jjhe ®aiit$ Jtlaskan
NO. 83. TWENTY-FIFTH TEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1022.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOMBS BEGIN TO PLAY PARI IN STRIKE
NAVr 10 IKE TESTS
OF ALASKAN COAL
Seattle, Aug. 12.—The question as
to the quality and steaming power
of the Alaska coal will be put to the
test according to arrangements made
by the Navy department. The bat
tleships New York and Texas with
the collier Jason will leavi this port
for the south the latter part of the
month, and on that trip the test
will be made. They will have their
j hunkers full of Matanuska coal. Tlu
New York will make what is called
the "straightaway" test, that is thf
vessel w?ll proceed to the southern
waters at the ordinary speed. Tli«
Texas a heavier vessel will make a
number of special tests while Koinj;
south. If the lest proves satisfactory,
it will mean that Alaska coal will
compete in the navy with eastern
coal.
(TMM1NS INDICATES
PROGRAM IN STRIKE
Washington. Aug. 12.—Chairman
Cummins of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee in an interview
jesterday, conceded that legislation
is under consideration, with a view
to giving the President the power to
take over the railroads if transporta
tion becomes seriously paralyzed.
The legislation he indicated is under
consideration, but certain of the Re
publican senators make two special
provisions in the legislation to be
enacted. First the provision for a
declaration of emergency. au1 sec
ond. for the authorization to the
President to take such railroads as
he may deem advisable it the strike
Is not settled, and a trial develops
so that the railways cannot operate.
Cummins said that in such a case
there is nothing left to be done but
for the government to take them over
and operate them.
M'COR.HICK MARRIES
MRS. A. S. COCHRAN
Paris, !aur. 12.—Harold E. Mc-J
Cormick of Chicago, the head of the!
Harvester Trust, was married to
Mrs Alexander Smith Cochran, in J
the city hail yesterday. McCormick •
was recently divorced from the!
daughter of John P. Rockefeller, by
whom he had two children, his
daughter. Mathilda. Is engaged to
marry Max Oser, the Swiss riding j
m.ister. of Zurich, Switzerland. Ma-j
thilda left Paris last evening by train I
for Switzerland at whose frontier I
she will be met by her fiance. The
bride was formerly Madame Gana
Walska.
RAIDERS WRECK
Dl'BMX TRAIN
Belfast. Aug. 11.—A band of well
dressed raiders wrecked a train on
the Great Northern railway, near
Dublin today.
SECRETARY FAI.I/9 VISIT
AGAIN V f ISStiili.lTY
Washington. Aug. 12.—Humors
that Secretary of the Interior Fall,
will visit the West and Alaska are
in the air. It the Senate investiga
tion of leases to private operations
of the naval oil reserve in Califor
nia and Wyoming is completed in
time.
GERMANY AND I , S.
HAVE CI.AIMS COMMISSION
Washington, Auk. 11.—The an
nouncement is made by the State
Department that tiermany and the
United States -hate come to an agree
ment which provides for a determi
nation of the claims against Germa
ny. Tliis agreement has been signed
in Berlin and announcement of it was
made by the State Department to
day. The agreement provides for a
commission of two and an umpire.
President Harding has selected Jus
tice Day of the Supreme court as the
umpire of the commission.
MILITARY POLICE
BABBACKS BURNING
London, Aug. 11.—All the military
police barracks in the city of Cork
are burning This information came
to, the government through a gov
ernment aviator, who (lew over their
stronghold yesterday. Ttie TimesDes
patch of Dublin is authority for the
information.
ATCHISON" LINKS
I) 1S( '< >NTIXI E SERVICE
Los Angeles. Aug. 12.—Raii serv
ice on the Atchison Topcka and San
ta Fe lines have been discontinued,
and no through trains are being sent
out from Los Angeles until the walk
out situation in the Arizona divi
sion is cleared up.
SI N YAT SEN MAY BE
PRESIDENT OF CHINA
Shanghai. Aug. 12.—Sun Yat Sen.
the former president of the south
China republic, who fled from Can
ton two days ago is now on his way
to Shanghai, may be offered the
presidency of United China, by the
Pekiug Administrat.on. according to
Sun's representative. Eugene Chen,
who is in this city.
ARTHUR GRIFFITH
SUDDENLY DIES
Belfast, Aug. 12.—Arthur Griffith,
president of the Daily Eiren. died-in
Dublin today from influenza. He was
ill only ten days. Griffith has been
prominent in the affairs of the Free
State, and has taken an active part
In bringing the results of the nego
tiations with Britain to the head for
mation of the Irish Free State.
Su\erpnsvu5 "\^oun$ "Wleu
do not spend all their money as fast as they make It. Tlioy
are more conservative.
It always looks well for a young man to have forethought
enough to bank his earniags for the proverbWl 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
lous salaries.
□ Banulk RE&isksii
SKACWAY, ALASKA
IRREGULARS
EVACUATE THE
! CITY OF CORK
I Loudon, Aug. 11.—Word has
reached, the government that the Ir
regular forces in Ireland have evac
; uated Cork. This took place after
| a fierce fought battle. Before leav
ing the city the irregulars blew up
some of the principal buildings in
; eluding the military barracks, the
j Victoria hotel, the publishing offices
! of the Cork Examiner and The Cork
I Independent.
COMMUNICATION WITH
CORK CUT OFF
Dublin. Aug. 11.—All communica
| tiou with tlie city of Cork has been
cut off except by sea. It is still im
| possible to tell the exact results of
I the fighting between the irregular
I and the provisional government forc
l es.
TAKT PLEAOS FOR
MOKE JUDICIAL POWER
| San Francisco, Aug. 12.—Chief
| Justice Taft, in his address before
! the convention of the American Bar
Association in this city urged that
I more power be grunted the federal
[ judges.
DAVIS ELECTED HEAD
OF BAR ASSOCIATION
San Francisco, Aug. 12.—The Am
erican Bar Association convention
closed its meeting last night. John
\V. Davis, the former American Am
bassador to the court of St. James
was elected President of the Associa
tion.
SWEAR OFT WARRANT
AGAINST ATTORNEY
Seattle. Aug. 11.—A warrant was
sworn out against Attorney David R.
Mitchell, charging him with grand
larceny In tho embezzlement of
$953.00 of the funds of the estate of
the late Martha Roberts.
DAVIS NOMINATED FOR
AH.JITANT-GENERAL ARMY
Washington, Aug. 11.—Colonel
Robert Courtney Davis has been nom
inated as Adjutan.-general of the
the I'nited States army, lie will have
the rank of .Major-general.
TOOTH PASTE MAN
TO VISIT ALASKA
Seattle, Aug. 11.—Leonard A. Jen
kins of New Haven. Conn., the great
tooth pasle manufacturer arrived
from the east on his way to Alaska.
lU'RRANK STILL YOCNG AT 71
Petualuma, Aug. 11.—Luther Bur
bank, the most famous American
plant wizard in preparation for the
coming egg festival to be held here,
turned a number of handsprings to
prove that he is still youthful.
S. S. QUEEN ARRIVES
The steamship Queen of the Ad
miral line reached Skagv.-ay tbls
morning at two o'cIock. She had a
full load of passengers joming in,
and a full list going out &t 12:30.
An early special train was run up
the line for the bennflt of those de
siring to take the trip. Some of the
passengers are remaining over until
the sailing of the Spokane, they
took the regular trair. for Atllc via
Carcross.
NOTICE TO FIREMEN
The regular monthly meeting of
die Skagwav Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be held in Firemen's hall
on Monday, Aug. 14. All Firemen
are requested to be present. Eats.
WM, SIME, Chief.
HIS MAKE
A SEPARATE
AGREEMENT
Cleveland. O.. Aug. 11.—The pol
I icy committee of t:he United Mine
Workers today voted to proceed with
the negotiations of a wage scale
agreement with the operators In Ohio
Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Illinois, who are in this city for the
purpose of holding a joint confer
ence, between the miners and the op
erators.
The conference was called with a
view to breaking the soft coal strike.
When he announced the decision of
the committee, President Lewis of
the miners said that he confidently
expected that when the scale Is made
here that seventy-flve per cent, of
all the l>it.<minous tonnage now on
strike will sign the scale and return
to A'ork within a week from the time
of such "signature.
ADMINISTRATION SEES
END OF COAL STRIKE
Washington, Aug. 12.—The ad
ministration leaders believe that
they see the end ol the coal strike
within the next week.
PLAN FOR FLEXIBLE
TARIFF APPROVED
Washington, Aug. 12.—A plan for
flexibility in the imposition of the
tariff duties was Incorporated in a
bill presented to the senate ind adop
ted by that body. The plan is to
give the president authori'y to in
crease or decrease the tariff rites
of the pending bill until July first
1924,
PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES
GERMANY ON ANNIVERSARY
Washington, Aug. 12.—President
Harding cabled his congratulations
to President Ebert of Germany on
the anniversary of Germany's adop
tion of the Republican form of gov
ernment.
SETTLE ON FOl'R
POINTS IX REPARATIONS
•Brussels, Aug. 12.—According to
information received from London,
four of the points in the reparations
controversy, have been agreed upon.
Those involved are the main points
in the questions at Issue.
TZAR'S AIR CHIEF
ARRIVES FROM ORIENT
Seattle. Aug. 12.—Colonel Pave!
Alexandrovlch Samolive, arrived from
the Orient today. Samolive was for
merly the chief of the Aeronautical
operations of the aimy of the Tzar.
THIRTY MILLION
TONS COAL SHORT
Washington, Aug. 12.—The gov
ernment estimates show that the coal
shortage is now thirty million tons
due to the strike. The country is be
hind normal that amount, and it Is
estimated that it will take a year to
catch up.
WILLIAM ALIEN* WHIT*.
AGAINST WINE AND BEER
New York, Aug. 12.— Win. Allen
White, the noted writer and editor
of Judge magazine resinned editor
ship of the paper because the owners
insist on advocating a wine and beer
policy.
KING AND BAMBERGER
NOMINEES FOR SENATE
Salt Lake, Aug. 12.—Senator King
was renominated by the Democratic
state convention and Ernest Bam
berger a Salt Lake Mining Engineer
received the Republican Senatorial
nomination.
FOUR GOVERNORS
APPROVE SEIZURE
St. Paul, Aug. 11.—The seizure by
the federal government of the rail
ways of the country as well as the
mines and their operation under the
government will receive the approv
al of at least four governors of prom
nent western states. The governors
who are in favor of this action were
in session at St. Paul, and represent
the states of Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, and Iowa. Resolutions
were presented and adopted and sent
to President Harding from the con
ference of governors in St. Paul.
San Bernardino, Calif., Aug. 12.— i
Twenty-three bombs exploded In the
yards of the Atchison Topeka & San
ta Pe railway System shops, yester
day morning. The Santa Fe is in
volved in the strike and this is giv
en as the reason for the explosion. |
The explosion of the bombs started !
at one-thirty o'clock in the morning I
and continued until three forty-five. |
The explosion of the bombs created
a terrorized condition in the vicinity
of the shops. They hurled fragments
hundreds of feet into the air, tear
ing up the earth but doing no oth
er damage. Later when a deputy fed
eral marshal was holding one of the
bombs. It exploded In his hands, ser
iously Injuring him.
New York, Aug. 11.—Two hund
red transportation magnates, who
represent the nations largest rail
ways, gathered at the Grand Central
terminal, yesterday, to vote on the
question of the acceptance or rejec
tion of President Harding's latest
proposal of peace In the railway war.
It was indicated that a sharp divi
sion in the vote will be evidenced,
but Just what the outcome will be
cannot be predicted beforehand.
Cleveland, Aug. 11.—Two non
union men, employes of the New
York Central lines, were shot and
killed in the Collinwood roundhouse.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 12.—Officials of
the Santa Fe lines announced that
they received a telegram from Lee.
the chief of the Brotherhood of Rail
vised the trainmen who left work
on the Santa Fe and Western lines
that the suspension of work was au
thorized and he called on the men
to return to their work.
New York, Aug. 12.—The execu
tive heads of the railways accepted
conditionally the second proposal
made by President Harding for the
settlement of the strike. The princi
pal condition is thai the men be tak
en back as they are needed and that
the labor board determine whether
they are to regain their seniority
privileges.
New York. Aug. 12.—The confer
ence of Railway Heads now being
held in the Grand Central terminal
appointed a committee from their
number to recommend a reply to
President Hardings proposal for the
settlement of the rail strike.
San Francisco, Aag. 11.—The en
gineers, conductors, firemen and
trainmen ou the Arizona division of
the Santa Fe walked out in sympathy
with the striking shop workers.
Roseville, Calif., Aug. 12.—Five
bombs were exploded in the yards
of the Southern Pacific road and the
Pacific Fruit and Kxpress Company
here this morning. Some damage
was done, but the chief efTect was the
tearing of great holds in the earth.
- Dunkirk, N. Y;, Fourteen hund
red employes of the Brooks plant of
the American Locomotive Works,
walked out, when a I ackawanna en
gine was run into the plant in an ef
fort to have re.n is mad-r
Washington, Aug. 12.—The prom
ise of an early reply by the seven
striking shopmens unions to Pregi
lent Harding s latest and Inal strike
settlement prooosnl was in evidence
today. An annou..cement from the
White House to the ef"ect that the
labor leaders of the rail unions had
made an agreement to call on the
President this afternoon was taken
is proof that action would be taken
"i the pro'jocals.
The
White Pass &
Yukon Route
Tie K©oiiile to ttto© flnutteirnor
The Gateway Route of Comfort, Service and Safety
Tb and From Atiin, Dawson and Interior Alaska and
Yukon River Points
HavV audi TjUtter Sermee
During season of navigation our fleet of modern steam
ers will operate the entire length of the Yukon River.
Daily Train Earvlce (except Sundays) between Skaguay
and Whitehorse. Parlor observation cars on every train
For fall information regarding passenger and freight
rapes apply to
H- Wheeler, General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Building, Seattle ,Wash.