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THE
' VOL. II. NO. 90
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY; .NOVEMBER % 1922.
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.PRICE 25 CENTS
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MAHONEY
EXECUTED
Made Confession That
He Killed Aged Wife
With Hammer.
Seattle, Nov. 30.—James Ma
► honey, sentenced to hang at
* dawn tomorrow for the.imurder
, of his aged and wealthyv wife,'
i Kate Mooers Ma-honey, . con-i
fessed tonight that*he committed
the crime, according to a state
. ment given out-by>Superintend
, ent Pace, of the*vWalla Walla
• state prison. Mahoney, in his
< confession, says dae* killed..his
wife with a hammer as.^she was
preparing to take a bath
Walla-Walla, Dec. l.d-James
Mahoney, for the murderdU'Se
, attkhof his aged wife,.JKateMM.
# Mahoney, was hanged at seven*
< o’clock this morning, the execu-1'
i tion taking place within the pen
\ itentiary.
Seattle.—“I’m going to start
* life all over. By Christmas I’ll
be back in our old home at Ban
. gor. Me., where my brothers are
- still living;’’ Mrs. '.Nora vMa
i honey, mother of James, slayer
. of his wife, said today, following
announcement of her so’n’s exe
< cution.
SCRAP NO
MORESHIPS
Until Other >Nations
Take Action,rSays
. Britain.
?Xicmdon1 ,Nov 30. ^Britain will
-scrap do more warshipsu under
tfceOewcs of the Washington
(; disami ament treaty until other
nations have t&lteti action and
scrapped their-qnota, according
* to the assurance given a\ques-'
s tioner in the Commons today by
Monsell, financial secretary to
f the admiralty.
On Way to Juneau.
L. F. Bullard, superintendent of tbe
Treadwell mine, and .Douglas Mead ar
. rived yesterday, from Nixon, comlog
, down with Owen Gray. Measrs. Bul
lard and Mead, with Mr. Gray as con
voy, will leave almost immediately for
t the coast, Mr. Bullard being headed
for Juneau and Mr. Mead for the Out
side. Mr< Gray will return here, after
j making a short visit at Anchorage.
Austin Horner and Jack Mutcbler
% were among today’s arrivals from Ta
PLEADS TO
AMERICA
Clemenceau Appeals to
Save France From
Possible Extinction.
Chicago, Nov. 29.—Standing
with outspreaded arms before an
audience which packed the Au
ditorium, Clemenceau tonight
ipleaded to America to save
France from possible extinction.
He declared that France sought
only peace, but that war is being
forced.
i‘If] France does not get the
help that she needs,’' said Cle
menceau, “she may disappear.
Athens was a democracy, very
great and very fine, butene dis
appeared. And if France were
to disappear, I believe that some
day the people wonld begin to
look around and ask if some
thing had not disappeared that
bad brought life to the world.’*
AyH. Twitched has* just completed
the killing of seventy-one bead of rein
deer for consumption at Ophir, Ta
cotnadtcd McGrath. Freighter Bib3
Jones Is.qnyaged In hauling the meat
from^he-dUls.
j John Cameron returned yesterday
' from a trip to Berry Landing, and to
day, accompanied by Mrs. Cameron,
departed for Tacoma, eo route to their
home on Little creek. i
NEW PARTY
IN MAKING
Progressive Conference
at Washington Well
Attended..
Washington, Dec. 2-—The pro
gressive conference, which -met.)
here today at the call of Senator
LaFollette, adopted this slogan \
for future action: “Drive special
privilege out of the control of
the government and restore it to
the people.” I
Thirty-five Senators and Rep-!
reseatatives were in attendance,
Senator Norris acting as presi
dent, vOther Senators included
McNary, Shepard, Owen Shep
pard, of .Minnesota; Frazier and 1
Ladd, of North Dakota; Capper.
.LaFollette; Brookheart of Iowa,
Wheeler of Montana, and Borah.
Pete Michel was pressed into service
to bring.the last consignment of mail
from .Flat, and brought it as far as
Fritz's roadhouse, where be was met
by Chester Brink, who brought it the
rest of ..the .way, arriving this after
noon.
Thanksgiving Cele
brated By Hardings
in 'V-ery Quiet Way
Washington, Nov 30.—The celebra
tion of Thanksgiving at the White
House today was.a quiet family affair.
The President and Mrs. Harding had
an unpretentioun dinner for two in
Mrs. Harding’s own room, which >was
luxuriant with Cowers sent by many
frieads. There was turkey and tnm
dicgs for the President, while Mrs,
Harding, who is slowly convalescing
from her 'illness, was allowed onljr a
light d Inner.
17 KILLED,
18 INJURED
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In ‘Peaceful Protesta*
tion’ of Labor, Mex
ico City.
Mexico City. Dec. 1.—Trouble
which lasted six hours started
today when a crowd marched to
| the city hall to protest against
aldermen who are held responsi
ble for ^conditions leading to s.
water famine. The demonstra
tion was intended by the labor
unions as a peaceful pcptesta
tion, the leaders* of i the .move,
ment declared.
In the.pitchedhrtBNHFiTch en
sued between the.police and the
mob which attempted to storm
the city hall the federal troops
-guard badly battered the mu
nicipal building. The death list
as a result of the "fighting standi
at seventeen, with eighteen seri
ously injured.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—The freighter'Gnomia, now
©n voyage here, will proceed immedi
ately to Ketchikan to load a cargo of
Alaska spruce for Australia.
Palo Alto, Calix.—■The republican
presidential candidate for 1924 i3 obvi
ously just Harding, Herbert Hoover
said here, today.
Vancouver.—Colonel Bob Stevenson,
the last survivor of the pioneers of the
Caribou gold rush, died here last night.
Ha came te British Colombia in 1859.
Washington.—Representative Vol
stead, of Minnesota, recently defeated
for re-election, famous as author of the
national prohibition act, - may succeed
KayDes as prohibition commissioner.
Alleged to Be Insane.
Another sad and distressing piece o?
news is contained in a request naoeived
from Tacotna today .by Commissioner
W. F. Green, which reads asJollows*
f “Will you please deputise someone
to take charge of Charles Bressler,
who .has gone insane. We have him
uBder guard now.”
Charles E. Taylor, well known Idit—
arud attorney, was .among teday’s ar
rivals from Tacotna, aod is. scheduled
to leave temorrow over the trail to
Nancy, on his way to Fairbanks in con
nection vr th, legai-matters ».
KING GEORGE
OF GREECE
PRISONER
Held in Palace by Rev
olutionaries; Otters
to Abdicate,
Paris, Nov. ‘SO— King George
of Greece is held prisoner in his
.palace by the same revolutionary
authorities who executed foitner
Premier, Gounars and other
■ statesmen last, Tuesday, accord
ing, to a. Belgrade dispatch. to
the Matin today, .which declares
that the greatest, apprehension
prevails regarding the safety of
the king and that the Thrace
situation is most grave
Athens, Dec. 1.—King George,
fearful of the turn in events .and
as a protest against trials .and
executions, has, offered, to .abdi
cated, he throne.' George's oifer
of abdication was made after he
learned that Prince Andrew is
to he placed on trial.
Athens. ^British nAmbassadoi
Landley has notified the Greek
government -that Britain has
broken off relatione with Greece.
Landley deft Athens last night.
FIVE MAILS
EN ROUTE
Contractor Hill Said to
.Have Iieft Diamond
On Nov, 14.
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Nenana, Dec. 1.—Mail for Mo
Grath -and Flat, by wayicf I ake
Menchumina, left Kobe^ on -the
Government railroad line, , or
November 3d, lGth- 20th, -'23c
and 28th.
Mail Contractor Hill Is sup
posed to have left Diamond or.
November 14, having . been de
layed until that date on account
of open water an'dtnrttmg trail
/- Were. Married Today.
Joseph P. Cocdry and Miss Mary
Fred -were-amted in the bonds of mat
rimony at o o’clock this afternooD. the
nuptial ceremony being performed by
Commissioner W. F. Green. The cere
mony took,plaee at the home of Mrs.
B. J. Boyd, only a few of the most in
timates Wends being present. The
newly-weds have taken up their resi
dence in- the termer home of Mrs
Boydt and-are receiving the congratu
lations ol-iB&tiv friends »and well
wishers, in.wtbicb TheJTln<es ijjso