'VOL. II.
NO. 91
MoGJliATH, ALASKA WEDNESDAY,
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PRICE 25 CENTS
Russia Would Close the
Dardanelles to All,
Save Turkey.
Lausanne, Dec. 4. — Tchit
• cherin, Russian foreign minister,
threw a bomb into the Near Last
conference this afternoon by de
manding that the Dardanelles be
cl osed during both war and peace
to all naval and aerial warships
- except those of ’Turkey, which
alone must have the rights on
both sides of the straits lor mod
ern defences and fortifications,
declaring that Russia has an
nulled all czarist claims against
- Constantinople. Tchitcherin de
.< dared that Russia cannot-permit
. a solution of the straits problem;
which would render the straits,
... open to powers with prepon
derant navies, thereby menaciug
the security of Russia.
Paris, .Dec. 3.—Absolute inde
pendence for Turkey will be the
motto of the Russian soviet dele
gation at the Near East peace
conference in Lausanne. Tchit
, cherin, Russian foreign ministet,
-'declared just before leaving for
. Lausanne. _
Lausanne, Dec. 3.—The con
ference is deadlocked on ques
* tions of the Straits, Mosul oil
concessions and European fron
tiers, and is considering taking a
recess of six weeks, beginning
December 15.
Prince Andrew Found
Guilty; Prison and
Degradation.
Athens, Dec. 4—The trial of
Prince Andrew, brother of the
deposed Constantine, charged
with having disobeyed orders
from the Greek general staff,
thus contributing to the Greek
military disaster in Asia Minor,
began this afternoon* After a
trial lasting into the night An
drew was declared guilty, re.
ceiving sentence of iong impris
onment and military deg rad a
tion.
Rome.—Greek counter revolu
tionary outbreaks occurred today
in Patras and Missolonghi, in
Western Greece, and on the
island of Corfu, where the Brit
ish flag has been raised as a re
sult of indignation over Greek
executions.
Adolph Carlson was a Sunday arrival
from Tacotna, coming down for treat
ment of a partially severed finger. Mr.
Carlson, while out hunting, happened
to step from a fairly hard traii into
deep snow with his left, foot. He was
carrying his gun in his left hand, the
index finger being partially over the
barrel end. In recovering his balance
the trigger caught in some manner,
discharging the gun and taking off the
end of the finger. Dr. VV. F. Green
operated on the remaining part of the
lacerated index, and Mr. Carlson will
be all right in a f*>w days.
Mail Contractor Hill Ar
rives; Tells of Conditions
Prevailing on New Route
VE. Coke Hilt, the well known law
yer, and mail contractor, arrived in Mc
< Graih Monday eveuing, having accom*.
i panied the second maisF leaving Kobi
for Flat via the new route.
Mr. Hill hoped to catch a carrier at
Big river and brought Carl, a Nicoli
native, with 350 pouodsof mail to Rig
river, only to tind that Chester Brink
had pulled out in the morning. The
balance of the 800 pounds reached Big
river Tuesday with Ed Jerne, mail car
rier. After sending some telegrams,
Mr. FT ill returned to Big river Tuesday
< to attend to starting the accumulated
mail back.
The first mail of 800 pounds left Lake
Minchumina in charge of Mail Carrier
Charles E. Armour, accompanied by
John Montan, on November 13th.
Owing to the lateness of the season,
the Iudians near Minchumina were out
of meat and refused to act as guides
even for a single day. because they
_ said they must go hunting, and, in fact,
, most of them were already in the hills
i bunting.
; Mr Kammersgaard, who owns the
Like Minchumioa roadhouse, started
across the lake with Armour and point
ed out to him the point where the trail
| left the lake, and as Armour’s -do?8
I were crowding up on Kararaersgaard’s
team aud they feared a fight, Armour
directed Kamruersgaard to go back,
saying he aud Montan would find ti e
: trail all right. When Messrs. Hill aud
' Jerne passed there thev could see by
Armour’s tracks that he had turned in
t iward the trail aud then wentou down
tue lake. They expected he would
swing around later and pick up the
trail, but after two days of travel, care
fully and slowly picking out the trail,
Armour not having gotten to the trail,
and William Sborgia, who was.to have
; cotne through with Jerne, having hurt
f his foot. Mr. Hill sent Mr. Sborgia
! back and himself came through with
Jerne.
What happened to Armour and Mon
tan is a matter of conjecture, but Mr.
Hill’s idea is that they traveled on the
wroug trail for two or three more days
and Armour’s team of fifteen young
(Continued on Page 4)
Charles Bressler a Sick Man.
Chat !<-s Bre-sler. well known old
timer of the Dphir and Tacolna sec -
ti ns, wits brought down from Taeotna
1 ist. night bv Thomas McLean, his re
in ival here being' considered necessary
in order to receive treatment from Dr,
W. F. GreeD, who went to Taeotna on
Sunday to render him medical atten
tion. Mr. Bressler is a very sick man,
due to heart complications, but every
thing; possible is being done to relieve
him.
In t.lits connection T he Times regrets !
very much the publication of an item ;
in its last issue regarding Mr. Bressler.
Mr. Bressler was a sick man, suffering
so much that the workings of a high
fever were misunderstood by those in
charge of him.
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14 Specifications in Bill
!of Particulars for
Impeachment.
Washington, Dee. 4.—There
were fourteen specifications in
the bill of particulars presenter!
' to the House committee by Itep
resentative Keller, of Minnesota,
I in support of his resolution pro
; posing impeachment of the At
torney General, the outgrowth
of Daugherty’s injunctions re
jeeived against striking railroad
men. Keller asked^the commit
jtee to summon as witnesses in
j support of some of his conten
tions Chief Justice Taft and
George W. Wickers ham. Attor
ney Genera1 in the Taft cabinet.
M. F. Miller, who left here oo Nov.
18. arrived at Fairbanks on December
1. Mr. Miller, in a telegram to The
Times, states that the run from here
to Nancy made in ten davs, the
trip bring an average one. "The best
to all rnv friends,” Mr. Millar nays in
conclusion.
Frank Fox, former resident of this
saciiou, but now a resident of the
Yukon, was married at Anvik recently,
according to word lately received here.
The bride, it is said, 'is a graduate cf
<?,he Holy Cross Mission.
Mail Carrier Brink, who lefi Sunday
foriBig liver with the outgoing mail,
returned here Monday, and left Tues
day morning on the way to Flat.
Jack Muichler and Austin Horner,
after a stay of severnl days.here, re
turned to Tacotna this afternoon.
Li. F. Bullard and Douglas Mead,
w. h Owen Gray and his team, started
Sunday morning for the coast.
Joe Wills returned Sunday from Big
river, where he had beeu on business
for seve ral rb< vs.
Cowries E. Taylor, with team of four,
left Sunday morning for Nancv, on his
way to Fairbanks.
Hans Erickson, well known Ganes
creek mining man, was a Monday ar
rival.
H, E. Carter is due to arrive here
within the next few days, having left
Nancy Noy. 29.
CONTAINED
IN BUDGET
Plans of Alaska Road
Commission Given
Set-Back
Washington, Dec. 4.“-.-The an
nual federal budget submitted tc
Congress , today by president
Harding allows the Signal Corps
$750,000 to replace the worn-out
section of the Alaska cable and
the usual $140,000 for mainten
ance.
The Government railroad is
cut to $2,200,000, of which $504)00 a;>
pears for the new project of maintain
ing steamboat lines on the Yukon river
In connection with tin? railroad.
The plaus of the Alaska Road Com
mission, under the war department, for
a road and trail building program, are
rejected, and“only $450,000 is allowed
for roads, trails and bridge construc
tion. Howerer, the commission gets
■ $1,000 for the survey and design for £
, new government wharf at Juneau.
Other allotments are a.% follow?:
. Lighthouse service, $124,oOO.
Education of natives, $355,000
Med teal relief gIu ti«-es, $0,000.
Reindeer work, $10,000; also $01,500
for reindeer work in connection with
I the bureau of education
Agricultural station, $10,001,
Indigent Indians, $5,000.
Fisheries, $165,000.
Fisheries field service, $50,029.
Coast geological survey, $14,000.
For inland .transnortation of mails,
$1-85.000.
| Insane, $142,500.
Protection of game, $5,000
Boundary $43,500.
! McKinley Park, $10,000.
Forest service, $59,200.
BLAZE IN
MAIL GAR
Does Damage to.Fair
banks Mail and Pos
sibly McGrath
Fairbanks, Dec- 4.—A box car
loaded with interior *nail on last
night’s coast train -caught tire
in the Broad Pass section and
badly damaged much Fairbanks
mail and probably some of Mc
Grath’s.
There is as yet not the Might
est clue- to the $600 robbery of
j the postoffice, two weeks ago.
W. T. Pinkerton, the new ap
pointee, succeeded Deal today as
Fairbanks postmaster.
Dick Matthews, well known Hidden
-creek mining man, was a Monday ar
rival, and left this morning for Anchor*
age. - He -may possibly continue-bis
j mrney to the Outside, but cxpetlF tc
return over-tire-trail