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LATIN AMERICA \K.\T TRADE BATTLE GROIND
British e-conomlsts are predicting a grand contest for trade in Later
America. "No quarter of the globe presents such trading opportunities
as South and Central America." says the London correspondent of a prom
inent New York commercial paper. "The contest for the trade will he
mainly between the I'nited States. British and Merman manufacturers ami
engineers. The real contest will be conducted in the workshops of these
three countries. Efficient manufacturing processes will count for ihe most
though business methods and transport costs will he important factors."
This riew is wholly in line with predictions which have been mad'1
from time to time by the Republican Publcity Association ever since the
world wkr began, aud the necessity for preparing for this peaceful com
merci&l conflict has been dwelt upon repeatedly and emphatically.
The year before the world war (fiscal year ended June 30. 1913) our
tradi with Centrai and South America totaled $552,000,000, of which
$311. >0,000 consisted of imports aud $241,000,000 of exports. The fol
lowing ear, the Democratic traiil law having been in operation for nine
months, the total trade was $536,000,000, but there was a $22,000.(100 in
crease in imports and a J3$,0o0,000 decrease in exports. During ilie war
there was a rapid increase in onr trade with those countries/due chief
l>. of course, to the fact that the European markets were closed to them
This carried over and 1921 was our peak year, w en the total trade wilt
Central aud South America reached $1,551,000,000, of which $687,000
<HU> consisted of imports and $S64.000,000 of exports, or a balance in oui
favor of about $177,000,000. The aftermaths of war. speculation ant
reckless business methods manifested their influence in the trade of 1922
aud for the ten mouths ended April last our trade wuh these countries fel
to $(160,000,000, of which $.!51.000,000 consisted of imports aud $309.
tuu.uuo of exports. Again the balance hud turned against us.
A MOOD I..WV—Had the present Republican immigration law not been oi
the statute books, the number of immigrants that would have come to tin
1 nited States during tie present tlscal year would have been about 1.000.
t'00. The number actually admitted has been about 300,000. so the lav
may be credited with keeping out 700.OoO aliens during that period. Se
\ere criticisms of the law are frequently heard, but there never was a mor
effective exclusive measure. The law was passed to keep out the Kuropear
hordes anxious to leave the war devasted regions lor the I'niied States, ant
it has worked. Of course, some individuals have come in who should hnvi
been kept out, and other have been den ed admittance who would probaLI]
have made good citizens; but the same comment could be made of evei.\
immigration law we ever had or are likely ever to have.
iOREIMX SERVICE REFORM—"A modern ship of war of the largest tvp<
costs $40,000,000. The same sum devoted to preventing war. througil tin
establishment of a competent diplomatic service, would double t!>e,.-:ii iri
of every secretary on the pay-roll for 100 years, and le-ive a substantia
3urplus." says Henry R. Carey, a former secretary in our diplomatic setv
ice. "What could be more titling than that the diplomatic Service, sup
posedlv the government's organ to assist in insuring peace, should I'rofl
ty the decisions of the Conference for the Lim.tatioa of Armaments? On
ly by paylug larger salaries and insisting on ade-i'inte training can ve taki
the service out of the hauds of amateurs, and mike it attractive :o met
whom we can be proud to claim as our representatives There is nt
dearth of able young Americans who are t nxious to servo their country it
this way. They simply lack the means."
DIKE SAYS JOHNNY
FASTEST S\\ 1MMER
Los Angeles, July 26.—"I am
through with competitive swimming
forever." announced Duke Kaliana
moku. Hawaiian swimmer, here yes
terday.
"For that matter," he continued.
*"] .have been through with it (or h
year. All talk about a meeting be
tween Johnny VYeismuiler and my
self to settle the matter o( suprem
acy is foolish. He is the greatest
swimmer the world has ever seen."
Oscar Henn.ng, the duke's mau
ager, added:
"The duke himself has timed
'VYeismuiler in 52 1-5-seconds for
the 100 yards In practice at Hono
lulu and knows just wbat he can do
The duke will always be able to
do what he is doing now—swim 50
or 100 wards faster than anybody
except a world's champion and with
out a day of training. But he lias
no Intention of attempting to com
pete with VYeismuiler, who is fifteen
years his Junior and who. the duke
acknowledges, is the fluest swim
mer h» has ever seen."
A
LOSK SOt'KKVE I'ACI
SITKA CMXXKKIKa
Word received iiotn Sitka state:
that the Sitka Cannery and Sitki
iiay Cannery eaeh lost their pail
oil account of a disagreement wit)
the fisherman regarding prices. B;
the time they finally came to ai
agreement the socke.ve run was over
The creeks in the vicinity are nov
alive with sockeves, but the watch
men at tiie different creeks, placet
there by the fish commission, ari
keeping a sharp loukout to si-<> tha
there Is no illegal fishing. Thi
means the fish are getting up thi
different rivers to their spu-vnint
grounds.
Thruugh this protection it menn:
that four years from now good rt
suits can be anticipated in this vi
cinlty.
Reports from Icy Straits §tat(
the salmon pack in that vicln'.ty it
about one-third of nornii»l, and stil
slack. It should be right at Hi
height now. The outlook seem!
doubtful for a good pack this sea
son.
LOST—Pair bone rimmed glasses
Please return to Pacific S. S. otQce
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' CHAPTER XVII
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Mr.' Spearman Goes North.
The message. In blurred lettering and i
upon the flimsy tissue paper of a car- j
hon c-opx—that message which had
i hi ought tension to the offices of Cor
i vet, Sherrlll anil Spearman and had
. .-ailed Constance Sherrlll and her
I mother downtown where further infor
I inRtton could he more quickly ob
i tr I nod—was handed to Constance hy i
dec as soon as she entered lier fa
ther'- office. She rereud It; It already
hud been repeated to her over the tele
phone.
. "4:05 a. m. Frankfort Wireless sta- |
tlon has received following message
from Number -*>: 'We have Heujttuilii
Corvet, of Chicago, ahourd.'"
"You've received nothing later than
this?" she asked.
"Nothing regarding Mr. Corvet, Miss
Sherrlll." the clerk replied.
"The crew?"
"Yes; we have Just got the nnines of
the crew." He took utiother copied
sheet from among the pages and hand
ed It to her. unii she looked *w ftly
down the list of names until she found
that of Man Conrad.
Her eyes tilled, blinding her. as she
put the paper down ami began to lake
off tier things. She had been clinging
determined!.! in her thought to the
belief thftt Alan might not have been
aboard the ferry. Alan s message,
which had sent her father north to"
meet the ship, had implied plainly
that some one whom Alan believed ]
might be I'ncl.- lie: ny was on Number
25; she had I . en lighting, these last
few hotirs. against conviction that
therefore Alan must be on the ferry.
Too.
She stood hy die desk, ns the clerk
went out. looking through the papers
which ne had left with her. What she
was reading was the carbon of- the
report prepared that morning and sent,
at his rooius. to Henry, who was not
yet down.
The last message read: "0:10. fe
tes kev Is calling Manitowoc. "Signals
from Number after becoming in
distinct. failed entirely about 5:45,
probably hy fa il lire of ship's power
( to supply current. Operator appears
ito have remained at key. Kroui 5:1K>
to 5:43 we received disconnected mes
sages. as follows: "Have cleared an
j other car . . . they are sticking to
It down there . . . engine-room
crew Is also sticking . . . hell on
car deck . . . everything smashed
. . . they won't give up . . .
sinking now . . . we're going
. . . good-hy . . . stuck to end
. , . all they could . . . know
that . . . hand It to them . . .
have cleared another car . . . sink
... S. O. . . . Signals then en
tirely ceased."
Constance had not realized, until the
reports of the wireless messages told
I her that lie was gone, what compan
ionship with Alan hail come to mean
to her. She had accepted It as al
ways to be existent, somehow—a com
panionship which might he Interrupted
often hut always to ho formed again.
It amazed her to tltnj how firm a place
he hail found It: her world of those
close to her v.ith whom she must al
ways he intimately concerned.
The telephone switchboard beside
Constance suddenly buzzed, and the
•rvrator, plugging !n a connection,
-aid: "Yes. sir; at once," and through
the partitions of the private office on
the other side, a man's heavy tones
came to Constance. That was Henry's
office, and In timbre, the voice was his.
hut It was so strnntre'ln other charac
terls'lcs of expression that sh»* waited
an Instant before saving to the clerk,
"Mr. Speannnn hns come In?"
«■—1 - - - rhe eon
I She Made No Reply but Gazed «t Him,
Studying Him.
Hnnance of the tone from the other
side of the pnrtltlon made reply su
perfluous. "Yes. Miss Sherrlll."
Constabce went to Henry's door ana
rapped. He made no answer and no
move to open the door; so, after wait
ing a moment, she turned the knob und
went In.
Henry was seated ht his desk, facing
her, his big hands before hliu; one
of them held the telephone receiver.
He lifted It slowly and put It upon the
hook beside the transmitter as he
watched her with s'eady, silent, ag
gressive scrutiny. He did not rise;
only after a moment he recollected that
he hud (lot done so and came to his
feet. "Good morning, Connie." he suld.
"Come In. What's the news?"
The Impulse which had brought her
Into his otlice went from her. She had
not seen nor heard from Henry direct
ly since before Alan's Telegram had
come late ji-Merua} afternoon: sue
had heard from her father only that
be hail Informed Henry; thai was all.
"I've no news. Henry." she said.
"Have yog?" She closed the «1o«ir De
bind her, moving closer to him.
"How did you happen to be tiers,
Connie?" he asked.
She made no reply but gazed »t him,
studying hini The agitation wl Ich hs
wus trying to conceal was not entirely
consequent to her coining In upon him;
It bad been ruling him before. It had
underlain the loudness and abuse of
his words which she had overheard.
That was no capricious outburst, of
temper or Irritation; It had come from
something which had seized and held
him In suspense, in dread—In dreud;
there was no other way to deline her
Impression to herself. When she had
opened the door and come In. he had
looked up In dread, as though prepar
ing himself for whatever she might
announce. Now thut the dour shut
Ihctu in alone, he upprouched her with
arms offered. She stepped back. In
stinctively avuldlng bis embrace; and
lie stopped at once, hut he had cotue
quite close to her now.
As she stared ut him, the clerk's
voice came to her suddenly over the
pnrtltlon which separated the otlice
from the larger room where the clerk
was receiving some message over the
telephone. Henry straightened, lis
tened ; as the voice stopped. Ids great,
tinelyshiiped head sank Between Ills
shoulders; he fumbled In his pocket
fur a cigar, and his big hands shook
as he lighted It, without word of ex
cuse to her. A strange feeling came" to
her that lie felt what he dreaded np
proacblng and was no longer conscious
of her presence.
She heard footsteps In the Inrger
room coming toward the otlice door.
Henry was in suspense. A rap camp
at the door. lit- whitened, and wet his
lips.
"(Jump in," no summoned.
One .of tlie office girls entered, bring
ing a white pace of paper with three
or four lines of purple typewriting up
on It which Constance recognized must
be a transcript of a message just re
ceived.
She started forward at sight of It,
forgetting everything else; hut he took
the puper as though he did not know
she was there. He merely held It nn
tll the girl had gone out; even then
he stood folding and unfolding It. and
his eyes did not drop to the sheet.
The girl had snld nothing nt all but,
having seen her, Constance waa
ail.rill; the girl had not been a bearer
of had news, that was sure; she
brought some sort of good news! Con
stance, certain of It. moved nearer to
Henry to read what he held. Ue looked
down and read. «
"What Is It, Henry?"
His muscular reaction, as he rend,
had drawn the sheet away from her;
he recovered himself almost Instantly
and gave the paper to her.
"8:35 a. ra., Manitowoc, Wis.," she
read. "The schooner Anna S. Solwerk
has been sighted making for this port.
She Is not close enough for communi
cation, but two lifeboats, additional to
her own, can be plainly made out. It
Is believed that she must have picked
up survivors of No. 25. She carries
no wireless, so Is unable to report.
Tugs are going to her."
"Two lifeboats!" Constance cried.
"That could mean that they all are
saved or nearly all; doesn't It, Hen
ry; doesn't It!"
He had read some other significance
In It, she thought, or, froin his greater
understanding of conditions In the
storm, he had been able to hold no
hope from whut had been reported.
That was the only way she could ex
plain to herself as he replied to her;
that the word meant to him thnt men
were saved and that therefore It was
dismaying to him, could not come to
her at once. When It came now, It
went over her first only in the flash
of Incredulous question.
The telephone buzzer under his desk
sounded; she drew close as be took
up his receiver.
"Manitowoc?" he snld. "I '.vant to
know what you've heard from the Sol
werk. . . . Yon hear me? . . .
The n.en the Solwerk picked up. Ton
iiuve the names yet?"
"The Ben I on?"
"Oh, I understand 1 All from the
Benton. I wee! . . . No; never
in I ml llietr names. How about Number
20? Nothing more heard flora them?"
Constance had caught his shoulder
while he was speaking and now clung
to it. Release—release of strain was
going through him! she could feel It.
and she heard It III Ills tones and saw
It In his eyes.
"The steamer Number 25 rammed
proved to have been the Kenton," he
told her. "The men are all from her.
They had abandoned Iter In tin- small
boats, and the Solwerk picked them
up before the ferry found her."
He was not asking her to congratu
late him upon the relief he felt; he
bail not so far forgotten himself as
that. But it was plain to her that he
Mas congratulating himself; It had
been fear that he was feeling before—
fear, she was beginning to understand,
that those on the ferry had been saved.
(Continued on Saturday)
NATIVE BOY BLOWN
TO BITS BT BOILER
_ George Paul, native boy, 11 years
of age, .was literally blown to pieces
on Thursday at Willard camp, To
tem Bay, by the explosion of a
gasoline drum which was being used
as a steam boiler for steaming boat
boards.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard were ab
sent at the time, and David Paul
father of the boy, who was en
gaged in building a boat for Mr.
Willard, was steaming boards for Ills
work. The valve from the boiler to
the chest had been shut off while
Paul and the boy put some pieces in
1 to the chest to be steamed. Af'er
t.hey had finished the work they te
turned to the boiler to turn on the
valve and when withlu a few feet of
it the boiler exploded.
The boy, who was directly In
front of the boiler at the time re
reived the full force of the explo
sion and was blown almost into
. bits. His remains were unrocog
I nizable when he ' was picked up.
1 David Paul, the father, was sovere
' ly bruised and burned about the
legs and lower parts of his body.
On the return of Mr. and Mrs.
Willard from Port Beauclerc, they
Immediately started for Petersburg
and arrived early this morning.
They notified Coroner Grandquist
at once and an inquest is being :.elt!
this afternoon hy commissioner Clif
ton.—Petersburg Heport.
PRICE OF SOCKEYES
GOES UP; WRANGELL
Word received from Wrangell
states that the price of sockeyes had
advanced, the canneries and cold
storage paying 55 cents. A buyer
from Prince Rupert and the Wran
gell caunerymen are bidding against
each ot^ier for the fish. The Prince
Rupert buyer wanted king salmon,
but is willing to take sockeyes as
well. Prom reliable information re
ceived it is stated that on Monday
last, the Wrangell canneryman is go
ing to offer 75 cents.
NEN'ANA COAL IS
NOW IN' DEMAND
I The United States bureau of
I Mines finds that the uso of lignite
I from the Nenana held of Alaska is
I increasing particularly because of
the Improvement In the quality o'
the coal being mined.
The latest analysis made b> tne
bureau's experiment stations at
J rairba'nks shows less than 2'- per
I cent, mjis .re. as receive V and less
| than 10 per if-i. ash in drv <.i;b'.
Among the passengers, who arriv
! ed on the Princess Alice yesterday
I were J. H., andGeorge Ashdown of
Winnipeg, Man. While in town they
made a visit at the Alaska office.
i WATER MOTORS—Two five h. p.
Pelton turbine wheels in good con
! dition, with various nozzles, and
some two inch pipe. Also one piece
1% inch shaft,. 14 feet long. En
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meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit*
inf? brothers cordl&Jly welcome.
J. M. Keller, L. S. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
B. P. O. ELKS, Skag
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
P. O. Elks, meets every
Thursday at 8 p. ra.
Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.
DAN MCDONALD, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
F. «£ A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A.
M. No. 113, meets 2ud and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
F. J. Van de Wall, W. M.
J. Stancjisii, Secretary.
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Skagway Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Order of
Eagles, meet the first
and Third Wednesday night «>f each
month at their haU on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
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Visiting members welcome.
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Fanny Speer, Secretary.
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