VOL. II.. NO. 22
McGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL
5,
PRICE 2£ CENTS
Given Lloyd George in
Matter of Genoa
Conference.
London, April 4.—'The House
of Commons, at midnight last
night, gave a vote of confidence
to Lloyd George and the govern
ment-by a vote of 379 to 74, as
an evidence of approval of the
premier’s outline of allied plans
for the Genoa conference.
Lloyd George, yesterday af
ternoon, had asked the House of
Commons fora voteof confidence
in his government and approval
of Parliament in the Genoa eco
nomic conference, and in a his
toric speech in the Commons on
the Genoa conference last night
the Premier laid down the condi
• tions upon which the allied gov
- ernmenis are preparing to recog
nize Russia. 1 These conditions,
said George,- are recognition by
Russia of'the'debts contracted
•'under ilie Lzarist regime, a re
■ duction of the red army, guaran
tee of Russia to not attack her
neighbors, and access to Russian
, ports. Recognition, with these
understandings, will be granted
Russia for a probationary period.
“The world,” said George, “can
not afford to wait any longer for!
the downfall of the present re-:
gime. It is our duty at Genoa to
see that the reestablishment of
peace in Europe is - completed.” ,
Chiefs Rug Declared
Masterpiece of Wea
ver’s Art
Bremerton, April 5.—Infatu
ated with another man, Mrs.
Ruth Plumley today confessed
to poisoning her husband, Hugh
C. Pltamley, a navy yard pipe
fitter and war veteran. Plum
ley, who was a member of the
Fifth Marines in valorous over- ‘
seas service, collapsed after eat- j
ing a fruit salad prepared by his|
wife, and succumbed to death'
twenty minutes later.
Chester Brink,- with the incoming
mail, arrived last evening, well within
- schedule, having left JNaney on the
27th. He departed this morning for
Flat on the last Jap uf his winter m.ail
.contract.
OUTLAWS
Sequim Bank Robbers,
After Gun Battle,
Landed in Jail.
Port Townsend, April 15.—The
Sequim Bank robbers, after hav
ing terrorized the Olympia pe
ninsula section for more than a
week, were captured early this
morning, and ware brought here
and lodged in jail.
A great deal of the bank loot
has been recovered. The ban
dits give their names as Prank
Grant and Ernest Browning.
Sheriff Chase of Jefferson coun
ty, and a number of deputies,
captured the bandits near Quil
cene, but not before a running
gun battle, in which twelve shots
were exchanged.
Grant is dangerously wounded
and attending physicians say iie
cannot recover. He had five
thousand dollars pinned under
his shirt, and has made a full
confession of the robbery, and
Browning, his companion, ad
mitted they had shot Kex Mc
Innes, a special deputy sheriff,
but denied they had held up the
logging camp where Kay Light,
an overseas veteran, was shot
and killed.
Pan McKencie, well known mining
man of the interior, after an absence of
a couple of years in other fields, is
again returning to the Iditarod sec
tion, traveling in- company with Mail
Carrier brink.
Bremerton Woman De
vises Deadly Fruit
Salad.
Dresden, April 1.—A chief’s
rug made by Chilkat Indians of
Northern Alaska, recently ac
quired from America by the Eth
nological Museum ol Dresden, is
pronounced by German authori
ties to be a masterpiece of the
weaver's art and worthy of
being placed side by side with
famous textiles of antiquity. The
rug is made from tine white wool
of the mountain goat indigenous
to that region of Alaska.
W. J. W id man returned here today
from a trip to Ophir.
Hilly Jones, from Ophir, with the
Yukon mail, arrived today.
Coal Operators and
Mine Workers Will
Confer Next Monday
New York, Aprsl 4.—Strike leaders
announced here today that the general
scale committee of anthracite miners
would meet in New York tomorrow to
act on the reported offer of several in
dependent producers to grant strikers
the 191vi wage demands immediately if
they would return to work.
Washington, April 5.—The House
labor committee today telegraphed
leading coal operators te attend a wage
conference with mine workers in
Washington on Monday.
!
Commercial Club Start
ed to Further Inter
ests of That Section.
; Tacotna, April 4 A meeting was
hold ir. Estleman’s Hall last night by
the residents of Tacotna for the pur
pose of organizing a commercial club,
to further the interests of the district.
The meeting was called to order by
Gus Gulltkson, after which the follow ■
, ing officers were elected:
I President—.T. Estleman.
Secretary—A. V. Thorns.
T reas u rer—.1 Hoch r i ter.
A committee, consisting of H. Kear
j nay. (Jus Gullikson and A V. Thorns,
; was appointed to look into and *ake up
any matters pertaining to the public
welfare of Tacotna and the district in
j general, it. being the sense of the meet
i ing to invite all residents of the district
j to sign t he membership roll and oin
; forces to secure and put into ed'eet all
I things that will-bo of benefit to resi
dents of this district and Alaska in
' general.
The membership roll will be left at
' the Tacotna Poo! Room, where all
: residents are invited to sign and be
come members of the Tacotna Commer
cial Club.
George Hamilton, well known in
jteriorite, returned here Sunday, after
a visit of several weeks at. Anchorage.
Thomas JMcCrae, well known mining
man of the Interior, arrived Sunday
j from Anchorage, on his way to Flat.
Swat) Llolin, who went to the coast
last fa!!, was among those who arrived
yesterday._
Nels Vibe, from Little creek, was
one of yesterday s arrivals.
John O. Strand arrived Monday from
Nixon for a brief visit.
James i’ernie returned here Monday
from a trip to Nixon.
Nick Sopoil, Candle, arrived yester
day for a short visit.
John R. Dagen and L. Dumas were
Tuesday arrivals.
Anton tndegaard, of Ruby, was a
Monday arrival.
Chris Dahl arrived .Monday, coming
from Ophir.
F. A. Beckman, Nixon, was a Mon
day arrival
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Make Poor Job of Hold
ing Up a Sacramento
Cigar Store.
Sacramento, April 4. -- Two
bandits, one of whom was a
negro, were killed by the em
ployes of the John ( illip Cigar
store here, today.
Three bandits attempted tc
hold up the cigar store, but sev
eral employes refused to obey
the order “Hands up.” The
bandits opened fire which was
returned by the cigar store men
The bandits then attempted te
escape, but were followed by
several of the employes who had
secured guns, the running dud
resulting in the death of two the
bandits and the capture of the
third.
Corder. Pettier, famous early-daj
Alaskan und-fanailiarly known through
out the Territory, war a Sunday ar
rival. Mr. Hetties, speaking of the
many old-timers he m<#. r/ ith V ,'Ar.
cborage and on the coast, declares that
most of them would be pleased to re
turn to the Interior should a good ex
cuse for so doing manifest iteelf. He
also avers that twenty t ousand atr.er
old Alaskans on the Outside are in t
similar-minded state.
I . W. 1 arks, owner of the Parks cin
nabar properties, who has been attend
ing to business affairs on the ('utside
for the past three or four mouths, ar
rived he’-e last evening from the coast.
He will probably remain here for a few
days before leaving for his down-rive:
home.
OYED
I AWES
Bah&mi Island Town
Visited By Terrible
Conflagration.
Miami', Fla,., April J.—Unless
iire fighters succeed in getting
control of a tire raging in Nas
sau, •>. ahami islands, the entire
city is doomed to destruction,
'accordiug to a wireless dispatch
received here tonight.
The fire started in the Colonial
Hotel, and is spreading rapidly.
Already - the damage amounts to
■ more than three million dollars
with little hope of stopping the
lire’s progress says the dis
patch.
H. A. Liowers, 11. G. Shively ami
j JerryOFranki were &uong "those* whc
arrived over the t.rai' t. 'eons-o
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