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HARDING SAYS Ml
SECRET II NEGOTIATIONS
Washington. Feb 20—President
Harding today, in replying to the
senate on the Hitchcock resolution
s-ikins for inform? tion relative to
the four power pact treaty stated
. in-possible to furnish the
,! infer" .ition because the
> were vondueted with
preserving the record.
HI \l> <>l VMKRIt'AV
1.1 >KM>S HI KHY I'P
WIRE TO H.VRDIVG
Y. . - ingnm. Feb 20.—In protest
.i inst further de.av in action on
sold.er bonus b.ll Commander
ti : head of tae American Leg
tud.iy wired President Harding
i e service mtn do not under
... .! is t: e couiuitment and then
e retraction of the legislation.
A!.-Viler stated that had capital
.! tabor been drafted when men's
> ivne drafted the present ag
j -i:uat>on iould not exist.
W.l >•— \ 1Hkl£ HARVEY
SENATE W1I.L
RATIFY TREATIES
i, Feb. 21—Ambassador!
ive assurauce that the I'ni
- senate would ratify the
treaties, at the Pilgrim's j
., (v dinner las', night.
■ i: t?r ».is g.ven in honor of
d> tared that peace on the
it-; c ii- assured for years and
, . > tu. ali time to come.
>tW VEIN WILL HOLP
r.u. I o\\ 1 \TIC>\ TOMORROW
Feb 20.—The delegate*,
\ . r\ii'.s or national Sinn j
■ ••ntion witch is to meet'
morrow, are gathering is
l.> - numbers todij'.
RI iU'.V, I Mil KVZ.\ PATIENTS
«.l r I'l.KNTV WHISKEY
!;• '.ir-;. Cal„ Feb. 20—Three
I r» ilenta of Redd.ng are
c from Spanish influ
e df;g stores are dispensing |
w ,e> : i an emergency supply
». ich was received from Sacra
. ■ barrels of whiskey made
up i > > ..pmeut that arr.sed here.
I s, i.itl'TH \\ II I BK HERE
SOMKTI.MK TOMORROW
V .1 « s received today that the
•»f : <i not sa'.l on her regular
fh>d'.ile last night. but would
e ni'Hi this afternoon, thus
; her into Skagway some
e t«' lorrow. »»
The President declared that there
were no concealed undertakings and
no secret exchange of notes.
Almost coincident with the arriv
al of the President's lettet at the
senate foreign relations committee
that body by a vote Jf ten to one or
dered favorably reported the treaty
between the I'nited States and Jap
an regarding the (bland of Yap.
MHXiRMH K A\NOVNt'KI)
ENGAG KM EXT HIS DAIGHTER
TO RIDING MASTKR
Chicago. Feb. 20.—Harold F. Mc
Cormick. the head of the great har
vester trust, today announced tlvje '
engagement of his daughter, Math-j
ilde. to Max Osser.
Miss McCormick is a granddaugh
ter of John D. Rockefeller and is
only sixteen years old
Osser is a riding .naster in Zurich.
Switzerland, and Miss McCormick
met him there while touring Eu
rope.
HARDING FAVORS
POSTPONEMENT SOLDIER
ROWS BIL1.
Washington. Feb. 21.—-President
Harding is 'strongly in favor" of
postponing the sold er bonus legis
lation until next yei.:.
This announcemcnt was made by
a Republican senat ir who called at
the White House this morning.
JAPAN WILL RECOGNIZE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Tokio, Feb. 20.—Baron Fchida
today declared, in addressing the
diet, that Japan is considering the
recognition of Soviet Russia.
Russia will be recognUi'd he said,
if the Soviet government accepts
the terms of the Genoa conference.
WOllD RAFT ALASKA CROAK
T<» JAPAN VIA SKATTI.K
Seattle. Feb 20.—J K Reynolds,
who is returning to Juneau on the
Queen, put a week in here investi
gating whether A.'aska cedar lops
can be towed to Seattle and reship
ped to Japan at a profit. Reynold*
will decide upon his investigations
when he arrives in Juneau, where
he makes his headquarters.
LINDKRKRG TO TRY HABEAS
CORPUS PROCKKOINGS
San Francisco, Feb. 20 —Habeas
corpus proceedings will be institut
ed tomorrow in behalf of Jal'et Lin
deberg.
Lindeberg Is und?r arrest and ex- j
tradition papers h*ve been granted
for his return to T\cotna. where he,
is charged with bank wrecking.
THE RESULT OF SYSTEM
MR. MAX OK FORTY, HAVE YOC SAVED SS.OOO?
Suppose a! the age of ten. you had put $1.00 each week in a Sav
ni:3 Account drawing 4'. interest, until you were twenty. From
'wtnty to thirty you saved 55.00 each week and from thirty to
forty you saved $S 00 each week. You could answer YES to this
question. ^
It is never too late to start on the right road. Begin now by sav
i: a few dollars each w«ek. As tlm# goes on you will be sur
prised to find yourself watching with pleasure the grownth of
}uur bank account.
Bannk ©U Sm&sksi
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SKACWAY, ALASKA
GEORGE WASH INGTON
"First in war and first in peace**—
With love we speak of him afain
Whose praises with the years ircrnce —
"And first in the hearts of his country men."
RKPIBI.K"ANS OK
HOI SK MILL 1USCI SS
>Al.fS T \\ (,>1 KSTION
Wash ins ton. Feb 20 —The fig!.t
for the sales tax method for financ
ing the sold er bonus fund will be
launched tonight.
The question wi'l be brought be
fore a caucus of t"ie entire Repub
lican nieml«>rship of the bouse.
KIMSON SINUS OCT
COMPREH1 NS1YE Ql I.STION S
Vest Orange. Feb. 20.—Thomas
A. Edison, in a r.ew questionaire
which is addressed to bankers and
economists throughout the country,
asks whether the n«tior.al resources
are not a good basU for federal cur
rency and why currency issued on
a basis of fifty per cent, of the value
of the n<»cess:ties ^f life stored in
government warehouses w-ould not
be sound money
Kd.son also ask* "what in your I
opinion, would be the approximate
value of a troy ounce of pure gold
if all the governments in the world
should demonetize gold "
TWO SISTERS TO RVN
AGAINST I \CH OTHKR
Ashland. Nob.. Feb. 20.—Mrs
Irone C. Ruell and Vrs. A. K. CJault
today announced their candidacy
from the same dist-ict for congress
man.
The ladies are sisiers and both are
prominent in social and political cir
cles.
PERK1XS .« COMPANY
GET TWO MOTORSH1FS
Tacoma. Feb 21.—S. A. Perkins
and his associates have virtually
closed a deal for 'he purchase of
two Seattle built notorships.
The Boobvlla and Coolcha are the
boats In question rod will be oper
ated in connection w:th the Pacific
Coast Gypsum company, which has
property on ChicagJfT island.
FORMKR WAR RISK HEAR
PASSES AW AY IN NEW YORK
New York. Feb. 21.—Tv. C. Chom
lev Jones, former director of the
war risk insurance, bureau, died
here today.
Death was due tc beart disease
I
WW TARTY W11J. BE
FORMED FROM N \TIO\AL
FARMERS" tlUV MKKT1VC
Chicago. Feb. 20—The Vnited
F*r:i ers National bloc which if
meeting here today will nominate
ar>d place in the field a new political
p3rt> with a full list of candidates
for the next presidential election.
J \P.\N mix SCRAP
T\\ I VTY ilH'R VESSELS
Tokio. Feb "0—The annontice
ll i t was made tc3ay by the Jap- J
ai vse naval ministry t ' at plans have
bet»n made to scrap twenty-four of
the Japanese naval vessels.
The work will >>e commenced a'
ot • according to the information
gi\en out.
hah diploma from
SCHOOL OF BVRGI.ART
Frovidence. R. I.. Feb. 20—Dis
c<i.i>red drilling ho'es in the safe in
the vestry of St Patrick's Roman
Catholic church tere early this
morning. Charles Benson was sur
rounded by a cord jn of police and
arrested.
Benson had in his possession what
purports to be a diploma from a
San Francisco schcol for burglars.
RFSS1AX PRIM ESS ARRIVED
HERE A< STOWAWAY
Now Orleans. Feb. 21.—The!
Princess Tichernitscheo. a native
American who has been identified
with Russian royalty under the Ro
manoff regime, arrived here today
on the steamship lexandrier.
T*ie princess was discovered as a
stowaway when the ship docked. !
The Texatidrier tame from Ant-1
werp.
IRISH FREE STATE BILL
PASSES SECOXD READING
London. Feb. 17.—The bill es
tablishing the Irish Free State pass
ed its second reading in the house
of commons today.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The house
today passed and sent to the senate
for action a resolut.on extending un
til June SO the three per cent, re
strictive immigration laws.
THIRTY-EIGHT PERISH
WHEN DIRIGIBLE EXPLODES
Norfolk. Va, Feb 11.—The army
din pa hie baloon Roma, which wan
purchased hv the Tutted Sta'es from
the Italian government and only re
cently commlssioneJ. was destroyed
by an explosion to<\ay while operat
ing over Hampton Hoads naval base
According to a message received
at the naval hospitaJ at Portsmontb
at S IS p. m , 38 rien on board the
Roma were killed at that hour
Twelrr. bodies "vere taken fro.n
The wreckage. but the heat and
flumes were w> m.enae that those
near whet*- the cr*ft fell were un
ab!r to approach
Fourteen men. according to ob
server* of the rataslrnp e at Ports
mouth. were seen 10 l**p from t e
airship as It became apparent tbat
she wonld strike r»j tl-p naval ba.»«>
barrarks in the descent.
WIFE LEVANTS WITH
MONEY AMI >xmn AMI
HVSRAXD WANTS DIVORCE
Seattle. Feb 21.—Conrad Hovig.
the owner of an Alaska fishing
smack, is asking the courts to di
vorce him from hts wife.
The grounds for the action as set
forth are that Mrs. Hovig ran away
with a two thousand dollar bank
roll and the family Ford.
NAVAL RADIO SERVICE
PRIVILEGES EXTENDED TO
PRESS FIVE TEARS |
Washington. Feb JO —The house !
resolution extendijig the privileges
of naval radio service to the pressi
for five years was adopted today by
the senate.
RIG PIECE MACHINERY
FOR GOVERNMENT Ro\l>
S«attle. Feb 20—An eleven ton
dynamo for delivery to tbe Alaska
railroad al Seward will be sl.'.pp'-d
on t e S S. Victoria. which will sail
from here on Wednesday.
MEXICAN GENER II. KILLED
AT HEAD OF HIS FOR" KS
Mexico City. Feb 21 —Generrl
Pablo Marrero, leader of the upr.s
ing in the state of Chihuahua. w;.«
killed yesterday near Ciud I-erdo
In an engagemtnt with federal
troops the general was shot as he
was lead:ng his for>-es in attack
M\\ n IN co\f» KLNVK
WILL IM»H\\TK KXTKXT
OF IRISH LOYALTY
Huhlin. Feh. ri —The national
Sinn Fein convei; on is supplying
tbe opportunity for revealing the
extent to which the Sinn Fein clubs
of Ireland are supporting the pro
visional government
The convention opened today
amidst intense excitement.
The meeting la being held in the
Mansion house.
JAMKS I.. GA1.KV TO
AN Not M >:s < IMMIMIT
FOR Dh'LKl.m: TO O'NtiKF-SS
'
rial to tbe Alaskan from the Cor
dova Times i —James L Galen to
day announced is cai.d.dacv as del
egate to congress from Alaska on
the Republican ticket.
Galen comes fn u Montana and
went to Nome In 1 SOU, where he was
actively engaged in mining afd pros
pecting nntfl l?07, when bp went
to Tanana and Cop;*r river district*
After si* years of nun ng and pros
pecting there, he settled in ("o'-dnva
and engaged in the transfer busi
ness
of the Third division
-
per. has written the Seattle Rc-d
Cross that he will give a half inter
est In three pa ' * of sliver fries. a
small r-ibin atid ero-rthfng neces
sary to start in tbe fox raising busi
ness to some I art ally disabled
world *ar veteran
Snhwribe for tbe Hally Ala«*an
THE HIE PASS &
ION RO
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THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Sptvx* between Skaeuav anj NX hit'-lvne
during the W inter Season.
For information regarding paoenger and freight rate* apply I >
H- Wheeler- General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash.