She Ijuily Alaskan
vol.. f!."> twknty-fovkth YKAR.
" TRICK TKX CBSTI
SKACIAV.IY, ALASKA TIKSIUY. SKPTKMBKR IS, 1921
Soundproof Are
Artists' Rooms
in N. Y. Hotels
rn the Th ul'i ski * ,|%i
Cami' t Itc ll.anl •'»
Kinmii
;»mv Y>:\. Sept. •»-—Souuclproof
• i> an- tnc
in \« Yorx ?u«el so**v:»c
> mai"!." v ha? inr.i »!led »i»o on
• ' tl" of Ms hotel for the use
»rtisf vruests and the innovation
become so popular that reser
ons tor its use have to l»e made
kral days in advatuv,
i ers. coni'posers and actors arul
occasional versifier have found
re.a**o n"i- l«-ss atmospheres so
;i 1:%• i. ^ u» • artistic imagina
t* or any other soaring
uiay be reached for hv the
t without fear that a whirring
:ma:ic riveter next ctoor will
\ in and spoil the performance,
oi * i merest shadow of a sound
sm*ak in to play the mischief
n toe creative artist is engaged
ul'! vat ins the muse. Nerves
J»*d l»y the clamor and strain of
?'!"»• are soothed hy silence and
rons of the soundproof room say
dotfr know now they ever en
>*d the noise before.
The-. tli- no windows in the room
ami ' •• do> r is ol" Ithe ice-box typo.
TV room is ventilated bv menus of
<i«-i .il de\Uv which noislesslv lets
i: frcs'i air and draws out the used
!■ s|<er.ti:»nt pnued (hot no ordin
ary tiois.- could begin to penetrate
- just stifled the
b " I' i veil sot started. A
outside corridor
..I of window* washers with j
step ladders and jancliug tin
btHke'-i fa ted to register on the
• i!m inside of the room.
v mob of angry janitors throw
it _ j.i. ash runs in an area way
i\as -omgested as the supreme test of
the noise smothering qualities of
the apartment but the builders
> tainted thai wasn't necessary.
Several delicate spirits who claim
ed they couldn't find any place in
ihe city where they could hear thetn
c!iair~ luxuriously uphol
st• red and a heavy study table rest
on a thick ■ arpet in which the feet
sink v iti-.oul sound A grand piano
stand- in one corner. The walls and
ceilittc are done in a Hat dovegrav
without a bit of color of any kind to
d >!tirb the iitiiet neutrality of the
«. \r.iM\n: stii.i.
AT I \I'M.
McVeill's Island. Sept. 1 "• —The
d-n of McNeill's Island pr ;on is
• 1 a statement that tlirdiner is
trapped on t!te island, tho he
ieeil . apt II red.
WIltHMI.s Will:
Tt> JOIN IIIM
Sep [ t —Mrs Minta
Durfee Arbii' i.ii* is preparing 10
'
: d 'o the freeing of her husband
trotn the toils of the law.
Seattle Girl Found
In Box Car
Chicago. Sept. 13.—A seventeen
year-old girl, Eliza Seepl. of Seattle.
| was taken from a l>ox ear in this
city in a weakened condition. She
told the Chicago police that she had
been seized in Seattle and placed in
[the box car and shipped Kast This
happened four weeks ago.
NO \KKl> FOR ALARM OVER
WASHINGTON ( (>M l i;i:\( K
Geneva, Sept.13.—i-**on Bour
geois. one of th<- le.-uii :•« figures in
ihe League of Nations Assembly,
told the Assetnhly m- the League to
day that there is no reason for the
l.eaeue to he alarmed by the coming
disarmament eonierenoe 10 he held
in Washington. Giistav Ador. a
former President of Switzerland,
was today elected an honorary pres
ident of the Asser,iii> "-'f the League
of Nations.
CHOLERA \I»I»S IIOKROK
TO Tt l!!\ t>< i 1 I' \TIO V
Tillo. Armenia, s-pi r:.- Cholera
has broken i>lit in the country oc
cupied by the Turks. One hundred
and forty tow-is in the occupied ter
ritory have been Fitted I1'- the Turks
and the inhabitants are camp'ttg In
the fields.
sk«i:kt w:\ rvi.i. imiomisi.s
visit TO AI-ASKA
Tti»> Seattle Chamber of Com
merce announces that Sin rotary of
the Interior Fall has unofficially
pledged to the Chamber that he
would return within pixtv day* and
make a visit to Alaska The cham
ber has been working since Secre
tary Tall entered th«> cabinet to have
hint go to Alaska and pet firsthand
information on the territory. Sec
retary Kali explained his- failure to
include Alaska on his present trip
by promising to go to the territory
this fall, it was said at the chamber
\iiiii < ki.ks vrroi;\i:v>
IlKlilK\ i: IIIM INMWIAT
Son Francisco. Sept 13.—The at
torneys of the noted riiov..» actor in
the murder trial have is-ued a state
ment to the court of California in
which they make the assertion of
their contidetice in the innocence of
their client.
•ikfikisson i:i:\< 111 - rtuir
The steamship Jefferson of the Al
as p..i Steamship Co reached Skac
way Sunday evening at eight o > lurk
She brought in eleven passengers and
»>•; tons of freight. and left for the
return trip at one o'clock Monday
morning.
Mr. J. II. Rollins, the well known
mining promoter, came in on the
Jefferson and went ttp to his mine
at Clifton Monday morning Mr liol
lins is registered at the Portland
Mouse.
SltlKlVH I.K.WKS TONH.IIT
Seattle. Sept. 18.—The steamship
i Spokane of the Admiral Line will
|leave Seittle for the S K. AI ,sk«.
run toni.'ht M ten o'clock. Ten
round trippers are on board for
|Skagwav. \mnng t! oso slated for
;Skagway are: A. II. Lowe. Mrs. ('.
Clolie, William Davidson. George
Mengher and wife. Flora Clolie.
Theodore Toplowsky and wife and
(i. C.. Anderson.
"I Wish I Were Rich!"
Dili you ever hoar a fellow sa\ thai? Of course
><»u <litl. You've said it yourself many times. Hut
>«»ur wishing never got you anywhere. .If you want
t«» learn liuw to swim you will get into tlie water.
It you want to skate you will get on the lee. .Well
then if ; on want to l»e rieh, SAVK YOl'K MoNKY. All
of the liig fortunes today are the result of a small
lM*ginnins.
WIIJ. OPEN* A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Baiimk ©H Msisfea
Still Recovering
Flood Victims
San Antonio. Sept. 13.—One hund
red bodies of victims of the flood in
Williamson and Milan counties alone
!have been recovered. It is expected
! thai many more will he recovered
within the next twenty-four hours,
[as the waters are almost down to
normal.
Dallas. Sept. 13.—The reports
'which have come in t'.ius far from
the flooded sections of central Tex
as indicate that nearly two hundred
li\es have been lost in the flood
( I.OTIIKS AUK SKLIJNti
VKKY CHEAP IN MI NNA
The offpr of n British concern to
soli in Vienna 400.000 ready made
suits of men's elotl.es at $5.25 each,
lias been occupying more space in
the newspapers than the disturbed
political situation.
Master tailors and readvmade
clothing merchants are fighting It
and thus far successfully, as the
.Minister of Trade has refused t'le
import license.
The entire Vienna press, hacked
It} the countless civil servants and
workmen's co-operative societies, is
pointing out thai native tailors
charged at least 10.000 crowns for
a suit of quality, while the British
offer equals for about 4.000 crowns
—Whitehorse Star.
MISSIONAKIKS KKTl llMNCi
TO TIIK STATUS
Miss E. J. Ridgway. who has been
for tlve years working as a teacher
and missionary in the native village
of Allakaket on the Ko.vtikuk r v.*r.
is on her way to the states. Miss
Ridgway is accompanied by her
mother. Mrs K. .1 Baker, who start
ed from Denver u year ago last,
spring and visited her daughtt :•
spending the year with her. The
Mission is known as St. Johns in the
Wilderness and is situated eleven
miles above the Arctic Circle. An
other member of the party is s.«
Katherine Koster. a nurse, who has
been at the Mission for the
four years. Together, these v
men have lived and served the peo
ple of this northern villate minis
tering to them in sickness and 'rn-h-j
ing them the fundamentals of the
Christian faith and giving theni the
advantages of the elements of our
education. The party will be at the
First Presbyterian Churrh tomorrow
evening (Wednesday) at the pr;.-er
service and will tell some of their
experiences in that interesting work.
DKCI.ARK WAR A\
rvMiTit. \ti i> i i rsi:
London. Sept. 13.—The World Me
thodist Conference, being held in
London, has declared that war is an
unmitigated curse to humanity. Re
solutions adopted by the conference
demand an international disarma
ment.
STOI.l'N ItOOZi: IS RK( OVKRL1*
THIKVI s CUM !
Seattle. Sept 12.—The three th. is
and bottles of liquor which were re
cently stolen from the government
| warehouse have been recovered The
authorities arrested C. Berndatel,
secretary of the Teamsters Vnitn.
and A. L. Legge. Both of tile men
1 confessed to the theft.
PR1\< l>S I V \ IN
POUT WITH C(».\I
j The Princess Ena arrived in Skag
way with a consignment of one
•thousand tons of coal for the While
! Pass & Yukon Rome. The Kna will
J return next month with another
• load of about the same amount.
Crews are busily engaged in getting
the coal to the railroad hunkers
I Mr. George V. Shull, a represent
ative of the Amocat grocery firm of
Tacoma. is in town looking after the
interests of his firm's business. This
lis the first time Mr. Shull has visit
ed Alaska and he is as substitute for
Mr. Van Mavern. who is taking a
vacation, subsequent to his matri
jmonial venture. Mr. Shull came to
JSkagway on the Estebeth.
I Fred Tanner, the local deputy
[marshal, was sworn in as deputy un
Ider the new United States Marshal,
Beaumont.
Bishop Crimont
Seriously Injured
Seattle. Sept. 12.—Bishop K. Cri
mont of the Catholic church In Al
aska. is lying at the Providence Hos
pital in this city snflfcrins from a
fractured ankle and internal injur
ies. These were received in an au
tomobile accident *n front of the,
Seattle College.
The accident occurred late last !
night as the bishop was being driver
to the college after he had been vis
jit ing at the home of Doctor T. J. '
Sullivan. He was being driven to'
tho college by Dr. Sullivan when the
uccidcm occurred. Bishop Crimont
came to Seattle to attend the jubilee
of Bishop O'Dea. which is being cel
ebrated in this city.
Seattle. Sept. 13.—Bishop Crimont
' Catholic Bishop of Alaska, is im
proving from the injuries received
the ofhor day. The Bishop refuses
to prosecute Svlmer. the driver of
the machine, which ran him down.
lil'ltsnvs HAY OlMI'AM
SHIIM'IM. KKIN'ORKR
Cliristiania. Sept 12.—The H-H
son's Ray Company is shipping rein
deer from this country to 'J.iflin land
in the Northeast of Canada Thete :
is an abundance of the reindeer moss
•n this pari of the courtry ai d the
Hudson's Bay people hel'cve that
much can he made of the territory
in the production of re'ndeer r>ett
and by products.
t l!l\\ RFFVSKS PROFOSAI-S
1\ KK SHANTVNG
Poking. Sept. 12.—China has in-J
dicated that she will refuse to en
tertain the proposals relative lo a
s.-ttl :r,ent of the Shantung contro
versy made by Japan.
ItRIIM.l (.IM S \\ AY
TWETY-SIX l>R< >\VNKD
Philadelphia. Sept. 12 —\ boy was
drowned in the Chester iv<-r i.ea."
the Chester Suburb. WhilA the \
crew was dragging the river for the;
body of the boy. a great crowd as
sembled to see the work. The]
bridce across the Chester river was
crowded with men women and child-;
ren. The bridce Rave way, precipi-,
latins the people in the river. Twen
ty-six were known to have been j
drowned as n result of the accident.
\vomax*s n.rit
KI.Ki'TS OFFICERS
The Skagway Woman's Club held
i's r'rsi meeting of the club year on
Thursday. Sept S. at S p. m. at the
After the reports of officers and
chairmen of committees had been
read and accepted the following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing !
year
President—Mrs E L. Winterberger |
Vice-President—Mrs. G. H Miller
Secretary—Mrs. A Geyer
Assistant secretary—Mrs E. H i
Owens
Treasurer—Mrs. E. Moffatt
Library Hoard—Mrs. E. I.. Winter
I'-.-ser. Mrs. F. .1 Vandc»nll. Mrs
H. P. Clark. Mrs F. E. Tanner.
Mrs. E. Telfer. Mrs. F Ward,
Mrs. .iohn Aden, Mrs Howard Ash
ley and Miss Mabel Stone
Pti hi icily Chairman—Mrs. W C.
1 Rlanchard
I i der the leadership of Mrs. Win
terberger the clnh has had a very
successful year. One of its chief in
terests is the maintenance of the
Public Library.
i.os wc.ei.ks am
r»Rt»PS ARBfCKLE
Los Angeles. Sept. 13.—Fatty Ar
bucklt 's name wps dropped from the
membership "roll of the lx>s Angeles
Athletic Club.
A " oman specialist who is giving the
girl pnp is in one of our high schools
some Inst ructions in the care of the
hair Includes this in her typewritten
instructions: "When ends of hair are
dry. clip them when the moon Is new
and t.rusli a little hair oil on ends."
Ain't education grand!
The Philadelphia North American
prints a two-column editorial on "What
the Sunday School Lacks." Any hoy
could have told the editor that it lacks
a place where a fellow can go fishing
in the summer or skating In the win
ter.
FORMAL CHARGE OF MURDER
SWORN AGAINST ARBUCLLE
San Francisco. Sept. 12.—A form-,
al complaint charcine "Fatty" Ar
buckle with the murder of Mis*
Rappe was made today. The sworn
complaint of Mrs. Bambina Mande
Oelmont. a friend of the dead act
rpss, was mado today Ijefore Pollc*
.Tndjre O'Brien. It U the second
murder complaint made against Ar
hnckli the fimt having been mad*
Saturday nighl by the detectives for
the purpose of holding him until tb«
formal charge could l»e tiled
San Francisro. Sept. 13.—The
Grand Jury In the Arbuckle ease,
after an all nipht session, decided
jo defer action on the matter of the
indictment of Fatty Arbuckle for the
murder of Miss Rappo The Grand
Jury is awaitine further evidenre to
l»e presented
Arbuckle was before the Grand
Jury for three minutes this momirc.
bu: he declined to testify, doing th -
on the advice of his counsel Dif
trict Attorney Rrady issued a state
iment this morninr In thin state
ment he charped Misa Zey Pyaron.
one of the state's principal witneni
• - with perjerini: herself in her te»
timony before the prand jary. He
■ -arped al«o that another witness
for tbt prosecution, Miaa Blake, is
missinp. Brad? Mid that "When
ever wealth and Influence are
-oupl t to the har of jaatlce. every
sinister corrupt practice la used in
an effort to free the accused. It la
always easy to convict the poor
"t.'ET AR1UVK1.K"
nvi\«; crt
San Francisco. Sept. IT—"Fati>"
Arbuckle. the movie comedian, is
charged with the murder of Miss
Rappe. who was present at a partv
given in his room at the St Francis
Hotel. In a death bed statement
Miss Rappe accused him of infl
Ing the injuries which resulted
fatally for her. When she was dying
Miss Rappe said. "Get Arbuckk .
follow this to a finish."
Arhuckle tried to pei free ti re
hail, but bail was denied him.
PRESIDENT PI.ElHiEs v) |»f*OR-r
T<> \VOl\l>Kf> MEN
Atlantic City. Sept 12—Presi
lent Harding in an address to trie
reterans of the World War. told
them that America was proud » '
«rhat they did in the ws- lie n.ged
:hetn to give their whole h»arts aid
in the solution of the problem ol
peace The President said "The
nan who came hack vonnd«d ai.d
impaired in health or nu>imed n
l>ody. deserves the fulVst aid our
[>ower can give him. and I propos
:o use all the influence i bnve 10 <■
:hat he gets it. but 1 am not so -i ti
-oncemed with those who ivne !.;ir
Prom the war unimparied ir li"\
or body "
The Executive Board of the Sk
way Woman's Club will meet at ih
home of Mrs. E !. Winterborger on
rhursday evening at S o'clock Tins
special meeting is called for the pur
pose of compiling programs for t'
rlub season.
THI PRESIDENT ORDERS
i.ol.n SERVICE REMOVED
Atlantic City. Sept. 1!.—When
President Harding sat down to din
n. r ..t thp Rit7 Hotel and »i* that
e re (Hilar ?ervice of the hotel had
been displac-d and the gold aerrtre
s:!list;tut>Ml, he ordered. "Take those
awa-- and bring the regular diahea,"
and hi? order was obeyed
1*1!I -IIU'NT TAKES REST
IN SPORT
New York, Sept. 1?.—President
Harding lfft New York today for a
... -of golf at Piping Rock Alter
the frame of golf he will take a
vatchinc trip along the coast In
'..one Island sound.
i X\T«>\ GOVERNMENT
TAKES FIRM STAND
\\ s inctor Sept. 12—The Can
in government of South China has
s<>nt notice to Secretary of State
Hughes that it will not recognize any
iirr.iTieenient mad« with the 1 eking
gnvernir •,ni at the limitation of ar
mament conference.
1.IMII Klil K(. < I.AIMS
MANY REINDEER
Seattle. Sf>pt. IS—Jafet Linder
Iwri: is ing claitn to many reln
• in the Kuskokwira valley. Lin
made payment for these
divr with checks drawn on the
d'-fnnct Scandinavian-American
ImrK of Tacoma The checks w*re
nov.>T honored for payment.
Tib©
WfliStte IPasg
YmkdDm Marias
The Route to the Interior
The Gateway Rome of Comfort. Sfrrire, and Stfwj
To anil From Allln. Pan son. Fnirhank*. anil All Interior
Alaska anil Yukon River Points.
Rail and River Service
During .season of navipation our fleet of n-odera steamer*
will operate repularlv the entire length of the Yukon
River and tributaries.
Pally Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaiuay
and Whitehorse. Tarlor observation cars on every train.
For full information roE.nrtiins passenger and freight
rntrs apply to
H0 WtesSer
Genera! Manager
Skaguay Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Rnildinc. Seattle, Wash.