VOL. III. NO. 28
MCGRATH, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923,
PRICK 25 CENTS
DEFENDED
BY HARDIN
Calks of Participation
by United States in
World Court.
New York, April 24.—Partici
potion by the United States in
the world court of the League
of.Mafetons, as proposed by the
Administration. President Hard
iag declared today, would be in
harmony with party platform
pledges, candidatorial promises
and American aspirations, and
would not be an entry into the
League of Nations “by the side
door, back door or cellar door.”
Excessive friends of the League,
the President declared, have be~|
clouded the situation by the un
warranted assumption that the
proposal is a move toward mem
bership in the League, while, he
added, irreconcilable opponents;
of the League have also becloud
ed the question with the assump-j
tton- that entanglements with.Eu. i
. rope would unavoidably follow, j
RHINELAND
Mob of Seven Thousand
Unemployed Clash
With Police.
Essen, April 2i-—A mob of
over seven thousand unemployed
clashed with the police this af
ternoon at Katernberg in an
other outbreak throughout the
Ruhr, which both German and
French officers attribute to com
munist agitators. One man was
killed and several wounded.
Rome—Cardinal Schulte, arch
bishop tof Cologne, | has arrived
’ in Rome to outline to the Pope
the situation in the Ruhr.
' 15-Deck Ocean Liners
Being Considered by
2 French Engineers
_
. Paris.—Ocean liners with fifteen
decks, weighing one hundred thousand
tons, and capable of transporting
twenty thousand persons, ara being
seriously considered by two French
men, brothers, L. and E. Parmentier,
both naval engineers.
Joe Ferris and Scotty Auld, cringing
down five of Freighter Jonor horses,
arrived this morning. They will leave
* tonight with several loaded double
enders.
!
hHuhto
Commissioners Named
i
to Reach Understand- j
• ing With Mexico.
Washington April 21.—Score-1
tary of State V.nghes announced |
today that th< American com-;
missioners to negotiate for a'
closer understanding with rep-1
resentatives of theObregon gov- '
ernment in Mexico City will be
Charles B Warren cf Detroit,
former ambassador to Japan,
and John Burton Payne, former
Secretary of the Interior now i
chairman of the Red Cross In j
order to hasten the reaching of i
an understanding with Mexico
the two American commissioners
will meet with two Mexican com
missioners-at Mexico Gitv in the
near future.
High
for
New York.—Cuban raw sugar today
sold at 8.27 (rents, delivered. This is
the highest price since 19-0.
Price Since 1920
Cuban Raw Sugar
Telegraphic Ticks.
Geneva —T he Irish Free State has
applied fur membership in the League
of Nations.
New York. — Paderewski’s present
tour of America, dosing May 2, will
net him one-half million dollars.
Washington.—Secretary V eke has
tendered his resignation > & member
of the republican national committee
Rome.—Premier Mussolini has ac
cepted the resignation of cabinet mem
1 bers belonging to the popular party.
Moscow.—Denmark and Russia have
agreed to a convention looking to the
de facto recognition of Kussb fov Den
mark.
Washington. — 1 ord Robert Cecil
dined last night with Woodrow Wil
son, whom he found a still firm be
liever in the League of Nations.
New York.— President Harding wit
nessed the ball game-bet ween the New
York'Yankees and Washington Sen
ators-this afternoon, and saw Babe
Ruth rap out a home run
New York. President and Mrs,
Harding,.accompanied by Edward 13.
McLean ard wife, arrived this morning
by special tra n. The party are stop
ping at the Waldorf-Astoria
DavVson, Y. T.— Sister Mary John,
dean of St. Mary's hospital, and dean
of Yukon nursing women, died here to
day. She was one of the best known
pioneer women of Yukon Territory.
Seattle.— Leonidas Perry Newby,
grand-master of Knights l’emplar of
the United States, arrived here today
to fix the date of the thirty-sixth tri
ennial conclave of the grand encamp
ment to be held in Seattle in the sum
mer of I92T>.
2 Observation Cars
for Use of Harding
On Alaska Railroad
Seattle.- Two observation cars, part I
of the special train which will carry :
President Harding and party over the]
Governorent railroad fluid Seward to
Fairbanks, this summer, will bs j
shipped to Seward next Saturday on.
the, steamship Odunn.
Conference At Seattle
Considers Alaskan
Mail Matters.
Seattle, April 23.—Improve
ments in the Alaska mail service
and wider and more frequent dis
tribution to points in the interior
of the Territory will be brought
about as the result of a confer
ence in this city bet ween E. G.
Wetzler, chief clerk of the mail
service at Nenana, and officials
of the railway mail service here,
headed by W. C. Vandervoort,
superintendent for the thirteenth
division. The conference today
dealt principally with awarding
new contracts for deliveries and
mail distribution throughout the
Territory.
Mrs. Barnette Wants
to Know What Re
ceiver Noyes Spent
San i rancisco. Mi's. Isabel Bar
nette, said to have been the first white
woman to have landed at, Fairbanks,
for whom tsabel Pass was named, to
day obtained an order from Federal
Judge Frank B. Detrick that F. G.
Noyes, former receiver for the Wash
ington Alaska Bank of Fairbanks,
Alaska, show what amounts comprise
the $47 0»M), which he assert-, were ex
pended to collect $58,301, which he is
holding in a San Francisco bank and
which Mrs. Barnette is seeking to re
cover. _
Wm. Chappelle Estate
to Be Held in Trust
—
Seattle.—The will of William Cbap
pelle, a Klondike roil Ilona ire, with
8755,000 worth of property in Seattle, is
not to be adjudged under the California
law, which would nullify its trust pro
visions, but under the Washington law,
according to a decisioncf the Washing
ton state supreme court.
By the provisions of the will this
property will b< held in trust for sixty
years, at the eatl of which period one
i third of the estate will go to the widow
of her heira, wbilo two-thirds of the
j estate will be divided evenly between
several brother and sisters, or their
heifs.
The deoision ends long-drawn-out
litigation between the heirs.
Robert Metudes, of Candle, was a
town visitor for a few hours today.
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GRIT ANN
Ambassador Harvey Di
lates at Guild Hail,
London.
London, April 24.—Britannia
and Columbia clasp hands across
the seven seas, Ambassador TTar
vey declared in speech last'
night at Guild Hall. “ New Eng
land, in the United States,” he j
said, "reveres Old England, to;
which slie owes her being and
her true English principles as
against socialistic theorists, and
the true English Christian faith
as opposed to ' bolshevist and !
pagan practices.”
Tacotna Tinklings
Tacotna, April 24.—The Flume
Dredge Company have landed their
dredge on Little ereek and will soon
have a crew of men at work assem
bling it.
Dan Nicholson and partner will put a
bedrock drain on their ground this
spring.
Frank Snelja.uk will also be busy on
i Little creek this summer.
Chris Dahl and Cost Y\ .son are busy
at the mouth of Spruce creek, prepar
ing to work their lay on the Hill prop
erty.
Victor 11 ill will continue operations
v-a Spruce.
John Riecfe and lied Daniels are get
ting iti shape to work the Vina! prop
erty on Spruce.
John Edwards and Nicholson will
work then- property on Spruce this
summer.
Vibe it Cameron will resume opera
tions on their Spruce creek ground.
The Innoko Dredging Company have
tifry men at work, constructing their
dredge and hauling vvixtri to operate
the same.
The N. C. Co. have a car|>euter and
paperhanger at work in their Tacotna
store, putting it in readiness to receive
their summer shipments.
The people of Tacotna will soon ha- *
a school. The necessary papers ar
rived from Juneau in the last, mail via
Ruby and Ophir, and a school board
ws, be chosen at an election to be held
on May 4th.
Wide Interest in Trial
of Patriarch Tikhon
Seattle.—The trial in Moscow tomor
row of Patriarch Tikhon, head of the
Russian church,, by the same soviet au
thorities who executed Archbishop
Butehkaviteh, is arousing wide inter
est, particularly in this city. Tikhon
visited Alaska twice during the ’i)0s
and preached here once on his way
North.
Confesses to Killing
San Frajacisco Rabbi
Phoenix, Ariv,.—C. O. Kichardstm,
lit, under arrest here, has confessed to
murdering Rabbi Alfred G. Lafee, at
j San Francisco, t hroe weeks ago.
Shoot Aayone Who At
tempts Arrests of Na
tionalist Leaders.
Munich, April Ah- Adolf Hit
ler, loader of the Facisti, in
formed the Bavarian govern
ment today that he has given
orders to his lollowers to shoot
anyone who attempts to carry
out warrants for the arrest of
nationalist leaders, issued by the
special high court at, Beipsig for
political crimes.
Sec. Hoover Will Also
Make Trip to Alaska
Washington- Secretary of Commerce
Hoover has decided to make the trip to
Alaska with President Harding and
party, scheduled to leave Washington
about June Jo. Hoovei vvill not cross
| the continent with the President, but,
will join the party later on the Pacific
coast.
TO BOYCOTT
JAP GOODS
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Chinese Organizations
Generally at Head of
New Movement.
—
j Peking, April 2;1- The Chi
I nese Ceneral Chamber of Com
merce, a union of trade, com
mercial and industrial bodies in
Pekin, today began a^boycott oil
all goods of Japanese manufac
ture. Eighteen inspectors have
been appointed to report viola
; tions of the boycott.
| Object to Canada-U.
S. Fisheries Treaty
--.-r
Washington.—Australia, South Af
rica and other states of the British em
pire are protesting to the latter against
being bound by the recent fisheries
treatv entered into between Canada
and the Pnited States.
12,000 Italian Officers
Put On Retired List
Rome. —Minister of War Diaz, con
tinuing the plan of retrenchment laid
down by Premier Mussolini, has placed
on the retired list two thousand offi
cers, ranging from generals to second
lieutenants.
L. f>. Loomis, N. C. manager, is at
tending to business affairs at Tacotna.
( ant. George Green made » visit to1
Candle Tuesday.