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8KAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, lUS
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOOZE BANNED FROM ALL SHIPS IN AM. WATERS
II11IWD1 in GAME; SMItS. M 4-3
IfEIMEMTH OF l ID
iENDIHEIII HSiED DDK
EI DEHIEBI Df JDSIISE
Washington. Oct. 7.—The recent
interpretation of the ISth amend
: lent. wh > was handed down yes
terday afternoon by the Department
of Justice, has put a new phase on
prohibition as t effects shipping cir
cles. In 'he recent decision, all ves
sels whether American of Foreign
owaec! -;re prohibited from havinu
ijuor nil board in American terri
tor.al waters. And further the trans
port at ion and sale of intoxicants on
American craft \vUert«-er operated
was held to he Inhibited. T e Presi
dent has issued orders placing the
rulit:g in efiect. with the arrival of
any American vessel of the govern
ment or of private ownership In
port. Foreign owners tv II take the
case to the Supreme Cvi'irt The rul
ing applies to the Philippines. Alas
ka and Hawaii.
\ i:\izki.os to
MKKT POIMAIKK
Paris. Oct. 6.—Former Premier
Vf.-'Uelns n( Ureece has as feed Pre
ni i-r Poiacaire of Trance to receive
him . he w shes to confer with him
on tlreck arfairs. t'oiacaire has ap
poin'eti today for the meeting.
t VIUNKT HKKTlXCi
HKLI) AT MIDNIGHT
I.ondon. Oct B.—A midnight cab
inet meeting is indicative of tlie con
d : o:i of things in the N'ear Kast.
X. ^ from Constantinople and the
Arini:v»- conference are less fuvor
S. S. VICTORIA OX
1.AST TRIP NORTH
Tht> S. < Victoria of the Alaska
on :er last voyage of the season.
She carried thirty-five passengers
(.1 \IIOAT TO \11>
(ittVKRXMKXT FORCKS
Vera Cruz, Jl«„ Oct. 6.—The pun
bnat Zara- >za has sailed for Tuxpam
with soldiers to reinforce the
federal military* force in that place.
Tuxpam is in the oil region where
a renewal of the rebel activities is
reported.
I Vl jlnl.lt IJ.\Z.\.\R TO DE HKI.I)
At a meeting of the Ladles' Altar
Society held at the St. Marks" Rec
tory last night. it was decided to
hold a Bazaar on Saturday, October
twenty-first. Plans and programme
will be announced later.
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S' ttle. Oct. 7.—Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Davis, will make
ington. during the coming political
1 L.WMKS, \1,T.\U SOC1KTY
KLKtTS Ni:V» OFKICHKS
tar Scw ety held last evening, the
.
the dinting year. lira. Victor L.
Sparks, president, Mrs. P. S. Mur
McCann. seerotary-trensurer. All
these !.id os are very well known aiul
have been faithful w oikers for St.
Mark's for many year: .md we look
forward for a very prosperous year
for the Ladies" Altar Society.
AMI'NDSEX TO M vKK
H.KiHT IX SPRIX(i
Seattle. Oct. " —Capt. Jo n Rito
Innd of the schooner C. S. Moore
which arrived frotr the Arctic >iiys
that Amundsen told him that he will
next spring, starting off front 'Vain
right. He expects it will take fv m
ty-sevett hours to make the ti ght.
(iKKt'.K ST'iI*S
DESPATCH OF TKOOPS
< !re?k minister of 1 or»Igti A lairs in
formed Premier Point-are lust night
that he had sent Instruct ons to
(ireece to stop all further despatch
ing of Greek troops to Thrace.
CALIFORNIA KUnU! SKKKS
IUr<;HKHTY'S I.UPKACHMKXT
Los Angeles. Oct. 7.—The Calif
ornia State Federation of Labor is
following in the footsteps of its par
j ent organiaat on in pnssiug a reso
i lation seeking to obtain the im
I peaciiment of Attorney General
Haugherty.
Keep your spare change for Li
brary Tag Day. Purchase a tsg from
the one who salutes yon, then hid1:
it secure another one from the next
;.!1 and help one of the splendid
| icuses of the town.
Take An Inventory of Yourself
♦
What Have You Saved So Far
The wife and children—What can they look forward to if
you should o o? 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 lel't
to shift for themselves against odds?
THESE .USE Tliorcms FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION'
TOT CANT OEFORD TO PASS THEM BY.
Baimlk ©IT Kiaslkffl
SKACWAY, ALASKA
FOR 35 HUMS
San Diego, Ort. B.—Two lieuten
ants. Jo .n A. McKeady and Oakley
Kelly are to make the attempt of
an ocean to occan (light in a no
stop trip. The objective from San
Diego is New York, and they have a
gigantic monoplane T-2. with which
they hope to attain their goal.
San Diego, Oct. 7.—Lieutenants
Mclteady and Kelly have demon
strated the fact that the big mono
plane a which tliev started for New
York can actually fly there, barring
acc ileats. They alighted from their
II glu at five yesterday afternoon.
They had been In the air thirty-live
hours, eighteen minutes and thirty
seco: ds. The longest lime any plane
has performed such a feat.
San Diego. Cal., Oct. 6.—All avia-.
'ion endurance records are being'
!i: iici by Lieutenants MucReady
and Kelly. In the big monoplane. T-2.
At eleven o'clock this morning,
t'-e Lieutenants dropped a note on |
i: .kwoll field, stating that the mon
oplii' c was working perfectly and
mat they would remain in the air
until the gasol.ne and oil were ex
hausted. •
The time was nine hours and four
minutes. Maclteidy also holds the
orld's altitude record of ■I0.S00
San Diego. Cal., Oct. 6.—The ar
my riant monoplane, which was toI
lual.e the attempt for a no-stop]
fl • from s.ia Diego to New York,
struck a heavy rog while crossing j
t e mountains and returned here.
For the time being they have aban
.1 >ned the flight.
CRACK BRITISH Gl'ARIJS
MARCH INTO TI'RK C ITY
Constantinople. Oct. 6.—The tem
porary breakdown of the conference
.it Mudania has strained the situa
Uon In the Near East. It was the
occasion for the ordering by the
Mritis'i of the Grenadier Guards, the
cnu !. regiment of Britis!i soldiers,
inio the city. They tramped into
Constantinople yesterday so soon as
the break at the conference was re
ported. The Kemalist cavalry were
iiso approaching towards the form
er Turkish capital which lent addi
i onal reason for bringing up the reg
iment.
MI'IUXIA CONEERKNCE AWAITS
FRENCH AND BRITISH
London, Oct. C.—The Mudania
conference is not ended according to
in official announcement made at the
end of the cabinet meeting this
morning. It. however, is deadlocked
and cannot be resumed before the
British and French governments
have conferred over the situation.
Curzon. the British foreign secre
tary. will leave London immediate
ly for Paris to confer with Poincare.
FATAL FOREST I\ EAST CAN'ADA
Ottawa. Oct. 6.—Forest fires have
been raging for the past twenty-four
i:onrs in Northern Ontario and Que
bec. They have snuffed out many
lives and destroyed six towns.
Tl'RKS AGREE TO
SEM> REPRESENTATIA'ES
London, Oct G.—The Turkish N'a
tionaJist government at Angora has
) replied to the Allied note of Sept.
23 and has agreed to send repre
sentatives to negotiate a peace be
tween Turkey and Greece and the
Allies, and Turkey suggests that the
I conference meet Oct. 20th at Smyr
| na.
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Cincinnati. Oct. 6.—The United
Slates government lias tiled suit In
the United States district court of
Dayton, against the Dayton Airplane
company, seeking the recovery of
$2,40S,267 at 6 per cent, interest
from June 1919i The government
contends that this sum was fraudent
ly paid the company by government
officers.
GOVERNMENT REPLIES
Ti> AMERICAN BANKERS
Washington. Oct. 6.—The Amer
ican Bankers and other commercial
organizations have suggested to the
government the advisability of can
celling the all>d debts to the United
Slates. The government, in its re
ply, today indicated that it Is not
unwilling to have the issue of the
modification of the debts discussed
or even the possibility of cancella
tion publicly debated, but that it
also desired it to bo understood
that there is no thought In the mind
of the administration for a whole
sale debt cancellation.
SECOND \<»-G.\ME
RECEIPTS FOR CHARITY
New York. Oct. 6.—The disabled
soldier and the charities of the city
of New York are the richer by many
thousands of dollars as the result
of the no-game game of base ball
at the Polo Grounds yesterday.
Commissioner Landis announced
last night that the entire box re
ceipts of the day would he given to
the disabled soldiers and to the
charities of New York.
FRENCH PROTEST
ADDITION TO GREEKS
Paris, Oct. fi.—The French gov
ernment has Instructed its minister!
at Athens to protest against the j
Greek government's sending addi-|
tional reinforcements to- the Grwk ■
army in Thrace.
SIX MONTH'S RRIDE
Sl'ES HUSBAND
Seattle, Oct. 6.—Mrs. Odell, the
six month's bride has caused a war
rant to be issued for the arrest of
her husband. It seems, John has
been several times a convict, and
while living in the capacity of her
husband has robbed her of three
thousand dollars. Mrs. Odoll was
formerly Alice FriiSdlander and is
employed as a bank clerk.
GERMANY'S PRESSES
TI'RX Ol'T THE MONEY
Berlin, Oct. 6.—That money is be
coming plentiful in Germany is evi
denced by tlie fact that in one week
the German presses turned out twen
ty-six billions of paper marks.
NOTED CRIMINOLOGIST
FOR CROXKHITE TRIAL
Tacoma, Oct. 7.—Dr. Otto H.
Sci.ultze, the noted criminologist of
New York will arrive on Monday and
will give his time to the possible so
lution of Major Cronkhlte's death.
Mexicali. Oct. 7.—The men of the
29th battalion mutinied and desert
ed to the revolutionary forces un
der General Juan.
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Polo Grounds, N. Y.—Wednesday.
—The New York Giants bagged an
other game of the World's Series to
day when they beat the Yanks in a
three to nothing game. This gives the
'jiants two games to the Yanks'
nothing. Scott and Hoyt were the
twlrlers chosen at the start.
Polo Grounds, N. Y., Oct. 7.—The
Ml" DAM A CONFERENCE
HAS BEEN HALTED
Constantinople, Oct. 6.—The Brit
ish and Italian delegates to the Mu
dania conference have returned to
this city. The conferees have come
to a stop in their proceedings on the
question of the immediate evacua
tion of Constantinople. This latter
term is insisted upon by the Turks
as one of the first steps In the pro
ceedings. The Allied generals have
returned to this city to consult with
the High Commissioner.
GENERAL XIDER
HEAD OE GREEK ARMY
Athens, Oct. 6.—General Nider
haa been appointed commander-in
chief of the Greek army. The gov
ernment hopes to increase the army
by new recruits.
KILLS HIMSELF BECAUSE
FAILURE IX BUSINESS
Seattle. Oct. 6.—Charles H. Pow
ers, an insurance man of this city,
who is prominent in fraternal circles
committed suicide. He drowned him
self, but before doing so, left a
note In which he gave as the reason
for taking his life, "I've been a fail
ure In business."
Giants kept up their winning streak
and in today's game worsted the
Yanks by a score of 4 to 3. But a
single game now stands between
them and the world's championship,
and this will make the second tro
phy they have won in two consecu
tive years, if they win the game to
morrow. McQuillan and Mays were
the pitchers in today's battle.
FOREST FIRE
TAKES HUNDRED TOLL
Ottawa, Oct. 6.—The firest Are,
which raged here has taken a toll of
at least a hundred lives. The great
est loss of life was in Haileybury,
Ontario, where fifty people were
crowded off tbe dock and were
drowned. They were attempting to
board a rescue crart. Several more
were trampled to death, and scores
were injured in a church panic.
PRESIDENT HAS MEMBERS
OF COMMISSION
Washington, Oct. 6.—President
Harding has completed the selection
of the seven members of the fact
finding commission which was cre
ated by the last Congress. The
commission is to investigate the Na
tional coal industry with a view to
suggesting means for the betterment
of the operation of mining coal and
for the elimination of strikes.
ASST. IT. S. ATTORNEY
DIES FROM Al'TO ACCIDENT
San Francisco, Oct. 6.—Robert H.
McCormick, the assistant United
States attorney for Northern Califor
nia. died today as the result of an
auto accident last night.
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