VOL. III. NO. 45
TOKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST
25,
1920.
PRICE 25 CENTS
100 Entombed Workers
Meet Death at Kem •
merer, Wyo.
Kem merer, Wyo., Aug. 17.
Two hundred miners in the No.
1 mine of the Kemmerer C\>al
Company were entombed this
aeraicg,. following an explosion
In the lower level. A cave-in at
She entry of No. 5 has cut off ail
communication with the men.
- Up to noon today only one body I
has been recovered.
i - - —
Kemmerer, Aug. 19.—Rescue
crews have recovered the bodies
of’ninety-one miners who met
death as the result of an explo
sion in the lower level of Mine|
No. 1 of the Kemmerer Coa! i
Company, * Eleven men, known j
to still be in the mine, are also
given up as dead.
• Thought France Has
No Intention of Pay
ing Big Debt to U. S.
Wa.*hiDsrr.on.—It. is understood that
Secretary of Treasury Mellon, on re
turning from Europe, will report that
France has no intention of paying the
four billiorrdollars she owes the United
States. _
Matters of Importance
to Alaska Coming lip
Washington.—It was said at the In
terior Department today that some
matters of imjiortance to Alaska will
shortly be considered, and that the se
lection of a permanent Operating head
for the Alaska railroad will be among
She matters to be taken up.
Because of confusion resulting from
the similarity of the names of the
Alaska fiotoi Commission and the Alas
Scan Engineering Commission Secretary
Work today abolished ’‘Alaskan Engi
neering Commission” as a designation,
changing it to The Alaska Railroad
Hibernian Trust Co.,
Denver, Closes Doors
Den ver.—The Hibernian Trust Com
. ?any, always regarded as a staunch in
stitution, closed its doors this after
noon. Leos Floyd, its secretary, who
was later arrested, has admitted ern
* bezsslins over one-half million dollars
of the bank’s funds.
Dave Mutchler, meat merchant, was
3 Thursday arrival from Ophir. Mr.
Mutchler states that, his cold storage
barge, loaded with every tiling worth
while in meat products, is now at a
point about 22 miles below Ophir, al
though some meat has already leached
• that place, having been brought-up in \
a small boat. With the first raise of!
water the barge will be landed at!
Onhir.
Charles and Dolph Mespolt. who ar
rived Thursday, after finishing a con
tract at Ganes, left this morning for!
MSCratb.
Taken By Free State
Troops to Barracks,
County Clare.
London, Aug. 19.—A dispute h
from Ennis, County Clare, say.-.:
“Free State troops have ta n
De.Valora to the barracks. Do
Valera was addressing* a ran t
ing of electors b; Market Squ.i v
when Free State troops came
upon the scene and tired several
volleys over the heads of ho
crowd, following which a stam
pede occurred. The troops then
surrounded the platform and
took the republican leader. Lie
Valera fell to the floor in a, faint
as the troops approached the
platform, and it was though he
was wounded, but later lie
walked down, the steps to the
waiting troops, who walked with
him to the barracks.”
Dublin, A us. 21. — De V;> i
arrived at Dublin this hion .
under escort of national tro- • .
Ho was taken at once to the
military barracks, to bo tra.
ferred later to Mount joy prison.
BergdoII, U. S, Draft
Evader, Kills 1 and
Wounds 1, Germany
Eberbach, Germany.—Grover Cleve
land Bergdoll, notorious United States
draft, evader, shot and killed Carl
Schmidt, a German engineer, arid shot
and wounded a man named lingers,
said to be an American soldier, today.
The two men are said to have tried to
kidnap Kergdoll and carry him out of
Germany.
Washing*,.; -President .:m Mrs
C'oolid ' • m, U-. do tb*- While- House
last evening at.d bad their first dinner
there.
Washington. -A cut in pubi c ex
pen*.1 i turps for < i >• m xi ti-eui par, to
taling $150,01'( appro* * 4>day
by President Oolidge.
Washington.—-IV r e September 1,
C. Bascom Slemp, former coagr issman
from Virginia, lias been appoii. *d see -
retary to President Coolidge.
Washington. —The five-power naval
treaty negotiated at the Washington
disarmament conference and the four
power pact concluded here in Decem
ber, 1921, became effective at ndlon to
day. _
Washington.—Col. George Cobbs
and Lieut. Col. Frank J. Griffin, of the
Signal Corps, sailed toda.' for Uondori
for a conference with two !v -h bid
ders for the contract for manu .during
the cable to replace the line between
Seattle and Sitka.
Wash in " ton.—The gunboat Oopher
carrying: Ohio naval reservists on their
annual cruise, has been libeled and
seized by the Canadian authorities be
cause of damage done to rock work in
Welland canal, occurring during the
passage of the ship.
* ^
Rumor Concerning
Retirement of Gov
ernor Scott C. Rone
Washington.—Is Scott C. Bone soon
to retire as Governor of Alaska?
! Newspaper correspondents who trav
eled to Alaska with the late President
Harding, since their return to Wash
ton, have been discussing the rumor
concerning the retirement of Governor
Hone, who is said to have expressed a
desire to come back to the States and
t'i associate with his old friends.
Telegraphic ' icks.
Greg Falls. Mont.—The First. Na
tional Bank of Shelby elost its door
today. _
Pome.- Several fires, due to the heat
wave, broke out today in various parts
of taly
Hongkong. -British marines today
occupied British concessions at Amok.
| without opposition from Chinese.
Bremertn;..—Eleven members of the
House na til committee arrived today
to inspect shore stations of the navy
department.
London.- The now German govern
meat will immediately seek member
ship in the League of Nations., accord
ing to Berlin advices.
-.
,.i; ' arbara.—Francis B. Sayre,
sbn-in-law of Woodrow Wilson has ac
cepted a position as advisor in inter
national law to the king of Siam.
Seattle.--Mrs. Maude Sweetmnn, a
in rnbt'r f the legislature, war. freed
today oi the charge of disorder1 \ con
dr She was charged if) police court
wi'h having “bobbed'1 her hair.
kyo. Japan has again oitsted
t Chii against her recce1 vit-Pless
concessions to the Federal Telegraph
t \ • any of America, whereby live
wirelcs stations will be constructed in
China.
N< w York. Julian B. Bale ; brother
of former Secretary of War Baker, was
lie d 81,000-today, after memb isofthe
ri)^ guard boarded his motor boat
M lest and found six eases of whiskey
aboard.
St i aul.—-Edwin J^Rust, a gunman,
t! slaver of Sheriff I. C. Fuller, of
Aberdeen, S. L)., for whom the police
hav been searching for the past two
mi ■ h-i, was shot and killed 1,-y detec -
tives here earlv today.
Toronto. -Lloyd George, former pre
mier of Britain, will visit the United
States and Canada this fall, and will
address the world brotherhood con
grei- in this city October 14. oJieials of
the Baptist church announct i this af
ternoon.
B.’s Angeles.—-Mary Milt.-, Min ter.
i
i motion picture actress, has supplied
the authorities with information which
may result in reopening the grand jury
investigation into the case of William
Desmond Taylor, murdered ion pic
ture director, to whom si. was eti
gaged. *
Indianapolis. — Believing that Alaska
maj bt- theseene of future Inn settle*
ti)' nt. on the part of many vt te.-ans of
the world war, Or Kate Weller Bar
rett, utttioDal president of the Amer
ican League Auxiliary, will sail from
Seattle on August 20th for the North
ern Territory to obtain first hand in
formation of tionditlone there
Bringing Several Pas
sengers for Kusko
kwim Section.
Seattle, Aug. IV -The power
schooner Caroline Francis sailed
for the Kuskokwirn last night.
Included among the passengers
are the following: Miss Jean
Doreen Sbinabarger, University
of Washington junior, who will
become teacher at Quinhagak;
E. M. Forrest, superintendent of
the Kuskokwirn school district;
Dr. and Mrs. Firestone, for
j Akiak; Louis Gorman and Rob
ert Henderson, traders; H. Y.
Groshong, of the Nixon district,
who is returning from his first
trip to the Outside in twenty-six
years; Lillian Hopkins, Bessie
Paulson, R. C. Boks.
Seattle, Aug. 20. The steamer
Santa Ana, Capt. Wallace Lang,
ley, sailed for Iiethel this after
noon with a capacity ctirgo. in
eluding heavy shipments of oil
and gasoline. Passengers for
the Kuskokwini are: Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Nickerson. Mrs. M.
Weir, Miss Katherine ’’ (.'.Lock
wood, Mrs. S. Schuit
Mrs. S, Schultz Named
Tokotna School't eacher
Mrs. John Uieck, clerk of the To
kotna school board, in the last mail re
ceived a communication from the otlice
of the Commissioner of Education, at
Juneau, advising the local school board
that, Mrs. Sophia Schultz has been en
gaged as teacher of the Tokotna school
for the ensuing school year.
The communication says, in part:
“Mrs. Schultz is from North Dakota
she has had normal train /. lias had
seven years’ teaching experience in
North Dakota and Montai i, and comes
well recommended as a teacher and as
a desirable member of any community.
*‘W® have written to Mrs. Schultz,
giving her information p _■ aiding the
enrollment of the Tokotna school, ad
vising her that a nine-months’ term
will i>e maintained, opening early in
September, and advising her that a
salary of $200 per month will be al
lowed. We have also advised her that
it will he necessary for her to leave Se
attle on the Northern Commercial
pany of Alaska boat, sailing direct for
Bethel about August loth.
"An order for your school supplies
was placed, with John W. Graham &
Co., Spokane. Wash., under date of
July 5th, and a duplicate of the order
was mailed to you at that lime.
“Fu: ds for the maintenance of your
school will be appropriated as soon as
this office receives notice from the
Cier1 of the District Court at Fair
banks to the effect that the bond of
your treasurer has been tiled and ap
,proved.”
Billy Jones, on returning yesterday
from Ophir, brought with him a few
cuts of beef brought by small boat from
Dave Muschler’s cold storage barge to
i Ophir
Dr. Streseman Asked to
Head German People’s
Party Cabinet.
Berlin, Aug. 18.—Social dem
ocrats and communists combined,
forcing the resignation of Chan
cellor Cuno and President Ebert,
tonight, asked Ur. Gustav Strese
man to head the German peo
ple's party to form a cabinet.
Communists have taken the
town of Datticb, having also dis
armed the military which was
summoned from several neigh
boring towns.
Three persons were killed and
nine wounded in rioting at Wii
helmsburg.
London. — A dispatch from
Berlin says communists stormed
the town of Hallat with hand
grenades and that one hundred
were killed or wounded.
Feasibility of Perma
nent Air Mail Service
New York.—With one mai) plane
winging from San Francisco to New
York, another took t .Tv. ti Hazel
hurst field for the Pacino coa3t today
in the first of a live days’ tests inaug
urated by the government to demon
strate the feasibility of a permanent
transcontinental air mail service.
San Francisco.—Tests for an air mail
service between San Franeise and New
York were inaugurated here when
Burr M. Wilson, air mail service pilot,
i hopped off 'Frisco field this morning,
carrying sixty-four pounds of mail.
Reno. —Pilot Wilson arrived. Pilot
Blanchard hopping off at 8 o’clock on
ne second trip.
Cheyenne.—The west bound air mail
plant?, which left Cheyenue tins luum
ini', was forced to land a few miles
west of here, and iu coming down dam
aged one of its wings.
Mrs. Karl Theile, wife of Territorial
Secretary Theile, after marriage of only
a few months, passed away at Juneau
some weeks ago. according to recent
arrivals from Bethel, who say that
telegrams to that effect were received
there. This is sad news, indeed, in
which Mr. Thiele will have the heart
felt sympathy of hosts of friends in all
sections of Alaska, and particularly
throughout the Interior.
W. W. Lukeus left Thursday for
Fiat, whither he goes to give attention
to some unfinished work of the Alaska
Hoad Commission. Following comple
tion of this work, Mr. Lukens, it is
understood, will leave for the coast,
possibly for the Outside.
A. II. Twite he 11, bringing with him
a small quantity of reindeer meat, ar
rive i last evening.
• Fli Walker, from the {Alaska Hoad
Commissten cainp, Was a Monday ar
rival. __
Bill Hertzberger, Ophir, arrived last
evening.