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No. 114 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, J ONE 26, 1919
PRICE 10 CEI
SIS CHH EEDS
mm this am
Washington, June 20.—Tes'i
tying before 'he senate appropria
fiou touini'" tee toil ay, J. L. JOcl'her
son o* the AlaaJta Bureau of the Se
attle Chamber or Commerce and on
beh&l' of Secretary I«ane, Mr. Mc
l'herson testifid that $10,475,000
would be needed to complete the
railroad im Ai;l«»ka.
Mr. McPherson pointed out that
thp compiettd1 railroad from Seward
t*> Fairbanks cost only $7o,000 per
mils and explained, n answer to a
question put to him by senator Un
derwood, that an appropriation of
$12,000,000 will be needed1.for the
present fiscal year.
Washington, June 26.—Senato
Wesley Jone of Washington secured
from the Senate appropriation com
mittpe an amendment to the sun
dry civil bill Droviding for twelve ml
lion doll^ra for AasJca railroad con
struction during the coming year.
This is the full amount nglced for
by Secretary Lane.
APPOINTING NEW
PEACE ENVOYS
Berlin, June 26.—New delegates
are beiug selected bv the govem
men' to take the l>tacse of those who
have resigned from the peace dele
gation. Herman .\lueller, the now
foreign minister, says the Tjige
blsr, has declined' to go to Ver
sailles and sign the peace treaty. .
Xhj; paper also adds that Gen
eral Von Hiudenburg hag resigned
as commander Of th.e German ar
my.
Berllu, June 26.—Herr Mueller,
the German foreign minister, and
Dr. Bell, colonial minister, have
beou selected a$ German envoys to
sign the peace treaty.
They will leave Berlin today for
Versailles.
PACIFIC FLEET 1
10 SOON Sill
Washington, Jun 26.-The re
cently cre'Ued Pacific t*l• » t ot" the
navy wil sail from Ilaniptoui Roads
/or the Pacific- oo^'st between July
fifteenth and twentieth.
28 SAIL NORTH |
OS SS. ALASKA
I
Seattle Jane 2G.—The SS. Alas
ka of the Alaska Steamship line left1
this morning for Alaska with twoj
hundred and sixej; four passengers.!
i*he Alaska will go as far to thaj
westward as Seward. There are
twenty eight passengers bounfj for
Skairway and the interior and four
teen rouad trippers.
Seventy five for Ketchikan, fifty!
for LaTouche, thirty seven for Cor
dova and twenty three for Juneau.
The Alaska, has a large cargo of
freight and perishables.
SEATTLE
The City o£ Seattle arrive# last
night about tan o'clock with a
lar^e passenger list among whoni
were about Uiirtv roundtrippers.
Thi3 morning at seveu o'clock a
train was run to Bennett Lake whic
was well filled. Tliei train i-etmrn d
at half past twelve. The Seattle
#ailed at about one o'clock this af
ternoon and wag all filled up and a
number of people were left w,1o
eould' not obtain passage.
Now You Know You Did Save
And you did not starve, nor even go hungry.
Thai 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 people eat
too much. Maybe you spend to much on fine feathers.
Now think that over a little and think hard.
BANK OF ALASKA,
NEW GOODS
Just Received
GOOD SALMON EGGS
Friction top cans 40c each
CHICK FOOD
20 pounds lots up 6 1-2'cents a pounds
P. H. GANTY
CIVIL WAR IN GERMANY MAY
FOLLOW SIGNING OF TREATY
Berlin, June 26.—So grave is
the internal situation In Germany to
dav thai a single shot may pluni'o
the country int<o civiil w;lr fan1. Ev
en if a man ig found by the Itauer
government who is willing to sign
the peace treaty tlia allied armies
may have to come In and restore
order and secure the fulfillment of
the terms.
Unless a miracle happens tin
B'T-uer ministry will fulfill th0 gen
eral prediction that it is but a "gov
ernment of a week." Ita position j
ig threatened from all 8i$ce and
troo.s are deaertLnij; it by th« score. \
The communist^ andj conaervitlvea
are facing each, othor prepared for
the suprem.9 struggle. I
0, P. Burkhard't and his wife weie
paser.gers south on the City of Se-,
attle haviiv- come up from Ohilkoot (
Inlet. I
Mr. Rurkhardt has bem with the
Insurance adjuster who viewed the
ruins of the late cannery with a
view of adjusting the lo?se&
It is estimated th'it the entire loss,
will amount to throe hundred thou !
ead dollars.
The Burkhai-dep are not d-eclil» d
as to where they w'll rebuild tho
caunery.
Allotment for fish cultur- and;
stream work has been mad*? by tho j
Territorial Board of Fish Commis
sioners. The commisi'son organized
lis* week with the deselection of
Rlgas as chairman and Chns C. Car
field a? secretary. Mr. John Bee
gin of KetchLkan, was the only out
flirt commissioner present, Messrs
Hugh Dorouehty and A. J. Ai'.ums,
of th» Third division, not being abl j
»t> h. present.
The commission name<' A. J.
Suraeue as superintendent of the
:Juneau experimental station at a
salary of $200 a month.
Ah allotment of $3,000 in the dis
trict south Of Wrangell Narrows,
ami $7,000 in the Third division
for stream work was mad«. The
Juneau station wag also allowed a
boat for s-rvice in distribution of
fry and takinjr stream workers to an
from work.
The Juneau section was allowed
$20,000 for both experimental and
stream work. The present plant
of the Southeast Alaska Game Club)
will be continue^
Sidney 1). Smith, of Atlin, one of
tliB victims of thy Princess Sophia
whose body wag brought in to Ju
neau Hie first of the week was bur
ied last Sujulay under the auspices
of the Masonic Ix>dge. The fune
ral was held in the l0(\c,e rooms in
the Odd Fellows' Hall at 2 o'clock,
according to the arrangements
made by C. W. Carter, undertaker
for the C. W. Young Company.
Thf< body of Claud's F. Faires and
two unidentified bodies, victims of
the. Princess Sophia, were buried on
Saturday mornin. Funeral servic
es were held at 9 o'clock at th«
Home Undertaking Parlorg by Rev.
O. Bruce. The body of W. Mac
Leunon, another victim of the wreck
wa» ®hloped south by th© Home Un
dertaking Parlors on the Princess
Alice
Among the passenger on the
City of Seattle who took in the plac
es el interest and the curio shops
while the Seattle was in Port was
Mrs. L. G. Traver of RUlnecliff,
New ork.
Mrg. graver is a daughter of
Professo Fanning, tho well known
taxidtimis-* of WrOngell, and she
will spend the summer visiting with
her father.
Mrs. Travfir will spenit some time
at Tynee where she has friends.
The Wall Street Journal of June
7 th has this to pay about copDcr:1
New York Metal Exchangs quotes
copper as strong.
Spot and' June are quoted at
16.50, July 16. 3-4 bid. August 17
16.50, July 16 3-4 bid, August 17.
.35 and 17.40.
Sales, 25 tons August sold at
17 3-8.
ON MOSQUITO
HUNTING IRir
This morning thx-ra loft on tb«
train, Dr. Ji. (J. Dyar, who with hi» I
secretary ha# been stopping a law!
Cr*ys iu Skagway, tha guests of the 1
i'ujifcn House.
Dr. l)yar is an entomologist ami ia
connected with the Smithsonian lib
^'luiou of Washington and is
i>c*rhni<s the greatest authority on I
the Mosquito In the world. Hi® mis
sion to the north, now, lt> to ntudy I
th it pestifieroug insect.
Dr. Dyar has bean through western j
liriush Columbia and will aow ppend
tiie rts*. of the glimmer iu. southern
Yukon territory aofi! northern Brit
ish Columbia as bo will go to At
liu before returning from White
hot se.
Dr. Dyar ia the Author of Sev
er.i works on entomology and es
pecially the mosquito. He ia al
so editor of the magaziae "Iusect-j
it.or Uiscitias' and alBo of a mon
tgiapt on mosquitos which was pu''>j
lished in four volumna and b dis
tributed by t'h.9 Carnegie Ineti-1
tute. Thiy monograph Is one of!
the most exhaustive treaties oa the1
lns<!ci ever written. Dr. Dyar 19
a most interesting man and! his
U*Jks on tiie mosquito throw a dif
ferent light on what Is CoMldfftr'-d
one cf the worst peiita in thenorth.
Tii's, however, doe,? not lessen, the)
annoyance oi' tin se little peets.
The Doctor h^a a case Jn which
lie h&s impaled and mounted 8,
500 mosquitos all of which have
been carefully caught and' handled
a id which represent over 700 dif
t'ersiitn species.
Dr. Dyar will return to Skagw*yj
and tilt n tour Boutheastera Ala»s-,
ka before returning to Washington.
Eutte, Mont, June 26.—The city
council of Butte has repealed all
ordinances relating to licenses for.
the family petg and homeless curs,'
and oassed a H6W ordinance which
will make it mandatory to keep all ;
dogs with is enclosures or chaiaed
Damage done by dogg to shrub- j
ben- gardens and In other ways i/»,
given as one of the prime resons for!
the drastic measure.
San Francisco, June 26.—The San
Francisco Chronicle, for many year®
a DOlitical opponent of Ur.it-ed States
Senator Hiram. W. Johnson, will
announce Thursday In a full-page
editorial its support of a movement,
to obtain for 9?nator Johnson the
republican nomination for Drestdent.
The editorial refers to the Chron
icle's former oppodtslon to Mr.
Johnson, but points pu tthat It waa
based solely on differences concern
ing state politk-pg wheni Mr. Johnson
was governor.
Bazcman, Mont., June 26.—The|
annual gopher and around squff
rel shoot of the local lodge of Eltfl
resulted 1 the slaughter of 20,000 of
the little farm peats. This estimate
lg based upon the number of tails
turned in at headquarters, nearly
7,000 and the fact that twice that
number which were killed' fell Into
holes and the trophlrp could not be
obtained..
II. R. Sheppard, the reter&u li
eu ranee agenf of Juneau wag a
round tripper on. the City of Seat
tle having taken the boat at Jual
ln.
While the Seattle was Joi port
"Shep" put iu hig spare tUtte Tlslt
In^ with old friends, of wh»m he
has many, ' ■.•'"! ill
nun wEs t
HI) FROM Mil
Par , June 26.—Fredrick Wil-|
11am Hohen^ol em lias escaped from j
Holland aou hag mftdig his way into i
Germany.
The news af the eacapa of the
late crown, priace caused consider
able st-r In poaoo conUirence circles.
While It ia not felt th'.c he 1b
it figure aground: whifch the reaction
aries and monarchists woudd. gath
er, nevertheless hig act la regarded |
ag an event of considerably
faction by this elemtnt.
In view of or.her G-ernian
trancy efforts are being nu
day to arrange for th.e sign
the peacr. treaty at thr
clock on Saturday afternoon.
Thhe Oowu.il of Three
parntly ga-tiiifieU with, the se11
ial assurances that the Germa
be on hand to sign.
PROTEST NOTE
SENT BY FOUR
Paris, June 26.—The Council of
Four aaa sent a note to Germany
protesting against tbjt> slinking of
the German fleet in! Soapa Flow and
also against the burning of the
French flags i» Berlin. on Tuesday.
This is an official announcement
made this morning'.
punsToii
FOR FOURTH
The City Council ha« appointed' a
committee of arrange ninety for
Fourth of July celebration and In
accordance therewith, the commit
tee calls a meeting for Friday nl«iht
at the city hall where represent
atives from all of the fraternal'
«ccietl«5 and other ©rgandeations in-J
terested are asked to meet with |
them and1 perfect plana for good
old tim« celebration.
Already there has been assured a
fsae of base ball between the
the boyB and first and Second Priz
es hare been ofered ;"or the wtaners.
Th« meeting hag b^en called for
8 o'clock and it. is hoped a good at
tendance will be had.
Bv order of thg Committee. |
L. A. Harrison left on the City
o' Seattle on a hafrfy business trip
to Seattle and other* southern points.
Mrs. Lae Hudson was south bound
passenger on the Seattle today.
Washington, June 26.—It v>
nounced this afternoon that
Ford had asked the pec re tar
the treasury to assign an ac
an* to go over his bookg for
JJetroit plaant aad ascertain t
act amount of the profits durii
war.
Ford' hag paid that he will
bact to tti« government his
which la 58 per cant of th
time profits.
Washington, June —An a
uriation bill carrying ?888,0O
.providing for an av6i-age arm;
400,000 men for the a xt year
passed by the genate last nigl'
The bill will be sent to the
conference for confirmation.
Washington.-—A national bin
law designed to wipe °ut wort
oil stocks and othc-r wild cat s<
ties will b9 urged by Senator
i»er 0£ Kansas. "Such legisl
will save millions of dollars v
ar» going for worthless stocks «
year,-' Senator Capper said' ye
day. He favors a fed©ral t
to pass on aH securities. A
lar measure ha§ been enforce
Kansas for several years, and
driven all unreliable concerns o
the State, Senator Capper said
I HIE PASS ft
YUKON ROUTE
The
Route of
COMFORT
SERVICE
SAFETY
Through Tickets to and from Dawson
Fairbanks, and all Interior Alaska
and Yukon River Points.
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern steam
ers will operate regularly the entire length of the Yukon
River and its tributaries.
Daily train service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and
Whitehorse. Parlor observation cars on every train.
Full information regarding passenger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.