Newport News. May 7.—The Ship
Hoard ha* been making desper
... ~» ici .set the S. S \\">!!>am
:uic loaded i.ere. Tod:t> it wa.i
oiiiid t:utt every sea co.-U was opo.i
::d there was tifteen feet :if water
a t!o hold. The closiu? of the
.;,U prev. ::.il tie sinking of
he boat. Tiie Marine strikers ln%ve
.•en making a stubborn tight to pre
! : .• sailing of the Willial auntie.
»i \ii i■ sti mih.ks
ji\us r»»KTi"NK in fh:m>
s. >!. V.i Mav. —Henry Daraernn.
; dew Mulaut of jiiuiifcr Vlrgtota
seders who works on his uncle's
mountain-side farm near here from
Mits-tip to sun-down at $ii> a month,
i• ir■ ■ ■ il~- iie said, o* finding a
Irea.Mir.' and buying a farm of nis
1 :i A ■ ■ while he was plowing
near the foot of (Irtish's mountain
is j >« u'if.irti'.ed a |>. ilu r look
_ (i Investigation revealed it
to he a .•••..all me'al pot wrapped in
l -kin .: uin : cold and siher
■ ralueU at $14,jlOS. Ainiit $]),•
- a -ol ! ? .in silv ,'r .ami
■ ::i ariency so h.idty dis
ii .1 !. ..t the denominations
• -uld ! • !>.• distinguished.
.late oi. a • the eoilis -
'
i is i : ti . :ht be taken ."ror.i him !
ad . tl,.-cowry i soere1 itu- i
!•.- i. v. u.i. m>\ k in m:\v
«>i : i i:-. M AI! THK IIM!
.'■lav—T!ie i'ost K'elli
! secured fur itself a tie .v
jb;.sh«r ferry lias l«»n-ed
: ■ aa lmildiri:. i ■ ■■at
and I'; :e streets, a- ross
.
a Nelsot. and liui j. cou- i
. 'a 'lie Times Square.
- .1 the Daily Times. It
• Heifernun b'lild
• 1" stories in height, ai
re** stories is ull that vill t
••tl at present. On Monday .
11 inet ■ e on movii.g the
t-Uut.
nn free
I NEXT TUESDAY:
j San Francisco. .May 7.—Jo-it; Mi
N'amara who was convicted of dynii
I miting the I.os Angeles Times build
ing in the labor troubles iu that city
and was sent to San Qiiinteu for a
term of years will check out of that
prison next Tuesday ravins <oin
pleted his sentence. This plot, caus
ed great commotion at the t'nie and
was one of the famous cases of the
country at the time. "
\Y.\K I'ISK Hl lJKAU
to i'.vv divi»i:m»s
Washington. May.—One hundred ;
thousand war veterans will receive
dividend payments of ?4 each from1
the War Risk liureau this month. I
The individual sum is not large, but
many Of the exs''Idlers will lie glad
to receive the amount.
Ol.l> ISOTTI.KS SOI.n l-t»It SfiO
ISV TIIH l. S. MAKSJIAL
-• With 300 dozen of bottles piled up
iu barrels and b <\es alongside the
courthouse, that portion-of the
grounds now resembles a brewery. 1
The smell is still in the air from i
where the content? trickled down the
hillside, to carry out the impression.
Many of the bottles were broken as
the stuff inside was so powerful that
it exploded the bottles when they* .
were being opt ned. However, rnough :
were saved to make a good appear
ance and tw. rv sold i'i a jo!) ,
lot for ' by I riit' d States Marshal
Tanner. The bottl's are mostly from ;
-beer" conliMiated freui tue Alaska <
Beverage company.
Sr-attle. .Va> 7 —W.liiam 1*. Whi!
a well known lawyer of this ei'j', J
drowned in l.ake Washington ]
terdav. While crosiiiig the lake to j
his sumim r home his • anoe capsi.O' • |
and he was drowned.
Washington, May 7 -Jacob iould
Schurman. who for ninny years has |
been rresident of the Cornell f
versity. at Ithica. Nt'ff ^ ork, has j
been selected by President Harding ;
as United States Minister to China. : |
The Best Month in the
Year to Open a Savings
Account Is—MAY
Other good months art* .March, August, November,
February, July, Sept emlier, April, .JaiiUMi-y, Or*o
Int, Da'ciiilK-r, anil Jnne.
T Ml.I KK TO S.WK OKTEX STANDS 1SETWEKX
YOU AM) SITCESS.
BanK of Alaska
vX ■ — ... , I
Canned Fruit
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC
TION Of FROM 20 TO 23 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRE
LINE OK CANNED FRUIT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA
RIETY:
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums
Apricots Grapes Strawberries
Logan-, Rasp-, and Black-Berries
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
PRICES RANGE FROM 25c TO S3c PER TIN—ACCORDING
TO SIZE AND KIND.
SPECIAL PRICES IN DOZEN LOTS.
P. H. "GANTY
HIGHER HATES
Washington. .May ".-—Delegate
t.;Uiie:la:.d l^s tiled a complaint
against the American Steamship
lines doing business in Alaska. He
charges that the lines are discrinrin-!
ating against Alaska in the matter ,
ot transporting paper pulp. At a |
hearing before Chairma i Benson, of
the Shipping Board John Bunch of
lhe Alaska Steamship Company and)
W. Li. Clark representing the Pacific'
Steamship Company, they both tes-j
tilled that higher rates were fixed on
tlie port of Snettisham pulp by these
.ompanles, because they were unable
it the time the quotation was made
to ascertain the size of the bundles
When tliis information wag forth
coming the rate was reduced to iive
lollars a ton. *
MAIL FOR ALASKA OOKS
VIA CANADIAN PACIFIC
Seattle. May G.—Due to the strike
if the marine engineers the mail for
he principal S. E. Alaska points will
•,e forwarded via the Princess Mar?
vliicU sails for Vancouver tomorrow
liorniug.
I'O I'1'IU.ISH SLACKER LIST
IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD i
! I
Washington. May t>.—The slack-***
is'.s as made out by the War Denar
nent from time to time will be
Tinted and published in the con
:ris-iiolial record.
YCI.ONE HITS WILSHTRK
Si:VIA HOMES FNROOFEDi
Los Angeles. May C.—A cyclone
:i th,» fashionable Wilshire district
i this city this morning. Seven I
owes were unroofed.
!. It. BUI.DERS WIDOW BCRNS 1
I'Al. \< E TO CiET lNSI'RANCKi
Spokane, May 6.—Mrs. 0. D. Cor
"in. the widow of the widely known
'nilroad builder confessed lo the po
ire that she and L. K. Legle, her
hauflfeur, set lire to and burned
lie Corbin palace* in order to ,?et
lie insurance. Both Mrs.—"Corbin
,nd l.egle were placed under arrest.
ILASK.VS FRIEND DIKS
IX THK FAR EAST
Albany. "N. Y„ May 6.—Jchn S.
ileiclier, whose publications, i>ear
ng the title "Blight of Plnchotism"
lild who said many kind things of
Uaskn. came to his end here today.
■KlNKKlt CHILD OF
PACIFIC COAST DIES
Albany, Ore., May 0.—Cyrus H.
iValker, S3 years of age. died at
his place today. M:\ Walker was
he second white child b.>rn west of
he Rocky mountains. He has made
lis home in this city for many yeirs.
itwell still jtdc.k
AWOFXCKD DAl'liHEBTV
Washington. May 6.—The Attor-!
lev General Jias ruled that Bunnell
vho is on the bench for the Third
division of Alaska is still judge un
it his successor is appointed and
liialilied.
AKISIl CHURCH VIELR
SMALL FOR CRACKSMENj
Seattle. May 0.—Some burglar
must have been hard up when he
broke into Trinity Parish Ch'irch
and blew open the safe. He got 530
in small coins and made his escape.
school mm
A TOTAL LOSS
Seattle, May 7.—Fires started in
the Adventist boarding school in Au
burn and imperilled the lives of
eighty boarding students. The '>sii!d
ink was obliterated. The loss is es
timated at $200,000. The fire occur
red last night.
Chicago, 111., May 7.—Clara smith
Flammon, made a demand on the es
ate of Jake L. Hamilton, the slain
Iklahoman, for three million dol
ars. The widow characterized the
■lain) as blackmail.
mddkix \i'r<)!.vri:i> ron
KAIIA\ AY MAII< SKI?VICE
Washington, May 6.—Walter II.
lays, postmaster general appointed
Valtcr H. Riddell, as general .piper
ntendeut of the railway mail serv
r-p.
IKD TOOK TREK
SHOTS AT XITTI
Melfi. Italy. May G.—An Italian
Solshevik took tiiree shots at Pte-j
nier Nitti this afternoon. All tho j
hots went wild.
Washington. May fi.—Kti;.ot.<2 II. j
logert was appoint' .1 postmaster of,
endovia, Alaska.
Yakima, May 7.—Mrs. Anna Hen- j
v, of New York, the author of "The t
louse in the Woods." and other
lories was accidentally dro.vnel in
he Natchez river.
Convinced that great consuming
narkets of the East will take an .
\-er-increasing supply of reiTideer r
neat, and with order 5 which will'
.arrant his company in increasing
Is shipment of carcasses to Soattle j
his fall from IlliiO in 11»20, to !•.
00 tu 5.000 in 1921, Carl J. Low
lan. of Lowman ti Company, of
Tome, the largest company in the
eindeer industry and a pioneer in
t, arrived in Seattle on Wednesday
rom Washington. I>. and eastern jl
oinls. Mr. Lowman. who went to
he National capital to work for an
ncrease in the appropriation for the
iiological Survey, in Alaska, and to
;et a more favorable rail rate from
ieattle, made the prediction that in
ide of fifteen years 1,000,000 car
asses will lie moving through the
lort of Seattle annually for trans
hipment to markets. Mr. l.owman
conferred with Chamber of Com
nerce staff members on questions
elating to the industry and partic
ilarly concerning transportation
.Ir, Lowman, who took up the prob
ems of the reindeer industry with
nterested bureaus in Washington.
J. C„ also said in ten years tho Al
iska herd will be double those of
forway, Sweden and Finland com
lined.
"t submitted figures showing that
here are 200.000 square miles of
erritory in Alaska suitable for the
.raiing of reindoer," said Mr. Low
nan. "Dr. K. W. N'elson. chief of
he bureau of biological survey, in
irguing for the appropriation for
he experimental station at L'malak
ett. said there a-e now in the neigh
torhood of 200, 000 reindeer in Al
iska and said that when the most
conservation of growth of the he
conservation estimates of growth
>f the lierd^ are made | that
he fully developed reindeer
ndustry in Alaska should yield
tpproximately $43,000,000 annually.
>ven if the carcasses dressed for
narkof average about ISO pounds
sach. This would bring the value
if the fully developed Alaska rein
leer industry around $60,000,000 at
present meat values, according to
Dr. Nelson."
>
3ILL WILL GO
8HCALENDAR
Washington, May 7.—Ore million
dollars for use at his discretion 's
the sura which is placed ill t.ie nav
al appropriation bill for the Secre
tary of the Navy. However, iiis dis
cretion is limited to certain phases
of the coal business in Alaska. He
may use it for mining or contract
ing for Alaska coal, its transporta
tion or the construction »f bunkers.
Tills bill will go on the calendar
next week and the Secretary is au
thorized to select such areas a:; de
sired from public fuel lands i.i Al
aska.
II.AHDINO PRESIDENT
FOIt whom: COIXTRY
Washington, May 6.—President
Harding while visiting the disabled
soldiers in the Walter Reed hospi
tal near Washington, said that there
ivas no more sectional lines i'i Am
erica. This was due to the fact that
he people of Alabama wanted the
same things as the people of Ohio,
■ net he asserted that as chief execu
ive he was resolved to regard the ,
['nited States as a whole.
REIGHTER STARTS
TO (il'.T OX LOAD
Seattle. May 6.—The first vessel
o leave the port since the inaugura-j
ior. of the marine strike was the
reighter Eelbeck.
The l'.elfoeck sailed yesterday after |
loon for Portland to load grain for
Europe. Operators of Alaskan ves
sels are still confident ot starting
shipping this way, but it may be ?ev
•ral days before they succeed ;i
lispaU'hing any Alaskan or coast
vise vessel.
iRITIKH PREMIER SEEKS
(JERMAX DISARM.AMEXT
London, May G.—Lloyd George in
in address to the House of Commons
ast night stated that Germany has
surrendered thirty one thousan 1
;uns and three million six hundred i
housand rifles, that is not enough, i
>he must still further disarm in ord-|
r to make more sure the safety ef
Curope. !
U.S.TU AGuEPT
SLUES 'BIO"
Washington, May 7.—President
Harding with his cabinet held a pro
longed discussion as to the advisa
bility and practicality of the accept
ance on the part of the United States
of the invitation of the Allied Su
preme Council to send a representa
tive to the Council of Ambassadors
and to the reparations Commission.
At the close of the discussion it was
decided to send an unofficial repre
sentative to these two commissions.
The United States will be represent
ed nnofilcialiy on the German repar
ations commission by Rowland Hoy
den, the American commissioner at
Paris.
FORBES IN' FIRST ACT
GETS EVEN" WITH SEATTLE
Seattle, May 6.—Col. Forbes, who
was offered the governorship of Al
aska, and refused it and later \vas
given the appointment of chairman
ship of the Federal War Insurance
Board, as the first act of his regime,
lie ordered the removal of the state
headquarters board from Seattle to
Tacoma. The Seattle Chamber of
Commerce alleges that this order
came as a sequel to the refusal of
the Chamber to endorse Forbes for
the Shipping board.
Washington, May 7.—Admiral
Benson, the chairman of the ship
ping board said today, thai if ne re
mains connected with the shipping
board he will order an investigation
of the whole Alas',an transporta
tion situation.
This announcement '-.iion-oH tne
hearii.- «-.»* Terence to d.fterenca
in freight rates on wood pulp snip
ped bv the Alaska Pulp and Paper
Company from Port Snettisham as
compared with the rate charge ,i.e
British concern which is manufac
turing paper pulp in British Colum
bia.
DIES IN I'EKIXG
DIVORCED IN L0M»0\
London. May fi.—BertranJ itussel
the celebrated financier a»; 1 pacifi
cist, died in PeVIng,- China. Simul
taneously *'i . his announcement a
London c. irt granted a livorce to
his wife.
I WE PISS 5
YUKON DIE
ITHE GATEWAY ROUTE OF
COMFORT SERVICE SAFETY
FOR
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Seiui weekly Train Service between Skaguay
and Whitehorse during the winter season
Full information regarding passenger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.