and School of Mines
VOL. 1. NO. 49
McGRATH, ALASKA, JULY 13, 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
PATRONAGE
OF ALASKA
\
Appointments Again in
the Air Pending Re
vision of Slate.
Washington. July 11.—Federal
i patronage in Alaska is again in
• the air. and the appointments
-will not be made until after Bone
'•reaches'Juneau, pending revision
. of the slate approved by Fall,
Daugherty and Bone.
Senator Nelson, chairman of
the - Judiciary 1 Committee, has
--singled out O. P. Hubbard, who
is slated for-judge of the-First
‘ division, \ Others under Mre and
being attacked are •< George M.
iLomen, of Nome, who is slated
. for judge-of the Third division.
;.and . Harvey Sullivan, for mar
. shal-oT the (Third division, who
is being attacked by Delegate
; Sutherland.
‘Money in Circulation
in the United states
Washington.—Money in circulation
; in the UnitedfStates on July 1 amount
ed to $52.42, according to a statement
made today by *the Treasury Depart
ment. The total money in circulation
; amounted to five and three-fourths
t'billion dollars.
^Demand for Return
of American Soldiers
Washington.—The signing of the
j peace pact is already bringing about a
widespread demand for the "return of
. American soldiers from the occupied
■ territory of Germany and France. In
both houses many congressmen are
joining in this clamor.
Freighting on. the Tacotna.
Word comes from .Tacotna that the
('freighters . between that place and
Nixots Ferks .are ejmerieaoing serious
ditficuItyi ^because of Jow-wcter.
All freight Js being landed at the
mouth of Charlie, Woods-slough, about
two and a half: miles belowlTacotaa
A contract has been let to* clear the
. slough of snags, after which it is'be
lieved that gasboats can make Taootna
by that route.
She Quits Her Job
as Maid in a Pantry
Knoxville.—Leona Sigart, acting in
the capacity of a pantry maid, tonig{ht
• received notice that as niece of the
late Lord Aberdeen she is heiress to
i three million dollars. She will leave
,t .tomorrow for England.
EXPLOSION
KILLS NINE
Standard Oil Refining
Plant, Whiting, Ind.,
a Total Wreck.
Seattle. July 12.—Held captive
in his own automobile by armed
bandits and forced at the point
of a gun to make the all-day
drive from Seattle to Spokane,
Willianr. P. Colton, a chauffeur,
was thrown out of his car on a
dark street in Spokane late last
night and left in an unconscious
condition, the bandits escaping
with the auto.
Upon recovery, Colton report
ed the kidnapping and robbery
tc the Spokame police. .The auto
was traced to v Goenr d’Alene,
Idaho, where twounsn, a soldier
and a sailor, were arrested in it
andn are being held for extradi
tion.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Dover.—General T. Coleman DuPont
was today appointed United States sen
ator to succeed Wolcott, resigned.
Washington.—Secretary of the Navy
Denby announces that two .European
boats have been withdrawn from Tam
pico, Mexico, their .presence there
being no longer necessary.
Helena.—Sheriff Huffabacker, ol this
city, was killed in an auto accident
here today.
Paris.—Reports reached here today,
coming from quarters that demand no
tice, to the effect that Trotzky has
been imprisoned by Nicholas Lenine.
Washington.-rrSenator Wolcott, dem
ocrat, resigned today to accept the
chancellorship of Delaware.
Malta.—The entire British Mediter
ranean fleet is en route to Constanti
nople, where the situation is viewed
with anxiety.
Washington.—Aiaskamust be turned
loose and put on a wider basis, with
more liberal laws, under which capital
will take a speculative chanoe. de
clared Secretary of interior Fall, to
day. _
Portland.—Frank J. O’Connor, for
many years Nome agent of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, died here
today, following an operation. He was
the company’s agent here.
Mexico City.—The United States
warships which on Friday were report
ed to have been witqdrawn from Tam
pico returned to thaft, port this after
noon.
Riddle of Vanishing
Ships. Likely to Be
Solved Very Soon
Washington.—The riddle concerning
the mysterious vanishing of a number
of large American freighters is likely
to soon be solved,<&ay a number of-Gov
ernment officials.
'Atlantic navigators have been warned
to look out for a 4,ship of mystery,”
which it is thought -may have caused
dihe many n . sterious disappeamnses.
A Lucky Seattleite.
Seattle.—The decision of a New
York court today gives Alfred W. Sey
mour, a smail restaurant keeper, stock
in the Mechanics Bank, New York,
valued at more than a half million dol
lars.
BONUS FOR
SOLDIERS
Big Interests Charged
With Being Back nf
Opposition
Washington, July 12. —liig
business as represented by the
UnitedsStates Chamber of Com
«aerce, with its billion-doHar op
aerations and with its enormous
profits resulting from the “cost
plus” basis, came in fora fearful
flaying today in a speech*by Sen
ator Capper, during considera
tion of the soldier bonus billi He
'Charged the organization with
being back of the opposition to
the measure, denouncing' it in
most scathing teams or ;ite atti
tude after the soldier had offered
fois health and his life for a dol
lar a day.
Washington, July 12.—Presi
dent Harding announced today
that he is against the passage of
the soldier?bonus measure at this
time.
'Washington, July 12.—The sol
dier, bonus bill naust be. stopped
in theSenateif'it is to be stopped
at allj House leaders today gave
w arning to the Senate, j
Washington, July 12.—Pen
rose, chairman of the Senate
Pinance Committee, declared to
day that he is heartily in accord
with the President’s request that
action on the soldier bonus bill
be deferred.
Chicago.—Heat fatalities dyring the
past 24 hours number twenty.
A TRUCE ON
IN IRELAND
De Valera,' Irish Lead
ers and Lloyd George
to Hold Conference.
London, July tb-^Hoctilitieoin
Ireland ceased Today *att'noon
under a preliminary truce* com
pleted tonight,1 thes terms* Of
which have • been signed. ' The
signatories are Genet al Neville
Macready, for the British forces,
and Michael Collins, eomtnatxler
of the Sirm Fein army. DeValera
has written .Lloyd George the
acceptance of the latter’s invita
tion to participate in- a-oamer
ence inXondon.
Dublin,'.'July' 10.— -The Cana
. dian form of home government
has been agreed upon for Ire
land, according to reports re
eeived here from London.
London,/July 10.—The press
i$, jubilant-today in its comment
on the truce -in: Ireland, which
becomes offeeti vc > Monday.
^Belfast]. July I-4CPietin.g broke
ant in»Belfast kteupright, contin
uing throughout the day. At 10
o’clock tonight fifteen had been
killed and a hundred wounded.
Firing at patrols by republicans
precipitated the outbreak.
i ^London —vDe Patera -will > come to
London 'Thursday for-a conference
with Lloyd George,'to aiooBcs fcSrs basis
for settlement of thh Ji'ish prculom.
Dublin. — The truce in Ireland
agreed upon by government officials
and republican leaders, pending peace
negotiations, went into effect at noon
today.
Belfast.—The curfew was reimposed
here today as the result of disorders on
Sunday. uISfelva£«r is- tbs K>sly<Jplace* in
Ireland under ciirfew regulations.
Dublin.—The Irish republican - lead
ers chosen to participate In the confer
ence with British Government authori
ties in London on Thursday left Dublin
today for London. They are De Va
lera, Arthur Griffith, founder of the
Sinn Fein, Austin Stack aud Robert C.
Barton, the last two befog Sinn Fein
members of the British Parliament.
The delegates areaccom>p&nied*by. Lau
rence O’Neill, lord mayor oMJtfbric.
San Francisco.—Secretary "of ‘"Navy
Denby will review the Pacific fleeuic
San Francisbo-bay on September 7.