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EDITORIAL
\l III \ U II !. Till
M AT \V.\K COME
.tuas War correspon
'-nit the next war, and
y of another war is
I he deductions
: Scolle of Dijon t'n
rniv.u the caus
i re •in ill Europe
tie s.ivs there are
for v:.t now than in
3 the follow
A ti >iti»n of Asiatic Turkey
i : : .\liate conflict,
il.e Allies. Four or five
.1 .:i this struggle,
iv.a petition is more
■ •r tiian ever.
Ti .• .'. -r valley contains the
;<: for the future.
■ ' laze may break out in
i K ;«:r i\r any moment.
:k reconstruction of
corridor and the
: l.ast Prussia are so
o: troubles,
i burning question.
; uts Poland and Czecho
.il opposition.
7. J:s-.n-js;.iv ia cannot achieve
r unity.
I. arv Hungary is sim
• . v.:: r:: T !;> r hour to spring up
r . 'jors.
a cannot live alone.
i is sulky and stealth
is plotting revenge.
I'., t.r Greece of the Sevres
a:: . < :rd and impossible
nc vllon.
U. Koumania is threatened by
the P.-?ssarabia artd
atisylvanian Hanks.
1:: .\i:glo-.\mericaa rivalry.
Antagonism of the Japanese
he Americans in the Pacific,
k'ith such a numerous array if
.five international issues the
i-v.o of N.ttions or what other
undertakes the elimination
t..3k ahead which may
considered a supreme test.
■ ■ several
\ct had a single (U
twecn Italy a;;ti Jttgo>
S : \ I a 1.;:- I teu sian'.-il. Tbauk
heavens!
a K!ns. S'"me peo
... .ami-it get enough of
a bail th
v.". t f i> ■••rry the proflfeers
i-.v (" k••••>> their vrolf at
: tie fasliloM show
r' • tl •• " ' ~~ "to itiake~extremea
l::i 11 is s! 'i
'l,:in- are probably as
• v.':>•!» Uh'V happen to.
B!fW !l t« 'I I * t j
Tn th-- j <ms 3?%")/BP??
nun a-i' !y N.itieir wives
will not U * JoT'S.
Doctors Come From Czccho-Slovakia
TIu'm> wvcii prominent physlriims from 1 li<« Slovakia. inv making t>
tour of tlif I'nltfl Slates muler i«lir«-«-ii«.n i.r tin- Kot-koiVlh*r IVumlaliun,
t\.r ttie i>uri>ose oi r lutlyi'iiir m »v mtthoils uf .--aiiiiaiioii.
•Jiuunie" Itolliiis, IMct uiesque
Alaskan, Is Jailed.
MAX. 71; Til KICK CONVICT
Arrest Made After Police Detective
. Investigates Ail for **Livewire
With JjviOO to Invest.
"When you haven't got a dollar and
no one you know will lend.
That's the lime, the place, the hour,
when a fellow needs a friend
This is the creed of "Jimmie"
Rollins, 74-year-old Alaska "Sour
dough." poet, ex-convict and. accord
pose of forming a mining company
persistent minins stork "btmcs" who
has operated a lout the Pacific coast.
Rollius was arrested yesterday by
Police Inspectors Swennes and Mor
ak and hooked for investfgationwhile
the authorities check up on his most
recent activities. 11 .s arrest resulted
from an advertisement which was
[inserted by him in a Sunday news
paper in which he sought 12 "live
wires" with $5i>0 each for the pur
j Kol 1 ii;s uformed the detective, so
[and then hie themselves to the
northlaud to find a mine for the
company to own.
Detect i\e Takes t'liance
Tom Swennes. police detective, de
cided he would lie a prospective "live
I wire." only he didn't have the $500
in his "kick" when he went to the
Multnomah hotel to interview the
grizzled "sourdough" from the froz
en north.
i Roll in infoornted the detective, so
the latier declared. • he couldn't
[lore on the d<\tl n.iic'i he contem
plated for an even dozen "live wires"
i from the City of Roses. With the
slang of the Xorth rolling from his
ilips. Rollins pictured the fortunes
j yet to be made in the open country
of the northern lights.
I From a battered old suit case Rol
lins drew forth stock certificates
showing he owned 2.000,000 shares
| of stock in a big mine now in opera
tion at White i'ass, Alaska. This
.copipany. he said, was incorporated
for $10,000,000.
' Rollins was notified Monday lib!
I to attempt to take $"i00 or 5 cents
from any Portland "live wire" on
his alluring Alaskan mining, deal.
.The detectives then got busy and
looked up his record.
Prison Recoil! Itnralcd
It was discovered that he is a
"three-time looser. rie servea leu
years at San Quentin for a fake min
! ing deal, three years in the federal
prison at McNeil's island for a fake
J mining deal. In fact, according to
records found by police detectives.
| his life for 20 years or more lias
I been surrounded by fake mining
deals.
I Of slight build and with fast
thlnning white hair. Rollins present
ed a picture of a typical mining
promoter as he sat in his cell at the
city jail yesterday afternoon. He
wears a long black coat usually ef
■-fe^ted by the rural "parson," while
his gray-striped trousers are of the
st vie worn by the up-to-the-minute
I business man.
[ Score of 1'oems Found
•*" TecTufled in Rollins' effects were
more than a score of poems which
Ife^'said he had written during the
fIast few years. Some of these are
of the Northland.
- One poem entitled "Alaska. That's
,\Vhat You Mean to Me," was se
lected I»y police detectives and others
at police headquarters as especially
appropriate.
The verse follows:
You know what the sunshine means
to the day.
When clouds fade away at dawn;
You know what the moonlight means
to the night.
When sunset's slow has gone.
You know what showers mean to the
rose,
| What blossoms mean to the bee.
i What a kind word means to an ach
ing heart,
Well, that's what you mean to me.
' You know what the raindrops mean
to the grain.
I When it comes up in the spring,
| You know what the call of the mate
must mean
To the bird away on the wing.
You know what it means to a moth
er's heart.
When her baby laughs with glee.
You know what a kiss to a lover
means.
Well, that's what y>a mean to me.
You know what a helping hand
would mean
To the man who has lost his grip:
You know what to be on land would
mean
To those, on a sinking ship:
You know what t .e sight of the life
boat means
To the drowning man in the sea.
What a pardon means to one con
demned.
Well, that's what von mean to me.
SII.YMK < AI!TWIiKK!.S <>.\ WAY
The coinage of silver dollars in tw
ins resumed ai the Philadelphia
mint, the livst that have been put
into circulati m since 1S#05. In 101S
the Pitman act fixed SI 00 an ounce
as t'ie price ;■' which the purch;ises
of silver should lie made. Tho price
>f silver in the open market now is
about sixty cents an ounce. Treas
ury oflicials state that about 350,
oun.ooo siher dollars will be coined
enough so thai everybody will have
some of them.
»A?B«rs ::at fault
Proh»'*'y Wc'i Hnv D:rd in Trap
Frcr"' W!>* ? *i Ir T-ti-ht Have
Eserperf With E-se.
t t jn-f s-'-M :t 1 ril tethered t« its
hri""' :'f pla-e—<"o-t held fn-=t by
iti,. which lined its nest—hut.
•!: y I had never known
•r heard of a n'-bit bcitis; enusht in
:> «anr I" " s own devising, writes an
■ihsi i- er "if nature. In an old p»s
ttir" In Middle T\'ctdnle. where the
srnss f-nws ra'nl: the old haw
ilioni lu ii ■> which fences the field, a
rab'ilt w.i- si'i i) io l.o strusslln:; as if
slrivlnz to escape from a snare. On
"•'inj rt'i to 'V •■!■ it. T fniinil that the
Bind less i f iwere firmly
hound together wi'h "ropes" of ^row
Ins L'i'ii.ss, ^.par-nily the Utile cap
tive had been roll'ns Its-df anions the
jrniss. and, in th- proco s. bad tin
wittiiiL'ly woven Its own bunds. The
rabbit bad evidently been a prisoner
for some <Tavs. be nc I bin !ti body and
feeble from the ell'e.'ts of il« fruitless
struggles for lit ertv. while the '.'round
around th" tufts i.f grass to which it
was fastened v. a- cl»se!(r cropped,
though seemingly Instinct had never
suggested that it might have eaten
away its "chains."—'The Weekly Scots
man.
Return Hero Medal.
ConnelNville. .Pa.—While a negro
woman held up Mrs. AnnnbsHe Genius
nbinp the West Penn street car line,
near the Coma? home, two negroes
searched her, took her pocketliook,
containing about ?::0. but returning a
snld service medal which the wom
an's husband, the late George Gemas,
had been awtirded for service in the
Spanish-American war. The trio halt
ed Mrs. Genius with the request,
"Please she us yoiy money, lady."
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.Shadow
ofthe
Shelfernvd
u. Pii\es J
by GRACE
MILLSR
WHITE
»S . gyw/dtr &<* rxjrr-farrH.rr
A Now Romanco of Too 5tormCounirtj i:
CHAPTER XII.
A Little Drop of Something.
Reginald was sitting In his mother's
room that evening when his sister
opened the door and entered. The
girl looked about for Mrs. Curtis, then
picked up a cigarette and lit it She
was so white and drawn looking that
her brother stared at her.
"What's the matter, sis?" he asked
with no particular Interest in his Tolce.
"I hate everybody In the world,"
snapped the girl.
"Whew! That's some hate," laugh
ed Reggie.
Katherlne threw herself down on
the divan. 9
"Worst of any one I bate Paul Pen
illehaven and nest—well, next I hate
Cousin John," she said between her
teeth. "I wish, oh, how I wish Paul
would die tonight. I'd almost like to
kill him myself. If It weren't for mm,
we'd all have money, and If It weren't
for that girl with him, he'd die."
"Well, I might cheer you up a little
If I told you that perhaps before long
your Illustrious Cousin Paul will be
under the sod."
The girl sat np and stared at him.
"Don't be a fool, Reggie," she said
with a sneer. "Cousin John says Paul
will be able to go out of the house very
soon, that by next week he can go
anywhere he likes."
Reginald got up lazily. He said
something under his breath that made
his sister struggle to her feet. She
stood a moment and gazed with star
tled eyes at the door that had closed
Reggie on the other side of It.
"Now, whnt'd he mean by thatT"
she wondered dully. "What did he
mean by saying that if he could help
It Cousin Paul would never drive again.
1 wonder just what he meant by that!"
R.'ggle knew what he meant by hla
words if Katherine didn't. He Intend
ed to put Dr. Paul out of the way,
thus helping his mother as well as
himself, lie wnnted to get away from
Ithaca, to leave the town that always
put hlin In mind of Tonnlbel Devon.
The least wind that blew brought back
the awful moment when he and Devon
had discovered the girl had drownefl
herself, and because of his tormenting
conscience he drank more heavily ev
ery day. After leaving his ulster he
went to his room where he filled him
self up with brandy. The drunker
lie got the more dim grew tne picture
of Tony's pule, terrified face.
He slept suddenly for nn hour or so
iiml only awoke when a servant rapped
at the door and told him dinner was
ready. He was too III to get up and
lay staring hopelessly about the room.
Then suddenly out of the shadows In
the corner floated Tonnlbel Devon. He
groaned and turned slowly In the bed.
Instead of getting better he was get
ting worse. The ghost of Devon's
daughter was haunting him In every
one of his sober hours. He hated
Ithaca and every one In It. If Dr.
I'aul were dead—
He 8nt up, lilt head whirling. He
crawled to the floor, went to the bath
room and soaked his head In cold wa
ter. Then he sent a sen-ant for a
pot of strong coffee.
So happy wns Dr. Paul to have Ton
nlbel back thnt he Insisted on sitting
up to his dinner.
"It was a long hour, my dear," he
said, smiling. "But I'm glad you went
out. He's a nice fellow, Philip. My
brother and I have often wished our
young cousin would pattern after him,
but it does seem as if nothing can be
done with him. Even his mother has
no influence over him."
"I've never seen him," stated Ton
nlhel.
"He's scarcely ever at home," an
swered Dr. Paul, "and the worst of
It Is, he gives no explanation as to
where he goes." ,
Then after dinner as usual Tonnlbel,
with Gussie Piglet in her arms, read
front the Bible. The clock struck ten
when she arose softly and began to
prepnre for the night. By the even
breathing of the man on the bed she
knew he was asleep, and as quiet as
a mouse she crept about softly so as
not to arouse him. The suite directly
back of Paul Pendlehaven's had been
given to her. She went Into her bed
room and made ready to retire. Then
over her night robe she drew a light
kimono.
She turned off the electric switch
and stood near the window looking
out. Her heart sang with gladness.
She had but to hearken back to the
afternoon to hear a dear voice telling
her of a great love, love for her, Ton
nlbel Devon. How very much she had
to be (hankfnl for!
Suddenly she saw the tall tree di
rectly in front of Dr. Paul's room
shake as If a giant hand were clutch
ing at its roots. How could that be?
There wasn't any wind, not even a
breeze. Her heart jumped Into her
throat as she crept away from the
window and back Into Pendlehaven's
room. The little night lamp glimmered
dimly above tbe small table with Its
toad of Ineaiclne glasses, sne stoou
In the shadow and peered through the
screen. There among the dripping
branches was the quiet figure of a
man.
Her mind went Immediately to her
father, but she put the thought of him
away, for the form in the tree was
much more slender than Uriah Devon's.
Dr. Pendlehaven still slept, his face
turned toward the wall, and Tonnibel
squatted down at the foot of the bed,
keeping the dark figure In the tree in
the line of her vision. She dared not
leave the room, nor dared she call
out How often Dr. John had told
her that his brother must be kept free
from shocks of every kind. For an
other ten minutes she leaned .her chin
on her hand, still keeping her eyes
on the window. Then she saw the
flutter of a wistaria branch against
the screen and knew that' the hour
had come. Another tense silence for
several minutes, then a little scraping
sound as If a sharp Instrument was
moving over wire. Some one was try
ing to get in. Tonnibel crawled for
ward on her knees until she was di
rectly In front of Dr. Paul.
She sank back against the ueu nuu
waited.
The scraping sound at length ceased.
With a forward shove of her head.
Tonnlbel saw that the wire netting lui'l
been ripped fully a foot, and then she
saw a hand' move little by Utile
through the opening, until a long arm
was fully Inside the room. Tony
watched it, fascinated. Then she saw
It waver toward the table, pause, open
and lay some little pellets down with
out a sound. Then long white fingers
drew off the covers of the glasses
noiselessly and picked up the pellets
one after another and dropped them
silently Into the medicine. As quietly
the covers were restored, and the arm
slowly withdrawn. Directly beneath
the window, Tonnlbel rose up.
There through the faint light she
was staring Into the face of Reginald
Brown. Instantly she recognized him,
and all the terror of that day when he
and her brutal father had placed u
menacing shadow over her swept he<
nearly off her^feet. Ileglnnld had come
not only to harm Paul Pendlelmven,
but to get her I
"Stand by, Salvation of the Lord,"
shot across her tortured soul, and then
through the break In the wire netting
Rhe thrust her clenched fist. Reginald
took the blow she gave him without an
uudible sound and fell backward Into
the garden below. He was paralyzed
by the blazing eyes and the memory
that the body of the ghost-girl was
somewhere beneath the broad surface
of Lake Cayuga.
Tonnlbel heard him land on the soft
grass, and for a few seconds she stood
panting against the window. Then she
withdrew her arm and crouched down
on the floor.
What had her father's pal put In
Dr. Paul's medicine? Minute by min
ute she became more acutely sure that
no good had been Intended. Silently
Khe took up the glnsses and carried
them to her own room. Then she slip
ped out Into the hall, ran along thi
corridor and rapped softly on John
Pendlehaven's apartments. Twice she
repeated'her summons In nervous little
rap-taps that penetrated Dr. John's
sound slumber. When he recognized
her, opened the door and noticed how
white she was, he drew her instantly
to him and shut the door.
Between chattering teeth she. began
to tell him the dreadful tale. As she
went on *ith the story the listener's
face grew much concerned.
"Somebody's tried to poison him,"
he cried, taking a long breath. "Sly
Qod, who could be so damnable ns
that? Come, let me get the stuff."
Together they stole back to Tounl
bel's room and Dr. John carried away
the medicine with him, leaving Tony
with a caution not to speak of the
matter to his brother. Putting on his
clothes, John went outside and made
a tour of the house. It wasn't difficult
to find the place where the man had
fallen, but there was no sign of him
anywhere.
Tonnlbel did jiot sleeo at nil that
night. I tut very early in Llic morning
she arose and slipped into Dr. Paul's
room ami put buck the medicine Dr.
John liar] given her.
During tlic morning Dr. Jolin Pen
dlehnven softly enl«;red her rootn. He
came forward, his hand* outstretched,
his face white anil very grove.
"Darling Utile girl." lie whispered,
with much emotion. "You have saved
my brother's life. The villain, who
ever he was,-put the rankest kind of
poison in it. lie must have gotten It
from some doctor, for no druggist
would have sold It to him.
"Mebhe he's dead." replied Tony gen
tly, with an expression of awe. "It
was n long tumble be took."
"No; he got away! I've hunted the
place over for him. Would you know
him again if yon saw him?"
"Sure." replied Tony, nodding, but
she said no mure. To tell him who
the man was would mean to break the
solemn oalb she bad made on the
Christ to her niolher.
A timid knock brought the conversa
tion to a close. Mrs. Curtis was at
the threshold when Pendlehaven open
ed the door.
"I've been bulking the house over
for you, John," smo began. "Boy's got
a headache! lb- said for you not to
bother to come fo him. but to give
me something to make li'.tn sleep."
"Ik be drunk 7" demanded I'endle
havon.
Mrs. Curtis be;-nn to cry.
"John, how niiMnd:" she *nltfle<l
from the haven of lier handkerchief.
"The moment >-Mid complains ev
erybody itcctwc- I . • <* drinking. No,
of course, he i-n'i drunk."
(Continued on Thursday)
Keller Dros. delicious ice cream
is again obtainable and it will be
delivered iu containers or made up
in bricks of plain or assorted flavors.
Orders for Sunday dinners or spec
ial occasion:. will receive earful at
tention.
If the carrier fails to bring your
Alaskan, plioiio in or 12U, and we'll
see that you get one.
SLED DOGS FOR SALE—Three
young strong well broke sled dogs
two at $40 each—leader $45.
Apply to Frank Jimmy, Skagway,
or address I'. O. «77, Skagway.
FOR SALIC—Early Rose Seed
Potatoes grown in the Dyea valley.
Delivered in Skagway. For price
and further particulars apply to
William Matthews, Sr., Skagway.
Files Cnroil ' "■ l» to 11 Days
Druggists refund money it I'AZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
Blind, Bleediug or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves lie ing Piles, and
you can get restful sleep after first
application. (JOc.
REGiSTiiATitiH NCTiCE
In accordance with Ordinance No. .
112, notice is lnv<by given tliat the
registration buol.s will be open at
the office of the City Clerk, in the
City hall, every evening, except Sun
days, from 7:«9 to 9:00 P.M. for
two weeks, c miinencing March 21st,
1921, and on Saturday afternoon.
April 2nd, 1921, from 2 to G P.1I.
for the registration of voters at
tho Municipal (Auction to be held
April 5 th, 1921. Walter McBrien,
2-2G-to-1-2. City Clerk.
Notice of Municipal Election, %s
provided by Ordinance No. 124, not
ice is hereby given that a general
Municipal Election will be held on
Tuesday, April 5th, 1921, for the
Election of a Mayor, five Council
men, a City Treasurer, City Clerk,
and a School Director.
Tfre City hall l as been designated
as~thc polling place, and the polls
will bo open from, 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
April 5th, 1921.
Tho qualifications ot voters for
all tho above offices are as follows;
They shall bo citizens of the United
Stales; Twenty-one years of age or
over; Who have recided continuous
ly one year next proceeding the date
of election in the Territory of Alas
ka; Six months next proceeding the
date of election wit:.in the limits of
the City of Skagway, and shall have
duly registered. Walter McBrien,
2-2G-to-l-o. City Clerk.
White Pass & Y U & Cm 1 HOUtfi*
tlme tahle x°
•"wy&np® Tuesday and Frisky •
No. 1. N. Bound >'». 2, S: Bound
1st Class.
8:30 a, m. Leaves
11:00 a. m. "
12:40 p.m. "
2:10 p. m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE
1st. Class
Arrives 3:45 p.m.
Loaves 2:10 p.m.
. 3-2:45 p. m.
. " 10:55 a.m.
*' 8:30 a. m.
Passengers must be at tho depot in time to -have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.