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SKACiWAY, ALASKA TI'KSOAY. Ot'KOBKH 4, 1921
PRICE TEN CKJTT8
FIGHI IS GREEK
CHURCH OIE DEAD
,\.-v Yi>rk. Oft. 3.—Services in
(Ircek orthodox church, l.>5
i i'U.ir iri'i't. was broken up ut noon
, • \'.a\\ l>y a free (or all tiKlit.
T < -mri'i turn was generally en
viMlitiy lip merchant.
ili ■ is so:-, told t!'e police
his father's hands while tho priest.
Rev. Korridu Vafradakis. hit him on
the head with a candlestick.
New York. Oct. 4.—The Creek
Catholic priest who was accused of
being responsible for the killinp of
Var/akakos. a Creek lie merchant,
in a rloi in his chur< ■*. was cleared
of Ilia:: e ill contuviioll witii the kill
iKR.
Committee Favors
Appropriation
of nit- interior having asked
i appropriation of $:>.2l'*.210
completion of tlif sovern
.1 in Alaska, will protia
appropriation. Chalr
■! ' in of the committee on ter
• has called a meeting of the
: tee for toUa.i in which he will
ike t.ivoraMe recommendations
t! t the appropriation lip made at
• I! lit l»t" i onjjross.
\mi t:n \\ i;.\nki-:un
IN .WW M. < OVVKNTIOX
.; Armeies. Oct. 4. Tile Amer
ii! 1 com• u'ion In this city today,
t nion are in attendance.
Ruth Closes Year
With 59 Home Runs
New York. Oct. 4.—Babe Kuth
closed the base ball season t Is is
year with fifty-nine h'mnc runs to his
credit. He says that next year he
will make It GU. l-asl year he made
54.
STOIIM Vil li II I' IIAIXKS
Judge Sloul reported today that
considerable damajstt hud lieeu dor.<
the shipping at Haines in the late
sior.ti.
T ie Judge will ride the pout to
niKht iti the Kastern Star, and in all
jiiol.ability will be a sadder it not
slsrr man.
At any rate the l:ul:e- >■!" the Kast
(ifi) star havo yjoti**u ovorytUiU'i
r^acly to uive the .Vu<l£«* a warm re
cept Ion.
So mote it be.
ii,t. 4.—The federal an-,
ir>' isv.'siitatiiiB a current .
lh it pleasure yachts are
guard vessels are mukiiiR no effort
lo search them. Practically a full
yacht load ol" liquor was recently
discharged at the wharf of a pri
vate yacht on Lake I'nUm.
i». Oct. 4.— Federal
n; . : iurii»' made seiz
t w hich disclose a linei
in**'. K;ctor boats which!
have been plying hot wo-mi Vancou
ver. K. i\. ami 14it 1 f Mown Hay. **an
Ma!*ao county. These boats have
been engaged in bringing in liquor.
President Oo
Historic Battleiield
eruus* Run. Vu.. Oct. 3.—
Harding stood on the
e headquarters ureti*
• • t • .eral Lee in the great j
> r ighl, Three murines'
tied a mimic eornbat in the wif
>1 battle ground.
Hotel Near
Capitol Burns
. ni l. - The Nation
- il in Washington
"ol. was destroyed hy
lire T*'i jn'rtsiit-J in the flames.
india Rebels
Gaining Territory
Washington. Oct. 4.—Rebel forces
ill India are making Kulitt-. suv 'rditig
i» semiofficial reports rei'tfivwi in
tliis city. Ii is stated that they now
control a hundred thousand square
:nilos of territory, over which they
have proclaimed an absolute inde
pendence.
N.wwii i:ksi:i:yk injurs
ritl»l 200.0II0 TO
Washington. Oct. :t.—Secretary of
the Navy Den by lias issued a call
for volunteers fur the naval reserve
force. This organization, which had
a numerical strength of two hund
red thousand, has falli n to 1< s than
five thousand.
He'll Amount to Something Some Day''
That's what ihev say aliout the fellow who is
a steady persistant saver. The fellow who pets
his pay cheek and leaves a pari of ii in the bank.
He's the kind of a fellow wl.j invariably gets
i hire. Fine to be talked about that way.
Finer still to have the habit that inspires such
comment.
©aumk ®ff Mask®
MISS MARY BURDICK
AVV
Miss Mary Burdick. daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Clark Burdick
ai RI)od<* '■ ^nd. is prpular in Wash
ington society circles.
Not Recognize
Mexico Property
Rights Settled
Washington, Oct. 5.—Mexico is
seeking recognition of the Obregou
government by the I nited States.
1'nder Secretary of State Fletcher
let it l>e known today tiiai recovni
ti011 will not lie accorded Mexico un
til the title to the property of Aro
er cans and their rights Miall have
been stipulated by treaty. All prop
erty holdings by Americans must he
adjudicated and settled before rec
ognition will be accorded
IoKMCK kuindikk AMI *
XOMK OI'KISATOi: ltfvVI)
Seattle, Oct. 4.—The reit :i - of
D. 1>. Mcl.emion. who died at •- ida.
Colo, have been received In t! is city
Mr. McLennon was a mining on«in
eer and in the early days op« rated
in the Klondike and at Xonn- He
died on Sept. "S» and will be buried
in this city under the auspice- of the
Masons.
JOSEPH FISHER
The 30 men who make coffee for
the 1,400 officers and men of the U.
S, S. Mexico hold the official record
f being the neatest and cleanest mess
crew in the entire Pacific fleet. And
the reason is: Joseph Fisher, boat
twam's mate (first class) U. S. N.
Fisher is about half the siie of the
men under his command, but when
he speaks they jump. For Joseph is
' -Htwetpht champion boxer of the
United States navy.
Woman Charged
Beating to Death
8 Mo, Old Baby
Seattle. Oct. 4.—Mrs. Homer G.
Osborne is held for investigation on
a charge of having caused the death
of an eight months old baby left in
her care. Her neighborse charge
that Helen Marie Wilson was killed
i>> Mrs. Osborne by beating.
Mi IMTP.Ol. TIMS WINTER
TO KOKT MTHKRSON
Major II. E. Tucker, commander
of the U.C.M.P. »t Ilawson, has
been advised that there will be no
; itrol of the police between Dawson
and Fort Mcrherson this winter.
I 'H that mail for Mackenzie river
points will leave Kdmonton about
Nov. 21.—Dawson News.
Bankers Charged With
Billion Dollar Failure
Omaha. Oct. 4.—A Mr sensation
was (-routed when Marion F. and
Warde stiafer. hunkers, anil Samuel
H. ISruee. an official of the Federa
tion of Labor, with a score of other
prominent men. were indicted 011 a
charge of having engineered the
bankers' irnst. Tliis trust was re
sponsible fur precipitating the busi
ness failure last spring which ag
gregated more than a billion dol
lars.
| Detective Jailed
As Head of Gang
Hartford. Oct. 3.—Chief netec
tive Andrew J. Richardson of the
N'eu Britain police departement is
in jail, and with him his two sons,
and several others. These were un
able to secure hail to the amount of
$130,000, 011 a technical charge of
concealing stolen New York and
Chicago automobiles. These auto
mobiles were used in Conneticut and
Canada in rum running by a pow
erful gang of bootleggers. The gang
is accused by the stale department
with complicity in three murders in
New Britain. Richardson has made
admissions which are tantamount to
a confession of guilt.
Judge Grosscup
Passes Away
Liverpool, Oct. 3.—Peter S. Gross
| cup formerly federal judge in Chi
| caso, died on board the steamship
I on which he was crossing from New
' York.
t
High Wind and Tide
Do Much Damage
A strong south wind, accompan
ied by a very high tide, did con
s' lerable damage in Skagway bay
Sunday and Monday.
Several rafts of wood and logs
were torn asunder and their con
tents strewn all over the beach,
while several motor boats received
more or less damage.
Gardiner Visits
Los Angeles
Log Angeles. Oct. 3.—Gardiner,
j the escaped bandit, passed thru this
i city last night, supposedly on his
, way to Mexico.
To FILIBUSTER
ANTI-BEER BILL
Washington, Oct. 2.—The Senate
wots today decided to talk the anti
beer bill to death. A score of Sen
ators lod by Brousnard met and de
termined to block the bill by a fili
buster.
MAHONEY IS FOUND
mm MURDER
Seattle, Oct. 3.—The Mahnney
jury, which was given thp celebrat
ed murder case on Saturday night
was out six hours and brought in a
verdict of guilty of murder, also
finding for the death penalty. Mrs
| Johnson, sister of the prisoner.
fainted when the verdict was given.
1
Mahonv. unmoved, said to the turn
bey ll was like shaking dice with
the Jury.
Seattle, Oct. 4.— Mahoney, who
was convicted of murder and sub
ject to the death penalty, thru bli
viorneys, is seeking a retrial of the
case.
Size Of Family
Decreasing in U. S.
Washington, Oct. 4.—Statistics
gathered by the government bureau
disclose the fart that the size of
the family in the 1'nited Stales is
decreasing. It is now only four and
three-tenths persons. Heretofore it
lias been considered as five persons
SHIPPING BOARD I SKS
OM.Y 145 SHU'S
Washington. Oct. 4.—The United
States Shipping Board, which h - !
4fl4 steel ships, is using but 4 4"> of
them in service. One thousand and
nineteen of the ships have been laid
up. Some have never been in com
mission.
Hughes Invites
Other Nations
Washington, Oct. 4—Secretary of
Stal' Huphos today invited Holland.
Belpium and Portugal to participate
in the Limitations of Armament con
ference.
Pltl Sir»l"\T \ \MKS
WASHINGTON OFFICIA1.S
Washington. tvt. ?, —President
Harding sent the following nomina
tions to the senate for approval
Thomas P Revelle of Seatt'.a, for
the position of attorney for West
ern Washington, and K E H"u& of
Aberdeen, for marshal in the same
tertitory.
Washinpton. Oct. 4.—Secretary of
State Hughes announced today tliat
the position of the United ftaifs
relative to disarmament will not lx>
made except to the conference . ill
rd to moot in this city. He stated
that courtesy to the other nttiiws
hidden to the conference make thi»
position of the Government impera
HARMNC APPKA1.S Tit
PREMIER TO ATTEVU
London. Oft. 3.—President H:.rd
ing made a personal appeal to Lloyd
George to attend the Limitation of
Armament conference in Washing
ton.
SALESMEN Tn represent One
Hundred and Thirty-Seven House
hold Neces&i'ies. sold direcl to the
Consumer. TJeal opportunity to
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