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Governor's OfflPe
NO. 08. TWENTY-FIFTH TEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923
PRItJW TK.V CENTS
II. S. SENATE SUSIAIIMS PRESIDENT'S VETO
"WAIR, IS 1TOW IIMIIMIAITIEIIsrT X2ST InTIEJLR, EAST
SENATE KILLS
BONUS BILL
Washington, Sept. 20.—The House
without debate proceeded to dispose
of the Bonus Measure vetoed by Pre
sident Harding The question of
passing t'ae Soldier's Bonus Bill over
the President's veto was voted on
without question. The vote stood
2SS to 54. or more than the neces
sary two thirds majority.
Washington. Sept. 21.—The sen
ate last night sustained President
Harding in his veto of the Soldier's
Bonus bill, which now cannot be
come a law at this session of Con
gress.
CHIRCH C< >\VKYnO.V
HAS STORMY SESSION
Portland. Ore.. Sept. 21.—The
Kpiscopal church convention which
is meeting in this city late yester-,
day had a vsry stormy session. The j
proposal to change the name of the j
communion service to "Divine Lit-:
urgy" aroused so much of opposi-1
tion that trouble was Immanent. The
issue became so bit:er that a church I
split impends.
SAIDI LECOINTE AIR
SPEEl) CHAMPION'
Versailles. Sept. 21.—Saldi Le
cointe. the Trench aviator Is the new
champion fiver. For speed In the air.
Saldi has hung up a new world re
cord. He flew 213.75 miles In one
hour, thus beating the old world's
record for speed in the air. This Is
at the rate of 3.56 miles a minute
JI IMiE REFUSES TO
DISMISS CHARGES
Seattle, Sept. 21.—Judge Griffith
refused to dismiss the felony charge
against J. F. Lane, the cashier of
the defunct Scandinavian-American
bank of Seattle. The prosecuting at
torney. Malcomb Douglas requested
the judge to dismiss the charge
against the cashier.
NEW YORK CENTRAL
SETTLES STRIKE |
Chicago. 111., Sept. 20.—The settle
ment of the shopmen's strike on the ;
New York Central lines involved
twenty thousand men. The settle
ment has been effected on the basis
of the Baltimore agreement and a
nouncement of the settlement was I
given out today. Tne twenty thOiu- J
and men will return to work at once.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
WANTS TO RAISE RATES
Olympia. Sept. 21.—The telephone
companies of the State of Washing
ton Pled application yesterday after
noon at the capital for an increase
of thirty-six per tent in the tele
phone rates over the state.
PRESIDENT HAS
REASONS FOR VETO
Washington, Sept. 20.—The first
statement given out In connection
with the PresidenLal veto of the
Soldier's Bonus bill, was that it was
too much of a drain on the public
treasury. Other reasons have been in
the President's mind and mentioned
In despatches. The matter of the in
creased taxation which the measure
would bring, and that peace bestow
al on the veterans vas a perversion
of the Public funds.
FRENCH STORK
NEW TARIFF LAW
Paris, Sept. 21.—The Temps, one
of the leading Paris newspapers In
its criticism of the American Tariff
bill says that they talk much in Am
erica about economic reconstruction
of the world and the necessary re
covery in international exchanges,
but the real obstacles for such re
construction are the protectionists
measures of the kind represented in
the new tariff bill. It is not legiti
mate demands but measures of this
kind which are delaying the rapid
reconstruction.
CHII,D11ERG RECLAMED
SOT Gl'ILTY
Seattle, Sept. 20.—The jury which
had the cas'i of J. K. Chilberg. the
former President of the Scandina
vian-American bank of Seattle, re
turned its verdict today. The jurv
brought in a verdict of not guilty
to the charge of having unlawfully
borrowed money from the bank when
it was known to he defunct.
Ql'EE.N IN DRVIXM'K
FOR NEEDED REPAIRS
Seattle. Sept. 20.—T' e S.S. Queen J
of the Pacific Coast company which i
ran on the rocks on her trip from :
Alaska arrived last night and will be
laid up Immediately, and indefinite
ly, though she was not badly damag
ed.
COLEMAX MINISTER TO
ESTHONIA-I.ATVl A
Washington. Sept. 20.—Frederick
W. B. Coleman of Minneapolis was
nominated today by President Hard
ing for Minister to Esthonla-Latvla
and Lithuania.
SENATE ADOPTS
COX KEREXCE REP<>RT
W'ashlnKton, Sept. 20.—The sen
ale late yesterday afternoon adopted
the conference rppurt on the tarifT
bill which now Roes to the President
for his signature, after which it im
mediately becomes a law of the land.
WESTERN PACIFIC
STRIKERS RETI'RX
San Francisco. Sept. 21.—The
striking shopmen on the Western
Pacific railroad will return to wcrk
tomorrow.
Take An Inventory of Yourself—
What Have You Saved So Far
The wife and children—What can they look forward to If
you should d-e? Who would support you and your family If you
should become disabled? Would your children receive an educa
tion and thus make the path of life easier, or would they be left
to shift for themselves against odds?
THESE ARE THOUGHTS FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION'
YOU CAN'T OFPORD TO PASS THEM BY.
Banmk ©IF
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
U. S. IS NOT
IK HEAR EAST
CONFERENCE
Purls. Sept. 20.—The allied con
feree* on the Neur Kust situation de
cided lute today to cull a peace con
ference of the eight tuitions, who are
interested In the settlement of the
(lustion and to determine the terms
of peace. T Is conference will proba
bly meet within the next two weeks.
The conferees will consist of repre
sentatives of C.reat Britain, France
Italy. Japan, Turkey. Greece, Rum
ania. and Jugo-Slavia.
Washington, Sept. 20.—The Unit
ed States does not expect to be an
active participant In the adjustment
of the Near Kcst troubles. We are
not going to get Into any of the For
eign wars according to a pronounce
mont, which came from the White
House.
TARIFF BILL
FINALLY A LAW
Washington. Sept. 21.—President
Harding signed the Tariff bill today.
This will mako t'ie new scale of du
ties applicable at midnight, tonight.
COXGRKSS MAY
ADJOI RN TOMORROW
Washington. Sept. 21.—The pros
pects are that Congress will adjourn
on Friday, of this week.
BOOZE PARTY EARLY'
MORNING >!." KKS TROIBI.E
There was some excitement last
Saturday morning about 5:30 o'
clock in the business section of .Ju
neau. A couple from Seattle, regis
tered at the Alaskan hotel, had been
out with a booze party, ending lip
in a room at the notel. The hus
band rushed madly up the strne; to
another hotel and rranticully de
manded of telephone "central' that
she get him at once a sheriff, mar
shal or police. He then explained
thai his wife had been lougnly man
handled and $ 1.10C taken from her.
He himself beat it In fear nf simi
lar treatment. The.i he got fright
ened lest his pursuers seek him and
asked to be given <t room where he|
could hide. Shortly after that a
young man named Gene unpeared in
flushed and wild form and started a
hunt for the hidden man. He failed
to find him and then returned to the
Alaskan, whore he had Jim drivf:
him around a few blocks In Miller's
car. again returning to his hotel.
Soon Deputy Marshal Hardy and
Guard Flanagan appeared and the
hiddeu husband tu.'ned up to tell
his tale of woe. The three then start
ed for the AlaskaL but their ap
proach was seen and despite their
calls Gene and Jim sped away in
the machine. Just then Miller's other
car appeared and the officers and
husband boarded it and ordered the
other car to stop, but to no avail. It
was trailed along water front and
then out Willoughby avenue, where
the first car skidded and soon be
came considerable if a wreck. The
occupants were taken back to the
Alaskan hotel and to the woman's
room, where Officer Tibbitts had al
so found his way. Later in the day
it was reported that tlie money had
been recovered, that Gene was held
before the Commisuioner for having
part of a bottle of booze on his hip,
j and that Jim is likely to lose his li
cense as a driver on Monday. Just
who paid the several hundred dol
lars necessary to put the Miller car
in good repair is not yet divulged.
All admit, however, that It was some
wild booze party.
SILK MERCHANT
CREATES SENSATION
Seattle, Sept 20.—Johnson, one
of the leading silk merchants in this
city, stirred things up in the circle
in which lie moves by disappearing.
When he did not appear in his accus
tomed haunts, search was made for
him, and among other things his
safely deposit box wag opened. It
was learned that he had taken twelve
thousand dollars from the box, but
mystified the searching party by leav
ing twenty thousand dollars still in
the box. This was yesterday, but to
day Johnson reports to the police,
but refuses to make any explanation
of his doings.
MILLION BOXES
APPLES ABROAD
GROWERS OF WASHINGTON AR
RANGE WITH STEAMSHIPS
TO MOVE BIG CROP.
Seattle, Sept. 21.—Agreements
have been made between the apple
growers and the port of Seattle
whereby one million boxes of this
years' crop of apples will move to
American and foreign markets by
steamers. Of the 1921 crops 375.
000 boxes were shipped by boat and
in 1919 only 2.000 boxes were han
dled over the Seattle docks. The
Washington state production of ap
ples this year will be only a little
less than last year when approxi
mately a third of the commercial ap-j
pies of the United States wore g-<wnj
in this state.
A surprising development In the
apple industry is tl.e rapid increase
in the movement of this fruit on re
frigerated boats. Until the last few
years all the apples, peaches, straw
berries and other fruits sent to the
outside markets moved on trains.
In 1920 experimental shipments to
Atlantic and European ports showed
feasibility and economies of ship
ping fruit by rail to Seattle and then
boats to the great consuming centers
of the Atlantic seaboard and Europe.
Shipments arrived in the United
Kingdom purchased a million and a
half barrels of American apples in
1921, In such excellent shape that
the bulk of the fruit moving from
the Pacific Northwest to Continental
Europe will go by boats from North
Pacific ports. This year the apple
crop In Europe will be short, and
Washington growers expect to ship
300.000 boxes from this port to Eng
land.
Last year when the railroads were
hard pressed to furnish refrigerated
space for the movement of 32,541
carloads of Washington apples, the
growers took advantage of the pub
lic cold storage space, enough for
20,000 tons here, and this year have|
contracted to ship at least threej
times as much through the local yub-j
lie terminals. Recently an intercoas-j
tel steamship with refrigeration left'
for the Atlantic seaboard with ap
ples. pears and peaches, loganber
ries and strawberries packed in sug
ar. reindeer meat from Alaska, fro
zen fish, eggs and poultry. En route
south the vessel picked up Califor
nia citrus fruits and other perish-:
able products from the Golden State.'
Formerly all this tonnage moved to
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
other centers by train.
Chinese are gradually learning to
eat American apples and last year
imported 4,500 barrels, while the
Philippines took 11,026 barrels. The
government's fast express service In
the Far East has resulted in several
tons of lettuce, celery and vegetables
going forward on every boat and the
American garden produce Is eag erly
bought up despite transportation ex
penses.
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Constantinople, Sept. 21.—Great iiritain is standing pat on her position
that Kemal Pasha shall not pass the Straits to make war in Thrace. That
does not mean that she is not ready to be reasonable, nor, does It mean that
she Is doing nothing. In fart, business is brisker than it has been for a long
time In Constantinople. All last night the hurry-up order for troops, muni
tions, cannon and flyers, and all the other implements of modern warfarq
are being rushed to the eust side of the Straits. Kemal Pasha will run ur
against a new foe, different from the Greeks, a foe, who will not readily or
quickly fall back on Ills lines, if Kemal attacks the lines now forming. Rein
forcements are going up from all the garrisons In Constanople and the rail
way stations were crowded as the wives of the British officers and scores of
nther pers°ns took their departure for the probable war zone.
General Harrington, the commander of the Near East forces of the
liritish army, today served notice on Mustapha Kemal that any advance into
the inter-allied territory would be considered an act of war, but in spite of
this order and warning, the Turkis'. commander Is bringing up his artillery,
and his cavalry and is making every effort for the attack. While Britain is
mobilizing every available warship, man, horse, auto-cannon, and rifle with
in reach of the troubled zone. If the Turks fail to heed the warning, Brit
ain will be able with her ships and guns to deal a terrible blow to the on
coming Turks. The blow will come from land and sea and air.. But the wily
Turk may be making a big bluff to see just how far he can go without actu
ally making an attack He, however, is just fresh from a signal victory
over the Greeks, and it may be that his confidence in Ills troops and equip
ment will lead him on to the attempt to break the neutral zone set by the
Allies about the Dardenelles.
ALASKA HOOTCH
SITUATION IMPROVED
Washington, Sept. 20.—The man
ufacture and sale of hootch in Alas
ka 1b a diminishing industry, accord
ing to a report received in this city
by the federal prohibition commis
sioner from J. B. Marshall, prohibi
tion director for Alaska. Marshall
reports having established harmoni
ous relations with the United States
deputy marshal at Ketchikan and
the Bureaus of Forestry and FIs" er
ics, both of which have patrol boats
in a concerted effort to prevent the
smuggling of liquor from British
Columbia.
Constantinople. Sept. 21.—The
Nationalist representative In this
city, Hamid Bey, declared that the
Turkish army would declare war on
the British it the British attempted
to interfere with the movement of
Turkish troops across the Straits to
Thrace.
Smyrna, Sept. 20.—The American
and British Insurance experts in fig
uring up the losses which will be
sustained in the >'ire and property
loss in this city of Smyrna estimate
it at 150 million dollars, with forty
per cent of this covered by insur
ance.
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