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DECLARES GERMANY
PREPARES K)P. WAfl
New York. Nov. 22.—The "Tiger"'
of France held his big audience
spellbound by the fervor of his ora
tory and appeals last night in this
city. He opened his address, the
tirst of his tour in Amer.ca, with the
statement that Germany is preparing
for another war. In the prog -ess of
his speech he cried. "Don't you read
the newspapers?" Don't you know
whal the present situation in Europe
means".'* Then he reviewed the sit
uation and stated how the Turks
were coming to an understanding
with the Russian Soviets, how Lud
endorff and other German militar
ists were planning a coup against
the Democratic government of Ger
many, and he appeal- d to his audi
ence for the acquie.-»o sc> e in the de
cision which he nil n&<hed that
the present is the tiiiw of the grea'
est crisis. All this led up to his
appeal and the thing for which he
has come to this country uitmelv
that the I'nited States should renew
her conversations with France and
Britain in the League of Nations
to protect Franco from invasion.
In his speech Clemeuceau declared
that the Untied States stopped with
the Armistice situation.
M THKKI.ANl> ON
FISHERIES RESERVE
Seattle, Nov. 22.—Delegate to Con
press Dan Sutherland, appeared be
fore the Fisheries" hearings In this
city. He accused the United States
Bureau ot Fisheries ot playing into
the hands of the monopolists and ov
erriding the constitutional rights of
the citizens of Alaska to catch and
cure fish in the waters of the Terri
tory. He made a vigorous protest
at the hearing of the Fisheries Bu
reau. which is being held here un
der O'Malley. His protest wa» against
the creation of the fishing reserve |
along the coast of Alaska.
|)l ST FXH.OSION THAI'S MIXERS
Birmingham. Nov. 23.—A dust
explosion in the iron mines of The :
Woodward Iron Company, near this
city trapped 475 miners. The ex
plosion occurred in the dolomite
mine No. 3 yesterday afternoon, and
all night last night the officials and
miners were laboring to get their
brother workers out. Eightv-three
bodies had been taken from the mine
and officials feared that the total
dead from the explosion would reach
one hundred.
PARLIAMENT OPENED
WITH ANCIENT IMMP
London. Nov. 23.—King George
opened the first session of Parlia
ment today. The opening of Pari a
ment was attended with all the pomp
and ceremony which marked the for
mality of parliament In ancient
times.
MARY MAOSWENEY HAS
FASTED !l» DAYS
Dublin, Nov. 23.—Mary MaoSwen
ey today entered upon the 13 day of
her fast in Mountjoy prlsou. The
authorities refuse to be moved to
pity her to the extent of ordering
her release.
PRESIDENT URGES
MERCHANT MARINE
Washington, Nov. 22.—^President
Harding today urged upon the pres
entsesslon of Congress the necessary
ar.d advisability of the enactment of
the Administration's Merchant Ma
rine Bill. He declared that the
: enactment of the bill was necessary
to relieve the government of the
| present staggering losses Involved in
the operation of the war-built mer:
I chant fleet. It will also establish a
, program of assured shipping to serve
i the nation in war, and it will give
! a guarantee of the commercial inde
pendence of the nutiou In time of;
I peace.
Personally addressing the Joint <
session of the House and Senate he
declared that an actual monetary |
saving to the government would re-!
suit from the enactment of the pro-|
posed law.
DIRIGIBLES CAN
he controlled:
Belleville. 111.. Nov. 23.—Experi
ments. which have been going on
ever siuce the war in the field of i
areonaut:cs. particularly with the
dirigible, have advanced so that of
ficers at Scott Kield, a governmant ■
station, announced today that they
have successfully demonstrated that:
the dirigible ai.ship can be landed'
and handled during (light so .is to j
pick up passengers from the ground.
This they consider a marked ad-'
vance.
HARRIXGTOX WARNS
KEMA LISTS IN E VST ;
Constantinople. Nov. 23.—General 1
Harrington, the commander in chief I
of the Allied forces in Constantin-1
ople. has issued a warning to the Ke-1
malists to the effect that any further!
encroachments upon Constantinople
will be made at their peril.
I'ROPl)SK KOl'XTY OX
(SOLD PRODCCTIOX
Washington, Nov. 22.—Gold min
ers throughout the country will be |
iutorested iu the proposed payment j
of a bounty of 25 cents for each pen
nyweight of gold which is produced
in the 26 states of the Union. This J
is the proposal contained in a meas- j
ure introduced into the Senate by .
Senator Kddie. If this goes through I
it will be equivalent to five dollars a
troy junce for tine gold.
KIXWLLY 1)11) THE REED
Los Angeles. Nov. 22.—George!
Browsou Howard, tne novelist dual
ly accomplished what he sought tol
do. Several years ago he jumped in-!
to the Thanes river with a suicide in j
view. But he was not allowed to do j
it then. He was found dead in this J
city supposedly by his own hand I
Separation from his wife Is a ttribut-1
ed as the cause.
liOXl'S KILL IS
RE-INTRODUCED
Washington, Nov. 23.—Represen
tative Johnson, the Republican rep
resentative from South Dakota, re
introduced the Bonus Bill in tho |
House today. This is the bill which
President Harding vetoed at the last I
session of Congres-s.
Idle Money Is Non-Pro
dactive
Money is valuable (or what It can do, not for what it is. The
money that produces more money (or you is like the man you
hire and works (or your interest. The monay that does not pro
duce more money (or you is like the man you hire and works
against your interest, or kills time while you do all the work.
In rest 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. Money
bid away In your home Is liable to the(t and fire.
Bfflirak ©ff HUaslkffl
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
SENATORESS I'ELTON
WINS HER SEAT
Washington, Nov. 22.—Mrs. W. H.
Felton of Georgia is the llrst woman
to sit as a regular member In the up
per chamber of the United States
t'ongross. The aged lady won hir
tight for a seat in the* Senate without
objection, but after a long deluy,
while the status of ber appointment
was being reviewed. Mrs. Feltqn
took the oath and wrote her name
in the Senate membership. She come
from Georgia and was appointed by
the Governor on the death of Sena
tor Watson of that state. She will
serve only until the fourth of March.
IIAKDING LOOKS TO
FARM BLOC FOR AIR
Washington, Nov. 23.—President
Harding recognizes that the aFrm
Bloc in the Senate can give life or
death to the Ship Subsidy legisla
tion at this session. He is therefore
holding out to the members of the
Bloc the promise of governni"iiti>l
remedy for farm ills if they will
withdraw their opposition to the
Ship Subsidy.
COMMfMST I'LOT
LAID IX LONDON
London, Nov. 22.—A communist
plot has been divulged which con
corns London very intimately and
the nation generally. The ploi was
to provoke voluntary trouble in
London today in connection with an
anticipated feature of the newspa
pers. Some of the newspapers pre
dicted serious rioting.
FIFTY DAY FAST
ENDS l\ DEATH
Rpuo, Nov. 22.—Ireland is not
the (July place where women volun
tarily fast for long periods. Death
came tonight to .Mrs. I'earl A. Coch
ran. who had been lasting for fifty
days.
SHIPPING BILL
rr T<» DAY
Washington. Nov. 23.—The House
today, adopted tlie rule giving to the
Shipping Bill of tl:o Administration,
a privilege. It will be taken up to
day and voted on finally Nov. 29.
i'ANADA WOULD
BAR ASIATICS
Victoria, B. C., Nov. 22.—The Leg
slature at its session proposes in a
resolution to call upon the Federal
government to bar Asiatics from im
migrating to Canadu.
POSTMASTERS, LOOK OUT!!
Washington, Nov. 23.—The Presi
dent presented a long list of nomi
nations to the Senate for Its approv
al today. The list cotnained about
a thousand names, and consists most
ly of changes in postofflce appoint
ments.
HANSON GIVEN, FIVE
YEARS IN PRISON
Willie Hanson, the Indian youth
who was the principal witness for
tho prosecution and against Willie
Jackson, recently acquitted of the
charge of murdering Captain Harry
Lett at his place below Thane on
ihe night of July 25th, was sentenc
ed by Judge Ueed in the District
court this mor«lng to serve 5 years
in the reformatory at Boulder, Col
orado. Hanson pleaded guilty to the
charge of looting Lott's lions? the
night he was murdered.
That Willie Hanson told a great
deal of truth when he gave testi
mony in the trial of the murder
case there is no doubt, but that he
told a great many things that were
untrue is certain. That ho knows
who actually killed Captain I-.itt is
another certainty, but it Is not cer
tain that he told the truth wfci.-n he
swore Jackson was the murderer.
There Is a belief that Hanson muy
make a clean breast of what he
knows about the Lott murder after
he has served a time In the Colorado
prison.—Strollers Weekly.
Tl'G SEA MONARCH
RESCUES TWO SHIPS
j Seattle, Nov. 22.—The ocean go
ing tug, Sea Monarch, did the unus
! nal thing when it rescued two dis
abled Dollar steamships on the same
! trip. These ships 507 miles out at
' sea called for assistance and the Sea
Monarch went to their rescue. In the
face of terrific seas and storms the
doughty tug hauled them tandem
fashion over the five hundred miles
of rough seas to port in Seattle. The
two ships were the Bessie and the
Stuart Dollar. They were off Cape
Flattery.
I
! IMPEACHMENT CHARGES
TO BE REVIVED
Washington, Nov. 22.—The im
peachment charges which were brot
against Attorney General Daugherty
at the last session of Congress are to
be revived, if some of the members
have their say. This is expected at
[ the meeting of the House Judiciary
Committee today. The Committee is
j meeting today to arrange for a pre
I limiliary heariug.
PHILIPPINES, TO
PETITION CONGRESS
Manila. Nov. 22.—President Har
ding and the Congress of the Unit
ed States will be petitioned by the
Legislature of the Philippine islands
to allow the Legislature to call a
constitutional convention for the
purpose of forming a constitution
for the Republic ol (lie Philippines.
LABORITE SCORES
KING IX SPEECH
London, Nov. 23.—Ramsey Mc
Donald. a laborlte, who is leader of'
tlie opposition in the House of Com
mons expressed the disappointment
of the people in the Kings Speech
from the throne. He declared in his
statement that the king's address re
garding the unemployed was pro
foundly unsatisfactory to labor. He
said this showed that the govern
ment had no appreciation of the ter
rible tragedy which is being enact
ed in the case of the unemployed.
CLEMENCEAC HAS
OVATION' IX BOSTON
Boston, Nov. 23.—A huge crowd,
led by the high military, state and
city oflicials greeted former Premier
Clemenceau as he arived in Boston.
Following his arrival a great parade
was staged in his honor of the d.B
tinquished Frenchman.
SONIXO IS DYING
Paris, Nov. 23.—Former Premier
Sonitio of Italy is reported to be dy
ing.
CLOSING OF ERASER
RIVER NOT IN 192:1
Ottawa, Nov. 23.—The recommen
dation of the Fisheries Bureau that
sockeye salmon fishing on the Fras
er river be closed for five years will
er river be clased for five years will
not be made effective in the year
1923. Fishing next year will be car
ried on and the stricture will operate
with the year 1924.
luminous get away
WITH BIG SUM
Gallatin, Mo., Nov. 23.—Old mem
ories were recaled in the robbery ol
tiie First National Bank of this city.
The older citizens recalled the rob
beries o£ the Jarues' gang in the
'70's. The First National Bank was
entered and robbed of $200,000 In
bonds and other securtities and ten
thousand In cash.
STEMSHU* JEFFERSON
The Steamship Jefferson was re
ported in Juneau this morning and
would leave about noon today. She
is reported as having about sixty
tons of freight for Seward and
Haines, this would bring her in to
Skagway about noon tomorrow.
The Shiek at the Fifth Avenue or.
Saturday and Sunday. Prices 25 and
50 cents.
CUXO HAVING A
TIME WITH CABINET
Berlin, Nov. 22.—Chancellor Cu
no, who has had laid on his should
ers the task of forming a new cab
inet to succeed that of Chancellor
Wirth, has a big task on hand. Sev
eral men whom he would have in
his cabinet have declined to accept
portfolios and the names announc
ed today include Herr Von Rosen
berg, as Foreign Minister; Doctor
Tudeas Hermes. Minister of Finance
and Doctor Frederick Delich Skam
er, the present Ambassador to Great
Britain as Foreign Minister. "*•
MRS. FELTON'S
MAIDEN SPEECH
Washington, Nov. 23.—Mrs. Fel
ton delivered the first address over
delivered by a woman Senator in the
United States Senate.
She said in part, "1 feel like I am
the happiest woman in the United
States. You can take this remnant of
the old south, that has never dicker
ed in her patriotism and you can be
very well assured that she Is not go
ing to disgrace her commission."
The speech was received with great
applause by gallery and Senate.
UNEMPLOYED FIGHT
IX TARFALGAR SQUARE
London, Nov. 22.—Two thousand
unemployed men fought a battle
with the mounted and foot police in
Tarfalgar Square. The battle raged
about the foot of Nelson's monu
ment in that famous square, the men
seeking to force their way to No. 10
Downing street, the official residence
of the British premier. Many were
wounded about the entrance to
Whitehall, while pedestrians fled
from the scenes of the battle. All
roads in the vicinity of the trouble
were blocked.
GOVERNOR STEUNENBER'S
MURDERER REFUSED PARDON
Boise, Ida., Nov. 23.—Harry Or
chard, the murderer of Governor F.
Steunenberg in 1907 was denied a
pardon by the state board of pardons
today.
DECLARES WAR ON
KU KLUX KLAN
Topcka, Kan., Nov. 22.—Kansas,
through Governor Allen has declared
open warfare on the Ku Klux Klan.
The declaration was made last night.
PEACE CONFERENCE
HAS ORGANIZED
Lausanne, Nov. 22.—The Peace
Conference has been organized and
l*ready to get down to the business
of settling the trouble In the Near
East. An effort was made by tiie
Turkish delegation to hare the ses
sions of the conference open session
this conference is to follow the pre
cedent of the Versailles, conference
where, Wilson sought for an open
conference but was overruled.
The- announcement is m^de that
the conference will be limited to for
mal Communiques which have been
agreed upon by the secretaries.
UNITED STATES ENTERS
THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Lausanne, Nov. 22.—The United
States played its first hand In the
Peace Conference at Lausanne yes
terday. Richard Washburn Chllds,
the American Ambassador to Italy,
in making his declaration before the
delegates, stated that America's par
ticipation in the conference would
consist in joining in the discussions
and safeguarding the rights which
the United States feels must be pro
tected. The rights he declared the
United States feels must be protect
ed in the interests of America and
the rest of the world. The Ameri
cans will be observers but will not
vote.
WOULD RAZE
WOMAN'S COLLEGES
New York, Nov. 23.—A Woman's
Committee is seeking to secure con
tributions for Adelphi College, an in
stitution of Brooklyn, New York,
with over 600 students and 'wenty
two instructors. A. B. See, a Br> ok
lyn manufacturer, when approached
by the Committee declared that 1!
he had his way, woman's colleges
throughout the country would be
burned and the girls would be turn
ed out to do practical work in the
world.
CLEMEXCEAU GETS
THREATENING LETTER
New York, Nov. 23.—Former Prei
mier Clemenceau, who is touring
this country, received a letter threat
ening his life. The letter was sign
ed, A World War Veteran. On the
receipt ol" the leUer, the police guard
for the visitor was doubled.
Saturday and Sunday, Rudolph
Valentino and Agnes Ayres, in the
Shiek at the 5th Avenue. 25 and 50
cents. Front!!
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Yukon Route
The Gateway Route to
Yukon Territory, Atlin and Interior
Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Service between Skaguay and Whlt«borM
during the Winter Season.
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For full information regarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
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SKAGUAY, ALASKA
OR
510 Als«ka Building, Seattle, Wasii.