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MCGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1922,
PRICE 25 CENTS
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Greatest Raid In Irish
History, When 2,000
Sinn Femers Arrested
Belfast, May ill.—The great
est raid in Irish history took
place in Ulster last night, when
two thousand Sinn Feiners were
arrested by an army of Ulster
constables, volunteers and Brit
ish troops.
Sinn Feiners. tills afternoon,
are fleeing with their families to
the hills of Ulster to escape the
great roundup, which was re
newed today -by Ulster consta
bles^and bodies ot British mili
tary.
London.—The arrest of two
s thousand Sinn Feiners in Ulster
was carefully planned weeks in
advance as part of the British
policy to co operate in preserv
ing order in .the .northern prov
ince, it became known today.
Belfast.—W. J. Twaddle, member of
Ulster parliament, was shot to death
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by three assassins in the streets today..
Seven shots were tired into his back.
London.—Collins and Griffiths, lead
ers of the provisional government, wilt
come to London next week for a con
ference wiih the cabinet regarding the
situation in Ireland, it was announced
in the House of Commons this after
coon. _
Claims to Be * Alaskan,
indicted At St. Louis
St. Louis.—George Dunptay, claim
ing to he an Alaskan and the owner of
valuable Alaska mining proper :es,
was indicted by the grand jury her.)
today, fie is charged with securing
thirty thousand -dollars under false
pretenses, through exploitation of his
alleged mining claims.
Dps Moines.—A nationwide war on
open Sunday was declared by the i s
byterian general assembly, in session
here, today.
RAMMED BY
ALEXANDEI
British Cargo Carrier
Sinks After Being Hit
By American Boat.
Philadelphia, May 23. — The
British cargo carrier Andree was
rammed off Fort Miffling today!
by the Seattle liner H. F. Alex
ander. The Andree sank shortly 1
after being struck, her crew'
being rescued by the Alexander's
lifeboats and a number of naval
tugs.
The Alexander was formerly
the Great Northern, the fastest;
ship flying the American flag.
Prospectors for the
Lower River Section
Seattle, May 21.—Among passengers
oa t he motorship Anvil, safling from
here tomorrow for Bethel, will be Jack
Hosfeldt, a pioneer of the Copper river
section, with a party of four, bound for
diggings forty miles from the Kusko
kwim; also A. Anderson, heading an
other party for Canyon creek, near
Bethel.
The steamer Tana is scheduled to
leave some time during the next two or
three days, probably Friday, for a trip
to Berry Landing, returning from
which she will leave for Bethel. Capt.
George Green expects the Tana to re
turn here from her lower river trip
about July 1. Incidentally, the Tana
and Quickstep, -under the supervision
of Captain Green and Chief Engineer
Howard Langley, have .received a thor
ough overhauling, in which a force of
a dozen men have been engaged during
the past three weeks.
Ike Koski, after a visit hereof sev
eral days, returned to his nome at the
Forks, this forenoon.
Filipino Delegation On
Way to Capital to See
About Past Promises.
Seattle, May 28.—“We were;
promised freedom as soon as \v
established a stable government.
We have made good, and now in
sist that the United States i'ultil
its promise.’’
This is the statement of a par
liamentary mission from the
Philippines which arrived here
this afternoon on the Keystone
States, the members of which
are on their way to Washington
to plead thecause of Philippic
independence.
For Oregon Governor.
Portland.—Governor Olcott, who dc-1
dared war on the klu klux klan, i-,!
running- slightly behind State Senatt
Chai’les Hall, of Marsh held, for repub
lieau nomination for governor today c.
returns from three-fourths of the stat
Despite these returns, it is believe j
that limit figures will give Olcott U
nomination.
.Mike Bianusha. who arrived last!
evening, is authority for the statemem
that there is still a world of snow .
evidence around T'acotna and that tv,
miles from that place over towards
Ophii; the snow on the ground is four
feet deep.
Tim Marcum, after a stay here of t
few days, left for up river Sunday on
the Julia B.t also taking with him the,
boat recently purchased from Jesse
Yoder.
The ice in the lnnoko was still holu-,
ing a couple of days, aecording to the
latest arrival at Tacotna from Gphir.
Joe Sherwood left this morning for
Berry Landing, s
Dons Best Clothes,
Kills Partner, Then
Takes His Own Life
Seattle.—A. K. Berner, well known
1 Renton pouitrv man, after , onning his
best suit of riot’.res, shot and killed his
partner, Stanley St iomchauk. Berner
then ended hi own life by sending a
bullet through 1 is heart just as pretty
Genevieve Vuldevac, to whom Sviont
chaek was to be married in June, ap
peared upon the scene.
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13 Passengers, Capacity
Cargo, Mail; Due At j
Bethel June 4th.
Seattle, May 23.—The rootor
ship Anvil, Captain Louis Knaf
lich, sailed tonight for Bethel,
having on board"thirteen passen
gers and a capacity cargo, in
cluding a large consignment of
mail for points on the Kusko
kwitri river
The vessel has a radio tele
phone equipment, by means of I
which Captain Knaflieh hopes to!
broadcast concerts in the Bering]
Sea and Kuskokwim regions.
He expects the Anvil to reach
Bethel about June 4.
Among the passengers on the
Anvil are Jack Hosfeldt, Alfred
Anderson, wife and two children,
James Newberry and D. M,
Keellor, four miners headed for
the lower Kuskokwim.
The power schooner Buoy,
which will sail for Anadyr rivei,
Siberia, will return via Bethel,
The Anvil is scheduled to make
three round voyages.
Aviator Frest Meets
Trouble in Nebraska |
.'North Platte, Neb,—Clarence Prest,
who left Buffalo some days tgo with
the announced intention of making a
flight to Alaska and Siberia, was com
pelled to land here today', owing to his J
machine becoming disabled. It may 1
be several days before he will be able
to resume his lught.
Japan Ratifies Agreement.
Tokyo.—The Shantuug agreement,
negotiated with China at the Wash
ington conference, was ratified today
by Japan.
(Jharles Nicollet, with the Alaskan,
arrived yesterday from Tacoma, bring
ing down the scraper outfit of Black
burn, Kid ridge & Goebel, which will
he placed on their ground on Hid
den creek, in the Nixon district.
The Alaskan left early this morning i
for Berrv Landing, Mrs. Nicollet and
Adolph Lind also being aboard.
Louis Gorman, in his new boat, left
Monday for a trip to Berry Landing,
being accompanied to that place by
Owen Gray, on his way to Nixon.
Charlie Goebel, who returned here
yesterday from Tacotna, left for Berry
Landing this morning, returning with
the launch Shakespear.
Bert SJldridge, on his Doughnut
Oueen, left this morning for a trip to
the Forks.
Piled Up On Spit Near
Marshfield; No Hope
of Saving Cargo,
Marshfield, May.23.—'The dis
abled inotorship, which piled up
on the south spit while being
towed to this place by the .tug
Daisy, two days ago. is declared
to be a total loss, and the same
is stated to be true regarding
her cargo.
Marshfield, Ore., May -2'J.—The
waterlogged motors!)i p Oztno, ir
tow of the steamer Daisy, piled
up on the south spit when the
Daisy attempted to bring her
into this port, and may move a
total loss.
The Daisy headed one (»zmo
for this place when the captain
of the tug realized that he could
never get the disabled ship to
Astoria.
OF NINETY
British Steamship Sinks
Following Collision
, With French Boat.
t re .so, May 21.-— Ninety per
sons were drowned when the
British steamship Egypt was
sunk in a collision with the
French steamship Seine, yester
day afternoon, off the island of
Ushant, the collision occurring
during a dense fog, The lost
comprise ten passengers and
eighty of the crew cf the Egypt.
The crew of the Seine did
heroic work in rescuing two hun
dred and thirty of those from
the Egypt, as well as the bodies
of twenty others, notwithstand
ing that the Seine was in a badly
damaged condition.
Harding Is Against
Treaty With Russia
Washington.—Continuance unchang
ed of- ths Administration's present pol
icy toward international economic
problems was indicated today, Itarding
being equally against negotiating a
trade treaty with Russia.
Capt. W. lb Geiger left early Sun
day morning for Bethel, declaring hi
intention to return .upstream later and
put in a few months prospecting in the
Stony river section.
The Yukon ice broke on Monday, the
21st, on which date the ice movement
became general. This is one of its
latest breid1 .
James Downey left Monday for Ta
cotna. on Iris way to Little crejek, going
up with Charlie Nystrom on the Re1'
Wing