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BKXOW W ALASKA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2S. 1022 TOICR TEN CKXTH
XO. 10 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR BKAuWlI, ,VA
BOARD MUD Id
INVESTIGATE DiSSSTER
Norfolk. Feb. 22—The list of dead
Trora the Roma disaster has been
found to be thirty tix. which ln
t: d. s fir>i Lieutenant William E.
lliley i>f New York. *ho was the on
ly officer identified.
Anions the missing officers are
Nl.ijur Ji n fi Thoanell. Walter W.
Y.iiirsiueir. Captains Dale Mabry,
Watt*. Allen P. McFar
liird and 0 Hurschoiidt.
KI' > en men sur- lved and landed
safely.
-• « airship was two thousand
feet up in the air when she drop
P< d x crumbling mass of flames and
w reckase.
•; Korua fell at Lambert's point,
w'-ich is two mile*, out from Nor
folk.
. - of T ie McMnt was the
re ;ise of tne vertical controls and
.e fouling i>f t..e high tension wire. I
<.iu: \r i.kandson
OF ROBERT BURNS I>IKI>
IX WINNIPEG
V es Feb 23.—Robert Burns
TtiOb.pM>n. J great grandson of Rob
ert Hunts, che Scottish poet, died
here last night.
JAPANLSK DEMANDING
Sl ffrage for men
Tokio. H"eh 2J —Imperial troopa
called today to guard the par
;• ' builditscs agaiust a demon
■ t :'.i• by advocates of universal
sutfrage for men.
This movement has a large fol
low;: _ .1: ,1 gatherings are frequent.
M<>\ I.MKNT TO HAVE
PROHIBITION BUREAU
Washington. Feb 23.—A move-j
in foot for the establish
t of a prohibition bureau as a i
#« i-.irate governmei.t agency.
Th.s bureau should be distinct J
tr any ot.ier department of the
government.
JAPAN RF. \I»V TO
WITHDRAW FROM SHANTUNG
Tokio, Feb 23.—The foreign of
fice today announced that Japan
would withdraw hex troops from the
Shantung railroad as soon as China
assumes guard of the road.
VII.I. PROVIDE FOR
Bl(i BILL OF INTEREST
1.ond»n. Feb. 23.—Twenty-flv#
>n pounds sterling will be pro
vided for in the next budget estim
ates to rover six months' interest
on the Hri:ish deft to the United
States
BOARD APPOINTED TO
INVESTIGATE DISASTER
Washington. Feb. 23.—The ap
pointment of a hoard of inquiry,
headed hy Davenport Johnson, to in
vestiuate the Riimi accident, was
announced today by the navy de
partment.
The other members of the hoard
are Majors John H. Jouett ana Jos
eph McNarrv.
ROMA BAG ROTTEN
IS REPORTED
Newport News, Feb. 22.—T?ie re
ports that the bug of the dirigible
Roma, which was destroyed yester
day at Norfolk army base, with loss
of thirty-four lives, was rotten, will
be probed by the army board of in
quiry.
The personnel of the board wlil be
announced tomorrow.
FATHER OK NOTORIOUS
WOMAN MKS AT HOME
IX VIRGINIA
Richmond. Va.. Feb. 23.—James
Brown Potter, the father of the no
torious Mrs. James Sttllman. died at
West Hampton todiy.
SALES TAX MEASURE TO
FOLLOW CANADIAN LAW
Washington. Keb. 23.—A special
sub-committee of the ways and
means committee t*.at will draft the
Snanee feature of the soldier bonus
measure, has decided to maintain
the sales tax propcsal.
This tax will follow the Canadian
law as far as feas'ble.
RELIGIOUS SKCT MAKE
STRANGE ANNOI NCEMKNT
Victoria, B. C.. Feb 23.—A de
tachment of provincial police has
been sent to Brilliant. B C . to in- !
vestigate the announced intention of
the Doukobours to kill < ff their,
children and the af,ed and infirm of
their community.
There is a large rettlement of this
atrange sect and much apprehension
Is felt by the government.
WOMAN'S CU B
MEETING TON U«ll r
The Skagway Woman's Club will
meet tonight at the Social Center in
regular session.
Meeting will be called to order at
S o'clock.
NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED
FOR GUATAM.YLA
Guatamala City. Feb. 23.—Gener
al Jose E. Maria Orellana of Guata-!
mala was today elected president of j
the republic.
THE RESULT OF SYSTEM
MR. MAN OF FORTY, HAVE YOU SAVED $8,000?
I Suppose, at the age of ten, you had put $1.00 each week in a Sav
ings Account drawing 4% interest, until you were twenty. From
1 twenty to thirty you saved $5.00 each week and from thirty to
forty you saved $S,00 each week. You could answer YES to this
I question.
It Is never too late to start on the right road. Begin now by sav
Ilng a few dollars each w«ek. As time goes on you will be sur
prised to find yourself watching with pleasure the grownth of
your bank account.
Baumlk ©ff RDfflsIka
SKACWAY, ALASKA
STARTLING
DISCLOSURES
Detroit. Feb. 23—Harry M. Fields,
a chaffeur, who is under arrest here,
told the police tonight that he re
reived nine hundred dollars for
driving two men and a woman to the
home of William Oesmond Taylor,
the murdered Los Angeles film d -
rector.
Fields said he tflieves that this
trio committed the murder. Fields
is a drug addict.
MAN WHO IHSOVE
Mt'ltUER t'AK (JIVES OCT
.NAMES OK MEN \N1> WOMAN
I.os Angeles, Feb. 2".—ChaSeur
Fields, who is ui;d ir arrest in Pe
troit and who contessed to having
driven the murder *ar to the bunga
low of Wiliiata Desmond Taylor, as
serts that the nan.is of the occu
pa'nts of the car we .re Johnny Clark.
Wong Lee and Ke.-n.e Moore
Kennie Moore is a while woman,
according to Fields.
COMMANDER M< XIDKK
Si:\lt> PATRIOTIC MESSAGE
TO AMERICAN" LEGION
Indianapolis. Feb. 23.-—National ,
Commander McNider of the Amer
ican Legion vesteiJay pave out a.
message on Washington's Birthday,
which, in pari, was as follows: "On |
the day when every American who
loves his country, -cspects his priv
ileges. his ci* zensl.tp and its insti
tutions. honors the memory of the
founder of the republic.
Men and women of the American
Legion can draw *enewed lnspira
tion from t lie memory of George
Washington 10 carry on ottr work
and to serve in pe.ice as well as in '
war as constructive citizens."
r. S. SHIPPING BOARD
SELI-S SEVEN! Y-KIYE HI LLS
Seattle. Felt. 22. — Forty-throe of
the I*. S shipping loard hulls which
have been laid ui in Lake I'nion
are included ,n the ieventy-five ship- J
ping board vessels of like nature.
which were pur'hased by a Sa:i
Francisco syndicate.
The sale has bcyn confirmed by
Chairman Lasker of the shipping
board.
REVALERA FAVORS Sl'LIT
i\ siw kk.iv party
Dublin, Feb. 21. — Devalera. who
regards a split in the Sinn Fein par
ty as inevitable, is openly advocat
ing such a division, and in address-1
ing the convention today, said that ,
il would be bette" for Ireland to (
have two armies. e,.ch ready to as-j
sist the other if the country were i
imperilled, rather tian have one ar-1
my divided against itself.
SKXATOK JOHXSOX SCORES
KOI R l'OWER TREATY j
Washington, Feb. 23.—Senator
Hiram Johnson of California i
charged in a spef.h today in the,
senate that the sc late is asked to
act on the four power treaty, which
he characterizes as in "alliance that
had superceded the Anglo-Japanese
alliance without anv record or evi
dence. only literary gems having
been preserved."- i
MELI.OX FAVORS SALES TAX
Washington, Feb. 22.—Secretary
of the Treasury Veilon is said to
favor the sales tax plan for the fin
ancing of the sold.er bonus funds.
AMBASSADOR
HARVEY EEIS
J ROASTINGj
Chicago. Teh. 23.—A scathing de
nunciation of Colonel Harvey, the
American ambassador to the court
or St. James, in which he urged that
Harvey ho recalled and his "recent 1
performances erased from the rec
olec on of man", was made by Sen '
ator Heed of Missouri last night. |
Senator Reed made a speech be- [
fore the Chlcagc Council of thei
Friends of Irish Freedom.
Mi:« 1IAMCS OFFERED
l.ONt; JOBS BIT MI ST
INVEST MOXKY
Philadelphia. Feb. 22.—A local
newspaper is carrying advertise-;
merits for machinists, carpenters,
elwricians and ste-im engineers and
offer »g five years employment at
good wages.
The ad also ca- ries a provision
thai cat ■ man employed invest one
thousands dollars in the enterprise;
being promoted.
Wot Ml TRANSFEtt COAL
U riVlTU S To I)KPARTMKNT
OF THE INTERIOR :
I
Washington. Feb. 22.—The trans- j
for to the department of the inter-i
ior of the uctiv.ties of the navy de- |
part men in connect.on with the de
velopment of coal fields for naval
purposes in Alaska has been rec-.
otntnended by secrMarv Denby.
The board of naval officers engag-'
ed in the work, l! e navy secretary j
s;:id. would complete its report in I
April of this year.
PRUT. AGAIN RESTORED
IN IRISH PARLIAMENT
Dublin. Feb. 22—Devalera an-'
tiouucrd to the convention today j
lhat an agreement between the op- J1
posing factions in the treaty fight j'
!iad been reached. A three months' 1 '
idjouvnment of tht convention will
ic taken, he decla.ed. pending the I
Framing of a const'tution for a new j
Irish Free State.
The threatened split in the Sinn|^
k'' in ranks has beet. averted by priv
ite conference btiween Griffiths, jl
?ollins ar.d Devalera.
It is understood that during the j\
liree months' recess the Sinn Feinj*
• illament will continue to func
il \\ AND WOMAN JI MP
OVKRROARR AND DROWN
San Francisco. Feb. 21.—Mrs. Al
ee Hills of Los Angeles and a pns
•enster named Harold Hollowav of
San Francisco jumped from the
Mathon liner Buckeye State and
ivere drowned.
The couple made the leap into the
water when the vessel was three
hundred miles sout-i of Los Angeles.
Neither of the todies was recov
ered.
WELL KNOWN SHIP MASTER
PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND
Oakland. Feb. 22.—Captain J. J.
Bonnet, a well known Pacific coast
mariner, died here today.
Captain Bennett commanded
many of the big steamships run
n ng out of San Frmcisco and other
Pacific ports for a number of years.
Peter Ferguson tame over from
Bennett on the lust train and is
spending a few days in Skagway. |
Pete is one of the old timers and
has been in the employ of the W. P.
& V. Route for many years.
He will go back to Bennett on to
morrow's train.
Washington. Feb. 23.—Alaska
fared will in the bill carrying the
appropriations for the department
of commerce and labor which has
just been reported into the house
The coast geodetic survey gets
$314,309, I5S.739 to be used to
operate on the I'acific coast two oil
burning vessels in Alaska.
The lighthouse lervice gets one
hundred and t»fn j-Sre thousand i
Nome pioneer mixing
COMPANY GIVES PURCHASE
OITloN ON PROPERTY
Seattle, Feb. 22.—Contracts were
signed yesterday whereby the the
Pioneer Mining company of Nome
gave W. P. Hammond an option to
purchase all their holdings in the
Nome district.
The contract gives Hammond the
right of possession and obligates
him to enter into a:tive mining and
operate with the present equipment
next summer.
Hammond will grt to Nome on the ;
first boat when navigation opens and
will take with him J. Edwards. as
chief mining engineer Edwards
was for years connected in the same
capacity with the Alaska Mines cor
poration in Nome.
WASHINGTON SENATOR
READS WASHINGTON'S
FAREWELL TO SENATE
Washington. Feb 22.—Senator
Miles Poindexter of Washington
read George Washington's farewell
address to the senate at the Wash- ,
ington Birthday ceremony today.
WOn.n INVESTIGATE
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
Washington. Feb. 22.—A resolu
;ion was introduced in the house by
Representative I'ndfrhill today call
ng for an invest Ration of the
Jeorge Washington Memorial asso
•iation. which is i.t charge of the
erection of the Victory Memorial
>uilding.
The memorial is in honor of those
a*ho served in the nation's wars.
dollars for aid to navigation In Al
aska
The fisherios bureau eel* for Al
aska thirty eight thousand two
hundred dollars, »nd also thirty
one thousand six hundred and thir
ty dollars for the operation of ves
sels in Alaska.
For what is knovn as the Alaska
general service of ^sheri»«s bureau,
one hundred and sixty-five thousand
dollars is granted
CHARGES THAT
ATTKM1T W AS MA!»K TO
KII>N\I* l.l\PKQER<i
San Francisco, Feb. 22—A charge
that the San Fram.aco police are in
collus.un with twe agents of the
district atlorne> s office in Tacoma,
who attempted to kidnap Jalet Lin
deoerg and take hi.a hack to Ta
coma to stand trial for bank wreck
ing charges which jre against him
i here, has been maue by Undeberg s
'
habeas corpus writsj.
It is cU.ined that the kidnappers
desisted only at the point ol a gun
in the hands of . H. Jletzoa, a
brother-in-law of L.ndeberg'8,
It is said that two automobiles
and an aerop.ane were to have been
employed in the kidnapping.
WKLI. KNOW \ \LASK \\
l'ASSl* A WAV IN SKATTI.K
ScalUe. Feb. 22.—John T. Heed,
former deputy cleri. of the coun At
Nome and June.iu. and later feder
al court commissioner at llyder. Al
aska. d ed !.«re loilay alter a short
Illness.
lieed was prominent as a Mason
and Arctic Bromt.nood and took
leading parts in hith orgaci7aiioiis
for many years.
COIVTY \TTt)K\KY REMOVED
FOK CONSPIRACY To EXTORT
Boston. Feb 22. -District Attor
ney Joseph C Fel eiier of Suffolk
county was removed from office by
the supreme court.
Pelletier was lound cuilty in this
court for conspiracj to extort.
THE HIE P
YUKON ROE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Semee between Skaguav and UTiitehorse
during the Winter Season,
For information regarding passenger and freight rates apply to
H- Wbeeler General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash.