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VOLL S.; NO. 12
McGRATH, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 26. 192J
PRICE 25 CENTS
BEATRICE
AGROUND
Passengers Landed On
Island—Boat Floats
at High Tide.
Vanoouver, B. C.—The steamer
Princess Beatrice, of the Cana
dian Pacific Line, ran aground
off Cheap island, British Colum
bia. yesterday.
The Beatrice’s passengers
were safely transferred to the
steamer Patricia, after first being
landed on Jebediah island.
The Beatrice was floated at
high tide and proceeded to
Tucker Bay under her own.
steam..
Enrico Caruso Is
Nearing His End
New York.—Enrico Caruso, famous
singer, is nearing death as a • result of
heart failure. The doctors are admin
istering oxygen, as a result of which
the patient has rallied somewhat, but
hi'j-recovery sterns impossible*
Hoover Will Decline.
New York.—Announcement came
from most authoritative sources today
that Herbert Hoover will decline the
tender of secretary of commerce.
heroisnTof
TEACHERS
Saves Lives of Many
Pupils in Georgia
Tornado.
Ooonee, Ga.—Two white persons amd
twenty-five negroes were killed as the
resultof a Aoroado which passed over
this place today. .
Much damage was done to proparty.
Many negroes were injured. The de
votion of teachers*saved many pupils
attending school from being crashed
outright. While the teachers held up
their shoulders the pupils were permit
ted to escape from ths crumbling
structure until all had reached safety.
Dillingham Immigration BilL
Washington.—President Wilson was
today giving consideration to the Dil
lingham immigration bill, designed to
restrict admission of immigrants to
Ameriea to 355,000 during the coming
year.
Mary MacSweeney
Declined Audience
By Nebraska Solons
Lincoln.—The Nebraska Legislature
today passed a resolution declining to
give audience to Marv MacSweeney
to speak upon the Irish question, the
resolution declaring that the sobject
upon which she wished to make ad
dress, while meriting indiyidual -sym
pathy, was of no great importance to
the State of Nebraska.
Investigating Cevastated Region.
Olympia.—Qovernor Hart and High
way Commissioner Allen are making a
tour of investigation over the region
devastated by storm last week,. The
governor may asSt for special legislar
tion to salvage the timber and prevent
fires.
THIS AVIATOR
HITS DESERT
k
l
With No* Food, Little
Water, Lots of Swim
ming, Is All 0. K.
El Paso, Tex.—Lieut. Pear
son, aviator, who has been lost
for over a week and for whom
all hope had been abandoned,
turned up alive and well today
at Sanderson, Texas.
Experiencing a great deal of
engine trouble, the aviator was
forced to make a landing on the desert.
With no food, and very little water, he
wandered lor twodays until he finally
found a river. Swimming down this
stream many miles, he came to a ranch
and eventually reached wire communL
cation.
It is re ported, here that Pearson tried
to matte the flight jrom El Paso to San
Antonio.
Charles Sproul Married.
Los Angeles.—Charles Sproul, well
known Noetherner, who was with the
N. C. Company in the boom days of
Dawson, was married here today to
Miss Edith Carey. Mr. Sproul and
bride expect to return North soon.
National Guardsmen
Are Charged With
First Degree Murder
Hamilton, Ala.—The indictments
previously returned against the nine
Alabama National Guardsmen held in
connection with the lynching of,
William Baird were quashed yester
day by the state, and new warrants
charging first degree murder served
on defendants.
Thomas Jasper arrived' today from
Nixum on his way in {flat
Hearst Files Suit
to Restrain Houston
From Making Loans
Washington.—William R. Hearst, in
the capacity of private citizen, today
filed a suit of injunction restraining
Secretary Houston from making fur
ther loans to foreign governments.
£ Reorganizes State Government.
Olympia.— Governor Hart today
the administrative code bill, reorgan
ing the State government, which be
comes effective at the end of March.
What George Says.
London.—King George, in his speech
from the throne on the opening of par
liament, declared that the Irish prob
lem will never be settled by violence.
DEVELOP THE
OIL LANOS
Alaska Senator Wants
the Government to
Get Busy.
Seattle.—Senator A1 Cham
berlain, of Seward, member of
Alaska’s upper house, when in
terviewed here today, said that
his first official act at the forth
coming session of the Legisla
ture would be the introduction
of a resolution calling upon the
Government to put down test wells od
all oil lands in Alaska upon which fav
orable reports have been made by the
Geological Survey.
“Practically all oil lands in the
North ane owned by the Government,
ajjd it is believed that the greatest oil
hinds in the world will be developed in
Alaska. Therefore the Government
should prospect these lands,” declared
the senator.
Senator Chamberlain will leave soon
for Juneau, to be present at the open
ing session of the Legislature.
Debs Supposed to Be
Held Incommunicado
Washington.—The orders of the De
partment of Justice to hold Eugeue V.
Debs incommunicado at Atlanta peni
tentiary were called to the attention of
Prosident Wilson today, it was an
nounced.
Says Judge Landis
Intends to Resign;
Take Up Baseball
Seattle.—President Heidler, of the
National League, in a public state
| ment, intimates that Judge Landis in
! tends to resign from tbeJFederal"bench
in order that he may devote his entire
i time to organized baseball..
UNCLE SAM’S
MARINES
Show What They Are
Made Of Down In
Nicaragua.
Washington.—Regarding the
twenty-one Americen marines
attached to the legation guard
at Managua, Nicaragua, who
were arrested following the
wrecking of a newspaper, Secre
tary Daniels announces that the
paper was attacked because of
publication of articles, termed
abusive and libelous, about the
members of the marines.
Only when the patience of the
men was tested beyond the en
durance point, says Daniels, did
the men in uniform take the law
into their own hands, ’regardless
of the provocation.
Warrant Issued in
Abduction Case
Regarding the Myrtle Atwater ab
duction case, in which frank Fox is
alleged to hare taken the leading part,
it may be said that there are no new
details worthy of publication, further
than the fact that a warrant has been
issued against Fox.
ACTIVITIES
IN IRELAND
Fires, Killings and At
tacks On Barracks
and Trains.
Manchester.—Eight tires occurred
here today simultaneous]v in as many
different mills and factories. It is be
lieced that they resulted from the ac
tivities of the Sinn Feiners. All were
extinguished at small loss.
Belfast.—Three were shot dead, an
other was mortally wounded and sev
eral others seriously wounded as a re
sult of the week’s activities in Ireland.
Cork.—One soldier was killed and
others wounded in an attack on a pas
senger train, in which a hundred men
fired on both sides of the train.
Santry.—Three hundred men at
tacked Drinno League police barracks.
The garrison resisted and held out
until relief arrived and the routers
attacked.