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~~7J ~7~ SRAGWAT, ALASKA TYESDAY, JANtARY a. IP22 PWC1 HB wn
VOL. 114 TWENTY-FOCTITH YEAR.
OUTPUI FOB
Washington. Jan. 1.—Dr. Alfred
Brooks. director of the geological
5u-ve> wo •> throughout Alaska, has
i»ied a siatunent giving the
\..lue of hi minerals produced in
A'.iska uur tig the vear 1521.
e ici.U mineral output Is given
j J6.ICS.000. of which gold to the
or.: t i : $S KO0.000 was taken out.
[•per follows next *"1th a value of
> STl.Ori'. ar.d Silver runs third in
fUS.Mt, and lead $46.
Kour hundred a.id eighty thous
: .1 dollars' worth of coal was min
• d n the territory during the year.
TVo Ku>kokwim district produced
J "i'0 in gold. Seward pen.nsula
.. .1 Northwestern Alaska produced ,
$].>; 000 of the precious metal,
J: 000 worth was mined in oth
- so ions of the territory. Of the
pr.Jucod. $4,090,000 worth
< U1M TO HAVE
\r*\»'vl -FRENCH I.FTTKRS
Washing• jn. Jan " —Copies or
ns i>'w» Japanese at.d French
nments covering the proposal j
The two governments act In con
.t the Washington conference!
> establishment of a Japan- !
trv.torate i rer Siberia nave
:\en out by a special deletr*
• the far eastern Republic,
delegation has asked for a
- when the conference of the
n question is taken up.
tviosate* Can I*rove Charurd
Washington. Jan. 3—The far,
d-legates to the arms con
t .e told the conference today
dospite the denials of France
"ipan. proof of the charge that
ind Japanese governments
3d • red into a secret treaty for
> .. ntrol of Siberia co«ld b« :
h; il h> an examination of the
d.vuments
T. • Jocument*. it was g.»i<J. car '
in the archives of the far |
government In China.
commits sncaw at
M W YEAR'S T\KTY
S>* York. Jan. 1 —fieorge W 1
Taj * one of Morgan * Company's
fcij .laritd attaches, commtted
sui> !•* y shooting himself throaah
the h. d at the home of his sister
t
Tear's day.
13rs. Smith *a: entertaining a
tfnp > f friends at a Ne w Year*.
party when Taylor was announced
and hf> then presented Ms new wife
to his sister-in-law The shooting
1 il!o» shortly afier. and no cans*
Is t r>w~n for the act.
Mrs. John Fairfield, who has been
-i the White Pass hospital for some
time. Is reported as Improving.
RAOUl V. PMERWil
S*ier Racui V ?atermi of Rome,
g and master of the grand lodge of
Ituly. thirty-third degree sovereign
grand commander of the supreme
council of Ancient and Accepted Scot
tiih Rite M»tm of Italy and her col
ontea, who came to Washington to at
tend the biennial meeting of the eu
p-»«ne council of thr*world
l-OSTM \STFR-(.1VKK\1
HAYS M \\ RKSKA
for rigc.fr r ia
Washington, Jan 3 —It Is rep. I
ed around official circles thai P -■
master-General Will llavs is like *
to resign from his office ir order to
accept the presidencj of ■ motion
picture corporation.
It is said that the office arries
with It a salary of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars a year and
that Hays wil. have a con'rac: for
three vares
JAPAVF^V \TI<>\
Will. >\ll JIM \ItV 1.1
W*stHngton. 1W SI — The arms
conference will proh My rd'onrn
within a fortnight.
The Japanese deleca >n have .ir
ranged to sail for ho' e from Van
Francisco
IS.
FR.WCK STAVOS PAT
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Paris. Jan 1.— Trme Minister
Rriiind announced * > the French
senate today while tha' body was in
session, that no argun .-nts and no
amount of pressure al the Supreme
Council meeting, which - to he held
in Cannes this week, will induce
France to reduce the air. mnt of in
demnity s'-.e claims from Oermary
J W Stoddart. t^e Whitehorse
jeweler, will leave on the Princess
Mary tomorrow for Victo-ia. where
he will visit with tis f:.mily this
winter.
Your New Year Resolution
resolve to bp mors careful with your money the coming
year and in this way reap some of the benefits that others are en
joying.
Keep an accurate account of all the money you sp^nd ina
jr.nnth and what you spend it for. Tt will surprise you.
Then resolve to bank the amount you have heretofore been
spending unwisely
You will never regret the resolution if you act.
Bamk off Masiksi
SKACWAY, ALASKA
SENATOR PENROSE
PASSES AWAY
Washington. Jan. 1 —Jost as th<
bells and whistles proclaimed thf
advent of the Xew Year, Senator
i Penrose of Penn , passed away as
I the result of a severe attack of bron
chitis which weakened his heart to
sucil an extent that he conld no!
weather the ravapes of the disease
Boies renrose was horn in Phila
delphia. November 1. 1S60. and ha.«
served continuously a* the 1". S sen
ator from Pennsylvania since Marc'
4. 1SST His pres-er.t term would
have expired on March X. 5 9S7
TROTSK\ KXPKI.l.KP
H50M
Berlin. Jan. "—l«on Trctikv. ihr
tiead of the Soviet Militai v of Kus
sia. has been expelled from Jud,ttSf<
This report was received toda> in
despatch from Mosjow
The Russian Jews declare " nt
Trotsky has Tores worn his fovef 1
i ers' creed and is an enetr? af it e
I Jews.
The declaration is mad" that Trot
n\vs i\ni v has
15K<> >MK \ RKIM Itl.H
Washington. Jan
received b> S X G!:i«e •
• or of American committee for t
I promotion of self goto • men" of -
I ilia, states that India s iwi
.-onsress. w hieh i*' in «e«l ' h
1 for defensive purptse:
ki immm. \1111*1. \ \ i **
TO OAKKY ^ \MlTl
l^ondon. Jan. 3.—Great fir "i is
now buildinc one hundred
troop carrying airplanes
These flyers are to be loaded « 'It
dynamite and will 5»e used main
tain Britain's hold on V-- ':»itan>ia
M> sTK \ l\l !> lil I.U MVs
r.i rw >1 \ ! 1U'SII»K\T
H *Kl»l\<. \M» m (.til -
Washington, Do." 31 -When it
came to the ears of Pres.tlerit Hard
ing that there was a rumor abroad
that the relations between him and
Secretary of State Hushes had been
strained, the President characteris
ed the report as absolutely sill
\KW vv: Vll'S DKATII Till I
HK.W Y IN 11U cm
San Francisco. Jan. .I—Eight peo
ple killed and thirty-two injured is
the sum total of the automobile ac
cidents that occurred -u New Year's
day in the Bay cit>.
There was much hicb 1 'e celebra
crowded day and night with rcvoi
ers.
Tl RKS ARtHTT
AMKRK \N PRorrssORi
Athens, I>ec. 31.—Several Amer
ican professors of the Orphanage at
Derindja. which is two miles from
Constantinople, are declared by the
Armenian newspape- Yarguir of
Constantinople to l.ave been carried
off by the Turkish Nationalists.
The fate of the Americans is no'
known.
TWO AX*TOlST» Kil l.VP
Seattle, Jan. 1—J. A. Tenncv. a
barber, and Henry B. Taylor, i
chauffer, were instantly killed or
New Year's day. when their car be
came involved in the dense traffic
and was run into hy another ma
chine.
Coal Question Is
Still Unanswered
Washinrton. J»« 1 —According
:o the annual report of mining In
i Alaska for the year l»ll. now being
prepared under tb« direction of Dr.
\irred Brook*, head of the geologi
cal survey for Alaska. the Question
i* to whether the deposit! of high
crude bituminous coal in the Mat
miiaka and Bering river field con
■ :ain a large tonnage of fuel under
1 the present high coat of recovery
.iid with the present market, ia
1 <iill unanswered.
VI \RRtl. K\ns IN «.H<x>TI\«.
Seattle, Jan 1.—As the result of
■ n enstrangeraent between Robert
Poster, a man ft 2 years of age. and
is -year-old- wife, Georgia, a
tooble shooting occurred in which
vrs Vary Bush net), roster's moth
•• -in-law was instantly killed, and
William R Walker, a friend of the
BushnellV was severely wounded.
After killing his mother-in-law
;md wounding Walker, Foster turn
ed the gan loose on himself, which
rvKeltod fatally.
Foster was formerly a deputv
r.it. d States marshal in Alaska
I'Y.I l»IOT IRISH TRKATY
Will. 11 \VK GOOD MAJORITY
Dubl n .lar, a- -Members of the
Pa I Kireann are gathering here to-;
d.!> ard man\ of them predict the!
approval of the Irish treaty.
It is said that there will be a ma
jority of from twtlve to twenty.
1 e t :y will he debated for four
d. .v beginning tomorrow
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-.I V ATORIAl lNVKST»n\TIO\
.ishington. Dec. SI - Many sen
iors are prepared today to increase
> scope of the t,*natorial invest!-'
no* going on. into the charg
; murder and -rurtl> :o Amer
in so:die~s while In France
11 Senator W'atsc- c#n prove that
nr M U Opie of Suinnwn. Vlr
, i ia. killed two ol fti» soldiers, the
: declared that b. cm prove
ie charge untrue
TIIIU ! \MI Kli \N M »RINKS
<an.iv <>i mi i:i»kr i
Managua. Nicaragua. De\ It.—
p Vmencan marines who hare
t iin trial hefore n navil tribune
of officers from the cruiser Gal
v.-ston, were found pti'ltr of tlaying
Xicaragtian policemen. The
i v ■ re sentenced to ten yean im
j.-isonment ai hard labor.
Mils TWO. Rl"T FAILS
IN T\M\«i HIS OWN 1.1FE
Portland. Jan. 1 —When Charles
jrd.n entered his home in this]
last evening and found his wife
ai ii H. W. Sigsby in a compromls
£ situation, he shot and killed
t-oth of the parties instantly. He
immediately turned his weapon on
' itr.self. hot failed In hts attempt on
his own life.
KI \TS FATHKR IT
l\»MMITS SXIODK
Seattle. Dec. SI—Following a
Quarrel in which be beat his fat ber
Isaac M. Haris. with a poker. David
Haris committed saicide with a shot
pnn at his home this morning.
The family lived near Renton and
the quarrel was over a trivial mat
ter, the father said.
SPROIX MAY SrOCMilf
I \TE <5E\ATOti PKNROSK
Washington, Jaa. i. —U Is re
ported that Governor S jroul is like
ly to be the successor of the late
i Senator Penrose.
i
C. C. COUNTRYMAN
I've tramped over 12.000 mite* to
tee if there's on* solitary woman left
who doesnt try to do poor, little old
A<J5»m out of hla owr little Job." Such
>1 the story of Carl C. Countryman
uf Ch'cago. e*ecutiv« aecretary of the
Loaour cf Young Americana, who »a>
M*" In London recently wearing a
khaki tu't and ■ bright am.lt,
ITALIAN A\T> AMERICAX
SAILORS HAVE SKRURS
FIGHTS IX SHANGHAI
Shanghai. Jan. J—Serions trou
ble developed today between the
sailors off of Italian and American
warships which are lying In the har
bor Two score of the Italian sail
or* surprised and attacked a doien
American jackies in a cafe where'
they were eating their New Year's
dinner and then the Dagoes went
from one cafe to another seeking
out and attacking isolated groups of
Americana
Five Americans sustained knife
wound*, two of them being serious-'
ty subbed
The attacks were the outgrowth
of a trifling hrawl in a rafe The
Italians were armed with knivei arid
revolvers while the American? were
unarmed.
Shanghai. Jan. 3.—One of the
American sailors who wsf stabbed
yesterday by the Italian sailors died
of his wounds.
"Simmy" Simpson of Wh lehonse
will spend the winter in Vancouver
and other points on Paget Sound
"Simmy" arrived today on the train
and will leave on the Trinces* V*rv
Wufc'iftoK, Jan. 1 —As a resuit
of hearing* in Seattle and el»e«1>ere
Secretary of Commerce Hoo»er h«
promulj-afed an order that palmon
fl«hing be prohibited In all Alaakan
streams within Et* hundred j-ard*
of their month* anl In their tribo
tarlef *rd lake*.
The exception Is made it Karl».k.
where flahing will b« permitted in
a rone one hundred yards ©ut*id»
the month of the Karlnk rtrer and
also in the fgashik rlrer below the
line fire hnndred yards from Iho
month of the Kink 8almos rlv«r.
DHvin# salmon fiewn the gtr*am«
»nd • atiKinc aalmo* to go entail-"
the prelected area* at th# mouth of
any salmon *tream, fa expressly pro
hibited The order doe« not apply
to person* taking calmon for lncal
or home i:«e or for dog feed
jp» 1
mu skvo t.RAiv
to stocks rwu
Newport New*. Jan. 3.—Thirty of
the V .« Shipping Board steamer*
which are now laid up In the Jame»
river will l«e loaded with grain and
sent to Ruiwla
The grain ia to be used fcr the re
lief of the famine stricken districts
KARMKR III KN* HOMK;
xHtHlTS HIMHK1K
Yakima. Dee II—Because hla
»ife became enstranged from him
ard left ihe home and refuted to
rntve back or be tecowcited. H. K.
Perr n a prominent farmer of this
*<*. 1 or, set fire to the house and
then «»io) and killed hlruaelf.
The home had been aold and the
pair were going to go to California
to liv when the rupture between
them occurred
t.KRMW KI.Afi AGAIN AITEARS
New York. Jan 3.—Ottinant'J
flaK floated today appearing among
tho*' of other nations here.
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