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ALASKA HIGHLY
NERVOUSSTATE
Washington. May 2.—Alaskans
are exhibiting a highly hyper sensi
r:-. .ervens condition on account of
the prolonged delay in the Appoint*
■■■•'lit o! the governor of the terri
tory Many of them are on the
verge of a nervous breakdown. The
prolonged waiting for the announce
ment on the Alaskan appointments
telling I-t'.ivil\ on the men in the
national capital. The three aggrea
-iv.. . iiiil:il.i! s are still in the field,
elet. Wickershant and Mr. Del
tc S ! . land favors Wiskershaiu
wit McBride standing behind Haze
let. The air. is tilled with rumors
.-•••• of which persists tiiat the Presi
dent will not appoint any one of the
tfrst three mentioned. If this rumor
i* correct Colonel Perkins would have
the support of the Washington sen
ators ami : my of tlie western con
expects to e.\
heads of dep
had to do wi
Alaska, and t
have had a hi
territory
Itoard-to
lii :tts of
May —(' Migressman ;
...t the Alaska I level-j
11 -a ill be introduced I
-s will beheld as
thereafter and he
!: e this legislation
• enacted before this I
:.ess closes. All tho
r'tnents which have!
i: the government of i
e Bureau chiefs, who
i hand in the work of the
vill be called on by the .
•stify at the hearings, lies.1
territnr;. and others ill
its government and devel
ii be culled upon to meet
oard.
Washington. May 2.—The Knox
resolution iti;i\ing peace with Ger
many is aitt.ii»t certain to pass. When
this is do-.", a treaty with Germany
will pro' i • ;''How. Senator Lodge
t hoi tit.:- :i. on the peace resolu
tion might he taken Saturday or
Monday .;t the lutes'.
IB KEEP 001
OF mins
London. Muv 2.—The French Am
bassador at Washington cabled a re
sume of the conversation'.which he
had with Secretary of Stute Hughes.
011 the reparations question. The
ambassador reported that the Ameri
can government does not seek to
take any attitude on the reparations
question that would irritate the al
lied governments. Hughes stated
that the department of state has 110
further communication to ftiake to
Germany's message than that which
he had added.
rv sentence of two years in prison
and a line of #10.000, has been t ■
versed by Oh- supreme court. N'cw
lierry who ran against Henry Ford,
for Senator in Michigan in 11".' Sena
tonal election in 191S. was charged ]
with and convicted of the illegal use
of money in the election. Ho was
sentenced to a term of two years in j
prison and to pay a line of $10,000.
In its rulings I ho supreme court
held the section of the Federal Cor
rupt practices act under which lie ;
was convicted s unconstitutional.!
This sets aside th< mmviction botli of ,
Newberry and his It! accomplices all
of whom were convicted.
Seattl». May 3. -The Japanese
ship the Tokoyo Mara, bound from ;
Portland for the orient caught fire:
while at sea and burned to the wa- !
lers edse. The accident occur red :
near the Oregon coast last evening. .
I'.ut one of the crew perished in the,
blaze, but eisht are missing. i'.oth ;
the passengers and the crew were I
rescued and brought to Seattle by
the army transport Buford.
Washington. Jla- — .lames Wick
ershaai will leav • ">\ .1.in-'o:i IV 1
Juneau in a few days. 1 am going 1
to open a law «|P •■111! continue I
my work for \la »*i, v.Mcll'.cr I am in J
office or out of m'ice lie s ii'1 today.
BE SAFE-NOT SORRY
There are many m*t rich quick s «>d«1 attrac
tive in\«>i inents that pay more than I per cent. interest
on > our money. Hut they, as a rule, carry mlrietl risk.
I per <ent. is the most any hank can pay ami bo con
<)u< te<l on the linos of coiiserYatsim. It is the highest
ra'e that is consistent with absolutely safety. "I5KT
TKK r.K SAI K TH.W soltltv." Open a *:ivillus
eount with us.
Bank of AlasKa
Canned Fruit
WE ARK PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC
TION OF FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRE
LINE 1>F CANNED nil" IT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA
RIETY: i.
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums
Apricots Grapes Strawberries
Logan-, Rasp-i and Blach-Berries
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
TRICES RANGE FROM 25c TO 55c PER TIN—ACCORDING
TO SIZE AND KIND.
SPECIAL TRICES IN DOZEN LOTS.
P. li. GANTY
SLOES I0GIVE
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Loudon. May 2.—The Allied Su
l»;o :.<• Council after receiving the re
port of tUe Foreign ministers today
agreed to the plan propounded by the
Council of Foreign Ministers. Jas- (
par of Belgium outlined the plan
which provides for an ultimatum to
be presented to Germany In which
military measures will be used if
Germany fails to meet the demands
of the Allies by May 13. Germany
must give a categorical answer of |
yes or no to the allied reparations I
demands by May 13 or suffer the in
itiction of the military and naval |
penalties.
Cable Briefs
I
Seattle. May 2.—Five of the sail
ors who were missing from the Uma
tilla lightship lauded at Ozette on
Saturday and returned to the light
ship.
Limerick, Ire., May 3.—For five j
hours the crown forces aud a civilian
force of 150 a battle was fought near }
Galbally. Six civilians were killed ]
and fourteen wounded.
I.ew is ton. May 2.—Joseph Hart
the owner of the Snake river steam
boat line shot and killed his wife
and a neighbor, C. F. Wilmarth, af
ter which he turned the gun on him
self and killed himself.
Washington, May 3.—President
Harding today notified the members
of his cabinet that they must keep
their expenditures within the
amounts" appropriated by Congress i
for their departments.
Seattle, May 2.—An unknown
bootlegger took a shot at Prohibi
tion director McDonald Saturday af
ternoon. The shot shattered the
windshield in the McDonald ma
Chine but did not hit the director.
The man was not taken.
Washington. May 2.—The Knox
resolution in the senate, terminating
war with Germany and Austria was
adopted in the Senate by a vote oi
40 to 2:!. The vote was taken Sat
urday night. This resolution will
now go to the House for its action.
Washington, May 3.—The United
States informed Germany by cable
last night at midnight that the rep
arations proposals of the German
government are unacceptable to the
allied governments. Berlin was told
that the proposals cannot be enter
tained.
Seattle. May 3.—Just whom Pres
ident Harding will select for the
governorship of Alaska is impossi
ble to say. hut since his tender of
the place to Forbes and others it
may he stated as a fact that several
telegrams from persons deeply in
terested came from Washington lato
this afternoon to Seattle politicians
announcing that the president had
definitely decided upon Perkins for
the Chief Executive of Alaska.
Washington, May 3.—Senator Bor
ah was the spokesman for Ireland in |
the Senate. Thru him a petition for j
recognition was presented to Con
gress. The words with which the
petition concludes alleges ages of
oppression, aggression, and suppres
sion. These people are your repre
sentatives of a sister nation and can
not we feel be insensible to the is
sue.
Washington. May 3.—Delegate )
Sutherland has asked the department j
of Justice to inform him if Bunnell I
of the fourth division of Alaska is I
entitled to continue holding court in
view of the fact that Bunnell's last
appointment by Wilson was not con
firmed by the Senate.
Incidentally he propounds an in
quiry concerning the legality of the
functioning of Iloth as U. S. attor
ney for the same district who is al
so performing the duty of his office
without having received the senate's,
confirmation.
D. E. Stubbs, the mineral survey
er is at Aniak, in the Kuskokwini.
He arrived with a big program of
betterments for the territory.
REPEAL BILLS
UP FIR ACII0R
Washington, May 2.—Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon in his rec
ommendation to congress advises
the repeal of the Excess profits tax.
the adjustment of llie income tax
rates, the repeal of the luxury taxes
and the imposition of sufficient addi
tional taxes of wide application to
meet the tieeds of the government.
rotMble
Columbus, May 2.—There was a
(juiet observance of May Day thru
out the country despite the fact that
many attempts have ben made to get
up demonstrations. This is One of
the surest indications that te coun
try is cetting back to normal condi
tions. This was the substauce of a
statement made by the attorney gen
eral today.
Make Good to
Stockholders
The Alaska Packers' Association of
San Francisco packed 020 97S cases
of canned salmon and 191 oarrels of
salt salmon in 1920, it is revealed by
the association's annual report. The
salmon was divided as follows: Sock
eye, 19,735 cases; red. 410,CGt caf
es; king, 16.75S cases' coiioes, 20.
079 cases; pink. 117.7t.:i casis. chum
30.027 cases. The association owns
15 plants in Alaska an done on Pug
et Sound, the latter ijmu^ located at
Sei. iuhmoo.
The 1S20 output represents a short
pack. The year's opei rain.j losses
amounted to $757,402.
In the item of depriation $02,247
has Ik'.-'i written oil tho value of the
plants, giving a preso"'. I; >ok value
of ?3,967,46S. Improvements and re
pairs on the uf.' a ati.-n'r bit cannery
fleet last year totaled .<i(i,'.,5SS. 1 he
present book v..!im of the lleet is
given at $1 13"i,.';)0 The ileet con
sists of eight square riif.erj 1 1
barks, one b.t •kcr.'i.e t *'.» schoon
ers and 75 st Jari-b: rs a: d launches,
a total of 9" vcvhjIi
Net earnin ;? from I'.e .i-tocialion's
insurance Iu.il totaled $400,659, a
dividend of .2 a share being paid
from the inte**^: Income. From the
$3,331,350 |.a- value of the associa
tion's Liberty Bonds, a bond dividend
of $20 par value a share was aiso
paid.
Fan Francism, May ».—Ail oruc.r
prohibiting the closing of Hurkhart
Alley, iu Cordova, Al..ol,a, for busi
ness purposes was bunded do.<n by
the circuit court i'i appeals. A. K.
Lathrop and Alice Johnson brought
the action to prevent the olo.iitig of
the Alley.
Washington, May 3.—Panama is.
and has been objecting to the award
made iu the case of her dispute with
Costa Rica, as to territorial boundary
dispute. It is announced by Secre
tary of Sate Hughes, that, after she
has been given a reasonable time to
voluntary transfer her jurisdiction
in the disputed territory, if she fails
to do so the Vnited States will take
measures to compel her to do so
This was the import note sent by Se
cretary Hughes to the Panama gov
ernment.
Washingon. May 2.—By Jack Un
derwood: Naval officials and leaders
of the administration in Washing
ton are considering plans for the as
semblage of the entire naval strength
of the United States in the Pacific.
The naval strategists are discussing
with great earnestness the establish
ment of two naval bases in Alaska.
The points under discussion are
Dutch harbor and one of the bays on
the island of Attu.
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8!G STRUGGLE HAS BEGIN III
EARNEST—ALASKA INCLUDES
Seattle, May 3.—All the sailings
of the two principal lines for Alaska
were indefinitely postponed this af
ternoon. . There is no chance it was
stated of getting the City of Seattle
or the Alameda, out tonight orto
morrow morning. It was stated that
there is very few American boats
moving from any coast. Secretaries
Hoover and Davis are working des
peratelyto bring about a compromise
but is meeting with little or no en
couragement.
New York, May 2.—About one
hundred and twentyflve thousann ma
rine workers thruout the country ase
out on strike. This is in protest
against the 15 per-cent wage deduc
tion which went into effect yester
day. This reduction is on both pri
vately owned vessels and those of
the Shipping Board.
Washington, May 2.—President
Harding had under consideration the
question of recommending to Secre
tary Davis that he appoint a commit,
tee of three to mediate in the dis
pute betw.een the ship owners and
the Marine Workers Union .
Seattle,, May 2.—The first test of
the strike affecting Alaska will he
when the attempt is made to sail
the City of Seattle. She is scheduled
to sail for Skagway and way ports
tonight.
Seattle, May 3.—The shipping of
the country on every coast has been
badly crippled as a result of the ma
rine engineers strike. The sailing of
the City of Seattle has been postpon
ed until this evenfng, when it hoped
she wllfbe able to sail for Skagway
and way iJorts.
'Washington, May 3.—Chairman
Benson, of the Shipping Board de
clared last night that the Board will
make every effort to keep its ships
in operation. It is calling upon all
loyal citizens to rally to the support
of the flag.
ni
Seal tie. May 3.—The Grand Chap,
ter of the state of Washington Mas
ons met in annual convention yester
day. 1'niled States Grand High
I'riest Craig is in attendance at the
state convention.
Schenectady, May 3.—An act of
unnaralelled inhumanity has been
going on near this city for the past
sixteen years and has only lately
been dirovered. A mother and older
sister has held captive a girl for six
teen years. The girl has been Impri
soned in a wire cage in a corner of
the house totally darkene.d for all
those years. The house stands in a
lonely place near Round Lake, not
far from this city, and the cruel
treatment of the mother and sister
has only recently been found out.
The girl was rescued by the Humane
Society and the mother and sister
have been taken into custody. Her
name is Jennie^ Hill and she is now
thirty years of age.
London, May 3.—The allied su
preme council today decided to take
no naval action against Germany
without consulting the United States
Seattle, May 3.—W. D. S. Smith,
was arrested yesterday. He was
charged with routing a single ship
ment of liquor from Vancouver thru
Seattle to Wichita Falls, Texas. Tiie
consignment of booze was valued at
one hundred and eight thousand dol
lars.
TOWN COl'XCILL Mi l TS
The Town Council met in regal.''."
session last night. Routine busi
ness occupied most of tiie lime. T'le
Council voted to pay the $7.5ii Not
ary bill for three affidavits wuie/i
the old Council turned down. • M •
0. Selmer was elected Town
trate for the ensuing year, the sal.r >
of this office was voted as $10 p
month. The appointment of Towr.
Marshal was laid over for another
two weeks. The question of pur
chasing 500 feet of witer pipe was
laid over unt'l t;.e price of the pipe
should be u;«.ired.
Current bills were allowed and
warrants drawn on the 'reaaurer.
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