Portland. April 9.—In u talk last
iciit I'ofori** the mining congress
Kit % in!, editor of (tie San Francisco
Mining Journal, declared that old
lime prospectors are getting scarce.
Wireless telegraph, prohibitum
law te new land acts, and railroad
grunts, have all helped the sonr
doitg prospector of the world min
ing stage, said Mr. liickard.
Washington. April 9.—The White
iet it l>e known today that if
t liai'ding visits Alaska this
year, which, he may do if congress
s t: rouu'i with its most import
a: ■ work promptly, it will be about
August ti flee nth.
Seattle. April —Tile S. S. Wenat
chee sailed today with three liuiid
r •! pa>>.-' rs i>ound for the Orient.
Among : • passengers are indud
■ 1 *; i i. f . :d Wood and e.\
t iii. n! r < Tal Korhes, who are
uoitig to Manila.
'I lie vessel sailed at eleven o°
I'lm'k atul a great crowd was at the 1
dm k t.> bid her "hon voyage".
I v. >d addressed the crowd
t bet'ort tiie gang ]
i.iatik \va> pulled in.
. ."'1 1>—Uecruiiiug for;
volume-r workers and safety units j
.
Wide.-;:-- '• violence has been re
ported and at: airdrome at Xewcas
i • v . < d - na:ir; d and the etjuip- ]
ireut des'.roj ed,
Tf li'.t-s. poles and wires
:■ lied near Shields and therM
i- extensive ndiarism in North-,
urn her land.
.- ■ t*rl»■* April f—William Iluggar
a mining engineer of Seattle, com
> (| hi.-t night in a Tacomu
hotel.
i; , s I a despondent for
: v : ... ins to the closing down '
so many copper mines. i
I.Td 'M. Aprit >'•—The Times to
d ... : rticle purporting to
, nta " - detailed instruction ■
from I.f:...- ordering tbl? Soviets
tt - < al road to stir up rev
olutions.
1 . . M- — . :: s t! at their infor
mulioti is authentic.
YOl" do not have to have a THOUSAND dollars de
posited with us to receive courteous attention. Cut
t!'e sooner you start with a small account, the soon
er you will Ret your THOUSAND dollars.
KK.MKMBER we pay 4 percent compound interest.
Bank of AlasRa
Canned Fruit |
WE ARK PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC- ?!
TION' OF FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRE XI
LINE OF CANNED FRUIT. AVE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA- jj
RIETY: ❖
X j
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums gi
Apricots Grapes Strawberries £
Logan-, Rasp-, and Black-Berries J
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
PRICES RANGE FROM 25c TO 55c PER TIN—ACCORDING $
TO SIZE AND KIND. £
SPECIAL PRICES IN DOZEN LOTS. ¥
P. H. GANTY
'colli IN
RUSSIA HE
Reval, April S.—Decaj
zation iu Soviet Russia \v;n kv.:; i
callv depicted as the worn' tyranny
in the world !>y Or. Morris Xuciter of
Ltrooklyn a leader and organizer of
the Communist party in UiO I'nited
States upon liis arrival here from
Moscow after nearly 'i'e mentlis in
Kussia.
The conditions in Russia are stead
ily becoming worse was the declara
tion of Or. Zucker.
FOUND Cliff
Covington. April —John Wil
liamson. a plantation owner, was
found guilty of nun !■ r i-.ni .. i\ cot -
nection with the Jasper County pe
onage case.
.
There were eleven uesroes sl.tia
on Williamson's plantation at the
time of the crime.
Loudon. April :»—Cor.tii. ling Irs
address to the Ho:i*e of t mi:iue
today. Premier Lloyd 0-orge app ■ -
ed to patriot.i ci:i ns to enlist in
the emergency force for ninety daj.
and to support ti pol.ie in iiiii.il
ment of their duties.
Honolulu. T. H.. —(Dy Mail).— J
Dllke P. K.ih;r ahokti. world's chat
pion sprint sv.imm- r and winner a:
tlie Stockholm anS Antwerp Olymp
iads. was beaten here n o- ntlv at li
yards i:i an aaiilorl-e-J A. A. IWa:..
meet by "liiM" Harris of the Outrig
ger Canoe club. H .it:»lulu. Harr..->
en u a led Duke's record lime of 55 4
made in December, 1'' 1
The four entrants in the race r.ll ,
were members of the Antwerp swim- 1
ming team at aiitnerp. i!: ■ other two
b''iug Warn u and Pua Kealoha.
There was not a hand and a half '
difference between t - t.rst three.
Karris. Duke and I'ua Kealoha, with
Warren Kealoha lies- up for fourth |
place.
Washington. April S.—The admin
isti-ii ofik-ials confldentnlly ex
p.ct that the allies will accept the
principles as restated by Secretary
of State Flushes, that the United
states surrendered none of its rights
in overseas possessions of Germany
and that it cannot be bound by de
risions affecting these as made by the
League of Nations without its con
sent.
EXGLUSIVEGLUB
Seattle. April S.—The police raid- |
t'.l ;tu exclusive University club last [
night on I'oen avenue and seized ,
a lot of contraband liquor.
one hundred quarts of bonded
whiskey, thirty gallons of Old Toin ]
gin. and thirty gallons of White- 1
Mule were secured.
NO ( OVi'l.ST
AT VAI.DKZ !
Valdoz, April <5.—There was no
contest at the city election here |
there being but one ticket in the I
Held, consisting of Messrs. Biggs.
Minor. Patterson. Wilson. Meals.
W ood and Smith for the Council I
said No Is Jepson for School director. |
PUTKliSBI'lUi Kl.KC
tion griKT
Petersburg. Alaska, April 6.—
One hundred and nineteen votes
nore cast in the municipal election
■ i• e -icrdny. Edward Focken be
in;; elected mayor without opposi
tion. Uttle interest was shown in
t!,c election.
Six councilmen were elected, be
i::u llussell York, S5; L. A. Wood- j
ard. 7<•: C. K. Swanson. 76; C. H.
Pnnlske. 77: Karl H. Ohmer. TO; |
William Cribble 77. Unsuccessful I
i-.in.iidaies for councilmen Were:
li.nii A. Anderson, Chris Christen
son. Kasmus Knge, P. Jorgenson, J.
tl. Smith.
I>r. II. C. Carothers was elected
as . itool director for the one-year
term, receiving 102 votes, his op
ponent, Andrew Wikan, getting 23.
Mar; in Kildall was unopposed for
the three-year term as school direc
tor.—Umpire.
IVrtland. April 9.—Ttmt Alaska
will tu'V! r develop under government
ownership. was the declaration of
Falcon Joslvn at the conclusion of
tlie mining congress now in session
last night.
"We have government ownership
in Alaska of the telegraph, railroad
building, fur seals and coal mines"
he said, and that means that these
industries are dead to private enter
prises. The country will develop
slowly if at all. under the leasing
system, with government regulation
and control".
Joslyn declared that the decline
of the population of Alaska was due
not to inadequate ship service but to
inadequate government.
Seattle. April 9.—Mrs. Mayme
Marble of Seattle, widow of Walter
Marble, and her four children were
allowed eighty seven thousand dol
lars in a contest over the estate left
by Marble.
The case was tried in Blooming
ton. 111., and the jury found the
above verdict which was received in
Seattle today.
Seattle. April 7.—The federal pro
hibition authorities are now direct
ing their attention to the reports
that wholesale shipments of liquor
are being brought into Alaska from
Vancouver.
Secret service men have been look
ing up evidence and it is likely that
sensational arrests will be made
soon.
Washington, April 9.—James
Jones, who. through the civil war
served as a body-servant to Jeffer
son Davis was found dead in his
home today.
Eureka, Cal., April S.—The gov
ernment revenue cutters Both well.
Bear, anil Unalga, are patrolling the i
northern. California coast in search
of former Alaska fishing boats.
At least a dozen of these boats j
are now running liquor between
British Columbia cities and San
Francisco.
Edmonton, April 9.—J. L. Larson
accompanied by Lieutenant Myhors
12. Pul.l, hopped off today in an aero-|
plane bound for the Fori Norman
oil fields.
The flight will be made via Peace |
river and they may continue their j
flight as far as Fort McPherson on
the Mackenzie river.
This is the first attempt to make I
this journey on air to the newly dis-1
covered oil fields but it is thought
that flights of this kind will becomt
common before the year is over.
Manahan Heads
Elks for the
Coming Season:
Installation Ceremonies for .Juneau
Lodge P-'O, 1!. I*. O. E. Tonight.
Waller J. Manahan, newly elected
Exalted ltuler of Juneau Lodge 420,
B. P. O. E.. will be installed at the j
meeting of the Lodge tonight by
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler I
George F. Forest to succeed Joseph
A. Snow, present head of the local
lodge. Installation ceremonies will j
be followed by a special program
and a banquet.
Following is the complete list of [
new officials who will head the
Elks for the coming year:
W. J. Manahan, Exalted Ruler.
A. li. Cole. Esteemed Leading |
Knight.
C. P. Jenne, Esteemed Loyal Knight.
John E. Latiz. Esteemed Lecturing |
Knight.
Janles A. Davis, Secretary.
Harley J. Turner. Treasurer.
Fred A. Sorri. Tiler.
Cash Cole. Esquire.
David Evans Inner Guard
Jas. L. McCloskey. Chaplain.
J. L. Gray, John Reck, W. B. Kirk,
Trustees.—Empire.
ELECTION KKTl ltXS
11JOM SEWARD
Seward, Alaska, April 0.—John
Noon was elected Mayor at vaster
day's municipal election.
Councilmen elected are S. F. Ad
elman, Mrs. Jennie Paulson oud
Charles A. Techklenderg.
Other successful Candida'«s were:
City Clerk, C. A. Estes; City Treas
urer, Hugh Dougherty; City Attor
ney, Harry L. Smith; and Clerk of
the Scholl board. Mrs. Willis O.
Perry.
One hundred and eighty-one votes
were cast.—Empire.
SITKA RETCRXS
OX ELECTION
Sitka. Alaska. April 6.—One hun
dred and thirty-one votes were cast
here yesterday in the municipal
election, the successful candidates
being R. W. DeArmond, Mayor; H.
D. Stabler, J. A. Smith, J. C. Thom
as. .T. McXulty. L. Peterson and W.
C. Mills, councilmen: F. Beauclianan
member of the city school board.
The measure calling for direct
election of mayor and three coun
cilmen for two year and three for
one-year terms passed by a vote of
79 to 15. Thirty per cent of the
total votes cast was Native.
FIRMS ILL
CO-OPEBHE
Chicago, April 8.—Representa
tives of the Farmers Convention last
night voted unanimously to accept
the report of the committee of sev
enteen which provides for the for
mation of a co-operative agency to
market the graiu of the farmers.
Sacramento, C'ai., April 9.—The
hearing of request of Governor Hart
of Washington, to Governor Steph
ens of California, for the extradition
of Jafet Lindeberg, the Alaska mil
lionaire miner and banker, on April
1, has been extended from April 17
to an indefinite date.
Henry F'arzier, private secretary of
Governor Stephens, stated today
that Lindeberg would be re-indicted
soon.
PLOT 10 POISON
IDGELOVETl
Omaha, Neb., April 9.—An at
tempt was made to poison Judgfc
I.ovett, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the I'nion Pacific railroad.
The conspiracy was revealed to
day when a maid in the Kontell ho
tel told the police taht she had been
offered five hundred dollars if she
would slip some poison in a glass of
water and serve it to Judge Lovett.
The names of the parties who
were concerned in the outrage have
not been made public but the police
are working on the caSe and sensa
tional events are likely to follow the
exposure.
London, April ".—Til ere was a
complete breakup iu the conference
between representatives of the min
ers, employers and the government.
The meeting was for the purpose
of trying to settle tl>e strike.
This announcement vas made in
i lie House- of Commons by Premier
Lloyd George today.
London, April 9.—In view of the
strike situation it is regarded as
significant that King George and
Queen Mary moved today from Win
sot- Castle to Buckingham Palace in
London.
IDE HIE PUSS a
YUKON HIE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE OF
COMFORT SERVICE SAFETY
FOR
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Semi-weekly Train Service between Skagnay
and Whitehorae during the winter season
Full information regarding passenger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, Qeneral flanager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.
COAL IB
GAUSEIHUU8LE
London, April 9.—Loaders of the
| miner's railway men and transport
workers in conference this after
noon decided to call a general strike
of the three memberships on Tues
day of next week, unless negotia
> ■ • . . ^..i j:ntnt of the cual
. ■ . ..j,e..ed i.e.u:i; i.m.
time.
Lloyd George in making this an
nouncement to the committees said
that I e government will issue an
appeal for volunteer workers in these
lines and that the army and navy
reserves would lie called out by roy
al proclamation.
London, April 8.—Leaders of the
Workers, and the National 1,'nior. of
Railway men, decided this morning
upon the stand of the two unions.
This decision brings the fit ire
tripple alliance of labor into me
controversy.
Representative of the miners this
morning refused to accept Lloyd
George's invitation to meet the own
ers of the mines on the conditions
proposed which were that the return
of the pumpmen and engineers to the
pits would be the first matter set
tled at the conference.
London, April 8.—With the red
flags flying and bands playing sever
al thousand miners are storming the
colliery near Edinburgh.
Stones and hand granades are be
ing hurled at the volunteer workers
in the pits.
Some of the Welsh mining dis
tricts which are denuded by fire and
marked with the damage done by ex
plosives bear a resemblance to
time de8olution.
London, April S.—With the trans
port workers and railway men who
have both definitely decided this af
ternoon they join the striking min
ers. Great Britain is tonight on the
edge of an industrial precipie<fe but
with the government continuing its
preparations to meet any emergency.
All the facilities of the army and
navy are being put in readiness.
Washington, April 9.—Japan i«
about to make gestures to strength
en the relations between that coun
try and the United States, by send
ing a mission composed of members
of the Japanese diet to this coun
try.
Athens. A\ J.—Demetrios Goun
aris has be^n named the Minister of
war for Greece.