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VOL. 135 TWENTY-FOURTH TEAR.
SKAGWAT, ALASKA TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1921
rniCE TEX CENTS
CONFERENCE PROGRESS
NOW 1IMBUE FORM
KATO INSTRUCTED TO
SU;\ NEW ALLIANCE
Washington. Dec. 12.—Baron
Kato announced yesterday that he
had received instructions from his
government to sign the agreement
between Japan. Great Britain.
France and the I'nited States In
place of tiie old alliance of Japan
and Great Britain.
KltANCE JOINS ALLIANCE
WITHOUT RESERVATION
Washington. Dec. 12.—Viviani,
the leader of the 1 reach delegation
at the conference, said that the
French adhered to the alliance
without reservation.
.\\GI.O-JAI» ALLIANCE
PASSED AWAY
Washington. Dec. 12.—The Anglo
Japanese alliance, which has been
regarded with apprehension for
some time by the American people
passed into hisfroy Saturday. The
spokesman of the American people
spokesmen of both nations at the
conference accepted the four-power
agreement in its stead, and it is ex
pected t;i «t this latter will preserve
peace in the I'acihc. The United
State;- ind France are the new part
ies in the alliance, whose outlines
were given to the conference.
Washington, Dec. 13.—The new
quadruple treaty which is to affect
the affairs ot the Pacific has taken
the definite form of a signed
I agreement on the part of the pleni
potentiaries at the conference. This
instrument was formally signed by
these representatives of their re
spective governmerts. Great Britain.
France. Japan and *he Cnited Stales
, today. This was done in the office
! of the chairman of the conference., j
Mr. Hughes. There was no formal
I ceremony in connection with the af
| fair, and there were none present
except the plenipotentiaries, their I
secretaries and their advisors. The
treaty will be sent to the Senate at j
once. Tokio's reply on the ques-1
tion of the radio treaty has been I
received but the nature of the in
structions have not been made pub
lic.
I»KSI»ATCH TKK.ATY TO
THK1K (iOVKRXMKNTS
Washington. Dec. 13.—The for
eign delegations at the Washing.on
conference have despatched the Pa
cific treaty this af;ernoon to their
respective governments for ratifica
tion.
In the treaty the L'nited States
agrees to the admir..stration by Jap
an of the mandated islands north
of the equator under certain speci
fied conditions.
PRESIDENT ATTENDS
GRIDIRON* DINNER
Washington. Dec. 12.—President
Harding, his cabinet and the dele
gates tu the conference attended the
gridiron club dinner on Saturday
night. All were brought within the
range of a barrage laid down by the
Journalistic heavy guns.
>YOEI,D FAMED VOLCANO
IN THE LIMELIGHT
Mexico City. Dec. 12—The great
■volcano, popocatepel, one of the
most noted volcanoes in the world,
burst into violent eruption yester
day afternoon. A column of smoke
and ashes was thrown into the air
to a height of 2,500 feet above the
mountain summit. The volcano is
still in eruption.
HOOVER FOR Kl'RTHER
REORGANIZATION
Washington, Dec. 13.—Secretary
Hoover of the department of com
merce In his annual report to the
President, tells the President that
the department of commerce needs
still further drastic reorganization.
BOAIVDIXG HOCSE B CRN'S
EIGHT LOSE THEIR LIVES
Detriot, Doc. 13.—Eight people
lost their lives In the conflagration
which destroyed a boarding house in
this clt7.
Yap Terms
Given to
the Public
Washington. Dec. 12.—The con
trorersy between Japan and the
United States over the Yap Island
question has beeu settled, according
to an announcement by Secretary of
State Hughes.
Washington. Dec. 13.—The terms
on which the dispute with refer
ence to the Island of Yap has been
settled are now made public. Ac
cording to announcement made last
evening, the United States and Jap
an will have equal rights in the is
land with regard to the wireless
and cable station.
JURY DISAGREES
IX GARDNER CASE
Phoenix. Dec. 12.—The trial of
Roy Gardner on the charge of rob
< blng a mail car has resulted in a
disagreement of the jury. The jury
was dismissed.
BRITISH OPPOSE
INCREASE OP NAVY
Washington. Dec. 13.—It is un
derstood in official circles that the
British delegates will oppose any
upward allotment of naval strength
to France and Italj.
ar » -r^ give the boy a chance
Open an account for him in his own name; teach him to be
systematic in his business affairs. The knowledge he will ac
quire by banking here now will relieve him of a great deal of eni
barrasment later In life.
Do not let it be said that his parents did not teach him when
he was young
"We shall be glad to furnish him with a bank book and
check book free.
Next to the Bible, a bank book is the second book in Import
ance.
Let us teach him that fact.
Barak off Rlaslka
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
IB KILLS
1
Jackson, Ky., Dec. 12.—A mob
stormed the jail in Breathitt county
In order to liberate two murderers
who had been incarcerated. The
jailer, Albert Allen, deputy jailer,
Robert Allen, and the wife of the
latter were killed in the resistance
they offered to the Jicb.
MIRDKRKR ESCAI'KS
FROM <; I" A It I »KI» PRISON
Chicago, Dec. 12—Tommy O'Con
uor, sentenced in this city to be
hanged on Thursday next, escaped
from the jail by fighting his way
past half a dozen guards, most of
whom he had beaten into uncon
sciousness.
I'RKSIDKXT MAKKS
RKCOMMKM>.\TH>NS
Washington, Dec. 13.—President
Harding has nominated George \V
Upton of Ohio as a member of the
Federal Trade commission. In the
army he has recommended Hriga
dier-Generals Harry Foote Hodges
and Omar Bundv to he major-gen
erals. and Colonels Benjamin An
drews Poore and George Vanhorne
Mosley to be brigadier-generals.
FIVE l»RO\V.\ED WHEN" At TO
( HASHES THIir (.ATE
Aberdeen. Dec. 10.—John N'v
lander and four loggers who were
riding with him were drowned in
the Chehalis river. Nylander, who
was driving the machine, either
failed to see the drawbridge gate
or was unable to control his ma
chine. The machine crashed thru
the bridge into the river. All were
drowned.
SOX OF WK KEltSHAM
IS IMPRISONED
I.os Angeles. Dec. 13.—Fred
Wickersbam. the sen of former at
torney General Wiciersham. was im
prisoned in this city today for run
ning down a pedestrian with an au
to.
PORT COMMISSION
Fvxns iu v noo/.K
Seattle. Dec. 12. — The Kins
County grand jury, in a report tiled
today, makes the charges that li
quors were bought with the Tort
Commission's funds, and that the
commissioners either had knowledge
of the fact or could readily have
discovered it.
TWENTY MOKE
DISTRICT Jl'IKiES
Washington, Dec. 12.—A bill pro
viding for twenty additional f.-deral
district judges passed the House on
Saturday night.
ESTKI5KTH WITH
TWO DAYS' MAI1.
The Estebeth reached port this
afternoon at 2 o'clock with two
days' States mail. ^She will leave
this evening at 11 o'clock.
Even so solemn a business as
finance has its funny Incidents. For
instance, there is-that report that
Mexico wants to borrow $2.0<K>,000.000
In the United States.
Canadian plants have been barred
from the United Stales on account of
a certain bug. Canada will not re
taliate by barring a United States
buit who thinks he can beat the races
Subscribe lor the Dally Alaskan
RECORD QINWE
Washington, Dec 10.—The most
severe earthquake which has occur
red in Tokio in Twenty years was
experienced in that city yesterday,
according to advices reaching the
Japanese embassy last night. The
reports state that no deaths have
occurred.
I'I,.\N CA\«'FIXATION
OF OKBT8 TO I". S. j
Washington. Dec. 13.—Many ol
ihe ablest correspondents in Wash
ington say that the arms conference
in that city will be followed within
ii e next six months by another con
. rence designed to bring about the
cancellation of the debts which
Kuropean nations owe the United
Man's.
I OKKST SERVICE ADDS
TWO BILLION TIMBER
Washington, Dec. 12.—The for
est service has issued a prospectus |
describing two billion feel of pulp,
wood in the Tor.g»as national for-j
. st. This amount of timber is to be j
disposed of on the basis of sale per
iod of thirty years.
French Roads
To Be Taken
By Government
Paris, Dec. 2.—France, in its new
railroad control law. makes the i
railroads a present of advances.;
past, present and to come in the;
next fl\e years.
These advances, however, are in
agreement with the railroads where
by they had to tratsport millions of
troops and millions of tons of sup
plies during the war at a rate bas
ed on pre-war conditions. The.
sponge is passed over all these!
transactions.
The new law, to which the rail
roads have informally agreed, needs ■
formal acceptance by the corpora-J
tions but it is expected to become j
effective early next year.
The government then will hare!
general supervision of the roads!
through an executive board that will j
control d.rectly freight charges so
that certain industries may be favor
ed if desirable.
The companies will have rein
forced credit and during five years
the government will pay the inter
est on 6,000,000,001' francs ot secur
ities the roads will issue to improve!
the lines.
A cooperative pool of profits is.
instituted by the law. Railroad!
earnings above a certain return to |
stockholders and above interest j
charges will be paid into a common
fund to he used to meet any de-l
licit by other lines. A company,
however, that shows greater than
normal efficiency in handling traffic
or other wise, may retain addition
al profits, determined by a sliding
scale.
There also is provision for labor
participation in the various con
trolling boards and opportunities for
profit-sharing.
YAKIMA RIVER OX A RAMPAGE
Ellensberg. Pec. 13.—The Yakima
river ts feeling the effects of the
recent heavy rains In this section of
the state. Normally the Yakama Is
a hundred and fifty feet wide; now
it is two miles across the river, large
sections of the lower river bottom
have been flooded.
Dr. L. S. Keller, who has been In
Whitehorse and Carcross since the
first of November, reached borne this
afternoon on the incoming train.
Entire Western Portion State of Wash
ington Hit. Thirteen Persons Dead.
Steam and Electric Trains Tied Up.
Seattle. Dec. 12.—Seattle exper
ienced the heaviest rains on record
within the last thirty-six hours.
Five inches of rain fell in that per
iod and rix people lost their lives as
a result of damages from the -ain
A slide in West Seattle buried the
home of Mrs. Adams and sh and
her two children were buried in the
ruins.
Rescuer?. BnrW By Second Slide
Seattle, Dec. 12.—'While the res
cuers were at work digging for the
bodies of Mrs. Adams and her child
ren, who were buried In the land
slide, which the hetvy rain occasion
ed, nine of the rescuers were burii-d
by a. second slide.
Several were badly Injured and
fonr were killed by a land slide at
Aberdeen. Traffic on the sieara and
eiectric railway lines In Western
Washington are tied up by reason
of the rain and slide on the lines.
Slide T«»ll Is Thirteen
Seattle, Dec. 13.—The flood and
slide total in Western Washington
has mounted op to thirteen, with
many injured. Fhe and one-quar
ter inches of rain fell in forty hours.
WOMEN" ASSAIL SHERIFFS
WITH SOFT BITTER
Pittsburg. Kan., Dec. 13.—Two
thousand women have taken up the
cause of Alexander Howatt, who is
incarcerated in jail for contempt of
court. Today these women storm
ed two coal mines and drove S5
working miners from the mines.
When the sheriffs Intervened the
women pelted the sheriffs with soft
butter.
SECY DEXBY IGNORES
ARMS CONFERENCE
Washington, Dec. 1".—Secretary
of the Navy Denby made his annual
report. In his report be announced
that no recommendation was mad'
at this time relative to the navai
establishment. A proposed future
policy is embodied in the Ampnran
proposal at the conference, but the
secretary of the navy omits any re
ference to it in his report.
Mrs. Bessie Dahline of CI ' »*,
came down on Sunday night to
spend a day or two in town to visit
friends and do a little shopping
returned to Clifton on the train ihu
morning.
RROOMMi:\ns REPEAL
SEC. 34. JOXES RU.I.
Wasliinrton. Doc. 12.—President
Harding, in a spcclal message to
congress on ' i c Merchant Marine
hill, will recommer.d the repeal of
section 34 of the Jones Act. Tbis
section of tve bill provides that low
er Import duties on tonnage carried
in American bottom*. The Presi
ded in his rnessape claims that sue';
a discrimination would require the
abrogation of the thirty-two com
mercial treaties.
tiiam: paper mii.i. to re
ST \RTEII l\ KARI.Y >PRIN«.
Jatie!:u —i~rr,eral Manager Jack
son of i i Ciastinpea company, re
hnmuiiv work will start on the
Thane paper Mill early next spring.
*o that It Is h'.™'d to hare the paper
J M*A\ *-1 N ' — «>RE
Tn«*nPS TO SIBERIA
Tokio. IVc 1- —It was announc
troops into Siberia.
THE WHITE PftSS I
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and WTutehorje
during the ^ mter Season.
For information regarding pa»engw and freight ratn apply to
H- Wheeler- General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash