®he S?mlu Alaskan
NO. 39. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
8KAGWAY, ALASKA TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922 *** CK*T"
"FOOD OB RUSSIA" IS THE
cm OF IDE UNEMPLOYED
Vancouver, Wash.. May 2.—Five
hundred men and women InVancou
ver stormed the Swift & Co. s plant
yesterday afternoon, with the cry
that they be given food or sent to
Russia. The mob gathered near the
plant on wholesale row late in the
afternoon and rushed the plant with
the hope of obtaining food for them
selves and their families. The po
lice were rushed to the scene of the
disturbance and were busy for two
hours trying to pacify the mob and
restore order.
MAYO AGENT NAMED
WHITE PASS COMl'ANl
James Fairborn has been namet
to take charge of the business 01
the White Pass company at Mavt
under title of general agent. News
to this effect has been received ai
the Dawson office of the company b)
G. B. Edwards, generall agent ai
this point. Mr. Fairborn has beei
in the employ of the company many
years. For a long time he was with
the Dawson office and later was
made general ageat at Fairbanks,
and had charge there until the clos
ing of the office at that point this
winter by reason of the company
withdrawing from that Held on the
completion of the .Alaska railroad
from the coast to Fairbanks. The
remaining business of the company
at Fairbanks, says Mr. Edwards,
will be transacted at Nenana by John
Scott, the Neuana agent of the
White Pass, who will be retained
there Indefinitely. Mr. Fairborn has
been outside of late, and recent
coast papers received here state that
he visited the home office of the com
pany in Chicago recently. This will
be the first year the White Pass has
had an office in Mayo. The mater
ial for the office bu.ldings will leave
here on the first boat next month.—
Dawson News.
AMINDSEN ARRIVES
AT SEATTJ.E
Seattle. May 1.—Roald Amundsen,
the Norwegian polar explorer, arriv
ed in this city last night. His aero
plane will be expressed from New
York to Seattle Amundsen has add
ed Doctor Findmalmgren, the Nor
wegian scientist, to his expedition.
NOTED SINGER
RECOVERING HEALTH
New York. May 2.—John McCor
mack. the noted Irish tenor singer,
has so far recovered from his ill
ness that he was able to sail on the
Aquitania today for his Atblone
home in Ireland.
FORTYMILE MEN GOING
TO THE MAYO CAMP
Fred Merrill, well known old time
Dawsonite. for the last several years
engaged in mining on the Fortymile,
and Jack Murphy arrived here this
week from Fortymile, and plan to
get away within a day or two for
Mayo, where they will try their luck.
—Dawson News.
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Vancouver.—The World says:
Some straight-spoken comment 011
the Japanese immigration question
was delivered by His Honor Judge
Grant this morning when a young
Japanese student came before him
I seeking Canadian naturalization.
I "At leart you are a Japanese; you
j are not a Canadian. At law you are
J a Japanese, according to the law of
j your own coun'ry. Which country
I would you put first? Japan or Can
| ada? I have looked up the law of
I your country and I find that even
I if you are granted Canadian natur
i alization you still remain a Japan
| ese. If I hud my way I would not
, grant Canadian citizenship to any
; man who cannot become a full Can
adian citizen." declared 'he judge.
The Japanese was asked for his
two sponsors.
"I have letters from them," he
Mi
i "That will not do. They must
I come in person and tell me what
they know about you that makes
; them think you should be admitted
to citizenship," said his honor.
"They won't come." stated the ap
plicant.
"I don't wonder at it. I wouldn t
come myself if I were in the.r
place," said the judge, who s'ood
the application over for one month.
' RUSSIAN SYMIWTIIIZKRS
| IIKAK FKOM ro.NTRIBl TloX
The sixteen friends of t' e slarv
Ing Russians who sent in their con
tribution of $28.50 for that cause.
. will be pleased to learn of the ac
knowledgement of their offering by
Dr. Jacob Hartinan of New York,
who is the treasurer of the Friends
| of Soviet Russia in this country.
'The national offices of this organiza
Ition are at 201 \V. 13th St., New
York City.
IRISH IRRF.Un.ARS
LOOT BANKS OK 1RKI.AND
Belfast. May 1.—The Irish Repub
lican army irresulars have made sev
eral raids on various branches of the
Bank of Ireland. In the raids it is
said the looters secured a hundred
thousands pounds from the banks
raided.
A Checking Account for
Ladies
Many Ladies find It convenient to payy all their household
bills by check. The check itself is the best receipt on earth
as the payee's endorsement on the back of the check is posi
tive proof that the bill has been paid.
By this system you have a complete record of the amount ex
pended for clothing, food, luxuries, etc.
W« solicit your checking account—large or small.
Bank ®II Mastoa
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
FILES SUII
FOR MINE
; Seattle, May 2.—J. E. Teeter has
filed suit In the supreme court
j against J. C. Brown for the equiva
I lent of u third Interest in the min
ing claim on Little creek in the
Nome district. He alleges that
I Brown obtained the mine by fraud
and asks the court to give him
Judgement for three hundred and
thirty-three thousand dollars.
Yl'KOX DELTA BIRD
RESERVATION CANCELLED
Bl" EXECUTIVE ORDER
At the request of the secretary,
j President Harding has Issued an ex
ecutive order revoking an order
I which 13 years ago set aside the
Yukon Delta Reservation, Alaska, as
a preserve and breeding ground for j
| native birds.
HI KLUX KLAN
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Los Angeles, May 1.—The one I
hundred mid fifty members of llie|
Ku Klu* Klan which raided the res
idence at Inglewood u week ago, on I
account of which an Investigation of |
Ku Klux Klan activities In Los An
geles county was precipitated bv the)
grand Jury, have indicated thru |
their Grand Goblin. \V. S. Coburn.
that they will surrender In a body
to the District Attorney next Wed
nesday. \V. S. Coburn is Grand
Goblin of the Klun for the Pacific
■ oast.
MAJOR GENERAL
McAXDREWS DEAD
Washington. May 1.—Major Gen
eral James McAndrews, the chief of
Staff of the A. E. F. during the
world war. died last night In this
city. The cause of death Is given
as hardening of the arteries.
Major General McAndrews Is
known to many people hi the north,
as he was stationed at Fort Seward
(luring the early part of the war and
was a frequent visitor at Skagway
His brother, a surgeon general In
tlie army, was also at Fort Seward.
It will also be remembered by
many Skagwayans that It was dur
ing another period of service In Al
aska in earlier days that Major Gen
eral McAndrews was stationed at
Firt Seward, that he laid out and
built the present fort. During his
last period of service at Seward the
general took much pleasure in relat
ing his experiences during the con
struction of the fort.
IHH'CHXl'T GIRLS
HOLD REUNION
Washington, May 1.—The Amer
ican women who were In France
during the w-ar and served behind
the lines frying doughnuts and
nursing the wounded, held a re
union here today. This is the first
reunion of this corps of the world
war veterans which has been held
FRIEND OP JANE ADAMS
HELD AS COMMUNIST
New York. May 1.—Mrs. Gertrude
Bear, a prominent German lecturer
and friend of Jane Adams, arrived
from Europe recently. Mrs. Bear
was detained at Ellis Island, where
she appeared before a special feder
al board of inquiry on the charge of
being a communist.
ANNIVERSARY
OF B'lILE OF
MANILA BIT
Manila, May 1.—Twenty-four
years ago today the battle of Man
ila was fought in Manila Bay. Ad
miral Dewey routed the Spanish
forces and won for the United
Stati 3 the possession of the Philip
pine islands. Tht Phllipino inde
pendence mission on the anniversary
of tkat day left for Washington, D.
CV, to wage another kind of a fight
for the independence of the islands
the mlsiion was headed by Presi
dent Quezon of the native senate.
The mission left on the Keystone
State for Seattle, whence they will
travel to Washington to seek the
consent of the congress of the Uni
ted States to declare their indepen
dence. The Wood-Forbes commis
sion which wag sent by President
Harding to investigate the question
of the fitness of the islands for in
dependence brought in a recom
mendation that the Independence be
not grauted at this time as the isl
ands were not yet ready for that
step. The government of the Isl
ands Is In the hands of (lie Natives.
In somewhat the same way as Alas
ka is governed by our representa
tives in Juneau. General Leonard
Woo<J was appointed governor-gen
eral by President Harding.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BROWN
ELECTION" IN SEATTLE
Seattle. May X.—indications point
to the election of Brown as Mayor
of Seattle tomorrow. Brown was
once classed as a radical but is now
supported by pracrically all the
bankers of Seattle and many leading
business concerns. Both Landon
and Brown claim the election, but
the betting odds are in favor of
Brown.
WILSON WANTS
DEMOCRATS TO LEAD
Washington, May 1—Ex-Presi
dent Wilson sent a letter to the j
Democratic national committee,
which was to be read at the dinner
given in honor of Chairman Cordell
Hull. The letter was read by the I
women members of that committee
In the letter the ex-President said
that this was undoubtedly the crlt-1
ical turning point in the affairs of j
mankind. He pointed out that it |
clearly fell to the Democrats of the .
United States to lead the way out of !
the darkness Into the light of the i
better day.
FOR EIGN I.EGAT1 .»N9
PROTEST TO GENERAL LIN
Peking, May 2.—The warring fac
tions fighting aboat Peking inter
rupted the traffic on the railroad so
that the legations in the city have
been cut off from access to the sea
The foreign legations are drafting
a protest to Chang Tso Lin, the gen
eral in charge, on the ground that
a clear way to the sea was guaran
teed from Peking and this agree
ment is being violated and the ac
cess to the sea for the legations in
terferred with.
AMERICAN CAPTAIN
WOUNDED IN GERMANY
Mayence, May 1.—During a May
day_ demonstration In this city, a
captain of the American army of oc
cupation was wounded by the Man
ifestauts.
OIL TANKER ON ARENA REEF
San Francisco, May 1.—The
Standard Oil tauker Whlttier was
wrecked on the poixit of Arena reef.
The crew was rescued from the
^wrecked ship.
MAUI Li IN
FORGE II PEKING
Peking. May 1.—Martial law ts<
declared in Peking today. Fight
ing baa been going on all Sunday
| between the armies of Gen Chang
Tso Lin and Gen Wn Pel Fu The
fighting is centered around Chang
Sin Tien, twelve mile* distant from
Peking. The repoit does not mate
which aide ia winning in the battle*
being fought.
General Ku Gaining Advantage
Peking. May 1.—The battle which
has been raging for two days for
the possession of Peking is still in
progress. GeneraJ Fu who Is driving
toward the capital from the south
appears to be gaining on his oppon
ent. The aeroplane which was us»-d
by the Chi U force* flew from Pact
In* Fu to Fenftal and dropped a
bomb near the tmln which »»> ar
rvlnj: * detachment of American
marine* hound fir J'ekfns The
bomb did not d*map«» 'he train
Two •.rner«l* K
Peklnr. May 2 —The drive for
Peking ban been resumed after a
short Ititermlaiior n the hoatiilltle*
In the vlci.tUj- of Chang-sln-tien.
tmelve mile* south of the capital
The casualties of the Fenrtieneri
were severe and the t'hanit-«in-tien
railroad station Is filled with wound
ed There >• il' brisk fighting go
ing on on the Hun river at Kutan
Gen Tung Cheng Kun of the ChtK
llte forces and General Linn Thou
Tung of the Fengtlen«»rs were kill
ed
FAMOUS LEADER
OF liiNY IS
DEAD IN IRELAND
Dublin, May 1—Richard Croker.
the well known leader of ihe Tam
many force* for many year*, hut
who has been living a retired life in
ireland for a number of ypars. died
In this city. Croker attained 10
prominence as the leader of Ihe
Tammany forces when he oppomd
Ihe Tweed ring of infamous memory
He was especially active during Ihe
campaign when Robert A. Van
Wvck ran for mayor as the first
cand.date for mayor of larger New
York.
Croker was born in IS43 at Black
Rock, Ireland, and came lo this
country when two »Mr> of ag» He
amassed a large fortune and retir
ed from the leadership of Tammar >
to take up his residence in Ireland
where he has resided ever since
Seattle. May 1.—The trading mo
torship Magatlan. which left here
some time ago for a trading trip
along the Siber.an coast, arrived
safely at Petrojalalovsk, Kamchat
ka. from Seattle today.
IN M«'t RMM.
T«> RK IW*
New York Brooklyn detectives
arc searching for "the queerest
rrook," a woman who wears mourn
ing and speaks several language*
Meeting her ha* been an expensive
luxury to numerous "victims She
admits, upon approaching »t ranee-*,
thai she doesn't rev de In Brooklyn
and asks to l>e shown to a certain
number or. some street I n«usp*->.t
inp "Samaritans" who hav«> *ccom
panied her have been put to sleep
by knockout drops" In liquor and
then robbed
PRIMTCSS U»I"IS»
T<» RKri-ACK M »ltV
The Prince«s l<oulse which was
scheduled in the summer schedule
of the C. P R line to arrive in
Skapway on June 14 and leave on
the 15th, *111 take the trip of the
Pr ncess Mary leaving "Vancouver
May 31 and arriving In Skagway
June 4 She will leave Skagway on
that trip on the same day she ar
rives This will Rive the people of
tie garden fiu an opportunity to
look over the new crack liner of the
C. P R Co at that time Instead of
June 14 This information was re
ce.ved bv Apent 1. H Johnston this
morning
THE 1I1E m &
ION ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and \XTiitehorw
during the Winter Season.
For information regarding passenger and freight rates apply to
H- Wheeler. General Manager
Skaguay. Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash