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NO. 86
McGRATH, ALASKA, MAY 28.-1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
A NEW BILL
A Substitute f©r Curry
Bill~^Gives> President
Broad Powers.
Washington, May 26. —The
' bill recently drafted for the aid
ministration of national property:
• and interests in-Alaska will' be
-• referred to1 all department heads
j and bureau chiefs now adminis
tering-Federal business in the’
^Territory.
It is proposed do add a now
- section to the bill providing that
on request of tbd President the
Shipping - Board shall allocate
> steamers for service in connec
tion with the1 building and opera
tion-of the Government railroad
in Alaska on-such conditions as
r the President may prescribe and
through snob agent or agency as
tahe may designate.
l>he new bill confers on -the1
) President broad powers to do all
■necessary acts and things in ad-1
■ dition to those specifically au
f thorizeddn the actr taddminister
the affairs of the I Territory.
•' Stubbs, Ballaine, liHerron and
other Alaskans here declare the
> newly-drafted bill to be an >im-!
i provement on the Curry-bill.
POLES ARE
British Troops and Ger
man V olunteeraFight
Side By Side.
Berlin, -May *25. — A battle
• raged f fcr - several1 hours near
Annaberg,' inGUppei*' Silesia, to
day, in which British-■troops and
German volunteers,' 'lighting side
by side, eventually defeated the
Polish insurgents in * a hard
fought contest.
London.—Announcement was
made by the War Office* today
> that four battalions of British
soldiers will leave immediately
for Upper Silesia, wm-rv <. two.
columns of Germans ur<f tt'aclc
ing the< Poles in the Grs&;-bins
^ dorest.
PERKINS IS I
ENDORSED
Some Alaskans Would
/Have Him Appointed
Alaska Governor,
'Washington, May 25.■—Colonel
William* T. Perkins; of Seattle,
w&S1 tjbfiay endorsed for appoint
ment a$ Governor of Alaska, at
a continuation of t’no caucus
held by Alaska residents and
representatives of the' various
factions in the governorship
fight.
The meeting did not bring to
gether all resident Alaskans, but
most of those who have been
active in the governorship tight
were present. Committeeman
McBride; George Hazelet, -Dele
gate'Sutherland, Torn Marquam
and James Wickersham were ab
sent.
A committee, composed of D.
E. Stubbs and*! John Steele.' was
appointed to present the indorse
ment1 to; President Harding and1
Secretary of State Pall, who are
at present in New York.
'’The inability of Alaskan resi
dents now in Washington to
agree upon a resident Alaskan
for governor brought about the
indorsement of Perkins,
POINTS TO
FOUL CRIME
Hair of Woman Found
Clinging to Trunk
Lid, Lake Union.
Seattle. — With human hair
clingiug to the lid of a trunk
found in Lake Union today, the
searcherd forr lthe> - body > of Mrs.
Mahoney believe* they have un
'Covered another link in evidence
pointing to a most brutal crime.
The husband of Mrs. Ma
honey, who is suspected of'hav
ing murdered ner and disposed
of the body in Lake Union,' has
also been identified as having
rented a boat in April from A.
E How ard for use on the lake.
Ti search of the lake for the
hotly' I Mr- M Mioiii'V i> being
continued wi ii ivnewt-d vigor.
Understood That Taft
May Be Appointed to
the Chief Justiceship
i
Washington, May 27.—It is currently
reported here that William Howard
Taft has informed President Harding
that he i« Willing to accept the chief
justiceship, now vacant' through the
death of Edward'D. White.
Harding Wants Ball Scores
Washington, May 28.—“The Presi
dent wants to know the baseball
scores,” reads a. wireless-received at .
the White House late this afternoon
from the Mayflower.
PRESIDENT
To Place Federal Gov
< ernment Upon Sound
BusinessBasis, ,
New' York, May'25.—While
speaking at a luncheon tendered*
him at the Academy oft PoKfcicai
Science here today, s President
Harding declared that the pur
pose -of the Administration was
to place the Federal Govern
ment upon a sound- business
oasis, even at we cost oi onenu
ing a certain class of politicians,
and that such a course would re
quire a stony-hearted - devotion
-to public interests, without sym
pathy for -officeholders 'Whose
only excuse for drawing salary
is that they need-the-money.
IThe President:further declared
that the Administration needed
the co-operation of every factor
of American business and ilndns
try to put the Nation’s house in
order after the dislocations re
sulting from the war.
After leaving the luncheon the
President attended the funeral
service for five thousand war
dead and personally placed a
wreath -the coffin oi the.
Srs&AmeriO0»‘todie*,uiaoA
man* soil*
After placing ‘ the wreath the
President said: J‘It must not-be
again.”
Sec. Denfoy May Visit
Seattle and Alaska
Washington, May 26.—Secretary of
the Nary Deaby announced -today that
he cannot be in Seattle on the Fourth
of July, but will visit the Pacific fleet
Mini jiiobiibly Alaska later in the sea
AGREEMENT
IS REACHED
Indications Point to Set
i tie merit of Strike in
s.Short Time.
Washington, May 20.—In a
conference here today between
Secretary of Labor Davis, Chair
man Benson,- of the [Shipping
Board, and -re.prosefitc.ti vec of
the MarineEngineers^ifceneficial
Association an agreement was
reached which promises to end
the strike within a.few‘hours.
. The representatives of the
Marine Engineers Association
agreed to accept the fifteen per
cent cut demanded by the Ship
ping Board, but with certain
modifications regarding working
cenfiitioas and hoars.
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San Francisco, May 25. — “Un
less maritime workers agree to
return to work within two weeks
the Government will Older out a
Naval reserve force sufficient to
•operate all vessels new .tied up
In every port of the 'United
States,'” declared .the San Fran
cisco operating manager of the
dVivrkr»incr Rdprrl n u
Sinn- Feiners Waging
Desperate Warfare in
Western Ireland.
Dublin.—Throughout all west
ern Ireland Sinn Feiners are
waging most desperate warfare
against the crown forces.
» The^ Swra Feiners-thris 'after
noon launched -an * grgaaiized at
tack on Cork prison, *but were
repulsed after several -hours of
fighting, during which' machine
gun- fusillades were poured into
the attackers from the walls of
the prison.
Movements of President.
New York. May.24.—The Mayflower,
with-'President- Harding aboard, ar
rived here-at Te’ctoek- this'PWeiag.
New York, May 27.—The Mayflower,
with Prtesldent Harding aboard, sailed
this monaiog for Washington.