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FOREIGN FLASHES
Vienna. July 28.— It is reported that
i he Hungarian soviet t roops have been
thrown hack in disorder across the
Theiss river bj Rumanian forces.
(Joblenz. July 28.—The Thirtieth di
vision of the TJ. S. army of occupation
has been ordered home, and begins en
training for Brest August 1.
Havre, France, July 28.—Officials of
the local federated trades unions today
went to 'the wholesale market and
obliged producers to sell them a large
quantity of foodstuffs ar prices varying
from 5 to 75 per cent undei current
market quotations, then took t lie prod
ucts to the public markets where they
sold t he food at c< st.
London. July 29. A Bolsheviki up
rising in Bulgaria is reported in a
wireless message from Moscow today.
'Hie outbreak is declared to have oc
curred in a garrison town, and resulted
in the troops of the garrison joining the
revolut inn.
Berlin, July JO.- An expedition to
the North Pole is being planned by Dr.
Rehitski,- of Danzig, and Dr. Walter
Geisler. Their polar ship will carry
aeroplanes equipped with gliding keels
to enable them to land and rise from
ice.
London, July 30. British troops will
be out of Russia before winter War
Minister Churchill informed the House
of Commons today, in response to an
attack made b.v Lthorites on ihe gov
ernment’s foreign policy.
Paris, July 30. Austria will not lie
permitted to discuss peace terms alter
August 7.
Berlin, July 30.- Representatives of
Admiral Kolchak have arrived in Ber
lin to protect the interests of the non*
Bolsheviki Russians.
London, July 31. -The campaign of
Gen. Pet 1 lira, the ant i-Bolshevist leader
on tlie Ukrainian front, is still making
good progress. Only .scattered hands of
Bolsheviki troops now remain on the
right bank of the Dnieper river.
Vienna, July 31.—The Austrian cab
inet has resigned.
Paris, July 31. - Gen. Pershing has
expressed his belief that the 48,000
German prisoners held by the Ameri
can forces will he released when they
ratify the peace treaty. Jt is believed
to he unnecessary to await America’s
ratification of the treaty.
Paris, Aug. 1.—Partial communica
tion between France and all parts of
German\ has been restored.
One Hundred Vessels Sold
Washing!*-!* Aug. 1 —One hundred
steamships lull on the tire at. Cakes
d iring tin* war were sold by the LT. S.
Shipping Board to the Anderson Over
seas Shipping Corporation of New Vwrk
for $80,000,000. This is probably the
largest ship sale on record. Tile ves
sels eventually will puss into Freuch
Indian ownership.
Tennessee Extends Welcome
Nashville. Tenn., Aug. 1.—“Come j
ba*k home1 is the word Tennessee j
s uds to the fr end I* ss negrt ©s freeing j
( oiu. Chicago because of me recent j
race riots. Gov. Roberts said today the j
negroes wili be welcomed back by Ten- !
nessee. _
Matt DeCourcey. an old-timer of the
North uni was a prospector in this
part of Alaska in KUO, now a resident
of Potland, Ore., returned here early
ip Juiy, and with Phil Bud Kiley made
a tr p to sum ; quart', prop* r y he had
heated near a tributary of the Upper
idiiarod river. Mr. De Courcey, who
is about to >tart for home, is taking
with him several hundred pounds of
the o e which he will have tea ed by
ass aye rs in Boston, Pottland, and Van
couver, B. O. He expressed himself as
being greatly pleased over the results
of his prospecting work this year, and
intends to return here next summer.
COMING TO INSPECT GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
Washington, July 31. - A congressional sub-committee made up of prominent
members of the House committees on appropriations and territories, traveling
under the auspices of the Interior department, will leave Saturday to inspect
the Alaska government railroad, departing from Seattle for Seward next Thurs
day. The committee plans to inspect the entire route from Seward to Fair
banks. From Fairbanks the return trip will he made by auto to Chitina, titen
by tile (.'upper River & Northwestern Railway to Cordova, where they will em
bark for Seattle. The committee is composed of Representatives Johnson of
Washington, Brooks of Pennsylvania, Strong of Kansas, Watson of Virginia,
and Ilavey of Ohio.
Committee Report Favorable for Appropriation
The House committee on territories today presented a report favoring tite
hill to appropriate $17,000,000 Tor the completion of the Alaska goverment rail
road.
Delegate Grigsby Introduces Two Appropriation Bills
Delegate Grigsby, of Alaska, in rhe House today introduced two trills asking
for appropriations amounting to $2,500,000. One is for funds for widening and
deepening certain Alaskan waterways, tlie* other for the construction of public
buildings at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Says Yanks Have Outgrown Their Welcome in France
' Americans have outgrown their welcome in France,” is the assertion made,
by Representative King, of Illinois, upon his return to Washington after a visit
of six to the European battlefields. Mr. King is nursing a wounded left
wr ist, which, he says, was injured at Brest, when a Bolshevik, hiding behind a
hedge tenet*, hurled three -tones at the congressman and his parly of American
friends as they were riding in his machine. •■The people of France, with the
exception of high officials.’* said Mr. King, "do not appreciate what we did for
them."
RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO KILL MANY
< hieago, July 28. -Lively fighting
between b'aeks and whites in the negro
district of this city yesterday resulted
in shooting, in which one policeman
was wounded and several persons in
jured. Anoi her riot was started al ihe
Tweni \ nin1 h-si reel beach in which
two negmes were drowned, after being
stiuck by missiles.
A small riot occurred this morning
when a negro tired upon a wagon tilled
with workingmen. When white people
tried to disarm the black man a dozen
other negroes rushed to his assistance.
Thomas Fitzgerald, aged 39 years
and married, today confessed to the po
lice authorities the killing of Janet
Wilkinson, a <» year-old child of a
neighbor, by strangling. Fitzgerald
accompanied police officers to his home
and showed them where tie concealed (
the body of the little girl beneath the'
coal in the basement.
Chfcagu, July 29. — In the race war j
during the past 4tf hours 14 whites and j
8 negroes hare been killed, and more j
than U)t) persons wounded. Rioting i
broke out again this morning on Wa-j
bash and Adams streets in which one!
negro was killed and two wounded j
Joseph Powers, white, street car cun
uucior, was killed on W abash avenue.
Ir. the stock-yards district, it is esti
mated that 1,000 whites and negroes
fought in streets and alleys, with more
cornered in homes while shots rang
out. Fighting is now spreading to the
Loop section of tlie city. Four thou
sand soldiers are ready to quell the
rioting.
A strike involving 15,000 street-car
employes for higher wages has been
declared. All surface and elevated
lines are tied up. At a meeting in the
Auditorium attend*d by 6,000 carmen,
the vote to strike was carried with
shouts of approval The men want in
creases to 85 cents an hour, an eight
hour day. six hours on Sundays, and
six days a week. The strike, was called
despite the proposition of the carmen’s
union officials to compromise.
Chicago, July 30.* A total of 10 po
licemen have been wounded since the
outbreak out the race riots.
in view of racial war, the street-car
men probably will take a referendum
vut e and ret u rn t < • work.
T»'u more regiments of Mate troops
arrived in Chicago today, making 8.000 j
soldiers now rn t he scene. Since the j
beginning of the rioting JO people have ■
been Killed and about 4hl) injured.
Chicago, July Jl. The main negro,
quarters in Chicago today a"e pat ruled1
by 0.000 soldiers on account of the f«»ur{
nights of race riots that caused JO
deaths (17 negroes and 1J whites), and
injury to nearly a thousand persons, 200
of whom are seriously hurt, and a
dezen who may die from wounds.
Chicago is now comparatively ca'm j
for the first. Lime since last Sunday, it |
is believed that the state soldiers have i
quelled the riotous elements. Troops j
were ordered out when it was learned
the whites planned to burn a large sec-1
Lion of the black belt.
Riots Seem to Have Ended
Chicago, Aug. 1.—City officials lit-'
lieve the face riots are at. an end. !
Eighteen negroes and 14 whites were!
killed since last Sunday. Troops are I
still patroling the streets.
ABOUT THE BOATS
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Julia B, heavily laden, up-river;
bound, readied Holy Cross on night of j
J u (y 29.
Steamship Victoria at St. Michael i
July 29. I
Steamer Washburn (Captain Lem ley j
and Fireman Yeager) left Holy Cross .
early yesterday morning for Diktmao. j
Passengers: John Mutchler, John Bes- j
I off. a returning soldier; Davis Runyan, i
of Waechier Bros.’ Meat Co., and three'
steamboat inspectors.
G. Hinton Henry, wideh-known as
the dean ol Alaska’s school of rip-saw
journalism, was a recent arrival in
Cordova.
DISTRICT COURT
After a month’s trip to Kuskokwim
river points, Judge <2. E. Bunnell re
convened the Special June 1919 Term
of the District Court at Flat on Tues
day. July^lm With the assistance o'
Clark H. Feck, as jury commissioner,
and 4. Baseom Hali, clerk of court,
a grand jury and a list of petit jurors
were duly drawn. The grand jury
commenced operations on Thursday
night of last week (July 24), and was
discharged by the court last Monday
night.
several cases on the civil docket of
the court have received attentien dur
ing past two weeks, but among the
‘■"'hole caboodle” of them there was
nut a cause of sufficient importance to
attract and hold widespread public at
tention for any length uf lime, although
they doubtless meant a great, deal to
the parties directly concerned.
As to the criminal docaet the reverse
is the situation of affairs, as there are
several cases that attract considerable
attention. Among them is the re-trial
of Alois Huber, who was convicted ar
Flat lust summer of killing his mining
partner in a mixup on their workings
near the Ktiskokwim river, indict
ments were returned against botli par
ticipants in a cut-and-siasii affair be
tween two .lien (Maki and Salo) of
Opliir camp. The scrap is reported to
have taken place several weeks ago on
i be highway between Flat and Opliir
catuos, far far away from any other
persons. 'A true bill” charging John
Novak, a former employe of the Yukon
Gold Company, with “lifting” a quan
tity of amalgam belonging to the com
pany, wi.s also returned by the grand
jury.
Grand Jury
Flat—George M. Armstrong, O. M.
Anderson, G. Aiuhonisen, D. E. Brown,
Daniel Buckley, A. D. Currie, J. E.
Fullerton, D. P. Gage, Ed L. Golden.
Thomas Hines, V. F. Jacob, J. F. Kee
nan. L. La Belle, A. D. McDonald, Jo-.
McGee, Frank Fires. Ed Proulx, Ralph
Warhurton; Willow—Jos. Luranger:
Dis Otter—D. McFadden, Jack Rich
ardson, Gus Uotilla; Iditarod -Dominic
Soraci.
Trial Jurors
Ruby .lav Alien. Louis Dali: Idita
rod—Sam'l Applebaum, Robert Poole.
Wm. Pringle, Clarence White, Ira E.
Wood, William Dee. William Ansley;
Flat—Chas. Arnold, Frank Love, Thus.
Muckle, James Powell, Jerome War
ren, A. J. Weiss, Gus Christoph, John
Soil, Magnus Rudd, John Gerhold, A.
Patterson, C. Baker. A. H. Twitchcll,
W. H. Toms, Chester Brink: Dis. Otter
— P. V. Flynn, Robert Kemp, Harry
Donnelley. Jerome Elliott, H. Hohback:
Willow—Jerry Wynn.
rinai Keport ox Grand Jury
bale on Monday night last Judge
Bunnell received ihe final report of the
grand jury, si»neu by Foreman V. F.
Jacob and Clerk O. M. Anderson. Fol
lowing is the report:
We. the grand jury for the special
June 1919 term of this court, duly con
vened on the 24th day of July, 1919, re
spectfully beg to submit to your honod
tile following report:
We rnport that we have invest igater
all cases presented to us hv the United
Stales attorney wherein the defendants
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