Mir ABA1DDN
BERING St#
San Francisco, Mar. 23.—The Al
aska Packers Association announc
t-d that they may abandon the Ber
ing sea operations for this summer.
The men for that work are demand
ing nine cents a fish, and the asso«J
ciation is not willing to pay more
than seven cents.
raid io
BESM0EP01
Washington. Mar. 23.—Ketchikan
is to be the headquarters for the
Survey craft, for water surveys in
Alaska. This announcement was
made by director Jones today. A
Field station, repair yard, and ma
chine shops, for the vessels in the
survey work will be located there.
This is under the direction of the
coast geodetic survey.
Germans Dispute
Allied Claims
Paris. Mar. C3.—Germany in her
reply to the recent ultimatum of the
Allied reparations commission refus
ed to pay the one billion gold marks
due on this date. She disputes the
commission's figures which were
given as showing a balance due on
.May first of twelve billion marks.
This would indicate that of the twen
ty billion gold marks to be paid by
May first according to the Allied ti
ures eight billion have been paid
I>ut iu the German note it is main
tained that the twenty billion marks
have been more than paid. The
note asks for a joint commission of
experts to fix the value of the Ger
man deliveries on the reparation ac
count. The reparations commission
will meet in the morning to consid
er the German reply.
The Seward Gateway suspended
publication as a daily newspaper last
month and is now appearing as an
eight page weekly.
I Olympla, Mar. 113.—Governor
[issued the desired requisition papo;.-.
' by which it is expected Lindeberg
j will be brought from California to
Washington for trial in the Seandl
I navian-American bank wreck. Twen
ty live counts have been registert i
I against Lindeberg. and twenty iu
i lictments have been laid against
: Larson.
Ii GERMAN r^Csv,
Mosbach. Germany, Mar. 23.—CaiU
Neaf, and Franz S :n:ner, two detec
tives who were connected with tli«•
American forces of occupation, and
who made the attempt to Ividuar
Grover Cleveland Sergdol r.t \ :icr -
can slacker, were today sentenced ti
serve terms in a German prison.
Cardinal Gibbons
Passes Awa
Bairiniore. Mar. 23.—Car Jin '
Gibbons is again critically ill.
Baltimore. March 24.—Cardi;>.
Gibbons, at tlie ripe ate ot' no..'.
ST years. d±t.d at 4:C»S p. uu. >.'er
Charles si re»t in this city tod.i v. i »
was born i-.i Baltimore in 183-t. ; 1
mi earij u. ■ .e was taken i\
l>:-ri>n«« to !-eiar.d W .to ho It-..
V« la IS4S !itt reiS
< t to .Ww Orleans. and entered .•• r
CnarUv. Co!. so, lid. in 1S55. lie
was oi\l.i : I'd a jiriist in IStil, and
■
IS6 v v « jnad" coadjutor are'lv
op of I".. itimoro in and inv. -
ed with t" « insignia of CarUI;i .
Jlino 1 > <0. lie is t':e a it":
of s<'Ve::.i religious booke. ir:*u i
many years one of ilu i:ust ncivtl
and sreatlv rove-red lead 's or i
Eomai: Catholic cl urch oi A nud
es.
w
S\an& A^out \C.ome
Keep your savings, your surplus monev in your own com
munity—where it belongs—and where it vail work for you
over and over again.
Money in your HOME BANK will help build roads, sup
port 'schools,, and aid your local ccmpan'rs fro business
houses and make certain YOL'R pay roll. It will bring new
business to your town and thus giveyou more for your dollar
when you buy. New business increases the value of ycur
property and decreases your taxes. A man or woman with a
bank account never worries about hard times.
Bank of AlasKa
k. r
Canned Fruit
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC
TION OF FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRE
LINE OF CANNED FRUIT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA
RIETY:
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums
Apricots Grapes Strawberries
Logan-, Rasp-, and Black-Berries
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
PRICES RANGE FROM 25c TO 53c PER TIN—ACCORDING
TO SIZE AND KIND.
SPECIAL PRICES IN DOZEN LOTS.
P. H. GANTY
a IBIS is
1T.NHHSE
( "V;!"-.. Mar. 23.—Five men
i-si. (I here and imprisoned
:"i i!.<> c'uirga of baring a part in
i'ie Wall slreet bomb case. Philip
i;ler. Lionel Kubereezuff, Rudolph
Hans Uandin. and Henrik Li
pan. They were taken from the
freighter Ruahvillj on which they
were working as scam-en. The de
partment of justice has been work
ins 011 die case since last September,
and now he thinks it has the men
who are responsible for the explo
sion.
ynii iijTCOCCTCi
!U
Practically e\ery towu in Alaska
is n'.iM'sentod iu the Sourdough
i : ib at the University of Wash ing
. in. Their interest is centered ia
. or i. ore of the fifty odd stud
kitd -from Alaska attending the
I Iveioity, who belong to the club.
W.'.s is a si>Ictulid thing for the
young; people, and excellent thins
for t'eir social life and for the ce—
■i. .g <i the i und that binds them
a) tire Northland.
v. •>:; ihe Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
a . projected : .e Arctic
ood raised the funds and
. . ruvted wLst has been known
■e l.'.at time as t'uc Alaska build
: on the University campus. An
;e:it '.villi the University a.:
s , ave the Alaska students
..p i:13 iu tlie use of that build
s arrangement has prevail
since. The students at the
have steadily increased
en i:i 150i to more
.. present and with the
.us.lily increasing.
. ;tcn legislature took
recent'.y by which Alaskan,
: at t! s University are given
e advantages as those from
. .e of Washington. This is
co nil i.d.ihle on their part -
rj'.l i.,ach appreciated by all those
Lave children to send to this
jrcat University. It will make for |
-• cementing of the ties of the:
uland if these students can have ;
i!, is bui'ding dedicated to their!
r.ort'.i home, and kept by the terri- ;
fjf their particular use.
action must bo taken soon
c.:- i: will be too late to save the
V for our young people. Tlie
v 'A. which has been using the
' '.in:- will vacate so soon as their
hi'; bu:!(ling irf completed. It is
■; expressed intention of the
orilies to make way with the
building and put the ground to
oi ';or uses. This tthcy will do un
less Al.iska and Alaskans show,'
enuu^ii interest 10 plan to provide I
: r t: upkeep of tlie building. i
li would seem a pity to lose this
.. i . building which, with
r iilions, means so much to
il..: 'a .10 have gone thru the Uni
versity and those who arc to follow, i
Alaska .should show its Interest' by
seeing to it that provision is made
for its upkeep and it should lie made
the especial rallying point of Al-;
uskan .students. This is a matter |
for 1( islative action, and Dr. Kel
,• Iius s.arted t' e work in tiiis par
,:!.ir by appealing to a number of '
• prose it legislature to make an ,
propriation for this worthy ob- /
Beet.
if every legislator heard from I
bis constituents on the matter the
object sought would easily be at
tained. and the building could be '
Maintained to tlie lasting credit of |
the Territory.
Berlin, liar. 24.—Various towns j
and cities in Prussian Saxony, were !
in disorder thru a communist upris-;
:-ig. Great property damage was |
done, and a score of lives are re- |
ported as being lost In the various J
places where the disorders took j
place. I
m o»m|2Tg
Ilk irtuiiiOiO
Camden, Mar. 23.—Assistant Se
cretary of the Xavy Theodore Roose
velt attended tlie launching of the
superdreadnaught Colorado this ut
ternoon. In a statement after the
launching, he said, that, "Only pa
ciiists and sincere fools are against
a big navy". Senator Nlcholoson
said, "ho cared not what England or
Japan were doing that ho wanted an
adequate navy for this country, and
that he had no patience with feeble
minded people who talk of disarma
ment."
JEFFERSOIOff
WITH BIG LIST
Seattle. Mar. 23.—The Steamship
Jefferson of the Alaska Steamship
line, sailed for the north this morn
ing at nine o'clock. She had on
board a hundred passengers. Among
those booked for Skagway are: W. H.
Ludcn and wife, S. C. Sette, W. H.
Rheinhardt, II. W. Norton, T. C.
Kii/ger-ilil, Howard Ashley and wife,
Alex Smith and wife, and Juanita
Smith, A. P. H< li id, L. M. McKin
ney, atul C. Dunlop.
Those booked for Haines are:Ed
Lrard Wood. D. C. Tuttle," C. llelness,
0. and II. Vtigol arid wives, S. T. Vo
El'1. mid Eleanor l'erkins.
Eight Sinn
! : :ers Die;
. - : — liif.-':t Sinn Fein
r tvpra • I •:] y in a fight at
Din?!e. County Kerry. The Sinn
ers were :n a t ree hour battle
ivlth t!.o crown forces.
Heads: i Spend i
Lives Skins
And Buying Wives
New York. March 23.—Tales
jf headhunting savages who wor
ship i in' devil and spend their lives
gathering wild animal skins to use
in purchasing wives, were told by
George K. Cherris. famous explorer
and Harold Anthony, of the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History, who
returned from southern Ecuador.
More than 3,500 specimens of
rare hirds and animals were brot
back by the explorers, who spent
eight months in the wildest and
least explored forest lands. Among
the most interesting trophies are the
heads of two Javaro Indians, slain
in a tribal battle the explorers wit
nessed.
New York. March 2t.—A second
arrest has been ei'fected in the case
of the murder of Major« Croukliite
Lit Camp Lewis. Robert Rosenbluth,
a former captain of the 213th regi
ment of engineers, was arrested
here last night. lie is charged with
murder in connection with the
Cronkhite case. It has not been
given out whether Frothier, in his
confession, implicated Rosenbluth,
or whether tlie authorities have
traced the case back to Rosenbluth
independently from clues on which
they were working.
The. storage capacity of lakes Ket
chikan and Mc.Kinley from which
Ketchikan receives its power and
water, will bo increased about 50
per cent when a proposed new set
of dams at the outlet to the lakes is
completed by the Citizen's Light,
Water and Power Company. Exten
sive improvements at the dam and
on the pipe line have already been
started.
10 RETIRE 10
Washington, Mar. 23.—As soon as
General Wood concludes his Investi
gation into the conditions in the
Philippines, on which mission he has
been sent by President Harding, he
will retire from the Army. He will
then take the presidency of Penn
sylvania University. This is the no
tification he has sent to Secretary
Weeks.
HE! TRIES
II ON SELF
Seattle, Mar. 23.—After he had
taken several practice shots in the
shooting gallery this afternoon, Guy
W. Rasmussen, remarked, "I guess
I will now shoot myself", this he
did and died In a few moments.
Soviets Declare
Martial Law
London, Mar. 23.—According to
newspaper reports from Riga, the
15th and 16th armies, Btationed in
the vicinity of Pskov, are in open
disorder, and the m,€fi are deserting
in crowds. The Soviet government
is reported to have declared Martiai
law in sixteen provinces in Russia.
Demands Release
Of Americans
Washington, Mar. 23.—The Unit
ed States has demanded that Germa
ny surrender Bergdoll, who fled
from the U. S. to escape punishment
on slacker charges, and also demands
the release from prison of the two
Americans who attempted to capture
him.
Hamburg, Mar. 24.—Fifteen civ
ilians and one police officer were
killed and six persons were wound
ed in the riots which took place here
yesterday afternoon.
SOVIETS DESIRE
HE 10 GO 1
Washington, Mar. 23.—President
Harding has received an appeal from
the Soviet Regime, In Moscow, for
the resumption of trade relations
with Russia. The President refer
red the communication to the state
department. He himself did not ex
press his opinion in the matter.
STILLMAN CASE
J COOS!
White Plains, Msr. 23.—Mrs.Jam
es Stlllman from whom her husband,
the president of the National City
Bank of New York, is seeking to se
cure a divorce, was denounced in
Judge Morschausers' court today.
She was spoken of as the woman
who took as her lover an Indian
guide.
Lenine Eager
For Agreement
The Soviet Chief Arraigns Wilson
for His Anti-Soviet Policy
Washington, March 24.—The
state department announced t'-at it
was in receipt of a message from
Lenine, the Soviet chief. Lenine ap
peals to the government thru Con
gress and President Harding for a
conference. In his message he an
nounces that he stands ready to send
an official delegation to negotiate
a trade agreement. He arraigns
President Wilson for his Russian
policies and expresses the hope that
the United States will not continue
to follow the course pursued by Wil
son. The proposol is to send an of
ficial delegation for the conference,
and the wording of the note is con
strued as a promise to exclude the
United States from the field of Sov
iet revolutionary propaganda.
Washington, Mar. 23.—Preside-t
Harding and Seaator Jones held a
long conference this afternoon. They
were engaged in discussing the Ship
ping Board matters.
I HIE PASS a
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE OF
COMFORT SERVICE SAFETY
FOR
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Semi-weekly Train Service between Skagaay
and Whitehorse during the winter season
Full information regarding p*sseng«r and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle. Wash.