HISTORICAIj library
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SEPTEMBER 27, 1921
PRICE TEN CENTS
USE CHARGE SIM
FOR USE OF PA3RQL WAGOK
0hicaeo. Sept. 27.—1The federal
invest igat;oii of the corruption of
the OhU'.icu police ill tlio booze scan
dal ;• unearthiHK some Interesting
thins- The evidence of whiskey
il ' i . r.'tl •'■miii the bootleggers to
i: . ;is!onw i * in the police patrol
( . . 14 Sept 26.-—Federal offl
, ;ils 1 :ve started an investigation
>f t' mlire department of this city,
i hi<-f of Police Fitzmorris declared
of tho Grand Crossing precinct is in
the hands of the federal authoritH's.
An extra charge of five dollars was
assessed for the use of the patrol
wagon and a uniformed escort of
patrolmen. Assistant District At
torney Memresk made public this
statement.
thai half of the five thousand po
llr men are bootleggers and they are
plying the illicit liquor operations
more industrious!.- than they are
watching over the city's interests.
ROY GARDINER WRITES
TO EDITOR BULLETIN
> i! Fraiu isi-o. Sept. 2'« — Kf.v
i.anliii-i'. the train roliber who es
icil i mm the federal prison at ,M«>
}■• ill's island anil foiled a whole
of piaril.1. wrote to Genr^e L>
Nim • i. assistant managing wM'or of
Old Alaskan Thot
Murdered for Money
Seattle. 2«S.—Sam (I. Sam
• « 1. who t :s found d»vad at Boul
Co!o.. Is. according to S.im To
\a«!i o«* Seattle. an old Alaskan
n : •• - viuic been In Alaska for
rbe r• :i ; ;trs. It is believed he
i i inlered for his money.
the San Francisco Bulletin. He ad
mitted that he was shot twice hy Mc
'
wo imis. In his letti r to the editor
he enclosed one to President Hard
ing in which lie in .ikes a plea for a
pat don.
Attempt to Kill
Polish Pres. Fails
Warsaw. Sept. -•>.—Three shots
were tired at I'resident Pilsndski to
day. Alter the attempt was made
on the life of the president the as
sailant attempted to take his own
life. President Pilsudski escaped
hut his aide was wounded.
urm'.v for Arbuckle. Frank
hominuuesp. late yesterday after
noon had Semuacher. manager of
ss stand ti an attempt to prove
that Setnnarher's action in taking
i|uth» of .V:-> Uapjie out of the St. I
Miss Hanan Dies
From Shot Wounds j
'■ -• ■ ' - '"> M .ss 1 l:in:i:
d:» (1 tod from the wounds inttict
s. Laws. She declined to
e why Mr>. Laws shot her.
but it is thought that both were In
!«»vr« with lioland. The latter wa:
t the l»edstcte of Miss Hanan when
thf» Aiit! came.
s«»\i! is m:\\ IXTKMtt'K
\<;.\I\ST BRITAIN ,
London. 27.—The Russian ;
vermnent. in reply to the
note 't-iif t uovfrumeut by Lord
been intriguing against Great Bri
tain in ontral Asia and Afghanis
till!,
Francis Hotel and < .1 trying them to
his home in Hollywood was a part
[if a conspiracy on the part of Sem
nacher. Karl Lynn and li. M. I>M
mont to extort inotie;. from Arbuc
kle. Semnacher. in his statement, de
nied the charge of a conspiracy to
this purpose.
Dr* Keller To
Return Thursday
Word has been received froT'i l>r
L. S. Keller that he Will he home
on the train Thursd-iv afternoon.
\i VKIT W ACK « I r
INI KK.ISi: I MI-l.i.YMIAT
Washington. Sept. 27.—Tlio aver
sion of labor to accept a •mi. in wag
es is assigned as the twits-* for tVe
increasing amount of unemployment.
This was the testimony .jiven l.ofore
the unemployment conference by
Roswell 1*. Phelps, the director of
labor statistics of Massachusetts la
bor department. I'helps was the
first witness to appear before the
National Unemployment Conference.
Subscribe for the Daily Alaska::
He'll Amount to Something Some Day "
That's what they sav about the fellow who is
-ready persistant saver. The fellow who pets
his pay check and leaves a part of it in the bank.
Ik- s t!i« kind i>' a fellow who invariably Rets
Fine to be talked about that way.
Finer still to have the habit that Inspires such
comment.
Barak ®ff HBaska
HENRY Z. OSBORN
Ccngres-.rmn Henry 2. Osborn of Los
Angeles, Cnl
Governor Bone
On Alameda
Governor Ro-ie received two dele
gates from Skagway al the early
hour preceeding the sailing of lite
S. S. Alameda Sunday. E. A. It.is
111118011. pres.dent of the Hank of Al
aska. anil Judge Ward went down
in the early morning and greeted
the Governor. The latter was very
cordial and much interested in the
things which the' representatives
brought to his attention iu the brief I
time 11 lowed them. He expressed a
desire to aid iu every good cause in
which Skagway is interested and
hopes soon to come to Skag\va> and
talk things over more fully.
The Governor is on his way to An
chorage. where lie will sia> but a
very short time, returning to Ju
neau on the Alameda.
Mr. Oscar Seltner has been confin
ed to his home with a slight sick
ness. He Is getting better and ex
pects to he at his business iu a day
or two.
MISS MARGARET GORMAN
Miss Margaret Gorman, a member
of the capital's younger set, who
won the prize in a beauty contest as
Washington's mo?t beautiful girl.
Strike Rather Than
Accept Wage Cut
i lib ago, Sept. 27.—Leaders of the
hip: four brotherhoods of railway
and allil.ated unions declared last
nifcht that had the vote been taken
as to whether the men' would ac
<vp' a wage cut or strike, they be
lieve the vote for a strik? would
have carried.
Kills Woman
Then Shoots Self;
Minneapolis, Sept. 26.—James
Wheeler shot and killed Mrs. H. H.
Bauman. a divorcee, and then took
lis own life. .Mrs. Rauman refused
to : ( company Wheeler to California.
Doth were formerly of Seattle.
Wash.
n \\< t:—\. it. HALL. Wednesday
evening. Sept. US. "Let's hop."
Bill to Give Women Right Proposed
Washington, Sept 2B.—A" \\\>nen>
Hill of Rights is proposed I it i'ii
actti'-iiu b\ the federal v d ,-tate
governments. The i>i 11 will remove
all legal discrimination .ig.iii>vt wo
men. Tlie bill was outlined today ii
a statement by the Xationn! Wo ]
Victoria Meets
Terrific Gale
Seattle. Sept. 26.—The S. S. Vic
toria of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany . has wirelessed that ■she liaS
been hove to for three day? on i"
count of a temfic Bale which is
sweeping the Pacific eir'it hundred
miles off Flattery. She expe.ns to
reach Nome Wednesday.
i'llAIM.AlX <(H I S |) \\t 1:
Chaplain Monahan of Fort Sew
ard extends an invitation to all the
people of Skagway and their friends
to attend a dance to be given at Ft.
Seward 011 Friday evening of this
week. The harbor boat Peterson
will be up and take those desiring
to attend the dance to the post and
bring them back. The Peterson will
leave Skagway at 4:30 Friday, re
turning after the dance.
Dinner will he served at the post
to those who jb. Good music. 2t
TALL GIRL HAI.TS
TRAFFIC IX CITY STREET
Chicago. Sept. 27—The appearance
of Jane Van Albert Hollander in the
streets of this city blocked traffic
and caused a near riot. Jane is
nineteen years of age, and stands
nine feet and five inches in height.
men's Party. 1'nder its provisions j
women would nave the right at mar-1
riage to choose their natacs, they
would have equal voice in 'he cus-1
tody of their children, whether le-J
gitimate or illegitimate: and all
common law disabilities of women
would he abrogated.
Lady Bluebeard
On Trial
Twin Falls, Idaho. Sept. 2f>.—The
trial of L.vda Southward, who was
:irrested in Honolulu, and brought
hack to the states on the charge of
having killed her husband, was
opened today. She Is charged with
having killed her fourth husband,
Kdward F. Meyer, but the state al
leges she also poisoned three pre
vious husbands, Robert C. Dooley,
William McHaflle, and Charles C.
4 Lewis.
SPOKANE LEAVES TOXIGHT
Seattle, Sept. 27.—The S. S. Spo
kane of the Admiral line will leave
Seattle at nine o'clock tonight with
twenty passengers, including Arthur
E. Oryan and Alfred Bernier for
Skagway. When she makes this trip
tlie Spokane will he withdrawn from
the Alaska run. The City of Sea*tie
will remain on the run.
HKAVY TOLL IN
SPANISH-MOORISH BATTLES
Paris, Sept. 26—Forty-four thous
and Spanish and Moorish tribesmen
have been killed or wounded in a
ten day battle in Morrocco. This
news comes via Madrid to the In
transigenat.
jNew York Has
Penant Cinched
New York, Sept. 27.—When the
New York baseball team defeated
Cleveland yesterday afternoon, she
tcol* a firmer grip on the penant for
this year in the American League
contest. This defeat of Cleveland j
gives the New York team two full
games the lead of her rival. Cleve
land. Cleveland has only four more
games to play and Ne-.v York has
five. If Cleveland wins 'ill ami New j
York drops two of the five New York ]
will still win. It therefore looks as |
tho New York will cetninly win the
penant. Ruth was M.e '.ero of the
game yesterday, gotliui; two home!
runs, a two bagger, and one walk in |
four times up to hat. He has llity
seven home runs to his credit at this
stage of the seas.in.
PRESIDENT AND 111!VAN
niscrss ihsahmamcvt
Washington, Sept. 26.—I'reM
dent Harding and William Jennings
Bryan discussed the coming disarm
ament conference last Saturday af
ternoon.
Joseph \V. Wilson and Frank X. Du
inontier Thought to Have
Met With Accident ; .ij
BOAT I'OCXD AT FIVE FINGERS
Corns and Caps Found Further l"p
Si ream, But no Trace of
.Missing Men I
What appears to be a tragedy on
the Yukon river came in yesterday.
Joseph W. Wilson, fuel agent for the
W. P. & Y R., and Frank X. Du
montier, wheelwright for the same
company, left Whitehorse Thursday
for an inspection of the company's
wood camps along the Yukon. The
launch in which they left White
horse was picked up at Five Finger
rapids. The launch was smashed.
The coats of the two men were
picked up farther up the river. It
is not known whether they had some
mishap, and were drowned or
whether they went back from the
river and the launch broke her
mooriiiKS and was wrecked.
Wilson is married and has two
children. Dumontier is a single
man.
KILLED HID WHUI9ED
IN BELFftST 1101
Belfast. Sept. 26.—Two were kill
ed und 30 wounded In the lii.iins
WEI.I. KNOWN
INSURANCE MAN DIES
Seattle, Sept. 26.—Harry E. Lipp
man, a well known insurance man of
this city, died after a brief illno-s.
Dennis Kostis of Pennington was
a tow -. £:;*»• last Saturday, cc; h'p,
iu 0'i tbc af'ernoon tra'M and lc; v
ins town Monday morning.
whirl) occurred last night an.t today.
During the rioting bombs were
thrown, causing much damage.
Mi:\l( .\\S MIRDEK
TWO AMERICANS
Washington. Sept. 27.—The state
department has information to the
pffect that 12. B. Kilsingbnrg of Los
Anceles and P. C. Smith of Cstitla.
Oklahoma, both Americans, were
murdered by Mexicans near Deloraa,
Mexico. The state department re
ceived the advices today.
Tie
WDniite IFa§§
Ytatoira
The Route to the Interior .]
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To and I'rom Atlin, Dawson, Fairbanks, and All Interior
Alaska ami Yukon River Point*.
Rail and River Service
During season of navigation our fleet of modern steamers
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Daily Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay
and Whitehorse. Tarlor observation cars on every train.
For full information regarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
Mo Wlheefler
General Manager
Skaguay Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.