No. 4 TWENTY FOURTH YEAR
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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1921 ' PRICE 10
CENTS
Seat tie Feb S—The counties of
JeOVrtun uuj Clallam W*Te visited
bv a severe cjMon® on Jan. 2Sth.
The i*iort which reached Port Tow
tend I ' Leifoy smith a road super
visor stated that a hundred families
aro provisioulosa, farms arp stiiv>—
Pcd' of their buildingp and live
stock a hundred million f<\»t of til
t)«r has bee«v uprooted and kindrid
damages done. Th« estimated oc**t
will rim into the millions.
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FOB LIFE
Los Angeles Feb 8—Mr3 Louise
L. Peef who was trled for the mur
der of Jacob Cliaries Denton waa
found guilty of the murder by a
fiury °nj the penalty was fixed as
life Imprisonment.
Xew York F«b S—Governor Hard
leg of the federal reseifr* board in
discussing the credit expansion said
that business was rapidly reaching
a new level and It is also approach
ing a sci nd and sane basis
HEARSi MILS P.
Sentl® F«-b 8—The negotiations
which fcav® b«en carried on by
Heojst for th* purchase of th« (
Seattle F. I. ar« declared of'
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Seafle Feb S—Ashmuu Brown
the P. I. corriiTotidont wire J his
paper from Washington yesterday
that the Pacific Coast would not
b« represented in ilarding's Cabinet.
Th'H 1 Tjii«-'r Uaitgd St^te3 sena
tor Henry F. Llppit of Rhode is
land was a s^i'0 shot for the Poit
lollo at cecretary of Comnie' Je
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Mexico City Feb i>—Sunday w.n
thjrt day of ttie arrival of forei.- a
radical for a meeting hero t:> •
fourteenth. Since they came th"r •
have o 'en fro bomb explosions and
the authorities f*ar t''-at thlce a*c
the beginning of an inauguration i t
p relga of terror.
S»*t I.eke IM> S—City dot-ct
George P- Hamb.v sif t •!
by Toia Burns in a local h«>li-l
day A r. id by the i' lice off;- !.
»as being cani-d out In th" a- .
When Hambj's room v.a.; r-a lit"
lice chief Jost'i'li Burbride v
lading and as Kara- shot H ini
the CLM turned his tun upon B
ami bliot him. Hums L.< d:-irg
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P. H. GANTY
"Washington Feb. 8—A joint re
solution of Congress stopping all en
listmea'v until ih* army 0- reduc
ed to 175000 me'n was passed Sun
day night by the House over Presi
dent Wilson's veto. The Senate is
expectt-d to tak0 a like action.
Washington Feb 8—The Hou,s«
yesterday unanimously passed a hi"
authorizing' the construction of five
hat^itals for the disabled workl war
V®t«rans. The amount named in th
Ult was $12,500,000.
1'arii I^b S—A number of Rus
sian lommunlots were c-VPeIled fronl
Franco. Connected with their e-x~
inilsJou was the imprisonment of
I'uuosi tho editor of lUuuanit® aud
M. U:iffulhes a former tecretary
general of the Federation of lab
or. The latter two wero ask^d to
i -•villain how they came to have
ciiocJis in the'ir possession for ten
thousand francs eaci' l',e checks
having been signed by Dr. Z. Dan
si. i known as tli^ e>'e Moecow.
I'ittsbors Kan. F«'b. 8—The Pres
i.Uiu i t tUe Kansas coal minei^
Mr. tlownt and five members of the
i:i * i t executive board were brot
h a.re Jiiflg® Currfan today. The
r^-g [!)0d against tho^e men
, i hat they have violated the in
j notion forbidding thBtn to call a
. ; • f r 1/ii u»ILL
ills TITLE
New York Feb. 8—Britton the
v r vMght champion of th0 world
ilojii.i'ud the title last night in a
fcou: with T°d Lowils tlie English
oil. The f'fht laatt-d fif
te> n rounds in lladison Square Gar
den and the judges gave tho decis
is ti l>ritton.
Says Mexican Is A
Government Of
The Workers
"Washington Feb S—Samual Com
rrs head of tho Federation of Lab
or just returned from the conventio
at M«slcO City. Gompers declares
in an interview that the Mexican
government comes «a near to being
a governniant of and for the work
ing pecpie as any on earth. Gom
p'-rs attended the Pan American Fed
'ration of Labor in Mexico City.
V.'»shington Feb. 8—TV Ho<us®
r solution which directed that en
listments be stopped until the ar
ray is reduced to 175000 bgC&me
a law today>. The Senate pa^d
the resolution with but a single
vote. i
Seattle Feb. 8—Chi0t Engineer
.f.Ier.rs of the government) railroad
liuildins; in Alaska ann.ounced that
as t'.io road was Hearing completion
the shipment!; to Alaska this year
i w ould only be about thirty Per cent
• of lan y.earfe movement. Tie stated
, that tu is assembling a lot of coal
j washing machinery for the Matan
[ uska coal fields. _
N'tw York Feb S—John McDonald
who r.3 th0 istar witness trial and
who wJiffs the government witness
who identified Mooney as the man
who dynamitod thc preparedness ra
r°de in San Francisco has confessed.,
He stated that hi3 testimony was
falie according to attorney Frank P
Walsh who announc0d today that
McDonald's affadavit was telegraph
ed to ian Francisco wh&re the iPeQ
ial grand jury Is investigating the
Mceney case. '
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Wa'hlngton Feb S—President AVil
pv- is planning to take six months
of absolute rest and recreation so
soon as he shall hav0 turned over
the dutieg of his office to his suc
cessor.
National Demos In
St. Louis On
March I
■Washington Feb 8—Forty-nine
of tlie cna hundred and six m«m
b°rs of the democratic national com
mittee reqquogted chairman White to
call a, meeting of ht0 commltttee for
March first at St. Louis, Mo.
Monocles Are Now
Taboo In Germany
j Berlin Feb S—The governm6nt hag
placed the l>an on the wearing of
monocles by the Security Police.
The order which vafe promulgated
stated that this was no time for Ger
many to be Bay
| Seattle Feb 8—Miss Aiice Uiley
22 y^ars of age conf^ed to the po
lice tuuay that she had committed
a score of residence burglaries.
Seattle Feb S—Announcing them
selves a., the pupils of Schmitt the
condemned bandit a boy and girl
las' night held iup three men in the
Standard Oil gap /Station on fourth
Ave and secured ?125.00.
i Funeral services for the late
Chester A. Thomas were held on
January 19tli*in the chap«l at Moun
Pl«asaDt cemetery- Seattle. Crema
tion followed and the remains were
Bent to Berkeley Cal. where Mrs.
Th>>mas and children now reside
j Many were pr^pent at the (service
including a number of rorthern
' friends who ara ePending the win
jter in Seattle.—'WTiltehorso Star.
THREAT OF DISMEMBERMENT
IF GERMANY DOES NOT PAY
P«rls F&b 8—Prance la In a de-e
perato mood. She Is for taking
drastic action in case Germany re
fi sea to Pajt the Indemnity. Dismem
ber her ia the threat France Is mak
ing today. Erland the Frenoh Pre
mier declared that he would not
movc one miIImatter frfom his posi
tion which is» for dlsmemhGfTLient if
she does not take her punishment.
He declared Germany was guilty and
Germany must Pay. I
pL^ndon Feb 8—-A d^Patch from
.Antfytrj; gives the information that
th* Germans are still without change
oil he*rt In ^entlaJfe; that go to
majw the kcejpin.g of a contract. In
this Instance it is the delivery of
aeroplane^. Those which are peach
ing tha allies come witih essential
ixairtfl missing and others are being
Intentionally damaged to kefcP their
constructional aecrets.
ALLIES SEEK 10
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Washington Feb. 8—The allied
governments have proposed to the
United State* that «he cancel their
indebtedness to her. Secretary Hone
ton told th« Senate Irry-Hsti gating
committee that he had informed the
allies that such & proipoBal was un
tliinkable and that all requtstjn have
been r6fused. ., I j ;
All BILL
Washington Feb 8—Th^, Army biJ
carrying an appropriation of 329
Million and roviding for a regular
araiy of 150000 In 1922 paused the
House todav. Th« House sent the
m e« o u "e Paftscd to the Senate vir
tually a> It cam© from the appropri
ations committee- :
San Francisco Feb. 8—Mrs. Ellz
aVth Thompson former comedy far
orlt^ and known 83 Betsy Daxling
w«s burafed to death in the fire
which dijstroyed her !homo.
Athens Feb 8—M. Gouu&nlz has
beeE( mode Minister of War.
PERSHING'S POR
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NLIDES
iFSiiladelphia Fab 8—The Knight
of Columbus liave requested th
Waji; DM>t and France to givq Pei
mfcsion to hang a fePe<aal portra:
of General Peifehlng in tha InvaJ
d<^. The announcement was mad
by auPfleme knight Flaherty of tli
Knlghtg of Oolumbus.
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LABOR REP'!
Washington F«b 8—PTe6ident Wil
son- y:-8terday turned down the re
quest of the representatives of the
ralli)o»d labor union that he Inves
tigate the railroad e^eoutlvcy claims
betar® th« railroad labor board.
He also declined to submit the mat
ter to Congrosb.;
L»wr*ncevllle 111. Feb. 8—Emmet
Bunyan teacher and six of the boy
popl&s of the crossroads school
w®rQ killed at the? school hou^e. A
can of nltro-glycerln® was picked up
by one of the boys and not knowing
wh*t It was a sudden Jar ■caused the
explosion and the deaths
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