N„ ,, TvV KNTV FOriM Il VBAU SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY. JUNE 23. 1921 PMC* 1" t KM*
GOVERNOR BONE WILL ARfllVE IN
iLASKfl A800T THE I2TH OF JULV
Seattle. June 23.— Governor Bone
wired today that he would reach Se
attle July sixth.
Arrangements are making by the i
Seattle Press Club u> hold an Alas
kan night on July seventh in honor
of the Alaska governor.
Washington. June 2:!.—Presides'
Harding. Governor Bone. Delegate
Sutherland, Secret-try f'.tll anil f'on
gressman Curry discussed Alas!.a
legislation for an hour today. It is'
understood that most of the patron
age has l>een agreed upon and tluu
the names of the appointees will so
to the senate before Governor Bone
leaves. It is rumored that an Ovo
son man will ^et one of the judge
ships.
Belfast. Juno 23.—"I am speak
in S from a full heart." sai dKing
tieorge iu a speech at the opening
of the l ister t'artiameiit today.
"When 1 pray tl;:it hit coming lo
Ireland may prove to be the first
slep toward tile end of the strife
among her people whatever their
race or creed."
Belfast. June 23.—One hundred
thousand soldiers, sailors, detectives,
and policemen lined the street today
when Kins lieorge and Queen .Mary
entered I lster. tl:e capital of the
new province, on the occasion of the
King opening Parliament.
Thirteen battleships of the liite
escorted the Uoyal yacht across tiie
sea.
Cable Brief
Seattle. June 2.™.—The P.- I. of
today charges that Governor Louis
Hart lias permitted the firm in which
lie is interested and a member of. to
engage in financial transaction*
vviiu appointees of tile governor.
Deuver, June 23.—The American
Federation of Labor convention to
day adopted a resolution expressing
sympathy for the Irish.
They also declared for the manu
facture of beer.
Washington, Jure 23.—A bill for
the refunding of the war loans made
to the Allies was introduced iu the
senate today by Senator Penrose,
chairman of the finance committee
to which the measure was referred.
Washington. June.—Representa
tive Siegel. of New York, an
nounced today he was preparing a
bill which would provide a death
penalty for persons who kidnapped
children and transport them from
one state to another.
Kdinburg. Scotland. June.—Dr.
Crawford t*. McCullough. of Fort
William, Ontario, was today unani
mously elected president of the In
ternational Association of Hot cry
Clubs, now in annual session here,
for theensuing year.
Corpus Christy, Texas, June 23.—
Six boats including a large shipping
Board tanker sank at Port Arkan
sas during a hurricane that visited
that section last night.
A terrible Hood followed the wind
and much damage was done.
( Now York, June 23.—Washington
D. Yanderlip announced today that
| additional concessions had been se
' Hired from Uussia.
Included in the nnv concessions
I was Avatch Bay. which is within
twenty-four hours nail of the Alas
kan coast.
London. June 23.—"To my mind
it is clear that the only path to
safety for the British Kmpire is
along the one she can walk with
America" was t'ie declaration of
Premier Sn.uts of South America.
Smuts was making an address to
the congress of Dominion I'remlers
which is meeting here.
Washington. June 23.—A hill tiv
ing tUe secretary of commerce pow
er to close the salmon streams of
Alaska when depleted or for spawn
ing purposes which was up for pas
sage in the house was he'd up today
at the request of certain cannery
men and action will he deferred un
til after a hearing ha; been had by
the committee o.*i merchant and ma
line fisheries.
Washington. June 2:?.—That de
velopment of ti'e highways will ro
duce i e living costs .ml strengthen
liie defenses as well as create a new
sp ilt of nationalism was incorpor
ated in the report of the committee
on postcards today.
Hie committee sil -o tiroes the pas
sage oi the federal highway com
mittee i'Ct which has been intro
duced.
Panton. .Tune 23.—Hostilities
have broken out between the prov
inces of Kwnngtttng and Kwangi
in southern China.
Britls't ships are submitting to be
ing searched in Weste river at Can
ion by tli army and customs officials.
The government \s looking to see
that na arms or ammunition is brot
into the country.
Omaha, June.—Mrs. Bessie Mit
chell. a widow, list night publicly
flogged a man locally known as
"Happy" Brennan. whom she accus
ed of attempting to mistreat her 4
year old son. Harry, according to o
| report she made to thepolice. She
used a riding whip.
| ''It more mothers would adminis
ter that kind of treatment the town
j would be much safer for themselves
and their children," she said.
Berlin. June.—Win. II. Johnston,
president of the International Associ
ation of Machinists who has return
ed to this city after waiting vainly
in Riga a fortnight for permission
to enter soviet llussia was oHlcialiy
informed by the soviet legation in
Riga yesterday that he would not be
allowed to enter soviet Russia. Mr.
Johnston had intended to visit Rus
sia to'investigate the labor situation
there.
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Who Deposits Your Dollar?
Somebody elms. Every <fnt you sper.d you are adding
to Ihe bank account of some one else.
Did it ever occur to you what a great idea it would bo
to owe yourself some!bin-,' each pay day and pay it to the
account of your own?
Co iu debt to yourself fi>r ten or twenty perccnt. of
yonr wages and agreo to pay your bank account that amount
each pay day.
BanK of Alaska
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Washington, June 23.—President
ilurdii!3 ur« cl Governor Bone this
afternoon that if congress adjourn
ed by August tenth he and Mrs.
Harding would., visit Alaska.
Governor none will leave New
York for Alaska on Monday and will
stop off at Chicago nnd visit Moose
lieart. Illinois.
prevailed on tlie Alaska governor to
Inspect the Moose home and also to
become a member of the order.
Governor Bone will carry north a
special message from Secretary Dav
is to the Moose order in Alaska.
The governor will spend three
days in Seattle and will sail north
011 the City of Seattle, on July 9.
Secretary of Labor Davis has
■Washington, June 23.—The army
flyers Captain H. T. Douglas and
Lieutenant M. J. Plumb were drown
ed in Chesapeake Bay today after a
collision of their planes.
The accident toos place during a
bombing raid directed at the hulk
of the old battleship San Marieos.
Captain Howard T. Douglas was
one of the advance officers of the
aeroplane expedition that visited Al
aska and Yukon last year, which
made the round trip from New York
to Nome, Alaska.
Many friends will regret his early
demise as he is most favorably re
membered by all with whom he had
dealings. (Editor)
Paris. June 23.—The marine in
surance market was thrown into a
panic today by the news from Am
erica of the disappearance of a num
ber of ships.
It is believed here that the loss of
the ships is due to the work of a
madman, who is operating a sub
marine.
Washington. June 23.—It was an
nounced today that the government
would send an aeroplane force to
scout the sea for sea raiders, who
are believed to have caused the dis
appearance of a number of merchant
vessels.
Honolulu. T. H., June.—The mus
cu'.;ir right hand of Duke P. Kahan
amoku, world's champion sprint
swimmer, which lias ploughed the
waters of many lands during Duke's
lonk tenure of liis natatorial crown,
will be used in future welcome visi
tors to Hawaii, if the plans of Gov
ernor Charles J. McCarthy material
ize.
Governor McCarthy recently an
nounced that he would appoint the
swimming champion to the newly
created position of "official greeter"
if tie was still in office July 1. when
the bill passed by the legislature
providing a salary of $200 monthly
for the post gaes into effect. Should
Gov. McCarthy's resignation already
in the hands of the secretary of the
interior, be accepted before that date
it is expected his successor would
follow the unexpressed, but evident
wishes of the legislature, and name
Knhanamoku for the job.
Washington. June 23.—The stat
us of the federal patronage in Al
aska continues a perplexing problem
for the reason that Delegate Suther
land and National Committeeman
J. C. McBride have not been able to
agree on candidate for the several
offices.
Chairman Adams of the National
Republican Committee was called in
as mediator and he suggested that
Sutherland and McBride make anoth
er effort to get together.
Seattle, June 23.—The freighter
Ketchikan and Latouche laden to
their full capacities sailed last night
I for St. Michael, Nome and Teller.
Washington, June 23.—President
Harding has called off speech mak
ing for th next six weeks.
During this time, the President
will be the guest of Senator Frey
linghausen at the latter's country
home at Boundbrook, New Jersey,
from July first to July fifth.
The balance of the time will be
spent in rest and recreation.
New York, June 23.—The execu
tors of the estate of the late Theo
dore Boosevelt have brought suil
against the heirs.
This has been done in order to
collect a certain promisory note for
seventy thousand dollars which Is
alleged to have been eudorsed by
Roosevelt.
New York, June 23.—Admiral
Sims arrived last night from London
and was met at the dock by a num
ber of friends. The Admiral came
across on the S. S. Olympic.
Washington. June 23.—In an im
passioned speech delivered on the
floor of the senate yesterday, Sen
ator Norris, of Nebraska, predicted
the destruction of the British em
pire. unless Ireland was granted in
dependence.
Donver, Col., June 23.—A bitter
fight is being waged in the Ameri
can Federation of Labor convention
over the Irish question.
The tight was precipitated late
yesterday afternoon and was at its
height when Samuel Gompers chair
man of the convention adjourned its
session.
Sulgrave, Northamptonshire. June
23.—The ancestral home of George
Washington was re-dedicated today.
The ceremonies were most elab
orate.
The home has been restored to the
stair which it existed three centur
ies ago.
Tokio. June 23.—Aray Shimbun.
speaking in connection with a con
cession grauted Washington Vander
lip in Kanchatka says that the
Vladivostock government has issued
a statement alleging that Kamchat
ka belongs to the Maritime Prov
ince and that the leases made by
the Soviet Itussiaus are null and
void.
Washington. June 23.—An Alas
ka policy is being worked out at a
conference today between President
Harding. Secretary of the Interior
Fall. Governor Bone, Senator New,
and Congressman Curry and the
chairman of the senate and house
committees on territories.
There is a disposition to get away
from bureau entanglements and
make it possible for the development
of the territories resources. It is
now known that Scott C. Bone ac
cepted the governorship of Alaska
only when assured by the adminis
tration that it was proposed to un
shackle Alaska and encourage the in
vestment of capital and to induce
people to settle in Alaska as per
manent residents.
New York, June 23.—Washington
D. Vanderlip arrived from Europe to
day.
Vanderlip said to a reporter that
he proposed to begin a national cam
paign of education about Russia so
as to bring about a recognition from
the Harding administration of the
Russians which he declared was the
crux of the situation in Europe.
Washington. June 23.—Four de
partments of the government are
endeavoring to ascertain whether
piracy on the high seas had actu
ally leaped out of the pages of sea
faring history into the present real
ity of modem ocean commerce.
At least eight Atlantic freighters
and their crews have one after an
other disappeared as completely as
though the waters of the ocean had
swallowed them up.
Seattle, June 93.—J. L. McPher
son was summarily dismissed from
his position as chairman of the Al
aska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. Following his re
moval the entire membership of the
executive committee of that bureau
tendered their resie"nauon<3.
ALASKA DELEGATE GEJSFAWEE
REPORT 1 M'KINLE'f PARK BiL
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Washington, June 23.—The com
mittee on public lauds in the house
of representatives has reported fav
orably 011 delegate Sutherland's bill
which adds certain lands to Mount
McKinley National Park.
The bill was endorsed by Secre
tary Fall.
The area of land to he added am
ounts to four hundred and forty-IIv/t
square miles.
The general land office has a force
in the held at present marking the
boundaries of the park.
Local Items
Remember the women's club pic
nic to be given Friday afternoon,
June 24tb, from 5 to 7, on the first
bench. If the weather is not fav
orable the same dinner will be serv
ed at the Social Center. Don't for
get cup. spoon, knife and fork for
each member of your party.
Mrs. Culbertson, wife of Dr. Cul
bertson of Whitehorse, was a return
ing passenger on the Princess Alice
yesterday morning.
Mrs. Culbertson has been visi'iug
in her old home, iu Edmonton. Al
berta, and other southern points for
some time.
The S. S. Spokaue will arrive in
Skagwa.v tomorrow at two o'clock
in the afternoon.
A number of local people are on'
board and much interest is manifest
ed by those who expect members of
their families.
The Spokane will sail south at S
o'clock in the evening.
A jolly party of tourists from Ev
erett, Washington, are making the
round trip on the Princess Alice.
The party includes .Mr. and Mrs.
Itoy W. Thomas, Mrs. Clyde Walton
and the Misses Genevieve and Flor
ence Walton and master Lawrence
Walton. All are enthusiastic of
the trip and declare they will re
turn and have more time to spend.
The party went to Bennett yes
terday and enjoyed the trip over the
summit.
Misses Ethel lingehretson and
Hose Whinnery are a couple of
young society ladies of Berkeley,
California, who are making the
round trip on the Princess Alice.
The tourists took in Bennett yes
terday and are charmed with the
scenery along the famous W. P. &
Y. Route.
Washington, .1 nc 23.— \d:.iral
Sims reported in person to secretary
oC the navy Uenby.
Den by ordered ti.e Admiral
liini a complete written report on
liis London speech.
The Admiral and Secretary Oenby
were together I>ut a moment.
Madrid. June 24.—The refnm
u:' the system of recruiting the Spn:
islt army, which is henceforth in
principle to -be formed of li e entire
youth of the r 'i. thus doing awav
with the dra > I: of lots, is greeted
with general • :■ ::.isiastn.
One clause. :ii*cver, of tli® nil;,
drafted liy Vi • :• tit K/ia. lias 'jrot
forth sharp c. ; ism in th-j press.
This refers n r.ie selection cr i
serve oilii ;V.-> sv'..r, are to ho cVj'-n
from at:io>ig . • troops. 1101 .:i • d
ing to their tit 'itv and skill. h •: 1
cause their pare. .iro abie to pay
a premium, which .nil be e.ilcntnrr-d
011 their wealth, f ose po'essing
most money being called upon to
pay more.
"What is being done thereby is to
levy :i tax on the vanity of those in
numerable youihs without a profes
sion who spire to lind in the wear
ing of the uniform a k.nd <>f reason
for their exislance. It i^, d::n{.eruts
to speculate with tkii.gs referring
to the army, despising t!ie really in
tellectual class of forming a ca3te
of wealthy illiteru: s who are
no more than an em harassment »nd
who actually creat :rreparable in
jury to the moral liu:. jgeneity o£ tli-s
army."
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