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THE DAILY ALASKAN
KKAUWAY. ALASKA, .11 I.Y )), 1021. PRICE TEX CENTS
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Governor Bone
On Way Juneau
Seattle. July 7.—* "Alaska is a bus
iness proposition at.d I atti going to
MVe it I lit* best there is in me" said
ilowrnor I tone of Alaska.
Tiit* governor arrived from the
oast last night and when asked con
cerning flu* Cummins hill declared
<3 that tae hill or one closely akin to
it v\ !l be passed by Congress. t• i»v
U «ne belie . s li.al suc'i a measure
utll rehabilitate the territory.
(•ovefimr llone is anoitiputin-d by
bis wife, f»is daughter Margaret and:
his son lione and all are quests t»l" lliei
Kamer »lnh today.
The goveruot is fioing in Tacoma I
tomorravv and will make the trip on
11. K Alexander's )ac it, th»H
Aiiuille."
This afternoon the governor is the
truest of the Taconta Commercial j
4-luh.
It was announced (bat Carl Thieh' 1
will be the governor's sectelar>.
.Many motor trips and affairs ar«
arrattged l*»»r the .governor tiefme hi< i
departure for Alaska.
tJovernor Hone will leave here ot. ]
the City of Seattle on Saturday.
Seattle. July S.—Oivvernor Scott I
C Until' of Alaska, was tendered ati '
elaborate reception at lite Seattle |
i'ress Club last night.
lioveriior Hone met at the recep-•
tjoti many former Alaskans among;
Whom was tu Uevetvnd lleorge K j
Howard, rector of St. I'efers by ihe,
sea church a* Sitka, clov.-rnor Uonej
vveuiertuiued today at tl.e Seattle:
Chamber t»f Commerce at a luncheon, j
Tonight ihe Arctic club will give*
a smoker iu honor of the Alaskan
Tucotna. July 7 —Governor Hotic
of Alaska, in an address this after-j
noon the delegates to the I'::
mhv Coast Advertising ( Inl»s Assm i -!
ation to help him ill advertising Al
aska to til** nation.
Uov-rnor Hone said. ".My job is
now to make Alaska as it really i> .
known to t lie people.
Washington. July 9.—Alaska and
the State of U'asuittSton during I!i*
pa>t tisval year paid I mle Sam iti In
come and other federal taxes twenty
seven dollars and eighty cents tor
••very meml>er of tl.o population.
S. :<4tie. July Henry Terrllock.
a t»*utust**r. early this morning took
a shot at a rat that was unawtriu Iiis
hi'dpost.
Tiie shot missed the rat. hut de
livered at:d true!tired a hone in his
wife's leg.
The wound while sorion.*- is not I
cousid -r»*d dangerous
Washington. Jul;* I» It w.is an
nounced todav th«« two utmhoatsj
hav»« h»«*u sent to 'lampi.o guard I
ntain.-t possible double in uol oil
f.. Ids f nere.
henver. Colo., July it is snow- i
ins hard h«»re tonight after several
days of ftdd weather. The snow is
lying frot. t w11 to tnreo inches deep.
Seattle. Jul. f* Threatened with
tie* total loss of his sight W. Itob
itisnn. a well known retired mer
chant. committed suietd** today.
President Harding
Dines In Restaurant
Washington, July 7.—Unan
nounced, President Harding dropped
itilu a first class restaurant al noon
today and had his lunch.
Several senators with whom the
president was intimately associated
while a senator were present and
joined him in the luncheon.
Washington. July i.—President
larding tud'iy nominated Clrover 1.
..atlrop 10 he receiver of puhlic
money jt Sacramento. California.
Tiiis appointment was made at
il i' re.niesi of Senator Hiram Jolin
Uasliiugtoii. July 9.—Pres.dent
i aiding last night joined the Order
.)\ Improved Rednieu.
A la rite number of the mem hers
■ I 1:1 is patriotic organization were
present at llie initiation and much
eiithnsiasm was manifested.
Washington. July V.—Pres.dent
Hindu.i; ('••loinated the thirtieth an
mvr<ar> of his wedding day, by
urging tin? house leaders to speedily
pass the tariff hill.
Washington. July It.—Southern
.h-liiocrats are waging war on I'res
iiletil iiarditiK because of his ap
pointment lit negroes to olllce in the
■ mill and western senators are de-'
Handing niur patronage for their
.■tales. The claim is made tiiat the
ist is getting tiie lion's share of the
patronage.
Washington. July 7: — President
Hard tig has announced that he is j
.ipposed to the soldier's bonus hill
at this time.
t'• »littnbus. Ohio, July 9.—-Alexan
der UoA.it, head of the miner's I
titiioti was today sentenced to six|
months in jail for calling a strike |
,11 violation of a court order.
I.oiuiosi. July 9.—The British pro
posal of a four power conference on
[lie problems in the Pacific, have
neeu submitted to Ambassador Har- j
Washington, July 9.—Tax ficures
■i:ule public today show that the peo
p!e oi the 1'uited Slates are spend
■ tis; thirteen billions of dollars year
ly in luxuries.
Paris. July 9.—The government i
iias ordered the recall of the French
ic'-'al mission at Leipzig.
This has been done as a protest'
ma list the hypocracv of the Uer
i:a!i trials of war prisoners in that j
city.
It is claimed that all evidence is
made to suit the Herman authori
ties.
Ti.e llealv Kiver Coal Corpora
tion biuke ground for a new coal
nine at llealv and the occasion was
one of much moment to the busy
camp. The new coal seam which is
(o lie tftpped extends from the out
cropping on the river, between Sin
gleton's Pioneer hotel and the Alas
kan Kngineering commission offices,
and is seven feet thick. Tests show
the coal to be the best grade of lig
n.te thus far found in the Xenaua
coal llelds.
What's The Use?
That question is of ton put to u.s when we ask a man to
«»|m n an account. 4,I don't earn «*iic»iii^|i to have," he will say.
I.i t us tell you something. Kvery man who earns any
thing at all, earns enough lo open an account in this hank.
Most of (he hig fortunes have licen huilt on small l»o
ginning*.
Open a savings account with, one, live or ten dollars, and
ti en deposit that amount regular once a week or month.
Bank of Alaska
Runaway Leads to the Altar
Mi'Uiiir<l ni.i.rr WilJij ui .1. Laiuli oi I'.o.stnn rlut- « <1 .1 runaway horse for u
half mil**, awl when lie ouiiiln ii he nunle the miiiiniiitimee of its fair rider.
Miss <;<»rtrtii!o Mari»- <«alla, a weahh> Wisconsin girl. Mntmil aflVetion for
liors^s lot I to friendship. ami now oflieer Limih ami Miss (Sa'la are engaged
Spokane Arrives
Sunday Forenoon
(Spoelal in The Alaskan I
Juneau. July 0.—Tin- Spo
kane will leave here at 2:3i>
tl'.is afternoon, and "'ill make
stops at Do tilling. Thane ancl
Haines. The time of her arriv
al at Ska:;way is somewhat in
definite. On the last trip north
bound. tl.e Seattle made the
trip from Juneau to SkuKway in
ahoitt eighteen hours. This
si heiluie of running time would
bring the Spokane into SkaR
way Sunday mornini;. at S a. m.
IH POST \PPOINTI0l» TO SK.VViK
Hover, Dole., July 9.— Oeneral T.
Coleman I Mi pent was today appoint
ed l ulled States senator from Dela
ware by (iovernor Deutly.
Uuponi will succeed tlir late Sen
ator Walt-alt.
Cable Brevities
Lottdot), July 9.—Hostilities in
Ireland teased on .Monday noon un
der a truce term which wa sto have
been completed today and have been
signed.
The signatures to the pace terms
I lie British forces Mediae! Collins,
commander of the Sinn Feiti army.
Loudon, July 9.—Phesldent Dela
vera has written 1'remler Lloyd
(ieorge accepting the (alters invita
tion to participate in a conference
to be held iti London.
Washington. July 9.—Secretary
of the Navy Itetiliv, announced today
that the two gunboats despatched to
Tampion would be withdrawn as the
Mexico situation did not longer de
mand their presence.
Seattle. July U.—In an address
this afternoon Coventor Bone said,
"I may be predicting too much but
I believe that the next few years
will witness the development of two
or three great slates in Alaska."
Washington. July 9.—Atlantic
navigators have been warned by wire
less to look out for the ship of mys
tery which the government officials
say may solve the riddle of the van
ishing ships that have been reported
during the last few weeks.
El Paso, July 9.—William Ball
man, an engineer was murdered and
Charles Robertson, a fireman was
slugged and thrown from a freight
train west of Alpi.ie, Texas last
night. /
After the crime the train ran four
miles before the boiler exploded. The
explosion wrecked the engine, but
no one was hurt further. No clue
as to the perpetrator* of the deed has
heeu found.
Seattle. July S.—Major Caldwell
removed three of the women mem
bers of the Public Library board to
day.
This action was taken because of
the alleged disapproval cf everything
Ex-President Taft
Takes Oath Monday
Washington. July s Ex-I'resl
dent William Howard Tail, will take
oath of ofllee as chief justice of the
I'nited Stall's supreme court on .Mon
day next.
HK.IT I' H'SKS M.WV DEATHS'
Chicago, July 3.—By noon today, i
there had hern eleven deaths re- j
ported as resitliittK from liie excess-!
ive lieut which has prevailed for the
past tliirty hours.
Chicago, July 7.—ll<at fatalities,
for (lie past twenty-four hours from '
siz o'clock last Owning to six o'-1
clock this evening aumher fourteen. |
Tonight a terrible thunder storm I
broke over liie ci;> and Jul consid-1
eraltle damage.
proposi ti by the four male members
of the board and the consequent j
clogging of neo-asary action. j
Baltimore, July C'has J. Bon-1
aparte. a decendatit of X ipolean J
Bonaparte, and at one time secre-,
lary of the navy, and later attor-1
nev general in the cabinet of l'ren-;
idem Koosevelt. died a few days ago
at his home in this rity. lie was 70 .
years old.
Mr. Bonaparte was a graduate of j
Harvard and during the war render
ed important service in the Council ,
of National Defence.
Secretary of Interior Kail will nr-j
rive in Seattle the last week in July;
and will leave a few days later, on j
an inspection trip through South
eastern and Southwestern Alaska, i
Mr. Kail will be joined in Seattle j
by Secretary of Navy, Denby. The j
two will go westward as far as An- j
chorage. and inspect the government i
railroad and the navy's coal mines in j
th • Matanuska district.
Chicago. July S.—The sixteen la
bor organizations will decide by ref
erendum vote bv September first. |
whether they will accept or reject i
the twelve per cent, reduction in
wages that went into effect on July I
fi rst.
This decision was reached by the j
executive committee and 1500 car-;
men organizations throughout the]
country.
Wasblngtin, July 8.—The pun
boats carrying four and five inch
guns that were despatched to TamTH
co, Mexico, have authority to do
whatever is necessary for the pro
tection of Americans and their prop
erty was the announcement made by
Secretary of War Denliy today.
Senator Jones writes George D.j
Schofield that the senate excluded;
| Alaska from benefit of the milling uet ,
regarding assessment work on mi i
I eral claims for 1921, and as a result
assessment work will have to be
done In Alaska.
Washington, July T.—I'nder the
terms of the Cummins bill, the Unit
ed Slates shipping board will lie re
quired to transfer to the Interior
(lnlred to transfer to the the secre
tary of the interior ships
of sufficient tannage and num
ber to run between the states
Senator Capper
Charges Graft
j Washington, July 7.—Charging
I thai big business as represented by
(the United States Chamber of Com
I merce has made billions of dollars
on the cost plus basis, was the as
sertion of Senator Capper of Neb
I raska today.
Capper further denounced that or
! ionization for opposing tho soldier
1 bonus bill after the SMdier had offer
ed bis health and life at one dollar
per day.
and Alaska ports for operation in
connection with the government
railroad.
The hill also would confer upon
the president, general authority to
coordinate by transfer, consolidation |
or distribution all government agen
cies as having to do with Alaskan af
fairs in Washington.
Washington, July 7.—The party
leaders of the house have announced
that they expect to vote on the tariff
bill on July twenty-first.
Seattle. July 9.—Declaring that
(he death of his wife and the fact
that lie was to be ptoaeeuied this af
ternoon on the charge of smuggling I
whiskey, was too much for him to
bear, so Marcus Iteefloeg killed him
self.
The rash act was committed at
noon and a pistol was used to per
form the deed.
Washington, July 9.—Stubby, a[
ISoston l>ii 11 terrior, who wears three j
service stripes and one wound stripe
was decorated with a gold medal to
day by Ceneral Pershing, chief of!
staff.
Stubby served in I lie New Kng
land division and was wounded al
the battles of Slechprey and St. Mie
llill.
Dublin, July 9.—Dublin Castle.!
autliorilies expressed regret ti the
I'nited Stales consul general for the I
hauling down of the Atnerican flag j
from the Shelhourue lioiel
This ai t was done on July fourth j
in Dublin by a crowd of malcontents. |
Washington, July 7.— In a letter to1
Senator Freylinghausen today, sec-,
retary of the treasury declared llatly
against enactment of soldier's bonus I
legislation at lhis time.
Seattle. July 7.—Earl Ornnlty. six
ty-seven years of age, took two shots i
with a revolver at his brother this]
morning.
New Steamship
Line To Seward
Washington, July 7.—The estab
lishment of :i government sl>lppln«
line between the United States and
Alaska to connect with the govern
ment railroad at Seward and in con
nection with all federal activities re
lating to Alaska aro proposed in a
hill introduced thisafternoon to t!io
senate territories committee.
This measure has been drawn af
ter consultation with delegations ot
business men of Alaska.
The brother escaped owing to tho
poor niarkmanship ot the shooter,
with only some powder burns as the
shots were fired at close range.
A family fued lias existed for some
time, culminating in the assault to
day.
Hans is a merchant and has been
arrest ed.
Washington, July 9.—A bill to
promote tho reclamation of the arid
lands of tlie west was presented in
the senate today.
The hill has been amended pend
ing action on t!ie soldier's bonus bill.
Washington, July 9.—It was dis
closed today lliat the establishment
of a lino <>f steamships to ply be
tween iii*1 states ar.d Alaska owned
and emu rolled hy the government
depends upon the result of an Inves
ti: t ion now being mado hy an agent
of the I'nited States shipping board.
Nogales, Ariz . July 9.—Fear that
the S. S. Mexico, which sailed front
San I'edro. ten days ago, carrying
eight hundred Mexicans, has been
lost at sea is expressed in a telegram
received today from Mexican news
Siitt Francisco, Cal . July 9.—John
II m Hammond, the emminent min
im: .•> '..•vr stated this morning that
lierier tir - are ahead of the world
This is especially true concerning
the mining ot gold and copper was
Hammond's assertion.
Now York. July 9.—Tex Ricgard
figures that his net profit from the
!>••:! i - y-< arpentier light will bo five
hi;: dri-ri and fifty thousand dollars
San Francisco. July 9 — Command
•r 1'errv ,1. Footo. of the I'nited
-tales S S. Salem, was severely in
jured when the i ship's gig. in which
lie was returning from shore was de
stroyed by lire.
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YUKON ROUTE
To and From Atlin, Dawson,
Fairbanks, and All In
terior Alaska and
Yukon River
Points
Dining season of navigation our fleet of nionerd steamers wilt oper
ate regularly tlie entire length of the Yukon River and tributaries.
Daily Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and White
bor.se. Parlor observation cars on every train.
For full information regarding passenger and freight rates apply to
H. WHEELER, Genera! Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Huihling, Seattle, Wash.
The
Gateway
Route
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y Comfort
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