YOL. II.. NO. 15.
McGRATII, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 19:
PRICE 25 CENTS
Alaska to Be Delivered From Hands of Bureau
crats Who Have Paralyzed Development for
Half Century, Says White House Statement.
Washington, Mar. 9.*—Alaska
Is to be delivered from the hands
of bureaucrats m Washington
who for a half century have par-'
alyzed development of the Ter
ritory.
This was the emphatic state
ment emahating officially from
the White House this afternoon.
The acrimonious- controversy
between the Department of the
Interior and the Department of
Agriculture regarding, Alaskan
administration has finally forced
the Administration to take a
hand, and Harding, apparently,
is’determined to centralize con
trol of the Territory with In
terior Secretary Fall.
To add to the complexities of
the controversy between the De
partment of Agricu'ture and the
Department of the Interior over
the administration of Alaskan
affairs, the agricultural bloc in
the’ Senate has projected itself
into the situation. The bloc is
| lining up enthusiastically behind
j the Department of Agriculture.
It announces that never will it
permit transfer of the Forest
Service Bureau to the Depart
ment of the Interior, nor Will it
| permit the transfer of any For
jest Service activities in Alaska
or elsewhere to the Interior De
pa rtment.
Secretary Fall indicated this
morning that he will dismiss Col.
W. B. Greeley, chief forester, if
Congress permits Harding to
transfer the forest service from
the Agricultural to the Interior
Department Fall accuses Gif
lord Pinchot and Col. Greeley
of being the leaders in resisting
the proposed transfer.
BELFAST,
LIMERICK
t. 000 Free State Troops
Awes Rebellious
Forces,
Limerick, March 9.—Otto thou
sand Free State troops arrived
here over night from County
Clare. Rebellious forces, which
threatened to attack the loyal
garrison unless it evacuated
Limerick before this morning,
wore apparently checkmated by
the preponderance of Free State
troops.
At Belfast, yesterday, fighting
raged at times over fifty streets
in the heart of the city, though
there were but three casualties.
Spokane.—Former Congress Samuel
C Hyde, for bait a century a resident
of this State, died at his home here to
day. _
Seattle.—Tweatv men ami women
were arrested this morning in u liquor
raid on a residence in Mast Madison
street. _____________
Homer Quinn left this morning for
'lie Nixon mine.
; Kaisers Daughter-in
Law Tells Court She
Is Guilty.
Berlin, Marcn 10. — PHncess
Eitel Frederich, daughter-tn law
of the former kaiser, created a
sensation in court today when
she boldly admitted an intrigue
with Baron Phittenburg, which,
she confessed, existed both be
fore and'after her marriage to
the kaiser’s son.
The princess had been called
into court as co respondent in
the suit brought for divorce* by
S Baroness Flatten burg.
Agricultural Entries
On Coal and Oil Lands
Washinglorv, March 10. — Presided |
Harding has signed the bill providing
for agricultural entries on coal and oil
lands. Dan Sutherland,
Delegate Prom Alaska.
Michael Hocbriter, ot Candle, was a
Friday arrival. . ,
! Asking Bids for Mai!
by Way of Menchumina
Mrs. f) E. Clough. local postmaster,
is in receipt of a wire from Mr. Van
dervoort, postmaster at Seattle, asking
for tentative bids for one uad two
round trips per month for a summer
mail service from Nenana to McGrath
via the Kantishna-Menchumina route.
This is a strong indication that this
route will he established and service
given over it during the coming sum
mer.
Wants Big Fund to Aid
in Development of
Alaska.
Wash in "tor., March U. — Devel
opment, of the oil, land and min
eral resources of Alaska is pro
vided for in a bill introduced in
the House today by Delegate
Sutherland.
Delegate Sutherland’s bill, in
troduced at the instance of Sec
retary of Interior Fall, asks for
an appropriation of five million
dollars to establish a revolving
lund to pay expenses lor pros
pecting and drilling for oil and
other minerals in unproven sec
tions of Alaska. The bill goes
farther than Secretary Pall’s
suggestion and would authorize
the Secretary of the I nterior to
construct and operate smelters
and pipe lines, build wagon roads,
for transportation of resources j
to the Government railroad or to j
tidewater, to construct spur1
tracks and branches from the
Government railroad to operated
mines, and to build, lease or j
otherwise acquire dikes, wharves
and terminal facilities. A fur
ther provision ot the bill directs
the Shipping Board to allocate
to the Secretary of the Interior
such vessels as the latter may
direct, to operate between ter
minals of the Government rail
roads and other points in and
out of the Territory
Regular Army to Be
Cut to 115,000 Men
Washington. —A reduction in the
size of tiie regular army to 117.000 en
listed men lias been tentatively agreed
upon by the subcommittee which is
drafting the army appropriation bill.
Ttiis will be a reduction of 22,000, the
present strength of the army being
127,000 men.
Commissioner 15. 15. Smith, after a
visit of several days, departed Thurs
day morning for Ophir.
4-Power Treaty Meets
Strong Opposition
in Senate.
Washington, March 9.—With
the opposition well organized,
the Senate fight over the four
power treaty is in full swing to
day .
Senator Robinson, in a lengthy
address opposing ratification, de
clared the four-power treaty to
i be of British and .Japaneseorigin.
‘•It was conceived by Briand and
Balfour and written by the hand
of Tokugavya,'’ he said. This
statement was made after Rob
inson had compelled Lodge and
Underwood, both of whom signed
the treaty, to confess that they
did not know who wrote it.
‘ When Russia gets on her feet
and China awakens from her
j long sleep, they will attack
'Japan. Then,” said Robinson,
! “the United States will be called
upon to help Japan.”
» ' A
Coal Workers’ Walk
Out on April 1 Seems
Certain.
Washington, March 10, The
nation wide coal strike sched
uled for April ! now seems a
certainty.
It was admitted at the White
House today that hope of a
peaceful settlement had faded
materially when the | operators
failed to respond to President
Harding's suggestion that both
parties meet in conference be
fore further plans for the walk
out were made.
Secretary of Labor Davis, in a
statement to the coal operators
and miners, today, told them
that common sense demanded
that they get together and save
the country from what is certain
to prove a costly strike.
From Tacotna comes the announce
ment of a grand ball to rake place on
March ITtli. Preparations indicate
that it will be an enjoyable alTair, and
a number of McC.rat bites are planning
to be present
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