VOL. III. NO. 22
MoGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 192H.
PRICE 25 CENT-1
Vicar General
vich Executed; %
Gets 10 Years in'Prison
Both Accused of Resist
ance Against Bolshe
vik System.
Moscow, April 1.—Vicar Gen
eral Budkevich, a leader of the
Catholic chttrch in Russia, must
die . for resistance against the
bolshevik system, bat the life of
Archbishop Zepliak will be
spared.
These were the official deci
sions of the all Russian exeeu
tiv,e committee today regarding
the appeals made throughout
the entire world, and joined in
by the government of the United
States, against the eonviction of
Catholic prelates by the Russian
conrt. The sentence of Arch
bishop Zepliak is commuted to
ten years' imprisonment.
Moscow, Apr ' 8.—Vicar (:on-‘
eral Budkevich, Roman Catholic
prelate, was executed early to
day. Appeals from Catholic or
ganizations throughout the world !
and from several govern mentis,. {
including the United States and
Belgium, and urgent.representa
tions from Poland, which a sharp
Russian note from Poland de
clared constituted an untriendlv
act, failed to dissuade the Mos
cow government from enforce
ment of the death penalty.
Budkevich, with Archbishop
Zepliak, was accused of com
municating with Poland during
the time when Russia was at war '
with that country and with re
sistance to the soviet system re
j
specting requisitioning of church
property.
FEAR AND
SUSPICION
2 ; Demons That Stand
Between Germany
and France.
New York, April & — Fear and
suspicion, the twin demons which
have persecuted the world and
which can he defeated only by
some form of association of na-;
tions, are the forces that stand j
between Germany and France in
the settlement of reparations as j
they stand in the way of settle
ment of every other international
question, Lord Cecil, noted Brit
ish expoueut of the League of
nattons, declared in an address
before the Foreign Policy Asso
ciation, tonight.
Mask That Protects
Against All Gases j
New A perfection mask,
one that will give protection against
all poison gases, is- announced by Brig
adier General Amos A. Fries, chief of
the chemical warfare service of the.
army.
The Twitehell reindeer herd, be
tween Ophir and Fritz’s roadhouse, is
reported in fine condition. Fawns.are
expected not later than April 10, and
the fawning season was uevar.^faced
under more favorable conditions....
Moody Green was a Monday.-arrival
from his hill headquarters.
Ed Gjplme, from up thetNixoa-. was
among today’s arrivals.
Only 19, But Said Both
21; Gets Maternal
Bless? iig.
a San Francisco. Apr. H—George
Hearst, son of William Randolph
Hearst. newspaper magnate, was
married at Martinss yesterday
afternoon to Miss Blanche Wil
bur, daughter of O. K. Wilbur,
of Idaho Falla, Idaho. Both are
students of the University of
California.. Young Hearst gave
their ages as 21, >but he will be
19 on April 2'$; while his bride is
in her 19th year.
Mrs, Hearst, at New York,
answering her son’s message,
sent her congratulations.
Fred Mori edge, who arrived yester
dav, left this morning on his way to j
Kobi. whither he goes to meet Julius
Saupe, superintendent of the Flume
Dredge Company.
Charles Kastoer, who spent the win
ter in Seward and Anchorage, was a
Sunday arrival on bis wav to Flat.
| George F. Kilroy. Inooko Dredging
Company superintendent, is giving at
tention to business affairs here.
A. J. Hoetner, from his headquarters
over on the Swift, was a Monday ar
rival for-a short visit.
Bill Liske, from the Tuluwibsak sec
tion. wars a today arrival for a short
visit here.
Deputy Marsha! McMullen loft yes
terday for Ophir on a business trip.
No Tinkering With
Tariff Next Session
Washington.—There will he no tink
ering with the tariff anti tax laws at
the next session of Congress if the old
guard republican leaders can prevent
it, Senaior Watson, of ludiana, de
clared last night.
H. N. Dawes, Comp
troller of Currency
St. Augustine, Fla.—The selection of
Henry N. Dawes, of Chicago, to be
Comptroller of Currency was an
nounced bv President Harding today.
Dawes is a brother of Charles G.
Dawes, formerly comptroller and later
director of the budget.
DOi
TACOT
Innoko Dredging Com
pare Material All
on Ganes.
Tacotoa, Apr. 3.—The Tnnoko Dredg
ing Company completed the hauling of
their dredge to Canes creek today, and
| the material now reposes in the assent
1 bling park on No. b above discovery,
i where the dredge wiil be built. Con
struction wiil start on the loth instant,
' and on this work n considerable nutn
| her of men will be employed. The
1 company expects to be actively operat
ing around the middle of June. The
task of moving this dredge vwis one of
no mean proportions. Abnormal snow
and weather conditions encountered
during the winter further hampered
[the hauling The Dredging Company
is to be congratulated on achieving its
objective and in landing the vast ton
nage under such circumstances.
Henry Martella left Taontna for
i iditarod yesterday, aud will return
with a load of perishables for J. II. Mr
Lean.
Jack Mutetaler is now engaged in
hauling freight from Tacoma to Ophir
for the Joues Transportation Company.
Gust Wilson and Chris Dahl have
leased the Hill holdings, uear Anvil
creek, for this summer, and are mak
ing preparations to open upon a large
scale.
Robert Mokri has decided to go to
Iditarod for the summer, and will close
the Yankee creek roadhouse next Suu
day.
E. /i. Robertt is chef de luxe for the
fnnoko Dredging Company ok Gunes
creek. He opened his mess house on
the lirst of the month, and is catering !
for sixteen hearty patrons.
Billy Lodge is now with the fnnoko
Dredging Company, presiding at the |
steering wheel o£ a four-horse team.
He is at present employed in hauling
wood on Ganescreek.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Thorns arrived
at Ophir on Sunday last on their way
to Ruby. Mrs. Thorns was driving her
own team of malauiutes.
L. B. Loomis, N. C. manager, is at
tending to business affairs at Tacoma,
A1 Gosiow, Tacoma, was among to
day’s arrival.
2 TO
BOTH POLES
Army and Navy Air
ships to Attempt
Feats.
Washington, April 8.- While
the Navy plans to send the ZRL
to rourd the North and South
Poles, it is likely that the Zep
pelin now being completed in
Germany lor the United States ,
will be dispatched by the Army
on a similar mission.
The giant semi-rigid aeroplane
now being constructed at Akron,
Ohio, for the Army service, is to
be used as an aeroplane carrier,
and she is being equipped to ac
commodate twelve small fighting
planes. _
Seattle.—The cruiser Seattle, flag
ship of the Pacific fleet, is being given
an official welcome and reception to
day. _
In Welfare of Alaska
I
and in Development
of Territory.
St. Augustine, April 2•—Presi
dent Harding is det ply concerned
*in the welfare of Alaska and in
I the development of that Terri
tory, Fred Stark, director of the
Welfare Finance Corporation,
said today. The President’s j
forthcoming Western tour is not;
for vote-getting, the director ob-(
served. Stark’s statement is re
garded somewhat in the nature
of a refutation of the one recent-j
ly announced by Attorney Gen - ■
eral Daugherty respecting Hard
ing’s plans.
Ed Wilkinson, Ernie Gove and j
Charles Jackson. of the Jnnoko Dredg
ing Company, arrived here from the
Outside on Sunday last and left for
Tacotna next day, en route to Gaues |
creek. All of these are old-timers, !
well known in the interior.
Ed K. Goode, of Tacotna, lias ac
quired the residence long occupied by !
Mrs. E. Marsh Shannon.
__ ___
Herman Olsen, from his headquar
ters upon the North Fork, was a Mon - |
day arrival for a short visit.
Halfdan Wiig was a Monday arrival
from Nixon.
Andy White, of Tacotna, was a Mon
day arrival.
Gust itundg-en waslainoug those who
arrived Sunduv.
IN RUHR AND
RHINELAND
New French Strike Or
ders Affects 500,000
Germans.
Essen, April 1 .—General Be
gouttes, commander of the occu
pational forces, issued orders to
day requiring all striking rail
way officials and trainmen to re
sume work immediately, under
penalty of expulsion. The order,
which was posted throughout the
Ruhr and Rhineland, affects live
hundred thousand Germans.
New riots have broken out in
Recklinghausen, where one was
killed and several injured in an
attempt by French soldiers to
restore order.
Four directors of the Krupp
plant, whom the French hold re
sponsible for Saturday’s clash
between German workmen and
French troops, will probably be
courtmartialed next week at
Bredenay.
Hoecht, Prussia.—Ten billion
marks and four hundred! thou
sand French francs, shipped by
the Frankfort branch of the
Reich bank to the Weisbaden
branch, were seized here this af
ternoon by the French.
Brusat.10. -“There is complete
accord between the Italian,
French and Belgian govern
ments concerning their attitude
toward Germany This official
announcement was made tonight
in a communique issued at the
conclusion of a conference be
tween King Albert, Premier
Theunis and Foreign Minister
.1 asper.
John Slayton, well known old-timer,
after several months’ visit back Past,
was a Sunday arrival, on his way to
Ophit'. __
Telegraphic Ticks.
London.—Lord Carnarvon, at Cairo.
Lgypt, and George J. Gould, at ( ap
Lartain. France, are again reported
near death. _
Faria. — Prince Narispisa Kitashisa
kavva, brother-in-law of tfie emperor
of Japan, was killed in a motor acci
dent at Bernay today.
London.—Elbert 11- Gary, head of
tlie United States Steel Corporation,
arrived tonight, after a two-months’
trip in the Mediterranean and Holy
Land.
Washington.— Official Washington is
today discussing with keen interest a
New York report connecting the name
of Drayton M> Daugherty, son of At
torney General Daugherty, with that
of Dorothy Keenan, artist model, who
was found in her apartments, mur
dered.