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VOL. 1. NO. 95
McGRATH, ALASKA, DECEMBER 21. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
I
ALASKA'S
NEW JILL
Features df Curry Mea
sure, Just Introduced
in National House.
-Washington. Dec, >19.4-Repre
: sentaitlve s'-Garr.y’s new Alaska
bilL, srFtroduced in th& House to
- day., 'would transfer to the In
terior *Department matters
( pertaining toforest reservations,
the leasing of lands for propaga
tion of fur-bearing animals. the
• development rof.- water power,
• the controhofi natives,' and the
< maintenances of < -roads and trails,
the present Board ol Road Com.
i missioners to continue function
> ing under the direction of the
Secretary;of the Interior.
No provision iss-made for a
• commission of persons- residing
. in Alaska to supervise develop
i ment activities, -as 'previously
proposed.. Assura-nce, ^however,
was given -the committee by Sec
» retar-y Fall that he, in event the
bill became a law, would selecl
I persons who would be in Alaska
continuously to direct work tc
s be done there by thei Interioi
Department.
*
’ Heavy Cannonading in
Skirmishes Along
Tagus River.
London. Dec. 20.—The revotu
tion which has been threatening
Portugal for some months has
finally broken out, according tc
• dispatches from Paris to the
Chronicle, today.
The first skirmish, which oc.
■ curred along the Tagus river,
began with heavy cannonading,
both sides suffering severe casu
. allies.
' Borah Would Be Generous.
New York.—Seoator Bcrah, in ac
address here tonight, said he would
- vote in the Senate for the cancellatioc
of every dollar of Europe’s debt to this
• country if Europe would put hersell
right by revising the Versailles treat>
so that the masses of her people could
benefit in the original spirit of peace.
Ed<3oode arrived this afternoon from
« Candle.
OUTCOME IS
UNCERTAIN
Action On Anglo-Irish
Treaty Awaited With
Great Anxiety.
Dublin, Dec. 20.—Deputy John
C. Kilroy. speaking in the Dail
Eireann this afternoon in sup
port of the treaty with England,
demanded from De Valera a
promise to submit the question
of ratification to the Senale at
the next meeting. De Valera
gave his assent.
The confidence with which the
supporters of the Irish peace
treaty have heretofore awaited
action by the Dail Eireann has
given way to uncertainty as to
the resnlt, and all newspapers
. show material anxiety over the
outcome.
The removal of British troops
from Ireland, which was to have
begun today, has been suspended
and they will not be withdrawn
until the treaty has been ratified.
Dublin.—The private session of the
Dail Eireann, held late this afternoon,
was involved in discussion of the prop
osition of the resources of the Irish re
public, in event of an Anglo-Inlsh
treaty.
ATTEMPT TO
RAID MINES
Women Rioters in Kan
sas Coal Fields Are
Still Busy.
Pittsburg, Kas., Dec. 20.—An
army of women, wives of strik
ing miners, attempted to raid
the coal mines in Cherokee dis
trict today, and were controlled
with great difficulty by National
Guardsmen and ex-army men.
Machine guns are being hur
riedly sent into the district
where the women, apparently
crazed by the strike conditions,
are constantly rioting.
Sioux City, Dee. 19.—Deputy
Sheriffs Lewis R., son of Sheriff
W. H. Jones, and Hesson were
killed here today by a strike
sympathizer named Kale. Kale
was killed by Sheriff Joues after
his son Lewis had been fatally
wounded.
McGrath Will Celebrate.
The residents of McGrath are pre
paring to celebrate Christmas in the
good old way, with plenty of good eats,
and a dance on Christmas night, to
which all the surrounding country Is
invited. Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Lowrie
will furnish music for the occasion.
The children of McGrathschool will
render a program preceding the dance.
' Third Sentence for Ole Larson.
Tacoma.—Ole Larson was today sen -
tenced for the third time for -crooked
methods in conducting the affairs -of
the Scandinavian American Bank, re
ceiving two to fifteen years. Larson
got three to ten years on his first and
second sentences.
WOULDBOMB
EXCHANGE
Anarchists Threaten to
Blow New York Fi
nancial District
New'Yoi k, Dec. 26.—-The most]
extensive police guard evercalled
out ihlNeW York is now on duty
around the finasigial district as a,
result'of threats of anarchists to
blow up the Stock Exchange.
Every suspicious character is
held up and searched.
Despite the guard, anarchists
■succeeded in wrecking alGrand
street building this morning,
within a block of police* head
quarters, in -which three persons
were -seriously* injured, i The
bomb’ thrower * succeeded in es
caping .
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Telegraphic Ticks.
Buenos A ires.—Peruvian troops-have
crossed the Chilean frontier.
Dawson.—Final returns show that
George Black has been elected to the
House -of Commons.
Washington.—-Eugene ,Y-. -Debs, con
fined in Atlanta penitentiary, will prob
ably -receive a Christmas pardon.
Budapest.—The national asseodbly
today ratified the treaty of peace be
tween the United States and Hungary.
Washington. — The Pretklent has
practically decided -to appoint Elmer
Dover, of Tacoma, assistant, secretary
of the Treasury.
Warsaw. —.Poland today * received
fifty billion Polish marks, in. gold and
jewels,^as a first payment’ under the
terms of the treaty of peace between
Russia and Poland, signed -March 18,
1021. _
-Washington. — Administration Sen
ators .calling today at the White House
predicted there would not be more
than three votes against ratification of
the quadruple power treaty in the
Senate.
VIA NENANA
Bids Mvtf Be Asked for
Summer’ Mad Service
• VVia‘ Menchumina.
A telegram from Hon. Karl
Theile, Surveyor General of
Alaska, addressed to R. S.Eoyd.
of McGrath Commercial Club,
in response to a demand from
that organization for -a:h>etter
summer mail service, gives every
indication that a mail route will
be establishedv from Nenana tc
McGrath during the coming sum
mer season, as outlined by The
Times some months since. ' 'Fol
lowing is the telegram:
- Juneau,-Dec. 17,
R. S. Boyd,
McGrath, Aaa.
Re your letter November 10th,
have taken same up today with
Governor- Bone aftd Homer El
well, chief clerk of "the Alaska
section of thfeT United States
Postoffice: We have-.recotnmend
ed same W Hon. Will' Hays,
Postmaster General. Think bids
will be called for -very shortly
for a proposed •.summer vmail
route from Nenana to .McGrath,
as per your suggestion.
Thedle.
REP. ELSTON
SUICIDES
Congressman From Cal
ifornia Ends Life in
,v, Potomac River.
'^Washington, DecJ 17.—The
body Of Representative John A.
Elston, ot California, who had
been missing* for several days,
-was today found .floating in the
Potomac river.
A note in the congressman's
coat said that he bad been
caught* in ,a chain of circum
stances from which he was un
able -to extricate himself and
which, to him, spelled ruin.
Veterans’. Compensation Soon.
Indianapolis.—Enactment of the vet
erans’ adjusted compensation bill will
-beoompleted by Gongross within sixty
days, accordion to information given
Commander'McNider by Senator Mc
Cumber, author of the bill in the Sen
ate, and Representative Fordney, of
the House committee
Andrew Olson was a Tuesday arrival