PROPERTY OF
Tile Alaska Agricultural Coll
and School of Mines
Times
VOL. 1. NO. 94
McGRATH. ALASKA. DECEMBER 17. 1921.
PRICE 25 CEN
Confesses to
In Throwin
Wall Street
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Five Other Principals,
Instruments of Third
International at Mos
cow, Now in Europe—
Got $30,000 for the Job,
Waasaw, Dec. 16.—Wolfe Lin
denfield was arrested here today
by Polish police, in connection
with the Wall Street explosion,
in New York. September 17th,
1920 in which many lives were
iost in the attempt to blow up
the banking house of J. P. Mor
gan & Co. Lindetrfield confesses
that the bomb was intended for
.Morgan, but. went off •■prema
j turely.
According to Sylvester Col-;
glove and Paul Allendorf, who!
trailed Lindenfield, the suspect
has named five principals in the
plot, all of whom are now in Eu
rope, who received thirty thou
sand dollars from the Moscow
Third International, through
New York communists.
Washington. Dec. 17.—The re
ported arrest in Warsaw of
Wolfe Lindenfield, on suspicion
of complicity in the Wall Street
bomb mystery is “the rig) t
story,” according to William J.
Burns, director of the Bureau of
Investigation of the Department
of Justice, who has been ex
pecting arrests in the matter. *
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ANGLO-IRISH
DECISION
' ; Dail Eireann May Give
^ Final Answer Next
Wednesday.
DublinDDec. ,17.—A final deei
- sion on. the Anglo-Irish peace
treaty by the Dail Eireann can
i be expected on Wednesday, but
i not before. A txublic session will
, be held on Monday for formal
presentation of the motion for
ratification, but the debate will
certainly continue till Wednes
day. The members of the Cab
inet continued their secret deci
sions today.
London.—Roth houses of Parliament
rati tied the treaty creating an Irish
free state by overwhelming majorities,
this afternoon.
King George, epening the special
session of Parliament to consider the
Irish peace settlement, said be hoped,
by the settlement now submitted, the
•‘strife of centuries may be ended.”
Lloyd George, speaking in the Com
mons. said no agreement ever conclud
ed between two peoples had receiued
so universal attention.
Joseph A, Laubner, a miner in the
Willow creek district, was killed in the
Talkeetna mine recently, Laubner and
a man named McClinton were return
. ing from examiniug the ore in the
/nine, when a rock estimated to weigh
i 160 pounds fell from the roof of the
, ..tunnel, crushing him to the floor.
Completion of Agree
ment on Naval Ratio
Announced.
Washington, Dec. M>.—Com
pletion of the tinal agreement on
the naval ratio program was an
nounced this evening by Secre
tary Hughes, who said; “I re
gard this as one of the greatest
steps ever t«ken in the direction
of maintaining peace.”
Japan, according to the agree
ment, will be allowed to retain
the Mutau. her newest capital
ship, and all told gets 13,600
greater tonnage than in the
original “status.” Naval bases
in the Pacific are maintained.
China and Japan are still
deadlocked on <jheir twenty-two
points, which China* insists must
be settled between the two coun
tries themselves rather than by
the Par Eastern committee of
the conference.
Mrs. E. P. Werner anil daughter,
Miss Catherine, arrived from Anchor
age Thursday nijiht, after a visit of
several months at Mrs. Werner’s for
mer home, Oakland, Cal. They were
convoyed hither by Charles Smith, and
report an excellent trip.
Ike Koski, who arrived Wednesday,
returned yesterday to the.Forks.
Filipinos Not Ready
to Take Over Their
Own Government
Washington.-^Despite extraordinary
progress in the last twenty four years,
the people of the Philippines still have
a long road to travel before they will
be ready to take over their own gov
emment, according to reports made by
Wood and Forbes, issued today by the
war depart ment.
Telegraphic Ticks
Washington —Representative Flood,
of Virginia, dropped dead at his home
this afternoon, of heart disease.
Washington.—The bill providing for
the appointment of twenty-two Federal
district judgds passed the House last
night. _
Washington.—John C. McBride, of
Juneau, was nominated bv Presidsnt
Harding today to be collector of cus
toms for District No 31, of Alaska.
Washing ton—The most severe earth
quake in twenty years struck Tukio
yesterday, according to advroes reach
ing the Japanese embassy here tonight.
San Diego.—M. C. McLaiD. chief ma
Lain, chief machinist's mate, was killed
this afternoon when the plane in which
he was a passenger crashed to the
gronnd. _
Cor^ —The former mayor of Cork
was assaulted in his office yesterday by
two armed and masked men. He was
badlv beaten up and unconscious when
found, some minutes later.
■ *
Aberdeen.—Johnny Lander* and ‘four
other lowers were drowned in the
Obehalts river today when their auto
crashed through the gate while the
draw of the bridge was open.
New York. —A receiver has been ap
pointed to take control of Tex Rick
ard’s Madison Square Garden amuse
ment place, as me result of Frank C.
Armstrong’s suit to obtaiD half the
profits of the Dempsey-Carpentier
fight.
Washington.—Opposition te the bill
of Senator New, framed as an Admin
istration measure, appears -by indirec
tion in the annual report *of>GreeleV,
chief of tho forestry service, which was
matte public today, and in which he
stronglv opposes the transfer of the
service to any other department.
Charlie Olson, formerly of Gaoes
creek and well known throughout the
Interior, is now located at Anchorage.
Mr. Olson has lately suffered a great
deal from rheumatism, having been a
patient in the Anchorage hospital for
about four months until a few days ago,
when he was able to leave- for1-htS
home, and is now reported as greatly
improved, according to recent arrivals
from Anchorage. .
—v
Herman Hansen, from the North
Fork of the Kuskokwim, -arrived here;
Thursday on business, aad is scheduled
to start on his return.journey tomor
row. _
J. E. Beattie, with the Outside 'mail,
arrived in the afternoon of the 15th,
having left Anchorage on the 3d, and;
left Thursday morning on his way to
Fla}.
JAPANESE
SMUGGLER
Revenue Officers Ov<
itake and^KUl 3 o
Organized Gang.
Hoquiam, .Dec. 15 —Ax pifcc
battle, in which three Japar
were killed, occurred here
flight between opium smugg
and revenue officers.
It has been known for s
time that the smugglers \
bringing opium and bquor t
Hoquiam, and last night offi
came upon the smugglers,
immediately put up a fight.
The band, it is believed
mainly composed oi Japar
who deliver their illicit good
white accomplices after 1
have succeeded in landing it
TrotzJty^lssrteS'/ Ap
; to Prepaid iotW
; With Japan
Moscow, Dec. 15.—Decks
that Japan, hoping to streng
her position at the Washic
conference, had launched
tacks on the far* eastern r<
lie, the soviet govern men
started a great drive for
Daredness.
? War like appeals which de:
•increasedpreparedness for
tile; action are being «eni b
cast bv wireless and* the be
vik army and navy are bein
portuned to prove thein lc
to and readiness to fight fo
new republic.
vfTokyo, -J)ec.' 16.—Anno
ment is made by the Jap
government that troops wi
at once despatched to Sibei
I*,w?n beoad news to many
throughout, the. interior to tear'
Waiter Gofae. -well known as a
of dogs,, recantly met death by i
mg in a lake is Canada.. Crossi
new k-e, io »n- endeavor to rea
fish cache, the ice gave-way, su
ing dogs, sled and driver
found, several days later, Goy
sitting, upright in his sled, robe
shoulders, aod his team of oin
strung out as if in action., ell
neath the ice in about eight .
water.