VOL, II. NO. 03.
McGrath, Alaska, Wednesday, august 30, 1922,
PRICE 25 CENTS
75 Men Almost Hope
lessly Entrapped, Burn
ing Mine, In California
San Francisco, Aug. 28.—Fire
broke out in the Argonaut mine,
in Amador county, at midnight.
Seventy-five -miners, composing
the night force, are entombed in
the mine, and little hope pre
vails that any of the men can be
taken out alive, according to a
telephone-.message received at
an early hour-this morning.
San. Francisco.—A telephone
< message received at noon an
nounces that there is little hope
of rescuing the men entombed in
the Argonaut mine. Wives and
children of many of the stricken
miners are near the mine, be
wailing their losses, the scenes
presented being most pitiful.
'
Jackson, Calif., August 29.— '
There is still some hope of res- !
cuing the seventy men entrapped
in the Argonaut mine. Rescue
crews are clearing out the caved
in tunnel leading from Kennedy
to the mine in the hope of rescu
ing the trapped miners. This
work will take at least two days
more. Hundreds of rescuers are
working with every effort pos
•sibie.
BONUS TO
SOLDIERS
"I Two Measures Reported
Favorably By House
and Senate.
Washington, \ Aug.. 19.—Pay
: ment of soldiers’, bonus with
. money collected!. from foreign
governments, as. interest on
i their debts to the" United States,
v was ordered this afternoon by
> the Senate in an amendment,
adopted to the bonus bill.
In its first vote today the Sen
ate rejected, ,44 to 27, the Bur
• sum amendmept, proposing to
. pay soldiers half cash and half
, In certificates, of indebtedness,
, payable in five years.
The House military affairs
c committee favorably reported
v the Bursum, bill, which grants to
, disabled emergency officers of
■the world war the same retire
>- naent privileges as enjoyed by
i regular army officers. This mea
sure has already been passed by
the Senate^
The Seuate expects to vote on
the soldiers’ bonus bill before
adjournment tonight. To speed
up their work on the tariff bill,
the House and Senate conferees
will hold night sessions.
Major Blake Aban
dons World Flight
Calcutta. — The Iround-the-world
flight attempted and begun from Froy
den, England, on May 24, by Major
Blake has been abandoned.,. Blake,^to
gether with Captain Norman MacMil
, lan and Lieut. Mallins, will return at
■ once to London. The abandonment of
i the flight is made necessary on account
of the illness of Major Blake,
SITUATION
IN IRELAND
Nationals Capture Cas
tle Monaghan and
700 Occupants.
Castlepane, Aug. 30.—Seven
hundred Belfast refugees, re
publicans, were captured yester
day by national troops in Castle
Monaghan. The nationals sur
prised the guard at the castle,
finding nearly all the occupants
asleep. Large quantities of arms,
ammunition and bombs were
found in dugouts.
Belfast.—Irregulars fired upon
the congregation of mourners as
they were leaving the Westport
church today, afler having at
tended mass in honor of Michael
Collins.
Leonard Wood to Be
come University Head
Philadelphia.—Gen. Leonard Wood,
governor general of the Philippines,
will become head of the University of
Pennsylvania, according to a letter re
ceived bv the alumnae secretary of the
university. It is understood that Gen.
Wood will assume his new duties on
January J.
Charged With Embez
ling One-half Million
Honolulu.—John Guild, secretary of
the sugar and shipping firm of Alex
ander & Baldwin, was arrested here
today. He is charged with embezzling
more than one-half million dollars of
the concern’s funds during the past
three years.
Deputy Marshal McMullen left today
For Tacotna and Ophir, on an official
visit.
Army Dirigible and
Airplane in Spectral
Race Across Continent
San Diego.—A spectral racti across
the continent between an army dirieri
ble and an airplane will be witnessed
September 5th and 6th, according to
plans now being perfected. The air
plane, it is stated, will have a starting
handicap of ten hours.
Bob Roberson and John Dunn re
turned here Thursday from a trip up
the Nixon, both again leavmg this
morning for a run up the Kuskokvvim.
oostM
Jap Cruiser Goes Down
in Typhoon Off Kam
chatka Coast.
Tokyo, Aug. 30. The Japan
ese cruiser JNiitaka went down
in a typhaon off the Kamchatka
coast on August 26, according to
advices just received here. All
hands, numbering about three
hundred, went down with the
cruiser. The destroyer Maki
has been ordered to the scene of
the disaster. 7 *
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—"for, John S. Conley, a den
tist, drooped dead in his office today
after partaking of liquor procured from
bootleggers.
Vienna.—Official warning was givqn
today to five hundred American tour
ists to leave the city as soon as possi
ble, for fear of riots.
Mexico City.—Wright McCormick,
professor at the University of Texas,
was killed yesterday when he fell JO
feet down Mount Ajuseo.
San Francisco.— Director Scobey an
nounced this.niorniug that the Mint is
now coining four hundred thousand
dollars daily in $20 gold pieces.
San Francisco.—The California pri
maries are being held today. The re
nomination of Hiram Johnson for Sho
Senate is regarded as certain.
Stackbolm.—The plebiscite on the
question of prohibition in Sweden re
sulted in one hundred thousand ma
jority being cast in favor of liquor.
Seattle.—The intercaasto freighter
Wabash and the Canadian whaling
steamer Gray ran . ashore, in a fog in
British Columbia waters this morning.
Washington.-. -The erection of a suit
able national memorial to martyred
President McKinley is proposed in a
bill introduced today by Representa
tive Himes, pf Ohio.
Britain Will Pay U. S.,
Says Premier George
London.*-Lioyd George! in conversa
tion with Col. House, who breakfasted
with the premier this morning, reiter
ated Britain’s intention to discharge
her debt to the United,States to ^tbe
iast cent, the Colonel said.
AMUNDSEN
SAYS NOT
THIS YEAR
Forced to Abandon Po~
lar Leap On Account
of Unfavorable tee
Conditions
Nome, AuJu. bO.-—Capt. Raold
Arajindsen, Arctic explorer, has
definitely abandoned for this
year his plan for an airplane
: flight across the North Pole to
Spitzbergen or Grant’s. Land,
but plans to hop off next spring
it became known today with the
arri val here of the coast, guard
cutter Bear from Point harrow.
Amundsen, who is now at Point
Barrow, said the .start had beer,
delayed by unfavorable ice con
ditions and that the season it,
too far advanced to permit any
chances for success.
SHOPMEN
ARRESTED
Charged With Murder
and W recki ng
Dollar M. C, Train.
j Chicago, Aug. 2 .—Joseph Pa
pourvitch, Charles Uselis. John
Petrowskis, Albine Alessio and
James Prohetsh, all striking rail -
way shopmen, were arrested to.
day, changed with murder. The
five men are also accused with
wrecking the million-dollar ex
press train on the Michigan Cen
tral railroad near Gary, Ind., on
August 19, when two of the train
crew were killed. Five others,
held in connection with wreck
ing the train, are under invest!
gation. _
W. J. Bryan Urging
Seizure of Coal Mines
Washington.—William J. Bryan ap
peared at the Capitol this, aftarnooe,
urging seizure of coal mines. His
views, he said, were outlined in a let
ter to Senator Walsh, author of the
.bill giving the President this power.
Coal Strike in Wash
ington State At End
Seattle.--Washington State 'operat
ators and miners signed au ugrepment
today noon, thus ending the coal strike
in this S’ . bree thousand niinert
will return to work tomorrow.