VOL. III. 'NO* 14
MeGRA’IH, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
CLOSE OF
r Session Was [- Marked
by Much Partisan
Bitterness.
Washinfiton, March 4. -*-When
i the 67th Congress passed into
history, at noon today, it brought
to a close a session marked by
unprecedented partisan bitter,
nsss, by weary filibustering, and
defeat of some of the most im
portant measures on the pro
gram of the party in power,
t Chief among these was the ship
subsidy bill, killed bv the Sen
ate filibuster. President Harding
reached his office at 11 o’clock
and signed the bills passed in
~ the rush hours last night, and
this morning among the meas
ures signed were the rural credits
bill, the bill reclassifying em
, pioyes in the government ser
vice, aDd the bill authorning the
return of alien property.
t 6 Persons of 1 Family
. Killed by Asphyxiation
» Chicago —Six persons, of three gen
. orations in one family, died through
asphyxiation when gas, which was
being used in a restaurant to extermi
, Bata cockroaches* escaped through a
i forgotten opening In the walls up to a
• second floor flat.
ST. PATRICK
DAY PARADE
} Protests Against Ob
.$ servance Causes Riot
s Call in New York.
x New York, March*6.—Police
r reserves were called out last
night when a riot started at a
public mass meeting of citizens
to protest against the observ
ance of the proposed St. Pat
rick’s Day parade. The disor
der was quelled after thirty min
utes of chair-throwing and fist
fighting, in which many partici
pants received bruises and black
eyes. _
Messrs. Blackburn and Eldridfie on
the last mail received cards annrun'1
ing the marriage of Jesse O. Yoder anc
Anna Lulu Allen, at Portland, Ore., on
January 23; and Vance R. McDonald
and Ethel Mabelle Leach, at Tacoma,
on January 10.
J. E. Beattie, with the outgoing
mail, arrived this afternooo.
Waino Puntila, Candle, was a town
visitor today.
To Investigate Alarm
ing Decrease of Gold
and Silver Production
Washington.—The Senate resolution
authorizing a special commission to in
vestigate the alarming decrease of gold
and silver production passed unaoi
mouslv. The commission wiil report
its findings at as early a date as is con
sistent with a thorough ioves’igation
of the subject.
Investigation Into
War Vets’ Bureau
Washington.—The Senate today or
dered an investigation into the charges
of mismanagement ar.d corruption sur
rounding the war veterans bureau.
Senator r.oed, of Pennsylvania, heads
the committee of inquiry, which will
begin its work of Investigation imtne'
diately.
Would Raise Pay
of Congressmen
Washington. — A bill proposing ar
increase in the pay of senators and rep
resentatives to ten thousand dollars
per year was introduced in the House
by "Representative (Jp-haw. of Georgia
prior to the expiration of the <>7th con
Kress. __
Boy Born at Nome
Killed as Burglai
Seattle. — A burglar killed hist tiighi
while forcing entrance into Hie C'O
Dye Works was identified this morning
us J. Ginivin. Ele was 23 years of agt
and the first, white child horn in Nome
his mother being Anne Ginivin, wel
known l» early day residents of thai
place. __
A. Higgins Has Plenty
in Sight to Keep Busj
Archie Higgins, who last Mondaj
disposed t f ills commercial interests ai
Tacotna to the N. C. Co., stated before
leaving here that he has no inteutior
of withdrawn,g from this section. Eft
fepls that he is a part of this district
and that, he belongs here. There is h
probability, however, that be and Mrs
Higgins may make a visit, of a fen
months on the outside in the near fu
ture, during which he will also visit
his old home in Nova Seotia.
Mr. Higgins and Al Thorns also re
cent'y disposed of iheir dredging in
terests in the Inn.’ko Dredging Com
puny, which reverted to the company
No. 1 Dome gulch, owned by A. Hig
gins and Jake E-.chelman, was taker
over recently by T. P. Aitken, undei
lease.
Mr. Higgins, however, states that he
still has a number of mining interestl
that require attention, wnich will tenc
to Keep him more or less busy.
E. W. Parks, well known trader anr
owner of cinnabar .properties, arrived
here yesterday, coming from the lowei
river. He is on his way to the Outside
oa a purchasing trip
George Walters, after a v isit, of same
days at Tacotna, returned here Sun
dav. coming down with Austin Horner,
It’s up one day and oaclt the npxt
with Billv Jones, freighter, who wae
i.moug today’s arrivals.
Mrs. Jones new pool room at Tacotna
had its opening on Monday night.
I
That He and Mrs. Hard'
ing Will Visit Alaska
This Summer.
Washington, March 0.—Presi
i dent Harding has definitely de
cided to visit Seattle and Alask:
i. is summer. This fact was
made (known today at the Whifci
' House after an interview be
tween the President and Senate*
Jones, Representatives Miller
Summers and Hadley and Dele
gale Sutherland. The tentative
itinerary mil occupy live weeks
of which twenty days will b
;spent in traveling to Alask:
I from Seattle and in an investiga
: tion of conditions there at firs
hand.
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j Washington, March 7. — Secre
tary of War Weeks announce<
|today that he will accompan;
i the congressional-party on t’hei
trip to Hawaii and Alaska, a
’ least as far as San Francisco
and that the transport Grant wli
be used instead of the St. Mihiel
From Sm Ftanciscn the Gran
will proceed to H onolulu, an<
the President, a transport, wil
be taken to Alaska with a con
tingent of the congressiona
party to study the governmen
military works.
French Occupy Thre<
More Important In
dustrial Points.
Berlin, March 5.—The Prenct
.today occupied Mannheim, Daruo
stadt and Carlsruhe, three irn
portant industrial centers of thi
Rhine valley.
Thirty were wounded today is
a clash between Bavarian social
ists and communists at Auns
i burg, in Bavaria,
j Essen last night passed the
wildest night since the begin
ning of French' occupation. Foot
•stores and butcher shops wen
broken into by mobs, disorder:
! being apparent in all parts o
the city._
Frank Beckman.- wbo was a vesier
| day arrival, reiaimad today to hii
workings on Carl creek.
John R Nixon, on bis first trip u
town for many months, was among to
day’s arrivals,
Telegraphic Ticks.,
New York.-r-Sight hundred persons
were taken in raids last night on fash
enable gambling house*.
.Condon.—Another sire will he bom
to the former Kaiser Wilhelm within
the next few months, asserts the Doom '
1 correspondent of the Chronicle.
Washington. -Ex-Senator New anc
Dr Hubert Work were sworn in as
Postmaster General and Secretary of
Interior, respectively, on March 5.
- Washington.—President Harding be
fore departing for Florida directed the
civil service commission to give pre
1 -fereDce to veterans who seek govern
5 meDtpositions.
Washington —The Araeriean-Cana
„ hian conventtoo, called for the purpose
j of discussing measures to control hal
’ j ibut fishing on the Pacific, had its flret
*; session here today.
" j San Francisco.—Captain Edmunds
* : Dickins, for many years commander of
i j the Alaska coast Geological Survey
l vessel Gedney, died at the home of his
. daughter in this citv, today.
t
" Washington.—The White House an
nounces that Harding has selected the
ambassador to Japan and will name
j him as soon as Japan’s new ambassa
dor. Masapaao liaai3bara. presents his
’ i credentials.
r ; Seat tie.—The grand ,:ry today re
c turned a “no true bill” againBt Julian
, iEltinge, noted female impersonator,
1 charged with having transported liquor
into Seattle from Victoria, B C. It
! was shown that customs officials seized
his l-fluor and fined him at tha rate o'
1
[ir* ..uoi w.
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i Washington.—President Harding,
before the expiration of the Sixty
I t-seventh Congress, signed the, mint
t congress* cue, I nesolutLri -urging that
the Untied Slates lake up with foreign
. governments:the necessity for curtail
ing nae it-forming drugs at , their
i source..
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9 Deaths Since Jan. 1st
From Sleeping Sickness
_
Portland.—Nine deaths from sleep
ing sickness since Jat.uary i bave been
;* reported to the cisy health department,
the last case, reported today, being
that of Mrs. Jennie K Gregg, aged 64'
Miss Frances Larson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Larson, Tacotna,
was a Sunday arrival, for a Tisit of a
visit of a few dava here, b&ing the
guest, of Miss Dora Werner.
Seobty Clark arrived this afternoou
j from Tacotna, and is scheduled to
start in the morning .for Big river, on
big.way .to Kobi. He> will return here
- at once, bringing with him Mrs. George
, F, Filmy and -ehildren, , to join Mr,
. Kilroy at Tacotna.
Al Colwell, who was a Sunday ar*
5 rival, returned to Tacoma on Mouday.
Bill.Lindstrooi was among tfoe Sun
i day arrivals, on his way-to Bethel.
Louis Blackburn returned yesterday
* from a trip to Nixon.
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E. P. Werner, on matters of buai
, uess.-left for Tacoma, this morning.
. A report fruai Nome states that Sew
ard Peninsula is literally covered with
ptarmigan, -being more numerous than
, at any time since 1900, the willow tops
being literally white with the feeding
birds
ARGUES FOB
Wicker&h&m - Presents
Case Again s$ Annette
Packing Company
Seattle. Mar. l.-roudge Jamet
Wickersfaam arrived today from
San Francisco, where he argued
the case of the Territory of
Alaska against the . Annette
Island Packing Company , before
the federal circuit court, of ap
peals. The corporation :s seek
lag to evade paying the Terri
torial taz on the ground that it
'a operating on a government
reserve. Wickersham thinks the
! court will set aside the ruling in.
favor ox the company by Judge
Reed, of Juneau, and that the
case will go to the supremecoeri
at Washington.
I President and Wife
Leave for Florida
’Washington.—} resident and Mrs.
Harding left Washington today on a
ispecial train for Florida, where they
I will take a house boat trip lasting- <
Seattle.—T. Trous was today acquit
ted of the charge of grand larceny,
growing out of differences between the
Seattle National Hank with Frank
Waterhouse, since bankrupt.
ALASKA
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C. El Herron in News
paper Venture at
Seattle.
:
Seattle, March b.—The Alaskt
Dispatch, published in Seattle
by Ed Eussel, and formerly is
sued at Juneau. passed this af
ternoon to the ownership of
Charles E. Herron and A. D.
Cobiter, with James A. Wood,
former editor of-the5 Post Inteilio
fencer, as editor in-chief, and L
F. Shaw, a former well known
Alaskan, as news editor. The
same combination is also ne
gotiating for the Hyder, Alaska,
Miner, and for a time fought te
acquire the Empire at Juneau,
though the latter deal is off now.
The new ownership has*changed
the naaae of the publication to
the Alaska Weekly, and the first
issue will appear Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Berry* aoc
daughter, Miss Soookums, arrived ttofc
eveniog from Berry Lauding