VOL. II. NO. 92
McGrath, alaska. Saturday) December
9, 1922.
PRICE f;> CE>'T
Royal Assent Given and
Timothy Ilealy Named
Governor-General.
Dublin, Doc. 6.—Ireland last
night, under the tutelage of Eng
land, p.-ssed off peacefully, in
spite of fears that irregulars
might attempt to stage a demon
stration. At midnight, without
any ceremonies, Ireland became
the Irish Free State. The Brit
ish flag over the vice regal lodge
was hauled down at sunset Tues
day, and daybreak saw the green,
orange and white tricolor hoist
ed—the announcement that royal
assent had been given’ to - the
. Irish constitution and thatiTim
, othy Bendy had been appointed
governor general.
Belfast, Dec. 7. — Premier
» Craig, accompanied by the Mar
• quis of Londonderry, leader of
the senate, and Colonel Spender,
- secretary to the Ulster cabinet,
started for London tonight bear
■ ing an address to the king de
* daring Ulster an Irish Free
State.■ *&*¥*•*. oted by the parlia
ment __
i.
This Country Again On
Threshold of War,
/
Says Pershing.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Gen. John
J. Perching, in an address deliv
ered at the dinner given by the.
Association of Commerce, today,J
declared that this country is
-cgiin on the threshold of war.
-‘‘Peace has not come to the con
tending powers of the world,”
he continued. ‘ The Near East
is seething with revolution, and,
although we desire peace, it is
uot ditficu't to imagine ourselves
again forced into a conflict, as
we were in 1917, in defense of
Civilization ”
Seattle Auto Bandits
Get Away With $5,500
Seattle.—Auto bandits this afternooD
hel I up W. F. Cooper, collector of the
Union Mills Company, in the wholesale
district, securing $5,500 in currency.
Mrs. Frank Larson, proprietress of
the Larson Hoad house. Tacotua, and
daughter, Miss Frances, were Friday
arrivals, coming down with Jack
. Mutchler, the entire party leaving for
i Acme this afternoon,
XECUTIONS
a
REPRI l
O’Connor and Mellows
Go to Their Death in j
Mountjoy Prison.
Dublin, Dec. 8.—Kory O’Con
nor and William Mellows, Irish
rebel generals taken prisoners j
after the insurrection again>t|
the Free State was put down in
Dublin, were executed at the
same time'today. The Free State
government announced that the
rebel leaders were executed as
a reprisal for the assassination
of Sean Heales, a deputy, yes
terday. Heales was shot and
killed and Patrick O’Malley, a
deputy, wounded, while on their
way to parliament.
O’Connor and Mellows were
heroes to all republicans because
of their gallant stand in the
Four Courts tight, when O'Con
nor held out in the lav/ courts
buildings on the banks of the
Liffy against overwhelming odds
until Free State artillery sent
the walls crashing in about the
heads of his men.
FIRE LOSS,
10,000,000
27 Blocks of Business
District of Astoria
Wiped Out.
Astoria, Dec. 9. — Twenty
seven blocks of the business dis
trict of this city were destroyed
by tire which broke out about 3
o’clock this morning. All bank
buildings are included in the
rnpss of ruins. The loss is esti
mated at not less than ten mil
lion dollars.
Norris Staples, auto dealer
and president of the Astoria
Bank of Commerce, dropped
dead while fighting tire.
Obenchain and Burch
Indictments Dismissed
Los Angeles. — The indictments
against BufcIi and Madalynne Oben
chain, charged with -the murder of J.
Belmn Kennedy, were dismissed today
on motion of the district attorney, on
grounds of insufficient evidence.
Tom Shallow, who was a Thursday
arrival from Tacotna. left this morn
ing for a short visit at the Ninon mine.
Hillv Jones, freighter, returned to
Tacotna this morning.
Mai! Carrier Charles
Armour Safe; Expect
ed at Big River Soon
The mail>via fcbe Kobi route reached
here last night. and left for Flat this
morning with Mail Carrier Henry
MarteJlu. William Duffy, the first per
son he arrive over the Naacy route,
came in about an hour later.
Contractor Hill came up from Rig
river in. the evening and found tele
grams tailing him that Charles At-- !
mnur. the mail carrier who missed thei
trail'Tram M ioehumina, had returned I
to Mindiumina after caching his mail j
and, having gotten new equipment, re- i
tinned to bring the mail through. Mr.
i Hill is expecting Carrier A t mour to
! reach Big r iver very sate.
17 Girl Inmates Intim
idate ifitron, Escape
from do stria! Home
Seattle.— Brandishing butcher kni ve
and other cooking utensils to intimi
date matron, whom they overpowered
and locked in her room, seventeen grid
inmates escaped from the State Indus
trial Home for Girls at Grandmount,
last-night.
No Evidence Chang
ing Lead to Silver
Seattle.—The charge oT grand lar
ceny against (E. Bogardus, assayer
! and Klondike pioneer, was dismissed
today, the court holding that there
was no evidence of his being involved
.n anv fraudulent scheme of changing
. lead to silver.
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Fascisli Method of
Handling Criminals
I Home.—Criminals will be clubbed
and sent to hospitals, instead of being
imprisoned. in the administration of
justice under the Fascist! regime, Dr.
Sala, secretary, said in an address to a
■ number of malefactors summoned be
fore him. _
Hot Shots Thrown in
D’Anunzio’s New Book
Gardone trulian, Riviera.—D’Anun
?.io is out with a new book, in which he
charges Britain with attempting to
occupy all the earth, and savs Wood
row Wilson is using t.he hammer of a
German chancellor to crucify Justice
wiili fourteen blunt nails.
! Telegraphic Ticks.
__
Hanchow —The Boooan Chinese
bandit situation is beyond control, and
a military force and airplanes have
been sent against the outlaws.
Washington—James R. Mar.n, rep
r‘ -unlive from the Secuud Illinois dis
trrct, a Lid for many years » leading
tig uie in Con gross, passed away last
night, following a sh>>rf iiloess.
Wasbiugtoa.—In a statement made
today, Samuel Untermeyer, New York
lawyer, characterized Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty as a cheap politician
and legislative lobbyist.
XV. J. Widman arrived today from
Berry Landing, and is scheduled to
leave in Die morning for Tacoma.
John Dunn, who was a Friday ar
rival, departed this morning for his
headquarters up the Kuskokwim.
Prohibition Was One of
the Chief Subjects
Discussed.
Washington, Dec. 8.— Presi
dent Harding, in tiis .annual
message to Congres| today, de
livered in person, deals with a
core of subjects, chief among
okern being prohibition, farm
credits, transportation problems,
child Haber, and immigration
The executive announced his
f purpose to invite Governors of
; States and Territories to an
early conference with federal
authorities with, a view to adopt -
' ,ng definite policies for national
and state co operation in the ad
! ministration of the prohibition
,avv. He says the day is unlikely
to come when the prohibition,
amendment will be repealed ant
that the nation should adapt its
co urse- accord i ngfy.
H. E Carter, who started this way
from Nanev a few days at:o, arrived at
j Nison on Thursday. ’Jhet e with his
'associate, LI. Y. Groshong, he i:, giving
1 considaration to mining matters
—
Entente Plan tor Straits
of Dardanelles and
Bosphorus
Lausanne, Dec. '<—The entente
plan for keeping open the Straits
of Dardanelles and Bosphorus in
I times of peace and war provides
I for the appointment of an iufcer
i national commission of control
composed of Greek powers, in
! eluding the United States as wel!
as Turkey and the countries bor
dering on the Black Sea
The American Government
!
this afternoon protested to the
Near East conference against
| the Turkish proposal for expul
sion of the Greek population
from Constantinople.
400 Lbs. Alaska Spuds
Go for Seattle Dinner
; Seattle.—Four hundred pounds of
Alaska potatoes were received here to
day. They came from the Foiled
States agricultural station at Mata
nuska, and will be used at the. State
Press Association dinner, January 20.
i. Mr. aud Mi'i Thomas FV Aitken., of
Candle, were town visitors^ for a.vf-v
hours today.