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8KAGWAY. ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ll»22.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SHIP SUBSiSY
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Washington, Nov. 2SS.—One day
remains fcr the completion o: the
work and discussion on the Admin
istration shipping bill. T Irty ?ovou
amendments were tired at !lio admin
istration shipp.ng bill in the House
At the adjournment last night the
bill had covered one-third of rt»o
schedule. Representative Graham
went home with three of a half loz
en amendments in his shooting bus;
All of these were put through witl
the aid of Reps'blican vot's Timor
row. the bill will come up for vote
on its final passage.
AI >KI AXOI'LE TIR\EI>
OVER TO TfRKSj
» Constantinople. Nov. 27.—Adrian
«ople. the chief city of Eastern Tlirace ,
and one of the bones of contention
between the Greeks and the Turks,
and during the fourteenth and lif- 1
teenth centuries :he residence my i
of the Sultans, has been returned •.»> |
the Turks. This city with Western i
Thrace was won back by the Turks
In the.r victory over the Greeks in
Asia Minor, the armistice agreement
at Mudania. giving them this city
with Western Thrace 40 the Maritza
river. The city was formally turned
over to the Turks today.
WHII'K PASS OFFICIAL
WHILE IX SEATTLE HAS
VERY LITTLE To SAY
Herbert Wheeler, general mana
ger of the White Pass, arrived ui
the Seattle office of the company.
General Manager Wheeler had very
little to say in regard to the future
operations of his company. "What
wc do talks." he said. "But I can
say." he added after a moment, "that
we will move a big lot of friegnt
- this summer. 1 should say 6,nu0
tons all told."
DKKS OKCLAKES SK1.K
A \U>RU> t ITI/I N
'
V. l>rbs, the well snoivn Socialist,
with anarchistic t?r.dencies. declared
in a speech made on Sunday that In
was a citizen of the world. He stat
ed in his speech that he was just re
covering from a speech made in Can
ton. Ohio, four years ago and closed
at the Atlanta Penitentiary.
CHOUX I'KIXCE IS
SELECTED CAI.II'H
Constantinople. Nov. 20 —Crown
Prince Abdul Hedjid Effendl, cousin
of Sultan Mohammed VI, has been
selected caliph, according *o an an
nouncement by the Angora govern
ment.
HITCHCOCK HKNr.WS
ATTACK ON CLEMEXCEAl"
Washington, Nov. 2S.—Senator
Hitchcock renewed his attack on
Clen.enceau in the Senate yesterday.
*This attack (s based upon the speech
es C'lemenceau has made in his tour
of the East.
YOl Til POISONED IN
LOS AXliKI.ES HOTEI,
j Los Angeles. Nov. 25.—The Alex
ander Hotel authorities .>f this city
worn shocked 10 sse a young man]
r. -I from his room with the exclama |
tie r that he uu I poisoned Ho
e.pired in > feA* inorieuts. The
young man h ' regisierc-d with a
woman as h;s wife. He was well |
d-essed and >«: believed to be a um-|
vanity studei-t. Further inquiry re-■,
vcalcd the fact the- the young nun
is Vudtn Uo». son i* Fred l!oz, a j
vTT.lthy HiUbJi-o resident. The we
n.an who was registered as his wife
I-us disappear; !.
ALASKA (JAIN'S
WASHINGTON CONFIDENCE
■Washington. Nov. 27.—The per-1
formance of Alaska in the matter of
digging coal and landing it In the
city of Fairbanks, has brought her
to the attention of Washington in a
new l.ght. The Department of the
interior regards the information in
this particular as the most important
piece of news which has come out of
Alaska within recent months. The
report just received by the Bureau of
Mines states that it has been demon
strated that run of mine coal at the,
Li'-.nite mines of Nenana can be de
livered on the tracks at Fairbanks
at a cost of $4.6$ a ton.
POINCARE APPEALS
TO FREN« II PEOPLE!
Paris. Nov. 2S.—Premier Poin
• :ire has sent out an appe il to the
French people fo rally round the
government. He seeks the same sup
port for the government now which
the people gave to the government
during the war. He re-a iris the
present situation as of grav» nigniti- ■
nance and as forecasting a grave
crisis in the life of France.
NO FIGl'REHEAD
FOR MICHIGAN J
Detroit. Nov. 2s.—Governor Groes- '
heck announced that he will make no
appointment of a successor 'o ff. S.
Senator Truman H. Newberry until
all claims are heard. This itt:• • ter;
was made in answer to a rumor that
he might name a man who would not
seek election in IP24. thus 'leclttrlng
that he did not want to have a fiig
urehead represent the state.
WF.T ASSOCIATION" .MAKKS
ANNOl'NTKMKXT FOR 1WJJ
Si Lotlis, Nov. 26 —The Associa
tion Against the Pro ibit.on Amend
ment am.ouiKvd today it would sup
port a presidential candidate and a
national platform favoring the repeal
of the Kigiiteenth Amendment in
1924. The association d clared the
Anti-Saloon League is tied up with
Wall Street.
BI R.V KFFKJY OF
KING CJEORGk!
New York. Nov. 2S.—Five thous-i
ai:d !fish sympathizers got up a par-'
nde in this city on Sunday evening.!
No permit had beeii secured for the
parade and the police proceeded to;
break it up. Som« of the women
marchers clubbed the police as they
attempted to break up the parade. |
An effigy of King George was burned I
during the even ng.
Idle Money Is Non-Pro
ductive
Money is valuable for what it can do, not for what it is. The
money that produces more money for you is like the man you
hire and works for your interest. The money that does not pro
duce more money for you is like the man you hire and works
against your interest, or kills time while you do all the work.
In rest j'ou 10.1c money In good safe securities or deposit it
iu a Savings Account. We pay four per cent. 0:1 savings ac
counts and certificates of deposit.
Money deposited in this bank is Insured against theft. Money
hid away in your home is liable to theft and fire.
Bannlk ®ff Rflaisikai
SKACWAY, ALASKA
. .Athens, Nov. !iH.—Tlie ivurt 'luir
tial set to try tli form'-r Cabinet of
ficers and army officials fur the fnil
ura of tlie Greeks in Asia Mimv bus
performed what it deemx its duty.
All hut two of the Cabinet officers
and Army officials who were accused
of high treason in connection with
the Greek debacle hnvn Seen sen
tenced to death. Tlio Military court
martial that heard th echarges sen
tenced to life Imprisonment and de
gradation Admiral Govdis ml Gen
eral Scategos.
Gre.it Ilritain is much stirred up
over the findings of the 3ree\ court
martial. There Is rumor of the pos
B;billt.\ of Britain's breaking of* dip
lomatic relations with Greeca If the
death sentences impos. d on the for
mer Greek cabinet officers are car
ried out. This was stated in official
circlcs today.
IIY'/AAB IN WASHINGTON
TO AID AI.ASKA
Wellington. Nov. 2S.—A group of
women ot prominence iu th's city
are conducting an open city theatre.
The announced aim or the affair is
(o relievo the distress in Alaska. A
bazaar given in connection with the
show has as its specific purpose tho
raising of money for a general hos
pital at Ketchikan.
Those who are taking prominent
parts iu the sliow and the bazaar are
Mrs. Thomas Riggs Jr., end also a
sister of former Governor of Alaska.
Anot er lady of prominence, who is
K teresUd Is Mrs Elmer Murphy, a
daughter of Muurics Francis of the
British diplomatic c„rps.
TIGER" KISSESS OLD
FRENCH Pl'PIL
Buston, Nov. 27.—C'lemenceau is'
maintaining the traditious of the
Frenchmen for gallantry. He met!
me of his Kreuch pup.is, whom j
aught iii'ty-seven years ago, iu New 1
York. and greeted er with a hearty
\iss. Nellie Skinner is the happy ]
lady who was his pupil so long ago,•
ind now the recipient of his favor.
N'cllie is "3 years of age. The ex-j
I'remier was at New Haveu and saw.
Harvard d'-leat Yale at football by I
i ten to three score.
IVGBBUES HOLlHN'j
ANNCAL CONVENTION I
Chicago, Nov. 27.—The fourteenth
innual convention of the Industrial
iVorkers of the World opened today
,vlth thirty-nine delegates in at.ljn
lance. Ic was aunounced that of the
iUU.UOO carrying red cards only a
iiuall fraction are pa d up in their
lues.
•I'M"' BREAKS Ol'T
ON AMERICAN STEAMSHIP
Plymouth. Eng., Nov. 27.—An epi
demic of influenza ha3 broken out
imong the officers and crew of the
American steamer, President Roose
relt, which is at this port.
LAl'M'H SLll'S FOR
RECOVERY MILLIONS j
Washington, Nov. 25.—The De
partment of Justice has started ac
tion to recover twenty million dol
lars. This amount is alleged in the
action to have been fraudulently ob
tained by the contractors who con
structed four of the army canton
ments. greeted during the war. The
Attorney CJen^al slates that this is
the beginning of a far reaching pro
secution of those who held contracts
for building war camps. This suit
has reference to fraud in connection
with the contracts for ou'iding the
camps, Uuton, Jackson, Sherman
and Funston.
ELKS TO REMEMBER DEAD
The Elks' Lodge will hold a mem
orial service tor tneir dead ou Sun
day afternoon, December 3rd. Elab
orate plans are in process of com
pletion for that service. T e service
is for members only. A11 are urged
to attend.
FOR OPEN DOOR
IN TURKEY
Lausanne, N'ov. ?8.—Lord Curzon,
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Brit
ain, yesterday, anthemed an official
statement that Britain supports the
American "ope'i-door" policy in Tur
key. Great Britain in this same
statement regards the Sail Remo
agreement for the division of the
Mosul oil listrict as null and void.
Tu'kish demands at the Lausanne
parley are that Turkey be given
complete independence. This is de
clared necessary for the country's
national development, and. that ev
ery judicial and financial restriction
which has been imposed from with
out be opposed.
MILL Ol'EKATING AT
WILLIAM HENRY DAY
The mill at William Henry Bay is
now running to full capacity and
will operate all winter, according
to advice received today by Dave
Housel, iocnl agent for the Alaska
Eudicott Mining and Milling Com
pany. from the officials at the miue.
The operation of the mill was held
up several weeks because of the de
lay in a shipment of p'ne oil. neces
sary for operation. Twelve drums or
oil arrived here on one of the Inst
boats and was taken out to the mine
by the Estebeth this week.
The delay In the arrival of the
oil was caused by the burning of
the ship on which the oil had been
placed, consigned from the east to
the west coast. It was necessary for
the company to put in a second
order for oil.
C. W. Mason, president of the
company, who has been at the mine
the past several months, expects to
come into Juneau shortly after!
Christmas, when ho may leave for
the States.— Empire.
REFUGEES CROWD
HLACK SKA SHORE
Constantinople. Nov. 2S—A quar
ter million people from northern
Asia Minor are sweeping toward the
Black Sea and the Mediteranean sea
plead tig to he saved from the Turk.
They are the refugees who have
come under Turk control through
the recent victory of the Turks over
the Greeks. This report comes front
the American naval base at Con
stantinople.
BRITAIN RESENTS
CLEMENCEACS STATEMENT
Washington, Nov. 27.—The British
Embassy has taken exception in a
formal statement to a recent declara
tion of Clemenceau.'s The declara
tion in question was to the effect
that Great Britain had secured a
guarantee of national safety by let
ting the surrendered German fleet
sink in Scapa Flow.
DIG ELKS' DANCE 7
TOMORROW NIGHT
The Elks' lodge will give their an
nual Thanksgiving Ball tomorrow
evening. The hall will be elaborate
ly decorated, the music will be of the
best obtainable, the guests will be
the elite of the town, the refresh
ment will be unsurpassed, and the
time of the year you can have at
this ball.
FREE STATE FREES
MARY MACSWINEY
Dublin, Nov. 28.—The Irish Free
Slate has released Mary MacSwiuey
from the M uoirpytsjono
from the Mountjoy prison. Tt was
feared she would succeed in suicide
if she were allowed to continue her
hunger strike. She Is in Mater hos
pital, having been taken there last
night on orders from the Free State
^ government.
SPOKANE SAILS FOR NORTH
The S.S. Spokane sailed for Skag
way and way ports this morning.
Nov. 2Sth, at ten o'clock. She had
on board forty passengers, two are
hooked for Hainos, George W. Cole,
CANADIAN EGG CITY TO
RIVAL PETALUMA, CAL.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 27.—An "Egg
City" which eventually wili accom
modate 100,000 layers is to lie estab
lished north of Toronto. The com
munity will be 500 acre3 in extent
and will be subdivided into 75 poul
try plants, each owned independent
ly, but worked on a semi-cooperative
basis. One hundred cases of eggs
a day, it is estmated, will be produc
ed when the city is fully developed.
The plan of the promoters is to
develop the community along the
lines used in establishing the city ol
Pctaluma, California.
PRESIDENT TO ORDER
PROBE OP LA.YXESS
Washington, Nov. 28.—President
Harding has expressed himself as
likely to order an investigation of
the laxness in the enforcement of
prohibition in Philadelphia on Sat
urday.
The occasion was the annual Army
and Navy football game. The viola
tion of the Prohibition Law was bo
flagrant that the most casual observ
er at the game could see the viola
tions going on.
Secretary of t' e Navy, Denby, who
attended the game declared that
flappers, bootleggers, and unrestrict
ed liberty have combined to bring
the midshipmen of :he naval acade
my into inexcusable disgrace. He was
an eyewitness to wnat he termed a
drunken orgy. He immediately ap
pointed a special board of inquiry,
with orders to place the full re
sponsibility and to make the proper
disciplinary recommendations.
BOY EMPEROR IS
GIVEN A WIPE
Peking, China, Nov. 27.—Hsuan
Tung is seventeon years of age. He
has been Emperor of China, has been
deposed and is now living in retire
ment. He is to be married on Fri
day of this week in accord with the
ancient and honorable custom of the
Manchus. The happy bride is to be
t'.e Chinese princess Icar, his junior.
The groom has never seen the
Princess whom he is to marry but
that does not make any difference as
it is in accord with custom that he
should no'..
COXSTITl TIO.V BILL
PASSES SECOND READING
London, Nov. 28.—The Irish Free
State Constitution bill passed the
second reading in the House of Com
mons today.
BOSS. DEMANDS
BESSARABIA
Constantinople, Nov. 28.—A des
patch from Sophia says that Russia
has just addressed a note to the Ru
manian government demanding the
return of the province of Bessarabia.
This province was taken from Rus
sia and given to Rumania as her
sl-are of the spoils of the World
War. The area lies to the east of
the Pruth river and is bounded on
the West by the Dniester river, mak
ing the latter river the boundary be
tween Rumania and Russia. Ru
mania also received Butowina, and
Transylvania as the outcome of the
war, thus she has at present about
twice the area which she had when
the war began. Russia wants re
turned the portion taken from her.
QUAKE TRAVELS TO
CENTRAL STATES
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27.—Earth
tremors in Central Missouri, South
ern Illinois, Western Indiana and
Northwestern Kentucky, caused the
inhabitants of that«reglon no little
concern. The shocks occurred last
night, and the damage to property
■was considerable. The quake shook
houses, rattled tho chimneys from
many, broke a great many windows,
and knocked chlnaware from the
shelves. The inhabitants of sections
of the four states mentioned were
badly frightened, not knowing how
far or serious the quake might be.
Word comes from Chile that the
same region which was shaken by
the quakes recently have been revis
ited by new shocks, but the latter
were not so violent and little dam
age done.
SON-IN-LAW CHARGED
WITH FAMILY MURDER
Bristol, Conn., Nov. 2".—Five
of the members of the family of W.
S. Smith were murdered in their
home yesterday. Ben Burchfleid, a
son-in-law of the husband and fath
er of the victims was arrested last
night and is charged with the mur
der.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE TO RE1IHE
Washington, Nov. 28.—Another
Supreme Court Justice Is to retire
from the bench. Associate Justice
Putney is ill and the Senate author
ized his retirement from the Su
preme Court within two months.
The
White Pass &
Yukon Route
| TKe aate„ay R.Ute to
J Yukon Territory, Atlin and Interior
i Alaska
J Semi-Weekly Train Service between Sbaguay tine' Whitohorw
A during the Winter Season.
I For full Information regarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
!h. wheeler, general manager
SKAGUAY, ALASKA
or
510 AUska Building, Seattle, Wash.