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NO. 41 TWENTY -FIFTH YEAH
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 0, 1023. PRICE TEX CENTS
THREE I
NUTS ABE LEFT
Genoa. May 5.—The economic con
ference expects today to finish the
work of the conference on tl'e finan
cial, economic and transpoi: ques
tions. This will leave three iarge
nuts for the conference to crack
The political problems, the Russian
question, and the proposed non
aggression pact. These latter prob
lems are taxing the ingenuity of
Lloyd George, but there is optim
ism over their possible solution
GKNKKAL Kl' CALLS
OX I'KKSIDKVr
Peking. May 6.—General Wu Pei
Fu, the victorious general of tlie
Central China forces, visited Pres
ident Hsu Shih Chang at his official
residence today. Fu's victory over
the Manchurian commander. Gener
al Chang Tso Lin, has eliminated
the latter from Central China af
fairs. Fu assured the president
that there would be no interference
with the Peking government. H.s
forces are still pursuing Lin's army,
which is making its way slowly to
ward Mukden with isolated detach
ments fighting a rear guard action.
GOLD KIBI.E NO
LONGER RUSSIAN STANDARD
Moscow, May 5.—The soviet gov
ernment has decided to refrain from
using the gold ruble as the calcu
lating unit of money in Russia.
SEEKS LIFE OF
E
Anacortes. May 5.—F. \V. Dost of
Seattle attempted to assassinate
former Superior Court Judge Geo.
T. Joiner. ost met the judge on
the street and opened fire on him,
but the shot went wild. The cause
of the attempt on the part of Dost
was the fact that Joiner had been
the attorney for Mrs. Dost lu her
suit for divorce.
SENATE TIK.VH DOWN
ALAMEDA BASK
Washington, May 5.—The senate j
appropriations committee- indica
tions committee indicated this after
noon that it will concur in the re
fusal of the house to appropriate
any money for the proposed naval
base at Alameda, in San Francrsco
bay, California.
MILK MAX WANTED.—Wanted
a good man to take care of dairy
and milk cows. Steady job with
Rood wages. Skagway Pioneer Dairy.
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
FOUND SHOIIH OFFICE
Columbia. S. C.. May 6.—Profes
sor M. Goode Holmes of the Uni
versity of South Carolina and Ben
Hale, the university marshal, were
found shot to death today in the of
fice of the treasurer of the univer
sity.
IRISH ARMY lit>\<>1!S CROKKR
Dublin, May G.—A body of the
Irish Republican army was drawn
up to do honor at the services held
for the late Richard Croker. He was
laid (o rest this afternoon in a uias
oieum in Glencairn castle 011 his
own grounds. A requiem mass was
sa d at the funeral, which was late
ly attended by the people of Dublin.
The widow was supported by the
Lord Mayor of Dublin.
[IFF BILL 10
I GROW GRAY
j Washington. May 5.—Senator Me
Cumber. who is in charge of the
1 pending tariff bill in the senate, es
| tiniates that the present hill, if con
I tinuing to progress as at present.
will he passed on or aliout Sept.
129, 1946.
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| MOOItK IS ITT OX
COMMISSION OK JI'lilST
Washington. May j.—John l'.as
sett Moore has been seleei."l by
President Harding in represe " the
I'niud Stales on the inter latiou ti
coniDiission of juris!.-* to consider an
amendment of the laws of wi'r This
announcement was made lo'lay.
KIVO rKKI»U"TS
UKYKItUMiKS IIKVKAT |
Washington. May S.—Frod I.
King. who managed the primary
campaign for Senator New of In
diana. let it lie known that Ne.v's
defeat in Indiana was a notice to
the President that the people are i
preparing to repudiate the Repub
lican policies. A democrat in the
senate declared that Kalston, the
Democratic oppone.it of iSeveridge.
would defeat the latter in the elec
tion.
TO ACCOM* I'RIXCK
lIKill MILITARY IIOXORS
Manila, May 6.—The Prince of
Wales is expected to arrive in this
port on May IS. While here he will
be accorded the highest mili'arv
honors, including a twenty-one gun
salute and similar ceremonies of
welcome reserved for tlie President
of the United States.
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WAR CONDITIONS IX CHINA
reklng, May 5.—General Wu Pei
Tu is uow in undi:.puted possession
of Peking,' as the result of the turn-1
Ing movement of Lin's forces.
The tide of battle has definitely j
'turned in his favor, and he is mak-j
' ing the most of it. He is now en-1
1 gaged in a strong effort to complete
I his drive toward Tientsin. The
J Manchurlun war lord. Cieii. Chang
j Tso Lin. is fleeing With his forces
towards Mukden. It Is believed that
the collapse of the Lin forces bus
ended hostilities in the vicinity of
Peking. There is, however, the pos
sibility of a resumption of hostilities
us it is asserted that General I.iu,
I tho defeated, has an army of three
| hundred thousand trained soldiers
j on which to draw.
(ienerai Fu remains at present I he
leader of the central China and is
consolidating his v ork of victory.
MILLIONAIRE DODGE ,
TRIED DODGING; CAl'GHT
Kalamazoo, May 6.—John Duval
Dodge, llie well known Detroit mil-'
lionaire manufaturer. was placed on
probation for a ye.r when he ap
peared before Circi.it Judge Wiem
er today. Dodge was brought be
fore the judge for sentence follow
ing a conviction for the possession
and Illegal transportation of liquor. J
WIM. HAVE TIME TO REPENT
Taeoma. May 5.—Mrs. Ethel Wii
liatns of Seattle married a camp
Lewis soldier with the primary in
tent of spiting her husband When
she was brought before Superior
Court Judge Clifferd on the chnrgel
of bigamy the judge sentenced her
to live years in the penitentiary.
\LANKA TRAFFIC IX MONTH
SHOWS HEAVY INCREASE I
Seattle. —The passenger truffle to
Alaska during April will approxi
mate 2,400 persons, according to fig
ures compiled by the companies
serving the territory. The movement
north shows a slight improvement
as compared with last year. The
traffic has been divided almost
equally between the Alaska Steam
ship company and the Admiral line
The Alaska Steamship company
has two more sailings this month
—the Alameda and Jefferson getting
away today—while the Spokane of
the Admiral line will sail next Sat
urday. four hundred passengers
are booked on the Alameda and Jef
ferson, while the Spokane will car
ry about two hundred.
BANDIT BATTLE
SEVERITY RITA I
Canton, Ohio, May 5.—Three are
dead and four wounded, three of
whom will probably die, as a result
of a battle about five miles from
this place. The battle was between
a posse and four bandits, who had
kidnapped motorcycle policeman
John Wise.
A check for $15,000 was handed
to the First National Bank of Ju
neau recently by Allan Shattuck,
agent for the Stardard Marine In
surance company. The check was
in payment of a policy held by the
6ank on a shipment of $15,000 in
currency sent by the bank of Seat
tle on February L4th, and which
disappeared after reaching Seattle,
and all efforts to trace it have so
far been futile.
RED LABOR
ROUSES LABOR
CATHOLICS
Mexico City, May 5.—Feeling be
tween tiie Catholics of this city and
the Ked Labor unions is running
higl . The Red un'ins attacked the
Young Men's Cathftllc club and de
corated the images in the chapel and
the Catholics are aroused over it.
10 MILES IK
FIFTEEN HOURS
Washington, May 6.—The Santa
Maria, a fourteen passenger flying
boat, arrived in Washington from
Cuba, completing the trip of thir
teen hundred miles in fifteen hours.
This machine took part in the fly
ing demonstration which was insti
tuted as a demonstration in the in
terest of the bill providing for a bur
eau of commercial aviation in the
department of commerce.
E,
LEVELS MILE
CF BUILDINGS
Rome, May 6.—Corato, in the
southern part of Italy, was visited
with earth waves of considerable
violence. Buildings which extended
for a mile beyond the town were
leveled by the earthquake.
FAMILY roiSUXKl)
WITH W1LI> PARSNIP
I ..original, Ont., May 5.—The seven
members of the Lacroix family of
'his place died today. The "deaths
are due to the eating of wild par
snips. a plant which appears to be
deadly poison in the early spring
time.
(iENERAL Fl" TO CALL A
(ONSTITl'TK>\'AL CONVENTION"
1'eking. May 5.—General Fu. the
victorious Central Chinese general,
purposes to call a constitutional con
vention as soon as the present mil
itary problems are solved. It is his
expressed intention to unit North
and South China in a convention and
this will probably be held in Cen
tral China.
Ill'SSIA EXPORT
TRADE GREATER
Moscow.—Russian exports for
January this year amounted to $1,
-'">11,000, according to recent an
nouncement, the goods being made
up chiefly of oil products, flax, hemp
and furs. The shipments went
mostly to England, Latvia and Es
thonia, a small pa. t being sent to
America.
The imports of Russia for Janu
ary amounted to 88,710 tons, valu
ed at $11,400,000, this being exclu
sive of the food taken into the coun
!ry by the several relief organiza
tions.
The imports show an increase of
nearly six times as compared with
January, 1921. The bulk of the im
ports came from Germany with Eng
land next, then Lttvla, the United
States and Estho&ia in the order
named.
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MISSION FINDS BO
berman man p. k.
Paris, May 5.—The reparation!
commission lias taken up the inves
I tigation of the coi.ditions of the
j Russo-German trea.y signed at Ra
] pallo, and afler a careful investiga
| (ion, has sent a note to (lie German
j government, stating that the com
mission has failed to And any Im
nediate violation <.f the treaty of
Versailles in its provisions. The
•ommission. however, reserved to
tself the right to examine closely
the application of the treaty and to
ake any action necessary to pro
ect the allied lien on all German
esources.
! FORMER SENATOR OF
i
.NORTH DAKOTA DEAD
Lakota, N. D., May 5.—Asle J.
Gronnn, former United States sen
ator from North Dakota, died at his
home in this city last night. The
cause of his death was cancer. He
was just entering his campaign for
the Republican nomination to the
senate. Gronna was first elected to
the senate in 1911 and the second
term lu Nov. 3, 1914. His term of
office expired March 3, 1921. He was
well and favorabl) known for his
work in the senate. He was a mem
j ber of congress ii. the fifty-ninth,
sixtieth and sixty-first session of
! congress.
I
jGENOA CONFERENCE
DISINTEGRATING
Genoa, May 6.—The Genoa eco
nomic conference showed distinct
signs of disintegrating today. The
! German economic experts have
started for home, as have several of
the members of the Russian delega
tion. The feeling is present that
the conference cannot hold together
for long.
j BORAH ATTACKS
1U ASIAN' AMBASSAIM>15
Washington, May 5.—Senator
Borah of Idaho brought in charges
against the semi-official ambassador
of Itussia, Boris Bachmetief. He
charged the latter with having in
vested large sums of money advanc
ed him by the treasury department
in real estate in New York and Chi
cago. The disclosure, if such it is.
was made in the senate yesterday
afternoon.
Just because a man wears over
alls is no reason why he should pack
around a grouch.
LIFE HICE
com whs
New York, May 6.—The heirs of
Alfren G. Vanderbilt who lost his
life in the sinkiiu of the I.usitania,
lost their light against the Insurance
company, which they had sued for
the payment of one hundred and fif
ty thousand dollars on the policy is
sued by llie Travelers' Insurance
company. The couri held that Vati
derbilt's doatii resulted wholly or in
part from war or roit.
.Knol'I-.WKS COLLIDE;
TWO DKOWXED
Washington, May 6.—Two were
drowned in the Potomac river this
afternoon as a result of a collision.
The seaplanes collided while about
one thousand feet in the air. Lieut.
Harold F. Selden, and Ensign Mil
ler, a naval aviator, were drowned
In the river. The accident occur
red not very far from the Capitol.
H. P. DAVIDSON
L \DEIMiOES OPERATION'
New York, May C.—Henry P. Dav
idson, the financial partner of C. P.
Morgan, was operated on tills Hurtl
ing for a tumor. Tiie tumor is near
tin? brain.
New York. May G.—Henry P. Dav
idson of Morgau A: Co. died today
at his home at Peacock Point, Long
Island, following au operation for
tumor.
A dollar a month will bring tb«
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