•VOL. III. NO. 30
M-cGR A.TH, ALASKA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1923.
PRICE 25 CEN'i
SUBMITTED
BY GERMANY
1 Terms of Latest Offer
in the Matter of
Reparations.
Berlin, May 2.— Germany’s
latest reparations offer proposes
; that the sum total of her obliga
’ tions under the Versailles treaty
be fixed at thirty billion gold
( marks. The German govern
! ment, in a note made public here
today, propo3es that twenty
i billion marks of the total be
* raised before July 1, 1927, by a
1 bond issue at normal rates of in
terest on international money
markets. Five billion marks
would be raised before July 1,
1929, in the same manner, and
the remaining sum similarly be
fore July 1, 1931.
Fresno, Cal.—Mrs. Elixabeth Espi
nola, who was convicted here today of
bootlegging, has been sentenced to
spend lire hundred days in her own
home, caring for her four little chil
dren, by Police Judge Crichton.
$9,129,401
DAMAGES
Skinner & Eddy Begin
Suit for Cancellation
of Govt. Contracts.
Seattle, May 1.—The Skinner
A Eddy corporation, of this city,
which is generally credited with
having cleaned up thirty million
dollars in wartime building con
tracts, this afternoon began a
damage suit for $9,129,401, plus
interest, against the United
States Shipping Board Emerg
ency Fleet Corporation, alleging
breach of contract in the cancel
ing br the Government bf con
tracts for the construction of
many ships.
Reduction Many Taxes
May Be Recommended
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Washington. —The Administration
will be able to recommend toCongress
io December a reduction in many taxes.
This is indicated in Secretary of Treas
ury Mellon’s announcement of 1 his in
tention to renew his recommendation
for a cut in surtaxes.
Seattle.—Two Eagle snbrEerine chas
ers will soon arrive in Paget Sound to
join the coast guard fte^v here in war
ring on the booze runners eporating
between British Columbia and Sound
oorte.
Germany's Proposal Is
Far Gr~m Acceptable
to France.
Paris, May 2 — The new Ger
man propositions for reparations
settlement are so far from being
acceptable to France that a flat
rejection ot them is regarded by
persons close to Poincaire as in
evitab..-. This rej^tion, it is
stated, will probably be followed
by an extension of occupation
lines on the right bank of the
Rhine.
The steamer I'ana, under direction
of Captain Cjeorge Green, is receiving
attention at the hands of quite a crew
which started operations on May 1.
The boat will be given a general over
hauling, brightened up throughout
with fresh paiot, and all necessary re
pairs made. Chief Coward Langley
and assistants are giving special atten
tion to mechanical matters. The new
shaft of the Tata will be placed in po
sition at Bethel, to • hich place she
will be taken hv the steamer Quickstep
on the opening of navigation.
ALASKA FOB
NAVAL BASE
Navy Dept, to Make in
vestigations as to
Feasibility.
Washington, April 30.—In or
der that information regarding
Alaskan waters and the feasi
bility and practicability of the
future establishment there of a
naval district and of an advanced
naval base for wartime opera
tions may be available to the de
partment, a naval expedition will
spend three months in an ex
haustive preliminary survey this
summer. Orders »have been is
sued to Hear Admiral John V.
Chase, commander of the fleet
base force, to proceed to x\laska
waters about May 25 to make
extra surveys of harbor facilities,
various anchorages and available
sites for shore stations.
Members of Fascist!
Engage in Sabre Duel
Homo. Demity Giunta. secretary
generate? the Grand Fascisti Council,
and feaptain Forni, one of the military
leaders of the Fascist!, fought a di>rd
-today with cavalry sabres. Both men
were seriously wounded when the sue
ends stopped the duet.
4 Persons, Responding !
to Calls, Shot Down by
Unidentified Monsters
Saworth, Okla.—Thomas Ilamtnill, a ;
well known plamer, iiis wife and iheir i
daughter, Mrs. Tope, and the latter’, i
10-year-old son, were shot to death i
j *hea they were called to the door of
1 the Hammill home toilvy and fired on
fay two unider.n'ied inen. No reason
can even be surmised for the commis
sion ©i the rerrible deed.
Watson Says He Hopes
It Won’t Split Repub
lican Party.
Washington, April 30.—Secre
| fcary of State Hughes, addressing
| the American Society of Inter
! national Law tonight, said that
[membership in the world court
; did not mean entry into the
! League of Nations. He declared
■that “those who desire that the
United States shall become a
member of the League are in
dulging in vain iiopes, and that
those who are alarmed at such a
possibility are entertaining vain
fears.”
Pittsburgh — Expressing the
hope that Harding's stand for
(United States membership in the
t world court would not split the
republican party, Senator Wat
son, of Indiana, in a speech hero
tonight, further declared that
everything occurred in Europe
since the Senate refused to ratify
the League of Nations treaty.
These events, he said, have been
fresh warnings for the United
Stales to keep out of Europeatt
quarrels.
I Lenine and Trotzky
Are in Bad Condition
j London. -Both Lenine aud Trotiky
• are doomed to death, the former from
' a stroke of paralysis, which has left
I him steadily growing weaker, and the
! latter from malignant abdominal trou
! ble, which has been pronounced incur
•able by his physicians,
f Charles It. CraDe, former American
' minister to Clrna, who has just left
j London for the United States, after a
! five-months’ stay in Europe, pronounces
the men as good as dead.
Walla Walla for Life !
for Tacoma Murderer
Tacoma.—D. Emerson Corrigan, who
pleaded guilty to the murder of George
Marsh, Seattle for hire chauffeur, who
was foonddo a ditch near Ardna about
a month-ago with bis head beaten in,
was sentenced today to life imprison
mnent at Walla Walla. ,
RULED
In Matter of Sale of
Liquor by XL S. Ships’
in Overseas Trade.
Washington, x\pril 30.—The
| supreme court today overruled
; Attorney General Daugherty’s
order against the isale of liquor
on American ships in the over
seas trade, holding that the pro
hibition amendment could not
legally be applied to prevent
American ships from selling
beverages when they are outside
of American territorial waters,
iThe court, however, held that
| the ban of prohibition, both on
! American and foreign ships,
: from bringing liquor stocks into
j American ports under bond, was
i 'egal and enforceable
London.—British trans-Atlan
tic steamer lines, backed by all
companies on the continent, ■will
tight the dry ruling of tile United
I States supreme court to a finish.
s i;
LIKES IT
Harding Says He Pre
fers Newspaper Job
to All Others.
Washington, April 30.—PrcsF
| dent Harding, addressing the
I American Society of Newspaper
I Editors, Saturday night, said he
i would rather be a newspaper
! publisher than ahytning else in
1 the world. For that reason, he
added, he was going to remain
publisher of the Marion Star
i ‘until they settle up my estate.”
Noyes Must Make
an Itemized Report
Han Francisco.—Saturday the deci
sion of the United- States district cBurt
was in favor of "habelle iarnette, for
858.000.
Noyes, testifying, could not explain
the charge of ? 7,000 as administrator’s
fees, but admitted that he had received
820.000 of the amount.
Judge Dietrich ■ told Noyes that he
either would Pave to prove to the court
that it had ao i»risdiction over the
money or give^ *3 itemized account of
the 847,000" exDenditure, otherwise
judgment wohld. be given against
Noyes by default.
John Repo, driving Henry Marteila’s
team, arrived from Tacotna today. 1
STATESMAN
PASSES ON
Senator Knute Nelson
Dies on Train While
En Route Home.
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, Harrisburg, Pa., April 30.—
Senator Knute Nelson, of Mirv
nesoia, died on a 'Pennsylvania
railroad train last night, while
on his way from Washington tc
i Chicago, en route to h‘s home ai
Alexandria, Minn.
The deaih of Senator Nelson
j removes from national political
life one whose tenure of office
dates back to March 4, 18Gb, on
which date he first assumed hit
duties as senator and in which,
he has seen eontinuoar; service
ranking second with &enato.
Warren, of Wyoming, the terms
of service of Ilelson and Warren
being exceeded only by -' that of
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, March4, 1893.
Farmington, Col. — Rear Atiaaira
Cowles, retired, died here today. H«
married the si iter of Theodore Poos
■^elt.
HE’S AFTER
! PRESIDENCY
__ .as '*rr~
| Henry Ford. It Is Said.
Now Seeks the Demo
cratic Nomination.
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Washington. - May i.— Trick
ling through underground ->©lit
:cal channels from Detroit earmt
au announcement, today that af
forded comfort to Harding and
corresponding uneasiness to
democratic leaders. This an
nouncement "was to the effect
that Ilenry Ford will not be v.
candidate for the presidency oc
Ian independent ticket but will
' try to capture the nomination on
! the democratic ticket.
; A1 Walsh, who was a Sunday arriva.
' from Flat, having come by wav of
Moore creek, left Suadar/ for a short
visit at Nixon.
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Waino Puntila, who arrived Monday
from a visit of several days over Ophir
way, left Tuesday for Candle.
Davo Peck was a Monday arrival
from Taeotna, to which place he re
turned yesterday.
Bob Roberson and V ictor'Sibolio ar
ived this (Buttling from the fonts.
Henry Martella, who arrived Mon
day, returned yesterday to Taeotna.
Gus Schnler was a Monday at+iva
from Candlo