VOL. II.. NO. 24
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McGEATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1912.
Amundsen Aeroplane
in Quick 6000-Ft. Drop'
Was Making Transcontinental Flight From
New York to Seattle; Amundsen and Com
panions Suffer Only Slight Injuries.
Cleveland, April 10.--Amund
sen’s monoplane was partially
wrecked near Miola, Pa., this
afternoon, according to a mes
sage just received here. The
plane passed over Bellefonte,
Pa , at ll:-57 a. m., flying against
a heavy wind.
A message from Clarion says:
“Though the monoplane turned
over when it was forced to land
in a field, Amundsen and his
companions were uninjured, be
yond slight bruises. Amundsen
is resting at a hotel, and intends
to go to Cleveland by train to
morrow. The plane will be re
paired here. Amundsen attrib
utes the •mishap to an overheat
ed motor, which forced him to
descend from an altitude of six
thousand feet.”
Pittsburg, April 11.—Explorer
Amundsen, who was reported
this morning as on his way to
Pittsburg from Clarion, was fur
ther delayed when his train was
tied up by a wreck on the branch
road.
Pittsburg. April 12.—Amund
sen, passing through here on his!
way to New York, indicated that
he intended to attempt a trails
continental flight in another
plane.
Commencement of Flight.
New York, April 10.—From
Larsen kield, at 8:18 this morn
ing, Captain Raold. Amundsen,
Arctic explorer, hopped off in
his all-metal monoplane for
Cleveland on the first lap of his
transcontinental flight which
eventually will take him to Se
attle, which place he will leave
on June 1 for a drifting voyage
in the North polar regions. ’Ie
is accompanied by Lieut. Oscar
Oundal, of Norway; K. Lewis, a
civilian pilot mechanician, and j
Horace Grade, member of a firm
of bond brokers. The explorer
said he hoped to be in Cleveland i
in time to spend several hours,
visiting friends. He planned to!
leave Cleveland for Chicago to
night. His contemplated route
after leaving Chicago is Omaha, j
Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Reno.
Sacramento, and thence to Se
attle.
Oklahoma Jury Says
Day Shot in Defense
of Wife and Home.
—
Oklahoma City April 10.—The |
coroner's jury, investigating the!
Day Beck tragedy, late Saturday j
night returned the following!
verdict:
“We, the jury, find that Col.
Paul -Ward Beck came to his
death by a bullet tired from a
revolver in the hands of Jean P.
Day, and we further find that
Judge Day fired the shot in de
fense of his wife, his home and
her honor.1'
Beck, at the time of his death,
was commandant • at Post field,
Judge Day being a millionaire
oil operator. A military inves
tigation of the case is still in
progress.
C. P. McCleary is a recent arrival
from Anchorage.
j
Recalled By Suicide of
Maj. F. W. Duryea
at ’Frisco.
New York, April 12.—The sui
cide of Major Frank VV. Duryea
in San Francisco today makes
the third violent death in that
noted family. His father, Gen
eral Duryea, a Civil War vet
eran, was killed at the age of 81
by his son Chester. Another son,
Harry H., a Wall stteet oper
ator, committed suicide a year
ago last January. Chester is
con lined in an asylum.
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Capt. George Green received «, tele
gram today from Mrs. Green informing
him of her arrival in Seattle, the trip
from McGrath being made in exactly
seventeen days.
Among those scheduled to arrive at
an early date are John Beaton, Charlie
Enquist, Harry Johnson and daughter,
all headed for Flat.
‘Independent National
Existence’ for Turkey
Paris, April 10.—Turkov into be re
established as au independent sover
eign government, in response to the
demands of millions of Mohammedans i
throughout the moslem world, includ
ing India, the Allied Near East Com
mission todav ollicia'ilv announced in
decisions restoring to the Turkish na
tion “a vigorous, independent national
existence.”
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Ed Carlson, after an absence of sev
eral weeks, returned here today from
a trip to the head of the North Fork.
S. E. Collin and B. M. Pierson are
recent arrivals from Anchorage.
1100 Delegates in At
tendance at Open
ing Session.
Genoa, April 11. -The great,
economic conference which is
being participated in by nations
of four continents, opened here
yesterday, Premier Pacta, of
Italy, presiding a,t the prelimi
naries. Every European nation
is represented, nearly eleven i
hundred delegates being in at-!
tendance, with the Japanese, j
German and Russian delegations ,
lining up for conspicuous parts |
At the opening of today’s ses-1
si on a protest against the pres-!
ence of Japan at the conference!
was raised by Tchiteherin, head i
of the Russian delegation. Count1
Ishae, of the Japanese delega-j
tion, retorted that Japan was
there to stay, whetcher Tchit
cherin liked it or not.
Admission of Russian and Ger
man representatives to the prin
cipal committee of the confer
ence was strongly opposed by
posed by both the Pi -o.Ji and
Belgian representatives. Lloyd
George, together with Premier
Pacta and Foreign Minister
Schanzer, of Italy, intervened,
however, and their conciliatory
attitude fiually resulted in the
admittance ol both the Russians
and Germans.
Tchiteherin, head of iho Ruf
sian delegation, announced the
soviet government’s plans for’
European reconstruction, which
he will submit to the plenary !
session of the conference. The
plans have three points, namely,
the eventual liquidation of debts,
including those contracted by j
the czar’s government, with pro j
visions for moratorium, the re
sumption of relations between
Russia and the rest of Europe,
and the re-establishment of Rus
sian production.
/
Seattle Choir Singer
Fires Bullet Into
Breast.
Seattle, April 10.—Miss Bei
tha Brackett died this morning
from the effects of a bullet she
fired into her breast as she stood
singing in her accustomed place
in the choir of the First Baptist
church, last night.
The reasons for her rash act
are unknown. She was promi
nent in church and musical cir
cles, 25 years of age, daughter
of Alfred H. Brackett, vice pres
ident of the Pantorium Dye
works, and a graduate of the
University of Yvashingtor .
Vancouver Youth, 19,
Sentenced to Death
Vancouver, B. C.—Allan Robinson,
age 19, was last night sentenced tc
death for the second time, being con
victed of the murder of W. P. Salis
bury, jr., a prominent business mun
The verdicuof the ju y canTod a strong
recommendation for mercy.
J. E. Beattie left this morning for a
visit at Candle, and is scheduled tc
leave in the morning fcr Plat. ] 'roir
Flat Mr Beattie will return here al
most immediately on his way to An
chorage, where he will take jut sage tc
the Outside for a short visit.
Department of Justice
Accused By Ex-Ser
vice Men.
Washington, April 12.—Rep
resentatives Roy O. Woodruff,
of Michigan, and Royal C. John
son, cif South Dakota, both ex
servide men, in the House today,
read statements which accused
the Department of Justice of
failure to collect millions ol' dol
lars fraudulently paid out on
war contracts. These failures
to collect, they declared, esult
ed even after ample evidence
warranting action had been
placed in the department’s
hands.
Billy Duffy, from Nuncv. with the
last mail to come this winter over the
Rainy Pass route, arrived this evening
on schedule time.
■Clint V7inan arrived thi afternoor
frO>;_ *'ixon.