The Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Miner | ^1*
VOL. 1. NO. 87
McGrath, alaska. November 23. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
ARMAMENTS
CONFERENCE
Far Eastern Questions
and Land Armaments
Monopolize Time.
Washington, Nov. • 19.—Dele
atess from Great '.Britain and
France, in discussion over Far
Eastern questions today, de
clared for the perpetuation of
« the open door in China and the
giving up of extra territorial
» rights in China as her develop
ment will wa-rrant.
The armament .conference
i proper is called to meet again on
Monday morning.
Hughes indicated to Britain
; and Japan this afternoon, that
his original figures, as to the ton
i nage to be destroyed must stand,
< despite Kato’s insistence on mod
i ifications of the ratio in favor of
Japan.
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.'Washington, No.v. >19.—A
I statement on behalf, oft Japan on
:■ several, questions-reJatiog to the
; Far East was made.at today’s
?.sessien of the conference by the
.committee on. Pacific .and Far
Eastern affairs. It was arranged
i that a complete public statement
should be issued later through
: the State Department
^Washington, Nov. 21—Briand,
yfffi&ier of. -France, in address
ing the.conference today, told of
the proposed further reductions
i to be made* in France’s army,
> which would bring it to half of
i its former 'strength, but still
i leave, of course, a force which
’■ he contended necessary to assure
her security.
‘Germany, while apparently
. disbrmed.i >Briand told the con
ference, coold with her present
machinery raise an army of six
million man. fT wo hundred and
-fifty thousand! iGernaans were re
w ceiving daily military instruc
tion, he added. 'The French
premier declared that Luden
dorff and others-of^military caste
. continue to preaeh*$fee old Prus
: sian doctrines.
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Washington, Noy.\2l. —* The
driffr seems to be toward' briug
ifig Germany into the conference
i lia connection with land arma
< ments. * -
Senator SchApr, Italy 5s rep
t resentattfr.e, iotv»atei in Ws
speech tjhis'afternoon that Itoi.^;
while she has disarmed, does not
propose to reniain so if oth&r
European1 countries retain, land
r.armaments.
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S, A. BANK,
i SEATTLE
JVIaxiy Scandinavian De
positors Denounce
\Deiay.
Seattle, Nov. 21.—Many Scan
dinavians, of »#iose who were
caught in the failure of the
j Seattle Scandinavian American
| Bunk, held a meeting here last
i night and passed a resolution
demanding that ^he Governor
|and State Banking officials im
jmedietely assess all hanks hold
ing membership in the State
Guarantee association. A num
ber of speakers denounced -the
delay of the State officials amd
those of the defunct bank.
Wrangel Island, Arctic
Ocean, to Be Base for
a Big British Concern
Kansas City.— That. Wranjid islat/d,
in the Arctic ocean, off the northeast
coast of Siberia, for which i«»iot an ad
vance party of the Sieffanseon expedi
tion sailed from Nome last September,
will be an established base of supplies
of a tfreat British corporation, w&ose
, operations wilt be of vast extent, has
i just' been announced here by* Vilhjal
mur Steffanson.i the explorer. The ex
tent and character of these operations
will be made public shortly.
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STORM HITS
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Hydroplane Falls Into
Puget Sound; One
Passenger Lost.
Los Angeles, Norv; 21.—S. C.
Story, Willt*m Mathte, William
Bowman andT«J. A. jfJager, all
prominent Officials .of the Ari
| zona division of the'-.Santa Pe ,
| railroad, were killed, here today j
when their automobile inspec
tion car was overturned by a
train near the California border
line. Five others in fche inspec
tion car were seriously injured,
two of whom will probably die.
! Harry Stockman, with the seeood
Outside mail, coosisti«K imnoi<p*Hy of
second class ipatter, arrived this after
jno>n. _
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p. Peck arrived Sunday from T.t
-cotna, returning; home on Monday.
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Must Hang Together,
ElseH&ng Separately,
Says Lord Northcliffe
Pekin.-v-Lord Northcliffe, in a-n ad
dress here today, said that Britain and
the United' States must hang together
in the Far East, operating their fleets
from Singapore in case they are at
tacked. -If they don’t hanu together,
>thoy may hang separately, .Northcliffe
said. _
Mrs. Bus«e Breaks Arm Bone.
While coming down from Nixon
Fork with.Adolpfe Lind, Mrs. Bugge,
wife of Cantata Bugge, got out of the
sled at Tatalina' portage, and in at
tempting to get down the -sleep bank
fell and broke her left arm above tha
wrist. ®i\ VV.i F.wCreen gave the
break immediate attention upou .Mrs
Bugge’s arrival here.
TWODEADLY
TORNADOES
Arkansas and Missouri
»Are Visited About
Same Time.
Little Hock, Nov. 21 •—S-tf-elve
persons were .killed outright, and
thirty injured by two tornadoes
which swept through -the towns
of Arkadelphia and Mena, in
this State, at almost the same
hour, today.
.-..At Mena t'he body of Miss
Gertrude Verda was blown more
'than half a mile from the wreck
of her home, while *hveu other
members of the family .were
^seriously injured.
At Arkadelphia the home of
Robert E. Weens was destroyed
■and the entire family killed.
Poplar Bluff., Mo.—A tornado
which swept down out of t1>e
Ozark mountains today caused
the cteath of four persons and
injured no less than fifty others.
A number of homes and other
buildings were wrecked.
Wilhana Schneirla and Mrs. W. A.
Viual arrived Monday frotnOphir. Mr.
Schneirla is on his way to i he Outside
on matters of business, sad -will also
>vtsit former home. in Clinton,
Mieh., d«cing the winter Kirk Vinal
Accompanies Mr. Schneirla as -far as
Anchorage, .where Mr. Vimtl how is,
tu>d. where they will be at'home dur
ing the-spreseni winter.
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Lieut. J. B. I’enCie, officer in charge
of the se<*ond section of the Washiog
ton-Alaska jhfl>ia.ry.-.cwhla system, is
scheduled to arrive a«v day. Lieut.
Pence is on a tour of inspection.
Hacrv Yeager arrived Sunday frotp
•Candle, aud is scheduled to" leave- -dur
ing the next two or three days for An
chorage on his-way to Sanoftaancisco.
DOINGS OF
CONGRESS
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House Adapts Confer
ence Report Oi> Tax
Revision Sul.
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i Washw^n, ,^ov 21. — The
House later, today adopted the
conferdffcetefpcrtdOnithe tax re
vision bill.
The bill now provides for abo
Irtioc of the excess profits tax,
the repeal of all transportation
tn y e« as of /l a-nuary.lt i°22; the
esta' hs tieant Ira- a maximum
rate >f iir‘y per cent on indi
vidual ru o nes, as well as the
repeal oi taxes on refreshments.
j Washington.—It. is- an open secret
! that Congress* :a planning what is
: termed a mileage adjournment—that
I is, members will not have time to go
jiiome and return before the ajegular
-session, but which plan gives,.them an
.ppponunity to claim mileage, for jour
| neys that fen prf them wilLsialte.
) Washington. wi|l H^ionrn
I W-erinesday if the tax revision ‘bill Tg
! put through. The Senate and House k
! conference -committees .cotmtleted re
vision of the bill today,*v/itb the adop
tion of a twelve and oce-half tier tent
income* twx rate.
The Senate and - House conference
■ committees on the revenue bill voted
down the proposition to increase the
j inheritance.tax. now fixed at tweiity
! five per cent.
N. D.’S NEW
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Winners at Recall Elec
tiomAre Inducted
t Into Office.
-^Bismarck, Nov.23. —The Su
preme-Court having upheld the
-validity of the recent recall
■elections, inauguration of the
-various officials who were win
ders, in the late, contest are tak f
iog-iple-ce tod&y, These include
R. JS, Nestor as .governor.
J.ob-nson as attorney general,
and John A. Ritchiu as aornmis
sioBer of agriculture, all of whom
wereinducted into office today.
Hand Severed By W^xuLSaw.
Idliacod, Nov. .22.—Andrew Alusoo
vich stumbled-and fell against, a wood
saw bore today, io whicfeA-ils ri^nt
band was completely severed.
■Pel Thompson is a late-a-irU'-u1