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MeGfRATH, ALASKA, AUGUST 31. 1321.
PRICE 25 CENTS
SIGNATURE
ANNOUNCED
Treaty of Peace Between
United States and
Germany.
Washington,'Aug. 29,—Signa
t ture of the treaty of peace be
r tween the United States and
* Germany was . formally an
, non need tonight by Secretary of.
; State Hughes. The treaty is de
r signed to re establish diplomatic"
relations. It guarantees, on the
part of Germany* to the United;
; States the rights and privileges
< reserved under the Porter-Knox
peace resolution,.including “all
rights and advantages stipulated
for the benefit, of the ^United
; States in the treaty of Ver-*
sailles.” iProvision.-is made that
v the United States shall not bef
« bound by* clauses . in ■; the vVer
, sailles r treaty providing-«for a<
i league of "nations.
Vienna -i-The »treaty*i of peace
> between "the;United.States and
. Austria was signed here today.?
GERMANY
MUST PAY
For the American lives
Lost onLusitaittaand
Other Claims.
Washington, -Aug. i.SO.-^Ger-^
• man}7 must, pay for the Amer
i lean lives; lost on thekLusitania
. and satisfy all. other, claims, of*
k the United States and its citizens
for war Josses caused Jpy the ex-'
i kaiser’s government before the
property now held by this Gov-’
* ernment will be returned, . ac
cording to announcement? made
j today by Alien,■Property Cus
todian Miller.
The launch Go Devil, Captain Joe
.< Oates, arrived yesterday (afternoon
: from Tacotna, -bringing7 AlrThorbs,*
t Henry Peel and Scotty, Auld.
A number of natives, members of the
Tana’s evayr, .departed,for their .down
, river homes this morning,. some of
r them going as far as Bethel.
The steamer Quickstep returned this
, morning from a trip to Nixon Forks,
. where she discharged a quantity *of
^ freight.
MINING LAW
MADE PLAIN
No Further Suspension
of Assessment Work,
fSays Delegate.
Washington, Aug. 29.
Wm. Schnierla,
McGrath, Aaa.:
No further suspension of as
sessment work. Bill failed in
Congress. Time for finishing
work changed to July first of
each year. ' You must do your
work for nineteen-twenty-one
before.: July first of nineteen
twenty-two. Make this public.
* Kan Sutherland,
Delegate from Alaska.
'< The abo ve telegram from Dele
gate Sutherland, in response to
a query hyMr.-Schneirla, is so
explicit as-to require little com
ment. • It makes plain two facts—
that there is no .further suspen
sion. of assessment work, and
that tfche ti«nev for vanishing as
sessaient warki has been changed
to’Julydst of each year—both
of them points of which miners
of. this section; ha,ve not., been
fullp cognizant.
AMERICAN
SOLDIERS
Bodies of 400 Dead Are
rSaved From Flames
5 By* Heroic Work.
Hoboken. N. J., Aug. 30.—
'Four hundred bodies of Amer
ican soldiers, just returned here
(from'the cemeteries of France,
were placed in danger of de
struction during, the burning of
two great piers on the Hoboken
front ofi*the Hudson river, last
evening. The bodies were saved
only by; most heroic work on the
part of firemen, troops, steve
dores and American Legion mem
• Jack Hplzer, who left here recently
for Ruby via the overland trail, arrived
at> the latter place some days ago and
departed a'jnost immediately for the
Chandlar, according to word lately re
ceived from him.
Mike Blanusha returned this morn
ing from a trip to Tacotna, and will be
a passenger for the Landing on the up
river trip of the Tana.
Jack Mutchler left Monday for Ta
qotna. ,
Maud Moore, Wanted
at KnaxyiUe for Mur
der,AAdrrtits Identity
_____ j
Tacoma.—r-Mrs. ;William R. "Stubbs,
confronted iodajs by her bondsmen,
confessed that she is Maud Moore, con
victed two/years ago-at Knoxvilk* rff
killing Levi Peats, a..well known Ten
nesseean.
“I’ll go back andiaee it,” she said,
breaking into tears, .when her identity
was established.
GERMANY
Commiiiiists^ and Mon
archists ,in Conflict
Over Efzherger.
Berlin, Aug. 30. —Chancellor
Wirth has summoned the Cabinet
to an extraordinary, session to
discuss the internal crisis* Com
munist -rioting is .contended at
Halberstadv Orianburg, t> Halle
and other -places,' several
.persons filled. - A -number of
buildings have been fired by the
communists.
Potsdam, Aug. 31. —-Thirty
thousand- eommuiaista marched
here today from Berlin -to pro1
test; against, the murder of JErz
berger, and during a-clash with
monarchists the police shot ^and
killed three communists.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—Mrs. Alma Humes, widow
of the late Mayor Humes, died here
morning. _
Washington.—Norman €). Walker,
of Te*as, is the only American - ea .the
ZR 2 who was saved. »
. _——■ r—r-— *C.
Bellingham.—Former Sheriff Waite?
K. Daggett, of -Lewiston,. Idaho, was
found dead here today.* It. is thought
to be a ease of suicide.
Tacoma.—-Eight persons,, /including
one woman, are under arrest, charged
with wholesale thefts of army goods
from Camp-Lewis.
Washington. ^DavigL t; Richards, an
American, was recently killed by Mex
icans in Salinas,,Cj;us,j the State De
partment annouoaed. today.
.y .-;.T ■*!- - ■ 1
Paris.—Ambassador Herrick gave
notification this? afternoon that he is
going to the Doited States to-attend
the convention. of.,the 'American .Le
gion.
# TIU l
Hull.—-The bodies of Albert Loftin,
American mechanician, and Lieutenant
Rye, of the British crew, -were recov
ered from the wreck of the ZR-2 this
afternoon.
DE VALERA
TO GEORGE
Sends Dail Eireann Re
jection, of British
Projiosals.
London, Aug. ^B.— The,Brit
ish ' Government’s -peace pro
posals were laid before Dail
Kir earn;, - which rejected them
unanimously, <-but. Dail Eireann.
is willing - to- negotiate on' the
.principle of government by co»
■sent of -the governed, says De
Valera, in his rejection of the
-proposals to Lloyd George,
: "London.— Regarding rejection
by Daii Firearm of British pro
posals* Lloyd George today sent
reply to. Dg Valera that; Ireland
will .net. he permitted to -with
draw adding;
“Wa cannot prolong, by fchpanore
■exchange of notes. ”
.rr ■" 1 w r* * ■
Cplpmbus,. O.—Federal troops arc
being despatched tp liorne county, in
'West Virginia, .where many armed
men are /.marching into the -miniD£
delds.
Will Be at Trial of His
Former Unfaithful
Spouse
I -
- ‘Chicago, .Aug. SO.-^RaJph R.
Obenehain, a -wealthy lawyer of
this place, left this morning for
iwos Angeles'to’help -defend his
wife,. Madeline Obenchain, who,
with Arthui C. Burgh, was in
dicted for-the murder of John B.
Kennedy, millionaire insurance
broker, on whose account Oben
chain last year divorced his wife.
Evanston, 111., Aug. SO.—Mrs.
Mary Dean; Obenchain,' of this
place, today declared that she
would rather see.her ^scaiRalph
dead than *romarried*- to ,hic for
mer wife, Madeline.
•'Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gnjlikson went -to
Taeotna on the Alaskan,. Mr* Oullikson
returning: here this morning;, hut will
•return to thft., up-river town immedi
ately. Tbe$ will make .Taeotna their
»hotne for,.*,bairns being.
Ed-Carlson-came in Thqrsdn,y
Candle Greek,