JUadhan
BIICIxy
NO. 8«. TWENTY-FIFTH TEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1023 PRICK TEN CENTS
AUSTINS
BOOTLEGGING
Wrangel. Alaska. Aug. 19.— (Spe
cial to the Alaskan).—John Marks
and his wife were each sentenced to
seven months imprisonment and each
fined one hundred dollars additional
for bootlegging.
Their arrest and conviction fol
lowed a raid made by United States
Deputy Marshal H. D. Campbell, who
caught t'uein In the act, and after the
evidence had bee nput in the case
was given to a Jury which returned
a verdict of guilty after taking but
one ballot.
Mark is a citizen of Austria.
JF.FFEKSON OFF KOK Sk.U.WAY
Seattle. Aug. 17.—The S.S. Jeffer-'
son of the Alaska Steamship compa
ny left this morning with a passen
ger list of ninety, including forty
three excursionists. O. P. Russell
and Mrs. Hultgren are bound for j
Skagway.
HI X XEW LINE
YANCOl'VKR, B. C..
TO CALIFORNIA
Vancouver, B. C.. Aug. 2.—It is
currently reported here that the Ca
nadian Railway li.iers Empress of
J:.pan and Mouteagle are to operate
to San Francisco in the coastwise
trade from Vancouver and Victoria.
T!;e Canadian Pacific Ocean Service.
Ltd.. so the story goes, sees a big
thing in the rush of winter travel
from Western Canada to California
and is putting these ships on the run
to encourage and take advantage of
the traffic. Being British ships and
therefore unable to ply between Am
erican ports with passengers. t!"e.v
would operate from Vancouver and
Victoria only, without calling at Se
attle.
CANNERY PACKS
COMING 1\!
Seattle. Aug. 19.—According to a
wireless picked up in this city last
night seven cannery ships of the |
Bristol Bay Mleet, the Libby. .McNeil
a: Libby fleet an dthe Northwestern |
Fisheries company are now on their
return voyage to Seattle with the
season's pack of salmon.
STANDARD OIL
DKILLFRS OFF FOR ALASKA
Seattle. Aug. 19.—The freighter
Redondo. of the Alaska Steamship
Company, sailed from this port last
nig'it for Cold Bay with six hundred
tons of Standard Oil drilling equip
ment.
WIRTH SCORES
FRANCE FOR CRl'EI.TY
Berlin. Aug. IS.—Chancellor Wirth
scored France in a statement In
wbich he said that Trance is con
tinuing a war ag-iicst a defenceless
people. This was spoken with ref
erence to the expulsion of the Ger
mans from Alsace. He declared that
we are standing at the death-bed of
a people.
COOUIHiE GOING EAST
OVER CAN. I'AC. R.R.
TAKING fiO CHANCES
Seattle. Aug. 17.—Senator Cool
Idge left this city for Washington to
night via the Canadian Pacific rail
way. he not wishing to run any
chances of being delayed by the rail
way strike which is causing much!
delay in the operation of the Ameri
can lifles.
KOl It ALASKANS
SAIL FOR SIBERIA
FOR l'LAt'ER GOLD.
Vancouver, B. C... August 12.—.
Sailing on the Empress of Asia on
Thursday were four former Alaskans
who are hound to the Okhotsk placer
gold diggings in Siberia with a $15.
000 outfit of food and other supplies j
purchased in Seattle. If the venture
proves a success, they announced,
they will return to Seattle in the.
spring to buy machinery and other!
equipment and supplies for placer,
mining.
The venture is to determine if the '
Okhotsk diggings are worth while, i
It Is also to determine if an Ameri-'
can miner will be allowed to keep the
gold which he washes out. The Ok
hotsk diggings are among the olde>:
placer proposition in Siberia, but J
there has been considerable doubt •
here for some time as to the degree i
of protection that would be extended |
to a successful miner.
The Seattle quartet of prospector?
consists of XI. R. Hussey. Max Alt
man. Robert Jones, and Fred Mehan.
Mr. Hussey went to Dawson in the
Klondike in 1900 and for eight years
was connected with the mining de
partment of the North American:
Trading & Transportation Company.!
He then went to Fairbanks. Alaska. I
where he had charge of tin- Barnette
Mining interests. Later he became
manager for a wholesale concern in (
Anchorage.
Mr. Altman went to Dawson in j
1S97. the first year of the Klondike;
rush. Two years later he stampeded j
to N'ome. In 1900 lie made a trip j
into Siberia. He has beon in tl-e
mining business for twenty-six years.
Mr. Jones has been an Alaskan for
the last eighteen years and is a hard
rock mining man as well as a placer
tuinef.
Mr. Mean has been an Alaskan
since the end of t ie World War. He
served in the Canadian Army and in ,
191S was with the Canadian contin-i
gent that helped occupy Archangel, i
K ussia.
CANADA BALKS ON
SK.MNt; TREATY
Washingtotn, Aug. IS.—Secretary,
of State Hughes went before the sen-1
ate with the report that the Cana
dian and British governments would ;
not ratify the treaty with the United
States for the prr».-r ioj of salmo
and other fish in the waters of the
Pacific ocean beyond the three-mile
limit unless the I'n.led States would
ratify the s ickeye salmon drive to
the Fraser rivet and unless the Unit
ed States withdraws its standing ob
jection to the halibut and lobster
treaty.
SEC. FALL CHAIUJKP
IN SINCLURE INTERESTS
Denver. Colo.. Aug. 17.—Secretary
Post, in effect, has charged Secretary
Fall with having given questionable
leases on the Teapot Dome Oil lands
which enabled the Sinclaire inter
ests to clean up nine million dollars.
SuUtvt'vsuv^ ^o\mo, "M.e.n
do not spend all their money as fast as tliey make it. They
are more conservative. ra«t.y| 1 • -i, g
It always looks well for a young man to have forethought
enough to bank his earnings for the proverbWI rainy day.
The man who banks his money and takes care of it Is the kind
of a man large companys are offering fine positions and luxur
ious salaries.
Baulk ©ff HBaslkai
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
F
IS ILL
Hoquiam, Wn„ Aug. 17.—J. C. El-1
lis, who has been working as a mill |
laborer in this city for some timei
past, lias basil positively identified
by Alabama secret service men as
Kllwell H. Albriiton. a wealthy auto-j
mobile dealer of lilrmingiiam, Ala
Albritton was supposed to have
bi'en drowned two years ago, and hisj
relatives have been suing life insur
ance companies in an effort to col-1
lect $150,000 life insurance.
Tho Alabama authorities secured |
the arrest of Albritton. and will take
Mm back to the e.:st to answer to|
the charge of attempted fraud.
Later.—AVhile hi-s attorneys were
battling against the issuance of ex-1
tradition papers yesterday after. Aug.
IS, it was disrovered tht)t Albriiton I
had been spirited out of the statej
by the Alabama authorities.
HfflES BLUE
HEAVY LOSS
Haines. Auk. 19-—(Special to the J
Makan.)—Between the hours of 11 |
and 12 o'clock. Thursday night, fire
nf unknown origin broke out in the
building occupied by the Araericiu|
Legion on Main street, and before
i e volunteer fire department could i
chock the blaze, the entire building,
and the one Adjoining it was com-1
pletely destroyed, and the next one
iiadlv damaged.
One of the buildings was occupied
liy N. 0. Hansen with a large stock
if slieif and eavy hardware togeth
er with house furnishings goods, and
t':e rear of the building were large
tied* in which a large stock of lum
ber u.is carried. This is said to have)
been completely destroyed.
On the north side of the Hansen I
building was the building occupied
!>>• Or. L. Pryor, as a drug store and |
dwelling, and this was badly datu
lged.
It is not known what caused the|
lire, but fortunately there was no!
i very high wind at the time or most
>f the buildings if not all of them ]
lacing on Main street would have
been destroyed.
As soon as it was known that the j
fire had secured a serious start, aid |
from the post was requested hv the)
Haines Volunteer Fire Department
and the tire alarm at Fort Seward |
brought out the fire fighting appar
atus of the post which materially
aided the local (ire laddies in over
coming the (lames.
It is not known just what the loss
sustained by Mr. Hansen will am
r>unl to, but it is believed that it will
be in the neighborhood of $15,000.
The Pryor loss, will not be as
heavy, as this was not as large a
stock. The Pryor building was a sub
stantial one, and it is thought that
the loss to Dr. Pryor will be in the
building more than in his stock.
Great credit is due to the Haines
Volunteer Fire department as it
made a good light.
RAINREER HERDS OX
KODIAK ISI,.\XD THRIVE
The reindeer herd which was put
on Kodiak Island last fall is reported
to be doing remarkably well. The
original herd consisted of 51 females
and ten males. This spring the herd
was increased by the arrival of 35 j
fawns.
SPOKANE ARRIVES
The S.S. Spokane arrived in Skag
wav about one o'clock this afternoon
with a large list of passengers and
a small amount of freight. A train
for the trip on the Scenic White Pass
left the wharf shortly aftetr the boat
arrived and will be back in time for
the sailing of the b6at ae S p.m.
Subscribe for the Dally Alaskan
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AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE
DECLARED SECOND LARGEST
Seattle. Aug. 17.—At a convention
of the veterans of foreign wars, the
members in yesterday's session de
clared in favor of an American mer
chant marine second to none in the
world.
PRINCETON V. PROFESSOR
PASSES AWAY WHILE ON 1 OUR
Paris, Aug. 1".—Professor How
ard IHitler, of Princeton university,
who was making a tour of Europe
in geseral. and the battle fields of
the late World War, while in this
city was taken sudJenly 111, and al
though attended by the most lamuus
physicians, passed away at jii early
hour this morning.
CANADIAN RAR ASSOCIATION
ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
Vascouver, B. C., Aug. 17.—Sir
James Alliens, lieutenant-governor
of the Province of Manatoba, w?s to
day elected president of the '"!una
diaii Bar Association.
DOOR KEEPER DIES
Springfield, O., Aug. 17.—Alonxo
Troupe, who has acted in the capaci
ty of doorkeeper at every Republi
can National convention since 1876.
died at his home in this city today.
WILL RE HELD IN ALASKA |
FIRST TEACHER'S INSTITUTE
. .That the First Teachers' Institute,
to he held in Ketchikan the latter j
part of August will be a succes3 in
every way is the prediction of Les
ter D. Henderson, territorial com
missioner of education. He says there |
will be at least one hundred teach
ers present, in addition to which!
there will be a number of Alaska
teachers, now in the federal service.
The commissioner has been in the
Fast, attending a convention of the |
S'atlotial Educational Association,
and while tliere he made arrauge
inents for a number of prominent j
educators to take part In the Insti
tute at Ketchikan. A. E. Wlnship.
editor of the Journal of Education I
will not be able to be present.
E. O. Sisson, former superintend
ent of education of the state of Ida
id, and now head of the educational
[lepartmcnt of Reed College at I'ort
,and. will be in Ketchikan to addreSB j
:he Institute, as will also F. J. Klem
mie. head of the extension depart
ment of Bellingliam State Normal |
school.
In addition to these there will bel
several well known book companies I
represented by men who are to ad
Iress the Institute. These will In
clude A. E. Shumate, of Ginn " Com
pany: P. N. Plamondon, of the Mac
Millan Company; a Palmer penman
ship expert an dothers.
W. T. Lopp, head of the federal |
bureau of education work in Alaska,
lias been invited to attend. This In
vitation also has been extended to all I
ihe teachers under the same bureau
and who are to work in Alaska dur
ing the coming year.
GIRL SINGS TENOR
Has a Range of Two and One-Half
Octaves in Her Voice.
A girl with an exceptionally pleas
ing man's tenor voice, which has a
run Co »f two anil one-half octaves. Is
attending Stephen's college ut Colum
bia." Mo. She is Miss Mary McLen
nan, twenty years old, of Marshall, Mo.
Her range is from an octave above
middle "C" to an octave and one-half
below.
She attended Lin den wood college at
Sr. Charles for two years, and last
year took lessons In Kansas City. She
t.inns to eng:ice In Chautauqua work
•tiis summer and go on a vaudeville
circuit in tho fall.
Hen Lays Two Eggs In Hour.
The laying of two eggs within one
hour was the unusual performance of
Bldd.v. a hen, entered In an egg-laylnp
•ontest at the Connecticut Agricultural
•ollege, at Hartford. Conn., by T. J.
':nsiln, of Hackettsville. N. J.
G. A. R. Will Camp In, Des Moines.
Veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic will gather in Des Moines,
la., the last week of September, 1922.
for their annual encampment. Sep
tember 24 has been set us the opening
dny of the meeting.
Soon each wife will have a wlreleg*
that will enable her to "listen in" on
her ubseui husband.
Washington, Aug. 19.—President
Harding is resolved to use all the
power of the government, if necess
ary, to maintain the operation of the
t railroads so as to continue transpor
tation of freight and passengers,
and he also determined to safeguard
the public's fuel demand Thede were
his declarations made yesterday in
his speech before th? joint session
of congress.
In his message the President dwelt
upon the critical situation resulting
from the striking coal miners and
the railway empleyes, and that im
mediate provisions should he made
for a temporary national coal agency
with the necessary capital to pur
chase, sell aud distribute coal which
is carried 111 interstate shipments.
President Harding sharply rebuk
ed the managers of the railroads for
ignoring the decisions of the labor
board, but said that the worker's
remedy did not lay in seeking to
palallze interstate commerce direct
ly.
He urged the restoration of the
seniority rights of the striking shop
men.
President Harding also asked for
£he authority to create a coal com
mission to inxestigate the present
coal situation.
"Government by law must and
will be maintained," President Hard
ing said, "No matter what clouds
may gather, no matter what storms
may ensue, no matter what hard
ships may attend, or what sacrifices
may be necessary."
"Surely the threatening condi
tions now hovering over the country
must Impress congress and the coun
try at large," the President went on,
"that no body of men, whether lim
ited in number or responsible for the
railways management, or powerful
in numbers and constituting the uee
escary forces In railway operation,
shall be permitted to choose a course
which so imperils public welfare."
New York, Aug. 19.—The one hun
dred and forty-eight railway execu
tives have been summoned to meet
here on Wednesday of next week
to act on a definite proposal of the
eLaders of the Brotherhoods, wnich
has been submitted to the commit
tee of the Railway executives, late|
today. I
Tlii saction on the part of the i
Brotherhoods is regarded as the|
most hopeful signs for a settlement
in the railway strike.
San Berardino, Cal., Aug. 18.—
Three bombs were thrown on the ten
der of an engine on the Union Paci
fic freight train near Highland av
enue. The first bomb struck the San
ta Fe passenger train eastbound, and
which was in operation for the first
time in six days. Oil had been placed
on the track to slow down the train.
FOREIG XWAR VETERANS
ELECT TLLLINGLAST
Seattle, Aug. 19.—Colonel Tilllng
last, who is half owner of the New
York Yankees of the American Lea
gue baseball club was yesterday el
ected commander-in-chief, by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars now in
in convention in this city.
Norfolk, Va., was solected for the
1923 encampment.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
ASSURES ALASKANS
Seattle, Aug. 18.—In bis public
address in this city, Vice-President
Coolidge gave assurance that the
government is alert to the possibili
ties of the oil and gas land of Al
aska and will foster their develop
ment and the development of the
other great resources of the terri
tory. He declared that Alaska ofTers
an alluring field for oil deploratlon
and development. This statement was
confirmed by Francis Goodwin, as
sistant secretary of the Interior, who
is visiting in Seattle. Goodwin agreed
that the government railroad In Al
aska for several years must be oper
ated principally for the purpose of
stimulating development of the min
ing men and other enterprises. This
operation of the railroad will be done
without profit.
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MEETING OP FIREMEN'
The regular meeting of the Skag
way Volunteer Fire Department,
which was postponed from last Mon
day evening, will be held 'n Firemens
hall on Monday evening, August 21,
at 8 o'clock. Eats will be served.
WILLIAM SIME
Chief
The Princess Louise with two
hundred passengers and one hund
red tons of freight will reach Skag
<vay tomorrow mornig at 8 o'clock.
The
White Pass &
Yukon Route
THue MdDuntt® to (tDne Hmitertor
The Gateway Route of Comfort, Service and Safety
To and From Atlin, Dawson and Interior Alaska and
Yukon River Points
^.aW, auii "Rmr Semce,
During season of navigation our fleet of modern iteam
ers will operate the entire length of the Yukon River.
Daily Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay
and Wbltehorse. Parlor observation cars on every train
Fop fall Information regarding passenger and freight
-*hf>» * tea rates apply to
H- Wheeler. General Manager
Skaguay. Alaska
Or S10 Alaska Building, Seattle ,Wash.