VOL. III. NO. 26
MCGRATH.. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1023.
PRICE 25 CENTS
PLOTS ARE
REVEALE
Involving Destruction
of Lives and Property,
Says Scotland Yard.
London, April 15.—A number
of documents, revealing plots in
volving the destruction of lives
S' and property in London, are in
' the possession of Scotland Yard
as a result of raids last night on
residences for hunts of Irish;
men or women suspected of
being republican supporters.
Among the plans revealed
were attacks on London’s light
iog power sources, underground
stations, efforts to release Irish
prisoners’from London prisons,
and projected attempts on the
lives of high police officials.
Delegate Sutherland
Addresses Legislature
On Fisheries Question
Juneau.—Reiterating’ his charges
that Alaska fisheries were being *j>- ,eo
away to the Chicago and San Francisco
5lfish trust,” Delegate Sutherland ad
dressed a crowd here Tuesday night, at
a joint session of the Legislature. He
urged the lawmakers to pass the ©rant
Ssh memorial and to authorise the at
torney general to proceed with an in
vestigation of the reservation policy to
the end that relief may be obtained
from the courts.
Asked by Representative Foster if
Hoover, O’Malley or Gilbert are sin
cerely doing something to aid Alaska
fisheries, the Delegate declined to give
hisjfopinion at a public meeting. He
said he’felt it to be beneath bis dignity
‘ to express ass opinion in view of the
statements issued, and asserted thai
the reservation policy and abrogation
- of fisheries rights in Alaska is not the
temporary expedient claimed by the
department, but is an attempt by the
• department to give the fisheries rights
away. He claims that if the system is
maintained for one year or two more it
would mean the passing of such rights1
forever into the hands of the fisheries
6rust- «
The Delegate urged the Legislat ure
to take action to prevent the coniinua-!
•tion of the executive order "either bv
personal order or act of Congress.”
KantishnaClaim Bond
ed to Thos. P. Aitken
f -
The iproperty of Otto Bbssard, in the
Copper MouDtain district, adjoining
She Gram A. Giles holdings on th©
north, has been bonded to Tom Aitken
She deal having been closed in Nenana
,Shis week by the owner of the ground
and a representative of Aitken. The
figure named In the transaction is said
to have been $15,000.
The transfer of this property,' follow
ibg closely on the heels of the bonding
of the Grant and Giles (rfariosv is re
garded by old-timers as indicating
much development in the region in •the
near future.—Nenana New®.* -
Airmen get Netv Mark
for Endurance p.nd
Mileage.
Day {.(>n, O-, A *> i i» 10 — Li o u
tenants Macr-ady a .d Kelly too.;
to the air in i oneplnn !i'
at 9:40 o’cloe;: *iii» morning-,
with Kelly at th wheel, in \v!»at
they hope will b , e.ew record
for sustained tiignt.
■
Dayton April 1C.—Iiieuien
ants Macready and Kelly landed,
at 9:43 o’clock last night, after
having been in the air thirty-six
hours five minutes and twenty
seconds, covering two thousand |
five ndred and forty one and
two-tenths miles, and having set
a new world’s mark for endur- j
a nee and mileage.
Or
Receives $10,000 Annu
ally From Carnegie
Foundation.
Now York. April 17.—William
Howard Taft, chief justice of
the United States supreme court,
is receiving1 tefi thousand dollars
a year annually from the Car ,
negie Foundation, according to;
correspondence between Con
gressman Thomas D. Sehall, of
Minnesota, and R, A. Franks,
treasurer ol the Carnegie Cor- ;
[(oration. This income, it is re ]
vealed, cotius from two hundred i
thousand dollar., in mortgage,
bonds cl the Uuitad States Steel ,
Corpora • ioij
Yes, Howard Lhiv; v well known j
chief of the AlasK i Navigation Corn 1
party. which fac; he s >mewt: i blush- ‘
ingly, cuyishly admitted to The Times
roan yest-erd*. , when asked cone mine
tumors to that elT it. Mr L'tntr lev's
bride was Mia* May Cum o. legs. of
Gold boro, N. S , and the nop- tl ev.ent.
occurred-at the borne of the bride at
that place on February 22, last. Mrs
Langley will be a pa-seoger on one of
the early boats to Bethel, where Mr.
Langley wilt be on hand to welcome
her. _
John Miller was one of today's ar
rivals coming over the trail from
Kobi.
Ernie' Anderson, a well known old
timer, was a Sunday trail arrival, leav
ing Monday for Elat.
Billy Good paster was a Sunday ar
rival from Tacotna.
Dillon, Slayer of Rev.
Fr. O'Neill, Sentences!
to Life Imprisonment
Knifin'a zoo.—Rev. Fr. Dillon, slayer
of Rev. Fr. O'Neill, his superior, pas
torofSt. Augustine’s Catholic church,
was sent' tii ed to lif imprisonment at
hard labor todur, heiuu on his way to
•Dickson prison a few minutes after re~
. .
cot vine sentence.
Scout Ead Killed 29
Men; Meets His End
in an Elevator Shaft
Ono'ha—“Done Star” Hans, chief
scout under General Phi! Sheridan and
oHieicti investigator for the war depart
ment of the Custer massacre, was
kiileii it) an elevator shaft in the
World Herald plant, here today. He
had killt i ttve.ioy-nine men during bis
oarseiv oh to tty 1 odians.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Washington. — The grain futures
tradin'! act was declared valid aod con
sii'utional today by the United States
supreme court.
Tokyo.— Four hundred persons, in
cluding a large number of fishermen,
are missing as the result cf a tidal
wave on the east coast of Korea.
New Orleans.—Deputy Sheriff Esso
pinal and Federal Prohibition Officer
August Esteval were killed today in a
battle with rum runners at Violet, La.
Washington. — President Harding
and Cabinet today took up the sugar
situation, as New York dispatches told
of a new high price level for Cuban
nS,» sugar. /
Washington.— J. Stanley Webster, of
Spokane, a member of the last Con
gress. has been selected to become a
feueral judge in the Eastern district of
Washington.
Port Townsend. — Captain Prances
Tittle retired, for many years com
mander of the famous cutter bear iu
the Alaska service, passed away at his
borne in this city, today. 1
New York.—The market value of
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s, holdings in
Standard Oil stocks increased one huu
Qten mih.on dollars last yen, accord
ing to a tabulation published today by
the Evening World,
Sea. tie. — Frank Marsh, a young man,
is uiuiei arrest at El Paso, Tex., where
he is being held for the Seattle uu
tho.'ities. Marsh, when arrested, is
alleged to have had in his possession a
o.u which belonged to George Marsh,
an automobile dealer, who was mur
dered on the Pacitio highway, south of
this city, oo April 3.
Capt-.m George Green and Chief
Howard Langley, of the Alaska Rivers
Navigation Company,, were V -inlay ar
rival.-' over the trail from K.ibi, after
spending the winter on. the Outside.
Coming with Messrs. Green and Lang
ley was Ed Stevenson, who will be a
member of the navigation force during
the coming season.
,1. C. Aods-ee, of Oakland, Cal.; J. M.
Jol of Berkeley, Cab, and Harry
Barge of San Francisco, were Monday
arrivals over the trail from Kobi as
passengers of 11. A. Grant, eu route to
Canes creek, where thev will lake up
their duties with the Junoko Dredging
Coin pan y
Hardtrg Gives Talk to
Daughters of Amer
ican Revolution,
Washington, April 16.—Pay
ing tribute to the principles ot
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, President Harding,
in au address at the annual con
gress of the organization here,
appealed for an open mind in
approaching problems confront*
ing the nation. “Never has
mankind faced difficulties of such
varied character, or on so huge a
scale," the President said. “The
very destiny oi the race of the
future, of civilization, seems to
depend on our findings and on
our sincere, generous, broad
minded acceptance of the answer
when it is found.”
Two Unsuccessful At
i tempts to Wreck Min
isterial Trains.
Paris, April 18.^—A dispatch
from Essen today reports that
two unsuccessful attempts were
made last evening to wreck
trains convey ins; French and
Belgian cabinet ministers, who
are on a tour of inspection of
j the Ruhr region.
Dunkirk. — “Germany will wait
i in vain if she expects France to
falter for a single moment,’' de
clared Premier Poincaire in a
speech here today. “France will
i evacuate the Ruhr only on re
jceipt of payment,” he said,
i -
Mr. anu Mrsv W. A. Vinal, well
km vn old-timers, each driving their
own team, were Sunday arrivals over
' the trail from Kobi, en route to their
| Ophir home. Mr. Vinal returns after
i an absence of two years, spent mostly
i at Anchorage, where he and Mrs. Vinal
have acquired a fine residence.
John Votrtor and Joe Ferris were
among today’s arrivals from Taeotna,
coming down with two of Freighter
Billy Jones’ teams.
Owen Gray arrived Thursday from
the Nixon mine.
Billy O’Pahlke left this afternoon
for Caudle. _
Fred ‘Whitehead left Thursday for
Candle.
SCHOONER
Indicates Bootleggers’
Battle; Entire Crew
Probably Slain.
New York, April 16.—A boot
leggers’ battle, in which the en
tire crew of a two-masted schoon
er were probably slain and the
cargo of rum pirated, is the only
explanation of a ship discovered
today. The schooner, aban
doned, with sails set and anchors
out, was found off Point Outlet
by Captain Ryan, of the coast
guard cutter Manhattan. Ryan
found the deck of the schooner
strewn with evidences of terrible
conflict, while hundreds of empty
cartridges gave added testimony
that the battle was a death-deai
ing one.
Many deaths continue among dogs as
the result of the distemper epidemic.
H. A. Grant lost five on his recent trip
to Kobi, a couple of others being left at
| Minehumina in the hope that thev
; might recover. Louis Gorman, trader
at Big river, is said to have lost seven,
ail of them young t -»gs, and many
others, belonging to -various owners,
have passed away. Reports from dis
tant sections, even «s far as Yukon,
state that the losses are heavy By
some, it is estimated that half of the
dogs of this interior section have fallen
prey to the deadly disease.
Dr. D. C. Hardy, well known dentist,
was a Thursday arrival from Tacoma,
on his way to Ivobi, traveling with
Scotty Clark. On account of sho'-tago
| of dental supplies, which necessitates
I a personal visit to Anchorage, as well
! as attention to business affairs at Ne
nana, Dr. Hardy was compelled to post
pone his visit to Flat. He will, how
ever, he stated, be one of the first to
arrive at the latter place following the
opening of Yukon navigation.
P. G. Pedersen, well known old
timer, and Mrs. Pederson, a bride of
only a few days, were among yester
day’s arrivals, on their way to Flat, as
passengers of Charles Stanford. Mrs.
Pedersen, a chechaco, is getting her
first views of Alaska, and declares her
self as enjoying every moment of her
trip from the coast to the interior.
Walter F. Scott, of Neuana, a well
kuowu old-timer, was among those
who arrived Monday over the trail
from Kobi, on his way to Ganes creek,
to assume his duties as chief account
ant of the Innoko Dredging Company.
Billy Joues, well known freighter, is
reported as being confined at his home
in Tacoma, suffering with a severe
case of flu.
)
Mail Contractor Coke Hill is report
ed to have been laid up at Diamond,
suffering with flu, a few days ago, ac
cording to recent trail arrivals here.
Dick Matthews el! known mining
man, who went out over the early trail,
returned to Nixon a few days ago.
W. J. Widman and Greg Stewart re-‘
turned yesterday to Med fra.