VOL. V. NO. 34
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, A’JQXJST 22.„ 1925.
PRICE 25 CENTS
KILLS 40
5770irBofcrd Excursion
Boat WftcJn: Patched
Boiler'Btostfe.
Mexport, -Aug.^^19 A*-A boiler
* explosion * -which brought to - a
sudden close-thei outiag of' a
boatload of excursionists as
J they* were - leaving aboard' the
steamships Mackinac, last night,
bad -taken thirty-two** lives- to
day. <>
The oxplosion-oecwvrech astkre
Mackinac was passing the naval
training station in N&'fcragan&ett
bay-for Pawtucket. >
The .maiorjty of tbfedead and
injurjed were trapped on the first
t and second decks when a patch
on«the;boiler. which had been
placed there- ju^t,before the ves
sel-left, gave'way. ,* Pafifeengers,
describing the scene, said lit was
one of the most tremendous ex
plosions. > -
Captain Thomas McVey, mas
ter of the vessel, was in com
mand * of i 'the steamship Larch
montv which rw as rammed and
sunk,.- with - the-loss- of many
liven,'in February, 1907.
Newport, A up. 20.—Tba death toll
of the Mackinac disaster *ra» raised to
- forty today, with several additional in
jured near death.
Washinetoc.—The government has
- ordered an investigation of the steam
ship Mackinac disaster.
StxuTupper Sailed
Aug. 2(1 for Bethel
Seattle, Aug. 21.—+The steamer ■ W
H. Tupper," in command of Capt. John
Worth, sailed last < night on her last
voyage -of the season to Bethel, carry
ing large freight consignments for the
Kuikoirwim section.
2-Year Sentence for
Russian Archbishop
Minek, Russia. Aug. 20.—Archbishop
Melishdek was sentenced today to
three years’ imprisonment by the su
preme .court; after hie conviction on
chargee of counter-revolutionary and
obscuring the soviet authorities in the
confiscation of church treasures, in
3021. ______
French Debt Commis
sion to. Arrive Boon
* Washington, Aug. 21.—The French
debt commission will leave Paris for
the' United States about. September 16,
. Secretary of Treasury Mellon was ad
vised from Paris this evening.
The Sea Wolf during the present
week, up to 4 o’clock this afternoon,
has registered three arrivals, having
arrived with freight from the Forks on
Monday-land Tuesday, and from Mc
Grath oa Friday.
Mrs. B. J. Boyd returned Wednesday
from a visit to McGrath, haring been a
roanebtripper on the Billy.
WARDEBT
Agreement Readied for
Funding $417,000,000 >
to United States;
Washington, Ang. 19.All in
terest charges on money loaned
to Belgium daring the world war
are foregone by. the United
States, under the terms of the
agreement for fundings the Bel
-gian.. war debt to :the United
States,. reached between the
American debt commission and
Belgium^ representatives.
The American' commissioners,
with the approval1 of ^resident
rOoolidgey agreed'to alk>w Bel
gium to pay back to the United
States $171,000,000 loaned dar
ing the war over a period of
sixty-two years, without inter
est. The balance of. the debt.
$246,000, CKK>,' which was loaned
after the armistice^ will also be
paid back over a sixty-two year
period,' with' some remission of
interest charges for the debt.
McGrath Notes.
Commissioner W. T. Vanderpool,
who has just finished a fine new resi
dence on his ranch, a mile op river
*rom town, gave a house -warming last
Monday night, at which everybody in
town thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
At 9 p. m. the steamer Tana 16ft the
landing in front of the IT. C. store with
the complete population of MeOrath on
board and proceeded around the river
front to the Vanderbilt ranch, where
the time at the new hecne was spent in
dancing by the grown-ups and in games
by the little ones.
Atlb’clockan excellent lunch was
served by Mrs. Vanderpool.after which
dancing was resumed and continued
until the early morning hours,
Oharies Smith had a narrow escape
from losing bis gasboat by ire Monday
evening, the gas tank exploding while
being filled with the aid of a lighted
.lantern. Mr. Smith’s right hand was
quite seriously^ burned while extin
guishing the blaze.
The steamer Tana* Captain George
Green, left for Bethel Tuesday after
noon, where she will meet the Tupper,
from Seattle, about September t.
The following passengers were on.
board:
Mrs. Howard Bangley, for Seattle.
Mrs. George Green* wife of Captain
Green, and two little eons, for their
home in Seattle.
Mies Buie Oates, who goes out to at
tend the Seattle high school.
| Mrs. John ft..-Peterson, who is on
; her way to the Mayo Brothers’ Institu
tion at Rochester. Minn., to receive
needed medical attention.
Jv A. Denney, deputy United States
internal revenue collector, for Bethel.
Dave Mutchler, for Bethel, to meet
bis shipment of meat for bis cold stor
age barge at To kotos.
Miss Elisabeth Egsak, oa a visit to
her fatherat Akiak.
Tom McLean’s nawstony building is
about finished.
Would Leon Ttotzky.
Become Head of ara
’ Anti-Soviet Movement
Warsaw, Aug 2JC—Adricss fro®
Moscow report the return to power at
Leon Trotsky, with kis appointment as
chief of the econosoie council. The
more is regarded as one intended to
forestall the possibility of bia becoming
the head of some eati eosiet eaoYe
meni. _
NEEDED III
FAR NORTH
Big Dirigibles:. Beat for
Arctic Exploration,
Says Macmillan;
Washington, Aug. 21: —The
.dirigibles Shenanchlwth and ILos
Angeles are, in the opinion of
Donald Macmillan.! noted Arctic
explorer, the type of oraft best
suited to overcome the hazards
that the Par North presents to
the explorer.
The continuant drifting: ice
floes. Macmillan radioes to* the
National Geographic Society,
make impossible the landing of
faeavier-than-air machines.
!
TelegraDhic Ticks.
Oslo.—Tbs Afternoon Poeteiv says
Amundsen has periecteu s]] financial
plans for a light next summer from
Spitzenbergea over the North Pole and
the unknown Arctic and Alaska re
gions.
Seattle.—Ralph M. MmcMicbael, vice
president of the Dexter Horton Na
tional Bank, died Thursday at Mon
rovia, Cal., whither he had gone in
hopes of recovering his health.
Ijos Angeles.—Councilman Joseph
Fitzpatrick and L. E. Cowers were
arrested here Thursday, each charged
with accepting a 91,000 bribe. They
were released on 95,000 bill.
Plymouth, Vt.—President Ooolidee
suffered throughout Sunday night with
toothache, and motored to Woodetoek
Monday to have Dr. F. R. Jewett,, an
old friend, give relief.
Chicago.—Despondency over, the ap
pearance of her newly-bobbed hair led
Rose Fallon, 17, to drown herself in
the Chicago drainage canal, Thursday..
Vancouver.—G. A. Watts, secretary
of the manager of the Gehusbia Paper
Mills Company, committed suicide by
shooting himself, yesterday.
New York.—The body ol Mrs. J. P.
Morgan underwent cremation on Tues
day, it being the first •reiNution.in. the
history of the Morgan<9artiiy.
Newark, ft. J.—Six sea raided St.
Gerard's hospital Thursday and es
caped with thirty cases of assorted,
liquors and twenty c&aes of alcohol.
Seattle.—The city commission is en
gaged in working out plans for a
930,000,000 budget system.
Chicago.—Victor F. Lawson, noted
publisher, died Thursday eight.
POLITICAL
TRAGEDY
I
New Mexico Editor At
tempts to Shoot J udge,
Kills a Bystander.
Las Vegas, Aug. 21.—The po
litical enmity between Carl Ma
gee, Albuquerque newspaper ed
itor, and David J.. Leahy, for
mer district judge in Las Vegas,
left death in its wake here today,
after-breaking out last night in
the form of a rough-and-tumble
figbt, in which Magee drew a
revolver and fired suddenly, kill.
ing.Jobn. B..-Lessatter, a by.
stander, and wounding.Leahy in
the arm._
Sec. IWilbur Vetoes
Court Martial Verdict
Washisgtoo, Aug, 21.—Tbe verdicts
of not guilty returned by the court
martial board l»si moo lb against Miss
Ruth Anderson and Miss Caiberlne
Clancy, nary nurses, charged with vio
lation of the Volstead act in bringing
liquor* loro the United States from the
West Indies, wero disapproved today
b> Secretary of Navy Wilbur.
% Mothers Killed as
Train Strikes Auto
Seattle, Aug. 20.—Mr*. Hilda Red
den. widow, mother of fire children,
and Mrs. Charles Poormao. mother of
three, of Seaboard aod Auburn, respec
tirely, were killed at White River sta
tion tocta>y when an interurban train
struck their aeto.
Booze Smuggling Ac
tivities Over Boundary
Seattle, Aug. 20.—With the seizure
of an American hydro airplane and a
Canadian gasboat, which was loaded
with booze, and the arrest of the pilot
of the plane, H. Geyser, of Saattle,
near Victoria, an international invest!
I tson of aerial booze smuggling across
! the boundary was disclosed.
Consolidation of 2
Big Seattle Banks
Seattle, Aug. 20.—Rank directorates
in two in-itances reached an agreement
today, and announcement of the con
solidation of the National Bank of
Commerce and the First National Bank
will be made in a few days. Their
combined deposits aggregate thirty-five
million dollars. •
Joe Ferris .returned Friday on the
Sea Wolf from McGrath, on which
boat ha took down and from place he
shipped Wednesday on the Tana a
heam^ol horses sold to the Alaska Gold
Dredging Company at Bear creek, near
Akiak. ___
Dave Mutchler was a passenger on
the Billy Tuesday lor McGrath, where
he took the Tana Wednesday for
Bethel. He will return on the Tana,
bringing with him fresh supplies for
the replenishment of hit cold-storage
bnrga.
OFFICIALS
APPOINTED
Prohibition Has a New
Staff of 24 Federal
Administrators.
Washington, Aug. 21.—Prohi
tion's new staff of twenty-four
federal* administrators, who will
be given complete autho ity in
as many districts over enforce,
ment of the law on September 1,
was Darned today at the Treat*
ury Department by First Assist
ant Secretary Andrews.
Roy C. Lyle, of Seattle, re.
ceived appointment as adminis
trator of the Twentieth prohibit
tion district, covering Washing
ton, Oregon and Alaska.
Out of the twenty-four district
administrators named, all but si*
already are in the service.
Divided Opinions Re
garding Independence
of Philippine Islands
San Francisco, Aug. 19.—Tbs twelve
congressmen who left her* ia June VO
investigate conditions la lire PbiliJM
pines returned h^r- oday oa the trfliy
transport Chaumont. They report di*
vlded opinion* among the members ot
the party regarding the Rldependenea
of the island*.
Bound, Tied on Ice to
Drive Out Evil Spirits
Prince Rupert, Aug. 21.—Big Aleck,
a Liard river half-breed, waa convicted
of manslaughter h*r* today. He waa
charged with having incited Lula
Loa»t, an Indian, to hind and vie Wal
ter Mocca*in. aa Indian bo*, on the lea
of Liard river, to drive out the evil
apirit*. The boy died of exposure and
starvation.
American Girl Fails to
Swim English Channel
London, Aug. 20.—Miss Gertrude E.
Ederle, American girl, failed today in
her effort to swim across the English
channel. She collapsed after nine
hour*’ battling with the tough sea*.
Revenue Cutter Bear
Arrives Nome Safely
' •
Nome, Aug. 21.—The revenue cutter
Bear, which ran aground on the shoale
off Cape Prince of Wales a few daye
ago. arrived here today.
Cantonese Finance
Minister Assassinated
Hongkong, Aug. 21.— Flounce Min
ister Lieu Chang Koi, of the Cantonese
government, met der th at the hands af
an unknown atias* a, shortly after
noon today.__
Pete Carlson, of Carlson & Houonn.
Ophir, who arrived on the Sen Vfolf
Tuesday from, the .Forks, left yesterday
for Ophir,