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No. 65 TWENTY THIRD YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 8. 1920 • PRICE 10 ChNfK
BRYAN FIGHTS
FOR DRY PUNK
S*n Fraac'%». July 1— WlUajD
J'nniag" Bryan's plaok around
which today a C-sb-t 'a ch«. |
ylatform cviamitti' is ceatertng'read8
"w» heart'ly congratulate the Dnao
crat'c party en its "plainHd leader
»h'p la submission and ratification of
the prohH>iUoa anr'adment to the
federal constitution and we pledge..
the party to effect1 ve enforcement of
th» Volstead act hoaenly and la
focd fa-th without any iacre»e la
alcoholic content of permitted bev
•rag»* and without any weakening'
lu any other of >ts provisions1'.
essIuest !
CULLS SESSION
W««hlLgton, July 2 —After a
coaf*reac« her« w'th Senator Hardi
'a* the Republican nominee for't?.'
presidency Gototoot Clements of
Vermont indicated that he would
immediately call the Vermont legis
lature >a special sea31 an to act on
th* federal suffrage amendment.
IL &NUS
TO PROTECT JAPS
Tokyo, Ju>y 1—A detachment of
U. S Marines have been, landed at
Shsuk Kla». Ohlaa to protect the.
Japanese who are there.
A cmmuuiqu^. ii«*u« by the for
eign office today state* that th9
feeing agalust the Japaneso was.
•o bitter that they had a'JOMi for
»»otectljB.
WATCHMAN KILLS
ALLEGED THIEF
Seattle. July 2—'The »fcortage of
and th« desperate demftad lor go*o
1'l. led to a murder this morning.
Cy Capit a boy of nineteen, years
of age *«' shot a ad killed by'night
watchman Ph'lip Hath<vw*y.
Hathaway, claim" that C*iPlt wh»
filching ga'ol^ae from the tank under
his cha g .
Arthur S. McKibben an in&ocent,
by "lander wa» wounded by the war
l'fce watchman the bullet barely
m'H'n* bl» heart.
SAYSHS ACT
HAS MANY TEETH
Washington, July 2—Waxntng'for
eign, >iitere»ta not to attempt to
Interfere with the development of
American merchant marine. Chairman
Ben'on of the U. a Sh'pp'ng board,
declar-d that th° board wa« deter
mined to bui^ up aA America® mer
chant mr<ne a» contemplated by
the J»uea aot.
Chairman, Benson added t,hat thu
act had pleu'y of teeth.
Cork. July 1— The Kings itreet
pq11c« barracks were partly Me
tered by tha erplo^on of a bomb
which wt»» pi«»M there laert u'ght bj
u. xnown partfe".
Th* build'rg *a» damaged, by the
shock but Ui® inmate" escaped with
out injury. !■ • -l' 1" 1*1
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The Stars and Stripes
We will not be open for buaines* Monday
July 5
We believe in showing honor to Old Glory
Independence Day
Bank of AlasRa
New Stock
ChickFood for Sale
• i
7 cents per pound
P. H. GANTY
Pan Fre«ici«oo, July
form committee comt»l®t®d If Iab»
ors at 12:25 tnia morning HlWdi t
"ubmitted to tip convention today.
The platform contain? no m®ntioa'
proh'biMcn on th® «nJE<*roen»®nt ls
sue u ib.® comnatt---* voted 1>y SO
to 12 against all pl&nk'l offered,
which attempted to write a declara
tion In regard to the Volst»ad'en
forcoaicnt act.
William Jennings Bryaii; the,
fi»ld marahaJl of th^ dlry adher«mt®
announced that he would carry.,
the fll'ht to the floor of the conr
vent^on.
It i>s v«ry uncertain In wfcether
ballctfirf: will begin todny.
Then- aryj fourteen name® befor®
the convention not counting the'nam«
of vicc-president Maj-shall who tas
decl'nfd to permit the formal u*e of
hi8 name.
Marshall will get the aoli<f
Indiana vote, just the same, on, the
first ballot.
No man at thl» time ha* t!he
fight cinched altho MoAdoo, many,
b' liev •>. will wi« out eventually '
Kct the norrlnaMoti.
San Trajutaco. July 1—Nomina-,
tlona for the presidency closed, to
day wi:en Mrs. Be<">le AgnPA Dyer
' >Vn-liin~ton. D. C. placed in nomi
nation (Jovtrnor Q*nen\l Harrison
of the Ph'll'plnps. I
JAPS 01 MANY
Cfl'Sl HOTELS
Olymp'a. July 2—Over one th'pd
o' the hotel* 'n Seattle and lu
ce ma are owned, by Japanese 1*
the statement ot the lnren'gitor8..
of the sfate dep&r'mnt.
The report was mad8 to Gov
ernor Hart aadl made publ'c by
him 'oday. ,
big piiic
DIKE TONIGHT
Til© apfpomteii by th»
City Council to arrange for*th»
Fourth cf July oeleoratlon have'met
with una^ial siucce" and tad b«
cured plenty of money to glve'pr'z
es for as elaborate program.
A» far aa could be ascertained to
day ther® va» tennis gam«a th!s aftei
noon and the big dance ton'gt.',,
w'll bee all of this day's "port.
Tomorrow there will bo a tenolsr
tournament.
On Monday a b'g program la be
ing prepared and will be pulled ofi
as Oc»r a' can, be as follows.
10 a. m. Boys Baaa Ball game* 7
Inn'ngs. I '
1 p. m. to 2 p. m. Sports of all
kinds on Broadway.
2:30 y. m. Base Ball game'be
twe«n the "Swatter*' and "Slugg
era"* with the 4:30 p. m. Sport',
on Broadway to continue un,t'l all
are finished. .
l*he line up of the big game ol
ball is a9 follows:—
.TLUlGGERS
A»k, Harry
Rapui l, Geo.
Asfc Cleon,
Ecfert, J. t
Rap.'tzl, Cfias. I
McBilen, W. i ' !■ 1
Johua«m» Hftl.
Salth. Gene.
Phel«a, jf. ' . '
SWATTERS 1
Cole; o. C.
Blanchard, A. OL
ItcynoldBos. Li. . " ' J
Gaalt, Lee. . •
Curtis, Chas. I 1 * 1
PHess, Wm, '
Runnalla, Dr. * t*P '
I Gut" It, A;
Smith, If. M.
I Go to K«iWr« tor your Ioe Cr©an
^ •Y*ryt'm«. No d*a*kpfpoin,t3aea(t ther&
Mrs. Dyer is. tlx* Pr«t woman to
DMk° & uom nation 'Vocti la a Na
tional Democrat'c cowv^mtlon and
saUl that she f®lt as If elhe
wa* a voice trying out In the wilder
ness but, sVfc addPd, th^r® are Dem
ocrat3 'n the Pli'lllplmea and th®y
want General Harrison for pre
sident.
CI, firman Glaus of the committee ot(
resolu' russ reportedi that the plat- 11
form A, 111 be mwlff for siuibanjsslon- h
to the" convention tonight at eight, i ]
o'clwk. : i
San FranciVo. July 1—There 1» 1 j
l'ttla MWlhood of there being,, j
any balloting on candidates be- j i
for* tomorrow.
Anottt'r demonstration waa mad*'
for McAdoo this afternoon which, j I
brake out when the Oregon, delegate"
announced their support for McAdoo
and h's boom again, broki loose.
Representative Flood of Virginia,
placed In nomination, the name of [
Governor Cornwall West of Vrgtn'a.
San Francisco, July 2—The muto
ofr of delegates ^nttled to vote in
the National Democratic convent
ion Is 1096.
The delegat»a from the Canal Zon®
have beeji seated by a resold j
t'on passed by the oonventloni
The number necessary to nominate
la presidential candidate is tw\o,1.
thirds of thos4 actually votVnc. 11
Ottaw*, July 2—Robert Bor
den for nany r®ar« premier of Cana
da rescued from, offlc® last,
night
Th« r.-a»on for his r^ignat'on i»
poor health as th« pr«ml*r ha»
''been su'fer'ng for "ome time.
m¥ro
9 CENT SUEUR
Ch'capo, July 1— Shipment of
fiv< million pound* of "agar,
have be** received in Chicago by
war of Canada.
Ybe*e shipment9 were Wiled to
packer", caiuvers and ■w1h0le,alers at
low a» n'ne ;e«ts a pouad.
Thla 1'on.cliuon *a" unearthed by
M-r»l 'kvesygjttore who are ■earch
'as for profiteer^.
CABLE DOWN
NO PRESS NEWS
Something happened to the cable
between iere and Juneau la®t n'ght
and thereforeo there was no eery- i
Ice today. i
Serge* at, Weetcott Wa» unable to
locate the troufblo and) as h« can-.' |
not get Ha nea the tiwjble must
be batwee® here awl Fort Be ward, j
Some one said that perhaps the
Shr'neya had gotten holdi of ttie'jope
and «pvered 1' but Max Gutfelt
•ay* NOT! 30. ' !
However we tried to g*t the'new"
ct the RDeiu^crat'c convention from
Whltehorae but as thl«a a hofl
day ov«. th«r® the operator* were
not on the nn^e s0 we will have'to
wait until OKr cable Is up or get,,
the news from the Dominion l'ne.
There will be a free dantf at El'ta
hall tou'ght which Is given by the
• comm'ttee In charge of the Fourth
of July celebration.
Everyon® i* lnv'te<l and a good,
time is assured.
i l>.e dan<* w'U commence at nine,
o'clock. .
IHUI MB UP
HI) ONE IIJURED
Pipestone Minn. July, 2—A Pa8
f<nger train running on th« Great
Jorthern railroad between Sioux,
Fail* and S». Paul was totally
k®troyed by fire early tli's morn'ng.
Although thei-® wore seventy f'v«
(asscng'-rs on. the tra'n no one wla8
ujured txcept a few minor sera,ches.
nd bru'ee8.
SLGRr OF LIFE 10
HSU ALCOHOL
i
San yr&Hi'Soo, July 1—"I have
io hop® of glory a» a wr'ter of
Jemosratlc platform8'' sa'd Wil
lain Jeim'ng3 Bryan today but i-1
ake* ouly or.© man to bring In a
n'nor'ty report and I am ttiat'ma".
If I can help th's world to ^>an
sh alcohol and after that to ban
£h war no off'ce, no presidency can
>ff«i honor" that w'll be mine.'*
HIEIGHTEF. PRIXCESS ENA
HAS FULL CARGO
The b'g C. P. R. Oo freighter.
Pr'ncess Eina Captain Cliff ar
•'v«d yesterday afternoon \v'th t'full
oad of freight from Vancouver and,
/let ria.
Tilt cargo consisted of explosives
jowder and gasoline lumber, ties &
fcfe^d for the White Pass and
falcon, Rout'-- and general merchand
Je for interior merchant3.
The Pr'ncess Ena brought from
Vancouver one of the Dig- tractor*^
tor the Wiley and Vance Co at Ham
m and unloaded it at the goveffiimen
i< ck at. Foi< Steward.
Th's I® one,of the p^j, of tract
ors to be uet'd for the Rainy Hollow
copper mine".
U. S. Customs inspector S*des ac
compsn'fd the Ena from Juneau as
convoy to Ha'nes.
Assoon as the cargo of the Ena 's
discharged she will sail for the outh,
Wasb'nision July 2—A Un't^d.
State8 i'estioyer ha8 !>«< n despatched
to M«rslna. The object of the'tr'p
is to s«?ure the release of Paul Nil
son and hi3 »'fe American, missionar
ies of *[.e M!sslotx school at Tarua,
S'!'c'a, 'n As,a Miner.
Nilso". and his wife have been cap
tured by the Turkish Nationa'
'st< and ara held as prl3on«iB.
This announcement was made 1
tli" department of state today.
SEN. raws
DEI LfUBEBS
SaD Francisco, July 2— Sena
tor James a Reed of Masseur' ta
speaking before an audience of «'x
thousand people laat night at
tacked the Democratic convent!on.
leaders.
5enn.*-or Rted b'tterly denounced.,
the League of Nafons and charact
ered It as treacherous and treason
able.
S.S.SeattleSails
For 5. E. Alaska
Seat.Ie. July 2—Th» 3. S.- City
| of Si'attl* sai!ed this morning for
southeastern Alaska.
| The i avenger list shows three hUB
drii-d and twenty n'ne passenger* in
j Includ'ii" sevtnty for StefTway. forty
| six of whom are Interior excursionist
' and one hundred and eleven, round
' trippers
j The balanee ar® for different.
por's along the route.
j Cannery crews for Fidalgo,. Chom
l ley. Vi-s Bay and Ketchikan are
al'o cr. board.
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YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE OF
COMFORT SERVICE SAFETY
FOR ?
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Through Tickets to and from Dawson*
Fairbanks, and all Interior Alaska
and Yukon River Points.
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern steam
ers will operate regularly the entire length of the YukoQ
River and :t9 tributaries.
Daily train service(except Sunday) between .Skagway and
Whitehorae. Parlor observation cars on every train
Pull information regarding passenger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
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510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash;