VOL. III. NO. 55
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
U. S. to Participate in
Reparations Conference
rhondon, Oct. 2$. — America’s
decision to lend her advice and
co operation in a conference for
the settlement of the German
reparations muddle has lifted
Europe out of the slough of de
pression.
In correspondence issued by:
the Foreign Office tonight the
British Government seised the
occasion of the tirsl public state
ment by President Coolidge on
the situation in Europe-to send
another formal invitation to the
Washington government to co
operate in a new conference in
an attempt to settle the question
of. reparations definitely. Cur
zon’s request was for American
participation in any iormf either
official or unofficial. In his reply
Secretary of State Hughes de
clares that the United States is
willing to take part in an eco
nomic conference, in which all j
European allies chiefly concerned ]
Gov. Walton, Oklahoma,
Suspended From Office
Oklahoma City, Oct. 2a—-A
report charging Governor Wai
ton with wilful neglect of duty,
incompetency, corruption in of
fice and offenses involving moral
turpitude was submitted today to
the lower house of the legisla
ture by the committee on inves
tigation aud impeachment. The
report sets out twenty-two con.
cise charges, the most important
being that the governor used the
authority of his office for- per.
sons! financial gain
Oklahoma City, Oct. 28'.—Gov
ernor Walton was suspended
from office today when the state
senate by a vote of 38 to 1 adopt
J. R. Quinn New Head
of American Legion
San Francisco.—John R Quinn., of
California, was today elected national'
commander of the American Legion,
OQi the eleventh ballot, at the closing
session of the fifth annual convention.
California- aomioated Quinn as the ed
ucated cowboy, and he won by a mar
gin of live ballots over James A. Drain,
of British Columbia.
Boston Airplane Liq
uor at $12 Per Quart
Boston.—Airplanes are being used
extensively by Boston rum runners in
transoorting liquor from ships outside
the three-mile limit to hiding pieces
along Cape Cod, it was revealed today.
This whisky is*declared. to be sold ex
tensively at twelve dollars a quart.
Scotty Aukl, headed for the scene of
his'coming winter operations in the
Tolstoi seotion, was among yesterday s
departures,’
participate, for tho parpose of
ascertaining Germany’s capabil
ity to pay, and an appropriate
plan for payment.
Paris, Oct. ?&.—The French govern
meut has accepted the British proposal
for a conference ufion the question of
Germany’s capability to nay rejiara.'
tions. __
London. Oct. 30.—France, Belgium
and Italy have accepted ttie British in
vitation for a reparations conference,
with the understanding that it shall
take the form of a committee of ex
perts under authority of the present
inter-allied reparations commission.
London, Oct. 30.—Britain lias accept
ed the terms specified by Premier Poin
caire for a conference of experts to con
sider the reparations question. The
American government will be acquaint
ed with the willingness of all countries
concerned in the reparations problem
to participate in the c nference and
wil! be fesked immediately to designate
its members of the committee of ex
perts.
ed a resolution temporarily re
lieving him of his official duties,
following submission by the
lower house of a bill of impeach
ment against him. The impeach
ment bill, among other offenses,
charged the executive with en
tering into a corrupt agreement
with Dr. A. E. Davenpert, of the
state health commission.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 30.—Lieu
tenant Governor E. T. Rapp was
declared acting governor of Ok
lahoma in a decision of the state
supreme court, handed down late
today, and in which Governor
Walton is restrained from, inter- i
fering with the lieutenant gov
ernor's assumption of office.
Row Over Parking
Causes Death Thrust
i-09 Angeles.—In a row over the I
parking of his auto, E. J. Hoff, Seattle
marine engineer, who was with the
first Stefanssen expedition, was killed
bv Harry Winters, a Hollywood cafe
owner. Winters drove a. btit'iher knife
into Hoff’s side, which killed him in
stantly. Hoff leaves a widow and two
children in Seattle
Embezzled $124,547
and Gets 30 Years
Dayton, O.— Pleading guilty to em
bezzling- $124}547 from the Miami
Banking Company, of which he was its
president,, John J. Schwartz was today
sentenced to thirty years in the peni
tentiary.
6- W. c. Glass left Monday- for
G&nes.
The McGrath radio station now re
ceives messages direct from Fairbanks.
Bonar Law, Ex-Pre
mier of Britain, Dead
London, Oct. 30 -Ex-Premier Bonar
Law died this morn me at his mouest
London home. The former premier’s
daughter, his only near relative left in
England, was with him during the last
days of his illness. Bis two sons were
killed in the world war, a sorrow from
which Bonar Law never recovered.
Defeats Papyrus, Brit
ish Champion, by
6 Lengths.
Belmont Race Track, N. Y.,
Oct. 20.—Zev, the American rep
resentative in the international
purse horse race, defeated Pa
pyrus, the British champion, this
afternoon. The time for the
mile and a half was 2:85, Zev
winning by six lengths on a
heavy track.
The great crowd stood bare
headed as the band played the
national anthems of England and
America, just prior to the start
ing of the race, a quarter of four.
Hunger Strike On in
Free State Prisons
Dublin.—Republican leaders declare
that four thousand of their comrades
are in Free State prisons, all of them
refusing food.
Dublin.—The Free State government
announces that do prisoners have been
released as a result of the hunger
strike, and that none will be.
Doings of Lloyd George.
Washington, Oct. 27.—Lloyd George
arrived today, his tirst call being upon
Secretary of State Hughes, after which
ha dined with President Cool id ge. lie
will meet former President Wilson at
the latter’s home.
Washington, Oct. 2(J.—Lloyd George,
accompanied by Secretary of War
Weeks, is visiting Gettysburg battle
field today.
Louisville, Oct. 24.—Lloyd George to
day visited the log cabin in Hardin
county in which Abraham Lincoln was
born.._
The Aitken dredge, at Candle, after
a successful season's work, ceased o|>
erationi October. 23d, Among other
aecompiispments at Candle mav be
mentioned the Johnson ditch, one-half
mile long, which has just been com
pleted.
Thirteen degrees above this morn
ing. But what a delightful fall! One
would imagine he were buck in Minne
sota or Michigan in October, so de
lightful to dale has been the season.
Ed Stevenson, weli known engineer
on the steamer Tana, was a Wednesday
arrival for a short visit, and is the
guest of Captain and Mrs. J. H. Mc
Lean. _ _ __
Arthur McClure left Candle a few
days ago- for the Crooked creek sec
tion.
Aix la Chnpelle. Prussia. Oct.
28. — Rhinelanders occupied all
public buildings at 1 o'clock' this
morning, meeting with no oppo
sition from the security police,
and proclaimed Rhineland a re
public.
Five persons, all inoffensive
spectators, were killed during
the attempt yesterday afternoon
to establish the Rhineland re
public in Mayence.
Paris, Oct. 29.—A dispatch to
Le Jougney from Aix la Cha
pelle, this morning, says the
Non-Stop Flight From
Canadian to Mexican
Border Lines.
Sumas, Wash., Oct. 27.—Cap
tain Lowell H. Smith and Lieut.
John P. Richter, Uuited States
army aviators, with the intention
of making a non-stop flight to
Tia Juana, Mexico, hopped off
here at 0:30 this morning, went
north far enough to go over the
Canadian line, and then turned
south in a clear, windless sky.
They expect to refuel in the air
over Eugene, Ore., and Sacra
mento. Calif.
San Diego, Oct. 17.—Prom the
Canadian border to the Mexican
border, both lines of which were
crossed, in twelve hours, with
the 1250 miles being clipped off
at the rate of more than 105
miles an hour, and taking on
gasoline, oil and food en route,
wiih never a pause in the south
ward flight, was the achiev ment
of Captain Smith and Lieutenant
Richter when they flashed past
San Diego at (5:30 tnis evening
and continued on to the inter
national boundary, where they
circled above Tia Juana and re
turned to Rockwell Field.
Dr. Steinmetz, Elec
trical Wizard, Passes
Schenectady. N Y.—Dr. Charles Pro
tus Steinmetz, finned electrical wizard,
died at his home here today, following
physical breakdown, due to a trip to
the Pacific coast, from which he re
cently returned. He was the author of
many books pertaining to electricity
and mathematics.
George F. Kilroy, Tnnoko Dredge
Company manager, left Sunday for Mc
Grath on a business visit.
Superintendent Moss Kiuney, of the
Alaska Hoad Commission, left yester
day over the trail for McGrath.
headquarters of the sep iration
ists has announced that Cobh-tix,
Mayence, Weisbadeu, Montjoie,
Muncheng. Lad bach, Arkeletz
and Wurzilen, in Germany,
in the entire Belgian zone, are in
the hands of the Rhineland gov
ernment.
Coblenz, October 29.— \ctive
French support enabled 11. •
Rhineland republic today to ex*
tend its hold over a number of
towns and villages. French end
Belgian troops suppressed dis
orders growing out of attempts
by loyalists to th o\v out sep
aratists troops.
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Master of Kennecoit,
Due to Grief, Goes to
Watery Grave.
Seattle, Oct. 29.—Depressed
because of having lost his ship,
Captain Johnson, Norwegian
commander of the motorship
Kennecott, which went to de
struction on the rocks off the
British Columbia coast October
9th, while on Ik r voyage from
Japan to Seattle via Alaska
ports, committed suit-'. 1 Sunday
night by jumping overboard
from the Canadian tug Venture,
which was returning from the
scene of the wreck to Vancou
ver. Seven members of the crew
who, with Johnson, remained by
the wreck for a week, arrived
here tonight.
‘Would Spoil a Good
Man,’ Says Edison,
Speaking of Ford
New York.—Thomas A. Edison, dis
cussing the presidential possibilities of
his friend, Henry Ford, declared today
that it “would spoil a good man” if the
nation should send Henry to the White
House.
Pioneer of Klondike
Passes Away, Seattle
Seattle.—Captain E. Hersonier, 74,
Klondike and Alaska pioneer, and a
great grandson of Edward Dutledge,
one of the signers of the Decla 'ation of
Independence, died at his home here
today. lie was owner of the steamship
Monarch, which plied between Dawson,
and Fairbanks.
An agricultural item worthy of note,
considering that it occurred on No
vember 2d, is that Michael Hochi ::er
yesterday completed the plowing of a
four-acre tract, which is now in readi
ness for the sowing of oats John
Heino also has a tract ready for sals
planting.