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YOL. 1. NO. 52
McGRATH, ALASKA, JULY 23. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
OZMO ON
HER WAY
Left Seattle Yesterday
Afternoon—Several
Passengers.
Seattle, JJuly:23.The • motor
-ship Ozmo, 'with a cntmber of
passengers ; and large - consign
ments of freight destined for
Kuskokwim* river points, sailed
for Bethel late yesterday after
;noon.
Following is the 'passenger
list: R. Stephens, Mr. and Mrs.
nG-us Gullikson, J. A. Reed, Tim
othy Marcum, Mrs. Ole Ander
son, L. W. Bundy, Mrs. George
A. Green, Duke E. Stubbs, Elsie
Knosher, Elveira Lysen.
tHeld, for $50,000 Ransom.
Sharon, Pa.—Thomas D. Randolph,
51& leading business man here, was kid
napped <from his-home last night-and is
being htkl for a ransom of fifty tiioa -
-sand‘dollars, according to information
given the police authorities bv Mrs.
Randolph, today.
GERMANY
WORKING
IBut the Rest of Them
Are Loafing, Says
Glenn.
^ Chicago, - J uly .23“Germany
;;is the only European country
working. The rest of them-are
floating. They want the United
States' to give them more money
so they can play some more,”
according » to 4John M. Glenn,
-secretary <<cf1 that Illinois Manu
’ facturers .Association, --who has
, just returned ifcotn <a six-weeks
tour of Europe,' in an. interview
given out today.
Harry Hawker Meets Death.
London.—Harry Hawker, who in
1919 tried unsuccessfully the flight
across the Atlantic ocean, was killed
i today when his machine caught fire,
while flying over Hendon, a suburb of
London.
Washington.—Representative Mad
den has been selected for chairman of
the House committee on appropria
» Hons.
FARRAGUT
IS ADRIFT
Following Explosion of
Main Feed Pipe—12
of Crew Scalded.
H5 air Francisco, July. 23.—With
its exact location unknown, the
Pacific Steamship f Company's
steamer Admiral Farragut, with
twenty-five passengers aboard,
is drifting helplessly Off the
coast north of San . Francisco,
following an explosion of the
main feed pipe, in which twelve
of the engine crew were severe
ly scalded.
The Farragut left San Fran
cisco last -night for Seattle.
Several boats, «wdth ..physicians
■aboard, have been'dispatched to
search and render aid.
- j
Ka*’ Thiele. Confirmed.
„ Washington.—The appointment to
Karl Thiele as Surveyor* General of
Alaska was confirmed by the Senaie
late today.
END IS NOT
IN SIGHT
Basis for Settlement of
Irish Question Has
Not Been Found.
London, July 21.—The basis
for a conference in which to at
tempt -a settlement of the Irish
question has not been Tound, it
was announced in an official com
munique after the conference to
day between Eamos De. Valera
and Lloyd George. I
B>e Valera and his colleagues
will return? to Dublin - tomorrow,
and DeW alera will-comm tunicate
with; Lloyd George a/fter a fur
ther disoussion with his follow
ers there. _
London.—At midnight tonight
Lloyd George rushed to the
king’s palace, where he submit
ted to King George a document
which will be given to De,Valera
in the morning.
The steamer Quickstep left Thurs*.
day evening for Bethel.
460 Members in Next
House,: If Approval Is
Given Present Plans
Washington.—There will be four
hundred and sixty members in the Na
tional House of Representatives after
March, K>23, if the plans of the House
Census Committee are ^approved. This
would be an increase *go twenty-five
members over the present enrollment.
Prince Rupert Also Itvv ites.
Prince . Rupert.—An invitation is
being extended by this city to Presi
dent'Harding to visit 'Prince iRupert
in the event that he makes a iegisla-,
tive trip to Alaska.
JAPANESE
DOCKYARD
Taken Possession of By
.Twenty Thousand
Workers.
Tokyo,- July..21—-Twenty thou
sand workmen of the ivu .vasaki
naval dockyard atKobe marched
to that plant, today, overpow
ered the directors and took pos
session of the entire institution.
As a result, the greatest ••naval
construction yards in Japan is in
the hands of the workmen’s -ex
ecutive committee.
Corbih’s Widow Insane.
Spokane.—Mrs. D.’C. Corbin, widow
of the late.millionaire miner and rail
road builder, who recently confessed
that she and her chauffeur, had delib
erately burned the Oorbdn ..mansion an
order to obtain the insurance money,
•was adjudged insane by a jury here
today.' She will be committed to an
insane asylum.
Hides Off Free List;
All Leather Products'
About to Be Taxed
Washington. — Hides have been
thrown off the tariff free list bv the
House,’ which voted,-a 'duty to: fifteen
per cent. ‘This is to be followed by an
other -amendment taxing >all leather
products, including shoes.
A Federal Veterans Aid Bureau,
Washington.—The Smoot-Sweet bill,
-providing for the establishment of-a
separate federal-veterans aid bureau,
i was reported favorably to the Senate
by the Finance Committee, today
: Exalted Ruler of Elks.
fJLos, Angeles.—William Mountain, of
Toledo, was todav elected grand exalt
ed ruler of the Elks by the Grand
Lodge, now in session here
t J
INDICTED
Illinois Governor and
Others Charged With
JBig Embezzlements.
-Springfield; ill.,' July
dictanents (vebanging > : Lover nor
Small, .Lieutenant • Governor
Sterling and-Vernon'Curtis- with
embezzlement,, -conspiracy and
the operation of a confidence
•game, were returned by the
•grand jury here, this afternoon.
,Gne count charges that the
trio have embezzled seven hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
Another count charges that the
three have obtained divers war
rants, drafts, vouchersati doc
uments .-to*the amount of .over
two.million dollars.
The accused have been re
leased on bail bonds of fifty
thousand dollars on each couth.
Springfield.-x Judge Smith, of
theCircuitiCourt, announced this
evening that he will decide on
Tuesday whether Gov. Small is
immune from,arrest.
The Governor., has issued a
statement, t- if- *fche -decision «is
against thim, that he will.call.out
the State troops in order to re
sist arrest. His attorneys advise
him that he would violate the
State constitution and betray the
people if he submitted.
AimmdfeCK Charters
the Notekl Roosevelt
to Go After Maude
Seattle.—Captain Raold Atnundseo,
Arctic explore'r, has chartered the
steamship Roosavelt, in which Peary
discovered the North Pole, to proceed
to Dutch Harbor to tow his disabled
ship Maude to Seattle. The. Maude is
being.towed toVCubc’id Harbor by the
cutter* Unalaga.
Messenger Missing,
Also About $40,000
San Francisco.—With forty thousand
dollars’ worth of negotiable securities
in his possession, Russell Griffith, mes
senger for the brokerage firm of Me
Donell A Co.,-is missing, leaving nob a
due for the poliee'to'work upon.
Sam Nesvoog has recently conlptefced
a good-sized annex to his road house * at.
Grayling