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INTERIOR OEPI.
Washington. Dec. 23.—The An
nual Supply Bill, for the various
branches of the Interior department
of the Government service was pre
sented to Congress. The bill carries
an appropriation of $294,215,300.
This bill carried an appropriation of
$ IS.000. for the suppression of the
liquor traffic in Alaska. It is cus
tomary to carry this item in the bill,
but it was not included in the bud
get estimate, but was restored. The
sum of one million dollars was pro
vided for the maintenance and op
eration of th" government railroad
and the construction of the road, this
wa3 approved. The bill also carried
an estimate of $50,000 for the main
tenance and operation of steamers
and ot t»r boats on the Yukon river
at d it tributaries, and makes avail
able for the construction of new
s' nmers and barges. 575.000 of the
amount realized from the sale of
corid- mr.ed property. Alaska will
also set $35,Ul>0 for education med
ii .il rel et 590.000 reindeer propo
gation $10,000 care of the insane
$142,500 and for game protection
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VOLSTEAD TO
SUCCEED HAWKS
Washington. Dec. 22.—Political
dope, which is passing current in the
C;.p.tal City.is t'::at arter March 4th.
when Andrew Volstead, the author
of the Volstead Act. passes from Con
gress. he will be placed at the
head of the prohibition enforcement
department to succeed Major Roy
Havnes, who is tha present incum
bent
LADY RHONDA
granted divorce
London. Dec. 22.—Lady Rhonda,
who was elected to a seat in the
House of Lords, but whom that body
denied the privilege to sit in the
scat, was granted a divorce from Sir
Humphrey Mackworth, on the
ground of misconduct.
Civil. WAR VETERAN*
MAKE KOI RT11 VENTURE
Seattle. Dec. 22.—Conrad Plank,
aged SO, and a civil war veteran took
to himself a helpmate, who is her
self one year his senior. Plank is
not only a veteran in years, and by
virtue of his record in the civil war.
and in the matrimonial line he is
no novice as.this is his fourth ven
ture.
If. Ulil AFTHfi
MURDERERS
Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 23.—The
bodies of Major Daniels and Thom
as Richards, alleged victims of the
Ku Klux Klan, were recovered from
Lake Lefourche. The murdered
men were never seen after they were
carried away on August 24th, by
hooded and masked band of men.
New Orleans, Dec. 23.—Machine
Gun. Company D. of the Louisiana
National Guard were ordered into
active service tonight. They are out
to bring about the arrest of the meu
who are responsible for the mur
der of the two men. Daniels and I
Richards, whose bodies were recov
ered from Lake Lafourche today.
Mer. Rouge. La.. Dec. 23.—Gover
nor Parker arrived in the city today
and is taking personal charge of the
situation here. Attorney General
Ccco attended by a 3peclal train with
two companies of Louisiana National
Gu: rd arrived at Bastrop this morn
ing. The Militiamen have pitched
their catup on the courthouso square.
MELLON Sl'ED
FOR INCOME TAX
Pittsburg. Dee. -22.—Warren H.
Stanklrk, a special assistant to the
United States District Attorney has
brought suit against Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon, for collection
of income tax alleged to be due. It
is alleged that the Secretary Is short
to the sum of $231,666 and It Is for
the collection of this sum that the
suit has been instituted.
CHl'RCH OF NOTRE DAME
QUEBEC Bl'RNED
Quebec. Dec. 22.—The Church of
Notre Dame De La Recouvrance. the
oldest Basilica in the city, in which
were many of the art treasures of
the Catholic church of Canada, was
destroyed by fire this morning.
SENATOR REED
DECORATED BY WEEKS
Washington, Dec. 22.—Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania, was the re
cipient of a decoration by Secretary
of War Weeks. The decoration was
a Distinguished Scrvice Medal, for
exceptional service in war time.
BANDITS GET COAL CO.
PAY ROLL CASH
Pittsburg, Dec. 23.—Ross Dennis,
the paymaster of the Pittsburg Coal
Company with twenty thousand dol
lars in a satchel was shot and wound
ed by bandits who escaped with the
satchel containing the twenty thou
sand dollars in currency.
Plan Your Work and Work
Your Plan
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ON'T let the dimes and dollars slip through your linger*
without knowing where they go.
Plan to let the bank take care of all your funds—then you
-v... your money goes, and for what it goes.
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"Extravagance rots character Train youth away from it."
—Theodore Roosevelt.
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SKACWAY, ALASKA
My Christmas Wish
A Good, Glad Ckrisfmastide, my friend,
To you and yours is die wisli 1 send.
May all your fomorroTrs Lave sides of blue,
A nd all your friends Le loving and true.
HOMES OF MOSCOW
BADLY CONGESTED j
London, Dec. 22.—Six hundred !
million dollars are required to re
build Moscow, according to Colonel
the Hon. F. H. Cnpps, who has just
been Riven an almost unlimited con
tract by the Soviet government.
"One million five hundred thous
and people in Moscow are living in
less than 160.000 apartments, an av
erage of roughly ten to an apart
ment," says Cripps, who has Just re
turned. "A return to pre-war nor
mal conditions would involve the cre
ation of another 120,000 apartments.
Cripps has already completed a
number of large buildings for the
Soviet and repaired a number of
others. The question of payment ts,
of course, the chief difficulty.
"At present," says Cripps. "I re
pair the building, and In turn the
Soviet gives me the complete lease
for a period varying from eighteen
to twenty years. Where they have
been household dwellings ( I have
simply beoti inundated with would
be tenants. But 1 take care only to
arrange lettings on a gold-ruble ba
sis.
"I was Impressed by the manifest
Improvement in social conditions.
Law and order aro well preserved, |
and things are gradually returning
to the normal. It looks as though
the present Government, although
a small oligachy, will remain, for
ttey are strong, and there seems to
bo no alternative administration. The
famine is quite over, and the shops
are filling^ with Gorman goods."
LLOYD GEORGE OFF FOR A REST
London. Dec. 23.—Lloyd George
has left London for a ten day's rest
at a Spanish watering resort.
IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED IX
FAVOR OF LOCAL BANK
The only large lawsuit tried since
the towir of Anchorage has been in
existence was the case of Conroy,
trustee, versus the Bunk of Anchor
age. This case grew out of the fact
ih.-.t the hank had advanced the Mat
atiuska Coal company the sum of
about $17,000. Tho company was
adjudicated a bankrupt within four
mouths after it had repaid the bank,
and the trustee in bankruptcy, M.
J. Conroy, through the action of
some of the creditors of the defunct
Matanuska Coal company, brought
suit against the bank to recover the
sum received, with interest and costs
which would amount to a total of ap
proximately $25,300.
The case was tried by a Jury, after
the district court, Judge Brown pre
siding, had overruled the bank's mo
tion to dismiss the complaint and a
verdict was rendered for the trustee.
The bank appealed the case to the
circuit court of appeals at San Fran
cisco, and t'lis morning the following
wire was received:
"San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 4, 1922.
"Ray & David, Anchorage.
"Bank of Anchorage vs. M. J. Con
roy, reversed, with direction to dis
miss action. Opinion forwarded.
"MONCTON,
"Crelk, Circuit Court of Appeals."
Sherman Duggan and W. M. Rag
er represented Mr. Conroy In the ac
tion, and Ray & David represented
the bank.
TAFT IMPROVES
Washington, Dec. 22.—Chief Jus
tice Taft is continuing to show im
provement from the affects of the
operation he recently underwent.
SIX m FOR
MINI ROBBERY
Santa Fe, N. M., Dec. 23.—Six
men, with heavy suitcases, who ar
rived from Las Vegas in a car this
morning are in the county Jail, pend
ing investigation. The authorities
which have ordered the arrest of the
men think they have some of the
men implicated in the robbery of the
United States Federal Reserve truck
with $200,000 of Denver mint funds.
LITHUANIA ELECTS
NEW PRESIDENT
Riga, Dec. 23.—Lithuania gives
herself a Christmas present in the
form of a new President. His name
is A. Stllginski.
SEATTLE VOTES
RELIEF FOR ASTORIA
Seattle, Dec. 23.—The City Coun
cil voted to send ten thousand dol
lars relief to Astoria, which was
ruined by flro. During the year, Se
attle has erected new buildings
which aggregate a valuation of twen
ty million dollars.
GIVE UP HOPE OF U. S.
LOAN TO GERMANY
London, Dec. 22.—The papers
have given up hope that the U. S.
will make a loan to Germany, so that
she may make a payment on the war
reparations.
OLD DEARBORN ST. STATION
GOES UP IN SMOKE
Chicago, Dec. 22.—Dearborn St.
Station, one of the landmarks in the
city of Chicago, and one of the big
passenger stations of the middle
west metropolis was distroyed by fire
last night.
POLICE FAIL
PROTECT GASH
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 23.—Robbers
are bold In tbe Metropolis of Miss
ouri. A collector of a dry good's
concern who was guarded by police
men was held up and robbed yester
day afternoon of five thousand dol
lars.
SENATE FINDS
CAUSE FOR OIL PRICE
Washington, Dec. 23.—The Sen
ate Committee, which is Investigat
ing the Standard Oil Company, de
termined the cause of the stiff price
lu crude oil.
TO SOW GRAIN
WITH AIRPLANES
Tulare, Cal., Dec. 23.—A group of
farmers are arranging for an at
tempted feat of sowing their grain
acreage from an airplane.
CANADIAN LIVING COSTS
BACK TO PRE-WAR LEVELS
Montreal, P. Q., Dec. 22.—Living
costs in Canada are nearlng pre
war levels, the average cost of the
weekly family budget, according to
government statistics now being
$10.28, as compared with 11.82 last
year, and $15.95 in 1920.
The index of wholesale prices is
lower than it has been in years. Fi
nancial experts points out that the
decline in commodity prices has been
accompanied by a remarkable re
vival of business throughout the Do
minion. The past year, they say,
has been the last struggle In the
transition from the period of post
war depression.
Unemployment virtually has disap
peared. The harvest in the West
drained the East of workers and cre
ated a temporary labor shortage in
several lines of industry. The in
crease in construction industries is
furnishing work to thousands.
"Improved foreign trade has been
a big factor in the revival," says the
statement. "The first six months of
this year show a favorable trade
blance of approximately $32,000,000.
as compared with an adverse trade
brlance of about $35,000,000 a year
ago. Since the war, the Dominion
has risen from ninth to fourth place
among the exporting nations of the
world and now leads all the coun
tries in the per capita volume of ex
ported goods."
The
White Pass &
Yukon Route
The Gateway Route to
Yukon Territory, Atlin and interior
Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and WhiUhorM
during the Winter Season.
For (oil information regarding passenger and freight
^ rated apply to
H. WHEELER, GENERAL MANAGER
SKAGUAY, ALASKA
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.