VOL. II. NO. 38.
McGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1022.
PI MCE 25 CENT:
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lyondon, May 3!.—In the Com
mons today Churchill, minister
for colonies, declared that if Do
Valera and other members of the
Dail Eireann cabinet refused to
sign the prescribed declaration
of allegiance to the crown, as
embodied in the peace treaty es
tablishing the Irish Free State,
Great Britain will consider the
treaty broken and the imperial
government will resume liberty
of action in Ireland.
Churchill, further addressing
the Commons, warned that Ire
land cannot be made a republic.
“In event a republic is set up,'*
he said, “it is the intention of
the British Government to hold
Dublin as one-of the prelitriinary
and essential steps of military
operation,”
Heavy Artillery for Belfast.
London.—British heavy artil
lery and large quantities of
shells are being landed at Bel
fast and rushed to the Ulster
front no. Heavy fighting ■ >e
tween Ulsterites and republics tes
is in progress at many places on
the Ulster border.
7 Years for ‘Appropri
ating’ Huge Sum Brit
ish War Funds.
London, May 30.—Horace Bot-1
tomley, member of Parliament, j
and former editor of John Bull,
wide-famed anti American week
ly. was today found guilty of ap
propriating for his own use the
sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds sterling, taken
from funds subscribed for war
bonds. , Following his convic-'
tion, Uottomley was immediately
sentenced to seven years’ im
prisonment.
Seattle Furs Associa
tion Organized by Big
Firms’ Representatives!
Seattle.—To place thif city at the
very front as one of the fur marts of
the United States is the object aimed
at in a gathering- of prominent fur
dealers here today, when representa
lives of the Seattle National Bank, Se
attle Hardware Company. National
Grocery, Schwabaober Bros, and other
wholesale concerns organized ihe Se
attle Furs Association. Every effort
will he made to make Seattle the world
mar ket for Alaska and Siberia furs.
Government Wins.
Washington.—The Government won
in its suit to have the Southern Pacific
Company ownership of the general
Pacific railway declared unlawful, ac
cording to a Supreme Court decision
handed down today.
Bob Stout, well known old-timer of
this section, who has been feeling none
too well for the past several months,
was a passenger on the Tana for
Bethel Mr. Stout is bound for Sitka
for a visit at the Pioneers’ Home, but
declares his intention of returning to
Nixon in the not distant future.
Tim Marcum was a Sunday arrival,
leaving earlv yesterday morning for a
trip up the Nixon.
Axel Peterson returned Monday from
a trip to Berry Landing.
Russians to Get Equiv
alent Value for Fam
ine Funds.
Moscow, May 30.—An agree
ment has been reached, it is an
nounced, between the Vatican
and Foreign Minister Tchit
cherin whereby the soviet gov
eminent will xeept the Catholic
Church of Russia in their cam
paign for famine relief funds
Instead of taking churches’ trea
sures for famine relief funds, th '
Russians will accept, payment1
from the Vatican treasury equiv
alent to the value of the articles
subject to hypothecation.
Coining down t ha Tatianina on- Sun
day. L. N. Wilson was overtaken by a!
piece of ill fortune when his boat was
struck by a sweeper, causing the craft's j
overturning, in which blankets, guns. f
shells, some clothing containing money
food supplies, as well as a number
other essentials, were lost. Fortunate-1
ly. he was the only one in the boat at
the time, Mrs. Wilson and little son !
being ashore.
The steamer Tocotno, Capt. Bugge j
arrived Sunday evening, and left Mon
day forenoon for Bethel. Joe Keen is
occupying the post of * hief engineer.
Mrs. W. F. Green was not a passe 11
ger on tne Tana for Bethel, as she ex
pected, having altered her plans just
before the Tana sailed.
Kasmus Matthewson, coming from
his Yankee creek workings, arrived
Sunday to give attention to business!
affairs. _
Telegraphic Ticks. I
Seattle.—Seattle paid glowing trib- j
ttte yesterday to the Republic’s heroic
dead.
Seattle. — George Boole, capitalist
and pioneer business man. dropped
dead yesterday at his country home.
Seattle.—II. A. Frederick, retired
capitalist and civil war veteran, also
member of the Yukon Order of Pio
neers, passed away at hts home in this
city today, at the age of 72.
N. F. Ivy. Forgets to
Pay Taxes on 157,68.3
Acres, in Washington
Seattle.—The Aorthorn Pacific rail
way has acres of land in this
state on which it lias for years paid no
taxes, accord i fig • to di~c*?fv -ires made
today by County Assessor full, after
an investigation covering many weeks.
King count , 's proportion of these
taxes. aceor.Vi.er to the assessor, now
amounts to me; .• than one million hol
lars.
kb vJJ mj saSS
In Explosion Following
. Collision of Ships On
Columbia River.
Astoria, May 19.—Severn sail
ors were killed and six injured
in an explosion when the Amor
j iean-Hawaiian earn Iowan
bound from Seattle for Europe,
and the British steamship Welsh
Prince crashed head on, the col
lision occurring on the Columbia
river at A Boon ah, Wash., last
night. Ml victims were mem
bers of the Prince's crew
The Welsh Prince sank short
. | >
ly after the collision, ii crew
having been taken aboard the
Iowan, which was damaged only
to a slight extent.
Memorial Monument
to Lincoln Dedicated
At National Capital
Washington. —The new Luu. ol.i me
morial monument here was dedicated
today, with appropriate ceremonieE.
President Harding, in accept i:: ' the
monument, said all agreed "rpon Lin
. oln s simp>e. ruggedgreatmwhile
Chief Justice Taft, in his dedicatory
address, said it was ntting that Lincoln
should have waited fifty-seven years
for a memorial, in order that the high
est attainments of artists might be the
result.
The addresses of both Harding and
Taft at the dedicat ion were broadcast
ed bv radio telephones to the farthest
stations of the world.
Win. C. 2Ses Passes
|0n at San Rafael, Cat
•Sun Itafnel, Cal.- William 1-ides,
first, chairman of the Alaskan Engi- ■
neering Commission in the n.-itruc
tion of the Alaska railroad, passed
away at his home here this afternoon.
He had been in feeble health for sev
eral months.
Matter of War Frauds.
Washington.—Charles S. Thomas,
former Senator from Colorado, and
George P. Hoover, of this city, have
received appointment as assistants to
Attorney General Daugherty in mat- i
ters pertaining to the prose,- <t ion o?;
war frauds
Unable to Agree in Larson Case.
Tacoma.—For the second time this
week the jury before whom Ole Carson,
president of the defunct Scandinavian
bank, -was triad on the charge of ille
gally borrowing funds from the bank,
was unable to reach a verdict, being
dismissed at noon.
400,000 Are Slated for
Wage Reduciic*n s
July 1st.
Chicago, May :’L Wage re
ductions affect;fig four hundred
thousand employes of railways
of the country wen announced
by tho United States Railway
Labor Hoard. These reductions
according to officials cf t he Rail
way Labor Hoard, mean a sav
ing of forty-eight million dollars
yearly to the roads. The reduc
tion applies to maintenance-of
way employes and kindred work
men, and becomes effective or
duly L
Headed forBethei With
(iood Cargo and About
25 Passengers,
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Seatt'io. MhV dO. ~\i he sieamo;
Admiral Goodrich today inaug
urated the Pacit Steamship
Company’s Kuskolrw service,
the Northern Cornu;'-: vial Com
pany. because of the loss of the
OzuQ d..„\ .-ui, • withdrawn front
t! at trade.
The ( oodrich, w.ih a heavy
cargo and about twenty-five pas
senders, a number o' whom are
bound for the lower river, sailed
promptly it 10 tide morning.
Among those on board are the
following Capt. Wallace Lang
ley and Mrs. Langley, John li.
Nixon, Geo. W. Hoffman, .'."red
Bishop. Dr. C. D. Garter, J>.
Wingard, A. Higgins, Hr. \Y. 1°
Green, Llewelyn Eoberl;:, ... G
Yoder, William G. Evans, F. T
Sehwable and wife.
French Ambassador
Presents Historic Flag
to President Harding
y¥ ash i n g ton. —The viivivan Flag
hoisted by the I'ren; h over Arc An
Triumph, in honor of the arriv al of the
first American troops in France, was
today presented to President Harding
by Ambassador Jusser&e .. The Hag
will be preserved among American war
relies. ___________
More Trouble for Aviator Prest.
Cheyenne.—Clarenco Prest, at
tempting to fly from Buffalo to Siberia
by way of Alaska, is held up here, his
machine having been damaged by a
heavy hail storm. Repairs to the
machine are under way, and the avi
ator expects to resume his flight at the
end of a couple of days.
Jim Davidson, Bobby Hones and Joe
BlanchelD popular roaduouse men on
the llainy Pass trail, arrived Sunday
evening for a visit cf indefinite d-’m
tion.