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So. 14-2 TWENTY THIRD YEAH
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4. 1921
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington Jan. 4—a new Policy
of terroi* abroad lias iHy.n decided
upon by Soviet Russia.
According to official advices iv
■Celved hc«-a today Crom Moscow by
the government Linlne has issued a
proclamation which sayfc in part tha
it .s absolu'eb" indispensably to fcol>p
the Bourgeiris en-?my busy with int, r
national in ord,r ffiat tht >"■
ruuy not injure Soviet Russia.
II«> also says that great stiikM
should b' o'g'.ni td tlirutut. tbe
wcrld. ,
mile
PiiiiLurgti Jan. 4—ailvertis
mi-nt inth,. last edition of tlie "itts
b'ir." l.eadt-r s. ys "Isn't something
out of Sear.' Why1 ao wc havt, whis
fc»>in Httsburg? Can't th0 L'nit^d
S'a'e* BOVernnient en'0;o? 'he law"
A number of tli? most promin,.nt
b'.?incss con£trns I'tid for this ad.
New YorK Jan. 4—After fftv dajrs
of silt.nte .KTi-Wiah Eohan a prohib
ition enforcement agent, * confessed
to the killing of .Monk Ksfctman tlie
frangstef sjldi,tf. ^
Bohan claims that K stman whil,.
di'nMug threatened his life
Pasadtjna Jan. 2—On Xew Years
Dav thfc Ohio statc football eleVeii
U>ok a dos0 of thtir own medicine
and went Cown to defeat before thc.
C ?ifornia team.
The score stood 2S to nothing.
The 'Westerners victory was won
by Jh» forwad pass route the s:!m.j
method by which the Buctcey<i; won
the western conference champiotishi
SOtiti RESGRIS
n DLiiii mm
! Washington Doc. 23—A sugges
j '.L>n oi re'slittion on tho pan o;
Soviet Russia for th0 d. Pirtatun
i «.-f Henry 3I:ir'e"s in the reports
th't r«.'Kcht.a tU,. state department
frm Baltic; lsourCi-3.
iheso rePOits ft>.te a n-'tu
b-.T of Unit. ti a'atis tltlZoBS t,f
included aim us th.> foreign, u W >
Ii;mc crrlv-.d at ltiga on way
na' of r.ussia and- h: d been turned
La.-',* to retrOsrad.
tells mm
in TM/r a nr^T
MI 'sf\r - Hr.i
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Mexico City Jan.4—T!ie ptysicians
»'ao are attending 1 Y,,side"t Obrtg"
ar« much i.ovo,.rni \ o\,r hi* h^attiu
'1 be doctors ha\'o ordered the l'rcs
i-1 at't» take a connilete rcst for
tipie.
Bolshevik: Troops
Are Concentrated
Budapest Jan. 4—Two hunched
thousand Bolshevi: i troors have bee
conciiittated north of Bessarabia.
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Sawv^s "SVceouwV?
BANK OF ALASKA paid about $1,500.00
interest to its savings depositors for the
period July 1st to December 31st. HOW
MUCH OF THIS DID YOU GET?
All saving's deposits made before closing on
January 5th draw interest from -January 1st
Bank of Alaska
To all our friends and patrons
we extend the
§fasmt's (SrtPiiugs
and wish one and all
\
A itorg (JJIiristmaB
and a
Nm fear
P. H. [GANTY
San Francisco Jan. 1—A d^sion '
declaring unconstitutional the law I
V?s?rd by the Alaska legislature, |
which compelled th0 of a'fld; !
avitj showing progress of assessmen
work on mining claims was handed
down by thu Circuit Court of AP
tA'als today.
The cas0 was an action for resist-,
lug failure of a claim under the act.
Tlie n0w law is in conflict with tl»
act of congr6sa of 1908 which Pei~
nits the filing of affidavits but
provides t,hat shall be no forfeiture
orly upon failu,re to Perform the
work itself.
Christ BoUch and Joe Jean werg
orJer<*l to give up a claim In the
Wide, Hampton dsltrict in Alaska j
through a decision of the U S Dis- ]
trlct court when the>* failed to flH I
affidavits imder th.> territorial law. I
i'he men appealed the case and j
Uv decisions today r«stored their
clmms to them.
i:Utimorc Dec 31—A bulletin
-ws sivi'ii out tonight I)}' Bishop Ccr
jig -n which rev«iled that the toet
s ic am nt of th0 church had been
ail'uinisteTed to Cardinal Gibbons,
'inci Cardinal is it the homa of
llobert T. 31ilvers at Union Mills
Maryland.
Oaltimoro Jan. 2—Bulletinfe show
that Cardinal Gibbon's condition con
tiu:ie to improve and liopes are held
out for his ru-cover}\
KILL tfPOIIT
ABLE IB OIL!
Marlon Jan. 4—President - eleGt
!' riling intimated today that he in
t<?t-ds to appoint only the ablest of i
m..:s to South Ameri an diplomatic'
Coa! Patent Granted
< <UtI9 —H S Tibbey who w0nt I
t» Alaska In 1SS6 investigating coal!
,-i: ims today reoelvt.d notice that ;
tit government had granted a Pat-!
• r.t to two claims which he applied
r< r sixteen years ago. Tli0 govern
ment spent $13000 investigating the
case while the comrany made up of
Massachusetts men lest $100000 thr
tiw delay Mr Tibbey reports how
ever that the company will go ahead
with the development of thc ProPer
Cable Briefs "I
l.ondon Dec. 30—A partial demo
bilization oi thc Bolsheviki troops
of ihe Russian army has begun says
a Moscow wireless message receiv
ce«i her todoy.
.'Taiion i)ec. 30—The Republican
lv sders 1'lan to scrap Secretary IXm
fil3 proposal for iurther naval ex
l-ji slon •was the declaration oi con
gressman Kelly oi^ Michigan after
a nng coniereuce with president
elect Harding. #
Oljmpia Jan. 4—It was announced
today that Governor Louis Hart Will
be itiagurctul on January twelvth.
Auckland Jan. 4—The Davis cup
v. as handc'J over to Captain Samual
Hardy of the victorious American
lawn ttnnis team today.
The Ladicis Auxiliary will meet aff
tho Golden North liotel on Friday
afternoon. Mrs Dcdmn Js hostess.
a-1 the l«idie? are invited to be
pr. ient.
Omaha Jan. 3—John W Stee'a
known widely as Coal Oil Johnny
<li..d of pneumonia yestcrday: Steo'e
•was working as railroad agent In a
small-town near Omaha.
S?mi Fraticisco Jan. 1—Fiftyl Xew
Years Merry m«iAers wero injured
last night v hen a temporary side
wait? over an sv;avation on Market
st.-eu collapsgd,
ME INVITED
Seattle Jan 4—Invitations havel
bj'.n sent to every £Ovtr"or <K eVor
state and territory of tlie Union to!
attend th0 inauguration of 1'residentl
elect Harding on Mrrth Fourth.
iinr
v. t CAPITOL
Clir.-l,.sto nW. Va Jan 4—The caP
itol building of V,". Virginia was de
stroyed by fire lasl "Isht. •
TV o firemen were kill<*d by being
(•aupht by falling Avails.
DriveCattleToHillsi
To Save From
Raging Floods
Seattle Dc-C. 31—Owing to terrible
flo< ds in the Whit© River Yalley ant
i thor sections south of Seattle thg
farmers hare been compelled to dri<
thttr cattle into the liiiis to savq |
tb(-m from drowning.
The watoT is subsiding somywhat
am! it Is iwped that this condition
(v!U last biit a short time.
Belfast Jan, 3—Twenty fire Peo
ple were UlkW or died of their
wounds in Ireland during the holi
days.
V a'shingion Jan. 3—Mr.rtens t'i.}
Russian Soviet Ambassador swren
d-?-ed himself today to Secretary Wif
3*n fo.r deportation.
3erlin Jan. 2—Bethmann Holwt,g
diet' lust night after a brief illness.
The deatn occurred on Holweg's
estate at Hozc-nflnow.
■U'a«h:ngi"n Jan. 3—Mail and pas
f-iktr service will bp established
Manila and other principal
uoi'b of the Phllipinos was the an
nouncement. made by the department
iti'fj,
P.ockawa.v Point Jan. 3—The thro
ball jonists who left tli© atrial sta
tion here on DeCembctr1 11th Ianded
on December 14th neaar one of the
forts in Hudson Bay country in nor
thern Ontario.
The men are now on their way to
the nearist raihvaj- station by dog
Isjled. This information reached the j
^ naval air station today.
INN DECLARES WILSON IS
IflOSI HATED MAN IN AMERICA
Washington Jon.4—Grog* waste to
the fullness of extravagance during
hia administration has made Pflesi
dpflt Wilson the most hated man in
thc United3taes was the utterance
of congressman Mann of Illinois dur
lng a debate on th^ sundry civil bill
today.
Mann said that Fr^id^nt Harding
ghou'd Bel e thai warning and stop
the eitrayaEance and if he does not
Mann said he will not be returned t
the W'hitehouse in 1924.
WOULD PREVENT
Washington Jan. 4—Intervention
by the United'States In Cliban af
fairs depends largely on General
Cin-wder who has been a^it to tha
isiand l>y President.
Officials Indicated today that
Growdtrs irip Is Bald not to to a
move toward intervention but he
ts assigned to make interventlon un
necessary.
MOT M FIVE
THOUSAND Fli
San Francisco Jan 4—Th0 conrlc
tkn of the Alaska Pacific Fisheiv ]
i,»s for illegal Ashing in tihie Kgtchl
can district and the fin© of $5000.00]
lisuoaed by the federal district court;
at Juneau was afflrn^od; by th0 cir
cuit court of app€ale todav\
f Han Francisco Jan 4—The SW»
Francisco Chamber of iComiaerce
today wire'i Governor Thoa J Rigs'
Jr. of Alaska asking him to give
them data with a vlew to estab
lishing a fittotaahip line between
San Francisco and Alaska.
METAL HI
US DECREASED
Washington Jan. 4—The prelimin
ary figures on metal mining in l»^u
In California South Dalcota N'0w Mex
lco and Texas -w^ announced today
and show that th elndusytr lias b£en
generally iePreSsed during the year.
California's gold yield wa^ thirteen
million nlne hundred ajid thirty
thou«and dollars.
The silver o(utJ>ut Increased four
hundred and thirty one thousand
and fire oun<\^.|
OljmPia Jan. 4—The Supivmo
Court of the sdat^ of Washington
au-tained the soldier's bonus bill
today tpjua clearing the way for the
nnyment of fifteen dollars monthly
bonus by the stja-te to fev^ry sgrvi,'e
m«n taken from Washington for the
world's war.
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1ASNEW0FFIGER
3eattlo Jan. 4—Mont^ J Wright
was appointed todaj' freight traffic
majaager* of all of th® lines' of the'
Padflc Steamship Company.
THE WHITE PASS &
. ION ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTEfOFJJ
COMFORT SERVICE SAFETY
for
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Semi-weekly Train S#rric« betwewi Skagnay
and Whitehors# during th# winUr «eaion
Full iofermatioK regarding jiaaseager aid freight rates
a pom applying t»
H. Wheeler, General Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
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510 Alaska Builtlfif, Seattle, Wash.
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