VOL. in. NO. 10
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923,
PRICE 25 CENTS
BIG STRIKI
MAYBE
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Anthracite Miners and
Operators Unable to
Reach Agreement.
Atlantic City, Aug. 25.—The
parley between anthracite oper
ators and miners over a now
wage contract, designed to pre
vent cessation of 'work . . i;
hard coai fields on September 1,
came to a termination early to
day, and the indications are that
only intervention by the govern
ment can avert a strike.
Atlantic City. Aug. 27—Unions
in three coal mining district:- o
Pennsylvania this afternoon au
thorized their officers to order
all miuers to cease work on Sep
tom be r 1.
Washington. —The stoppage of
anthracite mining would consti
tute a public emergency, the
coal commission said, in a for
mal statement requesting the
full co-operation of consumers
with soft coal operators and ali
agencies of distribution, with all
possible aid through executive
action by the federal and state
govern merits.
President Coolidge has re
quested and authorized Governor
Pinehot, of Pennsylvania, to me
diate between anthracite miners
and operators to avert a strike.
Actual Scrapping of
Ships of First Line
Under Naval Treaty
Washington.—The actual scrapping
of first-line ships under the naval
treaty of the Washington armaments
conference will begin immediately, and
by the terms of the four-power pact
the Anglo-Japanese alliance Is termi
nated automatically by today’s deposit
o'-its ratification.
Photographs of Solar
Eclipse, September 10
W ashington.-r-Tbe war department
its instructed its airmen to ‘secure
photographs of the solar eclipse occur
ring on September 10.' The feat will
bo attempted at a height of' twenty
thousand feet by Lieut. John A. Mac
ready and Lieut. S. W. Stevens, aerial
photographer.
Europe Facing War,
Says Senator Smoot
London.—Lord Beaverbrook, in a
signed article in the Express* says Sen
ator Smoot told him, “Europe is face
to face witli another war, and I trust
that America will remain free from
European entanglements.”
Seattle.—Alleging that her husband,
Samuel W. Johnson, is a habitual
drunkard, Mrs. Annie Johnson, owner
of several restaurants, commenced ac
tion for divorce, today. She is the
widow of Chauncey Wright, late well
known pioneer restaurant man.
Airplane Mail Service
in 30 Honrs and 9
Minutes.
San Francisco, Aug. 2;;.—Mail
from New York to San Francisco
in thirty hours and nine minutes
is an accomi>lislied fact, > feat
having just been accomplished
tonight when the last • mail
relay, piloted by Clair*. ance,
arrived at ’Frisco field The
distance covered was 26S miles.
Hempstead, N. Y., Aug. 23. t
Pilot Johnson landed at 4:14 p.
rn. today with mail which had
started from Cheyenne last night
after the first. East bound effort
at a transcontinental air mail
service had been broken at Lar
amie, Wyo.. on account of heavy
Hempstead, Aug. 24.—Pilot
Westley L. Smith, arriving this
morning from Cleveland, brought
mail twenty-six hours and four
teen minutes out from San Fran
cisco.
New York, Aug. 25.—Letters
that left San Fra. eicco yester
day afternoon arrived in the
postoffice here this afternoon,
being ihe second attempt to span
the continent with mail within
28 hours. The elapsed tune of
the flight was 27 hours 50 min
utes.
Says World Is Not
Ready for Idealism
of Woodrow Wilson
WUliamstowD, Mass.—Asserting that
the world was not yet ready for the
ideal; m of Woodrow W.lson, Earl
Birkenhead, former lord chancellor of
England, declared that self interest
alone should determine w .ether tho
United State should intervene in the
atlairs of stricken Europe, in his ad
dress at the closing session of the Insti
tute of Politics.
New York, t huracterizitig the ref
erence to Woodrow Wilson by Birkeu
en’nead in his address befo • the Wii
liamstown Institute of Polities as
“impudent,” Henry Breck unridge to
day protested in a letter to John W.
U.His, president of the American liar
Association, against the viscount being
permitted to speak at the association’s
annual convention.
Alaska Ry. Boat Ser
vice on Yukon This
Season to End Soon
Washington.—The steamboat service
on the Tanana and Yukon rivers by
the Alaska llaiiwav, heiween IJo.y
Cross and Nenana, will In suspended
ttie latter part of Septembi 1 until next
spring, the Interior Department an
nounced today. The last, boat will
leave for Holy Cross on September ID.
lom Hare, who arrived Wednesday
from Yankee creek, left yesterday for
Ophir.
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$100J00 Purse Up for
Race Between Papyrus
and American Winner
New York.—Chairman Belmont, of
the New York Jockey Club, announced
this afternoon that a purse of one hun
dred thousand dollar , has been pat up
and October 20th fisc, as the date for a
race between Papyrus, winner of the
English Derby, and the winner of an
American trial sweei>stakes. set for
September 10th.
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Nw Store Bi lding and
S( Jiool Hoi.se; Two
Drownings.
Bethel, Aug. 25.—Bethel sharehold
ers in the Pioneer Grocery are huild
ing a new sore, 30>• ■ which will be
cor;;looted soon.
Bob Gierke left for the upper river
with his new boat, to. fastest that was
ever on the river, accompanied by Fred
Anderson, the new ireless operator
for McGrath.
Mr. Payne. Bethel wirgless operator,
who recently returned here from a
visit to the coast, coming with the mail,
was greeted at the dock by his ‘wife
and ten-pound baby girl.
Deyuty U. S. Marshal John Heron,
who has just returned from a trip to
the OutsicFe, was surprised by his wife
hav ug tho finest mansion in Bethel
ready for him.
Captain Geiger, who has the contract
for building the new school house here,
has that structure almost completed.
During the recent storm .John Lun
sTora, of the fishing company of Lun
strom & Garthe. was arnwned, while
coming from Eek island to Quigovn.
TIe leaves a wife and baby.
A nati' at Crow Village drowned
recently. He was swii ming at the
time, suddenly went down and never
came to the surface, the occurrence
taking place within sight of Charles
Nicolet’s boat.
Anvil to Make One
More Trip to Bethel
Seattle. -Capt. Louis K aliich, owner
of the motorship Anvil, says he will
make another voyage to Bethel this
season, and, if sufficient freight is se
cured, will proceed to Nome and
Kotzebve. _
The Thor, Captain Frank Larson,
arrived Thursday, bringing quite a
quantity of freight, again departing
for McGrath t his forenoon.
Billy Jones and Charles F.agle, who
arrived from Yankee creek late Satur
day, left Sunday for McGrath, on their
way to the Outside.
John E. Baker, coming from the
Dave Mutehler cold storage barge, was
a Wednesday arrival.
August Smith, who arrived Wednes
day, departed today for Ins headquar
ters up the Tokotna.
Axel Peterson returned Sunday from
a trip to Opbir.
The Pioneer, Bob Lowrie’s boat, left
Monday for McGrath.
Typhoon at Hongkong,
and Tidal Waves Off
Korean Coast.
Hongkong, A.ug. 20. Groat
loss of life resulted from the ty
phoon that struck the harbor
here at 9 o’clock this morning,
sweeping the waters into a seeth
ing menace, which flung ships
into the depths and tossed others
into havens of refuge. Many
Europeans are numbered among
the victims. The British sub
marine L-9 and the steamship
Mingsang, of British registry,
were among those which sank in
the harbor, all save three of
their crews perishing.
Tokyo.—Three hundred and
forty-six are known to be dead
and a thousand others missing
as the result of tidal waves along
the western provinces of Korea
and along the Kalu river, ac
cording to a cable tonight from
Seoul.
Two newly constructed Japan
ese submarines sauk at the Ka
wahaki docks, Kobi, today, with
130 dockliands aboard.
Washington Notes
Washington. — President Coolidge
told While House visitors today' that
he had decided to adopt a reasonable
altitude.
Washington.—Senator Hiram John
son, of California, called on Presi '
Cooliuge this afternoon, wishing him a
successful administration.
Washington.—The dr-aft of a mani
festo by which recognition will be ex
tern id to Mexico has been completed
by tne State I): partmenu
Washington.—-Th< tier, a gun
boat on cruise with Onio aval reserv
ists aboard, sank today in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence, during a heavy gale. No
loss of life occurred.
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Washington.—Nearly a million let
ters nd telegrams oi condolence were
received in Washington following the
death of the late President Llarding, 11
was announced today.
vVasbington.—Overtures were m , -
tonight to Will Hayes to resign as di
rector general of the movies and again
take the chairmanship of the repub
lican national committee.
Washington. — With wheat selling
below cost a great number of farmers
arc facing financial ruin. Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace declared this af
Lernoon, in a public statement.
Washington.—President Coolidge at
tended Suuday services at the First
Congregational cburcn and beard a
sermon oy one of his classmates, Kev.
Jesemia Boynton, of New York.
Washington.—Peeling that personal
delivery adds force to presidential mes
sages to Congress, President Coolidge
will follow the practice initiated by
Wilson and followed by Harding of
presenting important messages to Con
gress in person.
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Exploring Expedition to
Start From Seattle
Next June.
New York, Aug. 27.—Captain
Robert A. Bartlett, who com
manded Peary’s ship, the Roose
velt, it is announced, will leave
Seattle next June and proceed to
explore a water route northeast
ward from Alaskan watei’s
through Arctic waters, drifting
eastward with the ice to Green
land. Accompanying the expe
dition will be a party of ten, in
cluding the scientists, who will
make expert surveys. A wooden,
non magnetic ship will be used,
and instruments for sounding
depths and examining whatever
life is found there will be includ
ed in the equipment. The ship
will carry a wireless outfit and a
seaplane. Captain Bartlett esti
mates that the work of the expe
pedition will occupy four years.
Women Wearing Over
alls, Short Stockings,
Not Lik^d by Mrs. Ford
Marquette, Mich.—‘ I don’t want to
sign my name for you, and prefer not
to look at you. I resent your ideas of
dress,” Mrs. Henry Ford, wife of the
noted auto manufacturer and possible
candidate for presidential honors, re
plied this afternoon when besieged by
" " mber of women for tier autograph.
women, mostly, were attired in
overalls ami short stockings.
Hands Down Deci
sion Against Germany
The Hague.—The court of inter
national justice today handed down a
decision against Germany in the case
involving the use of tlie Keil canal, in
which decision is rendered that the
German authorities were not justified
in preventing the British steamship
Wimbledon entering the canal during
the hostilities between Poland and
Russia. _
Cuba Notified That
She Must Be Good
Washington.—The Administration Is
prepared to take action to safeguard
American interests in Cuba if internal
disorders in the islands are not cleared
up speedily, it was made plain at the
White House late today, and notice to
this effect has already been served
upon the Cuban government.
Seattle.—There were nine violent
and sudden deaths in Washington and
Oregon yesterday, including six who
were drowned, and the killing of Rob
ert M. McLean, 18, a high school boy,
mistaken for a deer, who was shot, near
Eugene, Ore., by Prof. R. G. Thomason,
of the University of Nevada.
Athens.—A general strike has been
declared, and the government has or
dered mobilization oi all strikers.