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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1921
PRrCE 1(1 CENTS
COM RELIEVED FOR PER-1
ilUIIHS BOLSHEVIKI DISCUSSION
Washington. June 25.—Captain
C. D. Stearns of the battleship Michi
gan was relieved as commander Ity
an order issued by Secretary Denbv.
This action was talcon on account |
of Captain Stearns bavins permuted
the crew of the Michigan to discuss
soviet ism in connection with mat
ters of discipline aboard the ship.
ISBNPEfiS STILL
LEADS LAMES
Denver. June -3.—Samuel Com
pern was re-elected president of the
American Federation of Labor to
day.
Gompers defeated his opponent
John L. Lewis by a two to one vote.
Denver, Col.. June 25.—The con
vention of the American Federation
of Labor today passed a resolution
condemning Bolshevik rule and al
so denounced the Third Internation
al.
The resolution also carried a
clause expressing sympathy fur the
Russian people.
Chicago. June 23.—W. C. Proc
tor of Ciuclnatti. has begun suit iu
t;*e federal court here to recover sev
en hundred and forty-five thousand
dollars alleged to have been ad
vanced by him to the General Leon
ard Wood campaign committee.
Proctor is the great soap king of
the firm of Proctor and Gamble and
he was an ardent supporter of Gen
eral Wood for the presidential nom
ination last year.
San Francisco. J'ltie ?!».•— Dan
Chickering anil Jack Nickersnn. wer>
arrested today charged with cons.'.ir
j'-v to dynamite t!i« Feder i* Keserve
Brnk Building.
The sscret rervue o(T»..rs have
1 .i.l these i under s-irvui'l:n:ce
f r some I ime and nipped tie scheme
in the luid by •>! lojp^ them under tr
ust. The men will t hear
ing on July \!T.
Charles E. Dunscomb. owner and
publisher oi the Berkeley Daily (!a
7.eite. was a passenger uor'.h fit the
S S. Spokane and rent this morn
ing on the train to Atlin and White
horse.
.Mr. Dunscomb is one of the best
known newspaper men on the Pa
cific coast and his paper stands high
as a molder of public opinion. Of
course. Mr. Dunscomb is a republi
can but he says not a politician and
so he gets on famously and gets out
a paper whose opinions and views are
respected.
The Alaskan acknowledges a most
pleasant call from the California
journalist, who promised to give a
good story of his trip upon his re
turn. As he is an ardent desciple of
Isaac Walton he goes prepared to
■whip the streams of the Atlin dis
trict where he will enoy his fad to
the full.
Washington. Jnue 25.—Propara-1
tions for a wild stampede into the |
Mackenzie river country are progres
sing all over the country is the in
formation received fit the United
States dureau of Mines and other
governmental departments.
The stampede is the result of the
glowing accounts of the discovery
of petroleum in tin/ section.
From all reports the number of
oil prospectors will reach into the
thousands.
Cable Brief
New Port. June 25.—Admiral
Sims arrived hero today and resum
ed his duties as president of the Na
val War College.
Washington, June 23.—A decis
ion In the Admiral Sims inqu!-y will
probably lie made tod;:y was the as
sertion of Secretary of Navy Pen by
last night.
WasVugton. June 23.—t'usrodi-m I
of Alien Property Helling of Ver-!
mnnt announced today that all Am-1
erican property held by Germany'
would l>e returned forthwith.
Y'a .iiigto: June 25.—Will.aw
Miller Collier, president of the I
George Washington University was j
nominated today by President Hord
ing for Ambassador to Chile.
Washington. June 23.—Senator
As hurst In a s;> • •••!) yesterday af
ternoon protested ngaiust any ex
tension heir.,; given the allies for she
payment of t'." ten ■•ill'ici dollars
that they owe the United f.tates.
Seattle. June 23.—Mexico is giv
ing Alaska its first Mexican foreigu
consul in the person of Hodolfo U t
merez.
Senor Uamerez will take passage ]
on the City of Seattle for Juneau.)
which will be his headquarters.
Washington. June 25.—The com
mittee on foreign relations indicat
ed today that there would be no
German peace ratification until the
status of the island of Yap was fixed
and America's rights respecting oth
er mandates are recognized by the
allies.
The right to the use of the for
mer German cables is also demand
ed in the report.
Washington, June 23.—rresident
Harding let it be known Uiuc he is
waiting patiei'tly for the senate and
house to settle their dtfereuccs on
the German peace resolution
Madison, Wis., June 25.—Secre
tary Riley announced today that the
proposed governor's excursion to Al
aska in July has been postponed.
N'ot enough names were subscrib
ed to warrant the trip r-.nd it is not
likely that it will materialize.
Who Deposits Your Dollar?
Somebody does. Every cent jou j-pend you are adding
to the bank account of some one else.
Did it ever occnr to you what a great idea it would bo
to owe yourself something each pay day and pay it to the
account of your own?
Go iu debt to yourself for ten or twenty percent, of
your wages and agreo to pay your bank account that amount
each pay day.
Bank of AlasKa
B..CREAPS RICH HARVEST FROM
GOVERNIENT SALE DF LIQUOR
Victoria, June 25.'—The sale of
liquiT . • t'.ie government liquor
stores In British Columbia is running
into the thousands of dollars a day.
For the past week the sales have
averaged ten thousand dollars a day
and the indications are that the re
ceipts will be doubled within a
month. The liquor that goes to the
states help swell the receipts and
the visitors from border towns are
increasing every day.
FEARS IBIlf
TAKES HIS LIFE
Oakland. June 25.—Fearing that
he was going insane, G. E. Chan
ning. a special agent of the United
States Treasury department at Se
attle. committed suicide here last
night.
MKM
Ml FOR TRADE
Washington, June 25.—At a din
ner given by President Harding last
night to a delegation o! the Western
Hunkers, George M. Reynolds made
tiie principal speech of the evening.
Reynolds declared the ilie plansj
of Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover, for the stimulation of our
foreign trade are unsound and in
jurious to American welfare.
Washington. June 25.—f.oc!'.;tary
of the Navy Denby, administered to
Adr. iral Sims a reprimand for his
intemperate Loudon speech yesUv
tlay nlternoon. The secretary said
in part: "The department deplores
i'..e fact ili^t it is necessary to ro
!>t:ke a llag officer in public, but you
have made such action unavoidable.
Hie department expresses its strong
and unqualified disapproval of your
•::dnct in having again delivered a
i.i^'.ly improper speech in a foreign
country and you are hereby publicly
reprimanded."
Admiral Sims later on called on
President Harding and after leaving
the president said:"l got what I de
served."
Washington. June 25.—A perma
nent tariff bill will be reported to
the house immediately after the
Fourth of July recess.
This bill will be passed in less
thi'.n ten days or two weeks was the
jssertion of Representative Mondell,
the party leader.
.Mondell had just returned from a
conference with President Harding.
Washington, June 25.—President
Harding today spiked the rumor that
while lie will be a guest of Senator
Freylinghauscn of New Jersey, he
will attend the Dempsey-Carpentier
pri'.e fight.
The president said that he was
very well satisfied with his record of
never having seen a prize fight.
Prince Rupert, Juic 25.--Captain
A. J. Gillin lost his life today when
his fishing vessell the Molly G was
destroyed by fire.
Captain Gillin was caught in the
engine room and suffocated.
The fire occurred as the Molly G.
was heading into Porcher Island.
Washington, June 25.—Charles
W. Warren, a prominent lawyer of
Detroit has been named by Presi
dent Harding as ambassador to Jap
an.
The appointment was made late
yesterday afternoon.
Paris, June 25.—The Duke of
Marlborough, who was formerly the
husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt was
married today to Miss Gladys Dea
con. Miss Deacon is a member of
one of the wealthy society families
of Boston, Mass.
Washington, June 25.—Ex-presi-.
dent Woodrow Wilson appeared be
fore the United States Supreme
Court in person today and asked to
be permitted to practice before that
court.
THEATRE FILLS
SLUES SHE cue
Johnstown, \Vn., June 25.—Seven
person were killed last night in a
theatre when it collapsed.
The theatre was located in Bares |
boro. a suburb. Many more were I
injured.
IRftP PIRATES
Seattle, June 25.—The revenue
cutter Bothwell sailed for Alaska
yesterday. The Bothwell will com
mence a war on fish trap pirates,
which have been active iu Alaska for
the past four years.
The federal authorities seemed to
have been helpless to abate these
crimes and so the revenue service
has been appealed to.
Paris, June 25.—President Miller
and expects to visit the United Stat
es next year.
The French president will make
the same kind of a visit that ex-Pres
ident Wilson did to France.
This announcement was made by
Ecouts, a prominent French newspa- j
per.
Miss Alice Case of Juueau, arriv
ed yesterday on the S. S. Spokane,
and will spend a time visiting with
her aunt, Mrs. Maurice Coding.
Miss Case has been attending
school in Seattle for the past year.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham of Spo
kane, were tourists to Skagway 011
the S. S. Spokane, and made the trip
to Lake Bennett yesterday. Mr.
Cunningham is a prominent drug
gist of the Inland Empire and both
he and his wife were charmed with
the trip to Alaska.
H. T. Wilson, representing R. G.
Dur. & Co.. was a visitor while the
3. S. Spokane was In port.
Mr. Wilson is not a stranger in Al
iska as he makes the trio ovary
two of three years.
Speaking of conditions Mr. Wil
son said that the hard times had
reached the peak and -that from now
on it would be all to the good.
K. B. Anderson of White Pass,
George Brown of Log Cabin, and
Dennis Kostis of Pennington, may
ors of their several bailiwicks, came
down on the W. P. & Y. R. trains
to attend the Masonic meetings this
afternoon and evening as well as to
be present at the dedication of the
social parlors and Danquet hall of
the Masonic hall.
Robert W. Jones, assistant Pro
fessor of Journalism, of the Wash
ington University, was a round trip
per on the S. S. Spokane.
Professor Jones was accompanied
by his wife and while in Skagway
visited all of the points of interest.
The Alaskan was favored with a
call and the Professor inspected the
mechanical departments with great
interest.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Monhall, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Hotaling and Mrs.
Herlihv, accompanied by Misses Vir
ginia Monhall, Blanche Mansfield
and Lorace Hotaling, are a party of
Pasadena tourists who are making
the trip to Dawson, Whitehorse, Car
cross and Atlin.
The party left-^TH the train this
morning having arrived on the S. S.
Spokane yesterday.
TWO IMPEIL ■
KILLED BT19 Fl
Belfast. June 25.—The troop
transportation carrying the Imperial
soldiers from Belfast to Dublin was
wrecked today at Abervoyle nsar
Dundalk by an explosion caused by
the Sinn Feiners land raid.
Two soldiers and one of the train
guards were killed and many of the
soldiers wounded.
The perpetrators of the deed es
caped.
Dublin, June 25.—A military lor
ry was attacked this afternoon at the
junction of North Frederick and
Dorset streets.
The bombs were thrown at the
lorry from ambush two of which
landed in it
The casualties to the military has
not been reported but five civilians
were wounded In the heavy firing
which followed the attack.
Cork. June 25.—The police bar
racks were bombed today and gener
al street lighting going on.
One v.-oir.an was killed and three
girls and three men were wounded.
Dublin, June 25.—It became
known today that De lavera, the
president of the Irish republic was
arrested early in the week but had
been released on the order of Pre
mier Lloyd Ceorge.
Dublin, June 25.—It has been def
initely decided that tnarlial law will
be declared over Ireland on July 12,
unless the Sinn Feincrs agree 'o a
settlement with Ji gland before that
date.
Seattle, June 25.—After his par
ents had disapproved his becoming
an aeroplane mechanic, which was
his ambition, Leslie Carwile sixteen
years of age and a sophomore in the
High school committed suicide.
The young boy went into the base
ment of his home and attaching a
rope to the cellar beams hung him
self and was found by his parents
dead.
Miss Gladys SI. Hunt of Lon An
geles. will he a passenger out on
Monday bound for Fairbanks, where
she will make her future home. Miss
llunt will become the bride of S. L.
Godfrey, the well known mining man
of the Fairbanks district.
Three pleasure seekers, the Misses
Lucy Mahoney, Peggy Maroney, and
Mayzle Smyth of San Francisco, Cal.,
arrived on the S. S. Spokane yester
day, and after seeing all the sights
of the city and also visiting the his
toric grave of "Soapy" Smith, board
ed the train tills morning which will |
convey them to Atlin. After spend
ing a few days in Atlin. these young
indies will proceed on to Whitehorse
ai.d Dawson, and then return mak
ing connections with the next trip of
the Spokane.
GUHS KILL a
AValia Walla, June 25— John
Vandell, who was serving a lerm for
having assassinated Siat° Insurance
Commissioner Olson, at Olympia, 4
years ago was shot and killed by a
guard today.
Vandell was trying to git away
and when commanded to halt turn
ed on the guard who drew hie gun
and .shot the convict killing hint in
stnatly.
CITY <>!' Si:ATT; SAILS; LARGE
TOIRIST LIST I'OK SKAGV.'AV
Seattle. June 2r>.—The City of Se
attle sailed today with one hundred
and twenty-seven passengers.
Ne:uly all of the passengers ail
excursionists for Skagway.
John Brodiner. Paul Ziga and
Mrs. William Dyer air- bonked for
Haines. The Seattle uas a large car
go of freight destined for ports of
call along the route. .
Charles Hailey, a pioneer of Sitka
but now resides in Seattle, was a
passenger 011 the S. S. Spokane bound
for liis old l.onie where he \vi 11 visit
his parents.
Charley s»!" ' olds large miniiig
interests ! V around Sitka, prin
cipally in ' e Silver Bay district.
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WHITE PUSS I YUKON
ROUTE
I^e Comfort
Gateway r%^\ c .
Ron. J , BgS Service
Of Safety
To and From Atiin, Davison,
Fairbanks, and All In
terior Alaska and
Yukon River
Points
During season of navigation our fleet of moncrd steamers will oper
ate regularly the entire length of the Yukon River and tri!"rniies.
Daily Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and tt lilte
horse. Parlor observation cars on every train.
For full information regarding passenger and freight rates apj.Iy to
H. WHEELER, General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.