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The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17

his head out on deck for a breath Of fresh air. Instantly a chorus of shrieks up on the fo'castle head at- tracted his attention to such a degree that he failed to hear the engine room howIer as NIT. Gibney blew frantically into t.
 Presently, out of the hubbub for ward, Mir. McGuffey heard Captain Scraggs wall frantIcally: "Stop her! For the love of heaven, stop herr ln- stantly the engineer dropped back Into the engine room and set the Maggie full speed astern; then he grasped the howler and held It to hls ear.
 "Stop herm he heard Gibney shriek. "Why In blazes don't you stop herF
 "She's set astern. Glb. She'll ease up in a minute"
 "You know itI" GibDey answered significantly.
 The Maggie climbed lazIly to the crest of a long oily roller, slid reck- lessly down the other side, and took the following sea over her tanrall. She still had some head on, but very uttIe-not quite sufficient to give her decent steerage way, as Mir. GIbney discovered when. having at length com- munIrated his desires to McGufteys he spun the wheel frantically in be- lated effort to swing the Maggie's dirty nose out to sea.
 "NothIng doln'," he snarIed. Shell have to come tO.a complete stop before she begins to walk backward and get steerage way on again. She'll bump as sure as death an taxes"
 She did-with a crack that shook the rigging and caused it to rattle Ike . buckshots In a pan. A terrible cry such a cry, indeed. as might burst from the lips of a mother seeing her only child run down by the Limited hurst from poor Captain ScraCgs. My shin! My shIpw he howled. My darling little Maggie! They've killed | you. they've killed youI The dirty 1 lubbers"
 The SUCtbtullE MuNS liAS'N N''' ''S gle of the beach, carried her In some [ fifty feet further. and deposited her l gently on the sand. She heeled over to port a little and rested there as II she was very. very weary, nor could all the threshng of her screw In re- verse haul her off again. The surf dosbIng in under her fantaIl, had more mower than McGufTey's engines, and | foot by foot. the Maggie proceeded tC dig herself in. Mir. Gibney listened for five minutes to the uproar that rose from the bowels of the little steamer before he whiStled up MT McGufTey.
 XII her. kll her" he ordered Your wheel will bite Into the sanC first thing you know, and tear th' stern of her. You're shakin' the ole girl to pieces"
 (COntinued on Saturday,
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
But No Answering Echo Reached His
 Ears.

echo reached his ears. Hear any thing? he bawled.
 Heard the Maggie's sIren," Captain Scraggs retOrted venOmousy.
 Mir. Gibney leaped out on deck, se- lecred small head of cabbage from broken crate and hurled 1t forward. Then he sprang back into the pilot house and strntChteued the Maggie on her course again. He leaned over the bInnacle with The cuT of his watch coat wiping away the moisture on the glass, and studied rhe instrument care fully. "I don't trust the danged thing, ' he muttered. Guess I'll haul her of A coupler points an try the whistle again"
 He did. Sill no echo. He was in cllned to believe that Captain Scraggs had not read the raf'raIl log correctly and when at eIght-thirty he tried the wbizfIp agnin he was stIll without re- suits in the way of an echo from the cliff ale" the engine room howler brought hIIu several of a profuse char bcter from the perspiring McGuffey.
 We've passed Pedro" NIr. Gibney decided. He ground his cud and nut tered ugly things 10 himself, for his dead reckoning had gone astray and he was worried. The fog, if anything, was thicker than ever.
 Time passed. Suddenly Mir. Gibney thrilled electrically to a shrill yip from Captain Scraggs.
 "Whats that?" Mr Gihney bawled.
 "I dunno. sounds like the surf' Gib."
 "AIn't you been on tlls run long enough 10 know that the surf don't sound like nothin' else m life but hreakersT Gibney retorted wrathfully. q ain't certain, Gib.'
 Instantly Glbney signaled ltcGufrey for half speed ahead.
 Breakers on the starbOard bow" yelled Captain Scraggs.
 "POrt bow" The SQuarehead cor rccted him.
 "Oh, my great patience" Mir. Gib- ney groaned. "They're on both bows an we're headed straight for the beach. Here's where we all go to the devil together" and he yanked wildly at the signal wire that led to the engine room. with the intention of giving McGufTey four bells-the signal aboard the Maggie for full speed astern. At the second jerk the wire broke. but not until two bells had sounded in the engine roOm-the signal for full speed ahead. The efficient McGumey promptly kicked her wide open. and the Fates decreed that having done so. Mir, McGuffey should forthwith climb the ladder and thrust
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
NEW PAPER AT CEI TEAL

Announcement that evening vspape by Scpps interests is to be pubshd have bearing on public fairs at the capital The dependent politics. B Coiver former chairman of the federal ~ ations to have been Democratic edIor-uer Appaut. representative the liberal or progressive se ment of the Middle Wewhere H DDS already papers
 The most recent development ": ashtngon strengthening in all deparmerc Herald morning paper which was bought two Hoover Charles R. Crane torrer China Barnes former head of t United has recently disposed o bis interest nectiOu with the admRsEration Becz use it the seat of the government Washington makes an obvious appeal cnsructy through net of national KetcFfra Chronicle.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
ABOUT CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

Chamber Commerce in his home Marion Ohio Here he Chamber Commerce idea:
 I do know myself why Joined the
 Commerce. vas in the newspaper business committed the policy boosting looked Chamber the best organized a for carrying O
 If to dsasocae newspaper business should would be Commerce business the life blood of material community while unless alert business progress and greater commercial development
 something inspiring work which is done by ..e LIVE secretaries the Chamber Comer. pushing forward great community of business with them think thing which boosts the onun progress nation land should like our n- try to head the list of commercial the Chronicle
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
CHAPTER II.

Captain Scraggs and The Square head partOok first of the ham and e-gs. coffee and bread, which the skipper prepared. Scrnggs then pre- pared a similar meal for Mir Gibney and McGuffey, ser 1t in the oven to keep wunn, and descended to the en- zine room to relieve McGuffey for din- her, Nedls at the same time took the course from Mir. Gibney and relieved the Iat1er at the wheel By this timer darkness had descended upon the world. and the Maggie had entered the IoE; following her custom she pro cecded in absolute silence, although as a partial offset to the extreme liability to collision with other cDastwiset craft,
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
LIFTING EMBARGO

The news received today of the lifting of the embargo on the ex- port of silver-lead ores from the Dominion for one year will be wei comed throughout Yukon. No ter ritory has more promising high grade silver-lead properties than the Yukon.
 Not only the we'll known Keno Hill claims, but extensive deposits of other portions of the Mayo camp, in the Klotassin district, on Boswell river, in the Twelvemile, and else where in the Yukon contain high grade silver-lead properties.
 The Canadian smelters have re- fused to smelt these ores unless the lead were kept off the Canadian mar ket, which already was glutted with lead. This practically put tremen- dons handicap on the silver-lead pro- duction in Yukon.
 Last season the government per mitted the export of all the silver lead mined in Yukon. The order suspending the embargo on all the production for a year is in the right direction, and it is to be hoped that it will lead to the permanent re- moval of all orders or regulations which might in any way interfere with Yukon's development.-Daw- son News.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17

excess of 5000; seven church or ganizations; Elks. Masons. Eagles, Arctic Brotherhood. Pioneers of A. aska, Redmen, and Moose lodges; department stores, one of which is housed in a reinforced concrate structure; the finest bank north of tfty-three; two theaters; an eight page daily paper with Associated Press service; two cold storage plants and six salmon cauueries' a clam industry and facilities fer handling mtld-cugeG and fresh fish; two lumber mills. and a developing mining and paper pulp industry Exchange. .a
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
KETCHIKAN IS. BOOMING $ SAYS SEATTLE HAN

J. B. Warrack. presiden! Of the; Warrack Construction company. iss back from a three-months' stay. in Alaska, with some interesting facts. about Ketchikan, sOuthernsost. city In the territory.
 Ketchikan Is the only paved city, in Alaska, NIT. Warrack said. and is looking forward to much industry, next year. IL has a population in ;
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
PiIes t.nred in Q 70 14 Days

Druggists refund money If PAzO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching. Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep after first application. 6Oe.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17
AHOVer Body. Itchedand Burned. CutiCura Heals.

"I suffered for fourteen years with a severe case of eczema which was scattered nearly all over my body. At first it seemed like PinPles and then turned to blisters and itched and burned so badly that I scratched and irritated the affected parts. l could not sleep at night.
 "A friend told me about CuticuTa Soap and Ointment and after using four cakes of Cuticura Soap and ilTec boxes of Cuticura Ointment l was completely healed, in two weeks. (Siened) MT. E. w. Robbins, R. 5, Box 72, Westby, Wis, July F. i920'
 Give Cutcura Soap, Ointment and Talcum the care of your skin.
 s.npls Each Free by LlAn. Adjrgss: "cztis9TA Lab sTItsrisg. pept 5 Maiden 49, Aats Sold every where Soap g5e. Ointment B and 50c, Ia.cum ISc- FaEE-Cuticura Soap thHves without mug.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
TRUCESTATUS
IN ENCLAND'S
COAL FIELDS
Precautions Being Taken
Until Miners Actually Go
Back to Work

London, Eng, April 10.-(By The AS
ISOLATED Press)-Relaxation from the
tension created by the coal strike and
ue-up today gave the cabinet minis
ters and labor leaders opportunity for
a rest.
Opinion continues favorable, but
meanwhile all precautionary measures
and recruiting of volunteers are pro-
ceeding and will not be relaxed until
the miners return. These preparations
formed a great attraction for Lon
donerS today. Two important views
were apparent today. Tho first was
the confident belief among labor lead
ers, that now that an unfettered con-
ference is assured, many bumpers will
return to work, altho. under the agree
ment, they only are required to alb
stain from molcsting volunteers. The
second was that the government, while
opposed to a subsidy, is willing for
limited period to afford some tempor-
airy assistance. 1t also is believed that
the wage basis recently proposed by
the mine owners will be discarded
and a number basis formulated for
tho miners consideration.
Herbert Smith, president, and Frank
Hodges, secretary of the miners fed
Grafton. addressed a letter today to the
orga nfzation, urging all concerned to
accept the recommendation which is
described as mot Instructions that our
members should return to work but
that those locked out should refrain
from obstructing action to secure the
safety of the mines.
In "A speech j. H Thomas, secretary
Of the National Union OF Railway
men, said the agreement was .
triumph for the common cause"
There is a belief prevalent among
union men that something in the form
Of a national settlement will result
from the conference tomorrow, or at
least a standard minimum wage with
some system OF bonuses for districts
where exceptional conditions prevail.
Tho triple alliance holds that the
strike notices for Tuesday midnight
will not be withdrawn until the con-
ference is in session.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
CAPTAIN TELLS0F OUTBREAK
0FENCINER0OM CREW ATSEA

Los Angeles, Cal. April 1o.-De-
tails of trouble with the crew which
delayed the steamer willhilo ten days
on her voyage from New York to
tho Pacific coast were told by her
commander Captain Sorsn Willeson.
on hor arrival at Los Angeles harbor
today.
In giving his account Of the affair,
the captain confined himself to re-
pcating testimony given at an invcs-
tigation held by the commander OF
tho U. S. s. Tacoma at la Union,
Salvador. He said the ships wire
less had been out OF order. prevent
ing him from answering messages of
inquiry sent by the Williams steam
ship company. owners of the vessel.
when reports OF mutiny aboard the
ship became current
Shortly before entering the Pan
anna canal, tho captain said a fire
man refused to work ana was put in
irons. Other men refused to per
form the regular duties in tho fire
room. and after leaving Balboa sew
crnl of tho firemen refused to work
unless the imprisoned man was re-
leased.
He went on: ~ new watch re-
fused to go on duty. Then we lost
steam and being only n few miles
from shore and drifting. wero in
actual danger.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
Heavy Deficit of
Railroads
ShOUr,

Washington, d. C. April 1o.-Rail-
roads suffered a deficit in February
OF S7.205. 900. while los out of 200
reporting to the interstate commerce
commission failed to earn expenses
and taxes as against n deficit of
si,i67.so0 for January. with 100 out
Of a02 failing to make expenses, ac-
cofdinE to tabulations made public
tonight by the association OF railway
executives.
or the 1os roads reported as failing
TO make expenses. IS were in east
ern. sixteen in southern and firty-
four in western districts: The 200
roads represent .35.5sa miles.
The carriers according to the tabu-
lations fell short $50. 3.sos.o0o Of earn
ing tho amount estimated under the
increased rates fixed by the commits
sion.
Total operating revenues were given
as Ss0s 900. a decrease OF AZ
rcr cent as compared with February
1920, while operating expenses were
S3S5,S7s. 900 decrease OF IN per
cent compared with February a year
aro. Tho not railway operating de-
ficit. however. 1t WAS slid. was re-
ducod 5sia per cent compared with
February 1920. when 1t totalled. sls.-
$1,000.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11

AIDS BUILDING

New York. April 1o.-In the first five
weeks since the tax exemption ordin-
ance became effective February a5.
home building hero increased rs per
cent compared with year ago. II. II.
Curran, president of tho borough OF
Manhattan announced today. Figures
compiled by building bureaus show
plans for 1854 dwellings had been filed
in the five-week period. this against
2.oco in 1920
Building of apartment houses. he
said. which virtually had stopped in
1920. has begun again.
Tho steady growth IN the building
of homes" he added, offers n cheer
ful exception to the prevailing pessi-
mism of the reconstruction period. Al
though we must have apartment hous-
cs. the most encouraging result Of the
tax exemption is this springs growth
Of the little houses. Most OF these
houses will be owned by the families
who live in them"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
SECOND LARGEST WHEATCR0P
MSTATE SHOWN BY FORECAST

Denver. Colo. April ia forecast
of tho second largest winter wheat
crop in tho history or Colorado was
released today by W, w. Putnam.
agricultural statisticisn OF the United
States Bureau OF Crop Estimates in
cooperating with tho Colorado state
Board OF immigration.
Tho forecast of production is 1s,-
5000 bushels compared with 17.195, ,oC0
bushels for 1870. Weather and moisture
conditions have been so favorable that
tho crop declined only two pontS
from last December /. tho April 1 con.
dttion being S. per cent of normal
compared with 20 per cent on April /,
last year. and 90 per cent. the ton year
average, The present crop was sown
on 10000 acres, compared with l.
eOO, coo acres for tho 1920 crop. or an
average which was only 92 per cent
of that last year. Present indications
arc that the percent of abandonment
hy MAY !, will bo cornpa n lively small.
The production of winter rye in tho
state was foTcrn-tcd. st l,iis,o 600 bush
elg compared with production of -
s5I. .OOO bushels for grain last year.
Tho condition Of rye on April 1 was 20
nor cent OF normal, compared with 20
Nor cont last year aud SO per cont tho
ten year average.
Tho number OF brood sows In the
state ON April i, 10 estimated to be
about tho same as a year ago. 5000
head. This fisuro Is subject to revision
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
HARRIS DENIES
FIRST STORY OF
ELWELL DEATH

Buffalo, y. Y. April lO.-Roy Hsrri-,
held by the police on his confession
that he was concerned III the murder
Of Joseph e Elwel in Now York. today
confessed his story is not true. Aftcr
questioning for two hours, by District
Attorney Moore, he admitted his orig
inal declaration was all false.
Mr.. Moore sent word to Charles =.
Whitman and Captain Carey OF the
New York police who were on th,ir
way to Buffalo. Harris gave as his
reasons for the hoax that he had bccu
separated from his wife and had met
her again only last week and desired
to know whether she would stand by
him II he were in serious trouble. He
said II she had not proved loyal
and true blue" he would have gone
to the electric chair
Harris confessed the hoax to Detec-
tive Oswald of New York Saturday
night but the officer withheld the fact
because he wished, ne said, to talk
with Mr.. Whitman and Captain Carey.
He placed n charge OF first degree mur-
der a-ainst the prisoner and ordered
him held incommunicado After a few
hours that charge was withdrawn.
Oswald said that IT was thru the
wife the prisoners tale was disproved.
He let the woman and the prisoner
talk for an hour or SO. after which
Harris admitted his story was untrue.
Harris was returned to his cell and
ordered held without bail in solitary
confinement. The wife was returned
to her cell also.
questioned by newspaper men to-
night as to the reason for telling his
original story. Harris replied:
Il was sick of life and | was do
tcrmincd To go the limit. I made IN
my mind / had disEraccd my people
for the last time. even IL | went to
the chair
Then you meant to commit sui
cidc?''
We'll, ,ou can put It that way"
Asked why he had changed his gtory.
Harris said N was becauao ho
couldn't get away with it"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
THCONCRESS
STARTS TODAY

Washington. n. c, April 1o.-The
new Republican administration will get
under fun headway tomorrow when tho
sitty-siNth congress convenes at noon
in extraordinary session. The program
tomorrow il expected to he limited. to
the opening formalities. including ad-
option OF resolutions providing for a
Joint session Tuesday TO hear the prcsi-
dents address and to organize work.
Committees OF leaders also will be
appointed tomorrow TO notify tho presi-
dent OF tho assembling OF congress.
Domestic needs. including tariff and
tax revision. ar" expected 10 10 en-
phasized by Prosiden, Harding Tues
day. but he also is said to be planning
a discussion OF International questions.
Republicans received reports tonight
that he would state his attitude toward
tho proposal to establish peace with
Germany by congressional action.
Tomorrow'S program calls for reading
IL the Presidents proclamation calling
tho extra session and for election of
officers. Speaker Glllett is to be re-
elected In tho house,
Committee states also arc 10 hc ad-
opted. with Representative Nondell Of
Wyoming 10 continue as majority lead
or and Representative Kitchin OF North
Carolina succeeding tho late Champ
Clark as minority leader.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11

We managed to roach La Union
March 90. Just after We had tied
mp seven firemcn asked Tor part OF
their pay. ! told them, had no
money, and as the line had no agent
thcrc l could get none. They went
ashore without permission.
That night with Captain Bowden,
OF the auxiliary schooner Chiqua-
muln, | was walking in the plaza ut
La Union. when two Of the firemyn
again asked me for money. l cx.
plntned why | could give them none.
Two blocks further along seven men
attacked the captain and me. Wa
had considerable difficulty in escap-
ing serious injury II not death. Cap
tain Bowdcn and two OF his officers
accompanied mo back TO the Will
hilo.'
Another attack aboard the ship was
planned but prevented by his firing
his revolver. tho captain said.
The American consul at salvador
was unable to come to La Union, he
said, but 4 wireless message to
Panama brought tho Tacoma. which
put an armed guard aboard tho Will
htlo. The men involved in the
trouble were paid off and sent ashore.
where the Salvadoresn authorities
arrested them.
They eventually were taken south
on the Tacoma as prisoners. tho
captain said.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-11
PR0POSESEND
war BY JOINT
CONCRESSACT
This Resolution Can Pass
By Any Majority
Vote
tBY MARK SULLIVAN

Washington, D. c., April 10.-The
public must be under much confusion
rs to just what has happened in
Washington in tho field of our foreign
relations, so far as publicly recorded
incidents are concerned. The follow
ing was the order of events:
More than week ago NJ. Niviani
went to see President Harding. That
conference WAS brief and more or less
purely formal. and from it. the gen
eral impression is. nothing developed.
on the same day NJ. Niviani had his
meeting with Secretary Hughes. This
meeting was longer Whether II was
more or less conclusive than the talk
with President Harding no one
knows
on Friday, NJ. Viviani met Senator
Lodge. chairman of the Senate for
eign relations committee, and now
one of the two or three chiefs of tho
irreconcilables. on Saturday. Senat-
or Knox came from his home in
Pennsylvania to have a three hour
conference with President Harding.
on Monday. Washington became
aware that NJ. Lausanne. who is a
member OF the Niviani mission and
has participated in his conferences.
had cabied bis people in Paris that
the League of Nations and the treaty
OF Versailles have been totally scrap
ped by America and that the Knox
resolution for n seporate peace with
Germany would shortly be passed.
on Tuesday. most of the news
papers of the country printed dis
patches to which high Importance
was naturally ascribed. to the effect
that the administrations foreign poll
cies had been determined and that
those policies included the complete
barring OF the League and tho treaty. |
and a seperate peace with Germany
thru the Knox resolution. on that |
day the news reached what may bN |
called its highest peak in the direc- |
ton of forecastinS the more or less
Immediate passage OF tho Knox reso- |
luton. The bulk OF this news came |
directly or indirectly from irrccon-
cilable leaders in the Senate.
Immediately after tho publication
OF this news we all became aware
that II went rather farther than an
accurate statement of the administra-
lions altitude about Its foreign pro
gram. We learned that tho admins
uauon. as distinct from tho irrecon-
cilable leaders in tho Senate. has by |
no means formulated its foreign pro
gram as a whole. that for the present
u has no policy moro formal or def |
Mite than merely to handle each mat |
ter a. II comes up with prudence |
and caution: that tho administration |
~ paving primary attention To domes- I,
tic affairs: and. that tho coming mos |
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