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Washington, Juno 23.—The war
department lias perfected plans to
throw & punitive expedition, of ai>
equate strength across the R;o
Granda river at the moment official
word is received of reprisials on
the part of Villa for the Juar
«\x incident, or in. case of other1 con
t:agrencieu tending- to bring the Mux
lean situatiou again to a stage aj>
proaching tlie crisis, of last Sunday.
Orders for advance to this column
may be accompanied by instructions
for military occupation of territory
necessary to insure the safety of the
exi> ditic-iu and absolute safety of the
thf. border through the creation of
a neutral aone south; of tho Texas
line. •
Forest fir<s oceuring L:i i-etvnt
v«»ars in the upper Kuskokwim coun
try have destroyed th«i ted on vvhio
the vast oaribou herds of th 't region
I'eed, causing- them to migrate to
the country adjacent to tlif Mount
Mc.Kiulev pars and the headwaters
of the Nenaoa river. They are
found ranging the country s venty
five miles below the McKinlev rar."e
which they have nevr before been
known to da
The fires now raging i:i the Tok
lat, Middle river and upper X-.ua
na river are burning up the moss on
which the caribou subsist and is like
ly to soon d«rive them away to other
parts of the countrv in their nu <st
for food.
JOfflOOMS
FORIY LIVES
Evansville, Minn., June 23.—For
ty persons are known to have been
killed, ovw on« hundred and sixty
wounded are iu the hospital here
a.iu> property to the value of $*».
uOO.OOO destroyed its th© result of
a tornado that sw-ept over Fergus
Fulls lata yesterday afternoon.
urm-ra
!!U»L:j t!U«U
Atlantic. City, June 23.—•
Oa SaturJ:;- hi t Saiuii ;1 Comperf i
was ag:> in el cted president of tlie
Auicruan Federation of Uibor.
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r.j,,uimptJ
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Se;.ult Jmie - -Alt}'. Gen. G.
Gritsliv ti M:I --ksi ti ,-s il ihrotiigli
hviv i>!l Sal iii'l'itv oil liis w.'ly to
W.iillil t'tl'ii.
ILlliPtOI
Mm POSTS
Seattle, .1 : : Major General
.Morrison ha aiJ s Satur-«
il i-. jt.<m tliu C'.tj of Seattle
for Alaska on a toU|- or U:si)t*rti'->ii
of tit arli'y of Al sVa. The J
partj will i'.vi 1 o.ay.
Now You Know You Did Save
And you did not starve, nor even hun ry.
That proves that you CAN save
The next thing is to do it and
Do It Now
The easiest thing to save on is your eats. Most p-ople eat
too much. Maybe you spend to much on fine fea'hers.
Now think that over a little and think hard.
INK OF AT A SKA
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
, Friction top cans 40c each
| CHICK FOOD '
i 20 pounds lots up 61-2 cents a pounds
P. H. G
I'aris, June 23.—Trawlers ar
riving here from Germany repot
that the former kaiser aaid also Gen
eral Hindenberg have advised the
German government to sign th'J Peac
treaty.
Versailles, June 23.—All of
the remaining German delegates are
packing up their belongings prepar
atory to leaving for home.
Weimar, June 23.—German poli
tii-U.1 leaders suddenly du'ided last
niglu to withdraw the note to the
Allies in which further concessions
jvore demanded. No reason for thi
action was advanced and: the situa
tion remains cufused.
From the maze of conflicting in
cidents, however, the gen.ral im
pression pievails that tin. treaty will
lie Signed.
Lin.don, June 23.—Th^ signing ofI
the !>• ace treaty by Germany is as
certain as if the signature were al-j
re-uv )nit on the document is the
assertion of an Exchange telegram
from Copeuhagm which quotes ad
vices received from W;iiuar
I'aris, June 23.—OWcl: 1 wijelesti
despatches s nt from Nausen at one
o'clock on Saturday f^id that the
Nat.onai assembly at Weimar tr'ed i
to constitute a majority iu fa\or of'
bgiiiiig thg i>eaoe tr*--ty but .t. was
impossible because of a division ■
among the parties. All liows re
gaining the changes iu thc eabini tl
ip premature..
Berlin, June 23.—he entire eabi-,
i.et resigned today. President Kb- i
bi.-rt will retain the Prssidentey
temporarily.
Weimar, June 23.—It looks now
as if Edward David would be the sig
ecssor of not only Chancellor1 Schord
inal; n but of Brock t'.wff Kantzau,
as well. j
Leigth, England, June 23.. The!
sailing of all ships loaded with food;
tor Uerman h;|s been stopped by the I
government.
Berlin, June 23—M.athiag Erzb&r-j
ger seat a not^ to premier Clemen-1
ceau ou Saturday, asking whether |
the Allies agree to the immediate j
admission of Germany to the League
of Xatioil'a.
Erzberger also desired to know
if the powers consent to the limita
tion of Germany's Lnateinuity to one
hundred billion gold marks and to
renounce all effort to ha-ve the
former kaiser surrendered.
The note doea not say whether
Germany will sign the peace treaty
but the inference seems clear that
she would accept the treaty if th.se
concessions were m<inie.
Weimar, Jiuie 23.—it is official-1
ly announced that Gertffany will sign
the De.'ice treaty..
Paris, June 23.—President Wilson
Premier^ Uovd George and Cl-'aien
ciau this morning flatly refuse''
Germany's request for an addit onal
delay of forty sis hours in which to
make known her decision reIative
to signing the peace treaty.
Berlin, June 23.—Germany wil!
sigu the peace treaty this afternoon,'
•%s the assembly by a vote of 237 toj
1 tieckled this action.
The assembly also voted con-!
fidence in the new government of
Ilerr Bauer.
Before the vote wn« taken, Herr
Bauer declared that the government j
would sigu without acknowledging'
the responsibility of the German
oeople for the bringing on of thej
war and without accepting the ob-1
ligation of the treaty relating tc the!
trial of the emperor and the ex
tradition of other German person-I
apes.
The govern meat appointed Dr
Daniel Von Haimhfliusen to cond/uct
th« peace arrangements.
It is understood that the Allies
will insist on the unconditional ac
ceptance oX tlie termg and failing
in this the armies Of the Allies will!
begin advancing on Monday evening.1
Weimar, June 23.—The German
warships Which were not sur-|
rendered to the Allies at thg sign-J
ing of the armistice, and which have,
been anchored' oft" Kiel Wilhelms-1
haven and other points, have beoa I
sun1, by the German ss-ilors man-|
ning them.
This h.»i become known by r©-|
ports received here from authentic■
sources.
Paris, June 23.—The French
Foreign office stated tod'ay that 't
would be impossible to complete the
arrangements for tho formal sign
ing of the peace treaty before Wed
nesday next.
No change in the orders for the
Allied armies to advance Tuesday
morning has yet been given.
Germany h::s notified the Allies
that she will sign thB treaty and'
the official announcement in Ver
saillti- of the receipt of a note to
tliaf. effect was made this afternoon.
Whitjier it will be signed at
otir« by Secretary Von Haniel or
later by the new IterU.i government
was not made known.
Unofficial reporla state that
the .National assembly had instruct
ed Von Haniel to sign at once and
had given him full power to do so.
Paris, June 23.—Premier Clemci
ceau in replying to Herr Bauer's
note asking certain reservations as
to the signing of the peace treaty
said "There .remain less than 24
hours, the Allies are constrained to
say the time for discussion
has passed.
"Germany must accept the terms
without qualification or reservation.
We shall require from the repre
sentatives Of Germany an unequlv
acal decision of tli> ir purpose to
sl?:i and accept or not the whole
of the treaty. Germany is respon
sible for ©very stipulation aft' r her
signature."
London, June 23.—"Certain Ger
man interned, ships in Sc^pa Flow
have been sunJt and left by their
crew?-' )'s the a-nnounccmtiiit made
the Adroiwilty today. The Crews of
thp vessels were Germans and the
vt-ssels were sunk with the German
flags flying at their mastheads
where the crews had raised them.
CI OF SEATTLE
sailed mm
Seattle, June 23.—The City of
Seattle of the Admiral line sailed
SUlrdav morning at ten o'elook for
Southeastern Alaska.
There were 232 passengers, all
told, including twenty two soldiers
for Fort Win. H. Seward, thirteen
for Haines and' forty1 for Skagway.
The Skaigway passengers are uiairi
ly round tripperg or are bound for
the interior. Eighty of the balance
are bound for Kctchikam.
SOUNDS WARNING
AGAINST LEAGUE
8F NATIONS
Washington, June 23.—In ai
si^eecli in the senatel today senator i
Sherman, of Illinoise, gave out as a ■
warning that the L,ea<gue of Nations,
it now stands may be an end to
the separation of church and state.!
Senator Sherman declared that
the Roman Catholic church would1
be represented by twenty fo(Ur votes
out of the forty five votes comprifl-j
ir-'E" tl'e assembly, tiius placing thei
Lt 'jue of Nations under the domtaa>
tion of (he Vatican.
t TO BE
GilGELLOR
London, Jun^ 22.—Th.^ Times to
day stated that Noske would in all
probability be appointed Chancellor
of the German reorganized) govern
ment and that Mathla? Erzberger
would be the chief of the peace del
egation. |a.
snobTMeo
A LONG VOTE
Seattle, June 23.—'William Short
ws elected president of the State
Ft deration of labor.
Short defeated F. D. Clifford,
the radical candidate, by a majori
ty of one hundred and eighty, out
of a total of seven hundred and)
twenty two votes.
asksWto
FOI
Rome, June 23.—King Emanuel!
has rtguestcd Francisco Nittl, the
former minister of the treasury to
form a cabinet.
RL AWAIT THE
AMTAKEII
BICONGRESS
Paris, June 23.—President Wilfloi
will defer aany action relative tc
A.merlcaa pa^lcipatlon in the
League of Nation or rejected, worl
League of Nations until tka United
States senate has ratified or reject
i>d the peace treaty and the Ameri
cam position lias been, definitely e»
tahlished concerning the league.
Paris, June 23.—President WU
sou'g plans conditional on the trea
ty being signed todP-y, provide loi
big departure, from Parte on Wed
nesday <nig2U.
If tb» plana arecarried out, b<
will sail for the United Stat© froft
Brest on Thursday*.
MARTIAL LAW
SOON LIFT'
'*——• a
Winnlptlg. June 23.-^
law was declare^ on Sat0®
a-fttf a battle betwween t**®»
and the provincial jko!ic^ tti«
one man was killed a»3&iXir?a
mor« wounded. town
On Sunday the mf t° ^
lifted although a fe
raj soldiers ana aidlirlsoa
thorities la maijitainl'^^®
UANSOTfe
m mi 2s
Seattle, June 23.—Ma.
Hanson made th^ anuouacen.
day that bo wo>uld not be a c.
date for the mayoralty again.
Seattle, June 23.—The SS. Jet
ferson sailed Sunday morning at !
o'clock with oo« hundred and eig'a
ty passengers including thlrteei
rountrippers and fourteen for Ska
wav ar.d inside
Ketchikan gets fifty passeiigei
and there are cw;i for the ca-nuer
lea a* Quadra, Tee Ha<rbor arn
Point Ward.
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Daily train service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and
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upon applying to
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Skaguay, Alaska
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