A School of Mines
VOL.Si. <NC. 32
McGRATH, ALASKA. MAY ' 1921.
PRICE 23 CENTS
DELEGATE
PROTESTS
Wants No Outsider Ap
pointed as Governor
of Alaska.
Seattle, May 9. —A special dis
patch from Washington to the
Post Intelligencer says that, un
less President Harding changes
his mind, Col. William T. Per
kins. of Seattle, will be appoint
■ ed Governor of Alaska, as he
has the indorsement of practi
cally the entire Washington, del
• egation in Congress.
Delegate Sutherland today ad
dressed a personal letter to Pres
ident Harding, protesting against
the appointment of any. person not a
resident of ^Alaska. specifically men
tioning Perkins. This action on t>he
part of the.--Delegate is believed to
have g-i^en credence to the report that
Perkins has-already-been selected for
the office.
'Affairs pertaining to Alaska are ex
pected to move rapidly following the
appointment, of governor, which may
be expected wtthin a very few days.
Here’s Another Bill to
Conserve the Gold Re
serves of the Nation
Washington, May 10.—For the pur
pose of conserving the gold reserves of
r the nation, Representative McAndrews,
of Illinois, has introduced in the House
a bill which provides an exemption ex
cise tax of fifty cents a pennyweight on
gold used in the manufacture of ar
ticles and the payment of fifty cents a
pennyweight to producers of newly
milled gold in the United States and
its possessions.
Many Killed, Wounded
In Clashes In Ireland
Limerick, May 9.—In a five-hour
■'battle near jGalbalLy, today, between
153 civilians and the forces of the
• crowd, six civilians -were killed and
fourteen woudded.
Dublin, May 7.—A sergeant and
seven constables were killed in ambush
fighting in County Kerry yesterday.
Twelve Irish volunteers were killed
or wounded and one military officer
wounded in a clash in County Mayo.
Six civilians were killed and fourteen
wounded in a clash with the crown
forces near Cal bally, two soldiers being
wounded.
Four Executed at Cork.
Cork. May 8.—Four men convicted of
levying war against the British forces
uwere executed here today.
ALASKAN
SHIPPING
Benson, of the Shipping
Board, May Give It
I Investigation,
i . •.
j Washington, May 9.-=-Chair
j man Benson, of the Shipping
Board, said today that if he re
mains connected with the Board
he will order an investigation
into the whole Alaskan trans
portation situation.
This announcement followed
the hearing regarding the differ
ence in freight rates on wood
pulp shipped by the Alaska Pulp
and Paper Company from Port
Snettisham as compared with
the rate charged British concerns
i manufacturing paper in British (’o
jlumbia. <
Relapse of Flu Seems
to Have Hit the Town
After apparently everyone in Mc
Grath had suffered from the recent
epidemic of influenza and the town
seemed to have regained its normal
health, a relapse of the disease mani
e—~ c a _ __~
JV.UUJ ivguil UUU IUUUJ IV-OlU^UliO Ul\>
again confined to their homes.
Dr. W. F. Green has been exceed
ingly busy for several days, but today
all his patients seem to be on the road
to recovery.
Walter Stephens, who had returned
to Candle, is again in town recovering
from a relapse of the disease.
Mr. and Mrs 0. E. Carter were both
confined to the house for a couple of
days.
Oae of the little girls in the care of
Mrs. Dave Clough was seriously ill, but
Dr. Green now reports all danger
passed.
Bert Eldridge has-been confined to
his bed for several days. •
Dan Sprague also suffered a relapse
and was advised by the doctor to stay
in the house a few days.
R. S. Boyd was forced to remain in
bed for a couple of days.
Mrs. E. P. Werner is now in the con
valescent stage, as also are Harry
Meehan, •• Joe Wills and a number of
others.
Appointment of Gov
ernor May Be Made
Today or Tomorrow
Washington, May 10.—Several sen-,
ators this morning expressed their be
lief that the Alaska governorship ap
pointment would be made either today
or tomorrow.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Atwater on Sunday morning
last.
U. S. Gets Invitation
to Send Representa
tives to Allied Council
London, Mav 9.—A formal invitation
to appoint representatives to the Su
preme Allied Council, the Council of
Ambassadors and the Allied Repara
tions Commission has been cabled to
the American State Department in
Washi.oot.cn by the Supreme Allied
Council.
Took 3 Shots at Italian Premier.
Meiti, Italy, May 9.—Italian bolshe
vik took three shots at Premier Nitti
this afternoon. No harm was done, all
shots going-astray.
C.E. BUNNELL
JUDGE
And Will Continue to
Be Until Successor
Is Appointed.
Washington; March 9.—Attor
ney General Daugherty this
morning ruled that Charles E.
Bunnell is still judge of the
Fourth judicial division of
Alaska and will continue to be
until his successor has been ap
pointed and qualides.
This ruling comes in response
to queries propounded to the
Department, of Justice some davs
ago by Delegate Sutherland,
asking whether Judge Bunnell
is entitled to hold-court, in view of the
fact that his last appointment was not
confirmed by the Senate.
Newberry’s Conviction
Is Set Aside By Hie
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington, May 10.—The convic
tion of Senator Newberry by tbe Fed
eral court in Michigan for having vio
lated the corrupt practices act has
been set aside by the United States
Supreme Court* The cases of sixteen
others, convicted on the same charge,
have also-been set aside. The courts
holds that Congress is without power
to regulate the primary elections of
States. _
Drowning of Authoress.
Yakima, May 10.—Mrs. Anna Hy, of
New York, authoress of “Tbe House ia
the Woods” and other stories, was acci
dentally drowned in the Nachez river,
near here, today.
Win. H. White, Seattle, Drowned.
Seattle, May 10.—William H. White,
a well known lawyer of this city, was
drowned today by the capsizing of his
canoe, while crossing Lake Washing
ton to his summer home
TO OCCUPY
RUHR BASIN
German Government Is
Given Warning About
That First Payment.
Paris, May 9.—The Allied
reparations commission, upon,
returning from London this
evening, notified the German
Government as a final warning
that failure on her part in pay
ing the first billion gold marks,
of one hundred and thirty-two
billions total, within twenty-five
days, would be followed by im
mediate occupation of the Ruhr
Basin. _
London, May 9.—Addressing
the House of Commons tonight, Ldoyd
Georgs said that v/hile Germany had
surrendered thirty-one thousand guns
and three million six hundred thousand
rifles, the safety of Europe demands
that she must make still further dis
armament. _
Washington, May 7.—The tinned
States Government last night at ly id
night. rejected the German reparations
proposals on the ground that they do
not provide a basis for discussion ue
ceptable to the Allied Governments
and could not be entertained.
London, May 7.—The Allied Supreme
Council tonight was informed that the
German Cabinet has resigned.
Berlin, May 9.—The-American note
rejecting the German pro-postils as a
possible basis for negotiations in the
reparations controversy is said to have
dealt a knockout blow to the Cabinet.
Clara Smith Hamon
Makes Demand for
Estate of $3,060,000
Chicago, May 10.—Clara Smith
! Hamon, mistress of Jake L. Hamon,
Oklahoma oil magnate, at the time he
was slain, and for which crime she was
acquitted by an Oklahoma court some
weeks ago, today made demand in the
courts hers for the estate of Hamon,
estimated at three million o ©liars. Ti e
widow of' Hamon, -who resides here,
characterizes it as nothing but black
rtnail. _.
Blow Church Safe and
Get $30 in Small Coins
Seattle. May 9.—Cracksmen early
this morning blew open the safe in
Trinitv parish church. The looters
were rewarded with thirty dollars, in
small coins.
M inis ter to China
Washington, May 10.—Jacob' Gotilti
Schurman has been selected for- *ntn
is-ter to-Okui-i,.