McGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1922,
PRICE 25 CENTS
VOL.
II. NO. 67.
Poindexter Renominat
ed, Defeating Lamp
ing by 27,000.
Seattle, Sept. 13.—Miles Poin
dexter has been renominated for
the Senate, defeating Lamping
by about 27,000, carrying all
save three counties, including
King, Lamping’s home, which
Poindexter lost b.y about 1,000.
Miller was renominated for the
lower house of Congress by the
Republicans of the First dis
trict. though he was pi’essed
hard by Phil Tindall, war vet
eran. Congressman Dill, of Spo
kane,'was nominate^ by Demo
crats for the Senate. Starwich
was renominated for sheriff, de
feating Joe Warren and Robert
Hodge.
Dudley, Johnson, Summers
and Webster were renominated
by Republicans in the Second,
Third,* Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts, respectively for the lower
house of Congress. Three of
the four state supreme court
members are renominated. Wm.
Pemberton, of Bellingham, de
feated Judge Hovey, the fourth
member, for nomination. Mal
colm Douglass was renominated
by Republicans for prosecuting
attorney of King county.
Portland, Me.—The Repub
lican state ticket lias been elect
ed, but by a majority less than
two years ago. Senator Hale
and Governor Baxter are re
elected by majorities of about
twenty-live thousand.
Boston.—Lodge renominated
for Senate by Republicans by a
' 3 to 1 vote.
Detroit. -— Senator Townsend
was renominated by Republicans.
Commercial Airway
London to Melbourne
Now Being Planned
London.—Sir Keith Smith, who with
his brother, late Ross Smith, Hew from
England to Australia, will shortly sub
mit to Lloyd George a detailed plan
for a commercial airway from London
to Melbourne.
Mrs. Harding Report
ed Somewhat Better
Washington.—The crisis of the grave
illness of Mrs. Harding seems to have
passed, six attending physicians re
ported at 10 o’clock this morning in an
official bulletin.
Washington, Sept. 9.—Prayer for
the recovery of Mrs. Aarding was
given bv the Senate chaplain today
when the Senate convened. Prayers
in churches and in homes for the quick
recovery of Mrs. Harding also were
urged in telegrams sent to every post
of Veteran! of Foreign Wars by Col.
T. L Huston, commander-in-chief.
I
Movement for Dethrone
ment of King Con
stantine.
Constantinople, Sept. 12. —
After a. night devoted by Turks
to shooting, throwing bricks and
smashing windows, it is expected
the allies will declare martial
law tonight and barricade Starn
boul bridge-with sandbags.
, Constantinople.—A movement
for the dethronement of King
Constantine of Greece and the
establishment of a republic is
reported by Greek newspapers
to be under way on the islands
of the Grecian archipelago.
Geneva.—The League of Na
tions, it was indicated In today’s
discussions, may soon undertake
protection of the minority popu
lation of Asia Minor.
i N.
Tana and Quickstep
| Arrive From Bethel
j —.
The steamer Tana, Captain Wallace
' Langley, hove into wort about 10
| o’clock last night, having made the
i run from Bethel in a little over seven
! days. The Quickstep, Captain George
i Green, arrived early this forenoon.
The barges of both boats were loaded
! principally with the dredge material
of the Innoko Dredging Company,
! dessined for Ganes creek.
Coming up on the Tana were Ser
geant Kaiser, who will install the new
equipment in the local station; Henry
C. Wallick, of the lonoko Dredging
Company; Alex. Bately, game warden;
Adolph Jestland, Scotty Auld, and Mr.
Wilson. __
Theo. A. Bell, Califor
nia Politician, Killed
in an Auto Accident
San Francisco.—Theodore A. Be*!,
a noted Democratic anti-prohibition
leader in California politics, was killed
Sunday afternoon in an auto accident
at San Rafael. Bell wa3 a member o
the Fifty-eighth Congress, and was two
times Democratic nominee for governo
of California._
E. Coke Hill, well known through
out Alaska, has been awarded the con
tract for carrying the mail from Kobe,
on the line of the Government rail
road, to Flat, according to otJicial noti
fication received by Mrs. Clough, local
postmaster, from E. G. Wetzler, postal
agent at Tanana. The contract is for
a weekly service commencing Novem
ber 1 and ending April 3, 1923.
J. E. Beattie, the well known dog
musher, arrived at noly Cross a few
weeks ago and made a trip to lower
Yukon points to secure fish for his
teams, In the event that he will not
he awarded the mail contract he will
make his headquarters at Anchorage
this winter.
Me Ad oo a Candidate
for Bern. Nomination
for President in 1924
New York.—William G. McAdoo,
| Secretary of Treasury in tha Cabinet
j of President Wilson, will be a candi
date for Democratic nomination for
President in 19t’4, William C- Pyons,
of Denver, declared today, asserting
that McAdoo had so informed him.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Chicago.—Bishop Sam Fallows, head
of the Reformed Episcopal Church,
died this morning;.
Nogales, Ariz.—Gen. Carlos Plank,
one of Mexico’s leading military fig
ures, died today at Magdalena, Sonora.
Lus Angeles.—Col. Kgbert Krainerd
Brown, who served on General Grant’s
staff during the civil war, died at his
home here today.
Vladivostok.—The transport Kuma
noto, bearing tlie first contingent of
Japanese troops to evacuate Siberia,
sailed Sunday for Japan.
Fort Angeles.—Duke McMichoi, fire
warden of Washington state, was
drowned this morning while crossing
the Hoh river on horseback.
Seattle.— A shipment of one-half
million feet of Alaska spruce, cut near
Wrangell, arrived here today, being
consigned to New York via an inter
coastal liner. _
Forest Hills. N. Y.—Wra. Mo-.Iohn
j ston defeated Gerald L. PattersOu. of
Australia, 6-2, 6-2 and 6-1 in the decid
ing-match for the international tennis
| trophy, the Davis cup.
Seattle. — Seven hundred thousand
i dollars’ wort h of silk daily was re
leeived from Japan and China during
A .prist, according to the report of the
! customs rolleetor.
Seattle.—Captain Fred E. Carter,
master of the llouting cannery Azalea,
; died at sea aboard his vessel on Sep
tember according to a cablegram fe
rn iAed today from Kodiak, Alaska.
Washington. —The Administration
bill providing twenty-five additional
judlies was completed today by the
Senate, and upon action by the House
the measure will go to the President.
San Francisco.—When Charles Carl
j son, master of the transport. Buford,
1 arrived yesterday from Alaska, he
■ found his wife dead and buried and his
| home robbed of $5,000 in jewels and
i cash.
1 Washington.—The Senate has decid
ed to retain provisions in the fact-find
■ ing coal commission bill for a proposed
! agency to make a study of “the advisa
bility or wisdom” of nationalization of
j the coal industry.
New York. — Miss Muriel McCormick
| sailed for Europe today She will
j probably sing in the new opera eom
| panv which her father, Harold F. Mc
Cormick, is forming to star his bride,
' f-.. -mcrly .Mine Ganna Walska.
_
Seattle. — Bishop Itowe and John
Fred, Indian, tonight told the Brother
| hood of St. Andrews of the United
1 States how Christian soldiers of the
' Episcopal faith have carried the gospel
into Alaska, “lying under the shadow
' of the North Foie.”
George F. Kilroy, manager of the In
| noko Dredging Company. .* A1 Thorns
'and Jack Mutchler, wer» late arrivals
! Saturday from Tacotna.
Court Denies Motion of
Attorneys for Rail
Strike Leaders.
Chicago, Sept. 11.—-Judge
Wilkerson today denied a motion
ot attorneys for rail strike lead
ers that the Government’s bill
for a temporary injunction be
dismissed. <CI am not prepared
j to decide at this time that the
, bill fails to set up any grounds
for relief,” the court said.
Attorney Genera 1 Daugherty
is supported by one of the most
formidable legal batteries the
Government has ever thrown
into one court action.
has
set his forces in motion towards
the goal of a permanent injunc
tion in the railroad strike
Considering Basis for
Settlement of Strike
Chicago. Sept. 12.—A busis lor set
tlement oi the railway shopmen’s
1 strike was considered to. -y by the
(general policy committee of the shop
crafts, Jewell announced at noon. He
intimated that an agreement might be
reached late today.
Plotted to Kill Hun
garian Royal Family
_
Bucharest.—A plot _u murder all
members of the royal family while at
tending the races has been uncovered
here. A number of former Hungarian
officers have been arrested in connec
tion with the plot.
50 Cities Show 7 Pet.
Increase P.O. Receipts
Washington.—Postal receipts in fifty
industrial citses, representing various
sections of the country, showed an
average increase of 7 per cent in Au
gust over the same month in 1921.
Arrival of Innoko
Dredge Material
Innoko dredge material, totaling 28?
tons, arrived from Betliel^on thesteam
ers Tana and Quickstep. H. C. Wal
lick was in charge of the shipment
from lluby to McGrath. The material
will be taken on to the Forks and there
unloaded, to await winter hauling to
Ganes creek.
G. F. Kilroy, manager of the com
pany, intends building a warehouse at
Tacotna, and logs are now being drawn
there, for that purpose. The company
will have five thousand cords of wood
cut at the head of Gabes creek by Jan
uary 15. and bids for this work wil!
soon be called for.
Gharies Taylor, of the firm of Al
brecht A Taylor, iditarod attorneys,
arrived bere last night, coming from
Tacotna with Deputy U. S. Marsha!
McMullen, on his return here from ?
visit to Ophlr.