NO. 43.
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922.
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LABOR WARS WITH OUNS AND DVNAMIFE
Bowling Green. 0., May 9.—A
mob of enraged ciuieus gathered in
front of the home of Winn Stein,
demanding that O'-to P. Tracy, a
former Walbridge, O., school prin
cipal. be lynched. The mob shot
out the windows in the home of
Stein, but when the latter called
the sheriff's office for assistance the
mob dispersed. Trscy was recently
Indicted on serious charges.
RUSSIA REPLIES TO
ALL I KM AT GENOA
Genoa. May 11.- The Russian re
ply to the allied memorandum was
presented to the la'ter today. For
e.gn Min. Tchitcherin stressed the
fact in his presentation of the reply
that the answer hi.d been prepared
under instructions from Moscow.
FORMER POLICEMAN
ADMITS GUILT
Seattle, May 9.—Former police
man F. L. Trombly. when brought
before Superior Court Judge Hall
today admitted that he had a store
room In which he stored loot while
in the employ of t^e police depart
ment of the city. He had the store i
at the Diamond Rubber company on!
King Street. Judfe Hall will sen
tence Trombly on Friday of this
week.
CHINESE GENERAL
SLAUGHTERS POPl'LACE
Shanghai. May 11.—Ten thousand
of the inhabitants of Cheng Chow, j
a city in the Honar province of Chi
na. were slaughtered by the troops
of Chao Chieh in two days' lighting
before the insurrettlon against Wu
Pel Fu was crushed. Feng Yuh Sl
ang. who commanded the seventh
division of Wu's a.-my. quelled the
uprising and executed Chao Chieh
because of his cruelty.
CHANG TSO LIN
POLITICALLY DEAD
Peking. May 10—General Chang
Tso Lin is suffering the results of
his military failure. Defeated in
the short civil war by General Wu
Pei Fu and forced to flee with his
forces toward Mukden, he is now
dismissed as an official of the gov
ernment and as Manchurian gover
nor. The dismissal was signed by
President Hsu Shin Chang of the
Chinese Republic.
GERMANY MIST PAY
l". S. $750,000
Paris, May 10.- -The council of
ambas*adors announced the deci
sion today that Germany must pay
to the United States three quarters
of a million dollars for the Zeppel
ins which she destroyed and by their
j destruction avoided delivering them
' to the United States in compliance
' with the Versailles treaty.
PROTKST RETURN OF
TERRITORY T<> Tl'KKS
Washington. May 11.—The Uni
versity of Athens has called upon
the American institutions of learn
ing to protest against the proposal
of Great Britain, France and Italy
to replace under Turkish rule all the
territory extending from the Med
iterranean to the straits.
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HALF MILLION
DOLLAR FIRE
Victoria, May 10.—The Arcade
block iu this city was destroyed by
a severe tire this morning. The lire
destroyed a half million dollars' |
worth of property and Ave firemen j
were injured.
GENERAL 1JN IS
K1IM,GOVERNORj
Peking. May 11.—General Chang'
Tso Lin is still withdrawing his de-j
feated troops to Mukden behind a j
drive line thrown up before Kaip-'
ing on the Mukden Peking railroad.
The indications ar» at the present |
writing that it wi:l require some
thing more than a presidential man
date from Peking lo relieve Lin from (
the governorship of the three .Man-j
churian provinces.
RASKRA l.li
The baseball meeting called for |
the re-orgauization of the team and j
for starting the season was well at
tended and exhibited much enthus
iasm.
Louis Rapuzai was elected captain
for this year and nan McDonald was,
elected manager. Practice will be
gin tonight and continue every avail-1
able night and Sundays. All men
eligible for the team are requested
to come to the practice.
It was proposed to give a dance
at the club house one week from
Saturday night for the purpose of
raising funds for the purchase of
shoes and supplies for the season..
SPECIAL ATTENTION \
If, In the handling of your business, anything should occur
that Is not entirely satisfactory, we should consider it a favor
if you would call this to our attention, or if there is any sen
lie this bank could render you, individually, or to the com
munity, that it does not now render, we should lie glad to en
tertain any suggestion, consistent with sound banking.
TOURS FOR SERVICE
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
DEATH IP
FRIEND CAUSE
OF SUICIDE
Seattle, May 10.—In her grief
on account of the diath of Miss Nora
Bailey, who was killed by an explo
sion the other day, Leonora Preeee.
aged seventeen, committed suicide
this afternoon. The girls had been
chums from their childhood days and
the shock produced the fatal result
in the ease of Mils Preece.
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COMMITS SUICIDE
Seattle, May 11.—The second sui
cide within a few Jays occurred In
this city yesterday. Miss Elisabeth
Whitman, the s'xteen year old
daughter of the late Reverend D. L.
Whitman, chum and closest com
panion of Miss Bertha Brackett, who
ended her life by shooting herself
with a pistol in the choir loft of the
Kirst Baptist Church on April ninth,
committed suicide by taking strych
nine. This is the second death in
the city thru suicide induced by
loss of a girl chuiii
t\ 8. UNINFLUENCED
BV CONFERENCE
Washington. May 9.—The ques
tion as to what effect the Genoa con
ference would have on the attitude
of the United States toward Russia
has often been asked.
From the Whitehouse comes the
information today that this country
will not be influenced in any way In
its attitude toward Russia by any
action which the conference or any
European government may take. It
was declared emphatically that this
government will uol deviate from
the principle originally laid down as
the one and only buis for a resump
tion of relations with Russia.
WOOD TO REMAIN
IN PHILIPPINES
Manila, May 9—Governor Leonard
Wood announced today that he
would remain as governor of the
Philippines until the end of 1922.
ARMORED CARS
AGAINST BOOTLEGGERS
El Paso. May II.—Two armored;
cars have been brought from W ash- j
iugton for use in this place against i
bootleggers. '
OSUGHEfilY DECLARES
HE HAS IDE GOODS OH 'Ell
Washington. M&r 10.—Attorney
General Daugherty declared that the
examination of the cases tor prose
rutiou (or war fraads. disclosed in
each instance "suClcient Indication
that crime had been committed to
warrant submittirg them to the
grand jury." Theie are the cases
for which the Pres'dent has asked a ,
special appropriation from congress, j
The cases have been prepared at the
request of the President. J
KINERAL OK
MRS. fJATTlK JACOBS
The funeral serv'ces of Mrs. Hat-'
tie Jacobs was l.eld In the First
Presbyterian Church at two o'clock
this afternoon. Reverend E. L. Wln
t>'rherger read the service and gave
u short address. The pallbearer*
were: W. J. Mulvlh.ll. W. C. Blanch
ard. Kenneth Hanan, G. V. Zlnkan.
('. \V. Ask, and J. J. F. Ward. A
large number of ptople atended the
service at the church and went to
the cemetery.
Mrs. Jacobs was well known in
Skagway having coue to this city in
the early days. She leaves a daugh
ter, .Mrs. J. A. Bendor, of Anchorage,
Alaska, who was with her mother
for several weeks and only reached
home a day or twc before Mrs. Ja
cobs' death; and *lso two grand
children, Mrs. L. II. Johnston, and
Hritton West, and six great grand
children. Mrs. Jacobs was born in
Clinton, Conn., 76 years ago, and
came West during the days follow
ing the civil war. In her lifetime
she went thru sone very Interest
ing and thrilling experiences on the
old stage coaches which plied be
tween the East and IVest.
Mrs. Jacobs was * member of the
W. C. T. U. and of the First Pres
byterian Church. 6he was always
active and interested to the last in
everything which made for the good
»f the community. She will be much
missed among her aaany friends.
LADIES OF AUXILIARY, NOTICE
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church Auxiliary will please notice
that the place of meeting will be at
the Manse tomorrow, Instead of at
Mrs. F. D. Webster's as given in
Saturday's paper.
Subacrlb* for the Dally Alsski*
110,000 NEW CLAIMS
OF DISABLED VETERAN'S |
Washington. — The nation-wide
clean-up campaign conducted by the
Veterans' bureau for the purpose of !
locating and caring for disabled vet- '
erans has been concluded. This
drive was Inaugurated immediately
after the formation of the bureau
and was designed to carry out the
administration pledge that the dis
abled veterans would be given every
assistance.
More than 175,000 ex-cervice men
were interviewed during this cam
paign and approximately 110.000
new claims were handled as a result. :
The number of claims filed indicate
that there were thousands of veter
ans throughout the United States,
particularly in the mountainous and
rural districts. wt.o were entitled
and uninformed as to the procedure
of obtaining relief. It was largely
on the basis of thece men for whom
no claims had been filed that the
charges of neglect of the disabled
veterans was based. Thousands of
these cases would never have been
brought to the attention of the gov
ernment had it not been for these
clean-up sQuads.
PEACE EFFORT#
ALL UNAVAILING
Dublin, May 10.—Peace for dis
tracted Ireland is as far off as ever.
The committee which was appoint
ed by the Dail Eireann with a view
to finding some ground upon which
peace could be brought about among
the factions in Ireland and unite
them for the reconstruction of the
island has failed. There seems to
be no basis upon which a settlement
of the differences can be founded
and the committee has given up the
utk.
Two Policemen Are Killed and
Three Buildings Dynamited
in New Outbreak.
INDICT SIX ON THK
EIGHTEENTH AMKNl>MKN T
San Francisco, May 10.—Six men
including one policeman, of this city
were Indicted by the federal grand
Jury for conspiracy to violate the
national prohibition act. One of
the tnen indicted was an attorney of
the city.
TORNADO KILLS
FIVE IS NEB.
Lexington. Neb.. May 11—A tor
nado which struck half a mile east
of this place last night killed and
injured twenty, d'-stroying much
property.
("HCRCHMEN HAIL WILSON
"APOSTLF. OF PEACE*
Hot Springs. Ark . May 10.—Kx
rresident Wilson received an un
usual demonstration in lh;s city to
day. At the quadrennial general
conference of the Methodist Church
South, the expres i»nt was hailed
as the "Apostle of Modern Demoo-i
racy and World Feace " The d"le
gates who staged the demonstration
declare that this is unique in the
church's annals.
CHIVY OBSERVES
NATION VI PlISRACK DU
Amoy, China. May 11.—"National
Disgrace Day" is l>eing observed by
China as a mark of protest against
the twenty-one demands maue by
Japan on China in the year 1915.
vkn roit i\ protest ac.ainst
«AGE AW \HI> GIVEX BY
Jt IX.E I.AVOIS
Chicago, May 1A —Chicago 1* ex
periencing a revival of old time la
bor troubles In tnesc days Two
policemen were »'"-t In a riot and
three building* *i <• dynamited to
day In the labor var in thia city.
"Hie trouble ha* sp.rad terror thru
out the west s de ' the clt) as the
dynamiters hurl t bomb* and the
sympathizers shoot This outbreak of
violence is atltibuled to the resist
ance of the extremists who are tak
tng this »m of risking manifest
their protest against the wage award
of former Judge K. M Landia. who
acted as arbitrator in the dispute be
tween the build:ng trades, their em
ployees and the contractors.
IHI.II E H \ 11» LABOR VI \RTKRS
Chicago. May ]f> —The city po
lice today raided the building trades
labor headquarters and arrested
three of the labor leaders. These
are the big men In the labor move
ment in this city, and have dominat
ed labor for some time Big Tim
Murphy. Fred Mad<"r and Cornelius
Shea were the men atrested The
arrests were made in connection
with the bombing and (hooting
which resulted in the dfath of two
pol.fetnen
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VETS ISO l.KAUFKS
Chicago May 11 —President Mad
er of the Chicago Building Trades
council, with 15(' other labor lead
ers in this fitv. ar» held tonight by
the police Tliej wp-e caught in
raids made by the pol.ce on various
union he.idquar'ei * today The
roundup resulted f.om the murder
of two policemen on the west side.
cm nnHTtvi; hies
Seat'le. May « —City Petectlve
Meyer Peyser d.cd In this city today
His d«"ath came fro n pneumonia
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