Seattle. June L'S.—Pr. Smith. I'.S.
Commissioner of Fisheries, accompa
nied by Ward T. I»o\ver, the Alas
ka :s;-;«-rit of the Fisheries Bureau,
uill arrive in Seattle on Thursday on
their way to Alaska. The Commis
sioners are on an investigating trip,
with a view to conserve the Alaska
fisheries and as a preliminary step
to the hearing that is to take place
in Juneau and Seattle.
Mavfield. N. Y.. June -S.—Kleven '
InTsons representing iwo families
were murdered last night by un
known [>ar!.es.
An axe «as used to commit the'
foul (U-t.il and they all wore killed |
iti their beds.
The < !•>;•-;t'e slaughter was done
at the home of Krnest Lawrence, a I
farmer. The building was set on firej
and the bodies burned to ashes.
Cable Brief
Washington. June 2S.—Fit»pu!»1 i- ;
can leaders have planned that peace I
with Germany will bo secured lie fore
the Fourth of July.
Washington. June 2S.—An an
nouncement was made today by the
dnpartiuetit that China and liermany
had signed au agreement of com
merce and amity.
Washington. June L's.—Senator
Nelson o:' .Minnesota has endorsed
<;. M. I .omen for the position of dis-'
trii i jiidjt- in Alaska and his ap-1
poinnient is expected at any moment. 1
Sacramento. Cal.. June 2S.—Ca
dets Harold K. Page and Joseph W
Weatherby. aviators in the army
corps were killed today.
Their machine fell from a great
height and both were instantly hill
ed.
Washington, June US.—The weath
er is so hot here that President
Harding is receiving his callers today
in his shirt sleeves.
Xo prostrations from the heat re
ported. but the people are llocking
to the seaside, and country resorts.
Home. June 2V—The volcano
Stromlioll has hurst into activity
again and great masses of molten
lava and clouds of dense smoke are
emerging from its crater.
The lava is flowing down the
mountain side and the people are
fleeing to ("icily for safety.
Tokio. June 2S.—The National
Chamber of Commerce a'.looted a
What's The Use?
That question is often put to us when wo ask a man to
open an account. "I don't earn enough to save," he will say. .
Lot us tell you something. Kvery limn who eavns any
tiling at all, earns enough to open an aoeount in this bank.
Most of the l>ig fortunes have boon huilt on small be
ginnings.
Open a savings account with, one, live or ton dollars, and
then deposit that amount regular once a wook or month.
Bank of Alaska
The Juneau hearing will lie held
on October 1!'. and the Seattle hear-,
ins on November 15.
Tlie principal question that will he j
before tlio hearings will be on the j
proposal lo prohibit fishing opera-j
lions within five hundred yards ot [
the mouth of every Alaska stream, j
The party will sail for Alaska July ;
resolution last night in f-ivor of the
disarmameitT-of tlio world. The res
olution urges Japan to upp-oach li'c
1'nited States and Great i'rit li I on
the subject.
Jersey City, June "S.--Uolierl I
Watson an *>lfieial it lie Interna
tional Reform Rureaa, accompanied
1>> live Jersey City eU'T.ymofl appear
ed today in Court of I lit' ncery be
fore Vice-Chancellor Stevenson in an
effort to hhi. U the IVmpsey C- rpen
tier prize lis lit which is i • lotue oU
on July Fourth.
Washington. June ">>.—The Ar
lington' navy rad.o station was put 1
out of commission last ntght by
lightning.
A fierce wind and. rain storm j
swept over this section doing con
siderable damage to crops and or-1
chard s.
Seattle. June 2S.—Marshall Gill,
a son of the late Mayor III C".ill of
Seattle, dropped dead in the ofiice
of his physician yesterday afternoon.
The young man had just been op
erated on and had his tonsils re
moved. Weak heart was the opinion
of the physician that cairod the
death.
Washington. Jul'.- IS — I"h are
2.09H.132 more mules than females
in the I'uittd States.
This makes tV> i.itu- 1M to 100
ji compared wi: i 1«K ani *'jii in
IS H'.
This increa-. ! u. m.ii'rF was reie-.!
e.l by the r«>i <>-'s of tlio census l u
te. it which wet • announced to lay.
Seattle. June -S.—The body of
Kugene Soibor. who was returning
to I is home in Montana was found
dead i:i a box car in the railroad
yards here late yesterday evening.
S' iljrr was a student in the Wash
ington I'niversity and no clue has
been found as to his murder nor
is any motive known to have ex'sted
as the young man was not known to
have had any enemies.
• The police are working 0:1 the case
with slight clues to go en.
Belfast, June 2S.—Premier Craig
announced today that the Ulster
cabinet ha* the acceptance of an in
vitation sent Premier Lloyd George
for a proposed conference between
representatives of northern and
southern n-iland and the British
cabinet.
This movement is ir. lino with the
settlement of the Irish question' a .id
sympathisers on both s!de< look for
! ward to good intuits from ti.n cor.
, ferences.
FECIAL (GOT ILL REPORT Oi
OF
Washington, June 2S.—As soon
as Governor Done reaches Juneau,
Secretary Fall will detail for Alaska,
a practical railroad man tn inspect
the government railroad, this man
is to report back in detail, the situ
ation as he finds it at:'1 ulso rec
ommendations for '.lie future needs
of the road.
This report with the recotnmenda
SICK II HOI
RECEIVE SEES
Washington, Juno 2s. —-fly n vote
of 250 to 93 the nouse wst night
passed the bill introduced by rep
resentative Willis Campbell, which
prevents the sale of beer to the sick
upon the prescription of a physi
cian.
The lull has pone to the senate
for action.
It is freely predicted that, the bill i
will sail through the senate with usi
much endorsement as it had in the
house.
This is a decided victory for the
r>rys and rr.sch jubilation is indulged
in by their forces.
Washington, June 2S.—J. Ray
mond McCarl of Nebraska, was to
,l:iy nominated as comptroller of the
•nrrency .
JtcCarl's name wall go to the sen
11<■ for confirmation.
I.os Angeles. ' June 2S.—T li e
•units are commencing to impose
jail sentences of 1 year and heavy
tines for the violation of the prohib
ition law.
Home Vrewers when convicted get
iail fines and bootleggers get both.
The authorities are determined to
jnforce the law.
Open violations of the law and tit
er disregard for the law officers has
Parted this crusade. v
1'IM\<T'SN ROYAL TOMORROW
n \s lu Mi'Kit l.o.vn TormsTs
!!:'! Johnston. locnl '^gen' for the
C. I'. U. Co., received word this
morning ttiut the Princess 15oval
would arrive ia Skagway tomorrow
morning at S o'clock.
The Princess Royal has one hun
dred and fifty passengers and one
hundred and eighty tons of fr-Vight.
u»'- this port.
Tlio Royal will sail" south on
Thursday night .
ii. I-:. KCK^XSTKIX V'OHMKR
\V. P. & Y. R. EMPLOYE
PASSi:S AWAY IN" I'AI
Word was received today that II.
E. Kckenstein. who formerly worked
for the W. P. & Y. Route in the
auditor's oiTice has passed away.
Mr. Kckenstein has been ill for
some time and was in a hospital and
aliho not considered dangerously ill.
he took a bad turn for the worse and
died suddenly.
While in Skagway Mr. Eckenstein
and his wife made numerous friends
by their genial and sunny ways. A
lover of the outdoor life "Eck" as
he was familiarly called was the
leader in many expeditions over the
mountains. A lover of rod and gun
his spare time was spent in the open
and when not able to hunt fish or
mountain climb he put In the time
in a garden that was a model for
vegetables and flowers.
The world will be the loser by the
passing of "Eck" and many friends
in the north will mourn with the
widow.
tions of Secretary Fall to c'ongress
will be the basis l'or further appro
priations.
The policy of the adiuiristratioc
will be to complete the ro<»<i at the
earliest possible moment aud pro
vide for its operation.
It has been definitely settled that
if Secretary Fall can gt*t away this
season to make a trip to Alaska, he
will do so.
IIS
FACING STRIKE
Chicago, June 2S.—A nation wide
strike ot the Railway workers is j
looming up.
The employes by a vote of twelve!
to seven have rejected the proposal j
of a twelve per cent, reduction in
wages, which was ordered by thej
I'nited States Railway Wage Board.
The vote is the result of a refer
endum and was anuounced by the j
Railway department of the Ameri
can Federation Board.
Frye To Build Big
Reflecting 'Scope
Seattle, June 2S.—Charles H. Fry:
head of the bis packing house of thoj
Frye-Bruhn company announced to
day that he would erect the largest |
reflecting telescope in tho world.
The observatory will be erected in ]
Seattle and work will commence a!
once.
Mineden. Xcv.. June 2S.—Dis
trict Judge Moore handed down a
decision today sustaining the divorce
of Mary Pickford against her former!
husband. Owen Moore.
Sports Committee
Holds Meeting
The Sports Committee of the 4th
of July celebration had a meeting
last night and the program was
worked lip.
Many entries have been made and
a splendid day of sports is assured.
ISase Ball. Tennis, Foot races and
other events galore, all of which will
appear in detr.il in the next issue.
The Whitenorse excursion has
been taken over by the Masonic
order of thatViiy who gave up their
annual picnic to Carcross in favor
of the run over here and a large
crowd, the largest In many years,
will come over.
The train will leave Whitehorse
at six o'clock in the morning and
the Saturday's train from Skagway
will he annulled and an extra will
leave on Sunday morning at ten o'
clock thus giving our Canadian cou
sins a more lenghty stay and a chance
to get breakfast before leaving for
the run home.
NOTICE TENNIS PLAYERS
All persons who intend to enter
the Teunis Tourney on July 4th, are
requested.to.Uirn their entries in to
O. Selmer, by Friday evening. En
tries for the double events will en
ter as partners.
The committee will not select part
ners from single entries for double
events. Entries open to all.
This is going to be one of the
most interesting events on the pro
gram and much interest is manifest
ed among the tennis fans. The prizes
will be in cash.
London, June 2S.—The grent coal
miner's strike which has extended
the length and breadth of Great Brit
ain since last April was ended to
day and the miners will go to work j
a:*ain at once.
TJie settlor; Mi*. >vns th« res.i't of,
i. nnerous coukrer ■ s bet we in t!.e
striking miinri and the mine own j
irj as well as wit'.i the t!OVi;.-niii'-n'>
and the Prem'»' I.liyd Co'-rse has!
iiiven the ni.i'.";.' V»i:i undivided at I
tention for sonu- .i:ie.
The settlemvut is in the nit n re of
" cnmpromis-i altno l!i«? ;;<)»• minor t
adhered to tli'r prijtr.'in in :i •"
•hFtanoes. » '
Much suffer^,,; har, resulted from
the long period of idlei-efw f< t al
though the iiiiIti; had Urge ^:n
l>lus&e.s of money t!ie length of times
since the strike -vas called nas caus
ed (he expenditure of almost all of
it.
1'reniier l.Ioyd Seorsf. will new
ask, the British Pcrilament to tub
scribe an ext.'ii ton million pouii'.'.
Sterling for the uv:e of 11.■} mlnii g
industry.
Washington. June 28.—Secretary
Fall lias issued an order author
izing the erection of a telephone line
across Rainy I'ass.
This line will connect with Happy
River. Summit, Rhone river and
French Joe House. This is a much
needed utility and will he of much
use to the settlers in tliat district.
Washington, June 28.—Governor
Roue, Wm. Stubbs of Aniak and
delegate Dan Sutherland by their co
ooeration have brought about the
issuance of an order restoring the
mail service over Rainy Pass from
Anchorage to Iditadod via McGrath.
Yl'KOX 1SRINGS 500 TONS
OF KEXO HIT,!, ORE
Tl-e steamer Yukon arrived at mid
night last night with a barge and
500 tons of Kpiio Hill silver-lead ore
from Mayo City. She was 24 hours
coming down, and 24 hours at Mayo
loading. The Canadian, en route lip
was met at little below Mayo, and
may be back here within the us\t
day or two. The stage of water om
the river was good. Captain John
MeCann is master of the boat, and
Captain Rert Newcomh pilot. This
was their lirst trip up the Stewart,
so Captain Hnggan, who has madn
many trips on the stream, also went
along. Mique Finlaison was aboard
representing the customs.—Dawson
News.
New York. .Tune -'S.—The prelinr
itiary plans for a nation wide move
ment to establish a memorial in hon
or of ex-President Wilson was an
nounced today by Franklin P. Roose
velt.
Roosevelt is chairman of the Nat
ional Democratic committee.
FEDERAL"JOBS
Washington. June 2.S.—Report litis
it that Major Geo^W. Raumont is
slated for the position of United
States Marshal for tile third divi
sion of Alaska and Karl Tiiiele of
Bethel, and Charles E. Hcrron are
each likely to pet a federal appoint
ment in Alaska.
One of the Alaska judgeships is
likely to so to Attorney David of
Yale, Oregon.
Washington, .June I".—Tiie Herd
ing adminis;. Uii' i is still insisting
that the Obregon government of
Mexico give a. >. rlUoti pledge that
American piXprr^v in Mexico v.ili
not be conH d i efore there is
any recof i of .Mexico iy this
country.
J^e Comfort
Gateway n&ts&P \ n
Route * ;JBL Service
of Safety
To and From Atlin, Dawson,
Fairbanks, and AH in
terior Alaska and
Yukon River
Points
During season of navigation our fleet of monerd steamers vvili oper
ate regularly the entire length of tho Yukon River and triti'iiaiies.
Daily Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and White
liorse. Parlor observation cars on every train.
For full information regarding passenger and freight rates apj.ly to
h. WHEELER, General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wasli.