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YOB.. It NO. 47
McGRATH, ALASKA, JULY 6. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
DISABLED
VETERANS
Invade \ Socialist Con
vention and Issue a
Fight Invitation.
Detroit, July 5.>—A scene un
paralleled was enacted here to
day when fifty* delegates- to tire
convention of the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans of the World Wai'
invaded the-1 socialist national
convention this^ afternoon and
warned-tbe socialists that Amer
ican veterans are ready to > light
again to defend the Flag against
sedition, disloyalty and1 treason.
Ralph*i Al Horr, of Seattle,
who led the invading.’ veterans,
told the socialists that1 the ad
vocates of ■ force would * be met
with f©ace—all that, was needed
being' tiUat* the members- step
ootsidedf they wanted■ to > fight
fdvrl heir belief®;- And'the^1 so
cialists-remained in their seats.
CHANCE TO
BUY A SHIP
Shipping Board Asks
for* Bids for 287
Wooden. Ones*.
Washington, July 5.—Bids
hhve been calMeM for, to be
opened on July 30, for the sale
of twohundred and eighty-sev.en
Shipping Board wooden ships,
Chairman Lasker,.of- the Board,
announced today* These ships
are lyjng^idle in. Lake Union,
Seattle**, inu. J$ew York bay and
James river.
/ A. Higgins, Tacotna merchant, who
arrived bn the Tananwitii'a large* ssoek
of general merchandise for histup^river
establishment, was a passenger on>ithe<
Quickstep yesterday for Nixen Klerks^
the transfer aoinw They are waiting
for him at Tacotna, where the stock of
food supplies is practically exhausted.
. H. E. Carter, local manager of the
N. C. Company, returned here Sunday
on the Tana from Bethel, after having
made the trip down river in his own
launch. _
Tom Jasper left here yesterday for
Tacotna.
A TARIFF
MEASURE
Designed to Produce
Seven Hundred Mil
lions Annually.
Washington, July 5.—The Ad
ministration.’s permanent tariff
bill, designed* to- produee seven
hundred million/ dollars annual
ly, was introduced in the House
late today and started on fcite
way to enactment. Bum ben is,
placed on the free list..
The Senate adopted the Bbrah
amendment to the Naval bill
which requests the President’ to
invite Great Britain and Japan
into conference to discuss plans
for limiting naval armaments.
Ambassador to Chilte.
Washington.— William Mailer Col
lier, president of George Washington
University, was nominated today by
President Harding for ambassador to
Chile*
ABDUCAED
Kate Richards Crane
Said to Be in Hands
of 11 Bad Men.
Washington* July 2. — Kate
Richards Crane, socialist writer
and lecturer, was abducted from
the home of Q* H. Friedman by
a dozen unknown, men,, last night.
Her alleged seditious utterances
are assigned as the reason for
the abduction.
W_ W. Lukens, in charge., oi the op
erations of the Alaska Road Commis
sion in this section* and* Robert Hart
and Harny Stockman left yesterday
for Tacotna^ going up in Bob Hart's
Jaurwsht-Maple Leaf. Messrs. Lukens
and Hfcrt will leave Tacoma shortly
yia the wmten-tnail. for Ruby, ami will
probably, be acaorapaoied by At Thorns,,
who also has business engagements at
the latter place.
Sam Nesvoog, in bis iaunch Seldemay
aDd Scotty Auld, arrived here - Sunday.
»igbt from Bethel, coming up -in.seven
days. Mr. Nesvoog left yesterday. for<
his up-river home, having as traveling,
companions Masters Melvin Heino and
Glenn Long, on a trip of inspection.
Rickard Figures His
Net Pfcafit From the
Fight to Be $550,000
Nfcw Yonki—Tex Rickard, promoter
of the Dempsey-Carpontier match, fig
ures his net profits frost that exhibi
tion to be five hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
He Went to dmrcfu
Raritan.—President Harding admin
istered to help “make the world safe
lor humanity” when he attended ser
vices at the Third Reformed Church,
Sunday. _
WAR STATUS
WIPED OUT
U. St. Now Has Actual
Peace With Germany
and Austria.
Washington^ July 3.—Peace
with (Sermaay and Austria is
now an accomplished fact. The
congressional resolution termi
nating the war status with these
technically belligerent countries
was signed late yesterday after
noon by President Harding in
the summer home of Senator
Frelinghuysen, at Raritan, New
Jersey.
High Water at Bethel.
At Bethel this spring the stage of
water reached was the highest since
the year 1911, according to Capt. W. C.
Langley, of the Tana. On the island,
where gasoline of the Treadwell Com
pany and fuel oil of the Kuskokwim
Dredging Company bad been stacked,
the water rose to a height of over
seven feet, resulting in the loss of
about 12i>drums, principally gasoline,
which floated away.
Two Are Killed When
Auto Plunges Over an
80-Foot Embankment
Spokane..—Miss Rwtb MacDonald and
Mias Bessie Wilson' were killed here
todays widen the auto.driven bv W. F.
Gallahau, a prominent Idaho mining
mam. and* fiasnece of Miss MhcDonald,
plunged over an eighty-foot embank
ment- _
Miss Tod set h, school teacher at Nap
amuie during the past winter, left that
place a few days ago/ for her home in
Fairbanks* going. via< the lower river
portage* __
Fred Spence, , on bis launch Dora, ar
rived here- from- Berry Landing this
afternoon
Lieo'Bhdriguea. left oa the Tana for
Berry Landing
OBSERVANCE
OF FOURTH
Foch Glorifies Ameri
cans—Seattle Had
Big Celebration.
Seattle, July 4.—This city is
having: the greatest Fourth of
July celebration ever known in
its history, the war forces of
land and sea participating in the
program of the day.
Two flags were presented the
dreadnaught Idaho, lying in the
harbor, by Governor Davis, of
Idaho, this afternoon, at the
opening of the celebration.
Raritan, N. J., July 4.—Presi
dent Harding’s Fourth of July
oration consisted of one sentence
which he uttered in christening
the nine-foot rowboat, the Rar
itau, built by Joe, the nine-year
old son of Senator Ffe^kighuy
sen, in which he paid tribute to
American boys who build castles
in the air and whose achieve
ments in the future will add to
the glory of this country.
Philadelphia, July 4.—Senator
Philander C. Knox, in his Fourth
of July speech at Independence
Hall, warned Americans against
the influence of aliens and the
doctrinesfrom races not skilled
in self-government. •
Paris, July 4.—In closing his ,
tribute to fallen Americans in
the world war, in the celebration
of American Independence Day,
General Ferdinand Foch said:
“Glory to these dead. Glory
to the American Army. G^ory
to the American people/’
Herb Kearney, accompanied bv Mrs.
Kearney, who came up on the Tana,
rfter spending the winter on the Out
side, departed for their borne at Ta
:otna yesterday, being passengers on
the Quickstep as far as the Forks.
L. F. Bullard and James Foley, from
the Nixon mine, arrived here Sunday.
Mr. Bullard left yesterday on the Tana
for Berry Landing, on his return to
Nixon.
Dan McRae and Jack Mutchler were
passengers on the Tana yesterday for
Berry Landing.
Tom Bare and William Goss, well
known Ophirites, arrived here last
light, on matters of business. They
will leave tonight for Tacotna.