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XO. 42. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY », 1022.
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PRICE TEV CENTS
to BE RETRIED
FOR MURDER
Spokane. May 9.—Alalia Wicksell.
who was once tried and freed for
kilting Harold B. Parker, a United
States Signal Corps m^n in Alaska.
Is held in this city tor a return to
Fairbanks to be retried for the u.ur
der.
TEXAN HAS WOULD-BE
SON-IN-LAW KIDNAPPED
New York. May 8.—Miss Mary
Culberson, the charming daughter
of Senator Culberson of Texas, start
ed a romance with Alec E. Rober
sou. one of England's first men in
the world war. but pa Culberson,
who is U. S. Senator from Texas
would have none of it and hired
Bums agency de'ectives to spirit
the young man away and tell him to
h e himself back to Merrle England.
The British embassy got wind of the
matter and is carrying the case to
the head of the state department.
The detective agents posed, it is
said, as federal agents.
BROW \ SPENT $4«W3
IN SEATTLE CAMPAIGN
Seattle. May 9.—Mayor Brown of
Seattle filed an account of the mon
ey spent by him in the campaign in
which he was elected mayor of Seat
tle. The sum given was $4663.
SOVIETS SENTENCE
CHIRCHMKN TO DEATH
Moscow. May 9.—Eight priests
two laymen and one woman have
been sentenced to death here for
having opposed the requisitioning of
the funds of the churches over
which they had charge, and for al
leged participation in disturbances.
CONSTABLES AND ARMY
HAVE SLIGHT BRl'SH
London, May 9.—A battle between j
the Ulster constables and the Irish
republican army of insurgents oc-:
curred today at Clady in Donegal!
county. Several of the combatants j
were killed.
GOVERNMENT PAYS HALF
MILLION TO VETS
Washington. May 9.—The recordfel
In the war department at Washing-1
ton reveal the fact that $480,000. a
month is being paid out to wurld
war veterans in the state of W^sh-1
ington on account of disabilities^
Vl'ER
FIRE DESTROYS DAILY P
Des Moines. May 9.—A trJin the
building occupied by the Dajny News
of this city completely destroyed the
plant.
fu seis up
HEW CHINESE
GOVEilElf!
Peking. May 0.—Wang Shih Chen
has been appointed premier of the
Chinese government in place of
Nuche, resigned. This change is in
line with the victory which General
Wu Pel Fu gained over his rival,
Chang Tso Lin, in the recent fight
ing.
PLKASl'RK CRl'ISKRS l>ROWXKD
San Francisco, May S.—John It.
Haliify and Kdward Christenson.
I wealthy and widely known steam
ship men and d rectors of the Olym
I pic Club of this city, with i'eter An
i derson. their yatcbing pilot, were
drowned sometime Saturday night.
They were pleasure cruising in their
yacht running from Sausalito to
Sucramento, when their yacht cap
sized and they were all drowned.
The yacht was owned by Hau.fv.
PRKMIKR SI TS
(ib'liMANS TO WORK
Genoa. May 9.— Prtrinier Lloyd |
George has set the Germans at the |
conference to work oii^the Russian j
leaders with a view t£ getting the
Russians to prepare Ma answer to
the conference demands which will
give time for fnrtjJIr negotiation |
without deiinitelyj rejectiug the j
memorandum. i
NKU ALASKA fi. S.
Ati^NT ARRIVES
Mr. F. W. 'Johnson, the new Al-I
aska Steamsilip Co. agent, arrived j
In town last Aight on the S S. Queen
Mr. Johnson was in the employ of
the White Pass for some time on the
lower Yi»fcon, but came to his pres-1
eut post from Seattle. He will live
in the /company's «tuarteis and be
ready to serve the people of Skag
way ill any way in which the Alas
ka S.fS. Co. can serve them.
RL'sfcl.lN RKIM.Y
KKAUV TOMORROW
f
j Genoa, May 9.—Tchiterin, the
Russian leader of the Soviet at the
economic conference, announced to
day that the Russian reply to the
terms presented at the conference
will not be reudv before tomorrow
at the earliest.
SUES DIVORCED
Hi: DRY FOR DAMAGES
St. Louis. May 8.—Anna Hudgins.
the divorced wife of Doctor William
S. Wekosky, a dentist of this city,
is suing him fur $25,000 damages
as a balm for»her injured affections.
In that he had promised to remarry
her and has not done so.
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SKAGWAY, ALASKA
San Francisco, May 9.—A lettei
from Samuel E. Burke, the granc!
master of the California jurlsdlctloi
of the Masonic order, has been seni
to all the Masonic lodges under hi!
jurisdiction, directing that member!
of the Ku Klux Klan be denied ad'
mission into the order of Masons It
California and the Hawaiian Islands
PRESIDENT PLANS ON
WESTERN TRIF
Washington. May 8.—Presides!
Harding told a delegation from
Portland today that be hoped to vis
it the Oregon city late In the sum
mer, in case he should be able tc
carry out his plans for a trip to th«
west and Alaska.
SEEK TO HOLD
RUSSIANS AT OK NO A
Genoa. May 8.—Premier Lloyd
George and Foreign Minister Schan
zer of Italy addressed a strong ap
peal to the representatives of Rus
sia today. The appeal urged the
Russian representatives to accept
the allied memorandum in its main
points, promising Ruasia that an In
ternational loan with the under
standing that the lending countries
would thus provide funds for the
reconstruction of Russia.
HEAD OF FIRM PASSES AWAY
Seattle, May 8.—E. S. Osborne.
Iteud of the tlrm of Osborne, Trern
per & Co., pioneer abstract concern,
is deud.
\VV PE1 Ft* DEMANDS
BIG REPARATIONS
Peking. May S.—General Wu Pei
Fu. the victorious commander of the
Central China forces against Gener
al Chang Tso Lin, demanded $28,
000.000 from Chang Tso Lin as pay
ment for his troops and for the re
imbursement of the Chinese peaa
-mts who have been Injured In the
short civil war. Fu is the recognis
ed master of China.
GOING I'NCLE JOE ONE BETTER
Toledo, May 8.—Isaac R. Sher
wood. 87 years of age and a former
member of the house of congreaB,
has Died his petition for nomination
at the Democratic primaries.
IXITED STATES BEHIND
EUROPE IN WAR COSTS
Washington.—For erery dollar
per capita which the United Staten
is spending today on her army
France is spending seven and Great
Britain is spending four, according
to figures made public by the gen
eral staff of the United States army.
Figuring the population of the
United States at 106,418,000 and
the amount expended on the army at
$343,155,363, war department offi
cials estimate the per capita expen
diture at $3.22. This contrasts with
$22.52 per capita for the French
army. $12.35 per capita for the Brit
ish Empire forces. $6.70 per capita
for Italy, and $3.38 for Japan.
Considered from the point of Tiew
of national wealth, the United States
is far In the rear of other nations
of the world in the amount expend
ed for military estAblishment. With
an estimated wealth of $350,000,
000.000, the United Statea is ex
pending ten hundredths percent, up
on her army, while the British Em
pire, with an estimated wealth ol
$S00,525,500,000, Is spending .45
per cent.; France, with $100,000,
000,000. is spending .93 per cent;
Italy, with $30,000,000,000, h
spending ,S2 per cent, and Japan
with $25,000,000,000, is spending
.76 per cent.
HEM
HIKES UP HIS
. 01 CASE
Washington. May 9.—Alexander
C. Robertson, who has gained new
notoriety in this country as the
young man who became enamored
of Mary Culberson, and whose fath
er, Senator Culberson of Texas, was
opposed to the suit of the young
man, reached this city prepared to
lay before the British embassy his
charges against a private detective
agency for kidnapping. He alleges
that attempts were made by this
agency to force hl8 departure from
this country because of his affection
for Miss Mary Culberson. Robert
son is oue of the prominent British
heroes of the world war.
WILSON DENOUNCES
SENATOR REED
St. Louis, May 9.—Ei-Presldent
Wilson, In a letter to former Gov
ernor Stephens of MlgBOurl, calls
Senator James A. Reed, senior sen
lor senator of Missouri, a mar
plot and asks his defeat for re-,
election to the senate as an indica
tion that Missouri proposes to re
deem the reputation of the Demo
cratic party.
WARDEN WHIPS
LEADERS OP RIOT
i
Chicago, May 8.—The leaders who
Instituted a riot in the city Jail were
taken from their cells by Warden
Westbrook and, with the aid of his
guard, he administered a thorough
whipping. The warden had thirty
guards armed with clubs and black
jacks, and these were kept buBy for
four hours before the disturbance
waa quelled.
PREDICTS A RUSSIAN BOLT
Genoa, May S. —Barthlou. the
head of the French delegation at
the economic conference in this city,!
predicted that the Russians would I
bolt the conference.
SEQUEL TO ROBERTSON
CASE OK INTEREST
Washington, May 9.—The dipcov
cry of the plans for an elopment fot
which the bride-to-be was asked to
contribute one thousand doP. rs as
expense money, is given as the .tause
ior the opposition of Senatoi and
MrB. Culberson to the ra.rriage of
thtlr daughter Mary to Alexander
b. Robertson, a reputed world war
hero.
DO YOC WANT
HELP IN CUtAN-PP?
Some are finding ft hard to gel
helpers and are unable to do the
clean-up work about their places
this spring. To such we suggest
that a number of natives In town are
ready to help In this work, and if
told explicitly what is to be done,
will prove good helpers. We have
employed some and have found them
reasonable In charges and ready to
do the work.
Dublin, May 8.—Announcement
Is made today that a truce has been
fixed up between the Free State and
the Republican forces, and this
truce will be extended pending the
deliberations of the committee nam
ed to negotiate peace.
New York, May 9.—Henry P.
Davidson, the noted financier, left
an estate valued at ten million dol
lars.
A dollar a month trill brlnf the
^ Alaskan to roar door.
ALASKAN FISH PIRATES
SOI 10 EE! AHEM
Washington, May 8.—The Pugef
Sound and Oregon salmon packer?
who have been operating in Masks
I have taken up the matter of the fish
I pirates and expect to go after them
j in dead earnest this summer. < Thru
Senator Poindexter the matter has
| been brought to the attention of
I the treasury, commerce and justice
departments and requests have been
made that these departments fur
nish adequate protection during the
coming season. The claim is made
that the fish pirates have terrorized
the fishing communities and perpe
trated gigantic thefts of fish. Sec
retary Hoover is sympathetic in the
matter and is proving of great ass
istance.
' BUNNELL ADDS
TO HIS FACULTY
Seattle, May 8.—President Bun
nell of the Alaska Agricultural Col
lege and School of Mines, has se
cured Archie M. Truesdall as pro
fessor of mathematics and Earl K.
Pilgrim as professor of mining en
gineering and Mise Clara I. Borell
of Spokane us secretary to Presi
dent Bunnell. Miss Borell will also
serve as college accountant. Trues
dall and Pilgrim are graduates of
Washington University.
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER
MAGNATE IS DEAD
New York, May 9.—John H. Pat
terson, the well known head of the
National Cash Register Co. of Day
ton, Ohio, died yesterday. He was
aboard an Atlantic City train when
death overtook him.
AMERICANS ARE IX
DANGER IN CHINA
Shanghai, May 8.—An outbreak
against General VVu Pei Ku at Chi
Kung Shan has placed the Americ
ans in that city in danger.
Fr REFUSES TO OBEY
ALLIED COMMANDERS
Tientsin. May S.—General %Vu
Pei Fu. who came to Tientsin from
Peking in pursuit of the Manchur
lan general, Chang Tso Lin, was or
dered by the allied commanders to
leave the city, as his presence was
held to be In violation of the 1901
protocol.
General Fu refused to leave.
DAY CHARGED
WITH WOOD Ml'RDER
Durange. May 8.—Information
will be presented to court In which
Rod S. Day, the editor of the Du
rango Democrat, *111 be charged
with the murder of City Editor
Wood of the Dui.ugo Herald. The
information will be filed in the
court today.
RACE DISTURBANCE
FOLLOWS LYNCHING
Kirvin. May 9.—This city is the
center of a race disturbance which
has followed the lynching of Freder
ick Green. The latter is the fourth
negro to die by mob action since
the death of Eula Ausley. Two de
tachments of Texas rangers were
rushed to Kirvin when news of the
disturbances reached headquarters.
TRAIN RC.N5 DOWN
ALTO; SIX KILLED
Vancouver, B. C., May 8.—Oliver
Derouche, the founder of the town
of Derouche, B. C.. and five others,
were killed yesterday when the auto
in which they were riding was run
down by a train near Mission City.
MILITARY GOVERNOR
IN ARMS AGAINST FU
Hankow. May S.—The Peklng
Haukow railway north of Kwanshui
has been cut and Cliao Ti, the mil
itary governor of the province of
Honan has started hostilities against
the forces of General Wu Pei Fu.
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