VOL. II. NO. 35.
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1922.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Ozmo, Holds Well Filled
With Water, in Tow of
Tug Daisy for Astoria
Astoria, May lft—Tfoe disabled
mo tor ship Ozmo, in tow of the
steamer Daisy, is expected to ar
rive here some time tomorffow.
Marshfield, Ore., May. 18v—
The steamer Willamette and tug
Fearless have reached the- dis
abled motorship,Ozmo. Captain
Worth and crew- of seventeen
are still on board the 074BO, and
all others are safe. The Fear
less is attempting to > tow the
Ozmo to Coos Bay, according to
t he message,
Marshfield, -May 18.—The dis
abled motorship Ozmo is in tow
of the steamer Daisy, and is
being brought into Coos Bay
harbor, despite the heavy fog
prevailing, acoording to a radio
gram from the steamer Ca Puri
sina to the Englewood naval
| radio station here, this morning,
Captain Worth and the entire
crew of the Ozmo, numbering
seventeen, are aboard the Daisy,
|The rescue steamer Willamette
got lost in the heavy fog while
^endeavoring to make connection
witfe the Ozrao, the radiogram
said,
Seattle, May 18. — Further
wireless reports indicate that
the Ozmo was picked up by the
Daisy as she was again about to
be dashed on the rocks, having
been- lost for four hours.
The Daisy, with her tow, now
appears to be headed for As
toria, instead of Marshfield.
There has been great suspense
here for the past twenty-three
hours. But the crew is safe,
and the vessel is likely to remain
afloat, although the holds are
well filled with water.
HOMELESS
Btoe to Flooded Condi
tions Along Lower
Mississippi.
Houston, ‘Texas, .May 17,—
Nearly three thousand people
are homeless in the lower Biazos
river section, near here, where
continued heavy storms have
caused floods that have placed a
district thirty miles long and
eight miles wide under water.
ELvery relief possible is- being
rendered the stricken people.
New Orleans, May 19;—More
than seventy thousand in Louisi
ana and Mississippi have been,
compelled to flee from their
homes and seek places of refuge
on the uplands, as a result of
the flooded condition of the Mis
sissippi valley.
The damage to growing crops
and farm lands generally has
been enormous, while thousands
of- heads of livestock have been
drowned,
Charlie Goebel arrived yesterday af
ternoon from Berry Landing, being the
ii rst to arrive from that section with
the opening of navigation. Mr. Goebel
will leave shortly for Tacotna, from
which point will be brought the scraper
outfit to be placed on the ground of
Blackburn, Eld ridge Goebel, on
Hidden creek, in the Nixon district.
The outfit will be> transferred from Ta
cotna to Berry Landing on the power
boat Alaska.
Arthur Berry, who arrived during
the night from the Landing, bringing
down several old-timers in his launch,
loh frvr. n H>!n tn ftl. Pn»lfC
LYNCHING
IN TEXAS
Mo6 of One Hundred
Takes Lav/ Into Its
Own Hands.
Texarkana, Tex., May LO.—
Hullen Owens, a negro, 'was
yesterday taken from the jail in
Miller county, Arkansas, where
he had been confined for mur
dering R. C. Choate, and lynched
by a mob of a hundred citizens,
Owens killed Choate in at
tempting to make his escape
after being taken from the jail
to show tlie authorities, as he
said, where he had hidden a
'quantity of stolen goods. Pull
I ing a revolver from the refuse
pile, the negro shot Choate in
the back of the head at a mo
ment when the officer’s back
w as turned.
U. S. Chamber of Commerce.
Washington.—President Defrees, on
opening the tenth annual meeting of
the United States Chamber ot Com
merce, in session here today, said:
“While the business of this country
is improving, the situation in Europe,
which takes half of America's export
trade, could scarcely be worse.”
L. W'olfe, the jeweler, a:ter a stay
here of several weeks, left this morning
for Bethel, going down with Adolph
Jastland in the latter’s boat. From
Bethel, Mr. Wolfe will go through the
portage to the Yukon, and thence up
river to Nenana on his way to Anchor
age.
K CapU W. E. Geiger, who arrived
during last night with< Arthur Berry
in the latter’s launch from the Band
ing, states that the spring season up
there has been a fine one. The potato
ornn wac nlnnfml cnmo davu o rrr\
i Cutter Bear Off for
Nome and the Arctic
Seattle.—The revenue cutter Bear,
Commander Cochran, will sail at 7
o’clock this evening for Nome and the
i Arctic. A large amount of mail for
| Nome, St Michael and other points is
I being taken north
On board the Bear are ten white
Scotch collies, a nucleus for breeding
dogs to be used in the herding of rein
deer. These dogs will be presented to
natives engaged in the reindeer indus
try at various places.
Pinchot Leads Alter by
10,000 in Pennsylvania
f ^Philadelphia —Pinehot’s majority
[over Alter will be about ten thousand,
’ judging from the returns already at
hand, there remaining only a few dis
tricts to be heard from.
! Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of Theodore
Roosevelt, in a telegram of congratula
tions to Pinchot, says: “Hurrah for
Pennsylvania! Your friends delighted.”
i
Four Murdered, Half
of Village in Flames
l -
!
11'iBelfast.—In the warfare of Jrepsisals,
i fonr men, all Catholics, were taken
from their beds at Desmartin, Countv
Kerry, today and murdered. A num
ber of buildings were set on fire almost
simultaneously, half of the village
being destroyed before the blazes were
extinguished..
3 Drowning^ Seattle.
Beattie.—Summer bathing intakes
Union and Washington today claimed
three person^, namely: Mrs. Celia
Thomas, aged 72: Thomas Platt, 19:
Peter Peterson. 31.
Seattle Man Shoots
Wife, Then Suicides
Seattle.—Robert Connell, master of
the tug Iskum, shot and dangerously
wounded his wife, from whom he had
been estranged, and then took his own
life, this morning. Connell was a re
turned war veteran, with decorations
for bravery.
Decoration for Samuel Hill.
Brussels.—Samuel Hill, of Seattle,
in recognition of his services to Bel
gium during the world war, was today
decorated by King Albert with the
Order Commander of the Crown of Bel
gium. _
Charged With Embez
zlement of State Funds
Fargo.—William Lempe, former at
torney general of North Dakota, and
member of the executive committee of
the National Non-Partisan League, was
arrested here today. He is charged
with embezzlement of State funds.
Would Deny Bail to Criminals.
Springfield, 111.—By vote of 57 to 7.
the section curtailing operations of
criminals in Chicago, by denying them
bail, was ordered written into the pro
posed new constitution of Illinois, on
Tuesday. _
New ‘Decorations’ for Prince.
Manila. —Governor General Wood
had as his luncheon guest today the
Prince of Wales, who appeared with
blackened eye and bandaged forehead.
Aleck Mengel, who arrived yester
day from the Porks, reported the ice
out of the Nixon, although the Tacotna
ice was still holding.
Owen Gray, from Nixon, was among
those who arrived last night from
Uoi'v’v T.amHmr in thf* Rprrr lnnni'h
'LACE
OF OZMO
S. S. Admiral Goodrich
Scheduled to Sail for
Bethel on May 28.
Seattle, May 20.—The steamer
Admiral Goodrich, of the Pacific
Steamship Company’s line, has
been chartered by the Northern
Commercial Company to take the
place of the motorship Ozmo on
the run from Seattle to Bethel,
on the lower Kuskokwim.
The Goodrich is scheduled to
sail from Seattle for Bethel on
May 28th, and officials of the
chartering company declare that
little, if any, delay will result so
far as freight shipments from
this port are concerned.
Retail Food Prices.
Washington.—Retail food expenses
advanced one-tenth of one per cent id
April over March. Prices in April
were 42 per cent higher than in April,
1913.
CONFERENCE
ADJOURNS
And Another Is Called
to Convene at Mos
cow in June.
Genoa, May 18.—After thirty
nine days’ efforts in endeavors
to solve European problems, the
Genoa conference came /to a
close this afternoon, ending with
a plenary session in San.Giorgio
palace. Many of the delegates
had previously taken their de
parture.
■' ■— wx
Constantinople, May 20.—It is
announced from Angora that a
general conference of Eastern
nations, including all those ex
cluded from the -'Genoa confer
ence, will be held at Moscow in
June,
Comedian C. Chaplin
Says ‘Charles Aplin’
Is Stealing His ‘Stuff’
Los Angeles.—Charles Chaplin is the
plaintiff in a suit on tile in the superior
court here against the Western' Fea
tures Productions, seeking to restrain
the latter concern from producing two
motion picture plays which Chaplin al
leges contuin a character seeking to
imitate him.
The actor involved in the suit is
Charles Mador, billed, according to
the suit, in two plays as “Charles
Aplin,” and making use of mannerisms
and customs which the comedian
charges are wholesale imitations of
acting by which he is known.
Certain ways and mannerisms, cos
tume, facial expressions and character
istic movements of the body are men
tioned as noints of issue in the suit.