VOL. 1. NO.. 72 .
McGRATH, ALASKA, OCTORBE 1. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Canadian (Pacific Ry. Co.
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350
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Seattle. Sept. 3&—Tft» Cana- j
dian Baeific Railway Gdnapany
was held-'- liable in> fulframount:
for damages - sustained in the i
perishing.of■' three hundred and,
fifty persons, nearly #11. of iw-faooa
were well knownliAkaskansv in
the wreck of the steamship Prki-,
cess So-phia, whiehi.met disaster
on Vanderbilt veef, in the Lynn
canal, in a decision handed down
today by Federal Jhdge Neterer.
The company sought to limit
its liability.,, bub the court held
that it eon Id-not do so, as claims
filed by relatives of those lost in
the disaster aggregate over two
rand one-half million dollars.
FOR RELIEF
OF JOBLESS
Emergency Committees
Will Attempt to Find
Employment
Sept an
iafitiail step four the relief of the
unemplc^d^fh&’Uffiemployment
conference todays offered tenta-'
tive recommendations - for the
establishment of representative
emergency committees in all af
fected communities, to co-ordi
nate in .the work of finding era-1
payment for. as many as- possi - i
bie of the involuntary idle.
Ku KlukKlan Has
7100,000!, Membership:
Cleveland^—There are approximate
nuately seven hundred' thousand mem
bers uf the ku kluk-klan in the United
States, according to G. W. Love, oMh
dianapolis* grand goblin of the organ
ization, .in ao announcement given out
inithis city. todav. *
Massachusetts Elects
Piatt, J&ep^JBy 15,000
Boston.—A. Piatt,, republican.. foiv
merly assistant secretary, of'the United-.
States Treasury, has -been elected to
Congress from theuSixthrMassachuseLts
district over Charles L iPettengel, the
democratic-candidate. Piatt’s' major
ity is over fifteen thousand.. .
Captain Charles Nicolet was a pas
senger on the Go-Devil, yesterday after
noon for the Porks, from ,.which point
ha will proceed to Tacotna .with- the
?, Alaskan with about tbioteen tons-of
freight for A. Higgins, the Ta'Cetna
b- merchant.
Joe Wills, in his launch Aloha, re
turned Thursday night from.a trip.pp
the Kuskotewim- river. Coming down
on.the Aloha from up river were Chas.
Nichols and Dan Callahan.
ALIENS ARE
DISCHARGED
Passenger Liner: Re
! places Its Crewv With
i American Seamen.
New York, Sept. 30;—Believ
ing that, in the effort" to.relieve
the unemployment? situation*
naturalized Americans- should
have the first call, the managers
of the George Washington, the
largest passenger liner operate
ing under the American fUag, to>
day discharged?! more- than*' two
hnndred alien.:members of the
orew and replaced, them with
American seamen.*.
It iehelievedutkat^many other
large concerns- will follow- this
j example;
Three Shots Fired at
President of Poland
Warsaw.—Three shots were fired at
President Pilaodski,' in hie- auto car,.
k> Ibis city, today. His assailant- im
mediately attempted suicide, but was
grabbed by the police before inflicting
any injury upon hlmselb* President'
Pilandski escaped all sbpts, although
bis aide-in tbe car was badly- wounded..
Joe Oates, in the Go»DevilL arrived
from Tacotna late Thursday evening,
tbe ice of'the two previous days baring
disappeared.- Also coming down on
the Devil were Mrs. Oates,- Miss Rose
and- Master Joe Oates,- James- Downey,..
Mike Btanusha, Vivian Hdward. The
Go-Devil returned to Tacotna yester
day afternoon.
Tbe cabin of Bill Hummel- and Tim
Mankham is the latest ready fen occu
pancy, Mr. Hummel having moved
into the new abode early today.
Frank Fox> in the Salmon> Flyer? re
turned today from a tripi to Tacotna.
The Salmon Flyer is scbeduledito make
a trip to Candle Landing,tomorrow.
Gilbert E. Stevens Is
Confirmed as Marshal
of the Fourth Division
Washington. — The nomination of
Gilbert E. Stevens, to be marshal of
the Fourth judicial division of Alaska,
was confirmed by the Senate today.
Harding and Bryan Confer.
Washington—President Harding and
William Jennings Bryan conferred for
over an. hour today, discussing ques
tions to be given consideration at the
forthcoming; armament conference.
May Ratify German
Peace Treaty Oct. 15
Berlin.—The foreign, affairs commit
tee of the lleichstag today gave ap
proval, to the ratification of the peace
treaty with the United States.
Washington.—Negotiations for an
agreement for a vote by th® Senate on
October 15 for a ratification of the Ger
man peace treaty were under way to
day between republican and democratic
leaders.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Detroit.—-The Veterans of Foreign
Wars, in- session here, today re-elected
Captain. Robert G>. Woodside, of Pitts
burg, commander-ifir-chief- John E.
Jones, of Portland, Ore., was elected
senior, vice commander, and Richard
Seelke Etnones junior vice commander.
Seattle was chosen as the place for
bolding the next contention, next
year. _
Telegraphic Ticks.
New York..—The German mark has
taket> another drop, being quoted to
day at three-fourths of a cent.
Seattle.—W. E. Boeing, noted air
plane - manufacturer, and Mrs. Bertha
Potter Pasehall were united in mar
riage here this afternoon.
Prince Rupert.—C. O. Prest, Nevada
airman, on bis plane Polar, left for
Wrangell' today, en route to Nome,
going by way of Dawson.
London.—Thisciiv went back to the
daazle anti'gayetv of pre-war night life,
l&st night, much of the Boise comiDg
from American jazz bands.
Washington-— Opening the inner
doors of the torpedo tube, after the
outer doors had been dosed, caused the
sinking- off the SaB Pedro in the har
bor, today- _
Washington.—A tentative plan for
the consolidation of all railroads into
nineteen competing systems was an
nounced by- the Interstate Commerce
Commission, today.
Seattle.—The second! annual conven
tion of tbe Ninety-first division of
world war veterans-is in session here,
tbe delegates coming from the coast
and intermountain States.
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Peking.—The Chinese Government
has let a contract tea Belgian concern
to construct a- railroad bridge across
the Yellow river, the contract, prioe
being over ten million dollars.
ARBUCKLE
RELEASED
Held on Manslaughter
Charge—Let Out on
$10,000 Bonds.
! San Francisco, Sept. 28.—
Roscoe Arbuckie, late this af
ternoon, following an investiga
tion covering several days as to
the cause of the death of Vir
ginia Rappe. was held to answer
to the superior court on a charge
of manslaughter, Judge Lazanis
deciding, on the evidence intro
duced, that the charge of mur
der’ was not warranted.
District Attorney Brady then
moved that Arbuckle be released
on his own recognizance, which
motion was not assented to by
the court, who fixed the bonds
at ten thousand dollars, which
were immediately available.
Arbuckle was released from
custody at 5:15, and immediate
ly entered a touring car with his
attorneys, soon being away from
the gaze of the curious.
IN CHICAGO
I
Police Patrol Assists
Bootleggers in Sale
of Whiskey.
Chicago. Sept. 30.—Bootleg
gers have simply to add fiye
dollars per case to their charge
for whisky in order to have the
same delivered safely to their
customers in this city.
Evidence that whiskey was
delivered from bootleggers to
their customers in a police pa
trol in the Grand Crossings pre
cinct isvin the hands of the Fed
eral authorities, District Attor
ney Merensk said today, adding
that the extra charge of five
dollars per case was assessed for
use of patrol and uniformed es
cort of patrolmen.
Captain Arthur Berry, in his launch,
arrived late Thursday evening from
Berry Landing, having as passengers
EL M. Whelan, Bob Robinson, Fred
Tingblad and Red Daniels, all of whom
are transacting business here and,
with the exception of Mr. .Robinson,
will return up river as soon-as possible,
probably tomorrow.