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NO. 93. twenty-fifth TEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SE1TEMBER 0, 1923
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BELIEVE MIS
HIE ALL DEAD
Jackson, Calif.. Sept. 8.—E. A.
Steut. vice-president and executive
head of the Argonaut mine express
ed the belief that all 47 miners eu
tombed in the mine are now dead.
M'ADOO DENIES
KE11>KTED CANDIDACY
Idaho Falls. Sept 9.—William G.
McAdoo. who is reported in tlie press
the other day as a candidate for the
l'residentia! nomination on the Dem
ocratic ticket for 1924 stated that
he has no intention of returning to
public life. This was said in reply
to a question regarding his candi
dacy.
KUi SHII'MEXTS OF
SILK FROM ORIENT
Seattle. Sept. 9.—Seven hundred
thousand dollars worth of silk have
been received daily during the month
of August from Japan and China ac
cording to the report of the collec
tor of customs of this port.
NATIONALIZATION
FEATl'RE TO BE KEPT
Washington, Sept. 9.—The senate
in Its consideration of the Fact Find
ing Coal Commission bill, has decid
ed to retain the provisions which are
proposed to make this commission
.in ageucy for a study of the "advis
ability of wisdom" of the national
ization of coal industry of the Cnited
States.
TWO MILLION
FOR ALASKA
RIM, 1922
Washington, Sept. S.—The depart
ment of the Interior is now prepar
ing its estimates Tor the year 1924,
In it will be placed an estimate for
two million for fhe Alaska railroad,
eight hundred thousand of this will
be used for spurs and branches and
the rest will go for maintenance aa
making up the difference between
revenue and the cost of operation.
O'lIARE FAMILY BEATEN
UY UNKNOWN
Olvmpia, Sept. 9.—A masked man
entered the home ot the O'Hare fam
ily and perpetrated an attack upon
the seven members of that family.
When the unknown left the house
seven of the family had been beaten
Into insensibility.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
INDICATE PROSPERITY
Washington, Sept. 9.—If the pos
tal receipts in tiftv of tho industrial
centers of the country are to be tak
en as a criterion for returning pros
perity then it is here.
According to the figures given out
by the department from fifty indus
trial cities of-the country represent
ing the various seasons an average
gain of 8 per cent in August over the
receipts ot the same month in the
same centers a year ago is recorded
by the department.
Chemical May Check Teredo,
Greatest of Wharf Wreckers
"Submarine Railroader" Employed
by I j roup of San Francisco Scien
li-i- In (tattle Against I.ittle I'ests.
Sail Francisco. Cal., Sept. 9.—Tha j
submarine terror of peace times is j
about to be checkmated.
The toredo boring destroyer of
pilli:g. which is credited with having
done a million dollars worth of dam
age to structures at salt water ports,
may be definitely put out of busi
ness through the efforts of a little
band of scientists »io for two years
have worked ceaselessly in an effort
to And some method of destroying
the little pest that eats his way
through the staunchest pilings and
destroys wharves, breakwaters, and
marine foundations of all sorts.
These scientists who have been
conducting experiments under the
direction of Professor J. S. Burd.
head of the department of agricul
tural chemistry at the University of
California. Berkeley, are reported to
have found a chemical which is death
dealing to the teredo.
Hitherto almost every sort of paint,
oil and chemical had N»en tried by
port authorities without avail. The
menace of the teredo, had become
so general on the Pacific coast that
government reports fixed the damage
at $15,000,000 a year, with pros- I
pects of Its growing worse.
The teredo is peculiarly a Pacific I
port pest, although flourishing else-J
where. The warm waters of the i
Japan current which flows along the
Pacific coast is particularly to the j
liking of the little marine borer, j
Ship owners have long had troubles
with the marine pest through its I
propensity to eat away ship bot
toms.
So serious has been its inroads
on piling that it lias developed a!
new type of railroad man—the un-.
derwater inspector. Alois Neuhert is!
the only known "submarine rail
roader." He is employed by a largo
railroad company having extensive
water front properties. He works
entirely by "feel" doing most of nis
work of inspecting piling of wharves
and bridges and "feeling over" under
water areas where construction work
is planned. In muddy harbor water,
where the sense of eyesight Is of
little use. He devotes most of his
time to locating teredo inroads be
fore they become serious enough to]
cause disaster.
Neubert. from experience on many
jobs in tropical waters, says the |
popular impression of the man-tat
ing shark is exaggerated. The "wolf
of the sea" will not usually molest j
man unless injured or harassed, Neu
bert says.
Encourage the Child
Give little "Johnny" a piece of
work to do with the under
standing that 1 f it is done well
you will allow bim $1.00 or
$5.00 with which to start a
bank account in his own name.
You start the child off in the
right way by associating Thrift
with Finance. This account may
be the beginning of his future
success. It will certainly please
the child and we shall do all in
our power to encourage him
with hli> bank account.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Hltffl Iff
BE PERIAIENT
Chicago. 111., Sept. S.—Daniel Wil
, Hard, the president of the Baltimore
| & Ohio, met a few of the western ex
ecutives in a Conference in a Chicago
club this afternoon. The meeting was
called for the purpose of discussing
j the basis of a settlement of the shop
| men's strike on certain roads by In
I dividual agreement.
Washington. Sept. S.—In the hope
that the temporary injunction grant
ed by Federal Judge Wilkerson in
Chicago, be made permanent, the
| government is proposing to make
j some modifications wtien the case is
called on Monday next. The govern
I went will ask for the removal of the
| restrictions which relate to contrl
i buttons to the strihe funds and to
| the publication of interviews and
: statements and other news relating
to the strike.
! Washington, Sept. S.—The adtnlo
I istratfon officials declared that a
strike settlement of the shopmen's
strike 011 a number of the railroads
today. Tills is the probable result of
the conferences which are being held
in the city of Chicago.
| New York. Sept. 8.—The Central
Trades and Labor Council last night
adopted resolutions in favor of tak
ing measures which will lead to the
impeachment of Attorney-General
i Daugherty.
CROP KXCKKDS 1021
ItV lilLMOX A.\l> Ql'ARTEK
Washington, Sept. 9.—The agri
I culluml crop of this year will exceed
j thai of last year by a valuation of
1 a billion and a quarter according to
; 'he report of the department of agrl
I culture.
FIRK SHOTS AT
PASSING TRAIN
| Cleveland. Sept. 8.—Two shots
j were fired at a Pennsylvania passen
I ger train just as the train was i»n
j tering Cleveland today. The bullets
| shattered the windows of the chair I
{ car. but missed the passengers
EPISCOPALIANS
jHJKEIR
Portland, Sept. 8.—The house of
deputies of the triennial convention
of the Episcopal bishops has adopt
ed a new prayer for the Presilent
I of the United States. This praysr 13
: to supplant the one In the prayer
book, which was declared tJ have
been an adaptation of the prayer for
tli6 king of England.
Portland. Sept. 8.—The women of
the Proteslant Episcopal church in
their uuited effort have Raised for
the church as a thank offering for
the past year the tidy sum of $669,
126. The announcement of this of
fering was made sfliclally at the
triennial convention which is being
held in this city.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 9.—Prayers
were said for peace in the shopmen's
strike by the Itishops at the close of j
the joint session or the House of
Bishops and Hcuse of Deputies, at
the triennial convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal church.
MRS. HARDING ON
THE SICK LIST
Washington, Sept. 8.—Mrs. War
ren Harding has been on the sick
list for a week. She has been in bed
with a severe cold.
Washington, Sept. 9.—The condi
tion of Mrs. Warren G. Harding was
so serious last night that recovery is
not yet assured, according to the at
tending physicians. This statement
was issued at the White House by
Sawyer, the family physician. He
stated that complications which had
developed yesterday and last night
makes Mrs. Harding's condition
"critical."
Later—The nine-thirty" bulletin
stated that the condition of Mrs.
Harding was "as good as can be ex
pected at this time."
STATE KIRK WARDEN DROWNS
Port Angeles. Sept. 9.—Duke Mc
Michol. a state fire warden was
drowned while he was fording the
river Hos. on horseback.
Luxury of Ruth and Groh Proves
Financial "Dude" to Gothem Teams
Two Much Touted flayers Art- Prov
>lit; of Li..It' Help t> Y:mks and
(iiants In K.no for IVi.mint Hon
ors.
Xew York, Aug. 2"> —t!u»p
Rous on the anpleasiM conviction
_ ri the Yar; ces and G!»nt» would
iv eonsideral Iy better oft had they
denied themselves the luxilT of
I daily association with Babe Ruth
and Heinie Groh is slowly permeat
ing the public intellect.
The New York clubs have gone
some $400,000 "on the nut", as
say at Hailey's Beach, Newport, for
: the doubtful boon on this pair's so
ciety; yet the Yanks front-ran their
way through the first six weeks of
the race with Ruth suspended and it
is a matter of record that every time
Groh stubs a careless toe the Giants
start a winning streak.
Quite some capital has been made
from time to time, of the fact that
the Yanks sped along at a .650 pace
with Kuth off the club and since his
return have scarcely bettered .500.
The answer to that one is obvious,
however. When Ruth isn't hitting,
as happens to be the case, his value
to a ball club is negligible.
Groh Proves Failure
Groh is another matter entirely,
lie is supposed to be one of the best
I defensive third basemen of a decade
1 and his ability to hit beyond .300
i was a secondary consideration when
' John McGraw lured him from Cin
I cinnatl. He was supposed to make
I the infield fence fool-proof and
| ealots of the press coop became bo
| enamored of the idea that they
I forthwith called It the milllon-dol
| lar infield.
( But one cannot go behind facts.
| and the fact of this matter la that
the Giant infield has proved itself
more efficient with Frlach on third
and Kawlings on second than with
Groh on third and Frisch on sec
ond. The club not only has won
considerably more ball games with
the former combination working,
but has made more double plays, a
certian test of greater efficiency.
This is not reading a requlm over
Groh's athletic career, although
some few critics haven't hesitated to
say tbut Heinie has started down the
nether side of the hill. It is simply
a case of Rawlings, the mlBcalled
"Lucky Johnny" of the last world's
series, begin a bettor second base
man than Frish and Frish being a
belter all around ball player thtn
Groh.
Kiin-lings KeiU Star.
Rawiings works much better with
Bancroft ou double plays than Frish
seems able to do, and Frankle
himself seems more at home on
third base. It can be seen, there,
fore, that Groh is a very expensive
luxury.
Kuth, of course, has paid for
himself. He was bought outright
from the Red Sox in 1920 for about
$125,000 and probably averaged 26,
000 a year in salary for the last
two seasons. But he drew capacity
crowds with his home runs and made j
lots of money for his owners.
Now, however, with His salary big
! ger than ever, hiB home runs and
the capacity crowds have stopped au
tomatically, so that he is fast be
coming a liability.
Groh is supposed to have coBt the
Giants $150,000 in players and
money and the club never figures
to get it back, except through the in
direct medium of the pennant And
since the team plays better ball with
Gi-oh on the bench, he must be re
garded as nothing short cf a finan
cial deadweight.
.
Smyrna, Sept. 9.—The political
and military authorities of Smyrna
are evacuating the city. The city is
being bombarded by the Turkish Na
tionalists. Nine aeroplanes from the
Greek naval base there arrived at
Athens this morning. The airmen 'n
telling of their departure stated that
the city was then under artillery fire.
Smyrna, Sept. 9.—The Greek fleet
left the harbor of Smyrna this after
noon. The commissioner of police
plans to embark tonight and the al
lies will probably occupy the town
tomorrow.
Athens, Sept. 8.—The pressure of
public opinion in Greece has been
so strong against the cabinet of Pre-'
mier Proyopapadakis on account of
the reverseB of the Greek army in
Asia Minor that the cabinet has re
signed and the King has asked Nlk
olis Kalogeropoulos, a former pre
mier to form a new cabinet and now
ministry.
Constantinople, Sept. 8.—A com
pany of American marines has been
landed at Smyrna and are taking the
needful steps necessary to the pro
tection of United States citizens as
the Turkish Nationalist army drives
the defeated Greeks before it. As It
nears the city the refugees flocking
into it has filled the city and created
problems which the authorities In
power assisted by the Allies and oth
ers are trying to solve.
Paradise for Bachelors Found
On Coral Isle in South Seas
Honolulu, Sept. 9.—A sunny coral
isle in the South Seas, far fioin pro
peller-churned paths of ocean liners,
where young and beutiful women
outnumbered the men ten to one,
aud where 30 cents will last a month
is the burden of a tale of Captain Ol
son and the crew of the schooner
Henrietta, which was wrecked July
16. The stranded sailors reached the
little island In llfei boats after the
wreck of the schooler.
The chief gave the captain a grass
palace and a daughter for servant.
The men of his crew were assigned
girls to wait on them and had a hard
time getting away wlien the British
steamer saw their signal, took them
aboard and brought them here, as
the women all wanted husbands.
REFUSES FLOWERS
SENT TO MURDERESS
Oakland, Sept. 9.—Detective Mc-1
Sorley, chief of dotectiveg of Oak
laud, sat on the morbid followers of
Mlas Skarln, confessed murderess,
who were sending flowers to the pri
son. The chief declared that he was
"against making a heroine of a con
fined murderess" and ordered no
flowera to he received from the peo
ple of Oakland lor Miss Skarin, the
confessed slayer of Ferdinand Hoch
brun, the aged Seattle capitalist.
ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING
ESTATE FUNDS
Seattle, Sept. 9.—George Wupper,
a pioneer investment broker of this
city has been charged in court pro
ceedings with having embezzled ten
thousand dollars from the estate of
the late S. G. Hill.
LLOYD GEOIIGE BACK
FROM VACATION
London, Sept. 8.—Premier Lloyd
George returned to the city Irom a
vacation holiday in the country. He
presided today at the cabinet meet
ing which was called to consider the
Near-Eastern crisis and to formulate
a reply to Premier Poincaire'a note
The cabinet also took up the situa
tion in Ireland and other mutters ot
importance.
EGYPTIAN STUDENT
GUNNING IN P.UtlS
Paris, Sept. 8.—Georges Sal»m. an
Egyptian student created a sensa
tion in this city wiien he fired a shot
at the automobile in front of the Pal
ace de Elysee today. He opposed the
car to have been that of President
Millerand, but Milleraad was in the
country at the time. Thj shot injur
ed no one as it went wild.
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