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No.
TWENTY-FIFTH TEAR
8KAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBEK 12, 10iE
PRICE TEN GENTS
STEAMSHIP BURNS AT SEA
PASSENGERS AND CREW SAFE
Lon Angeles, Oct. 12.—With three
hundred passengers on board, the
Los Angeles Steamship Company's
new steamship. City of Honolulu, Is
reported by wireless to be ou fire,
while two day off from this port on
the return trip of her first voyage
between Los Augeles and Honolulu.
San Krancisco. Oct. 12.—Accord
ing to wireless messages picked up
in this city the life boats are beiug
lowered away on the passenger
Steamship City of Honolulu. The
message was received at an early
hour this morclr.g.
San Krancisco. Oct !2.— (later).
—Wireless reports received trom the
City of Honolulu says that she has
been abandoned at seaby the crew.
The crew left the ship which it. be
lieved to be doomed ut an eary hour
this morning.
| Tli crew consists of 200 and there
were seventy-six passengers aboard.
[ San Pedro, Cul Oct. 12.—The ra
dio operator M the Ste.-ynsli'p Yale
reported that he had receivcil a mes
sage from the Steamship Enterprise
that all the passengers and crew of
the Steamshi pHouolnlu hud aban
doned her. and had been Disked ur
safely by the Enterprise.
This report conflicts wtih Jtl er re
ports which have been received,
which indicated that the Enterprise
would not reach the scene of the
Honolulu's trouble until midnight to
night.
DELEGATE TO FLY
to cni
W; shington. Oct 12.—The Secre
tary of the Navy has authorized the
commander of the Pacific fleet to
take the delegr.te of the American
Leg mi for California to the conven
tion at New Orleans in an airplane.
MoKK INVESTIGATIONS;
Mi >KK. H KCO.VLM K N DAT IONS
Washington, Oct. 11.—President
Harding today announced the per
sonnel of the committee which 1s to
make an investigation of the bitum
inous and anthracite coal lields in
Alaska, with a view of recommend
ing legislation designed to brins
tranquility to the coal indua'rv
John Hays Hammond heads the
list of the committee and the other
members a>e former Vice-President
Marshall, Judge Samuel Alschuler
of Chicago, Howel. editor, George
litis Smith, director of geological
survey. Dr. Edward T. Devine. Chas.
T N'eiil. manager of information for
Southeastern Railways.
FIGHTING CONTINT'KS
ALL NIGHT IN Dl'BLIN
Dublin, Oct. 11.—Numerous am
bushes. accompanied by heavy firing
occurred in various parts of this city
during the night. Fighting continued
all through t e night and until dawn
Irish hlerachy issued a pastorsii
letter, in which it condemned in
strongest terms guerilla wirfare
against the Free State goverrment
and declared that the killi'ig >f Na
tional soldiers is murder oetom God
and man. The pronouncement is c.il
culated to bring about peace
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the First
Presbyterian church will meet at the
Social Center Friday afternoon.
Kindly note change >f meeMng place
COMMUTER.
ORKUON KDl'CATIOX PASSES
AWAY AFTER OPERATION
»
Portland. Oct. 12.—Dr. H. J. Mili
thorn, the noted Oregon eductator,
passed away at a hospital in this city
yesterday, after having undergone an
operation.
Dr. .Miuthorn was the uncle and
foster-father of Secretary Herbert
Hoover.
Fur the past several years, Dr.
Mintiioru has made his home in
Metlakatla, Alaska.
1WCLE SAM GETS A
(iODl) SIZED RAKE Oi l
New York, Oct. 11.—The KeJeral J
taxes collected by the Colle«'l:ir ^»f I
Internal Keveuue, Hum the live!
games in the World sorie.i of b
ball games amounted to $tiu.54 7, it ;
was announced today.
TWO DAYS' Fl it SALKS MOT
$1,300,000 IN ST. l.Ul is
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 11.—The auc|
tion sales of furs during the past I
two days ill this city netted $1, 300,
000.
Russian sable sold at from $15 to
$300 per pelt.
DIRIGIBLE C-2 STARTS
BACK ACROSS COXTIXEXT
Arcadia. Cal., Oct. 11.—The army
dirigible C-2. which recently flew
here from Newport News. Virginia,
started on its retuia transcontinent
al flight at S: 40 o'clock last night.
PORTLAND EXPOSITION
POSTPONED I'XTIL 1(127 i
Portland. Ore., Oct. 12.—The di
rectors have decided to postpone un
til 1927 the world exposition plan
ned for 1925 because of the unset
tled conditions of foreign countries.
Philadelphia is, however, going
ahead with the show for 19£G tc
celebrate the unniversity .if the De
claration of Independence
Take An Inventory of Yourself
What Have You Saved So Far
The wife and children—What can they look forward to if
you should d.e? Who would support you and your family If you
should becom* disabled? Would your children receive an educa
tion and thus make the path of life easier, or would they be left
to shift for themselves against odds?
THESE ARE THOUGTUS FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION*
YOU CAST OFPOItl) TO PASS THEM BY.
Bfflimlk off HDaislkai
SKAQWAY, A LACK A
FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUES ORDER
ID PREVENT SEIZURE DF SHIPS
New York, Oct. 12.—Federal
Judge Hand today granted a tem
porary order prohibiting tlis If. S.
Collector of this port, llalph A. !3ay,
and the Federal prohibition director
for New York from putting ln'o ef
fect the order to seize ships and li
quor und-jr bt Dmighert/ prohibi
tion order.
Cincinnati, Oct. 11.—Five bandit
hold up the Hamll'.on County hank
ol' this city at an early hour this
morning, and secured cash and bond-!
amounting to $222,004.93.
Lone Nigger Robs
Santa Fe Crack
Limited Train
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 12.—Just
as the Santa Fc's crack train, the
California Limited, arrived in the
ouiskirts of this city, en route from
California to Chicago, it was stopped
and held up by u lone negro bandit,
who robbed the sixty passengers of
the train of their jewelry and mon
ey. the lone bandit holding the pas
sengers at bay at the point of a gun.
FIVE RA11Y ALASKAN
MOOSE REACH PORTLAND
Portland. Ore., Oct. 12.—F I v o
baby moose from Alaska have ar
rived here to be placed in Deschutes
country in the spring in an attempt
to propoxate.
SALMON K(i(iS ARE SENT
SOl'TH FROM THE NORTH
Seattle, Oct. 12.—Seven million
humpback salmon eggs have arri.'d
for the state of Washington on the
steamship Alameda from Alaska.
Thirteen million more are to ae
brought south.
ALASKA DAI', OCT. IS,
TO IlE OBSERVED
Alaska Day, Wednesday, October
IS, the 55th ainiiversity of the
formal transfer of Alaska from Rus
sia to the United ?tates will he ob
served throughout the Territory.
The day is a Territorial holiday and
all Territorial offices will be closed.
LLOYDS ANNOUNCE BIO
SLUM I* IX SHIP BUILDING
New York. Oct. 11.—Lloyds" Reg
ister, issued today discloses the fact
that there has been a slump in -ihlp
building which is world wide. The
register shows that the United State?
had sustained the greatest falling oft'.
SCHOONER HOLMES GETS
BACK FROM ARCTIC
Seattle. Oct. 12.—Captain John
Oacklund, of the schoner C. S.
Holmes, arriving here today from
Wainwrlght Island, said Captain
Koald Amundsen choose Oskar Om
dahl as the aviator to make the
flight cross the Polar region next
summer instead of Lieut. E. G. Ful
lerton, who returned to Canada be
cause Fullerton refused to make a
trial flight to Deer'.ng.
Tiie schoner C. S. Holmes
brought valuable furs and other
Arctic commodities.
Ice prevents the vessel reaching
Point Barrow, the destination, and
the supplies aboard for there were
left at Waintvright Island and are
being sledded to Point Barrow.
Reiner Lund, pntographer with
Amundsen, returned on the Holmes
and is going to New York and Nor
way witli 6,000 feet of film.
JAPS If OFF
SHIP BUILDERS
Tokio, Oct. 12.—Six thousand
navy yard workers have been dis
charged in various government navy
yards according to the terms of the
recent Washington conference.
Two Forest Tracts
Are Set Aside
Washington, Oct. 12.—The Secre
tary of Agriculture has approved the
eliminat.on from rbe Tongass Na
tional Forest of two tracts of land,
one of -MS acres at George Inlet,
utid the other of 23.34 acres at
Hoona'i, Alaska. Both tracts are well
improved by canneries which were
constructed upon them several years
ago under Forest Service permit.
These two eliminations are the first
which have been approved under the
new regulation of the Secrtary of Ag
riculture authorizing elimination of
ureas occup.ed under Special Use
Permit by industrial plants so that
they might acquire title under sec
tion 10 of the Act of March 14th,
1S9S. commonly krown as the Trade
and .Manufacturing Site Act.
JU ST RESTORE K1AO CHON
TO CHINA BY DEC. 2
Toingtao, Oct. 11.—The Shang
tuag commission has fixed December
2, as the date of restoration by Jap
an to the Chinese of Kiao Chon, thus
ending the international controver
s> which began when Germany es
tablished a naval base there twen
ty-four years ago. and which later
figured in diplomatic affairs at Par
is and Washington.
THREE APPLE PICKERS
DRINK MOONSHINE, DEAD
Wenatchee, Oct. 12.—As a result
of drinking moonshine whiskey,
three apple p.ckers died yesterday
afternoon in one of the orchards,
near this place.
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
UP ITALY'S METROPOLIS
Rome, Oct 12.—Violent earth
quakes shook t is city and surround
ing country this morning. The
quakes caused great alurm among
the people but little damage was
done.
ANTI-SOVIETS Sl'KREN'DER
TO THE RED FORCES
Honolulu, T. H., Oct. 12.—Gener
al Gieterichs, head of the Vladivos
tock government and his anti-Soviet
forces have surrendered to the Reds,
according to a cable received by the
N'ippu Jiji newspaper from Tckio.
TWO BOATS Dl'E IN WHITE
HORSE TO FINISH SEASON
The White Pass will rue their
regular train from Whltehorpe to
morrow. A boat is due in port in
Whitehorse and the passengers will
bo in on tomorrow's train, about 50
all told. The last boat up the river
from Dawson is expected In White
horse Saturday sometime and her
passengers will be rushed over the
line so as to make connections with
the C. P. R. liner which will leave
here Sunday night.
PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO
THE«EASTERN
TANGLE IS REACHED
London, Oct. 11.—According to a
despatch from Constantinople, th«
London Daily News announces thai
an agreement has been reached ai
the Mudania conference between t!;e
Allied military leaders and Ismet
Pas a, representing the Turkish Na
tionalists. The message stales thai
the agreement was signed this eve
ning.
PEACEFUL SOL- srdlcmf4Spt.
London, Oct. 11.—A peaceful res
utlon of the Near Eastern tangle has
apparently been reached on the -as
is of the surrender of Eastern Thru<*e
to the Turks, with proper safe?n irdd
for Christian minorities.
To this end, a covenent putting
into effect an armistice between the
Kemalists and Greeks was sigend by
delegates at Mudania late last night.
The news of the apparent settle
ment of the affair brought great re
lief here wher there was consider
able anxiety lest the Turks should
remain recalcitrant, despite the new
ly declared unity of the Allies.
Athens, Oct. 11.—The city was
declared under wartial law last
night, this action being taken to pre
vent hot heads in the army from
opposing the action of the govern
ment in Its decision in accepting the
loss of Eastern Thrace.
Mudania, Oct. 11.—The Near
Eastern armistice was signed bv the
Allies this morning at 6:3a o'clock.
The final meeting at Mudania lasted
only 10 minutes.
Newspaper representatives and
journalists were called Into the room
while the Allied generals and Ismet
Pasha and representativse of the
Turkish Nationalists fixed their sig
natures to the protocol.
The armistice terms represented
the utmost concessions the western
powers would make to the Turks.
London, Oct. 12.—The Greek ex
odus from Thrace is marked by con
flagrations and pillage, according to
a Sofia dispatch to the Daily Express
this morning.'
The dispatch states that sixty vil
Ir.ge3 are reported to have been pill
aged and burned by the Greeks In
their wild flight to get to the west
ward before the Turks crossed Into
Europe from Asia.
NEAR EAST ADD
Loudon, Oct. 12.—Venizelos will
act as plenipotentiary for the Greeks
at the first peace conference between
representatives of Greece, Turkey
a:>d the Allied pownrs.
PEOPLE USE UP
'AGAINST trotskt
I Riga, Ost. XI.—Serious uprising
| is reported to have occurred north
I o fCaucacus and Georgievsk dis
! trlcts.
I The outbreaks were caused by the
refusal of the people of those dis
tricts to conform to government pro
: chelations.
Heavy lighting accurred between
expeditions sent by the war minister
Trotsky and insurgents of Terek pro
vince, who had joined the insur
I genu.
London, Oct. 11.—A despatch ti>
the Times from Riga says that the
entire Central committee of all Rus
■ sian Trades Unions have been arrest
' ed by orders of the Soviet suprem#
j tribunal.
!
; CAN'T CONVICT WOMAN
WHO DEFENDS HER HONOR
Spokane, Wn., Oct| 12.—Alaskan
chivalry makes it useless to try a
woman of the charges of shooting a
man who has threatened her honor,
the United States District Attorney
of Fairbanks, tes.i-tod before the lo
cal Federal office today.
As a result of this, Azalla Wick
: sell, the Spokane girl, who slew Pri
vate Parker, of the U. S. Signal
Corps, when he attacked her in au
' \laskan camp, was set free.
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Dally Train Service (except Sundays) between Skaguay
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For foil information regarding passenger and freight
rates apply to
H- Wheeler General Manager^
Skaguay. Alaska
Or 510 Alaska Building, Seattle .Wash.