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— — YEAR "" SR.10XVAY, ALASKA, THIR8DAY. MAT l«. Ml • rWn! IE" «*"
Ml GRABS WHEEL;
RESULTING III DEATH
Seattle. May IS.—Mrs. Genevieve
Marcum, the wife of Charles Mar
cum. a merchant, and her sister,
"Mrs. Agnes Pund, were driving near
Lake I'nion bridge yesterday after
noon. They were riding in the car
of George Carlson, finace of Mrs.
Pund. with the lat'er driving. Mrs.
Murium became exc'ted and grabbed
| the steering wheel, causing the ma
chine to plunge thru the railing of
the bridge into the lake. Mrs. Mar
cuin was drowned but Mrs. Fund
! escaped.
KIT WIHS
OVER ALTER
Philadelphia, May 17.—The in
complete returns which have come
In from the primaries of yesterday,
indicate that Alter Das defeated Clif
ford Pinchot in the Republican gu
bernatorial contest, for the nomin
ation. .
PINCHOT LEADS IN*
PRIMARY VOTES
Philadelphia, May IS.—While the
count on the primary rote for the
sovernorship in this state Is not
complete, tn-j nominvion of O.lToid
Pinchot is conceeded by the Repub
lican leaders.
Later—Yhe returns thus- far in
indicate ti at Pinchot has t.ie lead
by S27 11 ies over Alter The re
turns are in for 7,09'J pre incts out
of a total of 7.934 pwincti to Le
l.eard ftom Senator Pepper. Re
publican candidate for the unex
pired term of Penrow. won in the
nominati •'< over his opponeut. Con
gressman W J. Burke
Bl ILDLNti KIREI) IN LABOR WAR
Chicago, May 17.—In open defi
ance of the efforts of the Chicago
police to check the outbreak In the
lul>>r warfare In this city for the
pa'i: two months by which the city
• in been terrorized. Been last
iii)»bt when a spectacular fire broke
oui in and uartially destroyed a
S'>i«-nty-apartraent btvimur >.-:-lch
was under col struction in the heait
of the wealtny resident:} district.
TO ERECT SEVEN
BI(. HOSPITALS
Washington. May 17.—President
Harding has given his approval to
the bill which provides for the erec
tion of seven hospitals to care for
the mental cases which have grown
out of the war. One of these hos
pitals is planned for Camp Lewis.
TORNADO CITS TWO-MILE PATH
Aguaduldee. Texas. May IS.—A
tornado struck this section of the
country and cut a path two miles
wide and sixteen m:les long. Twen
ty people were Injured and half a
million dollars In damage resulled
from the storm.
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KU KlUX SUM
ME SCWFLE
Seattle. May 17.—The Ku Klux
Klan Initiated a clivss of 26S candi
dates for that order in this city. F.
M. McEarlin. the . epresentative of
the national organization. officiated
at the Initiation. He declared,that
the class included 67 professional
men. He sta'ed that it was the first
of a series of classes to be initiated
In Seattle.
KIMi ALBERT DECORATES HILl.
Brussels, May 17.—Samuel Hill of
Seattle was decora'ed by King Al
bert of Belgium Saturday. The
decoration was ti;t' Order of the
Commander of tin Crown of Bel
gium. This was in recognition of
the service Mr. Hill rendered Bel
gium.
ACTRESS DIES IN
DRESSING ROOM
Chicago, May 15.— Eugenia Blair,
one of the actresscs who was play
ing in "Anna Christie" at the Cort
theater, died in her dressing room
at the theater shortly after her ap
pearance in the performance of the
play.
\K\V ltl.OOD FOR
MILITARY Pt\STS|
Washington, Ma/ IS.—Twenty
three new men havs been appointed
for minor service in the Washing
ton and Alaska mil.tar}' system. The
men whom these new officers replace
will be sent to Fort Lawton, Seattle.
BOWIE PRINCE
GETS It LACK EYIi
Manila. May 17.—When Gover
nor Wood saw his Royal guest, the
Prince of Wales, whom he had in
vited to luncheon, he beheld the
Prince with a black, eye aud a band
aged foreheud. But the Governor
and the Prince did not let a trilling
thing of that kind prevent their tak
ing lunch together.
Phone 126 and Kellers will de
liver ice cream Sunday in time for
dinner. Order either a three flavor
brick of neapolitan or plain. We
will pack It to ketp for hours.
SPECIAL AT1ENTI0N
If, In the handling of your business, anything should occur
that U not entirely satisfactory, we should consider it a favor
if yon would call this to onr attention, or if there is any serv
ice this bank could render yon, individually, or to the com
munity, that It does not now render, we should be glad to en
tertain any suggestion, consistent with sound banking.
YOURS FOR SERVICE
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SKAGWAY, ALASKA
GEIF
IN AFTER
HARD EFFORT
New York. May 17.—The police
of New York had *. hard time get
ting four men whom they were af-1
ter. They had seaiched nine hours,,
and had diverted traffic from the
block and a solid cordon of officers I
was placed around it. They finally j
located the four men In a loft of a i
building on Fifth avenue. They |
were arrested on the charge of bur
glary.
AK.MY SKT AT 140,000
Washington. May 18.—An army
of one hundred and forty thousand
men with 12,530 officers has been
agreod upon by the Senate appro
print ous committee.
KILLS MOTHER
IS
Okanogan, May 1"—Mrs. Annabel
Jones Thell was housekeeper for Joe
Ladd. an orchardist of this place
She has a *ix-year-old daughter.
Dorothea Arta Jones. When the
mother punished her daughter Ladd
became so enraged that he killed
both mother and daughter and then
shot himself.
PRESIDENT GETS
NARCOTIC BI1.L
Washington, May 17.—The anti
narcotic bill which passed the Sen
ate recently, was sent to President
Harding for his signature yesterday
afternoon
PACI Of EIGHT MllS
IKSTEAO OF 1EITHE
Genoa, May IS.—If we cannot
have ten years of non-aggression in
Europe we will agree to eight
months. This has been announced
as the derision which has been ar
rived at by the plenary council In
Genoa. Sir Edward Gray announc
ed on behalf of the British delega
tlon thie afternoon that further ad
vices had been received from the
United States government, and tha;
it did not seem likely that the Uni-I
ted States would participate In the
Hague meeting, at least until the
9cope of that melting was better
understood.
SONS OK REVOLUTION
ELECT ADAMS
Springfield, Max.. May 17.—Ma
jor, Washington, I. L. Adams of
Montclalr. N. J., was elected Pres
ident General of the Sons of the Am
erican Revolution. He had no op
position.
BOOTLEGGERS CAUGHT
IN CALIFORNIA
Long Beach, May 17.—One man
was shot and drowned and four were
arrested, a launch and two trucks
with 193 cases of whiskey were
seized here today. The seizure fol
lowed a battle between the police
iviid the liquor smugglers In the har
bor.
oi l) GUARD GETS SEVERE JOLT
Washington, May 18.—The Tic-]
tory of Plnchot, following that of
Senator Beveridge in Indiana, has
dealt the old guard In this city
something of a Jolt. The adminis
tration is concerned over the de
velopments which those reverses
soem to indicate.
HOMINGS WILL EIGHT
IN BELFAST
Belfast. May IS.—Eight people in.
eluding five Sinn Fein gunmen, were
killed in the battles and the bomb
ings here today.
BASE BALL DANCE
You recall that a dance Is to be
given at the White Pass club this
Saturday night and all are invited.
The proceeds of the dance are to go
to pay the expenses of our boy« to
the celebration and the purchase of
supplies, such as shoes, etc.
Every Skagway fan wants the
boys to go over fully equipped so
they can bring back the prize. We
have more than the usual amount of
material this year and the outlook
for a crack team is good. The boya
are out every evening for practice.
Come and have a good time at the
^dance.
HARD1XU SKKKS TO
Cl'RB PROFITEERS
Washington. May »S —President ;
Harding haa called a conference of
the coal operators to meet In Wash
ington. The Pr?.i.ideQ'. has In mini
an attempt to ?e_ the operators to
rt;ch so agreeritut wbeteoy tin I
pioneering In io»l will be curbed j
dining the coal afike. 'i be confer-j
en'.# will be hetl today
SKXATOR CAMERON
IS ACQl'ITTED [
Phoenix, Aril., May 18.—The in
dictment In which Senator Cameron [
la charged with perjury in eonnec- J
tion with the question of his cam- j
paiga expenses, baa been dismissed I
SOVIET AMBASSADOR
TO GERMANY
Washington, May 18.—Otto Weld
feldt is the first Soviet Ambassador
to Germany. la an interview he
stated that the failure to aid Rus
sia at the present time is the cause
for Europe's backward return to
normalcy.
Mr. Maurice Goding is making ex
tensive improvements on his house.
He has raised the building about
two feet and is now putting in the
forms, preparatory to putting in a
three-foot concrete wall. The sand
and material for the wall is being
taken out of the basement, which
will give him a full basement un
der the bouse.
Mr. Kenneth Hanan is gradually
getting his enlarged garden in shape
for the summer season The remov
al of the buildings and trees at the
front will give him one of the prize
garden spots In Skagway.
HOSPITAL IX ROME
BtftXS; NINETEEN DEAD
Rome. May 18.—The Santo Splr
ito hospital near St. Petera, burned
today. Nineteen of the inmates of
the hoapital met death in the fire.
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MOTORSHIP OIO RUNS
ON OREGON BEEF
j Seattle, May 17.—The Northern
I Commercial company's motorship
Ozmo is bound fro® San Frandscc
I to Seattle, where alie will lake on
| freight and cargo fcr her trip to the
' Kuskokwlm. She struck a reef off
Cape Blanco, on the southern Ore
gon coast, during the night. The
crew took to the lifeboat* and at
four thia morning the vessel floated
off the re«f, but she wag leaking
badly and In a sinking condition, ac
cording to radio messages. The'
steamer Wllliamet'e is hastening to
pick up the crew and to render any
other aid which she may.
WILL1AMKTTK CKTS IN
TOIVH WITH oZMO
Marthfleld, May IS—The s'ea n
er Wllliamelte, which went to aid
the disabled motorship Ozmo. reach
ed the latter ship with the tug 'V: r
less is attempting to tow ti.e motor
ship Into port.
NOW THK DAISY
HAS THK WRKI K
Seattle. May 18.—Further wire-j
less messages on the wrecked Ozmo |
state that the Otmo was picked np
by the Palsy. and a* she was again
about to lx> dashed on the rocka.
having been loat for four hour* by
the Williamelte. the Palsy. with her
in tow. now appears to he headed
for Astoria instead of Marshfleld.
There has l>een a good deal of sus
pense for 21 hours, but the crew
and the vessel ■ safe and likely
to remain afloat, tho the hold* are
wpII filled with water.
MOTORSHIP OZMO
T \ KK\ IN TOW
Marshfleld. M.. IS —The disabled
motorsh:p Uatno. which went on a
reef near here and afterward float
ed. Is intow of i'ie steamer Pals),
arid Is being br> :ht into Coos bay
barber. despite the fog A radio
gram received from the l.a(.i<naina
to the Knglewood naval ridlo su
tlon indicates thai the entire crew
of the Oziuo. consisting of Captain
Worth ami seventen men. ere aboard
the P:ils\ The rad.o message sta'.-d
that the S S Willlamette. wtlch bad
gone out to pick up the disable boat
got lost in tl.e fog and failed to con
nect with the (Izmo
YOl XCi McCORMU K
TO WED niVORl KK
Chicago. May 17.—Chicago society
has had one of the biggest sensa
tions of many a day handed to it. in
the announcement that Fowler Mc
Cormick. bod of Harold McCormick,
the harvester millionaire, and at
present a student in Princeton I'ni
versity, is planning to wed Mrs An
na Stlllman. who is being sued by
Banker Stillman of New York for
a divorce. "The Ohaperon" says
that as soon as the divorce can be
secured young McCormick will mar
ry the woman who came into the
limel.ght a few months ago
Martin Itjen. whUe hauling a big
timber to the 22 street bridge, had
the misfortune to fall from the l"g
and the front wheel passed over both
his legs just above the knees Doc
tor Runnalls attended him and re
ports that no bones are broken, but
he was severely bruised and will
probably be laid up for a few days
MtKSIPKNT \\ I I.I.
him: stkki. m u.n %tks
Washington. May IS — President
Harding has Invited fort\ at the
leading steel matiu!acturer» to din
ner at the W'hitebouse tonight. On
Saturday n*ght lie »i!l have at lit*
guests I wen IT I>f the railroad presi
dents of the t'nili-! Slate* The sig
n Hi can re of the gathering 0; i ci-e
men is not given out.
lliMXuNs T<> INyl IKK
|\To Kill t ITIOVlI, PRfMIRAM
London. May IS—The Brltrah
Cabinet I.as divided to deter to the
w sties of ihe House of Commons
and appointe a committee to inquire
Into the educational program on
which the government was d'f-ated
hy a nariow majority las; night.
This wm the announcemeifi made
hy Chamberlain. the RO\emr>ent
leader In the House thl« afternoon.
flnhvr'lv for Ihe t>«ll» Alaskan.
THE GATEWAY ROUTE TO
Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-Weekly Train Sen-ice between SLaguav and \XTutehorie
during the Winter Season.
Fot information regarding pauenger and freight ratet apply to
H- Wheeler- General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash