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VOL. TWENTY-FOVRTH YEAH.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA THI KSUAY. SKITEMHKK 18, 1P21
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TRICE TEN CENTS
London. Sept. H<— A hitch occur
red In the negotiations with the re
presentatives of the Pail Kirann last
nicht. Lloyd George announced
that Holaml and McGrnth are re
turning to Dublin with explanations
of certain points in the proposals
made by the government for the con
sideration of the Dail K.'ranit.
Dublin. Srpt 15.—Devalera in his
reply to Lloyd f.eorce's note of in
vitation to negotiate ooiicernius'
terms, slated that Ireland will ne-j
j.i:e a-! i free state. This is the
!>a*is on v.1 .h s ie will take part in
the negotiations at Inverness. «
reply to this, which has been issued,
contained the definite statement that
Ireland's continuance as a part of
the Km pi re must he accepted by the
Sinn Fein before a conference can
take place.
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M.\l..\J»MIMsri:.\TH>N
Washington. I). l\. Sept. 14.—
Thousands of unsorted checks, paid
io soldiers as compensation. have'
been found iu a room of tlie treas- ■
«r> department, where they were
stored iftcr cancellation and pay
ment This legacy from a former
Ministration will net us a further
>]«•!:i> in the settlement of the rliiims,
of many veterans. The law requir-l
•■d that everj claim must be accom
panied !>> all the papers in the case. '
which means that the checks must
lie Mirti d and attached to the other
documents relating to the same
claimant, it is estiiuated it will
take four months to straighten out
the tangle left by the Democrats.
Former Alaskan
Operator Dead:
Portland. Sept. l."> Rev. Alexan-j
der Ivor-;, form-th of Seattle am!
oitre an \iaskaii (/perator. is dead in
this city.
M|v>|\<; VVITNKSS IN
«OAST CASK AWKAISS
San Francisco. Sept. 13.—The!
Cr;.i.d Jury is asain in session on
the Arliurivte murder case. Alice
tilaKe. the witness who has l>een
[iH-siiu. ap|x>ared at the District At
torney's nttiie and expressed her|
willingness to testify. She trade J
some very damaging stawen's |
against Arbuckle in connection with i
tlie alleged dying words of Miss |
itappe.
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I«>ui;i> INTO It»|{T
Victoria. Sept. 14.—The Canadian I
Importer which was for many days |
n.%.-u up as lost, was towed into "his
port yesterday.
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!,<•> Anseles. Sept. 14.—Judge
\\ i!lis today sentenced Ray Ivy to
prison for rs for stealing
three rents from a child's bank.
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TO 1M1.K K K<IK All!
San "rancisco. Sept. 15.—Wit
for the prosecution in the Ar
i. n klf <;i^e hav«- appealed to the po
lite fur protection.
i*K'i rims t«i i:i;« \i.i.
<;i»VKi:\tn: kka/.ier
Bismark. N. D.. Sept. 1">.—Peti
tions have lieen circulated and pur
liort to have the required number
of names for the ceralt of Governor
Fra/.ier of \orth Dakota.
r.lMt. ins o\ liltt XKW Sllir
The (M'.R. Company has purchas
ed for its ocean service tile now siiip
Tirpitz. awarded to Great Britain
from Uie German llec . l he steam
ship will he renamed the Kmpress
i>f China. She is of lit..too gross
tons and will lie placed in service
between Vancouver. China and Jap
an. The new boat is an oil burn
er and will liii" up with the other
new Km press of t an.:da. these two
together with the I., u press of Rus
sia and the Km press of Asia will
make a Beet of four three-fumieled
ships performing .1 regular and nn
•qnailed service da t V I'arllu. be
ing the largest. linest and fastest
(hips on this ocean.
Strikers Hold Up
Train With Workers
Itakersfield. Sept. 16.- ' n "• '".i<1
strikers in the oil fields held «iy the
*o(fthcrn Pacific train «.»•» 'chich
v»'i(• •.« nr>ers to r« mm j
*-ho had struck. The striken. re-j
[used to let the train pass.
HAI.K A MII.1.ION l>i> .J.AIJS
ix ««»x< i:\Tts \ ri siiii,i,i:i»|
News comes from llydv.' t'lai the I
first shipment of concentrator ever |
sent down Portland canal went out '
in the Albert the other afternoon,
(insisting of 1G0 tons and currently
reported to he worth be'ween 31500
iiid $2000 a ton. which vrniW rake j
thin cargo worth a quarter of a mii
lion dollars or more. The omen-1
[rates are the product from !"i.:r wil
Eley tallies operating in the new I re
t there are noiseless a I n.ospln'res so1
inier mill, which is now handling '
About loo tons daily of tl»' s'-eond
crade ore. The tailings from the
[aides are being saved for future'
i.'oatment by c.vaniding. t e ,'y.i-iido
(ilunt being •practically comple! >1.
Marion founts, considered by the
American Smelting and Kefi'iing i'o.
us their most expert mill nvtn is :.t
Hyder from their plant U Pl.it Kiv
i'r. Mo..( to tone up the Premier j
Plant and will remain until i> is in
perfect running condition.
STATK OKKHIAI. ADMITS .
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Denver. Colo.. Sept 7.—Thomas
S. Nance, ntemlur of the slate tele
phone com mi->:toii. is said to have
at milted to the police today that he
obtained the money from Iiirmis H.
Connor. I lie former teller of the In
ternational Trust Company which re
sulted in Connor's arrest la*t Friday
on a charge of embezzlement.
Wilfred Martin of VVhltehorse will
take passage on the l'rincoss. Wil
fred is en route to Toronto where
he will take up college work.
"He'll Amount to Something Some Day"
That's what they say about I ho fellow who is
a steady persistant saver. The fellow who pets
his pay check and leaves a part of it in the bank.
Iie'.-s the kind of a fellow who invariably gets
there. Tine to be talked about that way.
Finer still to have the habit that inspires such
comment.
Barak ®ff Mask®
Schooner Burns At •
Sea Crew Saved!
San Francisco, Sept. 15.—The
schooner Lotus burned at sea off
Ventura. The crew of the schooner
was saved.
MOIMa.W AMI COMPANY
II.Wltl.KS MKXICO'S KIXANCKS
Washington. Sept. 14.—Thomas J
W. Lamont of Morgan Co. has |
concluded his conferences whereby
the plans for the liquidation o? 1 •
external debt of Mexico will lie in
accomplished fact. The plan hii ■ •
on action by our state concenut ;
the recognition of the goverun.»*i«l
of Obregou in Mexico. Lamont
makes the assertion thai he Vis re
ceived favorable assurances that lii >
recognition will he given by our
comment.
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St. Louis, Sept. 15.—Babe Ruth,
the champion home run hitter, orofce
his own record of fifty-four home
runs in the season today. He made
his fifty-fifth home run for this sea
son in a game between his team and
the St. Louis team. There wa9 one
man on base at the time the home
run was made.
THRKK ARRKSTKO
FOR RANK RORRKRY
Seattle. Sept. 15.—James Rarris,
James Ryan and Thomas Atkinson
were arrested last night in this city,
. barged with the robbery of the Los
Angeles bank. The amount taken
from the bank was $40,000.
Seven Arrested In Erzberger Case
.Miiniciple. Sept. 14.—The aspass
ins of Krxberger wore atiniuiced by
the authorities today. II--;uri< 'i Till
OSS.'II. student.-find Hvnr.h Sciaiitz,
a merchant. Roth of these men
were members of the brigade of ,
aeneral Erhardt. This particular
brigade was prominent in the Kapp
msurection.
Munich, Sept. 15.—Seven men who
were formerly in the army anil navy
have iieen arrested in connection
with the murder of ERZRERGKK
It apears thai Erzberger's murder]
wis ordered by a Ku Klux like or- ]
ganization whose headquarters are
located In Silesia.
MXI'KFSIHKNT W ll.SOV
Wil l. COMl'I.KTKI.Y RWOVKH
Delriot, Sept. 14—Former Privar
Secretary Tumulty while visiiiitc in
this city, was seen by Henry Ford
When Ford inquired as to the health
of Kx-Preside tit Wilson. Tumult v
replied. "Before very long his recov
ery will he complete."
Hold Up Robbers Killed
Fort Worth. Sept. 15.—Two rob
bers were shot and killed today,
when they attempted to hold n*> the
Texas and Pacific train
PRIM KSS \l.l( I
The Princess Alice reached port t
Wednesday morning at 7 ::o with
forty passengers and 150 tons of
freight. Thirteen of the p:-sse.i
gors were round trippTS. Anions
these were: Mr. and Mrs. i: >' Tur
ner: Mr. and Mrs. F\ J. II the
I'.P.R. ticket agent at Pc- ii.i. who
is taking the northern tri; for ;i va
cation: Mr. J. C. Fitzgibbon of Clii
cago; .Mr. and Mrs. S. Kelley of Win
nipeg, and (!. H. Theiss of Pittsburg.
President A. E. Rasmuson of the
Hank of Alaska returned from a
trip to Seattle. Mrs. Lome McAlis
ter. Ward and Jacque returned front
a visit of several months in the
states and at Vancouver. Mr. Mc
Alister met his family at Prince Ru
pert.
Mrs. II. T. Couture returned from
a business and pleasure trip to Se
attle.
Mrs. A. C. Head, wife of Sergeant
Head of the Royal Northwest Mount
ed Police is returning home after a
trip to the south. Mrs. Head has
l>e<>n visiting in Edmonton.
Eight mounted police recruits
came north on the Alice and left on
the morning train for their posts.
Judge F. McB. Young of Prince
Rupert is on his way to Atlin. where
lie will hold court for the :ie\t week
or ten days.
I A number of Skagwav townspeo
ple are leaving on the Princess Al
ice. Mrs. M. K. Rogers is accom
panying her daughter Ellen, who is
going back to the I'nucrsii." of
Washington Mrs. Rogers will spend
the winter in Seattle with Ellen.
Mrs. L. Talbot is going out with
her daughter Vivian, who will take
a course in the Wilson Business Col
lege in Seattle.
Carl llahn is returning to his work
in the University of Washington.
Rob Wright and Steve Piggot are
also returning to their work in the
university. Owen Fl.vnn is taking up
his work at Mount Angel Academy.
Oeorge Rappuzi is off for a fii e
months' visit with relatives in and
about Seattle.
John Blanchard. district passen
ger agent of the White Pass & Yu
kon Route, with Mrs. Blanchard is
returning to Seattle for the winter.
vniuir.u. I .ink oni.y
SHIPPINU HIIAI!!) l.INK
S.uttle. Sept. 14.—Chairman Ij*s
ker or the Cnited States ShippinR |
Hoard issued an order which elim- j
inafes all lines except the Pacific
Coast line in the operation of Ship
ping Hoard vessels in Pupet Sound
Orient service.
Convict Takes Chances
Sine Sits. Sept. 1 4 —Joseph Hor
ace sawed thru the bars of his cell i
broke a lock trap door to the roof
of the prison, slid down a frail, tele
phone wire seventy feet to the,
ground, sealed the prison wall, div
ed into the Hudson and swam »:ros«
the river to freedom.
Haines Notes
II. \V. Wiley. the Rainy Hollow I
man. is leaving tonight on the Es-!
talieth for Juneau. where he will
talie one of the larger boats for Se
attle. Mr. Wiley is going on a busi
ness trip and will be gone about two!
or three weeks.
Captain Henry Hanson, made the
trip to Juneau and return on the]
boat Dauntless. The captain made
the trip for N. O. Hanson for a car
go of explosives.
Rev. Penton and Joe Wright went
last week on a hunting trip up the
Katsahene river. Mr. Denton brot
bark with him two mountain goats.
The men who have been working
on the government road up above
Wells, on the Klehini river, have
been brought down to Haines and
are working on the Mud Bay road,
below the old Chilkat Indian village
on the east side of Chilkat inlet.
1'1'RS T«> BK WORN WITH
EVERYTHING, EVEN SHOES
Paris.—Furs on everything, even
the shoes.
This note'was met at the opening
of M. de Estillet's winter display
which was attended by several hund
red American buyers and clients re
cently.
The colors predominating at the
collection were mauve, rose, black,
sky blue and deep red. The cloths
were crepe de chine, crepe mnrocain
georgette, satin, silk, charmeuse.
The embroiders were lambs skin,
monkey furs and engraved silver
'and platinum.
Skirts are not longer, but gowns
are of the pronounced decollette
type.
Evening gowns for voting girls
are of the pronounced Victorian
models.
Subscribe Tor the Alaskan and
get all the newg while It la sew*.
DEATH DUE 10 USE OF
FORCE; MANSLAUGHTER
San Francisco, Sept. 15.—"i he de
cision of the prand Jtut whi.-li
brought in a verdict of manolauc'i
ter apainst Fativ Arbuckle. «as t'aat
Miss Rappe came to her deatn f.- m
acute peritonitis bro't about by in
jury due to the applicatiM of some
force, which in (he belief of the cor
oner's jury, was applied by Rntooe
Arbuckle. The Jury iceord'ntly
cliarped Arbuckle with mintlacKh
ter and warned the authorities that
this was a mad rendevrom of tb«
dobauohee and gangster.
San Francisco, Sept. lb.—An In
dictment charging Fatty Arlmckle
with manslaughter was voted at
midnight last night by the Grand
Jnrv. A manslaughter indictment
will therefore be returm-d next
Thursday in the Superior Court.
District Attorney Bradr explained
that the manslaughter charge will
have no effect on the murder charge
which is now pending In the Joatice
Court, Attmckle is not eligible to
hail until the murder charge is dis
posed of.
sni.ii skarching
tXIR GAROIVKR
McNeill's Island. Sept 15—For
ty-seven men armed with rifles nnd
revolvers are still searching the is
land for a trace of Gardiner, the es
caped convict. The Island is less
than four miles long and a nnarter
of a mile wide.
Larson Freed
From First Charge
Tacoma. Sept 15 —President l.nr
son of the defunct Scandinavia: - \m
erican bank of Tacoma. was acquit -
ed by a Jury of the charge of em
bezzlement of $20,000 from the hunk
of which he was president l^arson
is scheduled to go to trial next Fri
day on another charge of embezzle
ment from the same hank
KRK\<H IXTKRESTKR
IN ARR1 ("K1,K <
Paris. Sept. 15—The French ne« «
papers are giving extended space t
the Arbuckle murder c«s«' One of
them remarked that there is eviden -
Iv some liquor In America
RKPITK INFANTRY
\\I> CAVALRY RKi.lMI NT>
Washington. Sept 15.—The t. r
era! staff of the arm* has ord< • d
that the infantry reci:«eni- lie i<
duced from 1490 to 131i. and tli
cavalry regiments from si* io <41
ARKANSAS LEGISLATOR THKS
Washinpton. Sept. 14.—Repre
sentative Taylor of Arkansas who
has been 11) for a long time died
here today.
rrnsm\<; s\m.s vr»R fra.vce
New York. Sept. 14—General
Pershing sailed for Trance today.
Moore Elected Judge
International Court
Geneva, Sept 14.—John Bswtt
Moore of the fnited State* wa*
elected as one of the j»d»res oo the
International Court by the * -drably
of the League of Naticns He wa«
ti'd or. the second V*!'ot In *ot
iic for members of the court The
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TO IWTSl l(. \TK
*»T. FRAMIS R<»TEI.
Snn Francisco. Sept. 16.—Awlst
ant State Attorney General Mc
s instituted an Inrt-stlga
m of the report that llquot was
;t: t and served in Ar*»?ckle'«
the S: Francis Hotel
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M\KRii P iv fiovno
l.ondon. Sept- 14 —Venlielos the
fn'.-irr Premier of Greece, and ^ne
foremost statesmen of Kit,-ope
id' is Miss Helen Schilitii. the
ii. - ' of a Grecian business man
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WlMite IPsiss <§£
YonikdDlIll E££o£_
The Route to the Interior
The Gateway Route of Comfort. Service, and Safety
To and From .\tlin, Dawson, 1 airbanks, anil All Inferior
Ala»kn and Yukon River Points.
Rail and River Service
During season of navigation our fleet of modern uteamer*
will operate regularly the entire length of the Yukon
River and tributaries.
Daily Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay
and Whitehorse. Tarlor observation cars on every train.
Fot full informal ion retarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
fflL Wiissller
General Manager
Skaguay Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Building. Seattle, Wash.