VOL. II. NO. 41.
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1022.
PRICE 25 CENTS
SHE WANTS
TO MARRY
But Mathilde McCor
mick’s Mother W ould
Restrain Her.
Chicago, June 8.—Miss Ma
ihilde McCormick, 18-yoar-old
granddaughter of John I). Rock
efeller, still persists in her devo
tion to Max A. Oxer, age 48,
proprietor of a Berne, Switzer
land, riding academy,, . She de
clares her marriage must take
place, and at an early day.
To forestall any such consum
mation, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller
McCormick, mother of Mathilde,
this afternoon petitioned the
probate court for a restraining
order to prevent her daughter
marrying Ozer, her petition al
leging, among other things, thatOzer’s
wooing is prompted Bolely by money j
considerations. A hearing on this pe
tition will be held Saturday.
Meanwhile Miss Mathilde, one of the
heirs to the great fortunes of John D.
Ilockefeller and Cyrus Hall McCor
mick, inventor of the reaping machine,
*s passing moody, pouty hours at the |
home of her grandmother, anxiously i
awaiting developments.
Zurich, June 9.—Max Ozer, replying
to Mrs. McCormick’s charge that he is
marrying Mathilda McCormick for her
money, said:
‘I wooed Mathilde because I love
her. She accepted me because she j
loves me. Her fortune, instead of j
being an incentive, has been a draw !
back, and nobody would be more glad j
than I if Miss McCormick should sud-j
denly be relieved of the weight of gold I
wh ich is crushing her in.”
WORD FROM
GOODRIC
At Dutch Harbor June
8th; Some of Those
Who Are Coming.
Dutch Harbor, June B.—The
Admiral Goodrich arrived here
today. Among the passengers
for interior points are George
W. Hoffman, with a big stock
for his store at Napamute; Fred
Bishop, with a $10,000 stock for
his Sleitmute store; Dr. C. D.
Carter, John R. Nixon, Jess O.
Yoder, Ralph Stevenson, and L.
Gi Wingard, of the bureau of
fisheries, .or McGrath; A. Hig
gins, who is taking up a heavy
stock and a one and a-half ton
Ford truck; W. Vftnce and Mr.
Roberts, headed for Ophir.
Also on board tho Goodrich is
a seven ton Holt tractor for the
Alaska Treadwell mine.
L. N. Wilson is confined to his home,
suffering with a badly swollen foot,
thought to have become infected
through rubber footgear.
I
And W ages Never Going
Down to Prewar Days
Says Harding.
Trenton, N. J., June 10.
Business is improving through
out the country, and wages, no ?
undergoing readjustment, are
never going down to pre-war
levels, President Harding told
his audience from the train plat
form last night, to which the
crowd shouted “Atta boy!” He
scid tbr station visitors that In
had visited spots where history
was made in forming republics,
where education was training
youth for a new generation.
Everything had been thrown out
of joint, he said, but now we are
trying to get oack to normalcy.
Princeton, N. J.—The brilliant y of
Washington as a genius and his devo
tion to bis followers in the Continental
Army, under great privations, were
extolled 1, President Harding today in
his address at the dedication of the
battle monument at Princeton. The
memorial is one befitting the heroes
and heroism of that day, he declared.
Third Centennary Foundation
Congregation of Propaganda
Rome.—Pope 1 ’ins appeared today in
the court yard of Sanclacieso, in the
Vatican, bo:ore an assemblage of
twenty thousand persons, including all
students of the College of Propaganda
and many missionaries, the occasion
being the celebration of the third cen
tennary foundation of the Congrega
tion of Propaganda.
But New Fighting Aer
oplane Lands a Splin
tered Wreck.
Camp Lewis, June 8.—After a
successful flight, during which
the machine reached an altitude
of 30,000 feet and remained in
the air one hour, the new army
pursuit aeroplane, tested for the
first time at Camp Lewis, today,
snapped an axle while making a
landing and now lies a splin
tered wreck.
Lieutenant John A, MeCready,
holder of the world’s altitude
record, who piloted the machine
on its first flight, escaped any
real injury, sustaining only a se
vere shaking-up.
The ’plane is the first new
fighting aeroplane developed
since the armistice.
Augusta, Me —Senator Hale, golf
playing partner of President Harding,
is being opposed for republican renoni
ination on the ground that he is a
bachelor.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—Nathan Strauss, a member
of the New York senate, arrived here
today, ora his wav to Alaska
Washington. — The entire Pacific
coast fleet has been ordered to I’uget
sound for July Fourth.
Chicago.- Tlickenbacker, in a cross
country flight, passed here this morn
ing. beaded for San Francisco, flying
via Denver.
Tokyo.—The council of elder states
men today invited Baron Kato to form
a cabinet to succeed Premier Taka
hash i and ministry.
Berlin. Former Kaiser Wilhelm, it
is stated, has offered to sell his me
moirs to an American publisher, the
price fixed being one million dollars.
Chicago.—The American institute of
Architects today elected William Sa
ville, of San Francisco, president, and
Herbert Hoover an honorary member.
Olympia.—The Washington state su
preme court today handed down a de
cision that there is no law in this state
under which a husband may claim ali
mony.
Seattle.—Frank Katz, a vouth of 17,
was drowned today while endeavoring
to rescue his sister Celia, age 17, from
Lake Washington, where they were
bathing. _ _
London.—Guy Barham, publisher of
the Los Angeles Herald, who was mak
ing a. tour of Europe in company with
W. R. Hearst, died in a London hos
pital today. _
Seattle. The naval radio circuit be
tween Alaska and Anadyr. Siberia,
will be discontinued next Thursday,
under orders from Washington. D. C.,
I announced lodav.
Seattle.—“It is easier to get a di
vorce than it is to get rid of an inetti -
cient professor,” declared President
Wilbur, of Leland Stanford university,
in an address here tonight.
Assassination Frustrated.
Belgrade.—A plot to assassinate the
royal families of Rumania and Serbia,
gathered here for the marriage of
Princess Marie to King Alexander,
was timelv frustrated today ar, : sev
eral q" the conspirators arrested.
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Occupied Iiy British Troops.
Belfast.- Beleek was occupier; today
by British troops, which advanr, d this
morning to form salient with the Brit
ish regular forces.
Work On Naval Ves
sels Permitted Under
the Arms Conference
Washington.—Work on all naval
vessels permitted the United States
j under the arms conference treatv will
proceed at the present rate, with no
reduction in forces, under the provi
sions of the revised naval appropriation
bill, as completed today by the Senate
appropriations committee.
Yukon Str. Movements
C’arl White, up Tolovana 4 p. m. 9th.
.Mutt at Tanana.
St. Joseph at Holy Cross.
Anna at St. Michael.
Seattle No. 3 at Kokrines 3 a. m. 10th.
Jacobs up for Nenana 7 p. m. 9th.
Teddy 11. down Nulato p. m. 8th.
Sibilla at Tanana.
Jack Mutchler. after a visit here of a
few days, returned to Taeotna Thurs
day, having as passengers R. C.
Shively, H. B. Bowers, Scotty Aulcl,
Gordon C. Betties and John CJaharty.
M. F. Miller, Candle, was a McGrath
visitor Thursday for a few hou on
matters of business.
Says British Ambassa
dors Attempting to In
fluence Legislation.
Washington, June 8.—Charges
were made in t he Senate by Sen
ator Watson, of Georgia, today,
that British ambassadors in this
country, particular Sir Auckland
Geddes, are attempting to inter
fere in American domestic af
fairs by influencing legislation
pertaining to tariff and ship sub
sidy matters. Geddes, it was
pointed out, had for some weeks
been making addresses in this
country, stressing ship subsidy
policies which would be higb'y
beneficial to Great Britain, but
most prejudicial to this country.
Senator Lodge, chairman of
the foreign relations committee,
is said to be preparing a state
ment of alleged breaches of
courtesy.
Murdered His Fiance,
Meets Death in Gun
Fight With Policemen
Kansas City.—Fred Roberts was shot
and killed here tod gap: t.
with three policemen. 1- gei'<* was
charged with miuder following the
killing of Miss Florence Barton, a well
known society girl here, w.,om he shot
to death on a lonely country road
while driving with his Ounce, in Oc
tuber, 1920.
Poll Ordered of 300,000
Shopmen, Returnable
June 30th.
Cincinnati, June 8. A triple
barreled strike vote, calling for
a poll of the 300,000 railway
shopmen of the country on throe
separate questions was ordered
by the executive council oi the
railroad woikers’ organizations,
following a six-hour conference
of representatives of the unions
hero today. *
Chicago.—Strike ballots went
out today to all railway employes
affected by the recent wage re
duction orders issued by the
United States Railroad Labor
Board. The ballots are return
able June 30.
Vic Nystrom, in the launch Lied
Winy, accompanied by Einor Carlson,
left yesterday for Salmon, from which
place he will bring the barge stationed
there since last year. Also going up
on the lied Wing was Nels H. Pearson,
who will build a boat at Sawmill Land
ing.