VOL. III. NO. 4
McGRATH, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
French Determination
to Collect Reparations
Causes Many Clashes
French Labor Union
Protests Against ‘Op
pressive Measures/
London, Jan. 29;—A state of
siege exists at Aix la Chapelle,
where shots are being taken at
night at French and Belgian sen
tries, according to dispatches to
all newspapers here. Martial
law, these,dispatches say, is in
force throughout practically all
Rhineland and the Ruhr, where
tiie Frhncb have seized posts
and telegraphs.
Coblenz, Jan. 29,—Deporta
tions of German officials con
tinue, and the men are being
taken across the frontiers in
autos instead of trains.
The Germans have moved the
DISCUSSES
U. S. GOVT
English Chancellor Re
turns Home, Greatly
Dissatisfied.
Southampton, Jan. 2(J-—Stan
ley Baldwin, chancellor of the
exchequer, returned on the liner
Olympia today from his debt
mission to Washington. Bald
win told newspaper men that
the settlement of the debt ques
tion in the United States was in
the hands of Congress, as repre
sentatives of the people, and
that this situation constituted
the great difference between the
Americans and the English. “In
America you may have an execu
tive who is willing to do a great
deal for you, but who cannot be
cause of the difficulties encoun
tered in Congress,” the chancel
lor said
Washington.'—Senator McKel
iar, in a Senate speech today,
declared the President should
demand of the British govern
ment a disavowal of the recent
“sneering allusion to Congress
and the Ameriean people” of
Stanley Baldwin, leader of the
British debt refunding commis
sion.
J. E. Beattie, beinging the incoming
mail from Big river, arrived Sunday
evening, leaving Monday morning on
’•>i$,wav to Flat.
civil administration of Weisbaden
to Frankfort.
The American dollar wasquot.
ed at 32,000 marks, today.
Reports from Dusseldorf say
two Germans were wounded in
desultory rifle firing there.
Paris, Jan. 80.—The French
Federation of Labor, at its an
nual meeting here today, voted
a resolution protesting against
•‘oppressive measures, imprison
ment and arbitrary rule in the
Ruhr,” and sent greetings “to
workers upon whom military
force is being imposed to compel
them, to work.’’
Dusseldorf, Jan. 30.—“Noth
ing can turn us aside from our
purpose,” declared General Des
gouttes, French commander-in
chief, to a delegation of news
paper men.
GERMANY
MUST PAY
Will Occupy Ruhr Until
Reparations Complete,
Says Poincaire.
Paris, Jan. 30.—In an address
to American journalists, today,
Premier Poincaire flatly denied
German charges that France in
tends to annex the Eiuhr for fuel
for the Lorraine metallurgical
industry, but declared mstead
that the French army will pro
long its occupation of the Ruhr
until the German government
executes its reparation obliga
tions according to the Versailles
treaty. _
National Income and
Outgo to Balance Soon
Washington.—President Harding, in
a message today to those arranging the
budget, stated that for the first lime
since the fiscal year 1916 the nation’s
income and outgo probably . would bal
ance at the end of the current fiscal
year.
Rural Mail Carriers to
Distribute Bird Feed
Washington.—The Postmaster Gen
eral today issued orders to rural route
mail carriers to distribute grains along
their routes for starving birds when
supplies of such bird feed are furnished
to them.
Billy Dulfy, from B'lat, with the out
going mail, arrived this afternoon.
Defunct Scandinavian
American Bank to Pay
Another 10 Pet. Divvy
Seattle.—The defunct Scandinavian i
American Rank will pay another 10
per cent dividend on February 20, ac
cording to announcement today. This
will make a total payment of 50 per
cent os the claims of the twenty-three
thousand depositors.
DECLINES TO
DISCUSS
Futile to Consider Mor
atorium, Says Repar
ations Commission.
Paris, Jan. 29-—Possibility of
the reparations commission be
coming the medium for the com
promised present differences be
tween Prance and Germany end
ed this afternoon. By deciding
it would be futile to discuss the
question of a moratorium with
conditions as they are in the
Ruhr and declaring Germany in
general default of all her repara
tions obligations to Prance and
Belgium, the commission placed
itself outside the problem for
some time to come.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Pel Monte, Cal.—Charlie Chaplin and
Pol a Negri announced tbeir engage
ment. here this afternoon.
London. Irish irregulars today cap
tured, wrecked and burned several
trains in County Wexford.
Luxor, Egypt.—Pharaoh, whose t >mb
was recently discovered in Egypt, is to
tie X-rayed as bis mummy still lies in
its tomb.
Washington.—The House has indefi
nitely postponed consideration of the
proposal to make a naval base site at
Alumeda, Cal.
Washington.—The annual army ap
propriation bill, carrying three hun
dred and forty million dollars, was re
ported to the Senate today.
Geneva.—Viuiani. us president, has
convoked for February, at Geneva, the
commission of the League of Nations
for reduction of armaments.
Washington.—Worried over Henry
Ford sentiment for president, Demo
cratic leaders aro taking steps to punc
ture his tentative candidacy.
Shanghai.—Dr. Paul S Reinscb, of
Wisconsin, former United States min
ister to Peking, and recently adviser
to the Chinese government, died here
today. _
Fred Whitehead, who arrived late
Saturday, left Monday morning for Big
river, on the way to his North Fork
headquarters.
Moody Green, coming from the Novi
section, was a Sunday arrival, again
departing for his headquarters oh Mou
day.
Strict Customs Cordon
to Be Maintained
By French.
Paris. Jan. 29.—All deliveries
of coal from the Ruhr to unoccu
pied Germany will be stopped
today, and a strict customs
cordon and other measures to
isolate the Ruhr completely will
be made fully effective immedi
ately. These decisions were
made at Essen by General Wei
gand and General Desgouttes,
Minister of Public Works Wyves,
I Letrocquer and M. Coste, heads
of the engineering missiau.
American Soldiers
Are on Way Home
Amwerp.—The army transport St.
Michael cast otT yesterday afternoon,
having on board the last American sol
diers contingent in Europe, numbering
about, one thousand, recently stationed
at Coblenz.
Turks Talk Peace, But
British Watching
Mosul.
Lausanne, January 81.- Ismet
Pasha had the Turkish delega
tion to the Near East conference
ask the conference today for a
delay of two weeks before the
signature of peace and a delay
of eight days before a meeting
of the conference commission.
The interval would be employed,
he explained, in striving by
every means to reach an agree
ment.
London.—In view of the Turk
ish attitude at Lausanne regard
ing the Mosul district, British
military authorities in Irak have
despatched a battalion of troops
and a few aeroplanes to the area
between Mosul and Shergha.
Former Officials Face
Smuggling Charges
Seattle.—W. M. Thompson, former
chief of police of Hoquiara, and James
Hogan, formerly customs inspector at
Aberdeeu, were arrested here today.
They are charged with attempting to
smuggle in nine Japanese.
Tokyo.—Ambassador Warren left to*
day for Washingten,