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NO 1»«. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 8KAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 38, 1022 PRICE TEN CENTS
OPPOSE PUN
Washington. Dec. 27.—T!.e Sena
tors who are close to the Adminis
tration under the lead of Seuaor
I odge of Mass.. who is chairman of
the Foreign Relations Cotpr.itte.!
pan an attack on *he prono-ai made j
by Senator Borah. The lane- mad?
his proposal in the form of an
amendment to ,v>e annual naval bill.
And it is to thj effect tliat President
Hard :ig call another international
o nfereace iu \\ ashington for the
purpose of discussing the ec momlc
rendition in >be world and also to
t. ke up further the question of dis
3 :nament. Senator T.oiTg^ jad as
certained the i.piulon of P-es.dent
Harding relative to w.e proposal and
t':i» appears no„ favorable. As soon
therefore as Congress opened today
they be^au a.i attack oil the Borah |
aruendmeut.
Washington. Dec. -S.—Yesterday
wae a stirring day in the United
States Senate. Borah's plan for an
economic conference to be called by
President Harding wai up for dis
i .ss'.oti ana appeared certain of de
feat. In discussing the question
Senator Lodge disclosed the infot
ti .tion that Pres.dent Harding is ne
gotiating for an international con
duce for the purpose of consider
i: . the fcluropeau economic prob
lems.
SEATTLE TEACHER
WdRKI VC FOR SOVIETS J
Svattle. Dec. -7.—News has beet'
r> ■ Mv J in Seattle thai Adel A!. Par
, a former Broadwa} High School
'i chtrr is working in Kussin with
t. Euucat.on Bureau of t;.e Sov'--t
Government. This information is
contained in letters received by a
sister. Dr. Maude Parker.
M'tiRoARTY HOME
isi knkd to geovnd
Los Angeles. Dec. 2T.—The coun
try home of John S evens McGrour
s" roved b/ tire and all the cout;n:s
i.4 the house were burned.
LEGION TO t.IVE .VIII
IN BEIUiDOLL CASE
Seattle. Dec. 27.—State Adjutant'
Wise wind the Department of Jus-'
last night that the American Le-,
ginn of V. ashing to j. will give every ;
possible aid in the capture of Grover 1
Cleveland Bergdoll, the escaped'
slacker. Bergdoll Is now supposed j
to be nearing the Pacific Coast.
SPOKANE SVII.S ON WEDNESDAY
Si'at'le. Dei. 27.—The S.S Spoh-1
ane of the Admiral i ae left Seattle
tnis niorning for Skagwav a-id way
ports. There are no passengers book j
ed for Skagwav, but Mr. Charles
Gordon is listed for Haines.
IRELAND If! PEACEE1L
Dublin, Dec. 27.—Ireland is pass
ing a peaceful Christmas period.
PBOSPECTS FOB
CABLE BETTER
Seattle. Dec. 27.—ravorable re
ports on the construction of a new
cable for the Alaska service in the
congressional appropriation bill are
expected. This assertion was made
by Underwood, the manager of the
Washington Headquarters, of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce. Un
derwood had sent a wire to that ef
fect after the completion of the
committee hearings on the bill.
The Alaska Cable Is again broken
so that business has been Interrupt
ed via that means of communication.
Until the cable is repaired our cis
sages will com? by wireless to Ju
neau and be relayed from there t»
Skagway via ibe cable, it usuallv
takes about u day to get business
moving to Skagway via the combina
tion of wireltas and cable. Wo ex
pect full cable for Friday and Sat
urday's paper.
JOHNSON WANTS MAJOR
LEAGUES STOP GAMBLING
New York, Dec. 27.—Ban John
son, president of the American base
ball league, at a Joint meeting of
iiiajor league directors yesterday,
isked Commissioner Landis and the
L-lub owners to eliminate gambling.
The meeting decided not to permit
clubs in either league to buy or
trade more than four players above
he waiver price of the major league.
1'he provision applies after June 15
jf each year and is designed to pre
sent the "buying of pennants."
L1ERMA.XY TO HAVE ONE
MAN Oh GREAT RICHES
H. Moses, the well known local
:radtT. was in receipt of a letter re
:ently from a brother in Germany,
*ho deplored the fact that he owed
he sum of six thousand marks and
Lvrs unable to meet the obligation.
\s the present value of the German
nark is somewhat deflated, Mr.
Moses forwarded to his brother from
i Juneau bank New York exchange
u t!:e value of $200. and as one doi
ur of American money equals 1.600
ur.rks, less than four dollars of the
■emittance will pay the debt his Ger
nan brother owes and the latter
will have something like 314,000
narks left after discharging the
iebt. Mr. Moses sent an American
iruft for $100 to a niece in Germany
■ecently aud sho wrote him that she
s now looked upon there as an b*lr
.T-S.
SHOTGUN SQUAD STOPS RIOTIXG
Los Angeles. Dec. 27.—The cen
tal police station this aftrnoon re
ceived a call from the east side Jail
taking for help to quell a riot &m
)ng the prisoners. A shotgun squad
started immediately from the central
station. About a hundred prisoners
including many auto speeders, are
confined In the east side jail.
The disturbance was started by
twenty-five wobblies, jailed for pick
eting. They had hoisted red flags
but quieted down when police rein
forcements arrived.
Plan Your Work and Work
Your Plan
DON'T let the dimes and dollars slip through your Angers
without knowing where they go.
Plan to let the bank take care of all your funds—than you
kno" juey goes, and for what It goes.
re: •
"Extravagance rots character Train youth away from It."
—Theodore Rooserelt.
Bank ®ff Hllaislkai
SKACWAY, ALASKA
SECOND Ki
IN MURDER CASE
Bastrop, Deo. 27.—The second ar
rest in the murder case which Is at
tracting nation-wide attention oc
| cured today. Governor Parker has
I charged Dr. B. M. McKoin, formerly
Mayor of Mer Rouge with a part in
the murder. McKoin was arreBted
at Baltimore, where he Is taking a
Post Graduate course In medicine at
the St. John's hospital.
I
ALASKA RAILWAY OARS SWEPT
FROM DECK OP FREIGHTER!
According to a wireless message
received In Juneau Wednesday last,
the captain of the freighter Latouche
two combination mail and express
railway cars were swept from the
deck of his ship. The accident hap
pened at a point about 60 miles west
of Cape Spencer, while the freighter
was bucking a heavy sea. No defin
ite information has been received at
the office of the Alaska Steamship
Company, owner of the Latouche, or
at the Customs office.
The Latouche was In Juneau last
week and unloaded a large shipment
of coal. The cars for the Government
Railway were on the freighter's deik.
The ship sailed from Juneau for the
Westward points last Monday.
HERRON MAY BUY EMPIRE
The Alaska Dispatch at Seattle, In
a recent Issue said: "It Is predict
ed the time is close when the Juneau
Empire will be taken over by the
Herron syndicate. Jno W. Troy,
owner ot the Juneau Empire has
been In Seattle two weeks "dicker
ing" with a representative of Her
ron for sale of the Empire. It Is un
derstood Troy has an offer of publi
city director for the mining syndi
cate organized by Ex-Governor Thos.
kiggs. and Is very anxious to take
the offer." The editor of the Juneau
Sunday Capital sailed for Seattle on
Wednesday to confer in reference to
the deal, with Mr. Herron, who is
expected to arrive from New "York.
Mr. Herron Is president of the Alas
ka Publishing Company, which now
controls the Anchorr.ge Dally Times
and the Juneau Sunday Capital, with
the probability of toon extending its
newspaper activities in the Territory,
under the new ownership of the Em
pire Development Company.
DEVALERA URGES FIGHT
OX FREE STATE
Dublin, Dec. 27.—DeValera has
Issued a proclamation in which he
calls on his followers to continue the
flght against the Free State Govern
ment which he declares is maintain
ed only by force
ARMY MAJOR COURT MARTIALED
Boston, Dec. 28.—Major Malcolm
Wheeler Nicholson, has been court
martlaled for criticism of the Unit
ed States army. He has been inform
ed by the war department of his sep
aration from the service. In a let
ted to President Harding, Major
Nicholson, charged that "Prussian
ism is conserved in the army."
READY BULLION MINE
SUSPENDS FOR WINTER
The Ready Bullion mine and mill
this week ceased operations after ap
proximately twenty-seven years of
continuous service. The closing
down of the plant was partly due to
a shortage of water caused by the
continued cold snap. With favor
able conditions after the winter is
over It is thought that mining and
milling will be resumed for a short
duration, as there is considerable
ore in the upper levels.
SEE the great theatre scenes, the
cigar explosions, the knlte throw
ing villian, the sacrit'ce of a wo
man's soul for the man ahe loves
and a thousand other elements of
a marvelous story, at the Fifth Av
enue Theatro.
CHANCELLOR 15
GOB 10 til
London, Dec. 27.—Stanley Bald
win, the chancello: of the British ex
Chaquer Is leaving London for a
trip to the United States. He Is be
ing sent on a mission for the pur
pose of conferring with Washington
officials on the British debt to this
nation. He said he hoped to ar
range tor the funding of the British
debt and get the burden of interest
eased. Naturally the last word is
with the American.Montague C. Nor
man, governor of the Bank of Eng
land la accompanying Mr. Baldwin
to the states.
MIXED CROWD TO WITNESS
SEATING GOV. OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 27.—
A call for enough provender to
serve 200,000 persons two days has
gone out over Oklahoma. Governor
elect J. C. Walton, Democrat, has In
vited the world at large to his inaug
ural party, January 10 and 11, at the
State Fair Grounds here. He said
he expects his guests to come by ox
trains, airplanes, motor cars, special
railroad trains, riding the rods and
the cushions, afoot, horseback and by
all available other methods of travel
He will serve them barbecue, and
give a square dance on the complete-1
ly floorod-in circle of a half-mile
race track.
NOTED REFORM
BUREAU HEAD DIES J
Washington, Dec. 27.—Doctor Wil
bur F. Crafts, who for twenty-eight
years has been superintendent of the
International Reform Bureau in this
city, vhich he founaea. died today
of pneumonia.
SEIZE SPEED LAUNCH
WITft WHISKEY
Seattle, Dec. 27.—The speed launch
911-K with thirty-nine cases of whis
key on board was seized, and the
crew were placed under arrest at An
acortes.
DECLARES BELIEF IX
ORGANIC EVOLUTION
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 27.—The
Council of the American Association
tor the advancement of Science at its
convention In this city passed a res
olution in which it declared its be
lief in organic evolution.
ADJUSTED COMPENSATION
ASSURED SAYS OWSLE\
Fort Worth, Dec. 28.—National
Commander of the American Legion,
Owsley, declared that a bill for ad
justed compensation »s practically as
sured of passage at this session of
Congress.
CAPITOL BUILDING MEASURE
IS NOW BEING DISCUSSED
A request was received in Juneau
last week from the Department of
Justice for information, concerning
the amount of space that would be
required in the proposed Capitol
building in Juneau, for courtroom,
judge's chambers, jury rooms, libra
ry, jail and other quarters needed by
the Department of Justice. Similar
requests have been made to Post
master Z. M. Bradford from the
Postmaster General, Collector of
Customs, John C. McBride from the
Treasury department. Full informa
tion has been forwarded to Washing
ton relative to the space required for
tho proper housing of the different
departments, with allowances for the
expansion of Bpace as this section de
velops.
The information is for the purpose
of furthering interest in the bill for
an increase of $100,000 to the al
ready existing capitol building fund
of $150,000. It is expected that the
presont Congress will take action on
the measure.
SEE the riot of the worshippers in
the temple, at the 5th Aveuue.
BOMB WRECKS
TOURING CAB
Seattle, Dec. 28.—The touring car
of John Danz, the owner of a num
ber of moving picture theatres in
Seattle, was standing before his
house in one of the best residential
sections of the city. A bomb was ev
idently thrown into the car, which
when it exploded completely demol
ished the machine and shook the pal
atial residences of that section of the
city. No one was in the machine at
the time and so none were injured.
STANDARD OFFICIAL EXPLAINS
REASON FOR LARGE DIVIDENDS
Ne wYork, Dec. 27.—Considerable
interest was manifested over the
charge made by Samuel Untermyer,
who represents the heirs of the late
Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey, that
the Standard Oil company was at
tempting to wrest a billion dollars'
worth of oil property in Mesopota
mia from these heirs, was denied in
a statement issued by the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey. Among
other things the statement says:
"The Standard Oil Company abso
lutely denies this charge. Durinf,
the past summer an American attor
ney called upon a representative of
this company and asked whether the
company would be interested in con
sidering a purchase of an interest in,
tiie oil rights claimed to be owned by j
the Abdul Hamid he.rs. This attor
ney was told that the company would I
be glad to discuss tne question, but I
he has not since approached us."
STANDARD OIL CONDUCTS
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS j
Washington, Dec. 27.—Walter C. I
Teagle, president of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, as a
witness recently before the senate
oil hearing, submitted a statement
declaring that since the dissolution
of the company it nad conducted Its
business in free competition wit .out
any combination whatever and pro
testing against the term 'Standard
Oil group."
DEATHS FROM FLU DECREASING
Washington, Dec. 28.—Tho census
bulletin issued by the government
bureau reveals the fact that deotiis
from heart disease, flu and pn-tumo
nia are decreasing.
P0INC1E HIS
A HEW PLAN
Paris, Dec. 28.—Premier Poincare
of France plans to follow up the rep
arations decision of the Commission
by declaring Germany because she
has defaulted in her payment of the
indemnity, must be punished.
He proposes to present to the Al
lied premiers' meeting next week a
scheme for taking over the German
state forests as a guarantee for tho
defaulted payments of the repara
tions. If the other Premiers are un
willing to agree to the step France
is prepared to take the action alone.
ADMIRAL LIVE CLERK
FORGES CHECKS
Seattle, Dec. 27.—Karl Lukin, a
clerk in the offices of the Admiral
Line succeeded in floating ten thou
sand dollars worth of forged checks
on the Company. These were passed
several days ago, and Lukin received
cash from merchants. He has disap
peared.
LONDON -BERLIN AIR
LINE ESTABLI8HEU
London, Dec. 27.—A regular air
express service between London and
Berlin has been established, and be
gan operations today. The line be
tween London and Paris has been In
operation for a long time.
ATTEMPT MADE TO
KILL PRINCE GEORGE
Rome, Dec. 27.—An attempt was
made to assasBinate Prince George,
the brother of King Alexander of Ju
go Slavia. The attempt was made
while George was aming with Rada
Pasitch at the latter's home. Pas
itch is the son of the Premier.
HURRICANE SWEEPS
ENGLISH SHORES
London, Dec. 27.—A hurricane of
great velocity swept these shores
last night and twenty-eight lives in
five ships were lost.
FUEL DISTRIBUTOR RESIGNS
Washington, Dec. 27.—Conrad E.
Spens resigned as fuel distributor,
last night.
The
White Pass &
Yukon Route
The Gateway Route to
Yukon Territory, Atlin and Interior
Alaska
Semi-Weakly Train Service between Skagnay and Whltehorse
daring the Winter Season.
For fall Information regarding passenger anrl freight
y -sgpj rates apply to
H. WHEELER, GENERAL MANAGER
SKAGUAY, ALASKA
OR
510 Alsska Building, Seattle, Wash.