TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 55.
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1922.
PRICE 25 CENTS
PRESIDENT
HAS HOPES
Thinks He Has Plans
for Settlement of the
Railroad Strike.
Washington,. July 28.—Presi
dent Harding tonight expressed
the conviction that his plans for
the settlement of the railroad
strike, which are to be presented
to both sides Tuesday, are such
that neither party can evade im
mediate resumption of work.
Three proposals were submit
ted by Harding to, end the rail
road strike, all of them hanging
OB. employees’ seniority rights,
the White House announced.
Washington, July 2&.—Henrj: ,
B. Spencer, former vice presh
dent of the Southern Railway,
was tonight appointed federal
coal administrator by President
Harding. The appointment is
for the duration of the x>resent
strike emergency.
WHEN JEW
MEETS JEW
Benny Leonard and Lew
Tendler Go 12itdunds,
With Honors Even.
Jersey City, July 28.—Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion,
and Lew Tendler, both of whom
are Jews, fought twelve rounds
here last night, both men giving
a magnificent exhibition. The
honors were even, no decision
being awarded. Jim Corbett de
clares Tendler was entitled to
the decision, while Damon Run
yan, a highly recognized boxing
authority, asserts the decision
belongs to Leonard.
French Govt. Claims
a German Plot to As
sassinate Poincaire
Paris.—The French government has
received what it considers absolutely
tr ustworthy information tbat an at
tempt against the life of Premier Phin
caireisbeiDg plotted in moaarohistio
circles of Germany. Thfe unrelenting
attitude of the Premier toward Ger
many is believed to be-the cause of the
attempt to bring uoout' his assassina
tion. The disclosure of the alleged
plot has created a sensation.
Vic Nystrom returned last evening
from a trip to Salmon, to whleh point
be tool* Frank Cloli on the Pved Wing.
Mike Blanushi was a Thursday ar
rival from Tacotna.
ADVISED TO
GO TO WORK
Harding Replies to Crit
icism Upon Policy of
Administration.
Washington, July 27.—Reply
ing to a telegram sent him by J.
Cleve Dean, chairman of the
railway employes' publicity as
sociation, charging that the Ad
ministration was “attempting to
put. American labor urier the
gun”' by its policy towards spe
cific industrial disturbances*
President Harding places re
sponsibility tor further interfer
ence with transportation and the
production ol vitally needed coal
upon, the striking railroad em
ployes and miners, again advis
ing that they return to work
under the conditions already
suggested by him while the rea
sonableness of their demands
was being thrashed out by the
agencies set up for that purpose.
200I.IVES
IMPERILED
When Jap Liner Rams
and Sinks Str.Calista,
Puget Sound Boat.
Seattle, July 27.-—Imperiling
the lives of two hundred men,
women and children, the trans
pacific liner Hawaii Maru
rammed and sank the Puget
Sound passenger steamboat Ca
lista off West Point, in a fog, at
noon today.
The Calista went to the bot
tom within ten minutes after
being hit. The passengers, offi
cers and crew of the Caliste were
rescued by the Hawaii.
Vice President Coolidge
in Seattle on Aug. 15th
Washington;—Vice President Cool
idge today announced acceptance of
the invitation to visit Seattle on his
western tour, tendered to him by the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The
Vice President will reach Seattle on
August lf>.
Vote on Tariff Bill, Sept. 1.
Washington.—Senate leaders, both
republican and demooratic, agreed to
day to take a vote on the Gnal passage
of the tariff bill on September 1.
Seattle.—Fifteen thousand people
witnessed the presentation of ‘'The
Wayfarer” in the University stadium
last night. It was more gorgeously
colorful and sublime thau last year.
Hearst Papers and
Labor Leaders Cut
to Defeat Poindexter
Seattle.—Senator Miles Poindexter,
in an address here last night, declared
that the Hearst newspapers and cer
tain labor leaders are seeking to bring
abou, his defeat because he refused to
volt against the four-power treaty, as
they demanded.
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f, . S
Suggestions for Mark
ing By One Arriving
Over That Route.
“.Starting from Little creek, about
Discovery, Otter, would be a good
place to start putting up tripods and
sign posts, as the general pack trail
goes around Little creek,” said Joe
Kei mend, who has just come over the
trail from Flat, in suggesting that the
Flat-Tacotna trail be better defined.
“Most travelers like to cross Little
creek to the head of Murray. Crossing
Murray to Long creek requires consid
erable blazing or tripoding, as in rainy
or fogey weather many travelers will
get off wrong at that point, and \w;-3rr
it is desirable that a relief cabin should
be put up, ’round the Twin buttes.
From there on to the Brush house are
several knolls, where the trail is h ^t
and is hard to distinguish. Crossing
Willow creek, before coming to Fourth j
of July, Deeds stakiDg. Leaving the :
head of Fourth of July is a stretch
practically a mile long, and this is the
plao.' where a lone traveler would like
ly taks a wrong direction. Sign posts
and tripods should be placed from Lin
coln to the Tacotna trail, to save trav
elers being misguided towards Ophir,
as travelers who go down Ganes creek
to 40 above go out of the general course
if Ci■uiing to Tacotna, for. instead of
going down that hill to 40 above Ganes,
the.\ should take the ridge on the right
limit, of Ganes as far as A1 Thorn’s
place-” _
KIEL CANAL
FORTRESS
Note Sent to Germany
Demanding Immedi
ate Destruction.
Paris, July L7.—The Council
of Ambassadors today sent a
note to the German government
demanding the immediate de
struction of the fire-control and
range-finding school which the
Gorman naval authorities have
quietly established at a strategic
point on the Kiel canal. The
ambassadors’ note declares that
the school can readily be con
verted into a fort commanding
entrance to the canal.
ALASKAN
OIL FIELDS
18 Men of Big Company
Coming North to
Start Work. _
Seattle, July 26.—The Asso
ciated Oil Company of California
will send north eighteen men,
headed by G. L. Jones, on the
Northwestern, sailing tomorrow
morning. They go north to de
velop five thousand acres of oil.
lands around Pearl creek dome,
which is fifteen miles inland
from Kanatuk. A contract be
tween the Associated Oil Com
pany and the Alaska Oil Com
pany, which sold the lease to
the former on the Alaska Oil
Company tract and the Finnigan
tract, calls for the immediate
sinking Jf wells and continuous
work on the fields until they are
finally proven.
HIGH WATER
Tacotna River Reaches
the Highest Level of
Present Year.
Whether from excessive rains of
past weeks, from melting glaciers, or
both, or from other causes, the water
in the Tacotna at 7 o’clock last even
ing had exceeded the high mark of
several days ago. And tho water at
noon was still rising.
The water rose several inches dur
ing the night, and early this morning
topped the river bank in front of The
Times office. From 7 this morning till
noon a rise of about six inches wa3
noted.
At this writing—1 p. m.—the water
has crawled up the bank to within 20
feet of The Times building. A further
rise of 15 inches means that the water
will be pouring in over the office
threshold.
All depressions on the Tacotna front,
of course, are covered with water, re
quiring either high rubber boots or
boat to traverse over. The water in
front of the McGrath Roadhouse is
within a foot of the floor level, a boat
taking one right to the step of the door
entrance.
Charlie Rebhun’s cabbage patch, lo
cated on fairly high ground, is almost
flooded. _
To Redeem a Billion
Dollars’ Worth Lib
erty Bonds, Dec. 15
Washington.—Secretary of Treasury
Mellon late this afternoon announced
that the Government would redeem
one billion dollars’ worth of Liberty
bonds on or before December 15.