VOL. II. NO. 51.
McGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, V 22.
PRICE 25 CENTS
State and Federal Troops
To Be Employed in Re
opening Nation’s Mines
Harding Wires Mine
Operators and Gover
nors of 28 Coal-Pro
ducing States.
Washington, July 18.—Presi
dent Harding reached a definite
decision today that both State
and Federal troops shall be em
ployed, it necessary, to reopen
the coal mines of the country.
With this end in view, the Presi
dent late this afternoon sent
telegrams directing operators of
all bituminous mines shut down
because of strike conditions to
resume operations at once, at
the same time requesting Gov
ernors of States in which mines
operate to furnish such- military
protection as may be needed. If
State troops find it impossible to
cope with the situation, 5 ederal
troops will then be employed to
assist in maintaining the orderly
operation of mines.
Washington, July 16.—Presi
dent Harding’s appeal for troops
was wired to the Governors of
28 ooal-producing States. The
President, in his message, gi' es
the Governors assurance )f
“prompt and full support of tiie
Federal Government wherever
you find your own agencies of
law and order inadequate to m et
the situation.”
“The right of free men to
work,” the President states, ;
“must be guaranteed to the iu 11
estextent by both State and Fed
eral Governments.”
Washington, July 37.—A sne- |
cific program, with the object of
bringing an end to the coal md!
rail strikes, was discussed today
at ihe White House at a confer
ence between President Harding
and Governor Sproul, Senator
Pepper and Attorney General
Alter, of Pennsylvania,
Later in the day Harding and
Cabinet met as a council of war,
determined to force production
of coal in the face of the refusal
of strike leaders and operators
to submit to arbitration.
Seattle Celebrates 25th
Anniversary of Str.
Portland's Arrival.
Seattle,' July -17.—The three
day celebration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the arrival
of the steamer Portland with the
first Klondike gold began today,
the main feature being the mon
ster parade through the prin
<■ cipal business streets of the city
starting at 2 o’clock this after
noon. in which the entire North
west participated. The great
crowd of visitors that thronged
Second avenue equaled that dur
ing the Pacific fleet parade on
the Fourth.
Anvil Scheduled to
Leave Seattle Today,
With 25 Passengers
Seattle.—The raotorship Anvil is
schoduled to sail for Bethel on Wed
nesday, the 19th. She will have about
2d passengers.
The freighter Admiral Nicholson is
scheduled to sail for Bethel on Thurs
day.
Murderers of Sir Wilson
Sentenced; Suicide of
Rathenau’s Killers.
London, July 19. — Reginald
Dunn and Joseph O’Sullivan,
assassins of British Field Mar
shal Sir H. Y. Wilson, were sen
tenced to death today.
Berlin, July 18.—Fisher and
Kern, the assassins of Foreign
Minister Rathenau, committed
suicide today as the police were
about to arrest them at Dad
koesn, Thuringia. The two had
been traced to Badkocsn, where
they had barricaded themselves
in a tower on the mountain top.
The Alaska Uoad Commission has es
tablished a camp at Ganes, over which j
work on the new bridge is now in pro
gress. Four or five men are working
on tiie structure, which will probably
be completed in three or four weeks.
The Thor returned here Sunday
from Tacotna. Captain Larson making
the round trip in 38 hours, this time
including taking on a barge,at the
Forks and unloading of same at Ta
cotna.
100 Strikebreakers,
Hired by C.# St. F. &
M., Poisoned, i hicago
Chicago.—Rigid investigation- into
the pojsoning of one hua'red men it
being made by the authorities tonight.,
The men were employed by the Chi (
.* igo, Mo waukee & St. Paul railroad lo j
replace the strikers. do deaths have J
occurred so far, and it is believed all j
will be saved. The poisoning of the j
workmen was the principal develop '
ment of the railway strike today
In Clash Between Strik
ing Miners and Penn
sylvania Authorities.
Wellsburg, Pa., July 17. —
Thirteen were killed and twenty -
five injured in a clash between
striking miners and the authori
ties at the Richland Coal Com
pany’s mines, early this morn
ing. The dead include Sheriff
Duval, of Brooks county, and
several deputy sheriffs.
The fighting broke out when j
the sheriff and his miu attempt-1
ed to halt the march of strikers
who were alleged to have burned
j down a coal tipple and several
houses in Chftondale.
A1 Goslaw, in liis launch Go Devil,
arrived Monday, bringing down Scotty j
\uld and frank Hart. Mr. Goslaw i
'aft yesterday for the lower iver, his
destination being Ophir creek, a tribu -
tary of Fish Lake, whither ' e goes to
investigate a ruining proposition. Ac
companying him part wav down were
j Messrs. Hurt- and A old.
George Lomen Fined
$250 for V iolatm g Pro
hibition Law- Seattle!
Seattle, July IB.—George K. Lomen,
son of Federal .Judge Lomen, alleged
to have been the selling and tiscal
agent for local bootleggers, was lined
$250 and costs in the Federal court to
day, charged with violating the prohi
bition law,
Lomen took orders for liquor, an
other man made delivery, and Lomen
collected the money, Federal prohibi
tion agents told the court.
Many Mishaps Follow
Steam Pipes Explosion
on Flagship New York
Port Angeles. — Exploding steam
pipes on tite New York, the llugship of,
the Pacific i’eet. scalded one man, ren
dered twelve others unconscious, and
nearly caused a collision between the j
flagship and the destroyer McDermott,
in the west coast armada returning!
from summer maneuvers.
Joe kites, accompanied by Mrs !
Oates, Miss llosa Oates and young sou. ;
were Monday arrivals, for a'sbort, visit j
here. 1
CHILBERG’S
DOWNFALL
President of Defunct S«
| A. Bank Files Bank
ruptcy Petition.
Seattle, .July 18.—While the
crowds were marching down
Second avenue yesterday after,
noon celeb? aling the twenty fifth
anniversary of the arrival of the
steamer Portland with the first
Klondike gold attorneys for J,
|E. Chllberg, one of the Yukon’s
noted pioneers, were filing in
the federal court a voluntary pe
tition in bankruptcy.
Chilberg, in this petition, con
fesses debts aggregating $1,791.
981. Balanced against this is the
I sum of $2'?. 745, and some of this
is of doubtful value
Chilberg’s presidency of the
Scandinavian American Bank,
financiers claim, brought on the
failure of that institution, due to
the great loans made to ship
builders and promoters during
l the war per.oil.
A. Higgins, iTacotna merchant, and
Mrs. Higgins, an-i c»t late last night,
coining down with Capt. L. Berry in
his launch Cailie.
Schr. Henry T. Scott
Sent to Bottom By
Big Freighter.
Seattle, July l'.—1The inter -
coastal treighter Harry Lucken.
back, bound tor New York, ran
down and sank the steam
schooner Henry k . Scott, bound
from San Francisco for Seattle,
early today. The collision oc
curred in Strait Juan de Fuca.
Four of the Scott’s crew, includ
ing T. W. C. Spencer, chief en
gineer, perished by drowning.
Mail for McGrath
Coming: Via Ophir
J. M. White, the Holy Cross-Ophir
mail contractor, loft Holy Cross on
July 11 with the mail for Ophir, ac
cording to telegraphic advices received
by Mrs. Clough, local postmaster Four
hundred and eighty pounds of the con
signment, it is stated. are for Tacotna
and McGcatb
Fred Spencer, with his launch Dora,
left Monday for Berry Landing. Going
up on the Dora was L. F. Bullard, su
perintendent of the Nixon mine, and
Nels H. Pearson.