SLAYER OF SEATTLE POLICE
GIVEN THE DEATH SENTENCE
Jan 2S—Th? trial of Smith
tfla b&nWit who kiiled three police
clfl.ers b°gan yesterday at nine o'
rlocr. Four women w>r on the ju
r•; At five o'clock In the afternoon
tha trial was ov^r and the Jury's
verdict returned. Th© verdict v. . ■;
cuil / and the death penalty was fi ^'
ed.
WOULD IKE DEATH SENTENCE
Oil* PENALTY m FIRST DEUE
OlrinPia Jan 2S—Senator \V. I.on
J-hnson has introduced a bill w;uk
lag «he d>"ath penalty the only op
JRHJStSS
PER CENT ii
u.
Washington Jan 2S—That the
ta»e be<*n coming into Hawai i
{large numbers is indicated t>>' the
last census repo-'t. Out of a to
tal population of 300,91- the Jars
coint 109.274. The rePort<d ia
crfcase of Japs for the pa&t ten
j©Ts is given as 33 Percent.
18
11.5.1328,861,123
Washington Jan 2S—The army ap
propriations bill was fram"4 to pro
vide a force of 150000 men. The
bill as renorted to the Hows*1 t
day carries an appropriation for
this force of $32S;861;12
}ijn for murder in the frit degre<'.
} nij would take from the judj-es
tl),> option of the deifcth penalty of
'.if.' 'mprisonrnfut.
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hUliiiii niiMiiii
Liip pniiiiTv
Hid U'Jbill!
Of FUNOb
J arion Jiin 2S—The treasurer of
Mariop county Harry Fomy li s
CJilf°s»td to t!'e rubtyjy ot the
co'-nty of $14,3i'3. lie bad roiwit
*•« tliat lie wus robbed by bandits.
H0 did no ti on(\ ss until lie w;vi
artested a::u charged1 with tli t .eft.
Effiil KILLS |
MOSl!
'J'acoma Jan 2S—Mi*s. Cora E.
Ca.tner Is dead and her son >Hw
Klying as » njyult of an eM>l
wbich demolished the CaBt:ier bom<
The cause of the e\l'U>tJoti is Uh
ku-~wn.
*3\\m "Reason
xo\\ii s\\oxA& \\&\jc a "ft .w.V
3^ccoxrt\^ Ya'vW\ \i&.
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checks can be duplicated without co*t.
CONVENIENCE—Paying bills by check is the -
easiest, simplest method of .paying them.
SYSTEM—You have a complete record of all
money received and spent, with accurate
dates and amounts.
We assure you Safety Convenience
and System
Bank of Alaska
SYRUPS
i
' AT LOWER PRICES
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple "2! pound tins § .70
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple 3 pound t;ns 1.23
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple 10 pound tins 2.33
Pure Maple Sap from Vermont 2' pound tins 1.13
Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian 2 pound tins .40
Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian 5 pound tins .73
i P. H. GANTY
•.ho article recently published In
tbs paper setting forth the a salt
ier that the Skagway Chrcross At
tln roLte to Fort Norman is the
n:ojt P recti call le on© at least for
wl iter travel is evidently tru0 a«
will bo shown by ih0 following dos
-riptiou of the route which lias
Li I'll pent to the Daily Alaskan from
Carcro.s where several persons who
dive i,'vii ov0r tlie route in
: tvi «ed for the Purpose °f getting
■ Irs information.
The route Ctircros* to Tngish Post
In wilts T.'gish I'ost to Hontalinqua
' j inl'e.* Hootallnqua river to Xfe t
lin ri'.er 29 miles this cut off s*v
i's -;evf rs»i days travel and Is Hkly
f he the only tri'll to be broken
fr m ipre.'osB to Summit .Nls'ulin
riv r o Ross river 35 miles up the
vos3 river to Ross lake 33 miles
nee over a chain of small lakes
t • Junction of p0lly and Roes rlv
• : a dist»t.re of 33 miles Junction
1 f !'• lh river UP the Ross river and
o-rr a flat l>afs of the summit 100
rt.ilcs hitti .g the Gravel rlv r I>own
t' e Gravel river to the MacKenxle
2 0 mil's down the .\|aiKeiizIe to
IrY't Norm: u 23 miles mailing a
ai-isnct of 311 miles from Circros*
I ' the oil li 1.1s compared with Oth
i i routes from 700 to 1400 uiilt^ s
l' Is Is tha only short safe winter
•" ut". Thru a timbered country
[ whore unlimited amount of game
U'\n be had. Tho entire rout0 Is
I ttuu low Passes lanes etc. MacKen
zie indians make the route each win i
| t :r from Foil Norman to the Ross
! riv«r post. This is the Preferred
| re.ate on account of the number of
icolins and posts in route- The
[lower riv^r route via Carmacks to
| Ross river which Is the object!'. (
point is some 125 miles farther.
Hie dlffereijce in the distance be
tween the Skagway AtUn route and
t'i,. ono via Edmonton and Fort Mc
M> --•av is given at from 700 to 140
iullejs and this should appeal to
the ProsP°Ctor or person Intending
to make thd triP.
\Yhen the general conditions of
tho tr&il are taken into considera
tion for instance the bountiful sup
plj of game which would go a long
w;-y towards th0 conservation of a
prosPeitor'i necessarily limited s'fP
Dly of food and the further ae^ur
at.co that there is ample wood tinh
orn the entire route with vast for
es.s fcr protection against intensely
inclement weather and tli© further
f.rt that th0 trail is on0 which
ha> been used by tho "native^ for
winy years tlie prosP0eU>r will do!
\iell to investigate tli0 Skagway At- •
lin route before starting out over
th, longer way via Fort ?.rcMurray :
t.> the n«w oil fields near Fort Nor- j
m. n. |
I'-.-rb Jan 2S—Th0 Allied supreme
council has rached a decision and
hi" cement on tlio question of the
total reparation to be demanded of
Germany. The sP^cial comniitfe
!.u - drifted the plan as follows.
Germany is to pay a total of 220
billion gold mark* iu forty two
a uuaJ installments. Under the
|)»a t'ie first two installments will
bt' for ovo billion marks each the
n' xt three payments will be three
billion each the next three 'oUr
li.-n e»ch t^e nest thi*u five bil
UfB ea<-"li tlie n^st 31 six billion
ea-.h.
Sin Francisco Jan 2S—Edgar the
'I t months old son of Mrs. H- E.
^olth ix widow was kidnarPed.
Washington Jan 29—Ther0 is a
growing Possibility that President,
"A'ilsoc will rt-l"ase D0bs the Social
ise as on^ of the cloising acts of
his term of office.
Paris Jan 29—Briand tho French
r-eiuiej proposes as a compromise
ui;saure in th° reparations confer
c.n-.e of Premiers that Germany b°
nude to pay a total of 368 billion
I . id a arks. This would keeP Ger
n-.Miy in debt for forty two years.
Washington Jan 2S—An agreement
bjtweea Ambassador Morrte and
embassador Shidehara of Japan has
treated a situation that is intoler
able according to Senator Johnson.
Tie plan will be resisted in every
lagitimate way by tho p«oPle of
California. a
YANKEES JAILED!
' FOB BUTTING II
ferlln Jau 2S—Six Americans ar"
in jail at Lborbach Germany. They
d'tw Grovcr Cleve-and Bergdoll the
draft dodgir of Phlla. at th0 rail- j
road station at Eberbneh and
promptly laid hand on liim evident- j
iy with intent to take liim to Am-|
eiica. Bergdoll was with his ger- j
mn cousin Iiobort Freude"sb< rg'r
and the two W'ere awaiting a train
when he was seized. Th° eix Am
tricans w^re seized by the polios
atd landed in jail their leader was
Franz Zimmer of Denver a civilian
and four other civilians. Berg
doll has made application for Ger
tri-.n citizenship.
Japanese Pact
Reached Shortly
*> asbington .Tan 2S—An understan
ing with Japan in the controversies j
tttween two countries particuu- j
arly ..with reference to Japanese:
rights in this country is exP<jcted to I
Do forthcoming within a few dayte. |
TO INVESTIGflTE I
KHH GOAL
V-ashtngton Jan 2S—The army aP- j
pr. priation bill carries a proviso
lor tht expenditure of $10000 for J
tn, investigation of tho feasabil-j
ity of building a connection between
the Nemc/—Sheldon system of com- j
I inunication with the coal deposits
' cf Kugarok river and tlio Cactio [
Or*elj and Kewalic mining dis-1
t' ct.
Washington Jan 28—O'Callahan j
the Lord Mayor of Cork has been,
ordered to leaya this country by ■
Ft:b 11. Secretary Wilson sent the
order to O'Callahan. Ho cinae to
tfc's country as a stowaway and has
been her© as a seaman.
JAPAN 10 PROTEST AGAINST
CONSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS
ToJtlo Jan 28—An American com
pany of capitalists bave made ar
rangements for construction ol a
portrful wireless station at Shajigba
The company -w^ll haye p|u)> station^
at Tlensln CheeKoo and Harbofn. It
li > nderstood that the Japanese gov
ernment will protest against the con
9tru*Uon of tiila station with its
brcnch according to the Nlchi Nic
hl. .
LEGION ORDERS ALIENS TO QUI!
AFTER DEFACING WILSON'S PICTURE
1.0(11 Chi. Jan 28—Samuel and
Jo'in Lockenmaler were called be
fore the meeting of the American
Legion and asked to answer the
cl'.'.rge of defacing the picture of
I'r«8ldent Wilson. They were order
ed to dispose of ttelr Property and
lekTe Lodl. Notice served oti
them by Major Garrison commander
ct the local poet. Samual was
nude to klas die American tlag.
WIFE OF SOUR
II
f
Seattle Jan 29—Mrjj. Moor® the
wl'a ol Al lloor® a well known
so i.rdough in the K.-uskokwim has in
licrlted a fortune ol three million
ia England. Moor© is a well known
Alaskan and it was for him that
Moore Cr°ek in the Kuskokwim oou*
try wa3 named. He was the part
ner of Charley Myers of Willow
Cr'ek. i ;. J
JAP EXCLUSION
bois pJan 28—A resolution in fav
or of the prohibition of Japanese
immigration into this country Paase
the lower Houfee of the legisla
ture.
IB
FACTS WOT
Washington Jan 28—The Stat-\
Department hxts ioquested Major
G^ner*1 Allen the commander of tlie
Anertian forces on the Rhine to
report the attempted capture of
OiOT®r Cl0reland Bergdoll In Ger
mtny and the Imprisonment of tha
A'/i^rlcanfl as a result of that at
tempt.
SOLD IK EAST
SeaiJe J*n 28—A train load of
caaned salmon will be shipped east
eerly thtg Week. Thlg la the first
jwhlch has been shipped gince the
railroads r-jturned to Private owner
»Mp.
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