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VOL. 1. NO. 37
McGRATH, ALASKA, JUNE 1. 1921
PRICE 25 CENT S
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TALKS WITH
PRESIDENT
Stubbs Asks Wire
less at Bethel.
Also a Telephone Line
From Happy River to
French Joe’s.
Washington, May £3. — Follow
ing a conference with President
Harding, today, Dnke E. Stubbs,
of Aniak, Alaska, in a letter to
Secretary of Interior Fall, rec
ommended the building of a
telephone line beginning at the
Happy river roadhouse, thence
over the summit to Rhone river,
and ending at French Joe’s road
house.
Mr. Stubbs further wrote that
at*Signal Corps wireless station
should be located at Bethel with
view to the safety of passengers
and shipping. The nearest wire
less station, he says, is at Mc
Gfrath, five hundred miles up the
!£uskokwim river, which is of no
benefit whatsoever to Bethel,
nor to shipping, population and
commerce in general.
GRAVES ARE
DECORATED
Britain Gives Observ
ance to American
Memorial Day.
London, May 30.—The grave
of every American soldier in the
British islands was decorated to
day in observance of American
Memorial Day,. while in St.
PauL’s Cathedral a bust of
George Washington was un
veiled as a gift from the Amer
ican people.
Apply for Injunction.
Seattle, May 29.—The steamship
owners’ organization appealed to tbe
Federal Court this afternoon fur an in
junction against the striking marine
unions restraining them from acts of
violence and picketing.
The Alaskan arrived Sunday from
Tacotna, again leaving for that place
Monday evening.
MRS. BARNES
IS MISSING
Did Mahoney Have
an Accomplice?
• Wife, When Last Seen,
Wore $30,000 Worth
of Jewelry.
Seattle, May 30.—Mrs. Ma
honey, for whose body searchers
are now diligently watching the
waters of Lake Union, had thirty
thousand dollars’ worth of jew
elry on her person at the time
she was last seen in this city, in
t'.ie middle of April, it was re
vealed tonight.
The police are proceeding on
the theory lhat Mahoney had a
woman accomplice in ridding
himself of his wife and securing
possession of her jewels and im
proved Seattle reality valued at
over one hundred thousand dol
lars.
The police are trying to locate
Mrs. Barnes, widow of George
Barnes, Denver millionaire, who
has also been missing since Mrs.
Mahoney was last seen alive.
IDEALS ARE
PRESERVED
I ‘ _
President Harding De
livers Memorial Day
Address, Arlington.
\
Washington, May 30.—A na
tion loyal first »o itself, but
never failing to measure up to
the demands of advancing civil
ization, was pictured by Presi
dent Harding as the American
I ideal, today, in an address at
the Arlington National Cerne
j tery. American heroes of every
I war, the President said* had ac
complished far more than, the
immediate ends for which, they
fought because they had helped
Uo erect and preserve ideals for
the liberty-loving of every race.
H. E. Carter returned late Saturday
night from a trip to Taeotna, being
accompanied by J. Saupe from the lat
; ter place.
Ex-President Wilson
. Breaks Long Silence in
a Memorial Day Letter j
Washington. May 27.— Breaking a
long silence, ex-President Wilson, in a
Memorial Dav letter to Stars and
Stripes, the soldiers periodical, de
clared that the American people shall
not be able to enjoy the full pride of
the day’s recollections until we have
made sure that the duties that grew
out of the war have been fulfilled to
the utmost.
Hope of Harding.
Washington, May 28. — In his Me
morial Day message to the American
Legion, President Harding expresses
the hope that the future will bring less
need for further national sacrifices.
—
Awful Suicide by Woman.
Washington, Mav 29.—Mrs. Eliza
beth Johnson, head of the lip language
! department in the Nebraska sthool
; here, committed suieiu'e- today, jump
| ing from the seventh story of the Hotel
| Conlin.
AEROPLANE
IS WRECKED
Congressman and Sev
! eral Army Officers
Killed Outright.
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I Washington, May 30.—Lieut.
! Col. Archie Miller, Lieutenants
Stanley, Ames, Cleveland. John
M. and William Pennywell, Ser
geant Richard Blumenkranz, all
army officers; A. T. Batcheider,
chairman of the executive board
of the American Automobile As
sociation; Congressman Maurice
Connelly, of Iowa, and also a
majoi in the army reserve corps,
were all killed when an arnbu
j lance aeroplane, of which they
were occupants, was wrecked,
near Indian Head, Maryland.
The plane went down during a
severe electrical storm. There
were no survivors.
Geddes Also Says* ‘It
Must Not Be Again’
.. 1
New York, May 27.—Geddes. British
ambassador, iu an address here to
night, said that all should resolve with
President Harding that “It must not
bs again.” The ambassador declared
that another war means horrors inde
scribable, with many new devices, in
cluding bacteria, to spread dieease.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Saupe returned to
Tacotna Monday evening, going up on
the Alaskan.
A TRAVESTY
ON HOME
RULE
Scott G. Bone, of
Seattle, for Gov
ernor of Alaska.
George Beaumont, It Is
Said, Will Get Marshal
ship Third Division.
Washington, June 1.—Scott C.
Bone, former editor of the Se
attle Post-Intelligencer, has been
selected for Governor of Alaska,
according to announcement just
made by Secretary of Interior
Fall. The nomination will be
sent to the Senate this week,
possibly today. _ „
Major George Beaumont, it is
understood, has been selected
for Marshal of the Third divi
sion of Alaska. He saw service
in the European war, and trans
mitted the first message to the
troops announcing that the arm
istice has been signed.
CARGO OF
THE OZMO
Consisted of Over 700
Tons-List of Main
Shipments.
Seattle, May 30.—The motor
ship Ozmo, which sailed from
here Saturday for Bethel, car
ried a cargo of over seven hun
dred tons, as follows: One hun
dred and ten tons for Bethel;
one hundred and forty tons for
the Northern Commercial Com
pany; thirty-five tons for the
Plume Dredge Company; forty
tons for the Kuskokwim dredge;
forty tons for Higgins; fifty tons
for Hoffman; forty-five tons for
the Alaska Road Commission;
one hundred and twenty-five tons
for the Treadwell Company, and
one hundred and forty for other
river points.