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TZi' 8KAGWA*. ALASKA SATURDAY, AI'RIL 22, 1922. nurK TI:V <1:vTs
TWEVTT-F1FTH YEAR 8KA '
GERMANY'S REPLY IS
MILD ID CMCHUM
Genoa. April SI.—Germany's re
ply to the allies" note regarding the
Russo-German treaty was delivered
today.
The Russian delegation announced
that its reply to the allies' experts
of the terms concerning the Russo
German debts and obligations would
be delivered this afternoon.
With these matters in hand the
Genoa conference, which has marked
time for several days, once more
got uuder way. ,
Genoa. April 21.—While the tone
of the German reply is mild and
conciliatory, it is most evasive.
It neither consented to the an
nulment of the Russo-German com
mercial pact nor to the complete
withdrawal by the German delega
tion from the political commission,
the most important subdivision of
the conference. However. It agrees
to withdraw from further discus
sions regarding Russia. The reply
was submitted early this afternoon.
Genoa, April 22.—Actual work on
a plan for the reconstruction of Rus
sia was started today by experts
representing the Soviet government.
Great Britain. Trance. Italy, Japan,
Helgium. Chechoslovakia and Hoi
land.
Heated politics surrounding Rus
sian problems have been cooled by
minister Tchitcherin's note accept
ing In main the allied formula and
the terms on which the great pow
ers tire willing to resume business
relations with Russia.
Genoa. April 22.—The French del
egation has submitted a protest
against Germany's reply to the al
lied note in which the Germans
stated that they would refrain from
discussing the Russian questions set
tled in the Russo-German treaty.
The French contend that the Ger
mans. under their reply, may insist
upon discussing otl er Russian ques
tions.
Genoa. April 21.--If the Russians
are granted recognition dejure and
adequate financial lei p. they state
In their reply, whi'h was submitted
to the entente this afternoon, they
are willing to admit Russia's war
and pre-war debts and waive their
counter claims.
Russia also agre?s to restore the
nationalized propei ty to its former
owners or satisfy the claims of for
eigners In cases where the property
cannot be restored.
COL. .MEARS RKI»RTS
ON COAL IX ALASKA
Colonel Mears, head of the Alaska
railroad construction, who was in
the city a few hours en route for
Anchorage, reports the road in good
condition, says the Ketchikan Times.
In regard to th» coal fields Col.
Mears says that tlere are three
grades of coal, Chlckaloon. Eska and '
Lignite. The first la the crack steam
coal used for the navy; the Eska is
a domestic coal for Southeastern
Alaska and the Lignite of Healy
Creek can be used as a domestic
coal for the interio.*.
When the Eska coal is cleared,
sorted and washed it will be com
parable to British Columbia. Comox
or Xanaima coal. «nd if bought in
sufficient Quantities to Justify trans
portation it ought to be purchased
at reasonable pricev
The railroad commission has made
no appropriation fur investing in
mining of coal in Alaska. The on
ly appropriation has been to the
navy. They have developed a supply
of Chickaloon coal which Is of high
grade steam coal and compares fav
orably with the Pocahontas coal of
Virginia.
Private companies are not suffi
ciently equipped to sort and wash
the coal ar.d until this is done it
would be futile to attempt to ship
any. However. Colonel Mears is
quite optimistic as to the ultimate
value of Alaska coal.
BODY OF MVRDERKD MAX
FOl'ND IX OREGOX RIVER
Portland. April 22.—The body of
Frank Bowker was today recovered
from the Calapoola river, where it
was thrown following his death.
Bowker was murdered by Ru3sell
Hecker, a youth of nineteen years,
who has confessed and is now await
ing trial.
SOCIALIST-COMMI NIST
LEADER Ll'.NCHES WITH
ITALIAN KING
Genoa. April 22—Tchitoherin gave |
the Italian Socialists and Commun-j
ists a shock today by meeting King I
Victor Emanuel.
The Italian King is visiting here j
irnd the Soviet Russian Minister ac
cepted his invitation to luncheon.
The luncheon was spread ou board
the Italian dreaonuught Contevi
cavour.
FLOATING CANNERY
SAII.S FOR ALASKA
Seattle. Apr.l 22.—The Alameda !
arrived at midnight last night from
Southwestern Alaska and the Jeffer
son got in this morning from Skag- j
way at seven o'clock.
The Anacortes. the Red Salmon!
Packing Association's new combined
floating cannery, and the freighter I
Retriever sailed today for operation
In Alaska waters.
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS QI'IT '
IN PROTEST AGAINST WAR j
Dublin. April 22.—Thousands of j
workers ciuit today and have plan-1
ned to remain idle until next Tues
day.
This is the firs', anti-militarism 1
strike in the history of the great
tie-up. The strike is not directed at
any party or any faction but is in j
protest against the continuation of.
the war.
PRINCESS MARY DUE
TOMORROW MORNING
The Princess Mary of the C. P. R.
will arrive in Skagwav tomorrow
morning at S o'clock.
The Mary has SO passengers and
50 tons of freight ?or Skagway.
A Checking Account for
Ladies
M3ny Ladies find it convenient to pay? all their household
bill* by check. The check itself is the best receipt on earth
as the payee's endorsement on the back of the check is posi
tive proof that the bill has been paid.
By this system you have a complete record of the amount ex
pended for clothing, food, luxuries, etc.
We solicit your checking account—large or small.
Barak ®ff Rflaska
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
TICKETS TO BE
PRESENTED AT
PRIMARY
Tuesday next. April 25, will be pri
mary day in Alaska and it is then
up to the members of the different
parties to say who is to represent
them in congress «nd the halls ot
the territorial legislature.
For their benefit we are running
the tickets as tiled with the clerk
of the court.
The Republican ticket is filled out
but the Democrats have only a par
tial list.
The Republica ticket is as follows:
For Delegate to Congress-Vote for 1
DRAYTON. THOMAS B.
GALEN. JAMES L.
SUTHERLAND, DAN A.
For Territorial Senator—Vote for 1
ALDRICH, FRANK A.
KASHEVAROFF, A. P.
For Territorial Representative—
Vote for 4
ASHLEY. HOWARD
COLE. CASH
GRANT. WILLIAM D.
JOHNSON. JACOB
MALTBY, ALFRED E.
POLLEY. E. M.
SHEPARD. H. R.
For Divisional Road Commissioner
—Vote for I
I'LMER, JOSEPH
The Democratic ticket is as fol
lows:
For Delegate to Congress-Vote for 1
WHITE. E. J. (Stroller)
For Territorial Senator—Vote for 1
IiRITT. WILLIAM E.
For Territorial Representative—
Vote for 2
DODSON, TOM
McDONALD, JACK
The hours for vr»tlng are from S
o'clock in the morning until 7
o'clock in the evening and the polls
ure at the usual place, the city hall.
ANOTHER RAIL
STRIKE IS
INDICATED
Chicago, April 22.—The threat of I
another railway strike was indicat
ed today when the Railway Employ
ees department of the American |
Federation of Labor voted at its
biennial convention to send out
strike ballots to its six hundred
thousand members.
The question involved Is the farm-j
ins out of repair work by the rail-1
roads.
GRAND Jl"RY INDICTS
EIGHT DRl'G ACT VIOLATORS
Seattle, April 21.—The federal;
grand Jury, which is in session here, i
brought In eighteen Indictments last!
nlgbt.
Eight of the Indictments are for |
the violation of the Harrison drug j
act.
NOTED PRIMA DONNA SCING
CHAFFEl'R FOR DIVORCE
San Francisco. April 21.—Margar
et Matzenauer, prima donna of the
Metropolitan Opera company, has
filed a suit for absolute divorce from
her husband, Floyd Glotzbach.
Glotzbach is a San Francisco chaf
feur who married the singer some
time ago.
AMERICAN TOl'RISTS ARE
FLOCKING TO El'ROPE
New York, April 22.—The spring
oiodiiR of American tourists to Eu
rope reached its maximum today.
hlx trans-Atlinn; liners left this
port with over forr thousand p:u
b ringers.
SOLDIER BONIS AGAIN
ON PROGRAM IN SENATE
Washington, April 22—The spring
drive for the passage of the soldier
bonus bill was launched today in the
senate.
The bill will be a daily issue until
congress adjourns.
BELFAST HAS ANOTHER
nil HI OF TERROR
Belfast, April 21.—Hundreds cf
gunmen participated in street bat
tles during the worst night of ter
ror Belfast has knjwn for months,
last night and early today.
The fiercest fighting took place in
Bally McCarret district and was par
ticularly severe the/e.
Two dead and sixteen badly
wounded was the »core as far as j
reported today.
-
Dublin, April 21.—The Welling-1
ton barracks were attacked by rebels I
during the night but they were beat- j
en off with casualtiss on both sides
Machine gun volleys were poured,
into the barracks, which was garri-j
soned by Free State troops.
KIG H.U'L OK LIQUOR
MAI>K NEAR DOIGI.AS
What was probably the largest
liquor haul made on the Island since
the Volstead act became a law, was
made by Deputy U.3. Marshal Oetch
ell through the discovery by him of
a cache in a concealed chamber be
neath the house of Joe Bosich near
the Bullion mine.
The latter is at present serving a
term in the jail for violation of the
bone dry law.
The following list' comprises yes
terday's find by Deputy Getchell.
One 5-gallon soil complete, 1
I large grinder for preparing fruits.
10 1-gallon quart bottle liquor, i
one-half-gallon jugs liquor, 2 1-gal
lon jugs liquor, 1 5-gallon demijohn
liquor. 1 50-gallot barrel wine, 1
30-gallon barrel wine, 1 50-gallon
barrel blueberries, 1 one-half barrel
prunes and other fruits in a state
of fermentation, I 10-gallon keg
j blueberry juice.—Empire.
The Cordova Times states that
the marshal has notified all concern
ed that pan games and dice shaking
are not allowed under the law.
Voters should remember that by
the direct primary they choose their
own candidates for office.
POPE BENEDICT WAS OPPOSED
TO IMMODEST WOMEN
Paris.—By Mail.—The late Pope
Benedict XV was a militant feminist
and many times expressed the opin
ion that women hkd a great mis
sion in the world and tor Christian
ity in particular, but he was as out
spoken in his criticism as he was in
his praise when some trait In women
did not meet with his approval.
He thoroughly disliked short
skirtB. According :e a story which
has just come from Rome, the pope
noticed one day crossing the court
of St. Oamaso a woman who had
called at the Vatican on some busi
ness with the secrttariat. She was
wearing the latest Paris style of
skirt which barely covered the
knees.
Turning to one of the bishops
| near him, the pope said: "I really
cannot understand some women.
They have no resject for anyone,
uot even the pope. In the days of
my youth I recall that all the young
girls, my sisters, for instance, were
pestering their mothers to put them
in long skirts. Now it appears that
all the old women wish to wear
short ones."
A dollar a month will bring tin
AUakan to your door.
THREE HUNDRED CARLOADS
AMMUNITION EXPLODE HUNDREDS
KILLED, THOUSANDS WOUNDED
Belgrade. April 21—It is estimat
ed that three hundred and fifty per
sons, mainly women, children and
soldiers, were hilled by an explosion
that took place at Monisltr railway
station last night.
There were several hundred car
loads of ammuniti*4i stored in the
station and by some means unknown
as vet it was exploded.
A church in which a large num
ber of children were worshipping
collapsed under 'he detonation,
while the barrack? In which e rM
een hundred soldieis were living was
destroyed.
London. April 21.—Reports reach
ing here slate that there are thlrtv
thousand inhabit Ls In Monlstlr
and vlo.nlty who are homeless as a
result of the explosion last night at
the railway station.
Tart of the city Is still in flames
and much suffeHnK Is entail'-d
CHINESE STEAMSHIP
GIVES I P IMMENSE AMOUNT
CONTRABAND DRUGS
San Francisco. April 21—A mil-1
lion dollars' worth of morphine was
seized aboard the China mail steam
er company's liner, the S S. Nan
king.
The Nanking just arrived from
the Orient and a ,-igid search dis
closed this immense amount of the
prohibited drug.
CONAN DOYLE SHOWS SPIRIT
PICTURES OF DEAD PEOPLE
New York. April 22.—Spirit pic
tures of dead men. women and child
ren. some of the men having been '
killed in the war and one picture
showing a bullet hole in the templt ,
were shown by Sir Arthur Conati
Doyle to a sympathetic audience
last night in Carnegie Hall.
WEALTHY AUSTRALIAN
CRUSHED TO DEATH
Chicago. April 22.—Edward Al- :
fred Lacford, a wealthy mine own-1
er from Australia, was killed acci
dentally today.
In crossing the street Lanford
got caught between an automobile
and a street car and was crushed to
death. . x as
NO TRAINS YESTERDAY
TWO TRAINS TODAY
The trains yesterday were both
annulled and today extras were run
both ways. The tra.n from White
horse arrived at 'hree o'clock
SENATOR Mrtl MltKK
SAVS TARIFF NOT PANACEA
FOR A I.I. II-US .
Washington. April 21 - Senator
McCumber. in hts speech on the tar
iff bill, warned ths manufactory*,
the factory laborers and the retail
ers thai a protective tariff, alone,
would not bring a revival of busi
ness
The senator asserted that there
must !>e a reduction of cost to with
in th reach of the consumer's pock
elbook.
MOTHER KIIXS M I I
HKCAI >E SoN I - < RIMIN VI.
over the fate of he: son. who is fac
ing a twenty-year term in the Sine
Sing penitential* for robbery. Mrs
Hannah Donovan committed suicidt*
today.
Climbing to the roof of the tene
ment house in which she lived. Mrs
Itonovan jumped to the pavement
below and was instantly killed
NA\ \I. COI.I.1ER <1 MiTS 11>R
I'M.ET MU VII \\|» ALASKA
Hampton Road* April II—The
naval collier Gold Sttar. w iic.li is to
enter the Puget Sound Uaska serv
ice. sailed for Bremerton. Washing
ton. yesterday This ship will con
vey coal from 'he Alaska coal fields
at Matanuska to Bremerton and
other points on Puget Sound
Alf Dixon, who operates a mink
farm on Taglsh lake, was an arr <•«i
on the train today and will spend
a few days In the Flower City
IHE HE PASS &
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguav and Whilehorse
during the Winter Season.
For information regarding passenger and freight rates apply to
H- Wheeler. General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash.