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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 8KAGWAY. ALASKA SATURDAY, APRIL 8. 1922 riU<'E TE> C®*™
DIRECTOR 'IHII WILL LOOK
OVER NAVAL COAL RESERVES
Washington. April 7.—Director
Bain of the bureau of mines and his
secretary. E. B. Swanson. will sail
from Seattle for Alaska about May
1.
They are going to Alaska to in
vestigate the naval coal reserves and
will go direct to Matannska to ar
range for the transportation of coal
Irom Chickaloon «nd Coal Creek
properties.
Inspector Bain's Itinerary includes
Nome and Fairbanks and he expects
to spend two nion.hs in the terri
tory.
TWO COAST SURVEY
BOATS FOB ALASKA
Washington. April 8.—The coast
geodetic survey bureau has acquir
ed the two navy steel mine sweep
erg Auk and Osp.ey, which have
been renamed the Pioneer and Dis
coverer.
Both of these ships are now be
ing fitted for survey work and will
be placed on the Pacific Alaska
coast.
They will sail from Boston. Mass.,
for Seattle about May 1.
BIKE A I' OF PRINTING
< LOSED INDEFINITELY
Washington. April S.—The bureau
of engraving and printing will be
closed tonight for an indefinite per
iod.
This is being done for the pur
pose of taking an inventory of the
plant from which V'ilmets and twen
ty-eight departmental chiefs, super
intendents and foremen were remov
ed by President Harding a few days
ago.
.NATIONAL til'ARi) TROOPS
IX -NEW MEXICO
Gallup. N. M . April 8.—The Na
tional Guard troops are expected
here today following the declaring
of martial law in the coal fields by
the governor
There has been serious rioting and
disorder following the strike and the
troops will be used to quell all dis
turbances.
WINTER LETS GO ITS HOLD
IN YUKON TERRITORY
Dawson. April 7.—The winter
siege has been raised and a spring
thaw set in In Yulron this morning.
The last Btage to leave here lor
Whitehorse on runners left yester
day.
Chicago. April 6.—Mrs. Louis F.
Swift died this afternoon at her
home, following an illness of only
a few hours.
Mrs Swift was th# wife of the big
packer and was prominent in the
country as a club woman and phil
anthropist.
Manague. Nlcaraugua, April 6.—
President Chamerro and his cabinet
have proclaimed a state of martial
law over the reput'ic, to last thirty
days. This action was taken owing
to the discovery ot a plot for the
overthrow of the government.
WOl LI) Ol ST BLANTOX
FKOM THE HOt'SK
I Washington, April 7.—Represent
ative John N. Garner of Texas de
clared hi a speech tn the house to
day that if permitted by the house
rules to speak wlu. is in the minds
of the 435 members of the house,
each one would sa; that Represent
ative Blautoii, alsc of Texas, "is a
disgrace to this ho.se and ought to
be kicked out."
Both of the cotig. essmen mention
ed are Democrats.
Washington. April 7.—Represent
ative Garner, in the course of his
attack on Represei tative lllanton,
further declared that Blanton is as
common a liar as ever spoke a word
of English in this country.
Blanton was not present to hear
his characteristics assailed, for he
left the chamber at the outset of the
attack by Garner.
HI LI. TAKT ACCTHED
OF HOBNOBBING
Washington, April 7.—Chief Jus
tice William Howard Tuft of the I'.
S. supreme court was sharply crit
icised in the senate today by Sena
tor Norris of Nebraska for hobnob
bing at too many social functions
with the idle rich.
No man. Senator Norris stated,
can stick h.s lens under (lie tables
of the idle rich every nifiht and be
fit to sit in judgement next day on
those who toil.
Social activities in Washington,
the Nebraska senator declared, are
seriously affecting public business.
ANOTHER ARKKST M.YOK
IN OBKXCH.UN ( \SI
Los Angeles, April 7.—Miss fllen-1
lys, a half sister to Mrs. Obenchain, ■
was arrested late last n'glit and to
day was charged with grand lar-|
cenjr.
The charge was r ade by p. Doug- i
las, who asserted that Miss Smart j
took two hundred end forty dul- j
lars from him.
New York. April. 7.—Income tax
collections for the current year in
New York district for the first quar
ter of 1922 reached jthe sum of
eighty- seven million dollars.
Washington. April 7.—The Wets
have organized with a view to in
creasing their strength In the house.
This is especially not cable in New
York. Pennsylvania. New Jersey.
Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
and the big fight will be made in the
fall elections.
TWO ROADS
There are two roads In life and we all travel one or the
other. . _
One road la made of mud. It has pitfalls and as you walk
along it ysur feet sink In up to your shoe tops. It is hard ko
ing. Along this road you will meet the SPFNDTHRIFT and
the man cf CARELESS HABITS. IT LEADS TO FAILURE.
Conditions are different along the other road. Here you
meet the prosperous looking gentlemen. Walking is easy, be
cause the road Is smooth. It is paved with THOUGHTLUL
NESS and THRIFT. IT LEADS TO SUCCESS.
WHY NOT GET OCT OX THE SMOOTH ROAD?
Begin to sare now. If not with us, then clioose some other
bank. BUT BY ALL MEANS SAVE.
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SKAQWAY, ALASKA
GIVE ALASKA A CHANCE
AND SHK WILL COME INTO •
HER OWN, SAYS BO.VK
Seattle, April 6 —"Alaska ne<>«ir
only a fair chance to come Into its
own. t needs onl. the chance e,'lv
en the middle we.t to grow and
prosper. It needs and must have
I American chance."
This appeal was made by Gover
nor Bone In an adlress made Mon
day night before Alaskans and Se
attleites at a banqjet given In hts
! honor at the Rainier club by the
I Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Governor Hone farther said "Co
ordination Is today the official
watchword of Alaska. Bureaucracy
has hud its day and has stifled en
terprise. killed ind.ridual Initiation
in Alaska. It has helped the growth
of stagnation. Alaska must have
and will have a simplified, central
ized system of administration
brought closer home to Alaska.
Progress towards this end has al
ready been made %nd greater ad
| vancement is in sight.
MIXING KXGIXEER
KILLFP IX DISPl'TE
Bakersfleld. Calif., April 8.—Car
los Myers, a mining engineer and
I owner of a group of claims near
! Mandsburg. was shot and killed
yesterday afternoon by T. Oliver
MacDonald, a Taconia mining oper
i ator.
The killing occurred following a
' dispute over the mining ground
MacDonald had leased from Myers
MacDonald is under arrest pend
ing an investigation.
SEATTLE HAS MARKED
EMPLOYMEXT INCREASE
Washington, April 7.—The de
partment of labor has announced
that Seattle is the third highest city
in the increase of employment, in a
list of sixty-five of the leading cit
ies of the Cnited States. The state
ment Is for the month of March.
HAl'tJHERTY WON'T LET
COAL PRICES GO I P
Washington, April 7.—Attorney
(ieneral Daugherty stated today that
the government was "watchfully
waiting" for any increase in coal
prices.
Daugherty declared, "I will see
that the public is not pinched in any
way."
DIAMONDS IN ALASKA,
BELIEF OK YAKIMA MAN
Frank W. Cameron of Yakima,
Wash., iu a letter to a cordova
friend, asks for rtliable data con
cerning Alaska's oil fields, for the
use of himself and a number of
other oil men with whom he has
been associated, and he also asks
this question:
"Please state whether the vicinity
of Katmai volcanc on the Alaska
peninsula yet has been prospected
by experienced miners, and whether
they saw any indications of blue
clay and pot holes. I have ^.n idea
that diamonds In great quantities
will be found in thrt neighborhood."
Mr. Cameron was an oil develop
ment pioneer in South Texas when
the Beaumont gushsrs came in. He
is now associated with Barney Folks
and other in experimental opera
tions in the Rattlesnake Hill re
gion of Eastern Washington. They
own leases covering many thous
ands of acres and gas wells have
been developed: but no oil in com
mercial quantities.
Mr. Cameron's inquiry was In re
sponse to a message from a Cor
dova friend, who told of the oil
seepage in the Katalla district. He
said he was coming to Cordova this
summer.
Mayor Mike Vucauich of Bennett
came over on the last train and is
spending a few days with friends.
Mr. Vucanich reports that Bennett
enjoyed a very pleasant winter and
everything Is going along fine in the
historic town.
COL SEOftNE
WORKS FOR NEW
ALASKA CABLE
| Washington. Apiil 7.—A request
1 for an appropriation of $1,500,000
in the army supply bill for the build
ing of a new cable line between the
I'nlted States and Alaska has been
asked of the senate appropriations
committee by the war department.
The present cable system, Lieut.
Co. Seoane asserted before the com
mittee, may go out of service at any
minute and should a break occur all
war communication with Alaska
would be stopped.
Colonel Seoane said that the only
precaution that could be taken was
a new cable.
For private or confidential com
munication and government dis
patches the radio can never displace
the cable, declared the head of the
Alaska cuble system.
ANTI-BOLSHEVIKI
LEADER ARRESTED
New York, April 7.—Gen. Gregory
Semenoff, the antl-Bolsheviki mili
tary leader In Siberia, was arrested
upon his arrival from Washington
last night, as a result of the civil
action involving a half million dol
lars. The arrest was made on an
order Issued by the supreme court
by Justice Delehan'.y.
New York. April 7.—General Sem
enoIT was released from Jail today
upon his furnishing bail to the
amount of 125,000.
London, April 7.—Five Royal
Irish constables were killed in the
counties of Clare and Kerry last
night.
WILL COMPEL EUROPE
TO BALANCE BUDGETS |
London. April 7.—There are in
dications that the United States and
fireat Britain are preparing for Joint
action to compel European nations
to balance their budgets and also
to cease printing paper money. This j
action is taken in an efTort towards j
economic restoration.
TORNADO IX IOWA
DOES MICH DAMAGE
Dps Moines. April 7.—A tornado
swept over the outskirts of this city
this morning and killed one person
And wounded several others. Many
buildings were wrecked and the
track of the storm is strewn with
iebris.
SOME SPEED
Dayton Beach, Fla., April 7.—
Driving a specially constructed mot
or car at 180.25 miles an hour. Sir
Haughdahl of Norway negotiated
one mile at the rate of 19.97 sec
onds.
NOME, ALASKA, IS FARTHER
WEST THAN HAWAII
A new compilation of the U. S.
survey gives some Interesting facts!
on the United States mainland. The j
eastern point is West Quoddy Head,
near Eastport. Me., the westermost j
most point. Cape Alva, Wash.; the'
farthest north a small detached land j
area of northern Minnesota, ending |
in latitude 49 deg-ess, 23 minutes, j
and longitude 95 degrees, 9 min- j
tites; the southermost point. Cape
Sable. Florida; waile the Florida
keys extend farter south. Nome.
Alaska, is farther west than Hawaii.
P. A. THELIN.
San Juan, Ap.1l 8.—E. Mont
Reilly, governor of Porto Rico, has
been indicted by Uie grand jury,
now In session, charged with mis
use of the public funds.
SEIIEI ARE KILLED WHEN
EXPRESS PLANES COLLIDE
j Paris, April 7.—The Friday Paris
l.ondon aerial expresses collided in
j midair this afternoon over the vil
; lage of Thienlloy, seventy miles
1 north of Paris.
j The pilots of both airplanes, three I
, passengers and one mechanic were
I killed in the wreckage that fell in
■ flames to the grour.d
| One was a British and the other
1 a French plane and they collided in
; a heavy fog. |
Paris, April S—R. E. Duke, the
pilot on the English plane which
crashed into the F:ench plane. Gol
iath. on the Paris-London aerial ex
press route yesterday, died at Beav
vais today without recovering con
sciousness.
Duke was the o:>ly one in either
machine to survive the cra*h and
his death hrinps tie toial to seven
killed hy the colli" ..n
| BLACKMAILERS Bl'SY
AGAIN IX NEW YORK
New York. April 7.—Information
that a silk glove system of black
mail is being operated here by per
sons representing themselves as
writers of society news for the var
ious publications, or as close friends
of such writers, has been placed be
fore District Attortey Banton.
The matter is also referred to Uni
ted Stales Attorney Hayward.
A number of prominent people
have been mulcted of sums ranging
into the thousands of dollars.
ADMIRAL EVANS TO
AGAIN BE PLACED ON RUN
Seattle. April S.—The Admiral
Evans, which is now on the Cali
fornia-Seattle run, will again be
placed on the AlasLa run. according
to an announcement made by the
Admiral Line today.
This will give tl.e P. S. S. Co a
permanent fleet of four passenger
vessels running to Alaska.
Two of these s^sips will run to
Southeastern and two to Southwest
ern Alaska.
FAMOUS OPERA SINGER
ROBBED OF JEWELS
Caprlstrano. Cal., April 7.—
Madame Galli Cjrci, the famous'
opera singer, was robbed here to- j
day of jewels valued at four thous-1
and five hundred d)llars.
The robbery was done bv two girls
who fled with the Jewel case which i
had been left by the singer's maid
in her room in the hotel.
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LENINE ST!LI. STANDS
RE \I»Y T<» KKillT
I Moscow, April ..—In a spewh at
the close of the eleventh commun
' istic congress, Dictator Unme stat
j ed that "our party, for all these
years, has valiantly fought its ene
mies. and if necessity our party will
\ again euter the battle. The Com
munist c party is not out of date,
notwithstanding fo.efgu opinion to
the contrary."
T\W» MORE nt.irHES
FOR ALAsK \ RAILROAD
Seattle. April 7.—Two more laree
modern passenger coacl.es for the
Alaska railroad will go forward on
the big freighter Skagwav.
The Skagwav «..l sail tomorrow
morning for Seward and other
southwestern Alaska po.nis.
The Northwestern, which is due
to arrive here on Sunday, will be
withdrawn for m e voyage for Its an
nual overhauling.
CANNERY TENDER AGROI ND
Seattle. April S.—The Alaska can
nery ship Benjaruine F Packard,
which was proceeding from Lake
I'nion bas:n out through the canal
to salt water yes.erda.v afternoon
ran ashore in Sain on bay. •
It is thought Oat the monthly
high tide will float the Packard, if
not it will have to be hauled off
with tugs.
London. April 7—Seventeen were
Killed during a faction fight between
two Arab Villages Hebron. Pales
tine. A despatch to the London
Times from Jerusalem makes this
announcement.
1 HIE PASS a
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and ^"hitehorse
during the Winter Season.
For information regarding passenger and freight rates app!y to
H- Wheeler, General Manager
Skaguay* Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash