London. Not. 16.—Bonar Law and
the party behind him has won a de
cisive victory in the recent election
The Conservatives have apparently
won a maojrlty of seats in the new
parliament. The results of the gen
eral election as reported at noon
were Conservatives. 161: Labor. 69:
Asquith Liberals. 2S; Lloyd Georg
eans. 22: and Independents. 1. a to
tal of 2S6. but there remains results
of the election in 329 constituencies
to be heard from.
At two this afternoon, the Con
servatives had 222 beats out of a to
tal of 615 with Labor the next high
est: Labor having. '16 seats.
At 4:30 o'clock, the returns from
the election at this time shows that
the Conservatives have more than
the necessary 30S votes tor the cou
trol of the new House of Commons.
Seventy divisions are yet to be heard
from before the full returns will be
In.
At present, the Conservatives have
319 members, the Asquithian Liber
als. 55. the Labor Party, 120, the
Ueorgeans, 2S and other parties 13.
Out of thirty-three women nomi
nees only two have been returned,
those being. Viscountess Astor and
Sirs. Margaret Wilteringham.
THINKS SECRET SERVICE
MEN" AFTER 1UM
Seattle. Nov. 16.—C. J Ko'sey. a
paving inspector of this city has been
suffering from delusions which took ;
the form of his being pursued by
secret service msn. His delusions,
resulted in his leaping to death from ,
the Union Hospital .v»r«ov».
NATIONALISTS TO
OBSERVE Ml'DANIA I'.UT
Constantinople, Nov. 15.—The,
Turkish Nationalist government has,
given formal assurances to the Al-j i
lies that the stipulations of the Mu-i ]
dunia agreement will be respected 11
by their government.
FISHERIES CONVENTION OPENS
NOV. --M. IN SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, Nov. 16.—The an
nual convention of the Pacific Fish
eries Association will open their con
vention in this city oa Nov. 24th.
MASONIC DANCE
On Saturday. November ISth, at
Masonic hall, Skagway, Masons wil!
givo the first of a series of month'.v
dances, that will continue through
out the winter months. Admission
to Masons, Eastern Stars and their j
families only. Dancing begins at
8:30 P.M.. and stops at 12:00 mid
night. Refreshments will be served.
Report from the hospital states
that T. J. Standish is getting along i
as well as could be expected. He !s I
resting easy and is able to see his I
BRITISH HELP TO
QUELL RIOTS
Berlin, Nov. 15.—British troops
were called upon and assisted tho
German authorities In handliiii; tho
Cologne riots. These riots were
started by the Communists who
played the loading parts in tho ex
citement. During the riots eight
persons were killed. The riots were
started on account of food, both In
Cologne and at Dusseldorf.
Berlin. Nov. 15.—Rioting and re
volt, said to be due to the b'gh cost
of living, are continuing at Cologne.
Dusseldorf and other points In the
Rhine industrial region.
BKITISH IX) NOT
FAVOR TURKISH DEMANDS
London, Nov. 15.—The British
Foreign Office has telegraphed the
French and Italian governments a
memorandum In which Britain de
clares that the main Turkish de
mauds, which are to come before the
peace conference at LauBanne are
not regarded favorably by the Brit
ish government.
PRESIDENT WRITES
SISTER OF ROOSEVELT
New York, Nov. 16.—President
Harding is quoted as having written
a letter to Mrs. Douglas Robinson, a
sister of former President Roose
velt. and a member of the Republi
can National Committee. In this
letter, the President concedes that
there has been a shift of public opin
ion as reflected in the election on
the Prohibition question. He pre
dicts that the prohibition question
will not be taken out of politics
within this generation.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS
IN WASHINGTON
Seattle. Nov. 15.—Twelve million
dollars have been authorized for
harbor improvements on the coast of
the state of Washington. The har
bors to benefit by this sum are Se
attle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Vlctoi^a
Everett and Bellingnam.
NEW EARTHQUAKES
ADD TO FATALITIES
Santiago, Not. 15.—New quakett,
which have occurred In the Copiapo
district early today resulted in a
number of fatalities. Twelve were
killed and a squad of soldiers were
buried beneath falling walla in Co
piapo.
NICKY ARN9TEIN
RELEASED ON ROND8
New York, Nov. 16.—Nicky Arn
stein, who was arrested two or three
years ago, In New York and indict
ed on the charge of complicity of a
theft of five million dollars worth of
bonds was released on his personal
recognizance.
Idle Money Is Non-Pro
dactive
Money is valuable for what It can do, not for what it is. Th«
money that produces more money for you is like the man you
hire and works for your interest. The money that does not pro
duce more money for you is like the man you hire and works
against your interest, or kills time while you do all the work.
In vest you idle money in good safe securities or deposit It
in a Savings Account. We pay four per cent, on savings ac
counts and certificates of deposit.
Money deposited in this bank is Insured against theft. Money
hid away in your home is liable to theft and lire.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
LIGHT KEEPERS
ARE GIVEN AID
J Charlottetown, Nor. 15.—Prince
: Edward Island was summoned by the
| distress signals which were flown
! from the light house on Bird Rock.
The cruiser Margaret went to the
i rescue and found one of the keep
i ers dying, three dangerously 111 and
the fifth member of tne crew, » wo
| man. near the point of exhaustion
i from efforts to nurse the sick and
1 keep the lights burning.
EMERGENCY PARACHUTE
SAVES AVIATOR
I Seattle. Nov. 16.—A Jump of a
mile is not bo bad if you are prop
| erly equipped. When the wings of
f the aeroplane in which Frank B.
I Tyndall, the pilot was Hying collaps
ed, Tyndail resorted to his emer
[ gency parachute. He was a mile in
the air but descended without In
jury.
WASHERMAN BROTHERS
FAIL FOR TWO MILLION
New York. Nov. 15.—Tlin stock
exchange firm of Waaserman Broth
ers failed for two million dollars.
Shortly after the announcement of
the failure, James A. Wasserman of
the firni committed suicide.
FORMER SECRETARY OF
WAR WRIGHT, DIES
Memphis. Tenn., Nov. 1(5.—For
mer Secretary of War Wright, who
was also Governor General of the j
Philippines and Ambassador to Jap
an. died at his home In Mair.phlB.
Tenn.
HAMBURG S. S. LIXE MANAGER
ACCEPTS CHANCELLORSHIP
Berlin, Nov. 16.—Wilhelm Ouno,
the general manager or the Ham
burg-American Steamship Company
lines has accepted the task of form
ing a cabinet to succeed that of the
Wirth ministry.
APPEAL FROM HOOVER
FOR NEAR EAST
An appalling situation of suffer
ing, involving hundreds of thous
ands of people who have been forced
to flee from their homes in fhe Near
East and to seek refuge in lands al
ready burdened with care, has em
phasized to tho people of this coun
try that the American Red Cross is
our National Emergency Fund with
which to meat great crisis in disas
ter. The accentuation of the fact is
the greater in that the par
ticular calamity now appealing to
humanity has fallen just in advance
of the American Rod Cross annuil
Roll Call.
The resources of the American
Red Cross must be annually replen
ished through the Roll Call. This
year the summons is seconded by a
concrete emergency of the kind t'.iat
is ever liable to be precipitated upon
the world. It Is impossible for the
Red Cross to be dependent on a pub
lic appeal for specific objects, be
cause when emergency and disaster
I face us we have no time to wait un
til funds can be raised. The Red
: Cross is our every-day agency for
i responding to the call of calamity
I the moment the alarm is sounded.
The American Red Cross should
have a minimum membership of ten
million in order that its reserves
may be equal to our domestic and
our foreign emergencies in humane
purposes. In the light of my ex
perience in relief work throughout
the world I feel It a duty to express
my personal hope that the people of
America will »how their confidence
in their Red Cross in this Roll Call
In unmistakable terms. Let's all
get behind the Red Cross and give
it ten million members tor Its great
work. <
QUITS IIS JOB
Berlin. Nov. 15.—The cabinet of
Chancellor Wirth resigned last
night. The resignation came after
the United Socialists had voted not
to participate in a coalition minis
try. This ministry would Includc
members of the German Peoples
Party.
ALASKAN ARRESTED
FOR ANNOYING WOMAN
Seattle, Nov. 16.—George Nelson,
who recently reached this city from
Alaska was arrested. George had be
come infatuated with a fair dame,
and made himself a nuisance. He
was arrested ou a warrant sworn to
1 by the woman with whom he was
infatuated.
ADMINISTRATION CALLS
SENATOR BORAH
Washington, Nov. 16.—Borah has
been called by the Administration.
He declared for a filibuster If any
ship subsidy measure comes tip In
the extra session. The White House
made a definite announcement that
the passage of the Ship Subsidy bill
will be the first business of the ex
tra session of Congress.
JOHN BULL WEEKLY
MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE f
London, Nov. 16:—Tho British
Weekly, called John Bull, has made
the grave charge against the United
States that, the War Department
has engaged American newspaper
correspondants in Foreign countries
to act as spies for the government.
SUBSTANCE FOUND IN BODY
WHALE MAY BE FORTUNE
A fortune of $96,000 will be re
alized by Arthur and Edward Sholin,
owners of the Hoge Island fox farm^
of a substance weighing ZOO pounds
recently found by them proves to be
amber gris, which it is thought it is.
The two men were in Juneau recent
ly and brought samples of the sub
stance with them.
A. D. Bohrcr of the Butler-Mauro
Drug Company has made two tests
of t!:e substance and said today he Is
almost certain It Is amber-gris. It
has the exact odor of amber-gris,
which can always be designated from
any other odor, ho Bald. Several
samples of the substance were sent
to the States to be tested and it Is
expected tho results of the analysis
will be returned in a short time.
T e Sholin brothers found the sub
stance in the stomach of a whale,
found on the beach on their island.
Amber-gris is a substance the
consistency of wax, a morbid secre
tion in the alimentary canal of the
sperm whale, and is usually found
floating on the water during an at
tack of acute indigestion. When the
whale is unable to throw off the sub
stance death follows. This is evi
dently what occurred to the whale
found by tho Sholin brothers, Judg
ing from its extrenre thinness and
the fact that it had been dead but
a short time when found, as re
ported by the men, Mr. Bohrer said.
Amber-gris when found in the wa
ter is usually ash gray in color, and
is somtimes white, yellow or black,
and often varigated like marble. The
substance found by the Sholin broth
ers is dark brown. Amber-gris be
comes lighter the longer it is kept
in the open air and Is probably a
very dark color, originally, Mr.
Bohrer said.
Mr. Bohrer said the last quotation
on amber-gris he saw, about Bix
months ago, was $30 an ounce, but
the market fluctuates. Amber-gris
is used chiefly in the manufacture of
perfume an dthe big market is In
Paris, he said.
Harry Carey in Freeze Out will
be repeated tonight at the Broadway
Theatre.
kSK release of
IR5.1ACSWENEY
Dublin, Nov. 15.—An appeal has
been issued to the Irish people tor
the release of Mary MacSweney. who
has been on a hunger strike ?or 11
days in the Mount joy prison. The
appeal has been made by the other
women, who are political prisoners.
In the petition today they declare
Miss MacSweney has undergone a
change for the worse and it is feared
that she will die.
Cardinal Logue, the primate <-f Ire
land suggests the release of Miss
MacSweney in a telegram to Kevin
O'Higgins, the Free State Minister
of Home Affairs.
Washington, Nov. 18.—Mrs. Mac
Sweney and her assistants, who were
arrested the other aay were found
not guilty of picketing, and released.
UNEMPLOYMENT AT
LOW WATER MARK
Washington, Nov. 15.—According
to the Department of Commerce and
I Labor, this winter will be the best
winter since the war, so far as un
employment in this country is con
cerned. The announcement comes
from the Department that unemploy
ment will be at the lowest ebb since
the war.
SEATTLE DEMOCRATS
BANQUET Dn.i.
Seattle, Nov. 18.—Senator-elect
Dill arrived in the city today. He is
to be the guest of the Democrats of
the city at a big banquet to be hold
this evening.
WOMAN DIES
FROM AUTO FUMES
San Jose, Cal., Nov. 15.—Mrs. Jo
sephine Bell, a widow of this citv,
asphyxiated herself with the gas
fumes from her auto engine.
KIPLING IS SERIOUSLY ILL
London, Nov. 15.—Rudyard Kip
ling, the universally known British
writer Is seriously ill. It is teared
that an operation will be necessary.
FOREIGNERS III
CHINA ALARMED
Hankow, China, Nov. 16.—The
American, British and French res
idents of tiie province of Honan are
alarmed at the appearance of the
organized campaign against foreign
ers. They have appealed Jointly to
their legations for protection.
The foreign legations representing
the American, British, Italian, Swed
ish and French governments through
their ministers in Peking have in ac
cordance , with instructions from
their respective governments taken
measures for the Immediate release
of the Foreign Missionaries, who
were kidnapped by the Chinese ban
dits. Deman dshave been made up
on the Peking government for such
release.
ELECT NEW
PRESIDENT GENERAL
Birmingham, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Liv
ingston Rowe Schuyler of New York
has been elected President General
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy.
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STABBING AFFRAY
AT KLICKWAN
All Kluckwan had gathered at the
locai hall (or a game of basketball,
but Ben Wataou, a cripple had oc
casion to go to the water faucet In
front of the co-operative store to get
some water. Two men were work
ing at the lock of the store door.
They turned on Watson and In the
fracas stabbed him in the arm and
the back.
Marshal Beaumont wired Deputy
Sheldon of Haines to go up to
look the matter up. Siieidon left
town yesterday ana returned today.
He reported that an attbuipt had
been made to get into the store, but
that Watson had been only slightly
stabbed. Several natives are camp
ing within three miles of Kluckwan
ad it is supposed that some of
these had made the attempt to get
into the store, though Sheldon could
get no evidence as to who stabbed
Watson or who tried to get into the
store.
If you want to see a Concrete il
lustration of how much a solid foun
dation improves the appearance of a
house, walk up Main street and take
a look at Maurice Goding's house.
The
White Pass &
Yukon Route
The Gateway Route to
Yukon Territory, Atlin and Interior
Alaska
SemMVeekly Train Service between Skaguay and Wkltehoraa
during the Winter Season.
7r '
For full Information regarding passenger and freight
•• A «a ^31 raees "ppIy to
H. WHEELER, GENERAL MANAGER
SKAGUAY, ALASKA ST' a
OR
510 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash.