MONDAY
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SITHKKLWD INTRODK KK
IMPORT A XT HILL
IN CONGRESS
Washington, Feb. 17—Delegate
Dan Sutherland introduced a Bill In
Congress last Saturday which' was
referred to the Committee on Terri
tories, and which proposed that the
Governor and Secretary of Alaska
he elected by the people of Alaska,
instead of being appointed for a four
year term. The Bill proposes salar
ies of seven and five thousand dol
lars respectively annully and to be j
paid by the territory. Their duties j
to be the same as now provided.
The BUI provides that no persons j
except citizens of the United States j
of more than 30 years of age and \
who have been bonaflde residents of
Alaska for three years immediately
proceeding the election shall bo elig- j
ible to serve in either office.
LAFOLLETTE INTRODUCES
NEW RESOLUTION
Washington Feb. 18—Senator La-}
Follette introduced a resolution to J
the Senate last Saturday which di- j
recta that the Secretary of the In
terior send to Che Senate a copy of I
the, agreement between Fall and i
Den by regarding the transfer of J
Naval Coal Reserves in Alaska to •
the Interior Department and also I
calls for every scrap of correspon- (
dence and executive orders in the j
flies of the Navy and Interior De
partments relating to Alaska Coal j
leases and application for leases.
FRANCE MUST ROItROW
.10,000.000.000 FRANCS
Paris. Feb. 18—Premier Poincare
of France announced recently that
France must borrow thirty Billion
SAYS COOLIDGE WANTS
DEV BY TO RESIGN 1
Washington, Fob. 18—The rrs’et
nation of Secretary Denby will re
8ult from the abrupt halting V
President Coolidge of th* dirigible
Shenandoah's North Pole flight, it
was reported ir Navy circle* ami
th it the resignation will be imnv*di- j
ale In other quarters it was inti I
mated that President Coolidge may
have taken this step to afford Denby
ar opportunity to quit the Cabinet
voluntarily.
SECRETARY DENBY RKMIONED
TH1H MORNING
Washington. Feb. 18—Secretary
Denby resigned this morning follow
ing a telephone talk with President
Coolidge in which the latest aspects
of the situation were gone over.
In the light of Informatio>n passed
on to White House by Republican
leaders in Senate. hl« resignation
will be accepted immediately.
UNITED- STATES SKNATOR
SHOT IN WASHINGTON
Washington. Feb. 18 th—Frank
Greene, senior Senator from Ver
mont, was shot and seriously wound
ed last Friday night during a pistol
duel between Prohtbfon Agents and
Bootleggers. The Senator and Mrs.
Greene were out walking when the
former wtfs struck by a bullet fired
by either the bootleggers or the Dry
•Officers.
Washington, Fftb. 18—The condi
tion of Senator Greene, the victim
of a stray bullet in battle with pro
hibition officers and bootleggers,
was very grave this morning.
ROCHE ADOPTS
WALSH RESOLUTION
Washington. Feb. 18—The House
last Saturday adopted the Waltfh
resolution, which was for the be
ginning of proceedings to recover
/ sections 16 and 66. within Naval Oil
j Reserve Number 1 in California
/ and now operated by the Standard
Oil Company of California.
TMJITPMKNT FOR POLAR FLIGHT
STORED AT SEATTLE
Washiitfgton. Feb. 16 ^-Secretary
Denby of the Navy Department, up
on orders Friday evening from Pres
ident Coolidge, directed that prepar
ations for the Shenandoah's North
Pole flight cease, at least until Con
gress is given an opportunity, if It
so desires, to express its views of
the Polar Evpedition, which It is
claimed will cost $350,060.
Seattle, Feb. 18—Ton tons of
equipment and supplies for the ad
vance party of the 'Shenandoah ex
pedition were removed from the
"hold of the steamer Alaska last Fri
day night,’and the six men who were
to bava left Seattle for Nome oq the
vessel the following day shifted
their base to Bremerton to await
further orders.
CHARGES BRASH U»»D FOR
FILLING SOLDIERS TKKTH
Chicago, Feb. 18—The Federal
Grand Jury which is in session at
Chicago promises to reveal that
largo amounts of dentists supplies
were unnecessarily purchased and
that brass was used in filling sol
diers teeth in the veterans bureau
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP
IS OX INCUR ASK
Washington. Feb. 18 -The Red
Cross reported an estimate total
membership of 3.471.000. a net gain
of 25.420. Gains have also been
shown in Insular Foreign Offices.
SAYS SHAFFKR MARK KFFORT
FOR SHARE IX TEArOT
Washington, Feb. 18—At a hear
ing last Saturday George K. Thomas
treasurer of the Pioneer Oil Com
pany. which is a Standard Oil Com
pany subsidiary, testified that John
C. Shaffer, the newspaper publisher,
“came again and again to the Pio
neer Company for a share in the
$1,000,000 price paid and to be paid
by Sinclair for the Teapot Rome
Il.YLLAINE LAYS CHARGES
BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE
Washington. Feb. 18—John E. j
Hallaine of Seattle laid charges be- ;
fore the Senate Committee last Fri- '
day afternoon regarding the Maian- ]
uska, Aliuska coal fields transfer
from the Navy Department to the
Department of the Interior and for
the leasing <>f that reserve for fifty
years with the result that the Mat
anuska mines were eventually clos
ed. President Cooiidge referred the
charges to the Interior Department.
St RRENDKR TO t'ONNTAIM* LAKY
Manila. Feb. 18—Approximately
300 fanatics who have been causing
trouble on Bucas Island in the
Surigao Province off the Island of
Mindanao, surrendered to Lieuten
ant Colonel Clarence H. Rowers.
Commander of the Constabulary
forces in District eleven.
( H\R(1KH NATION
WIPE PROFITEERING
Washington. Feb. 18 Basil M.
Manly. Director of the People’s Leg
islative Service has submitted a re
port to Senator LaFollette charging
a nation-wide profiteering in bread
and a <• relation of a colossal bread
trust, impending. Congresdomal ac
tion to deflate bread prices was re
commended.
MeLKA V KKTt HNtN f.
TO PALM BEACH
Washington. Feb. 18 Publisher
McLean of Palm Beach. Florida,
who is alleged to be implicated In
the Teapot Dome scandal, telegraph
r»d his paper that he was returning
to Palm Beach immediately.
TUESDAY
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SK X ATE CONFIR.H8
PROMOTION OF MAJOR
Washington. Feb. 19—The Senate
confirmed the promotion to a Col
onel of Lieut. Colonel Duncan K.
Major. Jr., after debating the quas
tion i-n executive session for more
more than ten hour*.
RKPU III J<7A X LEA DERM
AGRKK ON TAX PLAN
Washington. Feh. 19—The Repub
lican House leaders definitely agre
ed to make a stand on a maximum
surtax of thirty-five percent instead
of the Mellon rate of twenty-five cent
and laid plans to fight the Democrat
ic proposal for a maximum of fortjr
feur percent. The Republicans and
the Democrats are agreed that it Is
improbable that a favorable vote
will be obtained for the Mellon tax
GETS SENTENCE OF FROM
TWO TO TEN YEARS
Seattle. Feb. 19—Alvin Hill, who
was convicted of burglary in the sec
ond degree recently, was given a sen
tence of from two to ten years last
Saturday.
SKELETON PROVES TO BE
SCICIDE OF THREE YEARS AGO
Seattle. Feb. 19—A skeleton
found in a forest near Raven*
dale was Identified as the remains of
John FratniR. who disappeared in
1921 after talking of committing
suicide.
WARREN TO BE AMBASSADOR
TO MKXICC
Washington, Fob. 19—rPresident
Coolidge has definitely decided upon
Charles B. Warren for Ambassador
to Mexico, urcordlng to a dispatch
received.
DEMOCRATS HOLD STATE
CONVENTION IN SEATTLE
Seattle. Feb. 15—The Democratic
State Convention of Washington will
bo held in Seattle, on May 2nd.
SIX THOUSAND YEAH OLD
BUILDING STILL STANDING
Philadelphia. Feb. 19—A six thou
sand year old building still standing,
which is the oldest in the world, has
been found near Urba by lonla. by a
jcint expedition from the University
Museum of Philadelphia and a Mus
eum of London.
BANK MESSENGERS HELD UP
AND ROBBED OF «lft,000
Seattle. Feb. 19—Arthur Way field
and Leslie Custer, two Metropolitan
National Bank messengers were
held up and robbed of fifteen thous
and dollars yesterday.
THIRD PARTY TALK
STRONG AT PRESENT
Washington, Feb. 19—A Third
Party talk is strong since the Oil
Scandal splattered the Coolidge ad
ministration and drew into the
greasy mess the Democrats' leading
party for the Presidential race.
SAYS WILSON THREATENED
TO RESIGN IN 1014
New York, Feb. 19—The Brooklyn
Eagle published a letter from Tu
multy, who was Private Secretary to
the late Woodrow Wilson while the
latter was in office as President,
stating that Wiison had determined
to resign in 1914 if Congress did not
accede to his demands for legislation
repealing the Panama Canal tolls.
WHALTHY GHUMAN (TTTZKN'H
CAUSE SCAXD.U,
Berlin, Feb. 19—-Scandal has been
aroused over numerous wealthy Ger
man citizens impending money lav
ishly in Switzerland resorts while
hundreds of thousands of their coun
trymen are starving at home. Their
conduct is creating indignation of
the Swiss contributors to the Ger
man relief fund.
MurJNH'GAI. I’KOBABLV
«KT ;UTOIXTMKM
Vancouver. B. 0.. Feb. 19 —Doctor
Lanrier MncDougal will be the prob
able appointee vk Minister to Wash
Ington. He is at present on the
Montreal Harbor Hoard.
HKAflNY RE.TKCTISD
ON ACCOUNT OF AGE
Washington. Feb. 19—The War
Department rejected, because of the
advanced age of the applicant, the
application of William Randolph
Heartt, the Now York newspaper
owner, for a Lieut. Colonel's Com
mission in the Reserve Corps of the
RESOLUTION TO INVW1GATK
OKMROMA IJ5ASEH
Washington. Feb. 19—Senator
Harrell introduced a resolution for
the Investigation of Fall's Indian oil
land leasing Lh Oklahoma, particu
larly the lease to the company in
which R. B. Mellon, brother to Sec
retary Mellon, is an officer.
44 KlIJiKD IN BATTU?
WITH FANATICS
Manila. Feb. 19—Forty four per
sons were killed in a battle between
soldiers of the Constabulary and
Fanatics near Buruan.
DKNIKS BRITISH WILL
HAND OVER JAMAICA
London, Feb. 18—Arthur Ponson
by, Under-Secretary of Foreign Af
fairs. in replying to a Parliamentary
question, dented that the British
government has any idea of ceeding
Jamaica or any other foreign pos
sessions to the United States in con
nection with a settlement of the
French debt, he said that the present
government had informed the prev
ious government of the latter hav
ing committed itself by an agree
ment which might involve a certain
small cession of the territory, but
gave no Idea of the nature of this
cession.
Look to Your Eyes
Beautiful Eves, like fine
Care. The dw.lv uae of Murine
makrs fc’vts C.lc it and R eliant.
Enjoyable. Sold and
by AH Dtuggbcs.
I H AMMER HATH nW^CE,
i GKKM.WY, RUSSIA < ON SPIRE
TO MAKE POLE FLIOIT
I -
j Washington, Feb. 19—Secret pre
jjvtrationa for a trans-Arctic explora
t’on are being made in Frmce. Oer
many and Russia, according t<
Haakon Hammer, Captain Koalc
Amundsen’s American represenfa
MOON L3CLIPSK IN
THE MORN PNC
: A total lunar eclipse occurs tomor
row morning, but unfortunately i
comes at a time when most peopU
are asleep. The moon is totally
eclipsed for one hour and thirty
eight minutes, and the times of be
ginning and ending of the eclips*
are as follows: moon enters shadow
eclipse begins. 3:18 a. m.. February
20; total eclipse begins 4:13 a. m.;
total eclipse ends 3:57 a. in.; moon
leaves shadow*, eclipse ends 6:58 a.
(INDICATE THAT PRESENT DUTY
ON WHEAT SHOULD INCREASE
Washington, Feb. f*—Reports re
I • ved by President Coolidge from
th« Commission investigating wheat
i renditions, indicate that the present
| duty of thirty cents on wheat should
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(talented young sculptor
REPORTED DEAD
San Diego. Feb. 19—Advices from
Los Angeles state that Kamuela
Searle, the talented young sculptor
from Hawaii, who was an ex-portege
of Lyman J. Gage, is dead in the
P h"rn—
AMERICAN MAIL HKTJ)
UP IN ENGLAND
■ Plymouth. Eng. Feb. 19—Five
| humirtMl tons of American mail is be
I ing held up in Plymouth. England..
I because nf the National Dock Work
WEDNESDAY
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! RAILROADS KAKX 9007,000,000
1 LAST TEAR
Washington. Feb. ID —The rail
! road* of the country earned nine
' hundred and seventy seven million
j dollars nel lase year, the Interstate
Commerce Commission announced
I recently.
< ‘OOl.llHjK ORDKRS WORK
TO MAKK IXVKSTM.ATIOX
Washington. Feb. 19—F’rcsrdent
(.'oolidge ordered Secretary' Work to
make immediate investigation of
ltaMaine's charges of juggling Alas
ka coal reserves by Den by and Fall.
I*0>IKKBNK YXD ROBERTS
APPOINTMKNTS CONFIKMKD
Washinggt.on. Feb. 19 The ap
pointments of Pomerene and Rob
erts as Special Prosecutors of the
Oil Lease violators, were confirmed
yesterday by the-Senate.
WHITK HOl'SK API*HALS
TO HOUHK I.KAIkKKH
Washington, Feb. 20—An appeal
by the Whitehouse yesterday to the
House Republican Insurgent leaders
urging-agreement with the organiz
ation of Republicans on the Mellon
Income Tax Rate schedule faded to
break the deadlock between- the
groups.
After
Every
Meal
A universal custom
tfiet benefits every
body.
Aids digestion,
cleanses the teeth,
soothes the throat.
WRIGLEYS
a good thing
to remember
Sealed in "~^j
3*/ THE - *
FLAVOR LASTS
“Wrigley’s is 5 cents
a package the
World Over”
WTIX SOT SKSD DI SH TO
KUROPKA\ GOVKKXMK.NT
Washington, Feb. 19—The Ameri
can Government War Depart man
Commission in a meeting yesterda;
decided, not to Send further duns t»
European Governments who are it
debt to the United States.
SUICIDE ALMOST KILLS .II'DGI
IS COURT ROOM
Lincoln. Neb.. Feb. 19—Distric
Judge William M. Morning was pro
bably fatally wounded in his Cour
Room yesterday when Wallace G
Wall irk killed himself with a cun..
I SOVIET IK I \OT RECOGNIZE
.IAPASKSE lON'SUI
Tokyo. Feb. 19 The Soviet Gov
(eminent has notified the Japanese
j Consul at Vladivistok that he is no
longer recognized, which means that
passports will not be issued for trav
j e. between Japan and Siberia.
j hi PERISH IS HAST SIDE
TENEMENT FIRK
; New York. Feb. 20—Thirteen per
Iso-ns including seven children, por
j ixhed in an Fast Side tenement fire
yesterday, according to a dispatch re
H ILL IS CONFERS WITH
PRKSIDKST COOLIDGE
| Washington, Feb. 20 -Republican
National Committeeman Hillis of
New York conferred with President
[Coolidge for an hour last night.
| SENATE OIL COMMITTEE
CONFERS BEHIND
i 0I<08KI> IKK)ItS
Washington. Feb. 20—The dra
i i mtic unfolding of the oil scandal
entered a period of heightened sus
I pones yesterday when the investigat
,ji.,g committee wont into conference
| behind closed doors with Harry
j Puym* Whitney and officials of the .1.
11'. Benkard and Company. New York
'stock broke.rs.
SENATE REJECTS
APPOINTMRNT OF NEGRO
Washington. Feb. 20-—The Senate
rejected the nomination of Walker
11.. Cohen, a negro, to be Comptroller
; ot Customs ot New Orleans.
\Ihc1M>N\I,J> will NOT REOPEN
AMERICAN DEBT SF.TTLKMT:NT
i London. Feb. 20 Ramsay Mac
J Donald. Premier of England, let it
j be known that he will not attempt to
| reopen the American debt settlement
|oh ajrang**d by the Baldwin Govern
—
ICABIXKT <Y>XSIDKRING TO.
DEMAND RESIGNATION
OF DAUGHERTY
Washington. Feb. 20 The. Cab
inet yesterday was considering to
persist in their demands for the res
ignation of Attorney General Dau
SISTER OF PIONEER
OF ALIHKA DFA.D
Denver Feb. 20 Sister Mary
Judge, forty years in the Cloister of
the Divine Heart Judge and a sister
to the late Reverend William J.
Judge, a pioneor Alaekan Missionary,
is dead in Denver. Colorado.
HARRY* P. FEET* HKR RK
AMBASS A DOR TO ITALY
Washington, Feb. 20—The name
of Harry P. Fletcher, now Ambassa
dor to Belgium, haa been selected as
Ambassador to Italy.
NOTICE
t cts a day will g.ve you th* Daily
Bulletin and Weekly Nugget.
Lovely Healthy Skin
Kept do By Cuticnra
Daily use of the Soap keeps the
skin fresh and clear, while touches
of the Ointment now and then pre
vent little skin troubles becoming
serious. Do not fail to include the
exquisitely scented Cuticnra Talcum
in your toilet preparations.
S«Bpl*l»dhTr*» by Mill. AddrcM: *'OiSc«n
ormtaitM,T>flpt.34r,a*iitoa e<
a txr». Hoap2tc. OirtflumtKandKOe Talcun
IVCubcm Sms without ■
[senators insist on
l DAL'GIIKRTY'S RESIGNATION
. * Washington. Feb. 20 The Repub
; I I’cun Senators who have taken the
lead in advising Preoldent Coolidgo
, to ask for Attorney General Daugh
erty’s resignation. insist that their
advice will be followed.
1 (THER RESIGN ATIONS
EXPECTED IN Oil. S< AN DAL
Washington, Feb.20--It is predicted
in official quarter- that Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and
Edward <’. Finney. Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior will resign
ROOSEVELT SAYS HE
WILL NOT RESIGN
! Washington. Feb. 20—“I’ve Just
Ispcn the President and Pm not so
ling to resign.” said Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy. Roosevelt, yester
.IIDGK DIES FROM KI'LLET
INTENDED EOF. ANOTHER
Lincoln. Neb.. Feb. 20—Judge
Morning di<*d from the wounds re
ceived from the shots fired by Wal
lace in the former's Court Room yes
terday. Wallace fired four shots,
one at his wife who was suing for
divorce, and two at his wife’s attor
ney and then killed himself with t.ha
MUNI HERS OF NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE STRPOENAED
Washington. Feb. 20—Several
members of the New York Stock Ex
change. have been subpoenaed by the
Senate Oil Committee.
EXPERT 4 ’ONfMlSSION
AGREE ON REPORT
Paris. Feb. 2*> -The Expert Corn
sources reached a general agree
ment on their report to the Rcpara
IX FORMATION WANTED
About 25 or 20 yearn ajin my bro
ther. Arthur Rornior, who was then
17 or 18 years of age. left Haverhill,
Mass., going to Dawson City whe.re
ho settled and established himself it*
the grocery and meat business.
After a few' ye-ars at th > time of the
gold rush, he left there and went to
Nome where we lost complete track
My parents are now very old and
naturally desirous to near from or
about him. and I would respectfully
ask that you do me the favor of
having the Alaskan records search
ed to find out whether ho is dead or
JBAN R BERNIER.
Low«n. Mb36.
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SPECIAL DINNER FROM
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matrons can* rb had
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Miners & Merchants
Bank ot AldsKa
iMOMfi. ALASKA
WE PAY
Interest on Time Certificate* ' ’
of Deposit.
3% per annum
On ft month deposits.
4% per annum
On 12 month deposits.