NO. 11 TWENTY-FIFTH TEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25,
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GOVERNOR'S OFT
TRICE TEN CENTH
LIIILE NATIVE BOY
KILLS NIS BABY SISTER
About six o'clock lust evening a
little boy. soil of Sam- Andrews, a
Native who lives <n tenth avenue,
killed his baby sister by striking her
ou the head with a 60-penny spike.
Deputy Marshal Kindell was in
formed of the death of the child and
at once made an investigation.
The mother stated that she was
working with her back turned to
wards her children when the little
boy got the spike and struck the
fatal blow. A dot tor was at once
INK VOW X SOLIMKR
REPRESENTS VICTIMS OF
KOMA DISASTER
Newport News. Feb. 25.—An ua
r.an:ed soldier from among the dead
iii the Itoma disaster was selected
..i representative of all the victims
that gave their lives for burial.
The funeral was held here today
and was attended by au Immense
throng.
PROMINENT NOBLEMAN
DIES IN LONDON ;
I.nndnn. Feb. 24.—Viscount Har
cnurt tiled here to Jay.
Viscount Harciurt hag been a
prominent tigure tu the politics of
t reat Britain for a number of years
a::d has held high uflices.
TWO PREMIERS WILL MEET
Tl> l>!si 1 SS taKNOA TREATIES
London. Feb. 24.—Premier Lloyd
George will meet Premier Poincalre
of Prance at Boulogne or Calias for
tneir d.scussion of the questions re
lating 'lie Genoi conference and
t; • j iposed Anglo-French pact.
The time for the meeting of these
two eminent statesmen has not been
announced.
ADMIRAL LINE MAV GET
S. S. GREAT NORTHERN
Washington. Feb. 24.—Secretary
l'enoy has ordered that the S. S.
irn erty the Great North
ern. be restored to the merchant
marine.
1 e ve.-isel will probably be sold
t ■ r •? Pacific Steamship company to
bi placed on the Seattle-San Fran
cisco run.
NOTED DIPLOMATS TO MEET
l\ SECRET CONFERENCE
Paris. Feb 25.—Premier Poln
oaire left Paris for Bologoe today,
where he will have a secret confer
ence with Premier Lloyd George of
England.
Tue meeting of these statesmen
will take place cn some channel
coast town which has not been made
public.
Stib*cr!be for the Dally Alaakao
called, but the child had been dead
for some time when he arrived.
The baby was about three months
old and the boy between two and
three years old.
Upon investigation U. S. Commis
sioner J. J. F. Ward decided that an
inquest was not necessary as the j
case was plainly one of accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are among j
the most respected Natives living in I
Skagway and have the sympathy of
many friends.
SEAL SKIX CATCH FOR
Itnil ON I'RIBILOFF
ISLAM) IS HEAVY
Seattle. Feb. 2*—The sealskins!
that were taken from Pribiloff is-j
land during the season of 1921 to-!
taled 23.671.
This is the actus 1 unmber us re-1
ported by the bureau of fisheries and I
received here toda/.
FATHER GALLANT IN Jl'NEAU |
MONAHAN WILL BE HERE'
Father Edward Gallant cables j
from Juneau that as Father Roccati
is ill and in the hospital he will re- i
main in Juneau over Sunday and
conduct services there.
Father Monahan. chaplain at Fori J
Seward, will hold services in St. I
Mark's church here on Sunday, at
10:30 in the morring.
WANTS MONEY FOR
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE
Washington, Feh. 24.—The post-1
m'.ster general. Will Hays, has ask-!
ed for an appropriation of two mil- i
lion dollars for ail aiail service.
Hays contends that the air mail
service can be mado a complete sue-1
cess.
XOiED CRI.I'V \L I.WVVKi:
DIK* IS LOS A\<.EI.rS!
Los Angeles, Fel. 2-1.—Earl ltofe-!
ers. the noted criminal lawyer, pass-'
ed away yesterday.
Rogers was one of the McNamara.
Brothers' attorneys ten years ago
when on trial for the bombing of [
the Los Angeles Times building.
IRISH SIGNERS
OF PEACE PACT INVITED
TO COME TO LON DON
London, Feb. 24.—The govern
ment has invited t'..e Irish signator-!
ies to rhe Anglo-Iri*h treaty to come!
to Lc don for an »arly conference
on the whole situation.
Secretary of the Colonies Church
ill made this statement in the house
of commons late yesterday.
THE RESULT OF SYSTEM
MR. MAX OF FORTY, HAVE YOC SAVED $8,000?
Suppose, at the age of ten, you had put $1.00 each week in a Sav
ings Account drawing 4% interest, until you were twenty. From
twenty to thirty you saved $5.00 each week and from thirty to
forty you saved $8.00 each week. You could answer YES to this
question. '
It is never too late to start on the right road. Begin now by sav
ing a few dollars each week. Ag time goes on you will be sur
prised to find yourself watching with pleasure the grownth of
your bank account.
Bfflimlk off Mask®
SKACWAY, ALASKA
RESOLUTION
10 RECALL
COL HUREI
Washington. Feb. 24.—A resolu
tion designed for the recall of Col
onel Harvey, ambassador to Great
Britain, was introd.jced yesterday in
the house.
Representative Ryan of New York
Introduced the measure.
Ryan is a Republican.
ORMKK MAYOR SKAGWAY
I)IKS IX TACOMA
I.uke McGrath, 74, living at 2714
No. I'niou. died Friday at a local
hospital. He is survived by his
widow, Julia McG'ath; two sons.,
James K. McGrath of Los Angeles,
and John H. McGrath of Seattle, and
one daughter, Catherine E. Van
Keuren of Seattle. The body Is at.
Buckley King's.
The above, taken from a Seattle
paper, refers to our once fellow j
townsman. Mr. McGrath lived lu i
Skagway for a number of years, hav
ing been head blacksmith at the W. I
P. & Y. R. shops.
During his residence In Skagway |
Mr. McGrath served several terms!
on the cltv council and was mayor i
for one term.
PRINCE OF WALES TARTY
FIRED U*ON IX INDIA
London. Feb. 25—A Puttllln cor
respondent of the London Times re
ported today thtt the Prince of
Wales' party was fired upon while
they were motoring from Delhi to
Puttilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard O'Loane j
were arrivals on the train last night
from Vhitehorse. Mr. O'Loane is |
manager for the Taylor & Drury I
store at Mayo and left there on the J
ninth of the month coming to Min-j
to on Yukon by d'<g team and the]
balance of the trip to Whitehorse \
by mail stage.
The weather on the first part of |
the trip was most severe, as it was
thirty-six below on the day of start- j
ing and for the next three days j
grew colder until on the morning of j
the fourth day the mercury regis
tered sixty-nine below zero. But at
that, neither Mr. O'Loane or his
wife suffered much discomfort
Mr. O'Loane is enthusiastic over
the new camp and says that every
new development fhows better and ]
that everyone there is more than I
satisfied with the results. Mining |
for shipment will cease about the j
fifteenth of March and then the big |
companies will turn their attention j
to development. The great need for j
the camp, of course, is transporta-1
tion and the mining operators know j
that they will havi to show a ton- j
nuge sufficient for the building of a(
railroad into Mavc.
Mr. O' Loane wi!l meet Mr. Isaac I
Taylor in Vancouver and they will I
order their gods tor the season's
business. Tiieir first order will con- j
sist of about six .tundred tons of |
merchandise. Mr. O'Loane reports j
that the saw mill In Mayo will cut |
about one and a Lalf million feet!
of lumber this year and much build-!
ing Is contemplated.
The stores are all about sold out
and merchandise is being shipped in j
by team and dog sled.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Loane were guests!
of the fiolden North while in Skag- i
it; and left on the Queen for the I
south. They will return in about !
a month and go back over the trail, j
POLICE ABE KEPI GUESSING j
o» nmn im gasei
Los Angeles, Feb. 24.—Mabel
S'ormand the movij actress is crit-;
cully 111 with Influeuza.
Miss Normand has been a wreck ,
?ver since the murder of William 1
Desmond Taylor, the film director j
Miss Normand was the last person j
[o see Taylor alive excepting his
Murderers.
Field's Story Partly Confirmed I
Detroit, Feb. 24.—Confirmation In
jart of the sensational story told by
.■haffeur Fields yesterday relative to
Lhe murder of William Desmond
ravlor, the film director of Ljs An
geles, was reported to the lo 'al au
:horlties by the Los Angele* police.
Story Said to Sound Plausible
Detrlot, Feb 24.—Fresh details
EGYPTIAN' SITUATION
A SKCONI) 1RI.I AND
London, Feb. 24.—The Egyptian
situatiou is proving a second lre
lard. Thirtfce:i m!!liO:» population,
irosily Mohamwwdans, ar-j demand
'a,' independent ana upr,sings are
be^r.k fomentel «">nu iuo isiy
Ihb authorltMs are kept in con
sent state of ac'i'my and are pre
panng to quell up'isiiigs.
ItAWSON OF IOWA
SWORN AS SENATOR
Washington. Feb. 24.—Charles A.
Rawson was today sworn in as sen
ator from Iowa.
Senator Rawson takes the seat
left by Senator Kei yon, who resign
ed to return to the U. S. district
court bench.
ICE CREAM IS A FOOD
Keller Brothers are serving their
Superb Summer Ice Cream.
of the conspiracy which brought J
about the murder of William Des- j
mond Taylor, as given out by Fields, j
the chaffeur, were declared by sher
iff Ct>ffln to be very plausible.
Fields hus stated that be will tell j
all he knows.
Confession Later S*i<l to Be Bogus •
Los Angeles, Seb. 25.—Excite- •
ment resulting fro.n the confession
of Chaffeur Fields In Detroit aa to r
certain alleged details concerning!
the murder of William Desmond j
Taylor, Is subsiding today, with the
outspoken expressions by the offl- j
clals of their disbelief of Field's
statements which they declare they
have been unable to substantiate.
It is stated that not one of Field's i.
allegations can be corroborated. ['
CLIFFORD WOOD WILL BK
HERK NEXT WEEK
Clifford Wood, who is making Al-.
aska towns in the interest of the i
government relatUe to the Veter-1
ans" War Risk Insurance, sends
word up frotri Juneau that he will
visit Skagwav next week. He will
come up on the Cstebeth and re
main over a few days.
ARMS BEING SMUGGLED
I
INTO PALESTINE |
Haifa, Palestine, Feb. 24.—It was ;
d.sclosed today thai a great quan
tity of arms and amunitlon is being |
smuggled into Palestine in boxes |
supposed to contain bee hives.
The authorities are fearful that |
there will be an outbreak between j
the Jews and Arabs.
LOST:—Large Bar Brooch set with]
amethysts. Finder please return to;
Puilen House and receive reward. It
ALASKA SOON 10 H
GREAT WIRELESS SERVICE
San Francisro. Teh. 24.—The es
tablishment of the several wireless
stations in the Ar-tic circl^ region
of Alaska is a job Vhat has Iwen as
signed to Captain C. S Burkhard of
the U. S. Signal corps.
Captain Burkhard arived at the
Presidio today from the east and
is under orders to organize and ob
tain equipment for a group of radio
officers and experts and to establish
l/XIVERSAL SCFFRAUE
FOB MKX HAS ANOTHER
BATTLE IX TOKlO
Toklo, Teh. 24.—Disorders have
broken out again in Tokio.
Last night over a hundred men
were beaten up by the pol.ce.
A demonstration for the exten
sion of suffrage to all men was in
progress when the police raided the
crowd and dispersed it after club
bing a number of them Into insen
sibility and arresting many others.
WILL VOTK ON" TREATY
AT TOMORROW'S SESSION
Washington. Feb. 24.—A modified
blanket reservation four power Pa
cific treaty which Is satisfactory to
President Harding and a majority
of the members ol the senate for
e gn relations committee, was de
bated by that comn.lttee today.
An agreement was reached that
the vote on tte treaty itself and all
proposed reservations will be taken
at tomorrow's session.
TEX RICHARD HAS
TWO MORE INDICTMENTS
New York, Feb. 24.—Two more
indictments against Tex Rickard
were returned yesterday by the
grand Jury.
These Indictments charge Rickard
with abducting two girls, one eleven
years of age and the other fourteen
A dollar a month will bring the
Al&akan to vour door
or improve the radio stations of Al
aska.
Tlie stations "*111 he placed at
F.agle, Circ'e. Fori Yukon. Fair
banks, L:vingood. Fort Gibbon.
Noorvik. Nome. Kotlik. Saint Mi
chael. Holy Cross. Iditarod, Mc
Grath. Nulato. Wrangell and Craig.
Some of these ytations already
have some equipment. but it is the
intention to bring them all up to a
high slate of etiicicjcy.
WAYS AM) ME.V>S
sril-COMMITTl'.K VOTES
AciAIXST SALES TAX
Washington, Feb 21.—fly i vu:e
of five to three thr- house wavs and
means republicat- suo-comniitiee
voted against the sales tax as a
means of rais.ng the soldier bonus
funds.
The sub-committee members de
cided to report the jutcome of tiu.tr
voting to tiie full republican mem
bership later on todty and it Is hell
likely that the full group would con
cur.
The pro-sales .men said thnt
the matter would probablj have to
go hack to President llaiding.
TAET SAYS ('OfNTHY
HAS KVol't.H l.AWYKRS
Washington. Feb. 2 4 Ex-Presi
dent Will.am Howard Taft, in an
address to the national conference
of the bar associations, expressed
the opinion that this country has all
the lawyers it needs.
Mr. Taft also asserted that appli
cants for law cou.ses should have
had two years of college and then
take a three years' course in law
school.
The p' "b.
I'd Ilk* 10 live n .*■='!"» E-iv.d
Y,-l I'd tempted '<> relink*
T. r m»n wl • U —I lo call "n* "Pukfc
A Tcuclvng Business.
Knss—Has Short * mm hematics!
turn oi" mind?
Kr.iss—Yes. He is nl«-ny* flpurng
on why to 1hiit<i» from next.—Sew
York Sin
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