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THE
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922.
PRICE 25 CEU'TS
VOL. II. NO. 29.
WITHOUT
Allies to Demand Ime
cjuivocal Replies From
Russian Delegation.
London. April 27.—An allied!
note to lie presented to the Rus
sian delegation at Genoa toinor
raoi row' will be praotk'ally an i
ultimatum. The note will de-i
mand unequivocal replies re-1
garding the payment ofi Russian
war debts, either entirely or
with reduction based on Russia s
capacity to pay; the payment of
pre-war debts, with the grant
ing if necessary, of a reasonable
moratorium indemnity for all
damages caused to foreigners,
and the restitution of confiscated
property.
Lloyd George Galls for America. I
Genoa.Fainting the perils of |
the present European situation, j
Lloyd George, in'an address to-1
■ day, said.
“1 wish America were here. ■
Some-people-think 'wo want the i
i United States tor some selfish,
( purpose. .This is not true. Wef
want America because she oxer- j
, rises a peculiar authority, fieri
very aloofness gives her the
right to speak. America could
exercise an inlluence no other
country could command.”
KLU KLUX
ifl Ail!
Office of Hooded Order
At Los Angeles
, Raided.
Los Angeles, April 28.—The
■ “invisible empire” has been ren
dered conspicuously visible, it
was declared at the district at
torney's'office today, after an in
spection of articles seized last
s night, when agents of the dis
trict attorney raided offices of
the klu klux klans. The records
taken show 1013 Los Angeles j
members, including many men
of prominence.
“We have linked the klu klux
klan with masked mob outrages
at Inglewood and with the reign
of terror holding sway in the oil
fields for months,” District At
torney Woolwine announced this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nicollet were
town visitors from-the Forks on Thurs
day. Departing for the Forks with
Mr. and Mrs. Nicollet* Has Miss Mary
Fred, who wflb-ba their guest until
after the breakup.
Anthony Sweeney and Charles O’Hal
loran were town visitors from Candle
. 'ora few hours on Thursday...
R FLIGHT
OF WORL
British Flyers Taking
Up Project of Late
Sir Ross Smith.
London, April 28.—Using the
same organization as that, pro
posed by the late Sir Ross Smith,
announcement is made that Maj.
W. T.; Blake is taking up the
project of a world flight, the
date for starting being near the
end of May. The navigator of
the trip will be Capt. Norman
McMillan Blake, who expects to
tty eastward and complete the
flight in sixty days. The. route
will be from. England to France,
Italy, Greece, Egypt, Mesopo
tamia, India, Eastern China and
Japan, thence by way of the
Aleutian islands, Alaska, across
Canada and the United States to
New York, said Blake today.
“We will cross the Atlantic from
Newfoundland by the way of
Greenland, Iceland and Scot
land," the navigator added.
>N. Y. Gets Liquor on
ex-Submarine Chasers
New Yorfe.—A> bootlegging scheme
whereby liquor is being; smuggled into
this country from Bermuda and Cuba
on former submarine chasers, coni
manded by officers weaving the navy
uniform, has beeu.unearthed here, the
collector of customs o? this port, an
nounced todav.
•Arriving over the trail yesterday
from lluby was Mi l1. Miller, a former
attache of the U. S. Marshal’s office at.
Fairbanks, who is ou his way to Cau
die. Incidentally, Mr. Miller is a can
didate for Territorial representative
on the Democratic ticket, being one of
those voted on at last Tuesday’s pri
maries.
Grand Conclave. Seattle, in 1925.
New Orleans.—Seattle was awarded
the thirty-sixth triennial conclave of
the grand encampment o: Knights
Templar of the United States in 1925,
the winning of which came after a
spirited contest with Indianapolis.
The conclave todav came clo^e to the
election of Leonid P. Newby, of
Knightstown, tod., as most excellent,
grand master.
British Boat Shelled
By Bolshevist Battery
Constantinople.—Lloyds reports the
receipt of a wireless message from the
master of the British steamer Datchet,
near Odessa, stating that his ship had
been shelled bv a bolshevist coast bat
tery ai Cape Fontana. The tnessag
stated that the Dachet was leaking
badly, with the crew standing by and
doing everything possible to keep the
ship afloat.
Soldiers Bonus Bill.
Washington.-^-Chairman McCumber
predicted today that, the soldiers bonus
Srill, with the finance committee’s in
dorsement, will be. before the Senate
within a week.
Diek Stevens was a Thursday arrival,
eaxiilK EVjfla-v nimninn f.,„ O-W
Newspaper Mam May
Be Implicated in Tay
lor Murder Mystery
.San Francisco.—The police depart
ment announced today the receipt from
the sheriff of Hilo, Hawaii, of a cable
assertion that Honor* C. Conaette,
now held in iail in Los Angeles as a
material witness ia the William Oes
> mond Taylor murder mystery, admitted
\ in Hilo that he had killed a man. Oon
j nolle is a newspaper man. and oas ar
[rested here this week on his arrival
from Honolulu.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Apollo, J‘a.—Three miners were
killed whan a bomb was thrown today
■utii a bunkhouse at the !’a.tterr.on coal
mine, near here
New Vprk.- - frank Kotau, *o'v;-aer of
extensive western raining interests,
succumbed suddenly to death today,
owing to acute indigestion
Tunis —A piot to assassinate -'rr.si
dent Millerand of France upon hisar
rival here was unearthed today. Four
communists are under arrest.
San Antonie— Frat Payton was killed
here today by Federal prohibition offi
cers while the latter were making a
raid of his liou^e in search for liouor.
Portland. Four men taking the
j places of union ’longshoremen, out on
| strike, were beaten insensible today
I within the shadow of city nolice bead
| quarters.
.Minneapolis. —William hosier, ad,*
! vocate of a workers revr don. is en
route today to Chicago, after a. meet
ing he addressed here las' night had
broken up in a row.
Denver.—Mary Gardeo attending
the prize tight here lie tween Fred Ful
ton and Hubert itoper, of Chicago,
stood on her chair and appla uded when
Fulton knocked out his opooneut.
| Seattle.—John E. Ballaioe. formerly
of Seward. Alaska, today announced
‘himself as a Kepublican candidate for
United States Senator, to succeed Miles
Poindexter, whose term expires m 1923.
New Vork. - Brooding over the fate
•of her son, who is facing a sen’.4, nee of
twenty years in Sing Sing prison, Mrs.
dLunnah Donovan today committed sui
cide by lumping from the roof of a tall
tenement building,
Portland.—The body of Frank Bow
ker was today recovered from Gala
[ poola river, where it had beer, thrown
| following hiowker’s murder by Bussell
| Decker, according to the confession of
the latter.
Chicago—Ben W, Hooper member
of the public group United Mates rail
wav labor board and former governor
I of Tennessee, was elected chairman of
; the board at us annual meeting, today,
•succeeding Chairman Hartov
—
New Boat for Alaska. S. S. Co
* Seattle.—The Alaska Steamship Co.
'today called for bids on a 1440 foot steel
construction passenger and freight ves
sel lo take the place of the company's
lost liner Alaska. The new boat will
be used iu the Alaska service.
: .. --
Bill Hummel, who arrived Thursday
from the Tuluwiksak Hot Springs,
where .he is now making: his home, de
parted last night on his return trip to
that place, being accompanied by Har
old Knudsen.
Mrs. L>. J. Boyd is spending s, week s
eud at Candle, the guest of Mrs. T. -H
Aitken. Mrs. Boyd will return here
early Monday morning.
Walter Stephens, of Caodlo, was a
!
Battle Raging Todav
Only 12 to 25 Miles
From Peking
.
Peking, April 29, - Civil Wav
S in China, impending-far many
months, broke out u-t l o’clock
this morning, with, -General
Chang The Lin defending the
capital from General W‘b l ei Fu,
t who is approaching and attack
. lug from the south. Chang "he
I Lin is bringing in additional
I troops from his stronghold at
Mukden, and has seventy thou
sand men in or near the Peking
area. Wo Pei Fu is directing
the campaign from 'Paoting 'u.
where he is reported to have
thirty thousand men in a semi
circle, on which the ’battle is
raging today, which ranges from
twelve to twenty-five miles from
•Peking.
Shanghai. -The forces of Sun
Vat oen. bead of the South Chi
nese government at Canton, have
j captured, the entire .south err.
| naval* o-uadron. -vy*
Peking,*—Fighting -souths of
| Peking near-the "Sint sin rail
way is still in progress this af
ternoon, with the sound of bat
tle audible here. The wounded
troops fromjjthe front have be
gun to arrive in tin city
IS SAFE
I _
Has Lead of 2,000, With
Three-fourth & of the
Vote Counted
| Juneau, April L' .—Wit. about
three fourths of ' he. returns
counted* Sutherland has a lead
over Galen cf more than two
thousand votes for the Repub
lican nomination of Delegate to
Congress as a result of y ester
f day \s election.
Nixon Mine Returns.
Republican
Tor Delegate to Congress -Drayton,
0, Galen, 2; Sutherland, 2K.
For Territorial Senator Nerltr.d,
long term. 23; Snodgras... short term, 23.
■For Territorial .Representatives —
Johnston 16, Keys 1(5, Pattsrson 13.
Ross 19, Thompson l~, Weiss
For Divisional Koad Conrmrss toner—
Sabin 22
Democratic
Delegate* -White 2,
■ Representatives—Miller 2, MdDun
Tacotna and Ophir
At.Ophir, 30 votes were cast.'-ail Re
>-publican.
| Air Tacotna 33 votes werooaat.'^.J 'T