VOL. III. NO. 27
MoGUATH, ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, LQ23.
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TERRORIZED
FOR 3 DAYS
' Tables Turned on Mobs
of Communists at
Mulheim.
Mulheim, April 20. — Alter
being terrorized for three days
: by the communist and trades
* unionists mobs which held it,
Mulheim is again under control
> of the constituted German au
thorities, The force of three
hundred police and city officials,
which had been besieged in
Rathus, made a sortie from this
■ great fortress like building this
morning, cut through the lines
of besiegers, caught them in the
rear, arrested many, and again
took control of the city.
$2,000,000 Worth of
n Stolen Bonds Located
St. Louis. — Two million dollars’
worth of bonds and securities, which
were taken in the holdup ‘of an arm
ored mail truck here on April 2, were
recovered la tested ay, after having been
• traced to t he home of William F. Doer
ing. The latter and two alleged ac
complices were arrested.
IN RUHR AND
RHINELAND
French Troops Occupy
Three Towns on East
Side of Rhine.
Cologne, April 19.—The situa
tion in the Ruhr took on new
seriousness today when French
troops occupied Uietz, Nassau
and Ems, on the east side of the
Rhine. All persons approach
ing railway bridges and canals
after dark are ordered to carry
lighted lanterns, as instructions
have been given the troops to
shoot all others on sight.
Harding Discusses
His Trip to Alaska
Washington.—The political situation
was discussed with President Harding
Harding today by Chairman Adams, of.
the republican national committee.
The main subjects discussed,- Adams
said, included the international world
eourt and the President’s proposed trip
to Alaska.
Deyuty P. S. Marshal McMvftloo left
t.iis moruiug for Optiir.
L.jN. Wilson was a yesterday arrival,
for a few days in tow/:
Santa Ana WiP Proba
bly Sail ior Bethel
on May 15th.
Seattle, April ISC—Capt. Wal
lace Langley, who-recently pur
chased the steamer Santa Ana,
stated today that he expects to
dispatch that boat to bethel on
May 15th.
Robert A. Carroll today be
came Nome agent of the Alaska
& Siberia Navigation ,r .puny/
which will operate the ' un i,:n
Buford in the Nome trade, sail
ing from Seattle on June o. For.
years Carroll has been the Nome
agent of the Alaska Steamship
Company. The indications are
that the Buford will have sev
eral hundred passengers on her
first trip.
Hoover Says Fisher
ies Regulations Will
Hold, Despite Kicks
Washington.—in a letter addressed
to Senator Wesley Jones, on*the fish
eries question, Secretary Hoover de
clares that, in suite of protests, the
presidential reservations set aside in
Alaska waters to prevent the further
taking of salmon will be continued.
Referring to the Sutherland charges,
the secretary says there ,s “no polite
answer” to the delegate’s recent chas
tisement of the Government’s policy.
He says the action of the Government
was taken in the best interests of the
people of Alaska and of the nation.
The letter says further, in part:
{‘The real issue is that having fitted
the lid on further destruction of North
western and Alaska salmon, uut.il Con
gress acts I intend to sit >n it. whether
Delegate Sutherland, rut m cannery
men and certain fishermen, or more of
the same sort, like it or not. These
fisheries are the preeiou- asset of t he
American people. We have the right
at least to demand that thev shall not
be demolished.'’in fertility by persons
to whom profit is more precious than
maintenance of the national food sup
ply.”
Reports of-experts and recommenda
tions of the reserve policy by the
American fisheries Soc.> ty, Stanford,
Washington and Illinois universities,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, ana the
citries of Portland, Petersburg, Cor
dova, Wrangell, Juneau and Ketchikan
have been forwarded to Senator Jones
byr-Beoretary Hoover.
'•Panama.— The battleslrip Iowa,
which achieved fame for the part, it
took in ti/e battle of Santiago in the.
Spanisb-Atnerioan war, ar.d which was
the fapship for Fighting Bob F.vans,
then»admiral, wa3 yesterday sunk be
neatil the waves of i’auama bay by big
gutTiire from the fleet engaged in tar
get practice. The obsolete vessel was
towed into range by radio control,
■going down under real steaming condi
tions.
To Shut Off Trading
in SiHTHr Futures
Washington.— Iu junction proceed- j
irijrs to shut <»:' trading m sugar fu ,
tures w 're ios'ituted in New York to- ,
day by the Federal Government
'•Jew York. Kuvv nurrar futures took
a perpendicular dm;: of one half cent
on the Coffee ft Sugar vlxchaoae today
upon receipt of word of the Govern
ment’s suit to -troiti irafling in sugar
futures
Criminal prosecutions mav follow in
junction suits ■ uj Mew York today
by the Federal Government to protect,
the public swrsii.'Si exorbitant sugar
prices. _
i
New Liner to Operate in
Puget Sound-Alaska
Service.
Tacoma. April 19.—Christened
by Miss Fr;: roes Nowell, of .Ju
neau, in the presence of thou
j sands promi non in the business
land socid life ol the Northwest,
the 365-ioot steei passenger liner
Alaska, which the Alaska Steam
ship Company will operate in
.'the Puget Sound Alaska service,
| was launched from the Todd
shipyards at 6 o’clock last even
ling, the launching bang success
ful in every respect.
One Hundred Workers
Buried Alive, Budapest
Bud ipf - Over odi hundred work
men wore uried alive in the cellar of
; a celluloid factory here this morning,
i caused by an explosion of celluloid ma
| terial. t ony-: wo bodies have -o far
i been recovered.
.). E. Beattie, who arrived last even
ing, left this afternoon for Bio rive',
beaded for i, i, Anchorage and the
hi* Outside.
! John Williams and Joe Mennick.
. yesterday arrivals from l’a eotna. lei1
i this morning' for the Nixon.
j Telegraphic Ticks.
St. Louis.—Daniel S. Tuttle, pres id
' ing bishoo of the Episcopal church in
: the United Suites, died here this after
j noon.
; London, 'flte House of Commons, by
a vote of 236 to 14, today rejected the
prohibition bill introduced by Edwin
Sehrymgeaiour, of Dune.
1 Seattle.--For the second time since
his resignation. Weslev S. Siseho, for
mer customs inspector, was today found
guilty in the federal court of illicit
traffic ia op: u ir:. •
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Seattle.—The body of V. IT. Mileft,
for years prominent in business and
, Masonic circles, was found today in the
canal, into which be had jumped from
his automobile while crossing the Ere
l moot bridge
|
Long Siege of Kerry
Cave - ;o igh; to End
With Flood,
Dublin, April 1 u.—Two irreg
ulars were killed and three cap
tured when a rebel skirmish
party decani* engaged with Free
State forces north f Clonmel,
this qiormny. Seven members
of the Free State forces were
wounded in the fight, in which
bombs and rides were used
Dublin. The long siege of
Kerry cave, in which De ' hi era
was supposed to be hiding, end
led this morning with the fiood
1 Ing of the cave, in which three
irregular soldiers and Walter
Stevens, of Condon, an English
man, w ere drowned.
Fairbanks Men Wirt
Order Outside for a
New Curtis Airplane
Fairbanks.—The ui’st airplane to bo
i owned in Alaska p: . >er will be pur
! chased by a local company, The town
j of Pairoaaks, at a recent .meeting, de
j oided to back aviation to the utter*
: most, and the council received a tele
i grain from Secretary of War Weeks
| granting permission for Fairbanks to
• name its land log field, which in to be
I the most perfect in the North, “Weeko
I Field,” and compliment1 og the ::i;y or:
its enterprise.
Saturday E. C. Wood, W. F. Thump
son and C. 11. Nielsen, the latter a pm
| fessor in the high school here, wired
J the money to Minneapolis for the ITs:.
j of the airship fleet, . standard ’ urtis
1 machine, with two motors a.'.d enough
: extra parts to make a eond machine.
' Anchorage, Seward, ordova and al
; dez, and all camps in nterior Alaska,
| will be asked to build landing acids,
; which ait-banks guarantee.': will be
made use of regularly. A competent
' registered school o! a oat o nil1 open
i in Fairbanks in Mav.
Teller Commissioner
Loses Life On Trail
Nome.—W. O. Marx, • aited .-stales
i commissioner at, Taller, - as frozen to
; death on on unstated trail between
: Teller aud -SchIotnare.on Vbrhary 27.
i Marx and a otwnvatron, named Heed,
were caught in bi .-di.ig snowstorm
and became separated Meed r> &. hed
Teller safely and organized a search
jparty. The party h;-. red Marx's
f body 25 tniles rroc:. Teller.
Presumably Mar t backtracked after
finding fleed mission, mil fell over a
| high precipice, but continued for sev
| eral miles before being overcome wills
| cold. A pair-ef new sealskin pants
j were found tied about his waist. The
! mitten was eff oue of bis hands.
Marx leaves ." wife and two children.
Cus Kundgr^o, of Ophlr, was among
| yesterday s arrivals.
OIL STOCK
:
Feperal Grand Jury in
Texas Brings in 92
Indictments.
"P T -
fort Worth, April 20.—indict
merits charging ninety-two oil
promoters with using trie mails
to defraud were returned here
by the federal grand jury today.
Among those included in the in
dictments returned are Dr. Fred
■•riel: A. Cook, former Arctic ex
plorer, and E. C. Kingsbury
prominent Texas politician. Ac
i cording to United States. Atfcor
1 ney Zweif.e, the outstanding
stock of the companies Involve
: the sum of .sl?,3(Jj,00C
President Daughters
American Revolution
i Wasningco.i. firs. Antooay Wavn®
.'tool:,"of ^Pennsylvania. descendant or
. -Mad Anthony Wayne, famous gen
| erai of Revolutionary days, was to fa"
declared elected president-general of
I the Daughters of the American Kevo
j iution, after one ol -the biMerest eler
tiOr contests in the history ot t he so
j -iety. _
AIR RECORD
BY BIPLANE
i _
Weighted With 2,241*
Lbs„ Gains Altitude
of 11,300 Feet.
! Payton, April I!*.—Carrying; *
•dead weight of 2.-■!.() pour.ds, s
j Navy biplane, piloted by Ideut
[Rutledge Irvine, gained an alti.
| tude of 11,301 feet over McCook
(Field this afternoon. This is
the highest altitude ever gained
by a single-motored sli p < arry
j ing this much weight.
The report o'.' the Territorial Treas
I urer shows that sine > Alaska has beet:
j paying bounty on eagles, six '.'ears, the
I number of birds emblematic of free
i dorn on which bounty has been paid is
I tr<,4>45. Of this amount, $3,390 wan paid
last year, and *3,420 the previous year,
' which indicates that eagles are not be
coming as s aree as would be supposed.
The number killed iast year on which
bounty was claimed was .',132, as
against 2:371 duriug 1921. E'ounty
1 paid on wolves last year was $3,390; and
:q 1921 $3,515.
John Vouk, after a long stay in town
took h.is departure yesterday for Can
dle _ _
tiffin an Hansen, from his headduar
ters up the Kuskokwim, was <?■ ****(’ir1
| day arrival