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SKAGWAY, ALASKA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER If), 1921.
PRICE TEX CENTS
Fall Favors
Private Operation
Seattle. Nov. 18.—Secretary of
the Interior Kail is quoted aa favor
ing private operation of the govern
ment railroad in Alaska, once that
road is completed i.nd put into full
operation. The secretary is against
government operation, according to
t e statement made by Judge Clegg.
the newly appointed judge of the
fourth division of Alaska. Clegg
in Seattle from Washington
U*t night. He declares that the bill
framed by Fall. Kone and Suther
land for the administration prom
i>«-s a new brand of control of Al
askan affairs and that there is every
assurace that the bill will pass.
BRITISH CEASE WORK
OX NEW SHU'S
l.ondon, Nov. IS—The admiral
ty today ordered all work on the
lour battleships of the super Hood
tv pe stopped. The contracts forthese
slups were awarded two weeks ago.
Officials of the adiUrallty explained
the practical effects of the order
would be a cessation of work on all
warships pending tLe outcome of the
Washington conference.
THK I'KKSIDKST PLEASED
WITH nINFERENCE START
Washington. Nov. IS.—President
Hardiug is pleased with the start
which the Armament Conference
has made. This word was brought
to the conferring by Senator Lodge,
who had bee:i in conference with the
l'resideut.
SURTAX ll\KI> AT
.-,(1 FOR *200,OOO ru s
Washington. Nov. IS.—The House
voted to accept the amendment to
t is *»t revision bill which fixes the
: irjmum income surtax rate at 50%
ou Incomes of $200,000 or more.
rLEADS Gi ll.TV AND IS
lilVEX LIFE TERM
Saginaw, Nov. 19 —Richard Chap
lin, accused of murdering his par
> uta, plead guilty tt. the charge, md
v is given a life sentence at Jack
son prison. Chaplin is a world war
veteran.
KIOT FOLLOWS PRINCE
OF WALES' SPEECH
Bombay, Nov. IS.—The Prince of
Wales made a speech to a large
crowd which had gathered to heai
li;ru. Following his speech there
v a ssrlous riots in the native quar
t-r3 of the city. There were main
casualties.
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WOMAN'S CLUB
The Skagway Woman's Club will
hold Its first social meeting of the
club year oa Monday evening, at S
o'clock at the Social Center. Mem
bers are prtTllfigod to bring guests.
COMMITTEE DENIES
BAIXAINE'S CHARGES
Seattle. Nor. 19.—The territories
committee made a denial of Bal
laine's charges before that commit
tee relative to Alaska's rates. Bal
laine charged that thes6 rates and
fares are from two to three times
higher than they are anywhere else
in the world. The committee charac
terized that as a flight of the im
agination on the part of Ballaine.
Law, also chactemed the state
ments of Attorney General Rust
gard of Alaska, as making a "gross
ley misleading statement ba-ed up
on fanciful figures' when Rustgard
stated that the Alaska Steamship
company had earned 50% annually
on the original investment of the
company. He declared that the
earnings on Alaska truffle this year
was less than two per cent.
KIDNAP Jl'STK'E OF THE PEACE
Nogales. Ariz., Nov. 18.—Justice
of the Peace Will Jacks, and Paul
Eidson. main witnesses of the state
against W. H. Smith, were kidnap
ped and taken to Sonora in Mexico.
Smith is being tried ou a charge of
having embezzled $16,000. Jacks
was returned across the line by the
Mexican Consul. He is in serious
coudltion.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE
FOR OPEN DOOR
Washington, Nov. IS.—Britain J
and France in the discussion on the I
far eastern questions today, declar
ed for the perpetuation of the open ■
door in China. They also indicated
that their extra territorial rights!
would be given up so soon as her j
development will warrant their do
ing so. The conference proper is'
called to meet again Monday morn-j
ing at eleven o'clock.
WHEN NINE AGREE
PRESIDENT WILL RATIFY
Washington. Nov. 19.—President
Harding let it be known that us soon
as the nine nations now in confer
ence reach an agreement as to the
far eastern questions, that he will
unite with the othur nations of the
world to secure a ratification to that
agreement.
SAW WOLVES AND
CARIBOU ALONG TRAIL
Robert Lowe, who arrived yester
day from Whitehorse to attend the
Liberal convention, which is to be
held in Dawson tomorrow night,
states that he will be here indefin
itely. Mr. Lowe c^me by auto part
way and the remainder on the stage.
He says:
"I never saw so many wild ani
mals along the winter trail as on
this trip. Near Allnto we saw a
black bear, and eight miles south
of Pelly we saw a Oand of wolves.
They had tramped down a large |
space on the hillside until It was
padded.
"After leaving Wheeler's until we
got to Steele Fork we were in the
midst of c«ribou. and saw thous
ands of them."—Pawson News.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
| Hereafter the Bank of Alaska wilt comply strictly to its
regular banking hours, and will open for business at 10 o'clock
A. M. and close at 3 o'clock P. M. Patrons are respecfully re
Quested not to call before or after these hours, unless on urgent
business, In which case you can advise us by telephone and we
will accommodate you. This action Is necessary on our part to
. comply with legal requirements.
JVe close at 1 P. M. on Saturdays. \
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SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Body of Girl
Blown Half Mile
Mina. Ark., Nov 19.—The body of
Miss Verda Weems was blown a hilf
mile from the house, which was
wrecked by the '.ornado. Seven
other members of the family of
Robert Weems were killed by the
tornado, when it wrecked his home.
It A RON KATO STOPS
ROUND ROBINi
Washington, Nov. IS.—When
Baron Kato of the Japanese delega
tion heaM that thw Japanese dele
gation of correspondents, number
ing more than a hundred, were plan
ning to present him with a round
robin to accept th« American pro
posal respecting the limitation of
naval armaments, he put the ban on
their meeting.
BRIAND WILL LEAVE
WEDNESDAY
Washington. *ov. 19.—Premier
Uriand will leave Washington for
l'aris next Wednesday. Political
conditions and state business make
it necessary for the premier to re
turn.
BEER IS PUT ON OUTLAW LIST
Washington, Nov. is.— me tinai
legislative step in outlawing boer
and wine, except for sacramental
purposes, was taken today. The
Senate, b.v adopting the conference
report on the bill, sent the bill to
the President for bis signature, as
the House had acted on the bill
some time ago.
SKVKH.U. TO I'KOSPKCT
O.V ALL GOLD CREEK
Several owners of claims on All
gold creek are preparing to get busy
there this winter, prospecting. The
recent finding of Tich pay on the
creek by Duncan Nvichie and Hurry
iiuhro has stimulated interest in the
creek and quite a number of old
time prospectors are taking an in
terest in the creek, and considerable
activity in developing in hope of lo
cating the paystreak during tlu whi
ter. The gold found by Michie and
Huliro was obtained at the bottom
of the shaft, with out having drift
ed, so to what exteH the gold exists
there is yet a question. Both the men
are on the creek, and a number of
others are preparing to go there at
once. «
Fred Jorgensen. who has been do
ing summer work on Eldorado,
where he has a fine group x>f claims,
is among the Allgold stakers, and
will leave here tomorrow to pros
pect on his claim. He staked Xn.
lu above, and plars to sink se rer.il
holes there. He is one of the best
prospectors ever in the Yukon, and
understands the game as well as
how to keep on the job. Several ol
the old time prospectors on Hunk
er also are planning to go over to
Allgold and get busy at once punch
ing holes. Some already have been
over to start the preliminaries.—
Dawson News.
TORNADOES KILL
TWELVE; INJURE THIRTY
Little Rock. Nov. 19.—Twelve
were killed and thirty injured by
two, tornadoes, one at Arkadelphia
and the other at Mina.
I ARBUCKLE JURY HAS
FIVE WOMEN
San Francisco, Nov. IS—The jury
in the Arbuckle case has been se
cured. There are live women on the
Jury.
JAPS LAUNCH
SU PERDREADN Al' NGHT
Tokio, Nov. 19.—The forty thous
and ton superdreadnaught Kaga was
launched yesterday afternoon.
SEATTLE HAS FIRST SNOW
I Seattle, Nov. 19.—The first snow
lot the season fell last night. The
I fall amounted to two inches.
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Refuse Increase of
Inheritance Tax
Washington, Nov. 19.—The Sen
ate and House conference on the
revenue bill voted down a proposi
tion to increase the Inheritance tax
to 25 per cent.
NEWBERRY SPENT
)?I7U,000 FOR SENATORSHIP
Washington, Nov. IS.—The evi
dence in the case of Ford vs New
berry. as brought out In the Senate
investigation, showed that Newber-i
ry spent $176,000 to secure a sen
atorsbip which pays. $7,500 a year
as salary. Senator Pomeren made
the' statement to tnis effect in the
Senpie when the fight over New
berry's right to retain his seat was
resumed.
ISKElt RILL CARRIES SEARCH
AX* SEIZURE CLAUSES
Washington. Nov. 19.—The Antl
lloer bill, which was passed and
sent to the President for his sig
nal ure. permits the searching and
seiisure of private property, includ
ing the home, by prohibition agents
with or without search warrants. It
also prohibitis the sale of beer as
medicine.
X RATIC SENATORS
STALL ON NEWBERRY CASE
Washington. Nov. 19.—The Dem
ocratic Senators again refused to j
agree to fix a time for a final vote
on the Ford-Newberry election con
test. This decision on th'eir part
followed an afternoon of debate.
mix lanuk praises
PITCHER ROY HOYT
Ran Francisco, Nov. 10.—Bill
Lunge, when asked at the world's
series what he considered the great
est change in baseball since his play
ing days, replied: 'I think it is In
the pitching. In my day the pitch
ers tried to keep tne ball high and
on the inside on the theory that the
batters would hit them In the air.
Now they seem to prefer to keep
them low, breaking them around the
batters' knees. It has been his abil
ity to accomplish this that I think
has been the greatsst factor In the
success of Jess Barnes.
"That boy Ho/t is one of the
greatest pitchers I have ever seen,"
added Lange. "He has a world of
stuff and he knows how to use It.
And he has a good head. He has a
brilliant future ahead of him or I
miss my guess."
ALASKA ROOSTER HAS
(JO.VE TO INTERIOR
P. A. Thelin, who has been spend
ing a few days in Anchorage, left
this morning for the interior, where
he expects to complete the large col
lection of curios and native costumes
etc., that he will use as an advertis
ing medium when he goes outside to
exploit the beauties of this great and
wonderful country to the chechacoa.
Mr. Thelin will return to Anchorage
on the way outside and while here
will display his marvelous collection
of skinwork clothes, which came
from as far north as Banksiand, in
the Arctic ocean—Anchorage Times.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
The soldiers beat the local boys
at basketball two ^eeks ago. To
night they will try it again. Come
and see them try It. Play will start
promptly at 8:15 at the White Pass
Athletic Club.
DANCE AND SOCIAL
Don't forget—Dance and social
tonight at A. B. hall. Tickets: 50tf
each person.
BARGAIN
* HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
* MUST BE SOLD BEFORE
• SATURDAY. INQUIRE AL
• ASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
BISHOP HOWE AT
FISHERIES HEARING
Seattle, Nov. 18.—At the final
bearing of the fisheries question.
Bishop Rowe of the Episcopal
-Church presented petitions for the
permanent closing of the Yukon riv
er to commercial fisheries. Doctor
Gilbert from Holy Cross Mission
and residents of Ruby Hot Springs.
Bettles and Nulato presented peti
tions for the permanent closing of
the Yukon. Bishop Rowe said there
was a shortage of food along the
Yukon and the canning of fish at
the mouth by the Carlisle canning
company was menacing the lives of
the people living along the river.
The people along the river were
complaining of their inability to get
food.
"FAIR ENOUGH" SAYS GARDNER
Washington, Nov. IS.—Roy Gard
ner, the train bandit who was cap
tured at Phoenix, Ariz., will be
brought to trial on a new charge in
stead of being remanded to the pen
itentiary to serve out the eld sen
tence. Under the law Gardiner's
conviction will be necessary befors
the reward of $5,000 for hia cap
ture can be paid to Herman F. inder
lied, the mail clerk who captured
him.
Postmaster General Mays tele
graphed Inderlied, "You are a man
worthy of your trust."
When Sheriff Montgomery read
the warrant to Gardner charging
him with knocking down Maria
Munoz in an attempted holdup here
Oct. 24, Gardner's comment was,
"Fair enough."
PRIVATE CAPITAL WILL
DEVELOP COAL MIXES
Lars Netland, president and gen
eral manager of the Navy Alaska
Coal Mining comp&ay, has left An
chorage for Chlckaloon, where he
will supervise the work of develop
ing the property. The Initial oper
ations will consibt in driving the
main slope, after which galleries
will be run Into the coal. The com
pany owns units 10 and 11, adjoin
ing the government's Chickaloon
mine, and to date has expended
some $90,000 in preliminary devel
opment.
It is Mr. Netland's intention to
begin production as scon as suffi
cient workings can be driven to ac
commodate miners. Being a skilled
englneeer with thirty years' exper
ience in coal mining, Mr. Netland is
confident he will produce a first
class mine. The company is backed
by California capital.—Anchorage
Times.
AVashington, Nov. 19.—Chairman
Hughes of the limitations ot arma
ment conference, indicated to Great
Britain and Japan that hi8 original
figures as to tonnage to be destroy
ed must stand despite Baron Kato's
insistance on a modification ratio in
favor of Japan,
COMMITTEE ADJOURNS
AVHII.E JAPS PREPARE
Washington, Nov. 18.—The com
mittee session ot the conference of
the delegates stood at adjournment
today to give an opportunity to the
Japanese delegation to prepare for
a general presentation of that coun
try's views on China's proposal of
principles for the settlement of the
far eastern questions. A meeting ot
all the delegates will be held to hear
Japan's plan and answer on the mor
row.
EXTEND EMERGENCY
TARIFF TO FEBRUARY 1
Washington, Nov. 18.—The em
ergency tariff law has been extend
ed to February first by virtue of
President Harding s having signed
the joint resolution which passed
Congress.
SPOKANE LEFT SEATTLE
YESTERDAY MORNING
Seattle, Nov. IS.—The S. S. Spo
kane left Seattle far Skagway Fri
day morning. Mildred Austin and
Erie Hawkins are bound for Skag
way, and Major Early, J. McClung
and H. 0. Banta for Haines. The
Northwestern is to sail for the north
on Saturday morning.
MRS. MARK HAXXA
PASSES AWAY
Washington, Nov. 18.—Mrs. Mark
Ilanna, wife of the late Mark Han
aa, died in this city this morning.
I HIE PISS & |
YUKON ROUTE !
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and Whitehorse
For information regarding passenger and freight rates apply to
H- Wheeler* General Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
SeattleW sh
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
during the Winter Season.