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McGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 192L.
PRICE 25 CENTS
SEATTLE TO
FAIRBANKS
Average Rate of $42
Per Ton Via Water
and Railroad.
Seattle, March 14.—Forty two
dollars per toa-03 miners’ sup
plies* for delivery via vtfater and
rail at Nenana and Fairbanks*
with the rates to intermedvate
points proportionately less, is
the joint through freight tariff
from Puget Sound.
The rates have been approved
by the Government, and are ef
fective March "2Qi* The rates run
from $23 a tomito $80, according
to the classification, bat the av
erage, or basic,-rate applying to
groceries and canned goods is
$42.. Albwharfage and terminal
charges are absorbed by the rail
way dine. The rate on general
merchandise taSeward-is $13.50
per ton, and * $45.50 to Anchor
age. No through rate for pas
sengers has* been established, it
being understood that both the
steamship lines-and the Govern
ment railway will make their
own separate charges.
OILFIELDS
TERRORIZED
Klu Klux Klauners Give
Warning to Fresno
Newspapers.
Fresno* Gal., March 13.—Fol -
lowing the announcement by
newspapers that the Kern coun
ty errand jury would begin inves
tigation into the activities of the
klu klux klan and the armed
hooded gangs that have terror
ized the oil fields,- warnings were
received today by the Fresno
Morning Republican and the
Daily Midway Driller to cease
all news reports of such activi
ties here “or you will be sub
jected to the same treatment
that has befen accorded others. ”
The klu klux klam has been
increasing in numbdna in this
section, but many of the outrages
credited to the klan are claimed
by members of the organisation
to be the work of outsiders op
erating under the insignia of the
order. |
Freed on Habeas Corpus
From Warrant to Ex
tradite Him.
San Francisco, Mar. 11.—Jafet
Lindeberg was released on
habeas corpus proceedings today
from the warrant to extradite;
him to Tacoma to answer indict-;
merits charging him with fraud :
in connection with the failure of
the Tacoma Scandinavian Amer
ican Bank. The warrant was
quashed, it being held that the i
information did not set fortii an ;
extraditable offense.
22 Protestants and 17
Catholics Killed Since !
Feb. 11th, in Belfast
Belfast, March 14.—Lieut. Bruce, of
the Seaforth Highlanders, was shot
and killed tolay in Albert street. The
greatest military activitv followed the
killing.
An official statement, issued this,
morning, says that since February 11
twenty-two Catholics and seventeen
Brotestants have been killed in Bel
fast.
; United States Wants Its
| Share of Rhine Occu
pation Costs.
Paris, March 18.—Allied for
eign ministers, at their meeting'
here to discuss division of Ger
man reparations payments, to
day announced their decision to
refer the demand of the United
States States for its share of the
Rhine occupation cos's to the
various Allied governments con
cerned. These governments will1
negotiate direct with the State
Department at Washington, in
asmuch as interpretation of the
Versailles treaty is involved.
The Flench press is bitterly at
tacking America for its stand in
th^matter. *
L. R. Bullard, resident superintend -
eot of the Alaska Treadwell properties
at Nixon, arrived here this afternoon,
oo a brief business visit.
G. J. Quinn returned yesterday from
Nixon.
!
President and Wife to
Pitch Summer Camp
in California Redwoods
San Fransisco, March 14.—The in
tention of President and Mrs Harding
[to pitch their summer camp in the
| heart of the California redwoods, be
I tween June 15 and July 4, became
known today with the receipt of orders
from the War Department at the Pre
sidio to assemble army tents and con
I veyaaces for the use of the President
and those in his party when they ar
rive.
Trial of Tex Rickard.
New York, Mar. 14.—Supreme Court
1 Justice Wasservogel today denied a
i motion to dismiss the indictment'
i charging Tex Rickard with assault;
i upon Alice Ruck, age 15. This is the
i first of severai eases of similar nature
j upon which Rickard must stand trial.
Aviator Kills Many By
Hurling Bomb Into
Crowded Hall.
_
Condon, Mar. 11.—The Trades
Union Hall at Benoni, near Jo
hannesburg, crowded with South
African gold mines strikers, was
bombed by an aviator today, ac
cording to a dispatch from Jo
hannesburg, which says that a
jority of those assembled were
killed.
Johannesburg, S, A.. March
13.—Benoni and Brakpan, South
African gold mining centers,
were captured today by gold
1 mines strikers, aided by bands
of Boers after a battle in which
twenty one constables met their
death. The fight continues at
Fordsburg and Jeppes, heavy
casualties being sustained on
both sides. The greatest appre
hension exists lest the strikers
capture Central Johannesburg
; 11 to Die for Partici
pating in Riots, Ma
nila, December, 1920
—
Manila, March 12.—The sentences of
death passed upon eleven sergeants
and corporals of constabulary fur par
ticipitating in the riot of December,
1920, were affirmed today bv the Su
preme Court. During the riot foi.»*
police officers and four other persons
were killed and a number wounded
Washington, March 15.—A test vote
on the four-power treaty will be taken
late today on an amendment proposed
by Senator Robinson.
Fred^Koethlisberger arrived yester
day from Tacotua, and left this morn
ing for Candle.
Considerable Damage
Done at San Luis
Obispo.
San Luis Obispo, March 13. —
Southean California was severely
shaken by an earthquake shock
at 3:44 this morning, in which
' great damage was done to the
I oil pipe line of the Union Oil
Company of California, the pipe
line being broken in four places.
The San Luis Obispo telephone
system was badly damaged.
Considerable minor damage
was done, and residents are un
der severe nervous strain.
Dispatches from Hanford state
that Sau Joaquin towns experi
enced shocks of earthquake at
3:30 this morning
The quake covered a territory
of 150 miles wide by 200 miles
Ion". _
Los Angeles, March 13.—Tnis
city was shaken by earthquake
at 3:42 a. m. today, the shock
; being felt in mo^t all adjacent
; places. Damage done here was
: slight.
Langley and Warrens
ville, S. C., Wrecked
By Same Storm.
Augusta, Mar. 14.—The towns
of Langley and Warrensville, in
South Carolina, were entirely
wiped out by the same storm to
day.
Dispatches state that several
are known to have been killed
and more than a score seriously
injured. Wrecking crews are at
work, and until the debris is at
least partly cleared away no cor
rect estimate of the casualties
can be given.
London Machinists Locked Out.
London, March 15.—Three hundred
thousand machinists in the engineer
ing trades were locked out at noon to
day. with not much hope for an early
settlement.
Tim Twitchell, of Flat, was a Sunday
arrival.
Frank Maestric, of Tacoma, arrived
yesterday.