No. 134 nVENTY THIRD YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TIIURSDAY, DECEMBER 1G. 1920
PRICE 10 CENTS
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Washington. Dec. 15—The qups
tlon of naval construction and a na
a program for the United States
n is rtai-!ied a crisis. "
It is a questlon of naval convPiv
iition or agnoment to limit arm ,
raents and the House Naval afi'ai ii
t ommittco today sot out to kaj-n
.what other great l>o\vers are d
ing on th0 warship construc'i" '
biisines3.
SEiSI IPlf. PACT
IS
E
Washington. Dec. 15—Britain. Ja
pan and the 1'nited States. This is
tho new Triple alliance vt which it
Is rumored there is talk of agree
ment for a limitation of warship
building Program. The rumoj- that
I'titain is seeking such an agree-1
ment came up iu CongreS* in a Sen-i
a'tf resolution offt-red by Senator
ilorah requesting the pr> sident to
seek an agreement with those pow
ers for a 5 y,.ar navul buildinu
truce with construction Program cut
iu half during that period. This
t.Je Senator said would deVfelop th-.
i' :Ui truth, as to whether Britain
and Japon aro sincere in th,ir t.ilk
about reducing armaments.
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FOB SEI1ILE
Scaule Dec. 133—Seattle is pro- ,
Tiding for .things which are to come '
Siie looks forward to the iner as
ing growth of the cU?*
Xh0 Council now Planning for ;
a subway system v.hich will cost
sis million dollars.
TERRORIZES
Seattle Dec. 10—Mary Howard an
insane Cuban woman, with a leaded
r 'volvyr. wlilch she shot at random,
efrorlzcd the south e"d ot S^attlq '
f. p s,vtj1 days.
I Deputj Asa We wtnt down to
take the woman but ubc-u she snap
ped toh loaded pistol in his fa' e !
lie shot and killed ht r
'hi
HE THOUSAND
Seattle Dec. 15—Frank: Hall a
wrll Known Alaskan gamblcr was
hailed before Jud^e Ronald tod >
a charse of gambling.
He *>as taught vlth gambling de
in lils possession and Judge
Ronald fined him one thousand <'■ •
lars.
V.'i .nir S O. I>te. 11—Foui- chi!.t
rer, of .Mr. and Mrs. John SChumin
v-:-. burned to death as a resuit
of *iio mother's attejnipt to start a
f.rM with kerosene oil. It Is &•»- j
Uvea that both the l>nreuts
fa'.a ly burned.
Cancelled Checks !
1
Often we are called on to produce canccilcd
checks which settle an account in dispute.
There is no argueing about the evidence—the
check—its amount, endorsement and date are
final.
Is it not strange that there are still some people
who do not apply this insurance against a dou
ble payment to their own personal bills?
it does not cost anjthiag, either.
Bank ■ ot Alaska
Canadian Extra Fancy
Kippered Herring
and Finnan Haddie
We have just received a shipment of this
excellent fish. Order now as this is very
mild cure and therefore will not keep long
P. H. GANTY
H 111 OF SHIPPING
891 IS * BRITISHER
Washington DL>c. 16—British in
terest secured one of their ffePro"
at ntatiVvS on a, United States Ship
ping Board committee in 1919.
This is the information. given om
,b) Benman.tho chairman of the
first board
Ho told Waist of tjhe invest.ga
ing committee that the member ele
cted to tthib advisory board was 6'r
Connoy Guthrie- that after his e'-c1-' j
tt.n. the shipping hoard had a warm
session twhtch 1'isCed for twenty
minutes and all that had been trans
act** at tho previous session was
wiped out Denman intimated that
It was .-pon hi* Insistence that thes'
hoard be kept cl &r from British in
flunence that GuthriQ resigned
from tb(, toard. . j
MSTHTIEMLT
DIE 111
Waspiijng.on Dtc. 16—A bill for
S<iO million doilars against the gov
ernment was dut. yesterday. At
the s.imo time th0 ttvaUwy set out
iO collect income taxes and exc,t;&>
profits taxes to t^ie sum 650 mil
bn dollars.
Washington JU©. —Morgenthau
who was formerly ambassadOj. to
Turkey. w:ijs appointed by President
.,'ilsou "s hiu Personal rePre^enta
Live to mediate in the Armenian
boundry disputes.
Geneva Dec. 16—Finland, Costa,
Rica, Luxembourg, and Bulgaria
were made members of the League'
i>f Nations today. France and Aus
tralia abstained from voting. When
ihe admission of Bulgaria was be
fore the Assefmbly to make the de
.lslon. | . |Jlf
Cable Briefs
Ysiiima. DfO. 14—Edward Adams
a nephew of George L. Chisholm a
war retjran. mistook his uncie for
a burglar ;nd shot him.
London. Dec. 14—Bombs, whoso
destination were King Oonstantin,?.
•were found in JUlan. They hav,
been in the Possession of the Polio,
two we>ks.
Yi'oshlngton Dec. 14—The narj.l
Cien?>ral Board is asking Congress to
a^rojiiate money for th^ constuc
;li ;d of eight new warships within
tlio l'cxt three Tears.
New Torw Dec. 14—The title of
the World's Championship wrtfrtioT
was »on by' Strangler Lewis, in an
hour and forty five minute bout
wita Joe Stecher.
L a is won with.' a headloc-k hold.
Seattle. Dec. 14—Tile Marshall
of ti:<> town of Auburn. Fred Macum
•bfr was shot and probably fatally
wounded, by two safe craoker-i
v.ht m he surprised at tfee work of
,rob"'ag a safc.
London D«c. 11—British and oth
er traders have reopened commerce
with Russia. The Foreign office
announced that they did not wait
for a trade treaty) between the gov
ernment- ^ ^
AFFIRMS THE
Olympia Dec. 13—The death Sen
tence which was imi>oiscd by the
lowefl court on Isom White ag0 19 j
for lulling Lee Luiton of Settle
was affirmed by the Supreme Court J
today. White confessed to the mur |
dt r of the taxi driver.
CURFEW 10 TOIL
m
San Francisco Dec. 15—The cru
sade flgalnst lawlessness in this
[City has resulted In the issuance 1
oi an order today by Chief Ptolice
OBrien that th3 curfew law will
be strictly enforced.
Washington. Doc. IS—Th0 World
Communication Congress has reach-1
cd a le'miiorary agreement, under
which the former German cables
will be OPeratfU until such time as
permanent arrangements can t.a
drawn up.
KIDNAPPER 10
BE SET FBEE
Tacoma Dec. 16—Betty. Braiipird
'who haa been held on the charge
of having kidnapped Bobbie Stagg.
will be freed, according to a state
ment made by Strickland the Caip
:ain of the detoctlves.
The scheme Is to save Stagg
father to the child, who "will app«ar
plead guilty of having kidnapPed the
b°y. Where upon the complaint
against Brainerd will bs> dismissed.
Chicago Dec. 15—Judge Landis
laid a heavy flne on Edward A
SweitZer a drug clerk, who was
convicted of selling six drinks of
whiskey. Tn sentencing Sweitzor to
six months In prison and fined ono
thousand dollars Judgo Landis let
it be known that other violators of
tiie prohibition law who are con
victed }n his court can eXPect tht
same treatment.
WILL WASHINGTON SENATE
ADOPT SOLDIER BONUS BILL
Washington Dec. 15—A fight Is
on to s'aoure the adoption by tha
^enr.te of the bonus act-which the ]
House tpass0d at its last se^on.
The fight was opened in the Sen
ate Finance Committee before which
the repiresen^ati7e9 of the World's
War Veterans &PPe&red.
It is predicted by Senator McOum
ber that fe. decision In the toonus
question will be reached at this ses
sion cf the Senate.
3EAIILE INCOME
TAX IS NEAR
MILLION
Soattlq Dec. 16—The income tax
onllejiions from Seattle tne& wbo
let pajjnent of the last lastallmont
gt. until the latt day. waa nine
hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
New, York. Dec. 15—J&ei Demp
siey the heavyweight Champion of
the world! knocked out hla challen
ger Bill' Brennan in la twelre
round bout last night.
The ifight was fast and snappy
|from start to finish. It waa held
In ,I.Iadlsyon Square Garden. The
knockout blow came in the twelvth
round iwith a savage olow over the
heart.
Brennan Iwas an antagonist not to
be despised and had the better! of
the champion in one or two rounds.
Jus)c bafoifc th0 haymakek" fell,
the champion waa bleeding profuse
ly from the mouth and ear showin
something of the nature of the pun
ishment Brennan gave him.
Twelve thousand PeOPla witnessed
the fight.
Mexico City. Dec. 16—Gen. Ben
fj-tniin Hill thti Secretairy of War
in General Obre0ons cabinet died
lure this morning.
BIG CUIS IK THE
ARMY AND NAVY
BILLS
Washington Dec. 15—Representa
tives Patrick Ke'iy aid D. R. An
thony chair-nan ot the auibcomniittea
on Army and Navy appropriations
»ho »re in charge of the hill in the
House, let it be known today that
:eavy cuts in the estimates of the
-4rmy and Navy appropriations will
>e made. They -said th^ tai situ»
;ion demands it.
AUSTRIA GETS
• 1810 LESISllc
Geneva. Deo- 16—Austria has been
admitted to membership in the Lea
gue of Nations.
China and Belgium have been ele
cted members of the Lea&ue Council.
MOSfDESTRQY
THE SIEGE GUNS
Berlin. Dec. lo—The Allied Com
mission has ordered the German gov
ernment to destroy seTeral seige gun
the ent«ntion o£ which has been
' sought by; the Germans.
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