for her suit that Sedgwick
hud tuberculosis.
Chicago, April 4 —Jack Job.ii/Kvii,
the colored ex-champion pugilist,
who arrived, recently in, Havana
from 3d a in, gavg that hip fight iu
iyl5 with Jesg Willard was
"framed." He stated that he
allowed Will a id to 'win for a con
sideration of ?30,U00 and. the mov
ius picture rightg. He pays he
ilso had Willard'e promise to help
him to straighten out his affairs
wi'h the federal authorities, who
sought him on a charge of white
slavery.
Jess Willard, the heavyweight
cnampion pugilist when inter
viewed at Lawrence) regarding John
son's story from Havana, stated'
that there "was nothing to it." j
Hg said Johnson wag In need
of money, andi wag merely trying to (
force Willard into a match.
Jack Ourley, promoter of the
Jonuson-Willard fight at Havana,
and Tom Jones, Willard'e former
manager, declare . that the figh
was "on the square," when seen in |
Chicago.
Havma, April 4 —1 JacJt Johnson,
the colored aeavyweight pugilist,
left today for Mexico, where he ex
pects to stage gever3! boutp.
Kansas City, April 4 — Benn
Leonard, the lightweight pugilistic
chpmpion has received an offer of
$20,000 from, a Tacoma, Weh., pro
moter for a bout with Lew Edwards j
an Australian, at Manila on July 4
next. The offer ia being seriouefly
considered by Leonard.
1 KILLED IN RUN
AWAY logging
hum
Hoquiam, April 4 — A runaway
lo.ging train, which, broke loose
from the engine haul lug it while
oq a steep grade, crashed through
a -rcntle near Momtesano and; piled
the cars in a frightful wreck.
Attached to the rear end Ot the
train was a coach in which
Georgs demons, head ol the Clem
ens J.umber company and six work
men were riding, These seven men
were all inet«®tly; killed.
LOOKING BRIGHT
FOR FILMS
Washington, Friday — Secretary
of War Baker, la addressing the
Lu:;on mission which arrived la
thiji ci*y for the purpose of seek
ing Independence for the Philip
pine Islands, said that the American
people loved' freedom too dear
ly to deny it to others, and that he
was speaking for President Wilson
in saying that the time had come
to grant the FtlopLao people Cull In
dependence.
Superintendent Jack Hayes, in
charge of the Alaska Road Commis
sion's operations in this division
Is directing the work of repair
ing the bridge over the Skagway
river 8t 22nd avenue.
Tho center crib was washed out
by high water last year, permitting
*ho bridge to pag in the middle,
and this hag already been Jacked
UJJ to its original position, audi
workmen are now engaged in put
ting In a heavy cribbing to take
the place of the one washed out.
This bridge was orglnaJly coi>
structed by the Alaska Road Com*
mission.
Private George Rout, Who wa#
Inducted Into the army from Skagr
way last summer, returned on the
Princess Mary last Sunday fircan
C«mp Dodg>e, which was aa near
he ever got to tho front. Mr. Rout
wf.s employed] at the Pack Train res
fpurant at the time of his entering
the service, and he regrets that he
did not get an opportunity to go
overseas an<} have a punch at the
Hubs.
—**—
William Ware, the Dominion tel
eg aph operator at Telegraph Creek,
arr'ved in Skagway on tho last train
and is awaiting the expiration of
th« lequirod time as provided for
by »he health regulations | bctfore
continuing on his way to the south.
Ha will probbaly gall on the Mary,
due her© on April 9 th. J
■ n i« ran
HI Ml UH1HE
Berlin, Friday — A petition^
signed by many of the leading so
cieties of Germany, liag been
forwarded to President Wilson at
Paris, asserting that if the Princi-J
r>lfra enunciated by him in bis var* j
ious peace suggestions are not ap-1
plied in the peace settlement, that
the Germans in their desperation*
would be driven to accept Bolshe
vism rather than become slaves,
throagh the imposition of aa imjust
peace, as now threatened ia Paris at
the lands of the Allied peace del
egi't .s to the peace congress.
Seattle, April 4 — Fredfrieilcaon
Hansen, first mate ol tha Btsain
schooner Edward R- West, upon
the arrlraJ of that »blp In thta port,
wag plaeed under arrest, charged
with murder.
Hansem is charged with having
thiown Charles Haaasea, pecond
mate of the echooaer overboard a«
the vessel rounded Cape Horn, fcnd
th .t the pecouii mat© was drowned.
PRESIDENT LI
UP WITH A GOLD
Parte, Friday — President Wll*
son ts today reported to be iU at
big home and is unable to attend
the peace conference today.
Washington, April 54 — Dr. Gray]
son sent a cablegram from Paris
tod-v* fit&tiag that the condition ol
President Wilson, "was not serious,
and that the president is mere/lyj
suffering from a slight cold.
Washington, April 4 — A com
munication has bec-n received at the
White House addpceeedl to Pres
ldent. Wilson, asking that th^ pres
ident ferant a respite to Eugene V.
Drbbs, who is now under sentence
to servo a long1 term in. Prison, by
reason of his recent conviction on
tho charge of 9oddtion. '
HUN TREATY HILL
BE READY W
Paris, April 4 — Cabinet Minis
ter Pi ad ton today; expressed hla
opinion that the preliminary o{
tb.fi peace treaty which will be im
posed on Germany will be ready to
submit to the vanquished en
amy by the twentieth oi the present
month.
IMS 10
Chicago , April 1 — Th® meat
packers in this city an# throughout
the nation say that there will be no
further raise in the price of meats
as a result of the release of
the meat industry from government
food control.
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 right!
Tl/T y Military training has certainly worked
rr flO S wonders with your physique—your new
clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
JL OUT smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
T *1 O be made expressly for you by Ed V.
iCLllOVi 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