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VOL. 1. NO. 71
McGRATH, ALASKA. SEPTEMRBE 28. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
ARBUSKLE
ON TRIAL
Miss Rapp Died From
Peritonitis—W itness
Varies Testimony.
San Francisco, Sept; 24.—Vir
ginia Rappe died from peri- j
• tonitis, brought on by a ruptured
biadder, which was undoubtedly
- caused by external force, was !
the testimony of two surgeons j
at the Arbuckle trial.
A1 J-<Seranacber. manager for
: Miss Rappe, testifying late this
afternoon, made a splendid wit
ness for the defense, ^virtually
repudiating his testimony before
' the Los Angeles grand jury that
all members of the sparty were
drinbring, his testimony today
denying that they were drinking
anything1 other than orange
juice which was served with
their meals, but reluctantly ad
mitted that the orange , juice
might -have contained liquor.
San Francisco.—Frank Dominguez,
attorney for the -defoBse, late this af-»
ternoon had Semnacber recalled in an 1
attempt, to prove'that Semnecher’s ac-:
tion in taking the clothes- oiJ Missj
llappe out of the.St.' -Fraocis Hotel and j
to his home in Holly wood was part of a |
« conspiracy on the part of Semnacher, |
Earl Lvnn and Mrs. B. M. Belmont,i
the object of which was to extort j
k-money from Arbuckle. Semnacher,!
testifying, indignantly denied the im-i
pu.tation. _
FAVORABLY
REPORTED
Stevens,-for Marshal of
Fourth, and Harrison,
Attorney of Second.
Washington, Sept. 27.—The
nominations of Fred Harrison,
for district attorney of the Sec
ond judicial division of Alaska,
; and Gilbert-33. ^Stevens, for mar
.-shal of the Fourth division, were
favorably reported by the Sen
ate judiciary committee today,
despite the strong * opposition
. made by local Alaskan interests.
Berlin.—Charging that Bavaria is
giving assistance and haven to mep
plotting the downfall of 'the govern
v ment was made by Chancellor Wirth,
in.an address to the relchstae supervis
ory committee, today.
MADE GOOD
HIS ESCAPE
■ ' " 1 ' I
|
Bandit Gardner Sends!
Letter to Editor of i
| , F. Bulletin.
i _
• San Francisco, Sept. 28.—That
Roy W. Gardner, McNeill prison
convict, in his third spectacular
i escape from the minions of the
I law, -has-succeeded in gaining
i the mainland, while the peniten- j
! tiar.y officials believed him to be
! trapped on McNeills island, is
now positively known, through
a letter written by Gardner to
| .George; F.. North, assistant man
j aging editor of tlje Bulletin.
The >M&Neills orison authori
ties have no trace of Gardner’s
present whereabouts, neither do
: they understand how he made
his escape from the island, fol
lowing its close surveillance
| after.his escape through prison
walls, i It is generally believed,
however, -that he made his es
cape to the mainland by swim
ming the channel, though others
| contend that confederates aided
! him and are still giving him pro
| tection.
In his letter to North, Gardner
admits that he was shot by Mc
Neills prison guards, receiving
severe flesh wounds. He also
encloses a letter, addressed to
President Harding, in which he
asks for presidential pardon.
NEW BANTAM
CHAMPION
Johnny Buff, Flyweight
Defeats Herman in
15-Round Bout.
New York, Sept. 24.—Johnny
Buff, of Jersey City, an Amer
ican fly-weight champion, won
the world’s bantam weight title
tonight when he defeated Pete
Herman, of New Orleans, in their
fifteen round bout, in whieh Buff
gave a wonderful exhibition of
speed. Buff entered the ring at
112 pounds.
Joe Keen and Harvey Williams, on
the launch Snookie, returned loday
from a trip up the Kuskokwim.
John Qeino came down from the
Forks yesterday afternoon.
Leaders Say Railway
Employes Have Voted j
for a General Strike
Chicago.—Leaders of the Big Four
Brotherhoods and aftibated railroad
unions declared today they had little
doubt that railway employes had voted
for a general strike rather than accept j
a wage reduction.
Murdered in Mexico,
Washington.—E. B. JCilsiuberg, Of
Los Angeles, and P. C. Smith, of'Bo
pita, Okla., both Americans, were re
cently murdered by Mexicans, ne^tr
Dolores. Mexico, according to advices
received by the State Departmeot -to
day. _
SUTHERLAND
Threatened Wage Cut
i
at Chickaloon Mine j
Suspended.
Washington, vSept. 28.—Dele
gate from Alaska’Sutherland to
day succeeded in per.su ading
Secretary of Navy Denb.y to sus
pend, for a time at least, the
proposed cut of twenty-six per
| cent in the wages of the sixty
employes who are developing
the Chickaloon coal mines for
the Navy.
The Delegate’s argument wp,s
based on the cost of living in
Alaska as compared with the
Outside and the fact that the
distance from the source of sup
plies would prevent a cor re
sponding fall of prices.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Adelaide.—Many residents of North
ern Austria are being imprisoned for
refusing to,gay taxes.
London.—The Allies have deoided to
blockade Hungary unless Hungarian
troops immediately evacuate West
Hungary. _
Washington.—The peace treaties
with ''Germany,. Hungary and Austria,
recently concluded bv the Department
of State, were seQt to the Senate today
for ratification.
Belfast.—Two were killed and about
forty wounded■ in rioting here last
night and todays during which several
bombs were thrown.
Soattle.—’Because he had failed to
invent a pencil- sharpener and eraser,
F. K. Butler, a former Alaskan, sui
cided here today by putting a bullet
into his heart.
Seattle.—H./iiL Barrett, manager of
the Sorrenton, a fashionable family
hotel here, was arrested today. He is
charged with stealing a thousand dol
lars from the concern.
THOUSANDS
OF JOBLESS
Harding Opens Confer
ence for Relief of
Unemployed.
Washington, fSept. 24. — The
Administration as fully alive to
the seriousness of the Nation
wide unemployment and is plac
ing its hope for relief in a vol
untary organization to emanate
from the unemployment confer
ence, which is to be opened here
xMonday by President Harding,
in the hope that work may be
provided for the many thousands
of jobless men.
Washington? Sept. 26.—Presi
dent Harding, in his opening ad
dress at the unemployment con
fecenoe today, said: “The coun
try is-strong financially, and in
dustrially unimpaired,, and every
body should be able to find
-work. .
Washington, < £ept.. 26.—The
cost of living is lower and wages
are higher in the United States
chan in any other country, ac
cording to a statement issued to
day by the Federal. Reserve
(Board, the conclusions being
based extensive, data just
compiled.
Washington.—The aversion Of labor
to accept work at .reduced w^iges was
assigned as the cause of some unem-,
plovment by Roswell C. Phelps, di
rector of labor statistics of the Massa
chusetts Department of Labor, the first
i witness heard by the unemployment
| conference, today.
—
Several Hundred Killed.
Tokyo.—Several'hundred have been
killed by a typhoon in Central Japan,
centering- opea-Nago, on the - island of •
Hondo, where-tidal waves destroyed
crops and demolished hundreds of
houses. Several steamers were sunk.
J. M. Berrv, in hia launch Qaille, ar
rived Monday evening from his head
quarters up the North Fork. M. F.
Murphy, K. P. Lind and Rudolph Hula
were passengers from" Berry Landing.
Mr. Berry-departed., this -rooming up
river, expecting to reach home before
the freezeup.
Frank Fox, in bis Salmon River
Flyer, and Fred Beaulieu, after a stay
of several weeks up .Salmon river way,
arrived in port this morning.
Tom Conley arrived last night from
a t rip up rivets .departing this morning
fora trip to Candle Landing.
Aleck Giasson arrived yesterday
from Candle, again departing for hums
this morning,