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NO. 128. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
BKAGWAY, AT.AHKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1022
PRICE TEN CENTS
GOVERNOR BONE
MAKES APPEAL
FOR NEAR EASI
Juneau, Alaska. Nov. 29.—(Spec
ial to the Alaskan.)—Humanity's
distress In the Near East Is ;ntensi
fied by the recent tragic events. Tc;
number of helpless, suffering paople
has multiplied, and the situation is
harrowing and acute.
In order to direct public attnntlon
to the need of immediate and sub
stantial relief through the Anu-r.Yan
Organizations, established for that
end, the President of the Uaiteil
States designates. Sunday, December
3rd. as "Near East Emergency Day."
and asks th e co-operatiou of Ma
yors and other civic authorities in
carrying out its purposes.
I bespeak a geueral observance of
the day and that prompt and gener
ous response to the appeal which is
ever characterlst'c of Alaska.
Let each community give heed to
duty's call and do its full part as in
the past.
(Signed) Scott C. Bone,
Governor.
The above message was sent the
Alaskan and is self explanatory.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Washington. D. C.,
October 9, 1922.
Gentlemen:
Not since the great war has the
whole civilized world been so shock
ed and startled as during the past
Tour weeks. The terrible and appal
ling tragedy which has been enact
ed in the Near East, leaving in 1*8
wake hundreds of thousands of shel
fless, famished men. women and
:hildren makej a call to the heart of
the American people which can not
t>e ignored. From East. North.
South, and West have come to me.
evidences of the deep-seated desire
jf our people that something be done
:o give them an opportunity to crys
allize their wide-spread sympathy
nto a life-saving service.
I am rejoiced to know that the
{reat machinery of your organization
has already been started into action |
:o the end that this great body of
tuffering souls may he rescued
promptly from the threatened starva
tion and death which they face this
winter.
•\a lue pcuyie ui
given, and given generously In every
jreui crisis-that has occurred In Chi
na. Russia, India, and all parts of the
world, so they must give, and give a
jreat sum now,—millions ol dollara,
—;f the lives of these victims are to
lit* saved. No appeal or real need
from whatever part of the world has
sver been made in vain to America.
Very truly yours,
WARREN G. HARDING.
Judge John Barton Payn.e
Chairman. American Red Cross,
Dr. James L. Barton.
Chairman. Near East Relief.
Hept the Starving in *.' e Near
East.
SALE OF FANCY WORK
There will be a sale of fancy work
left over from the Catholic Bazaar.
Dn Monday. December 4th, between
2:30 and 5 o'clock, at Father Gal
lant's residencee.
SUBSIDY BILL
P<S5ES_H0II5I
Washington. Nov. 39.—The Hous
of Representative* passed the Shi:
Subsidy Bill this afternoon.
Washington, D, C., Nov^ 29^—
To offset the losses of Amerlcai
ships in foreign serrece by liquoi
prohibition, the Republicans of thi
house merchant marine commltte<
have agreed to an amendmort to thi
ship subsidy bill to be Introduced to
day by Chairman Green to pay suel
ships direct for carrying mall in
stead of putting the money in a re
volving fund out of which sll com
panies would receive .compensation
Representative Bankheail cf Ala
bama announced that he would offei
an amendment, regardless >f cour
rulings, that no subsidy be paid r<
any ship supplied with liquor.
MORE LAND TO BK
THROWN OPEN IX
KKTC'HIILVV ARE.1
In the last mall from Juneau thi
following notice, signed by Frank A
Boyle, register of the land office
ivas received by the Alaskan:
Notice Is hereby given tha' on
October 9. 1922. the secretary of ths
nterior, by order No. 43. re»torcd
o entry all that portion of land abut
:ing on Tongass narrows, near Ket
rhikan, Alaska, end situated between
p. S. surveys Nos. 12*8 and 12SJ.
From November 9, 1922. to Feb
•uary 5. 1923, this land will be sub
lect to entry by soldiers, sailors or
narines who servod in the war with
3ermany. On and after Febrarv 5,
1923, the land will be subject to en
ry by any qualified person. The
-reference right given atjlillera and
lallors under this order refer* solely
:o homestead entry.
7H1XESE HOl'SE
IMPEACHES PREMIER
Peking, Nov. 29.—The Chines*
Souse of Representatives passed a
•esolution yesterday impeaching the
icting Premier, Wang Chung Hui,
md Doctor Wellington Koo, the for
eign minister. Tha Impeachment
>roreedings were taken In conncc
ion with a recent loan agreement.
NATIONAL NAVY
RESERVE ORGANIZED
Washington. Not. 29.—The or
;anization of the National Nary Re
lerve Association was perfected yes
:erday. The Association Is to In
clude officers and enlisted members
>f the Naval Reserve. The announce
ment wt.s made here yeeterdgy after
loon.
KRITISH MINISTER
CALLED FROM QREKCH
Athena, Nor. 29.—The Britlsi
Minister to Greece. Hon. F. O. Llnd
ley. notified the Greek government
that Great Britain has broken off re
lations with Greece. The Mlnlstei
left Greece last night.
Idle Money Is Non-Pro
ductive
Money Is valuable (or what It can do, not (or what It la. The
money that produces more money (or you ii like the man you
hire and works (or your interest. The money that doea not pro
duce more money (or you is like the man you hir« and works
against your interest, or kills time while you do all the work.
In vest you Idle money in good safe securities or deposit It
In a Savings Account. We pay (our per cent on savings ac
counts and certificates of deposit.
Money deposited in this bank is insured against theft. Mosey
hid awmy in your home Is liable to the(t and Are.
IBfflimlk ©IT ffillfflskai
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
EX-OFFICIALS
Athens, Nov. 29.—Tho former cab
inet officials, who were convicted of
high treason. In connection with the
Greek military disastor In Asia-Mi
nor were executed yesterday. Two
former Premiers, Gounarls and Pro
topapadakis, and a War Minister,
Baltazzls, who held portfolios in sev
eral cabinets and General Hadjanes
tis, the commander of the Greek for
ces at the tlnje of disaster was sen
tenced to life Imprisonment and de
gradation. Admiral Goudas and Gen
eral Stratlgos were fined 200,000 to
one million drachmas each.
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LEAGUE MIST
comumis
London, Nov. 29.—Lord Robert
Cecil, one of the ceratorg of the
League of Nations, and now promi
nent in its councils, discussed the
Near East situation today. Analyz
ing the delegates i t the approacl.ing
conference on the neutralization of i
th aOrdauelles, which is to follow
j the Near East Peace Conference
Lord Robert declared that in his
opinion, and also in the opinion of
League members who have studied
the situation, there ig no satisfactory
solution possible except to hand over
the Straits to League control, now
that both sides of the Dardanelles
aparently are to become Turkish
territory.
"heT question now resolves Itself
into getting Turkey to assent In
prloclple to freedom of the Straits,
subject to her own bellggerent rights
and undertake not to fortify them
nor to maintain submarine bases
there, he added. "These arrange
ments should be in charge of the
League of Nations, which would
make an annual report of the situa
tion. A distinct advantage of this
arrangement is that no armed forces
would be required by the League to
carry out the provisions."
It it pointed out In this connec
tion that a view now holding is that
when any nation Is at war, its en
tire civil population likewise is at
war, therefore food and other sup
plies destined for any civil popula
tion may be stopped If the enemy
has the power to do so. For this
reason, those studying the problem
of the Straits assert that If war
occurred between states bordering
on Turkey, the latter would find
It to her financial interest to lnsisr
on the Straits remaining neutral, but
on the other hand, If Turkey were
j directly involved In war, no stretch
of diplomatic Imagination could for
see her going against her own mili
tary Interests to permit neutral ves
sels of war or commerce to pass
through the Straits.
It Is noted that the freedom of the
Straits once was considered neces
sary, especially If case of a general
I war, with Russia lined up a a Eu
ropean ally, tl Is pointed out now,
however, that In the event of a new
war, Russia probably would be ar
rayed against Europe, in which
case no matter what treaty stipula
tions had been drawn up, the West
ern Powers would be expected to
place war vessels at the Aegean end
of I he Straits to block the exit.
It Is mentioned, for instance, that
la case of war between Rumania
and Turkey, the neutral powers
would find interests in the struggle
I which would make League control of
( the Straits » distinct asset. How
Chicago, 111., Nov. 29.—Clemen
coau was In Chicago yesterday and
last night spoke to a packed house
at the Auditorium Theater. Standing
with outstretched arms before the
great audience, the Frenchman
pleaded for America to save Prance
from possible extinction. He declar
ed that France sought only peace,
but that war was being forced upon
her.
"If France does not get the help
that she needs, she may disappear,"
declared the earnest champion of
France.
"Athens was a democracy, very
great and very fine," said the ip»ak
er, "but she disappeared; and if
France were to disappear. I believe
that some day people would begin
to look around arid ask if something
had not disappeared that had brought
life to the world "
CLEJIENCEACS AGE DUE TO
SOFT BOILED EGOS
Chicago, 111., Nov. 29.—Clemcn
ceau, when approached and asked as
to the explanation of hiB ago and
vigor, declared It was due to his
use of soft boiled eggs. He ate eight
last night for dinner, and ordered
five for his breakfast this morning.
He breakfasted at five-thirty this
morning.
MAYOR OF DETROIT
SUCCEEDS NEWBERRY
Lansing, Mich., Nov. 29.—Gover
nor Groesbeck of Michigan, has sel
ected as his choice of men to suc
ceed Senator Newberry, resigned, the
Mayor of Detroit. Mayor Couezens
of Detroit has indicated willingness
to accept the post.
ANOTHER OF DEVAI.ERA'S
LIEUTENANTS SEIZED
Dublin, Nov. 29.—Charles Mur
phy, another of DeValera's lieuten
ants was arrested today. The na
tional troops raided the residence
of Count Plunkett. and found there
quantities of explosives and ft large
amount of military equipment, which
they seized In the name of the state.
VOLSTEAD LAW
.NOT TO BK CHANGE!)
Washington, Nov. 29.—President
Harding lias no thought of asking
Congress for a modification of the
Volstead Law. Instead, it was an
nounced from the White House that
its enforcement, would be an earnest
concern of the administration.
BRITISH CABINET CONSIDERS
THE GREEK EXECUTIONS
London, Nov. 29.—The British
Cabinet was summed to meet and
consider the situation which the ex
ecutions of the Cabinet officials in
Greece has occasioned.
ever, it is argued that any pro
posal to fortify the Straits by indi
vidual nations or even by the League
is out of the question because of the
enormous expense that would be In
volved. It is ostimated that to neu
tralize the Straits would require a
permanent army of 150,000.
Amplifying his plan for League
control. Lord Robert continued:
"Any International supervision of
the Straits Is sure to be found Im
practicable. The League of Nations
will have to do it without armed
forces. The League is doing well at
Danzig, even where it has a given
territory to survey, and it will not
need at teh Straits any special
neutral zone.
"In order to deal with the situa
tion, we are obliged to cast our pre
war conceptions overboard. It is
curiouB, but most people who discuss
the Straits still think in terms of
eight years ago. Although freedom
of the Straits has ceased to be im
portant in the old sense, they will
still prove to be a burden to the
Turks, and if we help to neutralize
them, It will be a financial advant
age to Turkey.''
A gift For Near East Relief n-lll
make your own dinner more palat
able.
REGULATIONS
FOR FISHERIES
Portland, Ore., Nov. 29.—Fisher
men in the Columbia and on the
coast are to face new and important
regulations after January 1, 1925,
if the present planned program is
put into the statues of the states.
There is little doubt on the part of
the law makers, as represented by
Thomas W. Rose, chairman of tl^e
protective league of Oregon and
Washington that the laws will be
passed. Prices of salmon are to be
fixed by arbitration; all traps and
seines are to be abolished after the
above date; the number of canner
ies along the coast and the aboli
tion of commercial Ashing above the
Sandy river are the items in the
present program.
A NEW GREETING
TO THE t\ S. A.
New York, Nov. 29.—A new f.,vle
of printing was inaugurated yester
day. when on the Sky in letters a
milo long, the words, "Hello, U. S.
A." were writter in white smoke
generated letters. They were writ
ten across the pale blue of the win
ter sky above lower New York yes
terday afternoon. The writer was
Captain Cyril Turner, of Londan.
VOLSTEAD MAY SUCCEED
MAJOR H'VNRsI
Washington. Nov. 29.—Represen
tative Volstead, who is th author of
the Volstead Act, and who was de
feated at the last election, may suc
ceed Major Haynes as Prohibition
Enforcement Commissioner.
OLD TIMER DIES
IN VANCOUVER,. B. C.
Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 29.—Colon
el Bob Stevenson, the last survivor
of the pioneer gold rush at Caribou,
died here last night. He came to
British Columbia in 1859.
ALASKA SPRUCE
FOR AUSTRALIA j
Seattle, Nov. 29.—The freighter
Gonomia. now on her voyage to this
city will proceed to Ketchikan and
will there take on a load of Alaska ;
spruce lumber for Australia.
Have you ever spent A dinnerloss |
Thanksgiving? Thousands in the!
Near East will.
OVER-SEA Air
10 BEJEI1ED
Washington, Nov. £9.—The Amer
ican Army ef Occupation on the
Rhine will not be returned to the
United States for the present.
The American Army, according to
the report is now there to guard Ger
man and not French Interests. The
threatened crisis in affairs in Ger
many have to do with the possibility
of the seizure of the Ruhr valley, by
the French. The American Army Is
continued to prevent this action on
the part of France.
1AY1EAN LIFE;
IAYIEAN DEATH
Manila, Nov. 29.—Death sentence
of eleven members of the Philippine
constabulary, convicted of murder
in connection with the riotin? here
on December 15, 1920, in which 8
persons were killed, including six
members of the Manila police, may
he commited to life imprisunnien .
The board of pardons, appointed by
Gen. Leonard Wood, has recommend
ed executive clemency and It is un
derstood that the governor-general
will follow the recommendations.
Relatives of several of those killed
opposed the granting of clemency
but the board held that the nature
of the riots were such and the pre
vious character of the accused such
as to warrant commutation of the
sentence.
BRITAIN' STOPS
SCRAPPING SHIPS
London, Nov. 2°.—Great Britain
has stopped the scrapping of war
ships. This has been going on for
some time under the Washington
treaty. Britain has done more of It
than some of the signatory powers
of the treaty, and she has now con
cluded to scrap no more until the
other nations have taken action and
have scrapped their quotas.
This news was brought out bv a
questioner in the House of Commons
today. Monsell, the financial secre
tary to the adm'rality made the re
ply to the questioner.
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Yukon Route
The Gateway Route to
Yukon Territory, Atlin and Interior
Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and WhltehorM
daring the Winter Season.
For full Information regarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
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SKAGUAY, ALASKA
OR
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