REPLIES TO
FfHCH IIME
Paris. May 25.—Germany replied
yesterday to the French communi
cation concerning tile SHesiati sit
uation. In t;er reply she stated that
she had taken measures toward clon
ing her frontiers with Vpper Silesia.
BliOTHKR OK liKRCDOl.L
ASHAMKO OK XAMK
Washington. May 25.—The broth
er of 0rover Cleveland Bergdoll was
before the house committee and stat
ed to that committee that he was |
ashamed of the name of his slacker
brother, and i at he had changed his |
name to Charles A. Braun.
OYFR NKW AIRPLANE
Pari.- —The French aviation world I
governmental a:id and private, is
deeply absorbed at the present time
in the rapid development of the re
cently invented helicopter, the air
plane which is designed to rise!
straight up from the ground. The
Fremh government. after a careful
invest ;a':on by .i commission of ex
pert*. !.us oiiicially accepted the niu
i .,ine athas set aside a substantial
*utu of i y for the immediate s::.- 1
provemeat of the iaveatiou.
The Martinis 11. I'ateras I'escara. of I
Argentina, is credited by some air- j
piaise f\perts «itii having actually
proved i"S practicability, but severs", j
Frenchmen. among wheni is M. 1. i
Filippi. lutve since constructed i eli-j
copters with as much success as i'es
cara. Experimental work now ia ■
going it. near Paris .it an army avi
ation field, through which the gov-j
■
plane. As yet the helicopter is in
the s. ■• •• of development as
were tkr first i!ing machines con
KirucU'd by ihj Wright brotuers.
At the Aero •■'no of Franee, where
the helicopter is 'he ihiof topic of
conversation. r.\|>erlp predict that!
within two years the lev.- airplane
will be a practical reality.
< onslderable suipris; was express!
<\l by these same experts that ti.e I
I nited States >vorliment had ap-1
parently not ta >j:t tip the new na
c! ine inasmuch as it may materially
affect sea warfare.
The helicopter. described simply i
without attempt at technicalities, i.s
a machine constructed of a series of j
horizontal planes revoking in oppo
site directions. t)n t!ie Pescara ma- ■
chine, a base siu.ilar to that of a ,
low slung automobile is used. On
this is built two series of horizontal !
planes, each series composed of ten
planes. The usual airplane motor
starts the planes and the effect is to '
make the machine rise straight up
from the ground.
In the experimental work, a small,
gas bag has been used for safety,
purposes but the work is so far along
that these bags are being abandoned.
It is hoped that the perfected ma
«iiine. which is expected within two
years, will be able to rise from the
deck of a battleship in mid-ocean.
Pescara is conducting experiments
at Barcelona Spain where the Trench
army commission has spent several
weeks in observation. His career has
been romantic. Employed in experi
mental laboratories of the Italian
10 NEGOTIATE
FISH TBEflTY
Washington, May 25.—A resolu
tion by Senator McNarry by which
the President would be requested to
negotiate treaties regulating the sal
mon fishing in the Pacific waters of
Alaska, the United States and Can
ada was reported favorably by the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee.
S. S. ALAMEDA
SAILS Oil 2BTH
Robert Crags, acting agent for the
Alaska Steamship company received
word that the S. S. Alameda will
leave Seattle for Skagway and way
ports on the morning of the 2Sth.
r.l.ool) MOXEY 1*A1I> I.KAHKI5S
Chicago, 111., May.—Labor lead
ers were paid $-13,000 to stop or pre
vent labor troubles during the con
struction of the State-Lake \aiuii
ville theatre in 1917-1S. George
Thriio former municipal judge, today
told the legislative committee invrs- j
tigatiug nn alleged building trust
here. Tri;«ie was secretary of a local
company building the theatre and
said he p:>ill the money under orders
from Mort & Sinter of New York,
managers of a vaudeville circuit
whir hwas interested in the theatr"
To Hold Meeting!
Ex-Service
There vill b" a mooting of the I
Ex-Allied Service n.en Friday night ,
at T o'clock at the White Pass Ath
letic club ;or t' e purpose of formu-j
latin? arrangements fur memorial :
services on Decoration Day. The call 1
has been trade by Dr. T. It. Uunualls .
a;ul it is requested that ail men who J
took part in the World War will lie
present.
_owri::iient before tho war, Pescara
came to Paris soon after tho begin
ning of the war and continued his
work under army supervision. lie
was credited with hundreds of in
venMnns. ainone them a dirigible
vitiiions, among thorn .1 dirigible
which flew over the enemy linos and
dropped bombs at stated intervals.
Suddenly at the height of Pescaras
success, the French police arrested
him as a spy and he was kept in
prison for several months. The
French ministry of war protested "his
innocence and obtained his release
on condition that he be deported. He
left for Spain and foou after the ar
mistice began his helicopter experi
ments.
M:w \P.niVAIi
This morning at the hospital a
new arrival appeared. Mrs. L. E.
Reynoldson. is the happy mother of
an eight pound baby girl. Mother
and babe are getting on splendidly
.PAYING THE FUTURE.
Many a man lins mortgaged the future for two or tliree years in
,iust one illness in his home. .You know some of them—fellows
with nil the courage ami ambition knocked out of them by "hard
lurk."
Make up your mind right now to pay for the future as you go—
.store up a little of your income against the time when fate calls
U|M>n you to sign over your liberty aud happiness to debt.
t After you have gotten started you will be surprised how much
better you feel.
Bank of Alaska
52 IltIS
Helfant. May 25.—The counties of j
Antrim, Arn.aur.h. Down, Fermanagh
Londonderry, Tyrone and the Bor
ouglis of Londonderry and Bolfast
elected members of the parliment of
the North of Ireland yesterday. This
bady as created by the Irish •'.ct will
contain flfty two members.
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New York, May 2">.—(ieddcs, tlie |
Hritish ambassador in an address in
this city declared that all should '
heartily resolvo with President Hard
ing that it must not be again. That j
unother war means horrors iiules-1
cribable. New devices including j
bacteria for the spread of contagious
liseases.
I'.IIITISH TliOOI'S
von Si LKSi.X
London, May 25.—Austin l'!ian-I
horlain announced in the House of I
[ o:nmons today that four battalions
at British infantry are under orders
to proceed to I'jipor Siiesia from the |
ithinc district. It is contemplated to i
Increase this force if possible and i
necessary.
lKHTTS S.VT.t: AT
wiirri: pass tickkt oi-nci:
Whitehorse Excursion Tickets vtllj
.
Iicket oCi . e. The ricl;et oflice will
V' open 110:11 7 to 9 in the evening.
itively no tickets m <1 1)3 sold Sat
11 rday morniug.
H.VYWOOl) WIT.l. C'OMK ItAC'K !
to !>(> ins ti;«m[
Chicago. May.—The first direct I
ivord from "Dig Bill" llayvvood, I. i
iV. \\". leader now in Russia, reach- I
Ml Oito Christcnsen, his attorney to
;lay. A wireless message from
phristiana. dated April said thnt
Haywood I ;id arrived in Mi scow and
svas attending the conference of
rade industrial unions and the third
Internationale.
The messns<» alco adil-il thai T! v-'
wood would return to the I'liiicd ;
States after the confen-m o and it .
was expected that ho would immed
iately give himself up to serve his i
twenty year sentence at Leavenworth I
prison for violation of the espionage j
law.
WOMAN MISSIONARY SACIUriCKS
KICK IN I.KPKIt COl.OXY j
London.—A story of heroic self 1
sacri!lco and devotion has reached ]
England from the leper village of I
Cliandng. India, where Mary Reed, a
solitary white woman missionary is ;
giving her life to minister to the suf
ferings of her fellow lepers.
Xews of her isolated life was
brought hack by Mr. Oldrieve, organ
izing secretary of the Mission to
lepers, who has just returned from a
70.000 mile journey visiting all the
leper colonies in ludia.
Thirty years ago Miss Reed wont
into this desolate spot in the Himal
ayas. 0,000 feet above the sea level I
offering herself to the leper cause. |
Although a victim of the malady she i
is still able to carry on her spiritual !
work among those afflicted like her
self.
Miss Reed seldom sees white people
for her station is SO miles from the
nearest railway line. There are 4u
women lepers in the community and
19 men in the men's refuge a short
distance away.
According to Mr. Oldrieve, t'-.cre
are 200,000 lepers in India. "At pres
ent," he declared, "it is not right to
say that any cure for leprosy has
'been found."
Leipsic, May 25.—Testimony Riv
en before tho court being held in
Leipsic to try tlie War prisoners de
manded by the allies was Riven to
day. In the testimony it was stated
'hat two hundred British prisoner
were allpwed to die in one camp in
;• month, that the dying prisoners
were clubbed, that faces o£ the sick
men were eaten by vermin until they I
were unrecognizable. This testlmo- !
ny will bo given in the Supreme j
Court here according to Ciiief in
jector Collins of the Scotland Yards, j
Ha is the chief guardian of the Brit
ish witnesses.
"IB
LAD! BUG
Seattle, Slay 25.—Mrs. Mahoney,!
thrice wedded before she married
Mahoney in Butte, Mon;., tinder tho !
tiame of Kate Keller. Sl.c had aceu- j
inulated a small fortune under the j
name of Kate Wyannt. She married '
;i youth of 19. at Vancouver, Wash,
rhia youth later became a physician, i
'ie was ; j ,tt tho time. Previous to
their divorce, the man in order to l
obtain his freedom, deeded to tie
wife, now Mrs. Mahoney. Scuttle,
property valued at 575.000, in addi
tion to nohl claims iti tlie Nome dis
ir -t and 250 acres of land iu Hons-!
ton. Texas.
The police of Seattle are dragging'
Lake Washington, believing that!
they will find the missing body of '
Jirs. Mahoney. James K. Mahoney.'
Ire husband Is imprisoned, accord- [
ii:r: to thief de;<■ tlve Tennant. Mn-•
honey held power of attorney for j
his wife and he has installed his j
mother and . ■ -tcr on some of hi3 ;
ivil'e's extensive holdings.
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tVashinglon. May - )—In lis?}
person of Claudius H. Huston, oC j
Cliuttuncogu, Tcnn.. it is said Sec-1
retary of Commerce Hoover tins se-j
cured a JIOO.OCO man as assistant |
secretary of liio department. Mr.
Hoover has frequently referred to the
need (u such men in tlia commree
ilopartrit-lit and to the profour.'l sur
prise of ofticial Washing he lias ae- ■
cured one of this rare type.
Mr. Huston is described as a busi
ness man of vision. Vision is what
Mr. Hoover demands of his assis'aats
ho wants men who can look Into the
future of foreign and domestic trade.
It is the" secretary's plan to gather
i round him leaders in commerce who
can see what should he done to de-1
velop the trade of the country.
The rapid rise of Air. Huston in ,
Tennessee strengthens the belief that:
he is of the type which Mr. Hoover i
has described. Ho has been one of!
the leaders in business-affairs of the !
new south. Years ago, ho left his |
native state of Indiana and went to j
Tennessee to become assistant pro- j
fessor in a business college. It was j
here that he attracted the attention ,
of tlie progressive element of the j
rapidly developing concerns in Ten- i
nessee. He was the moving spirit in j
organizing some of the largest con-1
corns in the state, and his interests j
soon extended beyond its borders, j
.\s food administrator, Secretary i
Hoover came in touch with Mr. |
Huston. He had scarcely taken over!
the department of commerce when he'
opened negotiations with Mr. Histon J
with the view o£ his appointment as j
assistant secretary. Mr. Huston real-.
Iy did not want the place. In his et- I
forts to secure him, Mr. Hoover en-j
listed President Harding, who wrote |
a personal letter to Mr. Huston. Not:
being able to withstand an appeal I
from the president, Mr. Huston ac
cepted.
DM! CAUGHT
IISUE IE!
New York. May 25.—The police in
their investigations of the blackmail
ers gang, which has been operating
in New York, have found that the
same gang which blackmailed Alfred
Gwvnne Valid ■ rl>i 11. caught T. Cole
man Dupont for. ninety thousand
dollars. l>npont is now rusticating
in Colorado.
\vrnni,i:.ssKi> from roat
FOR RASERALL STORE
Washington. May 25.—Tlie Presi
dent wirelessed from the Mayflower
to the White House late this after
noon. asking for the baseball score.
MX'UI'TAUV WKKKS AT
PUDS. ASSFM ItJ.Y
Winona Lake. Ind., May 23. —Sec
rotary of War Weeks, in u speech
before the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church at this nlace
laid special emphasis upon the home.
He declared the home tj be the bul
wark of thu United States pover.
Keep the home (ires burning and
Bolshevism and I. W. W. ism and an
archy will die of malnutrition, said
the secretary.
I) K.\i)OH.SES PACIFIC
I'AitLK ViA ALASKA
Seattle. May 25.-—'Tlie Seattle
Chamber of Commerce received a ca
iie message from General Wood, in
ti e Philippines giving his endorse
ment to the Pacific Cable via Alas
ka.
General Wood is at Manila. In his
palile lie said. "I endorse and speci
Gcolty aprove of the proposed Alc-u
tiau It-land cable system and am
[invarr;! t i r.iiike representations of
this route to Washington.
tkxxkssi:!-: fi:.\'r
TO PACIFIC FLEET
Washington, May 23.—'The Ten
nessee, the latest of the American
stiper-dreadnaufihts, was ordered to
proceetl immediately to the Pacific.
Washington, May 25.—A bunch of
[ owls have taken up their residence
! in a tree on the south lawn of the
executive mansion. There are three
i young ones in the nest. President
i Hardir.g told a caller that the young
ones are developing into promising
| rat killers. He stated further that
| in this manner we are promoting an
agency to destroy pests about thj
administration.
SLEEP REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE < mi OKE.V
No child nutrition worker, says
ihe U. S. Public Health Service, can
hope to get 3atis';v:ory results with
out insisting on eringh for !ior
charges. Besides danagtag the
ous system, late hours <"utise "sleep
hunger" and mike children nervous
and fidgety. The Service commands
the following precepts just issued by
the London Cojniy <;ou?oil: School
children aged four years n vd i welve
mours sleep a day. aged five to seven
11 to 12 hours; eight to eleven. 10
to 11 hours; and twelve to fourteen
9 to 10 hours. Children grow main
ly while sleeping and resting, do you
want yours to grow tip stunted? Tir
ed children learn badly and often
drift to the bottom of the class, do
you want yours to grow up stupid?
When children go to bed late their
sleep is often disturbed by dreams
and they do not get complete rest,
do you want yours to sleep badly and
and become nervous? Sufficient sleep
draws a chile onward and upward
in school and in home life; insuffi
cient sleep drags it backward and
downward; which way do you want
your child to go? Tiresome children
are often only tired children; test
the truth of this. That a neighbors
child is sent to bed late is not a good
reason for sending your chiid to bed
late; two wrongs do not make a rifcl.t
Going to bed late is a bad habit,
which may be difficult to cute; per
severe till you "succeed in curing it.
Don't miss Irene Castle, in "Ama
teur Wife" at the P. P. P., Friday
and Sunday.
You will want some of the Cakes,
Cookies, Bread, Doughnuts, or other
goodies for yoir Whitehorse lunch.
Remember t .e Ladies Auxiliary are
to have t^eni on sale at the social
Centre, Friday p. m. 3-5 o'clock.
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— : for —
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Semi weekly Train Service between Skagnay
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Full information regarding] passenger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.