SKAGNVAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 1921 PRICE 10 CENTS
shorn
MESSENGERGEJS
1670,000.00 III
BONDS
Chicago Feb 2ti—William Dal ton
a messenger boy seVoiiteen y^nr*
old disappeared with JUT0,000,(Km
'worth of Liberty bonds from thq
Northern Trust' ComPany.
isiipcf
IN IDE CABINET
■Washington Feb 25—Many organ
ized ia&or leaders joined in a tele
gram »> Pr-fcldpiit Elect Hardini;
this afternoon ur?ing him to uP
iHjlut JanJ<'s 1 Hincan Quincy of
.Mass. as Secre'ary of I^abor.
Washington Feb 26.—Harding
seat word todi}" to tfcg Republic1 n
leaders of tlio Senate that he desir
ed adequate1 appropriations f°r th©
jaavy and that he fatVored contin
uing the Present building Program
without material reductions.
HIU,
10 5E WEDDED
Ixjndon Feb. 25—Mrs Torino-?
>r4'tS*iney the \vid,ow of the late
Lord ilayor of Cork wiil be mar
ried toArt O Brlen secretary of the
Irish self determining League.
SEATTLE PUTS SIS
lOililNT.OI
STREET GARS !
I Seattle Pt>b 2G—The city treamr- J
fr of Settle yesterday artert»oon!;
wired S^one an<i W"ebster thrt.e liu:i
dr'Vl an seventy fi\0 'hous-lnd dot
liars in Payment of *lx niontfm in
; teresf du0 on thf. Purchase ef til '
I *troi-t railways. Fourtol.n "eUi^
' »n*'d the »ity >0 I revolt the Payin, u'
| of this iut» rest hu* Pu t t!i Ir ca»
: The interest is jue March first.
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Peking Feb —The .\n'ericn'' |
Rtil Cross reiof organization which
it; working in China to re'ievp t': •
terrible situation in tha' 1 aid i l
Visit in qn0 disiricr a e. r
the intuitu* siiowet' that i f
relief arrived all girls in that dis
trict bet w>en nine at>d fou: to> n '
yvjars (!;" a.-o in two Vitl::Kes '■ d
been soJJ".
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Washington Fe'j 2C—Acr^. Ins '
all tli® House uwei.iimet'.ts th S -
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Miui'rlatiiiu 1 i.l r.nd s^nt i' tu i >
Proeii'^jS.t. Th . bill carrus i i
DPProi>rl;iUon >■! 1 ml- inn.
Senate i\grc' J 'o lijc J1 >use n .
meat of on>- a ij on0 t urlli mi'. .< u
for the traii.vi\intintn,)<I s-ir n
service.
Colon Kib 2o —Tile 1\ ci.lc :iir
Jforce which fl v. from S:a
to Colon early tiits y. ar has <-t.ir: >'
cn the return
S^awA A^our \vOtox 'Ooxdw
Keep your savings, your surplus mone> in your c>\. 11 con:
munity—where it belongs—and where it will work for ycu
over and over again.
Money in your HOME BANK wiih help build roads, st'o
port schools, and aid your local compan-es and bur-mess
houses and make certain YOLR pay roll. It wiU bring new
business to your town and thus give you more (or your dollar
when you buy. New business increases the value of your
property and decreases your taxes. A man or woman wiih a
bank account never worries about hard times.
Bank of Alaska
S YR UPS,
AT LOWER PRICES
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple L'} pound tins
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple .. j pound tins
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple 10 pound tins
Pure Maple Sap from Vermont "J: pound tins
Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian pound tins
Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian "> pound tins
P. H. GANTY
MI? CASES
ATTEND FISTIC
:i.l! ■ Fc.b 21»—-About t»o hun
i woman were Present Jaut night
at Ui0 Legion benefit affair In tfco
UreamSand rink. From _th0 balcony
rail to the c»ruer of tho Dreamland
desciP'es of Ann Morgan
. .,-rcd thru smoke and watched s,
, 1 boxers smear taeh oilier with
i i^ht oitntoe gloves in the beiiefj.
K. i^iuiance.
Washington Feb 25—Hebert Hoov
er telei'lioned Harding that he would
acc^'Pl the Post a3 Secretary of Com
merce la 'be now eablnet.
£t Ailgu Une Fob 20—Harding
'.a.it!e formal •inpounccaient today
i f thc aPPoinUik-nt of Hoover and
Wallace to be sicretari4s of Com
i:i rcy and Agrisul'ure r©;PJCtiveI
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'.Vjjl.ington F'"o 2'!—He<>nt d«
lrmea:s In Mo Dt!''-rtmeiit of i
.'i ta I'raV'j that the warrant.
1 tl 0 ;.rr vt aucl d^'ortation
i.i l r.Mrie'.-s tlK> 3ovict aRen'
was recently dU>orted had bee"
>C lied. Thij was acknowledged
.. iHfi'^rtuient of Labor. Tlio '
-i. i :,t :it however d«nied that this
i wi u!.1 1',.11'itt him to immediate-!
r t :rn to 'he l'nited States
A'aska Loses i
Cutter Bear
Sin Franclsuo Feb 23—On0 o
tho fixture? in marine life In Alas'
Uci is th<* revenue cutter B^ar which j
i mad,, the 'ril> to the norther
n's'- I'oint in Alaska for many yeraa
>e.:rs and is '.he most noted ship
S.Alaska. This Cut'0r is to be
withdrawn from tli^ Atoslsa ser
vice and will be Permanently stat
ioned at San Diigo as a naval train
in. . h!iP.
Diamond Broker
Found Murdered
Los Angeles Kc'i 25—D (!r>'enbaum
i P.iwnt>roker of t]iis city 'nag found
murdered in a remotj section of
can Bernardino count}'. It is Pre
sumed. lit- was inurdergd for his
diamonds-.
Prapoganda
Thru All Armies
Washington Feb 25—The Russian
So\iet government has lau,nched a
world wld,. proPagnada the design
<i£ which is to wreck the discipline
o'f a>l rmiess rj tlie world es
pecially that of America. Briga
t'.fijor General Nolan the head of
the army intelli<;nece division of our
array told this to the Senate- inili
tiary committee. H<j stated that
the was most comPlet^.
St Augustin0 Fe,b 25—Prcsidcn<
e'ect Harding ia giving: Increased
attention to ttie reorganization of
Itho ©xo<"utive machinery, of tb0 ,
government. .Tnvolv,|fi Jn t.lie task i9
a ProPosal to abolish the shiPPing |
(board.
It, in Profosfd to Put a sort of '
draft executive tjody in its P'aca. ,
Ot»0 suggestion mad0' to the Presi
dent elecNis to take lhe various gov
ern,lu«nlal agents now dealing with
- :inc! railway Problems
and bring them together in a new
executive department to be called I
o ,t .".utme:it of transportation,
tation.
Olyiur'ia Feb 20—Tli0 State Asvn [
b!y yesterday iitoniioon i'assed the t
alien land bill. This meaiure fcl- J
'lows closely that rt-e6nt|j' Passed by'
California.. It prohibits a>liens who]
are ineligible tor citizenshiiP from
owning or leasing land in tha s'ate.
MISTOOK POISON i
FSf! IOIUE!
'
Seatt'o Feu 20—Jamra OXiel
auvd seMenty f»ur by mistake took.
CIS nu«led;ie i dose or tho, Pois >! 1
cliomlc-'ils u.- '1 'lo cloaJUe the chick
en cool'. ire dropped dead after i
ia Icing u- 1
1
Reds' Attempt
Proves Fizzle
Paris "Feb 25—The French nre
constructing a big e'0ctrical works
at Genn,JviUers just north of Par
ish The company lias Itad some
trouble with the en>pl°y<><:8 and an
JnoTinoed' a lockout of tho employ
ees. This wis th0 signal for the
icimPjjjleos to refuse to quit their
Places and the rt,d flag was raised |
dn'r the worica.
Paris Feb 26—The att^mPt mad.
jo ei'day. lo iovietize the tflctrical
works bteing constructed at. Ggnne
.ti iers ended, in a dismal failure.
This was the information given out
by th0 PoIice a°d military authori
ties- •
Prison Terms Done
By Substitutes
New York Feb 25—Prohibition
ag'^nfts charge that saloon keePers
who are sentenced to jail for viola
thcm of the, Vc'stefid act ar0 sub
stituting dummies to serve their
jail termg.
Eastern Star
To Entertain
tVaomi chapter No. 9 Order of '
•the Eastern S'ar will give an in
formal soci°l Tuesday eVgiilng at
8:30 o'clock at Masonic Ua]l, This
will bo in the na*uro of a "Get To
gether meeting al? members of the
order and llasons and their ladies
[ ai'o cc'rdialjTr Invited to be Pres
|ent* ..u _• i uili.Hl
DM AND NIGHT
I
IsVw York Feb 25—The l^q^ne
cross c'ontlnenta1 mail teat la diec-m
ed so satisfactory fby the I'Ogti Of
fice dt>,r>:irtinent that a continuous
;ilr mail service will be established
;n New York and Ban Francis
co. The route wi'l be established
by way first according to annoiaxc
mcjnt by tli© Postal attfhbriue®.'
New York Feb 25—Tbe Btarvlng
,iu China are to taica the Mac® °®
this Poor oj ELroPe In the hearts
■of a generous Amfirica isald Thom
as \V. Lamont. Lamont Is ch&lr
man of the China famine fund com
mittee. He has ibeen giving out
reports received through the state
department from Charles R Crane
American minister..
mm BEATEN
M OWN GUI
Berlin Feb 26—German counter
f.-i'ons have boen Playing a losing
gime with Russian Boviet sharPers
bullion of counterfeit marks hare
been Printed and ^changed with rea
idants of soviet Russia for goljd
dUiJt. Rut the Russian gold
dust iPPears to hav0 taken on a
counterfeit character as weJJ as the
PaPer marks. It waa found when
examined to be nothing more than
Powdered (bronze
Colon Feb 25—An ePid^miq of
Ismail Pox h^s broken out on t^ei
dneadnaughlt MisslsslPPi of the Paci
fic fleet. Tlia Vesse1 'will sal] nortl
wi'h thie fleet but she will bg In
strict quarentlne.
Washington Feb 25—The Wash
ington government has taJcen an un
equivocal!/ stand that it hps a voic^
in the Question of the disposition
of the former overseas Poi-ti>sion i
of German^.
I Becre(jar>-> of State Co'by in his
note to thg L&igue of Nations coun
cil made Puhlio last night submits
in that lfote the contentuto that
the disposition of t^e ''oss^sion
<ann(ot be undertaken or 0ff;.c: li
lted withtout the "sseint dt the Un
ited States which has conceded1}
an 0qual vplCe In their disposition.
Seattle Feb 25—John Loernzi an
Alas (an (was returning from Vancou
ver B Cj jwhen he ran over a dog
ati Jtfoupt Vernon and caPpized his
auto. Loernzi was dang0rousl>- in
jured and was remaved to a hos-.
Pital. The aocident t^sKflosed the
fact tb'atj the auto was loaded to,
capacity with whisker. The Po
loe( conflfKjated, the machine and its
contents.
WILL OUSI CIVIL
SERVICESfSTEM
St Augustine Feo 25—Harding in
dicted torfday that lie lnt6nds to
tfva order of gome rears Paet. This
orderUactlcally i"aces Pos<m's
terthiPs under the clrll service.
Sail Diego F^t) 25—The LemPera
aura In thia city ran up to 88 ia
the shad© ihU ajternoon.
Marlon Feb 25—Before Hording
leiroa his home town of .Marion for
the Inauguration ceremonies his
ipefghljora and frlends Plan to Si^'o
him a big reception and farpweU.
THE HIE PASS &
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY R#UTE OF
COMFORT SRRVIGK SAFETY
FOR
Yukon Territory, Atlia District and
Interior Alaska
Semi-weekly Train 8«rrice lwtweaa Skagaay
and Whitehoree during tk« wintfer wasou
Full information regarding paaMigar and freight rates
upom applying- to
H. Wheeler, 6«**ral nanager
Skaguay, Alaska
•r
510 Alaska Builaing, Seattle. Wash.