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VOL. m. TUXXTY-FWRTH YEAH. SKAGWAY, ALASKA Tl'KSOAY, «HTOBER 18. 1921 PRICE TEX CKSW
Attempted Assassination
Phillip Of Scheidman
Berlin. Oct. —An altpmpt to
.->1,late Philip Sheiilinan m>
111 list night. Sehcidman vras
formerl> secretary of foreign af
fairs at the time the peace treaty
wtui signed. This appears to be a
confirmation of the report that the
monarchical party is intent upop
murdering all those officials who
had a part in the making of the
treaty of peace. The attempted ass
assination was not successful.
Westward To Get
Mail Service
v , Oct. iv—The gov
niail si.Miner \* . ich is to have the
contract far carrying mail to the
w st».iril nakins Juneau. Yakutat
and way points. Pending this Post
master lieneral H.. s has instrurt
• il the Seattle post office to arrange
for a ship for one trip, after which
it is expected the regular boat will
Ite in -er. [if for ihis run
n.w\ 4.11:1. i.im.s
Ill'T TWO l>n«.
tn 11 '• last mail Wilbur Storej
received word that his little daugh
ter had passed an ay. having lived
The letter stated that the baby
was a beau'ifill and perfectly form
ed child and resembled 'he mother.
The parents have the sympathy
of a wide circle of friends
Mi- Storey is well and will prob
abl; i-ome to Alaska ttexi year
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01 sit- >i:t \«voi \r>
tVt 15.—Major C. R
Christ:- . -i o«i<-.>r of the regular
arn.y, n'so > heen acting ;»s prop,
erty i :>l il'"irsine officer for tbe
.Yatioui I ;::ird of M'jsh'ilfttoil. was
rell-ved of his dll'M pendi-tx all
im»-st Ijiatioti of I"' J tceuuii:*.
«.o\ i i:\mi \r km'kmuti kks
U> r.i: WITHIN I.IMITS
Washington. Or* 17—Secretary
of the Tiv.isury Mellon, in a state
ment ft«l.n. said the federal expen
ditures tor the current fiscal year
would lie lielrt within the estimate
of four l«i!!:i>u thin, four million
l'\^ Till III I'K To CITIKS
Washington, net. IT.—Tl.e un
••onf"rence was nnable
to asre»> on any means for the al
leviation of the shortage of employ
ment except to recommend that the
various cities and communities in
tl.-:t uttt, problems ill this partU'tl
»\\IM I : IXJI R\
Mrs. Te<l Owen had tl.e mwfor
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steps at her home and frac'itre i.i.tli
Mrs. Owen now at the Wilie
I "ass Ik pital tinder the care of i'r.
Valors nil will lie confined to he:*
Wtilill I \KIS O ITII
Manila. (Vt IT -Covrrnpt (T^n
era) I.eonard \\ <u h! was s*vorn in
to office today.
Chicago Loses
Big Damage Suit
Chicago. IVI. IT.-—TlJ? city ot
t Chicago lust its suit for a mollloti ;
dollars damages against t;,e Chics-1
thai the city had no cause for actio!: j
and quashed the sail. it was ai
lvufd by the city that tho Trlh'inc j
had injured its credit.
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Pittsburg, Kansas. Oct. 14.—
President Lewis of tho Cnited Mine
Workers of Araera'a today suspend
•>d the members of the Kansas dis
trict of the mile The i\.ui-..<
worker* refused 10 oho the orde:
of Alexander Movat to return .1
work. tlowat is president of the
Kansas d-strict mine » rkers and
is now in jail on contempt of court
proceedings. H<- ordered the men
back to work and th»\>- summarily
removed Howat and other district
officials of the union.
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\Vashincton. Oii, 1".— President
Harding: assumed the bvidersl.ip in
the government's efforts to settle
the differences between the rail
roads and their ernpSpjeS. He des
ignated the railroad labor hoard
and the interstate- comment com
mission as the b«R available af.ece
ies to avert serious labor compli
cations
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PROVISION M:\V YORK |
New York. Oft. IT.- A group of
will I"1 int-d to keep New York oil'
■
hundred carloads of fimdsfilffs. Fond
• *1 iriss. oiler Oopeland made the
noum-ement concJirnins l
irueks today.
RKiu rK w u;i:s ami
I'RKK.HT i: \TKS
Chicaeo. Oil. —The ••venttve
heads of I he principal railroads
I'KKSIOKNT W ll.i INO.I IT
rcANrist-o
Washington. Oct. IT -President
Alaska next summer, told i di'lega
tion of s>hriti<»rs that if he visited
Alaska next Mimmer lie might In
clude San Fran< isci
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SAVE BY A SYSTEM
K\perienee has taught lis the > erv few people save a lure
anion- t of money by hapazard methods. On the contrary, we nr
that those who regularly save a small amount usually have tli
largest hank accounts.
SAVK in (IF VOI R SALARY EACH MONTH AND AS Mi ll
MORE AS POSSIW.K
Open i Savings Acount with a small amount and slick to I
Don't make a hig ' splurge" and then "fall down "
St no opens a Savings Account
Baiimlk ®ff Maiskai
BARON W. KANDA
I mm & mm.
- ^kw\ff ri t -*
Baron W. Ksnda of the house of
peers of Japan and one of the lead
ing men ot that country, who has been
touring the United States with his sen
snd daughter.
SHIP ONNRH SALMON
TO ISI.AMI OK .lAV V
Seattle. Oct. 15.—A considerable
shipment of canned Salmon has
been sent to the island of Java
CHARLES P. SMITH
i-'M.T*
Charles P. Smith, assiftant commi»
sioner of interna! revenue. Mr. Smith
*as advanced from the office of tolich
:or of the same t-ur*au
Professor Naulty Incensed at Amundsen
Washington. Orl. !s —Pio'essor
Naulty, who. wis!, his s.n;, planned
in make the Nori:i I'olf > a Seaitl»*
and Point llan.>\\. .ind v/i'O il »l *
made public his 1lap*. is iiW!iiA°d «'
the reported «tatot.f»n- i>>' Vmu td
scn, the explorer. That 1st will u
planes on his trip to «''c !>>li'. .Vaul
;y said sufficient publicity had been
sivfn to his plans to make them
Known to everybody, and an J*t*
cinpt to anticipate his carefully
planned work with a scratch flight
l.ast l> conceived, is not in line with
?he very strict code of ethics which
has hitherto governed expl-vcrs.
Threat Brings Kansas
Miners to Work
IMtsbtirg. Kansas. Oct 1 * -Ttif
National officers of ihe Mine W
s?rs of America ihreatened the K ~i
sas mine workers with a rain '.t
tion of the charter unless lhe\
:>d the order of their distric •
utd went hack to work. The -iril.in,;
miners went hack to work i i::>\
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Washington. Oct. 1".—The »ar
leparinient is now planning to work
nit a gridiron plan for r**:»«I routes
or the whole couniry The air
lighwa.vs provide that two ot them
tvill make Seaitle their terminus
tnd one of these will evoMually he
•xtended to Alaska.
\ joi.i.y M"\ch \i:i:i\i:
l»\ THK SANTA I51T \
commerce arrived .11 Skagway last
night from Junoan und way points.
The par*) came in the Santa Rita
with Captain Billy Dickinson us
master, and after seeing the Haines
trade, arrived here at aliout S:30
Friday evening.
Chamberlain heads the party with
the versatile lhidle;' Alle-i n<r nert
Morris as aides, wnd .Kifty-Kiphth
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making his first trip to Skagway.
Tli" party loft late Saturday after
noon for their homeward trip.
SltMiKAVT A\ KSTt'(>TT
Pl.KAIVS t.l ll.TY
Word has been received from .!u
nr ni that Sergeant Westcott plead
ed guilty to the charges against hitr
in the district court and Judge Reec
set next Saturday, when he will pro
notinoe sentence. Mr. Westcott ask
ed for permission to introduce evi
dence showing extenuating circum
stances and the judge said he woult
heir him on Saturday.
C.KAN1) CHIEF STONE
CONIERS WITH l.KADKRJ
Chicago. " Oct. 17.—Warren S
Stone, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Railway Engineers, tod a;
! requested a conference with th<
I railroad executives who are in ses
I sion in this city, on behalf of th<
j railroad unions, which have votei
' to strike.
Haines Notes
James MeGrow was down from
i*i upii Friday, returning Satur
,1 ;i Up reports everything quiet
r the Porcupiue conntry.
Rev. Porsonia and his wife are
i;Ans a vacation, and are the guests
i : :rs M;.e Ragan. Their home 1*
in 1 unoatt. where they are conduct
ing religious services in connection
jrith the reading room.
Robert Wiley, who started for
lain;- Hollow Friday morning, re
tnr -il here Sunda\ evening. and
icft again .Monday morning for
> Hollow, he reports water in
r ^er -omewhat higher than us
ual ..t this time of year, so much so
that it interfered with his taking
:i ton tractor up The cause
e> high water is rain in the
tout, rains instead of snow.
entertainment and dance giv
«n '■> the Parent-Teachers associa
tion was well attended and the en
prtalnment was fine, for amateurs
l:e acting was very good indeed.
;.r the step dancing by Mr. and
Mrs Chisels and Mr and Mrs. John
son - little girls, showed that they
t: 1 been well trained, and they did
t!-"ir dancing away over average.
Uirf when Mrs. Runisey performed
th. oleg and step dancing the an
il jn^t went wild. Mrs. Rum
;s a talented dancer, that is able
to show off the art of dancing t*
'for. any audience in a very credit
.<■ manner The receipts amount
. to ?4S.
KSTKBRTH ARRIYKS
The good ship Estebeth arrived
in port this morntng. bringing a
number of Skagwav people from Ju
noait President Rasimison of the
V k of Alaska. Sergeant Helms of
the cable office, and Mr. Tropea re
turned home. Mr. Tropea received
his citizenship papers while he was
in .inneaa.
Sergeant Weseott pleaded guilM
lo the charge made against him ir
cotirt and will receive sentence next
Saturday.
President Rasmusor. said thai
times in Juneau are very dull, thai
; business is almost at a standstill
All who went down had a good iim«
while there, but were glad to
.Iturn. Juneau is having its full
• | share of wet weather.
Father Gallant returned todaj
> from a few days' visit to White
I horse, where he went to look aftei
his flock over there.
LEADERS PREPARE
FOR RAIL STRIKE
Chicago, Oct. IT.—The leaders of
the brother hoods snd switrhriena
union are prepared to meet in
Cleveland tomorrow to complete the
plans for the rail stilke lor the 30th
of thi* month.
Eleven other railroad orjaoln
tlons are still opposing tbe Mrik-e
and they will attempt to keep their
men from striking.
Washington. Oct IT.—Postmas
ter General Hays stated that.the
mails would rao'-e even if there WM
a railroad strike.
Cleveland, Oct. 17.—The heads of"
the five railroad brotherhoods whose
memberships comprise two million
men. ordered the strike on the 3«th
are to mprt In conference In thla
city tomorrow. St«ne of the engin
eer* and I.**e of the tr»innien are
now on the pround.
WashinRlon. Oct. 17.—The r"v
ernmeTit is preparing to man and
run the railroads if the nstionw<de
strite called for Oct. SO ties up the
country's transportation sy«t>-»n.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, tN au
thor of the railroad bill. mI1 l«xt
niclii thin if any group of men were
siroiic enotieh to confront the for
ernment and bring narration. then
we must defend onrjelve* or di»
poive the government
Washington. Oct. IS.—The rail
road labor board and the ln'-"-sia!e
commerce commission coirt :n>
appointed br Prpnidei'1 Hardir.g to
. i rt a strike on tbe rai'rofl* of tbc
• <mn!rv, have nunr-Hted a rcp<>tl to
•ne Presid^n,.
Cleveland, Oct. IS.—Tiie milr. >.td
labor leaders stated iasi nl.:ht il.it
they were willinn to treat for pone
in thr propowd strike II a r or« lo
thai ri rortion tc mad# by President
Harding.
New York. Oct. IS—Two thous
and aeroplane? are beinc tuned up
to carry food into the city of New
York In case of a strike of the rail
road brotherhoods
Cleveland. Oct. 1£.—The schedul
ed meeting of the heads of the rail
road brotherhoods, wfiose member
ship voted to strike., whs postponed
The cause of the postponement of
thi meeting was the request by the
iilw;. lalwir hoard to meet with
the hoard In Chiraeo on Thurtdt)'
morning of this week.
Senate Rejects
Amendment
WashinRton. Oct. IT.—The T'ni
ted States Senate toda> rejected
amendment to the German peaif
treaty, which would pledpe the i'ni
ted States to protect Germat ■ -'r<>
lnvasion if ahe completely disarm
ed
MKXtCO nil.1. HAYK
\o DKUCGATKV
Mexico City. Oct IT—Pres-d >nt
Ohrepon of Mexico annovn<-od 1 lis
Mexico would have no delesat""* ■
the Washington conferenci
Children Seeking Food
Rita. Oct 17.—Many thousand
i Midren am pourin* thro thl» city
T! i ■ arc heing «ent out of the fain
d iricts in order to get them
• '■> tlx1 food Is oominit into the
from other nation*
lleriin. Oct 16—In the con»tltu
whic.h was adopted by the new
■ Trrent in G*nnany. the tnltla
tire wa- civfr. n place In that ir
t rnment Since the titne of 1:1
pi ion the trenran* have made
,>ich uw? of it At least ten fliow
■ d initiative petition* have l-e-*n
p-. -pntcd to the Reichstag sinre- the
joption of the conmitution.
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Yukon Territory, Atlin and
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Semi-Weekly Tram Service between Skaguay and WHitebor»e
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Skaguay- Alaska
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