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NO. '130. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
8KAGWAY, *TJ»nCA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT HARDING
SUBMITS BUDGET
Washington, Dec. 4.—The Annual
Federal Budget of the Administra
tion was submitted to Congress by
President Harding today. The ap
propriations asked for Alaska, con
tains the following items: The new
cable is not asked for but the Presi
dent does ask for three quarters of
a million for the replacement of
worn out section of the cable and the
usual one hundred forty thousand
dollars for maintenance. The gov
ernment railroad is cut to two mill
ion. of which $50,000 appears to be
asked for the new project of main
taining steamboat lines on the Yu
kon river in connection with the rail
road. The plans for the Alaska Road
Commission under the War Depart
ment for road and trail building
program are rejected, only $465,
000 is allowed for road, trail and
bridge construction. The army how
ever gets one thousand for survey
and design for new government
wharf at Juneau. The lighthouse
service gets $125,000, education ol
natives $355,000, medical relief.
$90,000; reindeer work. $10,000;
also $615 for reindeer work in con
nection with the Bureau of Agricul
ture. The agriculture station gets
ten thousand. Indigent Indians get
five thousand, the tlsherles get $165.
000 and the field service of the fish
eries $70,029.
The Coast Oeodetic Survey has an
appropriation of $314,000, and for
the inland transportation of mail
$185,000. The insane are appropri
ated $1425. and for the protection
of game five thousand. The Bound
ary Survey $435. McKinlev Park.
$10,000 and the Forest Service to
get $592. A total appropriation of
$4,703,096.
MRS. CLARA PHILLIPS
ESCAPES FROM J VIL
Los Angeles, Dec. 5.—Miss Clara
Phillips, who killed Alberta Mead
ows with a hammer, and was convict
ed of murder in the second degree.
She climbed out of the window In
the women's section of the jail and
escaped today. She >s under life >n
prisonment sentence tor the murdur.
WALLACE PLEADS
FOR FAKMEKS
Washington. Dec. 5.—Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace In his report
to Congress today, plead the cause of
the farmer before that body. De
spite the effort, the farmer has put
forth in producing and harvesting a
large crop h'i finds himself still la
boring under serious disadvantages.
This, the secretary declared was due
to the disproportionate relationship
of prices.
BANDITS INVADE
SEATTLE RESIDENCES
Seattle. Dec. 5.—Two men were
shot and robbed In the residential
sections of the city last night. Ar
thur Defoi. a painter and one of the
victims, will probably die.
JEFFERSON HAS EXPLOSIVES
Tite Steamship Jefferson Is expect
ed to arrive the latter part of this
week. hSe left Seattle with a load
of explosives and hence without pas
sengers.
ALASKA MAN" NAMED
SUPERINTENDENT OF
SEATTLE'S STREETS
Seattle. Dec. 4.—In the contro
versy with Mayor Brown over the
selection of a street superintendent,
the city council yesterday "elected"
Col. George M. Rice to that position.
Rice was enj.iged in the construction
of the W^lte Pass & Yukon rail
way and was forme/ chief engineer
for the Copper River & North
western railroad. The courts are ex
pected to decide whether lie can hold
the position for which h9 was -se
lected by the council.
SENATE TO FIGHT
SHIP AMENDMENT j
Washington, Dec 4.—The leaders
who are to have charge of the Ad
ministration's fight for the Ship Sub
sidy Bill, in the Senate, are pUn
niug to use every effort to eliminate
from the bill the amendment which
requires Congress to make annual
appropriations for subsidy payments
out of the Merchant Marine funds.
HOl'SE OP LORDS
PASSES IRISH BILL
London, Dec. 4.—The House of 1
Lords today passed the third and fi
nal reading of the Irish Constitu
tion Bill.
CXITED STATES BACKS
BRITAIN AT LAUSANNE
Lausanne, Dec. 4.—American Am
bassador Childs Informed the P«ace
Conference that the Ualted States
stands solidly behind Great Britain
in asserting that Turkey must be re
strained in principle.
FEARED THAT
SCHOONERS ARE LOST
Seattle. Dec. 4.—The Alaska fish
ing schooners, Washington, with
Captain O. Olson: the Pelican Mor
engen, with Captain Hans Walder
Haugh, and the Convention, with
Captain Suton Lilla carrying a total
of twenty six men are long unre
ported and It Is feared that all have
been lost.
MOTORSH1P 8VVIL
FOR. 9.S. ALASKA
Seattle. Dec. 4.—The motorship
Suvil will sail from Seattle for S. E.
Alaska ports. This boat will oper
ate regularly from Seattle to S. E.
Alaskan port during the winter
months. This is the announcement
made by the Kuskokwim Transpor
tation Company.
'senate blocks
COURT APPOINTMENT
Washington, Dec. 6.—The United
States Senate did not agree with
President Harding's nomination ot
Pierce Butler for the place made Ta
cant by the resignation of Associate
Justice Pitney of the Supreme Court.
Lafollette of Wisconsin was t!-e chief
mover in the opposition to the con
firmation of the appointment of But
ler. Back of Lafollette yere a num
ber from the Senate Progressive
Bloc.
If We Can't Save, We Cant
Succeed
J
AMES J. HILL, The Empire Builder, said:: "If you
want to know whether you are going to be a suc
cess or failue in life you can easily find out. The
test is simple and infallible. ARE YOU ABLE TO
thick it but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed or suc
cess is not In you.
WE INVITE YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH US. 4
PERCENT PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS AND CERTIFICATES
OF DEPOSIT
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8KAQWAY, ALASKA
TCHITCKKRIN THROWS
bomb in conference
Lausanne, Dec. 6.—That Russia
promises to be one of the important
elementn In the Near Sast Confer
ence was shown today. Tchitcherln,
the Russian Foreign Minister, caus
ed the delegates to sit up and take
notice when he made the demand on
the conference that the Dardanelles
be closed during both war and peace
to all naval -and aerial warships ex
cept those of Turkey. He maintain
ed that Turkey alone must have the
right on both sides of the Straits
for modern defence and fortification.
He declared that Russia annuied all
the Tiarists claims against Constan
tinople. Tchitcherln said that Rus
sia cannot permit a solution of the
Straits problem which would ren
der the Straits open to power* with
preponderating navies which would
menr.ee the security of Russia.
HON AN BANDITS
ARE IN CONTROL
Sanchow, Dec. 4.—The Chinese
bandits in the Province of Hor.an
are practically in control. A mili
tary force with airplanes has b^en
sent against the bandits.
BORAH CHAIRMAN
OF EXECUTIVE COM.
Washington. Dec. 4.—Senator
Borah of Idaho, is chairman of the
advisory executive committee of the
Progressive Congressional Bloc. It is
expected that the people's executive
bloc will co-operate with the pro
gressives.
PREMIER HUGHES
MOBBED AFTER SPEECH
Melbourne. Dec. 4.—Premier
Hughes of Australia met with pro
nounced opposition in this city. At
the close of a political address, he
was mobbed by the audience, and
stabbed with a hatpin by one of the
women auditors. He was subjected
to numerous indlguities before the
police succeeded in resculn? him.
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UNTERMETER
PLAYS DAUGHERTY
Washington, Dec. 4.—In a mess
age. which Samuel Untermeyer, the
noted lawyor sent to the Progressive
Conference, be characterized
Attorney General Daugherty as the
Champion Politician and Executive J
Lobbyist.
ESTEBETH ARRIVES
The Mall boat Estebeth arrived
this afternoon about three o'clock,
a few passengers and mall from the
Westward and from local ports. She
will leave for the South at oleven
o'clock this evening.
SERVICES TOMORROW NIGHT
AT ST. SAVIORS CHURCH
Dean Rice from Juneau came up
on the Estebeth and will be In town
until the Jefferson leaves. Services
will be held in St. Savior's church
tomorrow evening at 7:30.
DR. VALEN'S' MOTHER
PASSES AWAY
Dr. A. W. Valens received word
this morning that his mother bad
passed away. She has not been well
for some time and he had word that
she was worse and planned to leave
on the Mary, but this later news has
changed his plans and he will not
leave.
PERSHING PLEADS
FOR INCREASED ARMY
1 St. Louis, Dec. 5.—General Persh
| ing in his tour of the states In the
' Interests of preparedness reached
thi« city where he gave an address
! which was largely attended. In his
' address the General pleaded for a
I larger American military establish
i ment, bo that America will not "like
; China become the foot-ball of for
tune and subject to dictation from
1 abroad and possible disruption from
, within."
CUTTER STOPS RUM
CRAFT WITH SHOT
Seattle, Dec. 5.—The cutter Are
ata, under Captain Lounsdale, sight
ed the L-443, a speedy gaa boat used
In Rum-running. The cutter ex
changed two shots with the booze
craft in a midnight battle off point
No. Point, Puget Sound.
When the second shot was fired,
R. J. Thompson, aged 25, appeared
and shouted to stop shooting, that
you have killed my brother.
H. W. Thompson, aged 30. The
other man on the gas boat was Os
car Taylor, aged 29. They were ar
rested and brought In. The Thomp
sons are sons of W. O. Thompson of
Seattle.
WABASH TRAIN
DERAILED IN IOWA
Omaha, Dec. 5.—One hundred and
thirty passengers out of 150 passen
gers on the Wabash passenger train
No. 14, were injured last night. The
train was derailed north of Shen
andoah, Iowa, ai: J many of the above
passengers were seriously injured.
LONUWORTH HIT
WITH GOLF BALL
Washington, Dec. 4.—Representa
tive Longworth of Ohio was hit by
a golf ball and -endered unconscious.
Longworth was playing in a four
some behind President Harding.
PREACHERS ATTACK
KLU KLUX KLAX IN N.Y.
New York, Dec. 4.—The Ku Klux
Klan is making a drive In the city
of New York. The mayor has come
out against the order, and last night
a number of prominent ministers
in their sermons attacked the Ku
Klux Klan.
ITALIAN POET Ol'T
WITH NEW BOOK
Gardone, Italian Ri/era, Dec. 4.
—D'AnnunzIo, the Italian Poet, pa
triot and warrior is out with his ver
sion of the war. In the book he
charges Britain with an attempt to
occupy all tho earth, and declares
that Woodrow Wilson using the
hammer of a German Chancellor,
cruclflod Justice with fourteen blunt
nails.
CLEMENCEAU AT
NATIONAL, CAPITAL
Washington, Dec. 5.—Clemenceau
arrived at the National Capital late
this afternoon. He was met at the
station by Ambassador Jusserand
and Rcbert W. Bliss, the third as
sistant secretary of state. He will
deliver his first address in Washing
ton at the War College on Wednes
day.
FOX FARM POACHER 19
TO BE PUT ON TRIAL
Information was received by wire
today of the arrest yecterday of L.
B. McCoy at Sitka on the charge of
poaching. A couple of weeks ago
C. E. Zimmerman, who has leased
Brothers Island as a fox farm, found
seven box traps on the Island. Two
live blue foxes were caught In the
traps. A boat ownod by McCoy was
anchored near the trc.ps. Although
suspicion pointed to McCoy as the
violator of the law for the protection
of the fur farmers, lack of evidence
prevented his arrest.
j The department of justice has
been working on the case and have
evidently collected the necessary ev
idence to put him under arrest.
I OIL LAKES FOUND
AT POIXT BARROW
| Seattle, Dec. 4.—Alexander Mal
colm Smith, (or thirty-seven years
an explorer in the North, announc
ed the discovery of two lakes of oil
this season near Point Barrow, as
sorting that the oil can be sent to
Japan for 25 cents a barrel less than
from San Francisco. Smith declares,
the oil belt extends from the Mac
1 kenzie river to the Bering sea.
I
HOCSE ACTS ON
KELLER'S CHARGES
Washington, Dec. 4.—The House
Judiciary Committee took action to
day on the impeachment charges of
Representative Keller of Minnesota,
against Attorney General Daugherty.
A thorough Investigation of the im
peachment charges brought against
Attorney General Daugherty will be
made by the HouBe. At the insist
ence of Keller, the committee voted
to ask the House for authority to
subpoena witnesses in the impeach
ment inquiry. Keller declined to
proceed with the case until this au
thority was granted.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
GIRLS ESCAPE
Seattle, Dec. 6.—Seventeen of the
girls in the Industrial School at
Grandmound, Wash., conspired to
escape. They secured butcher knives
and other kitchen utensils and with
these they made an onslaught on the
Matron of the home. They overpow
ered the matron and locked her in
her room and escaped.
DEXBY OUTLINES
PRETENTIOUS POLICY
Washington, Dec. 4.—Secretary of
the Navy Denby, has outlined a new
naval program for the U. S. In his
annual report to Congress, the Sec
retary of the Navy proposes to pro
vide a navy second to none and
strong enough to support the Am
erican policies and commerce and to
guarantee the protection of the Am
erican continental and overseas pos
sessions.
NO THIRD PARTY
SAYS HIRAM JOHNSON
Chicago, 111., Dec. 5.—Senator Hi
ram Johnson of California is on his
way from his home state to the cap
itol. Speaking of the situation in
the Senate, the Senator declared that
we are on a verge of a progressive
era, but declared there would be no'
third party.
TIM HEALY FOR
GOVERNOR GENERAL
London, Dec. 4.—Tim Healy has
been offered and has signified his
acceptance of the office of Governor
General of the Irish Free State. His
appointment will be announced soon.
The Royal assent has been given to
the Free State Bill.
CLEMENCEAU PLEADS WITH
PRESIDENT HARDING
Washington, Dec. 5.— Ex-Pre
mier Clemenceau was closeted with
President Harding for forty-five
minutes in a personel interview. The
"Tiger" plead with the i-resident
and sought to convinced the execu
tive head of the U. S. government
that America should again wield cer
mighty influence in European affairs
to save the continent from disaster.
REFUSES REQUEST
OF NEWBERRY
Detroit, Dec. 4.—Senator Cous
ens, declined the request which for
mer Senator Newberry made, asking
Couzens to takt over the matter now
pending before Congress. Hou/ens
will leave Detroit for th« Oap'lal to
morrow.
BURCH AND OBENCHAIS
ARE RELEASED
Los Angeles. Dec. 5.—The Indict
ments, charging Burch anil Mada
lynne Obenchair. with the minder of
J. Belton Kennedy were dismissed
today on motion of the district at
torney.
The ground on which dismission
of the case was based was insuffi
cient evidence to hold them.
JAP SCHOOLBOY
STABS PERSECUTORS
Seattle, Dec. 4.—Some white boys
were snowballing Iwao Klhara, a
Japanese schoolboy. The Jap turn
ed on the school and stabbed Wilbur
Higgins, a sixteen-year old. The lat
ter is in the hospital.
PRINCE ANDREW
EXILE!) AND DEGRADED
Athens, Dec. 4.—Prince Andrew,
who was tried by court martial for
disobedience to orders of the Gen
eral Staff in the recent war in Asia
Minor was convicted. He was sen
tenced to lifelong exile and military
degradation. He held one of the
military commands in the recent
war.
PITNEY ALLOWED TO
LEAVE SUPREME BENCH
Washington, Dec. 5.—The House
concurred in the Senate bill author
izing the retirement of Associate
Justice Pitney because of physical
disability.
The
While Pass &
Yukon Route
The Gateway Route to
Yukon Territory, Atlin and Interior
Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skagtiay and Whltehor**
during the Winter Season.
For fall Information regarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
H. WHEELER, GENERAL MANAGER
SKAGUAY, ALASKA"
OR
510 Alsska Building, Seattle, Wash.