VOL. III. -NO. 23
MIGRATE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7,
PRICE 2r CE\ ,
French Airplane Starts;
II. S. Will Attempt to
Wrest Honor.
Washington. April 4.- Before
* Captain Bapt and his flying cir
. cus are well on their way to gir
dle the globe hi the name of
France, a party of Americans
will hop oil in an effort to wrest
this honor from them. This ex
pedition is planned by the Army
air service.
The French start was actually
made Sunday, when Captain
Bapt jumped off at Marseilles to
cross the Mediterranean, from
Niee to India, from India to
Japan, from Japan to Nome,
Alaska, thence down the Pacific
■ . coast of the American continent
to Chile, across the Andes to Ar
gentine, and up the coast to Per
nambuco. Brazil. From the lat
ter place they will fly across the
South Atlantic to Dakar, French
West Africa, and work their way
back overland to the original
starting point.
Y WORK
Prohibition in Constan
tinople; 30 Strokes
for Violators.
Constantinople, April 4.—•Pro
hibition lias ysme into effect in
Constantinople, under instruc
tions issued by the nationalist
government froai Angora, and
after today any person found
drinking alcoholic beverages of
any kind will receive minimum
punishment of thirty strokes
with a bastinado.
David Stra nd berg, accompanied by
his six youngsters, ranging from to
14 years, arrived early Thursday Mr.
Straudberg will join his wife at An
chorage, where the family will make
their home, though Mr. Straodberg
will return to IdiLarod on the opening
of navigation.
Reports from several places along
the Richardson road indicate that
game is being poisoned in considerable
quantities,. several fine dogs having
also been killed. Charles Simmons, of
King Lake, recently lost a valuable re
triever. one of the best in>.,the Terri
tory, by poison set out by.air unknown
party. __________
4 Billy O’Pahlke, from his headquar
ters over on the Wart Pork, was a
Thursday arrival.
Dies as Result of Insect
Bite at'Tutlankha
men’s Tomb.
Cairo, Egypt, April » -Earl
Carnarvon, head of the nglish
archaeological expedition died
at 1 o’clock Thursday coming,
the result of a bite by an i.-ect
while working at the ire • • thing
of King Tutankhamen’s tmib.
New York.—Conan -j.-yle de
clared tonight that he believes
the death of Lord Cam r\ on is
due to the curse imposed by the
ancient pharaohs upon on"
who disturbed their tombs. “It
is dangerous to dig up the
corpses of these old kings,”
Doyle said.
Mrs. F. P. Aitkeo, after a visit of a
couple of months on the Outside, was a
Thursday arrival from Kobi, where she
was met by Mr. Ait.ken. Thov arrived
with Alex. Brown and team.
Robert Menxies, well known iait
banksan, who succeeds VI. fc\ Miller at
Candle, wasamongyes-erday'-- Ival
leaving for Candle this morning.
300 in Ukraine Execut
ed During Week bv
Bolshevist
>f Moscow, April (>. Director
Cohen, of the tate trule depart
ment, and M. ZormanofT, man
afrer for the dapartm it at the
Nizini Novgorod fait. i:tve been
condemned to death on charges
of havtng accepted --ribes in
office.
Berlin.—Three hundred per
sons in Ukraine vvei xeeuted
this -week by bolshevist troops
beeause of their protects against
persecution of Catholic church
men in; Russia, according to a
dispatch from Rem he! -
ta .ioinper among dogs is showing
no let- up.- .5. K. Beattie has lost nine
within the past eight daysA^ive of
these being of the wolf breeds*which
wet'S -ftmoDg his best workers. The
disease seems to prove more fatal to
the younger animals.
J. Beattie, from Flat, with the
last scheduled outgoing mail, arrived
early Thursday, leaving this morning
for Big river.
Charlie Nystrom, from some whop- in
the hills, is a recent arrival.
Batch of Interesting
Notes li' om \nchorage
_
1 Anchorage, April 4—Dr. Beeson, in
[yesterday's municipal election, was de
i fealed for maue of Xnchorago by M.
[ J. (kinroy, who led by thirty votes.
*".Mr. and Ids. ... .'owner, former
well known M.cO •«thites, are here, on
their way to . e at, where Mr
Downer in uod -:- , orient to install
radiophones.
Captain. George i ,*a and Howard
uanj 1' •. »• ; i, the Nortdiwest
ern, arrived .it >v. aid today, and wilt'
take the :. train ini Kobi, on their
way to Met-rath.
Mrs. v. >,? •. ;t ■ i three dogs, left
Kobi today, or, In r ■ • uiOpbir.
Mrs. B. i. Boyd and Miss Bessie
Fred, who 'eft .ledrath on March 28,
arrived here on the I. • est train. The”
made the trip from < 'rath to Kobi in
eight days.
Mr. and M \V. Vina’ will leave
on tomorrow a tram Kobi on their
way to Ophi. .
Brutal Crime Against
Human tty, Says Prot
estant Bishop.
j Nevy York, April 4. The ‘ civ
I ill-zed world should withhold
‘communication from Russia until
| bolshevik rule* is o\ rthrown,’
Bishop Willhin T. Manning, of
the Protestnt Episci ,>al diocese
diocese of Row York, declared
today in o statement in which ho
| condo lined t.iio execution in Mos
j cow of Vicar General Butch a
1 vitch as *‘a brutal crime against
i religion and humanity.*’
Warsaw. —A crowd of over cot;
i thousand stormed the Russian
I legation in Warsaw today in ;
! demonstration of protest against
! the execution of Catholic Prelate
Butchavitoh, hut mounted police
! finally broke tin the attack.
--
j Moscow. A request made by
> the Roman Gatholie hurch of
| Moscow for permission to bury
j Vicar General Butch a v itch in ac
cord anc:* with the idles of *he
church bus not yet been an
j swered by the soviet, authorities.
Rome. -When the Pope was
given then ws of the execution
| by the Russian soviet authorities
(of Monsignor Butchaviteh he
1 knelt in prayer for the soul, of
, the dead prelate.
Bflly Jones, after spending t.ho vin
I ter on t he Ou tside, returned here yea
j terdav, uucouinauiud by Charlie Ragle.
| both of vvhoiu left this morning for
Candle. • _
John Gridin arrived yesterday from
Canes vveate he* ;• short, business isit.
54,000 Krupp Employes
Are Oiu on 24-Hour
Protest Strike.
Berlin, April o. — Fifty-lout
[thousand employes o: the Krupp
plant at Essen are out on a 24
| hour strike a , a protest against
! the recent .oiling by the '•’rone'!
of eleven K r mp worst"
Coblenz.- J udge fKuapp, Jleef
of Police Sohacdart mi Polics
: man Stein are to be courtinar
! haled by the ’reach :n charga-t
1 of sacking a printing pi rat here
V. J. //idruan, after a visit < . t. o
I -oast and a ?. ip as ,.ir .fast a., 'r.k ac<>
■ returned here to lay, declaring him.ml
i in excellent, e.mdition fallowing; a
■ slight opei ji.i'm at the Anchorage A, -
j uitaL _
Harry Miller, after spending the
winter in San Francisco, returned here
yesterday, md left this inorning for
Candle.
Joe K< rneu.f. from Flat, was a yes
terday rrival. leaving this morning
for the Tuluwiksaic, rj company with
Hill Lisks.
Deplores Any Develop
men! of Classes or Or
! ganixation of »$ioes,
Augusta, April — ueciariug
j he did rot believe Oiore va .. a
’ vestige of sect! tlism left in
1 the United States, President
Harding, in an address delivered
it a dinner given n his honor
' tonight by the city of Augusta,
i deplored any d lopment o!
| classes and organi lion blocs in
[the republic. .‘’Then is menace
! to the nation,” sail' the Presi
j dent, ' in the development of
I classes and in the >rganua,tion
[ of blocs. There ;s danger in
[revolutionary feeling and jeal
i-ousy. Let us be on guard against
i developments of enw and jeal
ousy , ”
Scotty Auhi, who with John K:e-.v.
has been engaged in lakinc oui a liuon.'
i over on Boob creek, in the Tolstoi sec
1 bon, vs as a Thursday arrival.
Charles ''1. Taylor, Idiiarod attorney,
■ who arrived yesterday. left this morn
I ing fur Tacotna, en route homeward.
!)*b Mcltae, after a winter’s sojourn
on the Outside, returned here yester
day.
Draws Five V ears A i ter
Conviction on Lesser
Charge.
Atlanta, /vpr.'G.—Victor Juno,
was found.guilty in the T nitec.
Stales district court bore on the
charge of usit.u the mails to do
fraud and was sentenced to fit e
years in the federal penitent ary.
‘ innes was on trial seven day*
on the charge, which was the
outgrowth of the mysterious dis
appearance or Mrs. Kloise (
1 ‘ennu; and i ’eatricc Nelms, whr
cave been missing for ten years.,
and who arc believed to have
been murdered by hire.
rank Spel :ack, after a visit at ai
-Old home in Ohio, returned here ye-;
erday. on bi- v av to Ophir, being; ac
> om an fed by ..an.es race, wuo . ; fre’
> .inn bis Cnat views of Alaska.
Happy Jack Stevenson, from the
; Tuluwikfak, arrived here today lit
j reports nothing new in that section
< ra Liarnhardt. *»’>r se* ere-i * *• wee k>,
; q the hospital at / kiak. • returned u:
Tuluw-iksak early in March. sliffht-H
improve ..
A«Js
Americas Entrance t<
an Issue m 1924
Eiei tioii
; New Yoiky April • .—3. ecla:
| :ng the only •• riot's bar **>•/*mer~
i '.ca’s entrance into the League c:
i ^
I Nations * in. a kl*» group of
; able but ambitious tv.en, . ome o7.
! them very old, wo are eiiarac
! terist.ieally icedis al livers,’ for.
I rrier Justice cl ti e Supreme
Court !ohn K. Clarke, in &
| ;poeeli tonigl 1 said the issue
wii* be forced ysfco the 1"2-' elec
tion and that no candidate for
the I Yes den : y or Senate would
be permitted to con; eai Vis nosi
tion for a sing! week
Deputy Marshal McMuUon returnee
vesterdav from a business trip te
i Opblr.
Nick isopotV was amoup ttiose who re
turned yesterday.
Fred Spencer, .Medfra postmaster
Is in town for a short visit.
Frank Beckman, from Carl creek, F
here for a short visit.
Ed Whelan returned here Tbursda;
from a business trip to Taootna.
Sam Nesvoog was a Thursday
rival