0The JUashan
PRICE TEN CK.VTS
KENira
HAS BLOOBY
ELECTION
Jackson. Ky., Nov. S—Six were
killed and five wounded in an elec
<n tisht after the polls had open
i it CL.i.v Hole voting precinct. The
it started from some creek in
I'-reathitt county today.
I.ouisville. Nov. 9.—The known
casualties of Kentucky's election
last night were eleven killed and
seven wounded. Tnese all came
from three a£fra>'3 in Breathitt
county.
M \KVI \\l> \M» KKNTl'OKY
SWITl'H TO l»K>ltH'KA('Y
\ • . York. Nov. 9.—Maryland and
Kentucky have passed from the Re
inibl i.in to Democratic control as a
result of yesterday's election. Ac
cording to the returns, both legis
latures have changed their com
plexion.
GERMANY ARMING
AGAINST KRANVE
I'aris. Nov. 9.—Premier Brland
will present documentary evidence
to the conference, tending to show
.! Germany is continuing her mil
itary preparations against France.
KI'IM'lil.ll'.W 11RKACH
l\ HOl'SK (iROWS
V. s'lington, Nov. 9.—The breach
in the ranks of the Republicans in
tiie House over raisins the Senate's
mu\: mini Income surtax rate to six
ty percent, is widening.
S VI.I I K T1IK I'XKNOWX
WITH TVVfXTY-ONK Cl'NS
Washington, Nov 9.—The pro
gress of the Cruiser Olympia was
Marked by the repeated staccato of
t salute of twenty-one guns, the
x.ilato usually accorded the Chief
K\ecutive. The exrlanatioa for this
u .3 the fact that she had on board
•> body of the Unknown Soldier
who represented thousands of men
burled over-seas, which body she
had brought from over-seas to be
l-urled with highest honors In Ar
lington cemetery as representative
of the men who died in the great
struggle.
(DUN CROP IS
:?.t50,000.(MHi P.ISHELS
Chicago. Nov. 10—The corn crop
of the country this year is three
billion one hundred and fifty mil
lion bushels.
T. H. Runner, the inventor of a ^
!t-w parse seine, is in town visitinj;
>m-» of the men who are interested
n putting the seins on the market
The old style purse seir.p take? six
to eleven men on a boat In order to
haul it in aiul put It out. This t ew
::e is run by the machinery of the
boat and one or two men will be
able to operate it. The .Automatic
Purse Seine company has patents
and are now gettin* ready tj man
ufacture machinery so as to put
their product on tSe market. The
company is Incorporated in the ter
ritory.
RICHARD I. MANSFIELD
Richard I. Mansfield of Chicago la i
chairman of the executive committee j
of associated grain interests which Is |
carrying on an educational campaign ,
against the wheat pcoHng plan of the >
U S. Grain Growers Inc
J.\l» l>KI.KCiATIOX
K1\HS MI CH TO DO
Washington, Nov. 9.—The Japan
ese delegates to the arms conference
are finding themselves busy these
days refuting the impression whic
seems to prevail that the island
kingdom is recognizing itself us the
successor to the one time military
aspirations of Germany.
JOHNSON DWI.ARHS
OKI-'H'KKS SHOT MKN
Washington. Nov. 9.—Represent
ative Johnson of South Dakota, a
former officer in tl e army, declared
today in the House that he had rea
son to believe that soldiers who
were traitors, cowards or mental
ly untit, were shot by their own
commanders while lacing the enemy.
The statement was hotly denied by
Representative Bulwinkle of North
Carolina, also a former officer, who
declared he would not permit John
son's statement to go unchallenged.
OHIO VoTKKS
AI'I'KOVB COMI'KNSATION
Cotubmus. Nov. 9.—The voters
of Ohio approved the proposal to
rote twenty-five million dollars in
bonds for the purpose of paying her
soldiers ten dollars a month com
pensation during tueir war service,
l'he compensation of each is not to
fxceed $250.
JAPAN BEMKVKS IN I'l'Bl.BTTV
Washington. Nov 9.—It is stated
that Japa has as many newspaper
correspondents in this city as has
ill Europe put together.
POI'BTH \\ IKE TO
KXHI'MK 51 \NN.\
Stockhridge, Mass.. Nov 9.- Mrs
Mille Hanna. the fourth divorced
wife of the late Dan It. Hanna. de
clared today that she would have
the body of Hanna exhumed. She
charges that Hanna did not die a
natural death.
BANDITS Bolt BANK AT Bl'KNA
Seattle. Nov. 10.— Band ts robbed
the bank at Buena, and then rilled
thirty-eight of the safety deposit
boxes.
YESTERDAY—has passed into history
TOMORROW—is always in the future.
TODAY—is the best time for you to start
that account with us that you have intend
ed to start for so long.
Intentions without Action fail in results.
—DO IT NOW!
IBaumDs ©ff Hiaisikai
SKACWAY, ALASKA
YUKON PIONEER DINNER
IS 10 6E UNUSUAL
Seattle. Xov. 10.—The prepara
tions being made this year for the
Yukon Order of Pioneers dinner, to
be held on December first, is beyond
that of any year in the history of
the order. It is expected that Gov
ernor Bone and Delegate Suther
land and possibly Secretary of the
Interior Kail will be in attendance.
Inv.tatlons have been issued and it
is expected that seven hundred
places will be spread for guests. The
feast will include several hundred j
pounds of caribou meat shipped out j
under the label of reindeer meat, j
Six hundred pounds of Alaska King !
salmon and other good things in
proper proportion will be served ,
The dinner will mark a milestone
in things in store for the northland j
Secretary Fall
Drew New Bill
Washington. Nov. 10.—Secretary
of the Interior fall, in his testimony
before the Senate Committee on Ter
ritories yesterday afternoon, put
Simself on record as favoring the
hill introduced by Senator New to
reconstruct the machinery in con
trol of affairs in Alaska and put all
the agencies now comprised in many
bureaus under the Department of
the Interior.
He stated to the committee that
' e had drawn the New Bill himself,
.is embodying the desires of the ad
ministration in the matter. He ex
plained that the provisions in the
hill providing for an estimate for
it government stean.ship line to con
nect the Alaska railroad with Puget
£ound and the West coast was mere
ly a precautionary measure, and
that if the authority was granted
for this line it is probable that it
would not lie used. This provision
is the one about which the greatest J
controversy has arisen. Senator!
Pummitis in the Senate Committee
m Territories being very insistent ,
hat the government line should be
established, as he considers cheap;
transportation as the real crux ofi
he problems in Alaska.
DEMOCRATIC MAYOR
OF CLKVKI.Wn
Cleveland, Nor. 9.—Yesterday's |
Section placed a Democratic mayor j
n the chief office of Cleveland. |
F"red Kohler. the former chief of'
wlic? of this city, was elected may
h'OOD PISHES DECLINE
I\ NINE CITIES
Washington, Nov. 10.—The gov
ernment reports on the prices of
'oods in the principal cities show
hat in nine of those cities prices
lave declined duriiig the month of
October.
SPECIAL ax x o v x c e m e x t
Inasmuch as it is the obvious in
ention of President Warren G.
Harding that all the people of the
•ountrv shall observe the same time
'or silent prayer on Friday, it will
je necessary for the bells in Skag
tvav to ring from 7:45 until S:00
j'clock Friday morning, as Washing
ton. D. C., time is fiur hours earlier
than Skagway time. The bells here
will then ring at that hour. It
would be well for all to observe that
hour, as it is obviously the Presi
dent's intention that it shall be
thus.
Editor.
SOLDIER NUMBERED WITH
MARTYRED PRESIDENTS
Washington, Nov. 10.—The body
of the unknown American soldier
which was brought from France is
resting tonight where only the mar
tyred Lincoln, Garfield and McKin
lev have slept.
TAMMANY CELEBRATES
COMPLETE VICTORY
New York, Nov. 10.—Tammany
hall having elected every member of
the New York city government, cel
ebrated the victory Jn her usual way.
I.ENTXE IS LATEST I'ROPHET
Moscow, Nov. 10.—Czar Lenine of
Russia has come out as a prophet.
He has made the prediction, accord
ing to the Pravda, that Japan and
the United States will be at war in
1925.
Charge Larson
Smuggled Funds
Tacoma. Nov. 9.—The prosecu
tion in the trial of Larson charged
hini with smuggling the funds of the
Scandinavian-American Bank of Ta
coma They are enJeavoring to dis
close the fact that two hundred and
sixty-eight thousanJ dollars of the
latter's funds have !>een surrepti
tiously transferred to the Scandin
avian-American Bank of Seattle
since it became defunct.
I
TRANSCONTINENTAL LINKS
MAKE SECRET PACK
WITH JAPANESE
Washington, Nov. 9.—The trans
continental lines have entered into
a secret agreement with the Japan
ese steamship companies by which
they agree to give the Japs special
docking privileges *nd rates at the
pacific coast ports.
This is the charge which Senator
Jones made on the floor of the Sen
ate, and resulted in the adoption of
a resolui.on hy the Senate, directing
the interstate commerce commission
to furnish copies if any such con
tracts. Jones declared the Amer
ican merchant marine is fighting
hidden enemies within. He had just
come from a conference with Chair
man I.asker of the shipping board j
when he made the rharge.
RIDDLE TO RE
AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA
Washington. Nov. 10—John W \
Riddle of Connecticut, the former |
ambassador to Russia, has been '
nominated by the President as am- <,
bassador to Argentina. i
Al'TO DEALER AND
WOMAN IN ACCIDENT I <
Seattle. Nov. 10.—Bernard A.
Barbe. an automobile dealer of Kan
sas City, was killed and Mrs. C. M.
Cargingle of the same city, was per
haps fatally injured this morning
when their automobile crashed into
a telephone. Both are married.
ARMISTICE EXCURSION
TO WHITKHORSE
An excursion train will leave the
Broadway station tomorrow morn
in at nine o'clock. The train will
reach Whitehorse In time for the
big Armistice Pa> ball and return
on Staurday. reaching Skagway
about four p. m.
The fare for the round trip will'
be five dollars. Tickets must be]
procured at the ticket office before;
boarding the train.
AH aboard! For the Interior! t
SHOOT TO KILL IX MAIL CASKS
Washington, Nov. 9.—One thousand
marines have been ordered on guard
duty for mail trains and trucks
where such guards are possible in 15
cities. The orders given the ma
rines are to shoot to kill if neces
sary to prevent robberies.
TIME SOME ONE
SPOKE A PROTEST
Seattle, Nov. 9.—Attorney Gener
al Rustgard of Alaska declared in
an Interview today, that it was time
that someone started to make a
noise in protest against the proposal
to bar the Canadian ships for par
ticipating In the trade In Alaska.
Kellers' Candy is always fresh,
and It is the best to be had. Box
or bulk.
MRS. VICKAN VAN POST
Mrs Vickan Van Post, sculptures*,
of Stockholm, Sweden, who hai been
exhibiting a number of statuette* at
the Women's Chamber of Commerce
in Washington. Among the collection
is a statuette of Ira Nelson Morris,
United States minister to Sweden,
HYI.AN WIXS WITH
RIG n.rRAI.ITY
New York. Nov. 9.—Mayor Hylar
nf New York won the mayorality |
race in yesterday's election in a
slow canter. He was so far ahead .
of any of his competitors that it,
r-ould hardly be called a race His j
plurality was 41T.9S6. The election
(howed an overwhelming majority |
in favor pf the principle of the five
lent fare on the subways.
BROTHERS INQITRE
AFTER RROTHFR'S I>E \T1I
Seattle, Nov. 10—0. A. Tatter-j
>on of Ketchikan. A. L. and C. S. j
Patterson of Seattle, have request- ■
>d the authorities of Los Anceles'
o probe into the death of their
irother. A. A. Patterson, of Los An
reles, who died in that city on Sun-1
lay last rather suddenly. Mrs. ls
ibel Patterson, the divorced wife of
he deceased. Is expected to reach
„os Angeles today.
The Oartwright boys brought ir.
:ix cars of wood on Tuesday iiieM'*
rain. This wood they have hern
utting and pelting down to the
rack during the summer. Most of
t comes from near Denver station, j
"hey have several cars more wbirh
hey expect to br ng into town dur
ng the winter.
The boys are bnsy today distribct
ng the wood about town to their j
ustomers.
ALASKA III
LIMELIGHT
III CONGRESS
Washington, N or. 9.—Hearings
have began today before the Sen
ate committee on territories on the
question of the consolidation of the
disposition of the many bureau*
which are operating In Alaska. The
pending proposals for the reorgan
ization of the bureaus of the govern
ment of Alaskn are contained In two
measures which will be thoroughly
disfussfd. At the start the treas
ury made manifest to the commute*
its willingness to give its support
to any sound plan.
Two bills are before the commit
tee. the one by Senator Cummins,
which puts Into the hand* of the
Tresident all authority and permits
him to divide the daties to the dinf
fc-rent departments as he may see
fit. The other la by Senator New
and has been Introduced with the
tacit consent of the administration.
This hill puts practically everything
into the department of the Interior.
Both bills contain provisions re
quiring the shipping board to fur
nish ships to operate a line of
steamers to connect the terminus of
the Alaska railroad with continental
I'nited States. The Cummins bill ',n
its provisions in this particular be
ing mandatory.
SQI'ARE WITH FEIXOWS
Jl'MPS OVERBOARII
Seattle. Nov. 10.—M. C. Johnson,
res dent of Spokane, was on board
the steamship Indianapolis. After
leavitic a note with this roessapp
1 have nothinp. but I owe no one."
he jumped overboard and was
drowned. The body was recovered.
r. :,owing a number of complaints
which were turned tnto the city
council, at the last meetlnp of that
hodv the public works and public
property committee were instructed
m notify all property owners where
he trees In front of their property
Irtf-fered with pedestrians on the
■siden : lk that they should trim the
• anr! - off so as tt permit persons
:n c unbrellas without comlne
a contact with the branches or else
he city would be compelled to do
he work.
THE WHITE PftSS &
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and ^"hitehone
during the Winter Season.
For information regarding passenger and freight rate* apply to
H- Wheeler- General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
SeattleW sh