PSOP’^RTY OF
The Alaska Agiicultural College
anil School of Miner
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VOL. 1. NO. 73
McGrath, alaska, October 5. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
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MAIL OVER
*
Contract Awarded to H
Stockman for Win—
ter Service. .
Mail via the Rainy Pass, route
this coming winter is-no longer
4 a .matter of.doubt, bat an assured
certainty'.
The follawing'wire.to Mra. D.
SL Clough, the local postmaster,
which is self explanatory, will
be pleasingfjaews to the residents
of McGrath and vicinity. Satis
faction is also, expressed on all,
sides that Harry Stockman has
secured the contract, and the
people now feel that this region
is assured a good mail service)
4 Rr the comingwvinter.
The wire regarding the ser
vice ever-the route from Ruby to
Fiat, with SigWi^g as- carrier,
will alsa.be. received with satis
faction.
Following,\ara< the telegramsr
Seattle, Oct 4.
P0stmaster, McGrath:
Service from, railroad to Flat
authorised by Department’s tele
gram October 3d, as follows:
“Service authorised from - sta
tion on Government Railroad to
McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Idit
arod and Flat, round trip week
ly., November 1 to March 31.-to
carry four hundred pounds. Ko
change in Ruby-Flat route.”
Notify. Stockman immediately.
Chief Mail Clerk Eames, at Cor
dova, will handle details- of ser
vice. Vandevoort .
Fair ban kf, Oct. 4..
Postmaster, - McGrath—
„ Service has. been authorized
f from Rufoy.. to*. Flat once a-week-,
from October 23d to April 29th;
weight limit five hundred pounds
a single trip^each way. Sig Wiig
will perfornk,the service.
'. Wetzler.
President Invites King George.
Eondon.—King George is in receipt
of. a personal appeal from President
Handing to attend.the coming disarma
ment conference in Washington.
Prince Rupert.—With bis btplane
wnecked in a gale which tore it from
his moorings,-near this place* today, C.
Ota Brest has been compelled to aban
don, bis Sight from Mexico to Siberia,
k -—
Washington.—Holland, Belgium and
Portland were invited to participate in
the disarmament conference in a note
forwarded today by Sacretary of State
Hughes.
MAHONEY
WILL HANG
Murderer Shows No
Emotion When Ver
dict Is Read.
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Seattle, Oot. 1.—James E. Ma
honey, charged with the murder
of his wife, Kate M,'Mahoney,
was declared guilty and the
death penalty^ recommended by
the jury, after being out a little
over six hours. Mahoney 's rela
tives showed much emotion, his
sister, Mrs. Johnson, fainting
and requiring the services of a
physician.
Mahoney appeared unmoved,
his only significant remark being
to the turnkey of the jail: “Oh,
well, it was like shaking dice
with the jury.”
The positive identification of
the body found in, the trunk
taken from Lake TIhio* ■ as that
of Mrs. Mahoney, and proof that
Mahoney had dumped a trunk
into the lake, with-other positive
evidence, left no»doubt as to his
guilt. The only hesitancy of the
jury—composed of- eight men
and four women—was as to
whether to recommend the death
penalty.
RAILROAD
Interior Dept. Asks for
$3,211,210 to Com?
plete Road..
Washington, Oct. 3*—The Do
partment of the Interior has
asked for an appropriation of
1(8,211,210, the estimated amount
necessary to complete the Gov
ernment Railroad in Alaska.
Chairman Curry, of the Commit
tee on Territories, has called a
meeting of . that committee for
today, which will make favor
able recommendation-' in' order
that the appropriation can be
made at the next session: &t Con
gress*. _
Sent Nesvoog, in the launch* Sel
dema, accompanied by Pred Butolieu
and Mr. Jestland, left for up river. this
afternoan. __
Los Angeles.—The American .Bank
ers Association met here idm annual
vention, today.
Bandit Gardner Passes
Through Los Angeles
Eos Angeles..—Roy O. Gardner, es
caped McNeill penitentiary bandit, is
known to have passed through this
city last night. Every precaution is
being taken to prevent him getting
into Mexico.
New Paper for Seattle.
Seattle.—Articles of incorporation
for the Seattle American were filed to
day by Charles U. Steffen, lawyer, and
William J. Davis. The American will
be the fourth afternoon paper to be
published in this city.
PENNANT
WINNERS
World’s Baseball Cham
pionship to Be Con
tested in N. Y.
New York, Oct. I.—Starting
Wednesday, the series of games
for the world’s baseball cham
pionship will open in this city.
All games in the series will be
played in New York city. This
was determined today when the
New York Yankees cinched the
championship pennant in the
American League with a 5 to 3
victorj’ over Philadelphia, the
New York Giants having already
cinched' the championship honors
in the National League.
New> York, Oct. 4—Everything is in
readiness for the opening game in the
world’s baseball championship series
tomorrow. A> record-breaking crowd is
anticipated. The Giants, of the Na
tionals, are favorites in the belting, at
odds of 6 to 5.
Following will be the line-up in to
morrow’s game:.
Nationals—Burns, cf.: Bancroft, ss.;
Frisch, 2b; Young, rf; Kelly, lb; Meu
sel. If; Rawlings, 3b; Snyder, c; and
Nehf, p.
Amerisans-—Miller, cf; Peckinpaugh,
ss; Ruth, If;. Meusel, rf; Pipp, lb; Me
nally, 3b; Schang, c; Mays, p.
Umpires—Rigler and Quigley for the
Nationals; Moriarity and Chill for the
Americans.
Returns From Bethel.
Robert Hart, in bis launch Maple
Leaf, returned here yesteruay from his
trip to Bethel*. to which place ha bad
as passengers Col. James G. Steese,
bead of the Alaska Road Commission,
aod Surveyor General Karl Tbeile.
The trip down was made in two and a
half days. Mr.- Hart brought up a
small batch of local mail, but no pas
sengers. Alexander Hately, recently
appointed game warden for this dis
trict, who was expected) on the Maple
Leaf, could not arrange his affairs in
time, .according to Mr. Hart.
Frank Standford, Pete Westlund and
Peter Pearson arrived from Tacotna
this afternoon, coming down in their
own power boat..
HOW THEY DO
BAGKEAST
New Britain, Conn., Po
lice Allied With Bad
Bootleggers:
Hartford, Oct. 3.—Chief of De
tectives Andrew J. Richardson,
of the New Britain police de
partment, was lodged in jail to
day with his two sons and sev
eral others. in default of $130,
000 bail, on the technical charge
of concealing stolen New York
and Chicago autos. These autos
were used in connection with
whiskey running bv a powerful
gang of bootleggers, which is
accused by the State with com
plicity in three murders in New
| Britain. Richardson has made
an admission tantamount to a
confession, in which it is said
several other members of New
Britain’s police force are badly
involved,
Harding On HistoricgBattlefield.
Washington. — President Harding
spent last night in a tent on the his
toric Wilderness battlefield. Standing
on the knoll near where stood General
Lee’s headquarters, today, the Presi
dent saw three companies of marines
stage a mimic combat on the Wilder
ness battleground.
NEWBERRY
IS SEATED
Majority of Elections
Committees Clears
Michigan Man.
Washington, Oct. 3.—A ma
jority of the members of the
Senate elections committee made
a report today clearing Senator
Newberry, of Michigan, of the
Charges of corruption and rec
ommending that he be seated.
The Democratic members of
the committee declared that
Newberry was elected over Ford
by the most corrupt and illegal
methods and practices and rec
ommended that the seat be de
clared vacant.
G. A. R. Fncampment.
Indianapolis—Des Moines was chosen
as the place for holding the 1922 en
campment oi the G. A. R., and .Lewis
S. Pilcher, of Brooklyn, elected com
tsander-in-chief, at the-iinal session -of
the encampment, today.