No. 11 TWENTY FOURTH YEAR SKAG WAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1921 PBtCB M CENTS
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Washington Feb 22—President j
"Wilaon is ©xp?cted to recommend
to Congress betcr^ he 'eaves hi<
Dost that authority be grantM thp
United States to accept (?erman
bonds to be applied against the debt^
which Belgium ow>s America.
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SENDS REGRETS
Washington Feb 23—Regret on j
the part of the Japans government
expreSBed iQ a note concerning
th* shooting of LItut. .Langdon at
VWivos'oc/r.
This is s^nt in rePly to the note !
of the United Stnt-s 'o th0 Japanese'
goernment concerning the affair. I
The Japan^e j.-ov*mmant also stat
es that various officers involved in |
the affair are Uing mnish-'d by th0 '
govern ny.nt.
I WILL 8EI
E
Washington Feb 23—Th@ Senate
adopted thfe amendment to the nav
al appropriation bill of 4S mil
lions each for the construction of
two fast naval airplaue carrier*
The 5enate aijo voted a million nm'
a Jalf or the ».!ameda naval bast>
a million for the Diego nav ,)
bast- ajnd eight hundred thousand
for thu Sand Point airplane base
Denver Feb 24—Peter Noonan
and William Wiskersham have puk
ed gofld c^ms ground beneath th'
Cttjr Hall and the Union sta'iou
f>f this city.
LI. S. IB HAVE 1
KNOWN SOLD
ill
■Washington Fob 23—There is a
strong agitation for Mip burial f t
an unxnown soldier to cora^mora
lhe great world war. This I* f°'
lowing tht. pve'it'ent established 'i'
Britain and Franc,> in which an un
known soldier was buri.xl iu W-«t
minster Abbt.y and under th0 Arch
DiTriomphe. S<i.r<:tary i!alc,.r Gen
enU Pershing nad 0thor military a'
Livi'iau tnoii of prominence an> advo
eating doing this. I'ublic opinion
turning towar,i p'acing tuch an un
known soldier in 'h0 new marbl"
memorial ampl!htatre at Ar'ington
C.omet*T>". 0or., ral Pershing tujr
pjostjs that ^lie soldier bo taJa-si
from those filling in the .\.rSt,nne
IriVf,.
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!H P!i UP'FF
Sau Diego F> L i'S—Tho Chilean
Senate iucr,,?.sco tht, tariff on im
?ort»ii 'itiuor this afternoon. "1"I,
Senate luada '!ic increase more Uian
[wo hi ndrej i><>rem1. Other im
ports in t!ie t>ii! \v, r,. raised aa av
ettige of oo percent.
Seattle F> b - r^-.Tt,.en ta\ i
"r,» sud tiio city t° force 'lie <"i!
to default on an interest payment
;lUj> to Stofre and \\"eb»tfr fur th,v
strin/t railway system. The ln
erest Is dii" March first. '!"!), y lust
their case thi* nicrj Ing Tvh, n Ju.i;rt.
fioaald, su tiifn d the deraurr.-r to
the comj'laiat liled i J" li:v C.r?o. i
tion couns 1 Meier.c
f
"Reasons
sV.otxVd \woc a. "ft^.t.V
3Vcc<wv\ «n\.\v >a».
SAFETY—No risk whatever. Lost or stolen
checks can be duplicated without cost.
CONVENIENCE— Paying bills by d ec k is the
easiest, simplest method of. i a'ying th- m.
SYSTEM—You have a complete record of all
money received and spent, with accurate
dates and amounts.
We assure you Safety Convenience
and System
Bank of Alaska
..5 YR UPS...
AT LOWER PRICES
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple.
Liberty Bel!, Cane and Maple.
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple.
Pure Maple Sap from Vermont
Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian
Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian
.2$ pound tins
pound tins
10 pound tins
• pound tins
.2 pound tins
.5 pound tins
!? .70
1.25
2.S5
1.13
.40
P. H. GANTY
WILSON FAVORS
GERMAN BONDS
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I Washington Feb 23—President
| Wilson sent a nit.ssafle to Congres@>
today recommending tbat the U 3
o i>t an issu0 of German bonds In
p-'ynmu for u,, dob's conrtacted by
■ with this country Prior to
i! t. -iiiiiins of tht arinistjc0.Tlu-FQ
bonds will bP j>nrt of the r,j>araUoa
•to 1 allies and if accepted by
th,> t" S will riili,»v,, Belgium of
h'o c°bt awing the • S. and
Germany will assum,, it as a !>art
! of the indemnity 8he Is to Pay *he
a'li.e.
Itueimm I
m TSIKING
Washington Feb 23—The r>,pa>t
i!11 r.t of .lustict> lias given an ordpy
to ho'U I>(>bs incommunicado at Al
r,i t'. iiit, ntiary. This action on
rart of '!ir departnient dt Jus
ti. o ha< b", n called to tlu« attention
of ITi>sid0ut W'il-on. This was a"
i.- unc d today.
■ " i!
(Lynchers Chargedi
1 With Murder In
First Degree
°
" <\M F'b 2:5—Tlip indict-'
■!t verP drawn against
.. A-ai'tina national guards
'i<> have h,.ld in Conner-;
:i wi'ri (iie hncbing of William <
<1 v. r f|inslif(i jystiTday by |
• :-U'te. .\'cw warrants have1
boon Is; r.-r.l ciarging the ni^n with j
murder la Mie first degr<v. These j
hava been served on the defend-!
cat:. , ! ' :
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T-srklsh Problem
Before Council,
London Feb iS—The consldera-j
Una of the n?ar eastern question |
is now bo'n" consIaered by the A'- |
ii»\l end Turkish delegates. The !
TarUish reor'seMatiVe en'efed the
[conferance in mo todies. The Tur
1 kish rat onai envoys having refus
j oil t° jc.:n th0 delegates ofnhe Sui
j t.'a';* iJr.vcrnm1)tt
iMoover Declines
Commerce Post
i St Augustin0 Feb 23—President
| el°ct Harding dies not credit tho I
published reDorta that Hoover will
decline. the post a« Secretaly of Com!
morc-fi in the a«-w cabinet.
.
jLandis To Give
Up Federal Bench
; Xe<v York F b 23—Presid€nt H^y
j dJer of th© NVonift Base bail V1* !
J gue made pnV.'o a 8tatement in.
I which sejw'.c i that Judg0 f an
dln ia>'. res ga the Feder'.l
(bPnci iii.d gi<e his entire tjm^ t0
jbastba 1
j 'Washington Feb 24—The Senate
j >a?t nigh' pass,^ tho agricultural
bii't which carries an appropriation
I of approximate $41;000;000 for
tho year beginning n^t June- The
1 bill has been sent to ths House
for confei"eace.
ALASKA'S CABLE
APPROPRIATION
IS INCREASED
Washington Fob 24—The Senate
military committee has raised th«
approprialton for the maintgnanog,
'of the AJasisa cable servicp ii
?160;000. Jt has aj|\o rals*d th«
aiPDropriatiion for tho construction,
£>nd maintenance of roads bridge?
and rails in A'aska to $500;000.The
committre stn.dc out the limita.
tion of $10; 000 for the preliminary!
•investigation of the proposed route*
to connect Nome ahd Shel<t©n road I
system with the coal deposj'a on j
CtiR Kugaruk river and Cash cree
and tho Kc^walii mining district, i
rnmrn is
Washington Feb 23—Th0 income |
aiul ,>\c' b < profits tax collected by
tlit. government for tho monlh of1
l>ecemb''i) dropped flown by nioile:
than 240 million dojlars a»a contPar- j
ed with Dectmb-r 1919 according to
the figures maJe publics by the bur-,
wiu of infrnai revenue
HOME RULE 10 ]
BEGIN IPII
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London Feb 22—The Privy Coun
cil decided tint the Home Ru'e Act
in Ireland shall go into efft-ct ADril
CUi.
Immigration Bill
Up To Wilson!
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Washington Fet 23—President|
Wilson has before biro thfe UiUing-1
ham immigration bi'l for his ap-1
Pljoval or rejection. The bill ii
drawn tq admit 355,000 immigrants
to America during the next year.
One Part Of Mail
Race Abandoned
Chicago Fob 23—Th0 Eastbound j
p'ane of the transcontinental mail
race left I^slCefonto Penna on its j
flight to Chicago from San Francis- j
cjo, made the run in twenty nina |
hours. The WgS' bound flight has
been abandoned account Of wheth
er conditions.
Army Appropria
tion Bill Approved
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Washington Feb 23—The army ap
proPriation bill as amended by tho
senate military sub commjtte0 to pro
vide for an army of 175;000 men
was a') Pro vied by the ftill committee.
Tlie "bill carries an appropriation of
$3 million 622 thousand 148.
Persian Govern
ment Overthrown
I
Paris Feb 23—According to des
patches from the foreign dePartment
the government of Persia was Pgaca
fully overturned. The despatches
state that General Rezai Kahn caP
tured the capital of Teheraa and op
ened negotiation? with »he Shah. ,
■I10 USE
SAME BIBLE AS
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Washington Feb 24—Complying
with tliQ reiqueet ot Harding the
commltt«e having th0 inauguration
in charge will use the bible
6oH th© taiking of th0 oath of of^
fiice whicih was used In the first In
auguration of Washington. This
announcement was made at th©
Whitehouge today. President Wil
son will ride wiith* I Carding to t^e
Capitol.
isilis
BE REDUCED
N«w York Feb 23—Th0 question
of a 'wage reduction Is o,ne of thef
acu»0 questions of th0 hjoiw. Of
ficials of the Labor unionp repre
senting ^killed erajpHoyee® of ship
\pd£( ordejr a general) referendum
on lhe proposal of ttVe Atlantic
Coast Shipbuilders Association and
ihe Bethlehem Shipping Corporation
Miiat wage soaljS be reduced 10 p©i;
cent os the initial move in the pro
gram to bring down production cost
Chicago, F^b 23—The Labor Oom
mi'tee of tBe American (Association
of Rai'wajf Executives m session
aW Chicago agree that ha|f a biSion
dollajls mi^st be cut from th0 oper
ating expenses of tlVeJ American,
railroads thru the reduction of wag
es of railroad omlplojToes thraout
thb country in order to ajsgura 'he
roads a six p^r cent revenue.
DRflSTicUw
FOR ROBBERS!
Wilmington Feb 23—The l*:awar
state senate passed a bill mBJring
lh° Penalty for highway robbery for
ty lashfee on the bare back not; J»sa
than twentj- yeras imprisonment and
$500 fme.
UKE STEVENS
SUNK ROBBERS
CAPTURED
Everett! 24—The I.ake Slev
ena bank robbery In which the
state bank ejcaailnfcr was an Inter
ested Bipieicit^tor ha.3 bwn c^.ur-d
UP. Guyl Troutman of Tenfno has
confessed that he and Oscar U,ye;
and H I Slmjxon commjtted tlkt
robb«r>'. Tpoutjaaa wps taken in
to custody on IntormB.'ion giv,.n b.
[hla mo^beij m law.
ALLIES I'll
lUMTiGi
London Feb 23—PreSldent Hard
ing will haive an abundance of work'
oh hife hands when he takga up th.?
j^ins ot government on March 4th.
Th|© A'lies have stopped further ne
gotiations for the sett]ement of the
u-rman reparation and other impor
tant international questions until
th« inauguration of the new Presi
dent- , •';•!! (• I IJ
BEHHR BOND
PUN DOOMED
Washington Ft-b 23—President
Wilson's croposil to Congress that
tjMa gov't accept German Bo^ids for
the sum o>wlng th_ -V S byi tli© Bel
gium government is doomed to fail
<ure if the opinion of sonVQ senators
is ihat of the majority.
The Belgian deb' amounts to
1171,000,000. Th<J S©natq leaders
foroaat ft reJection of the Pkn to ne
■aaPl these bonds.
Paris! Feb 24—BeJiond th0 fact
tjha{ th^ United! Stafca ca!la aten
tjioin (jo the fa** that she Was nev
er given consent to Japan having
a tn.an.datp' over the Island of Yap
the L^ague of Nations maintains the
cjc^^est goarecy! as to the contents
of the American note on mandates.
IDE WHITE PASS &
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY R#fcJTE OF
COMFORT SKRVIOE SAFETY
F#K
Yukon Territory, Atlift District and
Interior Alwfea
Semi-weekly Tratu i»rrice fcetweom Skaguay
and Whitehoree dnittg tk« winter aaason
Full inforaaatiioa regmxttBf pHMHItr wd freight rates
upo* t»
H. Wheeler, Cesefal Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
•r
510 Alaska inHtlafc Seattle. Wash.