NEWS OF THE WEEK, (continued from page one)
War Minister Trotzky has so'suffered from an attack of influenza that it
is imperative that he.leave Moscow for a milder climate.
The” ”Dellwood” is repairing two breaks in the cable, one between Peters
burg and Wrangle, and the other bet ween Wrangle and Ketchikan.
Kanatack, the new oil town on Cold Bay, experienced an exciting Thanks
giving Day. The wind raged at the rate of 80 miles an hour; water from the bay
piled up in the streets; the residents took to the hills; and ten buildings were
completely wrecked.
The Marine sensation of the year is a sailless sailing ship built by Ante
Flettuer, a German engineer. Instead of sails Fletteuer uses two revolving tower
9 feet in diameter and 50 feet hi eh. Momentum is given by the pressure of wind
from an an angle on the revolving towers where effective speed is regulated to
correspond to the velocity of the wma.
Sixteen enlisted men are missing from the Dreadnoupht Tennessee and New
Mexico* It is thought that the men were passengers on the water taxi Tamoyne
which "burned near San Pedro with forty seven passengers aboard.
The Alaska Examiner which was started at Ketchikan about six months agp
is reported to have ceased publication.
The Sub-Committee of the Senate and House Military comnuttees have been
appointed to investigate Secretary Week’s proposal for permanent housing program
for the Army estimated to cost $150,000,000.
General James G.Harbord, U.S.A.Ret., now president of the Radio Corpora
tion of America, instigated the tests by which pictures have been flashed across
the Atlantic by wireless.
Fbedri'c Wilhelm former German Crown Prince and Rupprecht former Bavarian
Crown Prince, are hunting together in the Bavarian Alps, their first meeting sine:
19 i8 .
May 16th. next has been set as the big Derby Day at Churchill Downs by
the Kentucky State Racing, Commission.
The Arrry - Navy football* game next year will be played at the Polo ground
in New York on November 28th., according to an announcement by the New York Natio:
al League Baseball Club.
The South American Boxing Congress has conferred the title of heavyweight
championship upon Quinton Romero, dhiles.n, because of Firpo’s refusal to meet
Romero. Tex Rickard asserted that he is rea.dy to outbid all other promoters for a
Dempsey - Gibbons bout. Madison Square Garden*s last fight will take place May 5
and Rickard would like to have such a bout for the final attraction.
HAINES ITEMS.
The A.A .girls gave a farewell party for Miss Nellie Hopkins who left wix.i
her father, the Post corral boss, on the last "Princes" for her first visit to tn
states. Mr.Ed Fhy has been laid up for the past week at the Post Hospital with
pleurisy. Mr. Bill Hoskins, who for several years had been running the general
store on Front street in the native villiage, is going below to live with his
daughter in California* Members of the local Moose Lodge volunteered to aispcs
of Mir .Hopkins* property for him and succeeded in selling everything but the stole
building and a few fixtures which were auctioned off Wednesday.
Jack Cryderman is up the Chilkat River gathering in his traps after which
he will spend the remainder of the winter in town driving team for Erik Oslund,
The "Estebeth" did not arrive until late Tuesday afternoon due to snow
squalls encountered on her last trip down to Juneau.
A new dental office was opened in Skagway last week.
Plans for the outdoor community Christmas Tree were completed at a meeti.v
of the Chamber of Commerce Monday night. The tree will be illuminated for the
first time at 4 F.M. Wednesday at which hour there will be singing of carols by a]
present. The tree will be lighted on two or three subsequent evenings.
The Christian Endeavor Society from Klukwan arrived by dog team Tuesday
for union services during the week with the Haines branch of that society