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VOL. II.. NO. 5
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 19L2.
PRICE 25 CENTS
ARMAMENTS
CONFERENCE
Formal Assent of Five
Powers to Naval Lim
itation Treaty.
Washington, Feb. 1,—The for
> mal assent of the five powers to
i the naval limitation treaty was
announced at the plenary ses
sion of the arms conference this
afternoon.
Hughes announced that a writ
ten agreement between (■ Japan
and China, providing for the re
turn of .-Shantung province to
China,-had been signed.
Under the naval treaty adopt
. ed by the conference, which is
now subject to ratification by the
signatory powers, they .may re
tain hospital ship tonnage as fol
t lows: United -States >500,650
< tons; Britain, 580,450; . France,
;.221,170; Italy, 182,800; Japan,
.• 801,320.
Under the naval treaty agree
. ment submitted t-o the plenary
session of the conference the
United Slates cannot. increase
the fortifications of Guam-er the
(Philippines, but may do-so in
the case of the Hawaiian islands.
61. BRITAIN
IS WILLING
v Gives Basis for Termi
nating Protectorate
of Egypt
London, Feb. 3.—The 'British
‘ Government today made public
the basis on which Britain will
be willing to terminate the pro
. tec tor-ale of Egypt.
Egypt, on acceptance of the
basis, is to be recognized as a
-sovereign state and England
will agree to the establishing oi
an Egyptian parliament, accord
, ing to the announcement coming
from the British Foreign Office.
Flume.—An attempt was made today
, to take the life of President Zanella. o1
the independent state of Flume, whec
a bomb was thrown at him in his mov
ing auto. He was uninjured, though
narrowly escaping death.
Seattle.—Charles I. Miller, late can
didate for a Federal judgeship is
. Alaska, announces his candidacv for
!, ma.ynr.nf Seattle.
To Be Given at White
House to Discuss Ter
ritory’s Needs.
.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Alaska
and her future, and legislative
and administrative acts that are
necessary to insure her pros
perity, will be subjects for deci
sion at an Alaska dinner to be
given at the White House in a
few days by President Harding,
who so informed Governor of
Alaska Bone today.
The President displayed close
familiarity with the Alaska situ
| ation, Bone said. The Governor
I also stated that his canvass of
the Senate and House shows the
situation is favorable for the
enactment of wholesome legisla
tion for the Territory in the
near future.
Warning From Bryan.
: Washington.—William J. Bryan is
i counseling Democratic Senators to op
| pose the four-power treaty unless the
i reservation is attached reserving to
1 each power in the treaty the right of
i independent action.
i
!
Two Ballots Taken By
I Cardinals of Sacred
College.
_
Rome, Feb. 3.—The conclave
that will elect a successor to
Benedict IV was solemnly in
j augurated yesterday, when car
dinals of the Sacred College, ac
companied by their priests and
personal servants, entered the
Vatican, where they will be
walled up from contact with the
world «ntil a new pontiff has
been chosen.
Two ballots were- taken this
morning, neither one of which
indicated early decision.
Cardinal O’Connell, of Boston,
is due to arrive on Monday.
J. \V. Felder is expected to arrive iu
McGrath at ao early date, en route to
the Outside. Acoompaayiosr Mr. Fel
der will be Miss Mary Conley, fiancee
of Surveyor General Karl Theile, on
her way to Seattle, at which place the
marriage nuptials will be celebrated.
Second Asst. P. M.
General Shaughnessy
Dies From Injuries
Washington.—Second Assistant Post
master General Shaughnessy, who sus
tained sueh serious injuries in the col
lapse of the Knickerbocker moving
piet/ure theater last Saturday night,
died early today.
Mrs. Shaughnessy, who was also seri
ously injured at the same time, is still
in a very critical condition.
OF EARTH
; Got Off Its Center for a
Few Moments, Says
Geologist.
New York, Feb. 1. — The
earth, in its whirl thru space,
got off its center for a few mo
ments, it is said, and shifted its
poles, or axis, to fit the new
center of rotation, and in doing
so the bed of the Pacific at a
point a few ^hundred miles out
from the mouth of the Columbia
river slipped a hundred feet or
so. This is the manner in which
professors of geology and seis
mographic observers account
for tlie earth vibrations which
demoralized instruments in the
observatories here today. •
I
i New York, Feb. 2•—The huge
“fault” in the earth’s crust,
which first occurred beneath
San Francisco bay in the catas
trophe of 1906, has become a
few hundred miles longer. This
is the explanation bf Dr; Chester
A. Reed, professor of geology
and seismographic observer at
the American Museum of Nat
ural History lor violent tremors
of the earth, yesterday. He lo
cates the disturbance 350 miles
west of Portland, beneath the
bed of the Pacific, and asserts
that the •■fault” is extending
north westward.
Harding Gives Eco
nomic Talk to 1,000
Government Heads
Washington.—One thousand Federal
officials, irfdu iin£ < urtau ehit-.s, of all
departments of Government, were
called together today by President
Harding to receive his personal in
structions in connection with the Ad
ministr i-tion’s policy for securing eco
nomic reorganization, consistent with
efficiency.
Nick Sopotl, of Caudle, arrived ibis
aft ?,: O hi.
HARDING,
PERSHING
Both _ Talking About
Visiting Alaska Dur
. ing the Summer,
—
Portland, Fob. 3.—President
Harding, in a letter to Mayor
Baker, intimates that he will
make every effort to fulfill his
partial promise to visit Alaska
during the coming summer, and,
in response to invitation, writes
that he will visit Portland while
eu route, to Alaska and assist at
the unveiling of the equestrian
statue of Theodore Roosevelt.
Washington, Feb. 3.-r-Genera!
J. d. Pershing told Gov. Bone
today that he would visit Alaska
during the coming summer and
that in all probability he would
accompany.. .President. Harding
on his intended visit in August.
If not at that .time, he promised
to oome later as the .guest of
* Gov, Bone.
General Pershing said, fch&t. as
commander of the army,,-he had
familiarized himself with Alaska,
which only .gave Aim increased
desire to pay it a personal*visit.
—
HEIRESS HAS
! MILLIONS
Will Wed Poor Russian
I and Live and Love in
Factory Cottage.
Chicago,, ^eb. •J..-v-Ale:*aodie
Ovitcb Yauisiatsky, a- mechanic
and a Russian refugee, is soon
to marry. t!ie lieiress of more
than forty million dollars.
Mrs. Marion B. Stephens,
daughter of the late Norman K.
Ream, and heiress to the bulk of
jhis great fortune, has just an
nounced her engagement to the
(refugee, and {further states that
• they will live in his rented fac
! tory.cottage in Philadelphia.
Fred Whitehead returned today from
a trip to Nixon.
Ed Cariboo arrived toda.v. -comwin
' from Nixon.
Charles O’fcfaUorao arrived, today
| from Nixon.
Joe i>aies was one of yesterday "
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