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SKAGWAY. ALASKA SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922
PRICI TEH CK5TH
SUTHERLAND TO FIRE
FIST CAMPAIGN GUN APRIL
FIRST IT RETCH III
New York. March 17.—Hon. Dan
Sutherland, delegate to congress
from Alaska. arrived here this,
morning and will remain for a day
or so before leaving for Seattle on
his way to Alaska.
Mr. Sutherland will sail rrora Se
attle on March 28 and will stop off
at Ketchikan, where he will Are the
opening gun in his campaign for re
election.
IS KILLED AND
LEFI IK AUTO
Seattle, March 17.—Charles B.
Legate, a veteran Seattle policeman,
wa» found shut to death In an au
tomobile In a garage on Main street.
The body was found in the back seat
of the auto at an early hour this
morning. The dead man had been
shot in the head, the examination
made by the police showing that a
pistol had been held close to the
forehead and the bullet had pene
trated the brain. The gun must
have been held close, as the skin
was burned by the powder.
The district in which the murder
took place is Infested by bootleg
gers. and it Is believed that Legate
was the victim of a bootlegger, who
killed him while the former was at
tempting to make an arrest.
Seattle. March 18.—Further ex
amination of the body of Policeman
Legate., who was found shot to
death in the back seat of an auto
mobile in one of the garages on
Main street yesterday, disclosed the
fact that he had fired two shots at
his murderer.
The case is one of the mos^t baf
fling that has confronted the au
thorities of the city for years.
The Boy Scouts of Seward havo
blossomed forth as an organization
in their first social event by giving
a formal dance last night in their
hall on Broadway. Each Boy Scout
was instructed to call at the home
of his lady guest and escort her to
the hall In true manly fashion. The
Boy Scouts spent considerable time
and patience In decorating their hall
to make this occasion a success. The
party was chaperoned by Mrs. Swefc
mann. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Shel
horn. At midnight a luncheon was
served to the following guests:
Clara Manthey. Marit Elde. Cecil |
Leslie. Alice Murphy. Marjorie Nev- j
ille, Ethel Mcintosh. Eda Larson, i
Thelma Ellsworth, Slara Perry La-|
yonia Stotko. Thelma Tallasen, Su
zanne Emmens and Scout Master W.
R. Shelhorn and Assistant Scout-1
master Ira S. Bailey.-*—Seward Gate
way.
During the absence of Martin It*
jin. who is on Jury duty in Juneau,
his business will be conducted in
the usual prompt and efficient man
ner by capable help. Mrs. Martin
Itjen, Phone 34. 2t
ATT0R1EY
115 SELF.
Spokane. March 17.—Oscar L.
Cain, former United States district
attorney for Eastern Washington,
was found dead in the bathroom of
his residence in this c.ty early this
morning by members of his house
hold. When found, it was evident
that the man had taken his own life,
as his throat was slashed in a most
ghastly manner.
The dead man has been suffering
from a nervous breakdown, follow
ing an attack of influenza.
SUSPECT ARRESTED IX
SPARRE ASSAULT MYSTERY
Tacoma. March IS.—John Ken-1
dall, 25 years of age. was arrested!
last night in connection with the
kidnapping of Miss Elsie Sparre. the
19-year-old school teacher of Elgin. I
Wash., who was found bound with
a wire cable in a deserted house on j
the morning of March 4.
Miss Sparre, who is an exception-1
ally beautiful young woman, stated j
that she had been carried off by a
masked man, and after he had as-1
saulted her. had bound her with the j
wire cable and departed.
Evidence points to Kendall as the:
man. and he w 11 be taken at once
before Miss Sparre to see if she can j
Identify bim.
RKCEIVER XOYKS I'll.KS
REPORT DKlTXrr RANK
The report of former Receiver F J
G.Moves, of the de'unct Washington
Alaska bank, which has been tiled in '
the clerk's office, contains a com
plete accounting of transactions
the last ten years, filling more than
thirty pages. The report shows cash I
on hand on Jan. IT. 1922. $4fi.79S.-j
79: Barnette Trust Fund. $23,000; j
now on deposit in trust in several |
San Francisco banks, $50.810 89.1
The Barnette ranch, in Mexico, con- [
sisting of 19.000 acres, may yield,
the sum of $250,000 if it can be
sold advantageously for the benefit
of the creditors of the bank, and the
creditors may also realize the sum
of $100,000 from the Woods-Mc
Ginn case. Several law suits are
still pending and the exact status of
the estate will not be known until I
these suits are disposed of. The re
port shows the receiver received for
salary and expenses t'. e sum of $28.
350. The balance to be paid nim
will be determined by the court.—
News-Miner.
Miller says Hank was wrong.
LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF
Somebody else Is banking tlje money you are wasting. Why
not bank it yourself. They are living in comfort and enjoying
life in its fullest, with the money you spend needlessly. Why not
get out of the careless habit of spending all you earn. You'll
nevar get anywhere that way.
Begin to Bare now with a small amount and add a little more
each pay day. The greatest fortunes were founded on the first
dollar saved.
Banmk HDasika
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
GIBBON AID USUI All
POS1S if BE ABANDONED
Washington, March 17.— On ac
count of the impending reductions
in the size of the standing army,
the general staff is preparing to
make a number of changes in the
army posts throughout Alaska.
It is indicated that Fort Liscum
and Fort Gibbon will be abandoned
but that the garrison at St. Michael
will be retained.
A detachment will be maintained
at Nenana until the government
railroad bridge has been completed,
and it will then probably be remov
ed into Anchorage where it will be
! increased to a larger force than has
| heretofore been maintained there.
| No mention has been made of Ft
| Seward at Haines.
IM1IM.K SENTENCED TO
HOUSE OF CORRECTION*
FOR FAST DRIVING
Detroit. March 17.—John Duval
Dodge, after exceeding the apeed
limit for auto driving, was arrest
ed and sentenced to serve five days
in the house of correction by the
court today.
I John Duval is the son of the late
I John K. Dodge, the millionaire au
| tomuhile manufacturer.
Detroit. March 18.—John . Duval
' Dodge, who possesses one and one
| half million dollars iti his own right
I and who was sentenced yesterday to
five days in the house of correction
for auto speeding, began his sen
tence today and was assigned with
other inmates to real work.
He was put to shoveling coal with
others who are serving short time
sentences.
DEMONSTRATION' IX
EAST AFRICA LEADS CP TO
BLOODY BATTLE
London. March 1".—According to
a despatch received today, twenty
natives were killed outright atid
about thirty were wounded at Nairo
bi, British East Africa, in fighting
which followed demonstration over
the arrest of the Indian agitator
Thufcu.
INDIAN PHI.WE GETS SIX
YEARS WITHOUT LABOR
Abmedabad. British India. March
IS.—Mohandask Gandhi, the Indian i
non-cooperationist leader, who was |
arrosled recently on charges of se-,
dition, was today sentenced to six ;
years' imprisonment without hard ]
labor.
ROOT SI IB 8E BACK
OF FOUH POM TREATY
Washington, March IS.—Acute
I distention among the opponents of
I the four-power treaty is reported
[ today. It is slated that the IJepub
| lican irreconsilables and the Iiemo
I cralic faction opposins the measure
are unable to agree upon a plan of
t action.
| Senator Watson of Georgia, in a
spoech which he made in the senate |
yesterday, charged Elihu Root w:th |
being the power behind the drafting j
of the four-power treaty, declaring .
that Koot, by reason of his interna- j
tional baflking relations, was the j
main influence in having the Amer-:
ican delegates agree to the four
power treaty as a substitute for the
Anglo-Japanese alliance.
Ms lie :
FfiOW_CRIPPLES
New York. March 17.—Two crip
pled women, a crippled boy and an
armless man appeared In court this
morning as witnesses against John
Stefan, who is on trial, charged with
having furnished liquor to these
people. The witnesses testified tl at
Stefan paid them each $3.00 per da> ,
for be»f,!ng and t'uey wore compel ;
| !fd to turi over to him a'l the mrm-l
I ey which tinkle.! into their tin c::ps |
j They further testified that lu or
der to induce them to "work" hard
| er. he would give them liquor "when
they wanted it"—but their request
had to be accompanied by a goodly
sized collection of alms.
Stefan admitted when placed on
the stand, that he had employed the
four persons, and that he had paid
them $3.00 a day and board, but
denied having furnished them with
liquor.
XARCOTIC A«K\T KRKKD
FROM CHARGE BY Jl*RY
Seattle, March v17.—August B
Hamer, government narcotic agent,
who has been on trial In the federal
court for violation of the Harrison
Narcotic law, was acquitted yester
day afternoon.
The charge as brought was for
trafficking in narocotic drugs, with
Mae Butchart, a {irl of eighteen.
Keller Brothers have just received
a fresh shipment of the choicest ci
gars. Among them may be found
Van Dyck's, Robert Burns, Mi Ho.
gar, Moiseart, Independent and many
other favorite brands.
Call in and get a good smoke. 2t
l'OLLKY WHITES UK
IS XOT CANDIDATE
OF SITKA LEGION
E. M. Polley of Sitka, candidate I
fur the territorial house of repre-j
sentatives. wrote the following self I
explanatory letter to the Chronicle: i
"It has just been brought to my I
attention that in an flisue of the i
Ketchikan Chronicle published on or
about February 12th, appeared a I
notice relative to my candidacy as j
a representative at the next primar-1
ies, stating that 'E. M. Polley was1
being supported, or backed by the
American Legion," or words to that |
effpct.
"This is not so, for. to my knowl
edge, no post has given me reason to j
believe that I would receive their!
support.
"As a matter of fact no post of I
the American Legion can engage in. j
or dscuss politics at its meetings. I
A violation of this law is sufficient j
cause for revocation of its charter, i
In accordance with the national by-1
laws of the American Legion, at the
last meeting of Sitka Post No. 13
1 resigned my office as post com
mander which 1 would not have
done if the organization was allow
ed to participate in politic*.
"Kindly publish the above and'
correct an impression that the pre- j
vious article might leave, that I am |
the candidate of the American Le- '
gion for the legislature at its next J
session."
OBEX0HA1X CASE NOW
IX HANDS OF Jt'RY
XjOS Angeles. March 18.—Thej
case in which Mrs. Obenchain has
been on trial for the murder of Ken
' nedy, was given to the Jury last
1 night, and that body was still dellb
1 eratiug on a verdict this morning.
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GURRY OPPOSED TO ILL
SI. PIONEERING ALASKA
Washington, March 17—In speak
ing of the condition incident to the
present government of Alaska, Rep
resentative Curry said this morning,
"I am unalterably opposed to Al
aska being pioneered by Wall street.
"The trouble with Alaska," con
tinued Congressman Curry, "is the
tangle of red Up* emanating from
the 38 government departments and
bureaus which now have the govern
ing of the territory. Each of the
38 departments or bureaus have
some authority over Alaska, and
each one is so jealous of the other
bureau or department that they will
not pull together."
THRU RATES
ANNOUNCED
Seattle, March 17.—By an agree
ment which has just been effected
between the American Express com
pany and the Government railroad
in Alaska, announcement of which
was made public today, there Is to
be a reduction of nearly one-half
in express rates between Seattle and
Fairbank and other interior Alaska
points, the new rates to become ef
fective on May 15.
By the terms of the agreement
the first claBs express rate between
Seattle and Fairbanks, via Anchor
age or Seward will be $11.60 per
hundred pounds.
JEFFERSON IS COMING
BACK OX 9. K. ROUTE
Seattle,—The Alaska Steamship
company has ordered back Into the
service to Southeastern Alaska ports
the steamer Jefferson, which has
been laid up since last September.
The Alameda also returns to the
Southeastern Alaska run, after gen
eral repairs and many chances. The
Alameda's first saihng for the year
has been scheduled for the north'
from here on March 25,
The Jefferson will make her first
trip to Alaska this year, sailing on
March 29.
POLICE STRAP WITH
BRASS BAND FOLLOWERS
Cork, March 17.—Four persons
were seriously wounded today in a
clash which occurred between Re
publican police and a crowd which
was following a brass band
PROHIBITION
I HUM
IS SHIFTED
Washington, March 17.—Word
baring been received here from the
presidential parly in Florida to the
effect that Attorney-General Dough
erty Is preparing to remove the pro
hibition bureau from the juriadic
tion of the treasury department 10
the department of Justice for better
enforcement is stirring up a hornets
nest among the lobbyists.
FORMER ALASKA MISSION ART
FASHES AWAY IN EAST
New York, March 17.—Rererend
Charles Eugena Batticher, a prom
inent Episcopal clergyman and edit
or of "The Spirit of the Missions,"
died at Coeeob. Coob., yesterday.
Re*. Battleher wag a missionary
in Alaska for seTen years, and while
in the north he married Margaret
G. Graves of Baltltnora, who was
also doing missionary work In Al
aska at that time
MANTLE OF SNOW
OVER SHAMROCKS
San Francisco, March 17.—In
stead of the shamrocks of Bakers
fleld and Porterrtn#, this state,
greeting the summer sun. they were
compelled to nestle under a coTer
Ing of snow, which had silently fal
len during the night. This Is a most
unusual weather condition for this
Mme of the yea».
1 WHITE PUSS 5
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Week})' .Train Service brtw*en Skaguay a»d WkStakor»«
during the Wmt»r Seaaoa.
For information regarding paMenger and fresgbi n»m appkr lo
H- Wbeeler- General Manager
Skaguay. Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle "Wash