VOL. a. NO. 13
'McGRATH, ALASKA, MARCH 2. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
HUGHES AND
DAUGHERTY
Named For Secretary of
State and Attorney
General.
St. Augustine, FI a. r-President
Elebt Harding today announced
the selection of Charles E.
Hughes for the office of Secre
tary of State, and Harry Daugh
erty, of Ohio, for Attorney Gen
eral.
Hughes has selected Henry H.
Fletcher, former minister tc
Mexico, to be under secretary.
Asked regarding the diplo
matic program of the State De
partment, Harding replied, ‘-You
must ask Hughes that. That is
going to be the policy of this
administration from beginning
to end. Xfm Secretary of Stats
speaks for that department.”
Regarding this statement ol
the .President-elect, Hughes de
clined to?make comment beyond
an expression of appreciation oi
the honor.
ON PERJURED
TESTIMONY
’Frisco Gangsters May
Be Granted a New
Trial.
San Francisco.—Because of growing
qelief th&b -many of the gangsters re
.-cently on trial were convicted upon
>manufactured evidence of assaults upon
girls, there is reason to believe that
new trials may be granted them.
The affidavit of Jane Stanley, one ol
s the witnesses for the prosecution, that
she“could go to the penitentiary for
' things!I* aaid during the trial of Thomas
!Brady,” of the;gangsters, is con
■ sidered*stroag fnroof that many of; th«
convictions werebrought about through
perjured testimony.
Howatt and 5 Others
Guilty of Contempt in
Calling Coal Strike
Pittsburg Kas.—Alexander Howett,
-president of the coal miners’ organlza
tion, was today found guilty of con
tempt because of calling a strike in
violation of injunction. Five other
union officials were also found guiltv
.cm-similar charges.
14 Taxpayers Fighting
Municipal Operation
Lose Case in Seattle
j Seattle.—In the fight being made
! against the municipal operation of
public utilities ue Seattle, fourteen
! taxpayers, suing the city to force de
fault on interest payment to Stone &
Webster for the street railway system
on March 1st. lost their case this morn
ing when Judge Ronald sustained the
deiusfrrer to complaint filed by Cor
poration ’‘Coutrsel Meir.
Sugar Production m
1920 Was 53 Per Cent
Higher Than in 1919
Washington.—Sugar production for
the year 1920 broke all previous
records, being fifteen per cent higher
i than the record year 1910, and fifty
three per oent higher than the year
1919. _
A LIMIT UPON
IMMIGRATION
If Bill Now in Confer
ence Becomes a
Law.
Washington.—The Senate to
day passed the substitute immi
gration bill, limiting immigra
tion for next year to three hun
dred and fifty four thousand.
The bill is now in conference.
The postoffice appropriation
bill, as passed by the Senate,
earries five hundred and seventy-four
million do’fcirs, -*®r seve&zy millions
more than passed by the House, and
this measure also goes into conference.
French Destroyers
Inflict Punishment
On the Soviet Fores
Constantinople — Advices received
here indicate that the French destroy
ers along the eastern coast of the Blaek
sea have come out victorious in many
engagements recently taking place
with soviet forces, ic which the bol
sheviki have lost very heavily from the
firing fronj/the warships.
Ebert Guardsman Wounded.
Berlin.—A shot fired from across the
street seriously wounded a guardsman
who was standing in front of the resi
dence of President Ebert.
That Wall Street Explosion.
New York.—The Wall Street explo
sion, on September 17, was a dastardjy
crime, intentionally committed, accord
ing to the report of the grand jury.
The theory of explosion or accident is
entirely discarded.
Committee Refuses to
Grant a Public Hear
ing on Irish Republic
Washington.—The House foreign af
fairs committee today refused to give
public hearing to the resolution of Rep
resentative Burke, of Pennsylvania,
providing for recognition of the Irish
republic. _
Emergency Tariff Passes Senate.
Washington.—The Fordney emerg
ency tari? bill passed the Senate to
j day. __
Three More Seattle
| Ba ndits Convicted of
First Degree Murder
! -
Seattle.—Three more bandits were
today found guilty of murder in the
first degree in connection with the
killing of policemen. The jury recom
mended life imprisonment with each
conviction.
i
Congressional Report
on Shipping Beard
Soon Ready.
i _
Washington. — Congressional
investigation of Shipping Board
matters has ended, and a report
is expected soon. A formal pre
liminary statement from thecom
mittee exonerates R. W. Bolling,
treasurer of the Shipping Board
and brother-in-law of Prestdenti
Wilson, against whom shine dignt in
sinuations of 'criberv had been ex
pressed, of any’ wrongdoing as treas
urer of the Board.
Farr, Rep., Penn.,
Declared Elected
Washington.—The House committee
on elections today made report that
Parr, Republican, had been elected, to
Congress from the Tenth Pennsylvania
district and is entitled to the seat held
bv McLane. Democrat, through irregu
larities aud fraud.
Efficacy of Prayer,
Else a Lucky Boy ?
Havana.—When Israel Waters, a
negro, charged with assault upon a
negro girl, was stood against a tree to
be shot by the mob, he asked his |
brother to pray for him, whereupon t
thn mob changed its mind and took
him back to jail.
B. B. Smith brought the mail over
from Ophir on Monday, returning to
-Tauotna yesterday. ,
STORMY
SCENES
In Committee Consider
ing Charges Againsi
Judge Landis.
Washington.—Stormy scenes
were of frgoaent occurrence to
day in the meeting of the blouse
judiciary committee, whisk had
under consideration tltc- eha:ges
of impeachment against Federal
Judge Landis, recently tiled t y
representative Welty. of Ohio.
Chairman Volstead on several
occasions warned Welty, who
was endeavoring to build up his
case, to confine himself to facts
and not make so many speeches.
Welty declared he would show
the ball players trying to bribe
the ^udce.
Dog Crazy Down In Utah.
Salt Lake.—Helen Colwell, 10 .vea-rs
of age , was barred from driving her
own dogs in the race at Ashton today
because of her tender age. Warren
Cordinley, of Marysville, will drive the
ream, composod of five shepherds, in
her stetd.
HOW THEY GET
IT IH MEXICO
Commander of Phantom
Brigade Gets Away
With Millions,
Mexico' City.—-Auditing uncials of
the government daring t-hc ’s*
days have uncoveredjthe operations by
which a phantom brigade has been
maintained on the array payroll for the
past three years. The commander of
this phantom brigade of a thousand
men tookto himself not only the army
payroll but also the vouchers in pay
ment for the upkeep of the bogus or
ganization, and it is estimated that
the government,' -through ‘thtt'padded
pilferings, has1 been" cheated* out Of
many millions of dollars.
New York.—Mike Brennan won tho
decision tomght over Bob Martin, A.
E. F. champion, iir& fifteen-roond con
test.
Hard to Get Man for
| Secretary of the Navy
Washington.-^Itf is- eonounced that
Lowden, of Ohio; hras declinedfrhe ten
der to become secretary of the naw.
and that Poindexter, of Washington, -is
being considered.