WOL. III. NO. 2
McGrath, alaska, Wednesday, January 24, 1923,
PRICE 25 CENTS*
GERMAN TROOPS MOVE !N
UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY
160,000 Miners at Essen
Strike Against French
Occupation of Ruhr.
Essen, Jan. 23—A French of
I'fieial statement issued this even
r ins eeclares that a considerable
>> movement of German troops had
i taken place in German unoccu
> pied territory. At 8 o’clock t.o
. night 100,000 miners, railroad
i men and other workers are out
and iaora .are laying down their
t tools.
itBerlinJ Jan; 23.—Germany to
iday notified the allied powers
t that it is doubtful if she will be
able to pay any more reparations
t for the present, owing lo the
. economic chaos resulting from
i the French occupation of the
. Ruhr.
.An offer of mediation in tiie
. reparations dispute was received
by the German government to
. day facin' Premier Mussolini of
Italy. Chancellor Cuno. reply
ing to the note, said that Ger
many could not consent to ne
gotiations while French troops
were in the Ruhr.
A German delegation is sail
ing today from Hamburg; with
proposals man Chancellor Cuno
regarding new German repara
tions plan, which Bonar L<w,
British premier, will be asked to
submit to the adies.
Elberfield. Jan. 21.—R dI road
workers in this zone declared to
day that they would no longer
transport outside of the Ruhr
section any coal r< quisitioned by
the French occupationists. This
decision was reachsd by workers
after an all night session here,
in which, during the discussions,
many delegates favored continu
I ance of work.
Dortond, Jan. 23. —French
troops have been installed as
guards over all exits from the
Ruhr valley by railroad or canal,
The army of occupation, accord
ing to announcement, is ready to
achieve complete isolation of the
Ruhr within twelve hours, in
case of a general strike or riot
ing. _
Essen, Jan. 23.—One hundred
' thousand iduhr miners are now
on strike against French occupa
tion, Ruhr mine owners an
nounced today.
Fritz Thyssen and five others,
Supreme Sacrifice Is
Offered by Sons of Erin
i
Government Expects to
Restore Normalcy by
St. Patrick’s Day.
D ublin, Jan. 20.—With sorrow
siricken wounds of unnecessary
self-sacrifice, the Ireland of to
day deplores the loss of many
valiant sons, both Free State
and Republicans* In their en
deavor to suppress the too evi
dent lawlessness of extremists
< the government has been com
pelled to resort to extreme mea
sures.
At Tralee yesterday four of
,De Valera’s followers faced the
fi ring squad. .Five were execut
ed at Athlone, two at Limerick,
And since November last forty
five republicans have paid the
extreme penalty.
Prominent among those exe
cuted in the period stated were Rory
O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Richard Bar
rett and Joseph McKelvey, all repub
lican leaders, who were captured when
the historic Four Courts building in
t Dublin was destroyed by bombardment.
Notwithstanding: the stern measures
i enforced by the Free State government
to repress the insurgents, murders on
both sides are of oaily occutrene . A
campaign erf terror prevails throughout:
the south of Ireland, where much valu-,
able property has been destroyed. In ;
the old tune city of Cork practically j
all of the government buildings were |
wiped out by fire, including the greater
portion of the business section. Trains |
were deliberately wrecked, with the I
loss of many lives; so travel by railroad j
is out of-the (question, causing much
congestion and suffering.
Churches of all denominations in Ire
land implore the people to-stand by the
present goverumeut, which is endeav
oring, regardless of sacrifice, to restore
order out of chaotic lawlessness. The
reprisal action of the -Free Staters, in ‘
many instances, had a boomerang ef- i
feet, and many prominent government
government officials were sioce cold
bloodedly murdered.
Since the death of Michael Collins
many of the insurgents have thrown,
down their arms and taken the oath of
allegiance to the Free State. The ■
grave of this great leader, who gave
his life for Ireland, was visited by
thousands during the past month.
Giasnevin cemetery, where repose the
remains of Emmet, O’Connell, Parnell,
and Arthur Griffith, will be the scene
of a tremendous demonstration sched
uled for March 17th next, by which
time the present government expects
to restore order and confidence amongst
the people of Ireland.
all leading mine operators, were
arrested here today and taken to
Dusseldorf.
Berlin, Jan 23-—The govern
ment has ordered workers on
rail ways and waterways to speak
only German when coming in
contact with French or Belgians:
French ancj Belgian nationals
hereafter will be refused lodg
ings or accommodations at all
leading hotels.
Dusseldorf, Jan. 23.— Publica
tion of the newspaper Nach
richten, of this citv, has been j
suspended indefinitely by occu
pational authorities for publish
ing articles threatening the se
curity of the French troops of
occupation
Paris, Jan. 23.—The French
press is greatly excited over the
report that Germany may again
institute compulsory military
service.
Washington. Jan. 24.—A note
protesting against the French
and Belgian attempt <4to force |
with terrifying measures Ger- j
man Officials to render assistance 1
in the execution of illegal meas
ures aimed against their own
country ’ through the expulsion
of officials .who refuse to coop
erate with the forces of occupa
tion in the Ruhr, was made pub
lic by the German embassy to
night.
Woman Anarchist at
Paris Kills Newspaper
Man, Attempts Suicide
i
Paris.--Gerroahoe liethon, age 20. a
woman anarchist, entered the office of
the rovalist. newspaper Faction Fran
caise, today, iiring two shots and kill
ing Marius Pla'eu. one of the officials
of the paper. The woman then turned
the revolver upon herself, tiring one
shot into her breast, inflicting a wound
which it is believed will prove fatal
__
Telegraphic Ticks.]
Seattle.—Lieut. Col. Oliver H. Dock
ery was today appointed commander of
Fort Lawton. _
Paris. — Max Nordeau, famous Ger
man author and philosopher, died at
his home here today.
Geneva.—Tito twenty-third meeting
of the League of Nations will be held
at Paris on January 29'h.
Tokyo.—Japan will propose a re
new;*' of the present, commercial !
treaty, expiring July 1, with the |
United S’r.tes.
Rome.—-Tie Vatican has been ad
vised of the expulsion of Moosignor
Filippi, apostolic delegate, from Mex
ico. _
San Francisco.—California and Ha
waiian refineries have reduced the
price of sugar twenty cents per bun
dred pouuds.
Shanghai.—Paul S. Reinsch, former
American minister to China, has suf
fered a serious mental breakdown and
is not expected to live a week, his phy
sician announced today.
$750,000 for Reconstruc
tion of the Seattle
Sitka line.
Seattle, Jan. 23.— Reconstruc
tion of the Alaska cable from
Beattie to Sitka, a pledge that,
the work will include its exten
sion to Seward, and the. possi
bility that the cabie eventually
will be the first link in the trans
pacific cable from Seattle, are
assured by the action of the
House of Representatives in ap
proving the item of $750,000 ic
the War Department appropria
tion bill, , according to specia
dispatches today from Washing
ton. The House not only grant
ed the $750,000 direct appropria
tion for the cable , between Se
attle and Sitka* 'oat authorized
the making of contracts for com
pletion of the work at double
that sum. Thus the way is paved
for reconstruction of the cable
on from Sitka to Seward. The
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has already indicated to
the Government that it would
like to extend its line from the
Alaska cable across the Pacific.
GOV. TELLS
OF CLIMATE
And 600 Newspaper Men
at Seattle Feast On
Alaskan Products.
Seattle. Jan. 22.—Alaska was
pictured to six hundred news
paper men, guests at the‘Uni
versity, last night, as a region
of inviting aspect and vast re
sources by Alaska’s governor,
Scott C. Bone, v.’ho told cf the
climate as mild ir. winter and
summer as that of many of the
Middle Weet states. The Gov
ernor's address followed the
Alaska products dinner given tc
nswspaper men at the University
commons by the Alaska commit
tee of the Ghamber of Com
merce, at which A. R. Garner,
of Kennewick, was toastmaster.
The dinner-began with clam nec
tar from Cordova and ended
with strawberries from Haines,
while the tables were decorated
with sprigs of Alaska cedar anc.
grown products from every prin
cipal, town and district ihV-tb'
Territory.