VOL. II. NO. or>.
McGrath, alaska, Saturday, septkmllr g, 1922,
PRICE 25 CENTS
TURKS ARE
AT SMYRNA
City Under Bombard
ment; Greek Cabinet
Resigns.
Athens, Sept. 8.—Succumbing
to the pressure of public opinion
as a result of the severe reverses
to the Greek army in Asia Minor,
the cabinet of Premier Protopa
padakis resigned today. Nikolas
Kalogeropoulos, former premier,
has been charged by the king
with the task of forming a new
ministry.
Smyrna, Sept. 8.—The Greek
fleet left Smyrna harbor tnis af
ternoon, the political and mili
tary authorities evacuating yes
terday afternoon, The Greek
commissioner of police plans to
embark tonight. The allies will
probably occupy the town to
morrow
Athens, Sept. 9.—Smyrna is
being bombarded by the Turkish
nationalists. Nine aeroplanes
from the Greek naval base there
arrived here thie morning, the
airmen telling of their depart
ure from the city under the fire
of artillery.
CHARGED TO
BOLSHEVIKS
1,738,100 Persons Exe
cuted Up to Last
February.
London, Sept. 8,—A Riga dis
patch to the Times says that, ac
cording to official bolshevist fig
ures, 1,768,100 persons were ex
ecuted before the change in po
litical administration last Febru
ary. This total includes 6,775
professors and teachers, 8,800
doctors, 355,150 other intellect
uals, 1,334 priests, 54,650 officers,
L69.000 soldiers. 59,000 police
men, 12,950 land owners, 192,350
workmen, 815,100 peasants.
Strs. Quickstep and
Tana Left Bethel for
Up river On Sept. 5th
Bethel, Sept. 8.—The steamers Tana
and Quickstep left Bethel for up river
on September 5, in the afternoon.
The schooner Ruby left September 5
for Seattle.
Chris Peterson, Tacotna postmaster,
was an arrival yesterday for a short
visit here.
WISCONSIN
PRIMARIES
La Follette Has Walk
Away, With 100,000
Majority.
Milwaukee, Sept. 7.—Robert
M. La Follette was renominated
for Senator in the Wisconsin
primaries, with a majority of
more than one hundred thou
sand. Governor Blaine was also
renominated.
It is now a serious question as
to whether democrats or social
ists polled enough votes to en
able them to show as soon as
either party attempts to under
write law.
Madison, Sept. 8. — Flushed
with his victory and the indica
tion that he has a majority in
the primaries of nearly two hun
dred thousand, Senator La Fol
lette today declared for reopen
ing of the Newberry case.
38 Indicted for Mas
sacre at Herrin, Ills.
Marion, nrs.— Thirty-eight are under
indictment in connection with the Her
rin massacre. Four true bills were re
turned today by the grand jury.
DAUGHERTY,
WILKERSO
Gompers and Others
Ask That They Be
Impeacned.
New” York, Sept. 7.—The sup
port of the American Federation
of Labor in its efforts to bring
about the impeachment of Attor
ney General Daugherty and Fed
eral Judge Wilkerson, of Chi
cago, for their part in issuing
the rail injunction, was pledged
by President Gompers, of the
Federation, in a telegram re
ceived from Atlantic City today
by the Central Trades and Labor
Council.
New York, Sept. 8.—The Cen
tral Trades and Labor Council
last night adopted resolutions
advocating the impeachment of
Attorney General Daugherty.
Owen Grav left Thursday for Nixon
mine, tading his dog team up to Berry
Landing by boat.
Charles Dressier, of Taeotna, was a
Thursday arrival.
John Claberty arrivediyesterday from
Taeotna.
Egyptian Thought
He Was Taking Shot
At French President
Paris, Sept. 8.—George Salem, an
Egyptian student, fired a shot at an
automobile in front of the Palace Ely
see today, believing the car to be that
of President. Millerand. The shot went
wild, no harm being done the occu
pants of the car. Millerand was at his
country residence at the time.
Expresses Belief That
Entombed Argonaut
Miners Are All Dead
Jackson, Calif.—E. A. Stent, vice
president and executive head of the
Argonaut mine, expressed the belief
today that all of the foi'y-seven en
tombed miners [are now dead. There
is no abatement in rescue work.
One-Stop Flight Over
Continent, 2275 Miles
San Diego. Lieut. Moolittle, who
begun his one-stop flight acrsss the
continent at 10:30 p. in. Monday, ar
rived at Rockwell Field at 5:35 p. m.
Tuesday, the distance traveled to San
Diego from Jacksonville, Fla., being
2,275 miles
Tomorrow morning w ill see Doolittle
again on the wing, having been or
dered to McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
He will make the journey on the same
ship which brought him here.
Telegraphic licks.
Seattle.—Schools opened with an at
tendance of 43,250.
Washington.—A total of twenty four
dry agents have been killed by boot
leggers.
1 s Angeles.—Dynamiting of rail
road bridges in Southern California
continues.
Sydney, N. S.—The schoorr li.nv
doin. carrying Donald B. McM; an and
party, arrived from Baffin bay, u ay.
_
Washington.—President Harding is
scheduled to visit Detroit on tin Pith,
the date of opening of the Eighteenth
Ind u st rial Ex position.
Seattle.—Four violent deaths have
occurred here during the past twenty
four hours- one killed by a train, one
bv a street car, one by au auto, and one
by drowning.
Houston.—Three men were killed
and two injured today, the result of a
family feud, inspired by interest of the
klu klux klan in political affairs at
Sealy, Texas. _
Changithun, Manchuria.—Delegates
of the Jadanese, Russian soviet and
Chita governments have arrived here,
prepared to discusa terms for the set
tlement of problems between Japan
and Russia._
Charles Nicollet, with his new craft,
the Spud, arrived yesterday from
the Forks, on its initial trip here.
The boat Is what might properly be
t( rmed a stern-side wheeler. It is
equipped with an adjustable spud de
vice, reaching through the bottom of
the boat, designed to shove the craft
over shallow places. It is at present
equipped with a Ford motor, bnt this
will later be replaced with a suitable
marine engine, to give higher and
more even power. The boat, with Mr.
and Mrs. Nicollet aboard, left late yes
terday afternoon for Candle Landing.
Will Come By Way* of
Lake Minchumina to
McGrath, Iditarod.
Washington, Sept. 8.
Kusko Times, McGrath:
On recommendation of inspec
tors. mail this winter will go by
way of Lake Minchumina and
Med fra to McGrath and Iditarod.
Contract is for one winter only.
Dan Scthereand,
Delegate from Alaska.
Woman Confesses to
Murder of Capitalist,
Seattle, Oct. 12, Last
Oakland, Sept. 9—Clara Elizabeth
Skarin 1ms confessed that she killed
Ferdinand Hochbrunn, a Seattle cap
italist, on October 12, last. She claims
the killing was the cumulative act of
many cruelties heaped upon her for
weeks. _
Riga.—Archbishop Benjamin, metro
politan of Petrograd, and a number of
others who were condemned to death
for interfering with the seizure of
church treasure, were executed by a
firing squad in Petrograd this morning.
Mrs. Harding Very 111;
Recovery Not Assured,
Says Bulletin.
Washington, Sept. 8.— The
condition of Mrs. Harding is so
serious tonight that “recovery
is not yet assured,” says a state
ment just issued at the White
House. Ur. Sa.yer, the family
physician, said that complica
tions which developed yesterday
and last night, makes Mrs. Hard
ing’s condition “critical,” it was
added.
Washington, Sept. 9. A bul
letin issued at 9:30 this morning
says the®condition of Mrs Hard
ing is “as good as can be expect
ed at this time.”
New Associate Justice
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington.—Former Senator Suth
erland was nominated for the supreme
court today by the President to suc
ceed Clarke, resigned, the Senate con
firming the nomination in open session
teu minutes later.