ICeoaore James, one of the »'-o t
respected Chilcat natives in the
Haines mission distritt was shot
through the bodi yesterday morniug
at Chitcoot cannery and although ho
w3s taken to Fort Seward lor medi
ca aid. he passed out at alsjut 5
o'clock last night.
James was working at the can
nery for the Burkhardt company,
and asked permission ot the waten
, man McDevitt to get certain articles
fnoni a certain building Upon turn*
ing the door Knob a trap gunn was
sprun and the buiiet, passing thru
the door, ploughed its way through
thu uufortuuate man's tody and
lodged in the skin just hai k of the
spiue.
Believing that au Operation
mlsh- the tueans of saving the
man's life, the Harbor Boat Peter
sou, at the request of Major Evans,
the post surgeon, was despatched
to this city yesterday afternoon by
Captain White, commanding officer
at Fort Seward, and Dr. Galio was
taken to the post.
L'pon holding an examination it
wu« found that the shot entered the
left ilank, making a horrible gap.
The pelvis bone was shattered and
the intestines were cut entirely thru.
>-It was only through the efforts of
Major Evans that the man's life was
i prolonged until late in the after
; 11 o -£•, when the terril le shock and
i hemorrhage eud'ed the suffering.
. Tlie gun set was a 45-90 "Win
I Chester and1 was loaded with a soft
nasv»d bullet. The gun wag pet f°r
the purpose of killing any person
whi. might try to break into the
building and was "ranged witl1
wires which' pulled the trigger when
t.ne dyor was opened, the 6un being
carefully aiuiod at the center of the
dwor.
I» was reported in Haines that
the guu was set f>v AIcDevitt, who
Is ht-a'' watchman i'or the Chilkoot
Cannery, and that wh-'n .fames ask.
«*d uermission to go to the build
ing wher© ♦lie infernal contraption
n » sat, he evidently lo.git that it
was there.
Immediately after the shooting,
Hans Rustebeck, who is also watch
inau :'t the cannery, took the
wounded man to Foit Seward jn a
baseline launch.
Th« Cnited States Deputy Marshal
placed McDevitt under arrest, pend
ing an investigation.
Tiie Peterson returned Dr.. Gable
»o h;s home here at 11 o'clock last
night.
BOLSHEVISM
KILL CHILIS
Warsaw, Jan. li>.—After the
Bolshevik forces had driven the
Polish troopg out of Vilua in a
hard rought battle, the Bolshevists
to pillage and plunder the
ships and private residences and
many civilians were murd-ered who
ftad attempted to protect their
prouerty.
Archangel, Friday. — According
to reuorts reaching here this morn
ing Allied forces burned the town
of Kadish and then retired from
the vicinity. I.at 'r this force
moved up and reon u| i( d the ruin* |
ed city.
That delayed shii mei t of East-,
man Kodak films has arrived- and j
ycu can get aU sizes at Kellers', tf. j
IDLE MONEY
IS LIKE A TRAMP NO
VALUE TO ANYONE
YUour MONEY w0°rk
Deposits made here before January I Oth draw
interest for the full month
BANK OF ALASKA
Nnu f tax
P. H. GANTY
ALASKA Iff HAVE MAIL W
FROM SEATTLE Iff AIRPLANES
Washington, Jan. 10. — Airplane
j m^ii service between. Seattle a»d
| the ports of soutLeastern Alaska
I is oua of the probabilities of the
! near future.
It is quite likely that the first
exvei i men to along this line will be
liiado next summer and if they prove
' successful to Southern Alaskaj the
service of mail £«liverey by air
plane will gradually be extended to
Soutnwestern Alaska and probably
on to Nome and Iditarod.
Conferences at which the plans
it r furthering the project of carry
ing the Alaska mail by airplane
has been discussed' by the postal
' officials and it may be said that
i it looks decidedly encouraging for
j the installation of this service with
I'u the coming six months.
Governor Kiggs has been work
in ' on the project of the Airplane
service iu Alaska for some time pasl
and while in Seattle, he has stated
here, before he left that city for
! Washington he had a conference
with E. N. Gott, vice President of
the Boeing Airplane company of
I Seattfl relative to the matter.
Another conference, at which pos
tal officials will be present, will
ho held this afternoon.
Paris, Jan. 10.— Lord Cecil, one
of the delegates from Great Brit
aiu to the p^ce congress declared
tof.Uy that in his opinion the
foimation of the proposed League
of NS'tions should' be the initial step
to wards peace, and this matter
should t>e the very first one to be
considered by the peace delegates
when the peace congress convenes
at Versailles.
BAVARIA THREATENS 10 TAKE A
HANG 10 RESTORE ORDEIT IN BERLIN
Berlin, Jan. 10.—Bavarian Minis;
ter oi' the Iuterior Auer, iu a speech
which jie made in the new Bavarian
cabinet threatened that unless «r"
d'er was at one© restored in Ber
liu, forceg of the Bavalran army
would be despatched to that city
to restrain further lawlessness and
fighting.
FRENCH NAME ANOTHER
l'EACE DELEGATE
Ppris, Jan. 10. — Julos C^mbou
hag been named as Qne of the
French delegates which will attend
the peace oongress at Versailles.
London, Friday. — With the dis
solution or the Turkish chamber of
deputiea, there is great disorgan
ization throughout Turkey.
The Allied commander hag seut
a v.arning to the Turkish military
office that unlesg the Turkish »r"
my pt Medina surrender? at once,
the Allied ofrces will proceed to
the destruction of the forts at the
Dardanelles.
Scotch Shippers Stopped Seattle
Seattle, Friday, — At ft hear
ing held' by the North. Pacific
Freight and Traffic committee with
the Seattle shippers, it is eharg"
ed by the latter that the Scotch
herring shippers haye been en
deavoring to hamper the shipj
California Sure
To Become Dry
Sacramento, Jan. 10. — Both
orancheg of the state legislature to
day reported favorably on the con
stitutional prohibition amendment
providing for national prohbition.
The, measure will come before the
uppe and lower house for a vote
"t either this afternoon's or Mon
day8 session and there is little
doubt but that it will carry.
HEAVY HIGH TIDES
'Anchorage, Jan. 10. — Unusual
high tides, said to be second only
to *he record tides of the Bay of
mei», of Alaska herring to the At
lantic coast market through the
readjustment of fregiht rates.
The committee has Promised to
probe the matter so that the Seat"
tip shippers 'will not be hampered
in their shipments to the east.
Fuudy, rise and fall in Cook's Inlet
during the equinox. These tides re
cently 'wiped away nearly all the
Duil dings of a whaling plant built
Three Mile creek near here. The
buildings will rise again but farther
back from t^e creek.
BEHREXDS IS HEAD
OF ALASKA BANKERS
B. M. Behrendg of Juneau has
been appointed vic-e president of
the American Bankers' Association
for Alaska, according to a letter
from Fred E. FarnBworth, general
secretary <of the association, notify
ing him of his appointment;
The American Bankers' Associa
tion, which hag ita headquarters in
New York city, hap, a membership
of 19,226,
Loyal Troops Flock to Leader's
Standard—Bolshevik Forces
Driven from Headquarters—
Airmen Bomb Railway Depot
Police Headquarters Fall to Ebert's Followers ..
■ Berlin, Friday. — The Ebert gov
ernment forces have captured the
Be~Jiu police headquarters and are
a--.** in absolute oontrol of the cen*
trai section of the city.
I All o£ that portion, lying be
tween FriedrichstrassQ and the
! famous Bradenberg gate i$ in the
• hands of the Ebert troops.
Ttic f usilier guarus c^piureu
the police station and their victory1
hp greatly encouraged, the govern*
ment.
Eichorn, Liebknecht'a chief, escap
ed at the time the police buildings'
were taken by th0 fusiliers, but:
many of hi? followers were taken
prisoners.
Loyal Troops Back Chancellor
I
f London .Friday, — According to
' authentic reports received here this
morning the fight in Berlin for the
! control of the German government
i machinery is now turning decided'lj
' in favor of Chancellor Ebert.
Atcording to the reports reaching
London today the government forc
es have captured practically ®U
Q the public buildings.
The despatches say that martial
law tag been proclaimed throughout
' the city by Ebert. ,
1 Reinforcements are pouring in
from 80,000 loyal troops and these
have been stationed at strateglo
i points.
t It has been discovered that about
one thousand Russian Bolshevist*,
who have been wearing German
;unifoims, ha-ve been fighting with
; the Liebknecht forces in Berlin.
Berlin Gets Taste of Horrors of Night Bombing
Copenhagen, Jan. 10. — The peo* [
plo or Berlin have at last experi- j
encecl all the horrors of night bomb-:
ing by aeroplanes.
According to a despatch to the
press of this city from the Berlinski \
Tidendo today, it is reported that j
Ebert government aviators attack
ed the Silessian railway station in
which a great number of Bolshe"
vists were camping for the night
and great number of boms were
tfro^ped directly on the immense
building. As a result of this
bom bin,? sixty five persons were.
Killed and a great many more se
verely wounded.
Spartacans Fire Machine Guns From Windows
Leipzig, Jan. 10. — Eight thous
j and government infantrymen, arrived
I in Berlin yesterday, reports from
j that city received' here state.
The Spartacans fought from the
windows of buildings, and used regu
lar army rifles and machine guns.
Many bombs were also used.
T1 e despatch states that great
iiumuers were killed on both sides..
British May Father League Idea
Paris, Friday. — According to
advices which have been received
here by British plenipotentiaries
during the past few dayp from Lieb
kneeht, the British delegates to
tho peace congress may have the
honor of fathering a definite plan
for tb6 application of President
: WiIsop's principle of a League of
Nations.
Warsaw, Friday. — A strong
force of Polish troops bave cap
tured Nakel which is near Poaen,
and are now reported' to be march
ing on to the city of Bromberg. ■
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