No. 72 TWENTY THIRD YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JDLY 20, 1920
GANNON BURSTS ON RANGE
KILLS 3 NATIONAL GUARDS
Seattle July 17—Tlir^e solder®,
ct the Oregon Nitf'onai Guard w*re
killed, and thr^e other military men
T-ryj- (xxv regular sold'®r severely
wounded thi» afternoon |when a 155
ja"llim*ter sua with wh'ch th»>y
wer* »hootiag on the rai'-ye at Caaip
l.ww's blew up.
Th*. li^d are private F1 r»t Cla8*
R Fraley, F'r-n Company Oregon
Coa^t Guar I of Ashlar*l, Corpora
Edwi a Sco'-t steond company t^egoa
Coast Artillery of Marsiifield and
Corporal CI Dind'i'Ker- S^oond
Compaaor O.vson Coast Ar'illery
Guard otf Marshfi«Ui.
Th" lanyanrd has just pul
led to dlschaj-g« the piece whc'fl
there wia* an. ««rth rock'ng ex
Vlo^ou and the cannon was Uft«xK
off the groujid and a second
j later the eun Just "earned to dls
| Integrate aand ma^'v® parades 0f
metal being hurled h'gii 'nto the
air &JU) for yunls 'n every dir'-'ct'on.
The moment iho detonation, oanio
e>*ry soldier on the rKfflS* drop
'ped to the ground, partly from the
slioak aod partly from an •o.volVi.
ta-ry measure of «etf protoct'oo.
To 'ixls alon^ J3 as-r^bed th« fact
that dozen3 wero not killed ins,®ad
of turee.
I. F.L CALLS UNION IN 10
MEET UNO PLAN CAMPAIGN
W*shln«ton. July J 9—Calling up
the ttiiloA me a throughout the coun
try to defeat ail congicsstonAl can
didate3 for »-le<*ion this fall who
h»v« b*en. mar lew! for slaughter by
the American. Federation oi Labor
tt» executive oonvmlUjs which >s
he-ad«d by Samuel GompT9 bas.,i
asJced. all sU*e organ'iat'uns to
liotd Bie^t'ngs simultaneously on Aug
ufit «e\-vnth.
Th-j committee want" tl>» lo'al
union* to map out their plans for
th® campaign. I
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PIGIUREJRIDES
Saa Fr*adsco, July 17— The
cooKr^s»(onal wmmitto.' pf
Uon, »ad naturalization appolnt
M • j the lant coagr^s to Invest—'
ig&te these matters Is today at
Au«el lslaad.
The commi'te® ha8 under con
sideration today ttjo investigation o
Japaae»e lecture br^d«« tha1 ar
rived on tli* M'nyo Maru from Ok
■fraiim
San Franc^o July 19— Th
House Immigration and Natural—
■zatioa Comm'ttfe m*ho are 'a—
vast'sa^ingo th® *■ Japan*1 se si'
uat'oa on the Pac'flc Coa9t "wlU'hold
hea^ngs this ye»k at Tacoma and
|B«*»ttl«.
THE DIFFERENCE
— between'the man who has learned to save and
bank hi* money and the man who has net learn
ed, is* the difference, ten years hence, between
the man flourishing in business and the man
looking for a job
WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT
Form the Habit of Saving and Bank with
BanK of AlasKa
Pic-nic and Luncheon Goods
Sweet or Sour Pickles-Plain or mixed in bulk or glass.
Lunch Tongue-Deviled Ham-Deviled Meat-Corn Beef
Chipp Beef.
Lobsters-Sardines in Olive Oil-Red Salmon-Sh.imps
Crab.
Fancy Coockies and Crackers-in bulk or packagks.
Durkey's Salad Dressing-Mrs. Porters Mayonaise-ect
Pure Olive Oil in cans or botdei.
Paper Plates and Napkins.
P. H. GANTY
Full supply of fresh fruit and vegetable* ex "SEATTLE"
In Second Contest For Posses
sion of Prize Cup The British
Boat Rounds Buoy Ahead
of The American Defender
Sandy Hook. July 16—Th« re
pa1 r« on the Resolute will prq
ably b« completed 4u t'mie for the
rao® scheduled for tomorrow.
Sandy Hook, .'July 16—Th$ de
fender (Resolute led the Br'tlsh fcha
longer Shamrock IV across 'he'&tart
iiig l'ne today. -
The Resolute crossed 12-01-50 an
th® Shamrocic at 12-02-40.
Prom the shore It wa»ap(w<m
that th© Shamrock made a poor
•tart. - - *
Sandy Hook. July 19—6'r Tho
ma3 Llptoa plans to take Wo, P.
Burton, from the wheel at tha'ShaS
rock IV 'a the fourth race.
Sandy Hook. July 19—Aft'i tight
lag out *ix iiours iw'th honor8 all
on tho side of the American, "loop
and Capta'n Adam8 aftd ht" ere**
the second effort w*9 declared no
race.
The yachts (will meet aga'a 1 on
Tuesday.
Co.pta'n Adams trew and boat,
I showed "upt'r'ority throughout and
' when the rac« -was called, off the
Ivere 34 ni'aute* and 22 «econd)» a
I h"ad of the ohaU«nger,
Sandy Hook July 119—Cap'aln, W
P. Burton will be ig'vcn another
chanc® at the wheel of Shamrock IV
Sir Thomas Upton would not
aay thiE ai'crnoon wlut development
might be expected' at tomorrow
race.
& ndy HooK, July 20—-The he
9olute and the shamrock lV'8ta,-c
ed on, the »^coad raoe at twelve fif
teen today.
The Shamrock (was in the lead
at tha start out her J'b follo-fred a~
fter crossing the starting Un© amdi1>e
for' the crew could cleaij- the »a'l
t/'"'* Resolute lorertook the uhaileni'er
and seven minute3 a1 stafrt? the
Resolute was leaden? by a slight
mars'n.
Samdy fcook, July 20—In, the ac
ttimpt to dt-cido the secon*l r^c
today Uh« gliamrock led by mor°
thaw a rn'le past tho fir»t turn and
continued to lead when »he round
ed 'he s*cond turn at fourteen forty.
' At tour o'clock tbe Resolute!
war* ga'nlng £a«t.
Sandy Hook July 20—(Fla3h)'Tho
Shamrock IV won1 th*» second race
by one m'wite. ' '
WOULD DRIVE THE TURKS OUT OF
EUROPE "FOB OHCE UNO FOR ALL"
Lioudou. July,11—A Uu**t to'drlve
thu Turk from Europe "for once1
and for all l» contained la th° All^e*.
reply to Turkish otB^ct'on.® 'o
tl.e p«ac® <T-atyt wh'ch was m
publ'c here today. I
Suck action might follow Turkey's
refusal to »igra the peace tpeaty or'
h«r fa'lure to give it
In effect the re ply states that the
time l'mlt for Turkey to make kaow ;
her decislon expires at mWn'ght
July twenty seventh.
GERMANS BALK
III ONE CLAUSE
i Spa, July 19—At the moment o
81 gnl ng th® protocol th» 1 German
refused to aigjo, that one f^atltig to
the prohibition of miaufactnijJng.
aeroplane by Germany.
Pr'm'or K'lkvrand "ay* that
mattpj. ' *'11 be rogTilated d]r«ctly
with Berlin through diplomat reP
reseatatire*.
GOV! ROAD 10
GE! SLEEPERS
Seattle, July 19—Th9 Alaska En
gineering Comml'sicm through the
^at'le office *re e,dverU»ng for
a number of sleeping ctr®.
These car8 are to b« used OH
the Alaska government railroad.
RADICALS ARE
HOLDING MEET
Yak'ma, July 19—The Triple Al
liance Non-Fartlsan committee of
Forty eight an|d oth«r rad'cal or
ganizations aro hokHng « «tat6 coa
ventioa here today. 1 , ' [I
EX-KAISER'S SOI)
KILLS HIMSELF
Berl'n. jujy 119—Ex-Palace Joa
quJm, »on, of ttio former kaiser,
oomm'ttsd suicide today 'a Pot Mam.
Jooflu'm is'beUeVd to have boon
In close fuanedal "traits and haF
also wa» recently divorced from-:,
■w'fe.
FROM OMAHA TO
ALASKA BY AIR
Ctoaia, July 17—C. N. Dletz
big lumber i^&ler of this clty tn
teq«P to fly from Omaha to Alaska
in a steel monoplatn«.
Diet* -will leavo here on July 22.
sad. stopping enj-oute at Dome lake,
Wyom'ng for ». few daya fishing, j
w(U then continue h|3 flight to Al
aska.
Herbert ja. Smith. d!rector of the
alp mall aervlc® her0 w'U pilot tk«
plane for Dietz.
Cork. July 20—Two (military lor
ries loaded with. ®oldl«r" whldh pas9
*<1 through the streets of Cork at
Hire® o: clock yesterday morning (we ♦
attacked by civilian3 wjtb pjomb' anil
blown up.
Seventy coldler3 "were injured,
some of 'hem fatally.
The civilian® threw twenty nine
bomb3 1q all and the building3 ad
jacent "ff®r« all demoU®Ue<J.
Washington. July 19—*Pre»iOeiU ok Governor Cox.
Wilson and Governor Cox issued a
statement mfl,r a elo'.'- conference,
lading several hour3.
The statements ar® 'a accord ivftb
the League of Nations and Governor
Oo« announces ihat 'f olec-t'd he
would carry out every promise mado
Ly Presort Wlson rcs?ectlng Uio;
Lcague.
President WW son declar°d that'
these statements were made with r
p r to the great issue? of the Lea
gue of Nation an,d that h° a'ul'tlie
i)e,iu>ciiatic party would un't'dly su;.
New York. July 20—Scn^toi Po'n
(l'-xt"r announced her« at
Republican* National committee head
tiaarl°rs this morn'ng that the is
sue* which w'11 be most important
(iuring the campaign. arc- tile F<
«ign affa>rs including the League
of Nation5* and tha Bowl propo3
•d Orienta exclusion, tr*aties.
Po'odexter declared that these
will be vital issues ja fifteen
different states w-her® contests are
developing ii the plect'on of »-natcrs
Los A.Ugel«'s, July 17—All caiMi
quake phock aft 10:10 till* morn'nif.
wa® si or-' severe tlian any of the'ser«
les of earthquakes telt here r'
c®ntiy wlth 'he ' exception of th
eme on June 4.
This morning's earthquake was'fo
lowed by thr^e more this aft' rnoon.
A ch>mney 0:1 a ta.ll 'build1 us ji
north of the c-n'rance of the Tli'r;i
3tr«et tunnel^ fell across Th'.
«tr«et to the Bouth side and par1
of th® embankment Jiear the en
trance to the Pad Fa Electric Mun
icipal tunnel in north hill street cav
ed In.
Business waP practically suprnl
ed and much of the tlni® Mi!~
af'ernooii thousands of people took
rafuge in the »tr«et and open lots
fear'ng a collapse of the buiUl>nj hi
which they were living.
Los Aag^ieg, July 20—A *1:;
earthquake was felt -n ltffe^mt st
Hon3 of the city at six forty'tin
yesterday evening.
The greatest shock w'aS feu.
at West eleventh st,^.et c.n; ] ma .y
of the ocjupajitst of apartment,,
house3 <tnd residences worB shook
up TvliUc eating their d'ancr*.
Many of tile d'aer® left the'r dir
n<-rs uneaten and fl'i to th* strew1
ami to Wetlake Park iwh're
some of thoax si>*mt the night.
5.;ran'on, July 17—Caj>la'n' Street
failed to get taw ay today as expect
ed. Repairs for h'3 plane wre
uot finished in, time for Street to
res me 1118 fl'ffht.
The jylane will hop off for E^e
touorrow.
BEiWmr SIGNS
Si,a, Juj> — The German :e, r
«ntatHcs latr th's afternoon sUu
ed the coal protocol fwh'ch was
frani'-d at tlie ajlled conference Ja>;t
njylit.
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