PROPERTY OF
Tiie Alaska Agricultural Celle
and Sciioei of Mine
McGRATH, ALASKA, OCTOBER 26. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
VOL. 1. NO. 79
Former Emperor Charles
Makes a Desperate At
tempt to Regain Throne
Budapest, > Oct.24— Former
Emperor Charles • of Austria
Hungary is making a -desperate
: attempt to resume -his throne,"
i haviftg made the’-voyage from
; Switzerland .to Oden burg, iBur
genland, by aeroplane.
At Odenburg the Carlists had
thirty thousand troops' in readi
ness, with which Charles at once
proceeded to.march-against the
> Government <troops at Budapest,
where he was*met by the Hun
- garian government forces, which
are fighting against the attempt
» to place Charles om the .throne.
The government forces- won a
pronounced success over the
Carlists, capturing Col. Osten
burg, who was attempting to
cover the retreat of the former
emperor and empress with ten
thousand of his troops.
Charles and former Empress
Zita were later captured, and
are reported as being confined in
Castle Tato, at Voros, where
they are being guarded by two
compa nies of government troops.
Paris.—The. Hungarian government
'vWl acl as it did on the occasion:oif the
previous attempt of former Emperor
Charles to resume the throne in Hun
gary, according to information received
here today, and will take measures to
expel the former monarch froia Hun
garian territory.
MAIL TRUCK
IS HELD UP
Bandits in New York
Grab Pouches Hold
ing Million Dollars.
New York, ■ Oct. .25.—A'Uto
> bandits held up a mail truck in
this city last night and secured
■ registered mail which contained
i more than-one'million dollars
Holding up the mail truck, the
*v thieves hastily transferred the
registered mail sacks to an auto
-held in waiting by two accom
plices.
Forcing the mail car driver to
start on at full speed, the ban
> dits then entered the waiting car
and disappeared around the first
corner.
Christie Confesses.
Seattle.—Major Clarence R. Christie
^property and disbursing ^officer of the
National Guard-for the; State off Wash
i-ington, today confessed itbat he bad
used forged receipts; for 'the State
funds to cover a shortage of - five thou
• sand dollars.
Chancellor Wirth May--Resign.
Paris.—Chancellor Wirth of Ger
- many, according to advices reoeived
here, has announced his intention to
resign after the decision ofthe Council
• of the .League of Nations 16-received, if
t that decision takes part of Silesia from
■ -Germany.
Deputy U. S. Marshal McMullen-left
••Sunday for Ophir, accompanied.>.by.<Al
» Goslaw as far as Tacotna.
THIEVES GET
Mail Pouches Mysteri
ously Disappear, at
Detroit Depot.
Detroit. Oct. 25.—Three hun
dred thousand dollars, contained
in twenty-three mail pouches,
was stolen from a Government
truck here today, the pouches
disappearing shortly after being
loaded on the truek at the Grand
Trunk depot.
A large part of the money
•consisted of receipts from the
Windsor, Canada, race track.
The thieves left not the slight
est clew.
Peace Treaties Are
Ratified, By Senate
Washington.—The, Sanate tonight
ratified the treaties of peace with Ger
many, Austria and Hungary. Sixty
votes were recorded' for ratification,
twenty against. .Four Democrats voted
for ratification, while-Senators Borah
and La Follette voted against.
Wonderful Wireless Feat.
New York. — The handwriting of
General John J. Pershing and Premier
Briand of France was today transmit
ted by wireless from Paris, being re
corded at the Naval radio station at
Bar Harbor, Maine.
Louis Gorman left yesterday for a
trip to the Nixon Mines,
Bridge to Span Riley
Creek Is On Its Way
Seat. tie.-v-The new knock-down steel |
bridge to be erected across Riley j
oreek. the dividing point of the north !
and south ends of the Alaska Railroad, j
is due to arrive here in a few days on
a Luckenbach liner from New York.
Upon arrival here the bridge material
will be -reshipped to Seward, from
which place it will be forwarded north
to Riley creek, and the construction of
the bridge oommeneed at as early a
date as possible.
1
Telegraphic Ticks.
London.—Lloyd George -will leave
November o for Washington to .attend
the disarmament conference.
Berlin.—Newspaper printers of this
city last night voted, to declare a
strike, as a result of which not a news
paper here was issued today.
Washington.—The National Hotel,
cot far from the Capitol# was totally
destroyed by .fire early.rJthis morning,
two^persuos perishing in the ilarnes.
r.. Los Angeles,—A cppper.striog dang
Hcg from a boy’s kite, eotniog in con
taettwith a live wire, instantly killed
R. Klehostuber. and seriously iuiured
three others.
Manila.—'‘Any trouble inthe Far
JSastwilJvfiQd Great Britain and the
■WlW^jtates standing together,’’ de
clared Lord Northcliffe in an address
before the Rotary*Club.
It
Washington.—President Rarding to
day sent to the Senate the nominations
of Thomas P. Reyelle, of Seattle, and
.£. E. Beun, of Aberdeen, to be .United
States attorney and marshal, respect
ively, for Pastern Washington.
•>rSeattle.— Fred Olsen, a -shingle
•weaver, received a telegram this morn
ing saying that he ,had been left an
estate and five thousand dollars in
cash., In less than an hour he became
suddenly insane and Killed himself.
Miss Esther Caroline ^Elizabeth
fieioo, popular young member of the
west aide, chaperoned by her mother,
visited McGrath’s east side yesterday,
for the first time.
A. .H Twitchell arrived at Ophir
several days ago with about fifty rein
deer, which were to be slaughtered for
the Ophi v and Tacotna markets.
A1 Walsh, well known mining man,
and.Jaok O’Hara, are last-minute ar
rivals, haviDgeome over the trail, from
Anchorage.
DickJEoulof and Magnus Ruud came
yesterday from Tacotna, leaving this
morning, over the winter trail lor An
chorage.
Ophir Glass arrived today 'from
>Ophir, walking to.,Taoofcna, and driv
ing by dog team.from the latter ..place.
Louis Blackburn and Charles Gobel
•arrived this afternoon from their claim
at Nixon. _
Ai Thorns arrived this, afternoon
from Tacotna.
Chris Bogeih is a fate arrival.
I REAL MAIL
SERVICE
Postmasier General De
clares He'Will Give
It To Alaska.
Washington, Oct. 2o.—Post
tn&ster General Hays is plan
ning'to give Alaska a mail ser
vice thefc.will compare with any
State truthe Union. The money
for this^v/ili- not. be charged in
the reorganization of *the Terri
torial system,! it -was stated at
;the department . today. An ade
.qoate services whether by boat,
dog team or-carrier, is--to be in>
mediately provided and delivery
speeded up, it was asserted.
!
Business^ Section Cov
eredvWith 3 Eeet
si)fv Water.
Jacksonville, Oct. 26.—The en
tire business section of Tampa
:is under three- feet of water as
the result of • &»-, terrific storm
which has raged for several days
along the eastern coast of Flor
ida, causing -a tidal wave in
Tampa bay.
Business ris at <a - Standstill.
The damage to business houses
and stocks will amount , to hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
Shipping along the > coast has
suffered heavily from the storm,
it being almost a certainty that
a.number of the smaller craft,
as welt as their crews, have been
.lost, _
l : .Successor of Knox.
’Philadelphia.—Governor Sproul to
day appointed William H.‘Crow, of
-Unioatown, to serve as United States
Senator, to fill out the unexpired term
of -Philander C. Knox, deceased.
-Open Shop Basis foe Faitama.
Washington. — Secretary *of War
Weeks has ordered Governofl Morrow
henceforth to operate < tfco* Panama
canal eone on strictly, open-shop
basis. _
Mieka arrived here this, afternoon ,
iwith some moose meat, having killed a
iarga-.J2aooae near Big river.i He re
ports hk'auk Fan: having reached Sal
mon safely Tjithi,,«the. tSal-mo*. ,Ki>ver
Flyer.