VOL. III. NO. 19
McCRATH, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1923.
PRICE 25 CEN ^
A CORNER
IN SUGAR
To Cost People Billions
| if Speculators’ Hold
Is Not Broken.
Washington, March 23.—Gov
ernment experts report that un
less the hold of speculators on
the sugar market can be broken
the Amer;can people will be held
up for over three billion dollars
during the present year for fur
ther enrichment of the sugar in
dustry.
The charges that there is a i
conspiracy in the sugar trade to I
raise prices were said at the De
partment of Justice today to be !
of sufficient gravity to warrant a.
preliminary inquiry by the fed
eral government’s legal offices, ,
and a conference was arranged
between Acting Attorney Gen
eral Seymour and Secretary of
Commerce Hoover, with a view
to joint action.
STATEMENT
FROM CUNO
_
Says Evacuation of the
Ruhr Must Re First
Step to Peace.
Munich, March 23.—Uncondi
tional evacuation of the Ruhr is
designated by Chancellor Cuno
as the fundamental premise from
•which any discussion aiming to
end the present conflict between
Germany and France must pro
ceed. The chancellor denied
that the German government
had authorized mediation by any
third party.
Dies After Initiation
by College Fraternity J
Tuscaloosa, Ala.—Glen Kersch, 16
year-old son of H. G. Kersch, city
clerk of Tuscaloosa, died at an early
hour this morning from psyehio effects
of excitement following an initiation at
the Sigma Nu Fraternity house on the
campus of the University of Alabama
here, according to a verdict of the cor
oner’s jury today.
The young man, with sixteen others,
was initiated into tqe fraternity, and in
a few minutes after the ceremonies
ended be suddenly died.
Dan Sprague for several days, has
been confined to his home, his*indis
position being described by Several as
“a kink in the back.”
E. P. Werner returned yesterday
from a business trip to Taeotoa. .
Renegade Utah Piutes
Causing Plenty of
Trouble,
Salt T^ake City, March 23.
Fifty warriors of the Piute In
dian tribe, who for some days
have been on the warpath in
Southern Utah, are reported to
have been captured late yester
day afternoon.
Two friendly Navajo I* ians
this morning took truce pro
posals to Blanding for the be
leaguered Piutes, cut off for the
past 48 hours in the fastnesses
of the Dark Tank country by an
uprising of armed ranchers, who
formed a posse.
San Francisco. — Five army
aeroplanes, held at Crissy J ield
here, are ready to depart for
Utah to aid in hunting down the
renegade Indians causing trou
ble in the southern part of that
state.
French Believe Germans
Soon May Take Defi
nite Steps.
Essen, March 21.—The passive
resistance inaugurated by the
Germans when French troops
marched into the Ruhr is begin
ning to show modifications in
various parts of the occupied
area. This is accepted in French
circles as an indication of weak
ening by German officials. As a
consequence continued reports
are that Berlin is planning to
make definite proposals soou.
designed to bring about negotia
tions for peace.
H. A.. Grant returned here todav
from a trip to Ganes, and is schedaled
to leave on Monday morning for Kobi.
to which point he will have as passen
gers Mrs. B. J. Boyd and Mizs Bessie
Fred, on their way to the Outside.
. iss Helen Fred arrived this after
noon from Tacotna, coming down with
Peter Snow.
Li. B. Loomis, N. C. manager, re
turned todav from a business trip to
Ophir.
A1 Goslow, who made a flying trip
down- on a pair of skiis, with two dogs,
on Thursday, returned yesterday to
Tacotna. __
August Smith and Peter Snow were
Thursday arrivals from Tacotna, on a
brief visit.
Released After Serv
ing 23 Years for Crime
He Never Committed
j
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Washington. — Charles Tidwell, a
half-breed Cherokee Indian, was re
leased from the Atlanta penite-.tiary
today, after serving twenty-three vears
for a mu'-der which the Department of
Justice found be never committed.
Mexican Soldiers Kill
Eight, Wound Nine !
Others.
Mexico City, March 23.—One .
dozen soldiers, disguised as trav
elers, took passage today for
Puebla for the purpose of round- j
ing up a band of robbers who1
have been holding up convey i
ances and individuals going over ■
that route. At a not unexpected j
spot the robbers, thirty strong,
| attacked the bus. The soldiers
j opened lire, killing eight of the
band and wounding nine others.
Granite City, Ills.—Two ban
dits were killed when they at
1 tempted to hold up the Walter
| Si Nichols restaurant here to
j da v. Nichols, who was slightly
wounded in an exchange ofj
shots, bagged both. {
-,
Anchorage Petitions
Russian Refugees Be
Brought to Alaska
Anchorage.—A movement among
business men here to have the eight or
nine hundred refugees now in Philij>
piDe ports settle in Alaska was given
more formal shape today.
A. M. Spaulding, president of the
chamber of commerce, and the presi- i
dents of three hanks joined in a re- j
quest to be forwarded to the national
administration to allow the refugees to
immigrate to the wheat belt of Alaska,
lying along the government railroad
between here and Fairbanks.
A petition signed by these and other
business men asserted that Alaska
would gain population and that the
proposed settlers would require a mini
mum of financial aid. It was set forth
that the land suitable for wheat farm
ing was almost without population and
that no other way in which to obtain
farmers had been presented.
For the benetit of those desirous of
ascertaining the date on which Faster
falls this year, it may be stated that it
will occur on April 1. Easter is always
the first Suuday after the full moon,
j and falls on or next after the 21st day
of March. If the full moon falls on
(Sunday, Faster is celebrated the next,
| or one week later
John Sinclair, after a town visit of
some days, returned to Candle Thurs
day. __________ _
Billy Fudge left this morning for Ta
eotna, on a visit to Ophir.
National Guard to Be
Abolished in State
of Wisconsin.
Madison, Mar. 21.—The lower
house of the legislature todav
voted to terminate state aid for
maintenance of armories and to
turn over eight state-owned arm
ories to the cities in which they
are located for school purposes.
This stand was taken by en
grossment oi the bill introduced
by Assemblyman John Polakow
ski, Milwaukee socialist, author
of the proposal to abolish the
national guard, which passed the
assembly.
Death of New Member
Federal Reserve Board
Washington.—Milo D. Campbell, re
cently appointed dirt farmer member
of the Federal Reserve Board, dropped
dead late yesterday afternoon, while
playing golf with Sr-Dator Townsend.
Aims to Establish the
United States of
Europe.
Frankfort-on-Main, March'21
—Exertion of all efforts against
a fresh outbreak of war on the
continent, and conversion of
such a movement into an inter- i
revolution aimed at establishing
a United States of Europe, was
advocated before the interna
tional communist conference
here by J. W. Newbold, com
munist member of the British
House of Commons.
Among Thursday’s arrivals was a
native from Taleido, who made the run
from that point, almost. 100 miles, in
two days. The trail was none too good.
Henry Martel la, Sig Wiig and Ches
ter Brink, with their teams, are busily
engaged these days in freighting short
ages from Flat to Ophir.
Chris Dabl, a Thursday arrival, re
in tned yesterday to Tacoma, on his
way to Ophir, taking' with him a load
of shorts*
Carl Irorsberg, after a visit of a
couple of days here, left this morning
for his up-river headquarters.
Dick McArthur, from somewhere in
the hills, was one of yesterday’s ar-’
rivals.
—
Dan McGinty left Thursday for Can
dle.
ALASKA
SEATTLE
Establishment of New
Commercial Wireless
Under Way.
—
i
Seattle, March 23.— Plans for
the establishment of a commer
cial wireless telegraphic service
I between Seattle and Alaska are
! being made by the Alaska Com
Imunication Service, it was an
nounced today by Robert Pope
Anderson, president of the com
pany. The new service will sup
plement the present cable of the
army and the wireless of the
navy. The Gray's Harbor-An
chorage messages will be re
layed to all Alaskan points from
Anchorage.
Berlin.—Sixty members of the new
Germanic party were arrested yester
day throughout Germany, charged
with “traitorous activities.”
Seattle.—Grief over the death of her
husband caused Mrs. George Foreman.
55, to commit suicide.
TO PREVENT
3D PARTY
Borah Tells Republicans
to Adopt a Clean-Cut,
Fearless Program.
Akron, O., March 22-—Invit
ing his party lo “quit gumshoe
ing” for votes and to adopt a
clean-cut and fearless program,
Senator Borah declared in his
address here tonight that by
such a course republican leaders
could put an end to a third party
movement which now appeal's
“not improbable.” “Political
conditions are distressingly un
satisfactory to both political par
ties,” said the Senator, speak
ing at the banquet in honor of
Lincoln.
While prospecting on Boob creek, in
the Tolstoi section, Scotty Hold uncov
ered the remains of a giant mastodon,
in an excellent state of preservation.
Scotty, who is a naturalist of ability,
states that this particular mammal is
of the early Miocene age. The tusks
were brought to Tacotna for shipment.
S. K. Gudmandson, well known fur
buyer, representing the Hudson Bay
Company, who has been on a trip to
Lower Kuskokwim points, was a yes
terday arrival.
Charlie O’Halloran, from his head
quarters over on the Hast Fork, was a
yesterday arrival.
Bob Roberson returned last nigh*
from a trip to Tacotna.