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- SKAGWAT, ALASKA TTESDAY, KOVKMBER ». 1921 I*RIC* TEf CXJCTS
TWTVTY-FOrRTH TEAR.
Borah Opposes
New League
Washington. Not. 28.—The sug
gest ion which President Harding
made with reference to the organtx
ation of a new association of na
tions met with hearty and prompt
opposition of Senator Borah. The
suggestion was made that this new
association should grow out of the
i 'in conference in Washington.
Horah said the association of na
;i>ns i- but another name for the
l.eague ■>! Nations, with some ad
d ;ot al and more extensive powers
:texed. To this he is unalterably
. pposed.
»«>\»;kis> Will. OPPOSE
PRKKKRKNTIAL KATKS
\V.s> lington. Nov 2S.—There are
atiy indications that the admln
:- r 'icn is going to meet with plen
ty of opposition to Its proposed plan
• > repeal that section of the Marine
Act which gives to American ships
preferential rights, in the use of the
Panama canal. A goodly number of
members of both houses have ex
pressed themselves as in opposition
to the administration's plan.
To yiiAMH'V AI.IKX
iMSTorncKS i\ china
V. ashington. Nov. 2S.—A resolu
ti. : declaring for a relinquishment
of all foreign postofices privileges
in China, was adopted today hy nine
of the powers sitting In the confer
ence. The delegates were sitting as
a committee of the whole on the
Pacific and far eastern questions.
The session of the conference was
Cade lor the settling of this one
question. It was agreed to by aii
the powers represented at the con
ference e\«> ;: Japan, whose repre
sentatives ashed for time to hea
iTOzn t: ivernment on the ques
tion at issue.
yrx v powers join
ON CHINESE QUESTION
Wash:: - tun, Nov. 29.—Nine of
the povre-? ,«t the armament* con
ference hu\e united on the questions
affecting ti.f foreign extra territor
ial rights in China. The conference
committee adopted reasons for the
rellnquishE-t at of the extra Territor
ial rights lc that country.
SEATTLE TAKES SCHOOL
HOLII'AV TO HONOR KOCH
Seattle, Nov 29 —Marshal Foch
is due to arn«<»*jTi -this city tomor
- iw morning. - The public schools
<'f the city will take a holiday in
jcor of the noted marshal's being
t? a gnest of the city
KECORD FLOOD OV THE OHIO
Pittsburgh, Nov. 29.—The first
fl.iod In twenty years at this late
is now sweeping down the Mom
o gahela from the upper reaches o-.'
tfa- i-lrer. where there has been t
. . ary rainfall for the past several
Washington, Nor. 27.—Washing
Ion Is In a commotion over the fact
t at ei-Presldeat Wilson tveeived A.
J Balfonr and had a two hours'
talk with Mm, while he denied *n
d:ence to Marshal Foch and Pre
mier Brland.
APPOINTS DWKMBKR 4 TO to
educational WEEK
Washington. Nov. 29.—The
! thoughtful attention of the nation
has been turned to the subject of
Illiteracy in this country, as that
was illustrated 'u the examinations
during the war: Also the fact is
noted that there are now five mil
lion boys and girls in this nation
who are not attending school. Pres
ident Harding in a proclamation is
sued today urges the observance of
December 4-10 as American Educa
tional week.
BRITISH PROTEST
FRENCH JOKES
liondon. Nov. 29—The British for
eign office has take.i cognizance of a
wave of songs and jokes given out
in the French music halls. These
songs and jokes are intended to put
Uody George, the premier, and the
English people in an unfavorable
light before the French people. They
have been increasing in number late
ly and th$ foreign office has made a
protest to France concerning them.
H11UHNG COLLAPSES
KIT WORKERS KEEP ON
New York. Nov 29 —A theater
building in Brooklyn collapsed
while In the course of construction
and buried a number of workmen
in the ruins. Twenty of the work
men keep steadily at work on the
job in spite of the catastrophe. Sil
vester Rosenthal and Samuel Mos
kowiti, the contractors, have been
detained on a charge of homicide in
connection with the loss of life on
the building.
! l\ S. NAVAL PROtJRAM
SUBMITTED TO 1\>NKKRE\< t
Washington. Nov. 2S.—The Amer
| lean naval experts have presented to
!the Japanese and the British officers
today an answer m detail to the
| questions which they presented u
! the United States delegates last
I week as to the American uaval pro
I gram for reduction of the ^mer
j lean navy.
TOBACCO KING'S SOX
IS Ml'ROKRKl)
Gallup. N. M., Nov. 2S—James
■ W. Hack well, jr., son of the Dur
: ham tobacco magnate, and his wife
: were found shot to death at this
| place. It is presu.ned that he was
I murdered.
BIG DKKIXiK IS ST1I.1.
oiggixg nkar iv\\v*on
Dredge Xo. 2 of the Canadian- i
Klondyke fleet was still working!
| steadily on the Klondike flat, he
j tween Dawson and Bear Cree k, ar.ci
1 daily turning over a huge yard.ige
of gravel and re«*overing the all-1
powerful product which has nade
Klondike famous, according to the
Dawson news of mat date. The^
dredge will operate Indefinitely this
season. Th* sister dredge. Xo 4.
which was working on the same
tract, shut down several weeks ago
The Xorth West corporation's two
dredges on Dominion Creek fttiih
e4 the season several days ago. ;.r>d
the Rreater number of the men who
were *»g*£pd on them have come
to the city. £ome mill go to Mayo
for the winter. «nj other take up
Isome winter occupations nea:' Daw
son.
YOUR EARLY ABILITY
You nay not possess tomorrow the earning ability that you
posess today.
It Is not how much you earn, but how much you save, that
counts.
Meet old Father Time with a pood hank account
Sairolk ®ff Masfeffl
SKAOWAY, ALASKA
FAMOUS HERO OF WORLD
WAR TUMPS FROM BOAT
New York. Nov. 25.—A wireless
messape received in this city from
the S. S Tolao states that Lieuten
ant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey,
who sailed for Havana on that boat
has disappeared from the steamer
somewhere on the trip from New
i York. Colonel Whittlesey was in
; command of the famous "Lost Rat
talion'" during the war. He left New
' York to go to Havana.
New York, Not. 2$ —The nd
nm concerning Colonel Wiltttaer
iwpuW in This city today, i* ex
plained as being the result of hif j
hroodinp over hi* war exjvrienoe*
He emerged from the war as one of
An erica's premies! heroes, and his
brooding over thit and his exper
iences in the war are supposed !o
1 *M- been the cause -of hi? jumping
from the S S. Tolao on her trip to
Havana.
*MKRH A\ RElJ-XiATRS TO
STAND IX>K Pl.\>.
Washington. Nov. 2S—An exter
sive examination of the figures of
all three powers which are most in
terested in the reduction in the na
val program as put before the con
ferenee by Chairman Hushes for the
i'nited State?
The figures on tl-e existing nsvai
strength of the three principle r;
lions in the conference has not re
sulted in any change of the origin
al figures in the Hughes proposal
:aid this lends additional wrigh: in'
the repeated decl%ration thai the
American delegates will «*and firirN
for the ratio of $-5-3 for Great Bri
tain. I'nited State? and Japan re
speotively.
HKARST TO PIRI.1SH
\\ KVK\I\«; EDITION
Seattle. Nov 29 —Hearst, who
with the morning Post-Intelligence
monopolizes that field in Sear I.
is to begin the pub! cation of an af
ternoon edition of the Seattle Ann r
ican on January second
Seattle will then have four afte"
nooti newspapers.
KIRK DESTROYS TH1 \TI R
THRKK kll.l.EP
killed and a score or more wou ■:
ed in a fire which destroyed ' e
Kialto movie theater near the V.le
campus.
BRITISH PROPOSALS
ITTKRI.Y IMPOssIUI.K
Premier Craig when he returned
from the conference with Lloyd
George and made his report to the
Belfast parliament "1 told Lloyd
George that the British proj ■
were utterly impossible "
THRKK M<>KK OIK
FROM KIRK RIRXS
New Haven. Nov. 29 —Three more
have succumbed to the burns receiv
ed in the fire which burned down a ;
theater near the college Allen Keith
a Sophomore, died today.
oil nit KSO\ PASSRS
TO THK CRKAT RKYOXP
In a letter received from Corporal
L. A. Tinall. R. C. M. T., who is at
Purwash Land.ng, and given to the
Whitehorse Star, the following ac
count of the accidental drowning of
Ole Dickson is tcfld:
"Ole Dickson was drowned in I
Wolf Creek on October 20th. He
had been over thert for about three
weeks with Louis Jacquot and Char
lie Johnson and an Indian hunting
sheep. They were all thru hunting
and Louis and Charlie had gone t<
. Wade creek to build a cache leaving
Ole and the Indian on Wolf. Ole
wau go:ng to do a little propecting
He and the Indian were returning
to camp about noon of the 20th and
were building af little bridge across
the creek. Ole was standing on a
rock about in the center of thr
creek. when a big bunch of ice camc
down and knocked them into tht
| water.
I "The Indian had l»Md of & pole •
and managed to get out after s
struggle and he saw one of Ole's
legs up in the air before he went1
under the ice for good.
"No donbt Ole struck his head or. -
a rock and was knocked out and:
never had a chance. Well we search
ed for his body but without success
and I am afraid that we will -never
find it. It Is an awfully sad affair j
and has cast gloom over this camp
as poor Ole was always the life of;
all our little times out here."
1X1 NOT KWWK
SBC. 34 MARINE A«T
\\ sshington. Nov. —President
Harding announced that be had de
■ crmined not to enforce Section 34
I the Jones Marine Act and tbat
> would include his reasons (or
iioi doing so in nis nest message to
ingress. He will recommend fc
substitute for this provision in the
act. The American Marine problem
> .rt-uig injected into tbe Armament*
.'iiterenee and it i* largely because
i»f this sect.on of the act.
"Ilk! VI NOMINATION*.
\RK MAI»K KoR YVKON
Dawson. Nov. II—Official com
pilations for member of parhamei.i i
for the Yukon Territory were cloe
i»d today at I p. m. They are a* j
follows- Captain George B)ack
lavyer, Nat.onal Liberai-Consena
.ivr candidate, his agent being John
K MacLtmuan, druggist. Frederick
lennyson Coagdon, lawyw, Libera.,
candidal* agent. William E Thomp
so ptivsician George Pitts, wood ;
dealer, his agent being George G I
lYaig, shoe maker.
I\ H JU U HK>
SPoKANK ON Tol K
Spokane. Not I> — Marshal Foci,
►ruived at this city today. He re
reeved a rousing welcome by ar.
enormous throng, which went oat to
meet him. Governor Hart, with i.
croup of citizens, met him at the
stale line and escorted him into tbe
t! IVTKKKST AB«>IT
THK TKRRITom
The first zero weather to hit AJ
iski> this fall occurred October IS
il Thiiana This i* two weeks lat
■r than the initial zero weather las;
at. On October 4, J >10, the Allak
iket station, located where the Arc
it Circle crosses the Koyukuk riv
rt-ported a temperature ol three
letrees below zero. The next da}
t »as two below at eagle and fourj
>e!ow at Fort Yukon.
E J. White, editor of Strollers'
\ t>ekl> at Juneau, has been electedJ
i member of the city council of that
ilace to succeed George Getchell.
esigned. Alderman Robeson has
ilso tendered his resignation from
he council and his successor will 1
*• appointed
It is estimated that the placing of
i mail boat on the run from Seward
o westward points will add ten
housand dollars yearly to the busi
less of the Gateway City.
The Alaska Fur Tarms, Inc . havej
filed articles with the secretary of I
:be territory and taken over Pat
terson island near Ketchikan, stock
ing with twenty pairs or foxea. A
number of Ketchikan business mer.
comprise the company.
The erection at Charcoal Point, near
Ketchikan of a new 150,000 3-line
cannery with a capacity of 3000
cases a day if announced as one of
the activities starting in that dis
trict the first of the year. The Sun
ny Point cannery was the only one
in Alaska running on October IS,
the late run being made to can keta
or chum salmon
KSTKRKTH ARRIVES
The good ship Estebeth arrived on
schedule this afternoon with local
mail and three days' mail from the
south. She will leave for the south
tonight at the regular hour.
IjOST—Ranch of key*. Finder
please return to this office and re
ceive reward.
VAXDWUrti IU >
HAS SPENDING FEATURE
Nf* York. Not. J)—Frank A.
Vanderlip, the New York and Los
Ar.geies financier stated that he
would propone a plan Tor the reim
bursement of the United State# for
Its war I.-an to foreign government*
This l<«n now amounts to eleren
billion dollars. Vanderlip'i plan is
a recognition by the allies of their
debt to the United Ptates as a Just
debt, this country agreeing to an
easy payment tbereol. and the mon
ey thus paid Is to be used in the
rehabilitation of war torn Europe.
In this way the obligation* will be
paid, and the United States will lie
contributing eleven billions to tbr
nations torn by the war.
REPORTS W KRK WRONG
BIT CAUSED TROIBLE
W'ashiugton, Nor. 2$—Report*
were publ.shed in which it was stal
ed that Premier Briand had used
harsh word* against Senator Schan
zer. the head oI the Italiai delega
tion. at the arms conference Ttere
reports were denied In a statement
made today by Chairman Hughes
at a meeting of tb« conference com
mittee on the far eastern and Pa
cific Questions. The reports result
ed in a demonstration against
the French in Italy.
POCH IS NOW A
CHIKF OF THE CROWS
Billings. Nov. IS—When Marshal
Foch. who ts stopping here for a
short stay, visited the Indian agency
near here he was made a chief of
the Crow Indians, and attired in ail
the picturesque regalia of that of
ficer of the tribe The marshal was
greatly pleased with the reception
given fcim by the Indians
VFW KBXKO ESTABLISH!*
NEW GUNNERY RFO>RI>
Los Angeles. Not IS —A new
world's record In gunnery was es
tablished by the crew of the new
-liperdreadnanght New Mevic > In
ber practice off this Harbor
ROCKEFELLER, JR.
REACHES SEAT! I I
Seattle Not. —John P J. •>
efeller, Jr.. who Is miiming from
China arrived In this city this r . -r
icg on his way east.
RECOVER GOLD STOLEN o\ TRIP
Sar. Francisco. Not 2S —The
hundred thousand dollars in c d
stolen from the liner Sonoms e
route from Antipodes, has beer, re
coTered.
American
Soldiers In
Dire Straits
lxmdon. No*. J* —It )• reported
that twenty American aoldien who
joined the Span-ah force* laat iin
mer are *1111 (W up 1« a Bpanlah
ramp In Morocco. Tbn »o)i)l»r» «r»
goffering from aeptic Kinn and eer
rrin and are in morh p«J of med
iral attention Charlea Stephenson
and C. W. Brown of New Tork ha»«
been at tbe camp and are returning
to New Tork.
<;krmavt has proof
OF raBARMAJtKVT
London. Not. IR — Pr*»ler Bri
and's speech In Washington ha*
etirred up much comment la Oer
tnany An official »tateraent ha*
Iwt made by tbe German ministry
in which Germany !a prepared to
submit proof of b«r baring disarm
pd She 1* also prepared to offer
.-usrantee* thai *bs fcas Qlaarmed
if tbe fear* of F-nnce repairs that
sbe gKe them Thl« It tbs Import
of a despatch from tba Berlin
Chronicle.
PREstmcvrs messarb
ON Bt SlVKSS OOXmnONS
■Washington. Not J» —-Ths Pres
ident* message next week to Con
gress when it ron*en*s. will bare
reference almost. if not wholly, to
the bu*inew situation of tba conii
try
OoVtiRKNSMEN «;ICT
I \CTS OX UAI.K8 TAX
Montreal. Not 2* — Forty-ssren
Confrom the I'nlted State#
are tonnng Canada a* tbe paeati of
'•tjt r.aher Hearat. In order to ret the
fart* Brat hard aa to hew the mmi<m
tax wo-ka in Canada Tlmy are •top
ping tn thi* city and from here will
travel weat
PRESIDENTS SKKJWTWW
TOPIC OF WC1 KSTON
London. Not 2< —President
Harding'? suesestton looking to a
cnrtinnat.'oti of tbe arm* confer
rvr* Tr- a aerie* of international
* ferenre* the reanlt* of which
ild be obeerred nnder the fer
ttemen'* screement. ba* bad con
siderable prominence in the com
ment* of the morsing nes-spapera
THE HIE PASS &
YUKON B
■m
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
SenwAX'eekk Train Srrw.~e brtween Slatruay and
during thf U'mtrT Sm«or
For mformatxw regarding pawmgrr and traphl mfrt apciv to
H- Wfceeler General Manager
Skag-iiay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
SeattleW sh