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NO. 50. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 27,
laska n
mitork-al,
ULSTER 10
Belfast. May 2t>.—A curfew lan
which starts from 11 p. m. and con
tinues to 5 a. m., has been ordered
today thruout the six counties of Ul
ster.
POLICE GET
CHIEF BLACKMAILER
Chicago. May 25.—When the po
lice of this city urested Eugene
Bryant, they believed they had cap
tured the chief, of the blackmailing
gang which has been operating thru
out the country. The ring has been
preying upon the wealthy women of
the country for some time, and Bry
ant is thought to the head of it.
WELCOME NEW
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
Washington. May 2t>.—Things
have reached normal for the firBt
time since the war in at least one
aspect of our relations with Ger
many. We now have an accredited
ambassador from Germany at the
capital at Washington. President
Harding gave the new German am
bassador, Dr. Otto Weidfeldt, an
audience at the Whitehouse yester
day afternoon.
PACIFIC COAST HAVE
KOl'R VKVV BOATS
Seattle, May 26.—General manag
er Haines of the Pacific Coast S.S.
Co. announced tonight that four
new steamers would be placed on
the Alaska run. These steamer*
must have their diesel engines in
stalled before they can be put in
commission. The names of these
four boats are: Dawnlite. Daylite,
Mooniite and StarUte. They were
purchased in the (Cast and are still
on the Atlantic. It Is expected that
the Dawnlite will sail for the Pa
cific in a few days.
BECRETARV WALLACE
MAY RESIGN
Washington. May 26—Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace may resign
from the Cabinet. If he does it will
be because of a dispute with Sec
retary of the Interior Fall over the
question of departmental control in
Alaska. The intimate friends of
Wallace say that he is ready to re
sign if the Bureau of Forestry and
Public Roads are taken from his de
partment. Fall stated that if the
transfer is made he will fire Chief
Forester Greeley, as the latter has
been opposed to- Fall's policy in Al
aska.
Eversharp leads for Ev«rsbarc
lead pencils In hard, soft and ladel
libla at Kellers. 25# a box.
BOTTLE III
ROME SMS!
Rome. May 25.—Scores of the
Royal Guards were wounded in the
fight which occurred in the streets
of this city. The tattle occurred in
the crowded Sun Lorenze quarter of
the city.
SENATORS LOCK HORNS
ON BONIS BILL
Washington. May 25—The Repub
lican members of vhe finance coui
mltee which is to propose a measure
for the raising of the cash for the
bonus bill have coi..e to a standstill
on the adoption of t«ie measure to be
recommended. Half of the member
ship favor the Smoot plan for paid
up insurance policies for the veter
ans. and the other Iwtlf favor the Mc
Cuniber plan for the issuance of cer
tificates upon which tbey cau bor
row money.
WAS CRANK SEXTKNCRD BY
FRENCH MILITARY COI RT?
Washington, May 26.—In accord
ance with a resolution introduced in
the House today. Secretary of State
Hughes will make inquiry of the
French government as to the cor
rectness of the reports that a French
military court had imposed a sen
tence of twenty years upon Charles
R. Crane at Damascus.
Paris. May 26.—The French for
eign office has no knowledge of the
reported conviction of Charles R.
Crane, a former American minister
to China, by a French military
court in Damascus, ou a charge of
inciting a riot.
DEPARTMENT <>1 Jl Silt K
UNDER MORUAN OONTROI
Washington. May 2>i—Senator I.a-I
follette of Wisconsin caused to lie!
entered into the Senate Record, the'
charge that the Department of Jus
tice of the Cnlted Slates is under the
control of J. P. Morgan & Co. That
the corporations over which Mor
gan & Co. iias control are enabled
to do what they please without re
gard to what the law in the case
| may be. He weut further and slat
I ed In the charge that this control is
j exercised irrespective of whether a
| Republican or a Democratic admin
istration is in power. The charge is
made by Saineul L'ntermeyer. tiie
lawyer of New York, in a communi
cation to Lafolletle.
MAYOR r.VI-DWKLL VKTOES
BIO PAYROLL
Seattle. May 25.- -Mayor Caldwell
of this city vetoed the ordinance
providing for $1,044.S00 to meet the
payroll of the city government late
this afternoon. By this action of
the Mayor the pay of five thousand
employees of the city is held up for
[ a month.
Springtime is the Time to j
*>1 «. 0 J ln *'ie 8round- You
1 1 A tt t U eeflS the tiny plant grow from a
tiuy sprout to a full grown stalk.
LIKEWISE, thin ii a good time to plant dollars in the bank;
you may start with a tiny deposit, but give It the same attention
you do the growing plant and you will eventually have a substan
tial bank account.
Plant a Tew dollars with us TODAY—the harvest is sure to
Bfflimlk ®ff Mask®
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
CONFESSES
10 sun
BLAGKIILEB
Whiteplains, N. Y., May 26.—Wil
liam S. Ward. 3011 of the millionaire
banker, is the self-confessed slayer
of Clarence S. Peters, the blackmail
er whose body waa found near the
Kensico river on May sixteenth.
Ward «'as rearrested on an order
sinned by Supreme Court Justice
Seger.
THOUGHT WOOD LOST; 18 SAFE
Manila. May 25.—Governor-Gen
eral Wood was thought to have been j
lost in a typhoon which struck here :
[lay before yesterday. The Oover- j
nor-General was out in the yacht
Apo. and was not heard trom I or
thirty-six hours.
\Ml\DSE.VS PLANK
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE |
Seattle. May 26.—The airplane to
l>e used by Amundsen, the explor
;r. in his Arctic trip, arrived in this
:ity Sunday. It is of the mono
plane type.
ro DEPORT ALIEN*
NARCOTIC AGENTS
Washington. May 26.—President j
Harding today signed the Mlller
lones Anti-Narcotics bill, in which
s contained a provision, whereby
my alien found guilty of violating
he Federal Narcotics act will be de
ported from this country.
HAItE THROWS SAND
IN UMPIRE'S ETES!
New York. May 26.—Babe Ruth l
•lashed with the umpire in a deci-1
lion which the latter made, and in I
he dispute Babe threw sand Into
lie eyes of the unpire. For this he |
.vas driven off the field.
A1,1*1 .N K CLUB VODVIL
The Alpine Club Vodvil, presented
it Klk's hall last evening was one
>f the best entertainments of the
■iind ever seen in Skagway. Ever>
>(Tort had been made by the com
mittee in charge to make the even
tig's show the exact counterpart of
i high class professional Vodvil.
Almost every kind of known vod
vil entertainment was included In
ihe show. "Nut" comedy, male
riuartette selections, comedy skit,
special dances, monologue stuff, spe
cial artist's number, and a cabaret
stunt were all on the program.
The cabaret scene was the finale
number and a fitting end for a fine
show. The well trained chorus, at
tractively gowned, lively, clever
dances, good soloists and the latest
music all went to make this num
ber alone worth the price of admis
sion. Every other part of the Vod
vil was equally good.
At eight o'clock sharp, Friday
evening. May 26th, 1922, at Elks'
iiall, the curtain rose on the open
ing number of the Alpine Club Vol
vil. Everybody was there to enjoy
it. It was a show one could not well
ult'ord to miss.
All children, even babes-in-arms,
were charged 50 cents admission.
SECOND LARSON
JURY DISAGREES
Tacoma, May 26.—For the sec
ond time, the jury in the case of
Larson, the president of the Scan
dinavian-American bank of this city,
■vas unable to reach a verdict on the
charge of his having illegally bor
rowed funds from the bank. The
jury was dismissed by the Judge at
^noon.
WATSOIGBILLS
HE CABINET
Washington, May 26.—Senator
AVatson of Georgia In a speech In
the Senate, attacked the members
of President Harding's cabinet. He
dwlared that the executive had em
harassed the Senate at the outset
of his administration by asking for
the immediated confirmation of Sec
retary of the Treasury Mellon, a
man who is probably richer than
Rockefeller, anf of one who Is hold
ing office in violation of the laws,
referring to Herbert Hoover, whom
he declared was an English citizen,
and Secretary of the Interior Fall,
who, be declared, was reeking and
dripping with Standard Oil scanda!
in Columbia, Teapot Dome and in
Mexico.
SOVIET-ITALIAN
TREATY SIGNED
Genoa, May 25.—The commercial
treaty between Sovie'. Russia and
Italy was signed this afternoon in
the Royal palace.
SEIZE BIG SUPPLY
OF BOGUS REVENUE STAMPS
Seattle. May 25.—The secret serv
ice agents of the government seized
a supply of counterfeit revenue
stamps Intended for use on fake
brands of moonshine whiskey. In the
seizure was found eighteen hundred
internal revenue strip stamps, thous- j
ands of labels and wrappers to go j
with the counterfeit stamps, plates
for printing the above.
BUSINESS REVIVAL
PICTURED BY DAVIS
Washington, May 26.—Secretary
Davis has presented the case of the |
business revival of the country to j
the nation.
He has pictured business as <'o."n- j
ing along steadily and his state- i
ments are based on reports of the !
employment bureau to the Depart
ment of Labor and Commerce. The j
report indicated that unemployment j
has practically disappeared from the |
city of New York.
GENOA CONFERENCE
AVERTED WAR'
London, May 26—The Genoa eco-1
nornic conference, which closed last j
week, prevented another European ■
war, according to Lloyd George It
has also laid the foundation for an
agreement of the powers with Rus-!
sla.
These results the Premier claimed
for the conference in a speech made
in the House of Commons last night.
TELL OF WEATHER'S CHANGE
Many Flower* Qlv* Warning of th*
Cemlng of Rain, If On* Will Stop
to Obeerv* Thorn.
Many flower* are said to be excellent
barometers. Kor Instance. It Is when
the blooms of dandelions have seeded
and are In the fluffy, feathery condi
tion thut the weather prophet faculties
come to the for*. In One weather the
ball expands to th* full, but when the
rain approaches It shuts up like an um
brella. If the weather Is inclined to
be showery. It keeps (hut up all the
time, only opening when the danger
from the wet la pissed.
The ordinary clover and all Its vart
eties, Including shamrock, are also ba
rometers. When rain is coining the
leave* shut together like the shell* of
an oyiter. For a day or two befor*
rain cornea their tten* (well to as ap
preciable extent, and stiffen so that th*
leaves are borne more uprightly than
usual. This stem swelling when ralq
1* expected U a feature of many flower
ing grasses.
The figure* of which the leave* of
the horse chestnut are made up keep
flat and fanlike so long as the flnt
weather la likely to continue.—Cleve
land Main Dealer.
A dollar a month will bring th*
Alaakaa to row deer.
TWO ACADEMY GIRLS
ENGAGE IN PISTOL DUEL
Pueblo. May 25—Consuelo Baca.
| seventeen years of age. was fatally
j wounded and Josephine Laverta.
eighteen years of age, is being held
for having shot Miss Baca. The
shooting occurred in the exclusive
Loretta Academy. Miss Baca is the
d .ugfliter of Doctor J. S Baca. *
p-omtnent Spanish-American real
dent of the rity. Domertlc trouble
involving Mint- Invert* and Dr. Baca
ate given as *he fsuw of the irarMy
Miss Iji»erta Is a student at the
a< ademy.
AROCXD THE WORLD
AIRMAN AT GENOA
May 25.—The British air
man *no is making the trip around
the world in his aeroplane, arrived
in Genoa at twelve minutes past six
last evening.
TO INSPECT ALASKA
Seattle, May 26.—Captain WiUUm
Fisher, supervising federal marine
Inspector for the Washington-Alas
ka district, sailed for Nome on the
S.S. Victoria. Fisher is on a tour
of Inspect.on which will include the
Yukon.
SEATTLE HARDWARE CO.
HEAI> DIES
Seattle, May 25.—Charles H
Black of the pion»er capita!.sis of
the Norhtwest and head of the Seat
tle Hardware company and the
Black Manufacturing company, died
in this city today.
COAST NEWSPAPER MAN READ
Seattle, May 25 —One of the pio
neers in the new-paper business.
Major H W. f'aton. died at Soap
Lake last night
SENTENCE V GCARPSMEN
TO JAIL EOR MONTH
Los Angeles. May 25.—Four Na
tional guardsmen have learned to
their sorrow tha; it does make a dii
ference whether they attend tie
weekly drill of the guard or not.
The non attendai.ee a tthe weekl*
drill has secured for them a sen
tence of thirty days in jail
o\ TRAIL or
TAVI.OR MI KOKRKK
Poughkeepeie. May IS —A man
known only as Ms:, nought for fcy
the police for the shooting of Wil
liam I>e8mond Taylor, the moving
picture director, arrested today
at Fishkill Tillage. The arrest cam*
at the end of a thrilling hunt In
which a sheriff'! p *e armed with
shotguns and re^i >.iS surround-d
the woods »here lie had been sees
to enter.
MWl IWM>kM» FOR
\\ H1TF.HORSK F.Vtl RSIOX
Seventy passengers were hook»d
on the Steamer Alma, which sailed
from Thane Friday morning at *
o'clock, all of whom were booked
thru to Whltehorse
Haines and Fort Seward were wr II
represented, and the ball teams from
these points are making a strong
play for the honors
A gr»al marn Skjcwa\ans Nv>k»d
for the trip and 'his l« but right,
as Whllehorsc has always generous
ly patronized any enterla>nment
which Skagwa* ha* given
Those not risking e trip lose an
opportunity of se»'«K the Mighty
Yukon, the tarty preparations for
the summer's river activities in
transportation. *s well »s the scen
ic wonders of the world famed White
Pas*. which brings thousands of
tourists annually to the north.
KAII.K.P T<> «.KT PirilMlT. J U1.KI1
San Franci«cn May Poctor
state permit to sell oil stock of a
company In *h ch he is Interested
The pollcc got on his trail »nd ar
rested him f'-r having sold »tock
without the state permit.
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